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Occupational Wage Survey

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSOCTOBER 1960

Bulletin N o. 1285-15

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Claguo, Commissioner

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Occupational Wage Survey

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

O C T O B E R 1 9 6 0

Bulletin No. 1285-15December I 960

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT O F LA BO R

Jam es P. Mitchell, Secretary

BUREAU O F LABOR STATISTICS

Ew an Claguo, Commissioner

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Preface

The Com m unity Wage Survey P ro g ra m

The Bureau o f L abor S tatistics regu larly conducts areaw ide wage su rveys in a num ber o f im portant industria l c e n te rs . The stud ies, made fro m late fa ll to ea r ly sprin g , relate to occu pation al earn ings and re lated supplem entary b en e fits . A p re lim in a ry re p o rt is availab le on com pletion o f the study in each area , usually in the month fo llow in g the p a yro ll period studied. This bu lletin provides additional data not included in the e a r lie r re p o rt . A con solida ted analytica l bu lletin su m m arizin g the resu lts o f a ll o f the y e a r 's su rveys is issu ed after com pletion o f the final area bu lletin fo r the cu rren t round of su rvey s .

This re p o rt was prepared in the B u reau 's region al o ffic e in B oston , M ass . , by L eo E pstein , under the d ir e c tion o f Paul V . M ulkern, A ssistan t R egional D ire c to r fo r W ages and Industrial R e la tion s .

Contents

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In tro d u c tio n ________________________________________________________________ 1Wage trends fo r se le cte d occu pation al groups ------------------------------------- 4

T ab les :

1. E stablish m en ts and w ork ers within scop e o f s u r v e y -------------- 32. Indexes o f standard w eekly sa la rie s and stra ig h t-tim e

h ourly earn ings fo r se le cte d occu pation al g rou ps, and percen ts o f in cre a se fo r se le cte d p eriods ----------------------------- 3

A: O ccupational earn ings: *A - 1. O ffice o ccu p a tion s__________________________________________A -2 . P ro fe ss io n a l and tech n ica l o c cu p a t io n s_________________A -3 . M aintenance and pow erplant o c cu p a t io n s_______________ 1A -4 . C ustodia l and m a teria l m ovem ent o c c u p a t io n s ------------ 1

B: E stablish m en t p ra ctice s and supplem entary wage p ro v is io n s : *

B - l . Shift d if fe r e n t ia ls _________________________________________ 15B -2 . M inim um entrance sa la rie s fo r w om en o ffic e

w ork ers __________________________________________________ 16B -3 . Scheduled w eekly h o u r s __________________________________ 17B -4 . P aid h o lid a y s ______________________________________________ 18B -5 . P aid vacations _____________________________________________ 19B -6 . Health, in su ran ce , and pension p la n s__________________ 21

Appendix: O ccupational d e s c r ip t io n s ___________________________________ 23

* NOTE: S im ilar tabulations are availab le in the B oston area rep orts fo r M arch 1951, A p r il 1952, M arch 1953, M arch 1954, A p ril 1955, Septem ber 1956, Septem ber 1957, O ctob er 1958, and O ctober 1959- A d ire c to ry indicating date o f study and the p r ice o f the re p o rts , as w ell as rep orts fo r other m a jo r a re a s , is available upon requ est.

C urrent rep orts on occu pation al earn ings and su pp lem en tary wage p ra ctice s in the B oston area are a lso available fo r the m a ch in ery in du stries (January I960), hotels (M arch I960), flu id m ilk (A pril I960), pow er laundries and dry c le a n e rs (A pril I960), banking (June I960) and h ospitals (July I960). Union s c a le s , ind icative o f preva ilin g pay le v e ls , are availab le fo r the fo llow in g trades or in du stries : Building con stru ction ,printing, lo c a l-t ra n s it operating e m p lo y e e s , and m otortru ck d r iv e rs and h e lp e rs .

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Occupational Wage SurveyBoston, Mass.

Introduction

T his a rea is one o f se v e ra l im portant in du stria l cen ters in w hich the U .S . D epartm ent o f L a b or1 s Bureau o f L abor S tatistics has conducted su rveys o f occu pation al earn ings and re lated wage benefits on an areaw ide b a s is . In this a rea , data w ere obtained by p e rso n a l v is its o f B ureau fie ld e c o n o m is ts 1 to rep resen tative establishm ents within s ix b road in du stry d iv is ion s : M anufacturing; tran sportation , 2com m u n ication , and other pu b lic u tilities ; w h olesa le trade ; re ta il trade; fin an ce , in su ran ce , and re a l estate ; and s e r v ic e s . M a jor in dustry grou ps exclu ded fr o m these studies are governm ent operations and the con stru ction and ex tractive in du stries . E stablishm ents having few er than a p r e s c r ib e d num ber o f w ork ers a re om itted a lso becau se they fu rn ish in su ffic ien t em ploym ent in the occu pation s studied to w a r rant in clu sion . W h erever p o s s ib le , separate tabulations are p rov id ed fo r each o f the broad industry d iv is ion s .

T h ese su rveys are conducted on a sam ple b a sis becau se o f the u n n ecessa ry c o s t involved in surveying a ll estab lishm ents. T o obtain appropria te a ccu ra cy at m inim um co s t , a g rea ter p rop ortion o f la rg e than o f sm all establishm ents is studied. In com bining the data, h ow ev e r , a ll estab lishm ents a re g iven th eir appropria te w eight. E stim ates based on the establishm ents studied are p resen ted , th e re fo re , as r e lating to a ll estab lishm ents in the industry grouping and area , ex cept fo r th ose be low the m inim um s ize studied.

O ccupations and E arnings

The occu pation s se lected fo r study are com m on to a variety o f m anufacturing and nonm anufacturing in du str ies . O ccupationa l c la s s ifica tion is based on a u n iform set o f jo b d escr ip tion s designed to take account o f in ter estab lishm ent varia tion in duties w ithin the sam e jo b . (See appendix fo r listin g o f th ese d e s c r ip t io n s .) E arnings data are presen ted (in the A -s e r ie s tab les) fo r the fo llow in g types o f o ccu p a tions: (a) O ffice c le r ic a l ; (b) p ro fe ss io n a l and tech n ica l; (c) m a in tenance and pow erplant; and (d) custod ia l and m a te r ia l m ovem en t.

1 Data w ere obtained by m a il fr o m som e o f the sm a lle r e s tablishm ents fo r w hich v is its by B ureau fie ld econ om ists in the la st p rev iou s su rvey indicated em ploym ent in re la tiv e ly few o f the o c cu pations studied. Unusual changes reported by m a il w ere v e r ifie d with em p loy ers .

2 R a ilroad s , fo r m e r ly excluded fr o m the scop e o f these studies, w ere included in a ll o f the areas studied s in ce July 1959, except B a ltim ore , B u ffa lo , C leveland, and Seattle. R a ilroads are now in cluded in the scop e o f a ll la b o r -m a rk e t w age su rveys.

O ccupationa l em ploym ent and earn ings data are shown fo r fu ll-t im e w o rk e rs , i. e . , th ose h ired to w ork a regu lar w eek ly sch ed ule in the g iven occu pation a l c la s s ifica tio n . E arnings data exclu de p rem iu m pay fo r ov ertim e and fo r w ork On w eekends, h o lida ys , and late sh ifts. N onproduction bonuses a re exclu ded a lso , but c o s t - o f - liv in g bonuses and in cen tive earn ings a re included . W here w eek ly h ours are rep orted , as fo r o f f ic e c le r i c a l o ccu p ation s , re fe re n ce is to the w ork sch edu les (rounded to the n e a re st h a lf hour) fo r w hich s tra ig h t-tim e sa la r ie s are paid ; average w eek ly earn ings fo r these occu pation s have been rounded to the n e a re st half d o lla r .

A v era ge earn ings o f m en and w om en a re p resen ted sep ara te ly fo r se le cted occu pation s in w hich both se x e s are com m on ly em ployed . D iffe re n ce s in pay le v e ls o f m en and w om en in th ese occu pation s are la rg e ly due to (1) d iffe re n ce s in the d istribu tion o f the sex es am ong in du stries and estab lishm ents; (2) d iffe re n ce s in s p e c if ic duties p e r fo rm e d , although the occu pation s are ap p rop ria te ly c la s s if ie d within the sam e su rvey jo b d e scr ip tio n ; and (3) d iffe re n ce s in length o f s e r v ic e o r m e r it rev iew when individual s a la r ie s a re ad justed on this b a s is . L on ger average s e r v ice o f m en w ould resu lt in h igh er average pay when both sex es are em ployed within the sam e rate range. Job d e scr ip tio n s u sed in c la ss ify in g em p loyees in th ese su rveys a re usu a lly m o r e gen era lized than th ose used in individual estab lishm ents to a llow fo r m in or d iffe re n ce s am ong estab lishm ents in sp e c if ic duties p e r fo rm e d .

O ccupationa l em ploym ent estim a tes re p re se n t the tota l in a ll estab lishm ents within the scop e o f the study and not the num ber actu a lly su rveyed . B ecau se o f d iffe re n ce s in occu pation a l stru ctu re am ong estab lish m en ts, the estim ates o f occu pation a l em ploym ent obtained fr o m the sam ple o f estab lishm ents studied se rv e on ly to in d icate the re la tive im portan ce o f the job s , studied. T h ese d iffe re n ce s in o c c u pational stru ctu re do n ot m a te r ia lly a ffe ct the a c cu ra cy o f the earn ings data.

E stablish m en t P r a c t ic e s and Supplem entary W age P ro v is io n s

In form ation is p resen ted a lso (in the B -s e r ie s tab les) on s e le cted estab lishm ent p r a c t ic e s and supplem entary ben efits as they r e late to o f f ic e and plant w o rk e rs . The te rm o f f ic e w o rk e rs , " as used in this bu lletin , includes w orking su p e rv iso rs and nonsupervisofry w o rk e rs p e r fo rm in g c le r ic a l o r re la ted fu n ction s, and exclu des adm inis tra tiv e , ex ecu tive , and p r o fe ss io n a l p e rso n n e l. "P lan t w o rk e rs " in clude w orking fo re m e n and a ll n on su p erv isory w ork ers (including le a d - m en and tra in ees) engaged in n on o ffice fu nction s. A dm in istra tive ,


2execu tive , and p r o fe ss io n a l em p loyees , and fo r ce -a c c o u n t con stru ction em p loyees who a re u tilized as a separate w ork fo r c e a re excluded . C a feteria w o rk e rs and routem en a re exclu ded in m anufacturing industr ie s , but a re included as plant w o rk e rs in nonm anufacturing in d u stries .

Shift d iffe ren tia l data (table B - l ) a re lim ited to m anufacturing in d u str ies . This in form ation is p resen ted both in term s o f (a) esta b lish m en t p o licy , 3 p resen ted in te rm s o f total plant w ork er em p loy m ent, and (b) e ffe ct iv e p ra c t ice , p resen ted on the b a s is o f w o rk e rs actu ally em ployed on the sp e cifie d shift at the tim e o f the survey. In estab lishm ents having v a r ie d d iffe ren tia ls , the am ount applying to a m a jo r ity w as used or , i f no am ount applied to a m a jor ity , the c la s s ifica tio n no th er" w as used. In estab lishm ents in w hich som e la te - shift h ours a re paid at n orm al ra tes , a d iffe ren tia l w as r e co rd e d only i f it applied to a m a jo r ity o f the sh ift h ours.

M inim um entrance ra tes (table B -2 ) re la te only to the esta b lish m en ts v is ited . They a re p resen ted on an establishm ent, rather than on an em ploym ent b a s is . P aid h o lidays ; paid vaca tion s ; and health, in su ran ce , and pen sion plans a re treated s ta tistica lly on the b a s is that these a re ap p licab le to a ll plant or o ffic e w o rk e rs if a m a jo r ity o f such w o rk e rs a re e lig ib le o r m ay eventually qualify fo r the p r a c t ic e s lis ted . Scheduled h ours a re treated s ta tist ica lly on the b a s is that th ese a re ap p licab le to a ll plant or o ffic e w o rk e rs i f a m a jor ity a re co v e re d . 4 B ecau se of rounding, sum s o f individual item s in these tabulations m ay not equal tota ls .

