Union Membership Historical Table for Ohio : Midwest Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Union Membership Historical Table for Ohio

Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers, Ohio, annual averages, 1989–2022 (numbers in thousands)
Year	Total employed	Members of unions (1)		Represented by unions (2)
Year	Total employed	Total	Percent of employed	Total	Percent of employed
1989	4,641	987	21.3	1,066	23.0
1990	4,601	960	20.9	1,068	23.2
1991	4,574	941	20.6	1,019	22.3
1992	4,636	940	20.3	1,029	22.2
1993	4,659	962	20.7	1,040	22.3
1994	—	—	—	—	—
1995	4,774	885	18.5	979	20.5
1996	4,798	933	19.5	998	20.8
1997	4,940	931	18.9	1,003	20.3
1998	4,902	932	19.0	992	20.2
1999	5,008	896	17.9	955	19.1
2000	5,049	877	17.4	958	19.0
2001	5,117	901	17.6	976	19.1
2002	5,118	859	16.8	916	17.9
2003	5,100	850	16.7	923	18.1
2004	4,998	759	15.2	820	16.4
2005	5,039	804	16.0	866	17.2
2006	5,170	734	14.2	801	15.5
2007	5,187	730	14.1	797	15.4
2008	5,046	716	14.2	783	15.5
2009	4,827	685	14.2	742	15.4
2010	4,787	655	13.7	702	14.7
2011	4,813	647	13.4	706	14.7
2012	4,800	604	12.6	665	13.9
2013	4,786	605	12.6	674	14.1
2014	4,958	615	12.4	688	13.9
2015	4,914	606	12.3	670	13.6
2016	4,970	617	12.4	702	14.1
2017	5,062	635	12.5	688	13.6
2018	5,054	639	12.6	722	14.3
2019	5,127	610	11.9	673	13.1
2020	4,815	637	13.2	686	14.2
2021	4,966	596	12.0	647	13.0
2022	4,989	641	12.8	699	14.0
Footnotes: (1) Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union. (2) Data refer to both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.
Note: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. (—) Dashes indicate data not available. Source: Current Population Survey The current population survey is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.