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/_<2.= 2>“50<3O ~£3 Area Wage Survey Los Angeles-Long Beach, California, Metropolitan Area October 1980 U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletin 3000-63 Los Angeles Los Angeles SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.S. DEPOSITORY COPY https://fraser.stlouisfed.org - Reserve Bank of St. Louis Federal 62 MAR 1 0 1981 Preface This bulletin provides results of an October 1980 survey of occupational earnings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, California, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. The survey was made as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual area wage survey program. It was conducted by the Bureau’s regional office in San Francisco, Calif., under the general direction of Susan Holland, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations. The survey could not have been accomplished without the cooperation of the many firms whose wage and salary data provided the basis for the statistical information in this bulletin. The Bureau wishes to express sincere appreciation for the cooperation received. Unless specifically identified as copyright, material in this publication is in the public domain and may, with appropriate credit, be reproduced without permission. Note: Available for the Los Angeles-Long Beach area are reports on occupational earnings and supplementary benefits for the electrical appliance repair (Nov. 1978), men’s and boys’ suits and coats (Apr. 1979), wood household furniture (June 1979), steel foundries (Sept. 1979), gray iron foundries (Sept. 1979), miscellaneous plastics products (Nov. 1979), banking (Feb. 1980), savings and loan associations (Feb. 1980), and life insurance (Feb. 1980) industries. A report on occupational earnings alone is available for the refuse hauling industry (October 1980). Listings of union wage rates for both the cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach are available for building trades, printing trades, local-transit operating employees, local truckdrivers and helpers, and grocery store employees. Also available is a report on occupational earnings and supplemen tary benefits for municipal government employees of the city of Los Angeles. Free copies of these are available from the Bureau’s regional offices. (See back cover for addresses.) https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Area Wage Survey Los Angeles-Long Beach, California, Metropolitan Area October 1980 U.S. Department of Labor Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary Contents Bureau of Labor Statistics Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner Introduction......................................................................... 2 February 1981 Tables: Bulletin 3000-63 Earnings, all establishments: A- 1. Weekly earnings of office workers..................... A- 2. Weekly earnings of professional and 3 technical workers......................................................... 6 A- 3. A- 4. A- 5. A- 6. A- 7. A- 8. A- 9. A-10. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, US. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C, 20402, GPO Bookstores, or BLS Regional Offices listed on back cover. Price $2.25. Make checks payable to Superintendent of Documents G.P.O. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Page Page Tables—Continued A-11. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex................................................................ Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers..................................... Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers............................................. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers, by sex.......................... Indexes of earnings and percent increases for selected occupational groups..................... Average pay relationships within establish ments for office clerical occupations............... Average pay relationships within establish ments for professional and technical occupations...................................................... Average pay relationships within establish ments for maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant occupations .................................. Average pay relationships within establish ments for material movement and custodial occupations..................................... 16 Earnings, large establishments: 8 A-12. Weekly earnings of office workers............................ A-13. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers............................................ Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex............................................................... Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers................................... Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers ..................................... Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers, by sex............................................................... A-14. 10 A-15. 11 A-16. 13 14 A-17. 17 19 21 23 24 25 14 15 15 Appendixes: A. Scope and method of survey................................... 27 B. Occupational descriptions....................................... 30 Introduction This area is 1 of 71 in which the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts surveys of occupational earnings and related benefits. (See list of areas on inside back cover.) In each area, earnings data for selected occupations (A-series tables) are collected annually. Information on establishment practices and supplementary wage benefits (B-series tables) is obtained every third year. This report has no B-series tables. Each year after all individual area wage surveys have been completed, two summary bulletins are issued. The first brings together data for each metropoli tan area surveyed; the second presents national and regional estimates, projected from individual metropolitan area data, for all Standard Metropoli tan Statistical Areas in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. A major consideration in the area wage survey program is the need to describe the level and movement of wages in a variety of labor markets, through the analysis of (1) the level and distribution of wages by occupation, and (2) the movement of wages by occupational category and skill level. The program develops information that may be used for many purposes, including wage and salary administration, collective bargaining, and assistance in determining plant location. Survey results also are used by the U.S. Depart ment of Labor to make wage determinations under the Service Contract Act of 1965. A-series tables Tables A-l through A-6 provide estimates of straight-time weekly or hourly earnings for workers in occupations common to a variety of manufacturing and https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis nonmanufacturing industries. The occupations are defined in appendix B. For the 31 largest survey areas, tables A-12 through A-17 provide similar data for establishments employing 500 workers or more. Table A-7 provides indexes and percent changes in average hourly earnings for office clerical workers, electronic data processing workers, industrial nurses, skilled maintenance trades workers, and unskilled plant workers. Where possible, data are presented for all industries and for manufacturing and nonmanufacturing separately. Data are not presented for skilled maintenance workers in nonmanufacturing because the number of workers employed in this occupational group in nonmanufacturing is too small to warrant separate presentation. This table provides a measure of wage trends after elimination of changes in average earnings caused by employment shifts among establish ments as well as turnover of establishments included in survey samples. For further details, see appendix A. Tables A-8 through A-11 provide measures of average pay relationships within establishments. These measures may differ considerably from the pay relationships of overall area averages published in tables A-l through A-6. See appendix A for details. Appendixes Appendix A describes the methods and concepts used in the area wage survey program and provides information on the scope of the survey. Appendix B provides job descriptions used by Bureau field representatives to classify workers by occupation. Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Occupation and industry division Average Number weekly of hours' workers (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)' Mean2 Median2 Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of Middle range2 100 and under 120 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 500 540 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 500 540 580 Secretaries....................................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 21,753 8,462 13,291 1,351 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.5 293.50 307.50 285.00 324.50 287.50 244.00- 339.50 303.00 263.00- 349.00 276.00 234.50- 328.00 328.00 264.50- 367.00 _ - _ - _ - 139 15 124 " 496 66 430 - 1893 466 1427 27 2301 625 1676 145 2612 780 1832 123 2647 1070 1577 112 2372 974 1398 94 2015 1028 987 128 1961 914 1047 158 1687 767 920 190 1394 746 648 112 1114 504 610 122 475 247 228 23 310 123 187 18 168 55 113 37 132 66 66 47 34 15 19 14 3 1 2 1 Secretaries, class A..................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 747 450 297 40.0 40.0 39.5 375.00 372.50 378.50 369.50 335.50- 403.00 360.00 339.00- 411.00 385.00 332.00- 400.00 _ - _ - _ - _ - ■_ - _ - 6 6 - 3 3 15 3 12 13 4 9 64 42 22 119 85 34 109 74 35 75 47 28 122 63 59 98 57 41 42 21 21 19 16 3 36 25 11 23 6 17 3 1 2 Secretaries, class B..................... Manufacturing ......................... Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities ......................... 3,644 2,058 1,586 238 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.0 332.50 334.50 330.00 359.00 327.00 330.00 316.50 357.00 294.00300.00280.00320.00- 370.00 368.00 370.00 386.00 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 2 2 - 134 105 29 - 164 76 88 1 456 182 274 15 309 127 182 25 572 336 236 21 514 313 201 30 434 315 119 30 286 188 98 34 281 176 105 49 180 103 77 7 133 53 80 6 98 36 62 1 71 39 32 19 10 9 1 - _ _ - Secretaries, class C..................... Manufacturing ......................... Nonmanufacturing ................. Public utilities......................... 6,929 3,288 3,641 404 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 298.50 311.50 286.50 335.00 291.00 305.00 277.50 327.00 258.00273.00247.00282.50- 331.50 356.00 310.50 381.00 _ - _ - _ - _ - 28 28 - 320 71 249 - 658 214 444 14 815 240 575 42 1004 398 606 34 1120 529 591 34 763 408 355 61 657 371 286 37 390 258 132 31 516 425 91 34 374 235 139 73 143 63 80 6 96 43 53 8 27 3 24 14 18 2 16 16 _ _ _ - - Secretaries, class D..................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 5,707 1,964 3,743 540 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.0 265.50 278.00 259.00 292.00 254.00 271.50 248.00 287.50 228.00245.00223.00240.00- 292.00 305.50 287.50 348.50 _ - _ 35 4 31 - 130 1 129 - 931 236 695 14 920 163 757 117 1126 365 761 79 698 359 339 59 603 260 343 33 387 203 184 39 250 133 117 32 320 112 208 129 177 80 97 26 50 24 26 - 33 18 15 2 37 6 31 - 6 4 - _ - 6 6 4 4 _ _ _ _ - - Secretaries, class E..................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 3,335 672 2,663 128 39.5 39.5 39.5 40.0 264.00 249.00 268.00 323.00 241.50 241.50 242.00 340.00 217.50218.50217.50288.00- 315.00 276.00 342.00 340.00 _ - _ - _ - 103 11 92 - 337 37 300 - 621 154 467 13 539 127 412 14 405 89 316 1 253 123 130 4 185 54 131 2 61 39 22 6 108 12 96 58 270 8 262 - 155 6 149 16 278 6 272 - 6 6 _ - 14 _ 14 14 _ _ - _ _ _ Stenographers................................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,097 576 521 254 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.5 284.00 301.00 265.50 311.00 283.50 301.50 254.50 305.00 239.50260.00213.50273.50- 326.00 344.00 305.00 350.00 1 1 - 81 81 - 98 18 80 1 97 47 50 10 134 78 56 26 109 67 42 38 139 74 65 43 116 76 40 37 98 56 42 35 74 73 1 1 121 82 39 39 11 1 10 10 1 1 _ - _ _ - _ _ - _ - 14 _ 14 14 Stenographers, senior................. Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 639 418 221 40.0 40.0 39.5 288.50 307.50 253.50 287.00 244.00- 332.00 305.00 260.00- 351.50 228.00 208.50- 285.00 _ _ _ _ - - - - 43 43 60 10 50 48 14 34 81 55 26 52 48 4 93 68 25 58 54 4 63 52 11 34 33 1 90 81 9 _ - _ - 3 3 - 14 _ 14 _ _ _ - - - Stenographers, general............... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 458 158 300 215 39.5 39.5 39.5 39.5 278.00 284.00 274.50 300.50 277.50 231.50- 320.50 270.00 236.00- 340.00 277.50 222.00- 309.00 299.50 267.00- 321.50 _ _ _ - - - 1 1 - 38 38 - 38 8 30 1 49 33 16 10 53 23 30 26 57 19 38 38 46 6 40 34 58 22 36 35 35 4 31 31 40 40 _ - 31 1 30 30 11 1 10 10 1 1 _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - _ - Transcribing-machine typists.......... Nonmanufacturing...................... 427 420 38.5 38.5 230.00 229.50 215.00 201.50- 249.00 215.00 201.50- 249.00 _ _ - 4 4 15 15 80 80 155 155 21 21 74 67 55 55 . 7 7 . . - - - 4 4 12 12 - - - - - - Typists.............................................. Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 3,353 1,360 1,993 39.5 40.0 39.0 218.50 252.00 195.50 201.50 177.00- 238.00 230.00 202.50- 313.00 184.50 170.50- 209.50 _ 5 5 240 11 229 662 49 613 681 245 436 703 310 393 228 110 118 181 126 55 133 70 63 95 67 28 71 52 19 172 162 10 96 96 - 61 61 - 16 _ 16 _ - _ - 1 1 - 8 _ 8 _ - _ - Typists, class A............................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 1,096 442 654 39.0 40.0 39.0 237.50 268.00 217.00 216.50 193.50- 263.00 239.00 209.50- 340.50 200.00 184.00- 230.00 _ _ - 1 1 149 5 144 173 46 127 266 84 182 142 86 56 86 35 51 58 17 41 15 15 - 38 19 19 33 24 9 51 51 - 59 59 - 16 _ 16 _ - _ _ _ - 1 1 - 8 - - - Typists, class B............................. Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 2,184 890 1,294 39.5 40.0 39.0 208.00 246.00 181.50 191.00 219.50 176.00 _ 5 5 239 11 228 513 44 469 480 171 309 437 226 211 86 24 62 95 91 4 55 53 2 55 52 3 33 33 - 139 138 1 45 45 - 2 2 - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ _ - - 172.50- 218.50 198.00- 297.00 167.00- 195.00 _ _ _ - - - - - See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 3 _ _ 3 3 _ _ 8 _ - - _ - Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers In Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 —Continued Occupation and industry division Average Number weekly of hours' workers (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)' Mean2 Median2 Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of - Middle range2 100 and under 120 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 500 540 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 500 540 580 File clerks......................................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 2.783 474 2,309 178 39.0 39.5 39.0 40.0 193.00 233.50 184.50 305.00 172.00 229.50 164.50 353.50 149.50190.00148.50173.50- 208.00 275.00 188.50 420.00 _ - 466 29 437 - 464 10 454 10 734 26 708 48 380 91 289 5 150 69 81 - 102 53 49 1 69 18 51 2 90 83 7 2 44 39 5 4 63 14 49 3 68 26 42 11 62 10 52 7 26 4 22 22 9 2 7 7 2 2 2 52 52 52 2 2 2 _ - File clerks, class A....................... Nonmanufacturing...................... 447 424 39.0 39.0 236.00 231.50 217.50 217.50 188.00- 249.50 187.00- 249.50 _ - _ - 15 15 30 30 127 127 78 78 52 48 52 48 5 5 _ _ - 25 23 48 41 4 - 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 . . - - - File clerks, class B....................... Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 943 759 65 39.0 38.5 40.0 198.50 189.00 301.50 176.00 173.00 321.50 166.50- 195.50 , 164.50- 188.50 182.50- 377.00 _ - 37 8 - 16 16 - 504 504 15 177 157 5 24 2 - 20 1 1 1 1 1 52 1 1 30 1 1 23 15 3 25 19 8 4 4 - 18 18 18 4 4 4 _ - 8 8 8 _ - . - . - File clerks, class C....................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,393 267 1,126 101 39.0 40.0 39.0 40.0 175.50 224.50 164.00 296.50 149.50 209.00 148.50 352.00 138.00187.00132.50164.00- 173.50 262.00 160.00 420.00 _ - 429 429 “ 433 10 423 10 200 26 174 33 76 71 5 - 48 47 1 - 30 30 “ 16 14 2 1 33 32 1 1 14 10 4 3 40 6 34 - 18 18 - 10 3 7 7 4 4 4 _ - _ - 42 42 42 _ _ - _ _ - _ _ - Messengers..................................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 934 243 691 39.0 39.5 39.0 201.00 207.50 198.50 178.50 196.50 175.00 160.50- 239.00 149.50- 263.00 161.00- 236.00 _ - 88 10 78 142 68 74 242 21 221 88 29 59 68 24 44 87 11 76 93 15 78 29 27 2 30 19 11 17 11 6 6 4 2 18 4 14 26 26 _ - _ - _ - _ _ - - - Switchboard operators.................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,907 337 1,570 80 39.0 39.5 38.5 38.5 210.50 258.50 200.50 286.00 184.50 172.00- 246.00 256.00 212.00- 305.50 184.50 162.00- 213.00 300.50 209.00- 356.00 6 6 - 46 46 " 267 267 327 17 310 - 445 46 399 2 205 39 166 22 124 49 75 5 78 27 51 7 80 25 55 2 93 38 55 2 82 26 56 14 81 15 66 2 18 14 4 4 45 35 10 10 10 10 10 _ . - _ - _ - _ - _ _ - Switchboard operatorreceptionists................................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 2,111 790 1,321 109 39.5 40.0 39.0 39.5 210.50 208.50 211.50 307.00 201.50 208.00 200.00 320.00 178.50184.00172.50184.00- 226.00 226.00 230.00 440.50 - 50 26 24 - 134 134 - 370 88 282 13 453 247 206 15 432 169 263 18 354 154 200 2 105 56 49 1 43 11 32 3 32 29 3 1 - 79 2 77 14 3 3 1 1 1 - 14 8 6 - - _ - 37 _ 37 37 4 _ 4 4 _ - Order clerks..................................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 3,312 1,350 1,962 40.0 40.0 40.0 241.00 228.00 249.50 227.00 207.00- 266.00 216.00 197.00- 259.00 232.50 215.00- 277.50 _ - 34 34 6 6 129 73 56 437 269 168 659 371 288 808 270 538 249 54 195 321 104 217 177 107 70 96 52 44 207 41 166 127 9 118 62 62 . _ . _ . . - - - - - - Order clerks, class A.................... Manufacturing............................. 1,041 518 40.0 39.5 263.00 242.00 260.00 220.00- 302.50 220.00 215.00- 270.50 _ _ 175 97 158 119 99 21 160 80 99 59 68 24 71 25 127 9 _ - _ _ _ - 84 84 _ - _ - _ - - - - - _ - _ - Order clerks, class B.................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 2,271 832 1.439 40.0 40.0 40.0 230.50 219.00 237.00 224.50 200.00- 240.00 213.00 195.50- 233.50 226.00 215.00- 250.00 _ 6 129 73 56 353 185 168 484 274 210 650 151 499 150 33 117 161 24 137 78 48 30 28 28 - 136 16 120 _ 62 _ - - 34 34 Accounting clerks............................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 13,236 3,820 9,416 925 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 243.50 240.50 244.50 278.00 230.00 230.50 230.00 263.00 201.50202.50201.50225.50- 267.50 264.00 271.50 323.00 _ 11 - - 169 8 161 818 260 558 6 2038 590 1448 113 2259 609 1650 86 2391 753 1638 90 1843 574 1269 147 901 255 646 57 642 248 394 60 496 177 319 47 Accounting clerks, class A......... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing................................... Public utilities......................................... 6,652 2,137 4,515 402 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.5 259.50 259.00 259.50 296.50 247.00 250.00 246.00 310.00 218.50220.00218.50258.50- 285.50 290.00 285.00 337.50 84 1 83 - 483 140 343 38 1145 335 810 9 1201 469 732 14 1232 361 871 47 656 225 431 30 470 187 283 34 Accounting clerks, class B................. Manufacturing.............................................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 6,483 1,657 4,826 523 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 226.00 216.50 229.50 263.50 213.00 190.00207.00 185.00215.00 193.00243.00 214.00- 241.50 238.50 243.00 320.50 734 259 475 6 1555 450 1105 75 1099 259 840 77 1190 284 906 76 606 208 398 100 235 30 205 27 162 61 101 26 - - 11 - 6 - - - _ _ 5 - - - T- - - - 5 - _ - 11 - 11 164 8 156 Machine-billers: See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 4 _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - 62 - - - - - - 635 187 448 219 258 55 203 34 120 24 96 11 390 39 351 8 196 19 177 2 2 _ _ - - - - - - 67 20 47 47 - - 378 147 231 44 399 126 273 137 135 48 87 34 79 24 55 7 173 39 134 8 196 19 177 - 2 2 14 14 _ _ - - - - - - - - * - 103 30 73 3 206 61 145 82 113 7 106 41 217 _ _ 47 _ _ - - - - - - - 41 4 217 - - 47 47 - - - - Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 —Continued Occupation and industry division Average Number weekly of hours’ workers (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)' Mean2 Median2 Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of Middle range2 100 and under 120 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 500 540 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 500 540 580 Nonmanufacturing: Public utilities.......................... 168 40.0 431.00 448.00 448.00- 448.00 - Billing-machine billers: Nonmanufacturing: Public utilities.......................... 168 40.0 431.00 448.00 448.00- 448.00 - - - - - - - - - " 4 Payroll clerks................................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,762 716 1,046 184 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.5 260.50 246.50 270.50 307.50 249.50 241.50 257.50 294.50 _ - 6 6 - 20 13 7 - 48 25 23 - 164 52 112 25 228 146 82 12 251 65 186 19 319 200 119 8 191 61 130 19 128 33 95 16 123 50 73 5 Key entry operators......................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 6,975 1,776 5,199 530 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 243.50 257.00 239.00 281.50 230.00 205.50- 264.50 240.00 219.00- 294.50 229.50 198.00- 260.00 273.50 246.00- 315.00 9 54 54 - 330 46 284 5 1056 78 978 45 1229 375 854 25 1175 378 797 37 828 255 573 97 790 104 686 75 345 155 190 33 286 60 226 104 Key entry operators, class A....... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 2,474 873 1,601 133 39.5 39.5 39.5 39.5 265.00 274.50 260.00 261.50 252.00 253.00 250.50 260.00 37 327 88 239 16 362 183 179 9 473 197 276 29 269 80 189 22 100 35 65 3 Key entry operators, class B....... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 4,356 903 3,453 397 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 230.00 240.00 227.00 288.50 222.00 196.50- 260.00 225.00 208.00- 285.00 220.00 195.50- 256.00 281.00 253.00- 321.50 902 287 615 9 813 195 618 28 355 58 297 68 491 24 467 53 180 120 60 30 214.00207.00224.50220.00- 222.00232.00214.00229.50- 288.00 264.50 302.00 350.50 315.00 324.50 309.50 309.50 - _ - - - 9 - - - - _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - 37 5 221 26 195 7 _ 9 54 293 46 247 - 835 52 783 38 - - - - 9 - 54 - See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 5 - - - - - 4 - 26 - - 26 6 - 59 21 38 14 95 38 57 25 37 4 33 2 24 8 16 2 33 33 1 459 149 310 38 146 69 77 4 152 51 101 53 79 35 44 - 17 15 2 - 71 27 44 35 278 66 212 1 142 66 76 3 94 51 43 3 78 34 44 - 17 15 2 - 170 33 137 69 176 83 93 37 4 3 1 1 58 1 1 _ - _ - - 58 50 6 _ - 132 - - - - 132 - - - 32 4 _ - 32 32 4 4 - - 1 1 _ - 19 5 14 14 _ _ 1 1 _ - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 14 14 14 Table A-2. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Weekly earnings (in dollars)' Average Occupation and industry division workers (stand- Mean2 Median2 Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of - Middle range2 and 140 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 340 380 420 460 500 540 580 620 660 700 740 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 340 380 420 460 500 540 580 620 660 700 740 780 Computer systems analysts (business)..................................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 2,919 1,008 1,911 39.5 39.5 40.0 487.00 503.50 478.50 495.00 424.50- 544.00 506.00 432.00- 563.00 487.00 422.50- 536.00 - - - - - - 1 1 9 9 44 4 40 58 12 46 195 93 102 373 116 257 384 106 278 446 138 308 610 160 450 451 177 274 201 105 96 93 57 36 37 25 12 10 10 - 7 5 2 Computer systems analysts (business), class A................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,301 482 819 84 40.0 39.5 40.0 40.0 541.50 567.50 526.50 569.50 537.50 558.00 527.00 580.50 575.50 610.50 564.50 609.00 - - - - - - - - " - 5 4 1 - 29 29 72 10 62 3 182 55 127 9 370 91 279 8 329 129 200 22 180 97 83 31 85 56 29 9 32 25 7 2 10 10 - 7 5 2 - Computer systems analysts (business), class B................