Today is National Equal Pay Day, a symbolic holiday marking when women’s earnings catch up to what men were paid the year before, reports Iowa Public Radio. According to a 2018 analysis by the American Association of University Women, women in Iowa make on average 79 percent of what their male colleagues do, lagging just behind the national average of 80 percent. State numbers show the median income for a woman working full time year-round is $40,639, while the median income for men in Iowa is $51,059. The pay disparities are generally worse for women of color and Latinas. Asian American women make 85 cents on the dollar, African American women make 61 cents, and Latina women are paid 53 cents.