Market Data: Trade and Professional Associations and Civic Clubs

July 9, 2008

By the Numbers

1 million — number of association jobs in 2006
192,000 — number of business and professional association jobs in 2006
102,000 — number of association establishments in 2006
72,500 — number of nonprofit trade and professional organizations, business leagues and chambers of commerce in 2007
$50.6 billion — assets held by nonprofit trade and professional organizations, business leagues and chambers of commerce in 2007
$33.1 billion — revenue received by nonprofit trade and professional organizations, business leagues and chambers of commerce in 2007
$30.6 billion — total annual association payroll in 2006

Sources: “Associations Matter: Associations by the Numbers,” American Society of Association Executives and the Center for Association Leadership, 2007; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics