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Salary Gap Detective

Eight made-up companies share their pay data: a table by role, a chart of women at each level, a pay split into base, bonus and overtime, a team list with one huge salary. Find where the gap hides, with the numbers explained after every case.

8 cases
Data reading

How to play

Read the evidence. Each case is a made-up company's pay report: a table, a chart of levels or a list of salaries.
Answer the question. Which role pays women less for the same job? Which promotion step loses the most women? Which part of pay holds the gap? What's the median?
Use the hint if stuck. The hint tells you what to compare. It costs the 50-point bonus for that case.
Score. 100 points per solved case, +50 without the hint. A wrong answer costs one of 3 lives. 1,200 points at most.

Quick tips

Compare like with like. A pay gap for the same job means comparing women and men inside one row, not one role against another.
Look at the steps. In a promotion chart, the bottleneck is the biggest drop from one level to the next, not the smallest bar.

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