HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
43. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation and industry                       
                                                                                                                                    
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          Occupation and industry           |         | Members | Repre-  |         |         | Members | Repre-  |                 
                                            |  Total  |   of    | sented  |  Non-   |  Total  |   of    | sented  |  Non-           
                                            |         |unions 1/|    by   |  union  |         |unions 1/|    by   |  union          
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                 OCCUPATION                                                                                                         
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Managerial and professional specialty.......|  $683   |  $729   |  $720   |  $672   |  $703   |  $745   |  $737   |  $694           
  Executive, administrative, and managerial.|   658   |   690   |   689   |   655   |   684   |   727   |   722   |   681           
  Professional specialty....................|   705   |   737   |   728   |   694   |   718   |   750   |   741   |   707           
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Technical, sales, and administrative support|   420   |   518   |   511   |   407   |   426   |   522   |   516   |   414           
  Technicians and related support...........|   534   |   629   |   622   |   521   |   558   |   629   |   619   |   542           
  Sales occupations.........................|   450   |   483   |   478   |   448   |   454   |   457   |   466   |   453           
  Administrative support, including clerical|   392   |   511   |   504   |   372   |   399   |   517   |   510   |   383           
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Service occupations.........................|   294   |   483   |   470   |   268   |   299   |   484   |   477   |   275           
  Protective service........................|   517   |   650   |   643   |   398   |   528   |   678   |   676   |   399           
  Service, except protective service........|   267   |   369   |   361   |   256   |   274   |   366   |   359   |   264           
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Precision production, craft, and repair.....|   504   |   672   |   663   |   458   |   519   |   688   |   684   |   478           
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Operators, fabricators, and laborers........|   373   |   514   |   510   |   327   |   380   |   524   |   519   |   338           
  Machine operators, assemblers, and        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |                 
  inspectors................................|   361   |   492   |   488   |   322   |   368   |   509   |   504   |   328           
  Transportation and material moving        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |                 
  occupations...............................|   461   |   600   |   594   |   410   |   476   |   612   |   606   |   420           
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and|         |         |         |         |         |         |         |                 
  laborers..................................|   311   |   478   |   476   |   288   |   319   |   480   |   473   |   297           
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Farming, forestry, and fishing..............|   282   |   416   |   406   |   273   |   287   |   404   |   404   |   280           
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                  INDUSTRY                                                                                                          
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Agricultural wage and salary workers........|   282   |   (3)   |   (3)   |   279   |   291   |   (3)   |   (3)   |   289           
Private nonagricultural wage and salary     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |                 
  workers...................................|   448   |  $562   |  $556   |   427   |   462   |  $573   |  $567   |   443           
  Mining....................................|   639   |   664   |   656   |   634   |   667   |   684   |   682   |   663           
  Construction..............................|   477   |   696   |   687   |   425   |   487   |   741   |   730   |   442           
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  Manufacturing.............................|   482   |   533   |   533   |   464   |   494   |   548   |   544   |   479           
    Durable goods...........................|   507   |   555   |   555   |   492   |   517   |   576   |   573   |   503           
    Nondurable goods........................|   438   |   503   |   501   |   420   |   454   |   506   |   504   |   438           
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  Transportation and public utilities.......|   584   |   665   |   657   |   531   |   590   |   676   |   673   |   545           
    Transportation..........................|   523   |   650   |   645   |   482   |   523   |   659   |   651   |   488           
    Communications and public utilities.....|   657   |   681   |   671   |   646   |   675   |   690   |   690   |   661           
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  Wholesale and retail trade................|   359   |   453   |   439   |   352   |   370   |   466   |   454   |   363           
    Wholesale trade.........................|   476   |   506   |   500   |   473   |   492   |   541   |   524   |   489           
    Retail trade............................|   322   |   425   |   414   |   318   |   333   |   425   |   419   |   325           
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  Finance, insurance, and real estate.......|   484   |   471   |   467   |   485   |   501   |   477   |   490   |   502           
  Services..................................|   425   |   485   |   488   |   420   |   444   |   489   |   491   |   440           
Government workers..........................|   564   |   623   |   617   |   493   |   575   |   638   |   633   |   500           
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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.                                        
   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.                                                                                                                 - 1 -