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Equal pay is about more than a paycheck.
HOPE, Latina Future 2050 Lab, and UCLA LPPI are partnering this Latina Equal Pay Day to connect what the data shows with the work to advance pay equity.
Over the course of a career, earnings disparities can shape a Latina’s ability to save, buy a home, start a business, and build wealth. HOPE estimates that the average Latina working full-time, year-round, can lose more than $1.2 million over a 40-year career compared with the average white man. California Latinas experience the largest lifetime wage gap in the country.
LPPI’s research shows how these disparities can extend into entrepreneurship. Self-employed Latinas in California earn a median of $18 per hour, compared with $29 per hour for self-employed white women and $41 per hour for self-employed white men. Among Latina entrepreneurs surveyed by LPPI, 63% used personal savings as their primary source of startup funding, while 45% reported difficulty accessing capital.
Data can identify where disparities persist. Policy can address some of the structures behind them. HOPE’s advocacy has focused on stronger pay transparency and enforcement, including clearer salary ranges, stronger pay-data reporting, accountability for noncompliance, and workers’ ability to recover lost wages.
On Latina Equal Pay Day, the data help us understand the gap. Our collective work is turning that evidence into action.
HOPE, Latina Future 2050 Lab, and UCLA LPPI are partnering this Latina Equal Pay Day to connect what the data shows with the work to advance pay equity.
Over the course of a career, earnings disparities can shape a Latina’s ability to save, buy a home, start a business, and build wealth. HOPE estimates that the average Latina working full-time, year-round, can lose more than $1.2 million over a 40-year career compared with the average white man. California Latinas experience the largest lifetime wage gap in the country.
LPPI’s research shows how these disparities can extend into entrepreneurship. Self-employed Latinas in California earn a median of $18 per hour, compared with $29 per hour for self-employed white women and $41 per hour for self-employed white men. Among Latina entrepreneurs surveyed by LPPI, 63% used personal savings as their primary source of startup funding, while 45% reported difficulty accessing capital.
Data can identify where disparities persist. Policy can address some of the structures behind them. HOPE’s advocacy has focused on stronger pay transparency and enforcement, including clearer salary ranges, stronger pay-data reporting, accountability for noncompliance, and workers’ ability to recover lost wages.
On Latina Equal Pay Day, the data help us understand the gap. Our collective work is turning that evidence into action.
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