• Italy: satisfaction with salary by gender

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Analyzing the seven criteria used to compare the degree of salary satisfaction among Italian employees, it can be seen that the males' average satisfaction is higher for all of them. According to a study published by JobPricing in 2020, the smallest satisfaction gap can be seen in the category of external competitiveness (0.4 points of difference on a scale form zero to 10), while the largest gap is regarding meritocracy (1.1 points). It is worth to notice that the average satisfaction of both genders is overall relatively low. In fact, the highest degree of satisfaction attributed by the respondents is only 4.9 over ten (males' average satisfaction with their firms' transparency).

How satisfied do you think employees are with their salary?

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Release date

August 2020

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2019

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Employees in private sector

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Da 0 a 10, quanto un lavoratore dipendente è soddisfatto della sua retribuzione?".
The source gives more detailed explanations of the characteristics:
Overall satisfaction: "I am overall satisfied of my salary"
Internal equity: "I am paid equally to my position and to my colleagues"
External competitiveness: "My salary is similar to the one that I could receive in similar firms (competitors, companies in similar sector with similar size)"
Performance and salary: "I am paid in proportion to my concrete contribution to the achievement of company objectives, and on the base of my department"
Transparency: "I am aware of the procedures and the criteria followed by the firms for rewards based on merit (promotion, bonus, raise...)"
Trust and understanding: "The reasons behind rewards based on merit in my companies are reasonable"
Meritocracy: "In my company, rewards based on merit really go to the employees that deserved them"