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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 49.56
The average living wage for the state of Montana is $31.55/hr, while the states minimum wage is $8.75/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Montana a minimum wage score of 30.57 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $8.75/hr, which gives Montana a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 100 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Montana is $182, resulting in a UI benefit score of 27.41 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 26.19

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 60

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

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

Voting

Ravalli County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 54.15% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 67.05%
Democratic: 30.74%
Libertarian: 2.21%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 59871
Latitude : 45.870410
Longitude : -113.758475
TimeZone : Mountain (GMT -07:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 6308 ft.
Area Code(s) : 406

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 1.77
Male Population Estimate : 47.92%
Female Population Estimate : 34.34%
Median Age : 58.0
Male Median Age : 59.6
Female Median Age : 55.8

White Population Estimate : 80.00%
Black Population Estimate : 0.75%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 1.51%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.75%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.38%
Other Population Estimate : 0.75%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Sula specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Ravalli County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Ravalli County: About 198 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Ravalli County is about 31% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.