Earnings of Union Members and Workers Represented by Unions

Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, 2005

Occupation	All workers	Union affiliation		Non-Union
Occupation	All workers	Members of union	Represented by unions	Non-Union
Management, professional, and related occupations	$937	$942	$937	$937
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	$997	$1,015	$1,029	$995
Management occupations	$1,083	$1,137	$1,146	$1,076
Business and financial operations occupations	$871	$854	$866	$872
Professional and related occupations	$902	$932	$924	$894
Computer and mathematical occupations	$1,132	$1,009	$1,029	$1,141
Architecture and engineering occupations	$1,105	$1,133	$1,133	$1,101
Life, physical, and social science occupations	$965	$978	$1,011	$959
Community and social services occupations	$725	$880	$865	$693
Legal occupations	$1,052	$1,147	$1,155	$1,042
Education, training, and library occupations	$798	$913	$898	$710
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	$819	$983	$925	$808
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	$878	$932	$932	$867
Service occupations	$413	$643	$629	$392
Healthcare support occupations	$410	$466	$462	$405
Protective service occupations	$678	$896	$886	$568
Food preparation and serving related occupations	$356	$439	$442	$350
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	$394	$528	$518	$378
Personal care and service occupations	$409	$558	$549	$397
Sales and office occupations	$575	$681	$675	$562
Sales and related occupations	$622	$623	$625	$622
Office and administrative support occupations	$550	$689	$682	$528
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	$623	$910	$903	$585
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	$372	$0	$0	$369
Construction and extraction occupations	$604	$913	$903	$554
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	$705	$915	$913	$666
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	$540	$709	$704	$510
Production occupations	$538	$698	$693	$511
Transportation and material moving occupations	$543	$721	$717	$508

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

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