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Pay Inequity - Average yearly earnings for white males is $34,000 while it is only $31,500 for Asian Pacific American males and $22,000 for females. A sizable education to income disparity exists between Asian Pacific Americans and white males. The average years of education for Asian Pacific American males is 14.1 and females is 13.9, while the number for white males is 13.6. (The State of Asian Pacific America: Policy Issues to the Year 2000, LEAP Asian Pacific American Public Policy Institute & UCLA Asian American Studies Center)
- Large disparities exist among low-income workers. Low-wage Asian Pacific American workers make less than their white counterparts. 20 percent of Asian Pacific American males and nearly one in four of females earn less than $15,000 per year, while only 14 percent of white males earn that little. (The State of Asian Pacific America: Policy Issues to the Year 2000, LEAP Asian Pacific American Public Policy Institute & UCLA Asian American Studies Center)
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