ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the amount the unions spent on compensation for their officers and employees. It reported the aggregated amount to total income spent in 2007 and 2019 (this includes gross salary and expenses). We also report the total amount spent by the unions on benefits for officers and employees over the seven two-year intervals. The data indicate that the average officer across the 53 unions earned slightly over $79,000 in gross salary and expenses in 2007, compared to just under $102,000 in 2019, for a 28.5 percent hike. The average salary and expenses paid to employees rose from about $65,000 to nearly $95,000 over this time period, or 46 percent. The average total of gross salaries and expenses for officers and employees over the seven intervals climbed from $14.5 million in 2006–2007 to $16.4 million in 2018–2019, or 13 percent. In 2018–2019, two unions spent more than $50 million on gross salaries and expenses to officers and employees, while ten spent more than $30 million.
