This range plot shows regression-adjusted mean hourly wages among disabled workers by union representation and type of difficulty between 2016 and 2023. The green dots represent nonunion wages and the blue dots represent union wages. Union wages are consistently higher across all types of difficulty. Those with personal care difficulty receive the biggest dollar boost, followed by those with hearing difficulty.
Regressions use ordinary least squares and include adjustments for age, age squared, education, gender, race/ethnicity, year, state, US citizenship, presence of multiple types of disability, part-time hours, public sector, and 2-digit occupation and industry. Union wage premiums in percent are converted from log points by taking the antilog of regression coefficients and subtracting one. Union wage premiums in dollars are in 2023 US dollars and are relative to the mean hourly wage for non-union workers. 2023 CPS rounding rules are applied to wages from all years. Excludes imputed wages. All regression results are significant at the one percent level.