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Area '
Wage
Survey
Bulletin 1950-39

:

Baltimore, Maryland,
Metropolitan Area
August 1977

Preface
T h is b u lle tin p r o v id e s r e s u lts o f an A u g u s t 1977 s u r v e y o f o c c u p a ­
tio n a l e a r n in g s in the B a lt im o r e , M a r y la n d , Standard M e tr o p o lita n S ta tis tic a l
A rea.
T h e s u r v e y w as m a d e as p a r t o f the B u re a u o f L a b o r S t a tis tic s '
annual a r e a w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m .
It w a s con du cted b y th e B u r e a u 's r e ­
g io n a l o f f i c e in P h ila d e lp h ia , P a ., u n d er the g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n o f Ir w in L .
F e ig e n b a u m , A s s is t a n t R e g io n a l C o m m is s io n e r f o r O p e r a tio n s . T h e s u r v e y
cou ld not h a ve b een a c c o m p lis h e d w ith o u t the c o o p e r a tio n o f th e m a n y f ir m s
w h o s e w a g e and s a la r y d ata p r o v id e d the b a s is f o r th e s t a t is t ic a l in fo r m a tio n
in th is b u lle tin .
T h e B u re a u w is h e s to e x p r e s s s in c e r e a p p r e c ia tio n f o r
the c o o p e r a tio n r e c e iv e d .
M a t e r ia l in th is p u b lic a tio n is in the p u b lic d o m a in and m a y be
r e p r o d u c e d w ith o u t p e r m is s io n o f the F e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n t.
P le a s e c r e d it
the B u re a u o f L a b o r S t a tis tic s and c ite the n am e and n u m b er o f th is
p u b lic a tio n .

Note:
R e p o r t s on o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s and s u p p le m e n ta ry w a g e p r o v is io n s
in the B a lt im o r e a r e a a r e a v a ila b le f o r m e n 's and b o y s ' su its and coats
( A p r i l 1976), n u rs in g h o m e s (M a y 197 6), p ain ts and v a r n is h e s (N o v e m b e r
1976), l i f e in s u ra n c e (D e c e m b e r
1976), and bankin g (D e c e m b e r
1976)
in d u s tr ie s . A n A u g u s t 1977 r e p o r t on o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s o n ly is a v a ila b le
f o r the m o v in g and s to r a g e in d u s try .
A ls o a v a ila b le a r e lis t in g s o f union
w a g e r a te s f o r b u ild in g t r a d e s , p r in tin g tr a d e s , l o c a l - t r a n s i t o p e r a tin g
e m p lo y e e s , lo c a l t r u c k d r iv e r s and h e lp e r s , and g r o c e r y s to r e e m p lo y e e s .
F r e e c o p ie s o f th e s e a r e a v a ila b le fr o m the B u r e a u 's r e g io n a l o f f i c e s . (S e e
b a c k c o v e r f o r a d d r e s s e s .)

Area
Wage
Survey

Baltimore, Maryland,
Metropolitan Area
August 1977

U.S. Department of Labor
Ray Marshall, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin, Commissioner

Contents

Page

Page

November 1977
Bulletin 1950-39

In tro d u c tio n --------------------------------------------------------

2

T a b le s :
A.

E a rn in g s , a ll es ta b lis h m en ts :
A - l . W e e k ly earn in gs o f o ffic e
w o r k e r s -------------------------------------- 3
A -2 . W e e k ly earn in gs o f p r o f e s ­
sio n a l and te c h n ica l w o r k e r s ------7
A - 3 . A v e r a g e w e e k ly ea rn in g s o f
o ffic e , p r o fe s s io n a l, and
tech n ica l w o r k e r s , b y s e x ----------- 9
A - 4 . H o u rly e arn in gs o f m a in te ­
nance, to o lr o o m , and
p ow erp la n t w o r k e r s -------------------- 11
A -5 . H o u rly e arn in gs o f m a te r ia l
m o v e m e n t and c u stod ial
w o rke r s -------------------------------------- 12
A -6 . A v e r a g e h o u r ly ea rn in g s o f
m ain ten an ce, to o lr o o m ,
p ow erp lan t, m a te r ia l m o v e ­
m ent, and cu s to d ia l w o r k e r s ,
by s e x ---------------------------------------- 14
A - 7 . P e r c e n t in c r e a s e s in a v e ra g e
h o u rly e a rn in g s ,a d ju s te d fo r
e m p lo ym e n t shifts, fo r s e ­
le c te d occu p atio n al g r o u p s ----------- 15

E a rn in g s , la r g e es ta b lis h m en ts :
A -8 . W e e k ly earn in gs o f o ffic e
w o r k e r s ---------------------------------------- 16
A - 9 . W e e k ly ea rn in g s o f p r o f e s ­
sion al and te c h n ica l w o r k e r s ------- 19
A -1 0 . A v e r a g e w e e k ly ea rn in g s of
o ffic e , p r o fe s s io n a l, and
tech n ica l w o r k e r s , by s e x ------------ 21
A - l l . H o u rly e arn in gs o f m a in te ­
nance, to o lr o o m , and
p ow erp la n t w o r k e r s ----------------------23
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, GPO
Bookstores, or BLS Regional Offices listed on back cover.

A -1 2 . H o u rly e a rn in g s o f m a te r ia l
m o v e m e n t and cu stod ial
w o r k e r s -------------------------------------- 24
A - 13. A v e r a g e h o u rly ea rn in g s o f
m ain ten an ce, to o lr o o m ,
p ow erp la n t, m a te r ia l m o v e ­
m en t, and cu s to d ia l w o rk e rs ,
by s e x ---- ------------------------------------ 2 6
A p p en d ix A .
A p p en d ix B.

Scope and m ethod o f s u r v e y ----------29
O ccu p ation al d e s c r ip tio n s ------------- 33

Introduction
T h is a r e a is 1 o f 74 in w h ich th e U .S . D e p a rtm e n t o f L a b o r ’ s B u re a u
o f L a b o r S t a tis tic s con du cts s u r v e y s o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a rn in g s and r e la te d
b e n e fits . (S e e l is t o f a r e a s on in s id e b a c k c o v e r . ) In ea c h a r e a , o c c u p a tio n a l
e a r n in g s data ( A - s e r i e s t a b le s ) a r e c o lle c t e d an n u ally. In fo r m a tio n on e s ta b ­
lis h m e n t p r a c t ic e s and s u p p le m e n ta ry w a g e b e n e fits ( B - s e r i e s t a b le s ) is
o b ta in e d e v e r y th ir d y e a r . T h is r e p o r t has no B - s e r i e s ta b le s .

E a c h y e a r a f t e r a ll in d iv id u a l a r e a w a g e s u r v e y s h a ve b e e n c o m ­
p le te d , tw o s u m m a r y b u lle tin s a r e is s u e d .
T h e f i r s t b rin g s t o g e t h e r data
f o r e a c h m e t r o p o lita n a r e a s u r v e y e d ; th e s e c o n d p r e s e n ts n a tio n a l and
r e g io n a l e s t im a t e s , p r o je c t e d f r o m in d iv id u a l m e t r o p o lita n a r e a d a ta , f o r
a ll S ta n d a rd M e tr o p o lita n S t a t is t ic a l A r e a s in th e U n ite d S ta te s , e x c lu d in g
A la s k a and H a w a ii.

A m a jo r c o n s id e r a tio n in th e a r e a w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m is th e n e e d
to d e s c r ib e th e l e v e l and m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s in a v a r ie t y o f la b o r m a r k e ts ,
th ro u g h th e a n a ly s is o f (1 ) th e l e v e l and d is tr ib u tio n o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a tio n ,
and (2 ) the m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a tio n a l c a t e g o r y and s k ill l e v e l .
The
p r o g r a m d e v e lo p s in fo r m a tio n th at m a y b e u sed f o r m a n y p u r p o s e s , in c lu d in g
w a g e and s a la r y a d m in is tr a tio n , c o lle c t iv e b a r g a in in g , and a s s is ta n c e in
d e te r m in in g p lan t lo c a tio n . S u r v e y r e s u lts a ls o a r e u sed b y th e U .S . D e p a r t­
m en t o f L a b o r to m a k e w a g e d e te r m in a tio n s u n d er th e S e r v ic e C o n tra c t A c t
o f 1965.

A - s e r i e s ta b le s
T a b le s A - 1 th ro u g h A - 6 p r o v id e e s tim a te s o f s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly
o r h o u r ly e a r n in g s f o r w o r k e r s in o c c u p a tio n s c o m m o n to a v a r i e t y o f
m a n u fa c tu rin g and n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g in d u s tr ie s . F o r th e 31 l a r g e s t s u r v e y
a r e a s , ta b le s A - 8 th ro u g h A - 13 p r o v id e s i m i l a r data f o r e s ta b lis h m e n ts
e m p lo y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e .
T a b le A - 7 p r o v id e s p e r c e n t ch an ges in a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s
o f o f f ic e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s , e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g w o r k e r s , in d u s tr ia l
n u r s e s , s k ille d m a in te n a n c e tr a d e s w o r k e r s , and u n s k ille d p lan t w o r k e r s .
W h e r e p o s s ib le , data a r e p r e s e n te d f o r a ll in d u s tr ie s and f o r m a n u fa c ­
tu r in g and n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g s e p a r a t e ly . D ata a r e not p r e s e n te d f o r s k ille d
m a in te n a n c e w o r k e r s in n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g b e c a u s e th e n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s
e m p lo y e d in th is o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p in n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g is to o s m a ll to
w a r r a n t s e p a r a te p re s e n ta tio n .
T h is ta b le p r o v id e s a m e a s u r e o f w a g e
tr e n d s a f t e r e lin im a tio n o f chan ges in a v e r a g e e a r n in g s c a u s e d b y e m p lo y ­
m en t s h ifts am on g e s ta b lis h m e n ts as w e l l as t u r n o v e r o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts
in c lu d e d in s u r v e y s a m p le s . F o r fu r th e r d e t a ils , s e e ap p en d ix A .
A p p e n d ix e s
A p p e n d ix A d e s c r ib e s th e m eth o d s and c o n c e p ts u sed in th e a r e a
w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m and p r o v id e s in fo r m a tio n on the s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y .
A p p e n d ix B p r o v id e s jo b d e s c r ip tio n s
m is t s to c la s s ify w o r k e r s b y o c c u p a tio n .

u sed b y B u re a u f i e l d

econo­

A. Earnings
Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
Num ber of w o r k e r s re c e iv in g s tra ig h t-tim e w eek ly earn in gs of—
Number

Average
weekly
hours*
(standard)

$

$

workers

80

*

Mean 2

Median 2

Middle range 2

$

$

*

*

130

140

-

120

130

30
30

5
1
4

36
2
34

16
14

4

120

*

S

$

S

-

-

-

100

110

1
1

-

180

$

S

*

S

t

*

S

S

s

150

160

170

-

110

and
und er

90

S
100

90

Occupation and industry division

-

"

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

and

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

3 20

340

360

380

over

167
37
130

223
49
174
2
47
9

279
55
224

347
72
27 5
16
43
26
171
19

370
69
301
12
44
36
131
78

678
190
488

376
169
207
35
16
23

251
156
95
24

212
126

90
59
31
19
7

44
20
24
19
5

63
19
44
43
~

19
3
16
14
2
-

12
4

10
7
3
3

60
26
242
152

513
155
358
14
19
35
185
105

8

11

56
23
33

8

6

11

36
21
15

46

8

36

4
4

2
4

43
16
27

155
40
115

135
26
109

52
15
37

62
30
32
5

6

5

65
18
47
27
1

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

ALL WORKERS

SECRETARIES -------------------MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING -----PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S —
WHOLESALE TRADE ---RETAIL TRADE ---------FINANCE ------------------SERVICES -----------------

3.726
1.193
2 #533
257
349
210
1 • 151
571

39.0
39.5
38.5
39.0
39.0
3 9.0
3 8.0
38.5

$
199.50
216.00
191.50
270.00
179.00
180.50
176.50
198.00

$
190.00
215.00
183.00
271.50
172.00
175.00
1 7 5 .0 0
193.50

$
$
165.00-225.50
180.00-244.50
160.00-211.50
2 3 7.00-321.00
150.00 -1 9 1 .0 0
159.00 -2 0 8 .5 0
155.50-198.00
177.00-219.00

SECRETARIES# CLASS A MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING ------

213
145

38.0
39.0
37.5

214.50
227.50
208.50

212.00
212.00
211.00

190.00-234.00
190.00-236.00
181.50 -2 3 0 .5 0

SECRETARIES# CLASS B MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING -----PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S —
WHOLESALE TRAOE ----RETAIL TRADE ---------FINANCE ------------------SERVICES -----------------

714
232
482
49
75
60
229
69

38.5
3 9.0
3 8.0
38.5
3 9.0
3 8.0
37.5
38.5

209.50
220.50
204.50
257.50
190.50
182.50
196.50
226.00

200.00
204.50
200.00
271.50
181.00
166.50
197.50
217.50

177.00 -2 4 3 .5 0
173.0 0 -2 6 5 .0 0
177.0 0 -2 2 5 .0 0
2 5 1 .5 0 -2 7 1 .5 0
156.00-205.50
158.50-203.00
180.00-211.00
199.50-256.00

SECRETARIES# CLASS C MANUFACTURING ----------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S —
WHOLESALE TRADE ----RETAIL TRADE ---------FINANCE ------------------SERVICES -----------------

1.508
438
1 * 07 0
63
98
80
584
245

38.5
39.5
38.5
37.0
38.5
39.5
38.0
3 9.0

197.50
229.50
184.50
215.50
183.50
190.00
174.00
201.00

189.50
235.00
178.00
218.50
172.50
183.00
173.50
200.00

165.00-225.50
197.0 0 -2 6 5 .0 0
160.0 0 -2 0 4 .5 0
170.00-254.00
164.5 0 -2 0 1 .0 0
166.50 -2 1 7 .0 0
1 5 5 .0 0-192.00
176.50 -2 2 6 .5 0

SECRETARIES# CLASS D MANUFACTURING -----------NONMANUFACTURING ------WHOLESALE TRADE ----FINANCE ------------------SERVICES -----------------

1.193
455
7 38
155
296
217

39.0
39.5
3 9.0
3 9.0
3 9.0
39.0

182.50
199.00
172.50
166.00
160.00
180.00

179.50
199.50
170.00
157.50
159.50
184.00

153.50-206.00
168.0 0 -2 2 9 .5 0
149.5 0 -1 8 8 .5 0
140.0 0 -1 7 6 .5 0
144.0 0 -1 7 6 .0 0
168.0 0 -1 9 3 .5 0

STENOGRAPHERS ----------------MANUFACTURING -----------NONMANUFACTURING -----PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S —
WHOLESALE TRADE ----FINANCE -------------------

1. 1 6 1
390
771
187
73
279

39.0
39.5
38.5
39.5
39.5
38.5

185.00
199.00
178.00
249.00
177.50
140.50

170.00
209.50
159.00
254.00
164.00
142.50

1 4 5 .5 0-218.50
165.00 -2 1 9 .5 0
139.0 0 -2 0 1 .5 0
2 0 7 .50-302.50
152.00-201.00
127.50-150.00

-

STENOGRAPHERS# GENERAL
MANUFACTURING -----------NONMANUFACTURING ------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S —
WHOLESALE TRADE -----

674
226
448
163
51

39.5
4 0.0
39.5
39.5
39.5

195.50
218.00
184.50
251.00
163.00

195.50
219.50
156.50
279.00
1 6 4 .0 0

145.0 0 -2 1 9 .5 0
203.5 0 -2 1 9 .5 0
135.0 0 -2 0 9 .5 0
2 0 7 .5 0 -3 0 2 .5 0
143.50 -1 7 9 .0 0

-

STENOGRAPHERS# SENIOR
MANUFACTURING -----------NONHANUFACTURING ------FINANCE -------------------

487
164
323
155

3 8.0
3 9.0
37.5
3 8.0

170.00
173.00
168.50
141.00

160.00
164.00
159.00
142.00

145.50 -1 9 2 .0 0
146.00-217.00
142.50 -1 8 0 .0 0
126.50-150.00

-

N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G

-------

6
8

-

1
-

_

26
2

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

11

-

-

11

-

-

-

-

6

9

-

~

2

4

-

-

-

-

3

9

-

10
-

-

10

-

3

9

55
4
51

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

9

15
1
27

i

82
29
53

-

-

-

-

10

-

-

1

-

4

-

-

1

-

4

-

-

-

27

100

1
1

25

67
17
41

1
”

7
7

2
6

17
2

33

9

31
29
136
28
1
1
43
11
32
7
14
10
1
125
4
121
~

-

4
41

8

9
12
82
18

118
21
97
15
23
38

110
38
72
3
15
19

48

31
3
28
3
15

25
-

48
-

59

-

48

57
4

54

46

“

9

30

64
25
39
39

70
19
51
18

-

-

7
7

9

S e e fo o tn o te s a t end o f t a b le s .

3

26
~
26
26

29
12
17
17

2

1

29
29

2

124
31
93
1

25

-

143
11
132
12
20
7
91

9

40

-

79

60
6
1

2

6

6
6
15

-

122
30
92
17
55
15

4
45

8
6

-

16
25

110
40
70
15
44

9
40

51

8

-

125
17
108
41
41
22

89
3

-

72
31
41

-

77
12
65

51

-

-

-

8

2
-

4

-

-

16
3
13
2

-

-

-

1

_

-

-

_

30

-

-

~

-

-

-

-

-

8
6

“

-

-

-

41
2
70
17

-

16

-

-

-

16

-

.

6

79
35
44
9

26
7
65
17

207
28
179
12
17
15
85
50

234
48
186

109
25
84
21
31
28

250
81
169
24
41
101

65
22
43
4
1
14

2
2
15
7
4

1

43
7
36
13

6

10
7
129
34

8
8
6
6

6
6

67

8

~

19

1
24
7

225
64
161
3
10
17
81
50
97
42
55

8

1
15
47

2
i

8
6

40
15

6

4
21

6

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

-

-

-

“

10
1
9

5
1
4

5
4
1

2
2

2
1
1

1
1

48
32
16
7
5

4
4

3
3

2

1
1

2
2

4

136
51
85
3
4
17
26
35

105
53
52
15
5

120
96
24
11
5

24
21
3
1
2

76
69
7
1

6

94
29
65
21
2
4

223
142
81
40
11

58
49
9
1
1

16

65

174
123
51
39

17
17
“

2
2

43
21

2

29
7
22
4

2

”

13
12
1

6

12
12

1
1

49
19
30

41
32
9

2
2
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

19
10

-

5
5

3
3

-

9

-

-

18

6

12
12
_

19
14

14

2
2

-

-

~

82
10
72
72
“

“

10

-

~

81
10
71
71
”

“
-

-

-

10
4

-

6

"

-

5
5

5
5

6
8
8

~

~

5
5

-

4

1

10

4

~
1

10

-

_

-

“

19
14
5
5

_

~

9

“

1
1

~

2
2
-

-

"

1
1
6

-

1

-

10
9
1

~
~

~

2

-

-

8

2

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

20
23

1

-

3
10

141
95
46
4

-

-

13
11

32

8
8

-

-

“

“
“

”
”
-

~
~
-

-

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Baltimore, Md., August 1977— Continued
O c c u p a ti o n and i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

Number Average
weekly
o
f
r1
s
w r e s (houd r ) Mean2
okr
sa ad
tn

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
$
S
S
t
$
$
S
S
S
f
S
90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 200
80
Middle ran e2
g

Median2

and
under

t

t

t

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

7

10
10
10

6
2
2

17
17
17

36
12
12

6
6
6

16
14
14

5
“

20
19
18

26
23
18

1

73
4
69

225
9
216

194
23
171

12
11
46
“

26
9
170
11

34
3
123
11

181
35
146
1
20
2
91
32

139
31
108
17
11
2
31
47

127
35
92
26
7
17
7
35

70
19
51
5
6
7
10
23

63
30
33
18
4
6

79
49
30
26
3

5

89
52
37
27
1
5
2
2

-

2

24
2

64
11
53
17
16
19

64
30
34
18
5
11

49
13
36
5
6
21

45
25
20
16
4

60
29
31
27
1
2

54
27
27
26

-

52
21
31
31
“

50
24
26

-

2
2
-

19
3
16
~
16
~

-

8
8
6
~
2
-

71
4
67
12
11
44
“

206
6
200
26
9
154
11

142
2
140
34
3
92
11

131
11
120
20
2
67
30

75
20
55
10
2
15
28

63
5
58
7
17
2
24

21
6
15
2
7
4
2

18
5
13
4
6

29
23
6

1

_

79

-

79
63

133
16
117

207
11
196

95
12
83

157

67

54
9
45
10
24

27
1
26
3
1

15
15
4
*

13
5
8
1

107

148
18
130
~
120

_

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

11
9

11
11

8
8

17
17

9
9

9
7

-

_

29
29
29

103
102
87

108
107
98

59
59
47

26
24
22

6
6
1

_

2
-

-

-

104
16
88

104
10
94

29
15
14

25
12
13

20
7
13
10

4
1
3
3

6

2 20 240

-

t

-

2 40 260

t

280

260

-

-

100

90

s

300

-

s

-

t

320
-

s

340
-

36 0
-

380
and

280

300

32 0

340

360

380

over

-

-

-

-

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
$

$

$

38.5 149.00 139.50 127.0-178*50
38.0 155.00 159.00 126.50-178.50
38.0 151.50 157.50 126.50-178.50

TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE T Y P I S T S
NONMANUFACTURING ---------------F I N A N C E -----------------------------

151
104
97

T Y P I S T S ---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUB LIC U T I L I T I E S -----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------R E T A I L TRADE -------------------FINANCE -----------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------

1.395
352
1.043
202
130
62
482
167

38.5
39.5
38.5
39.0
39.5
39.5
37.5
37.5

155.00
183.00
145.50
208.00
129.50
144.00
123.50
146.00

140.50
176.50
132.50
201.00
122.50
158.00
121.00
145.00

121.00-173.00
147.00-202.50
117.50-158.00
173.00-249.00
115.00-138.50
114.50-166.50
114.00-132.00
135.00-156.50

T Y P I S T S . CLASS A -----------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUB LI C U T I L I T I E S -----------FINANCE -----------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------

591
236
355
188
101
60

39.0
39.5
38.5
39.0
36.5
38.5

182.00
187.50
178.50
210.00
133.00
158.00

167.50
175.50
162.00
201.00
132.00
156.50

142.50-201.50
152.00-201.50
140.00-203.00
173.00-249.00
121.00-140.00
149.50-167.00

T Y P I S T S . CLASS B -----------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------R E T A IL TRADE -------------------FINANCE -----------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------

804
116
688
124
62
381
107

38.5
39.0
38.5
39.5
39.5
38.0
37.0

135.00
174.00
128.50
128.00
144.00
121.00
139.00

127.00
179.00
124.50
120.00
158.00
119.00
141.50

115.00-145.00
145.00-204.50
114.50-136.00
115.00-136.50
114.50-166.50
112.50-129.50
130.00-150.00

F I L E C L E R K S ----------- -------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUB LIC U T I L I T I E S -----------FINANCE ------------------------------

867
114
753
70
539

38.5
39.5
38.5
39.5
38.0

134.50
155.00
131.00
246.00
116.50

121.50
140.50
118.50
242.00
115.QO

110.00-138.00
122.00-199.00
109.00-132.50
175.50-312.00
105.00-125.00

F I L E CLERKS. CLASS A ---------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------

78
72

39.0 172.00 159.50 132.00-173.00
39.0 172.00 159.50 134.00-166.50

F I L E CLERKS. CLASS B ---------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------FINANCE ------------------------------

397
356
284

39.0 143.00 125.00 116.00-139.00
38.5 136.50 123.00 115.00-133.00
38.5 122.50 122.50 115.00-129.50

F I L E CLERKS. CLASS C ---------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUBL IC U T I L I T I E S -----------FINANCE ------------------------------

392
67
325
32
235

38.5
39.5
38.0
39.0
38.0

118.00
128.00
116.00
186.50
107.50

110.50
125.50
108.00
166.00
105.00

101.50-124.50
115.00-138.00
101.50-115.00
146.00-201.00
100.00-115.00

MESSENGERS ---------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUB LIC U T I L I T I E S -----------FINANCE ------------------------------

364
88
276
69
138

38.5
39.0
38.5
39.0
36.5

139.50
149.00
137.00
190.50
115.50

125.00
147.00
122.50
191.50
113.50

113.50-150.00
126.50-173.50
112.50-143.00
137.00-236.50
104.00-124.00

-

-

8
~
8
~
6
2
“

-

-

-

-

-

79

1
1

-

-

-

:

20
16
4
4

78
17
61
61

13
13
-

18
5
13
13

16
12
4
4

71
13
58
58

25
22

8
8

7
4

3

5
1
-

-

-

-

38
31
7
5

10
4
6
6

8
6
2
2

2
2

2

2
2

27
1
-

3
1

9
5
4
4

5

6
4

63

78

70

13

11

-

-

-

-

13
13

18
5
13
13

16
12
4
4

-

17

-

17

42
10
32

70
13
57
3

40
13
27
5
7

8
4
4
2
2

13
5
8
6
1

14
9
5

28

35
6
29
14
7

19
18
1
1

15

72
7
65
2
43

-

-

See footnotes at end of tables.

4

-

35

-

-

-

-

2
2
-

-

-

-

~

“

"

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7
1
6
6

1
~
1
1

8
8
8

18
18
18

1

3

1

1

-

-

-

-

1
1

3
3

1
1

1
1

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

1
1

1
1

3
3

1
1

1
1

6

7
6

1
1

3
3

17
17

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

“

“

“

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
12
8
4
4

2
1
1
1

79

-

-

-

2
2
-

5

5

5
5

5
5

-

-

15

5

12
12

5
5

10
-

“

4

10
10

4
4

_

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Baltimore, Md., August 1977— Continued
We ek ly earnings
( standard)

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—

*

A ve ra ge
we ekly
hours1
(standard)

O cc u p a ti o n and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

80

s

90

$

s

100

$

$

s

s

$

$

t

s

s

$

$

$

s

$

s

*

$

110

120

130

1*0

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

120

130

1 *0

150

160

170

180

2 00

220

24 0

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

over

36
34

20
19

37
32

31
23
21
1
1

3
1

14
13
13

and
und er
90

100

110

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
$

f5 0 $ 2 4 . 0 0 -S
,.S 1

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS
N0NHANUF ACTURING —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S
R E TA IL TRADE -----FINANCE --------------SERVICES --------------

339
293
41
92
74
59

38.0
3 8.0
3 9.0
37.0
38.0
37.5

156.50
152.00
218.50
122.50
154.00
145.00

151.00
205.50
110.50
1 5 1 .0 0
144.00

120.002 03.001 00.001 34.50128.50-

1 8 0 . 0 0 12
1 7 6 . 0 0 12
270.00
1 4 8 . 5 0 12
176.00 169.00 -

SWITCHBOARD 0PERA TOR-RECEPTION I S T S HANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NONNANUF A C T U R I N G ---------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------------R E T A I L TRAOE -------------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------------------

526
227
299
42
117
51
55

38.5
38.5
38.5
39.0
39.5
39.0
37.5

147.50
153.50
142.50
153.00
141.50
143.50
150.00

145.00
1 4 7 .5 0
1 4 0 .0 0 '
140.00
135.50
136.50
1 4 5 .0 0

125.0013 0 .0 0 125.001 35.501 20.501 20.001 37.00-

159.50
170.00
150.00
163.50
150.00
144.50
147.00

ORDER C L E R K S ------------ .---------------MANUFACTURING — ■»----------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------R E T A I L TRADE --------------------

634
63
571
387
157

39.0
38.0
39.0
38.5
40.0

164.50
160.50
165.00
177.50
135.50

150.00
150.00
153.50
164.00
135.00

130.00-189.50
139.00-185.00
130.00-191.00
131.00-211.50
115.00-155.00

ACCOUNTING CLERKS -------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUF A C T U R I N G ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------R E T A IL TRADE ---------------------

2*601
848
1.753
482
297
372
415
187

38.5
39.0
38.5
38.5
39.5
39.0
36.0
37.5

189.00
206.00
181.00
246.00
163.50
150.50
150.50
167.00

172.50
187.00
165.00
216.50
155.00
148.50
147.00
165.00

141.00-216.50
150.50-243.00
139.50-207.50
207.50-319.50
138.00-178.00
116.00-169.50
130.00-172.50
140.00-181.50

ACCOUNTING CLERKS* CLASS A
MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------R E TA IL TRADE --------------------FINANCE ------------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------

1*211
459
752
319
65
114
190
64

39.0
39.0
39.0
39.0
40.0
39.5
38.5
38.5

220.50
231.00
214.50
266.50
205.50
170.00
164.00
193.50

210.00
218.00
202.50
249.50
196.00
167.00
165.00
178.50

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS B
MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------R E T A IL TRADE --------------------FINANCE ------------------------------S E R V I C E S ------------ ■----------------

1.390
389
1.001
163
232
258
225
123

38.5
39.0
38.5
38.0
39.5
39.0
38.0
37.0

161.00
176.00
155.50
206.50
151.50
142.50
138.50
153.50

155.00
163.50
151.50
207.50
150.00
148.00
136.00
150.00

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS
MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------

191
66
125

F I N A N C E ------ :----------------------

SERVICES ----------------------------

13
-

24
5
5

9
7
2

4
13
9

23
21
2
11
7

36
36
16
-

39
30
9
2
7
-

73
22
51

65
21
44
9
22
11
-

135
56
79
15
13
15
28

46
22
24
4
13
3

33
14
19
8
10
1
-

37
36
1
1
-

26
13
13
4
1
8

19
4
15
7
6
2

3
3
3
-

9
5
4
4
-

3
2
1
1
-

12
12
12

17
~
17
3
14

75
9
66
40
26

59
48
11

71
16
55
29
26

72
2
70
40
12

57
10
47
27
20

55
55
23
23

30
2
28
15
13

54
16
38
38
-

49
4
45
45

20
3
17
17
-

26
1
25
25
-

9
~
9
9
-

6
~
6
6
-

7
7
-

103
30
73
37
36

121
13
108
21
57
25
5

102
33
69
2
17
11
36
3

241
50
191
2
45
30
73
41

226
69
157
27
27
47
44
12

233
42
191
15
74
26
49
27

201
68
133
1
14
66
36
16

231
85
146
9
32
17
52
36

201
72
129
9
25
32
49
14

380
83
297
217
16
28
12
24

107
66
41
17
7
12
1
4

80
60
20
9
6
1
1
3

170.00-257.00
172.60-266.00
165.00-240.00
216.50-332.00
176.00-225.00
135.00-202.50
139.00-183.00
174.50-202.50

-

_
-

19
4
15
-

32
12
20

75
20

68
28
40
15
-

41

115
32
83
2
16

125
50
75

230

81
53
28
8

61
46
15
6

3

4

3
4

3

55
3

27
42
41
1

8

5

17
“

14
-

64
26
38
13
17

12
1
4

1
1

1

2

2
-

-

-

133.00-178.50
140.50-197.00
130.50-173.00
207.00-207.50
134.00-160.00
110.50-160.00
122.00-156.00
138.00-160.00

6
-

7
7

17
15

15

21
12

2

6

2

6

6

-

192
37
155

-

91
47
44

_

38.5 150.00 150.00 137.50-155.00
39.5 159.00 150.00 150.00-158.50
38.0 145.50 150.00 120.00-155.00

-

13
13
5
-

8

13
13

-

“

6
-

-

-

“
103
30
73
37
36

See footnotes at end of tables.

5

59

8

9

7

11

55

20
35

“
*
102
9

93
21
49
18
5

12
12

-

21
16
14

5

5

70
21
49
2

2

17
25
3

45
10
38
41

158
41
117
12
27
39
27
12

15
15

16
1
15

10
3
7

2

166
30
136

40
28
4
8
8
3

33
31
2
3
2
15

4
10
4

39
3*
1
8
17
5

5

36
6
11

9

63
21
35
27

19
19
-

7

4

10
12
43
6

8

31
27

137
42
95
1
14
53
19
8

116
53
63
7
16
10
21
9

76

1
1

12
2
10

27
10
17

22

54
5

15
20
6
8

58

172
119
10
17
12
14

2
2

7
7
“

21
21
21
-

-

-

-

-

52
42
10
5
4
1
-

34
12
22
15
5
~
2

89
20
69
64
3
2
~

71
29
42
41
1
-

82
35
47
47
-

23
21
2
2
. ~

11
11
~

35
27
8

19
3
16
11

68
8
60

69

76
29
47
47

22
20
2
2
-

11
11
-

-

-

1
1
-

-

3

7

150
25
125
98
6
ii
10

26
13
13
9

19
14
3

2
2

4

2

-

9
6
4
2

-

-

-

-

“

-

-

-

1
1

I
i

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

9
9

-

-

_

-

-

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Baltimore, Md., August 1977— Continued
Wee kl y earnings1
(standard)

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y e a r n in g s of—

$

A ve ra ge
we ek ly
hours1
(standard)

$

$

$

80

90

and
u n de r

_

_

90

O c c u p a ti o n and i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

100

100

110

-

-

“

_

_

$

$

110

120

_

_

120

130

$

$

_

$

$

140

130

150

160

_

140

_
150

160

$

$

$

$

$

180

200

2 20

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

over

4

_

*

170

!

