Latinas in California’s Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Ventura counties earn only 47-50 cents for every dollar earned by a non-Hispanic white man, according to a new study.

The analysis, led by UCLA, UC Santa Cruz and Cal State Channel Islands researchers, looked at data from the United States Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) and thousands of surveys collected by the researchers primarily focused on Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Ventura workers aged 18 to 34. The findings were revealed in a series of new, comprehensive research reports highlighting educational access, wage gaps, scheduling and gender inequalities for workers.

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