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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

Wayne County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 54.68% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 67.72%
Democratic: 30.69%
Libertarian: 1.23%
Other: 0.37%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 44276
Latitude : 40.934976
Longitude : -81.836516
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 974 ft.
Area Code(s) : 330

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.91
Male Population Estimate : 46.82%
Female Population Estimate : 44.42%
Median Age : 37.9
Male Median Age : 37.3
Female Median Age : 38.6

White Population Estimate : 89.47%
Black Population Estimate : 0.96%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 0.77%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.38%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.05%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.29%
Other Population Estimate : 0.62%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Sterling specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Wayne County: About 2 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Wayne County: About 118 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Wayne County is about 59% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 59% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.