🇰🇷 Market Updated March 3, 2026

Legal Salaries in South Korea

Explore comprehensive salary data, career paths, and job opportunities in the legal sector across South Korea based on real-time market data.

Avg Category Salary / year
58,240,190 KRW
Highest Salary / year
145,200,100 KRW
Entry Level / year
17,399,400 KRW

Job Roles & Compensation

Job TitleSalary / year (KRW)Salary / year (USD)National Tier
Magistrate Judge 145,200,100 KRW $107,209.07 Top 10%
Crown Prosecution Service Lawyer 131,998,300 KRW $97,461.46 Top 10%
Administrative Law Judge 127,201,600 KRW $93,919.8 Top 10%
General Counsel 122,398,700 KRW $90,373.56 Top 10%
Litigation Attorney 111,241,200 KRW $82,135.38 Top 10%
Legal Services Manager 108,238,800 KRW $79,918.54 Top 10%
Legal Services Director 103,681,100 KRW $76,553.35 Top 10%
Judge Advocate 102,359,100 KRW $75,577.24 Top 10%
Lawyer 98,039,900 KRW $72,388.15 Middle 40%
Attorney 96,600,100 KRW $71,325.06 Middle 40%
Legal Executive 83,641,100 KRW $61,756.74 Middle 40%
Staff Attorney 71,400,600 KRW $52,718.91 Middle 40%
Legal Counsel 68,518,700 KRW $50,591.05 Middle 40%
Patent Attorney 67,920,100 KRW $50,149.07 Middle 40%
Counsel 67,681,200 KRW $49,972.68 Middle 40%
In House Counsel 67,321,200 KRW $49,706.87 Middle 40%
Immigration Executive 66,119,000 KRW $48,819.22 Middle 40%
Corporate Counsel 65,280,600 KRW $48,200.19 Middle 40%
Associate Attorney 61,678,300 KRW $45,540.42 Middle 40%
Arbitrator 61,321,600 KRW $45,277.04 Middle 40%
Litigation Paralegal 60,119,800 KRW $44,389.69 Middle 40%
Legal Consultant 59,281,600 KRW $43,770.8 Middle 40%
Legal Advisor 58,559,300 KRW $43,237.49 Middle 40%
Legal Consultant 54,961,400 KRW $40,580.97 Middle 40%
Candidate Attorney 53,278,500 KRW $39,338.39 Middle 40%
Contracts Manager 52,319,400 KRW $38,630.24 Middle 40%
Conciliator 47,401,700 KRW $34,999.23 Middle 40%
Legislative Liaison 46,319,900 KRW $34,200.48 Middle 40%
Intellectual Property Specialist 46,080,100 KRW $34,023.42 Middle 40%
Legal Associate 44,878,500 KRW $33,136.22 Middle 40%
Contracts Negotiator 44,280,500 KRW $32,694.68 Middle 40%
Legal Editor 43,921,700 KRW $32,429.76 Middle 40%
Court Liaison Specialist 43,321,300 KRW $31,986.45 Middle 40%
Court Judicial Assistant 36,841,600 KRW $27,202.14 Middle 40%
Court Reporter 35,758,400 KRW $26,402.36 Middle 40%
Paralegal 34,561,900 KRW $25,518.91 Middle 40%
Contracts Specialist 30,600,900 KRW $22,594.3 Middle 40%
Contracts Associate 30,119,100 KRW $22,238.56 Middle 40%
Bailiff 28,318,900 KRW $20,909.37 Middle 40%
Legal Officer 27,841,200 KRW $20,556.66 Middle 40%
Court Representative 27,361,200 KRW $20,202.25 Middle 40%
Legal Assistant 26,399,200 KRW $19,491.95 Middle 40%
Legal Executive Secretary 26,280,300 KRW $19,404.16 Middle 40%
Legal Secretary 25,561,400 KRW $18,873.36 Middle 40%
Conveyancing Secretary 24,718,600 KRW $18,251.08 Middle 40%
Barrister 24,599,500 KRW $18,163.14 Middle 40%
Legal Administrative Assistant 24,599,500 KRW $18,163.14 Middle 40%
Legal IP Officer 22,681,800 KRW $16,747.2 Middle 40%
Law Clerk 22,321,900 KRW $16,481.46 Middle 40%
Court Clerk 21,719,900 KRW $16,036.97 Middle 40%
Legal Support Worker 17,399,400 KRW $12,846.92 Middle 40%

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