Employment, Union Representation, and Union Density, California Metro Areas, 2023-2024

Table shows the total number of union-represented workers in each metro area, the share of all California workers and the share of all California union-represented workers (as coverage) that live in each metro area, and includes union density (as coverage) within each metro area. For example, 33.9% of all California workers live in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area and 29.2% of all California workers represented by a union or 793,651 workers live there. Overall, 14.3% of workers living in the LA metro area are represented by a union.

These data represent union coverage. Geographies represent metropolitan areas (Core Based Statistical Areas). *Denotes geographic areas combined due to small sample sizes.
Chart: UC Berkeley Labor CenterSource: EPI CPS-ORG 2023-2024Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper