HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

43. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry

Occupation and industry

1997 1998

Total Members of

unions1

Represented

 by unions2

Nonunion Total Members of

unions1

Represented

 by unions2

Nonunion

OCCUPATION

Managerial and professional specialty ..................... $738 $776 $766 $731 $759 $789 $774 $756

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. 725 757 752 721 755 801 789 753

 Professional specialty ............................................. 750 782 769 742 763 787 772 759

Technical, sales, and administrative support ............ 456 550 541 441 477 575 569 463

 Technicians and related support ............................ 582 677 675 566 599 708 688 590

 Sales occupations .................................................. 482 467 469 483 502 496 492 502

 Administrative support, including clerical ................ 419 545 534 404 438 563 558 418

Service occupations ................................................. 313 516 505 293 327 557 542 305

 Protective service ................................................... 550 724 713 418 598 736 732 450

 Service, except protective service .......................... 293 398 393 283 305 403 402 295

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 548 724 718 501 572 753 747 514

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ......................... 401 572 561 365 415 585 580 381

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... 390 533 524 356 406 559 556 375

 Transportation and material moving occupations ... 498 658 642 451 510 655 644 468

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and 

laborers ..................................................................... 329 509 506 310 351 514 514 326

Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................... 295 505 475 290 302 471 462 299

INDUSTRY

Private wage and salary workers .............................. 486 609 602 471 505 625 619 493

 Agriculture3 ............................................................. 306 4 ( ) 4 ( ) 305 315 4 ( ) 4 ( ) 314

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 490 $610 $603 476 509 $626 $620 496

 Mining ................................................................... 680 717 717 668 684 733 723 673

 Construction ......................................................... 518 771 760 484 534 790 783 496

 Manufacturing ....................................................... 517 595 592 503 551 606 603 532

 Durable goods .................................................... 548 619 616 523 581 629 625 566

 Nondurable goods .............................................. 484 536 529 470 507 565 562 495

 Transportation and public utilities ......................... 617 718 714 580 624 731 724 586

 Transportation .................................................... 573 702 697 513 570 704 695 519

 Communications and public utilities ................... 709 746 743 690 727 763 760 699

 Wholesale and retail trade .................................... 391 457 451 387 410 480 476 405

 Wholesale trade .................................................. 525 545 536 524 562 611 604 557

 Retail trade ......................................................... 352 419 415 347 373 442 439 369

 Finance, insurance, and real estate ..................... 546 487 501 548 577 545 554 578

 Services ................................................................ 475 517 512 470 498 540 548 494

Government workers ................................................ 605 681 671 530 620 694 688 558

 Federal ................................................................... 684 689 687 678 694 690 693 696

 State ....................................................................... 584 628 621 540 596 646 638 563

 Local ....................................................................... 592 697 682 479 612 712 702 501

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 for 1997 have been corrected.

4 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

businesses are incorporated. Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new

composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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