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Occupational Wage Survey
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSOCTOBER 1960
Bulletin N o. 1285-15
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell,
Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Claguo, Commissioner
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Occupational Wage Survey
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
O C T O B E R 1 9 6 0
Bulletin No. 1285-15December I 960
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT O F LA BO R
Jam es P. Mitchell, Secretary
BUREAU O F LABOR STATISTICS
Ew an Claguo, Commissioner
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Preface
The Com m unity Wage Survey P ro g ra m
The Bureau o f L abor S tatistics regu larly conducts areaw ide
wage su rveys in a num ber o f im portant industria l c e n te rs .
The stud ies, made fro m late fa ll to ea r ly sprin g , relate to
occu pation al earn ings and re lated supplem entary b en e fits .
A p re lim in a ry re p o rt is availab le on com pletion o f the
study in each area , usually in the month fo llow in g the p a yro
ll period studied. This bu lletin provides additional data not
included in the e a r lie r re p o rt . A con solida ted analytica
l bu lletin su m m arizin g the resu lts o f a ll o f the y e a r
's su rveys is issu ed after com pletion o f the final area bu
lletin fo r the cu rren t round of su rvey s .
This re p o rt was prepared in the B u reau 's region al o ffic
e in B oston , M ass . , by L eo E pstein , under the d ir e c tion
o f Paul V . M ulkern, A ssistan t R egional D ire c to r fo r W
ages and Industrial R e la tion s .
Contents
Page
In tro d u c tio n
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1Wage trends fo r se le cte d occu pation al groups
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T ab les :
1. E stablish m en ts and w ork ers within scop e o f s u r v e
y -------------- 32. Indexes o f standard w eekly sa la rie s and
stra ig h t-tim e
h ourly earn ings fo r se le cte d occu pation al g rou ps, and
percen ts o f in cre a se fo r se le cte d p eriods
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A: O ccupational earn ings: *A - 1. O ffice o ccu p a tion
s__________________________________________A -2 . P ro fe ss io n a
l and tech n ica l o c cu p a t io n s_________________A -3 . M
aintenance and pow erplant o c cu p a t io n s_______________ 1A -4
. C ustodia l and m a teria l m ovem ent o c c u p a t io n s
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B: E stablish m en t p ra ctice s and supplem entary wage p ro v
is io n s : *
B - l . Shift d if fe r e n t ia ls
_________________________________________ 15B -2 . M inim um
entrance sa la rie s fo r w om en o ffic e
w ork ers __________________________________________________ 16B
-3 . Scheduled w eekly h o u r s __________________________________
17B -4 . P aid h o lid a y s
______________________________________________ 18B -5 . P aid
vacations _____________________________________________ 19B -6 .
Health, in su ran ce , and pension p la n s__________________
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Appendix: O ccupational d e s c r ip t io n s
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* NOTE: S im ilar tabulations are availab le in the B oston area
rep orts fo r M arch 1951, A p r il 1952, M arch 1953, M arch 1954,
A p ril 1955, Septem ber 1956, Septem ber 1957, O ctob er 1958, and
O ctober 1959- A d ire c to ry indicating date o f study and the p
r ice o f the re p o rts , as w ell as rep orts fo r other m a jo r
a re a s , is available upon requ est.
C urrent rep orts on occu pation al earn ings and su pp lem en
tary wage p ra ctice s in the B oston area are a lso available fo r
the m a ch in ery in du stries (January I960), hotels (M arch
I960), flu id m ilk (A pril I960), pow er laundries and dry c le a
n e rs (A pril I960), banking (June I960) and h ospitals (July
I960). Union s c a le s , ind icative o f preva ilin g pay le v e
ls , are availab le fo r the fo llow in g trades or in du stries :
Building con stru ction ,printing, lo c a l-t ra n s it operating e
m p lo y e e s , and m otortru ck d r iv e rs and h e lp e rs .
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Occupational Wage SurveyBoston, Mass.
Introduction
T his a rea is one o f se v e ra l im portant in du stria l cen
ters in w hich the U .S . D epartm ent o f L a b or1 s Bureau o f L
abor S tatistics has conducted su rveys o f occu pation al earn
ings and re lated wage benefits on an areaw ide b a s is . In this
a rea , data w ere obtained by p e rso n a l v is its o f B ureau
fie ld e c o n o m is ts 1 to rep resen tative establishm ents
within s ix b road in du stry d iv is ion s : M anufacturing; tran
sportation , 2com m u n ication , and other pu b lic u tilities ; w
h olesa le trade ; re ta il trade; fin an ce , in su ran ce , and
re a l estate ; and s e r v ic e s . M a jor in dustry grou ps
exclu ded fr o m these studies are governm ent operations and the
con stru ction and ex tractive in du stries . E stablishm ents
having few er than a p r e s c r ib e d num ber o f w ork ers a re
om itted a lso becau se they fu rn ish in su ffic ien t em ploym
ent in the occu pation s studied to w a r rant in clu sion . W h
erever p o s s ib le , separate tabulations are p rov id ed fo r
each o f the broad industry d iv is ion s .
T h ese su rveys are conducted on a sam ple b a sis becau se o f
the u n n ecessa ry c o s t involved in surveying a ll estab lishm
ents. T o obtain appropria te a ccu ra cy at m inim um co s t , a g
rea ter p rop ortion o f la rg e than o f sm all establishm ents is
studied. In com bining the data, h ow ev e r , a ll estab lishm
ents a re g iven th eir appropria te w eight. E stim ates based on
the establishm ents studied are p resen ted , th e re fo re , as r
e lating to a ll estab lishm ents in the industry grouping and area
, ex cept fo r th ose be low the m inim um s ize studied.
O ccupations and E arnings
The occu pation s se lected fo r study are com m on to a variety
o f m anufacturing and nonm anufacturing in du str ies . O
ccupationa l c la s s ifica tion is based on a u n iform set o f jo
b d escr ip tion s designed to take account o f in ter estab lishm
ent varia tion in duties w ithin the sam e jo b . (See appendix fo
r listin g o f th ese d e s c r ip t io n s .) E arnings data are
presen ted (in the A -s e r ie s tab les) fo r the fo llow in g
types o f o ccu p a tions: (a) O ffice c le r ic a l ; (b) p ro fe
ss io n a l and tech n ica l; (c) m a in tenance and pow erplant;
and (d) custod ia l and m a te r ia l m ovem en t.
1 Data w ere obtained by m a il fr o m som e o f the sm a lle r
e s tablishm ents fo r w hich v is its by B ureau fie ld econ om
ists in the la st p rev iou s su rvey indicated em ploym ent in re
la tiv e ly few o f the o c cu pations studied. Unusual changes
reported by m a il w ere v e r ifie d with em p loy ers .
2 R a ilroad s , fo r m e r ly excluded fr o m the scop e o f
these studies, w ere included in a ll o f the areas studied s in ce
July 1959, except B a ltim ore , B u ffa lo , C leveland, and
Seattle. R a ilroads are now in cluded in the scop e o f a ll la b
o r -m a rk e t w age su rveys.
O ccupationa l em ploym ent and earn ings data are shown fo r fu
ll-t im e w o rk e rs , i. e . , th ose h ired to w ork a regu lar
w eek ly sch ed ule in the g iven occu pation a l c la s s ifica
tio n . E arnings data exclu de p rem iu m pay fo r ov ertim e and
fo r w ork On w eekends, h o lida ys , and late sh ifts. N
onproduction bonuses a re exclu ded a lso , but c o s t - o f - liv
in g bonuses and in cen tive earn ings a re included . W here w eek
ly h ours are rep orted , as fo r o f f ic e c le r i c a l o ccu p
ation s , re fe re n ce is to the w ork sch edu les (rounded to the
n e a re st h a lf hour) fo r w hich s tra ig h t-tim e sa la r ie
s are paid ; average w eek ly earn ings fo r these occu pation s
have been rounded to the n e a re st half d o lla r .
A v era ge earn ings o f m en and w om en a re p resen ted sep
ara te ly fo r se le cted occu pation s in w hich both se x e s are
com m on ly em ployed . D iffe re n ce s in pay le v e ls o f m en
and w om en in th ese occu pation s are la rg e ly due to (1) d
iffe re n ce s in the d istribu tion o f the sex es am ong in du
stries and estab lishm ents; (2) d iffe re n ce s in s p e c if ic
duties p e r fo rm e d , although the occu pation s are ap p rop
ria te ly c la s s if ie d within the sam e su rvey jo b d e scr ip
tio n ; and (3) d iffe re n ce s in length o f s e r v ic e o r m e
r it rev iew when individual s a la r ie s a re ad justed on this b
a s is . L on ger average s e r v ice o f m en w ould resu lt in h
igh er average pay when both sex es are em ployed within the sam e
rate range. Job d e scr ip tio n s u sed in c la ss ify in g em p
loyees in th ese su rveys a re usu a lly m o r e gen era lized than
th ose used in individual estab lishm ents to a llow fo r m in or d
iffe re n ce s am ong estab lishm ents in sp e c if ic duties p e r
fo rm e d .
O ccupationa l em ploym ent estim a tes re p re se n t the tota
l in a ll estab lishm ents within the scop e o f the study and not
the num ber actu a lly su rveyed . B ecau se o f d iffe re n ce s
in occu pation a l stru ctu re am ong estab lish m en ts, the estim
ates o f occu pation a l em ploym ent obtained fr o m the sam ple o
f estab lishm ents studied se rv e on ly to in d icate the re la
tive im portan ce o f the job s , studied. T h ese d iffe re n ce s
in o c c u pational stru ctu re do n ot m a te r ia lly a ffe ct
the a c cu ra cy o f the earn ings data.
E stablish m en t P r a c t ic e s and Supplem entary W age P ro
v is io n s
In form ation is p resen ted a lso (in the B -s e r ie s tab
les) on s e le cted estab lishm ent p r a c t ic e s and supplem
entary ben efits as they r e late to o f f ic e and plant w o rk e
rs . The te rm o f f ic e w o rk e rs , " as used in this bu lletin
, includes w orking su p e rv iso rs and nonsupervisofry w o rk e
rs p e r fo rm in g c le r ic a l o r re la ted fu n ction s, and
exclu des adm inis tra tiv e , ex ecu tive , and p r o fe ss io n a
l p e rso n n e l. "P lan t w o rk e rs " in clude w orking fo re m
e n and a ll n on su p erv isory w ork ers (including le a d - m en
and tra in ees) engaged in n on o ffice fu nction s. A dm in istra
tive ,
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2execu tive , and p r o fe ss io n a l em p loyees , and fo r ce
-a c c o u n t con stru ction em p loyees who a re u tilized as a
separate w ork fo r c e a re excluded . C a feteria w o rk e rs and
routem en a re exclu ded in m anufacturing industr ie s , but a re
included as plant w o rk e rs in nonm anufacturing in d u stries
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Shift d iffe ren tia l data (table B - l ) a re lim ited to m
anufacturing in d u str ies . This in form ation is p resen ted
both in term s o f (a) esta b lish m en t p o licy , 3 p resen ted
in te rm s o f total plant w ork er em p loy m ent, and (b) e ffe
ct iv e p ra c t ice , p resen ted on the b a s is o f w o rk e rs
actu ally em ployed on the sp e cifie d shift at the tim e o f the
survey. In estab lishm ents having v a r ie d d iffe ren tia ls ,
the am ount applying to a m a jo r ity w as used or , i f no am
ount applied to a m a jor ity , the c la s s ifica tio n no th er"
w as used. In estab lishm ents in w hich som e la te - shift h ours
a re paid at n orm al ra tes , a d iffe ren tia l w as r e co rd e
d only i f it applied to a m a jo r ity o f the sh ift h ours.
M inim um entrance ra tes (table B -2 ) re la te only to the
esta b lish m en ts v is ited . They a re p resen ted on an
establishm ent, rather than on an em ploym ent b a s is . P aid h o
lidays ; paid vaca tion s ; and health, in su ran ce , and pen sion
plans a re treated s ta tistica lly on the b a s is that these a re
ap p licab le to a ll plant or o ffic e w o rk e rs if a m a jo r
ity o f such w o rk e rs a re e lig ib le o r m ay eventually
qualify fo r the p r a c t ic e s lis ted . Scheduled h ours a re
treated s ta tist ica lly on the b a s is that th ese a re ap p
licab le to a ll plant or o ffic e w o rk e rs i f a m a jor ity a
re co v e re d . 4 B ecau se of rounding, sum s o f individual item
s in these tabulations m ay not equal tota ls .
The f ir s t pa rt o f the paid h olidays table p resen ts the
num b e r o f w hole and half holidays actu ally p rov ided . The
secon d part com bin es w hole and h alf h olidays to show total
holiday tim e .
