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L a.s;/7?cT'JXAREA WAGE SURVEYHouston, Texas, Metropolitan Area, April 1974B ulletin 1795-22

M C U m i T COLLECTION

'•t'83 1976

Dayton & Montgomery Co Public Library

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ■ Bureau of Labor Statistics

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ANNOUNCEMENT

A re a W age S u rveys bu lletin s w ill be is su e d on ce e v e ry 3 y e a r s . T h ese bu lletin s w ill con ta in in fo rm a tion on esta b lish m en t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en tary b en e fits as w e ll as ea rn in g s . In the in te r im y e a rs , supplem ents con ta in ing data on earn ings on ly w ill be is s u e d at no ad d ition a l c o s ts to h o ld e rs o f the A re a W age b u lle tin . If you w ish to r e c e iv e th ese su p p lem en ts, p le a se co m p le te the cou pon s lis te d on the la s t page o f th is bu lletin and m a il to any o f the B LS re g io n a l a d d re s se s lis te d on the back c o v e r . No fu rth er a ction on you r part is n e c e s s a r y . E ach y e a r , you w ill r e c e iv e the supplem ent when it is p u b lished .

PrefaceT h is bu lletin p ro v id e s re su lts o f an A p r il 1974 su rv ey o f occu p a tion a l earn ings and

su p p lem en tary w age b en e fits in the H ouston , T e x a s , Standard M etrop o lita n S ta tis tica l A re a (B r a z o r ia , F o r t B end, H a r r is , L ib e rty , and M on tg om ery C ou n ties). T he su rv e y was m ade as part o f the B ureau o f L a b or S ta t is t ic s ' annual a rea w age su rv ey p r o g ra m . The p r o g ra m is d es ign ed to y ie ld data fo r ind iv idual m etrop o lita n a r e a s , as w e ll as national and re g io n a l e stim a tes fo r a ll Standard M etrop o lita n S ta tis tica l A re a s in the United S ta tes , exclu d in g A lask a and H aw aii.

A m a jo r co n s id e ra tio n in the a rea w age su rv ey p r o g ra m is the need to d e s c r ib e the le v e l and m ov em en t o f w ages in a v a r ie ty o f la b o r m a rk e ts , through the a n a ly sis o f (1) the le v e l and d istr ib u tion o f w ages by o ccu p a tion , and (2) the m ov em en t o f w ages by o ccu p a tion a l ca te g o ry and sk ill le v e l. The p r o g ra m d ev e lop s in fo rm a tion that m ay be u sed fo r m any p u rp o s e s , in clud ing w age and sa la ry a d m in is tra tion , c o l le c t iv e b a rga in in g , and a s s is ta n ce in d eterm in in g plant lo ca t io n . S u rvey re su lts a ls o a re u sed by the U .S. D epartm ent o f L abor to m ake w age d eterm in a tion s under the S e rv ice C on tra ct A ct o f 1965.

C u rren tly , 94 a re a s a re in clud ed in the p r o g ra m . (See l is t o f a re a s on in side back c o v e r .) In each a re a , occu p a tion a l earn ings data a r e c o l le c t e d annually . In form ation on estab lish m en t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en tary w age b e n e fits , c o l le c t e d e v e ry secon d year in the p ast, is now obta in ed e v e ry th ird y e a r . R esu lts o f the next two annual s u rv e y s , p rov id in g earn in gs data on ly , w ill be is su ed as f r e e sup plem ents to th is b u lletin . The supplem ents m ay be obta ined fr o m the B u rea u 's re g io n a l o f f i c e s . (See back c o v e r fo r a d d r e s s e s .)

E ach yea r a fter a ll ind iv idual a rea w age su rv ey s have been co m p le te d , two su m m ary bu lletin s a re is su e d . The f ir s t b r in g s tog eth er data fo r each m e tro p o lita n a re a su rv e y e d . The secon d su m m a ry bu lletin p resen ts nationa l and re g io n a l e s t im a te s , p r o je c te d fr o m indiv idual m etrop o lita n a rea data.

The H ouston su rv ey w as con d u cted by the B u rea u 's re g io n a l o f f ic e in D a lla s , T e x ., under the g e n e ra l d ir e c t io n o f B oyd B . O 'N e a l, A s s o c ia te A ss is ta n t R eg ion a l D ir e c to r fo r O p era tion s . T he su rv ey cou ld not have been a c c o m p lis h e d w ithout the co o p e ra tio n o f the m any f ir m s w h ose w age and s a la ry data p ro v id e d the b a s is fo r the s ta t is t ica l in fo rm a tion in th is b u lle tin . The B ureau w ish es to e x p re s s s in c e r e a p p rec ia tion fo r the co o p e ra tio n r e c e iv e d .

Note:A re p o r t on o ccu p a tion a l earn in gs and su p p lem en tary w age p r o v is io n s is ava ila b le

fo r h osp ita ls (A ugust 1972). A ls o a v a ila b le a re lis tin g s o f union w age ra tes fo r build ing tr a d e s , printing tr a d e s , lo c a l - t r a n s it op eratin g e m p lo y e e s , lo c a l t r u ck d r iv e rs and h e lp e r s , and g r o c e r y s to re e m p lo y e e s . F r e e co p ie s o f th ese a r e a v a ila b le fr o m the B u rea u 's re g io n a l o f f ic e s . (See b a ck c o v e r fo r a d d r e s s e s .)


AREA WAGE SURVEY Bulletin 1795-22September 1974 U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR, Peter J. Brennan, Secretary

B U R E A U OF LA B O R S T A T IS T IC S , Julius Shiskin, Commissioner

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Houston, Texas, Metropolitan Area, April 1974CONTENTS

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A . E a rn in g s :A - l . W eek ly earn in gs o f o f f ic e w o rk e rsA - l a . W eek ly earn in gs o f o f f ic e w o rk e rs —la rg e esta b lish m en ts A -2 . W eek ly ea rn in gs o f p r o fe s s io n a l and te c h n ica l w o rk e rsA -2 a . W eek ly earn in gs o f p r o fe s s io n a l and te c h n ica l w o rk e rs —la rg e esta b lish m en ts A -3 . A v e ra g e w eek ly earn ings o f o f f i c e , p r o fe s s io n a l , and te ch n ica l w o r k e r s , b y sexA -3 a . A v e ra g e w eek ly earn in gs o f o f f i c e , p r o fe s s io n a l , and te c h n ica l w o r k e r s , by sex—la rg e esta b lish m en tsA -4 . H ou rly earn in gs o f m ain ten ance and p ow erp lant w o rk e rsA -4 a . H ou rly earn in gs o f m ain ten ance and pow erp lant w o rk e rs —la r g e esta b lish m en ts A -5 . H ourly earn in gs o f cu sto d ia l and m a te r ia l m ov em en t w o rk e rsA -5 a . H ou rly earn in gs o f cu sto d ia l and m a te r ia l m ov em en t w o rk e rs —la rg e e sta b lish m en tsA -6 . A v e ra g e h ou rly earn in gs o f m a in ten a n ce , p ow erp la n t, cu s to d ia l, and m a te r ia l m ov em en t w o r k e r s , by sexA -6 a . A v e ra g e h ou rly earn in gs o f m a in ten a n ce , p ow erp la n t, cu sto d ia l, and m a te r ia l m ov em en t w ork ers !, b y sex—la rg e esta b lish m en tsA -7 . Indexes o f earn in gs fo r s e le c te d o ccu p a tion a l g rou p s and p e r ce n ts o f in c r e a s e fo r s e le c te d p e r io d sA -8 . P e rce n ts o f in c r e a s e in a v e ra g e h ou rly ea rn in gs fo r s e le c te d o ccu p a t io n a l g ro u p s , a d ju sted fo r em p loym en t sh ifts

2425262728 29 32

B. E sta b lish m en t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en ta ry w age p r o v is io n s :B - l . M in im um en tran ce s a la r ie s fo r in e x p e r ie n ce d ty p ists and c le r k sB -2 . L a te -s h ift pay p r o v is io n s fo r m an ufactu rin g plant w o rk e rsB -3 . Schedu led w eek ly h ou rs and days o f f i r s t - s h i f t w o rk e rsB -4 . Annual paid h olid aysB -4 a . Id en tifica tion o f m a jo r paid h o lid a ysB -5 . P a id v a ca tion p r o v is io n sB -6 . H ealth , in su ra n ce , and p en sion plan p r o v is io n s

34 A pp end ix A . S cop e and m ethod o f su rv ey 37 A pp end ix B . O ccu p a tion a l d e s cr ip tio n s

F o r sale b y th e S u p e r in te n d e n t o f D o c u m e n ts , U .S . G o v e rn m e n t P r in t in g O f f ic e , W a s h in g to n , D .C . 2 0 4 0 2 , G P O B o o k s to re s , o r B L S R e g io n a l O f f ic e s lis te d o n b a ck co ve r. P r ice 8 5 ce n ts . M a k e c h e c k s p a y a b le to S u p e r in te n d e n t o f D o c u m e n ts .

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Introduction

T h is a re a is 1 o f 94 in w h ich the U.S. D epartm en t o f L a b o r 's B u reau o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s con d u cts su rv e y s o f o ccu p a tion a l ea rn in g s and re la te d b e n e fits on an a rea w id e b a s is . In th is a re a , data w ere obta ined by p e r so n a l v is its o f B u reau f ie ld e c o n o m is ts to re p re se n ta t iv e e s ta b lish m en ts w ithin s ix b ro a d in d u stry d iv is io n s : M an ufactu ring ; t r a n s p o r ta tion , co m m u n ica t io n , and o th er pu b lic u til it ie s ; w h o lesa le tra d e ; re ta il tr a d e ; f ir m ice , in su ra n c e , and re a l e s ta te ; and s e r v ic e s . M a jo r in d u stry g rou p s e x c lu d e d fr o m th ese s tu d ies a re g ov ern m en t o p e ra t io n s and the c o n stru c tio n and e x tra c tiv e in d u s tr ie s . E sta b lish m en ts having fe w e r than a p r e s c r ib e d n u m ber o f w o r k e r s a re om itted b e ca u se o f in su ffic ie n t em p loy m en t in the o ccu p a t io n s stu died . S ep arate tabu la tion s a re p ro v id e d fo r ea ch o f the b ro a d in d u stry d iv is io n s w hich m e e t pu b lica tion c r it e r ia .

A - s e r i e s ta b les

T a b le s A - l through A -6 p r o v id e e s t im a te s o f s tra ig h t -t im e h ou rly o r w eek ly ea rn in g s fo r w o r k e r s in o ccu p a tio n s co m m o n to a v a r ie ty o f m an ufa ctu rin g and n onm an ufacturin g in d u s tr ie s . O ccu p a tion s w e re s e le c te d fr o m the fo llo w in g c a t e g o r ie s : (a) O ffice c le r i c a l , (b) p r o fe s s io n a l and te c h n ica l, (c ) m a in ten an ce and pow erp la n t, and (d) cu sto d ia l and m a te r ia l m o v e m e n t. In the 22 la rg e s t su rv e y a r e a s , ta b les A - l a th rou gh A -6 a p r o v id e s im ila r data fo r e s ta b lish m en ts em p loy in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e .

F o llo w in g the o ccu p a t io n a l w age ta b le s a r e tw o ta b le s p rov id in g in d ex es and p e r ce n ts o f change in a v era g e ea rn in gs o f o f f ic e c le r ic a l w o r k e r s , in d u str ia l n u r s e s , sk ille d m a in te n a n ce 'w o rk e rs , and u n sk illed

plant w o r k e r s . The f i r s t o f th e s e , ta b le A - 7 , m e a s u r e s ch a n g es in a v era g e ea rn in g s o f the fo u r o ccu p a t io n a l g ro u p s o v e r t im e . W here p o s s ib le , data a re p r e se n te d fo r a ll in d u str ie s and m a n u factu rin g . T a b le A - 8 p r e se n ts another m e a s u r e o f w age m o v e m e n ts . The p e r ce n ts o f change r e p o r te d fo r the o ccu p a t io n a l g rou p s a re com p u ted to e lim in a te ch a n ges in a v era g e ea rn in g s ca u se d b y em p loy m en t sh ifts am ong e s ta b lish m en ts as w e ll as tu rn o v e r o f e s ta b lish m e n ts in clu d ed in su rv ey s a m p le s . W here p o s s ib le , data a ls o a re p re se n te d fo r n onm an ufacturin g . A pp end ix A d is c u s s e s m o r e fu lly d if fe r e n c e s betw een th ese ta b le s .

B - s e r ie s ta b les

The B - s e r ie s ta b le s p r e se n t in fo rm a tio n on m in im um en tra n ce s a la r ie s fo r o f f ic e w o r k e r s ; la te -s h if t pay p r o v is io n s and p r a c t ic e s fo r plant w o r k e r s in m a n u fa ctu rin g ; and data sep a ra te ly fo r plant and o f f ic e w o r k e r s on sch ed u led w eek ly h ou rs and days o f f i r s t - s h i f t w o r k e r s ; pa id h o lid a y s ; pa id v a ca t io n s ; and h ealth , in su ra n c e , and p en sion p la n s .

A p p en d ixes

T h is b u lle tin has tw o a p p en d ix es . A p p en d ix A d e s c r ib e s the m eth od s and co n ce p ts u sed in the a re a w age su rv e y p r o g ra m and p r o v id e s in fo rm a tio n on the sco p e o f the a re a su rv e y . It a ls o p r o v id e s in fo r m ation on la b o r -m a n a g e m e n t a g re e m e n t c o v e r a g e . A p p en d ix B p r o v id e s jo b d e s c r ip t io n s u sed by B u reau f ie ld e c o n o m is ts to c la s s i fy w o r k e r s in o ccu p a t io n s fo r w h ich s tra ig h t -t im e ea rn in g s in fo rm a tio n is p re se n te d .

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A. EarningsTable A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974

O ccupation and in du stry d iv is ion

Weekly earnings 1 (standard) N um ber o f w o rk e rs re ce iv

Numberof

Averageweekly

|$7 0

t80

t90

t100

$110

S120

*130

$140

*150

hours1(standard Median ^ Middle ranged and

under

80 9 0 100 110 120 130 140 150 160

$ $ $ $154 4 0 . 0 1 0 3 . 5 0 1 0 0 . 0 0 9 5 . 5 0 - 1 2 1 . 0 0 - 33 4 4 35 2 12 27 1150 4 0 . 0 1 0 3 . 0 0 1 0 0 . 0 0 9 5 . 0 0 - 1 2 0 . 5 0 - 33 4 4 33 2 12 25 173 4 0 . 0 1 0 8 . 0 0 1 0 3 . 5 0 1 0 0 . 0 0 - 1 2 3 . 0 0 * 6 12 28 2 12 12 1

6 6 3 8 . 5 1 2 4 . 0 0 1 2 6 . 0 0 1 1 7 . 5 0 - 1 3 2 . 5 0 _ 5 3 17 25 15 160 3 8 . 0 1 2 4 . 0 0 1 2 6 . 0 0 1 1 7 . 5 0 - 1 2 9 . 5 0 “ 4 3 16 24 “ 12 1

120 4 0 . 5 1 1 3 . 0 0 1 1 0 . 5 0 1 0 5 . 5 0 - 1 1 7 . 0 0 26 30 36 _ 14 14101 4 0 . 5 1 0 8 . 5 0 1 0 9 . 5 0 1 0 1 . 0 0 - 1 1 3 . 5 0 - - 25 29 34 13

1 , 9 7 4 3 9 . 5 1 5 6 . 0 0 1 5 0 . 0 0 1 3 1 . 5 0 - 1 7 3 . 5 0 - - 1 7 0 135 231 3 6 6 1 8 4 2 4 250 0 4 0 . 0 1 6 0 . 5 0 1 5 1 . 5 0 1 3 2 . 0 0 - 1 7 7 . 5 0 - - - 13 25 64 96 36 71

1 , 4 7 4 3 9 . 5 1 5 4 . 5 0 1 4 9 . 0 0 1 3 1 . 0 0 - 1 7 2 . 0 0 - - 1 57 110 167 2 7 0 1 4 8 171241 3 9 . 5 1 6 5 . 5 0 1 5 8 . 0 0 1 3 3 . 0 0 - 1 8 1 . 0 0 - - - - 25 18 33 29 2574 8 4 0 . 0 1 6 1 . 0 0 1 5 8 . 0 0 1 3 7 . 0 0 - 1 8 2 . 0 0 - - - 32 59 32 109 6 4 103126 4 0 . 0 1 3 1 . 0 0 1 3 0 . 0 0 1 2 1 . 0 0 - 1 4 0 . 0 0 - - - 21 2 40 32 18 22 1 8 3 9 . 0 1 4 5 . 0 0 1 4 0 . 0 0 1 3 0 . 5 0 - 1 6 0 . 0 0 ~ ~ - 2 47 6 0 21 33

3 , 0 5 8 3 9 . 5 1 1 9 . 0 0 1 1 6 . 5 0 1 0 4 . 5 0 - 1 3 0 . 5 0 - 100 3 8 1 7 0 1 50 2 585 332 16 9 1 1 97 4 5 4 0 . 0 1 2 0 . 5 0 1 1 5 . 0 0 1 0 5 . 0 0 - 1 3 0 . 0 0 - 1 3 69 2 1 9 1 3 8 1 2 0 6 3 2 8 3 8

2 , 3 1 3 3 9 . 5 1 1 8 . 5 0 1 1 7 . 0 0 1 0 4 . 0 0 - 1 3 0 . 5 0 - 87 3 1 2 4 8 2 3 6 4 4 6 5 2 6 9 141 8157 2 3 9 . 0 1 3 3 . 0 0 1 3 1 . 0 0 1 1 7 . 0 0 - 1 5 0 . 0 0 - 3 4 72 93 103 105 49 487 6 6 4 0 . 0 1 1 4 . 0 0 1 1 4 . 0 0 9 5 . 0 0 - 1 2 7 . 5 0 - 51 173 119 115 151 66 44 304 0 4 4 0 . 0 1 1 5 . 0 0 1 1 6 . 5 0 1 0 2 . 0 0 - 1 2 9 . 5 0 - 3 3 53 82 5 0 9 3 51 422 5 4 3 9 . 0 1 1 3 . 5 0 1 1 1 . 5 0 1 0 4 . 5 0 - 1 2 3 . 5 0 2 2 9 0 5 2 48 4 0 - 2

97 3 9 . 5 1 4 4 . 0 0 1 3 0 . 0 0 1 1 7 . 0 0 - 1 5 5 . 0 0 - - 2 8 2 8 11 3 12 1081 3 9 . 5 1 3 7 . 5 0 1 2 6 . 0 0 1 1 6 . 5 0 - 1 5 1 . 5 0 - “ 2 7 27 9 2 12 9

2 7 6 3 9 . 0 1 0 6 . 5 0 9 8 . 0 0 9 2 . 5 0 - 1 0 8 . 0 0 _ 32 126 58 20 8 8 8 12 4 7 3 9 . 0 1 0 6 . 0 0 9 6 . 5 0 9 2 . 0 0 - 1 0 4 . 5 0 - 32 12 4 4 5 16 2 5 8 126 4 0 . 0 1 4 4 . 0 0 1 1 2 . 5 0 8 8 . 0 0 - 2 1 0 . 5 0 - 9 1 2 3 - - - -51 4 0 . 0 1 1 5 . 5 0 1 0 4 . 5 0 9 9 . 0 0 - 1 4 0 . 0 0 6 8 16 5 2 2 8 1

6 4 3 3 9 . 0 9 0 . 5 0 8 6 . 5 0 8 3 . 0 0 - 9 3 . 5 0 1 4 2 7 110 49 25 16 1566 4 0 . 0 9 8 . 5 0 9 6 . 0 0 9 2 . 0 0 - 1 0 2 . 5 0 - 7 34 18 4 3

5 7 7 3 9 . 0 8 9 . 5 0 8 5 . 5 0 8 2 . 5 0 - 9 1 . 0 0 1 4 2 0 76 31 21 13 1529 4 0 . 0 9 8 . 5 0 1 0 1 . 5 0 9 2 . 5 0 - 1 0 7 . 0 0 - 4 8 13 491 3 9 . 5 9 9 . 0 0 8 5 . 0 0 8 2 . 5 0 - 1 2 2 . 5 0 - 4 7 6 5 5 13 15

169 3 8 . 5 8 9 . 0 0 8 4 . 5 0 8 2 . 0 0 - 9 1 . 0 0 - 1 2 4 25 10 10

9 0 3 3 9 . 5 1 3 6 . 0 0 1 2 8 . 0 0 1 1 1 . 5 0 - 1 6 3 . 5 0 17 91 35 68 106 191 71 36 503 1 1 4 0 . 0 1 4 5 . 0 0 1 3 4 . 0 0 1 2 3 . 0 0 - 1 6 9 . 0 0 - - 2 27 20 94 32 13 285 9 2 3 9 . 5 1 3 1 . 0 0 1 2 6 . 0 0 1 0 1 . 0 0 - 1 5 6 . 0 0 17 91 33 4 1 86 97 3 9 23 223 9 4 4 0 . 0 1 4 6 . 5 0 1 3 2 . 5 0 1 1 7 . 5 0 - 1 7 7 . 5 0 - 2 5 1 10 77 72 3 4 10 22142 3 9 . 0 9 4 . 5 0 9 1 . 0 0 8 2 . 5 0 - 1 0 3 . 0 0 17 51 32 16 9 12 5

5 3 7 4 0 . 0 1 4 7 . 5 0 1 4 2 . 0 0 1 2 1 . 0 0 - 1 6 2 . 0 0 - 1 10 79 39 6 7 57 7 9 6621 6 4 0 . 0 1 5 2 . 5 0 1 4 6 . 0 0 1 2 5 . 5 0 - 1 8 2 . 5 0 - - 2 13 19 4 4 2 4 19 20321 3 9 . 5 1 4 4 . 5 0 1 4 1 . 5 0 1 1 5 . 0 0 - 1 5 3 . 5 0 - i 8 66 20 23 3 3 60 4 679 4 0 . 0 1 8 7 . 5 0 2 1 6 . 0 0 1 4 3 . 0 0 - 2 2 0 . 0 0 - - - 5 5 1 1 14 264 4 0 . 0 1 4 0 . 5 0 1 4 3 . 0 0 1 3 1 . 5 0 - 1 5 1 . 0 0 - - - 3 2 8 11 22 1365 . 4 0 . 0 1 3 4 . 0 0 1 5 0 . 0 0 1 0 9 . 0 0 - 1 5 3 . 5 0 - i 4 15 6 • 5 l 2658 4 0 . 0 1 1 5 . 5 0 1 0 7 . 0 0 1 0 3 . 5 0 - 1 2 4 . 0 0 1 39 1 4 1 7 5

HEN ANO WOMEN COMBINED

BILLERS, MACHINE (BILLINGMACHINE! -------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------

WHOLESALE TRADE --------

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS,

NONMANUFACTURING ---------

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS,CLASS B --------------------

NONMANUFACTURING ---------

C L E R K S , A C C O U N T I N G , C L A S S A —MANUFACTURING ------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------

PUBLIC UTILITIES -------WHOLESALE TRADE --------RETAIL TRADE -----------SERVICES ---------------

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B —MANUFACTURING ------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------

PUBLIC UTILITIES -------WHOLESALE TRADE --------RETAIL TRADE ------------SERVICES--- -------------

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS A -------NONMANUFACTURING ----------

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS B -------NONMANUFACTURING —

PUBLIC UTILITIES WHOLESALE TRADE -

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS CMANUFACTURING ----NONMANUFACTURING --

PUBLIC UTILITIES WHOLESALE TRADE - SERVICES -------

CLERKS, OROER --MANUFACTURING — NONMANUFACTURING —

WHOLESALE TRADE - RETAIL TRADE

CLERKS, PAVROLL -----MANUFACTURING ----NONMANUFACTURING --

PUBLIC UTILITIES WHOLESALE TRAOE - RETAIL TRADE SERVICES

191 161 90 72 52 40 48 28 27 8 11 1734 47 10 30 19 4 15 4 5 4 8 15

157 114 80 42 33 36 33 24 22 4 3 214 36 16 2 3 5 3 7 18 2 3 290 59 55 34 27 31 30 17 4 2 - -

4 2 541 11 3

96 35 23 7 3 3 2 _ - - - _

6 29 19 1 - 1 1 - - - - -90 6 4 6 3 2 1 - - - - -87 - - 3 2 2 1 - - - - -

3 6 4 3 1 : : : : : : :

5 7 2 2 3 i 2 i3 - 3 2 2 - 2 - - 1 - -

- 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 - _ _

- 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 - - - -

- - 1 2 2 2 2 2 - - - -_ 1 2

51213030

532*2 92 9

592 83131

227

1515

2 35 21 12 21 23 -1 23 -

17 1 4 16 25 9 26 10 10 125 11 16 23 5 2 10 3

12 3 - 2 4 24 - 7 123 - - 1 4 2 4 - 7 124 1 - - - - - - -5 2 - - - - - - -

See foo tn ote* at end o f ta b le * .


Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974— ContinuedWeekly earnings 1

(standard) N u m b er o f w o rk e rs rec eiv in g s tr a ig h t -t im e w ee k ly ea rn in g s o f—

Number * t * t * * * * S * » t * * * t * * $ $ $weekly 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 17 0 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270houn1

[standard) Mean * Median * Middle ranged andunder - and

80 90 lo g 110 - 120 130 .. i * o 150 160 170 180 190 200 2 10 2 20 230 240 250 260 270 o v e r

$ $ $ $721 4 0 .0 1 3 8 .5 0 1 3 3 .5 0 1 2 1 .0 0 -1 5 3 .0 0 - - 5 77 36 132 131 90 68 46 6 31 28 20 1 - - - • - -173 4 0 .0 1 3 5 .5 0 1 3 0 .5 0 1 2 2 .0 0 -1 4 9 .5 0 - - - 30 7 49 24 22 18 8 - 13 - 1 1 - - - - - -548 4 0 .0 1 3 9 .5 0 1 3 4 .5 0 1 2 0 .5 0 -1 5 4 .0 0 - - 5 47 79 83 107 68 50 38 6 18 28 19 - - - - - - -

92 4 0 .0 1 6 5 .5 0 1 9 1 .0 0 1 2 8 .5 0 -1 9 9 .5 0 - - - 1 10 15 8 8 2 - -I 1 28 19 - - - - - -181 4 0 .0 1 3 7 .0 0 1 3 2 .0 0 1 2 1 .0 0 -1 5 4 .0 0 - - 1 8 33 33 41 16 10 19 3 17

95 4 0 .0 1 3 6 .0 0 1 3 8 .5 0 1 2 4 .0 0 -1 5 0 .0 0 - - - 5 15 9 23 20 18 2 3

1 ,2 4 0 3 9 .5 1 2 0 .5 0 1 1 7 .5 0 1 0 7 .5 0 -1 2 8 .0 0 - 13 91 279 320 260 118 70 25 20 7 1 - 15 14 7 _ - - - -205 3 9 .5 1 1 9 .5 0 1 1 6 .5 0 1 1 0 .5 0 -1 3 2 .0 0 - 2 23 24 63 34 31 25 1 1 - - 1 - - - - -

1 ,0 3 5 3 9 .5 1 2 1 .0 0 1 1 7 .0 0 1 0 7 .0 0 -1 2 7 .5 0 - 11 68 255 257 226 87 45 24 19 7 1 14 14 7 - - - -135 4 0 .0 1 3 5 .5 0 1 2 6 .5 0 1 1 4 .0 0 -1 5 3 .0 0 - - 3 20 18 37 7 12 10 18 2 1 - - 7 - - -337 4 0 .0 1 2 3 .0 0 1 1 4 .0 0 1 0 6 .0 0 -1 2 9 .0 0 9 32 85 79 52 24 8 14 1 5 - 14 14 - -154 3 9 .5 1 1 8 .0 0 1 1 8 .5 0 1 1 1 .0 0 -1 2 5 .0 0 9 23 50 42 11 19

482 3 9 .5 1 0 0 .0 0 9 5 .0 0 8 8 .5 0 - 1 0 4 .5 0 21 123 174 59 37 28 15 14 3 2 4 297 4 0 .0 1 1 2 .0 0 1 1 7 .0 0 9 2 .0 0 - 1 2 3 .0 0 - 20 14 4 24 20 6 3 3 2 1

385 3 9 .0 9 7 .0 0 9 4 .0 0 8 8 .0 0 - 1 0 0 .5 0 21 103 160 55 13 8 9 i i - - 3 264 4 0 .0 9 8 .5 0 9 2 .0 0 8 7 . 5 0 - 9 8 .0 0 - 26 28 3 2 - - - - - 3 2

113 3 9 .5 1 0 6 .5 0 1 0 1 .0 0 9 4 .0 0 - 1 1 4 .5 0 - 3 50 29 4 8 9 1054 3 9 .5 9 6 .0 0 9 3 .0 0 8 7 .5 0 - 1 0 2 .0 0 24 13 12 4 - 1

5 ,8 4 9 3 9 .5 1 5 9 .5 0 1 5 2 .0 0 1 3 4 .5 0 -1 7 6 .5 0 - - 16 116 289 730 871 793 659 627 395 350 259 169 103 104 94 123 68 34 491 ,2 6 0 3 9 .5 1 5 9 .5 0 1 5 2 .5 0 1 3 3 .5 0 -1 7 9 .0 0 - - 1 13 38 190 204 154 113 126 l 16 100 50 63 19 15 28 9 8 5 84 ,5 8 9 3 9 .5 1 5 9 .5 0 1 5 2 .0 0 1 3 5 .0 0 -1 7 5 .0 0 - - 15 103 251 540 667 6 39 546 501 279 250 209 106 84 89 66 114 60 29 41

993 4 0 .0 1 8 0 .5 0 1 7 2 .0 0 1 4 9 .0 0 -2 0 5 .0 0 - r 2 4 9 46 92 104 131 82 83 85 87 52 34 33 42 41 26 7 331 ,3 0 7 4 0 .0 1 6 4 .5 0 1 5 4 .0 0 1 3 5 .5 0 -1 8 4 .5 0 - - 10 47 42 136 195 185 122 115 83 78 41 39 34 36 24 71 34 8 7

276 4 0 .0 1 4 3 .0 0 1 3 9 .5 0 1 2 0 .0 0 -1 6 3 .5 0 - - 2 17 50 35 36 35 18 35 15 16 9 2 5 - - 1 - - -952 3 9 .0 1 4 8 .5 0 1 4 5 .0 0 1 2 8 .5 0 -1 6 0 .5 0 - 1 20 81 152 154 170 129 112 22 22 46 6 5 19 ” 1 * 11 1

381 4 0 .0 1 9 7 .0 0 1 9 5 .5 0 1 6 1 .5 0 -2 3 1 .5 0 - - - . 2 2 8 17 17 28 28 33 31 25 26 21 25 24 19 8 18 3191 4 0 .0 1 7 8 .5 0 1 7 2 .0 0 1 5 7 .5 0 -1 9 9 .5 0 - - - - - 4 12 - 14 8 19 13 7 6 1 2 1 - - 4

290 4 0 .0 2 0 2 .5 0 2 0 3 .5 0 1 6 7 .0 0 -2 3 9 .0 0 - - - - 22 4 5 17 14 20 14 31 12 19 15 24 22 18 8 18 2770 4 0 .0 2 2 4 .5 0 2 3 3 .5 0 1 5 0 .0 0 -2 7 6 .5 0 - - - - - 2 - 16 - - 1 2 1 1 2 1 15 5 3 - *2198 4 0 .0 2 0 9 .0 0 2 0 8 .0 0 1 7 4 .0 0 -2 4 4 .0 0 - - - - - - - 10 14 2 14 4 7 7 7 7 12 5 4 557 3 9 .5 1 9 8 .5 0 2 0 4 .0 0 1 7 7 .5 0 -2 2 4 .5 0 - - “ 10 1 * 2 3 10 ~ 4 15 - i i 1

1 ,3 1 0 3 9 .5 1 7 3 .0 0 1 7 0 .0 0 1 4 7 .0 0 -1 9 2 .0 0 - - - 18 36 64 92 166 79 205 127 167 127 74 29 29 14 60 9 3 11253 3 9 .5 1 6 6 .5 0 1 6 9 .0 0 1 4 1 .0 0 -1 8 7 .5 0 - - - 2 1 29 29 15 7 49 25 60 13 21 1 - - - - - 1

1 ,0 5 7 3 9 .5 1 7 4 .5 0 1 7 0 .0 0 1 4 7 .5 0 -1 9 4 .0 0 - - - 16 35 35 63 151 72 156 102 107 114 53 28 29 14 60 9 3 10235 4 0 .0 1 9 6 .5 0 1 9 3 .0 0 1 7 2 .0 0 -2 0 9 .5 0 - - - - - 2 5 3 12 27 29 20 49 33 8 10 2 1? 6 2 8321 3 9 .5 1 8 7 .5 0 1 8 0 .5 0 1 6 2 .0 0 -2 1 8 .0 0 - - - - - 12 5 43 15 42 41 37 16 18 15 19 12 40 3 1 2

80 3 9 .5 1 3 8 .0 0 1 2 3 .5 0 1 1 6 .0 0 -1 7 2 .0 0 - - 12 25 6 6 3 1 7 6 10 4146 3 8 .5 1 6 2 .0 0 1 5 7 .0 0 1 4 5 .0 0 -1 7 5 .0 0 “ - “ - 1 22 37 17 33 “ “ 35 * “ * 1 * -

1 ,4 5 3 4 0 .0 1 6 2 .5 0 1 5 6 .0 0 1 4 1 .0 0 -1 7 4 .0 0 _ _ 2 18 29 101 190 224 276 188 133 76 4 4 36 15 16 30 28 35 5 7279 4 0 .0 1 7 4 .5 0 1 6 2 .0 0 1 4 6 .5 0 -2 0 1 .5 0 - - - - 4 8 21 65 39 21 16 22 12 19 5 8 23 6 4 3 3

1 ,1 7 4 4 0 .0 1 5 9 .5 0 1 5 5 .5 0 1 3 9 .5 0 -1 7 1 .0 0 - - 2 18 25 93 169 159 237 167 117 54 32 17 10 8 7 22 31 2 4263 3 9 .5 1 6 5 .5 0 1 5 8 .5 0 1 4 7 .0 0 -1 7 3 .0 0 - - 2 - 3 15 23 41 59 41 31 16 2 5 - 2 6 11 2 4358 4 0 .0 1 6 7 .0 0 1 5 9 .5 0 1 4 0 .0 0 -1 8 3 .0 0 - - - 8 38 43 42 51 46 36 18 15 11 5 4 5 16 20 - -

71 4 0 .0 1 4 8 .0 0 1 5 0 .0 0 1 4 0 .0 0 -1 6 3 .5 0 - - - 5 4 5 4 18 13 11 3 5 3 - - - - - - - -236 4 0 .0 1 5 7 .0 0 1 5 6 .0 0 1 4 2 .5 0 -1 6 7 .5 0 5 4 7 39 18 82 34 15 11 11 1 5 4

O ccupation and in d u stry d iv is io n

M E N A N D W O M E N C O M B I N E D - C O N T I N U E D

K E Y P U N C H O P E R A T O R S , C L A S S M A N U F A C T U R I N GN O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E -------------------S E R V I C E S ------------------------------

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B --------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E -------------------R E T A I L T R A D E ------------------------

M E S S E N G E R S I O F F I C E B O Y S A N D G I R L S >-M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------


S E C R E T A R I E S ---------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E -------------------R E T A I L T R A D E ------------------------S E R V I C E S ------------------------------

S E C R E T A R I E S , C L A S S A ----------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------


S E C R E T A R I E S , C L A S S B ----------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E -------------------R E T A I L T R A D E ------------------------S E R V I C E S ------------------------------

S E C R E T A R I E S , C L A S S C ----------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A O E -------------------R E T A I L T R A D E ------------------------S E R V I C E S ------------------------------

* W o rk e rs w e re d istr ib u te d as fo l lo w s : 13 at $270 to $280; 6 at $300 to $310; and 2 at $320 to $330.

See foo tn o te s at end o f ta b le s .


Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974— ContinuedWeekly

(stanearnings 1 Jard)

N um ber o f w o rk e rs re c e iv in g s tra ig h t-t im e w eek ly earn ings o f—

O ccupation and in du stry d iv is ionNumber

of

Average

(standard Mean * Median * Middle range*

$70

andunder

*80

t90

*100

t110

t120

%130

S140

$150

S160

$170

t180

$190

«2 0 0

$2 1 0

t2 2 0

*230

t240

t250

$260

*270

and

80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 2 1 0 2 2 0 230 240 250 26Q 2 7 9 o v e r

M E N A N D W O M E N . C O M B I N E D - - C O N T I N U E D

s e c r e t a r i e s !- C O N T I N U E D$ $

1 3 9 .0 01 3 9 .0 0

$ $1 2 7 . 0 0 - 1 5 8 .5 01 2 8 . 0 0 - 1 6 3 .5 0

141

8011

20233

557149

572142

38674

27653

20648

10256

76185847

6312

3 316

38 34 8! ? x 1 4 8 .0 0 * 2n ar _ i_Z/ *»r J^2*22 } ” * ° ° 22 12r IJdL 1 L U 1 1 L I 1 1 to

i a i nn i S-r*nn 1 2 4 .0 0 -1 4 7 .5 0 10 39 42 86 147 100 46 1323

^09 / n #n 1 30*00 136 00iCC 1 A 1 L 1 HAUL513 39 0 1 3 5 .0 0 1 3 5 .0 0 1 2 2 .0 0 -1 4 6 .5 0 15 67 144 93 114 30 4 3 1o t KV l e t j

i 13 2 0 11 2 1 .0 0 -1 4 5 .5 0 2721* Tnn " n }7 i f i rn i f 1 71 2 77 An r r rn t ?

3 ;J!J -lo ^ f , 3 * 1 7 / in 2 77 IT A/ 7 f FZViz i !■ ) n n i 7 7 2 z z z 1f j7 a j 1 %

t2

333 ^0*0 1 3 "* 0 0 131 00 £ T6 24 15 i / / 22 H

77* }? 2 * 2 2 ? 2 ? * 2 2 10tr ? ? 35 21 17

017 -to ^ i nn i c o n n 77 7 7 AT/ n n i y « n n

re r ? i n i 7* 1652396 ^0 0 1 80*00 181 00 8 29 45 79 zl

70 3 9 .5 1 3 8 .0 0 1 4 2 .0 0 1 2 5 .0 0 -1 5 2 .5 0 1 12 n 13 24 32

10i l.i nn i 77 nn3 9*5 1 '^ * 5 0 2

ICP 135 00

33 78 139^rn J 2^ * qq u f t o o 1 0 8 .5 0 -1 3 0 .5 0

9 1 .5 0 - 1 1 1 .0 0

j *117 4 0 .5 104 .001 An ~~ 1 115 77 1 2 . *22 33 781 A

1407 7 ; 2 3

^ 2*2 J t ? * 2 2 119 '0 i n 1 4 .n o r 99*^ 0 1 0 1 .5 0 2 14 £K t 1 A1L 1K AUt

94.001 8 4 .5 ,0 - 9 9 .0 0 2 2 2j t K V I L t j 234 4 2*0 9 3 .0 0 26 56 28 3S 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 4 8 3 9 .5 1 1 4 .5 0

1 2 4 .5 01 1 0 .0 0 1 0 1 .5 0 -1 2 3 .5 0

1 0 4 .0 0 -1 3 3 .5 0- 58 106 262 158 103 93 24 11 1 0 4 3 10re - - - - 6 - - -

-nn 3 9*5 J 2 i * 2 2 IT! 1 ?r nn ft 3300“ 2 * 2 2 1 17 *00 l ?7 re 2

1 1 7 .5 0Fr 6

1 0 6 .5 0

1 0 8 .5 0 1 0 8 .0 0

T R A N S C R I B I N G - H A C H I N E O P E R A T O R S .136126

3 8 .53 8 .5

1 1 2 .0 01 1 2 .5 0

.1 0 2 .5 0 -1 1 9 .0 0 28

32

53 26 iiii

13G E N E R A LN O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G

i 7A nn 1 2 ' 00tor ^ 0 0 134 00380108190

900243657

99

3 9 .54 0 .0

1 2 3 .5 01 2 9 .5 01 2 4 .0 0

1 0 5 .0 01 0 5 .0 01 0 4 .5 01 2 7 .0 0

48141 2 8 .0 0

1 2 5 .0 0

1 0 1 .0 01 0 3 .0 01 0 0 .0 0 1 3 5 .5 0

1 2 1 .0 0 - 1 3 7 .0 0 1 1 3 .5 0 -1 3 7 .0 0

9 5 . 0 0 - 1 1 1 .0 09 7 . 0 0 - 1 1 4 .0 0 9 4 .5 0 - 1 0 9 .5 0

1 0 6 . 0 0 - 1 3 9 .5 0

10 32J6

3 9 .54 0 .03 9 .54 0 .04 0 .0

671750

35976

28319

23668

168

1305971

44152911

37 8T Y P I S T S * C L A S S BM A N U F A C T U R I N G

3231

8N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G * * * ' 88 ,

9 8 * 5 0 9 2 • 5 0 -1 0 4 * 0 0

See fo o tn o te * at and o f table*.


