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Union Members as a Share of Employment

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North Carolina

Union Membership

Union Members as a Share of Employment

What does this mean?

Union membership indicates the flexibility of the state’s workforce.

Why does this matter?

Percentage of workers who are members of union organizations.

NC Business Index

North Carolina Ranking

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*Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Union Membership

State	2013-01	2014-01	2015-01	2016-01	2017-01	2018-01	2019-01	2020-01
Alabama	9.30	10.80	10.20	8.10	7.40	9.20	8.50	8.00
Alaska	23.10	22.80	19.60	18.50	18.10	18.50	17.10	17.70
Arizona	6.40	5.30	5.20	4.50	4.00	5.30	5.70	5.30
Arkansas	3.70	4.70	5.10	3.90	5.10	4.80	5.20	4.70
California	16.40	16.30	15.90	15.90	15.50	14.70	15.20	16.20
Colorado	8.60	9.50	8.40	9.80	9.60	11.00	9.00	7.40
Connecticut	13.70	14.80	17.00	17.50	19.60	16.00	14.50	17.10
Delaware	10.10	9.90	9.20	11.40	10.70	10.30	8.70	9.70
District of Columbia	9.30	8.60	10.40	9.50	9.80	9.90	9.30	8.60
Florida	4.70	5.70	6.80	5.60	5.60	5.60	6.20	6.40
Georgia	4.30	4.30	4.00	3.90	4.00	4.50	4.10	4.60
Hawaii	22.10	21.80	20.40	19.90	21.30	23.10	23.50	23.70
Idaho	4.80	5.30	6.80	6.10	4.80	4.70	4.90	5.60
Illinois	16.90	15.10	15.20	14.50	15.00	13.80	13.60	14.30
Indiana	9.60	10.70	10.00	10.40	8.90	8.80	8.30	8.30
Iowa	12.70	10.70	9.60	8.90	7.00	7.70	6.30	6.60
Kansas	7.30	7.40	8.70	8.60	7.80	7.00	8.70	8.90
Kentucky	11.20	11.00	11.00	11.10	9.60	8.90	8.00	7.50
Louisiana	3.50	5.20	5.80	4.20	4.40	5.00	5.30	5.90
Maine	11.10	11.00	11.60	11.40	11.40	12.90	11.80	14.70
Maryland	10.90	11.90	10.40	11.00	10.80	11.00	11.30	13.10
Massachusetts	14.30	13.70	12.90	12.10	12.40	13.70	12.00	12.00
Michigan	13.90	14.50	15.20	14.40	15.60	14.50	13.60	15.20
Minnesota	16.30	14.20	14.20	14.20	15.20	15.00	13.70	15.80
Mississippi	3.70	3.70	5.40	6.60	5.30	5.10	6.30	7.10
Missouri	7.60	8.40	8.80	9.70	8.70	9.40	11.10	9.40
Montana	13.00	12.70	12.20	11.90	11.90	11.80	10.50	12.00
Nebraska	5.70	7.30	7.70	7.40	8.20	6.60	8.40	9.60
Nevada	13.50	14.40	14.30	12.10	12.70	13.90	14.60	13.40
New Hampshire	10.30	9.90	9.70	9.40	11.30	10.20	10.30	9.80
New Jersey	15.80	16.50	15.40	16.10	16.20	14.90	15.70	16.10
New Mexico	5.40	5.70	6.20	6.30	6.70	6.80	7.10	7.10
New York	24.40	24.60	24.70	23.60	23.80	22.30	21.00	22.00
North Carolina	3.00	1.90	3.00	3.00	3.40	2.70	2.30	3.10
North Dakota	7.50	5.00	5.40	5.50	5.10	5.20	6.00	6.20
Ohio	11.60	12.40	12.30	12.40	12.50	12.60	11.90	13.20
Oklahoma	7.50	6.00	5.60	5.40	5.50	5.70	6.20	6.00
Oregon	14.60	15.60	14.80	13.50	14.90	13.90	14.40	16.20
Pennsylvania	12.70	12.70	13.30	12.10	12.00	12.60	12.00	13.50
Rhode Island	16.00	15.10	14.20	15.50	16.10	17.40	17.40	17.80
South Carolina	3.90	2.20	2.10	1.60	2.60	2.70	2.20	2.90
South Dakota	5.00	4.90	5.90	5.20	5.40	5.60	5.60	4.30
Tennessee	6.20	5.00	5.40	5.70	5.70	5.50	4.60	4.40
Texas	4.80	4.80	4.50	4.00	4.70	4.30	4.00	4.90
Utah	5.30	3.70	3.90	4.70	3.90	4.10	4.40	3.70
Vermont	10.70	11.10	12.60	11.50	11.00	10.50	11.20	11.80
Virginia	6.10	4.90	5.40	4.30	4.60	4.30	4.00	4.40
Washington	18.90	16.80	16.80	17.40	18.80	19.80	18.80	17.40
West Virginia	12.60	10.60	12.40	11.80	11.00	10.00	10.20	10.70
Wisconsin	12.30	11.70	8.30	8.10	8.30	8.10	8.10	8.70
Wyoming	5.00	6.70	7.10	6.30	6.00	6.50	7.30	7.60
U.S. Average	10.34	10.19	10.22	9.93	10.00	9.97	9.81	10.21