For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, January 23, 2015 USDL-15-0072 

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UNION MEMBERS — 2014 

In 2014, the union membership rate—the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of 

unions—was 11.1 percent, down 0.2 percentage point from 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

different from 2013. 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 households that obtains information on employment and unemployment 

among the nation's civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over. For more information, see the 

Technical Note. 

Highlights from the 2014 data: 

 Public-sector workers had a union membership rate (35.7 percent), more than five times higher 

than that of private-sector workers (6.6 percent). (See table 3.) 

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

the highest unionization rate, at 35.3 percent for each occupation group. (See table 3.) 

 Men had a higher union membership rate (11.7 percent) than women (10.5 percent) in 2014. (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 ($763) were 79 percent of earnings for workers 

who were union members ($970). (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 (24.6 percent), 

and North Carolina again had the lowest rate (1.9 percent). (See table 5.) 
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Industry and Occupation of Union Members 

In 2014, 7.2 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 (35.7 percent) was 

substantially higher than the rate for private-sector workers (6.6 percent). Within the public sector, the 

union membership rate was highest for local government (41.9 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 (22.3 percent), transportation and warehousing 

(19.6 percent), telecommunications (14.8 percent), and construction (13.9 percent). Low unionization 

rates occurred in agriculture and related industries (1.1 percent), finance (1.3 percent), professional and 

technical services (1.4 percent), and food services and drinking places (1.4 percent). (See table 3.) 

Among occupational groups, the highest unionization rates in 2014 were in education, training, and 

library occupations and protective service occupations (35.3 percent each). The lowest unionization rates 

were in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (2.5 percent) and sales and related occupations (3.1 

percent). (See table 3.) 

Selected Characteristics of Union Members 

The union membership rate was higher for men (11.7 percent) than for women (10.5 percent) in 2014. 

(See table 1.) The gap between their rates has narrowed considerably since 1983, when rates for men 

and women were 24.7 percent and 14.6 percent, respectively. 

Among major race and ethnicity groups, black workers had a higher union membership rate in 2014 

(13.2 percent) than workers who were white (10.8 percent), Asian (10.4 percent), or Hispanic (9.2 

percent). 

By age, the union membership rate was highest among workers ages 45 to 64—13.8 percent for those 

ages 45 to 54 and 14.1 percent for those ages 55 to 64. 

The union membership rate was 12.3 percent for full-time workers, more than twice the rate for parttime workers, 5.8 percent. 

Union Representation 

In 2014, 16.2 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 (1.6 million). (See table 1.) 

Earnings 

In 2014, among full-time wage and salary workers, union members had median usual weekly earnings 

of $970, while those who were not union members had median weekly earnings of $763. 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 2014, 30 states and the District of Columbia had union membership rates below that of the U.S. 

average, 11.1 percent, 19 states had rates above it, and 1 state had a rate equal to that of the nation. All 

states in the East South Central and West South Central divisions had union membership rates below the 

national average, and all states in the Middle Atlantic and Pacific divisions had rates above it. Union 

membership rates declined over the year in 27 states and the District of Columbia, rose in 18 states, and 

were unchanged in 5 states. (See table 5.) 

Nine states had union membership rates below 5.0 percent in 2014, with North Carolina having the 

lowest rate (1.9 percent). The next lowest rates were in South Carolina (2.2 percent) and Mississippi and 

Utah (3.7 percent each). Three states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2014: New York 

(24.6 percent), Alaska (22.8 percent), and Hawaii (21.8 percent). (See chart 1.) 

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

The largest numbers of union members lived in California (2.5 million) and New York (2.0 million). 

