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Occupational Wage Survey
DES MOINES, IOWA
FEBRUARY 1962
B u l l e tin No. 1 3 0 3 - 4 2
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, Commissioner
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Occupational Wage Survey
DES MOINES, IOWA
FEBRU ARY 1962
B u lle tin N o. 1 3 0 3 -4 2
April 1962
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT O F LABOR
Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary
BUREAU O F LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clogue, Commissioner
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Contents
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The Labor Market Occupational Wage Survey Program
The Bureau of Labor Statistics annually conducts
occupational wage surveys in 82 labor markets.
The
studies provide data on occupational earnings and related
supplementary benefits.
A preliminary report furnishing
trend data and average earnings is released within a month
of the completion of each study.
This bulletin provides
additional data not included in the preliminary report.
Introduction _______________________________________________________________
Wage trends fo r se le c te d occu p ation al grou ps _________________________
1
4
T a b le s :
1.
2.
E stablishm ents and w o r k e rs within scop e o f su rvey ____________
P e rce n ts o f in c r e a s e in standard w eek ly s a la rie s and
stra ig h t-tim e h ou rly earnings fo r se le cte d
occu p ation al grou ps _____________________________________________
3
3
Two bulletins, bringing together the results of all
of the area surveys, are issued after completion of the
final area bulletin in the current round of surveys.
The
first of these bulletins will be available late in 1962 and
the other early in 1963. During the survey year, summary
releases presenting areawide occupational earnings data
for 25 to 30 labor markets, are issued as data become
available.
A:
O ccupational e a r n in g s : *
A - 1. O ffice occu p ation s— en and w om en ______________________
m
A - 2. P r o fe s s io n a l and tech n ica l occu p ation s— en
m
and w om en ________________________________________________
A - 3. O ffice, p r o fe s s io n a l, and tech n ical
occu p ation s— en and w om en com bin ed _________________
m
A -4 .
M aintenance and pow er plant occu pation s ________________
A - 5.
C ustodial and m a teria l m ovem en t occu pation s __________
8
9
10
This bulletin was prepared in the Bureau’ s re
gional office in Chicago, 111., by Kenneth Thorsten, under
the direction of Elliott A. Browar. The study was under
the general direction of Woodrow C. Linn, Assistant Re
gional Director for Wages and Industrial Relations.
B : E stablishm ent p r a c tic e s and supplem entary wage p r o v is io n s :*
B -l.
Shift d iffe re n tia ls _________________________________________
B -2 .
M inim um en tran ce s a la r ie s fo r w om en o ffice w o r k e r s _
B -3 .
Scheduled w eek ly h ours ___________________________________
B -4 .
Paid h olidays ______________________________________________
B -5 .
P aid v a ca tion s _____________________________________________
B -6 .
Health, in su ra n ce, and p en sion plans ___________________
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12
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14
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17
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7
A p p en d ix es:
A.
B.
Changes in occu p a tion a l d e scrip tio n s ____________________________
O ccupational d e scrip tio n s ________________________________________
* NOTE: Similar tabulations are available in previous area
reports for Des Moines and for other major areas.
A
directory indicating the areas, dates of study, and prices
of these reports is available upon request.
A current report on occupational earnings and
supplementary wage provisions in the Des Moines area is
also available for the life insurance industry (June 1961).
Union scales, indicative of prevailing pay levels, are avail
able for the following trades or industries: Building con
struction, printing, local-transit operating employees, and
motortruck drivers and helpers.
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O ccupational Wage Survey—Des M oines, Iowa
Introduction
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.
This area is 1 of 82 labor markets in which the U .S. De
partment of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics has conducted sur
veys of occupational earnings and related wage benefits on an area
wide basis.
In this area, data were obtained by personal visits of
Bureau field economists to representative establishments within six
broad industry divisions: Manufacturing; transportation, communica
tion, and other public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
Major industry groups
excluded from these studies are government operations and the con
struction and extractive industries.
Establishments having fewer
than a prescribed number of workers are omitted also because they
tend to furnish insufficient employment in the occupations studied to
warrant inclusion. Separate tabulations are provided for each of the
broad industry divisions which meet publication criteria.
Average earnings of men and women are presented separately
for selected occupations in which both sexes are commonly employed.
Differences in pay levels of men and women in these occupations are
largely due to (1) differences in the distribution of the sexes among
industries and establishments; (2) differences in specific duties per
formed, although the occupations are appropriately classified within
the same survey job description; and (3) differences in length of serv
ice or merit review when individual salaries are adjusted on this
basis.
Longer average service of men would result in higher average
pay when both sexes are employed within the same rate range.
Job
descriptions used in classifying employees in these surveys are usu
ally more generalized than those used in individual establishments to
allow for minor differences among establishments in specific duties
pe rformed.
These surveys are conducted on a sample basis because of the
unnecessary cost involved in surveying all establishments. To obtain
optimum 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
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.
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.
Occupations and Earnings
The occupations selected for study are common to a variety
of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries. Occupational c la 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 occu
pations: (a) Office clerical; (b) professional and technical; (c) mainte
nance and powerplant; and (d) custodial and material movement.
Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions
Information is presented (in the B -se rie s tables) on selected
establishment practices and supplementary benefits as they relate to
office and plant workers.
The concept "office w o rk e rs," as used
in this bulletin, includes working supervisors and nonsupervisory
workers performing clerical or related functions, and excludes admin
istrative, executive, and professional personnel. "Plant workers" in
clude working foremen and all nonsupervisory workers (including leadmen and trainees) engaged in nonoffice functions.
Administrative,
executive, and professional employees, and force-account construction
employees who are utilized as a separate work force are excluded.
Cafeteria workers and routemen are excluded in manufacturing indus
tries, but are included as plant workers in nonmanufacturing industries.
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
1
2
Shift differential data (table B - l ) are limited to manufacturing
industries. This information is presented both in terms of (a) estab
lishment p olicy,1 presented in terms of total plant worker employ
ment, and (b) effective practice, presented in terms of workers
actually employed on the specified shift at the time of the survey.
In establishments having varied differentials, the amount applying to
a majority was used or, if no amount applied to a majority, die cla s
sification "oth er" was used.
In establishments in which some lateshift hours are paid at normal rates, a differential was recorded only
if it applied to a majority of the shift hours.
Minimum entrance salaries (table B -2 ) relate only to the
establishments visited.
They are presented in terms of establish
ments with formal minimum salary policies.
The scheduled hours (table B -3) of a majority of the fir s tshift workers in an establishment are tabulated as applying to all of
the plant or office workers of that establishment. Paid holidays; paid
vacations; and health, insurance, and pension plans (tables B -4 through
B -6) are treated statistically on the basis that these are applicable
to all plant or office workers if a majority of such workers are eli
gible or may eventually qualify for die practices listed. Sums of
individual items in tables B -3 through B -6 may not equal totals be
cause of rounding.
The first part of the paid holidays table (table B -4) presents
the number of whole and half holidays actually provided. The second
part combines whole and half holidays to show total holiday time.
The summary of vacation plans (table B -5 ) is limited to for
mal policies, excluding informal arrangements whereby time off with
pay is granted at the discretion of the employer. Separate estimates
are provided according to employer practice in computing vacation
payments, such as time payments, percent of annual earnings, or
flat-sum amounts. However, in the tabulations of vacation pay, pay
ments not on a time basis were so converted; for example, a payment
of 2 percent of annual earnings was considered as the equivalent of
1 week's pay.
Data are presented for all health, insurance, and pension plans
(table B -6) for which at least a part of the cost is borne by the em
ployer, excepting only legal requirements such as workmen's compen
sation, social security, and railroad retirement. Such plans include
those underwritten by a commercial insurance company and those pro
vided through a union fund or paid directly by the employer out of
current operating funds or from a fund set aside for this purpose.
Death benefits are included as a form of life insurance.
Sickness and accident insurance is limited to that type of in
surance under which predetermined cash payments are made directly
to the insured on a weekly or monthly basis during illness or accident
disability.
Information is presented for all such plans to which the
employer contributes.
However, in New York and New Jersey, which
have enacted temporary disability insurance laws which require em
ployer contributions,2 plans are included only if the employer (1) con
tributes more than is legally required, or (2) provides the employee
with benefits which exceed the requirements of the law. Tabulations
of paid sick-leave plans are limited to formal plans3 which provide
full pay or a proportion of the worker's pay during absence from work
because of illness.
Separate tabulations are presented according to
(1) plans which provide full pay and no waiting period, and (2) plans
which provide either partial pay or a waiting period. In addition to the
presentation of the proportions of workers who are provided sickness
and accident insurance or paid sick leave, an unduplicated total is
shown of workers who receive either or both types of benefits.
Catastrophe insurance, sometimes referred to as extended
medical insurance, includes those plans which are designed to protect
employees in case of sickness and injury involving expenses beyond
the normal coverage of hospitalization, medical, and surgical plans.
Medical insurance refers to plans providing for complete or partial
payment of doctors* fees. Such plans may be underwritten by commer
cial insurance companies or nonprofit organizations or they may be
self-insured. Tabulations of retirement pension plans are limited to
those plans that provide monthly payments for the remainder of the
worker's life.
2 The temporary disability laws in California and Rhode Island
do not require employer contributions.
3 An establishment was considered as having a formal plan if
it established at least the minimum number of days of sick leave that
1
An establishment was considered as having a policy if it met
could be expected by each employee. Such a plan need not be written,
either of the following conditions: (l) Operated late shifts at the time
but informal sick-leave allowances, determined on an individual basis,
of the survey, or (2) had formal provisions covering late shifts.
were excluded.
3
Table 1.
Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in Des M oines, Iowa,
Minimum
employment
in establish
ments in scope
of study
Industry division
by m ajor industry division, 2 February 1962
W orkers in establishments
Number of establishments
Within
scope of
study 3
Within scope of study
Studied
Studied
Office
T o ta l4
Plant
T o ta l4
__
50
248
102
43, 200
1 0 ,5 0 0
23, 100
3 0 ,2 9 0
__ _____ — _ _ __ — —
— ------- ——
Manufacturing
________________________________________
Nonmanufacturing ^ __r
Transportation, communication, and other
public utilities 3 . . .
