Part-Time Job in Korea: ₩15,000/Hour Remote English Tutor

Hotpot Company has a remote English tutor listing for native speakers from the US or Canada. It's freelance work at ₩15,000 per hour. Among jobs in Korea for foreigners, it's a tidy one to study, because you can read the whole listing before you book a flight. Sizing up part-time jobs in Korea for international students? You'll need to know the work permit rules, the hour limits, typical pay, and where to find work. Some listings give no figure at all: the Renight freelance posting for Japanese content translation and proofreading lists pay only as "according to company policy." Part-time workers are those who work fewer hours than full-time staff doing the same job at the same workplace, usually under 36 hours per week. Weekly holiday pay (주휴수당) does not apply to workers whose contracted hours are under 15 per week.

A remote English tutor listing for US and Canadian native speakers, with pay stated by the hour

A US passport and a notebook with a handwritten hourly pay note lying next to a laptop.

US native English speaker? This is the kind of part-time work to look for first. The Hotpot Company listing is for a remote English tutor. It wants people from the US and Canada. It calls the job freelance. And it states the pay up front, as an hourly rate.

An hourly rate isn't a monthly salary. What you take home in a month depends on how many tutoring hours you actually get. Put it next to a part time job in Korea for foreign students that advertises a monthly figure, and you can't compare the two until you know the hours.

Teaching is also the route that comes up most for Americans who want to work in Korea. The Easiest Route Is Teaching](/korean-life/study-work/can-i-work-in-korea-as-a-us-citizen-the-easiest-route-is-teaching/). If you're still planning your budget, Study in South Korea Cost: How Much Should You Budget? shows what the income has to cover.

Korean labor law has its own idea of part-time. What counts? Someone who works fewer hours than a full-time worker doing the same job at the same workplace. In practice that usually means under 36 hours a week.

So "part-time" is measured against a comparison worker, not just a fixed number. If full-time staff at a workplace put in long weeks, your shorter schedule can still count as part-time. When a listing says part-time, keep 36 hours in your head as the rule of thumb.

Some listings print no pay figure, only "per company rules"

A job posting on a screen with the pay line left as a blank gray bar.

Not every listing is as open as the tutor one. Renight has a freelance posting for translating and proofreading Japanese content. It gives the pay only as "per company rules." There's no amount to compare.

That wording means the number exists somewhere, but you will not see it until you ask. For a first-timer it is easy to skim past. Treat it as a question to answer before you spend time on a trial task or an interview.

Listing	Job	Pay as written	Type
Hotpot Company	Remote English tutor, US or Canada native speakers	₩15,000 per hour	Freelance
Renight	Japanese content translation and proofreading	"Per company rules", no amount	Freelance

Under 15 hours a week, the weekly holiday allowance drops out

A small desk planner showing one short work block per day, with Sunday left empty.

There's a second hour line worth knowing. The weekly holiday allowance is called juhyu-sudang in Korean. It doesn't apply to workers whose scheduled hours are under 15 a week.

In plain terms, a very light schedule can mean one pay item is missing. Ask for the scheduled weekly hours in writing so you know which side you land on.

A freelance tutor listing isn't the same as a regular part-time job

Don't read "part-time" and "freelance" as the same thing. The Hotpot tutor listing says freelance. The 36-hour and 15-hour rules above describe part-time workers at a workplace, and a freelance label is a different kind of arrangement.

Don't assume that rules written for part-time employees carry over to a freelance gig. Before you accept, ask which one you'd be and how the hours are tracked. A clear answer up front saves an awkward conversation later.

A five-point checklist for reading any Korean part-time listing

Pay: is it a stated figure, or does it say "per company rules"?
Type: is the job freelance, or regular part-time employment?
Weekly hours again: are they under 15, which means no weekly holiday allowance?
Place: is the work remote or on-site?

Run each listing through these five questions and you will spot most of the gaps in a minute. The remote English tutor listing answers the first, second, and fifth right on the page. Its weekly hours are the one thing worth asking about.

Start with the tutor listing, and get the pay in writing

A remote English tutor job is one concrete place to start. The Hotpot Company listing wants US or Canadian native speakers and offers freelance work, with the pay stated as an hourly rate. Some listings print no amount at all, so get the pay in writing before you commit.