its not like employment suits are a mystery you see high paid professionals (i-bankers, brokers, lawyers, etc) win big awards all the time. here's one about M

its not like employment suits are a mystery you see high paid professionals (i-bankers, brokers, lawyers, etc) win big awards all the time. here's one about Merrill Then, in the spring of 2004, an arbitration panel found Merrill had systemically discriminated against female brokers and awarded $2.2 million to a single employee. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-27/merrill-lynchs-racial-bias-settlement-vindicates-george-mcreynolds http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-27/merrill-lync... it's not exactly the same but you get the idea. Juries look at the possible damages and base the award of that. The higher the salary, the higher the potential damages.