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The Buffalo, New York, M etropolitan Area
November 1968

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U N IT E D STATES DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR ST A T I ST I CS

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Region II
Region I
341 Ninth Ave.
1603-B Federal Building
New York, N.Y. 10001
Government Center
Phone: 971-5405 (Area Code 212)
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phones 223-6762 (Area Code 617)

Region III
406 Penn Square.Building
1317 Filbert St.
Philadelphia* Pa. 19107
Phone: 59 7 -7 7 9 6 (Area Code 215)

Region IV
Suite 540
1371 Peachtree St. NE.
Atlanta, Ga. 30309
Phone: 526-5418 (Area Code 404)

Region VI
Region V
Federal Office Building
219 South Dearborn St.
911 Walnut S t., 10th Floor
Chicago, 111. 60604
Kansas City, Mo. 64106
Phone: 353-7230 (Area Code 312)
Phone: 374-2481 (Area Code 816)

Region VII
337 Mayflower Building
411 North Akard St.
Dallas, Tex. 75201
Phone: 749-3516 (Area Code 214)

Region VIII
450 Golden Gate Ave.
Box 36017
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Phone: 556-4678 (Area Code 415)




Area Wage Survey
The Buffalo, New Y ork, M etropolitan Area




November

1968

B u l l e t i n No. 1 6 2 5 - 3 5
April 1969

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
George P. Shultz, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR S T A T IS T IC S

Geoffrey H . Moore, Commissioner

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 2 0 4 0 2 - Price 50 cents




Preface

T h e B u r e a u of L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s p r o g r a m of an n u al o c c u p a ­
t i o n a l w a g e s u r v e y s i n m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s i s d e s i g n e d to p r o v i d e d a t a
on o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s , a n d e s t a b l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s a n d s u p p l e m e n ­
ta ry w age p r o v isio n s.
It y i e l d s d e t a i l e d d a t a b y s e l e c t e d i n d u s t r y
d iv is io n f o r e a c h of the a r e a s stu d ied , f o r g e o g r a p h ic r e g io n s , and f o r
t h e U n it e d S t a t e s .
A m a j o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n in th e p r o g r a m i s t h e n e e d
f o r g r e a t e r i n s i g h t in to (1) t h e m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a t i o n a l
c a t e g o r y a n d s k i l l l e v e l , a n d (2) t h e s t r u c t u r e a n d l e v e l o f w a g e s
am o n g a r e a s and in d u stry d iv is io n s.
A t th e e n d o f e a c h s u r v e y , a n i n d i v i d u a l a r e a b u l l e t i n p r e s e n t s
s u r v e y r e s u l t s f o r e a c h a r e a stu d ied .
A f t e r c o m p l e t i o n o f a l l o f th e
in d iv id u al a r e a b u lle tin s fo r a round of s u r v e y s , a t w o - p a r t s u m m a r y
b u lletin is is s u e d .
T h e f i r s t p a r t b r i n g s d a ta f o r e a c h o f the m e t r o ­

p o l i t a n a r e a s s t u d i e d in to o n e b u l l e t i n .
The second p a rt p r e se n ts
i n fo r m a t io n w hich h a s b e e n p r o j e c t e d f r o m in d iv id u a l m e t r o p o li t a n
a r e a d a t a to r e l a t e to g e o g r a p h i c r e g i o n s a n d t h e U n it e d S t a t e s .
N i n e t y a r e a s c u r r e n t l y a r e i n c l u d e d in t h e p r o g r a m .
In e a c h
a r e a , i n f o r m a t i o n on o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s i s c o l l e c t e d a n n u a l l y a n d on
e s ta b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p le m e n ta r y w age p r o v i s io n s b ie n n ia lly .
T h i s b u lle tin p r e s e n t s r e s u l t s o f the s u r v e y in B u ffa lo , N . Y. ,
in N o v e m b e r 1968.
The Stan dard M etrop olitan S t a tis tic a l A re a , a s
d e f i n e d b y t h e B u r e a u o f t h e B u d g e t t h r o u g h J a n u a r y 1968, c o n s i s t s
of E r i e and N i a g a r a C o u n ties.
T h is s tu d y w a s c o n d u cted by the B u ­
r e a u * s r e g i o n a l o f f i c e in N e w Y o r k , N . Y. , u n d e r t h e g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n
o f T h o m a s N . W a k in , A s s i s t a n t R e g i o n a l D i r e c t o r f o r O p e r a t i o n s .

Contents
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I n t r o d u c t i o n ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ _________________________
W a g e t r e n d s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p s __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d w o r k e r s w it h in s c o p e o f s u r v e y a n d n u m b e r s t u d i e d ___________________________________________________________________________
I n d e x e s o f s t a n d a r d w e e k ly s a l a r i e s and s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n in g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n a l g r o u p s , and
p e r c e n t s o f i n c r e a s e f o r s e l e c t e d p e r i o d s _____________________________________________ _______________________ ______________________________________
O ccu p atio n al e arn in g s:
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O f f i c e o c c u p a t i o n s — M S A— e n a n d w o m e n __________________ >
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av ailab le for other a r e a s .

(See in side b ac k c o v e r.)

A c u r r e n t r e p o r t o n e a r n i n g s i n th e B u f f a l i a r e a i s a l s o a v a i l a b l e f o r s e l e c t e d f o o d s e r v i c e o c c u p a ­
t i o n s ( N o v e m b e r 1 9 6 8 ).
U n io n s c a l e s , i n d i c a t i v e o f p r e v a i l i n g p a y l e v e l s , a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r b u i l d i n g
c o n str u c tio n ; p rin tin g ; 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 ; and m o t o r t r u c k d r i v e r s , h e lp e r s , an d a llie d
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O c c u p a t io n a l e a r n i n g s — C on tin u ed
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O f f i c e o c c u p a t i o n s — a n u f a c t u r i n g — i a g a r a C o u n t y — e n a n d w o m e n ______________________________________________________________________
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P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s — M S A —m e n a n d w o m e n ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------S
A -2a.
P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s — a r g e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s — e n a n d w o m e n — ---------l
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P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s — a n u f a c t u r i n g — r i e C o u n ty —m e n a n d w o m e n __________________________________________________
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P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s — a n u f a c t u r i n g - N i a g a r a C o u n t y — e n a n d w o m e n -------------m
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O f f i c e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s — M S A —m e n a n d w o m e n c o m b i n e d ----------------------------------------------------------------------S
A -3a.
O f f i c e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s —l a r g e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s —m e n a n d w o m e n c o m b i n e d ____________________________________
A -3b.
O f f i c e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s — a n u f a c t u r i n g - E r i e C o u n t y — e n a n d w o m e n c o m b i n e d ____________________________
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O f f i c e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s — a n u f a c t u r i n g - N i a g a r a C o u n t y —m e n a n d w o m e n c o m b i n e d ________________________
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M a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t o c c u p a t i o n s —S M S A -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A -4a.
M a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t o c c u p a t i o n s —l a r g e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s ___________________________________________________________________________
A -4b.
M a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t o c c u p a t i o n s — a n u f a c t u r i n g — r i e C o u n t y ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------m
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M a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t o c c u p a t i o n s — a n u f a c t u r i n g —N i a g a r a C o u n t y -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------m
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C u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a t i o n s —S M S A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A -5a.
C u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a t i o n s —l a r g e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s _____________________________________________________________________
A -5b.
C u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a t i o n s —m a n u f a c t u r i n g —E r i e C o u n t y ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------A -5c.
C u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a t i o n s —m a n u f a c t u r i n g — i a g a r a C o u n t y -----------------------------------------------------------------------------N

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M i n i m u m e n t r a n c e s a l a r i e s f o r w o m e n o f f i c e w o r k e r s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B-2.
S h i f t d i f f e r e n t i a l s ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
B-3.
S c h e d u l e d w e e k l y h o u r s _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
B-4.
P a i d h o l i d a y s _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
B-5.
P a i d v a c a t i o n s __________________________________________________________________________________
B -6.
H e a l t h , i n s u r a n c e , a n d p e n s i o n p l a n s _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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M e t h o d o f w a g e d e t e r m i n a t i o n a n d f r e q u e n c y o f p a y m e n t ______________________________________________________

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Area Wage Survey---The Buffalo, N.Y., Metropolitan Area
Introduction
T h i s a r e a i s 1 o f 90 in w h i c h t h e U . S . D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r ' s
B u r e a u of L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s c o n d u c ts s u r v e y s of o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s
a n d r e l a t e d b e n e f i t s on a n a r e a w i d e b a s i s . 1 In t h i s a r e a , d a t a w e r e
o b t a i n e d b y p e r s o n a l v i s i t s o f B u r e a u f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s to r e p r e s e n t ­
a t i v e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h in s i x b r o a d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s :
M anu­
fa c tu r in g ; t r a n s p o r t a t io n , c o m m u n ic atio n , and o th er p u b lic u t ilit ie s ;
w h o le s a le t r a d e ; r e t a i l t r a d e ; fin a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s t a t e ; and
serv ices.
M a jo r in d u stry g ro u p s ex clu d ed f r o m th e se stu d ie s a r e
g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a t io n s and the c o n s t r u c t io n and e x t r a c t i v e i n d u s t r i e s .
E s t a b l i s h m e n t s h av in g fe w e r than a p r e s c r i b e d n u m b e r of w o r k e r s a r e
o m i t t e d b e c a u s e t h e y t e n d t o f u r n i s h i n s u f f i c i e n t e m p l o y m e n t in the
o c c u p a tip n s stu d ie d to w a r r a n t in c lu sio n .
S e p a r a te tab u latio n s a r e
p r o v id e d f o r e a c h of the b r o a d in d u str y d iv i s i o n s w hich m e e t p u b li­
cation c r i t e r i a .

O c c u p atio n a l e m p lo y m e n t and e a r n in g s d a ta a r e shown lu .
fu ll-tim e w o r k e r s , i .e ., th o se h ire d to w ork a r e g u la r w eek ly sch ed u le
in t h e g i v e n o c c u p a t i o n a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .
E a rn in g s d ata exclude p r e ­
m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , a n d
late sh ifts.
N o n p ro d u c tio n b o n u s e s 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 cen tive e a r n in g s a r e in clu d ed . W h ere w e e k ly h o u r s
a r e r e p o r t e d , a s f o r o f f i c e c l e r i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s , r e f e r e n c e i s to t h e
s t a n d a r d w o r k w e e k ( r o u n d e d t o t h e n e a r e s t h a l f h o u r) f o r w h i c h e m ­
p lo y e e s r e c e i v e t h e ir r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s ( e x c lu s iv e of p a y
fo r o v e r tim e at r e g u l a 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 fo r t h e s e o c c u p a tio n s h ave b e e n ro u n d ed to the n e a r e s t h a lf d o lla r .
The a v e r a g e s p re se n ted re fle c t co m p o site, areaw id e e s t i ­
m ates.
I n d u s t r i e s a n d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s d i f f e r in p a y l e v e l a n d j o b
s t a f f i n g a n d , t h u s , c o n t r i b u t e d i f f e r e n t l y to t h e e s t i m a t e s f o r e a c h j o b .
The p a y r e la t io n s h ip o b ta in a b le f r o m the a v e r a g e s m a y f a il to r e f le c t
a c c u r a t e l y t h e w a g e s p r e a d o r d i f f e r e n t i a l m a i n t a i n e d a m o n g j o b s in
i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s . S i m i l a r l y , d i f f e r e n c e s in a v e r a g e p a y l e v ­
e l s f o r m e n a n d w o m e n in a n y o f t h e s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s h o u l d
not b e a s s u m e d t o r e f l e c t d i f f e r e n c e s in p a y t r e a t m e n t o f th e s e x e s
w ith in in d iv id u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s .
O th er p o s s i b l e f a c t o r s w hich m a y
c o n t r i b u t e t o d i f f e r e n c e s in p a y f o r m e n a n d w o m e n i n c l u d e :
D iffe r­
e n c e s in p r o g r e s s i o n w it h in e s t a b l i s h e d r a t e r a n g e s , s i n c e o n l y t h e
a c t u a l r a t e s p a i d i n c u m b e n t s a r e c o l l e c t e d ; a n d d i f f e r e n c e s in s p e c i f i c
d u tie s p e r f o r m e d , although the w o r k e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d a p p r o p r i a t e l y
w it h in t h e s a m e s u r v e y j o b d e s c r i p t i o n .
J o b d e s c r i p t i o n s u s e d in
c l a s s i f y i n g e m p l o y e e s in t h e s e s u r v e y s a r e u s u a l l y m o r e g e n e r a l i z e d
t h a n t h o s e u s e d in i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d a l l o w f o r m i n o r
d i f f e r e n c e s a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in th e s p e c i f i c d u t i e s p e r f o r m e d .

T h e s e s u r v e y s a r e c o n d u c t e d on a s a m p l e b a s i s b e c a u s e of
th e u n n e c e s s a r y c o s t i n v o l v e d in s u r v e y i n g a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s .
To
o b t a i n o p t i m u m a c c u r a c y a t m i n i m u m c o s t , a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n of
l a r g e t h a n o f s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i s s t u d i e d . In c o m b i n i n g t h e d a t a ,
h o w e v e r , a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s a r e given th e ir a p p r o p r ia te w eight.
E s­
t i m a t e s b a s e d on th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d a r e p r e s e n t e d , t h e r e f o r e ,
a s r e l a t i n g t o a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in th e i n d u s t r y g r o u p i n g a n d a r e a ,
e x c e p t fo r t h o s e b elow the m in im u m s i z e stu d ie d .
O ccu p atio n s and E a r n in g s
The o cc u p a tio n s s e le c t e d fo r study a r e c o m m o n to a v a r ie ty
of m a n u fa c tu r in g and n o n m a n u fa c tu r in g i n d u s t r i e s , and a r e of the
follow in g t y p e s :
(1) O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ; (2) p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l ;
(3) m a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t ; a n d (4) c u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e ­
m en t.
O c c u p a t i o n a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i s b a s e d on a u n i f o r m s e t o f j o b
d e s c r i p t i o n s d e s ig n e d to tak e ac c o u n t of in te r e s t a b l i s h m e n t v a r i a t i o n
in d u t i e s w it h in t h e s a m e j o b .
The o c c u p a tio n s s e l e c t e d fo r stud y
a r e l i s t e d and d e s c r i b e d in th e a p p e n d ix . The e a r n i n g s d a t a fo llo w in g
the jo b t it l e s a r e f o r a ll i n d u s t r i e s c o m b in e d . E a r n i n g s d a ta f o r s o m e
of the o c c u p a tio n s l i s t e d and d e s c r i b e d , o r f o r s o m e in d u s t r y d iv is io n s
w i t h i n o c c u p a t i o n s , a r e not p r e s e n t e d in th e A - s e r i e s t a b l e s , b e c a u s e
e i t h e r (1) e m p l o y m e n t in t h e o c c u p a t i o n i s t o o s m a l l to p r o v i d e e n o u g h
d a t a t o m e r i t p r e s e n t a t i o n , o r (2) t h e r e i s p o s s i b i l i t y o f d i s c l o s u r e
of in d ivid u al e s ta b lis h m e n t d a ta .

O c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t e s t i m a t e s r e p r e s e n t t h e t o t a l in
a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h i n t h e s c o p e of th e s t u d y a n d n ot t h e n u m b e r
actu ally su rv ey ed .
B e c a u s e of d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t i o n a l s t r u c t u r e
a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , the e s t i m a t e s of o c c u p a tio n a l e m p lo y m e n t o b ­
t a i n e d f r o m t h e s a m p l e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d s e r v e o n l y t o i n d i c a t e
t h e r e l a t i v e i m p o r t a n c e of t h e j o b s s t u d i e d .
T h e s e d i f f e r e n c e s in
o c c u p a t i o n a l s t r u c t u r e do not a f f e c t m a t e r i a l l y t h e a c c u r a c y of t h e
e a r n in g s data.
E s t a b lis h m e n t P r a c t i c e s and S u p p le m e n ta r y W age P r o v i s i o n s
I n f o r m a t i o n i s p r e s e n t e d ( i n t h e B - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) on s e l e c t e d

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Included in the 90 areas are four studies conducted under contract with the New York State
e s t a b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p le m e n t a r y w a g e p r o v is io n s a s they
Department of Labor. These areas are Binghamton (New York portion only); Rochester (office occu­
r e l a t e to p la n t and o ffic e w o r k e r s .
A d m i n i s t r a t i v e , e x e c u tiv e , and
pations only); Syracuse; and U tica—Rome. In addition, the Bureau conducts more lim ited area studies
p r o f e s s i o n a l e m p l o y e e s , and c o n s t r u c t io n w o r k e r s who a r e u t iliz e d
in 91 areas at the request of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions of the U. S. De­
a s a s e p a r a t e w ork fo rc e a r e exclu d ed .
" P l a n t w o r k e r s " in clu d e
partment of Labor.




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w o rk in g f o r e m e n and a ll n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r s (in cludin g le a d m e n a n d t r a i n e e s ) e n g a g e d in n o n o f f i c e f u n c t i o n s .
"O ffice w o r k e r s "
in clu d e w o rk in g s u p e r v i s o r s an d n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r s p e r f o r m i n g
c l e r ic a l or r e la te d fun ction s.
C a f e t e r i a w o r k e r s and ro u te m e n a r e
e x c l u d e d in m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s , but i n c l u d e d in n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g
in d u stries.
M in im u m e n tr a n c e s a l a r i e s fo r w o m e n o ffic e w o r k e r s (table
B - l ) r e l a t e only to the e s t a b l i s h m e n t s v i s i t e d . B e c a u s e of the o p tim u m
s a m p l i n g t e c h n i q u e s u s e d , a n d th e p r o b a b i l i t y t h a t l a r g e e s t a b l i s h ­
m e n ts a r e m o r e lik e ly to h ave f o r m a l e n tran ce r a t e s for w o r k e r s
a b o v e t h e s u b c l e r i c a l l e v e l t h a n s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , th e t a b l e i s
m o r e - r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of p o l i c i e s in m e d i u m a n d l a r g e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s .
Sh ift d if f e r e n t i a l d a ta (tab le B - 2 ) a r e l im it e d to plant w o r k e r s
in m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s .
T h i s i n f o r m a t i o n i s p r e s e n t e d b o th in
t e r m s of (1) e s t a b l i s h m e n t p o l i c y , 2 p r e s e n t e d in t e r m s o f t o t a l p l a n t
w o r k e r e m p l o y m e n t , a n d (2) e f f e c t i v e p r a c t i c e , p r e s e n t e d in t e r m s
of w o r k e r s a c t u a l l y e m p l o y e d on t h e s p e c i f i e d s h i f t a t t h e t i m e of th e
survey.
In e s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v i n g v a r i e d d i f f e r e n t i a l s , the a m o u n t
a p p l y i n g t o a m a j o r i t y w a s u s e d o r , if no a m o u n t a p p l i e d to a m a j o r i t y ,
t h e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n " o t h e r " w a s u s e d . In e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in w h i c h s o m e
la te - sh ift h o u rs a r e paid at n o rm a l r a t e s , a d iffe re n tial w as re c o r d e d
o n l y if it a p p l i e d to a m a j o r i t y o f th e s h i f t h o u r s .
T h e s c h e d u l e d w e e k l y h o u r s ( t a b l e B - 3 ) o f a m a j o r i t y o f the
f i r s t - s h i f t w o r k e r s in a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t a r e t a b u l a t e d a s a p p l y i n g to
a l l of the p l a n t o r o f f i c e w o r k e r s o f t h a t e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
S ch ed u led
w e e k ly h o u r s a r e t h o s e w h ich f u l l - t i m e e m p lo y e e s w e r e e x p e c t e d to
w o rk , w heth er they w e r e p a id fo r at s t r a i g h t - t i m e o r o v e r tim e r a t e s .
P a id h o lid a y s; p a id v a c a tio n s ; h ealth , in su r a n c e , and pe n sio n
p la n s; and f r e q u e n c y of w a g e p a y m e n t ( t a b le s B - 4 t h r o u g h B - 7 )
a r e t r e a t e d s t a t i s t i c a l l y on t h e b a s i s t h a t t h e s e a r e a p p l i c a b l e t o a l l
p l a n t o r o f f i c e w o r k e r s if a m a j o r i t y o f s u c h w o r k e r s a r e e l i g i b l e o r
m a y e v e n tu a lly q u a lify fo r the p r a c t i c e s lis te d .
S u m s of in d iv id u al
i t e m s in t a b l e s B - 2 t h r o u g h B - 7 m a y not e q u a l t o t a l s b e c a u s e of
rounding.
D a t a on p a i d h o l i d a y s ( t a b l e B - 4 ) a r e l i m i t e d t o d a t a on h o l i ­
d a y s g r a n t e d a n n u a l l y on a f o r m a l b a s i s ; i . e . , (1) a r e p r o v i d e d f o r
in w r i t t e n f o r m , o r (2) h a v e b e e n e s t a b l i s h e d b y c u s t o m .
H o lid a y s
o r d i n a r i l y g r a n t e d a r e i n c l u d e d e v e n t h o u g h t h e y m a y f a l l on a n o n ­
w o r k d a y a n d t h e w o r k e r i s not g r a n t e d a n o t h e r d a y o f f .
The fir s t

p a r t of t h e p a i d h o l i d a y s t a b l e p r e s e n t s t h e n u m b e r of w h o l e a n d h a l f
h o lid a y s a c t u a lly g r a n t e d . The s e c o n d p a r t c o m b in e s w hole and h alf
h o lid a y s to show t o ta l h o lid a y t i m e .
The s u m m a r y of v a c a tio n p la n s (tab le B - 5 ) i s l im ite d to a
s t a t i s t i c a l m e a s u r e of v a c a tio n p r o v i s io n s .
It i s n ot i n t e n d e d a s a
m e a s u r e o f t h e p r o p o r t i o n of w o r k e r s a c t u a l l y r e c e i v i n g s p e c i f i c b e n e ­
f i t s . P r o v i s i o n s o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t f o r a l l l e n g t h s of s e r v i c e w e r e
t a b u l a t e d a s a p p l y i n g t o a l l p l a n t o r o f f i c e w o r k e r s of t h e e s t a b l i s h ­
m e n t , r e g a r d l e s s of l e n g t h o f s e r v i c e .
P r o v i s i o n s f o r p a y m e n t on
o th er th an a t im e b a s i s w e r e c o n v e r t e d to a t im e b a s i s ; f o r e x a m p l e ,
a p a y m e n t o f 2 p e r c e n t of a n n u a l e a r n i n g s w a s c o n s i d e r e d a s the e q u i v ­
alen t of 1 w e e k 's p a y . E s t i m a t e s e x c lu d e v a c a t i o n - s a v i n g s p la n s and
th o se w hich o ffe r " e x t e n d e d " or " s a b b a t i c a l " b e n e fits b eyond b a s i c
p l a n s t o w o r k e r s w it h q u a l i f y i n g l e n g t h s o f s e r v i c e . T y p i c a l of s u c h
e x c l u s i o n s a r e p l a n s in t h e s t e e l , a l u m i n u m , a n d c a n i n d u s t r i e s .
D a t a on h e a l t h , i n s u r a n c e , a n d p e n s i o n p l a n s ( t a b l e B - 6 ) i n ­
c l u d e t h o s e p l a n s f o r w h i c h th e e m p l o y e r p a y s a t l e a s t a p a r t o f th e
c o s t. Such p la n s in clu de th o s e u n d e rw r itte n b y a c o m m e r c i a l in s u r a n c e
c o m p a n y and t h o s e p r o v i d e d th r o u g h a union fund o r p a id d i r e c t l y by
th e e m p l o y e r out o f c u r r e n t o p e r a t i n g f u n d s o r f r o m a fu n d s e t a s i d e
fo r this p u r p o se .
A n e s t a b l i s h m e n t w a s c o n s i d e r e d to h a v e a p l a n
if t h e m a j o r i t y o f e m p l o y e e s w a s e l i g i b l e t o b e c o v e r e d u n d e r th e
p l a n , e v e n if l e s s t h a n a m a j o r i t y e l e c t e d t o p a r t i c i p a t e b e c a u s e e m ­
p lo y e e s w e r e r e q u ir e d to co n tr ib u te t o w a r d the c o s t of the p la n .
Le­
g a lly re q u ir e d p la n s, su ch a s w o rk m e n 's c o m p e n satio n , s o c ia l s e ­
c u rity , and r a i l r o a d r e t i r e m e n t w e r e e x c lu d e d .
S i c k n e s s a n d a c c i d e n t i n s u r a n c e i s l i m i t e d t o t h a t t y p e of
i n s u r a n c e u n d er w hich p r e d e t e r m i n e d c a s h p a y m e n t s a r e m a d e d i r e c t ly
to the in s u r e d d u r in g i l l n e s s o r a c c id e n t d i s a b i l it y .
In form ation is
p r e s e n t e d f o r a ll su c h p la n s to w h ich the e m p lo y e r c o n t r ib u t e s .
How­
e v e r , in N e w Y o r k a n d N e w J e r s e y , w h i c h h a v e e n a c t e d t e m p o r a r y
d i s a b i lit y in su r a n c e la w s w hich r e q u ir e e m p lo y e r c o n tr ib u tio n s, 3 p la n s
a r e i n c l u d e d o n l y if t h e e m p l o y e r (1) c o n t r i b u t e s m o r e t h a n i s l e g a l l y
r e q u i r e d , o r (2) p r o v i d e s th e e m p l o y e e w it h b e n e f i t s w h i c h e x c e e d th e
r e q u ir e m e n t s of the law .
T a b u la t io n s of p a id s i c k le a v e p la n s a r e
l i m i t e d to f o r m a l p l a n s 4 w h i c h p r o v i d e f u l l p a y o r a p r o p o r t i o n o f t h e
w o r k e r 's p a y d u rin g a b s e n c e f r o m w o rk b e c a u s e of i l l n e s s .
Sep arate
t a b u l a t i o n s a r e p r e s e n t e d a c c o r d i n g t o (1) p l a n s w h i c h p r o v i d e f u l l p a y
a n d no w a i t i n g p e r i o d , a n d (2) p l a n s w h i c h p r o v i d e e i t h e r p a r t i a l p a y
o r a w a i t i n g p e r i o d . In a d d i t i o n t o t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e p r o p o r t i o n s
of w o r k e r s who a r e p r o v i d e d s i c k n e s s an d a c c id e n t i n s u r a n c e o r p a id
s i c k l e a v e , an u n d u p lic a te d t o t a l i s show n of w o r k e r s who r e c e i v e
e i t h e r o r b o th t y p e s o f b e n e f i t s .

2
An establishment was considered as having a policy if it m et either of the following con­
The temporary disability laws in California and Rhode Island do not require employer
ditions: (1) Operated late shifts at the time of the survey, or (2) had formal provisions covering
contributions.
late shifts. An establishment was considered as having formal provisions if it (1) had operated late
An establishment was considered as having a formal plan if it established at least the
shifts during the 12 months prior to the survey, or (2) had provisions in written form for operating
minimum number of days of sick leave available to each employee. Such a plan need not be
late shifts.
written, but informal sick leave allowances, determined on an individual basis, were excluded.




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C a t a s t r o p h e i n s u r a n c e , s o m e t i m e s r e f e r r e d to a s m a j o r m e d ­
i c a l i n s u r a n c e , in c lu d e s t h o s e p la n s w hich a r e d e s i g n e d to p r o t e c t
e m p l o y e e s in c a s e o f s i c k n e s s a n d i n j u r y i n v o l v i n g e x p e n s e s b e y o n d
the n o r m a l c o v e r a g e of h o s p it a liz a t io n , m e d i c a l , and s u r g i c a l p la n s .
M e d i c a l - i n s u r a n c e r e f e r s to p l a n s p r o v i d i n g f o r c o m p l e t e o r p a r t i a l
p a y m e n t of d o c t o r s ' f e e s .
Such plan s m a y be u n d erw ritten by c o m ­
m e r c i a l i n su r a n c e c o m p a n ie s o r non profit o r g a n iz a tio n s o r they m a y
b e p a i d f o r b y t h e e m p l o y e r out o f a fun d s e t a s i d e f o r t h i s p u r p o s e .
T a b u l a t i o n s ?o f r e t i r e m e n t p e n s i o n p l a n s a r e l i m i t e d t o t h o s e p l a n s
th at p r o v id e r e g u l a r p a y m e n t s f o r the r e m a i n d e r of the w o r k e r ' s life .
M e t h o d of w a g e d e t e r m i n a t i o n ( t a b l e B - 7 ) r e l a t e s t o b a s i c
ty p e s of r a te s tr u c tu r e fo r w o r k e r s p a id u n d er v a r i o u s t im e and in ­
cen tive s y s t e m s . U n d er a sin g le r a te s t r u c t u r e the s a m e r a t e i s p a id
t o a l l e x p e r i e n c e d w o r k e r s in t h e s a m e j o b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n . A n i n d i v i d ­
u a l w o r k e r o c c a s i o n a l l y m a y be p a i d a b o v e o r b e l o w t h e s i n g l e r a t e




fo r s p e c i a l r e a s o n s , but su c h p a y m e n t s a r e e x c e p t io n s . A r a n g e - o f r a t e s p la n s p e c i f i e s the m in im u m a n d / o r m a x im u m r a t e p a id e x p e r i ­
e n c e d w o r k e r s f o r t h e s a m e j o b . I n f o r m a t i o n a l s o i s p r o v i d e d on the
m e t h o d of p r o g r e s s i o n t h r o u g h t h e r a n g e . In t h e a b s e n c e o f a f o r m a l
r a t e s t r u c t u r e , t h e q u a l i f i c a t i o n s o f th e i n d i v i d u a l w o r k e r d e t e r m i n e
t h e p a y r a t e . I n f o r m a t i o n on t y p e s o f i n c e n t i v e p l a n s i s p r o v i d e d o n l y
f o r p l a n t w o r k e r s b e c a u s e of th e lo w i n c i d e n c e o f s u c h p l a n s f o r o f f i c e
w orkers.
U nder a p ie c e w o r k s y s t e m , a p r e d e te r m in e d r a te is p aid
f o r e a c h un it o f o u t p u t . P r o d u c t i o n b o n u s e s a r e b a s e d o n p r o d u c t i o n
o v e r a q u o t a o r c o m p l e t i o n o f a j o b in l e s s t h a n s t a n d a r d t i m e .
Com ­
p e n s a t i o n on a c o m m i s s i o n b a s i s r e p r e s e n t s p a y m e n t s b a s e d on a
p e r c e n t a g e o f v a l u e o f s a l e s , o r on a c o m b i n a t i o n o f a s t a t e d s a l a r y
plus a p e rc e n ta g e .
D ata
tab le B - 7 .

on f r e q u e n c y

of w a g e

paym ent

also

are

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T a b l e 1.

E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a nd W o r k e r s Wit hin S c o p e o f S u r v e y a n d N u m b e r S t u d i e d in B u f f a l o , N . Y . , 1 b y M a j o r I n d u s t r y D i v i s i o n , 2 N o v e m b e r 1968
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N um ber of es tablishm ents

M inim um
em ploym ent
in e s t a b l i s h ­
m e n t s in s c o p e
of study

Industry division

W o r k e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
W it hi n s c o p e o f s t u d y

Wit hin s c o p e
of stu d y 8

S tu d ie d

S tu d ie d

T o t a l '*
P lan t
Num ber

O f f ic e

Percent

Total*

All estab lish m en ts
A l l d i v i s i o n s ----------------------------------------------

-

78 7

21 9

2 5 4 , 300

100

174,500

34,400

178,650

M anufacturing- E rie..
.
. . . .
____
. . .
N iagara .
.
.
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
other public u t i l i t i e s 5 . .
. _ .
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ------------- ------ ----- ------------ --. . .
R e t a i l t r a d e ___ . . .
F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e ___ _____
S e r v i c e s 8 _____ _

50
50
50
-

39 0
307
83
397

110
76
34
109

166,600
125,000
41,600
87, 700

66
49
17
34

12 3, 000
93 , 200
29,800
51,500

17, 600
13,500
4, 100
16,800

122,360
88 , 530
33, 830
56,290

50
50
50
50
50

64
82
133
46
72

28
15
31
14
21

23,600
7, 200
33 , 50 0
12, 100
11,300

9
3
13
5
4

-

94

80

164,200

100

11 3, 8 00

21,400

153, 500

50 0
-

60
34

49
31

119,600
4 4 , 600

73
27

88,400
25,400

13, 100
8,300

1 1 1 , 200
42 , 300

50 0
50 0
50 0
50 0
500

9
2
15
5
3

9
1
14
4
3

15,500
2, 700
18,100
5, 5 00
2, 8 00

9
2
11
3
2

13, 200
( 6)
( 6)
(7)
(6)

3,600
( 6)
(6)
(6)
(6)

19, 790
1,630
21, 730
7, 310
5, 830

L a r g e estab lish m en ts
All divisions
M anufacturing
_____ _
_ _
___ _____
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 , an d
o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 — — —— ——______ ——
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e ______ __________ ______ ___ ___
f?f=!tqi1 t r a d e
_ ---F in a n c e , in su ran c e , and r e a l e s t a t e - S e r v i c e s 8__
____ . .
. .

