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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 43.58
The average living wage for the state of Missouri is $31.55/hr, while the states minimum wage is $10.3/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Missouri a minimum wage score of 56.09 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $5.15/hr, which gives Missouri a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 35.55 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Missouri is $214.24, resulting in a UI benefit score of 47.41 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 23.81

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 50

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

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

Voting

Webster County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 75.98% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 79.24%
Democratic: 19.03%
Libertarian: 1.35%
Other: 0.21%
Green: 0.18%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 65706
Latitude : 37.319323
Longitude : -92.883835
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 1550 ft.
Area Code(s) : 417

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.59
Male Population Estimate : 43.52%
Female Population Estimate : 45.91%
Median Age : 39.4
Male Median Age : 38.4
Female Median Age : 40.2

White Population Estimate : 88.10%
Black Population Estimate : 0.56%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 1.21%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.30%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.09%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.39%
Other Population Estimate : 0.34%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Marshfield specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Webster County: About 4 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2020)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Webster County: About 181 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Webster County is about 6% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 37% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.