The Gender Pay Gap Visualized

Latina women in the U.S. had to work all the way through 2021 and into October 2022 to earn the equivalent of the 2021 wages of white, non-Hispanic U.S. men. October 5 marked Latina equal pay day, the second-to-last in a row of equal pay days for different races and ethnicities published by AAUW, also comprising Black Women's equal pay day on July 27 and Native American Women's equal pay day on November 30 of 2022. The equal pay day for all U.S. women (compared to all U.S. men) was March 14. When looking only at full-time, year-round work, this means that on average, American working women are paid 84 cents for every dollar that working men make.

Asian-American women outearn the average woman in the U.S., but Latinas and Native American women get paid no more than 57 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic men make. While Latina equal pay day is almost seven months later than the equal pay day for U.S. women overall, Native American women's equal pay day occurs even later, showing that part-time and seasonal work affect this group's paychecks more heavily.

The money females in the U.S. earn compared to men has been increasing slowly in recent years, especially for Asian women. However, at a rate of a two cent increase per year, Latina women would still have to wait another 22 years for pay parity.