[DSD_EARNINGS@PAY_INCIDENCE] Incidence of low and high pay
Updated by provider on July 6, 2025 (4:25 PM).
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.
[REF_AREA] Reference area
[ARG] Argentina
[AUS] Australia
[AUT] Austria
[BEL] Belgium
[BGR] Bulgaria
[BRA] Brazil
[CAN] Canada
[CHE] Switzerland
[CHL] Chile
[COL] Colombia
[CRI] Costa Rica
[CYP] Cyprus
[CZE] Czechia
[DEU] Germany
[DNK] Denmark
[ESP] Spain
[EST] Estonia
[EU19OECD] European Union (19 countries) in OECD
[EU27] European Union (27 countries)
[FIN] Finland
[FRA] France
[GBR] United Kingdom
[GRC] Greece
[HRV] Croatia
[HUN] Hungary
[IND] India
[IRL] Ireland
[ISL] Iceland
[ISR] Israel
[ITA] Italy
[JPN] Japan
[KOR] Korea
[LTU] Lithuania
[LUX] Luxembourg
[LVA] Latvia
[MEX] Mexico
[MLT] Malta
[NLD] Netherlands
[NOR] Norway
[NZL] New Zealand
[OECD]
[PER] Peru
[POL] Poland
[PRT] Portugal
[ROU] Romania
[SVK] Slovak Republic
[SVN] Slovenia
[TUR] Türkiye
[USA] United States
[MEASURE] Measure
[HP_I] High pay Incidence
[LP_I] Low pay incidence
[UNIT_MEASURE] Unit of measure
[PT_EMP_FT] Percentage of full-time employment
[PAY_PERIOD] Pay period
[_Z] Not applicable
[PRICE_BASE] Price base
[_Z] Not applicable
[AGGREGATION_OPERATION] Aggregation operation
[_Z] Not applicable
[SEX] Sex
[F] Female
[M] Male
[_T] Total
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Reference area [REF_AREA] (49)
Measure [MEASURE] (2)
Unit of measure [UNIT_MEASURE] (1)
Pay period [PAY_PERIOD] (1)
Price base [PRICE_BASE] (1)
Aggregation operation [AGGREGATION_OPERATION] (1)
Sex [SEX] (3)
This dataset has 268 series:
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] Argentina – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Female
- from
- 2017=14.689
- to
- 2024=27.493
- min:
- 14.689
- max:
- 27.493
- avg:
- 21.091
- σ:
- 4.284
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] Argentina – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Male
- from
- 2017=19.077
- to
- 2024=33.224
- min:
- 19.077
- max:
- 33.224
- avg:
- 24.83
- σ:
- 4.397
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] Argentina – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total
- from
- 2017=17.489
- to
- 2024=31.06
- min:
- 17.489
- max:
- 31.06
- avg:
- 23.464
- σ:
- 4.3
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] Argentina – Low pay incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Female
- from
- 2017=29.047
- to
- 2024=31.06
- min:
- 23.928
- max:
- 33.206
- avg:
- 28.469
- σ:
- 2.689
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] Argentina – Low pay incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Male
- from
- 2017=22.355
- to
- 2024=25.441
- min:
- 19.012
- max:
- 27.691
- avg:
- 22.423
- σ:
- 2.807
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] Argentina – Low pay incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total
- from
- 2017=24.777
- to
- 2024=27.563
- min:
- 20.768
- max:
- 29.734
- avg:
- 24.626
- σ:
- 2.732
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] Australia – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Female
- from
- 1985=2.986
- to
- 2024=14.5
- min:
- 2.986
- max:
- 14.5
- avg:
- 9.415
- σ:
- 3.398
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] Australia – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Male
- from
- 1985=14.115
- to
- 2024=22.2
- min:
- 14.115
- max:
- 25.694
- avg:
- 21.151
- σ:
- 3.126
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] Australia – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total