_ . „r__r. ,r
____ ____ . .. .
W holesale t r a d e ------ ----------------- ---__ __
Retail trade
--------_ ----- _
-------—
Finance, insurance, and real e s t a t e --- --------------------------S e r v ic e s ’ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
50
50
73
175
40
62
1 7 ,4 0 0
2 5 ,8 0 0
2 ,0 0 0
8, 500
12, 100
1 1 ,0 0 0
14, 280
16,010
50
50
50
50
50
22
33
51
46
23
15
14
13
13
7
6 ,0 0 0
3, 900
6, 000
7, 500
2 ,4 0 0
A ll d i v i s i o n s ___
_
__
__
__
-
-
-----— —
1 ,4 0 0
(M
(M
(*)
(6 )
2 ,7 0 0
(M
0
0
(6 )
5 ,2 7 0
2 ,6 1 0
3 ,4 5 0
3 ,6 7 0
1 ,0 1 0
1 The Des M oines Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of Polk County. The "w o rk ers within scope of study" estim ates shown in this table provide a reasonably accurate descrip
tion of the size and com position of the labor force included in the survey. The estim ates are not intended, however, to serve as a basis of com parison with other area employment indexes to
m easure employment trends or levels since (1) planning of wage surveys requires the use of establishment data compiled considerably in advance of the payroll period studied, and (2) sm all
establishm ents are excluded from the scope of the survey.
2 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 the
B ureau's labor market wage surveys conducted prior to July 1958) are the transfer of m ilk pasteurization plants and ready-m ixed 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 establishm ents with total employment at or above the m inim um -size limitation. A ll outlets (within the area) of companies in such industries as trade, finance, auto repair
service, and m otion-picture theaters are considered as 1 establishment.
4 Includes executive, professional, and other workers excluded from the separate office and plant categories.
5 Taxicabs and services incidental to water transportation were excluded.
6 This industry division is represented in estim ates for "a ll industries" and "nonmanufacturing" in the Series A and B tables. Separate presentation of data for this division is not made
for one or m ore of the following reasons: (1) Employment in the division is too sm all to provide enough data to m erit separate study, (2) the sample was not designed initially to permit sepa
rate presentation, (3) response was insufficient or inadequate to perm it separate presentation, and (4) there is possibility of disclosure of individual establishment data.
7 H otels: personal s erv ice s; business services; automobile repair shops; motion pictures; nonprofit m em bership organizations; and engineering and architectural services.
Table 2. Percents of increase in standard weekly salaries and straight-tim e hourly earnings for
selected occupational groups in Des M oines, Iowa, February 1961 to February 1962,
and February 1960 to February 1961
February 1961
to
February 1962
February I960
to
February 1961
A ll industries:
Office clerical (men and women) ________ ____________
Industrial nurses (men and women) __________________
Skilled maintenance (men) ------------------------------------------ Unskilled plant ( m e n ) ___ — ___________ ____ __ __ ______
4.7
4.3
2.6
2.5
1.1
4.5
4.0
5.6
Manufacturing:
Office clerical (men and women)
___ _ __ Industrial nurses (men and women)
__ ________
__
Skilled maintenance (men) ------------------------------------------Unskilled plant (men) — —
—
----- __ — -------
3.6
<l )
2.2
3.1
1.9
3.9
4.4
4.8
Industry and occupational group
1 Insufficient data to m eet publication criteria.
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4
Wage Trends for Selected O ccupational Groups
Presented in table 2 are percents of change in salaries of
office clerical workers and industrial nurses, and in average earnings
of selected plant worker groups.
For office clerical workers and industrial nurses, the per
cents of change 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 over
time and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
The per
centages are based on data for selected key occupations and include
most of the numerically important jobs within each group.
The of
fice clerical data are based on men and women in the following 19 jobs:
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B; clerks, accounting, class A
and B; clerks, file, class A, B, and C; clerks, order; clerks, pay
roll; Comptometer operators; keypunch operators, class A and B;
office boys and girls; secretaries; stenographers, general; stenogra
phers, senior; switchboard operators; tabulating-machine operators,
class B; and typists, class A and B.
The industrial nurse data are
based on men and women industrial nurses.
Men in the following
8 skilled maintenance jobs and 2 unskilled jobs were included in the
plant worker data: Skilled— carpenters; electricians; machinists; m e
chanics; mechanics, autom otive; painters; pipefitters; and tool and
die makers; unskilled— janitors, porters, and cleaners; and laborers,
material handling.
Average weekly salaries or average hourly earnings were
computed for each of the selected occupations.
The average sal
aries or hourly earnings were then multiplied by the average employ
ment in the job during the period surveyed in 1961.
These weighted
earnings for individual occupations were then totaled to obtain an ag
gregate for each occupational group.
Finally, the ratio of these group
aggregates for the one year to the aggregate for the other year was
computed and the difference between the result and 100 is the percent
of change from the one period to the other.
The percent of change measures, principally, the effects of
(1) general salary and wage changes; (2) m erit 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 expan
sions, force reductions, and changes in the proportions of workers
employed by establishments with different pay levels.
Changes in the
labor force can cause increases or decreases in the occupational
averages without actual wage changes. For example, a force expansion
might increase the proportion of lower paid workers in a specific
occupation and result 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 percents of change influenced by
changes in standard work schedules or in premium pay for overtime,
since they are based on pay for straight-time hours.
The above text represents the method used in computing a new trend
series.
The expansion of the labor market wage survey program in 1961 made
data available in 82 areas for the computation of wage trends for selected job
groupings.
Sixty-one areas were surveyed in I960; prior to I960, coverage was
limited to 20 areas.
Therefore, it was decided to compute a new trend series in
which 1961 will be the base year since this is the first year in which data were
collected in all 82 areas.
The percents of change shown in table 2 are not comparable with similar
data shown for this area in last year's Bulletin 1285- 43.
The new series intro
duces changes in the job groupings for which trends are shown and changes in
jobs included in the computations.
A: Occupational Earnings
Table A-l. Office Occupations—Men and Women
(A verage straigh t-tim e w eekly hours and earnings fo r se le cte d occupations studied on an area b a sis
by industry d ivision , Des M oin es, Iowa, F e b ru a ry 1962)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS O
F-
Average
Sex, occupation, and industry d ivision
Num
ber
of
w
orkers
S
$
$
$
$
%
%
$
S
%
$
$
$
$
$
$
S
$
$
$
W
eekly , 40.00 45.00 50.00 *55.00 60.00 65.00 70.00 75.00 80.00 85.00 90.00 95.00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00
W
eekly.
hours1 earnings1 and
and
(Standard) (Standard) under
45.00 50.00 55.00 60.00 65.00 70.00 75.00 80.00 85.00 90.00 95.00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00 over
1
i
M en
C lerk s, accounting, c la s s A ----------------____ _____ - —
M anufacturing
N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g __ ______ — — —
P u blic u t ilit ie s 2 _ ------- — — —
54
23
31
15
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$102.50
TlO.OO
97.00
96.00
.
-
_
“
_
-
-
_
-
C lerk s, accounting, c la s s B ___________
N onm anufacturing __ ____ __ . . . . . . .
44
24
39.5
39.0
83.50
700
.
-
_
_
_
.
-
-
-
-
O ffice boys ______________________________
M anufacturing
____ . . _.
._ —
N onm anufacturing _________ __ ._ __
44
20
24
40.0
40.0
40.0
56.00
56,50
56.00
1
1
17
9
8
10
5
5
1
1
-
Tabulating-m achine o p e r a to r s ,
c la s s A
_ _
N onm anufacturing ____
__ — _. __
23
15
39.0
39.0
93.00
9 0 )0
-
-
-
Tabulating-m achine o p e r a to r s ,
c la s s B _________________________________
N onm anufacturing ------------------------------ -
71
64
39.0
39.0
80.00
78.50
-
-
Tabulating-m achine o p e r a to r s ,
c la s s C
__ _____ __ ________ . . . __ _
22
39.5
75.00
-
-
54
44
40.0
40.0
63.00
51750
.
_
-
-
B ook keepin g-m a ch in e o p e r a to r s ,
55
c la s s A ______ _. . . . . __ — ____ , ___
N onm anufacturing __ _. _ — __ ._ ------ 42
39.5
39.5
74.00
71.50
-
B ook keepin g-m a ch in e o p e r a to r s ,
c la s s B _________ ____ __ — _. _____
M anufacturing ________________________
N onm anufacturing ___________________
142
29
113
39.5
40.0
39.5
60.50
67.00
59.00
C lerk s, accounting, c la s s A _________. . .
M anufacturing ________________________
N onm anufacturing ___________ ________
P u blic u tilities 2 __________________
127
19
108
33
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
C lerk s , accounting, c la s s B ______ _____
M anufacturing ________________________
N onm anufacturing ___________________
209
26
183
C lerk s, file , c la s s A 3 ________________
N onm anufacturing . . . _________________
-
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3
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4
6
3
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6
5
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18
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19
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8
8
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7
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5
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19
1
18
22
6
16
40
4
36
10
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7
27
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21
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75.00
84.50
73.50
79.00
_
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3
3
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8
8
2
13
13
3
18
18
2
20
4
16
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18
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23
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39.0
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60.50
74.50
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60.00
5o7oo
_
-
2
2
8
8
14
14
24
23
3
3
1
------1
1
1
C lerk s, file , c la s s B 3 __________________
N onm anufacturing ___________________
384
359
39.5
39.5
52.00
51.50
43
43
86
86
; 132
' 125
77
65
44
40
|
1
_
_
_
.
-
1
-
_
,
-
-
-
-
-
-
C le r k s , file , c la s s C 3 __________________
N onm anufacturing ______________ _____
223
223
39.0
39.0
47.00
47.00
24 i 162
24 [152
35
35
2
2
i
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1
-
-
1
1
1
-
3
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.
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-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
-
-
_
-
_
-
_
_
.
-
-
4
2
2
-
!
2
2
_
W om en
B ille r s , m achine (billin g m a c h i n e ) ____
N onm anufacturing ____________________
1
j
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1
-
-
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-
_
_
-
-
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-
.
-
-
-
_
-
_
-
-
6
Table A-l.
Office Occupations—Men and W om en— Continued
(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNING8 OF
Average
Sex, occu pation , and industry d ivision
Number
of
workers
S
I
*
S
W
eekly,
40.00 *45.00 *50.00 *55.00 *60.00 *65.00 *70.00 *75.00 *80.00 *85.00 *90.00 *95.00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00
hours
and
and
(Standard) (Standard) under
45.00 50.00 55.00 60.00 65.00 70.00 75.00 80.00 85.00 90.00 95.00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00 o v e r
W om en— Continued
57
29
28
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
C lerk s, p a y r o l l ---- --------------- — —
M anufacturing ------ -------- ----------- —
N on m an u factu rin g---- -------------------------
63
26
37
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
Com ptom eter o p era tors _______________ —
79
54
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
D uplicating-m achine op era to rs
(M im eograph o r Ditto) __________ —
N on m an u factu rin g-------------------------------
17
17
Keypunch o p e r a to r s , c la s s A 3 _________
M anufacturing ------------------------------------N onm anufacturing -------------------------------
57
19
38
Keypunch o p e r a to r s , c la s s B 3 ______ ___
N onm anufacturing ----------------- ------- -----O ffice g ir ls ______________________
No m a
a u
g
$67. 50
6 6 .0 0
68. 50
2
2
4
2
2
7
3
4
5
3
2
12
8
4
4
3
1
6
2
4
_
-
3
71.50
76. 50
6 8.00
C lerk s, o r d e r
— -----_ - —
M anufacturing ------------------ „— -------------
7
4
3
4
4
4
_
2
4
_
_
.
