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The Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minnesota,
Metropolitan Area
Jan u ary 1969

Bulletin

No.

1625-47




U N IT E D STATES DEPAR TM ENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REGIONAL OFFICES

r e g io n in
PHILADELPHIA

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

Region III
406 Penn Square Building
1317 Filbert St.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19107
Phone: 597-7796 (Area Code 215)

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

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

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

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




Area Wage Survey
The M inneapolis—St. Paul, Minnesota,




M etropolitan Area
Ja n u a r y

1969

B u lle tin No. 1 6 2 5 -4 7
May 1969

U N IT E D STATES D E PA R TM EN T OF LABOR
George P. S h ultz, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Geoffrey H. Moore, Commissioner

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P reface

The B u r e a u of L a b o r S t a t is t ic s p r o g r a m of annual o c c u p a ­
t i o n a l w a g e s u r v e y s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s i s d e s i g n e d to p r o v i d e d a t a
on o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s , a n d e s t a b l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s a n d s u p p l e m e n ­
tary w age p ro v isio n s.
It y i e l d s d e t a i l e d d a t a b y s e l e c t e d i n d u s t r y
d i v i s i o n f o r e a c h o f th e a r e a s s t u d i e d , f o r g e o g r a p h i c r e g i o n s , an d
f o r th e U n i t e d S t a t e s .
A m a j o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n in th e p r o g r a m i s the
n e e d f o r g r e a t e r i n s i g h t in to ( 1 ) t h e m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a ­
t i o n a l c a t e g o r y a n d s k i l l l e v e l , a n d ( 2 ) th e s t r u c t u r e a n d l e v e l o f
w a g e s am o n g a r e a s and in d u stry d iv is io n s .
At th e e n d o f e a c h s u r v e y , a n i n d i v i d u a l a r e a b u l l e t i n p r e ­
se n ts su rv e y r e s u l t s fo r e ach a r e a stu d ied .
A fte r co m p le tio n of all
o f th e i n d i v i d u a l a r e a b u l l e t i n s f o r a r o u n d o f s u r v e y s , a t w o - p a r t
s u m m a r y b u lletin is is s u e d .
T h e f i r s t p a r t b r in g s d ata fo r e a c h of

th e m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s s t u d i e d in to o n e b u l l e t i n .
The secon d p a rt
p r e s e n t s in fo r m a t io n w hich h a s b e e n p r o j e c t e d f r o m in d iv id u al m e t r o ­
p o l i t a n a r e a d a t a to r e l a t e to g e o g r a p h i c r e g i o n s a n d th e U n i t e d S t a t e s .
N i n e t y a r e a s c u r r e n t l y a r e i n c l u d e d in th e p r o g r a m .
In e a c h
a r e a , i n f o r m a t i o n on o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s i s c o l l e c t e d a n n u a l l y a n d on
e s ta b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p le m e n ta r y w age p r o v is io n s b ien n ially .
T h i s b u l l e t i n p r e s e n t s r e s u l t s o f the s u r v e y in M i n n e a p o l i s —
S t . P a u l , M i n n . , in J a n u a r y 1969The Stan dard M etrop olitan S t a t is ­
t i c a l A r e a , a s d e f i n e d b y th e B u r e a u o f the B u d g e t t h r o u g h J a n u a r y
1968, c o n s i s t s of A n o k a, D a k o ta , H ennepin, R a m s e y , and W ashington
C ou n ties.
T h i s s t u d y w a s c o n d u c t e d b y th e B u r e a u ' s r e g i o n a l o f f i c e
in C h i c a g o , 111., u n d e r th e g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n o f W o o d r o w C . L i n n ,
A s s is ta n t R egion al D ir e c to r for O p eratio n s.

