Index of Tables 
Union Membership and Coverage Database from the CPS (Unionstats.com)

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

David Macpherson, Trinity University

 

Home: About the Database: Description and Documentation

 

I.  Historical Tables: Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment, 1973-2021
  

All Wage & Salary   html  Excel
Private Sector html Excel
Private Nonagricultural html Excel
Private Construction html Excel
Private Manufacturing  html Excel
All Public Sector html Excel
Federal, Postal, State, & Local, 1983+ html Excel

 

II. Historical Tables: Union Wages, Nonunion Wages, and Union Wage Gaps, 1973-2021

 

All Wage & Salary html Excel
Private Sector html Excel
Public Sector html Excel
Male html Excel
Female html Excel
White Male html Excel
White Female html Excel
Black Male html Excel
Black Female html Excel
Hispanic Male html Excel
Hispanic Female html Excel
Construction html Excel
Manufacturing html Excel
Wholesale/Retail html Excel
Trans/Comm/Utility html Excel
FIRE html Excel
Services html Excel
Public Administration html Excel

 

 D. A. Macpherson and B. T. Hirsch, "Five Decades of Union Wages, Nonunion Wages. and Union Wage Gaps at Unionstats.com," IZA DP No. 14398, May 2021 (an update is in progress).

Pareto Estimates of Mean Earnings Above CPS  Earnings Top-Code Caps, 1973-2021

Consumer Price Index (CPI), 1973-2021  

III. State: Union Membership, Coverage, Density, and Employment by State and Sector, 1983-2021

 

html: 1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021 

 

Excel: 1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021 

 

 

IV. Metropolitan Area: Union Membership, Coverage, Density, and Employment by Metropolitan Area and Sector, 1986-2021 Notes for 2014  2015

 

html:  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004a(May03-Apr04)  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021

 

Excel:  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001 2002  2003  2004a(May03-Apr04)  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021

 

V. Industry: Union Membership, Coverage, Density, and Employment  by Industry, 1983-2021

 

html:  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020 2021

 

Excel: 1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021

 

VI. Occupation: Union Membership, Coverage, Density, and Employment by Occupation, 1983-2021

 html:  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021

 

Excel: 1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021