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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 19.53
The average living wage for the state of Wisconsin is $30.98/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 Wisconsin a minimum wage score of 8.06 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.33/hr, which gives Wisconsin a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 12.53 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Wisconsin is $150.8, resulting in a UI benefit score of 9.77 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 26.19

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

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 40

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

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

Voting

St. Croix County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 27.99% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 56.78%
Democratic: 40.89%
Libertarian: 1.55%
Other: 0.75%
Green: 0.02%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 54027
Latitude : 44.929547
Longitude : -92.207112
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 1222 ft.
Area Code(s) : 715

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.60
Male Population Estimate : 50.67%
Female Population Estimate : 44.42%
Median Age : 41.0
Male Median Age : 39.5
Female Median Age : 43.2

White Population Estimate : 93.56%
Black Population Estimate : 0.48%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 1.92%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.67%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.19%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.67%
Other Population Estimate : 0.77%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Wilson specifically.
Average # of Homicides for St. Croix County: About 2 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2015)
Average # of Violent Crimes for St. Croix County: About 63 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
St. Croix County is about 47% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 78% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.