8, 300
(6)
(6)
( 7)
(6)

2, 500
( 6)
(6)
(6)
(6)

15,500
1,400
17, 600
5, 000
2, 800

1 T h e B u f f a l o S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a , a s d e f i n e d b y the B u r e a u of the B u d g e t t h r o u g h J a n u a r y 19 6 8 , c o n s i s t s of E r i e a n d N i a g a r a C o u n t i e s . T h e " w o r k e r s w it h i n s c o p e of
s t u d y " e s t i m a t e s sh o w n in t h i s t a b l e p r o v i d e a r e a s o n a b l y a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n of the s i z e a n d c o m p o s i t i o n of the l a b o r f o r c e i n c l u d e d in th e s u r v e y .
T h e e s t i m a t e s a r e not in te n d e d , h o w e v e r ,
to s e r v e a s a b a s i s of c o m p a r i s o n w it h o t h e r e m p l o y m e n t i n d e x e s f o r th e a r e a to m e a s u r e e m p l o y m e n t t r e n d s o r l e v e l s s i n c e (1) p l a n n i n g of w a g e s u r v e y s r e q u i r e s the u s e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t d a t a
c o m p i l e d c o n s i d e r a b l y in a d v a n c e o f th e p a y r o l l p e r i o d s t u d i e d , a n d (2) s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m the s c o p e of th e s u r v e y .
2 T h e 1967 e d i t i o n o f th e S t a n d a r d I n d u s t r i a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l w a s u s e d in c l a s s i f y i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n .
3 I n c l u d e s a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h t o t a l e m p l o y m e n t a t o r a b o v e th e m i n i m u m l i m i t a t i o n . A l l o u t l e t s (withi n the a r e a ) o f c o m p a n i e s in s u c h i n d u s t r i e s a s t r a d e , f i n a n c e , a u t o r e p a i r s e r v i c e ,
and m otion p ictu re th e at e r s a r e c o n s id e re d a s 1 e stab lish m e n t.
4 I n c l u d e s e x e c u t i v e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d o t h e r w o r k e r s e x c l u d e d f r o m th e s e p a r a t e p l a n t a nd o f f i c e c a t e g o r i e s .
5 T a x i c a b s a n d s e r v i c e s i n c i d e n t a l to w a t e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n w e r e e x c l u d e d .
6 T h i s i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n i s r e p r e s e n t e d in e s t i m a t e s f o r " a l l i n d u s t r i e s " a n d " n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g " in the S e r i e s A t a b l e s , a n d f o r " a l l i n d u s t r i e s " in th e S e r i e s B t a b l e s . S e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t i o n of
d a t a f o r t h i s d i v i s i o n i s not m a d e f o r one o r m o r e of th e f o ll o w i n g r e a s o n s : (1) E m p l o y m e n t in the d i v i s i o n i s t o o s m a l l to p r o v i d e e n o u g h d a t a to m e r i t s e p a r a t e s t u d y , (2) the s a m p l e w a s not d e s i g n e d
i n i t i a l l y to p e r m i t s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t i o n , (3) r e s p o n s e w a s i n s u f f i c i e n t o r in a d e q u a t e to p e r m i t s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t i o n , a n d (4) t h e r e i s p o s s i b i l i t y o f d i s c l o s u r e of in d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t d a t a .
7 W o r k e r s f r o m t h i s e n t i r e i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n a r e r e p r e s e n t e d in e s t i m a t e s f o r " a l l i n d u s t r i e s " a n d " n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g " in the S e r i e s A t a b l e s , but f r o m the r e a l e s t a t e p o r t i o n o n l y in e s t i m a t e s
f o r " a l l i n d u s t r i e s " in th e S e r i e s B t a b l e s . S e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t i o n of d a t a f o r t h i s d i v i s i o n i s not m a d e f o r one o r m o r e o f th e r e a s o n s g i v e n in fo o tn o te 6 a b o v e .
8 H o t e l s a n d m o t e l s ; l a u n d r i e s a n d o t h e r p e r s o n a l s e r v i c e s ; b u s i n e s s s e r v i c e s ; a u t o m o b i l e r e p a i r , r e n t a l , a nd p a r k i n g ; m o t i o n p i c t u r e s ; n o n p r o f i t m e m b e r s h i p o r g a n i z a t i o n s ( e x c l u d i n g
r e lig io u s and c h a rita b le o r g a n iz a tio n s); and en g in eerin g and a r c h it e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s .




A l m o s t t w o - t h i r d s o f th e w o r k e r s w it h i n s c o p e of th e s u r v e y in th e B u f f a l o a r e a w e r e e m p l o y e d in m a n u f a c t u r i n g
f o l l o w i n g p r e s e n t s th e m a j o r i n d u s t r y g r o u p s a n d s p e c i f i c i n d u s t r i e s
a p e rce n t of a ll m anu facturing:

The

Specific in dustries

Industry groups
P r i m a r y m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s ________________________________
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t ________________________________
C h e m i c a l s a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ------------ 1----------------------E l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t a n d s u p p l i e s _______________________
F a b r i c a t e d m e t a l p r o d u c t s _______________________________
M a c h i n e r y , e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l _____________________________
F o o d a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s ____________________________
S t o n e , c l a y , a n d g l a s s p r o d u c t s ---------------------------------P a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ------------------------------------------P r i n t i n g a nd p u b l i s h i n g _______________________________

firm s.

20
20
9
8
8
8
6
5
4
4

B l a s t f u r n a c e a n d b a s i c s t e e l p r o d u c t s __________________
M o t o r v e h i c l e s a n d e q u i p m e n t ____________________________
A i r c r a f t a nd p a r t s ____________________
I n d u s t r i a l c h e m i c a l s ______________________________________
E l e c t r i c a l i n d u s t r i a l a p p a r a t u s __________________________
G e n e r a l i n d u s t r i a l m a c h i n e r y ____________________________

15
14
6
6
5
4

E r i e Co u n ty c o n t r i b u t e d o v e r w h e l m i n g l y to th e a r e a * s m a n u f a c t u r i n g e m p l o y m e n t in a l l b ut t h r e e m a j o r i n d u s t r y g r o u p s .
Co u n ty e m p l o y e d m o r e w o r k e r s in s t o n e , c l a y , a nd g l a s s p r o d u c t s ; p a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s ; a nd the c h e m i c a l s i n d u s t r y .

N iagara

T h i s i n f o r m a t i o n i s b a s e d on e s t i m a t e s o f t o t a l e m p l o y m e n t d e r i v e d f r o m u n i v e r s e m a t e r i a l s c o m p i l e d p r i o r t o a c t u a l s u r v e y .
P r o p o r t i o n s in v a r i o u s i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s m a y d i f f e r f r o m p r o p o r t i o n s b a s e d on th e r e s u l t s o f th e s u r v e y a s s h o w n in t a b l e 1 a b o v e .

Wage Trends for Selected Occupational Groups
P r e s e n t e d in t a b l e 2 a r e i n d e x e s a n d p e r c e n t a g e s o f c h a n g e
in a v e r a g e s a l a r i e s o f o ffic e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s an d i n d u s t r i a l n u r s e s ,
a n d in a v e r a g e e a r n i n g s o f s e l e c t e d p l a n t w o r k e r g r o u p s .
The in d exes
a r e a m e a s u r e of w a g e s a t a g iv e n t im e , e x p r e s s e d a s a p e r c e n t of
w a g e s d u r i n g t h e b a s e p e r i o d ( d a t e o f th e a r e a s u r v e y c o n d u c t e d
b e tw e en Ju l y I9 6 0 an d Ju n e 1961).
S u b t r a c t i n g 100 f r o m th e i n d e x
y i e l d s t h e p e r c e n t a g e c h a n g e in w a g e s f r o m th e b a s e p e r i o d to the
d a t e o f the i n d e x .
T h e p e r c e n t a g e s o f c h a n g e o r i n c r e a s e r e l a t e to
w a g e c h a n g e s b e tw e en the in d ic a te d d a t e s .
These e stim a te s are
m e a s u r e s o f c h a n g e in a v e r a g e s f o r th e a r e a ; t h e y a r e not i n t e n d e d
to m e a s u r e a v e r a g e p a y c h a n g e s i n th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in t h e a r e a .

F o r o f f i c e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s a n d i n d u s t r i a l n u r s e s , th e w a g e
t r e n d s r e l a t e to r e g u l a r w e e k l y s a l a r i e s f o r th e n o r m a l w o r k w e e k ,
e x c lu siv e of e a rn in g s for o v e r tim e .
F o r p lan t w o r k e r g r o u p s , they
m e a s u r e c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rly e a r n i n g s , e x c lu d in g
p r e m iu m pay fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w o rk on w ee k e n d s, h o lid a y s, and
late sh ifts.
T h e p e r c e n t a g e s a r e b a s e .d o n d a t a f o r s e l e c t e d k e y o c c u ­
p a t i o n s a n d i n c l u d e m o s t o f th e n u m e r i c a l l y i m p o r t a n t j o b s w it h in
each group.

L im ita tio n s of D ata

M ethod of C om p u tin g
E a c h o f the s e l e c t e d k e y o c c u p a t i o n s w it h in a n o c c u p a t i o n a l
g r o u p w a s a s s i g n e d a w e i g h t b a s e d on i t s p r o p o r t i o n a t e e m p l o y m e n t
in th e o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p .
T h e se co n stan t w eights re fle c t b a s e y e a r
e m ploy m en ts w h e rev er p o s s ib le .
The a v e r a g e (m ean) e a r n in g s fo r
e a c h o c c u p a t i o n w e r e m u l t i p l i e d b y t h e o c c u p a t i o n a l w e i g h t , a n d th e
p r o d u c t s f o r a l l o c c u p a t i o n s in t h e g r o u p w e r e t o t a l e d . T h e a g g r e g a t e s
f o r 2 c o n s e c u t i v e y e a r s w e r e r e l a t e d b y d i v i d i n g th e a g g r e g a t e f o r
the l a t e r y e a r b y th e a g g r e g a t e f o r th e e a r l i e r y e a r .
The re su ltan t
r e l a t i v e , l e s s 100 p e r c e n t , s h o w s th e p e r c e n t a g e c h a n g e . . T h e i n d e x
i s t h e p r o d u c t o f m u l t i p l y i n g the b a s e y e a r r e l a t i v e (100) b y th e r e l a t i v e
f o r th e n e x t s u c c e e d i n g y e a r a n d c o n t i n u i n g to m u l t i p l y ( c o m p o u n d )
e a c h y e a r ' s r e l a t i v e b y th e p r e v i o u s y e a r ' s i n d e x .
A v e ra g e e arn in g s
f o r the f o l l o w i n g o c c u p a t i o n s w e r e u s e d i n c o m p u t i n g th e w a g e t r e n d s ;

The in d e x e s an d p e r c e n t a g e s of c h a n g e , a s m e a s u r e s of
c h a n g e i n a r e a a v e r a g e s , a r e i n f l u e n c e d b y:
(1) g e n e r a l s a l a r y a n d
w a g e c h a n g e s , (2) m e r i t o r o t h e r i n c r e a s e s i n p a y r e c e i v e d b y i n d i ­
v i d u a l w o r k e r s w h i l e in th e s a m e j o b , a n d (3) c h a n g e s i n a v e r a g e
w a g e s d u e to c h a n g e s in the l a b o r f o r c e r e s u l t i n g f r o m l a b o r t u r n ­
o v e r , f o r c e e x p a n s i o n s , f o r c e r e d u c t i o n s , a n d c h a n g e s in th e p r o p o r ­
t i o n s o f w o r k e r s e m p l o y e d b y e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s .
C h a n g e s in t h e l a b o r f o r c e c a n c a u s e i n c r e a s e s o r d e c r e a s e s , in the
o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e s w it h o u t a c t u a l w a g e c h a n g e s .
It i s c o n c e i v a b l e
t h a t e v e n t h o u g h a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in a n a r e a g a v e w a g e i n c r e a s e s ,
a v e r a g e w a g e s m a y have d e clin e d b e c a u s e lo w e r- p a y in g e s ta b lis h m e n t s
e n t e r e d the a r e a o r e x p a n d e d t h e ir w o r k f o r c e s .
S im ilarly , w ages
m a y h ave r e m a in e d r e la t iv e ly c o n sta n t, yet the a v e r a g e s fo r a n a r e a
m a y have r is e n c o n s id e r a b ly b e c a u s e h ig h e r-p ay in g e sta b lish m e n ts
e n t e r e d th e a r e a .

Office clerical (men and women): Office clerical (men and women)— Skilled maintenance (men):
Bookkeeping-machine
Continued
Carpenters
operators, class B
Secretaries
Electricians
Clerics, accounting, classes
Stenographers, general
Machinists
A and B
Stenographers, senior
Mechanics
Clerics, file, classes
Switchboard operators, classes
Mechanics (automotive)
A, B, and C
A and B
Painters
Clerics, order
Tabulating-m achine operators,
Pipefitters
Clerics, payroll
class B
Tool and die makers
Comptometer operators
Typists, classes A and B
Keypunch operators, classes
Unskilled plant (men):
A and B
Industrial nurses (men and women):
Janitors, porters, and cleaners
Office boys and girls
Nurses, industrial (registered)
Laborers, m aterial handling




T h e u s e o f c o n s t a n t e m p l o y m e n t w e i g h t s e l i m i n a t e s th e e f f e c t
o f c h a n g e s in th e p r o p o r t i o n o f w o r k e r s r e p r e s e n t e d in e a c h j o b i n ­
c l u d e d in th e d a t a .
The p e r c e n t a g e s of c h a n g e r e f l e c t only c h a n g e s
in a v e r a g e p a y f o r s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r s .
T h e y a r e not i n f l u e n c e d b y
c h a n g e s in s t a n d a r d w o r k s c h e d u l e s , a s s u c h , o r b y p r e m i u m p a y
for o v ertim e.
W h e r e n e c e s s a r y , d a t a w e r e a d j u s t e d to r e m o v e f r o m
the i n d e x e s a n d p e r c e n t a g e s o f c h a n g e a n y s i g n i f i c a n t e f f e c t c a u s e d
b y c h a n g e s in th e s c o p e o f the s u r v e y .

5

6

T a b l e 2.

I n d e x e s o f S t a n d a r d W e e k l y S a l a r i e s a n d S t r a i g h t - T i m e H o u r l y E a r n i n g s f o r S e l e c t e d O c c u p a t i o n a l G r o u p s in
B u f f a l o ( E r i e an d N i a g a r a C o u n t i e s ) , N. Y . , N o v e m b e r 19 6 8 a n d D e c e m b e r 19 6 7 ,
and P e r c e n t s of I n c r e a s e f o r S e le c t e d P e r i o d s
Indexes
(D e c e m b e r 1960=100)

In d u st r y and o c c u p a tio n a l g r o u p

P e rc e n ts of in c re a se
D ecem ber
1967
to
N ovem ber
1968

D ecem ber
1967

N ovem ber
1968

D ecem ber
1966
to
D ecem ber
1967

D ecem ber
1965
to
D ecem ber
1966

D ecem ber
1964
to
D ecem ber
1965

D ecem ber
1963
to
D ecem ber
1964

A ll i n d u s t r i e s :
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) ___
I n d u s t r i a l n u r s e s ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) __
S k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e ( m e n ) ___________
U n s k i l l e d p l a n t ( m e n ) ________ ______

130.
136.
135.
130.

2
1
7
9

125.
127.
127.
123.

6
2
6
4

3.
7.
6.
6.

7
0
3
1

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

3.
4.
4.
2.

5
8
8
9

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

2.
3.
3.
3.

M an u factu rin g:
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) ___
I n d u s t r ia l n u r s e s (m e n and w om en) —
S k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e ( m e n ) ___________
U n s k i l l e d p l a n t ( m e n ) ________________

127.
134.
135.
126.

6
6
2
5

122.
125.
127.
119.

5
8
1
3

4.
7.
6.
6.

2
0
4
0

4.
5.
7.
4.

2.
4.
4.
2.

8
7
9
5

3.
4.
3.
2.

3. 2
3. 2
2.9
1 .8

1
7
1
0

9
5
9
1

D ecem ber
1962
to
D ecem ber
1963
A ll i n d u s t r i e s :
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) ____
I n d u s tr ia l n u r s e s (m e n and w om en) —
S k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e ( m e n ) ___ _______
U n s k i l l e d p l a n t ( m e n ) _________________ —

—

—

M an u factu rin g:
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) ____ _____________ _____________ ____________
___ _____ _______
I n d u s t r ia l n u r s e s (m e n and w o m e n )_
S k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e ( m e n ) ---------------- _______ ____ _____ _________________ ____________
—
—
U n s k i l l e d p l a n t ( m e n ) ----------------------- —




D ecem ber
I960
to
D ecem ber
1961

7
3
0
6

D ecem ber
1961
to
D ecem ber
1962

2.
1.
1.
2.

2
9
7
3

3. 1
1 .9
1 .9
3. 6

2.
2.
2.
2.

2
0
5
3

3.
5.
4.
4.

6
8
3
5

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

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

2. 1
1. 5
2. 3
1 .9

3.
6.
4.
4.

6
2
3
1

O ctober
1959
to
D ecem ber
I960

7

A. Occupational Earnings
Table A-l. Office Occupations—SMSA—Men and Women
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w ee kl y h o u r s and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a ti o n s st u d i ed on an a r e a b a s i s by i n d u s tr y d iv is io n ,
Bu f f al o ( S ta n d a rd M e tr o p o l it a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a ) , N. Y. , N o v e m b e r 1968)
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s re c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e wee kl y e a r n i n g s of—
Number
of
workers

*

i

$

t

$

*

$

i

115

120

125

130

140

150

160

1 --E
170
180

115

120

125

130

140

150

160

170

180 over

8
2

1
1

11
10

1
-

9
9

27
16

44
36

42
42

56
55

14
11

1

1

4

8

10

14

12

2

-

-

-

13
13

28
15

_

14
5

7
-

1
1

7
“

1
1

-

-

18
15

2

5

6

9

10

14

8

3

23

1

-

5

t

110

5

5

1
'

*

'

'

t

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

105

60

Se x , occup ati on, and in du s tr y di v i si o n

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

105

no

$
$
,
39.5 147.00 $ 5 . . c o 13 5.00-165.50
39.5 151.00 152.50 14 1.50-166.00

-

-

*

-

*

3
3

2
2

-

-

-

-

4

-

3

weekly
hours1
’standard)

55
Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

S

$

$

i

t

$

t

t

and
under

and

HEN
CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A
M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------

228
190

ACCOUNTING, CLASS B

62

39.0 126.50 129.00 119.50-139.50

CLERKS, ORDER --------------MA NUFACTURING ------------

92
50

PAVRGLL -------------

87

o
o

138.00 136.50 121.50-165.50

OFFICE BOYS ------------------

62

38.5

3

39.5 126.00 125.50 116.50-133.00
40.0 121.50 11 9 . CO 115.00-128.50

CLERKS,

7
-

CLERKS,

87.00

86.00

-

-

3
3

73 .0 0- 10 6. 00

8

4

6

6

6

7

8

3

1

'

3
3

WOMEN
BILLERS, MACHINE (BILLING
MACHINE) -----------------------NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG ------------

96
55

39.5
39.0

73.00- 12 7. 50
72.50- 12 8. 00

1
1

7
7

~

26
12

BOOKKE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS A -------------------------

73

39.0 111.00 115.50 106.00-121.50

-

-

1

-

74.50- 93.00
81.00-107.00
71.00- 92.00

_
-

115.50
98.50- 12 7. 00
99.00- 12 8. 50
115.50
115.50
97 .0 0- 12 4. 00
124.50 118.50-165.00

_

95.50
95.50

82.50
83 . CO

8
3

-

BOOKKE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS B ------------------------MA NUFACTURING --------------NCNM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------

190
58
132

38.5
39.5
38.0

84.50
91.50
81.50

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A —
MA NU FACTURING --------------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG -----------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------

358
238
120
35

39.5
39.5
39.0
39.5

115.00
115.50
114.50
135.50

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B —
MA NUFACTURING --------------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG -----------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------

662
365
297
31

39.0
8 9 . CO
92.50
39.0
95.50
9 3 . CO
38.5
88.50
8 7 . CO
39.0 113.50 1 1 5 . CO

80 .5 0- 10 1. 00
81.50-108.00
80.00- 94.00
97.5 0- 12 4. 50

CLERKS, FILC, CLASS B --------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG ------------

156
116

38.0
37.5

78.50
71.50

70.50
68.50

67.00- 88.50
66.00- 72.50

3
3

14
14

57
56

33
29

3
-

CLERKS, FILE, CL AS S C --------MANUFACTURING --------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------

216
54
162

38.5
40.0
38.0

70.50
80.00
67.50

6 8 . CO
74.50
64.50

63.00- 77.50
72.50- 86.50
62.00- 71.00

14

73
1
72

34
34

37
28
9

CLERKS, ORDER ------------------MANUFACTURING --------------NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG ------------

193
108
85

39.0
95.50 95.50
39.0 104.00 100.00
39.0
84.00
86 . CO

86.50-103.50
96 .5 0- 10 7. 50
75 .5 0- 90.00

7
7

5
5

CLERKS, PAYROLL ---------------MA NUFACTURING --------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------

301
176
125

39.5 106.00 103.50
39.5 110.50 108.50
39.0
99.50 100.00

88.50-118.50
92.00- 12 2. 50
87 .0 0-112.50

-

4
1
3

S e e foo tno te s at end of t a b le .




8 7 . CO
90.00
86.00

10

22

10

22

-

-

-

-

“

_
-

3
3

6
6

-

-

-

-

-

13
9

1
1

1

1

“
7

-

1

-

1
1
-

1

2
“

-

“

1
1

28
14

9
7

“

3

1

20

1

17

12

3

1

5

-

-

-

-

1
1

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

36
28
8
3

-

11
7
4
4

12
4
8
8

_
-

-

8
7
1
1

10
8
2
2

4

-

_
-

_
-

“

“

4
3
1

5
5

6
6

_
-

32
22
10
1

20
17
3

24
14
10

31
10
21
8

25
22
3

-

55
39
16
6

63
35
28
4

34
25

27
23
4
4

22
21
1
-

15
6
9
9

7
7

9
i

36
28
8
i

“

15
14
1
1

-

-

-

14
8

-

_

2

4

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

“

11
1

_

-

4
-

10
4
6

2
2

i

2
2

5
5

13
3
10

29
2
27

25
10
15

39
39

19
19
-

17
17

2
2
-

3
3
*

9
6
3

_

3

2
2
-

_

_

-

5
5
-

_

-

-

-

-

19
10
9

28
6
22

16
9
7

30
18
12

30
10
20

15
15

34
13
21

25
22
3

22
10
12

10
5
5

5
5

18
12
6

10
2
8

20
4
16

40
12
28

36
12
24

9
i
8

-

-

7
1
6
~

8
3
5
“

27
22
5
“

32
21
11
3

24
15
9
i

26
10
16

118
57
61

100
53
47

102
33
69

74
35
39

1
1

10
4

10
8
2

28
3
25

8
8

6
6

14
7
7

19
17
2

ft

14

~

i

9

-

9

-

-

-

-

3

2
2

12
12

6
6

i

3
3

-

-

-

15
14
1

-

-

-

_
-

8
Table A-l. Office Occupations—SMSA—Men and Women--- Continued
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e wee kl y h o u rs and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o cc u p a ti o n s st ud ie d on an a r e a b a s i s by i n d u s t r y di v is io n ,
Bu f f al o ( S t a n d a r d M e tr o p o l it an S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a ) , N. Y, , N o v e m b e r 1968)
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s re c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e wee kl y e a r n i n g s of—
Number Average
weekly
of
workers (standard)

S

t

$

%

s

Mean

Median 2

Middle range 2

65

70

s

$
75

80

%

$
85

90

i
95

s

55
and
un der

60

60

Se x , occup ati on, and in d u s tr y di v i si on

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

105

15

20
~
20

42
23
19

25

15

25

45
24
21

19
2
17

16
9
7

27
1
26

28
16
12

_
-

_
-

_
-

16
1
15

8
A
4

48
27
21

40
14
26

33
27
6

10

~

33
3
30
-

47
12
35
7

77
37
AO
6

73
25
48
9

75
42
33
5

52
33
19
-

29
29

10
-

14
~
14

19
9
10

28
14
14

35
21
14

20
9
ii

34
17
17

ii
7
A

_
~

1
1
-

15
15

9
3
6

61
37
24

90
52
38

100

$
105

$
no

$
115

$
120

$
125

S
130

$
140

$
150

t
160

i
170

180

-

and

180

over

-

-

-

5
5
-

2
2
-

1
1
-

-

_
-

_
-

"

-

-

-

_

115

120

125

130

14C

150

160

170

A
A
-

10
l
9

3
3

4
1
3

-

3
3
“

11
11
-

-

22
6
16

22
21
1

19
15
A

12
11
1

1
1
“

A
A

A
2
2

5
3
2

9
7
2
1

16
13
3
3

8
8
-

40
40

2
2
-

-

-

1
1

-

27
20
7
2

-

-

2
2
~

1
1

1
1
-

2
1
1

-

"

“

_

-

-

-

-

-

128
85
43
3

59
42
17
A

140
99
41
3

102
85
17
3

101
67
34
5

134
1C1
33
12

125
109
16
3

126
93
33
16

25C
19A
56
13

125
81
44
29

49
24
25
16

43
42
1

29
23
6
1

15
15

16
8

i

-

9
7

2

5
i

4
A

13
12

n
7

A
A

6
A

6
6

12
10

1
1

10
A
6

12
2
10

31
17
14

9
A
5

18
14
A

33
16
17

38
31
7

3A
29
5

78
56
22

A8
A2
6

17
3
14

8
7
1

6
2
A

12
12
-

28
28

no

WOMEN - CONT IN UE D
C O M P TO ME TE R OP ERATORS --------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

2 72
95
17 7

39.5
40.0
39.0

$
87.50
94.50
83.50

$
84.00
87.50
82.50

$
$
7 4 .0 0 - 99.00
80.00-104.00
7 2 .5 0 - 97.00

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A -------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------NCNM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

24 2
140
10 2

39.5
40.0
38.5

100.00
104.00
94.50

96.50
99.50
92.00

8 9 .00-108.50
9 1 .0 0 -1 1 2 .0 0
8 6 .50-101.50

_
-

KE YPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B ----- t
—
MA NU FACTURING --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

50 8
281
22 7
33

39.0
39.5
38.5
39.0

89.00
96.50
80.00
85.50

86.00
93.50
8 C .C 0
82.00

7 7 .5 0 - 97.50
8 3 .50-111.50
7 2 .5 0 - 86.00
7 6 .0 0 - 88.50

_
-

OFFICE GIRLS -------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------- b----------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

16 7
81
86

38.5
39.5
37.5

73.50
75.50
72.00

73.50
74.50
7 2 . CO

6 6 .506 9 .006 4 .00-

SE CRETARIES4 --------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------- ---NC NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

1,602
1,152
450
108

39.5
39.5
39.0
38.5

118.50 118.50 1 0 1 .5 0 -1 3 4 .5 0
1 2 0 . 5 0 1 2 0 . CO 1 0 3 . 5 0 - 1 3 5 . 5 0
113.50 113 .5 0
9 3 .5 0 -1 3 2 .5 0
1 3 1 . 5 0 1 3 3 . CO 1 1 9 . 0 0 - 1 4 4 . 0 0

SECRETARIES, CLASS A -------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

91
64

39.0
39.5

130.00
136.00

SECRETARIES, CLASS B -------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG -----------------

36 6
24 1
125

39.0
39.5
38.0

127.00 1 2 8 .0 0
131.00 130.50
120.00 119.00

115.00-140.00
120.00-141.00
102.00 -1 3 4 .0 0

SECRETARIES, CLASS C -------------MA NU FACTURING ---------------- ---N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

5 64
403
161
44

39.5
39.5
39.5
38.5

123.50 126 .0 0
1 2 4 . 5 0 1 2 6 . CO
120.50 126.00
139.00 142.00

106.00-138.50
106.00-137.50
105.50-141.00
138.00-144.50

SECRETARIES, CLASS 0 -------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

565
429
136

39.5
40.0
38.5

105.50 104.50
107.50 108.50
99.00
94.00

9 1 .0 0 -1 1 9 .0 0
9 3 .0 0 -1 1 9 .5 0
8 6 .50-111.50

STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL -------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

944
5 75
3 69
85

39.0
39.5
38.0
39.0

94.00
95.50
91.50
121.50

92.00
9 5.50
88.50
126.50

8 2 .00-105.50
8 4 .5 0 -1 0 6 .5 0
7 7 .5 0 -1 0 2 .0 0
119.00-125.00

STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR --------------MA NU FACTURING ---------------------

479
3 10

39.5
39.5

110.50 112.00
118.00 1 1 8 .5 0

9 5 .5 0 -1 2 4 .0 0
107.00 -1 2 7 .5 0

SW IT CH BO AR D OPERATORS, CLASS A ---MA NU FACTURING ---------------------

94
73

40.0
40.5

107.00
108.50

108.50
109.00

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

SW ITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS B ---NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

122
99

38.0
37.5

85.00
82.50

81.00
78.50

7 3 .0 0 - 94.50
7 1 .5 0 - 92.50

SW IT CH BO AR D CP ER ATOR-RECEPTI ONISTSMANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N C N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------- • ---—
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

317
165
152
27

39.0
39.5
38.5
39.0

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




81.50
82.50
80.50

-

-

-

-

~

“

_
-

-

10

-

_
~
-

_

_

1 2 8 . CO 1 0 8 . 0 0 - 1 5 7 . 0 0
132.50 1 2 0 .5 0 -1 6 3 .0 0

91.00
89.00
92.50
95.00
89.50
8 4 . CO
101.50 116.00

8 0 .50-106.00
83.50-102.50
7 6 .00-107.00
8 2 .5 0 -1 1 9 .5 0

_
-

_

-

_
-

-

_
-

-

_
-

-

-

_

1

5

1

5

15

57
27
30
-

“

-

-

12

-

12

14
14

-

15
-

10

2
2
“

1

_
-

_

-

12
11
1
-

56
45
11
1

A6
41
5
-

28
8
20
l

34
25
9
3

33
29
A
-

A9
3A
15
2

129
105
24

59
24
35
26

16
7
9
5

9
3
6

45
30
15

70
A8
22

70
A5
25

3A
29
5

52
36
16

38
33
5

53
45
8

61
58
3

A9
45
A

30
18
12

32
26

11
8
3

5
5
-

89
43
46

111
81
30
-

136
78
58
~

98
A9
49
5

98
82
16
1

68
50
18
1

75
64
11
8

50
A9
i
i

24
17
7
7

35
31
A
A

51
A
47
A7

11
11

26

30
8

37
10

40
25

40
26

26
20

52
40

48
40

48
38

57
5A

15
13

12
11

14
10

i
i

7
7

l
1

10
10

2
2

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

“

_

_

_

-

22
“

2
2

4
~

6
6

8
3

7
7

1
1

8
5

17
17

6
2

-

10
10

3
3

20
19

19
17

17
11

5
3

14
12

3
2

5
3

2
1

6
-

11
11

16

28
8
20

19
5
14

61
26
35
6

29
25
A

12
6
6

52
43
9

5

32
17
15
2

14
14

-

~

16
A

_

32
28
A
-

_

_

_

19
A
15
-

_

6
6

*

9
9

14
5
9
-

_
-

_

-

-

-

-

-

5

26
6
20
10

9
A
5
5

-

f
c
f
c

11

-

3

3

-

_

-

-

-

_

7
7

-

_
_
_
-

-

“

2
2

-

_
-

_
-

_

-

-

-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

37
35

i
1

_

-

-

"

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

-

_
-

9

Table A-l. Office Occupations—
SMSA—
Men and Women— Continued
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e we e kl y h o u r s and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a ti o n s st u d i ed on an a r e a b a s i s by in d u s t r y d iv is io n ,
B u ff al o ( S t a n d a r d M e tr o p o l it a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a ) , N. Y. , N o v e m b e r 1968)
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s re c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e we e kl y e a r n i n g s of—
Se x , occup ati on, and in d u s tr y di v i si on

N um ber
of
workers

S
55

w eek ly

( standard)

M ean2

M e d ian 2

M iddle range 2

t

t
60

65

$

$

*

70

75

$
80

$

t
85

90

t
95

t

100

105

t

*

$
110

115

t

i
120

125

$

%

130

140

f

150

1

%

160

170

and
u n d er

65

90

95

ICO

105

110

“

80

5

1

3

15

8

18

5

3

3

7

13
5
8

22
4
18

2
2

30
21
9

48
39
9

37
30

41
28
13
”

40
22
18
3

60
32
28
1

52
41
11
2

43
40
3

35
31
4
4

85

70

75

~

60

180
and

~

-

7

11

1
l

4
4
-

17
8
9

1
6

10
2
8
~

43
16
27
~

42
30
12

194
23
171

10 5
55
50
5

12 7
96
31
4

140

120

125

3

1

2

3

13

-

-

-

-

1

2
2
~

4
i

10
10

1
1

_

_

30
4
4

26
12
14
14

27
17
10
8

1
6
6

19
15
4
4

11
10
1
1

16
16

150

29

U 5

*3 °

160

170

180

over

-

WOMEN - CONT IN UE D
TA BU LA TI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
CLASS B ------------------------

64

39.0

TA BU LA TI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
CLASS C --------------------------

$

119.00

$

$

$

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

70

37.5

90.00

87.50

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

TRANSCRI BI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
GENERAL -------------------------MA NUFACTURING ---------------NCNM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------------

113
60
53

39.5
39.5
39.0

93.50
93.50
96.00 101.50
91.00
91.00

8 4 .50-103.00
8 6 .0 0 -1 0 5 .0 0
8 4 .0 0 - 95.00

TYPISTS, CLASS A ---------------MA NUFACTURING ---------------NCNMANUF AC TU RI NG ------------PUBLIC UT I L I T I E S 3----------

39 6
25 8
138
41

39.0
39.5
38.0
38.0

93.50
94.00
93.00
114.00

93.00
92.50
95.00
114.50

8 0 .5 0 -1 0 5 .5 0
8 3 .0 0 -1 0 5 .0 0
75.00-110.00
110.50-12C .50

TYPISTS, CLASS B ---------------MA NUFACTURING ---------------NCNMAN UF AC TU RI NG ------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S3----------

86 7
433
434
40

38.5
39.5
37.5
39.0

80.00
85.50
74.50
101.50

7 8 . CO
8 2.50
7 0 . CO
104.50

6 9 .0 0 - 88.00
7 6 .0 0 - 96.00
6 7 .0 0 - 82.00
8 3 .0 0 -1 2 2 .0 0

-

-

_

_
-

_

-

1
1
-

36
36
-

27
16
11

33

27
6
~
126
56
70
2

7

2

3

26

-

2
1

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

7

14
1
13
13

5
2
3
3

4
1
1

1

1
1
*

_

_

-

-

-

-

1
1

3

2
2

-

-

-

-

”
-

-

“
~

-

-

~

-

3

-

-

-

-

“

“

~

1 S ta n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o rk w ee k f o r which e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e th e ir r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e o f p a y f o r o v e r t i m e at r e g u l a r a n d / o r p r e m i u m r a t e s ) , and the e a r n i n g s c o r r e s p o n d
to th e s e w ee kl y h o u r s .
2 Th e m e a n i s c o m p ut e d f o r e a c h jo b by tota ling the e a r n i n g s of a l l w o r k e r s and divid ing by the n u m b er of w o r k e r s .
The m e d ia n d e s i g n a t e s po s it i o n h alf o f the e m p l o y e e s s u r v e y e d r e c e i v e m o r e
than the r a t e shown; h a lf r e c e i v e l e s s than the ra te shown.
The m i d d le ra n g e i s def ined by 2 r a t e s of pay ; a fourt h o f the w o r k e r s e a r n l e s s than the lo w e r of th e s e r a t e s and a fourt h e a r n m o r e than
the h ig h e r ra te .
J T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t io n , and o th er pub li c u ti l it i e s .
4 May inc lu de w o r k e r s o th er than th o se p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e l y .




