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Why Women’s Equal Pay Day is just the beginning

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The data in this article was provided by the American Association of University Women in this article. Note that Women’s Equal Pay Days are recalculated each year based on the previous year’s data.

Women’s Equal Pay Day

As you may have heard, yesterday was Women’s Equal Pay Day. That’s because women who worked in 2022 in the U.S. had to keep working all the way through March 14, 2023 to earn what men made in 2022.

I don’t know about you, but I sure could’ve used an extra two-and-a-half month’s salary last year!

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In 2022, women working full-time in the U.S. earned just 84 cents for every dollar men made. And when you take into account part-time and seasonal workers, that number drops to 77 cents.

But, as I’m sure you’ve guessed, Women’s Equal Pay Day is just the beginning of the story.

Other Women’s Equal Pay Days

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day will be on July 27th this year. Black women working full-time, year-round in 2022 earned just 67 cents to every dollar paid to non-Hispanic white men. I know not everyone is a former math teacher like me, but that means for every three dollars a white man makes, Black women are making only two.

Now let’s talk about mothers. Moms’ Equal Pay Day is on August 15th. Moms are earning 74 cents to the dollar men make. That number drops to 62 cents when we include part-time and seasonal workers. So for those of us earning the main or only paycheck for the family, our households may be at a huge disadvantage.

In 2023, Latina’s Equal Pay Day is on October 5th. October 5th! Latinas working full-time, year-round earned only 57 cents last year for every dollar non-Hispanic white men made. It will take Latinas until October 5th of this year to earn what their non-Hispanic white male counterparts made in 2022.

But we’re not finished. Native Women’s Equal Pay Day is November 30th. Take that one in for a moment. Native women working full-time, year-round were also paid just 57 cents last year for…