She Works Hard for the Money is the eleventh studio album by American singer Donna Summer, released on June 13, 1983, by Mercury Records.

PolyGram affiliate Mercury Records issued Summer's Omartian-produced tracks as the album She Works Hard for the Money in July 1983, the title cut issued as advance single on 10 May 1983 to become Summer's biggest hit since 1979, peaking at #3 peak on the Hot 100 in Billboard where it also spent three weeks at #1 on the R&B chart with this success impelling its parent album, released June 13, 1983, to #9.

She Works Hard for the Money was more pop and dance oriented than the two precedent Donna Summer studio albums, but also contained some soulful ballads, including "Love Has a Mind of Its Own", a duet with gospel singer Matthew Ward.

It also contained a reggae-styled song called "Unconditional Love" which featured vocals by young black British group Musical Youth.

Since the disco era, Summer had experimented with different genres including new wave and rock, and some felt she had got a little "lost" in trying to find her musical place in the new decade.

She Works Hard for the Money was universally acclaimed by music reviews and the album had helped establish her place as a 1980s pop and dance diva.

The reverse side of the album also features Onetta Johnson, a bathroom attendant who worked at the iconic Los Angeles restaurant Chasen's whom Summer had encountered in the ladies' room and was the inspiration for the song itself.

It was accompanied by a high-profile music video which became heavily promoted on MTV, soon after the breakthrough of Michael Jackson's success on the channel, leading the way for other black artists to be played.