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O ccu p atio n al W age Su rve y ST. L O U IS , M IS S O U R I O C TO B ER B u lletin N o. 1 2 4 0 -4 U N IT E D ST A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R J a m e s P. M itc h e ll, Se c re ta ry 1 9 5 8 BUREAU Ewan OF LABOR C logot, STATISTICS C o m n m u o n «r O c c u p a tio n a l W age S u rv e y S T . L O U IS , M IS S O U R I OCTOBER 1958 B u lle tin N o . 1 2 4 0 - 4 December 1958 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague, Commissioner For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Price 15 cents The Library of Congress has cataloged the series in which this publication appears as follows: XJ. S. B u r e a u o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s . Occupational wage survey. 1949Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off. U. S. B u r e a u o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s . Bulletin, no. 1Jfoy. 1895Washington. no. in v. illus. 16-28 cm. Bimonthly, Nov. 1895-May 1912; irregular, July 1912No. 1-111 issued by the Bureau of Labor. 331.06173 Library of Congress £r58t2j v. 23-26 cm. Nov. 1949- issued as its Bulletin (HD8051.A62) 1. Wages—U. S. 2. Non-wage payments—U. S. (2. Employee bene fits) letin) r. Title. (Series: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bul 1. Labor and laboring classes—U. S.—Period. HD8051.A62 The Library of Congress has cataloged this publication as follows: 15-23307 rev*J HD4973.A462 U. S. Dept, of Labor. for Library of Congress 331.2973 Library r57r52nljt L 49—125* Contents Preface Page The Community Wage Survey Program Introduction ________________________________________________________ Wage trends for selected occupational groups ___________________ The Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly conducts areawide wage surveys in a number of important industrial centers. The studies, made from late fall to early spring, relate to occupational earnings and related supplementary benefits. A preliminary report is available on completion of the study in each area, usually in the month following the payroll period studied. This bulletin provides additional data not included in the earlier report. A consolidated analytical bulletin summarizing the results of all of the year*s surveys is issued after completion of the final area bulletin for the current round of surveys. Tables: 1. 2. A. Establishments and workers within scope of survey ____ Indexes of standard weekly salaries and straight-time hourly earnings for selected occupational groups, and percents of increase for selected periods _______________ Appendix: Occupational descriptions ______________________________ * NOTE: Similar tabulations are available in the St. Louis area reports for January 1952, December 1952, January 1954, Feb ruary 1955, February 1956, February 1957, and November 1957. The February 1957 report was limited to occupational earnings of plant workers in manufacturing and public utilities. Most of the reports also include data on shift differential provisions; minimum entrance rates for women office workers; scheduled weekly hours; paid holidays; paid vacations; and health, insur ance, and pension plans. The 1954 report also includes wage structure characteristics, labor-management agreements, rate of pay for holiday work, and overtime pay provisions; the 1955 report, frequency of wage payment and pay provisions for holi days falling on nonworkdays. Current reports on occupational earnings and supplementary wage practices in the St. Louis area are also available for auto dealer repair shops (May 1958), and men*s and boys* suits and coats (March 1958). A similar report for the machinery indus tries will be available in early 1959. Union scales, indicative of prevailing pay levels, are available for the following trades or industries: Building construction, printing, local-transit operating employees, and motortruck drivers and helpers. in 2 00 Occupational earnings * A - 1. Office occupations __________________________________ A - 2. Professional and technical occupations _____________ A - 3. Maintenance and powerplant occupations __________ A -4 . Custodial and material movement occupations____ _ 1 CO NO This report was prepared in the Bureau*s regional office in Chicago, 111., by Woodrow C. Linn, under the di rection of George E. Votava, Regional Wage and Industrial Relations Analyst. 1 2 10 Occupational Wage Survey— St. Louis, Mo. Introduction This area is one of several important industrial centers in which the U. S. Department of Labor 1 s Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts surveys of occupational earnings and related wage benefits on an area basis. based on the establishments studied are presented, therefore, as re lating to all establishments in the industry grouping and area, ex cept for those below the minimum size studied. The bulletin presents current occupational employment and earnings information obtained largely by mail from the establishments visited by Bureau field agents in the last previous survey for occu pations reported in that earlier study. Personal visits were made to nonrespondents and to those respondents reDorting unusual changes since the previous survey. The occupations selected for study are common to a variety of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries. Occupational cla s sification is based on a uniform set of job descriptions designed to take account of interestablishment variation in duties within the same job. (See appendix for listing of these descriptions.) Earnings data are presented (in the A -se rie s tables) for the following types of oc cupations: (a) Office clerical; (b) professional and technical; (c) main tenance and powerplant; and (d) custodial and material movement. Occupations and Earnings In each area, data are obtained from representative establish ments within six broad industry divisions: Manufacturing; transpor tation (excluding railroads), communication, and other public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Major industry groups excluded from these studies, besides railroads, are government operations and the construction and ex tractive industries. Establishments having fewer than a prescribed number of workers are omitted also because they furnish insufficient employment in the occupations studied to warrant inclusion. 1 Wher ever possible, separate tabulations are provided for each of the broad industry divisions. Occupational employment and earnings data are shown for full-time workers, i. e. , those hired to work a regular weekly sched ule in the given occupational classification. Earnings data exclude premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Nonproduction bonuses are excluded also, but co st-o fliving bonuses and incentive earnings are included. Where weekly hours are reported, as for office clerical occupations, reference is to the work schedules (rounded to the nearest half hour) for which straight-time salaries are paid; average weekly earnings for these occupations have been rounded to the nearest half dollar. These surveys are conducted on a sample basis because of the unnecessary cost involved in surveying ail establishments. To obtain appropriate accuracy at minimum cost, a greater proportion of large than of small establishments is studied. In combining the data, how ever, all establishments are given their appropriate weight. Estimates 1 Occupational employment estimates represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study and not the number actu ally surveyed. Because of differences in occupational structure among establishments, the estimates of occupational employment obtained from the sample of establishments studied serve only to indicate the relative importance of the jobs studied. These differences in occu pational structure do not materially affect the accuracy of the earn ings data. See table below for minimum-size establishment covered. Table 1: Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in St. Louis, M o .,1 by major industry 2 division, October 1958 Number of establishments Minimum employment in establishments in scope of study Industry division All divisions __ „ _ __ __ Manufacturing __ __ „ — __ Nonmanufacturing Transportation (excluding railroads), communication, and other public utilities5 __ _ Wholesale trade . _ _____ Retail trade4 _ . _______ Finance T insurance, and real estate _ _ Service. - Within scope of study 3 Workers in establishments Within scope of study Studied Studied Total4 Total4 . 951 230 307.100 176.700 101 - 412 539 105 125 207,700 99,400 125,840 50,860 101 51 101 51 51 61 173 74 120 111 25 37 16 26 21 31,800 18,500 18,100 17,500 13,500 24,820 6,170 7,700 7,660 4,510 1 The St. Louis Metropolitan Area (City of St. Louis, St. Louis and St. Charles Counties, M o.; and Madison and St. Clair Counties, 111.). The "workers within scope of study" estimates shown in this table provide a reasonably accurate description of the size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. The estimates are not intended, however, to serve as a basis of comparison with other area employment indexes to measure employment trends or levels since (l) planning of wage surveys requires the use of establishment data compiled considerably in advance of the pay period studied, and (2) small establishments are excluded from the scope of the survey. The 1957 revised edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry division. Major changes from the earlier edition used in previous sur veys are the transfer of milk pasteurization plants and ready mixed concrete establishments from trade (wholesale or retail) to manufacturing, and the transfer of radio and television broadcasting from services to the transportation, communication, and other public utilities division. 