Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by Occupation, 1984 (details in table note)
COC	Occupation Name	Obs	Employment	Members	Covered	%Mem	%Cov
	EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, & MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS	17,738	9,313,316	590,300	842,051	6.3	9.0
3	Legislators	25	8,544	624	1,140	7.3	13.3
4	Chief executives and general administrators, public admin.	37	17,332	1,022	3,307	5.9	19.1
5	Administrators and officials, public administration	921	432,659	65,637	96,829	15.2	22.4
6	Administrators, protective services	84	44,435	7,793	9,364	17.5	21.1
7	Financial managers	648	349,660	5,326	8,583	1.5	2.5
8	Personnel and labor relations managers	205	105,356	2,374	4,153	2.3	3.9
9	Purchasing managers	148	85,123	845	2,328	1.0	2.7
13	Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations	620	341,930	4,788	11,852	1.4	3.5
14	Administrators, education and related fields	833	411,627	71,241	103,466	17.3	25.1
15	Managers, medicine and health	184	93,209	9,786	13,195	10.5	14.2
16	Managers, properties and real estate	399	214,400	11,001	13,738	5.1	6.4
17	Postmasters and mail superintendents	85	31,338	12,706	15,508	40.5	49.5
18	Funeral directors	38	21,303	637	637	3.0	3.0
19	Managers and administrators, n.e.c.	8,021	4,235,965	181,189	253,807	4.3	6.0
23	Accountants and auditors	2,066	1,114,540	66,909	91,447	6.0	8.2
24	Underwriters	94	51,692	0	0	0.0	0.0
25	Other financial officers	972	515,048	16,605	29,872	3.2	5.8
26	Management analysts	121	59,274	1,666	5,698	2.8	9.6
27	Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists	591	316,883	28,964	40,747	9.1	12.9
28	Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products	26	11,107	602	912	5.4	8.2
29	Buyers, wholesale and retail trade except farm products	310	168,781	3,207	5,637	1.9	3.3
33	Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c.	396	219,374	15,298	22,753	7.0	10.4
34	Business and promotion agents	88	43,083	5,267	5,908	12.2	13.7
35	Construction inspectors	107	58,705	15,950	19,120	27.2	32.6
36	Inspectors and compliance officers, exc. construction	323	158,136	43,274	58,785	27.4	37.2
37	Management related occupations, n.e.c.	396	203,812	17,589	23,266	8.6	11.4
	PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS	14,632	7,600,367	945,382	1,242,072	12.4	16.3
43	Architects	122	57,581	2,940	3,651	5.1	6.3
44	Aerospace engineers	121	74,593	10,507	14,323	14.1	19.2
45	Metallurgical and materials engineers	44	23,437	2,967	4,325	12.7	18.5
46	Mining engineers	14	4,772	140	140	2.9	2.9
47	Petroleum engineers	62	31,608	0	420	0.0	1.3
48	Chemical engineers	109	56,256	1,412	1,525	2.5	2.7
49	Nuclear engineers	31	16,686	417	417	2.5	2.5
53	Civil engineers	430	211,445	29,945	36,455	14.2	17.2
54	Agricultural engineers	14	7,522	0	649	0.0	8.6
55	Electrical and electronic engineers	866	477,513	34,124	52,188	7.1	10.9
56	Industrial engineers	360	196,237	15,437	23,564	7.9	12.0
57	Mechanical engineers	437	251,843	14,747	24,711	5.9	9.8
58	Marine and naval architects engineers	39	19,774	7,320	7,945	37.0	40.2
59	Engineers, n.e.c.	341	191,989	12,559	15,408	6.5	8.0
63	Surveyors and mapping scientists	43	21,222	3,058	3,058	14.4	14.4
64	Computer systems analysts and scientists	519	294,642	16,389	27,166	5.6	9.2
65	Operations and systems researchers and analysts	267	142,073	8,329	19,843	5.9	14.0
66	Actuaries	24	13,811	0	0	0.0	0.0
67	Statisticians	55	29,235	3,953	5,358	13.5	18.3
68	Mathematical scientists, n.e.c.	18	8,397	543	543	6.5	6.5
69	Physicists and astronomers	60	29,415	780	3,257	2.7	11.1
73	Chemists, except biochemists	192	98,855	8,868	10,381	9.0	10.5
74	Atmospheric and space scientists	24	12,901	536	536	4.2	4.2
75	Geologists and geodesists	96	43,838	1,434	3,159	3.3	7.2
76	Physical scientists, n.e.c.	25	12,339	1,235	1,861	10.0	15.1
77	Agricultural and food scientists	45	19,347	2,017	2,997	10.4	15.5
78	Biological and life scientists	136	58,917	7,458	11,520	12.7	19.6
79	Forestry and conservation scientists	85	31,050	4,650	5,933	15.0	19.1
83	Medical scientists	55	30,426	3,499	4,182	11.5	13.7
84	Physicians	439	238,065	19,915	28,544	8.4	12.0
85	Dentists	33	17,548	2,174	2,174	12.4	12.4
86	Veterinarians	28	14,719	516	1,041	3.5	7.1
87	Optometrists	7	3,637	0	0	0.0	0.0
88	Podiatrists	6	4,008	0	0	0.0	0.0
89	Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c.	6	3,760	765	765	20.4	20.4
95	Registered nurses	2,709	1,379,645	229,232	295,211	16.6	21.4
96	Pharmacists	241	131,411	10,472	14,146	8.0	10.8
97	Dietitians	127	61,377	3,909	6,759	6.4	11.1
98	Inhalation therapists	124	61,756	7,370	11,118	11.9	18.0
99	Occupational therapists	39	20,677	5,213	6,482	25.2	31.3
103	Physical therapists	116	58,408	2,810	5,994	4.8	10.3
104	Speech therapists	107	51,509	22,620	29,298	43.9	56.9
105	Therapists, n.e.c.	81	39,770	7,770	10,634	19.5	26.7
106	Physicians' assistants	86	45,281	10,795	13,439	23.8	29.7
163	Counselors, educational and vocational	388	188,811	70,772	86,102	37.5	45.7
164	Librarians	418	207,463	57,649	75,340	27.8	36.3
165	Archivists and curators	32	13,763	821	2,344	6.0	17.0
166	Economists	202	109,619	3,737	5,839	3.4	5.3
167	Psychologists	199	102,839	27,309	30,682	26.6	29.8
168	Sociologists	1	454	454	454	100.0	100.0
169	Social scientists, n.e.c.	31	10,558	406	846	3.8	8.0
173	Urban planners	27	16,382	1,560	3,764	9.5	23.0
174	Social workers	810	420,773	111,084	134,706	26.4	32.0
175	Recreation workers	134	65,192	4,647	7,719	7.1	11.8
176	Clergy	514	256,090	2,911	3,000	1.1	1.2
177	Religious workers, n.e.c.	119	62,043	768	1,528	1.2	2.5
178	Lawyers	633	331,426	13,819	20,203	4.2	6.1
179	Judges	64	28,722	2,672	3,884	9.3	13.5
183	Authors	25	13,751	442	907	3.2	6.6
184	Technical writers	92	49,667	4,029	6,319	8.1	12.7
185	Designers	585	321,322	20,104	22,217	6.3	6.9
186	Musicians and composers	170	88,257	25,484	27,373	28.9	31.0
187	Actors and directors	110	56,457	12,755	15,816	22.6	28.0
188	Painters, sculptors, craft-artists, and artist print-makers	175	93,090	11,989	13,413	12.9	14.4
189	Photographers	132	74,966	11,554	13,354	15.4	17.8
193	Dancers	20	10,658	1,447	1,447	13.6	13.6
194	Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.	63	30,325	2,499	3,642	8.2	12.0
195	Editors and reporters	422	203,616	20,518	26,439	10.1	13.0
197	Public relations specialists	274	138,537	8,561	12,304	6.2	8.9
198	Announcers	108	51,791	3,407	3,786	6.6	7.3
199	Athletes	101	54,500	5,159	7,524	9.5	13.8
	TEACHERS, POSTSECONDARY	1,248	612,617	105,318	143,690	17.2	23.5
113	Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers	14	7,102	653	1,677	9.2	23.6
114	Biological science teachers	54	26,498	5,103	6,702	19.3	25.3
115	Chemistry teachers	27	12,654	0	1,210	0.0	9.6
116	Physics teachers	21	8,212	1,567	2,249	19.1	27.4
117	Natural science teachers, n.e.c.	3	1,312	0	104	0.0	8.0
118	Psychology teachers	39	18,523	4,920	6,146	26.6	33.2
119	Economics teachers	36	18,350	1,854	3,743	10.1	20.4
123	History teachers	39	18,827	2,523	2,523	13.4	13.4
