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AREA WAGE SURVEYLouisville, Kentucky—Indiana, Metropolitan Area, November 1972Bulletin 1775-37

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

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Preface

This bulletin provides results of a November 1972 survey of occupational earnings in the Lou isville , Kentucky—Indiana, Standard Metropolitan Statistical A rea (Jefferson County, Ky.; and Clark and Floyd Counties, Ind.). The survey was made as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' annual area wage survey program . The program is designed to yield data fo r individual metropolitan areas, as well as national and regional estimates for all Standard Metropolitan Areas in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, (as defined by the U.S. O ffice of Management and Budget through November 1971).

A m ajor consideration in the area wage survey program is the need to describe the level and movement o f wages in a variety of labor markets, through the analysis of (1) the leve l and distribution of wages by occupation, and (2) the movement of wages by occupational category and skill leve l. The program develops information that may be used for many purposes, including wage and salary administration, collective bargaining, and assistance in determining plant location. Survey results also are used by the U.S. Department of Labor to make wage determinations under the Service Contract Act of 1965.

Currently, 96 areas are included in the program . (See list of areas on inside back cover.) In each area, occupational earnings data are collected annually. Information on establishment practices and supplementary wage benefits, collected every second year in the past, is now obtained every third year.

Each year after all individual area wage surveys have been completed, two summary bulletins are issued. The firs t brings together data for each metropolitan area surveyed. The second summary bulletin presents national and regional estimates, projected from individual metropolitan area data.

The Lou isville survey was conducted by the Bureau's regional o ffice in Atlanta, Ga., under the general direction of Donald M. Cruse, Assistant Regional D irector for Operations. The survey could not have been accomplished without the cooperation of the many firm s whose wage and salary data provided the basis for the statistical information in this bulletin. The Bureau wishes to express sincere appreciation for the cooperation received.

Note:Current reports on occupational earnings and supplementary wage p ro

visions in the Louisville area are available fo r the wood household furniture (October 1971) and contract cleaning (July 1971) industries. A lso available are listings of union wage rates for building trades, printing trades, local-transit operating employees, local truckdrivers and helpers, and grocery store em ployees. F ree copies of these are available from the Bureau's regional o ffices. (See back cover for addresses.)


AREA WAGE SURVEY Bulletin 1775-37M arch 1973 U.S. D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R , Peter J. Brennan, Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, Ben Burdetsky, Deputy Commissioner

Louisville, Kentucky—Indiana, Metropolitan Area, November 1972C O N T E N T S

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2 Introduction5 Wage trends fo r selected occupational groups

Tables:

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1. Establishments and w orkers within scope of survey and number studied2. Indexes o f earnings fo r selected occupational groups, and percents o f in crease fo r selected periods

A. Occupational earnings:A - l . O ffice occupations: Weekly earningsA -2 . Pro fess iona l and technical occupations: W eekly earningsA -3 . O ffice , professional, and technical occupations: A verage weekly earnings, by sex A -4 . Maintenance and powerplant occupations: Hourly earnings A -5 . Custodial and m ateria l movement occupations: Hourly earnings

15 Appendix. Occupational descriptions

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In troduction

This area is 1 of 96 in which the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts surveys of occupational earnings on an areawide basis annually.1 F ie ld represen tatives, in personal v is its to establishments in the area, co llect employment, earnings, establishment p ractices, and related benefits inform ation every third year. In each of the intervening years , in form ation on employment and earnings is collected by m a il questionnaires from establishments participating in the previous survey. This bulletin presents the results of the la tter type survey.

In each area, data are obtained from representative establishments within six broad industry d ivisions: Manufacturing; transportation, communication, and other public u tilities ; wholesale trade; re ta il trade; finance, insurance, and rea l estate; and serv ices . M ajor industry groups excluded from these studies are government operations and the construction and extractive industries. Establishments having few er than a prescribed number of w orkers are om itted because they tend to furnish insufficient employment in the occupations studied to warrant inclusion. Separate tabulations are provided for each of the broad industry d ivisions which m eet publication criter ia .

These surveys are conducted on a sample basis. The sam pling procedures involve detailed stratification of all establishments within the scope o f an individual area survey by industry and number of em ployees. F rom this stra tified universe a probability sample is selected, with each establishment having a predeterm ined chance of selection . To obtain optimum accuracy at minimum cost, a greater proportion of la rge than sm all establishments is selected. When data are combined, each establishment is weighted according to its probab ility of selection, so that unbiased estim ates are generated. For ex ample, if one out o f four establishments is selected, it is given a weight of four to represent its e lf plus three others. An alternate of the same orig ina l probability is chosen in the same industry-size c la s s if ication i f data are not available fo r the orig ina l sample m em ber. If no suitable substitute is ava ilab le, additional weight is assigned to a sample m em ber that is s im ila r to the m issing unit.

Occupations and Earnings

The occupations selected fo r study are common to a va rie ty of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries, and are of the follow ing types: (1) O ffice c le r ica l; (2) pro fessional and technical;

1 Included in the 96 areas are 10 studies conducted by the Bureau under contract. These areas are Austin, T ex .; Binghamton, N .Y . (New York portion only); Durham, N. C . ; Fort Lauderdale— Hollywood and West Palm Beach, F la .; Huntsville, A la .; Lexington, K y .; Poughkeepsie—Kingston— Newburgh, N .Y .; Rochester, N .Y . (office occupations only); Syracuse, N. Y. ; and Utica—Rome, N.Y. In addition, the Bureau conducts more limited area studies in approximately 70 areas at the request of the Employment Standards Administration of the U. S. Department of Labor.

(3) maintenance and powerplant; and (4) custodial and m ateria l m ovement. Occupational c lass ifica tion is based on a uniform set of job descriptions designed to take account of interestablishm ent variation in duties within the same job. The occupations selected for study are listed and described in the appendix. Unless otherw ise indicated, the earnings data follow ing the job titles are for all industries combined. Earnings data fo r some of the occupations listed and described, or for some industry divisions within occupations, are not presented in the A -s e r ie s tables, because either (1) employment in the occupation is too sm all to provide enough data to m erit presentation, or (2) there is possib ility of d isclosure of individual establishment data. Earnings data not shown separately for industry divisions are included in all industries combined data, where shown. L ikew ise, data are included in the overa ll c lassifica tion when a subclassification of secretaries or truckdrivers is not shown or in form ation to subclassify is not available.

Occupational employment and earnings data are shown for fu ll-tim e w orkers, i.e ., those h ired to work a regu lar w eekly schedule. Earnings data exclude prem ium pay fo r overtim e and fo r work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Nonproduction bonuses are excluded, but cos t-o f- liv in g allowances and incentive earnings are included. W here w eekly hours are reported , as fo r o ffice c le r ica l occupations, re ference is to the standard workweek (rounded to the nearest half hour) fo r which em ployees rece ive their regu lar straight-tim e sa laries (exclusive of pay fo r overtim e at regu lar and/or premium rates). Average w eekly earnings fo r these occupations are rounded to the nearest half dollar.

These surveys m easure the le ve l of occupational earnings in an area at a particu lar tim e. Comparisons of individual occupational averages over tim e m ay not re flec t expected wage changes. The a v e r ages for individual jobs are affected by changes in wages and em ployment patterns. F o r example, proportions o f w orkers employed by high- or low -wage firm s may change or high-wage w orkers may advance to better jobs and be replaced by new w orkers at low er rates. Such shifts in employment could decrease an occupational average even though most establishments in an area increase wages during the year. Trends in earnings of occupational groups, shown in table 2, are better indicators of wage trends than individual jobs within the groups.

A verage earnings re flec t com posite, areaw ide estim ates. Industries and establishments d iffer in pay le v e l and job staffing, and thus contribute d ifferen tly to the estim ates fo r each job. Pay a v e r ages may fa il to re fle c t accurately the wage d ifferen tia l among jobs in individual establishments.

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A verage pay leve ls fo r men and women in selected occupations should not be assumed to re flec t d ifferences in pay of the sexes within individual establishments. Factors which may contribute to d ifferences include progression within established rate ranges, since only the rates paid incumbents are co llected , and perform ance of spec ific duties within the general survey job descriptions. Job descrip tions used to c la ss ify em ployees in these surveys usually are m ore genera lized than those used in individual establishments and allow for m inor d ifferences among establishments in specific duties perform ed.

Occupational employment estim ates represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study and not the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments d iffe r, estim ates of occupational employment obtained from the sample

3of establishments studied serve only to indicate the re la tive im portance of the jobs studied. These d ifferences in occupational structure do not affect m ateria lly the accuracy of the earnings data.

Establishment P ra c tic es and Supplementary Wage P rov is ion s

Tabulations on selected establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions (B -se r ie s tables) are not presented in this bulletin. Information fo r these tabulations, collected every 2 years in the past, is now co llected every 3 years. These tabulations on minimum entrance sa laries for inexperienced women o fficew orkers ; shift d ifferen tia ls; scheduled workweek; paid holidays; paid vacations; and health, insurance, and pension plans are presented (in the B-series tables) in previous bulletins for this area.


T a b le 1. E s tab lish m en ts and w o rk e rs w ith in scope of su rvey and num ber studied in Louisv ille , K y .—In d .,1 by m ajo r in dustry d iv is io n ,2 N o v e m b e r 1 9 7 2

Minimum Number of establishments W orkers in establishments

Industry divis ionemployment in establish- Within scope

o f study3

Within scope o f study4

ments in scope of study

StudiedNumber Percen t

Studied

A ll d ivis ions_________________________________ . 611 134 172.761 100 109.764

Manufacturing_____________________________________ 50 223 52 103,942 60 72,826Nonmanufacturing________________________________ 388 82 68, 819 40 36,938

Transportation, communication, and other public u tilities 5______________________ 50 56 18 17,223 10 13,255

Wholesale trade 6______________________________ 50 69 11 8,272 5 3,632Retail trade 6__________________________________ 50 142 21 26,266 15 11,592Finance, insurance, and rea l es ta te6______ 50 56 14 9,358 6 5, 158Services ----------------------------------------------- 50 65 18 7,700 4 3, 301

1 The Lou isv ille Standard M etropolitan Statistical A rea , as defined by the O ffice o f Management and Budget through Novem ber 1971, consistso f Jefferson County, K y.; and Clark and Floyd Counties, Ind. The "w orkers, within scope o f study" estim ates shown in this table provide a reasonably accurate description of the size and composition o f the labor fo rce included in the survey. The estim ates are not intended, how ever,to serve as a basis o f comparison with other employment indexes fo r the area to measure employment trends or le ve ls since (1) planning o f wagesurveys requ ires the use o f establishment data com piled considerably in advance o f the payroll period studied, and (2) sm all establishments are excluded from the scope o f the survey.

2 The 1967 edition o f the Standard Industrial C lassification Manual was used in c lassify ing establishments by industry division.3 Includes a ll establishments with total employment at or above the minimum lim itation. A l l outlets (within the area ) o f companies in such

industries as trade, finance, auto repa ir service, and motion picture theaters are considered as 1 establishment.4 Includes a ll w orkers in a ll establishments with total employment (within the area) at o r above the minimum lim itation.5 Abbreviated to "public u tilitie s " in the A -s e r ie s tables. Taxicabs and serv ices incidental to water transportation w ere excluded.4 This industry d ivision is represented in estim ates fo r "a ll industries" and "nonmanufacturing" in the Series A tables. Separate presentation

o f data fo r this d ivision is not made fo r one or m ore o f the follow ing reasons: (1) Employment in the d ivision is too sm all to provide enough data to m erit separate study, (2) the sample was not designed in itia lly to perm it separate presentation, (3) response was insufficient o r inadequate to perm it separate presentation, and (4) there is possib ility o f d isclosure o f individual establishment data.

7 Hotels and m otels; laundries and other personal serv ices ; business serv ices ; automobile repa ir, rental, and parking; motion p ictures; nonprofit m em bership organizations (excluding re lig ious and charitable organ izations); and engineering and arch itectural serv ices .

Industrial composition in manufacturing

A lm ost two-th irds of the w orkers within scope o f the survey in the Lou isv ille area w ere employed in manufacturing firm s. The fo llow ing presents the m ajor industry groups and specific industries as a percent o f a ll manufacturing:

Industry groups

E lec tr ica l equipment and_______ 20supplies

Food and kindred products______11Tobacco manufactures___________10Chem icals and a llied

products________________________ 9Fabricated m eta l products_____ 8M achinery, except e lec tr ica l__ 8Transportation equipment______ 7Printing and publishing_________ 6Ordnance and accessor ies_____ 5

Specific industries

Household appliances____________20C igarettes________________________ 10M otor veh icles and

equipment______________________ 6B everages________________________ 5Ordnance_________________________ 5

Th is information is based on estim ates o f total employment derived from universe m ateria ls compiled p r io r to actual survey. Proportions in various industry divis ions may d iffe r from proportions based on the results o f the survey as shown in table 1 above.


W a g e T re n d s for S e le c te d O ccup atio na l G roups

Presented in table 2 are indexes and percents of change in average weekly salaries of o ffice c le r ica l workers and industrial nurses, and in average hourly earnings of selected plantworker groups. The indexes are a measure of wages at a given time, expressed as a percent of wages during the base period. Subtracting 100 from the index yields the percent change in wages from the base period to the date of the index. The percents of change or increase relate to wage changes between the indicated dates. Annual rates of increase, where shown, re f lect the amount of increase for 12 months when the time period between surveys was other than 12 months. These computations are based on the assumption that wages increased at a constant rate between surveys. These estimates are measures of change in averages for the area; they are not intended to measure average pay changes in the establishments in the area.

