2016 Annual Averages ‐ 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	2015				2016
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	$809	$980	$975	$776	$832	$1,004	$995	$802

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,158	1,152	1,148	1,160	1,188	1,166	1,159	1,197
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	1,258	1,273	1,291	1,257	1,284	1,263	1,266	1,285
Management occupations	1,351	1,386	1,380	1,349	1,370	1,389	1,408	1,368
Business and financial operations occupations	1,137	1,108	1,132	1,138	1,161	1,146	1,141	1,164
Professional and related occupations	1,112	1,140	1,132	1,103	1,141	1,156	1,146	1,140
Computer and mathematical occupations	1,428	1,388	1,327	1,434	1,443	1,372	1,332	1,458
Architecture and engineering occupations	1,424	1,393	1,399	1,427	1,482	1,424	1,411	1,490
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,206	1,249	1,266	1,187	1,209	1,288	1,278	1,195
Community and social service occupations	889	1,014	1,008	855	919	1,095	1,076	872
Legal occupations	1,391	1,551	1,547	1,373	1,431	1,615	1,621	1,419
Education, training, and library occupations	956	1,095	1,074	860	984	1,130	1,114	887
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	1,001	1,228	1,212	984	1,040	1,252	1,224	1,028
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	1,041	1,211	1,194	1,014	1,104	1,191	1,175	1,087
Service occupations	509	753	742	489	523	771	753	505
Healthcare support occupations	498	544	546	495	525	602	602	520
Protective service occupations	796	1,031	1,029	687	809	1,088	1,074	694
Food preparation and serving related occupations	441	515	512	436	465	597	581	459
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	486	648	628	469	510	664	647	498
Personal care and service occupations	498	515	521	496	505	559	546	503
Sales and office occupations	673	810	801	662	698	810	804	686
Sales and related occupations	716	702	710	716	744	717	724	745
Office and administrative support occupations	656	831	821	639	679	826	818	661
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	761	1,070	1,052	711	786	1,127	1,111	735
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	464	-	-	460	520	-	-	518
Construction and extraction occupations	749	1,082	1,064	695	784	1,153	1,142	719
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	839	1,066	1,051	799	861	1,076	1,069	822
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	656	850	842	622	665	881	876	631
Production occupations	663	824	826	635	668	841	837	641
Transportation and material moving occupations	646	876	859	610	662	913	904	622

INDUSTRY
Private sector	776	917	912	765	801	937	932	789
Agriculture and related industries	522	-	-	519	572	-	-	571
Nonagricultural industries	781	918	913	769	806	937	933	793
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	1,162	-	1,170	1,162	1,197	-	-	1,190
Construction	784	1,099	1,093	743	822	1,168	1,146	780
Manufacturing	839	876	868	833	857	885	884	852
Durable goods	872	889	881	871	893	907	910	890
Nondurable goods	776	849	841	768	793	839	827	789
Wholesale and retail trade	653	673	671	652	676	701	700	675
Wholesale trade	841	876	863	840	871	921	905	868
Retail trade	610	621	622	609	623	645	645	622
Transportation and utilities	843	1,007	1,003	803	860	1,033	1,023	808
Transportation and warehousing	790	980	977	754	795	972	969	757
Utilities	1,133	1,194	1,188	1,116	1,264	1,408	1,388	1,242
Information(4)	1,102	1,260	1,242	1,077	1,143	1,238	1,257	1,133
Publishing, except Internet	1,098	-	-	1,102	1,094	-	-	1,102
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	996	-	-	935	1,085	-	-	1,030
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming	980	-	-	968	1,017	-	-	1,020
Telecommunications	1,162	1,212	1,208	1,148	1,182	1,273	1,306	1,153
Financial activities	964	915	924	964	977	896	916	981
Finance and insurance	1,024	983	1,004	1,024	1,039	818	853	1,047
Finance	1,061	923	1,082	1,060	1,089	-	813	1,101
Insurance	973	988	981	973	977	-	907	980
Real estate and rental and leasing	782	891	893	772	827	977	970	817
Professional and business services	951	874	906	953	992	887	935	995
Professional and technical services	1,256	1,297	1,268	1,255	1,273	1,309	1,277	1,273
Management, administrative, and waste services	605	684	672	603	613	687	682	610
Education and health services	787	962	946	768	817	944	937	799
Educational services	918	1,025	1,015	896	936	967	965	931
Health care and social assistance	754	916	904	742	785	929	921	771
Leisure and hospitality	515	606	592	511	528	670	667	522
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	657	672	680	655	678	720	720	673
Accommodation and food services	492	579	558	489	504	642	637	501
Accommodation	546	645	639	532	582	698	703	564
Food services and drinking places	480	492	490	480	491	567	575	490
Other services(4)	684	903	879	677	686	959	869	681
Other services, except private households	710	916	900	703	708	965	893	703
Public sector	944	1,029	1,023	878	967	1,070	1,055	900
Federal government	1,113	1,058	1,064	1,159	1,149	1,093	1,099	1,188
State government	909	988	982	867	931	1,022	1,011	883
Local government	914	1,043	1,033	783	940	1,089	1,071	817
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 8, 2017