$

$

*

$

25

1

1

“

“

-

~

”

“

8
6

2

_
170

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED

B O O K K E E P IN G -M A C H IN E
C O N T IN U E D

O PERATORS

-

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS.
CLASS A ----------------------------------------------

$

$

$

88

38.5

159.00

150.00

1 5 0 .00-180.00

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS.
CLASS B ----------------------------------------------NO NR AN UF ACT UR I N G -----------------------------

103
85

38.5
38.5

142.50
139.00

150.00
150.00

1 2 0 .00-155.00
120.00 -1 5 0 .0 0

$

“

7

5

_

12
12

“

15
15

7

38

9
8

3

53
44

1
~

-------------------------------------

50

3 7.0

142.50

138.00

120.00 -1 6 6 .5 0

-

-

5

6

3

13

-

7

-

7

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PAYROLL CLERKS --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------NONriANUFACTURING-----------------------------

333
215
118

3 9.0
39.5
3 7.5

212.50
237.50
167.00

188.00
217.00
163.00

162.50-233.50
173.00 -3 0 4 .5 0
140.00 -1 8 7 .5 0

-

-

4
4

12
3
9

23
10
13

29
1
28

9
7
2

35
30
5

37
18
19

30
17
13

38
22
16

37
33
4

9
7
2

6
5
1

4
4

9

-

1

4
4
-

11
11
-

30
30
-

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS ------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------

1.590
471
1.119

167.50
189.00
158.50

155.00
174.50
150.00

1 3 7 .00-186.00
146.00 -2 2 4 .5 0
131.00 -1 7 6 .0 0

159
39
120

190
77
113

1 68. 50- 2 7 8 .0 0

140.00
141.50
150.00
144.00

1 2 3 .50-154.00
122.50 -1 7 0 .0 0
131.00 -1 6 9 .5 0
130.0 0 -1 5 3 .5 0

125
53
72
48
2
16
6

44
35
9
8
1
-

25
21
4
4
-

44
39
5
3
2
-

72
25
47
47
-

5
5
“

1
1
-

_

2 0 1 .0 0

148
37
111
16
27
7
57
4

_

144.50
150.50
150.00
143.50

140
55
85
11
7
11
53
3

_

2 1 0 .0 0

154
35
119
18
15
18
64
4

-

-

-

23
23
-

5
5
-

1
1
~

-

-

-

-

-

-

MACHINE B IL L E R S

26
5
21
4
17

25
5
20
7
6
7

50
2
48
9
19
7
13

172
10
162
2

5

7

67
15
66
12

34
10
64
7

18
17
53
18

200
27
173
19
57
8
73
16

-

-

-

1

3

1
1

27
6
21
~
19

59
8
51
8
43

67
11
56
55

73
16
57
8
48

92
26
66
6
54

50
15
35
11
6

31
26
5
4
“

18
14
4
4

28
26
2

1

19
1
18
17

“

“

169
10
159
2
67
13
65
12

140
38
102
5
34
9
47
7

163
71
92
7
18
17
34
16

141
19
122
11
57
8
30
16

87
24
63
18
15
18
9
3

67
39
28
. 3
7
11
5
2

56
11
45
10
21
7
3
4

75
38
37
37

13
9
4
4

7
7
-

16
13
3
3

49
2
47
47

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

2

4

5

1

5

6

11

7

4

3

4

3

3

5

-

245
132
477
77

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS. CLASS A --------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------PUB LIC U T I L I T I E S ------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------------

497
178
319
41
244

39 .0
39.5
3 9.0
4 0.0
38.5

192.00
224.00
174.50
195.50
167.50

179.50
228.50
173.00
199.50
166.50

1 6 2 .5 0-210.50
181.00-269.50
1 5 5 .0 0-191.50
175.00 -2 2 0 .0 0
153.00 -1 7 9 .0 0

-

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS. CLASS B --------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------PUB LIC U T I L I T I E S ------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------------R E T A I L TRADE --------------------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------------------

1.093
293
800
147
235
112
233
73

38.5
3 9.0
38.5
3 9.0
3 9.0
3 8.0
38.0
36.5

156.50
167.50
152.50
214.00
142.00
141.50
132.00
142.50

146.00
157.50
144.00
201.00
140.00
140.00
131.00
142.00

130.0 0 -1 7 0 .5 0
140.0 0 -1 8 7 .5 0
126.0 0 -1 6 4 .5 0
168.5 0 -2 8 2 .5 0
1 2 3 .5 0-150.00
118.50-163.00
1 2 5 .0 0-146.00
1 3 0 .0 0-153.50

10
10
10
-

26
5
21
~

~

“

49
2
47
~
9
19
6
13

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS -----------

67

38.5

229.00

209.50

173.0 0 -2 9 3 .5 0

-

-

-

-

------------------------

S e e fo o t n o t e s at end o f ta ble s,

188

-

-

WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------------R E T A IL TRADE --------------------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------------------

U TILITIES

-

10
10
10
-

38.5
3 9.0
38.5
3 9.0
3 9.0
3 8.0
38.5
3 7.0

PUBLIC

8

2
1
1

-

4
17

25
5
20
7
6
7

'

3
-

-

8

4
4
-

_

Table A-2. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
W ee k ly e ar ni ng ^^ ™
(standard)

O cc u pa ti on and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

Number
of
workers

Ave rage
we ekly
hours1
(standard)

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s o f --$

$
110

M ean 2

Middle range 2

Me di a n 2

and
u n d er
120

ALL

S

*

$

$

$

t

$

$

$

$

s

S

*

$

$

$

%

$

480

130

190

160

180

200

220

290

260

280

300

320

390

360

38 0

900

920

440

460

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

and

130

190

160

180

200

220

290

260

280

300

320

390

360

380

900

9 20

990

960

980

over

1
~

9

9
~

29

39

55

99

71

75

61

52

32

35

29

19

12

29

-

1

5

9

12

15

13

19

8

8

11

8

13

5

8

UORKERS

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(B U S IN E S S ) -------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------NONHANUFACTURING ----------FINANCE -----------------------COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
( B U S I N E S S ) . CLASS A --------NONMANUFACTURING -------------FINANCE ---------------------------COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
( B U S I N E S S ) . CLASS B -------MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------FINANCE ---------------------------COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
( B U S I N E S S ) . CLASS C -------NONMANUFACTURING -------------COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (B U S I N E S S ) —
MANUFACTURING -------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ---------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------COMPUTER

$
120

P R OG R A M M E R S

$

$

$

591

3 8 .5

3 3 6 .5 0

1 2 6 .5 0

2 8 5 .5 0 -3 7 8 .5 0

125

3 9 .5

3 6 9 .5 0

3 5 8 .0 0

3 0 9 .5 0 -9 2 9 .0 0

-

-

3 8 .0

3 2 7 .5 0

3 2 2 .0 0

2 7 6 .0 0 -3 7 2 .0 0

202

3 8 .5

3 1 2 .0 0

3 1 6 .0 0

215

3 9 .0

3 8 6 .0 0

3 7 5 .5 0

3 9 5 .5 0 -9 0 7 .5 0

166

3 9 .0

3 8 9 .5 0

37 5 .5 0

3 5 2 .5 0 -9 0 9 .0 0

71

3 9 .0

3 6 9 .5 0

3 6 6 .0 0

3 9 3 .5 0 -3 9 2 .5 0

272

3 8 .5

3 2 5 .5 0

3 1 7 .0 0

2 8 2 .5 0 -3 9 7 .5 0

68

3 9 .5

3 9 9 .5 0

3 9 2 .0 0

2 9 0 .0 0 -9 1 7 .0 0

209

3 8 .0

3 1 7 .5 0

31 3 .0 0

2 7 9 .0 0 -3 9 0 .0 0

3 8 .5

2 9 9 .5 0

2 9 2 .0 0

2 6 6 .0 0 -3 3 8 .0 0

“

_

9

9

28

29

51

37

56

62

97

99

29

29

16

6

7

16

9

9

19

19

23

17

21

15

29

21

12

9

9

~

3

1

_

_

_

5

-

-

98

1
1

_

2 6 3 .5 0 -3 5 7 .0 0

“

-

966

“

_

_

"

_

_

8

17

18

19

5

5

10

17

10

5

9

”

3

1

_

38

26

31

11

9

_

1

_

~

-

_

-

-

1

”

8

15

12

8

7

5

9

10

8

6

6

7

2

6

6

6

1

1

8

10

39

16

93

99

25

9

2

6

2

1

2

6

8

10

21

12

15

6

13

9

2

9

_

_

2

“

“

51

50

-

-

_

_

_

7

-

-

~

3

7

"

1

8

9

21

19

16

18

5

-

1

8

9

20

19

16

18

5

~

1

9

33

68

89

75

96

51

65

27

39

11

6

92

2

5

-

2 2 0 .0 0 -2 7 3 .5 0
2 2 9 .0 0 -3 1 8 .5 0

9

22

16

_

2 2 0 .0 0 -2 8 5 .5 0

2 3 0 .5 0 -3 3 2 .0 0

16

90

7

_

2 5 8 .0 0
26 6 .0 0

22

22

6

1

2 5 8 .5 0

30 2 .0 0

26

18

2

”

2 6 2 .5 0

2 7 8 .5 0

91

8

~

“

2 5 0 .5 0

2 8 9 .0 0

30

3

“

”

3 7 .5
3 9 .0

25

1

“

1

3 7 .5

9 0 .0

15

-

”

-

96

89

_

-

-

109

559

_

-

“

"

-

_

~

4

16

2

1

4

8

7

17

19

9

9

9

2

2

~

66

83

71

1

_

1

-

~

3

“

“

-

-

i

5

17

38

44

98

13

30

7

2

90

91

9 0 .0

3 3 9 .5 0

31 0 .5 0

2 7 7 .0 0 -9 1 9 .5 0

-

-

-

-

-

1

8

9

8

19

10

~

5

1

-

35

73

3 9 .0

2 7 2 .0 0

2 5 9 .0 0

2 3 8 .5 0 -3 0 7 .0 0

-

-

-

12

17

9

6

12

2

7

-

-

~

251

3 7 .5

2 5 2 .5 0

2 9 0 .0 0

2 1 3 .0 0 -2 8 2 .0 0

5

17

8
50

52

91

21

16

18

V

10

6

2

2

~

125

3 9 .5

3 3 2 .5 0

3 3 2 . OU

3 0 5 .5 0 -3 5 7 .0 0

_

_

1

3

_

2

5

18

26

16

26

10

5

6

2

95

3 9 .0

3 2 8 .5 0

31 6 .0 0

2 9 6 .0 0 -3 5 5 .5 0

“

“

3

~

2

5

18

23

3

22

7

2

5

1
-

_

_

_

_

35

-

-

-

-

-

970

3 8 .5

2 7 6 .5 0

2 5 8 .5 0

2 2 8 .5 0 -3 1 1 .5 0

-

i

“

“

_

_

_

“

“

5
~

1

(BUSINESS)i

CLASS A ------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS ( B U S I N E S S ) .
CLASS B ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S WHOLESALE TRADE —
FINANCE -----------------COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS ( B U S I N E S S ) .
CLASS C ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING —
FINANCE -----------------COMPUTER OPERATORS -----MANUFACTURING ---------NONMANUFACTURING ----PUBL IC U T I L I T I E S WHOLESALE TRADE - FINANCE -----------------SERVICES ----------------

313

3 8 .5

2 8 1 .0 0

2 6 6 .0 0

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

281

3 8 .5

2 7 8 .5 0

25 8 .5 0

_

2 3 3 .0 0 -3 0 5 .0 0

62

9 0 .0

3 9 8 .0 0

9 1 9 .5 0

2 5 6 .5 0 -9 1 9 .5 0

_

-

2 6 5 .5 0

2 5 8 .5 0

2 3 8 .5 0 -2 9 2 .0 0

2 5 1 .0 0

2 9 7 .0 0

2 2 1 .0 0 -2 7 8 .0 0

121

3 8 .5

2 1 6 .5 0

2 0 8 .0 0

2 0 0 .0 0 -2 3 0 .5 0

99

3 8 .0

2 1 8 .5 0

2 1 5 .0 0

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

78

3 7 .5

2 1 5 .5 0

2 0 9 .5 0

2 0 5 .0 0 -2 3 0 .5 0

-

-

777

3 9 .0

2 1 3 .0 0

19 9.50

1 6 8 .0 0 -2 9 1 .0 0

-

6

1 8 0 .0 0 -2 6 6 .5 0

-

3 9 .5

2 2 7 .0 0

20 9 .0 0

3 9 .0

2 0 7 .0 0

1 9 2 .0 0

1 6 5 .0 0 -2 2 7 .0 0

96

3 9 .0

2 9 8 .5 0

3 0 6 .0 0

,

3 9 .5

1 8 9 .5 0

10

21

57

60

37

32

38

11

8

10

21

57

58

30

26

29

10

8

-

9

12

16

9

2

10

17

29

30

19

13

10

i

7

22

99

27

13

9

1

1

i

3

92

26

11

3

-

~

-

_

_

_

-

-

8

7
7

8

-

-

-

"

~

“

“

“

“

37

2

-

-

-

-

9

i
-

11

-

11

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

28

16

12

2

1

93

68

95

36

13

2

10

19

9

25

15

8

5

1

7

_

5
5

-

Se e fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b l e s .

_

1

-

-

5

16

7

_

2

1

9

_

-

20

2

2

_

8
6

27

1 5 1 .0 0 -2 0 9 .0 0

~

19

28

82
25

1 5 0 .0 0 -2 9 9 .0 0

“

29

19

99
3

1 5 6 .5 0 -2 0 2 .0 0

-

”

19

99

17 8 .0 0

-

~

37

32

17 6 .0 0

-

“

“

109

1 9 2 .0 0

35
-

25

25

1 8 0 .5 0

~

2

93

1 8 6 .5 0

“

93

23

9 0 .0

1
1

9

6

3 8 .0

-

56

-

91

-

2
8

1

-

36

_
“

1

23

193

237

_
-

_
“

8

55

3
136

9

3

6

96

i
118

2

7

33

“
23
-

2 0 7 .5 0 -3 9 5 .0 0

83

2
2
-

-

-

3 9 .0
3 7 .5

227

_
-

”

-

58
139

550

_

-

5
5

“
9

”

i

15

12

9

12

4

1

33
33

1

-

professional and technical workers in Baltimore, Md., August 1977— Continued
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
$

Average
weekly

$

S

$

S

$

$

$

*

S

$

%

$
~
t
320 340

110
Median 2

Middle r n e
ag

130

140

160

180

200

220

240

260

28 0

300

and
unde r

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

120

s a d r ) Mean2
tnad

120

130

140

160

180

200

22 0

240

260

280

300

320

340

20
8
12
10

20
2
18
15

33
2
31
23

15
2
13
9

32
7
25
2

22
7
15
10

21
17
4

4
4
-

-

1
1
~
-

$

%

360

38 0

-

-

-

360

380

1
1

$
4 00

S

*

S

s

420

440

460

480

-

-

-

-

and

400

4 20

440

460

480 over

1
1
«

33
33

1

-

-

-

204
52
152
69

39.0
39.5
39.0
38.5

$
260.50
256.00
262.00
213.00

$
244.00
277.00
244.00
211.00

$
$
207.00-288.00
223.50-294.00
207.00-279.50
189.50-225.00

335
123

210.00
235.50
195.50
181.50

192.00
216.50
187.00
176.50

177.00-229.00
185.00-260.00
170.00-212.00
169.00-193.00

-

-

3
3
“

18
1
17
9

76
14
62
45

106
41
65
29

32
8
24
13

38
24
14
4

17
5
12

16
7
9

4
3
1

5
~
5

1
1

3
3
-

11
11
-

4
4
~

1
1

-

-

-

212
100

39.0
39.5
39.0
38.0

-

238
52
186
68

39.0
39.5
38.5
37.5

176.00
178.00
175.50
147.00

154.50
172.50
151.50
144.00

144.00-199.50
154.00-197.50
144.00-199.50
136.50-154.00

“

6
6
4

20

40
10
30
13

17
6
11
1

31
4
27

2
2
-

7
7

5
5

-

-

-

11

-

-

-

-

-

-

20
16

99
23
76
34

“

11
“

“

”

“

~

“

“

”

331
876
455
339

39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0

261.00
265.50
252.50
241.00

263.00
262.00
264.00
256.00

200.00-314.00
200.00-326.00
215.00-288.00
206.50-279.50

2
2
2

2
2
2

8
~
8
8

54
30
24
24

103
78
25
23

109
73
36
24

14 4
118
26
26

108
63
45
36

99
54
45
36

204
101
103
73

112
59
53
50

91
59
32
21

91
59
32
10

84
79
5
<
*

80
64
16
“

3
2
1
~

8
8

14
14

13
13
-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

42
17
25
25

126
54
72
72

88
44
44
44

64
39
25
21

52
42
10
10

67
63
4
4

72
56
16
“

1

7
7

14
14

13
13
~

2
2

-

8
1
7
7

36
14
22
22

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~
-

-

-

-

“

592
366
226
205

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

308.00
324.00
282.50
274.00

299.00
325.50
272.50
272.50

268.00-343.00
282.00-360.50
260.00-299.50
259.00-292.00

_
-

400
261
139
91

39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0

238.50
241.00
234.00
209.00

220.00
220.00
216.50
206.50

200.00-273.50
200.00-268.00
187.50-285.00
183.00-233.50

-

_
-

_
-

10
10
10

16
2
14
12

53
26
27
18

118
99
19
19

55
39
16
14

29
17
12
11

23
20
3
1

19
11
8
6

23
16
7

35
13
22

9
8
1

7
7

284
219

39.5 214.00 188.00 170.00-262.00
39.5 209.00 182.00 167.50-250.50

-

-

2
-

16
16

81
70

54
46

12
12

17
10

27
19

53.
25

5
4

4
4

4
4

8
8

1
1

55

39.5 160.00 146.50 143.00-174.50

2

2

6

28

6

2

6

-

1

2

-

-

-

-

-

>236
599

40.0 285.50 273.00 266.00-309.50
40.0 284.50 292.00 244.00-321.00

_

_

-

13

-

-

-

-

16
8

37
28

64
47

62
56

90
52

422
76

96
81

171
97

87
76

65
28

66
27

383
176
207

40.0 327.00 321.00 300.00-359.00
40.0 331.50 309.00 309.00-359.00
40.0 323.50 322.00 294.00-356.50

_
-

-

-

-

-

6

-

-

6

2
2

15
4
11

28
12
16

45
15
30

93
64
29

43
1
42

59
37
22

66
39
27

624
228

40.0 282.50 273.00 273.00-297 i00
40.0 289.00 298.50 278.50-313.50

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11
2

26
22

14
8

22
11

356
30

46
46

78
68

44
34

6
6

13

16

26

32

46

53

38

-

5

7

6

4

4

18
16

8
6

-

4

20
17

12

-

17
14

1

~

5

1
-

-

229

40.0 224.50 228.50 200.00-251.00

-

-

-

100

39.5 277.00 276.50 249.00-306.50
39.5 281.50 277.50 253.50-315.00

-

-

-

78

-

-

8

-

7

1
~

-

-

2
2
-

1
1

-

-

“

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10
10

36
13

1
-

-

-

-

10
10

15
3
12

1
1

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

21
1

-

-

~

-

-

-

4

-

2

-

-

-

4

-

2

-

-

-

Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex
in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
A ve ra ge
(mean 2 )

Sex, 3 oc cu pa tio n,

and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS FILE

We ek ly
hours1

Weekly
earnings1
(standard)

Sex, 3 o cc u p a t io n , and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

59

4 0 .0

MESSENGERS ----------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------FINANCE -------------------------------

241

3 8 .5

1 4 0 .0 0

ORDER CLERKS ------------------------------NONMANUF A C T U R I N G -----------------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------------

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS -

70

3 9 .0

1 5 0 .5 0

171

3 8 .5

1 3 5 . 5U

98

3 8 .5

1 1 4 .5 0

193

3 8 .0

2 0 3 .0 0

189

3 8 .0

2 0 3 .0 0

149

3 7 .5

2 2 0 .5 0

166

119

3 9 .5

3 9 .5

2 7 4 .5 0

2 9 3 .5 0

SECRETARIES* CLASS A
MANUFACTURING ---------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 —
SECRETARIES* CLASS B
MANUFACTURING ---------NONHANUFACTURING —
WHOLESALE TRADE —
R E T A I L TRADE -------FINANCE -----------------SERVICES ---------------SECRETARIES* CLASS C
MANUFACTURING ---------NONMANUFACTURING —
WHOLESALE TRADE —
R E T A I L TRADE -------FINANCE -----------------SERVICES ---------------SECRETARIES* CLASS D
MANUFACTURING ---------NONMANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE TRADE - FINANCE -----------------SERVICES ----------------

3.69 2

3 9 .0

1 9 8 .5 0

1.19 3

39 •5

2 1 6 .0 0

2 .4 9 9

3 8 .5

1 9 0 .0 0

224

3 9 .0

2 6 6 .5 0

343

3 9 .0

1 7 9 .0 0

3 9 .0

1 8 0 .5 0

3 8 .0

and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

Weekly
hours
standard)

Wee kl y
earnings1
(standard)

1 5 4 .0 0

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS
WOMEN— CONTINUED

1.121

STENOGRAPHERS ------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------N0NHANUFACTURIN6 -------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------FINANCE ---------------------------

3 9 .0

1 8 4 .0 0

39 (^

3 9 .5

1 9 9 .0 0

731

3 8 .5

1 7 5 .5 0

73

1 7 7 .5 0

3 8 .5

1 4 0 .5 0

63 4

STENOGRAPHERS* GENERAL —
MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------

3 9 .5

279

4 0 .0
4 0 .0

2 1 8 .0 0

408

1 8 1 .5 0

3 9 .5

1 6 3 .0 0

487

3 8 .0

1 7 0 .0 0

164

3 9 .0

1 7 3 .0 0

323

3 7 .5

NONHANUFACTURING R E T A IL TRADE ----FINANCE -------------SERVICES
----------

3 8 .0

1 4 1 .0 0

151

3 8 .5

1 4 9 .0 0

104

3 8 .0

1 5 5 .0 0

97

3 8 .0

1 5 1 .5 0

1 .32 1

3 8 .5

1 5 1 .5 0

352

3 9 .5

1 8 3 .0 0

969

3 8 .5

1 4 0 .0 0

3 8 .0

278

3 8 .0

1 4 9 .0 0

92

3 7 .0

1 2 2 .5 0

74

3 8 .0

1 5 4 .0 0

MANUFACTURING -------NONHANUFACTURING —
PU BLIC U T I L I T I E S
WHOLESALE TRADE R E T A IL TRADE ------SERVICES --------------

59

3 7 .5

14 5 .0 0

524

3 8 .5

1 4 6 .5 0

225

3 8 .5

299

3 8 .5

14 2 .5 0

42

3 9 .0

1 5 3 .0 0

15 1 .5 0

1 6 8 .5 0

155

T Y P I S T S --------------------------MANUFACTURING --------NONHANUFACTURING —
WHOLESALE TRADE R E T A IL TRADE -------FINANCE ----------------SERVICES ---------------

4 0 .0

51

STENOGRAPHERS* SENIOR
MANUFACTURING -----------NONMANUFACTURING -----FINANCE -------------------

$
324

I

1 9 4 .5 0

226

TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE T Y P I S T S
NONMANUFACTURING ---------------FINANCE -----------------------------

WOMEN

SECRETARIES ------------------MANUFACTURING --------NONMANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S
WHOLESALE TRADE R E T A I L TRADE -------FINANCE ----------------SERVICES ---------------

Sex , 3 oc cu p at ion ,

Wee kl y
earnings1
(standard)

Number
of
workers

$

2 2 7 .0 0

ACCOUNTING CLERKSe CLASS A:
MANUFACTURING ----------------------

Weekly
hour*
(standard)

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

HEN

CLERKS ---------------------------------

ACCOUNTING CLERKS:
MANUFACTURING -----------------------

Average
(mean2 )

Avera ge
(mean 2 )
Number
of
woikers

130

3 9 .5

1 2 9 .5 0

ORDER CLERKS -------------MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING WHOLESALE TRADE
R E T A IL TRADE ---ACCOUNTING CLERKS —
MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING WHOLESALE TRAOE
R E T A IL TRADE ---FINANCE -------------SERVICES ------------

117

3 9 .5

1 4 1 .5 0

51

3 9 .0

1 4 3 .5 0

55

3 7 .5

1 5 0 .0 0

441

3 9 .5

14 7 .5 0

59

3 8 .0

1 5 8 .5 0

382

3 9 .5

1 4 6 .0 0

238

3 9 .5

1 5 0 .5 0

135

4 0 .0

1 3 7 .0 0

1 .90 4

3 8 .5

662

3 9 .0

18 7 .0 0

1.24 2

3 8 .5

1 5 6 .5 0

3 9 .5

1 5 9 .0 0

263

1 6 7 .0 0

1 7 6 .5 0

20
1
1.1 5 1
571

22
1
6
8
144

3 8 .5

1 9 8 .0 0

3 8 .0

2 1 4 .0 0

3 9 .0

2 2 7 .5 0

3 7 .5

2 0 7 .5 0

705

3 8 .5

2 0 8 .5 0

232

3 9 .0

2 2 0 .5 0

473

3 8 .0

2 0 2 .5 0

75

3 9 .0

1 9 0 .5 0

60
229

3 8 .0

1 8 2 .5 0

3 7 .5

1 9 b .50

69

3 8 .5

2 2 6 .0 0

1 .49 7

3 8 .5

1.97 .50

438

3 9 .5

2 2 9 .5 0

1 .05 9

3 8 .5

1 8 4 .0 0

98

3 8 .5

1 8 3 .5 0

80

3 9 .5

62

1 4 4 .0 0

3 7 .5

1 2 3 .5 0

167

3 7 .5

1 4 6 .0 0

517

3 9 .0

1 7 7 .5 0

236
281

T Y P I S T S . CLASS A -----MANUFACTURING --------NONMANUFACTURING —
FINANCE ----------------SERVICES ---------------

3 9 .5

482

3 9 .5
3 8 .5

1 8 7 .5 0
1 6 9 .0 0

M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----NONHANUFACTURING:

WHOLESALE TRADE
R E T A IL TRADE ---FINANCE --------------

11
0

T Y P I S T S . CLASS B -----MANUFACTURING --------NONHANUFACTURING —
WHOLESALE TRAOE —
R ET A IL TRADE -------FINANCE -----------------SERVICES ----------------

3 6 .5

1 3 3 .0 0

60

3 8 .5

1 5 8 .0 0

804
116

3 8 .5
3 8 .5

1 7 4 .0 0
1 2 8 .5 0

124

3 9 .5

1 2 8 .0 0

62

3 9 .5

1 4 4 .0 0

381

F I L E CLERKS ------------------MANUFACTURING ---------NONMANUFACTURING —
FINANCE -----------------

3 8 .0
3 7 .0

798

3 8 .5

14 9 .5 0

3 8 .0

1 4 9 .5 0

163

3 7 .0

16 6 .0 0

733

3 9 .0

1 8 9 .5 0

324

3 9 .0

2 0 6 .5 0

52

4 0 .0

19 5 .0 0

3 9 .5

16 7 .5 0

11
1
160

3 8 .5

1 6 4 .5 0

1.1 7 1

3 8 .5

1 5 3 .0 0

3 9 .0

16 8 .5 0

1 3 5 .0 0

68
8
107

3 9 .0

ACCOUNTING CLERKS*

3 9 .0

374

357

121.00
1 3 9 .0 0

ACCOUNTING CLERKS*
MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING WHOLESALE TRADE
R E T A IL TRADE ---FINANCE -------------SERVICES ------------

338

21
1

3 8 .5

14 6 .5 0

3 9 .5

15 0 .0 0

246

3 9 .0

14 1 .5 0

214

3 8 .0

115

3 6 .5

13 8 .5 0
15 4 .5 0

833

1 2 7 .0 0

1 9 0 .0 0

584

3 8 .0

245

3 9 .0

201.00

1 7 4 .0 0

1 .1 9 2

3 9 .0

1 8 2 .5 0

455

3 9 .5

1 9 9 .0 0

737

3 9 .0

1 7 2 .5 0

154

3 9 .0
3 9 .0

1 6 0 .0 0

217

3 9 .0

1 8 0 .0 0

1 2 2 .5 0

3 8 .0

1 1 6 .5 0

67

3 8 .5

1 5 4 .5 0

61

3 8 .5

1 5 3 .0 0

372

F I L E CLERKS. CLASS A
NONMANUFACTURING —

3 9 .5
3 8 .5

3 9 .0

1 3 4 .0 0

1 5 7 .0 0

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS
MANUFACTURING -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS*
CLASS A ------------------------------------------

3 8 .5

1 5 0 .0 0

3 9 .5

15 9 .0 0

3 8 .0

14 5 .5 0

3 8 .5

15 9 .0 0

103

3 8 .5

1 4 2 .5 0

85

3 8 .5

13 9 .0 0

50

3 7 .0

1 4 2 .5 0

191

6
6

125

1 6 6 .0 0

296

10
0

698
533

F I L E CLERKS. CLASS B
NONHANUFACTURING —
FINANCE -----------------

333

1 2 7 .0 0

3 8 .5

1 2 2 .5 0

359

F I L E CLERKS. CLASS C
MANUFACTURING ---------NONMANUFACTURING —
FINANCE ------------------

3 8 .5

283

3 8 .5

1 1 4 .0 0

55

9

1 2 7 .5 0

3 8 .0

1 1 1 .5 0

230

See footnotes at end of tables.

3 9 .0

304

3 8 .0

1 0 8 .0 0

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

BI LL ER S

8
8

Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex,
in Baltimore, Md., August 1977— Continued
Average
(mean*)
Sex, 3 oc c up at io n,

and i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

Weekly
Weekly
hou s
r 1 erig *
anns
(tnad (tnad
sadr) sadr)

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

261
145
116

$
38.5 181.00
39.0 192.50
37.5 166.00

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS ---------MANUFACTURING -----------NONMANUFACTURING -------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------RETAIL TRADE ----------FINANCE ----------------SERVICES ----------------

1.536
468
1.068
245
132
477
77

38.5
39.0
38.5
39.0
38.0
38.5
37.0

166.50
189.00
157.00
144.50
150.50
150.00
143.50

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS. CLASS A
MANUFACTURING -----------NONMANUFACTURING --------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------FINANCE ----------------

497
178
319

39.0
39.5
39.0
40.0
38.5

192.00
224.00
174.50
195.50
167.50

38.5
39.0
38.5
39.0
38.0
38.0
36.5

154.50
167.50
149.50
142.00
141.50
132.00
142.50

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS. CLASS B
MANUFACTURING -----------NONMANUFACTURING --------WHOLESALE TRADE -------RETAIL TRADE ----------FIN AN C E

----------------------------------

SERVICES ----------------

41

244
1.039
290
749
235
112

233
73

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS). CLASS A ---NONMANUFACTURING ------FINANCE --------------COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS). CLASS B ---MANUFACTURING ---------NONMANUFACTURING ------FINANCE --------------

Weekly
Weekly
erig1
anns
hus
or
(tnad (tnad
sadr) sadr)

466
104
362
156

38.5
39.5
38.0
38.5

344.50
372.50
336.50
320.50

156
64

39.0 386.50
39.0 383.50
39.0 367.50

189
50
139
71

38.5
39.5
38.0
38.5

202

330.00
345.00
324.50
307.50

Sex , 3 oc cup ati on ,

and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

Weekly
Weekly
hus
o r * eamingsl
(tnad (tnad
sadr) sadr)

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED
DRAFTERS - CONTINUED

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS) - CONTINUED

$

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS). CLASS C ----------NONMANUFACTURING -------------COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS) —
MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------FINANCE ----------------------

$
37.5 268.00
37.5 251.50
39.0
40.0
38.5
40.0
39.0
37.5

288.50
286.50
289.00
342.00
273.00
264.00

DRAFTERS. CLASS B
MANUFACTURING -NONMANUFACTURING
SERVICES — ---

381
246
135
87

39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0

DRAFTERS. CLAS5 C
MANUFACTURING --

276
215

39.5 214.50
39.5 209.50

1 .2 0 2

591

40.0 287.50
40.0 285.50

240.00
243.00
234.50
208.50

DRAFTER-TRACERS
NONMANUFACTURING

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS).
CLASS A -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------

39.5 338.00
39.0 335.00

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS!
MANUFACTURING --------NONMANUFACTURING -----

383
176
207

40.0 327.00
40.0 331.50
40.0 323.50

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS).
CLASS B -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------FINANCE ----------------------

39.0
38.5
39.0
37.5

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS B
NONMANUFACTURING ---------------

610
226

40.0 282.50
40.0 289.00

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS).
CLASS C -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------

38.5 220.50
38.0 225.50

125
104

38.5 306.50
38.0 296.50

83
65

38.5 316.00
38.0 303.00

132
123
91

38.5 247.00
38.0 242.50
37.5 232.50

77
73
53

38.0 254.50
38.0 250.50
37.5 240.00

90
73

39.5 274.50
39.5 280.00

COMPUTER OPERATORS --------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------SERVICES ---------------------

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS) ---------------MANUFACTURING ---------NONMANUFACTURING ------FINANCE ---------------

Sex, 3 o cc u p a t io n , and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

Average
(mean*)

(mean^)

39.0
39.5
39.0
39.5
40.0

289.50
288.50
262.50
258.50

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS, CLASS C-

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN
219.00
230;00
214.50 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS) -------------187.00
NONMANUFACTURING -----185.50

COMPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS A ---NONMANUFACTURING --------------

39.0 269.50
39.0 276.00

COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS B --MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------FINANCE ----------------------

39.0
39.5
38.5
37.5

215.50
243.50 COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS)
NONMANUFACTURING -----------201.00
FINANCE ------------------184.50

DRAFTERS -------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------SERVICES ---------------------

39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0

262.00
267.00
253.50
242.00

DRAFTERS. CLASS A ------------- MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------SERVICES ---------------------

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

308.50
324.50
282.00
274.00

Se e fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b l e s .