Method of Computing

The index is a measure of wages at a given time and is expressed as a percent of wages in the base year. The base year is assigned the value of 100 percent. The index is computed by multiplying the base year relative (100 percent) by the re lative (the percent change plus 100 percent) for the next succeeding year and then continuing to multiply (compound) each year 's relative by the previous year 's index.

Fo r office c le r ica l workers and industrial nurses, the wage trends relate to regular weekly salaries for the normal workweek, exclusive of earnings for overtime. For plantworker groups, they measure changes in average straight-time hourly earnings, excluding premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. The percents are based on data for selected key occupations and include most of the numerically important jobs within each group.

Each of the following key occupations within an occupational group is assigned a constant weight based on its proportionate em ployment in the occupational group:

Office clerical (men and women):

Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B

Clerks, accounting, classes A and B

Clerks, file, classes A, B, and C

Clerks, order Clerks, payroll Keypunch operators, classes

A and BMessengers (office boys or

girls)

Office clerical (men and women)— Continued

SecretariesStenographers, general Stenographers, senior Switchboard operators, classes

A and BTabulating-machine operators,

class BTypists, classes A and B

Industrial nurses (men and women):

Nurses, industrial (registered)

Skilled maintenance (men): Carpenters Electricians Machinists MechanicsMechanics (automotive)PaintersPipefittersTool and die makers

Unskilled plant (men):Janitors, porters, and

cleanersLaborers, material handling

NOTE: Comptometer operators, used in the computation of previous trends, are no longersurveyed by the Bureau.

The average (mean) earnings for each occupation are multiplied by the occupational weight, and the products for all occupations in the group are totaled. The aggregates for 2 consecutive years are related by subtracting the aggregate for the ea r l ie r year from the aggregate for the later year and dividing the remainder by the agg re gate for the ea r l ie r year. The result times 100 shows the percent of change.

Limitations of Data

The indexes and percents of change, as measures of change in area averages, are influenced by: ( l ) General salary and wagechanges, (2) m erit or other increases in pay received by individual workers while in the same job, and (3) changes in average wages due to changes in the labor force resulting from labor turnover, force expansions, force reductions, and changes in the proportions of work ers employed by establishments with different pay levels. Changes in the labor force can cause increases or decreases in the occupational averages without actual wage changes. It is conceivable that even though all establishments in an area gave wage increases, average wages may have declined because lower-paying establishments entered the area or expanded their work forces. Sim ilarly, wages may have remained re la t ive ly constant, yet averages for an area may have risen considerably because higher-paying establishments entered the area.

The use of constant employment weights eliminates the effect of changes in the proportion of workers represented in each job included in the data. The percents of change ref lect only changes in average pay for straight-time hours. They are not influenced by changes in standard work schedules, as such, or by premium pay for overtime. Where necessary, data are adjusted to remove from the indexes and percents of change any significant effect caused by changes in the scope of the survey.

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T a b le 2 . Indexes o f ea rn in g s fo r se lected occupationa l groups in Lo u isv ille , K y .—Ind., N o v e m b e r 1971 and N o v e m b e r 1 9 7 2 , and p e rc en ts of in crease fo r se lec ted p erio ds

Period

A ll industries Manufacturing

W eekly earnings Hourly earnings W eekly earnings Hourly earnings

Office c le r ica l (men and women)

Industrial nurses

(men and women)

Skilledmaintenance

trades(men)

Unskilledplant-

workers(men)

O ffice c le r ica l (men and women)

Industrial nur s e s

(men and women)

Skilledmaintenance

trades(men)

Unskilledplant-

workers(men)

Indexes (February 1967 = 100)

Novem ber 1971____________________________________ 126.8 141.7 133.7 133.3 127.2 142.1 133.3 132.9Novem ber 1972____________________________________ 134.7 152.3 142.7 145.6 136.1 152.2 142.8 147.1

Percents o f increase

February 1961 to February 1962________________ 2.9 2.6 2.9 3.5 3.7 2.1 2.7 4.1February 1962 to February 1963________________ 3.4 2.0 3.1 1.4 1.9 2.5 3.1 1.3February 1963 to February 1964________________ 3.1 3.5 2.6 3.6 3.1 3.9 2.4 4.6February 1964 to February 1965________________ 3.6 0 1.4 3.6 4.3 0 .9 4.1February 1965 to February 1966________________ 3.1 4.3 3.0 1.7 2.8 4.3 2.9 1.1February 1966 to February 1967________________ 5.5 5.6 4.6 2.5 4.0 4.6 4.8 1.8February 1967 to February 1968_______________ 3.6 8.8 4.7 6.1 4.4 8.8 4.5 6.0February 1968 to Novem ber 1968:

9-month in c rea se______________________________ 3.7 4.0 5.2 5.0 3.0 4.4 5.4 5.6Annual rate of in c rea se____________ _______ 5.0 5.4 7.0 6.7 4.0 5.9 7.3 7.5

Novem ber 1 968 to Novem ber 1969______________ 5.8 3.9 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.5 5.0 3.9Novem ber 1969 to Novem ber 1970______________ 6.2 8.6 6.5 8.0 6.4 8.2 5.7 7.6Novem ber 1970 to Novem ber 1971______________ 5.1 11.0 8.8 6.3 6.8 11.7 9.1 6.2Novem ber 1971 to Novem ber 1972______________ 6.2 7.5 6.7 9.2 7.0 7.1 7.1 10.7


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A. Occupational earningsT ab le A-1. O ff ice occupations: W eekly earnings

(A ve ra g e stra igh t-tim e w eek ly hours and earnings o f w orkers in se lected occupations by industry d iv is ion , L o u is v ille , K y^ In d ., N ovem ber 1972)

O ccupa t io n and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o nNumber

ofworkers

Averageweekly

(standard

Weekly earnings * (standard)

Mean ^ Median * Middle ranged

1 »60

andun der

65

MEN ANO WOMEN COMBINED

BILLERS, MACHINE 1 BILLING $ $ $ $M A C H I N E ) ----------------------- ———————————— *2 60.0 119.00 122.50 88.50-162.00 -

NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------- 28 60.0 133.00 129.00 118.00-159.00 -

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS,CLASS B ----------------------------------------------- 113 39.5 106.50 100.00 91.00-116.50 -

MANUFACTURING --------------------------------- 53 39.0 116.00 107.50 98.50-165.50 -NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------- 60 60.0 96.50 93.00 83.50-111.50 -

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A ------------ 595 39.5 150.00 163.00 123.50-177.50 -

NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------- 363 39.0 161.00 139.00 122.00-155.00 -

PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------------------- 112 60.0 160.50 157.00 129.00-197.00

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B ------------ 680 39.0 112.50 109.00 96.50-128.00 11MANUFACTURING --------------------------------- 209 39.5 113.50 109.50 101.50-123.50 -NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------- 671 38.5 112.00 108.50 87.00-130.00 11

PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------------------- 108 38.5 152.00 163.00 131.00-191.50

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS A ----------------------- 57 60.0 117.50 111.00 96.00-126.00 •NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 68 60.0 116.50 99.00 95.50-115.00 -

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS B --------------- 298 39.5 92.50 86.00 82.00- 95.00 -

MANUFACTURING --------------------- 33 60.0 98.50 100.50 87.50-107.00 -

NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 265 39.5 91.50 85.50 82.00- 92.50 -

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS C --------------- 128 38.0 76.50 76.00 71.50- 83.00 5NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 126 38.0 76.00 75.50 71.50- 82.50 5

CLERKS, ORDER ------------------------- 250 60.0 107.50 101.00 89.00-117.50 -MANUFACTURING --------------------- 107 60.0 113.50 106.00 91.00-130.00 -

NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 163 60.0 103.00 96.50 88.50-115.50

CLERKS, PAYROLL ---------------------- 230 39.5 132.00 131.00 107.00-166.00 -MANUFACTURING --------------------- 117 39.5 129.50 160.50 113.00-166.50 -

NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 113 39.0 136.00 125.00 106.00-169.00

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A -------- 322 39.5 122.00 110.50 100.50-131.00 _MANUFACTURING --------------------- 61 39.5 128.00 129.00 103.50-160.50 -NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 261 39.5 121.00 108.50 100.00-126.00

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B ---------------- 687 39.5 106.50 99.50 89.50-123.00 -

MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 198 39.5 117.00 119.50 98.00-128.00 -NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 289 39.5 99.00 93.00 87.00-106.00 -

PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------------------------- 32 39.0 162.00 162.50 116.00-175.00 -

MESSENGERS (OFFICE BOYS AND GIRLSI- 172 38.5 98.00 93.00 85.50-103.50 -

MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 56 39.0 96.00 93.50 89.00-103.00 -NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 118 38.5 99.00 93.00 86.00-103.50 “

SECRETARIES ----------------------------------------------------- 1,610 39.0 139.00 139.50 113.50-162.00 -

MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 815 39.5 167.50 168.50 127.50-166.00 -NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 595 39.0 127.00 118.50 103.00-167.00 -

PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------------------------ 128 39.0 171.50 171.50 155.00-187.00

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—

( t $ S t * S $ * t ( t t t * * t * $65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 110 120 130 160 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220

and

70 75 80 85 90 95 100 110 120 130 160 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 over

2 2 6 6 5 1 3 8 2 3 2 62 2 * “ 1 * “ 3 8 1 3 2 * * 6 * * •

7 18 17 15 13 22 7 13 1 _- - 6 - - - 13 12 6 6 - 13 1 - - - - - - -

- 3 18 17 2 1 18 1

- - • - 6 7 7 31 69 80 68 76 66 30 69 23 50 38 16 518 23 26 21 16 8 12 38 15 37 19 15 6

- - - - 6 7 7 13 66 56 67 58 36 18 11 8 13 19 1 15 21 3 7 6 18 6 5 7 13 19 1 1

9 26 50 31 18 29 67 133 106 66 52 56 5 5 2 2 36 - - -- 6 - 10 1 8 21 65 32 26 20 16 2 2 2 2 - - - -9 20 50 21 17 21 26 68 72 60 32 62 3 3 - - 36 - - -

6 13 8 9 35 1 2 “ * 36 *

- - 10 - 1 _ 16 - 10 8 - - 1 - 1 6 3 1 - -* 10 * 1 16 10 * “ * 1 6 3 1 *

- 10 26 97 66 25 11 38 6 5 • - 5 6 4 1 . - - -- - 6 6 - 8 - 12 2 3

10 22 93 66 17 11 26 4 2 5 6 6 1 - -

17 38 25 19 19 - 5 _ - . - - - - _ - _ _17 38 25 19 19 “ - 3

- 1 6 19 66 62 6 58 23 7 5 7 26 1 - 9 _ - -- - 6 6 16 12 6 27 8 6 6 6 9 - - - 9 - - -

1 15 30 30 - 31 15 i 1 3 15 1 - - - - -

6 1 1 3 5 2 6 66 29 17 12 65 9 3 3 3 12 8 16 - — - 6 - 6 13 16 6 8 69 9 - 3 - - 1 - -2 1 1 3 1 2 2 31 13 11 6 16 - - 3 3 11 8 1

- - - 2 6 30 38 85 68 33 18 7 3 2 6 27 19 - • -- - - - - 6 6 12 3 9 16 5 - 2 6 2 - - - -* ” * 2 6 26 36 73 65 26 6 2 3 - - 25 19 - -

- 8 13 28 85 75 38 73 62 75 17 7 - 5 16 3 1 1 _ -- 1 - 5 18 17 15 26 21 71 12 1 - 5 3 3 1 1 - -

7 13 23 67 58 23 69 21 6 5 6 - - 13 - - - - -“ * * 2 “ 3 6 3 2 5 - - 13 - - - - -

- 6 18 17 26 30 16 37 7 5 1 1 • 5 3 2 - - - _- - 1 8 6 18 6 9 6 3 - 1

6 17 9 20 12 10 28 3 2 1 - - 5 3 2 - - -

1 1 6 2 22 92 56 118 176 123 119 196 97 179 89 66 55 25 5 10- - 1 33 19 67 53 70 62 163 69 166 65 19 62 13 5 10

1 1 6 2 21 59 35 71 123 53 57 31 28 35 26 25 13 12 - -

3 15 25 18 21 26 10 12

See footnotes at end o f tables


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T ab le A-1. O ffice occupations: W eek ly earnings— Continued

(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings of workers in selected occupations by industry division, Louisville, Ky^Ind., November 1972)

O ccu p a tion and in d u s try d iv is io nNumber

ofworkers

Weekly earnings 1 (standard) N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly e a rn in g s o f---

Averageweekly

(standard Mean* Median 2 Middle ranged

* $60

andu n der

65

*65

70

$70

75

* ♦ t $75 80 85 90 95

80 85 90 95 100

*100

110

110

120

120

130

130

140

$140

150

t150 160

160 170

170

180

180

190

S190

200

200

210

$210

220

$220

and

o v e r

MEN AND WOMEN COMBINED—CONTINUED

SECRETARIES— CONTINUED$ $ $ $

8j t L K L 1A K lL o i L L A j j AMANUFACTURING ------------------------------------ 55 40.0 147.50 150.00 124.00-169.00 - - - - - - - - 4 4 12 3 5 3 13 6 3 1 1 • -NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------------ 35 38.5 154.00 161.00 132.50-166.00 - “ - - 1 7 4 3 1 14 - - 3 2 - -

SE CRETARIES, CLASS B ------------------------ 291 39.0 144.00 137.50 114.50-176.50 - - _ _ _ - 14 3 36 48 19 32 18 9 14 50 17 23 2 3 3MANUFACTURING --------------------- 158 39.5 155.00 167.00 123.00-179.50 - - - - - - 13 - 16 8 12 3 9 8 13 40 8 22 - 3 3NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 133 38.5 131.50 124.00 112.50-140.50 * - - * “ 1 3 20 40 7 29 9 1 1 10 9 1 2 “ -

