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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 12.88
The average living wage for the state of Kentucky is $30.28/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 Kentucky a minimum wage score of 10.87 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Kentucky a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Kentucky is $179.8, resulting in a UI benefit score of 30.72 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 33.33

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 40

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

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

Voting

Wayne County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 77.12% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 80.41%
Democratic: 18.4%
Libertarian: 0.75%
Other: 0.44%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 42633
Latitude : 36.792874
Longitude : -84.811151
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 934 ft.
Area Code(s) : 606

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.37
Male Population Estimate : 49.47%
Female Population Estimate : 50.53%
Median Age : 40.8
Male Median Age : 39.7
Female Median Age : 41.9

White Population Estimate : 96.26%
Black Population Estimate : 2.07%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 2.95%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.34%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.08%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.72%
Other Population Estimate : 1.82%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Susie specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Wayne County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Wayne County: About 78 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Wayne County is about 73% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.