Company A has 11 employees
The lowest-paid employee earns
eight times less than the CEO
This is the mean, or average wage
Calculated by adding up the wages of all employees and dividing by the number of employees
This is the median wage
It falls in the middle of a range when everyone’s wages are lined up from smallest to largest
Company A employs five women
and six men. The median wage for both
genders is the same in this case ...
... but due to high executive
pay the mean is much higher for
the male employees
Mean for men
Mean for women
Company A has 11 employees
The lowest-paid employee earns
eight times less than the CEO
Company A employs five women
and six men. The median wage for both
genders is the same in this case ...
... but due to high executive
pay the mean is much higher for
the male employees
This is the mean, or average wage
Calculated by adding up the wages of all employees and dividing by the number of employees
This is the median wage
It falls in the middle of a range when everyone’s wages are lined up from smallest to largest
Mean for men
Mean for women