It's good news for workers in the nation's capital. Receiving 85.67 points out of 100 according to Oxfam's assessment, Washington, D.C., boasts the country's highest overall score.

At $17.50 an hour, the district has the highest minimum wage in America. This has no doubt contributed toward its impressive score of 90.22 for the wage policy category, which looks at whether the average worker earns enough to support a family. (D.C. ranks first in this area, unsurprisingly.) It also scores a perfect 100 in the right to organize category, which assesses whether workers can collectively organize, bargain, and negotiate their wages.

When it comes to the worker protections category, examining the number of policies a state has enacted to protect the health and wellbeing of its workers, D.C. ranks 5th with a score of 70.24. It doesn't provide protections for warehouse workers, flexible scheduling, or paid pumping breaks for breastfeeding workers. Even so, it's miles ahead of many states on this list.

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