The sum m ary o f vaca tion plans is lim ited to fo rm a l a rra
n g e m ents, excluding in form al plans w h ereby tim e o ff with
pay is granted at the d is cre tio n o f the em p loyer . Separate
estim a tes a re p rov id ed a cco rd in g to em p loyer p ra c
tice in com puting vacation paym ents, such as tim e paym ents, p
ercen t o f annual earn ings, o r f la t -su m am ounts. H ow ever,
in the tabulations o f v acation a llow an ces , paym ents not on a
tim e b a s is w ere con verted ; f o r exam ple, a paym ent o f 2
p ercen t o f annual earn ings w as con s id e re d as the
equivalent o f 1 w e e k 's pay.
3 An estab lishm ent w as co n s id e re d as having a p o licy
i f it m et either o f the fo llow in g cond ition s: ( l ) O
perated late sh ifts at the tim e o f the su rvey , or (2) had fo
rm a l p ro v is io n s cover in g late sh ifts.
4 Scheduled w eek ly hours fo r o ffic e w o rk e rs ( f ir s t
section of table B -3 ) in su rveys m ade p r io r to July 1957 w
ere p resen ted in te rm s o f the p rop ortion of w om en o ffic e
w o rk e rs em ployed in o ff ic e s with the indicated w eek ly h
ours fo r w om en w o rk e rs .
Data a re presen ted fo r a ll health, insurance, and pension
plans fo r w hich at lea st a p a rt o f the co s t is born e by
the em p loyer, excepting only leg a l requ irem en ts such as w
ork m en 's com pensation , s o c ia l secu rity , and ra ilro a d
retirem en t. Such plans include those underw ritten by a co m m e
r c ia l insu ran ce com pany and those p rovided through a union
fund o r paid d ire c t ly by the em p loyer out of curren t
operating funds or fr o m a fund set as ide fo r this pu rpose.
Death ben efits a re included as a fo rm o f life in surance.
S ickn ess and acc iden t insu ran ce is lim ited to that type o
f in surance under w hich pred eterm in ed cash paym ents a re m
ade d ire c tly to the insured on a w eekly or m onthly b a s is
during illn e ss or acciden t d isab ility . In form ation is p
resen ted fo r a ll such plans to which the em p loyer contributes.
H ow ever, in New Y ork and New J ersey , which have enacted tem p
ora ry d isab ility in su ran ce law s w hich requ ire e m p lo y e
r contribution s, 5 plans a re included only if the em ployer (1)
co n tributes m o re than is leg a lly requ ired , o r (2) p rov id
es the em ployee with ben efits w hich exceed the requ irem en ts o
f the law. Tabulations o f paid s ick -le a v e plans are lim ited
to fo rm a l plans 6 w hich provide fu ll pay or a p rop ortion o f
the w o r k e r 's pay during absen ce fro m w ork beca u se of
illn e ss . Separate tabulations a re p rov id ed accord in g to (
l ) plans w hich p rov id e fu ll pay and no w aiting p er iod ,
and (2) plans p rovid in g either pa rtia l pay or a waiting p
eriod . In addition to the p resen ta tion o f the p rop ortion s o
f w o rk e rs who a r e provided sick n ess and acc id en t in
surance o r paid s ick leave , an unduplicated total is shown o f w
o rk e rs who r e ce iv e either or both types o f ben efits.
Catastrophe in su ran ce, som etim es re fe r r e d to as
extended m e d ica l in su ran ce, in cludes those plans w hich a
re designed to p ro te c t em p loyees in ca se o f s ick n e ss
and in ju ry involving expenses beyond the n orm al co v e ra g e o
f hosp ita lization , m ed ica l, and su rg ica l p lans. M ed ica
l in su ran ce r e fe r s to p lans provid in g fo r com plete or
partia l paym ent o f d o c to r s 1 fe e s . Such plans m ay be
underw ritten by c o m m e r c ia l in su ran ce com panies or n
onprofit organ izations or they m ay be se lf- in s u re d .
Tabulations o f re tirem en t pen sion plans a re lim ited to those
plans that p rov id e m onthly paym ents fo r the rem ainder o f
the w o r k e r 's life .
5 The tem p ora ry d isa b ility law s in C a liforn ia and
Rhode Island do not req u ire em p loyer contribution s.
6 An estab lishm ent w as con s id e re d a s having a fo rm a l
plan if it estab lished at le a st the m inim um num ber o f days o
f s ick leave that cou ld be expected by each em p loyee . Such a
plan need not be w ritten, but in form al s ick -le a v e a llow an
ces , determ ined on an individual b a sis , w ere excluded.
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3Table 1. E stablishm ents and w orkers within scope of survey
and number studied in B oston , M a ss . by m ajor industry d iv is
io n ,2 O ctober I960
M inim um Number of establishm ents W ork ers in establish m en
ts
Industry divisionem ploym ent
in esta b lish W ithin Within scope of study Studied
m ents in scope of study
scope of study 3
StudiedT o ta l4 O ffice Plant T o ta l4
A ll d ivisions _
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----------------------- _ 1 ,2 5 0 258 4 2 6 ,1 0 0 9 0 ,9 0 0 2 5
4 ,7 0 0 235, 940
M anufacturing ___ __ _ _ ---------- ----------
----------------- ------- 100 442 86 2 1 5 ,0 0 0 3 0 ,3 0 0 1 4 8
,9 0 0 1 1 4 ,9 7 0Nonm anufacturing __________ _
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T ran sportation , com m unication, and' 808 172 2 1 1 ,1 0 0 6
0 ,6 0 0 1 0 5 ,8 0 0 1 2 0 ,9 7 0
other public u tilities 5 ____________ _________ ____ 100 61 22
4 0 ,3 0 0 8 , 200 2 3 ,3 0 0 3 0 ,3 4 0W h olesale trade
_____________________________________________ 50 203 41 2 3 ,0 0 0
7 ,0 0 0 9 , 500 7 ,3 1 0R etail trade __________________
____________________ _________ 100 128 34 6 2 ,8 0 0 6 ,8 0 0 5 0
,8 0 0 3 8 ,9 7 0F in ance, in suran ce, and rea l estate
___________________ 50 186 37 4 9 ,0 0 0 3 1 ,7 0 0 6 2 ,2 0 0 3 0
,5 3 0S e r v ic e s 7 ____________ _____ _________ ______ ~ -----
50 230 38 3 6 ,0 0 0 6 ,9 0 0 2 0 ,0 0 0 1 3 ,8 2 0
1 The Boston Standard M etropolitan Statistical A re a (Suffolk
County, 15 com m unities in E s s e x County, 29 in M iddlesex
County, 19 in N orfolk County, and 9 in P lym outh County). The"w o
rk ers within scope of study" estim ates shown in this table
provide a reason ably accurate description of the size and com
position of the labor force included in the su rvey. The estim
atesare not intended, h ow ever, to serve as a b asis of com
parison with other area em ploym ent indexes to m easu re em ploym
ent trends or le v els since (1) planning of wage su rveys requ
ires the useof establish m en t data com piled considerably in
advance of the p ayroll period studied, and (2) sm all establish m
en ts are excluded from the scope of the su rvey.
2 The 1957 revised edition of the Standard Industrial C
lassification Manual was used in c lassify in g establish m en ts
by industry d ivision . M ajor changes fro m the e a rlie r edition
(used in the B u reau s labor m arket wage su rveys conducted prior
to July 1958) are the tra n sfer of m ilk pasteurization plants and
read y-m ixed concrete establish m en ts fro m trade (w holesale or
retail) to m anufacturing, and the tra n sfer of radio and
television broadcasting from se rv ic e s to the transportation ,
com m unication, and other public u tilities d ivision .
3 Includes a ll establish m en ts with total em ploym ent at or
above the m in im u m -size lim itation. A ll outlets (within the
area) of com panies in such industries as tra d e , finance, auto
repair s e r v ic e , and m otion -p ictu re theaters are
considered as 1 establish m en t.
4 Includes executive, p ro fessio n a l, and other w orkers
excluded from the separate office and plant ca te g o ries .5 T
axicabs and se rv ic e s incidental to w ater transportation w ere
excluded. B oston 's transit sy stem is m unicipally operated and,
th e re fo re , excluded by definition from the scope of the
studies.6 E stim ate relates to rea l estate establish m en ts
only.7 Hotels-; p erson al se rv ic e s ; busin ess se rv ic e s ;
autom obile repair shops; m otion p ictures; nonprofit m em bersh
ip organ ization s; and engineering and architectu ral s e r v ic e
s .
Table 2. Indexes of standard w eekly sa la rie s and stra igh
t-tim e hourly earnings for selected occupational groups in B
oston, M a ss . , O ctober I960 and October 1959, and percents of
in crea se for selected periods
Industry and occupational group
Indexes(M arch 1953 = 100) P ercent in crea ses from
O ctober I960 October 1959O ctober 1959
toO ctober I960
October 1958 to
O ctober 1959
Septem ber 1957 to
O ctober 1956
Septem ber 1956 to
Septem ber 1957
A p ril 1955 to
Septem ber 1956
M arch 1954 to
A p ril 1955
M arch 1953 to
M arch 1954
A ll in du stries:O ffice c le r ic a l (women) _______ ___ __
__ __ ___ 139. 8 134. 7 3. 8 3 .4 5. 3 5. 7 8. 0 2. 9 5.
2Industrial n urses (women) ____________________________ 141. 1
136. 3 3. 6 4 . 3 5. 9 4 . 8 9. 0 1. 5 6. 5Skilled m aintenance
(men) __________________ _______ 140. 8 134. 5 4 . 7 4 . 2 5 .4 5.
2 8. 5 1. 9 5. 3U nskilled plant (men)
__________________________________ 1 3 9 .4 133. 3 4 . 6 4 . 0 7. 1
4 . 7 6. 3 2 .4 5. 1
M anufacturing:O ffice c le r ic a l (women) ____ ___ __
_______________ 1 3 7 .4 1 3 2 .4 3. 8 3. 9 4 . 6 6. 1 7. 3 2. 3 4
.4Industrial n u rses (women) ____________________________ 140. 0
135. 2 3. 6 3. 7 6. 5 4 . 1 8. 9 . 7 7. 2Skilled m aintenance (men)
----- ------- _ ----- _ 142. 1 135. 6 4 . 8 4 . 2 5. 3 5 .4 8. 9 1
.9 5. 6U nskilled plant (men) _________ _____ __ ----------- 139. 6
1 3 3 .4 4 . 6 3. 6 7. 9 4 .6 5. 0 3. 1 5. 5
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P resen ted in table 2 a re indexes o f sa la r ie s o f o ffic
e c le r ic a l w o rk e rs and indu stria l n u rses , and o f
average earn ings o f se le cted plant w ork er grou ps. In a rea s
w hich w ere not su rveyed during the f is c a l 1953 b a se y ea r
(July 1952 to June 1953) this table is lim ited to p e rce n ts o f
change betw een se le cte d p e r io d s .
F or o ffic e c le r ic a l w ork ers and in du stria l n u rses
, the indexes re la te to av erage w eek ly sa la r ie s fo r n orm
al hours o f w ork , that is , the standard w ork schedule fo r w
hich s tra ig h t-tim e sa la r ie s a re paid. F or plant w ork er
grou ps, they m ea su re changes in s tra ig h t-tim e h ourly earn
ings, excluding p rem iu m pay fo r ov ertim e and fo r w ork on w
eek ends, h olidays , and late sh ifts. The indexes a re ba sed on.
data fo r se le cted key occu pation s and include m o s t o f the
n u m erica lly im portant jo b s w ithin each group. The o ffic e
c le r ic a l data a re based on w om en in the fo llow in g 18 jo
b s : B ille r s , m ach ine (b illin g m ach in e); book k eep in
g - m ach ine op e ra to rs , c la s s A and B ; C om ptom eter op
e ra to rs ; c le rk s , f ile , c la s s A and B; c le rk s , o rd
e r ; c le rk s , p a y ro ll; keypunch o p era tors ; o f f ic e g
ir ls ; s e c r e ta r ie s ; sten ograph ers , general; sw
itchboard o p e ra to rs ; sw itchboard o p e ra to r -re ce p t io
n is ts ; tabu lating-m achine o p e ra to r s ; tra n scr ib in g
-m a ch in e o p e ra to rs , g en era l; and typ ists , c la s s A
and B. The in du stria l n urse data a re ba sed on w om en
industria l n u rses . M en in the fo llow in g 10 sk illed m
aintenance jo b s and 3 unskilled jo b s w ere included in the
plant w ork er data: Skilled- ca rp en ters ;e le c tr ic ia n s ;
m a ch in ists ; m ech a n ics ; m ech a n ics , autom otive; m i l
l w righ ts; pa in ters ; p ip e fitte rs ; sh eet-m eta l w o rk e
rs ; and to o l and die m a k ers ; unskilled ja n ito rs , p o r
te r s , and c le a n e rs ; la b o re rs , m a te r ia l handling;
and w atchm en.
