Half of Latinas Say Hispanic Women’s Situation Has Improved in the Past Decade

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Half of Latinas say the situation of Hispanic women in the United States is better now than it was 10 years ago, and a similar share say the situation will improve in the next 10 years.

Still, 39% of Latinas say that the situation has stayed the same, and 34% say it will not change in the next 10 years. Two-thirds (66%) say the gender pay gap – the fact that women earn less money, on average, than men – is a big problem for Hispanic women today, according to new analysis of Pew Research Center’s National Survey of Latinos.

At 22.2 million, Latinas account for 17% of all adult women in the U.S. today. Their population grew by 5.6 million from 2010 to 2022, the largest numeric increase of any major female racial or ethnic group.1

Latinas’ mixed assessments reflect their group’s gains in education and at work over the last two decades, but also stalled progress in closing wage gaps with other groups.

-Hispanic women are more likely to have a bachelor’s degree today (23% in 2023) than they were in 2013 (16%). ——More Hispanic women than ever are also completing graduate degrees.

-Hispanic women have increased their labor force participation rate by 4 percentage points, from 65% in 2013 to 69% in 2023.

-The median hourly wage of Hispanic women has increased by 17% in the last decade. In 2023, their median hourly wage was $19.23, up from $16.47 in 2013 (in 2023 dollars).

Gender pay gap in U.S. hasn’t changed much in two decades