According to an analysis of U.S. Census data by the American Institutes for Research, people with disabilities earn 37 percent less than the rest of the working population, even when they have similar levels of education.
AIR’s findings are based on the 2011 American Community Survey, an annual, condensed survey the Census Bureau conducts to supplement the every-10-years Census.
In a report titled “An Uneven Playing Field: The Lack of Equal Pay for People With Disabilities,” AIR notes that people with disabilities earned only 63 cents for every dollar paid to people without disabilities.
