2016 Annual Averages ‐ Median weekly earnings of full‐time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
41. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics
Characteristic	2015				2016
Characteristic	Total	Members of unions(1)	Represented by unions(2)	Non- union(3)	Total	Members of unions(1)	Represented by unions(2)	Non- union(3)
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	$809	$980	$975	$776	$832	$1,004	$995	$802
16 to 24 years	487	616	605	482	501	600	599	497
25 years and over	860	997	994	831	885	1,022	1,014	858
25 to 34 years	735	886	882	716	751	893	890	734
35 to 44 years	900	1,050	1,048	870	934	1,071	1,059	908
45 to 54 years	923	1,029	1,024	899	955	1,084	1,069	930
55 to 64 years	927	1,020	1,017	904	952	1,072	1,069	930
65 years and over	873	961	963	852	866	984	988	846

Men, 16 years and over	895	1,017	1,014	869	915	1,050	1,042	890
16 to 24 years	510	655	633	505	512	582	581	509
25 years and over	947	1,041	1,038	927	969	1,080	1,074	950
25 to 34 years	770	888	889	756	794	915	915	775
35 to 44 years	983	1,093	1,094	963	1,007	1,123	1,120	990
45 to 54 years	1,040	1,107	1,110	1,023	1,075	1,146	1,140	1,057
55 to 64 years	1,064	1,084	1,082	1,059	1,102	1,136	1,140	1,090
65 years and over	1,003	1,010	998	1,005	992	1,022	1,029	988

Women, 16 years and over	726	928	921	697	749	955	942	723
16 to 24 years	450	567	565	443	486	628	624	481
25 years and over	761	944	940	736	784	972	960	757
25 to 34 years	690	884	876	667	705	865	860	685
35 to 44 years	804	1,002	1,001	764	839	1,015	1,004	804
45 to 54 years	799	958	950	768	836	1,006	988	800
55 to 64 years	784	937	934	759	812	999	992	778
65 years and over	740	894	905	718	749	942	964	723

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White	835	1,007	999	803	862	1,050	1,034	827
Men	920	1,051	1,044	895	942	1,111	1,099	915
Women	743	952	944	715	766	989	975	738
Black or African American	641	800	798	617	678	808	807	646
Men	680	824	821	650	718	818	826	690
Women	615	768	768	595	641	799	790	616
Asian	993	1,094	1,107	977	1,021	1,020	1,017	1,022
Men	1,129	1,097	1,125	1,130	1,151	1,061	1,076	1,160
Women	877	1,091	1,090	835	902	985	975	892
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	604	862	847	586	624	886	876	608
Men	631	901	887	610	663	908	901	637
Women	566	778	783	541	586	844	829	565
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.
NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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.

Last Modified Date: February 8, 2017