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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 40.49
The average living wage for the state of Ohio is $29.55/hr, while the states minimum wage is $8.8/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Ohio a minimum wage score of 41.2 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $4.4/hr, which gives Ohio a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 35.55 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Ohio is $178, resulting in a UI benefit score of 32.4 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 33.33

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 95

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

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

Voting

Hamilton County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 27.77% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 57.15%
Republican: 41.28%
Libertarian: 1.21%
Other: 0.36%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 45215, 45236
Latitude : 39.238097
Longitude : -84.459697
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 604 ft.
Area Code(s) : 513

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.25
Male Population Estimate : 45.12%
Female Population Estimate : 50.16%
Median Age : 40.7
Male Median Age : 38.4
Female Median Age : 43.0

White Population Estimate : 70.19%
Black Population Estimate : 22.61%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 1.93%
Asian Population Estimate : 3.15%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.10%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.71%
Other Population Estimate : 0.84%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Reading specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Hamilton County: About 10 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Hamilton County: About 468 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Hamilton County is about 61% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 39% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.