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On average, U.S. union workers consistently earn more than nonunion workers.
One of the many benefits of belonging to a union is financial. In 2002, a union worker brought home $153 more each week than the nonunion worker.
For minority workers, the advantages of union representation are even more dramatic. In 2002, for example, African-American union members earned 29 percent or $138 per week more than their nonunion counterparts.
It pays to be union!
Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Earnings, January 2003.
|
% Difference
|
|||
| Total |
$740
|
$587
|
26
|
| Administrative-clerical |
$613
|
$490
|
25
|
| Exec., administrative, mgr. |
$892
|
$889
|
0.3
|
| Farm, forestry, fish |
$548
|
$357
|
54
|
| Handlers, laborers |
$555
|
$381
|
46
|
| Machine operators |
$616
|
$490
|
26
|
| Precision, craft, repair |
$821
|
$590
|
39
|
| Professional |
$889
|
$879
|
1
|
| Sales |
$572
|
$601
|
-5
|
| Service, protective |
$820
|
$519
|
58
|
| Service, other |
$448
|
$341
|
31
|
| Technicians |
$775
|
$682
|
14
|
| Transportation, moving |
$728
|
$525
|
39
|
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Earnings,
January 2001.
Prepared by the AFL-CIO.
For minority workers, the advantages of union representation are even more dramatic. In 1999, for example, black members earned over 38 percent or $160 per week more than black nonunion workers.
MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS OF FULL-TIME
WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS, 2002
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Earnings, January 2003.
Prepared by the AFL-CIO.