wage differential

noun

1. the difference in wages between workers with different skills in the same industry or between those with comparable skills in different industries or localities

Example Sentences

“If some people are earning $35 a month, and others are driving around in fancy cars, that’s a very wide wage differential and a little hard to justify in terms of socialist value culture,” he added.

From New York Times

“That closing of the wage differential could persist.”

From Seattle Times

Ripley’s “low-residency” MFA program has become a fully online “no residency” program, and Jacob must make up the wage differential by working as a freelance writing coach as well as a “program coordinator” — really a desk clerk — at a smarmy “self-sponsored artists’ retreat.”

From Washington Post

In a document filed on Jan. 8, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing said that the women of Riot Games could be entitled to “over $400 million” in potential back pay based on the wage differential between men and women at the company, excluding any additional penalties, according to the calculations included in the existing settlement.

From Los Angeles Times

The district issued its former human resources director Jodie Anderson $31,500 in wage differential payment and $73,500 for damages, the Globe-Gazette reported.

From Washington Times