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AREA WAGE SURVEY
Little Rock—North Little Rock, Arkansas,
Metropolitan Area, July 1972
Bulletin 1775-2
U S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Rurpau of Labor Statistics
Preface
This bulletin provides results of a July 1972 survey of occupational
earnings and supplementary wage benefits in the Little Rock—
North Little Rock,
Arkansas, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (Pulaski and Saline Counties).
The survey was made as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' annual area wage
survey program.
The program is designed to yield data for individual metro
politan areas, as well as national and regional estimates for all Standard Metro
politan Areas in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, (as defined by
the U. S. Office of Management and Budget through November 1971).
A major consideration in the area wage survey program is the need to
describe the level and movement of wages in a variety of labor markets, through
the analysis of (l) the level and distribution of wages by occupation, and (2) the
movement of wages by occupational category and skill level.
The program
develops information that may be used for many purposes, including wage and
salary administration, collective bargaining, and assistance in determining plant
location. Survey results also are used by the U. S. Department of Labor to
make wage determinations under the Service Contract Act of 1965.
Currently, 96 areas are included in the program.
(See list of areas on
inside back cover.)
In each area, occupational earnings data are collected
annually. Information on establishment practices and supplementary wage bene
fits, collected every second year in the past, is now obtained every third year.
Each year after all individual area wage surveys have been completed,
two summary bulletins are issued. The first brings together data for each
metropolitan area surveyed. The second summary bulletin presents national and
regional estimates, projected from individual metropolitan area data.
The Little Rock—
North Little Rock survey was conducted by the Bureau's
regional office in Dallas, T ex ., under the general direction of Boyd B. O'Neal,
Assistant Regional Director for Operations. The survey could not have been
accomplished without the cooperation of the many firms whose wage and salary
data provided the basis for the statistical information in this bulletin. The
Bureau wishes to express sincere appreciation for the cooperation received.
Note:
Also available for the
union wage rates for building
employees, local truckdrivers
copies of these are available
cover for addresses.)
Little Rock—
North Little Rock area are listings of
trades, printing trades, local-transit operating
and helpers, and grocery store employees. Free
from the Bureau's regional offices. (See back
AREA WAGE SURVEY
Bulletin 1775-2
U.S. D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R , James D. Hodgson, Secretary
Novem ber 1972
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, Geoffrey H. Moore, Commissioner
Little Rock—North Little Rock, Arkansas, Metropolitan Area, July 1972
CONTENTS
Page
2 Introduction
6 Wage trends for selected occupational groups
Tables:
1.
2.
A.
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
22
25
Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied
Indexes of earnings for selected occupational groups, and percents
of increase for selected periods
Occupational earnings:
Office occupations: Weekly earnings
A - 1.
Professional and technical occupations: Weekly earnings
A - 2.
Office, professional, and technical occupations: Average weekly earnings, by sex
A -3 .
Maintenance and powerplant occupations: Hourly earnings
A -4 .
Custodial and material movement occupations: Hourly earnings
A -5 .
Maintenance, powerplant, custodial, and material handling occupations:
A -6 .
Average hourly earnings, by sex
B. Establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions:
Estal
Minimum entrance salaries for women officeworkers
B -l.
Shift differentials
B -2 .
Scheduled weekly hours and days
B -3 .
Annual paid holidays
B -4 .
B-4a, , Identification of major paid holidays
Paid vacations
B -5 .
Health, insurance, and pension plans
B -6 .
Appendix.
Occupational descriptions
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In tro d u c tio n
This area is 1 of 96 in which the U.S. Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts surveys of occupational earnings
and related benefits on an areawide b asis.1 In this area, data were
obtained by personal visits of Bureau field economists to representa
tive establishments within six broad industry divisions: Manufacturing:
transportation, communication, 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 construction and extractive industries. Establish
ments having fewer than a prescribed number of workers are omitted
because of insufficient employment in the occupations studied. Sepa
rate tabulations are provided for each of the broad industry divisions
which meet publication criteria.
the A -series tables, because either (1) employment in the occupation
is too small to provide enough data to merit presentation, or (2) there
is possibility of disclosure of individual establishment data. Earnings
data not shown separately for industry divisions are included in all
industries combined data, where shown. Likewise, data are included
in the overall classification when a subclassification of electronics
technicians, secretaries, or truckdrivers is not shown or information
to subclassify is not available.
Occupational employment and earnings data are shown for
full-time workers, i.e ., those hired to work a regular weekly schedule.
Earnings data exclude premium pay for overtime and for work on
weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Nonproduction bonuses are ex
cluded, but cost-of-living allowances and incentive earnings are in
cluded. Where weekly hours are reported, as for office clerical occu
pations, reference is to the standard workweek (rounded to the nearest
half hour) for which employees receive their regular straight-time
salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or premium
rates). Average weekly earnings for these occupations are rounded
to the nearest half dollar.
These surveys are conducted on a sample basis. The sam
pling procedures involve detailed stratification of all establishments
within the scope of an individual area survey by industry and number
of employees. From this stratified universe a probability sample is
selected, with each establishment having a predetermined chance of
selection. To obtain optimum accuracy at minimum cost, a greater
proportion of large than small establishments is selected. When data
are combined, each establishment is weighted according to its proba
bility of selection, so that unbiased estimates are generated. For ex
ample, if one out of four establishments is selected, it is given a
weight of four to represent itself plus three others. An alternate of the
same original probability is chosen in the same industry-size classifi
cation if data are not available for the original sample member. If
no suitable substitute is available, additional weight is assigned to a
sample member that is similar to the missing unit.
These surveys measure the level of occupational earnings in
an area at a particular time. Comparisons of individual occupational
averages over time may not reflect expected wage changes. The aver
ages for individual jobs are affected by changes in wages and employ
ment patterns. For example, proportions of workers employed by
high- or low-wage firms may change or high-wage workers may ad
vance to better jobs and be replaced by new workers at lower rates.
Such shifts in employment could decrease an occupational average
even though most establishments in an area increase wages during
the year. Trends in earnings of occupational groups, shown in table 2,
are better indicators of wage trends than individual jobs within the
groups.
Occupations and Earnings
The occupations selected for study are common to a variety
of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries, and are of the
following types: (1) Office clerical; (2) professional and technical;
(3) maintenance and powerplant; and (4) custodial and material move
ment. Occupational classification is based on a uniform set of job
descriptions designed to take account of inter establishment variation
in duties within the same job. The occupations selected for study are
listed and described in the appendix. Unless otherwise indicated, the
earnings data following the job titles are for all industries combined.
Earnings data for some of the occupations listed and described, or
for some industry divisions within occupations, are not presented in
1
Included in the 96 areas are 10 studies conducted by the Bureau under contract. These
are Austin, T e x .; Binghamton, N .Y . (New York portion only); Durham, N. C .; Fort Lauderdale—
Hollywood and West Palm Beach, F la .; Huntsville, A la .; Lexington, K y .; Poughkeepsie—Kingston—
Newburgh, N. Y . ; Rochester, N .Y . (o ffice occupations only); Syracuse, N .Y .; and Utica—Rome, N.Y.
In addition, the Bureau conducts more lim ited area studies in approximately 70 areas at the request
o f the Employment Standards Administration of the U. S. Department of Labor.
Average earnings reflect composite, areawide estimates. In
dustries and establishments differ in pay level and job staffing, and
thus contribute differently to the estimates for each job. Pay aver
ages may fail to reflect accurately the wage differential among jobs in
individual establishments.
Average pay levels for men and women in selected occupa
tions should not be assumed to reflect differences in pay of the sexes
within individual establishments. Factors which may contribute to
differences include progression within established rate ranges, since
areas only the rates paid incumbents are collected, and performance of spe
cific duties within the general survey job descriptions. Job descrip
tions used to classify employees in these surveys usually are more
generalized than those used in individual establishments and allow for
minor differences among establishments in specific duties performed.
2
3
Occupational employment estimates represent the total in all
establishments within the scope of the study and not the number actu
ally surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments
differ, estimates of occupational employment obtained from the sample
of establishments studied serve only to indicate the relative impor
tance of the jobs studied. These differences in occupational structure
do not affect materially the accuracy of the earnings data.
Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions
Information is presented (in the B -series tables) on selected
establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions for plantworkers and officeworkers. Data for industry divisions not presented
separately are included in the estimates for "all industries." Admin
istrative, executive, and professional employees, and construction
workers who are utilized as a separate work force are excluded.
"Plantworkers" include working foremen and all nonsupervisory work
ers (including leadmen and trainees) engaged in nonoffice func
tions. "Officeworkers" include working supervisors and nonsuper
visory workers performing clerical or related functions. Cafeteria
workers and routemen are excluded in manufacturing industries, but
included in nonmanufacturing industries.
Minimum entrance salaries for women officeworkers
only to the establishments visited. (See table B - l.) Because
optimum sampling techniques used and the probability that large
lishments are more likely than small establishments to have
entrance rates above the subclerical level, the table is more
sentative of policies in medium and large establishments.
relate
of the
estab
formal
repre
Shift differential data are limited to plantworkers in manu
facturing industries. (See table B -2.) This information is presented
in terms of (1) establishment policy i for total plantworker employ
ment, and (2) effective practice for workers actually employed on the
specified shift at the time of the survey. In establishments having
varied differentials, the amount applying to a majority is used; if no
amount applies to a majority, the classification "other" is used. In e s
tablishments having some late-shift hours paid at normal rates, a dif
ference is recorded only if it applies to a majority of the shift hours.
The scheduled weekly hours and days of a majority of the
first-shift workers in an establishment are tabulated as applying to
all of the plantworkers or officeworkers of that establishment. (See
table B -3 .) Scheduled weekly hours and days are those which a ma
jority of full-time employees are expected to work, whether they are
paid straight-time or overtime rates.
2
An establishment is considered as having a policy if it met
tions: (1) Operated late shifts at the time of the survey, or (2) had formal
shifts. An establishment was considered as having formal provisions if it (1)
during the 12 months before the survey, or (2 ) had provisions in written form
Paid holidays; paid vacations; and health, insurance, and pen
sion plans are treated statistically on the basis that these are appli
cable to all plantworkers or officeworkers if a majority of such work
ers are eligible or may eventually qualify for the practices listed.
(See tables B -4 through B -6 .) Sums of individual items in tables B-2
through B -6 may not equal totals because of rounding.
Data on paid holidays are limited to holidays granted annu
ally on a formal basis; i.e ., (1) are provided for in written form, or
(2) are established by custom. (See table B -4.) Holidays ordinarily
granted are included even though they may fall on a nonworkday and
the worker is not granted another day off. The first part of the paid
holidays table presents the number of whole and half holidays actually
granted. The second part combines whole and half holidays to show
total holiday time. Table B-4a reports the incidence of the most
common paid holidays.
The summary of vacation plans is a statistical measure of
vacation provisions rather than a measure of the proportion of workers
actually receiving specific benefits. (See table B -5.) Provisions apply
to all plantworkers or officeworkers in an establishment regardless
of length of service. Payments on other than a time basis are con
verted to a time period; for example, 2 percent of annual earnings
are considered equivalent to 1 weeks' pay. Only basic plans are in
cluded. Estimates exclude vacation bonuses, vacation-savings plans,
and "extended" or "sabbatical" benefits beyond basic plans. Such
provisions are typical in the steel, aluminum, and can industries.
Health, insurance, and pension plans for which the employer
pays at least a part of the cost include those (1) underwritten by a
commercial insurance company or nonprofit organization, (2) provided
through a union fund, or (3) paid directly by the employer out of cur
rent operating funds or from a fund set aside for this purpose. (See
table B -6 .) An establishment is considered to have such a plan if the
majority of employees are covered under the plan even if less than a
majority elect to participate because employees are required to con
tribute toward the cost of the plan. Excluded are legally required
plans, such as workmen's compensation, social security, and railroad
retirement.
Sickness and accident insurance is limited to that type of in
surance under which predetermined cash payments are made directly
to the insured during temporary illness or accident disability. Infor
mation is presented for all such plans to which the employer con
tributes. However, in New York and New Jersey, which have enacted
temporary disability insurance laws requiring employer contributions,3
plans are included only if the employer (1) contributes more than is
legally required, or (2) provides the employee with benefits which ex
ceed the requirements of the law. Tabulations of paid sick leave plans
either of the following condi
provisions covering late
3
had operated late shifts
contributions.
for operating late shifts.
The temporary disability laws in California and Rhode Island do not require employer
4
are limited to formal plans 4 which provide full pay or a proportion of
the worker's pay during absence from work because of illness. Sepa
rate 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 proportions
of workers provided sickness and accident insurance or paid sick
leave, an unduplicated total is shown of workers who receive either
or both types of benefits.
the end of the disability, a maximum age, or eligibility for retire
ment benefits. Full or partial payments are almost always reduced by
social security, workmen's compensation, and private pension benefits
payable to the disabled employee.
Major medical insurance plans protect employees from sick
ness and injury expenses beyond the coverage of basic hospitalization,
medical, and surgical plans. Typical features of major medical plans
are (1) a "deductible" (e.g., $50) paid by the insured before benefits
Long-term disability insurance plans provide payments to
begin; (2) a coinsurance feature requiring the insured to pay a portion
totally disabled employees upon the expiration of their paid sick leave
(e.g., 20 percent) of certain expenses; and (3) stated dollar maximum
and/or sickness and accident insurance, or after a predetermined
benefits (e.g., $ 10, 000 a year). Medical insurance provides complete
period of disability (typically 6 months). Payments are made until
or partial payment of doctors' fees. Dental insurance usually covers
4
An establishment is considered as having a formal plan if it established at least the minimum fillings, extractions, and X -ra y s. Excluded are plans which cover only
oral surgery or accident damage. Retirement pension plans provide
number of days of sick leave available to each employee. Such a plan need not be written, but
payments for the remainder of the worker's life.
informal sick leave allowances, determined on an individual basis, are excluded.
5
T a b le 1. E s ta b lis h m e n ts an d w o rk e rs w ith in s c o p e o f s u rv e y and n u m b e r s tu d ie d in L ittle R o c k —N o rth L ittle R o c k , A r k .,1
by m a jo r in d u s try d iv is io n ,2 J u ly 1 9 7 2
N um ber o f esta b lish m e n ts
In du stry d iv isio n
M in im um
em p lo ym e n t
in e s t a b lis h
m ents in s c o p e
o f study
W o r k e r s in esta b lish m en ts
W ithin s c o p e o f study
W ithin s c o p e
o f s tu d y 3
Studied
T o t a l4
Studied
Plant
N um ber
A ll d i v i s i o n s __________________________________
M a n u fa ctu rin g_______________ ___ _______________
N on m a n u fa ctu rin g____________________________ ___
T r a n sp o rta tio n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and
oth er p u b lic u t i li t ie s 5________________________
W h o le s a le tr a d e ________________________________
R eta il t r a d e _____________________________________
F in a n ce , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s t a t e ________
S e r v i c e s 8. . ________ __________ _____________
_
O ffice
P ercent
T o ta l4
266
97
5 0 ,3 8 0
100
3 4 ,0 5 8
7 ,3 1 4
3 1 .9 7 1
-
92
174
37
60
24, 705
2 5 ,6 7 5
49
51
19,991
14, 067
1,531
5, 783
16,866
15, 105
50
50
50
50
50
28
32
47
36
31
13
8
16
11
12
7 ,6 1 4
2, 726
7, 129
4 ,5 9 5
3 ,6 1 1
15
5
15
9
7
50
4 ,4 0 3
(6 )
(6 )
(7 )
(6 )
896
(6 )
( )
(&)
(6 )
6 ,3 2 6
829
4 , 167
2, 077
1,706
1 Th e L ittle R o c k -N o r th L ittle R o ck Standard M e tro p o lita n S ta tis tic a l A r e a , as d e fin e d by the O ffic e o f M an agem en t and B u dget through N ov em b er 1971, c o n s is t s o f P u lask i and Saline C ou n ties.
T h e " w o r k e r s w ithin s c o p e o f s tu d y" e s tim a te s show n in th is ta b le p r o v id e a re a s o n a b ly a c c u r a t e d e s c r ip tio n o f th e s iz e and c o m p o s itio n o f the la b o r f o r c e in clu d e d in the s u r v e y . The estim a te s
a r e not in ten ded, h o w e v e r , t o s e r v e as a b a s is o f c o m p a r is o n w ith o th er e m p lo y m e n t in d e x e s f o r the a r e a t o m e a s u r e e m p lo y m e n t tr e n d s o r le v e ls s in c e (1) planning o f w age s u r v e y s r e q u ir e s the
u se o f esta b lis h m e n t data c o m p ile d c o n s id e r a b ly in adva n ce o f the p a y r o ll p e r io d stu died, and (2) s m a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts a r e e x c lu d e d fr o m the s c o p e o f the su rv e y .
2 Th e 1967 ed ition o f the Standard In d u stria l C la s s ific a t io n M anual w as u s e d in c la s s ify in g e s ta b lis h m e n ts by in d u stry d iv is io n .
3 In clu d es a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith to t a l e m p lo y m e n t at o r a b o v e the m in im u m lim ita tio n . A l l ou tlets (within the a r e a ) o f c o m p a n ie s in such in d u s tr ie s as t r a d e , fin a n c e , auto r e p a ir s e r v ic e ,
and m otion p ic tu r e th e a te r s a r e c o n s id e r e d as 1 e s ta b lis h m e n t.
4 In clu d es e x e c u tiv e , p r o f e s s io n a l, and o th e r w o r k e r s e x c lu d e d fr o m th e s e p a r a te plant and o f fic e c a t e g o r ie s .
5 A b b r e v ia te d t o " p u b lic u t ilit ie s " in the A - and B - s e r i e s t a b le s . T a x ic a b s and s e r v ic e s in cid e n ta l t o w a te r tr a n s p o r ta tio n w e r e e x clu d ed .
6 T h is in d u stry d iv is io n is r e p r e s e n t e d in e s tim a te s f o r " a l l in d u s t r ie s " and "n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g " in the S e r ie s A t a b le s , and f o r " a l l in d u s t r ie s " in the S e r ie s B ta b le s . S ep a ra te presen ta tion of
data f o r th is d iv is io n is not m a d e f o r one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g r e a s o n s : (1) E m p loym en t in the d iv is io n is t o o s m a ll t o p r o v id e enough data t o m e r it s e p a r a te study, (2) the sa m p le w as not d esig n ed
in itia lly t o p e r m it se p a ra te p r e s e n ta tio n , (3) r e s p o n s e w as in s u ffic ie n t o r inadequate to p e r m it s e p a r a te p r e s e n ta tio n , and (4) th e r e is p o s s ib ilit y o f d is c lo s u r e o f in divid u al esta b lish m en t data.
7 W o r k e r s fr o m th is e n tire in d u stry d iv is io n a r e r e p r e s e n t e d in e s tim a te s f o r " a l l in d u s t r ie s " and "n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g " in th e S e r ie s A t a b le s , but fr o m the r e a l esta te p o r tio n only in estim a te s
f o r " a l l in d u s t r ie s " in the S e r ie s B t a b le s . S e p a ra te p r e s e n ta tio n o f data f o r th is d iv is io n i s not m ad e f o r one o r m o r e o f the re a s o n s given in footn ote 6 a b ov e.
8 H otels and m o t e ls ; la u n d rie s and o th e r p e r s o n a l s e r v ic e s ; b u s in e s s s e r v ic e s ; a u to m o b ile r e p a ir , r e n ta l, and p a rk in g ; m o tio n p ic tu r e s ; n o n p ro fit m e m b e r s h ip o rg a n iz a tio n s (exclud ing r e lig io u s
and c h a r ita b le o r g a n iz a tio n s ); and e n g in e e r in g and a r c h ite c t u r a l s e r v ic e s .
In d u s tria l c o m p o s it io n in m an u factu rin g
A lm o s t o n e -h a lf o f the w o r k e r s w ithin s c o p e o f the s u r v e y in the L ittle R o c k -N o r th
L ittle R ock a r e a w e r e e m p lo y e d in m an u factu rin g f ir m s . T h e fo llo w in g p r e s e n t s the m a jo r
in d u stry g rou p s and s p e c ific in d u s tr ie s as a p e r c e n t o f a ll m an u factu rin g:
L a b o r -m a n a g e m e n t a g r e e m e n t c o v e r a g e
In du stry gro u p s
In stru m en ts and re la te d
p r o d u c ts _________________________ 15
E l e c t r ic a l equipm ent and
s u p p lie s _________________________ 14
C h e m ic a ls and a llie d
p r o d u c ts _________________________ 13
F o o d and k in d re d p r o d u c ts _____ 13
A p p a r e l and oth er te x tile
p r o d u c ts _________________________ 6
F a b r ic a t e d m e ta l p r o d u c ts _____ 5
L u m b e r and w o o d p r o d u c t s __ __ 5
P rin tin g and p u b lis h in g _________ 5
T ra n sp orta tion equipm ent_______ 5
S p e c ific in d u s tr ie s
W a tc h e s , c lo c k s , and
w a t c h c a s e s ______________________ 15
I n d u s tria l c h e m ic a ls _____________ 11
C o m m u n ica tio n e q u ip m e n t_____ 5
E l e c t r ic a l in d u s tr ia l
a p p a r a tu s _______________________ 5
W o m e n 's and m i s s e s '
o u te r w e a r _______________________ 5
T h is in fo r m a tio n is b a s e d on e s tim a te s o f to ta l e m p lo y m e n t d e r iv e d fr o m u n iv e r s e
m a t e r ia ls c o m p ile d p r i o r t o a ctu a l s u r v e y .
P r o p o r t io n s in v a r io u s in d u stry d iv is io n s m ay
d iffe r f r o m p r o p o r tio n s b a s e d on the r e s u lts o f the s u r v e y as shown in ta b le 1 a b o v e .
Th e fo llo w in g tabu lation show s the p e r c e n t of p la n tw ork ers and o f fic e w o r k e r s
e m p lo y e d in e s ta b lis h m e n ts in w h ich a c o n t r a c t o r c o n t r a c ts c o v e r e d a m a jo r it y o f the
w o r k e r s in the r e s p e c t iv e c a t e g o r ie s , L ittle R ock— orth L ittle R o c k , A r k ., July 1972:
N
P la n tw o rk e rs
A l l i n d u s t r ie s ______________________
M an u factu rin g----------------------------P u b lic u t ilit ie s __________________
O ffic e w o r k e r s
64
78
91
73
9
An e s ta b lis h m e n t is c o n s id e r e d to have a c o n tr a c t c o v e r in g a ll p la n tw o rk e rs o r
o ffic e w o r k e r s i f a m a jo r it y o f su ch w o r k e r s a r e c o v e r e d by a la b o r -m a n a g e m e n t a g r e e m e n t.