_
_
_
_
2
l
6
2
4
15
8
7
7
3
4
6
4
2
9
4
5
3
1
2
3
3
-
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
70. 00
66. 00
3
3
3
7
5
10
15
11
7
5
10
10
3
4
4
2
2
5
3
9
1
.
.
_
_
_
_
.
.
.
39. 5
39. 5
57.00
57.00
.
4
4
-
8
8
2
2
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
.
-
1
1
-
"
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
6 6 .0 0
7 3 .0 0
62.5 0
_
-
6
6
4
3
1
14
3
11
10
2
8
5
5
-
5
5
-
.
-
_
-
.
-
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
-
.
-
_
-
-
13
1
12
_
-
_
-
_
-
297
259
3 9 .0
3 9 .6 "
59.00
57. 50
_
21
21
80
77
92
88
57
45
5
2
26
20
5
4
5
2
3
*
1
-
2
"
-
-
-
-
-
38. 5
38. 5
53. 50
53.00
38
38
30
30
25
25
2
2
1
3
3
2
1
_
.
_
_
_
_
_
.
.
„
.
-
102
99
S ecreta ries _____________ — __ __ — __
M anufacturing --------------- --------- -------- Nonmanufacturing ------------------ ---------Pu blic u tilities 2 __________________
479
172
307
18
39. 5
40. 0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
82.
82.
83.
96.
50
50
00
50
_
-
_
-
3
1
2
-
10
3
7
-
25
11
14
-
46
13
33
4
73
24
49
-
65
32
33
1
84
25
59
-
40
15
25
1
40
14
26
-
33
12
21
2
25
11
14
6
13
5
8
2
5
1
4
-
2
2
*
6
2
4
-
5
1
4
'
3
2
1
1
_
-
.
-
1
1
1
S tenographers, general 3 _________ _____
M anufacturing ___________ _____ _______
Nonmanufacturing — ------- ------— -------- Pu blic u tilities 2 _____ _________-— -
503
70
433
49
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
39. 5
3 9 .5
65. 00
68. 50
64.0 0
71. 50
2
2
-
15
1
14
2
56
3
53
4
106
7
99
4
99
21
78
6
65
11
54
5
80
10
70
5
39
3
36
8
23
7
16
12
8
2
6
-
4
4
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
.
1
1
-
-
-
-
5
1
4
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
Stenographers, sen ior 3 ______ __________
M anufacturing . . . . . . . _______________ ___
N onm anufacturing . . . . ---- --- ------------- --Pu blic u tilities 2 ____
______
131
29
102
19
3 9 .0
4 0 .0
3 8.5
4 0 .0 '
8 0.00
75.0 0
81.00
9 3 .5 0
_
-
1
1
4
3
1
-
8
3
5
-
8
1
7
"
15
4
11
-
10
2
8
-
22
2
20
3
9
2
7
2
7
3
4
2
37
7
30
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
.
-
_
-
.
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
.
-
-
-
-
-
Sw itchboard o p era tors __________________
N on m an u factu rin g-------------------------------
63
52
4 2 .5
4 3 .0
61.00
58. 50
45
5
9
_
9
15
15
3
3
2
2
8
1
12
11
5
4
1
1
.
1
-
1
-
_
_
.
_
_
_
_
_
_
-
1
1
“
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sw itchboard o p e r a to r -r e c e p tio n ists -----M anufacturing --------------------------------- . . .
No nma nufac turing . . . . . ---- ------
111
32
79
3 9.5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
62. 50
6 8 .0 0
60. 50
_
-
4
4
18
18
23
2
21
25
13
12
23
8
15
5
5
-
6
6
2
1
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
_
-
_
-
.
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
.
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
Tabulating-m achine o p era to rs ,
cla ss R
,_
_____
___
_T
______
N onm anufacturing ------------------- ---- ------
22
17
3 8 .5
3 8 .0
78. 50
77 .0 0
-
-
-
-
1
*
-
-
-
.
_
_
*
1
1
-
-
4
2
-
-
7
6
-
-
9
8
-
-
“
*
*
-
-
-
-
Tabulating-m achine o p era to rs ,
cla s s C --------------------- ------------- ----------Nonm anufacturing
____
___— ------
95
78
3 8 .5
3 8 .5
60. 50
58. 50
-
23
22
15
15
13
12
16
14
10
6
2
2
2
-
-
-
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-
-
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Table A-l.
Office Occupations—Men and W om en-----Continued
(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)
NUMBER OF WORKER8 RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF
A v iu o i
Number
of
workers
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Weekly,
Weekly ,
hour*
earnings
(Standard) (Standard)
i
j
s
$
S
$
s
»
S
o|*
40.00 45.00 *50.00 *55.00 *60.00 *65.00 *70.00 *75.00 *80.00 *85.00 *90.00 95.00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 *125.00 130.00 135.00 140.O 45.00
and
and
j
under
p!
45.00 50.00 55.00 60.00 65.00 70.00 75.00 80.00 85.0 a 90.00 95.00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.O over
i
Women— Continued
i
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Transcribing-machine operators,
general _____ _______________________ Manufacturing - _____ — — ----- — Nonmanufacturing ------------------------------
156
18
138
39.5
40.0
39.5
Typists, class A ________________________
Manufacturing -------- ------ ---------------Nonmanufacturing ___________
119
27
92
39.0
40.0
38.5
62.50
71.00
60.00
Typists, class B ______________ ________
Manufacturing ______ — -------------------Nonmanufacturing ______________ — - - - - Public utilities2 - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - -
438
30
408
- - 36 - -
39.5
40.0
39.5
39.0
53.50
65.00
53.00
64.00
*
$61.00
72.50
59.50
- - - - -
- -
35
5
30
24
7
17
1
1
"
5
5
1
1
"
1
i
3
2
2
2
1
10 i
26
46
46
18 I
- :
18
13
1
12
11
1
10
40
6
34
13
6
7
14
5
9
3
3
j
166
1—
!
31
6
25
16
7
9
8
9
5
4
3
3
163
63
3
60
9
10
.
-
26
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10
10
130
1
129
4
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3
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-
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-
-
-
3
3
|
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2
5
5
-
5
1
4
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3
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i
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Description for this job has been revised since the last survey in this area. See appendix A.
Includes 2 workers at $35 to $40.
Table A-2. Professional and Technical Occupations—Men and Women
(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF
Averaob
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
workers
Weekly,
Weekly ,
earnings
hours
(Standard) (Standard)
$
S
$
$
*
S
*
S
s
Is
*60.00 *65.00 *70.00 *75.00 *80.00 *85.00 *90.00 *95.00 *100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00 150.00 155.00 160.00
and
under
65.00 70.00 75.00 80.00 85.00 90.00 95.00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00 150.00 155.00 1160.00 165.00
|
|
Men
I
i
Draftsmen, senior ______________________
Manufacturing _______________ ________
Draftsmen, junior _______________________
Manufacturing _________________________________
50
47
40.0
40.0
16
15
17
39.5
88.00
87.00
40.0
40.0
Women
Nurses, industrial (registered)
$119.00
121.00
-
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1
;
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2
2
1
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
5
3
3
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1
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-
3
3
-
6
6
3
2
1
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4
4
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4
.
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2
2
_
-
I
1
6
6
8
5
5
5
5
1
1
1
_
_
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
s
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
_
_
_
-
-
-
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___ _______
96.50
,
i
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---------------
1 Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
i ________
_
8
Table A-3.
Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Men and Women Combined
(Average straight-time weekly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)
Num
ber
of
workers
O ccupation and industry division
Average
w
eekly ,
earnings
(Standard)
57
44
$ 6 3 .0 0
61. 50
B ookkeeping-m achine o p e r a to r s , c la s s A --------------
59
45
73. 50
71. 50
B ookkeeping-m achine o p e r a to r s , c la s s B ---------------
162
29
133
60. 50
6 7 .0 0
59.00
C le r k s , accounting, c la s s A . .. .. .. .
- __
^n\i f 3i*'f*iv n g
**i
^nnm annfartiiring
„ , r„ „ _
P ublic u tilities 2 ____ _____________ —- ____ —
181
42
139
48
8 3.00
98. 50
78. 50
84. 50
j arc^nn^ingj
P
..............
M bnuf br tMf ^ g
p
Nonmanufacturing -----------------------------------------------C lerk s, file , c la s s A 3 ___________ - __________________
N onm anufacturing -----------------------------------------------.---------------------------—------- ---------
C le r k s t file ,
r^
J^nnmanufarhiring
1a y\r q j nrHpr
..... .
. ...
.. « . ___
Nonmanufacturing ------------- ——-----------------------------..
M ^nnfartiiring
__
N ber
um
of
w
orkers
Average
weekly j
earnings
(Standard)
O ccupation and industry d iv ision
_______ __
__________
253
----- 45—
207
64. 50
83. 50
60. 50
53
52
60.00
6 0 .W
385
360
52. 00
51. 50
223
223
47. 00
4 7 .0 0
69
32
37
7 1 .0 0
6 8 .5 0 ‘
7 3 .0 0
66
29
37
72. 00
77. 50
68. 00
Average
w
eekly .
earnings 1
(Standard)
79
54
$ 7 0 .0 0
66. 00
Switchboard o p e r a to r -r e c e p tio n is ts -------------------------M anufacturing __ _
__ _____ ___________________
N onm anufacturing ---------------------------------- -------------
111
32
79
$ 6 2 . 50
6 8.00
60. 50
D uplicating-m ach ine op erators
(M im eograph or Ditto) _________________________ —
Nonm anufacturing ------------------------------------------------
17
17
57. 00
57. 00
T abulating-m achine o p e r a to r s , c la s s A -----------------__ __ __ -----------------Nonmanufacturing _______ _
23
15
93 .0 0
9 6.00
Keypunch o p e ra to rs , c la s s A 3 --------------------------------M anufacturing
- _ _
_____
Nonm anufacturing ------------------------------------------------
57
19
38
66.0 0 |T abulating-m achine o p e r a to r s , c la s s B -----------------Nonmanufacturing -------------------------------------------------73.00
62. 50
93
81
79. 50
78.50“
Keypunch o p e ra to rs , c la s s B 3 ______________________
Nonmanufacturing ------------------------------------------------
297
259
59.00
57. 50
T abulating-m achine o p e r a to r s , c la s s C -----------------Nonmanufacturing _________________________________
117
93
63. 50
6o. bo
O ffirP Knyc anrl g irls
— «.r
M anufacturing ______________________ ____ _____
Nonm anufacturing _______________________________
146
23
123
54.00
58.00
53.50
T ran scrib in g-m a ch in e o p e r a to r s , gen era l --------------M anufacturing _____________________________________
N onm anufacturing --------------------------------------------------
156
18
138
61. 00
72. 50
59. 50
Ssrrst-arips
_
............
