2019 Annual Averages - Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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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	2018				2019
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	$886	$1,051	$1,042	$860	$917	$1,095	$1,082	$892
16 to 24 years	548	676	668	536	581	692	684	575
25 years and over	932	1,077	1,070	910	969	1,121	1,110	944
25 to 34 years	808	921	913	791	846	980	970	827
35 to 44 years	986	1,154	1,146	959	1,035	1,203	1,196	1,007
45 to 54 years	1,002	1,144	1,144	978	1,033	1,174	1,160	1,008
55 to 64 years	994	1,107	1,107	972	1,017	1,136	1,132	999
65 years and over	944	1,059	1,053	928	936	1,006	1,016	920

Men, 16 years and over	973	1,123	1,121	948	1,007	1,147	1,139	986
16 to 24 years	575	694	691	560	607	710	703	602
25 years and over	1,026	1,146	1,146	1,007	1,070	1,172	1,165	1,048
25 to 34 years	862	971	966	844	897	1,008	998	883
35 to 44 years	1,101	1,211	1,207	1,071	1,149	1,243	1,242	1,131
45 to 54 years	1,137	1,224	1,221	1,120	1,169	1,271	1,254	1,156
55 to 64 years	1,137	1,176	1,191	1,122	1,166	1,199	1,200	1,159
65 years and over	1,050	1,093	1,117	1,042	1,066	1,069	1,079	1,064

Women, 16 years and over	789	968	958	764	821	1,018	1,004	792
16 to 24 years	522	632	630	518	540	656	652	534
25 years and over	830	984	976	804	865	1,043	1,026	837
25 to 34 years	750	856	846	736	788	944	932	767
35 to 44 years	876	1,063	1,052	845	920	1,140	1,129	890
45 to 54 years	876	1,026	1,030	847	904	1,086	1,066	878
55 to 64 years	853	989	982	825	880	1,031	1,016	855
65 years and over	811	1,022	1,010	783	815	949	961	784

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White	916	1,098	1,090	889	945	1,127	1,115	917
Men	1,002	1,157	1,154	978	1,036	1,181	1,173	1,012
Women	817	1,007	1,001	786	840	1,044	1,023	810
Black or African American	694	826	815	673	735	905	901	711
Men	735	890	879	714	769	948	930	746
Women	654	782	766	635	704	874	875	683
Asian	1,095	1,119	1,121	1,092	1,174	1,173	1,158	1,179
Men	1,241	1,196	1,228	1,243	1,336	1,151	1,135	1,357
Women	937	1,033	999	929	1,025	1,216	1,180	995
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	680	912	900	657	706	954	926	686
Men	720	978	962	698	747	1,009	992	722
Women	617	836	824	601	642	875	845	622
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: January 22, 2020