Union Membership, Coverage, Density, and Employment:      
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Workers        
Year Sample Size Wage At Cap Union Wage Nonunion Wage Unadjusted Union Wage Prem. Adjusted Union Wage Prem.
               
1973 2,004 $4.28 0.5% $4.79 $4.26 12.5% 8.4%
1974 1,937 $4.62 0.6% $4.78 $4.61 3.8% 10.2%
1975 2,010 $4.99 0.6% $5.01 $4.99 0.3% 0.1%
1976 2,002 $5.18 0.7% $4.86 $5.19 -6.4% -0.3%
1977 2,358 $5.61 1.0% $5.71 $5.61 1.8% 3.2%
1978 2,287 $5.92 1.0% $6.01 $5.92 1.5% 3.9%
1979 2,524 $6.67 1.7% $5.84 $6.71 -12.8% -5.4%
1980 3,262 $7.06 1.6% $6.69 $7.07 -5.4% -2.5%
1981 732 $7.43 2.0% $6.97 $7.45 -6.4% 4.5%
1983 8,936 $8.76 3.9% $8.33 $8.78 -5.0% -0.3%
1984 8,960 $9.49 5.3% $8.52 $9.53 -10.5% 7.2%
1985 9,571 $9.83 5.4% $9.17 $9.85 -6.9% 4.2%
1986 10,405 $10.43 6.4% $10.42 $10.43 -0.1% 4.2%
1987 10,342 $10.93 7.3% $10.83 $10.93 -0.9% 3.2%
1988 9,555 $11.59 8.5% $12.10 $11.57 4.6% 8.5%
1989 9,654 $12.11 1.9% $11.52 $12.13 -5.0% 1.9%
1990 10,000 $12.83 2.2% $11.99 $12.86 -6.8% 2.4%
1991 9,706 $13.23 2.1% $12.98 $13.24 -2.0% -1.0%
1992 9,504 $13.65 2.5% $13.09 $13.66 -4.2% 6.0%
1993 9,069 $14.28 3.0% $13.56 $14.30 -5.1% 4.5%
1994 11,034 $14.48 2.9% $13.43 $14.51 -7.5% -1.0%
1995 10,787 $14.92 3.3% $13.90 $14.95 -7.0% 1.7%
1996 7,054 $15.79 3.9% $15.70 $15.80 -0.6% 5.0%
1997 7,242 $16.35 4.5% $15.15 $16.39 -7.6% 2.5%
1998 7,434 $17.44 2.2% $16.52 $17.46 -5.4% 1.6%
1999 7,211 $18.07 2.3% $18.14 $18.07 0.4% 11.6%
2000 6,904 $19.27 2.4% $17.51 $19.31 -9.3% 6.6%
2001 7,378 $20.67 3.1% $17.74 $20.74 -14.5% 6.8%
2002 8,222 $21.82 3.8% $20.85 $21.84 -4.5% -1.2%
2003 8,178 $22.06 3.8% $20.18 $22.11 -8.8% 6.8%
2004 8,118 $22.65 4.0% $19.36 $22.74 -14.8% -0.9%
2005 8,293 $23.59 4.0% $20.99 $23.66 -11.3% 0.8%
2006 8,376 $24.41 4.4% $24.00 $24.42 -1.7% 0.8%
2007 8,269 $25.40 5.0% $21.64 $25.50 -15.1% -1.6%
2008 7,989 $26.10 5.3% $23.71 $26.16 -9.4% -1.6%
2009 7,767 $26.69 5.6% $24.79 $26.73 -7.3% 4.4%
2010 7,174 $27.66 6.8% $26.35 $27.70 -4.9% 5.5%
2011 6,933 $27.45 6.0% $25.99 $27.49 -5.5% -0.2%
2012 6,949 $28.19 6.2% $27.62 $28.20 -2.1% -1.0%
2013 6,901 $30.08 7.4% $29.30 $30.11 -2.7% 0.8%
2014 6,752 $30.45 7.5% $28.22 $30.51 -7.5% -0.9%
2015 6,362 $32.01 8.2% $28.11 $32.13 -12.5% 3.0%
2016 6,675 $33.38 8.7% $27.65 $33.57 -17.6% -1.7%
2017 6,412 $33.77 9.0% $28.05 $33.95 -17.4% -1.6%
2018 6,144 $35.99 10.5% $28.89 $36.17 -20.1% -12.4%
2019 6,000 $36.92 10.7% $31.06 $37.06 -16.2% -6.9%
2020 5,581 $40.54 12.8% $31.09 $40.76 -23.7% -8.4%
2021 5,405 $43.10 14.0% $35.24 $43.28 -18.6% -4.8%
2022 5,413 $45.34 15.0% $40.03 $45.47 -12.0% -1.7%
2023 5,138 $48.74 10.2% $47.88 $48.76 -1.8% 3.0%
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