IRLE Report on Union Membership
Data for 2009 on Los Angeles, California, and the United States
For several decades, the nation’s unionization rate – the percentage of all employed wage and salary workers who are union members – had suffered serious decline. There has been a slight uptick over the past two years, however, countering the long-term downward trend. The unionization rate has risen almost one half of a percentage point in the two years since 2006-2007, from 12.0% to the current rate of 12.4%.
Note: Percentages are based on the 12 months from July of the previous year through June of the following year.
For example, the percentage of workers who are union members in 1997 includes data from July 1996 through
June 1997.
Source: CEPR Uniform Extracts of the Outgoing Rotation Groups of the US Current Population Survey.
To view the full report for 2009, or for the previous four years, click on one of the links below.
