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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 8.87
The average living wage for the state of Utah is $32.05/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Utah a minimum wage score of 4 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Utah a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Utah is $140, resulting in a UI benefit score of 0 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 40.48

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 20

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

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

Voting

Emery County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 86.4% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 85.89%
Democratic: 11.68%
Other: 1.31%
Libertarian: 0.96%
Green: 0.16%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 84521
Latitude : 39.287499
Longitude : -110.675980
TimeZone : Mountain (GMT -07:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 6103 ft.
Area Code(s) : 435

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.90
Male Population Estimate : 50.71%
Female Population Estimate : 49.29%
Median Age : 33.5
Male Median Age : 31.8
Female Median Age : 36.1

White Population Estimate : 97.98%
Black Population Estimate : 0.48%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 3.93%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.24%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.24%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.83%
Other Population Estimate : 0.95%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Elmo specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Emery County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Emery County: About 167 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Emery County is about 42% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.