For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Thursday, January 26, 2017 USDL-17-0107 

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UNION MEMBERS — 2016 

The union membership rate—the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of unions—

was 10.7 percent in 2016, down 0.4 percentage point from 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

reported today. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.6 million in 2016, 

declined by 240,000 from 2015. In 1983, the first year for which comparable union data are available, 

the union membership rate was 20.1 percent, and there were 17.7 million union workers. 

The data on union membership are collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly 

sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households that obtains information on employment and 

unemployment among the nation's civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and over. For more 

information, see the Technical Note in this news release.

Highlights from the 2016 data:

• Public-sector workers had a union membership rate (34.4 percent) more than five times higher 

than that of private-sector workers (6.4 percent). (See table 3.) 

• Workers in education, training, and library occupations and in protective service occupations had 

the highest unionization rates (34.6 percent and 34.5 percent, respectively). (See table 3.) 

• Men continued to have a slightly higher union membership rate (11.2 percent) than women (10.2 

percent). (See table 1.)

• Black workers were more likely to be union members than were White, Asian, or Hispanic 

workers. (See table 1.) 

• Median weekly earnings of nonunion workers ($802) were 80 percent of earnings for workers 

who were union members ($1,004). (The comparisons of earnings in this release are on a broad 

level and do not control for many factors that can be important in explaining earnings 

differences.) (See table 2.)

• Among states, New York continued to have the highest union membership rate (23.6 percent), 

while South Carolina continued to have the lowest (1.6 percent). (See table 5.) 
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Industry and Occupation of Union Members

In 2016, 7.1 million employees in the public sector belonged to a union, compared with 7.4 million 

workers in the private sector. The union membership rate for public-sector workers (34.4 percent) was 

substantially higher than the rate for private-sector workers (6.4 percent). Within the public sector, the 

union membership rate was highest for local government (40.3 percent), which includes employees in 

heavily unionized occupations, such as teachers, police officers, and firefighters. In the private sector, 

industries with high unionization rates included utilities (21.5 percent), transportation and warehousing 

(18.4 percent), telecommunications (14.6 percent), construction (13.9 percent), and educational services 

(12.3 percent). Low unionization rates occurred in finance (1.2 percent), agriculture and related 

industries (1.3 percent), food services and drinking places (1.6 percent), and professional and technical 

services (1.6 percent). (See table 3.)

Among occupational groups, the highest unionization rates in 2016 were in education, training, and 

library occupations (34.6 percent) and in protective service occupations (34.5 percent). The lowest 

unionization rates were in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (2.2 percent); sales and related 

occupations (3.1 percent); computer and mathematical occupations (3.9 percent); and food preparation 

and serving related occupations (3.9 percent). 

Selected Characteristics of Union Members

In 2016, the union membership rate continued to be slightly higher for men (11.2 percent) than for 

women (10.2 percent). (See table 1.) The gap between their rates has narrowed considerably since 1983 

(the earliest year for which comparable data are available), when rates for men and women were 24.7 

percent and 14.6 percent, respectively.

Among major race and ethnicity groups, Black workers continued to have a higher union membership 

rate in 2016 (13.0 percent) than workers who were White (10.5 percent), Asian (9.0 percent), or 

Hispanic (8.8 percent). 

By age, union membership rates continued to be highest among workers ages 45 to 64. In 2016, 13.3 

percent of workers ages 45 to 54 and ages 55 to 64 were union members. 

The union membership rate was 11.8 percent for full-time workers, more than twice the rate for parttime workers at 5.7 percent. 

Union Representation

In 2016, 16.3 million wage and salary workers were represented by a union. This group includes both 

union members (14.6 million) and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered 

by a union contract (1.7 million). (See table 1.) 

Earnings 

Among full-time wage and salary workers, union members had median usual weekly earnings of 

$1,004 in 2016, while those who were not union members had median weekly earnings of $802. In 

addition to coverage by a collective bargaining agreement, this earnings difference reflects a variety of 

influences, including variations in the distributions of union members and nonunion employees by 

occupation, industry, age, firm size, or geographic region. (See tables 2 and 4.) 
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Union Membership by State

In 2016, 27 states and the District of Columbia had union membership rates below that of the U.S. 

average, 10.7 percent, while 23 states had rates above it. All states in the West South Central division 

had union membership rates below the national average, and all states in both the Middle Atlantic and 

the Pacific divisions had rates above it. Union membership rates decreased over the year in 31 states and 

the District of Columbia, increased in 16 states, and were unchanged in 3 states. (See table 5 and the 

map.) 

