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Union Wages and Hours: Building TradesJuly 1, 1953
Bulletin No. 1152UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, SecretaryBUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, C om m issioner
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Union Wages and Hours: Building Trades July 1, 1953
Bulletin No. 1152UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, SecretaryBUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, C om m issioner
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Letter of Transmittal
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,Bureau of Labor
Statistics,
Washington, D. C. , January 22, 1954.
The S ecretary o f Labor:
I have the honor to transm it herewith the annual report on
union wages and hours in the building trades in 52 c ities as of
July 1, 1953.
The inform ation presented in this report was based on data
obtainedp rim a rily from lo ca l union o ffic ia ls by m ail
questionnaire. Scales fo r the v a rious trades in individual
cities in effect on July 1, 1953, and July 1, 1952,w ere issued by
Regional O ffices o f the Bureau shortly after sca le data becam
eavailable fo r all building trades within a particu lar city . L
ocal sca les w ere re leased during July and August 1953 for many
of the cities studied. A national re lease sum m arizing the data
for individual cra fts was issued in O ctober 1953.
In addition to presenting regional and national data, this
bulletin a lso brings together the sca le data fo r the various
cities as part o f the annual report which becom es the permanent
re co rd of the study.
This report was prepared in the Bureau^ D ivision o f Wages and
Industria l Relations by John F. L aciskey.
* Ewan Clague, C om m ission er.
Hon. Jam es P . M itchell,S ecretary o f L abor.
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Contents
P a g e
Sum m ary . .................. ........... ............. . . . .
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1Scope and m ethod o f s tu d y
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.. 1Trend of union wage sca les ...................
...................... ........... 1H ourly wage sca lesCity and
regional variations .Standard w orkweek ...................Union
sca les by city and trade
Tables:
1. Indexes o f union hourly wage raties in the buildingtrades,
1907-53
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4
2. Indexes of union hourly wage rates in each buildingtrade,
1907-53 . . . . .
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5
3. Increases in rates in the building trades, July 1, 1952 -
July 1,1953, and average union hourly wage rates, July 1, 1953
.............. 7
4. P ercent in creases in union wage rates and percent o f
buildingtrades w orkers a ffected , July 1, 1952 - July 1, 1953
........................ 7
5. C en fs-p er-h ou r in creases in union wage rates and
percent ofbuilding trades w orkers affected , July 1, 1952 - July
1, 1953 . . . 8
6. Increases in union wage rates fo r m ajor building trades
groupsin 52 c it ie s , July 1, 1952 July 1, 1953
................................................. 9
7. D istribution of union m em bers in the building trades by
hourlywage ra tes, J u l y l , 1953
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*9
8. Average union hourly wage rates in the building trades bycity
and population group, July 1, 1953
................................................... 10
9. A verage union hourly wage rates in the building trades
byregion , J u l y l , 1953 ...........................
.................. 11
10. Indexes o f union w eekly hours in the building trades,
1907-53 .......... 1211. Indexes o f union w eekly hours in each
building trade, 1907-53 . . . . . 1312. Distribution of union m em
bers in the building trades by
straight-tim e w eekly hours, J u l y l , 1953
.............................................. 1513. P ercent of
union m em bers affected by changes in straight-tim e
w eekly hours, by trade, J u l y l , 1953, com paredwith July 1,
1952 ....................... ...............................
......................................... 15
14. Union sca les of wages and hours for building trades in 52 c
it ie s ,J u l y l , 1952, and J u l y l , 1953
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Union Wages and Hours in the Building Trades, July 1, 1953S u m
m a r y
Hourly wage rates o f building trades w orkers in c it ies with
populations o f 100,000 or m ore advanced an average of 5 .2 p e r
cent, o r 13 cents, during the year ending July 1, 1953, accord ing
to the Bureau o f Labor Statistics forty -seven th annual survey o
f union sca les in the building trades. A v erage hourly sca les on
July 1, 1953, w ere $ 2 .6 9 fo r a ll construction trades w o rk e
rs , $ 2 .8 8 fo r journeym en, and $1.95 fo r helpe rs and la b
orers .
F ive -s ix th s o f the w orkers included in the study had
their sca les in creased during the 12-m onth p eriod . In creases
typically varied from 5 to 20 cents an hour; a third o f the w ork
ers benefiting from sca le re v isions rece ived upward adjustm
ents o f 10 to 15 cents an hour.
Standard weekly hours showed p ra ctica lly no change during the
year, averaging 39.4 hours fo r a ll building trades w orkers . A 5
-day, 40-hour w orkw eek--the m ost com m on straight-tim e work
sch edu le--app lied to seven-eighths o f the w orkers studied.
Scope and Method o f Study
Union sca les are defined as the m inimum wage sca les or m axim
um schedules o f hours agreed upon through co lle ctive b a
rgaining between trade unions and em ployers . R ates in ex cess o
f the negotiated m inim um , which may be paid for specia l qu
alifica tions or other reason s, are not included.
The inform ation presented in this r e port was based on union
sca les in e ffect on July 1, 1953, and covered approxim ately
685,000 journeym en and 170,000 helpers and la b orers in 52 cities
with populations o f 100,000 or m ore . Data w ere obtained p rim
arily from loca l union o ffic ia ls by m ail questionnaire; in som
e instances, Bureau representatives visited lo ca l union o ffic ia
ls to obtain the desired inform ation.
The current survey d iffers in severa l im portant resp ects
from previous annual surveys o f wage sca les in the building con
struction industry. F irs t , the lim ited funds available fo r
wage surveys necessitated a reduction from 77 to 52 in the num ber
of c it ies to be covered . The current survey was designed to
represent union wage sca les in all c it ies of 100,000 or m ore
population. A ll c it ies with a half m illion or m ore pop ulation
w ere included, but som e cit ies in the population groups
of^25XM)00 to 500,000
and 100,000 to 250,000 w ere om itted. S econd, weights w ere
assigned to som e of the lo ca lit ie s surveyed in order to com
pensate fo r those which w ere not surveyed. An upward bias existed
in past surveys because a greater p roportion o f la rg er c it ies
than o f sm aller c it ies was included with equal weight. Hence,
the data w ere d isproportion ately influenced by the la rg er c it
ies , which typ ica lly have the higher wage sca les . This upward
bias is rem oved in the current su rvey by giving greater weight to
the sm aller c it ies studied. In order to provide appropriate
representation in the com bination of data, each geographic region
and population group was considered separately when city weights w
ere assigned.
A verage hourly sca les , designed to show current lev e ls ,
are based on a ll sca les r e ported in effect on July 1, 1953.
Individual sca les are weighted, by the number of union m em bers
receiv ing each rate. These averages are not designed fo r c lo se
y e a r -to - year com parisons because o f fluctuations in m em
bership and in class ifica tion s studied.
A verage cen ts-p er-h ou r and percent changes from July 1,
1952, to July 1, 1953 , a re based on com parable quotations for
the various occupational cla ss ifica tion s in both periods
weighted by the m em bership r e ported for the current survey.
The reduction in the number o f c it ies covered and the change
in the method of computation had only a m inor e ffect on the
amount o f change shown between two con secutive period s , and
virtually no e ffect on the index se r ie s .
Trend o f Union Wage Scales
The in crease of 5 .2 percent in union sca les for building
trades w orkers in the year follow ing July 1, 1952, advanced
theBureau1 s index o f union hourly ra tes1 on a 1947-49 base to
131.6 (table 1). R eflected in this in crease w ere gains o f 4 .9
percent fo r journeym en and 6.9 percent for helpers and la b o re
rs . The advance reg istered during the ye air was slightly le ss
than that r e ported in each o f the two preceding 12-month p eriod
s . In each o f the latter periods, in crea ses fo r both journeym
en and helpers and la b orers averaged between 6 and 7 percent.
1 In the index series, designed for trend purposes, year-to-year
changes in union scales are based on comparable quotations for each
trade in two consecutive years. These quotations are weighted by
the number of union members reported in the current year.
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2Scale changes in the building industry resu lt p rim arily fro
m contract negotiations. R elatively few contracts covering
building trades w orkers contain esca la tor clauses which link
changes in rates to the m ovem ent o f consum er p r ic e s .
Although individual contracts may be negotiated and becom e e f
fective at various tim es throughout the year, there is a general
tendency fo r con tracts to be negotiated in the spring and early
sum m er m onths. L argely as a resu lt o f such labor-m anagem ent
agreem ents, sca les fo r journeym en advanced 13 cents an hour be
tween July 1, 1952, and July 1, 1953, com pared with 16 cents in
the previous 12 m onths. Scale in crea ses fo r h elpers and la b
orers w ere 13 cents com pared with 11 cents in the preceding
year.
Am ong individual journeym en trades, average hourly in crea ses
varied from 5 cents fo r stonem asons to 21 cents fo r m achinists
(table 3). Gains o f 12 to 16 cents an hour w ere reg istered by 15
o f the 24 journeym en trades studied. B rick layers and plum bers
w ere the only cra fts other than stonem asons to show an average
in crease o f le s s than 12 cents; asbestos w orkers and m arble
setters had hourly advances of 20 and 19 cents, resp ective ly
.
Scale in crea ses fo r the 9 helper and la b orer class ifica
tion s included in the study averaged from 9 to 14 cents an hour. E
le vator con stru ctors1 and te rra zzo w ork ers1 h elpers showed
the greatest gain and com position ro o fe r s 1 helpers, the sm
allest.
W orkers benefiting from sca le changes between July 1, 1952,
and July 1, 1953, typically had upward adjustm ents o f 5 to 20
cents an hour; such adjustm ents prevailed for nearly th
ree-fourths o f these w orkers . Of the journeym en whose wage sca
les w ere adjusted, 1 of every 3 gained from 10 to 15 cents an hour
and 1 o f every 4, from 15 to 20 cents. Of the helpers and la b
orers a ffected by scale advances, 1 o f every 4 r e ceived from 5
to 10 cents an hour and 1 o f every 3, from 10 to 15 cents (table
5).
Hourly Wage Scales
Wage sca les in building construction are designed, at least in
part, to o ffset ir r e g ularity o f em ploym ent and to com
pensate fo r other conditions that are usually not encountered by
industrial w orkers o f co m parable sk ill. Hence, hourly wage sca
les o f construction trades w orkers are gen erally somewhat higher
than those in other industries.
Union sca les fo r a ll journeym en con struction w ork ers
averaged $ 2 .8 8 an hour on July 1, 1953, and ranged from $ 1 .6 5
o $ 3 .7 5 . Labor - management con tracts stipulated hourly sca
les o f $2.50 to $3 fo r approxim ately half o f the journeym en
studied and $3 to $3 .20 fo r about a fourth. N egotiated rates o f
at least $3 .20 w ere reported fo r som e w ork ers in a ll but 2 o
f the 24 building trades studied. H ourly sca les under $ 2 w ere
applicable to sm all p roportions o f w ork ers in s ix trades
(table 7 ).
A verage journeym en sca les ranged from $ 2 .5 7 an hour fo r g
la z iers to $ 3 .2 8 fo r b rick la y ers ; other trades averaging
$3 o r m ore included, e lectr ic ia n s ($3 ), e levator con stru
ctors ($3 ), lathers ($ 3 .1 4 ), stonem asons ($3 . 19)* and p la
sterers ($ 3 .2 1 ).
Although hourly rates fo r individual h e lp ers and la b orers
ranged from 90 cents to $ 3 .1 2 , nearly 3 o f every 5 had sca le
s o f $ 1 .8 0 to $ 2 .3 0 an hour. Wage sca les fo r helpers and
la b orers averaged $ 1 .9 5 on July 1, 1953, and varied fro m $ 1
.8 1 fo r com position ro o fe r s 1 helpers to $ 2 .2 7 fo r te
rra zzo w ork ers1 h e lp ers . E xcept fo r building la b orers ,
a ll other cla ss ifica tion s had sca le lev e ls o f $ 1 .9 7 or
m o re .
City and Regional Variations
B ecause co lle ctiv e bargaining in the building construction
industry is generally conducted on a loca lity basis , wage sca les
have always varied considerably among cit ie s , except where union
ju risd iction cov ers broad geographic a rea s . V ariations in lo
ca l building activ ities and consequently in the demand fo r
skilled construction w orkers m ay a lso influence lo ca l wage ra
tes . The extent o f unionization and the general lev e l o f wages
in a loca lity m ay a lso be fa ctors affecting the leve l o f sca
les in the building trades.
F or individual journeym en cra fts , rates varied widely among
the c it ies covered in the survey. C arpenters, fo r exam ple, had
sca les on July 1, 1953, ranging from $2.05 in Charlotte and Richm
ond to $3.40 in Newark.
Some construction w orkers in each o f the surveyed c it ies
benefited from sca le adjustm ents during the 12-m onth p eriod .
