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occupations also have a poverty
rate that is lower than the overall
workforce (the overall poverty
rate is 8.06 percent).
This is further evidence that
driving jobs, on the whole, are
“good jobs.” While they may not
be higher-paying jobs for every
demographic, fewer drivers are
in poverty.
TABLE 12.
Share of Workers in Driving
Occupations by Union
Average across five years
Membership Status, 2010–2014 Non-Union Union Member
NON-DRIVING 88.69 11.31
DRIVING 84.32 15.68
ALL OCCUPATIONS 88.56 11.44
Source: Authors’ analysis of CEPR extract of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group data. www.CEPRdata.org.
TABLE 13.
Number and Percent of Workers in Driving and
Non-Driving Occupations with Health Insurance, 2010–2014
Number of Workers
Without any health insurance
With any health insurance
Total,
with and without health insurance
NON-DRIVING 22,297,623 117,759,591 140,057,214
DRIVING 942,106 3,179,519 4,121,625
ALL OCCUPATIONS 23,239,729 120,939,110 144,178,839
Percent of workers within
each occupation category
Without any health insurance
With any health insurance
NON-DRIVING 15.92 84.08
DRIVING 22.86 77.14
ALL OCCUPATIONS 16.12 83.88
Number of Workers
Without employer health insurance
With employer health insurance
Total,
with and without employer health insurance
NON-DRIVING 43,084,781 96,972,433 140,057,214
DRIVING 1,624,607 2,497,018 4,121,625
ALL OCCUPATIONS 44,709,388 99,469,451 144,178,839
Percent of workers within
each occupation category
Without employer health insurance
With employer health insurance
NON-DRIVING 30.76 69.24
DRIVING 39.42 60.58
ALL OCCUPATIONS 31.01 68.99
Source: Authors’ analysis of American Community Survey data from IPUMS-USA, University of Minnesota, www.ipums.org.
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