Over 60 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Black women continue to face racist and sexist barriers that leave them undervalued and underpaid as compared to both white, non-Hispanic men and to Black men. Among full time, year-round workers in 1967, the earliest year for which data is available, Black women were paid just 43 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic men were paid. By 2023, that figure had only narrowed by 23 cents, meaning Black women made 66 cents for every dollar made by white, non-Hispanic men. Moreover, the wage gap widens when part-time and part-year workers are included: in 2023 Black women were typically paid just 64 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. In addition, Black women working full time, year-round were paid 91 cents for every dollar paid to Black men.

We need public investments and economic policies that support economic opportunity and address the problematic inequities failing Black women every day, robbing them of hundreds of thousands of dollars over their lifetimes, making it more difficult to make ends meet, and preventing them and their families from building wealth.

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