10

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS). CLASS B ---NONMANUFACTURING --------

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS),
CLASS B -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------FINANCE ---------------------REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NURSES
MANUFACTURING ------------

Table A-4. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
Hourly earnings *

Occupation and industry division

o
f
wres
okr

Mean * Median*

Middle r n e *
ag

Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings of
S
$
S
$
*
$
$
$
*
S
$
s
s
$
$
$
*
*
*
$
$
s
$
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 6• 20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8. 20 8.60 9.00 9 .40 9.80
and
and
~
under
3.60 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.40 5*60 5.80 6.20 6 .60 7.00 7,40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 9 >80

over

•
ALL WORKERS

MAINTENANCE CARPENTERS ------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ---------------------

204
111
93
55

$
7.05
7.36
6.67
6.75

$
6.94
7.60
6.94
6.94

$
6.276.316.136.13-

$
7.79
8.38
7.21
7.08

MAINTENANCE EL EC TR IC IA N S --------------M ANU FAC TUR IN G----------------------— —
NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ---------------------

588
509
79
57

7.71 •-7.64
7.77 7.66
7.33 7.63
7.51 7.63

7.197.177.337.63-

8.90
8.90
7.63
7.64

-

MAINTENANCE PAI NT ER S ----------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------

121
72

6.08
7.13

5.96
7.12

4.43- 7.34
6.13--8.30

4
-

3
-

MAINTENANCE MACHINISTS ------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------nonm anufacturing:
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ---------------------

671
632

7.84
7.86

8.02
8.02

7.17- d.75
7.17- 8.75

-

-

39

7.46

7.63

7.63- 7.63

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS (MACHINERY)
MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------

2.047
1.887
160

7.72
7.70
7.98

8.25
8.33
8.07

7.19- 8.58
7.19- 8.58
8.00- 8.12

-

21
21

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS
(MOTOR VEHI CLE S) ----------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S --------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------

1.237
406
831
558
57

7.50
6.53
7.97
8.48
7.38

8.25
6.24
8.54
8.54
8.20

6.654.877.088.546.85-

_

MAINTENANCE P I P E F I T T E R S -----------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

383
360

7.87
7.94

8.09
8.09

7.52- 8.64
7.57- 8.66

MAINTENANCE SHEET-METAL WORKERS —
MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

115
93

7.83
7.96

7.85
7.85

7.52- 8.40
7.55- 8.64

MILLWRIGHTS ----------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

228
228

7.84
7.84

7.85
7.85

7.19- 8.27
7.19- 8.27

MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS (TOOLROOM)
MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

104
104

7.19
7.19

6.75
6.75

6.54- 7.98
6.54- 7.98

TOOL AND DIE MAKERS -------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

405
389

7.93
7.99

8.23
8.23

7.56- 8.44
7.57- 8.44

STATIONARY ENGINEERS -----------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

434
285

6.72
7.03

6.19
7.01

5.92- 7.85
5.93- 7.98

BOILER TENDERS -----------------------------------MANUFACTURING — y --------------------------

56
51

7.57
7.74

7.64
7.73

7.19- 7.77
7.24- 7.87

~

3

-

_

_

-

1

1
-

3
“

2
~
2

3
3

1

1
1
-

-

-

1

4
i
3
1

3
1
2
1

“

1
1

2
2

12
12

4
4
-

1

20
7
13
12

31
25
6
i

35
8
27
25

36
7
29
13

13
13
-

7
3
4
i

28
27
1
“

8
8
“

7
7
-

5
4
1

25
22
3
1

58
55
3
3

20
17
3
2

80
70
10
2

138
82
56
48

49
48
1
1

37
37
-

101
101
“

35
35
-

-

i
i

19
19

-

-

-

14
14

22
22

-

-

-

22
22
“

_
“

2
2

~

1
-

14
~

7
1

8
-

2
-

1
-

-

2
2

1
-

1
-

20
16

17
13

1
1

11
11

4
4

3
3

12
12

9
9

_

-

_

“

-

14
14

-

9
9

1
1

1
1

29
26

27
26

66
66

88
85

55
25

101
99

76
76

168
168

3

1

-

3

30

2

-

-

-

-

8
8

-

25
25

50
50

6
6

31
31

91
90
1

49
49
~

9
7
2

46
42
4

133
127
6

91
84
7

126
115
11

323
224
99

6 42
6 25
17

37 2
361
11

_

_

9

4
4

9

4
4
-

132
132
-

1
1

21
20
1

11
6
5

2
2
2

-

-

“

*

55
37
18
12
-

48
14
34
4
~

123
15
108
6
8

96
26
70
12
-

54
23
31
22

9

-

37
24
13
7
6

389
77
312
266
34

209
9
200
200
-

11
11
-

-

10
10

44
36

23
19

15
7

32
29

95
95

56
56

100
100

6
6

_

3

9
9

i
i

9
3

33
20

29
29

-

24
24

1
1

-

4
4

13
13

9
9

65
65

9
9

69
69

8
8

47
47

-

-

8
8

7
7

8.54
8.17
8.60
8.70
8.25

1

1
1
~

28
28

26
26

1
1

15
15

1
1

24
24

2
2

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

~

1

2
2

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

“

-

-

1
1

-

-

8
8

14
-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

14

-

-

-

-

_

1
1

1
1

See footnotes at end of tables.

11

-

-

-

_

-

31
4
27
27
2
2

~
-

3
1

4
4

12
4

14
12

24
22

20
18

83
83

30
30

139
139

67
67

7
7

1
1

1
1

14
14

35
35

134
41

26
24

21
16

38
37

14
14

52
43

34
33

9
9

3

-

17
10

1

1
1

_

-

3

2
2

12
12

20
20

4
4

-

-

-

10
10

-

-

Table A-5. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
Hourly earnings 4

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s of --$
2 .3 0

Number

Occupation and industry division
workers

Mean 2

Median2

Middle range 2

and
u n d er

S
2 .4 0

S
2 . 60

$
2 . 80

$
3 .0 0

%
3. 2 0

I
3 . 40

*
3 .6 0
-

-

S
4 .2 0

-

4 .4 0

38
33
14

123
45
78
3
36
36
2

96
31
65
1
29
34

54
11
43
4
31
6

22
2
20
~
4

33
33
14

41
3
38
36
2

45
14
31
22

53
53
20
33

63
36
27
2
24
”

21
1
20
1
6
12

10
10
-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2 . 80

3 . 00

3 .2 0

3 . 40

3 . 60

3 .8 0

58
12
46

45
19
26

113
19
94

77
8
69

77
4
73

98
12
86

9

32
14

16
10

90
4

18
40
9

33
35
4

46

26

36

46
32
14

26
16
10

46
19
27
23
4

36
25
9

-

s
4 . 00

4 . 20

-

2 .6 0

9
~
9
-

2 .4 0

$
3 .8 0

4 .0 0

s
4 .4 0
4 .8 0

S
4 .8 0

S
5 .2 0
-

5 .2 0

%

*

5 .6 0

6 .0 0

-

5 .6 0

-

6 .0 0

$
6 .4 0

s
6 .8 0

-

-

6 .4 0

6 .8 0

7 .2 0

*
7 .2 0
-

$
7 .6 0

S

8 .0 0

-

7 .6 0

-

$
8 .4 0

S
8 .8 0
and

-

over

8 .0 0

8 .4 0

8 .8 0

183
-

479
6
473
207
260
6
-

1282
1282
-

-

-

-

4
-

192
-

_
-

4

192

ALL WORKERS

TRUCKDRIVERS ---------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUF ACTURIN 6 --------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------SERVICES --------------------------

4 ,9 1 1
1 ,2 0 5
3 ,7 0 6
1 ,6 9 7
1 ,4 1 3
516
71

$
6 .5 6
5 .9 0
6 .7 8
8 .1 7
5 .9 5
4 .9 3
3 .6 7

$
6 .8 8
6 .5 5
7 .9 5
8 .5 0
5 .8 9
3 .8 0
3 .3 8

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

TRUCKDRIVERS* LIGHT TRUCK MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------SERVICES --------------------------

729
200
529
155
65

5 .5 3
5 .5 8
5 .5 2
3 .3 4
3 .4 2

5 .2 1
5 .3 5
4 .2 5
3 .2 5
3 .2 5

3 .6 3 4 .6 1 3 .3 7 2 .8 5 2 .8 5 -

8 .5 0
6 .8 8
8 .5 0
3 .8 5
3 .7 5

TRUCKDRIVERS, MEDIUM TRUCK
MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUFACTURIN6 ---------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------

1 ,2 0 4
389
815
245
393
175

5 .5 0
6 .1 2
5 .2 1
7 .5 8
4 .5 4
3 .4 2

4 .8 3
6 .8 8
4 .8 3
8 .5 0
4 .7 5
3 .3 8

4 .1 0 5 .3 5 3 .7 5 6 .7 8 4 .5 0 3 .0 5 -

6 .8 8
6 .8 8
5 .7 2
8 .5 0
4 .8 3
3 .7 5

(T R A IL E R ) ---------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUFACTURIN6 ---------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -----------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------

1 17 93
237
1 ,5 5 6
828
584

7 .6 2
6 .0 4
7 .8 6
8 .3 7
7 .1 7

8 .2 7
6 .7 5
8 .3 1
8 .5 0
7 .0 6

7 .0 6 4 .4 6 7 .8 0 8 .3 1 6 .6 0 -

8 .5 0
7 .2 0
8 .5 0
8 .5 0
8 .1 6

TRUCKDRIVERS, HEAVY TRUCK
(OTHER THAN TRAILER) --------MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------

530
306
224

5 .9 6
5 .8 5
6 .1 0

5 .8 9
6 .5 5
5 .8 9

5 .2 5 5 .0 6 5 .8 9 -

6 .5 5
6 .9 1
5 .8 9

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

180
128
52

5 .5 3
5 .3 7
5 .9 1

5 .2 3
5 .2 1
5 .6 7

4 .4 3 4 .4 3 4 .2 4 -

6 .2 1
6 .2 1
7 .7 7

_
-

RECEIVING CLERKS --------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------

555
233
322
101
209

5 .2 5
4 .9 8
5 .4 4
5 .4 3
5 .4 8

4 .8 7
4 .8 7
5 .2 0
5 .4 0
5 .2 0

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

6 .7 4
5 .7 5
6 .9 3
6 .3 5
7 .3 7

12
-

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS
MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUF ACTURIN 6 ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE — ;----------

297
83
214
111

4 .9 4
5 .8 9
4 .5 7
4 .1 8

4 .9 5
6 .5 0
4 .5 4
4 .1 3

3 .9 2 5 .3 3 3 .7 8 3 .5 0 -

5 .6 2
6 .8 8
5 .5 4
4 .8 4

WAREHOUSEMEN ---------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------NONHANUFACTURING ---------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------

1 ,9 4 1
443
1 ,4 9 8
410
796
288

5 .2 1
5 .2 8
5 .1 9
5 .3 0
5 .2 7
4 .7 8

5 .2 5
5 .2 0
5 .2 5
5 .3 5
5 .2 5
4 .5 0

4 .6 5 4 .3 8 4 .8 4 5 .0 8 4 .8 4 3 .3 8 -

5 .7 5
5 .7 7
5 .6 2
5 .3 5
5 .8 5
5 .5 1

TRUCKDRIVERS,

HEAVY

TRUCK

-

-

-

-

“

9
~
9
-

12
12
-

9

“

-

~

67
-

33
-

67
-

“

67

33
18
15

47
2
45
18
27

8
8
-

8
8

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

11

_

-

-

11

-

-

3
3
-

-

14

-

7
-

12
12

40
12
28

14

12
12

-

14

-

-

-

“

-

-

_

_

56

“
-

-

-

7
7
-

-

-

56
~
6
50

_

171
108
63
16
44
-

662
472
190
25
165
-

-

3

3

3

"

-

34
22
12
1
4

15
8
7
1

52
35
17

16
8
8
“
3

3
-

3
3
-

94
85
9

1
1
-

-

“

“

“

148
27
121
3
114
4

179
16
163
5
156
2

90
33
57
27
30

-

108
60
48

8
2
6
6

22
4
18

22

7
7
7
~

48
26
22
22

3
“

267
251
16
16
-

-

•59
6
53
33
20

53
9
44

209
44
165

44

165

74
72
2
2

86
83
3

89
89

-

28
20
8

59
55
4

134
2
132

3

3
3
-

3
3
-

_

19
16
3

13
12
1

31
24
7

13
9
4

24
23
1

24
24
-

35
25
10
6
4

9

11

9
6
1

11
9
2

65
41
24
18
4

*41
19
22
6
12

65
55
10
7

21
9
12
7
5

45
39
6

36
7
29
28
1

8
8
7

26
26
13

32
4
28
25

48
26
22
8

47

-

47
“

-

41
12
29
2
22
5

193
46
147
80
63

332
55
277
190
66
21

536
64
472
175
276
21

323
64
259
21
223
15

• 18

14

13

18
16

14
-

13
9

49
19
30
1
13
16

42
18
24
“
23
1

66
44
22

33
8
25

21
1

16
9

-

31
4
27

3

3
3

27

-

6

2
-

18
2
16
16
“

18
18
-

-

75
73
2
-

7
2
5
5

16
10
6

30
9
21
18

13
7
6

12

260
17
243
44
196
-

16
2
14

28

4
1
3
-

See footnotes at end of tables.

26 0
49
211
54
154
-

18
6
12

2
2

12
17
17
15

~

17
1
16
3
7
6

225
123
102
50
52
-

-

-

19
19
-

-

20
20
-

24 0
54
186
7
176
2
1

48

-

-

324
142
182
4
168
5
4

3

9

-

141
141
11

1282
-

33
6
27
27

133
133
133

434
434
180
248

611
611
“

611

-

_
-

_

_

_

”

-

*

42
42

9
1
8

5
2
3

13
-

-

-

9
8
1

13

-

-

31
7
24
“
24

41
17
24
21
3

22
2
20
20

4
4
3

44
44
“
44

_

_

-

-

*

22
22
-

21
21
-

1
1
-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

43
37

27
15
12
1
4
7

45
7
38
10
28

1
1

75
24
51

1

12
39

31
18
13
4

183
11
172
-

6
6
“

_
-

_
-

. —
-

_

-

material movement and custodial workers in Baltimore, Md.# August 1977— Continued
Hourly earnings *

of
orkers

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s of—
*
2 .3 0

Mean 2

S
2 .4 0

S
2 .6 0

S
2 .8 0

$
3 .0 0

S
3 .2 0

S
3 .4 0

$
3 .6 0

2 .6 0

2 .8 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 . 40

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .8 0

37
18
19
12
7

35
12
23
11
12

98
~
98
95
3

39
8
31
24
7

33
8
25
12
13

4
4

5
5

S
3 .8 0

S
4 .0 0

and
u n d er

Median2

2 .4 0

L .8 1 2
314
L* 498
847
539

$
5 .9 1
5 . 18
6 .0 6
5 .3 8
7 .2 9

$
5 .6 3
5 .3 2
6 .0 4
4 .5 1
8 .1 7

$
4 .4 8 4 .7 0 4 .4 8 4 .4 5 6 .9 6 -

$
7 .3 1
5 .6 3
7 .4 1
7 .3 1
8 .2 0

573
300
273
216

4 .6 2
4 .1 8
5 .1 0
5 .0 6

4 .3 8
3 .5 5
4 .5 8
4 .5 3

3 .3 8 3 .3 2 3 .5 5 3 .5 5 -

(* 149
.» 769
>•380
523
246
583

5 .4 7
5 .3 5
5 .6 3
7 .8 0
4 .2 6
4 .3 2

5 .2 9
5 .2 5
5 .4 0
8 .5 5
3 . 18
3 .8 9

!>501
1.129
372
152
218

6 .3 4
6 .2 1
7 .0 4
5 .6 1
8 .0 5

170
146

S
4 .2 0

$
4 .4 0

_

"

*
4 .8 0

%
5 .2 0

S
5 .6 0

S
6 .0 0

S
6 .4 0

~

%
7 .6 0

"

_

5 .2 0

6 .0 0

6 .4 0

6 .8 0

306
41
265
249
16

90
36
54
24
30

191
71
120

98
98

12
12
-

12

“

152
4
148
144
4

52
27
25
25

69
46
23
13

20
20

-

16

“

“

16
“

298
260
38

264
133
131
101
~
30

219
203
16

132
128
4

13

1

~

80
”

237
230
7

258
234
24
24
~

128
127
1

404
404
-

7

178
130
48
48
~

12
6

9
9
36
33
3

~

27

3

3

7
~

22
-

15

-

3
3

-

-

3
3
-

7
6
1

22
18
2

15
9
4

5 .4 9
4 .8 6
7 .2 0
7 .2 0

21
~
21
21

16

2
2
-

19
17
2
-

49
42
7
-

74
62
12
9

53
36
17
14

-

7
-

-

44
8
36
36

3 .7 5 4 .1 0 3 .1 7 7 .2 4 2 .7 5 2 .7 5 -

7 .1 2
6 .3 2
8 .5 0
8 .5 5
6 .9 3
5 .0 9

63
-

54
-

34
5
29

235
161
74

34
4
30

77
46
31

162
134
28

85
55
30

70
57
13

68
32
36

163
99
64

36

64

38

6 .6 1
6 .3 1
7 .8 3
5 .8 5
8 .2 1

5 .3 8 5 .3 5 5 .6 5 5 .0 3 7 .8 9 -

7 .5 1
7 .1 9
8 .2 1
6 .0 4
8 .2 5

103
88
15
14

144
111
33
33

7 .5 8
7 .6 9

8 .0 3
8 .0 3

6 .9 1 6 .9 1 -

8 .3 9
8 .3 9

.7 3 7
460
.2 7 7
30
159
.8 5 3

3 .2 4
5 .4 9
2 .7 8
4 .4 6
3 .4 5
2 .6 2

2 .5 0
6 .0 4
2 .5 0
4 .5 9
3 .2 5
2 .5 0

2 .4 3 4 .1 0 2 .3 8 4 .0 1 2 .3 8 2 .3 8 -

3 .2 5
6 .3 2
2 .8 0
4 .6 4
4 .1 6
2 .6 0

636

351

5 .8 8

6 .1 0

5 .5 1 -

6 .6 0

109

4 .2 1

4 .0 5

3 .4 3 -

4 .1 0

-

-

8

2

7

7

14

-

4

48

1

-

-

-

6

-

• 048
• 362

3 .2 4
5 .1 0
2 .8 0
4 .4 1
3 .1 3
3 .7 4
2 .6 1

2 .5 4
5 .2 0
2 .4 0
4 .4 2
2 .7 5
3 .0 5
2 .3 0

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

3 .8 4
6 .2 2
2 .8 1
4 .6 1
3 .5 0
4 .7 0
2 .5 0

2511
40
2471

1131
6
1125

187
70
117

206
23
183

409
380
29
21

45
34
11
9

4
217

228
68
160
120
7
21
12

35
30
5
4

34
94

91
42
49
5
8
9
20

91
37
54
4

9
29
90

222
56
166
11
7
18
118

296
249
47
11

37
46

114
17
97
4
12
19
48

257
11
246
19

15
49
310

175
85
90
23
7
10
35

207
42
165
27

30
24
2384

665
23
642
16
12
97
125

33
3

46

1

2
6

2

274
109
462
• 508

s
7 .2 0

5 .6 0

-

.686

s
6 .8 0

16
16

7

63

54

160
22
138

63

21
33

68
62

7
18

27
47

12
14

6
25

6
22

13
17

6
7

_
-

_
-

_

_
-

8
8

48
48

-

-

56
50
6
6

7
1
6
6

9
9
-

154
154
-

-

636
46
590

904
1
903
~
12
778

171
17
154
~
4
122

84
3
81
~

236
33
203
-

44
7
37
~

5
74

7
183

-

1

9

1

26

-

-

-

-

13

8
8
-

-

15
1
7
5

26
4
22
*
10
1

91
48
43
4
16
13

29
14
15
6
8

49
4
45
20
4
17

48
13
35
4
19

50
15
35
~
20
12

-

-

-

13

4

13

15

15
-

12
23

52
26
26
5
8

-

12

-

-

-

-

_

7 .2 0

7 .6 0

~
8 .4 0

8 .8 0

over

363
6
357
357

1
1

-

62
-

2 30
-

15

230
2 22
8

15
15

25
25
“

1
1

86
4
82
82

112
92
20
17

153
70
83

1

-

-

9

-

“
“

9
“

“
“

i
i
-

133
89
44
24
“
20

134
117
17

56

381

56

381
381
“

17

56

~

142
113
29
21
8

450
410
40
40

166
4
162

1
1

162

1

80
80

16
16

18
-

6
6

2
2

-

-

76
76
-

~

26
24
2
1
1
“

130

24

2

64

-

12

-

-

2

-

-

“

-

_
-

-

_
-

-

10
10
-

“

”

155
143
12

62
62

-

16
14

152
130
22

*
8 .8 0
and

“

13
13

-

%
8 .4 0

8 .0 0

62
15
47

~

$
8 .0 0

“

“

“

-

-

-

10

-

“

2

-

21
6
15

2
10

2

*

15

-

-

-

-

-

Table A-6. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, powerplant, material movement,
and custodial workers, by sex, in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
S e x , 3 o c c u p a t io n ,

a n d in d u s t r y d iv is io n

Number
of
workere

Average
(mean* )
hourly
earnings4

HA INT ENANCE• TOOLROOHe AND
POWERPLANT OCCUPATIONS - HEN
204
111
93
55

$
7 .0 5
7 .3 6
6 .6 7
6 .7 5

HAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS --------HANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

588
509
79
57

7 .7 1
7 .7 7
7 .3 3
7 .5 1

HAINTENANCE PAINTERS ------------HANUFACTURING -----------------

121
72

6 .0 8
7 .1 3

HAINTENANCE HACHINISTS ----------HANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING:
PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

671
632

7 .8 4
7 .8 6

39

7 .4 6

HAINTENANCE HECHANICS (HACHINERY)
HANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING --------------

2 .0 4 7
1 .8 8 7
160

7 .7 2
7 .7 0
7 .9 8

NONHANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------

1 « 215
406
809
536
57

7 .5 0
6 .5 3
7 .9 9
8 .5 2
7 .3 8

HAINTENANCE PIPEFITTERS ---------HANUFACTURING -----------------

383
360

7 .8 7
7 .9 4

HAINTENANCE HECHANICS

HAINTENANCE SHEET-HETAL WORKERS —
HANUFACTURIN6 -----------------

115
93

7 .8 3
7 .9 6

HILLWRIGHTS ----------------------HANUFACTURING -----------------

228
228

7 .8 4
7 .8 4

HACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS (TOOLROOH)
HANUFACTURING -----------------

102
102

7 .2 1
7 .2 1

TOOL AND DIE HAKERS -------------HANUFACTURING -----------------

405
389

7 .9 3
7 .9 9

STATIONARY ENGINEERS ------------HANUFACTURING -----------------

434
285

6 .7 2
7 .0 3

56
51

7 .5 7
7 .7 4

BOILER TENDERS -------------------HANUFACTURING ----------------HATERIAL HOVEHENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN
TRUCKDRIVERS ---------------------HANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------SERVICES ---------------------

m e a n t)

a n d in d u s t r y d iv is io n

hourly
earnings4

HATERIAL HOVEHENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN— CONTINUED

HAINTENANCE CARPENTERS ----------HANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

(HOTOR V E H IC LE S) ---------------------------------HANUFACTURING ------------------------------------

Average
S e x , 3 o c c u p a t io n ,

4 .8 8 3
1 .2 0 5
3 .6 7 8
1 .6 7 1
1 .4 1 1
516
71

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

T R U C K C R IV E R S

-

712
200
512
155
65

$
5 .5 4
5 .5 8
5 .5 3
3 .3 4
3 .4 2

TRUCKDRIVERS. HEDIUH TRUCK
HANUFACTURING -----------NONHANUFACTURING --------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------WHOLESALE TRADE -------RETAIL TRADE -----------

1 .1 9 5
389
806
236
393
175

5 .5 1
6 .1 2
5 .2 1
7 .6 6
4 .5 4
3 .4 2

TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK
(TRAILER) --------------HANUFACTURING ----------NONHANUFACTURING -------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----WHOLESALE TRADE -------

1 .7 9 1
237
1 .5 5 4
828
582

7 .6 2
6 .0 4
7 .8 6
8 .3 7
7 .1 7

530
306
224

5 .9 6
5 .8 5
6 .1 0

TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK
(OTHER THAN TRAILER) --HANUFACTURING ----------------------

NONHANUFACTURING --------

Average
(mean2)
hourly
earnings4

a n d in d u s t r y d iv is io n

HATERIAL HOVEHENT ANO CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN— CONTINUED

C O N T IN U E D

TRUCKDRIVERSa LIGHT TRUCK
HANUFACTURING ----------NONHANUFACTURING -------RETAIL TRADE ---------SERVICES --------------

S e x , 3 o c c u p a t io n ,

SHIPPIN6 CLERKS --HANUFACTURING -NONHANUFACTURING

159
108
51

RECEIVING CLERKS --HANUFACTURING --NONHANUFACTURING WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE ---

486
191
295
101
182

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS:
HANUFACTURING -------------NONHANUFACTURING:
WHOLESALE TRADE ----------

74

4 .1 5

WAREHOUSEHEN --------HANUFACTURING ---NONHANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES
WHOLESALE TRADE RETAIL TRADE ---

1 .8 3 9
417
1 .4 2 2
410
746
262

5 .2 1
5 .3 3
5 .1 8
5 .3 0
5 .2 6
4 .7 7

ORDER FILLERS -----HANUFACTURING --NONHANUFACTURING WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE —

1 .5 6 4
299
1 .2 6 5
649
505

6 .2 0
5 .2 4
6 .4 3
5 .8 0
7 .4 9

HANUFACTURING --NONHANUFACTURING WHOLESALE TRADE

393
162
231
194

5 .1 0
4 .7 0
5 .3 9
5 .2 7

3 .0 5 3
1 .7 1 2
1 .3 4 1
523
240
550

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

FORKLIFT OPERATORS
----------HANUFACTURING ---------------NONHANUFACTURING ------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------RETAIL TRADE ---------------

2 .4 6 2
2 .0 9 1
371
151
21B

6 .3 5
6 .2 3
7 .0 4
5 .6 1
8 .0 5

POWER-TRUCK OPERATORS (OTHER
THAN FORKLIFT) ----------------HANUFACTURIN6 ----------------

166
142

7 .5 6
7 .6 7

2 .3 6 5
444
1 .9 2 1
155
1 .5 1 6

3 .2 9
5 .4 7
2 .7 9
3 .4 5
2 .6 2

GUARDS AND WATCHHEN ------------HANUFACTURING------------ .
---NONHANUFACTURING ------------RETAIL TRADE --------------SERVICES -------------------guards:
H A N U FA C TU R IN G ----------------------- -----------

WATCHHEN:
HANUFACTURING ----------------

5 .8 7

6 .1 8

106

$

HATERIAL HANDLING LABORERS -----HANUFACTURING - ------------NONHANUFACTURING ------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------RETAIL TRADE ---------------

See footnotes at end of tables.

14

5 .6 1
5 .4 9
5 .8 8

107

4 .1 9

4 .3 1 0
1 . 1 2B
3 .1 8 2
82
325
299
2 .3 2 5

3 .4 5
5 .2 1
2 .8 2
3 .1 2
4 .0 7
2 .8 9
2 .5 2

ORDER FILLERS -----------------NONHANUFACTURING ------------

234
219

4 .0 3
4 .0 2

HATERIAL HANDLING LABORERS ---HANUFACTURING------------- —

87
57

4 .4 0
5 .2 3

359
343

2 .8 3
2 .68

2 .6 5 0
234
2 .4 1 6
130
1 .1 8 3

2.88
4 .6 1
2 .7 1
2.88
2 .7 7

JANITORS. PORTERS. AND CLEANERS HANUFACTURING ---------------5 .4 7
NONHANUFACTURING ------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------5 . 12
5 .6 9
RETAIL TRADE --------------F I N A N C E -------;
------------5 .4 3
SERVICES -------------------5 .9 0

HATERIAL HOVEHENT ANO CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - WOHEN
RECEIVING CLERKS ---------------

GUARDS AND WATCHHEN ----------NONHANUF A C T U R I N 6 ----------JANITORS. PORTERS. AND CLEANERS
HANUFACTURING --------------NONHANUFACTURING ----------RETAIL TRADE -------------SERVICES ------------------

3 .6 8

Table A-7. Percent increases in average hourly earnings, adjusted
for employment shifts, for selected occupational groups
in Baltimore, Md., for selected periods
A u g u s t 1972
to
A u g u s t 1973

A u g u s t 1973
to
A u g u s t 1974

A u g u s t 1974
to
A u g u s t 1975

A u g u s t 1975
to
A u g u s t 1976

A u g u s t 1976
to
A u g u s t 1977

A l l in d u s tr ie s :
O ffic e c l e r i c a l
E le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g
In d u s tr ia l n u rs e s
S k ille d m a in te n a n c e tr a d e s
_
U n s k ille d p lan t w o r k e r s ________________________________

5.9
(6)
6.7
6.9
5.2

8.9
9.9
10.9
9.9
9.1

9.4
8.5
10.5
11.3
11.6

7.8
8.1
6.4
8.8
9.0

5.8
6.5
6.8
8.6
5.6

M a n u fa c tu rin g :
O f f ic e c l e r i c a l
__
E le c t r o n ic d^.t$. p r o c e s s in g
In d u s tr ia l n u r s e s
_
_
S k ille d m a in te n a n c e tr a d e s _
U n s k ille d p lan t w o r k e r s

5.3
(6)
6.9
5.6
6.1

9.7
9.9
10.6
10.5
9.9

11.3
10.5
10.2
12.5
14.6

8.3
8.9
6.9
9.0
9.4

6.4
7.1
7.5
7.8
8.2

8.6
10.1

8.4
7.7

5.4
6.2

( 6)
8.5

(6)
9.0

7.6
7.8
(6)
8.8

In d u s tr y and o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p 5

_
___ _

N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g :
O ffic e c l e r i c a l _ _ _
.,
E le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g ____________________________
In d u s tr ia l n u rs e s
U n s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s

S ee fo o tn o te s

6.3
(‘ )
(6)
4 .3

at end o f ta b le s .

15

(6)
4 .9

Table A-8. Weekly earnings of office workers—large establishments in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
O c c u p a tio n a n d in d u s t r y d iv is io n

Number
of

Average
weekly
hours*
(standard)

$

$
80
Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

$
90

S

*
100

110

$

%
120

130

S
140

*
150

$

S
160

170

$

*
180

200

$
220

$

$

S
240

260

280

$

*
300

320

$

S
340

360

and
u n d er
90

380
and

100

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

24 0

260

280

300

3 20

340

360

380

over

-

2
1
1

14
2
12

57
7
50

88
23
65

115
23
92

164
24
140

178
24
154

354
89
265
2
14
144

287
87
200
3
29
83

230
87
143
35
23
32

200
130
70
17
1
10

178
116
62
36
6
4

83
58
25
19

38
19
19
19
-

19
3
16
14

12
4
8
8
-

10
7
3
3
-

“

-

63
19
44
43
1
-

-

-

-

23
22

17
14

8
4

2
1

10
9

1
-

5
1

2
-

2
1

1
-

2

1
1
“

2
2
“

2
2

2
2

110

ALL UORKERS

NONMANUFACTURING ---PUBLIC UTILITIES —
RETAIL TRADE -----FINANCE -----------

2 .0 9 3
723
1 .3 7 0
199
127
645

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5
3 8 .5

2 1 3 .5 0
2 3 3 .0 0
2 0 3 .5 0
2 9 2 .0 0
1 9 6 .0 0
1 7 6 .5 0

$
$
i o . . 50 1 7 5 . 0 0 - 2 4 0 . 5 0
2 3 7 .0 0 1 9 7 . 5 0 - 2 6 5 . 5 0
1 9 1 .0 0 1 6 9 . 0 0 - 2 2 6 . 5 0
2 8 8 .5 0 2 5 4 . 0 0 - 3 3 0 . 0 0
1 9 3 .0 0 1 7 1 . 0 0 - 2 1 8 . 5 0
1 7 4 .5 0 1 5 6 .5 0 - 1 9 3 . 5 0

SECRETARIES. CLASS A NONMANUFACTURING ----

76
57

3 8 .5
3 8 .0

2 4 8 .0 0
2 3 3 .5 0

2 2 5 .5 0
2 2 2 .5 0

2 1 1 .0 0 -2 8 8 .5 0
2 1 0 .0 0 -2 5 9 .5 0

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

348
109
239
124

3 8 .5
4 0 .0
3 8 .0
3 8 .0

2 2 8 .5 0
2 4 9 .5 0
2 1 8 .5 0
1 9 9 .5 0

2 1 9 .0 0
2 5 0 .0 0
2 1 1 .0 0
2 0 0 .0 0

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

-

-

SECRETARIES. CLASS C MANUFACTURING ------NONMANUFACTURING ---PUBLIC UTILITIES —
RETAIL TRADE -----FINANCE -----------

862
301
561
26
60
301

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5

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

2 0 9 .5 0
2 5 7 .0 0
1 8 9 .0 0
2 5 4 .0 0
2 0 2 .0 0
1 7 5 .0 0

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

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

709
294
415
189

3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .0

1 8 8 .0 0
2 0 6 .5 0
1 7 5 .0 0
1 5 5 .5 0

1 8 3 .0 0
2 0 3 .5 0
1 7 3 .5 0
1 5 4 .5 0

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

1
1
1

-

_
-

-

-

3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .5

2 0 9 .0 0
2 1 5 .0 0
2 0 4 .0 0
2 5 4 .5 0

2 0 9 .5 0
2 1 9 .5 0
1 8 5 .5 0
2 8 1 .5 0

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

-

NONMANUFACTURING ---PUBLIC UTILITIES —

619
298
321
174

-

-

-

-

-

STENOGRAPHERS. GENERAL
MANUFACTURING ------NONMANUFACTURING ---PUBLIC UTILITIES —

498
226
272
159

3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .5

2 1 1 .5 0
2 1 8 .0 0
2 0 6 .0 0
2 5 2 .0 0

2 0 9 .5 0
2 1 9 .5 0
1 9 1 .5 0
2 7 9 .0 0

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

-

STENOGRAPHERS. SENIOR
MANUFACTURING -------

121
72

3 9 .0
3 9 .5

2 0 0 .0 0
2 0 5 .0 0

2 0 9 .0 0
2 1 7 .0 0

1 6 0 .0 0 -2 2 1 .5 0
1 8 6 .0 0 -2 2 1 .5 0

862
291
571
166

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5
3 9 .5
3 8 .0
3 8 .0

1 6 8 .0 0
1 9 1 .0 0
1 5 6 .5 0
2 1 7 .5 0
1 2 5 .0 0
1 4 4 .0 0

1 5 2 .5 0
1 8 7 .5 0
1 3 8 .0 0
2 0 3 .0 0
1 2 4 .0 0
1 4 3 .0 0

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

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5
3 9 .5
3 7 .0

1 9 0 .5 0
1 9 8 .5 0
1 8 4 .5 0
2 1 8 .0 0
1 3 0 .5 0

1 7 6 .5 0
1 8 7 .5 0
1 7 3 .0 0
2 0 3 .0 0
1 2 8 .0 0

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

s e c r e t a r i e s -----------m a n u f a c t u r i n g -------

STENOGRAPHERS --------

MANUFACTURING ------

TYPISTS — : -------------MANUFACTURING ------NONMANUFACTURING ---PUBLIC UTILITIES —
FINANCE ----------SERVICES ---------TYPISTS. CLASS A ----MANUFACTURING ------NONHANUFACTURING ---PUBLIC UTILITIES —
. FINANCE -----------

See

275

90
462
188
274
160
85

1
1

-

-

~

~

1

-

-

1

12

2
47

5
52

10
68

11
105

25
86

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
1

_

-

1
1

-

3
3

-

-

-

-

-

15
3
12
7

22
6
16
10

56
10
46
37

68
11
57
36

32
12
20
15

27
11
16
8

54
9
45
3

44
32
12
“

2

-

8
2
6
2

3
3
-

-

8
3
5
4

4
4
-

-

2
2
2

~

~

_
-

-

3
-

22
6
16

67
3
64
3
61

86
3
83
15
54

131
15
116
3
87

133
40
93
~
17
29

106
39
67
3
17
8

110
96
14
7
~

22
21
1
1

11
11

12
12

1
1
-

-

-

16

45
4
41
4
32

96
46
50
15

3

13
~
13
1
11

-

2
1
1
1

11
2
9
9

41
7
34
34

58
14
44
32

61
17
44
34

79
18
61
37

70
15
55
22

161
64
97
17

63
35
28
2

74
33
41
-

69
69
-

-

15

28

15
-

28

-

21
3
18
-

45
8
37
1

35
2
33
6

22
10
12
3

29
20
9
4

57
28
29
21

179
142
37
36

50
49
1
1

15
6
9
9

19
14
5
5

-

-

14

24

14

24

-

“

-

26
2
24
6

12
3
9
3

4

47
22
25
21

159
123
36
35

17
17
~

-

32
6
26
1

22
15
7

-

20
2
18
-

11
6
5
5

19
14
5
5

-

-

-

1

4

13

-

"

"

10
7

7
5

10
6

20
19

33
32

-

-

9
-

4

-

1
1

-

2

37

102

75
24
51
5
20
23

52
15
37
18

57
29
28
18
-

70
50
20
11
2
2

76
49
27
26

15

43
16
27
5
8
7

20
16

95
~
81
10

98
23
75
1
54
18

1

-

-

-

37
16
21

33

26
12
14
5

43
24
19
16

41
27
14

54
27
27
26

12
8

71
13
58
58

13
13

5
12

40
10
30
18

4

-

-

4

2

103
9
94
75
10
19

-

-

33
30
-

-

-

2

-

-

2

3
-

-

7

-

3

2

16

35
5
30

~

-

-

16

30

19

~
2

footnotes at end of tables.

