Excluding one KB·Shinhan·We raise salary
Even though net profit decreased, the number of employees decreased
Gender gap between men and women reduced by up to 7 million won
There are 3,303 branches, 260 in two years ↓
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Last year, the average annual salary of the four major commercial banks in Korea rose to the bottom of 100 million won. It is analyzed that the performance of all banks has decreased, but the average salary has increased due to the effect of the decrease in the number of employees.
According to the business report of the four major banks including KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, and Woori on the 21st, the number of employees at these banks was 57,896 as of the end of last year, a decrease of 2,561 (4.2%) from the end of 2017 (66,457). did. The decline was even steeper when looking at only regular and indefinite contract workers excluding the fixed-term system. The number of non-fixed employees decreased by 2,797 (4.9%) over three years, but the number of fixed-term employees increased by 1,082. The number of commercial bank branches is rapidly decreasing. The number of four major bank branches was 3,303 at the end of last year, down 260 from 3,563 at the end of 2018. As non-face-to-face transactions such as mobile banking increase and financial attacks by big tech such as Naver and Kakao intensify, they are confronting by reducing fixed costs by reducing manpower and consolidating branches.
The average salary of banknotes is rising. The average annual salary for employees of the four major banks increased from 92.25 million won in 2017 to 98 million won last year, an increase of 7.75 million won (8.6%) in the three years. Commercial banks’ net income decreased at the same time last year due to a decrease in commission income, a reduction in loan-deposit margins, and an increase in provision for bad debts. Although performance declined, pies to individuals increased as a result of the decline in the number of employees.
Kookmin Bank was the only one among the four major banks to surpass 100 million won last year, with an average salary of 144 million won, an increase of 5 million won compared to the previous year. On the contrary, Hana Bank is the only one among the four major banks to offer an annual salary king position to 97 million won, a decrease of 4 million won in average salary. Shinhan Bank and Woori Bank rose 5 million won and 4 million won, respectively, to 96 million won and 95 million won.
The salary gap between male and female employees has also narrowed. For Hana Bank, the average salary difference for male and female employees in 2019 was 44 million won, but this year it has sharply decreased to 37 million won. Kookmin, Shinhan, and Woori Bank also saw the difference in annual salaries for male and female employees decreased by 1 million to 5 million won compared to the previous year.
There were also a number of employees who received hundreds of millions of won in retirement and retired and received more salary than the bank manager. Last year, the top five paid by Hana Bank were all manager-level retirees. They all received 1.2 billion won, and received more than 200 million won more than chief executive Ji Seong-gyu, who had a total remuneration of 1.22 billion. Woori Bank also showed that all top five conservatives were retirees at the senior level. They received 200 million to 300 million won more than Woori Bank President Kwon Kwang-seok, who received 560 million won to 870 million won last year. Of the top five, Shinhan Bank and Kookmin Bank also showed that all four were retirees who took a heavy retirement allowance, except for Shinhan Bank President Jin Ok-dong and Kookmin Bank President Heo In.
/ Reporter Lee Tae-gyu [email protected]
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