Weekly Earnings of Union-Affiliated Workers, 1998–1999

	1999				1998
Race, Origin, Gender	Total	Members of unions¹	Represented by unions²	Non-union	Total	Members of unions¹	Represented by unions²	Non-union
Total	$549	$672	$667	$516	$523	$659	$653	$499
Men	618	711	708	599	598	699	696	573
Women	473	608	606	449	456	596	593	430
White	573	692	689	534	545	683	678	513
Men	638	731	730	615	615	719	716	591
Women	483	619	618	461	468	610	607	443
Black	445	575	575	415	426	578	572	398
Men	488	588	589	459	468	597	592	424
Women	409	548	545	388	400	537	533	376
Hispanic origin	385	561	559	363	370	540	541	350
Men	406	604	597	384	390	585	584	367
Women	348	490	490	329	337	478	481	322

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 .

Selected Characteristics of Union Workers

Labor Unions

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