3 Includes all establishments with total employment at or above the minimum-size limitation. All outlets (within the area) of companies in such industries as trade, finance, auto repair service, and motion-picture theaters are considered as 1 establishment. | Includes executive, professional, and other workers excluded from the separate office and plant categories. Also excludes taxicabs, and services incidental to water transportation. 6 Excludes department and lim ited-price variety stores. Hotels; personal services; business services; automobile repair shops; motion pictures; nonprofit membership organizations; and engineering and architectural services. 2 Wage Trends for Selected Occupational Groups The table below presents indexes of salaries of office clerical workers and industrial nurses, and of average earnings of selected plant worker groups. For office clerical workers and industrial nurses, the indexes relate to average weekly salaries for normal hours of work, that is, the standard work schedule for which straight-time salaries are paid. For plant worker groups, they measure changes in straight-time hourly earnings, excluding premium pay for overtime and for work on week ends, holidays, and late shifts. The indexes are based on data for selected key occupations and include most of the numerically important jobs within each group. The office clerical data are based on women in the following 18 jobs: Billers, machine (billing machine); bookkeepingmachine operators, class Aand B; Comptometer operators; clerks, file, class A and B; clerks, order; clerks, payroll; key-punch operators; office girls; secretaries; stenographers, general; switchboard opera tors; switchboard operator-receptionists; tabulating-machine operators; transcribing-machine operators, general; and typists, class A and B. The industrial nurse data are based on women industrial nurses. Men in the following 10 skilled maintenance jobs and 3 unskilled jobs were included in the plant worker data: Skilled— carpenters; electricians; machinists; mechanics; mechanics, automotive; millwrights; painters ; pipefitters; sheet-metal workers; and tool and die makers; unskilled— janitors, porters, and cleaners; laborers, material handling; and watchmen. Average weekly salaries or average hourly earnings were computed for each of the selected occupations. The average salaries or hourly earnings were then multiplied by the average of 1953 and 1954 employment in the job. These weighted earnings for individual Table 2: occupations were then totaled to obtain tional group. Finally, the ratio of these year to the aggregate for the base period was computed and the result multiplied get the index for the given year. an aggregate for >each occupa group aggregates for a given (survey month, winter 1952-53) by the base year index ( 1 0 0 ) to The indexes measure, principally, the effects of (l) general salary and wage changes; (2 ) merit or other increases in pay received by individual workers while in the same job; and (3) changes in the labor force such as labor turnover, force expansions, force reduc tions, and changes in the proportion of workers employed by estab lishments with different pay levels. Changes in the labor force can cause increases or decreases in the occupational averages without actual wage changes. For example, a force expansion might increase the proportion of lower paid workers in a specific occupation and re sult in a drop in the average, whereas a reduction in the proportion of lower paid workers would have the opposite effect. The movement of a high-paying establishment out of an area could cause the average earnings to drop, even though no change in rates occurred in other area establishments. The use of constant employment weights eliminates the effects of changes in the proportion of workers represented in each job in cluded in the data. Nor are the indexes influenced by changes in standard work schedules or in premium pay for overtime, since they are based on pay for straight-time hours. Indexes for the period 1953 to 1958 for workers in 17 major labor markets appeared in BLS Bull. 1224-20, Wages and Related Benefits, 19 Ljabor Markets, Winter 1957-58. Indexes of standard w eekly s a la ries and s tra igh t-tim e hourly earnings for s ele cted occupational groups in S t. L o u is, Mo. , O ctober 1958 and N ovem ber 1957, and percents of in cre ase for s ele cted periods Indexes (Decem ber 1952 =100) Industry and occupational group O ctober 1958 P e rc e n t in cre ase s from — N ovem ber 1957 to N ovem ber 1957 O ctober 1958 F eb ru a ry 1956 to N ovem ber 1957 F eb ru a ry 1955 to F eb ru a ry 1956 January 1954 to F eb ru a ry 1955 D ecem ber 19&2 January 1952 to to January 1954 D ecem ber 1952 A ll industries: O ffice c le r ic a l (women) _____________ Industrial n urses (women) __________ S k illed maintenance (men) __________ U n skilled plant (men) ______________ 128. 9 136.0 13 4 .4 1 3 1 .5 124.0 138.8 129.0 1 2 7 .5 4.0 5 .6 4 .2 3 .2 8 .1 10.3 10.0 9.4 4 .2 6.6 6 .1 4 .4 4 .2 3.0 3 .2 3.0 5 .7 6.4 7 .1 8 .5 6.3 6.8 5 .1 4 .5 Manuf ac tur ing: O ffice c le r ic a l (women) ------------------------Industrial n urses (women) __________ S k illed maintenance (men) ______ ___ U n skilled plant (men) — ---------------------- 129. 7 136.0 13 3 .8 132.0 124 .3 128.8 128 .5 126. 7 4 .3 5. 6 4 .1 4 .2 9 .1 10 .3 10.0 10.0 4. 8 6. 6 6.2 4. 6 3. 1 3 .8 2 .9 2. 6 5. 5 5. 6 7.0 7 .4 7. 6 6.8 5.0 4 .8 A* Occupational Earnings 3 Table A -l. O ffice Occupations (A verage straigh t-tim e w eekly hours and earnings fo r s elected occupations studied on an area b a s is , by industry d ivision , St. L ou is, M o ., O ctober 1958) 8 Atsbaob Number of worker* Sex, occupation, and industry d ivision NUMBER OF WORKER RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF— Weekly, Weekly , Under hours earnings (Standard) (Standard) $ 4 0 .0 0 1 $ $ t $ $ $ 40. 00 45. 00 50. 00 55. 00 60. 65.00 and under 45. 00 50. 00 55. 00 60. 65. 00 70.00 00 00 S 70. 00 $ 75.00 % 75.0 0 80.00 85. 00 80. 00 S 85.00 9 0 .0 0 S 9 0 .0 0 $ $ 95. 00 $ $ S $ 100. 00105.00 n o . 00115. 00 120. 00 and 9*. 0 0 100.00 105. 00 110. 00115. 00120.00 ov er Men C le rk s , accounting, c la s s A — M anufacturing . __ Nonm anufacturing Public utilities * W holesale trade Finance t 545 29B 255 52 _ 88 70 264 M anufacturing Nonmanufacturing 86 _ _ _ 178 C lerk s, ord er __ __ _ -----Manufacturing .. ---_ _ .......... ... .. __ N onm anufacturing _ W holesale trade __ ......... _ . _ .. _ ... C le r k s , p ayroll _ .. . __ _ . M an u factu rin g------------------------------------------------------------O ffice hoys _ . . M anufacturing . Nonmanufacturing W holesale trade Finance t . _ _ __ _ . ------ Tabulating-m achine o p e ra to rs M anufacturing _ Nonmanufacturing ...... ______ ... .......... ........ — ... . $ 93.50 95.00 92. 87. 00 95.50 . 50 86 - 3 9.5 39. 5 39.5 75. 50 9 1 .0 0 . 50 68 _ - 84. 50 . 50 81.50 84.00 88. 00 " 88: <50 485 39.5 T9T“ “ 3975” 286 4 0 .0 40. 0 249 160 147 39. 5 '3"91 5 367 l8 4 183 55 91 39. 5 39. 5 39. 5 39.5 39. 262 .. ... 39.5 39.5 39.5 3 9.0 39.5 39. 5 0 00 88 53. 56. 49. 54. 45. 00 do 50 00 50 88. 50 - _ - - - - _ - 24 24 _ - _ - _ - _ . _ - - - - _ . - 70 T5 55 78 T7 8 31 _ 179 83 39.5 i o : < r H" W O O " 89. 50 39. 5 ' _ - 279 115 164 39. 5 40. 0 39.5 63. 50 63. 5o 63. 00 _ - 24 61 6 50 2 2 62 7 4 3 3 - 36 — rs - - - 9 15 15 15 15 55 13 42 17 5 12 — 20 ir~ 12 21 10 10 10 24 ------ — 31 9 31 43 ------ T ~ — 57 24 5 ------g— 13 ~ 1 1 14 14 61 79 ....5 6 " 15 23 16 16 13 4 2 2 ------ 3 3— 2 - 3 21 18 22 17 7 10 — T 2 2 ------r5 _ ------ 7 48 3? 14 7 4 10 ------ 5 5 - 22 — rr~ 5 20 8 - 46 — IT ~ -----53 27 29 7 6 10 11 11 11 6 20 12 6 8 5 23 11 10 14 4 1 6 13 66 61 2T “ -----21 37 27 13 — rT ~ ------ g 9 4 16 ------ 5 1 1 - 3 2 1 1 11 2 - - 29 20 9 — 80 40 40 - 40 40 99 52 47 45 21 25 4 24 5 5 7 37 13 11 11 26 119 -----51 88 87 12 1 12 ------- 5— 7 7 8 36 -----Pj— 19 ------ 5“ — 55" _ _ - 16 23 24 n r 1 — n r * —21 3 3 13 _ . “ _ _ 27 31 - — r r ~ — IE 5 8 51 28 23 3 17 7 -------— 39 — w ~ 13 13 8 7 1 1 . - 31 —22 52 37 15 3. 11 2 w1 2 _ 2 - - 16 15 1 6 ------- 53 3 11 10 _ . _ 15 — rr~ 6 -------r _ - 26 20 T8 — 23 2 _ _ ------- g ~ 4 5 - _ - 4 4 - 1 1 _ - 21 2 2 8 “ T9— 6 3 ------- 5— ------- y - — 5----_ _ _ _ - . _ - _ „ - 17 9 ! - 9 3 - _ - _ - 8 6 9 4 _ - _ . _ _ _ _ - _ - _ - 1 W om en B ille r s , m achine (billin g m achine) M anufacturing Nonmanufacturing — 86 B ille r s , m achine (bookkeeping m achine) _ 39 .5 B ookkeeping-m achine o p e ra to rs , c la s s A __________ —_ Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing Finance t — 196 53 143 92 39. 5 4 0 .6 39. 5 39. 5 B ookkeeping-m achine o p e r a to r s , c la s s B ---- _ _ _ M anufacturing _ N onm anufacturing--------- -------------------------------------------W holesale trade _ . . . ------ ----- . . . ---Finance t __ 1,041 312 729 146 475 39. 5 '3 9 : 5 ' 39.5 4 0 .0 39. 0 68. 00 66. 50 74. 50 63. 50 56. 50 58. 65. 54. 62. 51. 00 50 50 00 50 25 1 _ „ _ - _ - 5 5 _ 41 41 35 21 14 2 _ - 150 9 141 - - 41 141 41 24 17 20 1 19 8 24 15 9 7 41 17 24 108 76 32 42 — T5 27 53 7 42 12 11 54 54 54 17 333 53 278 56 196 23 28 7 10 5 18 11 1 16 16 173 49 124 9 79 11 95 ' ' 35... . 