yep my level of productivity is off the chart for 3 hrs then i gonna need to rest a couple of hrs. sometime i find my self in focus for 8-10 hrs but i love what i do so i dont even see it as a job.
In Sweden they pay you more in overtime and we do get health benefits and paid leave during the summer. Also,if you have worked more than a year in the same place you get more benefits and the government gives you a specific amount of money to spend on "activities" such as gym membership,yoga and even spa treatments.
Sweden also has one of the lowest salaries in Europe and one of the highest tax at a starting 33%. The employer also needs to pay about 10% tax before you pay the tax. In total it's like 43% tax starting. So yeah you better get some benefit from that.
The big problem with managers in Korea is that they tend to be bitter older men who don't want to go home at all. Instead they stay at work or force employees to go drinking on off hours and get angry when you decline. All they do is brag about themselves and no one has fun. I got death glares for leaving to go home to my wife instead of suffering through a "hwaesik". I didn't care and I was the best at my job. My manager couldn't say anything to my face. I ended up leaving and opening my own business and got rid of all that nonsense BS company culture crap. My employees never do have to do overtime and have 30 days a year in vacation time. Although I have to mingle with other leaders in the industry now from time to time, I can say I hate the majority of them and their level of drinking and cheating bro culture.
I'm from Russia, and may be surprisingly, but don't drink alcohol at all. And I suppose that for like me persons - probably it's not so easy to find out work in Korea)
@@ilyanemihin6029 There are bosses that don't drink as well but they normally are hardcore church going Christians. There are some decent bosses around though that don't do all that overtime, drinking work culture stuff. They tend to be younger and more open to the new ideas of running a business not forcing people to do things.
This is true. It's even crazier to see in person. It was one of the few benefits of being a foreigner because ideology was detached from this, and I am out by 5pm
I had a friend from California teach English in Japan, in many companies you stay until the boss leaves, there is no over time pay, a typical work day was 12-16 hours, unless you're a foreigner you're not expected to stay late.
It’s pretty easily explainable if we understand Korean & Anglo philosophy. In Korea, a company is like a family unit; do you just walk away and abandon your family in their time of need? That’s shameless. In liberalism, however, it’s about individualism and selfishness, when your personal work is done you just walk away. Confucianism and liberalism are a long ways apart.
@@Sol-In-Seoul "In Korea, a company is like a family unit; do you just walk away and abandon your family in their time of need?" Yeah, but what about the family abandoning the person in need? As in, the company firing the worker. You see, it has to go both ways to actually work.
06:17 the holiday times in Europe, I think what you found are the summer holiday times for school children (2-3 months of summer break in general). that is not the vacation days off work for working people. (normal working vacation days for full-time workers ranges between 10-30 days in Europe on average)
Thanks for clearing that up. I thought that sounded crazy. Like Bulgaria has a holiday once or twice a week. That would be awesome for the worker, if it were true.
yes, in France it's 25 days. But you have also what it's called RTT and if you work over 35h you can have more days of (generally it's 2 days per moth). Teacher in France have all the vacacions... (2weeks fir Xmas, 2 weeks in february, 2 weeks in april and 2 months in summer and 10 days in autumn). Teachers for small children work more than highschool teacher for example so they use the time of vacacion to work at home and prepare classes. We are not so bad in France regarding the others countries.. At least for work and health !
I was in South Korea in March 1986 to July 1987 it was always cool watching the little kids sweep the streets early in the morning everyday. I also remember Koreans were fighting for better wages. They were also making sure everything was looking good for the Summer Olympics in 1988.
I am a retired biz person. In the late 80s, I have the opportunity of visiting Seoul. And it leaves deep impression till today. Everyone there that I had the chance to speak to, wants to work hard to excel. They aspire to be better than their neighbor country (you know who ;) ). I was always thinking to myself, what or who inspire that movement? That was the beginning of S Korea as a modern powerhouse. I respect you guys alot! I like your channel! Keep it up!
That is the Confucian work ethic, “the perfectibility of man” from Mengzi and such. It starts in the education system, and once you learn that work ethic you can be like that for life. It’s the same in China.
Having worked in several countries, including Korea, maybe I can shed some light on the the overall salary/work culture aspects. Assuming one has managed to get a reasonable corporate job at one of the South Korean conglomerates through a graduate recruiting process, he/she can expect a gross pay before taxes at around $35-50k in his/her entry/junior-level years (late 20s to mid-30s), $60-80k in a mid-level position (mid-30s to early 40s), and $80-100k in an upper-level manager position but not a C-suite/executive-level position (mid 40s until retirement). South Korea adopts a progressive tax regime, so the net is around 80% of the gross, gradually moving down to around 70% as the gross increases, and this is all inclusive of income and other state taxes, as well as various state insurance programs and pension contribution. The recent significant housing price increase in the nation due to a continued low interest policy and terrible, ill-designed housing policies by the current government has made the living costs and house affordability a significant issue (expect to pay at least ~$1 million or more for an apartment in Seoul) but if one chooses not to buy a house and remain single, the net salary isn't too bad and one can expect to retire with some reasonable savings without having to entirely resort to monthly pension payouts. This is a little bit unknown but I would add that the healthcare system is pretty decent compared to any other advanced nations irrespective of the system (universal or not) as its highly affordable while the quality is also quite decent. I would say the overall job security for most of the companies/industries are pretty stable unless one is working in a sagging sector as it's very hard to fire people or pursue layoffs because of stringent labor laws but it steeply declines as one approaches his late-40s and 50s. Most retire in their early- or mid-50s think mostly involuntarily unless he/she is working in the public sector or for a state-owned enterprise. Work culture varies depending on the firm or even the team one is working in so it's hard to make a blanket statement but I'd say that things that normally don't happen in U.S./European workplaces could happen due to insensitivity, bad managers with terrible communication skills and personality, etc. that are very unique in Korean work situations. These days the work hours are not that bad because of the recent 52 work hours per week law that has passed, and companies are I think slowly learning that they don't have to stay in the office until 7 or 8 everyday to get things done. One negative in terms of work hours more broadly is the lack of vacation days in general, which is around 15 days vs. ~25-30 days for EU countries and other places. It was rather a long-winded post but if you're working for a good company in the right team, you're not going to make bank and may even struggle financially if you're the sole bread earner in a family without any expected meaningful inheritance given the high costs to raise children but can live quite comfortably if you choose to remain single. But I'd say outside of the ~10% who were not fortunate enough to land on these good jobs and was not able to ride the property price surge in recent years would struggle and will have troubles in their retirement years.
Many Koreans are forced to work for less than minimum wage. I've had many Korean friends working in kiosks that were given a take it or leave it option and were paid $5-6 bucks an hour and even then still get shorted on pay checks. This isn't just common it's almost the norm in Korea. Employers will try to short change you or try to get out of paying you at all.
Not surprising. From what I have seen there are many more small businesses in S. Korea than many other countries. Most of the U.S is corporate owned unless you live in a big city.
yupppppp... my boyfriend and his friends have all worked at places like CU, Emart24, etc... and I couldn't believe that they even accepted a job where they were knowingly being paid under the minimum wage. like... it's just blatantly illegal. although yes... many illegal things when it comes to working really IS the damn norm here... ugh... gross...
@@rainypath96 lol Korea can be a really cool place but it's true... working here is complete dogshit. And way too competitive so ppl feel relieved to even have a job that treats them like dogshit. It's sad. Even the "good jobs" that ppl study their entire childhoods away for don't even seem good to me. Working all day at Samsung and superiors bullying you? Yeah... thanks. I'll pass. My boyfriend (who isn't some gold spoon fed rich Seoul boy lol, we live together in Busan) feels the same. He and I are going to marry and we're gonna get him a green card in the US. Not exactly a working utopia either these days but still leaps and bounds better than Korea.
Oh this is true! My korean teacher taught me that hourly wage in Korea for part time workers is 7000-8000 won. The CU store in my dorms (SNU dorms) put up a note for hiring, and it said the hourly wage was 8000won. In my own country I earn 15$ an hour for my current job, but the average is usually 17$
Mid 30s here: graduated from little above-average university with a technical degree, making over $100K+ since my early 30s. Made about $50K after graduating at my first job in my early 20s. This is California, USA by the way. I'm glad my parents brought me here from Korea in the early 90s since your researched average salaries seem so low. Like your style by the way.
@TT it’s dependent on a person’s situation. My experience and situation is the opposite of what you noted. My retirement funding is for myself while my company pays 5% of my income to it. Healthcare- all of my previous and current jobs pay for those insurance costs as large corporations. This is normal and expected. University- I chose to go to the one I went to instead of the top tier university to take the college scholarship specific to where I went. This paid majority of my tuition. It’s all about the choices we make, with some luck. That said, couple of different paths and decisions could easily lead a person to have high costs you mentioned.
