Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
Despite progress over generations, women continue to experience significant disadvantages compared to men in labour markets across OECD countries. Differences in employment rates, participation in part-time work, compensation, and work quality contribute to ongoing gender gaps in earnings and career advancement. This results in lower lifetime earnings and a higher risk of poverty in old age for women.
In 2023, the average gender wage gap across OECD countries was 11.5%. This means that, at median earnings, a woman working full-time earns about 89 cents for every dollar earned by a full-time working man. This represents only a modest improvement from 2010, when the gender wage gap was 14%.