A v era ge w eek ly sa la r ie s or average h ourly earn ings w
ere com puted fo r each o f the se lected occu pation s. The av
erage sa la r ie s or h ourly earn ings w e re then m u ltip lied
by the average o f 1953 and 1954 em ploym ent in the jo b . T h ese
w eighted earn ings fo r individual occu pation s w ere then tota
led to obtain an aggregate fo r each occu p a tiona l group. F in
ally , the ra tio o f th ese group aggregates fo r a giv^n y ea r
to the aggregate fo r the ba se p e r io d (su rv ey m onth, w
inter 195253) w as com puted *and the re su lt m u ltip lied by the
ba se yea r index (100) to get the index fo r the g iven y ea r
.
S im ilar p ro ce d u re s w ere fo llow ed in com piling "p
ercen ts o f change" in a ras not su rveyed during 1953.
A djustm ents have been m ade w here n e ce s sa ry to m aintain
com p a ra b ility so that the y e a r -to -y e a r com p a rison s
a re based on the sam e industry and occu pation al co v era g e .
F or exam ple, ra ilroa d s have been included in the co v e ra g e
o f the su rveys only sin ce July 1959. In com puting the indexes
fo r the f ir s t y ear in w hich ra ilroa d s w ere included, data
relating to ra ilro a d s w ere excluded. Indexes fo r su b se
quent y e a rs include data fo r ra ilro a d s .
The indexes m ea su re , p r in cip a lly , the e ffe cts o f
(1) general sa la ry and w age changes; (2) m e r it or other in
cre a s e s in pay re ce iv e d by individual w ork ers w hile in
the sam e jo b ; and (3) changes in the labor fo r c e such as la
bor tu rnover, fo r c e expansions, fo r c e re d u c tions, and
changes in the p rop ortion o f w ork ers em ployed by estab lish m
en ts with d ifferen t pay le v e ls . Changes in the labor fo r c
e can cau se in cre a se s or d e c re a se s in the occu pation al
averages without actual w age changes. F o r exam ple, a fo r c e
expansion m ight in crea se the p rop ortion o f low er paid w o rk
e rs in a sp e c ific occupation and r e sult in a drop in the
average , w hereas a reduction in the p rop ortion o f low er paid
w o rk e rs w ould have the opposite e ffect . The m ovem ent o f a
h igh -paying estab lishm ent out o f an a rea could cause the
average earn ings to drop , even though no change in ra tes o c cu
rre d in other a rea estab lishm ents.
The use o f constant em ploym ent w eights e lim inates the e
ffe cts of changes in the p rop ortion o f w o rk e rs rep resen
ted in each job in cluded in the data. Nor a re the indexes in
fluenced by changes in standard w ork sch edu les or in p rem iu m
pay fo r overtim e, since they a re ba sed on pay fo r stra ig h
t-tim e hours.
Indexes fo r the p e r io d 1953 to I960 fo r w o rk e rs in 20
m a jor labor m ark ets w ill appear in BLS B ull. 1265-62, W ages
and R elated B en efits, 60 L abor M arkets, W inter 195960.
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Table A-l. Office Occupations
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(Average straight-tim e weekly hours and earnings for selected
occupations studied on an area basis by industry division, Boston,
M a ss ., October I960)
Averaqe NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY
EARNINGS OFNumber $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ % $ $ S $ $ $Sex, occupation,
and industry division of Weekly Weekly Under 45. 00 50. 00 55. 00
60. 00 65. 00 70. 00 75. 00 80. 00 85. 00 90. 00 95. 00 100. 00
105.00 n o . oo 115.00 120. 00 125.00workers earnings1 $
and(Standard) (Standard)
4 0 0under - - - ~ - - - - - - - and50. 00 55. 00 60. 00 65. 00
70. 00 75. 00 80. 00 85. 00 90. 00 95. 00 100.00 105.00 110.00
115.00 120.00 125. 00 over
Men
Clerks, accounting, class A
-------------------------------------------- 664 38. 0 $ 97.00 _ .
_ 1 9 34 45 41 35 66 56 41 83 71 74 58 24 26Manufacturing
-----------------------------------------------------------------
133 38. 0 103.00 - - - - - - 4 4 - 17 7 10 31 4 27 23 5
1Nonmanufacturing
---------------------------------------------------------- 531 38.
0 95.50 - - - 1 9 34 41 37 35 49 49 31 52 67 47 35 19 25
W holesale trade
------------------------------------------------------- 122 38. 5
101.50 - - - - - 10 5 5 9 14 14 4 8 6 6 9 9 2 23Retail trade
--------------------------------------------------------------- 69
36. 5 84.50 - - - 1 7 8 2 4 11 13 6 2 6 2 1 3 1 2Finance 3
-------------------------------------------------------------------
109 37. 0 79.50 - - - - 2 14 29 22 11 11 12 2 3 _ 2 _ 1 _Services
---------------------------------------------------------------------
54 38. 5 92.50 - - - - - 2 2 4 4 11 12 3 2 5 6 3 - -
Clerks, accounting, class B
-------------------------------------------- 450 38. 0 75.00 _ 4 27
39 72 104 15 53 21 28 20 8 7 26 9 4 4 9Manufacturing
-----------------------------------------------------------------
84 38. 0 75.00 - - 2 1 14 22 5 16 2 - 12 3 7 - - -
_Nonmanufacturing
---------------------------------------------------------- 366 38.
0 75.00 - 4 25 38 58 82 10 37 19 28 8 5 - 26 9 4 4 9
W holesale trade
------------------------------------------------------- 197 38. 5
81.50 - - 15 2 36 48 3 24 - 9 3 5 26 9 4 4 9
Clerks, file, class B
-------------------------------------------------------- 54 38. 0
49.50 _ 37 11 5 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .Clerks, order
----------------------------------------------------------------------
407 39 .5 89.50 3 7 25 37 22 62 43 55 16 32 18 8 18 10 17 34
Manufacturing
-----------------------------------------------------------------
120 39.5 82.50 - - 3 4 16 25 3 20 4 12 1 6 3 3 - 5 12
3Nonmanufacturing
---------------------------------------------------------- 287 39.
5 92.50 - - - 3 9 12 19 42 39 43 15 26 15 5 18 5 5 4 31
Wholesale trade
------------------------------------------------------- 274 39. 5
92.50 - - - 3 9 12 19 42 39 39 15 21 15 5 14 5 5 4 31
Clerks, payroll
-------------------------------------------------------------------
68 38. 5 88.00 _ _ 1 2 1 3 7 13 _ 5 7 8 10 9 _ 1 _ 1Office boys
__________________________________________________ 943 38. 0 52.50
111 295 277 104 59 40 46 4 1 1 5
Manufacturing
-----------------------------------------------------------------
245 38. 0 54.00 33 64 67 29 5 4 41 2 - - - - - - - _ _
_Nonmanufacturing
---------------------------------------------------------- 698 38.
0 52.00 78 231 210 75 54 36 5 2 1 - 1 - 5 - - - _ _
Public u tilities5
------------------------------------------------------- 84 38. 5
51.00 20 8 26 25 3 - 1 - - - 1 - - - _ _ _ _Wholesale trade
____________________________________ 79 39. 0 58.50 - 12 30 9 11 10
1 1 - - - _ 5 _ _ _ _ _Finance 3
--------------------------------------------------------------------
323 36. 5 51.50 28 121 112 16 27 19 - - - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _Services
---------------------------------------------------------------------
181 39. 0 51.00 26 74 36 25 10 5 3 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Tabulating-machine operators, class A ------------------------
259 38. 5 93.00 _ _ _ _ 1 6 7 33 22 46 36 50 14 8 18 6 3
9Manufacturing
--------------------------------------------------------------- 136
39 .5 93.50 - - - - - 1 3 16 4 30 24 23 11 6 15 1 1
1Nonmanufacturing ______________________________________ 123 37. 5
92.00 - - - - 1 5 4 17 18 16 12 27 3 2 3 5 2 8
Finance 3
--------------------------------------------------------------------
50 37. 5 79.50 - - - - 1 5 4 16 14 8 1 1 - - - - -
Tabulating-machine operators, class B ------------------------
396 38. 5 77.50 _ _ 2 14 50 49 65 57 45 41 25 23 18 3 2 _ 2
_Manufacturing
-----------------------------------------------------------------
157 39. 5 80.00 - - 1 1 8 13 26 32 17 26 11 18 3 - 1 - _
_Nonmanufacturing
---------------------------------------------------------- 239 37.5
76.00 - - 1 13 42 36 39 25 28 15 14 5 15 3 1 - 2 _
Finance 3
-------------------------------------------------------------------
164 37. 0 70.00 - - 1 12 42 35 32 15 20 2 1 4 - - - - -
Tabulating-machine operators, class C ------------------------
234 38. 5 66.00 _ _ 30 49 40 30 40 9 5 21 5 5 _ _ _ _ .
_Manufacturing
-----------------------------------------------------------------
64 39. 5 71.50 - - 1 15 7 8 7 3 2 20 - 1 - - - - -
-Nonmanufacturing
---------------------------------------------------------- 170 38.
0 64.00 - - 29 34 33 22 33 6 3 1 5 4 - - - - - -
Finance 3
--------------------------------------------------------------------
82 36. 5 58.00 - - 24 28 17 11 2 - - - - - - - - - - -Women
B illers, machine (billing machine)
-------------------------------- 229 38. 5 70.00 _ _ 20 29 66 21 27
6 14 22 9 _ 15 _ _ _ _ _Manufacturing
-----------------------------------------------------------------
85 38. 0 66.00 - - 4 7 34 17 13 5 3 2 - - - - - - -
-Nonmanufacturing
---------------------------------------------------------- 144 39.
0 72.50 - - 16 22 32 4 14 1 11 20 9 - 15 - - - - -
W holesale trade
------------------------------------------------------- 94 39. 0
76.50 1 15 22 1 14 1 5 20 ~ ~ 15 "
See footnotes at end of table.
NOTE: Estimates for all industries, nonmanufacturing, and public
utilities include data for railroads (SIC 40), omitted from the
scope of all labor market wage surveys made before July 1959. Where
significant, the effect of the inclusion o f railroads is greatest
on the data shown separately for the public utilities division.
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( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s
a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s
t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s
i o n > B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )
S e x , o c c u p a t i o n , a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i
o nNumber
ofworkers
Average NUM BER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGH T-TIM E W EEKLY
EARNINGS OF
Weekly hours 1
(Standard)
Weekly earnings 1
(Standard)
U n d e r$4 5 . 0 0
$4 5 . 0 0
a n d u n d e r 5 0 . 0 0
5 0 . 0 0
5 5 . 0 0
5 5 . 0 0
6 0 . 0 0
6 0 . 0 0
6 5 . 0 0
$6 5 . 0 0
7 0 . 0 0
$7 0 . 0 0
7 5 . 0 0
$7 5 . 0 0
8 0 . 0 0
$8 0 . 0 0
8 5 . 0 0
$8 5 . 0 0
9 0 . 0 0
$9 0 . 0 0
9 5 . 0 0
$9 5 . 0 0
1 0 0 . 0 0
$1 0 0 . 0 0
1 0 5 . 0 0
$1 0 5 . 0 0
1 1 0 . 0 0
$1 1 0 . 0 0
1 1 5 . 0 0
$1 1 5 . 0 0
1 2 0 . 0 0
$1 2 0 . 0 0
1 2 5 . 0 0
$1 2 5 . 0 0
a n d
o v e r
W o m e n C o n t i n u e d
B i l l e r s , m a c h i n e ( b o o k k e e p i n g m a c h i
n e ) _________________ 2 8 0 3 8 . 5 $ 5 8 . 0 0 14 4 4 67 6 0 20
26 23 7 _ 19 _ _ . . _ _ . _
N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g _____
1_______________________________________ 2 4 1 3 8 . 5 5 5 . 0 0 14
4 4 6 5 6 0 13 2 5 14 6 - - - - - - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e
__________________________________________________ 2 0 3 3 8 . 0 5
4 . 0 0 14 4 4 6 5 3 9 12 15 14 - - " - - " " -
B o o k k e e p i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a
s s A ______________ 2 8 9 3 7 . 5 7 1 . 0 0 - - 9 18 5 8 5 9 6 9 2
2 14 26 _ 2 12 _ - - _ _
M a n u f a c t u r i n g _________________________________
________________ 8 1 3 8 . 0 7 7 . 5 0 - - - - 4 7 2 9 9 2 26 - 2 2
- - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
_____________________________________________ 2 0 8 3 7 . 5 6 8 . 0
0 - - 9 18 5 4 5 2 4 0 13 12 - - - 10 - - - - -
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e
____________________________________________ 5 6 3 9 . 0 7 4 . 0 0
- - - 4 5 10 20 5 2 - - - 10 - - - - -F i n a n c e 3
______________________________________________________ 1 1 8 3 6 .
5 6 4 . 0 0 9 14 4 5 3 6 13 1 - - - " " - -
B o o k k e e p i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a
s s B ______________ 1 , 3 4 5 3 8 . 0 6 1 . 5 0 _ 1 1 6 2 1 4 2 7
3 2 7 1 2 2 1 11 1 8 0 2 8 2 5 5 - 1 - - _ _ -M a n u f a c t u r i
n g ___________________________________________________ 3 2 4 3 8 .