60 31 15 17 16 1 8 15 8 6 21 ' 18 13 5 1 15 3 12 1 31 19 12 10 2 See footnotes at end o f table. NOTE: Data fo r nonm anufacturing do not include inform ation fo r departm ent and lim ite d p r ice variety s to r e s; the rem ain der o f retail trade is app ropriately rep resen ted in data fo r all industries com bin ed and fo r nonm anufacturing. 6 6 - 36 iO 26 3 « 11 10 1 5 1 - 4 16 . - ! - 3 3 7 - - 1 - 1 6 1 1 - - - - - - - 30 24 27 24 3 1 _ _ - 6 2 " 2 2 2 2 1 “ 2 2 - “ 3 ------g— ------ j _ j _ . ~ - _ - - - _ _ ~ - _ _ 4 Table A-1. O ffice Occupations-Continued (A verage straigh t-tim e w eekly h ou rs and earnings fo r se le cte d occupations studied on an a rea basis, by industry d iv isio n , St. L o u is, M o ., O ctober 1958) Atbusi Number of worker* Sex, occupation, and industry d ivision NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF— Weekly. Weekly , Under *40.00 *45.00 1 0 .0 0 earning* hour* and (Stsndsrd) (Standard) $ 4 0 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 55.00 ^ 5 .0 0 1 0 .0 0 6 0 .0 0 £ 5.00 6 5 .0 0 70.00 ^ 0 .0 0 *75.00 *80 .0 0 1 5 .0 0 75.00 80.0 0 8 5 .0 0 22 69 27 42 80 35 45 12 5 19 96 48 48 4 14 7 89 35 16 19 1 0 .0 0 90.00 95.0 0 S 95.00 1*00.00 1*05.00 1*10.00 1*15.00 *20.00 and 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 over W om en— Continued C le r k s , accounting, cla s s A M anufacturing __ N onmanufa c tur ing P u blic u tilitie s* W holesale trade _ F inan ret 39.5 8 0.50 510 — Z3T “ " 39:5” “ 8T71CT 3 9.0 76.50 275 39.5 9 0.00 39 56 4 0 .0 79.50 37.5 - 87 70.50 - - C le r k s , accounting, c la s s B M anufacturing _ T _ ....... _ .... N onm an u factu rin g---------- ------- --------- -- ---------------------P ublic u tilities* > _ _ _ W holesale trade F in a n cef C le r k s , f ile , c la s s A _ M anufacturing N onm anufarturing F in an cef ... _ . C le r k s , ord er __ M anufacturing _ N onm anufacturing _ _ 39.5 4 o. b 39.5 39.5 4 0 .0 38.5 308 179 129 76 39.5 “ ¥ X 39.0 38.5 ----- 1.055 39.5 4 6 .6 3 9 .0 39.5 4 0 .0 38.5 53.00 55.5 0 5 1 .5 0 6 0 .5 0 5 4 .5 0 4 8 .5 0 4 0 .0 41T . ............. ... ._ . .. ---- 644 67 150 349 __ _ __ . . . . C le r k s , payroll .... M anufacturing .................. Nonmanufacturing . . P ublic utilities * ______ W holesale trade --... C om ptom eter op e ra to rs Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing _ W holesale trade „ _ 892 179 147 291 T T T ---. . . -----... ... - . - ... C le r k s , file , c la s s B M anufacturing . N onm anufacturing P u blic u tilities* W holesale trade F in an cef _ 1,415 . _ 416 ... ----- . . ------ITT" ----- — ......... . . 279 ... _ __ ---- ... . .... ---- ------ . ___ . _ .. _ . ..... D uplicating-m ach ine o p e ra to rs (m im eograph o r ditto) __ . _ ... M anufacturing .... .. K ey-punch o p era to rs _ M anufacturing . ._ .. ... . Nonm anufacturing ..... Pu blic u tilitie s* ....... W holesale trade .. . F in a n cef __ _ -----~ ---.............. .... ------ . . . . . . ... ....... _ _ _ 807 39.5 -----5TTT" “ T U X 300 39.5 130 39.5 _ 77 39.5 .60 6 5.00 T53E T 64.00 60.00 _ - _ - _ . - 43 7 36 _ 18 225 i 164 4 I ll . - 10 10 5 5 2 _ - 236 6 2 "' 174 l 32 125 6 0 .0 0 T T 757T 59.5 0 5 5 34 — 5— 29 68.00 _ . - 65.0 0 73.50 77.00 74.50 66.00 20 20 . - 10 — 5— 6 10 ----- j---9 4 261 95 166 5 26 112 61 “ 22— ----- ----- 874 39.5 6 4 .5 0 — 5T T" “ u n r W 38.5 6 5 .0 0 358 39.5 70.50 60 39.5 72.00 157 38.0 5 8 .5 0 _ . - 34 16 18 _ 18 63 4 4 4 49 15— 34 30 56 28 28 122 5 3 .0 0 39.0 3175“ "5775TT 38.5 '54.00 4 9 .0 0 37.0 124 iz 92 10 25 48 13 - . - 1 1 22 16 11 3 4 6 1 .5 0 " 5 7 /5 0 r r 38 — 59 38 10 39.5 40.ff 106 274 89 185 23 30 81 63 53 ’s o r 6 2.50 6 3 .5 0 — 9 39 _ . - 5 - I! - 11 59 23 36 1,017 39.5 61T T ■"19 r r 39.5 407 145 39.5 O ffice g ir ls ------------. _ ....... ... . . 260 M anufacturing -----. — m ~ 152 N on m anufacturing______ - ----- ------------ . . . . . . F in an cef __ 79 See footnotes at end o f table 4 0 .0 6 0.50 63 5 8.50 6 6.50 6 2 .5 0 5 2.50 _ _ - 63 “ 25 38 10 13 12 Zb 37 - 5 31 3 20 - 20 - 10 241 93 148 20 46 40 15 15 3 4 40 18 192 94 98 37 139 39 16 11 5 100 21 127 83 74 35 50 48 17 29 58 ?9 29 19 41 17 24 63 53 136 55 81 27 14 31 150 87 34 53 68 29 39 22 112 38 4 13 17 42 13 29 2 10 7 6 16 66 1? 31 49 16 tb 63 27 14 - 2 2 20 16 10 7 2 1 16 16 11 6 - 20 6 14 9 6 6 1 6 2 4 - 12_ 12 6 - - 5 - 29 5 24 11 6 6 89 39 50 80 39 41 48 28 15 5 76 44 32 10 ------8 2 2 - 3 ” 59 47 13 9 34 11 18 13 105 57 48 139 98 41 23 105 70 35 6 3 14 15 90 36 54 17 19 18 3 7 23 3 - - - 4 23 - - 8 116 86 30 6 . 10 5 21 26 70 33" 37 28 30 18 16 12 14 8 8 6 146 “ W ” 62 23 8 8 16 1 2 2 10 16 20 110 115 s i — ” 94 34 36 13 8 6 5 107 53 54 29 9 4 16 ± 45 ■~ f r ' 8 53 Z9 24 13 8 27 16 3 11 2 - - 78 48 30 15 23 11 4 18 5 2 1 2 — 1 - - - Z . - _ _ _ . - _ _ _ . - _ . - _ _ _ - - _ _ - “ - _ _ _ . _ - _ _ _ . . - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ - _ _ - _ _ _ _ - 13 ------ 3 _ 3 - 2 1 _ - 1 1 1 6 ------5 - _ - _ ~ _ - _ - - - - - - - _ _ 1 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ - - - - - - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 3 16 9 1 16 11 5 21 19 2 1 2 1 - - - 13 13 . 5 ------ — — _ - - _ - 3 r~ _ . . - _ . _ _ - ------2 j— 4 1 26 20 15 n — n— 15 12 1 T3 7 5 2 6 59 ----- 5— 53 6 1 5 1 1 1 13 7 6 4 1 “ _ - _ - 3 20 ------ — - 6 _ 6 9 - 178 "T O 77 40 5 2 2 1 1 10 1 15 9 ----- — — Z ~ 5 13 20 10 13 ll - 136 53 82 27 116 2 88 17 6 5 - 13 3 113 62 51 17 105 16 11 10 5 10 16 104 81 23 7 13 21 42 26 5 1 1 _ 10 4 6 2 4 2 2 11 10 3 ------ — - 1 1 ------ j---_ _ - _ 5 Table A -l. O ffice Occupations-Continued (A verage straigh t-tim e w eekly h ours and earnings fo r se le cte d occupations studied on an a r e a b a s is , by industry division , St. L ou is, M o ., O ctober 1958) 8 At iiis i Number at workers Sex, occupation, and industry d ivision NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVINO TRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF— $ Weekly, Weekly. Under 4 0 .0 0 hours earnings and (Standard) (Standard) $ 40.00 1 00 $70.00 $ 45.00 50.00 5 5.00 1 0 .0 0 Is. 5 0.00 55.00 6 0.00 6 5 .0 0 70.0 0 40 4 36 - 93 201 75.00 $ 75.00 8 0.00 Is. 8 0.00 85.00 9 0.00 343 309 ■216 93 40 247 168 79 46 17 7 359 ” 138 159 166 53 23 14 140 TI2 28 23 5 - 49 26 23 23 - 42 — 33 5 4 00 $ 0.00 95.00 *95.00 t l o . o o ? 0 5 .00 f i o . o o f 15.00 $ 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 20.00 and over W omen— Continued S ecreta ries ___ M anufacturing _ N onm anufacturing _ P u blic u tilities* _ W holesale trade . . . F in a n ce! _ Stenographers, general Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing P ublic u tilities* W holesale trade F in a n c e !__ _ __ _ _ . _ _ .ir. - _ 261 81.00 77.00 8 8.50 77.00 6 9.50 3.294 39.5 6 6.50 — "W T " : 515' " it 1,595 39.0 64.00 39.5 72.50 409 462 39.5 64.00 528 58.50 38.0 68 _ _ ------ Stenographers, technica l M anufacturing 2,702 39.5 T?'5ff7“ ” W T 1,195 39.5 39.5 39.5 249 38.5 392 _ __ . __ ___ 228 _ 181 71.50 4 0 .0 3 0 T “ 71707 ■ _ - _ _ _ - 25 _ 25 - _ _ 1 - - 8 17 Switchboard o p era to rs _ _ . M anufacturing N onm anufacturing _ _ F i n a n c e ! ____________________ —---------- ----------------- 453 39.5 ------ T E 5“ ■~ w : v 288 39.5 39.0 62.00 .72760 56.50 58.50 _ - 5 5 ' Sw itchboard o p e r a to r -r e c e p tio n is ts M anufacturing __ Nonm anufacturing __ Pu blic u tilities* W holesale trade _ — 569 ------25T" 316 44 142 39.5 39.5 39.0 39.5 39.5 61.50 62.50 60.50 _ . - 9 9 - 39.0 40 .0 38.5 39.5 77.00 78.50 75.50 8 7.00 _ - 39.0 39.0 39.5 4 0 .0 38.5 62.50 63.00 62.00 67.00 6 0.00 39.5 6 5.00 ... . _ _ _ .... . ... _ ---........ . ... . .. T abulating-m achine o p e r a t o r s __________ — ___________ M anufacturing _ . . N onm an u factu rin g__________ __ Pu blic u tilitie s* ... _ __ ... ... _ ___ . Transrribing-m ae.hine o p e r a to r s , general M anufacturing ..... ......... . . N onm anufacturing . .. . . _ . _ W holesale trade ... . _ ----F in an ce! T yp ists, cla s s A M anufacturing Nonmanufacturing Finan cet _ 86 240 ------ T W ~ 132 70 615 _ .. _ _ ----- — W T 222 63 119 . ------- ----- ---.. . . ---- _ _ 818 429 389 198 T yp ists, c la s s B ____________ ____ _______________________ M anufacturing . ---------------- _ Nonmanufacturing ... ---Public u tilities* . _ .... . . . W holesale trade ---_ .... ... . F in a n ce! _ _ 2,440 1,119 1,321 124 324 558 1 . _ _. _ . ----- . . . W T " 39.0 39.0 68.00 59.50 68.00 62.00 58.50 39.5 56.00 4 0 .0 ' '60'.00 39.0 5 2.00 39.0 6 2.50 39.5 54.50 48.50 38.0 12 12 _ _ - - 2 122 24 98 25 58 122 122 18 37 7 30 3 8 - 9 9 - _ _ - 5 5 - 27 13 14 9 _ - 2 2 2 45 14 31 31 5 5 _ 2 35 12 223 1 24 147 489 104 385 19 82 195 8 25 352 “ 123 232 18 48 122 2 1 8 2 85 23 35 425 "TS3 236 35 78 107 8 6 334 149 185 309 194 115 26 44 92 28 42 143 28 14 79 709 358 351 94 135 61 561 “ 533 252 92 84 36 392 269 123 57 49 14 298 ""153” ' 145 54 55 27 55 29 39 32 36 35 39 34 51 35 39 26 13 4 26 11 26 12 17 9 61 140 1 68 10 34 9 25 40 9 31 9 75 34 41 32 27 99 41 58 127 41 31 41 143 l 62 3 27 10 11 16 16 66 71 2 11 2 - 9 3 80 40 40 156 99 57 6 21 93 32 61 29 497 171 " 326 20 85 148 8 43 115 47 8 22 8 14 8 104 73 31 18 6 37 189 74 115 77 410 239 171 8 66 59 433 344 89 28 23 3 68 12 15 5 -"22 19 19 39 25 14 2 85 '53 32 6 24 126 73 53 13 206 l52 54 18 13 6 16 16 8 50 26 30 2 14 17 7 10 8 200 15 8 34 14 18 117 96 21 70 " 43' 27 45 l6 29 12 10 - 80 36 24 3 21 “ 8 5 1 12 - 9 3 - 18 17 12 3 1 - 22 19 3 - " 23 13 10 10 _ - 56 34 19 - 10 4 6 - 1 1 l5 2 2 28 ------ 5 ~ 4 2 - 2 22 15 7 5 20 27 ' 19 37 1 5 18 114 82 32 17 15 7 26 161 - - 6 5 1 1 1 1 1 22 6 - 1 2 _ - 25 23 57 15 20 3 2 139 -----52 57 31 2 4 12 20 ----- =5— 17 7 17 1 2 37 - 4 1 ------- 1 3 1 7 i 5 5 - “ 55 - 22 6 38 “ 36“ _ 2 2 - - 1 1 - . - _ _ _ _ - - - - - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - . - _ - _ - - 7 “7 - 9 2 1 1 1 11 11 11 2 1 1 5 _ - _ - _ - - _ - 6 6 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ _ " _ ' _ " _ _ - _ - 1 ------- 1 1 1 8 8 1 1 1 - 5 5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - “12 22 16 - - 17 20 2 2 81 28 ” — 53” ----- 15” — _ ------ r7 _ -------j— Standard hours r e fle c t the w orkw eek fo r w hich em p lo y e e s r e c e iv e their regu lar s tra igh t-tim e sa la rie s and the earnings co rre sp o n d to these w eekly h ou rs. * T ran sportation (excluding r a ilr o a d s ), com m u n ication , and other public u tilities. | F inance, in su ran ce, and r e a l estate. 