National Equal Pay Day 2022

10 weeks or 49 workdays or 392 hours. That is how much longer women in the US must work than men in order to earn what men earned in 2021 alone. In the US, women earn 83¢ for every dollar a man earns - taking them three additional months into 2022 to earn what men did in 2021.

As part of our work to raise awareness about pay inequities in Boston and nationally, we recognize each National Equal Pay Day in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement. Today, on National Equal Pay Day, it is important to raise awareness about not only the wage gaps in the US but also in Greater Boston. 

In Greater Boston, this gap is 13¢ larger. During our biennial wage gap measurement, we collect employee data directly from 100% Talent Compact Signers. This is more accurate than self-reported Census data, which is used in many other wage gap calculations. Over the past few years, our biennial wage gap measurement findings have highlighted that Boston’s equal pay days typically fall later into the calendar year than the National Equal Pay Days.

This year, Boston Equal Pay Day falls on April 20, more than a month later than National Equal Pay Day. That means that women in Greater Boston work an additional 15 weeks or 73 workdays or 584 hours into 2022 in order to earn what men in Greater Boston did in 2021.

We thank all of the 100% Talent Compact Signers who work with us to eliminate their own wage gaps and to make their workplaces more equitable. Your partnership allows us to continue working towards a more equitable Greater Boston and to make lasting change in our city.