5 6 8 . 0 0 - 3 22 26 5 5 8 0 4 2 5 0 2 2 24 - - - - - - - -N o n m
a n u f a c t u r i n g
_____________________________________________ 1 , 0 2 1 3 8 . 0 5 9
. 5 0 - 1 1 3 1 9 2 2 4 7 2 1 6 1 4 1 6 9 3 0 6 1 5 - 1 - - - -
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e
___________________________________________ 2 2 2 3 9 . 0 6 8 . 0 0
- - 4 6 6 3 7 1 4 1 26 5 - 5 - 1 - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e
__________________________________________________ 6 2 3 8 . 0 5 7
. 5 0 - 12 11 19 6 2 10 1 1 - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 1 8 3 7 . 5 5 7 . 0 0 - 8 8 1 7 7 2 2 2 1 4 3 6 7 18 3 - " - - -
" -
C l e r k s , a c c o u n t i n g , c l a s s A
__________________________________ 1 , 3 5 7 3 8 . 0 7 9 . 5 0 _ 8
8 2 3 8 3 1 5 0 2 1 4 2 3 9 1 9 1 1 7 1 1 4 0 5 2 2 5 9 2 5 11 7 1M
a n u f a c t u r i n g
___________________________________________________ 4 6 2 3 9 . 0 8
0 . 0 0 - - - 3 3 0 51 7 3 9 3 6 9 37 5 9 11 15 6 8 7 - -N o n m a
n u f a c t u r i n g
______________________________________________ 8 9 5 3 7 . 5 7 9 .
0 0 - 8 8 2 0 - 5 3 9 9 1 4 1 1 4 6 1 2 2 1 3 4 8 1 4 1 10 3 17 4 7
1
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5
___________________________________________ 1 1 4 3 9 . 0 8 9 . 5 0
- - - - - 2 2 14 17 2 9 17 19 4 2 8 - - -W h o l e s a l e t r a d
e ___________________________________________ 1 0 6 3 7 . 5 8 5 . 5
0 - 1 3 2 2 2 14 15 11 21 11 10 2 1 2 2 6 1R e t a i l t r a d e
_________________________________________________ 1 6 3 3 7 . 5 7 3
. 5 0 - 7 - 1 14 26 2 9 3 9 27 14 1 1 - - 4 - - -F i n a n c e 3
_______________________________________________________ 3 3 3 3 7 .
0 7 4 . 5 0 - - 5 17 21 6 7 7 1 4 4 4 0 4 1 16 9 1 - - - 1 -S e r v
i c e s _______________________________________________________ 1 7
9 3 7 . 0 8 2 . 5 0 - - " - 16 2 2 5 3 4 27 2 9 3 6 2 3 - 3 2 -
C l e r k s , a c c o u n t i n g , c l a s s B
__________________________________ 2 , 1 4 6 3 8 . 0 6 4 . 0 0 12 1
2 4 2 9 8 3 9 9 4 1 6 3 4 5 1 9 3 1 3 1 7 0 9 8 3 2 17 2 8 _ 1 _
_
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
__________________________________________________ 4 9 1 3 9 . 0 6
9 . 5 0 - 7 4 0 6 0 7 7 7 4 8 0 5 4 4 2 27 17 12 1 - - - - -N o n m
a n u f a c t u r i n g
______________________________________________ 1 , 6 5 5 3 7 . 5 6
2 . 5 0 12 1 1 7 2 5 8 3 3 9 3 3 9 2 7 1 1 1 3 7 7 2 8 71 15 5 1 8
- 1 - -
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5
___________________________________________ 1 8 9 3 9 . 0 7 1 . 5 0
- 18 13 7 16 3 6 15 18 12 5 1 3 - - - - - - -W h o l e s a l e t r
a d e ___________________________________________ 2 5 9 3 9 . 0 6 7
. 5 0 - - 3 4 3 8 5 3 3 2 4 6 19 7 11 9 4 - 5 - 1 - -R e t a i l t
r a d e __________________________________________________ 3 8 7 3
7 . 5 5 6 . 5 0 12 5 8 9 7 9 5 5 8 4 5 13 2 2 1 3 - 1 - - - - -F i
n a n c e 3 _______________________________________________________
6 4 1 3 7 . 0 6 0 . 0 0 - 4 1 1 1 4 1 5 2 1 6 9 1 1 8 3 3 13 1 - -
- - - - - - -S e r v i c e s
_______________________________________________________ 1 7 9 3 7 .
0 6 7 . 0 0 - " " 4 7 4 3 4 0 6 2 5 6 8 - 1 " 3 - - -
C l e r k s , f i l e , c l a s s A
___________________________________________ 5 1 2 3 8 . 5 6 6 . 5 0
_ 2 8 0 6 4 8 5 1 0 0 9 6 2 8 18 19 10 3 2 5 _ _ _ _M a n u f a c t
u r i n g ___________________________________________________ 1 7 5
3 9 . 5 6 9 . 0 0 - - - 14 27 5 3 6 0 11 2 7 - 1 - - - - - -N o n m
a n u f a c t u r i n g
______________________________________________ 3 3 7 3 8 . 0 6 5 .
5 0 - 2 8 0 5 0 5 8 4 7 3 6 17 16 12 10 2 2 5 - - - -
F i n a n c e 3
_____________________________________________________ 2 5 5 3 7 . 5
6 1 . 5 0 - 2 7 8 4 6 4 9 3 5 2 5 10 2 - 8 - - - - - - -S e r v i c
e s _____________________________________________________ 5 2 3 8 .
5 7 4 . 5 0 - " 2 4 5 6 11 4 11 7 2 - - - " -
C l e r k s , f i l e , c l a s s B
____________________________________________ 1 , 8 8 3 3 8 . 0 5 3
. 5 0 2 0 3 4 6 5 4 6 5 4 3 8 1 6 6 8 0 4 9 9 8 _ _ _ . _ _ _ _
_
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
___________________________________________________ 3 0 7 3 9 . 0 6
0 . 0 0 - 12 4 6 1 0 8 6 8 31 27 9 6 - - - - - - - - -N o n m a n u
f a c t u r i n g ______________________________________________ 1
, 5 7 6 3 8 . 0 5 2 . 0 0 2 0 3 4 5 3 4 1 9 3 3 0 9 8 4 9 2 2 - 2 -
- - - - - - - -
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e
____________________________________________ 2 0 2 3 9 . 0 5 6 . 0
0 10 14 6 8 4 9 27 15 19 - - - - - - - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e
____ __________ _______________________________ 1 9 0 3 8 . 0 4 7 .
5 0 1 1 2 2 9 15 14 8 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 , 0 0 4 3 7 . 5 5 1 . 0 0 8 1 3 8 5 2 8 6 1 9 1 4 2 19 - - - - -
- - " -
C l e r k s , o r d e r
_______________________________________________________ 5 2 7 3 8 .
5 6 7 . 5 0 9 17 5 8 27 1 1 7 7 2 1 2 5 38 19 14 5 9 5 7 5 _ _
M a n u f a c t u r i n g _________________ __
___________________________ 2 4 5 3 8 . 5 6 8 . 0 0 - 1 13 9 5 4 5
6 5 4 3 4 13 9 2 - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
______________________________________________ 2 8 2 3 8 . 5 6 6 .
5 0 9 16 4 5 18 6 3 16 7 1 4 6 5 3 9 5 7 5 - - -
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e
____________________________________________ 1 5 5 3 9 . 0 7 1 . 5
0 - - 3 10 4 2 16 5 8 - 6 5 - 5 5 - 5 - - -R e t a i l t r a d e
__________________________________________________ 7 5 3 8 . 5 5 5
. 5 0 9 15 21 8 12 2 4 4
S e e f o o t n o t e s a t e n d o f t a b l e ,
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( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s
a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s
t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s
i o n , B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )
S e x , o c c u p a t i o n , a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i
o nNumber
ofworkers
Average NUM BER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGH T-TIM E W EEKLY
EARNINGS OF
Weeklyhours1
(Standard)
Weeklyearnings1
(Standard)
U n d e r
i s . 0 0
$4 5 . 0 0
a n d u n d e r 5 0 . 0 0
$5 0 . 0 0
5 5 . 0 0
$5 5 . 0 0
6 0 . 0 0
$6 0 . 0 0
6 5 . 0 0
$6 5 . 0 0
7 0 . 0 0
$7 0 . 0 0
7 5 . 0 0
$7 5 . 0 0
8 0 . 0 0
$8 0 . 0 0
8 5 . 0 0
$8 5 . 0 0
9 0 . 0 0
$9 0 . 0 0
9 5 . 0 0
$9 5 .0 0
1 0 0 . 0 0
$1 0 0 . 0 0
1 0 5 .0 0
S1 0 5 .0 0
1 1 0 . 0 0
$1 1 0 . 0 0
1 1 5 .0 0
$1 1 5 .0 0
1 2 0 . 0 0
$1 2 0 . 0 0
1 2 5 .0 0
$1 2 5 .0 0a n do v e r
W o m e n C o n t i n u e d
C l e r k s , p a y r o l l
_____________________________________________________ 1 , 0 2 9 3 8
. 5 $ 7 0 .5 0 3 10 7 6 6 3 1 6 6 1 7 7 1 8 9 1 0 1 7 8 91 3 9 1 9
2 10 3 1 1 .M a n u f a c t u r i n g
___________________________________________________ 5 6 9 3 9 . 0 6
9 .5 0 3 6 4 6 2 3 1 2 0 9 7 1 0 0 7 1 18 7 0 7 3 1 3 _ 1 _ _N o n
m a n u f a c t u r i n g
______________________________________________ 4 6 0 3 8 . 0 7 2 .5
0 - 4 3 0 4 0 4 6 8 0 8 9 3 0 6 0 21 3 2 16 1 7 3 _ 1 _
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5
___________________________________________ 4 2 3 8 . 5 7 9 .5 0 -
- - - - 12 6 2 5 9 5 2 - 1 - _ _ _W h o l e s a l e t r a d e
___________________________________________ 6 0 3 9 . 0 7 8 .5 0 -
- - 1 4 7 10 12 15 4 1 _ _ 3 2 _ 1 _R e t a i l t r a d e
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 4 3 3 7 . 5 6 5 .0 0 - 4 11 2 3 2 7 3 6 19 2 2 0 _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _
_F i n a n c e 3
________________________________________________________ 1 1 0 3 7
. 0 6 8 . 0 0 - - 18 13 11 17 2 4 1 4 7 _ 4 2 _ . _ _ _ _S e r v i
c e s ________________________ ______________________________ 1 0 5
3 9 . 5 8 0 .5 0 - - 1 3 4 8 3 0 - 13 8 21 1 2 1 3 1 - - -
C o m p t o m e t e r o p e r a t o r s
_________________________________________ 1 , 1 3 6 3 8 . 5 6 7 .5
0 23 3 7 1 0 2 1 8 5 2 1 3 1 7 2 1 3 1 6 7 4 1 16 1 3 1 9 2 6 1 .