@@cosmos8098 I agree our tax rates are higher. However, being married with 2 kids, there are many deductions that lower my rate. I understand your point but it doesn’t mean anything when my peers and I all make over $100k+ with most of our wives bringing more or less $100k. Still far higher than the numbers this video talks about. I’m not just talking about myself, half of my peers are in the same category in their mid 30s.
@@peterkfamily I understand, but healthcare costs and mortgage payments are a no joke in America. You prob haven’t done any major surgeries yet to talk about it through this rose tinted glasses. And generally it costs more to live in the states. Even though the average salary is lower for koreans, the ability to consume isn’t materially affected; and in many ways the standard of living is higher there.
@@peterkfamily and I don’t know which america you live, but it’s still not the majority of earners that you see a combined household income of 200k plus. That would put you at top 10 percent actually, lol. And I say this as someone who makes 200k plus a year as a single breadwinner and is also surrounded by colleagues who earn more. You’re getting a bigger child credit now because of the recent 2017 revision to the tax code and the 2020 COVID relief package Biden signed, which is temporary, but in general you can’t generalize based on your experiences.
In France we also work from 9 to 6, often with additional hours (I've had days where I'd leave at 7 or 8) however we have 3 to 5 weeks of paid leave, which is a good balance I guess.
we work 9 to 5 never 6 when I did my internship in France and over time was an option and you get paid for it or you just accumulate it to get extra days off ,was it just my company?
Not drinking with colleagues can get one fired? Sorry, that sounds a lot like encroaching one's personal space and quality time with the family. I really can't comprehend what kind of society is that.
Having spent two (2) wonderful years in Korea on two (2) different military tours. At Osan Air Base (April 87 to April 88) and Kunsan Air Base (December 90 to December 91) back in the day. I was a US American Air Force Security Police. So glad your channel is bring back excellent memories for me. I really enjoyed my life there in Korea. GOD bless Korea.
I'm Bulgarian and I can say on average most companies do give around 20 days of vacation per year. It's usually around 1 month of work = 1.3 days off so by 1 year you get around 20 days of paid vacation that you can book. I'm not sure how your statistic said 104 days because that's too much. Most companies here also work during national holiday so usually 24/7 on shifts.
Very Interesting to see the comparisons of another country. I’m from Sydney, Australia and things are a little different here. Pay is higher, holidays and sick leave are a lot higher - approx 4-6 weeks a year holidays and about 20 plus paid sick days - this depending on your job and conditions. Overtime is always paid for you wouldn’t really stay back unless you were paid extra here. Buying houses and rent is expensive as is the cost of living.
Yes, from what i know, the rent combined with tax nowaday can easily eat more than half ur gross salary. Even if u are earning 120K AUD a year in Sydney, u only take home 50K+ after ur tax and rent.
In Brazil we work 8 hours/day + 1 hour for lunch, if we work more by the law we need to be pay for every extra hour, and we have 30 days of vacation every year…
Thank you for the great video! I am from Bulgaria and will share about our holidays: I counted that we have 11 public holidays(official paid days off) plus 20 days paid leave. And I use them all! :) Salaries in the capital are also good for our standard but there are also jobs that don't pay much. Some people are working remotely and it pays good money as well. Also, nobody ever paid me for overtime but I still do it as a good worker :) Keep up the good work!
The salary goes with the economy. Cheap salary cheap economy, expensive salary expensive economy. Am a Nigerian P.hD graduate and the average salary in the government depends on the level. And my salary is not even up to $4000 but am living large, comfortable and happy. In countries like us, Korea, I will be a poor person. Wow, I rather stay here. Not for nothing but going to those countries does not equate to being rich as well. In Nigerian currency am earning about 2.5 million naira per annum just to make you understand the magnitude of that pay in Nigeria.
I am in the USA and when I worked in a factory I made 52,000 a year. I did not go to college. On my overtime weeks I made between 900-1200 dollars a week.
Yes, but facory jobs which paid enough for middle class life style has long been disappearing in America. Now it's flipping burgers and working in walmart for former factory workers.
buttarain27 After interviewing with over 100 top companies that’s the range I have been offered with a finance degree and my friends in technology many of them are making more then 90k annually.
I get here (this channel) by accident. This is the 10 video i check! Great information, easy to understand, and by the way, is great to see how you change over time! congratulations, hugs & kises from Colombia!
I love the fact I saw my country, Portugal, in your chart 😅 we have a good amount of days to rest even though our salaries suck 🥺 we can't have it all I love to have the experience to work in south Korea Can wait for your next vídeo to know more All the best😘
It amazes me that you live in Portugal and you are not amazed to see that people get 88 days of vacation per year! That is 3 months!! Even if you do not work yet, do you actually have people around you who do not work for 3 months per year?? Even if you have one or two who happen to be free lancers or a special case, do you actually think most people in Portugal take 88 days off?? I know how I must sound, but I honestly do not want to insult you. I am begging you to be more critical with these things. You say "rest", the rest of the world calls you lazy and spoiled, when you actually have less vacation time that Central-Northern Europe. It's because of this kind of crap - like 88 vacation days- that you do not even think to challenge. Sorry for lashing out! I am Greek, have worked with Americans, British and Indians my entire work life of 12+ years, my team takes the least time off and works the most overtime (I don't want to hear about productivity from anyone who cannot understand the formulas of how productivity indexes are calculated) and people easily will believe I take 85 vacation days! I do not even take 8 some years. Cheers to you! You have a beautiful country!
@@mairou_5030 I'm Portuguese and that chart is kinda wrong. It doesn't apply to everyone only to certain jobs. The majority only has one month maybe a month and a half of vacations and have to divide for the whole year. There is a lot of unemployment here. But you are right Portuguese are seem as lazy in certain jobs but I think its because of their way of living xD they work a lot but like to chill and relax even for 10 minutes. My dad (who is Portuguese) works at construction in the UK and he is one of the best and fastest workers there compared to the other nationalities also European. I can totally feel and understanding your point, I think the other Portuguese who answered is still young to understand the problems here in Portugal. My apologies for any inconvenience.
Maybe similar to Brazil. Minimum wage isnt high, but after a year in a company, you have one month of paid vacation, plus the holidays. Also, here we receive 13 salaries per year, is it the same in Portugal?
I have been working in Korea for 17 years, primarily in IT companies where there was no overtime. I believe it varies by industry; IT tech companies often adopt the work culture of American tech companies, allowing flexibility to work from home or in the office.
Here in Sweden we has 5 weeks weekation time guarded by law and you need to take it all within a year. But it renews itself each New year. Plus our celebration Days are all free and if one Work during those Days the pay is increased same with night shift. Plus we have also parents Days for both men and women there one gets money to be Home with their kids.
How can u finiz the leave while we r struggling to clear our annual leave of 14days in most company in Singapore /malaysia(but only during covid era since no traveling)😂🤣
Sweden and working overtime is also regulated by law how many hours you can work extra. Going over in overtime work can result in that hr department will contact your superior and demand you have to take 1 or 2 days off from work to rest.
It is difficult to average Korean's annual salary because it depends on their job and age. In my case, my husband's annual salary as of 2022 is 42 million won + 6 million won for overtime = 48 million won. My annual salary is 30 million won + bonus 2 million won = 32 million won. There are times when I work overtime, too. The overtime pay is 35,000 won per day. However, most of the overtime pay in Korea is calculated per hour, and I am special and rarely receive it. My husband is a 2D machine specialist born in 1984, and I am a 2D cad specialist born in 1990. I live in Gyeonggi-do, near Seoul, and I pay a deposit of 300 million won and a monthly rent of 400,000 won monthly rent. We think we're below the middle class. 😭
Yes life is tough in Korea. In USA, a family income of $80,000 would be firmly in middle class. But expenses could be lower in USA since food prices are lower and housing price could also be a lot lower (depending on where you decide to live and if you are handy enough to build your own house). I suppose it's also possible to live cheaply in Korea, if you built your own house in rural area, but there are virtually no remote jobs in Korea, so living in rural areas is pretty much a no go for most people.
I think those salaries are awesome for the cost of living here, especially for young adults who stay living at home into their 30s. I was able to save wayyyyy more in Korea than I was ever able to in the US, despite making more than twice as much there, due to the cost of living.
@@dertfert745 ive lived in sk as well as several us states, and yeah, sk is usually cheaper than the us. the only thing I noticed that was significantly and consistently more expensive in sk was rent. travel, food, entertainment was all very inexpensive compared to most areas in the states. maybe in states like kansas or oklahoma (areas that have a way below average cost of living) you could get away with spending less, but overall sk is way cheaper.
Salary alone does not matter, living cost is important too, to really get a balanced view. Here in Switzerland avg. salary is about 4500usd or even 5000usd per month. But living cost is also very high, with that salary you barely can stay alive if you need a car. Rental cost for apartments are about 2000usd a month. Then you have 400usd obligated health insurance, about 450 to 800usd tax etc. Food is also very expensive. In the end not much is left. People mostly just see the salary number and think Swiss people are rich... But yes the benefits are, that every other country is cheap for us when we are on Holidays 😀
Very interesting video!! I live in California and our minimum wage is $14 an hr. Of course housing is ridiculous here as well. Speaking from my profession as a registered nurse in the bay area, we make well over 100K per year, yet our daily expenses is ridiculous. Housing alone will take half of the paycheck for most of us....
