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  Equal Pay Act Charges (Charges filed with EEOC) (includes concurrent charges with Title VII, ADEA, ADA, and GINA) FY 1997 - FY 2022

                      
                        

          
          
                        Equal Pay Act Charges (Charges filed with EEOC) (includes concurrent charges with Title VII, ADEA, ADA, and GINA) FY 1997 - FY 2022
              


          
  The following charts represent the total number of charges filed and resolved under the EPA. The data are compiled by the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics from data reported via the quarterly reconciled Data Summary Reports and compiled from EEOC's Charge Data System and, from FY 2004 forward, EEOC's Integrated Mission System.

This does not include charges filed with state or local Fair Employment Practices Agencies.

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			FY 1997
			FY 1998
			FY 1999
			FY 2000
			FY 2001
			FY 2002
			FY 2003
			FY 2004
			FY 2005
			FY 2006
			FY 2007
			FY 2008
			FY 2009
			FY 2010
			FY 2011
			FY 2012
			FY 2013
			FY 2014
			FY 2015
			FY 2016
			FY 2017
			FY 2018
			FY 2019
			FY 2020
			FY 2021
			FY 2022
		**Receipts**
			1,134
			1,071
			1,044
			1,270
			1,251
			1,256
			1,167
			1,011
			970
			861
			818
			954
			942
			1,044
			919
			1,082
			1,019
			938
			973
			1,075
			996
			1,066
			1,117
			980
			885
			955
		**Resolutions**
			1,172
			1,134
			1,026
			1,235
			1,158
			1,182
			1,071
			996
			889
			748
			796
			828
			991
			1,083
			1,101
			1,139
			1,063
			1,024
			1,018
			1,201
			1,225
			1,214
			1,310
			1,143
			933
			967
		**Resolutions By Type**
		**Settlements**
			71
			71
			89
			80
			96
			117
			124
			109
			101
			88
			98
			88
			91
			118
			126
			130
			89
			79
			79
			82
			86
			89
			89
			89
			90
			71
		****
			6.1%
			6.3%
			8.7%
			6.5%
			8.3%
			9.9%
			11.6%
			10.9%
			11.4%
			11.8%
			12.3%
			10.6%
			9.2%
			10.9%
			11.4%
			11.4%
			8.4%
			7.7%
			7.8%
			6.8%
			7.0%
			7.3%
			6.8%
			7.8%
			9.6%
			7.3%
		**Withdrawals w/Benefits**
			54
			49
			58
			70
			62
			73
			44
			65
			44
			38
			60
			69
			56
			90
			75
			66
			60
			62
			51
			88
			80
			105
			110
			106
			92
			90
		****
			4.6%
			4.3%
			5.7%
			5.7%
			5.4%
			6.2%
			4.1%
			6.5%
			4.9%
			5.1%
			7.5%
			8.3%
			5.7%
			8.3%
			6.8%
			5.8%
			5.6%
			6.1%
			5.0%
			7.3%
			6.5%
			8.6%
			8.4%
			9.3%
			9.9%
			9.3%
		**Administrative Closures**
			302
			327
			226
			250
			201
			210
			178
			166
			147
			113
			132
			142
			277
			203
			185
			186
			246
			211
			171
			202
			198
			201
			261
			195
			197
			245
		****
			25.8%
			28.8%
			22.0%
			20.2%
			17.4%
			17.8%
			16.6%
			16.7%
			16.5%
			15.1%
			16.6%
			17.1%
			28.0%
			18.7%
			16.8%
			16.3%
			23.1%
			20.6%
			16.8%
			16.8%
			16.2%
			16.6%
			19.9%
			17.1%
			21.1%
			25.3%
		**No Reasonable Cause**
			697
			616
			565
			716
			679
			682
			613
			573
			521
			463
			445
			464
			521
			614
			659
			673
			605
			602
			649
			772
