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    Right To Work Statistics - Higher Income!


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Mon Jun 13, 2011 at 11:33:42 AM EST
    Tags: Higher wages, Wyoming, Virginia, Nevada, Florida, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Texas, Iowa, Louisiana, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Tennessee, RTW, Right To Work, Forced Unionism, Freedom To Work, FTW, Michigan (all tags)

    Often the argument against Right-To-Work laws is a flippant "Oh yeah .. Right to work for less" type of response.  Many of those who say that might actually believe it, but the truth is far different.

    Personal income is higher in Right to Work states

    Yessiree, employees in Right to Work states enjoy higher personal income per capita than in Michigan.

    Per recent census data:

    Wyoming           $48,608
    Virginia                44,224
    Nevada                41,182
    Florida                 39,893
    North Dakota        39,870
    Nebraska             39,150
    Kansas                38,820
    South Dakota       38,661
    Texas                  37,774
    Iowa                    37,402
    Louisiana             36,424
    Oklahoma            35,985
    North Carolina      35,344
    Tennessee           34,976

    Michigan            $34,949

    Source: 2010 U.S. Census: Personal income per capita

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    Right To Work Statistics - Higher Income! | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)
    No challenge? (none / 0) (#1)
    by JGillman on Mon Jun 13, 2011 at 05:14:54 PM EST
    Really?

    I am curious . . . (none / 0) (#2)
    by Kevin Rex Heine on Mon Jun 13, 2011 at 08:20:04 PM EST
    . . . as to how each of the twenty-two of the RTW states' per capita income compares to Michigan.

    I think that the lack of challenge is due to the trolls who usually inhabit this site being somehow aware that they'll get called on their b.s.

    Interesting too (none / 0) (#3)
    by Corinthian Scales on Mon Jun 13, 2011 at 09:22:59 PM EST
    According to the latest linkable data I've found, with the exception to Nebraska, North Carolina, and Kansas, they all enjoy less of a tax burden than Michigan too.

    46 - Wyoming           $48,608
    33 - Virginia               44,224
    49 - Nevada               41,182
    31 - Florida                39,893
    26 - North Dakota      39,870
    15 - Nebraska            39,150
    19 - Kansas               38,820
    48 - South Dakota      38,661
    45 - Texas                 37,774
    24 - Iowa                  37,402
    42 - Louisiana            36,424
    37 - Oklahoma           35,985
    16 - North Carolina     35,344
    47 - Tennessee           34,976

    21 - Michigan            $34,949

    I am not discussing the merits of RTW (none / 0) (#4)
    by mm9 on Tue Jun 14, 2011 at 04:57:18 AM EST
    The purpose of this post is to express my objection to the idea that RTW states typically enjoy higher Personal Income per Capita than non RTW states. First of all, if you are going to do a serious statistical analysis, you need to include all RTW states. As I was unable to find your data set, I used data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (link). If we do this, we see the following:

    1 (6). Wyoming: $47851
    2 (7). Virginia: $44762
    3 (18). North Dakota: $40596
    4 (21). Kansas: $39737
    5 (22). Nebraska: $39557
    6 (23). Texas: $39493
    7 (24). Florida: $39272
    8 (25). South Dakota: $38865
    9 (26). Louisiana: $38446
    10 (28). Iowa: $38281
    11 (31). Nevada: $36997
    12 (33). Oklahoma: $36421
    13 (35). North Carolina: $35638
    14 (37). Georgia: $35490
    15 (39). Tennessee: $35307
    16 (40). Arizona: $34999
    17 (42). Alabama: $33945
    18 (45). South Carolina: $33163
    19 (46). Arkansas: $33150
    20 (48). Utah: $32595
    21 (49). Idaho: $32257
    22 (50). Mississippi: $31186

    Median: $36709
    Average: $37182
    RTW States Income Per Capita: $37538

    Michigan (36th overall): $35597
    Non RTW States (incl Michigan) Income Per Capita: $42635
    United States Income Per Capita: $40584

    Conclusions:

    1. 13 of 22 RTW states have a higher income per capita than Michigan does.
    2. The income per capita in RTW states is higher than Michigan's.
    3. 22 of the other 27 non RTW states have a higher income per capita than Michigan does and the income per capita in non RTW states as a whole is much larger than Michigan's.
    4. The income per capita in non-RTW states is higher than the income per capita in RTW states.

    FWIW, I don't think income per capita is the logical metric to use here anyway. And once again, I will iterate that I have no interest in discussing the merits of RTW legislation. I am simply posting what I feel is an unbiased look at how RTW states compare to both Michigan and the rest of the country with regards to the metric chosen by Mr. Gillman. I would imagine that other metrics, such as median household income, average household income, etc. would look more kindly on RTW states. However, I have spent a couple hours putting this together and am not particularly inclined to do so for another whole data set. If anyone else is, I would be most interested in the results.

    • Thank you. by JGillman, 06/14/2011 06:55:50 AM EST (none / 0)
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