Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
43. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry
Occupation and industry	2011				2012
Occupation and industry	Total	Members of unions(1)	Represented by unions(2)	Non- union(3)	Total	Members of unions(1)	Represented by unions(2)	Non- union(3)
Total full-time wage and salary workers	$756	$938	$934	$729	$768	$943	$933	$742

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,082	1,090	1,082	1,082	1,108	1,108	1,092	1,111
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	1,160	1,169	1,171	1,159	1,171	1,159	1,161	1,172
Management occupations	1,237	1,287	1,300	1,232	1,248	1,261	1,274	1,247
Business and financial operations occupations	1,038	999	999	1,042	1,058	1,060	1,024	1,060
Professional and related occupations	1,029	1,074	1,064	1,017	1,053	1,098	1,077	1,046
Computer and mathematical occupations	1,305	1,156	1,169	1,324	1,349	1,157	1,158	1,359
Architecture and engineering occupations	1,315	1,304	1,325	1,314	1,337	1,368	1,350	1,335
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,108	1,229	1,218	1,085	1,134	1,209	1,177	1,127
Community and social service occupations	813	993	1,000	771	838	1,007	1,003	783
Legal occupations	1,277	1,222	1,376	1,273	1,328	1,174	1,173	1,342
Education, training, and library occupations	919	1,038	1,020	814	915	1,050	1,028	814
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	929	1,179	1,152	910	969	1,107	1,097	957
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	995	1,132	1,125	975	1,028	1,151	1,142	1,010
Service occupations	486	742	732	455	485	754	735	458
Healthcare support occupations	487	519	518	484	482	527	522	477
Protective service occupations	757	1,008	1,004	627	791	1,071	1,056	649
Food preparation and serving related occupations	409	504	500	405	410	509	505	405
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	465	635	626	431	465	621	614	440
Personal care and service occupations	453	534	527	444	468	524	515	462
Sales and office occupations	638	775	771	624	655	789	776	642
Sales and related occupations	670	660	669	670	689	689	668	691
Office and administrative support occupations	623	803	791	608	643	808	796	624
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	732	1,016	1,008	676	740	1,026	1,018	688
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	430	-	-	426	435	-	-	430
Construction and extraction occupations	717	1,017	1,010	647	740	1,040	1,026	682
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	806	1,036	1,021	767	808	1,032	1,021	768
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	609	798	794	582	624	823	811	597
Production occupations	605	781	778	583	627	816	807	605
Transportation and material moving occupations	614	813	808	580	621	833	816	586

INDUSTRY
Private sector	729	878	875	716	742	887	877	731
Agriculture and related industries	483	-	-	481	470	-	-	469
Nonagricultural industries	732	879	875	721	746	888	878	735
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	1,064	1,030	1,005	1,069	1,112	1,119	1,112	1,113
Construction	746	1,059	1,037	698	768	1,086	1,069	722
Manufacturing	787	836	835	780	797	872	863	786
Durable goods	818	889	887	809	827	891	884	819
Nondurable goods	737	771	771	729	737	827	817	722
Wholesale and retail trade	613	622	622	612	630	650	637	629
Wholesale trade	759	798	773	758	821	821	801	823
Retail trade	578	591	592	577	592	609	598	592
Transportation and utilities	805	987	985	762	828	998	989	789
Transportation and warehousing	763	941	939	726	778	948	934	746
Utilities	1,081	1,132	1,132	1,027	1,132	1,216	1,204	1,086
Information(4)	940	1,122	1,117	916	978	1,103	1,087	966
Publishing, except Internet	910	-	-	902	934	-	-	921
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	965	-	-	926	854	-	-	798
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming	834	-	-	834	890	-	-	903
Telecommunications	987	1,113	1,109	950	1,064	1,162	1,163	1,039
Financial activities	866	824	822	866	889	795	779	893
Finance and insurance	907	819	826	908	941	852	831	944
Finance	910	-	820	911	952	-	762	955
Insurance	899	-	-	900	922	-	-	924
Real estate and rental and leasing	736	836	815	734	731	773	759	727
Professional and business services	880	872	883	880	910	826	843	912
Professional and technical services	1,149	1,193	1,211	1,149	1,165	1,183	1,133	1,165
Management, administrative, and waste services	569	706	693	562	582	699	708	577
Education and health services	736	870	878	722	748	879	876	736
Educational services	858	938	942	833	864	918	922	844
Health care and social assistance	706	801	809	697	720	835	824	711
Leisure and hospitality	479	607	605	473	481	611	604	475
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	612	632	625	611	641	675	668	640
Accommodation and food services	447	594	594	441	445	596	588	438
Accommodation	515	598	596	508	542	613	609	527
Food services and drinking places	427	585	592	424	421	536	534	419
Other services(4)	626	917	901	619	622	807	763	618
Other services, except private households	654	960	919	643	649	828	774	645
Public sector	895	981	977	810	898	990	980	829
Federal government	1,063	1,038	1,043	1,092	1,072	1,035	1,045	1,113
State government	852	956	946	785	854	948	933	794
Local government	861	973	967	743	866	989	975	756
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) Data refer to workers who are neither members of a union nor represented by a union on their job. (4) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013