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2025Fiscal year

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Industry pay summary
Industry	Median of average pay per employee	Median of average pay per registered director	Companies	Coverage
Agriculture	Withheld	Withheld	4	100.0%
Fishing and aquaculture	Withheld	Withheld	2	66.7%
Manufacture of food products	KRW 55 million	KRW 253 million	79	79.8%
Manufacture of beverages	KRW 56 million	KRW 385 million	12	92.3%
Manufacture of tobacco products	Withheld	Withheld	1	100.0%
Manufacture of textiles, except apparel	Withheld	Withheld	16	53.3%
Manufacture of wearing apparel, clothing accessories and fur articles	Withheld	Withheld	34	63.0%
Manufacture of leather, luggage and footwear	Withheld	Withheld	8	66.7%
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture	Withheld	Withheld	6	100.0%
Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products	KRW 67 million	KRW 230 million	24	77.4%
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	Withheld	Withheld	3	50.0%
Manufacture of coke, briquettes and refined petroleum products	Withheld	Withheld	5	83.3%
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals and medicinal chemicals	KRW 62 million	KRW 294 million	184	84.4%
Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products	KRW 60 million	KRW 281 million	189	91.7%
Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	KRW 54 million	KRW 212 million	55	79.7%
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	KRW 64 million	KRW 298 million	37	84.1%
Manufacture of basic metals	KRW 65 million	KRW 331 million	94	84.7%
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and furniture	KRW 56 million	KRW 228 million	54	75.0%
Manufacture of electronic components, computer, visual, sounding and communication equipment	Withheld	Withheld	326	66.1%
Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks	KRW 55 million	KRW 212 million	122	80.3%
Manufacture of electrical equipment	KRW 60 million	KRW 265 million	102	76.1%
Manufacture of other machinery and equipment	KRW 62 million	KRW 281 million	232	81.4%
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers	KRW 67 million	KRW 262 million	117	92.1%
Manufacture of other transport equipment	KRW 59 million	KRW 244 million	33	94.3%
Manufacture of furniture	Withheld	Withheld	9	90.0%
Other manufacturing	KRW 53 million	KRW 163 million	18	94.7%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	KRW 92 million	KRW 206 million	14	82.4%
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities, materials recovery	Withheld	Withheld	3	100.0%
General construction	KRW 74 million	KRW 271 million	49	71.0%
Specialized construction activities	KRW 71 million	KRW 321 million	19	76.0%
Sale of motor vehicles and parts	Withheld	Withheld	8	88.9%
Wholesale trade on own account or on a fee or contract basis	KRW 56 million	KRW 230 million	131	73.6%
Retail trade, except motor vehicles and motorcycles	KRW 55 million	KRW 246 million	45	80.4%
Land transport and transport via pipelines	KRW 64 million	KRW 307 million	11	91.7%
Water transport	Withheld	Withheld	6	75.0%
Air transport	Withheld	Withheld	6	100.0%
Warehousing and support activities for transportation	Withheld	Withheld	7	100.0%
Accommodation	Withheld	Withheld	3	100.0%
Food and beverage service activities	Withheld	Withheld	1	33.3%
Publishing activities	KRW 61 million	KRW 221 million	202	72.4%
Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	KRW 59 million	KRW 170 million	41	70.7%
Broadcasting activities	Withheld	Withheld	12	66.7%
Postal activities and telecommunications	KRW 65 million	KRW 300 million	16	84.2%
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	KRW 63 million	KRW 282 million	42	70.0%
Information service activities	KRW 63 million	KRW 215 million	37	78.7%
Non-financial holding companies	KRW 108 million	KRW 722 million	74	80.4%
Real estate activities	Withheld	Withheld	56	58.8%
Research and development	KRW 61 million	KRW 190 million	81	87.1%
Professional services	Withheld	Withheld	34	65.4%
Architectural, engineering and other scientific technical services	KRW 72 million	KRW 272 million	23	88.5%
Other professional, scientific and technical services	KRW 59 million	KRW 335 million	19	73.1%
Business facilities management and landscape services	Withheld	Withheld	1	50.0%
Business support services	KRW 54 million	KRW 266 million	17	73.9%
Rental and leasing activities, except real estate	Withheld	Withheld	6	13.3%
Education	Withheld	Withheld	12	66.7%
Creative, arts and recreation related services	Withheld	Withheld	9	90.0%
Sports activities and amusement activities	Withheld	Withheld	6	100.0%
Maintenance and repair services of personal and household goods	Withheld	Withheld	1	50.0%
Other personal services activities	Withheld	Withheld	1	100.0%

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Figures collect the filed per-person averages without transformation, and can differ from totals divided by headcounts.
Listed filers only, and consolidated subsidiaries' staff are not included.
These are filed values whose accuracy the source institution does not guarantee.
Company rows reproduce each filer's own reported values without transformation, and this site computes none of them.
Where few registered directors are covered, the per-person average approaches a few individuals' pay.
Sharing an industry code does not mean doing the same work.
Filed values needing a unit check show the reason instead of an amount.
Classifications with thin samples publish no industry figure.

Industry groupings and names follow the tenth revision of the Korean Standard Industrial Classification, opened by Statistics Korea under the Korea Open Government Licence attribution requirement, with minor typographic adjustments.

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