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Area Wage Survey

The Manchester, New Hampshire, Metropolitan Area
July 1969

U.S. DEPARTMENT O LABOR
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

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REGION VI
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R egion II
R egion I
341 Ninth A ve.
1603-B Federal Building
New York, N. Y. 10001
Governm ent Center
Phone: 9 7 1 -5 4 0 5 (Area Code 212)
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phone: 2 2 3 -6 7 6 2 (Area Code 617)

R egion III
406 Penn Square Building
1317 Filbert St.
P h ilad elp h ia, Pa. 19107
Phone: 5 9 7 -7 7 9 6 (Area Code 215)

R egion IV
Suite 540
1371 Peachtree St. NE.
A tlanta, Ga. 30309
Phone: 5 2 6 -5 4 1 8 (Area Code 404)

R egion VI
R egion V
337 M ayflow er Building
219 South Dearborn St.
411 North Akard St.
C hicago, 111. 60604
D alla s, T ex . 75201
Phone: 3 5 3 -7 2 3 0 (Area Code 312)
Phone: 7 4 9 - 3 5 1 6 (Area Code 214)

R egions VII and VIII
Federal O ffice Building
911 W alnut St. , 10th Floor
Kansas C ity, Mo. 64106
Phone: 3 7 4 -2 4 8 1 (Area Code 816)

R egions IX and X
450 G olden Gate A ve.
Box 36017
San Francisco, C alif. 94102
Phone: 5 5 6 -4 6 7 8 (Area Code 4 15)

* R egions VII and VIII w ill be serv iced by Kansas C ity.
** R egions IX and X w ill be serv iced by San Francisco.


Area Wage Survey
The Manchester, New Hampshire, Metropolitan Area
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N ovem ber 1969

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
George P. Shultz, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Geoffrey H. Moore, Commissioner

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P re fa c e

C o n ten ts
P a g e

T h e

B

o c c u p a t i o n a l
s i g n e d
l i s h m

t o

u r e a u

w a g e

p r o v i d e

e n t

d e t a i l e d

o f

a r e a s

t h e

U n i t e d
t h e
b y

A

l e v e l

A t
l e t i n
c o m
o f

t h e

o n e

a l l

t o

i n t o

a n d

e a c h

m

a n d

s u r v e y ,

a n

f o r

a r e a

a r y

b u l l e t i n s

t h e

m

s e c o n d

i n d i v i d u a l

m

a n d

e n t

a n d

(2 )

a r e a

o f

1

g r o u p s ___________________________________________________ ___

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W

a g e

t r e n d s

1 .

n u m
2 .

s t r u c ­

b u l ­
A

g r a m
i s

.

I n

e a c h

c o l l e c t e d

s u p p l e m

e n t a r y

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t h e
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o f

H o o k s e t t

u n d e r

w a g e

b y

t h e

t h e

R e g i o n a l

a n d

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i n
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M

J u l y

a n d

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s t a n d a r d

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p e r c e n t s

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A

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f i r s t

A

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i t h i n

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s a l a r i e s

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o f

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s e l e c t e d

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t o

A

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w

o m

a n d

t e c h n i c a l

p r o f e s s i o n a l ,
a n d

h a s

w h i c h

w

a n d

g r o u p s ,

t h e
o f

i n

t h e

a n d

p e r i o d s _____________________________________________

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a n d

c o m

w o m

e n ___ ______________________________________________

o c c u p a t i o n s — m
t e c h n i c a l

e n ______________________________

r e g i o n a l

B

u r e a u

i n

c i t y
H

o f f i c e

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t h e

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M

7
8

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9

d e s c r i p t i o n s ________________________________________________________________________

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a n d

m

p o w

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a t e r i a l

m

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O c c u p a t i o n a l

a n d

s u r v e y

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a n c h e s t e r ;

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u l k e r n ,

i n

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t h e

M

s t u d y

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5
6

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T h i s

4

o c c u p a t i o n s —

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p r a c t i c e s

S t a n d a r d

t h e

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o f

2

e

e a r n i n g s :

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m

e e k l y

f o r

- 1 .

i n t o

o r k e r s

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r o u n d

a

w

S t a t e s .

e n t

r e s u l t s

b y

o f

a n d

A

T h e

o c c u p a t i o n a l

T h e

G o f f s t o w n
a c k

o f

h o u r l y

A .

e n t s

s t u d i e d _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

b i e n n i a l l y .

1 9 6 9 .

d i r e c t i o n
f o r

o n

o c c u p a t i o n a l

f t e r

s t u d i e d

i n c l u d e d

e s t a b l i s h m

c o n s i s t s

e r r i m




a t i o n
o n

d e f i n e d

u r e a u ' s

i r e c t o r

a r e

p r e s e n t s

i n

1 9 6 8 ,

g e n e r a l
D

i n f o r m

p r o v i s i o n s

a s

J a n u a r y

t o w n s

d u c t e d

a r e a ,

b u l l e t i n

a n c h e s t e r ,

t h r o u g h

c u r r e n t l y

a n n u a l l y

T h i s
M

a r e a s

b e r

I n d e x e s

A p p e n d i x .
N i n e t y

s e l e c t e d

E s t a b l i s h m

i s

a g e s

a r e a

a r e a

f o r

T a b l e s :

d i v i s i o n s .

a t i o n

U n i t e d

I t

t h e

w

t h e

i s s u e d .

e t r o p o l i t a n

t h e

f o r

f o r

a r e a s

I n t r o d u c t i o n _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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s t u d i e d .

b u l l e t i n s

i n f o r m

f o r

p r o g r a m

i n d u s t r y

a r e

p r e s e n t s

r e g i o n s

o v e m

e t r o p o l i t a n

d e ­

e s t a b ­

a n d

t h e

i n d i v i d u a l

e a c h

o f

g e o g r a p h i c

m

l e v e l ,

a r e a s

a n d

d i v i s i o n

i n

t h e

a n n u a l
i s

p r o v i s i o n s .

r e g i o n s ,

i n d i v i d u a l

t h e

f r o m

(1 )

s k i l l

o n g

r e s u l t s

e a c h

p r o j e c t e d

r e l a t e

o f

T h e

g e o g r a p h i c

a m

o f

s u m

f o r

b u l l e t i n .

b e e n

a g e s

w a g e

i n d u s t r y

o f

a r e a s

e a r n i n g s ,

c o n s i d e r a t i o n

i n s i g h t

e n d

t w o

d a t a

f o r

p r o g r a m

e t r o p o l i t a n

e n t a r y

s e l e c t e d

a j o r

s u r v e y

o f

s u r v e y s ,

b r i n g s

w

m

o c c u p a t i o n a l

c a t e g o r y

o f

p r e s e n t s
p l e t i o n

m

S t a t i s t i c s

i n

s u p p l e m

b y

g r e a t e r

o c c u p a t i o n a l
a n d

o n

s t u d i e d ,

f o r

L a b o r

a n d

d a t a

S t a t e s .

n e e d

t u r e

d a t a

p r a c t i c e s

y i e l d s

o f

s u r v e y s

A

C o u n t y ;
a s
M

N O T E :

c o n ­
a s s . ,

a r e a s .

( S e e

S i m

i l a r

i n s i d e

t a b u l a t i o n s

b a c k

a r e

a v a i l a b l e

f o r

o t h e r

c o v e r . )

s s i s t a n t

p e r a t i o n s .

U n i o n
t h e

M

s c a l e s ,

a n c h e s t e r

b u i l d i n g

t r a d e s .

a r e a ,

i n d i c a t i v e
a r e

a l s o

o f

p r e v a i l i n g

a v a i l a b l e

f o r

p a y
s e v e n

l e v e l s

i n

s e l e c t e d




Area W age Survey---The Manchester, N.H., Metropolitan Area
Introduction
T h i s
B u r e a u
a n d

o f

a r e a

i s

L a b o r

r e l a t e d

1

o f

9 0

S t a t i s t i c s

b e n e f i t s

o n

i n

w h i c h

t h e

U . S .

c o n d u c t s
a r e a w

a n

s u r v e y s

D

e p a r t m

e n t

o f

L a b o r ' s

o c c u p a t i o n a l

t o

e a r n i n g s

m

e r i t

p r e s e n t a t i o n ,

o r

i n d i v i d u a l

e s t a b l i s h m

e n t

O c c u p a t i o n a l
T h i s
e a r n i n g s
v i s i t e d

i n f o r m
b y

p r e s e n t s

a t i o n

B u r e a u

o c c u p a t i o n s
t o

b u l l e t i n

o b t a i n e d
f i e l d

r e p o r t e d

n o n r e s p o n d e n t s

i n

a n d

c u r r e n t

l a r g e l y

e c o n o m
t h a t

t o

b y

i s t s

m

i n

e a r l i e r

t h o s e

o c c u p a t i o n a l
a i l

f r o m

t h e

l a s t

s t u d y .

e m

a n d
e n t s

p r e v i o u s

P e r s o n a l

r e s p o n d e n t s

e n t

e s t a b l i s h m

t h e

p l o y m

s u r v e y

v i s i t s

r e p o r t i n g

w

e r e

u n u s u a l

f u l l - t i m
i n

m

t h e

m

f o r

e

p a y

t h e

p r e v i o u s
I n

e a c h

d a t a

a r e

o b t a i n e d

f r o m

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e

a n d

e n t s

w i t h i n

i n c e n t i v e
a s

o r k w

s i x

b r o a d

i n d u s t r y

d i v i s i o n s :

M

a n u f a c t u r i n g ;

c o m

m

u n i c a t i o n ,

a n d

o t h e r

p u b l i c

u t i l i t i e s ;

w

h o l e s a l e

t r a d e ;

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

g r o u p s

a n d

h a v i n g

f i n a n c e ,

t h e

f e w

e r

t h e y

t e n d

t o

a r r a n t

w

i n s u r a n c e ,

e x c l u d e d

t h a n

t o

a

t h e

b r o a d

i n d u s t r y

t h e

u n n e c e s s a r y

n u m

s t u d i e s

b e r

e m

S e p a r a t e

d i v i s i o n s

e s t a t e ;

e x t r a c t i v e

i n s u f f i c i e n t

i n c l u s i o n .

r e a l

t h e s e

a n d

p r e s c r i b e d

f u r n i s h

a n d

f r o m

c o n s t r u c t i o n

w

w

m

g o v e r n m

o r k e r s

e n t

i n

t a b u l a t i o n s
h i c h

a r e

s e r v i c e s .

i n d u s t r i e s .

o f

p l o y m

a n d

s u r v e y s

e e t

t h e

o m

e n t

a r e

c o n d u c t e d

i n v o l v e d

i n

o n

a

s a m

s t u d i e d

f o r

e a c h

a t e s .

a l l

b a s i s

o p t i m

T h e

t h a n

u m

o f

a c c u r a c y

s m

a l l

a t

m

e s t a b l i s h m

i n i m
e n t s

u m

a

c o s t ,

i s

g r e a t e r

s t u d i e d .

I n

c o m

h o w

e v e r ,

a l l

e s t a b l i s h m

b a s e d

a s

r e l a t i n g

o n

t h e

e n t s

a r e

e s t a b l i s h m

g i v e n
e n t s

t h e i r

p r o p o r t i o n

a p p r o p r i a t e

s t u d i e d

a r e

t h e

a l l

e s t a b l i s h m

e n t s

i n

t h e

i n d u s t r y

m

f o r

t h o s e

b e l o w

t h e

m

i n i m

u m

s i z e

e n

a n d

a n d
t o

t o

E

o f

m

a n u f a c t u r i n g

l o w i n g
m

t y p e s :

a i n t e n a n c e

a n d

O c c u p a t i o n a l
t i o n s

a n d

t h e

g r o u p i n g

t a k e

e

j o b .

a r e

f o r

i n

a c c o u n t
T h e

t h e

a l l

a n d
i s

(4 )

o n

a

a n d

T h e

c o m

e a r n i n g s

b i n e d .

m

a n d

t o

a r e

o c c u p a t i o n s ,
( 1 )

e m

p l o y m

l i s t e d
a r e
e n t

a n d
n o t

i n

d e s c r i b e d ,
p r e s e n t e d

t h e

i n

o c c u p a t i o n

o r

f o r

t h e
i s

A
t o o

a

h o u r )

f o r

i s

l a t e

a l l o w

h o u r s

t o

t h e

w h i c h

­

a r e

s t a n d ­

e m

p l o y e e s

s t r a i g h t - t i m
p r e m

e

i u m

s a l a r i e s
r a t e s ) .

( e x c l u s i v e

A

v e r a g e

w

o f

p a y

e e k l y

f o r

e a r n i n g s

h a v e

b e e n

r o u n d e d

t o

t h e

n e a r e s t

h a l f

d o l l a r .

w

p r e s e n t e d

o m

r e f l e c t

e s t a b l i s h m

e n t s

c o m

d i f f e r e n t l y

t o

f r o m

e n t s .

e n

i n

S i m

a n y

t h e

i l a r l y ,

o f

t h e

i n

t h e

d i f f e r e n t i a l

o r

p o s i t e ,

d i f f e r

e s t i m

a v e r a g e s
m

a t e s

m

i n

i d e

l e v e l

a y

f o r

a m

t o

j o b
j o b .

r e f l e c t

o n g

a v e r a g e

o c c u p a t i o n s

e s t i ­

a n d
e a c h

f a i l

a i n t a i n e d

d i f f e r e n c e s

s e l e c t e d

a r e a w

p a y

j o b s

p a y

i n

l e v e l s

r e f l e c t

d i f f e r e n c e s

i n

p a y

t r e a t m

e n t

o f

s h o u l d

t h e

n o t

s e x e s

b e

w i t h i n

e n t s .

i n

O

p a y

t h e r

f o r

m

p o s s i b l e

e n

a n d

w

f a c t o r s

o m

e n

w h i c h

i n c l u d e :

m
D

a y

c o n t r i b ­

i f f e r e n c e s

w i t h i n

e s t a b l i s h e d

r a t e

r a n g e s ,

s i n c e

o n l y

t h e

a c t u a l

i n

r a t e s

i n c u m
e d ,

b e n t s

a r e

a l t h o u g h

c o l l e c t e d ;

t h e

w

a n d

d i f f e r e n c e s

a r e

o r k e r s

c l a s s i f i e d

i n

s p e c i f i c

d u t i e s

a p p r o p r i a t e l y

p e r ­

w i t h i n

e

s u r v e y

j o b

d e s c r i p t i o n .