Table A-1a. Weekly earnings of office workers—large establishments in Houston, Tex., April 1974

O c c u pation a n d industry division

M E N A N D W O M E N C O M B I N E O

C L E R K S , A C C O U N T I N G , C L A S S A ----------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------

C L E R K S , A C C O U N T I N G , C L A S S B ----------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

R E T A I L T R A D E ------------------------

C L E R K S , F I L E , C L A S S A ------------------

C L E R K S , F I L E , C L A S S B ------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------


C L E R K S , F I L E , C L A S S C ------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

C L E R K S , O R D E R ----------------------------------------------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

R E T A I L T R A D E ------------------------

C L E R K S , P A Y R O L L ---------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------


K E Y P U N C H O P E R A T O R S , C L A S S A ----------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E --------------------

K E Y P U N C H O P E R A T O R S , C L A S S B ----------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E --------------------R E T A I L T R A D E ------------------------

M E S S E N G E R S I O F F I C E B O Y S A N D G I R L S I -M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------


S E C R E T A R I E S ---------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------R E T A I L T R A O E ------------------------S E R V I C E S ------------------------------

S E C R E T A R I E S , C L A S S A -----------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

N u m ber o f w o rk e r s re ce iv in g s tra ig h t -t im e w eek ly e a rn in gs o f—

Numberof

workeR

Average % * * t S * $ % S s * s s S S % 8 % * % *weekly 7 0 8 0 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 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 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 2 5 0 2 6 0 2 7 0hOUR1

(standard] Mean 2 Median 2 Middle range2 a n du n d e r a n d

8 0 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 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 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 2 5 0 2 6 0 2 7 0 o v e r

$ $ $ $9 0 4 4 0 . 0 1 6 6 . 5 0 1 6 2 . 0 0 1 3 8 . 0 0 - 1 8 6 . 0 0 - - 1 8 5 3 8 5 9 9 9 2 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 6 9 4 3 2 7 3 6 3 9 1 8 8 3 9 1 52 2 7 3 9 . 5 1 7 2 . 0 0 1 6 2 . 0 0 1 3 1 . 5 0 - 2 0 1 . 0 0 - - - 4 1 9 2 9 3 0 1 3 1 0 2 5 1 8 1 0 1 2 1 1 4 8 4 4 3 8 1 56 7 7 4 0 . 0 1 6 4 . 5 0 1 6 1 . 5 0 1 4 0 . 5 0 - 1 8 3 . 5 0 - - 1 4 3 4 5 6 6 9 7 9 8 1 7 6 8 9 5 9 3 1 1 6 3 2 3 1 1 4 4 - 11 3 2 4 0 . 0 1 5 6 . 0 0 1 6 6 . 0 0 1 2 7 . 0 0 - 1 7 5 . 0 0 - - - “ 2 5 1 6 6 4 11 1 1 3 6 1 4 2 1 3 1 1 “ 1 ”

1 , 1 8 9 4 0 . 0 1 2 3 . 5 0 1 2 1 . 0 0 1 0 7 . 0 0 - 1 3 8 . 0 0 - 5 3 1 3 9 1 7 1 2 0 6 2 0 7 1 3 8 7 8 8 0 9 2 6 8 3 3 3 2 - - - - -

2 4 9 3 9 . 5 1 1 5 . 5 0 1 1 2 . 0 0 9 7 . 5 0 - 1 2 9 . 5 0 - 1 3 6 3 3 8 4 8 2 8 2 8 12 8 2 2 4 1 - 1 1 - “

9 4 0 4 0 . 0 1 2 5 . 5 0 1 2 3 . 0 0 1 0 9 . 0 0 - 1 4 1 . 5 0 - 4 0 7 6 1 3 3 1 5 8 1 7 9 1 1 0 6 6 7 2 9 0 4 4 2 3 2 1 - - - - -2 0 8 4 0 . 0 1 0 5 . 5 0 1 0 3 . 5 0 9 3 . 0 0 - 1 1 8 . 5 0 33 5 3 4 6 3 0 2 2 2 0 4

5 4 3 9 . 5 1 5 2 . 0 0 1 3 1 . 0 0 1 1 6 . 0 0 - 1 8 7 . 0 0 - - 2 8 9 8 3 2 1 3 - 7 2 2 - 3 1 - 2 - 1

1 3 4 3 9 . 5 1 1 2 . 0 0 9 9 . 5 0 9 3 . 5 0 - 1 1 5 . 5 0 _ 2 1 4 9 2 3 1 7 5 5 - 1 - 2 i 2 2 2 2 2 _ _ - -

1 2 5 3 9 . 5 1 1 1 . 5 0 9 9 . 0 0 9 3 . 0 0 - 1 1 4 . 5 0 - 2 1 4 7 2 1 16 2 5 - 1 - 1 i 2 2 2 2 2 - - -

2 6 4 0 . 0 1 4 4 . 0 0 1 1 2 . 5 0 8 8 . 0 0 - 2 1 0 . 5 0 - 9 1 2 3 - - - - - - i 2 2 2 2 2 “

1 3 1 3 9 . 5 9 5 . 5 0 9 2 . 5 0 8 8 . 0 0 - 1 0 1 . 5 0 1 5 1 4 3 2 2 8 4 21 0 9 3 9 . 5 9 5 . 0 0 9 1 . 0 0 8 7 . 5 0 - 1 0 2 . 0 0 1 5 0 2 8 1 7 7 4 2

2 1 9 3 9 . 5 1 1 6 . C O 1 0 2 . 5 0 8 5 . 0 0 - 1 3 7 . 0 0 1 7 5 1 3 5 17 1 5 2 2 11 2 7 1 2 1 3 9 3 2 1 2 - - - - -1 7 7 3 9 . 0 1 0 5 . 5 0 9 5 . 0 0 8 3 . 5 0 - 1 2 1 . 0 0 17 51 3 3 1 6 1 5 16 8 2 5 4 2 4 2 1 1 - - - -

1 3 7 3 9 . 0 9 3 . 5 0 9 0 . 0 0 8 2 . 5 0 - 1 0 1 . 5 0 1 7 5 1 3 2 1 6 9 7 5

1 9 0 3 9 . 5 1 6 0 . 0 0 1 4 8 . 0 0 1 2 0 . 5 0 - 2 0 6 . 0 0 _ 1 8 1 9 1 9 1 9 18 1 5 8 5 8 6 1 2 6 2 6 1 0 1 0 _ - _ _71 4 0 . 0 1 7 0 . 0 0 1 7 6 . 5 0 1 3 5 . 0 0 - 2 0 0 . 0 0 - - 2 2 5 4 1 0 7 1 2 5 6 1 0 2 2 1 0 3 - - - -

1 1 9 3 9 . 5 1 5 3 . 5 0 1 3 9 . 0 0 1 1 5 . 5 0 - 2 1 5 . 5 0 - 1 6 1 7 1 4 15 8 8 7 3 3 - 2 4 2 4 - 7 - - - -5 2 4 0 . 0 1 9 0 . 5 0 2 1 6 . 0 0 1 5 6 . 0 0 - 2 1 9 . 0 0 - “ 3 5 1 1 1 2 3 “ 1 4 2 4 7 - -

3 5 3 3 9 . 5 1 4 1 . 5 0 1 3 3 . 5 0 1 2 2 . 5 0 - 1 5 4 . 0 0 - _ 4 2 5 3 8 8 5 6 1 3 8 3 7 13 1 2 2 8 2 0 1 - - - - - -8 9 4 0 . 0 1 3 8 . 0 0 1 3 3 . 5 0 1 2 6 . 5 0 - 1 4 6 . 0 0 - - - - 4 2 8 2 4 1 6 9 5 - 1 1 1 - -

2 6 4 3 9 . 5 1 4 2 . 5 0 1 3 3 . 0 0 1 2 0 . 5 0 - 1 5 7 . 0 0 - - 4 2 5 3 4 5 7 3 7 2 2 2 8 8 1 1 2 8 1 9 - - - - -8 4 4 0 . 0 1 6 8 . 0 0 1 9 4 . 5 0 1 2 7 . 5 0 - 1 9 9 . 5 0 - - - 1 10 15 8 - 2 - - 1 2 8 1 9 - - - - - -

5 3 4 0 . 0 1 2 8 . C O 1 2 6 . 0 0 1 1 4 . 5 0 - 1 3 3 . 5 0 - - i 6 7 2 3 9 - - 6 1

5 0 2 3 9 . 5 1 2 3 . 0 0 1 2 1 . 0 0 1 0 8 . 0 0 - 1 3 3 . 0 0 - 5 2 4 1 1 6 9 4 1 2 4 4 7 4 6 1 4 2 0 3 1 _ 1 _ 7 - - - - _1 0 8 3 9 . 5 1 2 3 . 5 0 1 2 1 . 0 0 1 1 2 . 5 0 - 1 3 4 . 0 0 - 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 8 1 0 18 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - -3 9 4 3 9 . 5 1 2 3 . C O 1 2 0 . 5 0 1 0 6 . 0 0 - 1 3 3 . 0 0 - 3 2 3 1 0 2 6 2 9 6 3 7 2 8 1 3 1 9 3 1 - - 7 - - - - -1 2 9 4 0 . 0 1 3 6 . 5 0 1 2 7 . 5 0 1 1 5 . 5 0 - 1 5 4 . 0 0 - - 3 18 1 6 3 5 7 12 1 0 1 8 2 1 - - - 7 - - - - -9 7 4 0 . 0 1 1 9 . 5 0 1 2 0 . 0 0 1 0 4 . 0 0 - 1 3 0 . 5 0 - 1 4 3 1 1 3 2 4 11 8 3 1 176 3 9 . 5 1 1 4 . 5 0 1 1 2 . 5 0 1 0 3 . 0 0 - 1 2 8 . 0 0 - “ 9 2 3 1 6 1 3 11 4

2 3 2 3 9 . 5 I C O . 5 0 9 4 . 5 0 8 8 . 0 0 - 1 0 4 . 5 0 1 7 3 7 6 3 5 1 6 4 1 2 4 3 2 4 26 1 3 9 . 5 1 0 6 . 0 0 9 4 . 5 0 8 7 . 0 0 - 1 1 9 . 5 0 - 2 0 14 4 9 2 3 3 3 2 1

1 7 1 3 9 . 5 9 9 . 0 0 9 4 . 5 0 8 8 . 5 0 - 1 0 2 . 5 0 1 5 3 6 2 31 7 2 9 1 - - 3 250 4 0 . 0 9 9 . 5 0 9 1 . 5 0 8 7 . 0 0 - 9 8 . 0 0 - 22 2 0 3 - - - - - - 3 254 4 0 . 0 1 0 6 . 5 0 1 0 3 . 0 0 9 8 . 0 0 - 1 1 3 . 0 0 “ 3 1 5 2 1 4 2 9

2 , 5 3 3 3 9 . 5 1 6 5 . 0 0 1 5 8 . 0 0 1 3 7 . 5 0 - 1 8 5 . 5 0 - - 4 2 8 9 8 2 6 4 3 4 5 3 2 2 2 6 4 2 5 8 2 2 0 1 7 2 1 2 9 9 7 7 8 6 1 56 7 1 36 1 7 1 37 3 8 3 9 . 5 1 6 0 . 0 0 1 5 1 . 5 0 1 3 3 . 5 0 - 1 7 8 . 5 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 4 9 0 6 2 7 9 6 5 4 3 3 5 3 0 9 9 2 2 9 8 5 4

1 , 7 9 5 4 0 . 0 1 6 7 . 0 0 1 5 9 . 5 0 1 3 9 . 0 0 - 1 8 8 . 0 0 - - 3 21 66 1 6 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 0 2 1 7 9 1 5 5 1 2 9 9 4 6 7 6 9 5 2 3 4 6 2 2 8 1 2 95 4 9 4 0 . 0 1 7 5 . 5 0 1 7 0 . 0 0 1 4 8 . 5 0 - 1 9 6 . 0 0 4 9 2 7 5 2 5 3 6 4 6 5 5 7 5 7 3 5 2 6 3 4 1 9 1 4 11 1 6 3 31 9 1 3 9 . 5 1 4 6 . 5 0 1 4 5 . 0 0 1 2 6 . 5 0 - 1 6 5 . 0 0 - - 2 5 17 3 5 2 6 2 5 1 8 2 5 1 5 11 9 2 - - - 1 - - -1 5 7 4 0 . 0 1 5 1 . 5 0 1 4 6 . 5 0 1 3 3 . 0 0 - 1 6 7 . 0 0 “ - 1 3 15 1 6 2 5 3 1 1 9 11 1 5 7 i 2 5 4 1 * - 1

1 2 B 4 0 . 0 2 1 0 . 5 0 2 0 9 . 5 0 1 7 8 . 0 0 - 2 4 1 . 0 0 - - _ - - 2 2 1 1 11 1 6 6 13 1 3 8 1 0 1 2 1 5 6 5 71 0 3 4 0 . 0 2 1 7 . 5 0 2 2 0 . 0 0 1 9 6 . 0 0 - 2 4 5 . 0 0 - - - 2 - 1 1 6 6 6 1 0 1 2 8 9 1 0 1 4 6 5 7

See fo o tn otes at end o f ta b le s .


Table A-la. Weekly earnings of office workers—large establishments in Houston, Tex., April 1974— ContinuedWeekly earnings 1

(standard) N u m ber o f w o rk e rs re ce iv in g s tra ig h t -t im e w eek ly ea rn in gs o f—

O ccupation and in du stry d iv is ionNumber

of

Averageweeklyhours1

(standard Mean Median Middle ranged

1 $7 0

andunder|

8 0*

9 0*1 0 0

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i1 2 0

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f S1 4 0 1 5 0

t1 6 0

J1 7 0

8 $1 8 0 1 9 0

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l2 2 0

s2 3 0 2 4 0

i2 5 0

T2 6 0

"i— 2 7 0

and

8 0 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 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 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 2 5 0 2 6 0 2 7 0 o v e r

MEN AND WOMEN COMBINED— CONT I N U E D

SECRETARIES! - C ONTINUED |$ $ $ $

3 36

4 0

MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------- 8 7 3 9 . 0 1 7 3 . 0 0 1 7 6 . 0 0 1 6 2 . 0 0 - 1 8 8 . 0 0 - - - 2 1 2 6 3 4 1 9 1 6 16 1 0 1 1

^ ^ j ^1 6 6 . 0 0 - 1 9 8 . 5 0 3 3 1 2 2 7 18 2 1 1 3 81 3 1 0 . 0 1 U J * 0 u 1 0 1 * 0 0

7 8 2 4 0 . 0 1 6 4 . 0 0 1 5 9 . 0 0 1 4 3 . 5 0 - 1 7 5 . 5 01 5 1 . 0 0 - 2 1 9 . 0 01 4 2 . 0 0 - 1 7 2 . 0 01 4 2 . 5 0 - 1 7 1 . 5 01 3 7 . 0 0 - 1 6 2 . 0 0

16 4 5 8 3 1 3 12 4

1 0 72 81 3

1 2 81 6

1 1 23 41 3

1 0 52 18 42 811

9 7 4 8123 68

3 2102 2

2 6111 5

11 1 28

2 01 7

11

6 3J 0 . 01 5 8 . 5 0 1 5 6 . 5 0

1 5 8 . 0 01 5 0 . 0 0

1 2

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8 43 11 0 ^ 4 0 . 0

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6 1 1 4 6 . 0 0 5 5 3

1 , 1 3 5 3 9 . 5 1 5 1 . 5 01 4 7 . 0 0

1 4 1 . 0 0 1 2 9 . 0 0 - 1 6 3 . 5 0 2 1 7 72 75 0

2 0 89 7

1 1 1

2 4 21 0 9

1 7 1 9 9 6 8 4 1 5 01 53 5

2 91 21 7

2 51 21 3

3 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 6 81

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1 2 1 . 5 0 - 1 5 1 . 0 0 1 1 5

2 7

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18 4

1 2 8 . 0 0 6 2 2 6 1 9 1 11

1 01 0

2 01 1 8 . 0 0 - 1 4 4 . 5 0 1 1 5

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i c -f n n 7 5 0 2 81 9

7 63 44 22 8

1 3 83 0

1 0 86 9

1 2 82 3

1 0 54 6

6 61 05 62 3

7 42 05 43 7

3 71 62 1

2 5 3 31 91 4

3 01 81 2

4 9 i ii i2 2 5 / n n i a i nn 1 5 5 . 0 0 1 3 0 . 5 0 - 1 9 4 . 5 0

1 3 6 . 0 0 - 1 6 8 . 5 0

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2 2 0 1 4 5 * 0 0 1 1 . 0 0

S W I T C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R S , C L A S S A -------- 1 0 6 3 9 . 5 1 3 9 . 5 0 1 3 3 . 0 0 1 1 7 . 0 0 - 1 5 5 . 5 01 2 4 . 0 0 - 1 6 6 . 5 0

- - i 1 3 2 2 1 413

1 411

1 0 9 4 3 1 01 0

- 2 2 - 2 - - - -

2 5 05 2

1 9 83 07 3

4 0 . 54 0 . 04 0 . 54 0 . 03 9 . 5

1 0 8 . 5 01 2 2 . 5 01 0 4 . 5 01 2 9 . 5 0 9 7 . 5 0

1 0 3 . 0 01 1 8 . 5 01 0 0 . 0 01 1 4 . 5 0

3 1 6 6 5 61 44 2

3 5102 5

49 4 . 5 0 - 1 1 8 . 0 01 0 8 . 0 0 - 1 3 3 . 0 09 2 . 5 0 - 1 1 3 . 5 0

1 0 3 . 0 0 - 1 4 7 . 5 08 4 . 5 0 - 1 0 8 . 0 0

2 2101 2

13 81

71

3 1 6 2

1 57

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 - 6 2 4 0 . 0 1 3 1 . 0 0 1 2 3 . 0 0 1 1 2 . 5 0 - 1 4 6 . 5 0 - - 4 7 1 6 9 3 11 2 4 4 - 2

1 2 7 5 0 1 2 7 0 0 1 7 8_ _ .

i4 0 0 3 9 . 5 1 2 1 . 0 0 1 2 1 . 5 0 1 1 2 . 5 0 - 1 2 9 . 5 0

1 1 9 . 5 0 - 1 3 6 . 0 0

J r9 92 7

38

3 3 24 0 . 0 1 2 3 . ->0 5 1

3' I 1" 1 0 2.

1l1 1 3

3 2 8

4 0 0 4 0 . 0 3 9 . 5

1 '!4 0 0 1 0 7 . C O 1 0 2 . 5 0

1 0 2 5 01 0 5 . 5 01 0 1 . 5 0

9 7 . 5 0 - 1 1 5 . 5 09 4 . 5 0 - 1 0 8 . 5 0

i i2 3

3 1 21 1 3 1 2 6

29

See foo tn otes at end o f ta b le s .


Table A-2. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974

O ccupation ajid in d u stry d iv is io n weeklyhours1

(standard)

Weekly earnings 1 (standard)_____

N u m ber o f w o rk e r s re ce iv in g s tra ig h t-t im e w eek ly e a rn in gs o f—t i s t i t i t t s t t t t t t t t t t t

90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290

andunder100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 2 00 210 220 2 30 2 40 250 260 2 70 2B0 290 o v e r

H E M AMO W O MEN C0.MBINED

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS A ---------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---- ---------------

WHOLESALE T R A 0 E ------------------SERVICES ---------------------------

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS B ---------M A N U F A CTURING -----------------------NCNMANUF A C T U R I N G -------------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------------SERVICES ---------*-----------------

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS C ---------NONMANUF A C T U R I N G -------------------

WHOLESALE TRAOE ------------------SERVICES ---------------------------

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS,BUSINESS, CLASS A ---------------------

NONMANUF A C T U R I N G -------------------

C OMPUTER PROGRAMMERS,BUSINESS, CLASS B ---------------------

NONMANUFA C T U R I N G -------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------------SERVICES ---------------------------

C OMPUTER PROGRAMMERS,BUSINESS, CLASS C ---------------------

NONMANUF A C T U R I N G -------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------------

C OMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,BUSINESS, CLASS A ---------------------

N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------- ------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------------W H OLESALE TRAOE ------------------

C OMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,BUSINESS, CLASS B ---------------------

NONMA N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------------

C OMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,BUSINESS, CLASS C ---------------------

N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G --- ---------------

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A ---------------------MANUF A C T U R I N G ------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------------

$ $ $ $232 4 0 .0 1 9 9 .5 0 1 9 6 .0 0 1 7 5 .0 0 -2 1 6 .5 0 - - - - - 6 3 27 35 33 26 26 29 10 12 1 10 5 9 -210 4 0 .0 1 9 9 .0 0 1 9 6 .5 0 1 7 7 .5 0 -2 1 5 .5 0 - - - - - 4 3 23 29 32 26 26 29 7 12 1 8 2 8 -

68 4 0 .0 2 0 2 .5 0 2 0 2 .0 0 1 8 6 .5 0 -2 1 7 .0 0 - - - - - 1 1 1 9 13 8 12 13 2 3 1 1 2 1 - -89 4 0 .0 1 9 9 .0 0 1 9 3 .0 0 1 7 0 .5 0 -2 2 2 .5 0 - - - “ 3 2 17 6 12 13 9 4 4 7 ~ 6 “ 6

543 4 0 .0 1 6 1 .0 0 1 5 9 .0 0 1 4 3 .0 0 -1 7 3 .0 0 _ 2 4 47 43 118 67 98 64 29 18 21 13 9 6 4 - - - - -103 4 0 .0 1 6 5 .5 0 1 5 8 .0 0 1 4 2 .5 0 -1 7 5 .0 0 - - - 2 6 35 14 14 10 1 3 10 2 2 2 2 - - - - -440 4 0 .0 1 6 0 .5 0 1 5 9 .5 0 1 4 3 .0 0 -1 7 2 .5 0 - 2 4 45 37 83 53 84 54 28 15 11 11 7 4 2 - - - - -

49 4 0 .0 1 7 8 .0 0 1 7 1 .0 0 1 4 5 .0 0 -2 1 3 .0 0 - - 2 1 - 12 6 3 4 2 3 - 8 4 3 1 - - - - >7128 4 0 .0 1 6 4 .0 0 1 6 5 .0 0 15 l • 0 0 -1 7 4 .5 0 “ 8 7 17 14 32 30 8 5 7

335 4 0 .0 1 3 0 .0 0 1 2 6 .5 0 1 1 7 .0 0 -1 4 2 .0 0 2 52 67 62 60 31 14 36 9 1 1288 4 0 .0 1 3 0 .5 0 1 2 8 .5 0 1 1 7 .5 0 -1 4 2 .0 0 2 40 47 62 58 27 12 34 6

57 4 0 .0 1 2 5 .5 0 1 2 1 .0 0 1 1 7 .0 0 -1 2 6 .0 0 - 8 18 20 2 3 - 1 591 3 9 .5 1 2 0 .5 0 1 2 2 .0 0 1 0 8 .5 0 -1 3 0 .0 0 * 24 15 30 10 7 1 4 “ “ “

281 3 9 .5 2 6 2 .5 0 2 6 0 .5 0 2 3 3 .5 0 -2 8 5 .5 0 3 13 30 14 25 36 19 29 33 19 * 60245 3 9 .5 2 6 4 .0 0 2 6 2 .0 0 2 3 3 .0 0 -2 8 8 .5 0 3 9 26 14 22 27 16 26 26 19 57

251 3 9 .5 2 2 1 .0 0 2 1 7 .0 0 1 9 6 .0 0 -2 4 3 .5 0 _ _ 4 12 31 35 25 33 23 18 32 8 _ 3 20 7202 3 9 .5 2 1 8 .5 0 2 1 3 .0 0 1 9 4 .5 0 -2 4 3 .0 0 - - - - - - 4 - 12 25 33 23 20 15 14 30 4 - 1 18 3

51 4 0 .0 2 1 1 .0 0 2 1 2 .5 0 1 9 8 .5 0 -2 2 6 .0 0 - - - - - - 2 - 1 1 13 8 7 10 4 4 1 - - - -57 3 9 .5 2 4 4 .0 0 2 4 7 .0 0 2 1 7 .5 0 -2 8 6 .0 0 “ “ 2 2 2 1 5 2 2 7 16 * “ * 18

130 4 0 .0 1 6 8 .0 0 1 7 1 .0 0 1 5 8 .0 0 -1 8 4 .5 0 _ _ 10 4 2 11 7 28 25 20 16 4 1 2 _ T95 4 0 .0 1 7 2 .5 0 1 7 2 .0 0 1 6 2 .0 0 -1 8 4 .0 0 - - - 4 2 1 7 28 21 19 6 4 1 2 - - - - - - -41 4 0 .0 1 8 0 .5 0 1 8 2 .0 0 1 7 2 .0 0 -1 8 9 .5 0 * 1 “ 1 2 4 11 13 4 4 1

202 3 9 .5 3 2 4 .5 0 3 2 2 .5 0 2 9 1 .5 0 -3 5 2 .0 0 9 1 3 6 8 1 8 * * 1 5 7172 3 9 .5 3 2 5 .0 0 3 2 4 .0 0 2 9 2 .5 0 -3 5 3 .5 0 9 1 3 2 7 13 137

28 4 0 .0 2 9 7 .5 0 2 9 5 .5 0 2 8 0 .5 0 -3 1 7 .5 0 2 2 3 6 1563 4 0 .0 3 1 3 .0 0 3 0 5 .0 0 2 9 2 .0 0 -3 4 5 .0 0 9 “ ” ~ " 1 53

176 4 0 .0 2 6 7 .0 0 2 6 3 .5 0 2 4 2 .0 0 -2 9 1 .0 0 5 6 4 20 31 14 22 20 9 * * * 4 5138 4 0 .0 2 6 9 .5 0 2 6 7 .0 0 2 4 6 .0 0 -2 9 2 .5 0 5 3 3 17 13 14 19 18 9 37

25 4 0 .0 2 5 7 .0 0 2 6 2 .5 0 2 4 6 .0 0 -2 7 4 .0 0 2 1 “ 2 6 1 5 5 * 3

87 3 9 .5 2 3 3 .5 0 2 3 4 .0 0 2 1 2 .0 0 -2 5 1 .0 0 5 _ 14 12 4 17 13 7 5 5 3 283 3 9 .5 2 3 1 .5 0 2 3 3 .0 0 2 1 1 .5 0 -2 4 8 .5 0 5 - 14 12 4 17 13 7 4 3 3 1

850 4 0 .0 2 4 0 .0 0 2 3 4 .0 0 2 1 8 .0 0 -2 7 0 .0 0 • - - - - 2 1 11 12 35 38 55 81 117 112 87 53 34 18 80 n i 4463 4 0 .0 2 3 9 .5 0 2 2 6 .0 0 2 1 5 .0 0 -2 7 9 .0 0 - - - - - - - 5 11 27 24 42 5 6 72 47 22 16 17 10 18 - 96387 4 0 .0 2 4 1 .5 0 2 4 1 .0 0 2 2 3 .5 0 -2 6 3 .0 0 - - - - - 2 1 6 1 8 14 13 25 45 65 65 3 7 17 8 62 18

84 4 0 .0 2 2 9 .5 0 2 3 0 .5 0 2 0 1 .5 0 -2 4 8 .5 0 - - - - 2 4 1 6 7 7 5 10 12 11 3 2 1 1 12

* W o r k e r s w ere distributed as follows:** Work e r s w e r e distributed as follows:* * * W o r k e r s w e r e distributed as follows:•f W o r k e r s w e r e distributed as follows:

11 at $290 to $300;37 at $290 to $300;11 at $290 to $300;34 at $290 to $300;

23 at $300 to $320; 15 at $300 to $320; 18 at $300 to $320; 73 at $300 to $320;

4 at $320 to $340; .15 at $340 to $360; 7 at $360 to $380.29 at $320 to $340; 34 at $340 to $360; 17 at $360 to $380; 3 at $380 to $400; and 22 at $400 and over. 11 at $320 to $340; and 5 at $340 to $360. and 7 at $320 to $340.

See -foo tn otes at end o f ta b le s .


Table A-2. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974— Continued

O ccupation and in du stry d iv is io nAverage weekly hours1

(standard)

Weekly earnings 1 (standard)_____ N um ber o f w o rk e r s re c e iv in g s tra ig h t-t im e w eek ly ea rn in gs o f—

1 i i * I I t t $ $ $ t i t ~ i $ * t I I *90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290

under100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 ov e r

M E N A N D M 0 M E N C O M B I N E D - C O N T I N U E D

D R A F T S M E N , C L A S S B — -------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E -------------------S E R V I C E S -----------------------------

D R A F T S M E N , C L A S S C ----------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A 0 E -------------------S E R V I C E S -----------------------------

D R A F T S M E N - T R A C E R S ------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

E L E C T R O N I C S T E C H N I C I A N S ---------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

E L E C T R O N I C S T E C H N I C I A N S , C L A S S A- M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------

E L E C T R O N I C S T E C H N I C I A N S , C L A S S B-M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

N U R S E S , I N D U S T R I A L I R E G I S T E R E D I ---M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------

920341579194

57325

525268257

8852

114

134

647363284

288122166

140104

4 0 .04 0 .04 0 .04 0 .04 0 .04 0 .0

4 0 .04 0 .04 0 .04 0 .04 0 .04 0 .0

4 0 .04 0 .04 0 .0

4 0 .04 0 .04 0 .0

4 0 .04 0 .0

4 0 .04 0 .04 0 .0

4 0 .04 0 .0

$1 8 7 .0 01 8 8 .0 0 1 8 7 .OC2 0 5 .5 0 1 8 2 .0 01 7 6 .5 0

1 4 8 .0 01 5 0 .0 01 4 6 .0 01 3 8 .0 01 6 3 .0 01 4 5 .0 0

1 1 8 .5 01 1 7 .0 01 2 0 .5 0

1 8 8 .5 01 7 7 .5 02 0 2 .5 0

2 1 9 .5 02 1 7 .0 0

1 8 6 .0 01 7 4 .5 01 9 4 .0 0

1 8 9 .0 01 9 4 .5 0

!$1 8 4 .5 01 8 4 .5 01 8 4 .5 01 9 8 .5 01 8 5 .5 0 1 8 2 .0 0

1 4 4 .5 01 4 6 .0 01 4 3 .5 01 3 7 .5 01 6 0 .5 01 4 5 .5 0

121 .001 1 9 .5 0122 .00

1 8 8 .0 01 6 8 .5 02 1 0 .5 0

2 2 1 .5 0 2 1 6 .0 0

1 8 5 .0 01 7 4 .0 02 0 6 .5 0

1 9 2 .5 01 9 9 .5 0

$ $1 6 7 . 5 0 - 2 0 1 . 5 01 6 9 . 5 0 - 1 9 9 . 0 01 6 4 . 0 0 - 2 0 3 . 0 01 7 3 . 0 0 - 2 3 2 . 0 01 5 7 . 5 0 - 1 9 9 . 5 01 6 3 . 0 0 - 1 9 4 . 0 0

1 3 2 . 0 0 - 1 6 3 . 5 01 3 3 . 0 0 - 1 6 5 . 5 01 3 1 . 5 0 - 1 6 2 . 5 01 2 0 . 5 0 - 1 4 7 . 5 01 4 3 . 5 0 - 1 8 7 . 0 01 3 3 . 0 0 - 1 6 5 . 0 0

1 1 5 . 0 0 - 1 2 6 . 0 01 0 5 . 0 0 - 1 2 6 . 0 01 1 7 . 5 0 - 1 2 6 . 0 0

1 6 1 . 5 0 - 2 1 3 . 5 01 5 7 . 0 0 - 1 9 4 . 5 01 8 7 . 0 0 - 2 1 8 . 5 0

2 0 8 . 0 0 - 2 3 2 .0 02 0 0 . 0 0 - 2 3 1 . 5 0

1 7 1 . 5 0 - 2 0 8 . 5 01 6 4 . 0 0 - 1 8 4 . 0 01 7 9 . 5 0 - 2 1 1 . 5 0

1 6 4 . 5 0 - 2 1 1 . 0 01 7 3 . 0 0 - 2 1 6 . 0 0

37181918

391821

67353215

412

91494213

64 727 l37 6

8 195 163 3

271116

73

125735214

434

1044559126

40

19177

114261177

113 113486521

836

427121

50

72812

16

99 67 79 34 14 7 10 9 546 34 32 28 10 2 5 5 453 33 47 6 4 5 5 4 121 3 7 4 1 1 2 - -13 8 13 - 3 3 3 4 119 22 27 2

3 - - - - - - - -3 — — — — —

24 9723 83

1 14

65 6160 34

5 27

3328

5

1411

663630

522428

31 6026 14

5 46

16 2514 10

15 3512 4

1510

105 3720 1985 18

621

559

46



Table A-2a. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers—large establishmentsin Houston, Tex., April 1974

O ccu pa tion and in d u stry d iv is io n

H E N A N D W O M E N C O M B I N E D

C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R S , C L A S S A -------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R S , C L A S S B -------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ----------------

C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R S , C L A S S C -------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R S ,B U S I N E S S , C L A S S A ---------------------

N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R S ,B U S I N E S S , C L A S S B ---------------------

N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ----------------

C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R S ,B U S I N E S S , C L A S S C ---------------------


C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T S ,B U S I N E S S , C L A S S A ---------------------


C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T S ,B U S I N E S S , C L A S S B ---------------------


C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T S ,B U S I N E S S , C L A S S C ---------------------


D R A F T S M E N , C L A S S A ---------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------


D R A F T S M E N , C L A S S B ---------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------


D R A F T S M E N , C L A S S C ---------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------N C N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------


Weekly earnings 1 (standard) Num be r o f w o rk e r s re ce iv in g s tra ig h t -t im e w eek ly e a rn in gs of—

Number Average I1 %....- * % T ' r l % % . 8 T 1 I ( ~% f * * 1 1 * -9 0 10 0 11 0 120 1 3 0 14 0 15 0 1 6 0 1 7 0 18 0 1 9 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 2 5 0 2 6 0 2 7 0 2 8 0 2 9 0

worken hours1(standard) Mean * Median * Middle range* and and

10 0 110 12 0 130 1 4 0 150 16 0 1 7 0 1 8 0 1 9 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 2 5 0 2 6 0 2 7 0 2 8 0 2 9 0 o v e r

$ $ $ $122 3 9 .5 2 0 1 .5 0 1 9 9 .0 0 1 7 6 . 0 0 - 2 2 4 . 0 0 - - - - - 6 3 10 16 13 15 11 13 10 12 1 4 5 3 - -1 0 3 3 9 . 5 2 0 0 .5 0 1 9 9 .0 0 1 8 0 . 0 0 - 2 2 1 . 0 0 - - - *“ 4 3 6 13 12 15 11 13 7 12 1 2 2 2

2 3 4 3 9 . 5 1 7 0 .0 0 1 6 5 .5 0 1 4 7 . 0 0 - 1 9 0 . 0 0 . 2 4 11 19 32 29 41 2 0 18 13 15 13 8 6 3 - - - - _187 3 9 .5 1 6 8 .0 0 1 6 4 .0 0 1 4 7 . 0 0 - 1 8 5 . 0 0 - 2 4 9 13 27 2 6 37 13 17 10 5 11 7 4 2 - - - -

41 4 0 . 0 1 8 4 .5 0 1 8 7 .5 0 1 5 6 . 0 0 - 2 1 4 . 0 0 - 2 1 6 4 3 4 2 3 - 8 4 3 1 - - - -

170 4 0 . 0 1 4 3 .0 0 1 4 1 .0 0 1 2 8 . 0 0 - 1 6 5 . 5 0 1 5 21 21 3 5 26 14 36 9 - 1 1148 4 0 . 0 1 4 2 .5 0 1 4 0 .0 0 1 2 8 . 5 0 - 1 6 5 . 5 0 1 3 16 21 33 22 12 34 6

193 4 0 . 0 2 5 5 .5 0 2 5 8 .5 0 2 3 4 . 0 0 - 2 7 4 . 0 0 3 7 22 8 17 31 12 2 8 2 9 16 * 2 0169 4 0 . 0 2 5 4 .5 0 2 5 9 .5 0 2 3 2 . 5 0 - 2 7 4 . 5 0 • * ” " * * • 3 6 21 8 14 25 9 2 5 2 5 16 17

152 3 9 .5 2 1 7 .5 0 2 1 6 .5 0 1 9 7 . 5 0 - 2 3 2 . 5 0 4 10 14 19 19 24 21 12 9 8 _ 3 2 7103 3 9 .5 2 1 0 .5 0 2 0 7 .0 0 1 9 5 . 5 0 - 2 2 8 . 0 0 - - - - - - 4 - 10 8 17 17 11 13 8 7 4 - 1 3

43 4 0 . 0 2 1 1 .5 0 2 1 6 .0 0 1 9 9 . 0 0 - 2 2 7 . 5 0 * * 2 “ 1 i 9 8 5 8 4 4 i

66 3 9 .5 1 7 7 .0 0 1 7 8 .0 0 1 6 3 . 5 0 - 1 8 9 . 5 0 _ 1 2 1 7 8 18 14 10 4 158 4 0 . 0 1 7 5 .5 0 1 7 7 .0 0 1 6 2 . 5 0 - 1 8 8 . 5 0 - - - 1 2 1 7 8 14 14 6 4 141 4 0 . 0 1 8 0 .5 0 1 8 2 .0 0 1 7 2 . 0 0 - 1 8 9 . 5 0 “ 1 1 2 4 11 13 4 4 1

134 3 9 .5 3 2 1 . CO 3 1 9 .5 0 2 9 0 . 0 0 - 3 4 8 . 0 0 1 i 3 6 7 1 6 * * 1 0 0104 4 0 . 0 3 2 1 .5 0 3 2 2 .0 0 2 9 5 . 0 0 - 3 4 9 . 0 0 1 i 3 2 6 11 80

26 4 0 . 0 2 9 5 .5 0 2 9 2 .5 0 2 7 9 . 0 0 - 3 0 8 . 0 0 2 2 3 6 13

134 4 0 . 0 2 7 2 .0 0 2 7 0 . 5 0 2 5 0 . 5 0 - 2 9 5 . 5 0 3 6 4 8 12 13 2 0 20 8 * * * 4 0111 4 0 . 0 2 7 2 .5 0 2 7 1 .5 0 2 5 3 . 5 0 - 2 9 4 . 0 0 “ “ “ * * “ * “ * 3 3 3 5 9 13 17 18 8 32

57 3 9 .5 2 4 2 . 5 0 2 4 4 .0 0 2 2 4 . 0 0 - 2 5 9 . 0 0 1 - 4 8 4 7 13 7 5 5 1 253 3 9 .5 2 3 9 .5 0 2 4 2 .5 0 2 2 1 . 0 0 - 2 5 4 . 5 0 1 4 8 4 7 13 7 4 3 1 1

2 5 4 4 0 . 0 2 2 7 .5 0 2 2 2 . 0 0 2 0 3 . 0 0 - 2 4 7 . 0 0 - - - - 2 _ 9 12 14 19 31 32 34 21 23 14 4 12 1 1 26168 4 0 . 0 2 2 6 .0 0 2 2 0 . 0 0 2 0 4 . 0 0 - 2 4 5 . 5 0 - - - - - - - 5 11 8 11 24 25 26 8 16 1 0 2 7 -J 1586 4 0 . 0 2 2 9 .5 0 2 3 0 .0 0 2 0 1 . 0 0 - 2 5 4 . 0 0 - - - - 2 - 4 1 6 8 7 7 8 13 7 4 2 5 1 1168 4 0 . 0 2 2 2 . 0 0 2 2 3 .0 0 1 9 5 . 5 0 - 2 4 3 . 0 0 - “ “ * 2 4 1 6 7 7 5 8 10 5 3 2 1 1 6

2 4 9 4 0 . 0 1 9 0 .5 0 1 8 4 .0 0 1 6 7 . 5 0 - 2 0 8 . 0 0 - _ _ 1 6 13 16 35 38 39 23 24 7 9 14 6 5 3 6 2 2142 4 0 . 0 1 9 1 . 0C 1 8 3 .0 0 1 7 0 . 0 0 - 1 9 9 . 0 0 - 1 - 2 8 25 26 30 16 13 4 - 2 - 2 3 6 2 2107 4 0 . 0 1 9 0 .5 0 1 8 6 .5 0 1 6 1 . 5 0 - 2 2 4 . 0 0 - - - - 6 11 8 10 12 9 7 11 3 9 12 6 3 - - - -

78 4 0 . 0 1 8 2 .5 0 1 7 4 .5 0 1 5 4 . 5 0 - 2 0 7 . 5 0 - “ “ 6 10 7 10 8 6 5 11 2 5 3 3 2 - - - -

2 1 4 4 0 . 0 1 5 3 .5 0 1 4 6 .5 0 1 3 1 . 0 0 - 1 6 9 . 5 0 . 3 19 30 24 44 2 4 18 13 8 7 10 9 5 _ - - - _ - -114 4 0 . 0 1 5 8 .5 0 1 5 0 .5 0 1 4 1 . 0 0 - 1 7 1 . 0 0 - - - 14 11 31 18 11 9 4 2 5 5 4 - - - - -100 4 0 . 0 1 4 7 .5 0 1 3 9 .5 0 1 2 2 . 0 0 - 1 6 7 . 0 0 - 3 19 16 13 13 6 7 4 4 5 5 4 i - - - * - -

80 4 0 . 0 1 3 7 .5 0 1 3 5 .5 0 1 2 0 . 0 0 - 1 4 8 . 5 0 3 18 15 13 13 3 7 4 1 1 2

* W o rk e rs w e re d istr ib u te d as fo l lo w s :** W o rk e rs w e re d istr ib u te d as fo l lo w s :* * * W o rk e rs w e re d istr ib u te d as fo l lo w s :■f W o rk e rs w e re d is tr ib u te d as fo l lo w s :

9 at $ 2 9 0 to $ 300; 2 at $ 300 to $ 320; 4 at $ 320 to $ 340; 4 at $ 3 4 0 to $ 360; and 1 at $ 360 to $ 380.19 at $ 290 to $ 3 0 0 ; 15 at $ 3 0 0 to $ 3 2 0 ; 25 at $ 320 to $ 3 4 0 ; 20 at $ 340 to $ 360; 11 at $ 360 to $ 380; 3 at $ 3 8 0 to $ 4 0 0 ; and 7 at $ 400 and o v e r . 11 at $ 2 9 0 to $ 300; 17 at $ 3 0 0 to $ 320; 7 at $ 3 2 0 to $ 3 4 0 ; and 5 at $ 340 to $ 360.8 at $ 2 9 0 to $ 3 0 0 ; 11 at $ 3 0 0 to $ 320; and 7 at $ 320 to $ 340.



