Lithuania vs United States: Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap
Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap over time
- Lithuania
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 46.46 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 24.75 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Lithuania, a difference of 21.71 Percentage of prime-age employees wage.
That makes United States's figure about 1.9 times Lithuania's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Lithuania ranks 5th and United States ranks 3rd of 6 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lithuania | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.52 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 46.18 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 24.66 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | United States |
| 2010s | 24.56 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 47.26 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | 22.69 Percentage of prime-age employees wage | United States |
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, Lithuania or United States?
- United States, at 46.46 Percentage of prime-age employees wage against 24.75 Percentage of prime-age employees wage in Lithuania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap between Lithuania and United States?
- 21.71 Percentage of prime-age employees wage, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and United States?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2018.
- How do Lithuania and United States rank globally for wage gap by age — youth to prime-age wage gap?
- Lithuania ranks 5th and United States ranks 3rd of 6 countries.
- 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.