States withRight to WorkLawsHave:Lower Wages and IncomesThe average worker in states with right to work laws makes $5,971 (12.2 percent) less annually than workers in states without right to when all other factors are removedthan workers in other states.Median household income in states with these laws is $6,568 (11.8 percent) less than in other states ($49,220 vs. $55,788).In states with right to work laws, 25.9 percent of jobs are in low-wage occupations, compared with 18.0 percent ofjobs in other states.Lower Rates of Health Insurance CoveragePeople under the age of 65 in states with right to work laws are more likely to be uninsured (16.3 percent, compared with 12.4 percentin free-bargaining states).They’re less likely to have job-based health insurance than people in other states (53.9 percent, comparedwith 57.1 percent)andpay a larger share of their health insurance premiums (29.9 percent compared with 26.1 percent).Only 46.8 percent of private-sector employers in states with these laws offer insurance coverage to their employees,compared with 52.6 percent in other states. That difference is even more pronounced among smallemployers (with fewer than 50 workers)—only 30.3 percent offer workers health insurance,compared with 38.8 percent of small employers in other states.Higher Poverty and Infant Mortality RatesPoverty rates are higher in states with right to work laws (14.8 percent overall and 20.2 percent for children),compared with poverty rates of 13.1 percent overall and 18.3 percent for children in states without these laws.The infant mortality rate is 14.2 percent higher in states with these laws.Less Investment in EducationStates with right to work laws spend 31.3 percent less per pupil on elementary and secondary education than otherstates.Higher Workplace FatalitiesThe rate of workplace deaths is 54.4 percent higher in states with these laws, according to data from theBureau of Labor Statistics.