T h e r e f o r e , a ll o th e r p la n tw o rk e rs o r o ffic e w o r k e r s a r e e m p loy ed in es ta b lis h m en ts that
e ith e r do not have la b o r -m a n a g e m e n t c o n tr a c ts in e f fe c t , o r have c o n t r a c ts that apply to
fe w e r than h a lf o f th e ir p la n tw o rk e rs o r o f fic e w o r k e r s .
E s tim a tes a r e not n e c e s s a r ily
r e p r e s e n ta tiv e o f the extent to w h ich a ll w o r k e r s in the a r e a m a y be c o v e r e d by the p r o v is io n s
o f la b o r -m a n a g e m e n t a g r e e m e n ts , b e c a u s e s m a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts a r e e x clu d e d and the
in d u s tr ia l s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y is lim ite d .
W a g e T re n d s fo r S e le c te d O c c u p a tio n a l G ro u p s
Presented in table 2 are indexes and percents of change in
average weekly salaries of office clerical workers and industrial
nurses, and in average hourly earnings of selected plantworker groups.
The indexes are a measure of wages at a given time, expressed as a
percent of wages during the base period. Subtracting 100 from the
index yields the percent change in wages from the base period to the
date of the index. The percents of change or increase relate to wage
changes between the indicated dates. Annual rates of increase, where
shown, reflect the amount of increase for 12 months when the time
period between surveys was other than 12 months. These compu
tations are based on the assumption that wages increased at a constant
rate between surveys. These estimates are measures of change in
averages for the area; they are not intended to measure average pay
changes in the establishments in the area.
The index is a measure of wages at a given time and is ex
pressed as a percent of wages in the base year. The base year is
assigned the value of 100 percent. The index is computed by multi
plying the base year relative (100 percent) by the relative (the percent
change plus 100 percent) for the next succeeding year and then con
tinuing to multiply (compound) each year's relative by the previous
year's index.
For office clerical workers and industrial nurses, the wage
trends relate to regular weekly salaries for the normal workweek,
exclusive of earnings for overtime. For plantworker groups, they
measure changes in average straight-time hourly earnings, excluding
premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and
late shifts. The percents are based on data for selected key occu
pations and include most of the numerically important jobs within
each group.
Method of Computing
Each of the following key occupations within an occupational
group is assigned a constant weight based on its proportionate em
ployment in the occupational group:
Office clerical (men and
w om en ):
Bookke eping- machine
operators, class B
Clerics, accounting, classes
A and B
Clerks, file, classes
A , B, and C
Clerics, order
Clerics, payroll
Keypunch operators, classes
A and B
Messengers (o ffice boys or
girls)
O ffice clerical (men and
wom en)— Continued
Secretaries
Stenographers, general
Stenographers, senior
Switchboard operators, classes
A and B
Tabulating-machine operators,
class B
Typists, classes A and B
Industrial nurses (men and
women):
Nurses, industrial (registered)
Limitations of Data
The indexes and percents of change, as measures of change
in area averages, are influenced by: (1) General salary and wage
changes, (2) merit or other increases in pay received by individual
workers while in the same job, and (3) changes in average wages due
to changes in the labor force resulting from labor turnover, force
expansions, force reductions, and changes in the proportions of work
ers employed by establishments with different pay levels. Changes in
the labor force can cause increases or decreases in the occupational
averages without actual wage changes. It is conceivable that even
though all establishments in an area gave wage increases, average
wages may have declined because lower-paying establishments entered
the area or expanded their work forces. Similarly, wages may have
remained relatively constant, yet averages for an area may have risen
considerably because higher-paying establishments entered the area.
Skilled maintenance (men):
Carpenters
Electricians
Machinists
Mechanics
Mechanics (automotive)
Painters
Pipefitters
Tool and die makers
Unskilled plant (men):
Janitors, porters, and
cleaners
Laborers, material handling
NOTE: Comptometer operators, used in the computation of previous trends, are no longer
surveyed by the Bureau.
The use of constant employment weights eliminates the effect
of changes in the proportion of workers represented in each job in
cluded in the data. The percents of change reflect only changes in
average pay for straight-time hours. They are not influenced by
changes in standard work schedules, as such, or by premium pay
for overtime. Where necessary, data are adjusted to remove from
the indexes and percents of change any significant effect caused by
changes in the scope of the survey.
The average (mean) earnings for each occupation are multi
plied by the occupational weight, anil the products for all occupations
in the group are totaled. The aggregates for 2 consecutive years are
related by subtracting the aggregate for the earlier year from the
aggregate for the later year and dividing the remainder by the aggre
gate for the earlier year. The result times 100 shows the percent
of change.
6
T a b le 2 . In d e x e s o f e a rn in g s fo r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p s in L ittle R o c k —N o rth L ittle R o c k , A rk .,
J u ly 1971 an d Ju ly 1 9 7 2 , an d p e rc e n ts o f in c re a s e fo r s e le c te d p e rio d s
M anufacturin g
A l l in d u s tr ie s
W e e k ly e a rn in g s
P e r io d
O ffic e
c le r ic a l
(m en and
w om en)
In d u stria l
nu rses
(m e n and
w om en)
H o u rly ea rn in gs
Skilled
m aintenance
tra d e s
(m en)
U n sk illed
pla n tw ork ers
(m en)
H o u rly ea rn in g s
W e e k ly ea rn in gs
O ffic e
c le r ic a l
(m en and
w om en)
In d u stria l
nu rses
(m e n and
w om en)
S killed
m ain ten an ce
tra d es
(m en)
U n sk illed
plan tw ork ers
(m en)
Indexes (Ju ly 196 7:10 0)
----- .
-........................
J u ly 1971
July 1 97 2------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 1 .2
129. 1
(!)
b
1 3 3 .7
142. 8
1 2 7 .9
1 3 4 .6
123. 8
130. 1
(*)
13 3 .3
14 0 .8
1 2 7 .5
1 3 3 .9
3. i
Z .<*
3. 1
2 .4
3 .6
1 .4
2. 0
5 .5
P e r c e n t s o f in c r e a s e
A u gust 1960 to A u gust 1 9 6 1 ______________________
A u gust 1961 to A u gust 19 6 2 ______________________
A u gust 1962 to A u gust 19 6 3 ______________________
A u gust 1963 to A u gust 1 96 4______________________
August 1964 to A u gust 1965 _____ ______ _____
August 1965 to A u gust 1 96 6__ . . . . . __ . .
August 1966 to July 1967:
11-m o n th i n c r e a s e _____________________________
Annual ra te o f i n c r e a s e _______________________
J u ly
July
July
J u ly
July
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
to
to
to
to
to
J u ly
July
July
July
J u ly
. . . . .
19 6 8 ___ —
1 9 6 9 ____________________________
1 9 7 0 ____________________________
1971
..............................................
19 7 2 ____________________________
D ata do not m e e t p u b lica tio n c r it e r ia .
2. 4
4 .9
2. 7
3 .7
3. 2
3 .5
4 .9
5 .4
6. 1
5 .3
4. 8
3 .5
6 .5
b
4. 1
3 .4
1 .8
2 .4
4 .9
5. 8
3 .0
3. 1
3. 0
1 .8
6. 3
1 .4
5 .0
4. 5
3 .7
2 .6
2 .7
2 .9
h
(* )
(* )
2. 1
2 .8
2 .5
7 .0
b
4 .7
5. 1
7. 2
7 .9
4 .7
5. 1
b
4. 5
4 .9
6 .7
9. 6
3 .6
7 .0
10. 1
6 .8
6. 6
5. 5
6. 1
7. 1
5. 2
6. 5
5 .3
5. 3
4 .9
5. 1
b
b
b
b
1 0 .5
3 .5
5 .2
1 0 .8
5 .6
7 .4
3 .8
8. 1
5 .8
5 .0
)
)
>
0
(|)
)
M
)
(M
(*)
b
>
6. 1
/
8
A. O ccupational earnings
T a b le A -1. O ffic e occu p atio n s: W e e k ly e arn in g s
(A verage straigh t-tim e w eekly hours and earnings o f w o rk e rs in se le cte d occupations by industry division , Little Rock—
North L ittle R ock, A r k ., July 1972)
Weekly earnings 1
(standard)
.
O ccupation and industry d ivision
of
° * eB
N um ber of w ork ers re ce ivin g straigh t-tim e w eekly earnings of—
*
Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)
»
60
Median *
M iddle ranged
s
65
»
70
i
75
t
80
8
*
85
90
8
95
8
100
8
105
8
8
110
115
8
120
8
130
8
140
8
150
8
160
8
170
8
180
8
190
and
under
200
and
65
70
75
80
85
90
14
14
4
3
2
1
12
11
1
1
95
100
105
110
115
120
130
140
1
1
7
-
150
160
170
180
190
200
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
5
10
11
1
10
2
2
-
*
*
-
-
-
-
MEN AND WOMEN COMBINED
BILLERS. MA CH IN E (BOOKKEEPING
MACHINE) --N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --
33
30
39.0
38.5
$
74.00
72.50
$
$
68 .0 0- 82.50
68 .0 0- 82.50
-
B O O K K E E P IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS.
CLASS A -------------------------
18
39.5 108.00 105.00
91 .0 0- 13 2. 50
-
-
-
-
2
2
5
-
B O OK KE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS.
CLASS B —
NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G —
46
33
40.0
39.5
83.00- 99.50
84 .0 0- 99.00
_
3
*
*
2
2
11
8
10
10
“
10
7
-
_
-
“
4
4
6
6
12
1
11
21
1
20
13
1
12
-
110
8
102
28
28
63
13
50
18
3
15
55
14
41
5
5
$
74.00
74.00
91.50
92.00
89.00
88.50
CL ER KS . AC COUNTING. CLASS A
M A NU FA CT UR IN G —
NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G —
213
46
167
39.5 115.50 112.00 99 .0 0- 12 7. 00
40.0 123.50 117.50 107.50-146.50
39.0 113.00 112.00 95.5 0- 12 5. 00
.
*
CLERKS. ACCOUN TI NG . CL AS S B
M A NU FA CT UR IN G ------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ---------
469
80
389
39.0
40.0
39.0
-
-
“
12
-
_
90.50
96.00
86.00
75 .0 0-104.00
84.50- 10 4. 00
74.00- 10 4. 50
38.0 108.50 105.50
38.0 108.50 105.50
97.50- 10 9. 00
97 .5 0- 10 9. 00
-
94.00
95.00
94.00
12
-
-
_
_
-
-
-
1
8
5
1
1
8
8
31
18
13
27
1
26
19
3
16
26
8
18
7
1
6
11
4
7
38
15
23
34
10
24
20
11
9
12
1
11
9
1
8
11
3
8
5
1
4
54
.
_
8
8
.
_
“
6
6
-
”
_
8
8
25
24
12
9
14
12
7
7
11
11
10
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
1
1
3
3
_
*
CLERKS. FILE, CLASS C
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
62
60
38.0
38.0
76.50
75.50
76.00
76.00
72 .0 0- 80.00
72.00- 79.50
1
1
6
6
20
20
20
20
6
6
7
7
-
-
2
-
-
_
_
.
_
_
-
-
CLERKS. ORDER --------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ----N O N H A N UF AC TU RI NG —
113
28
85
40.0 103.50
40.0 106.50
40.0 102.50
97.00
99.00
96.50
87 .0 0-114.00
88 .0 0-127.00
85.50- 11 3. 00
-
-
16
8
-
-
“
*
3
1
2
3
3
11
8
4
4
4
5
9
2
7
“
16
10
3
7
_
-
17
3
14
-
-
18
11
7
11
-
1
1
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
6
3
3
*
3
3
6
3
3
4
4
*
11
11
*
4
4
”
5
3
2
7
3
4
4
4
“
1
1
*
2
2
-
K
4
8
8
7
7
5
5
11
11
9
8
2
2
2
“
5
3
*
2
2
3
*
1
*
-
“
2
2
33
2
31
26
7
19
42
3
39
46
8
38
18
3
15
6
6
8
5
3
3
-
1
-
8
-
-
*
1
-
-
2
2
3
*
*
*
“
36
6
30
4
33
6
27
4
35
12
23
37
9
28
4
51
23
28
74
44
30
64
38
26
2
27
12
15
5
61
52
38.5
38.0
99.00
94.50
97.50
95.00
86 .0 0- 10 6. 00
84 .5 0-101.50
_
KE YP U N C H OPERATORS, CLASS B
M A NU FA CT UR IN G ----NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G —
196
28
168
39.0
40.0
39.0
90.50
91.50
90.50
89.00
91.50
89.00
82.00- 94.50
84.00- 98.00
81.50- 94.50
-
-
-
-
“
“
5
5
52
49
38.0
38.0
76.50
74.50
74.00
73.00
68 .5 0- 79.50
68.00- 78.50
6
6
10
10
14
14
11
11
1
1
5
5
498
193
305
64
39.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
124.00
128.50
120.50
150.00
.
_
-
_
-
-
-
-
10
10
23
1
22
8
MESS EN GE RS (OFFICE BOYS)
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ---SECRET AR IE S --M A NU FA CT UR IN G --------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG
PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S
* W ork ers w e re distributed as fo llo w s :
See footn otes at end o f tables,
119.50 103.00-136.00
127.50 115.50-137.00
114.00 97 .5 0- 13 5. 50
155.50 101.00-189.50
-
-
8 at $ 200 to $ 2 1 0 ; 1 at $21 0 to $ 220; 2 at $ 220 to $ 230; and 1 at $ 230 to $ 24 0.
3
“
29
12
17
-
-
-
-
_
*
8
8
KE YP U N C H OPERATORS, CLASS A
N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ---------
-
_
*
72.00- 93.00
71.50- 91.50
-
-
2
2
80.50
79.00
40.0 109.50 108.50 98.00- 12 1. 50
40.0 110.50 109.00 104.00-119.50
99.00
89.00- 12 7. 00
39.5 107.50
-
.
*
85.00
84.50
54
36
18
1
1
-
“
39.0
39.0
CLERKS. PAYROLL -----MANUFA CT UR IN G
N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ---
-
*
-
*
107
94
_
-
.
"
CLERKS. FILE, CLASS B
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
*
*
2
2
22
22
*
-
*
-
*
CLERKS. FILE, CL AS S A
NONMANUFACTURING —
*
-
*
-
54
4
-
8
*
*
”
-
-
-
-
“
”
*
-
*
-
-
*
*
-
*
-
-
-
-
*
“
*
“
“
“
*
24
7
17
8
7
5
2
2
5
2
3
3
5
2
3
3
8
23
11
12
9
-
15
3
12
*12
9
T a b le A -1 . O ffic e o ccu p atio n s: W e e k ly e arn in g s — C o n tin u e d
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s o f w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s b y in d u s tr y d i v is i o n , L it t le R ock — o r th L it t le R o c k , A r k . , J u ly 1972)
N
Weekly earnings 1
(standard)_____
$
Average
weekly
houre1
(standard)
Occupation and industry division
*
60
65
*
*
70
*
75
•
80
70
75
80
85
N um ber of w o rk e rs receivin g straigh t-tim e w eekly earnings of—
$
1 ------- i ------- 1--------i ------- f
85
95
100
105
110
115
120 130
140
150
i- s - s - s - i- i - $ - 8 - i
- - - - - - - —
160
170
180
190
200
170
180
190
200
over
tinder
65
90
95
100
105
110
4
4
-
-
1
-
-
12
12
1
1
4
4
6
6
115
120
130
2
2
11
8
8
8
140
150
160
MEN AND WOMEN COMBINED—
CONTINUED
SE CRETARIES - CONT IN UE D
$
$
$
$
SECRETARIES. CLASS A •
N 0 N H A N UF AC TU RI N6 ----
41
32
39.5 127.00 123.00 1 1 6. 50 39.0 126.00 122.50 1 1 6. 50 -
SECRETARIES. CLASS B -------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
91
24
67
39.0 125.50 123.50 109.00-134.50
40.0 140.00 132.00 123.50-147.50
39.0 120.50 118.00 104.00-133.50
-
SECRETARIES. CLASS C -------------HANUr AL 1UK 1 Itb
N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S ---------------
91
19
72
17
39.0 135.00 128.50
135.00
38.5 133.50 127.00
40.0 178.50 200.00
107.50-153.00
118.50-154.00
104.50-144.50
120.00-209.00
_
-
139.00
139.50
-
-
“
1
—
1
-
-
-
3
_
2
8
6
8
_
-
-
-
3
-
-
2
-
8
6
-
8
4
-
SECRETARIES, CL AS S 0 -------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S ---------------
275
141
134
37
39.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
114.50 99.50- 13 2. 50
126.50 111.00-134.50
103.50 93.0 0- 11 9. 50
153.50 97.00-165.50
-
-
-
-
6
6
*
19
1
18
4
22
6
16
4
24
6
18
4
24
11
13
“
23
9
14
“
22
12
10
-
STENOGRAPHERS. GENERAL -------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S ---------------
228
56
172
20
97.00
96.50 87 .0 0- 10 6. 00
39.0
40.0 106.00 107.50 97.5 0- 11 5. 00
38.5
94.00
93.50 86 .0 0- 10 2. 00
40.0 113.50 112.50 102.50-123.50
_
-
_
-
14
1
13
-
13
13
15
4
11
1
39
3
36
23
3
20
*
32
7
25
l
32
5
27
7
22
11
11
1
14
9
5
1
STENOGRAPHERS. SENIOR --------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC UT ILITIES ---------------
72
15
57
24
39.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
123.00
138.50
119.00
144.00
114.50 102.00-142.50
137.50 125.00-160.00
108.00 99 .0 0-141.00
142.50 120.50-178.50
“
--
-
-
2
2
*
2
2
“
9
9
1
2
2
1
8
8
~
10
10
2
4
3
1
1
SWITCH BO AR D OPERATORS, CLASS B ---N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
44
39
39.5
39.5
85.00
84.00
76.00
74.50
72.00- 89.00
72.00- 88.50
3
3
-
19
19
2
2
4
1
7
7
2
1
1
1
1
1
-
1
1
SW ITCHBOARD OPER AT OR -R EC EP TI ON IS TS MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
123
34
89
39.5
40.0
39.0
91.50
91.50
91.50
84.50
90.50
83.50
78.50- 97.00
80 .5 0-101.50
77.50- 95.00
7
7
-
10
10
19
8
11
30
7
23
4
2
2
19
*
15
9
4
5
8
4
4
1
1
39.0 101.50
97.50
38.5
97.00
89.50
85 .0 0- 10 7. 50
83 .5 0- 10 3. 50
_
-
-
-
-
-
24
24
12
12
9
6
9
4
11
8
16
4
5
5
38.0
40.0
74.50
83.00
70 .5 0- 82.50
78.50- 89.50
_
117
7
50
14
58
24
23
12
20
9
9
5
2
“
1
_
1
4
-
1
1
-
1
4
-
1
-
-
5
•
5
6
2
4
1
1
-
_
•
-
1
•
1
•
•
-
4
3
1
12
10
12
5
6
5
-
2
4
8
*
10
“
9
1
4
*
“
5
“
*
1
1
3
3
*8
8
38
36
2
“
28
23
5
“
15
10
5
5
10
3
7
7
14
6
8
8
7
5
2
2
1
1
*
.
•
*
3
3
3
10
3
7
7
1
1
1
1
-
*
3
1
2
2
—
*
-
-
•
-
-
7
1
6
2
6
5
1
1
7
7
7
3
3
*
2
2
—
-
5
1
4
4
4
4
4
•
—
-
—
—
~
“
-
“
-
2
2
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
6
6
_
-
.
•
•
-
-
-
*
*
1
1
*
*
-
-
4
•
4
*
-
5
3
3
*
-
-
-
-
*
-
-
-
-
1
1
3
3
-
•
-
4
4
“
119.00
125.00
112.50
140.00
2
1
18 . 18
8
9
10
9
5
5
6
3
19
12
”
-
*
-
TRANSC RI BI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
3
TYPISTS, CLASS A --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
96
68
TYPISTS, CLASS B --------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
367
78
289
* W orkers w ere distributed as fo llo w s:
See footnotes at end of tables.
78.50
85.50
“
-
80
3
5 at $ 200 to $ 21 0; 1 at $21 0 to $ 220; 1 at $ 220 to $ 230; and 1 at $ 230 to $ 240.
2
-
“
-
-
-
*
*
*
*
.
-
-
2
2
3
-
10
T a b le A -2 . P ro fe s s io n a l and tec h n ica l o c c u p atio n s: W e e k ly e arn in g s
(A verage straigh t-tim e w eekly hours and earnings of w ork ers in se le cte d occupations by industry division , Little R ock—
North Little R ock , A r k ., July 1972)
Weekly earnings 1
(standard)_____
Occupation and industry division
Num ber o f w o rk e rs re ce ivin g straigh t-tim e w eekly earnings of—
«
Average
weekly
*
80
»
*
*
85
90
95
$
100
90
95
100
105
*
105
$
110
$
115
«
120
»
125
130
*
*
*
135
140
145
150
160
»
170
»
180
$
190
$
200
210
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
220
3
1
»
*
*
and
under
(standard)
85
145
MEN AND WOMEN COMBINED
COMP UT ER OP ERATORS, CLASS 8
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ---------
$
39.0 117.50 117.00 108.00-126.00
38.5 117.00 117.00 108.00-124.50
COMP UT ER OPERATORS, CLASS C
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -
39.0 101.50 103.00
39.0 1 0 2 .0 0 103.00
COMP UT ER PROGRAMERS,
BUSINESS, CL AS S B —
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -
39.5 169.50 172.50 1 4 5. 50 39.0 161.00 159.00 14 0. 50 -
DRAFTSMEN, CL AS S A
95.0094.00-
110.00
110.50
193.50
189.00
144.00-184.00
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B —
M A N U FA CT UR IN G ----
40.0 141.50 139.00 121.50-162.50
40.0 136.50 125.00 119.00-152.50
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C
MA NU FA CT UR IN G —
40.0 111.50 115.50 1 0 3. 00 40.0 112.50 116.00 1 0 5. 00 -
See footnotes at end of tables.
119.00
119.00
12
11
1
T a b le A -3 . O ffic e , p ro fe s s io n a l, and te c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s : A v e ra g e w e e k ly e a rn in g s , by sex
(A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s o f w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s b y in d u s t r y d i v is i o n , L it t le R o c k — o r th L it t le R o c k , A r k . , J u ly 1972)
N
Average
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
woiken
Weekly
hours 1
(standard
Average
Weekly
earnings1
(standard)
OFFICE OC CU PA TI ON S - MEN
$
I24*00
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
Weekly
houis 1
(standard)
Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)
OFFICE OCCUPA TI ON S WO M E N — CONTINUEO
Average
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
workers
Weekly
hours1
(standard)
OFFICE OC CUPATIONS WO ME N— CONTINUEO
*
$
39
58
NUNSANUrAL 1UKINb — —— — — — — — — —
i0*0
“
W
Weekly
earnings1
(standard)
——
16
SW IT CH BO AR D O P ER AT OR -R EC EP TI ON IS TS -
CA
39.5
122
39.5
28
168
39.0
40.0
90.50
91.50
90.50
40*0
BO OK KE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS A
91.50
ni * ,n
91*30
89
OFFICE OCCUPA TI ON S - WOPEN
04*00
TR AN SC RI BI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
87*00
11*59
n A N U r A L 1U K 1Nu
286
39*0 126*00
BOOKKE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
♦6
33
40.0
39.5
91.50
92.00
39
24
67
?o*o 140*00
39.0 120.50
£?
