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Congress recognizes the wage disparity between women and men, with women working full-time, year-round earning 81 cents for every dollar paid to men, and women overall (including part-time workers) earning 76 cents per dollar

Pay gaps vary significantly by demographic group: Latinas and American Indian/Alaska Native women earn 58 cents, African-American women 65 cents, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander women 67 cents, White non-Hispanic women 77 cents, and Asian-American women 96 cents for every dollar paid to White non-Hispanic men

The gender wage gap costs women employed full-time more than $1.18 trillion annually in lost wages, with the median annual earnings disparity of $13,570 adding up to nearly $542,800 over a career

March 26, 2026 is designated as Equal Pay Day, symbolizing how far into the new year women must work to match what men earned the previous year

Congress reaffirms its commitment to supporting equal pay and narrowing the gender wage gap