In a free market, wages are determined by supply and demand.
Generally, positions that require skills that most people do not have will have higher wages than a job that anyone can do. The number of people who are willing to do the job (at the current wage rate) also factors into the wage of a job. If nobody will do the job for a certain wage, then they have to increase the wage rate until they can entice someone (who is qualified) to take the job at a higher rate.
Another factor is the demand for the job. If the job performs duties that the world cannot live without, then generally the wage will be higher. Of course, there are many other factors associated with supply and demand, but these are the most basic.
Keep in mind that these factors do not apply as much to government-type jobs such as police officers, firemen, and government employees. In an economic sense, part of the "wage" paid to those employees is the job security associated with the jobs and the pride associated with performing those jobs.
Wages are different sometimes because of the different work that is being done. Some things require schooling and take time to become qualified which is why they pay more for the people who work them.
Because there are different levels of education and jobs. A person who is washing dishes is not going make the same wages as a person with 4 years of college. The more you know the more you get paid.
Different abilities and skills
lack of info about other jobs and wages
Satisfaction
fringe benefits
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Different people have different wages because of their skills. As a person becomes more skillful in their job, their employer usually gives them a raise or promotion.
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Carrie Glasser has written: 'Wage differentials' -- subject(s): Labor and laboring classes, Unskilled labor, Wage differentials, Wages
persistent wage and unemployment differentials in different regions of the country
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T. Huw Edwards has written: 'Short and long run decompositions of OECD wage inequality changes' -- subject(s): Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Wage differentials
R. H. Oostendorp has written: 'Globalization and the gender wage gap' -- subject(s): Foreign Investments, Globalization, International trade, Sex discrimination against women, Wage differentials
Alexis Palma has written: 'Explaining earnings and income inequality in Chile' -- subject(s): Wage differentials, Income distribution
When I was a nursing assistant, there would be shift differentials. I'm not sure if it's the same thing as wage differentials. But basically it was a small increase in your hourly wage if you worked a different shift. For example, the nursing home had a .40 differential for second shift and a .30 differential for third shift. So a person who makes 10 dollars an hour, would make 10.40 an hour while working a second shift. Or would make 10.30 an hour while working third. But would make 10.00 an hour while working first.
Matthias P. Beck has written: 'Wage differentials, wage growth and employment stability' 'The evolution of dismissal legislation in light of the class and state centred interpretations of the welfarestate' 'Pension reform and manpower policy in Japan and Germany'
Robert Plasman has written: 'Comparing apples with oranges' -- subject(s): Sex differences, Sex discrimination in employment, Wage differentials, Wages, Women
Daniel Chiquiar has written: 'International migration, self-selection, and the distribution of wages' -- subject(s): Emigration and immigration, Wage differentials, Econometric models
Ronald L. Oaxaca has written: 'Male-female wage differentials in urban labor markets' -- subject(s): Discrimination in employment, Employment, Wages, Women
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