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Employment in Rural Areas to Offer Up to 9.01 Million Won Starting Next Year

Lee Gang

Published : Oct 21, 2026 7:34 AM

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The next helpful news is about employment encouragement subsidies for regional areas.

We bring you the news that young people working in regional areas can receive up to 9 million won in employment subsidies starting next year.

It is called the Youth Job Leap Subsidy.

This program is being implemented to reduce the gap between the capital area and regional regions and to provide more support to areas facing difficult local conditions.

The government is introducing a regional preferential index for the first time, which varies the level of support depending on the region.

By comprehensively considering distances from Seoul, regional development levels, and population decline risks, 229 regions nationwide will be divided into four zones, with differential payments ranging from 2.4 million won to a maximum of 9 million won depending on the region.

How they are actually paid varies depending on the support requirements for each project.

It would be a good idea for young people in regional areas to keep this in mind.