What To Know Before September’s Jobs Day Report: Falling Wages and Stalling Employment Growth ArticleSeptember 30, 2025 What To Know Before September’s Jobs Day Report: Falling Wages and Stalling Employment Growth In August, women held up the economy while their wages faltered in industries such as health care. Will the September Employment Situation report show more of the same? Sep 30, 2025 Sara Estep, Kennedy Andara, Amina Khalique
The 2024 LGBTQI+ Wage Gap ArticleJune 17, 2025 The 2024 LGBTQI+ Wage Gap In recognition of LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day, new analysis from the Center for American Progress’ LGBTQI+ Community Survey shows that in 2024, LGBTQI+ households made just 85 cents for every dollar earned by non-LGBTQI+ households, equaling about $12,600 less per year. Jun 17, 2025 Sara Estep, Haley Norris
Breadwinning Women Are a Lifeline for Their Families and the Economy ReportMay 9, 2025 Breadwinning Women Are a Lifeline for Their Families and the Economy A new Center for American Progress analysis shows that large shares of working women—both mothers and married women without cohabitating children—continue to be breadwinners for their families. Policy must support working women to uplift families and the economy overall. May 9, 2025 Kennedy Andara, Sara Estep, Isabela Salas-Betsch
CAP Comments on OPM’s Proposed Revisions to the Criteria for Making Salary Determinations ArticleApril 25, 2025 CAP Comments on OPM’s Proposed Revisions to the Criteria for Making Salary Determinations The Center for American Progress submitted a comment on the Office of Personnel Management’s proposed revisions to the criteria for making salary determinations based on salary history. Apr 25, 2025 Sara Estep, Rose Khattar
5 Facts About the Labor Market Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women ArticleApril 7, 2025 5 Facts About the Labor Market Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women Analysis from the Center for American Progress and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum finds that AANHPI women, who are often immigrants, have a broad range of intersecting identities that make their labor market experiences unique. Breaking down these aggregates helps break down racial stereotypes too. Apr 7, 2025 Mimla Wardak, Sydelle Barreto, Natalie Baker, 1 More Sara Estep
What You Should Know About the 2023 Gender Wage Gap ReportOctober 22, 2024 What You Should Know About the 2023 Gender Wage Gap For the first time in two decades, the gender wage gap widened significantly in 2023—and between 2022 and 2023, the wage gap increased by 1 cent for women working full time, year round, to an average of 83 cents for every dollar men made. Oct 22, 2024 Amina Khalique
5 Facts From the 2022 Wage Gap Data ArticleSeptember 20, 2023 5 Facts From the 2022 Wage Gap Data New data show that in 2022, women working full time, year-round typically earned 84 cents for every dollar men made, and when comparing among all workers, including those who work part time and for part of the year, women typically made 78 cents. Sep 20, 2023 Isabela Salas-Betsch
Barbie and the Gender Wage Gap VideoAugust 9, 2023 Barbie and the Gender Wage Gap Despite decades of efforts to boost women’s representation throughout the U.S. economy, women still face a pay gap in nearly every single occupation—even high-paying ones. Aug 9, 2023 Sara Estep, Rose Khattar, Charlie Schuyler, 3 More Hai-Lam Phan, Matthew Gossage, Toni Pandolfo
What Barbie Can Teach Us About the Gender Wage Gap ArticleJuly 26, 2023 What Barbie Can Teach Us About the Gender Wage Gap Despite decades of efforts to boost women’s representation throughout the U.S. economy, women still face a pay gap in nearly every single occupation—even high-paying ones. Jul 26, 2023 Rose Khattar, Sara Estep, Lily Roberts, 1 More Maggie Jo Buchanan
What To Know About the Gender Wage Gap as the Equal Pay Act Turns 60 ArticleJune 8, 2023 What To Know About the Gender Wage Gap as the Equal Pay Act Turns 60 New analysis by the Center for American Progress shows that working women have cumulatively lost $61 trillion in wages since 1967. Jun 8, 2023 Rose Khattar, Sara Estep
Five Facts on Older Women in the Labor Market Fact SheetMay 23, 2023 Five Facts on Older Women in the Labor Market Older women have made significant recoveries from their disproportionate labor force declines due to the pandemic and will become a larger share of the labor force in the coming decade, but there are many women in this age group who face barriers to enter and stay in the labor force. May 23, 2023 Beth Almeida, Sara Estep
