Equal Pay Day

March 14, 2023

The date is symbolic of how far into the year a woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned the previous year (avoiding holidays and weekends). Equal Pay Day is nationally celebrated on March 31st which is calculated based on the wage gap for white women, but here is a comprehensive list of all equal pay days that should be acknowledged, based on the 2018 U.S. Census data on median earnings for full-time, year-round workers, compared to a man’s $1.00:

  • Asian-American women made $0.90 (wide variety by ethnicity within this group); Equal Pay Day TBD
  • White woman made $0.77; Equal Pay Day March 14th
  • Black woman made $0.64; Equal Pay Day July 27th
  • Native American woman made $0.51; Equal Pay Day November 30th
  • Latina woman made $0.54; Equal Pay Day October 5th
  • LGBTQ women made $.79; Equal Pay Day June 15th
  • Moms made $0.62; Equal Pay Day August 15th

Learn more at Equal Pay Today

~WLAM Gender Equity Committee

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