Contents
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I n t r o d u c t i o n _____________________________________________________________ r _________________________________________________________________________________________
W a g e t r e n d s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p s _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d w o r k e r s w it h in s c o p e o f s u r v e y a n d n u m b e r s t u d i e d _________________________________________________________________________
I n d e x e s o f s t a n d a r d w eek ly s a l a r i e s and s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rly e a r n in g s fo r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n a l g r o u p s , and
p e r c e n t s o f i n c r e a s e f o r s e l e c t e d p e r i o d s __________________________________________________________________________________________________________




NOTE:

S im ila r tab u latio n s a r e av a ila b le fo r other a r e a s .

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

A c u r r e n t r e p o r t on o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g 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 in t h e M i n n e a p o l i s —
S t . P a u l a r e a i s a l s o a v a i l a b l e f o r c o n t r a c t c l e a n i n g ( J u l y 1968); a n d on e a r n i n g s o n l y f o r s e l e c t e d
f o o d s e r v i c e a n d l a u n d r y a n d d r y c l e a n i n g o c c u p a t i o n s ( J a n u a r y 1 969).
U n io n s c a l e s , i n d i c a t i v e o f
p r e v a ilin g p a y l e v e l s , a r e a v a ila b le fo r building c o n stru ctio n ; prin tin g; lo c a l - t r a n s i t o p e r a tin g e m p lo y e e s ;
and m o t o r t r u c k d r i v e r s , h e l p e r s , and a ll i e d o c c u p a tio n s .

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T a b l e s — C on tin u ed
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O ccu p atio n a l e a r n in g s:
A -l.
O f f i c e o c c u p a t i o n s —m e n a n d w o m e n ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A -la.
O f f i c e o c c u p a t i o n s —l a r g e e s ta b lis h m e n ts —m e n a n d w o m e n -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A -2.
P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s —m e n a n d w o m e n ___________________________________________________________________________________
A -2a.
P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s —l a r g e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s —m e n a n d w o m e n _________________________________________________________
A -3.
O f f i c e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s —m e n a n d w o m e n c o m b i n e d _____________________________________________________________
A -3a.
O f f i c e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s —l a r g e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s —m e n a n d w o m e n c o m b i n e d ___________________________________
A -4.
M a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t o c c u p a t i o n s _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
A -4a.
M a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t o c c u p a t i o n s —l a r g e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s ___________________________________________________________________________
A -5.
C u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a t i o n s ______________________________________________________________________________________________
A -5a.
C u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a t i o n s —l a r g e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s ______________________________________________________________________

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O c c u p a t i o n a l d e s c r i p t i o n s __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Area Wage Survey---The Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minn., Metropolitan Area
Introduction
T h is a r e a i s 1 of 90 in w hich the U .S . D e p a r tm e n t of L a b o r ' s
B u r e a u of L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s c o n d u c t s s u r v e y s of o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s
and r e l a t e d b e n e fits on an a r e a w id e b a s i s . 1

to m e r i t p r e s e n t a t i o n , o r (2)
in dividu al e s ta b lis h m e n t d ata.

In e a c h a r e a , 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 e s t a b ­
l i s h m e n t s w it h in s i x b r o a d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s :
M an u factu rin g; t r a n s ­
p o rta tio n , co m m u n ic atio n , and other public u t ilit ie s; w h o le sa le t r a d e ;
r e t a il t r a d e ; fin a n c e , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s ta te ; and s e r v i c e s .
M ajo r
in d u stry g ro u p s ex clu d ed f r o m th e se stu d ie s a r e go vern m en t o p e r a ­
tio n s and the c o n s tr u c tio n and e x t r a c t iv e i n d u s t r i e s . E s t a b l i s h m e n t s
h aving fe w e r than a p r e s c r i b e d n u m b er of w o r k e r s a r e o m itte d b e c a u s e
th ey ten d to f u r n i s h i n su ffic ie n t e m p lo y m e n t in the o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d
to w a r r a n t in c lu sio n .
S e p a r a t e tab u latio n s a r e p r o v id e d fo r eac h of
the b r o a d in d u s tr y d iv is io n s w h ich m e e t p u b lic a tio n c r i t e r i a .

