Pay Day

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Employees who earn less money than they feel they're worth are more likely to share their salary with friends and family. Meanwhile, those who are paid more, keep quiet.

A group of friends break the pay taboo and bare their salaries.

As Congress debates a bill to raise the federal minimum wage, two economists debate whether setting a wage floor for workers is a good thing.

Workers at state-run companies in China are riding pretty high. Beyond standard salaries, there are often a lot of perks for state workers, including mortgage payments, groceries, fancy cars. And it's all tax free.

What to know how your company figures out your salary? Depends if you are a "pork belly" or a "gourmet sausage"

Do you work in a commodity job or are you a customized good. Take our quiz to find out; your salary could depend on it.

Companies resist a law that would compare CEO pay to employees'

But many companies worry that making the executive-to-worker pay ratio public will draw scorn

Most employees still don't feel comfortable revealing how much money they make to family, friends, and coworkers.