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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 87.63
The average living wage for the state of Washington is $33.31/hr, while the states minimum wage is $13.69/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Washington a minimum wage score of 100 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $13.69/hr, which gives Washington a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 100 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Washington is $274.07, resulting in a UI benefit score of 75.54 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 71.43

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 80

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

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

Voting

King County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 70.33% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 74.95%
Republican: 22.24%
Libertarian: 1.5%
Other: 0.84%
Green: 0.47%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 98052
Latitude : 47.680496
Longitude : -122.120938
TimeZone : Pacific (GMT -08:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 87 ft.
Area Code(s) : 206, 425

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.42
Male Population Estimate : 39.94%
Female Population Estimate : 38.62%
Median Age : 34.5
Male Median Age : 33.4
Female Median Age : 35.7

White Population Estimate : 55.15%
Black Population Estimate : 1.83%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 5.89%
Asian Population Estimate : 20.89%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.30%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.83%
Other Population Estimate : 2.91%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Adelaide specifically.
Average # of Homicides for King County: About 3 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for King County: About 341 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
King County is about 27% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 16% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.