.M a n u f a c t u r i n g
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4 2 5 3 9 . 0 6 5 .5 0 - 8 3 5 8 5 8 7 6 6 71 4 2 15 5 6 3 2 2 - -
- -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
_____________________________________________ 7 1 1 3 8 . 0 6 8 .5
0 2 3 2 9 6 7 1 0 0 1 2 6 1 0 6 6 0 2 5 2 6 13 1 2 5 6 - 4 1 - -
_
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e
____________________________________________ 1 9 4 3 9 . 0 6 8 .5 0
- - 9 2 3 4 4 5 6 21 1 3 10 8 5 2 - 2 1 - _ _R e t a i l t r a d e
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2 8 9 3 6 . 5 6 0 .0 0 2 3 18 3 5 58 6 8 3 8 27 11 8 2 1 _ _ _ _ _
_ _F i n a n c e 3
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6 5 3 7 . 5 5 6 .5 0 - 11 16 18 13 6 1 - - - - - - - - - -
D u p l i c a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s( M i m e
o g r a p h o r D i t t o )
--------------------------------------------------------------- 9 9
3 8 . 5 5 9 .0 0 - 1 4 2 8 13 21 6 9 - 6 2 - - - - - - - -
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5 5 3 8 . 5 5 8 .5 0 - 6 15 10 10 5 9 " - - - - - - - -
K e y p u n c h o p e r a t o r s
________________________________________________ 1 , 6 8 4 3 8 . 5
6 6 . 0 0 2 2 4 2 6 0 2 7 1 3 1 9 2 3 1 2 3 6 1 3 5 6 6 5 9 6 8 7 5
1 _ _ _ .M a n u f a c t u r i n g
______________________________________________ __ 6 2 9 3 9 . 5 6 8
.5 0 - - 4 6 6 4 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 4 0 1 0 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 - _ _ _ _N o
n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
_____________________________________________ 1 , 0 5 5 3 8 . 0 6 4
.5 0 2 2 4 2 1 4 2 0 7 2 1 7 1 0 8 9 6 3 2 4 3 3 6 6 6 6 3 1 - - _
_
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5
--------------------------------------------------------------- 2 0
6 3 9 . 5 7 7 .5 0 - - 3 2 19 7 9 19 6 2 0 31 6 3 - - _ - _ _ _W h
o l e s a l e t r a d e
____________________________________________ 1 1 5 3 9 . 0 7 0 .0 0
- - 10 5 4 1 19 5 7 10 5 3 6 3 1 _ _ _ _R e t a i l t r a d e
__________________________________________________ 2 2 3 3 8 . 0 5
8 .0 0 2 1 5 7 6 4 2 4 3 2 3 16 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _F i n a n c e
3 _____________________________________________________ 4 7 6 3 7 .
5 6 0 .5 0 - 9 9 3 1 3 9 1 2 2 5 4 5 2 7 - - - - - - - - - -
O f f i c e g i r l s ________________
_________________________________________ 4 1 7 3 8 . 0 5 2 .0 0 1
5 1 4 7 1 4 7 61 2 6 3 18 - - _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _M a n u f a c t u r
i n g ___________________________________________________ 8 4 3 9 .
0 5 7 .0 0 - 2 9 1 4 13 10 - 18 - - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _N o n m a n u
f a c t u r i n g
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3 3 3 3 7 . 5 5 1 .0 0 15 1 1 8 1 3 3 4 8 16 3 - - - - - - - - - _
- -
R e t a i l t r a d e
__________________________________________________ 5 4 3 8 . 5 4 9
. 5 0 1 5 4 27 2 6 - - - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _F i n a n c e 3 _____
______________________________________________ 2 4 0 3 7 . 5 5 1 .0
0 - 11 1 7 9 3 8 9 3 - " - - - - - - - -
S e c r e t a r i e s
_______________________________________________ ________ 5 , 9 4 5
3 8 . 0 8 1 .5 0 . . 2 4 1 5 0 4 0 3 6 1 3 8 0 3 8 2 8 8 3 2 6 9 9
5 9 2 3 8 9 2 2 9 1 2 6 1 1 6 5 6 3 8 4 7M a n u f a c t u r i n g
___________________________________________________ 2 , 4 2 2 3 8 .
0 8 3 .0 0 - - 1 2 0 T O S 2 0 4 3 1 1 3 2 0 3 9 1 3 5 0 3 4 0 1 8
1 81 4 9 11 19 1 4 2 4N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
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3 , 5 2 3 3 7 . 5 8 0 .5 0 - - 23 1 3 0 2 9 7 4 0 9 4 9 2 5 0 8 4 4
1 3 4 9 2 5 2 2 0 8 1 4 8 7 7 1 0 5 3 7 2 4 2 3
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5
__________________________________________ 3 4 1 3 8 . 5 9 7 .0 0 -
- - 2 - 1 6 21 3 5 61 3 4 4 6 31 2 4 5 8 1 5 5 2W h o l e s a l e t
r a d e
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4 7 0 3 8 . 5 7 9 .0 0 - - - 1 5 0 9 9 61 57 5 6 5 2 3 2 2 8 6 5 7
6 3 7R e t a i l t r a d e
__________________________________________________ 2 4 0 3 7 . 5 8
0 .0 0 - - 12 12 1 4 2 0 3 0 31 31 2 5 2 5 7 8 8 5 2 4 6F i n a n c
e 3 _____________________________________________________ 1 , 3 5 8
3 7 . 0 7 8 .0 0 - - 11 7 5 1 2 8 1 9 5 2 2 5 2 0 9 1 4 3 1 0 8 9 0
8 8 41 17 2 0 5 2 1S e r v i c e s
_________________________________ ____________________ 1 , 1 1 4 3
7 . 5 7 9 .5 0 - - 4 0 1 0 5 9 4 1 7 0 1 9 0 1 7 6 1 0 3 71 3 9 6 2
2 3 15 9 10 7
S t e n o g r a p h e r s , g e n e r a l
_________________________________________ 2 , 7 3 6 3 8 . 5 7 0 .0
0 - 2 6 1 7 5 2 2 8 4 5 3 5 6 7 3 5 4 2 4 7 4 7 0 8 7 5 0 2 7 21 1
8 10 1 _ 2M a n u f a c t u r i n g
___________________________________________________ 1 , 1 1 3 3 9 .
0 7 3 .0 0 - - 1 4 6 9 1 4 4 T o 5 1 5 1 7 2 4 0 0 4 5 4 - 3 2 1 1
- 1N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
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1 , 6 2 3 3 7 . 5 6 8 . 0 0 - 2 6 16 1 1 5 9 3 0 9 3 6 1 2 0 3 1 7
5 7 0 4 2 4 6 2 7 18 16 9 _ _ 1
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5
___________________________________________ 2 5 1 3 8 . 5 7 5 .5 0
- - 2 8 7 1 4 2 9 2 7 6 3 15 2 6 2 3 1 0 6 _ 2 _ 1W h o l e s a l e
t r a d e ___________________________________________ 2 9 7 3 8 . 5
7 4 .5 0 - 1 2 2 2 5 3 0 6 3 4 2 2 5 13 6 19 17 11 1 6 7 _ _ _R e t
a i l t r a d e __________________________________________________
1 5 2 3 7 . 0 6 1 .5 0 - 6 3 5 2 0 33 31 17 3 2 - 4 - 1 _ - _ - _F
i n a n c e 3 _____________________________________________________
7 0 2 3 7 . 0 6 4 .0 0 - 19 7 4 9 3 1 9 1 1 7 5 7 5 4 1 27 7 - - -
_ _ _ _ -S e r v i c e s -------------------------
----------------------------------------------------- 22 1 3 9 . 0
6 8 .5 0 2 1 4 41 6 3 4 2 4 3 13 3
S e e f o o t n o t e s a t e n d o f t a b l e .
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8Table A-l. Office Occupations-Continued
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s
a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s
t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s
i o n , B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )
S e x , o c c u p a t i o n , a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i
o nNumber
ofworkers
Avebaox NUM BER OF W ORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E W EEKLY
EARNINGS OF
Weeklyhours*
(Standard)
Weeklyearnings1
(Standard)
U n d e r$4 5 . 0 0
$4 5 . 0 0
a n d u n d e r 5 0 . 0 0
$5 0 . 0 0
5 5 . 0 0
$5 5 . 0 0
6 0 . 0 0
$6 0 . 0 0
6 5 . 0 0
$6 5 . 0 0
7 0 . 0 0
$7 0 . 0 0
7 5 . 0 0
$7 5 . 0 0
8 0 . 0 0
$8 0 . 0 0
8 5 . 0 0
$8 5 . 0 0
9 0 . 0 0
$9 0 . 0 0
9 5 . 0 0
S9 5 . 0 0
1 0 0 . 0 0
$1 0 0 . 0 0
1 0 5 . 0 0
$1 0 5 . 0 0
1 1 0 . 0 0
$n o . o o
1 1 5 . 0 0
$1 1 5 . 0 0
1 2 0 . 0 0
$1 2 0 . 0 0
1 2 5 . 0 0
$1 2 5 . 0 0
a n d o v e r
W o m e n C o n t i n u e d
S t e n o g r a p h e r s , t e c h n i c a l
_________________________________________ 4 0 7 3 8 . 0 $ 7 4 . 5 0
_ . _ 2 3 2 3 9 6 9 2 6 3 5 3 2 5 1 4 6 2 4 5 _ 1 _M a n u f a c t
u r i n g
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 1 9 3 8 . 0 7 4 . 5 0 - - - 3 9 5 9 51 36 37 1 3 9 2 - - - - - -N
o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 8 8 3 8 . 5 7 4 . 5 0 - - - 2 0 1 4 37 41 2 7 16 12 5 4 2 4 5 - 1
-
F i n a n c e 3
_________________________________________________________ 6 9 3 8 .
0 6 8 . 0 0 - - - 18 4 2 2 10 7 5 3 - - - - - - _ _S e r v i c e s
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 1 6 3 8 . 5 7 7 . 5 0 - - 2 10 15 31 2 0 10 9 5 2 2 4 5 - 1 -
S w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s
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8 6 4 3 8 . 5 6 7 . 0 0 8 17 1 5 5 n o 1 3 7 9 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 36 5 4
38 8 4 _ 1 _
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 1 2 3 9 . 0 7 3 . 0 0 - - 6 11 31 4 1 4 0 2 4 2 8 2 6 3 - 2 - - -
- -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
________________________________________________ 6 5 2 3 8 . 0 6 5
. 0 0 8 17 1 4 9 9 9 1 0 6 5 2 6 2 7 7 8 2 8 35 8 2 - 1 - - -
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5
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1 0 6 3 9 . 0 8 1 . 0 0 - - - 6 5 1 3 37 - 2 6 2 8 - - - - - - -W h
o l e s a l e t r a d e
_____________________________________________ 9 0 3 9 . 0 6 8 . 5 0
- - 2 0 5 8 21 16 6 2 1 5 3 2 - 1 - - _R e t a i l t r a d e
____________________________________________________ 1 1 2 3 8 . 0
6 0 . 5 0 8 10 2 4 2 4 8 5 16 8 3 - 2 4 - - - - _ _F i n a n c e 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 9 9 3 7 . 0 6 3 . 5 0 - - 19 51 6 9 2 0 2 2 15 3 - - - - - - - -
_S e r v i c e s
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 4 5 3 8 . 0 5 7 . 0 0 - 7 8 6 1 3 16 5 5 11 - 1 - 1 - - - - -
-
S w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r - r e c e p t i o n i s t
s --------------------------------------- 8 3 4 3 8 . 0 6 5 . 5 0 7
4 51 6 9 2 4 8 2 3 4 7 3 1 1 2 11 1 9 - - _ 5 1 _ _ _M a n u f a c
t u r i n g
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 7 5 3 8 . 5 6 7 . 0 0 - - 11 4 2 8 8 1 0 5 4 9 6 3 11 3 - - - 3 -
- - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 5 9 3 7 . 5 6 4 . 5 0 7 4 4 0 2 7 1 6 0 1 2 9 2 4 4 9 - 16 - - -
2 1 - - -
R e t a i l t r a d e
____________________________________________________ 5 3 3 8 . 0 6
0 . 0 0 7 4 4 5 4 17 3 9 - - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 3
________________________________________________________ 9 7 3 6 .
0 6 3 . 0 0 - - 2 1 4 4 3 31 - 7 - - - - - - - - - -S e r v i c e s
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 3 4 3 7 . 0 6 5 . 5 0 - " 1 4 4 2 4 6 13 15 - 2 " - 2 - - - -
T a b u l a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s
s A ------------------------------ 5 2 3 8 . 0 8 5 . 5 0 _ _ _ _ '
2 3 2 7 15 8 3 4 1 7 _ _ _ _
T a b u l a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s
s B ------------------------------ 3 3 0 3 8 . 0 7 1 . 5 0 1 3 5 0
2 2 7 4 7 4 21 2 8 21 21 3 2 1M a n u f a c t u r i n g
_____________________________________________________ 7 2 3 8 . 5 7
9 . 5 0 - - - - 1 10 11 8 18 21 3 - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c
t u r i n g ________________________________________________ 2 5 8
3 8 . 0 6 9 . 0 0 - - 1 3 5 0 21 6 4 6 3 13 10 - 18 3 - - 2 1 -
-
F i n a n c e 3
.....................................................................................................
