(GA Recorder) — Peach State politicos on both sides of the aisle like to tout Georgia as the best state in the nation to do business. But a new report from Oxfam America says Georgia may be one of the worst states to be a worker.
“If you want to come in here and run a big business, I’m sure it’d be great,” said Hannah Perkins, political and campaign director for the Georgia AFL-CIO. “The statistics show that it would be great. However, what the numbers show and what the people say is that it’s not the number one place to work.”
The report rates Georgia as No. 50 in the nation for best places to work, although because Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico are included, Georgia is not dead last – Mississippi and North Carolina score lower.
Oxfam dinged Georgia for its low minimum wage, $7.25, as low as it is legally possible to pay most hourly workers in the United States. Oxfam says that amounts to just under 19% of the cost of living for a family of four in Georgia.
In response to the study, the Georgia Department of Labor presented statistics showing the median wage in Georgia was $18.43 in 2022, which would be just under 48% of the cost of living for a family of four.
The department’s communications director Shawna Mercer also touted Georgia’s low unemployment rate, 3.2 percent, compared to 3.8 percent nationwide, which she said places Georgia at No. 29 nationwide but No. 3 among the 12 states with populations greater than 8 million.
She said Georgia added more than 88,000...
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