HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                                   HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                                                 ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     42. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    2006                                      2007                  
                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                               Members       Represented                 Members       Represented  
                                                                                                  of        by unions (2)                   of        by unions (2) 
                               Occupation and industry                                        unions (1)                                unions (1)                  
                                                                                   Total                                     Total                                  
                                                                                  employed                                  employed                                
                                                                                                   Percent         Percent                   Percent         Percent
                                                                                            Total     of    Total     of              Total     of    Total     of  
                                                                                                     em-             em-                       em-             em-  
                                                                                                    ployed          ployed                    ployed          ployed
                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                    
                                     OCCUPATION                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                    
       Management, professional, and related occupations........................   43,105    5,522   12.8    6,288   14.6    44,547    5,853   13.1    6,656   14.9 
           Management, business, and financial operations occupations...........   16,471      802    4.9      964    5.9    17,003      849    5.0    1,020    6.0 
               Management occupations...........................................   11,260      478    4.2      595    5.3    11,656      530    4.5      633    5.4 
               Business and financial operations occupations....................    5,210      324    6.2      369    7.1     5,348      319    6.0      386    7.2 
           Professional and related occupations.................................   26,635    4,721   17.7    5,324   20.0    27,543    5,004   18.2    5,636   20.5 
               Computer and mathematical occupations............................    3,069      133    4.3      172    5.6     3,252      157    4.8      188    5.8 
               Architecture and engineering occupations.........................    2,669      197    7.4      236    8.9     2,744      215    7.8      240    8.7 
               Life, physical, and social science occupations...................    1,315      130    9.9      155   11.8     1,270      113    8.9      138   10.9 
               Community and social services occupations........................    2,099      327   15.6      356   17.0     2,187      326   14.9      375   17.1 
               Legal occupations................................................    1,282       68    5.3       73    5.7     1,288       71    5.5       83    6.4 
               Education, training, and library occupations.....................    7,888    2,942   37.3    3,287   41.7     8,288    3,087   37.2    3,439   41.5 
               Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......    1,930      124    6.4      140    7.2     1,955      152    7.8      182    9.3 
               Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................    6,383      800   12.5      904   14.2     6,558      883   13.5      992   15.1 
       Service occupations......................................................   21,569    2,460   11.4    2,658   12.3    21,784    2,481   11.4    2,692   12.4 
           Healthcare support occupations.......................................    2,999      312   10.4      340   11.3     2,987      304   10.2      332   11.1 
           Protective service occupations.......................................    2,919    1,012   34.7    1,067   36.6     3,025    1,066   35.2    1,127   37.2 
           Food preparation and serving related occupations.....................    7,478      321    4.3      353    4.7     7,500      325    4.3      371    4.9 
           Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations............    4,703      507   10.8      561   11.9     4,642      497   10.7      549   11.8 
           Personal care and service occupations................................    3,471      307    8.9      337    9.7     3,631      289    8.0      314    8.6 
       Sales and office occupations.............................................   32,986    2,319    7.0    2,573    7.8    32,978    2,386    7.2    2,659    8.1 
           Sales and related occupations........................................   13,883      430    3.1      489    3.5    14,079      462    3.3      521    3.7 
           Office and administrative support occupations........................   19,103    1,889    9.9    2,084   10.9    18,900    1,925   10.2    2,138   11.3 
       Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.............   13,366    2,138   16.0    2,248   16.8    13,325    2,252   16.9    2,363   17.7 
           Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........................      880       31    3.5       33    3.7       876       23    2.7       28    3.2 
           Construction and extraction occupations..............................    7,617    1,337   17.6    1,396   18.3     7,708    1,434   18.6    1,480   19.2 
           Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations....................    4,870      771   15.8      820   16.8     4,742      794   16.8      855   18.0 
       Production, transportation, and material moving occupations..............   17,211    2,920   17.0    3,094   18.0    17,133    2,699   15.8    2,874   16.8 
           Production occupations...............................................    8,964    1,392   15.5    1,468   16.4     8,903    1,243   14.0    1,314   14.8 
           Transportation and material moving occupations.......................    8,247    1,528   18.5    1,626   19.7     8,231    1,456   17.7    1,560   19.0 
                                                                                                                                                                    