10

Table A-la.

Office Occupations—Large Establishments—Men and Women

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w ee kl y h o u r s and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o cc u p a ti o n s st ud ie d in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p lo y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
by in d u s tr y d iv i si o n , B u ff al o , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
W eekly e arn in g s1
(standard )

Se x , occup ation, and in d u s tr y di v i si on

Num ber
of
w orkers

N u m b e r of 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 weekl y e a r n i n g s of—
$

w eekly

(standard)

$
55

M ean 2

M e d ian 2

M iddle range 2

$

t
60

65

*
70

$

$

75

80

i

$
85

90

s

$

t
95

100

105

$
110

$
115

$

*
120

125

$
13C

$
140

$
150

$

s
160

170

an d
under

60

180
and

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

105

110

115

120

125

130

140

150

160

170

180 ove r

MEN
173
152

39.5
39.5

$
$
$
$
151.50 154.00 1 4 0 .5 0 -1 6 7 .0 0
1 5 2 . 5 0 1 5 6 . CO 1 4 5 . 5 0 - 1 6 7 . CO

55

39.5

131.50

130.50

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A
MA NU FACTURING -----------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------

184
130
54

39.5
39.5
39.5

118.50
118.50
117.50

1 1 4 . CO 1 0 0 . 0 0 - 1 3 5 . 0 0
115.00 1 0 3 .5 0 -1 3 1 .5 0
107.50
88.00-142.50

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B
MA NU FACTURING ----- -----NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------

286
19 5
91

39.5
39.5
39.0

98.50
100.50
94.00

95.50
99.50
8 8 . CO

82.00-112.00
84.00-113.50
80.50-10C .00

_

_

-

-

79

38.0

83.00

7 3 . CO

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

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A
MA NUFACTURING -----------CLERKS,

ACCOUNTING, CLASS B

1
1

123.00-141.50

2
2

2
2

1
1

11
10

1

9
9

15
8

23
16

36
36

56
55

14
11

3

1

1

1

4

8

10

14

12

2

“

“

i
i

WOMEN

CLERKS,

FILE , CLASS B

CLERKS,

FILE , CLASS

c

7
1
6

8
3
5

11
6
5

7
4
3

13
10
3

18
13
5

16
16
-

16
13
3

14
13
1

6
4
2

13
13
-

21
13
8

6
6
-

8
7
1

11
7
4

9
1
8

-

19
1C
9

33
20
13

33
16
17

31
19
12

18
14
4

28
14
14

12
11
1

25
20
5

23
23

10
9
i

15
6
9

7
7
-

12
1i
1

10
8
2

4
i
3

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

6
6
-

-

-

-

3

14

18

8

3

1

6

6

-

-

2

4

10

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

-

6
6

_

_

_

*

2
2

_

-

1
1

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

54

38.5

74.50

69.50

64.50-

86.50

2

13

14

8

2

1

4

2

1

2

5

CLERKS, ORDER
MA NU FA CT UR IN G ----- ------

70
57

37.5
38.0

95.00
102.00

9 7 . CO
98.50

8 9 .50-104.00
95.50-107.50

1

7

5

_

-

-

-

3
3

2
2

6
6

27
27

3
3

5
5

CLERKS, PAYROLL ------------MA NU FACTURING ------------

131
103

39.5
39.5

113.50
119.00

1 1 0 . CO
1 1 8 . CO

8 9 .50-137.00
9 6 .00-139.50

1

4

5
4

4
3

14
6

8
7

6
4

7
3

ii
ii

7
4

8
8

10
10

2
2

12
12

6
5

5
5

15
14

CO MP TO ME TE R OP ERATORS -----MA NU FACTURING -----------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------

143
53
90

39.0
39.5
39.0

88.50
109.50
75.50

85.00
1 0 3 . CO
7 4 . CO

71.00-101.50
9 3 .5 0 -1 3 2 .5 0
6 7 .0 0 - 86.00

-

12

10
2
8

16
9
7

3
i
2

21
16
5

4
4

2
1
1

_

_

3
3

11
11

-

_

-

1
1

-

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A
MA NU FACTURING ------------

163
13 0

39.5
39.5

104.00
105.50

99.50
1 0 2 . CO

9 0 .00-113.00
9 4 .0 0 -1 1 3 .0 0

KE YPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B
MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------

30 2
21 9
83

39.5
39.5
38.5

94.50
99.50
81.00

90.50
97.50
7 8 . CO

78.50-11C .50
8 4 .00-119.00
7 2 .5 0 - 87.00

OFFICE GIRLS ----------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ------------

91
59

39.0
39.5

75.50
76.00

74.50
74.50

69.0069.50-

S E C R E T A R I E S 3-----------------MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4------

1,052
867
185
57

39.5
39.5
39.0
38.5

124.00
125.00
119.00
141.00

123.50
123.50
123.50
142.50

107.50 -1 3 8 .5 0
109.50 -1 3 7 .5 0
9 4 .0 0 -1 4 2 .0 0
134.00 -1 5 6 .0 0

142.00

121.50 -1 6 8 .0 0

-

81.50
82.00

SECRETARIES, CLASS A -----

52

39.0

141.50

SECRETARIES, CLASS B ----MA NU FACTURING ------------

22 2
186

39.5
39.5

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

SECRETARIES, CLASS C ----MA NU FACTURING -----------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4------

39 0
30 7
83
36

39.5
39.5
39.0
38.5

129.50 132.50
128.00 130.00
1 3 4 . 0 0 1 4 0 . CO
140.50 142.50

116.00-14C .50
113.00-138.50
128.50-144.00
140.50-144.50

"

i

6
4

15

18

17

_

-

-

15

-

18

16

12

10
4
6

_

1

-

-

-

_

-

_
-

2
2

i
1

-

_

_

_
-

11
1

8
4

23
17

16
14

27
27

8
fc

21
21

16
15

12
11

1
1

3

-

4
2

5
3

5
5

8
8

40
40

2
2

9
9

1
1

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

104
95
9
2

96
93
3
1

82
73
9
4

185
165
24
5

98
65
33
23

47
24
23
16

41
40
1

24
23
1
1

15
15

_

-

-

-

11
1
1C

33
12
21

47
27
20

26
18
8

33
23
10

24
21
3

17
17
-

27
20
7

8
7
i

16
13
3

2

4
3

22
14

21
15

15
9

15
9

6
5

_
-

2
2

1
-

i
i

2
1

7
1
6

19
13
6

52
36
16

49
34
15

28
24
4
i

68
54
14
1

67
58
9
2

60
54
6
i

*
-

_

1

5

-

-

~

-

1

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

3

i

-

1

2

4

4

7

2

4

6

6

10

1

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

5
2

2
2

6
3

8
4

9
8

17
15

22
21

29
27

49
44

37
36

15
3

8
7

3
2

12
12

5
4
i

12
11
1

12
11
1

23
19
4
i

27
24
3

10
8
2
1

29
25
4

24
23
1

32
26
6
2

114
95
19
4

48
16
32
23

16
7
9
5

26
26

-

-

~

-

-

-

_

_

_

~
-

-

-

-

-

-

3
3
-

-

7
7

2
2

-

-

'

S ee fo o tn o te s a t end of tab le .




11
Table A-la.

Office Occupations—Large Establishments—Men and Women— Continued

(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied in establishments employing 500 workers or m o r e
by industry division, Buffalo, N.Y., N o v e m b e r 1968)
W eekly e a r n in g s1
(
standard)

Sex, occupation, and industry division

Num ber
of
w orkers

A ve rage
w eek ly
h ou rs1
standard)

N u m b e r of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
$

$
55

M ean 2

M e d ian 2

M iddle range 2

t
60

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

105

115

no

$
120

125

t
13C

$
140

$
150

$
160

3
170

and
under

180
and

60

65

-

-

1

5

7C

75

80

85

90

95

7
1

16
10

46
32

54
27
27

58
43
15

49
41
8
“

_

26

22

115

120

125

130

140

150

160

170

31
30

39
38

53
53

45
45

14
14

24
24

6
6

5
5

~

-

-

44
43
1
1

54
46
8
8

48
47
1
1

17
17

41
4
37
37

9
9
9

-

-

“

17
16
1
1

~

28
13

27
15

22
16

40
28

41
33

44
34

54
54

15
13

-

-

13
10

1
1

9

-

~

100

105

29
21
8

13
11

38
31

53
52
1
-

42
37
5
2

67
66
i
i

27
5

2C
7

no

180 over

WOMEN - CONTINUED
S ECR ETAP IES3 - CO NTINUED
SECRETARIES. CLASS D -------------MA NUFACTURING ---------------------

372
321

$
$
$
$
39.5 108.0C 110.00 93.0 0- 12 C. 00
39.5 111.5C 113.50 10 1.00-121.50
88.00
*
*

STENOGRAPHERS. GENERAL -------------MA NUFACTURING --------- -----------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4---------------

570
439
131
60

39.5
96.00 9 6 . CO 81.50-1C9.00
39.5
95.50 96.50
85.00-107.50
73 .0 0- 12 7. 00
38.5
96.50
84.50
39.0 122.50 1 2 7 . CO 125.00-129.50

-

2
~
2

15
15

STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR --------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------

404
254

39.5 111.50 11 4 . CO 96.00-125.50
40.0 121.00 121.50 111.50-128.50

_

_

-

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS A ---MA NUFACTURING --------- ------------

75
61

39.5 108.50 11 0 . CO 93 .5 0- 12 1. 50
39.5 111.50 11 5 . CO 102.50-122.00

_

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS B ----

60

37.5

88.00

82.00

72 .5 0- 11 0. 50

50

39.5

94.50

9 6 . CO

TRANSCRI BI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
GENERAL --------------------------------------------------------------

-

-

2
2

4

-

8
3

7
7

1
1

5
5

11
11

3
2

12
11

6

2

3

8

9

6

3

2

1

3

2

6

-

~

80.00-111.00

“

“

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ----------------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4------------------------------

313
238
75
25

39.5
79 .5 0- 10 6. 50
93.00 9C.50
39.5
94.50
83.50-106.00
9 3 . CO
73.00-110.50
38.5
88.00 80.00
38.5 112.00 112.50 110.00-115.00

-

1
1

TYPISTS, CLASS B -----------------------------------------MA NUFACTURING -----------------------------------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------------------------

399
291
108

39.0
39.5
38.0

-

TYPISTS, CLASS A
MA NUFACTURING

1
to th e s e
2
3
4

85.00
88.50
74.50

8C.50
87.00
69.50

72.00- 98.00
77 .0 0- 10 C. 50
66.50- 74.50

-

-

14
3
11

S ta n d a r d h o u rs r e f l e c t the w o rk w e ek fo r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir r e g u l a r s t r a ig h t - t im e
w e ek ly h o u r s .
F o r d e fin itio n of t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2, ta b le A - l .
M ay in c lu d e w o r k e r s o th e r th an th o se p r e s e n te d s e p a r a t e l y .
T r a n s p o r ta t io n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .




1

4

8

1

7

4

2

9

2

i

10

1

10
2
8

30
12
18

40
28
12

31
25
6

42
39
3

24
2C
4
2

27
26
1

22
22
~

30
26
4
4

26
12
14
14

19
17
2
2

3
1
2
2

31
29
2

33
33

33
31
2

16
15
1

11
10
1

16
16

59
11
48

s a la r ie s

68
42
26

54
48
6

37
35
2

18
16
2

-

(e x c lu s iv e o f p ay fo r o v e r tim e a t r e g u l a r a n d /o r p r e m iu m

2
2
“

7

1

i

~

6

-

-

“

“

37
35

1
1

”

7
7

1
1

-

“

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

“

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

~

~

”

~

“

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4
3
1
I

-

~

-

1

1
1

r a t e s ) , and the e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d

-

12
Table A-lb.

Office Occupations—Manufacturing—Erie County—Men and Women

(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis,
Buffalo (Erie County), N.Y., N o v e m b e r 1968)
Weekly e ar n in gs 1
(standard)
Number

of

S e x an d o c c u p a tio n

workers

A verage
weekly
hours1
( 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

s
M e an 2

Me di an 2

Middl e range 2

MEN

CLERKS,

ORDER

CLASS

A

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

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

142

4 0 .0

$
1 5 2 .0 0

$
1 5 2 .0 0

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

50

4 0 .0

1 2 1 .5 0

1 1 9 .0 0

3 8 .5

83»!>0

4 0 .0

9 6 .5 0

8 2 .5 0

85

90

95

100

105

110

e a r n in g s of—

t

*

S

80

115

s

$
120

125

130

135

140

145

T —
150

160

170

and
7 0 -

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

7 4 .0 0 -

%

75

75

80

~

85

“

90

100

105

110

1

95

2

115

~

120

125

130

135

140

145

150

160

170

ove r

0 2 • 3U

39

70

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

35

A C C O U N T IN G ,

65

and
u n d er
65

CLERKS,

t

t

60

~

i

5

7

11

4

16

15

25

45

10

13

“

15

-

15

5

-

-

-

1

-

1

"

~

-

14

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

WOMEN
BILLE R S,
M ACH INE
(B IL L IN G
M A C H I N E ) --------------------------------------------------BO O K K EEP IN G-M A CH IN E O P E R A T O R S,
C L A S S B --------------------------------------------------------------

14

5

12

"

2

-

2

-

39

3 9 .5

8 8 .5 0

8 9 .5 0

9

12

-

-

~

5

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

CLERKS,

A C C O U N T IN G ,

CLASS

A

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

166

4 0 .0

1 1 3 .0 0

1 1 2 .0 0

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

-

-

-

1

2

20

14

14

18

11

8

29

3

9

5

17

2

2

2

5

4

CLERKS,

A C C O U N T IN G ,

CLASS

B

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

268

3 9 .0

9 5 .0 0

9 3 .0 0

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

-

-

6

45

45

24

26

30

20

18

15

16

4

4

8

3

2

2

-

-

-

CLERKS,

F IL E ,

B

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

35

3 9 .5

9 7 .5 0

9 3 .5 0

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

-

1

4

3

-

6

6

-

-

1

4

6

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

CLASS

9 4 .0 0

1

CLERKS*

ORDER

CLERKS,

PAYROLL

COM PTOMETER

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

OPERATORS

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

3

2

38

17

14

-

3

-

-

-

-

3

2

_

_

4

16

9

2

4

i i

8

13

5

13

5

2

1

5

2

-

2

10

-

-

23

-

23

2

9

i

16

2

1

-

i

-

i

-

2

i

-

-

-

-

94

3 9 .5

1 0 2 .5 0

9 9 .5 0

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

113

3 9 .5

1 0 8 .0 0

1 0 6 .0 0

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

-

1

82

4 0 .0

8 8 .5 0

8 4 .0 0

7 4 .5 0 -1 0 1 .5 0

-

10

2

KEYPUNCH

OPERATORS,

CLASS

A

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

132

3 9 .5

1 0 3 .0 0

9 9 .5 0

9 1 .0 0 -1 1 1 .0 0

-

-

-

1

4

25

14

26

6

21

15

11

i

-

-

2

i

-

2

2

i

KEYPUNCH

OPERATORS,

CLASS

B

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

243

3 9 .5

9 5 .5 0

9 3 .0 0

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

-

3

8

36

22

35

32

25

19

6

11

5

34

2

2

2

i

-

-

-

-

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

3

77

37

79

64

54

51

5

11

16

14

-

2

1

1

6

5

,

812

3 9 .5

1 1 6 .0 0

1 1 6 .0 0

33

46

70

83

66

46

57

SE C R ET A R IE S,

CLASS

A

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

38

3 9 .0

1 2 1 .0 0

1 2 4 .5 0

1 0 6 .0 0 -1 3 7 .0 0

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

-

-

7

-

1

4

7

i

3

3

SEC R ET A R IE S,

CLASS

B

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

185

3 9 .5

1 2 8 .0 0

1 2 9 . CO

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

-

-

-

-

2

-

4

2

15

4

13

11

24

23

26

13

33

SE C R ET A R IE S,

CLASS

C

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

230

3 9 .5

1 1 9 .0 0

1 1 6 .5 0

1 0 1 .5 0 -1 3 6 .0 0

-

-

-

-

12

SE C R ET A R IE S,

CLASS

0

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

359

3 9 .5

1 0 7 .0 0

1 0 8 .5 0

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

-

-

-

3

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

386

3 9 .5

9 4 .0 0

9 2 .5 0

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

-

-

18

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

146

3 9 .5

1 1 7 .0 0

1 1 4 .0 0

1 0 4 .5 0 -1 3 1 .0 0

S E C R E T A R I E S 3 -------------------------------------------------------

STENOGRAPH ERS,

GENERAL

STEN O G RA PH ERS,

SENIOR

SW IT C H B O A R D

OPERATORS,

---------

47

4 0 .5

1 0 6 .0 0

1 0 6 .5 0

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

SW ITCH BO A RD

O PER A T O R -R EC EPTIO N ISTS-

139

3 9 .5

9 2 .0 0

9 5 .5 0

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

T R A N SC R IB IN G -M A C H IN E

CLASS

A

5

4

28

i i

33

29

2

11

12

24

10

28

26

42

37

24

31

24

39

47

43

12

9

13

68

50

43

61

27

22

12

26

4

-

-

-

-

4

4

16

14

15

16

11

4

7

4

9

4

12

2

4

1

i

4

2

i

-

-

-

-

-

12

13

4

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

5

3

1

2

-

3

2

-

-

-

-

4

16

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

6

-

7

1

-

3

5

24

20

3

41

n

2

20
25

3

1

3

9

8

2

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

17

-

-

-

OPERATORS,

TY PISTS,

CLASS

A

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

148

3 9 .5

9 6 .5 0

9 6 .0 0

8 8 .0 0 -1 0 5 .0 0

T Y PISTS,

CLASS

B

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

346

3 9 .5

8 5 .0 0

8 2 .0 0

7 6 .0 0 -

1
to these
2
3

35

2

9 5 .0 0

-

16

-

3

5

13

28

20

27

16

17

40

83

46

27

32

35

22

6

Standard hours reflect the w o r k w e e k for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or p r e m i u m rates), and the earnings correspond
weekly hours.
Fo r definition of terms, see footnote 2, table A-l.
M a y include workers other than those presented separately.




13
Table A-lc.

Office Occupations—Manufacturing—Niagara County—Men and Women

(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e ek ly h o u r s an d e a r n in g s fo r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d on a n a r e a b a s i s ,
B u ffa lo ( N i a g a r a C ounty) , N . Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)
W eekly earn in gs*
(standard )
N um ber
of
w orkers

S e x and o c c u p a tio n

( 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- tim e v/e e k ly e a r n in g s oJ
$

A verage
w eekly

60
M ean2

M e d ian 2

M iddle range 2

$

65

$

t

*

70

75

80

85

90

95

ICO

105

110

115

120

125

130

135

$

$
140

150

$

160

170

and
u n d er

180
and

70

75

“

65

'i

“

85

90

95

10C

105

110

“

80

~

~

2

~

2

~

115

120

125

130

135

2

1

14C

150

160

170

180

over

5

17

10

3

1

MEN
CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A

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

48

$
$
$
$
39.0 148.00 154.00 136.00-162.50

5

“

WOMEN
CLERKS,

ACCOUNTING, CLASS A

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

72

39.5 120.50 120.00 107.50-129.00

-

-

-

-

i

2

7

1

4

6

6

10

7

13

3

3

2

5

2

-

-

CLERKS,

ACCOUNTING, CLASS

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

97

39.0

94.00

80.00-111.50

3

6

4

12

8

9

9

5

5

1C

8

5

2

3

3

-

4

1

-

-

-

CLERKS,

PAYROLL ----------------------

63

39.5 114.50 114.50

96 .5 0- 13 5. 00

-

-

3

1

1

4

5

7

2

2

8

9

5

-

1

5

3

3

4

-

-

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B --------

38

39.5 103.00

99.50

86.00-122.00

-

-

4

1

3

7

1

4

1

l

2

3

6

-

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

SE C R E T A R I E S 3---------------------------

340

40.0 131.50 131.50 116.50-141.00

-

-

-

-

4

6

8

5

20

21

13

31

26

27

35

56

25

13

26

15

9

B

36

SECRETARIES, CLASS C --------------------

173

SECRETARIES, CLASS C --------------------

70

96.50

/ n.U 1 /n . 3cn 1 3 . 3 0
J n i 0 0

7

1

6

6

1

11

39.5 132.00 133.00 120.00-139.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12

12

6

14

17

10

25

42

11

40.0 109.00 1 0 9 . CO

95 .0 0- 11 9. 50

-

-

-

-

4

6

8

5

5

9

6

11

2

6

4

-

3

1
19

1

-

1

-

-

-

4

5

8

13

28

21

23

42

29

SENIOR ----------------------

164

40.0 118.50 121.50 112.00-127.00

-

-

-

-

-

4

6

9

12

5

15

24

27

50

-

2

9

1

-

-

-

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS A ------

26

40.0 113.50 118.00 108.00-122.50

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

1

5

-

7

9

-

i

-

-

-

-

-

-

cperato r- r e c e p t ic m s t s -

26

39.0

93.50

92.50

-

-

5

-

2

5

3

2

-

5

1

2

i

110

40.0

0 .0 0

0 J .c o

1

2

13

25

14

11

10

87

40 0

15

13

10

189
STENOGRAPHERS,

sw it c h b o a r d

TYP I ST j t C L*! S j

1
to t h e s e
2
3

A

84 .5 0-108.00

75 .5 0-101.50

S ta n d a r d h o u rs r e f l e c t the w o rk w e ek fo r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e t h e ir r e g u l a r s t r a ig h t - t im e
w e ek ly h o u r s .
F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2 , ta b le A - l .
M ay in c lu d e w o r k e r s o th e r th an th o se p r e s e n te d s e p a r a t e l y .




-

s a l a r i e s (e x c lu s iv e o f p a y fo r o v e r tim e a t r e g u l a r a n d /o r p r e m iu m

ra te s),

an d

the e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d

14
Table A-2.

Professional and Technical Occupational Occupations—SMSA—Men and Women

(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division,
Buffalo (Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area), N.Y., N o v e m b e r 1968)
We ekly e ar n in gs 1
(standard)

Sex,

occu patio n ,

and

in d u stry

Num be r
of
workers

d iv isio n

$
we ekly
(standard)

M e an 2

M e dian2

Mi ddl e range 2

s

t

85
U nder
$
and
R5
u nder

9C

t
95

N u m b e r of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
*
t
$
$
t
t
t
$
S
t
$
105
100
no
115
125
130
140
150
170
120
16C
iec

$

S

190

t
200

i
210

t
220

230
and

95

90

10C

105

115

no

120

125

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

210

220

1
i

10
8

20
17

12
12

26
21

44
42

45
4?

32
32

5
5

61
61
-

22
22
-

5
5
-

1
i
-

-

230 over

MEN
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

221
206

4 0 .0
4 0 .0

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

U , . « ,
1 9 0 .5 0

$
$
1 7 5 .0 0 -2 C 1 .5 0
1 7 7 .0 0 -2 C 2 .0 0

D R A F T S M E N , C L A S S B -------------------------------------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 -----------------------------------

542
488
54

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

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

1 6 0 .5 0
1 6 C .5 0
1 6 1 .0 0

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

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

DRAFTSM EN, C L A SS
M ANUFA CTURIN G

C --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

250
198

3 9 .5
4 0 .0

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

1 3 2 . CO
1 2 8 . CO

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

2
2

15
15

2
2

1C
10

11
8

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

52

4 0 .0

1 0 6 .5 0

1 0 1 .5 0

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

5

5

5

9

8

176
162

3 9 .5
4 0 .0

1 3 7 .5 0
1 3 8 .0 0

1 4 0 .5 0
1 4 0 . CO

i

2
2

4
3

DRAFTSM EN,

CLASS

m a n u f a c t u r in g

D R A FTSM EN -TR A CERS

l
l

3
3

15
15

15
15

45
33
12

59
58
1

115
107
8

120
87
33

73
73
-

6
6

15
15

23
2?

19
14

82
44

31
26

12
12

8
8

3
3

i

i

5

-

4

6

l

2
2

13
13

15
12

14
14

33
33

55
47

18
17

12
12

5
5

3
3
_

2

2
2

23
23

7
7
n
n

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

WOMEN
NURSES,
IN D U STRIA L
( R E G I S T E R E D ) -----M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------------------------------

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

“

“

-

Standard hours reflect the w o r k w e e k for which employees receive their regular s t r a ig h t- tim e s a l a r i e s ( e x c lu s iv e of pay fo 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 the e a r n in g s c o r r e s pond
to these weekly hours.
Fo r definition of terms, see footnote 2, table A-l.

Table A-2a.

Professional and Technical Occupations—Large Establishments—Men and Women

(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied in establishments employing 500 workers or m o r e
by industry division, Buffalo, N. Y. , N o v e m b e r 1968)
We ekly e ar n in gs 1
(s tandard)

Sex,

occu patio n ,

and in d u stry

d iv isio n

Num be r
of
workers

( standard)

N u m b e r of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
$

Av er age
we ekly

$
85

M e an 2

Me di an 2

Mi ddl e range 2

%
90

$

S

95

10C

105

S

$
no

115

!

12 C

$

$
125

s
13C

135

$

$
140

$
150

s
160

170

$

$
1 80

190

$

$
2CC

%
210

22 0

and
u n der
90

230
and

95

100

105

no

115

120

125

130

135

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

2 1C

220

230

1
1

8
8

17
16

12
12

20
15

26
24

34
34

20
20

3
3

23
23

37
37

22
22

5
5

i
1

_

_

MEN
CRAFTSMEN, C LA SS
MANUFACTURING

A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

167
159

4 0 .0
4 0 .0

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

$
1 9 0 .0 0
1 9 1 .0 0

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

DRAFTSM EN, C LA SS
MANUFACTURING

B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

342
303

3 9 .5
4 0 .0

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

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

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

-

-

-

-

“

“

-

“

7
7

1
1

3
3

12
12

13
13

16
14

12
11

45
44

42
37

85
55

41
41

CRAFTSM EN,

C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

193
150

3 9 .5
4 0 .0

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

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

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

15
15

2
2

10
10

4
4

11
11

5
5

4
4

17
16

16
14

16
14

39
6

31
26

12
12

8
8

3
3

138
129

3 9 .5
4 0 .0

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

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

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

1

2
2

i

2
2

2
2

5
5

7
6

11
11

19
19

9
9

46
41

16
15

12
12

5
5

CLASS

m a n u f a c t u r in g

_

_

3
3

_

_

-

-

_

-

WOMEN
NURSES,
IN D U STRIA L
( R E G I S T E R E D ) -----M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------------------

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 Standard hours reflect the w o r k w e e k for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or p r e m i u m rates), and the earnings correspond
to these weekly hours.
2 F o r definition of terms, see footnote 2, table A-l.




15

Table A-2b.

Professional and Technical Occupations—Manufacturing—Erie County—Men and Women
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w ee k ly h o u rs and e a r n in g s fo r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s i s ,
B u ffa lo ( E r i e C o u n ty ), N . Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)

1 S ta n d a rd h o u rs r e f le c t th e w o rk w eek fo r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir r e g u l a r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a l a r i e s ( e x c lu s iv e o f p a y fo r o v e r t im e a t r e g u la r a n d /o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ) , and the e a r n in g s c o r r e sp o n d
to th e se w eek ly h o u r s .
2 F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2 , ta b le A - l .

Table A-2c.

Professional and Technical Occupations—Manufacturing—Niagara County—Men and Women
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w eekly h o u rs and e a r n in g s fo r s e le c t e d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is ,
B u ffa lo ( N ia g a r a C o u n ty ), N . Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)
W eekly e a r n in g s1
( standard)

N um ber
of
w oikers

S e x and o c cu p a tio n

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- tim e w ee k ly e a r n in g s o f—
$

( standard)

$
95

w eek ly
M ean2

M e d ian 2

M iddle range 2

t

$
100

105

%
110

%

$
115

120

125

t
130

S
135

%

i
140

145

*

i
150

155

*
160

t
165

i

t
170

180

S
190

and
u n d er
100

200

and
105

110

115

120

125

130

135

140

145

150

155

160

165

170

180

190

200

ove r

-

-

-

MEN

2-8

.r Tr.
„rii

r

L O .O

1 7 4 .5 0

1 8 0 .5 0

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

' 0 0

1 5 2 .5 0

1 5 1 . CO

3 9 .5

1 3 7 .5 0

1 4 1 . CO

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

1

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

1

-

2

1

11

6

6

5

5

8

3

11

4

14

7

WOMEN

NURSES,

IN D U STRIA L

(R E G IS T E R E D )

------

61

2

1

1

6

3

3

6

-

-

1 S ta n d a rd h o u rs r e f le c t the w o rk w eek fo r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir r e g u l a r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a l a r i e s ( e x c lu s iv e o f p a y fo r o v e r t im e a t r e g u l a r a n d /o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ) , and the e a r n in g s
c o r r e sp o n d to th e se w eek ly h o u r s .
2 F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e foo tn o te 2 , ta b le A - l .




16
Table A-3.

Office, Professional, and Technical Occupational Occupations—
SMSA—Men and Women Combined

(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e ek ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s fo r s e le c t e d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d on an a r e a b a s i s by in d u s t r y d iv is io n ,
B u ffa lo (S ta n d a rd M e tro p o lita n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a ) , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
Average

Occupation and industry division

O F F IC E

Number
of

Weekly
Weekly
hours 1 earnings *
(standard' (standard)

Average

Occupation and industry division

of

Weekly
hours 1
(standard)

Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)

106
64
31

$
39.5
98.00
39.0
99.00
40.0 127.00

BO OK KE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS A ------------------------------------------------------

73

39.0 1 1 1 . 0 0

BO OK KE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS B ------------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

199
58
141

38.5
39.5
38.0

84.50
91.50
82.00

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A --- ----MA NU FACTURING -------------------------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------------------------PU8LIC U T I L I T I E S 2 ---------------------------

586
428
158
54

39.5
39.5
39.0
39.5

127.50
131.00
117.50
139.50

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B -------------MANUFA CT UR IN G -------------------------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------------------

724
404
320
49

39.0
95.50
39.0
98.50
38.5
91.00
39.0 120.00

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS B --------------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------------------------------

159
118

38.0
37.5

79.50
72.50

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS C --------------------------MA NUFACTURING -------------------------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------------------------------

220
54
166

38.5
40.0
38.0

70.50
80.00
67.50

CLERKS, ORDER -------------------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------- -----NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

285
158
127

39.5 105.50
39.5 109.50
39.0 100.00

CLERKS, PAYROLL ---------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------

388
258
130
25

39.5
39.5
39.0
39.5

113.00
119.50
100.50
120.50

CO MP TO ME TE R OP ERATORS --------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

273
95
178

39.5
40.0
39.0

87.50
94.50
84.00

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A -------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------

253
140
113
25

39.5 102.00
40.0 104.00
98.50
39.0
40.0 125.00

Number
of

Weekly
hours 1
(standard)

Weekly
earnings
(standard)

- CONT IN UE D

SWITCHBOARD OPER AT GR -R EC EP TI CN IS TS MA NUFACTURING --------------------NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------

317
165
152
27

$
91.00
39.0
39.5
92.50
38.5
89.50
39.0 101.50

TA BU LA TI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
CLASS B -------------------------------

86

39.5 122.50

TA BU LA TING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
CLASS C ------------------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

90
78

37.5
37.0

91.00
90.50

TR AN SC RI BI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
GENERAL ------------------------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------NCNM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

113
60
53

39.5
39.5
39.0

93.50
96.00
91.00

39.0 127.50
39.5 131.50
38.0 120.00

TYPISTS, CLASS A --------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------

402
260
142
45

94.00
39.0
94.00
39.5
93.50
38.0
38.5 114.00

123.50
124.50
121.00
139.00

TYPISTS, CLASS B --------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N C NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------

869
435
434
40

80.00
38.5
39.5
85.50
37.5
74.50
39.0 101.50

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A ------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ---------------------

221
206

40.0 187.50
40.0 188.50

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B ------------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG — ---------------

563
509
54

40.0 159.00
40.0 159.00
38.5 155.50

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C ------------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------NCNM AN UF AC TU RI NG --- --------------

255
200
55

39.5 127.50
40.0 126.00
38.0 133.50

ORAFTS ME N- TR AC ER S --------------------

52

40.0 106.50

NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) --MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

178
164

39.5 137.50
40.0 i3e.oo

KE YPUNCH OPERATORS? CLASS B
MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----------NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2------

508
281
227
33

39.0
39.5
38.5
39.0

$
89.00
96.50
80.00
85.50

OFFICE BOYS AND GI R L S —
MA NUFACTURING -----NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-

2 29
107
25

38.5
39.0
38.0
38.0

77.50
79.50
74.50
87.50

S E C R E T A R I E S 3-----------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----NC NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2

1,610
1,157
453
108

39.5
39.5
39.0
38.5

119.00
120.50
114.00
131.50

SECRETARIES, CLASS A
MANU FA CT UR IN G ------

91
64

39.0 130.00
39.5 136.00

SECRETARIES, CLASS B
MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG —

371
246
125

SECRETARIES, CLASS C
MANU FA CT UR IN G -----NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-

567
403
164
44

39.5
39.5
39.5
38.5

SECRETARIES, CLASS 0
MANU FA CT UR IN G -----NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG --

565
429
136

39.5 105.50
40.0 107.50
99.00
38.5

STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL
MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2

944
575
369
85

94.00
39.0
39.5
95.50
38.0
91.50
39.0 121.50

STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR
MA NUFACTURING -----

479
310

39.5 110.50
39.5 118.00

94
73

40.0 107.00
40.5 108.50

122

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS A ---MA NUFACTURING ---------- ---------SW ITCHBOARD OPERATORS,
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —

1 S ta n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o rk w e ek fo r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir r e g u la r
c o r r e s p o n d to t h e s e w e e k ly h o u r s .
2 T r a n s p o r t a t io n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
3 M ay in c lu d e w o r k e r s o th e r th an th o s e p r e s e n te d s e p a r a t e l y .