The f ir s t pa rt o f the paid h olidays table p resen ts the num b e r o f w hole and half holidays actu ally p rov ided . The secon d part com bin es w hole and h alf h olidays to show total holiday tim e .

The sum m ary o f vaca tion plans is lim ited to fo rm a l a rra n g e m ents, excluding in form al plans w h ereby tim e o ff with pay is granted at the d is cre tio n o f the em p loyer . Separate estim a tes a re p rov id ed a cco rd in g to em p loyer p ra c tice in com puting vacation paym ents, such as tim e paym ents, p ercen t o f annual earn ings, o r f la t -su m am ounts. H ow ever, in the tabulations o f v acation a llow an ces , paym ents not on a tim e b a s is w ere con verted ; f o r exam ple, a paym ent o f 2 p ercen t o f annual earn ings w as con s id e re d as the equivalent o f 1 w e e k 's pay.

3 An estab lishm ent w as co n s id e re d as having a p o licy i f it m et either o f the fo llow in g cond ition s: ( l ) O perated late sh ifts at the tim e o f the su rvey , or (2) had fo rm a l p ro v is io n s cover in g late sh ifts.

4 Scheduled w eek ly hours fo r o ffic e w o rk e rs ( f ir s t section of table B -3 ) in su rveys m ade p r io r to July 1957 w ere p resen ted in te rm s o f the p rop ortion of w om en o ffic e w o rk e rs em ployed in o ff ic e s with the indicated w eek ly h ours fo r w om en w o rk e rs .

Data a re presen ted fo r a ll health, insurance, and pension plans fo r w hich at lea st a p a rt o f the co s t is born e by the em p loyer, excepting only leg a l requ irem en ts such as w ork m en 's com pensation , s o c ia l secu rity , and ra ilro a d retirem en t. Such plans include those underw ritten by a co m m e r c ia l insu ran ce com pany and those p rovided through a union fund o r paid d ire c t ly by the em p loyer out of curren t operating funds or fr o m a fund set as ide fo r this pu rpose. Death ben efits a re included as a fo rm o f life in surance.

S ickn ess and acc iden t insu ran ce is lim ited to that type o f in surance under w hich pred eterm in ed cash paym ents a re m ade d ire c tly to the insured on a w eekly or m onthly b a s is during illn e ss or acciden t d isab ility . In form ation is p resen ted fo r a ll such plans to which the em p loyer contributes. H ow ever, in New Y ork and New J ersey , which have enacted tem p ora ry d isab ility in su ran ce law s w hich requ ire e m p lo y e r contribution s, 5 plans a re included only if the em ployer (1) co n tributes m o re than is leg a lly requ ired , o r (2) p rov id es the em ployee with ben efits w hich exceed the requ irem en ts o f the law. Tabulations o f paid s ick -le a v e plans are lim ited to fo rm a l plans 6 w hich provide fu ll pay or a p rop ortion o f the w o r k e r 's pay during absen ce fro m w ork beca u se of illn e ss . Separate tabulations a re p rov id ed accord in g to ( l ) plans w hich p rov id e fu ll pay and no w aiting p er iod , and (2) plans p rovid in g either pa rtia l pay or a waiting p eriod . In addition to the p resen ta tion o f the p rop ortion s o f w o rk e rs who a r e provided sick n ess and acc id en t in surance o r paid s ick leave , an unduplicated total is shown o f w o rk e rs who r e ce iv e either or both types o f ben efits.

Catastrophe in su ran ce, som etim es re fe r r e d to as extended m e d ica l in su ran ce, in cludes those plans w hich a re designed to p ro te c t em p loyees in ca se o f s ick n e ss and in ju ry involving expenses beyond the n orm al co v e ra g e o f hosp ita lization , m ed ica l, and su rg ica l p lans. M ed ica l in su ran ce r e fe r s to p lans provid in g fo r com plete or partia l paym ent o f d o c to r s 1 fe e s . Such plans m ay be underw ritten by c o m m e r c ia l in su ran ce com panies or n onprofit organ izations or they m ay be se lf- in s u re d . Tabulations o f re tirem en t pen sion plans a re lim ited to those plans that p rov id e m onthly paym ents fo r the rem ainder o f the w o r k e r 's life .

5 The tem p ora ry d isa b ility law s in C a liforn ia and Rhode Island do not req u ire em p loyer contribution s.

6 An estab lishm ent w as con s id e re d a s having a fo rm a l plan if it estab lished at le a st the m inim um num ber o f days o f s ick leave that cou ld be expected by each em p loyee . Such a plan need not be w ritten, but in form al s ick -le a v e a llow an ces , determ ined on an individual b a sis , w ere excluded.


3Table 1. E stablishm ents and w orkers within scope of survey and number studied in B oston , M a ss . by m ajor industry d iv is io n ,2 O ctober I960

M inim um Number of establishm ents W ork ers in establish m en ts

Industry divisionem ploym ent

in esta b lish W ithin Within scope of study Studied

m ents in scope of study

scope of study 3

StudiedT o ta l4 O ffice Plant T o ta l4

A ll d ivisions _ -------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- _ 1 ,2 5 0 258 4 2 6 ,1 0 0 9 0 ,9 0 0 2 5 4 ,7 0 0 235, 940

M anufacturing ___ __ _ _ ---------- ---------- ----------------- ------- 100 442 86 2 1 5 ,0 0 0 3 0 ,3 0 0 1 4 8 ,9 0 0 1 1 4 ,9 7 0Nonm anufacturing __________ _ -------------------- __ ----- -------

T ran sportation , com m unication, and' 808 172 2 1 1 ,1 0 0 6 0 ,6 0 0 1 0 5 ,8 0 0 1 2 0 ,9 7 0

other public u tilities 5 ____________ _________ ____ 100 61 22 4 0 ,3 0 0 8 , 200 2 3 ,3 0 0 3 0 ,3 4 0W h olesale trade _____________________________________________ 50 203 41 2 3 ,0 0 0 7 ,0 0 0 9 , 500 7 ,3 1 0R etail trade __________________ ____________________ _________ 100 128 34 6 2 ,8 0 0 6 ,8 0 0 5 0 ,8 0 0 3 8 ,9 7 0F in ance, in suran ce, and rea l estate ___________________ 50 186 37 4 9 ,0 0 0 3 1 ,7 0 0 6 2 ,2 0 0 3 0 ,5 3 0S e r v ic e s 7 ____________ _____ _________ ______ ~ ----- 50 230 38 3 6 ,0 0 0 6 ,9 0 0 2 0 ,0 0 0 1 3 ,8 2 0

1 The Boston Standard M etropolitan Statistical A re a (Suffolk County, 15 com m unities in E s s e x County, 29 in M iddlesex County, 19 in N orfolk County, and 9 in P lym outh County). The"w o rk ers within scope of study" estim ates shown in this table provide a reason ably accurate description of the size and com position of the labor force included in the su rvey. The estim atesare not intended, h ow ever, to serve as a b asis of com parison with other area em ploym ent indexes to m easu re em ploym ent trends or le v els since (1) planning of wage su rveys requ ires the useof establish m en t data com piled considerably in advance of the p ayroll period studied, and (2) sm all establish m en ts are excluded from the scope of the su rvey.

2 The 1957 revised edition of the Standard Industrial C lassification Manual was used in c lassify in g establish m en ts by industry d ivision . M ajor changes fro m the e a rlie r edition (used in the B u reau s labor m arket wage su rveys conducted prior to July 1958) are the tra n sfer of m ilk pasteurization plants and read y-m ixed concrete establish m en ts fro m trade (w holesale or retail) to m anufacturing, and the tra n sfer of radio and television broadcasting from se rv ic e s to the transportation , com m unication, and other public u tilities d ivision .

3 Includes a ll establish m en ts with total em ploym ent at or above the m in im u m -size lim itation. A ll outlets (within the area) of com panies in such industries as tra d e , finance, auto repair s e r v ic e , and m otion -p ictu re theaters are considered as 1 establish m en t.

4 Includes executive, p ro fessio n a l, and other w orkers excluded from the separate office and plant ca te g o ries .5 T axicabs and se rv ic e s incidental to w ater transportation w ere excluded. B oston 's transit sy stem is m unicipally operated and, th e re fo re , excluded by definition from the scope of the studies.6 E stim ate relates to rea l estate establish m en ts only.7 Hotels-; p erson al se rv ic e s ; busin ess se rv ic e s ; autom obile repair shops; m otion p ictures; nonprofit m em bersh ip organ ization s; and engineering and architectu ral s e r v ic e s .

Table 2. Indexes of standard w eekly sa la rie s and stra igh t-tim e hourly earnings for selected occupational groups in B oston, M a ss . , O ctober I960 and October 1959, and percents of in crea se for selected periods

Industry and occupational group

Indexes(M arch 1953 = 100) P ercent in crea ses from

O ctober I960 October 1959O ctober 1959

toO ctober I960

October 1958 to

O ctober 1959

Septem ber 1957 to

O ctober 1956

Septem ber 1956 to

Septem ber 1957

A p ril 1955 to

Septem ber 1956

M arch 1954 to

A p ril 1955

M arch 1953 to

M arch 1954

A ll in du stries:O ffice c le r ic a l (women) _______ ___ __ __ __ ___ 139. 8 134. 7 3. 8 3 .4 5. 3 5. 7 8. 0 2. 9 5. 2Industrial n urses (women) ____________________________ 141. 1 136. 3 3. 6 4 . 3 5. 9 4 . 8 9. 0 1. 5 6. 5Skilled m aintenance (men) __________________ _______ 140. 8 134. 5 4 . 7 4 . 2 5 .4 5. 2 8. 5 1. 9 5. 3U nskilled plant (men) __________________________________ 1 3 9 .4 133. 3 4 . 6 4 . 0 7. 1 4 . 7 6. 3 2 .4 5. 1

M anufacturing:O ffice c le r ic a l (women) ____ ___ __ _______________ 1 3 7 .4 1 3 2 .4 3. 8 3. 9 4 . 6 6. 1 7. 3 2. 3 4 .4Industrial n u rses (women) ____________________________ 140. 0 135. 2 3. 6 3. 7 6. 5 4 . 1 8. 9 . 7 7. 2Skilled m aintenance (men) ----- ------- _ ----- _ 142. 1 135. 6 4 . 8 4 . 2 5. 3 5 .4 8. 9 1 .9 5. 6U nskilled plant (men) _________ _____ __ ----------- 139. 6 1 3 3 .4 4 . 6 3. 6 7. 9 4 .6 5. 0 3. 1 5. 5


4Wage Trends for Selected Occupational Groups

P resen ted in table 2 a re indexes o f sa la r ie s o f o ffic e c le r ic a l w o rk e rs and indu stria l n u rses , and o f average earn ings o f se le cted plant w ork er grou ps. In a rea s w hich w ere not su rveyed during the f is c a l 1953 b a se y ea r (July 1952 to June 1953) this table is lim ited to p e rce n ts o f change betw een se le cte d p e r io d s .

F or o ffic e c le r ic a l w ork ers and in du stria l n u rses , the indexes re la te to av erage w eek ly sa la r ie s fo r n orm al hours o f w ork , that is , the standard w ork schedule fo r w hich s tra ig h t-tim e sa la r ie s a re paid. F or plant w ork er grou ps, they m ea su re changes in s tra ig h t-tim e h ourly earn ings, excluding p rem iu m pay fo r ov ertim e and fo r w ork on w eek ends, h olidays , and late sh ifts. The indexes a re ba sed on. data fo r se le cted key occu pation s and include m o s t o f the n u m erica lly im portant jo b s w ithin each group. The o ffic e c le r ic a l data a re based on w om en in the fo llow in g 18 jo b s : B ille r s , m ach ine (b illin g m ach in e); book k eep in g - m ach ine op e ra to rs , c la s s A and B ; C om ptom eter op e ra to rs ; c le rk s , f ile , c la s s A and B; c le rk s , o rd e r ; c le rk s , p a y ro ll; keypunch o p era tors ; o f f ic e g ir ls ; s e c r e ta r ie s ; sten ograph ers , general; sw itchboard o p e ra to rs ; sw itchboard o p e ra to r -re ce p t io n is ts ; tabu lating-m achine o p e ra to r s ; tra n scr ib in g -m a ch in e o p e ra to rs , g en era l; and typ ists , c la s s A and B. The in du stria l n urse data a re ba sed on w om en industria l n u rses . M en in the fo llow in g 10 sk illed m aintenance jo b s and 3 unskilled jo b s w ere included in the plant w ork er data: Skilled- ca rp en ters ;e le c tr ic ia n s ; m a ch in ists ; m ech a n ics ; m ech a n ics , autom otive; m i l l w righ ts; pa in ters ; p ip e fitte rs ; sh eet-m eta l w o rk e rs ; and to o l and die m a k ers ; unskilled ja n ito rs , p o r te r s , and c le a n e rs ; la b o re rs , m a te r ia l handling; and w atchm en.

