Construction union membership, median weekly wages rise
In 2013, the union membership rate was 11.3%, the same as in 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in late January.
In 2013, the union membership rate was 11.3%, the same as in 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in late January. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.5 million, was little different from 2012. In 1983, the first year for which comparable union data is available, the union membership rate was 20.1% and there were 17.7 million union workers.
In the private sector, industries with high unionization rates in 2013 included utilities (25.6%), transportation and warehousing (19.6%), telecommunications (14.4%) and construction (14.1%).