{"id":5587,"date":"2018-10-23T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=5587"},"modified":"2019-01-16T23:49:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T23:49:16","slug":"44-of-women-negotiated-their-current-salary-vs-53-of-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/44-of-women-negotiated-their-current-salary-vs-53-of-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: 44% of Women Negotiated Their Current Salary vs. 53% of Men"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to asking for a higher salary, women are more hesitant than men.<\/p>\n

Forty-four\u00a0percent of women said they negotiated\u00a0their current salary compared to 53% of men, according to the latest reading of an\u00a0ongoing query<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Comparably<\/a>. The results come from the online responses of more than 10,000 workers across the technology space.<\/p>\n

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By department<\/b><\/p>\n

Women in product, marketing, and business development were\u00a0most likely to negotiate, while those in customer support and administrative roles were\u00a0least likely to negotiate.<\/p>\n

Men in customer support and administrative roles demonstrated similar behavior, with only 34% and 24% of them (respectively) attempting to try for a higher salary.<\/p>\n

The gap among women and men in high-ranking executive positions was one of the widest: 52% of women said they negotiated their salaries compared to 67% of men.<\/p>\n

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By experience<\/b><\/p>\n

The data shows that men and women in who have been at their company for only a few years have significantly less leverage than those with more years under their belt.<\/p>\n

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By age<\/b><\/p>\n

From an age perspective, workers age 41 to 45 seemed to be in a sweet spot: 56% of them reported having negotiated their salary. Rates were lower among the youngest and oldest workers.<\/p>\n

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By city<\/b><\/p>\n

The cities where people said they negotiated their salaries most were San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, and New York City. The cities where people negotiated their salaries the least were Phoenix and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.\"spon\"<\/p>\n

By ethnicity<\/b><\/p>\n

The data revealed that Caucasian and Asian workers were the most likely to negotiate their salaries while African American and Hispanic\/Latino workers were least likely to negotiate their salaries.<\/p>\n

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The latest reading is as of Oct 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to asking for a higher salary, women are more hesitant than men. Forty-four\u00a0percent of women said they negotiated\u00a0their current salary compared to 53% of men, according to the latest reading of an\u00a0ongoing query\u00a0by\u00a0Comparably. The results come from the online responses of more than 10,000 workers across the technology space. By department Women … Read full-story <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,8],"tags":[39,286,285],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5587"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6416,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5587\/revisions\/6416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}