Over half of the 14.6 million union members in the U.S. lived in just seven states (California, 2.5 

million; New York, 2.0 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 the 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 house-holds. The 

union membership and earnings data are tabulated from onequarter 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 

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 

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, 2013-2014 annual

averages

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2013 2014

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,110 14,528 11.3 16,028 12.4 131,431 14,576 11.1 16,152 12.3

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,647 745 4.2 854 4.8 18,019 804 4.5 956 5.3

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,463 13,783 12.4 15,174 13.6 113,412 13,772 12.1 15,196 13.4

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,404 2,886 9.8 3,228 11.0 30,158 2,879 9.5 3,205 10.6

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,631 3,458 12.5 3,790 13.7 27,948 3,460 12.4 3,823 13.7

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,498 3,990 14.0 4,377 15.4 28,540 3,927 13.8 4,286 15.0

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,207 2,899 14.3 3,176 15.7 20,781 2,924 14.1 3,229 15.5

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,723 549 9.6 603 10.5 5,985 582 9.7 653 10.9

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,794 7,955 11.9 8,688 13.0 68,048 7,939 11.7 8,717 12.8

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,918 434 4.9 488 5.5 9,141 462 5.1 540 5.9

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,876 7,522 13.0 8,200 14.2 58,907 7,476 12.7 8,177 13.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,755 1,635 10.4 1,807 11.5 16,172 1,611 10.0 1,773 11.0

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,667 1,940 13.2 2,104 14.3 14,769 1,913 13.0 2,108 14.3

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,466 2,157 14.9 2,347 16.2 14,508 2,085 14.4 2,256 15.6

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,033 1,513 15.1 1,640 16.3 10,419 1,553 14.9 1,689 16.2

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,954 277 9.4 302 10.2 3,040 315 10.4 351 11.5

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,316 6,573 10.5 7,340 11.8 63,383 6,638 10.5 7,434 11.7

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,729 311 3.6 366 4.2 8,879 342 3.8 416 4.7

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,587 6,261 11.7 6,974 13.0 54,505 6,296 11.6 7,019 12.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,649 1,251 9.2 1,420 10.4 13,985 1,268 9.1 1,431 10.2

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,964 1,518 11.7 1,686 13.0 13,180 1,548 11.7 1,715 13.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,032 1,834 13.1 2,030 14.5 14,032 1,842 13.1 2,030 14.5

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,175 1,386 13.6 1,536 15.1 10,362 1,371 13.2 1,541 14.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,768 273 9.8 302 10.9 2,946 267 9.1 302 10.2

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY,

AND SEX

White, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,670 11,324 11.0 12,507 12.2 104,065 11,274 10.8 12,503 12.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,017 6,320 11.7 6,897 12.8 54,747 6,295 11.5 6,900 12.6

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,653 5,004 10.3 5,609 11.5 49,318 4,979 10.1 5,602 11.4

Black or African American, 16 years and over. . . . . . 15,274 2,081 13.6 2,294 15.0 15,830 2,097 13.2 2,303 14.6

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,965 1,031 14.8 1,129 16.2 7,243 1,047 14.5 1,147 15.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,310 1,049 12.6 1,165 14.0 8,586 1,050 12.2 1,156 13.5

Asian, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,271 683 9.4 758 10.4 7,476 779 10.4 866 11.6

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,786 338 8.9 380 10.0 3,921 361 9.2 416 10.6

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,485 346 9.9 377 10.8 3,555 418 11.8 450 12.6

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over. . . . 20,730 1,952 9.4 2,141 10.3 21,571 1,978 9.2 2,220 10.3

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,903 1,121 9.4 1,218 10.2 12,339 1,155 9.4 1,286 10.4

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,827 831 9.4 923 10.5 9,232 823 8.9 933 10.1

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS3

Full-time workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,262 13,020 12.5 14,341 13.8 106,526 13,132 12.3 14,491 13.6

Part-time workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,664 1,483 6.0 1,662 6.7 24,707 1,424 5.8 1,636 6.6

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, 2013-2014 annual averages

Characteristic

2013 2014

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $776 $950 $944 $750 $791 $970 $965 $763

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 576 565 445 477 602 605 470

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 966 961 797 839 987 985 810

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 877 871 683 726 874 867 705

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 1,008 1,001 844 881 1,034 1,029 848

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 999 996 857 899 1,025 1,022 872

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904 998 992 882 911 1,014 1,017 885

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 871 866 786 824 908 920 813

