Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by Occupation, 1987 (details in table note)
COC	Occupation Name	Obs	Employment	Members	Covered	%Mem	%Cov
	EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, & MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS	19,618	10,770,202	725,802	944,012	6.7	8.8
3	Legislators	24	10,044	0	292	0.0	2.9
4	Chief executives and general administrators, public admin.	38	22,371	1,359	1,359	6.1	6.1
5	Administrators and officials, public administration	906	458,861	85,465	115,278	18.6	25.1
6	Administrators, protective services	93	44,313	10,454	10,454	23.6	23.6
7	Financial managers	819	444,750	5,976	11,004	1.3	2.5
8	Personnel and labor relations managers	223	130,788	195	2,218	0.1	1.7
9	Purchasing managers	169	97,409	2,803	3,864	2.9	4.0
13	Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations	737	430,632	9,309	14,649	2.2	3.4
14	Administrators, education and related fields	939	483,270	99,059	125,984	20.5	26.1
15	Managers, medicine and health	275	145,548	10,824	13,597	7.4	9.3
16	Managers, properties and real estate	488	283,455	8,908	12,275	3.1	4.3
17	Postmasters and mail superintendents	89	40,247	17,001	18,409	42.2	45.7
18	Funeral directors	44	22,262	0	437	0.0	2.0
19	Managers and administrators, n.e.c.	8,818	4,862,822	218,431	277,388	4.5	5.7
23	Accountants and auditors	2,048	1,149,716	76,225	102,671	6.6	8.9
24	Underwriters	165	95,017	2,111	3,527	2.2	3.7
25	Other financial officers	1,052	569,954	13,174	23,369	2.3	4.1
26	Management analysts	188	103,157	3,754	6,574	3.6	6.4
27	Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists	696	380,181	39,464	47,684	10.4	12.5
28	Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products	22	8,434	1,819	1,819	21.6	21.6
29	Buyers, wholesale and retail trade except farm products	356	207,227	5,890	7,620	2.8	3.7
33	Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c.	431	234,652	15,404	21,343	6.6	9.1
34	Business and promotion agents	26	14,900	2,239	2,827	15.0	19.0
35	Construction inspectors	106	55,295	13,598	17,371	24.6	31.4
36	Inspectors and compliance officers, exc. construction	336	184,775	63,981	76,001	34.6	41.1
37	Management related occupations, n.e.c.	530	290,118	18,360	25,997	6.3	9.0
	PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS	15,571	8,500,358	976,737	1,209,124	11.5	14.2
43	Architects	136	76,815	3,442	4,380	4.5	5.7
44	Aerospace engineers	161	107,577	9,458	15,596	8.8	14.5
45	Metallurgical and materials engineers	43	23,182	2,951	3,662	12.7	15.8
46	Mining engineers	14	5,368	1,166	1,277	21.7	23.8
47	Petroleum engineers	45	26,048	0	0	0.0	0.0
48	Chemical engineers	105	58,381	2,015	2,015	3.5	3.5
49	Nuclear engineers	29	16,505	1,554	1,554	9.4	9.4
53	Civil engineers	385	202,574	30,860	36,728	15.2	18.1
54	Agricultural engineers	2	1,484	0	0	0.0	0.0
55	Electrical and electronic engineers	911	520,075	36,943	48,597	7.1	9.3
56	Industrial engineers	380	227,640	15,678	20,033	6.9	8.8
57	Mechanical engineers	449	255,670	17,822	19,542	7.0	7.6
58	Marine and naval architects engineers	20	11,479	3,025	3,313	26.4	28.9
59	Engineers, n.e.c.	381	210,020	11,218	15,904	5.3	7.6
63	Surveyors and mapping scientists	51	26,597	2,463	3,510	9.3	13.2
64	Computer systems analysts and scientists	730	410,802	26,419	34,032	6.4	8.3
65	Operations and systems researchers and analysts	354	197,978	7,306	9,352	3.7	4.7
66	Actuaries	20	10,596	0	0	0.0	0.0
67	Statisticians	46	22,978	2,745	2,899	11.9	12.6
