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Black Women's Equal Pay Day is held each year on July 27.
"Black Women’s Equal Pay Day highlights the problem of Black women disproportionately affected by the gender pay gap, signaling the date that Black women must work until to earn what non-Hispanic White men made in the previous year" ("Closing the Gap: Reflecting on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and the Path Forward," Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.
Facts about inequity in pay for black women from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research's 2024 Fact Sheet:
- Black women’s median annual earnings—the typical wage for a worker—were less than White men’s in every single state and the District of Columbia, whether they worked full-time year-round or part-year and/or part-time.
- For all Black women with earnings, Utah, Louisiana, and the District of Columbia faced the highest
earnings gaps. - 90 percent of women of color in leadership agree there are systemic issues of bias and discrimination holding women back in the workplace.
The fact sheet highlights key actions that would need to take place to ensure pay equity for black women. Actions include enforcing anti-discrimination policies, ensuring salary transparency, providing reproductive health care access, and more.