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Union Membership of wage and salary workers in New England

Table 1. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state (Numbers in thousands)
State	2010					2011
	Total employed	Members of unions(1)		Represented by unions(2)		Total employed	Members of unions(1)		Represented by unions(2)
	Total employed	Total	Percent of employed	Total	Percent of employed	Total employed	Total	Percent of employed	Total	Percent of employed
Connecticut	1,549	258	16.7	270	17.4	1,542	259	16.8	272	17.7
Maine	543	63	11.6	71	13.0	554	63	11.3	74	13.4
Massachusetts	2,866	415	14.5	446	15.6	2,882	422	14.6	445	15.4
New Hampshire	622	63	10.2	73	11.7	617	68	11.1	77	12.5
Rhode Island	456	75	16.4	79	17.4	453	79	17.4	81	17.9
Vermont	289	34	11.8	40	13.6	290	35	12.0	39	13.5
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 incoporated businesses as well as those with unincoporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Table 2. Union membership(1)of employed wage and salary workers in the U.S. and New England states, annual average, 2006 and 2011 (Numbers in thousands)
State	2006		2011		2006 to 2011 Membership
State	Total members	Percent of employed	Total members	Percent of employed	Net change	Percent change
United States	15,359	12.0	14,764	11.8	-595	-3.9%
Connecticut	247	15.6	259	16.8	12	4.9%
Maine	69	11.9	63	11.3	-6	-8.7%
Massachusetts	414	14.5	422	14.6	8	1.9%
New Hampshire	63	10.1	68	11.1	5	7.9%
Rhode Island	76	15.3	79	17.4	3	3.9%
Vermont	34	11.0	35	12.0	1	2.9%
Footnotes (1) Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.
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 incoporated businesses as well as those with unincoporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Table 3. Union representation(1) of employed wage and salary workers in the U.S. and New England states, annual averages, 2006 and 2011 (Numbers in thousands)
State	2006		2011		2006 to 2011 Represented
State	Total represented	Percent of employed	Total represented	Percent of employed	Net change	Percent change
United States	16,860	13.1	16,290	13.0	-570	-3.4%
Connecticut	263	16.5	272	17.7	9	3.4%
Maine	79	13.5	74	13.4	-5	-6.3%
Massachusetts	438	15.3	445	15.4	7	1.6%
New Hampshire	70	11.3	77	12.5	7	10.0%
Rhode Island	79	16.0	81	17.9	2	2.5%
Vermont	39	12.9	39	13.5	0	0.0%
Footnotes (1) 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 incoporated businesses as well as those with unincoporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Table 4. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, annual averages 1989-2011 (Numbers in thousands)
Year	Vermont
	Total employed	Members of Unions		Represented by Unions
	Total employed	Total	Percent of employed	Total	Percent of employed
1989	245	29	11.9	37	15.2
1990	233	29	12.6	35	15.1
1991	235	27	11.6	34	14.4
1992	243	26	10.5	32	13.0
1993	253	25	9.9	30	11.9
1994	-	-	-	-	-
1995	255	24	9.3	29	11.5
1996	257	25	9.7	29	11.3
1997	258	22	8.5	26	10.0
1998	268	25	9.4	29	11.0
1999	273	26	9.7	29	10.8
2000	274	28	10.3	34	12.4
2001	283	31	10.8	35	12.3
2002	289	28	9.6	32	11.1
2003	281	27	9.7	33	11.7
2004	291	29	9.8	33	11.4
2005	287	31	10.8	37	13.0
2006	305	34	11.0	39	12.9
2007	288	30	10.4	35	12.2
2008	284	29	10.4	36	12.8
2009	285	35	12.3	40	14.1
2010	289	34	11.8	40	13.6
2011	290	35	12.0	39	13.5
NOTE: Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union. Those represented by unions include both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. 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. State estimates are not available for 1994. Beginning in 2000, data reflect population controls from Census 2000 and new industry and occupational classification systems. SOURCE: Current Population Survey (CPS)