J o b

d e s c r i p t i o n s

u s e d

i n

t h e

c l a s s i f y i n g

e m

i n

t h e s e

i n d i v i d u a l

o f

o f

t h e

m

d a t a

s t u d y

f o r

a l l y

e n t .

i n

t h e

l i s t e d

s o m

s o m

e

i n d u s t r y

- s e r i e s
s m

a l l

t a b l e s
t o

t h e
e

d i v i s i o n s
b e c a u s e

p r o v i d e

i n

o f

e n t s

t h e

u s u a l l y

e n t s

a n d

s p e c i f i c

i m

m

o r e

a l l o w

d u t i e s

s a m

p l e

s t r u c t u r e

j o b

w

g e n e r a l i z e d

f o r

m

p e r f o r m

i n o r

t h a n

t h o s e

­

d i f f e r e n c e s

u s e d
a m

o n g

i n

a l l

e d .

t h e

o f

e s t i m

e s t a b l i s h m

o f

t h e

n o t

e s t i m

o f

t h e

e n t s

o f

a t e s

i n

a n d

s t u d i e d

s e r v e

t h e

e m

t o

t h e

t h e

p l o y m

o n l y

T h e s e

a t e r i a l l y

n o t

o c c u p a t i o n a l

o c c u p a t i o n a l

s t u d i e d .
m

r e p r e s e n t

s t u d y

d i f f e r e n c e s

a t e s

j o b s

a f f e c t

e n t

s c o p e

i n

t h e

a c t u ­
a m

o b t a i n e d

i n d i c a t e

o f

b e r

s t r u c t u r e
e n t

d i f f e r e n c e s

a c c u r a c y

t o t a l

n u m

t h e

o n g

f r o m

r e l a t i v e

o c c u p a t i o n a l

e a r n i n g s

d a t a .

t h e
e n t

P r a c t i c e s

a n d

S u p p l e m

e n t a r y

W

a g e

P r o v i s i o n s

i t h i n

e i t h e r

e n o u g h

o f

d o

p l o y m

t h e

B e c a u s e

e n t s ,

p o r t a n c e

e m

w i t h i n

s u r v e y e d .

e s t a b l i s h m

d u t i e s

a r e

f o l l o w i n g

d a t a

e s t a b l i s h m

(3 )

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1 T h e M a n c h e s t e r S ta n d a r d M e t r o p o lit a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a , a s d e f in e d b y th e B u r e a u o f th e B u d g e t th r o u g h J a n u a r y 1 9 6 8 , c o n s i s t s o f th e c it y
o f M a n c h e s t e r and th e t o w n s o f B e d f o r d a n d G o ffs to w n in H ills b o r o u g h C o u n ty ; and H o o k s e t t in M e r r i m a c k C o u n ty .
T h e " w o r k e r s w it h in s c o p e o f
stu d y " e s t i m a t e s s h o w n in t h is t a b le p r o v id e a r e a s o n a b ly a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t io n o f th e s i z e a n d c o m p o s i t io n o f th e la b o r f o r c e in c lu d e d i n |t h e s u r v e y .
T h e e s t i m a t e s a r e n o t in te n d e d , h o w e v e r , t o s e r v e a s a b a s i s o f c o m p a r i s o n w ith o t h e r e m p lo y m e n t
i n d e x e s f o r t h e a r e a t o m e a s u r e e m p lo y m e n t
t r e n d s o r l e v e l s s i n c e (1) p la n n in g o f w a g e s u r v e y s r e q u i r e s th e u s e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t d a ta c o m p ile d
c o n s id e r a b l y in a d v a n c e of t h e p a y r o l l p e r io d
s tu d ie d , a n d (2) s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m t h e s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y .
2 T h e 1 9 6 7 e d it io n o f t h e S ta n d a r d I n d u s t r ia l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l w a s u s e d in c l a s s i f y i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s b y in d u s t r y d i v is i o n .
3 I n c lu d e s a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h t o t a l e m p lo y m e n t at o r a b o v e th e m in im u m lim it a t io n . A l l o u t le t s (w ith in t h e a r e a ) of c o m p a n ie s in s u c h
i n d u s t r i e s a s t r a d e , f in a n c e , a u to r e p a ir s e r v i c e , a n d m o tio n p ic t u r e t h e a t e r s a r e c o n s id e r e d a s 1 e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
4 I n c lu d e s a l l w o r k e r s in a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h t o t a l e m p lo y m e n t (w ith in t h e a r e a ) a t o r a b o v e t h e m in im u m l im it a t io n .
5 T a x ic a b s a n d s e r v i c e s i n c id e n t a l t o w a t e r t r a n s p o r t a t io n w e r e e x c lu d e d .
6 T h is i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n i s r e p r e s e n t e d in e s t i m a t e s f o r " a ll i n d u s t r ie s " and " n o n m a n u fa c tu r in g "
in th e S e r i e s A t a b l e s . S e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t io n
o f d a ta f o r t h is d i v is i o n i s n o t m a d e f o r o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o llo w in g r e a s o n s : (1) E m p lo y m e n t in t h e
d i v i s i o n i s t o o s m a l l t o p r o v id e e n o u g h d a ta
t o m e r i t s e p a r a t e s tu d y , (2) th e s a m p le w a s n o t d e s ig n e d i n i t i a l l y t o p e r m i t s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t io n , (3) r e s p o n s e w a s i n s u f f i c i e n t o r in a d e q u a te to
p e r m i t s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t io n , a n d (4) t h e r e ! i s p o s s i b i l i t y o f d i s c l o s u r e o f in d iv id u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t d a ta .
7 H o t e ls a n d m o t e l s ; l a u n d r ie s a n d o t h e r p e r s o n a l s e r v i c e s ; b u s i n e s s s e r v i c e s ; a u t o m o b ile r e p a ir , r e n t a l , and p a r k in g ; m o tio n p ic t u r e s ;
n o n p r o f it m e m b e r s h ip o r g a n iz a t io n s (e x c lu d in g r e l i g i o u s a n d c h a r it a b le o r g a n iz a t io n s ) ; a n d e n g i n e e r i n g a n d a r c h it e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s .

O v e r t w o - t h ir d s o f th e w o r k e r s w it h in s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y in th e M a n c h e s t e r a r e a
w e r e e m p lo y e d in m a n u f a c t u r in g f i r m s .
T h e f o llo w in g p r e s e n t s th e m a jo r in d u s t r y g r o u p s
a n d s p e c i f i c i n d u s t r i e s a s a p e r c e n t o f a l l m a n u fa c tu r in g :
In d u stry g ro u p s
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T e x t il e m i l l p r o d u c t s ____________ 24
E l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t and
s u p p l ie s _________________________ 20
F o o d a n d k in d r e d p r o d u c t s _____ 5

S p e c ific in d u s tr ie s
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K n ittin g m i l l s _____________________ 10
C o m m u n ic a t io n e q u ip m e n t______ 7
E l e c t r i c t e s t a n d d is tr ib u t in g
e q u ip m e n t ______________________ 6
E l e c t r o n i c c o m p o n e n ts and
a c c e s s o r i e s ______________________ 6
W e a v in g m i l l s , c o t t o n ______________5

T h is in f o r m a t io n i s b a s e d o n e s t i m a t e s o f t o t a l e m p lo y m e n t d e r iv e d f r o m u n i v e r s e
m a t e r i a l s c o m p ile d p r i o r t o a c tu a l s u r v e y .
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( 2 )

e x p a n s i o n s ,

o c c u p a t i o n a l

i n d e x

a n d

a v e r a g e s ,

o r k e r s

f o r c e

t i o n s

O ffic e c le r i c a l ( m e n and w om en ): O ffic e c le r i c a l ( m e n and w o m e n )— S k ille d m a in te n a n c e (m e n ):
B o o k k e e p in g -m a c h in e
C o n tin u e d
C arpenters
o p erators, cla ss B
S e c r e ta r ie s
E le c tr ic ia n s
C lerk s, a c c o u n tin g , c la s s e s
S ten o g ra p h ers, g e n e r a l
M a ch in ists
A and B
S ten o g ra p h ers, se n io r
M e ch a n ic s
C le ik s, f i l e , c la sse s
S w itc h b o a r d o p era to rs, c la sse s
M e c h a n ic s (a u to m o t iv e )
A , B, and C
A and B
P ain ters
C led cs, order
T a b u la t in g -m a c h in e o p era to rs,
P ip e fitte r s
Clerics, p a y r o ll
c la ss B
T o o l and d ie m akers
C o m p to m e te r operators
T y p ists, c la s s e s A and B
K eyp u n ch o p erators, c la s s e s
U n sk ille d p la n t (m en ):
A and B
Industrial nurses ( m e n and w o m en ):
J a n ito rs, p orters, and c le a n e r s
O ffic e boys and girls
N u rses, in d u stria l (r e g iste r e d )
Laborers, m a te r ia l h a n d lin g




w

o v e r ,

f o r

i n d e x e s

a r e a

c h a n g e s ,

t h e

( c o m p o u n d )

w a g e

i n

v i d u a l

r e s u l t a n t

v e r a g e
t h e

w a g e

f o r

a g g r e g a t e s

T h e

b y

c h a n g e

e n t

y e a r

a g g r e g a t e

u l t i p l y

i n d e x .

c o m

T h e

( 1 0 0 )
m

b a s e

e a r n i n g s

c h a n g e .

r e l a t i v e

p l o y m

w e i g h t ,

y e a r .

p e r c e n t a g e

e m

e a n )

d i v i d i n g
e a r l i e r

T h e

o c c u p a t i o n a l

r e f l e c t

( m

t o t a l e d .

c o n t i n u i n g

p r e v i o u s
w

w e i g h t s

e r e

b y

t h e

t h e

a n

o c c u p a t i o n a l
w

r e l a t e d
f o r

w i t h i n

p r o p o r t i o n a t e

^ a v e r a g e

g r o u p

s h o w s

y e a r

i t s

c o n s t a n t

b y

t h e

a g g r e g a t e

s u c c e e d i n g

f o l l o w i n g

o n

T h e

u l t i p l i e d

p e r c e n t ,

r e l a t i v e

o c c u p a t i o n s

b a s e d

p o s s i b l e .

y e a r s
t h e

k e y

w e i g h t

g r o u p .

b y

y e a r ' s

t h e

o c c u p a t i o n s

y e a r

n e x t

( d a t e

a v e r a g e s

h e r e v e r

a l l

p r o d u c t

t h e

e ,

p e r c e n t a g e s

p a y

t h e

c o n s e c u t i v e

r e l a t i v e ,

f o r

o f

o c c u p a t i o n
f o r

w

t i m

1 9 6 1 ) .
i n

a n d

o r k e r s

p u t i n g

o c c u p a t i o n a l

p r o d u c t s

w

p l a n t

g i v e n

c h a n g e

i n

a s s i g n e d

e n t s

a

J u n e

e e n

a v e r a g e
C o m

w a s

i n

b e t w

i n d e x e s

s e l e c t e d
a t

T h e

c h a n g e

a r e

c l e r i c a l

p e r i o d

a n d

i n d e x .

e a s u r e

g r o u p

o f

a g e s

b a s e

I 9 6 0

c h a n g e s

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w

2

o f f i c e

p e r c e n t a g e

t h e

e a s u r e s

t o

o f

d u r i n g
J u l y

t a b l e

o f

e a r n i n g s

e a s u r e

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i n

s a l a r i e s

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t h e

c o n s t a n t
p r o p o r t i o n

d a t a .

p a y

T h e

f o r

W

a n d
i n

t h e

h e r e

w

p l o y m

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w

o r k

e

o f

o f
t h e

w e i g h t s

d a t a
c h a n g e

o f

c h a n g e

s u r v e y .

T h e y

a s
w

e l i m

r e p r e s e n t e d

h o u r s .

s c h e d u l e s ,

n e c e s s a r y ,

p e r c e n t a g e s
s c o p e

e n t

o r k e r s

p e r c e n t a g e s

s t r a i g h t - t i m

s t a n d a r d
e .

e m

s u c h ,
e r e

a n y

i n a t e s
i n

r e f l e c t
a r e
o r

a d j u s t e d

n o t
b y
t o

s i g n i f i c a n t

t h e

e a c h

e f f e c t
j o b

o n l y

i n ­

c h a n g e s

i n f l u e n c e d
p r e m
r e m

i u m

o v e

e f f e c t

b y
p a y

f r o m
c a u s e d

4

T a b l e

2 .

I n d e x e s

o f

S t a n d a r d
M

W

e e k l y

S a l a r i e s

a n c h e s t e r ,

N . H . ,

a n d
a n d

S t r a i g h t - T i m
P e r c e n t s

o f

e

H

o u r l y

I n c r e a s e

E a r n i n g s

f o r

f o r

S e l e c t e d

S e l e c t e d

O

c c u p a t i o n a l

S k i l l e d
O f f i c e

c l e r i c a l

I n d u s t r i a l

m
e n

a n d

w o m

e n )

( m

e n

a n d

I n d e x e s

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

1 4 9 . 1

J u l y

1 9 6 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 3 9 . 3

( A u g u s t

a i n t e n a n c e

1 9 6 8

t o

J u l y

1 9 6 9 ______

J u l y

1 9 6 7

t o

J u l y

1 9 6 8 _________ ______________________________ ____________
1 9 6 7

___

__

___________

__________________

____

-

_____________

7 .1
6 . 7
4 . 1

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 6

t o

J u l y

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 5

t o

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 6 __________________________________________

4 . 6

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 4

t o

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 5

_______ __________________________________

3 . 1

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 3

t o

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 4 __________________________________________

2 . 6

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 2

t o

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 3

___________________

4 . 2

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 1

t o

A u g u s t

1 9 6 2 ______________

_____________________

4 . 5

A

u g u s t

1 9 6 0

t o

A

1 9 6 1

1

D




a t a

d o

u g u s t

n o t

m

e e t

-

_

—

____________________________

p u b l i c a t i o n

—

c r i t e r i a .

4 . 1

1 9 6 0 =

n
(*)

U
t r a d e s

n s k i l l e d

p l a n t

w

o r k e r s

(
()
()
)
()
()
()
(*)

( m e n )

1 0 0 )

1 5 1 . 2

o f

1 5 9 . 7

1 4 3 . 4

P e r c e n t s

J u l y '

i n

w o m e n )
( m e n )

J u l y

r o u p s

n u r s e s

P e r i o d
( m

G

P e r i o d s

1 4 8 . 0

i n c r e a s e

5 . 5

7 . 9

5 . 4

1 1 . 3

5 . 4

2 . 6

4 . 6

4 . 8

3 . 9

3 . 8

5 . 7

5 . 7

4 . 1

3 . 0

4 . 4

5 . 9

3 . 5

3 . 3

5
A.
Table A-l.

O c c u p a tio n a l E a r n in g s

O ffice O ccup ation s—Men and W om en

(A v e r a g e s tr a ig h t -t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s fo r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ied on an a r e a b a s is
by in d u s tr y d iv is io n , M a n c h e s te r , N .H ., J u ly 1969)
^ ^ ^ W e e k l^ e a m in g ^ ^ ^
(sta n d ard )

S ex, o ccu p ation , and in d u stry d iv is io n

N um ber
of
w orkers

A v erag e
w ee k ly
h o u rs1
( stan d ard )

N um ber of w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s tr a ig h t -t im e w e e k ly e a r n in g s of—
i

$
60

M ean2

M e d ia n 2

M id d le ra n g e 2

and
under
65

*

$

*

*

$

S

$

$

t

$

$

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

105

110

115

120

125

130

135

140

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

105

110

115

120

125

130

135

w

t

14?

145

$

$

150

155

160

165

1??

