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How widely do wages vary within jobs in the same establishment?

The article discusses wage dispersion in the U.S., and presents a detailed analysis of various studies on the issue. It specifically refers to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) studies conducted 20 years ago by looking at how wages varied within occupations, within establishments, in 2004. A...

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Published in:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 131; no. 2; pp. 17 - 49
Main Authors: Sunday, Krista, Pfuntner, Jordan
Format: Article
Published: US Department of Labor Feb2008
Subjects:
United States
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment discrimination
Income inequality
Labor market
Occupations
Statistics on the working class
Labor costs
Industrial surveys
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses wage dispersion in the U.S., and presents a detailed analysis of various studies on the issue. It specifically refers to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) studies conducted 20 years ago by looking at how wages varied within occupations, within establishments, in 2004. An examination of BLS wage data suggests that wages vary widely within a particular job in a particular establishment. A comparison of BLS data from 1983 and 2004 suggests that within-job wage dispersion has increased over that period.