Occupation and industry division

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS

OFFICE OC CUPATIONS - CONTINUED

OCCUPATIONS

BILLERS, MACHINE (BILLING
MACHINE) ---------------------------------------------------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG ------------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------------------




Number

CLASS B ----

s t r a ig h t - t im e

122

99

38.0
37.5

85.00
82.50

PRO FE SSI ONA L AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS

s a l a r i e s (e x c lu s iv e o f p a y fo r o v e r tim e a t r e g u l a r a n d /o r p r e m iu m

r a t e s ) , and the e a r n in g s

17

Table A-3a. Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Large Establishments—Men and Women Combined
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u rs and e a r n in g s fo r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
by in d u s t r y d iv is io n , B u ffa lo , N. Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)

Num be r
of
workers

Weekly
hours 1
(standard)

Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)

357
282
75
35

39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5

OFFICE OCCUPA TI ON S - CO NTINUED
$
!
134.50 S E C R E T A R I E S 3--------------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------137.00
NCNM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------124.50
PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S2 --------------153.00

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B
MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG - r -----PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S ------

341
234
107
31

39.5
39.5
39.0
39.0

103.50
105.00
100.50
135.00

SECRETARIES, CLASS A -------------SECRETARIES, CLASS B -------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------

227
191

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

1 3 5 .5 0

SECRETARIES, CLASS C -------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------NCNM AN UF AC TU RI NG — --------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ---------------

390
307

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

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

83
36

3 9 .0
3 8 .5

SECRETARIES, CLASS D -------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

372

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

CLERKS,

OCCUPATIONS

Occupation and industry division

OF FICE OC CU PA TI ON S

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A
MA NU FACTURING -----------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2------

OFFICE

Average

Average

Occupation and industry division

1 ,0 5 7

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

872
185
57

3 9 .0
3 8 .5

52

3 9 .0

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

Number
of
woikers

Weekly
hours 1
(standard)

Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)

- CO NTINUED

TABULA TI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
CLASS B ------------------------------------------------------

59

O

Occupation and industry division

W eekly
W eekly
hours 1 e arnings 1
(standard) (standard)

O

A verage
N um ber
of
workers

$
130.50

TR AN SC RI BI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
GENERAL ------------------------------------------------------

50

TYPISTS, CLASS A ------------------------------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------

319
240
79
29

39.5
93.50
39.5
95.00
38.5
89.50
38.5 112.50

1 3 4 .0 0
1 4 0 .5 0

TYPISTS, CLASS B --------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------------------------------

401
293
108

39.0
39.5
38.0

3 9 .0

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

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS

9 6 .0 0

1 4 1 .0 0

39.5

1 4 1 .5 0

1 3 6 .0 0

FILE, CLASS B ------

82

38.0

84.50

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS C ------

54

38.5

74.50

CLERKS, ORDER --------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------------

78
65

38.0
99.00
38.5 106.00

CLERKS, PAYROLL ------------MANU FA CT UR IN G ------------

195
167

39.5 123.00
39.5 128.00

144
53
91

39.0
88.50
39.5 109.50
39.0
76.50

STENOGRAPHERS, GE NE RA L -------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------

570
439

3 9 .5

CO MP TO ME TE R OP ERATORS -----MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------

131
60

3 8 .5

9 5 .5 0
9 6 .5 0

3 9 .0

1 2 2 .5 0

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A
MANU FA CT UR IN G ------------

174
130

39.5 106.00
39.5 105.50

STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR --------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ---------------------

404
254

3 9 .5
4 0 .0

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

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B
MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------

302
219
83

39.5
39.5
38.5

94.50
99.50
81.00

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS A ---MA NU FACTURING ---------------------

75
61

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

1 0 8 .5 0

SW IT CH BO AR D OPERATORS, CLASS B ----

60

3 7 .5

8 8 .0 0

OFFICE BOYS AND GI RL S--- •*—
MANUFACTURING ------------

138
97

39.0
39.0

79.00
80.00

94.50

1 S ta n d a r d h o u rs r e f l e c t the w o rk w e ek fo r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e t h e ir r e g u l a r s t r a ig h t - t im e
c o r r e s p o n d to t h e s e w e ek ly h o u r s .
2 T r a n s p o r ta t io n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
3 M ay in c lu d e w o r k e r s o th e r than th o se p r e s e n te d s e p a r a t e l y .




321
51

3 9 .5

85.00
89.00
74.50

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A --------------------------------MA NUFACTURING --------------------------------------

167
159

40.0 187.50
40.0 188.00

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B --------------------------------MANU FA CT UR IN G --------------------------------------

344
305

39.5 159.50
40.0 159.50

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C --------------------------------MA NUFACTURING ----------------------------- --------

195
152

39.5 129.00
40.0 126.50

NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) ----MA NU FA CT UR IN G -------------------------------------

140
131

39.5 140.00
40.0 140.50

1 1 1 .5 0

s a l a r i e s (e x c lu s iv e o f p a y fo r o v e r tim e a t r e g u l a r a n d /o r p r e m iu m

r a t e s ) , and the e a r n in g s

Table A-3b.

Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Manufacturing—Erie County—Men and Women Combined
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w ee k ly h o u rs and e a r n in g s fo r se le c te d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s i s ,
B u ffalo ( E r i e C o u n ty ), N .Y ., N o v em b e r 1968)
A verage

A verage
N um ber
of
w orkers

O ccu p a tio n

O FFICE
BILLER S,

O CCU PA TIO N S

M ACH INE

O FFIC E

(B IL L IN G

$
AO

Num ber
of
worker*

O ccu p atio n

W eekly
e arnings 1
(standard) (standard)
W eekly

O CCU PA TIO N S

-

W eekly
hours 1
(standard )

CO N TINU ED

Average

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

243

3 9 .5

$
9 5 .5 0

G I R L S ---------------------------------

93

3 9 .0

817

3 9 .5

O FFIC E

OCCU PA TIO N S

-

W eekly
hours 1
(standard)

W eekly
earnings 1
(standard)

4 0 .0

$
9 6 .5 0

CO N TINU ED

7 8 .0 0

S E C R E T A R I E S 2 ------------------------------------------------------

N um ber
of

O ccu p a tio n

W eekly
earnings 1
(standard)

1 1 6 .0 0

KEYPUNCH

0PFRAT0RS,

CLASS

B

TR A N SC R IBIN G -M A C H IN E

OPERATORS,
57

4 0 .0
O FFIC E

BOYS

A ND

CLASS

B

TY PISTS,

OPERATORS,

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

39

3 9 .5

CLERKS,

A C C O U N T IN G ,

CLASS

A

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

308

4 0 .0

CLERKS,

A C C O U N T IN G ,

CLASS

B

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

285

CLERKS,

F IL E ,

CLASS

B

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

35

CLERKS,

F IL E ,

CLASS

C

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

42

CLERKS *

ORDER

——

CL

i A

l

k

i

th

COMPTOMETER
KEYPUNCH

8 8 .5 0
1 3 1 .0 0

SE C R ET A R IE S,

CLASS

A

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

3 9 .5

9 6 .5 0

SE C R ET A R IE S,

CLASS

B

3 9 .5

9 7 .5 0

SE C R ET A RIE S,

CLASS

C

4 0 .0

7 5 .0 0

SEC R ET A R IE S,

CLASS

D ----------------------------

3 9 .5

0L

189

OPERATORS

OPERATORS,

--------------------------->—

CLASS

A

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

10

/ 0 . n
n

1 oU j
1 Z n . K fl

38

3 9 .0

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

190

3 9 .5

1 2 9 .0 0

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

23C

3 9 .5

A

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

150

3 9 .5

9 7 .0 0

CLASS

B

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

348

3 9 .5

8 5 .0 0

1 1 9 .0 0

1 2 1 .0 0

S E N I O R --------------------------—

359

3 9 .5

1 0 7 .0 0

386

.0 0
STENOGRAPHER S t

CLASS

T Y PISTS.

BO O K K E E P IN G -M A C H IN E

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

82

4 0 .0

8 8 .5 0

SW IT C H B O A R D

OPERATORS,

---------

47

4 0 .5

1 0 6 .0 0

3 9 .5

1 0 3 .0 0

SW IT CH B O A RD

O PERA T O R-R ECEPTIO N ISTS-

139

3 9 .5

9 2 .0 0

A

CLASS

A

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

178

1 1 7 .0 0

132

CLASS

DRAFTSM EN,

4 0 .0

9 4 .0 0

146

P R O F E S S I O N A L AND T E C H N I C A L
O CCU PA TIO N S

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

40
D R A FTSM EN -TR A CERS
NURSES,

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

IN D U STR IA L

(R E G IST E R E D )

------

0

39

4 0 .0

1 0 0 .0 0

101

4 0 .0

1 3 8 .0 0

1 S ta n d a rd h o u rs r e f le c t the w o rk w eek fo r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a l a r i e s (e x c lu s iv e of p a y fo r o v e r tim e at r e g u la r a n d /o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ) , and the e a r n in g s
correspond to these weekly hours.
2 M ay in clu d e w o r k e r s o th er th an th o se p r e se n te d s e p a r a t e ly .

Table A-3c.

Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Manufacturing—Niagara County—Men and Women Combined
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w ee k ly h o u rs and e a r n in g s fo r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s i s ,
B u ffa lo ( N ia g a r a C o u n ty ), N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
A verage

A ve rage
N um ber

O ccu p a tio n

W eekly

of

(standard'

O FFIC E

O CCU PA TIO N S

N um ber
of
workers

O ccu p a tio n

W eekly
earnings *
(standard)

O FFICE

O CCU PA TIO N S

-

W eekly
(standard )

CO N TINU ED

O FFIC E

$

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

120

3 9 .0

1 3 1 .5 0

1 3 1 .5 0

CLERKS,

A C C O U N T IN G ,

CLASS

B

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

119

3 9 .0

1 0 3 .5 0

56

4 0 .0

PAYROLL

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

69

3 9 .5

1 1 6 .0 0

173

3 9 .5

38

3 9 .5

1 0 3 .0 0

G I R L S ---------------------------------

29

3 9 .5

W eekly
earnings *
(standard)

CO N TINU ED

1 3 2 .0 0

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

-

1 4 0 .5 0

CLERKS,

O CCU PA TIO N S

W eekly
hours 1
(standard)

of

KEYPUNCH
O FFICE

OPERATORS,

BOYS

A ND

CLASS

B

S E C R E T A R I E S 2 ------------------------------------------------------

SEC R ET A R IE S,
STENOGRAPHERS,

CLASS

D ----------------------------

GENERAL

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

340

70
189

3 9 .5

164
CLASS

A ---------

26

o
o

OPERATORS,

9 9 .0 0

O P E R A T O R -R EC EPTIC N IST S-

1 1 3 .5 0

26

3 9 .0

9 3 .5 0

110

4 0 .0

9 0 .0 0

P R O F E S S I O N A L AND T E C H N I C A L
O CCU PATIO NS
DRAFTSM EN,

CLASS

A

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

1 1 8 .5 0
*

SW IT C H B O A R D

1 0 9 .0 0

SW IT C H B O A R D

28

O
o

A

o
o

CLASS

O
IT

A C C O U N T IN G ,

00

CLERKS,

*
O
O

$

A ve rage

O ccu p atio n

W eekly
earn in gs 1
(standard)

1 7 4 .5 0

70
NURSES,

IN D U STR IA L

(R E G IST ER E D )

------

4 0 .0

1 5 2 .5 0

63

3 9 .5

1 3 8 .0 0

1 S ta n d a rd h o u rs r e f le c t the w o rk w eek fo r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a l a r i e s (e x c lu s iv e of p a y fo r o v e r tim e a t r e g u la r a n d /o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ) , and the e a rn in g s
c o r r e s p o n d to th e se w ee k ly h o u r s .
2 M ay in clu d e w o r k e r s o th er th an th o se p r e se n te d s e p a r a t e ly .




19

Table A-4.

Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations—SMS A

(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u rly e a r n in g s fo r m en in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d on a n a r e a b a s i s b y in d u s t r y d iv is io n ,
B u ffa lo (S ta n d a rd M e tro p o lita n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a ) , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)

N u m b e r of w orkers receiving straight -time hourly earnings of—

Hourly eamings1
Number
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s t r y d iv is io n

workers

Mean2 Median ^

Middle range 2

t
t
$
*
i
j
$
s
$
t
i
t
$
t
$
i
$
$
$
$
i
$
Under 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.8C 2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3 .30 3 4G 3 .50 3.60 3.70 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20
s
and
and
2 .40 under
2.50 2.60 2.70 2.8C 2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 3 .40 3 50 3 .60 3.70 3.80 4.00 4. 20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 over

C A R P E N T E R S , M A I N T E N A N C E -------------------------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 -----------------------------------

287
217
70

$
3.95
3.88
4.17

$
3.80
3.80
3.65

$
3.543.573.40-

E L E C T R I C I A N S , M A I N T E N A N C E --------------------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 -----------------------------------

1,212
1,116
96

4.12
4.12
4.20

4.04
4.01
4.30

428
357
71

3.69
3.67
3.78

223
209

$
4.35
4.29
5.14

-

1
1

“

-

3.72- 4.72
3.71- 4.73
4. 10 - 4.45

_
-

-

_
-

3.65
3.65
3.65

3.31- 3.92
3.30- 3.89
3.51- 4.24

_
-

-

3.33
3.39

3.29
3.34

2.96- 3.60
2.99- 3.63

17
9

A 51
369
82
58

3.04
3.08
2.86
2.94

3.09
3.19
2.89
2.90

2.892.932.832.85-

18
12
6
*

777
774

4.37
4.37

4.48
4.48

3.99- 4.76
3.99- 4.76

1,109
1,073

4.13
4.14

4.07
4.08

3.65- 4.72
3.66- 4.72

“

36

3.83

3.65

3.53- 4.43

-

-

-

3.65
3.63
3.65
3.66

3.69
3.54
3.79
3.84

3.163.073.193.18-

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

U T I L I T I E S 3 ------------------------------

744
270
474
434

1
1

M E C H A N I C S , M A I N T E N A N C E ---------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------------------

1,319
1,270

4.04
4.06

3.98
3.99

3.66- 4.52
3.67- 4.55

_

12
12

_

_

M I L L W R I G H T S -----------------------------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------------------

1,140
1,140

4.11
4.11

3.99
3.99

3.74- 4.63
3.74- 4.63

O I L E R S ------------------------------------------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------------------

493
480

3.42
3.43

3.49
3.52

3.21- 3.66
3.21- 3.67

3
2

5
5

1
1

10
10

5
5

PA IN TER S,

3.68
3.73

3.72
3.73

3.38- 3.88
3.43- 3.88

-

5
-

8
-

_

-

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

295
268

P IP E FIT T E R S,
M A I N T E N A N C E ----------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------------------

696
692

3.98
3.98

3.86
3.86

3.59- 4.61
3.59- 4.61

_

3
3

_

_

-

-

-

-

SH EET-M ETA L

325
302

4.12
4.16

3.97
3.98

3.77- 4.64
3.90- 4.64

_

_

_

_

853
853

4.44
4.44

4.52
4.52

3.97- 4.92
3.97- 4.92

E N G IN E E R S,

STATIO N ARY

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

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 ----------------------------------FIR EM EN ,

STATIO N ARY

M A N U FACTURING
HELPERS,

B O ILER

M A INTENA N CE

M A N U FACTURING

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

-----------------------------------------TRADES

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

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

N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G — -----------------------------P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S -----------------------------M A CH INE-TO O L

OPERATORS,

M A N U FACTURING
M A CH IN ISTS,

TO OLR OOM

—

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

M A IN TEN A N CE

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

M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------------------------------NO N M A NU FA CTU RING :
P U B LIC

U T I L I T I E S 3 ------------------------------

M E C H A N IC S, A UTOM OTIVE
( M A I N T E N A N C E ! ----------------------------------------------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 ----------------------------------P U B LIC

M AINTENANCE

MANUFACTURING

WORKERS,

M ANUFACTURING
TOOL

AND

DIE

M A IN TEN A N CE

—

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

MAKERS

M A N U FACTURING

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

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

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

1 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s,
2 F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2 , ta b le A - l .
3 T r a n s p o r ta t io n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .




3.26
3.27
3.03
3.01

4.04
4.05
4.04
4.05

h o lid a y s ,

-

-

_
-

-

-

9
9

9
9

_

i
i

12
7
5
-

5
3
2

14
7
7

16
8
8

11
10
1

44
29
15

24
21
3

24
24
“

43
43
“

4
3
1

-

2
2
“

4
4
-

10
9
i

7
7

45
45
~

35
35
“

112
100
12

74
71
3

63
62
1

220
215
5

160
134
26

_
~
-

3

8
8

9
7
2

_
-

76
67
9

44
42
2

16
16

31
17
14

36
25
11

42
42
~

70
67
3

4
4

5

1

35
35

-

8
8

33
33

16
16

15
15

26
26

8
8

17
17

17
16
1

1C
1C

70
57
13
13

37
18
19
9

35
35
-

134
134
-

31
25
6
6

10
10

_

9
6

9
9

9
9

34
34

46
46

“

12
12

13
13

-

2
2
“

36
36

~

4
4

3

64
33
31
30

13
9
4

19
18
1

“

27

56
56
-

62
14
48

277
277

81
81

4
4
“

_
-

20
13
7

33
19
14

1
1

15
9
6

4
4

2
2
“

9
9
-

8
8

_

_

11
11

10
10

_
-

_

_

-

27
27

52
52

36
36

54
54

129
129

284
284

75
75

“

-

5
5

_

-

-

27

-

-

_

-

-

“

-

6
6

3
3

12
12

8
2

20
20

41
41

157
145

61
61

75
69

135
135

143
142

8
8

97
86

338
338

-

-

-

-

-

6

-

-

12

-

6

-

1

-

11

-

-

-

1

7
6
1
1

8

91
89
2
“

131
12
119
119

12
12
12

24
8
16
11

39
15
24
24

27
14
13
4

38
15
23
20

30
9
21

86
28
58
58

177
26
151
151

27
2
25
25

_

_

_

-

-

46
46
-

-

8
8

-

“

-

-

12
12

7
7

21
20

27
25

64
59

69
62

36
27

100
99

54
42

274
266

198
194

45
45

82
82

69
69

229
229

_

_

8
8

21
21

24
24

130
130

46
46

112
112

246
246

105
105

36
36

19
19

377
377

-

_

-

“

8
8

-

_

“
-

_

-

8
8

_

-

20
2C

-

an d la te

sh ifts.

19
19

19
19

12
12

58
46

55
55

20
20

20
20

159
159

8
8

5
5

28
28

20
20

3
3

1
1

21
21

3
3

28
28

6
5

23
23

12
ll

22
21

68
65

32
29

21
17

_

3
3

-

-

-

7
5

9
9

8
8

24
24

132
132

43
43

81
81

109
107

61
61

27
27

_

_

_

2
2

_

_

-

-

3
3

46
24

25
25

8
8

110
110

7
6

3
3

1
1

-

42
42

3
3

9
9

6
6

20
20

57
57

128
128

45
45

71
71

-

-

_
-

42
41

4
4

-

-

-

“

*

”

_

-

-

_

*

-

189
189

-

2
2

117
117

2
2

-

-

157
157

11
11

336
336

-

9
9

-

-

-

“

20
Table A-4a.

Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations—Large Establishments

(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u rly e a r n in g s fo r m e n in s e le c t e d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d in e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
by in d u s t r y d iv is io n , B u ffa lo , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
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 rly e a r n in g s of—

H ourly e arnings 1
Num ber

O c c u p a tio n and in d u s t r y d iv is io n

w orkers

M ean2

M e d ian ^

M iddle r a n g e 2

$
$
%
$
i
$
$
%
«
%
*
$
$
»
$
i
i
(
$
t
t
$
2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3 .30 3 .40 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 A .00 A .10 A .20 4.3C A.A0 A . 60 A . 80 5.00 5.20
and
t
an
2.70 under
2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 3 .40 3 .50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 A.00 A .10 4 .20 A .30 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 over

$

CA RPENTERS, MA INTENANCE ------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

248
196
52

3.99
3.92
4.26

ELECTRICIANS, MA INTENANCE ---------MA NUFACTURING --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

1,006
938
68

ENGINEERS, ST AT IO NA RY --------------MA NU FACTURING ---------------------

$

$

$

3.84
3.83
A.AA

3.57- 4.37
3.60- 4.32
3.37- 5.14

-

4.20
4.20
4.25

A.1A
4.12
4.43

3.83- 4.74
3.82- 4.74
3.99- 4.47

-

-

-

-

270
232

3.81
3.83

3.75
3.77

3.54- 3.96
3.55- 3.96

-

FIREMEN, STATIONARY BCILER --------—
MA NUFACTURING ---------------------

138
137

3.56
3.56

3.50
3.49

3.25- 3.73
3.25- 3.73

A
A

HELPERS, MA INTENANCE TRADES -------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

350
■ 281
69
51

3.12
3.19
2.85
2.89

3.20
3.23
2.89
2.89

2.973.122.832.84-

MA CH IN E- TO OL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM —
M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------- -

749
746

4.40
4.40

4.49
4.49

4.05- 4.76
4.07- 4.76

_

MACHINISTS, MA INTENANCE ------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------NONMANUFACTURING:
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

924
893

4.22
4.23

4.18
4.18

3.69- 4.73
3.70- 4.73

_

31

3.87

3.75

3.53- 4.44

"

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

3
1

115

3.27
3.28
3.01
2.98

-

-

—

A
A

-

2

_

_

-

2
2

-

-

8
8

3
1

1
“

ii
ii

*

-

16
9
7

*

44
13
31
30

27
15
12
12

-

-

-

-

-

10
10
-

-

_

11
10
1

29
24
5

24
21
3

19
19
-

32
32
-

9
9
“

3
3

19
19
~

16
16
-

92
8A
8

42
39
3

55
54
1

61
61
-

11
11
“

25
25
-

13
9
A

19
18
1

-

105
100
5

77
75
2

59
59
-

32
32
-

19
19
-

59
11
A8

277
277
-

81
81
-

28
26

3
2

1
1

16
8

11
11

i
i

9
9

A
A

2
2

9
9

_

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

34
33

8
8

23
23

8
8

15
15

22
22

8
8

17
17

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

ii

10
10

37
18
19
9

35
35

134
134

25
25

10
10

_
-

12
12

-

-

9
6

9
9

9
9

3A
34

43
43

27
27

14
14

38
38

10
10

14
1A

27
27

27
27

129
129

284
28A

75
75

6

16
16

41
41

130
123

AA
AA

39
33

41
A1

24
2A

50
A9

90
9C

8
8

-

92
81

338
338

-

5
5

6

-

-

7

-

6

-

-

1

-

-

-

11

-

-

-

12

A
A

13
13

23
14

15
12

9
9

9
i

14
13

29
1A

12
12

21
1

1
1

-

A6
A6

-

-

5
3

50
45

25
18

36
27

61
60

A5
31

10A
102

98
92

63
59

12A
124

38
38

7
7

82
82

69
69

229
229

_

8
8

A
A

11
11

18
18

85
85

32
32

112
112

2
2

234
234

70
70

35
35

-

36
36

19
19

377
377

-

17
17

3
3

-

-

*

-

“

-

MECHANICS, MA IN TE NA NC E -------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

1,049
1,000

4.18
4.21

4.12
4.14

3.83- 4.75
3.85- 4.77

_

-

_

-

~

-

“

12
12

MILLWR IG HT S --------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

1,051
1,051

4.16
4.16

4.03
4.03

3.79- 4.64
3.79- 4.64

_

-

_

-

-

OILERS --------------------------------MANU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

399
387

3.51
3.52

3.62
3.62

3.26- 3.68
3.27- 3.68

11
11

5
5

PAINTERS, MA INTENANCE --------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

232
221

3.80
3.80

3.76
3.76

3.60- 4.02
3.59- 4.02

_

_

PIPEFITTERS, MA IN TE NA NC E — --------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

614
610

4.04
4.04

3.93
3.94

3.62- 4.62
3.62- 4.62

-

SHEET-METAL WORKERS, MA INTENANCE —
MA NUFACTURING ---------------------

290
267

4.14
4.19

3.98
4.00

3.70- 4.65
3.90- 4.65

_

TOOL AND DIF MAKERS ----------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ---------------------

798
798

A.49
4.49

4.55
4.55

A . 17- A . 93
4.17- 4.93

-

-

-

1

_

_

_

n

_

12
12

13
13

16
16

10
10

58
46

16
16

14
14

20
2C

159
159

8
8

_

-

5
5

28
28

3
3

1
1

21
21

3
3

A
A

6
5

15
15

5
A

16
15

66
63

27
27

5
2

15
15

3
2

_

_

-

'

A?
A1

A
2

7
7

2
2

22
22

114
114

24
24

75
75

AA
AA

45
43

38
38

23
23

26
26

1
1

2
2

_

-

-

-

3
3

A6
24

22
22

8
8

6
6

72
72

6
5

1
1

2
2

i
i

3
3

9
9

6
6

10
10

39
39

81
81

20
20

3
3

42
42

35
35

-

-

_

-

“

“

“

~

-

-

-

-

“

an d la te sh ifts ,

_

_

36
36

3.17- 4.10
3.63- A . 63

-

-

22

33
25

3.57
4.03

-

22

27
13

3.68
A.06

-

3
3
-

1

A
A

-

-

-

1

-

6
A

326
141




14
8
6

35
35

_

h o lid a y s ,

-

*

-

7
6
i

10
3
7

-

MECHANICS, AUTOMOTIVE
(MAINTENANCE) ----------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s,
F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2 , ta b le A - l .
T r a n s p o r t a t io n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , an d o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .

2
-

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

8
8

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

189
189

_

_

-

-

-

1
1

2
2

117
117

2
2

36
36

157
157

11
11

336
336

-

_

A
A

_

_

_

_

9
9

21
Table A-4b.

Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations—Manufacturing—Erie County

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rl y e a r n i n g s f o r m e n in s e l e c t e d o cc u p a ti o n s s t ud ie d on an a r e a b a s i s ,
Bu f f al o ( E r i e County), N . Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)
H ourly earnings
Num ber
of
workers

O cc u pa ti on

1

N u m b e r of 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 h o u rl y e a r n i n g s
r

*

*

S

2.70 2.80
U nde r 2 . 6 0
%
and
2 * 6 0 un der
T ^
T

M ean2

M e d ian ^

M iddle r a n g e 2

2.70 2.80 2.90

$

$

$

1 69

3.92

3.84

3 .5 6 - 4.34

746

4.20

4.20

3 .7 5 - 4.7 5

ENGINEERS, STATIONARY -------------------------

259

3.70

3.67

3 .2 8 - 3.93

-

-

-

FIREMEN, STATIONARY BOILER ---------------

93

3.57

3.41

3.2 7 -

-

4

-

MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM —

669

4.33

4.45

3 .9 3 - 4.75

-

-

-

-

MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE ---------------------

753

4.13

4.07

3 .6 0 - 4.72

-

-

-

-

CARPENTERS, MAINTENANCE

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

ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE

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

$

3.61

MECHANICS, AUTOMOTIVE
(MAINTENANCE! --------------------------------------

236

3.59

3.43

3 .0 6 - 4.08

MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE -----------------------

1,034

4.13

4.11

3 .6 9 - 4 .76

-

MILLWRIGHTS --------------------------------------------

744

4.23

4.32

3 .9 2 - 4.65

OILERS ------------------------------------------------------

366

3.51

3.62

3 .3 1 -

3.68

-

3.40

.50

3.00

3.40

3.50

.60 3 .70 3 .8 0

3.10

3.20 3.30

$

$

S

3.60 3.70 3.80

$

f ---$

$

%

$

3

7

7

9

22

21

5

17

9

3

11

25

9

17

-

A

9

-

27

27

58

43

32

29

eo

40

21

37

19

7

22 6

81

4

8

7

-

63

12

12

12

22

31

21

26

2

11

-

11

1

9

4

7

-

7

-

-

19

16

8

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

10

-

-

-

-

13

6

9

9

34

46

27

14

38

6

14

26

27

129

207

64

6

3

12

-

20

37

110

38

58

20

39

48

36

8

-

71

242

-

5

8

13

10

12

1

20

8

12

1

1

43

-

-

25

59

42

l

78

34

16

136

51

124

22

7

82

69

22 9
-

8

-

A

*

6

-

89

12

-

-

20

12

7

20

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

-

16

10

64

32

24

-

135

41

35

-

36

19

317

5

10

5

9

16

11

10

21

49

14

11

140

8

-

5

28

-

17

3

-

A

33

-

-

149

2

89

2

-

157

11

248

9

3.78

3.75

3 .3 8 - 4.11

-

-

-

3

1

21

3

A

5

8

4

14

16

15

2

11

2

-

-

4.06

3.99

3 .5 8 - 4.63

-

-

-

3

-

-

5

7

2

19

88

24

26

21

19

9

23

26

1

3 .9 1 - 4.65

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

3

18

19

-

4

66

5

1

2

1

0^

35

3A

35

4.19

3.99
4 50

!

n

1 E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r - o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and la te s h i f t s .
2 F o r defi ni tio n of t e r m s , s e e footnote 2, t a b le A - l .




-

-

142

/

o v er

-

422
214

t

2

PAINTERS, MAINTENANCE -------------------------

701

S

4 .6 0 4 .8 0 5.00

3 .9 0 4 .0 0 4 . 1 0 4 .2 0 4 .3 0 4 .4 0 4 .6 0 A.80 5 .0 0

P I P E F I T T E R S , MAINTENANCE ------------------SHEET-METAL WORKERS, MAINTENANCE —

i

3.90 4 .0 0 4 .1 0 4 .2 0 4 .3 0 4 .4 0

A

-

-

$

3.30

$

-

-

$

S

2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20

t

.