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 1,055 317 738 39.5 39.5 39.5 461.00 473.00 456.00 460.00 414.00- 505.00 475.00 423.00- 530.00 454.50 412.50- 500.00 * - - - - - - 1 1 4 4 8 7 1 73 22 ■51 209 48 161 218 60 158 219 59 160 219 64 155 90 48 42 11 8 3 3 1 2 - - - Computer systems analysts (business), class C................... Nonmanufacturing...................... 487 284 40.0 40.0 386.00 375.50 383.00 351.50- 428.50 383.00 326.00- 423.00 - - - - - - 1 1 8 8 40 36 50 45 117 50 135 67 84 54 43 19 9 4 - - - - - - Computer programmers (business).. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 2,817 1,066 1,751 163 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 399.50 416.00 390.00 412.50 398.50 411.00 391.00 414.00 339.50344.00333.50372.00- 454.00 488.00 438.00 451.00 _ - _ - _ - 12 12 - _ - 2 2 - 96 1 95 - 72 25 47 - 109 56 53 - 427 154 273 16 393 168 225 36 592 158 434 37 444 151 293 34 349 143 206 32 184 75 109 8 95 88 7 - 38 31 7 - 2 2 - 2 2 - _ - _ - Computer programmers (business), class A................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 962 350 612 39.5 40.0 39.5 456.50 493.50 435.00 460.00 401.00- 499.50 497.00 454.00- 547.50 435.50 391.00- 479.50 - - - - - - - - - 28 3 25 84 22 62 211 38 173 149 27 122 250 103 147 128 55 73 76 73 3 32 25 7 2 2 - 2 2 - - - Computer programmers (business), class B................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,038 468 570 60 39.5 40.0 39.0 40.0 396.00 410.00 384.50 396.00 402.50 411.00 391.00 396.00 425.50 442.00 422.00 416.50 - - - - - - 36 36 - 11 11 - 21 6 15 - 126 66 60 6 155 88 67 14 324 103 221 25 257 124 133 12 55 40 15 3 32 20 12 - 15 15 - 6 6 - - - - - Computer programmers (business), class C................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 685 248 437 39.5 40.0 39.0 314.50 316.50 313.50 310.50 299.00- 344.00 322.00 282.50- 344.00 310.50 299.00- 341.50 - - - 12 12 - - 2 2 60 1 59 61 25 36 88 50 38 273 85 188 149 58 91 37 17 20 3 3 - - - - - - - - Computer operators......................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 3,407 1,279 2,128 219 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.5 289.00 299.50 283.00 325.00 283.00 287.00 280.00 339.00 328.00 328.00 328.00 339.00 _ - 11 11 - 53 53 - 115 13 102 3 168 61 107 1 346 91 255 15 347 133 214 12 517 200 317 10 495 212 283 15 766 320 446 114 306 99 207 25 202 92 110 17 60 37 23 7 17 17 - 3 3 - 1 1 - _ - _ .- _ - _ - _ - Computer operators, class A....... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 892 377 515 39.5 40.0 39.0 326.00 334.50 320.00 321.50 280.00- 360.00 328.00 284.50- 386.50 318.00 280.00- 352.00 _ - _ - _ - 4 1 3 25 24 1 18 18 35 18 17 132 47 85 91 34 57 252 106 146 180 40 140 83 56 27 55 34 21 16 16 - _ " 1 1 - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - Computer operators, class B....... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 1,792 732 1,060 39.5 40.0 39.5 290.00 293.50 287.50 285.00 255.50- 321.00 285.00 260.00- 321.00 287.50 246.00- 328.00 _ - _ - _ - 29 29 60 9 51 170 48 122 221 105 116 255 109 146 370 163 207 480 199 281 109 56 53 89 36 53 5 3 2 1 1 - 3 3 - _ - _ - _ - _ - - _ - Computer operators, class C....... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 693 170 523 39.5 40.0 39.5 235.00 248.50 230.50 232.00 207.00- 270.50 245.00 223.00- 276.00 232.00 195.50- 266.00 _ 11 53 _ - _ - - - _ - ■ - Peripheral equipment operators...... 199 39.5 258.50 240.00 - - - " - 506.00525.00497.50546.00- 362.50362.50356.50374.50- 246.00260.00240.00299.50- 211.00- 283.50 - - 158 43 115 91 10 81 130 44 86 34 15 19 34 15 19 17 3 14 _ _ _ - - - - - 11 83 28 55 _ - 53 82 12 70 _ - - - - - - - 3 24 42 32 37 10 14 16 7 8 - 6 - See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 6 - _ Table A-2. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 —Continued Occupation and industry division Number of workers Average weekly hours' (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)' Mean2 Median2 Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of Middle range2 120 and under 140 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 340 380 420 460 500 540 580 620 660 700 740 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 340 380 420 460 500 540 580 620 660 700 740 780 Computer data librarians................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 206 164 39.5 39.5 239.50 230.00 231.00 218.50 185.50- 269.00 186.00- 249.50 Drafters............................................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 2,269 1,531 738 94 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 328.00 300.00 385.50 451.50 321.00 304.00 384.00 456.50 256.50235.00300.00412.00- Drafters, class A........................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 975 574 401 40.0 40.0 40.0 389.50 358.50 434.00 373.00 332.00- 430.00 350.00 327.00- 392.00 430.00 370.00- 514.00 Drafters, class B........................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 539 304 235 40.0 40.0 40.0 331.50 318.50 348.00 320.00 283.00- 366.50 313.00 283.00- 339.50 340.00 285.50- 400.00 _ - _ - _ Drafters, class C........................... Manufacturing............................ 613 515 40.0 40.0 251.50 246.00 235.00 210.00- 286.50 230.00 208.00- 277.50 _ - Electronics technicians.................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 7,244 2,888 4,356 3,015 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 389.50 351.50 415.00 416.50 416.50 339.00- 448.50 351.00 304.50- 405.00 428.50 388.50- 448.50 428.50 403.00- 448.50 Electronics technicians, class A... Manufacturing............................ 2,237 1,145 40.0 40.0 419.00 406.50 Electronics technicians, class B... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 4,275 1,044 3,231 40.0 40.0 40.0 Electronics technicians, class C... Manufacturing............................ 732 699 Registered industrial nurses........... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 340 257 83 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1 1 26 26 36 25 31 31 33 29 23 20 9 7 12 5 16 9 14 11 5 - - - - - _ - 4 4 - 138 132 6 - 140 129 11 - 174 142 32 - 118 96 22 - 106 81 25 - 228 158 70 - 452 337 115 6 319 236 83 8 245 164 81 14 105 16 89 20 112 28 84 22 74 8 66 24 18 36 18 36 _ - 6 4 2 70 37 33 231 178 53 194 177 17 181 132 49 86 10 76 97 28 69 59 2 57 9 36 - 6 6 - 9 _ - 29 24 5 47 31 16 80 65 15 146 105 41 95 38 57 56 32 24 13 15 13 15 15 6 9 9 - _ - 34 3 31 _ - 3 3 71 65 126 115 126 125 59 42 42 36 72 52 70 50 30 21 8 - 6 6 - 11 11 - _ - 11 11 - 11 11 _ - 106 71 35 35 149 93 56 46 216 161 55 2 149 124 25 4 203 174 29 2 960 627 333 250 1028 592 436 243 919 403 516 299 2746 445 2301 1983 426.00 376.00- 466.00 408.00 367.50- 438.50 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - - - 1 1 7 7 188 116 429 252 445 237 392.50 336.00 411.00 428.50 349.00- 448.50 331.00 303.00- 375.00 428.50 388.50- 448.50 _ - _ - _ - 11 11 - 63 28 35 90 42 48 65 13 52 55 30 25 130 113 17 591 340 251 486 227 259 40.0 40.0 283.50 283.50 278.50 244.00- 325.00 278.00 244.00- 326.50 11 11 _ - 11 11 . - 43 43 59 51 151 148 93 93 66 54 181 171 39.5 40.0 39.0 381.00 386.50 363.50 377.00 345.00- 407.00 386.50 348.00- 413.00 355.00 328.00- 403.00 2 2 - _ - 6 4 2 59 27 32 386.00 348.00 460.00 509.50 _ _ _ - _ - _ - _ - _ _ . . . . - - - - _ - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - 36 - - - - 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 602 136 466 58 127 27 100 93 6 2 4 - - - - - 458 384 576 119 127 27 6 2 - - - - - 470 162 308 2288 61 2227 26 17 9 - - - - - - - 113 113 4 4 - - - - - - - - - 109 90 19 116 93 23 24 17 7 18 18 - 6 6 - - - - - - _ _ - Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex, in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Average (mean2) Sex,' occupation, and industry division Number of workers Weekly hours' (stand ard) Average (mean2) Sex," occupation, and industry division Weekly earnings (in dollars)1 men File clerks................................................................. Nonmanufacturing............................................... 356 304 38.5 38.5 202.50 195.50 File clerks, class B................................................ 109 38.5 214.50 173 140 38.5 38.0 170.00 152.00 508 119 389 39.0 40.0 38.5 209.00 226.50 203.50 894 40.0 269.00 Number of workers Weekly hours' (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)' 2,939 1,322 1,617 39.5 40.0 39.0 223.00 254.00 198.00 1,046 39.0 40.0 39.0 240.00 272.00 218.50 627 Office occupations women 1,825 875 39.5 40.0 212.50 247.00 2,368 422 1,946 147 39.0 39.5 40.0 192.50 232.50 184.00 291.50 357 340 39.0 39.0 233.50 228.00 814 643 39.0 38.5 197.00 187.00 Secretaries.............................................................. 20,084 Manufacturing................. ...................... 8,328 11,756 Public utilities................................................... 1,166 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 296.50 307.50 288.00 327.50 722 444 278 40.0 40.0 39.5 375.00 371.50 380.50 Manufacturing...................................................... Nonmanufacturing................................................ Public utilities................................................... 1,197 234 963 95 39.0 40.0 39.0 40.0 177.00 221.50 166.00 299.00 3,486 2,018 1,468 334.00 40.0 39.5 Messengers............................................................... Manufacturing...................................................... 362 113 39.5 39.0 196.00 192.00 1,766 313 1,453 39.0 39.5 38.5 211.50 261.50 201.00 2,074 790 1,284 39.5 40.0 39.0 210.00 208.50 211.00 2,418 1,202 40.0 40.0 230.50 221.00 1,913 784 1,129 40.0 40.0 40.0 229.50 217.00 238.00 Manufacturing...................................................... Nonmanufacturing................................................ 11,233 3,518 7,715 39.5 40.0 39.5 241.50 241.00 241.50 Manufacturing...................................................... Nonmanufacturing................................................ 5,674 1,990 3,684 367 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 257.00 259.00 256.00 298.00 Public utilities................................................... . _ 332.50 6,473 3 250 3*223 353 39 5 40.0 5,122 1,962 3,160 465 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 269.00 277.50 264.00 298.00 3,197 2,573 126 39.5 39.5 39.5 40.0 266.00 250.00 269.50 324.50 1,019 553 39.5 40.0 216 40.0 286.00 304.00 265.00 316.00 638 418 220 40.0 40.0 39.5 288.50 307.50 253.00 40.0 _.. 300.00 311.50 288 50 330.50 293.50 Switchboard operator- Nonmanufacturing: 177 Nonmanufacturing............................................... 391 40.0 38.0 Sex," occupation, and industry division 230.50 230.00 Nonmanufacturing................................................ 8 5,473 1,507 3,966 39.5 40.0 39.5 224.50 216.50 227.50 of workers Weekly Weekly hours' earnings (stand (in dollars)' ard) 642 926 167 40 0 39.5 39.5 247 00 270.00 315.00 6,436 1,731 4,705 423 39.5 39.5 40.0 244.00 257.00 239.00 284.00 2,301 830 1,471 117 39.5 39.5 39.5 39.5 266.00 276.00 260.50 261.50 3,990 901 3,089 306 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 229 00 240.00 226.00 292.50 2,194 742 1,452 40.0 39.5 40.0 494.00 510.50 486.00 1,072 359 713 40.0 39.5 40.0 543.00 571.50 528.50 756 253 503 39.5 39.5 39.5 463.50 474.00 458.50 Computer systems analysts (business), class C............................................ Nonmanufacturing............................................... 315 191 40.0 40.0 391.50 379.00 Computer programmers (business) Manufacturing................................................ Nonmanufacturing............................................... 2,003 774 1,229 39.5 40.0 39.0 404.50 423.00 393.00 Computer programmers (business), class A............................................ Manufacturing...................................................... Nonmanufacturing ......................................... 709 291 418 39.5 40.0 39.5 457.50 492.50 433.00 821 367 454 40 0 39.0 407 50 394.50 39.0 309.00 38.5 314.00 40.0 308.50 Manufacturing...................................................... Nonmanufacturing............................................... Professional and technical occupations - men Computer systems analysts Computer systems analysts Computer systems analysts (business), class B............................................ Manufacturing...................................................... Computer programmers Nonmanufacturing............................................... Computer programmers (business), class C............................................ 304.50 See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Average (mean2) Manufacturing...................................................... 394 116 278 2,209 815 Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex, in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 —Continued Average (mean*) Sex,:' occupation, and industry division Computer operators, class A................................ Drafters..................................................................... Number of workers 709 305 404 Weekly hours1 (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)1 39.0 39.5 39.0 323.50 334 00 316.00 1,001 455 39.5 40.0 291.00 298.00 469 414 39 5 39.5 227.00 88 39.5 222.00 Average (mean2) Sex,:' occupation, and industry division Number of workers Average (mean2) Weekly Weekly hours' earnings (stand (in dollars)1 ard) Electronics technicians, class B: Sex,1 occupation, and industry division Weekly earnings (in dollars)1 Computer programmers Electronics technicians, class C........................... 40.0 343.50 279 39.5 573 550 40.0 40.0 285.00 284 50 149 39.5 321.50 335.50 309.50 447 40.0 284.00 66 40.0 337.00 273 40.0 286.00 189 40.0 243.00 114 93 39.5 39.5 253.50 241.50 315 120 40 0 40.0 320 00 343.00 107 40.0 333.00 85 77 40.0 40.0 281.50 281.50 245 71 39.5 40.0 39.0 381.00 387.50 360.00 Computer operators: Professional and technical occupations - women Computer operators, class A: Manufacturing.............................................. Computer systems analysts 230 432 1,902 1,289 613 88 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 330.50 395 00 454.50 Computer systems analysts (business), class B............................................. 854 522 332 40.0 40.0 40.0 394.50 358.50 451.00 Computer systems analysts 417 40 0 333.00 Computer programmers (business)......................... 736 277 459 39.5 40.0 39.5 384.00 399.50 374.50 212 40.0 451.00 192 94 98 39.5 40.0 39.0 378.00 425.00 333.00 281 230 39.5 39.5 39.5 452.50 454.00 450.50 187 40.0 351.50 Nonmanufacturing................................................ 517 427 40.0 40.0 247.50 240.00 Computer programmers (business), class A............................................ 2,375 40.0 359.50 Computer programmers (business), class B............................................. 2,118 1,034 40.0 40.0 422.50 411.00 Computer operators, class B: C' t |- n Computer data librarians.......................................... Nonmanufacturing............................................... 172 Nonmanufacturing................................................ See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Weekly hours' (stand ard) 791 Drafters, class C............................................. Electronics technicians: Electronics technicians, class A........................... Manufacturing...................................................... Number of workers 9 Nonmanufacturing............................................... Table A-4. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Hourly earnings (in dollars)4 Occupation and industry division workers Middle range2 Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) of and under 4.20 4.20 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 10.00 10.60 11.20 11.80 12.40 13.00 13.60 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 10.00 10.60 11.20 11.80 12.40 13.00 13.60 14.20 14.80 14.20 10.09 9.06-10.70 10.04 9.20-10.50 10.20 7.27-11.77 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 6 6 8 4 4 2 2 48 9 39 10 6 4 10 9 1 7 7 - 42 35 7 76 75 1 40 30 10 147 133 14 44 38 6 72 16 56 26 8 18 _ - 3 3 - 9.62-11.70 9.69-11.47 8.82-12.70 10.28-12.06 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 63 28 35 6 11 11 - 62 38 24 - 96 95 1 - 57 48 9 - 71 69 2 - 167 145 22 2 321 292 29 19 238 221 17 7 202 154 48 11 66 48 18 18 34 27 7 7 254 192 62 - 23 23 - 9.29 9.68 8.87 9.85 7.75-10.92 9.98 9.07-10.41 9.19 6.00-11.75 _ - _ - _ - _ - 10 8 2 80 80 _ - 3 3 - 35 1 34 20 17 3 20 17 3 6 6 - 21 11 10 21 21 - 93 70 23 93 78 15 34 31 3 95 5 90 15 14 1 _ - _ - _ - _ 654 521 10.98 10.57 11.18 9.70-12.71 10.42 9.55-11.89 _ - _ " _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ " 6 6 2Z 19 19 34 34 18 18 104 104 78 78 46 37 60 60 72 72 195 71 _ - _ 22 - _ - Maintenance mechanics (machinery).................................. Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 3,782 3,403 379 9.58 9.46 10.63 10.18 8.06-10.88 9.63 7.97-10.37 11.11 10.28-12.11 - - - - 13 11 2 - 117 117 - 96 96 - 286 230 56 367 367 - 211 210 1 123 111 12 299 297 2 124 121 3 222 216 6 877 809 68 267 211 56 117 99 18 663 508 155 - - - - Maintenance mechanics (motor vehicles)............................ Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,992 616 1,376 932 10.63 10.10 10.87 10.99 10.35 10.25 10.35 11.11 9.91-11.89 9.63-11.00 9.99-12.18 9.99-12.41 - 5 2 39 21 18 4 19 15 4 2 72 49 23 22 497 152 345 272 342 123 219 102 192 94 98 66 138 96 42 42 260 15 245 81 261 4 257 251 40 - - 40 40 Maintenance sheet-metal workers... Manufacturing............................. 133 133 10.61 10.61 _ 24 24 _ _ _ - - - Maintenance trades helpers............ Manufacturing............................. 625 450 _ Tool and die makers........................ Manufacturing............................. Maintenance carpenters.................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 541 370 171 9.81 9.80 9.84 Maintenance electricians................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,665 1,391 274 70 10.69 10.66 10.82 11.01 Maintenance painters...................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 546 282 264 Maintenance machinists.................. Manufacturing............................. Stationary engineers........................ Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 10.54 10.54 11.11 11.27 _ - - - 2 1 75 28 47 18 9 - 9 7 41 19 22 19 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 6 6 2 2 1 1 12 12 3 3 11 11 27 27 35 35 12 12 23 7 44 19 50 41 40 3 23 18 38 22 44 35 55 55 30 4 63 55 6 6 16 16 75 75 _ _ _ - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - 12 12 104 104 229 229 486 486 319 319 153 153 65 65 9 9 118 78 _ - 18 18 _ - 9 9 - * 15 10 5 133 128 5 68 50 18 120 40 80 34 34 - 56 56 - _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.60 9.95-11.66 10.60 9.95-11.66 _ - _ - - _ - 7.08 7.33 7.11 5.50- 8.71 7.67 5.44- 8.96 37 28 34 34 47 32 1,522 1,482 10.63 10.56 10.44 10.00-11.09 10.42 9.99-11.09 _ _ - - 579 425 154 10.34 10.31 10.43 10.42 9.35-11.77 10.13 9.35-11.43 11.77 8.76-11.77 - _ _ _ _ 1 1 1 7 - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 7 4 2 - _ - 5 5 - - - _ - - 10 4 2 87 81 6 15 5 10 13 3 10 22 18 4 - _ - - - Table A-5. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Hourly earnings (in dollars)4 Occupation and industry division Number of workers Mean2 Truckdrivers..................................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 16,005 3,539 12,466 3,759 9.30 8.52 9.52 10.91 Truckdrivers, light truck............... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 2,341 404 1,937 8.34 6.37 8.76 Truckdrivers, medium truck......... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities......................... 5,071 951 4,120 428 8.41 7.00 8.74 10.77 Truckdrivers, heavy truck............ Manufacturing............................ 1,867 1,158 9.06 9.85 Truckdrivers, tractor-trailer.......... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 5,839 908 4,931 1,520 10.46 9.26 10.68 11.43 Shippers........................................... Manufacturing............................ 573 504 Receivers......................................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Median2 9.36 8.77 9.73 11.76 Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) of Middle range2 3.00 and under 3.40 3.40 3.80 4.20 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 9.80 10.20 10.60 11.20 11.80 12.40 3.80 4.20 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 ’ 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 9.80 10.20 10.60 11.20 11.80 12.40 13.00 7.95-11.18 6.97-10.80 8.50-11.18 10.20-12.12 _ - 101 32 69 - 133 65 68 - 236 113 123 - 154 51 103 - 431 98 333 - 374 105 269 2 308 110 198 - 635 147 488 420 411 166 245 5 635 203 432 6 446 225 221 21 620 140 480 14 298 166 132 11 7.76 5.25-12.12 5.79 5.00- 6.73 8.50 5.30-12.12 _ - 90 32 58 108 40 68 134 11 123 98 14 84 335 98 237 94 7 87 17 16 1 65 25 40 87 82 5 40 _ 40 190 6 184 6 _ 6 41 41 - 8.03- 9.25 5.75- 8.47 8.39- 9.25 10.07-12.13 _ - 11 11 - 25 25 - 102 102 - 56 37 19 - 67 67 - 278 98 180 - 146 29 117 - 150 122 28 - 136 36 100 1 228 138 90 2 67 64 3 3 420 8 412 1 136 126 10 2 1189 45 1144 2 1004 3 1001 41 9.26 6.25-11.10 11.10 8.77-11.10 _ - _ _ - _ _ - 29 - _ - - 65 65 420 - 64 36 32 32 8 - 80 72 - 123 123 188 176 - - 11.17 9.36 11.18 11.76 9.47-11.27 8.00-10.38 10.20-11.27 10.20-12.25 _ - _ - _ - _ _ _ - - - 2 2 2 80 80 - _ - 124 12 112 - 42 30 12 3 167 141 26 8 110 56 54 - 89 19 70 1 252 18 234 - 564 212 352 34 238 136 102 66 6.94 6.96 6.95 5.89- 7.76 7.00 5.72- 7.84 _ - _ - 6 6 9 6 78 76 13 12 32 31 64 64 45 31 43 13 129 117 17 16 25 25 7 2 35 35 33 33 - 1,259 651 608 7.54 7.15 7.96 7.30 5.68- 8.65 6.42 5.44- 8.86 8.65 6.95- 8.65 _ - _ - 12 12 33 30 3 14 12 2 154 106 48 127 126 1 35 29 6 116 58 58 67 14 53 81 25 56 31 29 2 51 35 16 17 17 286 15 271 73 53 20 - Shippers and receivers.................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 1,269 901 368 7.12 7.35 6.57 6.53 6.00- 8.28 6.97 6.00- 9.17 6.27 5.52- 6.71 _ _ _ - - - 24 24 - 37 37 - 90 65 25 161 88 73 37 37 - 290 160 130 149 54 95 27 24 3 62 58 4 71 66 5 31 27 4 38 31 7 74 74 56 56 Warehousemen............................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 8,582 2,219 6,363 1,333 7.35 6.80 7.54 6.43 6.65 6.12 6.75 4.80 _ 39 39 156 156 - 706 30 676 435 586 285 301 270 554 312 242 48 513 191 322 - 468 331 137 - 420 158 262 25 1293 82 1211 72 211 32 179 29 182 125 57 57 433 110 323 16 177 92 85 75 879 193 686 39 110 110 Order fillers...................................... 1,418 5.63 5.09 4.00- 6.43 - 165 280 156 11 136 152 126 48 4 180 - - - Shipping packers.............................. Manufacturing............................ 3,244 2,496 4.61 4.16 4.10 3.26- 5.43 3.70 3.20- 4.75 985 985 409 409 265 105 317 273 259 259 188 145 312 148 129 40 14 - 12 12 - 40 40 13 13 Material handling laborers............... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 4,382 1,482 2,900 1,936 6.06 5.18 6.50 6.97 4.70 4.77 4.20 4.10 75 6 69 - 1247 317 930 600 532 97 435 375 233 84 149 120 340 301 39 - 217 212 5 - 34 33 1 - 170 154 16 13 3 342 171 171 1 118 - 53 24 29 - Forklift operators.............................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 4,059 2,636 1,423 8.00 7.25 9.40 7.42 5.68-10.34 6.60 5.59- 8.81 9.25 8.12-11.05 _ _ - - - 28 28 - 71 70 1 201 61 140 117 116 1 632 632 - 78 78 - 244 243 1 276 247 29 Guards.............................................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 13,393 1,732 11,661 137 4.62 7.83 4.15 8.23 3.90 8.69 3.75 8.31 3131 3131 - 3228 7 3221 - 1862 29 1833 - 1018 184 834 - 729 80 649 6 394 86 308 - 323 33 290 12 556 54 502 - 238 20 218 - 55 29 26 - 8.68 7.06 8.68 10.07 5.435.255.634.50- 8.85 8.33 9.71 8.46 3.70- 7.65 4.10- 6.03 3.50- 9.72 3.40-11.64 3.405.883.357.98- 5.00 9.36 4.40 9.40 ~ See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 11 _ 3 1581 203 1378 2 1759 392 1367 89 926 192 734 66 434 62 372 216 1 1 129 7 122 11 11 559 49 510 202 2 200 200 609 141 468 348 2698 791 1907 48 1445 137 1308 740 1603 _ - - 54 54 - 98 67 31 841 _ - - - 841 - - 176 - _ - - 33 1 548 516 277 137 - - 216 44 172 16 444 39 405 316 1917 201 1716 48 840 586 168 - - _ 840 272 586 586 168 168 _ _ - 37 37 _ - - - - _ _ _ - - _ - - 162 102 60 - - - 40 40 24 24 34 12 22 24 24 " _ . - - - - 1173 18 1155 1 194 123 71 71 . . - _ - - - - 264 - 45 33 264 78 - - 18 142 - 250 16 49 49 2 2 - - - 47 47 155 17 138 15 15 - 43 3 40 40 80 118 30 2 1 1 1 168 124 44 293 289 4 204 1 203 57 57 - 272 42 230 160 100 60 111 37 74 - 339 122 217 11 184 129 55 38 227 43 184 12 245 210 35 15 328 287 41 7 80 80 168 168 176 176 45 _ - 1603 1603 21 - 179 27 152 84 _ 21 168 - . - _ _ 484 192 - - - 484 484 192 192 39 29 10 175 175 115 115 776 160 616 121 69 52 32 _ - _ 257 247 10 10 39 6 33 26 7 7 50 50 66 66 _ - - - - _ 32 - _ - 6 6 - Table A-5. