Latina Equal Pay Day
date: october 3, 2024
51 cents for "all earners" (full-time, year-round + part-time and part-year)
58 cents for full-time, year-round workers
This October 3 we observe Latina Equal Pay Day. Latinas are one of the fastest growing, most powerful groups in the United States. Yet, for the first time in 20 years, the wage gap has widened for Latina workers.
Latinas excel in every sector and industry in our country. Despite all of this, in 2023, Latinas continued to face the pay gap that is, on average, an abysmal 51 cents to every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. This number includes all Latinas with reported earnings, like part-time, seasonal, and migrant workers. For full-time, year-round workers, the wage gap is 58 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. This means, on average, that Latina workers stand to lose more than $1.2 million over the course of a 40-year career due to the wage gap. This disparity is a clear reflection of the economic hurdles Latinas continue to encounter.
Latinas are overrepresented in industries that are underpaid and often lack basic workplace protections. Farmworkers, domestic workers, immigrant, migrant, seasonal, and part-time workers continue to be left out of critical employment protections. For women who are immigrants, their citizenship status often makes them more vulnerable to wage theft and sexual harassment. Until the women who perform some of the most essential jobs are able to achieve economic security, our economy and communities will not be as strong as they possibly can be.
This is why we must continue to speak out this #LatinaEqualPay Day. We will be uniting to address glaring injustice in the workforce impacting Latina workers. Our collective hashtags for the day will be #LatinaEqualPay and #Trabajadoras.
We believe achieving pay equity is not just a goal; it's a necessity. For this equal pay day we will be organizing around two actions and call on you for your support two pieces of federal legislation:
1. The Paycheck Fairness Act: Join us in urging federal lawmakers to swiftly pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. This legislation modernizes and strengthens the Equal Pay Act of 1963, combating pay discrimination and closing the wage gap. It protects workers from retaliation for discussing pay, bans the use of prior salary history, and codifies pay data collection.
2. BE HEARD Act: Join us in urging federal lawmakers to co-sponsor and swiftly pass The Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act, which is comprehensive legislation to address workplace harassment, including by extending federal protections against harassment and other forms of discrimination to all working people, promoting transparency and accountability in the workplace, clarifying that sex discrimination at work includes harassment and other forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and eliminating forced arbitration and the subminimum wage for tipped employees.
How can you raise awareness for Latina Equal Pay Day?
Join the social media storm at 11am PST/2pm EST on Latina Equal Pay Day! Follow Equal Pay Today on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and now Mastodon! Retweet, like, share, and comment on posts during the hour of awareness to boost engagement! Below are some events during the week and on the day you can watch or attend live!
2023 Latina Equal Pay Day Events
October 5 - Join us in DC for a Latina Equal Pay Day Congressional briefing! 2023 Latina Equal Pay Day: Under Paid, Under Resourced, Under Valued. EPT’s very own Deb Vagins will be speaking.
Latina Equal Pay Day Conversation
Join Equal Rights Advocates and Mamas Con Poder for a conversation about #LatinaEqualPay on Instagram Live!
¡Únase a Equal Rights Advocatees + Mamas Con Poder para una conversación sobre #LatinaEqualPay en Instagram Live!