Busan Office of Education Announces 11,830 KRW Hourly Living Wage for Educational Public Employees in 2024

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education has set the 2024 living wage hourly rate for educational public service workers at 11,830 KRW.

The living wage is a wage set to enable a decent life by comprehensively considering housing, education, and cultural expenses, differing from the minimum wage which mandates payment above a minimum level. The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education has been implementing the living wage system since 2021.

The Busan Office of Education Living Wage Committee held a meeting at 2 p.m. on the 6th in the medium conference room on the 3rd floor of the annex building of the Office of Education, where it deliberated and resolved to raise the 2024 living wage hourly rate for educational public service workers by 2.5% from this year's 11,540 KRW to 11,830 KRW.

This amount is 1,970 KRW higher than next year's minimum wage of 9,860 KRW and 480 KRW higher than Busan City's living wage hourly rate of 11,350 KRW.

Busan Office of Education.

The living wage decided this time applies to educational public service workers affiliated with the Office of Education who work less than 15 hours per week. It will be applied from January next year for educational public service workers affiliated with the Office of Education and its direct agencies, and from March next year for those affiliated with schools at all levels.

Ha Yun-su, Superintendent of the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, said, "We respect the decision of the deliberation committee, which considered the annually increasing minimum wage and the local economic situation," and added, "We hope that next year's living wage will help stabilize the lives and improve the quality of life of educational public service workers affiliated with the Office of Education who are facing difficulties due to low growth and high inflation."

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