Orange County Living Wage is a volunteer-driven 501(c)3 nonprofit working to promote a living wage in Orange County, North Carolina.
Through our employer certification program, we recognize local businesses and organizations who pay the 2021 living wage of $15.40 per hour, or $13.90 per hour if the employer pays at least half the cost of health insurance.
Support Our Living Wage Certified Employers
Open Eye Cafe
Carrboro, NC
Since its creation in 1999, Open Eye Cafe has worked to improve the quality and manner coffee is bought, made and sold, but also to reflect and uplift what is great about our eclectic community, and that starts with the people. Our goal has always been to support our employees, who are also members of our community, in every way possible. Through Orange County Living Wage we are certifying an important facet of our support, to further exemplify our ongoing work to keep our community vibrant and equitable for all.
Redeye Worldwide
Hillsborough, NC
Hillsborough-based Redeye Worldwide and its 77 employees are thrilled to join OCLW’s growing living wage roster. Inspired by our passion for music, Redeye connects independent artists and labels to an expanding global marketplace through sales and marketing expertise along with impactful customer relationships.
Get Certified
Orange County Living Wage certifies and publicizes businesses and organizations who pay their workers a living wage.
Businesses and organizations voluntarily certify as living wage employers because they believe fair compensation is good for their employees and the local economy. We engage our community in living wage advocacy through consumer campaigns such as “buycotts” of local living wage employers, promotion of certified employers’ events, and recognition of certified employers’ achievements. We promote our certified employers through social and print media and at local events. Our employer directory [link] includes a wide variety of for-profit, nonprofit, and municipal employers.
