HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      
ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    

41. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                               1996                                        1997                   
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
              Characteristic                                       Repre-                                      Repre-             
                                              Total   Members of   sented      Non-       Total   Members of   sented      Non-   
                                                       unions(1)      by       union               unions(1)      by       union  
                                                                  unions(2)                                   unions(2)           
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
               SEX AND AGE                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Total, 16 years and over.................    $490       $615       $610       $462       $503       $640       $632       $478   
  16 to 24 years..........................     298        371        362        294        306        385        384        302   
  25 years and over.......................     520        625        621        498        540        655        648        511   
   25 to 34 years.........................     463        554        548        447        481        579        572        466   
   35 to 44 years.........................     559        636        632        530        579        675        666        548   
   45 to 54 years.........................     594        687        686        552        607        704        697        578   
   55 to 64 years.........................     535        620        616        505        558        661        657        512   
   65 years and over......................     384        510        510        367        393        614        609        374   
                                                                                                                                  
  Men, 16 years and over..................     557        653        651        520        579        683        679        539   
   16 to 24 years.........................     307        375        369        303        317        402        404        313   
   25 years and over......................     599        669        668        580        615        697        693        595   
    25 to 34 years........................     499        591        587        485        515        607        603        503   
    35 to 44 years........................     632        683        683        617        651        712        708        630   
    45 to 54 years........................     698        718        721        682        713        744        741        698   
    55 to 64 years........................     643        667        664        633        669        702        701        649   
    65 years and over.....................     477        589        593        424        452        677        672        415   
                                                                                                                                  
  Women, 16 years and over................     418        549        543        398        431        577        568        411   
   16 to 24 years.........................     284        358        339        280        292        353        351        289   
   25 years and over......................     444        560        555        420        462        587        581        437   
    25 to 34 years........................     415        497        495        405        427        521        514        416   
    35 to 44 years........................     463        561        556        439        482        592        585        461   
    45 to 54 years........................     481        620        616        445        495        627        620        465   
    55 to 64 years........................     420        524        523        395        433        582        575        408   
    65 years and over.....................     334        417        413        321        348        (3)        586        324   
                                                                                                                                  
      RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  
  White, 16 years and over................     506        635        630        480        519        663        654        494   
    Men...................................     580        675        673        544        595        699        695        569   
    Women.................................     428        572        564        408        444        595        587        421   
                                                                                                                                  
  Black, 16 years and over................     387        507        502        356        400        533        523        371   
    Men...................................     412        526        522        380        432        577        573        396   
    Women.................................     362        485        480        336        375        504        496        349   
                                                                                                                                  
  Hispanic origin, 16 years and over......     339        484        482        319        351        506        501        331   
    Men...................................     356        511        511        330        371        538        526        348   
    Women.................................     316        436        433        305        318        440        430        309   

  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 refer to the sole or principal job of full-time workers.  Excluded are self-employed workers whose businesses
are incorporated although they technically qualify as wage and salary workers.  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin
groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the
white and black population groups. Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household
survey.