2025 Competitiveness RedbookLive | Page 30

Source : Barry T . Hirsch and David A . Macpherson TABLE 23
Union Membership – Public vs . Private ( 2023 )
Rank
Public Percent
Private Percent
Rank
1 Connecticut
67.0 %
6.7 %
19
2 New York
63.7 %
12.2 %
2
3 New Jersey
56.1 %
10.0 %
3
4 Massachusetts
54.5 %
7.1 %
16
5 Pennsylvania
53.6 %
7.8 %
11
6 Hawaii
53.0 %
15.2 %
1
7 California
51.2 %
8.8 %
7
8 Oregon
50.7 %
7.2 %
14
9 Washington
49.9 %
10.0 %
4
10 Minnesota
49.0 %
7.6 %
12
11 Vermont
47.6 %
8.2 %
8
12 Rhode Island
47.0 %
7.8 %
10
13 Illinois
46.1 %
8.0 %
9
14 New Hampshire
45.3 %
3.7 %
36
15 Ohio
45.1 %
7.0 %
17
16 Michigan
39.2 %
9.7 %
5
17 Maine
37.4 %
4.3 %
31
18 Alaska
34.7 %
7.2 %
13
19 Montana
33.6 %
6.8 %
18
20 Nevada
33.3 %
9.4 %
6
21 Delaware
30.8 %
4.6 %
29
22 Maryland
26.3 %
5.1 %
26
23 Nebraska
25.9 %
3.8 %
35
24 Kentucky
22.6 %
6.1 %
23
25 Missouri
22.3 %
7.2 %
15
26 Oklahoma
22.1 %
3.0 %
39
27 Alabama
21.5 %
4.6 %
28
28 Iowa
21.3 %
4.8 %
27
29 Florida
20.5 %
2.5 %
44
30 Wisconsin
20.1 %
5.6 %
25
31 Colorado
19.8 %
4.3 %
30
32 Kansas
19.8 %
6.5 %
21
33 Indiana
19.6 %
6.3 %
22
34 Tennessee
18.8 %
3.8 %
34
35 New Mexico
18.7 %
3.6 %
37
36 West Virginia
17.9 %
6.7 %
20
37 North Dakota
17.6 %
4.0 %
33
38 Arizona
16.8 %
2.4 %
45
39 Texas
16.6 %
2.6 %
43
40 South Dakota
16.5 %
1.8 %
49
41 Utah
15.6 %
1.9 %
47
42 Georgia
14.0 %
2.9 %
40
43 Wyoming
13.0 %
3.0 %
38
44 Idaho
12.8 %
2.8 %
41
45 Mississippi
12.8 %
5.7 %
24
46 Louisiana
11.6 %
2.8 %
42
47 Virginia
11.1 %
2.4 %
46
48 Arkansas
9.0 %
4.3 %
32
49 North Carolina
7.8 %
1.9 %
48
50 South Carolina
5.7 %
1.6 %
50
Dist . of Columbia
21.1 %
4.6 %
United States
32.5 %
6.0 %
Public sector union membership is much greater than private sector union membership in every state .