Data and AI salaries in South Korea
The median senior Data and AI salary in South Korea is ₩79,230,000 per year, with the market band from ₩79,230,000 to ₩79,230,000 (zdnet.co.kr, 2026-09-02).
By seniority
senior (Medium quality data)
- Median
- ₩79,230,000
- per month
- ₩6,602,500
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Jumpit 2025 developer salary report via ZDNet and ET News, based on about 10,000 developers who changed jobs in 2025. Senior bracket is 10 or more years of experience. AI and machine learning engineer average; big data engineer averages 77.76M KRW in the same bracket. Yeonbong annual salary convention is gross pay. Single published average, so the band collapses to the median and the result says so.
Sources for these numbers
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