SECRETARIES, CLASS C -------------- 473 39.5 146.50 150.00 126.50-163.00 - - _ - i - 13 17 27 34 45 50 49 50 125 16 12 11 14 2 7MANUFACTURING --------------------- 302 40.0 155.00 160.50 141.00-164.00 - - - - - - 8 9 4 7 11 33 32 37 115 9 8 8 12 2 7NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------------ 171 38.5 131.50 127.00 112.50-148.50 - - - - i - 5 8 23 27 34 17 17 13 10 7 4 3 2 - -

159.00 149.50-173.50l 6 ‘ * UU £ TO CSE CRETARIES, CLASS 0 ------------------------ 525 39.5 127.00 121.50 100.50-148.00 _ 1 1 4 i 22 65 34 49 82 34 27 116 31 10 15 12 15 6 -

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------ 272 39.5 136.00 145.50 119.00-148.50 - - - - - 1 12 10 21 27 29 20 114 18 3 8 9 - - -NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------------ 253 39.0 117.50 105.00 93.50-124.00 - 1 1 4 i 21 53 24 28 55 5 7 2 13 7 7 12 6 6 *

STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL ------------------------ 456 39.5 119.50 115.00 104.50-130.00 - - 1 4 7 28 32 13 82 105 71 31 41 _ 6 13 14 8 - - -

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------- 199 39.5 119.00 118.50 109.00-128.50 - - - - — 1 11 a 34 53 55 22 10 - 4 1 - - - - -NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------------ 257 39.0 120.00 112.50 99.50-140.50 - - 1 4 7 27 21 5 48 52 16 9 31 - 2 12 14 8 - - -

PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S --------------- 98 39.0 148.00 143.00 126.50-178.50 * 2 2 4 8 13 6 27 “ 2 12 14 8 ” * *

STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR --------------- 376 39.0 127.00 120.50 106.50-138.00 . - . _ . - 23 31 61 71 52 56 16 15 3 20 17 6 4 1 -MANUFACTURING --------------------- 196 39.5 131.50 127.00 113.50-140.00 - - - - - - 3 2 27 44 28 45 11 9 2 14 7 2 2 — -NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 180 38.5 122.00 114.00 99.50-131.50 ~ - - * - - 20 29 34 27 24 11 5 6 1 6 10 4 2 1 -

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS B — - - 139 40.0 95.00 91.00 81.50-104.50 _ 4 3 17 38 1 29 6 10 9 13 3 2 2 1 1 - _

32NONHANUFACTURING ------------------------------ 107 40.5 92.50 90.50 80.50- 97.00 4 3 17 25 1 29 5 8 4 4 1 2 2 1 1 - - - - -

SWITCHBOARD O P ERA TO R-RECEPT IO N ISTS- 274 39.5 103.00 102.50 87.00-114.00 - - _ 24 37 18 17 31 65 27 24 16 9 2 3 1 - - -MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------ 160 40.0 102.00 98.00 85.50-118.00 - - - 13 26 16 15 19 24 10 20 5 8 - 3 1 - - - - -NONMAN UFACTURING---------------------------- -- 114 38.5 104.50 106.00 96.00-112.50 - 11 11 2 2 12 41 17 4 11 1 2 - - - - - - -

TABULAT ING-MACHINE OPERATORS,CLASS B —— -----------—-------- —— —— —— —— 66 39.5 141.00 147.00 104.00-166.00 - - - - - 4 - 4 14 1 1 1 20 3 3 5 3 3 3 1 -

NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------------ 41 39.5 137.00 115.00 101.50-176.00 ~ - 4 - 4 12 1 - 1 2 2 2 5 2 3 2 1 -

TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATORS,24 19

209 193 m3 A. VT'' • V/V> “>,UU * TOT Y P I S T S , CLASS A ------ ----------------- 163 40.0 116.50 107.00 93.50-137.00 - - - - 4 30 10 20 22 5 9 46 2 - 2 7 6 - - - _

MANUFACTURING ----------------------- 43 39.0 128.00 135.50 101.50-139.50 - - - - 4 3 3 - 4 1 2 17 1 - 2 3 3 - - - -NONMANUFACTURING ------------------- 120 40.0 112.50 102.50 92.50-135.50 “ - ~ - “ 27 7 20 18 4 7 29 1 - - 4 3 - - - -

T Y P I S T S , CLASS B ----------------------- 473 39.5 92.50 87.50 80.00-102.00 - 14 44 61 76 77 39 30 41 53 24 7 - - 1 6 _ - - -

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------- 101 39.5 100.00 102.50 84.50-112.50 4 4 8 11 3 4 12 17 26 8 3 - 1 - - - - -NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------------ 372 39.0 90.50 86.00 79.00- 96.00 10 40 53 65 74 35 18 24 27 16 4 6



9

T a b le A -2 . Professional and technical occupations: W eekly earnings

(A ve ra g e s tra igh t-tim e w eek ly hours and earnings o f w orkers in se lected occupations by industry d iv is ion , L o u is v ille , Ky«—Ind., N ovem ber 1972)

O ccupati on and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o nNumber

ofworkeis

Averageweekly

(standard]

Weekly earnings 1 (standard)

Mean ^ Median ̂ Middle rangedU n de rt90

MEN AND WOMEN COMBINED

$ $ $ $COMPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS A --------------- 86 39.5 180.50 177.50 199.00-208.0C -

MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 38 39.5 192.00 206.00 159.50-208.50 -NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- *8 90.0 171.50 157.50 199.50-203.00 -

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS B -------- 157 39.5 198.50 139.00 118.00-173.50 -

MANUFACTURING --------------------- 67 39.5 179.00 179.00 152.50-193.00 -NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 90 39.0 129.50 122.50 119.00-139.50

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS C --------------- 72 39.5 117.00 110.00 102.00-120.00 1NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 52 39.5 112.50 107.50 99.00-117.50 1

COMPUTER PROGRAMERS,BUSINESS, CLASS A ------------------------------------ 59 39.5 228.50 239.00 200.00-298.50

MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 33 39.5 296.00 297.00 239.00-299.50 -

NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 26 39.5 206.00 199.00 185.00-232.00

COMPUTER PROGRAMERS,BUSINESS, CLASS B ------------------------------------ 107 39.0 189.50 189.50 162.00-225.50 -

MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 95 39.0 219.00 226.00 200.50-229.00NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 62 38.5 168.00 168.00 151.00-183.00

COMPUTER PROGRAMERS,BUSINESS, CLASS C -------------------------------- 28

oo*

180.50 182.00 139.50-209.00 “

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS.BUSINESS, CLASS A -------------------------------- 38 39.5 301.50 309.00 267.50-333.00 -

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------ 28 39.0 316.00 317.50 286.00-397.50

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,BUSINESS, CLASS B -------------------------------- 69 90.0 277.00 279.50 251.00-297.00 -

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------ 53 90.0 289.50 283.50 269.00-307.50

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,BUSINESS, CLASS C -------------------------------- 37 * o o 230.50 230.00 211.00-251.00

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A -------------------------------- 193 39.5 215.00 218.00 185.00-292.00 -

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------ 118 39.5 229.00 223.00 199.00-299.00

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B -------------------------------- 239 90.0 179.00 177.50 152.00-203.00 -

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------ 193 90.0 183.50 179.50 170.50-205.50 *

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C -------------------------------- 220 90.0 199.00 197.00 131.50-159.00 -

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------ 208 90.0 193.50 197.00 131.00-159.00

d r a f t s m e n - t r a c e r s ---------------------------------- 65 39.0 109.00 107.00 83.00-190.50 * * * 2 2

NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED! ----- 90 39.5 173.00 175.50 161.00-185.50 -

MANUFACTURING --------------------- 86 39.5 173.50 176.00 161.00-186.00

% % %

90 100 110and

un der

100 110 120

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y e a r n in g s o f—

$ $ $ i $ $ $ * ** *** $ $ $ $ 1 * $ t r120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280

- — — — — — — — — — — — — — and

130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 _240 25Q 26Q__270 280 over

- - 2 - 9 12 19 3 9 3 3 23 1 3 3 5 - 1 - -— — — - 9 2 9 1 2 1 1 19 - - 1 2 — 1 — —

2 * 5 10 10 2 2 2 2 9 1 3 2 3 - -

2 11 39 19 21 7 16 5 15 3 18 1 3 1 2 3 1 _ _ -

- 1 9 9 9 1 7 9 19 2 17 - 3 - 2 3 1 - - -

2 10 30 10 17 6 9 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 * * * * “

15 21 18 1 6 3 3 1 2 - - - 1 - - - - - - _

15 18 10 2 2 1 1 2

1 10 9 7 2 2 6 19 9 - • 9- - - - - 1 3 2 1 2 18 2 - - 9

1 10 3 9 1 9 1 2 * "

_ _ 10 3 2 9 12 12 9 9 13 9 20 3 5 13 1 9 3 8 1 18 1 - - - 5 1

* 10 3 2 9 9 11 5 1 5 3 2 2 “ * * *

- 1 - - 7 - 3 i - 7 2 2 2 - - - - - 1 2

_ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ 3 _ 1 2 3 2 *271 2 i 1 23

_ _ _ _ _ _ 1 2 1 6 6 3 9 10 *♦315 9 3 2 8 31

3 9 2 5 5 3 6 9 3 1 1

- - - - 9 6 4 9 8 5 21 8 10 19 15 17 6 5 - 11- ~ * 9 1 8 5 21 8 9 12 19 15 6 9 11

9 19 7 _ 1 21 11 19 53 15 22 51 i _ 2 1 11 - • 1- 9 9 - 1 21 4 13 52 13 20 95 i * 2 1 11 * 1

9 - 13 18 65 11 6 9 11 19 3 1 1 i 1 2 _ _ 1 _ _9 13 18 62 6 62 10 19 2 1 1 i 1 2 - - 1 -

- 16 5 9 - 17 - “ - - - 1 - - - - - - - -

- 2 - . 1 8 9 18 29 16 2 3 6 1 _ - - - - -

- 2 - - 1 8 8 16 23 16 2 3 6 1 - - -

* W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t ed as f o l l o w s : 6 at $280 to $300; 7 at $300 to $320; 7 at $320 to $340; 2 at $340 to $360; 1 at $360 to $380; 3 at $380 to $400; and 1 at $400 to $420.* * W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t ed as f o l l o w s : 17 at $280 to $300; 5 at $300 to $320; 6 a t $320 to $340; and 3 at $340 to $360.* * * W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t ed as f o l l o w s : 9 at $70 to $80; and 1 3 at $80 to $90.



10

T a b le A -3 . O ffice , professional, and technical occupations: A verage w e ek ly earnings, by sex

(A ve ra g e s tra igh t-tim e w eek ly hours and earnings o f w orkers in se lected occupations by industry d iv is ion , L o u is v ille , K y .— Ind. , N ovem ber 1972)

Sex, occupation, and industry division

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - MEN

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A --------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

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

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B --------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------

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

MESSENGERS (OFFICE BOVSI -----------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN

BILLERS, MACHINE (BILLING MACHINE) ------------------------------

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

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

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A --------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

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

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

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS B ---------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS C ---------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

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

CLERKS, PAYROLL ----------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------


KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A --------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B --------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------


Average

Numberof

workersWeekly

(standard)

Weekly earnings 1 (standard)

217 40.0$172.50

95 40.0 182.50122 40.0 164.5059 40.0 184.50

74 39.5 154.0065 39.5 159.00

54 * o o 149.00

115 38.5 97.5031 38.5 91.0084 38.5 100.00

37

oo*

109.50

113 39.5 104.5053 39.0 116.0060 40.0 94.50

378 39.0 137.00157 39.5 149.00221 38.5 128.50

606 38.5 107.00200 39.5 113.00406 38.5 104.50

57 40.0 117.5048 40.0 116.50

295 39.5 92.0033 40.0 98.50

262 39.5 91.50

128 38.0 76.50126 38.0 76.00

196 40.0 96.0088 40.0 102.00

219 39.5 130.00n o 39.5 128.00109 39.0 132.0036 39.5 177.00

319 39.5 121.5058 39.5 125.50

261 39.5 121.00

481 39.5 106.50192 39.5 117.00289 39.5 99.0032 39.0 142.00


OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN— CONTINUED

MESSENGERS (OFFICE GIRLS) ----------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

SECRETARIES ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------


SECRETARIES, CLASS A --------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

SECRETARIES, CLASS B --------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

SECRETARIES, CLASS C --------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------


SECRETARIES, CLASS D --------------M A N U F A C T U R IN G -----------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL --------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------


STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR ---------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS B ----MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTS-MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,CLASS B -------------------------------

NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATORS,GENERAL -------------------------------

NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

TYPISTS, CLASS A ---------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

TYPISTS, CLASS B ---------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

Average


Average

Numberof Weekly

[standard)

Weekly earnings * (standard)

Numberof

workersWeekly

standard)

Weeklyearnings1(standard)

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICALOCCUPATIONS - MEN

57 38.5 99.00 COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS A -------- 79 40.0 182.0034 37.5 97.00 MANUFACTURING --------------------- 35 39.5 192.50

NONMANUFACTURING ------------------ 44 40.0 173.501,399 39.0 138.50

809 39.5 147.50 COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS B -------- 114 39.5 159.00590 39.0 126.50 MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 54 40.0 182.00123 39.0 171.00 NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 60 39.0 138.50

90 39.5 150.00 COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS C ---------------- 38 39.5 125.0055 40.0 147.5035 38.5 154.00 COMPUTER PROGRAMERS,

