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
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                    1998                                        1999                   
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
              Occupation and industry                                   Repre-                                      Repre-             
                                                   Total   Members of   sented      Non-       Total   Members of   sented      Non-   
                                                            unions(1)      by       union               unions(1)      by       union  
                                                                       unions(2)                                   unions(2)           
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                     OCCUPATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
     Managerial and professional specialty.....    $759       $789       $774       $756       $797       $826       $819       $792   
       Executive, administrative, and                                                                                                  
     managerial................................     755        801        789        753        792        823        829        789   
       Professional specialty..................     763        787        772        759        800        826        817        794   
                                                                                                                                       
     Technical, sales, and administrative                                                                                              
     support...................................     477        575        569        463        488        583        580        477   
       Technicians and related support.........     599        708        688        590        618        714        711        608   
       Sales occupations.......................     502        496        492        502        523        513        519        523   
       Administrative support, including                                                                                               
     clerical..................................     438        563        558        418        447        574        564        429   
                                                                                                                                       
     Service occupations.......................     327        557        542        305        336        536        529        314   
       Protective service......................     598        736        732        450        592        737        728        477   
       Service, except protective service......     305        403        402        295        311        412        409        303   
                                                                                                                                       
     Precision production, craft, and repair...     572        753        747        514        594        755        747        546   
                                                                                                                                       
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers......     415        585        580        381        429        591        584        398   
       Machine operators, assemblers, and                                                                                              
     inspectors................................     406        559        556        375        423        572        566        394   
       Transportation and material moving                                                                                              
     occupations...............................     510        655        644        468        513        668        657        478   
       Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,                                                                                          
     and     laborers..........................     351        514        514        326        363        507        499        340   
                                                                                                                                       
     Farming, forestry, and fishing............     302        471        462        299        331        512        514        322   
                                                                                                                                       
                      INDUSTRY                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                       
     Private wage and salary workers...........     505        625        619        493        521        633        627        510   
       Agriculture.............................     315        (3)        (3)        314        340        (3)        (3)        337   
       Nonagricultural industries..............     509       $626       $620        496        525       $634       $628        513   
         Mining................................     684        733        723        673        734        710        731        735   
         Construction..........................     534        790        783        496        552        778        772        509   
                                                                                                                                       
         Manufacturing.........................     551        606        603        532        576        614        611        561   
           Durable goods.......................     581        629        625        566        594        628        625        584   
           Nondurable goods....................     507        565        562        495        529        584        579        518   
                                                                                                                                       
         Transportation and public utilities...     624        731        724        586        651        748        742        613   
           Transportation......................     570        704        695        519        596        727        718        551   
           Communications and public utilities.     727        763        760        699        751        773        770        738   
                                                                                                                                       
         Wholesale and retail trade............     410        480        476        405        421        499        492        418   
           Wholesale trade.....................     562        611        604        557        573        584        570        573   
           Retail trade........................     373        442        439        369        391        472        463        387   
                                                                                                                                       
         Finance, insurance, and real estate...     577        545        554        578        598        582        587        599   
         Services..............................     498        540        548        494        517        554        563        515   
                                                                                                                                       
     Government workers........................     620        694        688        558        641        714        709        585   
       Federal.................................     694        690        693        696        729        721        723        737   
       State...................................     596        646        638        563        615        683        677        578   
       Local...................................     612        712        702        501        623        726        720        525   

       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 all self-employed workers regardless of
     whether or not their business are incorporated.