80% of Black mothers are the primary or sole breadwinners of their households. They're paid only $.61 per $1.00 paid to white, non-Hispanic men.
Overall, women in the United States are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to men. This amounts to an annual gender wage gap of $10,169. April 2, 2019, was Equal Pay Day--the day on which women finally caught up to what their male counterparts earned in 2018.
That’s bad enough, but “the disparity is even greater for women of color, who are paid significantly less than their white counterparts.”
“Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is the approximate day a Black woman must work into the new year to make what white non-Hispanic man made at the end of the previous year. Based on ACS Census data, the 2019 wage gap for Black women and men is $.61 (cents).”
Due to this wage gap, over a 40-year career a black woman will lose $946,120 compared to a white non-Hispanic man. And it’s even worse for Latina women, who make only 53 cents for each dollar made by a white man.
“Let that sink in for a minute: it takes more than eight months for Black women’s wages to catch up to their white, male co-workers. And more than four months for their wages to catch up to their white female co-workers. Latina women on average won’t catch up till they’ve worked almost an entire extra year.”
“Happy” Black Women’s Equal Pay Day!