J*
r6
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
IX AA
J f2"
1 to AA
?!!*«
40*0 IT j .00
40.0 121*50
PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN
39.0
94.00
i t t K t 1AKltbf tLAjj U
ill
ill
34
1 1 a nn
i i«t"AA
39 0 1 1 0 5 0
T9
A 9
n
28
28
COMP UT ER OPERATORSf CLASS C
38*5
38*5
^6
461
39*0 163*00
24
40^0 136*50
*
?T**n
97*50
CO MPUTER PR0GRAMERS,
228
NUNn AN Ur AL 1UK 1Nu — — — — — — — — — — —
L L t K K r 1Lti LLAjj L — —— —— —— —— — —— —
93
39.0
83*50
62
60
38.0
38.0
76.50
75.50
MA NU FA CT UR IN G — —
— — — — — ——
20
106.00
^2*9
94.00
f a n 113..>0
* *
S ee fo o t n o t e at end o f ta b le s ,
40* 0
72
39.5 123.00
PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S ---------------
20
STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR ---------------
24
39*0 1^9*00
40.0 144.00
94.00
40*0 112*50
12
T a b le A -4 . M a in te n a n c e and p o w e r p la n t o c c u p a tio n s : H o u rly e a rn in g s
(A verage straigh t-tim e hourly earnings of w ork ers in se le cte d occupations by industry d ivision , Little R ock—
North Little R o ck , A r k ., July 1972)
Num ber o f w ork ers re ce iv in g straigh t-tim e hourly earnings of—
Hourly earnings3
O ccupation and industry d ivision
Number
of
woikers
r
1
t
*
¥
»
-I
%
*
*
*
T — *
t
i
*
*
$
t
t
$
$
*
2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 3.00 3.20 3.40 3.60 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5. 40 5.60 5.80
M “ „2
M edian2
Middle range 2
and
under
2.20 2 , 3 0
2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 3.00 3.20 3.40 3.60 3.80 * .9 0
4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5,20 5.40 5.60 5.80 6.00
MEN AND WOMEN COMBINED
CARPENTERS# MA IN TE NA NC E -------------
27
$
4.29
$
4.45
$
$
3.79- 4.49
EL ECTRICIANS. MA IN TE NA NC E ---------M A N U FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG
PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------
115
95
4.87
4.90
5.21
5.23
4.67- 5.26
4.63- 5.27
18
5.01
5.06
5.03- 5.08
ENGINEERS, ST AT IO NA RY --------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
39
31
4.50
4.69
4.83
4.92
4.03- 5.02
4.09- 5.05
HELPERS, MA IN TE NA NC E TRADES --------
39
3.00
2.20
2.15- 4.05
MACHINISTS, MA IN TE NA NC E ------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
163
97
4.81
4.67
5.03
4.67
4.65- 5.10
4.60- 5.24
(MAINTENANCE) -----------------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------
260
59
181
172
4.73
3.75
5.05
5.09
5.15
3.81
5.77
5.78
3.472.773.603.61-
MECHANICS, MA IN TE NA NC E -------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
271
258
4.31
4.29
4.24
4.23
3.82- 5.04
3.83- 5.04
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS ----------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
122
117
4.81
4.84
4.79
4.83
4.53- 5.31
4.55- 5.32
MECHANICS,
3
See footn otes at end of tables.
-
2
-
-
-
3
1
"
.
-
16
16
3
3
_
“
15
•
-
7
7
1
1
1
-
_
4
2
9
9
-
1
2
2
10
10
10
10
.
“
6
6
2
2
_
“
37
37
1
1
65
*
34
34
2
1
*
*
4
4
4
-
-
4
1
17
62
61
3
3
.
-
-
-
.
-
-
-
1
1
*
36
36
36
78
78
78
-
_
-
5
5
_
1
1
21
3
3
AUTOMOTIVE
5.92
5.02
5.94
5.95
_
3
3
17
-
-
1
-
3
_
_
*
3
-
*
“
_
-
-
-
*
21
21
“
“
-
*
-
4
1
3
3
10
10
*
3
3
8
8
1
1
13
12
1
12
12
12
-
13
8
58
58
-
36
36
1
1
-
_
“
103
103
_
8
6
6
16
11
_
23
23
16
16
9
9
19
19
15
15
11
11
4
7
3
3
1
1
4
4
34
34
34
10
10
32
32
-
2
2
-
_
-
18
18
6
—
6
*
-
-
13
T a b le A -5 . C u s to d ia l and m a te ria l m o v e m e n t o cc u p atio n s: H o u rly e arn in g s
(A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s b y in d u s tr y d i v is i o n , L it t le R o c k -N o r t h L it t le R o c k , A r k . , J u ly 1972)
O ccupation and industry division
of
workers
Mean
2 Median^
Middle range
2
N um ber of w o rk e rs re ceivin g straigh t-tim e w eekly earnings ofT ---- 1 ----1 ---- ~i—
1 ----1 --1 ---- i
"i---- i
s
t
1 --- 1 ---- ~i---- T
T
T
i
$
$
»
*
1.60 1.70 1.80 1.90 2 .00 2 .10 2 .20 2.30 2.40 2.60 2 .80 3.00 3 .20 3.40 3.60 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20
and
under
and
-
$
$
WA TCHMEN
H A N U F A C T U R 1MG
$
*1
743
JANITORS. PORTERS. AND CL EANERS ---
6
109
2
7
1.98
1.70- 2.32
?•}?
2*1?
182
90
ITB
46
69
55
62
47
66
36
61
7
3
6
-
38
2. 26
2.32
2
I18
‘ "JJ
1.89— 2 I4 S
1.89- 2.67
*
*
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2 20
' *775
over
j
26
5.00 5.20
2. 12— 2.82
2.09
ri i
N U N M N U r A v 1UK 1Nb
$
't
MEN AND WOMEN COMBINED
4.20 4.40 4.60
O
00
1.70 1.80 1.90 2.00 2 .10 2 .20 2 .30 2.40 2.60 2.80 3 .00 3.20 3. 40 3.60 3.80
*
O
O
Hourly earnings3
Number
37
167
64
86
21
14
14
19
15
63
191
53
38
14
42
10
11
12
8
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG
17
2l31- 2^44
1*21
15
24
127
1*92
R E CE IV IN G CL ER KS ---------------------
77
2.96
2 .4 9
2.25- 3.32
S H IP PI NG AMO RECE IV IN G CLERKS
32
17
2.91
3.02
2.78
2.83
7
14
1
2
2
3
2.74- 3.06
2.76- 3.16
8
12
16
19
21
1K U U K U K 1VtKo
400
SUrlSArlU. Aw IUni P9v
TR UC KD RI VE RS . LIGHT IUN0ER
NO N M A N U F A C T URIMG
48
2*46
2.48
2.15- 2.77
0
TR UC KDRIVERS. ME DI UH (1-1/2 TO
J ^
n*I«!
2
NU NR A N U r A C 1UK IN v *
5
1
t-6
TR UC KDRIVERS. HEAVY (OVER A TONS.
NUNRARUr Av 1UK 1 Nvi
nANUr
1UK 1No
N U N R A n U r A C 1U K 1No
KUDLIl U l 1 L 1 1 ifcb
5.71
* A ll w ork ers w ere at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80.
5*2?
5.71
5
2*
28
See footn otes at end of tables.
5.7A
8
5.05- 5.76
73
2
*
2J
3
i*22
5.77
-
16
5
n
163
T a b le A -6 . M ain te n a n c e , p o w erp lan t, cu sto d ial, and m a te ria l h an d ling
o cc u p atio n s: A v e ra g e hourly earn in g s, by sex
(A verage straigh t-tim e hourly earnings of w ork ers in selected occupations, by industry division ,
Little Rock—
North Little Rock, A r k ., July 1972)
Number
Sex, occupation, and industry division
of
workers
Average
(mean?)
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
earnings3
Average
(mean?)
hourly
earnings3
CUSTODIAL AND M ATER IA L HANDLING
OCCUPATIONS— MEN— CONTINUED
MAINTENANCE AND POW ERPLANT
OCC UPATIONS— MEN
27
*95
$
2.35
$
*.29
^*90
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG
7*5?
MECHANICS. AU TOMOTIVE
TR UCKDRIVERS, LIGHT (UNDER
* .7 3
271
258
*.31
*.29
117
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
2 AO
59
181
172
4.8*
2.46
5.05
5.09
TR UCKORIVERS. ME DI UM (1-1/2 TO
PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -------------------------
X nn
237
CUSTODIAL AND M ATER IA L HANDLING
OCCUPATIONS— MEN
« Z7
5.76
71
2.76
*1
580
220
360
55
2.16
2.50
1.95
2 .6*
2 .* 0
2.26
37*
133
2.78
2.31
MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----------------------------------
163
1.84
CUSTODIAL AND M ATER IA L HANDLING
OCCUPATIONS— WOMEN
JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CL EANERS -----
See footnotes at end o f tables,
160
3.29
2.76
2.31
1,037
77*
JANITORS. PORTERS, ANO CLEANERS -----
5.76
_
TR UC KO RI VE RS , HEAVY (OVER * TONS,
18A
15
B. E s ta b lis h m e n t p ractices and su p p le m e n ta ry w a g e provisions
T a b le B -1 . M in im u m e n tr a n c e s a la r ie s f o r w o m e n o ff ic e w o r k e r s
(D is trib u tio n o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts studied in a ll in d u s tr ie s and in in d u stry d iv is io n s by m in im u m e n tra n ce s a la r y f o r s e le c t e d c a t e g o r ie s
o f in e x p e r ie n c e d w om en o ffi c e w o r k e r s . L ittle R o c k — o rth L ittle R o c k , A rk . , July 1972)
N
O ther in e x p e r ie n c e d c l e r i c a l w o rk e rs 5
In e x p e r ie n c e d typ ists
M inim um w e e k ly s tr a ig h t-tim e s a la r y 4
B a se d on standard w e ek ly h ou rs 6
A ll
in d u s tr ie s
A ll
sch ed u les
E s ta b lis h m en ts stu d ied __________________________
97
E sta b lish m en ts having a s p e c ifie d m in im u m _______
M anufacturin g
N onm anufacturing
M anufacturin g
A ll
sch e d u le s
37
N onm anufacturing
B a sed on standard w eek ly h o u r s 6 o f—
A ll
in d u s trie s
A ll
sch ed u les
y2
A ll
s ch ed u les
36
$ 6 0 .0 0 and u nd er $ 6 2 .5 0 __________________________________
$ 6 2 . 50 and under $ 6 5 . 00__________________________________
$ 65. 00 and u n d er $ 67. 50---------------------------------------------------$ 6 7 .5 0 and under $ 7 0 .0 0 __________________________________
$ 70. 00 and under $ 72. 50---------------------------------------------------$ 72. 50 and under $ 75. 00----------------------------------------------------$ 75. 00 and u n d er $ 77. 50----------------------------------------------------$ 7 7 .5 0 and u nd er $ 8 0 .0 0 __________________________________
$ 8 0 .0 0 and u nd er $ 8 2 .5 0 ---------------------------------------------------$ 82. 50 and under $ 85. 00----------------------------------------------------$ 85. 00 and u nd er $ 87. 50__________________________________
$ 8 7 .5 0 and under $ 9 0 .0 0 —_________ —_______ _____________
$ 9 0 .0 0 and u nd er $ 9 2 .5 0 —_____—_________________________
$ 92. 50 and under $ 95. 00__________________________________
$ 9 5 . 00 and under $ 9 7 . 50----- — —
----------------------------------$ 9 7 .5 0 and under $ 1 0 0 .0 0 ________________________________
$ 100. 00 and under $ 1 0 2 .5 0 -----------------------------------------------$ 102. 50 and o v e r ___________________________________________
E s ta b lis h m e n ts having no s p e c ifie d m in im u m
E s ta b lis h m e n ts w h ich did not e m p lo y w o r k e r s
in this c a t e g o r y _________________________________
See footnotes at end of tables.
97
37
31
1
-
6
1
-
1
-
-
1
2
2
2
2
5
2
2
6
2
1
-
1
-
-
1
1
1
1
4
2
xx x
2
xxx
57
21
xxx
36
xxx
1
7
2
4
2
1
1
2
7
1
6
1
1
1
37 %
-
1
5
1
1
1
6
-
1
-
1
4
2
1
*Z
-
-
-
8
9
4
7
1
7
2
3
2
2
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
xxx
6
xxx
38
12
2
1
1
1
-
1
-
4
6
6
2
5
1
2
4
2
6
1
4
1
2
1
-
3
1
1
1
-
1
4
2
3
2
2
5
2
1
1
4
1
-
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
-
1
1
1
-
1
1
2
1
xxx
xxx
26
xxx
xxx
T a b le B - 2 . S h if t d iffe r e n tia ls
( L a t e - s h i f t p a y p r o v i s i o n s f o r m a n u fa c t u r i n g p l a n t w o r k e r s b y t y p e a n d a m o u n t o f p a y d i f f e r e n t i a l ,
L i t t l e R o c k — o r t h L it t l e R o c k , A r k , , J u ly 1 97 2)
N
^ A U jjla n t w o r k e r s ^ n ^ n a n u fa c t u r in ^ j= ^ )0 jj> e r c e n t 2 ^ _ ^ _ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ > _ ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
^
P e r c e n t o f m a n u fa ctu rin g p la n tw o rk e rs —
L a te -s h ift pay p r o v is io n
In e s ta b lis h m e n ts having p r o v is io n s 7
fo r la te sh ifts
S e co n d sh ift
77. 2
N o pay d iffe r e n t ia l f o r w o rk on late s h ift ---------P a y d iffe r e n t ia l f o r w o rk on la te s h i ft __
T h ir d o r o th er
sh ift
6 6 .2
A c tu a lly w ork in g on la te sh ifts
S e co n d sh ift
T h ir d o r oth er
sh ift
15. 3
6 .2
4. 0
1 .9
1 .6
0 .6
73. 3
6 4 .3
1 3 .7
5 .6
4
T y p e and am ount o f d iffe r e n t ia l:
U n ifo rm ce n ts (p e r hour)__________________
5 c e n t s -----------------------------------------------------7 c e n t s -------------- ----------------8 c e n t s --------------------------------------------------- —
4 3 .8
3 4 .8
1 0 .5
2 .4
5. 7
6 .4
.4
1. 5
. 1
1. 5
2. 1
4. 7
-
-
10
2.’ 4
4 .8
.6
1 6 .0
6 .2
1 .8
U n ifo rm p e r c e n t a g e ..____ — ------- ----------------
29. 5
29. 5
3. 2
.9
5 p e r c e n t - --------------. _
. . . —
7 p e r c e n t -------------------------------------------------10 p e r c e n t -------------------------------------------------
19. 0
10. 5
1 9 .0
7 .9
2 .6
1. 5
1 .7
.7
. 1
11
12
14
15
16
17
c e n t s ------------------- _
- ______ c e n t s — — . . ____ ____
. . __
cen ts- _
__ ____
___ c e n t s - - _____________
____ — c e n t s ____________________________ -___ _
c e n t s -.------ ------ -------------- ---- _ ____
S e e f o o t n o t e at e n d o f t a b l e s .
2L6
1 .3
1 .4
1. 8
2. 2
-
4. 3
.4
.9
.6
.5
_
-
.2
.5
_
.
2 .3
1 .2
.6
17
T a b le B - 3 . S c h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u rs and d a y s
(P e r c e n t o f p la n tw o rk e rs and o f fic e w o r k e r s in a ll in d u s tr ie s and in in d u stry d iv is io n s by s ch e d u le d w e e k ly h ou rs and days
o f f ir s t -s h ift w o r k e r s . L ittle R o c k — orth L ittle R o c k , A r k . , J u ly {972)
N
O ffic e w o r k e r s
P la n tw o r k e r s
W eekly h o u rs and days
A ll in d u strie s
100
36 h o u r s — 5 d a y s --------------------------------------------------36V h o u rs — 5 d a y s ----------------------------------------------4
3 7 V2 h o u r s —
—
_______________ —
5 d a y s ---------------------------------------------------------------5 y2 days
.
- — ----------38V2 h o u rs — 5 days
40 h o u r s ___________________________________________
5 d a y s __________________________________________
5Vz day 8 —_________ ....— ------------------------------ -----42 h ou rs — 5 d a y s --------------------------------------------------44 h ou rs — 5 d a y s --------------------------------------------------45 h ou rs — 5 d a y s _________________________________
4 7 V2 h o u rs — 5 d a y s ----------------------------------------------48 h ou rs — 6 d a y s _________________________________
S ee fo o tn o te at end. o f t a b le s .
1
1
6
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilitie s
100
100
1
A ll in d u stries
_
-
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilities
100
100
1 00
6
_
-
-
5
3
3
1
1
-
-
29
29
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
81
81
64
64
(’ )
98
96
100
1 00
2
-
-
85
85
100
100
-
-
-
4
6
-
-
1
2
1
-
-
-
-
4
(’ )
2
2
1
2
-
18
T a b le B - 4 . A n n u a l p a id h o lid a y s
( P e r c e n t o f p l a n t w o r k e r s a n d o f f i c e w o r k e r s in a l l in d u s t r i e s a n d in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y n u m b e r o f p a id h o l i d a y s . L i t t l e R o c k — o r t h L it t l e R o c k , A r k . , J u ly 1 972)
N
O ffic e w o r k e r s
P la n tw o r k e r s
Item
A ll in d u strie s
100
W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p ro v id in g
p aid h o l id 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 — —-------------------------------------------
M anufacturin g
100
100
95
98
5
2
P u b lic u tilitie s
A ll in d u stries
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilities
100
100
100
95
99
99
99
5
1
1
1
_
_
9
9
1
22
17
31
11
8
2
31
58
-
-
-
*
-
11
42
58
80
81
90
99
99
99
58
89
91
91
91
99
99
99
N u m ber o f days
L e s s than 5 h o l id a y s --------------------------------------------5 h o lid a y s _
_ ______ ______
____ _______
6 h o lid a y s _________________________________________
6 h olid a y s p lu s 1 h a lf d a y ----------------------------------7 h o lid a y s ------------------------------------------- ---------------- —
8 h o lid a y s ----------------— ------------------------------------------8 h o lid a y s p lu s 2 h a lf d a y s ---------------------------------9 h olid a y s — __________________________________
10 h o lid a y s -------------------------------------------------------------11 [h o lid a y s—
------- -r----------------------------------------12 h o lid a y s ________________________________________
2
18
11
1
12
17
22
12
-
_
.
8
10
1
11
16
31
20
14
51
30
-
-
-
-
-
1
16
7
2
17
19
3
29
2
2
2
20
51
67
78
79
90
98
98
98
30
81
81
81
81
95
95
95
2
4
6
38
57
74
76
83
98
98
99
T o ta l h o lid a y t i m e 1
0
12 d a y s --------------------------------------------------------------------11 d ays o r m o r e ----------------------------------------------------10 days o r m o r e -------------------------- -------------------------9 d ays o r m o r e --------- -------------------------------------------8 days o r m o r e ---------- --- ---------------------------------------7 d ays o r m o r e -----------------------------------------------------b lh d ays o r m o r e -------------- ------------------------------------6 d a y 8 o r m o r f ■------------------------------------ —________
5 d ays o r m o r e ----------------------------------------------------4 d ays o r m o r e ------------------------------------------------------
S ee fo o tn o te at end o f tables,
12
34
51
63
65
76
93
94
95
19
T a b le B - 4 a . Id e n tific a tio n o f m a jo r p a id h o lid a y s
(P e r c e n t o f p la n tw o rk e rs and o ffic e w o r k e r s in a ll in d u s tr ie s and in in d u stry d iv is io n s by paid h o lid a y s . L ittle R o c k — orth L ittle R o c k , A r k , , J u ly 1972)
N
O ffic e w o r k e r s
P la n tw o r k e r s
H oliday
A ll in d u strie s
A ll w o r k e r s ___________________________________
N ew Y e a r 's D a y ----------------------------------------------- -----W a sh in g ton 's B irth d a y ------------------------------------------G ood F r i d a y _________________________________ ______
M e m o r ia l D a y---------------------------------------------------------F ou rth o f J u ly —
—
—
-----—
L a b o r D ay---------------------------------------------------------------C olum bus D a y---------------------------------------------------------V e te ra n s D a y______________________________________
T h an k sgivin g D a y --------------------------------------------------D a y a fte r T h a n k sgivin g ___________________________
C h ris tm a s E v e------ -------------------------------------------------C h ris tm a s E v e , h a lf day _________________________
C h ris tm a s D ay—__ —_______________________________
N ew Y e a r 's E v e ___________________________________
F loa tin g h o lid a y 12—-----------------------------------------------E m p lo y e e 's b ir th d a y ______________________________
S ee footn ote at end o f tables.
