Union membership rate in United States

Union membership rate in the United States was 10% in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.1 pts from 2024.

202510%

Change on 2024+0.1 pts

Series high20.11983

Series low9.92024

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Union membership rate in United States, 1983 to 2025

%. Source: BLS, Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: members of unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899600 and LUU02048996<state FIPS>). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-02-18.

All 43 values

Period	%
2025	10
2024	9.9
2023	10
2022	10.1
2021	10.3
2020	10.8
2019	10.3
2018	10.5
2017	10.7
2016	10.7
2015	11.1
2014	11.1
2013	11.3
2012	11.3
2011	11.8
2010	11.9
2009	12.3
2008	12.4
2007	12.1
2006	12
2005	12.5
2004	12.5
2003	12.9
2002	13.3
2001	13.3
2000	13.4
1999	13.9
1998	13.9
1997	14.1
1996	14.5
1995	14.9
1994	15.5
1993	15.7
1992	15.7
1991	16
1990	16
1989	16.4
1988	16.8
1987	17
1986	17.5
1985	18
1984	18.8
1983	20.1

Rankings

US states by union membership rate 51 places

Definition

Union members as a percent of employed wage and salary workers, annual average, from the Current Population Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series LUU0204899600 for the nation).

Union members are members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union. Annual averages of the monthly Current Population Survey, a household survey, so the figures carry sampling error, which is larger for small states. Wage and salary workers exclude the incorporated and unincorporated self employed. State figures are by state of residence. The 2025 averages cover 11 months: October 2025 was not collected during the federal government shutdown. For workers covered by a union contract, members or not, use union_representation_rate.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: members of unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899600 and LUU02048996<state FIPS>). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/lu/lu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: members of unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899600 and LUU02048996<state FIPS>) (Union membership rate, United States, 1983 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/lu/lu.data.1.AllData

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Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: members of unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899600 and LUU02048996<state FIPS>), Union membership rate, United States, 1983 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Feb. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/lu/lu.data.1.AllData. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/union-membership-rate/united-states. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: members of unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899600 and LUU02048996<state FIPS>). Union membership rate, United States, 1983 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/lu/lu.data.1.AllData. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/union-membership-rate/united-states.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: members of unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899600 and LUU02048996<state FIPS>), Union membership rate, United States, 1983 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/lu/lu.data.1.AllData, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/union-membership-rate/united-states (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the union membership rate in United States?

Union membership rate in the United States was 10% in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.1 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: members of unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899600 and LUU02048996<state FIPS>). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest union membership rate in United States?

20.1% in 1983, the highest value since 1983 in this series.

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