Table A-2a. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers—large establishmentsin Houston, Tex., April 1974— Continued

W eek ly earnings 1 (standard)

N u m ber o f w o rk e rs re ce iv in g s tra ig h t-t im e w eek ly earn ings o f—

O ccupation and in du stry d iv is ionN um ber

o fworkers

A vera gew eek lyh ours1

(standard M e a n * M edian 2 M id d le ranged

* *90 100

andunder

*110

s120

s130

S140

S150

$160 170

s180

%190

1200 210

*220

S230

t240

t250

* t t t260 270 280 290

100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 o v e r

M E N A N D W O M E N C O M B I N E D - C O N T I N U E D

$1 0 0 .SO

$1 0 3 .0 0

$ $w w 28 24

E L E C T R O N I C S T E C H N I C I A N S . C L A S S B- 72

OO* 1 8 2 .5 0 1 8 1 .0 0 1 7 4 .5 0 -1 9 2 .0 0 - - - - - 3 5 25 19 12 5 2 - - i - -

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 ! ------ 114 4 0 .0 1 8 7 .0 0 1 8 9 .0 0 1 6 2 .5 0 -2 1 4 .0 0 - 1 2 7 61

9 14 11 9 15 10 12 5 10 i 1 1

See footn otes at end o f ta b les .


Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers.by sex, in Houston, Tex., April 1974

N um bero f

workers

A vera ge A vera ge A vera ge

S ex. o ccu p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n W e e k ly hours *

(standard)

W eek ly earnings * (standard)

Sex, occu p a tio n , and in du stry d iv is io nN um ber

o fworker*

W eek ly hours 1

(standard)


Sex, o ccu p a tion , and in d u stry d iv is io nN u m b er

o fworkers

W eek ly hours 1

[standard)

w '5*v,earnings(standard}

OFFI C E OCCUPATIONS - MEN$

OFFICE O CCUPATIONS - W OMEN— CONTINUED

$112.50

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN— CONTINUED

104 201.50 SECRETARIES - CONTINUEDCLERKSi ORDERArt A11'

m iAo^nn $

107Kt 1 AIL 1KAUL 39.0

230 40*0 40 0167.00

222 166.00LLtKoji KA TRULL

204 40.0 150.50K t 1 A 1L 1KAUt

236 40.0148.00157.00jtKVlLto

0 AAA 1 46 nnW fin * a -»* C A

106.50 -» AAA 99*5 145 5flRETAIL TRADE 2v 060 . _ n 1 "TO AASERVICES 58 40.0 llv.vO KUdLIL U1 1LI 1i t o40*0 141 00

O F FICE OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN 138.50135.50139.50

^89 40.039.0

138.00135.00173

548

40 0 40.0

RETAIL TRADE513

BILLERS, MACHINE (BILLING15415073

40.040.040.0

103.50103.00108.00

AA ” A 966 40 0 135 *0in i AA A

A A A i t / nnSnULuoMLL 1 K wUC 40 «U 13 .u o290 39.5 132.50

1 i n

lf 110 5060 38.0 124.00 1 004 39* 5 120*50

337 40.0 123.00

120101

40.540.5

113.00108.50

RETAIL TRADE 154 39.5 118.00

n* nnT9 5 i ftA **n

396 1, 124

40.039.5

150.00148.50

J * 1 *5 770SECRET ARIES1,256

534126192

39.540.039.0

156.00131.00 145.50

39*5^ AI'C V n i L 1 i, AUC

276 40.0 143.00 126^00118.00120.00117.50

RETAIL TRADE

7202,113

40.039.5

SERVICES 952 39.0 140. -.0|94.00

/A A 1 A-I AAAA A 178*50

404224

40.039.0

115.00114.00

289 /A A 202.50380r UoL 1 U 1 1L1 I 1 t J

9857

' 0 040.039.5

209.00198.50

127.50118.50 98.00

108.00

9681

39.539.5

142.50137.50

rUDL1w U1 1L1 • 1L j196 40.0

40.039.0

1521091, 297 a AA

K t 1 AIL 1 KAUL

25923050

39.039.040.0

105.50 104.00115.50

-» A C j t K V 1L c j

1,04422232180

1 5 a ca T R A N S C R I B ING-MACHINE OPERATORS,197*00 136 38 5 112.00

112.5039.5 187.50138.00

126 38.563866

39.040.039.040.0

90.5098.5089.5098.5098.50 89.00

K t 1 AIL 1 KAULTn* ^ 481 39 5 126.00

134.00123.50

146 38.5 162.00107374

40.039.528

AH ULC J A LL 1 R A UL169j u 38.5. 190 124.00

See footn ote at end o f ta b le s .


Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workersby sex, in Houston, Tex., April 1974— Continued

Average

Sex, occupation, and industry divisionNumber

ofworkers

Weekly

(standard]

Weekly earnings 1 (standard)

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - W OMEN— CONTINUED

Ttt 39 5$

MANUFACTURING -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING

240 40.0 105.00

104 io*o 98.50

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS - MEN

WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------ 67 40*0 203.50199.00

40.0

126.00

8 240.0

1 1 8 . 5 0

C OMPUTER PROGRAMMERSt

39.5 271.00196

Sex, occupation, and industry division

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS - HEN— CONTINUED

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS, BUSINESS, CLASS B --

NONMANUFACTURI NG - SERVICES --------

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,BUSINESS, CLASS A ---------

N O NMANUFACTURING --------WHOLESALE TRADE -------

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,BUSINESS, CLASS 3 --------

N ONMANUFACTURING -------

C OMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,BUSINESS, CLASS C --------

N O NMANUFACTURING -------

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A -M A NUFACTURING ---NO NMANUFACTURING

ORAFTSMEN, CLASS B —M A NUFACTURING ----NO N M A NUFACTURING -

WHOLESALE TRAOE SERVICES --------

A vera ge

N um bero f

workersW eek ly hours 1

(standard]


1 8 8 3 9 . 5$2 2 6 . 0 0

1 4 8 3 9 . 5 2 2 4 . 0 0

5 2 3 9 . 5 2 4 9 . 0 0

1 6 8 3 9 . 5 3 2 2 . 5 01 3 8 4 0 . 0 3 2 3 . 0 0

5 7 4 0 . 0 3 1 4 . 5 0

1 5 5 4 0 . 0 2 6 8 . 0 0

1 1 9 4 0 . 0 2 7 1 . 5 0

7 4 4 0 . 0 2 3 3 . 5 07 0 4 0 . 0 2 3 1 . 0 0

8 0 8 4 0 . 0 2 4 2 . 5 04 5 9 4 0 . 0 2 3 9 . 5 03 4 9 4 0 . 0 2 4 6 . 0 0

8 4 1 4 0 . 0 1 8 8 . 0 03 3 1 4 0 . 0 1 8 8 . 5 0

5 1 0 4 0 . 0 1 8 8 . 0 05 5 4 0 . 0 1 8 2 . 5 0

3 0 8 4 0 . 0 1 7 6 . 5 0

Average

Sex, occupation, and industry divisionNumber

of Weekly hours 1

(standard)


PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C ------------------------------------------- 431 40.0$149.50

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------ 244 40.0 150.00NCNMANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE TRAOE -------------------------------------- 50 40.0 161.50SERVICES --------------------------- 90 40.0 142.50

DRAFTSMEN-TRACERS ---------------------- 97 40.0 118.50MANUFACTURING ----------------------- 59 40.0 115.50

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS -------------- 643 40.0 188.50MANUFACTURING ----------------------- 360 40.0 178.00N O NMANUFACTURING ------------------- 283 40.0 202.50

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS, CLASS A- 206 40.0 219.50MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------ 99 40.0 217.00

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS, CLASS B- 288 40.0 186.00MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------- — 122 40.0 174.50N O N M A NUFACTURING ---------------------------------------- 166 40.0 194.CO

PROFESSIONAL ANO TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN

C OMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS B ------------------ 142 40.0 155.00N O N M A NUFACTURING ---------------------------------------- 103 40.0 154.00

COMPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS C ------------------ 70 40.0 145.00N O N M A NUFACTURING ---------------------------------------- 68 40.0 144.50

NURSES, INDUSTRIAL I R E G I S T E R E D ) ------- 123 40.0 193.00M A NUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------ 98 40.0 194.50

See footnote at end of tables.


Table A-3a. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex-large establishments in Houston, Tex., April 1974


OFFI C E OCCUPATIONS - HEN

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A ---------H A N U F A CTURING -----------------------NONH A N U F A C T U R I N G


CLERKS, ORDER ---------------------------

MESSENGERS tOFFICE B O Y S I -------------NONM A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

O F F I C E OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A ---------M A N U F A CTURING -----------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B ---------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

RETAIL TRADE ----------------------

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS A -----------------

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS B -----------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS C -----------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

CLERKS, OROER ---------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

RETAIL TRADE ----------------------

CLERKS, PAYROLL -------------------------MANU F A C T U R I N G -----------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------


K EYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A ---------M A N U F A CTURING -----------------------NONM A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

PUBLIC U T ILITIES -----------------W H OLESALE TRADE ------------------

KEYPU N C H OPERATORS, CLASS B ---------MANUF A C T U R I N G -----------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

W HOLESALE TRADE ------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------

Average

of Weekly hours 1

(standard)

Weekly earnings1 (standard)

279 40.0$181.50

71 40.0 211.00

32

OO4- 155.50

80 40.0 154.00

107 40.0 100.0080 40.0 97.50

613 39.5 159.50156 39.5 154.00457 39.5 161.00

,065 39.5 122.50239 39.5 115.00826 40.0 124.50208 40.0 105.50

53 39.5 149.50

117 39.5 110.00108 39.5 109.00

128 39.5 95.00106 39.5 94.00

139 39.0 94.50134 39.0 93.00134 39.0 93.00

171 39.5 156.0059 40.0 167.00

112 39.5 150.0045 40.0 187.50

353 39.5 141.5089 40.0 138.00

264 39.5 142.5084 40.0 168.0053 40.0 128.00

471 39.5 122.50108 39.5 123.50363 39.5 122.0097 40.0 119.5076 39.5 114.50


OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

MESSENGERS IOFFICE GIRLS I NONMANUF A C T U R I N G -------

SECRETARIES ------------M A NUFACTURING ------NONMA N U F A C T U R I N G --

PUBLIC UTILITIESRETAIL TRADE ----SERVICES ----------

SECRETARIES, CLASS A ---------------N O N M A NUFACTURING -------------------

SECRETARIES, CLASS B ---------------M A NUFACTURING -----------------------NONMANUF A C T U R I N G -------------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------------

SECRETARIES, CLASSM A NUFACTURING ----NONMANUF A C T U R I N G -

RETAIL TRADE ---

SECRETARIES, CLASS CM A N U F A CTURING ------NONM A N U F A C T U R I N G —

PUBLIC UTILITIES WHOLESALE TRAOE -RETAIL TRADE ----SERVICES ----------

STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL --------M A N U F A CTURING ----------------NONM A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------

STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR ----------------M A N U F A CTURING -----------------------NONM A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------------

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS A ---NONM A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS BM A NUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUF A C T U R I N G --------------

RETAIL TRADE ----------------

SWITCHBOARD O P E RATOR-RECEPTION ISTS-

11581

2,463735

1,728482191157

127102

47587

388118

73716956861

1,1244546702062066984

572199373

705225480220

10667

24051

18973

62

See footnote at end of tables.

Average


Average

Weekly hours 1

(standard)

Weekly earnings1 (standard)

Numberof

workersWeekly

^standard)


OFFICE OCCU P A T I O N S -WOMEN— C O NTINUED

$ $39.5 102.50 TYPISTS, CLASS A ----------------------- 133 40.0 128.0039.5 101.50 NONMANUF A C T U R I N G ------------------- 93 39.5 121.00

39.5 165.00 TYPISTS, CLASS 8 ----------------------- 290 39.5 106.5039.5 160.00 M A N U F A CTURING ----------------------- 113 40.0 107.0040.0 167.50 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL

177.00 O C C UPATIONS - MEN

40.0 151.50 C OMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS A --------- 113 39.5 201.50N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------------— 94 39.5 200.50

40.0 210.5040.0 217.50 COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS B ------------------- 191 39.5 169.50

NONMA N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------------------- 153 39.5 167.5040.0 186.0039.0 173.00 COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS C ------------------- 111 40.0 138.5040.0 188.50 NONMANUF A C T U R I N G ----------------------------------------- 91 40.0 137.0040.0 182.50 PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------------------------------- 30 40.0 145.50

40.0 166.00 COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS,40.0 184.50 BUSINESS, CLASS A -------------------------------------------- 150 40.0 261.0040.0 160.50 NONMANUF A C T U R I N G ----------------------------------------- 128 40.0 260.5039.5 146.00

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS,39.5 151.00 BUSINESS, CLASS P -------------------------------------------- 103 39.5 221.0039.0 147.0040.0 153.50 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,40.0 176.00 BUSINESS, CLASS A --------------------- 115 39.5 328.0040.0 155.50 N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------- 85 40.0 330.5040.0 134.0040.0 138.00 C OMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,

BUSINESS, CLASS P --------------------- 118 40.0 274.5040.0 136.50 NCNM A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------- 97 40.0 275.5040.0 144.5040.0 132.50 DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A -------------------- ,221 40.0 233.CO

M A NUFACTURING ----------------------- 164 40.0 227.5040.0 157.0040.0 161.00 DRAFTSMEN, CLASS fi --------------------- 204 40.0 197.0040.0 155.00 M A N U F A CTURING ----------------------- 135 40.0 192.0040.0 145.00

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C --------------------- 155 40.0 160.5039.5 139.50 M A N U F ACTURING ----------------------- 102 40.0 159.0040.0 143.50

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS -------------- 352

Oo

189.0040.5 108.0040.0 123.00 ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS, CLASS B- 72 * o o 182.5040.5 104.50 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL39.5 97.50 O C C U P A T I O N S - WOMEN

oo

131.00 NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED! --- 100 40.0 192.50M A NUFACTURING ----------------------- 79 40.0 194.50


Table A-4. Hourly earnings of maintenance and powerplant workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974

O ccupation and in dustry d iv is ion

HEN AND WOMEN COMBINED

CARPENTERS, MAINTENANCE -------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------

ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE ---------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------

ENGINEERS, STATIONARY ------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------------------

HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES -----------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------

MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM - MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------

MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE --------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------

MECHANICS. AUTOMOTIVE(MAINTENANCE! ---------------------------------------

MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------------

MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE ----------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------

MILLWRIGHTS ----------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------

PAINTERS, MAINTENANCE -------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------

PIPEFITTERS, MAINTENANCE ------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------

SHEET-METAL WORKERS, MAINTENANCE - MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------

TOOL AND DIE MAKERS -----------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------

Numberof

workers

Hourly earnings3

Mean 2 Median2 Middle range 2

$ $ $ $261 5 . 3 4 5 . 8 0 4 . 5 6 - 5 . 8 8180 5 . 5 9 5 . 8 4 5 . 5 9 - 5 . 9 0

81 4 . 7 9 4 . 5 4 4 . 2 5 - 5 .0 2

1 .3 A 6 5 . 5 8 5 . 6 9 5 . 3 2 - 5 . 9 61 , 2 0 6 5 .6 1 5 .6 7 5 . 3 7 - 5 . 9 7

1 AO 5 . 3 8 5 .8 2 4 . 3 0 - 5 . 8 7

A58 4 . 7 9 4 . 6 2 4 . 0 4 - 5 . 4 7205 5 . 3 7 5 . 4 9 4 . 3 5 - 6 . 2 3253 4 . 3 2 4 . 2 6 3 . 8 0 - 4 . 7 8

68 4 . 3 8 4 . 2 7 4 . 2 3 - 4 . 6 863 3 . 8 9 3 . 7 5 3 . 5 4 - 4 . 1 9

530 4 . 0 1 3 . 9 9 3 . 5 5 - 4 . 6 6436 4 . 0 7 4 . 3 0 3 . 5 5 - 4 . 6 8

219 4 . 9 3 4 . 9 4 4 . 7 9 - 5 . 0 0219 4 . 9 3 4 . 9 4 4 . 7 9 - 5 . 0 0

716 5 . 5 9 5 .8 3 5 . 3 2 - 5 .9 469A 5 . 6 2 5 .8 4 5 . 3 5 - 5 . 9 4

986 5 . 2 6 5 .4 2 4 . 1 9 - 6 . 4 8210 4 . 7 0 4 . 4 9 4 . 0 3 - 5 .5 3776 5 .4 2 5 .6 1 4 . 2 6 - 6 .5 2703 5 . 4 6 5 .8 6 4 . 2 6 - 6 . 5 3

2 , 1 5 4 5 . 3 9 5 .5 7 5 . 1 4 - 5 .8 51 ,9 4 6 5 . 3 8 5 .5 7 5 . 1 3 - 5 .8 4

208 5 . 4 6 5 .8 2 5 . 1 4 - 5 . 8 7

141 5 .8 1 6 .1 3 5 . 2 6 - 6 .1 8141 5 .8 1 6 . 1 3 5 . 2 6 - 6 . 1 8

242 4 . 9 5 5 . 5 4 3 . 8 5 - 5 .8 1175 5 .4 5 5 .6 0 5 . 5 1 - 5 . 8 4

67 3 . 6 4 3 .3 4 3 . C 7 - 3 . 7 2

774 5 .7 1 5 .8 2 5 . 5 7 - 5 . 8 7774 5 .7 1 5 .8 2 5 . 5 7 - 5 . 8 7

59 5 .7 8 5 . 6 9 5 . 1 9 - 5 . 8 959 5 .7 8 5 . 6 9 5 . 1 9 - 5 . 8 9

243 5 .2 6 5 . 2 5 4 . 9 6 - 5 .5 5243 5 . 2 6 5 .2 5 4 . 9 6 - 5 . 5 5

N um ber o f w o rk e rs re c e iv in g s tra ig h t -t im e h ou r ly earn ings of—( t i * t I * i i i $ * i I l « i * i » I 5 *2.AO 2.60 2.80 3.00 3.20 3.AO 3.60 3.80 A . 00 A . 20 A.AO A . 60 A . 80 5.00 5.20 5.AO 5.60 5.80 6.00 6.20 6.AO 6.60 6.80

under2 . 6 0 2 . 8 0 3 , 0 0 3 . 2 0 3 . 4 0 3 . 6 0 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 2 0 4 . 4 0 4 . 6 0 4 , 8 0 5 , 0 0 5 . 2 0 5 . 4 0 5 . 6 0 5 , 8 0 6 , 0 0 6 . 2 0 6 . 4 0 6 . 6 0 6 . 8 0 o v e r

- - - - - - 1 - 18 27 29 6 7 10 4 11 14 119 9 - - - 611 3 8 i 4 4 4 11 a 119 7 - - - -

* “ * 1 - 7 24 21 5 3 6 ~ ~ 6 - 2 “ 6

- _ _ 1 _ _ - - 30 59 57 23 61 73 57 225 102 396 218 18 - 12 14- - - - - - 30 23 48 21 61 71 57 219 102 328 218 8 - 12 8

“ 1 “ “ - - 36 9 2 - 2 - 6 * 6 8 - 10 - - 6

- - 2 - 6 28 44 29 23 82 12 38 29 14 18 27 1 48 5 5 5 42 _- - 2 - 2 1 11 11 3 28 3 10 2 - 13 20 - 47 - 5 5 42- - - 4 27 33 18 20 54 9 28 27 14 5 7 1 1 5 - - - -- - - - 2 2 1 41 2 12 5 2 1“ * “ 22 14 9 3 4 2 9

25 34 39 10 - 49 15 99 19 22 10 132 60 - 1623 34 39 10 6 6 62 18 22 8 132 60 “ 16

16 43 108 35 8 9 - - - - - - -” * • * * 16 43 108 35 8 9 * ” * ” *

- _ . - - - . - • 11 10 9 97 11 55 112 14 357 40 _ - - -10 9 97 11 55 101 14 357 40 *

2 _ 6 50 53 142 63 26 93 26 6 13 73 34 48 4 12 306 24 5- - - - - - 24 20 49 1 18 - 22 5 13 16 - 39 3 - - - -- - - 2 - 6 26 33 93 62 8 93 4 1 - 57 34 9 1 12 306 24 5

“ 6 24 33 79 61 8 80 3 ~ - 53 * 9 - 12 306 24 5

- - - - - 41 11 12 66 60 165 49 56 198 58 501 260 398 279 _ - - -- - - - - 41 11 12 61 44 147 46 54 182 55 485 260 270 278 - - - -

5 16 18 3 2 16 3 16 128 1 - - - -

9 - 4 - 38 - - _ 74 8 - - 8- * " “ " * 9 - 4 “ 38 “ - 74 8 8

_ _ . 26 14 8 7 11 - 3 _ 1 12 12 1 57 26 54 1 0 - _ - -- - - - - 11 - 3 - 1 11 10 1 52 22 54 1 0 - - - -

* 26 14 8 7 - - - 1 2 “ 5 4 ~ - - - -

6 - 3 19 20 213 74 346 93 - - - -

6 - 3 19 20 213 74 346 93 - - - -

15 - 4 12 16 - - 4 _ *815 - 4 12 16 - - 4 - 8

32 47 30 25 79 18 _ 12 - - _ _

- - “ - - - - 32 47 30 25 79 18 - 12 -

* A l l w o rk e r s w ere at $ 7 to $ 7 .2 0 .



Table A-4a. Hourly earnings of maintenance and powerplant workers—large establishmentsin Houston, Tex., April 1974

O ccu pa tion and in du stry d iv is io n

HEN ANO WOMEN COMBINED

CARPENTERS, MAINTENANCE ---------MANUFACTURING ----------------

ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE -------MANUFACTURING ----------------

ENGINEERS, STATIONARY — i--------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES -----MANUFACTURING----------------

MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM - MANUFACTURING ----------------

MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE ---------MANUFACTURING ----------------

MECHANICS, AUTOMOTIVE(MAINTENANCE) ------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------

MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE ----------MANUFACTURING ----------------

PAINTERS, MAINTENANCE -----------MANUFACTURING ----------------

PIPEFITTERS, MAINTENANCE --------MANUFACTURING ----------------

TOOL AND DIE MAKERS -------------MANUFACTURING ----------------

Hourly earnings3 N u m b er o f w o rk er s rec eiv in g s tr a ig h t -t im e h o u rly ea rn in g s o f ----

t t i $ $ t $ t * t 3 $ 1 S t i t S i i 1 --------- * '

U n d er3 ' 5 0 3 . 6 0 3 . 7 0 3 . 8 0 3 . 9 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 1 0 4 . 2 0 4 . 3 0 4 . 4 0 4 . 50 4 . 6 0 4 . 7 0 4 . 8 0 4 . 9 0 5 . 0 0 5 . 20 5 .4 0 5 . 6 0 5 . 8 0 6 . 0 0 6 . 2 0wo liters Mean 2 Median2 Middle range 2 * and and

3«50| under

3 . 6 0 3 . 7 0 3 .8 0 3 .9 0 o o 4 . 1 0 4 .2 Q 4 , 4 9 4 ,5 Q 4 . 60 4 . 7 0 4 . 8 0 4 , 9 0 5 , 0 9 5 .2 0 5 , 49 5 .6 0 5 . 8 0 6 . 0 0 6 . 2 0 o v e r

$ $ $ $177 5 .7 2 5 .8 5 5 . 8 0 - 5 .9 2 - - - 1 - - 2 - - - 4 5 - 1 - 7 5 4 1 14 119 8 6152 5 . 7 4 5 .8 6 5 . 8 1 - 5 .9 1 4 4 “ 1 - 4 1 4 1 8 119 6

9 3 5 5 . 7 4 5 .8 5 5 . 5 4 - 5 .9 8 1 - _ - - - 5 7 7 1 5 15 i i 40 4 4 2 0 6 22 381 188 28 5 7 5 . 7 4 5 .8 6 5 . 5 4 - 5 .9 9 1 7 6 - 1 5 15 i i 3 8 4 4 2 0 6 2 2 313 1 8 8 *

24 8 4 . 8 9 4 . 9 4 4 . 2 5 - 5 .8 1 12 2 9 9 4 6 13 5 5 2 3 9 3 13 5 5 4 12 18 2 7 1 4 8 5 10119 5 . 3 5 5 .4 9 5 . 3 1 - 5 .8 9 5 1 - - i 2 1 1 12 3 - 1 - 2 - - 13 2 0 - 4 7 - 10129 4 . 4 6 4 . 3 9 3 . 9 5 - 4 .9 9 7 2 8 9 4 5 11 4 4 11 6 3 12 5 3 4 12 5 7 1 1 5 *

2 5 4 4 . 2 4 4 . 10 3 . 9 0 - 4 .6 9 6 4 3 9 3 2 48 17 2 1 1 1 9 52 58 2 - - - _ _ - -176 4 . 4 8 4 . 6 5 4 . 0 5 - 4 .8 3 4 - 3 2 27 16 2 1 1 1 7 52 - 58 2 * * * * *

171 4 . 9 3 4 . 9 4 4 . 8 9 - 4 .9 8 - - - - - - _ - - 3 2 6 26 6 1 0 2 2 4 2 - - - - -171 4 . 9 3 4 . 9 4 4 . 8 9 - 4 .9 8 3 2 6 26 6 1 0 2 24 2 * ”

5 3 0 5 . 6 9 5 .8 5 5 . 5 2 - 5 .9 4 - - _ 10 _ 3 1 21 1 4 5 112 4 327 6 _

51 9 5 . 7 0 5 .8 6 5 . 5 1 - 5 .9 4 10 * 3 1 21 1 45 101 4 32 7 6 *

3 0 8 5 . 0 5 5 .0 8 4 . 6 3 - 5 .5 8 1 i 31 2 5 4 9 5 7 7 6 4 7 6 13 6 3 2 8 4 0 1 5112 5 . 0 6 5 .3 3 4 . 0 9 - 5 .8 3 - - - - - - 30 1 1 - 4 2 - - 1 6 5 13 10 - 39 -196 5 .0 4 4 .7 3 4 . 6 4 - 5 .4 8 - - - - 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 3 7 7 6 3 i 1 - 53 2 8 1 1 5161 4 . 9 4 4 .6 8 4 . 6 3 - 5 .4 4 - - - l 1 1 1 3 4 5 3 74 6 2 i “ * 5 3 1 * 5

1 ,1 9 9 5 . 6 3 5 .7 0 5 . 5 2 - 5 .9 0 - - - - _ 8 2 4 7 11 16 2 11 8 16 1 2 3 48 2 1 7 1 6 8 3 0 0 2 5 8 -

1 ,0 5 7 5 .6 2 5 .6 6 5 . 5 1 - 5 .9 8 - - - “ - 8 2 4 7 11 14 2 8 6 16 107 4 5 21 6 168 186 2 5 7 *

161 5 . 4 8 5 . 6 3 5 . 5 3 - 5 .8 4 7 2 1 u 1 2 1 5 0 2 6 54 6 _

144 5 .6 1 5 .6 5 5 . 5 5 - 5 .8 5 1 n “ 1 4 9 22 54 6 -

75 3 5 . 7 0 5 .8 1 5 . 5 7 - 5 .8 7 • - - - - _ 6 2 1 19 20 2 1 3 74 34 6 72 -

7 5 3 5 . 7 0 5 .8 1 5 . 5 7 - 5 .8 7 6 " - - 2 1 19 20 2 1 3 7 4 3 4 6 72 “

153 5 .3 6 5 .5 0 5 . 2 1 - 5 .5 7 1 7 1 1 27 25 7 3 18 - - -

153 5 .3 6 5 .5 0 5 . 2 1 - 5 .5 7 1 7 1 1 27 25 7 3 18



Table A-5. Hourly earnings of custodial and material movement workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974

O ccupation and in dustry d iv is ion

HEN AND WOMEN COMBINED

GUARDS AND WATCHMEN -------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

GUARDSMANUFACTURING ----------------

WATCHMENMANUFACTURING ----------------

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS —MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------SERVICES -------------------

LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING -----MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------

ORDER FILLERS ------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------WHOLESALE TRAOE ------------

PACKERS, SHIPPING ---------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------WHOLESALE TRAOE ------------

RECEIVING CLERKS ----------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

WHOLESALE TRADE ------------RETAIL TRAOE ---------------

SHIPPING CLERKS -----------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

WHOLESALE TRADE ------------

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS ---MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

TRUCKORIVERS -------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------

Hourly earnings * N um ber o f w o rk e rs re c e iv in g s tra ig h t-t im e h ou rly earn in gs o f—

Number~ i-------- ~I-------- 1 -------- S * t S » t i i 1 ( * S t i t i % I i %

1 .6 0 1 .8 0 2 . 0 0 2 .2 0 2 .4 0 2 . 6 0 2 .8 0 3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3 .4 0 3 . 6 0 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 4 . 6 0 4 . 8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 . 4 0 5 .6 0 5 . 8 0 6 . 0 0

workers Mean1 Median2 Middle range * andunder

and

1 . 8 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 2 0 2 .4 0 2 . 6 0 ?.8<? 3 .0 0 ? . ? o 3 .4 0 3 . 6 0 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 2 0 4 ,4 5 4 .6 0 4 . 8 0 5 .0 0 L tlQ 5 .4 0 5 . 6 0 5 .8 0 6 . 0 0 o v e r

$ $ $ $21 142 ,8 4 0 2 . 3 7 2 .0 6 1 . 9 7 - 2 .3 8 13 3 77 3 1 0 4 0 198 153 40 67 51 50 48 49 29 5 7 9 5 25 1 53 16 4 4

346 3 .9 6 3 .9 8 3 . 0 1 - 5 .1 5 2 8 1 0 - - - 11 37 14 4 35 19 20 36 9 5 5 1 53 16 4 21 14 42 ,4 9 4 2 .1 5 2 .0 5 1 . 9 6 - 2 .1 9 1 0 5 76 3 1 0 4 0 198 153 29 30 37 46 13 30 9 21 * ” 2 0 “ * * * —

2 4 8 4 . 4 0 4 . 2 5 3 . 5 8 - 5 .2 0 - - - - 11 29 14 4 5 19 2 36 9 9 1 1 53 16 4 21 14 4

98 2 . 8 5 3 .4 1 1 . 6 9 - 3 .4 9 28 10 - - - - 8 - - 30 - 18 - - - 4 - - - - - - -

1 1 ,9 1 1 2 . 0 6 1 .8 3 1 . 7 2 - 2 .2 0 5 4 8 2 2 1 1 5 1 3 1 2 9 8 5 3 9 4 2 3 7 172 272 2 8 2 91 1 7 7 62 86 49 50 6 0 9 5 4 22 - - - -1 ,5 1 1 3 .2 3 3 .2 0 2 . 6 2 - 3 .7 5 - - 6 4 2 2 1 8 0 86 118 188 21 5 51 173 57 72 49 46 51 4 20 16 - - - -

1 0 ,4 0 0 1 .8 9 1 .7 9 1 . 7 1 - 2 .0 2 5 4 8 2 2 1 1 5 12 48 7 6 4 3 1 4 151 54 84 67 40 4 5 14 - 4 9 5 34 6 - - -2 3 8 3 . 1 9 3 .2 3 2 . 5 3 - 3 .5 3 - 2 12 36 15 15 9 13 57 35 2 5 12 - 4 9 - 6 6 - -136 3 .1 7 2 .7 4 2 . 3 2 - 3 .1 0 - - - 41 10 21 17 14 5 28 - - -5 7 7 2 .2 3 2 . 17 2 . 0 3 - 2 .4 2 14 95 2 0 6 114 6 4 37 17 11 10 5 2 - 2

6 ,5 1 0 1 .7 7 1 .7 5 1 . 6 8 - 1 .8 6 4 2 9 4 1 3 4 3 5 6 2 190 98 16 1 6

3 ,5 6 5 3 . 3 3 3 .1 8 2 . 5 8 - 3 .8 6 _ 2 6 155 4 1 5 3 1 9 143 31 9 4 5 4 138 3 7 0 170 291 46 136 17 3 1 6 52 156 4 2 - - - -1 ,4 5 8 3 . 6 6 3 .7 8 3 . 0 6 - 4 .2 7 - - 14 144 38 8 50 320 19 102 36 2 72 34 109 4 164 - 144 - - - -2 ,1 0 7 3 .1 1 2 .9 4 2 . 4 5 - 3 .4 9 - 26 141 27 1 28 1 135 2 6 9 134 119 2 6 8 1 3 4 19 12 27 13 152 52 12 4 2 - -

76 8 3 . 0 7 2 .9 4 2 . 6 3 - 3 .4 8 - - - 120 66 24 2 2 0 7 3 182 105 5 2 22 11 - 1 - - - - -7 6 3 3 .2 1 2 .8 0 2 . 2 9 - 4 .4 9 - 8 94 118 109 54 2 88 65 - 24 - 3 - 11 87 50 8 4 2 - -5 7 6 3 .0 3 2 .9 5 2 . 4 6 - 3 .4 8 “ 18 4 7 33 1 0 6 57 47 39 51 86 5 14 7 5 2 54 2 3 “ * ”

2 ,0 4 5 3 .5 1 3 .2 6 2 . 9 7 - 4 .3 2 - 3 9 78 13 1 0 5 177 103 3 3 9 3 3 9 14 9 117 29 41 31 54 2 6 9 10 19 133 _ - - -217 3 .3 1 3 . 16 3 . 1 1 - 3 .6 5 - - - - 30 10 - 116 3 3 6 3 15 4 16 11 - - - - - -

1 ,8 2 8 3 .5 3 3 .2 8 2 . 8 9 - 4 .4 2 - 3 9 78 13 75 167 103 22 3 336 146 i n 26 26 27 38 2 5 8 10 19 133 - - - -1 ,3 0 4 3 .5 3 3 .2 6 2 . 8 6 - 4 .5 8 “ 39 78 13 5 3 108 77 127 3 3 6 29 33 “ 26 27 38 158 10 19 133 • * *

5 4 7 2 . 6 9 2 .5 1 1 . 7 9 - 3 .3 6 137 1 51 41 74 52 19 29 11 41 . 18 . 9 16 48 - _ - - - - -2 5 0 3 .3 1 3 .3 9 2 . 5 2 - 4 .4 1 - - 28 10 40 20 14 4 11 41 - 18 - - 16 48 - - - - - -2 9 7 2 . 1 7 2 .0 7 1 . 6 8 - 2 .5 8 13 7 1 23 31 34 32 5 25 - - - - - 9190 2 .2 6 2 .2 5 1 . 6 7 - 2 .5 6 6 5 “ 21 29 3 4 12 - 20 - “ ~ - 9

5 2 5 3 .6 8 3 .6 2 3 . 0 7 - 4 .0 9 _ - 13 3 27 40 22 63 6 3 22 78 60 16 7 5 14 11 55 2 6 3 11 4196 4 . 0 9 3 .8 9 3 . 3 2 - 4 .8 4 - - - - 3 6 17 17 20 l 6 50 4 7 - 14 10 15 2 6 3 11 4329 3 .4 4 3 . 3 9 3 . 0 2 - 3 .7 6 - - 13 3 24 34 5 46 4 3 21 72 10 12 - 5 1 40 - - -162 3 . 3 4 3 .3 8 3 . 0 1 - 3 .6 9 - - 13 - - 26 - 17 3 0 8 52 2 - - - - - 14 - - -139 3 . 6 0 3 .4 5 3 . 1 1 - 4 .1 8 1 23 5 26 13 12 7 8 12 5 1 2 6 * • * *

190 3 .7 5 3 .7 4 3 . 4 1 - 3 .9 6 - _ - - 1 - 7 38 21 66 12 10 21 - 5 3 _ _ 5 1 - _57 4 . 2 7 4 . 2 6 3 . 9 2 - 4 .5 0 - - - - - - - 3 - - 3 11 5 21 - 5 3 - - 5 1 - -

133 3 .5 3 3 .7 0 3 . 2 8 - 3 .7 6 - - - - - 1 - 4 38 21 63 1 587 3 . 4 0 3 .4 1 3 . 2 5 - 3 .7 1 ~ - “ “ “ - 4 38 21 2 4

152 3 .9 1 4 . 0 4 2 . 6 7 - 4 .7 9 - - - - 28 15 - - - 12 14 1 18 16 - 12 20 1 - 10 1 - 495 4 . 5 4 4 . 3 9 4 . 0 6 - 4 .9 6 12 1 1 18 16 - 12 20 1 10 457 2 . 8 7 2 .6 1 2 . 5 5 - 3 .1 5 - - - 28 15 - - - 13 1

5 ,6 1 3 4 . 1 3 3 .3 9 3 . 0 9 - 5 .6 4 - 4 4 171 130 2 0 8 2 3 2 6 4 871 1 1 31 2 0 2 19 7 79 81 65 116 10 4 22 4 2 2 6 10 139 1 2 5 * 1 1 9 41 ,2 6 6 3 . 5 0 3 .3 5 3 . 1 9 - 3 .7 3 - - 25 166 16 4 118 4 4 5 1 3 0 88 59 17 23 6 48 20 57 3 10 31 -4 , 3 4 7 4 .3 1 3 .6 6 3 . 0 8 - 6 .3 1 - 4 4 171 105 42 2 1 6 60 7 5 3 6 8 6 72 1 0 9 20 6 4 42 110 56 2 36 5 3 - 108 125 11 941 ,9 9 1 5 .3 5 6 .3 2 3 . 5 3 - 6 .3 6 - - - - - 4 2 30 4 0 2 12 4 0 - - - - 38 - - - - - 108 125 1 1 9 41 ,4 2 7 3 .4 5 3 .3 0 3 . 0 4 - 3 .6 6 - - 91 39 31 128 24 147 5 8 9 1 4 7 18 32 25 - 2 - 25 3 - - - - -

85 9 3 .5 1 3 .2 8 3 . 0 2 - 4 . 4 4 2 4 41 6 5 5 46 5 2 0 1 85 31 62 2 32 17 72 54 2 112 3 ' " "

* All workers were at $6.20 to $6.40.

See footnotes at end of tables.


