HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     41. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                    1995                                        1996                   
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                   Characteristic                                       Repre-                                      Repre-             
                                                   Total   Members of   sented      Non-       Total   Members of   sented      Non-   
                                                            unions(1)      by       union               unions(1)      by       union  
                                                                       unions(2)                                   unions(2)           
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                    SEX AND AGE                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
      Total, 16 years and over.................    $479       $602       $598       $447       $490       $615       $610       $462   
       16 to 24 years..........................     292        375        373        287        298        371        362        294   
       25 years and over.......................     510        613        610        486        520        625        621        498   
        25 to 34 years.........................     451        542        534        433        463        554        548        447   
        35 to 44 years.........................     550        621        619        520        559        636        632        530   
        45 to 54 years.........................     582        665        663        536        594        687        686        552   
        55 to 64 years.........................     514        614        614        482        535        620        616        505   
        65 years and over......................     389        509        506        362        384        510        510        367   
                                                                                                                                       
       Men, 16 years and over..................     538        640        638        507        557        653        651        520   
        16 to 24 years.........................     303        388        388        298        307        375        369        303   
        25 years and over......................     588        654        652        563        599        669        668        580   
         25 to 34 years........................     490        583        579        475        499        591        587        485   
         35 to 44 years........................     624        665        663        612        632        683        683        617   
         45 to 54 years........................     685        705        706        670        698        718        721        682   
         55 to 64 years........................     623        655        659        607        643        667        664        633   
         65 years and over.....................     441        615        619        400        477        589        593        424   
                                                                                                                                       
       Women, 16 years and over................     406        527        523        386        418        549        543        398   
        16 to 24 years.........................     275        349        345        272        284        358        339        280   
        25 years and over......................     428        539        536        408        444        560        555        420   
         25 to 34 years........................     403        492        488        393        415        497        495        405   
         35 to 44 years........................     453        553        552        427        463        561        556        439   
         45 to 54 years........................     464        595        593        423        481        620        616        445   
         55 to 64 years........................     403        501        501        383        420        524        523        395   
         65 years and over.....................     353        435        425        333        334        417        413        321   
                                                                                                                                       
           RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
       White, 16 years and over................     494        621        616        466        506        635        630        480   
         Men...................................     566        661        658        526        580        675        673        544   
         Women.................................     415        551        546        395        428        572        564        408   
                                                                                                                                       
       Black, 16 years and over................     383        503        500        348        387        507        502        356   
         Men...................................     411        526        526        374        412        526        522        380   
         Women.................................     355        473        468        325        362        485        480        336   
                                                                                                                                       
       Hispanic origin, 16 years and over......     329        499        493        311        339        484        482        319   
         Men...................................     350        528        523        321        356        511        511        330   
         Women.................................     305        423        419        291        316        436        433        305   

       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-time workers.  Excluded are self-employed workers whose businesses
     are incorporated although they technically qualify as wage and salary workers.  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin
     groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the
     white and black population groups.