WI AJR54

Designates Tuesday, March 25, 2025, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin, symbolizing how far into the new year women must work to earn what men earned the previous year

Wisconsin's pay equity gap narrowed from women earning 42 cents less per dollar than men in 1979 to 12 cents less per dollar in 2023

Nearly 62 percent of Wisconsin women aged 16 and older were in the civilian labor force in 2023, with Wisconsin consistently ranking among the top 10 states for women's workforce participation

Nationwide pay gap data from 2022 shows White women earned 83% of male counterparts' wages, Black women 91%, Asian women 79%, and Hispanic women 86%