Higher Union Membership in Higher Education

Union Membership Share by Industry and Disability Status, 2024

This figure shows union membership density by disability status for workers in higher education compared to all industries. The blue bars represent the union membership share for all workers, the red bars for workers with disabilities, and the grey bars for workers without disabilities. Disabled workers at colleges and universities are more likely to be union members than both their nondisabled colleagues and disabled workers in other industries.