Recent government statistics indicate that the wage disparity between men and women within South Korean public institutions has decreased to under 20 percent for the first time. Despite this progress in the public sector, a broader analysis of over 3,000 companies reveals a more persistent divide. Data from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family shows that women at these firms earned a median of 72.16 million won, while men earned 102.03 million won. This represents a pay gap of 29.3 percent, which reflects a 1.4 percentage point improvement compared to the previous year's figure of 30.7 percent. While the narrowing trend is notable, the data highlights that significant salary differences continue to exist across the nation's corporate landscape.
Source : The Korea Herald
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