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Table 4. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry

Table 4. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry, 2023-2024 annual averages
Occupation and industry 2023 2024
Total Members
of
unions(1)		 Represented
by unions(2)		 Non-
union(3)		 Total Members
of
unions(1)		 Represented
by unions(2)		 Non-
union(3)

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

 $1,527 $1,455 $1,445 $1,539 $1,582 $1,516 $1,500 $1,602

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 1,630 1,628 1,613 1,631 1,731 1,669 1,637 1,734

Management occupations

 1,730 1,673 1,665 1,732 1,773 1,760 1,734 1,778

Business and financial operations occupations

 1,517 1,493 1,484 1,519 1,610 1,488 1,498 1,619

Professional and related occupations

 1,458 1,435 1,423 1,468 1,504 1,485 1,468 1,514

Computer and mathematical occupations

 1,890 1,587 1,596 1,897 1,921 1,680 1,655 1,963

Architecture and engineering occupations

 1,785 1,731 1,736 1,793 1,873 1,810 1,782 1,879

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 1,541 1,407 1,442 1,553 1,611 1,738 1,754 1,596

Community and social service occupations

 1,147 1,439 1,429 1,094 1,163 1,415 1,399 1,138

Legal occupations

 1,880 1,620 1,566 1,894 1,904 1,902 1,899 1,905

Education, training, and library occupations

 1,180 1,368 1,347 1,077 1,217 1,402 1,380 1,119

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 1,343 1,596 1,577 1,328 1,413 1,549 1,485 1,407

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 1,404 1,506 1,501 1,386 1,472 1,620 1,565 1,451

Service occupations

 721 998 982 702 758 1,048 1,021 733

Healthcare support occupations

 713 753 761 707 753 796 786 750

Protective service occupations

 1,113 1,420 1,430 954 1,109 1,540 1,519 937

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 660 725 709 658 689 752 745 686

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 692 792 776 682 729 893 877 714

Personal care and service occupations

 725 950 907 720 757 979 914 749

Sales and office occupations

 923 1,012 1,004 916 964 1,089 1,084 954

Sales and related occupations

 1,001 921 940 1,003 1,046 1,022 1,055 1,045

Office and administrative support occupations

 891 1,021 1,012 878 925 1,100 1,089 911

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 1,001 1,389 1,368 951 1,042 1,475 1,449 995

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 689 - - 682 716 - - 714

Construction and extraction occupations

 985 1,385 1,369 921 1,017 1,492 1,475 974

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 1,092 1,428 1,395 1,044 1,150 1,457 1,421 1,113

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 869 1,083 1,053 834 891 1,128 1,111 864

Production occupations

 895 1,051 1,019 871 922 1,151 1,129 899

Transportation and material moving occupations

 841 1,098 1,082 810 862 1,105 1,086 829

INDUSTRY

Private sector

 1,087 1,184 1,168 1,077 1,140 1,258 1,243 1,131

Agriculture and related industries

 770 - - 772 786 - - 786

Nonagricultural industries

 1,091 1,186 1,170 1,082 1,144 1,261 1,246 1,136

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 1,424 - - 1,438 1,511 - - 1,482

Construction

 1,044 1,424 1,411 1,007 1,100 1,530 1,500 1,051

Manufacturing

 1,148 1,135 1,107 1,153 1,202 1,219 1,216 1,199

Durable goods

 1,173 1,182 1,148 1,175 1,252 1,264 1,265 1,251

Nondurable goods

 1,102 1,091 1,063 1,112 1,124 1,161 1,147 1,122

Wholesale and retail trade

 900 896 900 900 922 892 901 923

Wholesale trade

 1,152 1,019 1,078 1,157 1,163 1,158 1,156 1,164

Retail trade

 846 849 852 846 876 825 833 879

Transportation and utilities

 1,063 1,321 1,293 1,018 1,130 1,366 1,353 1,095

Transportation and warehousing

 993 1,262 1,231 966 1,040 1,254 1,234 1,011

Utilities

 1,571 1,686 1,655 1,544 1,578 1,661 1,644 1,559

Information(4)

 1,572 1,689 1,702 1,562 1,728 1,613 1,584 1,751

Publishing, except Internet

 1,890 - - 1,896 2,092 - - 2,107

Motion pictures and sound recording industries

 1,334 - - 1,252 1,567 - - 1,590

Broadcasting (except internet)

 1,426 - - 1,314 1,470 - - 1,452

Telecommunications

 1,465 1,397 1,404 1,473 1,512 1,600 1,528 1,510

Financial activities

 1,385 1,154 1,170 1,393 1,446 1,262 1,266 1,451

Finance and insurance

 1,466 1,139 1,276 1,471 1,533 1,249 1,266 1,537

Finance

 1,542 1,086 1,133 1,548 1,633 - 1,340 1,638

Insurance

 1,352 - 1,314 1,353 1,365 - - 1,369

Real estate and rental and leasing

 1,150 1,226 1,151 1,150 1,208 1,350 1,267 1,206

Professional and business services

 1,407 987 1,052 1,417 1,467 1,269 1,265 1,472

Professional and technical services

 1,729 1,575 1,560 1,731 1,830 1,701 1,535 1,838

Management, administrative, and waste services

 868 838 848 870 919 1,100 1,073 916

Education and health services

 $1,097 $1,199 $1,193 $1,078 $1,143 $1,310 $1,280 $1,128

Educational services

 1,193 1,329 1,321 1,168 1,236 1,341 1,328 1,222

Health care and social assistance

 1,062 1,145 1,145 1,049 1,119 1,282 1,260 1,105

Leisure and hospitality

 747 900 891 740 775 975 958 769

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 934 1,073 1,053 926 963 1,127 1,106 948

Accommodation and food services

 712 827 830 709 741 834 828 737

Accommodation

 788 874 881 776 801 862 850 797

Food services and drinking places

 701 756 753 700 728 802 805 726

Other services(4)

 923 1,151 1,136 915 986 1,403 1,332 979

Other services, except private households

 950 1,163 1,146 940 1,013 1,430 1,393 1,005

Public sector

 1,229 1,346 1,341 1,161 1,254 1,391 1,372 1,185

Federal government

 1,481 1,393 1,410 1,526 1,532 1,387 1,389 1,620

State government

 1,169 1,291 1,290 1,123 1,206 1,365 1,348 1,141

Local government

 1,187 1,357 1,346 1,074 1,207 1,409 1,383 1,095

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 as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

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Last Modified Date: January 28, 2025