492216 0 -5 9 —2 149 — 92 - 1 1 5 5 6 Table A-2. Professional and Technical Occupations (Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings £or selected occupations studied on an area basis, by industry division, St. Louis, M o ., October 1958) Avxkaqb Sex, occupation, and industry division Number of workers NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF lo.QOIs. 00 $0.00 $ 5 .0 0 70.00 7 5 .0 0 8 0 .0 0 Weekly, Weekly. Under hours and earnings (Standard) (Standard) under 65.0 0 Draftsmen, leader _ Manufacturing ___ 102 39.5 39.5 $ 146.50 147.00 Draftsmen, se n io r_ Manufacturing ___ Nonmanufacturing . 817 4 0 .0 7 1 7 " ■ 4 0 .0 100 39.5 115.50 116.00 110.50 _ - _ “ Draftsmen, junior _ Manufacturing ___ Nonmanufacturing . 409 310 99 3 9.5 39.3 39.5 8 9 .0 0 8 6 .5 0 97 .0 0 2 2 71 4 0 .0 74.5 0 4 0 .0 206 187...... 4 0 .0 8 5 .0 0 63.0 0 Tracers ............. Nurses, industrial (registered) . Manufacturing ----- --------- 90 - l o . o o &5.00 9 0 .0 0 *95.00 * 1 - i - 35 24 30 - 44 3 7 ... 7 4 2 14 3 15 13 2 11 22 8 8 22 l9 19 9 10 44 32 12 24 S t and 8 5 .0 0 90.0 0 9 5 .0 0 100.00 l q s .o c 110.00115.00 120.00125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00 150.00 155.00 160.00 over 2 2 _ 33 26 8 34 33 ' 1 16 37 42 34 " ’ 3 7 " 39 26 19 16 16 - 2 15 IS " 35 28 7 69 36 13 69 47 43 ' 4 31 26 5 45 37 68 1 8 2 2 65 37 8 2 2 91 89 2 4 4 4 3 9 4 55 53 - 81 8l ~ 61 61 - 12 12 12 16 2 13 13 ' - 6 1 1 1 24 6 1 26 2 5 24 1 28 26 27 24 7 6 $ 2 2 Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours. Workers were distributed as follows: 22 at $160 to $165; 5 at $165 and over. s 100.00105.00 *10.00*15.00 120.00125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00 150.00 $155.00 160.00 NOTE: Data for nonmanufacturing do not include information for department and limitedprice variety -stores; the remainder of retail trade is appropriately represented in data for all industries combined and for nonmanufacturing. 1 1 45 44 1 9 9 22 ' 19 3 _ _ . - - 2 2 88 88 . - — 3 ii 35 35 2 2 *27 6 6 27 . 27 2 2 9 8 - 21 - 1 _ _ _ _ _ - . - _ “ . - 7 Table A-3. Maintenance and Powerpkxnt Occupations (A verage straigh t-tim e hourly earnings fo r m en in se le cte d occupations studied on an area b a s is , by industry d iv isio n , St. L o u is, M o. , O ctober 1958) NUMBER OF WORKEBS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF— Number of worker* O ccupation and industry d ivision C arpenter s , m a in t e n a n c e ________ ____________ M anufacturing E le c tr ic ia n s , m aintenance M anufacturing . . , _ __ Average hourly | Under earning* $ 1.80 548 518 1,563 1,41b ~ $ 1.80 and under 1.90 $ 1.90 2.00 682 681 2.7 2 " 2 .7 3 - 1,278 1 , T69 2 .9 3 2 .9 3 843 175 2 .59 M ach in e-tool o p e ra to rs, to o lro o m __ _ M anufacturing ---- -------- -------- --------------------M ach in ists, m aintenance M ech an ics, autom otive (m aintenance) M a n u fa ctu rin g ____________ ________ ______ ___ N onmanufa c t ur in g --------- -------- --------------------P u blic utilitie s * __ . . . . . . M ech an ics, m aintenance __ M anufacturing _ ..... Nonm anufacturing _ Pu blic u tilitie s * _ _ . _ _ ---- M illw rights __ M anufacturing O ile r s __ __ M anufacturing __ ... _____ _ _ .........._ P a in ters , m aintenance M anufacturing P ip e fitte r s , m aintenance .................. ... _ _ Sheet-m etal w o rk e rs , m aintenance M a n u fa c tu r in g _ _ T ool and d ie m a k e r s M a n u fa c tu r in g .. .. --------------- ............................ . _ ... __ . . 623 . . . . _ . 2.66 2 .5 7 2 .58 123 114 135 135 364 364 157 155 8 8 3 ~ 17 2 35 33 9 39 38 23 23 6 6 4 4 57 57' ' ' 4 23 23 66 148 135' " 13 13 250 247 3 3 252 214 38 38 _ 26 - - 26 _ _ - - 5 5 3 3 14 14 8 8 - _ - 39 39 39 1 1 1 6 1 _ - ....5 1 ' 15 15 2 2 - 64 60 4 4 _ _ _ - - - 45 45 7 7 26 26 38 38 31 31 16 12 34 34 10 10 _ 27 27 41 40 25 17 33 29 75 75 6 6 48 48 7 7 31 36 150 l56 7 7 5 3 9 9 17 17 ll 37 37 352 319 2 .7 0 2 .7 6 4 - 4 1 l - 1,179 i , 129 2 .8 4 2 .8 4 _ _ _ _ - - 58 43 — 43— 14 12 _ - _ - _ - - - - - _ - 49 49 1 1 18 lb - 2 .40 2 .4 2 - 60 6'0 28 28 - 427 4b 1 - 58 58 - 25 25 - 66 8 - 3.03 3753 64 62 20 - 1,148 1,148 341 340 58 16 42 42 _ _ 23 15 90 l5 75 75 _ - 35 32 - 1 1 2.86 2.86 2755 57 57 82 78 656 656 2.88 61 48 - 29 l7 3 - 248 248 52 52 450 65 385 367 _ - ~ ----- TE 19 — n— 195 103 ~T27----- — 49 8 113 TO ~no— - 11— —T 121 1 1 31 3b 54 54 28 28 _ 66 - 19 19 - ~ - - 14 14 . - _ . _ - _ - _ _ _ - 23 23 _ - _ - . - 97 97 181 11 11 _ _ _ 181 _ - - - - 194 T59 252 “ TEE 31 ----- 51 .. - 173 T75 _ _ _ _ - _ _ - 121 240 177 " -1 7 5 " . 210 “ TT7— 91 l5 76 60 49 30 19 19 37 l7 20 20 . - - 47 _ _ 63 E3----_ . _ - 462 “ "4 4 7 "" 15 13 3 ------ 3----- _ “220----- ----- 42 5 8 8 5 _ _ _ 4 175 161 14 13 - - _ - _ - 5 ------- 5 119 119 209 209 77 41 — 41----- ----- 77 23 23 12 12 42 42 15 ------15 61 61 _ _ _ - - - - _ 15 5 221 8 213 _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - 2 2 22 22 N OTE: Data fo r nonm anufacturing do not include inform ation fo r departm ent and lim ite d p r ice va rie ty s to r e s; the rem ain der o f re ta il trade is app ropriately re p re s e n te d in data fo r a ll indu stries com bin ed and fo r nonm anufacturing. 228 122 8 _ T T 5 — ------- 8 8 8 35 35 29 29 239 229 347 347 169 169 89 40 84 74 26 4 4 4 4 12 53 — T2— ------51 1 E xcludes prem iu m pay fo r o v ertim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olid ays, and late shifts. * T ran sp ortation (excluding r a ilr o a d s ), com m u nication, and other public u tilities. 2 13 3 - -101 68 22 34 34 1 ' 39 39 28 5 - 215 213 5 6 12 12 - - 6 1 29 29 2 2 37 ------22 over 16 3 _ 8 3.40 42 4b _ - 3.30 8 6 - - 3.20 10 10 l - - 3. 10 72 72 - ' 2 .6 3 2 .6 4 2 .5 6 2 .7 3 1,345 1,278“ 67 47 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M a n u fa c tu rin g 668 3.00 2 .9 0 70 7b" - _ * 3 .4 0 and 104 8 8 - * 3 .3 0 121 121 20 2b - * 3 .2 0 2 .8 0 1 ll 5 - * 3 .1 0 51 48 1 2 .4 3 2 .4 4 2 .2 8 2 .3 4 * 3 .0 0 2 .7 0 _ 1,390 1,313 77 72 * 2.90 63 59 - H elp ers, tra d es, m aintenance _ _ _ M anufacturing _ _ Nonm anufacturing ----------------------------------------P u blic u tilitie s * * 2 .8 0 2.60 _ _ * 2 .7 0 21 2l - 4 * 2 .6 0 2 .50 2.91 o r 11 16 * 2 .5 0 49 49 ~ 39 * 2 .4 0 2.4 0 " 2 .5 3 2.5 2 * 2. 30 2 - 400 F irem en , stationary b o i l e r _________ _________ ----- 275“ M anufacturing 2.20 2 .3 0 13 ' '4 _ $ 6 6 12 12 ! " 387 296 _ 2. 10 2.20 _ - _ $ 2. 10 _ 16 _ 2.00 $ 2 .7 4 2 •74 2 .7 4 2 .8 4 E n gin eers, stationary M anufacturing _ $ " 51 — 51----- 103 699 r o i“ i “ E99— _ _ 31 — 51— - - 9 9 72 72 10 10 _ - 49 49 173 “ 173 " 57 57 12 l2 _ _ _ - - 8 Table A -4. Custodial and M aterial Movement Occupations (A verage straigh t-tim e h ou rly earnings fo r se le cte d occupations studied on an a rea b a s is , by industry divisio n , St. L ou is, M o ., O ctober 1958) NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF— O ccupation 1 and Number of workers industry division Average Under $ 1.00 $ 1.26 E levator o p era tors , passen ger (m en) Nonmanufacturing 184 147 10? E levator op e r a to r s , passen ger (w om en) ______ 188 167 ......1,22. 1. 17 870 2. 10 2. 19 Guards __ __ M anufacturing _ __ __ __ Nonmanufacturing „ „ „ __ fki 117 108 Jan itors, p o r te r s , and cle a n e rs ( m e n ) ________ M a n u fa c tu r in g _______________________________ N onm anufacturing _ . . . . . P u b lic u tilitie s * .... _ ............... W holesale trade ... . . F inance t 4, 361 2 ,7 6 9 1,572 248 J an itors, p o r te r s , and cle a n e rs (wom en) M a n u fa ctu rin g ____________________________ __ Nonmanufacturing __ ._ P u blic utilities * TTinanrA ’j’ 973 271 702 L a b o r e rs , m a terial handling M anufacturing N onm anufacturing P u b lic u tilitie s * W holesale trade _ O rd er f il l e r s M anufacturing .. .. Nonmanufacturing W holesale trade . _ __ __ _______ P a ck e rs , shipping (m en) M anufacturing _ _ N on m an u factu rin g___________________________ W holesale trade _ — P a c k e r s , shipping (wom en) M anufacturing R eceivin g c le r k s M anufacturing Nonmanufacturing W holesale trade Shipping c le r k s M anufacturing Nonmanufacturing W holesale trade 200 383 .—— 17 - 1.62 4222 1.81 1.29 1.85 1.64 1. 15 1.10 1.20 57 51 15 7 7 76 7i 14 5 5 5 16 - 222 - 16 10 1.50 1.60 1.70 1. 80 1.90 1 - - - 40 40 7 7 3 3 g 6 6 22 22 17 17 17 10 10 10 11 3 8 6 11 89 89 ?? 7 452 43 29 14 4 5 74 688 950 631 319 274 1.98 1.96 2 .0 3 2. 08 _ - 1 1 32 23 9 1.61 _ 6 2 - 21 431 362 74 20 54 - 12 61 8 8 196 75 49 3 46 8 26 16 8 8 8 42 21 21 12 51 43 8 8 12 64 30 34 6 10 17 92. 00 92. 10 2.00 2. 10 2.20 1 18 g jj 180 119 722 600 61 122 10 76 106 94 262 223 39 465 388 77 13 48 - 396 367 29 11 2.20 2 .3 0 $ 2 .4 0 $ 2 .5 0 2 .6 0 $ 2 .7 0 2 .8 0 2 .9 0 93 .0 0 2 .3 0 2 .4 0 2. 50 2.60 2. 70 2 .8 0 2 .9 0 3. 