- from
- 1985=10.602
- to
- 2024=18.991
- min:
- 10.602
- max:
- 20.845
- avg:
- 16.9
- σ:
- 2.915
[AUS.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] Australia – Low pay incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Female
- from
- 1975=20.734
- to
- 2024=22.1
- min:
- 15.543
- max:
- 26.914
- avg:
- 19.878
- σ:
- 1.95
Series code | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.689095276 | 16.070018857 | 17.007293935 | 23.540800567 | 23.328719487 | 22.242503593 | 24.355648286 | 27.492513868 |
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.077167766 | 20.104191133 | 20.879693012 | 24.984874838 | 27.162374636 | 25.755995857 | 27.449249987 | 33.223696534 |
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.488948115 | 18.642998751 | 19.490630707 | 24.465594752 | 25.792874545 | 24.467466543 | 26.303139761 | 31.059527778 |
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29.047334282 | 26.142435202 | 28.778071995 | 26.980863734 | 23.928183355 | 28.606361436 | 33.206459256 | 31.060317944 |
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22.355117146 | 19.049508265 | 22.108724727 | 22.972814707 | 19.012299176 | 20.756491956 | 27.691022624 | 25.440672528 |
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.777299276 | 21.618593099 | 24.501076008 | 24.414084098 | 20.76840492 | 23.63533334 | 29.734368515 | 27.562723374 |
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.9859076322 | 4.6424510001 | 4.128775307 | 4.7779441118 | 4.3434059552 | 4.2016347944 | 5.9268146371 | 6.4066257818 | 5.4879804085 | 6.2337125318 | 5.5657178835 | 7.0687351983 | 8.4046983451 | 9.0759288351 | 7.7156196428 | 9.0241851617 | 8.2788116257 | 8.1721357111 | 11.003270722 | 8.805696881 | 9.6476273227 | 10.750644537 | 9.1609745545 | 11.585340609 | 12.0186541 | 12.047979958 | 11.991914918 | 11.691806499 | 12.133845335 | 12.627728835 | 12.096112204 | 13.479820352 | 14.436833892 | 11.608632883 | 13.506672547 | 13.149744812 | 14.055608862 | 14.432193262 | 14.5 |
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.114886367 | 15.168379447 | 15.996721208 | 16.771665411 | 17.38987191 | 16.206720258 | 17.247317118 | 17.05661771 | 17.361339465 | 18.670490419 | 19.356532051 | 19.522815591 | 21.090864295 | 22.489770818 | 20.654267165 | 21.857420266 | 20.330978959 | 20.59679099 | 22.251525439 | 21.283791824 | 22.50550712 | 23.171071985 | 20.738109173 | 23.24994032 | 25.197487044 | 25.201665091 | 24.724196905 | 25.694458801 | 24.789779287 | 23.176209946 | 23.374379707 | 23.042388633 | 24.118865617 | 22.941993372 | 22.827884028 | 23.585956344 | 25.494561068 | 23.420561711 | 22.2 |
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.602292982 | 11.789839825 | 12.175102599 | 12.864023411 | 13.059588052 | 12.145570539 | 13.410989815 | 13.418074286 | 13.254473358 | 14.394756812 | 14.509153749 | 15.230324511 | 16.6521402 | 17.774829315 | 16.002610838 | 17.239533985 | 15.989682586 | 16.109061137 | 18.174541692 | 16.784694248 | 17.816939919 | 18.691229837 | 16.55408194 | 18.953634404 | 20.386124164 | 20.438141444 | 20.055440804 | 20.572887765 | 20.105228781 | 19.251480089 | 19.127321158 | 19.433177974 | 19.546257856 | 18.486903186 | 19.127586363 | 19.416648855 | 20.845248288 | 19.726159532 | 18.990760132 |