68	Mathematical scientists, n.e.c.	7	3,512	1,036	1,036	29.5	29.5
69	Physicists and astronomers	46	25,723	3,140	4,379	12.2	17.0
73	Chemists, except biochemists	223	124,057	9,161	10,852	7.4	8.7
74	Atmospheric and space scientists	21	13,012	1,638	2,667	12.6	20.5
75	Geologists and geodesists	75	38,685	1,770	2,786	4.6	7.2
76	Physical scientists, n.e.c.	29	14,022	1,047	2,860	7.5	20.4
77	Agricultural and food scientists	60	28,007	1,514	3,019	5.4	10.8
78	Biological and life scientists	137	72,293	4,074	7,024	5.6	9.7
79	Forestry and conservation scientists	57	22,689	1,033	2,171	4.6	9.6
83	Medical scientists	65	37,891	1,704	2,571	4.5	6.8
84	Physicians	441	255,932	14,558	28,400	5.7	11.1
85	Dentists	29	17,404	2,182	3,278	12.5	18.8
86	Veterinarians	37	19,358	514	894	2.7	4.6
87	Optometrists	20	11,488	0	0	0.0	0.0
88	Podiatrists	1	470	0	0	0.0	0.0
89	Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c.	5	3,334	0	0	0.0	0.0
95	Registered nurses	2,965	1,577,611	253,524	310,676	16.1	19.7
96	Pharmacists	222	119,909	11,983	13,045	10.0	10.9
97	Dietitians	112	61,477	7,205	8,574	11.7	13.9
98	Inhalation therapists	102	58,161	7,398	9,638	12.7	16.6
99	Occupational therapists	61	33,815	7,046	8,934	20.8	26.4
103	Physical therapists	133	67,845	4,245	5,580	6.3	8.2
104	Speech therapists	127	67,465	24,042	29,089	35.6	43.1
105	Therapists, n.e.c.	85	45,152	10,208	11,679	22.6	25.9
106	Physicians' assistants	100	59,699	11,436	13,273	19.2	22.2
163	Counselors, educational and vocational	363	191,161	74,988	90,334	39.2	47.3
164	Librarians	397	198,320	44,425	53,543	22.4	27.0
165	Archivists and curators	42	24,565	4,088	4,088	16.6	16.6
166	Economists	181	99,935	3,730	7,754	3.7	7.8
167	Psychologists	217	118,955	23,756	29,508	20.0	24.8
168	Sociologists	1	1,166	0	0	0.0	0.0
169	Social scientists, n.e.c.	31	15,675	449	1,054	2.9	6.7
173	Urban planners	23	10,023	2,154	3,774	21.5	37.7
174	Social workers	909	488,330	124,574	145,396	25.5	29.8
175	Recreation workers	164	85,626	5,138	6,279	6.0	7.3
176	Clergy	520	266,620	3,963	4,408	1.5	1.7
177	Religious workers, n.e.c.	148	83,012	899	899	1.1	1.1
178	Lawyers	690	357,727	13,566	18,237	3.8	5.1
179	Judges	69	37,950	4,918	4,918	13.0	13.0
183	Authors	31	17,036	547	547	3.2	3.2
184	Technical writers	79	46,047	2,689	3,362	5.8	7.3
185	Designers	720	402,927	21,265	24,615	5.3	6.1
186	Musicians and composers	160	95,137	14,577	16,253	15.3	17.1
187	Actors and directors	119	66,215	10,126	13,601	15.3	20.5
188	Painters, sculptors, craft-artists, and artist print-makers	153	90,116	6,870	9,040	7.6	10.0
189	Photographers	134	73,021	5,905	7,222	8.1	9.9
193	Dancers	26	13,137	2,881	2,881	21.9	21.9
194	Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.	67	34,802	4,866	4,866	14.0	14.0
195	Editors and reporters	458	241,252	28,157	31,775	11.7	13.2
197	Public relations specialists	249	136,531	5,877	7,042	4.3	5.2
198	Announcers	96	52,698	2,308	2,404	4.4	4.6
199	Athletes	102	61,593	8,500	10,503	13.8	17.1
	TEACHERS, POSTSECONDARY	1,274	664,862	125,173	171,134	18.8	25.7
113	Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers	16	8,702	1,751	2,427	20.1	27.9
114	Biological science teachers	50	24,527	3,834	5,228	15.6	21.3
115	Chemistry teachers	20	11,522	1,627	2,063	14.1	17.9
116	Physics teachers	29	13,811	2,371	3,401	17.2	24.6
117	Natural science teachers, n.e.c.	4	2,764	888	2,263	32.1	81.9
118	Psychology teachers	37	17,586	3,462	5,056	19.7	28.7
119	Economics teachers	41	24,684	4,403	4,403	17.8	17.8