			798
			756
			790
			702
			513
			499
		****
			59.5%
			54.3%
			55.1%
			58.0%
			58.6%
			57.7%
			57.2%
			57.5%
			58.6%
			61.9%
			55.9%
			56.0%
			52.6%
			56.7%
			59.9%
			59.1%
			56.9%
			58.8%
			63.8%
			64.3%
			65.1%
			62.3%
			60.3%
			61.4%
			55.0%
			51.6%
		**Reasonable Cause**
			48
			71
			88
			119
			120
			100
			112
			83
			76
			47
			61
			65
			46
			58
			56
			84
			63
			70
			68
			57
			63
			63
			60
			51
			41
			52
		****
			4.1%
			6.3%
			8.6%
			9.6%
			10.4%
			8.5%
			10.5%
			8.3%
			8.5%
			6.3%
			7.7%
			7.9%
			4.6%
			5.4%
			5.1%
			7.4%
			5.9%
			6.8%
			6.7%
			4.7%
			5.1%
			5.2%
			4.6%
			4.5%
			4.4%
			5.4%
		**Successful Conciliations**
			14
			15
			15
			45
			37
			23
			29
			24
			23
			16
			28
			26
			18
			25
			29
			33
			20
			35
			33
			27
			24
			32
			32
			26
			20
			27
		****
			1.2%
			1.3%
			1.5%
			3.6%
			3.2%
			1.9%
			2.7%
			2.4%
			2.6%
			2.1%
			3.5%
			3.1%
			1.8%
			2.3%
			2.6%
			2.9%
			1.9%
			3.4%
			3.2%
			2.2%
			2.0%
			2.6%
			2.4%
			2.3%
			2.1%
			2.8%
		**Unsuccessful Conciliations**
			34
			56
			73
			74
			83
			77
			83
			59
			53
			31
			33
			39
			28
			33
			27
			51
			43
			35
			35
			30
			39
			31
			28
			25
			21
			25
		****
			2.9%
			5.0%
			7.1%
			6.0%
			7.2%
			6.5%
			7.7%
			5.9%
			6.0%
			4.1%
			4.1%
			4.7%
			2.8%
			3.0%
			2.5%
			4.5%
			4.0%
			3.4%
			3.4%
			2.5%
			3.2%
			2.6%
			2.1%
			2.2%
			2.3%
			2.6%
		**Merit Resolutions**
			173
			191
			235
			269
			278
			290
			280
			257
			221
			173
			219
			222
			193
			266
			257
			280
			212
			211
			198
			227
			229
			257
			259
			246
			223
			213
		****
			14.8%
			16.8%
			22.9%
			21.8%
			24.0%
			24.5%
			26.1%
			25.8%
			24.9%
			23.1%
			27.5%
			26.8%
			19.5%
			24.6%
			23.3%
			24.6%
			19.9%
			20.6%
			19.4%
			18.9%
			18.7%
			21.2%
			19.8%
			21.5%
			23.9%
			22.0%
		**Monetary Benefits (Millions)***
			$2.4
			$2.7
			$2.9
			$3.6
			$5.1
			$10.3
			$3.4
			$6.4
			$3.1
			$3.1
			$9.3
			$9.6
			$4.8
			$12.6
			$23.0
			$9.9
			$5.0
			$6.2
			$5.9
			$8.1
			$9.3
			$10.5
			$20.7
			$10.7
			$14.0
			$9.9

Data compiled by the Office of Research, Information and Planning from EEOC's Charge Data System and from FY 2004 forward, the Integrated Mission System - quarterly reconciled Data Summary Reports.

Notes: The total of individual percentages may not always sum to 100% due to rounding.

Receipts include all charges filed under EPA as well as those filed concurrently under the TVII, ADA, and/or ADEA. Therefore, the sum of receipts for all statutes will exceed total charges received. EEOC total workload includes charges carried over from previous fiscal years, new charge receipts and charges transferred to EEOC from Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs). Resolution of charges each year may therefore exceed receipts for that year because workload being resolved is drawn from a combination of pending, new receipts and FEPA transfer charges rather than from new charges only.

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