HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

43. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry

Occupation and industry

2001 2002

Total Members of

unions1

Represented

 by unions2

Nonunion Total Members of

unions1

Represented

 by unions2

Nonunion

OCCUPATION

Managerial and professional specialty ..................... $859 $865 $860 $859 $884 $890 $884 $884

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. 865 869 881 863 890 892 903 889

 Professional specialty ............................................. 854 864 855 854 879 889 880 879

Technical, sales, and administrative support ............ 521 614 606 513 550 633 625 536

 Technicians and related support ............................ 673 731 737 663 694 775 762 682

 Sales occupations .................................................. 574 557 554 575 601 572 570 601

 Administrative support, including clerical ................ 486 598 588 472 503 613 608 490

Service occupations ................................................. 377 553 546 351 384 595 585 358

 Protective service ................................................... 628 807 794 518 647 820 811 519

 Service, except protective service .......................... 345 426 423 333 352 448 445 341

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 624 821 815 588 629 821 814 590

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ......................... 464 618 611 424 482 635 627 445

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... 454 585 579 419 474 616 608 440

 Transportation and material moving occupations ... 572 722 714 520 579 728 716 525

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and 

 laborers ............................................................... 387 529 522 368 400 555 549 381

Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................... 351 588 580 342 363 548 524 357

INDUSTRY

Private wage and salary workers .............................. 578 682 674 563 591 701 691 581

 Agriculture .............................................................. 368 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 367 372 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 371

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 582 $683 $675 569 595 $702 $692 585

 Mining ................................................................... 791 815 815 784 822 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 825

 Construction ......................................................... 605 865 853 562 599 $845 $836 559

 Manufacturing ....................................................... 610 642 638 604 624 654 653 619

 Durable goods .................................................... 631 674 668 622 647 675 673 640

 Nondurable goods .............................................. 580 604 602 573 595 613 614 591

 Transportation and public utilities ......................... 704 796 791 668 706 810 805 664

 Transportation .................................................... 643 781 775 609 642 782 778 605

 Communications and public utilities ................... 793 816 813 781 810 857 850 785

 Wholesale and retail trade .................................... 466 539 525 462 480 552 540 477

 Wholesale trade .................................................. 622 653 659 620 626 664 659 623

 Retail trade ......................................................... 420 494 486 417 434 505 497 430

 Finance, insurance, and real estate ..................... 655 587 598 657 676 598 601 681

 Services ................................................................ 579 598 597 578 596 650 645 592

Government workers ................................................ 684 753 748 620 708 770 767 640

 Federal ................................................................... 771 761 767 775 795 780 788 809

 State ....................................................................... 650 718 712 610 675 738 735 631

 Local ....................................................................... 667 764 755 580 688 782 773 597

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 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-time

workers. Excluded are all self-employed workers regardless of whether or not

their businesses are incorporated.