Union representation rate in United States

Union representation rate in the United States was 11.2% in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.1 pts from 2024.

202511.2%

Change on 2024+0.1 pts

Series high23.31983

Series low11.12024

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Union representation rate in United States, 1983 to 2025

%. Source: BLS, Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: represented by unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899700 and LUU02048997<state FIPS>). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-02-18.

All 43 values

Period	%
2025	11.2
2024	11.1
2023	11.2
2022	11.3
2021	11.6
2020	12.1
2019	11.6
2018	11.7
2017	11.9
2016	12
2015	12.3
2014	12.3
2013	12.4
2012	12.5
2011	13
2010	13.1
2009	13.6
2008	13.7
2007	13.3
2006	13.1
2005	13.7
2004	13.8
2003	14.3
2002	14.5
2001	14.7
2000	14.9
1999	15.3
1998	15.4
1997	15.6
1996	16.2
1995	16.7
1994	17.5
1993	17.6
1992	17.7
1991	18.1
1990	18.2
1989	18.6
1988	19
1987	19.2
1986	19.9
1985	20.5
1984	21.6
1983	23.3

Rankings

US states by union representation rate 51 places

Definition

Wage and salary workers represented by unions, 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 LUU0204899700 for the nation).

Represented workers are union members plus workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. 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.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: represented by unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899700 and LUU02048997<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: represented by unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899700 and LUU02048997<state FIPS>) (Union representation 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: represented by unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899700 and LUU02048997<state FIPS>), Union representation 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-representation-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: represented by unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899700 and LUU02048997<state FIPS>). Union representation 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-representation-rate/united-states.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Union affiliation data from the Current Population Survey: represented by unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899700 and LUU02048997<state FIPS>), Union representation 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-representation-rate/united-states (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the union representation rate in United States?

Union representation rate in the United States was 11.2% 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: represented by unions, percent of employed wage and salary workers, nation and states (LUU0204899700 and LUU02048997<state FIPS>). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest union representation rate in United States?

23.3% in 1983, the highest value since 1983 in this series.

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