Infrastructure Study Finds Less Industry Wage Inequality
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Wage inequality is less pronounced when it comes to U.S. truck drivers and hazardous waste removers, according to a new Brookings Institution analysis of infrastructure jobs.
Pay for workers at the top 90th percentile of transportation, trade, energy, water, telecommunications and public works fields was 2.5 times greater than it was for employees in the bottom 10 percentile in 2012, based on the report. That compared to a 4.8 ratio for all U.S. occupations.