HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

Occupation and industry

2020 2021

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Total full-time wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $984 $1,144 $1,138 $958 $998 $1,169 $1,158 $975

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,356 1,313 1,294 1,366 1,390 1,360 1,345 1,400

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,461 1,386 1,378 1,468 1,482 1,450 1,430 1,487

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,541 1,445 1,440 1,546 1,546 1,545 1,535 1,547

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,363 1,253 1,254 1,369 1,382 1,301 1,267 1,391

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,270 1,294 1,271 1,269 1,335 1,346 1,330 1,337

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,633 1,461 1,424 1,649 1,660 1,463 1,474 1,673

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575 1,723 1,652 1,568 1,641 1,770 1,745 1,633

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 1,336 1,378 1,417 1,327 1,407 1,336 1,348 1,416

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003 1,166 1,148 966 1,065 1,342 1,333 1,010

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,540 1,464 1,515 1,541 1,586 1,728 1,591 1,586

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,096 1,244 1,224 982 1,138 1,273 1,256 1,025

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,179 1,349 1,341 1,169 1,229 1,434 1,532 1,215

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 1,227 1,376 1,381 1,200 1,273 1,402 1,389 1,259

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 931 911 599 644 929 909 619

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606 689 682 600 637 705 711 629

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982 1,263 1,258 806 998 1,278 1,263 846

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 530 613 607 524 573 652 645 570

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 709 711 589 623 732 731 612

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 710 617 616 618 622 687 617

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 947 944 797 826 933 929 817

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 860 897 879 887 808 839 890

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 965 956 764 806 961 951 791

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905 1,227 1,215 844 919 1,262 1,237 872

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 – – 583 623 – – 615

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906 1,237 1,221 830 904 1,262 1,227 837

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 984 1,235 1,219 933 1,017 1,287 1,273 983

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746 954 938 720 774 968 954 746

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 923 911 753 809 957 944 789

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 719 979 967 691 738 976 961 713

INDUSTRY

Private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 959 1,089 1,084 948 973 1,098 1,080 965

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 – – 638 675 – – 673

Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964 1,090 1,086 954 978 1,100 1,082 969

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,444 – – 1,449 1,317 – – 1,315

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 1,254 1,234 920 966 1,344 1,322 922

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008 1,016 1,012 1,008 1,033 1,016 1,015 1,036

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,049 1,076 1,081 1,043 1,061 1,041 1,051 1,062

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946 914 900 953 995 981 976 998

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 791 780 768 790 776 773 791

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980 1,116 1,062 973 1,003 910 876 1,014

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 731 728 721 744 763 766 742

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963 1,215 1,197 912 973 1,199 1,170 934

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 1,138 1,117 849 914 1,147 1,120 883

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,405 1,533 1,535 1,343 1,390 1,482 1,425 1,369

Information4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,356 1,403 1,390 1,348 1,378 1,568 1,527 1,370

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,431 – – 1,439 1,271 – – 1,332

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . 1,149 – – 1,053 1,325 1,884 1,885 1,230

Broadcasting (except internet). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,118 – – 1,077 1,213 – – 1,199

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321 1,388 1,350 1,306 1,367 1,302 1,297 1,374

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,187 1,012 1,112 1,194 1,233 1,017 1,019 1,239

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266 1,003 1,125 1,270 1,317 1,012 1,037 1,328

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337 1,108 1,138 1,340 1,367 1,022 1,072 1,372

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,171 – 1,077 1,173 1,209 – 1,003 1,222

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,001 1,081 1,105 999 1,000 1,027 995 1,001

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,220 960 993 1,228 1,241 1,023 1,017 1,249

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

2020 2021

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,487 1,394 1,362 1,492 1,515 1,527 1,365 1,518

Management, administrative, and waste services. . . . . 726 781 770 724 742 766 767 740

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968 1,129 1,130 949 982 1,140 1,134 966

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,059 1,171 1,166 1,026 1,110 1,143 1,133 1,105

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 1,079 1,094 923 953 1,139 1,134 939

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 741 772 620 650 752 756 645

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849 850 892 845 824 904 864 818

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 723 723 589 618 725 735 615

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 – 813 643 691 735 752 683

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 690 660 580 609 709 725 607

Other services4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 1,174 1,143 812 858 1,200 1,166 847

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . 852 1,178 1,148 838 894 1,258 1,206 885

Public sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100 1,186 1,173 1,022 1,133 1,237 1,229 1,055

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,326 1,223 1,226 1,374 1,319 1,209 1,219 1,372

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051 1,157 1,151 979 1,088 1,231 1,224 1,007

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,054 1,196 1,174 939 1,102 1,246 1,235 969

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. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations

reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have

been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. 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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