American tech firm Google has agreed to pay over $2.5 million in total in a job discrimination case to more than 5,500 female employees and overlooked Asian applicants.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that in a case against the US Department of Labor, the California-based firm will pay a total settlement amount of $2.58 million, according to the document released by the department on Monday.

The settlement includes payments of over $1.3 million to 2,565 female engineers and more than $1.2 million to 1,757 female engineering applicants along with 1,219 Asian engineering applicants for "engineering positions not hired."

The company will also set more than $1.2 million for any potential pay-equity adjustments by reserving $250,000 a year for the next five years.