Women Earn 72.16 Million Won on Average, Compared With 102.03 Million Won for Men, a 29% Pay Gap

Women working at companies subject to disclosure earned an average of 72.16 million won last year, compared with 102.03 million won for men. The difference amounted to roughly 30 million won, leaving a gender pay gap of 29.3%.

The figure nevertheless marked a modest improvement from the previous year, when the gap stood at 30.7%. The gap narrowed by 1.4 percentage points as men's average pay increased 4.3%, while women's pay rose 6.5%.

The data came from an analysis of business reports submitted through the Financial Supervisory Service's DART system by 3,146 companies subject to disclosure. It also covered 355 public institutions listed in the ALIO management information disclosure system.

Women accounted for 27.4% of all employees last year, up slightly from 27.1% in 2024. Average length of service remained longer for men, at 11.9 years, than for women, at 9.5 years, a difference of 2.4 years. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family released the 2025 gender pay statistics on the 7th.