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AREA WAGE SURVEYOmaha, Nebraska—Iowa, Metropolitan, Area October 1975Bulletin 1850-56

Iowa

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FEB Id 1376Daytpn & Montgomery Co

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FEB 2 1976U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR . .B u r e a u of Labor StatisticsDigitized for FRASER

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PrefaceT his bu lletin p r o v id e s re su lts o f an O cto b e r 1975 s u rv e y o f o c cu p a t io n a l e a rn in g s

in the O m aha, N ebrask a—Iow a, Standard M e tro p o lita n S ta t is t ic a l A r e a (D ou g la s and S arpy C ou n ties , N eb r .; and P ottaw attam ie County, Iow a). The s u rv e y w as m a d e as p a rt o f the B u reau o f L a b or S ta t is t ic s ' annual a rea w age s u rv e y p r o g r a m . The p r o g r a m is d e s ig n e d to y ie ld data fo r in d iv id u a l m etrop o lita n a r e a s , as w e ll a s n a tion a l and re g io n a l e s t im a te s fo r a ll Standard M etrop o lita n S ta tis tica l A r e a s in the U nited S ta tes , ex c lu d in g A la sk a and H aw aii.

A m a jo r co n s id e ra tio n in the a rea w age s u rv e y p r o g r a m is the n eed to d e s c r ib e the le v e l and m ov em en t o f w ages in a v a r ie ty o f la b o r m a r k e ts , th rou gh the a n a ly s is o f (1) the le v e l and d is tr ib u tio n o f w ages by o ccu p a t io n , and (2) the m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s by o c cu p a t io n a l c a te g o r y and s k ill le v e l . The p r o g ra m d e v e lo p s in fo r m a tio n that m a y be u sed f o r m an y p u r p o s e s , in clu d in g w age and sa la ry a d m in is tra tion , c o l le c t iv e b a rg a in in g , and a s s is ta n c e in d e te rm in in g plant lo ca t io n . Survey re su lts a lso a re u sed by the U .S. D ep artm en t o f L a b o r to m ake w age d e term in a tion s under the S e rv ice C o n tra ct A c t o f 1965.

C u rre n t ly , 83 a re a s are in clu d ed in the p r o g r a m . (See l is t o f a r e a s on in s id e back c o v e r . ) In ea ch a r e a , o ccu p a tion a l earn in gs data a re c o l le c t e d ann ua lly . In fo rm a tio n on es ta b lish m en t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en tary w age b e n e fits is ob ta in ed e v e r y th ird y e a r .

E ach y e a r a fte r a ll ind iv idual a rea w age s u rv e y s have been c o m p le te d , tw o su m m a ry bu lle tin s a re is s u e d . The f i r s t b r in g s tog e th er data fo r ea ch m e tro p o lita n a re a s u rv e y e d . The secon d su m m a ry bu lletin p r e se n ts n ation a l and r e g io n a l e s t im a te s , p r o je c t e d fr o m in d iv id u a l m e tro p o lita n a rea data.

The O m aha s u rv e y w as con du cted by the B u re a u 's r e g io n a l o f f ic e in K a n sa s C ity , M o ., u nder the g e n e ra l d ir e c t io n o f E dw ard C haiken , A s s is ta n t R e g io n a l C o m m is s io n e r fo r O p e ra t io n s . The s u rv e y cou ld not have been a c c o m p lis h e d w ithout the c o o p e r a t io n o f the m an y f ir m s w h ose w age and sa la ry data p ro v id e d the b a s is f o r the s ta t is t ic a l in fo rm a tio n in this b u lle tin . The B u reau w ish es to e x p re s s s in c e r e a p p re c ia tio n fo r the c o o p e r a t io n r e c e iv e d .

Note:A cu rre n t re p o r t on o ccu p a tio n a l ea rn in g s and su p p lem en ta ry w age p r o v is io n s in the

O m aha a re a is a v a ila b le fo r the laundry and d r y c le a n in g in d u stry . A ls o a v a ila b le a re lis t in g s o f union w age ra tes fo r bu ild ing tr a d e s , p r in tin g t r a d e s , l o c a l - t r a n s i t o p e ra t in g e m p lo y e e s , lo c a l t r u c k d r iv e r s and h e lp e r s , and g r o c e r y s to r e e m p lo y e e s . F r e e c o p ie s o f th ese a re a va ila b le fr o m the B u re a u 's re g io n a l o f f i c e s . (See b a ck c o v e r f o r a d d r e s s e s .)

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AREA WAGE SURVEY Bulletin 1850-56December 1975

U.S. DEPA RTM EN T OF LABOR, John T. Dunlop, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, Julius Shiskin, Commissioner

Omaha, Nebraska—Iowa, Metropolitan Area, October 1975

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CONTENTS

In trod u ction _

T a b le s :

A . E a rn in g s :A - l . W eek ly ea rn in g s o f o f f ic e w o rk e rs _______________________________________________________________________________________A -2 . W eek ly ea rn in g s o f p r o fe s s io n a l and te c h n ica l w o r k e r s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A -3 . A v e r a g e w eek ly ea rn in g s o f o f f i c e , p r o fe s s io n a l , and te c h n ica l w o r k e r s , by s e x --------------------------------------------—A -4 . H ou rly ea rn in g s o f m ain tenance and p ow erp la n t w o r k e r s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A -5 . H ou rly ea rn in g s o f cu sto d ia l and m a te r ia l m o v em en t w o r k e r s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------A -6 . A v e r a g e h ou rly ea rn in gs o f m a in ten an ce , p ow erp la n t, cu sto d ia l, and m a te r ia l m ov em en t w o r k e r s , by sexA - 7 . P e r c e n t in c r e a s e s in a v era g e h ourly ea rn in g s f o r s e le c te d o ccu p a t io n a l g ro u p s , ad ju sted f o r em p loy m en t s h ift s .. 1

A p p en d ix A . S cop e and m eth od o f s u r v e y --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11A p p en d ix B . O ccu p a tio n a l d e s c r ip t io n s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

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IntroductionT h is a re a is 1 o f 83 in w hich the U.S. D epartm en t o f L a b o r 's

B u rea u o f L a b o r S ta tis t ic s con d u cts su rv e y s o f o ccu p a tio n a l ea rn in gs and re la te d b e n e fits on an a rea w id e b a s is . In th is a re a , data w e re o b ta in ed by a com b in a tion o f p e r s o n a l v is i t , m a il q u e s t io n n a ire , and te lep h on e in te rv ie w . R e p re se n ta t iv e e s ta b lish m e n ts w ith in s ix b ro a d in d u stry d iv is io n s w e r e co n ta cte d : M a n u factu rin g ; tra n sp o rta tio n , c o m m u n ica tion , and o th er o th er p u b lic u til it ie s ; w h o le sa le tra d e ; r e ta il tra d e ; f in a n ce , in su ra n c e , and r e a l e s ta te ; and s e r v ic e s . M a jo r in d u stry g rou p s e x c lu d e d f r o m th ese stu d ies a re g ov ern m en t o p era tion s and the co n stru c tio n and e x tr a c t iv e in d u s tr ie s . E sta b lish m en ts having fe w e r than a p r e s c r ib e d n u m ber o f w o r k e r s a re om itted b e ca u se o f in su ffic ie n t em p loy m en t in the o ccu p a t io n s stu d ied . S ep arate tabu la tion s are p r o v id e d fo r ea ch o f the b r o a d in d u stry d iv is io n s w h ich m e e t p u b lica tion c r it e r ia .

A - s e r ie s ta b le s

T a b le s A - 1 th rou gh A -6 p r o v id e e s t im a te s o f s tra ig h t-t im e h o u rly o r w e e k ly ea rn in g s fo r w o r k e r s in o ccu p a tion s com m on to a v a r ie ty o f m an ufa ctu rin g and n onm an ufacturin g in d u str ie s . O ccu p ation s w e re s e le c t e d f r o m the fo llo w in g c a te g o r ie s : (a ) O ffic e c le r i c a l , (b) p r o f e s s io n a l and te c h n ic a l , (c ) m a in ten a n ce and p o w e r p i ant, and (d) cu sto d ia l

and m a te r ia l m ov em en t. In the 31 la r g e s t s u rv e y a r e a s , ta b le s A - la through A -6 a p rov id e s im ila r data f o r e s ta b lis h m e n ts em p lo y in g 500 w o rk e rs o r m o r e .

F o llow in g the o ccu p a t io n a l w age ta b le s is ta b le A - 7 w h ich p r o v id e s p e rce n t ch anges in a v e ra g e ea rn in g s o f o f f ic e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s , e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g w o r k e r s , in d u s tr ia l n u r s e s , s k ille d m ain ten ance w o r k e r s , and u n sk illed plaint w o r k e r s . T h is m e a s u r e o f w age trend s e lim in a tes ch an ges in a v e ra g e e a rn in g s c a u se d by e m p lo y m ent sh ifts am ong e s ta b lish m en ts as w e ll as tu r n o v e r o f e s ta b lish m e n ts in clu d ed in su rv ey s a m p le s . W h ere p o s s ib le , data a re p r e s e n te d f o r a ll in d u s tr ie s , m a n u factu rin g , and n on m an u fa ctu rin g . A p p ep d ix A d is c u s s e s th is w age tren d m e a su re .

A ppendixes

T h is bu lletin has tw o a p p en d ix es . A p p en d ix A d e s c r ib e s the m eth od s and con cep ts u sed in the a re a w age s u rv e y p r o g r a m and p r o v id e s in fo rm a tion on the s co p e o f the s u rv e y . A p p en d ix B p r o v id e s jo b d e scr ip tio n s u sed by B u rea u f ie ld e c o n o m is t s to c la s s i fy w o r k e r s in o ccu p a tion s fo r w hich s tr a ig h t -t im e e a rn in g s in fo rm a tio n is p r e se n te d .


A. EarningsTable A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, October 1975

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

Weekly earnings 1 (standard)

Numberof

Average weekly hours1

(standard) Mean * Median * Middle ranged

66 4 0 .0$1 2 5 .5 0

$1 2 2 .5 0

$ $ 1 1 2 .0 0 -1 3 6 .0 0

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

5 46 3 9 .5 1 7 4 .0 0 1 7 0 .0 0 1 4 ? .5 0 -1 9 9 .5 0129 4 0 .0 1 7 3 .0 0 1 6 2 .0 0 1 4 5 .5 0 -2 0 0 .0 0417 3 9 .5 1 7 4 .0 0 1 7 1 .5 0 1 4 0 .0 0 -1 9 9 .5 0159 4 0 .0 2 0 6 .5 0 1 9 9 .5 0 1 8 9 .5 0 -2 3 9 .5 0

5 75 3 9 .5 1 3 6 .5 0 1 2 8 .0 0 1 0 P .0 0 -1 6 0 .5 089 4 0 .0 1 5 2 .5 0 1 3 5 .0 0 1 2 2 .5 0 -1 7 7 .5 0

4 86 3 9 .5 1 3 3 .5 0 1 2 7 .0 0 1 0 P .0 0 -1 5 7 .5 0

247 3 9 .0 1 1 6 .5 0 1 0 2 .0 0 9 1 .0 0 - 1 1 7 .0 0231 3 9 .0 1 1 6 .5 0 1 0 0 .0 0 9 0 .5 0 - 1 1 5 ,0 0

138 3 9 .0 9 6 .5 0 9 5 .5 0 8 6 .5 0 - 9 6 .0 0134 3 9 .0 9 5 .0 0 9 2 .5 0 8 6 .5 0 - 9 6 .0 0

85 4 0 .0 1 4 9 .5 0 1 5 3 .0 0 1 3 7 .0 0 -1 5 4 .0 064 4 0 .0 1 5 0 .5 0 1 5 3 .0 0 1 4 8 .0 0 -1 5 3 .5 0

118 4 0 .0 1 8 6 .5 0 1 7 6 .0 0 1 5 0 .0 0 -2 2 2 .5 038 4 0 .0 1 7 2 .5 0 1 7 6 .0 0 1 4 8 .0 0 -1 9 7 .0 080 4 0 .0 1 9 3 .5 0 1 7 5 .0 0 1 5 4 .5 0 -2 5 3 .0 043 4 0 .0 2 2 9 .5 0 2 5 3 .0 0 1 9 9 .5 0 -2 6 2 .5 0

326 3 9 .0 1 5 4 .0 0 1 4 1 .0 0 1 2 4 .0 0 -1 6 6 .5 051 3 9 .0 1 5 1 .0 0 1 5 2 .0 0 1 4 1 .5 0 -1 5 9 .5 0

275 3 9 .0 1 5 4 .5 0 1 3 6 .0 0 1 2 2 .0 0 -1 7 2 .5 0

2 46 3 9 .5 1 3 2 .5 0 1 3 4 .0 0 1 1 5 .5 0 -1 4 2 .0 048 4 0 .0 1 2 6 .5 0 1 2 5 .5 0 1 1 5 .0 0 -1 3 2 .0 0

198 3 9 .5 1 3 4 .0 0 1 3 5 .5 0 1 1 6 .0 0 -1 4 2 .0 0

174 3 9 .0 1 1 1 .5 0 9 2 .0 0 8 9 .5 0 - 1 0 4 .5 0170 3 9 .0 1 1 1 .0 0 9 2 .0 0 8 9 .5 0 - 1 0 4 .0 0

31 4 0 .0 1 8 7 .0 0 2 0 9 .0 0 1 6 8 .5 0 -2 1 3 .5 0

1 ,0 0 6 3 9 .5 1 7 0 .0 0 1 6 0 .5 0 1 4 0 .5 0 -1 9 1 .0 0305 3 9 .5 1 6 6 .5 0 1 5 5 .5 0 1 3 2 .0 0 -1 9 1 .0 0701 3 9 .5 1 7 1 .5 0 1 6 3 .5 0 1 4 4 .0 0 -1 9 0 .5 0211 4 0 .0 2 0 0 .0 0 2 0 0 .0 0 1 6 3 .5 0 -2 3 2 .5 0

81 3 9 .0 2 0 7 .0 0 2 0 0 .0 0 1 6 1 .0 0 -2 3 6 .0 039 3 9 .0 1 8 7 .5 0 1 6 3 .0 0 1 5 9 .0 0 -2 1 1 .5 042 3 9 .0 2 2 5 .5 0 2 2 8 .0 0 1 9 5 .0 0 -2 5 2 .5 0

338 3 9 .5 1 8 3 .0 0 1 7 5 .0 0 1 5 4 .0 0 -2 1 0 .0 094 3 9 .5 1 6 3 .0 0 1 5 4 .5 0 1 3 9 .5 0 -1 8 0 .0 0

2 44 3 9 .5 1 9 0 .5 0 1 7 9 .5 0 1 6 3 .5 0 -2 2 7 .5 067 4 0 .0 2 3 1 .5 0 2 3 3 .5 0 2 1 6 .0 0 -2 5 0 .0 0

368 3 9 .5 1 6 1 .0 0 1 5 2 .0 0 1 3 5 .0 0 -1 7 7 .0 09S 4 0 .0 1 6 9 .5 0 1 5 0 .0 0 1 3 2 .0 0 -2 0 6 .5 0

273 3 9 .0 1 5 8 .0 0 1 5 3 .0 0 1 3 6 .0 0 -1 7 5 .5 072 4 0 .0 1 9 5 .0 0 1 9 7 .5 0 1 7 2 .5 0 -2 1 6 .5 0

N u m b er 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 gs o f—S $ S t S S $ S S $ S $ $ S $ r$ i 5 T ------

8 0 85 90 95 100 105 no 115 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 220 240 260 280ndd e r and

85 90 95 100 105 n o 115 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 220 240 260 280 ov e r

22 6 10 17 5 6* “ - * - - 21 1 5 11 5

. 1 2 1 4 8 7 18 30 63 33 48 52 52 30 81 44 25 28 19 _- - - - - - - 5 9 16 6 12 23 7 6 10 20 9 - 6 .

1 2 1 8 7 13 21 47 27 36 29 45 24 71 24 16 28 13 .* “ * * " ” * * a 2 6 4 10 13 57 8 13 25 13 -- 7 13 28 26 99 22 24 71 66 49 25 28 21 17 65 8 6- 2 - - - - 1 3 24 18 3 h 5 7 5 6 8 - 3 - -- 5 13 28 26 99 21 21 47 48 46 21 23 14 12 59 - - 3 - -

4 48 49 14 42 15 9 5 10 3 10 4 1 _ 3 30 _4 48 44 13 42 14 8 3 9 3 6 3 1 - 3 - 30 - - - -

27 21 20 45 8 1 - 8 ‘ 2 2 3 127 21 20 45 8 1 “ * 8 2 2

. - 1 - - • 3 - 12 10 15 25 7 5 6 1 ** 1 - 1 * 8 3 15 23 6 3 4 - - - - - -

_ - • 1 - 3 2 3 6 4 11 7 15 14 2 15 4 2 i6 13 _- - - • - - 2 2 2 2 3 4 - 9 2 4 4 2 - 2 .- - - 1 - 3 - 1 4 2 8 3 15 5 - 11 • - 16 11 -

1 - 1 2 4 - 8 - - 16 11 -. . 1 - 15 18 4 26 45 45 30 35 34 8 7 1 _ 54 3- - - - - - - 1 - 5 17 IS 9 2 2 - • - - • •

“ 1 “ 15 18 4 25 45 40 13 20 25 6 5 1 - 54 3 - -- 3 10 3 8 9 16 32 33 42 47 20 3 4 4 9 3- - * 1 - - 1 13 12 15 3 3- 3 10 2 8 9 15 19 21 27 44 17 3 4 4 9 - 3 - - -

26 55 22 15 13 3 4 3 1 4 3 1 _ _ 3 5 9 7 -26 55 22 15 12 3 2 3 1 4 3 1 - - 3 4 9 7 - - .

- 2 - “ - - 3 1 1 - 1 - * 3 4 9 7 - * -• - - 5 13 15 27 90 97 117 126 109 95 52 32 82 65 52 21 8- - - - - - 5 8 49 41 25 37 35 17 5 14 28 17 10 10 4- - - - 5 13 10 19 41 S6 92 89 74 78 47 18 54 48 42 11 4

8 19 22 12 25 12 5 32 36 31 7 2

3 11 10 5 1 8 10 13 10 5 510 10 2 • 2 5 8 - 1 1

3 1 * 3 1 6 5 5 10 4 4

. . . . - - 6 5 11 20 31 30 38 54 27 15 31 29 32 6 3- - - - - 5 5 5 11 9 15 9 11 2 8 10 - 1 • 3- - - 1 - 6 9 22 15 29 43 25 7 21 29 31 6 .

1 4 2 1 10 20 26 3 -- - - - 4 12 - 15 46 50 44 53 32 23 16 6 31 22 4 10- - - - - - 2 18 21 6 11 7 1 3 1 4 9 3 9- - - “ 4 12 13 28 29 38 42 25 22 13 5 27 13 1 1

7 6 14 7 3 21 13 * 1 *

ALL WORKERS

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS.CLASS B ----------------------------------------------

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

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

PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -----------------

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

CLERKS, F IL E , CLASS B -----------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------

CLERKS, F IL E , CLASS C -----------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------

CLERKS, OR0ER -----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------

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


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

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

MESSENGERS ------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------

PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------- ------

SECR ETARIES---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------


SECRETARIES. CLASS A ---------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------

SECRETARIES. CLASS B ---------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------


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

PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ----------------


Weekly earnings 1 (standard)'

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

Averageweekly

s s S S S S S S S S S t $ 4 S S S S S S SNumber 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 i a o 130 1*0 I S O 16o 170 18o 190 200 220 2 *0 260 28oworkeis Ho u r 1

(standard] Mean * Median * Middle range* andund er - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and

85 9Q 95 100 105 l i p 115 120 130 1*0 15Q 160 170 180 190 200 220 240 260 2B0 o v e r

$ $ $ $33 27 32 10219 3 9 .5 1 5 2 .0 0 1 * 7 .5 0 1 3 1 .0 0 -1 6 2 .5 0 - - - - 1 1 9 7 39 29 13 8 3 1 6 - -

77 3 9 .5 1 5 6 .0 0 1 * 2 .5 0 1 2 4 .0 0 -1 7 5 .0 0 - - - - - - - 1 26 9 10 1 9 3 - 3 9 “ 6 - -1*2 * 0 .0 1 * 9 .5 0 1 5 0 .0 0 1 3 9 .5 0 -1 6 0 .0 0 - * * 1 1 9 6 7 18 29 31 20 10 8 * 1 1 * * •

156 * 0 .0 1 * 2 .5 0 1 * 0 .0 0 1 2 1 .0 0 -1 5 7 .0 0 • - - 2 • 3 _ 26 23 22 25 19 19 5 3 7 1 1 , - -

30 * 1 .0 1 3 9 .0 0 1 3 2 .0 0 1 2 8 .5 0 - 1 5 * .5 0 - - - • - - - 2 6 11 2 3 5 1 - - - • - - -126 * 0 .0 1 * 3 .0 0 1 * 1 .0 0 1 2 0 .0 0 -1 5 7 .0 0 - - - 2 - 3 - 24 17 11 23 16 1* * 3 7 1 1 - - -

30 * 0 .0 1 6 1 .0 0 1 5 5 .0 0 1 * 0 .0 0 - 1 9 9 .5 0 - - * 2 - * * * 4 1 6 * 1 - 3 7 1 1 * * •

1*7 3 9 .5 1 9 1 .5 0 1 9 1 .5 0 1 5 5 .0 0 -2 3 6 .5 0 . • _ - 5 4 16 5 21 8 2 7 16 8 31 23 1 .

