Minimum wage relative to median and mean wages

OECDPeriod 2016~2025Retrieved 2026-11-09

The minimum wage as a percentage of the median and mean wages of full-time workers (Kaitz index).

2016: 50.41% → 2025: 59.57% (up 9.16 pp). Highest: 2019 (62.66%).

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Minimum wage relative to median and mean wages · 2016~2025 (unit: %)
YearRelative to median wageRelative to average wage
201650.410839.7214
201752.83741.4275
201858.569846.0852
201962.662549.4487
202062.45149.5632
202161.36348.8994
202260.862847.8477
202360.945148.119
202460.504747.852
202559.568647.2097

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Reference (APA 7th)

OECD. (2026). Minimum relative to average wages of full-time workers: Korea [Data set]. OECD Data Explorer. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EARNINGS%40MIN2AVE&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE

Source https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EARNINGS%40MIN2AVE&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE

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