How Is Pay Gap Calculated

It’s calculated by dividing the median earnings of full-time, year-round, working women by the median earnings of full-time, year-round, working men, all rounded to the nearest $100. The wage gap looks slightly different depending on which data source is used in the calculation.

How is adjusted pay gap calculated?

These individual pay gaps are then averaged for each employee group (e.g., women and men) separately. Finally, the adjusted pay gap is calculated as the difference in the average gaps between the groups.

How is ethnic wage gap calculated?

The ethnicity pay gap is expected to be calculated by subtracting the average hourly pay figure for those identifying as BAME (as one cluster and then taking each of the five areas) from the average hourly pay figure for those identifying as white, then expressing the difference as a percentage of the average hourly …

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

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