124	Political science teachers	14	5,921	864	1,533	14.6	25.9
125	Sociology teachers	19	9,315	3,389	3,389	36.4	36.4
126	Social science teachers, n.e.c.	10	4,222	1,059	1,059	25.1	25.1
127	Engineering teachers	72	36,509	7,654	11,013	21.0	30.2
128	Mathematical science teachers	85	43,436	7,191	10,184	16.6	23.4
129	Computer science teachers	25	11,078	2,146	2,794	19.4	25.2
133	Medical science teachers	15	8,735	0	628	0.0	7.2
134	Health specialties teachers	90	43,957	6,436	10,980	14.6	25.0
135	Business, commerce, and marketing teachers	62	29,015	4,440	6,289	15.3	21.7
136	Agriculture and forestry teachers	13	4,841	663	1,069	13.7	22.1
137	Art, drama, and music teachers	81	40,383	7,329	10,306	18.1	25.5
138	Physical education teachers	22	8,935	2,459	2,938	27.5	32.9
139	Education teachers	16	5,194	503	970	9.7	18.7
143	English teachers	80	41,803	7,348	9,458	17.6	22.6
144	Foreign language teachers	30	17,437	1,511	2,895	8.7	16.6
145	Law teachers	13	5,953	807	807	13.6	13.6
146	Social work teachers	4	1,554	453	453	29.2	29.2
147	Theology teachers	24	12,052	1,287	1,871	10.7	15.5
148	Trade and industrial teachers	7	3,508	1,318	1,318	37.6	37.6
149	Home economics teachers	11	4,918	154	1,524	3.1	31.0
153	Teachers, postsecondary, n.e.c.	15	6,691	1,394	1,394	20.8	20.8
154	Postsecondary teachers, subject not specified	307	155,682	30,294	36,466	19.5	23.4
	TEACHERS, EXCEPT POSTSECONDARY	6,632	3,290,739	1,637,938	1,967,441	49.8	59.8
155	Teachers, prekindergarten and kindergarten	614	325,799	74,777	96,978	23.0	29.8
156	Teachers, elementary school	2,668	1,317,090	748,044	885,409	56.8	67.3
157	Teachers, secondary school	2,461	1,215,289	698,599	836,773	57.5	68.9
158	Teachers, special education	365	175,809	90,589	116,625	51.5	66.3
159	Teachers, n.e.c.	524	256,752	25,929	31,655	10.1	12.3
	TECHNICIANS AND RELATED SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS	5,877	3,089,189	375,642	481,906	12.2	15.6
203	Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	525	280,246	25,226	34,911	9.0	12.5
204	Dental hygienists	116	57,996	2,105	2,105	3.6	3.6
205	Health record technologists and technicians	79	39,214	5,435	6,519	13.9	16.6
206	Radiologic technicians	206	111,147	12,211	16,526	11.0	14.9
207	Licensed practical nurses	790	412,100	61,101	77,349	14.8	18.8
208	Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.	373	198,757	24,171	31,751	12.2	16.0
213	Electrical and electronic technicians	503	260,372	41,695	51,029	16.0	19.6
214	Industrial engineering technicians	19	9,824	3,060	4,256	31.1	43.3
215	Mechanical engineering technicians	20	11,402	1,273	1,273	11.2	11.2
216	Engineering technicians, n.e.c.	381	197,972	31,925	41,586	16.1	21.0
217	Drafting occupations	538	298,445	29,691	36,494	9.9	12.2
218	Surveying and mapping technicians	120	59,061	7,841	9,286	13.3	15.7
223	Biological technicians	108	50,660	5,197	5,808	10.3	11.5
224	Chemical technicians	139	71,132	10,744	12,036	15.1	16.9
225	Science technicians, n.e.c.	134	67,832	7,225	10,699	10.7	15.8
226	Airplane pilots and navigators	133	68,262	26,557	27,415	38.9	40.2
227	Air traffic controllers	60	27,671	5,973	9,821	21.6	35.5
228	Broadcast equipment operators	54	26,542	6,939	9,083	26.1	34.2
229	Computer programmers	922	494,771	31,621	50,043	6.4	10.1
233	Tool programmers, numerical control	5	2,797	512	512	18.3	18.3
234	Legal assistants	250	128,188	6,398	8,002	5.0	6.2
235	Technicians, n.e.c.	402	214,796	28,741	35,403	13.4	16.5
	SALES OCCUPATIONS	18,797	9,915,957	625,474	738,448	6.3	7.4