102 3 9 .5 1 9 6 .5 0 2 3 * .5 0 1 5 5 .0 0 -2 3 9 .5 0 4 12 * 19 8 1 2 - - 29 22 1

79 3 9 .5 1 2 2 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 9 0 .0 0 - 1 * 2 .5 0 9 4 19 7 4 2 2 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 • 1 8 - • •71 3 9 .5 1 2 1 .0 0 9 6 .5 0 9 0 .0 0 - 1 3 7 .0 0 9 4 19 7 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 - - 1 8 * - -

206 3 9 .5 1 2 3 .0 0 1 2 3 .0 0 1 0 5 .5 0 -1 3 7 .0 0 5 _ 18 2 23 24 16 8 39 22 31 7 3 3 2 • • 1 1 1 _

50 3 9 .5 1 2 3 .5 0 1 2 3 .0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 -1 2 8 .5 0 - - 5 - 2 - 14 1 17 3 2 3 1 - 1 - - 1 - - -156 * 0 .0 1 2 3 .0 0 1 2 * .5 0 1 0 3 .5 0 -1 * 0 .0 0 5 13 2 21 24 2 7 22 19 29 * 2 3 1 * * ” 1 1 •

1*0 3 8 .5 1 3 3 .5 0 1 3 2 .5 0 1 2 1 .0 0 - 1 * * .0 0 13 2 5 7 35 35 20 15 2 4 1 1 _

138 3 8 .5 1 3 2 .5 0 1 3 2 .5 0 1 2 1 .0 0 -1 * 3 .0 0 - - - 13 - 2 5 7 35 35 20 15 2 4 - - - - - -

269 3 9 .0 1 2 7 .5 0 1 2 * .0 0 l l O . 0 0 - 1 3 5 .0 0 - 1 15 7 11 43 11 31 44 53 1* 8 9 10 3 2 _ 6 1 • .25 * 1 .0 1 3 * .5 0 1 2 2 .0 0 1 0 8 .0 0 -1 3 5 .0 0 - - - - * 3 2 1 4 5 - - 2 1 • 2 - - 1 • -

2 * * 3 9 .0 1 2 7 .0 0 1 2 * .0 0 l l O . 0 0 - 1 3 5 .0 0 - 1 15 7 7 40 9 30 *0 *8 1* 8 7 9 3 - - 6 * - -

279 3 9 .5 1 1 6 .0 0 1 0 7 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 -1 2 6 .5 0 * 13 36 16 41 46 19 6 35 19 11 10 11 5 7 - . . - • •256 3 9 .5 1 1 * .5 0 1 0 5 .5 0 9 9 .0 0 - 1 2 6 .5 0 4 13 36 15 41 *5 13 1 34 19 11 7 5 5 7

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

ALL WORKERS—CONTINUED

'SECRETARIES - CONTINUED

SECRETARIES. CLASS 0 -------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

STENOGRAPHERS. GENERAL -------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------------

STENOGRAPHERS. SENIOR ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTS-MANUF ACTURING--------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

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

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

TYPISTS. CLASS A --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

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

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


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

ofworkers

Averageweeklyhours1

(standard)


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

Mean 2 Median 2 Middle range2U nder S130

$130and

under

140

S140

150

s150

160

I160

170

i170

180

S180

190

S190

200

S200

210

S210

220

S220

230

s230

240

S240

250

S250

260

$260

270

S270

280

%280

290

$290

300

s300

320

1 --------320

340

1 -------3<»0

and

o v e r

ALL WORKERS$ $ $ $

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS A --------------- 53 3 9 .5 2 2 2 .0 0 '2 2 8 .5 0 1 8 2 .0 0 -2 5 8 .0 0 - - - 1 2 8 5 3 2 4 3 3 8 1 7 4 1 - 1 • -NONMANUFACTURING-------------------------------- A3 3 9 .5 2 1 5 .5 0 2 1 3 .0 0 1 7 9 .0 0 -2 4 0 .5 0 - - 1 2 8 4 3 1 4 2 3 8 1 - 4 1 - 1 - -

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS B ------------------- 129 3 9 .5 1 8 3 .5 0 1 6 7 .0 0 1 5 0 .5 0 -2 0 2 .0 0 10 2 17 18 25 6 12 6 7 3 2 1 _ 1 19NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------- -------------------- 105 3 9 .5 1 8 8 .0 0 1 6 7 .0 0 1 5 1 .5 0 -2 0 5 .5 0 10 - 9 15 22 5 10 5 5 1 2 1 - 1 . - 19 - - • -

PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ------------------------------------ 36 4 0 .0 2 3 7 .0 0 2 8 2 .5 0 1 8 8 .5 0 -2 8 2 .5 0 - - - 5 1 2 1 3 2 - 1 1 - 1 - - 19 - - - -

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS C ------------------- 81 3 9 .0 1 6 7 .5 0 1 5 8 .5 0 1 3 1 .0 0 -1 6 5 .5 0 *14 17 12 21 _ 2 . . • 15 -NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------- 64 3 9 .0 1 6 8 .5 0 1 5 0 .0 0 1 3 0 .5 0 -1 8 2 .0 0 14 17 - 10 6 - 2 - - - - - - 15 - - ' - - -

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS,BUSINESS, CLASS A ----------------------------------- 101 3 9 .0 2 6 1 .0 0 2 5 7 .5 0 2 2 5 .5 0 -2 7 6 .0 0 • • - - - - • 4 4 - 21 5 3 19 10 12 4 5 1 9 4

NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------- 68 3 8 .5 2 6 0 * 5 0 2 5 3 .0 0 2 2 3 . 0 0 - 2 9 5 . SO - - - - - - - 4 4 - 21 3 1 3 6 4 3 5 1 9 4

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS,BUSINESS, CLASS B ----------------------------------- 270 3 9 .5 2 5 0 .5 0 2 5 3 .0 0 2 1 5 .0 0 -2 8 3 .0 0 - - - 4 2 2 8 30 3 30 13 23 16 21 14 8 40 8 36 9 3

NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------- 2 47 3 9 .5 2 5 1 .5 0 2 5 3 .0 0 2 1 4 .0 0 -2 8 3 .0 0 - - - 4 2 2 8 30 3 20 13 23 12 17 12 7 39 7 36 9 3

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,BUSINESS, CLASS B ----------------------------------- 60 3 9 .5 2 7 1 .0 0 2 8 3 .0 0 2 5 5 .0 0 -2 9 2 .0 0 - - - - - - 2 3 - 2 3 1 3 6 5 4 12 8 8 3 •

NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------- 53 3 9 .5 2 6 9 .0 0 2 7 8 .5 0 2 5 5 .5 0 -2 9 1 .0 0 - - - - - 2 3 - 2 3 2 6 5 4 11 7 7 1 -

DRAFTERS, CLASS A ------------------------------------- 154 4 0 .0 2 3 6 .5 0 2 3 1 .0 0 2 1 5 .0 0 -2 5 7 .5 0 . - . 1 1 5 5 9 13 17 15 28 19 15 2 7 4 6 4 3NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------- 132 4 0 .0 2 3 9 .5 0 2 3 1 .5 0 2 1 5 .0 0 -2 5 9 .0 0 - - - - - 4 4 8 12 14 14 23 12 15 - 2 7 4 6 4 3

DRAFTERS, CLASS B ------------------------------------- 190 4 0 .0 1 9 2 .5 0 1 8 6 .0 0 1 6 9 .5 0 -2 0 8 .0 0 - 6 5 9 28 31 22 19 26 7 8 3 15 9 1 1MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------- 28 4 0 .0 1 9 7 .5 0 1 9 3 .5 0 1 7 4 .0 0 -2 2 5 .0 0 - 2 1 1 - 5 4 4 - 3 1 2 4 1 • • - - -NONMANUFACTURING------------------------ -------- 162 4 0 .0 1 9 1 .5 0 1 8 5 .0 0 1 6 9 .0 0 -2 0 8 .0 0 4 4 8 28 26 18 15 26 4 7 1 11 8 - - - 1 1 - -

101 1 7 0 .5 0 1*A AA 17** ro

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS -------- — ----------- 85 4 0 .0 2 5 9 .0 0 2 6 2 .0 0 2 3 0 .0 0 -2 9 8 .5 0 - - i - 1 1 3 6 3 2 4 1 - 17 11 2 6 25 - 2 -

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS, CLASS A - 48 4 0 .0 2 7 7 .0 0 2 9 8 .5 0 2 6 2 .0 0 -2 9 8 .5 0 * • * * " • 1 * 2 4 1 - - 11 2 - 25 - 2 -

* W o rk e rs w e re d is tr ib u te d as fo l lo w s : 1 at $110 to $120; and 13 at $120 to $130.

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


Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex,in Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, October 1975

Numberof

woiken

Average__________________

Average(mean1)

Average(mean1)

S ex . o ccu p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n Weekly hour* *

(standard)

Weeklyearnings1(standard)

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

ofwoiken

Weekly hours1

(standard)

Weeklyearnings1(standard)

Sex, o ccu p a tio n , and in du a try d iv is io nNumber

of Weekly hours 1

(standard)


OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - MEN

CLERKS. ACCOUNTING. CLASS A l37 2 0 7 .5 0

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN— CONTINUED

1 7 0 .0 0

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS - MEN

4334

$4 0 . J

. .* 0 * 0 1 6 6 .5 0

207 907932

39 #5 1 9 5 .0 0161 01

CUHrU1tH U rtK A 1UKby v LAj j U

367 0 94 6 :6 1 6 2 .0 0 4 0 .0

42 .. _ _ _ n 7054

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

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN -.rv r- 1 8 2 .5 01 6 3 .0 0

btvK L 1 AK I t b 1 LLAb j t)COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS.

98. ̂ ^

CLASS 0 ma43 1 2 1 .0 0 ̂«

-M «4 2 4

89335

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

LLtK rby 1 IN v f vLAbb ^ j y . d

NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------- 3 9 : ? COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS,55

no •" . -7 0*0

450 3 9 ^ 1 3 1 .5 0 ___ _ _. . _ _ ^ 7 7 * 5 2«. 1 .0 0

22539 03 9 .0 1 1 6 .0 0 125

294 0 .6 1 4 2 .5 0 DRAFTERS* c l a s s b

27137 3 9 .0 9 6 .0 0CLtKKby r I L t t LLAbb V/ “ '*** , / - r- 1 9 0 .0 0

1 9 4 .5 03 9 .0

9839 • 3 3 9 .5 96 . . .

LL LKr\ b f UKULK63

7 0 0 4 6 :6 1 5 1 .5 0 75 r- 85ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS A - 4 0 .0 2 7 7 .0 0^ r- 1 2 3 .0 01 2 3 .0 01 2 3 .0 0

4 0 .049

321 - -

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL39 0TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATORS,

140 30'■*40

1 3 3 * 5Cl>tTr UNtn Ur tKA 1 UKby ULAbb O

47193

-.rv r-3 9 :5 1 3 2 .0 0 r.

1 2 7 .5 0_

90 0( .4 4J *0

1 1 6 .0 0'*'’ 9 '"O

3 9 .5

N O T E : E a rn in g s data in ta ble A -3 re la te on ly to w o rk e r s w h ose se x id e n tif ica tio n w as p ro v id e d b y the e s ta b lish m en t,to a ll w o r k e r s in an o ccu p a tio n . (See a ppen dix A fo r p u b lica tion c r i t e r ia .)

E a rn in gs data in ta b le s A - l and A - 2 , on the o th e r hand, re la te

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


Hourly earnings3 N u m ber o f w o rk e r s re c e iv in g s tr a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly ea rn in gs o f---

S $ $ S s * S % % s % i S $ $ s $ 4 % ------- ~s------- 1 ------O ccu pa tion and in du stry d iv is io n oi 2 .8 0 3 *00 3 .2 0 3 .4 0 3 .6 0 3 . 80 4 .0 0 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 4 . 60 4 .8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 .4 0 5 .6 0 6 .0 0 6 .4 0 6 .8 0 7 .2 0 7 .6 0 8 .0 0 8 .4 0 8 .8 0

workers Mean2 Median2 Middle range 2 and ,under

3 .0 0 J .2 0 3 .4 0 1 .6 0 3 .8 0 00 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 4 .6 0 4 . 80 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 .4 0 5 ,6 ? 6 .0 0 6 .4 0 6 .8 0 7 t ?Q 7 ,6 0 8 .0 0 8 .4 0 8 .8 0 o v e r

ALL WORKERS$ $ $ $

CARPENTERS. MAINTENANCE ------------------------ 55 6 .4 6 6 .1 9 5 .6 8 - 7 .1 6 - - - 1 - 2 4 1 2 1 - 1 1 1 9 10 4 4 1 4 2 1 *6NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------- 32 6 .7 0 6 .2 1 4 .7 2 - 8 .3 6 • “ 1 1 3 1 2 1 * * * 1 1 8 - - - 4 2 1 6

ELECTRICIANS. MAINTENANCE ------------------- 113 6 .5 7 6 .2 9 5 .8 9 - 7 .0 9 • - • - - - - 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 32 11 19 14 7 3 4 8MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------- 85 6 .2 6 6 .0 6 5 .8 1 - 6 .8 9 1 3 4 2 1 31 7 12 14 7 3 - - •NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------- 28 7 .5 3 6 .6 1 6 .2 9 - 9 .4 f l * “ * “ - 1 “ 1 1 * - 1 1 4 7 - - - 4 - ** 8

ENGINEERS. STATIONARY ---------------------------- 181 5 .3 3 5 .1 7 4 .5 0 “ 6 .5 o - - 3 4 10 1 4 18 11 8 6 27 6 32 - 4 24 17 6 .MANUFACTURING — - — ------------------------— 85 5 .5 9 5 .1 7 5 .1 7 - 6 .9 9 - - - - - 1 2 15 1 - - 24 - 16 - - 4 17 5 - - - .NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------- 96 5 .1 0 5 .1 3 4 . 4 3 - 6 .0 3 “ * 3 4 10 * 2 3 10 8 6 3 6 16 - 4 20 - 1 - * “ -

HELPERS. MAINTENANCE TRADES --------------- 65 4 .9 7 5 .0 5 4 .7 1 - 5 . So • - 2 2 1 - 8 1 . 4 - 21 3 21 2 _

NONMANUFACTURING — --------------------------- 34 5 .1 0 5 .5 0 4 . 0 7 - 5 .5 o * - 1 - 8 1 - 1 - 21 - “ 2 - - - - - -

MACHINISTS. MAINTENANCE ------------------------ 91 6 .1 6 5 .9 3 5 . 5 2 - 7 .0 9 . _ . • _ - • - - 2 - 5 2 28 18 6 21 4 528 21MANUr At* 1 UK 1 NO 0 .1 J * ^ C 10

MECHANICS. AUTOMOTIVE(MAINTENANCE) -------------------------------------------- 308 6 .3 6 6 .8 5 5 . 2 8 - 7 .3 fl - - - 1 2 5 4 9 - 10 75 12 8 6 14 62 99 1 - • -

MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------- 45 5 .6 6 5 .7 4 5 .0 0 - 6 .0 3 - - - - - - - 4 4 1 - 6 - 6 8 6 4 3 3 - - • •NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------- 263 6 .4 8 7 .0 8 5 .2 8 - 7 .3 8 - - - - 1 - 2 1 - 8 - 4 75 6 - - 10 59 96 1 - - .

PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------------- 2 53 6 .4 6 7 .0 8 5 . 2 8 - 7 .3 8 * * * * 1 * 2 1 ~ 8 * 4 75 6 - - 10 49 96 1 - -

MECHANICS. MAINTENANCE -------------------------- 392 5 .5 3 5 .1 7 4 .5 9 - 6 .4 2 . - . - - - - 6 i n 19 36 30 1 66 8 8 21 53 33MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------- 373 5 .4 4 5 .0 4 4 .5 6 - 6 .0 4 * * * * • * 6 i n 19 36 30 1 66 8 8 21 42 25 * - “ -

PAINTERS. MAINTENANCE ---------------------------- 30 5 .6 4 5 .9 3 4 . 8 3 - 6 .9 9 2 - 1 - 1 1 - - - 1 7 1 - “ 2 2 1

8

10 - - 1 -

H 1 r t r i l l tK j t MmIN 1 LNAPJLL "

* W o r k e r s w e r e at $9 .6 0 to $10 .** W o r k e r s w e r e d is tr ib u te d as fo l lo w s : 2 at $9.20 to $ 9 .60 ; and 6 at $10 .40 to $ 10 .80 .

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


O ccupation and in du stry d iv is io n

ALL WORKERS

GUARDS AND WATCHMENSMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------

JANITORS* PORTERS* AND CLEANERS ------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ----------------------------

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

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

PACKERS* SHIPPING -------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------— --------NONMANUFACTURING --------- -------- -------------

RECEIVING CLERKS ---------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING------------ -----------— —

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

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

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


TRUCKORIVERS, LIGHT (UNDER1 - 1 /2 TONS) --------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING - — -----— — ------------

TRUCKORIVERS, MEDIUM ( 1 - 1 / 2 TOAND INCLUDING A TONS) ---------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------


TRUCKORIVERS, HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS,TRAILER TYPE) ---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------


TRUCKORIVERS, HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS, OTHER THAN TRAILER TYPE) ---------------

TRUCKERS, POWER (FORKLIFT) -----------------MANUFACTURING------— -------- ------ — - —NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

WAREHOUSEMEN ------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------

Hourly earnings3 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 h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f —$ £ £ I s $ £ S $ S S $ S i $ S S 1 r £ 1 --------1 -------- $

of 2 .0 0 2 .2 0 2 .4 C 2 .6 0 2 .8 0 3 . 00 3 . 20 3 . 40 3 .6 0 3 . 80 4 . 00 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 4 .6 0 4 .8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 .4 0 5 . 60 6 .0 0 6 .4 0 6 .8 0 7 .2 0workers Mean 2 Median2 Middle range 2 an d

u n d e r

2 .2 Q 2 .4 0 2 .6 0 2 .8 0 3 ,0 0 3 . 20 3 t 40 3 . 60 3 .8 0 00 4 . 20 4 40 4 .6 0 4 .8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 ,4 fl 5 .6 0 6 , Oft 6 .4 0 6 .8 0 7 .2 0 7 .6 0

$ $ $ $46 4 .1 3 3 .9 3 3 .4 6 - 5 .5 7 6 2 1 1 ~ 6 5 2 8 1 “ “ - - “ 3 3 8 * -

2 ,1 2 5 2 .7 6 2 .3 5 2 . 2 0 - 2 .9 7 514 621 234 91 206 69 44 44 23 11 30 41 11 23 36 47 56 2 16 6 - - -240 4 .0 3 4 .1 9 3 .0 7 - 4 .8 7 - 17 10 3 8 28 13 10 13 8 10 39 1 18 17 16 7 - 16 6 - - -

1 ,8 8 5 2 .5 9 2 .2 5 2 . 1 5 - 2 .7 5 514 6 04 224 88 198 41 31 34 10 3 20 2 10 5 19 31 49 2 • - - - -157 4 .3 5 4 .1 8 3 .5 1 - 5 .2 6 - - - - - 15 9 24 10 1 20 * 1 4 19 3 49 2 - - - - -

662 4 .5 2 4 .5 1 4 . 0 0 - 4 .9 5 . 6 11 15 7 25 47 42 6 4 76 60 88 95 15 32 9 42 2 33 8 39 -<♦49 4 .5 4 4 .5 7 4 . 1 4 - 4 .7 6 - - - - - 12 11 31 - - 74 51 64 94 15 31 5 41 1 19 - - -213 4 .4 6 3 .8 0 3 .2 0 - 6 .2 3 - 6 11 15 7 13 36 11 6 4 2 9 24 1 - 1 4 1 1 14 8 39 -

372 4 .7 3 4 .5 7 3 .7 7 - 5 .5 8 - - 2 3 - _ 34 - 72 3 12 13 49 5 3 6 19 3 16 62 16 9112 5 .1 5 4 .7 5 4 . 6 8 - 5 .4 6 5 53 3 17 1 8 - 16 6 3 -260 4 .5 5 4 .2 6 3 .6 0 - 5 .5 8 - “ 2 3 - 34 - 72 3 12 13 44 - 3 2 2 8 - 46 10 6 -

243 4 .2 2 3 .8 5 2 . 9 5 - 5 .2 5 11 3 25 10 12 1 8 19 24 12 - 1 . 1 _ 44 22 7 43 _ _161 4 .3 5 5 .0 5 2 .7 5 - 5 .6 2 11 2 24 4 12 1 - - - 12 - - - 1 - 44 - 7 43 - - - -

82 3 .9 7 3 .7 7 3 .5 5 - 5 .2 5 - 1 1 6 “ * 8 19 24 ~ 1 - - - 22 - - - - - -

72 4 .6 9 4 .7 2 3 .6 9 - 5 .4 6 - - . 1 1 3 4 7 7 - 2 6 4 7 _ 3 5 8 1 12 156 4 .6 0 4 .3 5 3 .5 4 - 5 .4 6 - - 1 1 3 3 7 7 2 6 1 6 - - - 6 - 12 1 - -

89 4 .1 3 3 .8 8 3 .5 0 - 4 .5 6 - - 5 _ 1 12 - 13 12 4 1 6 13 7 1 2 1 2 5 1 3 .66 4 .1 2 3 .6 3 3 .1 5 - 4 . 5 0 5 1 12 - 12 6 * 1 2 12 - 1 2 1 2 - 5 1 3 -

91 5 .0 1 6 .0 1 3 .5 6 - 6 .2 8 - _ - 13 . 2 7 1 9 . 2 4 • 1 1 - 4 31 12 4 •29 4 .6 3 4 .2 2 3 .6 5 - 5 .5 ? - - - - - 1 1 1 8 2 4 - - 1 - - 4 _ 7 - - •62 5 .1 9 6 .2 8 3 .2 5 - 6 .4 ? * * - 13 - 1 6 - 1 * - “ - 1 - - - - - 24 12 4 -

1 ,4 4 7 5 .7 3 6 .4 0 4 .9 8 - 7 .1 1 - 18 40 10 _ 23 37 5 49 8 24 40 29 19 100 53 49 138 26 25 363 364 27435 5 .0 5 5 .0 2 4 .6 0 - 5 .4 7 - - - - - 1 - - 5 6 22 37 27 15 76 53 48 120 - 25 - - -

1 ,0 1 2 6 .0 2 6 .5 5 5 . 8 9 - 7 .1 1 - 18 40 10 - 22 37 5 44 2 2 3 2 24 - 1 18 26 - 363 364 27411 7 .0 4 7 .1 1 7 .1 1 - 7 .1 1 4 “ * 16 * * 364 27

169 3 .4 6 3 .2 3 2 .4 5 - 3 .7 7 18 40 10 _ 11 27 44 _ _ 1 . 18168 3 .4 6 3 .2 3 2 .4 5 - 3 .7 7 18 40 10 “ 11 27 • 44 18

436 5 .8 9 6 .4 0 4 . 9 4 - 7 .1 1 _ 12 10 5 4 2 20 23 12 1 25 1 31 19 16 _ 112 14391 4 .6 1 4 .5 0 4 .1 3 - 5 .2 9 - - - - - 1 - - 4 - 18 21 10 5 1 30 1 - - - - -

345 6 .2 2 6 .4 0 5 . 6 8 - 7 .1 1 - - - - - 11 10 5 2 2 2 2 1 20 - 1 18 16 - 112 143 -163 6 .9 2 7 .1 1 7 .1 1 - 7 .1 1 4 * * 16 “ 1 4 } “

613 6 .3 3 6 .5 5 6 .3 4 - 7 .1 1 1 6 2 10 3 18 74 19 7 3 10 3 227 203 27138 4 .8 8 4 .9 8 4 .6 0 - 4 .9 8 - - - - - - - - 1 6 2 9 3 15 70 19 7 3 3 - - -475 6 .7 5 6 .5 5 6 .4 5 - 7 .1 1 1 - 3 4 - - - 10 - 227 2 03 27230 7 .1 2 7 .1 1 7 .1 1 - 7 .1 1 2 03 27

227 5 .5 1 5 .4 7 5 .2 7 - 5 .4 7 6 14 - 1 33 11 116 - 22 24 - -

534 5 .3 5 5 .7 4 4 . 5 7 - 6 .1 8 - - 2 - - 5 7 10 30 6 1 51 22 80 3 25 11 4 18 193 66343 5 .0 9 4 .7 1 4 . 3 2 - 6 .1 4 - - - - 2 10 30 6 1 47 22 68 1 25 10 2 1 60 68 - -191 5 .8 1 6 .1 8 5 . 8 1 - 6 .1 8 “ 2 - 5 5 “ * * 4 ” 12 2 - 1 2 17 133 8 - -

637 5 .9 0 6 .1 3 6 . 1 3 - 6 .1 3 - - 1 - _ 1 3 5 6 3 18 5 6 8 25 13 26 517 _124 4 .9 4 5 .0 5 4 . 1 6 - 5 .6 2 * * “ * 2 5 6 3 17 5 6 8 - 25 - 13 26 8 * - -


Table A-6. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, powerplant, custodial, and material movement workers, by sex, in Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, October 1975

Sex, occupation, and industry divisionNumber

ofworkers

Average (mean2 )

earnings3Sex, occupation, and industry division

Numberof

workers

Average (m ean2 )

hourly earnings3

MA IN TE NA NC E AND POWERPLANT O C CU PA TI ON S - MEN

5532

11385

$6.46

C U ST OD IA L AND M A TE RI AL M O VE ME NT OC C U P A T I O N S - M E N — C O NT IN UE D

$

6.57 4* 14

7. j.3

181 _ _ _t l r v i r i L t K o t j 1 fl 1 iU W ^K T * * * *

96 silo 1.4195.05

6531

4.974.83

1 list. I L 1' 1 W A 1, 1 1 M M 1. *.

TR UC KD RI VE RS . LI GH T (UNDER3.46

89 6. 1J

MECHAN IC S. AU TO MO TI VE30542

263

TR UC KD RI VE RS . ME DI UM (1-1/2 TO

6.48 6.20

TR UC KD RI VE RS . HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS,

155

362 5.44 w -n -.

30 5.64 6.757.12

r A l r i l w K i f n ^ l l . 1PU BL IC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------------------- 229

TR UC KD RI VE RS * HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS*

C U ST OD IA L AND MATE RI AL MOVEMENT O C CU PA TI ON S - MEN

JANITORS. PORTERS. AND CL EANERS -------- 1.598W A R E H O U S E M E N ------------------------------ — — 629 5.92

4. 96

OC C U P A T I O N S - WOMEN

506 2.68JANITORS, PORTERS. AND C L EA NE RS --------4.53

85^*79

PA CKERS, SH IP P I N G ----------------------------------------------- 108 4. 15

^*50

N O T E : E arn ings data in ta b le A - 6 re la te o n ly to w o rk e r s w h ose se x id e n tif ica tio n w as p ro v id e d by the e s ta b lish m en t. E arn ings data in ta b le s A -4 and A -5 , on the o th e r hand, re la te to a ll w o rk e r s in an occu p a tio n . (S ee appendix A fo r pu blica tion c r it e r ia .)


Table A-7. Percent increases in average hourly earnings for selected occupational groups,adjusted for employment shifts, in Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, for selected periods

Industry and o ccu p a tio n a l group

S ep tem b er 1972 to

S ep tem b er 1973

S eptem ber 1973 to O cto b e r 1974 O cto b e r 1974 to

O cto b e r 197513-m onth in cre a se

Annual ra te o f in c r e a s e

A ll in d u s tr ie s :O ffic e c l e r i c a l (m en and w o m e n )__________________ 6.2 10.4 9.6 8 .8E le c t ro n ic data p r o c e s s in g (m en and w o m e n ) ------ * 9.9 9.1 9.6In d u s tr ia l n u r s e s (m en and w o m e n )________________ ** ** ** **S k illed m a in ten a n ce tra d e s (m e n )________________ _ 6 .4 12.6 11.6 9.1U n sk illed plant w o rk e r s (m e n )______________________ 5.6 7.5 6.9 9.6

M a n u fa ctu r in g :O ffic e c l e r i c a l (m en and w o m e n )___________________ ** ** **E le c t ro n ic data p r o c e s s in g (m en and w o m e n )____ * ** ** * *In d u stria l n u rse s (m en and w o m e n )________________ ** ** ** **S k illed m a in ten a n ce tra d e s (m e n )___________________ 7 .0 10.8 9.9 10.0U n sk illed plant w o rk e r s (m e n )______________________ 6 .9 8.3 7.6 8 .8

N on m a n u factu rin g :O ff ic e c l e r i c a l (m en and w o m e n )__________________ 6 .0 10.4 9.6 8.6E le c t ro n ic data p r o c e s s in g (m en and w o m e n )____ ♦ 10.7 9.8 9.4In d u s tr ia l n u r se s (m en and w o m e n )________________ ** ** ** **S k illed m ain ten an ce t ra d e s (m e n )---------------------------- ’S'* ** ** **U n sk illed plant w o rk e r s (m e n )______________________ 4 .9 6.9 6.4 10.0

* Data not a va ila b le .** Data do not m e e t p u b lica tion c r i t e r ia .

N O T E : The p e rce n t in c r e a s e s p re se n te d in th is ta b le are b a s e d on changes in a vera g eh o u r ly e a rn in gs f o r e s ta b lish m e n ts re p o rtin g the tre n d jo b s in both the cu rre n t and p re v io u s y e a r (m a tch ed e s ta b lis h m e n ts ). T h ey a re not a ffe c te d by ch an ges in a verag e e a rn in gs resu ltin g fr o m em ploy m en t sh ifts am ong e sta b lish m e n ts o r tu rn o v e r o f esta b lish m e n ts in clu d ed in su rv e y sa m p le s . T he p e r ce n t in c r e a s e s , h o w e v e r , a re s t i ll a ffe c te d by fa c t o r s oth er than w age in c r e a s e s . H ir in g s , la y o f fs , and tu rn o v e r m ay a ffe c t an e s ta b lish m en t a verag e f o r an occu p a tio n w hen w o rk e r s a re pa id under plans p rov id in g a range o f w age ra te s fo r in d iv idu a l j o b s . In p e r io d s o f in c r e a s e d h ir in g , f o r e x a m p le , new e m p lo y e e s e n ter at the b o tto m o f th e -ra n g e , d e p re s s in g the a vera g e w ithout a change in w age ra te s .

T h e se w age tren d s a re not linked to the w age indexes p r e v io u s ly pu blished fo r th is a re a b e ca u se the w age in dexes m e a su re d ch an ges in a re a a v e r a g e s , w h erea s th ese w age tren d s m e a su re ch a n g es in m a tch ed esta b lish m e n t a v e r a g e s . O ther c h a r a c te r is t ic s o f th ese w age tren d s w h ich d i f fe r fr o m the d iscon tin u ed in dex es in clu de (1) ea rn in gs data o f o f f ic e c l e r i c a l w o rk e r s and in d u str ia l n u rse s a re co n v e r te d to an hou rly b a s is , (2) tren d e st im a te s a re p ro v id e d fo r n onm anufacturing e s ta b lis h m e n ts , w here p o s s ib le , and (3) trend e st im a te s a re p ro v id e d fo r e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g jo b s .

F o r a m o r e d eta ile d d e s cr ip t io n o f the m eth od u sed to com pute th e se w age tre n d s , see "Im p ro v in g A r e a W age S u rvey I n d e x e s ," M onthly L a b o r R e v ie w , January 1973, pp. 5 2 -5 7 .

Footnotes

1 Standard h ou rs re f le c t the w ork w eek fo r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e t h e ir r e g u la r s tr a ig h t -t im e s a la r ie s (e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e rtim e at re g u la r a n d /o r p r e m iu m r a te s ) , and the ea rn in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th ese w eek ly h ou rs .

2 The m ean is com p u ted fo r ea ch jo b b y tota lin g the ea rn in gs o f a ll w o rk e r s and d iv id ing by the n u m b er o f w o rk e r s . The m edian d es ig n a te s p o s it io n — h a lf o f the e m p lo y e e s s u r v e y e d r e c e iv e m o r e and h a lf r e c e iv e le s s than the ra te show n. The m id d le range is de fin ed b y 2 ra tes o f pay ; a fourth o f the w o rk e r s ea rn le s s than the lo w e r o f th e se ra te s and a fou rth ea rn m o r e than the h ig h e r ra te .

3 E x clu d e s p re m iu m pay fo r o v e rt im e and f o r w o rk on w eek en d s, h o lid a y s , a n d 'la te sh ifts .


Appendix AA r e a w age and re la te d b e n e fits data a re ob ta ined by p e r so n a l v is it s o f B u reau f ie ld re p r e s e n t

a tiv es at 3 -y e a r in t e r v a l s .1 2 In e a ch o f the in terv en in g y e a r s , in form a tion on e m p loy m en t and o ccu p a t io n a l ea rn in g s is c o l le c t e d b y a com b in a tio n o f p e r so n a l v is i t ; m a il q u e stio n n a ire , and te lep h on e in te rv ie w fr o m e s ta b lis h m e n ts p a rt ic ip a t in g in the p re v io u s su rve y .

In e a ch o f the 8 3 1 a re a s cu r re n t ly su rv e y e d , data a re ob ta ined fr o m re p re se n ta t iv e e s ta b lish m e n ts w ith in s ix b r o a d in d u stry d iv is io n s : M anufacturing ; tra n sp o rta tio n , c o m m u n ica tio n , and oth erp u b lic u t il it ie s ; w h o le s a le tra d e ; r e ta il t r a d e ; fin a n ce , in su ra n ce , and re a l e sta te ; and s e r v ic e s . M a jo r in d u stry g ro u p s e x c lu d e d fr o m th e se s tu d ie s a re g overn m en t o p eration s and the co n s tru c tio n and e x tra c t iv e in d u s tr ie s . E s ta b lish m e n ts having fe w e r than a p r e s c r ib e d n um ber o f w o rk e r s a re o m itted b e c a u s e o f in su ff ic ie n t em p lo y m e n t in th e occu p a tio n s stud ied . S eparate tabu lation s a re p r o v id e d fo r e a ch o f the b ro a d in d u stry d iv is io n s w h ich m e e t pu b lica tion c r it e r ia .

T h e se su rv e y s a re co n d u cte d on a sa m p le b a s is . T he sam pling p r o ce d u re s in v o lv e d e ta iled s tr a t ific a t io n o f a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith in the s c o p e o f an in d iv idu a l a re a su rvey b y in d u stry and n u m b er o f e m p lo y e e s . F r o m th is s t r a t if ie d u n iv e r s e a p ro b a b ility sa m p le is s e le c te d , w ith e a ch e sta b lish m en t havin g a p r e d e te r m in e d ch a n ce o f s e le c t io n . T o obtain optim um a ccu r a c y at m in im u m c o s t , a g re a te r p r o p o r t io n o f la r g e than sm a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts is s e le c te d . When data a re co m b in e d , e a ch e sta b lish m en t i s w e ig h ted a c co r d in g to it s p r o b a b il ity o f s e le c t io n , so that unb iased e st im a te s a re g e n e ra te d . F o r e x a m p le , i f one out o f fo u r e s ta b lis h m e n ts i s s e le c te d , it is g iven a w eight o f fo u r to r e p re se n t it s e l f p lu s th re e o th e rs . An a ltern a te o f the sa m e o r ig in a l p ro b a b ility is ch osen in the sam e in d u s tr y -s iz e c la s s i f ic a t io n i f data a re not a v a ila b le f o r the o r ig in a l sa m ple m e m b e r . If n o su itab le substitu te is a v a ila b le , a d d ition a l w eigh t is a ss ig n e d to a sa m p le m e m b e r that is s im ila r to the m is s in g unit.

O ccu p a tio n s and E a rn in g sO ccu p a tion s s e le c t e d f o r study a re co m m o n to a v a r ie ty o f m anufacturing and nonm anufacturing

in d u s tr ie s , and a re o f the fo l lo w in g ty p e s : (1 ) O ffic e c l e r i c a l ; (2) p r o fe s s io n a l and te ch n ica l; (3 )m a in ten a n ce and p o w e rp la n t; and (4 ) c u s to d ia l and m a te r ia l m ov em en t. O ccu p a tion a l c la s s i f ic a t io n is b a s e d on a u n ifo rm se t o f jo b d e s c r ip t io n s d e s ig n e d to take accoun t o f in te re sta b lish m e n t v a r ia tio n in d u ties w ith in the sa m e jo b . O ccu p a tio n s s e le c te d fo r study a re lis te d and d e s c r ib e d in a ppen dix B . U n less o th e rw ise in d ic a te d , the e a rn in g s data fo llo w in g the jo b t it le s a re fo r a ll in d u str ie s co m b in e d . E a rn in g s data f o r s o m e o f the o cc u p a t io n s l is t e d and d e s c r ib e d , o r fo r som e in d u stry d iv is io n s w ithin o c c u p a t io n s , a re not p r e s e n te d in the A - s e r i e s ta b le s , b e ca u se e ith e r (1 ) em ploym en t in the occu p a tion i s t o o sm a ll t o p r o v id e enough data to m e r i t p re se n ta tio n , o r (2) th e re is p o s s ib ility o f d is c lo s u r e o f in d iv id u a l e s ta b lis h m e n t data. S ep a ra te m e n 's and w o m e n 's ea rn in gs data are not p re se n te d w hen the n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s n ot id e n t if ie d b y se x is 2 0 p e rce n t o r m o r e o f the m en o r w om en id e n tif ie d in an o ccu p a tio n . E a rn in g s data n ot show n s e p a r a te ly fo r in du stry d iv is io n s a re in clu d e d in a ll in d u s tr ie s c o m b in e d data , w h e re show n. L ik e w is e , da ta a re in clu d ed in the o v e r a ll c la s s i f ic a t io n w hen a su b c la s s i f ic a t io n o f e le c t r o n ic s te c h n ic ia n s , s e c r e t a r ie s , o r t ru c k d r iv e rs is not show n o r in fo rm a tio n to su b c la s s i fy is not a v a ila b le .

O ccu p a tio n a l em p lo y m e n t and e a rn in g s data are show n fo r fu l l- t im e w o r k e r s , i . e . , th o se h ire d to w o rk a re g u la r w e e k ly sch e d u le . E a rn in g s data e x clu d e p re m iu m pay fo r o v e r t im e and fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and la te sh ifts . N on prod u ction b on u ses are ex clu d ed , but c o s t -o f - l iv in g a llow a n ces and in ce n tiv e b o n u se s a re in c lu d e d . W e e k ly h o u rs fo r o f f ic e c l e r i c a l and p r o fe s s io n a l and te ch n ica l o cc u p a t io n s r e f e r to the sta n d a rd w o rk w e e k (rou n ded to the n e a re st h a lf h ou r ) fo r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e re g u la r s tr a ig h t -t im e s a la r ie s (e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e rt im e at reg u la r a n d /o r p re m iu m ra te s ) . A v e ra g e w e e k ly e a rn in g s fo r th e se o cc u p a t io n s a re roun ded to the n e a re st h a lf d o lla r .

T h e se s u r v e y s m e a s u re the le v e l o f o ccu p a tio n a l ea rn in gs in an a re a at a p a r t icu la r t im e . C o m p a r is o n s o f in d iv id u a l o c c u p a t io n a l a v e r a g e s o v e r t im e m ay not re f le c t e x p e c te d w age ch a n g es . T he a v e r a g e s f o r in d iv id u a l jo b s a re a ffe c te d b y ch a n ges in w ages and em ploym en t p a tte rn s . F o r e x a m p le , p r o p o r t io n s o f w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d b y h ig h - o r lo w -w a g e f ir m s m ay ch a n g e , o r h ig h -w a g e w o r k e r s m a y advan ce to b e t te r jo b s and b e re p la c e d by new w o rk e r s at lo w e r ra te s . S uch sh ifts in e m p lo y m e n t co u ld d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a t io n a l a v e ra g e even though m o s t esta b lish m e n ts in an a re a in c r e a s e w a g e s d u rin g the y e a r . T re n d s in ea rn in gs o f o ccu p a tio n a l grou p q , show n in ta b le A - 7 , a re b e t te r in d ic a to r s o f w ag e tre n d s than in d iv id u a l jo b s w ithin the grou p s.

1 Peisonal visits were on a 2-year cyc le before July 1972.2 Included in die 83 areas are 13 studies conducted by the Bureau under contract. These areas are Akion, Ohio; Austin, Tex. ; Binghamton,

N. Y . —Pa. ; Birmingham, A la . ; Fort Lauderdale—H ollywood and West Palm Beach—Boca Raton, F la .; Lexington—Fayette, Ky. ; Melbourne—T itu sv ille - C ocoa , F la .; Norfolk—Virginia Beach—Portsmouth and Newport News—Hampton, Va. — N. C . ; Poughkeepsie—Kingston—Newburgh, M Y . ; Raleigh— Durham, N .C .; Syracuse, N .Y . ; Utica—R om e, N. Y . ; and Westchester County, N .Y . In addition, the Bureau conducts more lim ited area studies in approximately 70 areas at the request o f the Employment Standards Administration of the U. S. Department o f Labor.

A v e ra g e e a rn in gs r e f le c t c o m p o s ite , a rea w id e e s t im a te s . In d u s tr ie s and esta b lish m en ts d iffe r in pay le v e l and jo b sta ffin g , and thus con tr ib u te d iffe re n tly to the e s t im a te s fo r ea ch jo b . Pay a v e ra g e s m a y fa il to r e f le c t a ccu r a te ly the w age d iffe re n t ia l am ong jo b s in in div idual esta b lish m en ts .

