LOS ANGELES -- Female workers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private employer, earned 4.5% to 5.6% less than men doing similar jobs and with similar experience levels between 1996 and 2001, according to a study conducted as part of a federal discrimination lawsuit.
The study, based on an analysis of Wal-Mart payroll data obtained under the litigation, found that among nonsalaried workers, men earned an average of 37 cents an hour more for similar work.
The pay gap widens higher up the management ladder, the report said. It found that male management trainees make an average of $23,175 a year, compared with $22,371 for women trainees.
At the senior vice president level, the average man makes $419,435 a year, the report said, whereas the four women in the position earn an average of $279,772. Full: http://tinyurl.com/5c91 --- Sent from UnionMail Service [http://mail.union.org.za]