Corporate analysis shows women getting paid much less than men SEOUL , April 5 ( Yonhap ) -- Women working at South Korea ' s top 10 conglomerates are getting paid about 62 percent of what men are getting in yearly salary , even less than half at some companies , according to a corporate tracker Wednesday . An analysis by Chaebul . com , which follows details of the leading business groups , showed that women ' s average yearly pay at the top 10 listed conglomerates and their affiliates was 54 million won ( US $ 48 , 261 ) , 61 . 8 percent of the amount for their male counterparts , who receive an average of 87 . 57 million won . The disparity was least stark at Samsung Group companies , where women were paid 71 . 9 percent ( 72 . 78 million won ) of men ' s salaries ( 101 . 1 million won ) , and at Hyundai Motor Group firms where women were also receiving 71 . 9 percent of what men get . Slightly behind them were SK Group , where women ' s pay was 69 . 5 percent of that for men . At POSCO Group , it was 69 . 4 percent . Lotte and GS Groups showed the biggest gaps . Women employees at Lotte were getting only 41 percent of men ' s salaries . The group has 24 , 325 female workers , about the same number as the 24 , 244 male workers . According to the analysis , women at Lotte are getting 25 . 36 million won a year on average , about one - third of what women at Samsung Group earn . The gap at GS Group was 46 . 9 percent . Women ' s average yearly salary was 28 . 94 million won compared with men ' s 61 . 7 million won . Women working for Hanwha Group were getting 54 . 2 percent of men ' s salaries Women at Hyundai Motor Co . were getting 78 . 9 percent of the pay that men were receiving , the highest percentage when comparing individual companies . The rate was also high , 77 . 1 percent , at Kia Motors . Salaries for female employees of Samsung Electronics were 69 . 8 percent of that for men . At SK Telecom , the number was 71 percent . Lotte Group affiliates in general had much lower numbers . Women ' s pay at Lotte Shopping was 43 . 7 percent of men ' s salaries . For Lotte Chilsung Beverage , it was 52 . 2 percent . GS Retail , whose parent business group GS Group shows a big disparity , fares better with 70 . 2 percent . The analysis showed that the number of male workers , 498 , 464 , far exceeds the number of women workers , 133 , 235 , at the top conglomerates . ( END )