16

2

11
22

3

1

4

1
1
1

-

4
4

4

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10
10
-

4
4
-

3
3
-

-

-

"

-

"

-

-

18
6
12
12

82
10
72
72

4
4
4

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

14
6
8
8

81
10
71
71

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

1

4

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

78
17
61
61

13
13

18
5
13
13

16
12

2

_
_

-

4

2
_

4

_

-

-

-

18
5
13
13

16
12

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2
-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

4

-

-

_

-

4

-

-

-

-

Table A-8. Weekly earnings of office workers—large establishments in Baltimore, Md., August 1977— Continued
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings o:
Occupation and in d u stry d iv is io n

Number
of
wodcen

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

$

*
80

Mean*

Median 2

Middle range 2

*
90

100

$
110

$
120

%
130

(
140

150

160

170

S

1
180

200

i

1

S
220

240

260

280

$
300

320

*
340

$
360

and
u n d er

380
and

90

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

-

2
2
2

35
4
31
28

84
6
78
59

67
2
65
51

61
7
54
35

42
13
29
8

12
5
7
2

17
4
13
4

14
5
9

29
23
6
1

22
22
-

8
b
-

7
4
3

-

“

24

93
1
92
77

69
1
68
58

43
1
42
- .
28

23
7
16
2
3

27
1
26
3
1

15
15
4

11
3
8
1
“

38
31
7
5

10
4
6
6

b
6
2
2

1
1

8
“
8
8

~

”

7
1
6
6
~

1

24
14

45
2
43
~
36

_

-

-

-

17
17

9
9

7
7

2
2

2
~

2
2

“

-

-

7
7

-

-

2
2

340

360

~

320

380

“

over

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
TYPISTS - CONTINUED
T Y P IS T S . CLASS B ---------------------------m a n u f a c t u r in g ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------

400
103
297
190

3 8 .5
3 9 .0
3 8 .5
3 8 .5

$
1 4 2 .5 0
1 7 7 .5 0
1 3 0 .5 0
1 2 3 .0 0

$
1 3 2 .5 0
1 8 7 .5 0
1 2 5 .5 0
1 2 1 .5 0

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

F IL E CLERKS ---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

446
58
388
62
217

3 9 .0
4 0 .0
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5

1 5 1 .0 0
1 8 6 .0 0
1 4 6 .0 0
2 5 8 .5 0
1 1 8 .0 0

1 2 8 .0 0
1 9 9 .0 0
1 2 4 .5 0
2 9 1 .5 0
1 1 7 .0 0

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

-

FILE CLERKS. CLASS A --------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

55
53

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

1 8 8 .0 0
1 8 7 .5 0

1 6 0 .0 0
1 6 0 .0 0

1 5 9 .0 0 - 1 7 7 . 0 0
1 5 8 .5 0 -1 7 7 .0 0

_

FILE CLERKS. CLASS B --------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------

254
213
156

3 9 .0
3 9 .0
3 8 .5

1 5 3 . OU 1 2 6 .0 0
1 4 4 .5 0 1 2 3 .0 0
1 2 0 .0 0 1 1 8 .5 0

1 1 6 .0 0 -1 8 5 .0 0
1 1 5 .0 0 -1 3 5 .0 0
1 1 1 .5 0 -1 2 6 .5 0

-

_
-

28
28
28

59
58
56

56
55
46

33
33
23

6
4
2

6
6
1

-

2
-

27
1

3
1

6
-

7
6

FILE CLERKS. CLASS C --------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

137
122
60

3 8 .5
3 8 .5
3 8 .5

1 3 3 .0 0
1 3 0 .5 0
1 1 3 .0 0

1 1 7 .5 0
1 1 5 .5 0
1 1 2 .5 0

1 0 8 .0 0 -1 4 5 .0 0
1 0 5 .0 0 -1 3 4 .5 0
1 0 1 .0 0 -1 2 1 .5 0

_

24
24
14

17
15
8

34
34
21

13
13
12

8
7
5

10
5

4
3

6
6

2
1

9
4

5
5

-

MESSENGERS -----------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

249
61
188
67
78

3 9 .0
4 0 .0
3 8 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .0

1 4 8 .5 0
1 5 7 .0 0
1 4 5 .5 0
1 9 2 .5 0
1 1 5 .0 0

1 3 4 .5 0
1 6 9 .0 0
1 2 8 .0 0
1 9 1 .5 0
1 1 3 .5 0

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

-

11
11

18
2
16

42
7
35

-

11

16

22

37
1
36
3
20

32
5
27
14
5

25
9
16
5
3

7
4
3
2
1

12
5
7
6
-

19
18
1
1
-

14
9
5
5
-

13
1
12
12
”

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------

176
140
41
52

3 8 .5
3 8 .0
3 9 .0
3 6 .5

1 7 1 .5 0
1 6 6 .5 0
2 1 8 .5 0
1 3 7 .0 0

1 6 9 .0 0
1 6 3 .5 0
2 0 5 .5 0
1 3 8 .5 0

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

6
6
-

5
5
-

16
14
-

10
9
~

13
8

5

8

3

4

9
7
~
2

20
18
4
8

9
7
2
3

10
10
4

25
20
1
8

30
22
21

6

1
1
1

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTS-

53

3 8 .5

1 8 3 .5 0

1 6 2 .5 0

1 4 0 .0 0 -2 1 8 .5 0

-

-

-

-

9

4

6

6

3

3

. 6

3

-

9

ORDER CLERKS -------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

126
101

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

1 4 8 .0 0
1 4 1 .0 0

1 5 5 .0 0
1 5 2 .0 0

1 1 8 .5 0 - 1 7 1 . 0 0
1 0 9 .0 0 -1 6 3 .5 0

-

14
14

9
4

7
7

7
7

7
5

15
14

22
22

17
15

8
1

4

3

1

ACCOUNTING CLERKS ----------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

1 .3 1 4
467
847
404
264

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 8 .5
3 8 .5

2 1 7 .0 0
2 3 4 .5 0
2 0 7 .5 0
2 6 1 .0 0
1 5 0 .0 0

2 0 7 .5 0
2 2 5 .5 0
2 0 7 .5 0
2 1 6 .5 0
1 4 7 .5 0

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

36
5
31
24

38
8
30

79
26
53

83
23
60
1
26

83
26
57
1
28

103
47
56
1
27

277
40
237
213
8

36
30
6
5

47
42
5
5

42

80
23
57
38

74
53
21
9

25

71
18
53
36

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS A ---------MANUFACTURING-------------------- :---------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

748
260
488
280
137

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .0
3 8 .5

2 4 3 .5 0
2 6 5 .5 0
2 3 2 .0 0
2 7 8 .5 0
1 5 d .5 0

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

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

7
-

11
-

25
-

19
5
14

31
5
26

50
13
37

68
28
40

160
28
132
119
8

52
40
12

19
16

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS B ---------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUF ACTURIN6 -------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

566
207
359
127

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5
3 8 .5

1 8 2 .0 0
1 9 5 .0 0
1 7 4 .5 0
1 4 1 .0 0

1 6 9 .0 0
1 7 7 .5 0
1 6 8 .0 0
1 4 0 .0 0

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

117
12
105

22
13
9

See footnotes at end of tables.

-

12
12

_

_

-

-

-

-

17
7
10
10

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

11

25

-

~

24
4
20

7

10

24

16

13

17

20

22

17
7
10
10

29
5
24
17

27
8
19
15

46
18
28
12

55
22
33
26

61
18
43
25

52
18
34
9

33
13
20
8

35
19
16
5

“
“

~

18
18

1
“
1
1

3
~
3
3

1
“
1
1

i
“
1
1

“

1
1

1
1

3
3

1
1

i
i

1
1

3
3

17
17

“

”

-

“

-

-

5
5

-

-

“

“

-

5

-

-

“

~

“
“

“

4
~
4
4
“

-

5
5
“

10
~
10
10
“

”

”

2
“
”

14
13
13

3

-

~
"

-

“

“
“

“
”

2

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

27
12
15
15

81
15
66
64

69
28
41
41

79
32
47
47

23
21
2
2

ii
ii

30
27

14
3

11
11

65
8
57
55

67
26
41
41

73
26
47
47

22
20
2
2

ii
ii
“

3

18

~

“

*

2

3
3

“

3

“

“

“

“

“

“

17
14
3

17
15
2

13
9
4

16
7
9

2
2
“

6
6

1
1

~

“
~

Table A-8. Weekly earnings of office workers—large establishments in Baltimore, Md., August 1977— Continued
""""weeldy^arnings1
^™
(standard)
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

Average
weekly
hours*
(standard)

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly e a r n in g s o f—

Median 2

Middle range 2

*

%

$

$

*

$

S

280

3 00

320

340

360

_ j
_
------ 1
380
1
and

280

300

320

340

360

380

over

7
7

6
5

4
4

9
8

4
4

11
11

30
30

4
4

29
24
5
4
1
-

25
21
4
4
-

42
39
3
3
-

72
25
47
47
-

5
5
-

1
1
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

44
15
29
2

20
15
5
-

18
14
4
-

26
26

23
23
_

5
5
_

1
1
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

70
33
37
37

9
9

7
7

16
13
3
3

49

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

S

S

S

% -

90

100

110

120

130

14 0

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

S260

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240
5

260

-

80
Mean2

$

$

$

2
1

4

6
3

8
3

5
1

5
3

7
2

9
6

14
5

20
18

25
25

5
1
4
~
4

7
1
6
6

29

61
10
51
~

88
19
69
5
10
47

85
15
70
7
6
40

79
20
59
5
2
45

70
21
49
14
6
25

56
33
23
3
1
19

70
33
37
16
3
17

114
48
66
48
16
2

23
4
19
17

35
8
27
27

26
7
19
18

28
11
17
17

42
22
20
14

44
14
30
14

28

28
11
17
10

S

s

$

$

$

and
u n d er
90

A LL UORKERS—
CONTINUED

PA YR O LL CLERK S -------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------

180
140

3 9 .0
3 9 .5

$
2 4 7 .0 0
2 7 1 .0 0

$
2 2 7 .0 0
2 5 2 .0 0

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS ------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S ------------------------R E T A IL TRAOE ---------------------------FIN A N C E -------------------------------------

8 38
316
522
156
89
226

3 8 .5
3 9 .5
3 8 .0
3 9 .0
3 7 .0
3 8 .0

1 8 3 .0 0
2 0 5 .5 0
1 6 9 .0 0
2 1 9 .0 0
1 4 5 .5 0
1 5 0 .0 0

1 6 9 .0 0
2 0 1 .5 0
1 5 5 .0 0
2 0 1 .0 0
1 3 3 .0 0
1 4 8 .5 0

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

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS* C LASS A -------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------FIN A N C E -------------------------------------

313
152
161
113

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5
3 8 .0

2 0 0 .0 0
2 2 8 .5 0
1 7 3 .5 0
1 5 9 .5 0

1 8 9 .0 0
2 2 9 .0 0
1 6 7 .0 0
1 5 6 .5 0

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

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS. C LASS B — ---MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S -------------------------

525
164
361
131

3 8 .0
3 9 .0
3 8 .0
3 9 .0

1 7 2 .5 0
1 8 4 .0 0
1 6 7 .0 0
2 1 9 .5 0

1 5 5 .5 0
1 7 3 .0 0
1 4 7 .0 0
2 0 1 .0 0

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

113

38

0 11 1 *0 0

'

$
$
1 7 9 .5 0 -3 3 6 .5 0
2 1 0 .0 0 - 3 5 9 . 5 0

1 3 9 *^ 0

-

~

~

-

-

-

“

“

“

~

5
1
4

7
1
6
-

15
26

See footn otes at end o f ta b les.

18

1
1
1

3
3
1

18
1
17
16

28

58
10
48
-

70
18
52
5

62
11
51
7

44
12
32
5

25

~

-

29
~
19
5

31

23

18

28

2
2
6
3

-

-

-

-

2

47
47

_

Table A~9. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers—large establishments
in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
Number

Occupation and industry division

of
workers

$

Average
weekly
(standard)

Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

10
2

s

$
130

$

140

S

I

S

S

200 2 0
2

150

160

180

160

180

20 20
0
2

s

S
260

260

280

18

38
4
34
23

$

S

t

240

28 0

300

$
320

S
340

$
360

38 0

$
$
$
$
S
480
400
420 440
460

and
under

and

130

140

-

-

150

240

308

320

340

360

38

64
15
49
18

58
7
51
14

42
25

13

2
1

380

400

420

440

460

17
9

14

14
13

480 o v e r

ALL WORKERS

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS) ----------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------

FINANCE ---------------------COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS)• CLASS A ----------NONMANUFACTURING -------------FINANCE ----------------------

$
3 4 1 .5 0
3 7 9 ,5 0
3 2 9 .0 0
3 1 5 .0 0

$
326.50
374 .00
.322.50
318.00

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

3 8 .5
3 9 .5
3 8 .0
3 9 .5

149
104

3 8 .5 3 8 4 .5 0 370 .00 3 3 3 .5 0 -4 0 5 .0 0
3 8 .5 3 7 9 .0 0 367 .00 3 3 5 .5 0 -3 9 8 .0 0
3 9 .0 3 6 9 .5 0 3 69 .00 3 4 3 .0 0 -3 9 3 .5 0

-

3 8 .5
3 9 .5
3 8 .0
3 9 .5

-

6
8

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS)• CLASS B ----------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING — .
-----------F I N A N C E --------- -----------*

217
53
164
82

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS)• CLASS C ----------NONHANUFACTURING --------------

59
51

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS) —
NONHANUFACTURIN6 -------------FINANCE ----------------------

360
322
213

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS)•
CLASS A -----------------------NONMANUF ACTURING------- -------

77
61

3 9 .0 3 3 1 .5 0 3 36 .50 2 9 6 .0 0 -3 6 0 .5 0
3 9 .0 3 26 .00 3 15 .00 2 9 6 .0 0 -3 5 7 .0 0

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS)f
CLASS B -----------------------NONHANUFACTURING --------------FINANCE ----------------------

20
0
186
12
1

3 8 .5 2 9 0 .0 0 2 6 9 .0 0 2 3 9 .0 0 -3 1 8 .5 0
3 8 .5 2 8 9 .5 0 2 67 .00 2 3 7 .0 0 -3 2 0 .0 0
3 7 .5 2 5 6 .0 0 2 54 .00 2 2 8 .0 0 -2 8 4 .5 0

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS)•
CLASS C -----------------------NONHANUFACTURING --------------FINANCE ----------------------

83
75

6
6

3 2 8 .5 0
3 6 1 .5 0
317 .5 0
2 9 0 .5 0

3 17 .50
363 .50
313 .00
2 82 .00

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

3 7 .5 2 8 1 .0 0 2 71 .50 2 4 6 .0 0 -2 9 7 .5 0
3 7 .0 2 6 1 .5 0 269 .00 2 3 0 .0 0 -2 9 0 .0 0
3 8 .5
3 8 .5
3 7 .5

2 8 3 .5 0 268 .00 2 3 0 .5 0 -3 2 1 .0 0
2 8 0 .5 0 262 .00 2 2 8 .0 0 -3 1 6 .0 0
2 57 .00 242 .00 2 1 7 .0 0 -2 8 8 .0 0

3 8 .0 2 2 3 .0 0 2 15 .00 2 0 5 .0 0 -2 3 8 .5 0
3 7 .5 220.00 2 15 .00 2 0 5 .0 0 -2 3 4 .0 0
3 7 .0 2 1 7 .0 0 2 10 .50 2 0 5 .0 0 -2 3 0 .5 0

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

453
136
317

PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------FINANCE ----------------------

166

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .0
3 8 .5

COMPUTER OPERATORS* .CLASS A ---NONHANUFACTURING — ------------FINANCE ----------------------

159
116
58

3 9 .0 2 7 0 .0 0 2 57 .50 2 0 6 .0 0 -3 0 2 .5 0
3 9 .0 2 7 0 .0 0 234 .00 2 0 2 .0 0 -3 9 5 .0 0
3 8 .5 2 0 8 .0 0 2 0 3 .5 0 1 8 7 .0 0 -2 1 8 .0 0

COMPUTER OPERATORS* CLASS B ---MANUFACTURING---- .
------------NONHANUFACTURING --------------FINANCE ----------------------

179
70
109
75

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 8 .5

COMPUTER OPERATORS ---------------MANUFACTURING ------------------

-

425
106
319
167

8
8

* Workers were distributed as follows:

2 3 4 .5 0
2 5 9 .5 0
2 2 3 .5 0
3 0 4 .0 0
1 84 .50

207 .50 1 8 0 .0 0 -2 7 4 .0 0
251 .00 2 1 6 .0 0 -2 9 2 .5 0
2 02 .50 1 7 4 .0 0 -2 3 7 .0 0
326.50 2 0 7 .5 0 -3 9 5 .0 0
179.50 1 6 6 .0 0 -2 0 2 .0 0

222.00 202.00 1 7 6 .5 0 -2 3 8 .5 0
2 69 .50 245 .5 0 2 1 9 .0 0 -3 4 4 .5 0
191 .50 182 .00 1 7 0 .0 0 -2 0 5 .0 0
180 .00 176 .50 1 6 9 .0 0 -1 9 1 .5 0

~

~

“

~

9
9

3
3

1
2
1
1
1
1
1

_

_

_

_

_

_

“

9

“

_

_

_

_

_
-

"

“

1

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

1
1
1

7
5
5

7
7

_

1

-

-

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

“

“

_

_

_

-

~

“

”

_

_

_
“

1
1
1

13

18

-

7

16
14

7

1
1
2

7

1
0

-

2

_

-

-

-

1

“

-

-

-

-

1

9

-

-

1
1

8

1
1

_

8
8
8

1
8
8

2
2
2

19

25
4

7

1
2

37
4
33
7

15

9

8
1
1

-

-

-

“

~

52
51
43

36
30

31
28
13

34
29
15

1
2

19
17

1
0

2
1

9

1
0

6

5
5

13
13

1
2

15

4

17
15

9
7

_

_

15
15
15

32
32
24

2
0

35
33
23
13

39
19

26
19
7

2
0
2

55
■
3
39

6
8

1
2
1
0
1
0

19
17
15

26
25
19

1
0
1
0
6

46
7
39
32

31

24

27
17

8
16
1
0

2
2

1
1

52

25
29

50
46
34

19
19

7

1
0
1

2 at $480 to $500; 6 at $500 to $520; 5 at $520 to $540; and 4 at $540 to $560.

See footnotes at end of tables.

14

49
49
44

81
13

29
23

16

5
5

65

2

2
1
2
0

15
15

9

1
2

13

6
2

6
5

1

-

27

2
2

18
4
14

1
0

17
15

14

1
1

4
3

1

2
32
14
18

8
6

17

1
0
6
1
0
7
3
-

~

25

46
»
38

18
16

1
0
1
1

2

1
1
1
0
8

2
2
1

_

_

-

-

15
4

1
1

5
4
i
i

~

4

4
-

-

4
3

-

2
0
5

2

2
1

1

1
1

-

2
1

1
1

-

1
1
1
1
1
3
3
-

8
6

8
6

1

7

_
-

4

~

9
5
5

6

4

7
4
3

8
6
2

6
1

2

1

-

“

29

1
1
1
1

75

2

15

2
1

6
6

26
4

13

1
2

18
7

6
6

2
1
8

15

4
3

34
34
29

63

2

29

8
2
1

3
3

3
3
3

1
0

5
3

1
2

2
2
2
1

5
3
3

1
2

1
2

54

8
8

“
4
4
4

1
1

6

32

1
2
2
1
0
1
0

~

“

_

-

_

1
1

-

-

2

16

-

_

_

3

1
2

24

5
7
3

16

8

*17

”

1
1
1
0
4

2
2
2

6
2
2
5

2
1

“

1

1
0
1

7

3

7

3

1

1
2

1
6
-

”

2

3

2

2

36
35

1

5
3

4
4

39
37

2

8

1
1
1
1
1

-

-

*

_

_

*

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

”

*

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
2
1
2

37
4
33
33

2
1
1

_

-

-

-

“
“

33
33

1
1

-

4
4

1
1

_
-

1

“

1
1
1
1
1
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

“

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Table A-9. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers—large establishments
in Baltimore, Md., August 1977— Continued
Weekly earnings1
( standard)
Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

Occupation and industry di vi s io n

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
s

s

120
Middle range 2

and
under
130

$

$

130

140

150

_

_
150

160

s

*

*

*

*

*

s

s

$

s

160

*
180

*
200

*

220

*

240

260

280

300

*

320

340

360

s

380

400

420

440

460

480

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

400

420

440

460

480

ov er

_

140

*

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED

COMPUTER OPERATORS -

CONTINUED

COMPUTER OPERATORS* CLASS C -----NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------

115
92

$
$
$
3 8. 5 20 4 .0 0 199.50 1 6 2 . 0 0 3 8 . 5 20 3 .5 0 199.50 1 5 4 . 5 0 -

20 7 .5 0
20 7. 50

12
11

17
14

15
9

31
27

DRAFTERS -------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------

766
549
217

3 9 . 5 29 2 .5 0 295.00 2 5 2 . 0 0 3 9 . 5 30 4 .0 0 312.00 2 6 2 . 0 0 3 9 . 5 26 4 .0 0 27 1. 50 2 0 6 . 5 0 -

34 3 .0 0
34 3 .0 0
3 1 8 .5 0

17
3
14

27
16

31
15
16

26

DRAFTERS* CLASS A -----------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------

379
306
73

4 0 . 0 33 3 .0 0 330.00 2 9 5 . 0 0 4 0 . 0 33 6 .5 0 34 0. 50 3 0 9 . 5 0 4 0 . 0 31 6 .0 0 317.00 2 8 0 . 0 0 -

36 1 .5 0
36 1 .5 0
35 5 .5 0

DRAFTERS* CLASS B -----------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------

187
124

3 9 . 5 27 8 .0 0 278.50 2 3 5 . 0 0 4 0 . 0 28 1 .0 0 272.50 2 4 4 . 5 0 3 9 . 5 27 1 .5 0 287.50 2 1 3 . 5 0 -

32 3 .0 0
3 1 5 .5 0
32 3 .0 0

DRAFTERS. CLASS C -----------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------

163
103

3 9 . 5 24 4. 00 251.
3 9 . 5 24 9 .5 0 251.

299
162

4 0 . 0 32 3 .0 0 309.
4 0 . 0 33 6 .5 0 321.

8

16

15
7

3 9. 5 28 0 .0 0 277.
3 9 . 5 28 5 .0 0 278.

11

11
77
59
18

90
58
32

84
79
5

80
64
16

13
13

51
39

52
42

12

10

67
63
4

72
56
16

13
13

12

6
10

66
48
18
45
33

114
75
39

22
16

35
13

9
8

7
7

22

1

23

49
37

17
15
2

8

23

16

20

11

3

5

13
2

20

36

4

11

93
64

17
14

20

12
7

16
14

195. 0 0 -2 7 1 .5 0
207. 0 0 - 2 79 .0 0
40

15

299. 5 0 - 3 5 7 .0 0
309. 0 0 -3 7 5 .0 0

6

2

1 6 7 .0 0 - 2 4 0 .5 0

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS* CLASS C
REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NURSES -------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------

18

59
41
18

3
3

11

48
33
15

273.00-309.00

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS ----------------ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS* CLASS A
MANUFACTURING ------------------------------

5
5

16

254. 00 -3 1 0 .5 0
257. 00 - 3 1 9 .0 0

5

See footnotes at end of tables.

20

17

1

46
39

10

3

Table A-10. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sexlarge establishments in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
Average
(mean2)

Sex, 5 occupation, and industry divis ion

(standard)

Weekly

Weekly
earnings1
(standard)

3 9 .0

$
1 5 1 .0 0

3 9 .0

HESSEN6ERS -----------------

ACCOUNTING CLERKS:
MANUFACTURING ----------ACCOUNTING CLERKS, CLASS AZ
MANUFACTURING -----------

Weekly
Weekly
earnings1
hours1
(standard) (standard)

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS
UOHEN— CONTINUED

3 9 .5

2 8 3 .5 0

4 0 .0

3 1 1 .5 0

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
4 0 .0
3 8 .5
3 8 .5

2 1 2 .5 0
2 3 3 .0 0
2 0 1 .5 0
2 9 1 .5 0
1 9 6 .0 0
1 7 6 .5 0

SECRETARIES» CLASS A NONNANUFACTURING ----

3 8 .5
3 8 .0

2 4 6 .0 0
2 3 1 .5 0

SECRETARIESt CLASS B MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING ---FINANCE ----------

3 8 .5
4 0 .0
3 8 .0
3 8 .0

2 2 6 .5 0
2 4 9 .5 0
2 1 6 .0 0
1 9 9 .5 0

SECRETARIES, CLASS C —

MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING ---RETAIL TRADE -----FINANCE ----------

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5

2 1 3 .0 0
2 4 9 .5 0
1 9 3 .5 0
1 9 9 .0 0
1 7 5 .5 0

SECRETARIES, CLASS 0 MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING ---FINANCE ----------

3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .0

1 8 8 .0 0
2 0 6 .5 0
1 7 5 .0 0
1 5 5 .5 0

STENOGRAPHERS ---------MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING ----

3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5

2 0 8 .5 0
2 1 5 .0 0
2 0 2 .0 0

STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL
MANUFACTURING ------NONMANUFACTURING----

4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0

2 1 1 .0 0
2 1 8 .0 0
2 0 4 .0 0

STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR
MANUFACTURING ------

3 9 .0
3 9 .5

2 0 0 .0 0
2 0 5 .0 0

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5
3 7 .0

$
1 8 5 .5 0
1 9 8 .5 0
1 7 3 .5 0
1 3 0 .5 0

TYPISTS, CLASS B MANUFACTURING -NONNANUFACTURING
FINANCE ------

3 8 .5
3 9 .0
3 8 .5
3 8 .5

1 4 2 .5 0
1 7 7 .5 0
1 3 0 .5 0
1 2 3 .0 0

392
55
337
215

3 9 .0
4 0 .0
3 9 .0
3 8 .5

1 3 7 .5 0
1 8 5 .5 0
1 2 9 .5 0
1 1 8 .0 0

FILE CLERKS, CLASS B
NONMANUFACTURING -FINANCE ---------

229

3 9 .0
3 9 .0
3 8 .5

1 4 0 .0 0
1 2 8 .0 0
1 1 9 .5 0

FILE CLERKS, CLASS C
NONHANUFACTURING -FINANCE ---------

119
105
59

3 8 .5
3 8 .5
3 8 .5

1 2 3 .0 0
1 1 9 .0 0
1 1 3 .0 0

SUITCHBOARD OPERATORS
NONHANUFACTURING —
RETAIL TRADE ---

3 8 .5
3 8 .0
3 6 .5

1 6 8 .5 0
1 6 2 .0 0
1 3 7 .0 0

SUITCHBOARD OPERA TOR-RECEPTION ISTS-

3 8 .5

1 7 6 .0 0

ORDER CLERKS ------NONMANUF ACTUR IN6 -

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

1 4 6 .5 0
1 4 1 .0 0

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5
3 8 .0
3 8 .0

1 6 4 .0 0
1 9 1 .0 0
1 4 7 .5 0
1 2 5 .0 0
1 4 4 .0 0

MANUFACTURING -NONMANUFACTURING
FINANCE ------

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

313
152
161
113

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5
3 8 .0

$
2 0 0 .0 0
2 2 8 .5 0
1 7 3 .5 0
1 5 9 .5 0

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B MANUFACTURING ------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------RETAIL TRADE -----------FINANCE -----------------

473
163
310
69
113

3 8 .0
3 9 .0
3 8 .0
3 6 .5
3 8 .0

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

330
87
243
127

3 8 .5
3 9 .5
3 8 .0
3 9 .5

3 4 9 .0 0
3 8 6 .0 0
3 3 6 .0 0
3 2 3 .5 0

138
96
61

3 8 .5
3 8 .0
3 9 .0

3 8 4 .5 0
3 7 7 .0 0
3 6 7 .5 0

(BUSINESS!, CLASS B ---NONHANUFACTURING ------FINANCE --------------

146
109
55

3 8 .5
3 8 .0
3 9 .5

3 3 4 .5 0
3 2 4 .5 0
2 9 6 .0 0

NONHANUFACTURING
FINANCE ------

255
226
135

3 8 .5
3 8 .5
3 7 .5

2 9 7 .0 0
2 9 5 .5 0
2 6 9 .5 0

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS!,
CLASS A ----------------------NONMANUF ACTURIN6--------------

63
50

3 9 .0
3 9 .0

3 3 5 .0 0
3 2 9 .5 0

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS!,
CLASS B ----------------------NONHANUF ACTURIN6------------ —
FINANCE ---------------------

142
132
67

3 9 .0
3 8 .5
3 8 .0

3 0 3 .5 0
3 0 5 .0 0
2 6 5 .5 0

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS!,
CLASS C -----------------------

50

3 8 .0

2 3 1 .0 0

N0NMANUFACTURIN6

120
89

3 9 .0
3 9 .0

2 8 3 .5 0
2 8 8 .0 0

MANUFACTURING -NONHANUFACTURIN6

123
51
72

3 9 .0
4 0 .0
3 8 .5

2 3 0 .5 0
2 7 7 .5 0
1 9 7 .0 0

PROFESSIONAL ANO TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN

(BUSINESSl ------------MANUFACTURING ---NONMANUFACTURING
FINANCE -----------

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS!, CLASS A ---NONHANUFACTURING ------FINANCE -------------COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS

ACCOUNTING CLERKS:
MANUFACTURING ---

3 9 .5

2 0 9 .0 0

3 9 .0

1 4 9 .0 0

3 9 .5

2 3 5 .0 0

3 9 .0

1 5 6 .0 0

3 9 .5

1 8 4 .0 0

3 8 .5

1 4 2 .0 0

3 8 .5
3 9 .5

1 9 4 .5 0
2 1 2 .0 0

non hanufacturing:

FINANCE ------ACCOUNTING CLERKS, CLASS AZ
MANUFACTURING ----------nonhanufacturing:

FINANCE --------------ACCOUNTING CLERKS, CLASS B:
MANUFACTURING ----- — --nonhanufacturing:

FINANCE ---------------

TYPISTS --------------MANUFACTURING ------NONMANUFACTURING ---FINANCE ---------SERVICES ----------

Weekly
Weekly
earnings1
hours1
(standard) (standard)

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS - CONTINUED

TYPISTS, CLASS A MANUFACTURING -NONHANUFACTURING
FINANCE ------

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - UOHEN
SECRETARIES ----------MANUFACTURING ------NONMANUFACTURING ---PUBLIC UTILITIES -RETAIL TRADE -----FINANCE ----------

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry d ivis ion

Number
of
workers

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS UOHEN— CONTINUED

-

TYPISTS - CONTINUED

nonhanufacturing:

FINANCE ---------------

Sex , 3 occupation, and industry division

1 1 4 .0 0

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - HEN

Average
(mean2)

Average
(mean2)

MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING -NONHANUFACTURING
RETAIL TRADE —
FINANCE ------

471
89

See footnotes at end of tables.

21

3 8 .5
3 9 .5
3 8 .0
3 7 .0
3 8 .0

1 8 2 .0 0
2 0 5 .0 0
1 6 6 .5 0
1 4 5 .5 0
1 5 0 .0 0

Table A-10. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by se xlarge establishments in Baltimore, Md., August 1977— Continued
A verage
(m e a n * )

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry divis ion

Number
of
workers

W eek ly
hours
standard)

W eekly
earnings1
(standard)

A v e rage
(m e a n 2 )

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division

Number
of
workers

W eek ly
hours
(standard)

W eek ly
earnings1
(standard).

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED

$
39 .5 29 4 .5 0 ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS ------------------3 9. 5 305 .50
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS A3 9 . 5 2 6 6 . OU
MANUFACTURING ------------------------------4 0 . 0 33 3. 50
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS C4 0 . 0 33 7. 50
4 0 . 0 31 5. 50

DRAFTERS ---------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

743
536
207

DRAFTERS. CLASS A -------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONhANUFACTURING --------------------------

373
301
72

DRAFTERS. CLASS B -------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

181
60

3 9. 5 27 9. 50
4 0 . 0 28 2. 50
39. 5 27 4 .0 0

DRAFTERS. CLASS C -------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

155
99

3 9. 5 24 6. 50
39. 5 25 2. 00

121

See footnotes at end o f tables.

22

Number
of
workers

W eekly
hours1
(standard)

W eek ly
earnings1
(standard)

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - UOMEN— CONTINUED
858

$
4 0 . 0 286.50

299
162

4 0 . 0 32 3 .0 0
4 0 . 0 33 6. 50

74

4 0 . 0 20 7 .0 0

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS) - CONTINUED
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINE SS). CLASS B --------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

38 .5 31 5 .0 0
3 8 . 0 30 6 .5 0

$
38. 0 31 6. 00
37.5 30 4 .0 0

105
96
78

3 8. 0 25 0. 50
37.5 24 5. 00
37. 0 23 5. 50

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (B U SIN ES S) .
CLASS B ---------------------------------------- T
NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------—
95
76

55

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS) ----NONHANUFACTURING ------------------------ —
FINANCE --------------------------------------

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - UOMEN

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
{ BUSINESS) ---------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

Average
(m e a n 2 )

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry d ivis ion

58
54

38. 0 25 7. 50
37.5 25 2. 00

REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NURSES ---------MANUFACTURING ---------------------- --------

82
66

39.5 277 .50
39.5 283 .50

XI

Table A-11. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers—large establishments
in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
Number o f w o r k e r s r e ce iv in g straig ht- ti me hourly earnings of—

Hourly earnings *

Occupation and industry division

s
Mean *

Me di an*

Middle range *

s

4 .0 0

Number
of

4 .2 0

and
under
4 .2 0

s
_

4 .4 0

s

s

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

_

_

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

s
4 .8 0

_

s
5 .0 0

_

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

s

s

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

_

_

5 .4 0

5 .6 0

s

s

5 .6 0

_
5 .8 0

s

_

s

6 .0 0

5 .8 0

6 .2 0

_
6 .0 0

_

6 .4 0

6 .6 0

6 .8 0

6 .2 0

6 .4 0

7 .0 0

_

_
6U >0

6 .8 0

7 .0 0

7 .4 0

_

7 .4 0

7 .8 0

_

7 .8 0

8 .2 0

_

8 .2 0

8 .6 0

_

8 .6 0

9 .0 0

_

9 .0 0

9 .4 0

9 .8 0

9 .8 0

over

_
9 .4 0

and

ALL W
ORKERS
MAINTENANCE CARPENTERS
MANUFACTURING --------NONMANUFACTURING ---PUBLIC UTILITIES -

181

$
7 .0 8

$
6 .9 4

$
6 .2 7 -

$
7.8 1

107

7 .3 7

7 .6 6

6 .2 7 -

8 .4 9

74

6 .6 7

• 6b 94

6 .1 3 -

7 .0 0

55

6 .7 5

6 .9 4 .