123	History teachers	29	17,056	7,072	7,072	41.5	41.5
124	Political science teachers	20	11,286	2,341	4,239	20.7	37.6
125	Sociology teachers	16	9,062	1,601	3,065	17.7	33.8
126	Social science teachers, n.e.c.	14	5,715	1,174	2,018	20.5	35.3
127	Engineering teachers	40	17,093	4,257	5,048	24.9	29.5
128	Mathematical science teachers	74	35,861	6,680	11,263	18.6	31.4
129	Computer science teachers	21	10,325	551	2,296	5.3	22.2
133	Medical science teachers	25	13,646	570	570	4.2	4.2
134	Health specialties teachers	70	38,479	9,216	12,479	24.0	32.4
135	Business, commerce, and marketing teachers	50	25,126	3,411	6,692	13.6	26.6
136	Agriculture and forestry teachers	4	1,630	0	0	0.0	0.0
137	Art, drama, and music teachers	74	39,310	9,106	11,851	23.2	30.1
138	Physical education teachers	20	13,245	3,857	8,076	29.1	61.0
139	Education teachers	18	9,715	4,093	4,900	42.1	50.4
143	English teachers	116	58,675	11,743	14,711	20.0	25.1
144	Foreign language teachers	32	16,433	5,025	6,415	30.6	39.0
145	Law teachers	12	6,311	603	603	9.6	9.6
146	Social work teachers	4	2,086	0	627	0.0	30.1
147	Theology teachers	26	15,914	1,621	2,370	10.2	14.9
148	Trade and industrial teachers	5	2,112	244	244	11.6	11.6
149	Home economics teachers	2	456	0	0	0.0	0.0
153	Teachers, postsecondary, n.e.c.	6	2,554	0	0	0.0	0.0
154	Postsecondary teachers, subject not specified	399	209,179	33,672	41,756	16.1	20.0
	TEACHERS, EXCEPT POSTSECONDARY	6,587	3,442,248	1,684,540	1,961,368	48.9	57.0
155	Teachers, prekindergarten and kindergarten	707	386,014	81,590	100,184	21.1	26.0
156	Teachers, elementary school	2,563	1,319,379	761,964	879,828	57.8	66.7
157	Teachers, secondary school	2,252	1,170,199	683,756	790,107	58.4	67.5
158	Teachers, special education	414	211,765	126,784	147,965	59.9	69.9
159	Teachers, n.e.c.	651	354,891	30,447	43,284	8.6	12.2
	TECHNICIANS AND RELATED SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS	5,979	3,242,613	340,871	411,950	10.5	12.7
203	Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	475	248,056	26,443	31,764	10.7	12.8
204	Dental hygienists	144	74,577	3,186	3,186	4.3	4.3
205	Health record technologists and technicians	98	55,680	2,539	3,128	4.6	5.6
206	Radiologic technicians	241	132,812	9,041	13,347	6.8	10.0
207	Licensed practical nurses	757	403,310	43,423	53,192	10.8	13.2
208	Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.	395	212,621	22,402	25,847	10.5	12.2
213	Electrical and electronic technicians	525	292,899	53,140	64,488	18.1	22.0
214	Industrial engineering technicians	7	4,255	1,095	1,095	25.7	25.7
215	Mechanical engineering technicians	22	11,861	1,055	1,055	8.9	8.9
216	Engineering technicians, n.e.c.	374	209,456	20,140	26,737	9.6	12.8
217	Drafting occupations	481	274,838	24,642	30,499	9.0	11.1
218	Surveying and mapping technicians	127	69,943	5,687	6,990	8.1	10.0
223	Biological technicians	103	55,412	5,206	5,206	9.4	9.4
224	Chemical technicians	153	70,954	9,050	10,797	12.8	15.2
225	Science technicians, n.e.c.	115	64,160	6,922	7,622	10.8	11.9
226	Airplane pilots and navigators	147	73,564	32,567	34,354	44.3	46.7
227	Air traffic controllers	66	32,902	7,777	10,687	23.6	32.5
228	Broadcast equipment operators	37	20,553	5,976	5,976	29.1	29.1
229	Computer programmers	905	512,322	25,736	34,912	5.0	6.8
233	Tool programmers, numerical control	3	1,948	0	0	0.0	0.0
234	Legal assistants	352	184,604	5,386	7,546	2.9	4.1
235	Technicians, n.e.c.	452	235,888	29,457	33,523	12.5	14.2
	SALES OCCUPATIONS	19,755	10,859,876	612,411	691,032	5.6	6.4
