FACT SHEET - Latinas Will Not Reach Pay Equity with White Men until 2207 if Current Trends Persist

This fact sheet analyzes the earnings of Hispanic or Latina women and White, non-Hispanic men in the United States using two different measures: median annual earnings for all Latinas and White, non- Hispanic men with earnings, regardless of whether they worked full-time, part-time, year-round, or part-year, and median annual earnings for Latinas and White, non-Hispanic men who worked full-time ye. [...] Based on the trends of the last two decades, it will take almost two hundred years, until 2207, for all Latinas with earnings to reach pay equity with White, non-Hispanic men, and nearly 250 years, until 2171, for full-time year-round working Latinas.12 Latinas Earn Less than White Men in Every State Latinas’ median annual earnings were lower than White, non-Hispanic men’s in every state and the D. [...] • The largest absolute gap in earnings was found in the District of Columbia, where the median annual earnings of all Latinas was $51,852 less than those of White, non-Hispanic men. [...] Latinas in professional and managerial jobs are much less likely to hold senior leadership positions than White men, and much more likely to report 5 discrimination and unsupportive work environments.34 Latinas in the construction and manufacturing trades report discrimination in hiring and lay-offs, access to overtime, and promotions, and are less likely than men, or other women, to hold the high. [...] 10 State data are the most recent available and are for 2017-2021; sample sizes were sufficient to calculate median annual earnings for all workers with earnings for all 50 states and the District of Columbia; Vermont was the only state where the American Community Survey sample size is insufficient for calculating the median annual earnings for Hispanic or Latina women full-time year-round worker.