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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

Osage County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 62.56% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 71%
Democratic: 26.58%
Libertarian: 2.41%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 66543
Latitude : 38.673626
Longitude : -95.573106
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 972 ft.
Area Code(s) : 785

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.37
Male Population Estimate : 45.37%
Female Population Estimate : 49.15%
Median Age : 47.9
Male Median Age : 49.8
Female Median Age : 45.3

White Population Estimate : 93.74%
Black Population Estimate : 0.65%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 0.91%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.26%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.52%
Other Population Estimate : 0.39%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Vassar specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Osage County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Osage County: About 144 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Osage County is about 50% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.