MEN
$ 6

$

$

4

W EN
OM
•

BILLERSt MACHINE (BOOKKEEPING
B 7 . ->0

10

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS,

w
/

Jr8

8 6 ,0 0

3 9 .0
3 8 .5

1 0 8 .5 0

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

6

8 7 ,0 0

62
50

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------

3 9 ,5

1 1 1 .0 0

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

-

_

-

_

4
3

5
3

2

2

5
1

_

4

28.
27

1

1

8
8

-

5
5

-

-

_

-

_

'

8 6 .0 0

*
88

30 "

90 50

31

8 7 .0 0

9 2 .5 0

/n n
'0 0

oo

15

8

91 00

3 7 ,5

19

81 00

60
f2

3 9 ,0

nn

21

3

5

81 00
Z?* E?
7 7 ,5 0

2

2

-

1

M

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

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

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

-

SECRETARIES, CLASS B ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------

39
30

3 9 .0
3 9 .0

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

1 1 0 .0 0
1 1 0 .0 0

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

_

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

35
17

3 9 .5
3 8 .5

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

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

_

-

17

11

2
2

2
-

13
6
7

10
4
6

14
8
6

19
8
ii

16
8
8

6
4
2

3
3
“

14
4
10

4

2

122
54
68

6

13
13

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

SECRETARIES3 --------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------

1
1

4
4

3
1

5
5

4
3

2
“

1

10
8

2

1
1

3
2

3

8
4

2

2
~

4
2

2
1

w

-

_
“

1
1

_

_

_

2

~

“

_

_

J 9 ,5

0 0 ,0 0

39

39 0

78 0 0

17

3 9 .0

8 2 .5 0

8 4 .0 0

See fo o tn o te s at end of ta b le,




;

7 8 50

o rt

n?" 5 0
9 2 , ?n

cn

7 9 .0 0 - 8 9 ,5 0

1

2
2

1

6
4
2

5
5

3
1
2

_
-

3
3

1
1

_
-

1
1

1
1

-

2
2

_

1
1

1
1

_
-

1
1

1

5
5

_

_

_

_

”

2
2

_

“

“

”

"
11

17

NONMANUFACTURING — -------------------------

21

1

3

5

A

2

1

~

6
Table A-l. Office Occupations—Men and Women— Continued
(A v e r a g e s tr a ig h t -t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s fo r s e le c t e d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is
by in d u s tr y d iv is io n , M a n c h e s te r , N .H ., Ju ly 1969)
Weekly earnings^^^
(standard)
Number Average
weekly
of
hours1
workers ( standard)

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

t

S

S

W EN OM

Mean2

65

70

75

70

75

2
2

2

5
5

9
5

Middle range 2

S

S

80

t

$

s

t

100

105

no; n s

_2§-

IPO

105

no

115

2
1

i
120

t
125

130

135

140

125

t

95

8
8

80

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

Median 2

60
and
under
65

S ex, occu p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n

$

S

130

135

140

145

$

$

T "
i
i
1
145
150
155
160

2
2

85

90

90

ii
8

120

150

155

160

165

CONTINUED

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTSMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------

41
31

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

$
7 9 .5 0
8 0 .5 0

$
8 1 .5 0
8 2 .5 0

TY PISTS, CLASS A ------------------------------------

46

3 9 .0

8 2 .5 0

8 2 .0 0

7 7 .0 0 - 8 8 .5 0

-

-

7

12

11

8

-

7

1

% YPI STS, CLASS B -----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------

93
80

3 8 .5
3 8 .0

7 4 .0 0
7 3 .0 0

7 2 .5 0
7 2 .0 0

6 9 .0 0 6 8 .5 0 -

1
1

27
27

35
35

16
6

9
8

2

_

-

_

7 7 .5 0
7 4 .5 0

3
3

1 Standard h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o r k w e e k fo r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir r e g u la r s tr a ig h t -t im e s a la r ie s (e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e r tim e at r e g u la r a n d /o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ) , and the e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d
to t h e s e w e e k ly h o u r s .
2 The m ea n i s c o m p u ted fo r e a c h job by to ta lin g the e a r n in g s of a ll w o r k e r s and d iv id in g by the num ber of w o r k e r s . The m e d ia n d e s ig n a te s p o s itio n — h a lf of the e m p lo y e e s s u r v e y e d r e c e iv e m o re
than the ra te shown; h a lf r e c e iv e l e s s than the r a te show n . The m id d le r a n g e i s d e fin e d by 2 r a te s of pay; a fo u r th of the w o r k e r s e a r n l e s s than the lo w e r of t h e s e r a te s and a fou rth e a r n m o r e than
the h ig h e r r a te .
* M ay inclijide w o r k e r s o th e r than th o s e p r e s e n te d s e p a r a te ly .




Table A-2.

P rofessional and T ech nical O ccup ation s—Men

(A v e r a g e s tr a ig h t -t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s fo r s e le c t e d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ied on an a r e a b a s is
by in d u str y d iv is io n , M a n c h e ste r , N . H . , J u ly 1969)
W e e k ly e a rn in g s ^
(sta n d ard )

O ccu p a tio n

N um ber
of
w orkers

A v erag e
w ee k ly
h o u rs 1
( standard)

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

M ean2

M e d ia n 2

M id d le ra n g e 2

100
and
under
JP5

DR AFTSMEN, CL AS S 8 -------------------

35

4 0 .0

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

$
$
1 1 5 .0 0 -1 4 5 .0 0

3

*

*

*
110

*
115

*
120

*
125

130

4135

UHL

115

120

125

130

135

340

-

6

4

3

3

105

5

-

*

*
140

*
145

15Q

145

150

155

3

1

3

*

*
160

165

160

1

*
155

165

170

-

3

1 Standard h o u r s r e f le c t th e w o r k w e e k fo r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e t h e ir r e g u la r s tr a ig h t -t im e s a la r i e s ( e x c lu s iv e of pay fo r o v e r tim e at r e g u la r a n d /o r p r e m iu m
r a te s ) , and the e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d to t h e s e w e e k ly h o u r s .
* F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2, ta b le A - l .

Table A-3. Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Men and W omen Combined
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k ly h o u r s an d e a r n i n g s f o r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is
b y i n d u s t r y d i v is io n , M a n c h e s t e r , N .H ., J u ly 1969)
A v erag e
N um ber
of
w orkers

OF FI CE OC CUPATIONS

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

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

3 8 .0

$
8 7 .5 0

K E YP UN CH OPERATORS, CLASS B -----------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------------------------------

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

W eekly
hours 1
[standard)

of

W eekly
e a rn in g s 1
(sta n d ard )

OFFICE OC CU PA TI ON S - CO NTINUED
52
37

3 9 .0
3 9 .0

7 8 .5 0
7 7 .5 0

ST EN OGRAPHERS,

SENIOR

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

31

3 8 .0

9 4 .5 0

17
17

3 9 .0
3 9 .0

8 2 .5 0
8 2 .5 0
7 9 .5 0
8 0 .5 0

OFFICE BOYS AND GI R L S ---------------3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .5

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

75
19
56

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

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

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B ------------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ------------------------------------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------------------------------

117
25
92

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

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

CLERKS, ORDER ---------------------------------------------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------------------------------

58
36

3 9 .0
4 0 .0

8 6 .5 0
8 5 .0 0

CLERKS, PA YR OL L ---------------------------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------------------------------------------

81
68

4 0 .0
4 0 .0

8 2 .0 0
8 1 .0 0

21

3 7 .0

7 5 .0 0

SW IT CH BO AR D OPERATORS, CLASS B ---------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

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

122

3 9 .0

1 0 3 .5 0

SW IT CH BO AR D OP ER AT OR -R EC EP TI ONI STS-

41
31

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

36
18
18

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A -------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ------------------------------------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------------------------------

68

3 9 .0

1 0 6 .5 0
TYPISTS, CL AS S A ---------------------

46

3 9 .0

8 2 .5 0

SECRETARIES, CLASS B --------------

39

3 9 .0

1 0 9 .5 0
93
80

3 8 .5
3 8 .0

7 4 .0 0
7 3 .0 0

N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG
SECRETARIES, CLASS C --------------------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------------------------------

35
17

3 9 .5
3 8 .5

SECRETARIES, CLASS D --------------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------------------------------------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------------------------------

40
23
17

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

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

50
39

3 9 .0
39.0

8 0 .5 0
7 8 ,0 0

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

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

ST EN OGRAPHERS, GE NE RA L
NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G —

--------------------------------—

—

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

1 S ta n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t th e w o rk w e e k f o r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e t h e i r r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e
c o r r e s p o n d to t h e s e w e e k ly h o u r s .
2 M ay in c lu d e w o r k e r s o t h e r th a n th o s e p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a te l y .




W ee k ly
e a rn in g s 1
(sta n d ard )

OFFICE OC CU PA TI ON S - CONTINUED
27

A v erag e
N um ber

W eekly
hours 1
sta n d ard )

of

PROFESSIONAL AN D TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B

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

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

p re m iu m r a te s ) ,

35

*

BILLERS. MACHINE (BOOKKEEPING
MACHINE! ------------------------------

A v erag e
N um ber

W ee k ly
W eek ly
hours 1 e a rn in g s 1
stan d ard ) (sta n d ard )

o
o

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

1 2 9 .5 0

a n d th e e a r n in g s

8
Table A-4. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s f o r m e n in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d on a n a r e a b a s is
b y i n d u s t r y d iv is io n , M a n c h e s t e r , N .H ., J u ly 1969)
N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e i v in g s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s of—

H o u rly e a rn in g s 1

O c c u p a tio n a n d i n d u s t r y d iv is io n
w o rk ers

M ean2

M e d ia n 2

M iddle r a n g e 2

1 .9 0 2 . 0 0

2 .1 0

$
2 .2 0

2 .0 0

2 .1 0

2 .2 0

2 .3 0

-

$
1 .8 0

N um ber

-

t

*

t

$

$

$

ELECTRICIANS, MA INTENANCE
MANUFA CT UR IN G ---------

24
24

3 .0 7
3 .0 7

3 .1 2
3 .1 2

2 . 7 4 - 3 .4 4
2 .7 4 - 3 .4 4

FIREMEN, STATIO NA RY BO IL ER ■
MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------------

35
34

2 .4 3
2 .4 4

2 .3 9
2 .3 9

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

HELPERS, MA IN TE NA NC E TRADES

46

2 .5 5

2 .4 7

2 .4 2 - 2 .5 9

2

-

-

-

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

37
36

3 .2 1
3 .2 3

3 .2 1
3 .2 2

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

-

-

_

_

t

S

$

$

$

$

2 .6 0 2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 . 90 3 . 0 0 3 . 10 3 . 2 0

3 . 30 3 . 4 0

3 .5 0

3 .6 0

3 .7 0

3 .8 0 4 .0 0

2 . 40 2 . 5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0 2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 . 00 3 . 1 0 3 . 20 3 . 3 0

3 . 40 3 . 5 0

3 .6 0

3 .7 0

3 .8 0 4 .0 0

t

$

41
32
32

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

3 .6 1
3 .6 4
3 .6 4

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

27
26

3 .0 5
3 .0 5

2 .8 5
2 .7 5

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

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

40
40

3 .7 2
3 .7 2

3 .8 1
3 .8 1

-

~

-

4
4

“

4
4

_

-

“

3 .4 6 - 3 .9 6
3 .4 6 - 3 .9 6

-

-

2
1

6
6

7
7

4
4

_

4

-

24

6

-

_

-

1
1

1

3
3

-

$

t

$

$

4 .2 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

3

-

_

1 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , (h o l id a y s , an d la t e s h if t s .
F o r d e fin itio n of t e r m s , s e e f o o tn o te 2, t a b le A - l .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , an d o t h e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .

_

_

“

-

-

6
6

5
5

2
2

-

4
4

3
3

*
2
2
8
8
8

-

~
-

-

3
3

2
2

4
4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12
12

*

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




$

$

MECHANICS, AUTOMOTIVE
(MAINTENANCE) -------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3

3

i

$
2 .5 0

$

2 . 30 2 . 4 0

and
under
1 .9 0

2

i

$

1

-

-

2
2

-

3
3

10
10

_

_

-

“

2
2

-

1
1
1
2
2

6

-

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

8
8

1
1

3
3

4
4

3
3

-

_

_

_

”

~

“

3

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2
-

-

-

1
1
1

-

-

“
-

3

3

1
~
-

“
3
3

7
7

“

16
16
16

6
6
6

-

2
2

-

2
2

2
2

14
14

6
6

3
3

“

1
1

4

4

9
Table A-5. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s f o r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d o n a n a r e a b a s is
b y i n d u s t r y d iv is io n , M a n c h e s t e r , N .H ., J u ly 1969)
Hourly eamings 2

O c c u p a tio n 1 a n d in d u s tr y d iv is io n

N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a i g h t - ti m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s of—
$
1 .6 0

workers

Mean3

Median3

Middle range3

$
S
1 . 70 1 .8 0

27
24

$
2 .0 0
1 .9 7

$
1 .9 6
1 .9 6

$
1 .8 7 1 .8 8 -

$
2 .2 3
2 .1 8

$
2 .0 0

$
%
2 . 10 2 .2 0

i

2 .3 0

$
2 .4 0

$
2 . 50

t

2 . 60

*
*
2 .8 0 2 .9 0

*
3 .0 0

$
3 .1 0

$
3 .2 0

*
3 .3 0

$
3 .4 0

SUSP 2 .9 Q 3 tP Q

3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .3 0

3 .4 0

3 .5 0

_

$
2 .7 0

$
3 .5 0

$
3 .6 0

»
3 .7 0

i
3 .8 0

3 .7 0

3 .8 0

3 .9 0

-

40

_

an d
under
i i i a _Lt 8 0

GU AR DS AND WATC HM EN ----------------MANU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

$
1 .9 0

i
“

4
4

1-.9.P l, 0 0 -..? . s i a . 2 . 2 0

2 .3 0

1
1

“

6
6

3
3

10
10

_2*S 0__2x£ 0 -

-

-

70

2

WATCHMEN:
MANU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

21

1 .9 9

1 .9 6

1 .9 1 -

2 .2 3

-

3

2

10

-

-

6

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEA NE RS --MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

139
91
48

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

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

1 .8 3 1 .8 8 1 .6 9 -

2 .0 9
2 .0 8
2 .3 4

18
5
13

10
2
8

22
21
1

10
8
2

51
42
9

2
2

4
3
1

2
2

_
-

4
4

6
6

_
-

10
10

-

LABORERS, MA TERIAL H A ND LI NG -------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

161
54
107

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

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

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

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

3
3

7
1
6

15
7
8

6
6

40
38
2

5
5

20
2
18

10
10

8
8

5
1
4

_

1

_

-

1

-

ORDER
FILLERS ----------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

80
70

2 .0 0
2 .0 1

2 .0 2
2 .0 2

1 .8 6 1 .8 6 -

2 .1 2
2 .1 3

-

10
8

17
16

10
8

22
18

10
10

6
6

2
1

_

_

_

1
1

_

-

-

“

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

42
41

2 .1 2
2 .1 3

2 .1 8
2 .1 9

1 .8 9 1 .9 0 -

2 .3 2
2 .3 3

_

1
-

11
11

5
5

3
3

2
2

8
8

10
10

_

_

-

-

PACKERS, SHIP PI NG (WOMEN) ---------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

51
49

2 .0 5
2 .0 6

1 .9 8
1 .9 8

1 .9 2 1 .9 2 -

2 .0 9
2 .1 1

-

4
4

4
4

24
22

7
7

6
6

1
1

_

_

-

-

1
1

2
2

RE CEIVING CLERKS ---------------------

24

2 .2 8

2 .2 7

2 .0 3 -

2 .4 9

-

-

2

3

4

-

5

2

SHIPPING CL ER KS ---------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

31
16

2 .2 1
2 .3 4

2 .1 7
2 .2 5

1 .9 3 1 .9 9 -

2 .3 9
2 .4 9

_

2
-

4
-

7
5

1
1

3
1

3
3

4
1

_

1
1

-

SHIPPING AND RE CEIVING CLERKS ----MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

42
39

2 .3 5
2 .3 3

2 .3 4
2 .3 3

2 .2 2 2 .2 2 -

2 .4 9
2 .4 7

-

1
“

3
3

5
5

_
“

9
9

9
9

6
6

2

-

TR UC KO R I V E R S 4 -----------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 5---------------

237
69
168
113

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

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

2
2
2
3

5152-

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

_
-

6

2

15
8
7
1

41
36
5
“

23
3
20
“

7
3
4

TRUCKDRIVERS, LIGHT (UNDER
1— [1/2 T O N S ) -----------------------

18

2 .0 2

1 .8 8

1 .8 4 -

2 .1 6

-

-

1

-

-

TRUCKDRIVERS, ME DI UM (1-1/2 TO
AND INCLUDING 4 TONS) -----------MA NU FACTURING ---------------------

87
39

2 .9 4
2 .3 9

2 .5 5
2 .3 5

2 .3 0 2 .3 0 -

3 .8 4
2 .3 9

_

_

_

_

“

“

2
2

_

“

*

42

3 .1 4
2 .5 5

3 .0 8
2 .4 0

2 .3 9 2 .3 5 -

3 .8 4
2 .9 4

_

_

_

TRUCKDRIVERS, HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS,
TRAILER TYPE) --------------------MA NU FACTURING ---------------------

1
2
3
4
5

22

.3
.3
.4
.8

“

-

-

12
4
8
”

12

D a ta l im it e d to m e n w o r k e r s e x c e p t w h e r e o th e r w i s e .in d ic a te d .
E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l id a y s , a n d la t e s h if t s .
F o r d e fin itio n of t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2, t a b le A - l .
I n c lu d e s a ll d r i v e r s , a s d e fin e d , r e g a r d l e s s of s iz e a n d ty p e of t r u c k o p e r a t e d .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , a n d o t h e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .




-

-

-

2
2

-

-

“

-

”

40
_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2
_

3

-

1

4

2
2

_

1
-

1
-

-

3
3

-

-

-

3
3

-

_

-

4
4

6
6

-

-

4
3
1
1

-

2
”

-

1

2

-

1

6

_

1
1

14
8

21
21

1
1

_

_

12
12

2

_

1
1

2
2

6

_

“

-

“

-

~

-

5
1
4
“

-

-

2

1

_

1
1
“

1
1

“

_

-

-

3
3

3
3

-

-

2
2

-

*
“

-

-

1

“

“

2

2

_

-

2
2

2
2

-

-

~

-

1

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

5

_

“

~

5
5

“

102
102

-

-

-

-

-

-

3
3

1
1

-

102

36

3
3

_

_

_

_

_

5

_

15




Appendix.