In about half o f the c it ie s , average in crea ses varied from 9
to 15 cents an hour fo r jo u r neymen* and from 7 to 16 cents fo r
helpers and la b orers (table 6).
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3Union sca les fo r the 24 journeym en trades showed
considerable variation within individual c it ie s . The range o f
rates fo r journeym en in 6 typical c it ies is illustrated in the
follow ing tabulation.
A tla n ta ..............B o s t o n ..............C h ic a g o
...........Dallas ..............New Y ork . . . . San F ra n c isco
- Oakland .........
Scale range
$1.75 - $3. 102.42V2- 3.12V22.85 - 3.57V22. 15 - 3 .502.83 -
3.652 .55 - 3 .54
D ifferen ces in C ents-p e r - P ercent hour ________
135 7770 2972V2 25
135 6382 2999 39
R egionally, average hourly sca les o f unionized building
trades w orkers in c it ie s o f 100,000 or m ore population w ere
highest in the Middle Atlantic States ($ 2 .9 1 ) and low est in
the Southeast ($ 2 .1 7 ). The r e gional leve ls fo r the M iddle
West and the P a cific C oast nearly equaled the national leve l o
f $ 2 .6 9 and w ere exceeded only by those o f the Middle Atlantic
and Great Lakes regions (table 9).
The wage leve ls fo r journeym en varied from $2.49 in the
Southeast to $3.16 in the M iddle Atlantic region . R oofers and g
la z ie rs in the Southeast w ere the only jo u r neymen trades to
average below $ 2 .2 0 an hour.
The d ifferen ce between the high and low sca les o f the 9
helper and la b orer c la s s if ications (representing a fifth o f
the w orkers in the industry) was sm aller than that for journeym
en in the above c it ies with the ex ception o f New Y ork and San
F ra n cisco , where the d ifferen ces w ere 95 cents and $1 .12 ,
resp ective ly . In the other four typ ical c it ie s , the d
ifferen ces varied from 23 cents in Boston to 73 cents in
Atlanta.
Hourly rates fo r helpers and la b orers averaged highest
($2.17) in the Great Lakes and low est ($ 1 .2 8 ) in the
Southeast. The national average o f $1.95 was a lso exceeded by the
leve ls fo r the M iddle Atlantic, Middle W est, and P a c ific
regions. A verage hourly rates o f $2 o r m ore w ere reported fo r
a ll 9 helper and la b orer c lass ifica tion s on the P a cific C
oast and fo r a ll but one in the M iddle Atlantic and Great Lakes
reg ion s.
Wage lev e ls o f construction trades w ork ers varied widely
among the c it ies surveyed. A verage sca les fo r journeym en
ranged from $ 2 .3 1 in Charlotte, N. C . , to $ 3 .3 6 in Newark,
N. J. About fou r-fifth s o f the cit ies had leve ls between $ 2
.5 0 and $ 3 . Scale leve ls fo r helpers and laborers varied from
$1 in Jacksonville , F la ., to $2.56 in Newark, N. J. In two o f
every three c it ies , the leve l was $ 1 .8 0 or higher (table
8).
When the cit ies are grouped accord ing to population, leve ls o
f hourly sca les fo r journeym en and for helpers and la b orers w
ere highest in the groups o f la rger cities and descended in
accordance with population s iz e . The d ifferen ces between scale
leve ls o f journeym en and o f helpers and la b orers , by c ity
-s iz e group, varied from 86 to 92 cents.
Within each population group, how ever, city averages for
journeym en and for helpers and la b orers varied considerably, the
spread being wider for helpers and la b orers than fo r journeym
en. The greatest d iffe r ences between the highest and low est
levels w ere in cit ies having populations o f 250,000 to 5 0 0 ,0
0 0 --8 4 cents fo r journeym en and $ 1 .3 4 for helpers and la b
orers .
Standard W orkweek
Straight-tim e weekly hours rem ained virtually unchanged during
the year ending July 1, 1953. F or all building trades w ork e rs ,
weekly h our8 averaged 39.4 hours co m pared with 39*3 hours for
each o f the three previous y ea rs .
A 5 -day, 40-hour workweek was applicable to fiv e -s ix th s o
f the journeym en and to nine-tenths o f the helpers and la b orers
. About 1 o f every 8 journeym en and 1 o f every 12 helpers and la
b orers w ere em ployed under contracts stipulating a 35-hour workw
eek. Such schedules w ere m ore co m mon for b rick la yers , la
thers, painters, and b r ick la y ers1 tenders than fo r other cra
fts . Straight-tim e weekly w ork schedules o f 30 hours prevailed
fo r nearly a fifth of the p la sterers and about a tenth o f the p
la s te re rs la b orers (table 12).
Union Scales by City and Trade
Union sca les o f wages and hours in e f fect on July 1, 1952,
and July 1, 1953, fo r the individual trades in each o f the 52 cit
ies included in the study are presented in table 14.
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4TABLE 1. Indexes of union hourly wage rates in the building
trades, 1907-53
(Average 1947, 1948, and 1949 = 100)
Date All trades JourneymenHelpers
andlaborers
1907; May 1 5 ........................ 18.2 19.0 14.51908: May 1
5 ......................... 19.4 20.2 15.21909; May 1 5
........................ 20.4 21.2 15.71910: May 1 5
........................ 21.2 22.1 16.21911s May 1 5
........................ 21.5 22.5 16.31912; May 1 5
........................ 22.0 23.0 16.41913: May 1 5
........................ 22.5 23.5 16.91914* May 1 5
........................ 23.0 24.1 17.11915; May 15
........................ 23.2 24.3 17.21916; May 15
......................... 23.9 25.1 17.8
1917; May 15 ........................ 25.4 26.5 19.61918: May 1
5 ........................ 28.2 29.3 22.71919: May 1 5
........................ 32.3 33.4 26.21920; May 15
........................ 43.6 44.7 38.11921: May 1 5
........................ 44*4 45.6 38.41922; May 15
........................ 41.7 42.9 35.01923: May 15
........................ 46.0 47.4 37.11924: May 15
............................... 49.7 51.1 40.11925: May 1 5
........................ 51.6 53.0 41.51926: May 1 5
........................ 55.0 56.6 45.2
1927: May 15 ........................ 56.9 58.5 46.01928; May 15
....... .................. 57.2 59.0 46.51929 s May 15
........................ 58.0 59.7 47.31930; May 15
........................ 60.4 62.2 49.71931: May 15
........................ 60.6 62.4 49.41932; May 15
............................... 51.8 53.4 42.21933: May 15
............................... 50.3 51.9 40.31934: May 15
............................... 50.7 52.2 41.51935: May 15
........................ 51.3 52.8 a . 71936; May 1 5
........................... . 53.1 54.6 44.1
1937; May 15 ............................... 56.8 58.3 48.01938:
June 1 ............................... 61.8 63.4 52.81939; June 1
............................... 62.3 63.8 53.21940: June 1
............................... 63.3 64.7 54.319U : June 1
............................... 65.6 67.0 56.91942: July 1
............................... 69.7 70.8 62.51943 s July 1
............................... 70.2 71.2 63.31944; July 1
............................... 70.8 71.7 64.01945; July 1
............................... 72.2 73.0 67.01946; July 1
............................... 80.5 80.9 77.9
1947: July 1 ............................... 92.1 92.3 91.11948:
July 1 ............................... 101.8 101.7 102.61949: July
1 ............................... 106.1 106.0 106.41950: July 1
............................... 110.7 110.5 112.21951: July 1
............................... 117.8 117.4 119.91952; July 1
............................... 125.1 124.6 127.71953: July 1
............................... 131.6 130.7 136.5
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5TiBLK 2. Indexes of union hourly wage rates in aaoh building
trade, 1907-53(Average 1917, 1918,and 1919 - 100)
DataAabes-taa
workersBoiler-akers
Briek-layara
Car-pantara
Cenentfinlahara
H aotri-cians
(lnaidaviraaan)
narrator con- struc- tora
GOLa-aiera
Lath-era
Machinists
Marblesetters
Mosaic and tar- rasso
workers
Painters
Paper-hangers
Plasterers
1907i 1toy 15 23.3 18.5 22.0 18.1 24.6 17.1 24.919081 ifcy 15 ##
_ - 23.9 19.7 21.9 19.7 - - - - 24.8 - 19.0 - 24.81909* ifcy 15 - -
24.4 20.7 22.5 20.4 - - - 25.0 - 20.3 - 25.01910* * y 15 _ - 24.9
21.7 22.8 21.0 - - - - 25.3 - 21.6 - 25.31911* ifcy 15 * 24.9 22.0
23.7 21.2 * ** 25.6 22.0 25.4
1912* ifcy 15 25.2 22.5 23.7 21.4 21.7 25.6 22.2 26.01913* m 15
. . - - 25.7 22.8 24.2 21.9 - - 22.3 - 27.3 - 23.2 - 26.21911* May
15 26.3 23.2 24.4 22.6 25.7 - 22.6 - 27.6 - 24.0 - 26.31915* ifcy
15 #t# # 26.4 23.5 24.7 23.0 25.8 - 23.0 - 27.9 - 24.1 - 26.41916*
ifcy 15 23.6 * 26.6 24.2 24.9 23.5 26.5 ** 23.6 28.0 22.1 26.3
27.4
1917* May 15 21.8 27.5 2a.3 26.4 25.1 28.4 24.5 28.0 23.3 27.1
28.21918* ifcy 15 , , 27.8 - 29.6 29.2 29.1 27.8 30.2 26^6 26.5 -
29.5 25.2 29.9 - 29.71919* May 15 . . 33.8 - 32.9 33.6 26.2 31.9
35.1 28.4 29.5 - 32.8 274 35.0 - 34.21920* ifcy 15 t . 43.9 44.8
45.0 44.3 42.1 45.2 41.1 42.0 - 43.3 40.0 47.7 - 44.71921* May 15
44.5 44.5 45.4 45.8 43.6 47.5 41.9 42.6 44.0 40.8 49.1 47.2
1922* Ifcy 15 41.4 43.3 42.0 42.5 41.1 44.4 41.9 40.1 43.1 39.6
46.0 45.31923* MV M , , 43.0 49.0
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6TABLE 2. Indexes of onion hourly wag* rates in each building
trade, 1907-53 - Continued(Average 1947, 1948, and 1949 = 100)
Date Plumbers RodmenR oof
e rs ,compos it io n
R oofe rs ,
sl& teand
t i le
Sheet-m etal
workers
Steamand
sprink ler
f it t e r s
Stonemasons
Structu ra l-
ironworkers
y
T ilela yers
[B rick la y e rs 'benders
B uildinglab orers
Comp ositionr o o fe r s '
helpers
Plaste re r s '
lab orers
Plumbe r s '
lab orers
T ilela y e rs 'helpers
1907* May 15 . . . . 21.5 19.1 19 .9 20 .9 18.8 16.8 15 .7
18.51908: May 15 . . . . 21 .8 - . . 19.5 20.1 21.2 20.5 - 16.8 15
.8 - 19 .3 - -1909* May 15 . . . . 22.1 - _ - 19.6 22.9 21 .3 21.9
- 16.8 16 .0 - 19.5 - -1910: *fcy 15 . . . . 22 .3 - - . 20.2 21.2
21.5 23 .4 - 17.1 16.5 - 19 .6 - -1911* May 15 . . . . 23 .6 20.8
21 .9 21 .7 23 .9 17.3 16 .6 ~ 19 .6
1912* May 15 . . . . 23 .7 21.3 22.3 21 .9 24.3 24.5 17 .4 16 .7
19.9 18 .21913* May 15 . . . . 24.5 _ - . 22.2 23.1 22 .6 25.1 25.8
17 .6 17.5 - 20 .4 - 18.5,1914-* May 15 . . . . 24 .8 - 18 .7 22.9
23 .0 23 .6 23 .3 25.6 25 .9 17.8 17 .6 - 20.8 - 18 .71915* May 15
. . . . 25 .0 _ 19 .3 23.8 23.3 24.1 23 .6 25 .6 26 .0 18 .0 17 .7
- 20.8 - 19 .31916* May 15 . . . . 25 .2 19 .4 24.5 23 .7 24.5 23
.9 26 .0 26 .4 18.5 18 .5 21 .4 20 .0
1917* May 15 . . . . 26.1 20.5 26.1 24*8 25.5 24.8 27.5 27 .7 20
.6 20.5 22.8 20.51918* May 15 . . . . 28 .8 - 23.2 28.6 29 .0 27 .8
27 .2 31.5 28.5 24 .0 24*0 _ 26.3 _ 21 .21919* May 15 . . . . 32.6
- 25.8 32.6 32 .0 31 .3 30.5 35.5 31.1 28.1 27 .2 - 30 .0 25
.71920* May 15 . . . . 42.2 . 36 .7 42.1 42.9 a .3 42.5 45 .0 a . s
40 .9 39 .4 . 43.5 . 42 .01921* May 15 . . . . 44.1 38 .4 45.8 44.5
41.8 43.6 45.8 a .5 a . i 39 .7 44.9 42 .4
1922* May 15 . . . . a . o 36.8 43.8 a .2 40.8 40 .6 a .6 40.8
34.1 37 .3 39 .4 39 .91923* lfcy 15 . . . . 45 .3 - 37.2 48.9 44 .4
42.9 48 .0 44 .4 44.6 37.2 38 .0 - 43 .4 . 40.81924* May 15 . . . .
