It may be getting easier to discover what you should be earning through sites such as Comparably, but chatting directly with your coworkers about what you earn is still an unpopular move.
Fifty-two percent of people say they’re “not likely” or “would never” share their salary with coworkers, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. More than 10,000 people across the technology industry responded to the query.
Shhhh…
Of the remaining 48% of respondents, 9% of them said they are “very likely” to share their salary with coworkers and 14% said they are “somewhat likely” to share their salary with coworkers. Twenty-five percent said “it depends.”
Men vs. women
Men and women responded nearly identically, with the most popular answer being “not likely” (31%).
“It depends” most common among employees 35 and below
Workers 18 to 30 chose “it depends” more than “not likely.” Workers 30 to 35 ranked them equally (29%):
Every age group above 35 ranked “not likely” the highest.
From a department level
The only workers who said “it depends” more/as frequently as “not likely” were those in design and sales. Everyone else — from product to admin to legal — chose “not likely” most often.
Design
Sales
The latest reading is as of Feb. 27.
