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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 72.56
The average living wage for the state of Arizona is $32.42/hr, while the states minimum wage is $12.15/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Arizona a minimum wage score of 81.18 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $9.15/hr, which gives Arizona a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 68.17 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Arizona is $240, resulting in a UI benefit score of 59.39 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 40.48

X Arizona does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Arizona does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Arizona does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Arizona does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Arizona does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Arizona does not provide some form of paid family leave.
✓ Arizona does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Arizona does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Arizona does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Arizona does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Arizona does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Arizona does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Arizona does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Arizona does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 30

X Arizona does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Arizona does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Arizona does protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Arizona does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
X Arizona does not provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Arizona does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Maricopa County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a slight difference of 4.33% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 50.32%
Republican: 48.14%
Libertarian: 1.53%
Green: 0%
Other: 0%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 85345, 85381, 85382, 85383
Latitude : 33.610588
Longitude : -112.233346
TimeZone : Mountain (GMT -07:00)
Daylight Saving : No
Region : West
Average Elevation : 1174 ft.
Area Code(s) : 623, 928

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.70
Male Population Estimate : 36.37%
Female Population Estimate : 39.38%
Median Age : 38.3
Male Median Age : 36.6
Female Median Age : 39.8

White Population Estimate : 64.20%
Black Population Estimate : 3.26%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 14.12%
Asian Population Estimate : 3.29%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.26%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.22%
Other Population Estimate : 6.05%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Peoria specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Maricopa County: About 6 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Maricopa County: About 409 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Maricopa County is about 30% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 30% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.