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	2020				2021
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	$984	$1,144	$1,138	$958	$998	$1,169	$1,158	$975
16 to 24 years	606	717	711	601	623	757	744	617
25 years and over	1,029	1,160	1,155	1,007	1,057	1,192	1,180	1,030
25 to 34 years	904	1,008	1,003	888	931	1,049	1,038	916
35 to 44 years	1,106	1,241	1,232	1,073	1,131	1,264	1,252	1,107
45 to 54 years	1,129	1,243	1,234	1,102	1,154	1,266	1,257	1,136
55 to 64 years	1,096	1,167	1,168	1,072	1,132	1,224	1,224	1,111
65 years and over	999	1,112	1,097	987	994	1,083	1,093	980

Men, 16 years and over	1,082	1,216	1,210	1,051	1,097	1,227	1,217	1,069
16 to 24 years	622	723	724	615	650	771	750	640
25 years and over	1,144	1,240	1,234	1,129	1,160	1,253	1,245	1,146
25 to 34 years	952	1,072	1,070	934	972	1,105	1,093	959
35 to 44 years	1,205	1,344	1,337	1,178	1,241	1,363	1,354	1,221
45 to 54 years	1,260	1,325	1,320	1,248	1,295	1,339	1,337	1,281
55 to 64 years	1,228	1,250	1,250	1,222	1,256	1,268	1,265	1,254
65 years and over	1,115	1,140	1,117	1,114	1,129	1,148	1,150	1,124

Women, 16 years and over	891	1,067	1,057	862	912	1,104	1,086	884
16 to 24 years	589	711	698	583	605	745	739	599
25 years and over	929	1,082	1,074	905	954	1,126	1,115	930
25 to 34 years	852	957	949	836	881	1,008	1,003	862
35 to 44 years	978	1,140	1,135	945	992	1,168	1,151	967
45 to 54 years	977	1,151	1,139	947	1,012	1,180	1,162	981
55 to 64 years	955	1,079	1,082	931	976	1,157	1,164	953
65 years and over	897	1,086	1,078	877	867	1,012	1,016	846

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White	1,003	1,165	1,157	978	1,018	1,199	1,182	996
Men	1,110	1,243	1,237	1,080	1,125	1,257	1,248	1,097
Women	905	1,085	1,070	877	925	1,121	1,101	899
Black or African American	794	965	971	766	801	998	987	775
Men	830	1,020	1,022	798	825	1,006	992	802
Women	764	917	923	742	776	988	980	752
Asian	1,310	1,240	1,247	1,326	1,328	1,267	1,256	1,334
Men	1,447	1,247	1,237	1,477	1,453	1,307	1,326	1,459
Women	1,143	1,233	1,256	1,124	1,141	1,248	1,218	1,132
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	758	1,016	1,011	730	777	1,032	1,001	755
Men	797	1,076	1,064	770	820	1,091	1,048	799
Women	705	955	947	684	718	949	924	699
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 20, 2022