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Tag: lower cost of living

Right To Work Statistics - Disposable Cash

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue Jun 14, 2011 at 10:29:22 PM EST
Tags: Higher wages, lower cost of living, RTW, Right To Work, Forced Unionism, Freedom To Work, FTW, Michigan (all tags)

The last post on this should have been challenged. While it was true it has little bearing in the end. Being affected by how many folks you pack into a house, shared expenses in other ways etc., really play more into the whole bang for the buck thing. Cut your expenses, and whatever it is that you bring in goes a bit farther. Michigan still has higher cost of living than other states, and particularly as compared to states with freedom to work laws.

I am not sure about all of the whys, but it is consistent when averaged. People in Right-to-Work states have more coin, bread, bucks, capital, cash, scratch, chips, coin, coinage, dough, greenbacks, or gravy when the day is done. By nearly $2,000 average.

Disposable income higher in Right to Work states

Employees enjoy higher income, lower cost of living in Right to Work states

Cost of Living-Adjusted Per Capita Disposable Personal Income
(2009)

Right to Work States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,543
Forced-Unionism States . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,389
National Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,256

Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC);
BEA; Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (BOC)

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