: Even with similar educational backgrounds, cisgender employees earn approximately 32% more annually than their transgender counterparts. Six out of ten transgender workers earn less than $50,000 per year.
: Over half of transgender employees report they are not comfortable being open about their gender identity at work.
: Transgender adults are twice as likely as cisgender adults to be unemployed.
: Transgender employees are twice as likely to leave a job due to mistreatment compared to cisgender LGBQ employees.
: Transgender people of color face even higher unemployment rates (around 20%) compared to white transgender individuals (12%). Strategies for Inclusive Workplaces