Did You Know That AFSCME Members:
Participation in job-provided health insurance
Union Workers
79%
Nonunion workers
49%
source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2015.
Participation in guaranteed (defined-benefit) pension plans
Union workers
76%
Nonunion workers
16%
Median weekly earnings
Union workers
$980
Nonunion workers
$776
source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Union Members 2015, January 2016.
Young (ages 16–24) workers’ median weekly earnings
Union workers
$616
Nonunion workers
$482
Women’s median weekly earnings
Union workers
$928
Nonunion workers
$697
African American union workers’ median weekly earnings
Union workers
$800
Nonunion workers
$617
Latino workers’ median weekly earnings
Union workers
$862
Nonunion workers
$586
Asian American workers’ median weekly earnings
Union workers
$1,094
Nonunion workers
