HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


42.  Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                     2003                                    2004                 
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                              Members of     Represented              Members of     Represented  
                                                              unions (1)     by unions (2)            unions (1)     by unions (2)
             Occupation and industry                Total                                   Total                                 
                                                     em-                                     em-                                  
                                                    ployed         Percent         Percent  ployed         Percent         Percent
                                                            Total     of    Total     of            Total     of    Total     of  
                                                                     em-             em-                     em-             em-  
                                                                    ployed          ployed                  ployed          ployed
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                    OCCUPATION                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
Management, professional, and related occupations.  40,883   5,331   13.0    6,130   15.0   41,451   5,418   13.1    6,256   15.1 
  Management, business, and financial operations                                                                                
   occupations....................................  15,465     727    4.7      882    5.7   15,758     732    4.6      895    5.7 
    Management occupations........................  10,713     436    4.1      546    5.1   10,796     441    4.1      553    5.1 
    Business and financial operations occupations.   4,753     291    6.1      336    7.1    4,962     291    5.9      342    6.9 
  Professional and related occupations............  25,418   4,604   18.1    5,248   20.6   25,693   4,686   18.2    5,361   20.9 
    Computer and mathematical occupations.........   2,947     154    5.2      197    6.7    2,962     128    4.3      171    5.8 
    Architecture and engineering occupations......   2,592     202    7.8      240    9.2    2,597     209    8.0      246    9.5 
    Life, physical, and social science                                                                                        
     occupations..................................   1,203     108    9.0      136   11.3    1,204     106    8.8      129   10.7 
    Community and social services occupations.....   2,118     351   16.6      395   18.6    2,132     370   17.4      422   19.8 
    Legal occupations.............................   1,134      54    4.8       65    5.7    1,216      75    6.2       92    7.6 
    Education, training, and library occupations..   7,584   2,861   37.7    3,207   42.3    7,636   2,874   37.6    3,235   42.4 
    Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and                                                                             
     media occupations............................   1,879     140    7.5      157    8.4    1,894     162    8.6      184    9.7 
    Healthcare practitioner and technical                                                                                     
     occupations..................................   5,961     733   12.3      853   14.3    6,052     762   12.6      882   14.6 
Service occupations...............................  20,183   2,318   11.5    2,562   12.7   20,724   2,371   11.4    2,552   12.3 
  Healthcare support occupations..................   2,824     312   11.0      341   12.1    2,791     290   10.4      315   11.3 
  Protective service occupations..................   2,699     974   36.1    1,038   38.5    2,840   1,059   37.3    1,118   39.4 
  Food preparation and serving related                                                                                          
   occupations....................................   7,150     292    4.1      347    4.9    7,164     294    4.1      337    4.7 
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                                 
   occupations....................................   4,426     490   11.1      550   12.4    4,597     490   10.7      529   11.5 
  Personal care and service occupations...........   3,084     251    8.1      286    9.3    3,331     238    7.1      254    7.6 
Sales and office occupations......................  32,323   2,642    8.2    2,974    9.2   32,322   2,493    7.7    2,780    8.6 
  Sales and related occupations...................  13,378     533    4.0      599    4.5   13,527     488    3.6      548    4.1 
  Office and administrative support occupations...  18,945   2,109   11.1    2,375   12.5   18,795   2,005   10.7    2,232   11.9 
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                                  
 occupations......................................  11,894   2,288   19.2    2,409   20.3   12,081   2,222   18.4    2,343   19.4 
  Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations......     921      33    3.5       38    4.1      862      27    3.1       34    3.9 
  Construction and extraction occupations.........   6,412   1,394   21.7    1,457   22.7    6,680   1,312   19.6    1,370   20.5 
  Installation, maintenance, and repair                                                                                         
   occupations....................................   4,560     862   18.9      913   20.0    4,540     883   19.4      939   20.7 
Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                                   
 occupations......................................  17,074   3,196   18.7    3,374   19.8   16,976   2,968   17.5    3,156   18.6 
  Production occupations..........................   9,261   1,624   17.5    1,710   18.5    9,085   1,485   16.3    1,582   17.4 
  Transportation and material moving occupations..   7,814   1,572   20.1    1,664   21.3    7,891   1,483   18.8    1,574   20.0 
                                                                                                                                  