As someone who works in tech and makes well over 100K a year (this is very normal here) in SF , I agree. I can't even afford to buy a home here since everything cost over 1 million dollars
The average US wage is around 55 thousand USD per year. Younger folks make less (30 to 40 k) and older folks tend to make a little more (60 to 70k). I am in the top 10% as an engineer. Which is more than twice average wages.
intresting video. the salary sounds pretty low for me (i am german). however, it all depends on how expensive is living. would be intresting to know how is the ratio between salary and your monthly spendings. the europen holidays you showed, are probably for school kids. its defenitly not for people who work. in germany we have 20 days off per law, but depends on the job you usually have more. i have 30 days. in addtion you have public holidays by law, if they are on a working day, you have a day off.
South Korea and America are really similar work wise it seems. Income, earning time off and working overtime in particular. I can't fathom getting naptime during work like some other countries but I'm all for it!
I'm a part timer 9am-2pm, work weekends and get paid time and a half, public holidays I get double time and day in lieu, get paid for overtime and $10 food voucher. I've had 4 pay rises in the 4 years I've been at my current job. Some people I work with have around 500 annual leave hours. It's good money but living expenses is very expensive
I am deep in love with korean dramas, because they are so pure and sweet. But, I want to know if those k-drama is really a reflection of a real life in Korea. And do the actors are highly paid in Korea? Is it like Hollywood?
Nice video, fun to watch. But have to disagree about cost of living in Korea vs USA. I visited Korea this month and food price was a shocker for me. Lots of food (even in hypermart like homeplus) was much more expensive than in USA. Sure if you eat out in restaurants all the time, US will be more expensive. But if you cook at home, then USA will be significantly cheaper than Korea. Other living cost, such as housing will also be cheaper in USA. In Korea most people need to buy an apartment in live in high rise tower. In USA, there are expensive places like San Francisco or LA where homes will easily go over a million dollars, but it's also easy to buy cheap vacant land and build your own house DIY. Then it will be much cheaper to live in USA compared to Korea. Overall, USA is still better option for many Koreans (if they can immigrate to US) as they can earn more money and live more cheaply than in Korea.
It's been a long time since i watched one of your videos and i missed you! Are you gonna do some lives like you used to? You were a really good company for me during covid. I hope everything is going fantastic in your life and wish you all of the best sis.❤
Korea and Japan tend to be cheaper standards of living than America. This is why when I move to Korea, I want to work remote (since I'm IT) because making an American wage in one of those countries would be great.
I work remote in IT job. But not totally remote. Once in a while my company wants me to come into office. So while it's possible to go to Korea and work from there for a while (actually I did that for one month this year), it's proabably not possible to do it for long periods of time. As for cheaper standard of living, I would disagree. Comparing what it cost to live in Korea vs in USA I would say I could live cheaper in US since food prices are significantly cheaper here in USA, and housing can be also significantly bigger and cheaper (provided you are ok living in exburbs).
Where I live the minimum wage is around 780$ so this really shocked me However, I'm pretty sure the living costs are higher in SK so it's quite interesting to get an insight on not only a different work culture but also different perspectives on payments Great informative video, as per usual!
@James Henry Smith first of all Oli London can be a non-binary person, what he can't be is Korean Second of all wth are you even doing here with all these out of the context comments? Move along, sir. You're making absolutely no sense
Excellent, Jina... Here in the Dallas area, I made the same as I did in NYC. But, the price of owning a home is 1/2 what it was in Flushing. And Manhattan is a smelly, overpriced ripoff. So, it is easy to have a nice car in Texas. Do not compare US costs to NYC or CA. You will never make enough there to live well. That is why NY and CA are dying and Texas is thriving. Everyone wants to move to Texas. South Korea looks like a clean, inexpensive place to live. I will be there next year, hopefully, just to visit a month. I'd like to see a video about small town living in Korea. I know you are a city girl, but that would give it a different perspective. I would enjoy seeing the small towns, fishing villages, resorts and farms through your eyes.
That’s insane! Do you really have to disclose your previous salary? Unless my workplace is toxic, why would I switch jobs for just 5% salary increase? 😅 Companies really need to do better.
@orinoco sula I digressed, though. Extra hours is a related topic but a complete different one. It's sad that most companies operate like that and don't realize their most important asset is their employees. If they don't take care of them, pay them a low salary, they'll just end up with unexperienced employees and with a bunch of incompetent ones that will take the business nowhere. Again, why would I switch to another company for just 5% increase?
I am 3d artist, motion designer and when i start my career in Mumbai Advertising industry there was no timing like office arrive time is 9:00 am but if there is work pressure then you live in office until that project finalize and one after another project there no ending I spent 15 days continues in office without nap completing project... 8 years i earn good experience and then i started to work as freelancer... I do work full time but depend on salary package
In Australia and New Zealand paid double hourly rate sat triple hourly rate on Sunday and public holidays. Boss must ask you. Cannot force you. Bullying in work is illegal. Women have rights and are legally protected from most offending actions towards them anywhere in these countries. Min wage in Australia is $24 per hour. Min in New Zealand is $15 an hour. Age and gender makes no difference. Average min a year in Australia is $56,000 per year and New Zealand is $30,000 per year. 4 weeks annual leave per year, 2 weeks sick leave. Free health care. Hospitals are free. 6 months maternity leave for mums who have had a baby. 6 months paternity leave for father's.
In Greece the average annual salary is less than 17000€. So having monthly salary of 1000€ is considered good bc a lot of people especially young ones get paid around 750€ per month or lower. The minimum monthly wage is 663€
Hello, Beautiful! I would say the fixed days for vacation by law in Bulgaria are 20. And the holidays come up to 12 per year. Which means the average Bulgarian person has a total of 32 days per year. As you said, that depends on the company as well, but the official rate is this. So the 104 days was a surprise to me. How did they come up with this number? Keep up the videos, I love them! Take care!
the chart is wrong. Romania was there with 90+ days off, in reality you get between 21 and 30 days off (depending on your work experience) and 15 national holidays.
@@tiberiumirica8445 similar to Portugal. Sometimes you have 30 days for holidays but have to divide in 2 for the whole year. Sometimes people take two weeks off in summer and two during Christmas
@@tiberiumirica8445 I believe that information applies to children's summer break, but she got confused in translation: vacation/holidays .... vacation/summer-break
Me having the korean work schedule and vacations, at my 30’s, after 7 years of University with a bachelor in science and at 500usd per month with 17% deduction in taxes: crying in latinamerica. I went with a work and holiday visa to korea and I was RICH washing dishes in a restaurant. 😭🚀 adopt me please Oh the minimum waige here (Argentina ) is less than 200usd per month so I am privileged 🤣 but I am considered medium-low class.
Very interesting to see! I live in Germany, since I am self-employed and lead a small Woodflooring business I dont really have a normal work week :D But my Employees do. They get about 30 days paid vaccation a year, which is about 5 weeks and can total up to more than 6 weeks with national holidays. We have Unions here which mandate a minimum wage for our business, which comes out to 15 $/hour but most of my workers make about 20 $ to 25 $ depending on skill level and time in the company. Work weeks top at 40 hours, most of the time they are closer to 35 hours. No working time on weekends just Monday to Friday. They also get a rent that is backed by the german state to make sure that they do not fall into poverty at an older age. I am quite happy to be able to provide a better work enviroment to them, my family has been wood workers / handyman for years and my fathers generation had none of these benefits. I have seen what poor work conditions and pay did to them.
I work for a Korean manufacturing company but here in the states.. when I talk with our HQ engineers in Korea their salaries seem very low in contrast but also their living cost is a lot lower too so it kinda balances out.. what surprised me most was that their average salary are competitive unless you go work for Samsung/LG elite companies..
That cicada noise ! It reminds me of visiting Seoul several years ago. The problem is that it is hard to get a decent job in Korea. If you are an engineer, particularly an experienced software programmer, you are fine to get a job.
@@deaththekid9208 sounds like a lot of money guess it all depends on the monthly cost of living than (in Netherlands average salary is arround 40000 eur a year.
Even if you get the highest salary for 30-34 y/o you mentioned in the UK, so around £2330, you still get £630 taken out in various taxes, so 'only' get £1700. Depending on the area that you live in, that money can disappear very quickly lol
Hello from the US! I lived in the UK for 6 years (Northampton and Norwich). I don't miss the weather but I do miss the TV shows haha. I used to watch CD:UK with Cat Deeley and Never Mind the Buzzcocks all the time!
in my experience working in Middle East i.e. saudi and kuwait, Australia, UK & Norway. Norway is the best country which i worked because the manager will give me project and I don't need to see my manager everyday but need to deliver the project on time. in Norway, IT contractor (consultants) can earn as much as from US$600 to US$1500 a day and also in the UK. permanent salary is lower maybe half of the contractor because permanent employee got health benefit, bonus, sick leave and paid holiday.
