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OFFICE ■ W ORKERS salaries hours of work supplementary benefits Bulletin No. 989 OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. FEBRUARY 1950 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR • BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS For sale by the Superintendent of Decuments, U. S. Government Printing Office Washineton 25, D. C. Price 15 cents UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Maurice J. Tobin - Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague - Commissioner i CONTENTS Page Number Introduction ......... ...................•.......•.................1 Salaries of Oklahoma City Office Workers, February 1950 .......•••.•••••••••••••••«•'•••» Supplementary Wage Practices ............................................ *••.•••••••••••• Tables: 1. 2. 3. h. 5• 6. 7. 8. 9• 1 1 Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industry division ......... ........ Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries ............ •................. Scheduled weekly hours ......................... •••••••••••••••••«.•••••••• Scheduled days in workweek .............. •••••••••» Vacations w 1th pay ...... .................••••••.•••••..... . Paid holidays .......... .......••••....................................... Formal provisions for paid sicb leave ..... ............................. Nonproduction bonuses ..................................................... Insurance and pension plans ••••••................. ....................... 3 6 9 9 10 10 H 12 12 Scope and method, of survey •••••••••..••••••••...... ••••••••••••.........••••• 13 Appendix A: Appendix B: Descriptions of occupations s t u d i e d ..... ..................... 15 INTRODUCTION Surveys of office worker salaries were conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in more than a score of large cities during 191-8-^9 • The survey program provides for annual re surveys in a major city in each of 5 broad geographic areas. These cities are Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, L03 Angeles, and New York. Initial surveys will be conducted each year In another 5 important cities. To the extent that resources permit, salary data will also be brought up-to-date in a few cities last covered 2 or 3 yetrs earlier. These surveys are designed to provide salary data for selected office occupations on a cross-industry basis. Data are also obtained on supplementary benefits, such as vacations, holi days, sick leave, and Insurance and pension plans. Salary and related data are provided wherever possible for individual industry divisions. The Oklahoma City study was prepared in the Bureau’s Division of Wage Statistics by Harry H. Hall, Regional Wage Analyst, Region III, Atlanta, Georgia. The planning and central direction of the program was the responsibility of Toivo P. Kanninen and Louis E. Badenhoop under the general supervision of Harry Ober, Chief of the Branch of Industry Wage Studies. SALARIES OF OFFICE WORKERS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, FEBRUARY 1950 l/ Salaries Women general stenographers, numerically the most important job group among the 19 cate gories for which data are presented in table 1, averaged $^3.50 a week in February 1950* Pay-roll clerks earned $1 more and accounting clerks averaged $2 less than general stenographers. An average of $38 was recorded for clerk-typists, the fourth largest women’s group covered in the Oklahoma City study. Average salaries in excess of $1+5 were paid to hand bookkeepers and technical stenog raphers. Clerks doing routine filing averaged $3^.50* or $2 more than office girls who were the lowest-paid women workers. Average weekly salaries of men, among 7 occupations for which data could be presented, ranged from a high of $63 for general clerks performing a variety of non-routine duties without direct supervision to a low of $31 for office boys. A third of the men office workers studied were employed as accounting clerks, at an average salary of $ 52 .50 . Women clerk-typists and general stenographers were sufficiently numerous in each of 7 broad industry divisions to permit a limited comparison of industry salary levels. Workers employed in offices of manufacturing and wholesale trade establishments and in the crude-petroleum and natural-gas production group were paid above average salaries. Salary rates varied widely in individual jobs as indicated in the all-industry distribu tions presented in table 2. These variations are traceable to inter-industry differences in pay levels, to differences in salary rates paid among establishments within the same industry, and to rate differences in particular jobs within individual establishments. The range of rates among men workers was generally greater than among women in the identical occupations. Among accounting clerks, as an illustration, salaries of individual men ranged from $ 32.50 to more than $75* whereas women's rates fell in.the $27.50-$59.99 range. In nearly all of the women's jobs, from three-fifths to four-fifths of the workers were grouped within a $10 salary bracket. SUPPLEMENTAFY WAGE PRACTICES Work schedules Although the 40-hour, 5-day workweek was the most common schedule in Oklahoma City of fices, as shown in tables 3 and k, a substantial proportion of women office workers in the retail trade and finance, insurance, and real estate divisions worked on other schedules. Half of the women office workers in retail trade worked a 5^-day week and nearly a fourth were on a full 6-day schedule. Less than a fifth of these women, however, worked more than bO hours a week. l/ See Appendix A for discussion of scope and method of study 2 Paid vacations Formal provisions for granting vacations vith pay were reported "by nearly all establish ments visited. Three-fifths of the employees were