A v era ge w eek ly sa la r ie s or average h ourly earn ings w ere com puted fo r each o f the se lected occu pation s. The av erage sa la r ie s or h ourly earn ings w e re then m u ltip lied by the average o f 1953 and 1954 em ploym ent in the jo b . T h ese w eighted earn ings fo r individual occu pation s w ere then tota led to obtain an aggregate fo r each occu p a tiona l group. F in ally , the ra tio o f th ese group aggregates fo r a giv^n y ea r to the aggregate fo r the ba se p e r io d (su rv ey m onth, w inter 195253) w as com puted *and the re su lt m u ltip lied by the ba se yea r index (100) to get the index fo r the g iven y ea r .

S im ilar p ro ce d u re s w ere fo llow ed in com piling "p ercen ts o f change" in a ras not su rveyed during 1953.

A djustm ents have been m ade w here n e ce s sa ry to m aintain com p a ra b ility so that the y e a r -to -y e a r com p a rison s a re based on the sam e industry and occu pation al co v era g e . F or exam ple, ra ilroa d s have been included in the co v e ra g e o f the su rveys only sin ce July 1959. In com puting the indexes fo r the f ir s t y ear in w hich ra ilroa d s w ere included, data relating to ra ilro a d s w ere excluded. Indexes fo r su b se quent y e a rs include data fo r ra ilro a d s .

The indexes m ea su re , p r in cip a lly , the e ffe cts o f (1) general sa la ry and w age changes; (2) m e r it or other in cre a s e s in pay re ce iv e d by individual w ork ers w hile in the sam e jo b ; and (3) changes in the labor fo r c e such as la bor tu rnover, fo r c e expansions, fo r c e re d u c tions, and changes in the p rop ortion o f w ork ers em ployed by estab lish m en ts with d ifferen t pay le v e ls . Changes in the labor fo r c e can cau se in cre a se s or d e c re a se s in the occu pation al averages without actual w age changes. F o r exam ple, a fo r c e expansion m ight in crea se the p rop ortion o f low er paid w o rk e rs in a sp e c ific occupation and r e sult in a drop in the average , w hereas a reduction in the p rop ortion o f low er paid w o rk e rs w ould have the opposite e ffect . The m ovem ent o f a h igh -paying estab lishm ent out o f an a rea could cause the average earn ings to drop , even though no change in ra tes o c cu rre d in other a rea estab lishm ents.

The use o f constant em ploym ent w eights e lim inates the e ffe cts of changes in the p rop ortion o f w o rk e rs rep resen ted in each job in cluded in the data. Nor a re the indexes in fluenced by changes in standard w ork sch edu les or in p rem iu m pay fo r overtim e, since they a re ba sed on pay fo r stra ig h t-tim e hours.

Indexes fo r the p e r io d 1953 to I960 fo r w o rk e rs in 20 m a jor labor m ark ets w ill appear in BLS B ull. 1265-62, W ages and R elated B en efits, 60 L abor M arkets, W inter 195960.


A* Occupational Earnings

Table A-l. Office Occupations

5

(Average straight-tim e weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division, Boston, M a ss ., October I960)

Averaqe NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OFNumber $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ % $ $ S $ $ $Sex, occupation, and industry division of Weekly Weekly Under 45. 00 50. 00 55. 00 60. 00 65. 00 70. 00 75. 00 80. 00 85. 00 90. 00 95. 00 100. 00 105.00 n o . oo 115.00 120. 00 125.00workers earnings1 $ and(Standard) (Standard)

4 0 0under - - - ~ - - - - - - - and50. 00 55. 00 60. 00 65. 00 70. 00 75. 00 80. 00 85. 00 90. 00 95. 00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125. 00 over

Men

Clerks, accounting, class A -------------------------------------------- 664 38. 0 $ 97.00 _ . _ 1 9 34 45 41 35 66 56 41 83 71 74 58 24 26Manufacturing ----------------------------------------------------------------- 133 38. 0 103.00 - - - - - - 4 4 - 17 7 10 31 4 27 23 5 1Nonmanufacturing ---------------------------------------------------------- 531 38. 0 95.50 - - - 1 9 34 41 37 35 49 49 31 52 67 47 35 19 25

W holesale trade ------------------------------------------------------- 122 38. 5 101.50 - - - - - 10 5 5 9 14 14 4 8 6 6 9 9 2 23Retail trade --------------------------------------------------------------- 69 36. 5 84.50 - - - 1 7 8 2 4 11 13 6 2 6 2 1 3 1 2Finance 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 109 37. 0 79.50 - - - - 2 14 29 22 11 11 12 2 3 _ 2 _ 1 _Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 38. 5 92.50 - - - - - 2 2 4 4 11 12 3 2 5 6 3 - -

Clerks, accounting, class B -------------------------------------------- 450 38. 0 75.00 _ 4 27 39 72 104 15 53 21 28 20 8 7 26 9 4 4 9Manufacturing ----------------------------------------------------------------- 84 38. 0 75.00 - - 2 1 14 22 5 16 2 - 12 3 7 - - - _Nonmanufacturing ---------------------------------------------------------- 366 38. 0 75.00 - 4 25 38 58 82 10 37 19 28 8 5 - 26 9 4 4 9

W holesale trade ------------------------------------------------------- 197 38. 5 81.50 - - 15 2 36 48 3 24 - 9 3 5 26 9 4 4 9

Clerks, file, class B -------------------------------------------------------- 54 38. 0 49.50 _ 37 11 5 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .Clerks, order ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 407 39 .5 89.50 3 7 25 37 22 62 43 55 16 32 18 8 18 10 17 34

Manufacturing ----------------------------------------------------------------- 120 39.5 82.50 - - 3 4 16 25 3 20 4 12 1 6 3 3 - 5 12 3Nonmanufacturing ---------------------------------------------------------- 287 39. 5 92.50 - - - 3 9 12 19 42 39 43 15 26 15 5 18 5 5 4 31

Wholesale trade ------------------------------------------------------- 274 39. 5 92.50 - - - 3 9 12 19 42 39 39 15 21 15 5 14 5 5 4 31

Clerks, payroll ------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 38. 5 88.00 _ _ 1 2 1 3 7 13 _ 5 7 8 10 9 _ 1 _ 1Office boys __________________________________________________ 943 38. 0 52.50 111 295 277 104 59 40 46 4 1 1 5

Manufacturing ----------------------------------------------------------------- 245 38. 0 54.00 33 64 67 29 5 4 41 2 - - - - - - - _ _ _Nonmanufacturing ---------------------------------------------------------- 698 38. 0 52.00 78 231 210 75 54 36 5 2 1 - 1 - 5 - - - _ _

Public u tilities5 ------------------------------------------------------- 84 38. 5 51.00 20 8 26 25 3 - 1 - - - 1 - - - _ _ _ _Wholesale trade ____________________________________ 79 39. 0 58.50 - 12 30 9 11 10 1 1 - - - _ 5 _ _ _ _ _Finance 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 323 36. 5 51.50 28 121 112 16 27 19 - - - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 181 39. 0 51.00 26 74 36 25 10 5 3 1 1 - - - - - - - - -

Tabulating-machine operators, class A ------------------------ 259 38. 5 93.00 _ _ _ _ 1 6 7 33 22 46 36 50 14 8 18 6 3 9Manufacturing --------------------------------------------------------------- 136 39 .5 93.50 - - - - - 1 3 16 4 30 24 23 11 6 15 1 1 1Nonmanufacturing ______________________________________ 123 37. 5 92.00 - - - - 1 5 4 17 18 16 12 27 3 2 3 5 2 8

Finance 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 37. 5 79.50 - - - - 1 5 4 16 14 8 1 1 - - - - -

Tabulating-machine operators, class B ------------------------ 396 38. 5 77.50 _ _ 2 14 50 49 65 57 45 41 25 23 18 3 2 _ 2 _Manufacturing ----------------------------------------------------------------- 157 39. 5 80.00 - - 1 1 8 13 26 32 17 26 11 18 3 - 1 - _ _Nonmanufacturing ---------------------------------------------------------- 239 37.5 76.00 - - 1 13 42 36 39 25 28 15 14 5 15 3 1 - 2 _

Finance 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 164 37. 0 70.00 - - 1 12 42 35 32 15 20 2 1 4 - - - - -

Tabulating-machine operators, class C ------------------------ 234 38. 5 66.00 _ _ 30 49 40 30 40 9 5 21 5 5 _ _ _ _ . _Manufacturing ----------------------------------------------------------------- 64 39. 5 71.50 - - 1 15 7 8 7 3 2 20 - 1 - - - - - -Nonmanufacturing ---------------------------------------------------------- 170 38. 0 64.00 - - 29 34 33 22 33 6 3 1 5 4 - - - - - -

Finance 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 82 36. 5 58.00 - - 24 28 17 11 2 - - - - - - - - - - -Women

B illers, machine (billing machine) -------------------------------- 229 38. 5 70.00 _ _ 20 29 66 21 27 6 14 22 9 _ 15 _ _ _ _ _Manufacturing ----------------------------------------------------------------- 85 38. 0 66.00 - - 4 7 34 17 13 5 3 2 - - - - - - - -Nonmanufacturing ---------------------------------------------------------- 144 39. 0 72.50 - - 16 22 32 4 14 1 11 20 9 - 15 - - - - -

W holesale trade ------------------------------------------------------- 94 39. 0 76.50 1 15 22 1 14 1 5 20 ~ ~ 15 "

See footnotes at end of table.

NOTE: Estimates for all industries, nonmanufacturing, and public utilities include data for railroads (SIC 40), omitted from the scope of all labor market wage surveys made before July 1959. Where significant, the effect of the inclusion o f railroads is greatest on the data shown separately for the public utilities division.


