Equal Pay & the Wage Gap

No matter how you slice it, women in the U.S. who work full time are paid less than men.

Women are paid only 81 cents for every dollar paid to men—and for women of color the wage gap is even longer. It’s long past time to close the wage gap.

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Legislators Can Empower Workers With Pay Range Transparency Laws

Woman interviewing for job

The Wage Gap Robs Women Working Full Time, Year Round of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Over a Lifetime

The Lifetime Wage Gap, State by State

The Wage Gap, State by State

A Window Into the Wage Gap: What’s Behind It and How to Close It

Hoy Es El Día de la Igualdad de Salario Para Las Latinas, y Me Deben 46 Centavos. / It’s Latina Equal Pay Day, and You Owe Me 46 Cents.

The Raise the Wage Act: Valuing Working People and Advancing Equal Pay

Latinas Cannot Afford to Wait for Change

The Real History of Labor Day: When Workers Were Trampled

NWLC’s Letter of Support for the Paycheck Fairness Act, the Healthy Families Act, and the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023

Latinas Deserve More

NWLC Joins the ACLU to File Amicus Brief Urging First Circuit Court of Appeals to Uphold Maine’s Strong Equal Pay Act

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

Republicans Block the Paycheck Fairness Act on a Party Line Vote, Dealing a Blow to Women