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QUESTION:  Can you confirm that the Assessor Series wage data comes only from non-union employers?

 

No, we cannot.

 

Salary surveys gather wage data according to position.  Both union and non-union employers participate in the wage surveys.  A few surveys distinguish between union and non-union employee wages (reporting the organized vs. non-union status of incumbents), but most do not. Also, the status of incumbents can vary even within employers.

 

Organized jobs tend to be a relatively small proportion of most observations for most jobs in most salary surveys, but they will also generally be the highest-paid observations.

 

In general, the mix of union and non-union employees in a particular job is generally not known as wage surveys tend to report the overall average of all incumbents in a job.