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
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                    1998                                        1999                   
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                   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.................    $523       $659       $653       $499       $549       $672       $667       $516   
       16 to 24 years..........................     319        415        410        315        341        437        433        335   
       25 years and over.......................     572        673        667        537        592        688        683        569   
        25 to 34 years.........................     502        595        591        489        518        604        601        506   
        35 to 44 years.........................     597        683        678        576        611        691        687        594   
        45 to 54 years.........................     620        716        712        592        652        750        745        617   
        55 to 64 years.........................     592        697        692        560        604        696        697        582   
        65 years and over......................     405        610        597        383        404        616        623        381   
                                                                                                                                       
       Men, 16 years and over..................     598        699        696        573        618        711        708        599   
        16 to 24 years.........................     334        430        424        326        356        449        443        348   
        25 years and over......................     639        712        709        617        668        727        726        648   
         25 to 34 years........................     544        618        615        524        577        627        623        560   
         35 to 44 years........................     677        722        719        660        702        735        734        691   
         45 to 54 years........................     732        755        755        719        763        789        787        751   
         55 to 64 years........................     699        738        737        674        725        735        737        718   
         65 years and over.....................     482        657        659        445        470        666        665        421   
                                                                                                                                       
       Women, 16 years and over................     456        596        593        430        473        608        606        449   
        16 to 24 years.........................     305        389        382        301        324        418        416        321   
        25 years and over......................     485        605        602        463        497        618        616        477   
         25 to 34 years........................     451        542        542        439        470        557        555        457   
         35 to 44 years........................     498        605        605        479        503        612        611        486   
         45 to 54 years........................     516        651        645        488        534        686        679        502   
         55 to 64 years........................     476        602        596        448        492        623        621        467   
         65 years and over.....................     350        (3)        522        329        370        567        596        329   
                                                                                                                                       
           RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
       White, 16 years and over................     545       $683        678        513        573        692        689        534   
         Men...................................     615        719        716        591        638        731        730        615   
         Women.................................     468        610        607        443        483        619        618        461   
                                                                                                                                       
       Black, 16 years and over................     426        578        572        398        445        575        575        415   
         Men...................................     468        597        592        424        488        588        589        459   
         Women.................................     400        537        533        376        409        548        545        388   
                                                                                                                                       
       Hispanic origin, 16 years and over......     370        540        541        350        385        561        559        363   
         Men...................................     390        585        584        367        406        604        597        384   
         Women.................................     337        478        481        322        348        490        490        329   

       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 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.