100
94
22
40
66
93
93
(9 )
7
91
28
45
1
95
6
10
10
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilitie s
A ll in d u stries
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilities
100
100
100
100
100
98
25
57
84
98
98
95
56
48
81
95
95
3
22
95
99
39
31
78
99
98
12
32
98
16
28
4
99
2
10
4
99
14
54
84
99
99
99
70
60
91
99
99
-
2
98
48
67
1
98
10
7
2
-
33
-
95
-
33
m * i
99
36
59
1
99
8
16
-
48
99
31
-
99
-
29
20
T a b le B - 5 . P a id v a c a tio n s
( P e r c e n t o f p l a n t w o r k e r s a n d o f f i c e w o r k e r s in a l l in d u s t r i e s a n d in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y v a c a t i o n p a y p r o v i s i o n s , L i t t l e R o c k — o r t h L i t t l e R o c k , A r k . , J u ly 1972)
N
P la n tw o rk e rs
O ffic e w o rk e r s
V a ca tio n p o lic y
A ll in d u strie s
A ll w o r k e r s --------------------- -------------------
_
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilitie s
A ll in d u stries
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilities
100
100
100
100
100
100
99
96
3
1
100
95
5
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
M ethod o f paym ent
W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p ro v id in g
paid v a c a t io n s — ________________________ ________
L e n g th -o f-tim e p a y m e n t_____________________
P e r c e n t a g e p a y m e n t --------------------------------------O t h e r -----------------------------------------------------------------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 v a c a t io n s -------------------------------------------------
1
-
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A m oun t o f v a ca tio n p a v 1
*
A ft e r 6 m on th s o f s e r v ic e
U nder 1 w eek ______________________________________
1 w eek ______________________________________________
O v e r 1 and u nd er 2 w e e k s ----------- ------- ----------
20
10
1
33
3
-
_
26
-
6
53
11
12
39
-
_
53
-
3
85
1
8
2
4
90
1
1
3
_
82
18
-
_
29
70
1
_
30
64
5
_
72
28
-
50
6
41
2
71
9
17
3
_
5
95
-
8
(’ )
90
1
21
72
7
_
1
99
-
13
18
64
4
19
29
45
7
_
5
95
-
2
1
91
6
9
3
69
19
_
1
99
-
11
18
66
4
16
28
49
7
_
5
95
*
2
1
92
6
7
3
71
19
_
1
99
“
4
89
1
6
5
86
1
8
100
-
o
87
2
10
(’ )
1
64
8
25
2
100
-
A ft e r 1 y e a r o f s e r v ic e
U nder 1 w eek______________ _____________ — ----1 w eek _______ — _ -----------------------------------------O v e r 1 and und er 2 w e e k s _______________________
2 w e e k s ____________________________________ ______
3 w e e k s ____________________________________________
A fte r 2 v e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek
O v e r 1 and under 2 w e e k s ----------------------------------2 w e e k s ____________________________________________
3 w e e k s _- —
----------------------------- ------A ft e r 3 v e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek ---------------------------------------------------------------------O v e r 1 and under 2 w e e k s _______________________
2 w eeks
3 w e e k s ------------------------------------------------------------------A ft e r 4 v e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek
O v e r 1 and under 2 w e e k s _______________________
2 w eek s ____ _____________________ ______ ___________
3 w e e k s ------------------------------------------------------------------A fte r 5 v e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek
2 w e e k s ____________________________________________
O v e r 2 and under 3 w e e k s _______________________
3 w e e k s ____________________________________________
4 WCekS..........................................................................
S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f tables,
21
T a b le B - 5 . P a id v a c a tio n s — C o n tin u e d
( P e r c e n t o f p l a n t w o r k e r s a n d o f f i c e w o r k e r s in a l l in d u s t r ie s and in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y v a c a t i o n p a y p r o v i s i o n s , L it t l e R o c k - N o r t h L it t l e R o c k , A r k . , J u ly 1 97 2)
O ffic e w o r k e r s
P la n tw o rk e rs
V a ca tio n p o lic y
A ll in d u strie s
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilitie s
A ll in d u stries
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilities
A m oun t o f v a ca tio n p a v 1 — Continued
3
A ft e r 10 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek ----------------------------------------------------------------------2 w e e k s __ — — --------- . ------------------ ------O v e r 2 and u nd er 3 w e e k s -----------------------------------3 w eeks - ___ ____ ___ __________ ____________ ________ _
4 w e e k s ---------------------------------------------------------------------
_
.
3
37
4
56
(’ )
4
29
5
61
(9)
9
5
85
-
(9)
35
(9)
61
3
1
25
_
67
7
4
1
95
-
3
32
4
60
(9)
4
27
5
64
(9)
_
5
95
-
(9)
32
(9)
64
3
1
21
71
7
_
1
99
-
3
29
53
1
14
4
23
61
1
11
80
20
(9)
26
60
14
1
15
69
_
15
_
84
_
16
3
26
27
4
39
(9)
4
19
35
5
36
(9)
14
5
81
-
(9)
18
45
(9)
35
1
1
12
46
_
34
7
3
26
22
1
37
10
4
19
25
1
40
11
14
5
51
30
(9 )
18
38
(9)
29
14
1
12
42
30
16
3
26
22
1
35
12
4
19
25
1
37
14
(9)
18
38
(9)
29
13
1
1
12
42
28
12
5
A fte r 12 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w ffk ~ . - - ___ _____ ___________ ____ ______
2 w e e k s -----—
-------------------------- ------------------O v e r 2 and und er 3 w e e k s ____________ _________
3 w eeks --------------- ---------------------------------------------------4 w e e k s --------- - — -------------------------------
_
A fte r 15 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek______________________________________________
2 w e e k s _____________________________________________
3 w e e k s _____________________________________________
O v er 3 and u nd er 4 w e e k s ________________________
4 w e e k s --------------------------------------------------------------------
_
A ft e r 20 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
l w e ek ----- —
____________
2 w e e k s ____________________________________________
3 w e e k s ____________________________________________
O v e r 3 and under 4 w e e k s ________________________
4 w e e k s ____________________________________________
5 w e e k s ____________________________________________
_
.
_
8
1
91
A fte r 25 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e
1 w eek
2 w eek s - -__________________________________________
3 w e e k s _____________________________________________
O v e r 3 and under 4 w e e k s -----------------------------------4 w e e k s _____________________________________________
5 w e e k s _____________________________________________
_
.
8
1
33
58
M axim u m v a c a tio n a v a ila b le *
1 w eek______________________________________________
2 w e e k s _____________________________________________
3 w e e k s ____________________________________________
O v e r 3 and u n d er 4 w e e k s ________________________
4 w e e k s _______________________ ___________________
5 w e e k s ____________________________________________
6 w e e k s _____________________________________________
* E s tim a te s o f p r o v is io n s f o r 30 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e a r e id e n tica l.
See fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le s .
_
14
5
51
30
_
8
1
33
58
22
T a b le B - 6 . H e a lth , in s u ra n c e , a n d p e n s io n p la n s
(P e r c e n t o f p la n tw o rk e rs and o ffic e -w o r k e r s in a ll in d u s tr ie s and in in d u stry d iv is io n s e m p lo y e d in es ta b lis h m e n ts p r o v id in g
h ea lth , in s u r a n c e , o r p e n s io n b e n e fits . L ittle R o c k -N o r th L ittle R o c k , A rk . , J u ly 1972)
O ffic e w o r k e r s
P la n tw o rk e rs
T yp e o f b e n e fit and
fin a n cin g 14
A ll in d u strie s
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilitie s
A ll in d u stries
M anufacturin g
P u b lic u tilities
A ll w o r k e r s ___________________________________
100
100
100
100
100
100
W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p ro v id in g at
le a s t 1 o f the b e n e fits show n b e l o w ____________
93
92
100
99
98
100
L ife in s u r a n c e --------------------------------------------------N on c o n trib u to r y p la n s _____________________
A c c id e n t a l death and d is m e m b e rm e n t
in s u r a n c e ______________________________________
N on c o n trib u to r y p l a n s --------------------------------S ic k n e s s and a c c id e n t in s u ra n ce o r
s ic k le a v e o r b o th 1
5__________________________
89
47
92
52
100
85
94
57
96
56
100
85
63
34
52
32
92
77
76
41
67
39
90
76
77
81
64
70
85
82
S ic k n e s s and a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e __________
N o n c o n trib u to r y p la n s --------------------------S ick le a v e (fu ll pay and no
w aiting p e r io d )____________________________
S ic k le a v e (p a r tia l pay o r
w aiting p e r io d )____________________________
62
38
78
50
34
29
45
28
65
39
16
15
20
8
40
42
58
72
2
-
*
4
~
L o n g -t e r m d is a b ilit y in s u r a n c e ---------------------N o n c o n trib u to r y p l a n s _____________________
H o s p ita liz a tio n in s u r a n c e --------------------------- ----N on c o n trib u to r y p l a n s --------------------------------S u r g ic a l in s u r a n c e --------------------------------------------N o n c o n trib u to r y p la n s --------------------------------M e d ic a l in s u r a n c e --------------------------------------------N o n c o n trib u to r y p l a n s --------------------------------M a jo r m e d ic a l in s u r a n c e --------------------------------N on c o n trib u to r y p la n s _____________________
D en tal in s u r a n c e ----------------------------------------------N on c o n trib u to r y p la n s --------------------------------R e tir e m e n t p e n s io n .. —
— ___
- - N on c o n trib u to r y p la n s _____________________
18
14
90
46
90
46
89
45
77
39
7
7
68
54
18
14
89
52
89
52
88
52
74
43
33
22
100
68
100
68
100
68
100
68
19
19
59
54
54
37
93
39
93
39
92
39
89
37
9
2
80
57
42
29
98
55
98
55
96
55
87
44
2
61
52
See fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le s
(?)
C)
71
64
63
52
100
72
100
72
100
72
100
72
2
2
83
74
23
F o o tn o te s
All of these standard footnotes may not apply to this bulletin.
1 Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime
at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2 The mean is computed for each job by totaling the earnings of all workers and dividing by the number of workers. The median
designates position— half of the employees surveyed receive more than the rate shown; half receive less than the rate shown. The middle
range is defined by 2 rates of pay; a fourth of the workers earn less than the lower of these rates and a fourth earn more than the higher rate.
3 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
4 These salaries relate to formally established minimum starting (hiring) regular straight-time salaries that are paid for standard
workweeks.
5 Excludes workers in subclerical jobs such as messenger.
6 Data are presented for all standard workweeks combined, and for the most common standard workweeks reported.
7 Includes all plantworkers in establishments currently operating late shifts, and establishments whose formal provisions cover late
shifts, even though the establishments were not currently operating late shifts.
8 Less than 0.05 percent.
9 Less than 0.5 percent.
1 All combinations of full and half days that add to the same amount are combined; for example, the proportion of workers receiving a
0
total of 9 days includes those with 9 full days and no half days, 8 full days and 2 half days, 7 full days and 4 half days, and so on. Proportions
then were cumulated.
1 These days are provided as part of a Christmas—
1
New Year holiday period which typically begins with Christmas Eve and ends with
New Year's Day. Such a holiday period is common in the automobile, aerospace, and farm implement industries. Because of year-to-year
variation in the number of workdays during the period, pay for a Sunday in December, frequently referred to as a "bonus holiday," may be
provided to equalize each year's total holiday pay.
12
M
Floating" holidays vary from year to year according to employer or employee choice.
1 Includes payments other than "length of tim e ," such as percentage of annual earnings or flat-sum payments, converted to an equivalent
3
time basis; for example, 2 percent of annual earnings was considered as 1 week's pay. Periods of service are chosen arbitrarily and do not
necessarily reflect individual provisions for progression; for example, changes in proportions at 10 years include changes between 5 and 10
years. Estimates are cumulative. Thus, the proportion eligible for at least 3 weeks' pay after 10 years includes those eligible for at least 3
weeks' pay after fewer years of service.
14 Estimates listed after type of benefit are for all plans for which at least a part of the cost is borne by the employer. "Noncontributory
plans" include only those financed entirely by the employer. Excluded are legally required plans, such as workmen's compensation, social
security, and railroad retirement.
18 Unduplicated total of workers receiving sick leave or sickness and accident insurance shown separately below. Sick leave plans are
limited to those which definitely establish at least the minimum number of days' pay that each employee can expect. Informal sick leave
allowances determined on an individual basis are excluded.
;
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A p p e n d ix . O c c u p a tio n a l D e s c r ip tio n s
The p r im a r y p u r p o s e o f p r e p a r in g jo b d e s c r ip tio n s fo r the B u re a u 's w age su r v e y s is to a s s is t its fie ld sta ff in c la s s ify in g into a p p rop ria te
o c c u p a tio n s w o r k e r s who a r e e m p lo y e d u nd er a v a r ie ty o f p a y r o ll tit le s and d iffe r e n t w o rk a rra n g e m e n ts fr o m e s ta b lis h m e n t to es ta b lis h m en t and
fr o m a r e a to a r e a .
T h is p e r m its the grou p in g o f o c c u p a tio n a l w age r a te s r e p r e s e n tin g c o m p a r a b le jo b con ten t.
B e c a u s e o f th is e m p h a sis on
in te re s ta b lis h m e n t and in t e r a r e a c o m p a r a b ilit y o f o c c u p a tio n a l con ten t, the B u re a u 's jo b d e s c r ip tio n s m a y d iffe r s ig n ific a n tly fr o m th o s e in u se in
individ ual e s ta b lis h m e n ts o r th o se p r e p a r e d fo r o th e r p u r p o s e s .
In app lying th e se jo b d e s c r ip tio n s , the B u re a u 's fie ld e c o n o m is t s a r e in s tru cte d
to e x clu d e w ork in g s u p e r v is o r s ; a p p re n tic e s : le a r n e r s ; b e g in n e r s ; t r a in e e s ; and h an dicap ped, p a r t -t im e , t e m p o r a r y , and p r o b a tio n a r y w o r k e r s .
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C L E R K , ACCO U NTIN G — Continued
B IL L E R , M ACHIN E
P r e p a r e s s ta te m e n ts, b i ll s , and in v o ic e s on a m a ch in e o th e r than an o r d in a r y o r e l e c t r o m a t ic t y p e w rite r . M ay a ls o k e e p r e c o r d s as to b illin g s o r shipping c h a r g e s o r p e r fo r m o th e r
c le r i c a l w o rk in cid en ta l to b illin g o p e r a t io n s . F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , b i ll e r s , m a c h in e , a r e
c la s s if ie d by type o f m a c h in e , as fo llo w s :
B ille r , m a ch in e (b illin g m a c h in e ). U se s a s p e c ia l b illin g m a ch in e (co m b in a tio n typing
and adding m a ch in e ) to p r e p a r e b ills and in v o ic e s fr o m c u s t o m e r s ' p u r c h a s e o r d e r s , in t e r
n a lly p r e p a r e d o r d e r s , shipping m e m o ra n d u m s , e t c .
U su ally in v o lv e s a p p lica tio n o f p r e
d e te rm in e d d is co u n ts and shipping c h a r g e s and en try o f n e c e s s a r y e x t e n s io n s , w hich m a y o r
m a y not be c om p u te d on the b illin g m a c h in e , and to ta ls w hich a r e a u to m a tica lly a ccu m u la te d
by m a c h in e . The o p e r a tio n u su a lly in v o lv e s a la r g e nu m ber o f ca r b o n c o p ie s o f the b ill being
p r e p a r e d and is o fte n done on a fa n fold m a c h in e .
B ille r , m a ch in e (book k eep in g m a c h in e ). U se s a b o ok k eep in g m a ch in e (with o r w ithout
a ty p e w rite r k eyboa rd ) to p r e p a r e c u s t o m e r s ' b ills as p art o f the a cco u n ts r e c e iv a b le o p e r a
tion . G e n e r a lly in v o lv e s the sim u ltan eou s en try o f fig u r e s on c u s t o m e r s ' le d g e r r e c o r d . The
m a ch in e a u to m a tica lly a c c u m u la te s fig u re s on a nu m ber o f v e r t ic a l c o lu m n s and c o m p u te s
and u su a lly p rin ts a u to m a tica lly the d eb it o r c r e d it b a la n c e s .
D oes not in v o lv e a k n ow l
edge o f b ook k eep in g.
W orks fr o m u n ifo rm and standard ty p e s o f s a le s and c r e d it s lip s .
BO O KK E E PIN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R
O p era tes a b o ok k eep in g m a ch in e (with o r without a ty p e w rite r k e yb o a rd ) to k eep a r e c o r d
o f b u s in e s s t r a n s a c tio n s .
C la s s A . K e e p s a set o f r e c o r d s r e q u ir in g a kn ow ledge o f and e x p e r ie n c e in b a s ic
book k eep in g p r in c ip le s , and fa m ilia r it y with the s tru ctu re o f the p a r ticu la r a cco u n tin g sy s te m
u sed . D e te r m in e s p r o p e r r e c o r d s and d is trib u tio n o f debit and c r e d it ite m s to be used in ea ch
ph a se o f the w ork . M ay p r e p a r e c o n s o lid a te d r e p o r t s , ba la n ce sh e e ts , and o th e r r e c o r d s
by hand.
C la s s B . K eep s a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e p h a ses o r s e c t io n s o f a set o f r e c o r d s u su ally
r e q u ir in g lit t le k n ow ledge o f b a s ic b o o k k e e p in g . P h a se s o r s e c t io n s in clu d e a cco u n ts pa ya b le ,
p a y r o ll, c u s t o m e r s ' a cco u n ts (not in clu d in g a s im p le type o f b illin g d e s c r ib e d under b ille r ,
m a c h in e ), c o s t d is trib u tio n , e x p e n s e d is trib u tio n , in ve n to ry c o n t r o l, e t c . M ay c h e c k o r a s s is t
in p r e p a r a tio n o f t r ia l b a la n c e s and p r e p a r e c o n tr o l sh eets f o r the a cco u n tin g d e p a rtm e n t.
C L E R K , ACCO U N TIN G
P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e a cco u n tin g c le r i c a l task s such as p o stin g t o r e g is t e r s and le d g e r s ;
r e c o n c ilin g bank a cco u n ts ; v e r ify in g the in tern al c o n s is t e n c y , c o m p le t e n e s s , and m a th e m a tica l
a c c u r a c y o f accou n tin g d o cu m e n ts; a ssig n in g p r e s c r ib e d accou n tin g d is trib u tio n c o d e s ; exam ining
and v e r ify in g fo r c le r i c a l a c c u r a c y v a r io u s ty p e s o f r e p o r t s , l is t s , c a lc u la tio n s , p o s tin g , e t c .;
o r p r e p a r in g s im p le o r a s s is tin g in p r e p a r in g m o r e c o m p lic a te d jo u r n a l v o u c h e r s .
M ay w ork
in e ith er a m anual o r autom ated accou n tin g s y s te m .
The w ork r e q u ir e s a kn ow ledge o f c l e r i c a l m eth od s and o f fic e p r a c t ic e s and p r o c e d u r e s
w h ich r e la te s to the c le r i c a l p r o c e s s in g and r e c o r d in g o f tr a n s a c tio n s and a cco u n tin g in fo rm a tio n .
W ith e x p e r ie n c e , the w o rk e r ty p ic a lly b e c o m e s fa m ilia r with the book k eepin g and accou n tin g t e r m s
and p r o c e d u r e s u s ed in the a s s ig n e d w o rk , but is not r e q u ir e d to have a know ledge o f the fo rm a l
p r in c ip le s o f b ook k eep in g and accou n tin g.
the
P o s it io n s a r e c la s s i f ie d into le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d efin ition s.
C la s s A . U nder g e n e r a l s u p e r v is io n , p e r fo r m s accou n tin g c le r i c a l o p era tion s w hich
r e q u ir e the a p p lica tio n o f e x p e r ie n c e and ju d gm en t, fo r e x a m p le, c le r i c a l ly p r o c e s s in g c o m
p lic a te d o r n o n re p e titiv e accou n tin g tr a n s a c t io n s , s e le ctin g am ong a substantial v a r ie t y o f
p r e s c r ib e d accou n tin g c o d e s and c la s s if ic a t io n s , o r tr a c in g tr a n s a c tio n s through p r e v io u s
a cco u n tin g a c tio n s to d e te r m in e s o u r c e o f d is c r e p a n c ie s . M ay be a s s is te d by one o r m o r e
c la s s B accou n tin g c le r k s .
C la s s B . U nder c lo s e s u p e r v is io n , fo llo w in g d eta iled in s tru ctio n s and stan dardized p r o
c e d u r e s , p e r fo r m s one o r m o r e rou tin e accou n tin g c le r i c a l o p e r a tio n s , such as postin g to
l e d g e r s , c a r d s , o r w o rk s h e e ts w h ere id e n tific a tio n o f item s and lo ca tio n s o f p ostin g s a r e
c le a r l y in d ica te d ; c h e ck in g a c c u r a c y and c o m p le t e n e s s o f sta n d a rd ized and re p e titiv e r e c o r d s
o r accou n tin g d o cu m e n ts ; and c o d in g d ocu m en ts u sin g a few p r e s c r ib e d accou n tin g c o d e s .
C L E R K , F IL E
F ile s , c la s s i f ie s , and r e t r ie v e s m a t e r ia l in an e s ta b lis h e d filin g s y s te m . May p e r fo r m
c l e r i c a l and m anual ta sk s r e q u ir e d to m ain tain f il e s . P o s itio n s a r e c la s s if ie d into le v e ls on the
b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d e fin itio n s .
C la s s A . C la s s ifie s and in d ex es file m a t e r ia l such as c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , r e p o r t s , t e c h
n ic a l d o cu m e n ts , e t c ., in an e s ta b lis h e d filin g s y s te m containin g a num ber o f v a ried su b ject
m a tte r f il e s . M ay a ls o file this m a t e r ia l. M ay k eep r e c o r d s o f v a rio u s types in con ju n ction
with the f il e s .
M ay le a d a s m a ll grou p o f lo w e r le v e l file c le r k s .
C la s s B . S o r ts , c o d e s , and f ile s
ings o r p a r tly c la s s if ie d m a t e r ia l by
c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e a id s . A s r e q u e s te d ,
w ard s m a t e r ia l. M ay p e r fo r m r e la te d
u n c la s s ifie d m a te r ia l by s im p le (s u b je c t m atter) h ead
fin e r subh ea din gs. P r e p a r e s sim p le rela ted in dex and
lo c a te s c le a r ly id en tified m a te r ia l in file s and f o r
c le r i c a l ta sk s re q u ir e d to m aintain and s e r v ic e f il e s .
C la s s C . P e r fo r m s routin e filin g o f m a te r ia l that has a lr e a d y been c la s s ifie d o r w hich
is e a s ily c la s s i f ie d in a s im p le s e r ia l c la s s if ic a t io n sy s te m (e .g ., a lp h a b etica l, c h r o n o lo g ic a l,
o r n u m e r ic a l). A s re q u e s te d , lo c a te s r e a d ily a v a ila b le m a te r ia l in file s and fo rw a r d s m a
t e r ia l; and m a y f il l out w ithdraw al c h a r g e . M ay p e r fo r m sim p le c l e r i c a l and m anual tasks
r e q u ir e d to m aintain and s e r v ic e f il e s .
C L E R K , O RD ER
R e c e iv e s c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s f o r m a t e r ia l o r m e r ch a n d is e by m a il, phon e, or p e r s o n a lly .
D uties in v o lv e any co m b in a tio n o f the fo llo w in g : Q uoting p r ic e s to c u s t o m e r s ; m aking out an o r d e r
sh eet lis tin g the ite m s to m ake up the o r d e r ; ch eck in g p r ic e s and quantities o f item s on o r d e r
sh eet; and d istrib u tin g o r d e r sh eets to r e s p e c t iv e d ep a rtm en ts to be f ille d . M ay ch eck with c r e d it
depa rtm en t to d e te r m in e c r e d it ratin g o ( c u s t o m e r , a ck n ow led ge r e c e ip t o f o r d e r s fro m c u s t o m e r s ,
fo llo w up o r d e r s to s e e that they have been f ille d , k eep file o f o r d e r s r e c e iv e d , and c h e ck shipping
in v o ic e s with o r ig in a l o r d e r s .