in offices granting at least 1 week after 6 months of service and most employees received 2 weeks with pay after 1 year of service (table 5)» Paid holidays Virtually all office workers received at least 5 holidays with pay. Although the most common practice in each industry division provided 6 paid holidays, k 5 percent of the office em ployees in retail trade received 7 paid holidays and 30 percent in manufacturing received 8 paid holidays (table 6). Paid sick leave Nearly two-fifths of the workers were employed in offices having formal provisions for sick leave with pay after 1 year of service. The amount of sick leave allowed annually varied from less than 5 to over 20 days (table 7)* Sick leave granted on an informal basis is not included in these estimates. Nonproduction bonuses Many employers in Oklahoma City supplemented the basic pay of office workers with a non production bonus, typically in the form of a Christmas or year-end payment. The practice varied greatly among the industries studied as indicated in table 8. The proportion of office workers employed in establishments granting Christmas or year-end bonuses, for example, ranged from 1 per cent in transportation, communication, and other public utilities to 58 percent in wholesale trade. Profit-sharing plans were also reported in nearly all divisions but were most common in the ser vice industries. Insurance and pension plans Establishments employing seven-eighths of the Oklahoma City office workers provided some type of insurance or pension plan for which the firms paid at least part of the premiums. Threefourths of the workers benefited from plans providing life insurance (table 9)« Retirement pension plans were reported by establishments accounting for nearly two-thirds of the office workers. Among individual industry divisions, the proportion of office workers in establishments with such plans ranged from slightly less than half in wholesale trade to nearly nine-tenths in transportation, ccmmunication, and other public utilities. - 3 - TABLE 1.— Salaries 1/ and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Oklahoma City, Okla., by industry division, February 1950 Sex, occupation, and industry division 2/ Estimated number of workers Weekly salary Average Weekly scheduled hours IMedian Hourly rate 2/ weekly salary Salary range of middle 50 percent of workers Men Bookkeepers, hand U ............. Wholesale trade .............. 80 $ 60.00 57.00 4 1 .5 4 1 .5 $ 1 .4 5 40 1 .3 7 $ 56.00 54.50 $ 52.00 - $65.50 52.00 - 60.50 Bookkeeoiner-machine operators. gl^ss B ....... .............. 48 43.00 4 1.0 1.05 41.50 37.00 - 46.00 Clerks, accounting 4/ ............ Finance, insurance, and real estate ..................... Transportation, communication, and other public utilities .. Crude-petroleum and natural-gas production ................. 299 52.50 4 1.0 1.28 52.00 46.00 - 58.50 31 47.00 40.5 1.16 49.50 41.50 - 52.00 35 54.00 4 1 .5 1.30 49.50 47.00 - 59.50 57 61.00 40.5 1.51 62.00 52.50 - 67.50 Clerks, general 4/ ............... Wholesale trade .............. 210 69 63 .OO 4 1.0 4 1.0 1.54 1.43 62.50 57.50 49.50 - 58.50 74.00 71.50 Clerks, order i j ..... ............ Manufacturing ................. Wholesale t r a d e ....... ...... 108 30 78 53.00 52.00 53.50 4 1 .5 40.5 42.0 1.28 1.28 1.27 53.00 50.50 53.50 41.00 41.50 - 63.50 63.50 63.50 Clerks, pay roll ................. 32 57.00 43.0 1.33 55.00 48.50 - 66.00 Office boys 4/ ....... ......... . Manufacturing........ ....... 95 46 31.0 0 39.0 38.0 .79 .79 31.0 0 30.00 30.00 29.50 - 32.00 30.00 134 52 39.50 43.00 40.5 4 1.0 .98 1.05 39.00 40.00 34.00 39.00 - 43.00 49.50 60 25 50.00 48.50 42.0 4 2.5 1.19 l.U 49.00 49.50 44.00 42.00 - 54.50 52.00 150 52 39.00 39.00 40.5 42.0 .96 .93 38.00 38.00 35.00 35.00 - 41.50 43.00 45 38.50 37 .5 1.03 38.00 37.00 - 40.50 326 62 116 88 43.00 42.00 45.00 39.00 40.5 40.0 40.0 4 1 .5 1.06 1.05 1.13 .94 4 1.5 0 42.00 45.00 39.00 39.00 40.50 35.00 47.00 45.00 50.50 40.50 48.00 41.50 - 32.50 Women Billers, machine (billing machine} 4/ ....... ..... . Wholesale trade Bookkeepers, hand U .............. Wholesale trade ••.•••••••••••• Bookkeeping-machine operators. class B 4 / ................. .... Wholesale t r a d e ............. . Finance, insurance, and real e s t a t e ............. . Calculating-machine operators. (Comptometer type) U ..... . Manufacturing ................ Wholesale trade ............... Retail trade ................. See footnotes at end of table 38.50 - TABLE 1.— Salaries 1/ and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Oklahoma City, Okla., by industry division, February 1950 - Continued Sex, occupation, and industry division Estimated number of workers Weekly salary Average Weekly scheduled hours Median Hourly rate 2/ weekly salary Salary range of middle 50 percent of workers Women - Continued Clerks, ^cqounting 4/ ............. Manufacturing................ Retail trade ......... . Finance, insurance, and real estate ............ . Services •...•••••••••••••.... 323 55 53 $41.50 44.00 43.00 40.0 40.0 40.5 $1.0 4 $42.00 1 .1 0 1.0 6 45.00 44.00 27 30 38.50 40.00 39.0 39.0 .99 1.0 3 a . 50 32.50 32.50 - 44.00 46.00 Clerks, file, class A ............. 34 44.00 40.0 1 .1 0 42.50 37.00 - 48.50 Clerks, file, class B j j ...... . Wholesale trade ............ • • Finance, insurance, and real estate .............. . 128 30 34.50 38.50 39.5 4 1.0 .87 .94 33.00 38.50 32*00 34.00 - 36.50 40.50 56 32.50 38.5 .84 32.50 30.00 - 34.50 Clerks, general j j ............... Wholesale trade ............... 150 48 45.00 40.0 40.5 1.13 1.04 44.00 42.00 37.50 - 42.00 34.50 - 50.50 48.00 Clerks, order U ................ . Finance, insurance, and real estate ......... .......... 