6 .1 3 -

7 .0 8

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS
MANUFACTURING -----------NONMANUFACTURING ------PUBLIC UTILITIES ----

486

7 .7 8

7 .6 5

7 .1 7 -

8 .9 0

408

7 .8 6

7 .9 0

7 .1 5 -

8 .9 0

MAINTENANCE PAINTERS
MANUFACTURING ----MAINTENANCE MACHINISTS
MANUFACTURING ----nonmanufacturing : *
PUBLIC UTILITIES MAINTENANCE MECHANICS
(MOTOR VEHICLES) ------MANUFACTURING --------MAINTENANCE PIPEFITTERS
MANUFACTURING ----------

23

11

14

20

10

12
2

20

1
1

78

7 .3 7

7 .6 3

7 .3 6 -

7 .6 3

57

7 .5 1

7 .6 3

7 .6 3 -

7.6 4

85

6 .8 1

6 .4 1

5 .8 6 -

8.10

15

69

7 .1 5

7 .0 2

6 .1 3 -

8 .5 5

14

516

8 .0 7

2

477
39

22
3
19
13

13
13
-

38
35
3
3

2
2
-

18
15
3
2

37
27
10
2

-

1
1

-

-

-

-

“

1
1
“

“

101
101
-

21
21
-

19
19
-

-

12
12

9
9

-

-

-

87

76
76

140
140

-

14
14

22
22

-

-

-

4
3
1
1

28
27
1
“

122
66
56
48

42
41
1
1

32
32
-

9
9

4
4

3
3

36
36

47
44

55
25

89

8
8
-

7

7

-

-

8 .0 5

7 .6 0 -

8 .7 5

16

8 .2 8

7 .5 2 -

8 .7 5

16

7 .4 6

7 .6 3

7 .6 3 -

7 .6 3

1

-

-

3

30

2

-

-

-

14
10

12
9

10

33
14

44
23

31
24

89
77

189
9

11

_

4

6

11

-

4

17
16

5
5

18
14

15
7

32
29

95
95

56
56

100
100

6
6

-

~

2
2

9
9

_

1
1

9
3

33
20

29
29

_

1
1

4

-

24
24

-

-

-

4

13
13

7
7

2
2

7
7

9
9

69
69

8
8

47
47

-

“

8
8

15
15

19
19

7
7

1
1

15
15

1
1

24
24

2
2

-

-

-

1
1

3
1

3
3

17
15

83
83

30
30

132
132

67
67

7
7

1
1

-

12
9

9
7

38
37

6
6

52
43

34
33

9
9

3
-

-

17
10

450

8.

14

8 .3 4

7 .6 6 -

8 .7 0

195

7 .9 5

8 .3 4

7 .5 6 -

8 .3 4

383

7 .8 7

8 .0 9

7 .5 2 -

8 .6 4

360

7 .9 4

8 .0 9

7 .5 7 -

27

8.66

20

115

7 .8 3

7 .8 5

7 .5 2 -

6 .4 0

93

7 .9 6

7 .8 5

7 .5 5 -

8 .6 4

MILLWRIGHTS ------MANUFACTURING

170

8 .0 7

7 .9 7

7 .8 5 -

8 .7 2

170

8 .0 7

7 .9 7

7 .8 5 -

8 .7 2

MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS (TOOLROOM)
MANUFACTURING --------------------------

104

7 .1 9

6 .7 5

6 .5 4 -

7 .9 8

13

104

7 .1 9

6 .7 5

6 .5 4 -

7.9 8

13

STATIONARY ENGINEERS
MANUFACTURING -----

30
5
25
25

8.12

MAINTENANCE SHEET-METAL WORKERS
MANUFACTURING -----------------------

TOOL ANO DIE MAKERS
MANUFACTURING ----

5
3
2
-

10
9

25

3
2
1
1

12
8

18

6
12
12

373

8.01

8 .3 3

7 .5 7 -

8 .5 2

10

13

357

8 .0 9

8 .3 3

7 .7 1 -

8 .5 3

4

11

208

7 .7 7

7 .9 8

7 .0 1 -

8 .2 3

13

177

7 .7 1

7 .8 5

7 .0 1 -

8 .2 3

11

See footnotes at end o f tables.

23

-

“

Table A-12. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers—large establishments
in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
Hourly earnings *

Occupation and industry division

Number
of
workers

Num ber of w orkers receiving straight-tim e hourly earnings of—
1 ------2 .3 0 2 .4 0

Mean 2

Median2

Middle range 2

S
2 .6 0

S
2 .8 0

S
3 .0 0

$
3 .2 0

$
3 .4 0

*
3 .6 0

$
3 .8 0

*
4 .0 0

4 .2 0

$
4 .4 0

$
4 .8 0

and
u n der
2 .4 0

*
5 .2 0
_

2 .6 0

2 .8 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

1 .4 0

4 .8 0

5 .2 0

*
5 .6 0

s

t
6 .0 0

6 .4 0

*
6 .8 0

$
7 .2 0

$
7 .6 0

$
8 .0 0

$
8 .4 0

*
8 .8 0

8 .0 0

8 .4 0

8 .8 0

over

17 2

6

_

5 .6 0

6 .0 0

6 .4 0

6 .8 0

7 .2 0

7 .6 0

•

ALL WORKERS

------------

1 1379
683
696
987

$
7 .1 0
6 .8 1
7 .3 9
7 .4 4

$
6 .9 1
6 .8 8
7 .9 5
8 .5 0

$
6 .6 3 6 .8 8 6 .3 5 6 .1 5 -

$
7 .9 5
6 .9 9
8 .5 0
8 .5 0

“

T R U C KD RIVE RS t L IG H T TRUCK MANUFACTURING --------------------

340
96

7 .5 2
6 .7 5

*8 4 50
6 .8 8

6 .8 8 .6 .8 8 -

8 .5 0
6 .8 8

-

-

“

”

TRU C K D R IVE R S t

363

6 .5 5

6 .8 8

6 .8 8 -

6 .8 8

-

-

-

363
109

7 .6 8
7 .0 1

7 .9 5
7 .1 1

7 .1 1 7 .1 0 -

8 .2 8
7 .4 4

-

_

-

TRUCKO RIVERS --------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------

NONhANUFACTURING ---------------P U B L IC

U T IL IT IE S

MEDIUM

TRUCK

T RU C KD RIVERS t HEAVY TRUCK
( T R A IL E R ) --------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------

7
-

-

-

9
4

7
“

5

-

3
2
1

-

4
“

3
2

1

“

-

-

-

3

6

_

_

_

_

-

6
-

2

4

2
1

4
4

19
5
14
4

16
8
8
7

48
2
46
46

76
19
57
54

59
12
47
44

127
108
19
16

497
472
25
25

45
45

6
3

“

6

1

19
2

11
3

3
-

3
3

94
85

1
1

-

27

7

7

18

267

-

-

6

-

-

1
1

39
6

9
9

44

44

130

_

91

_

44

44

~

~

3

86

89

-

-

-

-

-

7

5

4

-

-

4

44

-

-

-

2

-

-

“

“

“

-

3

2

3

9

5

2
2

_

-

-

3
3

_
'

TRU C K D R IV E R S t HEAVY TRUCK
(OTHER THAN T R A IL E R ) --------

_
“

180

6 .7 7

6 .6 5

6 .5 5 -

6 .9 9

-

2

C L E R K S --------- -------------

58

6 .1 3

5 .6 1

5 .1 8 -

7 .4 3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

1

9

3

5

13

-

-

9

RECEIVING CLERKS ---------------------

155
55
100
88

6 .7 1
6 .2 6
6 .9 5
7 .2 5

7 .1 8
6 .1 4
7 .3 7
8 .0 6

5 .6 4 5 .7 5 5 .4 1 7 .3 7 -

8 .2 2
7 .1 8
8 .3 1
8 .3 1

-

-

1

-

1

1

1

-

3

2

6

4

8
-

6
-

-

1
1

-

1
1

1
1

8

-

1
1

-

4

6
3

11
9
2
2

8
7
1
1

7
7

-

10
9
1
1

-

20
17
3
3

22
2
20
20

CLERKS

104

5 .3 1

5 .6 2

4 .8 4 -

5 .6 4

-

-

-

-

-

2

3

WAREHOUSEMEN --------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------R E T A IL TRADE -------------------

462
296
166
94

5 .7 8
5 .5 9
6 .1 2
6 .3 8

5 .7 5
5 .7 5
5 .9 3
6 .6 1

4 .9 4 4 .9 3 5 .0 7 5 .3 5 -

6 .7 0
6 .6 6
7 .2 1
8 .1 7

_

-

2

1
1

10
7
3
3

8
4
4
4

25
19
6

ORDER F I L L E R S -------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------R E T A IL TRADE -------------------

7 35
600
463

6 .6 3
6 .8 5
7 .7 6

7 .7 7
8 .1 7
8 .2 0

5 .1 6 3 .9 9 8 .1 4 -

8 .2 0
8 .2 0
8 .2 1

1
1
1

10
10
2

15
15
4

S H IP P IN G PACKERS -------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------

142
71
71

5 .4 5
5 .7 2
5 .1 7

5 .4 5
5 .4 9
4 .8 4

4 .8 1 4 .9 4 3 .9 8 -

6 .5 8
6 .5 8
6 .3 1

-

2

7

3

2

7

3

M A TER IA L HANDLING LABORERS —
MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S -----------R E T A IL TRADE -------------------

1 1361
881
480
175
305

6 .1 8
6 .3 6
5 .8 5
6 .9 8
5 .2 0

6 . 14
6 .3 3
5 .4 0
7 .2 4
4 .6 4

5 .2 5 5 .3 7 4 .0 9 5 .4 0 3 .4 4 -

7 .4 1
7 .4 1
8 .1 6
8 .5 0
7 .3 5

“
8
3
5

15

30

10

29

F O R K L IF T OPERATORS ----------------MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------R E T A IL TRADE ------ r -----------

1 1582
1 1335
247
218

6 .9 7
6 .8 3
7 .7 0
8 .0 5

7 .1 9
7 .1 8
8 .2 0
8 .2 1

6 .6 6 6 .5 9 7 .8 3 7 .8 9 -

7 .7 4
7 .7 4
8 .2 5
8 .2 5

POWER-TRUCK OPERATORS (OTHER
THAN F O R K L IF T ) ---------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------

124
122

8 .0 1
8 .0 3

8 . 34
8 .3 4

8 .0 3 8 .0 3 -

8 .3 9
8 .3 9

S H IP P IN G

MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------R E T A IL TRADE ------------------S H IP P IN G

AND R E C E IV IN G

-

-

“
-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

5

8

5

8

5

5

8

5

10

-

-

-

-

1

-

24

_

1
1

47
47
47

8
8
8

15
15
15

363
357
357

1

4

-

10

4
3
1
1

26
25
1
1

1

4

-

1
3
1

12
10
2

48
28
20
5

60
42
18
9

95
59
36
15

23
18
5
1

43
37
6

15
15
3

23
11

98
98
3

19
14
14

1

96

8
4

10

5
2

2
2

7

“

18

25

43

14

21

10

41
28
13

4

33

5
5

-

3

13

6
7

10

13

7

1

-

70

4
3

1

33
10
23

16

67

47

47
21

16

20

26

21

2
2

1

70

16
-

20

26

3
2

54

27
27

-

-

4

18
18

-

16

-

-

-

-

16

206
127
79
65
14

57

129
128

13

1

176
169

18
18

10
10

7
7

-

-

~

44
13
-

1
1

See footnotes at end of tables.

_

-

63
24
39
39

-

7

-

1

-

“

14

13
3
10

47

1

29

-

23
15
8
7

6

3

4

-

24

-

1

-

-

25
25

1
-

4
-

109
92
17
17

70
70

133
89

-

-

128
127
1

-

44

-

13 4
11 7
17
-

-

-

1
1
1
-

9

-

i
i
-

69

62

56

-

-

56

69
69

-

-

-

1

-

-

382
382

121
113

450
410

166

-

8
8

40
40

162
162

1
1

80
80

16
16

16
14

_

6
6

62

-

17

5
5

-

9

-

“

-

-

24
20

"

_

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

1
1
1

192

-

4

3
3

-

-

5

-

-

-

44

2

-

“

44

2

1

-

4

2
2

-

28 3
283
28 3

3

3
1

5

6
172

56
4

-

~
-

~

_

Table A-12. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers—large establishments
N um ber ,of w o rk e rs re c e iv in g s tra ig h t-tim e hou rly earning s o f—

Hourly earnings 4

*
2 .3 0

Number

Occupation and industry division
Mean 2

Median2

Middle range 2

S
2 .4 0

$
2 .6 0

2 .8 0

$
3 .0 0

$
3 .2 0

t
3 .4 0

$
3 .6 0

S
3 .8 0

*
4 .0 0

s
4 .2 0

s
4 .4 0

*
4 .8 0

S
5 .2 0

$
5 .6 0

$
6 .0 0

$
6 .4 0

$
6 .8 0

$
7 .2 0

s
7 .6 0

8 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

1 .2 0

4 . 4 0 .4 .8 0

5 .2 0

5 .6 0

6 .0 0

6 .4 0

6 .8 0

7 .2 0

7 .6 0

8 .0 0

8 ,6 0 .J U 80 o v e r

41
5

28
9

15
“

22

39
2

22
7

47
2

39
13

50
15

24
21

152
130

20
18

2
2

76
76

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
7
2

4
10
7

4
16
4

-

20
4
4

_

-

_

4
3

20
3

-

-

3

22

1
1
“

8 . 40 8 .8 0

and
under

and

2 .4 0

2 .6 0

2 .8 0

3 .0 0

-

389
1

119
9

65
3

55
9

_

-

_

-

5
1

7
3

12
2

5
8

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED

1 .2 1 5
332

$
3 .9 7
6 .0 6

$
3 .1 0
6 .1 6

$
2 .5 0 5 .9 1 -

$
5 .4 1
7 .2 9

30
113
63

4 .4 6
3 .9 0
4 .8 7

4 .5 9
3 .9 0
4 .7 9

4 .0 1 3 .2 0 3 .7 6 -

4 .6 4
4 .4 0
6 .2 9

MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

298

6 .1 9

6 .1 6

6 .0 4 -

7 .0 2

-

1

9

1

4

-

3

-

-

-

7

2

13

15

19

130

JANITORS. PORTERS. AND CLEANERS ----MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

2 .4 1 0
927
1 .4 8 3
219
276
130

4 .2 1
5 .8 0
3 .2 2
4 .6 7
4 .4 0
3 .1 4

4 .2 2
6 .2 0
2 .5 0
4 .6 1
4 .2 8
3 . 11

2 . 4 0 - 6 .0 8
5 . 2 0 - 6 .2 2
2 . 3 0 - 4 .0 4
4 . 4 2 - 4 .6 1
3 . 1 0 - 5 .2 6
2 . 8 2 - 3 .2 2

593

174
4
170

75

52
1
51

70
1
69

39
6
33
5
10
10

60
17
43
4
19
7

59
18
41
19
12
4

27
2
25
12
4
2

50
15
35
5
18
4

49
10
39
5
9
7

180
31
149
120
21

255
211
44
11
33

81
31
50
4
46

23
18
5
4
1

4 02
379
23
21
2

GUARDS AND WATCHMEN -------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------nonmanufacturing:
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

-

_

“

12
~

4
“

6
1

_

10
10

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

18

2

64

-

-

-

10

45
34
11
9
2

153
143
10

2

_

-

-

-

-

gu a rd s:

593

75

-

17
8

-

16
24

26
21

13
43

See footnotes at end o f tables.

25

-

-

21
6
15

_

_

2

-

-

-

*-

-

-

-

10

2

-

15

-

-

Table A-13. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom,
powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers, by se x large establishments in Baltimore, Md., August 1977
Average
(mean2)
hourly
earnings4

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division

MAINTENANCE* TOOLROOM AND
POWERPLANT OCCUPATIONS - HEN
181
107
74
55

$
7 .0 8
7 .3 7
6 .6 7
6 .7 5

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS --------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

486
408
78
57

7 .7 8
7 .8 6
7 .3 7
7 .5 1

MAINTENANCE PAINTERS ------------MANUFACTURING -----------------

85
69

6 .8 1
7 .1 5

MAINTENANCE MACHINISTS ----------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING:
PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

516
477

MAINTENANCE P IP E F IT T E R S -----------------------

MANUFACTURING -----------------

$

6.11

SHIPPING CLERKS ---------------------------------

57

RECEIVING CLERKS ------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------

153
55
98

6 .7 3
6 .2 6
7 .0 0
7 .3 1

WAREHOUSEMEN --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING --------------------------

404
270
134

5 .9 3
5 .7 0
6 .4 0

8 .0 7

ORDER FILLEkS ------------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------

587
455
445

7 .3 0
7 .7 9
7 .8 9

39

SHIPPING PACKERS ------------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

10
0

7 .4 6

428
195

8 .1 8
7 .9 5

383
360

7 .8 7
7 .9 4

8.12

MAINTENANCE SHEET-METAL WORKERS MANUFACTURING -----------------

115
93

MILLWRIGHTS ---------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------

170
170

12
0
12
0
373
357

1 *3 2 6
860
466
175

5 .7 4
5 .6 4

6.21

TRADE -------------------------------------

291

1 *5 5 9
1 *3 1 3
246
218

6 .9 8
6 .8 4
7 .7 1
8 .0 5

8 .0 9

208
177

57

6 .3 8
5 .8 9
6 .9 8
5 .2 4

R E TA IL

7 .2 1
7 .2 1

TOOL AND DIE MAKERS -------------MANUFACTURING -----------------

8
6

FORKLIFT OPERATORS ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------

8 .0 7
8 .0 7

MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS (TOOLROOM) MANUFACTURING -----------------

MATERIAL HANDLING LABORERS -------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------------------

7 .8 3
7 .9 6

STATIONARY ENGINEERS ------------MANUFACTURING--------------- —

of

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN— CONTINUED

MAINTENANCE CARPENTERS ----------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS
(MOTOR VEHICLES) ---------------MANUFACTURING -----------------

Average
(mean2)
hourly
workers earnings4
Number

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry div isio n

POWER-TRUCK OPERATORS (OTHER
THAN FORKLIFT) --------------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

8.01

6 UARDS AND WATCHMEN --------------------------

MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING:
RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------

7 .7 7
7 .7 1

1 0 8.00
2
118
8.02
1*012 4 . 1 6
318

6 .0 5

109
59

3 .9 1
4 .9 0

gu a rd s:

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN

MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

TRUCKORIVERS --------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING --------------

1 *3 5 3
683
670

7 .1 4
6 .8 1
7 .4 7

TRUCKDRIVERSt LI6HT TRUCK -----MANUFACTURING -----------------

323
96
354

6 .5 8

TRUCKDRIVERSt HEAVY TRUCK
(TRAILER) --------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------

363
109

7 .6 8
7 .0 1

TRUCKDRIVERSt HEAVY TRUCK
(OTHER THAN TRAILER) ----------

180

6 .7 7

286

6 .1 8

1 .7 7 4
802
972
240
60

4 .4 6
5 .8 4
3 .3 1
4 .5 5
3 .2 7

548
125

3 .3 9
5 .5 0

62

3 .0 2

7 .6 5
6 .7 5

TRUCKDRIVERSt MEDIUM TRUCK -----

JANITORS* PORTERS* AND CLEANERS ----MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTOOIAL
OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN
JANITORS* PORTERS* AND CLEANERS ----MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING:
FINANCE ---------------------------------------

See footnotes at end of tables.

26

Footnotes

3 E a rn in g s data r e la te o n ly to w o r k e r s w h ose s e x id e n tific a tio n w as
p r o v id e d b y th e e s ta b lis h m e n t.
4 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and f o r w o rk on w e e k en d s,
h o lid a y s , and la te s h ifts .
5 E s tim a te s f o r p e r io d s ending p r i o r to 1976 r e la te to m en on ly f o r
s k ille d m a in te n a n c e and u n s k ille d plant w o r k e r s . A l l o th e r e s tim a te s r e la te
to m en and w o m e n .
6 D ata do not m e e t p u b lic a tio n c r i t e r i a o r data not a v a ila b le .

1 S tan d ard h ou rs r e f le c t th e w o r k w e e k f o r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e
t h e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a la r ie s
(e x c lu s iv e o f p ay f o r o v e r t im e at
r e g u la r an d / o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ), and th e e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th e s e
w e e k ly h o u rs.
2 T h e m ea n is com p u ted f o r e a c h jo b b y to ta lin g th e e a r n in g s o f a ll
w o r k e r s and d iv id in g b y th e n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s .
T h e m e d ia n d e s ig n a te s
p o s itio n — h a lf o f th e w o r k e r s r e c e iv e th e s a m e o r m o r e and h a lf r e c e iv e
th e s a m e o r le s s than th e r a te shown. T h e m id d le ra n g e is d e fin e d b y tw o
ra te s o f pay: a fo u r th o f the w o r k e r s e a rn th e s a m e o r le s s than the lo w e r
o f th e s e r a te s and a fo u r th e a r n the s a m e o r m o r e than th e h ig h e r r a te .

27

Appendix A.
Scope and Method
of Survey
D ata on a r e a w a g e s and r e la te d b e n e fits a r e o b ta in ed b y p e r s o n a l
v is it s o f B u rea u f i e l d r e p r e s e n t a t iv e s at 3 - y e a r in t e r v a ls .
In e a c h o f the
in te r v e n in g y e a r s , in fo r m a tio n on e m p lo y m e n t and o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s is
c o lle c t e d b y a c o m b in a tio n o f p e r s o n a l v is it , m a il q u e s tio n n a ir e , and t e l e ­
phone in t e r v ie w f r o m e s ta b lis h m e n ts p a r tic ip a tin g in the p r e v io u s s u r v e y .
In ea c h o f the 74 * a r e a s c u r r e n t ly s u r v e y e d , data a r e ob ta in ed f r o m
1
r e p r e s e n t a t iv e e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith in s ix b ro a d in d u s tr y d iv is io n s : M a n u fa c ­
tu r in g ; tr a n s p o r ta tio n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r p u b lic u t ilit ie s ; w h o le s a le
tr a d e ; r e t a i l tr a d e ; fin a n c e , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s ta te ; and s e r v ic e s . M a jo r
in d u s tr y g ro u p s e x c lu d e d f r o m th e s e s tu d ies a r e g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a tio n s and
th e c o n s tru c tio n and e x t r a c t iv e in d u s tr ie s . E s ta b lis h m e n ts h a v in g few fer than
a p r e s c r ib e d n u m b er o f w o r k e r s a r e o m itte d b e c a u s e o f in s u ffic ie n t e m p lo y ­
m en t in the o c c u p a tio n s stu d ied . S e p a r a te ta b u la tio n s a r e p r o v id e d f o r ea c h
o f the b ro a d in d u s tr y d iv is io n s w h ich m e e t p u b lic a tio n c r i t e r i a .
T h e s e s u r v e y s a r e con d u cted on a s a m p le b a s is .
T h e s a m p lin g
p r o c e d u r e s in v o lv e d e ta ile d s t r a t ific a t io n o f a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith in the
sc o p e o f an in d iv id u a l a r e a s u r v e y b y in d u s tr y and n u m b e r o f e m p lo y e e s .
F r o m th is s t r a t ifie d u n iv e r s e a p r o b a b ilit y s a m p le is s e le c te d , w ith ea c h
e s ta b lis h m e n t h a vin g a p r e d e te r m in e d ch an ce o f s e le c t io n . T o o b ta in o p tim u m
a c c u r a c y at m in im u m c o s t, a g r e a t e r p r o p o r tio n o f la r g e than s m a ll e s t a b ­
lis h m e n ts is s e le c te d .
W hen data a r e c o m b in e d , ea c h e s ta b lis h m e n t is
w e ig h te d a c c o r d in g to its p r o b a b ilit y o f s e le c tio n , so that u n b ia se d e s tim a te s
a r e g e n e r a te d . F o r e x a m p le , i f one out o f fo u r e s ta b lis h m e n ts is s e le c te d ,
it is g iv e n a w e ig h t o f 4 to r e p r e s e n t i t s e l f p lus th r e e o th e r s . A n a lte r n a te
o f the s a m e o r ig in a l p r o b a b ilit y is ch o sen in the s a m e in d u s t r y - s iz e c l a s s i ­
fic a t io n i f data a r e n ot a v a ila b le f r o m the o r ig in a l s a m p le m e m b e r .
I f no
s u ita b le su b stitu te is a v a ila b le , a d d itio n a l w e ig h t is a s s ig n e d to a s a m p le
m e m b e r that is s im ila r to the m is s in g u n it.
O c c u p a tio n s and e a r n in g s
O ccu p a tion s s e le c te d f o r stu dy a r e c o m m o n to a v a r ie t y o f m a n u fa c ­
tu rin g and n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g in d u s tr ie s , and a r e o f the fo llo w in g ty p e s : (1 )
O f f ic e c l e r i c a l ; (2 ) p r o fe s s io n a l and te c h n ic a l; (3 ) m a in te n a n c e , t o o lr o o m ,
and p o w e rp la n t; and (4 ) m a t e r ia l m o v e m e n t and c u s to d ia l.
O c c u p a tio n a l
c la s s ific a t io n is b a s e d on a u n ifo r m s e t o f jo b d e s c r ip tio n s d e s ig n e d to take
a c c ount o f in t e r e s ta b lis h m e n t v a r ia t io n in d u ties w ith in the s a m e jo b .
O ccu p ation s s e le c te d f o r study a r e lis t e d and d e s c r ib e d in ap p e n d ix B.

U n le s s o t h e r w is e in d ic a te d , the e a r n in g s data fo llo w in g the jo b
t it le s a r e f o r a ll in d u s tr ie s c o m b in e d .
E a r n in g s data f o r s o m e o f the
o c c u p a tio n s lis t e d and d e s c r ib e d , o r f o r s o m e in d u s tr y d iv is io n s w ith in the
s c o p e o f the s u r v e y , a r e n o t p r e s e n te d in the A - s e r i e s ta b le s b e ca u s e
e it h e r (1 ) e m p lo y m e n t in the o c c u p a tio n is to o s m a ll to p r o v id e enough data
to m e r i t p re s e n ta tio n , o r (2 ) 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 d iv id u a l
e s ta b lis h m e n t d ata.
S e p a r a te m e n 's and w o m e n 's e a rn in g s data a r e n o t
p r e s e n te d w h en th e n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s n ot id e n tifie d b y s e x is 20 p e r c e n t
o r m o r e o f the m en o r w o m e n id e n tifie d in an o c c u p a tio n .
E a r n in g s data
n o t shown s e p a r a t e ly f o r in d u s tr y d iv is io n s a r e in c lu d e d in data f o r a l l
in d u s tr ie s c o m b in e d .
L ik e w is e , f o r o c c u p a tio n s w ith m o r e than one le v e l ,
data a r e in c lu d e d in the o v e r a l l c la s s ific a t io n w hen a s u b c la s s ific a tio n is
n o t shown o r in fo r m a tio n to s u b c la s s ify is n o t a v a ila b le .

O c c u p a tio n a l e m p lo y m e n t and e a r n in g s data a r e shown f o r f u ll- t im e
w o r k e r s , i. e . , th o s e h ir e d to w o r k a r e g u la r w e e k ly sc h e d u le .
E a r n in g s
data e x c lu d e p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and f o r w o r k on w e e k en d s, h o lid a y s ,
and la te s h ifts .
N o n p ro d u c tio n bon u ses a r e e x c lu d e d , but c o s t - o f - l i v i n g
a llo w a n c e s and in c e n tiv e b on u ses a r e in c lu d e d .
W e e k ly h o u rs f o r o ffic e
c l e r i c a l and p r o f e s s io n a l and te c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s r e f e r to the stan d a rd
w o r k w e e k (ro u n d e d to the n e a r e s t h a lf h o u r ) f o r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e
r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a la r ie s (e x c lu s iv e o f p a y f o r o v e r t im e at r e g u la r
a n d / o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ). A v e r a g e w e e k ly e a r n in g s f o r th e s e o c c u p a tio n s a r e
rou n ded to the n e a r e s t h a lf d o lla r . V e r t i c a l lin e s w ith in the d is trib u tio n o f
w o r k e r s on s o m e A - t a b le s in d ic a te a ch an ge in the s iz e o f the c la s s in t e r v a ls .

T h e s e s u r v e y s m e a s u r e the l e v e l o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s in an a r e a
at a p a r t ic u la r t im e . C o m p a ris o n s o f in d iv id u a l o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e s o v e r
tim e m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e c h a n g e s . T h e a v e r a g e s fo r in d iv id u a l job s
a r e a ffe c t e d b y c h a n ges in w a g e s and e m p lo y m e n t p a tte r n s .
F o r e x a m p le ,
p r o p o r tio n s o f w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d b y h ig h - o r lo w - w a g e f ir m s m a y ch an ge, o r
h ig h -w a g e w o r k e r s m a y a d v a n c e to b e t t e r jo b s and be r e p la c e d b y new
w o r k e r s at lo w e r r a t e s . Such s h ifts in e m p lo y m e n t cou ld d e c r e a s e an o c c u ­
p a tio n a l a v e r a g e e v e n though m o s t e s ta b lis h m e n ts in an area" in c r e a s e w a g e s
d u rin g the y e a r . C h an ges in e a r n in g s o f o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p s, shown in ta b le
A - 7 , a r e b e t t e r in d ic a to r s o f w a g e tr e n d s than a r e e a rn in g s ch an ges fo r
in d iv id u a l jo b s w ith in the g ro u p s .

A v e r a g e e a r n in g s r e f l e c t c o m p o s ite , a r e a w id e e s tim a te s . In d u s tr ie s
s ta ffin g , and thus c o n trib u te
a v e r a g e s m a y f a i l to r e f l e c t
in in d iv id u a l e s ta b lis h m e n ts .

1
Included in the 74 areas are 4 studies conducted by the Bureau under contract. These areas are Akron,
and e s ta b lis h m e n ts d i f f e r in p a y l e v e l .and jo b
Ohio; Birmingham, A la .; N orfolk—V irginia Beach—Portsmouth and Newport News—Hampton, V a .—N. C . ; and
d if fe r e n t ly to the e s tim a te s f o r e a c h jo b . P a y
Syracuse, N . Y . In addition, the Bureau conducts more lim ited area studies in approximately 100 areas at the
request o f the Employment Standards Administration o f the U. S. Department o f Labor.
a c c u r a t e ly th e w a g e d if fe r e n t ia l a m o n g jo b s

A v e r a g e p a y le v e l s f o r m en and w o m e n in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s should
n o t be a s s u m e d to r e f l e c t d iffe r e n c e s in p a y o f the s e x e s w ith in in d iv id u a l
e s ta b lis h m e n ts .
F a c t o r s w h ich m a y c o n trib u te to d if fe r e n c e s in c lu d e p r o ­
g r e s s io n w ith in e s ta b lis h e d r a te r a n g e s (o n ly th e r a te s p a id in cu m b en ts a r e
c o lle c t e d ) and p e r fo r m a n c e o f s p e c ific d u ties w ith in the g e n e r a l s u r v e y jo b
d e s c r ip t io n s . Job d e s c r ip tio n s u sed to c l a s s if y e m p lo y e e s in th e s e s u r v e y s
u s u a lly a r e m o r e g e n e r a liz e d than th o s e u sed in in d iv id u a l e s ta b lis h m e n ts
and a llo w f o r m in o r d if fe r e n c e s am on g e s ta b lis h m e n ts in s p e c ific d u ties
pe r fo r m e d .

E le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g

S k ille d m a in te n a n c e

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

C a rp en ters
E l e c t r ic ia n s
P a in t e r s
M a c h in is ts
M e c h a n ic s (m a c h in e r y )
M e c h a n ic s (m o t o r v e h ic le )
P ip e fitt e r s
T o o l and d ie m a k e r s

O c c u p a tio n a l e m p lo y m e n t e s tim a te s r e p r e s e n t the to ta l in a ll e s t a b ­
lis h m e n ts w ith in the s c o p e o f the study and n o t the n u m b e r a c tu a lly s u r v e y e d .
B ec a u se o c c u p a tio n a l s tr u c tu r e s am on g e s ta b lis h m e n ts d if fe r , e s tim a te s o f
o c c u p a tio n a l e m p lo y m e n t o b ta in e d f r o m the s a m p le o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts stu d ied
s e r v e o n ly to in d ic a te the r e la t iv e im p o r ta n c e o f the jo b s stu d ied .
These
d if fe r e n c e s in o c c u p a tio n a l s tr u c tu r e do n ot a f f e c t m a t e r ia lly th e a c c u r a c y o f
the e a r n in g s data.

In d u s tr ia l n u rs e s

U n s k ille d p lan t

R e g is t e r e d in d u s tr ia l
n u rs e s

J a n ito r s , p o r t e r s , and
c le a n e r s
M a t e r i a l h a n d lin g la b o r e r s

W a g e tr e n d s f o r s e le c t e d o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p s
T h e p e r c e n t in c r e a s e s p r e s e n te d in ta b le A - 7 a r e b a s e d on ch an ges
in a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f m en and w o m e n in e s ta b lis h m e n ts r e p o r tin g the
tr e n d jo b s in both the c u r r e n t and p r e v io u s y e a r (m a tc h e d e s ta b lis h m e n ts ).
T h e data a r e a d ju s te d to r e m o v e the e f fe c t s on a v e r a g e e a r n in g s o f e m p lo y ­
m e n t s h ifts a m on g e s ta b lis h m e n ts and tu r n o v e r o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts in c lu d e d
in s u r v e y s a m p le s .
T h e p e r c e n t in c r e a s e s , h o w e v e r , a r e s t ill a ffe c t e d b y
fa c t o r s o th e r than w a g e in c r e a s e s . H ir in g s , la y o ffs , and tu r n o v e r m a y a ffe c t
an e s ta b lis h m e n t a v e r a g e f o r an o c c u p a tio n w h en w o r k e r s a r e p a id u n d er p lans
p r o v id in g a ra n g e o f w a g e r a te s f o r in d iv id u a l jo b s . In p e r io d s o f in c r e a s e d
h ir in g , f o r e x a m p le , n e w e m p lo y e e s m a y e n te r a t the b o tto m o f the ra n g e ,
d e p r e s s in g the a v e r a g e w ith ou t a ch an ge in w a g e r a te s .
T h e p e r c e n t c h a n ge s r e la t e to w a g e ch a n ges b e tw e e n the in d ic a te d
d a te s . W h en the tim e span b e tw e e n s u r v e y s is o th e r than 12 m on th s, annual
r a te s a r e shown,
(it is a s s u m e d th at w a g e s in c r e a s e at a con stan t r a te
b e tw e e n s u r v e y s .)
O c c u p a tio n s u s e d to com p u te w a g e tr e n d s a r e :

O f f ic e c l e r i c a l

O r d e r c le r k s
A c c o u n tin g c le r k s ,
c la s s e s A and B
B o o k k e e p in g -m a c h in e
o p e r a t o r s , c la s s B
P a y r o l l c le r k s
K eyp u n ch o p e r a to r s ,
c la s s e s A and B

c om p u ted

1. A v e r a g e e a r n in g s a r e c o m p u te d f o r e a c h o c c u p a tio n f o r
the 2 y e a r s b e in g c o m p a r e d . T h e a v e r a g e s a r e d e r iv e d
f r o m e a r n in g s in th o s e e s ta b lis h m e n ts w h ic h a r e in
the s u r v e y both y e a r s ; i t is a s s u m e d th at e m p lo y m e n t
r e m a in s un ch an ged .
2.

