One of the biggest surprises for many employees is learning that their paycheck is only one part of what an employer spends to employ them. Every pay period, employers make investments that many employees never see because they never appear in a direct deposit.

Today isn't a celebration. It's a marker. Black Women's Equal Pay Day represents how far into the following year the average Black woman must work to earn what the average non-Hispanic white man earned by the end of the previous year.