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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 8.82
The average living wage for the state of Kansas is $30.66/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Kansas a minimum wage score of 9.33 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Kansas a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Kansas is $160.23, resulting in a UI benefit score of 16.79 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 19.05

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 45

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

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

Voting

Wyandotte County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 48.53% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 64.78%
Republican: 33.34%
Libertarian: 1.87%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 66101, 66102, 66103, 66104, 66105, 66106, 66109, 66111, 66112, 66118
Latitude : 39.066970
Longitude : -94.629024
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 909 ft.
Area Code(s) : 913

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.43
Male Population Estimate : 46.04%
Female Population Estimate : 47.16%
Median Age : 34.8
Male Median Age : 34.0
Female Median Age : 30.4

White Population Estimate : 52.42%
Black Population Estimate : 26.19%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 25.34%
Asian Population Estimate : 2.79%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.21%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.78%
Other Population Estimate : 13.61%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Kansas City specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Wyandotte County: About 19 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Wyandotte County: About 704 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Wyandotte County is about 79% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 59% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.