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 Civil Rights Department reported that overall, women in California make 81 cents for every dollar earned by men.
The gap, though, becomes much more pronounced when it’s differentiated by race and ethnicity. And a new study brings into bold relief the long odds that women of color in California face in closing it.