243	Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations	3,707	1,989,513	121,348	146,099	6.1	7.3
253	Insurance sales occupations	726	387,742	11,032	19,725	2.8	5.1
254	Real estate sales occupations	625	331,095	8,777	12,669	2.7	3.8
255	Securities and financial services sales occupations	331	182,708	1,962	3,082	1.1	1.7
256	Advertising and related sales occupations	220	115,955	4,453	5,347	3.8	4.6
257	Sales occupations, other business services	715	390,978	18,122	23,979	4.6	6.1
258	Sales engineers	48	28,915	566	1,126	2.0	3.9
259	Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale	2,313	1,259,335	34,106	48,523	2.7	3.9
263	Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats	413	218,491	1,492	2,938	0.7	1.3
264	Sales workers, apparel	815	410,256	9,737	12,865	2.4	3.1
265	Sales workers, shoes	225	121,339	6,055	6,055	5.0	5.0
266	Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings	242	132,063	1,144	2,989	0.9	2.3
267	Sales workers, radio, TV, hi-fi, and appliances	271	147,855	3,319	5,320	2.2	3.6
268	Sales workers, hardware and building supplies	382	190,501	4,306	6,645	2.3	3.5
269	Sales workers, parts	295	143,699	10,930	11,243	7.6	7.8
274	Sales workers, other commodities	2,599	1,333,477	49,560	61,795	3.7	4.6
275	Sales counter clerks	221	117,906	3,746	3,981	3.2	3.4
276	Cashiers	4,075	2,127,082	327,388	354,662	15.4	16.7
277	Street and door-to-door sales workers	316	158,049	1,656	2,502	1.0	1.6
278	News vendors	187	90,477	3,729	4,400	4.1	4.9
283	Demonstrators, promoters and models, sales	44	21,974	2,048	2,048	9.3	9.3
284	Auctioneers	4	1,342	0	0	0.0	0.0
285	Sales support occupations, n.e.c.	23	15,203	0	454	0.0	3.0
	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, INC. CLERICAL	31,096	16,129,749	2,256,370	2,806,099	14.0	17.4
303	Supervisors, general office	729	371,467	38,369	49,811	10.3	13.4
304	Supervisors, computer equipment operators	67	35,689	1,203	3,057	3.4	8.6
305	Supervisors, financial records processing	140	76,276	4,596	7,353	6.0	9.6
306	Chief communications operators	12	5,944	1,659	2,040	27.9	34.3
307	Supervisors; distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks	265	147,548	41,453	48,082	28.1	32.6
308	Computer operators	1,329	718,473	86,303	106,761	12.0	14.9
309	Peripheral equipment operators	6	2,629	213	213	8.1	8.1
313	Secretaries	7,478	3,802,246	286,028	391,844	7.5	10.3
314	Stenographers	92	48,822	12,967	15,681	26.6	32.1
315	Typists	1,688	866,547	113,420	149,679	13.1	17.3
316	Interviewers	344	179,123	14,252	20,747	8.0	11.6
317	Hotel clerks	176	81,869	2,735	2,926	3.3	3.6
318	Transportation ticket and reservation agents	191	95,758	22,983	25,576	24.0	26.7
319	Receptionists	1,284	657,227	26,286	37,757	4.0	5.7
323	Information clerks, n.e.c.	355	191,723	19,133	25,189	10.0	13.1
325	Classified-ad clerks	13	6,904	1,382	1,727	20.0	25.0
326	Correspondence clerks	32	17,085	2,502	3,723	14.6	21.8
327	Order clerks	341	178,019	58,396	73,270	32.8	41.2
328	Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping	133	67,416	4,378	7,400	6.5	11.0
329	Library clerks	244	125,286	18,580	22,982	14.8	18.3
335	File clerks	576	305,082	31,672	45,496	10.4	14.9
336	Records clerks	276	139,191	30,078	32,961	21.6	23.7
337	Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks	3,393	1,712,005	85,427	111,373	5.0	6.5
338	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	324	168,692	25,949	32,097	15.4	19.0
339	Billing clerks	272	145,470	21,704	25,873	14.9	17.8
343	Cost and rate clerks	151	78,701	13,456	14,696	17.1	18.7