6Table A-l. Office Occupations-Continued

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n > B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )

S e x , o c c u p a t i o n , a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o nNumber

ofworkers

Average NUM BER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGH T-TIM E W EEKLY EARNINGS OF

Weekly hours 1

(Standard)

Weekly earnings 1

(Standard)

U n d e r$4 5 . 0 0

$4 5 . 0 0

a n d u n d e r 5 0 . 0 0

5 0 . 0 0

5 5 . 0 0

5 5 . 0 0

6 0 . 0 0

6 0 . 0 0

6 5 . 0 0

$6 5 . 0 0

7 0 . 0 0

$7 0 . 0 0

7 5 . 0 0

$7 5 . 0 0

8 0 . 0 0

$8 0 . 0 0

8 5 . 0 0

$8 5 . 0 0

9 0 . 0 0

$9 0 . 0 0

9 5 . 0 0

$9 5 . 0 0

1 0 0 . 0 0

$1 0 0 . 0 0

1 0 5 . 0 0

$1 0 5 . 0 0

1 1 0 . 0 0

$1 1 0 . 0 0

1 1 5 . 0 0

$1 1 5 . 0 0

1 2 0 . 0 0

$1 2 0 . 0 0

1 2 5 . 0 0

$1 2 5 . 0 0

a n d

o v e r

W o m e n C o n t i n u e d

B i l l e r s , m a c h i n e ( b o o k k e e p i n g m a c h i n e ) _________________ 2 8 0 3 8 . 5 $ 5 8 . 0 0 14 4 4 67 6 0 20 26 23 7 _ 19 _ _ . . _ _ . _

N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g _____ 1_______________________________________ 2 4 1 3 8 . 5 5 5 . 0 0 14 4 4 6 5 6 0 13 2 5 14 6 - - - - - - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e __________________________________________________ 2 0 3 3 8 . 0 5 4 . 0 0 14 4 4 6 5 3 9 12 15 14 - - " - - " " -

B o o k k e e p i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s A ______________ 2 8 9 3 7 . 5 7 1 . 0 0 - - 9 18 5 8 5 9 6 9 2 2 14 26 _ 2 12 _ - - _ _

M a n u f a c t u r i n g _________________________________ ________________ 8 1 3 8 . 0 7 7 . 5 0 - - - - 4 7 2 9 9 2 26 - 2 2 - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g _____________________________________________ 2 0 8 3 7 . 5 6 8 . 0 0 - - 9 18 5 4 5 2 4 0 13 12 - - - 10 - - - - -

W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ____________________________________________ 5 6 3 9 . 0 7 4 . 0 0 - - - 4 5 10 20 5 2 - - - 10 - - - - -F i n a n c e 3 ______________________________________________________ 1 1 8 3 6 . 5 6 4 . 0 0 9 14 4 5 3 6 13 1 - - - " " - -

B o o k k e e p i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s B ______________ 1 , 3 4 5 3 8 . 0 6 1 . 5 0 _ 1 1 6 2 1 4 2 7 3 2 7 1 2 2 1 11 1 8 0 2 8 2 5 5 - 1 - - _ _ -M a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________________________________ 3 2 4 3 8 . 5 6 8 . 0 0 - 3 22 26 5 5 8 0 4 2 5 0 2 2 24 - - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g _____________________________________________ 1 , 0 2 1 3 8 . 0 5 9 . 5 0 - 1 1 3 1 9 2 2 4 7 2 1 6 1 4 1 6 9 3 0 6 1 5 - 1 - - - -

W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ___________________________________________ 2 2 2 3 9 . 0 6 8 . 0 0 - - 4 6 6 3 7 1 4 1 26 5 - 5 - 1 - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e __________________________________________________ 6 2 3 8 . 0 5 7 . 5 0 - 12 11 19 6 2 10 1 1 - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 1 8 3 7 . 5 5 7 . 0 0 - 8 8 1 7 7 2 2 2 1 4 3 6 7 18 3 - " - - - " -

C l e r k s , a c c o u n t i n g , c l a s s A __________________________________ 1 , 3 5 7 3 8 . 0 7 9 . 5 0 _ 8 8 2 3 8 3 1 5 0 2 1 4 2 3 9 1 9 1 1 7 1 1 4 0 5 2 2 5 9 2 5 11 7 1M a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________________________________ 4 6 2 3 9 . 0 8 0 . 0 0 - - - 3 3 0 51 7 3 9 3 6 9 37 5 9 11 15 6 8 7 - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ______________________________________________ 8 9 5 3 7 . 5 7 9 . 0 0 - 8 8 2 0 - 5 3 9 9 1 4 1 1 4 6 1 2 2 1 3 4 8 1 4 1 10 3 17 4 7 1

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 ___________________________________________ 1 1 4 3 9 . 0 8 9 . 5 0 - - - - - 2 2 14 17 2 9 17 19 4 2 8 - - -W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ___________________________________________ 1 0 6 3 7 . 5 8 5 . 5 0 - 1 3 2 2 2 14 15 11 21 11 10 2 1 2 2 6 1R e t a i l t r a d e _________________________________________________ 1 6 3 3 7 . 5 7 3 . 5 0 - 7 - 1 14 26 2 9 3 9 27 14 1 1 - - 4 - - -F i n a n c e 3 _______________________________________________________ 3 3 3 3 7 . 0 7 4 . 5 0 - - 5 17 21 6 7 7 1 4 4 4 0 4 1 16 9 1 - - - 1 -S e r v i c e s _______________________________________________________ 1 7 9 3 7 . 0 8 2 . 5 0 - - " - 16 2 2 5 3 4 27 2 9 3 6 2 3 - 3 2 -

C l e r k s , a c c o u n t i n g , c l a s s B __________________________________ 2 , 1 4 6 3 8 . 0 6 4 . 0 0 12 1 2 4 2 9 8 3 9 9 4 1 6 3 4 5 1 9 3 1 3 1 7 0 9 8 3 2 17 2 8 _ 1 _ _

M a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________________________________ 4 9 1 3 9 . 0 6 9 . 5 0 - 7 4 0 6 0 7 7 7 4 8 0 5 4 4 2 27 17 12 1 - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ______________________________________________ 1 , 6 5 5 3 7 . 5 6 2 . 5 0 12 1 1 7 2 5 8 3 3 9 3 3 9 2 7 1 1 1 3 7 7 2 8 71 15 5 1 8 - 1 - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 ___________________________________________ 1 8 9 3 9 . 0 7 1 . 5 0 - 18 13 7 16 3 6 15 18 12 5 1 3 - - - - - - -W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ___________________________________________ 2 5 9 3 9 . 0 6 7 . 5 0 - - 3 4 3 8 5 3 3 2 4 6 19 7 11 9 4 - 5 - 1 - -R e t a i l t r a d e __________________________________________________ 3 8 7 3 7 . 5 5 6 . 5 0 12 5 8 9 7 9 5 5 8 4 5 13 2 2 1 3 - 1 - - - - -F i n a n c e 3 _______________________________________________________ 6 4 1 3 7 . 0 6 0 . 0 0 - 4 1 1 1 4 1 5 2 1 6 9 1 1 8 3 3 13 1 - - - - - - - - -S e r v i c e s _______________________________________________________ 1 7 9 3 7 . 0 6 7 . 0 0 - " " 4 7 4 3 4 0 6 2 5 6 8 - 1 " 3 - - -

C l e r k s , f i l e , c l a s s A ___________________________________________ 5 1 2 3 8 . 5 6 6 . 5 0 _ 2 8 0 6 4 8 5 1 0 0 9 6 2 8 18 19 10 3 2 5 _ _ _ _M a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________________________________ 1 7 5 3 9 . 5 6 9 . 0 0 - - - 14 27 5 3 6 0 11 2 7 - 1 - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ______________________________________________ 3 3 7 3 8 . 0 6 5 . 5 0 - 2 8 0 5 0 5 8 4 7 3 6 17 16 12 10 2 2 5 - - - -

F i n a n c e 3 _____________________________________________________ 2 5 5 3 7 . 5 6 1 . 5 0 - 2 7 8 4 6 4 9 3 5 2 5 10 2 - 8 - - - - - - -S e r v i c e s _____________________________________________________ 5 2 3 8 . 5 7 4 . 5 0 - " 2 4 5 6 11 4 11 7 2 - - - " -

C l e r k s , f i l e , c l a s s B ____________________________________________ 1 , 8 8 3 3 8 . 0 5 3 . 5 0 2 0 3 4 6 5 4 6 5 4 3 8 1 6 6 8 0 4 9 9 8 _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _

M a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________________________________ 3 0 7 3 9 . 0 6 0 . 0 0 - 12 4 6 1 0 8 6 8 31 27 9 6 - - - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ______________________________________________ 1 , 5 7 6 3 8 . 0 5 2 . 0 0 2 0 3 4 5 3 4 1 9 3 3 0 9 8 4 9 2 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - -

W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ____________________________________________ 2 0 2 3 9 . 0 5 6 . 0 0 10 14 6 8 4 9 27 15 19 - - - - - - - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e ____ __________ _______________________________ 1 9 0 3 8 . 0 4 7 . 5 0 1 1 2 2 9 15 14 8 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 , 0 0 4 3 7 . 5 5 1 . 0 0 8 1 3 8 5 2 8 6 1 9 1 4 2 19 - - - - - - - " -

C l e r k s , o r d e r _______________________________________________________ 5 2 7 3 8 . 5 6 7 . 5 0 9 17 5 8 27 1 1 7 7 2 1 2 5 38 19 14 5 9 5 7 5 _ _

M a n u f a c t u r i n g _________________ __ ___________________________ 2 4 5 3 8 . 5 6 8 . 0 0 - 1 13 9 5 4 5 6 5 4 3 4 13 9 2 - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ______________________________________________ 2 8 2 3 8 . 5 6 6 . 5 0 9 16 4 5 18 6 3 16 7 1 4 6 5 3 9 5 7 5 - - -

W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ____________________________________________ 1 5 5 3 9 . 0 7 1 . 5 0 - - 3 10 4 2 16 5 8 - 6 5 - 5 5 - 5 - - -R e t a i l t r a d e __________________________________________________ 7 5 3 8 . 5 5 5 . 5 0 9 15 21 8 12 2 4 4

S e e f o o t n o t e s a t e n d o f t a b l e ,


Table A-l. Office Occupatbns-Continued

7

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )


ofworkers

Average NUM BER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGH T-TIM E W EEKLY EARNINGS OF

Weeklyhours1

(Standard)

Weeklyearnings1

(Standard)

U n d e r

i s . 0 0

$4 5 . 0 0

a n d u n d e r 5 0 . 0 0

$5 0 . 0 0

5 5 . 0 0

$5 5 . 0 0

6 0 . 0 0

$6 0 . 0 0

6 5 . 0 0

$6 5 . 0 0

7 0 . 0 0

$7 0 . 0 0

7 5 . 0 0

$7 5 . 0 0

8 0 . 0 0

$8 0 . 0 0

8 5 . 0 0

$8 5 . 0 0

9 0 . 0 0

$9 0 . 0 0

9 5 . 0 0

$9 5 .0 0

1 0 0 . 0 0

$1 0 0 . 0 0

1 0 5 .0 0

S1 0 5 .0 0

1 1 0 . 0 0

$1 1 0 . 0 0

1 1 5 .0 0

$1 1 5 .0 0

1 2 0 . 0 0

$1 2 0 . 0 0

1 2 5 .0 0

$1 2 5 .0 0a n do v e r


C l e r k s , p a y r o l l _____________________________________________________ 1 , 0 2 9 3 8 . 5 $ 7 0 .5 0 3 10 7 6 6 3 1 6 6 1 7 7 1 8 9 1 0 1 7 8 91 3 9 1 9 2 10 3 1 1 .M a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________________________________ 5 6 9 3 9 . 0 6 9 .5 0 3 6 4 6 2 3 1 2 0 9 7 1 0 0 7 1 18 7 0 7 3 1 3 _ 1 _ _N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ______________________________________________ 4 6 0 3 8 . 0 7 2 .5 0 - 4 3 0 4 0 4 6 8 0 8 9 3 0 6 0 21 3 2 16 1 7 3 _ 1 _

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 ___________________________________________ 4 2 3 8 . 5 7 9 .5 0 - - - - - 12 6 2 5 9 5 2 - 1 - _ _ _W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ___________________________________________ 6 0 3 9 . 0 7 8 .5 0 - - - 1 4 7 10 12 15 4 1 _ _ 3 2 _ 1 _R e t a i l t r a d e ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 4 3 3 7 . 5 6 5 .0 0 - 4 11 2 3 2 7 3 6 19 2 2 0 _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _F i n a n c e 3 ________________________________________________________ 1 1 0 3 7 . 0 6 8 . 0 0 - - 18 13 11 17 2 4 1 4 7 _ 4 2 _ . _ _ _ _S e r v i c e s ________________________ ______________________________ 1 0 5 3 9 . 5 8 0 .5 0 - - 1 3 4 8 3 0 - 13 8 21 1 2 1 3 1 - - -

C o m p t o m e t e r o p e r a t o r s _________________________________________ 1 , 1 3 6 3 8 . 5 6 7 .5 0 23 3 7 1 0 2 1 8 5 2 1 3 1 7 2 1 3 1 6 7 4 1 16 1 3 1 9 2 6 1 . .M a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 2 5 3 9 . 0 6 5 .5 0 - 8 3 5 8 5 8 7 6 6 71 4 2 15 5 6 3 2 2 - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g _____________________________________________ 7 1 1 3 8 . 0 6 8 .5 0 2 3 2 9 6 7 1 0 0 1 2 6 1 0 6 6 0 2 5 2 6 13 1 2 5 6 - 4 1 - - _