Nine states had union membership rates below 5.0 percent in 2016, with South Carolina having the 

lowest rate (1.6 percent). The next lowest rates were in North Carolina (3.0 percent), Arkansas (3.9 

percent), and Georgia (3.9 percent). New York was the only state with a union membership rate over 

20.0 percent in 2016 at 23.6 percent. 

State union membership levels depend on both the employment level and the union membership rate. 

The largest numbers of union members lived in California (2.6 million) and New York (1.9 million). 

Over half of the 14.6 million union members in the U.S. lived in just 7 states (California, 2.6 million; 

New York, 1.9 million; Illinois, 0.8 million; Pennsylvania, 0.7 million; and Michigan, New Jersey, and 

Ohio, 0.6 million each), though these states accounted for only about one-third of wage and salary 

employment nationally.
Technical Note

 The estimates in this release are obtained from the Current 

Population Survey (CPS), which provides basic information on 

the labor force, employment, and unemployment. The survey is 

conducted monthly for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the 

U.S. Census Bureau from a scientifically selected national 

sample of about 60,000 eligible households. The union 

membership and earnings data are tabulated from one-quarter 

of the CPS monthly sample and are limited to wage and salary 

workers. All self-employed workers are excluded.

 Beginning in January of each year, data reflect revised 

population controls used in the CPS. Additional information 

about population controls is available on the BLS website at 

https://www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop.

 Information in this release will be made available to sensory 

impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-

5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.

Reliability of the estimates

 Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and 

nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire 

population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample 

estimates may differ from the true population values they 

represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies 

depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability 

is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about 

a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate 

based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard 

errors from the true population value because of sampling error. 

BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of

confidence. The state section of this release preserves the longtime practice of highlighting the direction of the movements in 

state union membership rates and levels regardless of their 

statistical significance.

 The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error. 

Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the 

failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain 

information for all respondents in the sample, inability or 

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, 

and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.

 Information about the reliability of data from the CPS and 

guidance on estimating standard errors is available at 

https://www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#reliability.

Union membership questions 

 Employed wage and salary workers are classified as union 

members if they answer “yes” to the following question: On this 

job, are you a member of a labor union or of an employee 

association similar to a union? If the response is “no” to that 

question, then the interviewer asks a second question: On this 

job, are you covered by a union or employee association 

contract? If the response is “yes,” then these persons, along 

with those who responded “yes” to being union members, are 

classified as represented by a union. If the response is “no” to 

both the first and second questions, then they are classified as 

nonunion.

Definitions

 The principal definitions used in this release are described 

briefly below.

 Union members. Data refer to members of a labor union or an 

employee association similar to a union.

 Union membership rate. Data refer to the proportion of total 

wage and salary workers who are union members.

 

 Represented by unions. 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.

 Nonunion. Data refer to workers who are neither members of 

a union nor represented by a union on their job.

 Usual weekly earnings. Data represent earnings before taxes 

and other deductions and include any overtime pay, 

commissions, or tips usually received (at the main job in the 

case of multiple jobholders). Prior to 1994, respondents were 

asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 

1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way 

for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice 

monthly, monthly, annually, other) and how much they usually 

earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis 

other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The 

term "usual" is as perceived by the respondent. If the respondent 

asks for a definition of usual, interviewers are instructed to 

define the term as more than half of the weeks worked during 

the past 4 or 5 months.

 Median earnings. The median is the amount which divides a 

given earnings distribution into two equal groups, one having 

earnings above the median and the other having earnings below 

the median. The estimating procedure places each reported or 

calculated weekly earnings value into $50-wide intervals which 

are centered around multiples of $50. The actual value is 

estimated through the linear interpolation of the interval in 

which the median lies.

 Wage and salary workers. Workers who receive wages, 

salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The 

group includes employees in both the private and public sectors. 

Union membership and earnings data exclude all self-employed 

workers, both those with incorporated businesses as well as 

those with unincorporated businesses.