A v e ra g e pay le v e ls fo r m en and w om en in se le c te d occu p a tio n s should not b e a ssu m ed to r e f le c t d i f fe re n ce s in pay o f the se x e s w ithin in d iv idua l e s ta b lish m e n ts . F a c to r s w h ich m ay contribute t o d i f fe r e n c e s in clu d e p r o g r e s s io n within e s ta b lis h e d ra te ra n g e s , s in ce on ly the ra tes pa id in cum bents a re c o l le c t e d , and p e r fo r m a n c e o f s p e c i f ic du ties w ithin the g e n e ra l su rv e y jo b d e s cr ip t io n s . Job d e s c r ip t io n s u se d to c la s s i fy e m p lo y e e s in th e se su rv e y s u su a lly a re m o r e g e n e ra liz e d than th ose used in in d iv id u a l esta b lish m e n ts and a llow fo r m in o r d i f fe re n ce s am ong e sta b lish m en ts in s p e c if ic du ties p e r fo rm e d .

O ccu p a tio n a l e m p loy m en t e s t im a te s re p re se n t the to ta l in a ll e sta b lish m en ts w ithin the scop e o f the study and not the n u m b er actu a lly su rv e y e d . B e ca u s e o ccu p a tio n a l s tru ctu re s am ong e s ta b lis h m en ts d i f fe r , e s t im a te s o f o ccu p a tio n a l e m p loy m en t ob ta in ed fr o m the sa m p le o f esta b lish m en ts studied s e r v e on ly to in d ica te the re la t iv e im p o rta n ce o f the jo b s stu d ied . T h e se d if fe re n ce s in occu pa tion a l s tru ctu re do not a ffe c t m a te r ia lly the a c cu r a c y o f the e a rn in gs data.W age tre n d s fo r s e le c te d o ccu p a tio n a l g ro u p s

T he p e r ce n ts o f change in ta b le A -7 re la te to w age ch a n g es b etw een the in d ica ted dates. Annual ra te s o f in c r e a s e , w h e re show n , r e f le c t the am ount o f in c r e a s e f o r 12 m onths when the tim e span betw een su rv e y s w as o th er than 12 m on th s. Annual ra te s a re b a s e d on the assum ption that w ages in c r e a s e d at a con stan t ra te betw een su r v e y s .O ccu p a tion s u se d to com p u te w age tre n d s a re :

O ffic e c l e r i c a l (m en and w o m e n ):B o o k k e e p in g -m a ch in e o p e r a to r s ,

c la s s BC le r k s , a ccou n tin g , c la s s e s A and B C le r k s , f i l e , c la s s e s A , B , and C C le r k s , o r d e r C le r k s , p a y ro llK eypunch o p e r a t o r s , c la s s e s A and BM e s se n g e rsS e c r e t a r ie sS te n o g ra p h e rs , g e n e ra l S te n o g ra p h e rs , s e n io r S w itch boa rd o p e r a to r s T a b u la tin g -m a ch in e o p e r a to r s ,

c la s s BT y p is ts , c la s s e s A and B

E le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g (m en and w o m e n ):

C o m p u te r o p e r a t o r s , c la s s e s A , B , and C C o m p u te r p r o g r a m m e r s , c la s s e s A , B ,

and C

E le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g (m en and w om en )— C ontinued

C om p u ter s y s te m s a n a ly sts , c la s s e s A , B , and C

In d u stria l n u r se s (m en and w o m e n ):

N u rse s , in d u s tr ia l (r e g is te re d )S k illed m a in ten a n ce (m e n ):C a rp e n te rs E le c t r ic ia n s M a ch in ists M e ch a n icsM e ch a n ics (a u tom otiv e )P a in te rsP ip e fit te r sT o o l and die m a k e rsU n sk ille d plant (m e n ):J a n ito rs , p o r t e r s , and c le a n e rs L a b o r e r s , m a te r ia l handling

P e rce n t ch a n g es fo r in d iv idu a l a re a s in the p r o g r a m a re co m p u te d as fo l lo w s :1. E a ch occu p a tion is a ss ig n e d a w eight b a s e d on it s p ro p o r t io n a te em ploy m en t in the se le c te d

g ro u p o f o ccu p a tio n s in the b a se y e a r .2. T h e se w e ig h ts a re u se d to com p u te g ro u p a v e r a g e s . E a ch o ccu p a t io n 's average (m ean)

e a rn in gs is m u ltip lie d by its w eigh t. T he p ro d u c ts a re to ta le d to obtain a g rou p averag e .3. T he ra tio o f g ro u p a v e ra g e s fo r 2 c o n s e cu t iv e y e a r s is co m p u te d by d iv id ing the average

fo r the cu r re n t y e a r by the a v e ra g e fo r the e a r l i e r y e a r . T he re s u lts— e x p r e s s e d as a p e rce n t— le s s 100 is the p e r ce n t change.E s ta b lish m e n t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en tary w age p r o v is io n s

T ab u la tion s on s e le c t e d esta b lish m e n t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en ta ry w age p r o v is io n s (B -s e r ie s ta b le s ) a re not p r e se n te d in th is b u lle tin . In fo rm a tio n fo r these, ta bu la tion s is c o l le c te d at 3 -y e a r in t e r v a l s .1 T h e se ta bu lation s on m in im u m e n tra n ce sa la r ie s f o r in e x p e r ie n ce d o ff ic e w o rk e r s ; sh ift d if fe re n t ia ls ; s ch e d u le d w e e k ly h o u rs and d a y s ; p a id h o lid a y s ; p a id v a c a t io n s ; and h ea lth , in su ra n ce , and p e n s io n p la n s a re p r e se n te d (in the B - s e r i e s t a b le s ) in p r e v io u s b u lle t in s fo r th is area .


Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa,1 October 1975

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A l l d i v i s i o n s ___________________________________ 543 161 94 ,0 81 100 5 6 .8 0 5

M a n u fa ctu r in g ______________________________________ 50 140 56 2 7 ,2 0 7 29 1 8 ,7 9 9N on m a n u fa c tu rin g ________________________________ —

T ra n sp o r ta t io n , co m m u n ica tio n , and“ 403 105 6 6 ,8 7 4 71 3 8 ,0 0 6

o th e r p u b lic u t ilit ie s 5 ________________ __ 50 56 22 17,207 18 1 4 ,3 4 2W h olesa le tra d e 6 _________ __________________ 50 60 13 5 ,7 6 7 06 1, 808R e ta il tra d e 6_____________________________________ 50 145 28 2 2 ,6 1 4 24 10, 827F in a n ce , in su ra n ce , and r e a l esta te b _______ 50 63 16 12 ,3 60 13 7 ,4 8 0S e r v ic e s 6 7 ______ ______________________________ 50 79 26 8 ,9 2 6 10 3 , 549

1 The O m aha Standard M etrop o lita n S ta tis t ica l A r e a , as de fin ed b y the O ff ic e o f M anagem ent and Budget th rou g h F e b r u a r y 1974, c o n s is ts o f D ou g la s and S arpy C o u n tie s , N e b r . ; and P ottaw a tta m ie C ounty , Iow a. The "w o r k e r s w ithin sco p e o f stu d y1'e s t im a t e s show n in th is ta b le p r o v id e a re a so n a b ly a c cu r a te d e s c r ip t io n o f the s iz e and co m p o s it io n o f the la b o r fo r c e in clu d ed in the su rv e y . E s tim a te s a re n ot in ten ded , h o w e v e r , f o r co m p a r is o n w ith oth er e m p loy m en t in d e x e s to m e a s u re e m p loy m en t tre n d s o r le v e ls s in ce (1) planning o f w age su rv e y s r e q u ir e s e s ta b lis h m e n t data co m p ile d c o n s id e ra b ly in advan ce o f the p a y r o l l p e r io d stu d ied , and (2 ) sm a ll e sta b lish m en ts a re ex clu d ed f r o m the s c o p e o f the su rv e y .

2 The 1967 e d ition o f the Standard In d u s tr ia l C la s s if ic a t io n M anual w as u sed in c la s s ify in g esta b lish m e n ts b y in d u stry d iv is io n .3 In clu d es a ll esta b lish m e n ts w ith to ta l e m p loy m en t at o r a b ov e the m in im u m lim ita tion . A l l ou tlets (w ith in the a re a ) o f co m p a n ie s in in d u s tr ie s

such as tra d e , fin a n ce , auto re p a ir s e r v ic e , and m o tio n p ic tu re th e a te rs a re co n s id e re d as 1 e s ta b lish m en t.4 In clu d es a ll w o rk e r s in a ll e s ta b lish m e n ts w ith to ta l e m p loy m en t (w ith in the a rea ) at o r above the m in im u m lim ita tio n .5 A b b re v ia te d to "p u b lic u t i l it ie s " in the A - s e r i e s ta b le s . T a x ica b s and s e r v ic e s in cid en ta l to w ater tra n sp o rta tio n w e re e x c lu d e d . O m a h a 's

g a s , e le c t r i c u t il it ie s , and lo c a l - t r a n s it s y s te m s a re m u n ic ip a lly o p e ra te d and a re ex clu d e d b y defin ition fr o m the sco p e o f the study.6 T h is d iv is io n is re p re se n te d in e s t im a te s fo r " a ll in d u s tr ie s " and "n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g 1* in the A - s e r i e s ta b le s . S ep a ra te p re se n ta tio n o f data

is not m a de fo r one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g re a s o n s : (1 ) E m p loy m en t is too sm a ll to p rov id e enough data to m e r it se p a ra te study, (2) the sa m p le w as not d es ig n e d in it ia lly to p e rm it sep a ra te p re se n ta tio n , (3) re s p o n se w as in su ff ic ie n t o r inadequate to p e rm it se p a ra te p r e se n ta t io n , and (4) th e re is p o s s ib i l i t y o f d is c lo s u r e o f in d iv idu a l esta b lish m e n t data.

7 H ote ls and m o te ls ; la u n d rie s and oth er p e r s o n a l s e r v ic e s ; b u s in e ss s e r v ic e s ; au tom ob ile r e p a ir , ren ta l, and p a rk in g ; m o tio n p ic tu r e s ; n on p ro fit m e m b e r sh ip o rg a n iza tio n s (ex clu d in g r e lig io u s and ch a rita b le o rg a n iz a t io n s ); and e n g in eer in g and a r ch ite c tu r a l s e r v i c e s .


Appendix B. Occupational Descriptions

T he p r im a r y p u rp ose o f p rep a rin g jo b d e s c r ip t io n s fo r the B u re a u 's w age su rv e y s is to a s s is t its f ie ld s ta ff in c la s s i fy in g in to a p p rop r ia te o cc u p a t io n s w o r k e r s w ho a re e m p lo y e d under a v a r ie ty o f p a y r o l l t it le s and d iffe re n t w ork a rra n g e m e n ts fr o m esta b lish m e n t to esta b lish m e n t and fr o m a r e a to a re a . T h is p e rm its the grouping o f o ccu p a tio n a l w age ra te s re p re se n tin g co m p a r a b le jo b con ten t. B e ca u s e o f th is e m p h a sis on in te r e s ta b lis h m e n t and in te r a r e a co m p a r a b il ity o f o ccu p a tio n a l co n ten t, the B u reatr 's jo b d e s c r ip t io n s m ay d i f fe r s ig n ifica n tly fr o m th o se in use in in d iv id u a l e s ta b lish m e n ts o r th ose p re p a re d fo r oth er p u rp o s e s . In applying th e se jo b d e s c r ip t io n s , the B u r e a u 's f ie ld e c o n o m is ts a re in stru cte d to e x c lu d e w ork in g s u p e r v is o r s ; a p p re n tice s ; le a r n e r s ; b e g in n e rs ; t r a in e e s ; and han d ica pp ed , p a r t - t im e , t e m p o r a r y , and p ro b a t io n a ry w o r k e r s .

OFFICE

B IL L E R , M A CH IN E

P r e p a r e s s ta te m e n ts , b i l l s , and in v o ic e s on a m a ch in e o th e r than an o rd in a ry o r e le c t r o m a t ic ty p e w r ite r . M ay a ls o k eep r e c o r d s as to b il lin g s o r sh ipping ch a rg e s o r p e r fo rm oth er c l e r i c a l w ork in c id e n ta l t o b il lin g o p e r a t io n s . F o r w age study p u rp o s e s , b i l le r s , m a ch in e , a re c la s s i f ie d b y type o f m a ch in e , as fo l lo w s :

B i l l e r , m a ch in e (b illin g m a ch in e ). U ses a sp e c ia l b illin g m achin e (com bin ation typ ing and adding m a ch in e ) to p r e p a re b il ls and in v o ic e s fr o m c u s t o m e r s ' p u rch a se o r d e r s , in tern a lly p re p a re d o r d e r s , sh ipp ing m e m o ra n d u m s , e t c . U su a lly in v o lv e s app lication o f p r e d e te rm in e d d iscou n ts and sh ipp ing c h a rg e s and e n try o f n e c e s s a r y e x te n s io n s , w h ich m ay o r m ay not be com p u ted on the b illin g m a ch in e , and to ta ls w h ich a re a u to m a tica lly a ccu m u la ted by m a ch in e . T he operation usua lly in v o lv e s a la r g e n u m b er o f ca rb o n c o p ie s o f the b i l l b e in g p r e p a re d and is often done on a fa n fo ld m a ch in e .

B i l l e r f m a ch in e (b ook k eep in g m a ch in e ) . U ses a bookkeep ing m ach in e (w ith o r w ithout a t y p e w r ite r k e y b o a r d ) t o p r e p a re c u s t o m e r s ' b i l ls as part o f the accou n ts r e c e iv a b le o p era tion . G e n e ra lly in v o lv e s the s im u lta n eou s en try o f fig u re s on c u s t o m e r s ' le d g e r r e c o r d . T he m ach in e a u to m a tica lly a ccu m u la te s fig u r e s on a n u m b e r o f v e r t i c a l co lu m n s and com p u tes and u sua lly pr in ts a u to m a tica lly the deb it o r c r e d it b a la n c e s . D oes not in vo lve a know ledge o f b ook k eep in g . W ork s fr o m u n ifo rm and sta n d a rd ty p e s o f s a le s and c r e d it s l ip s .

B O O K K E E P IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R

O p era tes a b ook k eep in g m a ch in e (w ith o r w ithout a ty p e w rite r k e y b o a rd ) to k eep a r e c o r d o f b u s in e s s tra n s a c t io n s .

C la s s A . K eep s a set o f r e c o r d s re q u ir in g a know ledge o f and e x p e r ie n ce in b a s ic bookkeep in g p r in c ip le s , and fa m ilia r ity w ith the s tr u c tu re o f the p a rt icu la r accoun ting sy ste m u sed . D eterm in es p r o p e r r e c o r d s and d is tr ib u tio n o f deb it and c r e d it ite m s to be u sed in each ph ase o f the w o rk . M ay p r e p a re co n s o lid a te d r e p o r t s , b a la n ce sh e e ts , and o th e r r e c o r d s by hand.

C la s s B . K e e p s a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e ph ases o r s e c t io n s o f a set o f r e c o r d s usua lly re q u ir in g lit t le k n ow led g e o f b a s ic b o o k k e e p in g . P h a se s o r se c t io n s in clu de a ccou n ts p a y a b le , p a y r o l l , c u s to m e rs* a cco u n ts (not in clu d in g a s im p le type o f b illin g d e s c r ib e d under b i l le r , m a ch in e ), co s t d is tr ib u t io n , e x p e n s e d is tr ib u tio n , in v e n to ry c o n tr o l , e t c . M ay ch e ck o r a ss is t in p re p a ra tio n o f t r ia l b a la n c e s and p r e p a re c o n tr o l sh e e ts fo r the a ccoun ting departm ent.

C L E R K S , ACCOU NTING

P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e a ccoun ting c l e r i c a l ta sk s su ch as postin g to r e g is te r s and le d g e rs ; r e c o n c ilin g bank a cco u n ts ; v e r ify in g the in te rn a l c o n s is te n c y , c o m p le te n e s s , and m a th em a tica l a ccu ra cy o f accou n tin g d o cu m en ts ; ass ign in g p r e s c r ib e d accou n tin g d is tr ib u tio n c o d e s ; exam ining and v e rify in g fo r c l e r i c a l a c cu r a c y v a r io u s ty p es o f r e p o r t s , l i s t s , ca lc u la t io n s , p os tin g , e t c . ; o r p rep a rin g s im p le o r a ss is t in g in p rep a rin g m o r e co m p lica te d jo u rn a l v o u ch e r s . M ay w ork in e ith e r a m anual o r autom ated a ccou n tin g sy ste m .

The w ork r e q u ire s a know ledge o f c l e r i c a l m eth od s and o ff ic e p r a c t ic e s and p r o ce d u re s w hich re la te s to the c l e r i c a l p r o c e s s in g and re c o rd in g o f t ra n sa ct io n s and accoun ting in form a tion . With e x p e r ie n c e , the w o rk e r ty p ica lly b e c o m e s fa m ilia r w ith the book k eep in g and accoun ting t e rm s and p r o c e d u r e s used in the a ss ig n e d w o rk , but is not re q u ire d to have a know ledge o f the fo r m a l p r in c ip le s o f b ook k eep in g and a ccou n tin g .

P o s it io n s a re c la s s i f ie d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llow in g de fin ition s .

C la ss A . U nder g e n e ra l s u p e rv is io n , p e r fo r m s accou n tin g c l e r i c a l o p eration s w hich req u ire the a p p lica tion o f e x p e r ie n ce and ju d g m en t, f o r e x a m p le , c le r i c a l ly p r o ce s s in g co m p lica te d o r n o n re p e tit iv e accou n tin g t reins a c t io n s , s e le c t in g am ong a su b sta n tia l v a r ie ty o f p r e s c r ib e d accoun ting c o d e s and c la s s i f ic a t io n s , o r tra c in g tra n sa ct io n s though p r e v io u s accoun ting action s to determ ine s o u r ce o f d is c r e p a n c ie s . M ay be a s s is te d b y one o r m o r e c la s s B a ccoun ting c le rk s .

C la ss B . U n der c l o s e s u p e rv is io n , fo llo w in g d eta ile d in stru c tio n s and sta n da rd ized p r o ce d u re s , p e r fo r m s one o r m o r e rou tine a ccoun ting c l e r i c a l o p e r a t io n s , such as p ostin g to le d g e r s , ca r d s , o r w o rk s h e e ts w h ere id e n tif ica tio n o f ite m s and lo c a t io n s o f p o s tin g s a re c le a r ly in d ica ted ; check ing a c c u r a c y and co m p le te n e s s o f sta n d a rd ize d and re p e tit iv e r e c o r d s o r accou n tin g docu m en ts; and cod ing d ocu m en ts using a few p r e s c r ib e d a ccou n tin g c o d e s .

0C L E R K , F IL E

F ile s , c la s s i f ie s , and r e t r ie v e s m a te r ia l in an e s ta b lis h e d filin g sy stem . M ay p e r fo r m c l e r i c a l and m anual ta sk s re q u ire d to m ain ta in f i le s . P o s it io n s are c la s s i f ie d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d e fin it io n s .

C la s s A . C la s s if ie s and in d e x e s f i le m a te r ia l su ch as c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , re p o r ts , te ch n ica l d o cu m e n ts , e t c . , in an e s ta b lis h e d filin g sy s te m conta in ing a n u m b er o f v a r ie d su b ject m a tter f i le s . M ay a ls o f i le th is m a te r ia l. M ay k eep r e c o r d s o f v a r io u s ty p e s in con ju n ction with the f i le s . M ay le a d a s m a ll g ro u p o f lo w e r le v e l fi le c le r k s .


G la s■ B . S o r ts , c o d e s , and f i le s u n c la ss ifie d m a te r ia l by s im p le (s u b je c t m a tte r ) headings o r pa rtly c la s s i f ie d m a te r ia l b y fin e r su b h ea d in gs . P re p a r e s s im p le re la te d in dex and c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e a ids. As re q u e ste d , lo c a te s c le a r ly id e n tif ie d m a te r ia l in f i le s and fo r w a rd s m a te r ia l. M ay p e r fo r m re la te d c l e r i c a l ta sk s re q u ire d to m ain ta in and s e r v ic e f i le s .

C la s s C . P e r fo r m s routine filin g o f m a te r ia l that has a lrea d y been c la s s i f ie d o r w h ich is e a s ily c la s s i f ie d in a s im p le s e r ia l c la s s i f ic a t io n sy s te m (e .g . , a lp h a b etica l, c h r o n o lo g ic a l , o r n u m e rica l) . As re q u e ste d , lo c a te s re a d ily a va ila b le m a te r ia l in f i le s and fo r w a rd s m a te r ia l; and m ay f i l l out w ithdraw al ch a rg e . M ay p e r fo r m s im p le c l e r i c a l and m anual ta sk s re q u ire d to m ainta in and s e r v ic e f i le s .