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 991 985 831 871 1,015 1,013 840

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 577 573 473 493 644 643 485

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912 1,010 1,005 891 922 1,036 1,035 899

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 902 897 722 755 896 889 740

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 1,060 1,052 936 964 1,102 1,097 933

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994 1,073 1,067 978 1,011 1,083 1,088 994

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011 1,039 1,035 1,002 1,021 1,068 1,076 1,007

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 896 897 944 942 921 936 943

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706 898 893 676 719 904 899 687

16 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 575 542 420 451 557 562 445

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740 911 907 716 752 921 917 728

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 845 843 642 679 848 843 655

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 958 951 743 781 962 956 751

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761 924 923 738 780 951 945 754

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779 928 923 757 780 931 935 757

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 841 832 670 740 879 887 719

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY,

AND SEX

White, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802 978 970 769 816 997 992 784

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 1,019 1,012 856 897 1,043 1,041 867

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722 924 917 693 734 929 923 704

Black or African American, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 791 794 606 639 810 807 611

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 816 812 635 680 835 833 648

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606 771 779 584 611 792 788 590

Asian, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942 961 971 937 953 979 998 948

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,059 1,044 1,044 1,063 1,080 1,028 1,041 1,087

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 897 909 801 841 939 950 823

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 838 832 547 594 811 795 573

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 895 884 571 616 860 838 596

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 763 763 516 548 757 739 520

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, 2013-2014 annual

averages

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2013 2014

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,723 5,726 12.0 6,490 13.6 48,890 5,835 11.9 6,612 13.5

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,334 804 4.4 961 5.2 18,717 870 4.6 1,016 5.4

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,174 493 4.1 596 4.9 12,550 562 4.5 653 5.2

Business and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,159 311 5.0 365 5.9 6,168 308 5.0 362 5.9

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . 29,389 4,922 16.7 5,529 18.8 30,173 4,965 16.5 5,597 18.5

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . 3,767 163 4.3 208 5.5 4,057 169 4.2 223 5.5

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . 2,666 194 7.3 224 8.4 2,635 160 6.1 190 7.2

Life, physical, and social science

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,178 118 10.0 147 12.5 1,232 122 9.9 149 12.1

Community and social service occupations. . . . 2,263 361 16.0 390 17.2 2,373 358 15.1 396 16.7

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,424 76 5.4 88 6.2 1,440 86 6.0 107 7.5

Education, training, and library occupations. . . 8,457 2,986 35.3 3,304 39.1 8,437 2,976 35.3 3,279 38.9

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,043 120 5.9 138 6.8 2,071 117 5.6 137 6.6

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,591 903 11.9 1,029 13.6 7,928 977 12.3 1,115 14.1

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,390 2,491 10.6 2,701 11.5 23,481 2,498 10.6 2,740 11.7

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,364 314 9.3 347 10.3 3,326 305 9.2 346 10.4

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,107 1,096 35.3 1,160 37.3 3,128 1,103 35.3 1,166 37.3

Food preparation and serving related

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,037 341 4.2 375 4.7 8,021 338 4.2 389 4.9

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,708 488 10.4 534 11.3 4,916 504 10.2 560 11.4

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . 4,174 252 6.0 285 6.8 4,090 248 6.1 279 6.8

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,637 2,008 6.6 2,220 7.2 30,903 2,023 6.5 2,277 7.4

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,316 381 2.9 437 3.3 13,529 415 3.1 499 3.7

Office and administrative support occupations. . . 17,321 1,627 9.4 1,783 10.3 17,374 1,608 9.3 1,778 10.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,195 1,866 16.7 2,000 17.9 11,627 1,782 15.3 1,909 16.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . 861 18 2.1 22 2.5 935 24 2.5 30 3.2

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . 5,809 1,119 19.3 1,181 20.3 6,196 1,104 17.8 1,167 18.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,525 729 16.1 797 17.6 4,496 655 14.6 711 15.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,165 2,438 15.1 2,617 16.2 16,530 2,438 14.8 2,614 15.8