 Full-time workers. Workers who usually work 35 hours or 

more per week at their sole or principal job.

 Part-time workers. Workers who usually work fewer than 35 

hours per week at their sole or principal job.

 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. Refers to persons who identified 

themselves in the enumeration process as being Spanish, 

Hispanic, or Latino. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as 

Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Table 1. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, 2015-2016 annual

averages

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2015 2016

Total

employed

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Total

employed

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,743 14,795 11.1 16,441 12.3 136,101 14,555 10.7 16,271 12.0

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,311 800 4.4 967 5.3 18,556 816 4.4 988 5.3

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,431 13,995 12.1 15,474 13.4 117,545 13,739 11.7 15,283 13.0

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,870 2,985 9.7 3,363 10.9 31,750 2,924 9.2 3,296 10.4

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,101 3,457 12.3 3,785 13.5 28,515 3,423 12.0 3,782 13.3

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,764 3,909 13.6 4,306 15.0 28,807 3,846 13.3 4,269 14.8

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,288 3,035 14.3 3,329 15.6 21,778 2,903 13.3 3,209 14.7

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,408 610 9.5 691 10.8 6,696 643 9.6 726 10.8

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,298 7,963 11.5 8,760 12.6 70,589 7,888 11.2 8,704 12.3

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,250 485 5.2 563 6.1 9,412 484 5.1 568 6.0

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,048 7,478 12.5 8,197 13.7 61,177 7,404 12.1 8,136 13.3

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,550 1,639 9.9 1,825 11.0 16,930 1,640 9.7 1,833 10.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,844 1,857 12.5 2,023 13.6 15,102 1,881 12.5 2,051 13.6

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,696 2,079 14.1 2,281 15.5 14,775 2,048 13.9 2,253 15.3

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,698 1,588 14.8 1,717 16.0 10,957 1,511 13.8 1,633 14.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,259 315 9.7 352 10.8 3,412 323 9.5 365 10.7

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,445 6,833 10.6 7,681 11.9 65,512 6,667 10.2 7,567 11.6

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,061 315 3.5 405 4.5 9,143 332 3.6 420 4.6

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,384 6,518 11.8 7,277 13.1 56,368 6,335 11.2 7,147 12.7

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,320 1,346 9.4 1,538 10.7 14,820 1,284 8.7 1,463 9.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,257 1,600 12.1 1,762 13.3 13,412 1,542 11.5 1,731 12.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,068 1,830 13.0 2,025 14.4 14,032 1,797 12.8 2,016 14.4

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,590 1,447 13.7 1,613 15.2 10,820 1,392 12.9 1,576 14.6

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,149 294 9.3 339 10.8 3,283 320 9.8 361 11.0

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY,

AND SEX

White, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,991 11,301 10.8 12,627 12.0 106,160 11,120 10.5 12,436 11.7

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,402 6,222 11.2 6,875 12.4 56,007 6,153 11.0 6,769 12.1

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,590 5,079 10.2 5,752 11.6 50,153 4,967 9.9 5,667 11.3

Black or African American, 16 years and over. . . . . . 16,552 2,246 13.6 2,427 14.7 17,014 2,209 13.0 2,475 14.5

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,558 1,097 14.5 1,174 15.5 7,852 1,104 14.1 1,229 15.7

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,995 1,149 12.8 1,253 13.9 9,163 1,105 12.1 1,245 13.6

Asian, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,883 770 9.8 860 10.9 8,340 752 9.0 839 10.1

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,113 367 8.9 416 10.1 4,368 355 8.1 404 9.3

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,770 403 10.7 444 11.8 3,972 397 10.0 435 10.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over. . . . 22,351 2,104 9.4 2,365 10.6 23,085 2,032 8.8 2,308 10.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,670 1,211 9.6 1,346 10.6 13,125 1,209 9.2 1,348 10.3

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,681 892 9.2 1,019 10.5 9,960 823 8.3 960 9.6

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS3

Full-time workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,080 13,340 12.2 14,768 13.5 111,091 13,119 11.8 14,593 13.1

Part-time workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,445 1,431 5.9 1,646 6.7 24,832 1,415 5.7 1,655 6.7

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 The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked. These data will not sum to totals because full- or part-time status on the principal

job is not identifiable for a small number of multiple jobholders.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose

ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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 as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data.
Table 2. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected

characteristics, 2015-2016 annual averages

Characteristic

2015 2016

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $809 $980 $975 $776 $832 $1,004 $995 $802

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 616 605 482 501 600 599 497

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 997 994 831 885 1,022 1,014 858

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 886 882 716 751 893 890 734

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 1,050 1,048 870 934 1,071 1,059 908

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923 1,029 1,024 899 955 1,084 1,069 930

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927 1,020 1,017 904 952 1,072 1,069 930

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873 961 963 852 866 984 988 846

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895 1,017 1,014 869 915 1,050 1,042 890

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 655 633 505 512 582 581 509

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947 1,041 1,038 927 969 1,080 1,074 950

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 888 889 756 794 915 915 775

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983 1,093 1,094 963 1,007 1,123 1,120 990

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,040 1,107 1,110 1,023 1,075 1,146 1,140 1,057

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,064 1,084 1,082 1,059 1,102 1,136 1,140 1,090

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003 1,010 998 1,005 992 1,022 1,029 988

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 928 921 697 749 955 942 723

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 567 565 443 486 628 624 481

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761 944 940 736 784 972 960 757

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 884 876 667 705 865 860 685

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 1,002 1,001 764 839 1,015 1,004 804

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799 958 950 768 836 1,006 988 800

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784 937 934 759 812 999 992 778

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740 894 905 718 749 942 964 723

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY,

AND SEX

White, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835 1,007 999 803 862 1,050 1,034 827

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920 1,051 1,044 895 942 1,111 1,099 915

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 952 944 715 766 989 975 738

Black or African American, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 800 798 617 678 808 807 646

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 824 821 650 718 818 826 690

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 768 768 595 641 799 790 616

Asian, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 1,094 1,107 977 1,021 1,020 1,017 1,022

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,129 1,097 1,125 1,130 1,151 1,061 1,076 1,160

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877 1,091 1,090 835 902 985 975 892

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 862 847 586 624 886 876 608

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 901 887 610 663 908 901 637

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566 778 783 541 586 844 829 565

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.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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 as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data.
Table 3. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry, 2015-2016 annual

averages

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2015 2016

Total

employed

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Total

employed

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,939 6,132 12.0 6,983 13.7 52,108 6,064 11.6 6,916 13.3

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,636 871 4.4 1,057 5.4 20,289 927 4.6 1,129 5.6

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,213 581 4.4 701 5.3 13,563 605 4.5 736 5.4

Business and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,423 290 4.5 356 5.5 6,726 322 4.8 393 5.8

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . 31,302 5,261 16.8 5,926 18.9 31,818 5,138 16.1 5,787 18.2

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . 4,195 162 3.9 221 5.3 4,301 166 3.9 222 5.2

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . 2,777 190 6.8 219 7.9 2,941 187 6.4 219 7.4

Life, physical, and social science

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,309 109 8.3 139 10.6 1,276 112 8.8 138 10.8

Community and social service occupations. . . . 2,517 386 15.3 412 16.4 2,506 372 14.8 408 16.3

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,475 83 5.6 100 6.8 1,412 79 5.6 95 6.8

Education, training, and library occupations. . . 8,766 3,112 35.5 3,466 39.5 8,765 3,031 34.6 3,344 38.2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,120 161 7.6 187 8.8 2,158 141 6.5 162 7.5

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,142 1,059 13.0 1,183 14.5 8,459 1,051 12.4 1,199 14.2

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,503 2,492 10.6 2,759 11.7 24,271 2,337 9.6 2,596 10.7

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,305 279 8.4 314 9.5 3,373 233 6.9 275 8.1

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,092 1,123 36.3 1,189 38.5 3,093 1,069 34.5 1,133 36.6

Food preparation and serving related

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,016 329 4.1 381 4.8 8,466 333 3.9 394 4.6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,868 473 9.7 537 11.0 4,897 430 8.8 491 10.0

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . 4,222 288 6.8 338 8.0 4,441 272 6.1 304 6.8

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,931 2,055 6.6 2,311 7.5 31,051 2,051 6.6 2,314 7.5

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,574 441 3.3 505 3.7 13,671 421 3.1 483 3.5

