Korean Workers’ Wage Gap Hit Highest Level in 2011

From Yonhap:

The gap between workers in the highest and lowest wage brackets hit its widest margin ever last year, a labor research institute said Sunday, pointing to the country's increasing wage polarization.

Last year, the country's highest wage bracket representing the top 20 percent of wage earners took home 5.4 times the salary received by the lowest bracket representing the bottom 10 percent, the Korea Labor Institute said.

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