79 36.00 40.0 .90 34.00 33.00 - 39.00 43 36.00 39.5 .91 35.00 33.50 - 39.50 Clerks, nav roll U Manufacturing 80 18 44.50 46.00 40.5 40.5 1.10 1.14 42.00 44.50 39.00 43.00 - 47.50 50.00 285 18 71 26 38.00 39.50 40.50 39.50 40.5 4 1 .5 42.0 a .5 .94 .95 .96 .95 37.00 39.00 39.00 40.00 33.50 37.00 33.00 34.00 - 42.50 a . 50 46.00 44.00 99 35.50 40.0 .89 34.50 30.00 - 39.50 20 30 37.50 36.00 40.5 39 .5 .93 .91 38.50 34.50 35.00 34.50 - 40.50 39.00 21 42.00 40.0 1.05 40.50 38.50 - 45.00 34 32.50 40.0 .81 31.00 30.00 - 36.50 683 124 170 59 43.50 44.00 45.00 40.50 40.5 40.5 40.5 40.5 1.07 1.09 1.00 43.50 44.00 46.00 40.50 39.00 41.00 42.50 36.00 - 48.00 46.00 49.50 46.00 no 40.00 39 .5 1.01 40.50 34.50 - 44.00 n 9 42.00 41.00 40.5 39 .5 1.04 1.04 41.50 39.00 38.00 - 28 37.00 - 46.00 45.00 73 49.00 40.0 1.23 48.00 48.00 - 50.50 .............. Clerk-tvoists .................. . Manufacturing ............ Wholesale trade ............... Retail t r a d e ......... ..... . Finance, insurance, and real e s t a t e ......... •••••.... . Transportation, communication, and other public utilities •• Services ................ .. Crude-petroleum and natural-gas production.......... ...... Office g i r l s ..... ............ Stenographers, general ............ Manufacturing Wholesale trade •••.•••••••••••• Retail trade ••••••••••••••••••• Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. ••••• Transportation, communication, and other public utilities Ser vi c e s .... .......... . Crude-petroleum and natural-gas production See footnotes at end of table. i.n 39.00 $37.50 - $46.00 40.00 - 47.00 40.00 - 46.00 TABLE 1 #— Salaries j/ and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Oklahoma City, Okla., by industry division, February 1950 - Continued Sex, occupation, and industry division 7 j Estimated number of workers Weekly salary Average Weekly scheduled hours weekly salary Salary range of middle 50 percent of workers $46.00 - $52.50 Median Hourly rate 2 / Women - Continued Stenographers, technical ........ 31 $51.00 40.5 $1.2 6 $52.00 Switchboard operators ..... . 97 43.00 40.0 1.08 42.50 39.00 - 47.00 Switchboard operatorreceptionists U ........... . Manufacturing ................ Wholesale trade 112 17 46 38.50 40.00 38.50 41.0 41.0 42.0 .94 .98 .92 37.00 37.50 37.50 33.50 35.00 35.00 - 44.00 44.50 42.00 Transcribing-machine operators. general U ........ ............ Wholesale trade ............. 57 32 40.50 38.00 41.0 41.5 .99 .92 40.50 39.00 37.00 35.50 - 41.50 40.50 Typists, class A ................. 92 42.50 40.5 1.05 43.00 37.50 - 46.00 Typists, class B i j .............. Wholesale trade ............. 90 28 36.00 33.50 40.5 .89 .80 34.50 33.00 32.00 30.50 - 39.00 37.50 42.0 1/ Excludes pay for overtime. 2/ The study covered representative manufacturing and retail trade establishments and trans portation (except railroads), communication, heat,light and power companies with over 100 workers; and establishments with more than 25 workers in crude-petroleum and natural-gas production, whole sale trade, finance, real estate, insurance and selected service industries (business service; such professional services as engineering, architectural, accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping firms; motion pictures; and nonprofit membership organizations). 2/ Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell. Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately. TABLE 2.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations by weekly salaries 3/ in Oklahoma City, Okla*, February 1950 Weekly salaries 3/ Book Clerks, Clerks, Clerks, Office keepers, account-. general order boys hand ing $20.00 - $22.49 ............... $22.50 - $24.99 ............... - $25.00 $27.50 $30.00 $32.50 $35.00 -» $27«49 - $29.99 ............... — $32*4-9 - $34.99 ............... - $37.49 ............... — — — - $37.50 $40.00 $42.50 $45.00 $47.50 - $39.99 $42.49 $44.99 $47.49 $49.99 ............... ............... .............. . ............... ............... $50.00 $52.50 $55.00 $57.50 $60.00 - $52.49 $54.99 $57.49 $59.99 $62.49 $62.50 $65.00 $67.50 $70.00 $72.50 - $75.00 $80.00 $85*00 $90*00 $95.00 — • - - - mm _ - 1.7 4.0 5.0 2.5 2.5 1.3 ............... ............... ....... ........ ............... ............... $64.99 $67.49 $69.99 $72.49 $74.99 .......... . ............... ............... ............... ..... .......... $79.99 $84.99 $89*99 $94*99 $99.99 ............... ............... ••••••••••*••••• •••••••••••••••* ............... T o t a l ....... Estimated number of workers #### Average w e d d y salary 3/ *•*.... See footnote at end of table. Percent Billers, machine (billing machine) I «H O Percent of men - Book keepers, hand - 10.5 - - — 1.0 — 1.9 5*6 13.7 54.8 10.5 6.3 7.5 6.7 15.7 12.7 ~ 3.3 6.0 5.0 5.4 11.4 12.0 2.4 8.1 8.6 5.7 11.9 9.3 9.3 — 6.5 2.1 2.1 — - 13.4 15.7 10.4 5.2 4.5 5.0 5.0 16.7 11.7 13.3 22.4 8.8 10.0 8.7 6.3 8.0 12.0 7.7 5.4 4.3 5.2 2.9 4.3 8.9 1.0 2.8 11.9 — 16.7 6.7 - - 5.6 3.7 - 3.7 1.5 — 3.0 - 7.4 1.3 7.4 1.3 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.0 4.0 1.7 8.1 2.9 3.3 4.8 11.3 12.9 9.3 4.6 1.9 - - 1.7 3.3 - 5.0 3.8 6.7 8.6 5.2 1.0 - 2.8 - - - — - - 2.5 _ 1.0 - - - - - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 299 210 108 95 $53.00 $31.00 - 80 $ 60.00 $52.50 $63.00 100.0 100 .0 134 $39.50 - 3.3 13.3 100.0 60 $50.00 TABLE 2.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations by weekly salaries l/ in Oklahoma City, Okla., February 1950 - Continued Bookkeej>- Calculatinging machine Clerks, Clerks Clerks, Clerks, Clerks, account-i file machine operators general order pay roll operators, (Comptometer class B ing class B type) Weekly salaries 1/ $20.00 — $22.49 •••••••••••••• $22.50 — $24.99 *••«•••«*••••• - - - 2.5 8.3 6 .4 13.6 3.4 4.6 - $25*00 $27*50 $30.00 $32.50 $35*00 — — — $27*49 *•«•••«•*••••* $29*99 #*••••••••••*• $32.-49............. $34.99 ............. $37*49 ••••••••♦••••• 10.0 23.9 $37*50 $40*00 $42.50 $45*00 $47.50 — — — — - $39*99 $42.49 $44*99 $47*49 $49*99 #•••«•••••***• ••••••••••••*« •••••••*•••**• •••••••••*•••* ............. 