Office and administrative support occupations. . . 17,357 1,614 9.3 1,806 10.4 17,380 1,631 9.4 1,831 10.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,694 1,751 15.0 1,868 16.0 11,812 1,788 15.1 1,920 16.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . 971 18 1.9 25 2.5 988 22 2.2 31 3.2

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . 6,193 1,067 17.2 1,133 18.3 6,387 1,177 18.4 1,240 19.4

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,530 666 14.7 710 15.7 4,438 589 13.3 649 14.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,676 2,365 14.2 2,521 15.1 16,859 2,315 13.7 2,524 15.0

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,180 1,031 12.6 1,098 13.4 8,150 959 11.8 1,049 12.9

Transportation and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,496 1,334 15.7 1,422 16.7 8,708 1,355 15.6 1,475 16.9

INDUSTRY

Private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,152 7,554 6.7 8,411 7.4 115,417 7,435 6.4 8,437 7.3

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269 15 1.2 22 1.7 1,315 17 1.3 28 2.1

Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,882 7,539 6.7 8,389 7.5 114,102 7,419 6.5 8,409 7.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.. . 866 47 5.4 57 6.5 765 43 5.6 48 6.3

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,109 940 13.2 992 14.0 7,488 1,039 13.9 1,095 14.6

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,547 1,369 9.4 1,462 10.0 14,783 1,295 8.8 1,422 9.6

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,288 874 9.4 933 10.0 9,247 827 8.9 906 9.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,258 494 9.4 529 10.1 5,536 468 8.4 515 9.3

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,798 871 4.6 962 5.1 18,515 780 4.2 887 4.8

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,346 126 3.8 139 4.2 3,288 120 3.7 137 4.2

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,452 745 4.8 823 5.3 15,227 660 4.3 750 4.9

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,722 1,106 19.3 1,159 20.3 6,048 1,145 18.9 1,239 20.5

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,765 901 18.9 946 19.8 5,073 935 18.4 1,014 20.0

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957 205 21.4 213 22.3 975 210 21.5 225 23.0

Information3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,525 217 8.6 249 9.9 2,473 222 9.0 250 10.1

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 19 3.9 22 4.4 455 22 4.9 24 5.2

Motion pictures and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 37 11.7 40 12.8 349 38 11.0 43 12.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 3. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry, 2015-2016 annual

averages — Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2015 2016

Total

employed

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Total

employed

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Radio and television broadcasting and

cable subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . 561 37 6.7 48 8.5 534 32 5.9 43 8.0

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 118 13.3 131 14.8 821 119 14.6 129 15.8

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,781 208 2.4 242 2.8 8,963 205 2.3 274 3.1

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,550 103 1.6 129 2.0 6,616 91 1.4 138 2.1

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,126 53 1.3 70 1.7 4,142 49 1.2 81 2.0

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,424 51 2.1 59 2.4 2,473 42 1.7 57 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . 2,231 105 4.7 113 5.1 2,347 114 4.9 136 5.8

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . 13,738 348 2.5 458 3.3 14,257 346 2.4 464 3.3

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . 8,327 142 1.7 218 2.6 8,728 141 1.6 211 2.4

Management, administrative, and waste

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,411 206 3.8 240 4.4 5,529 205 3.7 253 4.6

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,572 1,867 8.7 2,132 9.9 22,152 1,808 8.2 2,107 9.5

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,551 625 13.7 720 15.8 4,557 561 12.3 652 14.3

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 17,021 1,242 7.3 1,412 8.3 17,595 1,247 7.1 1,454 8.3

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,357 389 3.1 449 3.6 12,687 381 3.0 438 3.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . 2,250 144 6.4 158 7.0 2,329 126 5.4 139 6.0

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . 10,107 245 2.4 291 2.9 10,358 255 2.5 299 2.9

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575 116 7.4 127 8.0 1,506 114 7.6 123 8.2

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . 8,532 129 1.5 165 1.9 8,852 141 1.6 176 2.0

Other services3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,867 177 3.0 227 3.9 5,973 155 2.6 186 3.1

Other services, except private households.. . 5,055 166 3.3 205 4.1 5,258 152 2.9 179 3.4

Public sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,591 7,241 35.2 8,031 39.0 20,684 7,120 34.4 7,834 37.9

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,591 979 27.3 1,160 32.3 3,674 1,006 27.4 1,144 31.1

