KOSIS · Minimum wage · Gukbap
Minimum Wage and Gukbap
Compare how many minutes of minimum-wage work were needed for one bowl of gukbap and how the minimum wage changed year by year.
As of 2026 · one 8,000 won bowl of gukbap takes 46.5 min
Question
How many minutes was one bowl of gukbap?
The gukbap price series extends the price table from the Brunch post for Jeontong Daerim Samgeori Meongjimak Sundaeguk. The March 2026 price uses the user-provided 8,000 won observation.
Work time needed for one bowl of gukbap
Gukbap price divided by the hourly minimum wage for each year. Lower values mean fewer work minutes were needed for one bowl.
Minimum wage trend
Shows the hourly minimum wage source value for each year.
Minimum wage growth
Shows year-over-year minimum-wage growth as bars.
Interpretation
How to read the gukbap work-time chart
The burden of one bowl is clearer when the price is read together with the same year's minimum wage.
This gukbap series is not an official national average; it is a specific restaurant's price table. Its advantage is that it gives actual won prices for a direct work-time calculation.
The level chart shows the long-term direction; the growth chart shows which years had faster changes.
Each year's gukbap price is divided by that year's hourly minimum wage. Multiplying by 60 converts the result to minutes.
Source: KOSIS · minimum wage · Brunch @buildingking/190 gukbap price table · March 2026 sundae-guk 8,000 won user observation