HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     41. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                    1997                                        1998                   
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                   Characteristic                                       Repre-                                      Repre-             
                                                   Total   Members of   sented      Non-       Total   Members of   sented      Non-   
                                                            unions(1)      by       union               unions(1)      by       union  
                                                                       unions(2)                                   unions(2)           
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                    SEX AND AGE                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
      Total, 16 years and over.................    $503       $640       $632       $478       $523       $659       $653       $499   
       16 to 24 years..........................     306        385        384        302        319        415        410        315   
       25 years and over.......................     540        655        648        511        572        673        667        537   
        25 to 34 years.........................     481        579        572        466        502        595        591        489   
        35 to 44 years.........................     579        675        666        548        597        683        678        576   
        45 to 54 years.........................     607        704        697        578        620        716        712        592   
        55 to 64 years.........................     558        661        657        512        592        697        692        560   
        65 years and over......................     393        614        609        374        405        610        597        383   
                                                                                                                                       
       Men, 16 years and over..................     579        683        679        539        598        699        696        573   
        16 to 24 years.........................     317        402        404        313        334        430        424        326   
        25 years and over......................     615        697        693        595        639        712        709        617   
         25 to 34 years........................     515        607        603        503        544        618        615        524   
         35 to 44 years........................     651        712        708        630        677        722        719        660   
         45 to 54 years........................     713        744        741        698        732        755        755        719   
         55 to 64 years........................     669        702        701        649        699        738        737        674   
         65 years and over.....................     452        677        672        415        482        657        659        445   
                                                                                                                                       
       Women, 16 years and over................     431        577        568        411        456        596        593        430   
        16 to 24 years.........................     292        353        351        289        305        389        382        301   
        25 years and over......................     462        587        581        437        485        605        602        463   
         25 to 34 years........................     427        521        514        416        451        542        542        439   
         35 to 44 years........................     482        592        585        461        498        605        605        479   
         45 to 54 years........................     495        627        620        465        516        651        645        488   
         55 to 64 years........................     433        582        575        408        476        602        596        448   
         65 years and over.....................     348        (3)        586        324        350        548        522        329   
                                                                                                                                       
           RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
       White, 16 years and over................     519       $663        654        494        545        683        678        513   
         Men...................................     595        699        695        569        615        719        716        591   
         Women.................................     444        595        587        421        468        610        607        443   
                                                                                                                                       
       Black, 16 years and over................     400        533        523        371        426        578        572        398   
         Men...................................     432        577        573        396        468        597        592        424   
         Women.................................     375        504        496        349        400        537        533        376   
                                                                                                                                       
       Hispanic origin, 16 years and over......     351        506        501        331        370        540        541        350   
         Men...................................     371        538        526        348        390        585        584        367   
         Women.................................     318        440        430        309        337        478        481        322   

       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.Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because
     data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.
     Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household
     survey.