Union workers’ median weekly earnings are 28 percent higher than their nonunion counterparts.

While only 16 percent of nonunion workers have guaranteed pensions, fully 70 percent of union workers do.

86 percent of union workers’ jobs provide health insurance benefits, compared with only 59.5 percent of nonunion workers’ jobs. Only 2.5 percent of union workers are uninsured, compared with 15 percent of nonunion workers.

Median weekly wages for women union workers are 34 percent higher than nonunion women.

Median weekly wages for African American workers in unions are 29 percent higher than for nonunion African Americans; for Latinos, the difference is 59 percent; and for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, it is 11 percent.