Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
41. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics
Characteristic	2011				2012
Characteristic	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