O c c u p a t io n s an d E a r n i n g s




p o ssib ility

of

d i s c l o s u r e of

The a v e r a g e s p re se n te d re fle c t c o m p o site , areaw id e e s t i ­
m ates.
I n d u s t r i e s a n d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s d i f f e r in p a y l e v e l a n d j o b
s ta ffin g and, th u s, co n trib u te d if fe r e n t ly to the e s t i m a t e s f o r e a c h jo b .
The p a y r e la t io n s h ip o b ta in ab le f r o m the a v e r a g e s m a y f a il to r e f l e c t
a c c u r a t e l y t h e w a g e s p r e a d o r d i f f e r e n t i a l m a i n t a i n e d a m o n g j o b s in
i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s . S i m i l a r l y , d i f f e r e n c e s in a v e r a g e p a y l e v e l s
f o r m e n a n d w o m e n in a n y o f t h e s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s h o u l d not be
a s s u m e d to r e f l e c t d i f f e r e n c e s in p a y t r e a t m e n t o f th e s e x e s w it h in
in d iv id u al e s t a b l i s h m e n t s . O th er p o s s i b l e f a c t o r s w hich m a y c o n tr ib ­
u t e to d i f f e r e n c e s in p a y f o r m e n a n d w o m e n i n c l u d e :
D i f f e r e n c e s in
p r o g r e s s i o n w it h in e s t a b l i s h e d r a t e r a n g e s , s i n c e o n l y t h e a c t u a l r a t e s
p a i d i n c u m b e n t s a r e c o l l e c t e d ; a n d d i f f e r e n c e s in s p e c i f i c d u t i e s p e r ­
f o r m e d , a l t h o u g h t h e w o r k e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d a p p r o p r i a t e l y w it h in th e
s a m e s u r v e y j o b d e s c r i p t i o n . J o b d e s c r i p t i o n s u s e d in c l a s s i f y i n g e m ­
p l o y e e s in t h e s e s u r v e y s a r e u s u a l l y m o r e g e n e r a l i z e d t h a n t h o s e u s e d
in i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d a l l o w f o r m i n o r d i f f e r e n c e s a m o n g
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in th e s p e c i f i c d u t i e s p e r f o r m e d .

T h e s e s u r v e y s a r e c o n d u c t e d on a s a m p l e b a s i s b e c a u s e o f
t h e u n n e c e s s a r y c o s t i n v o l v e d in s u r v e y i n g a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s .
To
o b t a i n o p t i m u m a c c u r a c y a t m i n i m u m c o s t , a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n of
l a r g e t h a n of s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i s s t u d i e d . In c o m b i n i n g t h e d a t a ,
h o w e v e r, a ll e s ta b lis h m e n t s a r e given th e ir a p p r o p r ia te w eight.
E s­
t i m a t e s b a s e d on t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d a r e p r e s e n t e d , t h e r e f o r e ,
a s r e l a t i n g t o a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in t h e i n d u s t r y g r o u p i n g a n d a r e a ,
e x c e p t fo r t h o se below the m in im u m s i z e stu d ied .

1
Included in the 90 areas are four studies conducted under contract with the New York
Department of Labor. These areas are Binghamton (New York portion only); Rochester (office occu­
pations only); Syracuse; and Utica—Rome. In addition, the Bureau conducts more limited area studies
in 91 areas at the request of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions of the U.S. De­
partment of Labor.

