Councilwoman wants pay equity
Analysis of city payroll shows gender, racial and ethnic pay disparities
BY JASON COHEN
The recent analysis of
public data that showed a major
pay gap between men and
women and people of color
within the city did not surprise
Councilwoman Vanessa
Gibson, co-chair of the
Women’s Caucus.
On Oct. 29, numbers released
by the city showed signifi
cant gender, racial and
ethnic pay disparities in the
city’s workforce.
The analysis of salaries of
roughly 180,000, full-time city
workers showed that male
employees roughly average
about $4,500 a year more than
their female counterparts. It
also highlighted that Black
city workers average about
$7,600 a year less than white
workers, while Asians tend
to make $6,500 a year less
than white employees. Additionally,
non-Hispanic and
non-Latino workers roughly
average about $8,700 a year
more than Hispanic and
Latino workers.
New York women with fulltime,
year-round jobs earn
$6,735 less than their male
counterparts, or 88 cents on
the dollar, according to a 2019
study by the National Partnership
for Women & Families.
That fi gure gets even
worse for New York women
of color, according to the
same study which found that
Latina and Black women on
average make $30,023 and
$24,360 less, respectively,
than men.
“Certainly there’s more
disparity when it comes to
women of color,” Gibson
said. “We have to highlight
opportunities to make improvements
to the system.
We cannot accept this complete
disregard for women
of color.”
This data was made available
in response to Local Law
18 of 2019, which was enacted
last year in an effort to identify
and address pay disparities
among city workers.
The legislation was crafted
in response to the lawsuit the
Communications Workers
of America Local 1180 fi led
against the Bloomberg Administration
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over racial and
gender pay discrimination
in 2013.
CWA alleged that the city
had been systematically underpaying
women and employees
of color who held
the “administrative management”
title. As proof, the
CWA pointed out that in 1978
— when most people who held
the administrative management
title were men — the
typical salary was the equivalent
of about $92,000. As it
became a title increasingly
held by women, the pay fell to
around $53,000.
The law requires the
Mayor’s Offi ce of Data Analytics
to annually issue anonymized
payroll data on
the municipal workforce.
The data was released this
month after being delayed
by COVID-19. It is required
to be released publicly every
year. Per the law, it should include
information on gender,
ethnicity and race to allow
for an analysis on potential
pay disparities.
“Your gender, race or ethnicity
should not predetermine
the salary you earn in
this city and in this country,
but sadly we know that in reality
it does far too often,” Gibson
said. “I am grateful that
the council is working to address
these long-term issues
and that we are beginning this
work by looking at our own
municipal workforce.”
Gibson told the Bronx
Times that these numbers
hurt even more as many
women and women of color
are essential workers who
risked their lives during
the past eight months of
the pandemic.
The councilwoman noted
she would like to see more
women of color be recruited
from college for city jobs, but
questioned how that can happen
if pay disparities exist.
“We cannot accept this
from any administration,”
Gibson stated. “This has been
going on for decades. It’s frustrating
because the system
has to change.”
Read more at bxtimes.com.
Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson,
co-chair of the Women’s Caucus, is
angry, but not surprised about the
disparities in pay for women and
men who work for the city.
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