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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 44.13
The average living wage for the state of Michigan is $29.66/hr, while the states minimum wage is $9.65/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Michigan a minimum wage score of 55.51 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $3.67/hr, which gives Michigan a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 20.12 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Michigan is $217.74, resulting in a UI benefit score of 58.18 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 30.95

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 40

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

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

Voting

Cheboygan County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 46.63% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 64.19%
Democratic: 34.26%
Libertarian: 1.24%
Other: 0.16%
Green: 0.14%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 49799
Latitude : 45.287662
Longitude : -84.568491
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 899 ft.
Area Code(s) : 231

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.52
Male Population Estimate : 52.58%
Female Population Estimate : 46.82%
Median Age : 43.3
Male Median Age : 43.0
Female Median Age : 43.7

White Population Estimate : 96.54%
Black Population Estimate : 0.47%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 0.77%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.64%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.13%
Indian Population Estimate : 4.31%
Other Population Estimate : 0.30%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Wolverine specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Cheboygan County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Cheboygan County: About 133 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Cheboygan County is about 54% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.