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,936 1,070 13.5 1,156 14.6 8,098 1,066 13.2 1,150 14.2

Transportation and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,229 1,367 16.6 1,461 17.8 8,432 1,372 16.3 1,464 17.4

INDUSTRY

Private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,681 7,318 6.7 8,128 7.5 111,228 7,359 6.6 8,224 7.4

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,096 11 1.0 13 1.2 1,199 14 1.1 19 1.6

Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,585 7,307 6.8 8,114 7.5 110,028 7,345 6.7 8,205 7.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.. . 1,026 55 5.4 67 6.6 1,040 50 4.8 61 5.9

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,474 915 14.1 967 14.9 6,968 968 13.9 1,023 14.7

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,195 1,431 10.1 1,558 11.0 14,471 1,409 9.7 1,517 10.5

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,933 883 9.9 956 10.7 9,111 876 9.6 944 10.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,262 549 10.4 602 11.4 5,359 534 10.0 572 10.7

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,998 838 4.7 927 5.2 18,372 769 4.2 892 4.9

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,235 163 5.0 184 5.7 3,232 107 3.3 129 4.0

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,763 675 4.6 743 5.0 15,141 662 4.4 763 5.0

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,563 1,144 20.6 1,212 21.8 5,750 1,153 20.1 1,217 21.2

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,686 920 19.6 974 20.8 4,814 945 19.6 996 20.7

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877 225 25.6 238 27.1 935 209 22.3 221 23.7

Information3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,582 231 8.9 251 9.7 2,681 231 8.6 255 9.5

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 26 4.7 30 5.5 581 21 3.6 22 3.8

Motion pictures and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 32 9.5 34 10.0 347 25 7.3 29 8.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 3. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry, 2013-2014 annual

averages — Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2013 2014

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. . . . . . . . . . . 538 30 5.5 34 6.3 569 40 7.0 43 7.6

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916 132 14.4 141 15.4 915 135 14.8 151 16.5

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,515 170 2.0 219 2.6 8,481 169 2.0 200 2.4

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,392 84 1.3 118 1.8 6,409 92 1.4 112 1.8

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,090 39 1.0 61 1.5 4,039 53 1.3 63 1.6

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,302 45 2.0 56 2.5 2,370 39 1.6 49 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . 2,123 86 4.0 102 4.8 2,071 77 3.7 88 4.2

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . 12,890 304 2.4 371 2.9 13,300 309 2.3 389 2.9

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . 7,711 115 1.5 154 2.0 8,045 109 1.4 157 2.0

Management, administrative, and waste

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,179 189 3.6 217 4.2 5,254 199 3.8 232 4.4

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,596 1,718 8.3 1,961 9.5 21,147 1,728 8.2 2,003 9.5

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,169 536 12.9 628 15.1 4,338 508 11.7 599 13.8

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 16,426 1,182 7.2 1,333 8.1 16,809 1,220 7.3 1,404 8.4

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,973 326 2.7 386 3.2 11,997 387 3.2 454 3.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . 2,248 118 5.2 130 5.8 2,166 140 6.5 158 7.3

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . 9,726 208 2.1 257 2.6 9,831 247 2.5 296 3.0

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,354 95 7.0 108 8.0 1,455 130 8.9 143 9.8

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . 8,372 113 1.3 149 1.8 8,377 117 1.4 153 1.8

Other services3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,774 175 3.0 194 3.4 5,821 171 2.9 193 3.3

Other services, except private households.. . 5,056 163 3.2 182 3.6 5,026 157 3.1 178 3.5

Public sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,429 7,210 35.3 7,900 38.7 20,203 7,218 35.7 7,927 39.2

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,515 932 26.5 1,096 31.2 3,408 939 27.5 1,078 31.6

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,353 1,966 30.9 2,147 33.8 6,264 1,867 29.8 2,056 32.8

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,561 4,311 40.8 4,658 44.1 10,532 4,412 41.9 4,793 45.5

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, 2013-2014 annual averages

Occupation and industry

2013 2014

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . $1,132 $1,121 $1,112 $1,135 $1,137 $1,132 $1,129 $1,139

