Seongbuk-gu Sets Next Year's Living Wage at 11,779 KRW per Hour... 2.46 Million KRW per Month

3% Increase from This Year, 1,749 Won Higher Than 2025 Minimum Wage

Seungro Lee, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu.

Seongbuk-gu, Seoul (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) announced on the 26th that the living wage for 2025 has been set at 11,779 KRW per hour.

This amount is a 3% (343 KRW) increase from this year's living wage of 11,436 KRW per hour, which translates to 2,461,811 KRW per month based on 209 hours. It is 1,749 KRW higher than next year's government-announced minimum wage of 10,030 KRW.

The Seongbuk-gu Living Wage Deliberation Committee, composed of experts, comprehensively considered next year's minimum wage, the inflation rate in Seoul, the average wage of workers in businesses with five or more employees, and the district's financial conditions, and made this decision on the 23rd.

The living wage decided this time will be applied for one year starting from January 1st next year. The applicable subjects include direct and indirect employees of Seongbuk-gu and its funded and supported institutions, private consignment workers, and university student part-time workers.

The living wage system, which was first implemented nationwide by Seongbuk-gu in 2013, pays wages above the statutory minimum wage by comprehensively considering housing costs, education expenses, and prices to ensure a dignified life as a human being.

Mayor Lee Seung-ro stated, "I hope that the living wage decided by this deliberation committee will contribute to revitalizing the local economy and stabilizing the lives of workers."

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