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Union Members in 2009

Union Members in 2009. Jim Walker Economist Bureau of Labor Statistics January 29, 2010. About union membership data.

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Union Members in 2009

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  1. Union Members in 2009 Jim Walker Economist Bureau of Labor Statistics January 29, 2010

  2. About union membership data • Data on union membership are collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey of about 60,000 households that obtains information on employment and unemployment among the nation’s civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over. • Only employed wage and salary workers are included in the union membership data. Excluded are the self-employed, unpaid family workers, unemployed persons, and individuals out of the labor force (such as those who are retired). • Union members who are temporarily absent from work because of strikes are included in the data. • Dues-paying union members who are unemployed or out of the labor force (such as those who are retired) are excluded from the CPS union statistics. • The union membership rate is the proportion of wage and salary workers who are members of a union or an employee association similar to a union.

  3. Union questions in the CPS • On this job, (are/is) (name/you) a member of a labor union or of an employee association similar to a union? 1 Yes 2 No • On this job, (are/is) (name/you) covered by a union or employee association contract? 1 Yes 2 No

  4. Chart 1. The union membership rate 1983 through 2009. Union membership rate 20.1 percent 12.3 percent 12.0 percent in 2006 Note: The union membership rate is the proportion of wage and salary workers that are members of a union or an employee association similar to a union. Self-employed and unpaid family workers are not included. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), annual averages.

  5. Chart 2. The private sector has a lower union membership rate than the public sector. Union membership rate Public-sector union membership rate 37.4 percent 36.7 percent Private-sector union membership rate 16.8 percent 7.2 percent Note: Prior to 2000, private sector data refer to the nonagricultural private sector. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), annual averages.

  6. Chart 3. In 2009, there were more public sector union members than private sector union members. Number of union members Private-sector union members 7.9 million public 7.4 million private Public-sector union members Note: Prior to 2000, private sector data refer to the nonagricultural private sector. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), annual averages.

  7. Chart 4. Union membership rates vary by industry. Public Sector Private Sector Union membership rate Note: Education and health services includes private education. Public education is included in the public sector. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), 2009 annual averages.

  8. Chart 5. Union membership rates differ by occupation. Union membership rate Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), 2009 annual averages.

  9. Chart 6. Wage and salary workers age 55 to 64 years had the highest union membership rate in 2009. Union membership rate Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), 2009 annual averages.

  10. Chart 7. The union membership rate for men is higher than for women, but the gap has been narrowing. Union membership rate 24.7 percent Men 13.3 percent Women 14.6 percent 11.3 percent Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), annual averages.

  11. Chart 8. The decline in the union membership rate varies by race and Hispanic ethnicity. Union membership rate Note: The union membership rate of Asians is only available since 2003; the rate was 11.4 percent in 2009. Persons of Hispanic ethnicity can be of any race. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), 1983 and 2009 annual averages.

  12. Chart 9. Only four states had union membership rates above 20 percent in 2009. (U.S. rate = 12.3 percent) Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), 2009 annual averages.

  13. Chart 10. Among full-time workers, union members have higher weekly earnings than nonunion workers. Constant 2009 dollars $908 Union members $793 $710 $589 Nonunion workers Note: Earnings are median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers and have been converted to constant dollars using the Consumer Price Index research series (CPI-U-RS). Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), annual averages.

  14. Chart 11. Among full-time employees, both men and women who were union members had higher weekly earnings than their nonunion counterparts in 2009. Men, union Women, union Men, nonunion Women, nonunion Note: Earnings are median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), 2009 annual averages.

  15. Chart 12. Among full-time employees of the same race or ethnicity, most union members earned more than their nonunion counterparts in 2009. Note: Hispanics can be of any race. Earnings are median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), 2009 annual averages.

  16. Jim WalkerEconomistDivision of Labor Force Statisticswww.bls.gov/cps202-691-6486walker.james@bls.gov

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