Overview

• Representatives of labor and civic organizations formally requested 11,500 won per hour for 2026, up from this year’s 10,030 won.
• The proposed rate equates to a monthly wage of about 2.4 million won based on 209 hours of work.
• The labor sector has called for the minimum wage to cover non-regular and platform workers as well.
• The management circle has not yet announced its own minimum wage demand for the upcoming year.
• The Minimum Wage Commission began deliberations in April and will reconvene for its next plenary meeting on June 17.