Korean severance-pay calculator

Estimate pretax severance from dates and three-month average pay.

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Policy year 2026

Estimate pretax severance from employment dates and the preceding three months of pay. The retirement date is the day after the final working day.

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Also remove pay for excluded periods from the eligible-pay total above.

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How to use this tool

  1. Enter the start date and the retirement date, which is the day after final work.
  2. Enter eligible three-month wages and applicable bonus or unused-leave pay.
  3. Check averaging days, daily wages and the pretax result, then save the calculation.

MOEL public worked example

Input and settings
Start 2014-10-02; retirement 2017-09-16; eligible wages KRW 7,080,000; annual bonus 4,000,000; eligible leave pay 300,000
Result
1,080 service days; 92 averaging days; approximately KRW 7,868,434 pretax

Check eligible pay components and excluded periods for the actual employment relationship.

Three months is not always 90 days

The averaging period starts three calendar months before retirement and uses actual days. Month lengths and leap years change its length; one quarter of eligible annual bonus and leave pay is added.

A higher entered ordinary daily wage replaces the computed average. Check eligible components rather than understating pay, and adjust both days and wages when excluding a period.

Service duration and eligibility

The model requires at least one continuous year and at least 15 scheduled hours/week on a four-week average. It applies daily wage × 30 × service days ÷ 365, producing a pretax amount.

Days excluded from continuous service and from average-pay calculation are different fields. The tool does not determine legal treatment of personal leave, parental leave, intermediate settlement or transferred employment.

Common questions

Which date belongs in the retirement field?

Use the day after the last working day. If work ends on December 31, enter January 1 so that the final working day remains in the service period.

Standards and references

Read alongside this tool