C L E R K , O RD ER

R e c e iv e s c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s f o r m a te r ia l o r m e rc h a n d is e b y m a il , ph one, o r p e r so n a lly . D uties in vo lve any com b in a tion o f the fo l lo w in g : Q uoting p r ic e s to cu s to m e r s ; m aking out an o r d e rsheet listin g the ite m s to m ake up the o r d e r ; ch eck in g p r ic e s and quantities o f ite m s on o r d e r sheet; and d istr ibu tin g o r d e r sh e e ts to r e s p e c t iv e d ep artm en ts to b e fi l le d . M ay ch e ck w ith c r e d it departm ent to determ in e c r e d it ra ting o f cu s to m e r , a ckn ow ledge r e c e ip t o f o r d e r s fr o m c u s t o m e r s , fo l lo w up o rd e rs to see that they have b een f i l le d , k e e p f i le o f o r d e r s r e c e iv e d , and ch e ck sh ipping in v o ice s w ith o r ig in a l o r d e r s .

C L E R K , P A Y R O L L

C om putes w a g e s o f com p an y e m p lo y e e s and en te rs the n e c e s s a r y data on the p a y ro ll sh eets . D uties in vo lve : C a lcu la tin g w o r k e r s ' ea rn in g s b a s e d on t im e o r prod u ction r e c o r d s ; and postin gca lcu la te d data on p a y ro ll sh e e t , show ing in fo rm a tio n such as w o r k e r 's n a m e, w drking d a y s , t im e , ra te , ded u ction s fo r in su ra n ce , and to ta l w a g e s due. M ay m ake out p a y ch e c k s and a s s is t p a y m a ste r in m aking up and d istr ib u tin g pay e n v e lo p e s . M ay u se a ca lcu la tin g m a ch in e .

K EYPU NCH O P E R A T O R

O perates a keypunch m a ch in e to r e c o r d o r v e r i fy a lp h ab etic a n d /o r n u m e r ic data on tabulating ca rd s o r on tape.

P o s it io n s a re c la s s i f ie d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llow in g de fin it io n s .

C la s s A . W ork r e q u ire s the a p p lica tion o f e x p e r ie n ce and judgm ent ,in se le c t in g p r o ce d u re s to be fo llo w e d and in se a rch in g f o r , in te rp re t in g , s e le c t in g , o r cod in g ite m s to be keypun ched fr o m a v a r ie ty o f s o u r c e d ocu m en ts . On o c c a s io n m a y a ls o p e r fo r m so m e rou tin e k eypun ch w o rk . M ay tra in in e x p e r ie n ce d keypunch o p e r a to r s .

C la s s B . W ork is rou tine and re p e t it iv e . U nder c lo s e su p e rv is io n o r fo llo w in g s p e c i f ic p r o ce d u re s o r in s tru c t io n s , w o rk s fr o m v a r io u s s ta n d a rd ized s o u r c e docu m en ts w h ich have b een co d e d , and fo llo w s s p e c i f ie d p r o c e d u r e s w h ich have b een p r e s c r ib e d in d e ta il and re q u ire lit t le o r n o s e le c t in g , co d in g , o r in terp retin g o f data to be r e c o r d e d . R e fe rs to s u p e rv is o r p ro b le m s a r is in g fr o m e rr o n e o u s item s or c o d e s o r m is s in g in fo rm a tio n .

MESSENGER

P e r fo r m s v a r io u s rou tine du ties su ch as running e r r a n d s , operatin g m in o r o f f ic e m a ch in es such as s e a le r s o r m a ile r s , open ing and d istr ib u tin g m a il , and oth er m in o r c l e r i c a l w ork . E x clu de po s it io n s that r e q u ire ope ra tio n o f a m o to r v e h ic le as a s ig n ifica n t duty.

S E C R E T A R Y

A s s ig n e d as p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y , n o rm a lly to one in d iv idu a l. M ain ta ins a c l o s e and h igh ly re sp o n s iv e re la tio n sh ip to the d a y -to -d a y w o rk o f the s u p e rv is o r . W ork s fa ir ly in depen dently re ce iv in g a m in im u m o f d e ta ile d su p e rv is io n and g u id an ce . P e r fo r m s v a r ie d c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r ia l du ties , usually in clu d in g m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g :

a. R e c e iv e s te le p h o n e c a l l s , p e r so n a l c a l l e r s , and in co m in g m a il , a n sw ers rou tine in q u ire s , and rou tes te ch n ica l in q u ir ie s to the p r o p e r p e r s o n s ;

b . E s ta b lis h e s , m a in ta in s , and r e v is e s the s u p e r v is o r 's f i le s ;

c . M ain ta ins the s u p e r v is o r 's ca le n d a r and m a k es appoin tm ents as in stru c te d ;d. R e la y s m e s s a g e s fr o m s u p e r v is o r to su b o rd in a te s ;e. R ev iew s co r r e s p o n d e n c e , m e m o ra n d u m s , and re p o r ts p r e p a re d by o th e rs fo r the su p e r

v is o r 's sign atu re to a ssu re p r o ce d u ra l and ty p o g ra p h ic a c cu r a c y ;f. P e r fo r m s ste n o g ra p h ic and typing w o rk .

M ay a ls o p e r fo r m o th er c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r ia l ta sk s o f co m p a ra b le nature and d iff icu lty . The w ork ty p ica lly re q u ire s know ledge o f o f f ic e rou tin e and u nderstanding o f the o rg a n iza t io n , p r o g r a m s , and p ro ce d u re s re la te d to the w ork o f the s u p e r v is o r .

S E C R E T A R Y — C ontinued

E x c lu s io n s

N ot a ll p o s it io n s that a re tit le d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s the a bove c h a r a c t e r is t i c s . E x a m p le s o f p o s it io n s w hich are ex clu d e d fr o m the d e fin ition a re as fo l lo w s :

a. P o s it io n s w h ich do not m eet the " p e r s o n a l" s e c r e t a r y co n ce p t d e s c r ib e d a bov e ;

b . S ten ogra ph ers not fu lly tra in e d in s e c r e t a r ia l ty p e d u ties ;c . S ten og ra ph ers serv in g as o f f ic e a ss is ta n ts to a g ro u p o f p r o fe s s io n a l, t e c h n ic a l , o r

m a n a g e r ia l p e rso n s ;d. S e cre ta ry p o s it io n s in w h ich the d u ties a re e ith e r su b sta n tia lly m o r e rou tin e o r su b

stan tia lly m o re co m p le x and re s p o n s ib le than th o se c h a r a c t e r iz e d in the d e fin ition ;

e . A ssis ta n t type p o s it io n s w h ich in v o lv e m o r e d iff icu lt o r m o r e re s p o n s ib le te c h n ic a l, a d m in is tra tiv e , s u p e rv is o ry , o r s p e c ia l iz e d c l e r i c a l d u ties w h ich a re not ty p ic a l o f s e c r e t a r ia l w ork .

N O T E : T he t e r m "c o r p o r a te o f f i c e r , " u se d in the le v e l d e fin it io n s fo l lo w in g , r e f e r s to th o seo f f ic ia ls w ho have a s ign ifica n t c o r p o r a te -w id e p o licy m a k in g r o le w ith r e g a rd to m a jo r com p an y a c t iv it ie s . The t it le " v ic e p r e s id e n t ," though n o rm a lly in d ica tiv e o f th is r o le , d o e s not in a ll c a s e sid en tify su ch p o s it io n s . V ice p re s id e n ts w h ose p r im a r y re s p o n s ib il ity is to act p e r s o n a lly on in d iv id u a lc a s e s o r tra n sa ctio n s (e .g . , approve o r deny in d iv id u a l loa n o r c r e d it a c t io n s ; a d m in is te r in d iv id u a l tru s t a ccou n ts ; d ire c t ly su p e rv ise a c l e r i c a l s ta ff) a re not c o n s id e r e d to b e " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r s " f o r p u rp o s e s o f applying the fo llow in g le v e l d e f in it io n s .

C la ss A1. S e cre ta ry to the ch a irm an o f the b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll ,

o v e r 100 but ie w e r than 5, 000 p e r s o n s ; o r2. S e cre ta ry to a c o r p o r a te o f f i c e r (o th e r than the ch a irm a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t ) o f a

com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll , o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 but fe w e r than 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

3. S e cre ta ry to the head , im m e d ia te ly b e lo w the c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r le v e l , o f a m a jo r segm en t o r su b s id ia ry o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll , o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

C la ss B

1. S e cr e ta r y to the ch a irm an o f the b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll , fe w e r than 100 p e r s o n s ; o r

2. S e cre ta ry to a c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r (o th e r than the ch a irm a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t ) o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

3. S e cre ta ry to the head , im m e d ia te ly b e lo w the o f f i c e r le v e l , o v e r e ith e r a m a jo r c o r p o r a t e w id e fu n ction a l a ct iv ity (e .g . , m a rk etin g , r e s e a r c h , o p e r a t io n s , in d u s tr ia l r e la t io n s , e t c . ) o r a m a jo r g e o g r a p h ic or o rg a n iza tion a l segm en t (e .g . , a r e g io n a l h e a d q u a r te rs ; a m a jo r d iv is io n ) o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 but fe w e r than 2 5 ,0 0 0 e m p lo y e e s ; o r

4. S e cre ta ry to the head o f an in d iv idu a l p lan t, fa c t o r y , e t c . (o r o th e r eq u iv a len t le v e l o f o f f ic ia l ) that e m p lo y s , in a ll , o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

5. S e cre ta ry to the head o f a la rg e and im p orta n t o rg a n iza t io n a l seg m en t (e .g . , a m id d le m anagem ent s u p e rv is o r o f an org a n iza tio n a l se g m en t o ften in vo lv in g as m any as s e v e r a l h undred p e r s o n s ) o r a com p any that e m p lo y s , in a ll , o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

C lass C

1. S e cre ta ry to an e x e cu tiv e o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n w h ose r e s p o n s ib il ity is not eq u iv a len t to one o f the s p e c i f ic le v e l situations in the d e fin it io n fo r c la s s B , but w h ose o rg a n iz a t io n a l unit n o rm a lly n u m b ers at le a s t s e v e ra l dozen e m p lo y e e s and is u su a lly d iv id e d into o rg a n iza t io n a l s e g m e n ts w h ich a re o ften , in tu rn , fu rth er su b d iv id ed . In s o m e co m p a n ie s , th is le v e l in c lu d e s a w id e range o f o rg a n iza tio n a l e ch e lo n s ; in o th e rs , on ly one o r tw o ; o r

2. S e cre ta ry to the head o f an in d iv id u a l p la n t, fa c t o r y , e t c . (o r o th e r eq u iv a len t le v e l o f o f f ic ia l ) that e m p lo y s , in a ll , fe w e r than 5 .0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

C lass D

1. S e cre ta ry to the s u p e rv is o r o r h ead o f a s m a ll o rg a n iza t io n a l unit ( e .g . , fe w e r than about 25 o r 30 p e r so n s ) ; o r

2. S e cre ta ry to a n o n su p e rv iso ry s ta ff s p e c ia l is t , p r o fe s s io n a l e m p lo y e e , a d m in is tra tiv eo f f i c e r , o r a ssista n t, sk il le d te ch n ic ia n o r e x p e r t . (N O T E : M any co m p a n ie s a ss ign s te n o g ra p h e rs ,ra th e r than s e c r e ta r ie s as d e s c r ib e d a b o v e , t o th is le v e l o f s u p e r v is o r y o r n o n s u p e rv is o ry w o r k e r . )


ST E N O G R A P H E R

P r im a r y duty is t o take d icta tio n using shorthand , and to tra n sc r ib e the d icta tio n . M ay a lso type fr o m w ritten co p y . M ay o p e r a te fr o m a ste n o g ra p h ic p o o l. M ay o c c a s io n a lly t r a n s c r ib e fr o m v o ic e r e c o rd in g s ( i f p r im a r y duty is t ra n s c r ib in g fr o m r e c o r d in g s , ' see T ra n s cr ib in g -M a ch in e O p e r a to r , G e n e ra l) .

N O T E : T h is jo b is d is t in g u ish e d fr o m that o f a s e c r e ta r y in that a s e c r e ta r y n o rm a lly w o rk s in a co n fid e n tia l re la t io n sh ip w ith on ly one m a n a g e r o r e x e cu tiv e and p e r fo rm s m o r e re s p o n s ib le and d is c r e t io n a r y ta sk s as d e s c r ib e d in the s e c r e t a r y jo b de fin ition .

S te n o g ra p h e r , G e n e ra lD ictation in v o lv e s a n o rm a l rou tin e v o ca b u la ry . M ay m aintain f i le s , keep s im p le r e c o r d s ,

o r p e r fo r m o th e r re la t iv e ly rou tin e c l e r i c a l ta sk s .

S te n o g ra p h e r . S e n io rD ictation in v o lv e s a v a r ie d te c h n ic a l ,o r s p e c ia liz e d v o ca b u la ry such as in le g a l b r ie f s o r

r e p o r ts on s c ie n t i f ic r e s e a r c h . M ay a ls o se t up and m aintain f i le s , k eep r e c o r d s , e tc .

OR

P e r fo r m s s te n o g ra p h ic d u ties re q u ir in g s ig n ifica n tly g re a te r in depen dence and r e s p o n s ib il ity than s te n o g ra p h e r , g e n e r a l, as e v id e n ce d b y the fo llo w in g : W ork re q u ire s a high d e g r e e o f s te n o g ra p h icsp e e d and a c c u r a c y ; a th o ro u g h w o rk in g kn ow ledg e o f g e n e ra l b u s in e ss and o ff ic e p r o c e d u r e ; and o f the s p e c i f ic b u s in e ss o p e r a t io n s , o rg a n is a t io n , p o l i c ie s , p r o c e d u r e s , f i le s , w o rk flo w , e t c . U se s th is k n ow led g e in p e r fo rm in g ste n o g ra p h ic du ties and re s p o n s ib le c l e r i c a l ta sk s such as m ain ta in ing fo llow u p f i l e s ; a s se m b lin g m a te r ia l f o r r e p o r t s , m e m o ra n d u m s , and le t te r s ; com p o s in g s im p le le t te r s fr o m g e n e ra l in s t ru c t io n s ; rea d in g and rou tin g in co m in g m a il; and answ ering routine q u e s t io n s , e t c .

S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R

O p e ra te s a te le p h o n e sw itc h b o a r d o r c o n s o le u sed w ith a pr iv a te b ra n ch ex ch a n ge (P B X ) s y s te m to re la y in co m in g , o u tg o in g , and in tr a -s y s t e m c a ll s . M ay prov id e in fo rm a tio n to c a l l e r s , r e c o r d and tra n sm it m e s s a g e s , k e e p r e c o r d o f c a lls p la ce d and t o l l ch a rg e s . B e s id e s op eratin g a te le p h o n e s w itch b o a rd o r c o n s o le , m a y a ls o type o r p e r fo r m routine c le r i c a l w o rk (typing o r rou tine c l e r i c a l w o rk m a y o c c u p y the m a jo r p o r t io n o f the w o r k e r 's t im e , and is usua lly p e r fo r m e d w h ile at the sw itch b o a rd o r c o n s o le ) . C h ie f o r le a d o p e r a to r s in e sta b lish m en ts em ploy in g m o r e than one o p e r a to r a re e x c lu d e d . F o r an o p e r a t o r w ho a lso a cts as a re c e p t io n is t , see S w itch b oa rd O p e r a to r - R e ce p t io n is t ,

SW IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R -R E C E P T IO N IS T

At a s in g le -p o s it io n te le p h o n e s w itch b o a rd o r c o n s o le , a cts both as an o p e r a to r— se e S w itch b o a r d O p e ra to r— and as a r e c e p t io n is t . R e c e p t io n is t 's w ork in vo lve s such duties as g re e tin g v is i t o r s ; de te rm in in g n a tu re o f v i s i t o r 's b u s in e s s and p ro v id in g a p p rop r ia te in form a tion ; r e fe r r in g v is i t o r to a p p ro p r ia te p e r s o n in the o rg a n is a t io n , o r con ta ctin g that p e r so n b y te lep hone and a rra n g in g an a ppoin tm ent; k eep in g a lo g o f v is i t o r s .

PROFESSIONALC O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R

M o n ito rs and o p e r a te s the co n t r o l c o n s o le o f a d ig ita l co m p u te r to p r o c e s s data c c c o r d in g to o p era tin g in s tru c t io n s , u su a lly p r e p a r e d by a p r o g r a m m e r . W ork in clu d es m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : S tudies in s tru c t io n s to d e te rm in e eq u ip m en t setup and o p e ra tio n s ; loa d s equ ipm ent w ith re q u ire d ite m s (tape r e e l s , c a r d s , e t c . ) ; sw itc h e s n e c e s s a r y a u x ilia ry equipm ent into c i r c u it , and s ta rts and o p e r a te s co m p u te r ; m a k e s a d ju stm en ts to c o m p u te r to c o r r e c t operatin g p r o b le m s and m e e t s p e c ia l co n d it io n s ; re v ie w s e r r o r s m a de du ring o p e ra tio n and d ete rm in e s cause o r r e f e r s p r o b le m to s u p e r v is o r o r p r o g r a m m e r ; and m a in ta in s o p era tin g r e c o r d s . M ay test and a s s is t in c o r r e c t in g p r o g ra m .

F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , c o m p u te r o p e r a to r s a re c la s s i f ie d as fo llo w s :

C la s s A . O p e ra te s in d ep en d en tly , o r under on ly g e n e ra l d ire c t io n , a co m p u te r running p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f the fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t i c s : New p r o g ra m s are fr e q u e n tly te s te d andin tro d u ce d ; sch ed u lin g re q u ire m e n ts a re o f c r i t i c a l im p o rta n ce to m in im ize dow ntim e; the p r o g ra m s a re o f c o m p le x d es ig n so that id e n t if ic a t io n o f e r r o r so u r ce often re q u ire s a w ork in g k n ow ledge o f the to ta l p r o g r a m , and a ltern a te p r o g r a m s m a y not be a v a ila b le . M ay g iv e d ire c t io n and g u id an ce to lo w e r le v e l o p e r a to r s .

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 ccou n tin g M ach in e O p e ra to r )

O p erates one o r a v a r ie ty o f m a ch in e s su ch as the ta b u la to r , c a lc u la to r , c o l la t o r , in te r p r e te r , s o r t e r , re p ro d u cin g pu nch , e t c . E x clu d e d fr o m th is de fin ition a re w ork in g s u p e r v is o r s . A lso ex clu ded a re o p e r a to r s o f e le c t r o n ic d ig ita l c o m p u te rs , even though th ey m ay a ls o op e ra te EAM equipm ent.

P o s it io n s a re c la s s i f ie d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d e fin ition s .C la ss A . P e r fo r m s co m p le te re p o rtin g and tabulating a ss ig n m e n ts in clu d in g dev is in g d ifficu lt

c o n tr o l p a n e l w ir in g under g e n e ra l su p e rv is io n . A ss ig n m e n ts ty p ica lly in v o lv e a v a r ie ty o f lon g and co m p le x re p o r ts w h ich often a re ir r e g u la r o r n o n r e cu rr in g , re q u ir in g so m e planning o f the nature and seq u en cin g o f o p e r a t io n s , and the u se o f a v a r ie ty o f m a ch in e s . Is ty p ica lly in v o lv e d in tra in in g new o p e r a to r s in m a ch in e o p e ra tio n s o r tra in in g lo w e r le v e l o p e r a to r s in w ir in g fr o m d ia gra m s and in the o p era tin g se q u e n ce s o f lon g and c o m p le x r e p o r ts . D oes not in clu de p o s it io n s in w h ich w ir in g re s p o n s ib il ity is lim ite d to s e le c t io n and in s e r t io n o f p r e w ir e d b o a r d s .

C la ss B . P e r fo r m s w o rk a cco r d in g to e s ta b lis h e d p r o c e d u r e s and under s p e c i f ic in stru c tio n s . A ss ig n m e n ts ty p ica lly in v o lv e co m p le te but rou tin e and r e c u r r in g r e p o r ts o r pa rts o f la r g e r and m o re co m p le x re p o r ts . O p era tes m o r e d iff icu lt tabulating o r e le c t r i c a l a ccou n tin g m a ch in es such as the ta b u la tor and ca lc u la t o r , in addition to the s im p le r m a ch in e s u sed b y c la s s C o p e r a to r s . M ay be re q u ire d to do so m e w ir in g fr o m d ia g ra m s . M ay tra in new e m p lo y e e s in b a s ic m a ch in e op e ra tio n s .

C la s s C . U n der s p e c i f ic in s t ru c t io n s , o p e ra te s s im p le tabulating o r e le c t r i c a l accoun ting m a ch in e s such as the s o r t e r , in te r p r e t e r , re p ro d u c in g punch , c o l la t o r , e t c . A ssig n m en ts ty p ica lly in v o lv e p o r t io n s o f a w o rk unit, f o r e x a m p le , in d iv idu a l so r t in g o r co lla t in g ru n s, o r rep etitive o p e r a t io n s . M ay p e r fo r m s im p le w ir in g fr o m d ia g r a m s , and do so m e filin g w ork .

