Table 4.

Theme 4: Equity in Compensation by Gender (Key-Informant Interviews in the National Faculty Survey)

Descriptions of the theme	Quote	Rank	Years at institution	Gender	Role
Part of the gender climate	“Salary equity is an important part of climate….There are many facets to climate. Salary is one.”	Professor	29	F	GWIMS
Secrecy	“There's a lot of secrecy around compensation. I happen to know the most outstanding chair…and her total compensation is a good $100,000 a year below the mean.”	Professor	5	F	GWIMS
	“We have a policy at our institution that does not allow salaries to be transparent. So we have to believe everyone who tells us that things are equal. But the perception is that there's no equality…that women are underpaid.”	Associate professor	14	F	GWIMS
Differences by department	“So there are departments where women are paid equitably and there may be other departments where they may be making 75 cents on the dollar compared to males.”	Professor	20	F	GWIMS
Addressing disparities	“I was chairing a gender equity survey…. There was an across-the-board increase for women, then significant increases for some specific women who were way out of whack.”	Professor	20	F	GWIMS
Differences at hire	“There is no posting of salaries but I can tell from personal experience that women—I would estimate that salaries are probably 30% lower than men being hired for comparable positions…. There is no strong voice advocating [for] the salaries of women.”	Professor	30	F	GWIMS