Almost 18% of Michigan's workers have seen their salaries reduced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Unsplash
Almost 18% of Michigan's workers have seen their salaries reduced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Unsplash
Of those negatively affected by the COVID-19 regulations and closures in Michigan, workers have seen the brunt of the damage, with 17.8% of salaries being reduced, according to Michigan Capitol Confidential.
Michigan workers have been disproportionately impacted by the effects of the pandemic. The state's workers employed at companies with reduced salaries ranked the fifth-highest in the nation.
States that saw higher percentages of workers' salaries being reduced include: Hawaii, Nevada, Georgia and Washington, D.C. Idaho has the least-affected workers in the country, with only 6.7% of salaries being reduced due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The percentages came from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, which "developed new data on how U.S. businesses changed their operations and employment since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic through September 2020. This information, in combination with data collected by other current BLS surveys, will aid in understanding how businesses responded during the pandemic. Other BLS statistics collected and published during the pandemic provide indications of changes in employment, wages, job openings and terminations, employer-provided benefits, and safety and health."
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