49.3 - 43.1 54.1 48.8 49.2 50.9 50.2 50.6 38 .9 42.3 _ 46 .7 . 44
.41925* May 15 . . . . 50 .4 - 44.5 56.6 50 .4 51 .7 51.8 50.8 51.8
43 .4 40 .4 _ 49.8 45 .61926* * y 15 . . . . 54 .3 48.3 58.5 53.8
56 .0 57.1 54.6 54.3 47 .4 44 .4 52.7 49.5
1927* May 15 . . . . 55 .4 49 .7 61.2 55.5 57.6 57 .9 58 .4 56.9
48.5 44.6 53.2 50 .01928* May 15 . . . . 56.5 - 50.8 61 .4 54 .4
58.5 58.6 58.6 56.8 48.5 44*8 54.1 51.11929* May 15 . . . . 57 .0 -
51.8 62 .0 56.5 58.8 60.2 59.0 57 .4 50.6 45 .0 - 54.3 _ 50.31930*
May 15 . . . . 59.2 - 54.9 64 .0 59.1 61 .7 61.1 62.3 60 .0 52.6
47.5 57.5 _ 54 .61931* May 15 . . . . 59.9 * 55.3 64.2 60 .0 62 .0
61 .4 62 .9 60 .7 52 .4 46.8 57.3 54.6
1932* May 15 . . . . 52.1 48.3 55.7 52 .0 53 .4 54.5 54.5 52.3
43 .4 40.2 47.6 48.21933* May 15 . . . . 51 .6 - 47.3 54 .4 50.5
51.9 50.9 53.9 50 .7 42.9 37 .9 _ 44.6 46 .01934* May 15 . . . .
52.1 - 48.2 54.1 50.7 52.5 50.8 54.6 50 .7 45 .7 39 .3 . 46 .0 46
.01935* May 15 . . . . 52.9 - 49.5 55.5 51.1 53.3 50 .7 55.1 51.1
44.3 39 ,9 _ _ 46.6 _ 47 .61936* May 15 . . . . 54 .3 49.8 55.9
52.1 55.1 51.3 56.5 52.1 46 .6 43C3 47 .7 - 48.3
1937* May 15 . . . . 57.2 58.2 53 .7 60.1 55.9 58.1 56.6 61 .7
55.8 50.2 4 7 .4 54.5 52 .0 50 .91938* June 1 . . . . 64.1 63.9
59.5 64.1 61.5 65.5 61.5 66 .6 61.1 55.2 50.8 57.9 58.7 54.1
56.11939* June 1 . . . . 64 .7 64.5 59.7 64.7 62 .4 66 .0 61 .6 67
.3 61.2 55 .4 51.1 58.1 59.2 55.6 56.31940* June 1 . . . . 65.7
65.3 61.1 65.8 63.5 66.2 61.3 67 .6 61.3 57.5 51 .9 60.2 59.3 58.2
56 .419a * June 1 . . . . 68.6 66.6 63 .6 67.3 66.5 . 68 .2 62 .9
70.8 62.2 59 .4 55 .0 62 .4 60 .6 61 .4 57.7
1942* July 1 . . . . 71.5 71.6 69.3 73.2 72 .4 72.1 66.6 73.2 65
.2 64.1 61 .1 69 .0 65.1 65.8 61 .61943* July 1 . . . . 71 .7 72 .0
69.6 73.8 72.6 72.5 66.8 73.5 66.2 64.5 62 .0 69 .4 65 .6 66.2 62
.31944* July 1 . . . . 72.1 72.3 70 .0 74.2 73.1 72 .9 67.2 73 .9
66.8 65 .0 57 .7 71 .4 66.0 67 .7 62.51945* July 1 73 .7 73.8 70 .9
75 .7 73 .9 7 5 .4 68 .7 75.1 69 .0 67.5 66 .4 71 .4 68 .4 69 .4 63
.41946* July 1 . . . . 79 .7 81.5 79 .0 82.3 83 .0 82.2 78 .0 81 .7
78.1 78.5 77.8 80 .7 77.1 79.1 73.5
1947* July 1 . . . . 92 .4 91.6 91.8 91.3 91 .6 91.8 89 .4 91.8
91.3 91 .7 90 .9 89 .3 91.1 90 .6 90.51948* July 1 . . . . 102.3
101.9 101.8 101.5 102.6 101.8 102.3 102.3 102.1 102.8 102.6 102.5
102.5 101.3 102.51949* July 1 . . . . 105.3 106.5 106.5 107.2 105.8
106.4 108.3 106.0 106.6 105.5 106.5 106.2 106.4 106.1 107.01950*
July 1 . . . . 107.8 110.7 110.9 109.7 111.0 111.0 115.3 111.0
109.0 112.7 112.4 113.6 110.1 112.9 110.61951* July 1 . . . . 114.2
118.1 117.5 118.2 117.4 117.8 119.3 118.3 116.6 118.5 120.4 121.9
120.7 120.7 118.1
1952* July 1 . . . . 121.0 124.2 123.8 125.0 126.2 124.8 127.8
123.8 121.1 126.3 128.6 132.2 128.0 126.3 123.81953* July 1 . . . .
125.4 131.4 131.3 131.6 132.0 130.6 129.9 130.9 128.0 133.0 138.4
138.8 135.2 134.7 130.1
j / Included rodmen p rio r to 1938,
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7TABLE 3. Increases lm rates la the 'building trades, July 1 ,
1952 - July 1, 1953, and average union hourly wage rates, July 1,
1953
TradeJuly 1 ,
July1952 - L, 1953
ra tesJuly 1 , 1953
Averagerateper Trade
Amount o f Increase July 1 , 1952 -
July 1 , 1953
bange e f rates
July 1 , 1953
Averagerateper
Percent Cents -per-hour Low Highhour
July 1 , 1953
Percent Cents- per-hour Low Highhour
July 1, 1953
A ll bu ild in g trade.................. 5.2 13 12.69
Journeymen: - ContinuedB oofers, s la te and
Journeym en................................ * .9 13 2.88 t n _
.. r f 14 Ai 08 A? RA A? 70Asbestos workers ............. 7.3 20
$2.63 $3.25 2.93 Sheet-m etal workers ......... 4.6 12 2.15 3.25
2.8 1Boilerm akers ..................... 6.3 18 2.75 3.60 2.98
Steam and sprin k lerB rick layers ........................ 3.0 10
2.75 3.75 3.28 f it t e r s ............................. 4.6 13
2.22 3.40 2.98Carpenters .......................... 5.2 14 2.05
3.40 2 .8 1 Steneeanom s___ r. TT, TI. T 1 .7 2.60 3.65 3 .19Cement
fin ish e rs ............. 6 .1 16 1.90 3.65 2.79 Strue tu ra l-
iron
workers .............................. 5 .7 16 2.38 3.55 2.96E
lectricia n s (in sid e T ile layers ......................... 5 .7
16 2.25 3.25 2.97vlrenen) .......................... 4.1 12 2.40
3.50 3.00E levator con stru ctors .. 6.5 18 2 .6l 3.32 3.00 Helpers
and laborers ............. 6 .9 13 _ _ 1.9 5G laziers
.............................. 7.1 17 1.65 3.30 2.57 B ricklayers '
tenders .... 5 .3 11 1.00 2.70 2.12Lathers
................................ 4.6 14 2.25 3.60 3.14 Building
laborers ...___ 7 .6 13 .90 2.59 1.8 6M achinists
.......................... 8 .6 21 2 .12 3.40 2.72 Com positlen r o
o fe r s 'Marble se tters ................. 6.8 19 2.25 3.30 2.96
helpers ......... ... 5 .0 9 1.25 2.00 1 .8l
E levator con stru ctors'M osaic and terrazzo helpers
............................. 6 .9 14 1.82 2.47 2.14
workers ............................ 4.9 14 2.25 3.16
2.91Painters .............................. 4.9 13 1.65 3.75 2.69
Marble se tte rs helpers .. 5 .7 11 1.23 2.55 2.09P
aperhangers............... .. 6.3 16 1.93 3.05 2.65 P la sterers '
lab orers . . . . 5 .6 12 1.00 3.12 2 .18P lasterers
......................... 3.8 ie 2.25 3.65 3.21 PI unbars' laborers
T____ 6.6 12 1.00 2.45 1.97Plumbers ..............................
3.6 10 2.50 3.40 2.97 Terrazzo
workers*Bodmen.................................. 5.8 15 2.13 3.45
2.76 helpers .............................. 6.5 14 1.2 3 2.79 2.27B
eefers, cexp osition ... 6.0 15 1.75 3.30 2.68 T ile la y e rs '
helpers . . . . 5.1 11 1.00 2.50 2.19
TABLE 4. Percent increases in union vage rates and percent of
building trades workers affected, July 1, 1952 - July 1, 1953
Trade
Percent of union workers affected by - Percent of total workers
affected by increase of -
Increase Decrease *0changeLess than
5percent5 and
under 10 percent
10 and under 15 percent
15 and under 20 percent
20 percent and over
All building trades .......................... 83.7 0.3 16.0
28.6 39.7 9.9 5.4 0 .1
Jeurneymsn ................................... 83.1 0.3 16 .6
30.8 40.1 7.6 4.5 0.1Asbestos workers ..........................
96.4 - 3.6 18.3 51.1 9.5 16.7 .8Boilermakers
.............................. 97.3 - 2.7 15.5 75.6 3.3 2.9
-Bricklayers ............................... 60.5 - 39.5 20.5 37.8
1.5 .7 -Carpenters ................................ 86.0 - 14.0
34.2 37.2 5.7 8.9 -Cement finishers ...........................
94.1 1.3 4.6 28.9 44.5 20.6 .1 -
Electricians (inside vlrenen) ............ 8 1.8 - 18.2 29.0
45.9 6 .1 .8 -Elevator constructors ..................... 91.8 -
8.2 19.2 51.5 19.4 1.7 -Glaziers ..................................
92.9 - 7.1 2 1.2 42.3 19 .2 10 .1 .1Lathers
................................... 77.5 - 22.5 23.5 38.0 15 .8 -
.2Machinists ................................ 95.5 - 4.5 6.0 72.7
12 .9 1 .0 2.9Marble setters ............................. 77.5 -
22.5 22.6 39.0 3.5 5.8 6.6
Mosaic and terrazzo workers ............... 69.O _ 31.0 1 2 .1
46.7 5.1 .8 4.38 1.2 _ 18.8 33.1 39.8 7.9 .4 -
Paperhangers .............................. 95.6 .5 3.9 31.7 5
1.8 10.0 1.7 .4Plasterers ................................ 81.3 -
18.7 48.8 20.4 1 2 .1 - -
68.6 1 .8 29.6 24.0 42.8 - 1 .8
-Bodmen.................................... 92.6 - 7.4 29.3 43.5
12.5 5.7 1 .6
Boofers, composition ...................... 88.8 - 11 .2 25.6
36.6 22.8 3.8 -Boofers, slate and tile ................... 87.9 .9
1 1 .2 22.2 54.9 9.3 1.5 -Sheet-metal workers
....................... 85.6 - 14.4 39.7 33.1 7.5 5-3 -Steam and
sprinkler fitters .............. 77.9 2.3 19.8 26.4 39.8 9.4 2 .1
.2Stonemasons ............................... 6l.l 18.0 20.9 39.9
14.0 6.9 3 Structural-iron workers ................... 95.8 - 4.2
30.7 46.0 19.1 " -Tile layers ............................... 79.4
20.6 29.0 35.3 9.2 5.0 .9
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6TABLE 4. Percent increases la union wage rates and percent f
building trade* verkers affected, July 1, 1952 - July 1 , 1953 -
Continued
Tradea ffe cte d by - Percent o f to ta l workers a ffe cte d by
increase o f -
Increase Decrease NochangeLess than
5percent
under 10 percent
10 and under 15 percent
15 u d under 20 percent
26 percent and over
Helpers and laborers
.................................................. 8 6 .1 0 .3 13.6
20.1 38.4 18 .7 8.6 0 .3B rick la yers ' tenders
.................................. .. 84 .6 1 . 1 14.3 40.6 27.6 1
2 .1 3 .2 1 . 1B uilding laborers
................................................... 87.6 - 12.4
15.6 39.5 21.2 11.3Com position r o o fe r s ' helpers
............................ 88.9 _ 1 1 .1 42.7 30.8 15.4E levator
con stru ctors ' helpers ................... .. 92.2 - 7 .8 18.3
49.0 24.9 - -
Marble s e tte r s ' helpers .........................