E a c h o c c u p a tio n is a s s ig n e d a w e ig h t b a s e d on its p r o ­
p o r tio n a te e m p lo y m e n t in the o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p in the
base y e a r.

3.

T h e s e w e ig h ts a r e u sed to com p u te g ro u p a v e r a g e s .
E a c h o c c u p a tio n 's a v e r a g e e a r n in g s (c o m p u te d in ste p 1)
is m u ltip lie d b y it s w e ig h t. T h e p ro d u c ts a r e to ta le d to
o b ta in a g ro u p a v e r a g e .

4.

T h e r a t io o f g ro u p a v e r a g e s f o r 2 c o n s e c u tiv e y e a r s is
c om p u ted b y d iv id in g th e a v e r a g e f o r the c u r r e n t y e a r b y
th e a v e r a g e f o r the e a r l i e r y e a r . T h e r e s u lt— e x p r e s s e d
as a p e r c e n t— le s s 100 is th e p e r c e n t c h a n ge.

F o r a m o r e d e ta ile d d e s c r ip t io n o f th e m eth o d u s e d to co m p u te th e s e
w a g e tr e n d s , s e e "I m p r o v in g A r e a W a g e S u r v e y I n d e x e s , " M o n th ly L a b o r
R e v ie w , J a n u a ry 1973, pp. 5 2 -57 .

O f f ic e c l e r i c a l — C ontinu ed

S e c r e t a r ie s
S te n o g r a p h e r s , g e n e r a l
S te n o g r a p h e r s , s e n io r
T y p is t s , c la s s e s A and B
F i l e c le r k s , c la s s e s A ,
B, and C
M essen g ers
S w itc h b o a rd o p e r a to r s

P e r c e n t c h a n ges f o r in d iv id u a l a r e a s in the p r o g r a m a r e
as f o llo w s :

E s ta b lis h m e n t p r a c t ic e s and s u p p le m e n ta ry w a g e p r o v is io n s
T a b u la tio n s on s e le c te d e s ta b lis h m e n t p r a c t ic e s and s u p p le m e n ta ry
w a g e p r o v is io n s ( B - s e r i e s t a b le s ) a r e n o t p r e s e n te d in th is b u lle tin . I n f o r ­
m a tio n f o r th e s e ta b u la tio n s is c o lle c t e d a t 3 - y e a r in t e r v a ls .
T h e s e ta b u ­
la tio n s on m in im u m e n tr a n c e s a la r ie s f o r in e x p e r ie n c e d o f f i c e w o r k e r s ; s h ift
d if fe r e n t ia ls ; sc h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u rs and d a y s; p a id h o lid a y s ; p a id v a c a tio n s ;
and h e a lth , in s u r a n c e , and p e n s io n p la n s a r e p r e s e n te d (in the B - s e r i e s ta b le s )
in p r e v io u s b u lle tin s f o r th is a r e a .

Appendix table 1. Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied
in Baltimore, M d.,1August 1977
In du stry d iv is io n 2

ALL
ALL

DIVISIONS

M inim um
em ploym ent
in esta b lish m ents in scope
o f study

W o rk ers in establishm ents

Num ber o f establish m ents

W ithin scope o f study 4
W ithin scope
o f study 3

Studied

Studied
Num ber

P e rc e n t

ESTABLISHMENTS

-------------------------------------------------

-

1.356

263

3 4 3 . S80

100

195 .0 93

M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------------------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------------------------------T R A N S P O R T A T I O N * C O M M U N I C A T I O N . AND
O T H ER P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S 5 ----------------------------------WHOL ESALE TRADE
----------------------------------------------R E T A I L TRADE
---------------------------------------------------F I N A N C E . I N S U R A N C E . AND R E A L E S T A T E 6 -----------

so

45 6

88

-

90 0

175

15 4 .2 7 3
189 .3 07

45
55

93.861
101 .2 32

oO
bO

so

102
174
297
1 27

20
36
44
32

------------------------------------------------------------

!>0

200

43

34.978
2 0 11>86
66.740
36.350
30.353

10
6
19
11
9

25.936
6.235
35.395
21.245
12.421

-------------------------------------------------

-

1 16

86

18 5 .5 0 5

100

1 65 .3 18

M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------------------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------------------------------T R A N S P O R T A T I O N . C O M M U N I C A T I O N . AND
O T H ER P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S 5 --------------------------------WHOL ESALE TRADE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------R E T A I L T R AOE
F I N A N C E . I N S U R A N C E . AND R E A L E S T A T E 6 -----------S E R V I C E S 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------

500

48
68

38
48

90.462
95.043

49
51

83.464
81.854

10
2
28
15
13

7
2
20
12
7

26.000
1.175
38.154
18.557
11.157

14
1
21
10
6

24.479
1.175
31.999
16.907
7.294

SERVICES 7

LARGE
ALL

DIVISIONS

so

1

ESTABLISHMENTS

-

500
500
500
5 00
500

1 Th e B a ltim o re Standard M etrop o lita n S ta tistica l A r e a , as defin ed by the
O ffic e o f M anagem ent and Budget through F e b ru a ry 1974, con sists o f the c ity o f
B a ltim o re , and the counties o f Anne A ru n d el, B a ltim o re , C a r r o ll, H a rfo rd , and
H oward.
The " w o r k e r s w ithin scope o f study" estim ates shown in this ta b le p rovid e
a reason ably a ccu ra te d es c rip tio n o f the s iz e and co m position o f the la b o r fo r c e
included in the su rvey.
E stim ates a re not intended, h ow eve r, fo r co m p a rison with
oth er em ploym en t indexes to m easu re em ploym en t tren ds o r le v e ls sin ce (1 ) planning
o f w age su rveys re q u ire s establish m ent data co m p iled co n s id era b ly in advance of
the p a y r o ll p erio d studied, and (2 ) sm a ll establish m ents a re exclu ded fr o m the
scope o f the su rvey.
2 The 1972 edition o f the Standard In du stria l C la s s ific a tio n Manual was used
in cla s s ify in g establish m ents by in du stry d ivis io n . H o w e ver, a ll govern m en t o p e r ­
ations a re exclu ded fr o m the scope o f the su rvey.
3 Includes a ll establish m ents w ith tota l em ploym en t at o r above the m inim um
lim ita tion . A l l outlets (w ithin the a r e a ) o f com panies in in du stries such as tra de,

31

fin ance, auto re p a ir s e r v ic e , and m otion p ictu re th eaters a re co n sid ered as 1
establishm ent.
4 Includes a ll w o rk e rs in a ll establish m ents w ith tota l em ploym en t (w ithin
the a re a ) at o r above the m in im u m lim ita tion .
5 A b b re v ia te d to "p u b lic u t ilitie s " in the A - s e r ie s ta b les.
Tax ica b s and s e r ­
v ic e s in ciden tal to w a te r tra n sp o rta tio n a re excluded.
L o c a l-tr a n s it operations in
B a ltim o re a re go vern m en ta lly owned and o pera ted and excluded by defin ition fr o m
the scope o f the study.
6 A b b re v ia te d to "fin a n c e " in the A - s e r ie s tables.
7 H otels and m o te ls ; lau ndries and otlfer perso n a l s e r v ic e s ; business s e r v ic e s ;
au tom obile re p a ir, ren ta l, and parking; m otion p ictu re s; n on profit m em bersh ip
orga n ization s (exclu din g re lig io u s and ch a rita b le o rga n iza tio n s ); and en gin eering and
a rch itectu ra l s e r v ic e s .

Appendix B.
Occupational
Descriptions
T h e p r i m 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 f o r the B u ­
r e a u 's w a g e s u r v e y s is to a s s is t its f i e l d s t a ff in c la s s ify in g in to a p p r o ­
p r ia t e o c c u p a tio n s w o r k e r s w ho a r e e m p lo y e d u n d e r a v a r i e t y o f p a y r o ll
t it le s and d if fe r e n t w o r k a r r a n g e m e n ts f r o m e s ta b lis h m e n t to e s t a b lis h ­
m en t and f r o m a r e a to a r e a . T h is p e r m it s the g ro u p in g o f o c c u p a tio n a l
w a g e 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 c o n te n t. B e c a u s e o f th is e m p h a ­
s is on in t e r e 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
c on ten t, the B u re a u 's jo b d e s c r ip tio n s m a y d i f f e r s ig n ific a n t ly f r o m th o s e
in u s e in in d iv id u a l e s ta b lis h m e n ts o r th o s e p r e p a r e d f o r o th e r p u r p o s e s .
In a p p ly in g th e s e jo b d e s c r ip t io n s , the B u r e a u 's f ie ld e c o n o m is ts a r e
in s tr u c te d to e x c lu d e w o r k in g s u p e r v is o r s ; a p p r e n tic e s ; le a r n e r s ; b e g in ­
n e r s ; and p a r t - t i m e , te m p o r a r y , and p r o b a t io n a r y w o r k e r s . H a n d ic a p p e d
w o r k e r s w h o s e e a r n in g s a r e re d u c e d b e c a u s e o f t h e ir h a n d ic a p a r e a ls o
e x c lu d e d .
T r a in e e s a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m the s u r v e y e x c e p t f o r th o s e r e ­
c e iv in g o n - t h e - jo b tr a in in g in s o m e o f th e lo w e r l e v e l p r o f e s s io n a l and
te c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s .

Office
SECRETARY

SE C R E T A R Y — C ont inue d

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 one in d iv id u a l. M a in ­
ta in s a c lo s e and h ig h ly r e s p o n s iv e r e la tio n s h ip to the d a y - t o - d a y w o r k o f the
s u p e r v is o r .
W o r k s f a i r l y in d e p e n d e n 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 c e . 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 i a l d u tie s ,
u s u a lly in c lu d in g m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g :

M a y a ls o p e r f o r m o t h e r c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r i a l task s o f c o m p a r a b le
n a tu re and d if fic u lt y . T h e w o r k t y p ic a lly r e q u ir e s k n o w le d g e o f o f f i c e rou tin e
and u n d e rs ta n d in g 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 r e la t e d to
the w o r k o f th e s u p e r v is o r .

E x c lu s io n s
a . R e c e i v e s te le p h o n e c a lls , p e r s o n a l c a l l e r s , and in c o m in g m a il,
a n s w e r s ro u tin e in q u ir ie s , and ro u te s te c h n ic a l in q u ir ie s to the p r o p e r
p erso n s;
b.
c.
in s tr u c te d ;

E s ta b lis h e s ,

m a in ta in s ,

and r e v i s e s th e s u p e r v is o r 's f i l e s ;

M a in ta in s th e s u p e r v is o r 's

c a le n d a r and m a k e s a p p o in tm e n ts as

N o t a l l p o s itio n s th at a r e t it le d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s the a b o v e c h a r ­
a c t e r i s t i c s . E x a m p le s o f p o s itio n s w h ic h a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m the d e fin itio n a r e
as f o llo w s :
a . P o s it io n s w h ich
d e s c r ib e d a b o v e ;
b.

d.

R e la y s m e s s a g e s f r o m

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 r a n d a , and r e p o r t s p r e p a r e d b y
o t h e r s f o r th e s u p e r v is o r 's s ig n a tu r e 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
accu racy;
f.

P e r fo r m s

s te n o g r a p h ic and ty p in g w o r k .

s io n a l,

do

not m ee t

th e " p e r s o n a l " s e c r e t a r y

con cept

S te n o g r a p h e r s n o t f u l l y tr a in e d in s e c r e t a r ia l- t y p e d u tie s ;

c . S te n o g r a p h e r s s e r v in g as o f f i c e a s s is ta n ts to a g ro u p o f p r o f e s ­
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 th e d u tie s a r e e it h e r s u b s ta n tia lly
m o r e ro u tin e o r s u b s ta n tia lly m o r e c o m p le x and r e s p o n s ib le th at th o s e c h a r ­
a c t e r iz e d in th e d e fin itio n ;

S E C R E T A R Y — C on tin u ed

S E C R E T A R Y — C on tin u ed
C la s s C

E x c lu s io n s — C on tin u ed

e.
A s s is t a n t - t y p e p o s itio n s w h ich in v o lv e m o r e d iffic u lt o r m o r e
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 o s e r e s p o n ­
r e s p o n s ib le te c h n ic a l, a d m in is t r a t iv e , s u p e r v is o r y , o r s p e c ia liz e d c l e r i c a l
s ib ilit y is not e q u iv a le n t to on e o f th e s p e c ific l e v e l s itu a tio n s in th e d e fin itio n
d u tie s w h ich a r e not t y p ic a l o f s e c r e t a r ia l w o rk .
f o r c la s s B , but w h o s e o r g a n iz a tio n 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 o z e n e m p lo y e e s and is u s u a lly d iv id e d in to o r g a n iz a t io n a l s e g m e n ts w h ich a r e
o fte n , in tu rn , fu r th e r s u b d iv id e d . • In s om e c o m p a n ie s , th is l e v e l in c lu d e s a
N O T E : T h e t e r m " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r , " u s e d in the l e v e l d e fin itio n s
w id e r a n g e 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 ; o r
fo llo w in g , r e f e r s to th o s e o f f ic ia ls w ho h a ve a s ig n ific a n t c o r p o r a te w id e
p o lic y m a k in g r o l e w ith r e g a r d to m a jo r c o m p a n y a c t iv it ie s .
T h e t it le " v ic e
2. S e c r e t a r y to th e head o f an in d iv id u a l p lan t, f a c t o r y , e tc . (o r
p r e s id e n t, " though n o r m a lly in d ic a tiv e o f th is r o l e , d o e s not in a ll c a s e s
o th e r e q u iv a le n t l e v e l o f o f f i c i a l ) th at e m p lo y s , in a ll, f e w e r than 5 ,0 0 0
id e n t ify such p o s itio n s .
V ic e p r e s id e n ts w h o s e p r im a r y r e s p o n s ib ilit y is to
p erson s.
a c t p e r s o n a lly on in d iv id u a l c a s e s o r tr a n s a c tio n s (e . g . , a p p ro v e o r d en y
in d iv id u a l lo a n o r c r e d it a c tio n s ; a d m in is te r in d iv id u a l tr u s t a c c o u n ts ; d i r e c t ly
C la s s D
s u p e r v is e a c l e r i c a l s ta 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 " f o r
1. S e c r e t a r y to th e s u p e r v is o r o r head o f a s m a ll o r g a n iz a t io n a l unit
p u rp o s e s o f a p p ly in g th e fo llo w in g l e v e l d e fin it io n s .
( e . g . , f e w e r than about 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s ); o £
C la s s A
1. S e c r e t a r y to th e c h 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
th at e m p lo y s , in a l l , o v e r 100 but f e w e r than 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

2. S e c r e t a r y to a non s u p e r v is o r y s t a f f s p e c ia lis t , p r o f e s s io n a l
e m p lo y e e , a d m in is t r a t iv 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 ic ia n , o r e x p e r t .
(N O T E :
M a n y c o m p a n ie s a s s ig n s te n o g r a p h e r s , r a 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 , to th is l e 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 . )
STENO G RAPH ER

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 (o t h e r than the c h a ir m a n o f th e
b o a rd o r p r e s id e n t) o f a c o m p a n y th at e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5, 000 but f e 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 th e h ea d , im m e d ia t e 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 , o f a m a jo r s e g m e n t o r s u b s id ia r y o f a c o m p a n y th at e m p lo y s , in a ll,
o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

C la s s B

P r i m a r y duty is to ta k e d ic ta tio n u s in g s h o rth an d , and to t r a n s c r ib e
th e d ic ta tio n .
M a y a ls o ty p e f r o m w r itte n c o p y .
M a y o p e r a te f r o m a s te n o ­
g r a p h ic p o o l.
M a y o c c a s io n a lly t r a n s c r ib e f r o m v o ic e r e c o r d in g s ( i f p r im a r y
duty is t r a n s c r ib in g f r o m r e c o r d in g s , s e e T r a n s c r ib in g - M a c h in e T y p is t ).
N O T E : T h is jo b is d is tin g u is h e d f r o m th at 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 r k s in a c o n fid e n t ia l r e la tio n s h ip w ith o n ly one maftatjgei:
o r e x e c u tiv e and p e r f o 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 th e s e c r e t a r y jo b d e fin itio n .

1. S e c r e t a r y to th e c h a ir m a n o f th e b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t o f a c o m p a n y
th a t e m p lo y s , in a l l , f e w e r than 100 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 (o t h e r than th e c h 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 c o m p a n y th at e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 100 but f e w e r
thjan 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
3. S e c r e t a r y to th e h ea d , im m e d ia t e ly b e lo w th e o f f i c e r l e v e l , o v e r
e it h e r a m a jo r c o r p o r a tio n w id e fu n c tio n a l a c t iv it y ( e . g . , m a r k e tin g , r e s e a r c h ,
o p e r a tio n s , in d u s t r ia l r e la t io n s , e t c . ) o r a m a jo r g e o g r a p h ic o r o r g a n iz a t io n a l
s e g m e n 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 l l , o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 but f e w e r than 2 5 ,0 0 0 e m p lo y e e s ; o r
4. S e c r e t a r y to th e head o f an in d iv id u a l p lan t, f a c t o r y , e tc . (o r
o th e r e q u iv a le n t l e v e l o f o f f i c i a l ) th at 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 th e head o f a la r g e and im p o rta n t o r g a n iz a tio n a l
s e g m e n t ( e . g . ; a m id d le m a n a g e m e n t s u p e r v is o r o f an o r g a n iz a tio n a l s e g m e n t
o fte n in v o lv in g as m a n y as s e v e r a l hu ndred p e r s o n s ) o r a c o m p a n y th at
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 .

S te n o g ra p h e r, G e n e r a l

keep

D ic ta tio n in v o lv e s a n o r m a l r o u tin e v o c a b u la r y .
M a y m a in ta in f i l e s ,
s im p le r e c o r d s , o r p e r f o r m o th e r r e l a t i v e l y ro u tin e c l e r i c a l ta s k s .
S te n o g ra p h e r, S e n io r

D ic ta tio n in v o lv e s a v a r ie d t e c h n ic a l d r s p e c ia liz e d v o c a b u la r y such
as in le g a l b r ie f s o r r e p o r t s on s c ie n t ific r e s e a r c h .
M a y a ls o s e t up and
m a in ta in f i l e s , k e e p r e c o r d s , e tc .
OR
P e r f o r m s s te n o g r a p h ic d u tie s r e q u ir in g s ig n ific a n tly g r e a t e r in d e ­
p e n d e n c e and r e s p o n s ib ilit y th an s te n o g r a p h e r , g e n e r a l, as e v id e n c e d by th e
fo llo w in g :
W o rk r e q u ir e s a h ig h d e g r e e o f s te n o g r a p h ic s p e e d ancl a c c u r a c y ;
a th o ro u g h w o r k in g k n o w le d g e o f g e n e r a l b u s in e s s and o f f i c e p r o c e d u r e ; and
o f th e 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 i c i e s , p r o c e d u r e s , f i l e s ,
w o r k flo w , e tc .
U s e s th is k n o w le d g e in p e r f o r m in g s te n o g ra p h ic d u tie s and
r e s p o n s ib le c l e r i c a l ta s k s such as m a in ta in in g fo llo w u p f i l e s ; a s s e m b lin g
m a t e r ia l f o r r e p o r t s , m e m o r a n d a , and l e t t e r s ; c o m p o s in g s im p le le t t e r s
f r o m g e n e r a l in s tr u c tio n s ; r e a d in g and ro u tin g in c o m in g m a il; and a n s w e r in g
ro u tin e q u e s tio n s , e tc .

T R A N S C R IB IN G - M A C H IN E T Y P I S T

M ESSENGER

P r i m a r y duty is to t r a n s c r ib e d ic ta tio n in v o lv in g a n o r m a l rou tin e
v o c a b u la r y f r o m t r a n s c r ib in g - m a c h in e r e c o r d s . M a y a ls o typ e f r o m w r itte n
c o p y and do s im p le c l e r i c a l w o r k . W o r k e r s t r a n s c r ib in g d ic ta tio n in v o lv in g
a v a r ie d te c h n ic a l o r s p e c ia liz e d v o c a b u la r y such as le g a l b r ie f s o r r e p o r ts
on s c ie n t ific r e s e a r c h a r e n ot in c lu d e d .
A w o r k e r w h o ta k e s d ic ta tio n in
shorth and o r b y S ten oty p e o r s im ila r m a c h in e is c la s s ifie d as a s te n o g r a p h e r .

P e r f o r m s v a r io u s ro u tin e d u ties such as running e rr a n d s , o p e r a tin g
m in o r o f f ic e m a c h in e s such as s e a le r s o r m a i l e r s , op en in g an d- 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 r k . E x c lu d e p o s itio n s th at r e q u ir e o p e r a tio n
o f a m o to r v e h ic le as a s ig n ific a n t duty.

T Y P IS T
U s e s a t y p e w r it e r to m a k 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 ft e r c a lc u la tio n s h a v e b een m a d e b y a n o th er p e r s o n . M a y in c lu d e
ty p in g 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 se in d u p lic a tin g p r o c ­
esses.
M a y do c l e r i c a l w o r k in v o lv in g l i t t le s p e c ia l tr a in in g , such as
k e e p in g s im p le r e c o r d s , f ilin g r e c o r d s and r e p o r t s , o r s o r tin g and d is trib u tin g
in c o m in g m a il.
C la s s A .
P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g :
T y p in g m a t e r ia l
in fin a l fo r m w hen i t in v o lv e s c o m b in in g m a t e r ia l f r 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 e llin g , s y lla b ic a t io n , punctu ation , e tc ., o f t e c h ­
n ic a l o r unusual w o rd s o r f o r e ig n la n gu a ge m a t e r ia l; o r plan n in g la y o u t and
ty p in g o f c o m p lic a te d s t a t is t ic a l ta b le s to m a in ta in u n ifo r m ity an d b a la n c e in
s p a c in g . M a y ty p e rou tin e f o r m le t t e r s , v a r y in g d e ta ils to suit c ir c u m s ta 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 o p y ty p in g f r o m
rou gh o r c le a r d r a ft s ; o r ro u tin e ty p in g o f fo r m s , in s u ra n c e p o lic ie s , e tc .;
o r s e ttin g up s im p le sta n d a rd ta b u la tio n 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 s e t up and s p a c ed p r o p e r ly .

F IL E C L E R K
F i l e s , c l a s s i f i e s , and r e t r i e v e s m a t e r ia l in an e s ta b lis h e d f ilin g
s y s te m . M a y p e r f o r m c l e r i c a l and m an u a l ta s k s r e q u ir e d to m a in ta in f i l e s .
P o s it io n s a r e c l a s s ifie 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 .
C l a s s if ie s and in d e x e s f i l e 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 ts , te c h n ic a l d o c u m e n ts , e t c ., in an e s ta b lis h e d f ilin g s y s te m
con ta in in g a n u m b er o f v a r ie d s u b je c t m a tte r f i l e s .
M a y a ls o f i l e th is
m a t e r ia l.
M a y k e e p r e c o r d s o f v a r io u s ty p e s in c on ju n ctio n w ith the f i l e s .
M a y le a d a s m a ll g ro u p o f lo w e r l e v e l f i l e c le r k s .
C la s s B.
S o r ts , c o d e s , and f i l e s u n c la s s ifie d m a t e r ia l b y s im p le
(s u b je c t m a t t e r ) h e a d in gs o r p a r t ly c la s s ifie d m a t e r ia l b y f in e r su b h ead in gs.
P r e p a r e s s im p le r e la te d in d e x and 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 ,
lo c a t e s c l e a r l y id e n tifie d m a t e r ia l in f i l e s and fo r w a r d s m a t e r ia l.
M ay
p e rfo r m
r e la te d c l e r i c a l ta s k s r e q u ir e d to m a in ta in and s e r v ic e f i l e s .
C la s s C .
P e r f o r m s ro u tin e f ilin g o f m a t e r ia l that has a lr e a d y b een
c la s s ifie d o r w h ich is e a s ily c la s s ifie d in a s im p le s e r ia l c la s s ific a t io n
s y s te m (e . g . , a lp h a b e tic a l, c h r o n o lo g ic a l, o r n u m e r ic a l).
As
re q u e s te d ,
lo c a t e s r e a d ily a v a ila b le m a t e r ia l in f i l e s and fo r w a r d s m a t e r ia ls ; and m a y
f i l l out w ith d ra w a l c h a r g e .
M a y p e r f o r m s im p le c l e r i c a l and m an u a l task s
r e q u ir e d to m a in ta in and s e r v ic e f i l e s .

S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R
O p e r a te s a te le p h o n e s w itc h b o a rd o r c o n s o le u sed w ith a p r iv a t e
b ra n c h e x c h a n g e (P B X ) s y s te m to r e l a y in c o m in g , ou tgo in g , and in t r a s y s te m
c a lls .
M a y p r o v id e in fo r m a tio n to c a l l e r s , r e c o r d and tr a n s m it' m e s s a g e s ,
k e e p r e c o r d o f c a lls p la c e d and t o l l c h a r g e s . B e s id e s o p e r a tin g a te le p h o n e
s w itc h b o a rd o r c o n s o le , m a y a ls o ty p e o r p e r f o r m rou tin e c l e r i c a l w o rk
(ty p in g o r ro u tin e c l e r i c a l w o r k m a y o c c u p y the m a jo r p o r tio n o f th e w o r k e r 's
tim e , and is u s u a lly p e r f o r m e d w h ile a t the s w itc h b o a rd o r c o n s o le ). C h ie f
o r le a d o p e r a to r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g m o r e than one o p e r a to r a r e
e x c lu d e d . F o r an o p e r a t o r w ho a ls o a c ts as a r e c e p tio n is t, s e e S w itc h b o a rd
O p e r a t o r - R e c e p t io n is t .
S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R - R E C E P T I O N I S T
A t a s in g le - p o s it io n te le p h o n e s w itc h b o a rd o r c o n s o le , a c ts both as
an o p e r a t o r — s e e S w itc h b o a rd O p e r a t o r — and as a r e c e p tio n is t. R e c e p t io n is t 's
w o r k in v o lv e s such d u tie s as g r e e t in g v i s i t o r s ; d e te r m in in g n a tu re o f v i s i t o r 's
b u s in e s s and p r o v id in g a p p r o p r ia t e in fo r m a tio n ; r e f e r r i n g v i s i t o r to a p p r o ­
p r ia t e p e r s o n in the o r g a n iz a tio n o r c o n ta c tin g th at p e r s o n by te le p h o n e and
a r r a n g in g an a p p o in tm e n t; k e e p in g a lo g o f v i s i t o r s .
ORDER C LERK
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 i a l o r m e r c h a n d is e b y m a il,
phone, o r p e r s o n a lly .
D u tie s in v o lv e an y c o 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 to m e r s ; m a k in g ou t an o r d e r s h e e t lis tin g the ite m s to
m a k e up the o r d e r ; c h e c k in g p r ic e s and q u a n titie s o f ite m s on o r d e r s h e e t;
and d is trib u tin g o r d e r s h e e ts to r e s p e c t iv e d e p a rtm e n ts to be f i l l e d .
M ay
c h e c k w ith c r e d it d e p a rtm e n t to d e te r m in e c r e d it ra tin g o f c u s to m e r, a c k n o w l­
e d g e r e c e ip t o f o r d e r s f r o m c u s to m e r s , fo llo w up o r d e r s to s e e th at th e y
h a v e b e en f ille d , k e e p f i l e o f o r d e r s r e c e iv e d , and c h e c k shipping in v o ic e s
w ith o r ig in a l o r d e r s .
A C C O U N T IN G C L E R K
P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e accou n tin g c l e r i c a l ta s k s such as p o s tin g to
r e g i s t e r s and le d g e r s ; r e c o n c ilin g bank ac c o u n ts ; v e r if y i n g the in t e r n a l c o n ­
s is te n c y , c o m p le t e n e s s , and m a th e m a tic a l a c c u r a c y o f accou n tin g d ocu m en ts;
a s s ig n in g p r e s c r ib e d ac c ou n tin g d is tr ib u t io n c o d e s ; e x a m in in g and v e r if y in g
f o r c l e 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 rn a l
vou ch ers.
M a y w o r k in e it h e r a m a n u a l o r a u tom a ted accou n tin g s y s te m .
T h e w o r k r e q u ir e s a k n o w le d g e o f c l e r i c a l m eth o d s and o f f ic 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 t e s to the c l e 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 c c o u n tin g in fo r m a tio n .
W ith e x p e r ie n c e , the w o r k e r
t y p ic a lly b e c o m e s f a m i l ia r w ith the b o o k k e e p in g and a ccou n tin g t e r m s and
p r o c e d u r e s u s e d in the a s s ig n e d w o rk , but is n o t r e q u ir e d to h a ve a k n o w le d g e
o f the f o r m a l p r in c ip le s o f b o o k k e e p in g and ac c o u n tin g .
P o s it io n s
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M A C H IN E B I L L E R — C on tin u ed

C la s s A .
U n d er g e n e r a l s u p e r v is io n , p e r fo r m s ac c ou n tin g c l e r i c a l
o p e r a tio n s w h ich r e q u ir e the a p p lic a tio n o f e x p e r ie n c e and ju d g m e n t, f o r
e x a m p le , c l e r i c a l l y p r o c e s s in g c o m p lic a te d o r n o n r e p e tit iv e a c c o u n tin g t r a n s ­
a c tio n s , s e le c tin g am on g a su b s ta n tia l 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 ific a t io n s , o r tr a c in g tr a n s a c tio n s th rou gh p re v io u s accou 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 a y be a s s is te d by one o r
m o r e c la s s B a c cou n tin g c le r k s .

B o o k k e e p in g -m a c h in e b i l l e r .
U s e s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e (w ith o r
w ith ou t a t y p e w r it e r k e y b o a rd ) to p r e p a r e c u s t o m e r s ' b ills as p a r t o f the
accou n ts r e c e iv a b le o p e r a tio n .
G e n e r a lly in v o lv e s th e sim u lta n eo u s e n tr y o f
f ig 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 . T h e m a c h in e a u to m a tic a lly a c c u m u la te s
f ig u r e s on a n u m b er o f v e r t i c a l co lu m n s and com p u te s and u s u a lly p rin ts
a u to m a tic a lly th e d e b it o r c r e d it b a la n c e s .
D o e s not in v o lv e a k n o w le d g e
o f b o o k k e e p in g .
W o rk s fr o m
u n ifo rm and stan d a rd ty p e s o f s a le s and
c r e d it s lip s .

C la s s B .
U n der c lo s e s u p e rv is io n ,'- fo llo w in g d e ta ile d in s tr u c tio n s
and s ta n d a rd ize d 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 a ccou n tin g c l e r ­
i c a l o p e r a tio n s , such as p o s tin g to le d g e r s , c a r d s , o r w o r k s h e e ts w h e r e
id e n tific a tio n o f ite m s and lo c a tio n s o f p o s tin g s a r e c l e a r l y in d ic a te d ; c h e c k in g
a c c u r a c y and c o m p le te n e s s o f s ta n d a rd iz e d and r e p e t it iv e r e c o r d s o r
accou n tin g d o c u m e n ts ; and c o d i n g
d ocu m en ts u sin g a fe w p r e s c r ib e d
accou n tin g c o d e s .

P A Y R O L L CLERK

B O O K K E E P IN G - M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R
O p e ra te s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e (w ith o r w ith ou t a t y p e w r it e r k e y ­
b o a r d ) to k e ep a r e c o r d o f b u s in e s s tr 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 k n o w le d g e o f and
e x p e r ie n c e in b a s ic b o o k k e e p in g p r in c ip le s , and f a m ilia r it y w ith th e s tru c tu re
o f the p a r tic u la r accou n tin g s y s te m u s e d .
D e te r m in e s p r o p e r r e c o r d s and
d is tr ib u tio n o f d e b it and c r e d it ite m s to be u sed in e a c h p hase o f the w o r k .
M a y p r e p a r e c o n s o lid a te d r e p o r t s , b a la n ce s h e e ts , and o th e r r e c o r d s by hand.

C la s s B .
K e e p s a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e p h ases o r s e c tio n s o f a
s e t o f r e c o r d s u s u a lly r e q u ir in g lit t le k n o w le d g e o f b a s ic b o o k k e e p in g . P h a s e s
o r s e c tio n s in c lu d e a ccou n ts p a y a b le , p a y r o ll, c u s t o m e r s ' a ccou n ts (not
in c lu d in g a s im p le ty p e o f b illin g d e s c r ib e d under m a c h in e b i l l e r ) , c o s t d is ­
tr ib u tio n , e x p e n s e d is tr ib u tio n , in v e n t o r y c o n tr o l, e tc .
M a y 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 i a l b a la n c e s and p r e p a r e c o n tr o l s h e e ts fo r the a ccou n tin g
d e p a rtm e n t.

C o m p u te s w a g e s o f com 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
d a ta on the p a y r o ll s h e e ts .
D u ties in v o lv e :
C a lc u la tin g w o r k e r s ' e a r n in g s
b a s e d on tim e o r p ro d u c tio n r e c o r d s ; and p o s tin g c a lc u la te d data on p a y r o ll
s h e e t, sh ow in g in fo r m a tio n such as w o r k e r 's n a m e , w o rk in g d a y s , t im e , r a te ,
d e d u ctio n s f o r in s u r a n c e , and to ta l w a g e s due.
M a y m a k e out p a y c h e c k s and
a s s is t p a y m a s te r in m a k in g up and d is trib u tin g p ay e n v e lo p e s .
M a y use a
c a lc u la tin g m a c h in e .
K EYPU N CH O PERATO R
O p e r a te s a keypun ch m a c h in e to r e c o r d o r v e r i f y a lp h a b e tic an d/or
n u m e r ic d ata on ta b u la tin g c a r d s o r on ta p e .
P o s it io n s
d e fin itio n s .

are

c la s s ifie d

in to

le v e ls

on

the

b a s is o f the fo llo w in g

C la s s A .
W o rk 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 ju d g m en t
in s e le c tin g p r o c e d u r e s to be fo llo w e d and in s e a r c h in g f o r , in t e r p r e t in g ,
s e le c tin g , o r c o d in g ite m s to be keyp u n ch ed f r o m a v a r i e t y o f s o u r c e d o c u ­
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 ro u tin e keypunch w o r k .
M ay
t r a in in e x p e r ie n c e d k eypu n ch o p e r a t o r s .
C la s s B .
W o rk is ro u tin e and r e p e t it iv e .
U n d er 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 tr u c tio n s , w o r k s f r o m v a r io u s s ta n ­
d a r d iz e d s o u r c e d oc u m e n ts w h ich h a ve b e en 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 h ich h a ve b een p r e s c r ib e d in d e t a il and r e q u ir e li t t l e o r no
s e le c t in g , c o d in g , o r in t e r p r e t in g o f d ata to be r e c o r d e d . R e f e r s to s u p e r v is o r
p r o b le m s a r is in g f r 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 .