00 and over $ - - - _ _ _ _ 184 181 3 40 40 - 83 83 - 142 142 - 63 63 - 11 11 - - - - - 266 60 204 191 13 78 78 - 34 34 - - - 9 9 - - - _ - - - _ - - _ - _ - _ - 14 35 33 149 20 7 7 _ - 54 50 - 918 513 279 234 1022 553 325 228 59 43 642 472 170 38 483 227 391 362 29 164 190 26 10 27 15 159 935 670 265 138 29 279 178 392 186 204 40 360 360 230 516 444 72 58 39 39 20 14 14 14 17 7 74 214 60 154 143 123 67 56 46 67 48 19 16 118 105 13 13 33 -----13~ - 161 156 5 5 71 17 54 54 93 47 39 1 31 27 4 4 _ _ - _ - _ - _ “ _ " _ - _ " 1 12 7 7 14 14 - _ •" 18 - 57 3 - 11 35 35 14 9 _ - 206 55 54 " 5 5 28 _ - 277 222 69 29 40 40 142 103 39 17 1 1 g 43 40 3 3 83 4 - 29 21 8 55 54 2 137 92 45 30 18 95 95 - 2 2 24 35 24 24 12 12 2 2 - 8 8 _ “ 2 10 8 38 8 30 14 3 3 13 5 8 8 / _ - 834 84 1 8 200 842 180 178 70 56 14 12 62 36 29 4 25 19 22 209 209 16 - 4 10 10 10 10 4 6 20 10 10 5 9 22 22 _ - 11 2 22 58 38 63 35 28 23 26 26 ‘ 9 9 72 50 101 88 14 8 4 , 18 4 46 36 62 34" 28 20 19 - 268 195 12 2 2 618 16 12 12 2 12 12 2 2 2 149 - ----- 2- - - - - 10 10 5 5 5 _ - _ - _ - 32 32 32 5 5 5 “ _ " 10 10 10 _ 16 16 “ 4 4 “ “ 9 V ■ “ ~ - ~ ' " " 38 24 14 14 5 X 12 2 2 12 ~ 6 6 8 8 99 68 31 73 41 32 16 56 41 15 12 See footn otes at end o f ta b le . _ 14 - 29 19 2. 15 NOTE: _ 16 3 23 7 16 16 8 10 22 8 1 19 14 5 5 167 130 37 - 2. 15 3 14 5 81 78 3 3 - 1.62 2. 19 2. 10 2.02 2.21 2.26 2. 12 - $ 1.90 89 43 45 16 126 1.40 31 70 8 2.03 2 .0 9 2. 10 344 223 124 99 $ 1.80 116 18 14 4 4 1.93 2.06 $ 1.70 142 92 50 _ - 2. 380 1, 242 1, 138 1.60 133 35 98 7 15 ii 4 4 2.00 2. 12 $ 1.50 121 2 9 9 - 6 .5 2 7 4 ,5 7 9 1, 948 835 746 $ 1.40 289 36 253 - 1.98 1.97 111 * 1.30 486 114 372 4 142 45 19 26 395 1.30 35 *87 87 - 579 365 214 .. .. — 1.48 1t 48 and under 6 317 S $ 1. 00 1. 10 1.20 1.28 1.56 1. 17 1.51 1. 16 349 303 ------ - 1. 15 1. ? o $ Data fo r nonm anufacturing do not include in form ation fo r departm ent and lim ited p r ic e variety s to r e s; the rem ain der o f r e ta il trade is ap p rop riately re p resen ted in data fo r a ll indu stries com bin ed and fo r nonm anufacturing. 115 105 10 8 8 6 2 22 71 22 45 35 10 10 8 4 16 12 4 4 3 I 1 1 ■ 2 2 * 9 Table A-4. Custodial and M aterial Movement Occupations-Continued (A verage straigh t-tim e hourly earnings £or s elected occupations studied on an area b a s is , by industry d ivision , St. L ou is, M o ., O ctober 1958) NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF— O ccupation 1 and Number of worker* industry divisio n Skipping and m >m iving r.l*rk* M anufacturing „ ..... ...... Nonmanufacturing W holesale trade ________ _ __ Average Under *1. 00 and $ 1. 00 under 1. 10 1 $ 1. 10 1.20 1.20 1.30 *1.30 1.40 * 1.40 1.50 $ 2. 16 2. 15 2. 19 408 165 143 92 2.22 - - - - - 19 l9 - " 20 *1.50 1.60 12 6 4 - 1 1.60 2 .4 8 2 .5 6 2 .4 4 2 .4 5 2 .4 9 _ - _ - _ - _ - 15 — IT " - - - T ru ck d riv e rs, light (under lVa t o n s ) _____ ___ M anufacturing _ __ N on m a n u fa ctu rin g _______________________ 211 158 53 2 .2 9 2 .3 4 2. 13 _ - _ - _ - _ - 13 _ 13' - 9 9 _ - 1,299 494 805 182 2 .4 8 2.6 3 2 .3 9 2 .4 4 " - - " 2 2 11 11 - - - 1, 001 2 .5 1 " 2 .6 2 2 .4 9 2 .4 7 2 .5 3 _ - - _ - - _ - - T ru c k d riv e r s , m edium ( I 1/* to and including 4 tons) __ ____ __ __ __ M anufacturing ____ — __ __ __ _. __ N onm anufacturing __ __ ______ ____ W holesale trade ______________________ T ru c k d riv e r s , heavy (over 4 tons, t r a ile r typ e) ___ __ __ ____ ___ ___ M a n u fa ctu rin g ____________________________ N on m an u factu rin g_______________________ P u blic utilities * ___ W holesale trade T r u c k e r s , pow er (fo rk lift) __ __ __ __ — M anufacturing __ ____ — ____ ___ _ N onm anufacturing __ __ ___ — ____ W holesale t r a d e _________________________ T r u c k e r s , pow er (other than fo rk lift) M anufacturing ____ __ ____ ___ ____ Watchmen __ __ __ M anufacturing ____ __ ____ Nonmanufacturing ____ __ __ P u blic u tilitie s * _____ ___ ____ __ ____ __ _ __ _ iTI 870 453 216 1, 506 T363141 87 324 3rd 1, 580 638 942 76 _ - - _ 2. 18 2.22 - _ - _ - _ - - 2. 10 _ " _ " _ - _ - _ - 179 179 4 520 ------ 7- 2. 19 " 2 2 2 .2 4 2. 09 1.45 1.84 1. 18 1.76 26 26 513 81 36" 45 45 -----39 T 10 20 6 3 3 _ - 112 57 25 1 1 1 1 * T ran sp ortation (excluding r a ilro a d s ), com m u nication, and other public utilities, t F inance, in su ran ce, and real estate. 2. 00 2. 10 2.20 2. 00 2. 10 2.20 - — 38 nr 24 12 26 21 4 _ - 17 9 _ - 3 - " 6 6 - 20 31 13 18 “ - - _ - 24 24 _ 24 2 1 - 60 _ “ 21 20“ 1 1 2 2 60 89 99 28 ------ 3 21 —vr T 5 T- 13 8 127 135 n r “ 125“ 8 9 8 9 - 35 35 43 29 14 129 124 5 5 11 9 9 71 37 34 171 155" 6 - 42 40 96 -----96“ - 59 17 42 18 24 4 4.. - — 31 28 3 3 1 .4 0 1 .5 0 2.60 2 .5 0 18 r 9 5 96 96 - 51 140 241 72 4 113 35 30 1523 — 99” 1424 1328 40 406 119 287 9 141 30 29 42 42 37 15 - 98 27 71 7 153 46 105 30 12 39 39 34 33 1 1 1 .6 0 1 .7 0 2 .7 0 2 .8 0 7 7 - 4 4 4 1. 80 2. 90 2 2 1 184 -----33“ 150 150 187 163 4 4 4 4 8 42 42 - - 120 20 100 54 3o 24 24 85 61 4 4 24 2"3” - 15 551 265 - ------7 ------- ~ T 9 ~ 8 544 186 448 5 44 40 - 108 108 108 30 35“ - 66 128 8 1 22 472 36 434 97 T 190 I l l 146“ .... ro7" 4 44 12 82 82 1 .3 0 2 .4 0 2 .3 0 47 _ - _ ' 1 Data lim ited to m en w o rk e rs except w here otherw ise indicated. * E xcludes prem iu m pay fo r overtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olid ays, and late shifts. 3 W ork ers w ere distributed as fo llo w s: 5 at $ 0. 7 0 to $ 0. 80; 12 at $ 0. 90 to $ 1. 4 W orkers w ere distributed as fo llo w s: 165 at $ 0. 7 0 to $ 0. 80; 2 at $ 0. 80 to $ 0. 90; 55 at $ 0. 90 to $ 1. 5 W orkers w ere d istributed a s fo llo w s: 60 at $ 0. 70 to $ 0. 80; 24 at $ 0. 80 to $ 0. 90; 3 at $ 0. 90 to $ 1. 4 Includes all d r iv e r s re g a r d le s s o f size and type o f truck operated. $ 17 7 80 9 ------7“ — r r 8 43 14 28 - 17 135 17 [ T i t “ 50 14 1.90 V 90 _ - 3 2 1 1 * *1. 80 41 28 26 — r r 15 17 15 11 9 9 " 3, 083 916 2, 167 1,418 425 - 1. 80 1.70 T r u c k d riv e r s * _ _ _ _ ___ M anufacturing _ ________ __ __ — _____ Nonm anufacturing __ __ ___ ___ __ __ P u blic u tilitie s * .... ...................... W holesale trade __ __ __ - 1.70 30 22 16 16 13 1.9 0 5. 3 .0 0 and over 00 1 -----j---1 ------j— - 24 168 24 “ 165“ - - 8 “ 8----- _ - _ - 168 166 - - - - — 5 - 71 71 ■ _ • 19 19 “ 8 278 213 65 53 95 91 4 4 89 89 - _ _ 44 43" " • 19 19 38 38 4 " " 5 5 1 7 ~ “ 20 20 35 35 - 5 26 - - - - - - 26 2 3 3 10 Appendix: Occupational Descriptions The primary purpose of preparing job descriptions for the Bureau's wage surveys is to assist its field staff in classifying into appropriate occupations workers who are employed under a variety of payroll titles and different work arrangements from establishment to establishment and from area to area. This is essential in order to permit the grouping of occupational wage rates representing comparable job content. Because of this emphasis on inter establishment and interarea comparability of occupational content, the Bureau's job descriptions may differ signifi cantly from those in use in individual establishments or those prepared for other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the Bureau's field representatives are instructed to exclude work ing supervisors, apprentices, learners, beginners, trainees, handicapped workers, part-time, temporary, and probationary workers. O ff i c e BILLER, MACHINE BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR-----Continued Prepares statements, bills, and invoices on a machine other than an ordinary or eiectromatic typewriter. May also keep records as to billings or shipping charges or perform other clerical work in cidental to billing operations. For wage study purposes, billers, machine, are classified by type of machine, as follows: Class A---- Keeps a set of records requiring a knowledge of and experience in basic bookkeeping principles and familiarity with the structure of the particular accounting system used. Deter mines 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. Biller, machine (billing machine)— Uses a special billing machine (Moon Hopkins, Elliott Fisher, Burroughs, etc. , which are combination typing and adding machines) to prepare bills and invoices from customers' purchase orders, internally prepared orders, shipping memoranda, etc. Usually involves application of predetermined discounts and shipping charges and entry of necessary extensions, which may or may not be computed on the billing machine, and totals which are automatically accumulated by machine. The operation usually involves a large number of carbon copies of the bill being prepared and is often done on a fanfold machine. Class B-----Keeps a record of one or more phases or sections of a set of records usually requiring little knowledge of basic book keeping. Phases or sections include accounts payable, payroll, customers' accounts (not including a simple type of billing described under biller, machine), cost distribution, expense distribution, in ventory control, etc. May check or assist in preparation of trial balances and prepare control sheets for the accounting department. Biller, machine (bookkeeping machine)-----Uses a bookkeeping machine (Sundstrand, Elliott Fisher, Remington Rand, etc. , which may or may not have typewriter keyboard) to prepare customers' bills as part of the accounts receivable operation. Generally involves the simultaneous entry of figures on customers' ledger record. The machine automatically accumulates figures on a number of vertical columns and computes and usually prints auto matically the debit or credit balances . Does not involve a knowl edge of bookkeeping. Works from uniform and standard types of sales and credit slips. BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR Operates a bookkeeping machine (Remington Rand, Elliott Fisher, Sundstrand, Burroughs, National Cash Register, with or with out a typewriter keyboard) to keep a record of business transactions. CLERK, ACCOUNTING Class A — Under general direction of a bookkeeper or account ant, has responsibility for keeping one or more sections of a com plete set of books or records relating to one phase of an establish ment's business transactions. Work involves posting and balancing subsidiary ledger or ledgers such as accounts receivable or ac counts payable; examining and coding invoices or vouchers with proper accounting distribution; requires judgment and experience in making proper assignations and allocations. May assist in preparing, adjusting, and closing journal entries; may direct class B accounting clerks. Class B ---- Under supervision, performs one or more routine accounting operations such as posting simple journal vouchers, accounts payable vouchers, entering vouchers in voucher registers; reconciling bank accounts; posting subsidiary ledgers controlled by general ledgers. This job does not require a knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping principles but is found in offices in which the more routine accounting work is subdivided on a func tional basis among several workers. 