Media and Information: BLS Spotlight on Statistics

Union Membership

Union members, percent of employed, selected media industries, 2000–2011
Year	Industry
Year	Information (total)	Publishing, except Internet	Motion pictures and sound recording	Broadcasting, except Internet	Telecommunications
2000	14.7		17.1		23.8
2001	14.1		12.2		23.7
2002	14.6		14.3		23.1
2003	13.6	7.4	12.0	9.2	21.0
2004	14.2	6.7	15.7	9.3	22.4
2005	13.6	8.8	15.0	8.6	21.4
2006	12.0	7.0	10.3	5.9	20.7
2007	12.1	7.3	11.5	8.7	19.7
2008	12.7	7.2	11.4	9.5	19.3
2009	10.0	5.3	12.8	4.7	16.0
2010	9.6	5.0	9.3	5.1	15.8
2011	10.1	4.5	13.8	5.9	15.6
2012	9.7	3.7	11.4	6.7	15.6