{"meta":{"dataset":"union-membership","title":"Union membership and representation by state (BLS Union Members), 2024 and 2025","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23845987","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23845987","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23845986","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Union membership and representation by state (BLS Union Members), 2024 and 2025, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23845987, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Union membership and representation by state (BLS Union Members), 2024 and 2025 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23845987","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are survey estimates from the Current Population Survey, rounded to thousands and one decimal by BLS; small states have wider sampling error. The 2025 annual figures average the 11 months BLS published (January to September, November and December). BLS says the 2025 figures are not strictly comparable with other years.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-30","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/union-membership/union-membership.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/union-membership/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source"}},"key":"jurisdiction","records":[{"id":"union-membership:US","dataset":"union-membership","jurisdiction":"US","level":"us","stateName":"United States","year":2025,"status":"P","employed_k":146661,"members_k":14665,"members_pct":10,"represented_k":16486,"represented_pct":11.2,"employed_k_prev":144522,"members_k_prev":14255,"members_pct_prev":9.9,"represented_k_prev":16023,"represented_pct_prev":11.1,"previousYear":2024,"change_members_pct_pts":0.1,"text":"United States, 2025: 10.0% of employed wage and salary workers were union members (14.7 million of 146.7 million) and 11.2% were represented by a union; 9.9% were members in 2024 (BLS).","value":10,"unit":"percent of employed wage and salary workers who are union members","effectiveFrom":"2025-01-01","effectiveTo":"2025-12-31","sources":[{"label":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Union Members 2025, Table 1: union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers","url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.t01.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-30"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey","url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.t01.htm","table":"Table 1","release":"Union Members 2025 (annual averages 2024-2025)","accessed":"2026-10-30"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-30","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; 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