22.7 18*0 6*7 10.0 2.0 13.5 22.7 12.9 13.2 4.3 13.6 13.6 14.6 20.2 6.2 $50.00 • $52.49 $52.50 — $54*99 $55*00 •• $57*49 $57.50 — $59*99 $60.00 — $62.49 •••••••••*••♦• 1.3 •••*•**••*•••• — 4.3 .9 - •*••••••••••*• - - - $62.50 — $64*99 $65*00 — $67*49 $67 • 50 — $ 69 *99 $70.00 — $72.49 $72*50 — $74*99 $75*00 $80.00 $85*00 $90.00 $95*00 — — — • — $79*99 $84*99 $89*99 $94*99 $99*99 Total m 1 3 1 0 Percent 2 .7 2 .7 2 .8 *••••••••••*** - •••••«•••••••• - 10.4 1.8 2.5 .3 1.2 *••••••**•*••* - - - ••••••«•••••** — — — ••*•••**••••** mm - - ••••••••••*••• - - - 11.7 4.7 - 3.9 2.2 - - - m m *••••••«••••** 14.1 18.8 33.5 13.3 - — — 10 .0 1 3 .3 10.0 9 .3 1 1.3 1 0 .7 8 .7 14.0 4 .7 1 .3 4.0 - - - — 16.5 40.5 13.9 3 .8 1 .3 6 .3 6.3 17.7 3.8 17.4 26.2 7.5 11.2 11.2 _ - 2.5 - - 1*3 3.8 - - - - 3.8 - - - - — 2.0 - 5.0 - - - - • - — — «* «. .7 ••**•*•*•*•••• - - - - - - ••••*••**«•••* - - - - — - - ****••**•**••* - - - - - - •*•••••••••••• - - - - - - - .* ••***•••••••** •••••*•••*•••• Estimated number of workers Average weekly salary 1/ .. ..... See footnote at end of table. 883523 O —50----- 2 100.0 100.0 100*0 100.0 100.0 150 326 323 128 150 $39.00 $43.00 $41.50 $34.50 $45.00 «• 100.0 79 $36.00 — 100.0 80 $44.50 TABLE 2,— Percentage distribution of wsrkers in selected office occupations by weekly salaries 2j in Oklahoma City, Okla,, February 1950 - Continued Weekly salaries Percent of women Switch TranSwitch board scribingStenog board Typists, Clerkmachine operatorclass A typists raphers, opera operators, reception general tors general ists 2 / $20*00 «■ $22*49 «••••••••••* $22*50 — $24*99 *••••••*•••• - - - 8*8 10*5 1 .0 1 .0 7.0 8 .3 2 .1 1.0 4 .1 6 .2 2.7 7*1 8*0 14*3 19.6 7.0 7.0 14.0 9.8 15.2 5.6 29.9 20*0 5*6 11.6 1 3 .4 20.7 1 4 .5 1 4 .4 1 3 .4 11.6 3*6 22*3 3.6 - 14 .0 40.3 7.0 1 .8 1 .8 4.3 16*3 22.8 14.1 12.0 15*6 11*1 10.0 2.2 8.2 1.0 3*6 2*7 - 1 .8 1 .8 2*2 2.2 1.1 — — - - *9 3 .5 - - $25.00 $27*50 $30*00 $32*50 $35*00 — — — — $27.49 $29*99 $32*49 $34*99 $37*49 ......... . •••*•••••••• *••••••••••* *••••••••••• •••••••••••• $37*50 $40*00 $42*50 $45*00 $47*50 — — — — — $39*99 $42*49 $44*99 $47*49 $49*99 *•*•••*••••* •••••••••••• •*•••••••••• •*•••••••••* •••*•••••••• 7.7 13*3 9*5 8.4 2*1 $50*00 $52*50 $55*00 $57*50 $60*00 — — — — — $52*49 $54*99 $57*49 $59*99 $62*49 •••••••••••• ••**•*•***•• •••••••••••* •*••••••»••* •••••••*•••• 1*1 — — 2.8 - 7.5 2.5 .3 2.5 .3 $62*50 $65*00 $ 67 •50 $70*00 $72*50 — — — — — $64*99 $67*49 $ 69 *99 $72*49 $74*99 •••••••••••• •••••••••••• •••••••••••• *••••••••**• •••••••••••• «. — - .1 .1 — - $75.00 $80*00 $85*00 $90*00 $95*00 — — — — $79*99 $84*99 $89*99 $94*99 $99*99 .......... . ••••*••••••* •••••*•••••• •••••*•*•••* •••••••*•••• — - - T o t a l ..... ***** Estimated number of workers Average weekly salary ] / ** 22 .5 1 3 .3 - 16 .1 13.2 _ - - - _ - - lsO - mm — - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mm 100.0 100*0 285 683 $38.00 $43.50 Excludes pay for overtime* n.6 16.9 - Typists, class B 100*0 97 $43.00 100*0 - 100*0 100*0 100*0 112 57 92 90 $38.50 $40.50 $42.50 $ 36.00 - 9 - TABLE 3#— Scheduled weekly hours of women in Oklahoma City offices, February 1950 Weekly hours All offices employing women .. 35 h o u r s .... ............ 37£ hours ............. Over 37^ and under 40 hours 40 hours ••• .............. . Over 40 and under 44 hours 44 hours ................... Over 44 and under 48 hours 48 h o u r s ................ . Over 48 hours ............ Percent of workers employed in offices in Trans Finance, porta All Crude-pe Manu Whole Retail insur tion, ance, and comniunlr Serv troleum and indus factur sale trade ing real tries trade cation, ices natural-gas production estate and other public utilities 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2.0 1.4 6.7 80.9 1.3 6.3 1.1 .2 .1 90.3 1.2 5.3 3.2 — _ 80.5 51.8 30.7 9.6 5.8 .7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 28*4 70.6 1.0 - 0.9 98.8 9.4 - 16.0 3.0 .5 — - - - 5 .1 84.1 .7 94.8 .6 5.0 - - - .1 .2 — 1.4 - — - .3 — TABLE 4«— Scheduled days in workweek of women in Oklahoma City offices, February 1950 Days in week Percent of workers employed in offices in Trans Finance, porta All Manu Whole Retail insur Crude-pe tion, indus factur sale trade ance, and comnunj- Serv troleum and tries ing trade real cation, ices natural-gas estate and other production public utilities All offices employing women .. . 100.0 5 days ..................... 5h days ................... 6 days ...... •••• 70.2 20.4 9.4 100.0 87.3 11.9 .8 100.0 100.0 100.0 80.6 25.9 50.6 23.5 18.9 .5 100.0 ioo»& 41.7 89.1 28.7 29.6 10.8 .1 80,6 11.7 7.7 100.0 98.8 1.2 TABLE 5.— Vacations with pay in Oklahoma City offices, February 1950 Vacation policy All offices studied ......... Percemi of workers employed in office ? in - _______ Trans porta CrudeFinance, tion, petroleum All Manu Whole insur communi and Ser Retail indus factur sale ance, and cation, trade vices naturaltries ing trade real gas pro and other estate public duction utilities 100.0 100.0 61.1 56.1 4.1 .9 33.9 48.0 45.9 99.2 29.3 .4 69.4 .1 .3 100.0 8.5 91.5 - 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 7.9 7.2 84.6 81.5 67.5 67.5 32.5 71.5 69.3 2.2 28.5 100.0 1.5 88.4 9.6 6 months of service Offices with paid vacations ... 1 w e e k ...... .........-. Over 1 and under 2 weeks . 2 weeks ............... Offices with no paid vacations - - .7 92.1 3.1 15.4 85.5 80.9 4.6 14.5 100.0 100.0 48.1 42.9 3.4 53.7 51.3 .6 - 100.0 6.8 100.0 45.9 - - 93.2 - 54.1 _ - 98.5 - 78.8 11.6 99.2 13.1 1.1 84.9 .1 .8 100.0 100.0 100.0 7.6 42.9 14.3 3.4 56.5 82.3 92.4 — — .6 - 100.0 — 100.0 - 100.0 .1 3.2 96.7 - 100.0 1.5 88.4 9.6 9875 — - 7878 — 11.6 99.2 11.3 87.1 .8 .8 100.0 — 100.0 - 100.0 100.0 10.9 40.5 82.6 58.9 .6 6.5 — - 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 .1 99.9 100.0 88.4 9.6 78.8 11.6 - 2.1 52.0 41.3 29.1 12.2 - 58.7 - 1 rear of service Offices with paid vacations ... 