Table A-5. Hourly earnings of custodial and material movement workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974—ContinuedH o u rly earnings5 N um ber o f w o rk e r s re c e iv in g s tra ig h t-t im e h ou r ly e a rn in gs c f—

Numbero f

*1 .6 0

i i 1 .8 0 2 .0 0

t2 .2 0

T2 .4 0

■■2 .6 0

12 .8 0

*3 .0 0

I3 .2 0

* ■ 3 .4 0

r3 .6 0 3 .8 0

r

4 .0 014 .2 0

*

4 .4 0S4 .6 0

l4 .8 0

r5 .0 0

t5 .2 0

t5 .4 0

i 15 .6 0

1-------5 .8 0

T —6 .0 0

w o * « „ Mean 2 Median2 Middle range 2 andunder

and

1 .8 0 2 .0 0 2 .2 0 2 .4 0 2 .6 0 2 .8 0 3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3 .4 0 3 .6 0 3 .8 0 4 .0 0 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 4 .6 0 4 .8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 .4 0 5 .6 0 5 .8 0 6 .0 0 o v e r

980$3 .0 5

$3 .1 6

$ $ 2 .2 8 - 3 .4 0 4 4 133 89 32 75 12 117 238 27 71 17 41 19 11 31 4 12 3 4

223 3 .5 0 3 .5 5 2 .7 5 - 3 .8 3 - - - 25 24 14 3 16 16 21 47 9 11 - 3 11 4 12 3 - 4 - -

757 2 .9 2 3 .0 7 2 .2 2 - 3 .3 5 - 4 4 133 64 8 61 9 101 222 6 24 8 30 19 8 20 - - - - - - -

519 3 .0 2 3 .2 2 2 .6 9 - 3 .3 5 - 65 13 2 61 8 101 222 1 21 8 - 17171 2 .9 5 2 .2 7 2 .0 8 - 4 .1 3 24 29 50 ~ “ ” 5 3 ” 30 2 8 20 " ” “ ” - •

2 ,9 9 4 4 .4 4 3 .9 0 3 .0 9 - 6 .3 2 38 41 156 114 19 506 410 89 95 42 27 44 64 37 16 162 _ 127 125 * 8 82461 3 .6 0 3 .3 1 2 .5 9 - 4 .3 9 - - - - 122 2 - 80 42 25 12 42 2 21 3 37 16 30 - - 27 - -

2 ,5 3 3 4 .6 0 4 .4 6 3 .1 0 - 6 .3 3 - 38 41 34 112 19 426 368 64 83 - 25 23 61 - - 132 - - 100 125 8821 ,3 4 1 5 .6 7 6 .3 2 5 .8 0 - 6 .3 6 - - - - - - - 186 - 40 - - - - 8 - - - - - 100 125 882

561 3 .1 9 3 .2 5 2 .7 9 - 3 .3 4 - 26 26 29 66 14 36 283 - 24 - 24 8 - - - 25 - - - - -

628 3 .5 6 3 .2 6 3 .0 4 - 4 .4 1 * 12 15 5 46 5 201 8 5 24 59 1 1 5 53 “ ~ 1 0 7 ~ ~ “ ~

1 ,2 6 2 4 .4 6 4 .5 4 3 .2 0 - 5 .7 7 _ _ _ 20 43 33 226 152 72 29 18 13 2 41 32 _ 248 3 10 8 * 3 1 2211 3 .6 3 3 .5 4 3 .3 5 - 3 .6 5 - - - - 20 - l - 56 70 27 6 4 2 - - - 15 - 10 - - -

1 ,0 5 1 4 .6 3 5 .0 1 3 .1 7 - 6 .3 2 - - - - - 43 32 226 96 2 2 12 9 - 41 32 - 233 3 - 8 - 312650 4 .6 9 4 .5 9 3 .1 1 - 6 .3 5 - - « - - 42 30 216 12 - - - - - 30 - - - - - 8 - 312347 4 .5 0 5 .0 2 3 .3 9 - 5 .0 6 * ” “ 1 2 10 84 2 10 8 ” ~ 2 “ 228 “ • *

361 3 .2 9 3 .3 2 3 .2 5 - 3 .3 6 _ _ _ 22 331 8361 3 .2 9 3 .3 2 3 .2 5 - 3 .3 6 - * 22 331 8 *

2 , 139 3 .9 3 3 .7 7 3 .2 0 - 4 .5 1 - 1 6 26 106 76 327 227 171 166 84 177 130 196 90 4 207 53 5 22 _ 651 ,2 5 3 3 .9 9 3 .9 9 3 .2 0 - 4 .5 5 - 1 6 13 98 31 162 74 56 106 84 104 58 196 2 2 202 32 3 12 - 11

886 3 .8 5 3 .5 5 3 .1 9 - 4 .3 5 - - - - 13 8 45 165 153 115 60 - 73 72 - 88 2 5 21 2 10 - 54303 3 .9 2 3 .5 1 3 .1 5 - 3 .7 5 - - - - - - 132 12 78 13 - - - - 12 - - - - 2 - * 5 4427 4 .0 0 4 .1 6 3 .5 2 - 4 .7 1 - 13 8 39 26 12 37 46 60 72 - 76 2 5 21 2 8 - “

524 3 .6 6 3 .7 0 3 .1 1 - 4 .2 3 - - _ 48 71 - 40 55 37 27 80 29 26 72 10 8 15 6 - - -

387 3 .6 0 3 .5 0 3 .1 6 - 3 .8 9 - - - - 70 40 51 37 27 80 29 22 - - 10 - 15 6 - - -137 3 .8 5 4 .6 2 2 .4 7 - 4 .6 6 48 1 4 4 72 8

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HEN AND WOMEN COM BINED— C O N TIN U E D

T R U C K D R I V E R S - C O N T I N U E D

T R U C K D R I V E R S , L I G H T ( U N D E R1 - 1 / 2 T O N S ) ----------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

W H O L E S A L E T R A D E --------------------R E T A I L T R A O E ------------------------

T R U C K D R I V E R S , M E D I U M < 1 - 1 / 2 TOA N O I N C L U D I N G 4 T O N S ) --------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A O E --------------------R E T A I L T R A D E ------------------------

T R U C K O R I V E R S , H E A V Y ( O V E R A T O N S ,T R A I L E R T Y P E ) --------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E -------------------

T R U C K D R I V E R S , H E A V Y ( O V E R 4 TO N S ,O T H E R T H A N T R A I L E R T Y P E ) ---------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------

T R U C K E R S , P O W E R ( F O R K L I F T ) -----------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------


W A R E H O U S E M E N -------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

* A ll w o rk e r s w e re at $ 6 .2 0 to $ 6 .4 0 .

See fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le s .


Table A-5a. Hourly earnings of custodial and material movement workers—large establishmentsin Houston, Tex., April 1974

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H E N AND W O M E N C O M B I N E D

G U A R D S A N D W A T C H M E N ------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

G U A R D SM A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------

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 A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ---------------------R E T A I L T R A D E ---------------------------S E R V I C E S ----------------------------------

L A B O R E R S , M A T E R I A L H A N D L I N G -----------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

R E T A I L T R A O E ---------------------------

O R D E R F I L L E R S --------------------------------

P A C K E R S , S H I P P I N G ------------------------

R E C E I V I N G C L E R K S -----------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N C N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

R E T A I L T R A O E ----------------------------

T R U C K O R I V E R S ----------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G '------------------------

R E T A I L T R A D E ----------------------------

T R U C K O R I V E R S , L I G H T ( U N D E R1 - 1 / 2 T O N S ) -------------- ;-----------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

R E T A I L T R A C E ----------------------------

T R U C K O R I V E R S , M E C I U M ( 1 - 1 / 2 T OA N D I N C L U D I N G 4 T O N S ) ----------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

R E T A I L T R A C E ----------------------------

T R U C K E R S , P O W E R ( F O R K L I F T ) -------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

W A R E H O U S E M E N ------------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------

Nu mb ero f

Hourly earnings*

M e a n 2 M e d i a n 2 M i d dl e range 2

$ $ $ $3 9 6 3 . 9 2 3 . 8 8 3 . 0 3 - 5 . 1 22 3 8 4 . 5 7 4 . 5 9 3 . 9 4 - 5 . 2 01 5 8 2 . 9 4 2 . 8 1 2 . 5 1 - 3 . 4 5

2 1 6 4 . 6 2 5 . 1 0 4 . 0 6 - 5 . 2 5

6 , 9 5 8 1 . 9 8 1 . 7 8 1 . 7 0 - 2 . 0 05 7 3 3 . 5 9 3 . 7 3 3 . 1 3 - 4 . 1 1

6 , 3 8 5 1 . 8 3 1 . 7 7 1 . 7 0 - 1 . 9 11 2 8 3 . 0 6 2 . 8 4 2 . 4 0 - 3 . 6 83 7 4 2 . 3 4 2 . 2 8 2 . 0 6 - 2 . 5 8

5 , 3 6 8 1 . 7 7 1 . 7 6 1 . 6 9 - 1 . 8 6

8 9 0 3 . 5 8 3 . 5 7 2 . 9 0 - 4 . 4 04 2 7 3 . 6 7 3 . 6 6 3 . 0 8 - 4 . 3 14 6 3 3 . 5 0 3 . 4 9 2 . 6 2 - 4 . 6 33 1 2 3 . 1 8 2 . 9 4 2 . 4 5 - 3 . 8 6

3 7 9 4 . 0 5 4 . 4 4 3 . 7 2 - 4 . 7 5

9 0 4 . 1 2 4 . 6 1 3 . 9 5 - 4 . 6 5

1 6 9 4 . 3 5 4 . 6 2 3 . 5 5 - 5 . 1 07 0 4 . 9 5 4 . 9 5 4 . 5 5 - 5 . 6 69 9 3 . 9 3 3 . 6 9 3 . 2 9 - 5 . 0 38 2 3 . 9 8 3 . 9 3 3 . 4 0 - 5 . 0 3

7 8 4 4 . 3 5 4 . 7 0 3 . 6 2 - 5 . 0 42 5 6 3 . 9 6 3 . 5 3 3 . 2 5 - 4 . 8 65 2 8 4 . 5 4 4 . 8 0 4 . 4 0 - 5 . 0 53 2 1 4 . 5 6 4 . 6 8 4 . 2 9 - 5 . 0 3

1 0 6 4 . 2 2 4 . 2 5 4 . 0 3 - 4 . 7 67 4 4 . 1 4 4 . 1 6 4 . 0 4 - 4 . 7 06 8 4 . 2 7 4 . 1 8 4 . 0 8 - 4 . 7 1

3 4 1 4 . 4 9 4 . 8 5 4 . 2 9 - 5 . 0 58 3 4 . 5 7 4 . 8 3 4 . 6 1 - 5 . 0 3

2 5 8 4 . 4 6 5 . 0 C 4 . 2 9 - 5 . 0 51 9 8 4 . 6 5 5 . 0 1 4 . 4 2 - 5 . 0 5

7 4 7 4 . 2 5 4 . 4 3 3 . 7 7 - 4 . 7 56 2 8 4 . 2 2 4 . 3 2 3 . 7 6 - 4 . 6 01 1 9 4 . 4 1 4 . 7 2 4 . 1 4 - 4 . 7 6

1 3 6 4 . 5 3 4 . 6 4 4 . 1 7 - 4 . 6 85 9 4 . 4 9 4 . 1 8 4 . 1 2 - 5 . 3 3

N um ber o f w o rk e r s re c e iv in g s tr a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly earn in gs o f—i ----- 1-----1-----$-----1----- 1-----$----- 1-----*----- 1-----1-----1----- r-------- ------- ---------------------- ------- 1----- {------ ------- j----- 1------ $------1— %------ i------ 1-------1------ 1------ 1------ 1------ 1— i------ 1

1 . 6 0 1 . 8 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 2 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 8 0 3 . 0 0 3 . 2 0 3 . 4 0 3 . 6 0 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 2 0 4 . 4 0 4 . 6 0 4 . 8 0 5 . 0 0 5 . 2 0 5 . 4 0 5 . 6 0 5 . 8 0 6 . 0 0

andunder and

1 . 8 C 2 . 0 0 2 . 2 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 8 0 3 . 0 0 3 . 2 0 3 . 4 0 3 . 6 0 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 2 0 4 . 4 0 4 . 6 0 4 . 8 0 5 . 0 0 5 . 2 0 5 . 4 0 5 . 6 0 5 . 8 0 6 . 0 0 o v e r

- - 1 3 1 8 3 3 1 6 1 2- - - - - 1 7

1 3 1 8 3 3 1 5 5

- - - - - 1 7

3 8 3 9 1 3 6 0 5 9 4 2 8 0 1 6 9 1 3 4 4 2- - 4 3 2 5 6 6 1 5

3 8 3 9 1 3 6 0 5 5 1 2 7 8 1 6 4 6 8 2 7- 2 6 2 4 1 5 1 5 9

1 4 5 0 6 9 9 3 6 4 3 7 1 73 5 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 0 8 1 3 6 7 0 1 3 1

_ 6 4 5 4 8 6 1 4 0 5 9- - 1 0 3 0 1 0 8 4- 6 3 5 1 8 5 1 3 2 5 5

6 3 5 1 8 5 1 3 2 2 7

- - - " 2 2 4 4 2 6

- 1 2 2 - 5 5

- - - 3 3 3 5

- _ - 3 3 3 5

- * 1 2 “ 5

- - . 2 ii 2 2 4- - - 1 - 5 -

- : -1 ii 1 7 4

2 3 3 11 3 1

- - - - 8 1 8 1

- - - - 8 1 6 1

_ _ _ 1 0 4 0 1 6

“ “ “ 1 0 4 0 1 06

- - - - 1 -

3 4 15 18 3 4 2 8 4 2 9 51 4 4 5 1 9 20 3 6 9 520 11 1 3 1 5 8 6 - -

1 4 4 5 1 9 2 3 6 9 5

5 6 21 4 9 1 6 9 2 7 66 4 9 3 83 2 2 3 5 1 6 5 22 5 2 4 9 3 42 4 19 1 4 4 5 1 4 - 47 9 9 2 5 12 - 4

11 10 5 2 - 26

9 1 1 7 1 0 7 17 4 3 4 6 88 157 5 3 7 1 11 2 9 3 4 6 1 416 1 4 3 6 6 1 4 12 2 7 119 11 3 6 5 9 7 5 2

- - - 20 2 6 3 8 4 2 6

5 - - - 6 - - 16

11 9 1 3 10 9 1 6 i .3 - - 3 6 4 i -8 9 1 3 7 3 12 - -5 8 12 7 3 12 - -

18 1 1 7 20 3 6 4 3 8 1 9 8 13 1 1 7 8 1 6 2 6 2 3

15 - 12 20 2 3 2 1 7 781 11 20 2 3 2 1 7 7 2

1 2 6 5 - 3 0 2 11- - 6 3 - 3 0 2 8

5 3 3 0 2 8

7 2 4 2 9 - 3 1 5 5 92 2 - 12 - 2 - -5 - 4 1 7 - 1 15 5 91 - 4 17 1 1 5 5 3

2 5 1 7 12 9 2 21 9 7 2 8 1 5 418 8 12 9 1 21 8 4 2 8 1 5 4

7 9 - 1 - 1 3 “

- 6 - 8 - 2 6 2 -

2 “ 8 2 6 2 -

6 1 5 3 1 6 4 21 1 4 451

1 5 3 1 6 4 21 1 4 4

1 1 5 3 1 6 4 21 1 4 4

6 05 199

5

5 - -- -

-

1 8 97 7

112

14 4

14 4 _ . - - -

5 4 2 3 “ - - - “

1 7 0

4 8

1 4

2 1 - " - -

5 4 7 2 3 11 41 4 4 1 5 2 - 3 11 4

- 1 3 2 - - - - -

“ 1 2 6 - - - -

7 4 22 3 0 0 6 10 _ _

1 8 20 4 2 3 10 - - -5 6 2 2 5 8 3 - - - -

5 4 2 1 0 7 3 “

21 4 12 3 - - - -

2 0 - - - - - - -

17 16 162 - - - - -17 16 30 - - - - -- - 132 - - - - -

- “ 1 0 7 - - -

80 4 146 _ 3 2 . -

2 2 1 4 5 - 3 - - -7 8 2 1 - 2 -

72 - _ 15 6 - - -- - - 15 6 - - -



Table A-6. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, powerplant, custodial, and material movement workers, by sex, in Houston, Tex., April 1974

S ex , occu p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n

M A I N T E N A N C E A N D P l l W E R P L A N T t i C C U P A T I O N S - M E N

C A R P E N T E R S , M A I N T E N A N C E ------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------

E L E C T R I C I A N S , M A I N T E N A N C E --------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------

E N G I N E E R S , S T A T I O N A R Y ---------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ---------------------S E R V I C E S -----------------------------------

H E L P E R S , M A I N T E N A N C E T R A D E S -----------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------- --------------------

M A C H I N E - T C C L O P E R A T O R S , T O O L R O O M — M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------

M A C H I N I S T S , M A I N T E N A N C E ------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------ -----------------------

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 ) ---------------------------------

M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ---------------------

M E C H A N I C S , M A I N T E N A N C E -------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------

M I L L W R I G H T S --------------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------

P A I N T E R S , M A I N T E N A N C E ---------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

P I P E F I T T E R S , M A I N T E N A N C E ----------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------

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 - - M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------

T O O L A N D D I E M A K E R S ------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------

C U S T O D I A L A N D M A T E R I A L M O V E M E N T O C C U P A T I O N S - M E N

G U A R D S A N D W A T C H M E N ------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------

N u mb e ro f

workers

A ve ra ge ( m e a n 2 )

hourly earnings3

2 5 3$5 . 3 4 :

1 8 0 5 . 5 97 8 4 . 7 8

1 , 2 7 9 5 . 5 7 !1 , 2 0 6 5 . 6 1

4 5 8 4 . 7 92 0 5 5 . 3 72 5 3 4 . 3 2

6 8 4 . 3 86 3 3 . 8 9

4 5 6 4 . 0 64 3 6 4 . 0 7

2 1 9 4 . 9 32 1 9 4 . 9 3

7 1 6 5 . 5 96 9 4 5 . 6 2

9 3 4 5 . 2 52 1 0 4 . 7 07 2 4 5 . 4 26 5 1 5 . 4 6

2 , 0 4 5 5 . 3 61 , 9 4 6 5 . 3 8 !

9 9 5 . 0 3

1 4 1 5 . 8 11 4 1 5 . 8 1

2 4 1 4 . 9 51 7 5 5 . 4 5

6 6 3 . 6 2

7 7 4 5 . 7 17 7 4 5 . 7 1

5 9 5 . 7 85 9 5 . 7 8

2 4 3 5 . 2 62 4 3 5 . 2 6

2 , 8 0 1 2 . 3 8 j3 4 2 3 . 9 7 !

2 , 4 5 9 2 . 1 5 1

Sex, occu p a tio n , and in du stry d iv is io nNu mb e r

o fworiters

A v e r a g e ( m e a n 2 )

hourly earnings3

$2 4 4 4 . 4 2

9 8 2 . 8 5

6 , 5 3 5 2 . 2 81 , 3 9 1 3 . 2 95 , 1 4 4 2 . 0 0

1 2 4 3 . 4 51 2 5 3 . 2 44 5 4 2 . 2 4

2 , 9 1 0 1 . 8 2 !

3 , 4 9 7 3 . 3 3 11 , 4 2 7 3 . 6 42 , 0 7 0 3 . 121

7 5 3 3 . 0 7 *7 6 3 3 . 2 15 5 4 3 . 0 5

1 , 7 3 1 3 . 6 6 i2 1 7 3 . 3 1

1 , 5 1 4 3 . 7 19 9 0 3 . 8 0

2 9 9 3 . 1 11 7 2 3 . 7 31 2 7 2 . 2 7 1

4 7 4 3 . 7 91 9 0 4 . 0 9

. 2 8 4 3 . 5 91 2 3 3 . 6 41 3 5 3 . 6 2

1 7 5 3 . 7 85 4 4 . 2 8

1 2 1 3 . 5 6 ,7 5 3 . 4 3 i

1 3 6 4 . 04|9 4 4 . 5 4 1

5 , 5 8 5 4 . 1 41 , 2 6 6 3 . 5 04 , 3 1 9 4 . 3 21 , 9 9 1 5 . 3 51 , 4 2 7 3 . 4 5

8 3 1 3 . 5 6

S ex, occu p a tion , and in du stry d iv is io n

C U S T O D I A L A N D M A T E R I A L M O V E M E N T O C C U P A T I O N S - M E N — C O N T I N U E D

G U A R D S A N D W A T C H M E N - C O N T I N U E D

G U A R D SM A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------

W A T C H M E NM A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------

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 A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S -------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ---------------------R E T A I L T R A D E --------------------------S E R V I C E S ---------------------------------

L A B O R E R S , M A T E R I A L H A N D L I N G ---------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S -------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ---------------------R E T A I L T R A D E --------------------------

O R D E R F I L L E R S -------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------

W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ---------------------

P A C K E R S , S H I P P I N G --------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------

R E C E I V I N G C L E R K S ----------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------

W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ---------------------R E T A I L T R A C E --------------------------

S H I P P I N G C L E R K S -----------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------

W H O L E S A L E T R A O E ---------------------

S H I P P I N G A N D R E C E I V I N G C L E R K S ------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------

T R U C K D R I V E R S ---------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S --------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ---------------------R E T A I L T R A D E --------------------------

C U S T O D I A L A N D M A T E R I A L M O V E M E N T O C C u P A T I O N S - M E N — C O N T I N U E D

T R U C K D R I V E R S - C O N T I N U E D

T R U C K D R I V E R S , L I G H T ( U N U E R1 - 1 / 2 T O N S ) -------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------

W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ---------------------R E T A I L T R A O E --------------------------

T R U C K D R I V E R S , M E D I U M ( 1 - 1 / 2 T OA N O I N C L U D I N G A T O N S ) ------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ------------------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E -------------------R E T A I L T R A D E ------------------------

T R U C K D R I V E R S , H E A V Y ( O V E RT R A I L E R T Y P E ) -----------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ---------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E -----------

T R U C K D R I V E R S , H E A V Y ( O V E R O T H E R T H A N T R A I L E R T Y P E ) M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------

T R U C K E R S , P O W E R ( F O R K L I F T )M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S -------W H O L E S A L E T R A D E ---------

M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G

C U S T O D I A L A N O M A T E R I A L M O V E M E N T O C C U P A T I O N S - M O M E N

J A N I T O R S , P O R T E R S , A N O C L E A N E R SN O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------

P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S ----------------R E T A I L T R A D E -----------------------S E R V I C E S -----------------------------

N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G - W H O L E S A L E T R A D E

N u mb e ro f

wodcers

A v e r a g e ( m e a n 2 )

hourly earnings3

$9 5 2 3 . 0 72 2 3 3 . 5 07 2 9 2 . 9 55 1 9 3 . 0 21 4 3 3 . 1 1

2 , 9 9 4 4 . 4 44 6 1 3 . 6 0

2 , 5 3 3 4 . 6 01 , 3 4 1 5 . 6 7

5 6 1 3 . 1 96 2 8 3 . 5 6

1 , 2 6 2 4 . 4 62 1 1 3 . 6 3

1 , 0 5 1 4 . 6 36 5 0 4 . 6 93 4 7 4 . 5 0

3 6 1 3 . 2 93 6 1 3 . 2 9

2 , 1 1 6 3 . 9 21 , 2 3 1 3 . 9 7

8 8 5 3 . 8 53 0 3 3 . 9 24 2 7 4 . 0 0

4 8 4 3 . 6 23 7 4 3 . 6 11 1 0 3 . 6 6

5 , 3 6 3 1 . 8 05 , 2 4 3 1 . 7 8

1 0 1 2 . 9 61 2 3 2 . 1 9 ,

3 , 6 0 0 1 . 7 2 |

2 4 8 2 . 1 9 i1 7 0 2 . 1 01 4 7 2 . 0 9



Table A-6a. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, powerplant, custodial, and material movement workers, by sex—large establishments in Houston, Tex., April 1974

S ex , occu p a tion , and in dustry d iv is io nNumber

ofworker*

Average (mean2 )

hourly earnings3

S ex, o ccu p a tio n , and in du stry d iv is io n

MAINTENANCE AND POWERPLANT OCCUPATIONS - MEN

CUSTODIAL AND MATERIAL MOVEMENT OCCUPATIONS-WEN

CARPENTERS, MAINTENANCE -----------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------

ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE -------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------

ENGINEERS, STATIONARY ----------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM - - MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------

MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE -----------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------

MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE -------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------

PAINTERS, MAINTENANCE ---------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------

PIPEFITTERS, MAINTENANCE ---------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------

TOOL AND DIE MAKERS MANUFACTURING —

$174 5 . 7 3152 5 . 7 4

868 5 . 7 3857 5 . 7 4

248 4 . 8 9119 5 . 3 5129 4 . 4 6

171 4 . 9 3171 4 . 9 3

530 5 . 6 9519 5 . 7 0

1 ,0 9 0 5 .6 11 , 0 5 7 5 . 6 2

160 5 . 4 8144 5 .6 1

753 5 . 7 0753 5 . 7 0

153 5 . 3 6153 5 . 3 6

GUARDS AND WATCHMENMANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING

GUARDSMANUFACTURING --------------------------------------

JANITORS, PORTERS, ANO CLEANERS ------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------------------

LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING ---------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------------

ORDER FILLERS -------------------------------------------

RECEIVING CLERKS --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------------

TRUCKDRIVERS -----------MANUFACTURING — NCNMANUFACTURING

RETAIL TRADE —

Numberof

woikers

Average(m ean2 )

hourlyearnings3

S ex, o ccu p a tio n , and in du stry d iv is ionNumber

ofworkers

Average ( mean2 )

hourly earnings3

CUSTODIAL AND MATERIAL MOVEMENTOCCUPATIONS—MEN— CONTINUED

388 3 . 9 4 ITRUCKDRIVERS ~ CONTINUED234 4 . 5 9154 2 . 9 4 | TRUCKDRIVERS, LIGHT (UNDER $

1 - 1 / 2 TONS) ------------------------------------------------------ 102 4/. 22NCNMANUFACTURING -------------------------------- 70 4 . 1 3

212 4 . 6 5 RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------------ 64 4 . 2 7

3 , 4 9 9 2 . 1 8 TRUCKDRIVERS, MEDIUM ( 1 - 1 / 2 TO536 3 . 6 2 AND INCLUDING 4 TONS) --------------------- 341 4 . 4 9

2 , 9 6 3 1 .9 1 MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------- 83 4 . 5 7302 2 . 3 5 NCNMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------- 258 4 . 4 6

2 , 3 3 1 1 .8 2 RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------------------------- 198 4 . 6 5

849 3 . 6 2 TRUCKERS, POWER (FORKLIFT) --------------------- 736 4 . 2 5423 3 . 6 7 1 MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------- 61C 4 .2 2426 3 .5 7 NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------- 118 4 . 4 2290 3 . 2 4

WAREHOUSEMEN ------------------------------------------------------------ 109 4 . 5 0379 4 . 0 5 MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------- 59 4 . 4 9

163 4 . 4 170 4 . 9 5 CUSTODIAL ANO MATERIAL MOVEMENT93 4 . 0 0 OCCUPATICNS-WCMEN78 4 . 0 4

780 4 . 3 5 JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS ------- 3 , 4 4 6 1 .7 7256 3 . 9 6 NONPANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------- 3 f 409 1 .7 6524 4 . 5 4 RETAIL TRACE ------------------------------------ 72 2 . 3 0317 4 . 5 7 SERVICES --------------------------------------------- 3 , 0 3 7 1 .7 3



Table A-7. Indexes of earnings for selected occupational groups in Houston, Tex.,April 1973 and April 1974, and percents of increase for selected periods

P e r io d

A l l in d u str ies M anuf ac tur ing

W eek ly ea rn in gs H ou rly ea rn in gs W eekly earn in gs H ou r ly ea rn in gs

O ffice c le r i c a l (m en and w om en)

Indu stria l n u rses

(m en and w om en)

Skilledm aintenance

tra des(m en)

U n skilledplant

w o rk e r s(m en)

O ffice c le r i c a l (m en and w om en)

In dustria l nur s e s

(m en and w om en)

Skilledm aintenance

tra d es(m en)

U n sk illedplant

w o rk e r s(m en )

Indexes (June 1967*100)

A p r i l 1973................................................................................. 136.0 138.5 144.7 134.9 136.7 135.7 142.2 149.1A p r i l 1974_______________________________________ ____ 144.0 150.0 153.4 146.1 144.4 147.5 152.4 161.2

P e rce n ts o f in c re a s e

M ay 1960 to M ay 1961 ............................. .................... . 3.2 4 .9 2 .8 1.1 3.2 6.6 1.6 2.2M ay 1961 to June 1962:

13-m onth in c r e a s e ........................ ........... ................... 2 .3 1.9 4 .0 7.3 2 .9 .9 3.1 8.0Annual ra te o f in c r e a s e ___________________ ____ 2.1 1.8 3.7 6.7 2 .7 .8 2 .9 7.4

June 1962 to June 196 3 ____________ ________________ 3.3 1.8 2.1 .9 5.4 3.1 1.3 1.5June 1963 to June 1 96 4 ____________ ________ _____ 1.5 2 .3 1.9 5.5 .5 3.0 1.7 4 .0June 1964 to June 1 96 5 .................................................... 2.5 .9 1.9 3.4 2.1 0 1.8 3.4June 1965 to June 196 6 ____________________________ 4.0 4 .4 5.7 1.4 .7 6.2 4 .6 3 .9June 1966 to June 1967 _ ______ 3.8 5 .9 3.1 7.1 3.7 4 .3 3.2 3.0June 1967 to June 1 96 8 . _________________________ 5.0 4 .8 4.1 5 .6 6.6 4 .9 4 .3 10.1June 1968 to M ay 1969:

11-m on th in c r e a s e ______________________________ 6.4 7.6 8.1 5.1 5.8 6.5 7.1 5 .3A nnual ra te o f in c r e a s e __________________ ___ 7.0 8.3 8 .9 5 .6 6.3 7.1 7.8 5.8

M ay 1969 to A p r i l 1970:11-m on th in c r e a s e . ................. ..................... ............... 4 .9 7.0 5.2 6.5 4.1 5.4 5.0 7.3Annual ra te o f in c r e a s e ........................................... 5 .4 7.7 5 .7 7.1 4.5 5 .9 5.5 8.0

A p r il 1970 to A p r i l 197 1___________ _____________ 4 .9 5.3 7.6 3.8 5 .4 4 .8 7.0 3.6A p r i l 1971 to A p r i l 197 2 ....... ......................................... 5 .4 4.1 7.8 6.1 5.3 4 .6 7.8 9.0A p r i l 1972 to A p r i l 197 3 __________________________ 5.0 4 .8 5 .4 3.7 4 .9 5.0 5.1 6.2A p r i l 1973 to A p r i l 197 4 __________________________ 7.2 7.5 6.0 8.3 5 .6 8 .7 7.2 8.1

N O T E : T h is m e a su re o f w age changes w il l be d iscon tin u ed beginning July 1974. It w il l be re p la ce d by the m e a su re p rese n te d in table A -8 .


Table A-8. Percents of increase in average hourly earnings for selectedoccupational groups, adjusted for employment shifts, in Houston, Tex., April 1973 to April 1974

O ccu pa tion a l group A llin du str ies

M anufacturing

N onm anufa ctu rin g

O ffice c l e r i c a l (m en and w o m e n ).. 6.5 4 .9 7.0In du stria l n u rse s (m en and w o m e n ). __ . 9.2 9 .9 *S k illed m ain tenance tra d e s (m e n ) .. . ____ 7.0 7.2 *U n sk illed plant w o rk e r s (m e n ).. . . . 4 .9 6 .7 4 .7

* Data do not m e e t pu blica tion c r ite r ia .

N O TE: T ab le A -8 p r o v id e s p e rce n ts o f change in a verag e h ou rly ea rn in gs fo r s e le c te do ccu p a tio n a l g ro u p s , ad justed to e x clu d e the e ffe c t o f em ploym en t sh ifts . The new m ethod fo r com puting w age tren d s is b a s e d on changes in a verag e h ou r ly ea rn in gs fo r esta b lish m en ts re p o rtin g the index jo b s in both the cu rren t and p re v io u s y e a r (m atch ed esta b lish m e n ts ), hold in g esta blish m en t em ploym en t in the jo b s constant.

The new, w age tre n d s a re not lin ked to the cu rre n t in d ex es b e ca u se the new w age tren d s m e a su re changes in m a tch ed esta b lish m en t a v e ra g e s w h e re a s the cu rre n t in dexes m e a su re ch an ges in a re a a v e ra g e s . O ther ch a r a c te r is t ic s o f the new w age tre n d s w h ich d iffe r fr o m the cu rre n t on es in clu de (1) ea rn in gs data o f o f f ic e c l e r i c a l w o rk e r s and in d u str ia l n u rse s a re co n v e r te d to an h ou r ly b a s is , and (2) tren d e st im a te s a re p ro v id e d fo r nonm anufacturing esta b lish m e n ts .

F o r a m o r e d eta iled d e s cr ip tio n o f the new m eth od u sed to com pute a re a w age su rvey in d e x e s , s e e "Im p rov in g A re a W age S urvey I n d e x e s ," M onthly L a b o r R e v ie w , January 1973, pp. 5 2 -5 7 .


B. Establishment practices and supplementary wage provisionsTable B-1. Minimum entrance salaries for inexperienced typists and clerks in Houston, Tex., April 1974

In ex perien ced typ ists O ther in e xp e rie n ce d c le r i c a l w o r k e r s 5'

M anufacturing N onm anufacturing M anufacturing N onm anufacturingM inim um w eekly stra ig h t-t im e s a la r y 4 A ll

in du str iesB a sed on standard w eek ly h o u r s 6 o f— A ll

in du str iesB ased on standard w eek ly h o u r s6 o f—

A llsch edu les 40

A llsch edu les 40

A llschedu les 40

A llsch ed u les 40

E s ta b lish m en ts s t u d ie d _____________________ ____________ 311 96 XXX 215 XXX 311 96 XXX 215 XXX

E sta b lish m en ts having a sp e c ifie d m in im u m ________________ 74 26 26 48 37 125 43 43 82 66

$ 7 0 .00 and under $ 7 2 .50 - __________________________ ___ _ _ _ _ . 1 . . 1 1$ 7 2 .50 and under $ 7 5 .00 ___________________________________ - - - _ _ 2 _ _ 2 2$ 7 5 .00 and under $ 7 7 .50 ___________________________________ 2 - - 2 1 5 _ _ 5 3$ 7 7 .50 and uncler $ 8 0 .00 ________________________________ . 1 - - 1 _ 1 _ _ 1 _$ 80 .00 and under $ 8 2 .50 ______________________ ____ _________ 5 2 2 3 3 12 3 3 9 7$82 .50 and under $ 85 .00 - _____________________________ 2 2 2 - _ 8 2 2 6 4$85 .00 and under $87 .50 __________________________ ______ 5 1 1 4 4 9 1 1 8 7$87 .50 and under $00 .00 _ 10 3 3 7 6 17 4 4 13 10$ 9 0 .00 and under $92 .50 13 5 5 8 5 21 9 9 12 10$ 9 2 .50 and under $ 9 5 .00 ____ _________________ _______ 1 - - 1 _ 5 1 1 4 4$ 9 5 .00 and under $97 .50 _________________ ________ 4 _ - 4 3 * 3 1 1 2 2$97 .50 and under $ 100.00 _ _ _ 8 3 3 5 4 9 4 4 5 3$ 100.00 and under $ 10 2 .5 0 _ ..... 3 1 1 2 2 5 2 2 3 3$ 10 2 .5 0 and under $ 10 5 .0 0 ________________________________ 4 1 1 3 3 6 2 2 4 4$ 105.00 and under $ 10 7 .5 0 ________________________ _______ 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1$ 107.50 and under $ 1 1 0 .0 0 _________________________________ i - - 1 1 1 _ _ i i$ 110.00 and under $ 112.50 ______________________________ __ 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 i i$ 11 2 .5 0 and under $11 5 .0 0 ___________________ - - - . . 3 3 3 . _$ 115.00 and under $ 117.50 ___________________ _____________ 2 - - 2 1 1 - _ i i$11 7 .5 0 and under $ 12 0 .0 0 ................................ ......................... 4 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 i

$ 120.00 and under $ 125.00 ___________________ _____________ 3 3 3 _ _ 4 4 4 _$ 1 2 5 .0 0 and under $13 0 .0 0 - . - - - . - _ _ -$13 0 .0 0 and under $ 13 5 .0 0 _ . - - _ . 1 1 1 . _$ 13 5 .0 0 and under $ 14 0 .0 0 _ _ _ _ 2 1 1 1 1 1 . _ 1 i$ 1 4 0 .0 0 and under $ 14 5 .0 0 ___ -___________ - - - - ________ * - * * 1 1 1 - -

E sta b lish m en ts having no sp e c ifie d m in im u m ___________ __ 33 11 XXX 22 XXX 81 28 XXX 53 XXX

E sta b lish m en ts w hich did not e m p lo y w o rk e r sin th is ca te g o ry _ . .. . .. 204 59 XXX 145 XXX 105 25 XXX 80 XXX



Table B-2. Late-shift pay provisions for manufacturing plant workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974(A lj^plant w o rk e r s in m anufacturing ■ 100 p e rce n t)

P e rce n t o f m anufacturing plant w o rk e r s —

L a te -sh ift pay p r o v is io nIn esta b lish m en ts having p ro v is io n s 7

fo r la te sh ifts A ctu a lly w ork ing on la te sh ifts

S econ d sh ift T h ird o r oth er sh ift S econ d sh ift T h ird o r oth er

sh ift

T ota l __________________________________________ 91.5 78.7 20.2 10.2

No pay d iffe re n tia l fo r w ork on late sh ift___ 2 .3 1.8 0.5 0.5

Pay d iffe re n tia l fo r w ork on late shift _ _ 89.2 76.9 19.7 9.7

T ype and am ount o f d iffe re n tia l:

U n iform cen ts (p er h o u r )_________ ________ 84.3 71.2 18.7 9.1

5 c e n t s _______ ____________________________ 2.2 _ .7 _7 cen ts 3.5 2.3 1.0 .48 c e n t s .___________________________________ 8.1 - 2.6 -9 c e n t s ___________________ ________________ 2.2 - .5 .10 c e n t s ___________________ ______ _____ __ 18.7 2.2 4 .0 .311 c e n t s ________________________________ .9 - .2 .12 cen ts _________________________ _________ 3.3 7.2 .7 1.2I2V2 c e n t s ____________ _ . . . ____ ____ _____ - 1.0 - -13 cen ts ___ _ _ _ __ __ 1.4 .8 .4 .1I3V3 ce n ts _ ____________ __ ____ 1.8 _ .5 -14 ce n ts _ _ .9 - .3 _15 cen ts 15.3 6 .9 2 .8 1.016 cen ts ___ _ _ 2.9 3.7 1.2 .617 cen ts 1.9 - .3 -18 cen ts __________________________________ 1.4 7.6 .2 .920 cen ts ___ _ _ ... . 19.1 8.2 3.1 .622 cen ts _ _ _ _ . 3.6 . .225 cen ts _ _ . 4 .8 _ .42 6 V, cen ts - 1.8 . .230 cen ts __________________________________ .7 4 .8 .1 .732 ce n t8 ____________ ____________ ,________ - 4.1 •- .634 c e n t s ______________________ _____ ____ - .4 - .140 cen ts ... _ - 12.0 * 2 .0

U n iform p e rce n ta g e _ _ _ _ ___ _ 4 .0 2.3 .8 (8)

6 p e r c e n t s ______ ________________ ___ 1.3 - .4 _10 p e rce n t .9 .9 .1 -12 p e r c e n t _______________ __________ _____ - 1.3 - ( ' )15 pe rce n t 1.8 - .2

O ther fo r m a l pay d i f f e r e n t ia l___ ___ ______ .9 3.4 .2 .6



Table B-3. Scheduled weekly hours and days of first-shift workers in Houston, Tex., April 1974

W eekly h o u rs and daysP e rce n t o f p lant w o rk e r s P e rce n t o f o f f ic e w o rk e rs

A llin d u str ies

Manufactu rin g

P u b licu tilit ie s

W h olesa letra de

R eta iltra de S e rv ice s A ll

in d u str ie sM anu

fa ctu rin gP u b lic

u tilit ie sW h olesa le

tra deR eta iltra d e S e rv ice s

A ll w o r k e r s ___ _____ _________ __ — _ » 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

30 h ou rs— 6 days ___________________________________ H 235 h ou rs— 5 days ___________________________________ 1 - - • 2 6 1 _ 4 _ _ _35 3/4 hours— 5 days ______•__________________ ____ _ - - - - - _ (9 ) _ _ _ _ (9 )36 hour s— 4 d a y s _________________________________ - - - - - - ( 9) (9 ) - - •-36V4 h ou rs— 5 d a y s _________________________ __ . - - - - - - 1 - . - -37 hours---- 5 days _ ___ . 1 - - - 2 - - . _ - .37Vio hours— 5 d a y s ____________________________ - - - - - - 2 _ . _ - -37Vz h o u r s ___________________________________________ 3 3 - (9) 7 (9 ) 10 3 (9) 5 6 24

5 d a y s ________ ______ ___________________________ 3 3 - (9) 7 (9) 9 3 (9 ) 5 6 2457a d a y s _________ _______________ _________________ - - - - 1 - - - -

383/4 h ou rs— 5 days _____-________________________ ( ’ ) - - 2 - - 3 - _ 2 - .39 h ou rs— 5 d a y s ___________________________________ - - - - - 1 - - - - .40 h o u r s ___________________________________________ 81 85 91 92 73 79 81 97 92 92 94 74

4 days - - - - - - (9 ) - - - - 15 days 80 85 91 92 71 79 81 97 92 92 94 74572 d a y s __________________________________________ ( ’ ) - - - 2 - - - - - - -

42 h ou rs— 5 d a y s ___________________________ , ______ 1 2 - - 2 - (9 ) - 3 - . ,4274 h ou rs— 572 d a y s _____________________________ - - . - - - ( ’ ) . 1 • _4272 h ou rs— 5 d a y s __________________ ____________ 1 1 3 _ _ _ ( ’ ) _ _ 1 _ _43 hours— 6 days ___________ _________________ ( ’ ) - - - 2 - _ _ _ . _44 h ou rs __ _ 3 1 2 _ _ 3 (9) _ - _ _ 1

5 V2 d a y s _________ . . . ________ ________________ 2 1 2 - - - ( 9) _ - _ - 16 days _ _ __ . (9 ) - - - - 3 - - . . _

45 h o u r s ___________ __ ________ ______ _____ 2 4 2 7 - 2 . - _ - . _5 d a y s ___ - _ 2 4 2 4 - 2 - _ _ . .5 V2 day s ________ ____ __ ___ ___ ________________ (9) - - 3 - - . _ _ . - .

