HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
41. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics
Characteristic 2011 2012
Total Members
of
unions(1)		 Represented
by unions(2)		 Non-
union(3)		 Total Members
of
unions(1)		 Represented
by unions(2)		 Non-
union(3)

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over

 $756 $938 $934 $729 $768 $943 $933 $742

16 to 24 years

 440 552 550 432 444 545 551 434

25 years and over

 797 954 950 766 815 960 950 786

25 to 34 years

 693 852 848 671 707 871 863 686

35 to 44 years

 837 992 983 805 858 983 974 831

45 to 54 years

 866 988 987 832 878 997 985 850

55 to 64 years

 881 992 992 845 897 1,005 997 870

65 years and over

 742 849 855 728 757 839 832 748

Men, 16 years and over

 832 982 981 798 854 997 990 821

16 to 24 years

 455 577 575 447 468 572 576 459

25 years and over

 886 1,000 999 857 910 1,015 1,010 887

25 to 34 years

 717 876 876 699 738 910 903 718

35 to 44 years

 935 1,030 1,022 912 957 1,035 1,029 941

45 to 54 years

 979 1,036 1,038 964 994 1,061 1,055 979

55 to 64 years

 997 1,062 1,066 977 1,005 1,049 1,044 994

65 years and over

 821 897 910 813 860 911 926 849

Women, 16 years and over

 684 879 871 653 691 877 865 663

16 to 24 years

 421 520 518 416 416 510 513 412

25 years and over

 718 895 888 688 727 891 880 701

25 to 34 years

 662 829 823 637 666 817 809 647

35 to 44 years

 734 936 925 702 747 915 906 722

45 to 54 years

 744 925 922 715 746 913 900 719

55 to 64 years

 749 917 916 724 766 938 918 743

65 years and over

 664 820 819 645 667 766 735 653

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

 775 961 956 747 792 973 960 762

Men

 856 1,004 1,001 821 879 1,025 1,017 845

Women

 703 903 897 670 710 902 890 681

Black or African American

 615 771 768 595 621 784 774 599

Men

 653 802 803 619 665 819 811 624

Women

 595 744 741 577 599 755 747 582

Asian

 866 961 962 846 920 977 986 907

Men

 970 964 983 969 1,055 1,010 1,022 1,062

Women

 751 959 943 727 770 946 951 747

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 549 811 804 520 568 840 823 530

Men

 571 859 856 538 592 881 868 563

Women

 518 743 733 501 521 767 750 503

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.

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 and those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013