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 —Continued Hourly earnings (in dollars)4 Occupation and industry division of workers Mean2 Median2 Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) of — Middle range2 3.00 and under 3.40 3.40 3.80 4.20 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 9.80 10.20 10.60 11.20 11.80 12.40 3.80 4.20 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 9.80 10.20 10.60 11.20 11.80 12.40 13.00 Guards, class A............................ Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 1,953 778 1,175 6.82 8.69 5.59 5.93 5.30- 8.84 8.91 8.56- 9.30 5.80 4.45- 5.80 _ _ - 170 170 186 186 73 1 72 77 16 61 77 10 67 447 23 424 15 4 11 26 11 15 51 19 32 67 45 22 88 39 49 52 41 11 230 210 20 250 225 25 120 110 10 6 6 - _ _ - - 12 12 - _ - - 6 6 - Guards, class B............................ Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 10,312 954 9,358 4.29 7.13 4.00 3.74 3.25- 4.50 7.42 4.70- 9.44 3.50 3.25- 4.17 2987 2987 2620 7 2613 1470 29 1441 712 184 528 654 79 575 317 70 247 242 23 219 107 31 76 223 16 207 29 18 11 60 18 42 272 77 195 96 90 6 175 2 173 15 15 78 62 16 137 137 - 7 7 7 7 - 50 50 - 54 54 - _ - - Janitors, porters, and cleaners........ Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturinq...................... Public utilities.......................... See footnotes at end of tables. 15,187 3,825 11,362 421 5.59 6.23 5.37 8.10 5.73 5.73 5.75 8.33 4.204.714.127.54- 1161 65 1096 4 1209 306 903 - 1401 291 1110 5 547 268 279 - 588 289 299 13 649 536 113 - 2215 221 1994 6 4173 292 3881 22 977 83 894 - 273 168 105 2 161 103 58 13 188 107 81 63 224 128 96 61 410 102 308 107 352 287 65 54 462 459 3 2 46 12 34 26 63 63 - 43 43 43 45 45 - _ _ _ - - - https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 6.14 8.37 6.13 8.79 12 _ Table A-6. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers, by sex, in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Sex,3 occupation, and industry division Number of workers Average (mean2) hourly earnings (in dollars)4 Maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant occupations - men Maintenance carpenters....................................................... Maintenance machinists........................................................ Sex,3 occupation, and industry division 525 370 155 9.80 9.80 9.80 1,391 250 10.66 10.80 539 282 257 9.28 9.68 8.83 654 521 10.98 10.57 3,738 3,359 379 9.46 10.63 1,932 560 1,372 932 10.64 10.08 10.87 10.99 133 133 10.61 10.61 Maintenance trades helpers................................................. 610 446 7.05 7.32 Tool and die makers............................................................. Manufacturing.................................................................. 1,502 1,462 10.64 10.58 Manufacturing.................................................................. 535 425 10.53 10.31 Truckdrivers............................................................................ Sex,3 occupation, and industry division 15,410 3,531 11,879 3,635 9.41 8.52 9.67 10.89 Number of workers 3,763 1,260 2,503 Average (mean2) hourly earnings (in dollars)4 5.99 5.15 7.05 3,749 2,607 7.93 7.24 10,631 1,379 9,252 135 7.63 4.15 8.24 705 8.70 8,292 7^618 4 26 4.06 11,574 3,261 8,313 352 5.57 6.14 5.35 8.19 Warehousemen: Nonmanufacturing............................................................ 313 7.88 Manufacturing.................................................................. 1,707 1,491 4.04 3.97 558 6.76 64 7.67 Manufacturing.................................................................. Truckdrivers, light truck: Truckdrivers, medium truck................................................ Manufacturing................................................................... 401 6.37 5,060 950 4,110 425 8.41 7.00 8.74 10.79 1,866 1,157 9.06 9.84 5,829 10.46 4,924 1,519 10.68 11.43 481 437 7.03 523 7.44 1,026 674 352 6.98 7.21 6.55 1^955 Shipping packers: Manufacturing................................................................... See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Average (mean2) hourly earnings (in dollars)4 Material movement and custodial occupations - men Maintenance mechanics Maintenance mechanics (motor vehicles)............................................................... Manufacturing............................................................... Number of workers 13 6,040 6.60 7.53 999 4.44 Guards, class A: Nonmanufacturing............................................................ Material movement and custodial occupations - women Janitors, porters, and cleaners: Nonmanufacturing: Public utilities............................................ Table A-7. Indexes of earnings and percent increases for selected occupational groups, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., selected periods All industries Period5 Indexes (October 1977=100): October 1979..................................................................................................... October 1980..................................................................................................... Percent increases: October 1973 to October 1974........................................................................ October 1974 to October 1975...................................................................... October 1975 to October 1976...................................................................... October 1976 to October 1977 ................................................................. October 1977 to October 1978........................................................................ October 1978 to October 1979........................................................ October 1979 to October 1980....................................................................... Manufacturing Industrial nurses Skilled mainte nance Unskilled plant 119.0 130.8 118.8 133.2 118.6 132.8 7.2 8.2 7.0 6.6 9.6 8.6 9.9 9.3 9.2 7.8 7.4 9.6 8.4 12.1 7.9 8.2 7.4 8.8 8.1 9.7 12.0 Office clerical Electronic data processing 118.4 129.1 7.0 8.6 7.3 7.4 7.8 9.8 9.0 Office clerical Electronic data processing 120.9 132.7 117.3 128.6 5.6 6.4 12.4 6.7 8.2 11.7 9.8 6.7 8.7 7.7 7.2 6.9 9.7 9.6 Nonmanufacturing Industrial nurses Skilled mainte nance Unskilled plant 117.9 129.0 118.6 133.2 119.6 133.7 7.5 10.0 6.4 6.3 8.8 8.4 9.4 9.5 9.3 8.0 7.5 9.1 8.7 12.3 8.1 8.5 7.1 8.6 8.2 10.5 11.8 Office clerical Electronic data processing Industrial nurses Unskilled plant 116.2 131.3 119.2 129.6 120.0 132.4 119.5 133.4 122.7 133.3 7.4 7.2 7.8 5.7 7.1 8.5 13.0 7.2 8.6 7.2 7.5 8.4 10.0 8.7 7.1 7.1 7.4 6.8 10.4 8.7 10.3 8.5 8.8 7.3 7.0 11.0 7.7 11.6 4.8 6.0 14.4 7.1 8.7 12.9 8.6 See footnotes at end of tables. Table A-8. Average pay relationships within establishments for office clerical occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Office clerical occupation being compared Occupation which equals 100 Tran Stenographers scrib Typists File clerks ing ma Class Class Class Class Class Gener Class Class Class Class Class Senior chine C A B D E al A B A B C typists Secretaries Secretaries, class A.................................................................................................. 100 Secretaries, class B.................................................................................................. 114 100 Secretanes, class C................................................................................................... 129 115 100 Secretaries, class D............................................................................................. 100 128 144 114 Secretaries, class E.................................................................................................. 143 132 120 111 100 Stenographers, senior............................................................................................... 133 116 111 102 108 100 Stenographers, general........................................................... 160 141 129 121 113 121 Transcribing-machme typists.................................................................................... <■> 134 125 116 103 c) Typists, class A.... .................................... ................................................................ 148 130 138 120 . 119 112 Typists, class B......................................................................................................... 171 149 140 132 133 120 File clerks, class A.................................................................................................... 152 132 120 112 108 144 File clerks, class B ........................................................................................ 174 161 151 132 124 o File clerks, class C.................................................................................................... 186 166 156 153 133 144 165 154 147 146 138 Messengers............................................................................................................... 190 Switchboard operators.............................................................................................. 153 135 130 121 114 108 Switchboard operator145 123 110 121 132 receptionists.......................................................................................................... 159 Order clerks, class A......................................................... .................. o 107 88 92 <*) (*) Order clerks, class B................................................................................................ 138 129 112 141 111 0 Accounting clerks, class A........................................................................................ 141 128 113 104 97 104 Accounting clerks, class B........................................................................................ 160 150 136 123 116 123 97 Payroll clerks........................................................................................................... 140 129 115 107 105 Key entry operators, class A ................................................................. 141 126 112 106 99 100 119 110 109 Key entry operators, class B .................................................................................. 161 143 , 127 NOTE: This matrix table shows the average (mean) relationship of earnings within establishments between any two occupations compared. Earnings for an occupation in the column heading are expressed as a percent of the earnings for an occupation in the table stub at the point where the data lines for the two intersect. For example, a value of 122 indicates that earnings for the occupation directly above in the heading are 22 percent greater than earnings for the occupation directly to https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 100 107 100 110 91 107 113 120 99 100 111 123 114 128 142 139 110 113 115 100 112 95 114 127 121 102 100 93 103 114 109 94 100 117 127 127 105 100 114 106 96 100 93 86 Switch Accounting Key entry Switch board Order clerks Mesclerks operators board opera Payroll senopera tor Class Class Class Class clerks Class Class gers tors -recep A B B A A B tionists 100 86 100 105 95 102 86 79 83 97 100 (*) (*> « 84 100 c) 0 109 118 99 91 92 96 77 100 96 125 100 91 91 87 82 86 76 72 75 86 90 93 92 108 109 101 95 101 91 82 89 98 105 119 107 91 97 91 83 84 80 74 72 87 88 104 91 93 93 92 80 90 80 72 75 88 90 98 96 99 109 100 88 99 91 76 80 96 101 122 104 the left in the stub. Similarly, a value of 85 indicates earnings for the occupation in earnings for the occupation in the stub. See appendix A for method of computation. Also see footnotes at end of tables. o 14 c) c) c) o 100 120 100 101 87 100 104 89 100 98 116 97 118 116 100 the heading are 15 percent below Table A-9. Average pay relationships within establishments for professional and technical occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Professional and technical occupation being compared Computer systems analysts (business) Occupation which equals 100 Class A Computer systems analysts (business), class A................................................................................... Computer systems analysts (business), class B................................................................................... Computer systems analysts (business), class C................................................................................... Computer programmers (business), class A................................................................................... Computer programmers (business), class B................................................................................... Computer programmers (business), class C................................................................................... Computer operators, class A....................................................................... Computer operators, class B....................................................................... Computer operators, class C....................................................................... Peripheral equipment operators.................................................................................................. Computer data librarians............................................................................. Drafters, class A........................................................................................... Drafters, class B........................................................................................... Drafters, class C........................................................................................... Electronics technicians. class A ............................................................................................. Electronics technicians, class B...................................................................................................... Electronics technicians, Class C...................................................................................................... Registered industrial nurses........................................................................ See table A-8 for description of these pay relationships and appendix A Also see footnotes at end of tables. Class B Computer programmers (busi ness) Class C Class A Class B Peripher Comput al equip er data ment op librarians Class C erators Class A Computer operators Class C Class A Class B Drafters Class C Regis tered in dustrial nurses 100 83 100 Electronics technicians Class B Class C Class A Class B 100 119 100 150 124 121 105 88 144 125 105 121 100 175 169 198 247 148 138 155 194 116 114 132 153 149 145 171 208 129 121 144 178 100 101 118 132 100 116 148 100 121 100 233 232 149 169 198 173 180 128 148 163 161 149 103 113 131 204 195 124 150 178 139 173 100 138 158 148 149 85 102 122 143 142 89 106 125 130 122 82 99 112 118 105 72 84 98 100 105 66 90 94 100 79 86 108 100 124 154 100 127 100 124 106 86 113 101 82 86 70 58 75 69 91 80 68 100 153 131 107 143 125 99 o 207 74 80 87 107 93 76 120 100 164 123 151 107 113 87 117 97 95 83 86 75 c) 73 97 79 126 100 111 87 92 77 150 112 123 o 100 183 156 123 148 128 104 for method of computation. 100 Table A-10. Average pay relationships within establishments for maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant occupation being compared Mechanics Occupation which equals 100 Carpenters Electricians Painters Machinists Machinery Maintenance carpenters...................................................................................... Maintenance electricians..................................................................................... Maintenance painters........................................................................................... Maintenance machinists...................................................................................... Maintenance mechanics (machinery)........................................................................................................ Maintenance mechanics (motor vehicles)................................................................................................. Maintenance sheet-metal workers.............................................................................................................. Maintenance trades helpers................................................................................ Tool and die makers............................................................................................. Stationary engineers............................................................................................. 100 93 102 93 100 113 102 100 89 100 98 106 90 107 100 101 108 97 109 101 100 101 131 92 99 109 139 98 103 99 129 88 96 105 152 96 108 99 147 88 98 97 141 92 96 See table A-8 for description of these pay relationships and appendix A for method of computation. Also see footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Motor vehicles 15 Sheet-metal workers Trades helpers Tool and die makers Stationary engineers 100 118 92 93 100 75 79 100 104 100 Table A-11. Average pay relationships within establishments for material movement and custodial occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Material movement and custodial occupation being compared Truckdrivers Occupation which equals 100 Light truck Medium truck Heavy truck Truckdrivers, light truck.................................................................. 100 Truckdnvers. medium truck....................................................... 100 99 Truckdrivers, heavy truck............................................................... <•> 0 100 Truckdrivers. tractor-trailer............................................................ 97 96 Shippers .................................................................................. 112 111 Receivers........................................................................................ 86 118 Shippers and receivers.................................................................. 96 101 Warehousemen ......................................................................... 98 106 112 Order fillers..................................................................................... 110 125 Shipping packers............................................................................ 132 109 139 119 Material handling laborers............................................................. Forklift operators............................................................................ 109 108 110 Guards, class A............................................................................... 99 113 (■> Guards, class B............................................................................... 107 127 Janitors, porters, and 137 118 139 cleaners...................................................................................... See table A-8 for description of these pay relationships and appendix A for method of computation. Also see footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis o o o o c) o o c) Tractortrailer 100 117 108 o c) 134 105 Shippers Receivers 100 106 Shippers and receivers Warehouse Order fillers men Shipping packers Guards Material handling laborers Forklift operators Class A Class B Janitors, porters, and cleaners 100 c) o 112 108 107 114 125 115 102 0 o 116 o 107 125 130 118 102 89 115 158 120 136 16 100 105 116 137 115 106 110 117 100 106 113 120 101 97 104 123 137 100 104 78 81 84 100 92 78 86 99 100 93 91 106 100 100 112 100 112 100 106 103 110 132 117 113 c) 100 Table A-12. Weekly earnings of office workers-large establishments in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Weekly earnings (in dollars)' Average Occupation and industry division of Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of — hours' 100 Mean2 Median2 Middle range2 120 140 ___ 120 140 160 160 180 180 200 200 220 Secretaries....................................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 16,660 7,501 9,159 1,105 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.5 302.00 312.00 294.00 325.00 297.00 308.50 285.00 339.00 348.50 355.50 342.00 366.00 _ - _ - _ - 49 15 34 - 184 38 146 Secretaries, class A..................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 449 281 168 40.0 40.0 39.5 381.50 390.00 367.00 377.00 343.00- 417.00 393.00 359.00- 417.00 358.00 322.00- 406.50 - _ - _ - _ - Secretaries, class B..................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 2,887 1,883 1,004 211 40.0 40.0 39.5 39.0 337.50 339.50 334.50 354.50 332.00 338.00 321.00 355.50 299.50306.00287.50324.00- 377.50 372.50 385.50 385.50 - • - - - Secretaries, class C..................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 5,355 2,927 2,428 363 40.0 40.0 39.5 40.0 308.50 319.50 295.00 326.00 300.00 315.00 284.00 326.50 267.00283.00254.50280.50- 350.00 361.50 326.50 377.50 _ - _ - Secretaries, class D..................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 3,863 1,781 2,082 420 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.0 275.00 282.00 268.50 301.00 262.50 276.00 249.00 309.50 233.00251.00226.00240.00- 305.50 311.00 299.50 348.50 - - Secretaries, class E..................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 2,725 599 2,126 39.5 39.5 39.5 272.50 247.00 279.50 248.00 218.50- 342.00 237.00 215.00- 272.00 253.50 220.50- 342.00 _ - Stenographers................................. Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities......................... 1,007 506 501 240 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.5 283.00 305.00 260.50 303.50 286.50 306.50 252.50 305.00 Stenographers, senior................. Manufacturing.......................... Nonmanufacturing...................... 549 348 201 40.0 40.0 39.5 287.00 315.00 239.50 Stenographers, general............... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 458 158 300 215 39.5 39.5 39.5 39.5 Typists.............................................. Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 2,120 869 1,251 Typists, class A........................... Manufacturing .......................... Nonmanufacturing...................... 253.50267.00242.50277.00- 220 240 240 260 260 280 280 300 300 320 320 340 340 360 360 _ 380 380 _ 400 400 _ 420 420 440 460 500 _ _ _ _ _ 440 460 500 540 580 540 1132 341 791 14 1593 464 1129 93 1812 640 1172 78 2026 916 1110 106 1784 863 921 69 1588 937 651 109 1594 831 763 146 1574 730 844 190 1344 746 598 108 1043 504 539 122 410 219 191 23 293 123 170 18 107 52 55 9 104 66 38 19 20 15 5 3 1 2 1 _ - _ 3 3 10 3 7 13 4 9 30 9 21 35 10 25 66 41 25 66 47 19 71 63 8 46 29 17 36 21 15 19 16 3 36 25 11 9 6 3 3 1 2 _ - _ - 119 59 60 1 277 142 135 15 237 102 135 12 413 282 131 21 431 305 126 30 379 315 64 30 254 188 66 34 262 176 86 49 167 103 64 7 123 53 70 6 65 33 32 1 57 39 18 5 10 9 1 - _ _ - 2 2 59 8 51 - 6 6 91 77 14 400 126 274 14 595 184 411 42 754 344 410 34 866 461 405 34 636 408 228 48 515 371 144 37 385 254 131 31 516 425 91 34 374 235 139 73 143 63 80 6 95 43 52 8 4 2 2 2 _ - 5 4 1 25 1 24 - 523 174 349 14 601 132 469 78 664 298 366 34 561 344 217 53 394 256 138 21 282 199 83 33 192 133 59 20 315 112 203 129 172 80 92 26 49 24 25 - 33 18 15 2 37 6 31 - 13 3 10 6 6 6 _ - _ - 43 11 32 158 37 121 529 154 375 451 113 338 332 89 243 208 78 130 132 40 92 59 39 20 108 12 96 270 8 262 151 6 145 278 6 272 6 6 - _ _ _ - - - 1 1 81 81 - 98 18 80 1 97 47 50 10 108 52 56 26 81 39 42 38 120 61 59 43 116 76 40 37 98 56 42 35 74 73 1 1 121 82 39 39 11 1 10 10 1 1 - 292.50 236.50- 336.00 315.00 290.50- 357.00 225.50 207.50- 254.50 _ - _ _ _ - - - 43 43 60 10 50 48 14 34 55 29 26 24 20 4 74 55 19 58 54 4 63 52 11 34 33 1 90 81 9 278.00 284.00 274.50 300.50 277.50 270.00 277.50 299.50 _ - _ 38 8 30 1 49 33 16 10 53 23 30 26 57 19 38 38 46 6 40 34 58 22 36 35 35 4 31 31 40 40 31 1 30 30 227.00 275.50 193.00 200.00 175.00- 271.50 281.00 209.50- 339.00 180.50 171.50- 203.00 _ - _ 136 136 1 1 517 49 468 38 _ 38 - 39.5 40.0 39.0 _ 5 5 348 94 254 297 110 187 154 54 100 69 53 16 92 70 22 95 67 28 66 52 14 167 162 5 759 308 451 39.0 40.0 39.0 240.50 290.00 207.00 207.00 188.50- 293.50 299.50 228.50- 355.00 200.00 179.50- 216.00 _ _ - _ - 1 _ 1 117 5 112 126 15 111 187 49 138 73 30 43 35 23 12 17 17 - 15 15 - 33 19 14 28 24 4 51 51 Typists, class B ........................ Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 1,316 561 755 39.5 40.0 39.5 217.00 267.50 180.00 186.00 172.50- 260.00 274.00 205.00- 335.50 175.00 165.00- 185.00 _ - 5 5 135 135 400 44 356 222 79 143 110 61 49 81 24 57 34 30 4 55 53 2 55 52 3 139 138 1 File clerks......................................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,377 391 986 98 39.0 39.5 38.5 40.0 206.50 247.50 190.00 289.00 177.00 156.50- 245.00 240.50 203.00- 279.00 164.00 149.00- 188.00 321.50 164.00- 370.50 _ - 195 195 367 14 353 33 88 57 31 - 56 53 3 1 30 18 12 2 85 83 2 2 44 39 5 4 68 26 42 11 216 193 39.0 39.0 260.50 253.50 219.00 208.00 188.00- 350.00 187.00- 350.00 _ - 30 30 6 2 13 9 _ _ - 22 22 154 61 93 50 50 45 45 62 10 52 7 File clerks, class A....................... Nonmanufacturing...................... 154 10 144 7 7 33 33 33 14 19 3 38.5 216.00 178.00 168.00- 275.00 - 8 16 232 59 10 20 1 30 48 41 502 52 25 23 File clerks, class B....................... _ 23 25 4 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 233.50264.50212.00273.50- 231.50236.00222.00267.00- 327.00 347.50 305.00 321.50 320.50 340.00 309.00 321.50 " - - _ - - - " 17 - _ 96 96 - 61 61 59 59 11 1 10 10 26 4 22 22 4 18 - 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 1 1 _ - 16 16 2 2 - - 16 16 - 1 1 - - 9 2 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - - - 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 - - - 4 - - - - - _ _ _ Table A-12. Weekly earnings of office workers-large establishments in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 —Continued Weekly earnings Occupation and industry division Number weekly workers (stand- Mean2 Median2 Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of — Middle range2 and 120 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 500 540 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 500 540 580 16 14 2 33 32 1 14 10 4 10 6 4 68 24 44 30 30 54 11 43 10 3 7 4 4 _ - - - _ - - “ _ - 17 11 6 18 18 6 4 2 78 15 63 29 27 2 30 19 11 18 4 14 26 26 - - - - - - - 330 33 297 2 89 39 50 17 61 49 12 5 36 15 21 7 30 25 5 2 88 38 50 2 72 26 46 14 81 15 66 2 18 14 4 4 45 35 10 10 10 10 10 - - - - - “ 102 30 72 75 19 56 49 15 34 23 14 9 16 6 10 3 3 8 5 3 18 2 16 3 3 “ 14 8 6 - - - - - - 25 25 13 13 40 40 42 ' 42 56 56 117 66 77 77 114 78 22 22 9 9 - - - - - - - - - 117 73 105 4 - - 18 16 - - - - - - - - 245 63 182 - 932 330 602 75 - 888 322 566 66 663 264 399 50 719 155 564 111 392 161 231 51 294 154 140 60 212 110 102 47 430 116 314 211 246 49 197 33 115 24 91 11 390 39 351 8 129 19 110 2 2 - 17 17 - - - - - - - 118 118 54 1 53 191 62 129 276 104 172 2 320 148 172 3 420 144 276 9 457 71 386 22 294 143 151 24 179 117 62 34 134 80 54 44 199 55 144 129 128 42 86 33 79 24 55 7 173 39 134 8 129 19 110 - 2 2 - 11 11 - - - - 553 159 394 63 243 120 123 41 257 79 178 89 88 18 70 27 105 37 68 26 63 30 33 3 201 61 140 82 108 7 101 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 36 36 4 217 - 656 226 430 73 - " - _ - 6 6 - 7 7 - 23 23 - 71 15 56 - 128 59 69 12 74 34 40 5 87 54 33 8 71 15 56 13 36 5 31 16 49 38 11 5 35 21 14 14 48 12 36 25 32 4 28 2 24 8 16 2 23 23 1 - - - - - 45 45 - 120 34 86 - 294 14 280 20 520 191 329 10 533 182 351 23 556 175 381 91 339 93 246 62 207 83 124 33 260 60 200 78 262 149 113 38 84 69 15 4 152 51 101 53 79 35 44 - 14 12 2 - 1 1 - - - - - - 1 1 105 2 103 136 34 102 247 105 142 269 144 125 178 69 109 59 35 24 45 27 18 127 66 61 80 66 14 94 51 43 78 34 44 14 12 2 - - - - - - _ 45 45 - 5 5 5 5 - 297.00 323.50 282.50 315.50 - 273.50 290.50 260.00 256.00 231.50- 325.00 262.00 244.00- 340.50 244.00 218.00- 285.00 - 243.00 249.00 240.50 291.50 234.00 229.00 234.50 289.00 207.00207.00202.50257.50- 119 34 85 - 189 12 177 18 384 157 227 4 286 287 31 256 68 131 24 107 53 83 48 35 30 170 33 137 69 130 83 47 37 4 3 1 1 58 58 50 1 1 - - 1 - - - 209 14 - File clerks, class C....................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 659 229 430 39.0 40.0 38.5 181.50 232.00 154.50 163.50 217.50 149.00 132.50- 209.00 195.00- 270.00 132.50- 163.50 _ - 187 187 131 10 121 113 14 99 115 21 94 45 45 84 25 59 Messengers..................................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 704 197 507 39.5 39.5 39.0 208.00 221.50 203.00 191.50 204.00 185.00 160.00- 248.00 169.00- 270.00 155.50- 239.00 - 78 78 101 36 65 Switchboard operators.................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,171 306 865 75 39.0 39.5 38.5 38.5 222.50 263.50 208.00 291.00 187.00 173.50- 288.50 260.00 218.50- 308.00 184.50 164.50- 234.00 306.50 216.50- 360.00 6 6 - 42 42 - 103 103 - 160 11 149 - Switchboard operatorreceptionists................................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 411 99 312 38.5 40.0 38.0 196.50 221.00 188.50 180.50 207.00 172.50 160.00- 216.00 170.00- 227.00 157.00- 207.00 - 24 24 76 76 Order clerks..................................... Manufacturing............................. 555 372 39.5 39.5 222.50 245.50 213.00 185.00- 244.00 234.00 209.00- 292.50 - 34 6 - - * Order clerks, class B.................... 429 40.0 204.00 200.00 180.00- 224.00 - 34 6 Accounting clerks............................ Manufacturing........................... Nonmanufacturing................ Public utilities......................... 5,808 1,825 3,983 723 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 257.00 250.50 260.00 278.00 241.00 202.50- 305.50 234.00 201.50- 291.00 243.50 203.00- 320.50 280.00 237.00- 321.50 _ - 11 11 - 123 123 Accounting clerks, class A.......... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 2,860 1,000 1,860 315 40.0 40.0 39.5 39.5 272.00 269.50 273.50 314.50 253.50 265.50 253.50 328.00 221.50219.00224.50295.50- 321.50 308.00 337.00 338.50 - - 5 5 - Accounting clerks, class B.......... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 2,847 799 2,048 408 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 240.50 226.00 246.00 249.50 214.00 190.00213.00 188.00214.50 190.00245.00 214.00- 282.50 248.50 304.00 290.00 - 11 11 " Payroll clerks................................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 714 265 449 103 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.5 263.50 260.00 265.00 297.00 246.50 242.00 251.50 294.50 207.00209.50207.00264.00- 312.00 310.00 323.00 342.50 Key entry operators..................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 3,471 1,154 2,317 412 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 258.00 272.50 250.50 287.00 246.00 256.50 244.00 279.50 215.50225.00210.00253.00- Key entry operators, class A....... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 1,438 650 788 39.5 40.0 39.5 Key entry operators, class B........ Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,888 504 1,384 344 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 274.00 292.50 264.00 321.50 - - See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 18 48 47 1 77 217 1 - - - - - - Table A-13. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers-large establishments in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Occupation and industry division Number of workers Average weekly hours' (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)' Mean2 Median* Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of Middle range2 120 and under 140 - 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 340 380 420 460 500 540 580 620 660 700 740 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 340 380 420 460 500 540 580 620 660 700 740 780 Computer systems analysts (business)..................................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 2,244 891 1,353 39.5 39.5 39.5 495.50 511.00 485.00 498.50 437.00- 554.50 518.00 444.50- 573.50 487.50 434.50- 540.50 - - - - - - 1 1 3 3 20 4 16 25 5 20 145 79 66 243 95 148 307 89 218 397 108 289 385 132 253 404 177 227 178 105 73 82 57 25 37 25 12 10 10 7 5 2 Computer systems analysts (business), class A................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 921 413 508 84 39.5 39.5 39.5 40.0 553.50 581.00 531.00 569.50 553.50 507.50- 589.00 571.00 540.50- 617.00 537.00 492.00- 567.00 580.50 546.00- 609.00 - - - - - - _ - _ - _ _ _ _ _ - 1 _ 1 - 13 _ 13 37 3 34 3 134 25 109 9 174 63 111 8 282 129 153 22 157 97 60 31 74 56 18 9 32 25 7 2 10 10 7 5 Computer systems analysts (business), class B................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 821 269 552 39.5 40.0 39.5 475.00 488.00 469.00 480.00 434.50- 513.00 489.00 449.00- 537.00 471.50 433.50- 500.00 - - - - _ - _ - _ - 1 _ 1 4 1 _ 1 32 12 20 95 27 68 176 50 12? 218 59 159 190 64 126 90 48 42 11 8 3 3 _ 4 - - - Computer systems analysts (business), class C................... Nonmanufacturing...................... 426 223 40.0 40.0 397.50 394.50 394.00 368.00- 438.00 391.00 360.50- 440.00 - - - - - - 1 1 2 2 16 12 24 19 112 45 135 67 84 54 43 19 9 4 - - - - - - Computer programmers (business).. Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 1,877 851 1,026 39.5 40.0 39.5 408.00 429.00 390.00 402.50 345.50- 463.00 422.00 356.50- 494.50 393.00 339.50- 439.00 _ _ _ - - - 2 2 95 1 94 46 13 33 49 28 21 223 115 108 277 114 163 371 144 227 302 123 179 246 129 117 143 75 68 81 74 7 38 31' 7 2 2 2 - _ - _ - - Computer programmers (business), class A................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 797 322 475 40.0 40.0 39.5 453.00 491.50 427.00 441.00 401.00- 498.50 497.00 441.00- 545.50 424.00 391.00- 460.50 - - - - - " _ - _ _ - _ _ - 28 3 25 84 22 62 180 38 142 149 27 122 159 89 70 99 55 44 62 59 3 32 25 7 2 2 - - Computer programmers (business), class B................... Manufacturing ......................... Nonmanufacturing...................... 559 337 222 39.5 40.0 39.5 392.50 424.50 344.00 399.00 342.50- 437.00 422.00 387.00- 455.00 356.00 298.00- 392.00 - - - - _ - _ - 36 _ 36 11 _ 11 21 6 15 70 27 43 88 38 50 134 89 45 115 96 19 43 40 3 20 20 15 15 6 6 Computer programmers (business), class C................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 389 192 197 39.5 40.0 39.5 320.00 332.50 308.00 325.50 282.00- 353.50 333.00 309.50- 352.00 307.50 241.50- 354.50 - - _ - _ _ - _ _ - 2 _ 2 59 1 58 35 13 22 28 22 6 125 85 40 100 54 46 37 17 20 3 3 - - - Computer operators......................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,965 891 1,074 214 39.5 40.0 39.5 39.5 301.50 307.00 297.00 327.00 297.00 298.50 295.00 339.00 _ . 20 - _ - 103 50 53 1 178 79 99 15 195 83 112 7 294 154 140 10 205 82 123 15 466 207 259 114 198 85 113 25 192 92 100 17 60 37 23 7 17 17 3 3 20 - 33 1 32 3 1 1 - - - Computer operators, class A....... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 645 326 319 39.5 39.5 39.5 330.00 337.00 323.50 321.50 284.50- 372.00 328.00 278.50- 392.50 318.50 293.50- 359.00 25 24 1 18 _ 18 28 11 17 74 47 27 68 27 41 161 73 88 112 36 76 83 56 27 55 34 21 16 16 Computer operators, class B....... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 955 422 533 39.5 40.0 39.5 295.50 300.50 291.00 288.50 255.50- 339.00 299.00 258.00- 334.00 286.00 253.50- 339.00 1 1 - 3 3 Computer operators, class C....... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 335 143 192 39.5 40.0 39.5 254.00 256.00 252.50 252.00 226.50- 280.50 260.00 226.50- 278.50 248.50 225.50- 284.50 Peripheral equipment operators...... 169 39.5 256.50 232.50 209.50- 273.50 Computer data librarians................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 151 109 39.5 39.5 248.50 238.00 238.00 233.00 255.00260.00252.00313.00- 339.00 345.50 339.00 339.00 185.00- 292.00 185.00- 269.00 _ - 2 - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . - - - 4 1 3 _ _ - - _ - 29 29 41 9 32 83 36 47 115 62 53 156 67 89 103 40 63 271 119 152 69 46 23 79 36 43 5 3 2 _ _ - - 20 20 - 37 17 20 77 43 34 52 10 42 64 40 24 34 15 19 34 15 19 17 3 14 _ - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 24 42 32 22 5 4 16 7 8 - 6 - - - - - - _ . 1 1 14 14 36 25 5 5 27 23 12 9 9 7 12 5 16 9 14 11 5 - - - - - - - - - - See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis _ 19 1 1 - Table A-13. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers-large establishments in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 —Continued Occupation and industry division Average Number weekly of hours' workers (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)1 Mean2 Median2 Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of Middle range2 120 and under 140 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 340 380 420 460 500 540 580 620 660 700 740 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 340 380 420 460 500 540 580 620 660 700 740 780 Drafters............................................ Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 1,225 1,088 137 40.0 40.0 40.0 317.00 305.50 406.00 313.50 256.50- 362.00 307.50 248.00- 348.50 414.00 326.50- 485.50 _ - _ - 4 4 - 42 41 1 102 101 1 91 90 1 73 72 1 63 54 9 147 138 9 276 255 21 187 174 13 134 118 16 30 16 14 42 17 25 34 8 26 _ - - " “ _ “ - Drafters, class A.......................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 490 423 67 40.0 40.0 40.0 368.00 355.00 452.00 352.00 325.50- 400.00 346.50 323.50- 392.00 487.50 390.00- 517.50 _ _ - - _ - _ - _ - _ - 6 6 - 6 4 2 39 37 2 145 135 10 115 115 “ 104 97 7 11 10 1 36 17 19 28 2 26 - - - - “ “ Drafters, class B........................... Manufacturing............................. 282 231 40.0 40.0 328.00 318.00 316.50 284.00- 355.00 311.50 281.50- 343.00 _ - _ - - - - 3 3 24 24 21 16 50 45 86 78 51 38 22 21 13 - 6 ~ 6 6 ~ - - - - ~ Drafters, class C........................... Manufacturing............................. 385 370 40.0 40.0 256.00 252.50 236.00 210.00- 291.00 233.50 210.00- 288.50 _ _ 37 36 88 87 74 73 31 30 25 24 52 52 40 38 21 21 8 ~ 6 6 - - _ “ - - - - 3 3 - - - Electronics technicians.................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 6,148 2,415 3,733 3,015 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 399.50 362.00 423.50 416.50 428.50 361.50 428.50 428.50 448.50 411.50 448.50 448.50 _ - _ - _ - _ - 69 34 35 35 73 24 49 46 76 70 6 2 99 95 4 4 156 141 15 2 824 561 263 250 795 534 261 243 716 403 313 299 2690 445 2245 1983 524 79 445 58 120 27 93 93 6 2 4 " - “ “ “ - Electronics technicians, class A ... Manufacturing............................. 1,582 1,022 40.0 40.0 430.50 405.00 438.50 392.50- 471.00 409.00 373.50- 438.50 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - - _ - 1 1 3 3 114 112 196 194 242 237 402 384 498 62 120 27 6 2 - - _ - - - Electronics technicians, class B... Manufacturing............................. 4,023 876 40.0 40.0 400.50 348.00 428.50 364.00- 448.50 344.00 310.00- 385.00 _ - _ - _ - _ - 41 6 50 2 12 9 34 30 87 84 529 278 486 227 470 162 2288 61 26 17 - - _ _ - _ - _ _ “ Electronics technicians, class C... 543 40.0 301.00 308.00 270.00- 333.00 - - - - 28 23 64 64 66 181 113 4 - - - - - - - - - Registered industrial nurses........... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 295 217 78 39.5 40.0 39.0 379.50 387.00 358.00 374.00 345.00- 407.00 377.00 346.00- 418.00 350.50 327.00- 391.50 _ - _ - _ - - - _ ” 2 2 - - 6 4 2 55 23 32 102 83 19 90 67 23 19 17 2 15 15 “ 6 6 - - - - - “ - 353.00315.00417.50403.00- See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 20 Table A-14. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex-large establishments in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Sex,* occupation, and industry division of workers Weekly hours' (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)1 Sex,* occupation, and industry division of workers Weekly hours' (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)' 425 38.5 215.50 men Messengers.............................................................. 365 115 39.5 40.0 Manufacturing...................................................... Nonmanufacturing............................................... Manufacturing..................................................... Nonmanufacturing............................................... Typists, class A.................................................... Nonmanufacturing.............................................. 494.00 472.00 273 149 40.0 40.0 405.50 400.50 1,193 573 620 39 5 40.0 39.5 41500 448.50 384.00 558 277 281 39.5 40.0 39.5 455.50 493.00 419.00 369 236 133 39.5 40 0 39.5 399.00 427 00 349.00 187 60 127 39.5 40.0 39.0 310.00 327.50 301.50 Computer operators: Manufacturing...................................................... 610 40.0 314.50 Manufacturing...................................................... 490 280 39.5 39.5 329.00 337.50 279 40.0 302.50 179 39.5 253.00 Computer data librarians........................................... 62 39.5 220.00 Drafters...................................................................... Nonmanufacturing............................................... 1,012 901 111 40.0 40.0 40.0 318.00 304.50 424.50 Manufacturing..................................................... 435 379 40.0 40.0 370.50 355.00 Drafters, class B.................................................. Manufacturing..................................................... 208 169 40.0 40.0 329.00 314.50 325 313 40.0 40.0 249.50 246.00 1,989 40.0 370.00 1,470 911 40.0 40.0 435.50 410.00 225.00 267.50 209.00 374 99 275 38.5 40.0 38.0 193.00 221.00 183.00 498 315 40.0 40.0 212.00 233.00 Computer programmers (business), class A............................................ Manufacturing...................................................... Order clerks, class B............................................. 423 40.0 202.00 Computer programmers Accounting clerks...................................................... 4,422 1,601 2,821 39.5 40.0 39.5 260.50 252.00 265.50 2,729 1,843 886 40.0 40.0 39.5 339.50 340.00 339.00 4,930 2,889 2,041 312 40.0 311.00 39.5 40.0 298.50 319.50 3,283 1,779 39.5 40.0 282.50 282.00 2,587 551 2,036 39.5 39.5 39.5 275.00 247.50 282.50 865 1,381 291 40.0 39.5 40.0 274 50 271.00 276.50 316.50 929 483 446 202 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 285.00 309.00 259.50 307.00 Manufacturing...................................................... 2,090 715 39.5 40.0 243.50 228.00 348 200 40.0 39.5 315.00 239.00 Payroll clerks............................................................. Manufacturing...................................................... Nonmanufacturing................................................ Public utilities.................................................... 590 218 372 92 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 268.00 265.50 269.50 301.50 381 135 39.5 39.5 282.00 293.50 177 40.0 304.50 Computer systems analysts Computer systems analysts Switchboard operator- Nonmanufacturing................................................ Computer programmers 3,000 1,109 1,891 557 40.0 267.00 1,123 339 784 71 39.0 39.5 38.5 40.0 205.00 248.00 186.50 261.50 Computer systems analysts (business)............................................................. 163 38.5 255.50 Nonmanufacturing............................................... 39.5 40.0 39.5 40 0 1,294 39.5 687 39.0 39.0 1,561 502 39.5 40.0 260.00 273.50 252.50 290.50 276.00 293 50 260.50 243.50 248.50 Professional and technical occupations - men Electronics technicians: See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 39 5 40.0 39.5 39.0 39.5 38.5 Typists, class B: File clerks, class A............................................... 205 354 1,048 282 766 382.00 389.00 369.00 243.00 293.00 208.50 556.50 582.00 536.50 154.00 40.0 40.0 39.5 39.0 40.0 38.5 39.5 39.5 39.5 206.50 213.00 424 275 149 721 297 424 728 326 402 Computer systems analysts 39.5 39.5 306.50 312.50 300.00 328.50 235.00 276.00 Weekly earnings (in dollars)' 38.5 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.0 Weekly hours' (stand ard) 283 79 15,027 7,367 7,660 920 1,761 854 of workers 339 Messengers............................................................... Manufacturing...................................................... Nonmanufacturing: Manufacturing...................................................... Sex,3 occupation, and industry division Manufacturing................................................... Nonmanufacturing............................................... 215.00 228.00 Office occupations women Average (mean2) Average (mean2) Average (mean1) 21 1,611 661 950 39.5 40.0 39.5 504.50 521.50 492.50 Manufacturing..................................................... Table A-14. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex-large establishments in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 —Continued Average (mean2) Sex, ' occupation, and industry division Number of workers Weekly hours' (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)1 Electronics technicians, class B: Manufacturing...................................................... 681 40.0 354.00 Electronics technicians, class C........................... 420 40.0 304.00 Average (mean2) Sex,3 occupation, and industry division Computer programmers (business)......................... Computer systems analysts https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Weekly earnings (in dollars)1 606 263 343 40.0 40.0 39.5 391.50 391.50 392.00 165 94 39.5 40.0 379.00 425.00 190 130 39.5 40.0 328.00 335.50 578 202 376 39.5 39.5 39.5 470.00 477.00 466.50 244 193 39.5 39.5 465.00 464.00 Computer operators: Manufacturing...................................................... 264 40.0 292.00 153 39.5 383.50 Computer operators, class B: Manufacturing...................................................... 139 40.0 298.00 Computer systems analysts Computer systems analysts (business), class C............................................ See footnotes at end of tables. Weekly hours1 (stand ard) Computer programmers Professional and technical occupations - women Nonmanufacturing............................................... Number of workers Average (mean2) Sex,3 occupation, and industry division Manufacturing...................................................... Computer programmers 22 Nonmanufacturing............................................... of workers Weekly hours1 (stand ard) Weekly earnings (in dollars)1 64 39.5 39.5 270.50 258.50 172 40.0 40.0 314.50 312.00 71 59 40.0 40.0 329.50 332.00 57 54 40 0 40.0 291.00 283 39 5 71 39.0 360.00 Table A-15. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers-large establishments in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Hourly earnings (in dollars)" Occupation and industry division workers Mean2 Median2 Middle Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) of and 4.20 4.20 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 10.00 10.60 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 10.00 10.60 11.20 11.80 11.20 11.80 12.40 12.40 13.00 13.60 14.20 13.00 13.60 14.20 14.80 Maintenance carpenters.................. Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 392 276 116 9.93 9.77 10.32 10.18 9.16-10.84 10.05 9.16-10.50 11.42 9.42-11.77 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 6 6 8 4 4 2 2 13 9 4 10 6 4 3 2 1 7 7 - 38 31 7 38 37 1 40 30 10 118 106 12 31 26 5 55 16 39 20 2 18 _ - 3 _ 3 _ - _ - Maintenance electricians................. Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 1,209 1,047 162 64 10.99 11.03 10.73 11.35 11.04 11.04 10.97 11.57 10.26-11.57 10.26-11.47 9.80-11.77 10.28-12.13 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 1 1 - _ - 10 10 - 51 50 1 - 17 8 9 - 36 34 2 - 143 121 22 2 273 244 29 19 236 221 15 7 187 139 48 11 33 15 18 18 7 _ 7 7 192 192 _ - 23 23 _ - _ _ - Maintenance painters...................... Manufacturing............................ Nonmanufacturing...................... 347 249 98 9.72 9.49 10.30 9.93 9.06-10.39 9.91 8.84-10.27 10.01 9.71-11.75 _ - _ - _ - _ - 10 8 2 _ - _ - 3 3 - 4 1 3 18 17 1 20 17 3 6 6 - 21 11 10 21 21 - 91 70 21 93 78 15 7 4 3 44 5 39 9 8 1 _ - _ - _ - _ - Maintenance machinists.................. Manufacturing............................ 358 349 10.89 10.89 10.87 9.70-11.89 10.87 9.70-11.89 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 6 6 11 11 8 8 12 12 18 18 37 37 78 78 18 9 39 39 60 60 71 71 - - - Maintenance mechanics (machinery).................................. Manufacturing............................. 