20

22
Table A-4c.

Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations—Manufacturing—Niagara County

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s f o r m e n in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a ti o n s st u d i e d on a n a r e a b a s i s ,
B u f f a l o ( N i a g a r a County), N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
H ourly earn in gs

N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e ivi ng s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rl y e a r n in g s of—

1
$
2.30

Num ber

O cc u p a ti o n

workers

M ean 2

M e d ian

2

M iddle range

2

$
S
2.40 2 . 5

0

$

*

0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

$
3.10

$
3.20

$
3.30

$
3.40

$
3.50

$
3.60

i
$
3.70 3 .80

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3.20

3.30 3 .40

3.50

3.60

3.70

3.80 3.90 4 .0 0

$
$
t
2.60 2.70 2 . 8

$
4.20

%
4.40

S
$
4.60 4 .8 0

and
un der
2 .4 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

$

$

$

3 .7 4

3 .7 7

3 .7 1 -

3 .8 4

EL ECTRICIANS, MA IN TE NA NC E ----------

370

3 .9 4

3 .8 9

3 .6 6 -

4 .1 1

ENGINEERS, ST AT IO NA RY ---------------

98

3 .5 9

3 .5 5

3 .3 4 -

3 .8 4

-

-

-

9

-

-

-

FIREMEN, ST AT IO NA RY BOILER ---------

1 16

3 .2 4

3 .2 3

2 .9 4 -

3 .6 7

9

9

-

-

-

-

28

-

-

-

-

10

27

44

4.20 4.40

4.60 4.80

and

5.00

over

$
1

1

7

7

18

8

42

-

4

30

4

5

8

14

-

7

25

6

15

2

-

4

2

4

19

17

30

56

50

73

-

7

51

3

11

20

-

-

8

-

-

10

4

17

-

8

-

-

2

-

-

35

23

11

63

13

58

-

15

96

-

3

9

-

7

6

-

-

3

-

86

28

19

16

-

-

-

12

99

29

-

-

60

-

28

HELPERS, MAIN TE NA NC E TRADES --------

131

3 .0 1

2 .9 7

2 .8 9 -

3 .1 6

MA CHINISTS, MA IN TE NA NC E -------------

320

4 .1 5

4 .1 1

3 .8 1 -

72

MECHANICS, AUTOMOTIVE
(MAINTENANCE! ------------------------

34

3 .8 7

3 .7 9

3 .6 9 -

4 .0 2

2

4

20

26

21

8

14

66

14

88

1
4

19

MECHANICS, MAIN TE NA NC E --------------

236

3 .7 3

3 .8 4

3 .6 1 -

3 .9 2

MI LL WR IG HT S ---------------------------

396

3 .8 9

3 .8 2

3 .6 4 -

3 .9 9

OILERS ---------------------------------

1 14

3.18

3.23

2 .8 8 -

3 .5 0

PAINTERS, M A IN TE NA NC E ---------------

1 26

3 .6 7

3 .7 2

3 .4 5 -

3 .7 9

PIPEFITTERS, M A IN TE NA NC E -----------

270

3 .8 7

3 .8 0

3 .6 4 -

4 .0 1

88

4 .0 9

3 .9 5

3 .8 4 -

4 .6 2

15 2

4 .5 8

4 .9 1

4 .3 3 -

4 .9 6

SH EET-METAL WORKERS, MA IN TE NA NC E —
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS ------------------

-

-

12
1

8

5

2

25

-

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

33

-

3

-

8

-

6

6

9

24

-

E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and la t e sh ifts.
F o r de fin it io n of t e r m s , s e e footnote 2, ta b l e A - l .




t

5.00

2 .5 0

48

CARPENTERS, MA IN TE NA NC E -------------

$
S
3.90 4 .0 0

-

15

7

7

49

12

-

4

-

8

-

-

2

6

5

44

19

55

43

24

29

-

-

40

-

6

6

8

6

34

-

-

-

28

1

3

6

ii

8

35

88

. -

23
Table A-5.

Custodial and Material Movement Occupations—SMSA

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rl y e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a ti o n s s t ud ie d on an a r e a b a s i s by i n d u s t r y d iv i si o n ,
B u f f a l o ( S ta n d a rd M e t r o p o l it a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a ) , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
H ourly e arn in g s2

1
1.60

N um ber

Occupation1 and industry division

workers

M e an 3

M e d ian 3

M iddle ran ge3

$
$
1.70 1 .8 0

1,705
706
999

$
2.40
3.16
1.86

$
1.98
3.15
1.71

$
$
1 .6 9 - 3.15
2 .8 8 - 3.52
1 .6 5 - 1.79

-

-

46 8

328

GUARDS:
MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------------------

583

3.25

3.19

3 .C 3- 3.57

-

-

46 8

328

1.90 2.00
8

2C0
54
14 6
“

86
25
61
“

49
18
31
~

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS
(WOMEN) ---------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----------------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG -------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4------------

1,627
280
1,347
92

1.88
2.59
1.74
2.35

1.71
2.67
1.69
2.34

1 .6 5 - 1.95
2 .2 6 - 2.91
1 . 6 4 - 1.77
2 .2 3 - 2.38

777
20
757

355
3
352
~

40
40
~

93
6
87
“

LABORERS, MATERIAL HAND LI NG ----MA NUFACTURING -----------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------- ---PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4------------

2,989
2,229
760
257

2.97
2.91
3.14
3.62

3.03
2.98
3.20
3.70

2.572.523.0 1 3.6 3 -

24
14
10

23
23

10 7
85
22

67
50
17

ORDER
FILLERS -------------------MA NUFACTURING -------------- ---NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------------

644
218
426

2.90
2.94
2.88

3.07
3.04
3.11

2 .5 5 - 3.24
2 .7 1 - 3.14
2 .4 2 - 3.33

-

_

13

_

-

-

-

-

PACKERS, SH IPPING ----------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------------------

521
475

3.15
3.22

3.30
3.37

3 .0 0 - 3.48
3 .0 4 - 3.49

3

_

PACKERS,

SHIPPING (WOMEN) -------

14 6

2.26

2.09

2 .0 3 - 2.52

4

-

9

RE CEIVING CLERKS -----------------MA NU FACTURING -----------------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG --------------

278
162
116

3.14
3.18
3.09

3.13
3.14
3.10

2 .8 9 - 3.43
2 .9 7 - 3.38
2 .7 7 - 3.45

_

1

3

SHIPPING CLERKS ------------------MA NU FACTURING ------------------

145
116

3.48
3.55

3.37
3.54

2 .9 9 - 3.87
3 .0 4 - 4.13

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS MA NUFACTURING ------------------

165
94

3.16
3.01

3.29
3.21

2 .8 6 - 3.45
2 .7 2 - 3.28

T R U C K D R I V E R S 5 ---------------------MA NUFACTURING -----------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4------------

3,305
725
2,580
1,660

3.52
3.29
3.59
3.66

3.71
3.20
3.72
3.74

3 .2 0 - 3.76
3 .1 0 - 3.52
3 .5 7 - 3.77
3 .7 1 - 3.78

TRUCKORIVERS, LIGHT (UNDER
1-1/2 TONS) -------------------MA NUFACTURING ------------------

331
13 3

3.12
3.25

3.14
3.29

3 .0 4 - 3.20
3 .0 1 - 3.52

TRUCKDRIVERS, MEDIUM (1-1/2 TO
AND INCLUDING 4 TONS) -------MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------------NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG -------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4------------

316
10 4
212
15 4

3.07
3.14
3.03 ■ 3.02
3.09
3.15
3.28
3.16

See fo o tn o te s at end of table,




3.23
3.31
3.20
3.20

1

-

$
3.80

$
1
T —
4.00 4 .2 0 4 .4 0

78

12

27

-

-

3.80 4 .0 0

106
94
12

101
101

”

113
47
66

145

47

94

101

30
30

4.20

-

-

-

-

-

“

30

4.40 4 .60

“

-

-

5

5

-

16

-

2

9

22

8

-

35

20

29
8
21
~

27
11
16
1

23
22
1
~

102
78
24
”

189
180
9
“

160
150
10
4

112
72
40
34

185
100
85
61

164
134
30
30

151
141
10
10

174
166
8
4

28 0
28 0

49
26
23
23

24
21
3
~

72
1
71
59

11
8
3
-

18
18

51
51

14
14

-

-

~

44
41
3
3

-

-

25
23
2
1

13
13

-

31
25
6
6

7
7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

59
30
29

44
19
25

22
8
14

195
192
3

149
146
3

83
74
9

40
32
8

119
116
3

141
137
4
i

2 78
271
7
4

417
245
172
17

191
161
30
2

335
276
59
16

59
59

636
314
322
217

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

29

18

48
40
8

4
4

23
12
11

40
16
24

15
3
12

76
55
21

136
56
80

125
16
109

36
6
30

4

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

18

21
10
11

24

29

32
32

-

“

_

14

i

14
14

17
17

5
5

27
6

20
20

93
93

7
7

67
63

213
213

14
14

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

70

2

6

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

1
1

1
1

_
-

_
-

-

-

-

15
15

13
13

4
4

3
3
-

-

-

-

24

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

~
_
-

-

~

_

-

“

.

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

“

-

24

7

10

-

14

-

-

-

-

i
-

2

2

5

-

-

-

5

31
24
7

46
26
20

33
31
2

40
23
17

38
15
23

29
15
14

8
7

2

15
7
8

10
10

2

12
2
10

_

_

_

3
3

10
1

3
1

6
6

17
17

3
3

11
11

23
15

7
4

17
12

13
11

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

18
14

12
12

7
7

-

“

41
36

66
13

-

-

-

_

-

-

8

13
12
1

63
47
16
1

71
60
11
11

537
196
341
268

197
125
72
24

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

~

-

_

_

_

_

_

“

~

~

“

~

2
2

41
26

33
33

148
4

31
29

25
25

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

18
15

121
4
117
117

40
24
16

12
11
1
1

50
1
49

21

-

-

20
20

8

-

_

~

21

26
1

_

-

7
7

_

_
"

”

24
-

9

_

8

24

9

20
20

-

8

-

_
-

4
3
1

-

_
55
35
20

_
27
27
-

9
5

3
3

-

_

-

-

“

_

-

_

-

-

3

_

“

-

13
13

1

“

-

i

12
10

-

-

3.60

74
54
20

-

13

-

-

15

1

-

-

6

-

488
71
417
~

_

18

-

2.99
3.13
2.21
2.93

_

9

-

3.07

_

165
165

-

1.772.5 3 1.662.7 9 -

-

80
62
18

-

2.6 2 -

1

19
12
7

~

2.59
2.84
1.73
2.85

-

91
86
5

17
17

"

2.83

-

46
37
9

-

2.77

-

21
15
6

-

2.45
2.74
1.96
2.84

~

29
20
9

8

5
3

123

-

15
9
6

9
5
4

2.90

3.20 3.40

2.50

8

2.60 2.70 2.80

3.00 3.10

2 . 20 2 . 30 2 . 4 0

-

2,493
1,564
9 29
144

-

2.10

51
1
50

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS ■
MA NU FACTURING -----------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4------------

2 .952.9 1 3.113.13-

$
3.60

1.80

GUARDS AND WATC HM EN -------------MANU FA CT UR IN G -----------------N G NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------------

3.35
3.25
3.72
3.75

N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e iv i n g s t r a i g h t -t im e h o u rl y e a r n i n g s oJ
%
$
$
$
s
*
f
$
*
2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 2 .90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.40

$
s
*
i
2 . 10 2 . 20 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0

and
un der
1.70

WATCHMEN:
MA NU FACTURING ------------------

$
$
1.90 2 .0 0

i

_

-

4

1

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

225 1781
79
91
146 1690
1 1170

2 38
33
205
185

-

26
26

_

-

-

12
”

33

-

33
33

13
13

_
-

_

_

_
~

_
-

-

_

-

”

_

—

24
Table A-5.

Custodial and Material Movement Occupations—SMSA---Continued

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rl y e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a ti o n s st ud ie d on an a r e a b a s i s by i n d u s t r y di v i si o n ,
B u ff al o ( S ta n d a rd M e tr o p o l it a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a ) , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
N u m b e r of w o r k e r s re c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rl y e a r n i n g s of—

Hourly e ar ni ngs 2

Occupation1 and industry division

$

Numb e r
of
Mean3

M e di a n *

$

1 .60 1.70
and
under

Mi ddl e r ange3

1.70

1.80

1 -----~ S ---- 1 ---- 1 ----- $
1.80

1.90

2.00 2 .1 0 2 .2 0

1.90 2.00 2.10

2.20

1 -----i —

$

2.30 2 .40

2.30 2.40

2.50

s

1

t

.80

2.90

$
I
t
3.00 3.10 3.20

$
3 .40

2.60 2 .70 2 .8 0 2 .90

3.00

3.10 3 .20 3.40

3 ±AQ_ 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 2 0 4 . 4 0 4 . 6 0

2.50 2.60 2 .70

t

3.60

$

3.80

$

1

1 ----

4.00 4 .2 0 4 .4 0

T R U C K D R I V E B S 5 - CO NTINUED
TRUCKDRIVERS, HE AV Y IOVER A TONS
T r a i l e r t y p e ) -------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG — -------------PU BL IC UTIL IT IE S --------------

3 .7 6

$
3
3
3
3

.
.
.
.

7
1
7
7

0
4
1
3

-

$
3
3
3
3

.7
.6
.7
.7

8
9
8
9

3
3
3
3

3
3
3
3

.
.
.
.

2
1
5
7

1
2
5
3

-

3
3
3
3

.7
.3
.7
.7

5
4
6
8

$
3 .7 4

193
1 ,5 0 2

$
3 .6 9
3 .3 3
3 .7 4

3 .2 0
3 .7 5

1 ,1 0 5

3 .7 7

838

3 .5 4

214
624
212

3 .2 8
3 .6 2
3 .7 6

TRUCKERS, POWER (FORKLIFT) -------MANUFA CT UR IN G -------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

1 ,9 1 3
1 ,5 6 0
353

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

3 .3 3
3 .3 0

3 .0 2 2 .9 8 -

3 .5 6
3 .5 5

3 .3 9

3 .1 0 -

3 .7 3

TRUCKERS, POWER (OTHER THAN
FORKLIFT) ---------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------

433

3 .3 1

3 .2 9

432

3 .3 1

3 .3 0

3 .0 1 3 .0 1 -

3 .5 6
3 .5 6

TRUCKORIVERS, HEAVY (OVER A TONS
OTHER THAN TR AI LE R TYPE) ------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4------------ —

1
2
3
4
5

1 ,6 9 5

.6
.1
.7
.7

5
7
0
5

2
1
1

9
9

_
-

_

_
-

_

_
_

_

-

_

_

-

_
“

_

-

-

3
3

2
2

17
17

5
5

39
39

9
9

36
30

f
c

10
10

18
18

18
18

1
1

90
90

18
18

~

105
105

-

13
13

27
7
20

8
8

35
28
7
7

77 1277
55
11
66 1222
“ 913

1

178
106
72

63
33
30

93
14
79

427
4
423
212

22
2
20

~

~

131
111
20

214
151
63

74
57
17

377
301
76

474
432
42

269
140
129

29
29

34
34

11
11

35
35

31
30

42
42

62
62

128
128

9
9

19
19

1

D a t a li m i t e d to m e n w o r k e r s e x c e p t w h er e o t h e r w i s e in di ca te d.
E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k on w ee k e n d s, h o li d a y s , and la te s h i f ts .
F o r de fin it ion of t e r m s , s e e footnote 2, t a b le A - l .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t io n , and o th er pu bli c u t i l i t i e s .
I n c l u d e s a l l d r i v e r s , a s d e fin e d, r e g a r d l e s s of s i z e and type of t r u c k o p e r a t e d .

Table A-5a. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations—Large Establishments
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o ur ly e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a ti o n s st ud ie d on e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p lo y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
by i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , Bu f f al o , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)

Se e f o o tn o te s a t end of table,




186
1
185
185

83
82
1

-

~

-

~

_

-

26
26

~

_

_
~
6
6

~

“
13
13

-

“

15
15

8
8

25
Table A-5a.

Custodial and Material Movement Occupations—Large Establishments--- Continued

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e hourly e a r n i n g s for s e l e c t e d o cc u p a ti o n s st ud ie d on e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m pl o y in g 500 w o r k e r s or m o r e
by i n d u s tr y d iv i s i o n , B u ff al o , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
H ourly ear n in gs2

O c c u p a ti o n 1 and in du st ry di v is io n

N u m b e r of w o r k e r s re c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o ur ly e a r n i n g s o

»

N um ber
of

1.60

M e an 3

M e d ian 3

M iddle ran ge3

i

t

t

t

i

1.70 1.80 1.90 2.0C

»

i

t

2.10 2.20 2.30

i

t

2.A0 2.50

$

t

$

i

2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90

i

*
3.20

3.00 3.10

$
s
I
i
I------- i ------3.AC 3.60 3.80 A . 00 A . 20 A.AO

and
under
1.70 1,80 1.90 2.00 2.1C 2,20 2.30 2.A0 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.AO 3.60 3.80 A . 00 A . 20 A.AO A . 60

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CL EANERS —
MA NUFACTURING -------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S4 --------------

1, A07
975
A 32
133

$
2.68
2.92
2.13
2.8A

$
2.81
2.95
1.81
2.85

$
2.522.651.682.80-

608
222

2.13
2.68

1.9A
2.71

1.67- 2.63
2.57- 2.9A

$
3.10
3.18
2.82
2.92

1AA

70

144

70

-

30
1
29

19
5
1A

8
A
4

5
2
3

11
4
7

15
1A
1

30
29
1

118
116
2

152
1A8
4
4

90
6C
3C
30

1A2
57
85
61

129
102
27
27

97
87
10
10

131
130
1
1

216
216

A8
48

31
25

20
19

39
39

3
3

13
13

1A
1A

“

“

-

~

-

*

JANITORS, PORTERS, ANO CLEANERS
(W O M E N ) ---------------------------------

MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4--------------

8A

2.33

2.3A

2.23- 2.38

LABORERS, MATERIAL HAND LI NG ------MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4--------------

1,625
1, A17
208
51

3.00
3.06
2.53
3.26

3.06
3.08
2.A5
3.22

2.652.781.963.05-

ORDER
FILLERS ----------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------

337
181

3.12
3.01

3.15
3.07

387
374

3.23
3.28

3.A1
3.A1

3.0A- 3.A9
3.05- 3.A9

RECEIVING CLERKS -------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

197
123
7A

3.22
3.23
3.19

3.21
3.16
3.A1

3.0A- 3.A8
3.0A- 3.A2
2.80- 3.51

SHIPPING CLERKS --------------------MA NUFACTURING --------------------

95
92

3.69
3.69

3.69
3.67

620
449
17 1
67

3.3A
3-28
3.A8
3.49

3.28
3.19
3.63
3.29

3.133.133.233.18-

TRUCKDRIVERS, LIGHT (UNDER
1-1/2 TONS) ----------------------MA NUFACTURING --------------------

123
106

3.29
3.35

3.32
3.35

81
50

3.31
3.22

3.3A
3.26

3.07- 3.55
3.06- 3.39

TRUCKDRIVERS, HEAVY (OVER A TONS
TRAILER TYPE) --------------------

221

3.39

3.30

15
2

3
3

29
8

18
18

58
1

1
1

18
18

3.03- 3.53
3.07- 3.55

TRUCKDRIVERS, MEDIUM (1-1/2 TO
AND INCLUDING A TONS) ----------MA NUFACTURING --------------------

28

3.25- 4.16
3.2A- A . 17

TRUCKDRIVERS 5 -----------------------MANUFACTURING --- ----------------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4--------------

50
3

3.03- 3.33
2.85- 3.16

PACKERS, SHIPPING ------------------MA NUFACTURING --------------------

220
7

3.16- 3.65

3.38
3.52
3.15
3.29

3.62
3.A6
3.69
3.78

TRUCKERS, PUKFR (FORKLIFT) -------MA NUFACTURING --------------------

1,265
1 , 2 1A

3.33
3.3A

3. A 1
3.A2

3.C7- 3.57
3.07- 3.57

TRUCKERS, POKER (OTHER THAN
FflRKL IF T ) --------------------------MA NUFACTURING --------------------

A10
A09

3.3A
3.3A

3.32
3.33

3.03- 3.57
3.03- 3.57

1
2
3
4
5

-

-

-

-

-

21

-

57

-

-

-

6

10

19

13

17

19

13

17

25
9
16

13
8
5

108
105
3

95
92
3

61
56
5

3A
32
2

59
56
3

63
59
4
i

132
125
7
4

218
2C0
13
17

158
136
22
1

185
156
29
16

59
59

10

30
10
20

22
22

4
4

1A
12

16
16

12
-

64
55

7A
50

125
16

6
6

-

-

-

-

326
31A
12
12

-

~

3

_

-

2

-

6

1

_

1

4
4

1A
1A

5
5

6
6

20
20

85
e

7
7

30
30

189
189

1A
1A

_

1

3

-

_

-

1

_

2

5

3
2
1

11
5
6

P
7
1

6
6
-

26
25
1

31
29
2

31
18
13

31
8
23

29
15
1A

8
7
1

1
1

-

-

-

-

1
1

1
i

10
10

2
2

7
7

15
15

4
4

10
9

13
11

15
15

13
13

11
11

56
46
10
1C

160
151
9
8

117
96

129
32
97
19

44
31
13
13

_

_

_

~
~

• -

-

-

-

15

66
65
1
1

~

~

_

“

13
13

-

_
_

1

_
-

1

3

_

_
~

_

_

_

*

2

_
-

5

_
-

-

_

_

“

_

_

"

_

_

”

_

1
1
”

1

2
2

~

_

2

_

7
6
i
“

27
11
16
1

2
2

“

21
6

~

27
27

4
4

31
29

25
25

2
1

3
3

17
15

4
3

21

12
11

_
-

_

_

_

_

_

-

~

_

_

-

3
3

-

-

7

-

83

26

11

78

“
2
2

5
5
5
5

3
3

_
*

“

4
4

19

17

_
2

_

D at a li m it ed to m e n w o r k e r s e x c e p t w h er e o th e r w i se in di ca te d.
E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m pay f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o rk on w ee k e n d s, h o li d a y s , and late sh i f ts .
F o r de fin it ion of t e r m s , s e e footnote 2, tab le A - l .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t io n , and oth er public u t il it i e s .
In cl u de s all d r i v e r s , a s de fin ed , r e g a r d l e s s of si z e and type of t r u c k o p e r a te d .




-

-

-

_

21

_

_

—

~

_

_

_

1A

-

-

-

3A
3A

_

6
6

13
13

15
15

8
8

-

2A
22

63
63

31
31

18
18

77
77

128
128

53
36

220
21A

A38
A 12

136
136

29
29

6
6

18
18

13
13

11
11

35
35

29
28

A2
A2

5A
5A

128
128

9
9

19
19

_

26
Table A-5b.

Custodial and Material Movement Occupations—Manufacturing—Erie County

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o ur ly e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o cc u p a ti o n s st ud ie d on an a r e a b a s i s ,
B u f f a l o ( E r i e County), N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)

1
2
3
4

D at a li m i t e d to m e n w o r k e r s e x c e p t w h e re o th e r w i s e in dic ate d.
E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o rk on w e e k e n d s , h o li d a y s , and la te s h i f ts .
F o r de fin it ion of t e r m s , s e e footnote 2, t a b le A - l .
I nc lu de s a l l d r i v e r s , a s de fin ed , r e g a r d l e s s of s i z e and type of t r u c k o p e r a te d .




27
Table A-5c.

Custodial and Material Movement Occupations—Manufacturing—Niagara County
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u rly e a r n in g s f o r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s i s ,
B u ffa lo (N ia g a r a C ou n ty ), N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
H ourly ea m in gs

O c c u p a tio n 1

N um b er
of
workers

2

N um ber of w o rk ers

r e c e iv in g s tr a ig h t -tim e h o u rly e a r n in g s o f—

t
$
$
$
$
t
$
$
$
$
t
$
t
$
$
(
$
$
$
$
2.00 2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 3.40 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90
M e an 3

M e d ia n 3

M iddle ran ge 3

and
u n d er

2.10 2.20 2.*30 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 3.40 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00

223
„(lirinr

$
3* 15

$
3.00

$
2.0j

$
3.54

ICC

3 25

3 '°

^ OC

3 57

VIA 1v MnLli

39

1

2.00

3.02

2. 70

3.06

5

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS ---

323

2.92

2.97

2.80- 3.08

-

6

-

-

22

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS
(WOMEN) ------------------------- -----

48

2.74

-

4

-

-

7

• 00

2.83

2.64- 2.88

J.O

1^

2.92- 3.14

1>U

3*3

3mH0

a ,n

3. 15

381

3.22

3.24

-

-

3

20

3.04- 3.51

3.07

15

2. 96 - 3.33

60

4

23

3t>




5

30

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

27

13

30

18

11

-

-

175

124

60

Zo

39

69

14

22

and la te sh ifts .

28

30

17

TRUCKERS, POWER (OTHER THAN

h o lid a y s ,

28

4G

86

2

50

15

48

8

35
29

22
14

8

10

3.70

1 D a ta lim ite d to m e n w o r k e r s e x c e p t w h e re o th e r w ise in d ica te d .
2 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r tim e and fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s,
3 F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2, ta b le A - l .

9
g

45

5

40

8
0

100

94

_

28

B. Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions
Table B-l. Minimum Entrance Salaries for Women Office Workers
( D is t r i b u t io n o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d ie d in a l l i n d u s t r i e s a n d in i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y m in im u m e n t r a n c e s a l a r y f o r s e l e c t e d c a t e g o r i e s
o f i n e x p e r i e n c e d w o m e n o f f ic e w o r k e r s , B u f f a l o , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1 9 6 8 )

I n e x p e r ie n c e d t y p i s t s
M a n u fa c tu r in g
M in im u m w e e k ly s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r y 1

A ll
in d u s t r i e s

E s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v in g a s p e c i f i e d m in im u m .
U n d e r $ 6 0 .0 0 _________________________________________________
$ 6 0 .0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 6 2 .5 0 ____________________________________
$ 6 2 .5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 6 5 .0 0 ____________________________________
$ 6 5 .0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 6 7 .5 0 ____________________________________
$ 6 7 .5 0 an d u n d e r $ 7 0 .0 0 ____________________________________
$ 7 0 .0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 7 2 .5 0 ____________________________________
______ . . . ______________
$ 7 2 .5 0 an d u n d e r $ 7 5 .0 0 __
$ 7 5 .0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 7 7 .5 0 _____________________ ___ _____
$ 7 7 .5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 8 0 .0 0 __________________________________
$ 8 0 .0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 8 2 .5 0 ____________________________________
$ 8 2 .5 0 a n d n n H p .r $ 8 5 . 0 0 ___________ _
$ 8 5 .0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 8 7 .5 0 ______________ ___________________
$ 8 7 .5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 9 0 .0 0 ____________________________________
$ 9 0 .0 0 an d u n d e r $ 9 2 . 5 0 ____________________________________
$ 9 2 .5 0 an d u n d e r $ 9 5 . 0 0 ____________________________ ______
$ 9 5 .0 0 an d u n d e r $ 9 7 . 5 0 ____________________________________
$ 9 7 .5 0 a n d u n d e r $ 1 0 0 . 0 0 ____
$ 1 0 0 .0 0 a n d u n d e r $ 1 0 2 .5 0
$ 1 0 2 .5 0 a n d o v e r

1
2
3

37 */2

40

A ll
sc h e d u le s

3 7 ‘/2

A ll
sc h e d u le s

40

3 7 V2

A ll
sc h e d u le s

40

3 o f—
37V2

40

__

219

no

XXX

XXX

109

XXX

XXX

219

110

XXX

XXX

109

XXX

XXX

61

10

49

35

15

17

108

65

11

52

43

17

20

2
3
6
10
6
15
11
12
5
7
3
2
2
3

_

_
l
l
l
2
2
1
-

_
2
2
4
6
5
6
5
5
2
2
3
4
1
2

2
2
3
6
2
7
4
5
2

_
2
3
1
3
3
3
-

_
3
3
1
4
1
1
2
1

_
2
4
5
5
9
5
8
7
4
3
1
1
2
2
4
1
2

_
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
_
_
1

3
4
7
2
3
9
5
4
-

_
_
4
2
1
6
i
1
_

_
1
1
1

.
3
3
2
2
3
3
_
_
_
1
_
_

-

_

1
1

_

-

3
6
11
7
8
18
10
12
7
5
3
2
1
1
3
2
5
2
2

-

-

XXX

XXX

24

XXX

XXX

42

XXX

i

1
2

3
4
4
8
7
7
5
5
3
2
1
3
5
1
2

31

15

XXX

XXX

16

XXX

XXX

43

19

92

34

XXX

XXX

58

XXX

XXX

68

26

6

1
-

1
-

-

i
-

-

-

i
-

-

1

-

-

-

T h e s e s a l a r i e s r e l a t e to f o r m a l l y e s t a b l i s h e d m in im u m s t a r t i n g (h ir in g ) r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s th a t a r e p a i d f o r
E x c l u d e s w o r k e r s in s u b c l e r i c a l j o b s su c h a s m e s s e n g e r o r o f f ic e g i r l .
D a t a a r e p r e s e n t e d f o r a l l s t a n d a r d w o r k w e e k s c o m b in e d , a n d f o r th e m o s t c o m m o n s t a n d a r d w o r k w e e k s r e p o r t e d .




N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g

B a s e d on s t a n d a r d w e e k ly h o u r

96

E s t a b l i s h m e n t s stu d ie d ______ __________________________

E s t a b l i s h m e n t s w h ic h d id n o t e m p lo y w o r k e r s
in t h is c a t e g o r y

M a n u fa c tu r in g
A ll
in d u s tr ie s

B a s e d on s t a n d a r d w e e k ly h o u r s 3 of—
A ll
sc h e d u le s

E s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v in g no s p e c i f i e d m in im u m ...

O th e r in e x p e r ie n c e d c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s 2
N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g

sta n d a rd w o rk w e ek s.

-

1
-

_
_
3
3
4
7
4
7
7
4
2
1
1.
1
2
3
1
2

1

l

_
_
_
1
i
_

_

i

1
XXX




29

Table B-2. Shift Differentials
( L a t e - s h i f t p a y p r o v i s i o n s f o r m a n u f a c t u r i n g p la n t w o r k e r s b y ty p e a n d a m o u n t o f p a y d i f f e r e n t i a l ,
B u f fa lo , N . Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)
(A ll p l a n t w o r k e r s in m a n u f a c t u r i n g = 1 0 0 p e r c e n t )
P e r c e n t o f m a n u fa c tu r in g p la n t w o r k e r s —
In e s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v in g p r o v i s i o n s 1
fo r la te sh ifts

L a te - sh ift p ay p r o v isio n

A c t u a l l y w o r k in g o n l a t e s h i f t s

S e c o n d sh ift

T o t a l ______________________________________________________

N o p a y d i f f e r e n t i a l f o r w o r k on l a t e s h i f t

T h ir d o r o th e r
sh ift

S e c o n d sh ift

93. 6

89- 0

24. 3

1. 0

1. 0

9. 4

0. 4

92. 6

88. 0

5 5 .4

P a y d if f e r e n t ia l f o r w o r k on la t e sh ift

T h ird o r o th e r
sh ift

48. 4

(2)

23. 9

9- 3

T y p e an d am o u n t o f d iffe r e n tia l:
U n if o r m c e n t s ( p e r h o u r )
U n d e r 7 c e n t s __________________________________
7 c e n ts
_ _
_
8 c e n ts
9 c e n ts
_
.... ....
10 c e n t s ___________________________________________
11 c e n t s ___________________________________________
12 c e n t s ___________________________________________
I 2 V2 c e n t s ________________________________________
13 o r 1 3 V3 c e n t s _______________________________
14 c e n t s ___________________________________________
15
16
17
20
21

c e n t s ___________________________________________
o r I 6 7 2 c e n t s _______________________________
o r 18 c e n t s __________________________________
c e n t s ___________________________________________
c e n ts and o v e r

3. 7
1 .7
15. 2
•
10.
5.
4.
1.
.
1.
7.
.

9
9
5
2
0
4
1
3
7

13. 0

17. 6
1. 0
1. 3
1. 0

1. 8

______________________________

32. 5

30. 4

20. 8
.6
1 .2

.

U n if o r m p e r c e n t a g e

O th e r f o r m a l p a y d i f f e r e n t ia l

_________________

1.0
-

_

0
3
0
3

. 1
. 3
(2)
. 7

2. 1
. 8
. 7

. 6
3. 5

. 2

( 2)
. 1
. 1

. 1
. 3
1. 7
. 1
. 2

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

5 p e r c e n t _________________________________________
6 p e r c e n t _________________________________________
7 p e r c e n t _________________________________________
7 V2 p e r c e n t
9 p e r c e n t _________________________________________
10 p e r c e n t ________________________________________
15 p e r c e n t ________________________________________

7. 0

1.
.
5.
.

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

. 7
. 1
-

-

. 1
. 5

. 3
10. 0

1. 5

-

-

2. 5

-

-

9. 6
. 3

. 6
27. 1
. 3

2. 5
. 1

4. 7

9. 2

. 9

_

7. 0
. 2
. 3

-

-

. 1
. 1

-

1 I n c l u d e s a l l p l a n t w o r k e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s c u r r e n t l y o p e r a t i n g l a t e s h i f t s , a n d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w h o s e
c o v e r l a t e s h i f t s e v e n t h o u g h th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w e r e n o t c u r r e n t l y o p e r a t i n g l a t e s h i f t s .
2 L e s s t h a n 0 . 05 p e r c e n t .

1. 3
. 9

fo r m a l p r o v is io n s

30
Table B-3. Scheduled Weekly Hours
( P e r c e n t d is t r i b u t i o n o f p la n t a n d o f f ic e w o r k e r s in a l l i n d u s t r i e s a n d in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y s c h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u r s 1
o f f i r s t - s h i f t w o r k e r s , B u f f a l o , N . Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)
P la n t w o r k e r s
W ee k ly h o u r s

A ll i n d u s t r i e s 2

A ll w o r k e r s ___________________________________

100

U n d e r 3 6 V h o u r s _________________________________
4
3 6 V h o u r s __________ _______ _______________ ______
4
3 6 V h o u r s ______ ______ ____________ ______ ______
e
3 7 Vz h o u r s ______ _________________________ _____ _
O v e r 3 7 V a n d u n d e r 40 h o u r s ........................... ...........
2
40 h o u r s ___________________________________________
O v e r 40 a n d u n d e r 4 8 h o u r s .............................................
4 8 h o u r s an d o v e r _________________________________

M a n u fa c tu r in g

O ffic e w o r k e r s
P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

A ll i n d u s t r i e s 4

100

100

4

1
2
3
4
5

1

(5)

100

1
-

5

3

84
3
3

89
4
3

-

3
97
-

4
3
(5 )
29
2
61
(5 )

M a n u fa c tu rin g

100

1

_
_

12

100

1

_
_

45

4

_

83

55

-

S c h e d u le d h o u r s a r e th e w e d k ly h o u r s w h ich a m a jo r i t y o f th e f u l l - t i m e w o r k e r s w e r e e x p e c t e d to w o rk , w h e th e r th e y w e r e p a id f o r a t s t r a i g h t - t i m e o r o v e r t im e r a t e s .
I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r w h o l e s a le t r a d e , r e t a i l t r a d e , r e a l e s t a t e , a n d s e r v i c e s , in a d d it io n to t h o s e in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
T r a n s p o r t a t io n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , an d o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
I n c lu d e s d a t a f o r w h o le s a le t r a d e ; r e t a i l t r a d e ; fin a n c e , in s u r a n c e , an d r e a l e s t a t e ; an d s e r v i c e s , in a d d it io n to t h o s e in d u s t r y d iv i s i o n sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
L e s s th a n 0 . 5 p e r c e n t .