W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ____________________________________________ 1 9 4 3 9 . 0 6 8 .5 0 - - 9 2 3 4 4 5 6 21 1 3 10 8 5 2 - 2 1 - _ _R e t a i l t r a d e ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 8 9 3 6 . 5 6 0 .0 0 2 3 18 3 5 58 6 8 3 8 27 11 8 2 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _F i n a n c e 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 5 3 7 . 5 5 6 .5 0 - 11 16 18 13 6 1 - - - - - - - - - -

D u p l i c a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s( M i m e o g r a p h o r D i t t o ) --------------------------------------------------------------- 9 9 3 8 . 5 5 9 .0 0 - 1 4 2 8 13 21 6 9 - 6 2 - - - - - - - -

M a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 5 3 8 . 5 5 8 .5 0 - 6 15 10 10 5 9 " - - - - - - - -

K e y p u n c h o p e r a t o r s ________________________________________________ 1 , 6 8 4 3 8 . 5 6 6 . 0 0 2 2 4 2 6 0 2 7 1 3 1 9 2 3 1 2 3 6 1 3 5 6 6 5 9 6 8 7 5 1 _ _ _ .M a n u f a c t u r i n g ______________________________________________ __ 6 2 9 3 9 . 5 6 8 .5 0 - - 4 6 6 4 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 4 0 1 0 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 - _ _ _ _N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g _____________________________________________ 1 , 0 5 5 3 8 . 0 6 4 .5 0 2 2 4 2 1 4 2 0 7 2 1 7 1 0 8 9 6 3 2 4 3 3 6 6 6 6 3 1 - - _ _

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 --------------------------------------------------------------- 2 0 6 3 9 . 5 7 7 .5 0 - - 3 2 19 7 9 19 6 2 0 31 6 3 - - _ - _ _ _W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ____________________________________________ 1 1 5 3 9 . 0 7 0 .0 0 - - 10 5 4 1 19 5 7 10 5 3 6 3 1 _ _ _ _R e t a i l t r a d e __________________________________________________ 2 2 3 3 8 . 0 5 8 .0 0 2 1 5 7 6 4 2 4 3 2 3 16 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _F i n a n c e 3 _____________________________________________________ 4 7 6 3 7 . 5 6 0 .5 0 - 9 9 3 1 3 9 1 2 2 5 4 5 2 7 - - - - - - - - - -

O f f i c e g i r l s ________________ _________________________________________ 4 1 7 3 8 . 0 5 2 .0 0 1 5 1 4 7 1 4 7 61 2 6 3 18 - - _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _M a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________________________________ 8 4 3 9 . 0 5 7 .0 0 - 2 9 1 4 13 10 - 18 - - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 3 3 3 7 . 5 5 1 .0 0 15 1 1 8 1 3 3 4 8 16 3 - - - - - - - - - _ - -

R e t a i l t r a d e __________________________________________________ 5 4 3 8 . 5 4 9 . 5 0 1 5 4 27 2 6 - - - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _F i n a n c e 3 _____ ______________________________________________ 2 4 0 3 7 . 5 5 1 .0 0 - 11 1 7 9 3 8 9 3 - " - - - - - - - -

S e c r e t a r i e s _______________________________________________ ________ 5 , 9 4 5 3 8 . 0 8 1 .5 0 . . 2 4 1 5 0 4 0 3 6 1 3 8 0 3 8 2 8 8 3 2 6 9 9 5 9 2 3 8 9 2 2 9 1 2 6 1 1 6 5 6 3 8 4 7M a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________________________________ 2 , 4 2 2 3 8 . 0 8 3 .0 0 - - 1 2 0 T O S 2 0 4 3 1 1 3 2 0 3 9 1 3 5 0 3 4 0 1 8 1 81 4 9 11 19 1 4 2 4N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 , 5 2 3 3 7 . 5 8 0 .5 0 - - 23 1 3 0 2 9 7 4 0 9 4 9 2 5 0 8 4 4 1 3 4 9 2 5 2 2 0 8 1 4 8 7 7 1 0 5 3 7 2 4 2 3

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 __________________________________________ 3 4 1 3 8 . 5 9 7 .0 0 - - - 2 - 1 6 21 3 5 61 3 4 4 6 31 2 4 5 8 1 5 5 2W h o l e s a l e t r a d e --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 7 0 3 8 . 5 7 9 .0 0 - - - 1 5 0 9 9 61 57 5 6 5 2 3 2 2 8 6 5 7 6 3 7R e t a i l t r a d e __________________________________________________ 2 4 0 3 7 . 5 8 0 .0 0 - - 12 12 1 4 2 0 3 0 31 31 2 5 2 5 7 8 8 5 2 4 6F i n a n c e 3 _____________________________________________________ 1 , 3 5 8 3 7 . 0 7 8 .0 0 - - 11 7 5 1 2 8 1 9 5 2 2 5 2 0 9 1 4 3 1 0 8 9 0 8 8 41 17 2 0 5 2 1S e r v i c e s _________________________________ ____________________ 1 , 1 1 4 3 7 . 5 7 9 .5 0 - - 4 0 1 0 5 9 4 1 7 0 1 9 0 1 7 6 1 0 3 71 3 9 6 2 2 3 15 9 10 7

S t e n o g r a p h e r s , g e n e r a l _________________________________________ 2 , 7 3 6 3 8 . 5 7 0 .0 0 - 2 6 1 7 5 2 2 8 4 5 3 5 6 7 3 5 4 2 4 7 4 7 0 8 7 5 0 2 7 21 1 8 10 1 _ 2M a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________________________________ 1 , 1 1 3 3 9 . 0 7 3 .0 0 - - 1 4 6 9 1 4 4 T o 5 1 5 1 7 2 4 0 0 4 5 4 - 3 2 1 1 - 1N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 , 6 2 3 3 7 . 5 6 8 . 0 0 - 2 6 16 1 1 5 9 3 0 9 3 6 1 2 0 3 1 7 5 7 0 4 2 4 6 2 7 18 16 9 _ _ 1

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 ___________________________________________ 2 5 1 3 8 . 5 7 5 .5 0 - - 2 8 7 1 4 2 9 2 7 6 3 15 2 6 2 3 1 0 6 _ 2 _ 1W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ___________________________________________ 2 9 7 3 8 . 5 7 4 .5 0 - 1 2 2 2 5 3 0 6 3 4 2 2 5 13 6 19 17 11 1 6 7 _ _ _R e t a i l t r a d e __________________________________________________ 1 5 2 3 7 . 0 6 1 .5 0 - 6 3 5 2 0 33 31 17 3 2 - 4 - 1 _ - _ - _F i n a n c e 3 _____________________________________________________ 7 0 2 3 7 . 0 6 4 .0 0 - 19 7 4 9 3 1 9 1 1 7 5 7 5 4 1 27 7 - - - _ _ _ _ -S e r v i c e s ------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- 22 1 3 9 . 0 6 8 .5 0 2 1 4 41 6 3 4 2 4 3 13 3

S e e f o o t n o t e s a t e n d o f t a b l e .


8Table A-l. Office Occupations-Continued



ofworkers

Avebaox NUM BER OF W ORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E W EEKLY EARNINGS OF

Weeklyhours*

(Standard)

Weeklyearnings1

(Standard)

U n d e r$4 5 . 0 0

$4 5 . 0 0

a n d u n d e r 5 0 . 0 0

$5 0 . 0 0

5 5 . 0 0

$5 5 . 0 0

6 0 . 0 0

$6 0 . 0 0

6 5 . 0 0

$6 5 . 0 0

7 0 . 0 0

$7 0 . 0 0

7 5 . 0 0

$7 5 . 0 0

8 0 . 0 0

$8 0 . 0 0

8 5 . 0 0

$8 5 . 0 0

9 0 . 0 0

$9 0 . 0 0

9 5 . 0 0

S9 5 . 0 0

1 0 0 . 0 0

$1 0 0 . 0 0

1 0 5 . 0 0

$1 0 5 . 0 0

1 1 0 . 0 0

$n o . o o

1 1 5 . 0 0

$1 1 5 . 0 0

1 2 0 . 0 0

$1 2 0 . 0 0

1 2 5 . 0 0

$1 2 5 . 0 0

a n d o v e r


S t e n o g r a p h e r s , t e c h n i c a l _________________________________________ 4 0 7 3 8 . 0 $ 7 4 . 5 0 _ . _ 2 3 2 3 9 6 9 2 6 3 5 3 2 5 1 4 6 2 4 5 _ 1 _M a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 1 9 3 8 . 0 7 4 . 5 0 - - - 3 9 5 9 51 36 37 1 3 9 2 - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 8 8 3 8 . 5 7 4 . 5 0 - - - 2 0 1 4 37 41 2 7 16 12 5 4 2 4 5 - 1 -

F i n a n c e 3 _________________________________________________________ 6 9 3 8 . 0 6 8 . 0 0 - - - 18 4 2 2 10 7 5 3 - - - - - - _ _S e r v i c e s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 6 3 8 . 5 7 7 . 5 0 - - 2 10 15 31 2 0 10 9 5 2 2 4 5 - 1 -

S w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 6 4 3 8 . 5 6 7 . 0 0 8 17 1 5 5 n o 1 3 7 9 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 36 5 4 38 8 4 _ 1 _

M a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 1 2 3 9 . 0 7 3 . 0 0 - - 6 11 31 4 1 4 0 2 4 2 8 2 6 3 - 2 - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________________________ 6 5 2 3 8 . 0 6 5 . 0 0 8 17 1 4 9 9 9 1 0 6 5 2 6 2 7 7 8 2 8 35 8 2 - 1 - - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 0 6 3 9 . 0 8 1 . 0 0 - - - 6 5 1 3 37 - 2 6 2 8 - - - - - - -W h o l e s a l e t r a d e _____________________________________________ 9 0 3 9 . 0 6 8 . 5 0 - - 2 0 5 8 21 16 6 2 1 5 3 2 - 1 - - _R e t a i l t r a d e ____________________________________________________ 1 1 2 3 8 . 0 6 0 . 5 0 8 10 2 4 2 4 8 5 16 8 3 - 2 4 - - - - _ _F i n a n c e 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 9 9 3 7 . 0 6 3 . 5 0 - - 19 51 6 9 2 0 2 2 15 3 - - - - - - - - _S e r v i c e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 4 5 3 8 . 0 5 7 . 0 0 - 7 8 6 1 3 16 5 5 11 - 1 - 1 - - - - - -

S w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r - r e c e p t i o n i s t s --------------------------------------- 8 3 4 3 8 . 0 6 5 . 5 0 7 4 51 6 9 2 4 8 2 3 4 7 3 1 1 2 11 1 9 - - _ 5 1 _ _ _M a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 7 5 3 8 . 5 6 7 . 0 0 - - 11 4 2 8 8 1 0 5 4 9 6 3 11 3 - - - 3 - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 5 9 3 7 . 5 6 4 . 5 0 7 4 4 0 2 7 1 6 0 1 2 9 2 4 4 9 - 16 - - - 2 1 - - -

R e t a i l t r a d e ____________________________________________________ 5 3 3 8 . 0 6 0 . 0 0 7 4 4 5 4 17 3 9 - - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 3 ________________________________________________________ 9 7 3 6 . 0 6 3 . 0 0 - - 2 1 4 4 3 31 - 7 - - - - - - - - - -S e r v i c e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3 4 3 7 . 0 6 5 . 5 0 - " 1 4 4 2 4 6 13 15 - 2 " - 2 - - - -

T a b u l a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s A ------------------------------ 5 2 3 8 . 0 8 5 . 5 0 _ _ _ _ ' 2 3 2 7 15 8 3 4 1 7 _ _ _ _

T a b u l a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s B ------------------------------ 3 3 0 3 8 . 0 7 1 . 5 0 1 3 5 0 2 2 7 4 7 4 21 2 8 21 21 3 2 1M a n u f a c t u r i n g _____________________________________________________ 7 2 3 8 . 5 7 9 . 5 0 - - - - 1 10 11 8 18 21 3 - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________________________ 2 5 8 3 8 . 0 6 9 . 0 0 - - 1 3 5 0 21 6 4 6 3 13 10 - 18 3 - - 2 1 - -

