HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     42. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                          1998                                    1999                 
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                   Members of     Represented              Members of     Represented  
                                                                   unions(1)       by unions(2)            unions(1)       by unions(2)
                  Occupation and industry                Total                                   Total                                 
                                                          em-                                     em-                                  
                                                         ployed         Percent         Percent  ployed         Percent         Percent
                                                                 Total     of    Total     of            Total     of    Total     of  
                                                                          em-             em-                     em-             em-  
                                                                         ployed          ployed                  ployed          ployed
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                         OCCUPATION                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                       
     Managerial and professional specialty.............  33,102   4,252   12.8    5,015   15.2   34,693   4,594   13.2    5,352   15.4 
       Executive, administrative, and managerial.......  15,473     812    5.2    1,017    6.6   16,000     903    5.6    1,138    7.1 
       Professional specialty..........................  17,629   3,440   19.5    3,998   22.7   18,693   3,691   19.7    4,215   22.5 
                                                                                                                                       
     Technical, sales, and administrative support......  35,379   3,239    9.2    3,677   10.4   35,514   3,191    9.0    3,609   10.2 
       Technicians and related support.................   4,150     433   10.4      498   12.0    4,188     461   11.0      523   12.5 
       Sales occupations...............................  13,378     544    4.1      620    4.6   13,451     549    4.1      613    4.6 
       Administrative support, including clerical......  17,851   2,262   12.7    2,558   14.3   17,874   2,182   12.2    2,474   13.8 
                                                                                                                                       
     Service occupations...............................  16,594   2,209   13.3    2,398   14.5   16,829   2,151   12.8    2,336   13.9 
       Protective service..............................   2,399     991   41.3    1,048   43.7    2,427     927   38.2      991   40.8 
       Service, except protective service..............  14,195   1,218    8.6    1,350    9.5   14,403   1,224    8.5    1,346    9.3 
                                                                                                                                       
     Precision production, craft, and repair...........  12,274   2,708   22.1    2,834   23.1   12,474   2,800   22.4    2,929   23.5 
                                                                                                                                       
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers..............  17,443   3,713   21.3    3,894   22.3   17,514   3,627   20.7    3,830   21.9 
       Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...   7,498   1,603   21.4    1,672   22.3    7,255   1,490   20.5    1,572   21.7 
       Transportation and material moving occupations..   4,935   1,204   24.4    1,267   25.7    5,041   1,148   22.8    1,216   24.1 
       Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                                                      
     laborers..........................................   5,010     906   18.1      956   19.1    5,218     989   18.9    1,042   20.0 
                                                                                                                                       
     Farming, forestry, and fishing....................   1,938      90    4.6      100    5.2    1,940     113    5.8      125    6.4 
                                                                                                                                       
                          INDUSTRY                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                       
     Private wage and salary workers...................  98,329   9,306    9.5   10,104   10.3  100,025   9,419    9.4   10,216   10.2 
       Agriculture.....................................   1,739      26    1.5       31    1.8    1,721      43    2.5       48    2.8 
       Nonagricultural industries......................  96,590   9,280    9.6   10,073   10.4   98,304   9,376    9.5   10,168   10.3 
         Mining........................................     589      72   12.2       79   13.4      531      57   10.6       60   11.4 
         Construction..................................   5,946   1,056   17.8    1,093   18.4    6,230   1,187   19.1    1,224   19.6 
                                                                                                                                       
         Manufacturing.................................  19,763   3,127   15.8    3,315   16.8   19,323   3,024   15.6    3,209   16.6 
           Durable goods...............................  11,999   1,990   16.6    2,097   17.5   11,824   1,941   16.4    2,063   17.5 
           Nondurable goods............................   7,763   1,138   14.7    1,218   15.7    7,499   1,083   14.4    1,146   15.3 
                                                                                                                                       
         Transportation and public utilities...........   7,147   1,843   25.8    1,931   27.0    7,317   1,865   25.5    1,956   26.7 
           Transportation..............................   4,316   1,108   25.7    1,156   26.8    4,450   1,136   25.5    1,186   26.7 
           Communications and public utilities.........   2,831     735   26.0      775   27.4    2,866     729   25.4      770   26.9 
                                                                                                                                       
         Wholesale and retail trade....................  24,230   1,283    5.3    1,387    5.7   24,671   1,278    5.2    1,406    5.7 
           Wholesale trade.............................   4,425     259    5.9      275    6.2    4,573     248    5.4      281    6.1 
           Retail trade................................  19,805   1,024    5.2    1,113    5.6   20,098   1,030    5.1    1,126    5.6 
                                                                                                                                       
         Finance, insurance, and real estate...........   7,420     150    2.0      195    2.6    7,588     156    2.1      191    2.5 
         Services......................................  31,493   1,750    5.6    2,073    6.6   32,645   1,809    5.5    2,121    6.5 
                                                                                                                                       
     Government workers................................  18,401   6,905   37.5    7,815   42.5   18,938   7,058   37.3    7,966   42.1 
       Federal.........................................   3,269   1,105   33.8    1,299   39.7    3,264   1,047   32.1    1,275   39.0 
       State...........................................   5,150   1,431   27.8    1,667   32.4    5,233   1,527   29.2    1,781   34.0 
       Local...........................................   9,982   4,370   43.8    4,849   48.6   10,440   4,484   42.9    4,911   47.0 

       1 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.
       2 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union as well as workers who report no union
     affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.
          NOTE:    Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers.  Excluded are all self-employed workers
     regardless of whether or not their businesses are incorporated. Beginning in January 1999, data relect revised population controls
     used in the household survey.