ABOUT LATINA EQUAL PAY DAY

Thursday, October 29, marks Latinas' Equal Pay Day, the symbolic day when Hispanic and Latina women’s earnings “catch up” to non-Hispanic white men’s earnings from the previous year. Latinas are paid 55 percent of what non-Hispanic white men are paid. That means it takes Latinas almost an entire extra year of full-time, year-round work in order to be paid what the average non-Hispanic white man took home by December 31.

Learn more:

America's Women and the Wage Gap

National Partnership for Women & Families

Latina Workers in the Nation

Labor Council for Latin American Advancement

The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap

American Association of University Women