The European holidays you picked are certainly only true for some Eurpoean countries (mostly for the Mediterranean). In the UK for example, you usually get between 24-30 days of annual leave, plus 9 days of official public holidays. So in total you'd have between 33-39 days off in the UK per year. What is quite common in European countries is to leave early on a Friday. Not all companies do this, but in Germany for instance it's very common to leave around 3pm on a Friday, and many UK companies do this as well (more unofficially). Another trend I have observed lately is buying additional annual leave. I have some friends where the company allows them to take unpaid leave if they ask for it well in advance, i.e. pay for additional annual leave through a salary reduction. In Germany, overtime is usually paid, and you can accumulate your overtime hours to either take them as time off at some point in the future, or get it paid out. In the UK, you are often expected to work overtime without getting it compensated, which I am not a fan off! ;)
Jina: “This is $5, and this drink is also $5. Lunch at my cafeteria is…$5.” 😸 So, I’m bringing a lot of $5 bills/5,000 KW bills either me when I visit. I’m always shocked in these videos when someone shows a full lunch & its $5-6. I live in San Francisco, and my favorite Korean places have lunch specials they range from $12-16. Rents are a lot for businesses, so I get it, and that’s still cheap compared to many places. Even a slice of pizza can cost you $5 at most places, for example, so 15 for a very generous bbq chicken lunch set seems great (Plus my regular waiter brings me extra Kimchee, because I always rave about his grandmother’s Kimchee being the best!). I wish they just sold jars of it to take home. She also makes her own gochujang. Ok, now I’m hungry…
Honestly, a lot of everything said in this video can be applied to the America job market today as many people are minimum wage or slightly above workers. Jobs are so diverse but the downsides she talked about depend on where you work and who you work for in the states too.
Thank you for the informative video From Bahrain Middle East and average salary for university graduates is 1300$ and honestly if it goes up which is not common it goes to 2000$. Most people have to work part time or freelance after their full time job to be able to afford basic living
I love your Chanel Jina 💙 I confess that I think this salary rule is amazing! I am graduated and I am late 20s and is not fair to receive the same salary as somebody who is younger (less experience) and doesn't studied much just because is the same rule 😧 🇧🇷
Rent and real estate in New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts are hyper-inflated (very expensive right now). I would say average from what I've seen (data will vary by county/town) you'll end up spending one-fourth to half of your salary on rent or mortgage per year. The salary difference for individuals is certainly much higher here in the US depending on where you live than from what you've shared on South Korea's side. Thanks for creating the video, gave some great perspective! Looking forward to the next
@James Henry Smith that was the most ignorant thing I’ve heard. Can you please not troll and talk about politics…. Because this isn’t the place for that
12:31 2330$ that's like 175k INR per month like here in India so its already a lot That also for Early 20s!!!! Woah that's like some rich people Yeah South Korea is like a little expensive compared to India even tho its quite a lot like its the average!!!!
According to the internet... In Korea the cost of living is 59% of that here in UK, but I could get paid 66% for the job I do. Overall, based on salary/cost ratio, I'd be 12% better off in Korea. And I love my work, very happy to do it and I care about it a lot.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences and culture with us. I learn something new from your videos even thought we are from different parts of the world and different race, culture and personality; yet we are so similar as huma beings trying to figure out life. Thanks ❤
I'm surprised how similar to Canada this is...? Can any Korean Canadians comment? I always thought Korean work culture was very scary, but this is nothing strange. Here, you get two weeks off if you work twelve months. You get the two weeks (10 business days for the whole year!) when you start, but then if you take all 10 before the end of the year and you quit, you have those days that you did not "earn" yet deducted from your last paycheck. 9-6 is not an uncommon work schedule and salaried employees can work to 44 hours without "official" overtime (that is excluding the lunch hour, which is not considered to be work, and it does not count towards the total). Also, overtime work is common for a lot of office workers, but it is much more strict for hourly/salaried workers. Those people can be scheduled for long hours (for example, I used to work 55 hours per week in retail--but each hour was paid!). In my office job now, I have to work evenings/weekends sometimes, but I do not get paid extra. There are overtime laws, but only very good companies follow them. For some companies, they "say" they do not want you to work overtime (so you are not allowed to say you do!) but the amount of work they require from you means you have to work overtime to avoid failing at your job. We also have statutory holidays, like in Korea, however, if you have to work those days, you have to get paid 1.5 times your wage...
I live in Boston Massachusetts, the average salary is about 50,000, if you are a professional it about 150,000 per year. It is expensive to live in Massachusetts. But if you grew up here your use to it. After taxes it’s about 8,000 per month
It's net for official employees, and gross for contracted employees :) if you earn more, they get your tax more. So tax+insurance can be around $150~400 ? Usually
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Working long hours is not the same as working hard.
You are absolutely correct! Six years in Korea. They have more relaxed office style (output expectation).
yep my level of productivity is off the chart for 3 hrs then i gonna need to rest a couple of hrs. sometime i find my self in focus for 8-10 hrs but i love what i do so i dont even see it as a job.
Korean efficiency is really beyond Western comprehension. In 빠릿빠 culture stuff happens now; get it done style.
Yeah, after living in Korea and then going to other countries, you really learn how fast things get done in Korea
In Sweden they pay you more in overtime and we do get health benefits and paid leave during the summer. Also,if you have worked more than a year in the same place you get more benefits and the government gives you a specific amount of money to spend on "activities" such as gym membership,yoga and even spa treatments.
Yes, this is true!
Yes, this is true! But we don't have a minimum wage in Sweden so a few jobs have really low pay, but most jobs pay you fairly.
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Sweden also has one of the lowest salaries in Europe and one of the highest tax at a starting 33%. The employer also needs to pay about 10% tax before you pay the tax. In total it's like 43% tax starting. So yeah you better get some benefit from that.
The big problem with managers in Korea is that they tend to be bitter older men who don't want to go home at all. Instead they stay at work or force employees to go drinking on off hours and get angry when you decline. All they do is brag about themselves and no one has fun. I got death glares for leaving to go home to my wife instead of suffering through a "hwaesik". I didn't care and I was the best at my job. My manager couldn't say anything to my face.
I ended up leaving and opening my own business and got rid of all that nonsense BS company culture crap. My employees never do have to do overtime and have 30 days a year in vacation time.
Although I have to mingle with other leaders in the industry now from time to time, I can say I hate the majority of them and their level of drinking and cheating bro culture.
I'm from Russia, and may be surprisingly, but don't drink alcohol at all. And I suppose that for like me persons - probably it's not so easy to find out work in Korea)
@@ilyanemihin6029 There are bosses that don't drink as well but they normally are hardcore church going Christians. There are some decent bosses around though that don't do all that overtime, drinking work culture stuff. They tend to be younger and more open to the new ideas of running a business not forcing people to do things.
@@okoto are you still in South Korea? How do I contact you please?
Good for you!
When I hear about the whole "Boss still in the office till late so you need to stay as well" thing in Korea and Japan, I'm like "bruh".
This is true. It's even crazier to see in person. It was one of the few benefits of being a foreigner because ideology was detached from this, and I am out by 5pm
I had a friend from California teach English in Japan, in many companies you stay until the boss leaves, there is no over time pay, a typical work day was 12-16 hours, unless you're a foreigner you're not expected to stay late.
totally bruh
It’s pretty easily explainable if we understand Korean & Anglo philosophy. In Korea, a company is like a family unit; do you just walk away and abandon your family in their time of need? That’s shameless. In liberalism, however, it’s about individualism and selfishness, when your personal work is done you just walk away. Confucianism and liberalism are a long ways apart.
@@Sol-In-Seoul "In Korea, a company is like a family unit; do you just walk away and abandon your family in their time of need?"
Yeah, but what about the family abandoning the person in need? As in, the company firing the worker. You see, it has to go both ways to actually work.
06:17 the holiday times in Europe, I think what you found are the summer holiday times for school children (2-3 months of summer break in general). that is not the vacation days off work for working people. (normal working vacation days for full-time workers ranges between 10-30 days in Europe on average)
Exactly
Thanks for clearing that up. I thought that sounded crazy. Like Bulgaria has a holiday once or twice a week. That would be awesome for the worker, if it were true.
yes, in France it's 25 days.
But you have also what it's called RTT and if you work over 35h you can have more days of (generally it's 2 days per moth).
Teacher in France have all the vacacions... (2weeks fir Xmas, 2 weeks in february, 2 weeks in april and 2 months in summer and 10 days in autumn). Teachers for small children work more than highschool teacher for example so they use the time of vacacion to work at home and prepare classes.