1 w e e k ....... ......... Over 1 and under 2 weeks . 2 weeks... ........... Over 2 weeks ........... Offices with no paid vacations - 2 years of service Offices with paid vacations ... 1 week ................ Over 1 and under 2 weeks . 2 weeks .......... •••••• Over 2 weeks ........ . Offices with no paid vacations 5 years of service Offices with paid vacations ... 1 w e e k ................ 2 weeks ................ Over 2 weeks ........ .. Offices with no paid vacations - - — 100.0 - TABLE 6.— Paid holidays in Oklahoma City offices, February 1950 Number of paid holidays All offices studied....... . Offices providing paid holidays ................ Number of holidays: 1 ................. 2 ................. 2ir •••••............ 3 ...... .......... 4 ................. 5 ................. 6 ................. 7 ................. 7 * ................ 8 ................. Offices providing no paid holidays .......... . Percemt of workers emoloyed in officesj in Trans Crudeporta Finance, tion, petroleum All Manu Whole insur and communi Ser Retail indus factur sale ance, and cation, vices naturaltrade tries real trade ing and other gas pro estate public duction utilities 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.4 99.9 100.0 .8 .1 _ 7.7 .8 .9 5.7 62.3 20.4 1.9 6.6 .1 - 6.5 55.4 — 30.4 — — 2.0 10.3 86.1 1.6 - — - .7 3.4 — 3.4 47.4 45.1 - — .4 6.9 49.9 31.0 _ 11.8 .1 — 54.1 37.4 8.4 - — — — — - 11.6 — - — — 79.4 20.6 5.8 11.6 68.2 2.2 - — .6 11 TABLE 7.— Formal provisions for paid sick leave in Oklahoma City offices, February 1950 1 Provisions for paid sick leave Perceiit of workers employed in offices in Trans Crudeporta Finance, tion, petroleum All Manu Whole insur Retail communi Ser and indus factur sale ance, and trade cation, vices naturaltries real ing trade and other *as pro estate public duction utilities All offices studied .......... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 47.3 35.7 5.9 5.7 - 45.8 40.8 5.0 - 34.3 32.1 2.2 - 100.0 52.7 54.2 65.7 7.3 7.3 48.3 35.6 7.0 5.7 45.8 10.8 35.0 - 83.2 9.0 12.2 56.2 5.8 - 6 months of service Offices with formal provisions for paid sick leave ......... Under 5 days ............. 5 d a y s .................. 6 days .................. 10 days ....... ........... 12 days .................. Over 20 d a y s ..... ........ Offices with no formal provisions for paid sick leave .. 18.6 .5 4.3 8.8 2.2 1.3 1.5 - 13.5 2.3 .4 1.9 2.7 6.2 - - 81.4 100.0 86.5 38.1 .5 12.8 .7 .9 •4 6.9 1.4 8.2 2.0 4.3 30.4 30.4 - 61.4 2.3 36.5 2.9 1.9 5.4 6.1 6.3 61.9 69.6 38.6 100.0 92.7 51.7 54.2 16.8 39.8 .5 .7 .7 .7 6.4 •4 1.4 8.2 8.9 11.9 30.4 30.4 - 61.4 2.3 .4 2.9 5.4 1.9 6.1 36.2 6.2 16.3 16.3 7.3 7.3 48.3 35.6 12.7 45.8 5.0 10.8 30.0 83.2 9.0 10.0 24.1 40.1 60.2 69.6 38.6 S3.7 92.7 51.7 54.2 16.8 100.0 1 vear of service Offices with formal provisions for paid s^ck l e a v e ......... Under 5 days ............ 5 days .................. 6 days ..... ..... . 7 d a y s .... ......... 8 days ...... .......... 10 d a y s ....... ........... 12 days .................. 15 d a y s .... .............. 20 days .................. Over 20 days .............. Offices with no formal pro visions for paid sick leave .. - 5 years of service Offices with formal provisions for pa** d sick leave .......... Under 5 days ........... . 5 days .................. 6 days .......... ........ 7 d a y s ..... . ............ 10 days .................. 11 days .......... . 12 days ................. . 15 days ..... ............. 20 days .......... ........ Over 20 days ....... . Offices with no formal pro visions for paid sick leave .. 12 TABLE 8.— Honproduction bonuses in Oklahoma City offices, February 1950 Type of bonus Percent of office workers employed in o:*fices in Transpor CrudeFinance, tation, petroleum All Manu Whole insur communi Serv and indus factur sale Retail ance, and cation, ices naturaltrade tries ing trade real and other gas estate public production utilities All offices studies ......... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Offices with nonproduction bonuses 1/ ............... Christinas or year-end ... Profit-sharing ......... Other ................. . 43.6 27.6 10.3 5.7 32.1 12.9 11.6 7.6 61.7 57.5 4.2 - 82.1 39.1 43.0 52.3 27.0 25.3 - 3.0 1.2 1.8 - 74.6 24.2 50.4 - 30.0 23.4 .8 5.8 Offices with no nonproduction b o n u s e s .......... . 56.4 67.9 38.3 17.9 47.7 97.0 25.4 70.0 1/ Unduplicated total* TABLE 9.— Insurance and pension plans in Oklahoma City offices, February 1950 Type of plan Percent of workers employed in offices in Transpor CrudeFinance, tation, Serv petroleum All insur communi Manu Whole ices Retail and indus factur sale ance, and cation, trade naturaland other real tries trade ing gas public estate production utilities All offices studied ......... 100.0 Offices with insurance or pension plans 1/ ........ .. Life insurance ..... . Health insurance ........ Retirement pension ...... Hospitalization ........ O t h e r ..... . 87.3 75.3 23.3 64.0 60.1 - Offices with no insurance or pension plans .............. 