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Show Femole woges up SALT LAKE CITY-Women who work in stale government in Utah are still behind their male counterparts reguarding pay, but not as far behind as you might think. Governor Norm Bangerter's gender pay equity study, released this week, shows the weighted average salary for women in state government is about 93.2 percent of men holding the same jobs. The overall spread ranged from 90.1 percent to 104.3 percent Additionally, the study revealed that the average length of state service ser-vice for females is 95.1 percent of males. The study covered about 94 percent of the state's workers. Last spring, the Utah State Legislature authorized the study to look at how women in Utah's state system were being treated compared com-pared to men. The survey showed that more males are in higher salary positions than females, but within each pay range, females and males are generally paid about the same. Factors which account for the difference, according to the Governor's Gover-nor's office, include length of service ser-vice in the current position, promotional promo-tional patterns, breaks in service and total service. In a release from Governor Bangerter's office, the chief executive ex-ecutive is quoted as saying, "more must be done. As state government looks to the future of the important issue of pay equity, I want to reaffirm reaf-firm my commitment to fair employment and promotional practices prac-tices of all employees, including females and minorities. ' |