Quick Facts About State Salary Range Transparency Laws ArticleMarch 9, 2023 Quick Facts About State Salary Range Transparency Laws Over the past few years, an increasing number of states have passed, or are considering passing, salary range transparency laws as one measure to help close the gender pay gap. Mar 9, 2023 Becca Damante, Lauren Hoffman, Rose Khattar
Fact Sheet: The State of Women in the Labor Market in 2023 Fact SheetFebruary 6, 2023 Fact Sheet: The State of Women in the Labor Market in 2023 Thanks to the strong economic recovery, women’s labor force participation is reaching new highs, with prime-age women’s employment back to pre-pandemic levels—although long-standing pay gaps and occupational segregation remain challenges. Feb 6, 2023 Beth Almeida, Isabela Salas-Betsch
Recent Legislative and Executive Acts Represent Promise for Women’s Economic Security ArticleOctober 20, 2022 Recent Legislative and Executive Acts Represent Promise for Women’s Economic Security Women and their families should find some current financial pressures—fueled partly by the gender wage gap—alleviated by recent policy wins, particularly if policymakers prioritize implementing new pathways to good jobs for women in the years ahead. Oct 20, 2022 Lauren Hoffman, Rose Khattar, Beth Almeida, 1 More Isabela Salas-Betsch
Including All Women Workers in Wage Gap Calculations ArticleMay 24, 2022 Including All Women Workers in Wage Gap Calculations Counting part-time and part-year workers in wage gap calculations is essential to painting the full picture of the gender wage gap. May 24, 2022 Lauren Hoffman, Isabela Salas-Betsch
The Economic, Educational, and Health-Related Costs of Being a Woman ArticleMarch 30, 2022 The Economic, Educational, and Health-Related Costs of Being a Woman From the gender wage gap to gender-based pricing, the cost of being a woman in America is integrated in our economic, health, and education systems and requires a multipronged policy approach to address. Mar 30, 2022 Juli Adhikari, Jessica Milli, Maggie Jo Buchanan
Occupational Segregation in America ReportMarch 29, 2022 Occupational Segregation in America Occupational segregation in the American labor market reflects and drives inequalities in American society. Mar 29, 2022 Marina Zhavoronkova, Rose Khattar, Mathew Brady
Women of Color and the Wage Gap ArticleNovember 17, 2021 Women of Color and the Wage Gap Women of color continue to suffer the most severe gender wage gap in the United States, a reality that reflects the effects of intersecting racial, ethnic, and gender biases that threaten the economic security of them and their families. Nov 17, 2021 Robin Bleiweis, Jocelyn Frye, Rose Khattar
10 Essential Actions To Promote Equal Pay ReportMarch 24, 2021 10 Essential Actions To Promote Equal Pay The Biden administration should restart the collection of employer pay data, convene a new interagency equal pay task force, undertake an initiative to promote greater pay transparency, and designate more funding for enforcement of equal pay protections in order to regain lost ground and make progress for working women. Mar 24, 2021 Jocelyn Frye
Why Salary History Bans Matter To Securing Equal Pay ReportMarch 24, 2021 Why Salary History Bans Matter To Securing Equal Pay A comprehensive effort to secure equal pay must include limiting employers’ reliance on salary history in hiring and compensation decisions, as this practice can result in wage disparities and pay discrimination for women and workers of color. Mar 24, 2021 Robin Bleiweis
The Economic Status of Asian American and Pacific Islander Women ReportMarch 4, 2021 The Economic Status of Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Policymakers must closely examine economic data on the experiences of AAPI women, before and during the coronavirus pandemic, in order to surface key barriers and shed light on effective policy solutions. Mar 4, 2021 Robin Bleiweis
10 Actions Employers Can Take To Secure Equal Pay for Black Women ArticleAugust 13, 2020 10 Actions Employers Can Take To Secure Equal Pay for Black Women Employers have a pivotal role to play in establishing pay practices within workplaces and correcting the disparities that have eroded Black women’s pay for decades. Aug 13, 2020 Jocelyn Frye
Quick Facts About the Gender Wage Gap Fact SheetMarch 24, 2020 Quick Facts About the Gender Wage Gap This fact sheet defines the gender wage gap, identifies what drives it, and quantifies its impact on women and their families. Mar 24, 2020 Robin Bleiweis
Why Pay Data Matter in the Fight for Equal Pay ReportMarch 2, 2020 Why Pay Data Matter in the Fight for Equal Pay Ensuring comprehensive pay data collection is essential to combating gender-based pay discrimination and securing equal pay for all women. Mar 2, 2020 Jocelyn Frye