Fact Sheet

How the Wage Gap Hurts Women and Families

April 03, 2013

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The Wage Gap By State for Women Overall

April 02, 2013
Families depend on women’s wages more than ever, but the typical woman working full time, year round is paid less than the typical full-time, year-round male worker in every state. As the map and table show below, the size of the disparity varies by state.
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The Wage Gap By State for Hispanic Women

April 02, 2013
Families depend on women’s wages more than ever, but the typical woman working full time, year round is paid less than the typical full-time, year-round male worker in every state. For Hispanic women the wage gap is even larger than for women overall.
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The Wage Gap By State for African-American Women

April 02, 2013
Families depend on women’s wages more than ever, but the typical woman working full time, year round is paid less than the typical full-time, year-round male worker in every state. For African-American women the wage gap is even larger than for women overall.
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Fair Pay for Women and People of Color in Illinois Requires Increasing the Minimum Wage and the Tipped Minimum Wage

March 28, 2013

Hundreds of thousands of workers in Illinois – mostly women and people of color – struggle to make ends meet on minimum wage earnings.  A bill pending in the Illinois Senate (S.B. Read more »

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The “Fiscal Cliff” Deal: The American Taxpayer Relief Act

March 28, 2013

In the closing days of 2012, Congress and President Obama reached a deal to address tax increases and spending cuts that were scheduled to take effect in January 2013, often referred to as the “fiscal cliff.” On January 2, 2013, the President signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) into law. Read more »

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State by State: The Affordable Care Act and Covering More Women and Families in Medicaid

March 22, 2013

The option to cover more people through the Medicaid program is a crucial part of the health care law. Starting in 2014, 15 million uninsured Americans, including 7 million women could be newly eligible for Medicaid coverage should all states accept the federal money included in the Affordable Care Act to support this coverage. Read more »