If you’re Latina, congratulations, you start making equal money today

*Today is Latina Equity Day! Yay? No, far from yay. Today U.S. Latina pay catches up with white men, of 2015. VL

By Jen McGuire, Romper (3 minute read)

Wage disparity isn’t going away any time soon, that’s the bad news. The good news is, there are people in the world who are paying attention and trying to make a difference. Latina Equal Pay Day is Nov. 1, and the reason behind the date might surprise you; Nov. 1 represents how long it takes a Latina woman to earn the same amount as a white male counterpart from the previous year. In other words, it takes a Latina woman 22 months to earn the same money that a white, non-Hispanic male earns in 12 months.

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According to new information released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the average Latina woman earns around 54 cents for every dollar a non-Hispanic male earns. And that number has worsened considerably since 2004; Median earning for full-time, year-round Hispanic women has dropped 4.5 percent annually since 2004, nearly triple the amount of women’s overall earnings which dropped by 1.6 percent. If this trend continues, Hispanic women might be waiting 232 years to see wage equality. Which means that Hispanic women could be enjoying the same wages as their non-Hispanic male counterparts as early as the year 2248. READ MORE