12.7 1/ Unduplicated total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 80.9 75.8 44.4 59.6 70.9 - 77.6 72.2 21.0 56.9 42.1 - 99.9 67.5 16.4 88.9 61.9 - 90.4 89.4 43.7 50.6 44.2 - 86.8 75.2 4.2 72.5 55.4 - 19.1 22.4 .1 9.6 13.2 100.0 100.0 79.9 77.2 12.5 65.3 59.S - 89.3 82.0 28.9 47.3 74.7 - 20.1 10.7 13 APPENDIX A Scope and Method of Survey The information presented in this bulletin was collected by visits cf field representa tives of the Bureau to representative offices in the city surveyed. In classifying workers by oc cupation, uniform Job descriptions were used; they are presented in Appendix B. No attempt was made to study all office occupations and, in general, the Jobs surveyed were those that are found in a large proportion of offices and that involve duties that are more or less uniform from firm to firm. The Jobs studied are more representative of the salaries of women than of men office workers. The study covered seven broad industry divisions and In each division only establishments above a certain size were studied. Office employment in smaller establishments was not considered sufficiently great to warrant inclusion of such establishments In the survey. A greater proportion of large than of small establishments was studied In order to maximize the proportion of office workers that could be surveyed with available resources. Each group of establishments of a certain size, however, was given only its proper influence on the information presented. The Industries Included in the study together with the minimum size of establishments and the number cf establish ments surveyed are summarized below. Establishments and workers In major industry divisions in Oklahoma City, and number studied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, February 1990 Item Number of Minimum establishments size of establish Estimated Studied ment total . 1/ Employment Estimated total 2/ In establishments studled Office Total Industry division All divisions ................... Manufacturing ................. Wholesale trade ............... Be tail trade ............... Finance, insurance, and real estate .......... .......... Transportation, communication, and other public utilities 3 / Services b / ............... Crude-petroleum and natural-gas production .................. 37,700 8,1*00 27 6,500 22,330 5,230 1,770 12 6,700 2,290 6,320 720 630 370 53 22 3,600 2,310 1,330 101 26 15 18 11 11 8,300 2,300 7,1*00 1,920 2 ,1*00 320 26 18 12 1,900 1,1*10 530 256 11* 11 79 152 109 11 7 37,700 15,200 22,330 6,320 2,760 1*60 1,960 1 ,11*0 256 25 99 109 1U 28 26 10 1 26 101 Size cf establishment All size g r o u p s .... ........... 501 and o v e r ..... ....... . 291 - 500 .................. . 10 1 - 250 .................... 26 - 1 0 0 ................ . bO 51 3,600 12,300 6,600 11,700 2,170 6,100 2,360 l/ Number of plant and office workers. 2/ Plant and office employment In the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area (Oklahoma County). 3 / Excludes railroads. f/ Business service; such professional services as engineering, architectural, accounting, auditing, and bockkeeping firms; motion pictures; and nonprofit membership organizations. - lh - The information on weekly salaries excludes overtime pay and nonproduction bonuses but includes incentive earnings. The weekly hours data refer to the work schedules for which these salaries are paid. Hourly rates were obtained by dividing these weekly salaries by scheduled hours. The number of workers presented refers to the estimated total employed in all establishments with in the scope of the study and not to the number actually surveyed. Data are shown only for full-time workers, defined as those who are hired establishments full-time schedule for the occupational classification. to work the Information on wage practices refers to all office workers except in the tabulations of scheduled weekly hours and days in workweek for women workers. It is presented in terms of the proportion of workers employed in offices with the practice in question. Because of eligibility requirements, the proportion actually receiving the benefits in question may be smaller. The summary of vacation and sick leave plans is limited to formal arrangements and ex cludes informal-plans whereby time off with pay may be granted at the discretion of the employer or other supervisor. Sick leave plans are further limited to those providing full pay for at least some amount of time off and exclude health insurance even though paid for by employers. In evaluating Information on variations in salaries with size of establishment, in the few cities in which the coverage Justifies such a summary, it should be remembered that this fac tor may be related to others. There Is frequently an important relationship between size and in dustrial classification in the broad industry groups used in these surveys. - 15 - APPENDIX B Descriptions of Occupations Studied. The primary purpose of the Bureau's job descriptions is to assist its field staff in classifying workers who are employed under a variety of pay-roll titles and different work arrangements from office to office and from area to area, into appropriate occupations. This is essential in order to permit the grouping of occupational wage rates representing comparable job content. Be cause of this emphasis on interoffice and interarea comparability of occupation al content, the Bureau’s job descriptions differ significantly from those in U3e in individual establishments or those prepared for other purposes. In view of these special characteristics of the Bureau’s job descriptions, their adop tion without modification by any single establishment or for any other purpose than that indicated herein Is not recommended. Where office workers regularly perform duties classified in more than one occupation, they are generally clas sified according to the most skilled or responsible duties that are a regular part of their job and that are significant In determining their value to the firm. BILLER, MACHINE A worker who prepares statements, bills, and invoices on a machine other than an ordinary typewriter. May also keep records as to billings or shipping charges or perform other clerical work incidental to billing operations. Should be designated as working on billing machine or bookkeoping machine as described below. Billing Machine - A worker who uses a special billing machine (Moon Hopkins, Elliott Fisher, Burroughs, etc., which are combination typing and adding machines) to prepare bills and invoices from customers1 purchase