47 72 h ou rs— 5 d a y s ________________________________ _ (9 ) - - - 1 - . . _ • _ ,48 h ou rs— 6 days ________ ___ ___ . __ ___ . . . __ 4 2 - - 8 9 ( ’ ) - . . . (9 )50 h o u r s ____ ___________ ______ _____________ ____ 2 3 2 - 4 . . . . _

5 days _ _ _____ 1 2 - - - - - - - . . .572 d a y s ___________ ___________________ __ 1 1 2 - - - - - . . _ .6 days __ ______________ _ ___ _____________ ____ 1 1 - - 4 - - - . - . .

54 h ou rs— 5 V2 days (9 ) ( ’ ) ( ’ ) ( 9)

See footn ote at end o f ta b le s .


Table B-4. Annual paid holidays in Houston, Tex., April 1974

ItemP e rce n t o f plant w o rk e r s P e rce n t o f o f f ic e w ork ers

A llin d u str ie s

M anufa ctu r in g

P u b lic u tilitie s

W h olesa letra de



fa ctu r in gP u b lic

u tilit ie sW holesa le

tradeR eta iltrade S e rv ice s

A ll w o rk e rs __ ____ __ ___________ 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

W o rk e rs in e sta b lish m en ts prov id in gpaid h o l id a y s ___________________________________ __ 95 99 97 100 91 86 99 100 100 100 100 99

W o rk e rs in e sta b lish m en ts p rov id in gno paid h olida ys 5 1 3 - 9 14 ( ’ ) - - - - 1

N um ber o f days 10

1 ha lf Hay ( ’ ) _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ _ _ _1 h olida y 3 - - - 8 9 ( ’ ) - - - ( ’ ) -2 h o l id a y s _______ _ __ ___ _______ __ 2 1 - - 4 2 ( ’ ) ( ’ ) . . 2 (9)3 h o l id a y s_______ __ _________ _______ _______ ( ’ ) - - - - 2 ( ’ ) . - - ( ’ )4 h o lid a y s _ _______________________________________ 3 1 - - 8 3 (9 ) - . . 1 15 h o l id a y s . . __ ______ . __ __ _____ ____ 10 2 1 3 16 22 4 1 3 (9) 23 75 h olida ys plus 2 half days ________ _____ ( ’ ) 1 - - - - ( ’ ) 1 - - -6 h olidays 15 7 6 19 19 25 8 8 4 14 22 116 h o lidays plus 1 ha lf d a y ________________________ ( ’ ) - - 3 - - ( ’ ) - - 2 ( ’ ) -6 h o lid a y s plus 2 ha lf days . _ ________ __ ( ’ ) 1 - - - - ( ’ ) 1 - - ( ’ )7 h olida ys _ _ __ __ __ ____ __ _ 16 9 7 30 30 8 15 14 2 14 35 107 h o lid a y s plus 1 h a lf d a y ___ ____________ _______ ( ’ ) (9 ) - - - ( ’ ) 3 ( ’ ) - - - 137 h o lid a y s plus 3 ha lf days __ _____ _ - - - - - ( ’ ) - - - ( 9 )8 h o lid a y s _________ . . . . ______________ ___ __ 11 15 29 18 - 2 16 9 28 12 . 88 h olida ys plus 1 half d a y ______________________ _ (9 ) 1 - - - - 1 3 - - - -9 h olida ys 25 42 50 13 5 9 39 46 59 40 17 319 h o lid a y s plus 2 ha lf days _ _____ _____ _ . - - - - - - 1 - 4 - - 210 h o l id a y s __________________ ______________ _________ 9 18 3 11 - 4 10 16 (9 ) 15 - 151 1 h o lid a y s __ - _ __ __ _____ ______________ ( ’ ) 1 - - - - ( ’ ) ( ’ ) - - -12 h o lid a y s ___________ _ __ (’ ) 213 h o lid a y s _ ______ _ _____ ( ’ ) ( ’ ) - - - - 1 ( ’ ) - 4 .13 holidays plus 1 ha lf iday _ .......... _ - - - - - - 2 - - - -

T ota l h olida y tim e 11

13l/2 days ______________________________ . - - _ _ _ 2 _ _ _13 days o r m o re ______________________________ . ( ’ ) ( ’ ) - - - - 2 ( ’ ) - 4 . -12 days o r m o re _ _ ____ _______________ __ ( ’ ) ( ’ ) - 2 - - 2 ( ’ ) - 4 - -11 days o r m o r e ____ ___ ______ _______ ______ 1 1 - 2 - - 3 1 - 4 - .10 days o r m o re 9 19 3 13 - 4 13 17 4 19 - 179 days o r m o r e _________________________________ 34 60 53 26 5 13 52 62 63 59 17 498V2 days o r m o r e . . _________ _______________________ 35 61 53 26 5 13 52 65 63 59 17 498 days o r m o r e _________________________________ 46 77 82 44 5 14 68 74 91 70 17 577 V2 days o r m o r e .____________________________ ___ 46 77 82 44 5 15 71 75 91 70 17 697 days o r m o r e ________ ___ __________ _____________ 62 87 89 74 35 22 87 90 93 84 52 796 V2 days o r m o r e __________ ___ _________________ 62 87 89 78 35 22 87 90 93 86 53 796 days o r m o re ________________________ _______ 77 95 95 97 53 48 96 99 97 99 74 905 days o r m o r e ____________ _______________________ 87 98 97 100 70 70 98 99 100 100 97 974 days o r m o re ________ _______ _________ ______ 89 98 97 100 77 73 98 99 100 100 98 983 days o r m o r e ________ ___________________________ 90 98 97 100 77 75 98 99 100 100 98 982 days o r m o r e .____ _______________________________ 91 99 97 100 81 77 98 100 100 100 99 991 days o r m o r e __ _______________________________ __ 94 99 97 100 89 86 99 100 100 100 100 99V2 day o r m o r e ___ ____ _____ __________ 95 99 97 100 91 86 99 100 100 100 100 99

See foo tn otes at end o f ta b les .


Table B-4a. Identification of major paid holidays in Houston, Tex., April 1974

H olid ay 10

P e r c e n t o f plant w o rk e r s P e rce n t o f o f f ic e w o rk e r s

A llin d u str ies

M anufa ctu rin g


W h olesa letra de

R eta iltra d e S e rv ice s A ll

in d u str iesM anu


u t ilit ie sW h olesa le

tradeR eta iltra de S e rv ice s

A ll \yorkers . . . __ 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

New Y e a r 's D a y . . ___ __________ ___ __ . 90 97 97 100 78 77 99 99 100 100 98 99W ash ington 's B irthd ay _ . . .. . . T 13 18 49 7 - 6 31 15 38 24 _ 19G ood F r id a y .____________________________________ __ 38 75 46 22 - 15 46 73 60 57 2 38San J acin to D a y _____________________________________ 7 15 <’ ) 8 - 1 5 12 4 5 ( ’ ) 5M e m o r ia l Day .... .......................................... 52 71 91 71 13 35 81 79 95 86 16 62F ou rth o f July _ ________ . ____ _ ________ __ ____ ___ 87 98 97 100 69 73 99 99 100 100 97 98L ab or Day _______ _ T ___________ 8b 97 97 100 69 69 99 99 100 100 95 95R osh Hashannah _ .. .. - 3 1 - 4 10 - 2 ( ’ ) - 2 9 -Y om K ippur , , „ „ . T . . J 1 - 3 8 _ 1 <») - ( ’ ) 9 -C olum bus Dav _ _____ _________ ... _____ . 2 3 - - - 1 10 3 . - 6V e t e r a n s D a y .. ___ . . . .. . 9 9 53 2 - 4 23 5 49 10 1 14T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y . .... ~l. . _ ^ 88 98 97 100 73 73 99 99 100 100 95 98Day after T h a n k s g i v i n g ______ ______ ____ _____ ____ 24 48 24 20 - 8 31 53 28 20 (’ ) 23C h r i s t m a s E v e ______________________________________ 24 48 15 29 - 5 20 51 7 25 29C h r i s t m a s Eve, half Bay 2 3 - 3 - - 6 5 4 2 (’ ) 2C h r i s t m a s D a y ____________ _________________________ 94 97 96 100 89 86 99 99 99 99 100 99N e w Y ear's E v e _______ ______________________________ 7 15 1 2 - 3 5 16 1 4 - 6N e w Y ear's Ev e , half d a y _________________________ 1 2 - - - (’ ) 3 2 4 - - 15Ftoating holiday, l . d a y 13._______________________ _ 16 18 7 9 24 6 21 20 16 42 24 23Floating holiday, 2 d a y s 13________________________ 2 1 (’ ) 10 2 - 3 (’ ) 14 4 1 -Floating holiday, 3 d a y s 13______ __________________ (’ ) - - - - 1 - - - 8Floating holiday, 4 d a y s 13_________________________ 2 - - 7 5 (’ ) 6 - • 9 17 8E m p l o y e e ' s b irthday __ .. .. .. ___________ 18 10 33 13 32 7 10 8 18 9 36 4E m p l o y e e ' s a n n iv e rs a ry T___ . __________ . . . . . . .__ 1 9 3 1 3 9

See footnotes at e n d of tables.


Table B-5. Paid vacation provisions in Houston, Tex., April 1974P e rce n t o f plant w o rk e r s P e rce n t o f o f f ic e w o rk e r s

V acation p o lic y AUin d u str ie s

Manufa ctu r in g

P u b licu tilities

W h olesa letra de

R eta iltra de S e rv ice s AU

in d u str issM anu



tradeR eta iltra de S e rv ice s

A ll w o r k e r s _______ _______ ___ ______ 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

M ethod o f paym ent

W o rk e rs in e s ta b lish m en ts provid ingpaid v a c a t io n s __ _ __ __ __ _____ 97 99 100 100 98 87 99 99 100- 100 100 99

L e n g th -o f-t im e paym ent --------- ------- -----— 95 95 100 100 96 87 99 99 100 100 100 99P e rce n ta g e p a y m e n t_______ __ ________________ 2 5 - - - - - - - - - *O ther _ ____ . . . . _______ <») - - - 1 - - - - . - •

W ork ers in esta b lish m en ts prov id in gno paid v a c a t io n s _________ _______— ------------------ 3 1 - - 2 13 ( ’ ) (’ ) - - - (* )

Am ount o f v acation pay 14

A fte r 6 m onths o f s e r v ice

Under 1 w eek _ __________________________________ 5 11 - _ 2 ( ’ ) 4 7 _ _ 1 131 w e e k _______________________ ____ .._________ _ _ 15 7 40 17 25 3 36 30 30 27 25 32O ver 1 and under 2 w e e k s______________ ________ ( ’ ) - ( ’ ) - - 1 2 1 4 - . 52 w e e k s ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------- - - * - 1 - 4 - - -

A fte r 1 year o f s e r v ice

Under 1 w e e k ___ ________________________ ____ ( ’ ) _ _ 1 _ _ . _ _ _ m1 w e e k ______ ______ ____ _ ___ —ww— 56 61 30 53 52 70 20 27 20 27 35 26O ver 1 and under 2 w eek s ___ _ ________ 2 2 6 - - ( ’ ) 2 2 1 . - 132 w eeks ______ ____ _ __ _______ 39 36 64 47 44 15 76 69 79 73 65 48O ver 2 and under 3 w eeks _ __ __ (? ) - - - - <») 1 3 - . - 83 w eeks _____ ___ ____ ,T . . ( ’ ) - - * 1 1 - - - * 5

A fte r 2 y e a rs o f s e r v ice

U nder 1 w e e k _______________ ____ __ ( ’ ) _ . 1 _ _ _ _ V1 w e e k _______ _ - ,---- 22 24 17 15 23 27 3 4 3 2 5 5O ver 1 and under 2 w eek s _____ 2 3 3 - 2 - ( ’ ) - . - 1 .2 w e e k s_______ ______ __ __ 71 68 77 84 71 59 94 93 96 98 93 74O ver 2 and under 3 w e e k s . _ 2 4 3 ( ’ ) - ( ’ ) 2 3 1 ( ’ ) . 15O ver 3 and under 4 w eeks ( ’ ) - - - 1 1 - - - 5

A fte r 3 y e a r s o f s e r v ice

Under 1 w eek ______ ( ’ ) _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ m7 3 1 12 6 22 1 1 1 2 2 1

O ver 1 and under 2 w e e k s _________________ __ . i 22 w e e k s ____ ______ ______________ _ __ 86 87 93 86 91 64 94 89 98 94 98 78O ver 2 and under 3 w eeks ____________ _______ ..__ . 2 4 6 3 - ( ’ ) 3 3 1 4 - 153 w e e k s ______ ______ _. . _r 1 4 - - - 1 7 - - - •O ver 3 and under 4 w eeks -___ _ _ _ _ (* ) - - - 1 1 - - - - 5


U nder 1 w eek ( ’ ) _ . _ 1 _ . _ _ _ _

1 w e e k ______________________________________________ 5 2 1 12 2 22 1 1 1 2 2 1O ver 1 and under 2 w e e k s . __ __ __ . . 1 2 - - - • - • - _ - •2 w e e k s _____ _____ _ ___ 87 88 93 86 94 64 94 89 98 94 98 78O ver 2 and under 3 w e e k s ________ _ 2 4 6 3 - ( ’ ) 3 4 1 4 - 153 w eek s _ - . . 1 4 ( ’ ) - - 1 7 ( ’ ) - - •O ver 3 and under 4 w e e k s ______ ( ’ ) 1 1 5



Table B-5. Paid vacation provisions in Houston, Tex., April 1974—ContinuedP e rce n t o f p lant w o rk e rs P e rce n t o f o f f ic e w o rk e r s

V a ca tion p o l ic y A llin d u str ies

M anufa ctu rin g


W h olesa letra de


in d u str iesM anu



tradeR e ta iltra d e S e rv ice s

A m ount o f vacation p a y 14— C ontinued

A fte r 5 y e a rs o f s e r v ic e

1 we 6 k ______________________________________________. 4 . i 3 2 22 ( ’ ) i ( 9 ) iO ver 1 and under 2 w eek s 1 i - - 1 - _ _ _ _2 w e e k s ______________________________________________ 70 64 79 88 78 55 71 66 73 60 89 69O ver 2 and under 3 w eeks 2 3 6 (9) - 2 4 2 1 (9 ) - 183 w e e k s ______________________________________________ 20 31 14 8 16 7 23 29 25 40 11 6O ver 3 and under 4 w eeks (9 ) - - - - 1 1 3 _ _ _ 54 w eek s _ _ ___ _ n (9) - - - - (9) (9) * - - -

A fte r 10 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e

1 w eek 4 _ 1 3 2 22 (9 ) _ 1 ( ’ ) . 1O ver 1 and under 2 w eek s n - - - 1 - - _ - .2 w e e k s ______________________________________________ 29 19 10 43 39 40 21 18 5 22 32 21O ver 2 and under 3 w e e k s ___________________ _ 2 3 3 - - 1 (9 ) 1 _ - _ 23 w e e k s _______________. _____________________________ 51 54 76 50 56 21 64 64 72 45 66 66O ver 3 and under 4 w e e k s ________________________ 2 4 3 2 - 1 i _ 1 4 - 54 w eeks _ 9 19 6 1 - 4 13 17 21 28 2 46 w eeks ( ’ ) (9 ) - * - - (9 ) (9 ) * * - -


1 w e e k ___________________________ _________ __ _ 4 _ 1 3 2 22 (9) _ 1 (9 ) _ 1O ver 1 and under 2 w e e k s ______________________ (* ) - - - 1 - - _ _ _2 w e e k s _______________________ _________________ _ 26 12 6 42 39 36 18 10 4 19 32 18O ver 2 and under 3 w e e k s ._____________________ _ 1 2 5 - - 1 1 1 ( ’ ) - - 43 w eek s _ _ 53 59 79 52 56 20 64 66 73 45 66 54O ver 3 and under 4 w eek s __________ ________ 3 6 3 2 - 5 4 5 1 7 - 184 w eek s _ _ 9 20 6 i - 4 13 17 21 28 2 46 w eek s __ _______ ____________________ ____ <’ > (9) - - - - (9 ) (9 ) - - - -


1 wppk 4 - 1 3 2 22 (9) - 1 ( ’ ) - 1O ver 1 and under 2 w eek s ______________________ ( ’ ) - - - 1 - - . - .2 w e e k s ______________ ___________________________ __ 20 10 4 13 31 34 12 7 3 11 20 17O ver 2 and under 3 w e e k s . .___________ __________ ( ’ ) 1 - - - - (9 ) ( ’ ) - - - -3 w e e k s .___________ ______ m_________________ _____ 48 49 69 63 50 22 56 54 60 43 70 52O ver 3 and under 4 w e e k s ________________________ 3 7 - - - 3 5 5 - 3 - 154 w e e k s __________ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ __ 21 32 23 21 14 7 26 30 35 42 10 14O ver 4 and under 5 w eek s _______ _________ n - 3 - - - 1 3 1 - - .5 w e e k s ________________.____ r________________________ - - - - - ( ’ ) ( ’ ) - - - -6 w e e k s --------------------------------------------------------------------- ( ’ ) ( ’ ) - - * - (9 ) (9 ) * - - -


1 w eek - 4 - 1 3 2 22 (9 ) _ 1 (9) . 1O ver 1 and under 2 w eek s _____ _ __ __ n - - - 1 - - - - -2 w eek s _______ . . . . . 19 10 4 13 31 28 12 7 3 11 20 15O ver 2 and under 3 w e e k s ________________________ ( ’ ) 1 - - - - ( ’ ) ( 9 ) - - - -3 w e e k s _____• __ __ ___ __ __ _ 21 22 6 40 18 25 19 18 6 20 20 21O ver 3 and under 4 w e e k s ________________________ 3 6 3 - - 1 1 1 - - - 54 w e e k s ______________________________________________ 39 42 70 31 45 10 53 59 64 33 60 54O ver 4 and under 5 w e e k s __________ _ ____ __ (’ ) 1 - - - - 1 3 - - - -5 w eek s _____ . __ _______ 9 17 13 12 - 1 14 12 25 35 - 3O ver 5 and under 6 w eek s _______________________ n - 3 - - - (9 ) - 1 - - -6 w e e k s ___ _________ . __ . . ______ . ___ r ) ( ’ ) “ “ " “ (9 ) ( ’ ) “ “ “ “



Table B-5. Paid vacation provisions in Houston, Tex., April 1974— ContinuedP e rce n t o f plant w o rk e r s P e rce n t o f o f f ic e w o rk e r s

V acation p o lic y A llin d u str ie s

M anufa ctu rin g

P u b licu tilities

W h olesa letra de

R eta iltrade S e rv ice s A ll



u tilitie sW h olesa le

tradeR eta iltrade S e rv ice s

Am ount o f v acation pay 14— Continued


1 w e e k _______________________________________________ 4 _ i 3 2 22 (9 ) _ i ( 9 ) _ iO ver 1 and under 2 w e e k s ________________________ (9 ) - - - 1 - - - - -2 w e e k s ______________________________________________ 19 10 4 13 31 26 12 7 3 a 20 14O ver 2 and under 3 w eeks ( ’ ) 1 - - - - (9) (9) - - - -3 w e e k s _________________________________________ ___ 19 16 6 40 18 25 16 15 6 20 20 22O ver 3 and under 4 w eeks _ _ .... 3 6 3 - - 1 1 1 - - - 54 w eeks 35 42 24 24 45 11 44 53 21 26 60 52O ver 4 and under 5 w eek s _ _ _ - - - - - - 3 4 - 3 - .5 w e e k s ______________________________________________ 17 24 56 19 - 3 24 16 68 40 - 5O ver 5 and under 6 w eek s _ _ (9) - 3 - - - 1 3 1 - - -6 w eeks _ _ _ _ _ (9 ) (9) 3 - - - ( 9) (9) (9 ) - - -


1 w eek 4 _ 1 3 2 22 (9 ) _ 1 (9) _ 1O ver 1 and under 2 w eeks (9) - - - 1 - - - - - -2 w e e k s _________________________________ ____________ 19 10 4 13 31 26 12 7 3 11 20 14O ver 2 and under 3 w eeks (9) 1 - - - - (9 ) (9) - - - -3 w eeks ................. _ . . . . . . . 19 16 6 40 18 25 16 15 6 20 20 22O ver 3 and under 4 w eeks 3 6 3 - - 1 1 1 - . - 54 w eeks ... _ _ . _ 34 42 24 23 45 11 42 53 21 24 60 405 w eek s. _ . . . ... 15 20 55 21 - 3 26 17 59 44 - 18O ver 5 and under 6 w eeks _ . ( 9 ) - 3 - - - (9 ) - 1 - - -6 w eeks _ ___ 2 5 3 - * - 3 7 9 - - -

M axim um v acation ava ilab le

1 w eek ... 4 _ 1 3 2 22 (9 ) _ 1 <9) _ 1O ver 1 and under 2 w eeks (9 ) - - - 1 - - - - -2 w eeks 19 10 4 13 31 26 12 7 3 11 20 14O ver 2 and under 3 w eeks . . _ ... _ ( ’ ) 1 - - - - ( 9) (9 ) - - - -3 w eek s . __ _ _ 19 16 6 40 18 25 16 15 6 20 20 22O ver 3 and under 4 w e e k s ________________________ 3 6 3 - - 1

111

421

53- - - 5

4 w eeks ...... 34 42 24 23 45 21 24 60 405 w eek s ________ _____ __________________________ 15 20 55 21 - 3 25 17 59 44 _ 18O ver 5 and under 6 w e e k s _________________________ (9 ) - 3 - - _ (9) - 1 - _ -6 w e e k s ____________________ ___________ __ ______ ___ ... 2 5 3 - - - 3 7 9 - - .O ver 6 w eeks 2



Table B-6. Health, insurance, and pension plan provisions in Houston, Tex., April 1974P e rce n t o f p lant w o rk e r s P e r c e n t o f o f f ic e w o rk e r s

T ype o f b en efit and finan cin g 15 A ll

in d u str iesM anu


u tilitiesW h olesa le

tra deR eta iltra de S e rv ice s A ll



u t ilit ie sW h olesa le

tra deR eta iltra de S e rv ice s

A ll w o r k e r s ------ --------- ----------------------------------- 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

W ork ers in esta b lish m e n ts prov id in g atle a st 1 o f the b e n e fits shown b e lo w ________ ___ 95 99 100 100 98 78 99 100 99 100 99 99

L ife in s u r a n c e __________ _ _____________ _______ 88 95 100 93 79 73 95 100 97 95 70 98N on con tribu tory plans ___ . ______________ 52 60 67 49 39 45 54 56 68 56 33 59

A cc id e n ta l death and d ism e m b e rm e n tin su ra n ce _ _ _ 55 54 72 57 50 54 58 64 63 49 51 61

N on con tribu tory p la n s________ _______ ______ 29 33 36 28 23 32 31 34 38 23 21 33S ick n ess and a cc id en t in su ra n ce o r

s ick le%ve o r both 16_______________________ 75 86 77 83 71 52 80 80 93 83 83 74

S ick n ess and a cc id en t in s u r a n c e _________ 44 67 27 40 28 25 26 41 7 25 31 24N on con tribu tory p la n s ___________ __ ____ 23 37 24 11 13 14 10 22 5 8 7 14

Sick lea v e (fu ll pay and now aiting p e r i o d ) _______________. __________ 30 20 29 58 30 44 64 60 73 75 32 70

Sick leave (p a rtia l pay o rw aiting p e r io d ) 19 24 27 6 25 2 10 8 16 6 40 1

L o n g -te rm d isa b ility in s u r a n c e ______________ 17 25 12 38 6 9 48 40 32 64 15 44N on con tribu tory p la n s _____________ _____ 9 14 7 17 - 6 30 20 23 44 2 27

H osp ita liza tion in s u r a n c e _______________ 93 99 100 97 94 71 99 99 98 99 98 99N on con tribu tory p la n s ________________ __ 46 55 63 48 32 38 47 52 63 51 25 66

S u rg ica l in su ra n ce ____ _ . . . . . . _ 93 99 100 97 94 72 99 100 98 99 98 99N on con tribu tory p la n s__________ ___________ 46 55 63 48 32 38 47 52 63 51 25 66

M e d ica l in su ra n ce „ ___ ___________ ____ ______ 93 99 100 97 94 68 99 100 98 99 98 99Non co n tr ib u to ry p la n s_____________ ________ 46 55 63 48 32 35 46 52 63 51 25 61

M a jor m e d ica l in s u r a n c e ______________________ 89 94 96 95 92 66 98 98 98 99 98 98N on con tribu tory p la n s_______ _ _________ _ 43 51 61 46 32 32 45 50 63 47 25 60

D ental in s u ra n ce _________ . _____ __________ 6 6 16 4 7 1 7 11 4 3 3 20Non co n tr ib u to ry p la n s ______________________ 5 4 14 4 5 1 7 9 4 3 - 20

R etire m e n t pen sion _ __ ____________ __ 70 85 71 67 70 41 83 87 77 84 57 71N on con tribu tory p la n s .______ ____ ____ _____ 59 76 68 47 53 35 70 70 72 70 46 70



Footnotes

A ll o f th e se stan dard foo tn o tes m ay not apply to th is b u lletin .

1 S tandard h ou rs r e f le c t the w ork w eek f o r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir re g u la r s tra ig h t -t im e s a la r ie s (e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e rt im e at re g u la r a n d /o r p re m iu m ra te s ) , and the ea rn in gs c o r r e s p o n d to th e se w eek ly h o u rs .

2 The m ean is com p u ted fo r each jo b by tota lin g the ea rn in gs o f a ll w o rk e rs and d iv id ing by the n u m ber o f w o r k e r s . The m edian d es ign a tes p os it ion — h a lf o f the e m p lo y e e s su rv ey ed r e c e iv e m o r e and h a lf r e c e iv e le s s than the rate show n. The m id d le range is defin ed by 2 ra tes o f pay; a fou rth o f the w o r k e r s earn le s s than the lo w e r o f th e se ra tes and a fou rth earn m o r e than the h ig h er ra te .

3 E x c lu d e s p re m iu m pay fo r ov e rt im e and fo r w ork on w eek en d s , h o lid a y s , and la te sh ifts .4 T h e se s a la r ie s re la te to fo r m a lly e s ta b lish e d m in im u m startin g (h irin g ) r e g u la r s tra ig h t -t im e sa la r ie s that a re paid fo r standard

w ork w eek s .5 E x c lu d es w o r k e r s in s u b c le r ic a l jo b s such as m e s s e n g e r .6 Data a re p re se n te d fo r a ll standard w ork w eek s co m b in e d , and fo r the m o s t co m m o n standard w ork w eek s re p o rte d .7 In clu d es a ll plant w o rk e rs in e s ta b lish m en ts cu rre n t ly op era tin g la te s h ift s , and esta b lish m en ts w hose fo r m a l p r o v is io n s c o v e r la te

sh ifts , even though the esta b lish m en ts w e re not cu rre n t ly op eratin g la te sh ifts .8 L e s s than 0.05 p e r ce n t .9 L e s s than 0.5 p e rce n t .10 F o r p u rp o se s o f th is study, pay fo r a Sunday in D e ce m b e r , n eg o tia ted in the a u tom ob ile in d u stry , is not tre a te d as a paid h oliday .11 A l l com bin a tion s o f fu ll and h a lf days that add to the sam e am ount a re co m b in e d ; fo r ex a m p le , the p r o p o rt io n of w o rk e rs re ce iv in g

a tota l o f 9 days in c lu d es th ose w ith 9 fu ll days and no h a lf d a y s , 8 fu ll days and 2 h a lf d a y s , 7 fu ll days and 4 h a lf d a y s , and s o on. P r o p o r t io n s then w e re cu m u lated .

12 T h ese days a re p ro v id e d as part o f a C h ris tm a s—New Y e a r h o lid a y p e r io d w h ich ty p ic a lly b eg in s w ith C h ris tm a s E ve and ends w ith New Y e a r 's Day. Such a h o lid a y p e r io d is com m on in the a u to m o b ile , a e r o s p a c e , and fa r m im p lem en t in d u str ie s .

13 "F lo a t in g " h o lid a y s v a ry f r o m y e a r to y e a r a c c o r d in g to e m p lo y e r o r e m p lo y e e c h o ic e .14 In clud es paym ents o th er than "length o f t i m e , " such as p e rce n ta g e o f annual ea rn in gs o r f la t -s u m p a ym en ts , co n v e rte d to an

equ iva len t tim e b a s is ; f o r e x a m p le , 2 p e r ce n t o f annual ea rn in gs w as c o n s id e r e d as 1 w e e k 's pay. P e r io d s o f s e r v ic e a re ch osen a rb itr a r ily and do not n e c e s s a r i ly r e f le c t in d iv id u a l p r o v is io n s f o r p r o g r e s s io n ; fo r e x a m p le , ch an ges in p r o p o rt io n s at 10 y e a r s in clu d e ch anges betw een 5 and 10 y e a r s . E stim a tes a re cu m u la tiv e . T h u s, the p r o p o rt io n e lig ib le f o r at le a s t 3 w e e k s ' pay a fte r 10 y e a r s in c lu d es th ose e lig ib le fo r at lea s t 3 w e e k s ' pay a fte r fe w e r y e a r s o f s e r v ic e .

15 E stim a tes lis te d a fte r type o f b en e fit a re fo r a ll p lans fo r w hich at le a s t a p art of the c o s t is b orn e by the e m p lo y e r . "N on con tr ib u tory p la n s" in clu d e on ly th ose fin a n ced e n tire ly by the e m p lo y e r . E x clu d ed a re le g a lly r e q u ire d p la n s , such as w o rk m e n 's co m p e n sa tio n , s o c ia l s e c u r ity , and r a ilr o a d re t ire m e n t.

U n du plicated to ta l o f w o r k e r s re c e iv in g s ick le a v e o r s ick n e ss and a cc id e n t in su ra n ce show n se p a ra te ly b e lo w . S ick lea v e plans a re lim ite d to th ose w hich d e fin ite ly e s ta b lish at le a s t the m in im u m n u m ber o f d a y s ' pay that ea ch e m p lo y e e can e x p e ct . In fo rm a l s ick lea v e a llo w a n ce s d e te rm in e d on an in d iv id u a l b a s is a re exclu d ed .

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Appendix A

A r e a w age and re la te d b e n e fits data a re ob tained by p e r so n a l v is i t s o f B u reau fie ld r e p re se n ta t iv e s at 3 -y e a r in te r v a ls . 1 In ea ch o f the in terv en in g y e a r s , in fo rm a tio n on em ploym en t and o ccu p a tio n a l e a rn in gs is c o l le c t e d b y a com b in a tion o f p e r so n a l v is it and m a il q u estion n a ire fr o m esta b lish m e n ts p a rtic ip a tin g in the p r e v io u s su rv e y .

In ea ch o f the 9 4 1 2 a re a s cu r re n t ly su rv e y e d , data a re obtained fr o m re p re se n ta tiv e esta b lish m e n ts w ithin s ix b ro a d in du stry d iv is io n s : M anufacturing ; tra n sp o rta tio n , com m u n ica tion , and oth er p u b lic u t il it ie s ; w h o le sa le tra d e ; r e ta il t ra d e ; fin a n ce , in su ra n ce , and re a l esta te ; and s e r v ic e s . M a jo r in d u stry grou p s e x clu d e d fr o m th e se stu d ies a re govern m en t op e ra tio n s and the co n s tru c tio n and e x tra ct iv e in d u s tr ie s . E s ta b lish m e n ts having fe w e r than a p r e s c r ib e d n u m b er o f w o rk e r s a re o m itted b e ca u se o f in su ff ic ie n t e m p loy m en t in the o ccu p a tion s stu d ied . S eparate tabu lations a re p r o v id e d fo r ea ch o f the b ro a d in d u stry d iv is io n s w hich m e e t pu b lica tion c r it e r ia .

T h e se su rv e y s a re con d u cted on a sa m p le b a s is . T he sam pling p r o ce d u re s in vo lve d eta iled s tra tifica tio n o f a ll esta b lish m e n ts w ithin the sco p e o f an in div idua l a re a su rv e y by in du stry and n u m b er o f e m p lo y e e s . F r o m th is s tr a t ifie d u n iv e rse a p ro b a b ility sa m ple is s e le c te d , w ith ea ch e sta b lish m en t having a p re d e te rm in e d ch a n ce o f s e le c t io n . T o obtain optim um a ccu r a c y at m in im u m c o s t , a g re a te r p ro p o r tio n o f la rg e than sm a ll esta b lish m en ts is s e le c te d . When data a re co m b in e d , ea ch e sta b lish m en t is w eig h ted a c co r d in g to its p ro b a b ility o f s e le c t io n , so that u n b ia sed e st im a te s a re g e n era ted . F o r e x a m p le , i f one out o f fo u r e s ta b lish m en ts is s e le c te d , it is g iven a w eight o f fo u r to re p re se n t i t s e lf p lus th re e o th e rs . An a ltern a te o f the sam e o r ig in a l p ro b a b ility is ch o se n in the sam e in d u s tr y -s iz e c la s s if ic a t io n i f data a re not a va ila b le fo r the o r ig in a l sa m p le m e m b e r . I f n o su itab le substitute is a v a ila b le , a dditiona l w eight is a ss ig n e d to a sa m p le m e m b e r that is s im ila r to the m is s in g unit.

O ccu pa tion s and E arn ingsO ccu pa tion s se le c te d fo r study a re co m m o n to a v a r ie ty o f m anufacturing and non

m an u factu rin g in d u s tr ie s , and a re o f the fo llo w in g ty p e s : (1) O ffice c le r i c a l ; (2) p r o fe s s io n a l andte ch n ica l; (3) m ain ten an ce and pow erp lan t; and (4) cu s to d ia l and m a te r ia l m o v em en t. O ccu pa tion a l c la s s i f ic a t io n is b a se d on a u n ifo rm set o f jo b d e s c r ip t io n s d es ign ed to take a ccou n t o f in te r e sta b lish m en t v a r ia tio n in du ties w ithin the sa m e jo b . O ccu pa tion s se le c te d fo r study a re lis te d and d e s c r ib e d in appendix B . U n less o th e rw ise in d ica te d , the ea rn in gs data fo llow in g the jo b t it le s a re fo r a ll in d u str ie s co m b in e d . E a rn in g s data fo r s o m e o f the occu p a tio n s lis te d and d e s c r ib e d , o r f o r s o m e in d u stry d iv is io n s w ithin o ccu p a t io n s , a re not p re se n te d in the A - s e r i e s t a b le s , b e ca u se e ith e r (1) e m p loy m en t in the o ccu p a tion is t o o sm a ll to p ro v id e enough data to m e r it p re se n ta tio n , o r (2 ) th e re is p o s s ib ility o f d is c lo s u r e o f in d iv idual esta b lish m en t data. E a rn in gs data not show n se p a ra te ly fo r in du stry d iv is io n s a re in clu ded in a ll in d u str ies com b in ed data , w h ere show n. L ik e w ise , data a re in clu ded in the o v e r a ll c la s s i f ic a t io n when a su b c la s s i f ic a t io n o f e le c t r o n ic s te ch n ic ia n s , s e c r e t a r ie s , o r t ru c k d r iv e rs is not show n o r in form a tion to su b c la s s i fy is not a v a ila b le .

O ccu p a tion a l e m p loy m en t and ea rn in gs data a re show n fo r fu ll-t im e w o r k e r s , i . e . , th ose h ire d to w o rk a re g u la r w eek ly sch ed u le . E a rn in gs data ex clu d e p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w o rk on w eek en d s, h o lid a y s , and la te sh ifts . N on prod u ction b on u ses a re ex clu d ed , but c o s t - o f - l iv in g a llo w a n ce s and in ce n tiv e b on u ses a re in clu ded . W eek ly h ou rs fo r o ff ic e c l e r i c a l and p r o fe s s io n a l and te ch n ica l o ccu p a tio n s r e fe r to the standard w orkw eek (rounded to the n e a re st h a lf h ou r ) f o r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e re g u la r s tra ig h t -t im e sa la r ie s (e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e r t im e at re g u la r a n d /o r p re m iu m ra te s ) . A v e ra g e w eek ly ea rn in gs fo r th e se o ccu p a tion s a re roun ded to the n e a re s t h a lf d o lla r .

T h ese su rv e y s m e a su re the le v e l o f o ccu p a tio n a l ea rn in gs in an a re a at a p a rt icu la r tim e . C o m p a r iso n s o f in d iv idu a l occu p a tio n a l a v e ra g e s o v e r t im e m a y not r e f le c t ex p e cte d w age ch an ges. The a v e ra g e s fo r in d iv idua l jo b s a re a ffe c te d by changes in w ages and em ploym en t pa ttern s . F o r e x a m p le , p r o p o r t io n s o f w o rk e r s e m p lo y e d by h ig h - o r lo w -w a g e f ir m s m ay change, o r h igh -w a g e w o rk e r s m a y a dvan ce to b e tte r jo b s and b e re p la ce d by new w o rk e rs at lo w e r ra te s . Such sh ifts in e m p loy m en t co u ld d e c r e a s e an occu p a tio n a l a vera g e even though m o st esta b lish m en ts in an a re a in c r e a s e w ages during the y e a r . T re n d s in ea rn in gs o f o ccu p a tion a l g ro u p s , shown in ta b le s A - 7 and A - 8, a re b e tte r in d ica to rs o f w age tren d s than in div idua l jo b s w ithin the g ro u p s .

A v e ra g e ea rn in gs r e f le c t c o m p o s ite , a rea w ide e s t im a te s . In du stries and e sta b lish m en ts d iffe r in pay le v e l and jo b s ta ffin g , and thus con tr ib u te d iffe re n tly to the est im a te s fo r ea ch jo b . Pay a v e ra g e s m ay fa il to r e f le c t a ccu r a te ly the w age d iffe re n tia l am ong jo b s in in div idua l esta b lish m e n ts .

1 Personal visits were on a 2-year cyc le before July 1972.2 Included in the 94 areas are 8 studies conducted by the Bureau under contract. These areas are Austin, T ex .; Binghamton, N .Y . —

P a .; Durham, N. C . ; Fort Lauderdale—Hollywood and West Palm Beach, F la .; Huntsville, A la .; Lexington, K y .; Melbourne—Titusville—Cocoa, F la .; and Poughkeepsie—Kingston—Newburgh, N .Y . In addition, the Bureau conducts more lim ited area studies in approximately 70 areas at the request of the Employment Standards Administration o f the U. S. Department o f Labor.

