Table 2. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics
Table 2. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics
2007 2008
Characteristic Members of Repre- Members of Repre-
Total unions (1) sented Non- Total unions (1) sented Non-
by union (3) by union (3)
unions (2) unions (2)
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over...................... $695 $863 $857 $663 $722 $886 $880 $691
16 to 24 years.............................. 424 566 551 418 443 560 549 434
25 years and over........................... 738 880 876 712 761 903 898 736
25 to 34 years............................. 643 789 781 622 666 801 793 645
35 to 44 years............................. 769 910 907 745 804 933 926 775
45 to 54 years............................. 790 900 899 763 822 944 941 785
55 to 64 years............................. 803 925 921 766 825 927 922 790
65 years and over.......................... 605 634 682 597 644 771 773 627
Men, 16 years and over...................... 766 913 910 738 798 939 937 766
16 to 24 years.............................. 443 567 557 432 461 571 565 451
25 years and over........................... 823 930 928 796 857 957 956 828
25 to 34 years............................. 687 823 819 664 704 845 839 682
35 to 44 years............................. 873 971 969 847 915 994 991 896
45 to 54 years............................. 909 958 961 892 944 1,003 1,005 922
55 to 64 years............................. 933 954 952 926 943 967 965 935
65 years and over.......................... 686 732 776 672 753 864 886 736
Women, 16 years and over.................... 614 790 784 592 638 809 800 615
16 to 24 years.............................. 409 564 540 403 420 546 530 416
25 years and over........................... 646 805 800 620 670 825 818 645
25 to 34 years............................. 597 753 745 580 623 748 740 609
35 to 44 years............................. 668 826 820 640 682 842 838 657
45 to 54 years............................. 677 813 810 650 707 853 847 674
55 to 64 years............................. 679 886 881 641 711 875 866 675
65 years and over.......................... 534 582 608 520 563 693 672 542
RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY,
AND SEX
White, 16 years and over.................... 716 889 884 684 742 914 907 712
Men........................................ 788 937 934 757 825 967 965 789
Women...................................... 626 814 807 603 654 837 828 627
Black or African American, 16 years and over 569 732 727 533 589 720 712 564
Men........................................ 600 768 763 573 620 756 751 598
Women...................................... 533 697 691 513 554 674 668 523
Asian, 16 years and over.................... 830 853 881 823 861 902 908 852
Men........................................ 936 867 898 940 966 927 939 973
Women...................................... 731 842 871 712 753 880 880 737
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and
over....................................... 503 736 729 487 529 733 724 512
Men........................................ 520 793 782 505 559 778 765 526
Women...................................... 473 675 672 446 501 654 656 487
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.
3 Data refer to workers who are neither members of a union nor represented by a union on their job.
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. Excluded are all self-employed workers regardless of whether or not their
businesses are incorporated. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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