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[Real Reality]

Is Your Average Salary Closer to 2.06 or 3.04 million?
The average monthly wage of an employee at small-and mid-sized firms with less than 500 employees was 2.06 million won last year, only 67.8 percent of the 3.04 million won salary of a worker at a conglomerate with 500 and more employees. The gap is at its highest since the wage of smaller firms was 64.4 percent of bigger firms in 1993. The monthly pay of an employee at smaller firms with 5 to 9 employees was half of that of a worker at conglomerates.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200404/kt2004041417273811900.htm

Monthly Salary for a Korean Professor at a Korean (State) University
6,343,712 South Korea Won
(7,436 Australian Dollars; 7,375 Canadian Dollars; 8,624 New Zealand Dollars; 3,058 United Kingdom Pounds; 5,511 US Dollars)
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/salaries/2000/popups/content/skor.html

[Mr. Pink]

Closer to 3.04.


I aint a professor.

[Real Reality]

Mr. Pink wrote,
"I aint a professor."

But, are you used like one?

[lush72]

AhSA! I am making out here!! Go me!

[Mr. Pink]

[Derrek]

Not me, either. I'm working less than they are, and I am still clearing far about 3.06.

Not bragging -- just stating the truth.

Oh, did I forget to mention my home is paid-for?

[Real Reality]

Derrek,
Are you working less than 12 hours each week?

[matthewwoodford]

Hook me up with one of those 12-hour-a-week 3-mil-a-month jobs pronto, please!

[Real Reality]

matthewwoodford wrote,
"Hook me up with one of those 12-hour-a-week 3-mil-a-month jobs pronto, please!"

Are you Korean?

[shawner88]

I make 4.1 for 3 hours/day.

[Homer]

Shawner...right...and pigs fly...oh wait was that a flying pig?


That means that for 60 hrs per month (15/week) you make 68 333 per hour....right....no BS...nawwww....


As for me....closer to 3.04.

[clever not beautiful]

My salary is definately closer to 2.06 mil than 3.04.

How do you guys get jobs like that? Is there a secret you aren't sharing?

[Derrek]

[Lou3511]

curious here . . .

for those of you making over W3million per month, how much experience do you have (either back home and/or in Korea), and what majors/certificates/"extras" do you have? not trying to judge or make this into a competition thing - just wondering.

[phaedrus]

Closer to 3.04, no experience back home.

I added on housing and airfare because I assume most Korean workers don't get these. I go over 3.04.