FACT SHEET | Women of color in the United States experience the nation's persistent and pervasive gender wage gap most severely. U.S. Census Bureau data reveal the size of that gap by race.
Quantifying America’s Gender Wage Gap by Race
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America’s Women and the Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | Overall, women in the United States are paid 82 cents for every dollar paid to men. When women lose income, their economic security and that of their families is diminished.
This Mother’s Day, Moms Need Child Care, Paid Leave and Protections While Pregnant
When the pandemic hit and schools and child care centers closed, nursing and adult care facilities became unsafe, and people began falling ill, each family was left to figure things out on its own. For the most part, the increased burden of care...
Closing the Wage Gap for All Women Workers
Women who worked full time, year-round in 2020 were paid just 83 cents for every dollar that was paid to a man working full time, year-round. This full-time wage gap, as large as it is, has always left out millions of workers – disproportionately...
Gender and Geography of Higher-Income Workers
Nationally, 16.5 percent of full-time, year-round workers have earnings of $100,000 or more – an estimated 19.2 million people. Due to the gender wage gap, men are more likely than women to have earnings above this threshold: 20.6 percent of men...
Minimum Wage and Abortion Access
In the United States, people with lower incomes, people with disabilities, and people of color have never fully enjoyed reproductive freedom. Whether a person wants to have a child or wants to not have children, their ability to exercise these...
Making a Fortune for Others: Causes and Consequences of the Black Wealth Gap
Everyone should be able to weather a financial shock -- a major illness, a layoff -- without losing their housing or falling deep into debt. Everyone should be able to afford educational opportunities for themselves or their children and be able to...
An Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap by Congressional District
CHART | An analysis of the gender wage gap by congressional district (2020)
An Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap by Congressional District
FACT SHEET | An analysis of the Gender Wage Gap by Congressional District (May 2022)
Paid Leave Will Help Close the Gender Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | The wage gap illustrates the high cost women are paying for our nation’s policy failure, including our lack of paid family and medical leave to support family caregiving, which is still most often performed by women.
Asian American and Pacific Islander Women and the Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | A look at the wage gap for Asian American and Pacific Islander women by ethnic subgroup, and what that gap means for them and their families. (May 2022)
National Partnership Comments to the Labor Department on its Proposed Changes to Tip Regulations
The National Partnership strongly opposes the Labor Department's proposal to change regulations that protect workers from having to turn over their tips to their employers.