............ 72 . 4 27.6 10.5 46.1 8 .9 2 .7 4 .2P lasterers*
laborers ............................................ 82.9 .9 16 .2
18.8 49 .8 14.3Plum bers' laborers
................................................ 83.3 2 .5 14.2
10.0 50.4 19.8 2 .2 .9Terrazzo w orkers' helpers ...............
.................. 76.8 1 .9 21.3 13.7 41.2 10.6 6 .8 4 .5T ile la
y e rs ' helpers .......................................... .. 67.4
32.6 29.5 16.7 5 .4 13.4 2 .4
TABLE 5 . Cents-per-hour Increases in union wage rates and
percent of building trades workers affected, July 1, 1952 - July 1,
1953
Percent Percent odf workers affected by Increase of -Trade
workers
affected by Increase
Less than5
cents
5 and under
10cents
10 and tinder 15
cents
15 and under
20cents
2o and under 25
cents
25 and under 30
cents
30 and under35
cents
35 *nd under 40
cents
40 cents and over
All building trades ................... 83.7 0.7 12.8 29.1 17.9
5.4 9.5 4.0 3.7 0.6
Journeymen............................ 83.1 0.5 10.5 28.7 20.0
5-4 9.8 2.9 4.6 0.7Asbestos workers ................... 96.4 .8 6
.2 25.7 28.7 3.0 8 .1 5.8 .6 17.5Boilermakers
....................... 97.3 - 4.5 11 .0 44.7 20.3 7.0 5-9 1 .0
2.9Bricklayers ........................ 60.5 - 14.4 7.0 2 1.2 5.6 1
0 .1 1.5 .7Carpenters ......................... 86.0 .7 11.9 31.3
18.2 5.6 8.6 _ 9.7Cement finishers ................... 94.1 - 8.9
37.5 10 .1 14.4 7.8 15.3 - .1Electricians (inside wlremen) ..... 8
1.8 _ 7.2 31.1 32.9 2.7 4.0 .7 3.2 _Elevator constructors
.............. 9 1.8 - 3.2 23.5 24.7 19 .2 .8 17.9 2.5 _Glaziers
........................... 92.9 - 6.0 29.8 21.5 11.3 4.1 20.1 .1
_Lathers ........... ................ 77.5 - 11 .0 15.9 22.2 3.6
12.5 11.7 .4 .2Machinists ......................... 95.5 - - 35-3
3.7 5.2 36.O 3.9 4.1 7.3Marble setters ..................... 77.5 -
9.9 15.7 8.6 7.4 22.9 - .6 12.4
Mosaic and terrazzo workers ....... 69.0 2 .1 4.9 9.2 31.2 11.5
.9 1 . 1 3.1 5-0Painters ........................... 8 1.2 .8 4.2
42.1 1 1 .1 4.1 16 .5 2.0 3 .1Paperhangers .......................
95-6 1 . 1 1 1 .8 39.3 6.3 10 .6 2 1.6 3.1 1 .8Plasterers
......................... 81.3 1 .0 13.2 37.8 15 .0 1 . 1 2.0 8.6
2.6 -Plumbers ........................... 68.6 - 3.4 27.9 23.3 1.7
10.5 - - 1 .8Bod m e n............................. 92.6 - 10.6
36.3 22.5 1 .6 9.1 5.2 5.7 1 .6
Boofers, composition ............... 88.8 4.8 7.0 23.6 17 .6
16.3 9.4 10 .1 _ _Boofers, slate and tile ........... 87.9 1.4 7.1
29.9 29.7 9.0 5.1 5.7 - -Sheet-metal workers ................ 85.6
- 24.1 20.3 25.9 2.6 4.7 2.7 5.3 -Steam and sprinkler fitters
....... 77.9 - 15.5 15.7 16.0 7.3 11.7 8.8 .6 2.3Stonemasons
........................ 6 1 .1 - 22.7 17.1 6 .1 2 .6 5.5 3.6 3.2
.3Structural-iron workers ........... 95.8 - 6.3 32.7 28.3 3.5 15-3
9.7 - -Tile layers ........................ 79.4 - 15.3 19 .2 3.6
7.8 20.7 - 6.9 5.9
Helpers and laborers .................. 8 6.1 1.3 21.9 30.4 10
.1 5.2 8.2 8.4 3 .3Bricklayers' tenders ............... 84.6 2.7
13.7 46.8 7.2 3.4 9.7 - - 1 . 1Building laborers ..................
87.6 .8 24.7 27.2 9.6 5.7 7.6 12.0 - -Composition roofers' helpers
...... 88.9 1 1 .1 3 1.6 30.8 1 1 .8 3.6 - - - -Elevator
constructors' helpers .... 92.2 1 .2 25.0 27.3 14.6 7.8 16.3 -
Marble setters' helpers ........... 72.4 .8 6.4 37.5 12.0 7.1
1.7 .6 2 .1 4.2Plasterers' laborers ............... 82.9 3.3 21.4
26.2 15.6 5.4 8 .1 1.3 1 .6 -Plumbers laborers .................
83.3 - 10.0 34.8 17.5 1 .0 17.9 2 .1 - -Terrazzo workers' helpers
......... 76.8 2.8 6.4 13.8 30.3 6.0 6.2 - 7.0 4.3Tile layers'
helpers ............... 67.4 .8 20.2 22.3 4.8 3.5 1 .2 8.0 5.5 1 .
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9TABLE 6. Increases in union vage rates for major building
trades groups in 52 cities, July 1, 1952 - July 1, 1953
C ity and sta te
Percent o f in crease Cants-p er-Increahouric
A lltrades
Journeymen
Helpersand
lab orers
A lltrades
Journeymen
H elpersand
lab orers
A ll c it ie s 5 .2 4 .9 6 .9 13.2 13 .4 12.5A tlanta, Ga. . . .
. . . . . . . . . 6 .2 6 .6 1 .0 13.8 16.1 1 .2B altim ore,
Md........................ 2 .3 2 .8 .1 5 .6 7 .6 .2Birmingham, A
la................... 2 .4 2 .7 .1 5.1 6 .7 .1B oston,
Mass.......................... 3 .1 3 .6 .4 7 .7 9 .8 .7B u ffa lo
, l Y. . . . . . . . . . . 3 .3 3 .4 3 .3 8 .8 9 .5 7 .1
C h a rlotte , N. C................... 5 .4 5.5 5 .0 10.9 11.9 5
.0C hicago, H I ................... .. 4 .5 4 .5 7 .3 13.3 13.3
15.5C in cin n ati, O h io ............... 5 .0 4 .9 5.5 12.6 13.2
10 .8C leveland, Ohio ................. 4 .1 3 .7 6 .5 11.8 11.1 15
.0Columbus, O h io ................... 5 .4 5.5 4 .7 13.3 14.4 8
.9
D a lla s, Tex............................ 6 .3 6 .4 5 .4 14.9
16 .6 7 .7Dayton, O h io ........... ............ 6 .4 6 .3 7 .9
16.8 17.1 15 .1Denver, C olo.......................... 8 .0 4 .5
14.2 17.7 11 .9 24.3Des M oines, Iowa ............... 4 .3 4 .4 4
.1 10.7 11.4 7 .6D e tro it, Mich........................ 7 .6 7 .1
11 .8 20 .4 19.7 24.0
4 .3 4 .9 .5 10 .6 12.7 1 .0Grand R apids, Mich............. 7
.9 7 .7 8 .8 19.0 19.8 15.3Houston, Tex.......................... 3
.7 3 .0 11 .7 9 .0 7 .8 16 .8In d ian ap olis, Ind............... 4
.6 4 .4 5 .5 11 .6 12.1 10.3J a ck son v ille , F la . ...........
6 .8 7 .2 .5 14.6 16.4 .5
Kansas C ity , Mo................... 4 .8 5 .4 0 12.2 14 .0 0K n
oxv ille , Tenn. . . . . . . . . 4 .2 3 .6 6 .3 8 .5 8 .7 8 .0L itt
le Rock, Ark................. 8 .4 8.3 8 .6 16.2 19 .0 9 .3Los A
ngeles, C a lif............. 8 .9 8 .3 14.3 22.3 21 .6 27 .1L o u
isv ille , Ky................... .. 5 .7 5.5 6 .5 12.9 13 .8
10.6Memphis, Tenn....................... 6 .4 5 .7 8 .6 12.3 13.8
10.1
C ity and sta te
Milwaukee, V ia . . . . . .M inneapolis-St. Paul,
Minn..............................Newark, N. J
..................New Haven, Conn. . . . New O rleans,
La...........
New York, N. Y.............Oklahoma C ity , Okla.Omaha,
Hebr............... ..P eoria , 111 *.P h iladelph ia , Pa. . .
.
P ittsbu rgh , Pa.............P ortland, Oreg.............P
rovidence, R. I . . . .Richmond, Va. .............R ochester, N. I
. . . . .
S t. L ou is, Mo...............S a lt Lake C ity , Utah San A
ntonio, Tex. . . . San Franc i sco-Oakland
C a lif............................Scranton, Pa. ...
S e a ttle , Nash...............Spokane, Nash. . . . . . .S p
rin g fie ld , Mass. Syracuse, N. Y.............T oledo, Ohio
...............Washington, D. C. . . .
Percent o f in crease Cen-ts-p er-Increai-hour *e _ .
A lltrades
Journeymen
H elpersand
la b o r-. -grg..-A ll
tradesJourneymen
H elpersand
la b o r - L t f i . . .3 .7 4 .0 2 .5 9 .7 10 .8 5 .3
9 .9 8 .8 14.3 22 .9 22 .1 25 .02 .4 2 .6 1 .4 7 .7 8 .4 3 .64
.2 4 .1 4 .6 10.3 11 .0 8 .68 .6 7 .7 12 .0 17.3 18.3 15 .0
4 .2 3 .6 8.2 12 .6 11.3 18.34 .4 4 .1 5 .7 10.3 10 .7 8 .96 .3
5 .1 13 .7 14 .8 13 .0 21 .86 .7 6 .4 7 .6 16 .8 17.3 15.55 .7 5 .6
6 .2 14 .8 16.5 10 .8
5 .8 6 .0 5.3 14.5 17.9 10 .15 .5 4 .6 11 .7 13 .4 11 .7 22 .51
.5 2 .0 .1 3 .6 4 .9 .34 .2 3 .7 8 .3 8 .8 8 .7 9 .54 .8 4 .3 6 .2
11 .9 11 .7 12.3
2 .6 2 .9 1 .1 6 .9 8 .3 2 .27 .3 7 .5 5 .8 15.8 17 .1 9 .74 .8
5 .3 .1 10.5 12 .8 .1
5 .7 5 .1 9 .3 14 .6 13 .7 18 .55.3 5.2 5 .5 12.6 13.4 10.1
.4 .4 0 1 .0 1 .2 04 .5 4 .0 7 .5 11.1 10.4 14.55.2 5 .6 3 .8 11
.8 13 .8 6 .65 .8 4 .0 11.3 13.8 10 .8 19 .82 .5 2 .3 2 .9 6 .6 6
.8 6 .32 .0 1 .7 4 .8 5 .5 4 .8 8 .4
TABLE 7 .D istrib u tion o f union members in the bu ild in g
trades by hourly wage ra te s , July 1 , 1953
A ver- Percent o f union journeymen whose ra tes (in cen ts) per
hour were -
Tradeage
rateper
hourOnder200
200
under210
210and
under220
220and
under230
230and
under240
240
under250
250and
under260
260and
under270
270
under280
280and
under290
290and
underW
300and
under310
310and
under320
320and
under330
330and
under340
340and
under350
350and
under360
360andover
Journeymenfc2.881 0 .1 0 .6 0 .7 1 .7 3 .1 3 .4 7 .3 9 .5 14.0
10.7 7 .5 14.6 9 .3 4 .6 7 .8 2 .7 1 .8 0 .6
A sbestos workers ......... 2.933 - - - - - - - - 4 .5 27.5 9 .6
17 .0 6 .5 28 .9 6 .0 - - - .Boilerm akers ................. 2.983
- - - - - - - - 28.2 .8 22.8 10 .7 28 .8 3 .0 - - - 5 .7B rick
layers ................... 3.283 - - - - - - - - 1 .0 .8 4 .4 9 .8
18.2 15.2 20 .5 7 .0 21 .0 2 .1Carpenters .....................
