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Michigan’s Industry Unionization

Michigan’s overall unionization rate was just over 16% in 2013. After dropping to 14.5% in 2014, it increased to 15.2% in 2015. The national union membership rate remained 11.1% in 2015, unchanged from 2014, which is down .2% from 2013. Twenty states had higher unionization rates in 2015, with New York and Hawaii leading the list with rates above 20%.  In 2013, Michigan joined other states offering workers protection and became the 24^th Right to Work state. Wisconsin joined in 2015 and West Virginia’s Right to Work legislation will go into effect in 2016.

Michigan became the 24th Right-To-Work State in 2013. 

Union Affiliation of Employed Wage and Salary Workers by State, 2015 Annual Averages, in thousands

State	Total Employed	Total Members of Unions	Percent of Employed (%)
Alabama	1,863	190	10.2
Alaska	304	60	19.6
Arizona	2,661	138	5.2
Arkansas	1,155	58	5.1
California	15,657	2,486	15.9
Colorado	2,310	194	8.4
Connecticut	1,587	269	17.0
Delaware	412	38	9.2
District of Columbia	334	35	10.4
Florida	7,994	546	6.8
Georgia	4,016	162	4.0
Hawaii	583	119	20.4
Idaho	679	46	6.8
Illinois	5,566	847	15.2
Indiana	2,828	283	10.0
Iowa	1,435	138	9.6
Kansas	1,255	110	8.7
Kentucky	1,705	187	11.0
Louisiana	1,847	107	5.8
Maine	549	64	11.6
Maryland	2,757	287	10.4
Massachusetts	3,103	402	12.9
Michigan	4,083	621	15.2
Minnesota	2,565	363	14.2
Mississippi	1,103	60	5.4
Missouri	2,615	230	8.8
Montana	427	52	12.2
Nebraska	882	68	7.7
Nevada	1,232	177	14.3
New Hampshire	641	62	9.7
New Jersey	3,880	596	15.4
New Mexico	782	49	6.2
New York	8,246	2,038	24.7
North Carolina	4,089	123	3.0
North Dakota	352	19	5.4
Ohio	4,914	606	12.3
Oklahoma	1,567	88	5.6
Oregon	1,586	235	14.8
Pennsylvania	5,601	747	13.3
Rhode Island	483	68	14.2
South Carolina	1,960	41	2.1
South Dakota	382	22	5.9
Tennessee	2,693	146	5.4
Texas	11,117	503	4.5
Utah	1,274	50	3.9
Vermont	284	36	12.6
Virginia	3,736	202	5.4
Washington	2,977	500	16.8
West Virginia	665	83	12.4
Wisconsin	2,682	223	8.3
Wyoming	261	19	7.1

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.