Oxfam’s Patricia Stottlemyer ranks the best and worst states in the country to work

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: September 7, 2026

Words: 193

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago


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Each year around the Labor Day holiday, the international nonprofit, Oxfam, conducts and releases a study in which it ranks the best and worst states in the U.S. to work. The researchers preparing the report examine a long list of indicators – more than three dozen – that help them determine how well average workers are paid, treated, and respected in the workplace in hopes of inspiring public officials to enact more and …

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