OECD vs United States: Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational over time
- OECD
- United States
How they compare
OECD currently reports 83.18 Percentage of earnings of men workers against 80.56 Percentage of earnings of men workers in United States, a difference of 2.62 Percentage of earnings of men workers.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2005 it was OECD ahead.
OECD ranks 14th and United States ranks 17th of 27 countries.
OECD has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | OECD | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.82 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 74.64 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 1.18 Percentage of earnings of men workers | OECD |
| 2010s | 80.31 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 77.36 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 2.95 Percentage of earnings of men workers | OECD |
| 2020s | 82.48 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 81.95 Percentage of earnings of men workers | 0.5376 Percentage of earnings of men workers | OECD |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational, OECD or United States?
- OECD, at 83.18 Percentage of earnings of men workers against 80.56 Percentage of earnings of men workers in United States as of 2023.
- What is the difference in earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational between OECD and United States?
- 2.62 Percentage of earnings of men workers, with OECD ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for OECD and United States?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do OECD and United States rank globally for earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational?
- OECD ranks 14th and United States ranks 17th of 27 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational attainment level — Relative earnings. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on the gender differrences in earnings from employment, by age group, educational attainment level and work time arrangement. The baseline is men's earnings. The default table displays 2024 data (or the latest available year) on the earnings of 25-64 year-old full-time female workers as a percentage of the earnings of their male counterparts, by the three aggregated levels of educational attainment. The selection can be changed to display data by educational attainment, by age group and by work time arrangement (e.g. full- or part-time employment). Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on September 29, 2026. For more information, please consult the Education at a Glance web page and the OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics: Concepts, Standards, Definitions and Classifications.