P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

_

31

Table B-4. Paid Holidays
( P e r c e n t d is t r i b u t i o n o f p la n t a n d o f f ic e w o r k e r s in a l l i n d u s t r i e s an d in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y n u m b e r o f p a id h o lid a y s
p r o v id e d a n n u a lly , B u f f a l o , N . Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)
P la n t w o r k e r s

O ffic e w o r k e r s

Ite m
A ll i n d u s t r i e s 1

A ll w o r k e r s . . _____ ______ ________________:____
W o r k e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r o v id in g
p a id h o l i d a y s ________________________________ ____
W o r k e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r o v id in g
no p a id h o l i d a y s _________________________________

M a n u fa c tu r in g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 2

A ll in d u s t r i e s 3

M a n u fa c tu rin g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 2

100

100

100

100

100

100

97

99

94

99

3

1

6

100

100

(4 )

-

-

(4 )

N um ber of d ay s
L e s s th a n 6 h o l i d a y s _________ ______ _____________
6 h o l i d a y s _________________________________ ______ _
6 h o lid a y s p lu s 1 h a lf d a y ________________________
6 h o lid a y s p lu s 2 h a lf d a y s _____ ________________
6 h o lid a y s p lu s 3 h a lf d a y s __________ ___________
6 h o lid a y s p l u s 4 h a lf d a y s ____________________ _
7 h o l i d a y s ...................................... ............... ............................
7 h o lid a y s p l u s 1 h a lf d a y ____ ___________________
7 h o lid a y s p l u s 2 h a lf d a y s _____________ _________
7 h o lid a y s p l u s 3 h a lf d a y s ______________________
8 h o lid a y s ______ ___ _______ ______________________
8 h o lid a y s p l u s 1 h a lf d a y ________________________
8 h o lid a y s p l u s 2 h a lf d a y s ____ _____________ ____
8 h o lid a y s p l u s 3 h a lf d a y s ____ _________________
9 h o l i d a y s ......................... .............................. ............. ...........
9 h o lid a y s p lu s 1 h a lf d a y ___________ ____ ________
9 h o lid a y s p lu s 2 h a lf d a y s _____________ _________
10 h o lid a y s ____ ____________________________________
10 h o lid a y s p l u s 1 h a lf d a y ______________________
11 h o lid a y s ________________________________________
11 h o lid a y s p l u s 1 h a lf d a y ______________________
11 h o lid a y s p l u s 2 h a lf d a y s ______________________
12 h o lid a y s ____ __________ _______________ __________

1

1

13
(4 )
(4 )
n
(4 )

2

23
1
1
20
1
2
1
( 4)

(4 )
18
1
(4 )
11
1
4
32
1
1
26
2
1

1
1
4
5
25
26
51
52
64
64
83
83
96
96
96
96
97

1
1
1
3
30
31
66
67
79
79
96
96
98
99
99
99
99

19

(4 )
(4)
11

(4 )
3

_
29
24
28
12
1

(4 )
14
1
17
(4 )
2
1

(4 )
3
1
1
(4 )
15
1
(4 )
12
1
3
1
38
1
1
20
3
(4 )
-

13
13
42
42
42
42
42
42
65
65
94
94
94
94
94
94
94

2
2
20
21
35
39
62
63
74
75
87
88
98
98
98
99
99

(4 )
(4 )
(4 )
3
23
25
66
67
80
80
96
97
99
100
100
100
100

12

(4 )
1

(4 )
(4 )
11

(4 )
(4)
(4 )
10
1
2

(4)

-

22

-

4

_
11

(4 )
13
2
20
-

-

2
39
13
1

T o t a l h o lid a y tim e 5
12 d a y s _____________________________________________
11 lh d a y s o r m o r e ___________________ ______ _____
11 d a y s o r m o r e __________________________________
IOV2 d a y s o r m o r e ______ _________________________
10 d a y s o r m o r e _________________________ ________ _
9 V d a y s o r m o r e ___________ ______ _____ _____ ____
2
9 d a y s o r m o r e ............. ........ ................... ......... ......... ........
8 V d a y s o r m o r e _______ _________________________
2
8 d a y s o r m o r e . _____ _______________ ____ ____ _____
7 V2 d a y s o r m o r e . . . ______ ____ ________ ___________
7 d a y s o r m o r e ___________________________________
6 V2 d a y s o r m o r e _________ _______________________
6 d a y s o r m o r e ____________________________ _______
5 d a y s o r m o r e ___________________________________
4 d a y s o r m o r e _____ __________ ___________________
3 d a y s o r m o r e _________ __________________________
1 d a y o r m o r e ____ ____ ___________________________

14
14
53
53
55
55
55
55
76
76
89
89
100
100
100
100
100

T
1
2
3
4
5
no h a lf

I n c lu d e s d a t a f o r w h o le s a le t r a d e , r e t a i l t r a d e , r e a l e s t a t e , a n d s e r v i c e s , in a d d it io n to t h o s e in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
T r a n s p o r t a t io n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , an d o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
I n c lu d e s d a t a f o r w h o le s a le t r a d e ; r e t a i l t r a d e ; f in a n c e , in s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e ; a n d s e r v i c e s , in a d d it io n to t h o s e in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
L e s s th a n 0 . 5 p e r c e n t .
A ll c o m b in a t io n s o f f u l l a n d h a lf d a y s th a t ad d to th e s a m e a m o u n t a r e c o m b in e d ; f o r e x a m p le , th e p r o p o r t io n o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g a t o t a l o f 9 d a y s in c lu d e s th o s e w ith 9 f u l l d a y s an d
d a y s , 8 fu ll d a y s a n d 2 h a lf d a y s , 7 f u l l d a y s a n d 4 h a lf d a y s , an d s o on.
P r o p o r t io n s th en w e r e c u m u la te d .




32
Table B-5. Paid Vacations1
( P e r c e n t d is t r i b u t i o n o f p la n t an d o f f ic e w o r k e r s in a l l i n d u s t r i e s an d in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y v a c a t io n p a y
p r o v i s i o n s , B u f f a l o , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
P la n t w o r k e r s

O ffic e w o r k e r s

V a c a tio n p o l ic y
A ll i n d u s t r i e s 1

A l l w o r k e r s __________________________________

M a n u fa c tu r in g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

A ll i n d u s t r i e s 4

100

100

100

100

100

100

99
94
5

100
93
7
-

97
97

100
99
( 5)
-

100
99
1
-

100
100
-

( 5)

"

3

“

“

-

17
12
2
1

21
10
1
1

_
24
9
-

6
57
5
6

7
70
2
1

_
38
17
-

79
2
17
1

84
2
13
1

60

20
1
80
( 5)

13
( 5)
86
(5)

43
57
-

49
5
41

54
7
38

28
66

-

-

-

1

3

7
( 5)
91
1
( 5)

94
_

4

8
( 5)
88
1
3

5
16
72
2
5
( 5)

3
23
69
2
3
-

94
3

2
1
88
4
5
-

1
1
88
7
3
-

4
16
72
2
5
( 5)

2
23
70
2
3

2
1
88
5
5

1
1
87
8
3

M a n u fa c tu rin g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

M e th o d o f p a y m e n t
W o r k e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r o v id in g
p a id v a c a t io n s ___________________________________
L e n g t h - o f - t i m e p a y m e n t _____________________
P e r c e n t a g e p a y m e n t----------------------------------O t h e r ________________________________ __________
W o r k e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r o v id in g
no p a id v a c a t i o n s _______________________________

-

-

A m o u n t o f v a c a t io n p a y 6
A f t e r 6 m o n th s o f s e r v i c e
U n d e r 1 w ee k ______________________________________
1 w ee k ------------------------------------------------------------O v e r 1 an d u n d e r 2 w e e k s _______________________
2 w e e k s ---------------------------------------------------------A fte r 1 y e a r of s e r v ic e
1 w ee k ------------------------------------------------------------O v e r 1 an d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ------------------------------2 w e e k s ___________________________________________
3 w e e k s ----------------------------------------------------------

-

34
3

A fte r 2 y e a r s of s e r v ic e
1 w ee k ------------------------------------------------------------O v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ------------------------------2 w e e k s ___________________________________________
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s _______________________
3 w e e k s - _____________________ -______ — — _ _

-

6
_

-

A fte r 3 y e a r s of s e r v ic e
1 w ee k ------------------------------------------------------------O v e r 1 an d u n d e r 2 w e e k s _______________________
2 w e e k s ___________________________________________
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s _______________________
3 w e e k s ___________________________________________
4 w e e k s ----------------------------------------------------------

-

_
-

96
4
-

A fte r 4 y e a r s of s e r v ic e
1 w ee k ------------------------------------------------------------O v e r 1 an d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ------------------------------2 w e e k s ___________________________________________
O v e r 2 an d u n d e r 3 w e e k s _______________________
3 w e e k s ___________________________________________
4 w e e k s ----------------------------------------------------------

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




94
-

3

_

96
-

4

33
Table B-5. Paid Vacations1 Continued
—
( P e r c e n t d is t r i b u t i o n o f p la n t a n d o f f ic e w o r k e r s in a l l i n d u s t r i e s a n d in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y v a c a t io n p a y
p r o v i s i o n s , B u f f a lo , N . Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)
P la n t w o r k e r s

O ffic e w o r k e r s

V a c a tio n p o l ic y
A ll i n d u s t r i e s 2

M a n u fa c tu r in g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

A ll i n d u s t r i e s 4

M a n u fa c tu rin g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

_
95
1
4
-

A m o u n t o f v a c a t io n p a y 6— C o n tin u e d
A fte r 5 y e a r s of se r v ic e
1 w e e k .________ ____________________________________
2 w e e k s ________________________________________ ___
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s _______________________
3 w e e k s ____________________________________________
4 w e e k s _________________________________________ _
O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s _______________________

(5)

-

_
90
4
3

2
11
16
61
1
7
(5 )
(5 )

_
9
22
57
2
9
1
-

_
94
3

(5 )
13
2
73
4
7
1
-

_
7
4
69
7
12
1
-

2
11
15
61
3
8
( 5)
(5)

8
21
56
4
10
1
-

_
94
3

(5 )
11
2
68
9
9
1
( 5)

_
7
3
67
8
14
1
-

_
69
25
3

(5 )
3
67
8
20
1

(5)
63
9
25
3

2
78
3
16
-

_
82
4
14
-

(5 )
71
8
19
1
-

_
71
6
23
-

A ft e r 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e
1 w ee k ______________________________________________
2 w e e k s ____________________________________________
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s _____ ______ ______ __
3 w e e k s ____ _____________ ____ _____ ____ ___ _____
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s _______________________
4 w e e k s _________________ 1:_________________________
O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s ______ _________________
5 w e e k s ______________________________________

_
11
85
4
-

A f t e r 12 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e
1 w eek_________________ _________ __________________
2 w e e k s ......................................................................... .............
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s . ....................... .....................
3 w e e k s ____________________________________________
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s _____ ___________ ______
4 w eeks
O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s _________ _____________
5 w e e k s ___________________________ _________________

_

_
1
96
4
-

A ft e r 15 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e
1 w ee k ------------- -----------------------------------------------2 w e e k s ------ ----------- ----------- -----------------------------O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s _______________________
3 w e e k s ____________________________________________
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s ______________________
4 w e e k s ________ ____ _____ ______________ ____ ______
O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s ________ _______________
5 w e e k s ____________________________________________
6 w e e k s ________________ ___________________________

2
4
(5)
67
5
19
2
(5)

_
1
71
7
18
3
-

-

86
14
-

-

-

-

( 5)

-

'

-

(5)
3

_

_

(5)

-

-

-

16
1
65
5
12
1

10

A ft e r 20 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e
1 w ee k ____________________________ ____ _____________
2 w e e k s ____ _ _____________________________________
O v e r 2 an d u n d e r 3 w e e k s _______________________
3 w e e k s ___ . . . __________ _________________________
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s ______ ____ ____________
4 w e e k s ____________________________________________
O v e r 4 an d u n d e r 5 w e e k s _______________________
5 w e e k s ____________________________________________
O v e r 5 an d u n d e r 6 w e e k s _______________________
6 w e e k s ____________________________________________

S e e fo o tn o te s a t en d of ta b le .




2
4
( 5)
39
3
39
3
9
-

_

-

1

-

-

43
4
36
4
12

1
89
3
3

-

-

-

-

27
1
59
3
6
(5)
(5 )

-

89
1
-

34
----Continued
Table B-5. Paid V acations1
( P e r c e n t d is t r i b u t i o n o f p la n t a n d o f f ic e w o r k e r s in a l l i n d u s t r i e s a n d in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y v a c a t io n p a y
p r o v i s i o n s , B u f f a l o , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 19 6 8 )
P la n t w o r k e r s
V a c a tio n p o l ic y

A ll i n d u s t r i e s 2

M a n u fa c tu r in g

O ffic e w o r k e r s
P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

A ll i n d u s t r i e s 4

M a n u fa c tu rin g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

A m o u n t o f v a c a t io n p a y 6— C o n tin u e d
A ft e r 25 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e
1 w eek
2 w eeks
^
O v e r 2 an d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ________________________
3 w e e k s __ ___ _________ ____ __ ____ ___ ___________
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s ________________________
4 w e e k s— _ —
O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s ________________________
5 w e e k s ______
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 6 w e e k s ________________________
6 w e e k s _________ _ __
__ __ ________________

1
26
2
47
3
20
1
1

_
72
3
21
-

(5 )
3
10
71
3
12
(5 )
1

2
4
(5 )
25
1
44
2
15
1
6

_
1
26
2
45

_
64
-

(5 )

16
1
8

33

2
4
(5 )
25
1
43
2
15
1
7

_
1
26
2
45
3
14
1
10

64
33
-

2

4
(5 )
25
1
47
2
17
1
1

.
(5 )
9
67
5
18
1
1

_
1
76
1
22
-

A f t e r 30 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e
1 w e e k . __
_____ ____ — ______ ____
w e#»ks
m m , ,_ - _
m rm
ri„
.
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ________________________
3 w e e k s ____________________________________________
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s ________________________
4 w e e k s _ _________________________ ____________
O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s _____________ _ ______
5 w eeks
- ____________ — _____________________
_ __ ___________
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 6 w e e k s __
6 w e e k s -----------------------------------------------------------2

3

-

3

10
69
3

10
(5 )
5

_
(5 )
9
64
5
12
1
8

_
1
73
26
_
-

M a x im u m v a c a t io n a v a i l a b l e
1 w e e k -------------------------------------------------------2 w e e k s -________ _________________________________
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ________________________
3 w eeks
_,
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s _____________________ 4 w e e k s -------------- ---- ---------------------------------------O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s ________________________
5 w e e k s ______________ ________________________ —
O v e r 5 an d u n d e r 6 w e e k s ________________________
6 w<=*ek s
.....
O v e r 6 w e e k s ..
_____ — . —
__ _

(5 )
3
10
66
3
12
(5 )
5
(5 )

_
(5 )
9
64
5
11
1
10

_

1
73
26
-

1 I n c lu d e s b a s i c p l a n s o n ly . E x c l u d e s p l a n s su c h a s v a c a t i o n - s a v i n g s a n d th o s e p l a n s w h ich o f f e r " e x t e n d e d " o r " s a b b a t i c a l " b e n e f it s b e y o n d b a s i c p l a n s to w o r k e r s w ith q u a lify in g le n g th s
of s e r v ic e .
T y p i c a l o f su c h e x c l u s i o n s a r e p l a n s in th e s t e e l , a lu m in u m , a n d c a n i n d u s t r i e s .
2 I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r w h o l e s a le t r a d e , r e t a i l t r a d e , r e a l e s t a t e , a n d s e r v i c e s , in a d d itio n to t h o s e in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
3 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , a n d o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
4 I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r w h o l e s a le t r a d e ; r e t a i l t r a d e ; f in a n c e , in s u r a n c e , an d r e a l e s t a t e ; a n d s e r v i c e s , in a d d it io n to t h o s e in d u s t r y d iv i s i o n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
5 L e s s th a n 0 .5 p e r c e n t .
6 I n c lu d e s p a y m e n t o th e r th a n " l e n g t h o f t i m e , " su c h a s p e r c e n t a g e o f a n n u a l e a r n in g s o r f l a t - s u m p a y m e n t s , c o n v e r t e d to a n e q u iv a le n t ti m e b a s i s ; f o r e x a m p le , a p a y m e n t o f 2 p e r c e n t
o f a n n u a l e a r n in g s w a s c o n s id e r e d a s 1 w e e k 's p a y . P e r i o d s o f s e r v i c e w e r e c h o s e n a r b i t r a r i l y a n d do n o t n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t th e in d iv id u a l p r o v i s i o n s f o r p r o g r e s s i o n . F o r e x a m p le , th e c h a n g e s
in p r o p o r t io n s in d ic a te d a t 10 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e in c lu d e c h a n g e s in p r o v i s i o n s o c c u r r in g b e tw e e n 5 a n d 10 y e a r s . E s t i m a t e s a r e c u m u la t iv e . T h u s , th e p r o p o r t io n e l ig i b l e f o r 3 w e e k s ' p a y o r m o r e
a f t e r 10 y e a r s in c lu d e s t h o s e e l ig i b l e f o r 3 w e e k s ' p a y o r m o r e a f t e r f e w e r y e a r s o f s e r v i c e .




35
Table B-6. Health, Insurance, and Pension Plans
( P e r c e n t o f p la n t a n d o f f ic e w o r k e r s in a l l i n d u s t r i e s a n d in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s e m p lo y e d in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r o v id in g
h e a lt h , i n s u r a n c e , o r p e n s io n b e n e f i t s , 1 B u f f a l o , N .Y ., N o v e m b e r 1968)
P la n t w o r k e r s

O ffic e w o r k e r s

T y p e o f b e n e f it
A ll i n d u s t r i e s 2

M a n u fa c tu r in g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

A ll i n d u s t r i e s 4

M a n u fa c tu rin g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

100

100

100

100

100

100

__

97

99

97

99

99

100

L if e i n s u r a n c e _
_- — ______
A c c id e n t a l d e a th a n d d is m e m b e r m e n t
in s u r a n c e ___________ _______________________
S i c k n e s s an d a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e o r
s i c k le a v e o r b o t h 5 _____________________ :_____

95

98

97

97

98

100

64

65

72

55

71

57

82

87

81

82

93

96

73

84

66

59

83

55

17

12

33

63

73

94

A ll w o r k e r s ___ __

____________

W o r k e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r o v id in g a t
l e a s t 1 o f th e b e n e f it s sh o w n b e l o w _

S i c k n e s s a n d a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e S ic k le a v e (fu ll p a y a n d no
w a itin g p e r io d ) S ic k le a v e ( p a r t i a l p a y o r
w a itin g p e r io d ) —

__

- —

H o s p it a li z a t i o n in s u r a n c e ____
S u r g i c a l i n s u r a n c e __ — ________ _____
M e d ic a l in s u r a n c e _ —
________
_____
- _
C a t a s t r o p h e in s u r a n c e R e t ir e m e n t p e n s io n .

7

4

18

3

2

-

94
93
81
42
83

98
98
85
40
93

97
97
90
79
80

97
94
83
73
88

99
98
82
66
93

100
100
97
82
78

1 I n c lu d e s th o s e p l a n s f o r w h ic h a t l e a s t a p a r t o f th e c o s t i s b o r n e b y th e e m p l o y e r , e x c e p t th o s e l e g a l l y r e q u ir e d , su c h a s w o r k m e n 's c o m p e n s a tio n , s o c i a l s e c u r i t y , a n d r a i l r o a d r e t ir e m e n t .
2 I n c lu d e s d a t a f o r w h o l e s a le t r a d e , r e t a i l t r a d e , r e a l e s t a t e , a n d s e r v i c e s , in a d d itio n to th o s e in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
3 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , a n d o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
4 I n c lu d e s d a t a f o r w h o l e s a le t r a d e ; r e t a i l t r a d e ; f in a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e ; a n d s e r v i c e s , in a d d it io n to t h o s e in d u s t r y d iv i s i o n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
5 U n d u p lic a te d t o t a l o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv i n g s i c k le a v e o r s i c k n e s s a n d a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y b e lo w . S ic k le a v e p l a n s a r e li m it e d to t h o s e w h ic h d e fin it e ly e s t a b l i s h a t l e a s t th e
m in im u m n u m b e r o f d a y s ' p a y th a t c a n b e e x p e c t e d b y e a c h e m p lo y e e . I n f o r m a l s i c k le a v e a ll o w a n c e s d e t e r m in e d on a n in d iv id u a l b a s i s a r e e x c lu d e d .




36

Table B-7.

Method of Wage Determination and Frequency of Payment

( P e r c e n t d is t r i b u t i o n o f p la n t a n d o f f ic e w o r k e r s in a l l i n d u s t r i e s a n d in in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s b y m e th o d o f w a g e d e t e r m i n a t i o n 1
an d f r e q u e n c y o f w a g e p a y m e n t, B u f f a l o , N . Y . , N o v e m b e r 1968)
P la n t w o r k e r s
Ite m

A ll w o r k e r s . __________________________________

A ll i n d u s t r i e s 2

M a n u fa c tu r in g

O ffic e w o r k e r s
P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

A ll i n d u s t r i e s 4

M a n u fa c tu rin g

P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3

100

100

100

100

.100

100

82
77
45
32

76
76
47
29

100
100
54
46

99
76
4
72

100
83
1
82

100
95
35
60

17

16

34

11

10

34

7

8

1

33

46

9

8
5
18
5
3
2
12
3
9
1

5
(5)
24
7
4
3
17
4
13

28
24
(5 )

26
17

17
5

-

-

96
3
1
1

98
1
1
1

M eth o d o f w a g e d e t e r m in a t i o n 1
P a id tim e r a t e s . ______ _____________ ______________
F o r m a l r a t e p o l i c y ...... ........ ................. ....................
S in g le r a t e ................................. ..................................
R a n g e o f r a t e s . ......................... ........ ................... .
P r o g r e s s i o n b a s e d on a u t o m a t ic
a d v a n c e m e n t a c c o r d in g to
le n g th o f s e r v i c e ................ .......................
P r o g r e s s io n b a s e d on m e r it
r e v i e w __________________________________
P r o g r e s s io n b a s e d on a
c o m b in a t io n o f le n g th o f
s e r v i c e a n d m e r i t r e v i e w ____________
N o f o r m a l r a t e p o l ic y _________________________
P a id b y in c e n t iv e m e t h o d s ____ __________________
P i e c e r a t e ______________________________________
I n d iv id u a l____________________________________
G r o u p ________________________________________
P r o d u c t io n b o n u s ______________________________
I n d iv id u a l____________________________________
G ro u p ________________________________________
C o m m is s i o n ____________________________________

12
-

-

M eth o d o f d e t e r m in i n g in c e n t iv e p a y o f o f f ic e w o r k e r s not p r e s e n t e d

-

"

F req u en cy of w age paym ent
W e e k ly _____________________________________________
B iw e e k ly ___________________________________________
S e m im o n t h ly -------------- ------------------------------------M o n th ly ........................................................................................
O th e r f r e q u e n c y ___________________________________

1
2
3
4
5

95
5

65
16
11
8

F o r a d e s c r i p t i o n o f th e m e th o d s o f w a g e d e t e r m in a t io n , s e e I n tr o d u c tio n .
I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r w h o l e s a le t r a d e , r e t a i l t r a d e , r e a l e s t a t e , a n d s e r v i c e s , in a d d it io n to t h o s e in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
T r a n s p o r t a t io n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , a n d o th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
I n c lu d e s d a t a f o r w h o le s a le t r a d e ; r e t a i l t r a d e ; fin a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e ; a n d s e r v i c e s , in a d d it io n to t h o s e in d u s t r y d iv i s i o n s
L e s s th a n 0. 5 p e r c e n t .




60
14
19
7

sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .

99
1
-

-

Appendix. 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 i n g jo b d e s c r i p t i o n s f o r th e B u r e a u 's w a g e s u r v e y s i s to a s s i s t it s f ie ld s t a f f in c l a s s i f y i n 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 who 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 l l t i t l e s a n d d if f e r e n t w o r k a r r a n g e m e n t s f r o m e s t a b li s h m e n t to e s t a b li s h m e n t an d
f r o m a r e a to a r e a .
T h is p e r m i t s th e g r o u p in g o f o c c u p a tio n a l w a g e r a t e s r e p r e s e n t i n 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 t h is e m p h a s i s on
i n t e r e s t a b l is h m e n t a n d i n t e r a r e a c o m p a r a b il it y o f o c c u p a tio n a l c o n te n t, th e B u r e a u 's jo b d e s c r i p t i o n s m a y d if f e r s i g n i f ic a n t l y f r o m th o s e in u s e in
in d iv id u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s 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 t h e s e jo b d e s c r i p t i o n s , th e B u r e a u 's fie ld e c o n o m is t s a r e in s t r u c t e d
to e x c lu d e w o rk in g s u p e r v i s o r s ; a p p r e n t i c e s ; l e a r n e r s ; b e g in n e r s ; t r a i n e e s ; a n d h a n d ic a p p e d , p a r t - t i m e , t e m p o r a r y , a n d p r o b a t i o n a r y w o r k e r s .

OFFICE
B IL L E R ,

CLERK,

M A C H IN E

B i l l e r , m a c h in e ( b illin g m a c h in e ) . U s e s a s p e c i a l b illin g m a c h in e (M o o n H o p k in s, E l li o t t
F i s h e r , B u r r o u g h s , e t c ., w h ich a r e c o m b in a tio n ty p in g a n d a d d in g m a c h in e s ) to p r e p a r e b i l l s
an d in v o i c e s f r o m c u s t o m e r s ' p u r c h a s e o r d e r s , in t e r n a l ly 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 u m s , e t c . U s u a ll y in v o lv e s a p p lic a t i o n o f p r e d e t e r m in e d d is c o u n t s a n d sh ip p in g c h a r g e s ,
an d e n tr y o f n e c e s s a r y e x t e n s io n s , w h ich m a y o r m a y n o t b e c o m p u te d on th e b il lin g m a c h in e ,
an d t o t a l s w h ich a r e a u t o m a t ic a ll y a c c u m u la t e d b y m a c h in e . T h e o p e r a tio n u s u a l ly in v o lv e s
a l a r g e n u m b e r o f c a r b o n c o p i e s o f the b il l b e in g p r e p a r e d an d i s o fte n d o n e on a fa n fo ld
m a c h in e .

C l a s s C . P e r f o r m s r o u tin e f ilin g o f m a t e r i a l th a t h a s a l r e a d y b e e n c l a s s i f i e d o r w h ich
i s e a s i l y c l a s s i f i e d in a s i m p le s e r i a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s y s t e m ( e . g . , a lp h a b e t ic a l, c h r o n o lo g ic a l,
o r n u m e r ic a l) . A s r e q u e s t e d , l o c a t e s r e a d i l y a v a i la b le m a t e r i a l in f i l e s an d fo r w a r d s m a ­
t e r i a l ; an d m a y f i l l o ut w ith d ra w a l c h a r g e . P e r f o r m s s i m p le c l e r i c a l an d m a n u a l t a s k s r e ­
q u i r e d to m a in ta in a n d s e r v i c e f i l e s .
CLERK,

O RD ER

R e c e i v 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 i l , p h o n e , o r p e r s o n a l ly .
D u tie s in v o lv e a n y c o m b in a t io n o f th e f o llo w in g : Q u o tin g p r i c e s to c u s t o m e r s ; m a k in g o ut a n o r d e r
s h e e t l i s t in g th e i t e m s to m a k e u p the o r d e r ; c h e c k in g p r i c e s an d q u a n t it ie s o f it e m s on o r d e r
s h e e t ; an d d is t r i b u t i n g o r d e r s h e e t s to r e s p e c t i v e d e p a r t m e n t s to be f il le d . M a y c h e c k w ith c r e d it
d e p a r t m e n t to d e t e r m in e c r e d i t r a t i n g o f c u s t o m e r , a c k n o w le d g e r e c e i p t of o r d e r s f r o m c u s t o m e r s ,
fo llo w u p o r d e r s to s e e th a t th e y h a v e b e e n f i l l e d , k e e p f il e o f o r d e r s r e c e iv e d , an d c h e c k sh ip p in g
in v o i c e s w ith o r ig in a l o r d e r s .

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 r a t e s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e (R e m in g to n R a n d , E l l i o t t F i s h e r , S u n d s t r a n d , B u r r o u g h s ,
N a tio n a l C a s h R e g i s t e r , w ith o r w ith o u t a ty p e w r it e r k e y b o a r d ) to k e e p a r e c o r d o f b u s i n e s s
tr a n s a c tio n s .
C l a s s A . K e e p s a s e t o f r e c o r d s r e q u ir i n g a k n o w le d g e of an d e x p e r i e n c e in b a s i c
b o o k k e e p in g p r i n c i p l e s , an d f a m i l i a r i t y w ith th e s t r u c t u r e of th e p a r t i c u l a r a c c o u n t in g s y s t e m
u s e d . D e t e r m i n e s p r o p e r r e c o r d s a n d d is t r i b u t i o n of d e b it a n d c r e d i t i t e m s to be u s e d in e a c h
p h a s e of th e w o rk .
M a y p r e p a r e c o n s o l id a t e d r e p o r t s , b a la n c e s h e e t s , an d o th e r r e c o r d s
by hand.

CLERK,

PAYRO LL

C o m p u t e s w a g e s o f c o m p a n y e m p l o y e e s an d e n t e r s th e n e c e s s a r y d a ta on the p a y r o ll
s h e e t s . D u tie s in v o lv e : C a lc u la t i n 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 r o d u c tio n r e c o r d s ; and
p o s tin g c a lc u la t e d d a t a on p a y r o l l s h e e t , sh o w in g in fo r m a tio n su c h a s w o r k e r 's n a m e , w o rk in g
d a y s , t i m e , r a t e , d e d u c tio n s f o r in s u r a n c e , a n d to ta l w a g e s d u e . M a y m a k e o ut p a y c h e c k s and
a s s i s t p a y m a s t e r in m a k in g u p a n d d is t r i b u t i n g p a y e n v e l o p e s .
M a y u s e a c a lc u la t i n g m a c h in e .

C l a 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 a s e s o r s e c t i o n s o f a s e t of r e c o r d s u s u a l ly
r e q u ir i n g l i t t l e k n o w le d g e o f b a s i c b o o k k e e p in g . P h a s e s o r s e c t i o n s in c lu d e a c c o u n t s p a y a b le ,
p a y r o l l, c u s t o m e r s ' a c c o u n t s (n o t in c lu d in g a s i m p le ty p e of b il lin g d e s c r i b e d u n d e r b i l l e r ,
m a c h in e ), c o s t d is t r i b u t i o n , e x p e n s e d is t r i b u t i o n , in v e n t o r y c o n t r o l , e t c . M a y c h e c k o r a s s i s t
in p r e p a r a t i o n of t r i a l b a l a n c e s a n d p r e p a r e c o n tr o l s h e e t s f o r th e a c c o u n t in g d e p a r tm e n t.

C O M PTO M ETER O PERATO R

A C C O U N T IN G

C l a s s A . U n d e r g e n e r a l d ir e c t i o n o f a b o o k k e e p e r o r a c c o u n t a n t, h a s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r
k e e p in g one o r m o r e s e c t i o n s o f a c o m p le te s e t o f b o o k s o r r e c o r d s r e la t in g to one p h a se
of an e s t a b l i s h m e n t 's b u s i n e s s t r a n s a c t i o n s . W ork in v o lv e s p o s tin g an d b a la n c in g s u b s i d i a r y
le d g e r o r l e d g e r s su c h a s a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e o r a c c o u n t s p a y a b le ; e x a m in in g a n d c o d in g
in v o ic e s o r v o u c h e r s w ith p r o p e r a c c o u n t in g d is t r i b u t i o n ; an d r e q u i r e s ju d g m e n t an d e x p e r i ­
e n c e in m a k in g p r o p e r a s s i g n a t i o n s a n d a l l o c a t i o n s . M a y a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g , a d ju s t i n g , an d
c l o s in g jo u r n a l e n t r i e s ; a n d m a y d i r e c t c l a s s B a c c o u n t in g c l e r k s .

P r i m a r y d u ty i s to o p e r a t e a C o m p to m e te r to p e r f o r m m a t h e m a t ic a l c o m p u ta tio n s . T h is
jo b i s n o t to b e c o n fu se d w ith th a t o f s t a t i s t i c a l o r o th e r ty p e o f c l e r k , w h ich m a y in v o lv e f r e ­
q u e n t u s e o f a C o m p to m e te r b u t, in w h ich , u s e o f t h is m a c h in e i s in c id e n ta l to p e r fo r m a n c e of
o th e r d u t ie s .
KEYPUNCH O PERATO R

C l a s s B . U n d e r s u p e r v is io n , p e r f o r m s one o r m o r e ro u tin e a c c o u n tin g o p e r a t io n s su c h
a s p o s tin g s im p le jo u r n a l v o u c h e r s o r a c c o u n t s p a y a b le v o u c h e r s , e n te r in g v o u c h e r s in
v o u c h e r r e g i s t e r s ; r e c o n c il in g b an k a c c o u n t s ; a n d p o s tin g s u b s i d i a r y l e d g e r s c o n tr o lle d by
g e n e r a l l e d g e r s , o r p o s tin g s i m p le c o s t a c c o u n tin g d a t a . T h is jo b d o e s n o t r e q u ir e a k n o w l­
e d g e o f a c c o u n t in g a n d b o o k k e e p in g p r in c i p le s b u t i s fo u n d in o f f i c e s in w h ich th e m o r e ro u tin e
a c c o u n tin g w o rk i s su b d iv id e d on a f u n c tio n a l b a s i s a m o n g s e v e r a l w o r k e r s .




f ilin g s y s t e m c o n ta in in g a n u m b e r o f v a r ie d s u b je c t m a t t e r
m a t e r i a l su c h a s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , r e p o r t s , t e c h n ic a l d o c u ­
m a t e r i a l . M a y k e e p r e c o r d s of v a r io u s ty p e s in c o n ju n c tio n
a l l g r o u p of lo w e r l e v e l f il e c l e r k s .

C l a s s B . S o r t s , c o d e s , an d f i l e s u n c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l b y s im p le ( s u b je c t m a t t e r ) h e a d ­
in g s ~ o r ~ p a r t l y c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l b y f in e r s u b h e a d in g s . P r e p a r e s s i m p le r e la t e d in d e x and
c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e a i d s . A s r e q u e s t e d , l o c a t e s c l e a r l y id e n tifie d m a t e r i a l in f i l e s an d fo r w a r d s
m a te r ia l.
M a y p e r f o r m r e la t e d c l e r i c a l t a s k s r e q u ir e d to m a in ta in an d s e r v i c e f i l e s .

B i l l e r , m a c h in e (b o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e ) . U s e s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e ( S u n d s t r a n d , E l li o t t
F i s h e r , R e m in g to n R a n d , e t c ., w h ich m a y o r m a y n o t h a v e t y p e w r it e r k e y b o a r d ) to p r e p a r e
c u s t o m e r s ' b i l l s a s p a r t o f th e a c c o u n t s r e c e iv a b le o p e r a t io n . G e n e r a ll y in v o lv e s th e s i m u l t a ­
n e o u s e n tr y of f i g 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 t o m a t ic a ll y a c c u m u l a t e s
f i g u r e s on a n u m b e r o f v e r t i c a l c o lu m n s an d c o m p u t e s , an d u s u a l ly p r in t s a u t o m a t ic a ll y the
d e b it o r c r e d i t b a l a n c e s . D o e s no t in v o lv e a k n o w le d g e of b o o k k e e p in g . W o rk s f r o m u n if o r m
an d s t a n d a r d ty p e s o f s a l e s an d c r e d i t s l i p s .

