Incidence of low pay (by sex)

OECDPeriod 2016~2025Retrieved 2026-11-09

Share of full-time workers earning less than two-thirds of the median wage.

2016: 23.5% → 2025: 15.83% (down 7.67 pp). Highest: 2016 (23.5%).

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Incidence of low pay (by sex) · 2016~2025 (unit: %)
YearTotalMaleFemale
201623.515.337.2
201722.314.335.3
201819.043612.130.0384
201916.96211.08226.1215
202015.961510.546224.665
202115.63210.202224.3143
202216.939511.153926.0597
202316.241910.936824.5317
202416.08411.075923.8141
202515.827711.012423.1272

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Reference (APA 7th)

OECD. (2026). Incidence of low and high pay: Korea [Data set]. OECD Data Explorer. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EARNINGS%40PAY_INCIDENCE&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE

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

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