A v e ra g e pay le v e ls fo r m en and w om en in se le c te d o ccu p a tio n s should not be assu m ed to r e f le c t d i f fe r e n c e s in pay o f the se x e s w ith in in d iv idu a l e s ta b lish m e n ts . F a c to r s w hich »may con tr ib u te to d i f fe r e n c e s in clu de p r o g r e s s io n w ith in e s ta b lish e d ra te ra n g e s , s in ce on ly the ra te s paid in cum bents a re co l le c te d , and p e r fo rm a n ce o f s p e c i f ic du ties w ith in the g e n e ra l su rvey jo b d e s c r ip t io n s . Job d e s c r ip t io n s u sed to c la s s i fy e m p lo y e e s in th ese su rv e y s u su a lly a re m ore g e n e ra liz e d than th ose used in in div idua l esta b lish m e n ts and a llo w fo r m in o r d i f fe r e n c e s am ong e sta b lish m en ts in s p e c i f ic d u ties p e r fo rm e d .

O ccu pa tion a l em ploy m en t e s t im a te s r e p re s e n t the to ta l in a ll esta b lish m e n ts w ith in the sco p e o f the study and not the n u m ber a ctu a lly su rve y e d . B eca u se o ccu p a tio n a l s tru ctu re s am ong e sta b lish m en ts d i f fe r , e s t im a te s o f o ccu p a tio n a l e m p loy m en t ob tained fr o m the sam ple o f esta b lish m e n ts studied se r v e on ly to in d ica te the re la t iv e im p o rta n ce o f the jo b s stud ied . T h ese d i f fe r e n c e s in occu p a tio n a l stru ctu re do n ot a ffe c t m a te r ia lly the a c c u r a c y o f the ea rn in gs data.

W age tren d s fo r se le c te d o ccu p a tio n a l grou p s

Indexes in table A -7 m e a su re w ages at a g iv en tim e , e x p r e s s e d a s a p e r ce n t o f w ages du ring the b a se p e r io d . S ubtracting 100 fr o m the in d ex y ie ld s the p e r ce n t change in w ages fr o m the b a se p e r io d to the date o f the in dex . The p e r ce n ts o f change o r in c r e a s e in ta b les A -7 and A -8 re la te to w age changes betw een the in d ica ted d a tes . Annual ra te s o f in c r e a s e , w h ere show n, r e f le c t the am ount o f in c r e a s e fo r 12 m onths w hen the t im e span b etw een su rvey s w as oth er than 12 m onths. T h ese com p u tation s a re b a se d on the a ssu m p tion that w a g e s in c re a se d at a constant ra te betw een su rv e y s .

P e rce n ts o f change re p o rte d in ta b les A -7 and A -8 r e f le c t tw o d iffe re n t m e a su re s o f w age m ov em en t. T ab le A -7 p ro v id e s p e r ce n ts o f change in a v e ra g e w eek ly ea rn in gs o f o f f ic e c l e r i c a l w o rk e r s and in d u str ia l n u rse s and a v e r a g e h o u r ly ea rn in gs o f sk ille d m aintenance and u n sk illed plant w o rk e r s in the a re a . T ab le A -8 p r o v id e s p e r ce n ts o f change in a v e ra g e h ourly ea rn in gs fo r the sam e o ccu p a tio n a l g rou p s, ad ju sted to ex clu d e the e ffe c t o f em ploy m en t sh ifts . The m ethod u sed to com p u te w age tren d s in ta ble A -8 is b ased on ch a n g es in a v e ra g e hou rly ea rn in gs fo r e sta b lish m en ts re p o rtin g in dex jo b s in both the cu rre n t and p r e v io u s y e a r (m atched esta b lish m e n ts ); e sta b lish m en t em p loy m en t in the jo b s w as h eld con stan t. Data fo r the m atched esta b lish m e n ts a re w eighted to re p re s e n t a ll e sta b lish m en ts re p o rtin g the jo b in the p re v io u s y e a r .

M ethod o f com p uting w age tre n d s . O ccu pa tion s u sed to com p u te w age tren d s a re :

O ffice c l e r i c a l (m en and w o m e n ):

B oo k k e e p in g -m a ch in e o p e r a to r s , c la s s B

C le rk s , a ccou n tin g , c la s s e s A and B C le rk s , f i le , c la s s e s A , B, and C C le rk s , o rd e r C le rk s , p a y ro llK eypunch o p e r a to r s , c la s s e s A and B M e s se n g e rs (o f f ic e b o y s and g ir ls ) S e cr e ta r ie sS ten og ra p h ers , g e n e ra l S ten og ra p h ers , s e n io r S w itchboard o p e r a to r s ,

c la s s e s A and B T ab u la tin g -m ach in e o p e r a to r s ,

c la s s BT y p is ts , c la s s e s A and B

In du stria l n u rse s (m en and w o m e n ):

N u rse s , in d u str ia l (r e g is te r e d )

S k illed m ain tenance (m e n ):C a rp en tersE le c tr ic ia n sM a ch in istsM ech a n icsM e ch a n ics (a u tom otive)P a in te rsP ip e fit te r sT o o l and d ie m a k ers

U n sk illed plant (m e n ):J a n ito rs , p o r t e r s , and c le a n e rs L a b o r e r s , m a te r ia l handling

Indexes fo r in d iv idua l a re a s in the p ro g ra m a re com p u ted as fo l lo w s :

1. E ach occu p a tio n is a ss ig n e d a w eight b ased on its p ro p o r tio n a te em ploy m en t in the se le c te d grou p o f o ccu p a tio n s in the b a se y e a r .

2. T h e se w eights a re u sed to com pute group a v e r a g e s . E ach o c c u p a t io n 's a verag e (m ean) ea rn in gs is m u ltip lied by its w eight. The p ro d u cts a re to ta led to ob ta in a grou p a v e ra g e .

3. The ra t io o f g rou p a v e r a g e s fo r 2 co n s e cu t iv e y e a r s is com p uted by d iv id ing the a v e ra g e fo r the cu r re n t y e a r by the a v e ra g e fo r the e a r lie r y e a r . The re su lts— e x p r e sse d as a p e r ce n t— le s s 100 is the p e r ce n t change.

4. The cu rre n t y e a r 's in dex is ob ta ined by m ultip ly in g the p re v io u s y e a r 's in dex by the ra t io o f the cu r re n t y e a r 's g rou p a v e ra g e to the p r e v io u s y e a r 's g roup a v e ra g e .


L im ita tion s o f data. Indexes and p e rce n ts o f change in a re a a v e r a g e s , as p re se n te d in ta b le A - 7 , a re in flu en ced by (1) g e n e ra l sa la ry and w age ch a n g e s , (2) m e r it o r oth er pay in c r e a s e s r e c e iv e d in the sa m e jo b , (3) changes in a v e ra g e w ag es due to la b o r tu rn o v e r , f o r c e expa n sion s o r re d u ctio n s , and (4 ) changes resu ltin g w hen e sta b lish m en ts en ter and lea v e the a re a . O ccu pa tion a l a v e ra g e s can in cre a s e o r d e c re a s e w ithout any a ctu a l change in w a g e s . F o r ex a m p le , even though a ll e sta b lish m en ts g iv e w age in c r e a s e s , a vera g e w ag es m ay d e c lin e b e ca u se lo w e r - paying e sta b lish m en ts en ter the a re a o r expand th e ir w ork fo r c e s . S im ila r ly , w ages m ay rem ain re la t iv e ly con stan t, y e t a v e ra g e s r is e b e ca u se h ig h e r -p a y in g e sta b lish m en ts en te r the a re a or expand th e ir w ork fo r c e . A s m en tion ed , data in ta ble A - 8 a re a d ju sted to r e m o v e som e o f the lim ita tio n s to the in form a tion in ta ble A - 7 , p a rt icu la r ly ch an ges resu ltin g fr o m fo r c e expa n sion s o r red u ction s and fr o m the addition o r de le tion o f e sta b lish m en ts in the su rvey sa m p le .

E sta b lish m en t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en tary w age p r o v is io n sThe B - s e r i e s ta b les p ro v id e in form a tion on e sta b lish m en t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en tary

w age p r o v is io n s fo r plant and o ff ic e w o rk e r s . "P la n t w o r k e r s " in clu de w ork in g fo re m e n and a ll non s u p e rv is o ry w o rk e r s (including lead m en and tra in e e s ) en gaged in n o n o ff ic e fu n ction s . C a fe te r ia w o rk e r s and routem en a re e x clu d ed fr o m m a n u fa ctu rin g , but in clu ded in nonm anufacturing in d u str ie s . "O ff ic e w o r k e r s " in clu de w ork in g s u p e rv is o rs and n o n su p e rv iso ry w o rk e r s p e r fo rm in g c l e r i c a l o r re la te d functions . A d m in is tra tiv e , e x e cu t iv e , and p r o fe s s io n a l e m p lo y e e s a re e x clu d ed .

M in im um en tra n ce sa la r ie s fo r o ff ic e w o rk e r s re la te on ly to the e sta b lish m en ts v is ite d . (See ta b le B - l . ) B e ca u se o f the optim um sam pling tech n iq u es u sed and the p ro b a b ility that la rg e e s ta b lish m en ts a re m o re lik e ly than sm a ll esta b lish m e n ts to have fo r m a l en tra n ce ra tes above the s u b c le r ic a l le v e l , the ta ble is m o re re p re se n ta tiv e o f p o l ic ie s in m ed iu m and la rg e esta b lish m e n ts .

Shift d iffe re n tia l data a re lim ite d to plant w o rk e r s in m anufacturing in d u str ie s . (See ta ble B -2 . ) T h is in form a tion is p re se n te d in te r m s o f (1) esta b lish m en t p o l i c y 3 fo r to ta l plant w o rk e r em p loy m en t, and (2 ) e ffe c t iv e p r a c t ic e fo r w o rk e r s e m p lo y e d on the s p e c i f ie d sh ift at the t im e o f the su rve y . In e s ta b lish m en ts having v a r ie d d iffe re n t ia ls , the am ount applying to a m a jo r ity is used ; i f no am ount a p p lie s to a m a jo r ity , the c la s s if ic a t io n "o t h e r " is u sed . In e sta b lish m en ts having som e la te -s h ift h o u rs pa id at n o rm a l ra te s , a d i ffe re n ce is r e c o r d e d on ly i f it a p p lie s to a m a jo r ity o f the sh ift h o u rs . A se co n d (even in g) shift ends w ork at o r n ea r m idn ight. A th ird (night) sh ift s ta rts w ork at o r n ea r m idn ight.

The sch ed u led w eek ly h ou rs and days o f a m a jo r ity o f the f i r s t - s h i f t w o rk e r s in an esta b lish m en t a re tabulated as applying to a ll plant o r o ff ic e w o rk e r s o f that esta b lish m en t. (See table B -3 . ) S chedu led w eek ly h ou rs and days a re th o se w h ich a m a jo r ity o f fu l l- t im e e m p lo y e e s a re e x p e c te d to w ork fo r s tra ig h t-t im e o r o v e rt im e ra te s .

P aid h o lid a y s ; pa id v a ca tio n s ; and h ea lth , in su ra n ce , and pen sion plans a re tre a te d s ta t is tica lly as applying to a ll plant o r o ff ic e w o rk e r s i f a m a jo r ity o f such w o rk e r s a re e lig ib le o r m ay eventually qu alify fo r the p r a c t ic e s lis te d . (See ta b le s B -4 through B -6 . ) Sum s o f in d iv idua l ite m s in ta b le s B -2 through B -5 m ay not equal to ta ls b e ca u se o f rounding.

Data on paid h o lid a y s a re lim ite d to h o lid a y s gra n ted annually on a fo r m a l b a s is , w h ich (1) a re p ro v id e d fo r in w ritten fo r m , o r (2 ) a re e s ta b lis h e d b y cu s to m . (See table B -4 .) H olid ays o rd in a r ily gra n ted a re in clu ded even though they m ay fa ll on a nonw orkday and the w o rk e r is not g ranted another day o ff . The f ir s t part o f the pa id h o lid a y s ta ble p re sen ts the n u m b er o f w hole and h a lf h o lid a y s a ctu a lly granted . The se co n d part co m b in e s w hole and h a lf h o lid a y s to show tota l h o lid a y t im e . T ab le B -4 a re p o rts the in cid e n ce o f the m o st co m m o n pa id h o lid a y s .

3 An establishment was considered as having a policy if it met either o f the following conditions: (1) Operated late shifts at the timeof the survey, or (2) had formal provisions covering late shifts. An establishment was considered as having formal provisions if it (1) hadoperated late shifts during the 12 months before the survey, or (2) had provisions in written form to operate late shifts.

The su m m a ry o f v acation plans is a s ta tis tica l m e a su re o f v acation p ro v is io n s ra ther than a m e a su re o f the p ro p o r tio n o f w o rk e rs a ctu a lly re ce iv in g s p e c i f ic b en e fits . (See table B -5 . ) P r o v is io n s apply to a ll plant o r o ff ic e w o rk e r s in an esta b lish m en t re g a rd le s s o f length o f s e r v ic e . P aym ents on oth er than a tim e b a s is a re co n v e r te d to a t im e p e r io d ; fo r e x a m p le , 2 p e rcen t o f annual ea rn in gs a re co n s id e re d equivalent to 1 w e e k 's pay. Only b a s ic plans a re in clu ded . E stim ates e x clu d e v acation b o n u se s , v a ca t io n -sa v in g s p la n s, and "e x te n d e d " o r "sa b b a t ica l" b e n e fits beyon d b a s ic p la n s. Such p r o v is io n s a re ty p ica l in the s te e l , a lum inum , and can in d u str ie s .

H ealth , in su ra n ce , and pen sion plans fo r w h ich the e m p lo y e r pays at lea st a part o f the co s t in clu de th ose (1 ) underw ritten by a c o m m e r c ia l in su ra n ce com pany o r n onprofit o rg a n iza tio n , (2 ) p ro v id e d th rou gh a union fund, o r (3 ) pa id d ire c t ly by the e m p lo y e r out o f cu rre n t operatin g funds o r fr o m a fund set a sid e fo r th is p u rp ose . (See table B -6 . ) An esta b lish m en t is c o n s id e re d to have such a plain i f the m a jo r ity o f e m p lo y e e s a re c o v e re d even though le s s than a m a jo r ity p a rtic ip a te under the plan b e ca u se e m p lo y e e s a re re q u ire d to con tr ib u te tow a rd the c o s t . E xclu ded a re le g a lly req u ired p la n s, such as w o rk m e n 's com p en sa tion , s o c ia l se c u r ity , and r a ilr o a d re tire m e n t.

S ick n ess and a cc id e n t in su ra n ce is lim ite d to that type o f in su ra n ce under w hich p r e d e term in ed ca sh paym ents a re m ade d ire c t ly to the in su re d during te m p o ra ry il ln e s s o r a cciden t d isa b ility . In form a tion is p re se n te d fo r a ll such plans to w hich the e m p lo y e r con tr ib u tes . H o w ev er , in New Y o rk and New J e r s e y , w hich have en acted te m p o r a r y d isa b ility in su ra n ce law s req u irin g e m p lo y e r c o n tr ib u t io n s ,4 plans a re in clu ded on ly i f the e m p lo y e r (1) con tr ib u tes m o re than is le g a lly re q u ire d , o r (2) p ro v id e s the e m p loy ee with b en e fits w hich e x ce e d the req u irem en ts o f the law . T ab u lation s o f pa id s ick lea v e plans a re lim ite d to fo r m a l p la n s 5 w hich prov id e fu ll pay o r a p ro p o r tio n o f the w o r k e r 's pay during a bsen ce fr o m w ork b e ca u se o f i l ln e s s . S eparate tabu lations a re p re se n te d a cco r d in g to (1 ) plans w hich p ro v id e fu ll pay and no w aiting p e r io d , and (2) p lans w h ich p ro v id e e ith er p a rtia l pay o r a w aiting p e r io d . In addition to the p resentation o f p ro p o r tio n s o f w o rk e r s p ro v id e d s ick n e ss and a cc id en t in su ra n ce o r paid s ick le a v e , an unduplicated to ta l is show n o f w o rk e r s w ho re c e iv e e ith er o r both ty p es o f b en e fits .

L ong t e r m d isa b ility in su ra n ce plans p rov id e paym ents to to ta lly d isa b le d em p lo y e e s upon the e x p ira tion o f th e ir pa id s ick lea v e a n d /o r s ick n e ss and a ccid en t in su ra n ce , o r a fter a p re d e te rm in e d p e r io d o f d isa b ility (ty p ica lly 6 m onths). P aym ents a re m ade until the end o f the d isa b ility , a m a xim u m a g e , o r e lig ib il ity fo r re t ire m e n t b e n e fits . F u ll o r p a rtia l paym ents are a lm o st a lw ays re d u ce d b y s o c ia l se c u r ity , w o rk m e n 's com p e n sa tio n , and priva te pen sion s benefits payab le to the d isa b le d e m p lo y e e .

M a jo r m e d ica l in su ra n ce plans p r o te ct e m p lo y e e s fr o m s ick n e ss and in ju ry expen ses b eyon d the co v e ra g e o f b a s ic h o sp ita liza tio n , m e d ica l, and s u r g ica l p lans. T y p ic a l fea tu res o f m a jo r m e d ica l plans a re (1 ) a "d e d u c t ib le " ( e .g . , $ 5 0 ) pa id by the in su red b e fo re benefits b eg in ; (2) a co in su ra n ce fea tu re req u irin g the in su re d to pay a portion (e .g . 20 p e rce n t) of ce r ta in e x p e n s e s ; and (3) stated d o lla r m axim u m b en e fits ( e .g . , $ 10 ,000 a y e a r ) . M ed ica l in su ra n ce p r o v id e s co m p le te o r p a rtia l paym ent o f d o c t o r s ' fe e s . D ental in su ra n ce usua lly c o v e rs f i ll in g s , e x tra c t io n s , and X - r a y s . E x clu d ed a re p lans w h ich c o v e r only o ra l su rg e ry o r a cciden t dam a ge. R etirem en t p en sion plans p ro v id e paym ents fo r the rem a in d er o f the w o r k e r 's li fe .

* Ik e temporary disability laws in California and Rhode Island do not require employer contributions.5 An establishment is considered as having a formal plan if it established at least the minimum number o f days sick leave available

to each employee. Such a plan need not be written; but informal sick leave allowances, determined on an individual basis, are excluded.


Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in Houston, Tex.,1 by major industry division,2 April 1974

Industry d iv is io n

M inim um em ploym en t in e s ta b lis h

m ents in sco p e o f study

N u m ber o f esta b lish m en ts W ork ers in establish m en ts

W ithin sco p e o f study * Studied

W ithin sco p e o f studyStudied

T o t a l4Plant O ffice

N um ber P e rce n t T o ta l4

A ll esta b lish m en ts

A ll d iv is io n s - . . . __ . . . . ________ - 1, 951 311 4 1 2 ,6 1 2 100 259, 058 6 4 ,7 3 7 1 90 ,75 9M anufacturing _ . .. . 50 535 96 1 42 ,74 5 35 103 ,932 13 ,2 52 67, 963N on m a n u factu rin g _________________________________ - 1 ,4 1 6 215 2 6 9 ,8 6 7 65 155, 126 5 1 ,4 8 5 122 ,79 6

T ra n sp orta tion , com m u n ica tion , andoth er p u b lic u tilit ie s 5 „ 50 177 40 50 ,6 13 12 2 5 ,0 4 1 1 0 ,7 40 35, 616

W h olesa le t r a d e ________________________________ 50 306 43 46, 118 11 2 1 ,0 5 1 1 1 ,3 5 9 15, 943R eta il t r a d e ____________________________________ 50 390 47 8 4 ,1 2 8 2 0 6 7 ,4 1 0 6 , 105 38 ,7 51F in a n ce , in su ra n ce , and re a l e s ta te ________ 50 228 29 36, 560 9 (6 ) C ) 12 ,952S e r v i c e s 8 ... . 50 315 56 5 2 ,4 4 8 13 3 5 ,0 7 3 6 , 627 19. 534

L a rge e s ta b lish m en ts

A ll d iv is io n s _______ — ________________ — - 139 103 177 ,84 8 100 1 12 ,34 5 28, 342 151, 927M anufacturing _ 500 55 35 6 9 ,3 1 9 39 4 9 ,0 4 5 6 , 605 54, 824N o n m a n u fa ctu rin g ____________________ ____________ ~ 84 68 108, 529 61 6 3 ,3 0 0 2 1 ,7 3 7 9 7,1 03

T ra n sp orta tion , com m u n ica tion , andoth e r pu b lic u t ilit ie s 5 T __ 500 17 17 3 1 ,1 8 6 18 15, 982 7 ,8 7 4 3 1 ,1 8 6

W h olesa le trade 500 12 9 12,807 7 2 , 579 4, 014 10,747R eta il tra d e _ _ ... .. 500 30 21 41, 172 23 3 2 ,9 0 5 3, 674 3 4 , 3 8 1F in a n ce , in su ra n ce , and re a l e s ta te ________ 500 8 8 8 , 594 5 ( ‘ ) n 8 , 594S e r v i c e s 8 500 17 13 1 4 ,7 70 8 10,893 1 ,2 5 4 1 2,1 95

1 The H ouston Standard M e trop o lita n S ta tistica l A re a , as defin ed b y the O ff ic e o f M anagem ent and B udget through N o v e m b e r 1972, co n s is ts o f B r a z o r ia , F o r t Bend, H a rr is , L ib e rty , andM on tg o m e ry C ou n ties , The "w o rk e r s w ithin s c o p e o f stu d y" e stim a tes show n in this table p ro v id e a re a so n a b ly a ccu ra te d e s c r ip t io n o f the s iz e and co m p o s it io n o f the la b o r fo r c e in clu ded inthe su rv e y . E s tim ates a re not in tended, h o w e v e r , fo r co m p a r is o n with oth er e m p loy m en t in dexes to m e a su re em p loy m en t tren d s o r le v e ls s in ce (1 ) p lanning o f w age su rv e y s re q u ire s esta b lish m en tdata co m p ile d co n s id e ra b ly in advan ce o f the p a y ro ll p e r io d studied , and (2 ) sm a ll e sta b lish m en ts a re ex clu ded fr o m the s c o p e o f the su rv e y .

2 The 1967 ed ition o f the Standard In dustria l C la s s if ic a t io n M anual w as used to c la s s i fy e sta b lish m en ts by in du stry d iv is io n .3 In clu des a ll e sta b lish m en ts w ith tota l e m p loy m en t at o r above the m in im u m lim ita tio n . A ll ou tlets (w ith in the a re a ) o f co m p a n ie s in in d u str ie s such as tra d e , fin a n ce , auto re p a ir s e r v ic e ,

and m otion p ic tu re th ea ters a re co n s id e re d as 1 e s ta b lish m en t.4 In clu des e x e cu tiv e , p r o fe s s io n a l, arid o th er w o rk e r s exclu ded fr o m the sep a ra te plant and o f f ic e ca te g o r ie s .5 A b b re v ia te d to "p u b lic u t i l it ie s " in the A - and B - s e r i e s ta b les . T a x ica b s and s e r v ic e s in cid en ta l to w ater tra n sp o rta tio n w e re ex clu ded .6 W o rk e rs fr o m this e n tire in du stry d iv is io n a re re p re se n te d in e s t im a te s fo r "a ll in d u s tr ie s " and "n on m a n u fa ctu rin g " in die S e r ie s A ta b le s , but fr o m re a l esta te p o rtio n on ly in e s tim a tes

fo r " a l l in d u s tr ie s " in the S e r ie s B ta b le s . Separate p resen ta tion o f data fo r this d iv is io n is not m a de fo r one o r m o r e o f the fo llow in g re a so n s : (1 ) E m p loym en t in the d iv is io n is too sm a ll top ro v id e enpugh data to m e r it sep a ra te study, (2 ) the sa m p le w as not d e s ig n ed in it ia lly to p e rm it sep a ra te p re se n ta tio n , (3 ) re s p o n s e w as in su ff ic ie n t o r in adequate to p e r m it se p a ra te presen ta tion , and (4) th ere is p o s s ib ility o f d is c lo s u r e o f in d iv idua l e s ta b lish m en t data.

7 This- in du stry d iv is io n is re p re se n te d in e stim a tes fo r "a ll in d u s tr ie s " and "n on m a n u fa ctu rin g " in the S e r ie s A ta b les , and fo r "a ll in d u s tr ie s " in the S e r ie s B ta b le s . S eparatep resen ta tion o f data is not m ade fo r one o r m o re o f the re a so n s g iven in footn ote 6 a bov e .

8 H ote ls and m o te ls ; la u n d ries and oth er p e rso n a l s e r v ic e s ; b u s in e ss s e r v ic e s ; au tom ob ile r e p a ir , ren ta l, and park ing ; m o tio n p ic tu r e s ; n on p ro fit m e m b e r sh ip o rg a n iza tio n s (exclu d in g re lig io u s and ch a rita b le o rg a n iza tio n s ); and en g in eerin g and a rch ite c tu ra l s e r v ic e s .

In du stria l c o m p o s itio n in m anufacturingO ver o n e -th ird o f the w o rk e r s w ithin s c o p e o f the su rv e y in the H ouston a rea w e re

e m p loy ed in m anufacturing f i r m s . The fo llow in g p r e se n ts the m a jo r in du stry grou p s and s p e c i f ic in d u str ies as a p e rce n t o f a ll m anufacturing :

Industry g rou p s S p e c if ic in du str ies

C h e m ica ls and a llie d p r o d u c ts __ M a ch in e ry , e x ce p t e l e c t r i c a l__

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C o n stru ction and re la ted14

14 12P etro leu m and co a l p r o d u c ts___F o o d and k indred produ cts

10 98 F a b rica te d stru ctu ra l

E le c t r ic a l equipm ent and 66 M isc e lla n e o u s fa b rica te d

P r im a ry m eta l in d u s tr ie s _______ 6 m eta l p r o d u c t s _______________ 5P rin ting and p u b lis h in g _________ 5

T h is in fo rm a tio n is b a se d on e stim a tes o f tota l em ploym en t d e r iv e d fr o m u n iv e rse m a te r ia ls c o m p ile d b e fo r e actu a l su rv e y . P ro p o rt io n s in variou s in du stry d iv is io n s m ay d i f fe r fr o m p ro p o r t io n s b a sed on the re s u lts o f the su rv e y as shown in the appendix ta b le .

L a b o r-m a n a g e m e n t a g re e m e n t co v e ra g eThe fo llow in g tabulation show s the p e r ce n t o f plant and o f f ic e w o rk e r s em p loy ed in

e sta b lish m en ts in w hich a co n tra c t o r co n tra c ts c o v e re d a m a jo r ity o f the w o rk e r s in the r e s p e c t iv e c a te g o r ie s , H ouston , T e x ., A p r il 1974:

P lant w o rk e r s O ffic e w o rk e r s40 663 382 3130 -

14 27 6

An e sta b lish m en t is c o n s id e re d to have a co n tra c t co v e r in g a ll plant o r o f f ic e w o rk e r si f a m a jo r ity o f such w o rk e r s a re c o v e re d by a la b o r -m a n a g e m e n t a g re e m e n t. T h e re fo r e , a ll o th er plant o r o f f ic e w o rk e r s a re e m p loy ed in e s ta b lish m en ts that e ith er do not have la b o r -m a n a g e m e n t co n tra c ts in e ffe c t , o r have co n tra c ts that apply to fe w e r than h a lf o f th e ir plant o r o f f ic e w o r k e r s . E s tim a tes a re not n e c e s s a r i ly re p re se n ta tiv e o f the extent to w h ich a ll w o rk e r s in the a re a m a y be c o v e re d by the p r o v is io n s o f la b o r -m a n a g e m e n t a g re e m e n ts , b e ca u se sm a ll e sta b lish m en ts a re exclu ded and die in d u str ia l sco p e o f the su rv e y is lim ite d .


Appendix B. Occupational Descriptions

The p r im a ry p u rp ose o f p re p a rin g jo b d e s c r ip t io n s fo r the B u re a u 's w age su rvey s is to a s s is t its fie ld s ta ff in c la s s ify in g into a p propria te o ccu p a tion s w o rk e rs who a re em p lo y e d under a v a r ie ty o f p a y ro ll t it le s and d iffe re n t w ork a rra n g em en ts fr o m esta b lish m en t to esta b lish m en t and fro m a rea to a re a . T h is p e rm its the grouping o f o ccu pa tion a l w age ra tes rep re se n tin g co m p a ra b le jo b con tent. B ecau se o f th is em phasis on in teresta b lish m en t and in te ra re a co m p a ra b ility o f o ccu p a tio n a l con tent, the B u re a u 's jo b d e s c r ip t io n s m a y d iffe r s ign ifica n tly fr o m th ose in use in individual e sta b lish m en ts o r th ose p re p a re d fo r oth er p u rp o s e s . In applying th ese jo b d e s c r ip t io n s , the B u re a u 's fie ld e co n o m is ts a re in stru cted to ex clu d e w orking s u p e r v is o r s ; a p p re n tice s ; le a r n e r s ; b eg in n ers ; t ra in e e s ; and handicapped , p a r t - t im e , te m p o r a r y , and p roba tion ary w o rk e r s .

OFFICE

B IL L E R , M ACHINE

P re p a r e s sta tem en ts, b il ls , and in v o ice s on a m a ch in e oth er than an o rd in a ry o r e le c t r o - m a tic ty p e w rite r . M ay a lso keep r e c o r d s as to b illin g s o r shipping ch a rg e s o r p e r fo rm oth er c le r i c a l w ork in cidental to b illin g o p e ra tio n s . F o r w age study p u rp o s e s , b i l le r s , m a ch in e , a re c la s s i f ie d by type o f m a ch in e , as fo l lo w s :

B i l le r , m ach in e (b illin g m a ch in e ). U ses a sp e c ia l b illin g m ach in e (com bin ation typing and adding m a ch in e ) to p re p a re b il ls and in v o ice s fr o m cu s to m e r s ' p u rch a se o r d e r s , in te r nally p re p a re d o r d e r s , shipping m em ora n d u m s , e t c . U sually in v o lv e s a pp lica tion o f p r e determ in ed d iscou n ts and shipping ch a rg e s and en try o f n e c e s s a r y e x te n s io n s , w hich m a y or m a y not be com puted on the b illin g m a ch in e , and to ta ls w hich a re a u tom atica lly accu m u la ted by m a ch in e . The o p eration u su a lly in v o lv e s a la rg e num ber o f ca rb on co p ie s o f the b il l being p re p a re d and is often done on a fan fold m a ch in e .

B i l le r , m ach in e (bookkeep ing m a ch in e ). U ses a bookkeep ing m a ch in e (with o r without a ty p e w rite r k eyb oard ) to p re p a re cu s to m e r s ' b il ls as part o f the a ccou n ts re c e iv a b le o p e r a tion . G en era lly in vo lve s the sim ultaneous en try o f fig u re s on cu s to m e r s ' le d g e r r e c o r d . The m a ch in e a u tom atica lly a ccu m u la tes fig u re s on a num ber o f v e r t ica l co lu m n s and com p u tes and u su a lly pr in ts a u tom atica lly the debit o r cr e d it b a la n ce s . D oes not in vo lve a k now ledge o f bookkeep ing . W orks fr o m u n iform and standard ty p es o f sa le s and c r e d it s l ip s .

BO O K K E EPIN G -M AC H IN E O PE R A T O R

O perates a bookkeep ing m a ch in e (with o r without a ty p e w rite r k eyb oard ) to keep a r e c o r d o f b u sin ess tra n sa ctio n s .

C la ss A . K eeps a set o f r e c o rd s req u irin g a know ledge o f and e x p e r ie n ce in b a s ic bookkeep ing p r in c ip le s , and fa m ilia r ity with the s tru ctu re o f the p a rticu la r a ccoun ting sy stem u sed . D eterm in es p r o p e r r e c o r d s and d is tr ib u tion o f deb it and cr e d it ite m s to be used in each ph ase o f the w ork . M ay p re p a re con so lid a te d re p o r ts , ba lan ce sh eets , and oth er r e c o r d s by hand.

C la ss B . K eeps a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e ph ases o r se c t io n s o f a set o f r e c o r d s usua lly re q u ir in g litt le know ledge o f b a s ic b ook k eep in g . P h ases o r se c t io n s in clu de a ccou n ts pa yab le , p a y ro ll, cu s to m e r s ' a ccou n ts (not in clu din g a s im p le type o f b illin g d e s c r ib e d under b il le r , m a ch in e ), c o s t d is tr ib u tion , expen se d is tr ib u tion , in ven tory co n tr o l, e tc . M ay ch eck o r a s s is t in p re p a ra tio n o f t r ia l b a lan ces and p re p a re co n tro l sheets fo r the accou n tin g dep artm en t.

C L E R K , ACCOU NTING

P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e a ccoun ting c le r i c a l ta sks such as posting to r e g is te r s and le d g e rs ; r e co n c ilin g bank a ccou n ts ; v e r ify in g the in terna l co n s is te n cy , co m p le te n e s s , and m a th em a tica l a c cu r a c y o f a ccoun ting docu m en ts ; a ssign in g p r e s c r ib e d a ccoun ting d istr ib u tion co d e s ; exam ining and v e r ify in g fo r c le r i c a l a ccu r a c y v ar iou s types o f r e p o r ts , l i s t s , ca lcu la tio n s , p o stin g , e t c .; o r p re p a rin g s im p le o r a ss is t in g in p rep a rin g m o re co m p lica te d jou rn a l v o u ch e r s . M ay w ork in e ith er a m anual o r autom ated accoun ting sy ste m .

The w ork re q u ire s a know ledge o f c le r i c a l m ethods and o ff ic e p r a c t ic e s and p r o ce d u re s w hich re la te s to the c le r i c a l p r o ce s s in g and re c o rd in g o f tra n sa ctio n s and accou n tin g in form a tion . With e x p e r ie n ce , the w o rk e r ty p ica lly b e co m e s fa m ilia r with the b ookkeep ing and accou n tin g te rm s and p ro ce d u re s u sed in the a ssign ed w ork , but is not re q u ire d to have a know ledge o f the fo rm a l p r in c ip le s o f bookkeep ing and accoun ting .

C L E R K , ACCOU NTING— Continued

P o s it io n s a re c la s s i f ie d into le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llow in g de fin ition s .C la ss A . Under g en era l su p e rv is io n , p e r fo rm s a ccoun ting c le r i c a l o p eration s which

re q u ire the a p p lica tion o f e x p e r ie n ce and judgm ent, fo r exam p le , c le r i c a lly p r o ce ss in g c o m p lica te d o r n on rep etitiv e a ccoun ting tra n sa ctio n s , se le ct in g am ong a substantial v ar ie ty of p r e s c r ib e d accou n tin g co d e s and c la s s i f ic a t io n s , o r tra c in g tra n sa ction s through prev iou s a ccoun ting a ction s to d e term in e so u r ce o f d is c r e p a n c ie s . M ay be a ss is te d by one or m o re c la s s B a ccoun ting c le r k s .

C la ss B . U nder c lo s e su p e rv is io n , fo llow in g deta iled in stru ctio n s and standard ized p r o ce d u re s , p e r fo rm s one o r m o r e routine accoun ting c le r i c a l o p e ra tio n s , such as posting to le d g e r s , c a r d s , o r w ork sh e e ts w here id en tifica tion o f item s and lo ca tio n s o f postings a re c le a r ly in d ica ted ; ch eck in g a c cu r a c y and co m p le te n e s s o f stan dard ized and rep etitive re c o rd s o r a ccou n tin g docu m en ts ; and cod in g docu m en ts using a few p r e s c r ib e d accoun ting co d e s .

C L E R K , F IL E

F ile s , c la s s i f ie s , and re t r ie v e s m a te r ia l in an e sta b lish ed filin g sy stem . M ay p e r fo rm c le r i c a l and m anual tasks re q u ire d to m ainta in f i le s . P o s it io n s a re c la s s i f ie d into le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d e fin ition s .

C lass A . C la s s if ie s and in dex es f i le m a te r ia l such as c o r re sp o n d e n c e , re p o r ts , te ch n ica l d o cu m en ts , e t c . , in an e sta b lish ed filin g system contain ing a num ber o f v a r ied sub ject m a tte r f i le s . M ay a lso f i le this m a te r ia l. M ay keep r e c o r d s o f v ar iou s types in con junction with the f i le s . M ay lea d a sm a ll group o f lo w e r le v e l fi le c le r k s .

C la ss B . S o rts , c o d e s , and f i le s u n c la ss ifie d m a te r ia l by s im p le .(su b je c t m a tter) h eadings o r p a rtly c la s s i f ie d m a te r ia l by fin er subheadings. P re p a r e s s im p le re la ted index and c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e a id s . A s re q u e ste d , lo c a te s c le a r ly id en tified m a te r ia l in f i le s and f o r w ards m a te r ia l. M ay p e r fo rm re la te d c le r i c a l ta sks re q u ire d to m ainta in and s e r v ice f i le s .

C la ss C . P e r fo r m s routine filin g o f m a te r ia l that has a lrea d y been c la s s i f ie d or w hich is e a s ily c la s s i f ie d in a s im p le s e r ia l c la s s i f ic a t io n sy stem (e .g . , a lp h ab etica l, ch r o n o lo g ica l, o r n u m e rica l) . A s req u ested , lo ca te s re a d ily a va ila b le m a te r ia l in f i le s and forw a rd s m a t e r ia l ; and m a y f i l l out w ithdraw al ch a rg e . M ay p e r fo rm sim ple c le r i c a l and m anual tasks re q u ire d to m ain ta in and s e r v ic e f i le s .

C L E R K , O RD ER

R e c e iv e s cu s to m e r s ' o r d e r s fo r m a te r ia l o r m e rch a n d ise by m a il , phone, o r p e rso n a lly . D uties in vo lve any com b in a tion o f the fo l lo w in g : Q uoting p r ic e s to cu s to m e rs ; m aking out an o r d e r sheet listin g the ite m s to m ake up the o r d e r ; ch eck in g p r ic e s and quantities o f ite m s on o rd e r sheet; and d istr ib u tin g o r d e r sh eets to r e s p e c t iv e d ep artm en ts to be f i lle d . M ay ch eck with cre d it departm ent to d e te rm in e c r e d it rating o ( cu s to m e r , a cknow ledge re c e ip t o f o r d e r s fr o m cu s to m e rs , fo l lo w up o r d e r s to se e that they have been fi lle d , keep fi le o f o r d e r s r e c e iv e d , and ch eck shipping in v o ice s with o r ig in a l o r d e r s .

C L E R K , P A Y R O L L

C om putes w ages o f com p an y e m p lo y e e s and en ters the n e c e s s a r y data on the p a y ro ll sh eets . D uties in vo lve : C a lcu la tin g w o r k e r s ' ea rn in gs b ased on tim e o r p rodu ction r e c o r d s ; and p ostin g ca lcu la te d data on p a y ro ll sh eet, show ing in fo rm a tio n such as w o r k e r 's nam e, w orking d a y s , t im e , ra te , ded u ction s fo r in su ra n ce , and tota l w ages due. M ay m ake out pa y ch eck s and a s s is t p a y m a ste r in m aking up and d istr ib u tin g pay en v e lo p e s . M ay use a ca lcu la tin g m a ch in e .


K EYP U N C H O P E R A T O R

O p e ra te s a keypun ch m a ch in e to r e c o r d o r v e r i fy a lphabetic a n d /o r n u m e ric data on tabu lating ca rd s o r on tape .

P o s it io n s a re c la s s i f ie d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d e fin ition s .

C la s s A . W ork re q u ire s the a p p lica tion o f e x p e r ie n ce and judgm ent in se le c t in g p r o c e d u res to be fo l lo w e d and in se a rch in g fo r , in te rp re tin g , s e le c t in g , o r cod in g ite m s to be keypu n ch ed fr o m a v a r ie ty o f s o u r ce d o cu m en ts . On o c c a s io n m ay a ls o p e r fo rm som e routine k eypun ch w o rk . M ay tra in in e x p e r ie n ce d keypunch o p e r a to r s .

C la s s B . W ork is rou tine and re p e t it iv e . Under c lo s e su p e rv is io n o r fo llo w in g sp e c i f ic p r o c e d u r e s o r in s tru c t io n s , w ork s fr o m v a r io u s s ta n d a rd ized so u r ce docu m en ts w hich have b een co d e d , and fo l lo w s s p e c i f ie d p r o ce d u re s w hich have been p r e s c r ib e d in deta il and re q u ire litt le o r no s e le c t in g , co d in g , o r in te rp re tin g o f data to be r e c o rd e d . R e fe rs to su p e rv is o r p r o b le m s a r is in g fr o m e rr o n e o u s ite m s o r c o d e s o r m is s in g in form a tion .