344	Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators	69	34,564	5,307	5,307	15.4	15.4
345	Duplicating machine operators	38	21,196	3,248	4,753	15.3	22.4
346	Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators	14	7,837	2,076	2,076	26.5	26.5
347	Office machine operators, n.e.c.	79	42,065	2,223	2,807	5.3	6.7
348	Telephone operators	438	222,745	89,503	99,426	40.2	44.6
349	Telegraphers	9	4,695	946	946	20.1	20.1
353	Communications equipment operators, n.e.c.	8	3,353	0	0	0.0	0.0
354	Postal clerks, exc. mail carriers	493	263,160	207,579	234,575	78.9	89.1
355	Mail carriers, postal service	480	247,258	193,981	214,411	78.5	87.0
356	Mail clerks, exc. postal service	326	178,387	27,210	36,375	15.3	20.4
357	Messengers	217	119,046	7,698	9,953	6.5	8.4
359	Dispatchers	331	164,840	34,018	38,971	20.6	23.6
363	Production coordinators	343	186,646	26,053	37,346	14.0	20.0
364	Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks	796	435,926	106,907	119,507	24.5	27.4
365	Stock and inventory clerks	1,004	536,584	116,678	134,232	21.7	25.0
366	Meter readers	86	45,857	20,528	24,669	44.8	53.8
368	Weighers, measurers, and checkers	134	65,244	18,557	20,455	28.4	31.4
369	Samplers	1	669	669	669	100.0	100.0
373	Expediters	244	126,793	19,342	21,836	15.3	17.2
374	Material recording, scheduling, & distributing clerks, n.e.c.	55	31,650	4,398	4,398	13.9	13.9
375	Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators	363	202,162	8,715	12,443	4.3	6.2
376	Investigators and adjusters, except insurance	572	306,485	29,360	42,403	9.6	13.8
377	Eligibility clerks, social welfare	134	70,132	17,442	22,711	24.9	32.4
378	Bill and account collectors	161	84,508	11,253	14,234	13.3	16.8
379	General office clerks	1,170	620,712	101,302	118,940	16.3	19.2
383	Bank tellers	947	488,612	11,102	17,811	2.3	3.6
384	Proofreaders	55	30,422	3,773	4,511	12.4	14.8
385	Data-entry keyers	635	357,134	41,981	57,967	11.8	16.2
386	Statistical clerks	184	92,277	16,096	24,195	17.4	26.2
387	Teachers aides	698	348,905	91,550	126,373	26.2	36.2
389	Administrative support occupations, n.e.c.	1,101	564,692	71,751	93,484	12.7	16.6
	SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD	2,007	1,008,830	5,791	6,341	0.6	0.6
403	Launderers and ironers	7	2,616	518	518	19.8	19.8
404	Cooks, private household	41	24,961	0	0	0.0	0.0
405	Housekeepers and butlers	62	33,691	0	0	0.0	0.0
406	Child care workers, private household	811	389,452	1,566	2,116	0.4	0.5
407	Private household cleaners and servants	1,086	558,111	3,707	3,707	0.7	0.7
	SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, PROTECTIVE SERVICE	3,078	1,658,651	641,183	729,139	38.7	44.0
413	Supervisors, firefighting and fire prevention occupations	66	33,698	24,565	25,281	72.9	75.0
414	Supervisors, police and detectives	136	68,197	29,032	35,775	42.6	52.5
415	Supervisors, guards	64	35,621	3,159	3,159	8.9	8.9
416	Fire inspection and fire prevention occupations	39	19,929	9,031	9,162	45.3	46.0
417	Firefighting occupations	305	161,159	126,801	134,787	78.7	83.6
418	Police and detectives, public service	765	419,125	244,178	280,393	58.3	66.9
423	Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers	168	83,589	28,523	33,479	34.1	40.1
424	Correctional institution officers	283	164,872	73,165	81,696	44.4	49.6
425	Crossing guards	69	33,547	4,886	6,111	14.6	18.2
426	Guards and police, exc. public service	1,076	589,417	95,273	115,295	16.2	19.6
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