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REPORT BY THE


Comptroller General


OF THE UNFTED STATES





Options For Conducting A Pay Equity Study Of

Federal Pay And Classification Systems




This report discusses ways to determine why
female federal employees earn less than male
federal employees. Two general approaches are
discussed--economic analysis and job content.
Economic analysis attempts to measure and
explain existing wage differentials between men
and women using characteristics of individuals,
occupations, and the workplace. Such an analy-
sis could indicate the extent to which factors
such as education, work experience, and occupa-
tion account for wage differences by sex in the
federal government. The job content approach
focuses on the characteristics of jobs in seeking
to identify wage disparities. A job content study
could provide a measure of the value of various
federal jobs to the government and a correspond-
ing comparison of the present grades or salaries
for those jobs.

GAO believes that each approach has merit.
Accordingly, in GAO's view, the most compre-
hensive and effective means through which to
conduct a pay equity study at the federal level
would be to include both approaches.










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