BUSINESS, CLASS A ------------------------------------- 57 39.5 229.50291 39.0 144.00 MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 31 39.5 249.00158 39.5 155.00 NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 26 39.5 206.00133 38.5 131.50

COMPUTER PROGRAMERS,473 39.5 146.50 BUSINESS, CLASS B ------------------------------------- 57 39.0 196.50302 40.0 155.00 NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------------- 35 39.5 182.00171 38.5 131.5051 38.0 162.00 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,

BUSINESS, CLASS A ------------------- 36 39.5 304.50514 39.5 126.50 MANUFACTURING --------------------- 27 39.0 316.50266 39.5 136.00248 39.0 116.00 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,

BUSINESS, CLASS B ------------------- 58 40.0 280.00449 39.5 119.00 MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------ 49 40.0 288.00195 39.5 118.50254 39.0 119.50 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,95 39.0 146.50 BUSINESS, CLASS C ------------------------------------- 31 * O o 233.50

376 39.0 127.00 DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A ------------------------------------- 143 39.5 215.00196 39.5 131.50 MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 118 39.5 224.00180 38.5 122.00

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B ------------------------------------- 239 40.0 174.00135 40.0 94.00 MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------ 193 40.0 183.5032 38.0 104.50

103 40.5 90.50 DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C ------------------------------------- 208 40.0 143.50MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 196 40.0 143.00

274 39.5 103.00160 40.0 102.00 DRAFTSMEN-TRACERS --------------------------------------- 41 40.0 96.50114 38.5 104.50

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL47 39.5 135.50 OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN28 39.5 130.00

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS B -------- 43 39.0 120.50NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 30 39.0 111.00

256 39.5 104.50209 39.5 105.00 COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS C -------- 34 40.0 108.50

NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 31 39.5 107.50163 40.0 116.5043 39.0 128.00 COMPUTER PROGRAMERS,

120 40.0 112.50 BUSINESS, CLASS B ------------------------------------ 50 38.5 181.00NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------- 27 37.5 150.00

473 39.5 92.50101 39.5 100.00 NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) ------ 89 39.5 172.50372 90.50 MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------- 85 39.5 173.00

See footnote at end o f tab les.


11

T a b le A -4 . M a in ten an ce and p o w erp lan t occupations: H o ur ly earnings

(A ve rage stra igh t-tiip e hourly earnings o f w orkers in se lected occupations by industry d iv is ion , L o u isv ille , Ky.—Ind., N ovem ber 1972)

Hourly earnings3

Sex, occupation, and industry divisionNumber

ofMean 2 Median2 Middle range 2

HEN

CARPENTERS. HAINTENANCE ------------- 180$5.18

$5.29

$ $ 5.03- 5.46

MANUFACTURING --------------------- 169 5.29 5.31 5.05- 5.48

ELECTRICIANS. HAINTENANCE ---------- 679 5.44 5.42 5.08- 6.01MANUFACTURING --------------------- 607 5.47 5.41 5.09- 6.03

ENGINEERS, STATIONARY --------------- 82 5.29 5.33 4.96- 5.39MANUFACTURING --------------------- 73 5.36 5.33 5.04- 5.40

FIREMEN, STATIONARY BOILER --------- 158 4.47 4.82 3.77- 5.12MANUFACTURING --------------------- l A3 4.59 4.87 4.43- 5.14

HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES -------- 159 3.73 3.69 3.48- 4.21MANUFACTURING --------------------- 71 3.83 4.23 3.03- 4.47NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 88 3.65 3.59 3.51- 3.86

MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE ------------- 519 5.28 5.28 5.01- 5.71MANUFACTURING --------------------- 509 5.28 5.27 5.01- 5.71

MECHANICS, AUTOMOTIVE(MAINTENANCE! ----------------------- 586 4.75 4.66 4.43- 5.39

MANUFACTURING --------------------- 159 4.84 5.08 3.99- 5.45NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 427 4.72 4.65 4.52- 5.03

MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE -------------- 898 4.85 4.97 4.60- 5.31MANUFACTURING --------------------- 850 4.87 4.97 4.63- 5.32

MILLWRIGHTS --------------------------- 300 5.63 5.93 5.10- 5.96MANUFACTURING — -------------------- 300 5.63 5.93 5.10- 5.96

PAINTERS, MAINTENANCE --------------- 115 5.12 5.30 4.86- 5.37MANUFACTURING --------------------- 108 5.21 5.31 4.88- 5.37

PIPEFITTERS, MAINTENANCE ----------- 393 5.50 5.37 5.19- 5.94MANUFACTURING --------------------- 393 5.50 5.37 5.19- 5.94

SHEET-METAL WORKERS, MAINTENANCE — 79 5.75 5.98 5.29- 6.15MANUFACTURING --------------------- 79 5.75 5.98 5.29- 6.15

Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings oJS $ * * » t $ s » t t t t * * * $ S $ $ t 1

Under2*60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3. 10 3.20 3.40 3.60 3. 80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.40 5.60 5.80 6.00 6.20

* and 2»60 under and

2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3, ?o 3.40 3.60 3.80 op 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80

oo(ft 5.20 5.40 5.60 5.80 6.00 6.20 over

3 2 2 7 8 4 9 35 56 16 6 16 165 8 - 4 8 34 56 16 6 16 16

5 4 27 9 65 7 127 78 116 - 63 170 82 4 27 9 60 7 113 78 66 63 170 8

4 1 1 17 8 33 - 7 1 1016 8 33 6 “ 10

4 3 15 - - - 12 - 7 3 _ 3 9 21 32 34 8 - - 7 _ -

* - 13 - 12 4 3 3 9 18 32 34 8 “ 7 “ “

8 4 4 2 _ 11 - 1 41 15 27 5 18 10 10 - 3 - - - - _ -

8 4 4 - - 8 - - - 1 - 5 18 10 10 - 3 - - - - - -

- 2 3 - 1 41 14 27

- _ _ - - _ 4 - - - - 38 - 6 68 101 66 95 110 8 23 _

” * * “ 4 * “ * 38 6 68 101 66 85 110 8 23

1 30 _ _ 9 _ 12 20 13 21 31 7 40 184 3 50 21 8 13 75 16 32- - - - - 8 - 12 2 12 6 8 4 - - - 44 20 8 13 22 - -1 30 - - 1 “ 18 1 15 23 3 40 184 3 6 1 - - 53 16 32

- - - _ 9 - 6 43 16 11 75 58 5 58 229 129 172 _ 58 29 _ _

- - - - 2 - 6 36 16 11 75 57 - 54 226 108 172 58 29 -

1 15 - - - - - 62 - - 18 204 - -

“ - 1 15 “ * “ 62 “ 18 204 “ *

- - - - - 2 _ 2 - 2 - 2 5 - 28 6 56 - - 10 2 -

2 4 28 6 56 - 10 2 -

20 38 41 123 - - 159 12 -20 38 41 123 - * 159 12 -

7 27 - - 8 37 -7 27 8 37

See footnotes at end of tables,


12

T a b le A -5 . C u s to d ia l and m a te ria l m o v e m e n t o ccu p a tio n s : H o u rly ea rn in g s

(A ve ra g e s tra igh t-tim e hourly earnings o f w orkers in se lected occupations by industry d iv is ion , L o u is v ille , Ky. —Ind. , Novem ber 1972)

Sex, occupation, and industry d ivision

Hourly earnings3

Median^

Num ber o f w orkers re ce iv in g s tra igh t-tim e hourly earnings

$ $

1.60 1.70

and _ under

* * t i I I I t $ i l I i t I s i i t ~ I i1.80 2.00 2.20 2.40 2.60 2.80 3.00 3.20 3.40 3.60 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.40 5.60 5.80

2.00 2.20 2.40 2.60 2.80 3.00 3.20 3.40 3.60 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.40 5.60 5.80 6.00

MEN

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

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

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

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


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

ORDER FILLERS ------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

PACKERS, SHIPPING --------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------

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

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

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

TRUCKDRIVERS ----------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------

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

TRUCKDRIVERS, LIGHT I UNDER1-1/2 TONS) --------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------

TRUCKDRIVERS, MEDIUM (1-1/2 TOAND INCLUDING 4 TONS) --------

j MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------

I PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

1,390$2.54

$1.77

$ $ 1.67- 4.02 46 8 330 39 13 20 19 52 14 10 12 9 3 32 234 43 58 11 23 _

516 3.78 4.11 3.29- 4.20 - - 36 - - 18 48 9 8 12 - 26 234 43 58 11 13 - - - — -874 1.80 1.69 1.65- 1.76 468 330 3 13 20 1 4 5 2 9 3 6 ” ” 10 * * “ *

393 4.16 4.15 4.07- 4.26 - - - - - 2 5 9 - 2 - - 16 234 43 58 11 13 - - - - -

123 2.58 2.72 1.89- 2.80 - - 36 - - 16 43 - 8 10 - - 10

2,374 2.83 2.69 1.88- 3.63 223 292 213 147 183 63 107 39 88 154 252 66 105 251 78 105 3 4 - - - 1 -1,285 3.49 3.51 3.05- 4.10 - - 4 21 94 33 103 34 67 151 229 66 96 210 72 105 - - - - - - -1,089 2.06 1.83 1.72- 2.13 223 292 209 126 89 30 4 5 21 3 23 - 9 41 6 3 4 - - 1 -

54 3.71 3.57 3.50- 3.99 - - - “ - - 1 * 10 1 21 * 9 1 6 “ 4 “ 1 *

1,906 3.77 3.75 3.09- 4.53 - - 13 37 50 84 48 126 179 56 164 227 52 101 114 410 199 46 - - - - -1,612 3.76 3.70 3.11- 4.53 - - 12 24 34 71 42 109 148 46 161 219 35 87 21 404 198 1 - —

294 3.78 4.19 3.03- 4.38 “ 1 13 16 13 6 17 31 10 3 8 17 14 93 6 1 45 “ ” • “

710 3.62 3.73 3.12- 3.84 - - - - - 24 86 142 1 36 205 93 - 21 56 39 7 - - - - -395 3.66 3.75 3.00- 3.83 - - - - 24 78 4 - 175 48 - 21 6 39 - - -315 3.57 3.43 3.13- 3.85 - “ - - 8 138 1 36 30 45 * ” 50 * 7 * “ *

409 3.59 3.66 3.14- 3.90 _ _ 4 28 - - 14 11 63 33 36 39 120 10 - 4 36 _ 4 _ 7 _ -365 3.65 3.79 3.32- 3.92 - 4 28 - 13 4 36 30 30 39 120 10 4 36 * 4 “ 7 * *

335 3.98 3.98 3.69- 4.57 _ - 10 _ 3 12 5 13 35 2 40 51 41 5 41 9 64 4 - - _ -228 4.20 4.17 3.84- 4.81 - - - - - 2 12 4 - - 1 32 36 39 4 25 9 64 - - - - -107 3.53 3.37 3.22- 3.88 - “ 10 1 i 13 35 1 8 15 2 i 16 " ” 4 * * *

120 3.82 3.92 3.82- 4.06 - - - _ - 20 - _ _ 4 - - 61 10 - 3 22 - - - - - -97 3.75 3.93 3.60- 4.04 - - 20 - ” 4 - “ 46 10 “ 3 14 “ ” *

140 3.35 3.57 2.95- 3.82 _ _ - 13 - 4 12 13 13 9 9 26 33 _ 2 1 2 3 - - - - -113 3.19 3.22 2.80- 3.82 “ 13 4 12 13 13 9 9 8 32

2,327 4.79 5.17 3.86- 5.85 - 1 30 4 33 134 27 4 15 83 49 144 93 96 47 171 114 8 162 4 135 235 738449 4.05 4.13 3.39- 4.73 - - 4 4 - 29 26 4 15 34 18 14 43 72 35 31 26 8 47 4 - 35 -

1,878 4.97 5.60 4.41- 5.88 - 1 26 - 33 105 1 - - 49 31 130 50 24 12 140 88 115 135 200 7381,095 5.53 5.86 5.66- 5.93 25 128 ” 1 3 “ ” “ * 200 738

148 3.10 3.34 2.28- 3.84 1 30 4 3 13 9 _ 11 9 14 _ 43 1 8 2 _ _ - -

80 3.13 3.19 2.59- 3.58 - - 4 4 13 9 - 11 9 14 13 - 1 - 2 - - - - - -68 3.07 3.82 1.96- 3.87 1 26 3 " * “ ~ 30 * “ 8 * * “ “

819 4.25 4.11 3.26- 5.88 _ _ _ _ 30 121 18 4 4 62 18 131 16 28 4 82 _ 46 _ 35 220160 4.32 5.10 3.18- 5.19 - - - - - 16 17 4 4 13 5 - 14 i 5 - - 46 - - 35 -659 4.24 3.81 3.26- 5.92 - - - 30 105 1 - - 49 18 126 16 14 3 77 - - - - 220367 5.04 5.91 3.76- 5.95 18 125 - 1 3 - - - 220

TRUCKDRIVERS, HEAVY (OVER 4 TONSTRAILER TYPE) --------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------

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

- 1,147138

- 1,009718

5.414.145.585.81

5.674.165.805.85

4.79-4.03-5.57-5.69-

5.88 4.335.89 5.91

1212

945

8 62 42 44 104 - 1 4 135 200 5188 52 33 - 16 - 1 4 - — -- 10 9 44 88 - - 135 200 518

200 518

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(A verage s tra igh t-tim e hourly earnings o f w orkers in se lected occupations by industry d iv is ion , L o u is v ille , K y .—Ind. , Novem ber 1972)

T a b le A -5 . C u s to d ia l and m a te ria l m o v e m e n t o c cu p a tio n s : H o u rly e a rn in g s — C o n tin u e d

Hourly earnings3 Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings of--1 -----*---- * t t $ * t * * $ * t t * $ $ $ i * i t i

Number 1.60 1.70 1.80 2.00 2.20 2.40 2.60 2.80 3.00 3.20 3.40 3.60 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.40 5.60 5.80Sex, occupation, and industry division of

workers Mean 2 Median2 Middle range 2 and _under1.70 1.80 2.00 2.20 2.40 2.60 2.80 3.00 3.20 3,40 3.6Q 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.40 5.60 5.80 6.00

HEN - CONTINUED

$ $ $ $TRUCKERS, POWER (FORKLIFT) --------- 1,921 3.96 4.02 3.66- 4.41 - - - - - 6 127 22 87 9 51 457 126 392 157 98 370 19 “ “

HANUFACTURING --------------------- 1,797 3.97 4.03 3.66- 4.44 - - - - 4 122 21 79 4 41 457 102 332 157 89 370 19 “NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 12* 3.81 4.01 3.65- 4.06 - - - “ 2 5 1 8 5 10 - 24 60 “ 9 * * “

TRUCKERS, POWER (OTHER THANFORKLIFT) ---------------------------- 208 4.37 4.72 3.75- 4.79 - - - - - - - 4 18 - 4 30 - 5 1 18 87 41

HANUFACTURING --------------------- 159 4.28 4.67 3.69- 4.75 * ” 4 12 “ 2 30 ” 5 1 18 87 * " "

WOMEN

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS --- 857 2.32 1.89 1.67- 3.25 294 86 135 32 24 1 19 - - 117 66 38 4 40 1

NONHANUFACTURING ----------------- 566 1.77 1.70 1.65- 1.90 294 86 122 28' 18 1 9 7 1

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F o o tn o te s

1 Standard hours re f lect the workweek for which employees rece ive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.