243	Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations	4,142	2,267,547	125,977	141,614	5.6	6.2
253	Insurance sales occupations	709	385,281	13,945	18,086	3.6	4.7
254	Real estate sales occupations	784	441,361	11,261	17,213	2.6	3.9
255	Securities and financial services sales occupations	447	247,701	3,329	4,315	1.3	1.7
256	Advertising and related sales occupations	245	127,515	7,398	8,455	5.8	6.6
257	Sales occupations, other business services	819	471,684	19,292	24,576	4.1	5.2
258	Sales engineers	59	32,955	0	0	0.0	0.0
259	Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale	2,393	1,338,868	24,969	36,346	1.9	2.7
263	Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats	482	277,546	6,596	6,841	2.4	2.5
264	Sales workers, apparel	811	431,283	7,516	8,861	1.7	2.1
265	Sales workers, shoes	194	117,476	4,907	4,907	4.2	4.2
266	Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings	287	156,556	2,117	2,333	1.4	1.5
267	Sales workers, radio, TV, hi-fi, and appliances	289	166,288	1,945	3,132	1.2	1.9
268	Sales workers, hardware and building supplies	367	195,430	2,752	3,709	1.4	1.9
269	Sales workers, parts	276	152,897	8,101	8,170	5.3	5.3
274	Sales workers, other commodities	2,577	1,417,688	52,981	58,820	3.7	4.1
275	Sales counter clerks	292	161,090	4,408	4,989	2.7	3.1
276	Cashiers	4,162	2,248,403	310,751	332,160	13.8	14.8
277	Street and door-to-door sales workers	217	117,756	1,209	1,812	1.0	1.5
278	News vendors	125	63,924	1,365	2,414	2.1	3.8
283	Demonstrators, promoters and models, sales	51	26,658	1,591	2,277	6.0	8.5
284	Auctioneers	4	2,087	0	0	0.0	0.0
285	Sales support occupations, n.e.c.	23	11,884	0	0	0.0	0.0
	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, INC. CLERICAL	32,320	17,698,062	2,311,381	2,764,777	13.1	15.6
303	Supervisors, general office	810	425,256	49,678	65,259	11.7	15.3
304	Supervisors, computer equipment operators	93	49,143	1,721	2,699	3.5	5.5
305	Supervisors, financial records processing	144	80,772	4,733	5,363	5.9	6.6
306	Chief communications operators	6	3,611	0	0	0.0	0.0
307	Supervisors; distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks	285	157,544	37,651	41,921	23.9	26.6
308	Computer operators	1,567	907,694	89,128	115,375	9.8	12.7
309	Peripheral equipment operators	4	2,269	0	0	0.0	0.0
313	Secretaries	7,398	3,968,977	270,202	356,027	6.8	9.0
314	Stenographers	73	38,893	13,068	13,533	33.6	34.8
315	Typists	1,490	819,156	99,467	127,243	12.1	15.5
316	Interviewers	288	165,646	11,077	13,132	6.7	7.9
317	Hotel clerks	171	86,099	2,070	2,791	2.4	3.2
318	Transportation ticket and reservation agents	217	114,782	25,206	29,184	22.0	25.4
319	Receptionists	1,377	747,274	26,830	31,901	3.6	4.3
323	Information clerks, n.e.c.	383	216,011	10,967	12,036	5.1	5.6
325	Classified-ad clerks	9	4,292	0	0	0.0	0.0
326	Correspondence clerks	36	17,831	5,200	5,970	29.2	33.5
327	Order clerks	338	184,081	52,649	60,934	28.6	33.1
328	Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping	126	71,021	5,278	7,806	7.4	11.0
329	Library clerks	279	145,067	14,436	17,854	10.0	12.3
335	File clerks	509	285,882	22,582	31,392	7.9	11.0
336	Records clerks	262	145,252	20,797	25,550	14.3	17.6
337	Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks	3,266	1,740,667	88,976	114,192	5.1	6.6
338	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	306	164,813	29,246	37,357	17.7	22.7
339	Billing clerks	316	179,049	15,054	20,607	8.4	11.5
