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Pay Equity Gap
Gender pay gap as percentage difference
How it’s computed
(AVG_male - AVG_female) / AVG_male
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
Pay Equity Gap can tell roughly 22 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to compensation & benefits
A real gradient — now ask if it's pointed at value
compensation · T1
Below the market, across the board
compensation · T1
One group sits apart on a decision that should be neutral
fairness-equity · T1
Pay is drifting from plan
compensation · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“(Source: Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2010 , Report 1031, July 2011)Industry DifferencesIndustry also plays a role in the gender pay gap. Figures 9-5A through 9-5D shows three pieces of information for each of the thirteen broad…”
— Compensating Employees Fairlymatch 63%
“The 77 cents statistic has been adduced as supporting evidence in discussions ranging from abstract theoretical musings on the role of women in society to concrete policy proposals such as the Paycheck Fairness Act.The current administration has given gender pay equity a high…”
— Compensating Employees Fairlymatch 62%
“More specifically, one might infer that the difference is attributable to gender discrimination, when in fact the difference is attributable to differences in actual work experience.Hours WorkedContributing to the gender pay gap are differences in the number of hours usually…”
— Compensating Employees Fairlymatch 62%
Resources: Compensating Employees Fairly