HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

42. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation and industry

2001 2002

Total

employed

Members of

unions1

Represented

 by unions2

Total

employed

Members of

unions1

Represented

 by unions2

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

OCCUPATION

Managerial and professional specialty ..................................... 36,660 4,665 12.7 5,417 14.8 36,969 4,788 13.0 5,534 15.0

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ............................. 17,075 945 5.5 1,148 6.7 17,296 1,005 5.8 1,223 7.1

 Professional specialty ............................................................. 19,585 3,720 19.0 4,269 21.8 19,674 3,783 19.2 4,310 21.9

Technical, sales, and administrative support ............................ 36,335 3,208 8.8 3,632 10.0 35,770 3,176 8.9 3,552 9.9

 Technicians and related support ............................................ 4,448 474 10.7 537 12.1 4,349 469 10.8 524 12.0

 Sales occupations .................................................................. 13,749 480 3.5 549 4.0 13,810 496 3.6 559 4.0

 Administrative support, including clerical ................................ 18,138 2,253 12.4 2,545 14.0 17,610 2,210 12.6 2,470 14.0

Service occupations ................................................................. 17,434 2,296 13.2 2,504 14.4 17,898 2,249 12.6 2,473 13.8

 Protective service ................................................................... 2,482 936 37.7 1,004 40.5 2,584 957 37.0 1,021 39.5

 Service, except protective service .......................................... 14,952 1,360 9.1 1,500 10.0 15,314 1,293 8.4 1,452 9.5

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................................... 12,886 2,740 21.3 2,874 22.3 12,413 2,570 20.7 2,686 21.6

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ......................................... 17,250 3,394 19.7 3,590 20.8 16,901 3,235 19.1 3,422 20.3

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................... 6,676 1,338 20.0 1,413 21.2 6,269 1,184 18.9 1,244 19.8

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................... 5,226 1,215 23.2 1,292 24.7 5,294 1,163 22.0 1,241 23.4

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ............ 5,347 841 15.7 885 16.6 5,338 888 16.6 938 17.6

Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................................... 1,917 83 4.3 98 5.1 2,058 89 4.3 104 5.1

INDUSTRY

Private wage and salary workers .............................................. 103,142 9,201 8.9 10,028 9.7 102,420 8,756 8.5 9,548 9.3

 Agriculture .............................................................................. 1,725 27 1.6 36 2.1 1,819 42 2.3 48 2.6

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................................... 101,417 9,174 9.0 9,993 9.9 100,600 8,714 8.7 9,501 9.4

 Mining ................................................................................... 531 66 12.4 70 13.1 458 39 8.5 46 10.0

 Construction ......................................................................... 7,054 1,275 18.1 1,321 18.7 6,883 1,184 17.2 1,228 17.8

 Manufacturing ....................................................................... 18,501 2,697 14.6 2,861 15.5 17,324 2,484 14.3 2,621 15.1

 Durable goods .................................................................... 11,252 1,690 15.0 1,787 15.9 10,344 1,612 15.6 1,687 16.3

 Nondurable goods .............................................................. 7,249 1,008 13.9 1,073 14.8 6,979 872 12.5 935 13.4

 Transportation and public utilities ......................................... 7,502 1,752 23.4 1,851 24.7 7,433 1,712 23.0 1,810 24.3

 Transportation .................................................................... 4,501 1,077 23.9 1,140 25.3 4,525 1,078 23.8 1,133 25.0

 Communications and public utilities ................................... 3,001 675 22.5 711 23.7 2,908 634 21.8 677 23.3

 Wholesale and retail trade .................................................... 25,354 1,182 4.7 1,298 5.1 25,475 1,134 4.5 1,256 4.9

 Wholesale trade .................................................................. 4,615 254 5.5 273 5.9 4,514 220 4.9 238 5.3

 Retail trade ......................................................................... 20,740 928 4.5 1,025 4.9 20,961 914 4.4 1,018 4.9

 Finance, insurance, and real estate ..................................... 7,742 156 2.0 217 2.8 7,849 151 1.9 196 2.5

 Services ................................................................................ 34,733 2,046 5.9 2,376 6.8 35,179 2,011 5.7 2,344 6.7

Government workers ................................................................ 19,340 7,186 37.2 8,086 41.8 19,589 7,352 37.5 8,223 42.0

 Federal ................................................................................... 3,324 1,046 31.5 1,221 36.8 3,297 1,064 32.3 1,244 37.7

 State ....................................................................................... 5,729 1,737 30.3 1,980 34.6 5,706 1,758 30.8 2,005 35.1

 Local ....................................................................................... 10,287 4,403 42.8 4,885 47.5 10,585 4,530 42.8 4,974 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 for 2001 have been revised to reflect the introduction of

Census 2000-based population controls. In addition, data on "represented by

unions" incorporate a minor change to the allocation procedure for that item.

The change in procedure had a neligible affect on the estimates. Some

estimates for 2002 will differ slightly from those previously published in USDL

03-88, "Union Members in 2002." These differences are due to a change in the

way the data were processed. 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.