Blog Post from the Department of Labor: “Equal Pay App Challenge” to Help Close the Gender Pay Gap

The U.S. Department of Labor launched the “Equal Pay App Challenge,” a national competition to develop software applications, or “apps,” that leverage public data to promote equal pay for men and women. In the U.S., women make up half of the workforce and two-thirds of our families rely on a mother’s wages for a significant portion of their income. Yet, women, on average, make less on the dollar than men, and the gap is even greater for women of color and women with disabilities. The Challenge calls for developers to incorporate publicly available data and resources to create innovative, easy-to-use apps that educate users about the pay gap and provide tools to combat it.