HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

Occupation and industry

2017 2018

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Total full-time wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $860 $1,041 $1,028 $829 $886 $1,051 $1,042 $860

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,224 1,215 1,206 1,227 1,246 1,229 1,222 1,250

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,327 1,276 1,276 1,329 1,355 1,318 1,334 1,356

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,392 1,349 1,361 1,395 1,429 1,401 1,425 1,430

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,174 1,188 1,163 1,174 1,216 1,159 1,164 1,221

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160 1,199 1,187 1,154 1,176 1,210 1,193 1,173

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,465 1,375 1,371 1,473 1,539 1,458 1,460 1,543

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478 1,479 1,473 1,479 1,484 1,516 1,529 1,479

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 1,286 1,297 1,338 1,276 1,270 1,331 1,323 1,262

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 1,035 1,035 866 913 1,076 1,083 880

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,443 1,550 1,577 1,428 1,467 1,593 1,503 1,464

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,002 1,157 1,144 900 1,002 1,151 1,136 909

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,066 1,354 1,334 1,041 1,086 1,277 1,205 1,074

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 1,124 1,244 1,239 1,103 1,140 1,292 1,288 1,122

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 792 774 518 569 802 781 541

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 577 573 539 561 618 618 552

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852 1,163 1,146 713 848 1,137 1,132 715

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 484 594 583 479 501 609 598 496

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 638 629 511 551 679 670 533

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 624 609 516 544 590 587 541

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718 829 814 710 742 835 828 735

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 806 813 761 798 774 766 800

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 834 815 688 717 850 843 703

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 1,146 1,132 750 824 1,181 1,176 782

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 – – 533 581 – – 581

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 1,136 1,124 734 808 1,178 1,172 759

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 878 1,187 1,176 822 934 1,208 1,204 891

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 922 902 662 707 924 913 680

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 895 878 678 723 935 923 699

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 681 949 926 640 689 913 902 657

INDUSTRY

Private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 984 971 816 861 999 989 848

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 – – 599 619 – – 619

Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833 986 974 820 865 1,001 991 853

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,257 – – 1,263 1,291 – – 1,269

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840 1,163 1,155 797 868 1,220 1,210 819

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 943 927 878 917 992 992 908

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 968 955 904 951 1,025 1,023 941

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837 892 871 830 858 923 931 843

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 758 753 702 722 759 743 721

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903 979 986 899 917 896 917 917

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 721 714 653 671 719 700 669

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888 1,147 1,121 828 901 1,106 1,091 864

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 1,053 1,016 781 838 1,024 1,014 808

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,325 1,432 1,432 1,254 1,292 1,329 1,327 1,271

Information4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,154 1,344 1,330 1,142 1,169 1,355 1,336 1,157

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,171 – – 1,167 1,153 – – 1,151

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . 1,189 – – 1,134 1,114 – – 1,027

Radio and television broadcasting and cable

subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 – – 959 1,056 – – 1,051

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,197 1,195 1,201 1,195 1,170 1,331 1,325 1,150

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,009 943 945 1,012 1,047 937 940 1,052

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,076 980 964 1,081 1,130 909 948 1,134

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125 – 1,010 1,126 1,155 914 940 1,159

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027 – 931 1,032 1,071 – 953 1,078

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839 918 931 833 897 979 921 896

See footnotes at end of table.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

industry — Continued

Occupation and industry

2017 2018

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,037 1,005 1,016 1,038 1,094 888 906 1,105

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,347 1,231 1,252 1,349 1,364 1,264 1,205 1,367

Management, administrative, and waste services. . . . . 629 873 842 622 664 711 711 661

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 978 964 831 860 984 978 845

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957 1,026 1,018 942 985 1,068 1,053 968

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 928 914 800 822 920 921 813

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 676 669 538 584 700 695 579

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 750 766 710 732 772 791 726

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 636 620 510 551 666 655 546

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 685 678 588 615 715 702 604

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 586 564 500 536 621 619 535

Other services4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 913 874 699 735 1,165 1,186 725

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . 722 924 890 717 764 1,171 1,195 754

Public sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986 1,104 1,096 917 999 1,099 1,094 936

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,176 1,138 1,146 1,213 1,166 1,076 1,112 1,228

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955 1,061 1,050 907 967 1,074 1,058 916

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 1,121 1,106 832 969 1,114 1,106 859

1 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.

2 Data refer to both union members and 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

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and

those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not

meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

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