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Interactive Map: Stronger Unions Create A Stronger Middle Class
Unions Lead to Higher Income for the Middle Class
This interactive map from Nick Bunker, David Madland, and Karla Walter shows how unions raise middle class incomes even for those not in a union.
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Stronger Unions Create a Stronger Middle Class
Click on a state, or on "all states," to see information about unionization there.
Drag the blue arrow to adjust the union membership rate and see how it affects middle class earnings in the state.
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Change in middle class earnings
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Average change in earnings for middle class households
See also:
- Unions Make the Middle Class: Without Unions, the Middle Class Withers by David Madland, Karla Walter, and Nick Bunker
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Authors
Nick Bunker
Research Associate