The wage gap between workers with and without a disability has been widely documented. However, wages and salaries account for less than 70% of the total hourly cost of compensation for an average U.S. worker. In this study, we construct a measure of total compensation by linking the American Community Survey to a restricted-access version of the Employer Cost for Employee Compensation database, which contains detailed benefit measures for the years 2008–2014. After controlling for selection into full-time employment and other observed characteristics, we find that the percentage total compensation gap between full-time male workers with and without a disability is substantially larger than the percentage wage and salary gap. The opposite pattern is observed for full-time female workers. Our results suggest that considering only wage and salary may mask the true gaps in total compensation from employment. We also document a persistent benefits gap between workers with and without a disability. We discuss possible explanatory factors for the observed patterns in total compensation and benefit gaps.

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残疾工人和非残疾工人之间的总薪酬差距、工资差距和福利差距

残疾工人和非残疾工人之间的工资差距已被广泛记录。然而，工资和薪水占美国普通工人每小时总薪酬的不到 70%。在这项研究中，我们通过将美国社区调查与限制访问版本的雇员薪酬雇主成本数据库联系起来，构建了一个总薪酬衡量标准，该数据库包含 2008-2014 年的详细福利衡量标准。在控制了全职工作的选择和其他观察到的特征之后，我们发现有残疾和没有残疾的全职男性工人之间的总薪酬差距百分比远大于工资和薪水差距的百分比。全职女工的情况正好相反。我们的研究结果表明，仅考虑工资和薪水可能会掩盖就业总薪酬的真正差距。我们还记录了残疾工人和非残疾工人之间持续存在的福利差距。我们讨论了在总薪酬和福利差距中观察到的模式的可能解释因素。