first in the current study we address the determinants of wage differences by developing an exhaustive set of variables and relating it to the Israeli context. This set of determinants includes infrequently researched variables that address psychological capital as well as human and social capital and occupational segmentation. the types of determinants employed in this research are based on previous studies that focused on human capital theory and occupational segmentation theory in order to examine wage disparities among lawyers.(Hagan, 1990; Huang, 1997; Laband & Lentz, 1995; Robson & Wallace, 2001). the additional determinants are based on less frequently studied variables that we labeled as psychological capital, namely, organizational commitment and expected economic reward . In addition, when predicting partnership attainment we included infrequently employed variables that measure expected career development and expected balance between work-family in addition to the more commonly used variables.