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Lower Wages

The average worker in states with RTW laws makes $1,540 a year less when all other factors are removed than workers in other states.₁
Median household income in states with these laws is $6,437 less than in other states ($46,402 vs. $52,839).₂
In states with RTW laws, 26.7 percent of jobs are in low-wage occupations, compared with 19.5 percent of jobs in other states.₃

Less Health Insurance Coverage

People in states with RTW laws are more likely to be uninsured (16.8 percent, compared with 13.1 percent overall; among children, it’s 10.8 percent vs. 7.5 percent).₄
They’re less likely to have job-based health insurance than people in other states (56.2 percent, compared with 60.1 percent).₅
Only 50.7 percent of employers in states with these laws offer insurance coverage to their employees, compared with 55.2 percent in other states. That difference is even more significant among small employers (with fewer than 50 workers)—only 34.4 percent of them offer workers health insurance, compared with 41.7 percent of small employers in other states.₆

Higher Rates of Death on the Job

The rate of workplace deaths is 36 percent higher in states with these laws, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.₇

₁ Economic Policy Institute ₂ U.S. Census Bureau, Table H-8. Median Household Income by State ₃ CFED, Asset and Opportunity Scorecard ₄ Kaiser Family Foundation. ₅ Ibid. ₆ Ibid. ₇ AFL-CIO, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, April 2012.

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