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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

Utah County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 60.56% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 67.82%
Democratic: 26.75%
Libertarian: 3.65%
Other: 1.48%
Green: 0.3%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 84003
Latitude : 40.405984
Longitude : -111.829030
TimeZone : Mountain (GMT -07:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 4771 ft.
Area Code(s) : 801, 385

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 3.83
Male Population Estimate : 36.77%
Female Population Estimate : 36.28%
Median Age : 26.2
Male Median Age : 25.0
Female Median Age : 27.6

White Population Estimate : 69.92%
Black Population Estimate : 0.53%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 4.17%
Asian Population Estimate : 1.14%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.90%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.55%
Other Population Estimate : 1.72%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Highland specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Utah County: About 1 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Utah County: About 78 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Utah County is about 63% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 73% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.