Women More Likely to Be Rejected When They Ask for More Pay
A majority of men and women still don’t ask for more pay at hiring, Pew research found.
Most men and women still don’t ask for more money than they’re offered in a job interview. But if they do, women are more likely to get turned down.
About 58% of men, and 61% of women said they didn’t ask for higher pay when they were last hired, according to a survey of more than 5,500 US workers conducted by Pew Research Center in early February. Of those who asked for more money, 28% said their negotiations were successful, 38% said they were offered less than they wanted but more than the initial offer, and 35% said they were only given what was first presented, Pew found. Women were more likely than men — 38% to 31% — to say they were only given the initial offer.