HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     42. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                          1997                                    1998                 
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                   Members of     Represented              Members of     Represented  
                                                                   unions(1)       by unions(2)            unions(1)       by unions(2)
                  Occupation and industry                Total                                   Total                                 
                                                          em-                                     em-                                  
                                                         ployed         Percent         Percent  ployed         Percent         Percent
                                                                 Total     of    Total     of            Total     of    Total     of  
                                                                          em-             em-                     em-             em-  
                                                                         ployed          ployed                  ployed          ployed
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                         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 
       Agriculture(3)..................................   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 relect new composite estimation
     procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.