# US states by union representation rate, 2025

All 51 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `union_representation_rate`
- Unit: %
- 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).
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/union-representation-rate/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hawaii | 26 |
| 2 | New York | 22.5 |
| 3 | Alaska | 20.7 |
| 4 | Washington | 19.4 |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 17.5 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 17.2 |
| 7 | Oregon | 16.9 |
| 8 | California | 16.7 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 16.1 |
| 10 | Minnesota | 15.8 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 15.4 |
| 12 | Maryland | 15 |
| 13 | Vermont | 14.8 |
| 14 | Nevada | 14.3 |
| 15 | Michigan | 14.2 |
| 16 | Maine | 14.1 |
| 17 | Illinois | 14 |
| 18 | Ohio | 12.8 |
| 19 | Montana | 12.3 |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | 11.7 |
| 21 | Delaware | 11.5 |
| 22 | Missouri | 11.2 |
| 23 | District of Columbia | 10.7 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 10.5 |
| 25 | New Hampshire | 9.9 |
| 26 | Indiana | 9.6 |
| 27 | West Virginia | 9.1 |
| 28 | Kansas | 9 |
| 29 | Nebraska | 8.5 |
| 30 | Iowa | 8.2 |
| 31 | New Mexico | 7.9 |
| 32 | Utah | 7.8 |
| 33 | Wisconsin | 7.5 |
| 34 | North Dakota | 7.4 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 7.3 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 7.3 |
| 37 | Alabama | 7.2 |
| 37 | Wyoming | 7.2 |
| 39 | Colorado | 6.7 |
| 40 | Virginia | 6.4 |
| 41 | Florida | 6.2 |
| 42 | Georgia | 6.1 |
| 43 | Texas | 5.8 |
| 44 | Tennessee | 5.7 |
| 45 | Louisiana | 5.5 |
| 46 | Idaho | 5.3 |
| 47 | Arizona | 4.5 |
| 48 | South Carolina | 4.1 |
| 49 | Arkansas | 3.5 |
| 50 | North Carolina | 3.1 |
| 50 | South Dakota | 3.1 |