2.813 - 1 .3 - 2 .5 4 .3 6 .1 9 .1 13.6 15.1 9 .1 4 .3 13.5 5 .8 2
.5 11 .0 1 .8 - -Cement fin ish e rs .........E le ctr icia n s (in
sid e
2.794 .5 1 .9 1 .3 5.9 4 .6 7.2 21.7 11 .9 6 .5 3 .6 14 .7 10.3
.3 8 .2 - 1 .4
wiremen) .....................E levator
3.003 - - 1 .3 1 .0 1 .1 11 .7 23 .9 10.3 8 .0 23 .8 2 .9 13.1 1
.2 1 .7 -
con stru ctors ............. 3.004 - - - - - - - 4 .7 6 .8 19.3
15 .7 27 .3 10.4 1 .8 14 .0 - G laciers ..........................
2.572 3 .6 1 .3 4 .5 12.5 8 .7 8 .8 27 .0 6 .3 5 .7 - 4 .4 2 .4 - 6
.1 8 .7 - -Lathers ............................ 3.143 - - - .3 .4 -
.9 2 .8 4 .0 5.3 10 .7 6 .6 27 .7 6 .6 21 .5 3 .5 9 .2 .5M
achinists ..................... 2.719 - - 27.3 - - - 3 .5 3 .5 11.4
6 .9 .8 37.5 1 .3 - 3 .9 3 .9Marble se tters .............M osaic
and
2.957 * .4 2 .8 4 .1 1 .6 23.5 .8 22 .0 11.5 12.5 18.3 2 .5 - -
-
terrazzo workers . . . 2.910 - - - 1 .3 - 2 .7 2 .7 9 .7 17.4
8.2 15 .8 15.5 26 .7 - - -P ainters ..........................
2.686 .1 .4 2 .7 4 .3 7 .1 4 .4 16.7 10.4 14.7 15.5 4 .7 18.3 - .6
.1 . (1 /) 0 /0Paperhangers ................. 2.655 .3 .4 2.2 3.3
14.2 .5 26.1 4 .1 21 .9 7 .2 .9 18.9 - - - -P lasterers . . . . . .
. . . . . 3.202 - - - 1 .5 - - .6 6 .0 2 .7 1 .4 6 .8 10.1 17.4 4
.5 14.2 14.6 5 .8 14.4Plumbers .......................... 2.970 - -
- - - - .6 5 .9 12.3 13.3 17.1 26.2 4 .0 16 .7 .3 3 .6Rodmen
..............................R oofers,
2.763 ~ - .6 10.0 6 .3 6.2 22 .8 15.8 1 .8 11.4 6 .0 10.8 - 6 .6
1 .7 - -
com p osition ............... 2.676 3 .9 .9 7 .1 6 .3 2 .6 4 .3
18.8 7 .0 19.0 5 .0 5.5 2 .2 " 9 .9 7 .5 -
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TABIE 7. Distribution of union members in the building trades by
hourly wage rates, July 1, 1953 - Continued
A ver- Percent o f union journeymen whose ra tes (in cen ts) per
hour were -age 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320
330 340 350frade rate Under and and and and and and and and and and
and and and and and and JWa|
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1 1
TABLE 8. Average union hourly vug* ratua in the building trades
by city end population group, July If 1953 * Continued
TfcBIE 9 .Average union hourly wage ra tes in the b u ild in g
trades by reg ion , i / Ju ly 1 , 1953
Trade UnitedStates
Region
Rev MiddleA tla n tic
BorderStates
Southeast
GreatLakes
M iddleVest
Southwest Mountain P a c ific
A ll bu ild in g t r a d e s
...................................... 12.69 12.A8 12.91 12.50
12.17 *2.83 *2.67 *2.33 *2.37 * 2.68
Journeym
en......................................................... 2 .88
2.70 3.16 2 .7 6 2.49 2.97 2.83 2.62 2.62 2.77A sbestos workers
............... .......... .. 2 .93 2.76 3.14 2.83 2.67 3.03 2.80
2.79 2.68 2.88B oilern a k ere ............. ......................
.. 2 .98 2.75 3.29 2.94 2.75 3.05 2.90 2.75 2.85 2.90B rick layers
................................................ 3.28 3 .04 3.45
3.21 2.98 3.25 3.39 3.31 3.23 3.27Carpenters
................................................... 2 .81 2.56 3.16
2.63 2.29 2.94 2.75 2.46 2.47 2.67Cenent fin ish e rs .............
............ 2.79 3.01 3.15 2.53 2.29 2.84 2.82 2.47 2.55 2.69E le
ctr icia n s (in s id e v ir e u e n )........... 3 .00 2.78 3.26
2.86 2.71 3.07 2.87 2.84 2.84 2.97E levator con stru ctors 3.00
2.86 3.21 2.97 2.72 3.03 2.90 2.87 2.87 3.02G la iie rs
...................................................... 2 .57 2.43
2.71 2.50 2.15 2 .74 2.61 2.25 2.27 2.48la t h e r s
......................................................... 3 .H 3.00
3.24 3.09 2.61 3.11 2.92 3.18 3.12 3.18
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TAM* 9. Average union hourly wage rates in the building trades
by region, 1/ July 1, 1953 - Continued
United RegionTrade States New~Eng1 and
M iddleA tla n tic
BorderStates
Southeast
GreatLakes
M iddleWest
Southwest Mountain P a c ific
Journeymen: - Continued M achinists $2.72 $2.75 13.25 $2.85
$2.50 $2.97 $2.88 $2.19 $2.78 $2.73Marble se tters
.............................. 2 .96 2.81 3.10 3.07 2.82 2.97 2.88
2.78 2.77 2.86M osaic and terraszo workers 2.91 2 .77 3.11 2.90
2.85 2.87 2.93 2.61 3.13 2.82P ainters
.......................................... .. 2 .69 2.37 2.78 2.46
2.30 2.79 2.63 2.39 2.31 2.75Paperhangers 2.65 2.48 2.59 2.24 2.43
2.81 2.56 2.30 2 .3 4 2.72P lasterers
....................................... 3.21 3.03 3.43 3.15 2.58
3.15 3.09 3.02 3.17 3.36Plumbers .......... .. 2 .97 2.79 3.21 2.81
2.71 2.99 2.95 2.82 2.86 2.87Rodmen
...................................... .................... 2.76
3.03 3.19 2.69 2.35 2.91 2.85 2.40 2.67 2.63R oofers, com p osition
......... ............ .... 2.68 2.62 2.99 2.28 2.03 2.81 2.60 2.20
2.68 2.63R oofers, s la te and t i l e ............... . . . . 2.72
2.84 2.98 2.62 2.10 2.94 2.60 2.29 2.47 2.65Sheet-m etal workers
2.81 2.78 3.08 2.70 2.49 2.90 2 .94 2.59 2.63 2.70Steam and sp rin
k ler f it t e r s 2.98 2.77 3.25 2.78 2.71 3.03 2.95 2.80 2.91
2.90Stonemasons . ..............................................
3.19 3.05 3.18 3.28 3.15 3.16 3.23 3.33 3.25 3.24S tru ctu ra
l-iron workers ........................ 2 .96 3.06 3.23 3.04 2.59
3.01 2.87 2.65 2.70 2 .80T ile layers 2.97 2.80 3.18 2.90 2.65 2.97
2.88 2.69 2.79 2.96
H elpers and laborers ......................... .... 1.95 1.88
2.14 1.66 1.28 2.17 1.99 1.38 1.92 2.15B rick la yers tenders 2.12
1.89 2.33 1.60 1.17 2.22 2 .09 1.51 2.19 2 .48B uilding laborers
................. .. 1.86 1.86 2.02 1.63 1.29 2.13 1.93 1.30 1.78
2.04Com position r o o fe r s ' helpers . . . . . . . 1.81 1.88
1.90 1.71 1.25 1.94 1.95 1.43 2 .0 0E levator con stru ctors
helpers ......... 2 .14 2.01 2.33 2.09 1*91 2.11 2.10 2.03 2.01 2
.nMarble s e tte r s ' helpers ....................... 2.09 1.97 2
.20 2.07 1.23 2.32 1.92 1.39 2.05 2.27P la sterers ' laborers
....................... .. 2 .18 2 .0 4 2.41 1.86 1.31 2.30 2.32
1.57 2.20 2,91Plum bers' lab orers
.................................. 1.97 - 2.13 1.68 1.22 2 .24 2.09
1.33 2.01 2.12Terraszo w orkers' helpers ................... 2 .27
1.95 2.46 1.93 1.23 2.37 2.05 1.42 1.93 2 .3 4T ile la y e rs '
helpers .............................. 2 .19 1.99 2.35 2.03 1.02
2.25 1.97 1.47 2.05 2.25
1 / The region s referred to in th is study in clu d e: Mew
England - C onnecticut, Maine, M assachusetts, Mew Hampshire, Rhode
Islan d , endVermont; M iddle A tla n tic - Mew Jersey , Mew Tork,
and Pennsylvania; Border S tates - Delaware, D is tr ic t o f
Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, V irg in ia , and West V irg in ia ;
Southeast - Alabama, F lorid a , G eorgia, M ississip p i, North C
arolina, South C arolina, and Tennessee; Great fcftfeSf - I l l in
o is , Indiana, M ichigan, M innesota, Ohio, and W isconsin; M
iddle West - Iowa, Kansas, M issouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and
South Dakota; Southwest - Arkansas, L ouisiana, Oklahoma, and
Texas; Mountain - A rizona, C olorado, Idaho, Montana, Mew M exico,
Utah, and Wyoming; and P a c ific - C a lifo rn ia , Nevada,
Oregon, and Washington*
TAB1E 1 0 . Indexes o f union weekly hours in the bu ild in g
tra d es, 1907-53
(Average 1947 1943, and 1949 = 100)
Date A lltradesJourney
menH elpers
andlab orers
Date 811tradesJourney
menH elpers
andlaborers
i am. Motr u 12 4 .1 122 .6 129 .6 1930: May 1 5
........................... 109.7 108.9 112 .0IQftfl. K . ___ 122
.2 120.8 126.9 1931: May 1 5 ..................................
108.4 107.4 1 1 1 .1iana* Uav K ....................... 120.5 U 9
.3 124.3 1932: May 15 .................................. 106*4
105.5 108.6lo in Mo v in . . . . 119.0 117.9
117.512 2 .1 1933 s May 1 5 ..................................