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,875 2,079 30.2 2,312 33.6 6,965 2,064 29.6 2,282 32.8

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,126 4,183 41.3 4,559 45.0 10,045 4,050 40.3 4,409 43.9

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

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 as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 4. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and

industry, 2015-2016 annual averages

Occupation and industry

2015 2016

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . $1,158 $1,152 $1,148 $1,160 $1,188 $1,166 $1,159 $1,197

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,258 1,273 1,291 1,257 1,284 1,263 1,266 1,285

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,351 1,386 1,380 1,349 1,370 1,389 1,408 1,368

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,137 1,108 1,132 1,138 1,161 1,146 1,141 1,164

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,112 1,140 1,132 1,103 1,141 1,156 1,146 1,140

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428 1,388 1,327 1,434 1,443 1,372 1,332 1,458

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,424 1,393 1,399 1,427 1,482 1,424 1,411 1,490

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 1,206 1,249 1,266 1,187 1,209 1,288 1,278 1,195

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 1,014 1,008 855 919 1,095 1,076 872

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,391 1,551 1,547 1,373 1,431 1,615 1,621 1,419

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 1,095 1,074 860 984 1,130 1,114 887

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,001 1,228 1,212 984 1,040 1,252 1,224 1,028

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . . 1,041 1,211 1,194 1,014 1,104 1,191 1,175 1,087

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 753 742 489 523 771 753 505

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 544 546 495 525 602 602 520

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 1,031 1,029 687 809 1,088 1,074 694

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 441 515 512 436 465 597 581 459

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 648 628 469 510 664 647 498

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 515 521 496 505 559 546 503

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 810 801 662 698 810 804 686

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 702 710 716 744 717 724 745

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 831 821 639 679 826 818 661

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761 1,070 1,052 711 786 1,127 1,111 735

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 – – 460 520 – – 518

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749 1,082 1,064 695 784 1,153 1,142 719

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 839 1,066 1,051 799 861 1,076 1,069 822

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 850 842 622 665 881 876 631

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 824 826 635 668 841 837 641

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 646 876 859 610 662 913 904 622

INDUSTRY

Private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 917 912 765 801 937 932 789

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 – – 519 572 – – 571

Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 918 913 769 806 937 933 793

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,162 – 1,170 1,162 1,197 – – 1,190

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784 1,099 1,093 743 822 1,168 1,146 780

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839 876 868 833 857 885 884 852

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872 889 881 871 893 907 910 890

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 849 841 768 793 839 827 789

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 673 671 652 676 701 700 675

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841 876 863 840 871 921 905 868

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 621 622 609 623 645 645 622

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 1,007 1,003 803 860 1,033 1,023 808

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790 980 977 754 795 972 969 757

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133 1,194 1,188 1,116 1,264 1,408 1,388 1,242

Information4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,102 1,260 1,242 1,077 1,143 1,238 1,257 1,133

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,098 – – 1,102 1,094 – – 1,102

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . 996 – – 935 1,085 – – 1,030

Radio and television broadcasting and cable

subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980 – – 968 1,017 – – 1,020

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,162 1,212 1,208 1,148 1,182 1,273 1,306 1,153

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964 915 924 964 977 896 916 981

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,024 983 1,004 1,024 1,039 818 853 1,047

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,061 923 1,082 1,060 1,089 – 813 1,101

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 988 981 973 977 – 907 980

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782 891 893 772 827 977 970 817

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951 874 906 953 992 887 935 995

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,256 1,297 1,268 1,255 1,273 1,309 1,277 1,273

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and

industry, 2015-2016 annual averages — Continued

Occupation and industry

2015 2016

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Management, administrative, and waste services. . . . . $605 $684 $672 $603 $613 $687 $682 $610

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787 962 946 768 817 944 937 799

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918 1,025 1,015 896 936 967 965 931

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 916 904 742 785 929 921 771

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 606 592 511 528 670 667 522

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 672 680 655 678 720 720 673

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 579 558 489 504 642 637 501

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 645 639 532 582 698 703 564

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 492 490 480 491 567 575 490

Other services4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 903 879 677 686 959 869 681

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . 710 916 900 703 708 965 893 703

Public sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944 1,029 1,023 878 967 1,070 1,055 900

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113 1,058 1,064 1,159 1,149 1,093 1,099 1,188

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 988 982 867 931 1,022 1,011 883

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914 1,043 1,033 783 940 1,089 1,071 817

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.