2 The mean is computed for each job by totaling the earnings of all workers and dividing by the number of workers. The median designates position— half of the employees surveyed rece ive m ore than the rate shown; half rece ive less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by 2 rates of pay; a fourth of the workers earn less than the lower of these rates and a fourth earn more than the higher rate.

3 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.


A p p e n d ix . O c c u p a t io n a l D e s c r ip t io n s

The prim ary purpose o f preparing job descriptions for the Bureau's wage surveys is to assist its fie ld staff in classifying into appropriate occupations workers who are employed under a varie ty o f payroll titles and different work arrangements from establishment to establishment and from area to area. This perm its the grouping of occupational wage rates representing comparable job content. Because o f this emphasis on interestablishment and in terarea com parab ility o f occupational content, the Bureau's job descriptions may d iffe r significantly from thost- n use in individual establishments or those prepared for other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the Bureau's fie ld economists are . istructed to exclude working supervisors; apprentices; learners; beginners; tra inees; and handicapped, part-tim e, tem porary, and probationary w orkers.

O F F IC E

B ILLE R , MACHINE

Prepares statements, b ills , and invoices on a machine other than an ordinary o r e lec tro- matic typewriter. May also keep records as to b illings or shipping charges or perform other c ler ica l work incidental to billing operations. For wage study purposes, b ille rs , machine, are c lassified by type of machine, as follows:

B ille r , machine (b illing m achine). Uses a special billing machine (combination typing and adding machine) to prepare b ills and invoices from custom ers' purchase orders , in te rnally prepared o rders, shipping memorandums, etc. Usually involves application o f p re determined discounts and shipping charges and entry o f necessary extensions, which may or may not be computed on the billing machine, and totals which are automatically accumulated by machine. The operation usually involves a la rge number o f carbon copies o f the b ill being prepared and is often done on a fanfold machine.

B ille r , machine (bookkeeping machine). Uses a bookkeeping machine (with or without a typew riter keyboard) to prepare custom ers' b ills as part of the accounts receivab le operation. G enerally involves the simultaneous entry o f figures on custom ers' ledger record . The machine automatically accumulates figures on a number o f vertica l columns and computes and usually prints automatically the debit or credit balances. Does not involve a knowledge o f bookkeeping. Works from uniform and standard types of sales and cred it slips.

BOOKKEEPING-M ACHINE O PERATOR

Operates a bookkeeping machine (with or without a typew riter keyboard) to keep a record o f business transactions.

Class A . Keeps a set o f records requiring a knowledge o f and experience in basic bookkeeping princip les, and fam ilia r ity with the structure o f the particular accounting system used. Determ ines proper records and distribution o f debit and credit item s to be used in each phase of the work. May prepare consolidated reports, balance sheets, and other records by hand.

Class B. Keeps a record o f one or m ore phases or sections of a set of records usually requiring little knowledge of basic bookkeeping. Phases or sections include accounts payable, payroll, custom ers' accounts (not including a sim ple type o f b illing described under b ille r , machine), cost distribution, expense distribution, inventory control, etc. May check or assist in preparation of tr ia l balances and prepare control sheets fo r the accounting department.

CLE RK, ACCOUNTING

Perfo rm s one or m ore accounting c le r ica l tasks such as posting to reg isters and ledgers: reconciling bank accounts; verify ing the internal consistency, completeness, and mathematical accuracy of accounting documents; assigning prescribed accounting distribution codes; examining and verify ing fo r c ler ica l accuracy various types o f reports, lis ts , calculations, posting, etc.; or preparing simple o r assisting in preparing m ore complicated journal vouchers. May work in either a manual or automated accounting system.

The work requ ires a knowledge o f c ler ica l methods and o ffice practices and procedures which relates to the c le r ica l processing and recording of transactions and accounting information. With experience, the w orker typ ically becomes fam ilia r with the bookkeeping and accounting term s and procedures used in the assigned work, but is not required to have a knowledge o f the form al princip les o f bookkeeping and accounting.

CLE RK, ACCOUNTING— Continued

Positions are c lass ified into leve ls on the basis o f the follow ing definitions.

Class A . Under general supervision, perform s accounting c le r ica l operations which require the application of experience and judgment, fo r example, c le r ica lly processing com plicated or nonrepetitive accounting transactions, selecting among a substantial va rie ty o f prescribed accounting codes and classifications, o r tracing transactions through previous accounting actions to determ ine source o f discrepancies. May be assisted by one or m ore class B accounting clerks.

Class B . Under close supervision, follow ing detailed instructions and standardized procedures, perform s one or m ore routine accounting c le r ica l operations, such as posting to ledgers , cards, or worksheets where identification of items and locations o f postings are c lea r ly indicated; checking accuracy and completeness o f standardized and repetitive records or accounting documents; and coding documents using a few prescribed accounting codes.

CLE RK, F ILE

F ile s , c la ss ifies , and re tr ieves m ateria l in an established filing system . May perform c le r ica l and manual tasks required to maintain files . Positions are c lassified into leve ls on the basis o f the follow ing definitions.

Class A . C lass ifies and indexes file m ateria l such as correspondence, reports, technical documents, etc., in an established filing system containing a number o f varied subject m atter file s . May also fi le this m ateria l. May keep records of various types in conjunction with the file s . May lead a sm all group o f lower leve l file c lerks.

Class B . Sorts, codes, and files unclassified m ateria l by simple (subject matter) headings or partly c lassified m ateria l by finer subheadings. Prepares simple related index and c ross -re fe ren ce aids. As requested, locates c lea r ly identified m ateria l in files and fo r wards m ateria l. May perform related c le r ica l tasks required to maintain and service files .

Class C . Perfo rm s routine filing of m ateria l that is a lready been classified or which is easily classified in a simple ser ia l c lassification syst. (e .g ., alphabetical, chronological, o r num erical). As requested, locates read ily available .1 a teria l in files and forwards m ateria l; and m ay f i l l out withdrawal charge. May perform simple c le r ica l and manual tasks required to maintain and serv ice files .

CLE RK, ORDER

R eceives custom ers' orders fo r m ateria l o r merchandise by m ail, phone, or personally. Duties involve any combination of the fo llow ing: Quoting prices to customers; making out an order sheet listing the items to make up the order; checking prices and quantities o f items on order sheet; and distributing order sheets to respective departments to be filled . May check with credit department to determ ine credit rating of customer, acknowledge receipt of orders from customers, fo llow up orders to see that they have been filled , keep file o f orders received , and check shipping invoices with original o rders.

CLE RK, P A Y R O L L

Computes wages o f company employees and enters the necessary data on the payroll sheets. Duties involve: Calculating w orkers ' earnings based on tim e or production records; and posting calculated data on payroll sheet, showing information such as w orker 's name, working days, tim e, rate, deductions fo r insurance, and total wages due. May make out paychecks and assist paym aster in making up and distributing pay envelopes. May use a calculating machine.

NOTE: The Bureau has discontinued collecting data fo r comptometer operators.

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KEYPUNCH OPERATOR

Operates a keypunch machine to record or v e r ify alphabetic and/or numeric data on tabulating cards or on tape.

Positions are c lass ified into leve ls on the basis o f the follow ing definitions.

Class A . Work requ ires the application o f experience and judgment in selecting p rocedures to be followed and in searching fo r, in terpreting, selecting, o r coding items to be keypunched from a varie ty o f source documents. On occasion may also perform some routine keypunch work. May train inexperienced keypunch operators.

Class B . Work is routine and repetitive. Under close supervision or follow ing specific procedures or instructions, works from various standardized source documents which have been coded, and follows specified procedures which have been prescribed in detail and require little or no selecting, coding, or interpreting o f data to be recorded. R efers to supervisor problems arising from erroneous item s or codes or m issing information.

MESSENGER (O ffice Boy or G irl)

Perfo rm s various routine duties such as running errands, operating m inor o ffice m achines such as sea lers or m a ilers , opening and distributing m ail, and other m inor c le r ica l work. Exclude positions that requ ire operation o f a m otor veh icle as a significant duty.

SECRE TARY

Assigned as personal secretary , norm ally to one individual. Maintains a close and highly responsive relationship to the day-to-day work o f the supervisor. Works fa ir ly independently r e ceiv ing a minimum of detailed supervision and guidance. P erfo rm s varied c le r ica l and secreta ria l duties, usually including most o f the fo llow in g:

a. Receives telephone ca lls , personal ca lle rs , and incoming m ail, answers routine inquires, and routes technical inquiries to the proper persons;

b. Establishes, maintains, and rev ises the supervisor's files ;

c. Maintains the su pervisor's calendar and makes appointments as instructed;

d. Relays m essages from supervisor to subordinates;

e. Reviews correspondence, memorandums, and reports prepared by others fo r the supervisor's signature to assure procedural and typographic accuracy;

f. P er fo rm s stenographic and typing work.

May also perform other c le r ica l and secreta ria l tasks o f comparable nature and difficu lty. The work typ ically requ ires knowledge of o ffice routine and understanding o f the organization, program s, and procedures related to the work o f the supervisor.

Exclusions

Not a ll positions that are titled "s e c re ta ry " possess the above characteris tics. Examples of positions which are excluded from the definition are as fo llow s;

a. Positions which do not m eet the "persona l" secretary concept described above;

b. Stenographers not fu lly trained in sec reta ria l type duties;

c. Stenographers serving as o ffice assistants to a group o f professional, technical, or m anagerial persons;

d. Secretary positions in which the duties are either substantially m ore routine or substantially m ore complex and responsible than those characterized in the definition;

e. Assistant type positions which involve m ore d ifficu lt or m ore responsible technical, adm in istrative, supervisory, or specia lized c le r ica l duties which are not typical of sec re ta ria l work.

SECRETARY— Continued

NO TE ; The term "corpora te o ffic e r , " used in the leve l definitions follow ing, re fe rs to those o ffic ia ls who have a significant corporate-w ide policymaking ro le with regard to m ajor company activ ities. The title "v ic e p res id en t," though norm ally indicative o f this ro le , does not in a ll cases identify such positions. V ice presidents whose prim ary responsib ility is to act p e r sonally on individual cases or transactions (e .g ., approve or deny individual loan or cred it actions; adm inister individual trust accounts; d irectly supervise a c le r ica l staff) are not considered to be "corporate o ffic e rs " fo r purposes o f applying the follow ing leve l defin itions.

Class A

1. Secretary to the chairman o f the board or president o f a company that em ploys, in a ll, o ver 100 but few er than 5,000 persons; or

2. Secretary to a corporate o ffic e r (other than the chairman o f the board or president) o f a company that em ploys, in all, over 5,000 but few er than 25,000 persons; or

3. Secretary to the head, im m ediately below the corporate o ffic e r le ve l, o f a m ajor segment or subsidiary o f a company that em ploys, in a ll, over 25,000 persons.

Class B

1. Secretary to the chairman o f the board or president o f a company that em ploys, in a ll, few er than 100 persons; or

2. Secretary to a corporate o ffic e r (other than the chairman of the board or president) o f a company that em ploys, in a ll, over 100 but few er than 5,000 persons; or

3. Secretary to the head, im m ediately below the o ffic e r le v e l, o ver either a m ajor corporate-w ide functional activ ity (e .g ., m arketing, research , operations, industrial re la - tions, etc.) o r a m ajor geographic or organizational segment (e .g ., a regional headquarters; a m ajor d ivision ) o f a company that em ploys, in a ll, o ver 5,000 but few er than 25,000 em ployees; or

4. Secretary to the head o f an individual plant, factory, etc. (o r other equivalent le ve l o f o ffic ia l) that em ploys, in a ll, o ver 5,000 persons; or

5. Secretary to the head of a large and important organizational segment (e .g ., a m iddle management supervisor o f an organizational segment often involving as many as severa l hundred persons) or a company that em ploys, in all, over 25,000 persons.

