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The purpose of this study is to investigate the productivity gap by job segregation based upon the gender composition of occupations in Korea. According to Human Capital Theory, the differentials of human capital investments result in productivity gap which affects individuals' income. Therefore, it can be explained that an individual in male jobs earns more than in a female jobs because of productivity differences between men and women.The empirical results of this study can be summarized as the following :In general, there are no common results in Index of Sex Segregation. In addition, the wage gap by gender in OCC4(skilled labor in agriculture, fishery, and forest) is the highest among the all occupations; however, the wage gap in OCC3(services and sales) is not significantly different. Moreover, the productivity gap by gender in OCC4 is the highest among the all occupations ; however, the productivity gap in OCC3 is not significantly different. These empirical results support Human Capital Theory.