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Best and Worst States to Work in the US 2024
The Best States to Work Index, now in its sixth edition, is an index of 27 policies across three themes - wages, worker protections, and rights to organize - for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This index was born in 2018 to analyze which states were stepping into gaps left by federal inaction to protect low wage workers and working families. The report is meant to highlight and celebrate those states seeking to proactively support workers, while encouraging a race to the top for those states at the bottom. The policies tracked in our index are either nonexistent or insufficient at the federal level, so this report is also meant to provide a blueprint for federal policymakers to improve the national landscape for all workers.