HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
41. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics
Characteristic 2010 2011
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

 $747 $917 $911 $717 $756 $938 $934 $729

16 to 24 years

 432 585 580 423 440 552 550 432

25 years and over

 782 931 925 755 797 954 950 766

25 to 34 years

 682 847 840 657 693 852 848 671

35 to 44 years

 824 961 954 792 837 992 983 805

45 to 54 years

 844 955 950 813 866 988 987 832

55 to 64 years

 860 975 971 828 881 992 992 845

65 years and over

 684 823 821 665 742 849 855 728

Men, 16 years and over

 824 967 964 789 832 982 981 798

16 to 24 years

 443 610 601 430 455 577 575 447

25 years and over

 874 982 979 846 886 1,000 999 857

25 to 34 years

 714 870 864 688 717 876 876 699

35 to 44 years

 915 1,008 1,004 893 935 1,030 1,022 912

45 to 54 years

 954 1,014 1,013 935 979 1,036 1,038 964

55 to 64 years

 979 1,010 1,012 967 997 1,062 1,066 977

65 years and over

 794 903 903 770 821 897 910 813

Women, 16 years and over

 669 856 847 639 684 879 871 653

16 to 24 years

 422 531 535 417 421 520 518 416

25 years and over

 704 870 861 672 718 895 888 688

25 to 34 years

 648 819 811 624 662 829 823 637

35 to 44 years

 731 897 888 699 734 936 925 702

45 to 54 years

 730 874 864 702 744 925 922 715

55 to 64 years

 736 924 913 702 749 917 916 724

65 years and over

 601 690 703 588 664 820 819 645

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

 765 943 936 736 775 961 956 747

Men

 850 988 985 817 856 1,004 1,001 821

Women

 684 882 872 651 703 903 897 670

Black or African American

 611 772 766 589 615 771 768 595

Men

 633 829 827 606 653 802 803 619

Women

 592 729 720 574 595 744 741 577

Asian

 855 909 918 842 866 961 962 846

Men

 936 924 941 936 970 964 983 969

Women

 773 904 909 749 751 959 943 727

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 535 771 766 512 549 811 804 520

Men

 560 804 800 525 571 859 856 538

Women

 508 729 724 489 518 743 733 501

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- and part-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: March 1, 2012