For Release: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 MIDWEST INFORMATION OFFICE: Chicago, Ill. Technical information: (312) 353-1880 [email protected] Media contact: (312) 353-1138 17-147-CHI www.bls.gov/regions/midwest Union Members in Wisconsin — 2016 In 2016, union members accounted for 8.1 percent of wage and salary workers in Wisconsin, compared with 8.3 percent in 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Charlene Peiffer noted that the state’s 2016 union membership rate was the series low; the rate was at its peak in 1989 when it averaged 20.9 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Nationwide, union members accounted for 10.7 percent of employed wage and salary workers in 2016, down from 11.1 percent in 2015. Since 1989, when comparable state data became available, Wisconsin’s union membership rates had been above the U.S. average through 2011, but have been below the U.S. average in three of the past five years. Wisconsin had 219,000 union members in 2016. In addition to these members, another 25,000 wage and salary workers in Wisconsin were represented by a union on their main job or covered by an employee association or contract while not being union members themselves. (See table A.) Nationwide, 14.6 million wage and salary workers were union members in 2016 and 1.7 million wage and salary workers were not affiliated with a union but had jobs covered by a union contract. Table A. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers in Wisconsin, annual averages, 2006–2016 (numbers in thousands) Members of unions (1) Year 2006 ...................................................................... 2007 ...................................................................... 2008 ...................................................................... 2009 ...................................................................... 2010 ...................................................................... 2011....................................................................... 2012 ...................................................................... 2013 ...................................................................... 2014 ...................................................................... 2015 ...................................................................... 2016 ...................................................................... Total employed Percent of employed Total 2,587 2,631 2,642 2,528 2,508 2,538 2,605 2,569 2,626 2,682 2,696 Represented by unions (2) 386 376 396 385 355 339 293 317 306 223 219 14.9 14.3 15.0 15.2 14.2 13.3 11.2 12.3 11.7 8.3 8.1 Percent of employed Total 415 405 422 400 380 358 312 337 327 253 244 16.1 15.4 16.0 15.8 15.1 14.1 12.0 13.1 12.5 9.4 9.0 Footnotes: (1) Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union. (2) Data refer to both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. Note: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. In 2016, 23 states had union membership rates above the U.S. average (10.7 percent), of which 8 had rates above 15.0 percent. (See table 1.) Of the eight states with the highest rates, four bordered the Pacific Ocean and four were located in the Northeast. (See chart 2.) New York had the highest rate at 23.6 percent, followed by Hawaii (19.9 percent) and Alaska (18.5 percent). Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia had union membership rates below the national average in 2016, with nine states having union membership rates below 5.0 percent. Among these nine states, seven were located in the South, and two were in the West. South Carolina had the lowest rate at 1.6 percent. The next lowest rates were in North Carolina (3.0 percent), Arkansas (3.9 percent), and Georgia (3.9 percent). Nationwide, union membership rates decreased over the year in 31 states and the District of Columbia, increased in 16 states, and were unchanged in 3 states. State union membership levels depend on both the employment level and the union membership rate. The largest numbers of union members lived in California (2.6 million) and New York (1.9 million). Over half of the 14.6 million union members in the U.S. lived in just seven states (California, 2.6 million; New York, 1.9 million; Illinois, 0.8 million; Pennsylvania, 0.7 million; and Michigan, New Jersey, and Ohio, 0.6 million each), though these states accounted for only about one-third of wage and salary employment nationally. Technical Note The estimates in this release are obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), which provides basic information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment. The survey is conducted monthly for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau from a scientifically selected national sample of about 60,000 eligible households. The union membership data are tabulated from one-quarter of the CPS monthly sample and are limited to wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded. 2 Beginning in January of each year, data reflect revised population controls used in the CPS. Additional information about population controls is available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/cps/populationcontrol-adjustments-2016.pdf. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the true population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending upon the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. The state discussion in this release preserves the longtime practice of highlighting the direction of the movements in state union membership rates and levels regardless of their statistical significance. The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. Information about the reliability of data from the CPS and guidance on estimating standard errors is available at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#reliability. Definitions The principal definitions used in this release are described briefly below. Union members. Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union. Union membership rate. Data refer to the proportion of total wage and salary workers who are union members. Represented by unions. Data refer to both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. Wage and salary workers. Workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors. Union membership and earnings data exclude all self-employed workers, both those with incorporated businesses as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200, Federal Relay Service: 800-877-8339. 3 Table 1. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, 2015-2016 annual averages (numbers in thousands) 2015 State Alabama .................................... Alaska........................................ Arizona ...................................... Arkansas ................................... California ................................... Colorado.................................... Connecticut ............................... Delaware ................................... District of Columbia ................... Florida ....................................... Georgia...................................... Hawaii........................................ Idaho ......................................... Illinois ........................................ Indiana....................................... Iowa ........................................... Kansas ...................................... Kentucky.................................... Louisiana ................................... Maine......................................... Maryland.................................... Massachusetts .......................... Michigan .................................... Minnesota.................................. Mississippi ................................. Missouri ..................................... Montana .................................... Nebraska ................................... Nevada ...................................... New Hampshire......................... New Jersey................................ New Mexico............................... New York ................................... North Carolina ........................... North Dakota ............................. Ohio ........................................... Oklahoma .................................. Oregon ...................................... Pennsylvania ............................. Rhode Island ............................. South Carolina........................... South Dakota............................. Tennessee ................................. Texas ......................................... Utah ........................................... Vermont ..................................... Virginia....................................... Washington................................ West Virginia ............................. Wisconsin .................................. Wyoming ................................... Total employed 1,863 304 2,661 1,155 15,657 2,310 1,587 412 334 7,994 4,016 583 679 5,566 2,828 1,435 1,255 1,705 1,847 549 2,757 3,103 4,083 2,565 1,103 2,615 427 882 1,232 641 3,880 782 8,249 4,089 352 4,914 1,567 1,586 5,601 483 1,960 382 2,693 11,177 1,274 284 3,736 2,977 665 2,682 261 Members of unions(1) Total 190 60 138 58 2,486 194 269 38 35 546 162 119 46 847 283 138 110 187 107 64 287 402 621 363 60 230 52 68 177 62 596 49 2,038 123 19 606 88 235 747 68 41 22 146 503 50 36 202 500 83 223 19 2016 Represented by unions(2) Percent of employed 10.2 19.6 5.2 5.1 15.9 8.4 17.0 9.2 10.4 6.8 4.0 20.4 6.8 15.2 10.0 9.6 8.7 11.0 5.8 11.6 10.4 12.9 15.2 14.2 5.4 8.8 12.2 7.7 14.3 9.7 15.4 6.2 24.7 3.0 5.4 12.3 5.6 14.8 13.3 14.2 2.1 5.9 5.4 4.5 3.9 12.6 5.4 16.8 12.4 8.3 7.1 Total 204 66 163 74 2,689 215 277 43 40 671 206 126 50 892 319 174 136 207 126 75 337 441 672 385 75 257 59 80 203 73 644 61 2,141 167 24 670 116 256 804 72 57 26 175 626 67 42 258 536 91 253 22 Note: See footnotes at end of table. 4 Percent of employed 11.0 21.7 6.1 6.4 17.2 9.3 17.4 10.4 12.1 8.4 5.1 21.7 7.3 16.0 11.3 12.2 10.8 12.1 6.8 13.6 12.2 14.2 16.5 15.0 6.8 9.8 13.9 9.0 16.5 11.4 16.6 7.9 26.0 4.1 6.8 13.6 7.4 16.2 14.4 14.9 2.9 6.9 6.5 5.6 5.2 14.7 6.9 18.0 13.7 9.4 8.2 Total employed 1,895 297 2,727 1,186 16,001 2,438 1,568 419 343 8,113 4,249 597 689 5,587 2,927 1,454 1,274 1,710 1,799 567 2,815 3,158 4,196 2,563 1,108 2,711 418 876 1,211 669 4,007 784 8,227 4,225 363 4,970 1,482 1,691 5,686 481 1,981 379 2,746 11,457 1,318 290 3,748 3,090 669 2,696 248 Members of unions(1) Total 153 55 122 47 2,551 238 275 48 32 456 165 119 42 812 304 129 109 190 76 65 310 381 606 365 73 262 50 64 146 63 644 49 1,942 129 20 617 80 228 685 74 32 20 158 462 62 33 160 539 79 219 16 Represented by unions(2) Percent of employed 8.1 18.5 4.5 3.9 15.9 9.8 17.5 11.4 9.5 5.6 3.9 19.9 6.1 14.5 10.4 8.9 8.6 11.1 4.2 11.4 11.0 12.1 14.4 14.2 6.6 9.7 11.9 7.4 12.1 9.4 16.1 6.3 23.6 3.0 5.5 12.4 5.4 13.5 12.1 15.5 1.6 5.2 5.7 4.0 4.7 11.5 4.3 17.4 11.8 8.1 6.3 Total 170 59 151 59 2,796 263 288 56 37 574 210 125 47 856 335 153 132 228 88 77 347 407 651 388 90 290 58 74 182 74 666 64 2,075 174 25 702 97 267 724 81 52 26 174 606 79 37 226 577 88 244 18 Percent of employed 9.0 19.9 5.5 5.0 17.5 10.8 18.4 13.3 10.7 7.1 4.9 20.9 6.8 15.3 11.4 10.5 10.3 13.4 4.9 13.5 12.3 12.9 15.5 15.2 8.1 10.7 13.9 8.5 15.0 11.0 16.6 8.2 25.2 4.1 7.0 14.1 6.6 15.8 12.7 16.9 2.6 7.0 6.4 5.3 6.0 12.9 6.0 18.7 13.2 9.0 7.3 Footnotes(1) Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union. (2) Data refer to both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. Note: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 5 6
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