Occupational Descriptions

T h e p r i m a r y p u r p o s e o f p r e p a r i n g jo b d e s c r i p t i o n s f o r t h e B u r e a u 's w a g e s u r v e y s i s to a s s i s t i t s f i e l d s t a f f i n c l a s s i f y i n g in to a p p r o p r i a t e
o c c u p a t i o n s w o r k e r s w h o a r e e m p l o y e d u n d e r a v a r i e t y o f p a y r o l l t i t l e s a n d d i f f e r e n t w o r k a r r a n g e m e n t s f r o m e s t a b l i s h m e n t to e s t a b l i s h m e n t a n d
f r o m a r e a to a r e a .
T h is p e r m i t s th e g r o u p in g o f o c c u p a t i o n a l w a g e r a t e s r e p r e s e n t i n g c o m p a r a b l e jo b c o n te n t .
B e c a u s e o f t h i s e m p h a s i s on
i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t a n d i n t e r a r e a c o m p a r a b i l i t y o f o c c u p a t i o n a l c o n te n t , t h e B u r e a u 's j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s m a y d i f f e r s i g n i f i c a n t l y f r o m t h o s e i n u s e in
i n d iv i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s o r t h o s e p r e p a r e d f o r o t h e r p u r p o s e s .
In a p p ly i n g t h e s e j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s , t h e B u r e a u 's f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s a r e i n s t r u c t e d
to e x c lu d e w o r k i n g s u p e r v i s o r s ; a p p r e n t i c e s ; l e a r n e r s ; b e g i n n e r s ; t r a i n e e s ; a n d h a n d ic a p p e d , p a r t - t i m e , t e m p o r a r y , a n d p r o b a t i o n a r y w o r k e r s .

OFFICE
B IL L E R ,

CLERK,

M A C H IN E

B i l l e r , m a c h i n e ( b il li n g m a c h i n e ) . U s e s a s p e c i a l b i l l i n g m a c h i n e (M o o n H o p k i n s , E l l i o t t
F i s h e r , B u r r o u g h s , e t c . , w h ic h a r e c o m b i n a ti o n t y p in g a n d a d d in g m a c h i n e s ) to p r e p a r e b i l l s
a n d i n v o ic e s f r o m c u s t o m e r s ' p u r c h a s e o r d e r s , i n t e r n a l l y p r e p a r e d o r d e r s , s h ip p i n g m e m o ­
r a n d u m s , e t c . U s u a l ly in v o lv e s a p p l i c a t i o n o f p r e d e t e r m i n e d d i s c o u n t s a n d s h ip p i n g c h a r g e s ,
a n d e n t r y of n e c e s s a r y e x t e n s i o n s , w h ic h m a y o r m a y n o t b e c o m p u t e d o n th e b i l l i n g m a c h i n e ,
a n d t o t a l s w h ic h a r e a u t o m a t i c a l l y a c c u m u l a t e d b y m a c h i n e . T h e o p e r a t i o n u s u a l l y in v o lv e s
a l a r g e n u m b e r o f c a r b o n c o p ie s o f th e b i l l b e in g p r e p a r e d a n d i s o f te n d o n e o n a f a n f o ld
m a c h in e .

C l a s s C . P e r f o r m s r o u t i n e f il in g of m a t e r i a l t h a t h a s a l r e a d y b e e n c l a s s i f i e d o r w h ic h
i s e a s i l y c l a s s i f i e d in a s i m p l e s e r i a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s y s t e m ( e . g . , a l p h a b e t i c a l , c h r o n o l o g i c a l ,
o r n u m e r i c a l ) . A s r e q u e s t e d , l o c a t e s r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e m a t e r i a l in f i l e s a n d f o r w a r d s m a ­
t e r i a l ; a n d m a y f ill o u t w ith d ra w a l c h a rg e . P e r f o r m s s im p le c le r ic a l a n d m a n u a l ta s k s r e ­
q u i r e d to m a i n t a i n a n d s e r v i c e f i l e s .

CLERK,

ORDER

R e c e iv e s c u s to m e r s ' o r d e r s f o r m a t e r i a l o r m e r c h a n d is e b y m a il, p h o n e , o r p e rs o n a lly .
D u t i e s i n v o lv e a n y c o m b i n a ti o n o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : Q u o tin g p r i c e s to c u s t o m e r s ; m a k i n g o u t a n o r d e r
s h e e t l i s t i n g t h e i t e m s to m a k e u p t h e o r d e r ; c h e c k i n g p r i c e s a n d q u a n t i t i e s o f i t e m s o n o r d e r
s h e e t ; a n d d i s t r i b u t i n g o r d e r s h e e t s to r e s p e c t i v e d e p a r t m e n t s to b e f i l l e d . M a y c h e c k w ith c r e d i t
d e p a r t m e n t to d e t e r m i n e c r e d i t r a t i n g o f c u s t o m e r , a c k n o w l e d g e r e c e i p t of o r d e r s f r o m c u s t o m e r s ,
f o llo w u p o r d e r s to s e e t h a t t h e y h a v e b e e n f i l l e d , k e e p f i l e o f o r d e r s r e c e i v e d , a n d c h e c k s h ip p in g
i n v o i c e s w ith o r i g i n a l o r d e r s .

B O O K K E E P IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R
O p e r a t e s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h i n e ( R e m i n g t o n R a n d , E l l i o t t F i s h e r , S u n d s t r a n d , B u r r o u g h s ,
N a t io n a l C a s h R e g i s t e r , w ith o r w i t h o u t a t y p e w r i t e r k e y b o a r d ) to k e e p a r e c o r d o f b u s i n e s s
tra n s a c tio n s .
C la s s A.
K e e p s a s e t o f r e c o r d s r e q u i r i n g a k n o w le d g e o f a n d e x p e r i e n c e in b a s i c
b o o k k e e p in g p r i n c i p l e s , a n d f a m i l i a r i t y w ith t h e s t r u c t u r e o f th e p a r t i c u l a r a c c o u n t i n g s y s t e m
u s e d . D e t e r m i n e s p r o p e r r e c o r d s a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n o f d e b i t a n d c r e d i t i t e m s to b e u s e d in e a c h
p h a s e of th e w o rk .
M ay p r e p a r e c o n s o lid a te d r e p o r t s , b a la n c e s h e e ts , a n d o th e r r e c o r d s
by hand.

CLERK,

PA Y RO LL

C o m p u te s w a g e s o f c o m p a n y e m p l o y e e s a n d e n t e r s t h e n e c e s s a r y d a t a o n th e p a y r o l l
s h e e t s . D u t i e s in v o lv e : C a l c u l a t i n g w o r k e r s ' e a r n i n g s b a s e d o n t i m e o r p r o d u c t i o n r e c o r d s ; a n d
p o s ti n g c a l c u l a t e d d a t a o n p a y r o l l s h e e t , s h o w in g i n f o r m a t i o n s u c h a s w o r k e r 's n a m e , w o r k in g
d a y s , t i m e , r a t e , d e d u c ti o n s f o r i n s u r a n c e , a n d t o t a l w a g e s d u e . M a y m a k e o u t p a y c h e c k s a n d
a s s i s t p a y m a s te r in m a k in g u p a n d d is tr ib u tin g p a y e n v e lo p e s .
M ay u s e a c a lc u la tin g m a c h in e .

C la s s B. K e e p s a r e c o r d of one o r m o re p h a s e s o r s e c tio n s of a s e t of r e c o r d s u s u a lly
r e q u i r i n g l i t t l e k n o w le d g e o f b a s i c b o o k k e e p in g . P h a s e s o r s e c t i o n s in c l u d e a c c o u n t s p a y a b le ,
p a y r o l l , c u s t o m e r s ' a c c o u n t s ( n o t i n c l u d i n g a s i m p l e ty p e o f b i l l i n g d e s c r i b e d u n d e r b i l l e r ,
m a c h in e ), c o s t d is tr ib u tio n , e x p e n se d is tr ib u tio n , in v e n to ry c o n tr o l, e tc . M ay c h e c k o r a s s i s t
in p r e p a r a t i o n o f t r i a l b a l a n c e s a n d p r e p a r e c o n t r o l s h e e t s f o r t h e a c c o u n t i n g d e p a r t m e n t .

CO M PTO M ETER OPERA TOR
P r i m a r y d u t y i s t o o p e r a t e a C o m p t o m e t e r to p e r f o r m m a t h e m a t i c a l c o m p u t a t i o n s . T h i s
jo b i s n o t to b e c o n f u s e d w ith t h a t o f s t a t i s t i c a l o r o t h e r ty p e of c l e r k , w h ic h m a y i n v o lv e f r e ­
q u e n t u s e o f a C o m p t o m e t e r b u t , i n w h ic h , u s e o f t h i s m a c h i n e i s i n c i d e n t a l t o p e r f o r m a n c e of
o th e r d u tie s .

A C C O U N T IN G

C la s s A . U n d e r g e n e r a l d i r e c ti o n of a b o o k k e e p e r o r a c c o u n ta n t, h a s r e s p o n s i b il it y f o r
k e e p in g o n e o r m o r e s e c t i o n s o f a c o m p l e t e s e t o f b o o k s o r r e c o r d s r e l a t i n g to o n e p h a s e
o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t 's b u s i n e s s t r a n s a c t i o n s . W o rk i n v o lv e s p o s ti n g a n d b a la n c i n g s u b s i d i a r y
l e d g e r o r l e d g e r s s u c h a s a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e o r a c c o u n t s p a y a b le ; e x a m i n in g a n d c o d in g
i n v o i c e s o r v o u c h e r s w ith p r o p e r a c c o u n t i n g d i s t r i b u t i o n ; a n d r e q u i r e s j u d g m e n t a n d e x p e r i ­
e n c e in m a k in g p r o p e r a s s i g n a t i o n s a n d a l l o c a t i o n s . M a y a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g , a d j u s t i n g , a n d
c lo s in g jo u rn a l e n tr i e s ; a n d m a y d i r e c t c la s s B a c c o u n tin g c le r k s .

KEYPU NCH O PER A TO R

C la s s B . U n d e r s u p e r v is io n , p e r f o r m s one o r m o re ro u tin e a c c o u n tin g o p e ra tio n s su c h
a s p o s ti n g s i m p l e j o u r n a l v o u c h e r s o r a c c o u n t s p a y a b le v o u c h e r s , e n t e r i n g v o u c h e r s in
v o u c h e r r e g i s t e r s ; r e c o n c i l i n g b a n k a c c o u n t s ; a n d p o s ti n g s u b s i d i a r y l e d g e r s c o n t r o l l e d b y
g e n e r a l l e d g e r s , o r p o s ti n g s i m p l e c o s t a c c o u n t i n g d a t a . T h i s jo b d o e s n o t r e q u i r e a k n o w l­
e d g e o f a c c o u n t i n g a n d b o o k k e e p in g p r i n c i p l e s b u t i s fo u n d i n o f f i c e s i n w h ic h t h e m o r e r o u t i n e
a c c o u n t i n g w o r k i s s u b d iv i d e d o n a f u n c t i o n a l b a s i s a m o n g s e v e r a l w o r k e r s .




f il in g s y s t e m c o n ta i n in g a n u m b e r o f v a r i e d s u b j e c t m a t t e r
m a te ria l su ch a s c o rre s p o n d e n c e , r e p o r ts , te c h n ic a l d o c u ­
m a t e r i a l . M a y k e e p r e c o r d s of v a r i o u s t y p e s in c o n ju n c t io n
a ll g ro u p of lo w e r le v e l f ile c le r k s .

C l a s s B . S o r t s , c o d e s , a n d f i l e s u n c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l b y s im p le ( s u b j e c t m a t t e r ) h e a d ­
i n g s - o r —p a r t l y c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l b y f i n e r s u b h e a d i n g s . P r e p a r e s s im p le r e l a t e d in d e x a n d
c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e a i d s . A s r e q u e s t e d , l o c a t e s c l e a r l y i d e n t i f i e d m a t e r i a l in f i l e s a n d f o r w a r d s
m a te ria l.
M ay p e r f o r m r e la te d c le r ic a l ta s k s r e q u ir e d to m a in ta in an d s e rv ic e f ile s .

B i l l e r , m a c h i n e ( b o o k k e e p in g m a c h i n e ) . U s e s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h i n e ( S u n d s tr a n d , E l l i o t t
F i s h e r , R e m in g t o n R a n d , e t c . , w h ic h m a y o r m a y n o t h a v e t y p e w r i t e r k e y b o a r d ) to p r e p a r e
c u s t o m e r s ' b i l l s a s p a r t o f th e a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e o p e r a t i o n . G e n e r a l l y i n v o lv e s t;he s i m u l t a ­
n e o u s e n t r y of f i g u r e s o n c u s t o m e r s ' l e d g e r r e c o r d . T h e m a c h i n e a u t o m a t i c a l l y a c c u m u l a t e s
f i g u r e s o n a n u m b e r o f v e r t i c a l c o lu m n s a n d c o m p u t e s , a n d u s u a l l y p r i n t s a u t o m a t i c a l l y th e
d e b i t o r c r e d i t b a l a n c e s . D o e s n o t i n v o lv e a k n o w le d g e o f b o o k k e e p in g . W o rk s f r o m u n i f o r m
an d s ta n d a r d ty p e s of s a le s an d c r e d i t s li p s .

CLERK,

F IL E

C l a s s A . In a n e s t a b l i s h e d
f il e s , c l a s s if i e s a n d in d e x e s f ile
m e n ts , e tc . M ay a ls o f ile th is
w ith t h e f i l e s .
M ay le a d a s m

P r e p a r e s s ta te m e n ts , b i ll s , an d in v o ic e s on a m a c h in e o th e r th a n a n o r d in a r y o r e le c t r o m a tic ty p e w rite r.
M a y a l s o k e e p r e c o r d s a s t o b i l l i n g s o r s h ip p i n g c h a r g e s o r p e r f o r m o t h e r
c l e r i c a l w o r k i n c i d e n t a l to b i l l i n g o p e r a t i o n s . F o r w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , b i l l e r s , m a c h i n e , a r e
c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e o f m a c h i n e , a s f o ll o w s :

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C l a s s A . O p e r a t e s a n u m e r i c a l a n d / o r a l p h a b e t i c a l o r c o m b i n a ti o n k e y p u n c h m a c h i n e to
t r a n s c r i b e d a t a f r o m v a r i o u s s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s to k e y p u n c h t a b u l a ti n g c a r d s . P e r f o r m s s a m e
t a s k s a s l o w e r l e v e l k e y p u n c h o p e r a t o r b u t , in a d d i t i o n , w o r k r e q u i r e s a p p l i c a t i o n o f c o d in g
s k il ls a n d th e m a k in g of s o m e d e te r m in a tio n s , f o r e x a m p le , lo c a te s on th e s o u rc e d o c u m e n t
th e i t e m s to b e p u n c h e d ; e x t r a c t s i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m s e v e r a l d o c u m e n t s ; a n d s e a r c h e s f o r a n d
i n t e r p r e t s i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e d o c u m e n t t o d e t e r m i n e i n f o r m a t i o n to b e p u n c h e d . M a y t r a i n
in e x p e rie n c e d o p e r a to r s .

