Union Membership, Coverage, Density, and Employment:      
Construction Workers            
Year Sample Size Wage At Cap Union Wage Nonunion Wage Unadjusted Union Wage Prem. Adjusted Union Wage Prem.
               
1973 2,503 $5.12 0.1% $6.61 $4.21 57.0% 45.9%
1974 2,248 $5.39 0.2% $6.96 $4.49 55.1% 45.2%
1975 2,051 $5.66 0.4% $7.41 $4.70 57.6% 51.1%
1976 2,034 $6.19 0.4% $8.15 $5.15 58.2% 49.9%
1977 2,685 $6.53 0.4% $8.69 $5.36 62.2% 48.4%
1978 2,655 $6.75 0.3% $9.07 $5.62 61.4% 47.2%
1979 2,519 $7.66 0.4% $9.85 $6.46 52.5% 37.3%
1980 3,097 $8.22 0.5% $10.24 $7.20 42.2% 37.1%
1981 684 $8.63 0.8% $11.13 $7.32 52.1% 38.2%
1983 7,827 $9.31 1.3% $13.17 $7.84 68.0% 48.2%
1984 8,085 $9.48 1.7% $13.73 $8.16 68.2% 50.3%
1985 8,302 $9.83 1.9% $14.20 $8.53 66.5% 48.8%
1986 8,685 $10.16 1.9% $14.49 $8.81 64.4% 43.9%
1987 8,532 $10.50 2.5% $14.98 $9.23 62.3% 43.0%
1988 8,048 $10.99 3.2% $15.44 $9.75 58.4% 39.6%
1989 8,069 $11.49 0.3% $15.97 $10.18 56.9% 41.4%
1990 8,250 $11.92 0.4% $16.36 $10.68 53.2% 37.9%
1991 7,334 $12.09 0.4% $16.70 $10.79 54.8% 39.3%
1992 7,033 $12.36 0.3% $17.21 $11.03 56.0% 37.8%
1993 6,932 $12.61 0.4% $17.29 $11.37 52.1% 36.6%
1994 8,265 $12.85 0.5% $16.98 $11.78 44.2% 41.8%
1995 8,451 $13.21 0.5% $17.84 $12.12 47.3% 44.2%
1996 5,987 $13.79 0.6% $19.14 $12.47 53.4% 39.9%
1997 6,127 $14.10 0.4% $19.76 $12.70 55.6% 42.7%
1998 6,209 $14.76 0.2% $20.45 $13.39 52.7% 38.3%
1999 6,098 $15.35 0.2% $20.94 $13.95 50.2% 39.0%
2000 6,293 $15.89 0.3% $21.74 $14.43 50.6% 37.7%
2001 6,856 $16.84 0.4% $22.93 $15.37 49.2% 38.5%
2002 7,294 $17.10 0.6% $22.95 $15.75 45.7% 40.9%
2003 7,268 $17.42 0.6% $23.44 $16.09 45.7% 39.0%
2004 7,475 $17.41 0.5% $24.60 $16.06 53.2% 39.4%
2005 7,851 $17.64 0.7% $24.80 $16.44 50.9% 35.7%
2006 7,975 $18.45 0.8% $26.31 $17.16 53.3% 36.9%
2007 8,000 $19.00 0.9% $26.70 $17.60 51.7% 39.5%
2008 7,135 $20.53 1.2% $27.83 $19.05 46.1% 39.2%
2009 6,282 $21.06 1.0% $28.98 $19.51 48.6% 39.4%
2010 5,560 $21.09 1.3% $29.56 $19.60 50.8% 38.5%
2011 5,450 $21.44 1.5% $29.82 $19.93 49.7% 44.5%
2012 5,409 $21.83 1.4% $29.54 $20.48 44.3% 40.2%
2013 5,413 $21.92 1.6% $30.08 $20.37 47.7% 39.3%
2014 5,590 $22.38 1.8% $31.41 $20.73 51.5% 43.6%
2015 5,318 $23.14 1.9% $30.66 $21.87 40.2% 35.5%
2016 5,523 $23.99 2.2% $33.43 $22.25 50.2% 46.9%
2017 5,599 $24.82 2.3% $33.07 $23.23 42.4% 42.9%
2018 5,685 $26.10 3.1% $35.74 $24.42 46.4% 44.0%
2019 5,496 $27.00 3.4% $37.51 $25.13 49.2% 43.2%
2020 4,902 $28.91 3.7% $36.35 $27.70 31.3% 32.6%
2021 4,878 $29.66 3.9% $38.88 $28.08 38.5% 37.3%
2022 4,930 $31.06 4.4% $39.65 $29.71 33.5% 34.4%
2023 4,886 $32.54 3.0% $41.17 $31.29 31.6% 33.0%
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