| Union Membership, Coverage, Density, and Employment: | ||||||
| Transportation, Communication and Utility Workers | ||||||
| Year | Sample Size | Employment (in 1000s) | Members (in 1000s) | Covered (in 1000s) | % Mem | %Cov |
| 1973 | 3,828 | 5,949.2 | 3,046.1 | 51.2% | ||
| 1974 | 3,829 | 6,195.5 | 3,125.7 | 50.5% | ||
| 1975 | 3,628 | 5,940.5 | 2,926.5 | 49.3% | ||
| 1976 | 3,590 | 5,978.8 | 2,954.4 | 49.4% | ||
| 1977 | 4,344 | 6,146.7 | 3,095.0 | 3,362.2 | 50.4% | 54.7% |
| 1978 | 4,388 | 6,485.4 | 3,248.3 | 3,487.8 | 50.1% | 53.8% |
| 1979 | 4,519 | 6,706.2 | 3,428.9 | 3,684.9 | 51.1% | 54.9% |
| 1980 | 5,310 | 6,739.5 | 3,412.7 | 3,682.6 | 50.6% | 54.6% |
| 1981 | 1,165 | 6,839.2 | 3,140.1 | 3,372.4 | 45.9% | 49.3% |
| 1983 | 12,986 | 6,536.1 | 3,034.0 | 3,330.6 | 46.4% | 51.0% |
| 1984 | 13,212 | 6,930.2 | 2,984.1 | 3,276.7 | 43.1% | 47.3% |
| 1985 | 13,537 | 7,106.7 | 2,961.8 | 3,210.7 | 41.7% | 45.2% |
| 1986 | 13,251 | 7,208.4 | 2,936.1 | 3,192.2 | 40.7% | 44.3% |
| 1987 | 13,364 | 7,411.6 | 2,914.3 | 3,170.2 | 39.3% | 42.8% |
| 1988 | 12,942 | 7,642.7 | 2,967.6 | 3,198.1 | 38.8% | 41.8% |
| 1989 | 13,045 | 7,691.8 | 2,870.3 | 3,109.3 | 37.3% | 40.4% |
| 1990 | 13,638 | 7,733.5 | 2,914.7 | 3,166.0 | 37.7% | 40.9% |
| 1991 | 13,344 | 7,714.7 | 2,869.6 | 3,095.9 | 37.2% | 40.1% |
| 1992 | 13,102 | 7,836.9 | 2,855.7 | 3,076.6 | 36.4% | 39.3% |
| 1993 | 12,953 | 7,995.2 | 2,880.9 | 3,097.9 | 36.0% | 38.7% |
| 1994 | 12,680 | 8,143.6 | 2,846.7 | 3,077.9 | 35.0% | 37.8% |
| 1995 | 12,444 | 8,140.8 | 2,770.1 | 2,974.0 | 34.0% | 36.5% |
| 1996 | 10,984 | 8,180.5 | 2,692.3 | 2,888.9 | 32.9% | 35.3% |
| 1997 | 11,369 | 8,524.4 | 2,736.1 | 2,921.4 | 32.1% | 34.3% |
| 1998 | 11,569 | 8,767.4 | 2,794.7 | 2,951.1 | 31.9% | 33.7% |
| 1999 | 11,867 | 8,944.0 | 2,795.0 | 2,966.8 | 31.3% | 33.2% |
| 2000 | 12,123 | 9,163.0 | 2,755.7 | 2,920.0 | 30.1% | 31.9% |
| 2001 | 12,667 | 9,038.1 | 2,707.8 | 2,862.6 | 30.0% | 31.7% |
| 2002 | 13,483 | 8,958.7 | 2,651.1 | 2,815.2 | 29.6% | 31.4% |
| 2003 | 14,324 | 9,921.5 | 2,637.1 | 2,806.9 | 26.6% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 13,626 | 9,629.5 | 2,539.1 | 2,707.2 | 26.4% | 28.1% |
| 2005 | 13,770 | 9,848.6 | 2,530.0 | 2,676.9 | 25.7% | 27.2% |
| 2006 | 13,784 | 10,127.6 | 2,492.0 | 2,655.4 | 24.6% | 26.2% |
| 2007 | 13,798 | 10,400.1 | 2,449.9 | 2,615.3 | 23.6% | 25.1% |
| 2008 | 13,620 | 10,336.5 | 2,495.1 | 2,663.5 | 24.1% | 25.8% |
| 2009 | 12,854 | 9,622.6 | 2,248.5 | 2,417.9 | 23.4% | 25.1% |
| 2010 | 12,651 | 9,531.8 | 2,221.3 | 2,370.2 | 23.3% | 24.9% |
| 2011 | 12,453 | 9,575.1 | 2,197.1 | 2,327.6 | 22.9% | 24.3% |
| 2012 | 12,216 | 9,551.2 | 2,158.7 | 2,315.9 | 22.6% | 24.2% |
| 2013 | 12,120 | 9,682.5 | 2,115.3 | 2,249.1 | 21.8% | 23.2% |
| 2014 | 12,304 | 9,879.8 | 2,107.6 | 2,240.4 | 21.3% | 22.7% |
| 2015 | 11,758 | 9,725.2 | 2,023.5 | 2,172.1 | 20.8% | 22.3% |
| 2016 | 11,877 | 9,941.3 | 2,081.3 | 2,259.5 | 20.9% | 22.7% |
| 2017 | 11,814 | 10,198.9 | 2,113.4 | 2,261.1 | 20.7% | 22.2% |
| 2018 | 11,673 | 10,519.1 | 2,112.9 | 2,241.9 | 20.1% | 21.3% |
| 2019 | 11,130 | 10,574.4 | 2,081.1 | 2,247.1 | 19.7% | 21.3% |
| 2020 | 9,888 | 10,006.3 | 2,017.2 | 2,166.4 | 20.2% | 21.7% |
| 2021 | 10,218 | 10,827.6 | 1,990.2 | 2,160.2 | 18.4% | 20.0% |
| 2022 | 10,081 | 11,469.7 | 2,048.2 | 2,183.0 | 17.9% | 19.0% |
| 2023 | 9,771 | 11,623.3 | 2,089.6 | 2,230.3 | 18.0% | 19.2% |
| Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even. The use of this data requires citation. | ||||||