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Union Membership in New England, 2011
Table 1. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state (Numbers in thousands)
State |
2010 |
2011 |
Total employed |
Members of unions1 |
Represented by unions2 |
Total employed |
Members of unions1 |
Represented by unions2 |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Connecticut |
1,549 |
258 |
16.7 |
270 |
17.4 |
1,542 |
259 |
16.8 |
272 |
17.7 |
Maine |
543 |
63 |
11.6 |
71 |
13.0 |
554 |
63 |
11.3 |
74 |
13.4 |
Massachusetts |
2,866 |
415 |
14.5 |
446 |
15.6 |
2,882 |
422 |
14.6 |
445 |
15.4 |
New Hampshire |
622 |
63 |
10.2 |
73 |
11.7 |
617 |
68 |
11.1 |
77 |
12.5 |
Rhode Island |
456 |
75 |
16.4 |
79 |
17.4 |
453 |
79 |
17.4 |
81 |
17.9 |
Vermont |
289 |
34 |
11.8 |
40 |
13.6 |
290 |
35 |
12.0 |
39 |
13.5 |
¹ Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association
similar to a union.
² Data refer to both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.
NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal
job of full- and part-time wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incoporated businesses as well as those with unincoporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 2. Union membership1 of employed wage and salary workers in the U.S. and New England states, annual average, 2006 and 2011 (Numbers in thousands)
State |
2006 |
2011 |
2006 to 2011 Membership |
Total members |
Percent of employed |
Total members |
Percent of employed |
Net change |
Percent change |
United States |
15,359 |
12.0 |
14,764 |
11.8 |
-595 |
-3.9% |
Connecticut |
247 |
15.6 |
259 |
16.8 |
12 |
4.9% |
Maine |
69 |
11.9 |
63 |
11.3 |
-6 |
-8.7% |
Massachusetts |
414 |
14.5 |
422 |
14.6 |
8 |
1.9% |
New Hampshire |
63 |
10.1 |
68 |
11.1 |
5 |
7.9% |
Rhode Island |
76 |
15.3 |
79 |
17.4 |
3 |
3.9% |
Vermont |
34 |
11.0 |
35 |
12.0 |
1 |
2.9% |
Table 3. Union representation2 of employed wage and salary workers in the U.S. and New England states, annual averages, 2006 and 2011 (Numbers in thousands)
State |
2006 |
2011 |
2006 to 2011 Represented |
Total represented |
Percent of employed |
Total represented |
Percent of employed |
Net change |
Percent change |
United States |
16,860 |
13.1 |
16,290 |
13.0 |
-570 |
-3.4% |
Connecticut |
263 |
16.5 |
272 |
17.7 |
9 |
3.4% |
Maine |
79 |
13.5 |
74 |
13.4 |
-5 |
-6.3% |
Massachusetts |
438 |
15.3 |
445 |
15.4 |
7 |
1.6% |
New Hampshire |
70 |
11.3 |
77 |
12.5 |
7 |
10.0% |
Rhode Island |
79 |
16.0 |
81 |
17.9 |
2 |
2.5% |
Vermont |
39 |
12.9 |
39 |
13.5 |
0 |
0.0% |
¹ Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association
similar to a union.
² Data refer to both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.
NOTES: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time wage and salary
workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are
introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 4. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, annual averages 1989-2011 (Numbers in thousands)
Year |
Connecticut |
Total employed |
Members of Unions |
Represented by Unions |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Total |
Percent of employed |
1989 |
1,533 |
284 |
18.5 |
297 |
19.4 |
1990 |
1,573 |
277 |
17.6 |
309 |
19.7 |
1991 |
1,548 |
292 |
18.9 |
310 |
20.0 |
1992 |
1,500 |
267 |
17.8 |
285 |
19.0 |
1993 |
1,500 |
281 |
18.7 |
300 |
20.0 |
1994 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1995 |