M anufacturing ------------------ ---------------------------- ------N onm anufacturing _______________________________
P ublic utilities 2 -----------------------------------------------
479
172
307
18
123
------ 28---95
62. 50
71. 50
60. 00
Stenographers, g e n e r a l3 _______ ____ ______________
503
70
433
49
439
Jo
409
36
53. 50
65700“
53.00
6 4 .0 0
N onm anufacturing ------------------------------------------------
N onm anufacturing _______________________________
Pu blic utilities 2 _
__ __________________
|Typists, cla ss A _ ________ ___________________ — ____
I
M anufacturing -------------------- ---------------------------------82.50 |
Nonmanufacturing _________________________________
" s ir io i9
83.00
96. 50
|T yp ists, r b s s R
____
__ _____________
I
M anufacturing --------------------------------------------------------Nonmanufacturing -------------------------------------------------65.0 0 |
Public u tilities 2 ________________________ -______
68. 50
64.00
71. 50
H
P r o fe s s io n a l and tech n ica l occupations
Stenographers, s e n io r 3 ________ ___ ______ -— _— _____
M anufacturing ---- ------------ --------------------------- —
Nonm anufacturing _______________________________
P ublic u t ilit ie s 2 -------------- ------------------ -------------
132
30
102
19
80. 00
76.00
81.00
93. 50
Sw itchboard o p erators __________________ _— -------------Nnnmanufacturing
__
_ _____ ___ _______
63
52
61.00
58. 50
—
D raftsm en, sen ior --------------------- -------------------------------M anufacturing --------------------------------------------------------
50
47
D raftsm en, ju n ior ______________ ___ __ ______
M anufacturing ___ ___------- ----------------------------------
16
15
8 8 .0 0
67750”
N u rses, industrial (re g is te r e d )
17
96. 50
1 Earnings are for a regular workweek for which employees receive their straight-time weekly salaries, exclusive of any premium pay.
2 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
3 Description for this job has been revised since the last survey in this area. See appendix A.
Number
of
workers
O ffice occu pation s— Continued
O ffice occupations— Continued
O ffice occupations
C lerk s, file , c la s s B
Nonmanufacturing
O ccupation and industry division
_ -----------------------------
119.00
121.00
9
Table A -4. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations
(Average straight-time hourly earnings for men in selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF—
Number
of
workers
O ccupation and industry d iv isio n
C a rp en ters, m aintenance . . . .
____ . . . . . .
$
Avenge $
$
$
$
$
$
$
hourly . 1.60
1.70
1.80
1.90 2 .0 0 2. 10 2. 20 2 .3 0
earnings
under
1.70 1.80
1.90 2 .0 0 2. 10 2.20 2. 30 2 .4 0
..
20
$ 2 .9 9
—
101
89
3. 12
3. 12
•
“
■
■
E n gin eers, station ary ______________. . . _____ ___
M anufacturing ______ . . . ___ _
___ __ _
N onm anufacturing _______ _____ ______ _______
77
40
37
2.71
3 .08
2.31
.
■
_
-
_
"
_
-
F irem en , station ary b o ile r __________
__ _
M a n u fa c tu r in g __ _____ __________ ____________
N on m a n u fa ctu rin g __________________________
54
34
20
2. 51
2.77
2.05
1
1
3
3
2
2
H elp ers, m aintenance t r a d e s __________________
M anufacturing
.
__ . . . . . .
___
61
51
2. 55
2. 52
-
-
2
2
E le c tr ic ia n s , m aintenance . . . . . ____ . .
M anufacturing --------------- ------- ----------
M a ch in e-tool o p e r a to r s , t o o l r o o m ____________
M anufacturing __________ __ __________________
M achinists, m aintenance ______________________
M anufacturing . . .
....
.
_____ . .
35
35
52
45
3. 16
3. 16
$
3. 30
"
3 .4 0
7
25
25
2
2
22
21
$
3 .4 0
"
3. 50
$
3.50
■
3. 60
$
3.60
3. 70
2
-
-
4
-
5
5
1
1
3
3
4
4
11
11
1
-
12
12
6
6
10
10
1
1
_
-
j
-
4
3
4
4
-
6
6
9
9
-
12
12
-
_
_
1
4
4
-
6
6
1
2
2
-
-
-
4
4
7
7
.
'
4
4
-
1
1
-
-
8
8
-
5
5
-
5
5
-
8
8
"
6
4
2
-
-
_
-
-
-
2
2
-
-
3
2
6
6
29
29
5
4
8
-
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
"
-
-
1
-
3
3
-
2
2
4
4
4
4
-
-
-
4
1
1
-
7
7
13
13
8
8
8
6
2
2
■
31
4
27
27
16
8
8
8
44
17
27
8
52
3
49
49
2
2
_
•
-
-
.
1
.
21
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
.
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
10
-
11
11
-
-
-
-
-
15
12
4
4
-
-
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
.
-
2
2
-
-
-
-
33
33
1
-
-
-
.
-
.
-
•
-
-
.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
*
-
1
1
4
4
3
3
5
5
14
14
15
15
6
6
45
45
52
52
2
2
19
-
-
3
3
'
5
5
-
-
5
2
12
12
-
-
-
-
2
2
5
3
2
12
12
9
9
4
4
3
3
22
22
2
2
_
6
2.61
2.60
21
2.91
87
87
-
*
“
-
3
3
,
!
3. 11
3. 11
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts,
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
4
4
$
3 .7 0
3. 80
2
2
2
-
3.00
2 .98
3.3 0
~
199
181
T ool and die m a k ers _________
___ ____ __
M anufacturing
____
__ ______ _________ _
2
$
3. 20
-
M ech an ics, m aintenance ________________ ______
M anufacturing -------------------------------------------
----------- ---------
1
$
$
3 .0 0 3. 10
“
3. 00 3. 10 3. 20
■
2 .82
2.77
2 .84
2.83
P a in ters, m aintenance ------
2 .7 0
$
2 .9 0
.
155
42
113
94
28
25
2 .6 0
$
$
2. 70 2 .8 0
2 .8 0 2 .9 0
1
.
-
$
2 .6 0
3.08
3. 10
M ech an ics, autom otive (m aintenance) ____ ___ _
M a n u fa c tu r in g ___ _____ ______________________
N onm anufacturing . . _ _. ___ __ . . . ____
P u blic u t ilit ie s 2 ______ ____ . .
_. ....
O ilers ------ — ------------------- _ ------- —------------ .
M anufacturing _____
__ _____ __________
-
$
2. 50
3
1
.
$
2 .4 0
"
2. 50
1
_
_
.
.
-
-
-
-
-
*
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
3
3
8
8
18
18
10
Table A-5.
Custodial and Material Movement Occupations
(Average straight-time hourly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)1
4
3
2
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNING8 OF—
Average
hourly ,
eamlnga
O ccupation 1 and industry d ivision
Number
of
workers
Elevator o p e ra to rs , p assen ger ( w o m e n ) ---------Nonmanufacturing ____________ ____ -
61
60
$ 1.07
1.06
36
2.50
Janitors, p o r te r s , and cle a n e rs (men) -----------M anufacturing
— — ——------- - — —
_____ ____ — -------——
Nonmanufacturing
Pu blic utilities 3 _________________________
584
349
235
45
1.87
Janitors, p o r te r s , and cle a n e rs ( w o m e n ) ------Nonmanufacturing ___________________________
64
55
L a b orers, m a teria l handling _
_____ —
M anufacturing
_______ ___ _
_____ ____
Nonmanufacturing _______________________ ___
271
150
121
2.34
1.93
f)Y
,^pr
M anufacturing ___ __ ______
192
29
$
0.70
and
under
.80
4
4
$
0.80
$
0.90
-90
l.Q-Q
4
4
7
7
_
_
_
7
7
_
10
S
$
1 .0 0
1 .1 0
1.1.0.
1 .2 0
31
31
1 .2 0
-
-
-
-
-2L10- - 2 . I P - -JL5-0-- -2,.6.0
2.70
_
.
-
$
2.70
2.90
_
-
-
$
2.80
_
-
-
*
-
_
4
4
_
-
_
"
-
_
_
_
4
1
_
1
_
_
_
1
21
48
8
40
13
3
30
18
36
16
12
2
20
2
8
4
4
4
94
93
1
2
2
"
"
1
82
82
"
-
.