2,240 2,078 10.08 10.06 10.32 9.29-10.93 10.32 9.25-10.93 - - - - 13 11 - 89 89 22 22 73 73 16 16 135 134 79 67 69 67 91 90 82 76 811 747 267 211 18 - 475 475 _ - _ - _ - _ - 10.83 10.45 10.99 10.84 10.66 10.33 11.11 10.28 9.99-11.88 10.03-11.43 9.99-12.16 9.99-11.85 - - - - - - - 4 - - - 15 7 35 21 7 3 31 8 291 52 226 123 124 48 132 90 255 13 112 4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - _ - - 2 2 1 - - Public utilities.......................... 1,234 369 865 666 - 2 5 2 22 238 102 66 42 78 108 - - - Maintenance sheet-metal workers... Manufacturing............................. 133 133 10.61 10.61 10.60 9.95-11.66 10.60 9.95-11.66 _ - _ _ - - 2 2 1 1 12 12 3 3 11 11 27 27 35 35 12 12 - 24 24 - - - Maintenance trades helpers............ Manufacturing............................. 378 235 7.84 8.53 7.68 6.59- 8.98 8.85 7.67-10.08 9 - 6 6 63 55 6 6 16 16 66 66 _ _ . . Tool and die makers........................ Manufacturing............................. 1,029 1,029 10.73 10.73 10.85 10.00-11.25 10.85 10.00-11.25 _ Stationary engineers........................ Manufacturing............................. 348 255 10.65 10.92 10.93 9.80-11.77 10.93 10.32-12.04 Maintenance mechanics (motor vehicles)............................ Manufacturing............................ - - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 6 6 19 4 _ 15 6 11 2 40 3 23 18 26 10 44 35 4 4 30 4 - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - 9 9 7 7 12 12 96 96 99 99 215 215 319 319 144 144 41 41 9 9 78 78 - - _ _ _ _ - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 31 25 15 5 5 3 10 6 15 10 37 32 56 50 79 40 28 28 56 56 - - - - See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 23 _ _ Table A-16. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers-large establishments in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Hourly earnings (in dollars)4 Occupation and industry division Number of workers Mean2 Median2 Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) of Middle range2 3.00 and under 3.40 3.40 3.80 4.20 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 9.80 10.20 11.20 11.80 12.40 3.80 4.20 4.60 5.00 5.40 5.80 6.20 6.60 7.00 7.40 7.80 8.20 8.60 9.00 9.40 9.80 10.20 10.60 11.20 11.80 12.40 13.00 T ruckdrivers..................................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 5,802 1,919 3,883 10.70 9.85 11.13 11.17 10.20- 11.27 10.38 9.26- 11.10 11.18 11.17- 12.12 _ - _ - 11 11 - 11 11 - 14 14 - 32 32 - Truckdrivers, light truck: Manufacturing............................. 168 "7.54 6.88 5.00- 10.80 - - 11 11 14 32 Truckdrivers, medium truck.......... 434 9.28 10.07 9.13- 10.07 - - - - - Truckdrivers, tractor-trailer.......... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 3,359 660 2,699 518 10.77 9.79 11.01 10.84 36 31 5 1 1 1 10 - 10 6 - - - 1 7 - 20 22 - 10 7 4 14 11 16 44 17 10.20- 11.18 9.36- 10.90 11.17- 11.18 10.20- 12.57 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - 2 2 2 _ - _ - _ - 15 3 12 3 32 6 26 8 98 44 54 - 20 19 1 1 18 18 - 160 150 10 10 162 136 26 26 Shippers........................................... Manufacturing............................. 230 205 7.40 7.48 7.15 5.89- 8.35 7.15 5.89- 8.98 _ - _ - 6 6 9 6 8 6 13 12 20 19 9 9 3 3 1 1 58 46 17 16 25 25 7 2 6 6 20 20 _ - Receivers......................................... Manufacturing............................. 699 294 8.45 8.37 8.65 7.30- 9.13 8.82 6.70- 11.05 _ - _ 12 33 30 2 - 22 13 15 14 12 6 16 9 23 14 51 25 19 17 27 11 4 4 247 15 60 40 Shippers and receivers.................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 562 454 108 7.91 8.09 7.13 7.88 5.72- 9.52 7.88 6.42- 9.58 5.52 5.44- 8.80 _ - _ - _ - 11 11 - 11 11 - 40 15 25 81 47 34 12 12 - 41 40 1 28 21 7 12 9 3 29 27 2 45 40 5 2 2 8 1 7 Warehousemen............................... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 2,886 1,022 1,864 586 9.27 7.59 10.19 8.82 7.67- 11.18 5.62- 8.94 9.76- 11.18 7.42- 10.24 _ - _ - _ - 19 6 13 - 36 33 3 - 145 124 21 18 136 134 2 - 87 84 3 “ 99 77 22 19 82 6 76 72 55 32 23 23 98 41 57 57 52 2 50 16 133 56 77 75 Shipping packers.............................. Manufacturing............................. 786 638 4.97 4.79 4.60 3.70- 5.68 3.92 3.70- 5.25 58 58 194 194 77 73 50 48 55 55 105 104 87 7 62 15 14 - _ - _ - 4 4 13 13 Material handling laborers............... Manufacturing............................. 1,510 792 6.62 5.95 7.10 5.10- 7.65 5.35 5.00- 7.21 34 6 54 11 28 9 76 61 116 105 211 206 23 22 146 130 3 - 29 - 330 159 118 - Forklift operators.............................. Manufacturing............................. 2,109 1,143 9.34 8.63 9.91 7.42- 11.05 9.07 7.41- 10.15 _ - _ - _ - 71 70 12 12 7 6 1 1 21 21 5 4 1 - 160 116 Guards.............................................. Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 6,231 1,477 4,754 119 5.28 8.40 4.31 8.67 4.10 8.85 3.85 8.59 7.42 9.47 4.45 9.41 821 1504 - - 821 - 1504 - 918 8 910 - 505 68 437 - 249 1 248 - 171 58 113 - 158 33 125 - 148 50 98 " 36 20 16 - 52 29 23 - Guards, class A............................ 1,399 7.26 7.98 4.95- 9.01 - - 165 118 69 35 69 45 15 Guards, class B............................ Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... 3,704 719 2,985 4.97 8.00 4.24 3.97 3.50- 5.85 7.94 6.03- 9.58 3.75 3.47- 4.47 677 896 - - 896 267 68 199 178 677 531 8 523 136 58 78 85 23 62 101 31 70 Janitors, porters, and cleaners....... Manufacturing............................. Nonmanufacturing...................... Public utilities.......................... 8,769 2,089 6,680 385 6.05 7.34 5.64 8.34 6.02 7.82 6.02 8.37 403 29 374 4 322 51 271 - 569 74 495 290 107 183 241 57 184 1536 124 1412 - - - 190 139 51 - 2437 58 2379 22 11.17 9.47 11.18 10.20 10.00 7.44 10.98 8.94 3.507.653.477.98- 5.405.735.407.80- 6.35 9.05 6.14 8.81 - 178 26 20 6 - See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 24 25 19 6 26 11 15 60 27 33 473 141 332 2422 770 1652 585 137 448 841 _ 841 168 _ 168 11 - 54 - - - 202 67 - - - - 44 44 - 371 39 332 300 1821 201 1620 - 448 448 " . “ 168 168 168 _ _ - 28 28 _ " . - - . - _ - . - 156 96 . - - - 74 74 - 56 56 - 30 30 - 24 24 - 34 12 22 24 24 - _ - _ - 222 180 42 39 110 110 - 134 14 120 84 45 45 33 84 84 78 1155 _ 1155 1 194 123 71 71 _ - _ _ - 16 16 49 49 2 2 _ . - . - . - 2 1 47 47 43 3 155 17 80 - 15 15 _ _ - 293 289 9 1 35 35 245 15 160 100 29 29 175 175 110 37 73 - 336 122 214 11 178 129 49 38 72 43 29 12 245 210 35 15 303 287 16 7 257 247 10 10' 26 51 67 88 52 230 225 21 16 5 26 18 8 59 18 41 269 77 192 90 90 - 20 2 18 15 15 880 35 845 183 158 25 2 148 103 45 1 176 107 69 63 179 115 64 61 237 89 148 107 342 287 55 54 - 122 56 66 63 47 16 51 40 11 - 387 330 57 186 160 26 262 62 200 10.60 - . . - - " . - . - . - 40 40 776 160 69 69 . - . - 39 6 33 26 7 7 50 50 66 66 . _ _ - _ - - - - 6 6 _ - 120 6 - - 12 - 6 78 62 16 137 137 - 7 7 7 - 50 50 - 54 54 - 462 459 3 2 34 52 52 43 45 45 _ - - _ - 43 43 - - _ _ - - - - - 34 26 - 7 - - - . _ _ - Table A-17, Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers by sex-large establishments in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., October 1980 Sex/ occupation, and industry division Number of workers Average (mean2) hourly earnings (in dollars)4 Sex,3 occupation, and industry division Maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant occupations - men Maintenance carpenters....................................................... Manufacturing.................................................................. Number of workers 1,009 1,009 376 276 100 9.92 9.77 10.34 304 255 Average (mean2) hourly earnings (in dollars)4 10 75 Maintenance painters........................................................... Maintenance machinists........................................................ 10.68 340 249 91 9.71 9 49 10.30 358 349 10.89 10.89 2,196 2,034 10.10 10.07 1,174 313 861 666 10.86 10.47 11.00 10.84 5,662 1,911 3,751 Maintenance trades helpers................................................. Manufacturing.................................................................. See footnotes at end of tables. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 133 133 10.61 10.61 363 231 7.82 8.53 Guards................................................................. Manufacturing............................................................. Nonmanufacturing............................................................ Public utilities................................................................ 11.12 5.99 1,121 8.63 5,187 1,151 4,036 117 5.19 8.25 4.31 8.69 1,219 7.31 3,036 2,570 4.74 4.24 6,797 1,639 5,158 316 6.03 7.35 5.62 8.49 3.88 165 7.56 Truckdrivers, medium truck................................................ 428 9.29 3,349 657 2,692 517 10.77 9.79 179 179 7.52 7.52 268 8.50 633 2,425 770 1,655 425 9.44 7.38 10 40 9.15 1,826 444 1,382 64 10.83 Average (mean2) hourly earnings (in dollars)4 630 Truckdrivers, light truck: Manufacturing................................................................... Maintenance mechanics Maintenance mechanics (motor vehicles)................................................................ Manufactunng.................................................................. 10.69 Number of workers Material handling laborers: 10.92 Material movement and custodial occupations - men 1,047 138 Sex,3 occupation, and industry division Janitors, porters, and cleaners.............................. Manufacturing.................................................... Nonmanufacturing......................................................... Public utilities ............................................................. Material movement and custodial occupations - women Guards: Receivers: Warehousemen...................................................................... Manufacturing................................................................... Public utilities................................................................ 25 Public utilities................................................................ 6.09 7.36 5.69 ____ ™1_ Footnotes 1 Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours. 2 The mean is computed for each job by totaling the earnings of all workers and dividing by the number of workers. The median designates position—half of the workers receive the same or more and half receive the same or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; one-fourth of the workers earn the same or less than the lower of these rates and one-fourth earn the same or more than the higher rate. 3 Earnings data relate only to workers whose sex identification was provided by the establishment. 4 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. 5 Estimates for periods ending prior to 1976 relate to men only for skilled maintenance and unskilled plant workers. All other estimates relate to men and women. 6 Data do not meet publication criteria or data not available. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 26 Appendix A. Scope and Method of Survey In each of the 71 areas1 currently surveyed, the Bureau obtains wages and related benefits data from representative establishments within six broad industry divisions: Manufacturing; transportation, communication, and other public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Government operations and the construction and extractive industries are excluded. Establishments having fewer than a prescribed number of workers are also excluded because of insufficient employment in the occupations studied. Appendix table 1 shows the number of establishments and workers estimated to be within the scope of this survey, as well as the number actually studied. Bureau field representatives obtain data by personal visits at 3-year intervals. In each of the two intervening years, information on employment and occupational earnings only is collected by a combination of personal visit, mail questionnaire, and telephone interview from establishments participating in the previous survey. A sample of the establishments in the scope of the survey is selected for study prior to each personal visit survey. This sample, minus establishments which go out of business or are no longer within the industrial scope of the survey, is retained for the following two annual surveys. In most cases, establishments new to the area are not considered in the scope of the survey until the selection of a sample for a personal visit survey. The sampling procedures involve detailed stratification of all establishments within the scope of an individual area survey by industry and number of employees. From this stratified universe a probability sample is selected, with each establishment having a predetermined chance of selection. To obtain optimum accuracy at minimum cost, a greater proportion of large than small establishments is selected. When data are combined, each establishment is weighted according to its probability of selection so that unbiased estimates are generated. For example, if one out of four establishments is selected, it is given a weight of 4 to represent itself plus three others. An alternate of the same original probability is chosen in the same industry-size classification if data are not available from the original sample member. If no suitable substitute is available, additional weight is assigned to a sample member that is similar to the missing unit. movement and custodial. Occupational classification is based on a uniform set of job descriptions designed to take account of interestablishment variation in duties within the same job. Occupations selected for study are listed and described in appendix B. Unless otherwise indicated, the earnings data following the job titles are for all industries combined. Earnings data for some of the occupations listed and described, or for some industry divisions within the scope of the survey, are not presented in the Aseries tables because either (1) data were insufficient to provide meaningful statistical results, or (2) there is possibility of disclosure of individual establishment data. Separate men’s and women’s earnings data are not presented when the number of workers not identified by sex is 20 percent or more of the men or women identified in an occupation. Earnings data not shown separately for industry divisions are included in data for all industries combined. Likewise, for occupations with more than one level, data are included in the overall classification when a subclassification is not shown or information to subclassify is not available. Occupational employment and earnings data are shown for full-time workers, i.e., those hired to work a regular weekly schedule. Earnings data exclude premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Nonproduction bonuses are excluded, but cost-of-living allowances and incentive bonuses are included. Weekly hours for office clerical and professional and technical occupations refer to the standard workweek (rounded to the nearest half hour) for which employees receive regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or premium rates). Average weekly earnings for these occupations are rounded to the nearest half dollar. Vertical lines within the distribution of workers on some A-tables indicate a change in the size of the class intervals. These surveys measure the level of occupational earnings in an area at a particular time. Changes in an occupational average over time reflect, in addition to earnings changes, factors such as changes in proportions of workers employed by high- or lowwage firms, or high-wage workers advancing to better jobs and being replaced by new workers at lower rates. Such shifts in employment could decrease an occupational average even though most establishments in an area increase wages during the year. Changes in earnings of occupational groups, shown in table A-7, are better indicators of wage trends than are earnings changes for individual jobs within the groups. Average earnings reflect composite, areawide estimates. Industries and establish ments differ in pay level and job staffing, and thus contribute differently to the estimates Occupations and earnings Occupations selected for study are common to a variety of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries, and are of the following types: (1) Office clerical; (2) professional and technical; (3) maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant; and (4) material https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 27 for each job. Pay averages may fail to reflect accurately the wage differential among jobs in individual establishments. Average pay levels for men and women in selected occupations should not be assumed to reflect differences in pay of the sexes within individual establishments. Factors which may contribute to differences include progression within established rate ranges (only the rates paid incumbents are collected) and performance of specific duties within the general survey job descriptions. Job descriptions used to classify employees in these surveys usually are more generalized than those used in individual establish ments and allow for minor differences among establishments in specific duties performed. Occupational employment estimates represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study and not the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of occupational employment obtained from the sample of establishments studied serve only to indicate the relative importance of the jobs studied. These differences in occupational structure do not affect materially the accuracy of the earnings data. Wage trends for selected occupational groups Indexes in table A-7 measure wages at a given time, expressed as a percent of wages during the base period. Subtracting 100 from the index yields the percent change in wages from the base period to the date of the index. The percent increases in table A-7 relate to wage changes between the indicated dates. Annual rates of increase, where shown, reflect the amount of increase for 12 months when the time span between surveys was other than 12 months. These computations are based on the assumption that wages increased at a constant rate between surveys. The indexes and percent increases are based on changes in average hourly earnings of men and women in establishments reporting the trend jobs in both the current and previous year (matched establishments). The data are adjusted to remove the effects on average earnings of employment shifts among establishments and turnover of establish ments included in survey samples. The percent increases, however, are still affected by factors other than wage increases. Hirings, layoffs, and turnover may affect an establishment average for an occupation when workers are paid under plans providing a range of wage rates for individual jobs. In periods of increased hiring, for example, new employees may enter at the bottom of the range, depressing the average without a change in wage rates. Occupations used to compute wage trends are: Office clerical Secretaries Stenographers, senior Stenographers, general Typists, classes A and B File clerks, classes A, B, and C Messengers Switchboard operators Order clerks, classes A and B Accounting clerks, classes A and B Payroll clerks Key entry operators, classes A and B Industrial nurses Registered industrial nurses Skilled maintenance Carpenters Electricians Painters Machinists Mechanics (machinery) Mechanics (motor vehicle) Pipefitters Tool and die makers Unskilled plant Janitors, porters, and cleaners Material handling laborers Percent changes for individual areas in the program are computed as follows: 1. Average earnings are computed for each occupation for the 2 years being compared. The averages are derived from earnings in those establishments which are in the survey both years; it is assumed that employment remains unchanged. 2. Each occupation is assigned a weight based on its proportionate employment in the occupational group. 3. These weights are used to compute group averages. Each occupation’s average earnings (computed in step 1) are multiplied by its weight. The products are totaled to obtain a group average. 4. The ratio of group averages for 2 consecutive years is computed by dividing the average for the current year by the average for the earlier year. The result— expressed as a percent—less 100 is the percent change. The index is computed by adding 100 to the most recent percent increase, multiplying the total by the previous year’s index number, and dividing the product by 100 to obtain the current index value. For a more detailed description of the method used to compute these wage trends, see ‘Improving Area Wage Survey Indexes,’ Monthly Labor Review, January 1973, pp. 52 57. Average pay relationships within establishments Tables A-8 through A-11 present occupational pay relatives derived from compari sons of job averages within individual establishments. The method of computation is as follows: Electronic data processing Computer systems analysts, classes A, B, and C https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Computer programmers, classes A, B, and C Computer operators, classes A, B, C 1. A pay relative for any two occupations is computed for each establishment in which they are found by dividing the average earnings for one occupation by the average for the other and multiplying by 100 (e.g., $5 divided by $4 = 1.25 times 100 = 125). 2. Each pay relative is weighted by the number of workers in the two occupations compared and by the weight assigned to the establishment to represent establish ments not included in the survey sample. addition, the mix of establishments used in the comparisons may differ between the two methods. 3- The weighted pay relatives for all establishments reporting the two occupations are summed and divided by the total of the weights to produce the average pay relatives shown in the tables. Establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions Tabulations on selected establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions (B-series tables) are not presented in this bulletin. Information for these tabulations is collected at 3-year intervals. These tabulations on minimum entrance salaries for inexperienced office workers; shift differentials; scheduled weekly hours and days; paid holidays; paid vacations; and health, insurance, and pension plans are presented (in the B-series tables) in previous bulletins for this area. Occupational pay relationships measured in this manner yield considerably different results than those produced by using overall survey averages, such as those shown in tables A-l through A-6. The former measure the average pay relationships found within establishments; the latter measure the relationships among job averages in an area. In 1 Includes 70 areas surveyed under the Bureau’s regular program plus Poughkeepsie-KingstonNewburgh, N.Y., which is surveyed under contract. In addition, the Bureau conducts more limited area studies in approximately 100 areas at the request of the Employment Standards Administra tion of the U. S. Department of Labor. Appendix table 1. Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif.,' October 1980 Industry division2 Minimum employment in establish ments in scope of survey Number of establishments Within scope of survey3 Workers in establishments Within scope of survey4 Studied Studied Number Percent All establishments All divisions................................................................................................................. - 4,079 317 1,471,990 100 529,941 50 - 1,333 2,746 111 206 553,498 918,492 38 62 217,275 312,666 50 50 50 50 50 144 739 473 481 816 33 35 34 33 65 134,046 101,839 306,137 147,918 202,763 9 7 21 10 14 99,305 13,368 95,311 67,746 33,267 All divisions..................................................................................................................... - 453 121 904,384 100 493,254 Manufacturing........................................................................................................................ Nonmanufacturing................................................................................................................. Transportation, communication, and other public utilities5........................................................................................................ Wholesale trade8................................................................................................................ Retail trade6........................................................................................................................ Finance, insurance, and real estate6................................................................................. Services6 7........................................................................................................................... 500 - 196 257 50 71 336,584 567,800 37 63 203,841 289,413 500 500 500 500 500 25 16 76 29 95 Manufacturing........................................................................................................................ Nonmanufacturing................................................................................................................. Transportation, communication, and other public utilities5........................................................................................................ Wholesale trade* ............................................................................................................ Retail trade*........................................................ ................................................... Finance, insurance, and real estate8................................................................................. Services8 7........................................................................................................................... Large establishments 17 109,603 12 95,914 6 18,204 2 9,449 17 245,788 27 92,470 12 85,153 9 64,061 16 93,227 10 24,494 4 Includes all workers in all establishments with total employment (within the area) at or above the minimum limitation. 5 Abbreviated to "public utilities” in the A-series tables. Taxicabs and services incidental to water transportation are excluded. Electric utilities and most of the local transit for the city of Los Angeles are municipally operated and are excluded by definition from the scope of the study. Separate data for this division are not presented in the A-series tables, but the division is represented in the ‘all industries’ and “nonmanufacturing” estimates. 7 Hotels and motels; laundries and other personal services; business services; automobile repair, rental, and parking; motion pictures; nonprofit membership organizations (excluding religious and charitable organizations); and engineering and architectur al services. through February 1974, consists of Los Angeles county. The "workers within scope of survey” estimates provide a reasonably accurate description of the size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison with other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels since (1) planning of wage surveys requires establishment data compiled considerably in advance of the payroll period studied, and (2) small establishments are excluded from the scope of the survey. 2 The 1972 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used to classify establishments by industry division. All government operations are excluded from the scope of the survey. 3 Includes all establishments with total employment at or above the minimum limitation. All outlets (within the area) of nonmanufacturing companies are considered as one establishment when located within the same industry division. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 29 Appendix B. Occupational Descriptions The primary purpose of preparing job descriptions for the Bureau’s wage surveys is to assist its field representatives in classifying into appropriate occupations workers who are employed under a variety of payroll titles and different work arrangements from establishment to establishment and from area to area. This permits grouping occupational wage rates representing comparable job content. Because of this emphasis on interestablishment and interarea comparability of occupational content, the Bureau's job descriptions may differ significantly from those in use in individual establishments or those prepared for other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the Bureau’s field representatives are instructed to exclude working supervisors; apprentices; and part-time, temporary, and probationary workers. Handicapped workers whose earnings are reduced because of their handicap are also excluded. Learners, beginners, and trainees, unless specifically included in the job descriptions, are excluded. d. Assistant-type positions which entail more difficult or more responsible technical, administrative, or supervisory duties which are not typical of secretarial work, e.g., Administrative Assistant, or Executive Assistant: e. Positions which do not fit any of the situations listed in the sections below titled ‘Level of Supervisor,’ e.g., secretary to the president of a company that employs, in all, over 5,000 persons; f- Trainees. Classification by Level. Secretary jobs which meet the required characteristics are Office matched at one of five levels according to (a) the the level of the secretary’s supervisor within the company’s organizational structure and, (b) the level of the secretary’s SECRETARY Assigned as a personal secretary, normally to one individual. Maintains a close and highly responsive relationship to the day-to-day activities of the supervisor. Works fairly independently receiving a minimum of detailed supervision and guidance. Performs varied clerical and secretarial duties requiring a knowledge of office routine and an understanding of the organization, programs, and procedures related to the work of the supervisor. Exclusions. Not all positions that are titled ‘secretary’ possess the above characteristics. responsibility. The tabulation following the explanations of these two factors indicates the level of the secretary for each combination of the factors. Level ofSecretary's Supervisor (LS) LS-1 Examples of positions which are excluded from the definition are as follows: a. Positions which do not meet the ‘personal’ secretary concept described above; b. Stenographers not fully trained in secretarial-type duties; c. Stenographers serving as office assistants to a group of professional, technical, or managerial persons; https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis a. b. Secretary to the supervisor or head of a small organizational unit (e.g., fewer than about 25 or 30 persons); or Secretary to a nonsupervisory staff specialist, professional employee, administrative officer or assistant, skilled technician or expert. (NOTE: Many companies assign stenographers, rather than secretaries as described above, to this level of supervisory or nonsupervisory worker.) LS-2 a. b. Level ofSecretary's Responsibility (LR) Secretary to an executive or managerial person whose responsibility is not equivalent to one of the specific level situations in the definition for LS-3, but whose organizational unit normally numbers at least several dozen employees and is usually divided into organizational segments which are often, in turn, further subdivided. In some companies, this level includes a wide range of organizational echelons; in others, only one or two; or Secretary to the head of an individual plant, factory, etc., (or other equivalent level of official) that employs, in all, fewer than 5,000 persons. LS-3 ab. c. d. e. Secretary to the chairman of the board or president of a company that employs, in all, fewer than 100 persons; or Secretary to a corporate officer (other than chairman of the board or president) of a company that employs, in all, over 100 but fewer than 5,000 persons; or Secretary to the head (immediately below the officer level) over either a major corporatewide functional activity (e.g., marketing, research, oper ations, industrial relations, etc.) or a major geographic or organizational segment (e.g., a regional headquarters; a major division) of a company that employs, in all, over 5,000 but fewer than 25,000 employees; or Secretary to the head of an individual plant, factory, etc., (or other equivalent level of official) that employs, in all, over 5,000 persons; or Secretary to the head of a large and important organizational segment (e.g., a middle management supervisor of an organizational segment often involving as many as several hundred persons) of a company that employs, in all, over 25,000 persons. This factor evaluates the nature of the work relationship between the secretary and the supervisor, and the extent to which the secretary is expected to exercise initiative and judgment. Secretaries should be matched at LR-1 or LR-2 described below according to their level of responsibility. LR-1 Performs varied secretarial duties including or comparable to most of the following: a. b. c. d. e. LR-2 Performs duties described under LR-1 and, in addition performs tasks requiring greater judgment, initiative, and knowledge of office functions including or compara ble to most of the following: a. b. LS-4 a. b. c. Secretary to the chairman of the board or president of a company that employs, in all, over 100 but fewer than 5,000 persons; or Secretary to a corporate officer (other than the chairman of the board or president) of a company that employs, in all, over 5,000 but fewer than 25,000 persons; or Secretary to the head, immediately below the corporate officer level, of a major segment or subsidiary of a company that employs, in all, over 25,000 persons. NOTE: The term ‘corporate officer’ used in the above LS definition refers to those officials who have a significant corporatewide policymaking role with regard to major company activities. The title ‘vice president,’ though normally indicative of this role, does not in all cases identify such positions. Vice presidents whose primary responsibili ty is to act personally on individual cases or transactions (e.g., approve or deny individual loan or credit actions; administer individual trust accounts; directly supervise a clerical staff) are not considered to be ‘corporate officers’ for purposes of applying the definition. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Answers telephones, greets personal callers, and opens incoming mail. Answers telephone requests which have standard answers. May reply to requests by sending a form letter. Reviews correspondence, memoranda, and reports prepared by others for the supervisor’s signature to ensure procedural and typographical accura cyMaintains supervisor’s calendar and makes appointments as instructed. Types, takes and transcribes dictation, and files. c. d. e. Screens telephone and personal callers, determining which can be handled by the supervisor’s subordinates or other offices. Answers requests which require a detailed knowledge of office procedures or collection of information from files or other offices. May sign routine correspondence in own or supervisor’s name. Compiles or assists in compiling periodic reports on the basis of general instructions. Schedules tentative appointments without prior clearance. Assembles necessary background material for scheduled meetings. Makes arrange ments for meetings and conferences. Explains supervisor’s requirements to other employees in supervisor’s unit. (Also types, takes dictation, and files.) The following tabulation shows the level of the secretary for each LS and LR combination: LS-1. LS-2. LS-3. LS-4. LR-1 LR-2 Class E Class D Class C Class B Class D Class C Class B Class A STENOGRAPHER Primary duty is to take dictation using shorthand, and to transcribe the dictation. May also type from written copy. May operate from a stenographic pool. May occasionally transcribe from voice recordings (if primary duty is transcribing from recordings, see Transcribing-Machine Typist). NOTE: This job is distinguished from that of a secretary in that a secretary normally works in a confidential relationship with only one manager or executive and performs more responsible and discretionary tasks as described in the secretary job definition. Stenographer, Senior. Dictation involves a varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or reports on scientific research. May also set up and maintain files, keep records, etc., OR Performs stenographic duties requiring significantly greater independence and responsibility than stenographer, general, as evidenced by the following: Work requires a high degree of stenographic speed and accuracy; a thorough working knowledge of general business and office procedures and of the specific business operations, organization, policies, procedures, files, workflow, etc. Uses this knowledge in performing stenographic duties and responsible clerical tasks such as maintaining follow-up files; assembling material for reports, memoranda, and letters; composing simple letters from general instructions; reading and routing incoming mail; and answering routine questions, etc. Stenographer, General. Dictation involves a normal routine vocabulary. May maintain files, keep simple records, or perform other relatively routine clerical tasks. TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE TYPIST Primary duty is to type copy of voice recorded dictation which does not involve varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as that used in legal briefs or reports on scientific research. May also type from written copy. May maintain files, keep simple records, or perform other relatively routine clerical tasks. (See Stenographer definition for workers involved with shorthand dictation.) TYPIST Uses a typewriter to make copies of various materials or to make out bills after calculations have been made by another person. May include typing of stencils, mats, or similar materials for use in duplicating processes. May do clerical work involving little special training, such as keeping simple records, filing records and reports, or sorting and distributing incoming mail. Class A. Performs one or more of the following: Typing material in final form when it involves combining material from several sources; or responsibility for correct spelling, syllabication, punctuation, etc., of technical or unusual words or foreign language material; or planning layout and typing of complicated statistical tables to maintain uniformity and balance in spacing. May type routine form letters, varying details to suit circumstances. Class B. Performs one or more of the following: Copy typing from rough or clear drafts; or routine typing of forms, insurance policies, etc.; or setting up simple standard tabulations; or copying more complex tables already set up and spaced properly. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FILE CLERK Files, classifies, and retrieves material in an established filing system. May perform clerical and manual tasks required to maintain files. Positions are classified into levels on the basis of the following definitions. Class A. Classifies and indexes file material such as correspondence, reports, technical documents, etc., in an established filing system containing a number of varied subject matter files. May also file this material. May keep records of various types in conjunction with the files. May lead a small group of lower level file clerks. Class B. Sorts, codes, and files unclassified material by simple (subject matter) headings or partly classified material by finer subheadings. Prepares simple related index and cross-reference aids. As requested, locates clearly identified material in files and forwards material. May perform related clerical tasks required to maintain and service files. Class C. Performs routine filing of material that has already been classified or which is easily classified in a simple serial classification system (e.g., alphabetical, chronological, or numerical). As requested, locates readily available material in files and forwards material; and may fill out withdrawal charge. May perform simple clerical and manual tasks required to maintain and service files. MESSENGER Performs various routine duties such as running errands, operating minor office machines such as sealers or mailers, opening and distributing mail, and other minor clerical work. Exclude positions that require operation of a motor vehicle as a significant duty. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR Operates a telephone switchboard or console used with a private branch exchange (PBX) system to relay incoming, outgoing, and intrasystem calls. May provide information to callers, record and transmit messages, keep record of calls placed and toll charges. Besides operating a telephone switchboard or console, may also type or perform routine clerical work (typing or routine clerical work may occupy the major portion of the worker’s time, and is usually performed while at the switchboard or console). Chief or lead operators in establishments employing more than one operator are excluded. For an operator who also acts as a receptionist, see Switchboard Operator-Receptionist. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONIST At a single-position telephone switchboard or console, acts both as an operator—see Switchboard Operator—and as a receptionist. Receptionist’s work involves such duties as greeting visitors; determining nature of visitor’s business and providing appropriate information; referring visitor to appropriate person in the organization or contacting that person by telephone and arranging an appointment; keeping a log of visitors. ORDER CLERK Receives written or verbal customers’ purchase orders for material or merchandise from customers or salespeople. Work typically involves some combination of the following duties: Quoting prices; determining availability of ordered items and suggesting substitutes when necessary; advising expected delivery date and method of delivery; recording order and customer information on order sheets; checking order sheets for accuracy and adequacy of information recorded; ascertaining credit rating of customer; furnishing customer with acknowledgement of receipt of order; following up to see that order is delivered by the specified date or to let customer know of a delay in delivery; maintaining order file; checking shipping invoice against original order. Exclude workers paid on a commission basis or whose duties include any of the following: Receiving orders for services rather than for material or merchandise; providing customers with consultative advice using knowledge gained from engineering or extensive technical training; emphasizing selling skills; handling material or merchan dise as an integral part of the job. Positions are classified into levels according to the following definitions: Class A. Handles orders that involve making judgments such as choosing which specific product or material from the establishment’s product lines will satisfy the customer’s needs, or determining the price to be quoted when pricing involves more than merely referring to a price list or making some simple mathematical calculations. Class B. Handles orders involving items which have readily identified uses and applications. May refer to a catalog, manufacturer’s manual, or similar document to insure that proper item is supplied or to verify price of ordered item. ACCOUNTING CLERK Performs one or more accounting clerical tasks such as posting to registers and ledgers; reconciling bank accounts; verifying the internal consistency, completeness, and mathematical accuracy of accounting documents; assigning prescribed accounting distribution codes; examining and verifying for clerical accuracy various types of reports, lists, calculations, posting, etc.; or preparing simple or assisting in preparing more complicated journal vouchers. May work in either a manual or automated accounting system. The work requires a knowledge of clerical methods and office practices and procedures which relates to the clerical processing and recording of transactions and accounting information. With experience, the worker typically becomes familiar with the bookkeeping and accounting terms and procedures used in the assigned work, but is not required to have a knowledge of the formal principles of bookkeeping and accounting. Positions are classified into levels on the basis of the following definitions: Class A. Under general supervision, performs accounting clerical operations which require the application of experience and judgment, for example, clerically processing complicated or nonrepetitive accounting transactions, selecting among a substantial variety of prescribed accounting codes and classifications, or tracing transactions through previous accounting actions to determine source of discrepancies. May be assisted by one or more class B accounting clerks. Class B. Under close supervision, following detailed instructions and standardized procedures, performs one or more routine accounting clerical operations, such as posting to ledgers, cards, or worksheets where identification of items and locations of postings are clearly indicated; checking accuracy and completeness of standardized and repetitive records or accounting documents; and coding documents using a few prescribed accounting codes. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR Operates a bookkeeping machine (with or without a typewriter keyboard) to keep a record of business transactions. Class A. Keeps a set of records requiring a knowledge of and experience in basic bookkeeping principles, and familiarity with the structure of the particular accounting system used. Determines proper records and distribution of debit and credit items to be used in each phase of the work. May prepare consolidated reports, balance sheets, and other records by hand. Class B. Keeps a record of one or more phases or sections of a set of records usually requiring little knowledge of basic bookkeeping. Phases or sections include accounts payable, payroll, customers’ accounts (not including a simple type of billing described under machine biller), cost distribution, expense distribution, inventory control, etc. May check or assist in preparation of trial balances and prepare control sheets for the accounting department. MACHINE BILLER Prepares statements, bills, and invoices on a machine other than an ordinary or electromatic typewriter. May also keep records as to billings or shipping charges or perform other clerical work incidental to billing operations. For wage study purposes, machine billers are classified by type of machine, as follows: Billing-machine biller. Uses a special billing machine (combination typing and adding machine) to prepare bills and invoices from customers’ purchase orders, internally prepared orders, shipping memoranda, etc. Usually involves application of predeter mined discounts and shipping charges and entry of necessary extensions, which may or may not be computed on the billing machine, and totals which are automatically accumulated by machine. The operation usually involves a large number of carbon copies of the bill being prepared and is often done on a fanfold machine, Bookkeeping-machine biller. Uses a bookkeeping machine (with or without a type writer keyboard) to prepare customers’ bills as part of the accounts receivable operation. Generally involves the simultaneous entry of figures on customers’ ledger record. The machine automatically accumulates figures on a number of vertical columns and computes and usually prints automatically the debit or credit balances. Does not involve a knowledge of bookkeeping. Works from uniform and standard types of sales and credit slips. PAYROLL CLERK Performs the clerical tasks necessary to process payrolls and to maintain payroll records. Work involves most of the following: Processing workers’ time or production records; adjusting workers’ records for changes in wage rates, supplementary benefits, or tax deductions; editing payroll listings against source records; tracing and correcting errors in listings; and assisting in preparation of periodic summary payroll reports. In a nonautomated payroll system, computes wages. Work may require a practical knowl edge of governmental regulations, company payroll policy, or the computer system for processing payrolls. KEY ENTRY OPERATOR Operates keyboard-controlled data entry device such as keypunch machine or keyoperated magnetic tape or disk encoder to transcribe data into a form suitable for computer processing. Work requires skill in operating an alphanumeric keyboard and an understanding of transcribing procedures and relevant data entry equipment. Positions are classified into levels on the basis of the following definitions: ■ Class A. Work requires the application of experience and judgment in selecting procedures to be followed and in searching for, interpreting, selecting, or coding items to be entered from a variety of source documents. On occasion may also perform routine work as described for class B. NOTE: Excluded are operators above class A using the key entry controls to access, read, and evaluate the substance of specific records to take substantive actions, or to make entries requiring a similar level of knowledge. Class B. Work is routine and repetitive. Under close supervision or following specific procedures or detailed instructions, works from various standardized source documents which have been coded and require little or no selecting, coding, or interpreting of data to be entered. Refers to supervisor problems arising from erroneous items, codes, or missing information. Professional and Technical COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST, BUSINESS Analyzes business problems to formulate procedures for solving them by use of electronic data processing equipment. Develops a complete description of all specifica tions needed to enable programmers to prepare required digital computer programs. Work involves most of the following-. Analyzes subject-matter operations to be automated and identifies conditions and criteria required to achieve satisfactory results; specifies number and types of records, files, and documents to be used; outlines actions to be performed by personnel and computers in sufficient detail for presentation to management and for programming (typically this involves preparation of work and data flow charts); coordinates the development of test problems and participates in trial runs of new and revised systems; and recommends equipment changes to obtain more effective overall operations. (NOTE: Workers performing both systems analysis and programming should be classified as systems analysts if this is the skill used to determine their pay.) Does not include employees primarily responsible for the management or supervision of other electronic data processing employees, or systems analysts primarily concerned with scientific or engineering problems. For wage study purposes, systems analysts are classified as follows: Class A. Works independently or under only general direction on complex problems involving all phases of systems analysis. Problems are complex because of diverse sources of input data and multiple-use requirements of output data. (For example, develops an integrated production scheduling, inventory control, cost analysis, and sales analysis record in which every item of each type is automatically processed through the full system of records and appropriate follow-up actions are initiated by the computer.) Confers with persons concerned to determine the data processing problems and advises subject-matter personnel on the implications of new or revised systems of data processing operations. Makes recommendations, if needed, for approval of major systems installations or changes and for obtaining equipment. