wage disparity
Unequal compensation rates
Wage disparity is the gap in pay between different groups of workers—often between men and women, or between racial groups doing similar work.
The term frames differences in compensation as a measurable inequality: The wage disparity between executives and factory workers has widened dramatically.
Also called wage gap or pay gap.
- gender pay gapIncome inequality between sexes
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- wealth inequalityUnequal distribution of assets
- income inequalityDisparity in earnings distribution
- economic mobilityMovement between income levels
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- inequalitywealth gap, income gap, pay gap, wealth concentration, income inequality
- discriminationracism, systemic discrimination, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment
- pay equityequal pay, pay equity, pay equality, pay parity, salary equity
- pay inequalitypay gap, gender pay gap, income gap, salary gap, unequal pay
- sexismsexism, gender discrimination, sex discrimination, gender bias, male privilege
- wage datapay rates, pay scales, pay grades, hourly wages, income levels
wage disparityequal pay
Matching compensation regardless of identity
wage equality · pay equity · income equality · pay equality · salary parity
wage disparityfair compensation
Appropriate payment for work
equitable pay · fair wages · fair pay · economic fairness · workplace equity