T R A N S C R IB IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R , G E N E R A L

P r im a r y duty is to t r a n s c r ib e d icta tion in vo lv in g a n o rm a l rou tin e v o ca b u la ry fr o m tra n - s c r ib in g -m a c h in e r e c o r d s . M ay a ls o type fr o m w ritten co p y and do s im p le c l e r i c a l w ork . W o rk e rs t ra n s c r ib in g d icta tion in vo lv in g a v a r ie d t e ch n ica l o r s p e c ia l iz e d v o ca b u la ry such as le g a l b r ie fs o r r e p o r ts on s c ie n t i f ic r e s e a r c h a re not in clu d e d . A w o rk e r w ho takes d icta tion in shorthand o r by Stenotype o r s im ila r m a ch in e is c la s s i f ie d as a ste n o g ra p h e r .

T Y P IS T

U ses a t y p e w r ite r to m ake c o p ie s o f v a r io u s m a te r ia ls o r t o m ake out b il ls a fter ca lcu la tio n s have b een m ade b y another p e r so n . M ay in clu d e typ ing o f s te n c ils , m a ts , o r s im ila r m a te r ia ls fo r use in du p lica tin g p r o c e s s e s . M ay do c l e r i c a l w o rk in vo lv in g lit t le s p e c ia l tra in in g , such as keep ing s im p le r e c o r d s , filin g r e c o r d s and r e p o r t s , o r so r t in g and d istr ib u tin g in co m in g m a il.

C la ss A . P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo l lo w in g : T yp in g m a te r ia l in fin a l fo r m w hen it in v o lv e s com b in in g m a te r ia l fr o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s ; o r r e s p o n s ib il ity fo r c o r r e c t sp e llin g , sy lla b ica tio n , pu nctuation , e t c . , o f te ch n ica l o r unusual w o rd s o r fo r e ig n language m a te r ia l; o r planning layout and typ ing o f c o m p lica te d s ta t is t ic a l ta b le s to m ain ta in u n ifo rm ity and b a la n ce in sp a c in g . M ay type routine fo r m le t t e r s , v a ry in g d e ta ils to su it c ir c u m s ta n c e s .

C la s s B . P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo l lo w in g : C op y typing fr o m rough o r c le a r d ra fts ; o r rou tine typ ing o f f o r m s , in su ra n ce p o l i c ie s , e t c ; o r setting up s im p le stan dard ta bu la tion s ; o r co p y in g m o r e co m p le x ta b le s a lre a d y set up and sp a c e d p r o p e r ly .

AND TECHNICALC O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R — C ontinued

C lass__B . O p era tes in depen den tly , o r under on ly g e n e ra l d ir e c t io n , a co m p u te r running p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f the fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t i c s : M ost o f the p r o g r a m s a re e s ta b lis h e d prod u ctionru n s, ty p ica lly run on a r e g u la r ly re c u r r in g b a s is ; th e re is lit t le o r n o testin g o f new p r o g ra m s re q u ire d ; a ltern a te p r o g r a m s a re p r o v id e d in ca s e o r ig in a l p r o g ra m n e e d s m a jo r change o r cannot be c o r r e c t e d w ith in a re a so n a b ly t im e . In co m m o n e r r o r s itu a tio n s , d ia g n o s e s ca u se and ta k es c o r r e c t iv e a ction . T h is u su a lly in v o lv e s apply ing p r e v io u s ly p r o g ra m m e d c o r r e c t iv e s te p s , o r using standard c o r r e c t io n te ch n iq u e s .

OR

O p e ra te s under d ir e c t su p e rv is io n a co m p u te r running p r o g ra m s o r seg m en ts o f p r o g ra m s w ith the c h a r a c t e r is t i c s d e s c r ib e d fo r c la s s A . M ay a s s is t a h ig h e r le v e l o p e r a to r b y independently p e r fo rm in g le s s d iff icu lt ta sk s a ss ig n e d , and p e r fo rm in g d iff icu lt ta sk s fo llo w in g d e ta ile d in stru c tio n s and w ith fr eq u en t re v ie w o f o p e ra t io n s p e r fo rm e d .

C la s s C . W o rk s on rou tine p r o g r a m s under c lo s e su p e rv is io n . Is e x p e c te d to d ev e lo p w orking kn ow led g e o f the co m p u te r equ ip m ent u sed and a b ility to d e te c t p r o b le m s in v o lv e d in running routine p r o g r a m s . U su a lly h as r e c e iv e d so m e fo r m a l tra in in g in co m p u te r o p e ra t io n . M ay a ss is t h igh er le v e l o p e r a to r on co m p le x p r o g r a m s .


C o n v e rts sta tem en ts o f b u s in e ss p r o b le m s , ty p ica lly p r e p a r e d b y a s y s te m s a n a ly st, in to a seq u en ce o f d e ta ile d in s tru c t io n s w h ich a re r e q u ire d to s o lv e the p r o b le m s b y a u tom atic data p r o c e s s in g equ ipm ent. W ork in g fr o m ch a rts o r d ia g r a m s , the p r o g r a m m e r d e v e lo p s the p r e c i s e in s tru c t io n s w h ich , w hen e n te re d in to the co m p u te r sy s te m in co d e d la n g u a ge , ca u se the m an ip u la tion o f data to a ch ie v e d e s ir e d re s u lt s . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : A p p lie s kn ow led g e o f co m p u te r c a p a b il it ie s ,m a th e m a tic s , lo g ic e m p lo y e d b y co m p u te r s , and p a r t icu la r s u b je c t m a tte r in v o lv e d to a n a ly ze ch a rts and d ia g ra m s o f the p r o b le m to be p ro g ra m m e d ; d e v e lo p s se q u e n ce o f p r o g ra m s te p s ; w r ite s d eta ile d flo w ch a rts t o show o r d e r in w h ich data w il l b e p r o c e s s e d ; c o n v e r ts th e se ch a rts to c o d e d in s tru c t io n s fo r m a ch in e t o fo l lo w ; t e s t s and c o r r e c t s p r o g r a m s ; p r e p a r e s in s tru c t io n s f o r o p era tin g p e r so n n e l du ring p ro d u c tio n run ; a n a ly z e s , r e v ie w s , and a lte rs p r o g r a m s t o in c r e a s e o p e ra tin g e f f ic ie n c y o r adapt to new re q u ire m e n ts ; m a in ta in s r e c o r d s o f p r o g ra m dev e lo p m e n t and r e v is io n s . (N O TE : W o rk e rsp e r fo rm in g b o th s y s te m s a n a ly s is and p r o g ra m m in g shou ld be c la s s i f ie d as s y s te m s a n a lysts i f th is is the sk il l u se d to d e te rm in e th e ir p a y .)

D oes n ot in clu d e e m p lo y e e s p r im a r i ly r e s p o n s ib le f o r the m an agem en t o r su p e rv is io n o f o th er e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s , o r p r o g r a m m e r s p r im a r i ly c o n c e r n e d w ith s c ie n t i f ic a n d /o r e n g in eer in g p r o b le m s .

F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , p r o g r a m m e r s a re c la s s i f ie d as fo l lo w s :

C la s s A . W o rk s in depen dently o r u nd er o n ly g e n e ra l d ir e c t io n on c o m p le x p r o b le m s w h ich re q u ire co m p e te n ce in a ll p h a se s o f p r o g ra m m in g co n c e p ts and p r a c t ic e s . W ork in g fr o m d ia g ra m s and ch a rts w h ich id en tify the na tu re o f d e s ir e d r e s u lt s , m a jo r p r o c e s s in g step s t o b e a c co m p lis h e d , and the re la t io n sh ip s b etw een v a r io u s s te p s o f the p r o b le m so lv in g rou tin e ; p la n s the fu ll range o f p ro g ra m m in g a ctio n s n e e d e d to e ff ic ie n t ly u t il iz e the co m p u te r sy s te m in a ch iev in g d e s ir e d end p ro d u c ts .

At th is le v e l , p r o g ra m m in g is d iff icu lt b e ca u s e co m p u te r equ ipm ent m u st b e o rg a n iz e d to p ro d u ce s e v e r a l in te r r e la te d but d iv e r s e p r o d u c ts fr o m n u m e ro u s and d iv e r s e data e le m e n ts . A w id e v a r ie ty and e x te n s iv e n u m b e r o f in te rn a l p r o c e s s in g a c t io n s m u st o c c u r . T h is r e q u ir e s su ch a ctio n s as d evelopm en t o f co m m o n o p e r a t io n s w h ich ca n b e r e u s e d , e s ta b lish m e n t o f lin kage p oin ts betw een o p e ra t io n s , a d ju stm en ts to data w hen p r o g r a m re q u ire m e n ts e x c e e d co m p u te r s to r a g e ca p a c ity , and su b sta n tia l m a n ip u la tion and re s e q u e n c in g o f data e le m e n ts to fo r m a h igh ly in te g ra te d p r o g ra m .

M ay p r o v id e fu n c tio n a l d ir e c t io n to lo w e r le v e l p r o g r a m m e r s w ho a re a ss ig n e d t o a s s is t .

C la s s B . W o rk s in depen den tly o r u n d er on ly g e n e ra l d ire c t io n on r e la t iv e ly S im ple p r o g r a m s , o r on s im p le seg m e n ts o f c o m p le x p r o g r a m s . P r o g r a m s (o r s e g m e n ts ) u su a lly p r o c e s s in fo rm a tio n to p ro d u ce data in tw o o r th re e v a r ie d se q u e n ce s o r fo r m a ts . R e p o rts and lis t in g s a re p r o d u c e d b y re f in in g , a daptin g, a r ra y in g , o r m aking m in o r a dditions to o r d e le t io n s fr o m input data w h ich a re re a d ily a v a ila b le . W h ile n u m e ro u s r e c o r d s m a y b e p r o c e s s e d , the data have b een re f in e d in p r io r a ct io n s so that th e a c c u r a c y and seq u en cin g o f data can b e t e s te d b y using a few rou tin e c h e c k s . T y p ic a l ly , th e p r o g r a m d e a ls w ith rou tine r e c o r d -k e e p in g ty p e o p e r a t io n s .

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W ork s on c o m p le x p r o g r a m s (a s d e s c r ib e d f o r c la s s A ) u n d er c l o s e d ire c t io n o f a h ig h e r le v e l p r o g r a m m e r o r s u p e r v is o r . M ay a s s is t h ig h e r le v e l p r o g r a m m e r b y in depen den tly p e r fo rm in g le s s d iff icu lt ta sk s a ss ig n e d , and p e r fo rm in g m o r e d iff icu lt ta sk s u nd er fa ir ly d o s e d ire c t io n .

M ay gu ide o r in s tru c t lo w e r le v e l p r o g r a m m e r s .

C la s s C . M a k es p r a c t ic a l a p p lica tio n s o f p r o g ra m m in g p r a c t ic e s and co n c e p ts u su a lly le a rn e d in fo r m a l tra in in g c o u r s e s . A ss ig n m e n ts a re d es ig n e d t o d e v e lo p co m p e te n ce in the a p p lica tion o f standard p r o c e d u r e s to rou tin e p r o b le m s . R e c e iv e s c l o s e su p e rv is io n on new a sp e c ts o f a ss ig n m e n ts ; and w o rk is re v ie w e d to v e r i fy its a c c u r a c y and co n fo rm a n ce w ith r e q u ire d p r o c e d u r e s .

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A n a ly ze s b u s in e s s p r o b le m s to fo rm u la te p r o c e d u r e s f o r s o lv in g th e m by u se o f e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g eq u ip m en t. D e v e lo p s a co m p le te d e s c r ip t io n o f a ll sp e c i f ic a t io n s n e e d e d t o en a ble p r o g r a m m e r s to p r e p a re r e q u ire d d ig ita l c o m p u te r p r o g r a m s . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : A n a ly zes s u b je c t -m a tte r o p e ra t io n s to b e autom ated and id e n t if ie s co n d it io n s and c r i t e r ia r e q u ire d to a ch ieve s a t is fa c to r y r e s u lt s ; s p e c i f ie s n u m b er and ty p e s o f r e c o r d s , f i l e s , and d ocu m en ts to b e u sed ; ou tlin es a ction s to b e p e r fo r m e d b y p e r s o n n e l and co m p u te rs in su ffic ie n t d e ta il f o r p re se n ta tio n to m anagem ent and fo r p r o g ra m m in g (ty p ica lly th is in v o lv e s p re p a ra t io n o f w o rk and data flo w ch a r ts ) ; co o rd in a te s the d e v e lop m en t o f te s t p r o b le m s and p a r t ic ip a te s in t r ia l run s o f new and r e v is e d s y s te m s ; snd re c o m m e n d s equ ip m ent ch a n g es to obtain m o r e e ffe c t iv e o v e r a ll o p e r a t io n s . (N O TE : W o rk e rsp e r fo rm in g b oth s y s te m s a n a ly s is and p r o g ra m m in g sh ou ld b e c la s s i f ie d as s y s te m s a n a ly sts i f th is is the sk ill u se d t o d e te rm in e th e ir p a y .)

D oes n ot in clu d e e m p lo y e e s p r im a r i ly r e s p o n s ib le f o r the m a n agem en t o r su p e rv is io n o f o th e r e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s , o r sy s te m s a n a lysts p r im a r i ly c o n c e r n e d w ith s c ie n t i f ic o r e n g in eer in g p r o b le m s .

F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , s y s te m s a n a ly sts a re c la s s i f ie d as fo l lo w s :

C la ss A . W ork s in depen dently o r u nd er on ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on c o m p le x p r o b le m s in vo lv in g a ll p h a se s o f sy s te m a n a ly s is . P ro b le m s a re c o m p le x b e c a u s e o f d iv e r s e s o u r c e s o f input data and m u lt ip le -u s e req u irem en ts o f output data. (F o r e x a m p le , d e v e lo p s an in te g ra te d p r o d u c t io n sch e d u lin g , in v e n to ry co n tr o l, c o s t a n a ly s is , and s a le s a n a ly s is r e c o r d in w h ich e v e r y it e m o f e a c h ty p e is a u tom a tica lly p r o c e s s e d through the fu ll s y s te m o f r e c o r d s and a p p ro p r ia te fo llo w u p a ct io n s a re in it ia te d b y the co m p u te r .) C o n fe rs w ith p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d t o d e te r m in e the data p r o c e s s in g p r o b le m s and a d v is e s su b je c t -m a tte r p e rso n n e l on the im p lic a t io n s o f new o r r e v is e d sy s te m s o f data p r o c e s s in g o p e r a t io n s . M akes re co m m e n d a tio n s , i f n e e d e d , f o r a p p ro v a l o f m a jo r sy s te m s in s ta lla t io n s o r ch a n g es and fo r obtaining equipm ent.

M ay p ro v id e fu n ction a l d ire c t io n t o lo w e r le v e l s y s te m s a n a ly sts w h o a re a s s ig n e d to a s s is t .

C la ss B . W ork s indepen dently o r u nd er o n ly g e n e ra l d ir e c t io n on p r o b le m s that a re r e la t iv e ly u n co m p lica te d to a n a ly ze , p la n , p r o g ra m , and o p e r a te . P r o b le m s a re o f lim ite d c o m p le x ity b e ca u s e s o u r c e s o f input data a re h om og en eou s and th e output data a re c l o s e ly re la te d . (F o r e x a m p le , d e v e lo p s sy s te m s fo r m aintaining d e p o s ito r a cco u n ts in a bank , m a in ta in ing a cco u n ts r e c e iv a b le in a r e ta il e s ta b lish m e n t, o r m ainta in ing in ven tory a cco u n ts in a m a n u fa ctu rin g o r w h o le s a le e s ta b lis h m e n t .) C o n fe rs w ith p e r s o n s co n c e rn e d to d e te rm in e the data p r o c e s s in g p r o b le m s and a d v is e s s u b je c t - m a tte r p e rso n n e l on the im p lica tio n s o f the data p r o c e s s in g sy s te m s to b e app lied .

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W ork s pn a segm en t o f a c o m p le x data p r o c e s s in g s c h e m e o r s y s t e m , as d e s c r ib e d f o r c la s s A. W o rk s independently on rou tine a ss ig n m e n ts and r e c e iv e s in s tru c tio n and g u id an ce on co m p le x a ss ig n m e n ts . W ork is re v ie w e d fo r a c c u r a c y o f ju d g m e n t , c o m p lia n c e w ith in s tr u c t io n s , and to in su re p r o p e r alignm ent w ith the o v e r a ll sy ste m .

C la ss C . W ork s under im m e d ia te s u p e r v is io n , ca r r y in g out a n a ly se s as a s s ig n e d , u su a lly o f a s in g le a ctiv ity . A s s ig n m en ts a re d e s ig n e d t o d e v e lo p and expand p r a c t ic a l e x p e r ie n c e in the a p p lica tion o f p r o c e d u r e s and s k il ls r e q u ir e d f o r s y s te m s a n a ly s is w o rk . F o r e x a m p le , m a y a s s is t a h ig h e r le v e l sy ste m s analyst b y p re p a r in g the d e ta ile d s p e c i f ic a t io n s re q u ir e d b y p r o g r a m m e r s fr o m in fo rm a tio n d ev e lop ed b y the h igh er le v e l a n a ly st.

D R A F T E R

C la ss A . P la n s the g ra p h ic p re se n ta tio n o f c o m p le x ite m s havin g d is t in c t iv e d e s ig n fe a tu re s that d i f fe r s ign ifica n tly fr o m e s ta b lis h e d d ra ftin g p r e c e d e n ts . W o rk s in c l o s e su p p ort w ith the d e s ig n o r ig in a to r , and m a y re co m m e n d m in o r d e s ig n ch a n g e s . A n a ly ze s the e f f e c t o f e a ch ch a n g e on the d e ta ils o f fo r m , fu n ction , and p o s it io n a l r e la t io n sh ip s o f co m p o n e n ts and p a r ts . W o rk s w ith a m in im u m o f su p e rv is o ry a ss is ta n ce . C o m p le te d w o rk is r e v ie w e d b y d e s ig n o r ig in a to r f o r c o n s is te n c y w ith p r io r en g in eerin g d ete rm in a tio n s . M ay eitheT p r e p a r e d ra w in g s , o r d ir e c t t h e ir p r e p a ra t io n by lo w e r le v e l d r a fte rs .

C la ss B . P e r fo r m s non rou tin e and c o m p le x d ra ftin g a ss ig n m e n ts that r e q u ire the a p p lica tio n o f m o s t o f the s ta n d a rd ized draw ing te ch n iq u e s r e g u la r ly u se d . D u ties ty p ic a lly in v o lv e su ch w o rk a s: P r e p a r e s w ork in g d raw in gs o f su b a sse m b lie s w ith ir r e g u la r sh a p e s , m u ltip le fu n c t io n s , and p r e c is e p o s it io n a l re la tio n sh ip s b etw een co m p o n e n ts ; p r e p a r e s a r c h ite c tu r a l d ra w in g s f o r c o n s tru c tio n o f a b u ild in g inclu din g d e ta il d raw in gs o f fou n d a tio n s , w a ll s e c t io n s , f l o o r p la n s , and r o o f . U s e s a c ce p te d fo r m u la s and m anuals in m aking n e c e s s a r y co m p u ta tio n s to d e te r m in e q u an tities o f m a te r ia ls t o be u se d , lo a d c a p a c it ie s , stre n gth s , s t r e s s e s , e t c . R e c e iv e s in it ia l in s t r u c t io n s , r e q u ir e m e n ts , and a d v ice fr o m s u p e rv is o r . C o m p le te d w o rk is c h e c k e d f o r t e c h n ic a l a d eq u a cy .

C la ss C . P re p a r e s d e ta il d ra w in gs o f s in g le u n its o r p a r ts f o r e n g in e e r in g , c o n s tr u c t io n , m a n u fa ctu rin g , o r r e p a ir p u rp o s e s . T y p e s o f d ra w in g s p r e p a r e d in clu d e i s o m e t r ic ’ p r o je c t io n s (d ep ictin g th re e d im en sion s in a ccu ra te s c a le ) and s e c t io n a l v ie w s to c la r i f y p o s it io n in g o f co m p o n e n ts and co n v e y n eed ed in fo rm a tio n . C o n s o lid a te s d e ta ils fr o m a n u m b e r o f s o u r c e s and a d ju sts o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a le as re q u ire d . S u g gested m e th o d s o f a p p r o a c h , a p p lica b le p r e c e d e n t s , and a d v ic e on s o u r c e m a te r ia ls a re g iven w ith in it ia l a ss ig n m e n ts . In s tru c t io n s a re le s s co m p le te w hen a ss ig n m e n ts r e c u r . W ork m ay b e s p o t -ch e c k e d du ring p r o g r e s s .

D R A F T E R -T R A C E R

C o p ie s p lans and d raw in gs p r e p a r e d b y o th e rs b y p la c in g t ra c in g c lo th o r p a p e r o v e r d ra w in gs and t ra c in g w ith pen o r p e n c il . (D oes n ot in c lu d e t r a c in g lim ite d to p la n s p r im a r i ly c o n s is t in g o f s tra igh t lin e s and a la rg e s c a le not re q u ir in g c l o s e d e lin e a t io n .)

