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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.
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