Dec. 8 is Latina Equal Pay Day. While it may be the last of several annual equal pay days throughout the year that commemorate wage gaps that exist for women, Latina Equal Pay Day highlights the approximate day Latinas must work into the new year to make what White non-Hispanic men had made by the end of the previous year. What this means is the average Latina would have to work all of 2021 and nearly all of 2022 just to earn what the typical White, non-Hispanic man earned in 2021 alone.

As an Asian American and a Latina, we represent the populations of women with the smallest and largest pay gaps ― and we’re calling on business leaders and policymakers to eliminate the pay gap for all women.

According to the National Women’s Law Center, the average woman working full-time, year-round is typically paid 83 cents for every dollar paid to her white, non-Hispanic male counterpart. When accounting for race and ethnicity, Asian American and Pacific Islander women typically make 95 cents to the male dollar, non-Hispanic White women make 79 cents, Black women make 64 cents and both Native American women and Latinas make 57 cents. These already dismal numbers hide an even more sobering reality: when the data includes part-time and part-year workers, Latinas are paid just 49 cents for every dollar paid to men.

This disparity is as astonishing as it is unacceptable. One’s gender, race and ethnicity should not determine how much one earns for their work. Sectors dominated by women and...

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