We are not so bad in France regarding the others countries..
At least for work and health !
‘Eat first Jina’ was on my mind while watching the video 😊
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Hahahahhha filming is more important for me lol
@@itsjinakim content first and mukbang later 😁
Yeah, the puree is getting cold! 😄
I think you’re so raw and honest. I’m having fun watching you. You have the personality to RUclips and I wish you continued success.
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I was in South Korea in March 1986 to July 1987 it was always cool watching the little kids sweep the streets early in the morning everyday. I also remember Koreans were fighting for better wages. They were also making sure everything was looking good for the Summer Olympics in 1988.
I am a retired biz person. In the late 80s, I have the opportunity of visiting Seoul. And it leaves deep impression till today. Everyone there that I had the chance to speak to, wants to work hard to excel. They aspire to be better than their neighbor country (you know who ;) ). I was always thinking to myself, what or who inspire that movement? That was the beginning of S Korea as a modern powerhouse. I respect you guys alot! I like your channel! Keep it up!
That is the Confucian work ethic, “the perfectibility of man” from Mengzi and such. It starts in the education system, and once you learn that work ethic you can be like that for life. It’s the same in China.
*Sounds too much like working for a Japanese company. The best thing is to just work remote for an American company but live in Korea or Japan.*
seriously
your English is very good, nice to know more about Korea from your channel, greetings from Indonesia :)
Having worked in several countries, including Korea, maybe I can shed some light on the the overall salary/work culture aspects. Assuming one has managed to get a reasonable corporate job at one of the South Korean conglomerates through a graduate recruiting process, he/she can expect a gross pay before taxes at around $35-50k in his/her entry/junior-level years (late 20s to mid-30s), $60-80k in a mid-level position (mid-30s to early 40s), and $80-100k in an upper-level manager position but not a C-suite/executive-level position (mid 40s until retirement). South Korea adopts a progressive tax regime, so the net is around 80% of the gross, gradually moving down to around 70% as the gross increases, and this is all inclusive of income and other state taxes, as well as various state insurance programs and pension contribution. The recent significant housing price increase in the nation due to a continued low interest policy and terrible, ill-designed housing policies by the current government has made the living costs and house affordability a significant issue (expect to pay at least ~$1 million or more for an apartment in Seoul) but if one chooses not to buy a house and remain single, the net salary isn't too bad and one can expect to retire with some reasonable savings without having to entirely resort to monthly pension payouts. This is a little bit unknown but I would add that the healthcare system is pretty decent compared to any other advanced nations irrespective of the system (universal or not) as its highly affordable while the quality is also quite decent. I would say the overall job security for most of the companies/industries are pretty stable unless one is working in a sagging sector as it's very hard to fire people or pursue layoffs because of stringent labor laws but it steeply declines as one approaches his late-40s and 50s. Most retire in their early- or mid-50s think mostly involuntarily unless he/she is working in the public sector or for a state-owned enterprise. Work culture varies depending on the firm or even the team one is working in so it's hard to make a blanket statement but I'd say that things that normally don't happen in U.S./European workplaces could happen due to insensitivity, bad managers with terrible communication skills and personality, etc. that are very unique in Korean work situations. These days the work hours are not that bad because of the recent 52 work hours per week law that has passed, and companies are I think slowly learning that they don't have to stay in the office until 7 or 8 everyday to get things done. One negative in terms of work hours more broadly is the lack of vacation days in general, which is around 15 days vs. ~25-30 days for EU countries and other places.
It was rather a long-winded post but if you're working for a good company in the right team, you're not going to make bank and may even struggle financially if you're the sole bread earner in a family without any expected meaningful inheritance given the high costs to raise children but can live quite comfortably if you choose to remain single. But I'd say outside of the ~10% who were not fortunate enough to land on these good jobs and was not able to ride the property price surge in recent years would struggle and will have troubles in their retirement years.
Thanks for the info, if the only threat is the retirement then all good we are already dead at that time anyway xd
@@GeoBGO well ..... you might be unlucky and live to 100 years. you never know.
Very informative. Phoenix Arizona retired like reading about Korean and Japanese
Many Koreans are forced to work for less than minimum wage. I've had many Korean friends working in kiosks that were given a take it or leave it option and were paid $5-6 bucks an hour and even then still get shorted on pay checks. This isn't just common it's almost the norm in Korea. Employers will try to short change you or try to get out of paying you at all.
Wtf
Not surprising. From what I have seen there are many more small businesses in S. Korea than many other countries. Most of the U.S is corporate owned unless you live in a big city.
yupppppp... my boyfriend and his friends have all worked at places like CU, Emart24, etc... and I couldn't believe that they even accepted a job where they were knowingly being paid under the minimum wage. like... it's just blatantly illegal. although yes... many illegal things when it comes to working really IS the damn norm here... ugh... gross...
@@rainypath96 lol Korea can be a really cool place but it's true... working here is complete dogshit. And way too competitive so ppl feel relieved to even have a job that treats them like dogshit. It's sad. Even the "good jobs" that ppl study their entire childhoods away for don't even seem good to me. Working all day at Samsung and superiors bullying you? Yeah... thanks. I'll pass. My boyfriend (who isn't some gold spoon fed rich Seoul boy lol, we live together in Busan) feels the same. He and I are going to marry and we're gonna get him a green card in the US. Not exactly a working utopia either these days but still leaps and bounds better than Korea.
Oh this is true! My korean teacher taught me that hourly wage in Korea for part time workers is 7000-8000 won.
The CU store in my dorms (SNU dorms) put up a note for hiring, and it said the hourly wage was 8000won. In my own country I earn 15$ an hour for my current job, but the average is usually 17$
Mid 30s here: graduated from little above-average university with a technical degree, making over $100K+ since my early 30s. Made about $50K after graduating at my first job in my early 20s. This is California, USA by the way. I'm glad my parents brought me here from Korea in the early 90s since your researched average salaries seem so low. Like your style by the way.
@TT it’s dependent on a person’s situation. My experience and situation is the opposite of what you noted. My retirement funding is for myself while my company pays 5% of my income to it. Healthcare- all of my previous and current jobs pay for those insurance costs as large corporations. This is normal and expected. University- I chose to go to the one I went to instead of the top tier university to take the college scholarship specific to where I went. This paid majority of my tuition. It’s all about the choices we make, with some luck. That said, couple of different paths and decisions could easily lead a person to have high costs you mentioned.
@@peterkoh6014 Yeah but you still have to pay at least 30% in taxes. In Korea, tax is less than 5%.
@@cosmos8098 I agree our tax rates are higher. However, being married with 2 kids, there are many deductions that lower my rate. I understand your point but it doesn’t mean anything when my peers and I all make over $100k+ with most of our wives bringing more or less $100k. Still far higher than the numbers this video talks about. I’m not just talking about myself, half of my peers are in the same category in their mid 30s.
@@peterkfamily I understand, but healthcare costs and mortgage payments are a no joke in America. You prob haven’t done any major surgeries yet to talk about it through this rose tinted glasses. And generally it costs more to live in the states. Even though the average salary is lower for koreans, the ability to consume isn’t materially affected; and in many ways the standard of living is higher there.
@@peterkfamily and I don’t know which america you live, but it’s still not the majority of earners that you see a combined household income of 200k plus. That would put you at top 10 percent actually, lol. And I say this as someone who makes 200k plus a year as a single breadwinner and is also surrounded by colleagues who earn more. You’re getting a bigger child credit now because of the recent 2017 revision to the tax code and the 2020 COVID relief package Biden signed, which is temporary, but in general you can’t generalize based on your experiences.
In France we also work from 9 to 6, often with additional hours (I've had days where I'd leave at 7 or 8) however we have 3 to 5 weeks of paid leave, which is a good balance I guess.
I’m curious, who gets 3 weeks holiday in France? Since any employees accrue 2,5 days for holiday per month.
we work 9 to 5 never 6 when I did my internship in France and over time was an option and you get paid for it or you just accumulate it to get extra days off ,was it just my company?
What your job??
@@fatisummer9106 u are from france or other country just asking?
Nah it’s a minimum of 5 weeks a year. Never 3.
Not drinking with colleagues can get one fired?
Sorry, that sounds a lot like encroaching one's personal space and quality time with the family. I really can't comprehend what kind of society is that.
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Sadly in Canada there won’t be a middle anymore so it would be only poor and rich and almost 3,000 dollars a month will be a bit hard
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Having spent two (2) wonderful years in Korea on two (2) different military tours. At Osan Air Base (April 87 to April 88) and Kunsan Air Base (December 90 to December 91) back in the day. I was a US American Air Force Security Police. So glad your channel is bring back excellent memories for me. I really enjoyed my life there in Korea. GOD bless Korea.
I'm Bulgarian and I can say on average most companies do give around 20 days of vacation per year. It's usually around 1 month of work = 1.3 days off so by 1 year you get around 20 days of paid vacation that you can book. I'm not sure how your statistic said 104 days because that's too much. Most companies here also work during national holiday so usually 24/7 on shifts.