[AUS.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] | 20.733704553 | 19.985091933 | 19.860655081 | 21.024664922 | 21.47479428 | 22.11269792 | 21.512770138 | 26.913543153 | 23.434542288 | 22.451051487 | 21.110646016 | 20.743862466 | 20.995685363 | 21.095309381 | 20.530878752 | 20.883764866 | 19.442111578 | 18.245876636 | 16.94923207 | 17.382355914 | 17.408853839 | 15.706948608 | 15.543417023 | 17.83153077 | 19.504909341 | 18.18241942 | 17.997894597 | 18.838469731 | 18.896283587 | 20.007821408 | 19.187710263 | 20.092160084 | 21.150452773 | 18.680628747 | 19.643657558 | 20.642070215 | 21.530581883 | 20.569866231 | 17.845039934 | 19.139682815 | 19.148735215 | 17.9365334 | 18.928762701 | 19.790960182 | 21.248826227 | 20.949398593 | 18.985329264 | 19.632071395 | 22.1 |
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Reference area [REF_AREA] (49)
Measure [MEASURE] (2)
Unit of measure [UNIT_MEASURE] (1)
Pay period [PAY_PERIOD] (1)
Price base [PRICE_BASE] (1)
Aggregation operation [AGGREGATION_OPERATION] (1)
Sex [SEX] (3)
This dataset has 268 series:
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] Argentina – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Female
- from
- 2017=14.689
- to
- 2024=27.493
- min:
- 14.689
- max:
- 27.493
- avg:
- 21.091
- σ:
- 4.284
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] Argentina – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Male
- from
- 2017=19.077
- to
- 2024=33.224
- min:
- 19.077
- max:
- 33.224
- avg:
- 24.83
- σ:
- 4.397
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] Argentina – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total
- from
- 2017=17.489
- to
- 2024=31.06
- min:
- 17.489
- max:
- 31.06
- avg:
- 23.464
- σ:
- 4.3
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] Argentina – Low pay incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Female
- from
- 2017=29.047
- to
- 2024=31.06
- min:
- 23.928
- max:
- 33.206
- avg:
- 28.469
- σ:
- 2.689
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] Argentina – Low pay incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Male
- from
- 2017=22.355
- to
- 2024=25.441
- min:
- 19.012
- max:
- 27.691
- avg:
- 22.423
- σ:
- 2.807
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] Argentina – Low pay incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total
- from
- 2017=24.777
- to
- 2024=27.563
- min:
- 20.768
- max:
- 29.734
- avg:
- 24.626
- σ:
- 2.732
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] Australia – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Female
- from
- 1985=2.986
- to
- 2024=14.5
- min:
- 2.986
- max:
- 14.5
- avg:
- 9.415
- σ:
- 3.398
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] Australia – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Male
- from
- 1985=14.115
- to
- 2024=22.2
- min:
- 14.115
- max:
- 25.694
- avg:
- 21.151
- σ:
- 3.126
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] Australia – High pay Incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total
- from
- 1985=10.602
- to
- 2024=18.991
- min:
- 10.602
- max:
- 20.845
- avg:
- 16.9
- σ:
- 2.915
[AUS.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] Australia – Low pay incidence – Percentage of full-time employment – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable – Female
- from
- 1975=20.734
- to
- 2024=22.1
- min:
- 15.543
- max:
- 26.914
- avg:
- 19.878
- σ:
- 1.95
Series code | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.689095276 | 16.070018857 | 17.007293935 | 23.540800567 | 23.328719487 | 22.242503593 | 24.355648286 | 27.492513868 |
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.077167766 | 20.104191133 | 20.879693012 | 24.984874838 | 27.162374636 | 25.755995857 | 27.449249987 | 33.223696534 |