M A C H IN E B I L L E R
T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R
P r e p a r e s s ta te m e n ts , b ills , and in v o ic e s on a m a c h in e o th e r than an
o r d in a r y o r e le c t r o m a t ic t y p e w r it e r .
M a y a ls o k e ep r e c o r d s as to b illin g s
o r ship p ing c h a r g e s o r p e r f o r m o th e r c l e r i c a l w o r k in c id e n ta l to b illin g
o p e r a tio n s .
F o r w a g e study p u r p o s e s , m a c h in e b i l l e r s a r e c la s s ifie d b y ty p e
o f m a c h in e , as fo llo w s :

B illin g - m a c h in e b i l l e r .
U s e s a s p e c ia l b illin g m a c h in e (c o m b in a tio n
ty p in g and ad d in g m a c h in e ) to p r e p a r e b ills and in v o ic e s f r o m c u s t o m e r s '
p u rc 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 , sh ip p in g m e m o r a n d a , etc.
U s u a lly in v o lv e s a p p lic a tio n o f p r e d e te r m in e d d is co u n ts and sh ip p in g c h a r g e s
and e n tr y o f n e c e s s a r y e x te n s io n s , w h ich m a y o r m a y not be com p u ted on
the b illin g m a c h in e , and to ta ls w h ich a r e a u to m a tic a lly a c c u m u la te d by
m a c h in e .
T h e o p e r a tio n u s u a lly in v o lv e s a la r g e n u m b er o f c a rb o n c o p ie s
o f the b i l l b e in g p r e p a r e d and is o fte n done on a fa n fo ld m a c h in e .

O p e r a te s one o r a v a r i e t y o f m a c h in e s such as th e 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 tc .
E x c lu d e d f r o m
th is d e fin itio n a r e w o r k in g s u p e r v is o r s .
A l s o e x c lu 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 it a l c o m p u te r s , e v e n though th ey m a y a ls o o p e r a te e l e c t r i c
accou n tin g m a c h in e e q u ip m en t.
P o s itio n s
d e fin itio n s .

are

c la s s i f i e d

in to

le v e l s

on the

b a s is o f th e fo llo w in g

C la s s A .
P e r f o r m s c o m p le t e r e p o r tin g and tab u la tin g a s s ig n m e n ts
in c lu d in g d e v is in g d iffic u lt c o n t r o l p a n e l w ir in g u n der g e n e r a l s u p e r v is io n .
A s s ig n m e n ts t y p ic a lly in v o lv e a v a r i e t y o f lo n g and c o m p le x r e p o r t s w h ich
o fte n a r e i r r e g u l a r o r n o n r e c u r r in g , r e q u ir in g s om e p lan n in g o f th e n atu re
and se q u e n c in g o f o p e r a tio n s , and the u se o f a v a r i e t y o f m a c h in e s .
Is

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 — C ontinu ed

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 — C ontinu ed

t y p ic a lly in v o lv e d in tr a in in g n ew o p e r a t o r s in m a c h in e o p e r a tio n s o r tr a in in g
lo w e r l e v e l o p e r a to r s in w ir in g f r o m d ia g r a m s and in the o p e r a tin g s e q u e n c e s
o f lon g and c o m p le x r e p o r t s .
D o e s not in c lu d e p o s itio n s in w h ich w ir in g
r e s p o n s ib ilit y is lim it e d to s e le c tio n and in s e r tio n o f p r e w ir e d b o a r d s .

th e ta b u la to r and c a lc u la t o r , in a d d itio n to the s im p le r m a c h in e s u sed by
c la s s C o p e r a t o r s .
M a y be r e q u ir e d to do s om e w ir in g fr o m d ia g r a m s .
M a y t r a in n ew e m p lo y e e s in b a s ic m a c h in e o p e r a tio n s .

C la s s B .
P e r f o r m s w o r k 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
u n der 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 r o u ­
tin e and r e c u r r in g r e p o r t s o r p a r ts o f l a r g e r and m o r e c o m p le x r e p o r t s .
O p e ra te s m o r e d iffic u lt ta b u la tin g o r e l e c t r i c a l ac c o u n tin g m a c h in e s such as

C la s s C . U n d er s p e c ific in s tr u c tio n s , o p e r a te s s im p le ta b u la tin g
o r e l e c t r i c a l ac c ou n tin g m a c h in e s such as the s o r t e r , in t e r p r e t e r , r e p r o d u c in g
punch, c o lla t o r , e tc .
A s s ig n m e n ts t y p ic a lly in v o lv e p o r tio n s o f a w o r k unit,
f o r e x a m p le , in d iv id u a l s o r tin g o r c o lla t in g ru n s, o r r e p e t it iv e o p e r a tio n s .
M ay p e rfo r m
s im p le w ir in g f r o m d ia g r a m s , and do som e f ilin g w o r k .

Professional and Technical
C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T , B U S IN E S S

C O M PU TE R SYSTEM S A N A L Y S T ,

A n a ly z e s b u s in e s s p r o b le m s to fo r m u la te p r o c e d u r e s f o r s o lv in g
th e m b y use o f e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g eq u ip m en t.
D e v e lo p s a c o m p le te
d e s c r ip tio n o f a l l s p e c ific a tio n s n e e d e d to e n a b le p r o g r a m m e r s to p r e p a r e
r e q u ir e d d ig it a l c o m p u te r p r o g r a m s .
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g :
A n a ly z e s s u b je c t - m a t te r o p e r a tio n s to be a u tom ated and id e n tifie s c o n d itio n s
and c r i t 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 lt s ; s p e c ifie s n u m b e r and
ty p e s o f r e c o r d s , f i l e s , and d ocu m en ts to be u sed ; o u tlin e s a c tio n s to be
p e r fo r m e d b y p e r s o n n e l and c o m p u te rs in s u ffic ie n t d e ta il f o r p re s e n ta tio n
to m a n a g e m e n t and f o r p r o g r a m m in g (t y p ic a lly th is in v o lv e s p r e p a r a tio n o f
w o r k and data f lo w c h a r ts ); c o o r d in a te s th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f te s t p r o b le m s and
p a r tic ip a te s in t r i a l runs o f n ew ^nd r e v is e d s y s te m s ; and r e c o m m e n d s e q u ip ­
m en t c h an ges to ob ta in m o r e e f fe c t iv e o v e r a l l o p e r a tio n s .
(N O T E :
W o rk ers
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 m in g should be c la s s ifie d as
s y s te m s a n a ly s ts i f th is is the s k ill u sed to d e te r m in e th e ir p a y .)

d e v e lo p s s y s te m s f o r m a in ta in in g d e p o s ito r accou n ts in a bank, m a in ta in in g
a ccou n ts r e c e iv a b le in a r e t a i l e s ta b lis h m e n t, o r m a in ta in in g in v e n to r y
a ccou n ts in a m a n u fa c tu 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 ­
sons 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 te r p e r s o n n e l on the im p lic a t io n s o f the data p r o c e s s in g s y s te m s
to be a p p lie d .

F o r w a g e study p u r p o s e s , s y s te m s a n a ly s ts a r e c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s :
C la s s A . W o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n der 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 a l l p h a ses o f s y s te m 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 d ata.
( F o r e x a m p le , d e v e lo p s an in t e g r a te d p ro d u c tio n s c h e d ­
u lin g , in v e n t o r y c o n tr o l, c o s t a n a ly s is , and s a le s a n a ly s is r e c o r d in w h ich
e v e r y ite m o f ea c h ty p e is a u to m a tic a lly p r o c e s s e d th rou gh th e fu ll s y s te m
o f r e c o r d s and a p p r o p r ia te fo llo w u p a c tio n s a r e in it ia te d by th e c o m p u te r .)
C o n fe r s w ith p e rs 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 te r p e r s o n n e l on the im p lic a t io n s o f n ew o r r e v is e d
s y s te m s o f data p r o c e s s in g o p e r a tio n s .
M a k e s r e c o m m e n d a tio n s , i f n e e d e d ,
f o r a p p r o 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 a n ges and f o r ob ta in in g
e q u ip m en t.
d ir e c t io n

to

lo w e r

OR
W o rk s on a s e g m 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 o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly on ro u tin e a s s ig n m e n ts and
r e c e iv e s in s tr u c tio n and gu id an ce on c o m p le x a s s ig n m e n ts .
W o rk is r e v ie w e d
f o r a c c u r a c y o f ju d g m e n t, c o m p lia n c e w ith in s tr u c tio n s , and to in s u re p r o p e r
a lig n m e n t w ith th e o v e r a l l s y s te m .
C la s s C .
W o rk s u n der 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 s u a lly o f a s in g le a c t iv it y .
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 and expan d p r a c t ic a l e x p e r ie n c e in th e 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 r k .
F o r e x a m p le , m a y a s s is t a h ig h e r
l e v e l s y s te m s a n a ly s t b y p r e p a r in g th e d e ta ile d s p e c ific a tio n s r e q u ir e d by
p ro g r a m m e r s fro m
in fo r m a tio n d e v e lo p e d by th e h ig h e r l e v e l a n a ly s t.

D oes not in c lu 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 a n a g e ­
m e n 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 s y s ­
te m s a n a ly s ts p r i m a r i l y c o n c e r n e d w ith s c ie n t ific o r e n g in e e r in g p r o b le m s .

M a y p r o v id e fu n c tio n a l
w h o a r e a s s ig n e d to a s s is t.

B U SIN E S S— C ontinued

l e v e l s y s te m s a n a ly s ts

C la s s B .
W o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n der 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 l a t i v e l y u n c o m p lic a te d to a n a ly z e , p lan, p r o g r a m , and
o p e r a te .
P r o b le m s a r e o f lim it e d c o m p le x ity b e c a u s e s o u r c e s o f input data
a r e h o m o g e n eo u s and the output d ata a r e c lo s e ly r e la t e d .
( F o r e x a m p le ,

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C o n v e r ts s ta te m e n ts o f b u s in e s s p r o b le m s , t y p ic a lly p r e p a r e d by a
s y s te m s a n a ly s t, in to a se q u e n c e o f d e ta ile d in s tr u c tio n s w h ich a r e r e q u ir e d
to s o lv e the p r o b le m s b y a u to m a tic data p r o c e s s in g e q u ip m en t.
W o rk in g fr o m
c h a r ts o r d ia g r a m s , th e p r o g r a m m e r d e v e lo p s th e p r e c is e in s tr u c tio n s w h ich ,
w h en e n te r e d in to the c o m p u te r s y s te m in c o d e d la n g u a g e , cau se the m a n ip u ­
la tio n o f data to a c h ie v e d e s ir e d r e s u lt s . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g :
A p p lie s k n o w le d g e 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 te r s , and p a r tic u la r s u b je ct m a t t e r in v o lv e d to a n a ly z e 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 m e d ; d e v e lo p s sequ en ce o f p r o g r a m
s te p s ; w r it e s d e ta ile d flo w c h a r ts to show o r d e r in w h ich data w i l l be
p r o c e s s e d ; c o n v e r ts th e s e c h a r ts to c o d e d in s tr u c tio n s f o r m a c h in e to fo llo w ;
te s t s and c o r r e c t s p r o g r a m s ; p r e p a r e s in s tr u c tio n s f o r o p e r a tin g p e r s o n n e l
d u rin g p ro d u c tio n run; a n a ly z e s , r e v ie w s , and a lt e r s p r o g r a m s to in c r e a s e
o p e r a tin g e f fic ie n c y o r adapt to n e w r e q u ir e m e n ts ; m a in ta in s r e c o r d s o f
p ro gra 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 r a m m in g should be c la s s ifie d as s y s te m s a n a ly s ts
i f th is is the s k ill u sed to d e te r m in e th e ir p a y .)

C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R , B U S IN E S S — C ontinued

COM PUTER OPERATO R

D o e s not in c lu 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 a n a g e ­
m 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 m e r s p r i m a r i l y c o n c e r n e d w ith s c ie n tific an d / o r e n g in e e r in g p r o b le m s .

M o n ito r s and o p e r a te s th e c o n tr o l c o n s o le o f a d ig it a 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 r a tin g in s tr u c tio n s , u s u a lly p r e p a r e d b y a p r o ­
g ra m m er.
W o rk in c lu d e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : Stu d ies in s tr u c tio n s to
d e te r m in e e q u ip m en t setup and o p e r a tio n s ; lo a d s eq u ip m en t w ith r e q u ir e d
it e m s (ta p e r e e l s , c a r d s , e t c .); s w itc h e s n e c e s s a r y a u x ilia r y e q u ip m en t into
c ir c u it , and s ta r ts and o p e r a te s c o m p u te r; m a k e s a d ju s tm e n ts to c o m p u te r to
c o r r e c t o p e r a 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 ade
d u rin g o p e r a tio n and d e te r m in e s c a u se o r r e f e r s p r o b le m to s u p e r v is o r or
p r o g r a m m e r ; and m a in ta in s o p e r a tin g r e c o r d s .
M a y t e s t and a s s is t in
c o r r e c t in g p r o g r a m .

For

w age

study p u r p o s e s ,

p r o g r a m m e r s a r e c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s :

C la s s A .
W o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n d er o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c tio n on
c o m p le x p r o b le m s w h ich r e q u ir e c o m p e te n c e in a ll p h a ses o f p r o g r a m m in g
c o n c e p ts and p r a c t ic e s .
W o rk in g f r o m d ia g r a m s and c h a rts w h ich id e n tify
th e n a tu re o f d e s ir e d r e s u lt s , m a jo r p r o c e s s in g step s to be a c c o m p lis h e d ,
and th e r e la tio n s h ip s b e tw e e n v a r io u s step s o f the p r o b le m s o lv in g ro u tin e ;
p lan s th e fu ll ra n g e o f p r o g r a m m in g a c tio n s n e e d e d to e f fic ie n t ly u t iliz 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 ro d u c ts .

A t th is l e v e l , p r o g r a m m in g is d iffic u lt b e ca u s e c o m p u te r e q u ip m en t
m u s t be o r g a n iz e d to p ro 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 ro d u c ts f r o m
n u m e ro u s and d iv e r s e data e le m e n t s .
A w id e v a r ie t y and e x te n s iv e n u m b er
o f in t e r n a l p r o c e s s in g a c tio n s m u st 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 can b e r e u s e d , e s ta b lis h m e n t o f
lin k a g e p o in ts b e tw e e n o p e r a tio n s , a d ju s tm e n ts to d ata w hen p r o g r a m r e q u ir e ­
m en ts e x c e e d c o m p u te r s to r a g e c a p a c ity , and s u b s ta n tia l m a n ip u la tio n and
r e s e q u e n c in g o f data e le m e n ts to f o r m a h ig h ly in te g r a te d p r o g r a m .

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

C la s s B .
W o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n der o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on
r e l a t i v e l y s im p le p r o g r a m s , o r on s im p le s e 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 s e g m e n ts ) u s u a lly p r o c e s s in fo r m a tio n to p ro d u c e d ata in tw o
o r th r e e v a r ie d s e q u e n c e s o r fo r m a t s .
R e p o r t s and lis tin g s a r e p ro d u c ed by
r e fin in g , ad ap tin g, a r r a y in g , o r m a k in g m in o r a d d itio n s to o r d e le tio n s f r o m
input data w h ich a r e r e a d ily a v a ila b le .
W h ile n u m erou s r e c o r d s m a y b e
p r o c e s s e d , the d ata h a ve b e en r e fin e d in p r io r a c tio n s so that th e a c c u r a c y
and se q u e n c in g o f data can b e t e s te d b y u sin g a fe w ro u tin e c h e c k s . T y p ic a lly ,
th e p r o g r a m d e a ls w ith ro u tin e r e c o r d k e e p in g o p e r a tio n s .
OR
W o rk s on c o m p le x p r o g r a m s (a s d e s c r ib e d f o r c la s s A ) u n der c lo s e
d ir e c t io n o f a h ig h e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r o r s u p e r v is o r .
M a y a s s is t h ig h e r
l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r b y in d e p e n d e n tly 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 m o r e d if fic u lt ta s k s u n der f a i r l y c lo s e d ir e c tio n .
M a y g u id e o r in s tr u c t lo w e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r s .
C la s s C .
M a k e s p r a c t ic a l a p p lic a tio n s o f p r o g r a m m in g p r a c t ic e s
and c o n c e p ts u s u a lly le a r n e d in f o 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 d a rd p r o c e d u r e s to
ro u 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 n ew a s p e c ts o f a s s ig n m e n ts ;
and w o r k is r e v ie w e d to v e r i f y its a c c u r a c y and c o n fo rm a n c e w ith r e q u ir e d
p ro ced u res.

For

w age

study

p u rposes,

c o m p u te r

o p e ra to rs

a re

c l a s s ifie d

as

fo llo w s :
C la s s A . O p e ra te s in d e p e n d e n tly , o r u n d er o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n ,
a c o m p u te r runn ing p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t ic s :
N e w p r o g r a m s a r e fr e q u e n tly te s te d and in tro d u c e d ; s ch ed u lin g r e q u ir e m e n ts
a r e o f c r i t i c a l im p o r ta n c e to m in im iz e d o w n tim e ; th e p r o g r a m s a r e o f
c o m p le x d e s ig 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 o rk in g
k n o w le d g e o f the t o t a l p r o g r a m , and a lte r n a te p r o g r a m s m a y not be a v a ila b le .
M a y g iv e d ir e c t io n and gu id an ce to lo w e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r s .
C la s s B .
O p e r a te s in d e p e n d e n tly , o r u n der o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n ,
a c o m p u te r runn ing p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t ic s :
M o s t o f th e p r o g r a m s a r e e s ta b lis h e d p ro 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 e r e i s l i t t le o r no t e s tin g o f n ew p r o g r a m s
r e q u ir e d ; a lte r n 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 n eed s
m a jo r ch an ge o r cann ot be c o r r e c t e d w ith in a r e a s o n a b ly s h o rt t im e .
In
c o m m o n e r r o r s itu a tio n s , d ia g n o s e s c a u s e and ta k e s c o r r e c t i v e a c tio n .
T h is
u s u a lly in v o lv e s a p p ly in g p r e v io u s ly p r o g r a m m e d c o r r e c t i v e s te p s , o r u sing
sta n d a rd c o r r e c t io n te c h n iq u e s .
OR
O p e r a te s u n der d ir e c t s u p e r v is io n a c o m p u te r running p r o g r a m s o r
s e g m e n ts o f p r o g r a m s w ith th e 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 e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r b y in d e p e n d e n tly 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 if fic u lt ta s k s f o llo w in g d e ta ile d in s tr u c tio n s and
w ith fre q u e n t r e v ie w o f o p e r a tio n s p e r fo r m e d .

e x p e c te d
a b ilit y to
r e c e iv e d
o p e ra to r

C la s s C .
W o rk s on ro u tin e p r o g r a m s u n d er c lo s e s u p e r v is io n .
Is
to d e v e lo p w o r k in g k n o w le d g e o f th e c o m p u te r eq u ip m en t u sed and
d e te c t p r o b le m s in v o lv e d in runn ing ro u tin e p r o g r a m s .
U s u a lly has
s o m e f o r m a l tr a in in g in c o m p u te r o p e r a tio n . M a y a s s is t h ig h e r l e v e l
on c o m p le x p r o g r a m s .

D RAFTER
C la s s A .
P la n s th e g ra p h ic p r e s e n ta tio n o f c o m p le x it e m s h a vin g
d is t in c t iv e d e s ig n fe a tu r e s th at d i f f e r s ig n ific a n tly f r o m e s ta b lis h e d d ra ftin g
p r e c e d e n ts .
W o rk s in c lo s e s u p p ort w ith th e d e s ig n o r ig in a t o r , and m a y
r e c o m m e n d m in o r d e s ig n c h a n g e s . A n a ly z e s th e e f fe c t o f ea c h ch an ge on the
d e ta ils o f f o r m , fu n c tio n , and p o s itio n a l r e la tio n s h ip s o f c om p on en ts and p a r ts .
W o rk s 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 o m p le te d w o r k is
r e v ie w e d b y d e s ig n o r ig in a t o r f o r c o n s is te n c y w ith p r i o r e n g in e e r in g d e t e r ­
m in a tio n s .
M a y e it h e r p r e p a r e d r a w in g s o r d ir e c t t h e ir p r e p a r a tio n b y lo w e r
l e v e l d r a ft e r s .

D R A F T E R — C ontinued

E L E C T R O N I C S T E C H N IC IA N — C ontinued

C la s s B .
P e r f o r m s n o n rou tin e and c o m p le x d r a ftin g a s s ig n m e n ts
that r e q u ir e th e a p p lic a tio n o f m o s t o f th e s ta n d a rd iz e d d ra w in g te c h n iq u e s
r e g u la r ly u sed .
D u ties t y p ic a lly in v o lv e such w o rk a s :
P r e p a r e s w o rk in g
d ra w in g s o f s u b a s s e m b lie s w ith ir r e g u l a r sh a p es, m u ltip le fu n c tio n s , and
p r e c i s e p o s itio n a l r e la tio n s h ip s b e tw e e n c o m p o n e n ts ; p r e p a r e s a r c h it e c t u r a l
d ra w in g s f o r c o n s tru c tio n o f a b u ild in g in c lu d in g d e t a il d ra w in g s o f fo u n ­
d a tio n s , w a ll s e c tio n s , f lo o r p la n s , and r o o f.
U s e s a c c e p te d fo r m u la s and
m a n u a ls in m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y c o m p u ta tio n s to d e te r m in e q u a n titie s o f
m a t e r ia ls to be u s e d , loa d c a p a c it ie s , s tr e n g th s , s t r e s s e s , e tc .
R e c e iv e s
in it ia l in s tr u c tio n s , r e q u ir e m e n ts , and a d v ic e f r o m s u p e r v is o r .
C o m p le te d
w o r k is c h e c k ed f o r te c h n ic a l a d eq u a cy .

T h is c la s s ific a t io n e x c lu d e s r e p a i r e r s o f such stan dard e le c t r o n ic
e q u ip m en t as c o m m o n o f f ic e m a c h in e s and h ou seh old r a d io and t e le v is io n
s e ts ; p ro 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 te s t in s tr u m e n ts ; te c h n ic ia 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 ft e r s , d e s ig n e r s , and p r o fe s s io n a l
e n g in e e r s .

C la s s C .
P r e p a r e s d e t a il d ra w in g s o f s in g le units o r p a r ts f o r
e n g in e e r in g , c o n s tru c tio n , m a n u fa c tu rin g , o r r e p a ir p u r p o s e s .
Types of
d ra w in g s p r e p a r e d in c lu d e is o m e t r ic p r o je c t io n s (d e p ic tin g t h 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 l a r i f y p o s itio n in g o f c om p on 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 u m b e r o f
s o u r c e s and ad ju sts o r tr a n s p o s e s s c a le as r e q u ir e d .
S u gg e sted m eth o d s o f
a p p ro a c h , a p p lic a b le p r e c e d e n ts , 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 e n
w ith i n it ia l a s s ig n m e n ts .
In s tr u c tio n s a r e le s s c o m p le te w hen a s s ig n m e n ts
recu r.
W o rk m a y be s p o t-c h e c k e d d u rin g p r o g r e s s .

P o s it io n s
d e fin itio n s .

a re

c la s s ifie d

in to

le v e l s

on the

b a s is o f th e fo llo w in g

C la s s A . A p p lie s ad v a n c e d te c h n ic a l k n o w le d g e to s o lv e u n u su ally
c o m p le x p r o b le m s ( i . e . , th o s e th at t y p ic a lly cannot be s o lv e d s o le ly by r e f e r ­
en ce to m a n u fa c tu r e r s ' m an u a ls o r s im ila r d o c u m e n ts ) in w o rk in g on e l e c ­
tr o n ic e q u ip m en t.
E x a m p le s o f such p r o b le m s in c lu d e lo c a tio n and d e n s ity o f
c ir c u it r y , e le c t r o m a g n e t ic r a d ia tio n , is o la t in g m a lfu n c tio n s , and fre q u e n t
e n g in e e r in g c h a n g e s .
W o rk in v o lv e s :
A d e ta ile d u n d erstan d in g o f the i n t e r ­
r e la tio n s h ip s o f c ir c u it s ; e x e r c is in g in d ep en d en t ju d g m e n t in p e r fo r m in g such
ta s k s as m a k in g c ir c u it a n a ly s e s , c a lc u la tin g w a v e f o r m s , tr a c in g r e la t io n ­
ship s in s ig n a l flo w ; and r e g u la r ly u sin g c o m p le x t e s t in s tru m e n ts (e . g . , dual
t r a c e o s c illo 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 ls e g e n e r a t o r s ).

W o rk m a y be r e v ie w e d b y 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 a y p r o v id e
t e c h n ic a l gu id a n ce to lo w e r l e v e l te c h n ic ia n s .

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

C o p ie s p lan s and d ra w in g s p r e p a r e d b y o th e rs b y p la c in g tr a c in g
c lo th o r p a p e r o v e r d ra w in g s and t r a c in g w ith pen o r p e n c il.
(D o e s not
in c lu d e t r a c in g lim it e d to p lan s p r im a r ily c o n s is tin g o f s tr a ig h 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 e lin e a tio n .)
AND /O R
P r e p a r e s s im p le o r r e p e t it iv e d ra w in g s o f e a s ily v is u a liz e d it e m s .
W o rk is c l o s e l y s u p e r v is e d d u rin g p r o g r e s 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 o w le d g e to s o lv e c o m ­
p le x p r o b le m s [ i . e . , th o s e th at t y p ic a lly can be s o lv e d s o le ly by p r o p e r ly
in t e r p r e t in g m a n u fa c tu r e r s ' m an u a ls o r s im ila r d oc u m e n ts ) in w o rk in g on
e le c t r o n ic e q u ip m en t.
W o rk in v o lv e s :
A f a m i l ia r i t y w ith the i n t e r r e la t io n ­
sh ip s o f c ir c u it s ; and ju d g m e n t in d e te r m in in g w o rk sequ en ce and in s e le c tin g
t o o ls and te s tin g in s tr u m e n ts , u s u a lly le s s c o m p le x than th o s e u sed b y the
c la s s A te c h n ic ia n .
R e c e iv e s t e c h n ic a l g u id a n c e , as r e q u ir e d , f r o m s u p e r v is o r o r h ig h e r
l e v e l te c h n ic ia n , and w o r k 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 te d
p r a c t ic e s and w o r k a s s ig n m e n ts .
M a y p r o v id e te c h n ic a l gu id an ce to lo w e r
l e v e l te c h n ic ia n s .

E L E C T R O N I C S T E C H N IC IA N

W o rk s on v a r io u s ty p e s o f e le c t r o n ic e q u ip m en t and r e la t e d d e v ic e s
b y 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 s ta llin g , m a in ta in in g ,
r e p a ir in g , o v 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 tru c tin g , and te s tin g .
W o r k r e q u ir e s p r a c t ic a l a p p lic a tio n o f t e c h n ic a l k n o w le d g e o f e le c t r o n ic s
p r in c ip le s , a b ility to d e te r m in e m a lfu n c tio n s , and s k ill to put e q u ip m en t in
r e q u ir e d o p e r a tin g c o n d itio n .

T h e e q u ip m en t— c o n s is tin g o f e it h e r m a n y d iffe r e n t k in d s o f c ir c u it s
o r m u ltip le r e p e titio n o f th e sa m e kind o f c ir c u it — in c lu d e s , but is not lim it e d
to , th e fo llo w in g :
(a ) E le c t r o n ic tr a n s m ittin g and r e c e iv in g e q u ip m en t (e . g . ,
r a d a r , r a d io , t e le v i s i o n , te le p h o n e , s o n a r, n a v ig a tio n a l a id s ), (b ) d ig it a l and
a n a lo g c o m p u te 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
e q u ip m en t.

C la s s C . A p p lie s w o r k in g t e c h n ic a l k n o w le d g e to p e r fo r m s im p le o r
ro u tin e ta s k s in w o r k in g on e le c t r o n ic e q u ip m en t, fo llo w in g d e ta ile d in s tr u c ­
tio n s w h ich c o v e r v ir t u a lly a l l p r o c e d u r e s .
W o rk ty p ic a lly in v o lv e s such
ta s k s a s :
A s s is t in g h ig h e r l e v e l te c h n ic ia n s b y p e r fo r m in g such 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 ir in g c ir c u it s , and ta k in g te s t r e a d in g s ; r e p a ir in g
s im p le e le c t r o n ic e q u ip m en t; and u s in g to o ls and c o m m o n te s t in s tru m e n ts
(e . g . , m u lt im e t e r s , audio s ig n a l g e n e r a t o r s , tube t e s t e r s , o s c illo s c o p e s ).
Is not r e q u ir e d to be f a m ilia r w ith th e in t e r r e la t io n s h ip s o f c ir c u it s .
T h is
k n o w le d g e , h o w e v e r , m a y be a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a s s ig n m e n ts d e s ig n e d to
in c r e a s e c o m p e te n c e (in c lu d in g c la s s r o o m
tr a in in g ) so that w o r k e r can
a d v a n c e to h ig h e r l e v e l te c h n ic ia n .
R e c e iv e s t e c h n ic a l g u id a n c e , as r e q u ir e d , fr o m s u p e r v is o r o r h ig h e r
l e v e l te c h n ic ia n .
W o rk is t y p i c a l l y spot c h e c k e d , but is g iv e n d e ta ile d r e v ie w
w h en n e w o r a d v a n c e d a s s ig n m e n ts a r e in v o lv e d .

R E G IS T E R E D I N D U S T R I A L N U R S E

R E G IS T E R E D I N D U S T R I A L N U R S E — C ontinued

A r e g i s t e r e d n u rs e w ho g iv e s n u rs in g s e r v ic e under g e n e r a l m e d ic a l
d ir e c t io n to i l l o r in ju r e d e m p lo y e e s o r o th e r p e r s o n s w ho b e c o m e i l l o r
s u ffe r an a c c id e n t on th e p r e m is e s o f a f a c t o r y o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t.
D u ties in v o lv e a c o m b in a tio n o f the f o llo w in g : G iv in g f i r s t aid to the i l l o r
in ju r e d ; atten d in g to su b seq u en t d r e s s in g o f e m p lo y e e s ' in ju r ie s ; k e e p in g
r e c o r d s o f p a tie n ts t r e a t e d ; p r e p a r in g a c c id e n t r e p o r t s fo r c o m p e n s a tio n o r

o th e r p u r p o s e s ; a s s is t in g in p h y s ic a l e x a m in a tio n s and h ea lth e v a lu a tio n s o f
a p p lic a n ts and e m p lo y e e s ; and p lan .iin g and c a r r y in g out p r o g r a m s in v o lv in g
h ealth e d u c a tio n , a c c id e n t p r e v e n tio n , e v a lu a tio n o f p lan t e n v ir o n m e n t, o r
o th e r a c t iv it ie s a ffe c t in g the h e a lth , w e l f a r e , and s a fe ty o f a l l p e r s o n n e l.
N u rs in g s u p e r v is o r s o r head n u rs 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
on e n u rs e a r e e x c lu d e d .

Maintenance, Toolroom, and Powerplant
M A IN T E N A N C E C A R P E N T E R

M A I N T E N A N C E M A C H IN IS T

P e r f o r m s th e c a r p e n t r y d u tie s n e c e s s a r y to c o n s tru c t and m a in ta in
in g ood r e p a i r b u ild in g w o o d w o r k and eq u ip m en t such as b in s , c r ib s , c o u n te rs ,
b e n c h e s , p a r titio 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 a d e o f w o od
in an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g ;
P la n n in g and
la y in g out o f w o r k 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 ;
u sin g a v a r i e 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 to o ls , and s tan d a rd
m e a s u r in g in s tr u m e n ts ; m a k in g sta n d a rd shop com p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to d im e n ­
sion s o f w o rk ; and s e le c t in g m a t e r ia ls n e c e s s a r y f o r th e w o r k .
In g e n e r a l,
th e w o r k o f th e m a in te n a n c e c a r p e n te r r e q u ir e s rou n ded tr a in in g and e x p e r i ­
e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a f o r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g
and e x p e r ie n c e .