-
1
17
17
-
2
2
10
128
98
30
24
-
-
17
15
9
9
-
11
25
4
7
'2 0
31
25
5
6
78
30
48
13
13
“
29
29
"
_
■
“
46
103
-
3
3
6
7
_
6
2
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
92
54
2.37
2.24
_
_
_
1
-
-
-
3
3
-
37
19
2.37
2.31
_
_
_
_
_
'
-
-
-
-
35
23
2.44
2.43
_
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
Shipping and receivin g c le r k s --------------------------Manufacturing ___ ____ — __ ------------ —
Nonmanufacturing _____________ _ __ — —
48
24
24
2.13
2.26
_
-
_
“
_
"
_
-
T ru ck d rivers 4 __ _______________________________
M anufacturing _________ __ __ --------------Nonmanufacturing ___ _ ------- ------- - — —
P u blic utilities 3 _________________________
273
84
189
126
2.53
2.40
2.58
2.77
T ru ck d riv ers, light (under 1V2 t o n s ) ______
N onm anufacturing _____________________ —
35
26
2 .0 1
_
_
_
_
_
_
1.98
-
-
_
_
-
-
-
T ru ck d riv ers, m edium ( l 1^ to and
including 4 tons) __ __ ----------------- -------
26
2.23
-
-
-
-
T ru ck d riv ers, heavy (o ve r 4 tons,
tr a ile r type) __________ __ — ------M anufacturing
_ __ _. __ ._ — ------- _
35
24
2.57
2 .6 2
-
-
-
T ru ck d riv ers, heavy (o v e r 4 tons,
other than tr a ile r type) -----------------------------N onm anufacturing ------------------------------------
23
16
2.31
2.31
-
_
-
T ru ck ers, pow er (forklift) -------------------------------M anufacturing -----------------------------------------------
138
m —
2.42
2.43
-
W a tch m en ------------------------------------------------------------
20
1.74
_
1
-
1
1
2
2
-
6
2
17
17
1
2
1
18
18
-
5
-
7
7
9
9
9
9
5
5
5
5
_
-
6
1
2
_
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
9
4
9
4
2
2
5
-
2
2
_
6
6
_
_
1
_
-
-
-
_
-
2
2
-
42
42
30
-
_
-
_
-
7
-
_
-
~
_
_
-
_
-
-
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
7
5
15
-
3
3
_
-
3
3
'
1
1
2
I
11
16
-
-
16
_
-
_
-
_
2
_
-
3
3
"
5
5
6
6
2
2
■
5
5
■
1
~
5
1
4
6
2
4
3
31
43
17
26
3
3
12
30
16
14
3
2
2
1
1
15
15
-
104
104
104
10
6
15
15
"
“
_
_
-
-
-
5
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
_
■
_
-
4
4
-
_
■
2
-
_
■
8
8
6
“
1
1
_
_
_
_
_
_
-
8
8
8
8
3
3
-
2
2
-
_
_
-
3
"
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
2
_
-
-
_
-
"
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
-
-
_
-
_
_
2
”
-
_
"
-
17
17
1
Data limited to men workers except where otherwise indicated.
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes all drivers regardless of size and type of truck operated.
2 .2 0
* 2 .6 0
$
2.30
34
1
33
.
1
2
3
4
-2,1.0-
$
2.40
$
2.50
2 .2 0
_
_
2 .0 0
2 .1 0
22
2
20
_
___
— ------------ —
2 .0 0
_
_
Shipping c l e r k s ___ _ _ . ___ ______
M anufacturing ___ ____ ____
JL 3H - ^ .0 0
$
$
$
32
5
27
2.38
2.30
_. __ __ — __ ------- -------
1.7 0 .. 1.80
$
1.90
_
16
16
Manufacturing
-
7
7
$
1.80
13
13
1
P a ck ers, s h ip p in g __ ____ ____ __ ____ —
Nonmanufacturing ___________________________
1 ,6 0
1
$
1.70
_
_
-
_ -------
1.50
$
1.60
8
8
_
_
-
2 ,1 6
_
$
1.50
1
_
'
1.35
1.29
10
$
1.40
1
-
1.49
1.81
$
1.30
- U .Q - 1 A Q -
6
6
_
-
2 .1 2
-
*
3
1
2
2
4
3
3
3
6
5
1
1
1
4
4
4
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
_
1
6
25
2
-
6
_
1
-
1
-
1
~
2
2
1
4
8
-
-
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
17
"
1
1
13
13
-
6
-
-
-
-
8
3
12
3
-
-
-
12
1
-
4
4
-
4
4
9
9
10
15
14
4
4
49
6
_
_
3
9
-
-
-
_
3
3
1
_
43
-
-
43
-
31
-
-
_
_
_
B: Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions
Table B-l. Shift Differentials
(Shift differentials of manufacturing plant w orkers by type and amount of differential, D es M oin es, Iowa, F ebru a ry 1962)
P ercent of m anufacturing plant w ork ers—
Shift differential
In establishm ents having form al
provision s 1 for—
Actually working on—
Second shift
work
Third or other
shift work
Second shift
Third or other
shift
87.6
82.3
20.3
10.6
W ith shift pay differential _______________ _
83.1
8 0 .8
20.0
10.4
U niform cents (per hour) _______________
5 0 .4
6 2.3
8.3
7.9
3 cents ___ ________ ________________
5 cents ____ __ _______ ____________ _____
8 cents
............
9 V2 cents
_______ __ ________________
_
_
10 cents
, .___ 12 cents ___________ . __ _____ ___ _
13 V2 cents ___ _____ ________________ __
15 cents ___ _______________n
________ r
_
19 cents _ ____ __ __ _______
I 9 V3 cents -------------------------------------------
7.6
5.8
6.1
12.7
9.0
9.2
-
_
8.2
1.0
14.3
5.6
16.1
6.1
1.8
9.2
2.2
.2
1.2
2.2
.5
2.1
-
_
2.3
-
4.7
.4
.2
.2
.2
U niform p e r c e n t a g e _____________________
12.3
12.3
2.9
2.5
,
5 percent
, ..... ..... ,
7 p e r c e n t ______________________________
percent
__ ___
__
_ ______
2.5
1.2
8.5
12.3
.2
.2
2.5
2.5
Other form al pay differen tial1 ________
2
20.5
6.2
8.8
(3)
No shift pay differential ___________________
4 .4
1.6
.3
.1
10
-
-
1 Includes establishm ents currently operating late shifts, and establishm ents with form al provision s covering late shifts
even though they w ere not currently operating late shifts.
2 P rim a rily uniform cents per hour for part of the hours worked and uniform cents per hour varying according to job.
3 L e s s than 0.05 percent.
11
12
Table B-2. Minimum Entrance Salaries for Women Office Workers
(Distribution of establishments studied in all industries and in industry divisions by minimum entrance salary for selected categories
of inexperienced women office w orkers, Des M oines, Iowa, February 1962)
I n e x p e r ie n c e d ty p is ts
M anufacturin g
M in im u m w e e k ly s a la r y 1
O ther i n e x p e r ie n c e d c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s 2
M an u factu rin g
N onm an u factu rin g
B a s e d on stan dard w e e k ly h o u r s 3 of—
A ll
in d u s tr ie s
A ll
sch e d u le s
A ll
in d u s tr ie s
40
A ll
s ch e d u le s
37V2
A ll
s c h e d u le s
40
N on m an u factu rin g
B a s e d on sta n d a rd w e e k ly h o u r s 3 o f—
40
A ll
s c h e d u le s
37 V2
40
102
40
XXX
62
XXX
XXX
102
40
XXX
62
XXX
XXX
__ __
36
10
10
26
5
20
36
11
11
25
5
19
$ 4 0 . 00 and u n d er $ 4 2 . 50 ____ ___________________________
$ 4 2 . 50 and un d er $ 4 5 . 00 ____________________ ____________
$ 4 5 .0 0 and u nd er $ 4 7 .5 0 _________________________________
$ 4 7 . 50 and un d er $ 5 0 .0 0 _ ______________________________
$ 50. 00 and u nd er $ 52. 50 _________________________________
$ 52. 50 and u n d er $ 55. 00 __ _ ________ ________________
$ 55. 00 and un d er $ 57, 50 ___________________ ______________
$ 57. 50 and u nd er $ 60. 00 _________________________________
___ _____ __________ _________
$ 6 0 .0 0 and u nd er $ 6 2 .5 0
$ 6 2 .5 0 and u nd er $ 6 5 .0 0 _________________________________
$ 6 5 . 00 and un d er $ 6 7 . 50 _________________________________
$ 6 7 . 50 and u nd er $ 70. 00 _ ______________________ ______
O ver $ 70. 00 _____ _______________ _______________________
4
2
14
3
5
1
_
_
2
2
2
4
2
12
1
3
1
_
2
3
3
2
2
_
3
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
2
11
1
3
1
2
_
2
3
-
-
4
2
14
3
5
1
2
.
-
4
8
1
3
1
-
-
-
-
-
4
7
1
3
1
2
1
E sta b lish m en ts stu died
-----------------------------------------------------------
E sta b lish m en ts having a s p e c ifie d m in im u m
______
-
2
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
1
-
1
-
1
1
-
-
-
2
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
3
-
1
2
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
-
-
1
2
-
-
1
2
-
1
2
-
-
-
E sta b lish m en ts having n o s p e c ifie d m in im u m _____________
12
2
XXX
10
XXX
XXX
17
6
XXX
11
XXX
XXX
E sta b lish m en ts w h ich d id not e m p lo y w o r k e r s
in this c a t e g o r y ___ ___________________ ____________________
54
28
XXX
26
XXX
XXX
49
23
XXX
26
XXX
XXX
1
-
Lowest salary rate form ally established for hiring inexperienced workers for typing or other clerical jobs.
Rates applicable to m essen gers, office girls, or sim ilar subclerical jobs are not considered.
Hours reflect the workweek for which em ployees receive their regular straight-tim e salaries. Data are presented for all workweeks combined, and for the m ost com m on workweeks reported.
13
Tabic B-3.
Scheduled W eekly Hours
(Percent distribution of office and plant workers in all industries and in industry divisions by scheduled weekly hours
of first-shift workers, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)
O F F IC E W O R K E R S
PLAN T W ORKERS
W eekly hours
AH industries1
A ll workers —
__
- ---- ------------------
- -----
100
M anufacturing
P ublic utilities1
2
All industries3
__
hours -------------------------------------------
O ver
40 and under
3 7 1/ j
a n d u n d * '* * 4 0 h o u r s
44 h ou rs
44 h ou rs
Over 44 and under 48 hours ___ —___
48 hours
____
....
_
_ ____
100
100
1
3
10
68
97
97
(4)
(4)
1
82
2
1
35 h ou rs
3 7 V 2
O ver
100
(4)
1
25
6
_
-
_
3
1
Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
L e ss than 0. 5 percent.
16
_
81
_
2
1
(4 )
1
2
3
4
100
2
_____
______
______
M anufacturing
1
P ublic utilities2
100
_
_
_
_
97
3
14
Tabic B-4.
Paid Holidays
(Percent distribution of office and plant workers in all industries and in industry divisions by number of paid holidays
provided annually, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)
PLANT WORKERS
OFFICE WORKERS
Item
1
M anufacturing
P ublic u tilities1
2
100
100
100
99
100
100
All industries
W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p r o v id in g
paid h olid a y s -------------------------- ------------------------W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p ro v id in g
no paid h o lid a y s ------------------------------------------ ------
All industries3
M anufacturing
P u b lic u tilities2
100
100
100
94
99
93
6
(4 )
1
7
Number of days
, h o l i d a y _________________________________________
5
6
6
6
7
h o lid a ys p lu s 1 h a lf day ---------------------------------h o lid a y s
_ ____ __________ _________ __________ _
h o lid a ys plu s 1 h a lf day ---------------------------------h olid a y s p lu s 2 h a lf days _____________________
h o l i d a y s __ ____________________________________
7 h olid a ys plu s 2 h a lf days --------------------------------8 h olid a ys _______________ — — -----------------------
.
