The union says dues are just 1.45% of your pay—but in reality, they can total up to 2.8 times your average hourly wage. And that’s before they tack on an extra $0.02 per hour surcharge.

It’s all laid out in black and white on pages 69–70 of the Steelworkers’ Constitution. But we’ve made it easy with our dues calculator.

Just enter your gross pay and hours worked to see exactly how much the union plans to take.