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S E C R E T A R Y — C o n t in u e d

K E Y P U N C H O P E R A T O R — C o n tin u e d
C la s s B.
U n d e r c l o s e s u p e r v i s i o n o r f o ll o w i n g s p e c i f i c p r o c e d u r e s o r i n s t r u c t i o n s ,
t r a n s c r i b e s d a t a f r o m s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s to p u n c h e d c a r d s .
O p e r a te s a n u m e r ic a l a n d /o r
a lp h a b e tic a l o r c o m b in a tio n k e y p u n c h m a c h in e to k e y p u n c h ta b u la tin g c a r d s . M ay v e r if y c a r d s .
W o rk in g f r o m v a r i o u s s t a n d a r d i z e d s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s , f o ll o w s s p e c i f i e d s e q u e n c e s w h ic h h a v e
b e e n c o d e d o r p r e s c r i b e d in d e t a i l a n d r e q u i r e l i t t l e o r n o s e l e c t i n g , c o d in g , o r i n t e r p r e t i n g
of d a ta to b e p u n c h e d . P r o b le m s a r i s in g f r o m e r r o n e o u s ite m s o r c o d e s , m is s in g in fo r m a tio n ,
e t c . , a r e r e f e r r e d to s u p e r v i s o r .

d. S e c r e t a r y to t h e h e a d o f a n i n d i v i d u a l p l a n t , f a c t o r y , e t c . ( o r o t h e r e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l
o f o f f i c ia l ) t h a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5, 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
e.
S e c r e t a r y t o t h e h e a d o f a l a r g e a n d i m p o r t a n t o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e g m e n t ( e . g ., a m id d l e
m a n a g e m e n t s u p e r v i s o r o f a n o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e g m e n t o f t e n in v o lv i n g a s m a n y a s s e v e r a l
h u n d r e d p e r s o n s ) o f a c o m p a n y t h a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
C la s s C

O F F IC E BOY O R G IR L
P e r f o r m s v a r i o u s r o u t i n e d u t i e s s u c h a s r u n n in g e r r a n d s , o p e r a t i n g m i n o r o f f ic e m a ­
c h in e s s u c h a s s e a l e r s o r m a i l e r s , o p e n in g a n d d i s t r i b u t i n g m a i l , a n d o t h e r m i n o r c l e r i c a l w o r k .

SEC RETA RY
A s s i g n e d a s p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y , n o r m a l l y t o o n e i n d iv i d u a l. M a in t a in s a c l o s e a n d h i g h ly
r e s p o n s i v e r e l a t i o n s h i p to t h e d a y - t o - d a y w o r k a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e s u p e r v i s o r . W o rk s f a i r l y i n d e ­
p e n d e n tl y r e c e i v i n g a m i n i m u m o f d e t a i l e d s u p e r v i s i o n a n d g u i d a n c e .
P e rfo rm s v a rie d c le r ic a l
a n d s e c r e t a r i a l d u t i e s , u s u a l l y i n c l u d i n g m o s t o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : (a) R e c e i v e s t e l e p h o n e c a l l s ,
p e r s o n a l c a l l e r s , a n d in c o m i n g m a i l , a n s w e r s r o u t i n e i n q u i r i e s , a n d r o u t e s t h e t e c h n i c a l i n q u i r i e s
to t h e p r o p e r p e r s o n s ; (b) e s t a b l i s h e s , m a i n t a i n s , a n d r e v i s e s t h e s u p e r v i s o r ' s f i l e s ; (c) m a i n t a i n s
th e s u p e r v i s o r 's c a l e n d a r a n d m a k e s a p p o i n t m e n t s a s i n s t r u c t e d ; (d) r e l a y s m e s s a g e s f r o m s u p e r ­
v i s o r t o s u b o r d i n a t e s ; (e) r e v i e w s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , m e m o r a n d a , a n d r e p o r t s p r e p a r e d b y o t h e r s
f o r t h e s u p e r v i s o r 's s i g n a t u r e to a s s u r e p r o c e d u r a l a n d t y p o g r a p h i c a c c u r a c y ; a n d (f) p e r f o r m s
s te n o g r a p h i c a n d t y p in g w o r k .
M ay a ls o p e r f o r m o th e r c le r i c a l a n d s e c r e t a r i a l t a s k s of c o m p a r a b le n a tu r e a n d d iffic u lty .
T h e w o r k t y p i c a l l y r e q u i r e s k n o w le d g e o f o f f i c e r o u t i n e a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n ,
p r o g r a m s , a n d p r o c e d u r e s r e l a te d to th e w o rk of th e s u p e r v i s o r .
E x c lu sio n s
.N o t a l l p o s i t i o n s t h a t a r e t i t l e d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s t h e a b o v e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s . E x a m p l e s
of p o s i t i o n s w h ic h a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m t h e d e f i n i t i o n a r e a s f o ll o w s : (a) P o s i t i o n s w h ic h d o n o t m e e t
t h e " p e r s o n a l " s e c r e t a r y c o n c e p t d e s c r i b e d a b o v e ; (b) s t e n o g r a p h e r s n o t f u l l y t r a i n e d in s e c r e t a r i a l
ty p e d u t i e s ; (c) s t e n o g r a p h e r s s e r v i n g a s o f f i c e a s s i s t a n t s t o a g r o u p o f p r o f e s s i o n a l , t e c h n i c a l ,
o r m a n a g e r i a l p e r s o n s ; (d) s e c r e t a r y p o s i t i o n s in w h ic h t h e d u t i e s a r e e i t h e r s u b s t a n t i a l l y m o r e
r o u t i n e o r s u b s t a n t i a l l y m o r e c o m p l e x a n d r e s p o n s i b l e t h a n t h o s e c h a r a c t e r i z e d in t h e d e f i n i t i o n ;
a n d (e) a s s i s t a n t ty p e p o s i t i o n s w h ic h in v o lv e m o r e d i f f i c u l t o r m o r e r e s p o n s i b l e t e c h n i c a l , a d m i n ­
i s t r a t i v e , s u p e r v i s o r y , o r s p e c i a l i z e d c l e r i c a l d u t i e s w h ic h a r e n o t t y p i c a l o f s e c r e t a r i a l w o r k .
N O T E : T h e t e r m " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r , " u s e d i n t h e l e v e l d e f i n i t i o n s f o ll o w i n g , r e f e r s to
t h o s e o f f i c i a l s w h o h a v e a s i g n i f i c a n t c o r p o r a t e - w i d e p o l ic y m a k i n g r o l e w ith r e g a r d t o m a j o r
c o m p a n y a c t i v it ie s . T h e t it le " v ic e p r e s i d e n t , " th o u g h n o r m a lly in d ic a tiv e of th is r o le , d o e s n o t
in a l l c a s e s i d e n t i f y s u c h p o s i t i o n s . V ic e p r e s i d e n t s w h o s e p r i m a r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s t o a c t p e r ­
s o n a l l y o n i n d iv i d u a l c a s e s o r t r a n s a c t i o n s ( e . g . , a p p r o v e o r d e n y i n d iv i d u a l l o a n o r c r e d i t a c t i o n s ;
a d m i n i s t e r i n d iv i d u a l t r u s t a c c o u n t s ; d i r e c t l y s u p e r v i s e a c l e r i c a l s ta f f ) a r e n o t c o n s i d e r e d t o b e
" c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r s " f o r p u r p o s e s o f a p p ly i n g t h e f o ll o w i n g l e v e l d e f i n i t i o n s .
C la s s A

a ll,

a.
S e c r e t a r y to the c h a ir m a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e sid e n t o f a com p an y that e m p lo y s , in
o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; or

b.
S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r (o th e r than the c h a ir m a n o f the b o a r d o r p resid en t)
o f a com p a n y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 but fe w e r than 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
c.
S e c r e t a r y to the h ead (im m e d ia te ly b elo w
se g m e n t o r s u b sid ia r y o f a com p a n y that e m p lo y s ,

the c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r le v e l) o f a m a jo r
in a ll, o v e r 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

C la s s B

a ll,

a.
S e c r e t a r y to the c h a ir m a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t o f a c om p an y that e m p lo y s , in
fe w e r than 100 p e r s o n s ; o r

b.
S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r (o th e r than the c h a ir m a n o f the b o a r d o r p resid en t)
of a com p a n y that e m p lo y s , in sill, o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
c.
S e c r e t a r y to the h ead ( im m e d ia te ly b elo w the o ffic e r le v e l) o v e r eith e r a m a jo r
c o r p o r a t e -w id e fu n ction al a c tiv ity ( e . g . , m a r k e tin g , r e s e a r c h , o p e r a tio n s , in d u s tr ia l r e l a ­
t io n s , e t c .) o r a m a jo r g e o g r a p h ic o r o r g a n iza tio n a l se g m e n t ( e . g . , a r e g io n a l h e a d q u a r te r s;
a m a jo r d iv isio n ) o f a c o m p a n y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 but fe w e r than 2 5 , 0 0 0
e m p lo y e e s ; o r




a . S e c r e t a r y to a n e x e c u tiv e o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n w h o s e r e s p o n s i b il it y is n o t e q u iv a le n t
to o n e o f t h e s p e c i f i c l e v e l s i t u a t i o n s i n t h e d e f i n i t i o n f o r c l a s s B , b u t w h o s e s u b o r d i n a t e s t a f f
n o r m a lly n u m b e r s a t l e a s t s e v e r a l d o z e n e m p lo y e e s a n d is u s u a lly d iv id e d in to o r g a n iz a tio n a l
s e g m e n t s w h ic h a r e o f te n , in t u r n , f u r t h e r s u b d iv i d e d . In s o m e c o m p a n i e s , t h i s l e v e l i n c l u d e s
a w id e r a n g e o f o r g a n i z a t i o n a l e c h e l o n s ; i n o t h e r s , o n ly o n e o r tw o ; o r
b.
S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d o f a n in d iv id u a l p la n t, f a c to r y , e tc . (o r o th e r e q u iv a le n t le v e l
o f o f f i c ia l ) t h a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , f e w e r t h a n 5, 0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
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a.
S e c r e t a r y to th e s u p e r v i s o r o r h e a d of a s m a ll o r g a n iz a tio n a l u n it ( e .g ., fe w e r th a n
a b o u t 25 o r 3 0 p e r s o n s ) ; £ r
b.
S e c r e t a r y to a n o n s u p e r v is o r y s ta f f s p e c i a li s t, p r o f e s s io n a l e m p lo y e e , a d m i n i s t r a ­
tiv e o f f ic e r , o r a s s i s ta n t , s k ille d te c h n ic ia n o r e x p e rt.
(N O T E ; M a n y c o m p a n ie s a s s i g n
s t e n o g r a p h e r s , r a t h e r th em s e c r e t a r i e s a s d e s c r i b e d a b o v e , to t h i s l e v e l o f s u p e r v i s o r y o r
n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r .)
STENOG RA PHER,

GENERAL

P r i m a r y d u ty i s to t a k e d i c t a t i o n i n v o lv i n g a n o r m a l r o u t i n e v o c a b u l a r y f r o m o n e o r m o r e
p e r s o n s e i t h e r in s h o r t h a n d o r b y S te n o ty p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h i n e ; a n d t r a n s c r i b e d i c t a t i o n . M a y
a l s o ty p e f r o m w r i t t e n c o p y . M a y m a i n t a i n f i l e s , k e e p s i m p l e r e c o r d s , o r p e r f o r m o t h e r r e l a t i v e l y
ro u tin e c l e r i c a l t a s k s .
M a y o p e r a t e f r o m a s te n o g r a p h i c p o o l.
D o e s n o t in c lu d e t r a n s c r i b in g m a c h in e w o rk .
(S e e t r a n s c r i b i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r . )

STEN O G RA PH ER ,

S E N IO R

P r i m a r y d u t y i s t o t a k e d i c t a t i o n i n v o lv i n g a v a r i e d t e c h n i c a l o r s p e c i a l i z e d v o c a b u l a r y
s u c h a s in l e g a l b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s o n s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h f r o m o n e o r m o r e p e r s o n s e i t h e r in s h o r t ­
h a n d o r b y S t e n o ty p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h i n e ; a n d t r a n s c r i b e d i c t a t i o n . M a y a l s o ty p e f r o m w r i t t e n
copy.
M ay a ls o s e t u p an d m a in ta in f il e s , k e e p r e c o r d s , e tc .
OR
P e r f o r m s s t e n o g r a p h i c d u t i e s r e q u i r i n g s i g n i f i c a n t l y g r e a t e r in d e p e n d e n c e a n d r e s p o n s i ­
b i l i t y t h a n s t e n o g r a p h e r s , g e n e r a l a s e v id e n c e d b y t h e f o ll o w i n g : W o rk r e q u i r e s h i g h d e g r e e o f
s te n o g r a p h i c s p e e d a n d a c c u r a c y ; a n d a t h o r o u g h w o r k i n g k n o w le d g e o f g e n e r a l b u s i n e s s a n d o f f ic e
p r o c e d u r e s a n d of th e s p e c if ic b u s in e s s o p e r a tio n s , o r g a n iz a tio n , p o lic ie s , p r o c e d u r e s , f il e s ,
w o r k f lo w , e t c .
U s e s t h i s k n o w le d g e in p e r f o r m i n g s t e n o g r a p h i c d u t i e s a n d r e s p o n s i b l e c l e r i c a l
t a s k s s u c h a s , m a i n t a i n i n g f o llo w u p f i l e s ; a s s e m b l i n g m a t e r i a l f o r r e p o r t s , m e m o r a n d u m s , l e t t e r s ,
e t c . ; c o m p o s i n g s i m p l e l e t t e r s f r o m g e n e r a l i n s t r u c t i o n s ; r e a d i n g a n d r o u t i n g in c o m i n g m a i l ; a n d
a n s w e r in g r o u tin e q u e s tio n s , e tc .
D o e s n o t in c l u d e t r a n s c r i b i n g - m a c h i n e w o r k .
S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R
C la s s A . O p e r a te s a s in g le - o r m u ltip le -p o sitio n telep h on e sw itch b o a rd handling in co m in g ,
ou tgoin g, in trap lan t o r o ffic e c a lls . P e r f o r m s fu ll tele p h on e in fo rm a tio n s e r v ic e o r h an d les
c o m p le x c a l l s , su ch a s c o n fe r e n c e , c o lle c t , o v e r s e a s , o r s im il a r c a l l s , e ith e r in ad dition to
doing routin e w o rk as d e s c r ib e d f o r sw itch b o a rd o p e r a t o r , c la s s B , o r a s a f u l l-t im e
a s s ig n m e n t. ( " F u l l " telep h on e in fo rm a tio n s e r v ic e o c c u r s w hen the e sta b lis h m e n t h as v a r ie d
fu n ction s that a r e not r e a d ily u n d erstan d ab le fo r tele p h on e in fo rm a tio n p u r p o s e s , e . g . , b e c a u s e
o f ov e rla p p in g o r in te r r e la t e d fu n c tio n s, and co n se q u en tly p r e s e n t freq u en t p r o b le m s a s to
w hich e x te n sio n s a r e a p p r o p r ia te fo r c a lls .)
C la s s B . O p e r a te s a s in g le - o r m u ltip le -p o s itio n telep h on e sw itch b o ard handling in co m in g ,
ou tgoin g, in trap lan t o r o ffic e c a l l s . M a y h andle routin e lon g d ista n c e c a lls and r e c o r d t o lls .
M a y p e r f o r m lim ite d telep h on e in fo rm a tio n s e r v ic e . ( " L i m i t e d " tele p h on e in fo rm a tio n s e r v ic e
o c c u r s i f the fu n ction s o f the e sta b lish m e n t s e r v ic e d a r e r e a d ily u n d erstan d ab le f o r telep h on e
in fo rm a tio n p u r p o s e s , o r if the r e q u e s ts a r e ro u tin e, e . g . , givin g e x te n sio n n u m b e rs w hen
s p e c ific n a m e s a r e fu r n ish e d , o r if c o m p le x c a lls a r e r e f e r r e d to an oth er o p e r a to r .)

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S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R - R E C E P T I O N I S T
I n a d d i t i o n to p e r f o r m i n g d u t i e s o f o p e r a t o r o n a s i n g l e - p o s i t i o n o r m o n i t o r - t y p e s w i t c h ­
b o a r d , a c t s a s r e c e p t i o n i s t a n d m a y a l s o ty p e o r p e r f o r m r o u t i n e c l e r i c a l w o r k a s p a r t o f r e g u l a r
d u tie s .
T h i s t y p in g o r c l e r i c a l w o r k m a y t a k e t h e m a j o r p a r t o f t h i s w o r k e r 's t i m e w h i l e a t
s w itc h b o a r d .

