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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 66.74
The average living wage for the state of California is $40.83/hr, while the states minimum wage is $13/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives California a minimum wage score of 51.89 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $13/hr, which gives California a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 100 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for California is $260, resulting in a UI benefit score of 39.13 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 92.86

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 100

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

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

Voting

Marin County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 80.82% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 82.33%
Republican: 15.79%
Libertarian: 0.99%
Green: 0.46%
Other: 0.43%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 94930
Latitude : 37.966102
Longitude : -122.645482
TimeZone : Pacific (GMT -08:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 1036 ft.
Area Code(s) : 415

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.23
Male Population Estimate : 48.75%
Female Population Estimate : 51.25%
Median Age : 46.1
Male Median Age : 45.6
Female Median Age : 46.5

White Population Estimate : 92.96%
Black Population Estimate : 2.16%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 6.62%
Asian Population Estimate : 4.62%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.20%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.60%
Other Population Estimate : 2.81%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Fairfax specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Marin County: About 2 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Marin County: About 178 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Marin County is about 49% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 38% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.