Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainment, by age group, gender and educational attainment level — Relative earnings by country

About this data

Indicator

Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainment, by age group, gender and educational attainment level — Relative earnings

Unit

Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm

Source

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Licence

OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)

Coverage

35 places, 463 data points, 2000–2025

Last refreshed

18 August 2026

This dataset contains data on the relative earnings of workers, by age group, gender, educational attainment level and work time arrangement. The baseline is the earnings of workers with below upper secondary attainment, and it is primarily served to analyse the earnings difference by programme orientation. The default table displays 2024 data (or the latest available year) on the earnings of 25-34 year-old full-time workers with general or vocational upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary attainment, or bachelor's or equivalent degree as a percentage of the earnings of their peers with below upper secondary attainment. The selection can be changed to display data by gender, by level of educational attainment, by age group and by work time arrangement (e.g. full- or part-time employment). Data refer to gross earnings except for Argentina and Türkiye. Data on full-time workers are recommended because of better comparability. Filter the time period to visualise historical data. 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.