F i n a n c e 3 ..................................................................................................... 91 3 7 . 0 6 9 . 5 0 - - - 1 4 5 31 19 12 10 - - - - - - - - -

T a b u l a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s C ------------------------------ 3 0 3 3 7 . 5 5 8 . 0 0 _ 2 1 7 3 4 4 2 8 18 8 5 18 _ 4 2 1 _ . _ _ _N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 5 8 3 7 . 5 5 6 . 5 0 - 2 1 6 4 3 3 2 3 15 7 - 9 - 3 2 - - - - - -

F i n a n c e 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 5 3 6 . 5 5 8 . 0 0 " 2 21 31 15 15 1 " - ~ " - - - -

T r a n s c r i b i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , g e n e r a l ----------------------- 1, 0 3 6 3 8 . 0 6 5 . 0 0 _ 4 7 1 8 6 1 4 5 1 5 5 2 1 6 1 2 4 4 4 2 8 4 8 2 5 1 7 5 _ 5 _ _M a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 2 2 3 9 . 0 6 7 . 0 0 - 9 21 6 2 39 7 9 51 7 11 36 7 - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 1 4 3 7 . 5 6 4 . 0 0 - 38 1 6 5 8 3 1 1 6 1 3 7 7 3 37 17 12 18 1 7 5 - 5 - -

W h o l e s a l e t r a d e _____________________________________________ 8 6 3 9 . 0 7 6 . 5 0 - - - 2 10 37 12 - 6 - 1 1 7 5 - 5 - -F i n a n c e 3 __________________________ I ____________________________ 4 4 1 3 7 . 0 6 1 . 5 0 - 38 8 8 7 6 75 8 0 5 0 2 6 8 - - - - - - - - -

T y p i s t s , c l a s s A _____________________________________________________ 1. 3 2 4 3 8 . 0 6 7 . 5 0 _ 1 3 71 2 1 9 2 8 1 2 9 5 1 4 5 1 2 4 8 6 37 39 7 6 _ 1 _ _ _M a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 7 4 3 9 . 0 6 8 . 5 0 - - 12 71 1 0 2 9 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 - 1 1 - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________________________ 8 5 0 3 7 . 5 6 7 . 0 0 - 1 3 5 9 1 4 8 1 7 9 1 9 8 7 8 5 0 4 2 3 2 39 6 5 - 1 - - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 ______________________________________________ 8 2 3 8 . 5 7 8 . 0 0 - - 16 8 6 2 - 3 6 5 32 4 - - - - - -W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 7 3 9 . 0 7 2 . 5 0 - - - 7 19 12 4 4 3 9 2 2 5 - - - - -F i n a n c e 3 ________________________________________________________ 3 4 5 3 7 . 0 6 5 . 0 0 _ 1 3 4 3 5 0 7 8 7 6 4 2 9 17 15 2 - - - _ - _ _S e r v i c e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 3 4 3 7 . 5 6 5 . 0 0 " - 8 2 71 1 0 4 2 4 3 2 1 4 3 3 - - 1 - -

T y p i s t s , c l a s s B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 , 8 8 2 3 8 . 0 5 8 . 0 0 39 4 5 0 1 1 1 6 8 3 0 7 1 9 3 0 4 1 8 9 1 7 2 41 17 5 _ _ _ _ _ .

M a n u f a c t u r i n g ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 8 0 3 9 . 0 6 3 . 5 0 1 1 3 1 3 7 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 8 1 3 1 3 4 9 - - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________________________ 2 , 9 0 2 3 7 . 5 5 6 . 0 0 38 4 3 7 9 7 9 6 0 7 5 1 8 2 0 1 61 41 7 8 5 - - - - - - -

W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 3 6 3 9 . 0 6 0 . 0 0 - 2 0 7 2 57 1 1 2 39 11 15 - 5 5 - - - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e ____________________________________________________ 2 3 3 3 8 . 5 5 7 . 0 0 4 12 6 9 7 2 4 6 2 2 7 1 - - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 3 ________________________________________________________ 1, 8 3 4 3 7 . 0 5 4 . 5 0 28 3 9 7 6 3 3 3 9 9 2 9 9 4 4 18 16 - - - - - - - - - -S e r v i c e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 6 4 3 9 . 0 5 8 . 0 0 6 8 1 2 2 7 4 4 5 8 7 11 5 3 3 " ~ " "

1 S t a n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t t h e w o r k w e e k f o r w h i c h e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e t h e i r r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s a n d t h e e a r n i n g s c o r r e s p o n d t o t h e s e w e e k l y h o u r s .2 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 5 a t $ 1 2 5 t o $ 1 3 0 ; 6 a t $ 1 3 0 t o $ 1 3 5 ; 6 a t $ 1 3 5 t o $ 1 4 0 ; 6 a t $ 1 4 0 a n d o v e r .3 F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e .4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 16 a t $ 1 2 5 t o $ 1 4 5 ; 1 0 a t $ 1 4 5 t o $ 1 6 5 ; 5 a t $ 1 6 5 a n d o v e r .5 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s .


Table A-2. Professional and Technical Occupatbns9



of

Average NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF

Weekly j (Standard)

Weekly j earnings

(Standard)U n d e r$5 5 . 0 0

$5 5 . 0 0

a n d u n d e r 6 0 . 0 0

6 0 . 0 0

6 5 . 0 0

6 5 . 0 0

7 0 . 0 0

7 0 . 0 0

7 5 . 0 0

$7 5 . 0 0

8 0 . 0 0

$8 0 . 0 0

8 5 . 0 0

$8 5 . 0 0

9 0 . 0 0

$9 0 . 0 0

9 5 . 0 0

$9 5 . 0 0

1 0 0 . 0 0

$1 0 0 . 0 0

1 0 5 .0 0

'$1 0 5 .0 0

1 1 0 . 0 0

$1 1 0 . 0 0

1 1 5 .0 0

$1 1 5 .0 0

1 2 0 . 0 0

$1 2 0 . 0 0

1 2 5 .0 0

$1 2 5 .0 0

1 3 0 .0 0

$1 3 0 .0 0

1 3 5 .0 0

1 3 5 .0 0

1 4 0 .0 0

$1 4 0 .0 0

1 4 5 .0 0

$ Is Is 1 4 5 .0 0 | 1 5 0 .0 0 1 1 5 5 .0 0

- i - j a n d 1 5 0 .0 0 1 5 5 .0 0 o v e r

M e n

I !

i

1

D r a f t s m e n , l e a d e r ______________________________ 7 0 4 3 9 . 5 $ 1 5 4 . 5 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _1

1 ! 28 17 24 4 4 16 18 28 13 5 8 3 0 1 0 0 3 4 5

M a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________ 2 1 5 4 0 . 0 1 4 5 . 5 0 - - - - - - - ' - 2 8 17 23 3 8 12 13 20 6 1 1 - 2 7 4N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________ 4 8 9 3 9 . 0 1 5 8 . 5 0 - - " - - - j - 1 I - - 1 6 4 5 8 7 57 2 9 100 2 7 1

S e r v i c e s __________________________________ 4 6 9 3 9 . 0 1 5 9 . 0 0 "_

" - - i - " ! - 1 2 4 5 7 7 5 6 27 9 7 J 2 6 3

D r a f t s m e n , s e n i o r _____________________________ 2 , 5 5 0 3 9 . 5 1 2 5 . 5 0 _ _ _ _ _ 15 4 1 3 0 7 1 9 4 9 3 1 6 7 3 3 9 1 6 6 2 4 9 1 7 2 2 8 1 160 2 6 4 9 0 1 0 5 2 1 3M a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________ 1 , 4 0 1 4 0 . 0 1 2 5 . 5 0 - 1 - - - 15 3 8 27 6 1 66 6 0 1 2 4 1 9 9 7 5 7 9 3 5 1 2 8 2 9 1 3 5 4 5 7 4 4 2 1 1N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________ 1 , 1 4 9 3 9 . 5 1 2 5 . 5 0 - - - - - - 3 3 10 28 3 3 4 3 1 4 0 91 1 7 0 1 3 7 1 5 3 1 3 1 1 2 9 4 5 31 2

S e r v i c e s ___________________________________ 1 , 0 5 5 3 9 . 5 1 2 6 . 5 0 - - - - - 3 3 7 22 23 3 0 1 0 3 9 0 1 6 7 1 3 7 1 3 8 1 2 8 1 2 7 4 5 31 1

D r a f t s m e n , j u n i o r ______________________________ 9 2 2 3 9 . 5 9 4 . 5 0 8 ; 5 ! 18 66 3 5 6 3 68 66 1 3 6 61 1 1 5 9 4 57 12 7 6 ! 3 8 2 2 _ _ _ _M a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________ 6 2 5 3 9 . 5 9 4 . 5 0 - i-------- : 17 5 5 29 4 9 4 0 57 9 8 3 7 4 8 4 6 3 2 6 6 9 3 8 2 2 - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________ 2 9 7 3 9 . 5 ! 9 4 . 5 0 8 ! 5 1 11 6 14 28 9 3 8 24 6 7 4 8 2 5 6 7 - - - - - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 ________________________ 26 4 0 . 0 1 9 3 . 5 0 - - - - - 2 - 19 2 3 - - - - - - ! - - -S e r v i c e s ____________________________________ 222 4 0 . 0 9 8 . 5 0 - i -

4 6 11 15 5 18 22 5 8 4 6 2 5 6 6 - - - - - - -

T r a c e r s ___________ _ ________________ 120 3 9 . 5 6 4 . 5 0 15!! 19 5 2 8 1 1 21 _ _ 2 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________ 57 3 9 . 5 6 8 . 00 6 14j

12 7 - " 21 - 2 1 - " - - " - - " -

W o m e ni

N u r s e s , i n d u s t r i a l ( r e g i s t e r e d ) ---------------- 2 4 7 3 9 . 0 8 7 . 5 0 _ 4 9 _ 16 17 4 8 4 7 4 4 4 0 7 6 7 2 _ . . _M a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________ 1 7 0 3 9 . 5 8 7 . 5 0 - - 9 - 10 10 31 3 8 2 8 3 8 2 - 3 1 - - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________ 7 7 3 8 . 5 8 8 . 00 4 6 7 17 9 16 2 5 6 4 1

i-----------------

1 S t a n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t t h e w o r k w e e k f o r w h i c h e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e t h e i r r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s a n d t h e e a r n i n g s c o r r e s p o n d t o t h e s e w e e k l y h o u r s .2 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 a t $ 1 5 5 t o $ 1 6 5 ; 3 2 a t $ 1 8 5 t o $ 1 9 5 ; 3 3 a t $ 1 9 5 t o $ 2 0 5 ; 6 a t $ 2 0 5 t o $ 2 1 5 .3 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 0 1 a t $ 1 5 5 t o $ 1 6 5 ; 8 5 a t $ 1 6 5 t o $ 1 7 5 ; 4 3 a t $ 1 7 5 t o $ 1 8 5 ; 3 4 a t $ 1 8 5 t o $ 1 9 5 .4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 6 a t $ 1 5 5 t o $ 1 6 0 ; 8 8 a t $ 1 6 0 t o $ 1 6 5 ; 4 9 a t $ 1 6 5 t o $ 1 7 0 ; 4 8 a t $ 1 7 5 t o $ 1 8 0 .5 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s .6 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 a t $ 4 5 t o $ 5 0 ; 11 a t $ 5 0 t o $ 5 5 .

