2008 - Present. Annual measures of union membership in Michigan. Dataset includes the total number of employed individuals in Michigan, the total number of individuals who hold union membership in Michigan, and the total number of individuals whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. Data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the US Department of Labor. To find more union membership data, visit https://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpslutab5.htm.
This dataset has the following 12 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | year | calendar_date | annual measure year | 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| employed_total | employed_total | number | The total number of employed individuals in Michigan (in thousands). | 3785 4230 4320 3838 4028 view top 100 |
| membership_total | membership_total | number | The total number of members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union in Michigan (in thousands). | 629 710 625 658 627 view top 100 |
| membership_percent | membership_percent | number | Percent of total employed individuals who hold union membership in Michigan. | 0.145 0.188 0.152 0.156 0.144 view top 100 |
| represented_total | represented_total | number | Total number of union members and workers in Michigan who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract (in thousands). | 672 711 656 703 659 view top 100 |
| represented_percent | represented_percent | number | Percent of total employed individuals in Michigan who are union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. | 0.155 0.165 0.199 0.168 0.196 view top 100 |
| us_employed_total | us_employed_total | number | The total number of employed individuals in the US (in thousands). | 129110 137890 140099 124490 129377 view top 100 |
| us_membership_total | us_membership_total | number | The total number of members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union in the US (in thousands). | 14744 14366 14715 15327 14817 view top 100 |
| us_membership_percent | us_membership_percent | number | Percent of total employed individuals who hold union membership in Michigan. | 0.111 0.107 0.113 0.124 0.118 view top 100 |
| us_represented_total | us_represented_total | number | Total number of union members and workers in the US who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract (in thousands). | 16290 15922 16271 17761 16380 view top 100 |
| us_represented_percent | us_represented_percent | number | Percent of total employed individuals in the US who are union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract. | 0.123 0.125 0.119 0.13 0.136 view top 100 |
| michigan_rank | michigan_rank | number | Michigan's national rank in union membership percent. | 10 view top 100 |