CLERK, PAYROLL
C om pu tes w ages o f co m p a n y e m p lo y e e s and e n te r s the n e c e s s a r y data on the p a y r o ll
s h e e ts . D uties in v o lv e : C a lcu latin g w o r k e r s ' e a rn in g s b a sed on tim e o r p rod u ction r e c o r d s : and
p o stin g c a lcu la te d data on p a y r o ll sh eet, show ing in fo r m a tio n such as w o r k e r 's n am e, w ork in g
d a y s , t im e , ra te , d ed u ction s f o r in s u r a n c e , and total w ages due. M ay m ake out p a y ch e ck s and
a s s is t p a y m a s te r in m aking up and d istrib u tin g pay e n v e lo p e s .
M ay u se a ca lcu la tin g m a ch in e .
N O T E : Since the la st s u r v e y in this a r e a , the B u reau has (1) d isco n tin u e d c o lle c t in g data fo r C o m p to m e te r o p e r a t o r s , (2) changed
e le c t r o n ic s te ch n icia n s c la s s if ic a t io n fr o m a sin g le le v e l to a th ree le v e l jo b , and (3) begun c o lle c t in g data f o r w a reh ou sem en .
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KEYPUNCH O PE RATO R
S E C R E T A R Y — C o n t in u e d
O p era tes a keypu nch m a ch in e
tabulating c a r d s o r on ta p e .
to r e c o r d
o r v e r i fy
alp h a b etic
a n d /o r n u m e r ic
data on
P o s it io n s a r e c la s s i f ie d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d e fin itio n s .
C la s s A . W ork r e q u ir e s the a p p lic a tio n o f e x p e r ie n c e and judgm ent in s e le c t in g p r o c e
d u res to be fo llo w e d and in s e a r c h in g f o r , in te rp re tin g , s e le c t in g , o r c o d in g ite m s to be
keypu n ch ed fr o m a v a r ie t y o f s o u r c e d o cu m e n ts . On o c c a s io n m a y a ls o p e r f o r m s o m e rou tin e
k eypu nch w o rk .
M ay t r a in in e x p e r ie n c e d keypu nch o p e r a t o r s .
N O T E : The t e r m " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r , " u sed in the le v e l d efin ition s fo llo w in g , r e fe r s to
th o se o f fic ia ls w ho have a sig n ific a n t c o r p o r a t e -w id e p o licy m a k in g r o le with r e g a r d to m a jo r
co m p a n y a c t iv it ie s . Th e title " v i c e p r e s i d e n t ," though n o r m a lly in d ica tiv e o f th is r o le , d o e s not
in a ll c a s e s id e n tify such p o s it io n s . V ic e p r e s id e n ts w hose p r im a r y r e s p o n s ib ilit y is to a ct p e r
s o n a lly on in divid u al c a s e s o r tr a n s a c tio n s ( e .g ., ap p rov e o r deny individ ual loan o r c r e d it a c tio n s ;
a d m in is te r in divid u al tr u s t a c c o u n ts ; d ir e c t ly s u p e r v is e a c le r i c a l sta ff) a r e not c o n s id e r e d to be
" c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r s " fo r p u r p o s e s o f applying the fo llo w in g le v e l d e fin it io n s .
C la s s A
a ll,
C la s s B . W ork is rou tin e and r e p e titiv e . U nder c lo s e s u p e r v is io n o r fo llo w in g s p e c ific
p r o c e d u r e s o r in s t r u c t io n s , w o rk s fr o m v a r io u s sta n d a rd iz e d s o u r c e d o cu m e n ts w h ich have
b een c o d e d , and fo llo w s s p e c ifie d p r o c e d u r e s w hich have be e n p r e s c r ib e d in d e ta il and r e q u ir e
little o r no s e le c t in g , c o d in g , o r in te rp re tin g o f data to be r e c o r d e d . R e fe r s to s u p e r v is o r
p r o b le m s a r is in g fr o m e r r o n e o u s ite m s o r c o d e s o r m is s in g in fo r m a tio n .
1. S e c r e t a r y to the ch a irm a n o f the b oa rd o r p r e s id e n t o f a com p a n y that e m p lo y s , in
o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5, 000 p e r s o n s ; o r
2. S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r (oth er than the ch a ir m a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t)
o f a co m p a n y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 but fe w e r than 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
3. S e c r e t a r y to the head , im m e d ia te ly b e lo w the c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r l e v e l,
se gm e n t o r s u b s id ia r y o f a co m p a n y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
o f a m a jo r
C la s s B
M ESSEN GER (O ffic e B oy o r G irl)
1. S e c r e t a r y to the ch a irm a n o f the b oa rd o r p r e s id e n t o f a com p a n y that e m p lo y s , in
fe w e r than 100 p e r s o n s ; o r
P e r f o r m s v a r io u s rou tin e duties su ch as running e r r a n d s , o p e ra tin g m in o r o f fi c e m a
ch in e s su ch as s e a le r s o r m a i le r s , open in g and d is trib u tin g m a il, and o th e r m in o r c l e r i c a l w o rk .
E x clu d e p o s it io n s that r e q u ir e o p e r a tio n o f a m o t o r v e h ic le as a s ig n ifica n t duty.
a ll,
SECRETARY
3. S e c r e t a r y to the head , im m e d ia te ly b e lo w the o f f i c e r l e v e l, o v e r eith er a m a jo r
c o r p o r a t e -w id e fu n ction a l a c tiv ity ( e .g ., m a r k e tin g , r e s e a r c h , o p e r a t io n s , in d u stria l r e la tio n s , e t c .) o r a m a jo r g e o g r a p h ic o r or g a n iz a tio n a l segm en t ( e .g ., a r e g io n a l h e a d q u a r te r s;
a m a jo r d iv is io n ) o f a co m p a n y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 but fe w e r than 2 5 ,0 0 0
e m p lo y e e s ; o r
A s s ig n e d as p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y , n o r m a lly to on e in d ivid u a l. M aintain s a c lo s e and h igh ly
r e s p o n s iv e re la tio n s h ip to the d a y -t o -d a y w o rk o f the s u p e r v is o r . W orks f a ir ly in d ep en d en tly r e
c e iv in g a m in im u m o f d e ta ile d s u p e r v is io n and g u id a n ce . P e r f o r m s v a r ie d c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r ia l
d u ties , u s u a lly in clu d in g m o s t o f the f o llo w in g :
a. R e c e iv e s te le p h o n e c a l ls , p e r s o n a l c a l le r s , and in c o m in g m a il,
in q u ir e s , and r o u te s t e c h n ic a l in q u ir ie s to the p r o p e r p e r s o n s ;
an sw ers
b.
E s t a b lis h e s , m a in ta in s ,
c.
R e la y s m e s s a g e s fr o m
4. S e c r e t a r y to the head o f an in divid u al plant, fa c t o r y , e t c . ( o r oth er equ ivalent le v e l
o f o f fic ia l) that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s : o r
5. S e c r e t a r y to the head o f a la r g e and im p orta n t org a n iz a tio n a l seg m en t ( e .g ., a m id d le
m an agem en t s u p e r v is o r o f an or g a n iz a tio n a l seg m en t ofte n in v o lv in g as m an y as s e v e r a l
hun dred p e r s o n s ) o r a co m p a n y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
M aintain s the s u p e r v i s o r 's ca le n d a r and m a k e s ap p ointm ents as in s tru cte d ;
d.
rou tin e
2. S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r (oth er than tke c h a irm a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t)
o f a co m p a n y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
and r e v is e s the s u p e r v i s o r 's file s ;
C la s s C
s u p e r v is o r to s u b o rd in a te s ;
e.
R e v ie w s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , m e m o ra n d u m s , and r e p o r t s p r e p a r e d
s u p e r v i s o r 's sig n a tu re to a s s u r e p r o c e d u r a l and ty p o g r a p h ic a c c u r a c y ;
f.
by
o th e rs f o r the
1. S e c r e t a r y to an e x e c u tiv e o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n w h ose r e s p o n s ib ilit y is not eq u ivalen t
to one o f the s p e c ific le v e l situ ation s in the d e fin itio n f o r c la s s B , but w h ose org a n iz a tion a l
unit n o r m a lly n u m b e rs at le a s t s e v e r a l d oz en e m p lo y e e s and is u s u a lly d iv id ed into o r g a n iz a
tion al se g m e n ts w hich a r e o fte n , in tu rn , fu r th e r su b d iv id ed . In s o m e c o m p a n ie s , th is le v e l
in clu d e s a w ide range o f o r g a n iz a tio n a l e c h e lo n s ; in o t h e r s , o n ly one o r tw o; c>r
2. S e c r e t a r y to the h ead o f an individ ual plant, f a c to r y , e t c . ( o r o th e r equ ivalent le v e l
o f o f fic ia l) that e m p lo y s , in a ll, fe w e r than 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
P e r fo r m s ste n o g r a p h ic and typing w o rk .
M ay a ls o p e r f o r m o th e r c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r i a l ta s k s o f c o m p a r a b le nature and d iffic u lty .
The w ork t y p ic a lly r e q u ir e s k n ow led ge o f o f fic e rou tin e and understanding o f the o r g a n iz a tio n ,
p r o g r a m s , and p r o c e d u r e s re la te d to the w o rk o f the s u p e r v is o r .
E x clu s io n s
Not a ll p o s itio n s that a r e title d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s the a b ove c h a r a c t e r is t ic s .
o f p o s itio n s w h ich a r e e x clu d e d fr o m the d e fin itio n a r e as fo llo w s :
E x a m p le s
C la s s D
1. S e c r e t a r y to the s u p e r v is o r o r head o f a sm a ll o r g a n iz a tio n a l unit ( e .g ., fe w e r than
about 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s ); o ir
2. S e c r e t a r y to a n o n s u p e r v is o r y sta ff s p e c ia lis t , p r o fe s s io n a l e m p lo y e e , a d m in is tr a
tiv e o f f i c e r , o r a s s is ta n t, s k ille d te c h n icia n o r e x p e r t.
(N O T E : M any c om p a n ies a s s ig n
s te n o g r a p h e r s , ra th e r than s e c r e t a r i e s as d e s c r ib e d a b o v e , t o th is le v e l o f s u p e r v is o r y o r
n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r .)
STE N O G R A PH E R
a.
P o s itio n s
b.
S ten og ra p h e rs not fu lly tr a in e d in s e c r e t a r i a l type du ties;
w h ich
do
not m e e t the
" p e r s o n a l"
s e c re ta ry
con cept
d e s c r ib e d
ab o v e ;
c.
S ten og ra p h e rs s e r v in g as o f fic e a s s is ta n ts to a grou p o f p r o fe s s io n a l, te c h n ic a l, o r
m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n s ;
d. S e c r e t a r y p o s itio n s in w h ich the duties a r e e ith e r su b sta n tia lly m o r e routin e o r
su b sta n tia lly m o r e c o m p le x and r e s p o n s ib le than th o s e c h a r a c t e r iz e d in the defin itio n ;
P r im a r y duty is to take d ic ta tio n u sin g sh orth an d , and to t r a n s c r ib e the d icta tio n . M ay
a ls o type fr o m w ritte n c o p y . M ay o p e r a te fr o m a s te n o g ra p h ic p o o l. M ay o c c a s io n a lly t r a n s c r ib e
fr o m v o ic e r e c o r d in g s (if p r im a r y duty is t r a n s c r ib in g fr o m r e c o r d in g s , s ee T r a n s c r ib in g -M a c h in e
O p e r a to r, G e n e ra l).
N O T E : T h is jo b is d is tin g u is h e d fr o m that o f a s e c r e t a r y in that a s e c r e t a r y n o r m a lly
w o rk s in a co n fid e n tia l r e la tio n s h ip w ith on ly one m a n a g er o r e x e c u tiv e and p e r fo r m s m o r e
r e s p o n s ib le and d is c r e t io n a r y ta s k s as d e s c r ib e d in the s e c r e t a r y jo b d efin ition .
S te n o g ra p h e r, G en eral
e . A s s is ta n t type p o s itio n s w hich in v o lv e m o r e d iffic u lt o r m o r e r e s p o n s ib le t e c h
n ic a l, a d m in is tr a tiv e , s u p e r v is o r y , o r s p e c ia liz e d c le r i c a l duties w hich a r e not ty p ic a l o f
s e c r e t a r ia l w ork .
D icta tio n in v o lv e s a n o rm a l rou tin e v o c a b u la r y . M ay m ain tain f il e s , k eep sim p le r e c o r d s ,
o r p e r fo r m o th e r r e la tiv e ly ro u tin e c l e r i c a l t a s k s .
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T A B U L A T I N G - M A C H I N E O P E R A T O R ( E l e c t r i c A c c o u n t i n g M a c h in e O p e r a t o r ) — C o n tin u e d
S ten og ra p h er, S e n io r
P o s itio n s a r e c la s s if ie d into le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d efin ition s .
D icta tion in v o lv e s a v a r ie d te c h n ica l o r s p e c ia liz e d v o c a b u la r y such a s in le g a l b r ie fs
o r r e p o r ts on s c ie n tific r e s e a r c h . M ay a ls o set up and m aintain f il e s , keep r e c o r d s , e tc .
OR
P e r f o r m s ste n o g ra p h ic d u ties r e q u ir in g s ig n ifica n tly g r e a t e r in depen d en ce and r e s p o n
s ib ility than s te n o g r a p h e r , g e n e r a l, as e v id e n ce d b y the fo llo w in g :
W ork r e q u ir e s a high
d e g r e e o f sten og ra p h ic s p e e d and a c c u r a c y ; a th orou gh w o rk in g know ledge o f g e n e r a l b u s in e s s
and o f fi c e p r o c e d u r e ; and o f the s p e c ific b u s in e s s o p e r a tio n s , o r g a n iz a tio n , p o l ic i e s , p r o c e
d u r e s , f i l e s , w o rk flo w , e t c .
U ses this know ledge in p e r fo r m in g s te n o g ra p h ic duties and
r e s p o n s ib le c le r i c a l task s such as m ain tain in g fo llo w u p f il e s ; a s s e m b lin g m a t e r ia l fo r r e p o r t s ,
m e m o ra n d u m s , and le t t e r s ; co m p o s in g s im p le le tt e r s fr o m g e n e ra l in s tru ctio n s ; re a d in g and
routin g in c o m in g m a il; and an sw e rin g rou tin e q u e s tio n s , e tc .
SW ITC H B OA RD O P E R A T O R
C la s s A . O p e ra te s a s in g le - o r m u ltip le -p o s itio n te le p h o n e s w itch b o a rd handling in co m in g ,
ou tgoin g, intraplant o r o f fi c e c a lls . P e r fo r m s full te lep h on e in fo rm a tio n s e r v ic e o r han dles
c o m p le x c a l ls , such as c o n fe r e n c e , c o ll e c t , o v e r s e a s , o r s im ila r c a lls , e ith e r in add ition to
doing rou tin e w ork as d e s c r ib e d fo r s w itch b o a rd o p e r a t o r , c la s s B, o r as a fu ll-t im e
a ssig n m en t. ( " F u l l" te lep h on e in fo r m a tio n s e r v ic e o c c u r s w hen the e sta b lis h m e n t has v a r ie d
fu n ction s that a r e not r e a d ily un d erstan d able fo r te lep h on e in fo rm a tio n p u r p o s e s , e .g ., b e ca u s e
o f ov er la p p in g o r in te rr e la te d fu n ctio n s , and c o n s e q u e n tly p r e s e n t fre q u e n t p r o b le m s as to
w hich e x ten sion s a r e a p p ro p ria te fo r c a lls .)
C la s s B . O p e ra te s a sin g le - o r m u ltip le -p o s itio n te le p h o n e s w itch b o a rd handling in c o m in g ,
ou tgoin g, intraplant o r o f fic e c a l ls . M ay handle routin e lon g d is ta n ce c a lls and r e c o r d t o lls .
M ay p e r fo r m lim ite d telep h on e in fo r m a tio n s e r v ic e . (" L im it e d " te lep h on e in fo r m a tio n s e r v ic e
o c c u r s i f the fu n ction s o f the e sta b lis h m e n t s e r v ic e d a r e r e a d ily und erstan d able f o r telep h on e
in fo r m a tio n p u r p o s e s , o r i f the re q u e s ts a r e ro u tin e , e .g ., givin g e x te n s io n n u m b ers when
s p e c ific n am es a re fu rn is h e d , o r i f c o m p le x c a lls a r e r e fe r r e d to an other o p e r a t o r .)
T h e se c la s s ific a t io n s do not in clu d e s w itch b o a rd o p e r a t o r s in telep h on e c o m p a n ie s who
a s s is t c u s t o m e r s in p la cin g c a lls .
SW ITC H B OA RD O P E R A T O R -R E C E P T IO N IS T
In add ition to p e r fo r m in g d u ties o f o p e r a to r on a s in g le -p o s it io n o r m o n ito r -t y p e s w itch
b o a r d , a c ts as r e c e p t io n is t and m a y a ls o type o r p e r fo r m rou tin e c le r i c a l w o rk as part o f r e g u la r
d u tie s . T h is typing o r c le r i c a l w ork m a y take the m a jo r p a rt o f this w o r k e r 's tim e w hile at
sw itch b oa rd .
T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R ( E le c t r ic A cco u n tin g M a ch in e O p e ra to r)
O p e ra te s one o r a v a r ie ty o f m a ch in e s such as the ta b u la to r, c a lc u la t o r , c o lla t o r , in t e r
p r e t e r , s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c in g punch, e t c . E x clu d ed fro m th is d e fin itio n a r e w ork in g s u p e r v is o r s .
A ls o e x clu d e d a r e o p e r a t o r s o f e le c t r o n ic d ig ita l c o m p u t e r s , e ven though th e y m a y a ls o o p e r a te
E A M equipm ent.
C la s s A . P e r f o r m s c o m p le te r e p o r tin g and tabulating a ssig n m en ts including dev isin g
d iffic u lt c o n tr o l panel w irin g under g en era l s u p e r v is io n . A s s ig n m en ts ty p ic a lly in v olv e a
v a r ie ty o f lon g and c o m p le x r e p o r t s w hich often a r e ir r e g u la r o r n o n r e c u r r in g , req u irin g
s o m e planning o f the nature and seq u en cin g o f o p e r a tio n s , and the u se o f a v a r ie ty o f m a
ch in e s .
Is t y p ic a lly in v o lv e d in tra in in g new o p e r a t o r s in m a ch in e o p era tion s o r train in g
lo w e r le v e l o p e r a t o r s in w irin g fr o m d ia g r a m s and in the op era tin g seq u en ces o f lon g and
c o m p le x r e p o r t s . D oes not in clu d e p o s itio n s in w hich w irin g r e s p o n s ib ilit y is lim ite d to
s e le c t io n and in s e r tio n o f p r e w ir e d b o a r d s .
C la s s B . P e r f o r m s w o rk a c c o r d in g to e s ta b lis h e d p r o c e d u r e s and under s p e c ific in
s tr u c tio n s . A s s ig n m e n ts t y p ic a lly in v o lv e c o m p le te but rou tin e and r e c u r r in g r e p o r ts o r parts
o f la r g e r and m o r e c o m p le x r e p o r t s . O p era tes m o r e d iffic u lt tabulating o r e le c t r ic a l a c
cou n tin g m a c h in e s such as the ta b u la tor and c a lc u la t o r , in a d d ition t o the s im p le r m a ch in es
u se d by c la s s C o p e r a t o r s . M ay be r e q u ir e d to do s o m e w ir in g fr o m d ia g r a m s . M ay tr a in
new e m p lo y e e s in b a s ic m a ch in e o p e r a tio n s .
C la s s C . U nder s p e c ific in s tru ctio n s , o p e r a te s s im p le tabulating o r e le c t r ic a l accou n tin g
m a c h in e s su ch as the s o r t e r , in t e r p r e t e r , rep r o d u c in g punch, c o lla t o r , e t c . A ssig n m en ts
ty p ic a lly in v o lv e p o r tio n s o f a w ork unit, f o r ex a m p le , individ ual s o r tin g o r co lla tin g runs,
o r re p e titiv e o p e r a t io n s . M ay p e r fo r m s im p le w irin g fr o m d ia g r a m s , and do som e filin g w ork .
TR AN SC R IB IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R , G E N E R A L
P r im a r y duty is to t r a n s c r ib e d icta tion in v olv in g a n o rm a l routin e v o c a b u la r y fro m
tr a n s c r ib in g -m a c h in e r e c o r d s . M ay a ls o type fr o m w ritten c o p y and do s im p le c l e r i c a l w o rk .
W o r k e r s tr a n s c r ib in g d icta tio n in v o lv in g a v a r ie d te c h n ica l o r s p e c ia liz e d v o c a b u la r y such as
le g a l b r ie fs o r r e p o r t s on s c ie n tific r e s e a r c h a r e not in clu d ed . A w o rk e r who takes d icta tion
in shorthand o r by Stenotype o r s im ila r m a ch in e is c la s s if ie d as a s ten og ra p h er.
T Y P IS T
U s e s a t y p e w r ite r to m ak e c o p ie s o f v a r io u s m a t e r ia ls o r to m a k e out b ills a fter c a lc u la
tio n s have b e e n m ad e by an other p e r s o n . M ay in clu d e typing o f s t e n c ils , m a ts , o r s im ila r m a t e
r ia ls f o r u s e in d u p lica tin g p r o c e s s e s . M ay do c le r i c a l w ork in volvin g little s p e c ia l train in g , such
as keepin g s im p le r e c o r d s , filin g r e c o r d s and r e p o r t s , o r s ortin g and distrib u tin g in com in g m a il.
C la s s A . P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g : Typing m a te r ia l in final fo r m when
it in v o lv e s co m b in in g m a t e r ia l fr o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s ; o r r e s p o n s ib ilit y f o r c o r r e c t s p ellin g ,
s y lla b ic a tio n , pun ctuation, e t c ., o f te c h n ica l o r unusual w ord s o r fo r e ig n language m a t e
r ia l; o r planning layout and typing o f c o m p lic a te d s ta tis tic a l ta b le s t o m aintain u n iform ity
and b a la n ce in s p a cin g . M ay type routin e fo r m le t t e r s , v a ry in g d e ta ils to suit c ir c u m s t a n c e s .
C la s s B . P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g : C opy typing fro m rough o r c le a r
d r a fts ; o r rou tin e typing o f f o r m s , in s u ra n ce p o l ic i e s , e t c .; o r setting up sim p le standard
tabu lation s; o r c o p y in g m o r e c o m p le x ta b le s a lr e a d y set up and sp a ced p r o p e r ly .