A N D /O R

P re p a r e s s im p le o r re p e tit iv e d ra w in g s o f e a s ily v is u a l iz e d it e m s . W o rk i s c l o s e ly su p e r v is e d du rin g p r o g r e s s .


W o rk s on v a r io u s ty p e s o f e le c t r o n ic equipm ent and re la te d d e v ice s by p e r fo rm in g one o r a c o m b in a tio n o f the fo l lo w in g : In sta llin g , m a in ta in in g , re p a ir in g , o v erh a u lin g , tro u b le s h o o t in g , m o d ify in g , c o n s tru c t in g , and te s t in g . W o rk re q u ir e s p r a c t ic a l app lication o f te ch n ica l kn ow led g e o f e .le c tro n ics p r in c ip le s , ab ility to d e te rm in e m a lfu n c t io n s , and sk ill to put equipm ent in re q u ire d operatin g con d ition .

T h e equipm ent— co n s is t in g o f e ith e r m any d ifferen t kinds o f c ir c u it s o r m u ltip le re p etition o f the sa m e kind o f c i r c u it — in c lu d e s , but is not lim ite d to , the fo llo w in g : (a) E le c t r o n ic tra n sm ittin gand re c e iv in g equ ipm ent ( e .g . , ra d a r , ra d io , t e le v is io n , te le p h o n e , son a r , n a v ig ation a l a id s ), (b) d ig ita l and analog c o m p u te r s , and (c ) in d u s tr ia l and m e d ica l m e a su rin g and co n tr o ll in g equ ipm ent.

T h is c la s s i f ic a t io n e x c lu d e s r e p a ir e r s o f such standard e le c t r o n ic equipm ent as co m m o n o ff ic e m a ch in e s and h ou seh o ld ra d io and te le v is io n s e ts ; p rod u ction a s s e m b le r s and t e s t e r s ; w o rk e r s w h ose p r im a r y duty is s e r v ic in g e le c t r o n ic te s t in stru m en ts ; te ch n ic ia n s who have a d m in is tra tiv e o r s u p e r v is o r y r e s p o n s ib il ity ; and d r a f t e r s , d e s ig n e r s , and p r o fe s s io n a l e n g in e e rs .

P o s it io n s a re c la s s i f ie d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g de fin ition s .

C la s s A . A p p lie s ad v an ced te ch n ica l know ledge to so lv e unusually c o m p le x p r o b le m s ( i . e . , th o se that ty p ica lly cannot be so lv e d s o le ly by re fe re n c e to m a n u fa ctu re r s ' m anuals o r s im ila r d o c u m e n ts ) in w ork in g on e le c t r o n ic eq u ip m en t. E xa m p les o f such p ro b le m s in clu d e lo ca tio n and d en s ity o f c i r c u it r y , e le c t r o -m a g n e t ic ra d ia tio n , iso la tin g m a lfu n c tio n s , and frequ en t en g in eerin g ch a n g e s . W ork in v o lv e s : A d eta ile d u nd erstanding o f the in te r re la tio n sh ip s o f c i r c u it s ; e x e r c is in gin depen dent judgm ent in p e r fo rm in g su ch ta sk s as m aking c ir c u it a n a ly se s , ca lcu la tin g w ave fo r m s , tra c in g re la tio n sh ip s in s ig n a l flo w ; and re g u la r ly using co m p le x te s t in stru m en ts (e .g . , dual tra c e o s c i l l o s c o p e s , Q -m e t e r s , d e v ia tion m e t e r s , pu lse g e n e ra to rs ) .

W ork m a y be re v ie w e d by s u p e r v is o r (freq u en tly an en g in e e r o r d e s ig n e r ) fo r g e n e ra l co m p lia n c e w ith a c ce p te d p r a c t ic e s . M ay p ro v id e te ch n ica l gu idance to lo w e r le v e l te ch n ic ia n s .

C la ss B . A p p lies co m p re h e n s iv e te ch n ica l know ledge to so lv e co m p le x p ro b le m s ( i .e . , those t h a t . ty p ica lly can be so lv e d s o le ly by p r o p e r ly in te rp re tin g m a n u fa c tu re r s ' m anuals o r s im ila r d o cu m e n ts ) in w ork in g on e le c t r o n ic equ ipm ent. W ork in v o lv e s : A fa m ilia r ity with the in te r re la t io n sh ip s o f c i r c u it s ; and judgm ent in determ in in g w o rk seq u en ce and in se le c t in g to o ls and testin g in stru m e n ts , u su a lly le s s co m p le x than th o se u sed b y the c la s s A te ch n ic ia n .

R e c e iv e s te ch n ica l g u id a n ce , as r e q u ire d , fr o m s u p e r v is o r o r h ig h e r le v e l te ch n ic ia n , and w o rk is r e v ie w e d fo r s p e c i f ic co m p lia n c e w ith a cce p te d p r a c t ic e s and w o rk a ssign m en ts . M ay p rov id e te ch n ica l gu id an ce to lo w e r le v e l te ch n ic ia n s .

C la s s C . A p p lie s w ork in g te ch n ica l know ledge to p e r fo r m s im p le o r routine ta sks in w orking on e le c t r o n ic eq u ip m en t, fo llo w in g d eta ile d in stru c tio n s w h ich c o v e r v ir tu a lly all p r o ce d u re s . W ork ty p ica lly in v o lv e s su ch ta sk s as: A s s is t in g h igh er le v e l te ch n ic ia n s by p e r fo rm in g such a ct iv it ie s asre p la c in g co m p o n e n ts , w ir in g c i r c u it s , and taking te s t re a d in g s ; re p a ir in g sim ple? e le c t r o n ic equipm ent; and using t o o ls and co m m o n te s t in stru m en ts (e .g . , m u lt im e te rs , audio s ig n a l g e n e ra to rs , tube te s t e r s , o s c i l lo s c o p e s ) . Is not r e q u ire d to be fa m ilia r w ith the in te r re la t io n sh ip s o f c ir c u it s . T h is k n ow ledge , h o w e v e r , m ay be a cq u ir e d through a ssign m en ts d es ig n e d to in c r e a s e co m p e te n ce (including c la s s r o o m tra in in g ) so that w o r k e r can advance to h igh er le v e l te ch n ic ia n .

R e c e iv e s te ch n ica l g u id an ce , as re q u ire d , fr o m s u p e r v is o r o r h igh er le v e l te ch n ic ia n . W ork is ty p ica lly spot ch e c k e d , but is g iven d e ta iled re v ie w w hen new o r advan ced assign m en ts a re in volved .

NU RSE, IN D U STRIAL (R e g is te re d )A r e g is t e r e d n u rse w ho g iv e s n u rsin g s e r v ic e under g e n e ra l m e d ic a l d ire c t io n to i l l o r in ju red

e m p lo y e e s o r o th e r p e r s o n s w ho b e co m e i l l o r s u ffe r an a ccid en t on the p r e m is e s o f a fa c to r y o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t. D uties in v o lv e a com b in a tion o f the fo l lo w in g : G iv in g f ir s t aid to the i l l o r in ju r e d ; attending to su bsequent d r e ss in g o f e m p lo y e e s ' in ju r ie s ; keep in g r e c o r d s o f patien ts trea ted ; p re p a r in g acciderit r e p o r ts fo r com p e n sa tio n o r o th er p u rp o s e s ; a ss is t in g in p h y s ica l exam in ation s and health ev a lu a tion s o f ap p lican ts and e m p lo y e e s ; and planning and c a rr y in g out p r o g ra m s in vo lv in g health e d u ca tio n , a cc id en t p re v e n tio n , evalu a tion o f plant en v iro n m e n t, o r o th er a c t iv it ie s a ffectin g the health , w e lfa r e , and sa fe ty o f a ll p e rso n n e l. N u rsing s u p e r v is o r s o r head n u rse s in e s ta b lish m en ts em ploy in g m o r e than one n u rse a re ex clu d ed .

MAINTENANCE AND POWERPLANT

B O IL E R T E N D E R

F ir e s sta tio n a ry b o i l e r s to fu rn ish the esta b lish m en t in w h ich em p lo y e d w ith heat, p o w e r , o r ste a m . F e e d s fu e ls to f i r e b y hand o r o p e ra te s a m e ch a n ica l sto k e r , g a s , Or o il b u rn e r ; and c h e c k s w a te r and sa fe ty v a lv e s . M ay c le a n , o i l , o r a ss is t in rep a irin g b o i le r r o o m equ ipm ent.

C A R P E N T E R , M A IN T E N A N C E

P e r fo r m s the ca rp e n try du ties n e c e s s a r y to co n s tru c t and m aintain in g o o d re p a ir bu ilding w o o d w o rk and equ ipm ent su ch as b in s , c r ib s , c o u n te rs , b e n ch e s , p a rtit io n s , d o o r s , f l o o r s , s t a ir s , c a s in g s , and t r im m a d e o f w o o d in an e sta b lish m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m ost o f the fo l lo w in g : P lanningand lay in g out o f w o rk fr o m b lu e p r in ts , d ra w in g s , m o d e ls , o r v e r b a l in stru c tio n s ; using a v a r ie ty o f c a r p e n t e r 's h a n d too ls , p o r ta b le p o w e r t o o ls , and standard m e a su rin g in stru m en ts ; m aking standard sh op com p u ta tion s re la tin g to d im e n s io n s o f w o rk ; and se le c t in g m a te r ia ls n e c e s s a r y fo r the w ork . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f the m a in ten a n ce c a rp e n te r re q u ire s roun ded tra in ing and e x p e r ie n ce u su a lly a cq u ir e d th rou g h a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equ iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

E L E C T R IC IA N , M A IN T E N A N C E

P e r fo r m s a v a r ie ty o f e le c t r i c a l tra d e functions such as the in sta lla tion , m a in ten a n ce , o r r e p a ir o f equ ipm ent fo r the g e n e ra t io n , d is tr ib u t io n , o r u tiliza tion o f e le c t r i c e n erg y in an esta b lish m e n t. W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : In sta llin g o r rep a ir in g any o f a v a r ie ty o f e le c t r i c a l equipm entsu ch as g e n e r a to r s , t r a n s fo r m e r s , sw itc h b o a r d s , c o n t r o lle r s , c ir c u it b r e a k e r s , m o t o r s , heating un its, cond u it s y s t e m s , o r o th e r tr a n s m is s io n eq u ip m en t; w orking fr o m b lu e p rin ts , d ra w in g s , la y o u ts , o r o th e r s p e c i f ic a t io n s ; lo ca tin g and d ia gn os in g tro u b le in the e le c t r i c a l sy stem o r equ ipm ent; w ork in g sta n d a rd com p u ta tion s re la tin g to lo a d re q u ire m e n ts o f w ir in g o r e le c t r ic a l equ ip m en t; and using a v a r ie ty o f e le c t r i c ia n 's h a n d too ls and m e a su r in g and testing in stru m e n ts . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f the m a in ten a n ce e le c t r ic ia n re q u ir e s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce usua lly a cq u ired through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r eq u iv a len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

E N G IN E E R , S T A T IO N A R Y

O p era tes and m a in ta in s and m a y a ls o su p e rv is e the o p eration of sta tio n a ry en g in es and equ ip m ent (m e ch a n ica l o r e le c t r i c a l ) to supply the esta b lish m en t in w h ich em p lo y e d w ith p o w e r , hea t, r e f r ig e r a t io n , o r a ir -c o n d it io n in g . W o rk in v o lv e s : O perating and m aintaining equ ipm ent such asste a m e n g in e s , a ir c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , m o t o r s , tu rb in e s , ven tilatin g and r e fr ig e r a t in g equ ip m en t, s te a m b o i l e r s and b o i l e r - f e d w a te r pu m p s; m a k in g equipm ent r e p a ir s ; and keep ing a r e c o r d o f o p eration o f m a ch in e ry , t e m p e r a tu r e , and fu e l con su m p tio n . M ay a lso su p e rv is e th ese o p e ra tio n s . H ead o r c h ie f e n g in e e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g m o r e than one en g in e e r a re ex clu ded .

H E L P E R , M A IN T E N A N C E TR A D E S

A s s is ts one o r m o r e w o rk e r s in the s k il le d m ain ten an ce t r a d e s , by p e r fo rm in g s p e c i f ic o r g e n e ra l du ties o f l e s s e r s k il l , such as keep ing a w o rk e r su p p lied w ith m a te r ia ls and to o ls ; clean in g w ork in g a re a , m a ch in e , and equ ip m en t; a ss is t in g jou rn e y m a n by hold in g m a te r ia ls o r t o o ls ; and p e r fo rm in g o th e r u n sk ille d ta sk s as d ire c te d by jou rn e y m a n . T he k ind o f w ork the h e lp e r is p e rm itted to p e r fo r m v a r ie s fr o m tra d e to tra d e : In so m e t ra d e s the h e lp e r is co n fin e d to supplying , lift in g ,and hold in g m a te r ia ls and t o o ls , and c lean in g w ork in g a re a s ; and in o th e rs he is p e rm itted to p e r fo r m s p e c ia l iz e d m a ch in e o p e r a t io n s , o r p a rts o f a tra d e that a re a ls o p e r fo rm e d by w o rk e r s on a fu l l - t im e b a s is .

M A C H IN E -T O O L O P E R A T O R , T O O L R O O M

S p e c ia liz e s in op eratin g one o r m o r e th em one type o f m a ch in e to o l (e .g . , j ig b o r e r , g rinding m a ch in e , en g in e la th e , m illin g m a ch in e ) to m a ch in e m e ta l fo r use in m aking o r m ainta in ing j ig s , f ix tu re s , cutting t o o ls , g a u g e s , o r m e ta l d ies o r m o ld s u sed in shaping o r fo rm in g m eta l o r n on m eta llic m a te r ia l (e .g . , p la s t ic , p la s te r , ru b b e r , g la s s ) . W ork ty p ica lly in v o lv e s : P lanning and p e r fo rm in gd iff icu lt m a ch in in g o p e ra tio n s w h ich re q u ire co m p lica te d setups o r a high d e g re e o f a c cu r a c y ; setting up m a ch in e to o l o r t o o ls ( e .g . , in s ta ll cutting to o ls and ad just g u id e s , s to p s , w ork in g ta b le s , and oth er c o n tr o ls to handle the s iz e o f sto ck to b e m a ch in ed ; d e te rm in e p r o p e r fe e d s , sp e e d s , to o lin g , and o p e ra tio n se q u e n ce o r s e le c t th o se p r e s c r ib e d in d ra w in g s , b lu e p r in ts , o r la y o u ts ); using v a r ie ty o f p r e c is io n m e a su r in g in stru m e n ts ; m aking n e c e s s a r y a d ju stm en ts during m ach in in g o p eration to a ch ieve re q u is ite d im e n s io n s to v e r y c l o s e to le r a n c e s . M ay be re q u ire d to s e le c t p r o p e r co o la n ts and cutting and lu b r ica tin g o i l s , t o r e c o g n iz e when to o ls need d r e s s in g , and to d r e s s t o o ls . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f a m a c h in e -t o o l o p e r a to r , t o o lr o o m , at the s k il l le v e l ca lle d fo r in th is c la s s if ic a t io n re q u ire s e x te n s iv e k n ow ledge o f m a ch in e -s h o p and t o o lr o o m p r a c t ic e u su a lly a cq u ire d through co n s id e ra b le o n -t h e - jo b tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

F o r c r o s s - in d u s t r y w age study p u rp o s e s , th is c la s s i f ic a t io n d o e s not in clu de m a ch in e -to o l o p e r a t o r s , t o o lr o o m , e m p lo y e d in t o o l-a n d -d ie jo b b in g sh op s.

M A CH IN IST, M A IN T E N A N C E

P ro d u ce s re p la ce m e n t p a rts and new p a rts in m aking r e p a ir s o f m eta l pa rts o f m e ch a n ica l equ ipm ent o p e r a te d in an e s ta b lish m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m o st o f the fo l lo w in g : in terp retin g w rittenin s tru c t io n s and s p e c i f ic a t io n s ; planning and lay ing out o f w o rk ; using a v a r ie ty o f m a ch in is t 's handtools and p r e c is io n m e a su rin g in stru m e n ts ; setting up and o p era tin g stan dard m a ch in e to o ls ; shaping o f m eta l


parts to c l o s e t o le r a n c e s ; m aking stan dard shop com p u ta tion s re la tin g t o d im e n s io n s o f w o r k , to o lin g , fe e d s , and sp e e d s o f m a ch in in g ; k n ow ledge o f the w ork in g p r o p e r t ie s o f the co m m o n m e ta ls ; se le ct in g standard m a te r ia ls , p a r ts , and equ ipm ent re q u ire d f o r th is w o rk ; and fittin g and a sse m b lin g p a r ts into m e ch a n ica l equ ip m en t. In g e n e ra l, the m a ch in is t 's w o rk n o rm a lly re q u ire s a roun ded tra in in g in m a ch in e -sh o p p r a c t ic e u su a lly a cq u ire d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r eq u iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

M ECH AN IC, A U T O M O T IV E (M ain ten an ce )

R e p a irs a u to m o b ile s , b u s e s , m o to r t r u ck s , and t r a c t o r s o f an e s ta b lish m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m oat o f the fo l lo w in g ; E xam in ing a u tom otive equ ipm ent to d ia gn ose s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ; d isa sse m b lin g equipm ent and p e r fo rm in g re p a ir s that in vo lve the use o f such ha n dtoo ls as w re n c h e s , g a u g e s , d r i l ls , o r sp e c ia liz e d equ ipm ent in d isa sse m b lin g o r fittin g p a rts ; re p la c in g b ro k e n o r d e fe c t iv e p a rts fr o m sto ck ; grinding and ad justing v a lv e s ; r e a ss e m b lin g and in sta llin g the v a r io u s a s s e m b lie s in the v e h ic le and m aking n e c e o s a r y ad ju stm en ts ; and align ing w h e e ls , ad justing b ra k e s and lig h ts , o r tigh ten ing body b o lts . In g e n e ra l, the w o rk o f the a u tom otive m echan ic- r e q u ire s rou n ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce usua lly a cq u ired through a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r eq u iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

T h is c la s s i f ic a t io n d o e s not in clu de m e ch a n ics w ho r e p a ir c u s t o m e r s ' v e h ic le s in a u tom obile re p a ir shops.

M ECH AN IC, M A IN TEN AN CE

R e p a irs m a ch in e ry o r m e ch a n ica l equ ipm ent o f an es ta b lish m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g ; E xam in ing m a ch in e s and m e ch a n ica l equ ipm ent to d ia gn ose s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ; d ism antling o r pa rtly d ism a n tlin g m a ch in e s and p e r fo rm in g r e p a ir s that m a in ly in v o lv e the u se o f , ha n dtoo ls in scra p in g and fittin g p a rts ; re p la c in g b rok en o r d e fe c t iv e p a rts w ith ite m s obta in ed fr o m s to ck ; o rd e rin g the prod u ction o f a re p la ce m e n t pa rt b y a m a ch in e shop o r send ing o f the m a ch in e to a m a ch in e shop fo r m a jo r r e p a ir s ; p re p a rin g w ritten s p e c if ic a t io n s fo r m a jo r r e p a ir s o r f o r the p ro d u c tio n o f pa rts o rd e re d fr o m m a ch in e sh op s; r e a ss e m b lin g m a ch in e s ; and m aking a ll n e c e s s a r y a d ju stm en ts fo r operation . In g e n e ra l, the w o rk o f a m ain ten an ce m e ch a n ic re q u ire s rou n ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce usually a cq u ire d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r eq u iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce . E x clu d e d fr o m th is c la s s i f ic a t io n a re w o rk e r s w h ose p r im a ry du ties in v o lv e setting up o r adjusting m a ch in e s .