106.1 105.1 108.1
1Q11 * Matr . . . . ____ 118.6 121.9 1934s May 15
.................................. 102.2 101.3 104.7
1013 1 Uatr I f ........... 118.2 117.1 121.5 1935: May 1 5
.................................. 101.4 100.5 104.01Q1 ft . Mbit
....................... 118.0 116.8
116.5121.5 1936s May 15 . . . . .......................... 101.4
100.5 104.2
1Q1 / Mbit I f ......................... .. 117.5 120.8 1937s
May 1 5 .................................. 10 1.8 100.9
104.61QU> Mbit U ........................... 117.4 U 6 .4 120.7
1938 s June 1 .................................. 10 0 .1 99.1
102.9IQ lA i Marr I f .................................. 117.0
115.9 120.4 1939 s June 1 .................................. 99.9
99 .0 10B.7
101*7 Mbit I f ........................ U 6 .7 U 5 .7 U 9 .9
1940s June 1 99.8 99 .0 10 2 .1191ft. Mny I f , t tT t , t . . t
............... 116.1 115.0 119.5 1941s June 1 100.2 99.5 102.41Q1Q
* Wav I f ___________________ 115.5 114 .6 118.4 1942s Ju ly 1
................................... 10 1.0 100.8 101.51050* Mbit I
f .................................... 115.0 1 1 4 .1 117.6 1943s
July 1 ....................................... 100.9 10 1.0
100.8TOOT Uav 1 ___ 114.9 114 .0 117.6 1944s Ju ly 1
..................... .. 10 1 .1 10 1.2 100.8
1945 s July 1 .................................. 10 1 .1 10 1.2
100.81QOO Uav 1 f 114.9 114.1 117.3 1946s Ju ly 1 100.1 100.1
100.1IQftft. Uav I f ........................ U 5 .0 114.2 117.5
1947 s July 1 .................................. 100.0 99 .9 10
0.1109/ i MflV I f _______________________ 115.0 U 4 .2 117.5 1948s
July 1 .................................. 100.0 100.0 100.010981*
Ma v 1*1 ____________* _______ 115.0 114.2 117.3 1949s July 1
.................................. 100.1 100.1 100.01926: May
......................................... 114.8 114.0 117.0
1950: July 1 .................................. 100.2 100.2
100.01Q9*7i Mnv I f ..................................... 114.6
113.7 117.0 1951s July 1 .......................... 100.1 100.1
99.9109ft Mbv I f ....................................... 113.9 U 2
.9 11 6 .9 1952: Ju ly 1 .................................. 10 0 .1
100.1 100.11929: May ........................................ 112.9
112.2 114.6 1953: July 1 .................................. 100.1
100.1 100.1
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TABLE 11. Indexes of union weakly hours in oaeh building trade,
1907-53(Average 1947, 1948, and 1919 100)
DataAsbes-
teaworker*
B o ile r-akers
B riok-layora
Carpenter*
Ceaentfin ish e rs
K L eotri-oians
(in sid evirem en)
Elevato r con
stru ctor*
GELasie r*
Lathers
Ma-sh in ists
Marblese tte rs
Mosaic and t e r - rasao
workers
Painters
Paper-hangers
Plasterers
1907i lk y 15 . . 122.7 120.8 122.7 122.9 118.0 125.3 122.019061
lfcy 15 . . - - 120.1 119.0 121.6 122.0 - - - - 118.0 - 123.4 -
121.41909s mj 15 . . . 117.6 117.6 122.5 121.2 - - - - 116.8 -
121.7 - 121.41910* m w . . - U 5 .* 116.2 122.3 120.5 _ . _ - 116.5
- 120.1 - 121.31911s *qr 15 . . 115.0 115.6 121.1 120.3 116.0 119.3
122.0
1912s lfcy 15 . . 115.0 115.5 121.1 119.9 122.5 116.0 119.2
120.51913s lfcy 15 . . _ - 114.8 115.4 119.8 119.4 _ - 122.5 -
116.0 - 118.5 - 120.519U s lfcy 15 . . - - 114.3 114.9 119.0 119.0
115.9 - 122.5 - 115.8 - 118.3 - 120.41915 s My 15 . . - - 114.2
114.9 119.0 118.3 115.4 - 121.9 - 115.8 - 118.3 - 119.81916s lfcy
15 . . 113.5 113.9 U 4 .9 117.2 117.4 115.3 121.9 * 115.6 118.0 .1
1 7 .4 118.6
1917s Iky 15 . . 113*0 113.6 114.9 115.9 116.9 114.6 121.3 115.5
118.0 117.3 118.51916s Iky 15 . . ## 112.4 113.6 113.7 115.3 116.1
114.6 114.0 121.3 _ 115.5 113.8 116.8 - 118.21919s Iky 15 . . 111.2
113.4 113.0 114.4 115.1 113.8 114.0 121.0 - 115.0 113.8 116.6 -
118.21920s Iky 15 . . , , 111.1 ~ - 113.3 113.1 113.8 114.8 113.7
113.5 120.2 - 115.0 113.8 113.2 - 117.91921s Iky 15 . 111.4 113.3
113.0 113.8 114.8 113.6 114.0 119.9 115.1 113.8 113.3 117.6
1922s Iky 15 . . 111.4 113.3 113.1 113.7 114.8 113.3 114.1 120.0
115.1 113.8 114.1 117.71923s Iky 15 . . 111.1 _ 113.3 113.5 113.7
114.8 113.4 113.5 120.5 - 115.1 113.8 113.8 . 118.31924s Iky 15 . .
111.2 - 113.2 113.3 113.7 114.7 113.4 113.5 120.2 - 115.1 113.9
113.7 - 118.41925s Iky 15 . . 111.2 - 113.1 113.3 113.4 114.7 113.3
113.1 119.8 - 115.1 113.8 114.0 - 118.01926s lfcy 15 . . 111.2
113.2 113.3 113.4 114.7 113.3 113.5 119.5 115.1 113.8 113.7
114.6
1927s Iky 15 . . 111.1 112.6 113.3 113.0 114.7 113.3 113.9 118.9
115.0 113.4 113.2 114.11928s lfcy 15 . . #. 111.1 - 112.6 112.7
112.4 114.1 113.3 113.4 118.3 _ 115.0 113.4 110.2 . 113.21929s Iky
15 . . 110.2 - 109.7 112.7 112.5 111.4 112.8 112.2 117.7 _ 115.0
113.5 109.9 - 112.11930s lfcy 15 . . . . 106.1 _ 107.0 109.2 106.1
108.7 109.3 108.6 111.0 - 108.9 107.3 108.7 - 109.61931s Iky 15 . .
103.6 105.4 107.5 106.9 107.7 107.2 106.7 110.4 106.9 106.2 107.7
108.7
1932 s Iky 15 . . 102.3 103.0 104.8 105.6 105.1 107.2 104.3
109.9 105.8 102.0 107.5 106.81933s lfcy 15 . . . . 101.2 - 104.1
103.2 107.6 105.1 104.9 104.3 109.4 - 105.7 103.4 107.3 -
109.01934s lfcy 15 . . , , 101.1 - 102.3 102.3 103.7 98 .9 104.0
98.8 103.1 - 104.5 103.3 94 .2 - 104.31935 s Iky 15 . . . . 100.3 -
102.2 101.8 103.5 94.8 103.7 98.2 102.9 - 104.5 102.6 94 .0 _
102.71936s lfcy 15 . . 100.6 102.2 101.9 103.0 95.2 104.5 98 .6
101.9 - 104.4 101.5 94 .4 ~ 101.0
1937s Iky 15 . . 100.3 105.8 103.2 102.7 103.1 99.8 104.2 98.6
103.3 100.6 106.5 102.2 94 .4 92.2 101.11938s Juno 1 . . 96 .6
100.5 99 .8 99 .8 100.0 99.2 103.5 96.8 101.3 100.0 104.4 99 .6
94.5 91 .6 97 .01939s Juno 1 a 96 .6 100.5 99 .9 99 .8 100.0 99 .0
101.0 96 .6 100.5 99 .9 104.4 99 .6 94.2 91 .7 97 .01940s Juno 1 96
.0 100.5 99 .6 99.8 100.2 99 .0 100.6 96 .6 100.3 99 .9 99 .7 99 .6
94 .6 92 .0 96.81941s Juno 1 . . a 96 .6 101.0 99.8 100.4 100.7
99.5 100.3 97.2 101.2 99 .7 99 .9 99 .9 94.8 92.5 97.1
1942s July 1 . . 98 .7 101.1 100.7 100.6 100.6 103.5 100.0 98.6
103.1 ' 99 .7 99 .9 99 .9 100.3 99 .1 98 .91943 s July 1 . . 96 .7
101.1 100.7 100.6 100.6 103.5 100.0 96.6 104.0 99 .7 99 .9 99 .9
100.3 99 .1 102.81944s July 1 96 .7 101.1 100.7 100.9 100.6 103.5
100.0 98 .6 103.6 99 .7 99 .9 99 .9 100.6 99 .9 102.91945s July 1 .
. 98 .7 101.1 100.7 100.9 100.6 103.5 100.0 98 .6 104.2 99 .7 99 .9
99 .9 100.6 99.9 102.91946s July 1 . . 99.8 99.1 100.2 100.1 100.4
99 .4 100.0 98 .6 102.8 99 .2 99 .9 99 .9 99 .9 99 .7 100.9
1947s July 1 99.8 99 .1 99 .7 100.0 100.0 99 .4 100.0 100.0
102.8 100.0 99 .9 98 .9 100.0 100.0 99 .91948s July 1 100.1 100.5
100.4 100.0 100.0 99 .4 100.0 100.0 98 .6 100.0 100.0 100.6 100.0
100.0 99.81949s July 1 . . 100.1 100.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 101.1
100.0 100.0 98 .6 100.0 100.0 100.6 100.0 100.0 100.41950s July 1 .
. 100.1 100.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 101.1 100.0 100.0 101.7 100.0 100.0
100.6 100.0 100.0 102.71951s July 1 . . 100.1 100.5 100.1 100.0
100.0 101.1 100.0 100.0 101.7 100.0 100.0 100.6 98.8 98.8 102.7
1952 s July 1 . . 100.1 100.5 100.1 100.0 100.0 100.1 100.0
100.0 100.7 100.0 100.0 100.6 98.8 98.8 102.71953 s July 1 . .
100.1 100.5 100.1 100.0 100.0 100.1 100.0 100.0 100.8 100.0 100.0
100.6 98.8 98.8 102.7
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HTABLE II. Indexes of onion weekly hours in each building trade,
1907-53 - Continued(ATerage 1947, 1948,and 19A9 - 100)
Date Plunbera RodnenR oof-
era,ccn po-s it io n
R oof-era,
s la teand
t i le
Sheet-nata l
workers
Steenand
sp rin k ler
fit t e r s
Stone-naaona
Structu r a l-
ironworkers
y
T ilelayers
B rickla y e rs 'tenders
Art 1*1 ngCcn-
p o s itio nr o o fe r s '
helpers
Plaste re r s '
lab orers
F loab-e r s '
lab orers
T ilela y e r s 'helperslab orers
1907* Hay 15 . . . . 123.7 117.0 118.8 118.0 120.0 123.3 125.1
127.819081 May 15 . . . . 123.8 _ - - 116.9 118.8 118.0 117.6 -
123.3 125.1 - 127.3 - -1909* May 15 . . . . 123.8 - - - 116.9 118.5
118.0 116.0 - 122.9 124.7 - 127.0 - -1910* Hay 15 . . . . 123.6 _ _
116.9 117.8 116.2 114.7 - 121.9 121.7 - 127.0 - -1911* Hay 15 . . .
. 123.3 116.6 117.7 115.4 114.5 ~ 121.3 121.7 126.9 -
1912* Hay 15 . . . . 122.3 115.1 116.9 115.4 113.4 110.7 120.3
121.7 126.3 125.71913* May 15 . . . . 122.3 - - - 114.9 116.5 115.3
112.9 113.1 120.3 121.7 - 126.3 - 125.11914* Hay 15 . . . . 121.8 .
113.8 111.6 114.8 115.0 115.3 112.7 113.1 118.8 121.3 _ 126.4 _
125.11915* Hay 15 . . . . 121.8 _ 113.8 111.6 114.6 115.0 115.2
112.7 112.7 118.8 121.3 _ 126.4 _ 123.21916* Hay 15 . . . . 121.2 -
113.8 111.2 114.1 114.6 115.0 112.4 112.1 118.8 120.7 - 125.2 -
122.8
1917* Hay 15 . . . . 121.1 113.0 109.2 114.0 114.5 114.9 112.2
111.8 118.7 119.3 125.0 121.81918* Hay 15 . . . . 120.1 - 112.5
109.2 112.8 113.4 114.9 111.8 111.8 118.7 118.8 _ 125.0 -
121.81919* Hay 15 . . . . 119.7 - 112.5 108.9 112.3 113.3 114.2
111.6 111.3 118.3 116.6 - 124.5 _ 121 .41920* Hay 15 . . . . 119.7
_ 112.5 108.9 111.9 113.2 114.2 111.6 111.0 118.0 115.3 _ 124.5 -
121 .41921* Hay 15 . . . . 119.5 110.4 106.8 111.9 113.1 114.3
111.6 111.1 118.0 115.3 124.0 121.6
1922* Hay 15 . . . . 119.5 110.4 108.7 111.8 113.1 114.2 111.6
110.9 118.3 114.5 124.0 121.61923* Hay 15 . . . . 119.5 - 110.4
109.0 111.8 113.1 114.2 111.6 111.2 118.3 115.3 _ 124.1 -
122.71924* Hay 15 . . . . 119.5 - 110.4 106.6 111.8 113.1 113.9
111.6 111.2 118.2 115.0 _ 124.0 122.71925* Hay 15 . . . . U 9 .5 .
