Here's something I think everybody from working-class (Blue-Collar) backgrounds
already knew in their hearts. Especially in the UK.
Social mobility: Class pay gap found in UK professions.
'UK professionals from working-class backgrounds are paid £6,800 [$8,568.68] less
on average each year than those from more affluent families, a study has found.
The class pay gap was highest in finance at £13,713, the research by the Social
Mobility Commission concluded.
The medical profession saw the next highest gap at £10,218, followed by information
technology at £4,736.
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Commission chairman Alan Milburn said the 17% average pay gap showed the UK
remained a "deeply elitist" society.
The research, carried out by academics from the London School of Economics and
University College London, analysed data from the UK labour force survey - a snapshot
of employment in the UK with more than 90,000 respondents.
The researchers examined the average earnings of people in professional jobs from
different backgrounds and found those who had come from a poorer family lost out by
about £6,800 a year.
It found the gap was partly caused by differences in educational background, along
with the tendency of middle-class professionals to work in bigger firms and move to
London for work.
But even when professionals had the same educational attainment, role and experience,
those from poorer families were paid an average of £2,242 [$2,825.14] less, the Social
Mobility Commission's study found.
The report suggested professionals from poorer backgrounds might be less likely
to ask for pay rises and could exclude themselves from promotion for fear of not
"fitting in"...'
SOURCE:
No Faeces, Sherlock!
already knew in their hearts. Especially in the UK.
Social mobility: Class pay gap found in UK professions.
'UK professionals from working-class backgrounds are paid £6,800 [$8,568.68] less
on average each year than those from more affluent families, a study has found.
The class pay gap was highest in finance at £13,713, the research by the Social
Mobility Commission concluded.
The medical profession saw the next highest gap at £10,218, followed by information
technology at £4,736.
Commission chairman Alan Milburn said the 17% average pay gap showed the UK
remained a "deeply elitist" society.
The research, carried out by academics from the London School of Economics and
University College London, analysed data from the UK labour force survey - a snapshot
of employment in the UK with more than 90,000 respondents.
The researchers examined the average earnings of people in professional jobs from
different backgrounds and found those who had come from a poorer family lost out by
about £6,800 a year.
It found the gap was partly caused by differences in educational background, along
with the tendency of middle-class professionals to work in bigger firms and move to
London for work.
But even when professionals had the same educational attainment, role and experience,
those from poorer families were paid an average of £2,242 [$2,825.14] less, the Social
Mobility Commission's study found.
The report suggested professionals from poorer backgrounds might be less likely
to ask for pay rises and could exclude themselves from promotion for fear of not
"fitting in"...'
SOURCE:
No Faeces, Sherlock!
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