Source: Donna King, NC POLITICAL NEWS, 10/5/21


North Carolina’s economic health seems strong. Taxes are low, cost of living is below average, and a recent CNBC study gave the state a No. 2 ranking as “Best for Business” because of solid growth, quality workforce, business friendliness, and technology.   It’s all meant that more individual workers are making this state home every year, with average full-time wages at $54,000 annually in 2021. But a recent study from Oxfam, a Boston advocacy group that lobbies for government interventionist policies, rated N.C. dead last for workers.  

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