HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     43. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                    1997                                        1998                   
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
              Occupation and industry                                   Repre-                                      Repre-             
                                                   Total   Members of   sented      Non-       Total   Members of   sented      Non-   
                                                            unions(1)      by       union               unions(1)      by       union  
                                                                       unions(2)                                   unions(2)           
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                     OCCUPATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
     Managerial and professional specialty.....    $738       $776       $766       $731       $759       $789       $774       $756   
       Executive, administrative, and                                                                                                  
     managerial................................     725        757        752        721        755        801        789        753   
       Professional specialty..................     750        782        769        742        763        787        772        759   
                                                                                                                                       
     Technical, sales, and administrative                                                                                              
     support...................................     456        550        541        441        477        575        569        463   
       Technicians and related support.........     582        677        675        566        599        708        688        590   
       Sales occupations.......................     482        467        469        483        502        496        492        502   
       Administrative support, including                                                                                               
     clerical..................................     419        545        534        404        438        563        558        418   
                                                                                                                                       
     Service occupations.......................     313        516        505        293        327        557        542        305   
       Protective service......................     550        724        713        418        598        736        732        450   
       Service, except protective service......     293        398        393        283        305        403        402        295   
                                                                                                                                       
     Precision production, craft, and repair...     548        724        718        501        572        753        747        514   
                                                                                                                                       
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers......     401        572        561        365        415        585        580        381   
       Machine operators, assemblers, and                                                                                              
     inspectors................................     390        533        524        356        406        559        556        375   
       Transportation and material moving                                                                                              
     occupations...............................     498        658        642        451        510        655        644        468   
       Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,                                                                                          
     and     laborers..........................     329        509        506        310        351        514        514        326   
                                                                                                                                       
     Farming, forestry, and fishing............     295        505        475        290        302        471        462        299   
                                                                                                                                       
                      INDUSTRY                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                       
     Private wage and salary workers...........     486        609        602        471        505        625        619        493   
       Agriculture(3)..........................     306        (4)        (4)        305        315        (4)        (4)        314   
       Nonagricultural industries..............     490       $610       $603        476        509       $626       $620        496   
         Mining................................     680        717        717        668        684        733        723        673   
         Construction..........................     518        771        760        484        534        790        783        496   
                                                                                                                                       
         Manufacturing.........................     517        595        592        503        551        606        603        532   
           Durable goods.......................     548        619        616        523        581        629        625        566   
           Nondurable goods....................     484        536        529        470        507        565        562        495   
                                                                                                                                       
         Transportation and public utilities...     617        718        714        580        624        731        724        586   
           Transportation......................     573        702        697        513        570        704        695        519   
           Communications and public utilities.     709        746        743        690        727        763        760        699   
                                                                                                                                       
         Wholesale and retail trade............     391        457        451        387        410        480        476        405   
           Wholesale trade.....................     525        545        536        524        562        611        604        557   
           Retail trade........................     352        419        415        347        373        442        439        369   
                                                                                                                                       
         Finance, insurance, and real estate...     546        487        501        548        577        545        554        578   
         Services..............................     475        517        512        470        498        540        548        494   
                                                                                                                                       
     Government workers........................     605        681        671        530        620        694        688        558   
       Federal.................................     684        689        687        678        694        690        693        696   
       State...................................     584        628        621        540        596        646        638        563   
       Local...................................     592        697        682        479        612        712        702        501   

       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.
       4 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000.
          NOTE:    Data refer to the sole or principal job of full-time workers.  Excluded are all self-employed workers regardless of
     whether or not their business are incorporated.