Your channel is so different and authentic. You're one of the first Korean RUclips channel I subscribed to. I love your contents and personality.
Haha, it’s been a while since I’ve watched these videos, but jina is so random sometimes, but that randomness makes her channel so unique. Great job!
Very Interesting to see the comparisons of another country.
I’m from Sydney, Australia and things are a little different here. Pay is higher, holidays and sick leave are a lot higher - approx 4-6 weeks a year holidays and about 20 plus paid sick days - this depending on your job and conditions. Overtime is always paid for you wouldn’t really stay back unless you were paid extra here. Buying houses and rent is expensive as is the cost of living.
Yes, from what i know, the rent combined with tax nowaday can easily eat more than half ur gross salary. Even if u are earning 120K AUD a year in Sydney, u only take home 50K+ after ur tax and rent.
This is very honest information, thank you!
Im glad that korean people are changing their work culture. 💜💜💜
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In Brazil we work 8 hours/day + 1 hour for lunch, if we work more by the law we need to be pay for every extra hour, and we have 30 days of vacation every year…
30 days paid vacation???
No job I had has ever paid me for my vacation. Not even sick pay.
@@vminhope3040 Yes, paid vacation.
Paid vacation 30days?!!! I am from fking argentinaaaa and have only 14 days (by law is 12 but my company is thrivinggg) So close and so far away🤦🏻♀️😭
@@solfh really? Oh :/ here by law 30 days but in my company (state company) we have 35 paid days
We get 25 days in the company I work for. Then you get an additional day after 15 years of service. My workday is 7.5 hours with 1 hour lunchbreak.
Thank you for the great video! I am from Bulgaria and will share about our holidays: I counted that we have 11 public holidays(official paid days off) plus 20 days paid leave. And I use them all! :) Salaries in the capital are also good for our standard but there are also jobs that don't pay much. Some people are working remotely and it pays good money as well. Also, nobody ever paid me for overtime but I still do it as a good worker :) Keep up the good work!
The salary goes with the economy. Cheap salary cheap economy, expensive salary expensive economy. Am a Nigerian P.hD graduate and the average salary in the government depends on the level. And my salary is not even up to $4000 but am living large, comfortable and happy. In countries like us, Korea, I will be a poor person. Wow, I rather stay here. Not for nothing but going to those countries does not equate to being rich as well.
In Nigerian currency am earning about 2.5 million naira per annum just to make you understand the magnitude of that pay in Nigeria.
I am in the USA and when I worked in a factory I made 52,000 a year. I did not go to college. On my overtime weeks I made between 900-1200 dollars a week.
Yes, but facory jobs which paid enough for middle class life style has long been disappearing in America. Now it's flipping burgers and working in walmart for former factory workers.
In USA you generally get paid between 50-85k with a college degree in certain friends and if you are in tech it's over 90K annually.
A lot of people don't get paid the minimum of that salary range, even with a college degree.
buttarain27 After interviewing with over 100 top companies that’s the range I have been offered with a finance degree and my friends in technology many of them are making more then 90k annually.
Is that net or gross?
@@jw841 Gross. Net would be minus 30% approx.
I get here (this channel) by accident. This is the 10 video i check! Great information, easy to understand, and by the way, is great to see how you change over time! congratulations, hugs & kises from Colombia!
I love the fact I saw my country, Portugal, in your chart 😅 we have a good amount of days to rest even though our salaries suck 🥺 we can't have it all
I love to have the experience to work in south Korea
Can wait for your next vídeo to know more
All the best😘
It amazes me that you live in Portugal and you are not amazed to see that people get 88 days of vacation per year! That is 3 months!! Even if you do not work yet, do you actually have people around you who do not work for 3 months per year?? Even if you have one or two who happen to be free lancers or a special case, do you actually think most people in Portugal take 88 days off?? I know how I must sound, but I honestly do not want to insult you. I am begging you to be more critical with these things. You say "rest", the rest of the world calls you lazy and spoiled, when you actually have less vacation time that Central-Northern Europe. It's because of this kind of crap - like 88 vacation days- that you do not even think to challenge. Sorry for lashing out! I am Greek, have worked with Americans, British and Indians my entire work life of 12+ years, my team takes the least time off and works the most overtime (I don't want to hear about productivity from anyone who cannot understand the formulas of how productivity indexes are calculated) and people easily will believe I take 85 vacation days! I do not even take 8 some years. Cheers to you! You have a beautiful country!
@@mairou_5030 I'm Portuguese and that chart is kinda wrong. It doesn't apply to everyone only to certain jobs. The majority only has one month maybe a month and a half of vacations and have to divide for the whole year. There is a lot of unemployment here. But you are right Portuguese are seem as lazy in certain jobs but I think its because of their way of living xD they work a lot but like to chill and relax even for 10 minutes. My dad (who is Portuguese) works at construction in the UK and he is one of the best and fastest workers there compared to the other nationalities also European. I can totally feel and understanding your point, I think the other Portuguese who answered is still young to understand the problems here in Portugal. My apologies for any inconvenience.
Maybe similar to Brazil. Minimum wage isnt high, but after a year in a company, you have one month of paid vacation, plus the holidays. Also, here we receive 13 salaries per year, is it the same in Portugal?
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In Oregon from the States our hourly wage is almost 13.00 to 14.00 an hour depending on where you live in the State.
I have been working in Korea for 17 years, primarily in IT companies where there was no overtime.
I believe it varies by industry; IT tech companies often adopt the work culture of American tech companies, allowing flexibility to work from home or in the office.
Here in Sweden we has 5 weeks weekation time guarded by law and you need to take it all within a year. But it renews itself each New year. Plus our celebration Days are all free and if one Work during those Days the pay is increased same with night shift. Plus we have also parents Days for both men and women there one gets money to be Home with their kids.
5 weeks paid vacation o_o?
@@tatoes5921 yes. Full payed
How can u finiz the leave while we r struggling to clear our annual leave of 14days in most company in Singapore /malaysia(but only during covid era since no traveling)😂🤣
Sweden and working overtime is also regulated by law how many hours you can work extra.
Going over in overtime work can result in that hr department will contact your superior and demand you have to take 1 or 2 days off from work to rest.
Lemme live in sweden please hahaha
It is difficult to average Korean's annual salary because it depends on their job and age. In my case, my husband's annual salary as of 2022 is 42 million won + 6 million won for overtime = 48 million won. My annual salary is 30 million won + bonus 2 million won = 32 million won. There are times when I work overtime, too. The overtime pay is 35,000 won per day. However, most of the overtime pay in Korea is calculated per hour, and I am special and rarely receive it. My husband is a 2D machine specialist born in 1984, and I am a 2D cad specialist born in 1990. I live in Gyeonggi-do, near Seoul, and I pay a deposit of 300 million won and a monthly rent of 400,000 won monthly rent. We think we're below the middle class. 😭
no u r in middle class :O
@@김종선-h9c I don't think we're exactly middle class. I think it's down the middle. 한국어로 써도 되지만^^
Please are you still in SK? How do I contact you?
Yes life is tough in Korea. In USA, a family income of $80,000 would be firmly in middle class. But expenses could be lower in USA since food prices are lower and housing price could also be a lot lower (depending on where you decide to live and if you are handy enough to build your own house). I suppose it's also possible to live cheaply in Korea, if you built your own house in rural area, but there are virtually no remote jobs in Korea, so living in rural areas is pretty much a no go for most people.
Let’s go Bulgaria 🇧🇬!! Almost every week there is some holiday = free day 😁
Failed college... But I'm still learning as I want to start my own company.
I think those salaries are awesome for the cost of living here, especially for young adults who stay living at home into their 30s. I was able to save wayyyyy more in Korea than I was ever able to in the US, despite making more than twice as much there, due to the cost of living.
What were you doing in America? Or were you just living in the Bay Area? Because Korea isn't that cheap...
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@@dertfert745 ive lived in sk as well as several us states, and yeah, sk is usually cheaper than the us. the only thing I noticed that was significantly and consistently more expensive in sk was rent. travel, food, entertainment was all very inexpensive compared to most areas in the states. maybe in states like kansas or oklahoma (areas that have a way below average cost of living) you could get away with spending less, but overall sk is way cheaper.
Thanks so much for the video Jina. Really informative and insightful content from your as usual. ❤️
Comparing to india the cost of living in Korea is MUCH higher! 🙂
not in mumbai where i live it is much higher in south bombay
Oh.. But in Kolkata the prices of everything is much cheaper than any other city.