1,427 |
288 |
20.2 |
296 |
20.7 |
1996 |
1,454 |
239 |
16.5 |
250 |
17.2 |
1997 |
1,469 |
248 |
16.9 |
262 |
17.9 |
1998 |
1,501 |
263 |
17.5 |
272 |
18.1 |
1999 |
1,455 |
264 |
18.2 |
279 |
19.2 |
2000 |
1,508 |
246 |
16.3 |
262 |
17.4 |
2001 |
1,555 |
246 |
15.8 |
260 |
16.7 |
2002 |
1,534 |
258 |
16.8 |
271 |
17.7 |
2003 |
1,489 |
229 |
15.4 |
244 |
16.4 |
2004 |
1,539 |
235 |
15.3 |
256 |
16.6 |
2005 |
1,550 |
247 |
15.9 |
263 |
17.0 |
2006 |
1,591 |
247 |
15.6 |
263 |
17.0 |
2007 |
1,617 |
253 |
15.6 |
269 |
16.6 |
2008 |
1,625 |
275 |
16.9 |
291 |
17.9 |
2009 |
1,538 |
265 |
17.3 |
282 |
18.4 |
2010 |
1,549 |
258 |
16.7 |
270 |
17.4 |
2011 |
1,542 |
259 |
16.8 |
272 |
17.7 |
Table 4. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, annual averages 1989-2011 (Numbers in thousands)
Year |
Maine |
Total employed |
Members of Unions |
Represented by Unions |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Total |
Percent of employed |
1989 |
506 |
77 |
15.2 |
87 |
17.2 |
1990 |
507 |
88 |
17.4 |
107 |
21.1 |
1991 |
489 |
89 |
18.2 |
102 |
20.9 |
1992 |
510 |
76 |
14.8 |
87 |
17.1 |
1993 |
494 |
69 |
14.0 |
79 |
16.0 |
1994 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1995 |
502 |
78 |
15.6 |
89 |
17.8 |
1996 |
535 |
77 |
14.5 |
88 |
16.4 |
1997 |
532 |
72 |
13.5 |
80 |
15.0 |
1998 |
526 |
66 |
12.6 |
75 |
14.3 |
1999 |
544 |
84 |
15.4 |
93 |
17.1 |
2000 |
556 |
78 |
14.0 |
92 |
16.6 |
2001 |
569 |
73 |
12.9 |
83 |
14.6 |
2002 |
581 |
75 |
13.0 |
87 |
15.0 |
2003 |
567 |
73 |
12.8 |
81 |
14.3 |
2004 |
564 |
64 |
11.3 |
74 |
13.2 |
2005 |
582 |
69 |
11.9 |
79 |
13.6 |
2006 |
584 |
69 |
11.9 |
79 |
13.5 |
2007 |
574 |
67 |
11.7 |
79 |
13.8 |
2008 |
574 |
71 |
12.3 |
84 |
14.7 |
2009 |
543 |
63 |
11.7 |
74 |
13.7 |
2010 |
543 |
63 |
11.6 |
71 |
13.0 |
2011 |
554 |
63 |
11.3 |
74 |
13.4 |
Table 4. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, annual averages, 1989-2011 (Numbers in thousands)
Year |
Massachusetts |
Total employed |
Members of Unions |
Represented by Unions |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Total |
Percent of employed |
1989 |
2,725 |
478 |
17.5 |
513 |
18.8 |
1990 |
2,735 |
479 |
17.5 |
513 |
18.8 |
1991 |
2,557 |
445 |
17.4 |
479 |
18.7 |
1992 |
2,557 |
434 |
17.0 |
468 |
18.3 |
1993 |
2,642 |
453 |
17.2 |
487 |
18.4 |
1994 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1995 |
2,649 |
428 |
16.2 |
471 |
17.8 |
1996 |
2,703 |
415 |
15.4 |
455 |
16.8 |
1997 |
2,794 |
423 |
15.1 |
463 |
16.6 |
1998 |
2,844 |
453 |
15.9 |
494 |
17.4 |
1999 |
2,875 |
465 |
16.2 |
492 |
17.1 |
2000 |
2,841 |
406 |
14.3 |
445 |
15.7 |
2001 |
2,940 |
433 |
14.7 |
468 |
15.9 |
2002 |
2,999 |
427 |
14.2 |
464 |
15.5 |
2003 |
2,925 |
416 |
14.2 |
454 |
15.5 |
2004 |
2,920 |
393 |
13.5 |
430 |
14.7 |
2005 |
2,886 |
402 |
13.9 |
431 |
14.9 |
2006 |
2,859 |
414 |
14.5 |
438 |
15.3 |
2007 |
2,882 |
379 |
13.2 |
402 |
14.0 |
2008 |
2,909 |
458 |
15.7 |
491 |
16.9 |
2009 |
2,864 |
476 |
16.6 |
516 |
18.0 |
2010 |
2,866 |
415 |
14.5 |
446 |
15.6 |
2011 |
2,882 |
422 |
14.6 |
445 |
15.4 |
Table 4. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, annual averages 1989-2011 (Numbers in thousands)
Year |
New Hampshire |
Total employed |
Members of Unions |
Represented by Unions |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Total |
Percent of employed |
1989 |
509 |
59 |
11.6 |
68 |
13.3 |
1990 |
516 |
59 |
11.4 |
67 |
13.0 |
1991 |
506 |
58 |
11.5 |
67 |
13.2 |
