At the same level and in the same company, Indonesian women are more advantaged.

According to the Korn Ferry Gender Pay Index, which analyzes the relationship between salary and gender in over 12.3 million employees at 14,284 companies across 53 countries globally, women globally earn approximately 16 percent less than men. This is due to the lower number of women in higher positions.

Furthermore, many companies still have a higher number of female employees earning less than male employees at the same job level.

The report shows that when women and men are in the same job, the gap decreases to 5.3 percent. At the same job level within the same company, this gap further decreases to 1.5 percent. And when male and female employees are at the same job level in the same company and work in the same function, the difference in their salaries is 0.5 percent on average.

However, Indonesia presents a different picture. Although the overall gender pay gap in Indonesia is 5.3 percent, this doesn't mean women are generally paid less than men.

When comparing women and men at the same job level, women are paid 1.2 percent higher. When they work at the same level in the same company, women are paid 1.7 percent higher. Even when they work at the same level in the same company and perform the same function, women are paid 4.1 percent higher than their male counterparts.

Korn Ferry argues that the gender pay gap is not only about unequal pay, but also the underrepresentation of women in high-paying positions. There are more men in higher positions than women, which increases the average wage for men. Conversely, there are more women in lower positions, resulting in a lower average wage for women.