Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2024
July 10, 2025
Join advocates, lawmakers, and community members from across the country on July 10th for a National Social Media Storm at 2pm ET/11am PT for Black Women’s Equal Pay Day to raise awareness about the wage gap that impacts Black women and their families.
On this day, we will highlight the fact that the wage gap for Black women compared to non-Hispanic white men is 66 cents for full time, year-round workers. The wage gap widens to 64 cents when looking at all Black women earners (including full-time, part-time and part-year workers), as compared to all working non-Hispanic white men. These wage gaps are unacceptable.
Black women continue to be underpaid, undervalued, and overrepresented in low paid jobs, with little opportunity for advancement and that lack important workplace protections. Recently, these disparities have been compounded by the Trump Administration firing federal workers, ending government contract employment opportunities, and attacking the very diversity, equity,and inclusion programs that make our workforce so strong. In its effort to dismantle the federal government, the Trump administration has targeted numerous agencies where women and people of color make up a majority of workers, and Black women are likely to be disproportionately harmed by these cuts.
According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for Black women ages 20 and over rose to 6.2% in May, outpacing the national average of 4.2%. According to Bloomberg News, over the past year, the percentage of Black women working in the federal government has plummeted by nearly a third.
As we continue to fight for equal pay, we know that there are many factors and forms of discrimination in employment that impact Black women’s pay throughout their careers, reducing their economic security and stability. As opportunities are being dismantled, Black women, already underrepresented in higher paid jobs, have less access to long term economic security.
On this #BlackWomensEqualPayDay, we are calling attention to the intentional dismantling of opportunities for Black women. As our shared call to action, we are demanding the Trump Administration and Congress end the attack on Black women’s economic security by embracing diversity, equity and inclusion programs, preserving federal jobs, and strengthening the workplace rights that benefit all Americans. Thank you for joining us this year in marking this important day.
On behalf of the Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Co-Leads,
Equal Pay Today and Equal Rights Advocates | National Council of Negro Women | Black Women’s Roundtable | Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable | National Partnership for Women & Families | National Women’s Law Center | American Association of University Women | Institute for Women’s Policy Research | National Organization for Women I National Black Worker Center
On July 26, 2023 Equal Pay Today held a virtual conversation with EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows and the incredible leaders of the BWEPD organizational hosts to discuss the pay gaps for Black women, the contributors to this ongoing problem, the devastating impact on Black women and families, and the solutions for closing the pay gaps once and for all. Watch the video below!
A new study from Equal Rights Advocates shows over 50% of Black and Latinx struggled to make ends meet during the reign of the pandemic.