1992 |
498 |
48 |
9.7 |
61 |
12.2 |
1993 |
518 |
43 |
8.2 |
54 |
10.5 |
1994 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1995 |
528 |
67 |
12.6 |
76 |
14.5 |
1996 |
514 |
57 |
11.2 |
65 |
12.6 |
1997 |
544 |
56 |
10.2 |
63 |
11.5 |
1998 |
559 |
62 |
11.0 |
71 |
12.6 |
1999 |
565 |
60 |
10.6 |
69 |
12.2 |
2000 |
576 |
60 |
10.4 |
67 |
11.6 |
2001 |
609 |
61 |
10.0 |
70 |
11.4 |
2002 |
613 |
60 |
9.8 |
68 |
11.2 |
2003 |
607 |
56 |
9.3 |
69 |
11.3 |
2004 |
618 |
61 |
9.9 |
68 |
11.0 |
2005 |
627 |
65 |
10.4 |
72 |
11.5 |
2006 |
620 |
63 |
10.1 |
70 |
11.3 |
2007 |
631 |
61 |
9.7 |
70 |
11.2 |
2008 |
635 |
67 |
10.6 |
79 |
12.4 |
2009 |
616 |
67 |
10.8 |
76 |
12.3 |
2010 |
622 |
63 |
10.2 |
73 |
11.7 |
2011 |
617 |
68 |
11.1 |
77 |
12.5 |
Table 4. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, annual averages 1989-2011 (Numbers in thousands)
Year |
Rhode Island |
Total employed |
Members of Unions |
Represented by Unions |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Total |
Percent of employed |
1989 |
457 |
85 |
18.7 |
89 |
19.4 |
1990 |
434 |
78 |
18.0 |
84 |
19.4 |
1991 |
417 |
86 |
20.6 |
91 |
21.9 |
1992 |
425 |
84 |
19.7 |
91 |
21.4 |
1993 |
417 |
75 |
17.9 |
78 |
18.6 |
1994 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1995 |
403 |
78 |
19.4 |
84 |
20.8 |
1996 |
424 |
81 |
19.1 |
85 |
20.1 |
1997 |
434 |
81 |
18.7 |
85 |
19.5 |
1998 |
427 |
81 |
19.0 |
84 |
19.6 |
1999 |
433 |
77 |
17.7 |
81 |
18.8 |
2000 |
438 |
80 |
18.2 |
83 |
18.8 |
2001 |
466 |
83 |
17.8 |
86 |
18.5 |
2002 |
471 |
81 |
17.3 |
84 |
17.9 |
2003 |
494 |
84 |
17.0 |
86 |
17.5 |
2004 |
487 |
79 |
16.3 |
83 |
17.0 |
2005 |
494 |
79 |
15.9 |
83 |
16.8 |
2006 |
498 |
76 |
15.3 |
79 |
16.0 |
2007 |
497 |
75 |
15.0 |
78 |
15.8 |
2008 |
471 |
78 |
16.5 |
82 |
17.4 |
2009 |
444 |
80 |
17.9 |
83 |
18.7 |
2010 |
456 |
75 |
16.4 |
79 |
17.4 |
2011 |
453 |
79 |
17.4 |
81 |
17.9 |
Table 4. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, annual averages 1989-2011 (Numbers in thousands)
Year |
Vermont |
Total employed |
Members of Unions |
Represented by Unions |
Total |
Percent of employed |
Total |
Percent of employed |
1989 |
245 |
29 |
11.9 |
37 |
15.2 |
1990 |
233 |
29 |
12.6 |
35 |
15.1 |
1991 |
235 |
27 |
11.6 |
34 |
14.4 |
1992 |
243 |
26 |
10.5 |
32 |
13.0 |
1993 |
253 |
25 |
9.9 |
30 |
11.9 |
1994 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1995 |
255 |
24 |
9.3 |
29 |
11.5 |
1996 |
257 |
25 |
9.7 |
29 |
11.3 |
1997 |
258 |
22 |
8.5 |
26 |
10.0 |
1998 |
268 |
25 |
9.4 |
29 |
11.0 |
1999 |
273 |
26 |
9.7 |
29 |
10.8 |
2000 |
274 |
28 |
10.3 |
34 |
12.4 |
2001 |
283 |
31 |
10.8 |
35 |
12.3 |
2002 |
289 |
28 |
9.6 |
32 |
11.1 |
2003 |
281 |
27 |
9.7 |
33 |
11.7 |
2004 |
291 |
29 |
9.8 |
33 |
11.4 |
2005 |
287 |
31 |
10.8 |
37 |
13.0 |
2006 |
305 |
34 |
11.0 |
39 |
12.9 |
2007 |
288 |
30 |
10.4 |
35 |
12.2 |
2008 |
284 |
29 |
10.4 |
36 |
12.8 |
2009 |
285 |
35 |
12.3 |
40 |
14.1 |
2010 |
289 |
34 |
11.8 |
40 |
13.6 |
2011 |
290 |
35 |
12.0 |
39 |
13.5 |
NOTE: Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union. Those represented by unions include both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. State estimates are not available for 1994. Beginning in 2000, data reflect population controls from Census 2000 and new industry and occupational classification systems.
SOURCE: Current Population Survey (CPS)
Last Modified Date: March 14, 2012
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