110.4 106.6 111.8 113.1 113.9 111.3 111.2 118.0 115.1 . 123.9 _
122.71926* May 15 . . . . 119.5 110.4 106.6 111.8 112.9 114.1 111.6
111.2 118.2 115.3 119.8 122.7
1927* May 15 . . . . 119.2 110.4 106.6 111.4 112.7 113.9 111.6
111.1 118.2 115.5 119.7 122.71928* May 15 . . . . 119.2 - 110.3
108.6 111.1 112.7 113.8 111.5 110.8 118.2 115.4 . 120.0 _
122.71929* May 15 . . . . 118.2 _ 109.7 107.3 111.0 112.1 110.5
111.0 110.6 111.6 115.3 _ 119.9 122.11930* May 15 . . . . 112.7 _
105.4 102.7 106.9 107.1 106.7 107.6 104.9 110.9 113.2 116.8 _
114.21931* May 15 . . . . 111.2 104.1 101.0 105.1 106.0 104.8 106.3
103.5 110.3 111.8 115 .8 113.0
1932* May 15 . . . . 110.8 103.0 101.0 103.6 105.0 104.4 103.7
102.4 107.9 107.9 115.5 111.61933* May 15 . . . . 110.3 - 104.3 ld
.O 103.5 104.4 103.6 103.4 102.2 107.3 107.5 - 113.6 _ 111.71934*
May 1 5 ------ 109.2 - 101.6 100.6 102.0 103.8 103.1 101.9 95 .3
105.3 102.8 _ 110.1 . 107.01935* May 15 . . . . 108.5 - 101.5 99 .3
102.1 103.5 103.0 100.7 95.3 105.2 102.7 108.8 _ 93 .11936* May 15
. . . . 107.1 102.1 100.2 102.0 103.7 103.0 100.6 95.2 105.0 10312
107.0 93.1
1937* May 15 . . . . 107.7 100.3 102.2 100.1 102.1 103.8 103.0
100.1 99.3 105.3 103.5 99 .9 107.0 99 .61938* June 1 . . . . 102.3
100.3 100.4 98 .9 100.0 98 .3 99 .6 99 .0 99.3 104.0 103.0 99 .9
102.0 103.2 99 .61939* June 1 . . . . 102.6 100.2 100.5 98 .9 100.0
98 .7 99 .6 98 .9 99.3 103.7 102.9 99 .9 101.7 103.2 99 .61940*
June 1 . . . . 101.5 100.2 100.1 98.8 100.0 98 .7 99.5 98 .9 99 .3
103.6 102.3 99 .6 101.3 100.0 99 .619U * June 1 . . . . 101.9 101.1
100.8 98.8 100.8 99 .3 99 .6 99.3 99 .7 103.5 102.6 100.2 101.7
100.0 100.0
1942* July 1 . . . . 102.5 101.1 100.9 100.2 100.9 100.9 99 .8
100.0 101.0 102.3 10QL.6 100.5 101.8 99 .7 100.01943* July 1 . . .
. 104.4 101.2 100.8 100.0 100.9 100.9 99 .8 100.0 100.0 102.1 100.2
100.0 102.4 103.0 100.01944* July 1 . . . . 104.4 101.2 100.7 100.0
100.9 100.9 99.8 100.0 100.0 102.1 100.2 100.0 102.4 102.9
100.01945* July 1 . . . . 104.4 101.2 100.7 100.0 100.9 100.9 99 .8
100.0 100.0 102.1 100.2 100.0 102.4 102.9 100.01946* July 1 . . . .
100.8 100.6 100.4 100.0 100.8 100.0 99 .6 100.0 100.0 100.5 100.0
100.0 101.7 100.0 100.0
1947* July 1 . . . . 99 .8 100.0 100.4 100.0 100.1 100.0 98 .9
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.9 100.0 100.01948* July 1 . . . .
100.1 100.0 100.4 100.0 100.1 100.0 100.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
100.0 99 .6 100.0 100.01949* July 1 . . . . 100.1 100.0 99.2 100.0
99 .9 100.0 100.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99 .6 100.0
100.01950* July 1 . . . . 100.8 100.0 99 .2 100.0 99 .9 100.0 100.4
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99 .6 100.0 100.01951* July 1 . . . .
100.8 100.0 99.2 100.0 99 .9 100.0 100.5 100.0 100.0 99.8 99 .8
100.0 100.8 100.0 100.0
1952* July 1 . . . . 100.8 100.0 99.2 100.0 99 .9 100.0 100.5
100.0 100.0 99 .9 99 .9 100.0 101.3 100.0 100.01953* July 1 100.8
100.0 99.2 100.0 99 .9 100.0 100.5 100.0 100.0 99 .9 99 .9 100.0
101.3 100.0 100.0
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TABUS 12* Distribution of union members in the building trades
by straight-time weekly hours, July 1, 1953
TradeAverage
hoursper
week
Percent o f union members having workweek o f -
TfcadeAverage
hoursper
week
Percent o f union members having workweek o f -
30hours
35hours
AOhours
30hours
35hours
40hours
A ll bu ild in g t r a d e s ................. 39 .A 0 .5 12 .0
87 .5 Journeymens - ContinuedR oofers, com position .............
39a - 11 .A 88.6
Journeym en................. ............ .. 39*3 0*U 13 .0 86
.6 R oofers, s la te and t i l e 40 .0 - - 100.03 9 .7 mm 5*4 9A.6
S h fiflte e is l work e r rs_______ T 39 .6 7 .9 92.1
B oilerm ak ers................... .. 40.0 _ 100.0 Steam and
sprin k lerB rick layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 .9 _ 22.3
77 .7 flt te r n t t it tt ttT r -fT * * * * 39.6 7.A
92.6Carpenters ............. .. 39*A 1 2 .2 87.8 Stonemasons . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.A 12.3 8 7 .7Cement fin ish e rs
................. 39 .5 - 9 .6 90 .A S tru ctu ra l-iron workers 39
.9 _ 2.A 97 .6
T ile la y e r s ................................ 40.0 - 100.0E
le ctr icia n s (in sid e
w lrem an).............................. 39 .A - . 11 .5 88 .5 H
elpers and la b o r e r s ................... 39 .5 0 .7 7 .9 91 aE
levator con stru ctors . . . . 40 .0 - - 100.0 B rick layers * te n
d e rs ............. 38 .6 - 28 a 71 .9.G laziers . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 39 .6 8 .7 91.3 B uilding lab orers . . . ____. . .
39 .8 A.5 95.5Lathers ..................... 38 .7 2 .7 19 .8 77.5
Composition r o o fe r s 'M achinists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40 .0 100.0 helpers . . . . . . . 39 .6 7 a 92 .6Marble se tte rs
...................... 40 .0 - 100.0 E levator constructors*
helpers ................................ 40 .0 - - 100.0M osaic
and terrazzo
workers ................................ 40 .0 - - 100.0 Marble
setters* helpers 40.0 - 100.0Painte**s . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 38 .5 0 / ) 30 .7 69.3 P lasterers * Inborers t t . . . . t
38 .9 9 .2 2 .9 8 7.9PupHrhAngea*s . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39*3
1A.7 85.3 Plumbers * lab orers . . . . . . . . . 40.0 100.0P
lasterers .............................. 3 8 a 18 .2 2 .0 79 .8
Terr&zzo workers*P]Tpahcrrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39 .3 13 .8 86 .2 helpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0
100.0Rodmen............. ........................ 39*8 3 .9 96a T
ile layers* helpers .............
_______________________________ _______
40.0 100.0
l / Less than 0*05 p ercen t.
TABLE 13.-Percent o f union members a ffe cte d by changes in
stra igh t-tim e weekly hours, by tra d e, Ju ly 1 , 1953,compared
w ith July 1 , 1952
Trade
Percent o f union members a ffe cte d by -
Trade
Percentai
No change Increase Decrease No change Increase Decrease
A ll b u ild in g trade.............................. 100,0 (1
/) Journeymens ContH mw^R oofers, com position ............. 100.0
_
Journeym en.......................................... . 100,0
a/) a/) R oofers, s la te and t i le 100.0 - -A sbestos workers
100,0 Sheet-natal workers . . . . . . . . 100.0 _B oilerm ak
ers.................................. 100,0 _ Steam and sprin k
lerB rick layers .................. 100,0 a/) f it t e r s . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,0Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 100,0 _ Stonemasons ................ 100.0 _Cement fin ish e
rs ............... . 100,0 . S tru ctu ra l-iron workers ,,,, 100.0
_
T ile la y ers ........................... . 100.0 - -E le ctr
icia n s (in sid e
wirsmen) *tt...*............ 100,0 Helpers and lab orers ,,,,
100,0Elevator con stru ctors r....T + 100,0 _ B ricklayers *
tenders ....... 100.0 _ _G laziers ..............................
100,0 Building lab orers .......... 100.0Lathers
.......................................... . 97 .6 1 .6 0 ,8
Composition r o o fe r s 'Mschin1 ffts 100,0 helpers
.................. 100.0Marble s e t t e r s ................... ..
100,0 _ E levator constructors*
h e lp e r s .............................. 100.0 - -M osaic and
terrazzo
workers ........................................ 100.0 - -
Marble setters* helpers 100.0 - -P ainters r t f . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 100.0 _ P la sterers* la b orers . . . . . . .
100.0 _ _PsjT*hngers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,0 FLunbers * lab
orers . . . . . . . . . 100.0P lasterers . .
.................................. 100,0 . _ Terrazzo
workers*Plumbers 100.0 _ helpers 100.0Rodmen .............
...................... 100.0 * T ile layers* helpers 100.0
Less than 0 .05 percent,
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TABLE lit. Union scales of wages and hours for Building trades
in 52 cities, July 1, 1952, and July 1, 1953
/Hours are Uo per week for Both years unless otherwise
indicated/
Trade or occupationRate per hour Rate per hour Rate per hour
July 1, 1952
July 1, 1953
Trade or occupation July 1, 1952
July 1, 1953
Trade or occupation July 1; 1952
July 1, 1953
ATLANTA, GA. BALTIMORE, MD. - Continued BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -
Continued
Journeymen Journeymen - Continued Journeymen - Continued
Asbestos workers ........... $2,625 $2,625 Carpenters,
millwrights, Carpenters, floor layers,Boilermakers ...............
2.600 2.750 and piledrivers ........... $2,580 *2.580 piledrivers
............... $2 .2U0 *2 .2U0Bricklayers ................. 2.900
3.100 Cement finishers ........... 2.1*50 2.600 Millwrights
.............. 2.365 2.365Carpenters, millwrights, Electricians
(inside wiremen) 2.750 2.875 Cement finishers ........... 2.380
2.380and piledrivers ........... 2.200 2.350 Elevator constructors
...... 2.850 2.960 Electricians (inside wiremen) 2.750 2.875
Cement finishers ........... 2.310 2 .U50 Engineers - Power
equipment Elevator constructors ...... 2.580 2.710Electricians
(inside wiremen) 2.600 2.750 operators: Engineers - Power
equipmentElevator constructors ...... 2.610 2.750 Building
construction: operators:Engineers - Power equipment Heavy
equipment: Air compressors .......... 2.025 2.025operators:
Derricks, power cranes, Bulldozers ................ 2.190 2.300Air
compressors, portable shovels, elevating Cranes, derricks, andand
stationary .......... 1.800 1.800 graders ............. 2.850 3.100
draglines ............... 2.W*0 2 .1*1*0
Bulldozers: Medium equipment: Finishing machines ....... 2.025
2.025Under 1*0 horsepower .... 1.800 1.800 Temporary elevators,
Graders:UO horsepower and over .. 2.075 2.075 concrete pumps, Blade
.................. 2.135 2.135
Cranes, derricks, drag- single-drum hoists ... 2.200 2.250 Motor
.................. 2.300 2.300lines, and piledrivers ... 2.600
2.600 Light equipment: Hoists:
2 .1*00 2.U00 2.200 2.250 1 d r u m ................. 2.160
2.160Hoists: Bulldozers ........... 2.000 2.250 2 drums
................ 2 .1*1*0 2 Mo
1 d r u m .................. 2.000 2.000 Heavy construction:
Mixers:2 drums ................ 2.350 2.350 Heavy equipment: Under
5 bags ........... 2.025 2.0253 drums ................. 2.550 2.550
Whirleys, derricks, 5 bags and over ........ 2.M*0 2 .1*1*0
Locomotives .............. 1.900 1.900 piledrivers .........
2.850 3.100 Piledrivers .............. 2.1*1*0 2.1*1*0Mixers: Light
equipment: Pumps ..................... 2.025 2.025
Under 10S .............. 1.650 1.650 Tractors with Rollers
................... 2.160 2.160I .900 I.9OO 2.000 2.250 Scrapers
.................. 2.1*1*0 2 MO
Pumps .......................................................
1.650 1.650 Glaziers .................... 2.375 2.1*75 Shovels
................... 2.hk0 2.1*1*0Rollers ................... 1.800
1.800 Lathers ..................... 2.875 2.875 Tractors
.................. 2.160 2.160Scrapers .................. 2.075
2.075 Machinists .................. 2.750 2.875 Trenching machines
....... 2 MO 2 .1*1*0Shovels
.................................................. 2.600 2.600
Marble setters .................................... 2.500 2.500
Glaziers .....................................................
2.250 2.300Tractors: Mosaic and terrazzo workers . 2.750 2.875
Lathers .......................................................
2.250 2.250
UO horsepower and under . 1.650 1.650 Painters
..................................................... 2.250 2.350
Marble setters .................................... 2.500 2.625Over
Uo horsepower ............... 1.900 1.900 Structural steel
......................... 2.375 2.*75 Mosaic and terrazzo vorkers .
2.500 2.625With special equipment . . 2.075 2.075 Paperhangers
.......................................... 2.250 2.350 Painters
..................................................... 2.250
2.350
Trenching machines .................... 2.350 2.350 Plasterers
............................................... 2.750 2.875 Spray
....................................................... 2.250
2.350Glaziers .....................................................
