Korea vs United States of America: Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap
Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap over time
- Korea
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 46.46 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 40.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Korea, a difference of 6.25 Percentage of prime-age employees wage.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.2 times Korea's.
Across all 20 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 1st and United States of America ranks 3rd of 2 groups.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.23 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 46.7 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 2.47 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | United States of America |
| 2010s | 41.89 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 48.09 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 6.2 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | United States of America |
| 2020s | 39.67 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 45.47 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 5.8 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap, Korea or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 46.46 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 40.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap between Korea and United States of America?
- 6.25 Percentage of prime-age employees wage, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and United States of America?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2025.
- How do Korea and United States of America rank globally for wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap?
- Korea ranks 1st and United States of America ranks 3rd of 2 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap. 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 age wage gaps defined as the difference between mean (median) earnings of 25-54 year-olds and that of 15-24 year-olds (respectively 55-64 year-olds) relative to mean (median) earnings of 25-54 year-olds. Earnings refer to gross earnings of full-time dependent employees unless otherwise indicated.