Gender Pay Gap Hits Hardest for Black Women in California

Gender Pay Gap Hits Hardest for Black Women in California

Nationally, Black women comprise 30% of the home health care workforce despite representing a little more than 6% of the labor force overall. (File photo by Larry Valenzuela/For CalMatters) This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. Researchers have long recognized a gender-based pay gap in California, and Sacramento has many times acknowledged it. In a 2024 news release based on 2021 pay data, the state’s…

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