In 2024, there were around 14.26 million workers who were members of labor unions in the United States. This follows a general decline in union membership and was a decrease from 2023, when there were roughly 14.42 billion union members in the United States.

Union membership has been declining since 1983, and reached a historic low in 2024. There was a slight rise in 2020, but this has been attributed to union members being less likely to lose their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2024, the rate of union membership declined again to 9.9 percent. Despite this constant decline, the number of workers represented by a union increased in 2023.

The share of workers in the United States who are members of labor unions has been on the decline since 1983. While rates of union membership have gotten closer between men and women, the rate of male union membership has declined more drastically than that of women. In 2024, **** percent of working men were union members compared to *** percent of women.

In 2024, Hawaii had the highest rate of union membership among its working population, with 26.5 percent being a union member. The least unionized state was South Dakota, with a rate of 2.7 percent.

In 2024, union membership was highest among those working in the public sector, with around **** percent of local government workers being union members. In the private sector, workers in the transportation and utilities industry had the highest union membership rates, with **** percent of workers in unions.

The rate of union membership in the United States has been on the decline since 2000 across all races and ethnicities. The Black and African American working population has maintained the highest rates of union membership. Between 2023 and 2024, Asian workers saw the largest increase in the rate of union membership, increasing from *** percent to *** percent. The total number of union members in the United States can be found here.

The number of workers in the United States who are represented by labor unions has been on the decline since 1983. There has been a net decline of around four million union members among the male population in the U.S. since 1983. Women, on the other hand, have seen an increase of around 700,000 members. The total number of union members in the United States can be found here.

The number of workers in the United States who are represented by labor unions has been on the decline, particularly among the white population. Comparatively, the number of Hispanic and Latino union members has increased by nearly ******* since the year 2000. The total number of union members in the United States can be found here.

Union membership has been on the decline across all industries in the United States since 2000. While rates of union membership in the public sector are significantly higher than the private sector, the rate has been declining since 2000. In 2024, **** percent of public sector workers were union members.

In 2024, around **** percent of workers aged between 45 and 54 were members of labor unions in the United States, compared to **** percent of those between the ages of 35 and 44 years old. Labor membership rates were lowest amongst those aged 16 to 24.

While union membership has been on the decline both nationwide and in the construction industry since 2000, the memberships remain high in the construction industry. In 2000, around **** percent of construction workers were union members, compared to * percent of workers across all industries. By 2023, however, union membership in the construction industry had fallen to **** percent.

Union membership in the manufacturing industry has seen a rapid decline since the turn of the century. In 2000, rates of union membership were relatively high in the manufacturing industry compared to the all-industry average, with 14.9 percent of workers being part of a union. However, while still higher than average, the rate reached a record low in 2021 at 7.7 percent. This did increase slightly in the following years, while the all-industry average declined again.

Union membership has been on the decline across all industries in the United States since 2000. Union membership rates in the educational services industry increased between 2000 and 2024. In 2024, around **** percent of workers in the educational services industry were members of a union, compared with * percent of the American working population in the private sector.

In 2022, New York had the highest rate of union membership among public sector employees at 67 percent. The state of South Carolina had the lowest rate of union membership at 5.68 percent. The U.S. average for 2023 was 32.5 percent.

The number of workers represented by a labor union in the United States has remained relatively steady among minority racial and ethnic groups in the United States, but has significantly decreased among white workers. The number of Hispanic and Latino workers represented by a union overtook the number of Black people represented in 2017.

The total number of union members in the United States can be found here.

The rate of employees represented by unions has been declining since 1983, and reached a historic low in 2023 with 11.2 percent of employees represented. Employees represented by unions are not necessarily union members themselves, rather, their jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. The rate of union membership can be found here.

Union membership has been on the decline across all industries in the United States since 2000. In the professional and financial services sector, rates of union membership have been relatively low and unchanged since 2000. In 2024, around *** percent of American workers across all industries were union members, compared with ****percent of workers in the professional and business services industry.

Union membership has been on the decline across all industries in the United States since 2000. Union membership in the leisure and hospitality industry reached an all-time low in 2020, but increased in the following years.

Labor unions, or trade unions as they are known in Europe, are organizations formed by workers in order to represent their collective interests, particularly in relation to wages and working conditions. Historically, labor unions emerged during the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century to represent the interests of industrial workers, who flocked to work in factories, mines, and other growing manufacturing enterprises. In most high-income countries, labor unions reached their peak during the post-WWII period, when governments mediated between the interests of labor unions and the owners of capital. With the economic crises of the 1970s, however, the labor movement suffered historic defeats in Europe and North America, with union density declining rapidly in many countries due to a host of pro-market and anti-union policies which have come to be referred to as 'neoliberalism'. Labor unions today In the twenty-first century, labor unions have retreated from their key role in national economic decisions in many countries, as globalization has lowered barriers to movement of labor, enabled 'off-shoring' jobs to lower wage countries, and promoted the lowering of labor standards in order to pursue cost competitiveness. In spite of this trend, certain regions still showcase high levels of union density and retain their traditions of unions being involved in determining economic policy. Notably, the Nordic countries make up five of the top six most unionized countries, with Iceland in first place being followed by Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and then Norway.

Other notable trends among the top placed countries are states which have had a historical relationship with communism (often a key driver of the labor movement), such as Cuba, Vietnam, China, and Kazakhstan. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, labor unions and the wider labor movement has become more prominent, as workers have sought to fight for health & safety conditions in the workplace, as well as to combat high inflation related to the pandemic.

In 2024, members of labor unions had higher median weekly earnings than any other classification of worker, earning around ***** U.S. dollars per week. Non-union members by comparison, had weekly median earnings of 1138 U.S. dollars in the same year.