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
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                             2007                                2008               
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                     Occupation and industry                           Members  Repre-                     Members  Repre-          
                                                                         of     sented    Non-               of     sented    Non-  
                                                               Total    unions     by     union    Total    unions     by     union 
                                                                         (1)    unions     (3)               (1)    unions     (3)  
                                                                                  (2)                                 (2)           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                    
                           OCCUPATION                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                    
       Management, professional, and related occupations....    $996     $996     $992     $996   $1,025   $1,028   $1,017   $1,028 
           Management, business, and financial operations                                                                           
             occupations....................................   1,080    1,066    1,072    1,081    1,128    1,113    1,120    1,129 
               Management occupations.......................   1,161    1,172    1,165    1,160    1,204    1,235    1,236    1,199 
               Business and financial operations occupations     941      934      950      940      974      925      943      978 
           Professional and related occupations.............     951      987      980      942      980    1,018    1,004      973 
               Computer and mathematical occupations........   1,229    1,188    1,204    1,231    1,242    1,149    1,139    1,248 
               Architecture and engineering occupations.....   1,213    1,179    1,178    1,221    1,244    1,223    1,243    1,244 
               Life, physical, and social science                                                                                   
                occupations.................................   1,053    1,147    1,144    1,036    1,035    1,169    1,144    1,018 
               Community and social services occupations....     755      920      909      732      788      983      978      743 
               Legal occupations............................   1,148    1,180    1,151    1,148    1,174    1,186    1,265    1,169 
               Education, training, and library occupations      841      959      947      742      866      974      957      765 
               Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and                                                                             
                media occupations............................    829    1,000    1,009      807      882    1,110    1,098      858 
               Healthcare practitioner and technical                                                                                
                occupations.................................     920    1,005    1,019      906      962    1,070    1,061      943 
       Service occupations..................................     454      666      654      421      475      691      679      440 
           Healthcare support occupations...................     454      502      502      446      465      526      526      457 
           Protective service occupations...................     719      954      946      610      748      990      983      620 
           Food preparation and serving related occupations      385      502      495      379      402      502      496      398 
           Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                            
             occupations....................................     422      551      543      407      431      596      593      412 
           Personal care and service occupations............     434      585      585      420      475      580      570      463 
       Sales and office occupations.........................     598      717      715      587      614      741      736      603 
           Sales and related occupations....................     643      648      648      643      656      679      683      655 
           Office and administrative support occupations....     581      726      724      560      601      749      744      585 
       Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                             
         occupations........................................     670      973      961      617      702      990      984      647 
           Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......     372     (4)      (4)       369      420     (4)      (4)       418 
           Construction and extraction occupations..........     646      976      968      597      688      992      989      621 
           Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations     749      975      962      709      774    1,002      994      729 
       Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                              
         occupations........................................     577      759      753      540      594      777      770      560 
           Production occupations...........................     581      761      755      552      595      765      759      567 
           Transportation and material moving occupations...     570      757      750      523      593      789      779      550 
                                                                                                                                    
                            INDUSTRY                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                    
       Private sector.......................................    $666     $818     $813     $651     $694     $838     $829     $680 
         Agriculture and related industries.................     412     (4)      (4)       411      444     (4)      (4)       446 
         Nonagriculture and related industries..............     670      819      814      654      698      840      831      683 
            Mining..........................................     969      960      950      975    1,007    1,024    1,032    1,003 
            Construction....................................     673    1,000      993      624      712    1,014    1,012      668 
            Manufacturing...................................     719      783      779      708      741      796      795      733 
                Durable goods manufacturing.................     744      818      815      732      772      829      827      763 
                Nondurable goods manufacturing..............     669      714      712      659      685      729      729      675 
            Wholesale and retail trade......................     587      639      632      584      603      643      638      601 
                Wholesale trade.............................     720      756      753      717      741      775      763      739 
                Retail trade................................     538      608      601      532      564      598      596      561 
            Transportation and utilities....................     738      902      894      695      787      958      950      747 
                Transportation and warehousing..............     696      846      835      657      744      897      895      710 
                Utilities...................................     994    1,056    1,052      954    1,061    1,161    1,142    1,010 
            Information (5).................................     891    1,000      994      867      898    1,011    1,001      871 
                Publishing, except Internet.................     881      931      933      877      856     (4)       979      846 
                Motion pictures and sound recording.........     889     (4)      (4)       797      883     (4)      (4)       800 
                Broadcasting, except Internet...............     786     (4)      (4)       770      806     (4)       944      794 
                Telecommunications..........................     951    1,003    1,000      927      969    1,006    1,000      953 
            Financial activities............................     782      728      738      784      814      782      782      816 
                Finance and insurance.......................     820      722      746      822      857      762      774      859 
                     Finance................................     835      717      773      836      864     (4)       829      865 
                     Insurance..............................     795     (4)       735      799      846     (4)      (4)       849 
                Real estate and rental and leasing..........     691      739      718      690      703      789      783      696 
            Professional and business services..............     783      800      822      782      835      814      817      836 
                Professional and technical services.........   1,031      991    1,041    1,031    1,065    1,129    1,140    1,064 
                Management, administrative, and waste                                                                               
                 services....................................    524      733      686      519      544      682      695      538 
            Education and health services...................     671      779      781      657      685      795      798      671 
                Educational services........................     766      824      812      754      773      892      868      762 
                Health care and social assistance...........     644      752      762      632      661      756      768      652 
            Leisure and hospitality.........................     440      580      572      431      470      584      575      462 
                Arts, entertainment, and recreation.........     587      633      634      581      590      651      638      586 
                Accommodation and food services.............     413      534      528      410      435      563      552      427 
                    Accommodation...........................     492      554      546      481      508      605      602      494 
                    Food services and drinking places.......     399      476      490      398      417      497      491      416 
            Other services (5)..............................     581      803      789      574      610      878      810      606 
                Other services, except private households...     600      822      806      593      629      893      849      622 
                                                                                                                                    
         Public sector......................................     816      901      896      749      842      923      918      766 
           Federal..........................................     965      927      933      996      972      949      959      989 
           State............................................     772      865      856      731      812      900      889      753 
           Local............................................     787      907      899      688      814      925      917      719 

       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 refer to workers who are neither members of a union nor represented by a union on their job.
       4 Data are not shown where base is less than 50,000.
       5 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.