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Impact of education on income

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Data Tables

The following data tables include the data used to produce this indicator.

Relative earning advantages, for 25 to 64 year-olds, of tertiary over upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (2005 or latest available year)
Differences in earnings between females and males: average annual earnings of women as a percentage of men by level of educational attainment of 30 to 44 year-olds and 55 to 64 year-olds (2005 or latest available year)
Real median weekly income by highest qualification (2007 base)


Relative earning advantages, for 25 to 64 year-olds, of tertiary over upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (2005 or latest available year)
Notes:
  1. Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education = 100.
  2. Year of reference 2004.
  3. Year of reference 2003.
  4. Year of reference 2002.
  5. m = data is not available.
  6. The individual country Total is not an average of Male and Female. It is a ratio based on the relative earnings of the total population. The total ratio cannot be the average of the male and female ratios because levels of earnings between males and females are different, and the relative proportion of males and females at different levels of attainment is different.
  7. Source: OECD Education at a Glance (2007).
Country - Gender Relative earnings advantage for all tertiary education Relative earnings advantage for tertiary-type A and advanced research programmes
Australia - Men 135.8 143.3
Australia - Women 146.1 156.0
Australia - Total 131.3 139.3
Austria - Men 149.2 172.7
Austria - Women 156.5 168.1
Austria - Total 152.0 173.7
Belgium2 - Men 137.0 153.4
Belgium - Women 136.9 154.8
Belgium - Total 134.0 155.0
Canada2 - Men 140.1 169.1
Canada - Women 146.3 176.1
Canada - Total 138.3 168.3
Czech Republic - Men 190.5 193.3
Czech Republic - Women 160.6 164.6
Czech Republic - Total 180.7 184.8
Denmark2 - Men 133.4 140.7
Denmark - Women 126.4 128.5
Denmark - Total 126.3 129.1
Finland2 - Men 160.6 180.2
Finland - Women 146.1 165.0
Finland - Total 148.7 171.3
France - Men 151.6 166.9
France - Women 141.9 151.5
France - Total 143.9 157.3
Germany - Men 150.9 159.4
Germany - Women 151.1 160.9
Germany - Total 156.3 164.4
Hungary - Men 252.5 253.1
Hungary - Women 187.8 188.2
Hungary - Total 215.2 215.7
Ireland2 - Men 157.4 178.2
Ireland - Women 170.0 189.8
Ireland - Total 163.7 186.0
Italy2 - Men 182.8 182.8
Italy - Women 134.1 134.1
Italy - Total 159.7 159.7
Korea3 - Men 127.0 138.0
Korea - Women 176.1 200.7
Korea - Total 140.6 155.8
Luxembourg4 - Men 149.3 169.8
Luxembourg - Women 130.6 145.3
Luxembourg - Total 145.1 164.8
Netherlands4 - Men 142.8 m
Netherlands - Women 154.7 m
Netherlands - Total 148.3 m
New Zealand - Men 139.8 145.9
New Zealand - Women 134.5 147.3
New Zealand - Total 132.3 144.1
Norway2 - Men 139.9 139.5
Norway - Women 141.6 141.3
Norway - Total 136.4 134.9
Poland2 - Men 179.1 184.4
Poland - Women 151.1 154.6
Poland - Total 163.2 165.7
Portugal2 - Men 182.0 182.0
Portugal - Women 176.8 176.8
Portugal - Total 178.7 178.7
Spain2 - Men 131.6 144.3
Spain - Women 141.3 156.0
Spain - Total 132.0 143.7
Sweden2 - Men 135.3 145.1
Sweden - Women 126.7 133.2
Sweden - Total 127.0 136.5
Switzerland2 - Men 139.8 149.1
Switzerland - Women 149.4 157.7
Switzerland - Total 155.6 164.2
Turkey2 - Men 139.3 149.1
Turkey - Women 164.5 182.6
Turkey - Total 140.7 152.2
United Kingdom - Men 141.9 151.8
United Kingdom - Women 180.2 199.7
United Kingdom - Total 155.1 168.9
United States - Men 182.8 191.6
United States - Women 166.8 173.3
United States - Total 174.8 182.8
OECD Mean - Male 154.9 166.0
OECD Mean - Female 151.9 162.8
OECD Mean - Total 151.2 162.4


 

Differences in earnings between females and males: average annual earnings of women as a percentage of men by level of educational attainment of 30 to 44 year-olds and 55 to 64 year-olds (2005 or latest available year)
Notes:
  1. Year of reference 2004.
  2. Year of reference 2003.
  3. Year of reference 2002.
  4. Source: OECD Education at a Glance (2007).
Country 30 to 44 years-old 55 to 64 Years-old
Australia 62 59
Austria 57 53
Belgium1 76 67
Canada1 63 54
Czech Republic 69 81
Denmark1 72 69
Finland1 70 73
France 74 62
Germany 57 53
Hungary 83 84
Ireland1 62 58
Italy1 74 70
Korea2 51 37
Luxembourg3 84 56
Netherlands3 62 50
New Zealand 61 65
Norway1 66 63
Poland1 81 87
Portugal1 78 114
Spain1 75 65
Sweden1 72 74
Switzerland 54 47
Turkey1 78 85
United Kingdom 56 54
United States 65 58
OECD Mean 68 66

 

 

Real median weekly income by highest qualification (2007 base)
Notes:
  1. Source: Statistics New Zealand, New Zealand Income Survey (1997-2007, June Quarter).
Year No Qualification School qualification Tertiary other than bachelor degree Bachelor degree or higher
1997 275 284 527 763
1998 281 286 537 796
1999 288 302 539 823
2000 294 301 541 807
2001 298 316 558 813
2002 306 306 567 783
2003 301 314 564 793
2004 311 327 586 797
2005 311 319 594 802
2006 316 337 587 801
2007 310 337 603 806
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