According to calculations from Current Population Survey microdata released today, the union membership rate in 2023 was 10.0 percent, down from 10.1 percent in 2022. The union coverage rate, which includes non-members covered by contracts, was 11.2 percent in 2023, unchanged from 2022.
In 2023, 14.4 million workers were union members, an increase of 135,000 from 2022, and 16.2 million workers were covered by union contracts, an increase of 190,000 from the previous year. In 2023, the US added 2.7 million non-union jobs.
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