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,208 1,202 1,223 1,207 1,227 1,246 1,243 1,226

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,285 1,305 1,329 1,280 1,295 1,333 1,333 1,292

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,091 1,086 1,082 1,092 1,107 1,135 1,131 1,104

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,071 1,102 1,087 1,067 1,078 1,117 1,112 1,068

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,365 1,248 1,271 1,371 1,368 1,288 1,277 1,373

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,365 1,269 1,313 1,369 1,377 1,416 1,424 1,370

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 1,152 1,233 1,200 1,149 1,168 1,271 1,276 1,141

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 990 984 813 858 1,017 1,010 822

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253 1,325 1,355 1,248 1,271 1,208 1,333 1,270

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 1,068 1,048 836 953 1,077 1,069 851

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988 1,243 1,191 974 956 1,130 1,110 946

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . . 1,048 1,185 1,170 1,031 1,033 1,128 1,115 1,020

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 746 742 467 505 762 751 482

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 576 579 485 498 569 558 493

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783 1,104 1,082 645 833 1,107 1,093 687

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 416 538 535 413 439 535 525 433

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 635 628 448 480 644 633 456

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 529 538 476 487 591 583 480

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 774 773 646 666 788 788 654

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 705 702 708 705 728 724 704

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 791 790 620 651 801 801 632

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 1,054 1,032 693 756 1,076 1,062 705

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 – – 445 429 – – 423

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732 1,069 1,043 675 756 1,095 1,078 697

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 821 1,045 1,027 772 821 1,064 1,057 782

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 810 805 598 642 838 830 614

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 790 782 604 646 825 824 620

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 619 838 834 590 637 850 836 608

INDUSTRY

Private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751 892 887 739 763 907 900 753

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 – – 496 502 – – 501

Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 892 887 743 767 907 901 756

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119 1,075 995 1,130 1,136 1,150 1,176 1,130

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 1,096 1,081 713 775 1,123 1,108 724

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 841 831 814 812 861 854 807

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863 881 868 862 840 888 886 833

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 790 789 739 765 808 795 761

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 668 666 636 641 669 670 638

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 840 826 798 818 772 773 821

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 622 624 601 602 641 643 600

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 1,015 1,003 773 826 1,011 1,009 785

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777 975 970 732 780 947 947 748

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,104 1,183 1,160 1,078 1,156 1,275 1,283 1,078

Information4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980 1,095 1,072 970 1,040 1,115 1,090 1,029

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908 – – 912 1,068 – – 1,081

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . 969 – – 937 1,021 – – 993

Radio and television broadcasting and cable

subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897 – – 895 902 – – 879

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,129 1,162 1,155 1,123 1,145 1,143 1,114 1,151

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905 875 930 905 941 879 884 942

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963 898 1,013 962 989 880 893 991

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992 – 1,273 988 1,012 862 889 1,014

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928 – 854 929 959 – – 960

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734 849 853 728 768 876 869 762

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907 889 896 907 915 805 851 918

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,172 1,169 1,165 1,173 1,199 1,081 1,145 1,203

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

industry, 2013-2014 annual averages — Continued

Occupation and industry

2013 2014

Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3 Total

Members

of

unions1

Represented

by unions2

Nonunion3

Management, administrative, and waste services. . . . . $576 $800 $798 $567 $580 $743 $735 $575

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765 894 897 752 777 926 925 763

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879 970 964 851 902 967 978 879

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 823 837 732 750 893 886 740

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 605 611 487 505 636 624 500

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 636 646 627 650 688 683 642

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 582 591 453 481 602 591 478

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 622 625 559 544 639 639 522

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 530 535 430 465 496 485 465

Other services4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634 816 797 627 644 871 843 636

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . 660 825 801 654 671 887 865 662

Public sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 999 994 839 927 1,014 1,014 850

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,098 1,043 1,055 1,139 1,103 1,050 1,072 1,136

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868 959 951 806 886 967 966 821

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879 1,003 992 757 899 1,026 1,020 780

