Wage differences among workers in the same job and establishment.
Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 1983 Area Wage Survey program, the writer analyzes differences in wage spreads for workers in a particular job according to occupation, industry, and establishment size. The major factor in determining wage spread was whether the employees were white-...
| Publicado en: | Monthly Labor Review Vol. 108; pp. 11 - 17 |
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US Department of Labor
March 1985
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| Sumario: | Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 1983 Area Wage Survey program, the writer analyzes differences in wage spreads for workers in a particular job according to occupation, industry, and establishment size. The major factor in determining wage spread was whether the employees were white- or blue-collar workers. Smaller spreads were found in blue-collar jobs largely because union-negotiated pay scales tend to offer single rather than multiple pay rates for a given occupation. White-collar jobs had an average wage spread of about 30 percent, which is more than twice as wide as the average in skilled blue-collar jobs. Wage spreads in manufacturing industries are usually narrower than in nonmanufacturing industries. White-collar jobs show a wider spread in large establishments. |
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