[ARG.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.488948115 | 18.642998751 | 19.490630707 | 24.465594752 | 25.792874545 | 24.467466543 | 26.303139761 | 31.059527778 |
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29.047334282 | 26.142435202 | 28.778071995 | 26.980863734 | 23.928183355 | 28.606361436 | 33.206459256 | 31.060317944 |
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22.355117146 | 19.049508265 | 22.108724727 | 22.972814707 | 19.012299176 | 20.756491956 | 27.691022624 | 25.440672528 |
[ARG.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.777299276 | 21.618593099 | 24.501076008 | 24.414084098 | 20.76840492 | 23.63533334 | 29.734368515 | 27.562723374 |
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.9859076322 | 4.6424510001 | 4.128775307 | 4.7779441118 | 4.3434059552 | 4.2016347944 | 5.9268146371 | 6.4066257818 | 5.4879804085 | 6.2337125318 | 5.5657178835 | 7.0687351983 | 8.4046983451 | 9.0759288351 | 7.7156196428 | 9.0241851617 | 8.2788116257 | 8.1721357111 | 11.003270722 | 8.805696881 | 9.6476273227 | 10.750644537 | 9.1609745545 | 11.585340609 | 12.0186541 | 12.047979958 | 11.991914918 | 11.691806499 | 12.133845335 | 12.627728835 | 12.096112204 | 13.479820352 | 14.436833892 | 11.608632883 | 13.506672547 | 13.149744812 | 14.055608862 | 14.432193262 | 14.5 |
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.M] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.114886367 | 15.168379447 | 15.996721208 | 16.771665411 | 17.38987191 | 16.206720258 | 17.247317118 | 17.05661771 | 17.361339465 | 18.670490419 | 19.356532051 | 19.522815591 | 21.090864295 | 22.489770818 | 20.654267165 | 21.857420266 | 20.330978959 | 20.59679099 | 22.251525439 | 21.283791824 | 22.50550712 | 23.171071985 | 20.738109173 | 23.24994032 | 25.197487044 | 25.201665091 | 24.724196905 | 25.694458801 | 24.789779287 | 23.176209946 | 23.374379707 | 23.042388633 | 24.118865617 | 22.941993372 | 22.827884028 | 23.585956344 | 25.494561068 | 23.420561711 | 22.2 |
[AUS.HP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z._T] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.602292982 | 11.789839825 | 12.175102599 | 12.864023411 | 13.059588052 | 12.145570539 | 13.410989815 | 13.418074286 | 13.254473358 | 14.394756812 | 14.509153749 | 15.230324511 | 16.6521402 | 17.774829315 | 16.002610838 | 17.239533985 | 15.989682586 | 16.109061137 | 18.174541692 | 16.784694248 | 17.816939919 | 18.691229837 | 16.55408194 | 18.953634404 | 20.386124164 | 20.438141444 | 20.055440804 | 20.572887765 | 20.105228781 | 19.251480089 | 19.127321158 | 19.433177974 | 19.546257856 | 18.486903186 | 19.127586363 | 19.416648855 | 20.845248288 | 19.726159532 | 18.990760132 |
[AUS.LP_I.PT_EMP_FT._Z._Z._Z.F] | 20.733704553 | 19.985091933 | 19.860655081 | 21.024664922 | 21.47479428 | 22.11269792 | 21.512770138 | 26.913543153 | 23.434542288 | 22.451051487 | 21.110646016 | 20.743862466 | 20.995685363 | 21.095309381 | 20.530878752 | 20.883764866 | 19.442111578 | 18.245876636 | 16.94923207 | 17.382355914 | 17.408853839 | 15.706948608 | 15.543417023 | 17.83153077 | 19.504909341 | 18.18241942 | 17.997894597 | 18.838469731 | 18.896283587 | 20.007821408 | 19.187710263 | 20.092160084 | 21.150452773 | 18.680628747 | 19.643657558 | 20.642070215 | 21.530581883 | 20.569866231 | 17.845039934 | 19.139682815 | 19.148735215 | 17.9365334 | 18.928762701 | 19.790960182 | 21.248826227 | 20.949398593 | 18.985329264 | 19.632071395 | 22.1 |
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