[Economy pick] 10 million years of "Working Women"...My homework is this.

■ Host: Youngsoo Kim Anchor, Lee Harin Anchor
■ Starring: Choi Ah-young, YTN Economy Reporter

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[Anchor]
Let's start the economic pick that makes it easy to solve economic issues. Today, we will be with Choi Ah-young, a reporter from the Ministry of Economy. Welcome. Let's meet the first theme video first. 10 million female wage workers, is this the first time?

[Reporter]
That's right. This year, the number of female wage workers who work or pay exceeded 10 million for the first time ever. This is the first time in 61 years since statistics were compiled. There were 570,000 female wage workers in 1963. By August this year, the average number of people was 11.15 million, an increase of nearly 18 times in 61 years. Women accounted for 46%, nearly half of all wage workers, the highest ever. Seven out of 10 female wage workers were regular workers and three were temporary or daily workers. So let's look at how much the number of male wage workers has increased during this period. The number of male wage workers increased more than six-fold from 1.81 million in 1963 to an average of 11.88 million in August this year.

[Anchor]
There are more working women, and if you look at the keywords, you said homework is continuous, but what is homework?

[Reporter]
That's the pay gap. According to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the wage gap between men and women in Korea as of 2022 was 31%. The gap was the largest among the 36 countries to be compared.

It was almost three times higher than the average of OECD member countries. On top of that, glass ceilings that prevent women from being promoted to senior positions are also still found. It was last among 29 OECD member countries. He has been in last place for 12 consecutive years since 2013.

Then let's hear from the expert what measures are needed to solve this homework.

[Oh Gye-taek / Senior Researcher at the Korea Labor Institute: Now that times have changed, it is necessary for women to develop career development paths and prepare for how to get to the top of the organization.]

[Anchor]
I hope the wage gap between men and women will close soon.