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis May provide functional direction to lower level systems analysts who are assigned to assist. Class B. Works independently or under only general direction on problems that are relatively uncomplicated to analyze, plan, program, and operate. Problems are of limited complexity because sources of input data are homogeneous and the output data are closely related. (For example, develops systems for maintaining depositor accounts in a bank, maintaining accounts receivable in a retail establishment, or maintaining inventory accounts in a manufacturing or wholesale establishment.) Confers with persons concerned to determine the data processing problems and advises subjectmatter personnel on the implications of the data processing systems to be applied. OR Works on a segment of a complex data processing scheme or system, as described for class A. Works independently on routine assignments and receives instruction and guidance on complex assignments. Work is reviewed for accuracy of judgment, compliance with instructions, and to insure proper alignment with the overall system. Class C. Works under immediate supervision, carrying out analyses as assigned, usually of a single activity. Assignments are designed to develop and expand practical experience in the application of procedures and skills required for systems analysis work. For example, may assist a higher level systems analyst by preparing the detailed specifications required by programmers from information developed by the higher level analyst. COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, BUSINESS Converts statements of business problems, typically prepared by a systems analyst, into a sequence of detailed instructions which are required to solve the problems by automatic data processing equipment. Working from charts or diagrams, the program mer develops the precise instructions which, when entered into the computer system in coded language, cause the manipulation of data to achieve desired results. Work involves most of the following-. Applies knowledge of computer capabilities, mathemat ics, logic employed by computers, and particular subject matter involved to analyze charts and diagrams of the problem to be programmed; develops sequence of program steps; writes detailed flow charts to show order in which data will be processed; converts these charts to coded instructions for machine to follow; tests and corrects programs; prepares instructions for operating personnel during production run; analyzes, reviews, and alters programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements; maintains records of program development and revisions. (NOTE: Workers performing both systems analysis and programming should be classified as systems analysts if this is the skill used to determine their pay.) Does not include employees primarily responsible for the management or supervision of other electronic data processing employees, or programmers primarily concerned with scientific and/or engineering problems. For wage study purposes, programmers are classified as follows: Class A. Works independently or under only general direction on complex problems which require competence in all phases of programming concepts and practices. Working from diagrams and charts which identify the nature of desired results, major processing steps to be accomplished, and the relationships between various steps of the problem solving routine; plans the full range of programming actions needed to efficiently utilize the computer system in achieving desired end products. At this level, programming is difficult because computer equipment must be organized to produce several interrelated but diverse products from numerous and diverse data elements. A wide variety and extensive number of internal processing actions must occur. This requires such actions as development of common operations which can be reused, establishment of linkage points between operations, adjustments to data when program requirements exceed computer storage capacity, and substantial manipulation and resequencing of data elements to form a highly integrated program. May provide functional direction to lower level programmers who are assigned to assist. Class B. Works independently or under only general direction on relatively simple programs, or on simple segments of complex programs. Programs (or segments) usually process information to produce data in two or three varied sequences or formats. Reports and listings are produced by refining, adapting, arraying, or making minor additions to or deletions from input data which are readily available. While numerous records may be processed, the data have been refined in prior actions so that the accuracy and sequencing of data can be tested by using a few routine checks. Typically, the program deals with routine recordkeeping operations. OR Works on complex programs (as described for class A) under close direction of a higher level programmer or supervisor. May assist higher level programmer by independently performing less difficult tasks assigned, and performing more difficult tasks under fairly close direction. May guide or instruct lower level programmers. Class C. Makes practical applications of programming practices and concepts usually learned in formal training courses. Assignments are designed to develop competence in the application of standard procedures to routine problems. Receives close supervision on new aspects of assignments; and work is reviewed to verify its accuracy and conformance with required procedures. COMPUTER OPERATOR In accordance with operating instructions, monitors and operates the control console of a digital computer to process data. Executes runs by either serial processing (processes one program at a time) or multiprocessing (processes two or more programs simultaneously). The following duties characterize the work of a computer operator: • • • • • • • Studies operating instructions to determine equipment setup needed. Loads equipment with required items(tapes, cards, disks, paper, etc.). Switches necessary auxiliary equipment intosystem. Starts and operates computer. Responds to operating and computer output instructions. Reviews error messages and makes corrections during operation or refers problems. Maintains operating record. May test-run new or modified programs. May assist in modifying systems or programs. The scope of this definition includes trainees. working to become fully qualified computer operators, fully qualified computer operators, and lead operators providing technical assistance to lower level operators. It excludes workers who monitor and operate remote terminals. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Class A. In addition to work assignments described for a class B operator (see below) the work of a class A operator involves at least one of the following: • • • • Deviates from standard procedures to avoid the loss of information or to conserve computer time even though the procedures applied materially alter the computer unit’s production plans. Tests new programs, applications, and procedures. Advises programmers and subject-matter experts on setup techniques. Assists in (1) maintaining, modifying, and developing operating systems or programs; (2) developing operating instructions and techniques to cover problem situations; and/or (3) switching to emergency backup procedures (such assistance requires a working knowledge of program language, computer features, and software systems). An operator at this level typically guides lower level operators. Class B. In addition to established production runs, work assignments include runs involving new programs, applications, and procedures (i.e., situations which require the operator to adapt to a variety of problems). At this level, the operator has the training and experience to work fairly independently in carrying out most assignments. Assignments may require the operator to select from a variety of standard setup and operating procedures. In responding to computer output instructions or error condi tions, applies standard operating or corrective procedures, but may deviate from standard procedures when standard procedures fail if deviation does not materially alter the computer unit’s production plans. Refers the problem or aborts the program when procedures applied do not provide a solution. May guide lower level operators. Class C. Work assignments are limited to established production runs (i.e., programs which present few operating problems). Assignments may consist primarily of on-thejob training (sometimes augmented by classroom instruction). When learning to run programs, the supervisor or a higher level operator provides detailed written or oral guidance to the operator before and during the run. After the operator has gained experience with a program, however, the operator works fairly independently in applying standard operating or corrective procedures in responding to computer output instructions or error conditions, but refers problems to a higher level operator or the supervisor when standard procedures fail. PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT OPERATOR Operates peripheral equipment which directly supports digital computer operations. Such equipment is uniquely and specifically designed for computer applications, but need not be physically or electronically connected to a computer. Printers, plotters, card read/punches, tape readers, tape units or drives, disk units or drives, and data display units are examples of such equipment. The following duties characterize the work of a peripheral equipment operator: • • Loading printers and plotters with correct paper; adjusting controls for forms, thickness, tension, printing density, and location; and unloading hard copy. . Labelling tape reels, disks, or card decks. * * * * Checking labels and mounting and dismounting designated tape reels or disks on specified units or drives. Setting controls which regulate operation of the equipment. Observing panel lights for warnings and error indications and taking appropriate action. Examining tapes, cards, or other material for creases, tears, or other defects which could cause processing problems. assignments. Instructions are less complete when assignments recur. Work may be spotchecked during progress. DRAFTER-TRACER Copies plans and drawings prepared by others by placing tracing cloth or paper over drawings and tracing with pen or pencil. (Does not include tracing limited to plans primarily consisting of straight lines and a large scale not requiring close delineation.) AND/OR This classification excludes workers (1) who monitor and operate a control console (see computer operator) or a remote terminal, or (2) whose duties are limited to operating decollaters, bursters, separators, or similar equipment. COMPUTER DATA LIBRARIAN Maintains library of media (tapes, disks, cards, cassettes) used for automatic data processing applications. The following or similar duties characterize the work of a computer data librarian: Classifying, cataloging, and storing media in accordance with a standardized system; upon proper requests, releasing media for processing; maintaining records of releases and returns; inspecting returned media for damage or excessive wear to determine whether or not they need replacing. May perform minor repairs to damaged tapes. DRAFTER Class A. Plans the graphic presentation of complex items having distinctive design features that differ significantly from established drafting precedents. Works in close support with the design originator, and may recommend minor design changes. Analyzes the effect of each change on the details of form, function, and positional relationships of components and parts. Works with a minimum of supervisory assistance. Completed work is reviewed by design originator for consistency with prior engineering determinations. May either prepare drawings or direct their preparation by lower level drafters. Prepares simple or repetitive drawings of easily visualized items. Work is closely supervised during progress. ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN Works on various types of electronic equipment and related devices by performing one or a combination of the following: Installing, maintaining, repairing, overhauling, troubleshooting, modifying, constructing, and testing. Work requires practical applica tion of technical knowledge of electronics principles, ability to determine malfunctions, and skill to put equipment in required operating condition. The equipment—consisting of either many different kinds of circuits or multiple repetition of the same kind of circuit—includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) Electronic transmitting and receiving equipment (e.g., radar, radio, television, tele phone, sonar, navigational aids), (b) digital and analog computers, and (c) industrial and medical measuring and controlling equipment. This classification excludes repairers of such standard electronic equipment as common office machines and household radio and television sets; production assemb lers and testers; workers whose primary duty is servicing electronic test instruments; technicians who have administrative or supervisory responsibility; and drafters, designers, and professional engineers. Positions are classified into levels on the basis of the following definitions: Class B. Performs nonroutine and complex drafting assignments that require the application of most of the standardized drawing techniques regularly used. Duties typically involve such work as: Prepares working drawings of subassemblies with irregular shapes, multiple functions, and precise positional relationships between components; prepares architectural drawings for construction of a building including detail drawings of foundations, wall sections, floor plans, and roof. Uses accepted formulas and manuals in making necessary computations to determine quantities of materials to be used, load capacities, strengths, stresses, etc. Receives initial instruc tions, requirements, and advice from supervisor. Completed work is checked for technical adequacy. Class A. Applies advanced technical knowledge to solve unusually complex problems (i.e., those that typically cannot be solved solely by reference to manufacturers’ manuals or similar documents) in working on electronic equipment. Examples of such problems include location and density of circuitry, electromagnetic radiation, isolating malfunctions, and frequent engineering changes. Work involves: A detailed understan ding of the interrelationships of circuits; exercising independent judgment in perfor ming such tasks as making circuit analyses, calculating wave forms, tracing relation ships in signal flow; and regularly using complex test instruments (e.g., dual trace oscilloscopes, Q-meters, deviation meters, pulse generators). Work may be reviewed by supervisor (frequently an engineer or designer) for general compliance with accepted practices. May provide technical guidance to lower level technicians. Class C. Prepares detail drawings of single units or parts for engineering, construction, manufacturing, or repair purposes. Types of drawings prepared include isometric projections (depicting three dimensions in accurate scale) and sectional views to clarify positioning of components and convey needed information. Consolidates details from a number of sources and adjusts or transposes scale as required. Suggested methods of approach, applicable precedents, and advice on source materials are given with initial Class B. Applies comprehensive technical knowledge to solve complex problems (i.e., those that typically can be solved solely by properly interpreting manufacturers’ manuals or similar documents) in working on electronic equipment. Work involves: A familiarity with the interrelationships of circuits; and judgment in determining work sequence and in selecting tools and testing instruments, usually less complex than those used by the class A technician. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Receives technical guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher level technician, and work is reviewed for specific compliance with accepted practices and work assignments. May provide technical guidance to lower level technicians. Class C. Applies working technical knowledge to perform simple or routine tasks in working on electronic equipment, following detailed instructions which cover virtually all procedures. Work typically involves such tasks as: Assisting higher level technicians by performing such activities as replacing components, wiring circuits, and taking test readings; repairing simple electronic equipment; and using tools and common test instruments (e.g., multimeters, audio signal generators, tube testers, oscilloscopes). Is not required to be familiar with the interrelationships of circuits. This knowledge, however, may be acquired through assignments designed to increase competence (including classroom training) so that worker can advance to higher level technician. Receives technical guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher level technician. Work is typically spot-checked, but is given detailed review when new or advanced assignments are involved. equipment; working from blueprints, drawings, layouts, or other specifications; locating and diagnosing trouble in the electrical system or equipment; working standard computations relating to load requirements of wiring or electrical equipment; and using a variety of electrician’s handtools and measuring and testing instruments. In general, the work of the maintenance electrician requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. MAINTENANCE PAINTER Paints and redecorates walls, woodwork, and fixtures of an establishment. Work involves the following: Knowledge of surface peculiarities and types of paint required for different applications; preparing surface for painting by removing old finish or by placing putty or filler in nail holes and interstices; and applying paint with spray gun or brush. May mix colors, oils, white lead, and other paint ingredients to obtain proper color or consistency. In general, the work of the maintenance painter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NURSE A registered nurse who gives nursing service under general medical direction to ill or injured employees or other persons who become ill or suffer an accident on the premises of a factory or other establishment. Duties involve a combination ofthefollowing: Giving first aid to the ill or injured; attending to subsequent dressing of employees’ injuries; keeping records of patients treated; preparing accident reports for compensation or other purposes; assisting in physical examinations and health evaluations of applicants and employees; and planning and carrying out programs involving health education, accident prevention, evaluation of plant environment, or other activities affecting the health, welfare, and safety of all personnel. Nursing supervisors or head nurses in establishments employing more than one nurse are excluded. MAINTENANCE MACHINIST Produces replacement parts and new parts in making repairs of metal parts of mechanical equipment operated in an establishment. Work involves most of the following: Interpreting written instructions and specifications; planning and laying out of work; using a variety of machinist’s handtools and precision measuring instruments; setting up and operating standard machine tools; shaping of metal parts to close tolerances; making standard shop computations relating to dimensions of work, tooling, feeds, and speeds of machining; knowledge of the working properties of the common metals; selecting standard materials, parts, and equipment required for this work; and fitting and assembling parts into mechanical equipment. In general, the machinist’s work normally requires a rounded training in machine-shop practice usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. Maintenance, Toolroom, and Powerplant MAINTENANCE MECHANIC (MACHINERY) Repairs machinery or mechanical equipment of an establishment. Work involves most of the following: Examining machines and mechanical equipment to diagnose source of trouble; dismantling or partly dismantling machines and performing repairs that mainly involve the use of handtools in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts with items obtained from stock; ordering the production of a replacement part by a machine shop or sending the machine to a machine shop for major repairs; preparing written specifications for major repairs or for the production of parts ordered from machine shops; reassembling machines; and making all necessary adjustments for operation. In general, the work of a machinery maintenance mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprentice ship or equivalent training and experience. Excluded from this classification are workers whose primary duties involve setting up or adjusting machines. MAINTENANCE CARPENTER Performs the carpentry duties necessary to construct and maintain in good repair building woodwork and equipment such as bins, cribs, counters, benches, partitions, doors, floors, stairs, casings, and trim made of wood in an establishment. Work involves most of the following-. Planning and laying out of work from blueprints, drawings, models, or verbal instructions; using a variety of carpenter’s handtools, portable power tools, and standard measuring instruments; making standard shop computations relating to dimensions of work; and selecting materials necessary for the work. In general, the work of the maintenance carpenter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN ‘ Performs a variety of electrical trade functions such as the installation, maintenance, or repair of equipment for the generation, distribution, or utilization of electric energy in an establishment. Work involves most of the following: Installing or repairing any of a