P R O F E S S IO N A L A N D T E C H N IC A L
C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R — Continued
COM PUTER OPERATOR
M o n ito r s and o p e r a te s the c o n tr o l c o n s o le o f a d ig ita l c o m p u te r to p r o c e s s data a c c o r d in g
to o p e ra tin g in s t r u c t io n s , u su a lly p r e p a r e d by a p r o g r a m e r . W ork in clu d e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g :
Studies in s tru ctio n s to d e te rm in e equipm ent setup and o p e r a tio n s ; loads equipm ent w ith re q u ir e d
ite m s (tape r e e ls , c a r d s , e t c .); sw itch e s n e c e s s a r y a u x ilia ry equipm ent into c ir c u it , and starts
and o p e r a t e s c o m p u te r ; m a k e s adjustm ents to co m p u te r to c o r r e c t o p e ra tin g p r o b le m s and m e e t
s p e c ia l c o n d itio n s ; r e v ie w s e r r o r s m a d e during o p e r a tio n and d e te r m in e s c a u s e o r r e fe r s p r o b le m
to s u p e r v is o r o r p r o g r a m e r ; and m ain tain s o p e ra tin g r e c o r d s . M ay te s t and a s s is t in c o r r e c t in g
p rogram .
F o r w age study p u r p o s e s ,
co m p u te r o p e r a t o r s a re c la s s if ie d as fo llo w s :
o f new p r o g r a m s r e q u ir e d ; a lte rn a te p r o g r a m s a r e p r o v id e d in c a s e o r ig in a l p r o g r a m needs
m a jo r ch an ge o r cannot be c o r r e c t e d within a r e a s o n a b le t im e . In c o m m o n e r r o r s itu a
t io n s , d ia g n o s e s c a u s e and tak es c o r r e c t i v e a ction . T h is u su a lly in v o lv e s applying p r e v io u s ly
p r o g r a m e d c o r r e c t i v e s te p s , o r usin g standard c o r r e c t i o n te ch n iq u es.
OR
O p e ra te s u n d er d ir e c t s u p e r v is io n a co m p u te r running p r o g r a m s o r segm en ts o f p r o g r a m s
w ith the c h a r a c t e r is t ic s d e s c r ib e d f o r c la s s A . M ay a s s is t a h ig h er le v e l o p e r a to r by in d e
p end ently p e r fo r m in g le s s d iffic u lt ta s k s a s s ig n e d , and p e r fo r m in g d iffic u lt ta sk s fo llo w in g
d e ta ile d in s tru ctio n s and with fre q u en t r e v ie w o f o p e ra tio n s p e r fo r m e d .
C la s s C . W orks on routin e p r o g r a m s u nd er c lo s e s u p e r v is io n . Is e x p ected to d ev e lo p
w ork in g k n ow led ge o f the co m p u te r equipm ent u sed and a b ility to d e te c t p r o b le m s in v o lv e d in
running ro u tin e p r o g r a m s . U su ally has r e c e iv e d so m e fo r m a l tra in in g in co m p u te r o p e r a tio n .
M ay a s s is t h ig h e r le v e l o p e r a t o r on c o m p le x p r o g r a m s .
C la s s A . O p e ra te s independ ently, o r under o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n , a co m p u te r running
p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f the fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t ic s : N ew p r o g r a m s a r e fre q u e n tly te s te d
and in tro d u c e d ; sch e d u lin g r e q u ir e m e n ts a r e o f c r it ic a l im p o rta n ce to m in im iz e dow n tim e;
the p r o g r a m s a r e o f c o m p le x d e sig n so that id e n tific a tio n o f e r r o r s o u r c e o fte n r e q u ir e s a
w ork in g k n ow ledge o f the total p r o g r a m , and altern ate p r o g r a m s m ay not be a v a ila b le . M ay
g iv e d ir e c t io n and gu idan ce to lo w e r le v e l o p e r a t o r s .
C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M E R , BUSINESS
C la s s B . O p e ra te s indepen d en tly, o r under o n ly g e n e ra l d ir e c tio n , a co m p u te r running
p r o g r a m s with m o s t o f the fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t ic s : M o st o f the p r o g r a m s a r e e s ta b lis h e d
p r o d u c tio n ru n s , t y p ic a lly run on a r e g u la r ly r e c u r r in g b a s is ; th ere is little o r no te stin g
C o n v e r ts statem en ts o f b u s in e s s p r o b le m s , ty p ic a lly p r e p a r e d by a s y s te m s an a lyst, into
a se q u e n ce o f d e ta ile d in s tru ctio n s w hich a r e r e q u ir e d to s o lv e the p r o b le m s by au tom atic data
p r o c e s s in g equ ip m en t. W orking fr o m c h a r ts o r d ia g r a m s , the p r o g r a m e r d e v e lo p s the p r e c is e in
s tr u c tio n s w h ich , when e n te re d into the c o m p u ter s y s te m in c o d e d lan gu ag e, c a u s e the m anipulation
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P R O G R A M E R , B U S IN E S S — C o n t in u e d
o f data to a c h ie v e d e s ir e d r e s u lt s . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g : A p p lie s kn ow ledge o f
c o m p u te r c a p a b ilit ie s , m a th e m a tic s , lo g ic e m p lo y e d by c o m p u t e r s , and p a r ticu la r s u b je c t m a tte r
in v o lv e d to a n a ly ze c h a r ts and d ia g r a m s o f the p r o b le m to be p r o g r a m e d ; d e v e lo p s se q u e n ce
o f p r o g r a m ste p s ; w r it e s d e ta ile d flo w c h a rts to show o r d e r in w hich data w ill be p r o c e s s e d ;
c o n v e r t s th e s e c h a r ts t o c o d e d in s tru ctio n s f o r m a c h in e to fo llo w ; te s ts and c o r r e c t s p r o g r a m s ;
p r e p a r e s in s tru ctio n s f o r o p e ra tin g p e r s o n n e l du rin g p r o d u c tio n run; a n a ly z e s , r e v ie w s , and a lte r s
p r o g r a m s to i n c r e a s e o p e r a tin g e f fic ie n c y o r adapt to new r e q u ir e m e n ts ; m ain tain s r e c o r d s o f
p r o g r a m d e v e lo p m e n t and r e v is io n s . (N O T E : W o r k e r s p e r fo r m in g both s y s te m s a n a ly s is and p r o
g ra m in g should be c la s s i f ie d as s y s te m s an a lysts i f th is is the s k ill used to d e te r m in e th e ir p a y.)
D oes not in clu d e e m p lo y e e s p r im a r ily r e s p o n s ib le f o r the m an agem en t o r s u p e r v is io n o f
o th e r e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s , o r p r o g r a m e r s p r im a r ily c o n c e r n e d w ith s c ie n tific
a n d /o r e n g in e e rin g p r o b le m s .
F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , p r o g r a m e r s a r e c la s s i f ie d as fo llo w s :
C la s s A . W ork s in depen d en tly o r u nd er o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on q o m p le x p r o b le m s w hich
r e q u ir e c o m p e te n c e in a ll p h a se s o f p r o g r a m in g c o n c e p ts and p r a c t ic e s . W orking fr o m d ia
g r a m s and c h a r ts w h ich id e n tify the n ature o f d e s ir e d r e s u lt s , m a jo r p r o c e s s in g steps to be
a c c o m p lis h e d , and the r e la tio n s h ip s b etw een v a r io u s s te p s o f the p r o b le m s o lv in g ro u tin e ;
plans the fu ll ra n g e o f p r o g r a m in g a c tio n s n e e d e d t o e ffic ie n tly u tiliz e the c o m p u te r s y s te m
in a c h ie v in g d e s ir e d end p r o d u c ts .
At th is le v e l, p r o g r a m in g is d iffic u lt b e c a u s e co m p u te r equipm ent m u s t be o r g a n iz e d to
p r o d u c e s e v e r a l in t e r r e la t e d but d iv e r s e p r o d u c ts fr o m n u m e ro u s and d iv e r s e data e le m e n ts .
A w ide v a r ie t y and e x te n s iv e n u m b er o f in te rn a l p r o c e s s in g a c tio n s m u s t o c c u r . T h is r e q u ir e s
such a c tio n s as d e v e lo p m e n t o f c o m m o n o p e r a tio n s w h ich ca n be re u s e d , e s ta b lis h m e n t o f
lin k a ge poin ts be tw e e n o p e r a t io n s , a d ju stm e n ts to data w hen p r o g r a m re q u ir e m e n ts e x c e e d
co m p u te r s to r a g e c a p a c it y , and su bstan tial m an ip u la tio n and r e s e q u e n c in g o f data ele m e n ts
to fo r m a h ig h ly in te g ra te d p r o g r a m .
M ay p r o v id e fu n ction a l d ir e c t io n to lo w e r le v e l p r o g r a m e r s who a r e a s s ig n e d to a s s is t.
C la s s B . W orks indepen d en tly o r und er o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on r e la tiv e ly s im p le
p r o g r a m s , o r on s im p le se g m e n ts o f c o m p le x p r o g r a m s .
P r o g r a m s (o r se g m e n ts ) u su a lly
p r o c e s s in fo r m a tio n to p r o d u c e data in tw o o r th r e e v a r ie d s e q u e n ce s o r fo r m a t s . R e p o rts
and lis tin g s a r e p r o d u c e d by r e fin in g , adapting, a r r a y in g , o r m aking m in o r ad d ition s to o r
d e le tio n s fr o m input data w h ich a r e r e a d ily a v a ila b le .
W hile n u m e ro u s r e c o r d s m a y be
p r o c e s s e d , the data have b e e n r e fin e d in p r i o r a c tio n s so that the a c c u r a c y and seq u en cin g
o f data ca n be t e s te d by u sin g a fe w rou tin e c h e c k s .
T y p ic a lly , the p r o g r a m d e a ls w ith
rou tin e r e c o r d -k e e p in g ty p e o p e r a t io n s .
OR
W ork s on c o m p le x p r o g r a m s (as d e s c r ib e d f o r c la s s A ) u nd er c lo s e d ir e c t io n o f a h igh e r
le v e l p r o g r a m e r o r s u p e r v is o r . M ay a s s is t h ig h e r le v e l p r o g r a m e r by in depen d en tly p e r
fo r m in g l e s s d iffic u lt ta s k s a s s ig n e d , and p e r fo r m in g m o r e d iffic u lt ta s k s u n d er f a ir ly c lo s e
d ir e c t io n .
M ay guide o r in s tr u c t lo w e r le v e l p r o g r a m e r s .
C la s s C . M akes p r a c t ic a l a p p lica tio n s o f p r o g r a m in g p r a c t ic e s and c o n c e p ts u su a lly
le a r n e d in fo r m a l tr a in in g c o u r s e s . A s s ig n m e n ts a r e d e s ig n e d to d e v e lo p c o m p e te n c e in the
a p p lic a tio n o f stan dard p r o c e d u r e s to rou tin e p r o b le m s . R e c e iv e s c lo s e s u p e r v is io n on new
a s p e c ts o f a s s ig n m e n ts ; and w o rk is re v ie w e d to v e r i fy its a c c u r a c y and c o n fo r m a n c e with
r e q u ir e d p r o c e d u r e s .
C O M P U T E R SY STE M S A N A L Y S T , BUSINESS
A n a ly z e s b u s in e s s p r o b le m s to fo rm u la te p r o c e d u r e s f o r s o lv in g them by u se o f e le c t r o n ic
data p r o c e s s in g equ ipm en t. D e v e lo p s a c o m p le te d e s c r ip tio n o f all s p e c ific a t io n s needed to enable
p r o g r a m e r s to p r e p a r e r e q u ir e d d ig ita l c o m p u te r p r o g r a m ^ . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g :
A n a ly ze s s u b je c t-m a t t e r o p e r a tio n s to be au tom ated and id e n tifie s co n d itio n s and c r it e r i a r e q u ir e d
to a c h ie v e s a t is fa c t o r y r e s u lts ; s p e c ifie s nu m ber and ty p e s o f r e c o r d s , f il e s , and d o cu m e n ts to
be u s e d ; ou tlin es a c tio n s to be p e r fo r m e d by p e r s o n n e l and co m p u te r s in s u ffic ie n t d etail fo r
p r e s e n ta tio n to m an agem en t and fo r p r o g r a m in g (ty p ic a lly th is in v o lv e s p r e p a r a tio n o f w ork and
data flo w c h a r t s ); c o o r d in a t e s the d e v e lo p m e n t o f t e s t p r o b le m s and p a r ticip a te s in t r ia l runs o f
new and r e v is e d s y s t e m s : and r e c o m m e n d s equipm ent ch an ges to obtain m o r e e ffe c t iv e o v e r a ll
o p e r a tio n s . (N O T E : W o r k e r s p e r fo r m in g both s y s te m s a n a ly s is and p r o g r a m in g should be c l a s
s ifie d as s y s te m s a n a lysts i f th is i s the s k ill u se d to d e te r m in e th e ir p a y.)
D oes not in clu d e e m p lo y e e s p r im a r ily r e s p o n s ib le f o r the m an agem en t o r s u p e r v is io n
o f oth er e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s , o r s y s te m s an a lysts p r im a r ily c o n c e r n e d with
s c ie n tific o r e n g in e e rin g p r o b le m s .
F o r w age study p u r p o s e s ,
s y s te m s an a lysts a r e c la s s i f ie d as fo llo w s :
C la s s A . W orks indepen d en tly o r under o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on c o m p le x p r o b le m s in
v o lv in g all p h a se s o f s y s te m s a n a ly s is . P r o b le m s a r e c o m p le x b e ca u s e o f d iv e r s e s o u r c e s o f
input data and m u ltip le -u s e r e q u ir e m e n ts o f output data. ( F o r ex a m p le , d e v e lo p s an in tegra ted
p r o d u c tio n s ch e d u lin g , in v e n to ry c o n t r o l, c o s t a n a ly s is , and sa le s a n a ly s is r e c o r d in w hich
COM PU TER
S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T , B U S IN E S S — C o n t in u e d
e v e r y ite m o f e a ch type is a u to m a tica lly p r o c e s s e d th rou gh the fu ll s y s te m o f r e c o r d s and
a p p ro p r ia te fo llo w u p a c tio n s a r e in itiated by the com p u ter.) C o n fe r s w ith p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to
d e te r m in e the data p r o c e s s in g p r o b le m s and a d v is e s s u b je c t-m a t t e r p e r s o n n e l on the im p lic a
tio n s o f n ew o r r e v is e d s y s t e m s o f data p r o c e s s in g o p e r a tio n s . M akes re c o m m e n d a tio n s , if
n e e d e d , f o r a p p ro v a l o f m a jo r s y s te m s in s ta lla tio n s o r ch an ges and f o r obtaining equ ipm en t.
M ay p r o v id e fu n ctio n a l
a s s is t .
d ir e c t io n to lo w e r
le v e l s y s te m s a n a ly sts w ho a r e a s s ig n e d to
C la s s B . W orks indepen d en tly o r und er o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on p r o b le m s that a r e
r e la tiv e ly u n c o m p lic a te d to a n a ly z e , plan , p r o g r a m , and o p e r a t e . P r o b le m s a r e o f lim ite d
c o m p le x it y b e c a u s e s o u r c e s o f input data a r e h om og en eou s and the output data a r e c lo s e l y
re la te d .
( F o r e x a m p le , d e v e lo p s s y s te m s f o r m ain tain in g d e p o s it o r a c c o u n ts in a bank,
m ain tain in g a c c o u n ts r e c e iv a b le in a r e t a il e s ta b lis h m e n t, o r m ain tain in g in v en tory a ccou n ts
in a m a n u fa ctu rin g o r w h o le s a le e s ta b lis h m e n t.) C o n fe r s w ith p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e te r m in e
the data p r o c e s s in g p r o b le m s and a d v is e s s u b je c t-m a t t e r p e r s o n n e l on the im p lic a tio n s o f the;
data p r o c e s s in g s y s t e m s to be ap p lied .
OR
W orks on a se gm e n t o f a c o m p le x data p r o c e s s in g s c h e m e o r s y s te m , as d e s c r ib e d f o r
c la s s A . W orks in depen d en tly on rou tin e a s s ig n m e n ts and r e c e iv e s in s tru ctio n and gu idan ce
on c o m p le x a s s ig n m e n ts .
W ork is r e v ie w e d f o r a c c u r a c y o f ju d gm en t, c o m p lia n c e with
in s t r u c t io n s , and to in s u r e p r o p e r alin em en t with the o v e r a ll s y s te m .
C la s s C . W orks u nd er im m e d ia te s u p e r v is io n , c a r r y in g out a n a ly s e s as a s s ig n e d , u su a lly
o f a s in g le a c tiv ity . A s s ig n m e n ts a r e d e s ig n e d t o d e v e lo p and expand p r a c t ic a l e x p e r ie n c e
in the a p p lic a tio n o f p r o c e d u r e s and s k ills r e q u ir e d f o r s y s te m s a n a ly s is w o rk . F o r e x a m p le ,
m a y a s s is t a h ig h e r le v e l s y s t e m s an a lyst by p r e p a r in g the d e ta ile d s p e c ific a t io n s r e q u ir e d
by p r o g r a m e r s fr o m in fo r m a tio n d ev e lo p e d by the h ig h er le v e l an a lyst.
D R A F TSM A N
C la s s A . P lan s the g ra p h ic p r e s e n ta tio n o f c o m p le x ite m s having d is tin c tiv e d esig n
fe a tu r e s that d iffe r s ig n ific a n tly fr o m e s ta b lis h e d d ra ftin g p r e c e d e n t s . W orks in c lo s e su p
p o r t w ith the d e s ig n o r ig in a to r , and m a y r e c o m m e n d m in o r d e s ig n ch a n g es. A n a ly zes the
e ffe c t o f e a ch change on the d e ta ils o f fo r m , fu n ction , and p o s itio n a l re la tio n s h ip s o f c o m
ponen ts and p a r t s .
W orks w ith a m in im u m o f s u p e r v is o r y a s s is ta n c e .
C om p leted w ork is
r e v ie w e d by d e s ig n o r ig in a to r fo r c o n s is t e n c y w ith p r i o r e n g in e e rin g d e te r m in a tio n s . M ay
e ith e r p r e p a r e d ra w in g s , o r d i r e c t t h e ir p r e p a r a tio n by lo w e r le v e l d r a fts m e n .
C la s s B . P e r f o r m s n on rou tin e and c o m p le x d ra ftin g a s s ig n m e n ts that r e q u ir e the a p p li
c a tio n o f m o s t o f the s ta n d a rd iz e d draw in g te ch n iq u e s r e g u la r ly u sed .
D uties t y p ic a lly in
v o lv e s u ch w o rk a s :
P r e p a r e s w ork in g d ra w in gs o f s u b a s s e m b lie s with ir r e g u la r sh a p es,
m u ltip le fu n c tio n s , and p r e c is e p o s itio n a l re la tio n s h ip s betw een co m p o n e n ts ; p r e p a r e s a r c h i
te c tu r a l d ra w in gs f o r c o n s t r u c tio n o f a b u ildin g in clu d in g d eta il d raw in gs o f fou n dation s, w all
s e c t io n s , f lo o r p la n s , and r o o f. U ses a c c e p t e d fo r m u la s and m an u a ls in m aking n e c e s s a r y
com p u ta tio n s to d e te r m in e qu a n tities o f m a t e r ia ls to be u s e d , lo a d c a p a c it ie s , s tren g th s ,
s tr e ss e s , etc.
R e c e iv e s in itia l in s t r u c t io n s , r e q u ir e m e n ts , and a d v ic e fr o m s u p e r v is o r .
C o m p le te d w o rk is c h e c k e d f o r te c h n ica l ad eq u a cy.
C la s s C . P r e p a r e s d e ta il d raw in gs o f s in g le units o r p a rts f o r en g in e e r in g , co n s tr u c tio n ,
m a n u fa ctu rin g , o r r e p a ir p u r p o s e s . T yp es o f d ra w in g s p r e p a r e d in clu d e i s o m e t r ic p r o je c t io n s
(d e p ictin g th r e e d im e n s io n s in a c c u r a te s c a le ) and s e c t io n a l v ie w s to c la r if y p osition in g o f
c o m p o n e n ts and c o n v e y n e e d e d in fo r m a tio n . C o n s o lid a te s d e ta ils fr o m a n um ber o f s o u r c e s
and adju sts o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a le as r e q u ir e d .
S u g gested m eth od s o f a p p roa ch , ap p lica b le
p r e c e d e n t s , and a d v ic e on s o u r c e m a t e r ia ls a r e g iv en w ith in itia l a s s ig n m e n ts . In stru ction s
a r e l e s s c o m p le te when a s s ig n m en ts r e c u r .
W ork m a y be s p o t -c h e c k e d during p r o g r e s s .
D R A F T S M A N -T R A C E R
C o p ie s p lan s and d ra w in gs p r e p a r e d by o t h e r s by p la cin g t r a c in g cloth o r p ap er o v e r
d raw in gs and t r a c in g w ith pen o r p e n c il.
(D oes not in clu d e tr a c in g lim ite d to plans p r im a r ily
c o n s is t in g o f stra igh t lin e s and a la r g e s c a le not r e q u ir in g c lo s e d elin ea tion .)
A N D /O R
P r e p a r e s s im p le o r re p e titiv e d raw in gs o f e a s ily v is u a liz e d ite m s .
d u rin g p r o g r e s s .
W ork is c lo s e l y s u p e r v is e d
E L E C T R O N IC S TECH N ICIAN
W orks on v a r io u s ty p e s o f e le c t r o n ic equ ipm en t and re la te d d e v ic e s by p e r fo r m in g one
o r a c o m b in a tio n o f the fo llo w in g : In sta llin g, m a in ta in in g , r e p a ir in g , ov e r h a u lin g , tr o u b le s h o o tin g ,
m o d ify in g , c o n s tr u c tin g , and te s tin g . W ork r e q u ir e s p r a c t ic a l a p p lic a tio n o f te c h n ica l know ledge
o f e le c t r o n i c s p r in c ip le s , a b ility to d e te r m in e m a lfu n ctio n s , and s k ill to put equipm ent in r e q u ir e d
o p e ra tin g c o n d itio n .
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T E C H N I C I A N — C o n t in u e d
E L E C T R O N IC S
The equipm ent— c o n s is t in g o f e ith e r m a n y d iffe r e n t kinds o f c ir c u it s o r m u ltip le r e p e titio n
o f the sam e kind o f c ir c u it — in c lu d e s , but is not lim ite d t o , the fo llo w in g : (a) E le c t r o n ic t r a n s
m ittin g and r e c e iv in g equipm ent ( e .g ., r a d a r , r a d io , t e le v is io n , te le p h o n e , s o n a r , n a v igation al
a id s ), (b) d ig ita l and an a log c o m p u t e r s , and (c ) in d u s tr ia l and m e d ic a l m e a s u r in g and c o n tr o llin g
equipm ent.