Class C

1. Secretary to an executive or m anagerial person whose responsib ility is not equivalent to one o f the specific leve l situations in the definition fo r class B, but whose organizational unit norm ally numbers at least severa l dozen em ployees and is usually divided into organ izational segments which are often, in turn, further subdivided. In some companies, this leve l includes a wide range o f organizational echelons; in others, only one or two; or

2. Secretary to the head of an individual plant, factory, etc. (o r other equivalent leve l o f o ffic ia l) that em ploys, in a ll, few er than 5,000 persons.

Class D

1. Secretary to the supervisor or head o f a sm all organizational unit (e .g ., few er than about 25 or 30 persons); or

2. Secretary to a nonsupervisory staff specia list, professional em ployee, adm inistrative o ffic e r , or assistant, skilled technician or expert. (NO TE; Many companies assign stenographers, rather than secreta ries as described above, to this le ve l of supervisory or nonsupervisory w orker.)

STENOGRAPHER

P rim ary duty is to take dictation using shorthand, and to transcribe the dictation. May also type from written copy. May operate from a stenographic pool. May occasionally transcribe from vo ice recordings ( i f prim ary duty is transcrib ing from recordings, see Transcrib ing-M ach ine Operator, General).

NO TE ; This job is distinguished from that o f a secretary in that a secreta ry norm ally works in a confidential relationship with only one manager o r executive and perform s m ore responsib le and d iscretionary tasks as described in the secretary job definition.

Stenographer, General

Dictation involves a normal routine vocabulary. May maintain file s , keep simple records, o r perform other re la tive ly routine c le r ica l tasks.


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Stenographer, Senior

Dictation involves a varied technical or specia lized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or reports on scientific research . May also set up and maintain files , keep records, etc.

OR

Perfo rm s stenographic duties requiring significantly greater independence and responsib ility than stenographer, general, as evidenced by the follow ing: Work requires a highdegree o f stenographic speed and accuracy; a thorough working knowledge o f general business and o ffice procedure; and of the specific business operations, organization, po lic ies, p rocedures, file s , workflow, etc. Uses this knowledge in perform ing stenographic duties and responsible c le r ica l tasks such as maintaining followup files ; assembling m ateria l for reports, memorandums, and le tters ; composing simple letters from general instructions; reading and routing incoming m ail; and answering routine questions, etc.

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

Class A . Operates a single- or multiple-position telephone switchboard handling incoming, outgoing, intraplant or o ffice ca lls. P erfo rm s full telephone information serv ice or handles complex ca lls, such as conference, co llect, overseas, or s im ilar ca lls , either in addition to doing routine work as described switchboard operator, class B, or as a fu ll-tim eassignment. ("F u ll" telephone information serv ice occurs when the establishment has varied functions that are not read ily understandable for telephone information purposes, e.g ., because o f overlapping or interrelated functions, and consequently present frequent problems as to which extensions are appropriate fo r ca lls .)

Class B . Operates a single- or multiple-position telephone switchboard handling incoming, outgoing, intraplant or o ffice ca lls. May handle routine long distance calls and record to lls . May perform lim ited telephone information serv ice . ("L im ite d " telephone information serv ice occurs i f the functions of the establishment serviced are read ily understandable fo r telephone information purposes, or i f the requests are routine, e.g ., giving extension numbers when specific names are furnished, or i f complex calls are re fe rred to another operator.)

These classifications do not include switchboard operators in telephone companies who assist customers in placing calls.

SWITCHBOARD O PER ATO R-REC EPTIO NIST

In addition to perform ing duties of operator on a single-position or m onitor-type switchboard, acts as receptionist and may also type or perform routine c ler ica l work as part o f regular duties. This typing or c le r ica l work may take the m ajor part of this w orker's tim e while at switchboard.

TABU LATING -M ACH INE O PERATOR (E lec tr ic Accounting Machine Operator)

Operates one or a variety o f machines such as the tabulator, calculator, co lla tor, in terp reter, sorter, reproducing punch, etc. Excluded from this definition are working supervisors. A lso excluded are operators of electron ic d igital computers, even though they may also operate EAM equipment.

P R O F E S S IO N A L

S T E N O G R A P H E R — Continued

COM PUTER OPERATOR

Monitors and operates the control console o f a digital computer to process data according to operating instructions, usually prepared by a program er. Work includes most of the fo llow ing: Studies instructions to determ ine equipment setup and operations; loads equipment with required items (tape reels, cards, etc.); switches necessary auxiliary equipment into circu it, and starts and operates computer; makes adjustments to computer to co rrect operating problems and meet special conditions; reviews erro rs made during operation and determ ines cause or re fe rs problem to supervisor or program er; and maintains operating records. May test and assist in correcting program .

For wage study purposes, computer operators are c lassified as follows:

Class A. Operates independently, o r under only general direction, a computer running programs with most o f the follow ing characteristics: New programs are frequently tested and introduced; scheduling requirements are of c r itica l importance to m in im ize downtime; the programs are o f complex design so that identification of e r ro r source often requ ires a working knowledge o f the total program , and alternate programs may not be available. May give direction and guidance to lower leve l operators.

Class B . Operates independently, o r under only general direction, a computer running program s with most of the follow ing characteristics: Most o f the program s are established production runs, typ ically run on a regu larly recurring basis; there is little or no testing

Positions are classified into leve ls on the basis o f the follow ing definitions.

Class A . P erfo rm s complete reporting and tabulating assignments including devising difficu lt control panel w iring under general supervision. Assignments typically involve a variety o f long and complex reports which often are irregu lar or nonrecurring, requiring some planning of the nature and sequencing of operations, and the use o f a variety o f m achines. Is typ ically involved in training new operators in machine operations or training lower leve l operators in w iring from diagrams and in the operating sequences o f long and complex reports. Does not include positions in which wiring responsib ility is lim ited to selection and insertion of prew ired boards.

Class B . Perfo rm s work according to established procedures and under specific instructions. Assignments typically involve complete but routine and recurring reports or parts o f la rg e r and m ore complex reports. Operates m ore difficu lt tabulating or e lec tr ica l accounting machines such as the tabulator and calculator, in addition to the sim pler machines used by class C operators. May be required to do some w iring from diagrams. May train new employees in basic machine operations.

Class C . Under specific instructions, operates simple tabulating or e lec tr ica l accounting machines such as the sorter, in terpreter, reproducing punch, co lla tor, etc. Assignments typ ically involve portions o f a work unit, for example, individual sorting or collating runs, or repetitive operations. May perform simple w iring from diagram s, and do some filing work.

TRANSCRIB ING-M ACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL

Prim ary duty is to transcribe dictation involving a normal routine vocabulary from transcribing-m achine records. May also type from written copy and do simple c ler ica l work. W orkers transcrib ing dictation involving a varied technical or specia lized vocabulary such as legal brie fs or reports on scientific research are not included. A worker who takes dictation in shorthand or by Stenotype or s im ilar machine is c lassified as a stenographer.

T Y P IS T

Uses a typew riter to make copies o f various m aterials or to make out bills a fter calculations have been made by another person. May include typing of stencils, mats, or sim ilar m ateria ls fo r use in duplicating processes. May do c ler ica l work involving little special training, such as keeping simple records, filing records and reports, or sorting and distributing incoming m ail.

Class A . Perfo rm s one or m ore of the follow ing: Typing m aterial in final form whenit involves combining m aterial from several sources; or responsib ility fo r correct spelling, syllabication, punctuation, etc., of technical or unusual words or foreign language m ateria l; or planning layout and typing of complicated statistical tables to maintain uniform ity and balance in spacing. May type routine form letters , varying details to suit circumstances.

Class B . Perfo rm s one or m ore o f the fo llow ing: Copy typing from rough or clear drafts; or routine typing of form s, insurance po lic ies, etc.; or setting up simple standard tabulations; or copying m ore complex tables a lready set up and spaced properly.

A N D TE C H N IC A L

T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R (E le c t r ic A ccounting M ach ine O p era to r )— Continued

COM PUTER OPERATOR— Continued

of new program s required; alternate program s are provided in case original program needs m ajor change or cannot be corrected within a reasonable tim e. In common e rro r situations, diagnoses cause and takes correc tive action. This usually involves applying previously program ed co rrec tive steps, o r using standard correction techniques.

OR

Operates under d irect supervision a computer running program s or segments o f program s with the characteris tics described fo r class A . May assist a higher leve l operator by independently perform ing less d ifficu lt tasks assigned, and perform ing difficu lt tasks follow ing detailed instructions and with frequent rev iew of operations perform ed.

Class C . Works on routine programs under close supervision. Is expected to develop working knowledge o f the computer equipment used and ability to detect problems involved in running routine program s. Usually has received some form al training in computer operation. May assist higher le ve l operator on complex program s.

COM PUTER PROGRAM ER, BUSINESS

Converts statements o f business problems, typ ically prepared by a systems analyst, into a sequence o f detailed instructions which are required to solve the problems by automatic data processing equipment. Working from charts or diagram s, the program er develops the prec ise in structions which, when entered into the computer system in coded language, cause the manipulation


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of data to achieve des ired resu lts. Work involves most o f the fo llow ing: Applies knowledge ofcomputer capabilities, mathematics, logic employed by computers, and particular subject m atter involved to analyze charts and diagrams o f the problem to be programed; develops sequence of program steps; w rites detailed flow charts to show order in which data w ill be processed; converts these charts to coded instructions fo r machine to follow ; tests and corrects program s; prepares instructions fo r operating personnel during production run; analyzes, review s, and a lters program s to increase operating effic iency or adapt to new requirements; maintains records of program development and revisions. (NO TE: W orkers perform ing both systems analysis and program ing should be c lassified as systems analysts i f this is the skill used to determ ine their pay.)

Does not include em ployees p rim arily responsib le fo r the management or supervision of other electron ic data processing em ployees, o r program ers p r im arily concerned with scientific and/or engineering problem s.

For wage study purposes, program ers are c lass ified as follows:

Class A . Works independently or under only general d irection on complex problem s which require competence in a ll phases o f program ing concepts and practices. Working from diagrams and charts which identify the nature o f des ired results, m ajor processing steps to be accomplished, and the relationships between various steps of the problem solving routine; plans the full range o f program ing actions needed to effic ien tly u tilize the computer system in achieving desired end products.

At this leve l, program ing is d ifficu lt because computer equipment must be organized to produce severa l in terre lated but d iverse products from numerous and d iverse data elements. A wide varie ty and extensive number o f internal processing actions must occur. This requires such actions as development o f common operations which can be reused, establishment of linkage points between operations, adjustments to data when program requirements exceed computer storage capacity, and substantial manipulation and resequencing o f data elements to form a highly integrated program .

May provide functional d irection to low er leve l program ers who are assigned to assist.

Class B .* Works independently o r under only general direction on re la tive ly simple program s, o r on sim ple segments o f complex program s. Program s (or segments) usually process in form ation to produce data in two or three varied sequences o r form ats. Reports and listings are produced by refin ing, adapting, arraying, or making m inor additions to or deletions from input data which a re read ily available. While numerous records may be processed, the data have been refined in p rior actions so that the accuracy and sequencing o f data can be tested by using a few routine checks. Typ ica lly, the program deals with routine record-keeping type operations.

OR

Works on com plex program s (as described fo r class A ) under close d irection of a higher leve l p rogram er or supervisor. May assist higher leve l program er by independently p e rform ing less d ifficu lt tasks assigned, and perform ing m ore d ifficu lt tasks under fa ir ly close d irection.

May guide o r instruct lower leve l program ers.

Class C. Makes practical applications o f program ing practices and concepts usually learned in fo rm a l training courses. Assignments are designed to develop competence in the application o f standard procedures to routine problem s. R eceives close supervision on new aspects o f assignments; and work is reviewed to ve r ify its accuracy and conformance with required procedures.

COM PUTER SYSTEMS A N A LYS T , BUSINESS

Analyzes business problems to form ulate procedures fo r solving them by use o f electronic data processing equipment. Develops a complete description of all specifications needed to enable program ers to prepare required digital computer program s. Work involves most of the fo llow ing: Analyzes subject-m atter operations to be automated and identifies conditions and c r ite r ia required to achieve satisfactory results; specifies number and types of records, file s , and documents to be used; outlines actions to be perform ed by personnel and computers in sufficient detail for presentation to management and for program ing (typ ically this involves preparation o f work and data flow charts); coordinates the development of test problems and participates in tria l runs of new and revised systems; and recommends equipment changes to obtain m ore e ffective o vera ll operations. (NOTE: W orkers perform ing both systems analysis and program ing should be c lassified as systems analysts if this is the skill used to determ ine their pay.)

Does not include em ployees p rim arily responsible fo r the management or supervision o f other electron ic data processing em ployees, or systems analysts p rim arily concerned with scientific or engineering problems.

For wage study purposes, systems analysts are classified as follows:

Class A . Works independently or under only general direction on complex problems involving all phases o f systems analysis. Problem s are complex because of d iverse sources of input data and multiple-use requirements o f output data. (F o r example, develops an integrated production scheduling, inventory control, cost analysis, and sales analysis record in which

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every item of each type is automatically processed through the ull system o f records and appropriate followup actions are initiated by the computer.) Confe 3 with persons concerned to determ ine the data processing problems and advises subject-m atter personnel on the im p lica tions of new or revised systems of data processing operations. Makes recommendations, i f needed, for approval o f m ajor systems installations or changes and fo r obtaining equipment.

May provide functional direction to lower leve l systems analysts who are assigned to as sist.