11 CLERK, FILE Class A -----Responsible for maintaining an established filing system. 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 locating material in the files. May perform incidental clerical duties. Class B ---- Performs routine filing, usually of material that has already been classified, or locates or assists in locating ma terial in the files. May perform incidental clerical duties. CLERK, ORDER Receives customers* orders for material or merchandise by mail, phone, or personally. Duties involve any combination of the following; Quoting prices to customers; 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 de partments to be filled. May check with credit department to deter mine credit rating of customer, acknowledge 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. KEY-PUNCH OPERATOR Under general supervision and with no supervisory responsi bilities, records accounting and statistical data on tabulating cards by punching a series of holes in the cards in a specified sequence, using an alphabetical or a numerical key-punch machine, following written information on records. May duplicate cards by using the duplicating device attached to machine. Keeps files of punch cards. May verify own work or work of others. OFFICE BOY OR GIRL Performs various routine duties such as running errands, operating minor office machines such as sealers or mailers, opening and distributing mail, and other minor clerical work. SECRETARY Performs secretarial and clerical duties for a superior in an administrative or executive position. Duties include making appoint ments for superior; receiving people coming into office; answering and making phone calls; handling personal and important or confi dential mail, and writing routine correspondence on own initiative; taking dictation (where transcribing machine is not used) either in shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine, and transcribing dicta tion or the recorded information reproduced on a transcribing machine. May prepare special reports or memoranda for information of superior. CLERK, PAYROLL STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL Computes wages of company employees and enters the neces sary data on the payroll sheets. Duties involve: Calculating workers' earnings based on time or production records; posting calculated data on payroll sheet, showing information such as worker's name, working days, time, rate, deductions for insurance, and total wages due. May make out paychecks and assist paymaster in making up and dis tributing pay envelopes. May use a calculating machine. Primary duty 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 transcribe this dictation on a type writer. May also type from written copy. May also set up and keep files in order, keep simple records, etc. Does not include tran scribing-machine work (see transcribing-machine operator). COMPTOMETER OPERATOR STENOGRAPHER, Primary duty is to operate a Comptometer to perform mathe matical computations. This job is not to be confused with that of statistical or other type of clerk, which may involve frequent use of a Comptometer but, in which, use of this machine is incidental to performance of other duties. Primary duty 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. Does noi include transcribing-machine work. TECHNICAL DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR (MIMEOGRAPH OR DITTO) SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR Under general supervision and with no supervisory respon sibilities, reproduces multiple copies of typewritten or handwritten matter, using a mimeograph or ditto machine. Makes necessary ad justment such as for ink and paper feed counter and cylinder speed. Is not required to prepare stencil or ditto master. May keep file of used stencils or ditto m asters. May sort, collate, and staple com pleted material. Operates a single- or multiple-position telephone switchboard. Duties involve handling incoming, outgoing, and intraplant or office calls. May record toll calls and take messages. May give infor mation to persons who call in, or occasionally take telephone orders. For workers who also act as receptionists see switchboard operatorreceptionist. 12 SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONIST tion type This time TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL---- Continued In addition to performing duties of operator, on a single posi or monitor-type switchboard, acts as receptionis* and may also or perform routine clerical work as part of regular duties. typing or clerical work may take the major part of this worker*s while at switchboard. TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATOR Operates machine that automatically analyzes and translates information punched in groups of tabulating cards and prints trans lated data on forms or accounting records; sets or adjusts machine; does simple wiring of plugboards according to established practice or diagrams; places cards to be tabulated in feed magazine and starts machine. May file# cards after they are tabulated. May, in addition, operate auxiliary machines. included. A worker who takes dictation in shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine is classified as a stenographer, general. TYPIST Uses a typewriter to make copies of various material or to make out bills after calculations have been made by another person. May do clerical work involving little special training, such as keep ing simple records, filing records and reports or sorting and dis tributing incoming mail. Class A -----Performs one or more of the following: Typing material in final form from very rough and involved draft; copy ing from plain or corrected copy in which there is a frequent and varied use of technical and unusual words or from foreignlanguage copy; combining material from several sources, or planning layout of complicated statistical tables to maintain uni formity and balance in spacing; typing tables from rough draft in final form. May type routine form letters, varying details to suit circumstances. TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL, Primary duty is to transcribe dictation involving a normal routine vocabulary from transcribing machine records. May also type from written copy and do simple clerical work. Workers tran scribing dictation involving a varied technical or specialized vocabu lary such as legal briefs or reports on scientific research are not Professional DRAFTSMAN, JUNIOR (Assistant draftsman) Draws to scale units or parts of drawings prepared by drafts man or others for engineering, construction, or manufacturing pur poses. Uses various types of drafting tools as required. May pre pare drawings from simple plans or sketches, or perform other duties under direction of a draftsman. DRAFTSMAN, LEADER Plans and directs activities of one or more draftsmen in preparation of working plans and detail drawings from rough or pre liminary sketches for engineering, construction, or manufacturing purposes. Duties involve a combination of the following: Interpreting blueprints, sketches, and written or verbal orders; determining work procedures; assigning duties to subordinates and inspecting their work; performing more difficult problems. May assist subordinates during Class B ----Performs one or more of the following: Typing from relatively clear or typed drafts; routine typing of forms, insurance policies, e tc ., setting up simple standard tabulations, or copying more complex tables already set up and spaced properly. and Technical DRAFTSMAN, LEADER-----Continued emergencies or as a regular assignment, or perform related duties of a supervisory or administrative nature. DRAFTSMAN, SENIOR Prepares working plans and detail drawings from notes, rough or detailed sketches for engineering, construction, or manu facturing purposes. Duties involve a combination of the following: Preparing working plans, detail drawings, maps, cross-sections, etc., to scale by use of drafting instruments; making engineering . computa tions such as those involved in strength of materials, beams and trusses; verifying completed work, checking dimensions, materials to be used, and quantities; writing specifications; making adjustments or changes in drawings or specifications. May ink in lines and letters on pencil drawings, prepare detail units of complete drawings, or trace drawings. Work is frequently in a specialized field such as architectural, electrical, mechanical, or structural drafting. 