Chart: Unionized workers are much more likely to have employer-provided pensions in all sectors: Share of workers with pension coverage, by union status

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Unionized workers are much more likely to have employer-provided pensions in all sectors: Share of workers with pension coverage, by union status

	Union	Nonunion
Construction	54.9%	27.0%
Manufacturing	59.8%	43.0%
Services	65.0%	37.3%

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Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC) 2015–2019 pooled data (U.S. Census Bureau CPS-ASEC 2021). Data on union status are for workers who are or are not represented by a union.

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