HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation and industry

1997 1998

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 ..................................... 31,946 4,208 13.2 4,951 15.5 33,102 4,252 12.8 5,015 15.2

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ............................. 14,908 763 5.1 959 6.4 15,473 812 5.2 1,017 6.6

 Professional specialty ............................................................. 17,037 3,445 20.2 3,992 23.4 17,629 3,440 19.5 3,998 22.7

Technical, sales, and administrative support ............................ 34,796 3,158 9.1 3,648 10.5 35,379 3,239 9.2 3,677 10.4

 Technicians and related support ............................................ 4,111 427 10.4 501 12.2 4,150 433 10.4 498 12.0

 Sales occupations .................................................................. 13,055 559 4.3 659 5.0 13,378 544 4.1 620 4.6

 Administrative support, including clerical ................................ 17,631 2,172 12.3 2,488 14.1 17,851 2,262 12.7 2,558 14.3

Service occupations ................................................................. 16,204 2,141 13.2 2,356 14.5 16,594 2,209 13.3 2,398 14.5

 Protective service ................................................................... 2,248 897 39.9 965 42.9 2,399 991 41.3 1,048 43.7

 Service, except protective service .......................................... 13,956 1,244 8.9 1,391 10.0 14,195 1,218 8.6 1,350 9.5

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................................... 12,069 2,723 22.6 2,864 23.7 12,274 2,708 22.1 2,834 23.1

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ......................................... 17,629 3,791 21.5 4,008 22.7 17,443 3,713 21.3 3,894 22.3

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................... 7,717 1,690 21.9 1,764 22.9 7,498 1,603 21.4 1,672 22.3

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................... 4,931 1,199 24.3 1,279 25.9 4,935 1,204 24.4 1,267 25.7

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ............ 4,981 901 18.1 964 19.4 5,010 906 18.1 956 19.1

Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................................... 1,890 88 4.6 97 5.1 1,938 90 4.6 100 5.2

INDUSTRY

Private wage and salary workers .............................................. 96,386 9,363 9.7 10,255 10.6 98,329 9,306 9.5 10,104 10.3

 Agriculture3 ............................................................................. 1,681 36 2.2 40 2.4 1,739 26 1.5 31 1.8

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................................... 94,705 9,327 9.8 10,215 10.8 96,590 9,280 9.6 10,073 10.4

 Mining ................................................................................... 607 84 13.9 87 14.3 589 72 12.2 79 13.4

 Construction ......................................................................... 5,739 1,067 18.6 1,118 19.5 5,946 1,056 17.8 1,093 18.4

 Manufacturing ....................................................................... 19,961 3,253 16.3 3,441 17.2 19,763 3,127 15.8 3,315 16.8

 Durable goods .................................................................... 11,908 2,090 17.5 2,198 18.5 11,999 1,990 16.6 2,097 17.5

 Nondurable goods .............................................................. 8,053 1,164 14.5 1,243 15.4 7,763 1,138 14.7 1,218 15.7

 Transportation and public utilities ......................................... 6,949 1,804 26.0 1,909 27.5 7,147 1,843 25.8 1,931 27.0

 Transportation .................................................................... 4,212 1,118 26.5 1,177 27.9 4,316 1,108 25.7 1,156 26.8

 Communications and public utilities ................................... 2,737 686 25.1 731 26.7 2,831 735 26.0 775 27.4

 Wholesale and retail trade .................................................... 23,676 1,315 5.6 1,469 6.2 24,230 1,283 5.3 1,387 5.7

 Wholesale trade .................................................................. 4,296 251 5.8 284 6.6 4,425 259 5.9 275 6.2

 Retail trade ......................................................................... 19,379 1,065 5.5 1,186 6.1 19,805 1,024 5.2 1,113 5.6

 Finance, insurance, and real estate ..................................... 7,070 155 2.2 199 2.8 7,420 150 2.0 195 2.6

 Services ................................................................................ 30,704 1,647 5.4 1,993 6.5 31,493 1,750 5.6 2,073 6.6

Government workers ................................................................ 18,147 6,747 37.2 7,668 42.3 18,401 6,905 37.5 7,815 42.5

 Federal ................................................................................... 3,217 1,030 32.0 1,266 39.4 3,269 1,105 33.8 1,299 39.7

 State ....................................................................................... 5,031 1,485 29.5 1,679 33.4 5,150 1,431 27.8 1,667 32.4

 Local ....................................................................................... 9,899 4,232 42.7 4,723 47.7 9,982 4,370 43.8 4,849 48.6

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 for 1997 have been corrected.

 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 1998, data reflect new

composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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