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Union Membership Historical Table for North Dakota

Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers, North Dakota, 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	249	28	11.2	36	14.4
1990	242	29	11.9	37	15.2
1991	242	23	9.4	28	11.5
1992	242	23	9.3	26	10.8
1993	247	22	9.0	28	11.5
1994	—	—	—	—	—
1995	257	26	10.0	31	12.0
1996	267	24	9.1	28	10.5
1997	277	24	8.6	28	10.1
1998	281	25	9.1	27	9.6
1999	268	25	9.3	27	10.1
2000	277	18	6.4	22	7.8
2001	294	21	7.3	25	8.4
2002	291	24	8.2	28	9.8
2003	284	21	7.3	26	9.0
2004	292	22	7.7	26	9.0
2005	289	21	7.3	26	9.2
2006	300	20	6.8	24	8.0
2007	303	19	6.4	23	7.6
2008	308	19	6.1	25	8.2
2009	301	21	6.8	30	9.8
2010	313	23	7.4	28	9.1
2011	318	20	6.3	27	8.6
2012	329	20	6.1	27	8.2
2013	342	22	6.4	29	8.5
2014	353	18	5.0	24	6.9
2015	352	19	5.4	24	6.8
2016	363	20	5.5	25	7.0
2017	356	18	5.1	24	6.8
2018	343	18	5.2	23	6.7
2019	356	21	6.0	27	7.5
2020	338	21	6.2	25	7.4
2021	349	19	5.4	24	6.9
2022	365	23	6.4	28	7.6
2023	359	22	6.2	27	7.5
2024	366	18	5.0	23	6.3
2025(3)	385	23	6.0	28	7.4
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 North Dakota