HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                     
ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    

43. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                               1996                                        1997                   
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
         Occupation and industry                                   Repre-                                      Repre-             
                                              Total   Members of   sented      Non-       Total   Members of   sented      Non-   
                                                       unions(1)      by       union               unions(1)      by       union  
                                                                  unions(2)                                   unions(2)           
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                OCCUPATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
Managerial and professional specialty.....    $718       $758       $749       $708       $738       $776       $766       $731   
  Executive, administrative, and                                                                                                  
     managerial...........................     699        742        745        694        725        757        752        721   
  Professional specialty..................     730        762        750        721        750        782        769        742   
                                                                                                                                  
Technical, sales, and administrative                                                                                              
     support..............................     441        532        524        427        456        550        541        441   
  Technicians and related support.........     573        664        661        554        582        677        675        566   
  Sales occupations.......................     474        451        459        475        482        467        469        483   
  Administrative support, including                                                                                               
     clerical.............................     405        524        516        389        419        545        534        404   
                                                                                                                                  
Service occupations.......................     305        490        484        282        313        516        505        293   
  Protective service......................     538        693        686        413        550        724        713        418   
  Service, except protective service......     283        379        379        271        293        398        393        283   
                                                                                                                                  
Precision production, craft, and repair...     540        703        698        494        548        724        718        501   
                                                                                                                                  
Operators, fabricators, and laborers......     391        528        522        353        401        572        561        365   
  Machine operators, assemblers, and                                                                                              
     inspectors...........................     380        512        508        345        390        533        524        356   
  Transportation and material moving                                                                                              
     occupations..........................     476        610        601        425        498        658        642        451   
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,                                                                                          
     and laborers.........................     330        481        477        308        329        509        506        310   
                                                                                                                                  
Farming, forestry, and fishing............     294        439        423        288        295        505        475        290   
                                                                                                                                  
                 INDUSTRY                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                  
Agricultural wage and salary workers......     306        (3)        (3)        305        306        (3)        (3)        305   
Private nonagricultural wage and salary                                                                                           
     workers..............................     475       $584       $579        458        490       $610       $603        476   
  Mining..................................     693        698        699        690        680        717        717        668   
  Construction............................     504        748        742        464        518        771        760        484   
                                                                                                                                  
  Manufacturing...........................     507        560        558        494        517        595        592        503   
    Durable goods.........................     533        588        587        517        548        619        616        523   
    Nondurable goods......................     466        510        507        453        484        536        529        470   
                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and public utilities.....     596        680        676        555        617        718        714        580   
    Transportation........................     527        656        649        491        573        702        697        513   
    Communications and public utilities...     693        707        705        684        709        746        743        690   
                                                                                                                                  
  Wholesale and retail trade..............     380        450        444        375        391        457        451        387   
    Wholesale trade.......................     503        566        551        500        525        545        536        524   
    Retail trade..........................     343        408        408        338        352        419        415        347   
                                                                                                                                  
  Finance, insurance, and real estate.....     521        534        533        520        546        487        501        548   
  Services................................     456        501        498        451        475        517        512        470   
                                                                                                                                  
Government workers........................     592        657        651        518        605        681        671        530   
  Federal.................................     672        677        679        663        684        689        687        678   
  State...................................     557        610        605        514        584        628        621        540   
  Local...................................     580        671        661        473        592        697        682        479   

  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.
  3 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000.
     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. Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised
population controls used in the household survey.