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
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                 2006                                2007               
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                               Occupation and industry                                     Members  Repre-                     Members  Repre-          
                                                                                             of     sented    Non-               of     sented    Non-  
                                                                                   Total    unions     by     union    Total    unions     by     union 
                                                                                             (1)    unions                       (1)    unions          
                                                                                                      (2)                                 (2)           
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                     OCCUPATION                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
       Management, professional, and related occupations........................    $967     $966     $962     $968     $996     $996     $992     $996 
           Management, business, and financial operations occupations...........   1,045    1,042    1,060    1,044    1,080    1,066    1,072    1,081 
               Management occupations...........................................   1,127    1,144    1,154    1,125    1,161    1,172    1,165    1,160 
               Business and financial operations occupations....................     930      950      947      928      941      934      950      940 
           Professional and related occupations.................................     928      956      948      921      951      987      980      942 
               Computer and mathematical occupations............................   1,166    1,057    1,103    1,170    1,229    1,188    1,204    1,231 
               Architecture and engineering occupations.........................   1,155    1,148    1,157    1,155    1,213    1,179    1,178    1,221 
               Life, physical, and social science occupations...................     984    1,114    1,086      977    1,053    1,147    1,144    1,036 
               Community and social services occupations........................     740      886      872      707      755      920      909      732 
               Legal occupations................................................   1,144    1,422    1,415    1,136    1,148    1,180    1,151    1,148 
               Education, training, and library occupations.....................     819      929      917      725      841      959      947      742 
               Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......     841      968      964      823      829    1,000    1,009      807 
               Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................     905      995      979      889      920    1,005    1,019      906 
       Service occupations......................................................     422      638      629      404      454      666      654      421 
           Healthcare support occupations.......................................     423      484      481      417      454      502      502      446 
           Protective service occupations.......................................     693      918      913      585      719      954      946      610 
           Food preparation and serving related occupations.....................     371      484      482      366      385      502      495      379 
           Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations............     406      524      520      393      422      551      543      407 
           Personal care and service occupations................................     407      530      529      397      434      585      585      420 
       Sales and office occupations.............................................     589      706      697      578      598      717      715      587 
           Sales and related occupations........................................     628      671      656      627      643      648      648      643 
           Office and administrative support occupations........................     572      713      705      549      581      726      724      560 
       Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.............     653      934      925      608      670      973      961      617 
           Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........................     387     (3)      (3)       383      372     (3)      (3)       369 
           Construction and extraction occupations..............................     619      941      933      582      646      976      968      597 
           Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations....................     742      931      922      709      749      975      962      709 
       Production, transportation, and material moving occupations..............     557      741      733      519      577      759      753      540 
           Production occupations...............................................     559      730      723      525      581      761      755      552 
           Transportation and material moving occupations.......................     556      752      743      512      570      757      750      523 
                                                                                                                                                        
                                      INDUSTRY                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
       Private sector...........................................................     645      792      785      631      666      818      813      651 
       Agriculture and related industries.......................................     422     (3)      (3)       420      412     (3)      (3)       411 
       Nonagriculture and related industries....................................     648      793      786      634      670      819      814      654 
          Mining................................................................     912     (3)     1,044      899      969      960      950      975 
          Construction..........................................................     642      969      956      610      673    1,000      993      624 
          Manufacturing.........................................................     702      755      753      692      719      783      779      708 
              Durable goods ....................................................     729      785      780      719      744      818      815      732 
              Nondurable goods .................................................     650      694      697      640      669      714      712      659 
          Wholesale and retail trade............................................     578      637      632      575      587      639      632      584 
              Wholesale trade...................................................     725      780      778      720      720      756      753      717 
              Retail trade......................................................     520      583      582      518      538      608      601      532 
          Transportation and utilities..........................................     739      876      876      697      738      902      894      695 
              Transportation and warehousing....................................     700      831      828      661      696      846      835      657 
              Utilities.........................................................     978    1,041    1,051      939      994    1,056    1,052      954 
          Information (4).......................................................     871      998      990      841      891    1,000      994      867 
                 Publishing, except internet....................................     848     (3)       950      830      881      931      933      877 
                 Motion pictures and sound recording............................     813     (3)      (3)       748      889     (3)      (3)       797 
                 Broadcasting, except internet..................................     737     (3)      (3)       722      786     (3)     1,010      770 
                 Telecommunications.............................................     947      986      982      928      951    1,003    1,000      927 
          Financial activities..................................................     757      674      691      759      782      728      738      784 
              Finance and insurance.............................................     794      657      674      799      820      722      746      822 
                   Finance......................................................     811     (3)       673      817      835      717      773      836 
                   Insurance....................................................     767     (3)      (3)       769      795     (3)       735      799 
              Real estate and rental and leasing................................     663      701      700      660      691      739      718      690 
          Professional and business services....................................     749      744      752      749      783      800      822      782 
              Professional and technical services...............................     996      940      966      996    1,031      991    1,041    1,031 
              Management, administrative, and waste services....................     504      653      643      499      524      733      686      519 
          Education and health services.........................................     648      751      745      635      671      779      781      657 
              Educational services..............................................     750      816      806      737      766      824      812      754 
              Health care and social assistance.................................     620      703      700      614      644      752      762      632 
          Leisure and hospitality...............................................     417      538      533      412      440      580      572      431 
              Arts, entertainment, and recreation...............................     545      617      604      537      587      633      634      581 
              Accommodation and food services...................................     399      515      515      395      413      534      528      410 
                  Accommodation.................................................     490      567      570      481      492      554      546      481 
                  Food services and drinking places.............................     382      480      481      381      399      476      490      398 
          Other services (4)....................................................     568      816      794      550      581      803      789      574 
              Other services, except private households.........................     597      824      800      588      600      822      806      593 
                                                                                                                                                        
       Public sector............................................................     773      871      865      717      816      901      896      749 
         Federal government.....................................................     919      896      900      938      965      927      933      996 
         State government.......................................................     746      835      824      699      772      865      856      731 
         Local government.......................................................     754      876      868      656      787      907      899      688 

       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 are not shown where base is less than 50,000.
       4 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Data refer to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers.  Excluded are all self-employed workers regardless of
     whether or not their businesses are incorporated.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.