                     INDUSTRY                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
Private sector.................................... 102,648   8,452    8.2    9,264    9.0  103,584   8,205    7.9    8,956    8.6 
  Agriculture and related industries..............   1,089      17    1.6       23    2.1    1,023      23    2.2       30    2.9 
  Nonagricultural industries...................... 101,559   8,435    8.3    9,241    9.1  102,560   8,182    8.0    8,926    8.7 
    Mining........................................     504      46    9.1       53   10.5      496      57   11.4       58   11.7 
    Construction..................................   7,126   1,139   16.0    1,188   16.7    7,550   1,110   14.7    1,162   15.4 
    Manufacturing.................................  16,130   2,173   13.5    2,314   14.3   15,754   2,036   12.9    2,183   13.9 
      Durable goods...............................  10,049   1,411   14.0    1,497   14.9    9,885   1,316   13.3    1,407   14.2 
      Nondurable goods............................   6,081     762   12.5      817   13.4    5,869     720   12.3      776   13.2 
    Wholesale and retail trade....................  18,343   1,130    6.2    1,210    6.6   18,754   1,028    5.5    1,107    5.9 
      Wholesale trade.............................   3,878     197    5.1      213    5.5    4,083     189    4.6      214    5.2 
      Retail trade................................  14,466     933    6.4      997    6.9   14,671     839    5.7      893    6.1 
    Transportation and utilities..................   4,942   1,294   26.2    1,350   27.3    4,893   1,218   24.9    1,287   26.3 
      Transportation and warehousing..............   4,081   1,051   25.8    1,094   26.8    4,043     976   24.2    1,031   25.5 
      Utilities...................................     861     243   28.2      256   29.8      850     241   28.4      256   30.1 
    Information (3)...............................   3,297     448   13.6      481   14.6    3,058     433   14.2      470   15.4 
      Publishing, except Internet.................     781      58    7.4       60    7.7      778      52    6.7       59    7.6 
      Motion pictures and sound recording.........     333      40   12.0       46   13.8      329      52   15.7       54   16.4 
      Broadcasting, except Internet...............     489      45    9.2       48    9.7      502      47    9.3       53   10.5 
      Telecommunications..........................   1,414     296   21.0      316   22.3    1,218     273   22.4      292   24.0 
    Financial activities..........................   8,360     176    2.1      237    2.8    8,490     171    2.0      209    2.5 
      Finance and insurance.......................   6,246      98    1.6      142    2.3    6,301      96    1.5      124    2.0 
        Finance...................................   4,079      63    1.5       96    2.3    4,111      56    1.4       73    1.8 
        Insurance.................................   2,167      35    1.6       47    2.1    2,191      40    1.8       51    2.3 
        Real estate and rental and leasing........   2,114      77    3.7       95    4.5    2,188      76    3.5       85    3.9 
    Professional and business services............  10,588     243    2.3      312    2.9   10,815     246    2.3      306    2.8 
      Professional and technical services.........   6,146      88    1.4      125    2.0    6,263      70    1.1      102    1.6 
      Management, administrative, and waste                                                                                    
       services...................................   4,443     155    3.5      187    4.2    4,552     177    3.9      204    4.5 
    Education and health services.................  16,635   1,324    8.0    1,560    9.4   16,870   1,405    8.3    1,593    9.4 
      Educational services........................   3,062     371   12.1      452   14.8    3,243     421   13.0      475   14.6 
      Health care and social assistance...........  13,573     953    7.0    1,108    8.2   13,627     984    7.2    1,119    8.2 
    Leisure and hospitality.......................  10,207     281    2.8      333    3.3   10,326     319    3.1      368    3.6 
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation.........   1,764      95    5.4      111    6.3    1,777     114    6.4      123    6.9 
      Accommodation and food services.............   8,443     187    2.2      222    2.6    8,548     205    2.4      245    2.9 
        Accommodation.............................   1,396     116    8.3      126    9.0    1,431     117    8.2      132    9.2 
        Food services and drinking places.........   7,046      70    1.0       96    1.4    7,117      88    1.2      112    1.6 
    Other services (3)............................   5,425     181    3.3      203    3.7    5,556     158    2.8      183    3.3 
      Other services, except private households...   4,645     174    3.8      196    4.2    4,782     148    3.1      172    3.6 
                                                                                                                                
Public sector.....................................  19,710   7,324   37.2    8,185   41.5   19,970   7,267   36.4    8,131   40.7 
  Federal goverment...............................   3,247   1,004   30.9    1,196   36.8    3,298     985   29.9    1,153   35.0 
  State government................................   5,636   1,706   30.3    1,929   34.2    5,712   1,751   30.7    1,961   34.3 
  Local government................................  10,827   4,614   42.6    5,060   46.7   10,961   4,532   41.3    5,017   45.8 

  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 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Data refer to the
sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers.  Excluded are all self-employed workers regardless of whether or not their
businesses are incorporated.