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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

Deschutes County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 15.64% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 52.67%
Republican: 44.43%
Libertarian: 1.67%
Other: 0.88%
Green: 0.34%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 97759
Latitude : 44.291256
Longitude : -121.568671
TimeZone : Pacific (GMT -08:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 3204 ft.
Area Code(s) : 541, 458

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.37
Male Population Estimate : 45.80%
Female Population Estimate : 47.04%
Median Age : 50.2
Male Median Age : 49.1
Female Median Age : 51.1

White Population Estimate : 90.04%
Black Population Estimate : 0.27%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 4.00%
Asian Population Estimate : 1.15%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.31%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.34%
Other Population Estimate : 1.67%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Sisters specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Deschutes County: About 2 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Deschutes County: About 169 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Deschutes County is about 56% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 41% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.