M ILLW RIGH T

In sta lls new m a ch in e s o r heavy equ ip m en t, and d ism a n tle s and in s ta lls m a ch in e s o r heavy equipm ent w hen ch a n ges in the plant layout a re re q u ire d . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : P lanning and la y in g out o f the w o rk ; in te rp re tin g b lu e p rin ts o r o th e r s p e c i f ic a t io n s ; using a v a r ie ty o f handtools and r ig g in g ; m aking sta n da rd shop com p u tation s re la tin g to s t r e s s e s , stren gth o f m a te r ia ls , and ce n te r s o f g ra v ity ; a lign ing and ba lan c in g o f equ ip m ent; se le c t in g sta n da rd t o o ls , eq u ip m en t, and pa rts to be u se d ; and in sta llin g and m ain ta in ing in g o o d o r d e r p o w e r tra n s m is s io n equ ipm ent such as d r iv e s and sp eed r e d u ce r s . In g e n e r a l,.th e m il lw r ig h t 's w ork n o rm a lly r e q u ire s a rou n ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce in the tra d e a cq u ire d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equ iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

Paints and r e d e co r a te s w a lls , w o o d w o rk , and f ix tu re s o f an e s ta b lish m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s the fo l lo w in g ; K now ledge o f su r fa ce p e c u lia r it ie s and ty p e s o f paint re q u ire d fo r d iffe re n t a p p lica tio n s ; p re p a r in g su r fa ce fo r painting b y re m o v in g o ld fin is h o r b y p la c in g putty o r f i l l e r in n a il h o le s and in te r s t i c e s ; and applying paint w ith sp ra y gun o r b ru sh . M ay m ix c o l o r s , o i l s , w h ite le a d , and o th e r paint in gred ien ts to obtain p r o p e r c o l o r o r c o n s is te n c y . In g e n e r a l, the w o rk o f the m a in ten a n ce p a in ter re q u ire s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su a lly a cq u ir e d th rou g h a fo r m a l a p p re n t ice sh ip o r eq u iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

P IP E F IT T E R , M A IN TEN AN CEInsta lls o r r e p a ir s w a te r , ste a m , g a s , o r o th e r ty p e s o f p ipe and p ip e fitt in g s in an e s ta b l is h

m e n t, W o rk in v o lv e s m o st o f the fo l lo w in g ; L ay in g out o f w o rk and m e a su r in g t o lo c a t e p o s it io n o f p ipe fr o m draw ings o r oth er w ritten s p e c i f ic a t io n s ; cu tting v a r io u s s iz e s o f p ip e to c o r r e c t len gths With c h is e l and h a m m e r o r o x ya cety len e t o r c h o r p ip e -cu tt in g m a ch in e s ; th rea d in g p ip e w ith s to c k s and d ie s ; bending p ipe by h a n d -d riv en o r p o w e r -d r iv e n m a ch in e s ; a sse m b lin g p ip e w ith co u p lin g s and fa sten in g p ipe to h a n g e rs ; m aking standard sh op com p u ta tio n s re la tin g to p r e s s u r e s , f lo w , and s iz e o f p ipe re q u ire d ; and m aking standard te s ts to d e te rm in e w h eth er fin is h e d p ip es m e e t s p e c i f ic a t io n s . In g e n e ra l, the w o rk o f the m ain tenance p ip e f it te r r e q u ir e s rou n d ed tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su a lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p ren ticesh ip o r eq u iv a len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce . W o r k e r s p r im a r i ly en g ag ed in in sta lling and rep a ir in g b u ild ing sa n ita tion o r h eatin g s y s te m s a re e x c lu d e d .

S H E E T -M E T A L W O R K E R , M AIN TEN AN CEF a b r ica te s , in s ta l ls , and m ain ta in s in g o o d r e p a ir the sh e e t -m e ta l eq u ip m en t and fix tu re s (su ch

as m a ch in e g u ards , g re a s e pans, s h e lv e s , l o c k e r s , ta n k s, v e n t ila to r s , ch u te s , d u cts , m e ta l r o o f in g ) o f an e sta b lish m en t. W ork in v o lv e s m o st o f the fo l lo w in g : P lann in g and la y in g out a ll ty p e s o f sh e e t -m e ta l m ain tenance w ork fr o m b lu e p rin ts , m o d e ls , o r o th e r s p e c i f ic a t io n s ; settin g up and op e ra tin g a ll a va ila b le ty p es o f s h e e t -m e ta l w ork in g m a ch in e s ; using a v a r ie ty o f h a n dtools in cu ttin g , b en d in g , fo r m in g , shaping, fitt in g , and a sse m b lin g ; and in sta llin g s h e e t -m e ta l a r t ic le s as re q u ire d . In g e n e ra l, the w o rk o f the m ain tenance s h e e t -m e ta l w o r k e r re q u ir e s rou n ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e usua lly a cq u ire d through a fo r m a l a p p ren ticesh ip o r eq u iv a len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n ce .

T O O L AND DIE M A K E R

C on stru cts and re p a irs j ig s , f ix tu r e s , cutting t o o ls , g a u g e s , o r m e ta l d ie s o r m o ld s u se d in shaping o r form in g m e ta l o r n o n -m e ta ll ic m a te r ia l ( e .g . , p la s t ic , p la s t e r , ru b b e r , g la s s ) . W ork ty p ica lly in v o lv e s : P lanning and lay ing out w o rk a cco r d in g to m o d e ls , b lu e p r in ts , d ra w in g s , o r o th e rw ritten o r o ra l s p e c ific a t io n s ; understanding the w ork in g p r o p e r t ie s o f c o m m o n m e ta ls and a llo y s ; s e le c t in g a p propria te m a te r ia ls , t o o ls , and p r o c e s s e s r e q u ire d to co m p le te ta sk ; m ak ing n e c e s s a r y shop com p utation ; setting up and operating v a r io u s m a ch in e t o o ls and re la te d eq u ip m en t; using v a r io u s t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's handtools and p r e c is io n m e a su r in g in s tru m e n ts ; w ork in g to v e r y c l o s e to le r a n c e s ; h e a t-tre a tin g m e ta l p a rts and fin ish e d t o o ls and d ie s to a ch ie v e re q u ire d q u a lit ie s ; fittin g and a sse m b lin g parts to p r e s c r ib e d t o le r a n c e s and a llo w a n ce s . In g e n e ra l, t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's w o rk re q u ir e s rounded tra in in g in m a ch in e -sh o p and t o o lr o o m p r a c t ic e u su a lly a cq u ir e d th rou g h fo r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

F o r c r o s s - in d u s t r y w age study p u r p o s e s , th is c la s s i f ic a t io n d o e s not in clu d e t o o l and d ie m a k e rs w ho (1 ) a re e m p lo y e d in t o o l and d ie jo b b in g sh op s o r (2 ) p ro d u ce fo rg in g d ie s (d ie s in k e r s ).

CUSTODIAL AND MATERIAL MOVEMENT

GUARD AND W A T C H M E N

G u ard . P e r fo r m s rou tin e p o l ic e d u ties , e ith e r at f ix e d p o s t o r on t o u r , m ain ta in in g o r d e r , using, a rm s o r fo r c e w h e re n e c e s s a r y . In clu d es gu ard s who a re sta tion ed at gate and ch e ck on identity o f e m p lo y e e s and o th e r p e r s o n s e n te r in g .

W atchm an . M akes roun ds o f p r e m is e s p e r io d ic a l ly in p ro te ct in g p r o p e r ty against f i r e , th e ft, and il le g a l en try .

JAN ITO R, P O R T E R , O R C L E A N E R

C lean s and k eep s in an o r d e r ly con d ition fa c to r y w ork in g a re a s and w a s h ro o m s , o r p r e m is e s o f an o ff ic e , apartm ent h o u se , o r c o m m e r c ia l o r o th e r es ta b lish m e n t. D uties in v o lv e a co m b in a tio n o f the fo llo w in g ; S w eeping, m opp ing o r s c ru b b in g , and p o lish in g f l o o r s ; re m o v in g ch ip s , t ra s h , and oth er re fu se ; dusting equ ip m en t, fu rn itu re ', o r fix tu r e s ; p o lish in g m e ta l fix tu re^ o r t r im m in g s ; p rov id in g sup plies and m in o r m ain ten an ce s e r v ic e s ; and c lea n in g la v a t o r ie s , s h o w e r s , and r e s t r o o m s . W o rk e rs w ho sp e c ia liz e in w indow w ash ing a r e e x c lu d e d .

L A B O R E R , M A T E R IA L HANDLING

A w o rk e r e m p lo y e d in a w a re h o u se , m a n u fa ctu rin g p la n t, s t o r e , o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t w h ose du ties in v o lv e one o r m o re o f the fo l lo w in g ; L oad in g and u n load ing v a r io u s m a te r ia ls and m e rc h a n d is e on o r fr o m fre ig h t c a r s , tru c k s , o r o th e r tra n sp o r t in g d e v ic e s ; u npacking , sh e lv in g , o r p la cin g m a te r ia ls o r m e rch a n d ise in p r o p e r s to ra g e lo c a t io n ; and tra n sp o rt in g m a te r ia ls o r m e rc h a n d is e by han dtru ck , c a r , o r w h e e lb a rro w . L o n g s h o re w o r k e r s , w ho lo a d and unload sh ips a re e x c lu d e d .

O R D E R F IL L E R

F il ls sh ipping o r tra n s fe r o r d e r s f o r fin is h e d g o o d s fr o m s to r e d m e rc h a n d is e in a c co r d a n ce w ith sp e c ific a t io n s on sa le s s l ip s , c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s , o r o th e r in s tru c t io n s . M a y , in addition to fi ll in g o rd e rs and in d icatin g ite m s f i lle d o r o m itte d , k e e p r e c o r d s o f ou tgoing o r d e r s , re q u is it io n a dd ition a l stock o r re p o rt sh ort su p p lies to s u p e r v is o r , and p e r fo r m oth e r re la te d d u ties .

P A C K E R , SHIPPING

P re p a r e s fin ish e d prod u cts fo r sh ipm en t o r s to r a g e b y p la c in g th em in sh ipp ing co n ta in e rs , the s p e c i f ic o p era tion s p e r fo rm e d bein g dependent upon the ty p e , s i z e , and n u m b e r o f un its t o be p a ck e d , the type o f co n ta in e r e m p lo y e d , and m e th o d o f sh ipm en t. W o rk r e q u ire s the p la cin g o f ite m s in sh ipping con ta in ers and m ay in vo lve one o r m o r e o f the fo l lo w in g ; K now led ge o f v a r io u s ite m s o f


sto ck in o r d e r to v e r i fy con ten t; s e le c t io n o f a ppropria te type and s ize o f co n ta in e r ; in se rtin g e n c lo s u r e s in co n ta in e r ; using e x c e l s io r o r o th e r m a te r ia l to prev en t b rea k a ge o r d a m a ge ; c lo s in g and se a lin g co n ta in e r ; and apply ing la b e ls o r en te rin g id entify ing data on con ta in er . P a c k e rs w ho a lso m ake w ood en b o x e s or c r a t e s a re e x c lu d e d .

SH IPPIN G AND R E C EIVIN G C L E R K

P re p a r e s m e rc h a n d is e fo r sh ip m en t, o r r e c e iv e s and is re s p o n s ib le fo r in co m in g sh ipm ents o f m e rch a n d is e o r o th e r m a te r ia ls . Sh ipping w o rk in v o lv e s : A know ledge of sh ipp ing p r o c e d u r e s ,p r a c t ic e s , ro u te s , a va ila b le m ea n s o f t ra n sp o rta t io n , and ra te s ; and preparin g r e c o r d s o f the g ood s sh ip p ed , m aking up b il ls o f la d in g , p ostin g w eigh t and shipping c h a rg e s , and keep ing a fi le o f sh ipping r e c o r d s . M ay d ire c t o r a s s is t in p re p a r in g the m e rch a n d ise fo r sh ipm ent. R e ce iv in g w ork in v o lv e s : V e r ify in g o r d ire c t in g o th e rs in v e r ify in g the c o r r e c tn e s s o f sh ipm ents against b ills o f la d in g , in v o ic e s , o r o th e r r e c o r d s ; ch e ck in g fo r sh o r ta g e s and re je c t in g dam aged g o o d s ; routing m e rch a n d is e or m a te r ia ls to p r o p e r d e p a r tm e n ts ; and m a in ta in in g n e c e s s a r y r e c o r d s and f i le s .

F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s a re c la s s i f ie d as fo l lo w s :

R e ce iv in g c le r k Shipping c le r kShipping and re c e iv in g c le rk

T R U C K D R IV E R

D riv e s a tru ck w ith in a c ity o r in d u s tr ia l a re a to tra n sp o rt m a te r ia ls , m e rc h a n d is e , eq u ip m en t, o r w o rk e r s b etw een v a r io u s ty p e s o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts such a s : M anufacturing p la n ts , fre ig h t de p o ts , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o le s a le and r e ta il esta b lish m e n ts ,- o r betw een re ta il e sta b lish m en ts and c u s t o m e r s ' h o u se s o r p la ce s o f b u s in e s s . M ay a ls o lo a d o r unload tru ck w ith or without h e lp e r s , m ake m in o r m e ch a n ica l r e p a ir s , and k eep tru ck in g ood w ork in g o r d e r . S a le s -ro u te and o v e r - t h e - r o a d d r iv e r s a re e x clu d e d .

F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , t r u c k d r iv e r s a re c la s s i f ie d by s iz e and type o f equ ipm ent, as fo l lo w s : (T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r shou ld be ra ted on the b a s is o f t r a i le r c a p a c ity .)

T r u c k d r iv e r (com b in a tion o f s iz e s lis te d se p a r a te ly )T r u c k d r iv e r , light (under IV2 to n s )T r u c k d r iv e r , m ed iu m (IV 2 to and in clu din g 4 to n s )T r u c k d r iv e r , heavy (o v e r 4 to n s , t r a i le r ty p e )T r u c k d r iv e r , heavy (o v e r 4 to n s , oth er than t r a i l e r ty p e )

T R U C K E R , PO W E R

O p era tes a m anually c o n tr o lle d g a s o lin e - o r e le c t r i c -p o w e r e d tru ck o r t r a c to r to tra n sp o rt g ood s and m a te r ia ls o f a ll k inds about a w a r e h o u se , m an u factu rin g plant, o r other esta b lish m en t.

F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , w o rk e r s a re c la s s i f ie d by type o f tru c k , as fo l lo w s :

T r u c k e r , p o w e r (fo rk lif t )T r u c k e r , p o w e r (o th er than fo r k li ft )

W AR EH O U SE M AN

As d ir e c te d , p e r fo r m s a v a r ie ty o f w a reh ou sin g duties w h ich re q u ire an understanding o f the e s ta b lis h m e n t 's s to ra g e p la n . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo l lo w in g : V e r ify in g m a te r ia ls (o rm e rc h a n d is e ) again st re c e iv in g d o cu m e n ts , noting and re p o rtin g d is c r e p a n c ie s and o b v iou s dam ages; rou ting m a te r ia ls to p r e s c r ib e d s to ra g e lo c a t io n s ; s to r in g , s ta ck in g , o r p a lle tiz in g m a te r ia ls in a c co r d a n ce w ith p r e s c r ib e d s to ra g e m eth o d s ; rea rra n g in g and taking in ve n to ry o f s to r e d m a te r ia ls ; exam in in g s to r e d m a te r ia ls and re p o rtin g d e te r io r a t io n and dam age; re m o v in g m a te r ia l fr o m storag e and p re p a rin g it f o r sh ipm ent. M ay o p era te hand o r p o w e r tru ck s in p e r fo rm in g w areh ou sin g duties.

E x clu d e w o rk e r s w h ose p r im a ry du ties in v o lv e sh ipping and re c e iv in g w ork (se e shipping and re c e iv in g c le r k and p a ck e r , sh ip p in g ), o r d e r fillin g (s e e o r d e r f i l l e r ) , o r operatin g p o w e r tru ck s (see t r u c k e r , p o w e r ).


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M idland and O d e ss a , T e x ., Jan . 1974 2 _____________ _______________________________________Suppl. F re eM ilw a u kee, W is ., A p r . 1 97 5 1_________________________________________________________________ 1 850-21 , 85 cen tsM in n ea polis—St. P au l, M inn.—W is ., Jan 1975 1 _____________________ _____________ _______— 1 850-20 , $1.05M usk eg on -M u sk e g o n H eigh ts, M ich ., June 1974 2 _________________________________ — Suppl. F r e eN a ssa u -S u ffo lk , N .Y ., June 1975 1___________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -3 9 . $1.00N ew ark , N .J ., Jan . 1 9 7 5 1___________________________________________________________________ 1 850-18 , $1.00N ew ark and J e r s e y C ity , N .J .. Jan . 1974 2 ________________________________________________ Suppl. F re eNew H aven, C onn ., Jan . 1974 2 ________________________ ___________________ —--------------------------Suppl. F re eNew O rle a n s , L a ., Jan . 1975 _______________________________________________________________ Suppl. F re eNew Y o rk , N .Y .-N .J ., M ay 1975 1 __________________________________________________________ 185 0 -45 . $1.10New Y o r k and N assau— S uffolk , N .Y ., A p r . 1974 2 ____________________________________ ____ Suppl. F re eN orfo lk —V irg in ia B ea ch —P o rtsm o u th , V a.—N .C ., M ay 1975 _________ ___________________ 1850-29 , 65 centsN orfo lk—V irg in ia B e a ch -P o r tsm o u th and N ew p ort N ew s—

H am pton , V a . -N .C . , M ay 1 97 5 _____________________________________________________________ 1 850-30 , 65 cen tsN orth ea st P en n sy lv a n ia , A ug. 1975__ -______________________________________________________ 185 0 -52 , 65 cen tsO klahom a C ity , O k la ., A ug. 1975________________________________________ _________________— 185 0 -51 , 65 cen tsO m aha, N eb r,—Iow a, O c t . 1975_______________________________________________________________ 185 0 -56 , $1 .1 0P a te r so n —C lifton — P a s s a ic , N .J ., June 1975 1__________ ___________________________________ 185 0 -38 , 80 cen tsP h ila d e lp h ia , P a ,—N .J ., N ov . 1974 __________________________________________________________Suppl. F re eP h o e n ix , A r iz . , June 1974 2 __________________________________________________________________ Suppl. F r e eP ittsb u rg h , P a ., Jan . 1975 _________________________ ____ ___________ _________ _____________ _Suppl. F re eP o rtla n d , M aine, N ov . 197 4 _______________________________________________ ___________________Suppl. F re eP o rtla n d , O re g .—W a sh ., M ay 1975___ -_____________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -40 . 75 centsP o u g h k e e p s ie , N .Y .1 3_______________________________ ________________________________________P ou g h k e e p s ie —K in gston —N ew burgh , N .Y ., June 1974 ____________________________________Suppl. F re eP ro v id e n ce -W a r w ick —P aw tu ck et, R .I .—M a s s ., June 1975 ____________________ _________ 185 0 -27 , 75 cen tsR a le ig h —D urham , N .C ., F e b . 1975 _________ ________________________________________________ Suppl. F re eR ich m on d , V a ., June 1975__________________________________ -__________-___ - _________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 1 , 65 cen tsR o c k fo r d , 111., June 1974 2 _________________________________________ ____________________ ____ Suppl. F re eSt. L o u is , M o,—111., M a r . 1975 ______________________________________________________________Suppl. F re eS a cra m e n to , C a lif . , D e c . 1 9 7 4 1 _____________________________________________________________ 185 0 -19 , 80 cen tsSaginaw , M ich ., N ov . 1 9 7 4 1_______________ __________________________________________________ 1 85 0 -16 , 75 cen tsSalt Lake C ity -O g d e n , U tah, N ov . 1974 ___________________________________ ____________ __ Suppl. F re eSan A nton io , T e x ., M ay 1975 ________ ______________________________________ _____________ _ 185 0 -23 , 65 cen tsSan D ie g o , C a li f . , N ov . 1974 1 __________________________________________ ______ —____ _______ 1 850-13 , 80 cen tsSan F ra n c is co -O a k la n d , C a lif . , M a r . 1975 1____ __________________ ________________________ 185 0 -35 , $1.00San J o s e , C a lif . , M a r. 1975 1 ______________ ____________ ___ - .............. -__ ___________________ 1 8 5 0 -3 6 , 85 centsSavannah, G a., M ay 1974 2 ______________________ ____ _______________________________________ Suppl. F r e eS eattle—E v e re tt , W a sh ., Jan . 1975 ___________ ____ __________________________________________Suppl. F re eSouth B end , Ind., M a r. 1975 ______________ ___ ._____ ____ ____________________________________ Suppl. F re eSpokane, W a sh ., June 1974 2 ____________ _______________ ___________ _____________ ____ _ ____ Suppl. F re eS y ra cu se , N .Y ., J u ly 1975___________________________________________________ __ ______________ 1 8 5 0 -43 , 65 cen tsT o le d o , O h io—M ich ., M ay 1975 1___________ ______ _____ ________________________ ____________ 1 8 5 0 -3 4 , 80 cen tsT ren ton , N .J ., Sept. 1974 ___________________________________________ ___ _____________________Suppl. F r e eU t ic a -R o m e , N .Y .,' Ju ly 1975 1_______________________________________________________________ 185 0 -48 , 80 cen tsW ash ington , D .C ^ M d ^ V a ., M a r. 1 9 7 5 1____________________________________________________ 185 0 -31 , $1.00W a terb u ry , C on n ., M a r. 1974 2 ___________________________________________- ____________ Suppl. F re eW e stc h e s te r C ounty , N .Y ., M ay 1975 1_______________________________ _____________ ________ 1 85 0 -53 , 80 cen tsW ich ita , K a n s ., A p r . 197 5 _____________ _____________ ____________ _________________ __________ Suppl. F r e eW o r c e s t e r , M a s s ., M ay 1 97 5 1 ________ __ ______ ___ ________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -24 , 80 cen tsY o rk , P a ., F e b . 1 9 7 5 1 ________________________________________________________________________ 185 0 -32 , 80 cen tsY o u n g s to w n -W a rre n , O h io , N ov . 1973 2 ------------------------ --------------- --------- --------------------------- Suppl. F r e e

* Prices are determined by the Government Printing O ffice and are subject to change.1 Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.2 No longer surveyed.3 To be surveyed.


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