HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

Occupation and industry

2021 2022

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Total full-time wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $998 $1,169 $1,158 $975 $1,059 $1,216 $1,203 $1,029

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,390 1,360 1,345 1,400 1,465 1,406 1,388 1,477

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,482 1,450 1,430 1,487 1,569 1,503 1,487 1,573

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,546 1,545 1,535 1,547 1,658 1,639 1,598 1,662

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,382 1,301 1,267 1,391 1,464 1,346 1,339 1,470

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335 1,346 1,330 1,337 1,392 1,388 1,369 1,398

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,660 1,463 1,474 1,673 1,789 1,531 1,513 1,819

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,641 1,770 1,745 1,633 1,735 1,750 1,740 1,734

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 1,407 1,336 1,348 1,416 1,463 1,494 1,444 1,468

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,065 1,342 1,333 1,010 1,128 1,304 1,296 1,080

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,586 1,728 1,591 1,586 1,763 1,882 1,893 1,750

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,138 1,273 1,256 1,025 1,148 1,332 1,304 1,050

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,229 1,434 1,532 1,215 1,273 1,509 1,480 1,257

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . 1,273 1,402 1,389 1,259 1,354 1,450 1,434 1,342

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 929 909 619 697 994 986 673

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 705 711 629 685 778 789 676

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998 1,278 1,263 846 1,024 1,329 1,304 875

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 573 652 645 570 622 725 724 620

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 732 731 612 671 787 784 654

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 622 687 617 686 747 765 683

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826 933 929 817 880 973 963 871

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887 808 839 890 941 883 888 944

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 961 951 791 847 995 974 829

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919 1,262 1,237 872 965 1,295 1,280 910

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 – – 615 645 – – 643

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904 1,262 1,227 837 943 1,288 1,275 890

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,017 1,287 1,273 983 1,043 1,346 1,322 1,007

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 968 954 746 821 1,052 1,041 797

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 957 944 789 862 1,046 1,052 829

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 738 976 961 713 796 1,058 1,032 770

INDUSTRY

Private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 1,098 1,080 965 1,026 1,153 1,145 1,018

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 – – 673 709 – – 710

Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978 1,100 1,082 969 1,032 1,155 1,147 1,021

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317 – – 1,315 1,504 – – 1,488

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966 1,344 1,322 922 1,007 1,319 1,306 976

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,033 1,016 1,015 1,036 1,102 1,116 1,126 1,098

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,061 1,041 1,051 1,062 1,133 1,112 1,125 1,133

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 981 976 998 1,048 1,124 1,127 1,038

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790 776 773 791 859 812 823 861

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003 910 876 1,014 1,057 1,012 993 1,063

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 763 766 742 814 780 797 815

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 1,199 1,170 934 995 1,261 1,246 958

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914 1,147 1,120 883 943 1,203 1,178 909

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,390 1,482 1,425 1,369 1,501 1,531 1,530 1,492

Information4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,378 1,568 1,527 1,370 1,501 1,610 1,587 1,492

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,271 – – 1,332 1,495 – – 1,517

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . 1,325 1,884 1,885 1,230 1,388 2,276 2,277 1,300

Broadcasting (except internet). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,213 – – 1,199 1,479 – – 1,475

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,367 1,302 1,297 1,374 1,418 1,690 1,611 1,397

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,233 1,017 1,019 1,239 1,326 1,337 1,271 1,327

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317 1,012 1,037 1,328 1,377 1,667 1,348 1,378

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,367 1,022 1,072 1,372 1,451 1,835 1,663 1,450

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209 – 1,003 1,222 1,274 – – 1,275

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 1,027 995 1,001 1,088 1,160 1,228 1,082

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,241 1,023 1,017 1,249 1,353 1,091 1,112 1,362

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

2021 2022

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,515 1,527 1,365 1,518 1,641 1,531 1,529 1,644

Management, administrative, and waste services. . . . . 742 766 767 740 796 842 835 794

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982 1,140 1,134 966 1,032 1,157 1,149 1,018

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,110 1,143 1,133 1,105 1,152 1,197 1,180 1,146

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953 1,139 1,134 939 1,004 1,141 1,134 995

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 752 756 645 707 788 813 703

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 904 864 818 886 808 844 889

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 725 735 615 678 781 803 675

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 735 752 683 731 764 786 726

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 709 725 607 668 791 812 665

Other services4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858 1,200 1,166 847 910 1,239 1,231 899

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . 894 1,258 1,206 885 938 1,249 1,243 923

Public sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133 1,237 1,229 1,055 1,168 1,271 1,260 1,121

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,319 1,209 1,219 1,372 1,394 1,269 1,279 1,452

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,088 1,231 1,224 1,007 1,138 1,250 1,237 1,084

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,102 1,246 1,235 969 1,136 1,291 1,270 1,019

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. 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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