is

O cc u p atio n a l em p lo y m e n t and e a r n in g s d a ta a r e shown fo r
f u l l - t i m e w o r k e r s , i . e . , t h o s e h i r e d to w o r k a r e g u l a r w e e k l y s c h e d u l e
in t h e g i v e n o c c u p a t i o n a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .
E a rn in g s data exclude p r e ­
m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , a n d l a t e
sh if ts . N o n p ro d u ctio n b o n u se s a r e e x c lu d e d , but c o s t - o f - li v i n g a llo w ­
a n c e s and in c e n tiv e e a r n in g s a r e in clu d e d . W h ere w e e k ly h o u r s a r e
r e p o r t e d , a s f o r o f f i c e c l e r i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s , r e f e r e n c e i s to t h e s t a n d ­
a r d w o r k w e e k ( r o u n d e d to the n e a r e s t h a l f h o u r ) f o r w h i c h e m p l o 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 s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e of p a y f o r
o v e r t i m e at r e g u l a r a n d / o r p r e m i u m r a t e s ) . A v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s
f o r t h e s e o c c u p a t i o n s h a v e b e e n r o u n d e d t o th e n e a r e s t h a l f d o l l a r .

T h is b u lle tin p r e s e n t s c u rr e n t o c c u p a tio n a l e m p lo y m e n t and
e a r n in g s in fo r m a t io n o b ta in ed l a r g e l y b y m a il f r o m the e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
v i s i t e d b y B u r e a u f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s in t h e l a s t p r e v i o u s s u r v e y f o r
o c c u p a t i o n s r e p o r t e d in t h a t e a r l i e r s t u d y . P e r s o n a l v i s i t s w e r e m a d e
to n o n r e sp o n d e n ts and to th o se r e s p o n d e n t s r e p o r t in g u n u su a l c h a n g e s
sin c e the p r e v io u s s u r v e y .

T h e o c c u p a tio n s s e l e c t e d f o r stu d y a r e c o m m o n to a v a r i e t y
of m a n u fa c tu r in g and n o n m a n u fa c tu r in g i n d u s t r i e s , and a r e of the f o l ­
lo w i n g t y p e s :
(1) O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ; (2) p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l ; (3)
m a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t ; a n d (4) c u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t .
O c c u p a t i o n a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i s b a s e d on a u n i f o r m s e t o f j o b d e s c r i p ­
t i o n s d e s i g n e d t o t a k e a c c o u n t o f i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t v a r i a t i o n in d u t i e s
w it h in t h e s a m e j o b .
The o ccu p atio n s s e le c te d fo r stu dy a r e lis te d
a n d d e s c r i b e d in t h e a p p e n d i x .
Th e e a r n in g s d a ta follow in g the jo b
t it l e s a r e f o r a ll in d u s t r i e s c o m b in ed . E a r n i n g s d a ta f o r s o m e of the
o c c u p a tio n s l i s t e d and d e s c r i b e d , o r f o r s o m e in d u s tr y d i v i s i o n s w ith in
o c c u p a t i o n s , a r e n ot p r e s e n t e d in t h e A - s e r i e s t a b l e s b e c a u s e e i t h e r
(1) e m p l o y m e n t in the o c c u p a t i o n i s t o o s m a l l to p r o v i d e e n o u g h d a t a

there

O c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t e s t i m a t e s r e p r e s e n t t h e t o t a l in a l l
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h i n t h e s c o p e o f t h e s t u d y a n d not th e n u m b e r a c t u ­
a l l y s u r v e y e d . B e c a u s e o f d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t i o n a l s t r u c t u r e a m o n g
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , the e s t i m a t e s o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t o b t a i n e d f r o m
th e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d s e r v e o n l y t o i n d i c a t e th e r e l a t i v e
im p o r t a n c e of the jo b s stu d ie d .
T h e s e d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t i o n a l
s t r u c t u r e do n o t a f f e c t m a t e r i a l l y th e a c c u r a c y o f t h e e a r n i n g s d a t a .
E st a b lis h m e n t P r a c t i c e s and S u p p le m e n ta ry W age P r o v is io n s
T a b u l a t i o n s on s e l e c t e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s a n d s u p p l e ­
m e n t a r y w a g e p r o v i s i o n s ( B - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) a r e not p r e s e n t e d in t h i s
b ulletin .
In fo rm a tio n fo r th e se ta b u la tio n s i s c o lle c te d b ien n ially .
State T h e s e t a b u l a t i o n s on m i n i m u m e n t r a n c e s a l a r i e s f o r i n e x p e r i e n c e d
w o m en o ffic e w o r k e r s ; sh ift d i f f e r e n t i a ls ; sc h e d u le d w ee k ly h o u r s ; paid
h o lid a y s; p a id v a c a tio n s ; and h ea lth , i n s u r a n c e , and p e n sio n p la n s a r e
p r e s e n t e d (in th e B - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) in p r e v i o u s b u l l e t i n s f o r .th is a r e a .