M ESSEN G ER (O ff ic e B oy o r G ir l)

P e r fo r m s v a r io u s rou tine duties such as running e rra n d s , o p era tin g m in o r o f f ic e m a ch in e s such as s e a le r s o r m a ile r s , open ing and d istr ib u tin g m a il , and o th e r m in o r c l e r i c a l w ork . E x clu d e p o s it io n s that re q u ire o p e ra tio n o f a m o to r v e h ic le as a s ign ifica n t duty.

S E C R E T A R Y

A s s ig n e d as p e r so n a l s e c r e t a r y , n o rm a lly to one in d iv idu a l. M ain tains a c lo s e and h igh ly re s p o n s iv e re la tio n sh ip to the d a y -to -d a y w ork o f the s u p e r v is o r . W orks fa ir ly in depen dently r e ce iv in g a m in im u m o f d eta iled su p e rv is io n and gu id an ce . P e r fo r m s v a r ie d c l e r i c a l and s e c r e ta r ia l d u tie s , u su a lly in clu d in g m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g :

a . R e c e iv e s te lep h on e c a l l s , p e r so n a l c a l le r s , and in com in g m a il , a n sw e rs routine in q u ire s , and rou tes te ch n ica l in q u ir ie s to the p r o p e r p e rso n s ;

b. E s ta b lis h e s , m a in ta in s , and r e v is e s the s u p e r v is o r 's fi le s ;

c . M ain ta ins the s u p e r v is o r 's ca le n d a r and m a k es appoin tm ents as in stru cte d ;

d. R e la y s m e s s a g e s fr o m s u p e rv is o r to su b ord in a tes ;

e . R e v ie w s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , m em o ra n d u m s , and re p o r ts p re p a re d by o th ers fo r the s u p e r v is o r 's s ign atu re to a ssu r e p ro ce d u ra l and ty p o g ra p h ic a ccu r a c y ;

f. P e r fo r m s s ten og ra p h ic and typing w ork .

M ay a ls o p e r fo rm oth e r c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r ia l ta sk s o f co m p a ra b le nature and d iff icu lty . The w ork ty p ica lly r e q u ire s kn ow ledge o f o f f ic e rou tin e and understanding o f the org a n iza tio n , p r o g r a m s , and p r o ce d u re s re la te d to the w ork o f the s u p e rv is o r .

E x c lu s io n s

Not a ll p o s it io n s that a re tit le d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s the above c h a r a c t e r is t ic s . E xa m p les o f p o s it io n s w hich a re ex clu d ed fr o m the d e fin ition a re as fo l lo w s ;

a . P o s it io n s w hich do not m e e t the " p e r s o n a l" s e c re ta ry co n ce p t d e s c r ib e d above ;

b . S ten og ra p h ers not fu lly tra in ed in s e c r e t a r ia l type duties;

c . S ten og ra p h ers se rv in g as o f f ic e a ss is ta n ts to a g rou p o f p r o fe s s io n a l, te ch n ica l, o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n s ;

d. S e cr e ta r y p o s it io n s in w hich the du ties a re e ith e r substantia lly m o r e rou tine o r sub sta n tia lly m o r e co m p le x and re s p o n s ib le than th o se c h a ra c te r iz e d in the defin ition ;

e . A s s is ta n t type p o s it io n s w hich in vo lve m o r e d ifficu lt o r m o re re s p o n s ib le te ch n ica l, a d m in is tra tiv e , s u p e r v is o r y , o r sp e c ia l iz e d c le r i c a l du ties w hich a re not ty p ica l o f s e c r e t a r ia l w ork .

S E C R E T A R Y — C ontinued

N O T E ; The te rm " c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r , " u sed in the le v e l d e fin it io n s fo llo w in g , r e fe r s to th ose o f f ic ia ls w ho have a s ign ifica n t co r p o r a te -w id e p o licy m a k in g r o le with re g a rd to m a jo r com p an y a c t iv it ie s . The t itle " v ic e p r e s id e n t ," though n o rm a lly in d ica tiv e o f th is r o le , does not in a ll c a s e s id en tify such p o s it io n s . V ice p resid en ts w hose p r im a ry re s p o n s ib il ity is to act p e r son a lly on in div idual ca s e s o r tra n sa ctio n s (e .g . , approve o r deny in div idual loan o r c r e d it a ct io n s ; a d m in ister individual tru s t a ccou n ts ; d ir e c t ly su p e rv ise a c le r i c a l sta ff) a re not c o n s id e re d to be " c o r p o r a te o f f i c e r s " fo r p u rp o se s o f applying the fo llow in g le v e l d e f in it io n s .

C la ss A

1. S e cr e ta r y to the ch a irm an o f the b oard o r p re s id e n t o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll , o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

2. S e cr e ta r y to a c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r (other than the ch a irm an o f the b o a rd o r presid en t) o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll , o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 but fe w e r than 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

3. S e cr e ta r y to the head, im m e d ia te ly b e low the co r p o r a te o f f ic e r le v e l , o f a m a jo r segm en t o r su b s id ia ry o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll , o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

C la s s B

1. S e cr e ta r y to the ch a irm an o f the b oard o r p r e s id e n t o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll , fe w e r than 100 p e r s o n s ; o r

2. S e cr e ta r y to a c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r (oth er than the ch a irm an o f the b oard o r p resid en t) o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll , o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

3. Se c r e t a r y to the head, i m m e d i a t e l y b e l o w the officer level, o v er either a m a j o r co rp or a t e - w i d e functional activity (e.g., ma rk et in g, research, operations, industrial rela- tions, etc.) or a m a j o r ge ographic or organizational s e g m e n t (e.g., a regional headquarters; a m a j o r division) of a c o m p a n y that em p l o y s , in all, ov e r 5, 00 0 but fe we r than 2 5 ,0 00 e m p l o y e e s ; or

4. S e cr e ta r y to the head o f an in div idual p lant, fa c to r y , e t c . (o r oth er equivalent le v e l o f o f f ic ia l) that e m p lo y s , in a ll , o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

5. S e cr e ta r y to the head o f a la rg e and im p orta n t o rg a n iza tion a l segm en t (e .g . , a m id d le m anagem ent s u p e rv is o r o f an org a n iza tion a l segm en t o ften in volv in g as m any as s e v e ra l hundred p e r so n s ) o r a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a il , o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

C la s s C

1. S e cr e ta r y to an ex e cu tive o r m a n a g eria l p e rso n w hose re s p o n s ib il ity is not equivalent to one o f the s p e c i f ic le v e l situations in the de fin ition fo r c la s s B , but w hose org a n iza tion a l unit n o rm a lly n u m b ers at le a s t se v e ra l dozen e m p lo y e e s and is u su a lly d iv id ed into o rg a n iz a tion a l seg m en ts w hich a re o ften , in turn , fu rth er subdiv id ed . In som e co m p a n ie s , th is le v e l in clu d es a w ide range o f o rg a n iza tion a l e ch e lo n s ; in o th e rs , on ly one o r tw o; o r

2. S e cr e ta r y to the head o f an in div idual plant, fa c to r y , e tc . (o r o th e r equivalent le v e l o f o f f ic ia l) that e m p lo y s , in a ll , fe w e r than 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

C la ss D

1. S e cr e ta r y to the su p e rv is o r o r head o f a sm a ll o rg a n iza tio n a l unit ( e .g . , fe w e r than about 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s ) ; o r

2. S e cr e ta r y to a n o n su p e rv iso ry sta ff sp e c ia lis t , p r o fe s s io n a l e m p lo y e e , a d m in is tra t iv e o f f i c e r , o r a ss is ta n t, sk ille d tech n ician o r e x p e r t. . (N O TE : M any com p an ies a ss igns te n o g ra p h e rs , ra th er than s e c r e t a r ie s as d e s c r ib e d a bov e , to th is le v e l o f s u p e rv is o ry o r n o n su p e rv iso ry w o rk e r .)

STEN O G RAPH E R

P r im a r y duty is to take d icta tion using shorthand, and to t ra n s c r ib e the d icta tion . M ay a ls o type fr o m w ritten co p y . M ay o p e ra te fr o m a sten og ra ph ic p o o l . M ay o c c a s io n a lly tra n s c r ib e fr o m v o ic e r e c o rd in g s ( i f p r im a ry duty is tra n scr ib in g fr o m r e c o r d in g s , s e e T ra n scr ib in g -M a ch in e O p e ra to r , G en era l).

N O T E ; T h is jo b is d istin gu ish ed fr o m that o f a s e c r e ta r y in that a s e c r e ta r y n o rm a lly w orks in a co n fid en tia l re la tio n sh ip with on ly one m a n ag er o r ex e cu tive and p e r fo rm s m o r e re s p o n s ib le and d is c r e t io n a r y ta sk s as d e s c r ib e d in the s e c r e ta r y jo b de fin ition .

S ten og ra p h er , G enera l

D ictation in v o lv e s a n orm a l rou tine v o ca b u la ry . M ay m ain ta in f i le s , keep s im p le r e c o r d s , o r p e r fo r m oth er re la t iv e ly rou tine c le r i c a l ta sk s .


STE N O G R A P H E R — C ontinued

S ten og ra p h er , S en iorD icta tion in v o lv e s a v a r ie d te ch n ica l o r s p e c ia liz e d v o ca b u la ry such as in leg a l b r ie fs

o r r e p o r ts on s c ie n t if ic r e s e a r c h . M ay a lso se t up and m ainta in f i le s , keep r e c o r d s , e tc .OR

P e r fo r m s sten og ra ph ic duties req u ir in g s ig n ifica n tly g re a te r in depen den ce and re s p o n s ib ility than s te n o g ra p h e r , g e n e ra l, as ev id e n ce d by the fo llow in g : W ork re q u ire s a highd e g r e e o f sten og ra p h ic sp eed and a ccu r a c y ; a thorough w ork in g know ledge o f g en era l b u sin ess and o f f ic e p r o ce d u re ; and o f the s p e c i f ic b u s in e ss o p e r a t io n s , o rg a n iza tio n , p o l ic ie s , p r o c e d u re s , f i le s , w ork flow , e tc . U ses th is know ledge in p e r fo rm in g s ten og ra p h ic du ties and re s p o n s ib le c le r i c a l tasks such as m ain ta in ing fo llow u p f i le s ; a sse m b lin g m a te r ia l fo r re p o r ts , m em o ra n d u m s , and le t te r s ; co m p o s in g s im p le le t te r s fr o m g en era l in stru c tio n s ; rea d in g and routing in com in g m a il; and an sw erin g routine q u e stio n s , e tc .

SW ITCH BO ARD O PE R A T O RC la ss A . O p erates a s in g le - o r m u ltip le -p o s it io n te lephone sw itch b oard handling in com in g ,

ou tgoin g , in traplant o r o f f ic e c a lls . P e r fo r m s fu ll te lep h on e in form a tion s e r v ic e o r handles co m p le x c a ll s , such as co n fe re n c e , c o l le c t , o v e r s e a s , o r s im ila r c a lls , e ith er in addition to doing rou tine w ork as d e s c r ib e d fo r sw itch b oa rd o p e r a to r , c la s s B , o r as a fu ll- t im e assign m en t. ( " F u l l " telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e o c c u r s when the esta b lish m en t has v a r ie d functions that a re not re a d ily understandab le fo r te lep h on e in form a tion p u rp o s e s , e .g . , b e ca u se o f o v erlap p in g o r in te r re la te d fu n ction s , and co n sequ en tly p resen t frequ en t p r o b le m s as to w hich ex ten sion s a re a pp rop r ia te fo r c a lls . )

C la ss B . O perates a s in g le - o r m u ltip le -p o s it io n te lep h on e sw itch b oard handling in com in g , ou tgoing , in traplant o r o ff ic e c a lls . M ay handle routine lon g d ista n ce c a lls and r e c o r d t o lls . M ay p e r fo rm lim ite d te lep hone in form a tion s e r v ic e . (" L im it e d " te lep hone in fo rm a tio n s e r v ic e o c c u r s i f the functions o f the esta b lish m en t s e r v ic e d a re re a d ily understandab le fo r te lep h on e in form a tion p u rp o s e s , o r i f the req u ests a re rou tin e , e .g . , g iving e x ten sion num bers when s p e c i f ic nam es a re fu rn ish ed , o r i f co m p le x ca lls a re r e fe r r e d to another o p e r a to r .)

T h e se c la s s if ic a t io n s do not in clu de sw itch b oard o p e r a to r s in te lep h on e co m p a n ie s who a s s is t cu s to m e rs in p la cin g c a lls .

SW ITCH BO ARD O P E R A T O R -R E C E P T IO N IS TIn addition to p e r fo rm in g duties o f o p e r a to r on a s in g le -p o s it io n o r m o n ito r -ty p e sw itch

b o a rd , a cts as re ce p t io n is t and m ay a lso type o r p e r fo r m routine c le r i c a l w ork as part o f reg u lar d u ties . T h is typing o r c le r i c a l w ork m ay take the m a jo r pa rt o f this w o r k e r 's tim e w hile at sw itch b oard .

T A B U LA TIN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R (E le c t r ic A ccou n tin g M ach ine O perator)O p erates one o r a v a r ie ty o f m a ch in es such as the ta bu la tor , ca lc u la to r , c o l la to r , in te r

p r e t e r , s o r t e r , re p ro d u cin g punch, e t c . E xclu ded fro m th is de fin ition a re w ork ing s u p e rv is o rs . A ls o ex clu d ed a re o p e r a to r s o f e le c t r o n ic d ig ita l c o m p u te rs , even though they m a y a lso o p era te EAM equipm ent.

P o s it io n s a re c la s s i f ie d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llow in g de fin ition s .

C la ss A . P e r fo r m s co m p le te rep ortin g and tabulating assign m en ts in clu din g dev is in g d iff icu lt c o n tr o l panel w ir in g under g en era l su p e rv is io n . A ssign m en ts ty p ica lly in vo lve a v a r ie ty o f lon g and co m p le x re p o r ts w hich o ften a re ir re g u la r o r n o n re cu rr in g , req u irin g so m e planning o f the nature and sequencing o f o p e ra tio n s , and the use o f a v a r ie ty b f m a ch in e s . Is ty p ica lly in vo lved in tra in in g new o p e r a to r s in m ach in e o p eration s o r tra in ing lo w e r le v e l o p e r a to r s in w ir in g fr o m d ia gra m s and in the operatin g seq u en ces o f long ahd co m p le x r e p o r ts . D oes not in clu de p o s it io n s in w hich w ir ing re s p o n s ib ility is lim ited t o . s e le c t io n and in se rt io n o f p r e w ire d b o a rd s .

C la ss B . P e r fo r m s w ork a cco r d in g to e s ta b lish ed p r o ce d u re s and under sp e c if ic in s tru ctio n s . A s s ig n m en ts ty p ica lly in vo lve co m p le te but routine and re cu rr in g re p o rts o r pa rts o f la r g e r and m o r e co m p le x r e p o r ts . O p erates m o r e d ifficu lt tabulating o r e le c t r ic a l a c coun ting m a ch in es such as the ta bu la tor and. ca lc u la to r , in addition to the s im p le r m a ch in es u sed by c la s s C o p e r a to r s . M ay be re q u ire d to do som e w ir in g fr o m d ia g ra m s. M ay tra in new e m p lo y e e s in b a s ic m a ch in e o p e ra tio n s .

C la ss C . U nder s p e c i f ic in stru c tio n s , op e ra te s s im p le tabulating o r e le c t r ic a l a ccoun ting m a ch in e s such as the s o r t e r , in te r p r e te r , rep rod u cin g punch, c o l la to r , e tc . A ssign m en ts ty p ica lly in vo lve p ortio n s o f a w ork unit, fo r e x a m p le , individual sortin g o r co lla tin g runs, o r re p e tit iv e o p e r a t io n s . M ay p e r fo r m sim p le w ir in g fr o m d ia g ra m s, and do som e filin g w ork .

T R A N SCRIBIN G -M ACH IN E O P E R A T O R , G E N E R A L

P r im a ry duty is to t ra n s c r ib e d icta tion in volv ing a n orm a l routine voca bu la ry from tra n sc r ib in g -m a c h in e r e c o r d s . M ay a lso type fr o m w ritten cop y and do s im ple c le r ic a l w ork . W ork ers tra n scr ib in g d icta tion in volv in g a v a r ie d te ch n ica l o r sp e c ia liz e d v oca b u la ry such as leg a l b r ie fs o r r e p o r ts on s c ie n t ific r e s e a r ch a re not in clu ded . A w o rk e r who takes dictation in shorthand o r by Stenotype o r s im ila r m a ch in e is c la s s i f ie d as a sten og ra p h er.

T Y P IS T

U ses a ty p e w rite r to m ake c o p ie s o f v ar iou s m a te r ia ls o r to m ake out b ills a fter ca lcu la tion s have been m ade by another p e r so n . M ay include typing o f s te n c ils , m a ts , o r s im ila r m a te r ia ls fo r u se in du plica ting p r o c e s s e s . M ay do c le r i c a l w ork in volv ing little sp e c ia l tra in ing , such as keep ing s im p le r e c o r d s , filin g r e c o r d s and re p o r ts , o r sor tin g and d istribu ting in com ing m a il.

C la ss A . P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g : Typing m a te r ia l in final fo rm w h e nit in v o lv e s com b in in g m a te r ia l fr o m s e v e ra l s o u r c e s ; o r re s p o n s ib ility fo r c o r r e c t sp ellin g , sy lla b ica tio n , punctuation, e t c ., o f te ch n ica l o r unusual w ord s o r fo re ig n language m a te r ia l; o r planning layout and typing o f co m p lica te d sta tis tica l ta b les to m aintain un iform ity and balance in sp ac in g . M ay type routine fo rm le t te r s , vary in g deta ils to suit c ircu m sta n ce s .

C la ss B . P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g : C opy typing fr o m rough or c le a r d ra fts ; o r routine typing o f fo r m s , in su ra n ce p o l ic ie s , e tc .; o r setting up s im p le standard tabu lations; o r cop y in g m o re co m p le x ta b les a lrea d y set up and sp aced p ro p e r ly .

T A B U LA TIN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R (E le c t r ic A ccounting M achine O perator)-*-C ontinued

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL

C O M P U TE R O P E R A T O R

M o n ito rs and o p e ra te s the co n tr o l c o n s o le o f a d ig ita l com p u ter to p r o c e s s data a cco rd in g to operatin g in s tru c t io n s , u su a lly p re p a re d b y a p r o g ra m m e r . W ork in clu des m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : Studies in stru c tio n s to d e te rm in e equipm ent setup and o p e ra tio n s ; loads equ ipm ent with re q u ire d ite m s (tape r e e ls , c a r d s , e t c .) ; sw itch es n e c e s s a r y a u x ilia ry equipm ent in to c ir c u it , and starts and o p e ra te s co m p u te r ; m a k es ad justm ents to com p u ter to c o r r e c t operatin g p ro b le m s and m eet s p e c ia l con d it io n s ; re v ie w s e r r o r s m ade during o p eration and d ete rm in e s ca u se o r r e fe r s p ro b le m to s u p e rv is o r or p r o g ra m m e r ; and m aintains operatin g r e c o r d s . M ay test and a s s is t in c o r r e c t in g p r o g ra m . ,

F o r w age study p u rp o s e s , com p u ter o p e r a to r s a re c la s s i f ie d as fo llo w s :

C la ss A . O perates in depen dently , o r under on ly g en era l d ire c t io n , a com p u ter running p r o g ra m s with m o s t o f the fo llow in g c h a r a c te r is t ic s : New p r o g ra m s a re frequ en tly te sted and in trod u ced : schedu ling re q u ire m e n ts a re o f c r it ic a l im p o rta n ce to m in im ize dow ntim e; the p r o g ra m s a re o f co m p le x des ig n so that id e n tifica tio n o f e r r o r so u r ce o ften re q u ire s a w orking know ledge o f the tota l p ro g ra m , and a ltern a te p r o g ra m s m a y not be a va ila b le . M ay g iv e d ire c t io n and gu idance to lo w e r le v e l o p e r a to r s .

C la ss B . O perates in depen dently , o r under on ly g en era l d ire c t io n , a com p u ter running p r o g ra m s with m o st o f the fo llow in g c h a r a c te r is t ic s : M ost o f the p r o g ra m s a re esta b lish ed p rod u ction ru n s, ty p ica lly run on a re g u la r ly re c u rr in g b a s is ; th ere is little o r no testin g

C O M P U TE R O P E R A T O R — Continued

o f new p r o g ra m s re q u ire d ; a lternate p r o g ra m s a re prov id ed in ca se o r ig in a l p rogra m needs m a jo r change o r cannot be c o r r e c te d within a re a so n a b le t im e . In com m on e r r o r situ a tio n s , d ia g n o se s ca u se and takes c o r r e c t iv e a ction . T his usua lly in v o lv e s applying p re v io u s ly p ro g ra m m e d c o r r e c t iv e s te p s , o r using standard c o r r e c t io n tech n iq u es .

ORO p erates under d ire c t su p e rv is io n a com p u ter running p r o g ra m s o r segm ents o f p ro g ra m s

with the ch a r a c te r is t ic s d e s c r ib e d fo r c la s s A . M ay a s s is t a h igh er le v e l o p e ra to r by in dependently p e r fo rm in g le s s d iff icu lt ta sks a ss ig n e d , and p e r fo rm in g d ifficu lt ta sks fo llow in g deta iled in stru ctio n s and with frequent re v ie w o f op e ra tio n s p e r fo rm e d .

C la ss C . W ork s on rou tine p ro g ra m s under c lo s e su p e rv is io n . Is exp ected to d ev e lop w orking know ledge o f the com p u ter equipm ent u sed and a b ility to d e te ct p ro b le m s in vo lved in running rou tin e p r o g ra m s . U sually has re c e iv e d so m e fo rm a l tra in in g in com p u ter op eration . M ay a s s is t h igh er le v e l o p e r a to r on co m p le x p ro g ra m s .

C O M P U TE R P R O G R A M M E R , BUSINESS

C on v e rts sta tem ents o f b u s in e ss p r o b le m s , ty p ica lly p re p a re d by a sy ste m s analyst, in to a seq u en ce o f d e ta iled in stru ctio n s w hich a re re q u ire d to so lv e the p ro b le m s by autom atic data p r o c ess in g equ ipm ent. W orking fr o m ch a rts or d ia g ra m s, the p r o g ra m m e r d ev e lo p s the p r e c is e in stru ction s w hich , when en tered into the com p u ter sy stem in co d e d language, ca u se the m anipulation


o f data to a ch ie v e d e s ir e d re s u lt s . W ork in v o lv e s m o st o f the fo llow in g : A p p lie s know ledge o fco m p u te r c a p a b il it ie s , m a th e m a tic s , lo g ic e m p lo y e d b y co m p u te rs , and p a rt icu la r su b je c t m a tter in v o lv e d to a n alyze ch a rts and d ia gra m s o f the p r o b le m to be p ro g ra m m e d ; d ev e lo p s seq u en ce o f p r o g ra m ste p s ; w r ite s d e ta iled flow ch a rts to show o r d e r in w h ich data w ill be p r o c e s s e d ; c o n v e r ts th e se ch a rts to co d e d in stru ctio n s fo r m a ch in e to fo l lo w ; te s ts and c o r r e c t s p ro g ra m s ; p r e p a re s in stru ctio n s f o r operatin g p e rso n n e l during p ro d u ctio n run; a n a ly ze s , re v ie w s , and a lte rs p r o g ra m s to in c r e a s e operatin g e ff ic ie n c y o r adapt to new re q u ire m e n ts ; m ain ta ins r e c o r d s o f p r o g ra m dev e lop m en t and r e v is io n s . (N O TE: W o rk e rs p e r fo rm in g both sy s te m s a n a ly s is and p r o g ra m m in g should b e c la s s i f ie d as sy s te m s a n a lysts i f th is is the sk ill u sed to determ in e th e ir pa y .)

D oes not in clu d e e m p lo y e e s p r im a r ily r e s p o n s ib le fo r the m anagem ent o r su p e rv is io n o f oth er e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s , o r p r o g ra m m e r s p r im a r ily c o n c e rn e d w ith s c ie n t if ic a n d /o r en g in e e r in g p r o b le m s .

F o r w age study p u rp o s e s , p r o g ra m m e r s a re c la s s i f ie d as fo l lo w s :C la s s A . W ork s indepen dently o r under on ly g e n e ra l d ire c t io n on co m p le x p ro b le m s w h ich

re q u ire co m p e te n ce in a ll ph ases o f p ro g ra m m in g co n ce p ts and p r a c t ic e s . W ork ing fr o m d ia g ra m s and ch a rts w h ich id entify the nature o f d e s ir e d r e s u lt s , m a jo r p r o c e s s in g step s to be a c co m p lis h e d , and the re la tio n sh ip s betw een v a r io u s step s o f the p r o b le m so lv in g rou tine ; p lans the fu ll range o f p ro g ra m m in g a ction s n eed ed to e ff ic ie n t ly u tiliz e the co m p u te r sy ste m in a ch iev in g d e s ir e d end p ro d u cts .

At th is le v e l , p r o g ra m m in g is d ifficu lt b e ca u se co m p u te r equipm ent m ust be o rg a n ize d to p ro d u ce s e v e r a l in te r re la te d but d iv e rse p ro d u cts fr o m n u m erou s and d iv e rse data e le m e n ts . A w ide v a r ie ty and e x ten siv e n u m b er o f in tern a l p r o c e s s in g a ction s m ust o c c u r . T h is re q u ire s such a ctio n s as d evelopm en t o f com m on op e ra tio n s w h ich can be re u s e d , esta b lish m en t o f linkage poin ts betw een o p e ra tio n s , a d justm ents to data w hen p r o g ra m re q u ire m e n ts e x ce e d co m p u te r s to ra g e ca p a c ity , and substantia l m an ipu lation and rese q u e n c in g o f data e lem en ts to fo r m a h igh ly in tegrated p ro g ra m .

M ay p ro v id e fu n ction a l d ire c t io n to lo w e r le v e l p r o g ra m m e r s w ho a re a ss ig n e d to a s s is t .C la s s B . W ork s in depen dently o r under on ly g e n e ra l d ire c t io n on re la t iv e ly s im p le

p r o g r a m s , o r on s im p le seg m en ts o f c o m p le x p r o g ra m s . P ro g ra m s (o r se g m e n ts ) usu a lly p r o c e s s in fo rm a tio n to p ro d u ce data in tw o o r th re e v a r ie d seq u en ces o r fo r m a ts . R ep orts and lis t in g s a re p r o d u ce d by re fin in g , adaptin g, a rra y in g , o r m aking m in o r add ition s to o r de le t io n s fr o m input data w hich a re re a d ily a v a ila b le . W hile n u m erou s r e c o r d s m ay be p r o c e s s e d , the data have b een re fin e d in p r io r a ct io n s so that the a c c u r a c y and sequencing o f data can be te s te d by using a few routine ch e ck s . T y p ic a lly , the p r o g ra m dea ls with routine re c o r d -k e e p in g type op e ra tio n s .

ORW ork s on co m p le x p r o g ra m s (as d e s c r ib e d fo r c la s s A ) under c lo s e d ire c t io n o f a h igh er

le v e l p r o g ra m m e r o r s u p e rv is o r . M ay a s s is t h ig h e r le v e l p r o g ra m m e r by indepen dently p e r fo rm in g le s s d ifficu lt ta sks a ss ig n e d , and p e r fo rm in g m o r e d ifficu lt ta sks under fa ir ly c lo s e d ire c t io n .

M ay guide o r in stru ct lo w e r le v e l p r o g r a m m e r s .C la ss C . M akes p r a c t ic a l a p p lica tio n s o f p ro g ra m m in g p r a c t ic e s and co n ce p ts usua lly

le a rn e d in fo r m a l tra in in g c o u r s e s . A ss ig n m e n ts a re des ig n ed to d ev e lop co m p e te n ce in the a pp lica tion o f standard p r o ce d u re s to rou tine p r o b le m s . R e c e iv e s c lo s e su p e rv is io n on new a sp e c ts o f a ss ig n m e n ts ; and w o rk is r e v ie w e d to v e r i fy its a c cu r a c y and co n fo rm a n ce w ith re q u ire d p r o c e d u r e s .

C O M P U T E R SYSTEM S A N A L Y S T , BUSINESSA n a ly ze s b u s in e ss p r o b le m s to fo rm u la te p r o ce d u re s fo r so lv in g th em by use o f e le c t r o n ic

data p r o c e s s in g equ ipm ent. D eve lop s a co m p le te d e s cr ip t io n o f a ll sp e c ific a t io n s n eed ed to enable p r o g ra m m e r s to p r e p a re re q u ire d d ig ita l co m p u te r p r o g ra m s . W ork in v o lv e s m o st o f the fo l lo w in g : A n a ly ze s s u b je c t -m a tte r o p era tion s to be autom ated and id e n tif ie s con d ition s and c r i t e r ia re q u ire d to a ch ieve s a t is fa c to ry re s u lts ; s p e c i f ie s n u m b er and ty p es o f r e c o r d s , f i le s , and d ocu m en ts to be u sed ; ou tlin es a ct io n s to be p e r fo r m e d by p e rso n n e l and co m p u te rs in su ffic ie n t d eta il f o r p resen ta tion to m anagem ent and fo r p ro g ra m m in g (ty p ica lly th is in v o lv e s p rep a ra tion o f w ork and data flow ch a r ts ); co o r d in a te s the d evelopm en t o f te s t p ro b le m s and p a rtic ip a te s in t r ia l runs o f new and re v is e d sy s te m s ; and re co m m e n d s equipm ent changes to obtain m o r e e ffe c t iv e o v e r a ll o p e ra tio n s . (N O TE: W o rk e rs p e r fo rm in g both sy s te m s a n a ly sis and p ro g ra m m in g shouldbe c la s s i f ie d as sy ste m s a n a lysts i f th is is the sk il l u se d to determ in e t h e ir pay .)

D oes not in clu de e m p lo y e e s p r im a r ily r e s p o n s ib le fo r the m anagem ent o r su p e rv is io n o f oth er e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s , o r sy s te m s analysts p r im a r ily c o n c e rn e d with s c ie n t i f ic o r en g in eer in g p r o b le m s .

F o r w age study p u rp o s e s , sy s te m s a n alysts a re c la s s i f ie d as fo l lo w s :C la s s A . W ork s indepen dently o r under on ly g e n e ra l d ire c t io n on co m p le x p ro b le m s in

v o lv in g a ll ph ases o f sy ste m a n a ly s is . P ro b le m s a re co m p le x b e ca u se o f d iv e rs e s o u r c e s o f input data and m u lt ip le -u se req u ire m e n ts o f output data. (F o r e x a m p le , d e v e lo p s an in tegrated p rod u ction sch ed u lin g , in ven tory co n tr o l, c o s t a n a ly s is , and sa le s a n a ly s is r e c o r d in w h ich

C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R , BUSINESS— C ontinued

e v e r y ite m o f e a ch type is a u tom atica lly p r o c e s s e d through the fu ll sy s te m o f r e c o r d s and a p p rop r ia te fo llow u p a ctio n s a re in itia ted by the com p u ter.) C o n fe rs with p e r s o n s co n c e rn e d to d e term in e the data p r o c e s s in g p ro b le m s and a d v is e s s u b je c t -m a tte r p e r so n n e l on the im p lic a tion s o f new o r re v is e d s y s te m s o f data p r o c e s s in g o p e ra t io n s . M akes re co m m e n d a tio n s , i f need ed , fo r a p p ro v a l o f m a jo r sy s te m s in sta lla t ion s o r ch an ges and fo r ob ta in ing equipm ent.

M ay p ro v id e fu n ction a l d ir e c t io n to lo w e r le v e l sy s te m s a n a ly sts who a re a ss ig n e d to a s s is t .

C la ss B . W ork s in depen dently o r under on ly g e n e ra l d ir e c t io n on p r o b le m s that a re re la t iv e ly u n co m p lica te d to a n a ly ze , p lan, p r o g ra m , and o p e r a te . P ro b le m s a re o f lim ite d co m p le x ity b e ca u se s o u r c e s o f input data a re h om og en eou s and the output data a re c lo s e ly re la te d . (F o r e x a m p le , d e v e lo p s sy ste m s fo r m ain ta in ing d e p o s ito r a cco u n ts in a bank, m ain ta in ing a cco u n ts r e c e iv a b le in a re ta il esta b lish m e n t, o r m a in ta in ing in ven tory a cco u n ts in a m a n u fa ctu rin g o r w h o le sa le es ta b lish m e n t.) C o n fe rs with p e r s o n s c o n c e rn e d to d eterm in e the data p r o c e s s in g p ro b le m s and a d v is e s s u b je c t -m a tte r p e rso n n e l on the im p lica tio n s o f the data p r o c e s s in g sy s te m s to be a pp lied .

ORW orks on a segm en t o f a co m p le x data p r o c e s s in g sch e m e o r sy s te m , as d e s c r ib e d fo r

c la s s A . W orks in depen dently on rou tine a ssign m en ts and r e c e iv e s in stru c tio n and gu id an ce on co m p le x a ss ig n m e n ts . W ork is re v ie w e d fo r a c c u r a c y o f ju dgm en t, co m p lia n ce with in s tru c t io n s , and to in su re p r o p e r a lignm ent with the o v e r a ll sy ste m .

C la ss C . W orks under im m e d ia te s u p e rv is io n , ca rr y in g out a n a ly ses as a ss ign e d , usu a lly o f a s in g le a ct iv ity . A ss ig n m e n ts a re d es ign ed to d ev e lo p and expand p r a c t ic a l e x p e r ie n ce in the a p p lica tion o f p r o ce d u re s and sk ills re q u ire d fo r sy ste m s a n a ly s is w ork . F o r e x a m p le , m a y a s s is t a h igh er le v e l sy s te m s analyst by p re p a rin g the d e ta iled s p e c ific a t io n s re q u ire d by p r o g ra m m e r s fr o m in form a tion d e v e lop ed by the h igh er le v e l an a ly st.

D R A F T SM A NC la ss A . P la n s the g ra ph ic p re se n ta tio n o f co m p le x ite m s having d istin ctiv e d e s ig n

fe a tu re s that d if fe r s ig n ifica n tly fr o m e s ta b lish e d draftin g p r e ce d e n ts . W orks in c lo s e su p p o r t with the d es ig n o r ig in a to r , and m a y re co m m e n d m in o r d e s ig n ch a n g es . A n a ly zes the e ffe c t o f ea ch change on the d eta ils o f fo r m , fu n ction , and p o s it io n a l re la tio n sh ip s o f c o m ponents and p a rts . W orks with a m in im u m o f su p e rv is o ry a s s is ta n ce . C o m p le te d w ork is re v ie w e d by d e s ig n o r ig in a to r fo r co n s is te n cy with p r io r e n g in eer in g d e term in a tion s . M ay e ith e r p r e p a re d raw in gs , o r d ir e c t th e ir p re p a ra tio n by lo w e r le v e l d ra ftsm e n .

C la s s B . P e r fo r m s n onroutine and co m p le x draftin g a ssign m en ts that re q u ire the a p p lica tio n o f m o s t o f the s ta n d a rd ized draw ing tech n iq u es re g u la r ly u sed . D uties ty p ica lly in v o lv e such w ork a s: P re p a r e s w ork in g d raw in gs o f su b a sse m b lie s with ir r e g u la r sh apes ,m u ltip le fu n ction s , and p r e c is e p o s it io n a l re la tio n sh ip s betw een com p on en ts ; p re p a re s a r c h ite c tu ra l draw in gs fo r c o n s tru c tio n o f a bu ilding in clu d in g deta il draw in gs o f foundations, w all s e c t io n s , f l o o r p la n s, and r o o f . U ses a cce p te d fo rm u la s and m anuals in m aking n e ce s s a ry com p u tation s to d e te rm in e quantities o f m a te r ia ls to be u sed , loa d ca p a c it ie s , stren gth s , s t r e s s e s , e tc . R e c e iv e s in it ia l in s tru c t io n s , r e q u ire m e n ts , and a d v ice fr o m su p e rv is o r . C om p leted w ork is ch e ck e d fo r te ch n ica l adeq u acy .

C la ss C . P re p a r e s d e ta il draw in gs o f s in g le units o r p a rts fo r e n g in eer in g , co n s tru c tio n , m a n u fa ctu rin g , o r re p a ir p u rp o s e s . T yp es o f d raw in gs p r e p a re d in clu de is o m e t r ic p r o je c t io n s (d ep ictin g th ree d im e n sio n s in a ccu ra te s c a le ) and se c t io n a l v iew s to c la r ify p o s ition in g o f com p on en ts and co n v e y n eed ed in fo rm a tio n . C o n so lid a te s d eta ils fr o m a n um ber o f s o u r ce s and a d justs o r t ra n sp o se s s c a le as re q u ire d . S u ggested m eth ods o f a p p roach , a pp licab le p r e ce d e n ts , and a d v ice on s o u r ce m a te r ia ls a re g iven with in itia l a ss ig n m e n ts . In stru ction s a re le s s co m p le te w hen a ssign m en ts r e c u r . W ork m a y be sp o t -ch e c k e d during p r o g r e s s .

D R A F T S M A N - T R A C E R

C o p ie s plans and draw in gs p re p a re d by o th e rs by p la cin g tra c in g c lo th o r paper o v e r d raw in gs and tra c in g with pen o r p e n c il . (D oes not in clu de tra c in g lim ite d to plans p r im a r ily co n s is tin g o f stra igh t lin es and a la rg e s c a le not re q u ir in g c lo s e d e lin ea tion .)

A N D /O RP re p a r e s s im p le o r re p e tit iv e draw ings o f e a s ily v isu a liz e d ite m s . W ork is c lo s e ly su p e rv ise d du ring p r o g r e s s .

E L E C T R O N IC S TECH N ICIAN

W orks on v a r io u s ty p es o f e le c t r o n ic equ ipm ent and re la te d d e v ice s by p e r fo rm in g one o r a com b in a tio n o f the fo l lo w in g : Insta llin g , m ain ta in in g , re p a ir in g , o v erh a u lin g , tro u b le sh o o tin g , m o d ify in g , co n s tru c tin g , and te s t in g . W ork re q u ire s p r a c t ic a l a p p lica tion o f te ch n ica l know ledge o f e le c t r o n ic s p r in c ip le s , a b ility to d e te rm in e m a lfu n ctio n s , and sk il l to put equipm ent in re q u ire d op eratin g con d ition .

C O M P U TE R SYSTEM S A N A L Y S T , BUSINESS— Continued


The equipm ent— co n s is tin g o f e ith er m any d iffe re n t kinds o f c ir c u it s o r m u ltip le re p etition o f the sam e kind o f c ir c u it— in c lu d e s , but is not lim ite d to , the fo llo w in g : (a) E le c t ro n ic tra n s m ittin g and re c e iv in g equipm ent (e .g . , ra d a r , ra d io , t e le v is io n , te lep h on e , so n a r , navigation al a id s ), (b ) d ig ita l and analog co m p u te rs , and (c ) in d u str ia l and m e d ic a l m ea su rin g and co n tro llin g equipm ent.

T h is c la s s i f ic a t io n e x clu d e s re p a irm e n o f such stan dard e le c t r o n ic equipm ent as com m on o f f ic e m a ch in e s and h ou seh o ld ra d io and te le v is io n se ts ; p ro d u ctio n a s s e m b le r s and t e s t e r s ; w o rk e r s w hose p r im a ry duty is se r v ic in g e le c t r o n ic te s t in stru m en ts ; tech n ician s w ho have a d m in is tra tiv e o r su p e rv is o ry re s p o n s ib il ity ; and d ra ftsm e n , d e s ig n e r s , and p r o fe s s io n a l e n g in e e rs .

P o s it io n s a re c la s s i f ie d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d e fin it io n s .

C la ss A . A p p lies advanced te ch n ica l know ledge to s o lv e unusually c o m p le x p ro b le m s ( i .e . , th o se that ty p ica lly cannot be so lv e d s o le ly by re fe r e n c e to m a n u fa ctu re rs ' m anuals o r s im ila r docu m en ts) in w orking on e le c t r o n ic equ ip m ent. E x a m p les o f such p ro b le m s in clu de lo ca tio n and den sity o f c ir c u it r y , e le c t r o -m a g n e t ic ra d ia tion , iso la tin g m a lfu n c tio n s , and frequ en t en g in eerin g ch a n g es . W ork in v o lv e s : A d eta ile d understanding o f the in te r re la t io n sh ips o f c ir c u it s ; e x e rc is in g independent judgm ent in p e r fo rm in g such ta sks as m aking c ir c u it a n a ly se s , ca lcu la tin g w ave fo r m s , tra c in g re la tio n sh ip s in s ign a l flow ; and re g u la r ly using co m p le x test in stru m en ts (e .g . , dual t r a c e o s c i l lo s c o p e s , Q -m e t e r s , dev ia tion m e te r s , pu lse g e n e ra to rs ) .

