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Each year Latina Equal Pay Day highlights the inequalities that Latinas face in gaining fair and equal compensation compared with non-Hispanic white men in the United States. This year, the day of advocacy lands on Oct. 8, in the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month.

A new data analysis from UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute shows that Latinas remain the lowest-paid major demographic group in the U.S. workforce. According to the LPPI’s national findings, which were collected from 2023 data sets, the median hourly wage for Latinas was $17 compared with $25 for all men. Over the course of a lifetime, the wage gap between white men and Latinas leads to more than $1 million in l

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