Dataset

Average hourly earnings of male and female employees

owid.hourly-earnings-male-vs-female
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Gross remuneration for time worked or work done, vacation, and other types of paid leave. Regions defined by Our World in Data, which are used in OWID charts and maps.

Cite as: International Labour Organization (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Average hourly earnings of employees - Male – ILO” [dataset]. International Labour Organization, “ILOSTAT” [original data].

Publisher
Our World in Data
Tier
Official
Covers
1990–2025
Places
Countries, regions and groups of the world
Updated
annual
Last modified
2026-02-03
Units
international-$ in 2021 prices
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Method
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/hourly-earnings-male-vs-female

Columns

NameTypeDescription
entitytextcountry, region or group
codetextISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions
yearinteger
average_hourly_earnings_employees_by_sex__sex_male__classif1_currency__2021_ppp_dollarnumberAverage hourly earnings of employees - Male (international-$ in 2021 prices)
average_hourly_earnings_employees_by_sex__sex_female__classif1_currency__2021_ppp_dollarnumberAverage hourly earnings of employees - Female (international-$ in 2021 prices)
owid_regiontextWorld region according to OWID

Dimensions

NameValues
entity
year

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