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Union Membership Historical Table for Nebraska

Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers, Nebraska, 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	651	78	12.0	107	16.5
1990	659	72	11.0	101	15.3
1991	671	72	10.7	106	15.9
1992	675	72	10.6	103	15.2
1993	714	77	10.8	105	14.8
1994	—	—	—	—	—
1995	715	65	9.1	89	12.4
1996	732	63	8.6	90	12.4
1997	741	69	9.3	91	12.3
1998	751	77	10.3	104	13.8
1999	748	66	8.8	92	12.2
2000	787	66	8.4	92	11.7
2001	773	63	8.1	86	11.2
2002	790	64	8.1	89	11.2
2003	819	64	7.9	87	10.6
2004	831	69	8.3	83	10.0
2005	830	69	8.3	79	9.5
2006	831	66	7.9	79	9.5
2007	836	65	7.8	81	9.7
2008	840	70	8.3	90	10.7
2009	823	76	9.2	94	11.4
2010	813	75	9.3	96	11.8
2011	828	65	7.9	83	10.0
2012	864	52	6.0	70	8.1
2013	870	63	7.3	79	9.0
2014	877	64	7.3	79	9.0
2015	882	68	7.7	80	9.0
2016	876	64	7.4	74	8.5
2017	858	70	8.2	78	9.1
2018	882	59	6.6	71	8.0
2019	894	75	8.4	86	9.6
2020	890	85	9.6	94	10.5
2021	896	61	6.8	72	8.0
2022	923	60	6.5	74	8.1
2023	940	68	7.3	88	9.4
2024	913	62	6.8	74	8.1
2025(3)	973	64	6.6	82	8.5
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 Nebraska