2024 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 29

Union Members as a Share of Employment ( 2022 )
Rank
2022 Percent
2021 Percent
2021 Rank
1 Hawaii
21.9 %
22.4 %
1
2 New York
20.7 %
22.2 %
2
3 Washington
18.0 %
19.0 %
3
4 California
16.1 %
15.9 %
7
4 Rhode Island
16.1 %
15.7 %
9
6 Alaska
16.0 %
15.8 %
8
7 Oregon
15.5 %
17.8 %
4
8 New Jersey
14.9 %
16.2 %
5
9 Minnesota
14.2 %
16.0 %
6
9 Connecticut
14.2 %
14.6 %
10
11 Michigan
14.0 %
13.3 %
12
12 Illinois
13.1 %
13.9 %
11
13 Ohio
12.8 %
12.0 %
18
14 Pennsylvania
12.7 %
12.9 %
13
14 Massachusetts
12.7 %
12.6 %
14
16 Vermont
12.1 %
12.3 %
16
17 Maryland
11.6 %
11.0 %
20
18 Nevada
11.3 %
12.2 %
17
19 Montana
11.2 %
11.2 %
19
20 New Hampshire
10.1 %
10.1 %
21
21 Kansas
9.8 %
9.2 %
24
22 Missouri
9.6 %
9.0 %
25
23 Maine
9.2 %
12.4 %
15
23 West Virginia
9.2 %
9.6 %
23
25 New Mexico
8.8 %
7.5 %
28
26 Delaware
8.5 %
9.7 %
22
27 Kentucky
7.9 %
7.2 %
29
28 Indiana
7.4 %
9.0 %
25
29 Alabama
7.2 %
5.9 %
33
30 Wisconsin
7.1 %
7.9 %
27
31 Iowa
7.0 %
6.5 %
31
32 Colorado
6.7 %
6.5 %
31
33 Nebraska
6.5 %
6.8 %
30
34 North Dakota
6.4 %
5.4 %
37
35 Wyoming
5.6 %
5.7 %
34
35 Mississippi
5.6 %
5.5 %
36
37 Oklahoma
5.5 %
5.6 %
35
37 Arizona
5.5 %
5.4 %
37
37 Tennessee
5.5 %
5.2 %
39
40 Arkansas
4.9 %
3.9 %
46
41 Idaho
4.7 %
4.7 %
43
42 Florida
4.5 %
5.2 %
39
43 Georgia
4.4 %
4.8 %
41
44 Louisiana
4.2 %
4.7 %
43
45 Texas
4.1 %
3.8 %
47
46 Utah
3.9 %
3.5 %
48
47 Virginia
3.7 %
4.8 %
41
48 South Dakota
3.1 %
4.0 %
45
49 North Carolina
2.8 %
2.6 %
49
50 South Carolina
1.7 %
1.7 %
50
Dist . of Columbia
9.1 %
8.9 %
United States
10.3 %
10.1 %
TABLE 22 Source : U . S . Bureau of Labor Statistics
Union membership fell to 18 % of employment in 2022 from 19 % in 2021 .