C la s s C . O p e r a te s s im p le ta b u la tin g o r e le c t r i c a l a c c o u n tin g m a c h in e s s u c h a s th e
s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c in g p u n c h , c o ll a to r , e tc ., w ith s p e c if ic i n s tr u c tio n s .
M a y in c l u d e s i m p l e
w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s a n d s o m e f il in g w o r k . T h e w o r k t y p i c a l l y in v o lv e s p o r t i o n s o f a w o r k
u n i t , f o r e x a m p l e , in d iv i d u a l s o r t i n g o r c o l l a t i n g r u n s o r r e p e t i t i v e o p e r a t i o n s .
T R A N S C R IB IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R ,

GENERAL

T A B U L A T I N G -M A C H I N E O P E R A T O R

C la s s A . O p e r a te s a v a r i e ty o f ta b u la tin g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n tin g m a c h in e s , ty p ic a lly
in c l u d i n g s u c h m a c h i n e s a s t h e t a b u l a t o r , c a l c u l a t o r , i n t e r p r e t e r , c o l l a t o r , a n d o t h e r s .
P e r f o r m s c o m p le te r e p o r tin g a s s ig n m e n ts w ith o u t c lo s e s u p e r v is io n , an d p e r f o r m s d iffic u lt
w ir in g a s r e q u ir e d .
T h e c o m p l e t e r e p o r t i n g a n d t a b u l a t i n g a s s i g n m e n t s t y p i c a l l y i n v o lv e a
v a r i e t y o f lo n g a n d c o m p l e x r e p o r t s w h ic h o f te n a r e o f i r r e g u l a r o r n o n r e c u r r i n g t y p e r e ­
q u i r i n g s o m e p l a n n i n g a n d s e q u e n c i n g o f s t e p s to b e t a k e n . A s a m o r e e x p e r i e n c e d o p e r a t o r ,
i s t y p i c a l l y i n v o lv e d i n t r a i n i n g n e w o p e r a t o r s in m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s , o r p a r t i a l l y t r a i n e d
o p e r a t o r s in w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s a n d o p e r a t i n g s e q u e n c e s o f lo n g a n d c o m p l e x r e p o r t s .
D o e s n o t in c l u d e w o r k i n g s u p e r v i s o r s p e r f o r m i n g t a b u l a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s a n d d a y - t o d a y s u p e r v i s io n of th e w o r k a n d p r o d u c tio n of a g ro u p of t a b u la tin g - m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s .

C la s s B . O p e r a te s m o r e d iffic u lt ta b u la tin g o r e le c t r i c a l a c c o u n tin g m a c h in e s s u c h a s th e
t a b u l a t o r a n d c a l c u l a t o r , in a d d i t i o n to t h e s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c e r , a n d c o l l a t o r .
T h is w o rk is
p e r f o r m e d u n d e r s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s a n d m a y in c l u d e t h e p e r f o r m a n c e o f s o m e w i r i n g f r o m
d i a g r a m s . T h e w o r k t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e s , f o r e x a m p l e , t a b u l a t i o n s i n v o lv in g a r e p e t i t i v e
a c c o u n t i n g e x e r c i s e , a c o m p l e te b u t s m a l l t a b u l a t i n g s tu d y , o r p a r t s o f a l o n g e r a n d m o r e
c o m p le x r e p o r t . S u ch r e p o r t s a n d s tu d ie s a r e u s u a lly o f a r e c u r r in g n a tu r e w h e r e th e p r o ­
c e d u re s a r e w e ll e s ta b lis h e d .
M a y a l s o i n c l u d e t h e t r a i n i n g o f n e w e m p l o y e e s in t h e b a s i c
o p e r a tio n of th e m a c h in e .

P r i m a r y d u t y i s t o t r a n s c r i b e d i c t a t i o n i n v o lv in g a n o r m a l r o u t i n e v o c a b u l a r y f r o m
tra n s c rib in g - m a c h in e r e c o r d s .
M a y a ls o ty p e f ro m w r itte n c o p y a n d do s im p le c le r ic a l w o rk .
W o r k e r s t r a n s c r i b i n g d i c t a t i o n i n v o lv in g a v a r i e d t e c h n i c a l o r s p e c i a l i z e d v o c a b u l a r y s u c h a s l e g a l
b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s o n s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h a r e n o t i n c l u d e d . A w o r k e r w h o t a k e s d i c t a t i o n in s h o r t ­
h a n d o r b y S t e n o ty p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h i n e i s c l a s s i f i e d a s a s t e n o g r a p h e r , g e n e r a l .
T Y P IS T
U s e s a t y p e w r i t e r to m a k e c o p ie s o f v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l o r t o m a k e o u t b i l l s a f t e r c a l c u l a ­
t i o n s h a v e b e e n m a d e b y a n o t h e r p e r s o n . M a y in c l u d e ty p in g o f s t e n c i l s , m a t s , o r s i m i l a r m a t e ­
r i a l s f o r u s e in d u p l ic a ti n g p r o c e s s e s . M a y d o c l e r i c a l w o r k in v o lv in g l i t t l e s p e c i a l t r a i n i n g , s u c h
a s k e e p in g s i m p l e r e c o r d s , f il in g r e c o r d s a n d r e p o r t s , o r s o r t i n g a n d d i s t r i b u t i n g i n c o m i n g m a i l .
C l a s s A . P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e of t h e f o ll o w i n g : T y p in g m a t e r i a l in f i n a l f o r m w h e n i t
i n v o lv e s c o m b i n i n g m a t e r i a l f r o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s o r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g ,
s y l l a b i c a t i o n , p u n c tu a t io n , e t c . , of t e c h n i c a l o r u n u s u a l w o r d s o r f o r e i g n la n g u a g e m a t e r i a l ;
a n d p la n n i n g l a y o u t a n d t y p in g o f c o m p l i c a t e d s t a t i s t i c a l t a b l e s t o m a i n t a i n u n i f o r m i t y a n d
b a la n c e in s p a c in g .
M a y ty p e r o u t i n e f o r m l e t t e r s v a r y i n g d e t a i l s to s u i t c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
C l a s s B . P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e o f t h e f o llo w in g : C o p y t y p in g f r o m r o u g h o r c l e a r d r a f t s ;
r o u t i n e ty p in g o f f o r m s , i n s u r a n c e p o l i c i e s , e t c . ; a n d s e t t i n g u p s i m p l e s t a n d a r d t a b u l a t i o n s ,
o r c o p y in g m o r e c o m p l e x t a b l e s a l r e a d y s e tu p a n d s p a c e d p r o p e r l y .

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
D R A F T S M A N — C o n tin u e d

DRAFTSM AN
C l a s s A . P l a n s t h e g r a p h i c p r e s e n t a t i o n o f c o m p l e x i t e m s h a v in g d i s t i n c t i v e d e s i g n
f e a t u r e s th a t d iff e r s ig n if ic a n tly f ro m e s ta b lis h e d d r a f tin g p r e c e d e n ts . W o rk s in c lo s e s u p ­
p o r t w ith th e d e s ig n o r ig i n a to r , a n d m a y r e c o m m e n d m in o r d e s ig n c h a n g e s . A n a ly z e s th e
e ff e c t of e a c h c h a n g e o n th e d e ta ils of f o r m , f u n c tio n , a n d p o s itio n a l r e la tio n s h ip s o f c o m ­
p o n e n ts a n d p a r t s .
W o rk s w ith a m in im u m of s u p e r v is o r y a s s i s ta n c e .
C o m p le t e d w o r k i s
r e v ie w e d b y d e s ig n o r ig in a to r fo r c o n s is te n c y w ith p r io r e n g in e e r in g d e te r m in a tio n s .
M ay
e ith e r p r e p a r e d r a w in g s , o r d ir e c t th e i r p r e p a r a tio n b y lo w e r le v e l d r a f ts m e n .
C l a s s B . P e r f o r m s n o n r o u ti n e a n d c o m p l e x d r a f t i n g a s s i g n m e n t s t h a t r e q u i r e t h e a p p l i ­
c a t i o n o f m o s t o f t h e s t a n d a r d i z e d d r a w in g t e c h n i q u e s r e g u l a r l y u s e d .
D u tie s ty p ic a lly in ­
v o lv e su c h w o rk a s :
P r e p a r e s w o rk in g d ra w in g s of s u b a s s e m b lie s w ith i r r e g u l a r s h a p e s ,
m u l t i p l e f u n c t i o n s , a n d p r e c i s e p o s i t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s b e tw e e n c o m p o n e n t s ; p r e p a r e s a r c h i ­
t e c t u r a l d r a w in g s f o r c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a b u i ld i n g in c l u d i n g d e t a i l d r a w i n g s o f f o u n d a t i o n s , w a l l
s e c t i o n s , f l o o r p l a n s , a n d r o o f . U s e s a c c e p t e d f o r m u l a s a n d m a n u a l s in m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y
c o m p u t a ti o n s to d e t e r m i n e q u a n t i t i e s o f m a t e r i a l s to b e u s e d , l o a d c a p a c i t i e s , s t r e n g t h s ,
s t r e s s e s , e tc .
R e c e i v e s i n i t i a l i n s t r u c t i o n s , r e q u i r e m e n t s , a n d a d v ic e f r o m s u p e r v i s o r .
C o m p le t e d w o r k is c h e c k e d f o r t e c h n i c a l a d e q u a c y .

C la s s C . P r e p a r e s d e ta il d r a w in g s of s in g le u n its o r p a r t s f o r e n g in e e r in g , c o n s tr u c tio n ,
m a n u f a c t u r i n g , o r r e p a i r p u r p o s e s . T y p e s o f d r a w i n g s p r e p a r e d in c l u d e i s o m e t r i c p r o j e c t i o n s
( d e p i c ti n g t h r e e d i m e n s i o n s in a c c u r a t e s c a l e ) a n d s e c t i o n a l v i e w s to c l a r i f y p o s i t i o n i n g o f

c o m p o n e n ts a n d c o n v e y n e e d e d in fo r m a tio n . C o n s o lid a te s d e ta ils f ro m a n u m b e r of s o u r c e s
a n d a d j u s t s o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a l e a s r e q u i r e d . S u g g e s te d m e t h o d s o f a p p r o a c h , a p p l i c a b l e
p r e c e d e n t s , a n d a d v ic e o n s o u r c e m a t e r i a l s a r e g i v e n w i t h i n i t i a l a s s i g n m e n t s .
In stru c tio n s
a r e l e s s c o m p l e te w h e n a s s i g n m e n t s r e c u r .
W o rk m a y b e s p o t - c h e c k e d d u r i n g p r o g r e s s .
D R AFTSM AN- TRA CER
C o p i e s p l a n s a n d d r a w i n g s p r e p a r e d b y o t h e r s b y p l a c i n g t r a c i n g c lo t h o r p a p e r o v e r
d ra w in g s an d tr a c in g w ith p e n o r p e n c il.
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c o n s i s t i n g o f s t r a i g h t l i n e s a n d a l a r g e s c a l e n o t r e q u i r i n g c l o s e d e l i n e a t i o n .)
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P r e p a r e s s im p le o r r e p e titiv e d ra w in g s of e a s i l y v is u a liz e d ite m s .
d u rin g p r o g r e s s .
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IN D U S T R IA L (R E G IS T E R E D )

A r e g i s te r e d n u r s e w ho g iv e s n u r s in g s e r v i c e u n d e r g e n e r a l m e d ic a l d ir e c tio n to ill o r
i n ju r e d e m p lo y e e s o r o th e r p e r s o n s w ho b e c o m e i ll o r s u ff e r a n a c c id e n t o n th e p r e m i s e s of a
f a c t o r y o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t . D u t i e s in v o lv e a c o m b i n a ti o n o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : C i v in g f i r s t a id
t o t h e i l l o r i n j u r e d ; a tt e n d in g to s u b s e q u e n t d r e s s i n g o f e m p l o y e e s ' i n j u r i e s ; k e e p in g r e c o r d s
o f p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d ; p r e p a r i n g a c c i d e n t r e p o r t s f o r c o m p e n s a t i o n o r o t h e r p u r p o s e s ; a s s i s t i n g in
p h y s i c a l e x a m i n a t i o n s a n d h e a l t h e v a l u a t i o n s o f a p p l i c a n t s a n d e m p l o y e e s ; a n d p la n n i n g a n d c a r r y ­
in g o u t p r o g r a m s in v o lv i n g h e a l t h e d u c a t i o n , a c c i d e n t p r e v e i t io n , e v a l u a t i o n o f p l a n t e n v i r o n m e n t ,
o r o th e r a c ti v it ie s a ffe c tin g th e h e a lth , w e lf a r e , a n d s a fe ty o f a ll p e r s o n n e l.

MAINTENANCE AND POWERPLANT
CA RPENTER,

M A IN T E N A N C E

P e r f o r m s t h e c a r p e n t r y d u t i e s n e c e s s a r y t o c o n s t r u c t a n d m a i n t a i n in g o o d r e p a i r b u i ld i n g
w o o d w o r k a n d e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s b i n s , c r i b s , c o u n t e r s , b e n c h e s , p a r t i t i o n s , d o o r s , f l o o r s , s t a i r s ,
c a s i n g s , a n d t r i m m a d e o f w o o d in a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o llo w in g ;
P la n ­
n in g a n d l a y i n g o u t o f w o r k f r o m b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , m o d e l s , o r v e r b a l i n s t r u c t i o n s u s i n g a
v a r i e t y of c a r p e n t e r ’s h a n d t o o l s , p o r t a b l e p o w e r t o o l s , a n d s t a n d a r d m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ;




CARPENTER,

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

m a k in g s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to d im e n s io n s of w o rk ; a n d s e le c tin g m a t e r i a ls n e c e s ­
s a r y fo r th e w o rk .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o rk of th e m a in te n a n c e c a r p e n t e r r e q u i r e s ro u n d e d t r a i n ­
in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d
e x p e rie n c e .

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

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

P e r f o r m s a v a r i e ty of e l e c t r i c a l t r a d e f u n c tio n s s u c h a s th e i n s ta lla tio n , m a in te n a n c e ,
o r r e p a i r o f e q u ip m e n t f o r t h e g e n e r a t i o n , d i s t r i b u t i o n , o r u t i l i z a t i o n o f e l e c t r i c e n e r g y in a n
e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W o r k i n v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : I n s t a l l i n g o r r e p a i r i n g a n y o f a v a r i e t y o f
e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w i t c h b o a r d s , c o n t r o l l e r s , c i r c u i t b r e a k ­
e r s , m o t o r s , h e a t i n g u n i t s , c o n d u it s y s t e m s , o r o t h e r t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u ip m e n t; w o r k i n g f r o m
b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , l a y o u t s , o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; l o c a t i n g a n d d i a g n o s i n g t r o u b l e in t h e
e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m o r e q u ip m e n t; w o r k i n g s t a n d a r d c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g t o l o a d r e q u i r e m e n t s o f
w i r i n g o r e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t; a n d u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c i a n ' s h a n d to o l s a n d m e a s u r i n g a n d
t e s tin g in s t r u m e n t s . In g e n e r a l, th e w o rk of th e m a in te n a n c e e le c t r i c ia n r e q u i r e s ro u n d e d t r a i n ­
in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d
e x p e rie n c e .

t h e v a r i o u s a s s e m b l i e s in t h e v e h i c l e a n d m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y a d j u s t m e n t s ; a n d a li n i n g w h e e l s ,
a d ju s tin g b r a k e s a n d lig h ts , o r tig h te n in g b o d y b o lts .
I n g e n e r a l , t h e w o r k o f t h e a u to m o t iv e
m e c h a n ic r e q u ir e s ro u n d e d tr a in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o rm a l a p p re n ­
tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g a n d e x p e r ie n c e .

