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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 67.34
The average living wage for the state of Oregon is $35.64/hr, while the states minimum wage is $12.75/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Oregon a minimum wage score of 72.34 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $12.75/hr, which gives Oregon a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 100 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Oregon is $312, resulting in a UI benefit score of 85.84 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 96.43

✓ Oregon does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Oregon does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Oregon does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Oregon does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
✓ Oregon does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
✓ Oregon does partially provide some form of paid family leave.
✓ Oregon does provide some form of paid sick leave.
✓ Oregon does provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
✓ Oregon does mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
✓ Oregon does provide split shift pay regulation.
✓ Oregon does provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Oregon does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Oregon does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
✓ Oregon does extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 100

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

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

Voting

Klamath County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 58.95% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 68.91%
Democratic: 28.29%
Libertarian: 1.73%
Other: 0.67%
Green: 0.4%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 97731
Latitude : 43.021359
Longitude : -121.815894
TimeZone : Pacific (GMT -08:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 4605 ft.
Area Code(s) : 541

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.06
Male Population Estimate : 57.55%
Female Population Estimate : 42.45%
Median Age : 50.7
Male Median Age : 51.1
Female Median Age : 50.3

White Population Estimate : 91.01%
Black Population Estimate : 0.36%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 5.40%
Asian Population Estimate : 1.44%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Indian Population Estimate : 6.83%
Other Population Estimate : 3.60%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Chemult specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Klamath County: About 8 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Klamath County: About 218 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Klamath County is about 49% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 24% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.