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February 2008, Vol. 131, No. 2
How widely do wages vary within jobs in the same establishment?
Krista Sunday
Economist, Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: sunday.krista@bls.gov
Jordan Pfuntner
Economist, Formerly in the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Within a given establishment, wages of workers vary considerably by job, particularly in certain occupations, such as public school
teachers, and with incentive pay playing a role as well; although comparisons over time are problematic, evidence suggests that such wage dispersion has increased over the last two decades
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