April 25, 2024
Economy
Top earners’ monthly biz income soars in Q1
[THE INVESTOR] High-income households in Korea saw their monthly income from business operations gain at the fastest clip in seven years in the first quarter, government data showed on Aug. 3.
The average monthly business income of the top 20 percent households in the income bracket stood at 1.43 million won (US$1,274) in the January-March period of this year, up 8.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the data by Statistics Korea.
It marks the largest on-year gain in nearly seven years since the number expanded 9.9 percent on-year in the third quarter of 2010.
Their income from business activity shrank in the second and third quarters of 2016 before recovering to a 0.85 percent increase in the final quarter of last year.
The first-quarter rise was attributed mainly to an improvement in the domestic property market, which led to a surge in their lease income.
The total monthly income of the top 20 percent rose 2.5 percent on-year to 9.29 million won in the first quarter on the back of the sharp increase in business income. Their earned and property income also gained 2.4 percent and 37.3 percent, respectively.
In contrast, the lowest 20 percent in the income bracket saw their total monthly income fall for five straight quarters to 1.39 million won, affected by continued corporate unwillingness to hire amid a prolonged business slump.
By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)
The average monthly business income of the top 20 percent households in the income bracket stood at 1.43 million won (US$1,274) in the January-March period of this year, up 8.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the data by Statistics Korea.
It marks the largest on-year gain in nearly seven years since the number expanded 9.9 percent on-year in the third quarter of 2010.
Their income from business activity shrank in the second and third quarters of 2016 before recovering to a 0.85 percent increase in the final quarter of last year.
The first-quarter rise was attributed mainly to an improvement in the domestic property market, which led to a surge in their lease income.
The total monthly income of the top 20 percent rose 2.5 percent on-year to 9.29 million won in the first quarter on the back of the sharp increase in business income. Their earned and property income also gained 2.4 percent and 37.3 percent, respectively.
In contrast, the lowest 20 percent in the income bracket saw their total monthly income fall for five straight quarters to 1.39 million won, affected by continued corporate unwillingness to hire amid a prolonged business slump.
By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)
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