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[Monitor] Finance industry tops average monthly wage

By Korea Herald

Published : July 31, 2016 - 18:11

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Workers in finance and insurance earned the most at a monthly average of 5.37 million won ($4,830) in May, followed by employees working at electricity, gas and water supply services with 4.89 million won, according to the Labor Ministry. The average monthly wage of a regular worker at a business with more than five employees stood at 3.13 million won, up 2.9 percent from a year ago.

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