91 3 7 . 0 6 9 . 5 0 - - - 1 4 5 31 19 12 10 - - - - - - - - -
T a b u l a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s
s C ------------------------------ 3 0 3 3 7 . 5 5 8 . 0 0 _ 2 1 7
3 4 4 2 8 18 8 5 18 _ 4 2 1 _ . _ _ _N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n
g
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 5 8 3 7 . 5 5 6 . 5 0 - 2 1 6 4 3 3 2 3 15 7 - 9 - 3 2 - - - - -
-
F i n a n c e 3
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8 5 3 6 . 5 5 8 . 0 0 " 2 21 31 15 15 1 " - ~ " - - - -
T r a n s c r i b i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s , g e
n e r a l ----------------------- 1, 0 3 6 3 8 . 0 6 5 . 0 0 _ 4 7
1 8 6 1 4 5 1 5 5 2 1 6 1 2 4 4 4 2 8 4 8 2 5 1 7 5 _ 5 _ _M a n u
f a c t u r i n g
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3 2 2 3 9 . 0 6 7 . 0 0 - 9 21 6 2 39 7 9 51 7 11 36 7 - - - - - -
-N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
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7 1 4 3 7 . 5 6 4 . 0 0 - 38 1 6 5 8 3 1 1 6 1 3 7 7 3 37 17 12 18
1 7 5 - 5 - -
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e
_____________________________________________ 8 6 3 9 . 0 7 6 . 5 0
- - - 2 10 37 12 - 6 - 1 1 7 5 - 5 - -F i n a n c e 3
__________________________ I ____________________________ 4 4 1 3 7
. 0 6 1 . 5 0 - 38 8 8 7 6 75 8 0 5 0 2 6 8 - - - - - - - - -
T y p i s t s , c l a s s A
_____________________________________________________ 1. 3 2 4 3 8
. 0 6 7 . 5 0 _ 1 3 71 2 1 9 2 8 1 2 9 5 1 4 5 1 2 4 8 6 37 39 7 6
_ 1 _ _ _M a n u f a c t u r i n g
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4 7 4 3 9 . 0 6 8 . 5 0 - - 12 71 1 0 2 9 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 - 1 1 - -
- - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
________________________________________________ 8 5 0 3 7 . 5 6 7
. 0 0 - 1 3 5 9 1 4 8 1 7 9 1 9 8 7 8 5 0 4 2 3 2 39 6 5 - 1 - -
-
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5
______________________________________________ 8 2 3 8 . 5 7 8 . 0
0 - - 16 8 6 2 - 3 6 5 32 4 - - - - - -W h o l e s a l e t r a d e
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6 7 3 9 . 0 7 2 . 5 0 - - - 7 19 12 4 4 3 9 2 2 5 - - - - -F i n a
n c e 3 ________________________________________________________ 3
4 5 3 7 . 0 6 5 . 0 0 _ 1 3 4 3 5 0 7 8 7 6 4 2 9 17 15 2 - - - _ -
_ _S e r v i c e s
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 3 4 3 7 . 5 6 5 . 0 0 " - 8 2 71 1 0 4 2 4 3 2 1 4 3 3 - - 1 -
-
T y p i s t s , c l a s s B
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 , 8 8 2 3 8 . 0 5 8 . 0 0 39 4 5 0 1 1 1 6 8 3 0 7 1 9 3 0 4 1 8
9 1 7 2 41 17 5 _ _ _ _ _ .
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
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9 8 0 3 9 . 0 6 3 . 5 0 1 1 3 1 3 7 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 8 1 3 1 3
4 9 - - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
________________________________________________ 2 , 9 0 2 3 7 . 5
5 6 . 0 0 38 4 3 7 9 7 9 6 0 7 5 1 8 2 0 1 61 41 7 8 5 - - - - - -
-
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e
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3 3 6 3 9 . 0 6 0 . 0 0 - 2 0 7 2 57 1 1 2 39 11 15 - 5 5 - - - - -
- -R e t a i l t r a d e
____________________________________________________ 2 3 3 3 8 . 5
5 7 . 0 0 4 12 6 9 7 2 4 6 2 2 7 1 - - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e
3 ________________________________________________________ 1, 8 3 4
3 7 . 0 5 4 . 5 0 28 3 9 7 6 3 3 3 9 9 2 9 9 4 4 18 16 - - - - - -
- - - -S e r v i c e s
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 6 4 3 9 . 0 5 8 . 0 0 6 8 1 2 2 7 4 4 5 8 7 11 5 3 3 " ~ " "
1 S t a n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t t h e w o r k w e e k
f o r w h i c h e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e t h e i r r e g u l
a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s a n d t h e e a r n i
n g s c o r r e s p o n d t o t h e s e w e e k l y h o u r s .2 W
o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 5 a t
$ 1 2 5 t o $ 1 3 0 ; 6 a t $ 1 3 0 t o $ 1 3 5 ; 6 a t $ 1 3 5 t o
$ 1 4 0 ; 6 a t $ 1 4 0 a n d o v e r .3 F i n a n c e , i n s u r
a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e .4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s
t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 16 a t $ 1 2 5 t o $ 1 4 5 ; 1
0 a t $ 1 4 5 t o $ 1 6 5 ; 5 a t $ 1 6 5 a n d o v e r .5 T r a n
s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d o t h e r p
u b l i c u t i l i t i e s .
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Table A-2. Professional and Technical Occupatbns9
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s
a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s
t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s
i o n , B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )
S e x , o c c u p a t i o n , a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i
o nNumber
of
Average NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY
EARNINGS OF
Weekly j (Standard)
Weekly j earnings
(Standard)U n d e r$5 5 . 0 0
$5 5 . 0 0
a n d u n d e r 6 0 . 0 0
6 0 . 0 0
6 5 . 0 0
6 5 . 0 0
7 0 . 0 0
7 0 . 0 0
7 5 . 0 0
$7 5 . 0 0
8 0 . 0 0
$8 0 . 0 0
8 5 . 0 0
$8 5 . 0 0
9 0 . 0 0
$9 0 . 0 0
9 5 . 0 0
$9 5 . 0 0
1 0 0 . 0 0
$1 0 0 . 0 0
1 0 5 .0 0
'$1 0 5 .0 0
1 1 0 . 0 0
$1 1 0 . 0 0
1 1 5 .0 0
$1 1 5 .0 0
1 2 0 . 0 0
$1 2 0 . 0 0
1 2 5 .0 0
$1 2 5 .0 0
1 3 0 .0 0
$1 3 0 .0 0
1 3 5 .0 0
1 3 5 .0 0
1 4 0 .0 0
$1 4 0 .0 0
1 4 5 .0 0
$ Is Is 1 4 5 .0 0 | 1 5 0 .0 0 1 1 5 5 .0 0
- i - j a n d 1 5 0 .0 0 1 5 5 .0 0 o v e r
M e n
I !
i
1
D r a f t s m e n , l e a d e r ______________________________ 7
0 4 3 9 . 5 $ 1 5 4 . 5 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _1
1 ! 28 17 24 4 4 16 18 28 13 5 8 3 0 1 0 0 3 4 5
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________ 2 1 5
4 0 . 0 1 4 5 . 5 0 - - - - - - - ' - 2 8 17 23 3 8 12 13 20 6 1 1
- 2 7 4N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________ 4
8 9 3 9 . 0 1 5 8 . 5 0 - - " - - - j - 1 I - - 1 6 4 5 8 7 57 2 9
100 2 7 1
S e r v i c e s __________________________________ 4 6 9 3 9 . 0
1 5 9 . 0 0 "_
" - - i - " ! - 1 2 4 5 7 7 5 6 27 9 7 J 2 6 3
D r a f t s m e n , s e n i o r _____________________________ 2
, 5 5 0 3 9 . 5 1 2 5 . 5 0 _ _ _ _ _ 15 4 1 3 0 7 1 9 4 9 3 1 6 7
3 3 9 1 6 6 2 4 9 1 7 2 2 8 1 160 2 6 4 9 0 1 0 5 2 1 3M a n u f a
c t u r i n g ________________________________ 1 , 4 0 1 4 0 . 0 1
2 5 . 5 0 - 1 - - - 15 3 8 27 6 1 66 6 0 1 2 4 1 9 9 7 5 7 9 3 5 1
2 8 2 9 1 3 5 4 5 7 4 4 2 1 1N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
__________________________ 1 , 1 4 9 3 9 . 5 1 2 5 . 5 0 - - - - -
- 3 3 10 28 3 3 4 3 1 4 0 91 1 7 0 1 3 7 1 5 3 1 3 1 1 2 9 4 5 31
2
S e r v i c e s ___________________________________ 1 , 0 5 5 3
9 . 5 1 2 6 . 5 0 - - - - - 3 3 7 22 23 3 0 1 0 3 9 0 1 6 7 1 3 7 1
3 8 1 2 8 1 2 7 4 5 31 1
D r a f t s m e n , j u n i o r ______________________________ 9
2 2 3 9 . 5 9 4 . 5 0 8 ; 5 ! 18 66 3 5 6 3 68 66 1 3 6 61 1 1 5 9
4 57 12 7 6 ! 3 8 2 2 _ _ _ _M a n u f a c t u r i n g
________________________________ 6 2 5 3 9 . 5 9 4 . 5 0 -
i-------- : 17 5 5 29 4 9 4 0 57 9 8 3 7 4 8 4 6 3 2 6 6 9 3 8 2 2
- - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________ 2
9 7 3 9 . 5 ! 9 4 . 5 0 8 ! 5 1 11 6 14 28 9 3 8 24 6 7 4 8 2 5 6 7
- - - - - -
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 ________________________ 26 4 0
. 0 1 9 3 . 5 0 - - - - - 2 - 19 2 3 - - - - - - ! - - -S e r v i c
e s ____________________________________ 222 4 0 . 0 9 8 . 5 0 - i
-
4 6 11 15 5 18 22 5 8 4 6 2 5 6 6 - - - - - - -
T r a c e r s ___________ _ ________________ 120 3 9 . 5 6 4 . 5
0 15!! 19 5 2 8 1 1 21 _ _ 2 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________ 57 3
9 . 5 6 8 . 00 6 14j
12 7 - " 21 - 2 1 - " - - " - - " -
W o m e ni
N u r s e s , i n d u s t r i a l ( r e g i s t e r e d )
---------------- 2 4 7 3 9 . 0 8 7 . 5 0 _ 4 9 _ 16 17 4 8 4 7 4 4
4 0 7 6 7 2 _ . . _M a n u f a c t u r i n g
________________________________ 1 7 0 3 9 . 5 8 7 . 5 0 - - 9 - 10
10 31 3 8 2 8 3 8 2 - 3 1 - - - - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r
i n g ___________________________ 7 7 3 8 . 5 8 8 . 00 4 6 7 17 9
16 2 5 6 4 1
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1 S t a n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t t h e w o r k w e e k
f o r w h i c h e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e t h e i r r e g u l
a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s a n d t h e e a r n i
n g s c o r r e s p o n d t o t h e s e w e e k l y h o u r s .2 W
o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 a t
$ 1 5 5 t o $ 1 6 5 ; 3 2 a t $ 1 8 5 t o $ 1 9 5 ; 3 3 a t $ 1 9 5
t o $ 2 0 5 ; 6 a t $ 2 0 5 t o $ 2 1 5 .3 W o r k e r s w e r e d
i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 0 1 a t $ 1 5 5 t o $ 1 6
5 ; 8 5 a t $ 1 6 5 t o $ 1 7 5 ; 4 3 a t $ 1 7 5 t o $ 1 8 5 ; 3 4
a t $ 1 8 5 t o $ 1 9 5 .4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t
e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 6 a t $ 1 5 5 t o $ 1 6 0 ; 8 8 a t $ 1 6
0 t o $ 1 6 5 ; 4 9 a t $ 1 6 5 t o $ 1 7 0 ; 4 8 a t $ 1 7 5 t o $
1 8 0 .5 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n ,
a n d o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s .6 W o r k e r s w e
r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 a t $ 4 5 t o $ 5 0
; 11 a t $ 5 0 t o $ 5 5 .
N O T E : S e e n o t e o n p . 5 , r e l a t i v e t o t h e i
n c l u s i o n o f r a i l r o a d s
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( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i
n g s f o r m e n i n s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d
i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n
, B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )
O c c u p a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o
nNumber
ofworkers
Averagehourly
earnings1
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF
U n d e r$1 . 5 0
$1 . 5 0 a n d
u n d e r 1 . 6 0
$1 . 6 0
1 . 7 0
$1 . 7 0
1 . 8 0
$1. 8 0
1 . 9 0
$1 . 9 0
2 . 0 0
$2 . 0 0
2 . 10
$2 . 10
2 . 2 0
$2 . 2 0
2 . 30
$2 . 30
2 . 4 0
$2 . 4 0
2 . 5 0
$2 . 5 0
2 . 6 0
$2 . 6 0
2 . 7 0
$2 . 7 0
2 . 8 0
$2 . 8 0
2 . 9 0
$2 . 9 0
3 . 0 0
$3 . 0 0
3 . 10
$3 . 10
3 . 2 0
$3 . 2 0
3 . 3 0
$3 . 30
3 . 4 0
$3 . 4 0
3 . 5 0
$3 . 5 0
a n d o v e r
C a r p e n t e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e
-------------------------------------------- 5 8 8 $ 2 . 6 4 7 1 10
17 1 0 2 0 2 3 3 8 31 6 6 81 2 6 7 0 4 8 5 8 6 16 6 0M a n u f a c
t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------- 3 6
7 2 . 61 - - - - 3 - 15 15 2 5 21 51 6 9 9 5 5 37 5 5 2 4 - - - 6N
o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
------------------------------------------------------- 2 2 1 2 .