13 NURSE, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) NURSE, A registered nurse who gives nursing service to ill or injured employees or other persons who become ill or suffer an accident on the premises of a factory or other establishment. Duties involve a combination of the following: Giving first aid to the ill or injured7 attending to subsequent dressing of employees’ injuries; keeping records of patients treated; preparing accident reports for compensation or other purposes; conducting physical examinations and health evaluations of applicants and employees; and planning and carrying out programs involving health education, accident prevention, evaluation of plant environment, or other activities affecting the health, welfare, safety of all personnel. Maintenance INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED)-----Continued and TRACER Copies tracing cloth or Uses T-square, simple drawings a nd plans and drawings prepared by others, by placing paper over drawing and tracing with pen or pencil. compass, and other drafting tools. May prepare and do simple lettering. Powerplant CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE ENGINEER, STATIONARY Performs the carpentry duties necessary to construct and maintain in good repair building woodwork and equipment such as bins, cribs, counters, benches, partitions, doors, floors, stairs, casings, and trim made of wood in an establishment. Work involves most of the following: Planning and laying out of work from blueprints, draw ings^ models, or verbal instructions; using a variety of carpenter’ s handtools, portable power tools, and standard measuring instruments; making standard shop computations relating to dimensions of work; selecting materials necessary for the work. In general, the work of the maintenance carpenter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent train ing and experience. Operates and maintains and may also supervise the operation of stationary engines and equipment (mechanical or electrical) to sup ply the establishment in which employed with power, heat, refrigera tion, or air-conditioning. Work involves: Operating and maintaining equipment such as steam engines, air compressors, generators, mo tors, turbines, ventilating and refrigerating equipment, steam boilers and boiler-fed water pumps; making equipment repairs; keeping a record of operation of machinery, temperature, and fuel consump tion. May also supervise these operations. Head or chief engineers in establishments employing more than one engineer are excluded. ELECTRICIAN, MAINTENANCE Performs a variety of electrical trade functions such as the installation, maintenance, or repair of equipment for the generating, distribution, or utilization of electric energy in an establishment. Work involves most of the following: Installing or repairing any of a variety of electrical equipment such as generators, transformers, switchboards, controllers, circuit breakers, motors, heating units, conduit systems, or other transmission equipment; working from blue prints, drawings, layout, or other specifications; locating and diag nosing trouble in the electrical system or equipment; working standard computations relating to load requirements of wiring or electrical equipment; using a variety of electrician’ s handtools and measuring and testing instruments. In general, the work of the maintenance electrician requires rounded training and experience usually ac quired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. FIREMAN, STATIONARY BOILER Fires stationary boilers to furnish the establishment in which employed with heat, power, or steam. Feeds fuels to fire by hand or operates a mechanical stoker, gas, or oil burner; checks water and safety valves. May clean, oil, or assist in repairing boilerroom equipment. HELPER, TRADES, MAINTENANCE A ssists one or more workers in the skilled maintenance trades, by performing specific or general duties of lesser skill, such as keeping a worker supplied with materials and tools; cleaning work ing area, machine, and equipment; assisting worker by holding ma terials or tools; performing other unskilled tasks as directed by jour neyman. The kind of work the helper is permitted to perform varies from trade to trade: In some trades the helper is confined to sup plying, lifting, and holding materials and tools and cleaning working areas; and in others he is permitted to perform specialized machine operations, or parts of a trade that are also performed by workers on a full-tim e basis. 14 MACHINE-TOOL OPERATOR, TOOLROOM Specializes in the operation of one or more types of machine tools, such as jig borers, cylindrical or surface grinders, engine lathes, or milling machines in the construction of machine-shop tools, gauges, jigs, fixtures, or dies. Work involves most of the following: Planning and performing difficult machining operations; processing items requiring complicated setups or a high degree of accuracy; using a variety of precision measuring instruments; selecting feeds, speeds, tooling and operation sequence; making necessary adjust ments during operation to achieve requisite tolerances or dimensions. May be required to recognize when tools need dressing, to dress tools, and to select proper coolants and cutting and lubricating oils. For cross-industry wage study purposes, machine-tool operators, toolroom, in topi and die jobbing shops are excluded from this classification. MECHANIC, MAINTENANCE Repairs machinery or mechanical equipment of an establish ment. Work involves most of the following: Examining machines and mechanical equipment to diagnose source of trouble; dismantling or partly dismantling machines and performing repairs that mainly involve the use of handtools in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts with items obtained from stock; ordering the production of a replacement part by a machine shop or sending of the machine to a machine shop for major repairs; preparing written specifications for major repairs or for the production of parts ordered from machine shop; reassembling machines; and making all necessary adjustments for operation. In general, the work of a maintenance mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. Excluded from this classification are workers whose primary duties involve setting up or adjusting machines. MACHINIST, MAINTENANCE MILLWRIGHT Produces replacement parts and new parts in making repairs of metal parts of mechanical equipment operated in an establishment. Work involves most of the following; Interpreting written instruc tions and specifications; planning and laying out of work; using a va riety of m achinists handtools and precision measuring instruments; setting up and operating standard machine tools; shaping of metal parts to close tolerances; making standard shop computations relat ing to dimensions of work, tooling, feeds and speeds of machining; knowledge of the working properties of the common metals; selecting standard materials, parts, and equipment required for his work; fitting and assembling parts into mechanical equipment. In general, the machinists work normally requires a rounded training in machineshop practice usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. Installs new machines or heavy equipment and dismantles and installs machines or heavy equipment when changes in the plant lay out are required. Work involves most of the following; Planning and laying out of the work; interpreting blueprints or other specifications; using a variety of handtools and rigging; making standard shop com putations relating to stresses, strength of materials, and centers of gravity; alining and balancing of equipment; selecting standard tools, equipment, and parts to be used; installing and maintaining in good order power transmission equipment such as drives and speed re ducers. In general, the millwright* s work normally requires a rounded training and experience in the trade acquired through a formal appren ticeship or equivalent training and experience. OILER MECHANIC, AUTOMOTIVE (MAINTENANCE) Repairs automobiles, buses, motortrucks, and tractors of an establishment. Work involves most of the following: Examining automotive equipment to diagnose source of trouble; disassembling equipment and performing repairs that involve the use of such handtools as wrenches, gauges, drills, or specialized equipment in dis assembling or fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts from stock; grinding and adjusting valves; reassembling and installing the various assemblies in the vehicle and making necessary adjustments; alining wheels, adjusting brakes and lights, or tightening body bolts. In general, the work of the automotive mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprentice ship or equivalent training and experience. Lubricates, with oil or grease, the moving parts or wearing surfaces of mechanical equipment of an establishment. PAINTER, MAINTENANCE Paints and redecorates walls, woodwork, and fixtures of an establishment. Work involves the following: Knowledge of surface peculiarities and types of paint required for different applications; preparing surface for painting by removing old finish or by placing putty or filler in nail holes and interstices; applying paint with spray gun or brush. May mix colors, oils, white lead, and other paint ingredients to obtain proper color or consistency. In general, the work of the maintenance painter requires rounded training and ex perience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equiva lent training and experience. 