In 2024, roughly **** million private sector manufacturing workers were union members. Compared with nearly **** million in 1985, union membership has been declining in the United States for many years.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 28, 2025). Number of private sector manufacturing union members in the United States from 1985 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/664864/number-of-private-sector-manufacturing-union-members-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of private sector manufacturing union members in the United States from 1985 to 2024 (in 1,000s)." Chart. January 28, 2025. Statista. Accessed July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/664864/number-of-private-sector-manufacturing-union-members-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2025). Number of private sector manufacturing union members in the United States from 1985 to 2024 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/664864/number-of-private-sector-manufacturing-union-members-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Private Sector Manufacturing Union Members in The United States from 1985 to 2024 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jan 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/664864/number-of-private-sector-manufacturing-union-members-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of private sector manufacturing union members in the United States from 1985 to 2024 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/664864/number-of-private-sector-manufacturing-union-members-in-the-us/ (last visited July 11, 2025)
Number of private sector manufacturing union members in the United States from 1985 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 28, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/664864/number-of-private-sector-manufacturing-union-members-in-the-us/
