HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 42. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry (Numbers in thousands) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | 1994 | 1995 | | _______________________________________ _______________________________________ | | | | | | | | Members of | Represented | | Members of | Represented | | unions 1/ | by unions 2/ | | unions 1/ | by unions 2/ Occupation and industry | Total | | | Total | | _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ | em- | | | | | em- | | | | |ployed | |Percent| |Percent|ployed | |Percent| |Percent | | Total | of | Total | of | | Total | of | Total | of | | | em- | | em- | | | em- | | em- | | |ployed | |ployed | | |ployed | |ployed | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty.......| 28,568| 4,100| 14.4 | 4,937| 17.3 | 29,827| 4,116| 13.8 | 4,909| 16.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial.| 13,123| 826| 6.3 | 1,072| 8.2 | 13,840| 804| 5.8 | 1,017| 7.4 Professional specialty....................| 15,446| 3,273| 21.2 | 3,865| 25.0 | 15,987| 3,312| 20.7 | 3,892| 24.3 | | | | | | | | | | Technical, sales, and administrative support| 33,509| 3,466| 10.3 | 4,041| 12.1 | 33,842| 3,364| 9.9 | 3,883| 11.5 Technicians and related support...........| 3,766| 429| 11.4 | 506| 13.4 | 3,795| 448| 11.8 | 526| 13.9 Sales occupations.........................| 11,981| 583| 4.9 | 660| 5.5 | 12,427| 561| 4.5 | 651| 5.2 Administrative support, including clerical| 17,762| 2,454| 13.8 | 2,875| 16.2 | 17,620| 2,355| 13.4 | 2,706| 15.4 | | | | | | | | | | Service occupations.........................| 15,597| 2,226| 14.3 | 2,443| 15.7 | 15,648| 2,112| 13.5 | 2,356| 15.1 Protective service........................| 2,234| 927| 41.5 | 986| 44.1 | 2,236| 900| 40.2 | 978| 43.7 Service, except protective service........| 13,364| 1,299| 9.7 | 1,458| 10.9 | 13,412| 1,213| 9.0 | 1,378| 10.3 | | | | | | | | | | Precision production, craft, and repair.....| 11,354| 2,718| 23.9 | 2,911| 25.6 | 11,563| 2,692| 23.3 | 2,866| 24.8 | | | | | | | | | | Operators, fabricators, and laborers........| 17,142| 4,135| 24.1 | 4,395| 25.6 | 17,304| 3,983| 23.0 | 4,229| 24.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | inspectors................................| 7,510| 1,829| 24.4 | 1,948| 25.9 | 7,639| 1,780| 23.3 | 1,892| 24.8 Transportation and material moving | | | | | | | | | | occupations...............................| 4,740| 1,232| 26.0 | 1,306| 27.5 | 4,736| 1,224| 25.9 | 1,294| 27.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and| | | | | | | | | | laborers..................................| 4,892| 1,074| 21.9 | 1,141| 23.3 | 4,929| 978| 19.9 | 1,044| 21.2 | | | | | | | | | | Farming, forestry, and fishing..............| 1,820| 104| 5.7 | 122| 6.7 | 1,855| 91| 4.9 | 104| 5.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | | | Agricultural wage and salary workers........| 1,487| 34| 2.3 | 42| 2.8 | 1,575| 33| 2.1 | 43| 2.7 Private nonagricultural wage and salary | | | | | | | | | | workers...................................| 88,163| 9,620| 10.9 | 10,612| 12.0 | 90,121| 9,400| 10.4 | 10,318| 11.4 Mining....................................| 652| 102| 15.7 | 111| 17.1 | 609| 84| 13.8 | 88| 14.4 Construction..............................| 4,866| 916| 18.8 | 966| 19.9 | 5,135| 908| 17.7 | 963| 18.8 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing.............................| 19,267| 3,514| 18.2 | 3,787| 19.7 | 19,520| 3,440| 17.6 | 3,657| 18.7 Durable goods...........................| 11,285| 2,153| 19.1 | 2,327| 20.6 | 11,424| 2,153| 18.8 | 2,286| 20.0 Nondurable goods........................| 7,983| 1,361| 17.0 | 1,460| 18.3 | 8,096| 1,286| 15.9 | 1,371| 16.9 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities.......| 6,512| 1,848| 28.4 | 1,997| 30.7 | 6,573| 1,792| 27.3 | 1,911| 29.1 Transportation..........................| 3,925| 1,090| 27.8 | 1,152| 29.3 | 3,957| 1,065| 26.9 | 1,118| 28.3 Communications and public utilities.....| 2,587| 758| 29.3 | 846| 32.7 | 2,616| 726| 27.8 | 793| 30.3 | | | | | | | | | | Wholesale and retail trade................| 22,319| 1,379| 6.2 | 1,524| 6.8 | 23,028| 1,401| 6.1 | 1,550| 6.7 Wholesale trade.........................| 3,991| 260| 6.5 | 289| 7.2 | 4,251| 283| 6.6 | 319| 7.5 Retail trade............................| 18,328| 1,120| 6.1 | 1,236| 6.7 | 18,777| 1,118| 6.0 | 1,231| 6.6 | | | | | | | | | | Finance, insurance, and real estate.......| 6,897| 156| 2.3 | 215| 3.1 | 6,745| 139| 2.1 | 173| 2.6 Services..................................| 27,649| 1,704| 6.2 | 2,012| 7.3 | 28,511| 1,636| 5.7 | 1,976| 6.9 Government workers..........................| 18,339| 7,094| 38.7 | 8,195| 44.7 | 18,342| 6,926| 37.8 | 7,985| 43.5 | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union. 2/ Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union as well as workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers. Excluded are self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated although they technically qualify as wage and salary workers.