CLERK,

F IL E

C l a s s A . In an e s t a b l i s h e d
f i l e s , c l a s s i f i e s a n d in d e x e s f il e
m e n t s , e t c . M a y a l s o f i l e t h is
w ith th e f i l e s .
M a y le a d a s m

P r e p a r e s s t a t e m e n t s , b i l l s , a n d in v o i c e s on a m a c h in e o th e r th an a n o r d in a r y o r e l e c t r o m a t i c t y p e w r it e r .
M a y a l s o k e e p r e c o r d s a s to b i l l i n g s o r sh ip p in g 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 rk in c id e n ta l to b il lin g o p e r a t io n s . F o r w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , b i l l e r s , m a c h in e , a r e
c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e o f m a c h in e , a s f o ll o w s :

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C l a s s A . O p e r a t e s a n u m e r ic a l a n d / o r a lp h a b e t ic a l o r c o m b in a t io n k e y p u n c h m a c h in e to
t r a n s c r i b e d a ta f r o m v a r io u s s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s to k e y p u n ch t a b u la t in g c a r d s . P e r f o r m s s a m e
t a s k s a s lo w e r le v e l k e y p u n ch o p e r a t o r b u t, in a d d it io n , w o rk r e q u i r e s a p p lic a t i o n of co d in g
s k i l l s a n d th e m a k in g o f so m e d e t e r m in a t i o n s , f o r e x a m p le , l o c a t e s on th e s o u r c e d o c u m e n t
th e it e m s to b e p u n ch ed ; e x t r a c t s in fo r m a tio n f r o m s e v e r a l d o c u m e n t s ; an d s e a r c h e s f o r and
i n t e r p r e t s in f o r m a tio n on th e d o c u m e n t to d e t e r m in e in fo r m a tio n to be p u n c h e d . M a y t r a i n
in e x p e r ie n c e d o p e r a t o r s .

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K E Y P U N C H O P E R A T O R — C o n tin u e d
C la ss B.
U n d e r c l o s e s u p e r v i s i o n o r fo llo w in g s p e c i f i c p r o c e d u r e s o r in s t r u c t i o n s ,
t r a n s c r i b e s d a ta f r o m s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s to pu n ch ed c a r d s .
O p e r a t e s a n u m e r ic a l a n d / o r
a lp h a b e t ic a l o r c o m b in a t io n k e y p u n c h m a c h in e to k e y p u n c h t a b u la t in g c a r d s . M a y v e r i f y c a r d s .
W o rk in g f r o m v a r i o u s s t a n d a r d iz e d s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s , f o ll o w s s p e c i f ie d s e q u e n c e s w h ich h a v e
b e e n c o d e d o r p r e s c r i b e d in d e t a i l a n d r e q u i r e l i t t l e o r no s e l e c t i n g , c o d in g , o r in t e r p r e t in g
o f d a ta to b e p u n c h e d . P r o b l e m s a r i s i n g f r o m e r r o n e o u s i t e m s o r c o d e s , m i s s i n g in f o r m a tio n ,
e t c ., a r e r e f e r r e d to s u p e r v i s o r .

S E C R E T A R Y — C o n tin u e d
d.
S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d o f a n in d iv id u a l p la n t, f a c t o r y , e t c . (o r o th e r e q u iv a le n t le v e l
o f o f f ic i a l ) th a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
e.
S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d o f a l a r g e an d im p o r t a n t o r g a n i z a t io 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 i s o r o f an o r g a n i z a t io n a l s e g m e n t o fte n in v o lv in g a s m a n y a s s e v e r a l h u n d re d
p e r s o n s ) o f a c o m p a n y th a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
C la ss C

O F F IC E BO Y OR G IR L
P e r f o r m s v a r i o u s r o u tin e d u t ie s su c h a s ru n n in g e r r a n d s , o p e r a t in g m in o r o f f ic e m a ­
c h in e s su c h a s s e a l e r s o r m a i l e r s , o p e n in g a n d d is t r i b u t i n g m a i l , an d o th e r m in o r c l e r i c a l w o rk .

a . S e c r e t a r y to a n e x e c u t i v e o r m a n a g e r i a l p e r s o n w h o se r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s n o t e q u iv a le n t
to one o f th e s p e c i f i c l e v e l s it u a t io n s in th e d e fin itio n f o r c l a s s B , b u t w h o se s u b o r d in a te s t a f f
n o r m a l ly n u m b e r s a t l e a s t s e v e r a l d o z e n e m p l o y e e s a n d i s u s u a l l y d iv id e d in to o r g a n i z a t io n a l
s e g m e n t s w h ich a r e o fte n , in tu r n , f u r t h e r s u b d iv id e d . In so m e c o m p a n ie s , t h is l e v e l in c lu d e s a
w id e r a n g e of o r g a n i z a t io 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

SEC R ETA R Y
b . S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d o f a n in d iv id u a l p la n t, f a c t o r y , e t c . (o r o th e r e q u iv a le n t l e v e l of
o f f ic i a l ) th a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , f e w e r th a n 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

A s s i g n e d a s p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y , n o r m a l ly to one in d iv id u a l. M a in ta in s a c l o s e an d h ig h ly
r e s p o n s i v e r e la t io n s h ip to th e d a y - t o - d a y w o r k a c t i v i t i e s o f th e s u p e r v i s o r . W o rk s f a i r l y in d e ­
p e n d e n tly r e c e iv i n g a m in im u m o f d e t a ile d s u p e r v i s i o n a n d 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
a n d s e c r e t a r i a l d u t i e s , u s u a l l y in c lu d in g m o s t o f th e f o ll o w i n g : (a) R e c e i v e s te le p h o n e c a l l s ,
p e r s o n a l c a l l e r s , a n d in c o m in g m a i l , a n s w e r s r o u t in e i n q u i r i e s , an d r o u t e s th e t e c h n ic a l in q u ir i e s
to th e p r o p e r p e r s o n s ; (b) e s t a b l i s h e s , m a in t a in s , a n d r e v i s e s th e s u p e r v i s o r 's f i l e s ; (c) m a in t a in s
th e s u p e r v i s o r 's c a le n d a r an d m a k e s a p p o in tm e n t s a s in s t r u c t e d ; (d) r e l a y s m e s s a g e s f r o m s u p e r ­
v i s o r to s u b o r d in a t e s ; (e) r e v i e 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 , a n d 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 i s o r 's s i g n a t u r e to a s s u r e p r o c e d u r a l a n d ty p o g r a p h ic a c c u r a c y ; a n d (f) p e r f o r m s
s t e n o g r a p h ic a n d ty p in g w o rk .

a.
S e c r e t a r y to th e s u p e r v i s o r o r h e a d o f a s m a l l o r g a n i z a t io n a l u n it ( e . g . , fe w e r th an
a b o u t 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s ) ; o r

M a y a l s o p e r f o r m o th e r c l e r i c a l a n d s e c r e t a r i a l t a s k s o f c o m p a r a b le n a tu r e an d d if f i c u l t y .
T h e w o rk t y p ic a ll y r e q u i r e s k n o w le d g e o f o f f ic e r o u tin e a n d u n d e r s ta n d in g o f th e o r g a n i z a t io n ,
p r o g r a m s , a n d p r o c e d u r e s r e l a t e d to th e w o rk o f th e s u p e r v i s o r .

STEN O G R A PH ER ,

E x c lu sio n s
N o t a l l p o s it i o n s th a t a r e t it le d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s th e 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 l e s
o f p o s it i o n s w h ich a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m th e d e fin itio n a r e a s fo ll o w s : (a) P o s i t i o n s w h ich d o n o t m e e t
th e " p e r s o n a l " s e c r e t a r y c o n c e p t d e s c r i b e d a b o v e ; (b) s t e n o g r a p h e r s no t f u lly t r a i n e d in s e c r e t a r i a l
ty p e d u t i e s ; (c) s t e n o g r a p h e r s s e r v in g a s o f f ic e a s s i s t a n t s to a g r o u p o f p r o f e s s i o n a l , t e c h n ic a l,
o r m a n a g e r i a l p e r s o n s ; (d) s e c r e t a r y p o s it i o n s in w h ich th e d u t ie s a r e e i t h e r s u b s t a n t i a l l y m o r e
r o u tin e o r s u b s t a n t i a l l y m o r e c o m p le x a n d r e s p o n s i b l e th a n th o s e c h a r a c t e r i z e d in th e d e f in itio n ;
a n d (e) a s s i s t a n t ty p e p o s it i o n s w h ich in v o lv e m o r e d if f i c u l t o r m o r e r e s p o n s i b l e t e c h n ic a l, a d m in ­
i s t r a t i v e , s u p e r v i s o r y , o r s p e c i a l i z e d c l e r i c a l d u t ie s w h ich a r e not t y p ic a l o f s e c r e t a r i a l w o rk .
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 th e le v e l d e f in it io n s f o llo w in g , r e f e r s to
th o s e o f f i c i a l s w ho h a v e a s i g n i f ic a n t c o r p o r a t e - w i d e p o lic y m a k in g r o le w ith r e g a r d to m a jo r
c o m p a n y a c t i v i t i e s . T h e t i t le " v i c e p r e s i d e n t , " th o u g h n o r m a l ly in d ic a tiv e o f t h is r o l e , d o e s not
in a l l c a s e s id e n tify su c h p o s it i o n s . V ic e p r e s i d e n t s w h o s e p r i m a r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s to a c t p e r ­
s o n a l ly on in d iv id u a l c a s e s o r t r a n s a c t i o n s ( e . g . , a p p r o v e o r d e n y in d iv id u a l lo a n o r c r e d i t a c t i o n s ;
a d m i n i s t e r in d iv id u a l t r u s t a c c o u n t s ; d i r e c t l y s u p e r v i s e a c l e r i c a l s t a ff ) a r e n o t 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 p u r p o s e s of a p p ly in g th e fo llo w in g le v e l d e f in i t io n s .
C la ss A
over

a.
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 i d e n t o f a c o m p a n y th a t e m p l o y s , in a l l ,
100 b u t fe w e r th a n 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

b.
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 th e r th an th e c h a ir m a n of 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 l o y e s , in a l l , o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 b u t fe w e r th a n 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
c.
S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d ( im m e d i a t e l y b e lo w th e c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r le v e l) o f a m a jo r s e g ­
m e n t o r s u b s i d i a r y o f a c o m p a n y th a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
C la ss

B

a.
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 i d e n t o f a c o m p a n y th a t e m p l o y s , in a l l ,
fe w e r th a n 100 p e r s o n s ; o r
b . 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 th e r th a n c h a ir m a n o f th e b o a r d o r p r e s i d e n t ) of
a c o m p a n y th a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 100 b u t f e w e r th a n 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r .
c . S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d ( im m e d i a t e l y b e lo w th e o f f ic e r le v e l) o v e r e i t h e r a m a jo r
c o r p o r a t e - w i d e fu n c tio n a l a c t iv i t y ( e . g . , m a r k e t i n g , r e s e a r c h , o p e r a t io n s , i n d u s t r i a l r e l a t i o 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 i z 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 t e r s ; a m a jo r d iv is io n )
o f a c o m p a n y th a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5, 0 0 0 b u t fe w e r th a n 2 5 , 0 0 0 e m p l o y e e s ; o r




C la ss D

b.
S e c r e t a r y to a n o n s u p e r v i s o r y s t a f f s p e c i a l i s t , p r o f e s s i o n a l e m p l o 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 i s t a n t , s k il le d te c h n ic ia n o r e x p e r t . (N O T E : M an y c o m p a n ie s a s s i g n s t e n o g r a p h e r s ,
r a t h e r th a n s e c r e t a r i e s a s d e s c r i b e d a b o v e , to t h is l e v e l o f s u p e r v i s o r y o r n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r .)
G EN ERAL

P r i m a r y d u ty i s to ta k e d ic t a t io n in v o lv in g a n o r m a l ro u tin e v o c a b u la r y f r o m one o r m o r e
p e r s o n s e i t h e r in sh o r th a n d o r b y S te n o ty p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h in e ; a n d t r a n s c r i b e d ic t a t io n . M a y
a l s o ty p e f r o m w r it te n c o p y . M a y m a in t a in f i l e s , k e e p s i m 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 t a s k s .
M a y o p e r a t e f r o m a s t e n o g r a p h ic p o o l.
D o e s no t in c lu d e t r a n s c r i b i n g m a c h in e w o rk .
(S e e tr a n s c r ib in g - m a c h in e o p e r a t o r .)
STEN O G R A PH ER ,

S E N IO R

P r i m a r y d u ty i s to ta k e d ic t a t io n in v o lv in g a v a r ie d t e c h n ic a l o r s p e c i a l i z e d v o c a b u la r y
su c h a s in l e g a l b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s on s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h f r o m one o r m o r e p e r s o n s e i t h e r in s h o r t ­
h an d o r b y S te n o ty p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h in e ; a n d t r a n s c r i b e d ic t a t io n . M a y a l s o ty p e f r o m w r itte n
copy.
M a y a l s o s e t u p a n d m a in ta in f i l e s , k e e p r e c o r d s , e t c .
OR
P e r f o r m s s t e n o g r a p h ic d u t ie s r e q u ir i n g s i g n i f ic a n t l y g r e a t e r in d e p e n d e n c e an d r e s p o n s i ­
b il it y th a n s t e n o g r a p h e r s , g e n e r a l a s e v id e n c e d b y th e fo llo w in g : W ork r e q u i r e s h ig h d e g r e e o f
s t e n o g r a p h ic s p e e d a n d a c c u r a c y ; an d a th o ro u g h w o rk in g k n o w le d g e o f g e n e r a l b u s i n e s s a n d o ffic e
p r o c e d u r e s a n d o f th e s p e c i f i c b u s i n e s s o p e r a t io n s , o r g a n i z a t io 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 rk flo w , e t c .
U s e s t h is k n o w le d g e in p e r f o r m i n g s t e n o g r a p h ic d u t ie s an d r e s p o n s i b l e c l e r i c a l
t a s k s su c h a s , m a in ta in in g fo llo w u p f i l e s ; a s s e m b l i n g m a t e r i a l f o r r e p o r t s , m e m o r a n d u m s , l e t t e r s ,
e t c .; c o m p o s in g s i m p le l e t t e r s f r o m g e n e r a l in s t r u c t i o n s ; r e a d i n g a n d ro u tin g in c o m in g m a il ; a n d
a n s w e r in g r o u tin e q u e s t i o n s , e t c .
D o e s n o t in c lu d e t r a n s c r i b i n g - m a c h i n e w o rk .
S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R
C l a s s A . O p e r a t e s a s i n g l e - o r m u lt ip l e - p o s it i o n te le p h o n e s w itc h b o a r d h a n d lin g in c o m in g ,
o u tg o in g , in t r a p l a n t o r o f f ic e c a l l s .
P e r f o r m s f u l l te le p h o n e in fo r m a tio n s e r v i c e o r h a n d le s
c o m p le x c a l l s , su c h a s c o n f e r e n c e , c o l l e c t , o v e r s e a s , o r s i m i l a r c a l l s , e i t h e r in a d d itio n to d o in g
ro u tin e w o rk a s d e s c r i b e d f o r s w itc h b o a r d o p e r a t o r , c l a s s B , o r a s a f u l l - t i m e a s s i g n m e n t .
( " F u l l " te le p h o n e in f o r m a tio n s e r v i c e o c c u r s w hen th e e s t a b li s h m e n t h a s v a r ie d fu n c tio n s th a t a r e
no t r e a d i l y u n d e r s t a n d a b le f o r te le p h o n e in fo r m a t io n p u r p o s e s , e . g . , b e c a u s e o f o v e r la p p in g o r
i n t e r r e l a t e d f u n c t io n s , a n d c o n s e q u e n tly p r e s e n t fr e q u e n t p r o b l e m s a s to w h ich e x t e n s io n s a r e
a p p r o p r ia t e f o r c a l l s . )
C l a s s B . O p e r a t e s a s in g le - o r m u lt ip l e - p o s it i o n te le p h o n e sw itc h b o a r d h a n d lin g in c o m in g ,
o u tg o in g , i n t r a p l a n t o r o f f ic e c a l l s . M a y h a n d le ro u tin e lo n g d is t a n c e c a l l s a n d r e c o r d t o l l s . M a y
p e r f o r m li m it e d te le p h o n e in f o r m a tio n s e r v i c e . ( " L i m i t e d " te le p h o n e in fo r m a tio n s e r v i c e o c c u r s
if th e f u n c tio n s o f th e e s t a b li s h m e n t s e r v i c e d a r e r e a d i l y u n d e r s t a n d a b le f o r te le p h o n e in fo r m a tio n
p u r p o s e s , o r if th e r e q u e s t s a r e r o u t in e , e . g . , g iv in g e x t e n s io n n u m b e r s w h en s p e c i f i c n a m e s a r e
f u r n is h e d , o r if c o m p le x c a l l s a r e r e f e r r e d to a n o th e r o p e r a t o r .)

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T A B U L A T I N G - M A C H I N E O P E R A T O R — C o n tin u ed

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
In a d d it io n to p e r f o r m i n g d u tie s o f o p e r a t o r on a s i n g l e - p o s i t i o n o r m o n ito r - ty p e s w i t c h ­
b o a r d , a c t s a s r e c e p t io n i s t an d m a y a l s o ty p e o r p e r f o r m r o u tin e c l e r i c a l w o rk a s p a r t o f r e g u l a r
d u t ie s .
T h is ty p in g o r c l e r i c a l w o rk m a y ta k e th e m a jo r p a r t o f t h is w o r k e r 's tim e w h ile at
sw itc h b o a r d .

C l a s s C . O p e r a t e s s i m p le t a b u la t in g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n tin g m a c h in e s su c h a s th e
s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c in g p u n ch , c o l l a t o r , e t c ., w ith s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s .
M a y in c lu d e s i m p le
w ir in g f r o m d i a g r a m s a n d s o m e f il in g w o r k . T h e w o r k t y p ic a ll y in v o lv e s p o r t io n s o f a w o rk
u n it, f o r e x a m p le , in d iv id u a l s o r t in g o r c o ll a t in g r u n s o r r e p e t it i v e o p e r a t io n s .
T R A N S C R IB IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R ,

GENERAL

T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R
C l a s s A . O p e r a t e s a v a r i e t y o f t a b u la t in g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n t in g m a c h in e s , t y p ic a ll y
in c lu d in g su c h m a c h in e s a s th e t a b u l a t o r , c a l c u l a t o r , i n t e r p r e t e r , c o l l a t o r , a n d o t h e r s .
P e r f o r m s c o m p le te r e p o r t i n g a s s i g n m e n t s w ith o u t c l o s e s u p e r v i s i o n , an d p e r f o r m s d if f ic u lt
w ir in g a s r e q u ir e d .
T h e c o m p le te r e p o r t i n g a n d t a b u la t in g a s s i g n m e n t s t y p ic a ll y in v o lv e a
v a r i e t y o f lo n g a n d c o m p le x r e p o r t s w h ic h o fte n a r e o f i r r e g u l a r o r n o n r e c u r r in g ty p e r e ­
q u ir in g so m e p la n n in g a n d s e q u e n c in g o f s t e p s to b e t a k e n . A s a m o r e e x p e r i e n c e d o p e r a t o r ,
i s t y p ic a ll y in v o lv e d in tr a i n in g new o p e r a t o r s in m a c h in e o p e r a t io n s , o r p a r t i a l l y t r a i n e d
o p e r a t o r s in w ir in g f r o m d i a g r a m s an d o p e r a t in g s e q u e n c e s o f lo n g a n d c o m p le x r e p o r t s .
D o e s n o t in c lu d e w o r k in g s u p e r v i s o r s p e r f o r m i n g t a b u la t in g - m a c h in e o p e r a t io n s a n d d a y - t o d a y s u p e r v i s i o n o f th e w o rk an d p r o d u c tio n of a g r o u p o f t a b u la t in g - m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s .
C l a s s B . O p e r a t e s m o r e d if f ic u lt t a b u la t in g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n t in g m a c h in e s su c h a s th e
ta b u l a t o r an d c a l c u l a t o r , in a d d itio n to th e s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c e r , a n d c o l l a t o r .
T h is w o rk is
p e r f o r m e d u n d e r s p e c i f i c in s t r u c t i o n s an d m a y in c lu d e th e p e r f o r m a n c e o f so m e w ir in g f r o m
d i a g r a m s . T h e w o rk t y p ic a ll y in v o l v e s , f o r e x a m p le , t a b u la t io n s in v o lv in g a r e p e t it i v e
a c c o u n t in g e x e r c i s e , a c o m p le te b u t s m a l l ta b u la t in g s t u d y , o r p a r t s o f a lo n g e r a n d m o r e
c o m p le x r e p o r t . S u c h r e p o r t s an d s t u d i e s a r e u s u a l ly o f a r e c u r r i n g n a tu r e w h e r e th e p r o ­
c e d u r e s a r e w e ll e s t a b l i s h e d .
M a y a l s o in c lu d e th e tr a i n in g o f new e m p l o y e e s in th e b a s i c
o p e r a t io n o f th e m a c h in e .

PROFESSIONAL

P r i m a r y du ty i s to t r a n s c r i b e d ic t a t io n in v o lv in g a n o r m a l r o u tin e v o c a b u la r y fr o m
tra n s c r ib in g - m a c h in e r e c o r d s .
M a y a l s o ty p e fr o m w r it te n c o p y a n d do s i m p le c l e r i c a l w o rk .
W o r k e r s t r a n s c r i b i n g d ic t a t io n in v o lv in g a v a r i e d te c h n ic a l o r s p e c i a l i z e d v o c a b u la r y su c h a s le g a l
b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s on s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h a r e no t in c lu d e d . A w o r k e r w ho t a k e s d ic t a t io n in s h o r t ­
h an d o r b y S te n o ty p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h in e i s c l a s s i f i e d a s a s t e n o g r a p h e r , g e n e r a l .
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 i e s o f v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l o r to m a k e out b i l l s a f t e r c a l c u l a ­
t io n s h a v e b e e n m a d e b y a n o th e r 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 i l s , m a t s , o r s i m i l a r m a t e ­
r i a l s f o r u s e in d u p lic a tin g p r o c e s s e s . M a y do c l e r i c a l w o rk in v o lv in g li t t l e s p e c i a l t r a i n in g , su c h
a s k e e p in g s i m p le r e c o r d s , f il in g r e c o r d s an d r e p o r t s , o r s o r t in g an d d is t r i b u t i n g in c o m in g m a il .
C l a s s A . P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e o f th e fo llo w in g : T y p in g m a t e r i a l in f in a l f o r m w h en it
in v o lv e s c o m b in in g m a t e r i a 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 i b i l i t y fo r c o r r e c t s p e l li n g ,
s y l l a b i c a t i o n , p u n c tu a tio n , e t c ., of t e c h n ic a l o r u n u s u a l w o r d s o r f o r e i g n la n g u a g e m a t e r i a l ;
a n d p la n n in g la y o u t a n d ty p in g o f c o m p lic a t e d s t a t i s t i c a l t a b l e s to m a in ta in u n ifo r m ity and
b a l a n c e in s p a c in g .
M a y ty p e r o u tin e f o r m l e t t e r s v a r y in g d e t a i l s to s u it c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
C l a s s B . P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e o f th e fo llo w in g : C o p y ty p in g f r o m ro u g h o r c l e a r d r a f t s ;
r o u t in e ty p in g of f o r m s , in s u r a n c e p o l i c i e s , e t c .; a n d s e tt in g up s i m p le s t a n d a r d t a b u l a t io n s ,
o r c o p y in g m o r e c o m p le x t a b l e s a l r e a d y s e tu p a n d s p a c e d p r o p e r l y .

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D R A F T S M A N — C o n tin u e d

D R A FT SM A N
C l a s s A . P l a n s th e g r a p h i c p r e s e n t a t io n o f c o m p le x it e m s h a v in g d is t i n c t i v e d e s ig n
f e a t u r e s th a t d if f e r s i g n i f ic a n t l y f r o m e s t a b l i s h e d d r a f t in g p r e c e d e n t s . W o rk s in c l o s e s u p ­
p o r t w ith th e d e s ig n o r i g i n a t o r , a n d 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 l y z e s th e
e f f e c t o f e a c h c h a n g e on th e d e t a i l s o f f o r m , fu n c tio n , a n d p o s it i o n a l r e l a t io n s h ip s o f c o m ­
p o n e n ts a n d p a r t s .
W o rk s w ith a m in im u m o f s u p e r v i s o r y a s s i s t a n c e .
C o m p le te d w o r k i s
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 t e 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 t i o n s .
M ay
e ith e r p r e p a r e d r a w in g s , o r d i r e c t t h e ir p r e p a r a t i o n b y lo w e r l e v e l d r a f t s m e n .
C l a s s B . P e r f o r m s n o n ro u tin e a n d c o m p le x d r a f t in g a s s i g n m e n t s th a t r e q u ir e th e a p p l i ­
c a tio n o f m o s t o f th e s t a n d a r d iz e d d r a w in g te c h n iq u e s r e g u l a r l y u s e d .
D u tie s t y p ic a ll y in ­
v o lv e su c h w o rk a s :
P r e p a r e s w o r k in g d r a w in g s o f s u b a s s e m b l i e s w ith i r r e g u l a r s h a p e s ,
m u lt ip le fu n c tio n s , an d p r e c i s e p o s it i o n a l r e l a t io n s h ip s b e tw e e n c o m p o n e n t s; p r e p a r e s a r c h i ­
t e c t u r a l d r a w in g s f o r c o n s t r u c t io n o f a b u ild in g in c lu d in g d e t a il d r a w in g s o f f o u n d a t io n s , w a ll
s e c t i o n s , f lo o r p l a n s , a n d r o o f . U s e s a c c e p t e d f o r m u l a s a n d m a n u a l s in m a k in g n e c e s s a r y
c o m p u ta tio n s to d e t e r m in e q u a n titie s o f m a t e r i a l s to b e u s e d , lo a d c a p a c i t i e s , s t r e n g t h s ,
s t r e s s e s , etc.
R e c e i v e s in it i a l in s t r u c t i o n s , r e q u i r e m e n t s , an d a d v ic e f r o m s u p e r v i s o r .
C o m p le te d w o r k i s c h e c k e d f o r t e c h n ic a l a d e q u a c y .

C l a s s C . P r e p a r e s d e t a il d r a w in g s o f s i n g l e u n its o r p a r t s f o r e n g in e e r in g , c o n s t r u c t io n ,
m a n u fa c t u r in g , o r r e p a i r p u r p o s e s . T y p e s o f d r a w in g s p r e p a r e d in c lu d e i s o m e t r i c 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 t e s c a l e ) a n d s e c t i o n a l v ie w s to c l a r i f y p o s itio n in g of

c o m p o n e n ts a n d c o n v e y n e e d e d in f o r m a tio n . C o n s o lid a t e s d e t a i l s f r o m a n u m b e r o f s o u r c e s
a n d a d j u s t s o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a l e a s r e q u ir e d . S u g g e s t e d m e th o d s o f a p p r o a c h , a p p lic a b le
p r e c e d e n t s , a n d a d v ic e on s o u r c e m a t e r i a l s a r e g iv e n w ith in it i a l a s s i g n m e n t s .
I n s t r u c t io n s
a r e l e s s c o m p le te w h en a s s i g n m e n t s r e c u r .
W o rk m a y b e s p o t - c h e c k e d d u r in g p r o g r e s s .
D R A FT SM A N -T R A C E R
C o p ie s p la n s a n d d r a w in g s p r e p a r e d b y o t h e r s b y p l a c in g t r a c i n g c lo th o r p a p e r o v e r
d r a w in g s an d t r a c i n g w ith p e n o r p e n c il.
(D o e s not in c lu d e t r a c i n g li m it e d to p l a n s p r i m a r i l y
c o n s is t in g o f s t r a i g h t l i n e s a n d a l a r g e s c a l e not r e q u ir i n g c l o s e d e lin e a tio n .)
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P r e p a r e s s i m p le o r r e p e t it i v e d r a w in g s o f e a s i l y v i s u a l i z e d it e m s .
d u r in g p r o g r e s s .
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W ork i s c l o s e l y s u p e r v i s e d

IN D U S T R I A L ( R E G I S T E R E D )

A r e g i s t e r e d n u r s e w ho g i v e s n u r s i n g s e r v i c e u n d e r g e n e r a l m e d ic a l d ir e c t i o n to il l o r
in ju r e d e m p l o 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 f f e r a n a c c id e n t on th e p r e m i s e s o f a
f a c t o r y o r o th e r e s t a b li s 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 th e fo llo w in g : G iv in g f i r s t a id
to th e i l l o r in ju r e d ; a tte n d in g to s u b s e q u e n t d r e s s i n g o f e m p l o y e e s ' i n ju r i e s ; k e e p in g r e c o r d s
o f p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d ; p r e p a r i n 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 i s t i n g in
p h y s ic a l e x a m in a t io n s a n d h e a lt h e v a l u a t io n s o f a p p lic a n t s a n d e m p l o y e e s ; a n d p la n n in g a n d c a r r y ­
in g out p r o g r a m s in v o lv in g h e a lth e d u c a tio n , a c c id e n t p r e v e n t io n , e v a lu a tio n o f p la n t e n v ir o n m e n t,
o r o th e r a c t i v i t i e s a f f e c t i n g th e h e a lt h , w e l f a r e , a n d s a f e t y o f a l l p e r s o n n e l .

MAINTENANCE AND POWERPLANT
CARPENTER,

M A IN T E N A N C E

P e r f o r m s th e c a r p e n t r y d u t ie s n e c e s s a r y to c o n s t r u c t a n d m a in ta in in g o o d r e p a i r b u ild in g
w o o d w o rk an d e q u ip m e n t su c h a s b in s , c r i b s , c o u n t e r s , b e n c h e s , p a r t i t i o n s , d o o r s , f l o o r s , s t a i r s ,
c a s i n g s , a n d t r i m m a d e o f w o o d in a n e s t a b li s h m e n t . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t of th e f o llo w in g : P l a n ­
n in g an d la y in g o ut o f w o rk f r o m b lu e p r in t s , d r a w in g s , m o d e l s , o r v e r b a l in s t r u c t i o n s u s in 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 t a b l e p o w e r t o o l s , an d s t a n d a r d m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ;




CARPENTER,

M A IN T E N A N C E — C o n tin u ed

m a k in g s t a n d a r d sh o p c o m p u ta tio n s r e la t in g to d im e n s io n s o f w o r k ; a n d s e le c t i n g m a t e r i a l s n e c e s ­
s a r y f o r th e w o rk . In g e n e r a l , th e w o rk o f th e m a in te n a n c e c a r p e n t e r r e q u i r e s ro u n d e d t r a i n ­
in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g an d
e x p e rie n c e .

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E L E C T R I C I A N , M A IN T E N A N C E

M E C H A N IC , A U T O M O T IV E (M A IN T E N A N C E )--- C o n tin u e d

P e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c a l t r a d e fu n c tio n s su c h a s th e in s t a l l a t i o n , m a in te n a n c e ,
o r r e p a i r o f e q u ip m e n t f o r th e g e n e r a t io n , d is t r i b u t i o n , o r u t il iz a t i o n o f e l e c t r i c e n e r g y in an
e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g : I n s t a ll in g o r r e p a i r i n g a n y o f a v a r i e t y of
e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w i t c h b o a r d s , c o n t r o l l e r s , c i r c u i t b r e a k ­
e r s , m o t o r s , h e a tin g u n it s , c o n d u it s y s t e m s , o r o th e r t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u ip m e n t; w o r k in g f r o m
b lu e p r i n t s , d r a w in g s , la y o u t s , o r o th e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; lo c a t i n g a n d d ia g n o s in g t r o u b le in th e
e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m o r e q u ip m e n t; w o r k in g s t a n d a r d c o m p u ta tio n s r e la t in g to lo a d r e q u ir e m e n t s o f
w ir in g o r e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t; a n d u s in g a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c i a n 's h a n d to o ls a n d m e a s u r i n g an d
t e s t i n g in s t r u m e n t s . 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 e l e c t r i c i a n r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n ­
in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a i n in g an d
e x p e rie n c e .

th e v a r i o u s a s s e m b l i e s in th e v e h ic le a n d m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t m e n t s ; a n d a lin in g w h e e ls ,
a d ju s t i n g b r a k e s an d l i g h t s , o r tig h te n in g b o d y b o l t s .
In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e a u t o m o tiv e
m e c h a n ic r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d tr a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y 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 ­
t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a le n t tr a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .

