Incidence of low and high pay — High pay Incidence in OECD
OECD: Incidence of low and high pay — High pay Incidence was 19.61 Percentage of full-time employment in 2024. ▼ Falling
Incidence of low and high pay — High pay Incidence in OECD, 1995–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of full-time employment.
Analysis
In 2024, incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence in OECD stood at 19.61 Percentage of full-time employment. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence in OECD peaked at 22.5 Percentage of full-time employment in 1999 and was at its lowest, 19.61 Percentage of full-time employment, in 2024.
OECD ranks 21st of 32 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.32 Percentage of full-time employment | 22.19 Percentage of full-time employment | 22.5 Percentage of full-time employment | 5 |
| 2000s | 22.27 Percentage of full-time employment | 22.1 Percentage of full-time employment | 22.47 Percentage of full-time employment | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.14 Percentage of full-time employment | 21.71 Percentage of full-time employment | 22.46 Percentage of full-time employment | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.69 Percentage of full-time employment | 19.61 Percentage of full-time employment | 21.85 Percentage of full-time employment | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD
- 18 Mexico 20.79 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 19 Greece 20.2 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 20 Australia 19.95 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 22 Austria 19.42 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 23 Costa Rica 19.27 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 24 France 19 Percentage of full-time employment compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence in OECD?
- Incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence in OECD was 19.61 Percentage of full-time employment in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence recorded in OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 22.5 Percentage of full-time employment in 1999.
- What is the lowest incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.61 Percentage of full-time employment in 2024.
- How does OECD rank for incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence?
- OECD ranks 21st out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Incidence of low and high pay — High pay Incidence. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains series on the incidence of low-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning less than two-thirds of gross median earnings of all full-time workers; the incidence of high-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning more than one-and-half time gross median earnings of all full-time workers.