HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
42. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry                                                
                                                                                                                                    
(Numbers in thousands)                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                    
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                                            |                 1994                  |                 1995                          
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                                            |       |  Members of   |  Represented  |       |  Members of   |  Represented          
                                            |       |   unions 1/   |  by unions 2/ |       |   unions 1/   |  by unions 2/          
          Occupation and industry           | Total |               |               | Total |               |                       
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                                            |ployed |       |Percent|       |Percent|ployed |       |Percent|       |Percent        
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                                            |       |       |ployed |       |ployed |       |       |ployed |       |ployed         
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                 OCCUPATION                                                                                                         
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Managerial and professional specialty.......| 28,568|  4,100|  14.4 |  4,937|  17.3 | 29,827|  4,116|  13.8 |  4,909|  16.5         
  Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 13,123|    826|   6.3 |  1,072|   8.2 | 13,840|    804|   5.8 |  1,017|   7.4         
  Professional specialty....................| 15,446|  3,273|  21.2 |  3,865|  25.0 | 15,987|  3,312|  20.7 |  3,892|  24.3         
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Technical, sales, and administrative support| 33,509|  3,466|  10.3 |  4,041|  12.1 | 33,842|  3,364|   9.9 |  3,883|  11.5         
  Technicians and related support...........|  3,766|    429|  11.4 |    506|  13.4 |  3,795|    448|  11.8 |    526|  13.9         
  Sales occupations.........................| 11,981|    583|   4.9 |    660|   5.5 | 12,427|    561|   4.5 |    651|   5.2         
  Administrative support, including clerical| 17,762|  2,454|  13.8 |  2,875|  16.2 | 17,620|  2,355|  13.4 |  2,706|  15.4         
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Service occupations.........................| 15,597|  2,226|  14.3 |  2,443|  15.7 | 15,648|  2,112|  13.5 |  2,356|  15.1         
  Protective service........................|  2,234|    927|  41.5 |    986|  44.1 |  2,236|    900|  40.2 |    978|  43.7         
  Service, except protective service........| 13,364|  1,299|   9.7 |  1,458|  10.9 | 13,412|  1,213|   9.0 |  1,378|  10.3         
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Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 11,354|  2,718|  23.9 |  2,911|  25.6 | 11,563|  2,692|  23.3 |  2,866|  24.8         
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Operators, fabricators, and laborers........| 17,142|  4,135|  24.1 |  4,395|  25.6 | 17,304|  3,983|  23.0 |  4,229|  24.4         
  Machine operators, assemblers, and        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |               
  inspectors................................|  7,510|  1,829|  24.4 |  1,948|  25.9 |  7,639|  1,780|  23.3 |  1,892|  24.8         
  Transportation and material moving        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |               
  occupations...............................|  4,740|  1,232|  26.0 |  1,306|  27.5 |  4,736|  1,224|  25.9 |  1,294|  27.3         
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |               
  laborers..................................|  4,892|  1,074|  21.9 |  1,141|  23.3 |  4,929|    978|  19.9 |  1,044|  21.2         
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Farming, forestry, and fishing..............|  1,820|    104|   5.7 |    122|   6.7 |  1,855|     91|   4.9 |    104|   5.6         
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                  INDUSTRY                                                                                                          
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Agricultural wage and salary workers........|  1,487|     34|   2.3 |     42|   2.8 |  1,575|     33|   2.1 |     43|   2.7         
Private nonagricultural wage and salary     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |               
  workers...................................| 88,163|  9,620|  10.9 | 10,612|  12.0 | 90,121|  9,400|  10.4 | 10,318|  11.4         
  Mining....................................|    652|    102|  15.7 |    111|  17.1 |    609|     84|  13.8 |     88|  14.4         
  Construction..............................|  4,866|    916|  18.8 |    966|  19.9 |  5,135|    908|  17.7 |    963|  18.8         
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  Manufacturing.............................| 19,267|  3,514|  18.2 |  3,787|  19.7 | 19,520|  3,440|  17.6 |  3,657|  18.7         
    Durable goods...........................| 11,285|  2,153|  19.1 |  2,327|  20.6 | 11,424|  2,153|  18.8 |  2,286|  20.0         
    Nondurable goods........................|  7,983|  1,361|  17.0 |  1,460|  18.3 |  8,096|  1,286|  15.9 |  1,371|  16.9         
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  Transportation and public utilities.......|  6,512|  1,848|  28.4 |  1,997|  30.7 |  6,573|  1,792|  27.3 |  1,911|  29.1         
    Transportation..........................|  3,925|  1,090|  27.8 |  1,152|  29.3 |  3,957|  1,065|  26.9 |  1,118|  28.3         
    Communications and public utilities.....|  2,587|    758|  29.3 |    846|  32.7 |  2,616|    726|  27.8 |    793|  30.3         
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  Wholesale and retail trade................| 22,319|  1,379|   6.2 |  1,524|   6.8 | 23,028|  1,401|   6.1 |  1,550|   6.7         
    Wholesale trade.........................|  3,991|    260|   6.5 |    289|   7.2 |  4,251|    283|   6.6 |    319|   7.5         
    Retail trade............................| 18,328|  1,120|   6.1 |  1,236|   6.7 | 18,777|  1,118|   6.0 |  1,231|   6.6         
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  Finance, insurance, and real estate.......|  6,897|    156|   2.3 |    215|   3.1 |  6,745|    139|   2.1 |    173|   2.6         
  Services..................................| 27,649|  1,704|   6.2 |  2,012|   7.3 | 28,511|  1,636|   5.7 |  1,976|   6.9         
Government workers..........................| 18,339|  7,094|  38.7 |  8,195|  44.7 | 18,342|  6,926|  37.8 |  7,985|  43.5         
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   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.