57
15
8
15
2
3
31
2
34
10
8
14
12
10
77
1
1
2
40
4
10
16
3
17
22
7
16
14
7
32
22
68
3
4
27
43
99
99
99
22
67
69
100
100
100
1
78
88
100
100
100
21
47
51
91
93
94
39.
69
76
99
99
99
3
71
71
93
93
93
-
Total holiday time5
8 days
7 o r m o r e days . . . . . . . . . . __ . . . . . . . _—_.
6V2 o r m o r e days ----------------- ---------------------- —
6 o r m o r e days ___ _______________ — --------- 5V2 o r m o r e days ________________________________
o r m o r e d ays -------------- -------------- ------- -------
1
1
2
3
4
5
no half
Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
L e ss than 0.5 percent.
A ll combinations of full and half days that add to the same amount are combined; for example, the proportion of workers receiving a total of 7 days includes those with 7 full days and
days, 6 full days and 2 half days, 5 full days and 4 half days, and so on.
Proportions were then cumulated.
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Table B-5.
Paid Vacations
(Percent distribution of office and plant workers in all industries and in industry divisions by vacation pay
provisions, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)
PLANT WORKERS
OFFICE WORKERS
V a ca tio n p o l i c y
All industries1
A ll w o r k e r s
__ ___ ___
__
__
____
__ —
__
Manufacturing
Public utilities2
All industries3
Manufacturing
Public utilities 2
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
100
-
100
81
19
-
100
63
37
-
100
100
-
2
53
11
5
70
3
6
28
2
10
23
4
26
(5 )
74
18
82
72
( 5)
27
73
2
24
75
4
21
51
1
48
3
1
96
-
7
93
-
2
9
89
-
47
4
49
(5 )
64
6
30
-
12
11
77
-
1
(5 )
92
6
6
81
13
_
12
10
70
(5 )
7
15
19
60
_
1
99
-
-
6
-
1
93
6
5
82
13
(5)
84
(5)
15
(5 )
56
1
43
M eth od o f p a y m en t
W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p r o v id in g
p a id v a c a tio n s __________________________________
L e n g t h -o f - t im e p aym en t - _____ — ___ _
__
P e r c e n t a g e p aym en t _________________________
F la t - s u m p a y m e n t __ ___ _________ —__ __ __
O th er
__ __ __ __ __ __ ____ _ __ _____
W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p r o v id in g
n o p aid v a c a t io n s ______________________________
A m ount o f v a c a tio n p a y 4
A ft e r 6 m on th s o f s e r v i c e
U nder 1 w e e k ______________________ ___________ __
1 w e e k _____ _____ _____ ________ _____ _____
O v e r 1 and u n d er 2 w e e k s ______________________
A ft e r 1 y e a r o f s e r v ic e
1 w e e k _____________________________________________
O v e r 1 and u n d er 2 w e e k s _______ __ _______ ____
2 w e e k s _ _ -------- __ -------- — -------- ------A ft e r 2 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w e e k __ __ — __ — — -------- ------ ----------- —
O v e r 1 and u n d er 2 w e e k s
__ __ __ __ __ __
2 w e e k s ______ ____________ ____________________ _____
O v e r 2 and u n d er 3 w e e k s ______________________
A ft e r 3 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e
1 w e e k ____ ___________ __ __ ___ __ ___ ____ _______
O v e r 1 and u n d er 2 w e e k s __________ __ _________
2 w e e k s ____ — — __ __ — — — -------- . . —
O v e r 2 and u n d er 3 w e e k s ____ __ ___________
3 w e e k s -------------------------------------------------------------------
(5)
99
-
A ft e r 4 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e
1 w e e k _____ ___ ____ _______ __ ___ __________ __ __
O v e r 1 and u n d er 2 w e e k s ____________ _________ _
2 w e e k s _ ___ ___
_____ __ ____ __ ____ — — __
O v e r 2 and u n d er 3 w e e k s _______ _____ _________
3 w e e k s ------------------------------------------------ ------------------
100
-
8
75
(5)
7
9
L
15
70
«6
6
79
1
14
4
81
1
15
9
_
100
-
A J ter 5 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 n r a e lr
2 w e e k s _______ _______ — _______________ __ __
O v e r 2 and u n d er 3 w e e k s ______________________
3 w e e k s _ — ------------- — — — - — — — -
See footnotes at end of table,
_
96
( 5)
3
_
91
1
7
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Table B-5.
Paid Vacations— Continued
(Percent distribution of office and plant workers in all industries and in industry divisions by vacation pay
provisions, Des Moines, Iowa, February 1962)
O F F IC E W O R K E R S
PLAN T W ORKERS
V a ca tion p o l ic y
A ll in d u s tr ie s 1
M a n u fa c t u r in g
P u b lic u t ili t ie s 2
A ll in d u s tr ie s 3
M a n u fa c t u r in g
P u ib iic u t ili t ie s 2
_
63
37
Amount off vocation p ay4— Continued
A fte r 10 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek ______
__
__
_____ _ __
-----2 wflpks __ .
..... _
..........
O v er 2 and u n d er 3 w eek s _ __________ ___ —
3 w eek s ___________
_____________ ______ _
O v er 3 and u n d er 4 w eek s ______________________
( 5)
57
4
39
-
( 5)
34
66
-
_
83
17
-
6
47
8
38
( 5)
4
39
16
42
-
<5)
45
11
44
-
<5)
19
2
79
-
_
76
24
-
6
33
8
52
<5)
4
20
16
60
-
( 5)
24
75
-
( 5)
14
86
-
_
12
88
-
6
19
2
71
( 5)
2
4
9
4
83
1
-
( 5)
12
72
16
( 5)
14
79
12
70
-
-
7
18
6
12
2
54
( 5)
25
4
9
4
65
1
18
( 5)
8
53
( 5)
14
63
12
10
6
12
2
35
( 5)
45
4
9
4
39
1
44
A ft e r 12 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1
2 w eek s ____
______ __
O v er 2 and un d er 3 w eek s
3 w eek s _______ __
O ver 3 and und er 4 w eek s
__ __ ________________
________________
_
__ __ ___
_______
__________________ —
_
46
54
A ft e r 15 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1w p p V
2 w eek s _____________ ___________________________
O v er 2 and und er 3 w eek s ______________________
3 w e e k s _______________ ________ _____ ___ _______ _
O ver 3 and under 4 w eek s ______________________
4 w eeks ____________________________________ _____
( 5)
_
( 5)
100
"
A ft e r 20 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek ___ ___
__ __
______
_________
2 w eek s ___________
_____
________
O v er 2 and u n d er 3 w eek s ______________________
3 w eek s ________ __________ ______ ___ ______
O ver 3 and und er 4 w eek s
____________ ____ _
4 w eek s ______________ __ __ — ----- -----------------
_
_
<5)
53
47
A ft e r 25 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek ______
— ---------- __ -----2 w eek s --------------- -------------------------- ----- ---------O v er 2 and u nd er 3 w eek s ---------------------------------3 w eek s __________ — ----------------------------O ver 3 and und er 4 w eek s ______________________
4 w eek s _____
__ — __ __
«_ ____________
O v er 4 w e e k s _______ — __ — -------------------------
1
2
3
4
service
5
-
29
9
-
23
-
78
_
( 5)
22
78
Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Periods of service were arbitrarily chosen and do not n ecessarily reflect the individual provisions for progressions.
For example, the changes in proportions indicated at 10 y e a rs'
include changes in provisions occurring between 5 and 10 yea rs.
L e ss than 0. 5 percent.
NOTE: In the tabulations of vacation allowances by years of serv ice , payments other than "length of t i m e ,"
to an equivalent time basis; for example, a payment of 2 percent of annual earnings was considered as 1 week's pay.
such as percentage of annual earnings or fla t-su m paym ents, w ere converted
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Table B-6.
Health, Insurance, and Pension Plans
(Percent of office and plant w orkers in all industries and in industry divisions employed in establishm ents providing
health, insurance, or pension benefits, Des M oines, Iowa, February 1962)
PLANT WORKERS
OFFICE WORKERS
T y p e o f b e n e fit
A industries1
U
100
Manufacturing
Public utilities1
2
All industries 3
Manufacturing
Public utilities2
100
100
100
100
100
W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p r o v id in g :
97
99
100
88
95
100
48
55
95
64
69
81
73
85
94
83
87
91
S ic k n e s s and a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e _______
S ick le a v e (fu ll p a y and no
w a itin g p e r io d ) . . . . . __ _____ ____
.....
S ic k le a v e (p a r tia l p a y o r
w a itin g p e r io d ) _ ------------- . . . — —
24
24
24
56
60
47
51
38
32
21
5
45
15
35
61
18
24
32
H o s p ita liz a tio n in s u r a n c e ___________________
S u r g ic a l in s u r a n c e
. . . . ____ _ ____
M e d ic a l in s u r a n c e -----------------------------------------C a ta strop h e in s u r a n c e ______________________
R e tir e m e n t p e n s io n _____ ___ _______ __ _____ _
No h ea lth , in s u r a n c e , o r p e n s io n pla n ____
89
89
77
59
85
1
98
98
88
25
76
1
40
39
28
75
84
84
83
65
22
63
3
96
96
81
17
71
4
69
62
49
53
85
L ife in s u r a n c e ___________________ ____ _____ ___
A c c id e n t a l death and d is m e m b e r m e n t
in s u r a n c e
___ _______ ___ . . . -------- . .
S ic k n e s s and a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e o r
s ic k le a v e o r b o t h 4 _________________________
1 Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
2 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
3 Includes data for w holesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
4 Unduplicated total of w orkers receiving sick leave or sickness and accident insurance shown separately below.
Sick-leave plans are lim ited to those which definitely establish at least
the minimum number of days' pay that can be expected by each employee. Informal sick-leave allowances determined on an individual basis are excluded.
Appendix A :
Changes in Occupational Descriptions
stead of two (class A and B). The revised description for keypunch
operator groups these workers into two defined classes (A and B)
instead of a single category. Previously data were presented separately
for general stenographers and technical stenographers. The revision
combines general stenographers, with more responsible duties, and
technical stenographers to form a new senior stenographer category;
other general stenographers are maintained in that classification.
