Retirement Age Extension (65) by Birth Year

Enter your birth year to see your expected retirement age (60/63/64/65) and retirement year under Korea's proposed phased extension.

⚠️ Not enacted

Based on a proposed roadmap — not yet enacted law

Korea's retirement-age extension to 65 and continued employment are under discussion in 2026 and are not yet enacted. The current statutory retirement age remains 60. This result is a reference scenario compiled from public proposals and will be updated when a bill is confirmed.

Official: Ministry of Employment and Labor · National Pension Service

🎂 Enter birth year

born

e.g. 1970 (judged by Korean age)

Quick pick

The statutory retirement age applies to employees at workplaces with a retirement-age system.

What is continued employment?

Continued employment lets workers keep working past the statutory retirement age (currently 60). Three approaches are discussed.

  • 📈 Extension — raise the retirement age itself to 63/65
  • 🔁 Re-hire — renew the contract after retirement (may adjust pay/role)
  • 🚫 Abolition — remove the retirement-age system entirely

📋 Result1970년생

Expected retirement age (proposed)

만 63세

Retirement year (proposed): 2033년

Current statutory retirement age

만 60세

Retirement year (current): 2030년

You still have time before retirement.Phase: Phase 1 · age 63Years added by the proposal: +3yr

Phased roadmap (proposed)

60세

~1968년생

63세

1969~1971

▲ You

64세

1972~1973

65세

1974년생~

National pension start (current law)

만 65세

Start year: 2035년

Retirement–pension income gap

~2 yr

The period after retirement before the national pension begins, when you may have no income. Re-employment, continued employment, or private pensions may be needed.

Basis & sources

  • 🗺️ Extension roadmap: compiled from public proposals (not enacted · start 2029, full 65 by 2039 scenario)
  • ⚖️ Current retirement age: Aged Employment Act Art. 19 — statutory age 60
  • 🏦 Pension start age: National Pension Act (age 65 for those born 1969+)

※ The extension roadmap is a reference scenario, not enacted law. It will be updated when a bill is confirmed.

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