E N G IN E E R ,

S T A T IO N A R Y

O p e r a t e s a n d m a i n t a i n s a n d m a y a l s o s u p e r v i s e t h e o p e r a t i o n o f s t a t i o n a r y e n g in e s a n d
e q u ip m e n t ( m e c h a n i c a l o r e l e c t r i c a l ) t o s u p p ly t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h i c h e m p l o y e d w i t h p o w e r ,
h e a t, r e f r ig e r a ti o n , o r a ir - c o n d itio n in g .
W o r k i n v o lv e s :
O p e r a t i n g a n d m a i n t a i n i n g e q u ip m e n t
s u c h a s s te a m e n g in e s , a i r c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , m o to r s , t u r b i n e s , v e n tila tin g a n d r e f r i g ­
e r a t i n g e q u i p m e n t , s t e a m b o i l e r s a n d b o i l e r - f e d w a t e r p u m p s ; m a k i n g e q u ip m e n t r e p a i r s ; a n d
k e e p in g a r e c o r d o f o p e r a t i o n o f m a c h i n e r y , t e m p e r a t u r e , a n d f u e l c o n s u m p t io n .
M ay a ls o s u ­
p e r v is e th e s e o p e ra tio n s .
H e a d o r c h ie f e n g in e e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g m o r e th a n one
e n g in e e r a r e e x c lu d e d .
F IR E M A N ,

S T A T IO N A R Y B O IL E R

F i r e s s t a t i o n a r y b o i l e r s t o f u r n i s h t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h i c h e m p l o y e d w i t h h e a t , p o w e r ,
o r s t e a m . F e e d s f u e l s to f i r e b y h a n d o r o p e r a t e s a m e c h a n i c a l s t o k e r , o r g a s o r o i l b u r n e r ;
a n d c h e c k s w a t e r a n d s a f e t y v a l v e s . M a y c l e a n , o i l , o r a s s i s t in r e p a i r i n g b o i l e r r o o m e q u ip m e n t.
H ELPER,

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

A s s i s t s one o r m o re w o r k e r s in th e s k ille d m a in te n a n c e t r a d e s , b y p e rf o r m in g s p e c if ic
o r g e n e r a l d u t i e s o f l e s s e r s k i l l , s u c h a s k e e p in g a w o r k e r s u p p li e d w i t h m a t e r i a l s a n d t o o l s ;
c le a n i n g . w o r k in g a r e a , m a c h i n e , a n d e q u ip m e n t; a s s i s t i n g j o u r n e y m a n b y h o l d in g m a t e r i a l s o r
to o ls ; a n d p e r f o r m in g o th e r u n s k ille d t a s k s a s d i r e c te d b y jo u rn e y m a n .
T h e k in d of w o rk th e
h e l p e r i s p e r m i t t e d to p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m t r a d e t o t r a d e :
In s o m e t r a d e s th e h e lp e r is c o n ­
f in e d t o s u p p ly i n g , l i f t i n g , a n d h o l d in g m a t e r i a l s a n d t o o l s a n d c l e a n i n g w o r k i n g a r e a s ; a n d in
o th e r s h e is p e rm itte d to p e r f o r m s p e c ia liz e d m a c h in e o p e ra tio n s , o r p a r t s of a tr a d e th a t a re
a ls o p e r f o r m e d b y w o r k e r s on a f u ll- tim e b a s is .
M A C H IN E -T O O L O P E R A T O R ,

TOOLROOM

S p e c ia liz e s in th e o p e ra tio n of one o r m o re ty p e s of m a c h in e to o ls , s u c h a s jig b o r e r s ,
c y l i n d r i c a l o r s u r f a c e g r i n d e r s , e n g in e l a t h e s , o r m i l l i n g m a c h i n e s , i n t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of
m a c h i n e - s h o p t o o l s , g a g e s , j i g s , f i x t u r e s , o r d i e s . W o rk i n v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : P l a n ­
n in g a n d p e r f o r m i n g d i f f i c u l t m a c h i n in g o p e r a t i o n s ; p r o c e s s i n g i t e m s r e q u i r i n g c o m p l i c a t e d s e t u p s
o r a h ig h d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; u s in g a v a r i e ty o f p r e c i s io n m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; s e le c tin g f e e d s ,
s p e e d s , t o o l i n g , a n d o p e r a t i o n s e q u e n c e ; a n d m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y a d j u s t m e n t s d u r in g o p e r a t i o n to
a c h ie v e r e q u i s i t e t o l e r a n c e s o r d i m e n s i o n s . M a y b e r e q u i r e d to r e c o g n i z e w h e n t o o l s n e e d d r e s s ­
in g , t o d r e s s t o o l s , a n d to s e l e c t p r o p e r c o o l a n t s a n d c u tt i n g a n d l u b r i c a t i n g o i l s . F o r c r o s s ­
i n d u s t r y w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , m a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r s , t o o l r o o m , in t o o l a n d d i e j o b b in g s h o p s
a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m t h i s c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .
M A C H IN IS T , M A IN T E N A N C E
P r o d u c e s r e p l a c e m e n t p a r t s a n d n e w p a r t s in m a k i n g r e p a i r s o f m e t a l p a r t s o f m e c h a n ­
i c a l e q u ip m e n t o p e r a t e d i n a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : I n t e r p r e t i n g
w r itte n i n s tr u c tio n s a n d s p e c if ic a tio n s ; p la n n in g a n d la y in g o u t of w o rk ; u s in g a v a r i e ty o f m a ­
c h i n i s t 's h a n d to o l s a n d p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; s e t t i n g u p a n d o p e r a t i n g s t a n d a r d m a c h i n e
t o o l s ; s h a p in g o f m e t a l p a r t s t o c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; m a k i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a ti o n s r e l a t i n g t o
d i m e n s i o n s o f w o r k , t o o l i n g , f e e d s , a n d s p e e d s o f m a c h i n in g ; k n o w le d g e o f t h e w o r k i n g p r o p e r t i e s
o f t h e c o m m o n m e t a l s ; s e l e c t i n g s t a n d a r d m a t e r i a l s , p a r t s , a n d e q u ip m e n t r e q u i r e d f o r h i s w o r k ;
a n d f i t t i n g a n d a s s e m b l i n g p a r t s i n to m e c h a n i c a l e q u i p m e n t .
I n g e n e r a l , t h e m a c h i n i s t 's w o r k
n o r m a lly r e q u ir e s a ro u n d e d tr a in in g in m a c h in e -s h o p p r a c tic e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o rm a l
a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
M E C H A N IC , A U T O M O T IV E (M A IN T E N A N C E )
R e p a ir s a u to m o b ile s , b u s e s , m o to r tr u c k s , a n d t r a c t o r s o f a n e s ta b lis h m e n t. W o rk in ­
v o l v e s m o s t o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : E x a m in i n g a u to m o t iv e e q u ip m e n t t o d i a g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b l e ;
d i s a s s e m b l i n g e q u ip m e n t a n d p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s t h a t in v o lv e t h e u s e o f s u c h h a n d to o l s a s
w r e n c h e s , g a g e s , d r i l l s , o r s p e c i a l i z e d e q u ip m e n t i n d i s a s s e m b l i n g o r f i t t i n g p a r t s ; r e p l a c i n g
b r o k e n o r d e fe c tiv e p a r t s f r o m s to c k ; g rin d in g a n d a d ju s tin g v a lv e s ; .r e a s s e m b lin g a n d in s ta llin g




M E C H A N IC , M A IN T E N A N C E
R e p a i r s m a c h i n e r y o r m e c h a n i c a l e q u ip m e n t o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W o rk i n v o lv e s m o s t
o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : E x a m in i n g m a c h i n e s a n d m e c h a n i c a l e q u ip m e n t t o d i a g n o s e s o u r c e of t r o u b l e ;
d i s m a n t l i n g o r p a r t l y d i s m a n t l i n g m a c h i n e s a n d p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s t h a t m a i n l y i n v o lv e t h e u s e
o f h a n d to o l s in s c r a p i n g a n d f i t t i n g p a r t s ; r e p l a c i n g b r o k e n o r d e f e c t i v e p a r t s w i t h i t e m s o b t a i n e d
f r o m s t o c k ; o r d e r i n g t h e p r o d u c t i o n of a r e p l a c e m e n t p a r t b y a m a c h i n e s h o p o r s e n d in g o f t h e
m a c h in e to a m a c h in e sh o p fo r m a jo r r e p a i r s ; p r e p a r in g w r itte n s p e c if ic a tio n s fo r m a jo r r e p a i r s
o r f o r th e p r o d u c tio n of p a r t s o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h in e sh o p ; r e a s s e m b l in g m a c h in e s ; a n d m a k in g
a ll n e c e s s a r y a d ju s tm e n ts f o r o p e ra tio n .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o rk of a m a in te n a n c e m e c h a n ic r e ­
q u ir e s ro u n d e d tr a in in g and e x p e rie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o rm a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g a n d e x p e r ie n c e . E x c lu d e d f r o m th is c la s s if ic a tio n a r e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r im a r y
d u t i e s in v o lv e s e t t i n g u p o r a d j u s t i n g m a c h i n e s .
M IL L W R IG H T
I n s t a l l s n e w m a c h i n e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m e n t, a n d d i s m a n t l e s a n d i n s t a l l s m a c h i n e s o r
h e a v y e q u ip m e n t w h e n c h a n g e s in t h e p l a n t l a y o u t a r e r e q u i r e d . W o rk i n v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o l ­
l o w i n g : P l a n n in g a n d l a y i n g o u t o f t h e w o r k ; i n t e r p r e t i n g b l u e p r i n t s o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u s in g
a v a r i e t y o f h a n d to o l s a n d r i g g i n g ; m ilk in g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a ti o n s r e l a t i n g to s t r e s s e s ,
s t r e n g t h o f m a t e r i a l s , a n d c e n t e r s o f g r a v i t y ; a l i n i n g a n d b a l a n c i n g o f e q u ip m e n t; s e l e c t i n g s t a n d ­
a r d t o o l s , e q u ip m e n t, a n d p a r t s to b e u s e d ; a n d i n s t a l l i n g a n d m a i n t a i n i n g in g o o d o r d e r p o w e r
t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s d r i v e s a n d s p e e d r e d u c e r s .
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n o r m a l l y r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e in t h e t r a d e a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l
a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
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L u b r ic a t e s , w ith o il o r g r e a s e ,
e q u ip m e n t o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
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M A IN T E N A N C E

P a in ts a n d r e d e c o r a te s w a lls , w o o d w o rk , a n d f ix tu re s of a n e s ta b lis h m e n t.
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v o l v e s t h e f o ll o w i n g : K n o w le d g e o f s u r f a c e p e c u l i a r i t i e s a n d t y p e s o f p a i n t r e q u i r e d f o r d i f f e r e n t
a p p l i c a t i o n s ; p r e p a r i n g s u r f a c e f o r p a i n t i n g b y r e m o v i n g o ld f i n i s h o r b y p l a c i n g p u t ty o r f i l l e r
in n a i l h o l e s a n d i n t e r s t i c e s ; a n d a p p ly in g p a in t w i t h s p r a y g u n o r b r u s h . M a y m i x c o l o r s , o i l s ,
w h i t e l e a d , a n d o t h e r p a in t i n g r e d i e n t s to o b t a i n p r o p e r c o l o r o r c o n s i s t e n c y .
In g e n e r a l, th e
w o rk of th e m a in te n a n c e p a in te r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d tr a in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h
a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e .
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M A IN T E N A N C E

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e s ta b lis h m e n t.
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c a t e p o s i t i o n o f p ip e f r o m d r a w i n g s o r o t h e r w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; c u tt i n g v a r i o u s s i z e s o f p ip e
to c o r r e c t l e n g t h s w i t h c h i s e l a n d h a m m e r o r o x y a c e t y l e n e t o r c h o r p i p e - c u t t i n g m a c h i n e ; t h r e a d ­
in g p ip e w i t h s t o c k s a n d d i e s ; b e n d in g p ip e b y h a n d - d r i v e n o r p o w e r - d r i v e n m a c h i n e s ; a s s e m b l i n g
p i p e w i t h c o u p li n g s a n d f a s t e n i n g p ip e to h a n g e r s ; m a k i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a ti o n s r e l a t i n g
to p r e s s u r e s , f lo w , a n d s i z e o f p i p e r e q u i r e d ; a n d m a k i n g s t a n d a r d t e s t s t o d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r
f in is h e d p ip e s m e e t s p e c if ic a tio n s . In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k of th e m a in te n a n c e p ip e f itte r r e q u i r e s
r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t
t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e . W o r k e r s p r i m a r i l y e n g a g e d in i n s t a l l i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g b u i ld i n g s a n i t a ­
tio n o r h e a tin g s y s te m s a r e e x c lu d e d .
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K e e p s t h e p lu m b i n g s y s t e m o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t in g o o d o r d e r . W o rk i n v o lv e s : K n o w le d g e
o f s a n i t a r y c o d e s r e g a r d i n g i n s t a l l a t i o n o f v e n ts a n d t r a p s i n p lu m b i n g s y s t e m ; i n s t a l l i n g o r r e ­
p a i r i n g p i p e s a n d f i x t u r e s ; a n d o p e n in g c lo g g e d d r a i n s w i t h a p l u n g e r o r p l u m b e r 's s n a k e . In
g e n e r a l, th e w o rk of th e m a in te n a n c e p lu m b e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d tr a in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e u s u a lly
a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
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t u r e s (su c h a s m a c h in e g u a r d s , g r e a s e p a n s , s h e lv e s , l o c k e r s , ta n k s , v e n ti l a t o r s , c h u te s , d u c ts ,
m e t a l r o o f in g ) o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W o r k i n v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : P l a n n in g a n d l a y i n g
out a ll ty p e s of s h e e t- m e ta l m a in te n a n c e w o rk f ro m b lu e p r in ts , m o d e ls , o r o th e r s p e c if ic a tio n s ;
s e t t i n g u p a n d o p e r a t i n g a l l a v a i l a b l e t y p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e s ; u s i n g a v a r i e t y of

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h a n d to o l s i n c u t t i n g , b e n d in g , f o r m i n g , s h a p in g , f i t t i n g , a n d a s s e m b l i n g ; a n d i n s t a l l i n g s h e e t m e ta l a r t i c l e s a s r e q u i r e d . In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k of th e m a in te n a n c e s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u i r e s
r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t
tra in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e .

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s t a n d i n g o f t h e w o r k i n g p r o p e r t i e s of c o m m o n m e t a l s a n d a l l o y s ; s e t t i n g u p a n d o p e r a t i n g of
m a c h i n e t o o l s a n d r e l a t e d e q u ip m e n t; m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y s h o p c o m p u t a ti o n s r e l a t i n g to d i m e n s i o n s
o f w o r k , s p e e d s , f e e d s , a n d t o o li n g of m a c h i n e s ; h e a t - t r e a t i n g o f m e t a l p a r t s d u r in g f a b r i c a t i o n
a s w e l l a s o f f i n i s h e d t o o l s a n d d i e s to a c h ie v e r e q u i r e d q u a l i t i e s ; w o r k i n g t o c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ;
f i t t i n g a n d a s s e m b l i n g o f p a r t s to p r e s c r i b e d t o l e r a n c e s a n d a l l o w a n c e s ; a n d s e l e c t i n g a p p r o p r i a t e
m a t e r i a l s , t o o l s , a n d p r o c e s s e s . In g e n e r a l , t h e to o l a n d d ie m a k e r ’s w o r k r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d
tr a in in g in m a c h in e -s h o p a n d to o lr o o m p r a c t ic e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip
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p u n c h in g , a n d o t h e r m e t a l - f o r m i n g w o r k .
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m e n ts of m e r c h a n d is e o r o th e r m a t e r i a ls .
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p r o c e d u r e s , p r a c t i c e s , r o u te s , a v a ila b le m e a n s of t r a n s p o r t a ti o n , an d r a t e ; a n d p r e p a r in g r e c ­
o r d s o f t h e g o o d s s h ip p e d , m a k i n g u p b i l l s o f l a d i n g , p o s ti n g w e ig h t a n d s h ip p i n g c h a r g e s , a n d
k e e p in g a f i l e o f s h ip p i n g r e c o r d s . M a y d i r e c t o r a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g t h e m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h i p ­
m e n t.
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s h ip m e n ts a g a in s t b ills of la d in g , in v o ic e s , o r o th e r r e c o r d s ; c h e c k in g fo r s h o r ta g e s a n d r e je c tin g
d a m a g e d g o o d s ; r o u t i n g m e r c h a n d i s e o r m a t e r i a l s to p r o p e r d e p a r t m e n t s ; a n d m a i n t a i n i n g n e c e s ­
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p r e m i s e s o f a n o f f i c e , a p a r t m e n t h o u s e , o r c o m m e r c i a l o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t . D u t i e s in v o lv e
a c o m b i n a ti o n o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : S w e e p in g , m o p p in g o r s c r u b b i n g , a n d p o l is h in g f l o o r s ; r e m o v i n g
c h i p s , t r a s h , a n d o t h e r r e f u s e ; d u s ti n g e q u ip m e n t, f u r n i t u r e , o r f i x t u r e s ; p o l is h in g m e t a l f i x t u r e s
o r t r i m m i n g s ; p r o v id i n g s u p p l i e s a n d m i n o r m a i n t e n a n c e s e r v i c e s ; a n d c le a n i n g l a v a t o r i e s , s h o w ­
e r s , a n d r e s t r o o m s . W o r k e r s w h o s p e c i a l i z e in w in d o w w a s h i n g a r e e x c l u d e d .
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h o u s e m a n o r w a r e h o u s e h e lp e r)
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m e r c h a n d i s e o n o r f r o m f r e i g h t c a r s , t r u c k s , o r o t h e r t r a n s p o r t i n g d e v i c e s ; u n p a c k in g , s h e l v i n g ,
o r p l a c i n g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d i s e in p r o p e r s t o r a g e l o c a t i o n ; a n d t r a n s p o r t i n g m a t e r i a l s o r
m e r c h a n d is e b y h a n d tr u c k , c a r , o r w h e e lb a r r o w . L o n g s h o r e m e n , w h o lo a d a n d u n lo a d s h ip s a r e
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e q u i p m e n t , o r m e n b e tw e e n v a r i o u s t y p e s o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s u c h a s : M a n u f a c tu r i n g p l a n t s , f r e i g h t
d e p o t s , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o l e s a l e a n d r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , o r b e tw e e n r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d
c u s to m e r s ' h o u s e s o r p la c e s of b u s in e s s . M a y a ls o lo a d o r u n lo a d tr u c k w ith o r w ith o u t h e lp e r s ,
m a k e m i n o r m e c h a n i c a l r e p a i r s , a n d k e e p t r u c k in g o o d w o r k i n g o r d e r .
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o v e r - t h e - r o a d d r iv e r s a r e e x c lu d e d .
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a s f o ll o w s :
( T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r s h o u ld b e r a t e d o n t h e b a s i s o f t r a i l e r c a p a c i t y . )

