EQUAL PAY
It's Time to Close the Pay Gap
Equal pay helps businesses attract the strongest talent, boosts productivity, and benefits our economy.
89¢
Women in California who work full-time, year round are paid 89 cents for every dollar paid to men.
64%
Of workers perceive a racial wage gap exists due to racial identity.
$87B
By some estimates, the gender wage gap costs women $87 billion annually, perpetuating income and wage inequality.
EQUALPAYCA
CALIFORNIA EQUAL PAY PLEDGE
Join equal pay champions from across the State and sign on to a more equitable economy and future for all.
Join equal pay champions across the state and sign on to a more equitable future and economy that works for all. A joint initiative between the Office of the First Partner, the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and the California Partners Project, the Equal Pay Pledge is creating a more equitable future and economy that works for all. A joint initiative between the Office of the California First Partner, CPP, and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls (CCSWG), the Equal Pay Pledge provides pledge takers with the opportunity to review their policies, procedures, and culture so they can make strides in reducing bias and promoting best practices.
“California has the strongest equal pay laws in the nation but we still have work to do. The California Equal Pay Pledge brings together Californians from all sectors to develop solutions to the persistent gender wage gap women face. Because in the fifth, and quickly becoming the fourth, largest economy of the world, we know that “women are essential.”
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California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Co-founder, California Partners Project