T h is c la s s if ic a t io n e x c lu d e s r e p a ir m e n o f s u ch standard e le c t r o n ic equ ipm en t as c o m m o n
o f fic e m a c h in e s and h o u se h o ld ra d io and t e le v is io n s e t s ; p r o d u c tio n a s s e m b le r s and t e s t e r s ; w o r k
e r s w h ose p r im a r y duty is s e r v ic in g e le c t r o n ic t e s t in s tru m e n ts ; te c h n icia n s w ho have a d m in is
tr a tiv e o r s u p e r v is o r y r e s p o n s ib ilit y ; and d r a fts m e n , d e s ig n e r s , and p r o fe s s io n a l e n g in e e r s .
P o s it io n s a r e c la s s i f ie d into le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d e fin itio n s .
C la s s A . A p p lie s a d va n ce d te c h n ica l k n ow ledge to s o lv e unu su ally c o m p le x p r o b le m s
( i . e ., th o s e that ty p ic a lly cannot be s o lv e d s o le ly by r e fe r e n c e to m a n u fa c tu r e r s ' m an u a ls o r
s im ila r d ocu m en ts) in w o rk in g on e le c t r o n ic equ ip m en t. E x a m p le s o f such p r o b le m s in clu d e
lo c a tio n and d en sity o f c ir c u i t r y , e le c t r o - m a g n e t ic ra d ia tio n , is o la tin g m a lfu n ctio n s , and
freq u en t en g in e e r in g ch a n g e s . W ork in v o lv e s : A d e ta ile d u n d erstand ing o f the in t e r r e la t io n
sh ips o f c ir c u it s ; e x e r c is in g independ ent ju d gm en t in p e r fo r m in g such ta s k s as m aking c ir c u it
a n a ly s e s , ca lcu la tin g w ave f o r m s , t r a c in g r e la tio n s h ip s in s ig n a l flo w ; and r e g u la r ly using
c o m p le x t e s t in stru m e n ts ( e .g ., dual t r a c e o s c i l l o s c o p e s , Q -m e t e r s , d e v ia tio n m e t e r s , p u lse
g e n e r a t o r s ).
W ork m a y be re v ie w e d by s u p e r v is o r (fr e q u e n tly an e n g in e e r o r d e s ig n e r ) f o r g e n e r a l
c o m p lia n c e w ith a c c e p te d p r a c t ic e s . M ay p r o v id e te c h n ica l gu idan ce to lo w e r le v e l t e c h n icia n s .
C la s s B . A p p lie s c o m p r e h e n s iv e te c h n ic a l k n ow ledge to s o lv e c o m p le x p r o b le m s ( i. e .,
th ose that ty p ic a lly can be s o lv e d s o le ly by p r o p e r ly in te rp re tin g m a n u fa c tu r e r s ' m anua ls o r
s im ila r d ocu m en ts) in w ork in g on e le c t r o n ic e qu ip m en t. W ork in v o lv e s : A fa m ilia r it y with
the in t e rr e la tio n s h ip s o f c ir c u i t s ; and ju d gm en t in d e te r m in in g w o rk s e q u e n ce and in s e le c t in g
t o o ls and te s tin g in s tru m e n ts , u su a lly le s s c o m p le x than th o s e u se d b y the c la s s A te c h n icia n .
T E C H N I C I A N — C o n t in u e d
R e c e iv e s te c h n ic a l g u id a n ce , as r e q u ir e d , fr o m s u p e r v is o r o r h igh er le v e l te c h n icia n ,
and w o rk is r e v ie w e d f o r s p e c ific c o m p lia n c e w ith a c c e p t e d p r a c t ic e s and w ork a s s ig n m e n ts .
M ay p r o v id e te c h n ica l g u id an ce to lo w e r le v e l te c h n icia n s .
C la s s C . A p p lie s w o rk in g t e c h n ic a l k n ow ledge to p e r f o r m s im p le o r routin e task s in
w o rk in g on e le c t r o n ic e qu ip m en t, fo llo w in g d e ta ile d in s tru ctio n s w hich c o v e r v ir tu a lly all
procedu res.
W ork ty p ic a lly in v o lv e s such task s a s : A s s is t in g h igh er le v e l te ch n icia n s by
p e r fo r m in g su ch a c t iv it ie s as r e p la c in g c o m p o n e n ts , w irin g c ir c u i t s , and taking te s t r ea d in g s ;
r e p a ir in g s im p le e le c t r o n ic equipm ent; and u sin g t o o ls and co m m o n te s t in stru m en ts ( e .g .,
m u ltim e t e r s , audio sign a l g e n e r a t o r s , tube t e s t e r s , o s c i l l o s c o p e s ) .
Is not r e q u ir e d to be
f a m ilia r with the in t e r r e la tio n s h ip s o f c ir c u i t s . T h is k n ow led ge, h o w e v e r , m ay be a c q u ir e d
th rou gh a s s ig n m e n ts d e s ig n e d to i n c r e a s e c o m p e te n c e (in clu d in g c la s s r o o m training) s o that
w o rk e r can a d va n ce to h ig h e r le v e l te c h n icia n .
R e c e iv e s te c h n ica l g u id a n ce , as r e q u ir e d , fr o m s u p e r v is o r o r h igh er le v e l tech n icia n .
W ork is ty p ic a lly spot c h e c k e d , but is given d e ta ile d r e v ie w when n ew o r advanced a ssig n m en ts
a r e in v o lv e d .
NURSE, IN D U STR IAL (R e g is t e r e d )
A r e g is t e r e d n u r s e who g iv e s n u rsin g s e r v ic e und er g e n e r a l m e d ic a l d ir e c tio n to i ll o r
in ju re d e m p lo y e e s o r o th er p e r s o n s w ho b e c o m e i ll o r s u ffe r an a c c id e n t on the p r e m is e s o f a
fa c t o r y o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t. D uties in v o lv e a co m b in a tio n o f the fo llo w in g : Giving f ir s t aid
to the i l l o r in ju re d ; attending to subsequ ent d r e s s in g o f e m p lo y e e s ' in ju r ie s ; keeping r e c o r d s
o f patien ts tr e a te d ; p r e p a r in g a c c id e n t r e p o r t s f o r c o m p e n s a tio n o r oth er p u r p o s e s ; a s s is tin g in
p h y s ic a l e x a m in a tio n s and health e v a lu a tion s o f a p p lica n ts and e m p lo y e e s ; and planning and c a r r y
ing out p r o g r a m s in v o lv in g health e d u ca tion , a c c id e n t p re v e n tio n , evalu ation o f plant en v iron m en t,
o r o th e r a c t iv it ie s a ffe c tin g the h ealth , w e lfa r e , and sa fe ty o f a ll p e r s o n n e l. N ursing s u p e r v is o r s
o r head n u r s e s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g m o r e than one n u rs e a r e ex clu d ed .
M A IN T E N A N C E A N D P O W E R P L A N T
C A R P E N T E R , M AIN TE N A N C E
F IR E M A N , ST A T IO N A R Y BO ILE R
P e r f o r m s the c a r p e n t r y duties n e c e s s a r y to c o n s t r u c t and m ain tain in g o o d r e p a ir b u ild
ing w ood w ork and equ ipm en t su ch as b in s , c r i b s , c o u n te r s , b e n c h e s , p a r t itio n s , d o o r s , f lo o r s ,
s t a ir s , c a s in g s , and t r im m ade o f w o o d in an e s ta b lis h m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g :
P lann ing and la y in g out o f w ork fr o m b lu e p r in ts , d ra w in g s , m o d e ls , o r v e r b a l in s tr u c tio n s ; usin g a
v a r ie t y o f c a r p e n t e r 's h a n d to o ls, p o r ta b le p o w e r t o o l s , and stan dard m e a s u r in g in s tru m e n ts ; m a k
ing standard shop com p u ta tion s r e la tin g to d im e n s io n s o f w o rk ; and s e le ctin g m a t e r ia ls n e c e s s a r y
f o r the w o rk .
In g e n e r a l, the w o rk o f the m ain ten an ce c a r p e n t e r r e q u ir e s rounded tra in in g and
e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
F ir e s s ta tio n a ry b o ile r s to fu rn is h the e s ta b lis h m e n t in w hich e m p loy ed with heat, p o w e r ,
o r ste a m . F e e d s fu e ls to f ir e by hand o r o p e r a te s a m e c h a n ic a l s to k e r , g a s , o r o il b u rn er; and
c h e c k s w a te r and sa fe ty v a lv e s .
M ay c le a n , o i l , o r a s s is t in r e p a ir in g b o ile r r o o m equipm ent.
E L E C T R IC IA N , M A IN TE N A N C E
P e r f o r m s a v a r ie t y o f e l e c t r i c a l tr a d e fu n ctio n s su ch as the in s ta lla tio n , m a in te n a n ce , o r
r e p a ir o f equ ipm en t f o r the g e n e ra tio n , d is trib u tio n , o r u tiliz a tio n o f e l e c t r i c e n e r g y in an e s t a b
lis h m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g : In stallin g o r r e p a ir in g any o f a v a r ie t y o f e l e c
t r ic a l equipm ent such as g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w itc h b o a r d s , c o n t r o ll e r s , c ir c u it b r e a k e r s ,
m o t o r s , heatin g u n its, conduit s y s t e m s , o r o th e r tr a n s m is s io n equipm ent; w o rk in g fr o m b lu e
p r in t s , d r a w in g s , la y o u ts , o r o th e r s p e c ific a t io n s ; lo ca tin g and d ia gn o sin g t r o u b le in the e l e c t r i c a l
s y s te m o r equ ip m en t; w ork in g standard com p u ta tio n s re la tin g to lo a d re q u ir e m e n ts o f w irin g o r
e l e c t r i c a l equ ip m en t; and usin g a v a r ie t y o f e l e c t r i c ia n 's h an dtools and m e a s u r in g and te s tin g
in s tru m e n ts .
In g e n e r a l, the w ork o f the m ain te n a n ce e le c t r ic ia n r e q u ir e s rounded tra in in g and
e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d through a f o r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
EN G IN E E R , S T A T IO N A R Y
O p era tes and m ain tain s and m a y a ls o s u p e r v is e the o p e r a tio n o f s ta tio n a r y e n gin es and
equ ipm en t (m e c h a n ic a l o r e l e c t r i c a l) to supply the e s ta b lis h m e n t in w hich e m p lo y e d w ith p o w e r ,
heat, r e fr ig e r a t io n , o r a ir -c o n d it io n in g .
W ork in v o lv e s :
O p e ra tin g and m ain tain in g equipm ent
such as stea m e n g in es, a ir c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , m o t o r s , tu r b in e s , ven tila tin g and r e f r i g
e ra tin g eq u ip m en t, steam b o ile r s and b o i l e r - f e d w a te r pu m p s; m aking equipm ent r e p a ir s ; and
k eep in g a r e c o r d o f o p e r a tio n o f m a c h in e r y , t e m p e r a t u r e , and fu el co n su m p tio n . M ay a ls o s u
p e r v is e th e s e o p e r a tio n s .
H ead o r c h ie f e n g in e e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g m o r e than one
e n g in e e r a r e e x c lu d e d .
H E L P E R , M AIN TE N A N C E TR AD ES
A s s is t s one o r m o r e w o r k e r s in the s k ille d m ain ten an ce t r a d e s , by p e r fo r m in g s p e c ific
o r g e n e r a l d u ties o f l e s s e r s k ill, such as k eep in g a w o rk e r su p p lied with m a te r ia ls and t o o ls ;
cle a n in g w o rk in g a r e a , m a c h in e , and equipm ent; a s s is tin g jou rn ey m a n by holdin g m a t e r ia ls o r
t o o ls ; and p e r fo r m in g o th e r u n sk ille d ta sk s as d ir e c t e d by jou rn ey m a n .
The kind o f w ork the
h e lp e r is p e r m itte d to p e r f o r m v a r ie s fr o m tra d e t o tr a d e : In s om e tra d es the h e lp e r is con fin ed
to su p p lyin g, liftin g , and h oldin g m a t e r ia ls and t o o ls , and clea n in g w ork in g a r e a s ; and in oth ers
he is p e r m itte d to p e r f o r m s p e c ia liz e d m a ch in e o p e r a tio n s , o r p a rts o f a tra d e that a r e a ls o
p e r fo r m e d by w o r k e r s on a fu ll- t im e b a s is .
M A C H IN E -T O O L O P E R A T O R , T O O L R O O M
S p e c ia liz e s in the o p e r a tio n o f one o r m o r e ty p es o f m a ch in e t o o ls , such as jig b o r e r s ,
c y lin d r ic a l o r s u r fa c e g r in d e r s , engine la th es , o r m illin g m a c h in e s , in the c o n s tr u c tio n o f
m a c h in e -s h o p t o o ls , g a g e s , j ig s , fix t u r e s , o r d ie s . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g : Planning
and p e r fo r m in g d iffic u lt m a ch in in g o p e r a tio n s ; p r o c e s s in g ite m s re q u ir in g c o m p lic a te d setups o r
a high d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; u sin g a v a r ie t y o f p r e c is io n m e a s u r in g in stru m en ts; s e le ctin g fe e d s ,
s p e e d s , to o lin g , and o p e r a tio n se q u e n c e ; and m ak in g n e c e s s a r y adju stm en ts during op e r a tio n
to a c h ie v e r e q u is ite t o le r a n c e s o r d im e n s io n s .
M ay be r e q u ir e d to r e c o g n iz e when t o o ls need
d r e s s in g , to d r e s s t o o ls , and to s e le c t p r o p e r coo.lants and cutting and lu b rica tin g o i ls .
For
c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w age study p u r p o s e s , m a c h in e -t o o l o p e r a t o r s , t o o lr o o m , in t o o l and die job b in g
shops a r e e x c lu d e d fr o m this c la s s ific a t io n .
M AC H IN IST, M A IN TE N A N C E
P r o d u c e s re p la c e m e n t p a rts and new p a rts in m ak in g r e p a ir s o f m e ta l p a rts o f m e c h a n ic a l
equipm ent o p e r a te d in an e sta b lis h m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g : In terp retin g w ritten
in s tru ctio n s and s p e c ific a t io n s ; planning and layin g out o f w ork ; using a v a r ie ty o f m a c h in is t 's
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M ACH IN IST, M A IN TE N A N C E — C ontinued
P A IN T E R , M A IN TE N A N C E
h an dtools and p r e c is i o n m e a s u r in g in s tru m e n ts ; settin g up and o p e ra tin g stan dard m a ch in e t o o ls ;
shaping o f m e ta l p a rts to c lo s e t o le r a n c e s ; m aking standard sh op com p u ta tion s r e la tin g to d im e n
s ion s o f w ork , t o o lin g , fe e d s , and s p e e d s o f m a ch in in g ; k n ow led ge o f the w o rk in g p r o p e r t ie s o f
the co m m o n m e t a ls ; s e le c t in g stan d ard m a t e r ia ls , p a r t s , and equipm ent r e q u ir e d f o r his w ork ;
and fittin g and a s s e m b lin g p a rts into m e c h a n ic a l equ ip m en t. In g e n e r a l, the m a c h in is t 's w ork
n o r m a lly r e q u ir e s a rou n ded tra in in g in m a c h in e -s h o p p r a c t ic e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l
a p p re n tic e s h ip o r equ iva le n t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
P aints and r e d e c o r a t e s w a lls , w o o d w o rk , and fix tu r e s o f an es ta b lis h m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s
the f o llo w in g ; K n ow led ge o f s u r fa c e p e c u lia r it ie s and ty p es o f paint r e q u ir e d fo r d iffe r e n t a p p lic a
t io n s ; p r e p a r in g s u r fa c e f o r painting by r e m o v in g o ld fin is h o r by p la c in g putty o r f il l e r in nail
h o le s and in t e r s t ic e s ; and app lyin g paint with s p r a y gun o r b ru sh . M ay m ix c o l o r s , o i ls , white
le a d , and o th e r paint in g r e d ie n ts to o btain p r o p e r c o lo r o r c o n s is t e n c y . In g e n e r a l, the w ork o f the
m a in te n a n ce p a in te r r e q u ir e s rou n ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su a lly a c q u ir e d through a fo r m a l
a p p re n tic e s h ip o r eq u iva len t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
P IP E F IT T E R , M A IN TE N A N C E
M EC H A N IC , A U T O M O T IV E (M a intena nce)
R e p a ir s a u to m o b ile s , b u s e s , m o t o r t r u c k s , and t r a c t o r s o f an e s ta b lis h m e n t. W ork in
v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g ; E x am in in g au to m o tiv e equipm ent to d ia g n o se s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ; d i s
a s s e m b lin g equ ipm en t and p e r fo r m in g r e p a ir s that in v o lv e the u se o f such h an dtools as w re n ch e s ,
g a g e s , d r i l l s , o r s p e c ia liz e d equipm ent in d is a s s e m b lin g o r fittin g p a rts ; r e p la c in g b ro k e n o r
d e fe c tiv e p a rts fr o m s to c k ; g rin d in g and ad ju stin g v a lv e s ; r e a s s e m b lin g and in sta llin g the v a r io u s
a s s e m b lie s in the v e h ic le and m ak in g n e c e s s a r y ad ju stm e n ts; and alin ing w h e e ls , adju stin g b ra k e s
and lig h ts , o r tig h ten in g body b o lt s . In g e n e r a l, the w o rk o f the a u tom otiv e m e c h a n ic r e q u ir e s
rounded tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r equ ivalen t
tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
T h is c la s s if ic a t io n d o e s not in clu d e m e c h a n ic s w ho r e p a ir c u s t o m e r s ' v e h ic le s in a u to
m o b ile r e p a ir s h op s.
M EC H A N IC , M AIN TE N A N C E
R e p a ir s m a c h in e r y o r m e c h a n ic a l equ ipm en t o f an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W ork in v o lv e s m o s t
o f the fo llo w in g : E x am in in g m a c h in e s and m e c h a n ic a l equipm ent to d ia g n o se s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ;
d ism a n tlin g o r p a r tly d ism a n tlin g m a c h in e s and p e r fo r m in g r e p a ir s that m a in ly in v o lv e the use
o f h an dtools in s c r a p in g and fittin g p a r ts ; r e p la c in g b ro k e n o r d e fe c tiv e p a rts w ith ite m s o btain ed
fr o m sto c k ; o r d e r in g the p r o d u c tio n o f a r e p la c e m e n t p a rt by a m a ch in e shop o r sen din g o f the
m a ch in e to a m a c h in e shop f o r m a jo r r e p a ir s ; p r e p a r in g w ritte n s p e c ific a t io n s f o r m a jo r r e p a ir s
o r f o r the p r o d u c tio n o f p a rts o r d e r e d fr o m m a ch in e sh op; r e a s s e m b lin g m a c h in e s ; and m aking
a ll n e c e s s a r y ad ju stm e n ts f o r o p e r a tio n . In g e n e r a l, the w o rk o f a m ain ten an ce m e c h a n ic r e q u ir e s
rou n ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d through a fo r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r equ ivalent
tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
E x clu d e d fr o m th is c la s s if ic a t io n a r e w o r k e r s w h o se p r im a r y duties
in v o lv e settin g up o r ad ju stin g m a c h in e s .
M ILLW R IG H T
In sta lls new m a c h in e s o r h e a v y equ ip m en t, and d is m a n tle s and in s ta lls m a c h in e s o r h eavy
equipm ent w hen ch an ges in the plant layou t a r e r e q u ir e d . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g :
Planning and layin g out o f the w o rk ; in te rp re tin g b lu e p rin ts o r o th e r s p e c ific a t io n s ; u sin g a v a r ie ty
o f h an dtools and r ig g in g ; m ak in g stan dard shop com p u ta tion s re la tin g to s t r e s s e s , stren gth o f
m a t e r ia ls , and c e n t e r s o f g r a v ity ; alin in g and b alan cin g o f equ ipm en t; s e le c t in g standard t o o ls ,
equ ipm en t, and p a rts to be u se d ; and in s ta llin g and m ain tain in g in g o o d o r d e r p o w e r t r a n s m is s io n
equipm ent s u ch as d r iv e s and s p e e d r e d u c e r s . In g e n e r a l, the m illw r ig h t 's w o rk n o r m a lly r e q u ir e s
a rounded tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e in the tra d e a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r
eq u ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
In sta lls o r r e p a ir s w a te r, ste a m , g a s , o r o th e r ty p es o f p ip e and p ip efittin g s in an
e s ta b lis h m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g : L a ying out o f w o rk and m e a s u r in g to lo ca te
p o s itio n o f p ip e fr o m d ra w in gs o r oth er w ritten s p e c ific a t io n s ; cutting v a r io u s s iz e s o f p ip e to
c o r r e c t lengths w ith c h is e l and h a m m e r o r o x y a c e ty le n e t o r c h o r p ip e -c u ttin g m a c h in e s ; th rea d in g
p ip e with s t o c k s and d ie s ; bending p ip e by h a n d -d riv e n o r p o w e r -d r iv e n m a c h in e s ; a s s e m b lin g
p ip e w ith c o u p lin g s and fa ste n in g pipe to h a n g e rs ; m aking stan dard shop com p u ta tion s r e la tin g to
p r e s s u r e s , flo w , and s iz e o f p ipe r e q u ir e d ; and m aking standard t e s ts to d e te r m in e w h ether fin
is h e d p ip e s m e e t s p e c ific a t io n s .
In g e n e r a l, the w ork o f the m a in ten a n ce p ip e fitte r r e q u ir e s
rounded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su a lly a c q u ir e d throu gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r eq u ivalen t
tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e . W o r k e r s p r im a r ily en gaged in in s ta llin g and r e p a ir in g buildin g san itation
o r heating s y s t e m s a r e e x c lu d e d .
S H E E T -M E T A L W O R K E R, M A IN TE N A N C E
F a b r ic a t e s , in s t a lls , and m ain ta in s in g ood r e p a ir * h e s h e e t -m e t a l equ ipm en t and fix tu r e s
(s u ch as m a ch in e g u a rd s , g r e a s e p an s, s h e lv e s , lo c k e r s , t in k s , v e n t ila to r s , ch u te s , d u cts , m e ta l
r o o fin g ) o f an e s ta b lis h m e n t. W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g : P lann ing and layin g out a ll
ty p e s o f s h e e t -m e t a l m a in te n a n ce w o rk fr o m b lu e p r in ts , m o d e ls , o r o th e r s p e c ific a t io n s ; settin g
up and o p e ra tin g a ll a v a ila b le ty p e s o f s h e e t -m e t a l w ork in g m a c h in e s ; u sin g a v a r ie t y o f han dtools
in cu tting, ben d in g, fo r m in g , shaping, fittin g , and a s s e m b lin g ; and in s ta llin g s h e e t-m e ta l a r t ic le s
as r e q u ir e d .
In g e n e r a l, the w o rk o f the m a in ten a n ce s h e e t -m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u ir e s rou n ded
tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su a lly a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g
and e x p e r ie n c e .
