Union Membership, Coverage, Density, and Employment:
Male Workers
Year	Sample Size	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	%Cov
1973	29,428	45,501.7	13,904.4		30.6%
1974	28,617	46,155.5	13,917.0		30.2%
1975	27,188	44,768.5	12,591.0		28.1%
1976	27,636	46,189.4	12,971.9		28.1%
1977	32,843	47,325.7	14,006.2	15,235.7	29.6%	32.2%
1978	32,674	49,120.9	14,049.0	15,273.7	28.6%	31.1%
1979	32,924	50,030.4	14,830.3	16,195.8	29.6%	32.4%
1980	38,283	49,347.8	14,039.3	15,301.9	28.4%	31.0%
1981	8,581	50,270.3	13,318.8	14,591.7	26.5%	29.0%
1983	93,023	47,856.1	11,809.1	13,269.7	24.7%	27.7%
1984	94,627	50,022.2	11,510.7	12,831.9	23.0%	25.7%
1985	95,591	51,015.0	11,264.3	12,447.9	22.1%	24.4%
1986	93,910	51,941.8	11,172.9	12,317.1	21.5%	23.7%
1987	93,916	52,937.8	11,071.2	12,144.3	20.9%	22.9%
1988	90,036	53,912.1	11,019.2	12,132.4	20.4%	22.5%
1989	91,413	54,789.0	10,819.7	11,954.9	19.7%	21.8%
1990	95,509	55,552.8	10,597.3	11,774.8	19.1%	21.2%
1991	92,071	54,618.1	10,469.5	11,542.4	19.2%	21.1%
1992	90,327	54,856.3	10,147.8	11,170.5	18.5%	20.4%
1993	88,715	55,489.6	10,105.3	11,066.6	18.2%	19.9%
1994	86,823	56,573.4	10,096.4	11,099.6	17.8%	19.6%
1995	86,900	57,668.7	9,929.3	10,867.6	17.2%	18.8%
1996	77,409	58,472.6	9,859.0	10,761.3	16.9%	18.4%
1997	78,848	59,825.2	9,762.7	10,618.6	16.3%	17.7%
1998	79,983	60,972.7	9,849.7	10,638.5	16.2%	17.4%
1999	81,352	61,913.6	9,949.0	10,757.6	16.1%	17.4%
2000	82,328	62,852.6	9,578.0	10,354.6	15.2%	16.5%
2001	87,450	62,676.6	9,538.1	10,289.3	15.2%	16.4%
2002	93,221	62,138.3	9,237.5	9,962.3	14.9%	16.0%
2003	90,944	63,235.6	9,044.4	9,847.6	14.3%	15.6%
2004	89,919	64,145.5	8,878.2	9,637.7	13.8%	15.0%
2005	90,611	65,466.4	8,870.2	9,597.0	13.5%	14.7%
2006	90,738	66,811.5	8,656.7	9,359.6	13.0%	14.0%
2007	89,417	67,468.1	8,767.4	9,494.4	13.0%	14.1%
2008	88,068	66,845.5	8,937.9	9,724.3	13.4%	14.5%
2009	84,623	63,538.6	8,440.7	9,176.1	13.3%	14.4%
2010	83,668	63,530.8	7,993.5	8,761.3	12.6%	13.8%
2011	83,463	64,699.7	8,003.0	8,729.6	12.4%	13.5%
2012	84,045	65,914.8	7,887.5	8,602.8	12.0%	13.1%
2013	84,105	66,811.0	7,947.9	8,680.4	11.9%	13.0%
2014	84,878	68,061.6	7,935.9	8,714.4	11.7%	12.8%
2015	83,898	69,314.8	7,955.7	8,753.8	11.5%	12.6%
2016	84,360	70,612.5	7,883.2	8,699.2	11.2%	12.3%
2017	83,021	71,482.9	8,165.3	8,929.2	11.4%	12.5%
2018	81,388	72,652.5	8,078.9	8,863.6	11.1%	12.2%
2019	78,633	73,368.2	7,945.4	8,839.7	10.8%	12.0%
2020	68,252	68,733.0	7,580.2	8,429.1	11.0%	12.3%
2021	68,586	70,756.4	7,513.6	8,407.0	10.6%	11.9%
2022	66,361	73,689.9	7,770.6	8,550.7	10.5%	11.6%
2023	64,079	75,094.4	7,841.3	8,725.2	10.4%	11.6%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.