HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     42. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                          1995                                    1996                 
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                   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.............  29,827   4,116   13.8    4,909   16.5   30,942   4,196   13.6    4,977   16.1 
       Executive, administrative, and managerial.......  13,840     804    5.8    1,017    7.4   14,263     785    5.5    1,005    7.0 
       Professional specialty..........................  15,987   3,312   20.7    3,892   24.3   16,679   3,410   20.4    3,972   23.8 
                                                                                                                                       
     Technical, sales, and administrative support......  33,842   3,364    9.9    3,883   11.5   34,187   3,231    9.5    3,742   10.9 
       Technicians and related support.................   3,795     448   11.8      526   13.9    3,828     409   10.7      492   12.8 
       Sales occupations...............................  12,427     561    4.5      651    5.2   12,658     541    4.3      616    4.9 
       Administrative support, including clerical......  17,620   2,355   13.4    2,706   15.4   17,701   2,281   12.9    2,634   14.9 
                                                                                                                                       
     Service occupations...............................  15,648   2,112   13.5    2,356   15.1   15,897   2,103   13.2    2,331   14.7 
       Protective service..............................   2,236     900   40.2      978   43.7    2,154     852   39.5      909   42.2 
       Service, except protective service..............  13,412   1,213    9.0    1,378   10.3   13,743   1,251    9.1    1,421   10.3 
                                                                                                                                       
     Precision production, craft, and repair...........  11,563   2,692   23.3    2,866   24.8   11,615   2,648   22.8    2,804   24.1 
                                                                                                                                       
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers..............  17,304   3,983   23.0    4,229   24.4   17,428   4,000   23.0    4,201   24.1 
       Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...   7,639   1,780   23.3    1,892   24.8    7,584   1,752   23.1    1,838   24.2 
       Transportation and material moving occupations..   4,736   1,224   25.9    1,294   27.3    4,862   1,243   25.6    1,313   27.0 
       Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                                                      
     laborers..........................................   4,929     978   19.9    1,044   21.2    4,981   1,005   20.2    1,050   21.1 
                                                                                                                                       
     Farming, forestry, and fishing....................   1,855      91    4.9      104    5.6    1,892      92    4.9      104    5.5 
                                                                                                                                       
                          INDUSTRY                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                       
     Agricultural wage and salary workers..............   1,575      33    2.1       43    2.7    1,710      32    1.9       37    2.2 
     Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers...  90,121   9,400   10.4   10,318   11.4   92,059   9,385   10.2   10,293   11.2 
       Mining..........................................     609      84   13.8       88   14.4      538      76   14.1       81   15.0 
       Construction....................................   5,135     908   17.7      963   18.8    5,387     994   18.5    1,033   19.2 
                                                                                                                                       
       Manufacturing...................................  19,520   3,440   17.6    3,657   18.7   19,653   3,387   17.2    3,603   18.3 
         Durable goods.................................  11,424   2,153   18.8    2,286   20.0   11,642   2,157   18.5    2,282   19.6 
         Nondurable goods..............................   8,096   1,286   15.9    1,371   16.9    8,011   1,230   15.4    1,320   16.5 
                                                                                                                                       
       Transportation and public utilities.............   6,573   1,792   27.3    1,911   29.1    6,623   1,757   26.5    1,873   28.3 
         Transportation................................   3,957   1,065   26.9    1,118   28.3    4,006   1,080   27.0    1,136   28.4 
         Communications and public utilities...........   2,616     726   27.8      793   30.3    2,617     677   25.9      737   28.2 
                                                                                                                                       
       Wholesale and retail trade......................  23,028   1,401    6.1    1,550    6.7   23,638   1,331    5.6    1,471    6.2 
         Wholesale trade...............................   4,251     283    6.6      319    7.5    4,357     271    6.2      292    6.7 
         Retail trade..................................  18,777   1,118    6.0    1,231    6.6   19,280   1,059    5.5    1,179    6.1 
                                                                                                                                       
       Finance, insurance, and real estate.............   6,745     139    2.1      173    2.6    6,863     168    2.4      210    3.1 
       Services........................................  28,511   1,636    5.7    1,976    6.9   29,357   1,672    5.7    2,024    6.9 
     Government workers................................  18,342   6,926   37.8    7,985   43.5   18,191   6,852   37.7    7,827   43.0 

       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.
          NOTE:    Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers.  Excluded are self-employed workers whose
     businesses are incorporated although they technically qualify as wage and salary workers.