{"id":122556,"date":"2021-10-07T16:28:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T16:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=122556"},"modified":"2021-10-07T16:28:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T16:28:14","slug":"this-is-the-worst-state-to-work-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/this-is-the-worst-state-to-work-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is the Worst State to Work in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>There are a large number of studies about which cities and states are best to work in. Among the most well-known are those from U.S. News and WalletHub. These are based on unemployment, job growth, job satisfaction, and the variety of industries. A new study uses different yardsticks, relying primarily on whether a state is worker friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Oxfam America, a nonprofit with the mission of lowering poverty, released &#8220;<\/span><span>Best and Worst States to Work in America 2021<\/span><span>.&#8221; The new study uses three measures: wage policies (40%), worker protections (35%), and rights to organize (25%). Each state is rated on a scale of 1 to 100. Based on the Oxfam survey, the worst state to work, by far, is North Carolina with a score of 6.19. Among the reasons it rates so poorly is that it gets a zero for &#8220;right to organize.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Left out of the analysis are several other important pieces of data. Among them is state unemployment. North Carolina&#8217;s unemployment rate, at 4.4% in July, is well<\/span> <span>below the national average<\/span><span>, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Find out how the state economy ranks among <\/span><span>the states with the best and worst economies<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The median household income in North Carolina is well below the national median of $63,179, according to the Census Bureau. The North Carolina figure is $53,369. However, North Carolina also has among the lowest annual costs of living. (Some cities in the state rank among <\/span><span>the happiest cities in America according to residents<\/span><span>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Across all of the studies rating the best states to work (and, in some cases, to live), what is lost is that different media and organizations have not agreed on a standard set of measures. That means each survey has a built-in weakness, and also some bias. What someone makes in wages, or how they make it, is not a sufficient yardstick. Quality of life is another yardstick, and Oxfam has a very narrow view of what goes into that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Click here to see the worst state to work in America<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/special-report\/2021\/10\/06\/this-is-the-worst-state-to-work-in-america-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a large number of studies about which cities and states are best to work in. 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