From: Wage inequality, skill inequality, and employment: evidence and policy lessons from PIAAC
 | All persons | Employed | ||||||
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Country | Mean | Median | St dev. | Var. coef. | Mean | Median | St dev. | Var. coef. |
Canada | 265.2 | 269.6 | 55.60 | 0.21 | 271.6 | 275.0 | 52.77 | 0.19 |
Denmark | 278.2 | 282.0 | 51.23 | 0.18 | 285.7 | 288.9 | 47.63 | 0.17 |
Finland | 282.2 | 285.8 | 52.21 | 0.18 | 291.3 | 293.2 | 47.63 | 0.16 |
France | 254.1 | 259.1 | 56.17 | 0.22 | 260.9 | 265.1 | 54.42 | 0.21 |
Germany | 271.7 | 275.9 | 53.07 | 0.20 | 277.5 | 280.4 | 49.71 | 0.18 |
Ireland | 255.5 | 259.5 | 53.66 | 0.21 | 264.5 | 267.0 | 49.91 | 0.19 |
Italy | 247.1 | 249.2 | 49.99 | 0.20 | 255.1 | 258.0 | 49.9 | 0.20 |
Japan | 288.1 | 290.8 | 43.98 | 0.15 | 292.5 | 294.7 | 43.44 | 0.15 |
Austria | 275.0 | 278.2 | 49.29 | 0.18 | 279.7 | 282.8 | 47.53 | 0.17 |
Netherlands | 280.3 | 285.8 | 51.07 | 0.18 | 287.4 | 291.7 | 46.99 | 0.16 |
Flanders (Belgium) | 280.3 | 284.4 | 50.59 | 0.18 | 286.6 | 290.2 | 48.42 | 0.17 |
Norway | 278.3 | 283.5 | 54.21 | 0.19 | 285.8 | 289.9 | 50.55 | 0.18 |
Spain | 245.8 | 250.3 | 51.32 | 0.21 | 257.5 | 261.3 | 47.58 | 0.18 |
Sweden | 279.0 | 284.0 | 54.87 | 0.20 | 287.2 | 290.4 | 50.26 | 0.17 |
England/N. Ireland (UK) | 261.7 | 264.9 | 54.88 | 0.21 | 270.9 | 273.3 | 51.6 | 0.19 |
USA | 252.8 | 256.0 | 57.03 | 0.23 | 260.0 | 264.0 | 55.95 | 0.23 |