- Data not shown where base is less than 50,000.

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 as well

as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 5. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, 2015-2016 annual averages

[Numbers in thousands]

State

2015 2016

Total

employed

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Total

employed

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Total

Percent

of

employed

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,863 190 10.2 204 11.0 1,895 153 8.1 170 9.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 60 19.6 66 21.7 297 55 18.5 59 19.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,661 138 5.2 163 6.1 2,727 122 4.5 151 5.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,155 58 5.1 74 6.4 1,186 47 3.9 59 5.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,657 2,486 15.9 2,689 17.2 16,001 2,551 15.9 2,796 17.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,310 194 8.4 215 9.3 2,438 238 9.8 263 10.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,587 269 17.0 277 17.4 1,568 275 17.5 288 18.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 38 9.2 43 10.4 419 48 11.4 56 13.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 35 10.4 40 12.1 343 32 9.5 37 10.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,994 546 6.8 671 8.4 8,113 456 5.6 574 7.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,016 162 4.0 206 5.1 4,249 165 3.9 210 4.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 119 20.4 126 21.7 597 119 19.9 125 20.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 46 6.8 50 7.3 689 42 6.1 47 6.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,566 847 15.2 892 16.0 5,587 812 14.5 856 15.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,828 283 10.0 319 11.3 2,927 304 10.4 335 11.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,435 138 9.6 174 12.2 1,454 129 8.9 153 10.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255 110 8.7 136 10.8 1,274 109 8.6 132 10.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,705 187 11.0 207 12.1 1,710 190 11.1 228 13.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,847 107 5.8 126 6.8 1,799 76 4.2 88 4.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 64 11.6 75 13.6 567 65 11.4 77 13.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,757 287 10.4 337 12.2 2,815 310 11.0 347 12.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,103 402 12.9 441 14.2 3,158 381 12.1 407 12.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,083 621 15.2 672 16.5 4,196 606 14.4 651 15.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,565 363 14.2 385 15.0 2,563 365 14.2 388 15.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,103 60 5.4 75 6.8 1,108 73 6.6 90 8.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,615 230 8.8 257 9.8 2,711 262 9.7 290 10.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 52 12.2 59 13.9 418 50 11.9 58 13.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882 68 7.7 80 9.0 876 64 7.4 74 8.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,232 177 14.3 203 16.5 1,211 146 12.1 182 15.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 62 9.7 73 11.4 669 63 9.4 74 11.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,880 596 15.4 644 16.6 4,007 644 16.1 666 16.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782 49 6.2 61 7.9 784 49 6.3 64 8.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,249 2,038 24.7 2,141 26.0 8,227 1,942 23.6 2,075 25.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,089 123 3.0 167 4.1 4,225 129 3.0 174 4.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 19 5.4 24 6.8 363 20 5.5 25 7.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,914 606 12.3 670 13.6 4,970 617 12.4 702 14.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,567 88 5.6 116 7.4 1,482 80 5.4 97 6.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,586 235 14.8 256 16.2 1,691 228 13.5 267 15.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,601 747 13.3 804 14.4 5,686 685 12.1 724 12.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 68 14.2 72 14.9 481 74 15.5 81 16.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,960 41 2.1 57 2.9 1,981 32 1.6 52 2.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 22 5.9 26 6.9 379 20 5.2 26 7.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,693 146 5.4 175 6.5 2,746 158 5.7 174 6.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,177 503 4.5 626 5.6 11,457 462 4.0 606 5.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 50 3.9 67 5.2 1,318 62 4.7 79 6.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 36 12.6 42 14.7 290 33 11.5 37 12.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,736 202 5.4 258 6.9 3,748 160 4.3 226 6.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,977 500 16.8 536 18.0 3,090 539 17.4 577 18.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 83 12.4 91 13.7 669 79 11.8 88 13.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,682 223 8.3 253 9.4 2,696 219 8.1 244 9.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 19 7.1 22 8.2 248 16 6.3 18 7.3

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.

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 as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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art 1. Union membership rates by state, 2016 an

(U.S. rate = 10.7 percent)

Chart 1. Union membership rates by state, 2016 annu

(U.S. rate = 10.7 percent)