Do employee wages offer any difference depending to the sectors? A case study of Bursa

In order to determine the factors that are effective in determining the wages of employees, a questionnaire was applied to 2000 people in Bursa. In this context, the sub-sectors of the manufacturing sector; The factors which are affecting the wage level of the employees were searched for Food Products and Beverages Manufacturing, Textile Products Manufacturing, Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing, Main Metal Industry, Motor Land Vehicles, Trailer and Semi-Trailer Production and Furniture Products Manufacturing sectors. The number of employees was determined by proportional sampling and the ratio of each sector to the proportion of Bursa in the industry. Firstly, for the each sector, wage models were estimated in the context of Human Capital Model (Mincer Model) without gender discrimination and later on seperatly for women and men. In order to determine the wage level of the employees, training, experience, qualification, age, foreign language knowledge, office program knowledge and marital status variables are included in the model. In general, the significance of the independent variables used in the models varies from sector to sector and gender. Male employees earn higher wages than female employees. When independent variables are considered, education, experience, competence and knowledge of foreign languages are the main determinants of the wage level of the employees. Therefore, this study shown that the wage level of the employees varies in accordance with sector to sector and gender. In the conclusion part of the thesis, The factors which are specify wage level discrimination are examined and the wanted characteristic are reveled.