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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NWLC Testimony on Strengthen Maryland’s Equal Pay

Pay Ranges in Job Announcements Could Be Coming to a State Near You

NWLC Applauds Biden Administration’s Announcement of Measures to Help Close Gender and Racial Wage Gaps

New Polling Shows High Support for Pay Range Transparency in Maryland

New Polling Shows that Americans Support Pay Range Transparency and Employers May Benefit Too

New Polling Shows High Support for Pay Range Transparency in Maine

2024 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Anniversary

New Polling Shows High Support for Pay Range Transparency in Georgia

It’s Beyond Time to Pay Native Women What They’re Owed

SSI Supports Older and Disabled Women with Very Low Incomes. Improving SSI Would Advance Gender, Racial, and Disability Justice.

Latinas Cannot Afford to Wait for Change

NWLC Applauds Reintroduction of the Schedules That Work Act and Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act

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