Parental-Leave Reduced-Hours Pay Calculator
Enter your monthly ordinary wage and weekly hours before and after reduction to see your 2026 monthly benefit and take-home pay after the reduction.
✍️ Inputs
ℹ️ Ordinary wage means base pay and fixed allowances paid regularly, uniformly, and fixedly. Overtime, night, holiday pay and variable bonuses are generally excluded.
📊 Result
Monthly benefit (government)
825,000원
Take-home after reduction (est.)
2,700,000원
① First 10 hours/week (100% of wage)Cap applied
625,000원
Cap ₩2.5M · Floor ₩0.5M · Applied reduction 10h
② Hours beyond 10 (80% of wage)Cap applied
200,000원
Cap ₩1.6M · Floor ₩0.5M · Applied reduction 5h
Before vs. after
- Wage before reduction
- 3,000,000원
- Employer pay after reduction
- 1,875,000원
- ＋ Government benefit
- 825,000원
- ＝ Total take-home after reduction
- 2,700,000원
- Monthly income decrease
- − 300,000원
🏢 Employer subsidy
An employer who grants reduced working hours can receive the Maternity/Childcare Employment Stability Incentive — about ₩300,000/month per worker (flat, priority-support firms). If a replacement worker is hired, up to ₩1.4M/month more. Amounts and conditions vary by firm size and year.
Reduced-hours grant subsidy (monthly, flat): 300,000원
📝 How to apply
Apply for the reduced-hours benefit through Employment Insurance each month after the reduction begins, or within 12 months after it ends. You can apply at your local employment center, by mail, or online via Work24.
📚 Data sources · Verified
Verified 2026-06-20 · 2026 current (employment insurance)
- · Korea Easy Law — Parental-leave reduced-hours benefit
- · Ministry of Employment and Labor work-life balance (worklife.kr)
- · Work24 (work24.go.kr) — reduced-hours scheme & simulation
- · Employment Insurance Act Enforcement Decree — benefit caps/floors
※ Figures are reference estimates compiled from the public sources above and are updated when the law changes.
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