Employee Pay Equity & Wage Gap Perception Survey

Thanks for taking a few minutes to share how you see pay fairness at our organization. Your answers are anonymous and feed directly into our pay equity review — this takes about 5-6 minutes.

Are you aware of this organization's approach to ensuring equal pay for equal work (e.g., published pay bands, regular pay equity audits)?

• Yes, I've seen specific information (bands, audit results, etc.)
• I've heard it's a priority but haven't seen details
• No, I'm not aware of any approach
• Not sure

Overall, how fairly do you believe your pay compares to others doing similar work at this organization?

Based on what you've observed or heard, how does each of the following tend to affect pay outcomes at this organization?

In the last 12 months, have you compared your pay to publicly available salary data or to coworkers' pay?

• Yes, using public salary data (e.g., a salary benchmarking site)
• Yes, by talking with coworkers
• Yes, both
• No, I haven't compared

Which of the following do you think has the biggest influence on pay differences between employees here?

• Job performance
• Years of experience
• Negotiation skill
• Manager relationships
• Job level or title
• Location or remote-work status
• Demographic characteristics (e.g., gender, race)

How confident are you that pay decisions here — raises, promotions, starting offers — are made without bias toward any group?

Reconstruct the specific experience behind this respondent's fairness rating and their confidence-in-bias-free-decisions rating. If either score was low or mid-range, ask for a concrete example — a raise, promotion, or comparison with a colleague — that shaped that view, and which demographic factor (if any) they suspect was involved. If both scores were high, ask what evidence or communication gave them that confidence, so we can identify what's working.

Has your manager or HR ever proactively explained how your pay was determined?

• Yes, in detail
• Yes, briefly
• No, never
• Don't recall

How satisfied are you with how clearly this organization communicates about pay decisions and pay equity efforts?

What one change would most improve your confidence that pay is determined fairly here? (Optional)

Just a few optional background questions to help us spot patterns across groups — feel free to skip any of these.

Which gender do you identify with?

• Woman
• Man
• Non-binary
• Prefer to self-describe
• Prefer not to say

Which best describes your race or ethnicity?

• American Indian or Alaska Native
• Asian
• Black or African American
• Hispanic or Latino
• Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
• White
• Two or more races
• Prefer to self-describe
• Prefer not to say

How long have you been with this organization?

• Less than 1 year
• 1-3 years
• 4-7 years
• 8+ years
• Prefer not to say

Thank you for your honesty. Your responses will be combined anonymously with others and reviewed by HR leadership as part of our pay equity assessment — no individual answers are shared with managers.