Equal Pay Day | 30 Years Later
- Mar 25
- 1 min read
Today is Equal Pay Day.
It marks how far into the current year women have to work to earn what men made the previous year.
According to U.S. Census data, women working full-time, year-round earn about 83% of what men earn. In some industries, that drops to nearly 74%.
After sharing key facts about the wage gap, I begin to instruct the players to pay each male. In this clip, the room erupts before I can finish my directive.
“What… each one!?”
Shock, laughter, disbelief. It hits all at once.
If it feels unfair in a simulation, imagine what it’s like for the women who earn less every day, year after year, decade after decade. Imagine what that means for their savings, their opportunities, their retirement.
Equal Pay Day was first observed in 1996. Thirty years later, pay inequity remains unresolved.
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