In 2023, members of labor unions had higher median weekly earnings than any other classification of worker, earning around 1,263 U.S. dollars per week. Non-union members by comparison, had weekly median earnings of 1,090 U.S. dollars in the same year.
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by union affiliation
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Characteristic
Members of unions*
Represented by unions**
Non-union
All employees
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 23, 2024). Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by union affiliation (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364112/union-median-weekly-earnings-membership/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by union affiliation (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364112/union-median-weekly-earnings-membership/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by union affiliation (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364112/union-median-weekly-earnings-membership/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Weekly Earnings of Full-time Wage and Salary Workers in The United States from 2012 to 2023, by Union Affiliation (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364112/union-median-weekly-earnings-membership/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by union affiliation (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364112/union-median-weekly-earnings-membership/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in the United States from 2012 to 2023, by union affiliation (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364112/union-median-weekly-earnings-membership/