15 PIPEFITTER, SHEET-METAL WORKER, MAINTENANCE---- Continued MAINTENANCE Installs or repairs water, steam, gas, or other types of pipe and pipefittings in an establishment. Work involves most of the fol lowing: Laying out of work and measuring to locate position of pipe from drawings or other written specifications; cutting various sizes of pipe to correct lengths with chisel and hammer or oxyacetylene torch or pipe-cutting machine; threading pipe with stocks and dies; bending pipe by hand-driven or power-driven machines; assembling pipe with couplings and fastening pipe to hangers; making standard shop computations relating to pressures, flow, and size of pipe r e quired; making standard tests to determine whether finished pipes meet specifications. In general, the work of the maintenance pipefitter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. Workers primarily engaged in installing and repairing building sanitation or heating systems are excluded. PLUMBER, MAINTENANCE Keeps the plumbing system of an establishment in good order. Work involves; Knowledge of sanitary codes regarding installation of vents and traps in plumbing system; installing or repairing pipes and fixtures; opening clogged drains with a plunger or plumber*s snake. In general, the work of the maintenance plumber requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprentice ship or equivalent training and experience. SHEET-METAL WORKER, MAINTENANCE Fabricates, installs, and maintains in good repair the sheetmetal equipment and fixtures (such as machine guards, grease pans, shelves, locker’s, tanks, ventilators, chutes, ducts, metal roofing) of an establishment. Work involves most of the following: Planning Custodial a nd TOOL AND DIE MAKER (Diemaker; jig maker; toolmaker; fixture maker; gauge maker) Constructs and repairs machine-shop tools, gauges, jigs, fix tures or dies for forgings, punching and other metal-forming work. Work involves most of the following; Planning and laying out of work from models, blueprints, drawings, or other oral and written specifi cations; using a variety of tool and die maker's handtools and precision measuring instruments, understanding of the working properties of common metals and alloys; setting up and operating of machine tools and related equipment; making necessary shop computations relating to dimensions of work, speeds, feeds, and tooling of machines; heattreating of metal parts during fabrication as well as of finished tools and dies to achieve required qualities; working to close tolerances; fitting and assembling of parts to prescribed tolerances and allow ances; selecting appropriate materials, tools, and processes. In general, the tool and die maker's work requires a rounded training in machine-shop and toolroom practice usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. For cross-industry wage study purposes, tool and die makers in tool and die jobbing shops are excluded from this classification. Material ELEVATOR OPERATOR, PASSENGER Transports passengers between floors of an office building, apartment house, department store, hotel or similar establishment. Workers who operate elevators in conjunction with other duties such as those of starters and janitors are excluded. GUARD Performs routine police duties, either at fixed post or on tour, maintaining order, using arms or force where necessary. Includes gatemen who are stationed at gate and check on identity of employees and other persons entering. and laying out all types of sheet-metal maintenance work from blue prints, models, or other specifications; setting up and operating ail available types of sheet-metal-working machines; using a variety of handtools in cutting, bending, forming, shaping, fitting, and assem bling; installing sheet-metal articles as required. In general, the work of the maintenance sheet-metal worker requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience Movement JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER (Sweeper; charwoman; janitress) Cleans and keeps in an orderly condition factory working areas and washrooms, or premises of an office, apartment house, or commercial or other establishment. Duties involve a combination of the following; Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing floors; removing chips, trash, and other refuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures; polishing metal fixtures or trimmings; providing supplies and minor maintenance services; cleaning lavatories, showers, and restroom s. Workers who specialize in window washing are excluded. 16 LABORER, MATERIAL HANDLING (Loader and unloader; handler and stacker; shelver; trucker; stockman or stock helper; warehouseman or warehouse helper) A worker employed in a warehouse, manufacturing plant, store, or other establishment whose duties involve one or more of the following: Loading and unloading various materials and merchan dise on or from freight cars, trucks, or other transporting devices; unpacking, shelving, or placing materials or merchandise in proper storage location; transporting materials or merchandise by hand truck, car, or wheelbarrow. Longshoremen, who load and unload ships are excluded. SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERK---- Continued other records; checking for shortages and rejecting damaged goods; routing merchandise or materials to proper departments; maintaining necessary records and files. For wage study purposes, workers are classified as follows: Receiving clerk Shipping clerk Shipping and receiving clerk TRUCKDRIVER ORDER FILLER (Order picker; stock selector; warehouse stockman) Fills shipping or transfer orders for finished goods from stored merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips, customers* orders, or other instructions. May, in addition to filling orders and indicating items filled or omitted, keep records of out going orders, requisition additional stock, or report short supplies to supervisor, and perform other related duties. Drives a truck within a city or industrial area to transport materials, merchandise, equipment, or men between various types of establishments such as: Manufacturing plants, freight depots, ware houses, wholesale and retail establishments, or between retail estab lishments and customers' houses or places of business. May also load or unload truck with or without helpers, make minor mechanical repairs, and keep truck in good working order. Driver-salesmen and over-the-road drivers are excluded. For wage study purposes, truckdrivers are classified by size and type of equipment, as follows: (Tractor-trailer should be rated on the basis of trailer capacity.) PACKER, SHIPPING Prepares finished products for shipment or storage by placing them in shipping containers, the specific operations performed being dependent upon the type, size, and number of units to be packed, the type of container employed, and method of shipment. Work requires the placing of items in shipping containers and may involve one or more of the following; Knowledge of various items of stock in order to verify content; selection of appropriate type and size of container; inserting enclosures in container; using excelsior or other material to prevent breakage or damage; closing and sealing container; applying labels or entering identifying data on container. Packers who also make wooden boxes or crates are excluded. SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERK Prepares merchandise for shipment, or receives and is re sponsible for incoming shipments of merchandise or other materials. Shipping work involves; A knowledge of shipping procedures, prac tices, routes, available means of transportation and rates; and pre paring records of the goods shipped, making up bills of lading, post ing weight and shipping charges, and keeping a file of shipping records. May direct or assist in preparing the merchandise for shipment. Receiving work involves; Verifying or directing others in verifying the correctness of shipments against bills of lading, invoices, or Truckdriver Truckdriver, Truckdriver, Truckdriver, Truckdriver, (combination of sizes listed separately) light (under 1V2 tons") medium ( I V 2 to and~including 4 tons) heavy (over 4 tons, trailer type) heavy (over 4 tons, other thantrailer type) TRUCKER, POWER Operates a manually controlled gasoline- or electric-powered truck or tractor to transport goods and materials of all kinds about a warehouse, manufacturing plant, or other establishment. For wage study purposes, workers are classified by type of truck, as follows: Trucker, power (forklift) Trucker, power (other than forklift) WATCHMAN Makes rounds of premises periodically in protecting property against fire, theft, and illegal entry. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1959 0 — 492216 Occupational Wage Surveys Occupational wage surveys are being conducted in 20 major labor markets during late 1958 and early 1959. These bulletins, numbered 1240-1 through 1240-20, when available, may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., or from any of the regional sa les offices shown below. A summary bulletin (1240-21) containing data for all labor markets, combined with additional analysis w ill be issued early in I960. A bulletin for the area listed below is now available. Seattle, Wash., August 1958 - BLS Bull. 1240-1, price 25 cents
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