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, 2013-2014 annual averages

[Numbers in thousands]

State

2013 2014

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,894 203 10.7 222 11.7 1,887 204 10.8 228 12.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 71 23.1 75 24.5 307 70 22.8 75 24.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,452 122 5.0 147 6.0 2,593 138 5.3 173 6.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,072 38 3.5 44 4.1 1,108 52 4.7 60 5.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,835 2,430 16.4 2,579 17.4 15,135 2,472 16.3 2,652 17.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,243 171 7.6 207 9.2 2,328 221 9.5 250 10.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,535 207 13.5 220 14.3 1,564 231 14.8 245 15.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 38 10.3 41 11.0 384 38 9.9 43 11.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 29 9.3 34 11.0 325 28 8.6 35 10.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,655 414 5.4 529 6.9 8,042 455 5.7 561 7.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,958 209 5.3 248 6.3 3,926 170 4.3 193 4.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 121 22.1 129 23.6 572 124 21.8 131 22.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 29 4.7 36 5.8 641 34 5.3 43 6.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,397 851 15.8 882 16.3 5,500 831 15.1 880 16.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,682 249 9.3 275 10.3 2,802 299 10.7 335 12.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,421 143 10.1 171 12.0 1,459 156 10.7 184 12.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252 94 7.5 106 8.4 1,287 95 7.4 116 9.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,735 194 11.2 226 13.0 1,714 189 11.0 219 12.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,728 75 4.3 95 5.5 1,834 96 5.2 118 6.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 64 11.1 75 13.1 566 62 11.0 71 12.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,665 308 11.6 349 13.1 2,612 310 11.9 347 13.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,940 401 13.7 430 14.6 3,036 415 13.7 445 14.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,889 633 16.3 656 16.9 4,028 585 14.5 631 15.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,532 362 14.3 381 15.0 2,538 360 14.2 380 15.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,040 38 3.7 44 4.2 1,028 38 3.7 46 4.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,537 219 8.6 264 10.4 2,559 214 8.4 249 9.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 52 13.0 60 14.8 414 52 12.7 57 13.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 63 7.3 79 9.0 877 64 7.3 79 9.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,154 169 14.6 186 16.1 1,173 169 14.4 192 16.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 60 9.6 67 10.7 626 62 9.9 72 11.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,814 611 16.0 632 16.6 3,860 635 16.5 664 17.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751 46 6.2 55 7.3 763 43 5.7 56 7.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,149 1,986 24.4 2,104 25.8 8,060 1,980 24.6 2,081 25.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,879 117 3.0 184 4.8 3,936 76 1.9 126 3.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 22 6.4 29 8.5 353 18 5.0 24 6.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,786 605 12.6 674 14.1 4,958 615 12.4 688 13.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,516 114 7.5 144 9.5 1,465 89 6.0 106 7.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,504 208 13.9 223 14.8 1,554 243 15.6 264 17.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,501 701 12.7 754 13.7 5,525 703 12.7 754 13.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 77 16.9 82 17.8 453 68 15.1 72 15.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,855 69 3.7 86 4.7 1,884 41 2.2 61 3.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 17 4.8 21 5.8 363 18 4.9 22 6.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,543 155 6.1 188 7.4 2,514 127 5.0 141 5.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,877 518 4.8 647 6.0 11,205 543 4.8 700 6.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253 49 3.9 67 5.4 1,236 46 3.7 57 4.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 31 10.9 38 13.2 286 32 11.1 37 13.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,601 180 5.0 229 6.4 3,665 179 4.9 228 6.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,882 546 18.9 568 19.7 2,914 491 16.8 536 18.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 87 12.7 93 13.5 687 73 10.6 80 11.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,569 317 12.3 337 13.1 2,626 306 11.7 327 12.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 15 5.7 17 6.4 255 17 6.7 19 7.5

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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Chart 1. Union membership rates by state, 2014 

(U.S. rate = 11.1 percent)

Chart 1. Union membership rates by state, 2014 annu

(U.S. rate = 11.1 percent)