Parental Leave Pay Calculator
Enter your monthly wage and leave duration to calculate expected parental leave pay.
Parental Leave Pay Guide
Standard: first 3 months = 80% of wage (cap 1.5M KRW), thereafter 50% (cap 1.2M KRW), floor 700K KRW. Daddy Bonus: first 3 months of the second leave-taker = 100% (cap 2.5M KRW).
Worked Examples
An ordinary wage of 3,500,000 KRW pays 2,317,500 KRW a month for the first three months (80 % capped at 1.5M).
From the fourth month the cap drops, so the same worker receives 1,200,000 KRW rather than 1,750,000 KRW.
Caps and Conditions
The benefit is 80 % of ordinary wage for the first three months with an upper limit of 1,500,000 KRW and a floor of 700,000 KRW, then 50 % with a 1,200,000 KRW ceiling. The father receives a separate bonus period at 100 % for the first three months if the leave is split. Eligibility requires 180 days of insured employment, and the employer may top up part of the difference.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How long can parental leave last?
- Up to one year per child and per parent, with additional split rights in some cases, and 90 days can be taken in segments.
- Does the employer pay anything?
- The employment insurance fund pays most of the benefit, while some employers top up the gap to a percentage of the ordinary wage by contract.
- Is parental leave pay taxable?
- It is treated as earned income for the benefit period and appears on the year-end settlement, though the tax burden is usually small.