343	Cost and rate clerks	138	83,816	7,511	9,331	9.0	11.1
344	Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators	64	32,466	1,291	1,428	4.0	4.4
345	Duplicating machine operators	42	25,621	1,128	3,940	4.4	15.4
346	Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators	22	11,739	836	1,675	7.1	14.3
347	Office machine operators, n.e.c.	56	29,697	1,980	1,980	6.7	6.7
348	Telephone operators	417	226,400	88,286	98,041	39.0	43.3
349	Telegraphers	10	4,279	497	497	11.6	11.6
353	Communications equipment operators, n.e.c.	5	2,969	584	584	19.7	19.7
354	Postal clerks, exc. mail carriers	576	311,419	233,093	262,483	74.8	84.3
355	Mail carriers, postal service	584	318,215	262,340	274,159	82.4	86.2
356	Mail clerks, exc. postal service	303	177,711	24,217	28,810	13.6	16.2
357	Messengers	266	155,650	9,649	10,553	6.2	6.8
359	Dispatchers	377	199,074	41,112	48,014	20.7	24.1
363	Production coordinators	344	198,590	26,643	33,558	13.4	16.9
364	Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks	852	471,152	96,565	106,203	20.5	22.5
365	Stock and inventory clerks	994	579,659	112,432	132,944	19.4	22.9
366	Meter readers	95	50,448	26,296	27,640	52.1	54.8
368	Weighers, measurers, and checkers	126	71,189	20,742	21,015	29.1	29.5
369	Samplers	1	534	0	0	0.0	0.0
373	Expediters	180	101,585	25,780	27,150	25.4	26.7
374	Material recording, scheduling, & distributing clerks, n.e.c.	46	25,369	6,686	6,995	26.4	27.6
375	Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators	457	252,801	7,725	10,217	3.1	4.0
376	Investigators and adjusters, except insurance	784	439,551	32,734	40,056	7.4	9.1
377	Eligibility clerks, social welfare	138	65,812	15,709	18,661	23.9	28.4
378	Bill and account collectors	216	118,902	10,033	12,977	8.4	10.9
379	General office clerks	1,323	738,690	92,087	109,286	12.5	14.8
383	Bank tellers	865	462,876	6,347	11,970	1.4	2.6
384	Proofreaders	43	24,606	714	714	2.9	2.9
385	Data-entry keyers	618	358,711	32,183	40,623	9.0	11.3
386	Statistical clerks	156	95,310	12,635	17,130	13.3	18.0
387	Teachers aides	741	397,735	93,069	118,669	23.4	29.8
389	Administrative support occupations, n.e.c.	1,728	944,406	124,460	149,347	13.2	15.8
	SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD	1,677	900,290	1,140	1,140	0.1	0.1
403	Launderers and ironers	2	843	0	0	0.0	0.0
404	Cooks, private household	23	12,055	0	0	0.0	0.0
405	Housekeepers and butlers	74	43,456	0	0	0.0	0.0
406	Child care workers, private household	750	384,980	501	501	0.1	0.1
407	Private household cleaners and servants	828	458,955	638	638	0.1	0.1
	SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, PROTECTIVE SERVICE	3,370	1,908,508	725,304	795,016	38.0	41.7
413	Supervisors, firefighting and fire prevention occupations	72	37,753	27,110	28,454	71.8	75.4
414	Supervisors, police and detectives	164	88,719	42,129	48,913	47.5	55.1
415	Supervisors, guards	67	34,148	4,179	6,047	12.2	17.7
416	Fire inspection and fire prevention occupations	31	16,551	6,167	6,496	37.3	39.3
417	Firefighting occupations	360	198,724	146,194	150,931	73.6	76.0
418	Police and detectives, public service	781	442,547	264,785	290,139	59.8	65.6
423	Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers	186	105,084	40,166	45,124	38.2	42.9
424	Correctional institution officers	287	171,062	90,261	96,360	52.8	56.3
425	Crossing guards	93	50,019	5,537	7,415	11.1	14.8
426	Guards and police, exc. public service	1,184	686,327	92,756	109,117	13.5	15.9
427	Protective service occupations, n.e.c.	145