Average full-time, full-year earnings of women as a percentage of men's earnings, by level of educational attainment, age, and country: 2009

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Average full-time, full-year earnings of women as a percentage of men's earnings, by level of educational attainment, age, and country: 2009

Country		Year	Below upper secondary education			Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education			Tertiary education			All levels of education
Country		Year	25-64	35-44	55-64	25-64	35-44	55-64	25-64	35-44	55-64	25-64	35-44	55-64
OECD average		†	75	74	74	76	76	80	72	73	72	78	77	76
OECD countries
Australia		2009	76	76	83	73	68	75	72	70	73	77	74	80
Austria		2009	73	73	74	78	76	86	73	75	76	76	74	80
Belgium		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Canada		2008	65	50	61	71	67	79	70	64	56	73	66	64
Chile		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Czech Republic		2009	77	75	78	80	73	88	68	66	75	73	65	77
Denmark		2009	83	80	83	80	78	84	77	77	77	80	79	81
Estonia		2009	58	71	67	60	62	72	68	66	79	70	72	81
Finland		2009	79	76	78	78	76	78	75	73	73	79	78	76
France	OECD	2006	72	76	63	80	78	82	73	81	55	79	84	65
Germany		2009	73	72	74	77	84	67	77	78	73	76	81	69
Greece		2009	60	65	51	75	73	90	74	78	92	78	80	76
Hungary		2009	82	81	85	91	85	103	67	59	74	85	78	87
Iceland		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ireland		2009	91	95	96	77	92	78	72	69	64	83	84	86
Israel		2009	72	73	69	73	68	77	69	69	73	75	73	77
Italy		2008	73	76	77	75	75	73	65	91	52	77	84	71
Japan		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Korea¹		2008	62	57	59	59	55	70	67	77	77	61	61	55
Luxembourg		2009	75	76	49	78	87	80	69	73	58	78	80	58
Mexico		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Netherlands		2008	80	83	78	78	83	77	72	78	70	80	85	76
New Zealand		2009	77	76	82	77	75	75	77	73	66	78	76	72
Norway		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Poland		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Portugal		2009	74	74	73	71	71	71	69	73	69	79	79	69
Slovak Republic		2009	73	71	73	75	71	84	68	60	76	72	66	79
Slovenia		2009	86	84	84	88	85	102	78	78	90	93	92	110
Spain		2008	76	73	78	78	80	86	86	85	93	88	87	90
Sweden		2008	83	81	79	84	87	80	66	59	73	80	75	83
Switzerland		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Turkey		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
United Kingdom		2009	77	72	82	73	72	73	77	76	79	79	77	79
United States		2009	73	72	72	73	74	72	67	68	67	72	72	67
Non-OECD member countries
Argentina			—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Brazil		2009	64	63	63	62	60	56	61	64	61	76	75	71
China		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
India		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Indonesia		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Russian Federation		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Saudi Arabia		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
South Africa		†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

¹ Korea report earnings net of income tax.

NOTE: Below upper secondary typically refers to any schooling below high school. Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary typically refers to high school and any programs that serve to broaden the knowledge of participants who have already completed high school but not entered vocational or higher education (typically lasting between six months and two years). Tertiary education typically refers to vocational training or higher education, as well as advanced research programs. If there was no data in 2009, the latest available year was used. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant.

SOURCE: Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2011). Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2011, table A8.3a. Paris: Author.

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