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Equal Pay & the Wage Gap

Women in the U.S. who work full time, year round are paid only 83 cents for every dollar paid to men — and for women of color, the wage gap is even larger. It’s long past time to close the gap.

Equal Pay Laws

The Equal Pay Act has been the law for more than 50 years — but it needs to be updated and strengthened. Policy changes can help achieve equal pay.

Measuring the Wage Gap

Women of every race are paid less than men, at all education levels — and it only gets worse as women’s careers progress.

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The Wage Gap: The Who, How, Why, and What To Do

Pay Equity Report Confirms That Collecting Pay Data Is Essential to Ending Pay Inequities

Some Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women Lose Over $1 Million Over a Lifetime to the Racist and Sexist Wage Gap

Testimony in Defense of Salary Transparency in New York City

NWLC, NELP, CWA, SEIU, and EPI Urge Court to Reject Efforts to Halt Federal Contractor Wage Increase

Young women worried about bills and debr stacking up. Unable to pay credit cards and loans

Resilient But Not Recovered: After Two Years of the COVID-19 Crisis, Women Are Still Struggling

Mississippi’s “Equal Pay” Law is a Sham and a Devastating Set-Back for Women in the State, says NWLC

Mississippi’s “Equal Pay” Bills Won’t Close Its Wage Gap

NWLC Applauds President Biden’s Executive Order Curbing the Use of Salary History in Pay Setting

NWLC Files Equal Pay Lawsuit Against Zoetis Alleging Company Maintained Stark Gender-Based Pay Disparity

NWLC Lawsuit: Yvonne Schulman v. Zoetis

Asking for Salary History Perpetuates Pay Discrimination From Job to Job

NWLC Joins Equal Pay Amicus Brief

The Wage Gap Robs Women of Economic Security as the Harsh Impact of COVID-19 Continues

Equal Pay Advocates Letter: Amend or Vote No on Mississippi SB 2451

National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights – 2021

Progress in the States for Equal Pay

Equal Pay for Latinas

FAQ About the Wage Gap

In 2020, More than 12.6 Million Women and Girls Lacked Health Insurance; Being a Woman Still Raised the Odds of Being Poor in America; and the Wage Gap for Women Overall Narrowed to 83 Cents

Equal Pay for Native American Women

NWLC Files Equal Pay Amicus Brief in Support of U.S. Women’s Soccer Players

LFG: Why We’re Joining the Women’s Soccer Team’s Fight for Equal Pay

“Equal Play, Equal Pay!”—NWLC Files Amicus Brief in Support of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team