Latina workers are far more likely to be found in certain low-wage professions than white men are (and less common in high-wage professions). Much of these differences are grounded in the presence of occupational segregation. At the high end, only about one in 20 Latina workers are paid more than white male workers at the 80th percentile. ![]() Meanwhile, by comparing the white male median to the 80th percentile Latinas’ wages, you can see that more than half of white men are paid over $22 an hour while only 20 percent of Latinas are. In other words, half of all Latina workers are paid less than the 20th percentile white male worker. In fact, Latinas’ median wages are just about those of white men’s 20th percentile wage. ![]() Latinas are, thus, vastly over-represented in low-wage jobs and relatively under-represented in high-wage jobs. That means that even the best paid Latinas are paid half as much as the best paid white non-Hispanic men.Ĭopy the code below to embed this chart on your website. The gap rises to 40 percent at the middle of the wage distribution, and to 52 percent at the 95th percentile. This wage gap-16 percent-is the smallest the gap gets, likely due to the wage floor set by the minimum wage. At the 10th percentile, Latina workers are paid $8.94 per hour, or 84 percent of the white male wage at the 10th percentile ($10.63 per hour). The 10th percentile Latina wage identifies the wage at which 10 percent of Latina workers earn less while 90 percent of Latina workers earn more. Figure A below shows wages for Hispanic women and white non-Hispanic men at select points in their respective wage distributions. ![]() The wage gap between Latina workers and white non-Hispanic male workers persists across the wage distribution, within occupations, and among those with the same amount of education. Using this method, we find that, on average, Latina workers are paid only 66 cents on the dollar relative to white non-Hispanic men. This gap narrows-but not dramatically-when we control for education, years of experience, and location by regression-adjusting the differences between workers. We get similar results when we look at hourly wages for all workers (not just full-time workers) using the monthly Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group for 2017-which show Hispanic women workers being paid 58 cents on the white male dollar. The date November 1 is based on the finding that Hispanic women workers are paid 54 cents on the white non-Hispanic male dollar, using the 2016 March Current Population Survey for median annual earnings for full-time, year-round workers. ![]() Unfortunately, Hispanic women are subject to a double pay gap-an ethnic pay gap and a gender pay gap. Put another way, a Latina would have to be in the workforce for 55 years to earn what a non-Hispanic white man would earn after 30 years in the workforce. That’s just over 10 months longer, meaning that Latina workers had to work all of 2017 and then this far-to November 1!-into 2018 to get paid the same as white non-Hispanic men did in 2017. November 1 is Latina Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how long into 2018 a Latina would have to work in order to be paid the same wages her white male counterpart was paid last year.
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