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T a b le

1.

E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d W o r k e r s W ith in S c o p e o f S u r v e y a n d N u m b e r S t u d i e d in M i n n e a p o l i s —S t .
b y M a jo r In d u s t r y D i v i s i o n ,2 J a n u a r y 1969

M in i m u m
e m p lo y m e n t
in e s t a b l i s h ­
m e n t s in s c o p e
o f stu d y

In d u str y d iv is io n

N u m b e r o f e sta b lish m e n ts

P a u l,

M in n . ,

W o r k e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
W ith in s c o p e o f s t u d y 4

W ith in s c o p e
o f stu d y 5

S tu d ie d

S tu d ie d
N um ber

P ercen t

A ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s
A l l d i v i s i o n s — _______________

___

______________

M a n u f a c t u r i n g _______ _______________ ___________________
N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________________________
T r a n s p o r ta t io n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and
o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5_____ —
------------------W h o l e s a l e t r a d e _____________________________________
R e t a i l t r a d e ___________________________________________
F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e ________
S e r v i c e s 6 7------------------------------------------------------------L arge

-

1 ,5 3 2

305

4 0 2 ,1 0 0

1 00

2 3 9 ,9 2 0

50
-

564
968

105
200

1 9 9 ,3 0 0
2 0 2 ,8 0 0

50
50

1 2 1 ,7 5 0
1 1 8 ,1 7 0

114

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

11
7

129
179

32
42
53
32
41

19
6
7

3 5 ,1 1 0
1 1 ,9 5 0
4 7 ,4 5 0
1 4 ,3 3 0
9 ,3 3 0

50
50
50
50
50

200
346

e sta b lis h m e n ts

A l l d i v i s i o n s __________________________________________

-

116

97

2 1 9 ,3 0 0

10 0

2 0 2 ,6 2 0

M a n u f a c t u r i n g ________________________ _________________
N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g _________ _______________________ ___
T r a n s p o r ta t io n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , an d
____________
o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5— - ____
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e _____________________________________
R e t a i l t r a d e ________________________________________
F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e ________
S e r v i c e s 6 7 _________ ________ _______________________

