- 56 cents for “all earners” for full-time year-round + part-time and part-year
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68 cents for full-time, year-round earners
On Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day, we recognize that for every dollar earned by nondisabled men, disabled women earners (full-time, part-time, and part-year) are paid a mere 56 cents per dollar. While disabled workers are especially likely to work part time, even disabled women working full time and year-round are paid only paid 68 cents for every dollar compared to nondisabled men working full time, year round. The gap widens significantly for disabled mothers and disabled women of color.
These gaps are the result of a long history of intersectional discrimination, ableism, institutionalization, and occupational segregation. Disabled women continue to be overrepresented in minimum and sub-minimum wage industries, where they make poverty wages. As a result, too many disabled women are forced to do more with less, which contributes to heightened poverty and economic insecurity. All of these factors are exacerbated as costs rise, the wage gap persists, and the federal administration is dismantling core public benefits and civil rights protections.
Policy reforms are necessary to transform our existing systems to remove ableist barriers that trap disabled women in cycles of economic insecurity and poverty. This Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day, we are uniting to address these injustices by demanding a living wage for all, including the abolition of the subminimum wages for all workers; calling on our communities to get out and vote for candidates who support policies that allow disabled women to live full lives and work with dignity; and advocating for support for organizations and campaigns that back disabled women, disabled caregivers, and disabled trans folks.
Thank you for joining us as we fight for the economic security and safety of our communities.