E N G I N E E R , S T A T IO N A R Y
O p e r a t e s an d m a in t a in s a n d m a y a l s o s u p e r v i s e th e o p e r a t io n o f s t a t i o n a r y e n g in e s an d
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 s u p p ly th e e s t a b li s h m e n t in w h ic h e m p lo y e d w ith p o w e r ,
h e a t , r e f r i g e r a t i o n , o r a ir - c o n d it io n i n g .
W o rk in v o l v e s : O p e r a tin g a n d m a in ta in in g e q u ip m e n t
s u c h a s s t e 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 , t u r b i n e s , v e n t ila t in g a n d r e f r i g ­
e r a t in g e q u ip m e n t , s t e a m b o i l e r s a n d b o i l e r - f e d w a t e r p u m p s ; m a k in g e q u ip m e n t r e p a i r s ; a n d
k e e p in g a r e c o r d o f o p e r a t io n o f m a c h in e r y , t e m p e r a t u r e , a n d f u e l c o n s u m p tio n . M a y a l s o s u ­
p e r v i s e t h e s e o p e r a t i o n s . H e a d o r c h ie f e n g i n e e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p lo y in g m o r e th a n one
e n g in e e r a r e e x c l u d e d .
F I R E M A N , S T A T IO N A R Y B O I L E R
F i r e s s t a t i o n a r y b o i l e r s to f u r n is h th e e s t a b li s 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 t e a m . F e e d s f u e l s to f i r e b y h an d o r o p e r a t e s a m e c h a n ic a l s t o k e r , o r g a s o r o il b u r n e r ;
a n d c h e c k s w a t e r a n d s a f e t y v a l v e s . M a y c l e a n , o i l , o r a s s i s t in r e p a i r i n g b o i l e r r o o m e q u ip m e n t.
H ELPER,

M A IN T E N A N C E T R A D E S

A s s i s t s o n e o r m o r e w o r k e r s in th e s k i l l e d m a in te n a n c e t r a d e s , b y p e r f o r m i n g s p e c i f i c
o r g e n e r a l d u t ie s o f l e s s e r s k i l l , su c h a s k e e p in g a w o r k e r s u p p li e d w ith m a t e r i a l s a n d t o o l s ;
c le a n in g w o r k in g a r e a , m a c h in e , a n d e q u ip m e n t; a s s i s t i n g jo u r n e y m a n b y h o ld in g m a t e r i a l s o r
t o o l s ; a n d p e r f o r m i n g o th e r u n s k ill e d t a s k s a s d i r e c t e d b y jo u r n e y m a n .
T h e k in d o f w o r k th e
h e l p e r i s p e r m i t t e d to p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m t r a d e to t r a d e :
In s o m e t r a d e s th e h e l p e r i s c o n ­
fin e d to s u p p ly in g , li f t in g , a n d h o ld in g m a t e r i a l s a n d t o o l s a n d c le a n in g w o r k in g a r e a s ; a n d in
o t h e r s h e i s p e r m i t t e d to p e r f o r m s p e c i a l i z e d m a c h in e o p e r a t i o n s , o r p a r t s o f a t r a d e th a t 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 fu ll- tim e b a s i s .
M A C H IN E -T O O L O P E R A T O R ,

TO O LR O O M

S p e c i a l i z e s in th e o p e r a t io n o f o n e o r m o r e t y p e s o f m a c h in e t o o l s , su c h a s j i g b o r e r s ,
c y l i n d r i c a l o r s u r f a c e g r i n d e r s , e n g in e l a t h e s , o r m i ll in g m a c h in e s , in th e c o n s t r u c t io n of
m a c h in e - s h o p t o o l s , g a g e s , j i g s , f i x t u r e s , o r d i e s . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t of th e f o llo w in g : P l a n ­
n in g a n d p e r f o r m i n g d if f ic u lt m a c h in in g o p e r a t io n s ; p r o c e s s i n g i t e m s r e q u ir i n g c o m p lic a t e d s e t u p s
o r a h ig h d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g in s t r u m e n t s ; s e l e c t i n g f e e d s ,
s p e e d s , t o o l in g , an d o p e r a t io n s e q u e n c e ; a n d m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t m e n t s d u r in g o p e r a t io n to
a c h ie v e r e q u i s i t e t o l e r a n c e s o r d im e n s io n s . M a y b e r e q u ir e d to r e c o g n iz e w h en t o o l s n e e d d r e s s ­
in g , to d r e s s t o o l s , a n d to s e l e c t p r o p e r c o o la n t s an d c u ttin g a n d l u b r ic a t i n g o i l s . F o r c r o s s ­
in d u s t r y w a g e s t u d y p u r p o s e s , m a c h in e - t o o l o p e r a t o r s , t o o l r o o m , in to o l a n d d ie jo b b in g sh o p s
a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m t h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .
M A C H IN IS T ,

M A IN T E N A N C E

P r o d u c e s r e p la c e m e n t p a r t s a n d new p a r t s in m a k in g r e p a i r s o f m e t a l p a r t s o f m e c h a n ­
i c a l e q u ip m e n t o p e r a t e d in a n e s t a b li s h m e n t . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g : I n t e r p r e t i n g
w r it t e n in s t r u c t i o n s an d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; p la n n in g a n d la y in g out o f w o r k ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f m a ­
c h i n i s t 's h a n d to o ls a n d p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; s e t t in g up a n d o p e r a t in g s t a n d a r d m a c h in e
t o o l s ; sh a p in g o f m e t a l p a r t s to c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; m a k in g s t a n d a r d sh o p c o m p u ta tio n s r e la t in g to
d im e n s io n s o f w o r k , to o lin g , f e e d s , a n d s p e e d s o f m a c h in in g ; k n o w le d g e o f th e w o r k in g p r o p e r t i e s
o f th e c o m m o n m e t a l s ; s e le c t i n g s t a n d a r d m a t e r i a l s , p a r t s , a n d e q u ip m e n t r e q u ir e d f o r h is w o rk ;
a n d fit tin g an d a s s e m b l i n g p a r t s in to m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m e n t. In g e n e r a l , th e m a c h i n i s t 's w o rk
n o r m a l ly r e q u i r e s a ro u n d e d t r a i n in g in m a c h in e - s h o p p r a c t i c e u s u a l ly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l
a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a i n in g an d e x p e r i e n c e .
M E C H A N IC , A U T O M O T IV E (M A IN T E N A N C E )
R e p a i r s a u t o m o b i le s , b u s e s , m o t o r t r u c k s , a n d t r a c t o r s o f a n e s t a b li s h m e n t . W o rk in ­
v o lv e s m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g : E x a m in in g a u t o m o tiv e e q u ip m e n t to d ia g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ;
d i s a s s e m b l i n g e q u ip m e n t an d p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s th a t in v o lv e th e u s e o f su c h h a n d to o ls a s
w r e n c h e s , g a g e s , d r i l l s , o r s p e c i a l i z e d e q u ip m e n t in d i s a s s e m b l i n g o r f it tin g p a r t s ; r e p la c i n g
b r o k e n o r d e f e c t i v e p a r t s f r o m s t o c k ; g r in d in g a n d a d ju s t i n g v a l v e s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g a n d in s t a l lin g




M E C H A N IC , M A IN T E N A N C E
R e p a i r 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 e n t o f a n e s t a b li s h m e n t .
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t
o f th e fo llo w in g : E x a m in in g m a c h in e s a n d 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 t r o u b le ;
d is m a n t l in g o r p a r t l y d is m a n t l in g m a c h in e s a n d p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s th a t m a in ly in v o lv e th e u s e
o f h a n d to o ls in s c r a p i n g a n d f it tin g p a r t s ; r e p la c i n g b r o k e n o r d e fe c t i v e p a r t s w ith it e m s o b ta in e d
f r o m s t o c k ; o r d e r in g th e p r o d u c tio n of a r e p la c e m e n t p a r t b y a m a c h in e sh o p o r se n d in g o f th e
m a c h in e to a m a c h in e sh o p f o r m a jo r r e p a i r s ; p r e p a r i n g w r it t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r m a jo r r e p a i r s
o r f o r th e p r o d u c tio n of p a r t s o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h in e sh o p ; r e a s s e m b l i n g m a c h in e s ; a n d m a k in g
a l l n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t m e n t s f o r o p e r a t io n . In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f a m a in te n a n c e m e c h a n ic r e ­
q u i r e s ro u n d e d t r a i n in g an d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t tr a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e . E x c lu d e d f r o m t h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n a r e w o r k e r s w h o se, p r i m a r y
d u t ie s in v o lv e s e t t in g up o r a d ju s t i n g m a c h in e s .
M IL L W R IG H T
I n s t a l l s new m a c h in e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m e n t , a n d d i s m a n t l e s a n d i n s t a l l s m a c h in e s o r
h e a v y e q u ip m e n t w h en c h a n g e s in th e p la n t la y o u t a r e r e q u i r e d . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l ­
lo w in g : P la n n in g a n d la y in g o ut o f th e w o r k ; in t e r p r e t in g b lu e p r in t s o r o th e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u s in g
a v a r i e t y o f h a n d to o ls an d r ig g i n g ; m a k in g s t a n d a r d sh o p c o m p u ta tio n s r e la t in g to s t r e s s e s ,
s t r e n g t h o f m a t e r i a l s , a n d c e n t e r s o f g r a v it y ; a lin in g a n d b a la n c in g o f e q u ip m e n t; s e l e c t i n g s t a n d ­
a r d t o o l s , e q u ip m e n t , a n d p a r t s to b e u s e d ; a n d i n s t a l lin g a n d m a in ta in in g in g o o d o r d e r p o w e r
t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u ip m e n t su c h a s d r i v e s a n d s p e e d r e d u c e r s .
In g e n e r a l , th e m i ll w r ig h t 's w o rk
n o r m a l ly r e q u i r e s a ro u n d e d t r a i n in g an d e x p e r i e n c e in th e t r a d e a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l
a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
O IL E R
L u b r i c a t e s , w ith o il o r g r e a s e ,
e q u ip m e n t o f a n e s t a b li s h m e n t .
P A IN T E R ,

th e

m o v in g p a r t s

o r w e a r in g s u r f a c e s

o f m e c h a n ic a l

M A IN T E N A N C E

P a in t s a n d r e d e c o r a t e s w a l l s , w o o d w o rk , a n d f i x t u r e s o f a n e s t a b li s h m e n t .
W o rk in ­
v o lv e s th e f o llo w in g : K n o w le d g e of s u r f a c e p e c u l i a r i t i e s a n d t y p e s o f p a in t r e q u ir e d fo r d if f e r e n t
a p p lic a t i o n s ; p r e p a r i n g s u r f a c e f o 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 l a c in g p u tty o r f i l l e r
in n a il h o le s a n d i n t e r s t i c e s ; an d a p p ly in g p a in t w ith s p r a y gu n o r b r u s h . M a y m i x c o l o r s , o i l s ,
w h ite le a d , a n d o th e r p a in t in g r e d ie n t s to o b ta in p r o p e r c o lo r o r c o n s is t e n c y .
In g e n e r a l , th e
w o rk o f th e m a in te n a n c e p a i n t e r r e q u i r e s ro u n d e d t r a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u ir e d th r o u g h
a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
P IP E F IT T E R ,

M A IN T E N A N C E

I n s t a l l s o r r e p a i r s w a t e r , s t e a m , g a s , o r o th e r t y p e s o f p ip e a n d p ip e fit t in g s in an
e s t a b li s h m e n t .
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g : L a y in g o ut o f w o rk a n d m e a s u r i n g to l o ­
c a te p o s it i o n o f p ip e f r o m d r a w in g s o r o th e r w r it t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; c u ttin g v a r i o u s s i z e s o f p ip e
to c o r r e c t le n g th s w ith c h i s e l a n d h a m m e r o r o x y a c e ty le n e t o r c h o r p ip e - c u t t in g m a c h in e ; t h r e a d ­
in g p ip e w ith s t o c k s a n d d i e s ; b e n 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 l i n g
p ip e w ith c o u p lin g s a n d f a s t e n i n g p ip e to h a n g e r s ; m a k in g s t a n d a r d sh o p c o m p u ta tio n s r e la t in g
to p r e s s u r e s , flo w , a n d s i z e o f p ip e r e q u ir e d ; a n d m a k in g s t a n d a r d t e s t s to d e t e r m in e w h e th e r
f in is h e d p i p e s m e e t s p e c i f i c a t i o n s .
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 p i p e f it t e r r e q u i r e s
ro u n d e d tr a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t
t r a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e . W o r k e r s p r i m a r i l y e n g a g e d in in s t a l lin g a n d r e p a i r i n g b u ild in g s a n i t a ­
tio n o r h e a tin g s y s t e m s a r e e x c l u d e d .
PLUM BER,

M A IN T E N A N C E

K e e p s th e p lu m b in g s y s t e m o f a n e s t a b li s h m e n t in g o o d o r d e r . W o rk in v o l v e s : K n o w le d g e
o f s a n i t a r y c o d e s r e g a r d in g i n s t a l la t io n o f v e n ts a n d t r a p s in p lu m b in g - S y s t e m ; in s t a l lin g o r r e ­
p a i r in g p ip e s a n d f i x t u r e s ; a n d o p e n in g c lo g g e d d r a in s w ith a p lu n g e r o r p l u m b e r 's s n a k e . 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 p lu m b e r r e q u i r e s ro u n d e d t r a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l ly
a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
S H E E T - M E T A L W O R K E R , M A IN T E N A N C E
F a b r i c a t e s , i n s t a l l s , a n d m a in t a in s in g o o d r e p a i r th e s h e e t - m e t a l e q u ip m e n t a n d f i x ­
t u r e s (s u c h a s m a c h in e g u a r d s , g r e a s e p a n s , s h e l v e s , l o c k e r s , t a n k s , v e n t i l a t o r s , c h u t e s , d u c t s ,
m e t a l ro o fin g ) o f a n e s t a b li s h m e n t .
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g : P la n n in g a n d la y in g
out a l l t y 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 r in t s , m o d e l s , o r o th e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ;
s e t t in g up a n d o p e r a t in g a l l a v a i l a b l e t y p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k in g m a c h in e s ; u s in g a v a r i e t y of

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M A IN T E N A N C E --- C o n tin u e d

T O O L A N D D IE M A K E R — C o n tin u e d

h a n d to o ls in c u ttin g , b e n d in g , f o r m i n g , s h a p in g , f it t in g , a n d a s s e m b l i n g ; an d in s t a l lin g s h e e t m e t a l a r t i c l e s a s r e q u ir e d . 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 s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u i r e s
ro u n d e d tr a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l ly 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 t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t
t r a in in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
T O O L A N D D IE M A K E R
(D ie m a k e r ; j i g m a k e r ; to o l m a k e r ; f ix t u r e m a k e r ; g a g e m a k e r )
C o n s t r u c t s a n d r e p a i r s m a c h in e - s h o p t o o l s , g a g e s , j i g s , f i x t u r e s o r d ie s f o r f o r g i n g s ,
p u n c h in g , a n d o th e r m e t a l- f o r m i n g w o rk .
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g : P la n n in g an d
la y in g Out o f w o r k f r o m m o d e ls , b lu e p r in t s , d r a w in g s , o r o th e r o r a l a n d w r it te n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ;

u s in g a v a r i e t y o f to o l an d d ie m a k e r 's h a n d to o ls a n d p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; u n d e r ­
s ta n d in g o f th e w o rk in g p r o p e r t i e s of c o m m o n m e t a l s a n d a l l o y s ; s e tt in g u p an d o p e r a tin g of
m a c h in e t o o l s a n d r e l a t e d e q u ip m e n t; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y sh o p c o m p u ta tio n s r e la t in g to d im e n s io n s
o f w o r k , s p e e d s , f e e d s , a n d to o lin g o f m a c h in e s ; h e a t - t r e a t in g o f m e t a l p a r t s d u r in g f a b r ic a t io n
a s w e ll a s o f f in is h e d t o o l s a n d d ie s to a c h ie v e r e q u ir e d q u a l i t i e s ; w o rk in g to c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ;
f it tin g an d a s s e m b l i n g o f p a r t s to p r e s c r i b e d t o l e r a n c e s a n d a ll o w a n c e s ; a n d s e le c t i n g a p p r o p r ia t e
m a t e r i a l s , t o o l s , a n d p r o c e s s e s . In g e n e r a l , th e to o l a n d d ie m a k e r 's w o rk r e q u i r e s a ro u n d e d
t r a i n in g in m a c h in e - s h o p an d t o o lr o o m p r a c t i c e u s u a l ly 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 t ic e s h ip
o r e q u iv a le n t tr a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s ,
sh o p s a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m t h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .

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d ie m a k e r s in to o l a n d d ie jo b b in g

CUSTODIAL AND MATERIAL MOVEMENT
GU A RD AND W ATCHM AN

S H IP P IN G A N D R E C E I V IN G C L E R K

G u a r d . P e r f o r m s ro u tin e p o l ic e d u t ie s , e ith e r a t fix e d p o s t o r on t o 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 a te m e n w ho a r e s t a t io n e d a t g a te and
c h e c k on id e n tity o f e m p l o y e e s a n d o th e r p e r s o n s e n t e r in g .

P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d is e f o r sh ip m e n t, o r r e c e i v e s a n d i s r e s p o n s ib l e fo r in c o m in g s h i p ­
m e n ts o f m e r c h a n d is e o r o th e r m a t e r i a l s .
S h ip p in g w o rk in v o l v 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 i c e s , r o u t e s , a v a i l a b l e m e a n s o f t r a n s p o r t a t io n , an d r a t e ; a n d p r e p a r i n g r e c ­
o r d s o f th e g o o d s s h ip p e d , m a k in g up b i l l s o f la d in g , p o s tin g w e ig h t a n d sh ip p in g c h a r g e s , an d
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 i r e c t o r a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g th e m e r c h a n d is e fo r s h i p ­
m e n t. R e c e iv in g w o r k in v o l v e s : V e r ify in g o r d ir e c t i n g o t h e r s in v e r i f y in g th e c o r r e c t n e s s o f
s h ip m e n ts a g a i n s t b i l l s o f la d in g , in v o i c e s , o r o th e r r e c o r d s ; c h e c k in g fo r s h o r t a g e s a n d r e je c t in g
d a m a g e d g o o d s ; r o u t in g m e r c h a n d is e o r m a t e r i a l s to p r o p e r d e p a r t m e n t s ; a n d 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 il e s .

th e ft,

W a tch m a n .
M a k e s ro u n d s o f p r e m i s e s p e r i o d i c a l l y in p r o t e c t in g p r o p e r t y a g a in s t f i r e ,
a n d i l l e g a l e n tr y .

JA N IT O R ,

PORTER,

OR C LEA N ER

( S w e e p e r ; c h a rw o m a n ; ja n i t r e s s )
F o r w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d a s fo llo w s :
C l e a n s a n d k e e p s in a n 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 a n d w a s h r o o m s , o r
p r e m i s e s o f a n o f f ic e , a p a r t m e n t h o u s e , o r c o m m e r c i a l o r o th e r e s t a b li s 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 th e fo llo w in g : S w e e p in g , m o p p in g o r s c r u b b in g , an d p o lis h in g f l o o r s ; r e m o v in g
c h ip s , t r a s h , a n d o th e r r e f u s e ; d u s tin g e q u ip m e n t, f u r n it u r e , o r f i x t u r e s ; p o lis h in g m e t a l f i x t u r e s
o r t r i m m i n g s ; p r o v id in g s u p p li e s a n d m in o r m a in te n a n c e s e r v i c e s ; a n d c le a n in g l a v a t o r i e s , sh o w ­
e r s , an d r e s t r o o m s . W o r k e r s w ho s p e c i a l i z e in w indow w a sh in g a r e e x c l u d e d .
LABO RER,

M A T E R I A L H A N D L IN G

( L o a d e r a n d u n lo a d e r ; h a n d le r an d s t a c k e r ; s h e l v e r ; t r u c k e r ; s t o c k m a n o r s t o c k h e l p e r ; w a r e ­
h o u s e m a n o r w a r e h o u s e h e lp e r )
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 f a c t u r in g p la n t, s t o r e , o r o th e r e s t a b li s h m e n t
w h o se d u tie s in v o lv e one o r m o r e o f th e fo llo w in g : L o a d in g an d u n lo a d in g v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l s an d
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 , t r u c k s , o r o th e r t r a n s p o r t in g d e v i c e s ; u n p a c k in g , s h e lv in g ,
o r p la c in g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d is e in p r o p e r s t o r a g e lo c a tio n ; a n d t r a n s p o r t in g m a t e r i a l s o r
m e r c h a n d is e b y h a n d tr u c k , c a r , o r w h e e lb a r r o w . L o n g s h o r e m e n , w ho lo a d an d u n lo a d s h i p s a r e
e x c lu d e d .
O RDER,

F IL L E R

(O r d e r p i c k e r ; s t o c k s e l e c t o r ; w a r e h o u s e sto c k m a n )
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 f in is h e d g o o d s f r o m s t o r e d m e r c h a n d is e in a c c o r d ­
a n c e w ith s p e c i f i c a t i o n s on s a l e s s l i p s , c u s t o m e r s * o r d e r s , o r o th e r in s t r u c t i o n s . M a y , in a d d itio n
to f il li n g o r d e r s a n d in d ic a tin g it e m s f il le d o r o m itte d , k e e p r e c o r d s o f o u tg o in g o r d e r s , r e q u i ­
s i t i o n a d d it io n a l s t o c k o r r e p o r t s h o r t s u p p li e s to s u p e r v i s o r , a n d p e r f o r m o th e r r e l a t e d d u t ie s .

R e c e iv in g c l e r k
S h ip p in g c l e r k
S h ip p in g a n d r e c e iv i n g c l e r k
T R U C K D R IV E R
D r i v e s a t r u c k w ith in a c it y o r in d u s t r ia l a r e a to t r 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 e n t, o r m e n b e tw e e n v a r i o u s ty p e s o f e s t a b li s h m e n t s su c h a s : M a n u fa c tu r in g p l a n t s , fr e ig h t
d e p o t s , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o l e s a le a n d r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , o r b e tw e e n r e t a i l e s t a b li s h m e n t s an d
c u s t o m e r s * h o u s e s o r p l a c e s o f b u s i n e s s . M a y a l s o lo a d o r u n lo a d tr u c k w ith o r w ith o u t h e l p e r s ,
m a k e m in o r m e c h a n ic a l r e p a i r s , a n d k e e p t r u c k in g o o d w o rk in g o r d e r .
D r i v e r - s a l e s m e n an d
o v e r - th e - r o a d d r iv e r s a r e e x c lu d e d .
F o r w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , t r u c k d r i v e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d b y s i z e a n d ty p e o f e q u ip m e n t,
a s f o ll o w s :
( T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r sh o u ld b e r a t e d on th e b a s i s o f t r a i l e r c a p a c it y .)
T r u c k d r i v e r (c o m b in a tio n o f s i z e s l i s t e d s e p a r a t e ly )
T r u c k d r i v e r , lig h t (u n d er lV 2 to n s)
T r u c k d r i v e r , m e d iu m ( 1 V* to a n d in c lu d in g 4 to n s )
T r u c k d r i v e r , h e a v y ( o v e r 4 t o n s , t r a i l e r ty p e )
T r u c k d r i v e r , h e a v y ( o v e r 4 t o n s , o th e r th a n t r a i l e r ty p e)
TRUCKER,

PACKER,

POW ER

S H IP P IN G

P r e p a r e s fin is h e d p r o d u c t s fo r sh ip m e n t o r s t o r a g e b y p l a c in g th e m in sh ip p in g c o n ­
t a i n e r s , th e s p e c i f i c o p e r a t io n s p e r f o r m e d b e in g d e p e n d e n t u po n th e ty p e , s i z e , a n d n u m b e r o f
u n its to b e p a c k e d , th e ty p e o f c o n ta in e r e m p lo y e d , a n d m e th o d o f sh ip m e n t. W ork r e q u i r e s th e
p la c in g of it e m s in sh ip p in g c o n t a i n e r s a n d m a y in v o lv e one o r m o r e o f th e f o llo w in g : K n o w l­
e d g e o f v a r i o u s it e m s o f s t o c k in o r d e r to v e r i f y co n te n t; s e l e c t i o n o f a p p r o p r ia t e ty p e a n d s i z e
o f c o n ta in e r ; in s e r t in g e n c l o s u r e s in c o n t a i n 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 i a 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 l o s in g an d s e a l i n g c o n t a i n e r ; a n d a p p ly in g l a b e l s o r e n t e r in g id e n tify in g
d a ta on c o n ta in e r . P a c k e r s w ho a l s 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 .




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T r u c k e r , p o w e r ( fo r k lift)
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t r a c e r s , jo b a n a l y s t s , d i r e c t o r s o f p e r s o n n e l , m a n a g e r s o f o f f i c e
s e r v i c e s , b u y e r s , an d c l e r i c a l e m p l o y e e s .
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Area Wage Surveys
A l i s t o f the l a t e s t a v a i l a b l e b u l l e t i n s i s p r e s e n t e d b e lo w . A d i r e c t o r y of a r e a w age s t u d i e s in c lu d in g m o r e l i m i t e d s t u d i e s c o n d u c te d a t the
r e q u e s t o f the Wage an d Hour an d P u b lic C o n t r a c t s D i v i s i o n s of the D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r i s a v a i l a b l e on r e q u e s t .
B u l l e t i n s m a y be p u r c h a s e d f r o m
the S u p e r in te n d e n t o f D o c u m e n t s , U . S . G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t i n g O ffic e , W ashington, D. C . , 20402, o r f r o m an y of the B L S r e g i o n a l s a l e s o f f i c e s shown on
the i n s i d e f ro n t c o v e r .
Area
A k ro n , O hio, J u ly 1 9 6 8 _________________________________
A lb an y — c h e n e c ta d y — r o y , N. Y. , A p r. 1 9 6 8 * ________
S
T
A lb u q u e rq u e , N . M e x . , A p r . 1 9 6 8 1 ___________________
A llen tow n — e th le h e m — a s to n , P a . — J . ,
B
E
N.
Ju n e 1968 1______________________________________________
A tla n ta , G a. , M ay 1 9 6 8 * ________________________________
B a lt im o r e , M d. , S e p t. 1 9 6 8 * ________ _________________
B e a u m o n t— o r t A r th u r— r a n g e , T e x . , M ay 1968 1 ____
P
O
B in g h am to n , N. Y. , J u ly 1 9 6 8 * _________________________
B ir m in g h a m , A la . , A p r . 1968__________________________
B o is e C ity , Idah o, J u ly 1968 1_____________________ ______
B o sto n , M a s s . , S e p t. 1 9 6 8 * ___________________________
B u ffa lo , N. Y . , N o v . 1968 1_____________________________
B u r lin g to n , V t. , M a r . 1 9 6 8 ____________________________
C an ton , O hio, Ju n e 1968 1_______________________________
C h a r le s t o n , W. V a . , A p r . 1968 1_______________________
C h a r lo tt e , N. C . , A p r . 1 9 6 8 * ___________________________
C h a tta n o o g a , T e n n .— a . , S e p t. 1968 1 _________________
G
C h ic a g o , 111., A p r . 1 9 6 8 ________________________________
C in c in n a ti, Ohio— y . —
K
Ind. , M a r . 1 9 6 8 * -------------------C le v e la n d , O hio, S e p t. 1 9 6 8 * ___________________________
C o lu m b u s, O hio, O ct. 1 9 6 8 * -----------------------------------D a l l a s , T e x . , N ov. 1968 5_______________________________
D av e n p o rt— o c k Is la n d — o lin e , Iow a—
R
M
111. ,
D ay ton , O hio, J a n . 1 9 6 8 * --------- — ---------------------------D e n v e r, C o lo . , D e c . 1967 1 ____________________________
D e s M o in e s, Iow a, F e b . 1968 1_________________________
D e tr o it, M ic h ., J a n . 1 9 6 8 1 ____________________________
F o r t W orth, T e x . , N ov. 1968 1____ -___________________
G r e e n B a y , W is. , Ju ly 1968 1-------------— ------------------G r e e n v ille , S . C . , M ay 1 9 6 8 * -----------------------------------H o u ston , T e x . , Ju n e 1 9 6 8 * _____________________________
I n d ia n a p o lis , I n d ., D e c . 1967 1---------------------------------J a c k s o n , M i s s . , F e b . 1 9 6 8 1___________________________
Ja c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , J a n . 1 9 6 8 ----------------------------------K a n s a s C ity , M o. — a n s . , S e p t. 1968 1----------------------K
L a w re n c e — a v e r h ill, M a s s . — H. , Ju n e 1 9 6 8 * _______
H
N.
L itt le R ock — o rth L itt le R o c k , A r k . , J u ly 1968 1_____
N
L o s A n g e le s — o n g B e a c h an d A n ah e im — a n ta A n a L
S
G a rd e n G r o v e , C a lif . , M a r. 1 9 6 8 --------------------------L o u is v ille , K y. —
Ind. , N ov. 1 9 6 8 _______________________
L u b b o ck , T e x . , Ju n e 1968 1 ____________________________ ,
M a n c h e s te r , N. H. , J u ly 1968 1---------------------------------M e m p h is , T en n . — r k . , N ov. 1 9 6 8 _____________________
A
M ia m i, F l a . , D e c . 1968 1----—----------------------------------M idlan d an d O d e s s a , T e x . , Ju n e 1968 1 ________________
M ilw au k e e , W is. , A p r . 1968------------------------------------l

B u l l e t in n u m b e r
and p rice
1575-84,
1575-68,
1575-58,

35 c e n ts
30 c e n ts
30 c e n t s

1575-86,
1575-71,
16 2 5 -8 ,
1575-75,
1625-3,
1575-59,
16 2 5 -6 ,
1625-15,
1625-35,
1575-48,
1575-65,
1575-63,
1575-57,
1625-14,
1575-81,
1575-62,
1625-19,
1625-24,
1625-28,

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1625-16,
1575-51,
1575-38,
1575-52,
1575-45,
1625-27,
1625-7,
1575-66,
1575-82,
1575-36,
1575-49,
1575-33,
1625-17,
1575-74,
1625-11,

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1625-33,
1575-77,
1625-4,
1625-30,
1625-29,
1575-72,
1575-67,

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Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.




Area
M in n e a p o lis— t. P a u l, M in n ., J a n . 1 9 6 8 ------------------S
M u sk e g o n ^ M u sk e g o n H e ig h ts, M ic h ., M ay 1968 1_____
N e w a rk an d J e r s e y C ity , N. J . , F e b . 1968 1___________
New H aven , C onn. , J a n . 1968 1 ________________________
New O r le a n s , L a . , F e b . 1 9 6 8 __________________________
New Y o rk , N. Y . , A p r. 1 9 6 8 ___________________________
N o rfo lk — o r tsm o u th an d N ew p o rt N ew s—
P
H am pton , V a. , Ju n e 1 9 6 8 --------------------------------------O k lah om a C ity , O k la . , Ju ly 1 9 6 8 ---------------- -------------O m ah a, N e b r . —
Iow a, O ct. 1 9 6 8 1 ______________________
P a t e r s o n — lifto n — a s s a i c , N. J . , M ay 1968 1 _________
C
P
P h ila d e lp h ia , P a . — J . , N ov. 1967 1_____________ _____
N.
P h o e n ix , A r i z . , M a r . 1968 1_______________________ ____
P it ts b u r g h , P a . , J a n . 1968______________________ ______
P o r tla n d , M ain e, N ov. 1 9 6 8 _________________ __________
P o r tla n d , O r e g . — a s h ., M ay 1968 1-------------------------W
P r o v id e n c e —P aw tu ck et— arw ick , R . I . — a s s . ,
W
M

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an d p r i c e
1575-47,
157 5 -6 0 ,
1575-54,
1575-34,
1575-46,
1575-78,

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1575-85,
1625-9,
1625-26,
1575-83,
1575-40,
1575-55,
1575-44,
1625-20,
1575-80,

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1575-61,
R a le ig h , N. C . , A u g . 1968 1 ____________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 1 3 ,
R ic h m o n d , V a . , N ov. 1967 1 ___________________________ 157 5 -2 7 ,
R o c h e s t e r , N .Y . (o ffic e o c c u p a tio n s only), J u l y 1968 l „ 1 625-2
R o c k fo r d , 111. , M ay 1968 1______________________________ 1 5 7 5 - 7 0 ,
S t. L o u is , M o. —
111. , J a n . 1968_________________________ 1 5 7 5 - 3 9 ,
S a lt L a k e C ity , U tah , D e c . 1 9 6 7 _______________________ 1 5 7 5 - 3 5 ,
S a n A n ton io, T e x . , Ju n e 1968___________________________ 1 5 7 5 - 6 9 ,
S a n B e r n a r d in o — i v e r s i d e — n ta rio , C a lif . ,
R
O
1625-25,
S a n D ie g o , C a lif . , N ov. 1 9 6 8 ___________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 3 2 ,
Sa n F r a n c i s c o — ak lan d , C a l i f . , J a n . 1968_____________ 1 5 7 5 - 3 7 ,
O
S a n J o s e , C a lif . , S e p t. 1 9 6 8 ------------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 2 1 ,
S a v an n ah , G a. , M ay 1968 1 ----------------------------- ---- ----- 1 5 7 5 - 7 3 ,
S c ra n to n , P a . , Ju ly 1 9 6 8 * ______________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 1 2 ,
S e a t tle — v e r e t t , W ash. , N ov. 1967 1 ________________ __ 1 5 7 5 - 2 9 ,
E
S io u x F a l l s , S . D ak. , O ct. 1968 1 _______________ _____ 1 6 2 5 - 2 3 ,
Sou th B en d , Ind. , M a r . 1968 1__________________________ 1 5 7 5 - 5 6 ,
S p o k a n e , W ash. , Ju n e 1 9 6 8 ______________________ ____ __ 1 5 7 5 - 7 9 ,
S y r a c u s e , N . Y. , Ju ly 1968 1 ------------------------------------- 16 2 5 -5 ,
T a m p a — t. P e t e r s b u r g , F l a . , A u g. 1 9 6 8 __________ ____ .1 6 2 5 -1 0 ,
S
T o le d o , Ohio— ich . , F e b . 1968_________________ ___ ____ 1 5 7 5 - 4 3 ,
M
T re n to n , N. J . , O ct. 1968 1______________________ _______ 1 6 2 5 - 1 8 ,
U tic a — o m e , N. Y. , Ju ly 1968 1 --------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 1 ,
R
W ash in gton , D. C . — d .— a . , S e p t. 1 9 6 8 ______________ 1 6 2 5 - 2 2 ,
M
V
W a te rb u ry , C on n . , A p r . 1968 1 -------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 5 3 ,
W a te rlo o , Iow a, N ov. 1968 1____________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 3 1 ,
W ich ita, K a n s . , D e c . 1 9 6 7 ______________________ __ __ __ 157 5 -3 1 ,
W o r c e s te r , M a s s . , Ju n e 1968 1 --------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 7 6 ,
Y o rk , P a . , F e b . 1968 1__________________ ______________ 1 5 7 5 - 4 2 ,
Y ou ngstow n — a rre n , O hio, N ov. 1 9 6 8 _________________ 1 6 2 5 - 3 4 ,
W

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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POSTAGE AND FEES PAID
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