HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 42. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry (Numbers in thousands) 1995 1996 Members of Represented Members of Represented unions(1) by unions(2) unions(1) by unions(2) Occupation and industry Total Total em- em- ployed Percent Percent ployed Percent Percent Total of Total of Total of Total of em- em- em- em- ployed ployed ployed ployed OCCUPATION Managerial and professional specialty............. 29,827 4,116 13.8 4,909 16.5 30,942 4,196 13.6 4,977 16.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial....... 13,840 804 5.8 1,017 7.4 14,263 785 5.5 1,005 7.0 Professional specialty.......................... 15,987 3,312 20.7 3,892 24.3 16,679 3,410 20.4 3,972 23.8 Technical, sales, and administrative support...... 33,842 3,364 9.9 3,883 11.5 34,187 3,231 9.5 3,742 10.9 Technicians and related support................. 3,795 448 11.8 526 13.9 3,828 409 10.7 492 12.8 Sales occupations............................... 12,427 561 4.5 651 5.2 12,658 541 4.3 616 4.9 Administrative support, including clerical...... 17,620 2,355 13.4 2,706 15.4 17,701 2,281 12.9 2,634 14.9 Service occupations............................... 15,648 2,112 13.5 2,356 15.1 15,897 2,103 13.2 2,331 14.7 Protective service.............................. 2,236 900 40.2 978 43.7 2,154 852 39.5 909 42.2 Service, except protective service.............. 13,412 1,213 9.0 1,378 10.3 13,743 1,251 9.1 1,421 10.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........... 11,563 2,692 23.3 2,866 24.8 11,615 2,648 22.8 2,804 24.1 Operators, fabricators, and laborers.............. 17,304 3,983 23.0 4,229 24.4 17,428 4,000 23.0 4,201 24.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors... 7,639 1,780 23.3 1,892 24.8 7,584 1,752 23.1 1,838 24.2 Transportation and material moving occupations.. 4,736 1,224 25.9 1,294 27.3 4,862 1,243 25.6 1,313 27.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......................................... 4,929 978 19.9 1,044 21.2 4,981 1,005 20.2 1,050 21.1 Farming, forestry, and fishing.................... 1,855 91 4.9 104 5.6 1,892 92 4.9 104 5.5 INDUSTRY Agricultural wage and salary workers.............. 1,575 33 2.1 43 2.7 1,710 32 1.9 37 2.2 Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers... 90,121 9,400 10.4 10,318 11.4 92,059 9,385 10.2 10,293 11.2 Mining.......................................... 609 84 13.8 88 14.4 538 76 14.1 81 15.0 Construction.................................... 5,135 908 17.7 963 18.8 5,387 994 18.5 1,033 19.2 Manufacturing................................... 19,520 3,440 17.6 3,657 18.7 19,653 3,387 17.2 3,603 18.3 Durable goods................................. 11,424 2,153 18.8 2,286 20.0 11,642 2,157 18.5 2,282 19.6 Nondurable goods.............................. 8,096 1,286 15.9 1,371 16.9 8,011 1,230 15.4 1,320 16.5 Transportation and public utilities............. 6,573 1,792 27.3 1,911 29.1 6,623 1,757 26.5 1,873 28.3 Transportation................................ 3,957 1,065 26.9 1,118 28.3 4,006 1,080 27.0 1,136 28.4 Communications and public utilities........... 2,616 726 27.8 793 30.3 2,617 677 25.9 737 28.2 Wholesale and retail trade...................... 23,028 1,401 6.1 1,550 6.7 23,638 1,331 5.6 1,471 6.2 Wholesale trade............................... 4,251 283 6.6 319 7.5 4,357 271 6.2 292 6.7 Retail trade.................................. 18,777 1,118 6.0 1,231 6.6 19,280 1,059 5.5 1,179 6.1 Finance, insurance, and real estate............. 6,745 139 2.1 173 2.6 6,863 168 2.4 210 3.1 Services........................................ 28,511 1,636 5.7 1,976 6.9 29,357 1,672 5.7 2,024 6.9 Government workers................................ 18,342 6,926 37.8 7,985 43.5 18,191 6,852 37.7 7,827 43.0 1 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union. 2 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union as well as workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers. Excluded are self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated although they technically qualify as wage and salary workers.