Since the Bureau9s last survey in this area, occupational
descriptions for three office jobs were revised in order to obtain salary
information for more sp ecific categories. Therefore, data presented
for these jobs in table A -l are not comparable to data presented in last
year9s bulletin.
Revisions were made in the descriptions for file clerks, key
punch operators, and stenographers. The revised description for file
clerk groups these workers into three levels (class A, B, and C) in
The revised occupational descriptions used this year are in
cluded in appendix B.
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Appendix B: Occupational Descriptions
The primary purpose o f 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 interestablishment and interarea comparability of occupational content, the
Bureau’ s job descriptions may differ significantly from those in use in individual establishments or those
prepared for other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the Bureau’ s field economists are in
structed to exclude working supervisors, apprentices, learners, beginners, trainees, handicapped, part-time,
temporary, and probationary workers.
OFFICE
BILLER, MACHINE
BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR
Prepares statements, bills, and invoices on a machine other
than an ordinary or electromatic typewriter. May also keep records as
to billings or shipping charges or perform other clerical work incidental
to billing operations. For wage study purposes, billers, machine, are
classified by type o f machine, as follows:
Operates a bookkeeping machine (Remington Rand, Elliott
Fisher, Sundstrand, Burroughs, National Cash Register, with or without
a typewriter keyboard) to keep a record of business transactions.
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. Determines
proper records and distribution of debit and credit items to be used
in each phase of the work. May prepare consolidated reports, bal
ance sheets, and other records by hand.
Biller, machine (billing machine)—
Uses a special billing ma
chine (Moon Hopkins, Elliott Fisher, Burroughs, etc., which are
combination typing and adding machines) to prepare bills and in
voices from customers’ purchase orders, internally prepared orders,
shipping memorandums, etc. Usually involves application of prede
termined discounts and shipping charges and entry of necessary
extensions, which may or may not be computed on the billing ma
chine, and totals which are automatically accumulated by machine.
The operation usually involves a large number of carbon copies of
die 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)— ses a bookkeeping
U
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 in
volves the simultaneous entry of figures on customers’ ledger rec
ord. 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 book
keeping.
Works from uniform and standard types of sales and
credit slips.
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 accounts
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22
CLERK, ACCOUNTING—
Continued
payable; examining and coding invoices or vouchers with proper ac
counting distribution; and requires judgment and experience in
making proper assignations and allocations. May assist in preparing,
adjusting and closing journal entries; and may direct class B ac
counting clerks.
Class B—
Under supervision, performs one or more routine ac
counting operations such as posting simple journal vouchers or ac
counts payable vouchers, entering vouchers in voucher registers;
reconciling bank accounts; and posting subsidiary ledgers con
trolled by general ledgers, or posting simple cost accounting data.
This job does not require a knowledge of accounting and book
keeping principles but is found in offices in which the more routine
accounting work is subdivided on a functional basis among several
workers.
CLERK, FILE
Class A— an established filing system containing a number
In
of varied subject matter files, classifies and indexes file material
such as correspondence, reports, technical documents, etc. May
also file this material. May keep records of various types in con
junction with the files. May lead a small group of lower level file
clerks.
Class B—
Sorts, codes, and files unclassified material by sim
ple (subject matter) headings or partly classified material by finer
subheadings. Prepares simple related index and cross-reference
aids.
As requested locates clearly identified material in files
and forwards material. May perform related clerical tasks required
to maintain and service files.
Class C—
Performs routine filing of material that has already
been classified or which is easily classified in a simple serial
classification system (e.g., alphabetical, chronological, or numer
ical). As requested, locates readily available material in files
and forwards material; and may fill out withdrawal charge. Per
forms simple clerical and manual tasks required to maintain and
service files.
CLERK, ORDER
Receives customers9orders for material or merchandise by mail,
phone, or personally. Duties involve any combination o f 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; and distributing order sheets to respective departments to be
filled. May check with credit department to determine credit rating of
customer, acknowledge receipt o f orders from customers, follow up orders
to see that they have been filled, keep file o f orders received, and check
shipping invoices with original orders.
CLERK, PAYROLL
Computes wages of company employees and enters the neces
sary data on the payroll sheets. Duties involve: Calculating workers9
earnings based on time or production records; and posting calculated
data on payroll sheet, showing information such as worker’ s name, work
ing 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.
COMPTOMETER OPERATOR
Primary duty is to operate a Comptometer to perform mathema
tical computations. This job is not to be confused with that o f statis
tical or other type o f clerk, which may involve frequent use o f a Comp
tometer but, in which, use of this machine is incidental to performance
of other duties.
DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR (MIMEOGRAPH OR DITTO)
Under general supervision and with no supervisory responsi
bilities, reproduces multiple copies of typewritten or handwritten matter,
using a Mimeograph or Ditto machine. Makes necessary adjustment 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
masters. May sort, collate, and staple completed material.
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KEYPUNCH OPERATOR
Class A—
Operates a numerical and/or alphabetical or combina
tion keypunch machine to transcribe data from various source docu
ments to keypunch tabulating cards. Performs same tasks as lower
level keypunch operator but in addition, work requires application of
coding skills and the making of some determinations, for example,
locates on the source document the items to be punched; extracts
information from several documents; and searches for and interprets
information on the document to determine information to be punched.
May train inexperienced operators.
Class B—
Under close supervision or following specific proce
dures or instructions, transcribes data from source documents to
punched cards. Operates a numerical and/or alphabetical or com
bination keypunch machine to keypunch tabulating cards. May
verify cards. Working from various standardized source documents,
follows specified sequences which have been coded or prescribed
in detail and require little or no selecting, coding, or interpreting
data to be punched. Problems arising from erroneous items or codes,
missing information, etc., are referred to supervisor.
OFFICE BOY OR GIRL
Performs various routine duties such as running errands, opera
ting minor office machines such as sealers or mailers, opening and dis
tributing 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
SECRETARY — Continued
making phone calls; handling personal and important or confidential
mail, and writing routine correspondence on own initiative; and taking
dictation (where transcribing machine is not used) either in shorthand
or by Stenotype or similar machine, and transcribing dictation or die
recorded information reproduced on a transcribing machine. May prepare
special reports or memorandums for information of superior.
STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL
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 transcribe dictation. May also type from
written copy. May maintain files, keep simple records, or perform other
relatively routine clerical tasks. May operate from a stenographic pool.
Does not include transcribing-machine work. (See transcribing-machine
operator.)
STENOGRAPHER,SENIOR
Primary duty is to take dictation from one or more persons,
either in shorthand or by Stenotype or similar machine, involving a var
ied technical or specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or
reports on scientific research and transcribe dictation. May also type
from written copy. May also set up and maintain files, keep records, etc.
OR
Performs stenographic duties requiring significantly greater
independence and responsibility than stenographers, general as evi
denced by the following: Work requires high degree of stenographer
speed and accuracy; and a thorough working knowledge of general busi
ness and office procedures and of the specific business operations,
organization, policies, procedures, files, workflow, etc. Uses this
knowledge in performing stenographic duties and responsible clerical
tasks such as, maintaining followup files; assembling material for
reports, memorandums, letters, etc. ; composing simple letters from general
instructions; reading and routing incoming mail; and answering routine
questions, etc. Does not include transcribing-machine work.
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SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR
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 information
to persons who call in, or occasionally take telephone orders. For
workers who also act as receptionists see switchboard operatorreceptionist.
TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATOR-Continued
Class C—
Operates simple tabulating or electrical account
ing machines such as the sorter, reproducing punch, collator, etc.,
with specific instructions. May include simple wiring from diagrams
and some filing work. The work typically involves portions of a
work unit, for example, individual sorting or collating runs or re
petitive operations.
SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONIST
In addition to performing duties of operator, on a single posi
tion or monitor-type switchboard, acts as receptionist and may also type
or perform 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.
TABULA TING-MACHINE OPERATOR
Class A—
Operates a variety of tabulating or electrical ac
counting machines, typically including such machines as the tabu
lator, calculator, interpreter, collator, and others. Performs com
plete reporting assignments without close supervision, and performs
difficult wiring as required. The complete reporting and tabulating
assignments typically involve a variety of long and complex re
ports which often are of irregular or nonrecurring type requiring
some planning and sequencing of steps to be taken. As a more
experienced operator, is typically involved in training new opera
tors in machine operations, or partially trained operators in wiring
from diagrams and operating sequences of long and complex reports,
Does not include working supervisors performing tabula ting-machine
operations and day-to-day supervision of the work and production
of a group of tabulating-machine operators.
Class B—
Operates more difficult tabulating or electrical ac
counting machines such as the tabulator and calculator, in addition
to the sorter, reproducer, and collator. This work is performed under
specific instructions and may include the performance of some wir
ing from diagrams. The work typically involves, for example, tabu
lations involving a repetitive accounting exercise, a complete but
small tabulating study, or parts of a longer and more complex report.
Such reports and studies are usually of a recurring nature where
the procedures are well established. May also include the training
of new employees in the basic operation of the machine.
TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL
Primary duty is to transcribe dictation involving a normal rou
tine vocabulary from transcribing-machine records. May also type from
written copy and do simple clerical work. Workers transcribing dictation
involving a varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as legal
briefs or reports on scientific research are not 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 o f various material or to
make out bills after calculations have been made by another person.
May include typing of stencils, mats, or similar materials for use in
duplicating processes. May do clerical work involving little special
training, such as keeping simple records, filing records and reports, or
sorting and distributing incoming mail.
Class A—
Performs one or more o f the following; Typing ma
terial in final form when it involves combining material from several
sources or responsibility for correct spelling, syllabication, punc
tuation, etc., of technical or unusual words or foreign language ma
terial; and planning layout and typing of complicated statistical
tables to maintain uniformity and balance in spacing. May type
routine form letters varying details to suit circumstances.
Class B—
Performs one or more o f the following: Copy typing
from rough or clear drafts; routine typing o f forms, insurance pol
icies, etc.; and setting up simple standard tabulations, or copying
more complex tables already set up and spaced properly.
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PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
DRAFTSMAN, SENIOR-Continued
DRAFTSMAN, JUNIOR
(Assistant draftsman)
Draws to scale units of parts of drawings prepared by drafts
man or others for engineering, construction, or manufacturing purposes.
Uses various types of drafting tools as required. May prepare drawings
from simple plans or sketches, or perform other duties under direction
of a draftsman.
completed work, checking dimensions, materials to be used, and quan
tities; writing specifications; and 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, elec
trical, mechanical, or structural drafting.
DRAFTSMAN, LEADER
NURSE, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED)
Plans and directs activities of one or more draftsmen in prep
aration o f working plans and detail drawings from rough or preliminary
sketches for engineering, construction, or manufacturing purposes.
