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Union Membership Historical Table for Minnesota

Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers, Minnesota, annual averages, 1989–2025 (numbers in thousands)
Year	Total employed	Members of unions(1)		Represented by unions(2)
Year	Total employed	Total	Percent of employed	Total	Percent of employed
1989	1,944	386	19.9	416	21.4
1990	1,936	390	20.1	424	21.9
1991	1,974	422	21.4	450	22.8
1992	1,987	438	22.0	461	23.2
1993	2,031	429	21.1	461	22.7
1994	—	—	—	—	—
1995	2,122	431	20.3	458	21.6
1996	2,160	437	20.3	458	21.2
1997	2,196	436	19.9	460	20.9
1998	2,242	422	18.8	443	19.8
1999	2,302	444	19.3	471	20.5
2000	2,358	430	18.2	447	18.9
2001	2,434	430	17.7	449	18.4
2002	2,500	440	17.6	458	18.3
2003	2,435	414	17.0	441	18.1
2004	2,429	424	17.5	443	18.3
2005	2,494	392	15.7	410	16.4
2006	2,479	395	16.0	416	16.8
2007	2,460	400	16.3	419	17.0
2008	2,430	392	16.1	412	17.0
2009	2,400	362	15.1	377	15.7
2010	2,468	385	15.6	397	16.1
2011	2,461	371	15.1	390	15.8
2012	2,465	351	14.2	368	14.9
2013	2,532	362	14.3	381	15.0
2014	2,538	360	14.2	380	15.0
2015	2,565	363	14.2	385	15.0
2016	2,563	365	14.2	388	15.2
2017	2,693	411	15.2	428	15.9
2018	2,634	395	15.0	421	16.0
2019	2,662	364	13.7	381	14.3
2020	2,515	398	15.8	427	17.0
2021	2,608	416	16.0	446	17.1
2022	2,697	382	14.2	411	15.2
2023	2,673	356	13.3	378	14.1
2024	2,668	379	14.2	394	14.8
2025(3)	2,731	386	14.1	431	15.8
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) 2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.
Note: 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 as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dashes indicate data not available. Source: Current Population Survey The current population survey is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Union Membership Historical Table for Minnesota