pay gap

plural pay gaps

1. The difference in salaries between one group and another.

   race pay gap

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   gender pay gap

   sexual orientation pay gap

   The growth of the service sector has provided jobs for women; women have increased their participation in the labor market; the pay gap between women and men has been reduced somewhat; women have entered a wider range of jobs; and women's share of higher-paying jobs has increased.

   1988, Heidi Hartmann, “Achieving Economic Equity for Women”, in Marcus Raskin, Chester Hartman, editors, Winning America: Ideas and Leadership for the 1990s, Boston, Mass.: South End Press and the Institute for Policy Studies, →ISBN, page 96

   Uncertain or lost jobs, quadrupled rents, and the pay gap between Wessi and Ossi loom far larger in the average easterner's consciousness than the new family car.

   1993, Irwin L. Collier, Jr., “German Economic Integration: The Case for Optimism”, in Michael G. Huelshoff, Andrei S. Markovits, Simon Reich, editors, From Bundesrepublik to Deutschland: German Politics after Reunification, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 93

   Female lawyers are less than half as likely as similarly qualified male colleagues to become partners, and pay gaps range from 10 to 35 percent between men and women in comparable positions. The disparities are even greater for women of color.

   1997, Deborah L. Rhode, “Women’s Work”, in Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Equality, Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 141

   Synonyms: wage gap