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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 72.42
The average living wage for the state of Maine is $32.41/hr, while the states minimum wage is $12.15/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Maine a minimum wage score of 81.24 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $6.08/hr, which gives Maine a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 35.6 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Maine is $307.18, resulting in a UI benefit score of 100 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 57.14

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 80

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

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

Voting

Kennebec County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very slight difference of 0.5% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 48.06%
Republican: 47.82%
Libertarian: 1.94%
Other: 1.18%
Green: 1.01%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 04901
Latitude : 44.557281
Longitude : -69.580299
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Northeast
Average Elevation : 115 ft.
Area Code(s) : 207

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.23
Male Population Estimate : 47.44%
Female Population Estimate : 52.56%
Median Age : 40.1
Male Median Age : 38.4
Female Median Age : 41.6

White Population Estimate : 97.05%
Black Population Estimate : 1.44%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 1.81%
Asian Population Estimate : 1.44%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.08%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.57%
Other Population Estimate : 0.77%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Benton specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Kennebec County: About 2 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Kennebec County: About 168 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Kennebec County is about 52% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 42% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.