pay gap
noun [C, usually singular] (also wage gap, wage differential) HR, WORKPLACEDefinition
› the difference between the average pay of two different groups of people, for example men and women: the gender pay gap pay gap between sb (and sb) With wages for lower-skill jobs held in check by a labor surplus, the pay gap between executives and the workers is widening.
(Definition of pay gap noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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