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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 58.21
The average living wage for the state of Maryland is $35.41/hr, while the states minimum wage is $11.75/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Maryland a minimum wage score of 58.87 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $3.63/hr, which gives Maryland a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 10.92 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Maryland is $270.58, resulting in a UI benefit score of 64.06 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 50

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 85

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

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

Voting

Montgomery County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 75.88% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 78.61%
Republican: 18.96%
Other: 1.05%
Libertarian: 0.8%
Green: 0.58%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 20815
Latitude : 38.984212
Longitude : -77.079106
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 316 ft.
Area Code(s) : 301, 240

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.25
Male Population Estimate : 41.26%
Female Population Estimate : 49.40%
Median Age : 45.4
Male Median Age : 44.1
Female Median Age : 46.5

White Population Estimate : 79.29%
Black Population Estimate : 4.71%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 5.71%
Asian Population Estimate : 7.20%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.12%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.41%
Other Population Estimate : 1.63%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Chevy Chase Village specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Montgomery County: About 2 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Montgomery County: About 173 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Montgomery County is about 45% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 40% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.