HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     43. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                    1995                                        1996                   
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
              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.....    $703       $745       $737       $694       $718       $758       $749       $708   
       Executive, administrative, and                                                                                                  
     managerial................................     684        727        722        681        699        742        745        694   
       Professional specialty..................     718        750        741        707        730        762        750        721   
                                                                                                                                       
     Technical, sales, and administrative                                                                                              
     support...................................     426        522        516        414        441        532        524        427   
       Technicians and related support.........     558        629        619        542        573        664        661        554   
       Sales occupations.......................     454        457        466        453        474        451        459        475   
       Administrative support, including                                                                                               
     clerical..................................     399        517        510        383        405        524        516        389   
                                                                                                                                       
     Service occupations.......................     299        484        477        275        305        490        484        282   
       Protective service......................     528        678        676        399        538        693        686        413   
       Service, except protective service......     274        366        359        264        283        379        379        271   
                                                                                                                                       
     Precision production, craft, and repair...     519        688        684        478        540        703        698        494   
                                                                                                                                       
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers......     380        524        519        338        391        528        522        353   
       Machine operators, assemblers, and                                                                                              
     inspectors................................     368        509        504        328        380        512        508        345   
       Transportation and material moving                                                                                              
     occupations...............................     476        612        606        420        476        610        601        425   
       Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,                                                                                          
     and laborers..............................     319        480        473        297        330        481        477        308   
                                                                                                                                       
     Farming, forestry, and fishing............     287        404        404        280        294        439        423        288   
                                                                                                                                       
                      INDUSTRY                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                       
     Agricultural wage and salary workers......     291        (3)        (3)        289        306        (3)        (3)        305   
     Private nonagricultural wage and salary                                                                                           
     workers...................................     462       $573       $567        443        475       $584       $579        458   
       Mining..................................     667        684        682        663        693        698        699        690   
       Construction............................     487        741        730        442        504        748        742        464   
                                                                                                                                       
       Manufacturing...........................     494        548        544        479        507        560        558        494   
         Durable goods.........................     517        576        573        503        533        588        587        517   
         Nondurable goods......................     454        506        504        438        466        510        507        453   
                                                                                                                                       
       Transportation and public utilities.....     590        676        673        545        596        680        676        555   
         Transportation........................     523        659        651        488        527        656        649        491   
         Communications and public utilities...     675        690        690        661        693        707        705        684   
                                                                                                                                       
       Wholesale and retail trade..............     370        466        454        363        380        450        444        375   
         Wholesale trade.......................     492        541        524        489        503        566        551        500   
         Retail trade..........................     333        425        419        325        343        408        408        338   
                                                                                                                                       
       Finance, insurance, and real estate.....     501        477        490        502        521        534        533        520   
       Services................................     444        489        491        440        456        501        498        451   
     Government workers........................     575        638        633        500        592        657        651        519   

       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.