equal pay day.

Today is Equal Pay Day.

Equal Pay Day is observed in April to indicate how far into each year a woman must work to earn as much as a man earned in the previous year. Tuesday symbolizes the day when women's wages catch up to men's wages from the previous week. Because women on average earn less, they must work longer for the same pay. For women of color, the wage gap is greater.

Here's more info from the National Committee on Pay Equity:

The median earnings of women working full-time year-round was 77% of men's median earnings last year, the same as the wage gap in 2002. But this narrowing of the wage gap from 76% last year was achieved only because men's earnings fell more than women's during that time. Women's earnings were $31,223, a drop of 1%, while men's earnings were $40,798, a drop of 2.3% from the previous year. Median earnings for women of color continue to be lower, in general, than earnings for men as a whole. In 2004, the earnings for African American women were $27,730, 68% of men's earnings (up from 66% last year to return to the level of 2002), Latinas at $23,444, 57% of men's earnings (a slight gain from 55% last year and 56% in 2002), and Asian American women at $35,975, 88% of men's earnings (an increase from 80% the last two years).

Go to The Wage Project to find out how your salary compares to those in your area doing the same job.

Here's mine:

You currently make 60% of what the average White Non-Hispanic Male makes with your same job title in the county you provided.

After adjusting for age, education, and industry, you currently make 66% of what your corresponding White Non-Hispanic Male coworker makes.

Over the next 41 years, you will earn $636,464.34 less than your corresponding White Non-Hispanic Male coworker.

Over your entire working life, discrimination will cost you $698,558.42

Your job in the location provided is 15% male and 85% female.