P r o d u c e s r e p la c e m e n t p a r ts and n ew p a r ts in m a k in g r e p a ir s o f
m e t a l p a r ts o f m e c h a n ic a l eq u ip m en t o p e r a te d in an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o rk
in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g ; In te r p r e tin g w r itte n in s tr u c tio n s and s p e c i­
fic a t io n s ; p lan n in g and la y in g out o f w o r k ; u sin g a v a r i e t y o f m a c h in is t's
h a n d too ls and p r e c is io n m e a s u r in g in s tr u m e n ts ; s e ttin g up and o p e r a tin g
s ta n d a rd m a c h in e t o o ls ; shapin g o f m e t a l p a r ts to c lo s e t o le r a n c e s ; m a k in g
sta n d a rd shop c o m p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to d im e n s io n s o f w o r k , t o o lin g , fe e d s ,
and s p ee d s o f m a c h in in g ; k n o w le d g e o f the w o r k in g p r o p e r t ie s o f th e c o m m o n
m e t a ls ; s e le c tin g sta n d a rd m a t e r ia ls , p a r ts , and e q u ip m en t r e q u ir e d f o r th is
w o r k ; and fittin g and a s s e m b lin g p a r ts in to m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m en t. In g e n e r a l,
th e m a c h in is t 's w o r k n o r m a lly r e q u ir e s a rou n ded t r a 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 ro u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t
tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

M A IN T E N A N C E E L E C T R IC IA N
M A I N T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC (M a c h in e r y )
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 c tio n s such as the in s t a l­
la tio n , m a in te n a n c e , o r r e p a ir o f e q u ip m en t f o r the g e n e r a tio n , d is tr ib 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 ta b lis h m e n t.
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t
o f th e f o l l o w i n g : In s ta llin 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 i c a l e q u ip ­
m e n t 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 rd s , c o n t r o lle r s , c ir c u it
b r e a k e r s , m o t o r s , h e a tin g u n its, con du it s y s te m s , o r o th e r t r a n s m is s io n
e q u ip m en t; w o r k in g fr o m b lu e p rin ts , d r a w in g s , la y o u ts , o r o th e r s p e c if i­
c a tio n s ; lo c a t in g and d ia g n o s in g tr o u b le in the e l e c t r i c a l s y s te m o r e q u ip ­
m en t; w o r k in g sta n d a rd c o m p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to lo a d r e q u ir e m e n ts o f w ir in g
o r e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m en t; and u sin g a v a r ie t y o f e l e c t r ic ia n 's h a n d too ls and
m e a s u r in g and te s tin g in s tr u m e n ts .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f the m a in te n a n c e
e l e c t r ic ia n r e q u ir e s rou n d ed 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 th ro u gh
a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

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

P a in ts and r e d e c o r a t e s w a lls , w o o d w o r k , and fix tu r e s o f an e s ta b ­
lis h m e n t.
W o rk in v o lv e s the f o llo w in g ; K n o w le d g e o f s u r fa c e p e c u lia r it ie s
and ty p e s o f pain t r e q u ir e d f o r d iffe r e n t a p p lic a tio n s ; p r e p a r in g s u r fa c e fo r
p a in tin g b y r e m o v in g o ld fin is h o r b y p la c in g putty o r f i l l e r in n a il h o le s and
in t e r s t ic e s ; and a p p ly in g p ain t w ith s p r a y gun o r b ru sh .
M a y m ix c o lo r s ,
o i l s , w h ite le a d , and o th e r paint in g r e d ie n t s to ob tain p r o p e r c o lo r o r
c o n s is te n c y . In g e n e r a l, the w o r k o f th e m a in te n a n c e p a in te r r e q u ir e s rou n ded
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 th ro u gh a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie 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 e q u ip m en t o f an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ;
E x a m in in g m a c h in e s and m e c h a n ic a l
e q u ip m e n t to d ia g n o s e s o u r c e o f tr o u b le ; d is m a n tlin g o r p a r t ly d is m 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 a n d tools in
s c r a p in g and fit t in g p a r ts ; r e p la c in g b ro k e n o r d e fe c t iv e p a r ts w ith ite m s
o b ta in e d f r o m s to c k ; o r d e r in g th e p ro d u c tio n o f a r e p la c e m e n t p a r t b y a
m a c h in e shop o r sen d in g th e m a c h 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 r it t e n s p e c ific a tio n s f o r m a jo r r e p a ir s o r f o r the p ro d u c tio n o f
p a r ts o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h in e sh ops; r e a s s e m b lin g m a c h in e s ; and m a k in g a l l
n e c e s s a r y a d ju s tm e n ts f o r o p e r a tio n .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f a m a c h in e r y
m a in te n a n c e m e c h a n ic
r e q u ir e s
rou n ded 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 th ro u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i ­
ence.
E x c lu d e d f r o m th is c la s s ific a t io n a r e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r im a r y d u ties
in v o lv e s e ttin g up o r a d ju s tin g m a c h in e s .
M A I N T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC (M o t o r V e h ic le s )

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.

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 o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ; E x a m in in g a u to m o tiv e e q u ip ­
m en t to d ia g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ; d is a s s e m b lin g e q u ip m en t and p e r fo r m in g
r e p a ir s th at in v o lv e th e u se o f such h a n d too ls as w r e n c h e s , g a u g e s , d r i l l s ,
o r s p e c ia liz e d e q u ip m en t in d is a s s e m b lin g o r fit t in g p a r ts ; r e p la c in g b ro k en
o r d e fe c t iv e p a r ts fr o m s to c k ; g r in d in g and a d ju s tin g v a lv e s ; r e a s s e m b lin g and
in s t a llin g th e v a r io u s a s s e m b lie s in th e v e h ic le and m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t­
m e n ts ; and a lig n in g w h e e ls , a d ju s tin g b ra k e s and lig h ts , o r tig h te n in g body
b o lts .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f th e m o t o r v e h ic le m a in te n a n c e m e c h a n ic
r e q u ir e s rou n d ed 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 th ro u gh a f o r m a l
a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

M A I N T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC (M o t o r V e h ic le s )— C on tin u ed

M A I N T E N A N C E T R A D E S H E L P E R — C ontinu ed

T h is c la s s ific a t io n d oes not in c lu d e m e c h a n ic s w h o r e p a ir c u s to m e r s '
v e h ic le s in a u to m o b ile r e p a ir sh ops.

the h e lp e r is p e r m itte d to p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m tr a d e to tr a d e :
In s om e
tr a d e s the h e lp e r is c o n fin e d to su p p lyin g, lift in g , and h o ld in g m a t e r ia ls and
to o ls , and c le a n in g w o rk in g a r e a s ; and in o th e rs he is p e r m itte d to p e r fo r m
s p e c ia liz e d m a c h in e o p e r a tio n s , o r p a r ts o f a tr a d e that a r e a ls o p e r fo r m e d
b y w o r k e r s on a f u ll- t im e b a s is .

M A IN T E N A N C E P I P E F I T T E R
In s ta lls o r r e p a ir s w a t e r , s te a m , g a s , o r o th e r ty p e s o f p ip e and
p ip e fitt in g s in an e s ta b lis h m e n t. W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g : L a y in g
ou t w o rk and m e a s u rin g to lo c a t e p o s itio n o f p ip e f r o m d ra w in g s o r o th e r
w r itte n s p e c ific a tio n s ; cu ttin g v a r io u s s iz e s o f p ip e to c o r r e c t le n g th s 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 to r c h o r p ip e -c u ttin g m a c h in e s ; th re a d in g
p ip e w ith s to c k s and d ie s ; ben d in g p ip e b y h a n d -d r iv 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 s te n in g p ip e to h a n g e r s ;
m a k in g sta n d a rd shop com p u ta tio n 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 ip e r e q u ir e d ; and m a k in g s tan d a rd te s ts to d e te r m in e w h e th e r 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 o r k o f the m a in te n a n c e p ip e fit t e r
r e q u ir e s rou n ded 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 th ro u gh a f o r m a l
a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
W o rk e rs p r im a r ily
e n g a g e d in in s ta llin g and r e p a ir in g b u ild in g s a n ita tio n o r h e a tin g s y s te m s
a r e e x c lu d e d .
M A IN T E N A N C E S H E E T -M E T A L W O R K E R
F a b r ic a t e s , in s ta lls , and m a in ta in s in good r e p a ir the s h e e t- m e t a l
e q u ip m e n t and fix t u r e s (su ch as m a c h in e g u a rd s , g r e a s e p ans, s h e lv e s ,
lo c k e r s , tanks, v e n tila t o r s , ch u tes, d u cts, m e t a l r o o fin g ) o f an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g ;
P la n n in g and la y in 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 c e w o r k f r o m b lu e p rin ts , m o d e ls , o r o th e r s p e c i f i ­
c a tio n s ; s e ttin g up and o p e r a tin g a l l a v a ila b le ty p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l w o rk in g
m a c h in e s ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f h a n d to o ls in c u ttin g, b en 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 t a 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 te n a n c e s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u ir e s roun ded
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 th ro u gh a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

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 o p e r a tin g one o r m o r e than one typ e o f m a c h in e
t o o l (e . g . , j i g b o r e r , g rin d in g m a c h in e , e n g in e la th e , m illin g m a c h in e ) to
m a c h in e m e t a l f o r u se in m a k in g o r m a in ta in in g j i g s , fix t u r e s , cu ttin g to o ls ,
g a u g e s , o r m e t a l d ie s o r m o ld s u sed in shaping o r fo r m in g m e t a l o r
n o n m e ta llic m a t e r ia l (e . g . , p la s t ic , p la s t e r , ru b b e r, g la s s ).
W o rk t y p ic a lly
in v o lv e s :
P la n n in g and p e r fo r m in g d iffic u lt m a c h in in g o p e r a tio n s w h ich
r e q u ir e c o m p lic a te d setups o r a h ig h d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; settin g up m a c h in e
t o o l o r to o ls (e . g . , in s ta ll cu ttin g to o ls and a d ju st g u id e s , stop s, w o rk in g
ta b le s , and o th e r c o n tr o ls to han d le the s iz e o f stock to be m a c h in e d ;
d e te r m in e p r o p e r fe e d s , s p e e d s , to o lin g , and o p e r a tio n sequ en ce o r s e le c t
th o s e p r e s c r ib e d in d ra w in g s , b lu e p rin ts , o r la y o u ts ); u s in g a v a r i e t y o f
p r e c is io n m e a s u r in g in s tr u m e n ts ; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju stm en ts d u rin g
m a c h in in g o p e r a tio n to a c h ie v e r e q u is ite d im e n s io n s to v e r y c lo s e t o le r a n c e s .
M a y be r e q u ir e d to s e le c t p r o p e r c o o la n ts and cu ttin g and lu b r ic a tin g o ils ,
to r e c o g n iz e w h en to o ls n e e d d r e s s in g , and to d r e s s t o o ls .
In g e n e r a l, the
w o r k o f a m a c h in e - t o o l o p e r a to r (t o o lr o o m ) at the s k ill l e v e l c a lle d f o r in
th is c la s s ific a t io n r e q u ir e s e x te n s iv e k n o w le d g e o f m a c h in e -s h o p and t o o l ­
r o o m p r a c t ic e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u gh c o n s id e r a b le o n - th e - jo b tr a in in g and
e x p e r ie n c e .
F o r c r o s s - in d u s t r y w a g e study p u r p o s e s , th is c la s s ific p tio n d oes n ot
in c lu d e 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 ) e m p lo y e d in t o o l and d ie job b in g
sh ops.

M IL L W R IG H T

T O O L A N D D IE M A K E R

I n s ta lls n e w m a c h in e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m en t, and d is m a n tle s and
in s t a lls m a c h in e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m en t w h en c h an ges in the p la n t la y o u t a r e
r e q u ir e d .
W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g ;
P la n n in g and la y in g out
w o r k ; in t e r p r e 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 s in g a v a r i e t y o f h a n d to o ls and r ig g in g ; m ak in g sta n d a rd shop c o m p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to s t r e s s e s ,
s tr e n g th o f m a t e r ia ls , and c e n te r s o f g r a v it y ; a lig n in g and b a la n c in g e q u ip ­
m e n t; s e le c tin g s tan d a rd to o ls , e q u ip m en t, and p a r ts to be u sed ; and in s ta llin g
and m a in ta in in g in g ood o r d e r p o w e r tr a n s m is s io n e q u ip m en t such as d r iv e s
and sp eed 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 r k n o r m a lly r e q u ir e s a
rou n ded tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e in the tr a d e a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a f o r m a l
a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

C o n s tru c ts and r e p a ir s j i g s , fix t u r e s , cu ttin g to o ls , g a u g es , o r
m e t a l d ie s o r m o ld s u sed in shaping o r fo r m in g m e ta l o r n o n m e ta llic
m a t e r ia l (e . g . , p la s tic , p la s t e r , ru b b e r, g la s s ).
W o r k ty p ic a lly i n v o l v e s :
P la n n in g and la y in g out w o r k a c c o r d in g to m o d e ls , b lu e p rin ts , d ra w in g s , o r
o th e r w r itte n o r o r a l s p e c ific a t io n s ; u n d ersta n d in g 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 t a ls and a llo y s ; s e le c tin g a p p r o p r ia te m a t e r ia ls , to o ls , and
p r o c e s s e s r e q u ir e d to c o m p le te ta s k ; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y shop c o m p u ta tio n s ;
s e ttin g up and o p e r a tin g v a r io u s m a c h in e to o ls and r e la te d equ ip m en t; u sin g
v a r io u s t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's h a n d too ls and p r e c is io n m e a s u rin g in s tru m e n ts ;
w o r k in g to v e r y c lo s e t o le r a n c e s ; h e a t - tr e a t in g m e t a l p a r ts and fin is h e d to 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 ; fittin g and a s s e m b lin g p a r ts 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 .
In g e n e r a l, the t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's
w o r k r e q u ir e s rou n ded tr a in in g in m a c h in e -s h o p and to 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 ro u gh f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and
e x p e r ie n c e .

M A IN T E N A N C E T R A D E S H E L P E R
A s s i s t s one o r m o r e w o r k e r s in the s k ille d m a in te n a n c e tr a d e s , b y
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 e e p in g a
w o r k e r s u p p lied w ith m a t e r ia ls and t o o ls ; c le a n in g w o r k in g a r e a , m a c h in e ,
and e q u ip m en t; a s s is tin g jo u rn e y m a n b y h o ld in g m a t e r ia ls o r to o ls ; and p e r ­
fo r m in g o th e r u n s k ille d ta s k s as d ir e c t e d b y jo u rn e y m a n . T h e kind o f w o rk

F o r c r o s s - in d u s t r y w a g e stu dy p u r p o s e s , th is c la s s ific a t io n d o e s n ot
in c lu d e to o l and d ie m a k e r s w ho (1 ) a r e e m p lo y e d in to o l and d ie jo b b in g
shops o r (2 ) p ro d u c e fo r g in g d ie s (d ie s in k e r s ).

S T A T I O N A R Y E N G IN E E R

S T A T I O N A R Y E N G IN E E R — C ontinu ed

O p e r a t e s and m a in ta in 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 g in e s and e q u ip m e n t (m e c h a n ic a l o r e l e c t r i c a l ) to su p p ly the
e s ta b lis h m e n t in w h ich e m p lo y e d w ith p o w e r , h e a t, r e f r ig e r a t io n , o r a i r c o n d itio n in g . W o r k in v o lv e s :
O p e ra tin g and m a in ta in in g e q u ip m en t such as
s te a m e n g in e s , a i r c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , m o t o r s , tu rb in e s , v e n tila tin g
and r e f r i g e r a t i n g e q u ip m e n t, s te a m b o ile r s and b o i l e r - f e d w a t e r p u m ps;
m a k in g e q u ip m e n t r e p a ir s ; and k e e p 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 ,
te m p e r a tu r e , and fu e l con su m p tio n .
M a y a ls o s u p e r v is e th e s e o p e r a tio n s .

H e a d 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 .
B O IL E R T E N D E R
F i r e s s ta tio n a r y b o ile r s to fu r n is h the e s ta b lis h m e n t in w h ich
e m p lo y e d w ith h e a t, p o w e r , o r s te a m .
F e e d s fu e ls to f i r e b y 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 i l b u r n e r; and c h eck s w a t e r and
s a fe ty v a lv e s . M a y c le a n , o il, o r a s s is t in r e p a ir in g b o i l e r r o o m e q u ip m en t.

Material Movement and Custodial
T R U C K D R IV E R

W AREHOUSEMAN

D r iv e s a tru c k w ith in a c it y o r in d u s tr ia l a r e a to tr a n s p o r t m a t e ­
r i a l s , m e r c h a n d is e , e q u ip m en t, o r w o r k e r s b e tw e e n v a r io u s ty p e s o f e s t a b ­
lis h m e n ts such a s : M a n u fa c tu rin g p la n ts , fr e ig h t d e p o ts , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o le ­
s a le and r e t a i l e s ta b lis h m e n ts , o r b e tw e e n r e t a i l
e s ta b lis h m e n ts and
c u s t o m e r s ' h o u s e s o r p la c e s o f b u s in e s s . M a y a ls o lo a d o r un load tru c k w ith
o r w ith ou t h e lp e r s , m a k e m in o r m e c h a n ic a l r e p a ir s , and k e e p tr u c k in good
w o r k in g o r d e r . S a le s r o u t e and o v e r - t h e - r o a d d r iv e r s a r e exc lu d e d .

A s d ir e c t e d , p e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y o f w a r e h o u s in g d u ties w h ich r e q u ir e
an u n d e rs ta n d in g o f th e e s ta b lis h m e n t's s to r a g e p la n . W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t
o f the f o llo w in g : V e r if y in g m a t e r ia ls ( o r m e r c h a n d is e ) a g a in s t r e c e iv in g
d oc u m e n ts , n o tin g and r e p o r tin g d is c r e p a n c ie s and o b v io u s d a m a g e s ; rou tin 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 c a t io n s ; s to r in g , s ta c k in g , o r p a lle t iz in g
m a t e r ia ls in a c c o r d a n c e w ith p r e s c r ib e d s to r a g e m e th o d s ; r e a r r a n g in g and
t a k i n g in v e n t o r y o f s to r e d m a t e r ia ls ; e x a m in in g s to r e d m a t e r ia ls and
r e p o r tin g d e t e r io r a t io n and d a m a g e ; r e m o v in g m a t e r ia l fr o m s to r a g e and
p r e p a r in g it f o r s h ip m en t. M a y o p e r a te hand o r p o w e r tru c k s in p e r fo r m in g
w a r e h o u s in g d u tie s .

F o r w a g e stu dy p u r p o s e s , t r u c k d r iv e r s a r e c la s s ifie d b y s iz e and
ty p e o f e q u ip m en t, as fo llo w s : ( T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r should be ra te d on the b a s is
o f t r a i l e 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 ,

lig h t tru c k (u n d e r IV 2 to n s )
m e d iu m tru c k ( I V 2 to and in c lu d in g 4 to n s )
h e a v y tr u c k ( t r a i l e r ) (o v e r 4 to n s )
h e a v y tru c k (o t h e r than t r a i l e r ) (o v e r 4 to n s )

O R D E R F IL L E R

S H IP P IN G A N D R E C E IV IN G C L E R K

P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d is e f o r s h ip m 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 .
Sh ip pin g w o r k
in v o lv e s :
A k n o w le d g e o f sh ip p in g 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 t io n , and r a t e s ; and p r e p a r in g r e c o r d s o f the good s
sh ip p ed , m a k in g up b ills o f la d in g , p o s tin g w e ig h t and sh ip p in g c h a n g e s , and
k e e p in g a f i l e o f s h ip p in g r e c o r d s .
M a y 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 c h a n d is e f o r s h ip m en t. R e c e iv in g w o r k i n v o lv e s : V e r if y in g o r d ir e c tin g
o th e rs in v e r i f y i n g the c o r r e c t n e s s o f s h ip m en ts a g a in s t b ills o f la d in g ,
in v o ic e s , o r o th e r r e c o r d s ; c h e c k in g f o r s h o r ta g e s and r e je c t in g d a m a g e d
g o o d s ; ro u tin 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 a in ­
ta in in g n e c e s s a r y , r e c o r d s and f i l e s .

For

w age

stu dy

p u rp oses,

Sh ip pin g c le r k
R e c e iv in g c le r k
S h ip p in g and r e c e iv in g c le r k

w o rk ers

are

c la s s ifie d

as

E x c lu d e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u tie s in v o lv e ship p ing and r e c e iv in g
w o r k (s e e Sh ip pin g and R e c e iv in g C le r k and S h ip pin g P a c k e r ), o r d e r f ill i n g
(s e e O r d e r F i l l e r ) , o r o p e r a tin g p o w e r tru c k s (s e e P o w e r - T r u c k O p e r a t o r ).

fo llo w s :

F i l l s sh ip p in g o r t r a n s f e r o r d e r s f o r fin is h e d good s f r o m s to r e d
m e r c h a n d is e in a c c o r d a n c e w ith s p e c ific a tio n s on s a le s s lip s , c u s to m e r s '
o r d e r s , o r o th e r in s tr u c tio n s .
M a y , in a d d itio n to f i l l i n g o r d e r s and in d i­
c a tin g ite m s f i l l e d o r o m itte d , k e e p r e c o r d s o f ou tgo in g o r d e r s , r e q u is itio n
a d d itio n a l sto 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 tie s .

S H IP P IN G P A C K E R

P r e p a r e s fin is h e d p ro d u c ts f o r s h ip m en t o r s to r a g e b y p la c in g th em
in sh ip p in g c o n ta in e r s , the s p e c ific o p e r a tio n s p e r f o r m e d b e in g d ep en d en t upon
the ty p e , s iz e , and n u m b e r o f u n its to be p a c k ed , the ty p e o f c o n ta in e r
e m p lo y e d , and m eth o d o f sh ip m en t.
W o r k r e q u ir e s the p la c in g o f ite m s in
sh ip p in g 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 f o llo w in g : K n o w le d g e
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 i f y con ten t; s e le c tio n o f a p p ro p ria te
ty p e and s iz e o f c o n ta in e r ; in s e r tin g e n c lo s u r e s in c o n ta in e r ; u s in 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 r e v e n t b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e ; c lo s in g and s e a lin g c o n ­
t a in e r ; and a p p ly in g la b e ls o r e n te r in g id e n tify in g data on c o n ta in e r .
P ack ers
w ho a ls o m a k e w o o d e n b o x e s o r c r a t e s a r e e x c lu d e d .

M A T E R I A L H A N D L IN G L A B O R E R

GUARD AND W A TC H M AN

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 c tu rin g p lan t, s to r e , o r
o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t w h o s e d u tie s in v o lv e one o r m o r e o f the f o llo w in g ;
L o a d in g and u n lo a d in g 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 f r o m f r e ig h t
c a r s , tr 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 ; u n p a ck in g, s h e lv 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 c a 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 b y h an d tru ck , c a r , o r w h e e lb a r r o w .
L on gsh ore
w o r k e r s , w h o lo a d and u n load s h ip s , a r e e x c lu d e d .

G u a r d . P e r f o r m s ro u tin e p o lic e d u tie s , e it h e r at fix e d p o s t o r on
to u r, m a in ta in in g o r d e r , u s in g a r m s o r f o r c e w h e r e n e c e s s a r y .
In c lu d e s
g u a rd s w ho a r e s ta tio n e d at g a te and c h e c k on id e n tity o f e m p lo y e e s and
o t h e r • p e r s o n s e n t e r in g .
W a tc h m a n . M a k e s rounds o f p r e m is e s
p r o p e r t y a g a in s t f i r e , th e ft, and i l l e g a l e n tr y .

p e r io d ic a lly

in

p r o te c tin g

P O W E R -T R U C K O P E R A T O R
J A N IT O R ,
O p e r a t e 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 tru c k
o r t r a c t o 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 l l k in d s about a w a r e h o u s e ,
m a n u fa c tu rin g p lan t, o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t.

tr u c k ,

F o r w a g e stu dy p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s
as fo llo w s :

a r e c la s s if ie d b y ty p e o f p o w e r -

F o r k lift o p e ra to r
P o w e r - t r u c k o p e r a t o r (o t h e r than f o r k l i f t )

43

PO R TE R , OR C LEA N E R

C le a n s and k e e p s in an o r d e r l y c o n d itio n f a c t o r y w o rk in g a r e 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 ic e , a p a r tm e n t h o u s e , o r c o m m e r ic a l
o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t.
D u tie s in v o lv e a c o m b in a tio n o f the f o llo w in g :
S w e e p in g , m o p p in g o r s c ru b b in g , and p o lis h in g f l o o r s ; r e m o v in g c h ip s , tr a s h ,
and o th e r r e fu s e ; d u stin g e q u ip m en t, fu r n itu r e , o r f ix t u r e s ; p o lis h in g m e t a l
fix t u r e s o r t r im m in g s ; p r o v id in g s u p p lie s and m in o r m a in te n a n c e s e r v i c e s ;
and c le 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 w ho s p e c ia liz e
in w in d o w w a s h in g a r e e x c lu d e d .

Service Contract
Act Surveys
The following areas are sur­
veyed periodically for use in admin­
istering the Service Contract Act
of 1965. Survey results are pub­
lished in releases which are availa­
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from any of the BLS regional offices
shown on the back cover.
A la s k a (s ta te w id e )
A lb a n y , G a.

Alexandria, La.
Alpena, Standish, and
Tawas City, Mich.
Asheville, N.C.
Atlantic City, N.J.
Augusta, Ga.—
S.C.
Austin, Tex.
Bakersfield, Calif.
Baton Rouge, La.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Beaumont—
Port ArthurOrange, Tex.
Biloxi—
Gulfport and
Pascagoula, Miss.
B r e m e r t o n , W ash .

Bridgeport, Norwalk, and
Stamford, Conn.
B ru n s w ic k , G a.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Champaign—
Urbana—
Rantoul, 1 1
1.
Charleston, S.C.
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Clarksville—
Hopkinsville, Tenn.—
Ky.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Columbia, S.C.
Columbus, Miss.
Crane, Ind.
Decatur, 1 1
1.
Des Moines, Iowa
Dothan, Ala.
Duluth— u p e r io r , M in n .—W is .
S

El Paso, Tex., and Alamogordo—
Las
Cruces, N. Mex.
Eugene—
Springfield and Medford—
Klamath Falls—
Grants Pass—
Roseburg, Oreg.
Fayetteville, N.C.
Fitchburg—
Leominster, Mass.

Fort Riley—
Junction City, Kans.
Fort Smith, Ark.—
Okla.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Frederick—
Hager stownChambersburg, Md.—
Pa.
Gadsden and Anniston, Ala.
Goldsboro, N.C.
Grand Island—
Hastings, Nebr.
Guam, Territory of
Harrisburg—
Lebanon, Pa.
La Crosse, Wis.
Laredo, Tex.
Lawton, Okla.
Lexington—
Fayette, Ky.
Lim a, Ohio
Logansport—
Peru, Ind.
Lower Eastern Shore, Md.—
Va.—
Del.
Macon, Ga.
Madison, Wis.
Maine (statewide)
McAllen—
Pharr—
Edinburg and
Brownsville—
Harlingen—
San Benito, Tex.
Meridian, Miss.
Middlesex, Monmouth, and
Ocean Cos., N.J.
Mobile and Pensacola, Ala.—
Fla.
Montana (statewide)
Nashville—
Davidson, Tenn.
New Bern^Jacksonville, N.C.
New Hampshire (statewide)
New London—
Norwich, Conn.—
R.I.
North Dakota (statewide)
Northern New York
Orlando, Fla.
Oxnard-Simi Valley—
Ventura, Calif.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Pueblo, Colo.
Puerto Rico
Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
Reno, Nev.
Riverside—
San Bernardino—
Ontario, Calif.
Salina, Kans.
Salinas—
Seaside—
Monterey, Calif.
Sandusky, Ohio
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria—
Lompoc, Calif.

Savannah, Ga.
Selma, Ala.
Sherman—
Denison, Tex.
Shreveport, La.
South Dakota (statewide)
Southern Idaho
Southwestern Virginia
Springfield, 1 1
1.
S p r in g fie ld —C h ic o p e e — o ly o k e ,
H
M a s s .—Conn.

Stockton, Calif.
Tacoma, Wash.
Tampa— Petersburg, Fla.
St.
Topeka, Kans.
Tulsa, Okla.
Upper Peninsula, Mich.
Vallejo—
Fairfield—
Napa, Calif.
Vermont (statewide)
Virgin Islands of the U.S.
Waco and Killeen-Temple, Tex.
Waterloo—
Cedar Falls, Iowa
West Texas Plains
West Virginia (statewide)
Wilmington, Del.— J.—
N.
Md.
Yakima, Richland—
Kennewick, and
Walla Walla—
Pendleton,
Wash.—
Oreg.

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A tla n ta , G a „ M a y 1977_____________________________________________
B a lt im o r e , M d ., A u g . 1977________________________________________
B illin g s , M o n t., J u ly 1976_________________________________________
B ir m in g h a m , A la . , M a r . 1977____________________________________
B os to n , M a s s ., A u g . 1976 _________________________________________
B u ffa lo , N .Y . , O c t. 1976 ___________________________________________
C anton, O h io, M a y 1977 1 _______________________________ ___________
C h attan o oga, T en n .—G a „ Sept. 1976 _____________________________
C h ic a g o , 111., M a y 1976 ____________________________________________
C in c in n a ti, O hio— y .—In d .,. M a r . 1976___________________________
K
C le v e la n d , O h io, Sept. 1 976_______________________________________
C olu m b u s, O h io, O c t. 1976________________________________________
C orp u s C h r is t i, T e x ., J u ly 1977 1 ________________________________
D a lla s —F o r t W o rth , T e x . , O c t. 1976_____________________________
D a v e n p o r t- R o c k Islan d —M o lin e , I o w a - I ll. , F e b . 1 9771 _______
D ayton , O h io, D e c . 1976 ___________________________________________
D a y ton a B ea ch , F l a . , A u g . 1976___________________________________
D e n v e r—B o u ld e r, C o lo ., D e c . 1976_______________________________
D e tr o it, M ic h ., M a r . 1977_________________________________________
F r e s n o , C a lif., June 1977 _________________________________________
G a in e s v ille , F l a . , S ep t. 1976 _____________________________________
G r e e n B a y , W is ., J u ly 1977_______________________________________
G r e e n s b o r o — in s to n -S a le m —H igh P o in t,
W
N .C ., A u g . 1976____________________________________________________
G r e e n v ille - S p a r ta n b u r g , S .C ., June 1977_______________________
H a r tfo r d , C onn., M a r . 1977_______________________________________
H ou ston , T e x ., A p r . 1976__________________________________________
H u n ts v ille , A la ., F e b . 19771______________________________________
In d ia n a p o lis , Ind., O c t. 1976______________________________________
Jack son , M is s ., Jan. 1977 1
________________________________________
J a c k s o n v ille , F la . , D ec. 1976 1____________________________________
K an sas C ity, M o .- K a n s ., Sept. 1976 1
____________________________
L o s A n g e le s —L o n g B ea ch , C a lif., O ct. 1976____________________
L o u i s v i l l e , K y «—Ind., N o v . 1976___________________________________
M e m p h is , T en n .—A r k ^ - M is s ., N o v . 19761______________________

B u l l e t i n n u m b er
and p r i c e *
1900-76, 85 cen ts
1900-59, 55 cents
1900-67,
1950- 17,
1950-39,
1900-39,
1950-8,
1900-53,
1900-70,
1950-28,
1900-57,
1900-32,
1900-7,
1900-62,
1900-68,
1950-35,
1900-63,
1950-26,
1900-78,
1900-45,
1900-73,
1950-13,
1950-30,
1900-54,
1950-36,

75 cents
$1 .2 0
$ 1 .2 0
55 cen ts
85 cen ts
85 c en ts
75 cents
$ 1 .1 0
55 cen ts
$ 1 .0 5
75 cents
95 cents
75 cents
$1 .0 0
85 cents
$1 .1 0
85 cents
45 cents
85 c en ts
$ 1 .2 0
70 cents
45 cen ts
70 cen ts

1900-47,
1950-33,
1950-9,
1900-26,
1 950-4,
1900-58,
1950-2,
1900-80,
1900-60,
1900-77,
1900-69,
1900-75,

65 cen ts
70 cents
80 cents
85 cen ts
$ 1 .4 0
75 cen ts
$ 1 .5 0
85 cents
$ 1 .0 5
85 cents
55 cents
85 cents

Area
M ia m i, F la . , O c t. 1976____________________________________________
M ilw a u k e e , W is ., A p r . 1977 ______________________________________
M in n e a p o lis —St. P a u l, M in n .—W is ., Jan. 1977_________________
N a s s a u -S u ffo lk , N .Y . , June 1977 ____________________________ __
_
N e w a r k , N .J ., Jan . 1977 __________________________________________
N e w O r le a n s , L a ., Jan . 1977 1____________________________________
N e w Y o r k , N .Y ^ - N .J ., M a y 1977_________________________________
N o r fo lk —V i r g i n i a B ea ch —P o r ts m o u th , V a.—
N .C ., M a y 1977 ___________________________________________________
N o r fo lk —V ir g in ia B ea ch —P o r ts m o u th and
N e w p o r t N e w s —H am p ton , V a .—N .C ., M a y 1977______________
N o r th e a s t P e n n s y lv a n ia , A u g . 1 9 77 1____________________________
O k la h o m a C ity , O k la ., A u g . 1976________________________________
O m ah a, N e b r .—Iow a , O c t. 1976___________________________________
P a t e r s o n —C lifto n —P a s s a ic , N .J ., June 1977 ___________________
P h ila d e lp h ia , P a . - N . J . , N o v . 19761..........................................
P itts b u r g h , P a ., Jan. 1977________________________________________
P o r tla n d , M a in e , D e c . 1 9 76 1 _____________________________________
P o r tla n d , O r e g .—W a sh ., M a y 1977 1_____________________________
P o u g h k e e p s ie , N .Y . , June 1977 __________________________________
P o u g h k e e p s ie ^ K in g s to n — e w b u rg h , N .Y . , June 1976_________
N
P r o v id e n c e — a r w ic k —P a w tu c k e t, R . I . —
W
M a s s ., June 19771 __ _____________________________________________
R ic h m o n d , V a ., June 1 9771 ______________________________________
St. L o u is , M o ,—111., M a r . 1977 ___________________________________
S a c r a m e n to , C a lif. , D e c . 1976 ___________________________________
Sa gin aw , M ic h ., N o v . 1 9 7 6 1______________________________________
S a lt L a k e C ity —O gd en , U tah, N o v . 1 976_________________________
San A n to n io , T e x . , M a y 1977 1___________________________________
San D ie g o , C a lif. , N o v . 1 976_____________________________________
San F r a n c is c o — a k lan d , C a lif. , M a r . 1977 ______________________
O
San J o s e , C a lif. , M a r . 1977______________________________________
S e a t t le - E v e r e t t , W a s h ., Jan. 1 9 77 1_____________________________
South B en d, Ind., M a r . 1976 ______________________________________
S y r a c u s e , N .Y . , J u ly 1976________________________________________
T o le d o , O h io—M ic h ., M a y 1977___________________________________
T r e n to n , N .J ., Sept. 1976_________________________________________
U t ic a - R o m e , N .Y . , J u l y m ? 1 ___________________________________
W a s h in g to n , D .C .—M d r - V a ., M a r . 1977 ________________________
W ic h ita , K a n s ., A p r . 1977________________________________________
W o r c e s t e r , M a s s ., A p r . 1977 ____________________________________
Y o r k , P a ., F e b . 1977 ______________________________________________

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B u l l e t i n nu m b e r
and p r i c e *
1900-66,
1950-14,
1950-3,
1950-27,
1950-7,
1950-5,
1950-31,

75 cen ts
$ 1 .1 0
$1 .6 0
$1 .0 0
$ 1 .6 0
$ 1 .6 0
$ 1 .2 0

1950-20, 70 cen ts
1950-21,
1950-38,
1900-42,
1900-61,
1950-34,
1900-64,
1950-1,
1900-72,
1950-32,
1950-25,
1900-55,

70 cen ts
$ 1 .1 0
55 cen ts
55 cen ts
70 cen ts
$ 1 .1 0
$ 1 .5 0
85 ce n ts
$ 1 .2 0
70 c en ts
55 cen ts

1950-22,
1950-23,
1950-10,
1900-71,
1900-74,
1900-65,
1950-24,
1900-79,
1950-29,
1950-19,
1950-12,
1900-5,
1900-44,
1950-18,
1900-56,
1950-37,
1950-11,
1950-16,
1950-15,
1950-6,

$1.2 0
$ 1 .1 0
$1.2 0
55 cents
75 cen ts
55 cen ts
$1.1 0
55 cen ts
$1.20
$1.00
$1.2 0
55 cen ts
55 cen ts
80 cen ts
55 cents
$1.10
$1.20
$1.1 0
70 cen ts
$ 1 .1 0

Prices are determined by the Government Printing O ffic e and are subject to change.
Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.

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