67 - 7 1 10 1 4 1 0 5 8 1 3 1 0 15 1 2 17 15 11 3 4 1 2 - - - 5
4
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2
--------------------------------------------------- 30 2 . 6 0 - -
- - - - - - 6 - 2 - 1 4 - 6 - 2 - - - - -R e t a i l t r a d e
------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 6
2 . 9 7 " - 1 8 5 4 4 - 6 6 5 1 9 - " 1 1 2 ~ " - 3 5 4
E l e c t r i c i a n s , m a i n t e n a n c e
----------------------------------------- 1, 0 4 8 2 . 8 0 4 4 2 1
6 5 2 5 5 9 5 8 3 4 1 2 2 1 3 9 2 2 1 7 7 2 4 2 10 10 7 7 15M a n u
f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------- ----------- 8 6
5 2 . 8 3 - - - - - - - 2 2 3 5 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 9 1 0 9 2 0 9 5 3 2 1
2 7 10 7 7 15N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
------------------------------------------------------- 1 8 3 2 . 6
4 - 4 4 2 - 1 6 3 2 7 2 8 1 4 1 3 30 1 2 2 4 30 3 - - - -
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2
--------------------------------------------------- 9 6 2 . 8 2 " "
" " " " " " 1 4 1 5 2 6 6 19 2 5 - -
E n g i n e e r s , s t a t i o n a r y
--------------------------------------------------- 4 2 9 2 . 7 3 2
15 19 1 2 19 2 0 21 41 5 4 4 8 13 8 5 5 2 4 3 0 4 17M a n u f a c t
u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------- 2 8
4 2 . 8 3 - - - - - - - - 17 17 16 1 9 3 4 37 ! 1 2 8 5 5 17 4 4 -
17N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
------------------------------------------------------- 1 4 5 2 . 5
2 2 - - - 15 - 19 12 2 3 5 2 2 2 0 1 11 1 - - 7 2 6 - - -
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2
--------------------------------------------------- 4 7 2 . 9 2 " "
" " " - 2 10 1 0 " - _ " _ 2 5 ~
F i r e m e n , s t a t i o n a r y b o i l e r
--------------------------------------- 5 4 1 2 . 32 3 0 4 2 0 11 3
6 7 5 3 0 4 2 4 3 35 38 4 5 7 3 51 8M a n u f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------- 3 1
1 2 . 35 - - 3 - 11 2 7 6 8 7 35 8 2 7 3 4 9 6 6 8 8 - - - - - -N o
n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
------------------------------------------------------- 2 3 0 2 . 2
8 4 30 - 1 2 0 - 9 7 2 3 7 35 8 4 36 7 4 3 - ! - - - - -
S e r v i c e s
--------------------------------------------------------------------
51 1 . 9 9 " " 1 4 9 6 18 " 1 3 " - " " _ "1
_
H e l p e r s , t r a d e s , m a i n t e n a n c e
-------------------------------- 8 0 3 2 . 17 7 1 4 4 0 27 8 0 7 4
8 6 8 2 1 1 4 9 7 39 2 3 , 1 1 4 i . 6 -i
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------- 5 7
2 2 . 18 3 1 2 2 4 11 6 3 6 8 6 8 2 9 9 8 7 4 - 8 1 0 8 ! - - 6 - -
- -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
------------------------------------------------------- 2 3 1 2 .
15 4 2 16 16 I 17 1 6
1 8 5 3 16 2 3 39 15 6 - - - - ,|
j - -P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2
--------------------------------------------------- 1 1 1 2 . 33 -
- - - ! 1 i - 4 3 10 16 2 3 1 3 6 - : - - 1 | - ;S e r v i c e s
____________________________________________ 6 5 1 . 9 0 - - 1 3 13
j 16 ! 3 12 1 2 1 4 - " [ - i ' - i - -
M a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r s , t o o l r o o m
------------------------ 3 1 0 2 . 6 3J
_ -1
2 0 1 81 6 2 3 3 2 1 61 17 6 5 4 ii -M a n u f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------- 3 1
0 2 . 6 3 " - " 2 0 1 81 6 2 3 1 3 2 61 17
!6 5 4
i- -
M a c h i n i s t s , m a i n t e n a n c e
_____________________________ 1, 1 0 2 2 . 8 5!
5 j 1 2 5 35 5 9 81 5 4 j 7 9 : 8 3 9 2 1 7 6 8 8 2 6 9 4 2 3
10M a n u f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------- 1 ,
0 4 5 2 . 8 5 - - - - < 5 i 1 2 3 3 3 5 8 6 9 4 8 71 7 8 i 9 0 1
7 2 7 7 2 6 9 4 2 3 6 -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
------------------------------------------------------- 5 7 2 . 7 3
- - | - i - ; 2 2 1 1 2 6 8 5 | 2 4 11 - - - 4 -
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2
--------------------------------------------------- 4 4 2 . 7 8 " "
" | - " t" " " 10 6 6 5 3 10 " " " 4 -
M e c h a n i c s , a u t o m o t i v e ( m a i n t e n a n c e
) --------------- 6 5 5 2 . 51 2 4 3 2 l i 8 0 5 5 36 1 6 0 1 0 5 5
8 21 30 3 3 39 1 2 4M a n u f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------- 1 7
1 2 . 5 8 - - - - _ - l i - 8 31 2 3 1 0 4 7 1 0 - 1 3 11 7 - - -
-N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
------------------------------------------------------- 4 8 4 2 . 4
8 - - 2 4 3 2 - 8 0 4 7 5 1 3 7 9 5 11 11 30 2 0 2 8 5 4 - - -
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2
--------------------------------------------------- 3 9 3 2 . 4 4 -
- - - ~ - - 8 0 4 7 - 1 2 6 8 2 10 5 2 6 5 9 - 3 - - -W h o l e s a
l e t r a d e --------------------------------------------------- 7
7 2 . 7 0 - 2 4 2 2 - - " 4 6 6 1 6 4 15 19 5 1 -
M e c h a n i c s , m a i n t e n a n c e
---------------------------------------------- 1, 4 3 6 2 . 5 7 1
4
I
1 3 10 1 5 4 7 7 1 2 3 1 0 2 9 6 1 6 8 9 4 1 1 3 1 6 8 6 8 2 0 2
15 4 6 9M a n u f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------- 1,
1 9 6 2 . 5 5 - - - - 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 7 5 121 9 5 8 6 1 0 1 7 0 91 1
6 8 2 8 1 6 3 1 2 - - 6 5N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
___________________________________ 2 4 0 2 . 7 0 " 1 4 1 - 1 2 2 7
1 0 6 7 2 4 2 2 - 4 0 3 9 3 4 * 4
M i l l w r i g h t s
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 8 1 2 . 65 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 19 10 19 7 2 1 4 1 0 5 31 _ 5 _ 4 _ _
_
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
--------------------------------------------------------------- 2 7
6 2 . 66 2 19 8 1 9 71 1 3 1 0 4 31 5 4
S e e f o o t n o t e s a t e n d o f t a b l e .
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Table A-3. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations-Continued
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i
n g s f o r m e n i n s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d
i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n
, B o s t o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r I 9 6 0 )
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF$ $
. $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ S
O c c u p a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n of
hourly i U n d e r 1 . 5 0 1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 2 . 0 0
2 . 10 2 . 20 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9
0 3 . 0 0 3 . 10 3 . 2 0 3 . 3 0 3 . 4 0 3 . 5 0workers earnings $1
. 50
a n du n d e r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a n d1 . 6
0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 10 2 . 2 0 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0 2
. 50 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0 3 . 10 3 . 2 0 3 . 3 0
3 . 4 0 3 . 5 0 o v e r
O i l e r s
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 9 8 $ 2 . 2 3 4 2 2 7 10 1 5 13 4 5 3 5 13 2 11 21M a n u f a c t
u r i n g
-------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6
6 2 . 2 3 " 2 2 7 10 1 5 12 4 3 10 13 2 11 21 " ~ "
P a i n t e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e
________________________________ 4 1 8 2 . 3 6 16 7 3 5 3 2 2 0 13
1 5 27 3 3 4 9 19 11 7 2 4 5 7 8 8 _ 1 . .
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
-------------------------------------------------------------- . 2
2 0 2 . 57 - - - 5 - 1 7 9 18 2 2 3 5 7 7 5 8 3 9 - 4 7 - 1 - -N o
n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________________ 1 9
8 2 . 13 16 - 7 3 0 3 2 19 6 6 9 11 1 4 12 4 1 4 6 7 4 1 - - -
-
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2
--------------------------------------------------- 4 0 2 . 6 5 - -
- - - - - 2 - 4 5 4 - 13 5 7 - - - - - -S e r v i c e s
____________________________________________ 8 7 1 . 8 1 5 1 4 - 7
3 0 18 9 " - 1 2 5 ~ 1 " - - - " " "
P i p e f i t t e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e
_____________________________ 5 3 0 2 . 7 7 6 2 5 20 17 2 2 9 5 1 9
1 1 7 5 0 2 0 1 3 7 1 5 4 _ . 1M a n u f a c t u r i n g
------------------------------------------------------------- 5 0 3
2 . 7 8 - " - --------- 6^ 2 " 20 17 2 2 9 5 11 1 1 7 4 9 10 1 3 4
1 5 4 " 1
P l u m b e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e
______________________________ 61 2 . 61 3 2 3 4 4 1 4 1 3 . . _ .
_
S h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r s ,m a i n t e n a n c e
_____________________________________________ 1 6 8 2 . 7 3 _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ 2 2 10 23 2 9 6 5 11 6 1 8 . - - 2 - -
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6 3
2 . 7 3 " " -1
- " 2 2 10 2 3 2 6 6 5 9 6 18 - - 2 -
T o o l a n d d i e m a k e r s
___________________________________ 9 3 1 3 . 01 9 9 2 5 3 9 1 0 9
5 6 1 4 7 7 2 1 4 5 2 5 3 2 4 8 2 1 3 2M a n u f a c t u r i n g
________________________________________ 9 1 1 3 . 0 2 4 9 2 5 3 9
1 0 9 5 6
1_________
1 3 2 7 2 1 4 5 2 5 3 2 4 8 2 l 3
1 E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n
d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , a n d l a t
e s h i f t s .2 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t
i o n , a n d o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s .3 W o r k e
r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s ; 4 0 a t $ 3 .
5 0 t o $ 3 . 6 0 ; 1 2 a t $ 3 . 6 0 t o $ 3 . 7 0 ; 2 a t $ 3 . 7
0 t o $ 3 . 8 0 .4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s
f o l l o w s : 4 a t $ 1 . 2 0 t o $ 1 . 3 0 ; 10 a t $ 1 . 3 0 t
o $ 1 . 4 0 ; 1 6 a t $ 1 . 4 0 t o $ 1 . 5 0 .5 A l l w o r k e r
s w e r e a t $ 1 . 4 0 t o $ 1 . 5 0 .
N O T E : S e e n o t e o n p . 5 , r e l a t i v e t o t h e i
n c l u s i o n o f r a i l r o a d s .
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Table A-4. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations
(Average straight-time hourly earnings for selected occupations
studied on an area basis by industry division, Boston, Mass. ,
October I960)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGH T-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS
OF
O c c u p a t i o n 1 a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n$ $ $
$ $ $ $ $ , $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
of hourly 2 0 . 9 0 1 . 0 0 1 . 10 1 . 20 1 . 3 0 1 . 4 0 1 . 5
0 1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 10 2 . 2 0 2 . 3 0 2
. 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0workers
earnings a n d
u n d e r - - - - - - - - - " " - - - - - - a n d1 . 0 0 1 . 10
1 . 2 0 1 . 3 0 1 . 4 0 1 . 5 0 1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 2 .