2.200 2.350 Plumbers .................... 2.800 2.900 Structural
steel, stageLathers ..................... 2.500 2.750 Rodmen
...................... 2.750 2.900 and swing stage ......... 2.500
2.600Machinists .................. 2.500 2.500 Roofers,
composition: Paperhangers ............... 2.250 2.350Mosaic and
terrazzo workers . 2.750 3.100 First hand ................ 2.600
2.600 Plasterers .................. 2.520 2.520P u ln t e r s
.................................................... 2.200 2.350
Second hand .............. 2.200 2.200 Plumbers
.................... 2.650 2.800
Structural steel and Roofers, slate and tile ............ 2 .U80
2 .1*80 Rodmen
.......................................................... 2.250
2.1*00swinging stage ............................ 2.250 2.600
Sheeters and precast Roofers, composition, flat . . 1.870 2.100
Paperhangers .......................................... 2 .U50
2.600 slabmen ............................................... 2.680
2.680 Roofers, composition,Plasterers
............................................... 2.500 2.750
Sheet-metal workers ....................... 2.800 2.900 steep
.................................... ..................... 2.150
2.150Plumbers .....................................................
2.900 2.900 Sign painters .......................................
2.200 2.500 Roofers, slate and tile,Rodmen
.......................................................... 2.200
2.500 Steam fltters ..........................................
2.800 2.900 slabbers and sheeters .............. 2.150
2.150Roofers, composition .................... 1.750 1.750
Stonemasons ................. 3.200 3.200 Sheet-metal workers
........ 2.U90 2.575Roofers, slate and tile .... 1.750 1.750
Structural-iron workers .... 3.050 3.200 Sign painters
.............. 2.350 2.350Sheet-metal workers ........ 2.200 2.500
Sheeters .................. 3.300 3.^50 Steamfltters
............... 2.650 2.800Sign painters .............. 2.000 2.500
Tile layers ................. 2.750 2.875 Stonemasons
................ 3.000 3.000Steamfltters ............... 2.900
2.900 Structural- and ornamental-Stonemasons
............................................ 2.900 3.100 Helpers
and laborers iron workers .......................................
2.500 2.650Structural- and ornamental- Buckers-up
.......................................... 2.625 2.775iron workers
....................................... 2.U50 2.750 Bricklayers
tenders .................... 1.590 1.590 Sheeters
............................................... 2.750 2.900
Tile layers ............................................ 2.750
3.100 Building laborers ............................ 1.1*90 1.1*90
Tile layers ............................................ 2.500
2.625Composition .roofers *
Helpers and laborers helpers
..................................................... 1.1*90 1.1*90
Helpers and laborersElevator constructors*
Bricklayers* tenders .................... 1.200 1.200 helpers
..................................................... 1.995 2.070
Bricklayers * tenders .................... 1.225 1.225Mortar mixers
............ 1.300 1.300 Marble setters* helpers .... 1.790 1.790
Mortar mixers ............ 1.325 1.325
Building laborers .......... 1.200 1.200 Plasterers' laborers
....... 1.590 1.590 Building laborers .......... 1.225
1.225Elevator constructors * Hod carriers ............. 1.800 1.800
Concrete helpers ......... 1.225 1.2 25helpers ....................
1.830 1.930 Mortar mixers ............ 1.590 1.590 Composition
roofers* helpers. (1/) 1.250Plasterers * laborers ....... 1.200
1.200 Plumbers* helpers .......... 1.1*90 1.1*90 Elevator
constructors*Plumbers* laborers ......... 1.200 1.200 Terrazzo
workers * helpers ... 1.760 1.875 helpers ................... 1.805
1.897
Tile layers* helpers ....... 1.790 1.790 Marble setters' helpers
.... 1.225 1.225BALTIMORE, MD. Plasterers' laborers ....... 1.275
1.275
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Hod carriers ............. 1.275
1.275Journeymen Plumbers' laborers ......... 1.225 1.225
Journeymen Steam and sprinklerAsbestos workers ........... 2.625
2.750 fitters* helpers ......... 1.225 1.225Boilermakers .....
.......... 2.760 3.000 Asbestos workers ........... 2.625 2.750
Terrazzo workers' helpers ... 1.225 1.225Bricklayers
................. 3.200 3.200 Bricklayers ................. 3.000
3.000 Tile layers' helpers ....... 1.225 1.225
1/ Information not availaBle for rate and hours on July 1,
1952.
NOTE: When more than one union scale was in effect for the same
classification in a particular city,letters of the alphabet were
used to designate the various effective agreements* The sequence of
the letters does not indicate the relative importance of the
agreements or the scales.
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TABU lM.~Uhlan scales of wages and hours for building trades in
52 cities, July 1 , 1952, and July 1, 1953 - Continued
Trade or occupationBate per hour
July 1 1952
, July l j 1953
Trade or occupation
B08TOI, MASS. I BUFFALO, H. T .
Jouraeyaen Journeymen
A sbestos workers ....................... *2.780 *2.850
1Asbestos workers .......................B oileraakers
............................... 2.750 2.750 HBoilermakers . . TTt.
TfB rick layers .................................. 3.000 3.085 I B
r ick la y e r s _____. . . . . . . . . . . .Carpenters
.................................... 2.625 2.750 |Carpenters
....................................Cement fin ish e rs
....................... 3.000 3.125 | M illw rights
..............................X lectrie la n s (in sid e wiremem)
2.800 2.900 0 Cement fin ish e rs .......................ELsrator
con stru ctors . . . . . . . 2.790 2.910 lj Swing s ca ffo ld . . .
. . . . . . . . .Engineers - Power equipment y Machine o p e ra to
r s .................
opera tors: | Swing s c a f f o ld ...................B uilding
con stru ction : 1 E lectricia n s (in sid e wlremen)
Heavy equipment: 1X levator constructors .............Power sh
ovels, p ile - | Engineers - Power equipment
d riv e rs , h o istin g op erators:engines
............................ 3.000 3.000 B uilding con stru ction
:
Medium equipment: Heavy equipment:B u lldozers, concrete
Shovels, cranes,
m ixers, stean b o ile r s 2.625 2.625 d errick s
.........................L ight equipment: Medium equipment:
Punps, com pressors, C arrya lls, trench ingw elding n a ch ln e
s ......... 2.550 2.550 machines .........................
Heavy con stru ction : H oists ......................... ..Heavy
equipment: Light equipment:
Power sh ovels, p ile - Compressors, m echanicald riv ers , lig
h te rs . . . . 3.000 3.000 heaters
.........................................
Medium equipment: Pumps
..................................Concrete m ixers, steam Heavy con
stru ction :b o ile r s , bu lldozers . . 2.625 2.625 Heavy
equipment:
Light equipment: Shovels, cranes,Punps, com pressors, backhoes
.........................welding m ach ines......... 2.550 2.550
Medium equlpswnt:
G laziers ........................................ 2.225 2 .M25
Graders, ca rry a lls ,Granite cu tters ......... .................
2.775 3.000 trenching machines . . .Lathers .......................
.................. ' 2.970 3.050 Light equlpswnt:M achinists
.................................... 2.750 2.750 Compressors,
heatingMarble se tters ............................ 2.775 2 . 9M0 b
o ile rs ...........................Mosaic and terrazzo Pavers
................................workers .............
........................ .......... 2.775 2 .9M0 G laziers
............................
P ainters
............................................................ 2.^00
2 .M75 Lathers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spray
......................................... ... 3.200 3.200 M a ch in
ists
......................................................Structural s
te e l . . . . . . . . . . 2.550 2.550 Marble se tters
.........................................
P lasterers
...................................................... 3.050 3.050
Mosaic and terrazzo workers .P lum bers___ . . . ________ . . . . .
. . . 2.695 2.850 Painters
......................................................1
.Bodmen..................................................................
2.820 2.850 Spray and stru ctu ra l s te e lB oofers, com position
....................... 2.510 2.580 Swinging and s te e lB oafers,
s la te and swinging s c a f f o ld .......................
t i le .............................................. 2.510
2.580 Paperhangers ................................gheet-m etal
workers ________ 2.670 2.850 P lasterers
....................................Sign painters
............................................ 2.030 2.200 Plumbers
............................................................
T etterera (ou tdoor) . r_____ 2.160 2.200 Bodmen
............................... .............Combination (p ic to r
ia l) . . . 2.370 2 .5M0 B oafers, com p osition
...............
S team fitters ............................... 2.800 2.850 B
oafers, s la te and t i le .........Sprinkler f i t t e r s
............. ... 2 .8M5 2 .8M5 Sheet-m etal workers
.................
S ton ecutters: Sign painters
..............................Inside
............................................................ 2 .M38
2.550 P icto r ia l
...................................................O u ts id e
......................................... .. 2.988 3.125 Steam
fitters ................................................Carvers:
Sprinkler f it t e r s ..........................
Inside ......................................................
2.688 3.000 Stonecutters (curb) ..........................Outside
.......................................... 3.238 3.550 B uild ing,
f it t in g , and
A r t ific ia l stone p atch ers: cu ttin g
......................................................Inside . .
....... ........................ .............. 2.190 2.290
Stonemasons
...................................................Outside
................................................... 2.988 3 .125 S
tru ctu ra l- and ornamental -
gtonemsipons , - - T T t t t - t - _____ . . 3.000 3.085 iron
workers ................................ ...S tru ctu ra l-iron w
ork ers .............. 2.820 2.950 T ile layers
...................................................T ile la y e r s
................................................... 2.775 2.875
H elpers and laborersHelpers and laborers
/ B rick la yers' tenders ...............B rick la yers '
tenders ............... 1.930 1.930 B uilding laborers
.....................B uilding laborers ..................... 1.930
1.930 E levator con stru ctors 'Com position r o o fe r s ' helpers
........................................helpers
........................................ 1.850 1.920 Marble s e tte
r s ' helpers .........
X levator con stru ctors ' P la sterers ' laborers
...............1.950 2 .0M0 Mortar mixers ............
Marble s e tte r s ' helpers ......... 2.050 2.150 Plumbers'
laborers ...................P la sterers ' helpers
................. 2.100 2.100 Terrazzo workers* helpers . .
.Terrazzo w orkers' helpers . . . 2.125 2.125 Terrazzo gjrinders
........T ile la y e rs ' helpers ............... 2.050 2.150 T ile
layers* helpers .......................
Bate per hour Bate per hour
July 1 1952
, July 1 , 1953
Trade or occupation July 1 1952
, July 1, 1953
CHABLOTTE, H. C.
Journeymen
*2.865 *2.900 Asbestos workers ....................... *2.625
*2.6252.910 3.010 Boilerm akers ................................
2.600 2.7503.070 3 . 1M0 B rick layers
.................................. 2.625 2.7502.815 2.905
Carpenters .................................... 1.950 2.0502.775
2.955 F loor layers ........................... 1.950 2.0502.770
2.850 M illw righ ts, p lle d r iv e rs ,3 .0M0 3.120 wharf and
bridge ................. 2.200 2.3002 .9M0 3.020 Cement fin ish e
rs ....................... 1.900 1.9003 .1M0 3.270 E le ctr icia n
s ( ins ide wlremen) 2.200 2 .MOO2.900 3.000 Engineers - Power
equipment2.910 3.075 op era tors:
A ir com pressors(p orta b le ) ..............................
1.875 2.000
B ulldozers ................................ 1.875 2.150Cranes,
d errick s,
draglin es ................................ 2.125 2 . M002.9M0
3.030 Graders ...................................... 2.000
2.150
H olsts:1 drum ............... .................... 1.625
1.875
2.815 2.905 2 or more drums ................. 1.875 2.0002.775
2.865 B oom ........................................ 2.125 2
.M00
Locom otives .............................. 1.625 2 .M00M
ixers:
2.565 2.655 Sm aller than 10S ............... 1.625 1.8752.690
2.780 Larger than 10S ................. 1.750 2.000
P lled riv ers .............................. 2.250 2 .
M00Pumps:
Under 2 Inches ................... 1.625 1.8752 .9M0 3.030 Over
2 inches ..................... 1.750 2.000
B o ile rs :Asphalt .................................. 2.000
2.150
2.815 2.905 Earth ...................................... 1.870
2.150Scrapers .................................... 2.125
2.150Shovels ...................................... 2.125 2 .
M00
2.565 2.655 Trenching n a ch ln e s ............... 2.125
2.1502.9M0 3.030 T ractors (w ith attach 2.350 2 .M80 ments)
...................................... 2.125 2.1503.010 3.090 G
laziers ........................................ 1.650 I . 65O2.900
2.900 Lathers ......................... *.............. 2.500
2.5002.815 2.885 Marble se tters ........................... 2.500
2.5002.750 2.820 M osaic and terrazzo workers . 2.500 2.5002.585
2.665 P ainters .....................