orders, internally prepared orders, shipping memoranda, etc. Usually involves application of predetermined discounts and shipping charges and entry of nec essary extensions, which may or may not be computed on the billing machine, and totals which are automatically accumulated by machine. The operation usually involves a large number of car bon copies of the bill being prepared and is often done on a fan-fold machine. Bookkeeping Machine - A worker who uses a bookkeeping machine (Sundstrand, Elliott Fisher, Remington Rand, etc., which may or may not have typewriter keyboard) to prepare cus tomers* bills as part of the accounts receivable operation. Generally Involves the simultaneous entry of figures on a customer’s ledger record. The machine automatically accumulates figures on a number of vertical columns and computes and usually prints automatically the debit or credit balances. Does not involve a knowledge of bookkeeping. Works from uniform and standard types of sales and credit slips. B O O K K E E P E R , HAND' A worker who keep3 a set of books far recording business transactions and whose work in volves most, of the following: posting and balancing subsidiary ledgers, cash books or journals, journalizing transactions where judgment Is involved as to accounts affected; posting general ledger; and taking trial balances. May also prepare accounting statements and bills; may direct work of assistants or accounting clerks. 16 - BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR A worker who operates a bookkeeping machine (Remington Rand, Elliott Fisher, strand, Burroughs, National Cash Register) to keep a record of "business transactions. Sund- Class A - A worker who uses a bookkeeping machine with or without a typewriter key board to keep a set of records of business transactions usually requiring a knowledge of and experience in basic bookkeeping principles and familiarity with the structure of the particular accounting system used. Petermines proper records and distribution of debit and credit items to be used in each phase of the work. May prepare consolidated reports, balance sheets, and other records by hand. Class B - A worker who uses a bookkeeping machine with or without a typewriter key board to keep a record of one or more phases or sections of a set of records pertaining to busi ness transactions usually requiring some knowledge of basic bookkeeping. Phases or sections include accounts payable, pay-roll, customers* accounts (not including simple type of billing described under Biller, Machine), cost distributions, expense distributions, inventory control, etc. In addition, may check or assist in preparation of trial balances and prepare control sheets for the accounting department. CALCULATING-MACHINE OPERATOR A worker whose primary function consists of operating a calculating form mathematical computations other than addition exclusively. machine to per Comptometer type Other than Comptometer type CLERK, ACCOUNTING A worker who performs one or more accounting operations such as preparing simple jour nal vouchers, accounts payable vouchers; coding invoices or vouchers with proper accounting dis tributions; entering vouchers in voucher registers; reconciling bank accounts; posting and bal ancing subsidiary ledgers controlled by general ledger, e.g., accounts receivable, accounts payable, stock records, voucher journal. May assist in preparing journal entries. For workers whose duties include handling the general ledger or a set of books, see Bookkeeper, Hand. CLERK, FILE Class A - A worker who is responsible for maintaining an established filing system and classifies and indexes correspondence or other material; may also file this material. May keep records of various types in conjunction with files or supervise others in filing and lo cating material in the files. May perform incidental clerical duties. 01as3 B - A worker who performs routine filing, usually of material that has already been classified, or locates or assists in locating material in files. May perform incidental clerical duties. CLERK, GENERAL A worker who is typically required to perform a variety of office operations. This requirement may arise as a result of impracticability of specialization in a small office or because versatility is essential in meeting peak requirements in larger offices. The work generally involves the use of independent judgment in tending to a pattern of office work from day to day, as well as knowledge relating to phases of office work that occur only occasionally. For example, the range of operations performed may entail all or some combination of the fol lowing: answering correspondence, preparing bills and invoices, posting to various records, preparing pay rolls, filing, etc. May also operate various office machines and type as the work requires. (See Clerk-Typist.) 17 - CLERK, ORDER A worker who receives customers* orders for material or merchandise by mail, phone, or personally and whose duties involve any combination of the following: quoting prices to cus tomers, making out an order sheet listing the items to make up the order, checking prices and quantities of items on order sheet, distributing order sheets to respective departments to be filled. May also check with credit department to determine credit rating of customer, acknowl edge receipt of orders from customers, follow-up orders to see that they have been filled, keep file of orders received, and check shipping invoices with original orders. CLERK, PAY-ROLL A worker who computes wages of company enployees and enters the necessary data on the pay-roll sheets and whose duties involve: calculating worker's earnings based on time or produc tion records; posting calculated data on pay-roll sheet, showing information such as worker's name, working days, time, rate, deductions for insurance, and total wages due. In