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πŸ‡°πŸ‡· South Korea

Seoul Β· 2026-09-28

Capital location. General national rules are used where applicable; this is not a national average.

Intelligence Hours Index
2h 38m

Gross minimum-wage work for one month of this subscription benchmark.

Time, made visible1 bar = 8 hours
0.33 workdays8h is a visual unit, not a legal working day.

Behind the number

Monthly USD price
$20
Hourly minimum wage
KRW 10,320
Local currency per USD
1357.71
Reference FX date
2026-09-28
Wage effective / source-reference date
2026-01-01
Last wage verification
2026-09-28
Data status
verified
Service availability
Not yet verified

US list price Β· before taxes Β· gross minimum wage

General statutory hourly minimum. Monthly pay with paid weekly rest is not substituted for the official hourly rate.

Official gross hourly rate; no monthly or daily conversion.

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Regional comparison

One country, local realities.

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RegionHours of workHourly wage, localStatus
Seoul2h 38m10,320verified
Actual observations only

A history that starts with evidence.

The first recorded observation is 2026-09-28. A trend will appear once more dated observations accumulate. We do not invent a historical line.

Recorded data table
DateHoursRevision
2026-09-282.63122093023263
Monthly plans

Compare subscriptions.

PlanUSD/monthHours
ChatGPT Go81h 03m
ChatGPT Plus202h 38m
ChatGPT Pro β€” More20026h 19m
Claude Pro202h 38m
Claude Max β€” 5Γ—10013h 09m
Google AI Plus4.990h 39m
Google AI Pro19.992h 38m
Google AI Ultra β€” 5Γ—99.9913h 09m
Google AI Ultra β€” 20Γ—199.9926h 19m
SuperGrok303h 57m
SuperGrok Plus10013h 09m
Kimi Plus192h 30m
Kimi Pro395h 08m
Kimi Max9913h 01m
Kimi Ultra19926h 11m
Source trail

Every input has a source.

KR-CAP Β· verified 2026-09-28

Official rate: 10320 KRW per hour from 2026-01-01. General statutory hourly minimum. Monthly pay with paid weekly rest is not substituted for the official hourly rate.

Observation KR-CAP-2026-01-01-10320. Source kr-mwc. Approved 2026-09-28.

chatgpt-plus Β· verified 2026-09-28

ChatGPT Plus: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation chatgpt-plus-2026-09-28. Source openai-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

claude-pro Β· verified 2026-09-28

Claude Pro: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation claude-pro-2026-09-28. Source anthropic-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

google-ai-pro Β· verified 2026-09-28

Google AI Pro: USD 19.99 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation google-ai-pro-2026-09-28. Source google-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

Approved wage changes

What changed, and when.

Effective / reference datePublished rateState
2026-01-0110320 KRW / hourPublished observation