Duties involve a combination o f the following: Interpreting blueprints,
sketches, and written or verbal orders; determining work procedures;
assigning duties to subordinates and inspecting their work; and per
forming more difficult problems. May assist subordinates during emer
gencies 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 manufacturing
purposes. Duties involve a combination o f the following: Preparing
working plans, detail drawings, maps, cross-sections, etc., to scale by
use of drafting instruments; making engineering computations such as
those involved in strength of materials, beams and trusses; verifying
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 combina
tion o f the following: Giving first aid to the ill or injured; 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 applicant^
and employees; and planning and carrying out programs involving health
education, accident prevention, evaluation of plant environment, or other
activities affecting the health, welfare, and safety of all personnel.
TRACER
Copies plans and drawings prepared by others, by placing
tracing cloth or paper over drawing and tracing with pen or pencil. Uses
T-square, compass, and other drafting tools. May prepare simple draw
ings and do simple lettering.
MAINTENANCE AND POWERPLANT
CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE
CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE-Continued
Performs the carpentry duties necessary to construct and main
tain 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 o f work from blueprints, drawings, models, or
verbal instructions; using a variety of carpenter’ s hand tools, portable
power tools, and standard measuring instruments; making standard shop
computations relating to dimensions of work; and selecting materials
necessary for the work. In general, the work of the maintenance car
penter required rounded training and experience usually acquired through
a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
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ELECTRICIAN, MAINTENANCE
HELPER, MAINTENANCE TRADES
Perforins a variety of electrical trade functions such as the
installation, maintenance, or repair of equipment for the generating, dis
tribution, or utilization o f electric energy in an establishment. Work
involves most o f 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 blueprints, drawings, lay
out, or other specifications; locating and diagnosing trouble in the elec
trical system or equipment; working standard computations relating to
load requirements of wiring or electrical equipment; and using a variety
of electrician’ s handtools and measuring and testing instruments. In
general, the work of the maintenance elctricians requires rounded train
ing and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or
equivalent training and experience.
Assists one or more workers in the skilled maintenance trades,
by performing specific or general duties o f lesser skill, such as keeping
a worker supplied with materials and tools; cleaning working area, ma
chine, and equipment; assisting worker by holding materials or tools;
and performing other unskilled tasks as directed by journeyman. The
kind o f work the helper is permitted to perform varies from trade to trade:
In some trades the helper is confined to supplying, lifting, and holding
materials and tools and cleaning working areas; and in others he is per
mitted to perform specialized machine operations, or parts o f a trade
that are also performed by workers on a full-time basis.
ENGINEER, STATIONARY
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, motors
turbines, ventilating and refrigerating equipment, steam boilers and
boiler-fed water pumps; making equipment repairs; and keeping a record
of operation of machinery, temperature, and fuel consumption. May
also supervise these operations. Head or ch ief engineers in establishments employing more than one engineer are excluded.
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATOR, TOOLROOM
Specializes in the operation o f one or more types of machine
tools, such as jig borers, cylindrical or surface grinders, engine lathes,
or milling machines in the construction o f machine-shop tools, gages,
jigs, fixtures, or dies. Work involves most o f the following: Planning
and performing difficult machining operations; processing items requiring
complicated setups or a high degree o f accuracy; using a variety of pre
cision measuring instruments; selecting feeds, speeds, tooling and
operation sequence; and making necessary adjustments during operation
to achieve requisite tolerances or dimensions. May be required to rec
ognize 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 tool and die jobbing
shops are excluded from this classification.
MACHINIST, MAINTENANCE
FIREMAN, STATIONARY BOILER
Fire 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; and checks water
and safety valve.
May clean, oil, or assist in repairing boilerroom
equipment.
Produces replacement parts and new parts in making repairs of
metal parts of mechanical equipment operated in an establishment. Work
involves most o f the following: Interpreting written instructions and
specifications; planning and laying out o f work; using a variety of ma
chinist’ s handtools and precision measuring instruments; setting up and
operating standard machine tools; shaping o f metal parts to close toler
ances; making standard shop computations relating to dimensions of
work, tooling, feeds and speeds o f machining; knowledge of the working
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MACHINIST, MAINTENANCE—
Continued
MILLWRIGHT
properties of the common metals; selecting standard materials, parts,
and equipment required for his work; and fitting and assembling parts
into mechanical equipment. In general, the machinist’ s work normally
requires a rounded training in machine-shop 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 die plant layout
are required. Work involves most o f the following: Planning and laying
out of the work; interpreting blueprints or other specifications; using a
variety o f handtools and rigging; making standard shop computations re
lating to stresses, strength of materials, and centers of gravity; alining
and balancing o f equipment; selecting standard tools, equipment and
parts to be used; and installing and maintaining in good order power
transmission equipment such as drives and speed reducers. In general,
the millwright’ s work normally requires a rounded training and experi
ence in the trade acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience.
MECHANIC, AUTOMOTIVE (MAINTENANCE)
Repairs automobiles, buses, motortrucks, and tractors of an es
tablishment. Work involves most o f the following: Examining automotive
equipment to diagnose source of trouble; disassembling equipment and
performing repairs that involve the use of such handtools as wrenches,
gages, drills, or specialized equipment in disassembling 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; and alining wheels, adjusting brakes
and lights, or tightening body bolts. In general, the work of the auto
motive mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually ac
quired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and
experience.
MECHANIC, MAINTENANCE
Repairs machinery or mechanical equipment o f an establishment.
Work involves most o f the following: Examining machines and mechan
ical equipment to diagnose source of trouble; dismantling or partly dis
mantling 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 re
placement part by a machine shop or sendingof the machine to a machine
shop for major repairs; preparing written specifications for major repairs
or for the production o f parts ordered from machine shop; reassembling
machines; and making all necessary adjustments for operation. In gen
eral, the work o f a maintenance mechanic requires rounded training and
experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equiva
lent training and experience. Excluded from this classification are
workers whose primary duties involve setting up or adjusting machines.
OILER
Lubricates, with oil or grease, the moving parts or wearing sur
faces of mechanical equipment of an establishment.
PAINTER, MAINTENANCE
Paints and redecorates walls, woodwork, and fixtures of an es
tablishment. Work involves the following: Knowledge of surface pecu
liarities 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; and 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 o f the maintenance
painter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through
a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
PIPEFITTER, MAINTENANCE
Installs or repairs water, steam, gas, or other types of pipe and
pipefittings in an establishment. Work involves most o f the following:
Laying out of work and measuring to locate position of pipe from draw
ings 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
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PIPEFITTER, MAINTENANCE-Continued
SHEET-METAL WORKER, MAINTENANCE-Continued
and fastening pipe to hangers; making standard shop computations relat
ing to pressures, flow, and size of pipe required; and 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 equiva
lent training and experience. Workers primarily engaged in installing and
repairing building sanitation or heating systems are excluded.
types of sheet-metal-working machines; using a variety of handtools in
cutting, bending, forming, shaping, fitting, and assembling; and 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.
TOOL AND DIE MAKER
(Die maker; jig maker; tool maker; fixture maker; gage maker)
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; and opening clogged drains with a plunger or plumber’ s snake.
In general, the work of the maintenance plumber requires rounded train
ing and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship 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, lockers, tanks, ventilators, chutes, ducts, metal roofing) o f an
establishment. Work involves most o f the following: Planning and lay
ing out all types of sheet-metal maintenance work from blueprints,
models, or other specifications; setting up and operating all available
Constructs and repairs machine-shop tools, gages, jigs, fix
tures or dies for forgings, punching, and other metal-forming work. Work
involves most of the following: Planning and laying out o f work from
models, blueprints, drawings, or other oral and written specifications;
using a variety of tool and die maker’ s handtools and precision meas
uring instruments, understanding o f the working properties o f 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 o f metal
parts during fabrication as well as o f finished tools and dies to achieve
required qualities; working to close tolerances; fitting and assembling
of parts to prescribed tolerances and allowances; and selecting appro
priate 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.
CUSTODIAL AND MATERIAL MOVEMENT
ELEVATOR OPERATOR, PASSENGER
GUARD
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.
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 o f employees and
other persons entering.
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JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER
PACKER, SHIPPING
(Sweeper; charwomen; 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 o f the following:
Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing floors; removing chips,
trash, and other refuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures; polish
ing metal fixtures or trimmings; providing supplies and minor mainte
nance services; and cleaning lavatories, showers, and restrooms. Work
ers who specialize in window washing are excluded.
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 o f appropriate type and size of container; inserting
enclosures in container; using excelsior or other material to prevent
breakage or damage; closing and sealing container; and applying labels
or entering identifying data on container. Packers who also make
wooden boxes or crates are excluded.
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 o f the following: Loading and unloading various materials and merchandise on or
from freight cars, trucks, or other transporting devices; unpacking, shelv
ing, or placing materials or merchandise in proper storage location;
and transporting materials or merchandise by hand truck, car, or wheel
barrow. Longshoremen, who load and unload ships are excluded.
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERK
Prepares merchandise for shipment, or receives and is respon
sible for incoming shipments of merchandise or other materials. Shipping work involves: A knowledge of shipping procedures, practices,
routes, available means of transportation and rates; and preparing
records of the goods shipped, making up bills of lading, posting 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 correct
ness of shipments against bills of lading, invoices, or other records;
ORDER FILLER
(Order picker; stock selector; warehouse stockman)
checking for shortages and rejecting damaged goods; routing merchan
dise or materials to proper departments; and maintaining necessary
records and files.
F ills shipping or transfer orders for finished goods from stored
merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips, cus
tomers’ orders, or other instructions. May, in addition to filling orders
For wage study purposes, workers are classified as follows:
and indicating items filled or omitted, keep records of outgoing orders
requisition additional stock, or report short supplies to supervisor, and
perform other related duties.
Receiving clerk
Shipping clerk
Shipping and receiving clerk
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TRUCKDRIVER
TRUCKER, POWER
Drives a truck within a city or industrial area to transport ma
terials, merchandise, equipment, or men between various types o f estab
lishments such as: Manufacturing plants, freight depots, warehouses,
wholesale and retail establishments, or between retail establishments
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.
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, truckdrivers are classified by size
and type of equipment, as follows: (Tractor-trailer should be rated on
the basis of trailer capacity.)
Truckdriver (combination o f sizes listed separately)
Truckdriver, light {under 11 tons)
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Truckdriver, medium (1% to and including 4 tons)
Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, trailer type)
Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, other than trailer type)
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.
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