Class B . Works independently or under only general direction on problems that are re la tive ly uncomplicated to analyze, plan, program , and operate. Problem s are o f lim ited com plexity because sources o f input data are homogeneous and the output data are c lose ly related. (F o r example, develops systems fo r maintaining depositor accounts in a bank, maintaining accounts receivab le in a re ta il establishment, or maintaining inventory accounts in a manufacturing or wholesale establishment.) Confers with persons concerned to determ ine the data processing problems and advises subject-m atter personnel on the im plications o f the data processing systems to be applied.

OR

Works on a segment o f a complex data processing scheme or system , as described fo r class A . Works independently on routine assignments and rece ives instruction and guidance on complex assignments. Work is reviewed fo r accuracy o f judgment, compliance with in structions, and to insure proper alinement with the o vera ll system.

Class C. Works under imm ediate supervision, carrying out analyses as assigned, usually o f a single activity. Assignments are designed to develop and expand practical experience in the application o f procedures and skills required for systems analysis work. For example, may assist a higher leve l systems analyst by preparing the detailed specifications requ ired by program ers from information developed by the higher leve l analyst.

DRAFTSM AN

Class A . Plans the graphic presentation o f complex items having d istinctive design features that d iffe r significantly from established drafting precedents. Works in c lose support with the design orig inator, and may recommend m inor design changes. Analyzes the effect o f each change on the details o f form , function, and positional relationships o f com ponents and parts. Works with a minimum o f supervisory assistance. Completed work is reviewed by design orig inator for consistency with p rior engineering determ inations. May either prepare drawings, or d irect their preparation by low er leve l draftsmen.

Class B. Perfo rm s nonroutine and complex drafting assignments that require the application o f m ost of the standardized drawing techniques regu larly used. Duties typ ically in volve such work as: P repares working drawings of subassemblies with irregu la r shapes,multiple functions, and prec ise positional relationships between components; prepares arch itectural drawings for construction o f a building including detail drawings o f foundations, wall sections, floor plans, and roof. Uses accepted form ulas and manuals in making necessary computations to determ ine quantities o f m ateria ls to be used, load capacities, strengths, s tresses, etc. R eceives in itial instructions, requirem ents, and advice from supervisor. Completed work is checked for technical adequacy.

Class C . P repares detail drawings of single units or parts fo r engineering, construction, manufacturing, o r repair purposes. Types of drawings prepared include isom etric projections (depicting three dimensions in accurate scale) and sectional views to c la r ify positioning o f components and convey needed information. Consolidates details from a number o f sources and adjusts o r transposes scale as required. Suggested methods o f approach, applicable precedents, and advice on source m ateria ls are given with in itial assignments. Instructions are less complete when assignments recur. Work may be spot-checked during p rogress .

D RAFTSM AN -TRACER

Copies plans and drawings prepared by others by placing tracing cloth or paper over drawings and tracing with pen or pencil. (Does not include tracing lim ited to plans p rim arily consisting of straight lines and a la rge scale not requiring close delineation.)

AND/OR

Prepares simple or repetitive drawings of easily visualized item s. Work is c lose ly supervised during progress.

ELECTRO NICS TECHNICIANWorks on various types of e lectron ic equipment or systems by perform ing one or m ore

o f the follow ing operations: Modifying, installing, repairing, and overhauling. These operations require the perform ance of most o r all of the follow ing tasks: Assem bling, testing, adjusting,calibrating, tuning, and alining.

Work is nonrepetitive and requires a knowledge o f the theory and practice of e lectron ics pertaining to the use o f general and specia lized electron ic test equipment;, trouble analysis; and the operation, relationship, and alinement o f electron ic systems, subsystems, and circu its having a variety o f component parts.


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E lectron ic equipment or systems worked on typ ically include one or m ore of the fo llow ing: Ground, veh icle, or a irborne radio communications system s, re lay systems, navigation aids; a irborne or ground radar systems; radio and televis ion transm itting or recording system s; e le c tronic computers; m is s ile and spacecraft guidance and control systems; industrial and m edical measuring, indicating and controlling devices; etc.

(Exclude production assem blers and tes ters , craftsm en, draftsmen, designers, engineers, and repairm en of such standard electron ic equipment as o ffice machines, radio and televis ion receiv ing sets.)

NURSE, IND U STR IAL (R eg istered )

A reg istered nurse who gives nursing serv ice under general m edical direction to i l l or injured em ployees or other persons who become i l l or suffer an accident on the prem ises o f a factory or other establishment. Duties involve a combination of the fo llow ing: Giving fir s t aidto the i l l or injured; attending to subsequent dressing of em ployees' in juries; keeping records of patients treated; preparing accident reports fo r compensation or other purposes; assisting in physical examinations and health evaluations o f applicants and em ployees; and planning and ca rry ing out program s involving health education, accident prevention, evaluation o f plant environment, or other activ ities affecting the health, w elfa re , and safety o f a ll personnel. Nursing supervisors or head nurses in establishments employing m ore than one nurse a re excluded.

M A IN T E N A N C E A N D P O W E R P L A N T

CARPENTE R, M AINTENANCE

Perfo rm s the carpentry duties necessary to construct and maintain in good repair building woodwork and equipment such as bins, cribs, counters, benches, partitions, doors, floors , sta irs, casings, and tr im made of wood in an establishment. Work involves most of the fo llow ing: Planning and laying out of work from blueprints, drawings, models, or verbal instructions; using a variety o f carpenter's handtools, portable power tools, and standard measuring instruments; making standard shop computations relating to dimensions of work; and selecting m aterials necessary fo r the work. In general, the work of the maintenance carpenter requires rounded train ing and experience usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

ELE C TR IC IAN , M AINTENANCE

Perfo rm s a va rie ty of e lec tr ica l trade functions such as the installation, maintenance, or repair of equipment fo r the generation, distribution, or utilization of e lec tr ic energy in an establishment. Work involves most o f the fo llow ing; Installing or repairing any of a varie ty of e le c trica l equipment such as generators, transform ers, switchboards, contro llers, c ircu it b reakers , m otors, heating units, conduit system s, or other transm ission equipment; working from blueprints, drawings, layouts, or other specifications; locating and diagnosing trouble in the e lec tr ica l system or equipment; working standard computations relating to load requirements of w iring or e lec tr ica l equipment; and using a varie ty of e lec tr ic ian 's handtools and measuring and testing instruments. In general, the work of the maintenance electric ian requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

ENGINEER, STATIO NARY

Operates and maintains and may also supervise the operation of stationary engines and equipment (mechanical or e lec tr ica l) to supply the establishment in which employed with power, heat, re frigera tion , or a ir-conditioning. Work involves: Operating and maintaining equipmentsuch as steam engines, a ir com pressors , generators, m otors, turbines, ventilating and r e fr ig erating equipment, steam bo ilers and bo ile r-fed water pumps; making equipment repairs; and keeping a record of operation of machinery, tem perature, and fuel consumption. May also supervise these operations. Head or ch ief engineers in establishments employing m ore than one engineer are excluded.

F IREM AN , STATIO N AR Y BOILERF ires stationary bo ilers to furnish the establishment in which employed with heat, power,

o r steam. Feeds fuels to fir e by hand or operates a mechanical stoker, gas, or o il burner; and checks water and safety va lves . May clean, o il, or assist in repairing bo ilerroom equipment.

H ELPE R , M AINTENANCE TRADES

Assists one or m ore workers in the skilled maintenance trades, by perform ing specific or general duties of less er skill, such as keeping a w orker supplied with m aterials and tools; cleaning working area, machine, and equipment; assisting journeyman by holding m aterials or tools; and perform ing other unskilled tasks as directed by journeyman. The kind of work the helper is perm itted to perform varies from trade to trade: In some trades the helper is confined to supplying, lifting, and holding m aterials and tools, and cleaning working areas; and in others he is perm itted to perfo rm specia lized machine operations, or parts of a trade that are also perform ed by workers on a fu ll-tim e basis.

M ACH INE-TO OL O PERATOR, TOOLROOM

Specializes in the operation of one or m ore types o f machine tools, such as jig borers, cy lindrica l or surface grinders, engine lathes, or m illing machines, in the construction of machine-shop tools, gages, jig s , fixtures, or dies. Work involves most of the fo llow ing: Planning and perform ing difficu lt machining operations; processing item s requiring complicated setups or a high degree o f accuracy; using a va rie ty of precision measuring instruments; selecting feeds, speeds, tooling, and operation sequence; and making necessary adjustments during operation to achieve requisite tolerances or dimensions. May be required to recognize when tools need dressing, to dress tools, and to select proper coolants and cutting and lubricating o ils . For cross-industry wage study purposes, m achine-tool operators, too lroom , in tool and die jobbing shops a re excluded from this classification .

M ACHINIST, M AINTENANCE

Produces replacement parts and new parts in making repairs o f m etal parts of mechanical equipment operated in an establishment. Work involves most of the fo llow ing: Interpreting written instructions and specifications; planning and laying out o f work; using a va rie ty o f machin ist's handtools and precision measuring instruments; setting up and operating standard machine tools; shaping of m etal parts to c lose tolerances; making standard shop computations relating to dim ensions o f work, tooling, feeds, and speeds of machining; knowledge o f the working properties of the common m etals; selecting standard m ateria ls , parts, and equipment requ ired for his work; and fitting and assembling parts into mechanical equipment. In general, the machinist's work norm ally requ ires a rounded training in machine-shop practice usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

M ECHANIC, AU TO M O TIVE (Maintenance)

Repairs automobiles, buses, motortrucks, and tractors o f an establishment. W ork involves most of the fo llow ing: Examining automotive equipment to diagnose source o f trouble; d isassembling equipment and perform ing repairs that involve the use of such handtools as wrenches, gages, d r ills , or specia lized equipment in disassembling or fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts from stock; grinding and adjusting valves; reassem bling and installing the various assem blies in the veh icle and making necessary adjustments; and alining w heels, adjusting brakes and lights, or tightening body bolts. In general, the work of the automotive mechanic requ ires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

This classification does not include mechanics who repair custom ers' veh icles in autom obile repa ir shops.

M ECHANIC, M AINTENANCE

Repairs m achinery or mechanical equipment of an establishment. Work involves most of the fo llow ing: Examining machines and mechanical equipment to diagnose source o f trouble;dismantling or partly dismantling machines and perform ing repairs that m ainly involve the use of handtools in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts with items obtained from stock; ordering the production o f a replacement part by a machine shop or sending of the machine to a machine shop fo r m ajor repairs; preparing written specifications fo r m ajor repairs or fo r the production of parts ordered from machine shop; reassem bling machines; and making a ll necessary adjustments fo r operation. In general, the work of a maintenance mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. Excluded from this classification are workers whose prim ary duties involve setting up or adjusting machines.

M ILLW RIG H T

Installs new machines or heavy equipment, and dismantles and installs machines o r heavy equipment when changes in the plant layout are required. Work involves most o f the fo llow ing; Planning and laying out of the work; interpreting blueprints or other specifications; using a varie ty of handtools and rigging; making standard shop computations relating to Stresses, strength o f m ateria ls , and centers of gravity; alining and balancing of equipment; selecting standard tools, equipment, and parts to be used; and installing and ^maintaining in good order power transm ission equipment such as drives and speed reducers. In general, the m illw righ t's work norm ally requ ires a rounded training and experience in the trade acquired through a fo rm al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

PA IN TE R , M AINTENANCE

Paints and redecorates w alls, woodwork, and fixtures of an establishment. Work involves the fo llow ing: Knowledge of surface pecu liarities and types o f paint required fo r different applications; preparing surface fo r painting by rem oving old fin ish or by placing putty or f i l le r in nail


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holes and in terstices ; and applying paint with spray gun or brush. May m ix co lors, o ils , white lead, and other paint ingredients to obtain proper co lor o r consistency. In general, the work o f the maintenance painter requ ires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

P IP E F IT T E R , M AINTENANCE

Installs o r repairs water, steam, gas, or other types o f pipe and pipefittings in an establishment. Work involves most o f the fo llow ing: Laying out o f work and measuring to locate position o f pipe from drawings or other w ritten specifications; cutting various sizes o f pipe to co rrec t lengths with ch isel and hammer or oxyacetylene torch or pipe-cutting machines; threading pipe with stocks and dies; bending pipe by hand-driven or pow er-driven machines; assembling pipe with couplings and fastening pipe to hangers; making standard shop computations relating to p ressures, flow , and size o f pipe required; and making standard tests to determ ine whether finished pipes m eet specifications. In general, the work o f the maintenance p ipefitter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship o r equivalent training and experience. W orkers p rim arily engaged in installing and repairing building sanitation or heating systems are excluded.

SH E E T-M E TA L WORKER, M AINTENANCE

Fabricates, installs , and maintains in good repa ir the sheet-m etal equipment and fixtures (such as machine guards, grease pans, shelves, lockers, tanks, ventilators, chutes, ducts, m etal roofing) o f an establishment. Work involves most o f the follow ing: Planning and laying out a ll

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types o f sheet-m etal maintenance work from blueprints, m odels, o r other specifications; setting up and operating a ll available types o f sheet-m etal working machines; using a va rie ty o f handtools in cutting, bending, form ing, shaping, fitting, and assembling; and installing sheet-m etal a rtic les as requ ired. In general, the work of the maintenance sheet-m etal w orker requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

TO O L AND DIE M AKER

Constructs and repairs machine-shop tools, gages, jig s , fixtures o r dies fo r forg ings, punching, and other m eta l-fo rm ing work. Work involves m ost of the fo llow ing; Planning and laying out o f work from m odels, blueprints, drawings, o r other ora l and written specifications; using a va rie ty o f too l and die m aker's handtools and precis ion measuring instruments; understanding o f the working properties of common m etals and alloys; setting up and operating o f machine tools and related equipment; making necessary shop computations relating to dimensions of work, speeds, feeds, and tooling of machines; heat-treating o f m etal parts during fabrication as w ell as o f finished tools and dies to achieve requ ired qualities; working to c lose tolerances; fitting and assembling o f parts to p rescribed tolerances and allowances; and selecting appropriate m ateria ls , too ls, and p rocesses. In general, the tool and die m aker's work requ ires a rounded training in machine-shop and too lroom practice usually acquired through a fo rm al apprenticeship or equivalent train ing and experience.

