Latina women working full time, year-round earn 57 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men, according to a data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That gap in pay translates to a loss of $1,218,000 over a 40-year career.
Break that down further and Latinas lose $30,450 in wages per year, or $2,538 every month, compared with the dominant cohort.
The gap widens even further to 52 cents for every dollar when part-time and part-year workers are included in the data.
"Looking over the course of a career, a Latina woman could never catch up," said Gaylynn Burroughs, NWLC director of workplace equality and senior counsel.
Persons:
Gaylynn Burroughs
Organizations:
U.S . Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Women's Law
Locations:
Latina