Consider Two Job Offers in the Same City

Multiple Choice

Consider two job offers in the same city. One salary is $80 000, in a company where the average salary is $100 000. The other salary is $70 000 in a company where the average salary is $50 000? How would each job be rated if people were rating each of these job offers independently (not comparing them to each other) ?

A) Both jobs would be rated equally, because people ignore relative differences in salary.
B) The lower paying job would be rated higher, because the relative salary is higher.
C) The higher paying job would be rated higher, because the absolute salary is higher.
D) Both jobs would be rated equally, because salary is a poor predictor of job quality.