For cross-industry wage study purposes, tool and die makers in tool and die jobbing shops are excluded from this classification .

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C U S T O D IA L A N D M A T E R IA L M O V E M E N T

GUARD AND W ATCHM AN

Guard. P er fo rm s routine police duties, either at fixed post or on tour, maintaining order, using arm s or fo rce where necessary. Includes gatemen who are stationed at gate and check on identity o f em ployees and other persons en tering.

Watchman. Makes rounds o f p rem ises period ica lly in protecting property against fir e , theft, and illega l entry.

JANITOR, PO RTER, OR CLE ANER

Cleans and keeps in an o rd er ly condition factory working areas and washrooms, or prem ises o f an o ffic e , apartment house, o r com m ercia l or other establishment. Duties involve a combination o f the fo llow ing: Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing floors ; removing chips, trash, and other refuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures; polishing m etal f ix tures o r trim m ings; providing supplies and m inor maintenance serv ices ; and cleaning lavatories, showers, and restroom s. W orkers who specia lize in window washing are excluded.

LABORER, M A T E R IA L HANDLING

A w orker employed in a warehouse, manufacturing plant, store, or other establishment whose duties involve one or m ore o f the fo llow ing: Loading and unloading various m ateria ls and merchandise on or from freigh t cars , trucks, or Dther transporting devices; unpacking, shelving, o r placing m ateria ls or m erchandise in proper storage location; and transporting m ateria ls or merchandise by handtruck, car, or wheelbarrow . Longshoremen, who load and unload ships are excluded.

ORDER F IL L E R

F ills shipping or transfer orders fo r finished goods from stored merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips, custom ers' orders , o r other instructions. May, in addition to fillin g orders and indicating item s filled or omitted, keep records of outgoing orders, requ isition additional stock or report short supplies to supervisor, and perform other related duties.

PACK E R , SH IPPING

Prepares finished products fo r shipment or storage by placing them in shipping conta iners, the specific operations perform ed being dependent upon the type, s ize , and number o f units to be packed, the type o f container employed, and method of shipment. Work requ ires the placing o f item s in shipping containers and m ay involve one or m ore o f the fo llow ing; Knowledge o f various item s o f stock in order to v e r ify content; selection of appropriate type and size o f container; inserting enclosures in container; using exce ls io r o r other m ateria l to prevent breakage or damage; closing and sealing container; and applying labels or entering identifying data on container. Packers who also make wooden boxes or crates are excluded.

SH IPPING AND RECEIV ING CLERK

Prepares merchandise fo r shipment, or rece ives and is responsib le fo r incoming shipments o f merchandise or other m a te r ia ls . Shipping work in vo lves : A knowledge o f shipping p ro cedures, p ractices, routes, available means o f transportation, and rates; and preparing records o f the goods shipped, making up bills o f lading, posting weight and shipping charges, and keeping a file o f shipping records. May d irect or assist in preparing the merchandise fo r shipment. Receiving work in vo lves ; Verify ing o r directing others in verify in g the correctness o f shipments against b ills of lading, invoices, o r other records; checking fo r shortages and re jecting damaged goods; routing merchandise or m ateria ls to proper departments; and maintaining necessary records and files .

Fo r wage study purposes, w orkers are c lass ified as fo llow s:

Receiving c lerkShipping c lerkShipping and receiv ing c lerk

TRUCKDRIVER

D rives a truck within a c ity o r industrial area to transport m ateria ls , merchandise, equipment, or men between various types o f establishments such as: Manufacturing plants, fre igh t depots, warehouses, wholesale and re ta il establishments, or between re ta il establishments and custom ers' houses o r places o f business. May also load or unload truck with or without helpers, make m inor mechanical repa irs , and keep truck in good working order. D river-sa lesm en and over-th e-road d r ivers are excluded.

For wage study purposes, truckdrivers are c lass ified by s ize and type o f equipment, as fo llow s: (T ra c to r - tra ile r should be rated on the basis o f tra ile r capacity.)

Truckdriver (combination of s izes listed separately)T ruckdriver, light (under IV2 tons)Truckdriver, medium (1V2 to and including 4 tons)Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, t ra ile r type)T ruckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, other than tra ile r type)

TRUCKER, POWER

Operates a manually controlled gasoline- or electric-pow ered truck or tractor to transport goods and m ateria ls of a ll kinds about a warehouse, manufacturing plant, o r other establishment.

For wage study purposes, workers are c lassified by type o f truck, as follows:

Trucker, power (fo rk lift)Trucker, power (other than fo rk lift)

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A rea W age SurveysA list of the latest available bulletins is presented below. A directory of area wage studies including more limited studies conducted at the

request of the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor is available on request. Bulletins may be purchased from any of the BLS regional sales offices shown on the back cover, or from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402.

AreaAkron, Ohio, Dec. 1972------------------------------------------------Albany—Schenectady—Troy, N.Y., Mar. 1972----------------Albuquerque, N. Mex., Mar. 1972 1_____________________Allentown—Bethlehem—Easton, Pa.—N.J., May 1972 1 __Atlanta, Ga., May 1972 1_________________________________Austin, Tex., Dec. 1972 1 (to be surveyed)Baltimore, Md., Aug. 1972 1_____________________________Beaumont—Port Arthur-Orange, Tex., May 1972______Binghamton, N.Y., July 1972____________________________Birmingham, Ala., Mar. 1972___________________________Boise City, Idaho, Nov. 1972 1 __________________________Boston, Mass., Aug. 1972 1 _______________— ____________Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 1972 1 _______________________________Burlington, Vt., Dec. 1972 1_____________________________Canton, Ohio, May 1972 1______ _______________ ________Charleston, W. Va., Mar. 1972 1 ----------------------------------Charlotte, N.C., Jan. 1972*_____________________________Chattanooga, Tenn.—Ga., Sept. 1972 1 ---------------------------Chicago, 111., June 1972__________________________________Cincinnati, Ohio—Ky.—Ind., Feb. 1972---------------------------Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1972 1----------------------------------------Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 1972 1____________________________Dallas, Tex., Oct. 1972 1 ----------------------------------------------Davenport—Rock Island—Moline, Iowa—111., Feb. 1972 1 —Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 1972_________________________________Denver, Colo., Dec. 1972________________________________Des Moines, Iowa, May 1972 1 ____ _____________________Detroit, Mich., Feb. 1972---------------------------------------------Durham, N.C., Apr. 1972 1_______________________________Fort Lauderdale—Hollywood and West Palm

Beach, F la., Apr. 1972 1_______________________________Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 1972 1---------------------------------------Green Bay, Wis., July 1972 1----------------------------------------Greenville, S.C., May 1972------------------------------------------Houston, Tex., Apr. 1972____ ____________________ ______Huntsville, A la., Feb. 1972 1 ----------------------------------------Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 1972 1---------------------------------------Jackson, Miss., Jan. 1972_______________________________Jacksonville, F la., Dec. 1972---------------------------------------Kansas City, Mo.—Kans., Sept. 1972-----------------------------Lawrence—Haverhill, Mass,—N.H., June 1972 1------------Lexington, Ky., Nov. 1972 1______________________________Little Rock—North Little Rock, Ark., July 1972 1---------Los Angeles—Long Beach and Anaheim—Santa Ana-

Garden Grove, Calif., Mar. 1972______________________Louisville, Ky.—Ind., Nov. 1972_________________________Lubbock. Tex., Mar. 1972 1------------------------------------------Manchester, N.H., July 1972 1 ---- ---------------------------------Memphis, Tenn.—Ark., Nov. 1972_______________________Miami, Fla., Nov. 1972 1 ______________— ----------------------Midland and Odessa, T ex., J an. 1972 1 ------------------------

Bulletin number and price

1775-36, 40 cents1725-49, 30 cents1725-59, 35 cents1725-87, 35 cents1725-77, 45 cents

1775-20, 75 cents1725-69, 30 cents1775-5, 45 cents1725-58, 30 cents1775-32, 50 cents1775-13, 75 cents1775-18, 65 cents1775-28, 50 cents1725-75, 35 cents1725-63, 35 cents1725-48, 35 cents1775-14, 55 cents1725-92, 70 cents1725-56, 35 cents1775-15, 75 cents1775-23, 55 cents1775-25, 75 cents1725-55, 35 cents1775-34, 40 cents1775-35, 40 cents1725-86, 35 cents1725-68, 40 cents1725-64, 30 cents

1725-74, 35 cents1775-24, 50 cents1775-1, 55 cents1725-66. 30 cents1725-79, 35 cents1725-50, 35 cents1775-27, 55 cents1725-38, 30 cents1775-31, 40 cents1775-17, 50 cents1725-81, 35 cents1775-22, 50 cents1775-2, 55 cents

1725-76, 45 cents1775-37, 40 cents1725-57, 35 cents1775-8, 55 cents1775-30, 40 cents1775-29, 55 cents1725-37, 30 cents

AreaMilwaukee, W is., May 1972 1_____________________________Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minn., J an. 1972 1 ----------------------Muskegon—Muskegon Heights, Mich., June 1972 1 ______Newark and Jersey City, N.J., Jan. 1972 1 -------------------New Haven, Conn., J an. 1972 1---------------------------------------New Orleans, La., J an. 1972-----------------------------------------New York, N.Y., Apr. 1972 1______________________________Norfolk—Virginia Beach—Portsmouth and

Newport News—Hampton, V a., J an. 1972---------------------Oklahoma City, Okla., July 1972-----------------------------------Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, Sept. 1972__________________________Paterson—Clifton—Passaic, N.J., June 1972 1 ----------------Philadelphia, Pa.—N.J., Nov. 1971 1------------------------------Phoenix, A riz ., June 1972 1______________________________Pittsburgh, P a ., J an. 19 7 2 --------------------------------------------Portland, Maine, Nov. 1972______________________________Portland, Oreg.—Wash., May 1972 1 ------------------------------Poughkeepsie—Kingston—Newburgh, N.Y.,

June 1972 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------Providence—Warwick-Pawtucket, R.I.—Mass.,

Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 1972-----------------------------------------------Richmond, Va., Mar. 1972 1 ------------------------------------------Riverside—San Bernardino—Ontario, Calif.,

Dec. 1971_________________________________________________Rochester, N.Y. (office occupations only), July 1972----Rockford, 111., June 1972 1--------------------------------------------St. Louis, Mo.—111., Mar. 1972___________________________Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 1972 1 ----------------------------------San Antonio, Tex., May 1972-----------------------------------------San Diego, Calif., Nov. 1971 1----------------------------------------San Francisco—Oakland, Calif., Oct. 1971 1------------------San Jose, Calif., Mar. 1972-------------------------------------------Savannah, Ga., May 1972 1---------- ---- ----- -----------------------Scranton, P a ., July 1972 — — --------------------------------- -----Seattle—Eve re tt, W ash., J an. 1972---------------------------------Sioux Falls, S. Dak., Dec. 1971-------------------------------------South Bend, Ind., May 1972 1 -----------------------------------------Spokane, Wash., J une 1972 1------------------------------------------Syracuse, N.Y., July 1972________— ----------------------- —----Tampa—St. Petersburg, Fla., Aug. 1972-----------------------Toledo, Ohio—Mich., Apr. 1972 1 — --------- ---------------------Trenton, N.J., Sept. 1972 1--------------------------------------------Utica—Rome, N.Y., July 1972—--------—— —— ------------------Washington, D.C.—Md.—Va., Mar. 1972 1--------------— -----Waterbury. Conn., Mar. 1972 1 ----- ---- ---------------------------Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 1972---- ------------ ---------------------------Wichita, Kans., Apr. 1972 1-------------------------------------------Worcester, M ass., May 1972 1--------------------------------------York, Pa., Feb. 19721 ___________________________________Youngstown—Warren, Ohio, Nov. 1972-------— --------— ----

Bulletin number and price

1725-83, 45 cents1725-45, 50 cents1725-85, 35 cents1725-52, 50 cents1725-41, 35 cents1725-35, 30 cents1725-90, 50 cents

1725-42, 30 cents1775-6, 45 cents1775-16, 40 cents1725-88, 40 cents1725-62, 50 cents1725-94, 55 cents1725-46, 40 cents1775-21, 40 cents1725-89, 35 cents

1725-80, 35 cents

1725-70, 30 cents1775-7, 45 cents1725-72, 35 cents

1725-43, 30 cents1775-4, 45 cents1725-84, 35 cents1725-61, 35 cents1775-33, 50 cents1725-67, 30 cents1725-32, 35 cents1725-33, 50 cents1725-65, 30 cents1725-73, 35 cents1775-10, 45 cents1725-47, 30 cents1725-30, 25 cents1725-60, 35 cents1725-91, 35 cents1775-11, 45 cents1775-9, 45 cents1725-78, 35 cents1775-12, 55 cents1775-3, 45 cents1725-93, 70 cents1725-53, 35 cents1775-26, 40 cents1725-82, 35 cents1725-71, 35 cents1725-54, 35 cents1775-19, 40 cents

l Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABORBU R EA U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S W A SH IN G T O N , D.C. 20212

O F F IC IA L B U S IN E S S PEN A LT Y FO R P R IV A T E U SE $300

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