T O O L AND DIE M A K E R
C o n s tr u c ts and r e p a ir s m a c h in e -s h o p t o o ls , g a g e s , j i g s , fix t u r e s o r d ie s fo r fo r g in g s ,
pun ch ing, and o th e r m e t a l-fo r m in g w o rk .
W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g ; Planning and
layin g out o f w o rk fr o m m o d e ls , b lu e p rin ts , d r a w in g s , o r oth er o r a l and w ritten s p e c ific a t io n s ;
u sin g a v a r ie t y o f t o o l and die m a k e r 's han dtools and p r e c is i o n m e a s u r in g in stru m en ts; u n d er
standing o f the w o rk in g p r o p e r t ie s o f c o m m o n m e ta ls and a llo y s ; settin g up and op era tin g o f
m a ch in e t o o ls and r e la te d equipm ent; m aking n e c e s s a r y sh op com p u ta tion s rela tin g to d im e n s io n s
o f w o rk , s p e e d s , fe e d s , and to o lin g o f m a c h in e s ; h e a t-tre a tin g o f m e ta l p a rts during fa b r ic a t io n
as w e ll as o f fin is h e d t o o ls and d ie s to a c h ie v e r e q u ir e d q u a litie s ; w ork in g to c lo s e t o le r a n c e s ;
fittin g and a s s e m b lin g o f p a rts to p r e s c r ib e d t o le r a n c e s and a llo w a n c e s ; and s e le c t in g a p p ro p ria te
m a t e r ia ls , t o o ls , and p r o c e s s e s . In g e n e r a l, the t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's w ork r e q u ir e s a rounded
tra in in g in m a c h in e -s h o p and t o o lr o o m p r a c t ic e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip
o r e q u ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w age study p u r p o s e s ,
shops a r e e x c lu d e d fr o m th is c la s s ific a t io n .
t o o l and d ie m a k e r s in t o o l
and die jo b b in g
C U S T O D IA L A N D M A T E R IA L M O V E M E N T
GUARD AN D W ATCH M EN
G uard. P e r f o r m s rou tin e p o lic e du ties, e ith e r at fix e d p o s t o r on to u r , m aintain ing o r d e r ,
u sin g a r m s o r f o r c e w h e re n e c e s s a r y . In clu d es gatem en w ho a r e station ed at gate and c h e c k
on id en tity o f e m p lo y e e s and o th e r p e r s o n s e n t e r in g .
W atchm an. M ak es rou n ds o f p r e m is e s p e r io d ic a lly in p r o te c tin g p r o p e r t y again st f i r e ,
th eft, and ille g a l en try.
L A B O R E R , M A T E R IA L H ANDLING
A w o r k e r e m p lo y e d in a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u fa ctu rin g plan t, s t o r e , o r oth er esta b lish m en t
w h ose duties in v o lv e on e o r m o r e o f the f o llo w in g : L oa din g and unloading v a r io u s m a t e r ia ls and
m e r c h a n d is e on o r fr o m fr e ig h t c a r s , t r u c k s , o r o th e r tr a n s p o r tin g d e v ic e s ; unpackin g, s h elv in g ,
o r p la c in g m a t e r ia ls o r m e r c h a n d is e in p r o p e r s to r a g e lo ca tio n ; and tr a n s p o r tin g m a t e r ia ls o r
m e r c h a n d is e by han dtru ck , c a r , o r w h e e lb a r ro w . L o n g s h o r e m e n , w ho lo a d and unload sh ip s a r e
e x c lu d e d .
JA N ITO R , P O R T E R , OR C L E A N E R
O R D E R F IL L E R
C lea n s and k e e p s in an o r d e r ly co n d itio n fa c t o r y w o rk in g a re a s and w a s h r o o m s , o r
p r e m is e s o f an o f f i c e , apa rtm en t h o u s e , o r c o m m e r c ia l o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t. D uties in v o lv e
a co m b in a tio n o f the f o llo w in g : S w eeping, m op p in g o r s c r u b b in g , and p o lis h in g f lo o r s ; re m o v in g
c h ip s , t r a s h , and o th e r r e fu s e ; dusting equ ipm en t, fu r n itu r e , o r fix tu r e s ; p o lis h in g m e ta l f i x
tu r e s o r t r im m in g s ; p r o v id in g su p p lie s and m in o r m a in te n a n ce s e r v ic e s ; and cle a n in g la v a t o r ie s ,
s h o w e r s , and r e s t r o o m s . W o r k e r s who s p e c ia liz e in w indow w ashin g a re e x c lu d e d .
F ills shipping o r t r a n s fe r o r d e r s f o r fin is h e d g ood s fr o m s t o r e d m e r c h a n d is e in a c c o r d
an ce with s p e c ific a t io n s on s a le s s l ip s , c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s , o r oth er in s t r u c t io n s . M ay, in add ition
to fillin g o r d e r s and in d ica tin g ite m s f il l e d o r o m itte d , keep r e c o r d s o f ou tg oin g o r d e r s , r e q u i
s itio n a dd ition al s to c k o r r e p o r t s h o rt s u p p lies to s u p e r v is o r , and p e r f o r m o th e r r e la te d d u ties.
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P A C K E R , SH IPPIN G
T R UCK DRIVER— C ontinued
P r e p a r e s fin is h e d p r o d u c ts f o r sh ipm en t o r s to r a g e by p la cin g th em in shipping c o n
t a in e r s , the s p e c ific o p e r a tio n s p e r fo r m e d b ein g dependent upon the ty p e , s i z e , and n um ber
o f units to be p a ck ed , the type o f c o n ta in e r e m p lo y e d , and m eth od o f sh ipm en t. W ork r e q u ir e s
the p la cin g o f ite m s in shipping c o n ta in e r s and m a y in v o lv e one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g :
K now ledge o f v a r io u s ite m s o f s to c k in o r d e r to v e r ify content; s e le c t io n o f a p p ro p ria te type
and s iz e o f co n ta in e r ; in s e r tin g e n c lo s u r e s in co n ta in e r ; u sin g e x c e l s i o r o r o th e r m a t e r ia l to
p rev en t b rea k a g e o r d am age; c lo s in g and s e a lin g co n ta in e r ; in d applying la b e ls o r en te rin g
iden tifyin g data on co n ta in e r .
P a c k e r s who a ls o m ake w ooden b o x e s o r c r a t e s a r e e x c lu d e d .
fo llo w s :
F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , t r u c k d r iv e r s a re c la s s i f ie d by s iz e and type o f equipm ent, as
( T r a c t o r - t r a i le r should be ra ted on the b a s is o f t r a ile r c a p a c ity .)
T r u c k d r iv e r
T r u c k d r iv e r ,
T r u c k d r iv e r ,
T r u c k d r iv e r ,
T r u c k d r iv e r ,
(co m b in a tio n o f s iz e s lis t e d sep a r a te ly )
ligh t (under l*/z ton s)
m e d iu m ( l'/z to and in clu d in g 4 ton s)
h e a v y (o v e r 4 to n s , t r a il e r type)
h eavy (o v e r 4 to n s , o th e r than t r a il e r type)
SH IPPIN G AND R E C E IV IN G C L E R K
T R U C K E R , PO W ER
P r e p a r e s m e r ch a n d is e f o r sh ipm en t, o r r e c e iv e s and is r e s p o n s ib le f o r in c o m in g sh ip
m en ts o f m e r c h a n d is e o r o th e r m a t e r ia ls . Shipping w o rk in v o lv e s : A k n ow ledge o f shipping p r o
c e d u r e s , p r a c t ic e s , r o u te s , a v a ila b le m e a n s o f tr a n s p o r ta tio n , and r a te s ; and p r e p a r in g r e c o r d s
o f the g ood s sh ip p ed , m aking up b ills o f la d in g, p o stin g w eight and shipping c h a r g e s , and keepin g
a file o f shipping r e c o r d s . M ay d ir e c t o r a s s is t in p r e p a r in g the m e r ch a n d is e f o r sh ipm en t.
R e c e iv in g w ork in v o lv e s : V e r ify in g o r d ir e c t in g o th e r s in v e r ify in g the c o r r e c t n e s s o f shipm ents
against b ills o f ladin g, in v o ic e s , o r o th e r r e c o r d s ; c h e ck in g f o r sh o rta g e s and r e je c t in g d a m
aged g o o d s ; routin g m e r c h a n d is e o r m a t e r ia ls to p r o p e r d e p a rtm e n ts; and m ain tain in g n e c e s s a r y
r e c o r d s and f il e s .
F o r w age study p u r p o s e s ,
w o r k e r s a r e c la s s i f ie d as fo llo w s :
R e c e iv in g c le r k
Shipping c le r k
Shipping and r e c e iv in g c le r k
TR U C K D RIV ER
D riv e s a tr u c k w ithin a c ity o r in d u stria l a r e a to tr a n s p o r t m a t e r ia ls , m e r c h a n d is e ,
equipm ent, o r m e n betw een v a r io u s ty p e s o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts su ch a s : M anufacturin g plan ts, fre ig h t
d ep ots , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o le s a le and re ta il e s ta b lis h m e n ts , o r betw een r e ta il es ta b lis h m e n ts and
c u s t o m e r s ' h ou ses o r p la c e s o f b u s in e s s . M ay a ls o load o r unload tru ck with o r without h e lp e r s ,
m ake m in o r m e c h a n ic a l r e p a ir s , and keep tru ck in go o d w ork in g o r d e r .
D r iv e r - s a le s m e n and
o v e r - t h e -r o a d d r iv e r s a re e x clu d e d .
O p e ra te s a m a n u a lly c o n t r o lle d g a s o lin e - o r e le c t r ic -p o w e r e d tr u c k o r t r a c to r to tr a n s p o r t
g o o d s and m a t e r ia ls o f a ll kinds about a w a r e h o u s e , m an u factu rin g plant, o r oth er e sta b lish m en t.
F o r w age study p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s a r e c la s s i f ie d by type o f tr u c k , as fo llo w s :
T r u c k e r , p o w e r (fo r k lift)
T r u c k e r , p o w e r (o th e r than fo r k lift)
W AREHOUSEM AN
A s d ir e c t e d , p e r fo r m s a v a r ie t y o f w areh ou sin g duties w hich r e q u ir e an understanding
o f the e s ta b lis h m e n t's s to r a g e p la n . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g : V erify in g m a te r ia ls
(o r m e r c h a n d is e ) a gain st r e c e iv in g d o cu m e n ts , noting and re p o r tin g d is c r e p a n c ie s and ob viou s
d a m a g e s ; routin g m a t e r ia ls to p r e s c r ib e d s to r a g e lo ca tio n s ; sto r in g , stack in g, o r p a lle tiz in g
m a t e r ia ls in a c c o r d a n c e with p r e s c r ib e d s to r a g e m eth od s; re a r r a n g in g and taking in v en tory o f
s to r e d m a t e r ia ls : exam in in g s t o r e d m a t e r ia ls and r e p o r tin g d e te r io r a tio n and dam age; rem ov in g
m a te r ia l fr o m s to r a g e and p re p a r in g it fo r sh ipm en t. M ay o p e r a te hand o r pow er tru ck s in
p e r fo r m in g w a re h o u sin g d u tie s.
E x clu d e w o r k e r s w h ose p r im a r y duties in v olv e shipping and r e c e iv in g w ork (s e e shipping
and r e c e iv in g c le r k and p a c k e r , sh ippin g), o r d e r fillin g (s e e o r d e r f il l e r ) , o r operatin g pow er
t r u c k s (s e e t r u c k e r , p o w e r ).
A v a ila b le O n R e q u e s t---The following areas are surveyed periodically for use in administering the Service Contract Act of 1965.
will be available at no cost while supplies last from any of the BLS regional offices shown on the back cover.
Alamogordo—
Las Cruces, N. Mex.
Alaska
Albany, Ga.
Amarillo, Tex.
Atlantic City, N.J.
Augusta, Ga—S.C.
Bakersfield, Calif.
Baton Rouge, La.
Biloxi, Gulfport, and Pascagoula, Miss.
Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Stamford, Conn.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Champaign—
Urbana, 111.
Charleston, S.C.
Clarksville, Tenn., and Hopkinsville, Ky.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Columbia, S.C.
Columbus, Ga —Ala.
Corpus Christi, Tex.
Crane, Ind.
Dothan, Ala.
Duluth—
Superior, Minn.—
Wis.
El Paso, Tex.
Eugene—
Springfield, Oreg.
Fargo—
Moorhead, N. Dak—Minn.
Fayetteville, N.C.
Fitchburg—
Leominster, Mass.
Frederick—
Hagerstown, Md—Pa—W. Va.
Fresno, Calif.
Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Grand Island—
Hastings, Nebr.
Greensboro—
Winston Salem—
High Point, N.C.
Harrisburg, Pa.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Copies of public releases are or
Laredo, Tex.
Las Vegas, Nev.
Lower Eastern Shore, Md.—
Va.
Macon, Ga.
Marquette, Escanaba, Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich.
Melbourne—
Titusville—
Cocoa, Fla.
(Brevard Co.)
Meridian, Miss.
Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Somerset
Cos., N.J.
Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla.
Montgomery, Ala.
Nashville, Tenn.
Northeastern Maine
Norwich—
Groton^-New London, Conn.
Ogden, Utah
Orlando, Fla.
Oxnard—
Simi Valley—
Ventura, Calif.
Panama City, Fla.
Portsmouth, N.H—Maine—
Mass.
Pueblo, Colo.
Reno, Nev.
Sacramento, Calif.
Santa Barbara—
Santa Maria—
Lompoc, Calif.
Shermam-Denison, Tex.
Shreveport, La.
Springfield—
Chicopee—
Holyoke, Mass.—
Conn.
Topeka, Kans.
Tucson, Ariz.
Vallejo—
Fairfield—
Napa, Calif.
Wilmington, Del.—
N.J—Md.
Yuma, Ariz.
Reports for the following surveys conducted in the prior year but since discontinued are also available:
Alpena, Standish, and Tawas City, Mich.
Asheville, N.C.
Austin, Tex.*
Fort Smith, Ark—Okla.
Great Falls, Mont.
* Expanded to an area wage survey in fiscal year 1973.
Lexington, Ky.*
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Stockton, Calif.
Tacoma, Wash.
Wichita Falls, Tex.
See inside back cover.
The twelfth annual report on salaries for accountants, auditors, chief accountants, attorneys, job analysts, directors of personnel, buyers, chemists,
engineers, engineering technicians, draftsmen, and clerical employees. Order as BLS Bulletin 1742, National Survey of Professional, Administrative,
Technical, and Clerical Pay, June 1971, 75 cents a copy, from any of the BLS regional sales offices shown on the back cover, or from the
Superintendent of Documents, t . . Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402.
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U. S .
G O V E R N M E N T
PRIN TIN G
OFFICE:
1 972 “
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746-1 8 5 / 3 1
A re a W a g e S u rveys
A list of the latest available bulletins is presented below. A directory of area wage studies including more limited studies conducted at the
request of the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor is available on request. Bulletins may be purchased from any of the BLS
regional sales offices shown on the back cover, or from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402.
Area
Akron, Ohio, July 1971 1----------------------------------------------Albany—
Schenectady—
Troy, N.Y., Mar. 1972---------------Albuquerque, N. Mex., Mar. 1972 1-----------------------------Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, Pa.—
N.J., May 1972 1 —
Atlanta, Ga., May 1972 1----------------------------------------------Austin, Tex., Dec. 1972 1 (to be surveyed)
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 1971____________________________
Beaumont—
Port Arthur—
Orange, Tex., May 1972--------Binghamton, N .Y., July 1971 1------------------------------------Birmingham, Ala., Mar. 1972_________________________
Boise City, Idaho, Nov. 1971---------------------------------------Boston, Mass., Aug. 1971_____________________________
Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 1971_______________________________
Burlington, Vt., Dec. 1971____________________________
Canton, Ohio, May 1972 1______________________________
Charleston, W. Va., Mar. 1972 1 ---------------------------------Charlotte, N.C., Jan. 1972 1 ___________________________
Chattanooga, Tenn.—
Ga., Sept. 1971----------------------------Chicago, 111., June 1972________________________________
Cincinnati, Ohio—
Ky.—
Ind., Feb. 1972--------------------------Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1971____________________________
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 1971_____________________________
Dallas, Tex., Oct. 1971------------------- ---------------------------Davenport—
Rock Island—
Moline, Iowa—
111., Feb. 1972 1—
Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 1971 1
— ----Denver, Colo., Dec. 1971 1------------------------------------------Des Moines, Iowa, May 1972 1 ------------------------------------Detroit, Mich., Feb. 1972--------------------------------------------Durham, N.C., Apr. 1972 1------------------------------------------Fort Lauderdale—
Hollywood and West Palm
Beach. Fla., Apr. 1972 1_____________________________
Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 1971----------------------------------------Green Bay, W is., July 1972 1---------------------------------------Greenville, S.C., May 1972-----------------------------------------Houston, Tex., Apr. 1972---------------------------------------------Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 1972 1 __________________________
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 1971___________________________
Jackson, M iss., Jan. 1972--------------------------------------------Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 1971_________________________
Kansas City, Mo.-Kans., Sept. 1971----------------------------Lawrence—
Haverhill, Mass.—
N.H., June 1972 1-----------Lexington, Ky., Nov. 19721 (to be surveyed)
Little Rock-North Little Rock, Ark., July 1972 1--------Los Angeles—
Long Beach and Anaheim—
Santa AnaGarden Grove, Calif., Mar. 1972-------------------------------Louisville, Ky.—
Ind., Nov. 1971 1---------------------------------Lubbock, Tex., Mar. 1972 1-----------------------------------------Manchester, N.H., July 1971_________________—_______
Memphis, Tenn.—
Ark., Nov. 1971 1 ____________________
Miami, Fla., Nov. 1971____________________________ ___
Midland and Odessa, Tex., Jan. 1972 1 _____ —
_________
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Bulletin number
and price
1685-87,
1725-49,
1725-59,
1725-87,
1725-77,
40
30
35
35
45
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
1725-16,
1725-69,
1725-6,
1725-58,
1725-27,
1725-11,
1725-34,
1725-25,
1725-75,
1725-63,
1725-48,
1725-14,
1725-92,
1725-56,
1725-17,
1725-19,
1725-26,
1725-55,
1725-36,
1725-44,
1725-86,
1725-68,
1725-64,
35
30
35
30
30
40
45
25
35
35
35
30
70
35
40
30
35
35
35
35
35
40
30
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
1725-74,
1725-21,
1775-1,
1725-66,
1725-79,
1725-50,
1725-23,
1725-38,
1725-39,
1725-18,
1725-81,
35
30
55
30
35
35
30
30
30
35
35
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
1775-2,
55 cents
1725-76,
1725-29,
1725-57,
1725-2,
1725-40,
1725-28,
1725-37,
45
35
35
30
35
30
30
Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
Area
Milwaukee, W is., May 1972 1----------------------------------------Minneapolis— Paul, Minn., Jan. 1972 1 ------ ---- ---------St.
Muskegon—
Muskegon Heights, Mich., June 19721 --------Newark and Jersey City, N.J., Jan. 1972*-------------------New Haven, Conn., Jan. 1972 1_________________________
New Orleans, La., Jan. 1972_____________________ ___—
New York, N.Y., Apr. 1972 1
____________________________
Norfolk—
Virginia Beach—
Portsmouth and
Newport News—
Hampton, Va., Jan. 1972--------------------Oklahoma City, Okla., July 1971 1--------------------------------Omaha, Nebr.—
Iowa, Sept. 1971 1------------------------------- —
Pater son—
Clifton—
Pas saic, N.J., June 1972 1 ---------------Philadelphia, Pa.—
N.J., Nov. 1971 1 ------------------------- ---Phoenix, A riz., June 1971______________________________
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 1972_____________________________
Portland, Maine, Nov. 1971 1---------------------------- —
---------Portland, Oreg.—
Wash., May 1972 1 ----- — --------------------Poughkeepsie—
Kingston—
Newburgh, N.Y.,
June 1972 1 ____________________________________________
Providence—
Warwick-Pawtucket, R.I.— ass.,
M
May 1972______________________________________________
Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 1971_______________________________
Richmond, Va., Mar. 1972 1 -----------------------------------------Riverside—
San Bernardino—
Ontario, Calif.,
Rochester, N.Y. (office occupations only), July 1971 ' —
Rockford, 111., June 1972 1 -------------------------------------------St. Louis, Mo.—
111., Mar. 1972_________________________
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 1971____________ ___________
San Antonio, Tex., May 1972___________________________
San Diego, Calif., Nov. 1971 1__________________________
San Francisco—
Oakland, Calif., Oct. 1971 1 -----------------San Jose, Calif., Mar. 1972____________________________
Savannah, Ga., May 1972 1 -------------------------- ---- ------------Scranton, Pa., July 1971---- — ---------------------- — ----------—
Seattle—
Everett, Wash., Jan. 1972___ —
________________
Sioux Falls, S. Dak., Dec. 1971_________— — ---------------South Bend, Ind., May 1972 1 ------------------- -------------------Spokane, Wash., June 1972 1-------------------------------------- —
Syracuse, N.Y., July 1971 1____________________________
Tampa—
St. Petersburg, Fla., Nov. 1971 1--------—
-------- —
Toledo, Ohio—
Mich., Apr. 1972 1 ----------------------------- ——
Trenton, N.J., Sept. 1971__________ —
________ _________
Utica—
Rome, N.Y., July 1971 1_________________________
Washington, D.C.—
Md.—
Va., Mar. 1972 1 ----------------------Waterbury, Conn., Mar. 19721 ________________________
Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 1971______________________ _______
Wichita, Kans., Apr. 1972 1— ___ _____—______ — ___
Worcester, Mass., May 1972 1________ —
______ — ______
York, Pa., Feb. 1972*_________________________________
Youngstown—
Warren, Ohio, Nov. 1971 1 ________________
Bulletin number
and price
1725-83,
1725-45,
1725-85,
1725-52,
1725-41,
1725-35,
1725-90,
45
50
35
50
35
30
50
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
1725-42,
1725-8,
1725-13,
1725-88,
1725-62,
1685-86,
1725-46,
1725-22,
1725-89,
30
35
35
40
50
30
40
35
35
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
1725-80,
35 cents
1725-70,
1725-5,
1725-72,
30 cent6
30 cent 8
35 cents
1725-43,
1725-7,
1725-84,
1725-61,
1725-24,
1725-67,
1725-32,
1725-33,
1725-65,
1725-73,
1725-1,
1725-47,
1725-30,
1725-60,
1725-91,
1725-10,
1725-31,
1725-78,
1725-12,
1725-9,
1725-93,
1725-53,
1725-20,
1725-82,
1725-71,
1725-54,
1725-51,
30
35
35
35
30
30
35
50
30
35
30
30
25
35
35
35
35
35
30
35
70
35
30
35
35
35
35
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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