0 0 2 . 10 2 . 20 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2
. 9 0 3 . 0 0 o v e r
E l e v a t o r o p e r a t o r s , p a s s e n g e r ( m e n )
__ 4 4 5 $ 1 . 3 9 2 1 1 0 20 5 8 1 9 0 10 20 4 3 16 5 6 1N o n m a
n u f a c t u r i n g ______ ___ _ ____ _____ 4 3 8 1 . 3 8 - 2 1 1
0 20 5 8 1 9 0 9 20 4 2 16 5 1 1 - - - - - - - -
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 3 _ __ __ __ ___ ___ 3 2 1 . 7 7 -
- - - 8 - - - 2 2 15 4 1 - - - - - - - - _F i n a n c e 4 ____ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 2 6 1 1 . 4 2 - - 7 7 3 6 1 8 2 7 20 2 - - - - - -
- - _ - _ _ _S e r v i c e s _______ ___ _ ______ _ _ _______ 9 8 1
. 23 - 7 0 4 14 8 2 " - - - - - " - - - -
E l e v a t o r o p e r a t o r s , p a s s e n g e r ( w o m e
n ) _____ 3 8 4 1 . 2 8 _ 18 9 6 1 3 7 7 2 4 0 9 6 _ 1 1 4 _ _ _
_
N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ______ _ _ ______ __ 3 ^ 5 1 . 2
7 - 18 9 6 1 3 7 7 2 2 8 9 - - 1 1 4 - - - - - - - - - -R e t a i l
t r a d e _______ _______________ ___ _____ 1 7 6 1 . 2 0 6 6 7 9 5
8 " " " " ~ _ _ "
G u a r d s _ _______________ ____________ __ __ __ __ 1 , 0 0 3
2 . 12 . _ _ _ _ 2 3 9 3 4 19 2 9 3 7 8 8 6 19 5 1 2 1 3 5 5 2 4 1
5 3 0M a n u f a c t u r i n g ____ __ ___________ __ ___ _ __ 6 0
7 2 . 12 - - - - - 1 24 - 1 12 3 3 0 17 2 17 1 4 8 - - 2 5 - - 3 0
-N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g __________________________________
3 9 6 2 . 12 - - - - - 1 15 3 4 18 17 4 8 6 9 17 3 4 6 5 5 5 2 16 5
- - -
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 3 ________________________________
1 2 8 2 . 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 9 1 11 3 9 - 5 2 16 - - - -F i
n a n c e 4 1 9 9 1 . 9 1 - - - " - 1 15 3 4 18 13 2 4 5 9 14 8 8 5
- - - - " -
J a n i t o r s , p o r t e r s , a n d c l e a n e r s ( m e n
) _______ 4 , 5 4 2 1 . 7 1 - 7 4 0 9 2 2 9 4 0 7 5 3 9 3 8 1 4 1 3
4 9 8 2 7 5 2 0 8 4 6 2 1 8 8 | 1 9 1 1 7 0 8 1 4 7 _ _ _ _ 10M a n
u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________________ 1 , 9
7 6 1 . 9 0 - - - 2 9 4 7 7 8 1 0 3 2 7 1 3 9 7 1 5 2 1 3 4 2 9 4
91 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 - 1 4 6 - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
_______ __ __ __ __ _____ 2 , 5 6 6 1 . 5 5 - 7 4 0 9 2 0 0 3 6 0 4
6 1 2 7 8 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 7 4 1 6 8 9 7 5 7 7 0 8 1 - - - -
10
P u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 3 __ __ __ __ __ _ __ 5 6 6 1 . 8
9 - - - 12 4 4 1 5 3 3 16 3 7 1 0 6 37 1 5 0 7 5 l 2 2 14 4 1 - - _
- _W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ________________________________ 1 1
7 1 . 9 4 - - - 8 10 9 15 8 7 - 12 3 14 5 12 4 - - - - _ 10R e t a
i l t r a d e _______________________________________ 5 6 3 1 . 4 8
- 7 1 2 5 6 8 5 9 1 5 1 3 8 21 9 3 5 1 2 3 0 4 4 - - - - - - -F i n
a n c e 4 __ ____ _______ ___ ____ __ _ 6 1 0 1 . 5 0 - - - 21 1 4
5 2 5 4 4 3 6 7 4 4 13 15 8 - - - - _ - - _ _ _S e r v i c e s
_____ __ __ _____ ___ ___ _ 7 1 0 1 . 3 3 2 8 4 9 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 4 9
3 0 4 1 5 6 6 - - - - - - - " -
J a n i t o r s , p o r t e r s , a n d c l e a n e r s ( w o m
e n ) ____ 1 , 6 8 6 1 . 3 7 5 3 6 1 9 1 2 7 9 5 4 0 4 3 0 6 5 31 3
6 31 5 27 7 _ _ 3 |! _ _ _ _ .
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
________________________________________ 1 8 1 1 . 6 6 - - 3 2 8 4
11 4 4 2 6 16 10 5 2 4 - 7 - - 3 ! - - - - -N o n m a n u f a c t u
r i n g __________________________________ 1 , 5 0 5 1 . 3 3 5 3 6
1 8 8 2 5 1 5 3 6 4 1 9 21 5 20 21 - 3 - - - - - - - - - 1 -
R e t a i l t r a d e _____ ___ __ _ 9 4 1 . 19 - 16 3 0 4 1 1 1
1 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - -F i n a n c e 4 _ _ ________ ____ _
_ 9 1 5 1 . 3 4 5 2 5 2 5 7 5 0 6 2 7 7 15 1 - - - " - " - - - - -
- - -
L a b o r e r s , m a t e r i a l h a n d l i n g __ __ ------ 5
, 0 2 3 2 . 0 0 _ 14 7 8 1 2 3 1 5 4 2 9 7 2 7 5 5 1 1 2 7 1 2 4 1
2 6 2 4 6 6 3 8 9 3 9 8 4 8 3 6 7 3 2 8 8 6 8 6 2 2 3 1M a n u f a
c t u r i n g __ __ _ __ ._ __ 2 , 6 6 6 1 . 9 4 - - 21 3 0 1 0 3 8
1 2 1 5 T 6 8 1 6 9 1 8 5 1 3 4 2 9 1 1 4 4 2 8 8 2 1 0 5 9 2 5 8 -
- 10 - -N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ___ _______ ______ __
-------- 2 , 3 5 7 2 . 0 6 - 14 5 7 9 3 51 2 1 6 6 0 4 3 1 0 2 5 6
1 2 8 1 7 5 2 4 5 1 1 0 2 7 3 6 1 4 3 0 6 8 5 2 2 3 1
Public u tilities3 ____ __ __ 7 2 8 2 . 3 2 - - - - - - - 3 4 -
1 8 5 14 1 2 4 3 9 2 6 - - - - -W holesale trade _ __ __ __ __ __
____ 8 3 6 2 . 0 4 - - - 21 2 8 i 1 7 5 13 8 4 0 5 2 8 9 8 5 3 8 7
6 5 1 1 6 15 - 8 5 2 2 3 1Retail trade _ __ __ _____ __ __ _ 7 3 6
1. 8 8 2 5 4 6 9 18 3 9 3 2 3 4 5 0 4 8 9 2 7 7 7 9 8 4 1 0 6 9 6 -
" - -
Order fillers ------------- _ __ _______ _ __ 1 , 9 9 3 2 . 0 4
7 7 4 8 2 5 1 9 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 8 5 1 7 9 1 6 3 1 9 8 1 4 3 3 5
4 8 9 14 13 27 13 11 19Manufacturing
___________________________________ 6 7 2 2 . 10 - - - - - 17 6 2 9
2 4 4 9 1 4 8 1 4 7 11 1 4 3 6 13 11 6 2 7 5 11 19Nonmanufacturing
__ _ _ ____ _ __ 1 , 3 2 1 2 . 0 0 - 7 7 4 8 2 5 1 7 5 9 7 9 2 7 7
3 6 3 1 16 1 8 7 - 2 9 4 7 6 3 7 - 8 - -
W holesale trade ____________________________ 8 5 2 1 . 8 7 - -
- 2 0 2 5 1 5 2 8 5 7 8 6 8 3 2 2 8 15 1 8 7 - 2 9 1 1 5 3 7 - 8
-Retail trade _____ __ ____ _ 4 6 9 2 . 2 5 - 7 7 2 8 " 2 3 12 14 9
4 3 1 ' " 3 6 1 " _ - - - *
P ackers, shipping (men) ___ _ ------- 1 , 8 2 5 1 . 8 5 3 6 3 2
5 0 51 1 3 6 1 0 6 1 6 4 4 0 0 1 5 1 6 8 1 3 2 1 0 8 1 3 2 5 9 28 1
5 4 9 3 3 3Manufacturing ____ __ 1 , 2 2 8 1 . 8 4 - 6 - - 3 0 9 2
5 8 1 4 5 3 8 8 1 0 7 5 0 7 0 8 6 1 0 8 3 4 27 9 9 3 3 -
3Nonmanufacturing __ _ ------ 5 9 7 1 . 8 7 - 3 0 3 2 5 0 21 4 4 4
8 19 12 4 4 18 6 2 2 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 4 5 - - - - -
Wholesale trade _ __ _ _ 3 9 7 2 . 10 - - - 2 0 10 10 3 5 14 - 2
4 18 4 9 2 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 4 5 - - - - -Retail trade _ __ __ _ -----
1 5 9 1 . 3 4 21 3 2 3 0 11 3 1 13 5 11 5
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Table A-4. Custodial and Material Movement
Occupations-Continued
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i
n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d o n
a n a r e a b a s i s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , B o s t
o n , M a s s . , O c t o b e r i9 6 0 )
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF
Occupation1 and industry divisionNumber
ofworkers
Average hourly
earnings ^$0 . 90and
under1. 00
$1. 00
1. 10
$1. 10
1.20
$1.20
1. 30
$1. 30
1. 40
$1 .40
1. 50
$1 .50
1.6 0
$1. 60
1. 70
$1. 70
1. 80
$1. 80
1.90
$1. 90
2. 00
$2. 00
2. 10
$2. 10
2. 20
$2. 20
2. 30
$2. 30
2. 40
$2. 40
2. 50
$2. 50
2. 60
$2. 60
2. 70
%2. 70
2. 80
$2. 80
2. 90
%2. 90
3. 00
$3. 00 and over
Packers, shipping (women) _____________________ 464 $ 1 .5 4 18
24 25 220 19 41 66 48 3Manufacturing
--------------------------------------------------- 279 1 .55 - -
18 24 5 134 - 22 25 - - 48 - 3 - - - - _ _ _ _Nonmanufacturing
-------------------------------------------- 185 1. 53 - - - - 20
86 19 19 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Retail trade --------------------------------------------------
83 1. 59 - " " 18 9 15 2 39 " " " " " - -
Receiving clerks
--------------------------------------------------- 711 2. 01 4 11
14 10 62 84 37 67 61 51 71 87 55 33 29 11 9 2 1 12Manufacturing
--------------------------------------------------- 318 2. 10 - - -
- - 5 34 7 9 34 23 26 57 45 31 23 2 9 _ _ 1 12Nonmanufacturing
_____________________________ 393 1. 93 - - 4 11 14 5 28 77 28 33
38 25 14 42 24 10 27 2 9 2 _ _
W holesale trade ------------------------------------------ 191
1. 94 - - - - 2 - 19 62 15 5 10 10 8 25 19 4 5 _ 5 2 _ _Retail
trade _________________________________ 173 1.93 " - 4 11 9 2 9 14
13 28 15 15 6 15 4 22 2 4 - " -
Shipping clerks
------------------------------------------------------ 611 2. 13 4
3 4 8 47 46 21 7 70 58 57 98 70 28 16 12 5 19 33 5Manufacturing
--------------------------------------------------- 340 2. 25 - - -
- - 20 15 6 2 27 40 26 63 45 1 4 11 12 5 17 24 3Nonmanufacturing
_____________________________ 271 1.9 8 - - 4 3 4 8 27 31 15 5 43
18 31 35 25 4 5 - _ 2 9 2
W holesale trade ----------------------------------------- 128
2. 21 - - - - - - - - 7 2 25 5 24 29 20 2 5 - - - 9 _Retail trade
-------------------------------------------------- 91 1. 73 - - 4 2
4 7 14 31 7 2 5 " 4 - 5 2 - - - 2 - 2
Shipping and receiving clerks __________________ 518 2. 17 _ _ _
7 1 _ 7 17 22 29 14 63 132 39 106 40 18 6 3 _ 4 10Manufactu r ing
_________________________________ 283 2. 21 - - - - - - 2 - 20 2 2
26 69 ! 31 90 24 17 - - _ - -Nonmanufacturing
-------------------------------------------- 235 2. 11 - - - 7 1 -
5 17 2 27 12 37 63 i 8 16 16 1 6 3 - 4 10
Wholesale trade ___________________________ 61 2.