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ALT Illustration of a group of women, one using a wheelchair, beside the headline “Today is Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day.” Tuesday, October 20th marks how far into the year disabled women must work to catch up to what nondisabled men were paid the year before.
ALT “Count every disabled woman and it drops.” Disabled women working full-time, year-round are paid 68 cents for every dollar paid to nondisabled men. Including part-time and part-year workers, it’s 56 cents. Source: NWLC, 2023 American Community Survey.
ALT “Over $20,000 gone every year.” Disabled women working full-time, year-round lose $1,716 a month and $20,594 a year compared to nondisabled men. Source: NWLC.
ALT “Her bachelor’s pays less than his ‘some college.’” A disabled woman with a bachelor’s degree is typically paid $55,000. A nondisabled man with some college and no degree is typically paid $57,000. Disabled women are paid less than nondisabled men at every level of education. Source: NWLC.
ALT “Disabled women, by the numbers,” compared to white, non-Hispanic nondisabled men: Indigenous disabled women 54 cents, Latina 57 cents, Black 60 cents, white non-Hispanic 64 cents, AANHPI 71 cents. Source: NWLC.
ALT “The gap starts before the first paycheck.” 22.3% of disabled women are in the labor force, compared to 73.6% of nondisabled men, and their unemployment rate is 7.5% compared to 3.9%. Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act still allows certified employers to pay some disabled workers below the federal minimum wage, and the Labor Department withdrew its phase-out plan in July 2025. Sources: NWLC; U.S. Department of Labor.
