The Latina Wage Gap in Santa Barbara County
CSRC Research on California's Youth and Young Adults
May 2025
The gender wage gap—the difference between what men and women earn—remains a serious issue in the United States. For Latinas the wage gap isespecially wide, not only nationally but also in Santa Barbara County.
In this research brief we use data from the 2023 US Census Bureau’s AmericanCommunity Survey (ACS) five-year estimates to investigate Latinas’ participationin the civilian labor force and their hourly earnings. Our findings highlight theeconomic inequalities experienced by Latina workers.
Published by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and the Latina Futures 2050 Lab.
