Union membership drops
- Since 2000, union membership rates have fallen in all but five
states. Rates fell the most in Wisconsin (down 11.4 percentage
points). They rose the most in Vermont (up 3.9 percentage points).
- Public sector workers are five and a half times more likely to be
unionized than private sector employees. In 2024, 32.2% of public sector
employees were union members, compared to 5.9% in the private sector.
- Workers ages 45 to 64 are most likely to be in a union. Last year,
12.6% of employees in this age range were union members. Meanwhile, 4.3%
of workers ages 16 to 24 were unionized, the lowest percentage of any
group.
- The industries with the fewest unionized employees in 2024 were
professional and business services (2.0%), agriculture and related
industries (1.4%), and financial activities (1.3%).
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