N O T E : S e e n o t e o n p . 5 , r e l a t i v e t o t h e i n c l u s i o n o f r a i l r o a d s


10Table A-3. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s f o r m e n i n s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )

O c c u p a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o nNumber

ofworkers

Averagehourly

earnings1

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF

U n d e r$1 . 5 0

$1 . 5 0 a n d

u n d e r 1 . 6 0

$1 . 6 0

1 . 7 0

$1 . 7 0

1 . 8 0

$1. 8 0

1 . 9 0

$1 . 9 0

2 . 0 0

$2 . 0 0

2 . 10

$2 . 10

2 . 2 0

$2 . 2 0

2 . 30

$2 . 30

2 . 4 0

$2 . 4 0

2 . 5 0

$2 . 5 0

2 . 6 0

$2 . 6 0

2 . 7 0

$2 . 7 0

2 . 8 0

$2 . 8 0

2 . 9 0

$2 . 9 0

3 . 0 0

$3 . 0 0

3 . 10

$3 . 10

3 . 2 0

$3 . 2 0

3 . 3 0

$3 . 30

3 . 4 0

$3 . 4 0

3 . 5 0

$3 . 5 0

a n d o v e r

C a r p e n t e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e -------------------------------------------- 5 8 8 $ 2 . 6 4 7 1 10 17 1 0 2 0 2 3 3 8 31 6 6 81 2 6 7 0 4 8 5 8 6 16 6 0M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------------------- 3 6 7 2 . 61 - - - - 3 - 15 15 2 5 21 51 6 9 9 5 5 37 5 5 2 4 - - - 6N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------- 2 2 1 2 . 67 - 7 1 10 1 4 1 0 5 8 1 3 1 0 15 1 2 17 15 11 3 4 1 2 - - - 5 4

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2 --------------------------------------------------- 30 2 . 6 0 - - - - - - - - 6 - 2 - 1 4 - 6 - 2 - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 6 2 . 9 7 " - 1 8 5 4 4 - 6 6 5 1 9 - " 1 1 2 ~ " - 3 5 4

E l e c t r i c i a n s , m a i n t e n a n c e ----------------------------------------- 1, 0 4 8 2 . 8 0 4 4 2 1 6 5 2 5 5 9 5 8 3 4 1 2 2 1 3 9 2 2 1 7 7 2 4 2 10 10 7 7 15M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------- ----------- 8 6 5 2 . 8 3 - - - - - - - 2 2 3 5 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 9 1 0 9 2 0 9 5 3 2 1 2 7 10 7 7 15N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------- 1 8 3 2 . 6 4 - 4 4 2 - 1 6 3 2 7 2 8 1 4 1 3 30 1 2 2 4 30 3 - - - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2 --------------------------------------------------- 9 6 2 . 8 2 " " " " " " " " 1 4 1 5 2 6 6 19 2 5 - -

E n g i n e e r s , s t a t i o n a r y --------------------------------------------------- 4 2 9 2 . 7 3 2 15 19 1 2 19 2 0 21 41 5 4 4 8 13 8 5 5 2 4 3 0 4 17M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------------------- 2 8 4 2 . 8 3 - - - - - - - - 17 17 16 1 9 3 4 37 ! 1 2 8 5 5 17 4 4 - 17N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------- 1 4 5 2 . 5 2 2 - - - 15 - 19 12 2 3 5 2 2 2 0 1 11 1 - - 7 2 6 - - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2 --------------------------------------------------- 4 7 2 . 9 2 " " " " " - 2 10 1 0 " - _ " _ 2 5 ~

F i r e m e n , s t a t i o n a r y b o i l e r --------------------------------------- 5 4 1 2 . 32 3 0 4 2 0 11 3 6 7 5 3 0 4 2 4 3 35 38 4 5 7 3 51 8M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------------------- 3 1 1 2 . 35 - - 3 - 11 2 7 6 8 7 35 8 2 7 3 4 9 6 6 8 8 - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------- 2 3 0 2 . 2 8 4 30 - 1 2 0 - 9 7 2 3 7 35 8 4 36 7 4 3 - ! - - - - -

S e r v i c e s -------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 1 . 9 9 " " 1 4 9 6 18 " 1 3 " - " " _ "1

_

H e l p e r s , t r a d e s , m a i n t e n a n c e -------------------------------- 8 0 3 2 . 17 7 1 4 4 0 27 8 0 7 4 8 6 8 2 1 1 4 9 7 39 2 3 , 1 1 4 i . 6 -i

M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------------------- 5 7 2 2 . 18 3 1 2 2 4 11 6 3 6 8 6 8 2 9 9 8 7 4 - 8 1 0 8 ! - - 6 - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------- 2 3 1 2 . 15 4 2 16 16 I 17 1 6

1 8 5 3 16 2 3 39 15 6 - - - - ,|

j - -P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2 --------------------------------------------------- 1 1 1 2 . 33 - - - - ! 1 i - 4 3 10 16 2 3 1 3 6 - : - - 1 | - ;S e r v i c e s ____________________________________________ 6 5 1 . 9 0 - - 1 3 13 j 16 ! 3 12 1 2 1 4 - " [ - i ' - i - -

M a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r s , t o o l r o o m ------------------------ 3 1 0 2 . 6 3J

_ -1

2 0 1 81 6 2 3 3 2 1 61 17 6 5 4 ii -M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------------------- 3 1 0 2 . 6 3 " - " 2 0 1 81 6 2 3 1 3 2 61 17

!6 5 4

i- -

M a c h i n i s t s , m a i n t e n a n c e _____________________________ 1, 1 0 2 2 . 8 5!

5 j 1 2 5 35 5 9 81 5 4 j 7 9 : 8 3 9 2 1 7 6 8 8 2 6 9 4 2 3 10M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 , 0 4 5 2 . 8 5 - - - - < 5 i 1 2 3 3 3 5 8 6 9 4 8 71 7 8 i 9 0 1 7 2 7 7 2 6 9 4 2 3 6 -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------- 5 7 2 . 7 3 - - | - i - ; 2 2 1 1 2 6 8 5 | 2 4 11 - - - 4 -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2 --------------------------------------------------- 4 4 2 . 7 8 " " " | - " t" " " 10 6 6 5 3 10 " " " 4 -

M e c h a n i c s , a u t o m o t i v e ( m a i n t e n a n c e ) --------------- 6 5 5 2 . 51 2 4 3 2 l i 8 0 5 5 36 1 6 0 1 0 5 5 8 21 30 3 3 39 1 2 4M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 7 1 2 . 5 8 - - - - _ - l i - 8 31 2 3 1 0 4 7 1 0 - 1 3 11 7 - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------- 4 8 4 2 . 4 8 - - 2 4 3 2 - 8 0 4 7 5 1 3 7 9 5 11 11 30 2 0 2 8 5 4 - - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2 --------------------------------------------------- 3 9 3 2 . 4 4 - - - - ~ - - 8 0 4 7 - 1 2 6 8 2 10 5 2 6 5 9 - 3 - - -W h o l e s a l e t r a d e --------------------------------------------------- 7 7 2 . 7 0 - 2 4 2 2 - - " 4 6 6 1 6 4 15 19 5 1 -

M e c h a n i c s , m a i n t e n a n c e ---------------------------------------------- 1, 4 3 6 2 . 5 7 1 4

I

1 3 10 1 5 4 7 7 1 2 3 1 0 2 9 6 1 6 8 9 4 1 1 3 1 6 8 6 8 2 0 2 15 4 6 9M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------------------- 1, 1 9 6 2 . 5 5 - - - - 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 7 5 121 9 5 8 6 1 0 1 7 0 91 1 6 8 2 8 1 6 3 1 2 - - 6 5N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ___________________________________ 2 4 0 2 . 7 0 " 1 4 1 - 1 2 2 7 1 0 6 7 2 4 2 2 - 4 0 3 9 3 4 * 4

M i l l w r i g h t s --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 8 1 2 . 65 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 19 10 19 7 2 1 4 1 0 5 31 _ 5 _ 4 _ _ _

M a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------------------------------- 2 7 6 2 . 66 2 19 8 1 9 71 1 3 1 0 4 31 5 4

S e e f o o t n o t e s a t e n d o f t a b l e .


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Table A-3. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations-Continued

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s f o r m e n i n s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF$ $ . $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ S

O c c u p a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n of hourly i U n d e r 1 . 5 0 1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 10 2 . 20 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0 3 . 10 3 . 2 0 3 . 3 0 3 . 4 0 3 . 5 0workers earnings $1 . 50

a n du n d e r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a n d1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 10 2 . 2 0 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 50 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0 3 . 10 3 . 2 0 3 . 3 0 3 . 4 0 3 . 5 0 o v e r

O i l e r s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 9 8 $ 2 . 2 3 4 2 2 7 10 1 5 13 4 5 3 5 13 2 11 21M a n u f a c t u r i n g -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6 6 2 . 2 3 " 2 2 7 10 1 5 12 4 3 10 13 2 11 21 " ~ "

P a i n t e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e ________________________________ 4 1 8 2 . 3 6 16 7 3 5 3 2 2 0 13 1 5 27 3 3 4 9 19 11 7 2 4 5 7 8 8 _ 1 . .

M a n u f a c t u r i n g -------------------------------------------------------------- . 2 2 0 2 . 57 - - - 5 - 1 7 9 18 2 2 3 5 7 7 5 8 3 9 - 4 7 - 1 - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________________ 1 9 8 2 . 13 16 - 7 3 0 3 2 19 6 6 9 11 1 4 12 4 1 4 6 7 4 1 - - - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2 --------------------------------------------------- 4 0 2 . 6 5 - - - - - - - 2 - 4 5 4 - 13 5 7 - - - - - -S e r v i c e s ____________________________________________ 8 7 1 . 8 1 5 1 4 - 7 3 0 18 9 " - 1 2 5 ~ 1 " - - - " " "

P i p e f i t t e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e _____________________________ 5 3 0 2 . 7 7 6 2 5 20 17 2 2 9 5 1 9 1 1 7 5 0 2 0 1 3 7 1 5 4 _ . 1M a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 0 3 2 . 7 8 - " - --------- 6^ 2 " 20 17 2 2 9 5 11 1 1 7 4 9 10 1 3 4 1 5 4 " 1

P l u m b e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e ______________________________ 61 2 . 61 3 2 3 4 4 1 4 1 3 . . _ . _

S h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r s ,m a i n t e n a n c e _____________________________________________ 1 6 8 2 . 7 3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 2 10 23 2 9 6 5 11 6 1 8 . - - 2 - -

M a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6 3 2 . 7 3 " " -1

- " 2 2 10 2 3 2 6 6 5 9 6 18 - - 2 -

T o o l a n d d i e m a k e r s ___________________________________ 9 3 1 3 . 01 9 9 2 5 3 9 1 0 9 5 6 1 4 7 7 2 1 4 5 2 5 3 2 4 8 2 1 3 2M a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________________ 9 1 1 3 . 0 2 4 9 2 5 3 9 1 0 9 5 6

1_________

1 3 2 7 2 1 4 5 2 5 3 2 4 8 2 l 3

1 E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , a n d l a t e s h i f t s .2 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s .3 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s ; 4 0 a t $ 3 . 5 0 t o $ 3 . 6 0 ; 1 2 a t $ 3 . 6 0 t o $ 3 . 7 0 ; 2 a t $ 3 . 7 0 t o $ 3 . 8 0 .4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 4 a t $ 1 . 2 0 t o $ 1 . 3 0 ; 10 a t $ 1 . 3 0 t o $ 1 . 4 0 ; 1 6 a t $ 1 . 4 0 t o $ 1 . 5 0 .5 A l l w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 1 . 4 0 t o $ 1 . 5 0 .

N O T E : S e e n o t e o n p . 5 , r e l a t i v e t o t h e i n c l u s i o n o f r a i l r o a d s .


