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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
43. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry
Occupation and industry 2020 2021
Total Members
of
unions(1)		 Represented
by unions(2)		 Non-
union(3)		 Total Members
of
unions(1)		 Represented
by unions(2)		 Non-
union(3)

Total full-time wage and salary workers

 $984 $1,144 $1,138 $958 $998 $1,169 $1,158 $975

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,356 1,313 1,294 1,366 1,390 1,360 1,345 1,400

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 1,461 1,386 1,378 1,468 1,482 1,450 1,430 1,487

Management occupations

 1,541 1,445 1,440 1,546 1,546 1,545 1,535 1,547

Business and financial operations occupations

 1,363 1,253 1,254 1,369 1,382 1,301 1,267 1,391

Professional and related occupations

 1,270 1,294 1,271 1,269 1,335 1,346 1,330 1,337

Computer and mathematical occupations

 1,633 1,461 1,424 1,649 1,660 1,463 1,474 1,673

Architecture and engineering occupations

 1,575 1,723 1,652 1,568 1,641 1,770 1,745 1,633

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 1,336 1,378 1,417 1,327 1,407 1,336 1,348 1,416

Community and social service occupations

 1,003 1,166 1,148 966 1,065 1,342 1,333 1,010

Legal occupations

 1,540 1,464 1,515 1,541 1,586 1,728 1,591 1,586

Education, training, and library occupations

 1,096 1,244 1,224 982 1,138 1,273 1,256 1,025

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 1,179 1,349 1,341 1,169 1,229 1,434 1,532 1,215

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 1,227 1,376 1,381 1,200 1,273 1,402 1,389 1,259

Service occupations

 621 931 911 599 644 929 909 619

Healthcare support occupations

 606 689 682 600 637 705 711 629

Protective service occupations

 982 1,263 1,258 806 998 1,278 1,263 846

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 530 613 607 524 573 652 645 570

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 603 709 711 589 623 732 731 612

Personal care and service occupations

 616 710 617 616 618 622 687 617

Sales and office occupations

 809 947 944 797 826 933 929 817

Sales and related occupations

 880 860 897 879 887 808 839 890

Office and administrative support occupations

 781 965 956 764 806 961 951 791

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 905 1,227 1,215 844 919 1,262 1,237 872

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 589 - - 583 623 - - 615

Construction and extraction occupations

 906 1,237 1,221 830 904 1,262 1,227 837

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 984 1,235 1,219 933 1,017 1,287 1,273 983

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 746 954 938 720 774 968 954 746

Production occupations

 775 923 911 753 809 957 944 789

Transportation and material moving occupations

 719 979 967 691 738 976 961 713

INDUSTRY

Private sector

 959 1,089 1,084 948 973 1,098 1,080 965

Agriculture and related industries

 640 - - 638 675 - - 673

Nonagricultural industries

 964 1,090 1,086 954 978 1,100 1,082 969

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 1,444 - - 1,449 1,317 - - 1,315

Construction

 961 1,254 1,234 920 966 1,344 1,322 922

Manufacturing

 1,008 1,016 1,012 1,008 1,033 1,016 1,015 1,036

Durable goods

 1,049 1,076 1,081 1,043 1,061 1,041 1,051 1,062

Nondurable goods

 946 914 900 953 995 981 976 998

Wholesale and retail trade

 768 791 780 768 790 776 773 791

Wholesale trade

 980 1,116 1,062 973 1,003 910 876 1,014

Retail trade

 721 731 728 721 744 763 766 742

Transportation and utilities

 963 1,215 1,197 912 973 1,199 1,170 934

Transportation and warehousing

 893 1,138 1,117 849 914 1,147 1,120 883

Utilities

 1,405 1,533 1,535 1,343 1,390 1,482 1,425 1,369

Information(4)

 1,356 1,403 1,390 1,348 1,378 1,568 1,527 1,370

Publishing, except Internet

 1,431 - - 1,439 1,271 - - 1,332

Motion pictures and sound recording industries

 1,149 - - 1,053 1,325 1,884 1,885 1,230

Broadcasting (except internet)

 1,118 - - 1,077 1,213 - - 1,199

Telecommunications

 1,321 1,388 1,350 1,306 1,367 1,302 1,297 1,374

Financial activities

 1,187 1,012 1,112 1,194 1,233 1,017 1,019 1,239

Finance and insurance

 1,266 1,003 1,125 1,270 1,317 1,012 1,037 1,328

Finance

 1,337 1,108 1,138 1,340 1,367 1,022 1,072 1,372

Insurance

 1,171 - 1,077 1,173 1,209 - 1,003 1,222

Real estate and rental and leasing

 1,001 1,081 1,105 999 1,000 1,027 995 1,001

Professional and business services

 1,220 960 993 1,228 1,241 1,023 1,017 1,249

Professional and technical services

 1,487 1,394 1,362 1,492 1,515 1,527 1,365 1,518

Management, administrative, and waste services

 726 781 770 724 742 766 767 740

Education and health services

 968 1,129 1,130 949 982 1,140 1,134 966

Educational services

 1,059 1,171 1,166 1,026 1,110 1,143 1,133 1,105

Health care and social assistance

 937 1,079 1,094 923 953 1,139 1,134 939

Leisure and hospitality

 624 741 772 620 650 752 756 645

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 849 850 892 845 824 904 864 818

Accommodation and food services

 592 723 723 589 618 725 735 615

Accommodation

 671 - 813 643 691 735 752 683

Food services and drinking places

 582 690 660 580 609 709 725 607

Other services(4)

 823 1,174 1,143 812 858 1,200 1,166 847

Other services, except private households

 852 1,178 1,148 838 894 1,258 1,206 885

Public sector

 1,100 1,186 1,173 1,022 1,133 1,237 1,229 1,055

Federal government

 1,326 1,223 1,226 1,374 1,319 1,209 1,219 1,372

State government

 1,051 1,157 1,151 979 1,088 1,231 1,224 1,007

Local government

 1,054 1,196 1,174 939 1,102 1,246 1,235 969

Footnotes
(1) Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.
(2) Data refer to both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.
(3) Data refer to workers who are neither members of a union nor represented by a union on their job.
(4) Includes other industries, not shown separately.

NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

 

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022