It is worth it to look at the actual report. Sadly it makes no attempt to actually compare equivalent works, it just has two categories. Obviously union members

It is worth it to look at the actual report. Sadly it makes no attempt to actually compare equivalent works, it just has two categories. Obviously union membership differs greatly between job types. The report shows that people who benefit from unions are those of low education levels, there the leveling effect of unions makes the biggest relative and absolute difference. For college educated people the benefits are very small in terms of wealth. I highly suspect the more worthwhile your degree is the less valuable unions are. If your personal skills are more in demand than the average employee of the union, then being part of a union will drag you down. Which is a big reason why few people here would see any actual benefit from a union. Aside from that, my personal views on some unions where I live are extremely negative and certainly should not be allowed to act the way they are acting.