HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

Occupation and industry

2010 2011

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Total full-time wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 747 $ 917 $ 911 $ 717 $ 756 $ 938 $ 934 $ 729

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,063 1,059 1,055 1,064 1,082 1,090 1,082 1,082

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,155 1,138 1,145 1,156 1,160 1,169 1,171 1,159

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,230 1,161 1,187 1,231 1,237 1,287 1,300 1,232

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 1,036 1,082 1,048 1,035 1,038 999 999 1,042

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008 1,047 1,040 998 1,029 1,074 1,064 1,017

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,289 1,062 1,074 1,311 1,305 1,156 1,169 1,324

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255 1,238 1,285 1,252 1,315 1,304 1,325 1,314

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 1,062 1,166 1,160 1,038 1,108 1,229 1,218 1,085

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802 980 955 759 813 993 1,000 771

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,213 1,329 1,358 1,199 1,277 1,222 1,376 1,273

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 1,023 1,008 811 919 1,038 1,020 814

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920 999 1,015 915 929 1,179 1,152 910

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . . . 986 1,095 1,098 967 995 1,132 1,125 975

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 723 707 447 486 742 732 455

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 514 503 467 487 519 518 484

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 995 980 629 757 1,008 1,004 627

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 406 508 503 402 409 504 500 405

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 595 590 421 465 635 626 431

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 575 564 440 453 534 527 444

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 752 745 621 638 775 771 624

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 683 678 665 670 660 669 670

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 762 754 607 623 803 791 608

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 1,013 1,006 664 732 1,016 1,008 676

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 – – 412 430 – – 426

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709 1,029 1,019 633 717 1,017 1,010 647

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . 794 1,005 1,001 745 806 1,036 1,021 767

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 817 809 564 609 798 794 582

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 811 801 569 605 781 778 583

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 599 824 816 557 614 813 808 580

INDUSTRY

Private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 864 855 703 729 878 875 716

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 – – 463 483 – – 481

Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 865 856 707 732 879 875 721

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,032 1,076 1,053 1,026 1,064 1,030 1,005 1,069

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 1,051 1,046 692 746 1,059 1,037 698

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 828 817 759 787 836 835 780

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 878 866 796 818 889 887 809

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 760 749 690 737 771 771 729

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 669 657 610 613 622 622 612

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777 770 774 777 759 798 773 758

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 613 608 572 578 591 592 577

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 1,000 994 765 805 987 985 762

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765 934 928 725 763 941 939 726

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,102 1,199 1,193 1,014 1,081 1,132 1,132 1,027

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912 1,018 998 895 940 1,122 1,117 916

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 – – 871 910 – – 902

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . 917 – – 893 965 – – 926

Radio and television broadcasting and cable

subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821 – – 814 834 – – 834

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 1,039 1,023 974 987 1,113 1,109 950

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849 806 799 852 866 824 822 866

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902 819 829 905 907 819 826 908

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902 – 870 903 910 – 820 911

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902 – – 908 899 – – 900

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 786 713 701 736 836 815 734

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

2010 2011

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855 751 754 859 880 872 883 880

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124 1,157 1,147 1,123 1,149 1,193 1,211 1,149

Management, administrative, and waste services. . . . . . 542 598 592 536 569 706 693 562

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731 849 846 717 736 870 878 722

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852 900 875 846 858 938 942 833

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 817 823 686 706 801 809 697

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 580 575 461 479 607 605 473

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 636 632 614 612 632 625 611

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 530 524 424 447 594 594 441

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 547 553 502 515 598 596 508

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 517 509 416 427 585 592 424

Other services4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 866 862 609 626 917 901 619

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 880 874 627 654 960 919 643

Public sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878 961 956 801 895 981 977 810

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,012 977 987 1,040 1,063 1,038 1,043 1,092

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 922 917 769 852 956 946 785

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854 971 962 743 861 973 967 743

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- and part-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). Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the introduction of 2010 Census occupational

classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC).

No historical data have been revised. Occupational data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

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