@@funtube2906 ohh yes ik im bengali most of my family lives there
Salary alone does not matter, living cost is important too, to really get a balanced view. Here in Switzerland avg. salary is about 4500usd or even 5000usd per month. But living cost is also very high, with that salary you barely can stay alive if you need a car. Rental cost for apartments are about 2000usd a month. Then you have 400usd obligated health insurance, about 450 to 800usd tax etc. Food is also very expensive. In the end not much is left. People mostly just see the salary number and think Swiss people are rich... But yes the benefits are, that every other country is cheap for us when we are on Holidays 😀
Very interesting video!! I live in California and our minimum wage is $14 an hr. Of course housing is ridiculous here as well. Speaking from my profession as a registered nurse in the bay area, we make well over 100K per year, yet our daily expenses is ridiculous. Housing alone will take half of the paycheck for most of us....
As someone who works in tech and makes well over 100K a year (this is very normal here) in SF , I agree. I can't even afford to buy a home here since everything cost over 1 million dollars
The average US wage is around 55 thousand USD per year. Younger folks make less (30 to 40 k) and older folks tend to make a little more (60 to 70k). I am in the top 10% as an engineer. Which is more than twice average wages.
intresting video. the salary sounds pretty low for me (i am german). however, it all depends on how expensive is living. would be intresting to know how is the ratio between salary and your monthly spendings.
the europen holidays you showed, are probably for school kids. its defenitly not for people who work. in germany we have 20 days off per law, but depends on the job you usually have more. i have 30 days. in addtion you have public holidays by law, if they are on a working day, you have a day off.
really low? Is the salary in Germany so good?
@@sweetrain6419 well, it depends on the job and your expirience, but its not bad.
You make great videos. Thanks for your information.
South Korea and America are really similar work wise it seems. Income, earning time off and working overtime in particular. I can't fathom getting naptime during work like some other countries but I'm all for it!
I'm a part timer 9am-2pm, work weekends and get paid time and a half, public holidays I get double time and day in lieu, get paid for overtime and $10 food voucher. I've had 4 pay rises in the 4 years I've been at my current job. Some people I work with have around 500 annual leave hours. It's good money but living expenses is very expensive
I am deep in love with korean dramas, because they are so pure and sweet. But, I want to know if those k-drama is really a reflection of a real life in Korea. And do the actors are highly paid in Korea? Is it like Hollywood?
Nice video, fun to watch. But have to disagree about cost of living in Korea vs USA. I visited Korea this month and food price was a shocker for me. Lots of food (even in hypermart like homeplus) was much more expensive than in USA. Sure if you eat out in restaurants all the time, US will be more expensive. But if you cook at home, then USA will be significantly cheaper than Korea. Other living cost, such as housing will also be cheaper in USA. In Korea most people need to buy an apartment in live in high rise tower. In USA, there are expensive places like San Francisco or LA where homes will easily go over a million dollars, but it's also easy to buy cheap vacant land and build your own house DIY. Then it will be much cheaper to live in USA compared to Korea. Overall, USA is still better option for many Koreans (if they can immigrate to US) as they can earn more money and live more cheaply than in Korea.
The croissant is $5 and the drink is also $5? It doesn't sound inexpensive. Discussing annual salaries based on age group is kind of odd.
It's been a long time since i watched one of your videos and i missed you! Are you gonna do some lives like you used to?
You were a really good company for me during covid. I hope everything is going fantastic in your life and wish you all of the best sis.❤
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Korea and Japan tend to be cheaper standards of living than America. This is why when I move to Korea, I want to work remote (since I'm IT) because making an American wage in one of those countries would be great.
I work remote in IT job. But not totally remote. Once in a while my company wants me to come into office. So while it's possible to go to Korea and work from there for a while (actually I did that for one month this year), it's proabably not possible to do it for long periods of time. As for cheaper standard of living, I would disagree. Comparing what it cost to live in Korea vs in USA I would say I could live cheaper in US since food prices are significantly cheaper here in USA, and housing can be also significantly bigger and cheaper (provided you are ok living in exburbs).
Bulgaria: We work 8 hours from 9A.M to 6P.M + 1 hour lunch break. We have 20 days off a year + 10 days National holidays.
In usa where I work, I get zero holidays and zero vacations. And my boss will get pisted off if you as for vacations. Lol. No joke.
@@anonymousanonymous-wc4wx this is illegal
@@origiral ....says who? Its legal
Longer working hours doesn't equal productivity.
Where I live the minimum wage is around 780$ so this really shocked me
However, I'm pretty sure the living costs are higher in SK so it's quite interesting to get an insight on not only a different work culture but also different perspectives on payments
Great informative video, as per usual!
The minimum waige in my country is 200usd with the same prices as korea… so don’t come to Argentina 😒👎🏻💩
@@solfh omg how do y'all pay for a house/place?
@James Henry Smith she still is Korean and lives there tho
@James Henry Smith wth are you even on about?
@James Henry Smith first of all Oli London can be a non-binary person, what he can't be is Korean
Second of all wth are you even doing here with all these out of the context comments? Move along, sir. You're making absolutely no sense
Damn, the ending be hitting facts! 😅 you've earned my subscription 🙌
Excellent, Jina... Here in the Dallas area, I made the same as I did in NYC. But, the price of owning a home is 1/2 what it was in Flushing. And Manhattan is a smelly, overpriced ripoff. So, it is easy to have a nice car in Texas. Do not compare US costs to NYC or CA. You will never make enough there to live well. That is why NY and CA are dying and Texas is thriving. Everyone wants to move to Texas. South Korea looks like a clean, inexpensive place to live. I will be there next year, hopefully, just to visit a month. I'd like to see a video about small town living in Korea. I know you are a city girl, but that would give it a different perspective. I would enjoy seeing the small towns, fishing villages, resorts and farms through your eyes.
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Good video. Useful info. Thanks
That’s insane! Do you really have to disclose your previous salary? Unless my workplace is toxic, why would I switch jobs for just 5% salary increase? 😅 Companies really need to do better.
@orinoco sula I'm willing to work as much as you are willing to pay me 😂ain't putting extra hours for free.
@orinoco sula I digressed, though. Extra hours is a related topic but a complete different one. It's sad that most companies operate like that and don't realize their most important asset is their employees. If they don't take care of them, pay them a low salary, they'll just end up with unexperienced employees and with a bunch of incompetent ones that will take the business nowhere. Again, why would I switch to another company for just 5% increase?
I am 3d artist, motion designer and when i start my career in Mumbai Advertising industry there was no timing like office arrive time is 9:00 am but if there is work pressure then you live in office until that project finalize and one after another project there no ending I spent 15 days continues in office without nap completing project... 8 years i earn good experience and then i started to work as freelancer... I do work full time but depend on salary package
In Australia and New Zealand paid double hourly rate sat triple hourly rate on Sunday and public holidays. Boss must ask you. Cannot force you. Bullying in work is illegal. Women have rights and are legally protected from most offending actions towards them anywhere in these countries. Min wage in Australia is $24 per hour. Min in New Zealand is $15 an hour. Age and gender makes no difference. Average min a year in Australia is $56,000 per year and New Zealand is $30,000 per year. 4 weeks annual leave per year, 2 weeks sick leave. Free health care. Hospitals are free. 6 months maternity leave for mums who have had a baby. 6 months paternity leave for father's.
Edward Reubens, if minimum wage is 24 dollars an hour? Why does nurses there make so little?
I just looked up Australia minimum wage. It says its 20.33
Cost of living is pretty good in Australia, not so much in NZ
In Greece the average annual salary is less than 17000€. So having monthly salary of 1000€ is considered good bc a lot of people especially young ones get paid around 750€ per month or lower. The minimum monthly wage is 663€
Hello, Beautiful! I would say the fixed days for vacation by law in Bulgaria are 20. And the holidays come up to 12 per year. Which means the average Bulgarian person has a total of 32 days per year. As you said, that depends on the company as well, but the official rate is this. So the 104 days was a surprise to me. How did they come up with this number? Keep up the videos, I love them! Take care!
the chart is wrong. Romania was there with 90+ days off, in reality you get between 21 and 30 days off (depending on your work experience) and 15 national holidays.
@@tiberiumirica8445 similar to Portugal. Sometimes you have 30 days for holidays but have to divide in 2 for the whole year. Sometimes people take two weeks off in summer and two during Christmas
@@tiberiumirica8445 I believe that information applies to children's summer break, but she got confused in translation: vacation/holidays .... vacation/summer-break
@@aniava7119 if it is summer vacation it is correct then :)
When you consider your health benefits, you guys are doing great.
The sound of Cicadas tells me all I need to know, Korea is too darn hot and humid for my liking.
Apparently winter is below freezing with snow and ice. Someone else on here said they want to fly home for the winter because it's so cold.
@Razor Lover the first blacks in Britain arrived 2000 years ago with the Romans, before the Anglo Saxons...
Me having the korean work schedule and vacations, at my 30’s, after 7 years of University with a bachelor in science and at 500usd per month with 17% deduction in taxes: crying in latinamerica.
I went with a work and holiday visa to korea and I was RICH washing dishes in a restaurant. 😭🚀 adopt me please
Oh the minimum waige here (Argentina ) is less than 200usd per month so I am privileged 🤣 but I am considered medium-low class.
