This range plot shows the pay gap between workers with and without disabilities by union representation. The blue and green dots represent the regression-adjusted mean hourly wage for workers with and without disabilities, respectively. Union representation boosts wages for those with and without disabilities, but ultimately preserves the disability pay gap, which is nearly eight dollars among both union and nonunion workers.
Regressions use ordinary least squares and include adjustments for age, age squared, education, gender, race/ethnicity, year, state, US citizenship, type of disability, 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 relative to the mean hourly wage for non-union workers. All regression results are significant at the one percent level. Mean hourly wages are in 2023 US dollars. 2023 CPS rounding rules are applied to wages from all years. Excludes imputed wages.