>>2593185There was wage disparity between professions. Iirc, labourers in hazardous heavy industry such as miners and stevedores would be paid significantly sizeable salaries, far more than say, a shop assistant or school teacher. Ballet performers and other high profile figures within the popular arts would also be paid big salaries.
Economic disparity of the top 1% owning 5% of the wealth can be explained by wage differentials - earning around 5 times the average wage being the extent of those differences.