Hey I'm trying to understand your comment. So you make $500usd/month currently in Latin America? What country?
@@Alex-fs9vl but your country living costs much cheaper than korea, unless you wanna purchasing iphone, huawei
Very interesting to see! I live in Germany, since I am self-employed and lead a small Woodflooring business I dont really have a normal work week :D But my Employees do.
They get about 30 days paid vaccation a year, which is about 5 weeks and can total up to more than 6 weeks with national holidays. We have Unions here which mandate a minimum wage for our business, which comes out to 15 $/hour but most of my workers make about 20 $ to 25 $ depending on skill level and time in the company. Work weeks top at 40 hours, most of the time they are closer to 35 hours. No working time on weekends just Monday to Friday. They also get a rent that is backed by the german state to make sure that they do not fall into poverty at an older age.
I am quite happy to be able to provide a better work enviroment to them, my family has been wood workers / handyman for years and my fathers generation had none of these benefits. I have seen what poor work conditions and pay did to them.
I work for a Korean manufacturing company but here in the states.. when I talk with our HQ engineers in Korea their salaries seem very low in contrast but also their living cost is a lot lower too so it kinda balances out.. what surprised me most was that their average salary are competitive unless you go work for Samsung/LG elite companies..
That cicada noise ! It reminds me of visiting Seoul several years ago.
The problem is that it is hard to get a decent job in Korea. If you are an engineer, particularly an experienced software programmer, you are fine to get a job.
A bottleneck is created in terms of educated applicants and jobs.
OMG, I love your channel, so informative and real!!
Thank you for your amazing videos~
America working 7 days a week even on Christmas I didn’t even took off time for my father funeral. I feel ya keep up the good work
Omg r u serious 😳
,we would do that in construction, that was cash money in our pocket!
@@joego7924 it’s sucks( the American dream) lol I make 60,000 a year still not enough
@@deaththekid9208 sounds like a lot of money guess it all depends on the monthly cost of living than (in Netherlands average salary is arround 40000 eur a year.
I was paid 2,900,000 Won a month. I didn't pay rent. Only paid electric bill and phone. So, I always had money
Even if you get the highest salary for 30-34 y/o you mentioned in the UK, so around £2330, you still get £630 taken out in various taxes, so 'only' get £1700. Depending on the area that you live in, that money can disappear very quickly lol
Hello from the US! I lived in the UK for 6 years (Northampton and Norwich). I don't miss the weather but I do miss the TV shows haha. I used to watch CD:UK with Cat Deeley and Never Mind the Buzzcocks all the time!
Yeah we would not be able to live that in London with salary.
Is that bi-weekly salary or monthly?
@@MaSa-bp5qe That's a monthly salary in the UK.
@@virginiealohaa8163 That’s very low… how do you guys survive on that? How would you buy a home or raise a family?
in my experience working in Middle East i.e. saudi and kuwait, Australia, UK & Norway. Norway is the best country which i worked because the manager will give me project and I don't need to see my manager everyday but need to deliver the project on time.
in Norway, IT contractor (consultants) can earn as much as from US$600 to US$1500 a day and also in the UK. permanent salary is lower maybe half of the contractor because permanent employee got health benefit, bonus, sick leave and paid holiday.
The European holidays you picked are certainly only true for some Eurpoean countries (mostly for the Mediterranean). In the UK for example, you usually get between 24-30 days of annual leave, plus 9 days of official public holidays. So in total you'd have between 33-39 days off in the UK per year. What is quite common in European countries is to leave early on a Friday. Not all companies do this, but in Germany for instance it's very common to leave around 3pm on a Friday, and many UK companies do this as well (more unofficially). Another trend I have observed lately is buying additional annual leave. I have some friends where the company allows them to take unpaid leave if they ask for it well in advance, i.e. pay for additional annual leave through a salary reduction.
In Germany, overtime is usually paid, and you can accumulate your overtime hours to either take them as time off at some point in the future, or get it paid out. In the UK, you are often expected to work overtime without getting it compensated, which I am not a fan off! ;)
I don’t know about other Mediterranean countries, but in Italy they’re around 24 days if you work full time.
Your new hair style shocked me more than the Salary stuffs😂
Hahahhaa really?
It looks so beautiful
@@itsjinakim yup lol😂
@@ak-tn1ed yeah it does😍
Jina: “This is $5, and this drink is also $5. Lunch at my cafeteria is…$5.” 😸
So, I’m bringing a lot of $5 bills/5,000 KW bills either me when I visit.
I’m always shocked in these videos when someone shows a full lunch & its $5-6. I live in San Francisco, and my favorite Korean places have lunch specials they range from $12-16. Rents are a lot for businesses, so I get it, and that’s still cheap compared to many places.
Even a slice of pizza can cost you $5 at most places, for example, so 15 for a very generous bbq chicken lunch set seems great (Plus my regular waiter brings me extra Kimchee, because I always rave about his grandmother’s Kimchee being the best!). I wish they just sold jars of it to take home. She also makes her own gochujang. Ok, now I’m hungry…
Honestly, a lot of everything said in this video can be applied to the America job market today as many people are minimum wage or slightly above workers. Jobs are so diverse but the downsides she talked about depend on where you work and who you work for in the states too.
Thank you for the informative video
From Bahrain Middle East and average salary for university graduates is 1300$ and honestly if it goes up which is not common it goes to 2000$. Most people have to work part time or freelance after their full time job to be able to afford basic living
I love your Chanel Jina 💙 I confess that I think this salary rule is amazing! I am graduated and I am late 20s and is not fair to receive the same salary as somebody who is younger (less experience) and doesn't studied much just because is the same rule 😧 🇧🇷
Rent and real estate in New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts are hyper-inflated (very expensive right now). I would say average from what I've seen (data will vary by county/town) you'll end up spending one-fourth to half of your salary on rent or mortgage per year. The salary difference for individuals is certainly much higher here in the US depending on where you live than from what you've shared on South Korea's side. Thanks for creating the video, gave some great perspective! Looking forward to the next
@James Henry Smith that was the most ignorant thing I’ve heard. Can you please not troll and talk about politics…. Because this isn’t the place for that
12:31 2330$ that's like 175k INR per month like here in India so its already a lot
That also for Early 20s!!!!
Woah that's like some rich people
Yeah South Korea is like a little expensive compared to India even tho its quite a lot like its the average!!!!
Yah their monthly salary is some people's early salary in India
@@sanashaikh843 that's nearly 12x the minimum wage here in Brazil xD
According to the internet... In Korea the cost of living is 59% of that here in UK, but I could get paid 66% for the job I do. Overall, based on salary/cost ratio, I'd be 12% better off in Korea. And I love my work, very happy to do it and I care about it a lot.
I have waited whole video only for seeing that 🥕 eaten by you. U should have eaten that n tell how it taste other than that it's a fav video as usual 🧡❤❣
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Thanks for sharing your experiences and culture with us.
I learn something new from your videos even thought we are from different parts of the world and different race, culture and personality; yet we are so similar as huma beings trying to figure out life.
Thanks ❤
1 dollar for water, daaamn in Morocco It's 0,2 dollar not even a half dollar daaamn
I'm surprised how similar to Canada this is...? Can any Korean Canadians comment? I always thought Korean work culture was very scary, but this is nothing strange.
Here, you get two weeks off if you work twelve months. You get the two weeks (10 business days for the whole year!) when you start, but then if you take all 10 before the end of the year and you quit, you have those days that you did not "earn" yet deducted from your last paycheck.
9-6 is not an uncommon work schedule and salaried employees can work to 44 hours without "official" overtime (that is excluding the lunch hour, which is not considered to be work, and it does not count towards the total).
Also, overtime work is common for a lot of office workers, but it is much more strict for hourly/salaried workers. Those people can be scheduled for long hours (for example, I used to work 55 hours per week in retail--but each hour was paid!). In my office job now, I have to work evenings/weekends sometimes, but I do not get paid extra. There are overtime laws, but only very good companies follow them. For some companies, they "say" they do not want you to work overtime (so you are not allowed to say you do!) but the amount of work they require from you means you have to work overtime to avoid failing at your job.
We also have statutory holidays, like in Korea, however, if you have to work those days, you have to get paid 1.5 times your wage...
Can you explain more about the taxes? In Germany we have a system… how it is in Korea?
I live in Boston Massachusetts, the average salary is about 50,000, if you are a professional it about 150,000 per year. It is expensive to live in Massachusetts. But if you grew up here your use to it. After taxes it’s about 8,000 per month
Great video! Are the salaries gross (before tax and deductions) or net (after tax and deductions)? How much is the tax and deductions?
It's net for official employees, and gross for contracted employees :) if you earn more, they get your tax more. So tax+insurance can be around $150~400 ? Usually
@@itsjinakim thank you! And the income numbers you mentioned in this video, are they net or gross?