Weekly Earnings of Union-Affiliated Workers, 2006–2007

The following table shows the weekly earnings of workers in the United States who are members of unions, not union members, and workers represented by a union, according to sex and race.

	2006				2007
Race, Origin, Gender	Total	Members of unions¹	Represented by unions²	Non-union	Total	Members of unions¹	Represented by unions²	Non-union
Total	$671	$833	$827	$642	$695	$863	$857	$663
Men	743	887	885	717	766	913	910	738
Women	600	758	753	579	614	790	784	592
White	690	859	854	659	716	889	884	684
Men	761	909	907	735	788	937	934	757
Women	609	777	772	588	626	814	807	603
Black	554	707	694	520	569	732	727	533
Men	591	745	734	557	600	768	763	573
Women	519	665	656	502	533	697	691	513
Hispanic origin	486	686	681	469	503	736	729	487
Men	505	732	724	490	520	793	782	505
Women	440	607	614	420	473	675	672	446

NOTE: Median weekly earnings of those 16 years and older.

1. Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.

2. Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union as well as workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Web: www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.t02.htm .

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