W ork m a y be re v ie w e d by s u p e rv is o r (freq u en tly an e n g in e e r o r d e s ig n e r ) f o r g en era l co m p lia n ce witty a cce p te d p r a c t ic e s . M ay p ro v id e tech n ica l gu id ance to lo w e r le v e l te ch n ic ia n s .

C la ss B. A p p lies co m p re h e n s iv e te ch n ica l know ledge to so lve co m p le x p ro b le m s ( i .e ., th ose that ty p ica lly can be so lv e d s o le ly by p r o p e r ly in te rp re tin g m a n u fa ctu re rs ' m anuals o r s im ila r docu m en ts) in w orking on e le c t r o n ic equ ipm ent. W ork in v o lv e s : A fa m ilia r ity withthe in te r re la tio n sh ip s o f c ir c u it s ; and judgm ent in determ in in g w ork seq u en ce and in se le c t in g to o ls and testin g in stru m en ts , usually le s s co m p le x than th ose u sed by the c la s s A tech n ic ia n .

E L E C T R O N IC S TECHN ICIAN— Continued

R e c e iv e s te ch n ica l g u id an ce , as r e q u ire d , fr o m su p e rv is o r o r h igh er le v e l tech n ician , and w ork is r e v ie w e d fo r s p e c i f ic co m p lia n ce with a cce p te d p r a c t ic e s and w ork a ssign m en ts . M ay p ro v id e te ch n ica l gu idance to lo w e r le v e l tech n ic ia n s .

C la ss C . A p p lie s w ork in g te ch n ica l know ledge to p e r fo rm s im p le o r routine tasks in w ork in g on e le c t r o n ic equ ip m ent, fo llo w in g d eta iled in stru ctio n s w hich c o v e r v ir tu a lly a ll p r o c e d u r e s . W ork ty p ica lly in v o lv e s such ta sks a s : A s s is t in g h igh er le v e l tech n ician s byp e r fo rm in g such a ct iv it ie s as re p la cin g com p on en ts , w ir in g c ir c u it s , and taking te s t rea d in gs; re p a ir in g s im p le e le c t r o n ic equ ipm ent; and using to o ls and com m on te st in strum ents (e .g ., m u lt im e te rs , audio s ign a l g e n e ra to rs , tube t e s t e r s , o s c i l lo s c o p e s ) . Is not r e q u ire d to be fa m ilia r with the in te r re la t io n sh ip s o f c i r c u it s . T h is k n ow ledge, h o w e v e r , m a y be a cq u ired through a ssign m en ts d es ig n e d to in c re a s e co m p e te n ce (in cluding c la s s r o o m training) so that w o rk e r can advance to h igh er le v e l tech n ic ia n .

R e c e iv e s te ch n ica l g u id an ce , as re q u ire d , fr o m su p e rv is o r o r h igh er le v e l tech n ic ian . W ork is ty p ica lly spot ch e ck e d , but is g iven d eta iled re v ie w w hen new o r advanced a ssign m en ts a re in vo lved .

E L E C T R O N IC S TECH N ICIAN — C on tin u ed

NURSE, IN D U STRIAL (R e g is te re d )

A r e g is te r e d n u rse who g iv es nu rsin g s e r v ic e under g e n e ra l m e d ica l d ire c t io n to i l l o r in ju red e m p lo y e e s o r oth er p e rso n s who b e co m e il l o r su ffe r an a cc id en t on the p re m is e s o f a fa c to r y o r oth er e s ta b lish m en t. D uties in vo lve a com b in a tion o f the fo llo w in g : G iving f ir s t aidto the i l l o r in ju red ; attending to subsequent d r e s s in g o f e m p lo y e e s ' in ju r ie s ; keep ing re c o rd s o f patien ts tre a te d ; p rep a rin g a cc id e n t re p o rts fo r com p en sa tion o r oth er p u rp o s e s ; a ss ist in g in p h y s ica l exam in ation s and health evalu a tion s o f a pp lican ts and e m p lo y e e s ; and planning and c a r r y ing out p r o g ra m s in vo lv in g health edu ca tion , a cc id en t p re v en tion , evaluation o f plant env ironm ent, o r oth er a ct iv it ie s a ffe c t in g the health , w e lfa r e , and sa fe ty o f a ll p e rso n n e l. N ursing s u p e rv is o rs o r head n u rse s in e s ta b lish m en ts e m p loy in g m o re than one n u rse a re ex clu ded .

MAINTENANCE AND POWERPLANT

C A R P E N T E R , M AIN TEN AN CE

P e r fo r m s the ca rp e n try duties n e c e s s a r y to co n s tru c t and m ain ta in in g ood re p a ir b u ild ing w oodw ork and equipm ent such as b in s , c r ib s , c o u n te rs , b e n ch e s , p a rt it io n s , d o o r s , f l o o r s , s t a ir s , ca s in g s , and tr im m ade o f w ood in an e sta b lish m en t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : P lanning and la y in g out o f w ork fr o m b lu ep rin ts , d raw in gs , m o d e ls , o r v e rb a l in s tru c t io n s : using a v a r ie ty o f ca r p e n te r 's h a n dtoo ls , p o rta b le p o w e r t o o ls , and standard m e a su rin g in stru m en ts : m a k ing standard shop com p u tation s re la tin g to d im en sion s o f w ork ; and se le ct in g m a te r ia ls n e c e s s a r y fo r the w ork . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f the m ain tenance ca rp e n te r re q u ire s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce usu a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equivalent tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

E L E C T R IC IA N , M AIN TEN AN CE

P e r fo r m s a v a r ie ty o f e le c t r i c a l tra d e fu n ction s such as the in sta lla tion , m a in ten a n ce , o r re p a ir o f equipm ent fo r the g en era tion , d is tr ib u tio n , o r u tiliza tion o f e le c t r i c e n e rg y in an e sta b lish m en t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : Insta lling o r re p a ir in g any o f a v a r ie ty o f e l e c t r i c a l equ ipm ent such as g e n e ra to rs , t r a n s fo r m e r s , sw itch b o a rd s , c o n t r o lle r s , c ir c u it b r e a k e r s , m o t o r s , heating units, conduit sy s te m s , o r oth er tra n s m is s io n equipm ent; w ork in g fr o m b lu e p r in ts , d raw in gs , la you ts, o r oth er s p e c if ic a t io n s ; lo ca tin g and d iagnosing tro u b le in the e le c t r ic a l sy stem o r equ ipm ent; w ork in g standard com p u tation s re la tin g to load re q u ire m e n ts o f w ir in g o r e le c t r ic a l equ ipm ent; and using a v a r ie ty o f e le c t r i c ia n 's h andtools and m e a su r in g and testin g in stru m en ts . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f the m ain ten an ce e le c t r ic ia n re q u ire s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce usu a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

EN GIN EER, S T A T IO N A R Y

O p erates and m ain ta ins and m a y a lso su p e rv is e the o p e ra tio n o f sta tio n a ry en g in es and equipm ent (m e ch a n ica l o r e le c t r i c a l) to supply the esta b lish m en t in w hich em p lo y e d with p o w e r , heat, r e fr ig e r a t io n , o r a ir -co n d it io n in g . W ork in v o lv e s : O perating and m ain ta in ing equipm entsuch as steam en g in es , a ir c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e ra to rs , m o t o r s , tu rb in e s , ven tilatin g and r e f r ig era tin g equ ipm ent, stea m b o ile r s and b o i le r - f e d w ater pu m ps; m aking equipm ent re p a ir s ; and keep ing a r e c o r d o f op e ra tio n o f m a ch in e ry , te m p e ra tu re , and fuel con su m ption . M ay a ls o su p e r v is e th e se o p e ra tio n s . Head o r c h ie f en g in e e rs in e s ta b lish m en ts em p loy in g m o r e than one en g in e e r a re ex clu ded .

F IR E M A N , S T A T IO N A R Y BO ILER

F ir e s s ta tion a ry b o ile r s to fu rn ish the e s ta b lish m en t in w hich em p lo y e d with heat, p o w e r , o r ste a m . F e e d s fu e ls to f ir e by hand o r o p e ra te s a m e ch a n ica l s to k e r , g a s , o r o i l b urner; and ch e ck s w ater and sa fe ty v a lv e s . M ay c le a n , o i l , o r a s s is t in re p a ir in g b o ile r r o o m equipm ent.

H E L P E R , M A IN TEN AN CE T R AD ES

A s s is ts one o r m o r e w o rk e r s in the sk ille d m ain ten an ce tra d e s , by p e r fo rm in g sp e c ific o r g en era l du ties o f le s s e r sk il l , such as keep ing a w o rk e r su p p lied with m a te r ia ls and to o ls ; c lean in g w ork in g a re a , m a ch in e , and equipm ent; a ss is t in g jou rn ey m an by holding m a te r ia ls or t o o ls ; and p e r fo rm in g oth er u n sk illed ta sks as d ire c te d by jou rn ey m an . The kind o f w ork the h e lp e r is p e rm itte d to p e r fo r m v a r ie s fr o m tra d e to tra d e : In som e tra d e s the h e lp e r is con fin ed to supplying , lift in g , and hold in g m a te r ia ls and t o o ls , and c lean in g w ork in g a re a s ; and in o th e rs he is p e rm itte d to p e r fo r m s p e c ia liz e d m a ch in e o p e ra tio n s , o r pa rts o f a tra d e that a re a lso p e r fo r m e d b y w o rk e r s on a fu l l - t im e b a s is .

M A C H IN E -T O O L O P E R A T O R , TO O LRO O M

S p e c ia liz e s in the o p e ra tio n o f one o r m o r e ty p es o f m a ch in e to o ls , such as j ig b o r e r s , c y lin d r ic a l o r su r fa ce g r in d e rs , engine la th e s , o r m illin g m a ch in e s , in the co n s tru c tio n o f m a ch in e -sh o p t o o l s , g a u g e s , j ig s , f ix tu re s , o r d ie s . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g ; P lanning and p e r fo rm in g d iff icu lt m a ch in in g o p e ra t io n s ; p r o c e s s in g ite m s req u ir in g co m p lica te d setups or a high d e g re e o f a c cu r a c y ; using a v a r ie ty o f p r e c is io n m ea su rin g in stru m en ts ; se le ct in g fe e d s , s p e e d s , to o lin g , and o p e ra tio n se q u en ce ; and m aking n e c e s s a r y a d justm ents during op eration to a ch ie ve re q u is ite t o le r a n c e s o r d im e n s io n s . M ay be re q u ire d to re c o g n iz e when to o ls need d r e s s in g , to d r e s s t o o ls , and to s e le c t p r o p e r co o la n ts and cutting and lu brica tin g o i ls . F or c r o s s - in d u s t r y w age study p u rp o s e s , m a c h in e -to o l o p e r a to r s , to o lr o o m , in to o l and die jobb in g shops a re e x clu d e d fr o m th is c la s s i f ic a t io n .

M ACH IN IST, M A IN TEN AN CE

P ro d u ce s re p la ce m e n t p a rts and new p a rts in m aking re p a ir s o f m eta l pa rts o f m e ch a n ica l equipm ent o p e ra te d in an e sta b lish m en t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : In terpreting w ritten in stru c tio n s and s p e c i f ic a t io n s ; p lanning and la y in g out o f w o rk ; using a v a r ie ty o f m a ch in is t 's


M A CH IN IST, M A IN T E N A N C E — Continued P A IN T E R , M A IN TEN AN CE

handtools and p r e c is io n m e a su r in g in stru m e n ts ; setting up and operatin g standard m a ch in e to o ls ; shaping o f m e ta l p a rts to c l o s e to le r a n c e s ; m ak ing standard shop com p u tation s re la tin g to d im e n s ion s o f w o rk , to o lin g , fe e d s , and sp eed s o f m a ch in in g ; know ledge o f the w ork in g p r o p e r t ie s o f the co m m o n m e ta ls ; s e le c t in g stan dard m a te r ia ls , p a rts , and equ ipm ent re q u ire d fo r h is w ork ; and fittin g and a sse m b lin g p a rts in to m e ch a n ica l equ ipm ent. In g e n e ra l, the m a ch in is t 's w ork n o rm a lly re q u ir e s a roun ded tra in in g in m a ch in e -sh o p p r a c t ic e usu a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r eq u iv a len t tra in in g , and e x p e r ie n ce .

M E C H A N IC , A U T O M O T IV E (M aintenan ce)

R e p a ir s a u to m o b ile s , b u se s , m o to r t r u ck s , and t r a c t o r s o f an e s ta b lish m en t. W ork in v o lv e s m o8t_of_^he_foU ow ing: E xam in ing a u tom otive equ ipm ent to d ia gn ose so u r ce o f tro u b le ; d i s a sse m b lin g equ ip m ent and p e r fo rm in g re p a ir s that in v o lv e the u se o f such handtools as w re n ch e s , g a u g e s , d r i l l s , o r s p e c ia l iz e d equipm ent in d isa sse m b lin g o r fitting p a rts ; re p la c in g b rok en or d e fe c t iv e p a rts fr o m sto ck ; g rin d in g and ad justing v a lv e s ; r e a ss e m b lin g and in sta llin g the v a r io u s a s s e m b lie s in the v e h ic le and m aking n e c e s s a r y ad ju stm en ts ; and a lign ing w h e e ls , ad justing b ra k es and lig h ts , o r tigh ten ing b od y b o lt s . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f the autom otive m e ch a n ic r e q u ire s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce u su a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equ iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

T h is c la s s i f ic a t io n d o e s not in clu de m e ch a n ics who re p a ir c u s to m e r s ' v e h ic le s in autom o b ile r e p a ir sh op s .

M E CH AN IC, M A IN TEN AN CE

R e p a irs m a ch in e ry o r m e ch a n ica l equ ipm ent o f an esta b lish m en t. W ork in v o lv e s m o st o f the fo l lo w in g : E xam in ing m a ch in e s and m e ch a n ica l equ ipm ent to d ia gn ose s o u r ce o f tro u b le ;d ism a n tlin g o r p a rtly d ism a n tlin g m a ch in e s and p e r fo rm in g re p a irs that m a in ly in v o lv e the use o f handtools in s c ra p in g and fittin g p a rts ; re p la cin g b rok en o r d e fe c t iv e pa rts with ite m s obtained fr o m stock ; o rd e r in g the p ro d u c tio n o f a re p la ce m e n t pa rt by a m a ch in e shop o r send ing o f the m a ch in e to a m a ch in e shop fo r m a jo r r e p a ir s ; p re p a rin g w ritten sp e c ific a t io n s fo r m a jo r re p a irs o r f o r the p ro d u c tio n o f p a rts o r d e r e d fr o m m a ch in e shop ; r e a ss e m b lin g m a ch in e s ; and m aking a ll n e c e s s a r y a d ju stm en ts fo r o p e ra tio n . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f a m ain tenance m e ch a n ic re q u ire s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce u su a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce . E x clu d ed fr o m th is c la s s i f ic a t io n a re w o rk e r s w h ose p r im a ry duties in vo lve setting up o r a d ju stin g m a ch in e s .

M IL L W R IG H T

In sta lls new m a ch in e s o r heavy equ ip m en t, and d ism a n tle s and in sta lls m a ch in e s o r heavy equipm ent when ch a n g es in the plant layout a re re q u ire d . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g ; P lanning and la y in g out o f the w ork ; in te rp re tin g b lu ep rin ts o r oth er s p e c ific a t io n s ; using a v a r ie ty o f handtools and r ig g in g ; m aking standard shop com p u tation s re la tin g to s t r e s s e s , strength o f m a te r ia ls , and ce n te r s o f g ra v ity ; a lign ing and ba lan cin g o f equipm ent; s e le c t in g standard to o ls , equ ip m en t, and p a rts to be u sed ; and in sta llin g and m ain ta in ing in good o r d e r p o w e r tra n s m is s io n equ ipm ent su ch as d r iv e s and sp eed r e d u c e r s . In g e n e ra l, the m illw r ig h t 's w ork n o rm a lly re q u ire s a roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce in the tra d e a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r eq u iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

Paints and r e d e c o r a te s w a lls , w ood w ork , and fix tu re s o f an e s ta b lish m e n t. W ork in vo lve s the fo l lo w in g : K now ledge o f su r fa ce p e c u lia r it ie s and types o f paint re q u ire d fo r d iffe re n t a p p lica t io n s ; p re p a rin g su r fa ce fo r pa inting by rem ov in g o ld fin ish o r by p la c in g putty o r f i l l e r in nail h o le s and in te r s t ic e s ; and apply ing paint with sp ra y gun o r b ru sh . M ay m ix c o l o r s , o i l s , w hite lea d , and o th e r paint in g re d ie n ts to ob ta in p r o p e r c o lo r o r c o n s is te n cy . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f the m ain ten an ce pa in ter re q u ire s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce u su a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r eq u iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

P IP E F IT T E R , M A IN TEN AN CE

Insta lls o r r e p a ir s w a te r , s tea m , g a s , o r o th e r ty p es o f p ipe and p ipe fittin gs in an esta b lish m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : L aying out o f w o rk and m e a su rin g to lo ca te p o s it io n o f p ipe fr o m d raw in gs o r o th er w ritten s p e c if ic a t io n s ; cutting v a r io u s s iz e s o f p ipe to c o r r e c t lengths with c h is e l and h a m m er o r ox y a ce ty le n e to r c h o r p ip e -cu tt in g m a ch in e s ; threading p ipe with s to ck s and d ie s ; bending p ipe by h a n d -d riv en o r p o w e r -d r iv e n m a ch in e s ; a sse m b lin g p ipe with cou p lin g s and fa sten in g p ipe to h a n gers ; m aking standard shop com p u tation s re la tin g to p r e s s u r e s , flo w , and s iz e o f p ipe re q u ire d ; and m aking standard te s ts to d e te rm in e w hether fin ish e d p ip es m e e t s p e c i f ic a t io n s . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f the m ain ten an ce p ip e fit te r re q u ire s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce u su a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equivalent tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce . W o rk e rs p r im a r ily engaged in in sta llin g and re p a ir in g bu ilding sanitation o r heating s y s te m s a re e x c lu d e d .

S H E E T -M E T A L W O RK ER, M AIN TEN AN CE

F a b r ic a te s , in s ta lls , and m ain ta ins in g ood re p a ir the sh e e t -m e ta l equipm ent and fix tu re s (su ch as m a ch in e gu ard s , g re a se pans, sh e lv e s , lo c k e r s , tanks, v e n t ila to rs , ch u tes , d u cts , m e ta l ro o fin g ) o f an esta b lish m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m o st o f the fo l lo w in g ; P lanning and lay ing out a ll types o f sh e e t -m e ta l m a in ten a n ce w o rk fr o m b lu ep rin ts , m o d e ls , o r o th er s p e c if ic a t io n s ; setting up and o p era tin g a ll a va ila b le ty p es o f sh e e t -m e ta l w ork in g m a ch in e s ; using a v a r ie ty o f handtools in cutting , bending, fo r m in g , shaping, fittin g , and a sse m b lin g ; and in sta llin g sh e e t -m e ta l a r t ic le s as re q u ire d . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f the m ain tenance sh e e t -m e ta l w o rk e r re q u ire s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce u su a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equ iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

T O O L AND DIE M A K E R

C o n stru cts and re p a ir s m a ch in e -sh o p t o o ls , g a u g es , j ig s , fix tu re s or d ies fo r fo r g in g s , pu nching, and o th e r m e ta l - fo r m in g w o rk . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g ; P lanning and lay ing out o f w ork fr o m m o d e ls , b lu ep rin ts , d ra w in gs , o r oth er o r a l and w ritten sp e c ific a t io n s ; using a v a r ie ty o f t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's handtools and p r e c is io n m e a su rin g in stru m en ts ; u n d erstanding o f the w ork in g p r o p e r t ie s o f com m on m e ta ls and a llo y s ; setting up and operatin g o f m a ch in e to o ls and re la te d equipm ent; m aking n e c e s s a r y shop com p u tation s re la tin g to d im en sion s o f w ork , s p e e d s , fe e d s , and too lin g o f m a ch in e s ; h e a t-tre a tin g o f m e ta l p a rts during fa b rica tio n as w e ll as o f fin ish e d to o ls and d ie s to a ch ie v e re q u ire d q u a lit ie s ; w ork in g to c lo s e to le r a n c e s ; fitting and a sse m b lin g o f p a rts to p r e s c r ib e d t o le r a n c e s and a llo w a n ce s ; and se le c t in g a p propria te m a te r ia ls , t o o ls , and p r o c e s s e s . In g e n e ra l, the to o l and d ie m a k e r 's w ork re q u ire s a rounded tra in in g in m a ch in e -sh o p and to o lr o o m p r a c t ic e u su a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p ren ticesh ip o r equ iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

F o r c r o s s - in d u s t r y w age study p u rp o s e s , to o l and d ie m a k e rs in to o l and die jobb in g shops a re ex clu d e d fr o m th is c la s s i f ic a t io n .

CUSTODIAL AND MATERIAL MOVEMENT

G UARD AN D W ATCH M EN

G uard. P e r fo r m s routine p o l ic e duties, e ith e r at fix e d p o s t o r on to u r , m ainta in ing o r d e r , using a rm s o r fo r c e w h ere n e c e s s a r y . Includes gatem en who a re sta tioned at gate and ch eck on id en tity o f e m p lo y e e s and o th e r p e r so n s e n te r in g .

W atchm an. M akes roun ds o f p r e m is e s p e r io d ic a l ly in p ro te ct in g p r o p e r ty aga in st f i r e , th e ft, and i l le g a l en try .

JA N IT O R , P O R T E R , OR C L E A N E R

C lean s and k eep s in an o r d e r ly con d ition fa c to r y w orking a re a s and w a s h ro o m s , o r p r e m is e s o f an o f f ic e , apartm ent h ou se , o r c o m m e r c ia l o r oth er e s ta b lish m en t. D uties in vo lve a com b in a tion o f the fo l lo w in g : S w eeping, m opp in g o r sc ru b b in g , and p o lish in g f lo o r s ; rem ov in g ch ip s , t ra sh , and o th e r re fu se ; du sting equ ipm ent, fu rn itu re , o r fix tu re s ; p o lish in g m e ta l f i x tu re s o r tr im m in g s ; p ro v id in g su p p lies and m in o r m a in ten a n ce s e r v ic e s ; and c lea n in g la v a to r ie s , s h o w e r s , and r e s t r o o m s . W o rk e rs w ho sp e c ia l iz e in w indow w ashing a re e x clu d ed .

L A B O R E R , M A T E R IA L HANDLING

A w o rk e r e m p lo y e d in a w are h o u se , m an u factu rin g p lant, s to r e , o r o th e r esta b lish m en t w hose du ties in vo lve one o r m o re o f the fo l lo w in g : L oad ing and unloading v a r io u s m a te r ia ls and m e rch a n d is e on o r fr o m fre ig h t c a r s , tru c k s , o r o th e r tra n sp o rtin g d e v ic e s ; unpacking, sh e lv in g , o r p la cin g m a te r ia ls o r m e rch a n d is e in p r o p e r s to ra g e lo ca tio n ; and tra n sp o rtin g m a te r ia ls o r m e rch a n d is e by handtruck , c a r , o r w h e e lb a rro w . L o n g sh o re m e n , w ho loa d and unload sh ips a re ex clu d ed .

O RD ER F IL L E R

F il ls sh ipping o r t r a n s fe r o r d e r s fo r fin is h e d g o o d s fr o m s to r e d m e rch a n d is e in a c c o r d ance with sp e c if ic a t io n s on sa le s s l ip s , c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s , o r o th er in stru c tio n s . M ay, in addition to fi ll in g o r d e r s and in d ica tin g ite m s f i l le d o r om itte d , keep r e c o r d s o f ou tgoing o r d e r s , r e q u is ition add ition a l sto ck o r r e p o r t sh ort su p p lies to s u p e rv is o r , and p e r fo r m oth e r re la te d du ties .


P r e p a r e s fin ish ed p rod u cts fo r sh ipm ent o r s to ra g e by p la cin g them in sh ipping c o n t a in e r s , the s p e c i f ic o p e ra tio n s p e r fo rm e d being dependent upon the type, s iz e , and num ber o f units to be p a ck ed , the type o f con ta in er e m p lo y e d , and m ethod o f sh ipm ent. W ork re q u ire s the p la cin g o f ite m s in sh ipping co n ta in e rs and m a y in vo lve one o r m o r e o f the fo l lo w in g : K n ow ledge o f v a r io u s ite m s o f s tock in o r d e r to v e r i fy con tent; s e le c t io n o f a pp rop r ia te type and s iz e o f con ta in e r ; in se rtin g e n c lo s u r e s in con ta in er ; using e x c e ls io r o r oth er m a te r ia l to p rev en t brea k a ge o r dam a ge; c lo s in g and sea lin g co n ta in e r ; and applying la b e ls o r en terin g id en tify in g data on co n ta in e r . P a ck e rs who a ls o m ake w ooden b oxes o r c r a te s a re e x c lu d e d .

SH IPPIN G AND R EC EIVIN G C L E R K

P re p a r e s m e rch a n d is e fo r sh ipm ent, o r r e c e iv e s and is re s p o n s ib le fo r in com in g sh ip m en ts o f m e rch a n d is e o r oth er m a te r ia ls . Shipping w ork in v o lv e s : A know ledge o f shipping p r o ce d u re s , p r a c t ic e s , r o u te s , a va ila b le m ean s o f tra n sp o rta tio n , and ra te s ; and p re p a rin g r e c o r d s o f the g ood s sh ipped , m aking up b il ls o f la d in g , postin g w eight and shipping c h a rg e s , and keep ing a f i le o f sh ipping r e c o r d s . M ay d ir e c t o r a s s is t in p re p a rin g the m e rch a n d ise fo r sh ipm ent. R e ce iv in g w ork in v o lv e s : V er ify in g o r d ire c t in g o th e rs in v e r ify in g the c o r r e c tn e s s o f sh ipm ents a ga in st b il ls o f lad ing , in v o ic e s , o r oth er r e c o r d s ; ch eck in g fo r sh orta g es and re je c t in g d a m aged g o o d s ; rou ting m e rch a n d ise o r m a te r ia ls to p r o p e r dep artm en ts ; and m ainta in ing n e c e s s a r y r e c o r d s and f i le s .

F o r w age study p u rp o s e s , w o rk e rs a re c la s s i f ie d as fo l lo w s :

R e ce iv in g c le rkShipping c le rkShipping and re ce iv in g c le r k

T RU C K D RIVE R

D riv e s a tru ck within a c ity o r in d u str ia l a re a to tra n sp o rt m a te r ia ls , m e rch a n d is e , equ ipm ent, o r m en betw een v a r io u s types o f e s ta b lish m en ts such a s : M anufacturing p lants, fre ig h t d e p o ts , w a r e h o u se s , w h o le sa le and re ta il e s ta b lish m e n ts , o r betw een re ta il e sta b lish m en ts and c u s t o m e r s ' h o u se s o r p la ce s o f b u s in e ss . M ay a ls o loa d o r unload tru ck with o r without h e lp e rs , m ake m in o r m e ch a n ica l r e p a ir s , and keep tru ck in g ood w ork in g o r d e r . D r iv e r -s a le s m e n and o v e r - t h e - r o a d d r iv e r s a re e x clu d ed .

P A C K E R , SHIPPIN G

F o r w age study p u rp o s e s , t ru c k d r iv e rs a re c la s s i f ie d by s iz e and type o f equipm ent, as fo l lo w s : (T r a c t o r - t r a i le r should be ra ted on the b a s is o f t r a ile r ca p a city .)

T ru c k d r iv e r (com b in a tion o f s iz e s lis te d sep arate ly )T ru c k d r iv e r , light (under lVz ton s)T ru c k d r iv e r , m ed iu m (IV2 to and inclu din g 4 ton s)T ru c k d r iv e r , heavy (o v e r 4 to n s , t r a ile r type)T ru c k d r iv e r , heavy (o v e r 4 ton s , o th e r than t r a ile r type)

TRU C K D RIVE R— Continued

T R U C K E R , POW ER

O perates a m anually c o n tr o lle d g a so lin e - o r e le c t r ic -p o w e re d tru ck o r tr a c to r to tra n sp ort g ood s and m a te r ia ls o f a ll k inds about a w areh ou se , m anufacturing plant, o r o th er esta b lish m en t.

F o r w age study p u rp o s e s , w o rk e rs a re c la s s i f ie d by type o f tru ck , as fo l lo w s :

T ru c k e r , p o w e r (fo rk lift)T ru c k e r , p ow er (oth er than fo rk lift )

W AREHOUSEMAN

A s d ire c te d , p e r fo rm s a v a r ie ty o f w arehousing duties w hich re q u ire an understanding o f the e s ta b lish m e n t 's s to ra g e p lan . W ork in va lv es m o s t o f the fo llo w in g : V er ify in g m a te r ia ls(o r m e rch a n d ise ) a ga in st re c e iv in g d ocu m en ts , noting and rep ortin g d is c r e p a n c ie s and obvious da m a ges ; rou ting m a te r ia ls to p r e s c r ib e d s torag e lo ca tio n s ; s tor in g , stack ing , o r pa lletiz in g m a te r ia ls in a cco r d a n ce with p r e s c r ib e d s torag e m eth ods ; rea rran g in g and taking in ven tory o f s to re d m a te r ia ls ; exam in ing s to r e d m a te r ia ls and rep ortin g d e te r io ra tio n and dam age; rem ov ing m a te r ia l fr o m sto ra g e and p rep a rin g it fo r sh ipm ent. M ay op erate hand o r pow er tru cks in p e r fo rm in g w areh ou sin g du ties.

E xclude w o rk e r s w h ose p r im a ry duties in vo lve shipping and re ce iv in g w ork (s e e shipping and re c e iv in g c le r k and p a ck e r , sh ipp ing), o r d e r fillin g (s e e o rd e r f i l l e r ) , o r operating pow er tru ck s (s e e t ru c k e r , p o w e r ).

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Harlingen—San Benito, Tex.M acon, Ga.M arquette, Escanaba, and Sault Ste. M arie, M ich. M eridian, M iss.M iddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and

Som erset C os ., N.J.M obile, A la ., and Pensacola, Fla.New Bern—Jacksonville, N.C.Norwich—Groton—New London, Conn.Oxnard—Simi Valley—Ventura, Calif.Panama City, Fla.Pine Bluff, Ark.Reno, Nev.Salina, Kans.Sacram ento, Calif.San Angelo, Tex.Santa Barbara—Santa Maria—

Lom poc, Calif.Selm a, Ala.Sherman—Denison, Tex.Shreveport, La.Springfield-Chicopee—H olyoke, Mas s .—Conn. Tacom a, Wash.Tucson, A riz .Vallejo—Fairfield—Napa, Calif.W aco, Tex.Wilmington, Del.—N.J.—Md.

Reports for the following surveys conducted in the prior year but

A m arillo , Tex.B akersfield, Calif.B iloxi—Gulfport—Pascagoula, M iss.Crane, Ind.El Paso, Tex.Eugene—Springfield, Oreg.Fargo—M oorhead, N. Dak.—Minn. G reensboro-W inston Salem -High Point, N.C. H arrisburg, Pa.Knoxville, Tenn.

since discontinued are also available:

Melbourne—Titusville—C ocoa, Fla. (Brevard Co.)* M ontgom ery, Ala.Nashville, Tenn.Northeastern Maine Ogden, Utah Orlando, Fla.Portsm outh, N.H.—Maine—M ass.Pueblo, Colo.Topeka, Kans.Yuma, A riz .

* Expanded to an area wage survey in fisca l year 1974. See inside back cover.

The fourteenth annual report on salaries for accountants, auditors, ch ief accountants, attorneys, job analysts, d irectors of personnel, buyers, chem ists, engineers, engineering technicians, draftsm en, and c le r ic a l em ployees. Order as BLS Bulletin 1804, National Survey of P rofessiona l, Adm inistrative, Technical, and C lerica l Pay, M arch 1973, $1.05 a copy, from any of the BLS regional sales offices shown on the back cov er , or from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing O ffice , Washington, D .C ., 20402.


Area Wage SurveysA list of the latest available bulletins or bulletin supplements is presented below. A directory of area wage studies including m ore lim ited studies

conducted at the request of the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor is available on request. Bulletins may be purchased from any of the BLS regional offices shown on the back cov er , or from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing O ffice, Washington, D.G., 20402. Bulletin supplements may be obtained, without cost, only from BLS regional o ffices.

Area Bulletin number and price

Akron, Ohio, Dec. 1973 1 ______________________________________ 1795-10, 65 centsAlbany—Schenectady—T roy, N .Y., Mar. 1974_________________ Suppl. FreeAlbuquerque, N. M ex., Mar. 1974____ _____________ _______ ___Suppl. FreeAllentown—Bethlehem—Easton, Pa.—N.J., May 1973—_________ 1775-90, 50 centsAtlanta, G a., May 1974------------------------------------------------ ,-------------Suppl. FreeAustin, T ex ., Dec. 1973_______ _______________________ ________Suppl. FreeB altim ore, Md., Aug. 1973____________________________________ Suppl. FreeBeaumont—Port Arthur—Orange, T ex ., May 1974_____________Suppl. FreeBinghamton, N.Y.—P a ., July 1973*___________________________ 1795-1, 55 centsBirmingham, A la., Mar. 1974_______________________________ _Suppl. FreeBoise City, Idaho, Nov. 1973__________________________________ Suppl. FreeBoston, M ass., Aug. 1973 ______ _______ ______________ _________ Suppl. FreeBuffalo, N .Y ., Oct. 1973_______________________________________ Suppl. FreeBurlington, V t., Dec. 1973____________________________________ Suppl. FreeCanton, Ohio, May 1973________________________________________ 1775-73, 40 centsCharleston, W. V a ., Mar. 1974------------------------------------------------ Suppl. FreeCharlotte, N .C., Jan. 1974____________________________________ Suppl. FreeChattanooga, T enn .-G a ., Sept. 197 3___________________________ Suppl. FreeChicago, 111., May 1973_____________ __________________________ 1775-88, 50 centsCincinnati, Ohio—Ky.—Ind., Feb. 1974 1 ______________ _________ 1795-16, 75 centsCleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1973_____________________________ ______ Suppl. FreeColumbus, Ohio, Oct. 1973___________________ _______________ _ Suppl. FreeDallas, T ex ., Oct. 1973________________________________________Suppl. FreeDavenport—Rock Island—Moline, Iowa—111., Feb. 19741___ _ 1795-14, 65 centsDayton, Ohio, Dec. 1973_______________________________________Suppl. FreeDenver, C olo., Dec. 1973_____________________________________ Suppl. FreeDes M oines, Iowa, May 1974_______ ___________ ____________ ___ Suppl. FreeDetroit, M ich., Mar. 1974____________________________________ Suppl. FreeDurham, N .C., Dec. 1973 1____________________________________ 1795-9, 65 centsFort Lauderdale—Hollywood and West Palm

Beach, F la ., Apr. 1974----------------------------------------------------------- Suppl. FreeFort Worth, T ex ., Oct. 1973___________________________________ Suppl. FreeGreen Bay, W is., July 1973__________ ______________________ Suppl. FreeGreenville , S.C ., May 1974____________________ _____ ____ ____Suppl. FreeHouston, Tex., Apr. 1974 1___________________________ ________ 1795-22, 85 centsHuntsville, A la., Feb. 1974*__________________________________ 1795-13, 65 centsIndianapolis, Ind., Oct. 1973___ _________________________ _ Suppl. FreeJackson, M iss., Jan. 1974 1____________________________________ 1795-12, 65 centsJacksonville, F la ., Dec. 1973 1 _______________________________ 1795-8, 65 centsKansas City, M o.-K an s., Sept. 1973 1________________ 1795-4, 80 centsLawrence—Haverhill, M ass.—N.H., June 1974------------- ----------- Suppl. FreeLexington, Ky., Nov. 1973— _________________ ________________ Suppl. FreeLittle Rock—North Little Rock, A rk., July 1973______________ Suppl. FreeLos Angeles—Long Beach and Anaheim—Santa Ana-

Garden Grove, C alif., Oct. 1973________—___________________ Suppl. FreeLouisville, Ky.—Ind., Nov. 1973__________________ _______ _____ Suppl. FreeLubbock, T ex ., Mar. 1974______________________ _______________Suppl. FreeM anchester, N.H., July 1973 __________________________________ Suppl. FreeMelbourne—Titusville—C ocoa, F la ., Aug. 1973 1______________ 1795-2, 55 cents

* Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.

Area Bulletin number and price

M em p h is, Tenn.—A r k ., Nov. 1973 1 ________________________________M ia m i, F la ., Nov. 1 9 7 3 ______________________________________________M idland and O d essa , T e x ,, Jan. 1 9 7 4 ____ ________________________M ilw aukee, W is ., M ay 1974------------ ------------------------ --------------------------M inneapolis—St. P aul, M in n ., Jan. 1 9 7 4 ------------ ----------------------------Muskegon—M uskegon H eights, M ic h ., June 1 9 7 3 ________________Newark and J ersey C ity , N .J ., Jan. 1 9 7 4__ ____________ _________New Haven, Conn., Jan. 1974_________ _______________________________New O rlea n s, L a ., Jan. 1974 1 ________ __ __________________________New Y o rk , N .Y ., A pr. 1974----------------------------------------------------------------Norfolk—V irgin ia Beach—Portsm outh and

Newport New s—Hampton, V a ., Jan. 1974_______________________Oklahom a C ity, O k la ., July 1973 _________ _________________________Om aha, N eb r.—Iowa, Sept. 1973------------ -------------------------------------------Paterson—Clifton—P a ssa ic , N .J ., June 1 9 7 3__ _____ _____________Philadelphia, P a.—N .J ., Nov. 1973 1_______________________________Phoenix, A r i z . , June 1973______________________ _____________________Pittsburgh, P a ., Jan. 1974_______________ __________________________Portland , M ain e, Nov. 1973 1________________________________________Portland , O reg .—W a sh ., M ay 1 9 7 3 _________________________________Poughkeepsie—Kingston—Newburgh, N .Y ., June 1973___________Providence—W arw ick—Paw tucket, R .I.—M a s s .,

M ay 1973_______________________________________________________________R aleigh, N .C ., D ec. 1973 1 ________________ ___________ ____________Richm ond, V a ., M ar. 1 9 7 3 ___________ ____ _______________________R iverside—San Bernardino—O ntario, C a lif ., D ec. 197 3 ________R ockford , 111., June 1 9 7 3 ____________________________________________St. L ou is , M o.—111., M a r. 1974_____________________________________ ’Salt Lake C ity , Utah, Nov. 1 9 7 3 ____________________________________San Antonio, T e x ., M ay 1974 1______________________________________San D iego, C a li f ., Nov. 1973__________ ______________________________San F ra n cisco —Oakland, C a lif ., M ar. 1974-----------------------------------San J o se , C a lif ., M ar. 1974_________________________________________Savannah, G a ., M ay 1974____________________________________________Scranton, P a ., July 1973 1___________________________________________Seattle—E verett, W a sh ., Jan. 1974 1 _______________________________Sioux F a lls , S. D ak ., D ec. 1973________ ___ ______ __________________South Bend, Ind., M ar. 1974 1 --------------------------------- -------------------------Spokane, W a sh ., June 1973__________________________________________Tam pa—St. P etersb u rg , F la ., Aug. 1973—________________________T oled o, Ohio—M ic h ., A pr. 1974_____________________________________T renton , N .J ., Sept. 1973____________________________________________W ashington, D .C .—M d.—V a ., M ar. 1 9 7 3 ___________________________W aterb u ry , C onn., M ar. 1 9 7 4 ______________________________________W a terlo o , Iowa, Nov. 1973 1 —_____ - ■ ____________________W ichita , K an s. , A pr. 1974 1_________________________________________W o r c e ste r , M a s s ., M ay 1974____________ _____________________ _ _ _ _ _Y o rk , P a ., F eb . 1974_________________________________________________Youngstown—W a rren , Ohio, Nov. 1 9 7 3___ __________;______________

1795-11,Suppl.Suppl.Suppl.Suppl.1775-91,Suppl.Suppl.1795-15,Suppl.

Suppl.Suppl.Suppl.1775-92,1795-19,1775-96,Suppl.1795-6,1775-87,1 7 7 5 -8 5 ,

1775-84,1795-7,1775-68,Suppl.1775-80,Suppl.Suppl.1795-21,Suppl.Suppl.Suppl.Suppl.1795-3,1795-17,Suppl.1795-18,1775-95,Suppl.Suppl.Suppl.1775-75,Suppl.1795-5,1795-20,Suppl.Suppl.Suppl.

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