variety of electrical equipment such as generators, transformers, switchboards, control lers, circuit breakers, motors, heating units, conduit systems, or other transmission https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis MAINTENANCE MECHANIC (MOTOR VEHICLE) Repairs automobiles, buses, motortrucks, and tractors of an establishment. Work involves most of the following: Examining automotive equipment to diagnose source of trouble; disassembling equipment and performing repairs that involve the use of such handtools as wrenches, gauges, drills, or specialized equipment in disassembling or fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts from stock; grinding and adjusting valves; reassembling and installing the various assemblies in the vehicle and making necessary adjustments; and aligning wheels, adjusting brakes and lights, or tightening body bolts. In general, the work of the motor vehicle maintenance mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. This classification does not include mechanics who repair customers’ vehicles in automobile repair shops. MAINTENANCE TRADES HELPER Assists one or more workers in the skilled maintenance trades, by performing specific or general duties of lesser skill, such as keeping a worker supplied with materials and tools; cleaning working area, machine, and equipment; assisting journeyman by holding materials or tools; and performing other unskilled tasks as directd by journeyman. The kind of work the helper is permitted to perform varies from trade to trade: In some trades the helper is confined to supplying, lifting, and holding materials and tools, and cleaning working areas; and in others he is permitted to perform specialized machine operations, or parts of a trade that are also performed by workers on a full-time basis. MAINTENANCE PIPEFITTER Installs or repairs water, steam, gas, or other types of pipe and pipefittings in an establishment. Work involves most of the following-. Laying out work and measuring to locate position of pipe from drawings or other written specifications; cutting various sizes of pipe to correct lengths with chisel and hammer or oxyacetylene torch or pipe cutting machines; threading pipe with stocks and dies; bending pipe by hand-driven or power-driven machines; assembling pipe with couplings and fastening pipe to hangers; making standard shop computations relating to pressures, flow, and size of pipe required; and making standard tests to determine whether finished pipes meet specifications. In general, the work of the maintenance pipefitter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. Workers primarily engaged in installing and repairing building MACHINE-TOOL OPERATOR (TOOLROOM) Specializes in operating one or more than one type of machine tool (e.g., jig borer, grinding machine, engine lathe, milling machine) to machine metal for use in making or maintaining jigs, fixtures, cutting tools, gauges, or metal dies or molds used in shaping or forming metal or nonmetallic material (e.g., plastic, plaster, rubber, glass). Work typically involves: Planning and performing difficult machining operations which require complicated setups or a high degree of accuracy; setting up machine tool or tools (e.g., install cutting tools and adjust guides, stops, working tables, and other controls to handle the size of stock to be machined; determine proper feeds, speeds, tooling, and operation sequence or select those prescribed in drawings, blueprints, or layouts); using a variety of precision measuring instruments; making necessary adjustments during machining operation to achieve requisite dimensions to very close tolerances. May be required to select proper coolants and cutting and lubricating oils, to recognize when tools need dressing, and to dress tools. In general, the work of a machine-tool operator (toolroom) at the skill level called for in this classification requires extensive knowledge of machine-shop and toolroom practice usually acquired through considerable on-thejob training and experience. For cross-industry wage study purposes, this classification does not include machinetool operators (toolroom) employed in tool and die jobbing shops. sanitation or heating systems are excluded. MAINTENANCE SHEET-METAL WORKER Fabricates, installs, and maintains in good repair the sheet-metal equipment and fixtures (such as machine guards, grease pans, shelves, lockers, tanks, ventilators, chutes, ducts, metal roofing) of an establishment. Work involves most of the following-. Planning and laying out all types of sheet-metal maintenance work from blueprints, models, or other specifications; setting up and operating all available types of sheetmetal working machines; using a variety of handtools in cutting, bending, forming, shaping, fitting, and assembling; and installing sheet-metal articles as required. In general, the work of the maintenance sheet-metal worker requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. TOOL AND DIE MAKER Constructs and repairs jigs, fixtures, cutting tools, gauges, or metal dies or molds used in shaping or forming metal or nonmetallic material (e.g., plastic, plaster, rubber, glass). Work typically involves: Planning and laying out work according to models, blueprints, drawings, or other written or oral specifications; understanding the working properties of common metals and alloys; selecting appropriate materials, tools, and processes required to complete tasks; making necessary shop computations; setting up and operating various machine tools and related equipment; using various tool and die maker’s handtools and precision measuring instruments; working to very close tolerances; heat-treating metal parts and finished tools and dies to achieve required qualities; fitting and assembling parts to prescribed tolerances and allowances. In general, the tool and die maker’s work requires rounded training in machine-shop and toolroom practice usually acquired through formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. For cross-industry wage study purposes, this classification does not include tool and die makers who (1) are employed in tool and die jobbing shops or (2) produce forging dies (die sinkers). MILLWRIGHT Installs new machines or heavy equipment, and dismantles and installs machines or heavy equipment when changes in the plant layout are required. Work involves most of the following-. Planning and laying out work; interpreting blueprints or other specifica tions; using a variety of handtools and rigging; making standard shop computations relating to stresses, strength of materials, and centers of gravity; aligning and balancing equipment; selecting standard tools, equipment, and parts to be used; and installing and maintaining in good order power transmission equipment such as drives and speed reducers. In general, the millwright’s work normally requires a rounded training and experience in the trade acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 38 STATIONARY ENGINEER Operates and maintains and may also supervise the operation of stationary engines and equipment (mechanical or electrical) to supply the establishment in which employed with power, heat, refrigeration, or air conditioning. Work involves: Opera ting and maintaining equipment such as steam engines, air compressors, generators, motors, turbines, ventilating and refrigerating equipment, steam boilers and boiler-fed water pumps; making equipment repairs; and keeping a record of operation of machinery, temperature, and fuel consumption. May also supervise these operations. Head or chief engineers in establishments employing more than one engineer are excluded. BOILER TENDER Fires stationary boilers to furnish the establishment in which employed with heat, power, or steam. Feeds fuels to fire by hand or operates a mechanical stoker, gas, or oil burner; and checks water and safety valves. May clean, oil, or assist in repairing boilerroom equipment. Material Movement and Custodial TRUCKDRIVER Drives a truck within a city or industrial area to transport materials, merchandise, equipment, or workers between various types of establishments such as: Manufacturing plants, freight depots, warehouses, wholesale and retail establishments, or between retail establishments and customers’ houses or places of business. May also load or unload truck with or without helpers, make minor mechanical repairs, and keep truck in good working order. Salesroute and over-the-road drivers are excluded. For wage study purposes, truckdrivers are classified by type and rated capacity of truck, as follows: Truckdriver, light truck (straight truck, under 1 1/2 tons, usually 4 wheels) Truckdriver, medium truck (straight truck, 1 1/2 to 4 tons inclusive, usually 6 wheels) Truckdriver, heavy truck (straight truck, over 4 tons, usually 10 wheels) Truckdriver, tractor-trailer SHIPPER AND RECEIVER Performs clerical and physical tasks in connection with shipping goods of the establishment in which employed and receiving incoming shipments. In performing day-to-day, routine tasks, follows established guidelines. In handling unusual nonrou tine problems, receives specific guidance from supervisor or other officials. May direct and coordinate the activities of other workers engaged in handling goods to be shipped or being received. Shippers typically are responsible for most of the following: Verifying that orders are accurately filled by comparing items and quantities of goods gathered for shipment against documents; insuring that shipments are properly packaged, identified with shipping information, and loaded into transporting vehicles; preparing and keeping records of goods shipped, e.g., manifests, bills of lading. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Receivers typically are responsible for most of the following: Verifying the correct ness of incoming shipments by comparing items and quantities unloaded against bills of lading, invoices, manifests, storage receipts, or other records; checking for damaged goods; insuring that goods are appropriately identified for routing to departments within the establishment; preparing and keeping records of goods received. For wage study purposes, workers are classified as follows: Shipper Receiver Shipper and receiver WAREHOUSEMAN As directed, performs a variety of warehousing duties which require an understanding of the establishment's storage plan. Work involves most of the following-. Verifying materials (or merchandise) against receiving documents, noting and reporting discrep ancies and obvious damages; routing materials to prescribed storage locations; storing, stacking, or palletizing materials in accordance with prescribed storage methods; rearranging and taking inventory of stored materials; examining stored materials and reporting deterioration and damage; removing material from storage and preparing it for shipment. May operate hand or power trucks in performing warehousing duties. Exclude workers whose primary duties involve shipping and receiving work (see Shipper and Receiver and Shipping Packer), order filling (see Order Filler), or operating power trucks (see Power-Truck Operator). ORDER FILLER Fills shipping or transfer orders for finished goods from stored merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips, customers' orders, or other instructions. May, in addition to filling orders and indicating items filled or omitted, keep records of outgoing orders, requisition additional stock or report short supplies to supervisor, and perform other related duties. SHIPPING PACKER Prepares finished products for shipment or storage by placing them in shipping containers, the specific operations performed being dependent upon the type, size, and number of units to be packed, the type of container employed, and method of shipment. Work requires the placing of items in shipping containers and may involve one or more of the following-. Knowledge of various items of stock in order to verify content; selection of appropriate type and size of container; inserting enclosures in container; using excelsior or other material to prevent breakage or damage; closing and sealing container; and applying labels or entering identifying data on container. Packers who also make wooden boxes or crates are excluded. MATERIAL HANDLING LABORER A worker employed in a warehouse, manufacturing plant, store, or other establish ment whose duties involve one or more of the following: Loading and unloading various materials and merchandise on or from freight cars, trucks, or other transporting devices; unpacking, shelving, or placing materials or merchandise in proper storage location; and transporting materials or merchandise by handtruck, car, or wheelbarrow. Longshore workers, who load and unload ships, are excluded. POWER-TRUCK OPERATOR Operates a manually controlled gasoline- or electric-powered truck or tractor to transport goods and materials of all kinds about a warehouse, manufacturing plant, or other establishment. For wage study purposes, workers are classified by type of powertruck, as follows: Forklift operator Power-truck operator (other than forklift) GUARD Protects property from theft or damage, or persons from hazards or interference. Duties involve serving at a fixed post, making rounds on foot or by motor vehicle, or escorting persons or property. May be deputized to make arrests. May also help visitors and customers by answering questions and giving directions. Guards employed by establishments which provide protective services on a contract basis are included in this occupation. For wage study purposes, guards are classified as follows: Class A. Enforces regulations designed to prevent breaches of security. Exercises judgment and uses discretion in dealing with emergencies and security violations encountered. Determines whether first response should be to intervene directly (asking https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for assistance when deemed necessary and time allows), to keep situation under surveillance, or to report situation so that it can be handled by appropriate authority. Duties require specialized training in methods and techniques of protecting security areas. Commonly, the guard is required to demonstrate continuing physical fitness and proficiency with firearms or other special weapons. Class B. Carries out instructions primarily oriented toward insuring that emergencies and security violations are readily discovered and reported to appropriate authority. Intervenes directly only in situations which require minimal action to safeguard property or persons. Duties require minimal training. Commonly, the guard is not required to demonstrate physical fitness. May be armed, but generally is not required to demonstrate proficiency in the use of firearms or special weapons. JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER Cleans and keeps in an orderly condition factory working areas and washrooms, or premises of an office, apartment house, or commercial or other establishment. Duties involve a combination of the following'. Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing floors; removing chips, trash, and other refuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures; polishing metal fixtures or trimmings; providing supplies and minor maintenance services; and cleaning lavatories, showers, and restrooms. Workers who specialize in window washing are excluded. Area Wage Surveys A list of the latest bulletins available is presented below. Bulletins may be purchased from any of the BLS regional offices shown on the back cover, or from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402. Make checks payable to Superin tendent of Documents. A directory of occupational wage surveys, covering the years 1970 through 1977, is available on request. Area Akron, Ohio, Dec. 1978 .......................................................... Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N. Y., Sept. 1980'......................... Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove, Calif., Oct. 1980............ Atlanta, Ga., May 1980 ........................................................... Baltimore, Md., Aug. 1980 ..................................................... Billings, Mont., July 1980'....................................................... Birmingham, Ala., Mar. 1978 ................................................. Boston, Mass., Aug. 1980 ....................................................... Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 1980 ......................................................... Canton, Ohio, May 1978 ......................................................... Chattanooga, Tenn.—Ga., Sept. 1980 .................................... Chicago, III., May 1980'.......................................................... Cincinnati, Ohio—Ky.—Ind., July 1980 ................................ Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1980'................................................... Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 1980 ..................................................... Corpus Christi, Tex., July 1980............................................... Dallas—Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 1979...................................... Davenport—Rock Island—Moline, Iowa—111., Feb. 1980' .. . Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 1979 ......................................................... Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 1980' ............................................ Denver—Boulder, Colo., Dec. 1979 ........................................ Detroit, Mich., Mar. 1980 ....................................................... Fresno, Calif., June 1980' ....................................................... Gainesville, Fla., Sept. 1980'................................................... Gary—Hammond—East Chicago, Ind., Nov. 1980' ............. Green Bay, Wis., July 1980 ..................................................... Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point, N.C., Aug. 1980' Greenville—Spartanburg, S.C., June 1980 ............................. Hartford, Conn., Mar. 1980'................................................... Houston, Tex., Apr. 1980'....................................................... Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 1980'..................................................... Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 1980................................................... Jackson, Miss., Jan. 1980 ....................................................... Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 1979' ................................................. Kansas City, Mo.—Kans., Sept. 1980...................................... Los Angeles—Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 1980 ......................... Louisville, Ky.—Ind., Nov. 1979 ............................................ https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Bulletin number and price* 2025-63 3000-45 3000-62 3000-21 3000-38 3000-31 2025-15 3000-40 3000-52 2025-22 3000-44 3000-26 3000-32 3000-46 3000-48 3000-28 2050-67 3000- 5 2050-64 3000-33 2050-72 3000- 7 3000-30 3000-55 3000-56 3000-22 3000-50 3000-16 3000-19 3000-18 3000-14 3000-47 3000- 2 2050-69 3000-42 3000-63 2050-66 $1.00 $2.25 $2.00 $2.25 $2.25 $2.00 $0.80 $2.25 $2.25 $0.70 $1.75 $3.25 $2.25 $3.25 $2.00 $1.75 $2.25 $2.25 $2.00 $1.75 $2.25 $2.25 $2.00 $2.00 $1.75 $1.75 $2.25 $1.75 $2.25 $3.25 $2.25 $2.25 $1.75 $2.25 $2.25 $2.25 $2.00 Area Memphis, Tenn.—Ark.—Miss., Nov. 1980...................................................... Miami, Fla., Oct. 1980 ........................................................................................ Milwaukee, Wis,, Apr. 1980 .............................................................................. Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minn.—Wis., Jan. 1980 .............................................. Nassau—Suffolk, N.Y., June 1980..................................................................... Newark, N.J., Jan. 1980'.................................................................................... New Orleans, La., Oct. 1980 .............................................................................. New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1980 ..................................................................... Norfolk—Virginia Beach—Portsmouth, Va.—N.C., May 1980....................... Norfolk—Virginia Beach—Portsmouth and Newport News— Hampton, Va.—N.C., May 1978 ................................................................... Northeast Pennsylvania, Aug. 1980 ................................................................... Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 1980'.................................................................... Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, Oct. 1980'...................................................................... Paterson—Clifton—Passaic, N.J., June 1980'................................................. Philadelphia, Pa.—N.J., Nov. 1980................................................................... Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 1980 .................................................................................. Portland, Maine, Dec. 1980................................................................................ Portland, Oreg.—Wash., June 1980'................................................................. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., June 1980'........................................................................ Poughkeepsie—Kingston—Newburgh, N.Y., June 1980'................................ Providence—Warwick—Pawtucket, R.l.—Mass., June 1980........................... Richmond, Va., June 1980'................................................................................ St. Louis, Mo.—III., Mar. 1980.......................................................................... Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 1979 ............................................................................ Saginaw, Mich., Nov. 1980 ................................................................................ Salt Lake City—Ogden, Utah, Nov. 1980 ......................................................... San Antonio, Tex., May 1980'............................................................................ San Diego, Calif., Nov. 1979.............................................................................. San Francisco—Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1980 ..................................................... San Jose, Calif., Mar. 1980 ................................................................................ Seattle—Everett, Wash., Dec. 1979'.................................................................. South Bend, Ind., Aug. 1980 .............................................................................. Toledo, Ohio—Mich., May 1980 ...................................................................... Trenton, N.J., Sept. 1980.................................................................................... Utica—Rome, N.Y., July 1978 .......................................................................... Washington, D.C.—Md.—Va., Mar. 1980 ....................................................... Wichita, Kans., Apr. 1980' ................................................................................ Worcester, Mass., Apr. 1980' ............................................................................ York, Pa., Feb. 1980........................................................................................... Bulletin number and price* 3000-59 3000-51 3000-10 3000- 1 3000-29 3000- 8 3000-58 3000-24 3000-20 $1.75 $2.25 $2.25 $2.25 $2.00 $3.25 $2.00 $2.25 $1.75 2025-21 3000-37 3000-41 3000-57 3000-34 3000-53 3000- 3 3000-61 3000-49 3000-35 3000-39 3000-27 3000-23 3000-12 2050-71 3000-54 3000-60 3000-17 2050-70 3000- 9 3000- 6 2050-68 3000-36 3000-13 3000-43 2025-34 3000- 4 3000-15 3000-25 3000-11 $0.80 $1.75 $2.25 $2.25 $2.25 $2.25 $2.25 $1.75 $2.50 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 $2.25 $2.25 $1.75 $1.75 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 $2.25 $2.00 $2.25 $1.75 $1.75 $1.75 $1.00 $2.25 $2.25 $2.00 $1.75 Prices are determined by the Government Printing Office and are subject to change. Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented. 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