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s to c k m a n )

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a n c e w ith s p e c if ic a tio n s on s a le s s li p s , c u s to m e r s ' o r d e r s , o r o th e r in s t r u c t i o n s . M a y , in a d d itio n
to f il li n g o r d e r s a n d i n d i c a t i n g i t e m s f i l l e d o r o m i t t e d , k e e p r e c o r d s o f o u tg o in g o r d e r s , r e q u i ­
s i t i o n a d d i t i o n a l s to c k o r r e p o r t s h o r t s u p p l i e s t o s u p e r v i s o r , a n d p e r f o r m o t h e r r e l a t e d d u t i e s .

T r u c k d r iv e r (c o m b in a tio n of s iz e s l is te d s e p a r a te ly )
T r u c k d r i v e r , l ig h t ( u n d e r 1*4 to n s )
T r u c k d r i v e r , m e d i u m (l*/z t o a n d i n c l u d i n g 4 to n s )
T r u c k d r i v e r , h e a v y ( o v e r 4 t o n s , t r a i l e r ty p e )
T r u c k d r i v e r , h e a v y ( o v e r 4 t o n s , o t h e r t h a n t r a i l e r ty p e )

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t a i n e r s , t h e s p e c i f i c o p e r a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d b e in g d e p e n d e n t u p o n t h e t y p e , s i z e , a n d n u m b e r o f
u n i ts to b e p a c k e d , t h e t y p e o f c o n t a i n e r e m p l o y e d , a n d m e t h o d o f s h i p m e n t . W o rk r e q u i r e s t h e
p l a c i n g o f i t e m s in s h ip p i n g c o n t a i n e r s a n d m a y i n v o lv e o n e o r m o r e o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : K n o w l­
e d g e o f v a r i o u s i t e m s o f s t o c k in o r d e r to v e r i f y c o n te n t ; s e l e c t i o n o f a p p r o p r i a t e t y p e a n d s i z e
o f c o n t a i n e r ; i n s e r t i n g e n c l o s u r e s i n c o n t a i n e r ; u s in g e x c e l s i o r o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l to p r e v e n t
b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e ; c lo s i n g a n d s e a l i n g c o n t a i n e r ; a n d a p p ly i n g l a b e l s o r e n t e r i n g i d e n t i f y i n g
d a t a o n c o n t a i n e r . P a c k e r s w h o a l s o m a k e w o o d e n b o x e s o r c r a t e s a r e e x c lu d e d .




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F o r w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s a y e c l a s s i f i e d b y t y p e o f t r u c k , a s f o ll o w s :
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to r n e y s , c h e m is t s , e n g in e e r s , en gin eerin g te ch n icia n s, d ra ftsm e n ,
t r a c e r s , jo b a n a ly sts,
d ir e c t o r s of p e rs o n n e l, m a n a g e rs o f o ffic e
s e r v i c e s , b u y e r s , and c l e r i c a l e m p l o y e e s .
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m in is t r a t iv e , T e c h n ic a l, and C l e r i c a l P a y , June 1968.
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A l i s t of th e l a t e s t a v a ila b le b u lle tin s is p r e s e n te d b e lo w . A d ir e c t o r y of a r e a w a g e s tu d ie s in c lu d in g m o r e lim ite d stu d ie s co n d u cte d at the
r e q u e s t o f th e W age and H our and P u b lic C o n tr a c ts D iv is io n s of the D e p a r tm e n t o f L ab or i s a v a ila b le on r e q u e s t. B u lle tin s m a y be p u r c h a s e d fr o m
the S u p e r in te n d e n t of D o c u m e n ts , U .S . G o v e r n m e n t P r in tin g O ffic e , W a sh in g to n , D .C ., 2 0 4 0 2 , or fr o m an y o f the BLS r e g io n a l s a l e s o f f ic e s sh ow n on
th e in s id e fr o n t c o v e r .
A rea
A k r o n , Ohio, J u l y 1969 1_______________________________
Albany—
Schenectad y—T r o y , N . Y . , M a r . 1969 1---------------A l b u q u e rq u e , N. M e x . , A p r . 1 9 6 9 ______________________
A lle n t o w n — e t h l e h e m —E a s to n , P a . —N . J . , M a y 1969-----B
A t l a n t a , G a . , M a y 1 9 6 9 _________________________________
B a l t i m o r e , M d . , Sept. 1968 1___________________________
B e a u m o n t— o r t A r t h u r —O r a n g e , T e x . , M a y 1969 1------P
B in gh am ton , N . Y . , J u ly 1968 1__________________________
B i r m i n g h a m , A l a . , A p r . 1969 1_________________________
B o ise C i t y , Idaho, J u l y 1968 1 __________________________
Boston, M a s s . , Sept. 1 9 6 8 1 ____________________________
B u ff a lo , N . Y . , No v. 1 9 6 8 1 ______________________________
B u r l i n g t o n , V t . , M a r . 1969 1 ___________________________
Canton, Ohio, M a y 1969 -----------------------------------------------------C h a r l e s to n , W . V a . , A p r . 1 9 6 9 _________________________
C h a r l o t t e , N . C . , M a r . 1969_____________________________
Ch attanooga, T e n n . - G a . , Sept. 1968 1__________________
C hicago, 111., A p r . 1969 1 ______________________________
C i n c i n n a t i , O hio— y . —I n d . , M a r . 1969 1 ________________
K
C l e v e la n d , O hio, Sept. 1968 1 __________________________
C o lu m b u s , O h io , O c t. 1968 1 __________________________
D a l l a s , T e x . , No v. 1968 1 ______________________________
D a v e n p o r t — o c k Is la n d — o l i n e , Io w c m l ll . ,
R
M
O c t. 1 9 6 8 _______________________________________________
D a y to n, O h io , Jan. 1969 1 ______________________________
D e n v e r , C o l o . , D ec. 1 9 6 8 ______________________________
Des M o i n e s , Io w a , M a r . 1969__________________________
D e t r o i t , M i c h . , Jan. 1969 1 ______________________________
F o r t W o r t h , T e x . , Nov. 1 9 6 8 1_________________________
G r e e n B a y , W i s . , J u l y 1 9 6 8 1 __________________________
G r e e n v i l l e , S . C . , M a y 1969 1___________________________
Ho uston, T e x . , M a y 1969 1______________________________
I n d ia n a p o lis , In d ., D ec. 1 9 6 8 1------------------------------------------Jackson, M i s s . , F e b . 1969 1____________________________
J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , Jan. 1969 1 -----------------------------------------K a ns a s C i t y , M o . - K a n s . , Sept. 1968 1 _________________
L a w r e n c e — a v e r h i l l , M a s s . —N . H . , June 1 9 6 9 ---------------H
L i t t l e Rock—N o r t h L i t t l e R o ck , A r k . , J u ly 1969-----------Los A ngeles—Long Be a c h and A n a h e im —Santa A n a G a r d e n G r o v e , C a l i f . , M a r . 1969 1 _- _________________
L o u i s v i l l e , K y . —In d ., Nov. 1 9 6 8 ---------------------------------------Lubbock, T e x . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 -------------------------------------------------M a n c h e s t e r , N . H . , J u l y 1969---------------------------------------------M e m p h i s , T e n n . - A r k . , No v. 1968______________________
M i a m i , F l a . , De c . 1968 1_______________________________
M i d l a n d and O d e s s a , T e x . , M a r . 1969----------------------------M i l w a u k e e , W i s . , A p r . 1969-___________________________
M in n e a p o lis —St. P a u l , M i n n . , Jan. 1969________________

B u lle tin nu m b er
and p r ic e
1625-89,
1625-56,
1625-67,
1625-86,
1625-77,
1625-8,
1625-75,
1625-3,
1625-65,
1625-6,
1625-15,
1625-35,
1625-54,
1625-73,
1625-71,
1625-61,
1625-14,
1625-82,
1625-63,
1625-19,
1625-24,
1625-28,

35 cents
35 cents
30 cents
30 cents
35 cents
50 cents
35 cents
35 cents
35 cents
35 cents
50 cents
50 cents
35 cents
30 cents
30 cents
30 cents
35 cents
65 cents
45 cents
50 cents
35 cents
50 cents

1625-16,
1625-42,
1625-39,
1625-62,
1625-58,
1625-27,
1625-7,
1625-70,
1625-83,
1625-40,
1625-45,
1625-37,
1625-17,
1625-79,
1660-2,

30 cents
35 cents
30 cents
30 cents
50 cents
35 cents
35 cents
35 cents
45 cents
35 cents
35 cents
35 cents
45 cents
30 cents
30 cents

1625-78,
1625-33,
1625-53,
1660-3,
1625-30,
1625-29,
1625-49,
1625-66,
1625-47,

50 cents
30 cents
30 cents
30 cents
30 cents
35 cents
25 cents
35 cents
35 cents

D a ta o n e s ta b lis h m e n t p r a c tic e s a n d s u p p le m e n ta ry w a g e p ro v isio n s a re a lso p re s e n te d .




A rea
M u s k e g o n — u s k e g o n H e i g h t s , M i c h . , M a y 1 9 6 9 _______
M
N e w a r k a n d J e r s e y C i t y , N . J . , J a n . 1 9 6 9 ________________
N e w H a v e n , C o n n . , J a n . 1 9 6 9 _____________________________
N e w O r l e a n s , L a . , F e b . 1 9 6 9 1 ___________________________
N e w Y o r k , N . Y . , A p r . 1 9 6 9 ________________________________
N o rfo lk — o r ts m o u th and N e w p o rt N ew s—
P
H a m p t o n , V a . , J u n e 1 9 6 8 _________________________________
O k l a h o m a C i t y , O k l a . , J u l y 1 9 6 8 _________________________
O m a h a , N e b r . - I o w a , O c t . 1 9 6 8 1 _________________________
P a t e r s o n — l i f t o n — a s s a i c , N . J . , M a y 1 9 6 9 _____________
C
P
P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a . —N . J . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 ________________________
P h o e n i x , A r i z . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 ________________________________
P i t t s b u r g h , P a . , J a n . 1 9 6 9 ________________________________
P o r t l a n d , M a i n e , N o v . 1 9 6 8 _______________________________
P o r t l a n d , O r e g . —W a s h . , M a y 1 9 6 9 ________________________
P r o v i d e n c e — a w t u c k e t — a r w i c k , R . I . —M a s s . ,
P
W
M a y 19 6 9 1 _________________________________________________
R a l e i g h , N . C . , A u g . 1 9 6 8 1_________________________________
R i c h m o n d , V a . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 ________________________________
R o c h e s t e r , N .Y . (o ffice o c c u p a tio n s only),
J u l y 1 9 6 8 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------R o c k f o r d , 111., M a y 1 9 6 9 __________________________________
S t. L o u i s , M o . —111., M a r . 19 6 9 1__________________________
S a l t L a k e C i t y , U t a h , D e c . 1 9 6 8 __________________________
S a n A n t o n i o , T e x . , J u n e 1 9 6 9 1 ___________________________
S a n B e r n a r d i n o —R i v e r s i d e —O n t a r i o , C a l i f . ,
O c t . 1 9 6 8 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------S a n D i e g o , C a l i f . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 ______________________________
S a n F r a n c i s c o — a k l a n d , C a l i f . , O c t . 1 9 6 8 _______________
O
S a n J o s e , C a l i f . , S e p t . 1 9 6 8 _______________________________
S a v a n n a h , G a . , M a y 1 9 6 9 __________________________________
S c r a n t o n , P a . , J u l y 1 9 6 8 1 ________________________________
S e a t t l e —E v e r e t t , W a s h . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 1 _____________________
S i o u x F a l l s , S. D a k . , O c t . 1 9 6 8 1_________________________
S o u t h B e n d , I n d . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 _______________________________
S p o k a n e , W a s h . , J u n e 1969 ________________________________
S y r a c u s e , N. Y . , J u l y 1 9 6 8 1 _______________________________
T a m p a —S t. P e t e r s b u r g , F l a . , A u g . 1 9 6 8 ________________
T o l e d o , O h i o — i c h . , F e b . 1 9 6 9 1_________________________
M
T r e n t o n , N . J . , O c t . 1 9 6 8 1 _________________________________
U t i c a —R o m e , N . Y . , J u l y 1 9 6 9 _____________________________
W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . - M d . - V a . , S e p t . 1 9 6 8 __________________
W a t e r b u r y , C o n n . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 _____________________________
W a t e r l o o , I o w a , N o v . 1 9 6 8 1 _______________________________
W i c h i t a , K a n s . , D e c . 1 9 6 8 _________________________________
W o r c e s t e r , M a s s . , M a y 1 9 6 9 --------------------------------------------Y o r k , P a . , F e b . 1 9 6 9 _______________________________________
Y o u n g s t o w n —W a r r e n , O h i o , N o v . 1 9 6 8 ___________________

B u lle tin n u m b er
and p r ic e
1625-80,
1625-46,
1625-38,
1625-51,
1625-88,

30
40
30
35
60

cen ts
cen ts
cen ts
cen ts
cen ts

1575-85,
1625-9,
1625-26,
1625-87,
1625-48,
1625-60,
1625-59,
1625-20,
1625-76,

30
30
35
35
50
30
35
30
30

c en ts
c en ts
cen ts
cen ts
cents
cen ts
cen ts
cents
cents

1625-74,
1625-13,
1625-69,

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

1625-2,
1625-72,
1625-64,
1625-36,
1625-85,

35
30
50
30
35

cents
cen ts
cen ts
cents
cents

1625-25,
1625-32,
1625-44,
1625-21,
1625-68,
1625-12,
1625-43,
1625-23,
1625-55,
1625-81,
1625-5,
1625-10,
1625-57,
1625-18,
1660-1,
1625-22,
1625-50,
1625-31,
1625-41,
1625-84,
1625-52,
1625-34,

40
30
35
30
30
35
35
30
30
30
35
30
35
35
30
35
30
35
30
30
30
30

cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cen ts
cents
cen ts
cen ts
cen ts
cents
cents
cents
cen ts
cen ts
cen ts
cents
cen ts
cents
cents
cents
cents

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