I don't know about the legal side but if this is legal, it's pretty much a no-brainer for the company. Assume that candidate A asks $90k and candidate B asks $

I don't know about the legal side but if this is legal, it's pretty much a no-brainer for the company. Assume that candidate A asks $90k and candidate B asks $80k. Let's also assume that each employee brings an equal amount of value to the company, let's say $100k. So, the company makes 100% more profit off of employee B even though they are paying only 11% less.