addition, may make out pay checks and assist the paymaster in making up and distributing the pay envelopes. May use a calculating machine. CLERK-TYTIST A worker who does clerical work requiring little special training but the performance of which requires the use of a typewriter for a major portion of the time and whose work in volves typing letters, reports, and other matter from rough draft or corrected copy and one or more of the following? keeping simple records; filing records and reports; making out bills; sorting and distributing incoming mail. KEY-PUNCH OPERATOR if Under general supervision and with no supervisory responsibilities, records account ing and statistical data on tabulating cards by punching a series of holes in the cards in a specified sequence, using a numerical key-punoh machine, following written information on rec ords, May be required to duplicate cards by using the duplicating device attached to machine. Keeps files on punched cards. May verify own work or work of others. OFFICE BOY OR GIRL A worker who performs a variety of routine duties such as running errands; minor office machines, such as sealers or mailers; opening and distributing mail, minor clerical work. (Bonded messengers are excluded from this classification.) operating and other SECRETARY if A worker who performs secretarial and clerical duties for a superior In an adminis trative or executive position and whose duties involve the following: making appointments for superior; receiving people coming Into office; answering and making phone calls; handling per sonal and important or confidential mail, and writing routine correspondence on own initiative; taking dictation, either in shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine (except where tran scribing machine is used), and transcribing dictation or the recorded Information reproduced on a transcribing machine. In addition, may prepare special reports or memoranda for information of superior. STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL A worker whose primary function is to take dictation from one or more persons, either in shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine, involving a normal routine vocabulary, and to l/ Not surveyed in all cities - 18 - STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL - Continued transcribe this dictation on a typewriter. May also type from written copy. May also set up and keep files in order, keep simple records, etc. Does not include transcribing-machine work. (See Transcribing-Machine Operator.) STENOGRAPHER, TECHNICAL A worker whose primary function is to take dictation from one or more persons, either in shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine, involving a varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or reports on scientific research and to transcribe this dictation on a typewriter. May also type from written copy. May also set up and keep files in order, keep simple records, etc. Poes not include transcribing-machine work. (See TranscribingMachine Operator.) SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR A worker who operates a single or multiple position telephone switchboard, and whose duties involve: handling incpming, outgoing, and intraplant or office cedis. In addition, may record toll calls and take messages. As a minor part of duties, may give information to per sons who call in, or occasionally take telephone orders. For workers who also do typing or other stenographic work or act as receptionists, see Switchboard Operator-Receptionist. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONIST A worker who in addition to performing duties of operator, on a single position or monitor-type switchboard, acts as receptionist and/or performs typing or other routine clerical work as part of regular duties. This typing or clerical work may take the major part of this worker*s time while at switchboard. TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL A worker whose primary function is to transcribe dictation involving a normal routine vocabulary from transcribing-machine records. May also type from written copy and do simple clerical work. A worker who takes dictation in shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine is classified as a Stenographer, General. TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, TECHNICAL A worker whose primary function is to transcribe dictation involving a varied tech nical or specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or reports on scientific research from transcribing-machine records. May also type from written copy and do simple clerical work. A worker who takes dictation in shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine is classified as a Stenographer, Technical. TYPIST A worker who uses a typewriter to make copies of various material or to make out bills after calculations have been made by another person. May operate a teletype machine. Class A - A worker who performs one or more of the following: typing material in final form from very rough and involved draft; copying from plain or corrected copy in which there is a frequent and varied use of technical and unusual words or from foreign language copy; combining material from several sources; or planning lay-out of complicated statistical tables to maintain uniformity and balance in spacing; typing tables from rough draft in final form. May also type routine form letters, varying details to suit circumstances. Class B - A worker who performs one or more of the following: typing from relatively clear or typed drafts; routine typing of forms, Insurance policies, etc.; setting up simple standard tabulations, or copying more complex tables already set up and spaced properly. A U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 0 — 1950
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