Researchers have known that gender can influence the size of one's salary. But now they've have found that the balance of gender in the office may change the size of one's paycheck. A national survey of managers has found that those who work with more females, either as subordinates or peers, get paid less than those who work with a preponderance of men. A similar trend occurs when the average age in the office veers too far above or below age 40.
Across the board, female managers earned about nine percent less than male managers. Also, the number of males or females in a workgroup strongly impacted the manager's pay. For example, when bosses worked with a staff that was 80 percent female, they made $7,000 less than those who had a staff that was 80 percent male.
Managerial pay was consistent until there was a female majority in the office. Both male and female bosses took a relative pay cut. The salary for managing a group of only women was $9,000 less than managing a team equally divided by gender. Further up the ladder, if a manager's supervisor was female, he or she would be paid $2,000 less.
