The Wage Gap Among LGBTQ+ Workers in the United States
By HRC Foundation
In an HRC Foundation analysis of nearly 7,000 full-time LGBTQ+ workers, median earnings were about $900 weekly, about 90% of the $1,001 median weekly wage a typical worker earns in the United States, as reported recently by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Put another way, LGBTQ+ workers earn about 90 cents for every dollar that the typical worker earns. LGBTQ+ people of color, transgender women and men and non-binary individuals earn even less when compared to the typical worker.
Below follows a discussion on various economic disparities the LGBTQ+ community faces as well as evidence of the LGBTQ+ wage gap in the United States. All reported wages, for LGBTQ+ workers and ‘typical workers’(e.g, the median wage for all workers in the United States) reflect self-reported median weekly earnings for full-time (35 or more hours/week), non-farm worker employees employed in the public or private sector. Estimated wages for LGBTQ+ workers come from 6,816 LGBTQ+ workers enrolled in the 2021 LGBTQ+ Community Survey, a nonprobability sample of over 23,000 LGBTQ+ adults conducted during May and June 2021. Estimates from the typical U.S. worker reflect those reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the third quarter of 2021. Additional information on the methodology can be found below, as well as in the methodology appendix document.
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