                                      INDUSTRY                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                    
       Private sector...........................................................  107,846    7,981    7.4    8,688    8.1   108,714    8,114    7.5    8,870    8.2 
       Agriculture and related industries.......................................    1,059       25    2.3       27    2.6     1,046       16    1.5       19    1.8 
       Nonagriculture and related industries....................................  106,786    7,957    7.5    8,660    8.1   107,668    8,098    7.5    8,851    8.2 
          Mining................................................................      632       48    7.5       56    8.8       705       66    9.3       72   10.2 
          Construction..........................................................    8,444    1,097   13.0    1,146   13.6     8,561    1,193   13.9    1,232   14.4 
          Manufacturing.........................................................   15,643    1,827   11.7    1,949   12.5    15,341    1,734   11.3    1,845   12.0 
              Durable goods ....................................................   10,072    1,190   11.8    1,263   12.5     9,770    1,107   11.3    1,172   12.0 
              Nondurable goods .................................................    5,571      637   11.4      686   12.3     5,571      628   11.3      673   12.1 
          Wholesale and retail trade............................................   19,245      957    5.0    1,023    5.3    18,896      990    5.2    1,075    5.7 
              Wholesale trade...................................................    4,100      201    4.9      215    5.2     3,951      205    5.2      224    5.7 
              Retail trade......................................................   15,145      756    5.0      808    5.3    14,945      785    5.3      851    5.7 
          Transportation and utilities..........................................    5,299    1,227   23.2    1,287   24.3     5,488    1,211   22.1    1,282   23.4 
              Transportation and warehousing....................................    4,459      991   22.2    1,042   23.4     4,654      974   20.9    1,037   22.3 
              Utilities.........................................................      840      237   28.2      245   29.1       834      237   28.4      245   29.4 
          Information (3).......................................................    3,105      372   12.0      404   13.0     3,211      389   12.1      420   13.1 
                 Publishing, except internet....................................      833       58    7.0       63    7.5       850       62    7.3       65    7.7 
                 Motion pictures and sound recording............................      296       30   10.3       32   10.6       309       35   11.5       39   12.5 
                 Broadcasting, except internet..................................      522       31    5.9       40    7.6       588       51    8.7       62   10.6 
                 Telecommunications.............................................    1,183      245   20.7      261   22.1     1,186      233   19.7      246   20.8 
          Financial activities..................................................    8,841      168    1.9      206    2.3     8,858      174    2.0      215    2.4 
              Finance and insurance.............................................    6,503       92    1.4      123    1.9     6,531       99    1.5      129    2.0 
                   Finance......................................................    4,308       52    1.2       73    1.7     4,313       55    1.3       76    1.8 
                   Insurance....................................................    2,195       40    1.8       50    2.3     2,218       45    2.0       53    2.4 
              Real estate and rental and leasing................................    2,338       77    3.3       82    3.5     2,327       74    3.2       86    3.7 
          Professional and business services....................................   11,398      274    2.4      329    2.9    12,022      290    2.4      360    3.0 
              Professional and technical services...............................    6,601       90    1.4      116    1.8     6,962       98    1.4      147    2.1 
              Management, administrative, and waste services....................    4,798      184    3.8      213    4.4     5,060      191    3.8      213    4.2 
          Education and health services.........................................   17,853    1,483    8.3    1,694    9.5    18,120    1,591    8.8    1,815   10.0 
              Educational services..............................................    3,540      478   13.5      562   15.9     3,513      444   12.6      529   15.1 
              Health care and social assistance.................................   14,313    1,005    7.0    1,132    7.9    14,607    1,147    7.9    1,286    8.8 
          Leisure and hospitality...............................................   10,638      326    3.1      370    3.5    10,956      302    2.8      354    3.2 
              Arts, entertainment, and recreation...............................    1,781      112    6.3      126    7.1     1,966      122    6.2      138    7.0 
              Accommodation and food services...................................    8,857      214    2.4      244    2.8     8,990      180    2.0      217    2.4 
                  Accommodation.................................................    1,422      131    9.2      141    9.9     1,414      109    7.7      123    8.7 
                  Food services and drinking places.............................    7,436       83    1.1      103    1.4     7,575       70     .9       94    1.2 
          Other services (3)....................................................    5,689      177    3.1      198    3.5     5,510      159    2.9      181    3.3 
              Other services, except private households.........................    4,873      172    3.5      191    3.9     4,727      150    3.2      172    3.6 
                                                                                                                                                                    
       Public sector............................................................   20,392    7,378   36.2    8,172   40.1    21,053    7,557   35.9    8,373   39.8 
         Federal government.....................................................    3,381      960   28.4    1,139   33.7     3,423      916   26.8    1,079   31.5 
         State government.......................................................    6,102    1,843   30.2    2,049   33.6     6,384    1,943   30.4    2,168   34.0 
         Local government.......................................................   10,908    4,575   41.9    4,984   45.7    11,246    4,698   41.8    5,126   45.6 

       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 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time wage and salary workers.  Excluded are all self-employed workers regardless of whether
     or not their businesses are incorporated.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.