Living Wage Certification Programs

This list of Living Wage Network partners manage certification programs of workplaces that pay a living wage.

Why Certify:
Employers that pay a living wage report better morale, attendance, productivity, customer relations, and lower turnover.

Certification Requirements:
Each organization uses locally developed criteria to determine their program's standards.
See each program's requirements at the links below.

Richmond, Alexandria, & Charlottesville; Virginia
Living Wage Certification

The Living Wage Certification Program is a joint program of the Richmond Chapter of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and the City of Richmond Office of Community Wealth Building.  We certify in Alexandria, Charlottesville, the Richmond area, and other parts of Virginia.

Tompkins County, New York
Living Wage Certification

The Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) launched its living wage employer certification program in 2006. Today, after years of work, TCWC has ensured that thousands of workers in Tompkins County are paid a living wage.

City of Durham, North Carolina
LIVING WAGE CERTIFICATION APPLICATION

The mission of the Durham Living Wage Project is to support worker livelihoods by urging employers to pay living wages, certifying and publicly recognizing employers, and promoting living wages as a matter of conscience within our community.  Through voluntary certification, we aim to identify, acknowledge, and celebrate businesses and non-profits that pay a living wage. 

City of Nashville, Tennessee
LIVING WAGE CERTIFICATION APPLICATION

Nashville Living Wage (NLW) is a regional, membership-based organization based in Nashville, TN. Our mission is to educate our community on the importance and urgency of a more just minimum wage and to raise the wages of workers in Davidson County to a living wage by organizing workers and certifying qualified businesses through a voluntary certification program.

Western counties, North Carolina
LIVING WAGE CERTIFICATION APPLICATION

Just Economics's certification program aims to reward existing Living Wage Certified Employers in our community, to provide employers with tools and incentives to increase workers’ wages up to a living wage, to connect consumers to employers that provide a living wage ,and to promote a just and sustainable local economy.

Orange County, north carolina
LIVING WAGE CERTIFICATION APPLICATION

Orange County Living Wage works to make living wages the minimum wage a worker can expect in Orange County, NC. We are a volunteer-driven nonprofit whose certification program certifies and promotes employers who voluntarily pay living wages to all full- and part-time employees. Our living-wage-certified employers are a diverse mix of for-profit and nonprofit businesses and public employers who pay over 7000 workers a living wage.