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Table A-4. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations

(Average straight-time hourly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division, Boston, Mass. , October I960)

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGH T-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF

O c c u p a t i o n 1 a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ , $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

of hourly 2 0 . 9 0 1 . 0 0 1 . 10 1 . 20 1 . 3 0 1 . 4 0 1 . 5 0 1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 10 2 . 2 0 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0workers earnings a n d

u n d e r - - - - - - - - - " " - - - - - - a n d1 . 0 0 1 . 10 1 . 2 0 1 . 3 0 1 . 4 0 1 . 5 0 1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 10 2 . 20 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0 o v e r

E l e v a t o r o p e r a t o r s , p a s s e n g e r ( m e n ) __ 4 4 5 $ 1 . 3 9 2 1 1 0 20 5 8 1 9 0 10 20 4 3 16 5 6 1N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ______ ___ _ ____ _____ 4 3 8 1 . 3 8 - 2 1 1 0 20 5 8 1 9 0 9 20 4 2 16 5 1 1 - - - - - - - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 3 _ __ __ __ ___ ___ 3 2 1 . 7 7 - - - - 8 - - - 2 2 15 4 1 - - - - - - - - _F i n a n c e 4 ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 2 6 1 1 . 4 2 - - 7 7 3 6 1 8 2 7 20 2 - - - - - - - - _ - _ _ _S e r v i c e s _______ ___ _ ______ _ _ _______ 9 8 1 . 23 - 7 0 4 14 8 2 " - - - - - " - - - -

E l e v a t o r o p e r a t o r s , p a s s e n g e r ( w o m e n ) _____ 3 8 4 1 . 2 8 _ 18 9 6 1 3 7 7 2 4 0 9 6 _ 1 1 4 _ _ _ _

N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ______ _ _ ______ __ 3 ^ 5 1 . 2 7 - 18 9 6 1 3 7 7 2 2 8 9 - - 1 1 4 - - - - - - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e _______ _______________ ___ _____ 1 7 6 1 . 2 0 6 6 7 9 5 8 " " " " ~ _ _ "

G u a r d s _ _______________ ____________ __ __ __ __ 1 , 0 0 3 2 . 12 . _ _ _ _ 2 3 9 3 4 19 2 9 3 7 8 8 6 19 5 1 2 1 3 5 5 2 4 1 5 3 0M a n u f a c t u r i n g ____ __ ___________ __ ___ _ __ 6 0 7 2 . 12 - - - - - 1 24 - 1 12 3 3 0 17 2 17 1 4 8 - - 2 5 - - 3 0 -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________________ 3 9 6 2 . 12 - - - - - 1 15 3 4 18 17 4 8 6 9 17 3 4 6 5 5 5 2 16 5 - - -

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 3 ________________________________ 1 2 8 2 . 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 9 1 11 3 9 - 5 2 16 - - - -F i n a n c e 4 1 9 9 1 . 9 1 - - - " - 1 15 3 4 18 13 2 4 5 9 14 8 8 5 - - - - " -

J a n i t o r s , p o r t e r s , a n d c l e a n e r s ( m e n ) _______ 4 , 5 4 2 1 . 7 1 - 7 4 0 9 2 2 9 4 0 7 5 3 9 3 8 1 4 1 3 4 9 8 2 7 5 2 0 8 4 6 2 1 8 8 | 1 9 1 1 7 0 8 1 4 7 _ _ _ _ 10M a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________________ 1 , 9 7 6 1 . 9 0 - - - 2 9 4 7 7 8 1 0 3 2 7 1 3 9 7 1 5 2 1 3 4 2 9 4 91 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 - 1 4 6 - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g _______ __ __ __ __ _____ 2 , 5 6 6 1 . 5 5 - 7 4 0 9 2 0 0 3 6 0 4 6 1 2 7 8 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 7 4 1 6 8 9 7 5 7 7 0 8 1 - - - - 10

P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 3 __ __ __ __ __ _ __ 5 6 6 1 . 8 9 - - - 12 4 4 1 5 3 3 16 3 7 1 0 6 37 1 5 0 7 5 l 2 2 14 4 1 - - _ - _W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ________________________________ 1 1 7 1 . 9 4 - - - 8 10 9 15 8 7 - 12 3 14 5 12 4 - - - - _ 10R e t a i l t r a d e _______________________________________ 5 6 3 1 . 4 8 - 7 1 2 5 6 8 5 9 1 5 1 3 8 21 9 3 5 1 2 3 0 4 4 - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 4 __ ____ _______ ___ ____ __ _ 6 1 0 1 . 5 0 - - - 21 1 4 5 2 5 4 4 3 6 7 4 4 13 15 8 - - - - _ - - _ _ _S e r v i c e s _____ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _ 7 1 0 1 . 3 3 2 8 4 9 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 4 9 3 0 4 1 5 6 6 - - - - - - - " -

J a n i t o r s , p o r t e r s , a n d c l e a n e r s ( w o m e n ) ____ 1 , 6 8 6 1 . 3 7 5 3 6 1 9 1 2 7 9 5 4 0 4 3 0 6 5 31 3 6 31 5 27 7 _ _ 3 |! _ _ _ _ .

M a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________________ 1 8 1 1 . 6 6 - - 3 2 8 4 11 4 4 2 6 16 10 5 2 4 - 7 - - 3 ! - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________________ 1 , 5 0 5 1 . 3 3 5 3 6 1 8 8 2 5 1 5 3 6 4 1 9 21 5 20 21 - 3 - - - - - - - - - 1 -

R e t a i l t r a d e _____ ___ __ _ 9 4 1 . 19 - 16 3 0 4 1 1 1 1 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 4 _ _ ________ ____ _ _ 9 1 5 1 . 3 4 5 2 5 2 5 7 5 0 6 2 7 7 15 1 - - - " - " - - - - - - - -

L a b o r e r s , m a t e r i a l h a n d l i n g __ __ ------ 5 , 0 2 3 2 . 0 0 _ 14 7 8 1 2 3 1 5 4 2 9 7 2 7 5 5 1 1 2 7 1 2 4 1 2 6 2 4 6 6 3 8 9 3 9 8 4 8 3 6 7 3 2 8 8 6 8 6 2 2 3 1M a n u f a c t u r i n g __ __ _ __ ._ __ 2 , 6 6 6 1 . 9 4 - - 21 3 0 1 0 3 8 1 2 1 5 T 6 8 1 6 9 1 8 5 1 3 4 2 9 1 1 4 4 2 8 8 2 1 0 5 9 2 5 8 - - 10 - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ___ _______ ______ __ -------- 2 , 3 5 7 2 . 0 6 - 14 5 7 9 3 51 2 1 6 6 0 4 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 2 8 1 7 5 2 4 5 1 1 0 2 7 3 6 1 4 3 0 6 8 5 2 2 3 1

Public u tilities3 ____ __ __ 7 2 8 2 . 3 2 - - - - - - - 3 4 - 1 8 5 14 1 2 4 3 9 2 6 - - - - -W holesale trade _ __ __ __ __ __ ____ 8 3 6 2 . 0 4 - - - 21 2 8 i 1 7 5 13 8 4 0 5 2 8 9 8 5 3 8 7 6 5 1 1 6 15 - 8 5 2 2 3 1Retail trade _ __ __ _____ __ __ _ 7 3 6 1. 8 8 2 5 4 6 9 18 3 9 3 2 3 4 5 0 4 8 9 2 7 7 7 9 8 4 1 0 6 9 6 - " - -

Order fillers ------------- _ __ _______ _ __ 1 , 9 9 3 2 . 0 4 7 7 4 8 2 5 1 9 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 8 5 1 7 9 1 6 3 1 9 8 1 4 3 3 5 4 8 9 14 13 27 13 11 19Manufacturing ___________________________________ 6 7 2 2 . 10 - - - - - 17 6 2 9 2 4 4 9 1 4 8 1 4 7 11 1 4 3 6 13 11 6 2 7 5 11 19Nonmanufacturing __ _ _ ____ _ __ 1 , 3 2 1 2 . 0 0 - 7 7 4 8 2 5 1 7 5 9 7 9 2 7 7 3 6 3 1 16 1 8 7 - 2 9 4 7 6 3 7 - 8 - -

W holesale trade ____________________________ 8 5 2 1 . 8 7 - - - 2 0 2 5 1 5 2 8 5 7 8 6 8 3 2 2 8 15 1 8 7 - 2 9 1 1 5 3 7 - 8 -Retail trade _____ __ ____ _ 4 6 9 2 . 2 5 - 7 7 2 8 " 2 3 12 14 9 4 3 1 ' " 3 6 1 " _ - - - *

P ackers, shipping (men) ___ _ ------- 1 , 8 2 5 1 . 8 5 3 6 3 2 5 0 51 1 3 6 1 0 6 1 6 4 4 0 0 1 5 1 6 8 1 3 2 1 0 8 1 3 2 5 9 28 1 5 4 9 3 3 3Manufacturing ____ __ 1 , 2 2 8 1 . 8 4 - 6 - - 3 0 9 2 5 8 1 4 5 3 8 8 1 0 7 5 0 7 0 8 6 1 0 8 3 4 27 9 9 3 3 - 3Nonmanufacturing __ _ ------ 5 9 7 1 . 8 7 - 3 0 3 2 5 0 21 4 4 4 8 19 12 4 4 18 6 2 2 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 4 5 - - - - -

Wholesale trade _ __ _ _ 3 9 7 2 . 10 - - - 2 0 10 10 3 5 14 - 2 4 18 4 9 2 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 4 5 - - - - -Retail trade _ __ __ _ ----- 1 5 9 1 . 3 4 21 3 2 3 0 11 3 1 13 5 11 5

See footnotes at end of table.


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Table A-4. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations-Continued

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r i9 6 0 )

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF

Occupation1 and industry divisionNumber

ofworkers

Average hourly

earnings ^$0 . 90and

under1. 00

$1. 00

1. 10

$1. 10

1.20

$1.20

1. 30

$1. 30

1. 40

$1 .40

1. 50

$1 .50

1.6 0

$1. 60

1. 70

$1. 70

1. 80

$1. 80

1.90

$1. 90

2. 00

$2. 00

2. 10

$2. 10

2. 20

$2. 20

2. 30

$2. 30

2. 40

$2. 40

2. 50

$2. 50

2. 60

$2. 60

2. 70

%2. 70

2. 80

$2. 80

2. 90

%2. 90

3. 00

$3. 00 and over

Packers, shipping (women) _____________________ 464 $ 1 .5 4 18 24 25 220 19 41 66 48 3Manufacturing --------------------------------------------------- 279 1 .55 - - 18 24 5 134 - 22 25 - - 48 - 3 - - - - _ _ _ _Nonmanufacturing -------------------------------------------- 185 1. 53 - - - - 20 86 19 19 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Retail trade -------------------------------------------------- 83 1. 59 - " " 18 9 15 2 39 " " " " " - -

Receiving clerks --------------------------------------------------- 711 2. 01 4 11 14 10 62 84 37 67 61 51 71 87 55 33 29 11 9 2 1 12Manufacturing --------------------------------------------------- 318 2. 10 - - - - - 5 34 7 9 34 23 26 57 45 31 23 2 9 _ _ 1 12Nonmanufacturing _____________________________ 393 1. 93 - - 4 11 14 5 28 77 28 33 38 25 14 42 24 10 27 2 9 2 _ _

W holesale trade ------------------------------------------ 191 1. 94 - - - - 2 - 19 62 15 5 10 10 8 25 19 4 5 _ 5 2 _ _Retail trade _________________________________ 173 1.93 " - 4 11 9 2 9 14 13 28 15 15 6 15 4 22 2 4 - " -

Shipping clerks ------------------------------------------------------ 611 2. 13 4 3 4 8 47 46 21 7 70 58 57 98 70 28 16 12 5 19 33 5Manufacturing --------------------------------------------------- 340 2. 25 - - - - - 20 15 6 2 27 40 26 63 45 1 4 11 12 5 17 24 3Nonmanufacturing _____________________________ 271 1.9 8 - - 4 3 4 8 27 31 15 5 43 18 31 35 25 4 5 - _ 2 9 2

W holesale trade ----------------------------------------- 128 2. 21 - - - - - - - - 7 2 25 5 24 29 20 2 5 - - - 9 _Retail trade -------------------------------------------------- 91 1. 73 - - 4 2 4 7 14 31 7 2 5 " 4 - 5 2 - - - 2 - 2

Shipping and receiving clerks __________________ 518 2. 17 _ _ _ 7 1 _ 7 17 22 29 14 63 132 39 106 40 18 6 3 _ 4 10Manufactu r ing _________________________________ 283 2. 21 - - - - - - 2 - 20 2 2 26 69 ! 31 90 24 17 - - _ - -Nonmanufacturing -------------------------------------------- 235 2. 11 - - - 7 1 - 5 17 2 27 12 37 63 i 8 16 16 1 6 3 - 4 10

Wholesale trade ___________________________ 61 2.

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