500
-

53
63

39
58

1 2 3 ,9 0 0
9 5 ,4 0 0

56
44

1 0 9 ,8 5 0
9 2 ,7 7 0

500
500
500
500
500

14
7
22
12

14
7
21
10
6

3 1 ,7 0 0
5 ,0 0 0
4 2 , 200
1 1 ,8 0 0
4 ,7 0 0

15
2

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

8

19
6
2

1 T h e M i n n e a p o l i s —S t . P a u l S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a , a s d e f i n e d b y t h e B u r e a u o f t h e B u d g e t t h r o u g h J a n u a r y 1 9 6 8 , c o n s i s t s o f
A n o k a , D a k o t a , H e n n e p in , R a m s e y , a n d W a sh in g to n C o u n t i e s .
T h e " w o r k e r s w it h in s c o p e o f s t u d y " e s t i m a t e s s h o w n in t h i s t a b l e p r o v i d e a r e a s o n a b l y
a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s i z e a n d c o m p o s i t i o n o f t h e l a b o r f o r c e i n c l u d e d in 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 i n t e n d e d , h o w e v e r , to s e r v e a s
a b a s i s o f c o m p a r i s o n w it h o t h e r e m p l o y m e n t i n d e x e s f o r t h e a r e a t o m e a s u r e e m p l o y m e n t t r e n d s o r l e v e l s s i n c e ( 1 ) p l a n n i n g o f w a g e s u r v e y s r e q u i r e s
t h e u s e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t d a t a c o m p i l e d c o n s i d e r a b l y in a d v a n c e o f t h e p a y r o l l p e r i o d s t u d i e d , a n d ( 2 ) s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m 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 i t i o n o f t h e S t a n d a r d I n d u s t r i a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l w a s u s e d in c l a s s i f y i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n .
3 I n c l u d e s a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h t o t a l e m p l o y m e n t a t o r a b o v e th e m i n i m u m l i m i t a t i o n .
A l l o u t l e t s (w it h in t h e a r e a ) o f c o m p a n i e s in s u c h
in 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 i r s e r v i c e , an 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 lis h m e n t .
4 I n c l u 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 l o y m e n t ( w it h in t h e a r e a ) a t o r a b o v e t h e m i n i m u m l i m i t a t i o n .
5 T a x i c a b s a n d s e r v i c e s in c id e n t a l to w a t e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n w e r e e x c lu d e d .
6 T h i s i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n i s r e p r e s e n t e d in e s t i m a t e s f o r " a l l i n d u s t r i e s " a n d " n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g " in t h e S e r i e s A t a b l e s .
S e p a r a te p r e se n ta tio n
o f d a t a 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 fo llo w in g r e a s o n s :
( 1 ) E m p lo y m e n t in th e d i v is i o n i s to o s m a l l to p r o v i d 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 t u d y , ( 2 ) t h e s a m p l e w a s n o t d e s i g 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 i o n , ( 3 ) r e s p o n s e w a s i n s u f f i c i e n t o r i n a d e q u a t e to
p e r m i t s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t i o n , a n d ( 4 ) t h e r e i s p o s s i b i l i t y o f d i s c l o s u r e o f in d iv id u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t d a t a .
7 H o t e ls an d m o t e l s ; l a u n d r ie s an d o th 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 i r , r e n t a l, a n d p a r k in g ; m o tio n p i c t u r e s ; n o n p r o fit
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 an 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 in e e r in g an d a r c h i t e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s .

The

A b o u t o n e - h a l f o f t h e w o r k e r s w it h in s c o p e o f t h e s u r v e y in th e M i n n e a p o l i s —S t . P a u l a r e a w e r e e m p l o y e d
fo l l o w i n g p r e s e n t s t h e m a j o r i n d u s t r y g r o u p s a n d s p e c i f i c i n d u s t r i e s a s a p e r c e n t o f a l l m a n u f a c t u r i n g :
In d u stry g r o u p s
M a c h i n e r y , e x c e p t e l e c t r i c a l ______________________________________ 20
F o o d a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s _________________________________________ 15
E l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t a n d s u p p l i e s _______________________________11
P a p e r a n d a l l i e d p r o d u c t s -------------------------------------------------------- 11
I n s t r u m e n t s a n d r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s ----------------------------------------- 9
P r i n t i n g a n d p u b l i s h i n g ______________________________________________ 8
F a b r i c a t e d m e t a l p r o d u c t s ________________________________________ 7

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

fir m s.

S p e c ific in d u s tr ie s
M i s c e l l a n e o u s c o n v e r t e d p a p e r p r o d u c t s ______________________ 9
M e c h a n i c a l m e a s u r i n g a n d c o n t r o l l i n g d e v i c e s ______________9
O f f i c e a n d c o m p u t i n g m a c h i n e s ___________________________________ 9
C o m m e r c i a l p r i n t i n g __________________________________________________ 4
C o m m u n i c a t i o n e q u i p m e n t _______________________________________— 4
G r a i n m i l l p r o d u c t s ___________________________________________________ 4
M e a t p r o d u c t s ____________________________________________________________4

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

Wage Trends for Selected Occupational Groups
F o r o f f i c e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s a n d i n d u s t r i a l n u r s e s , the w a g e
t r e n d s r e l a t e to r e g u l a r w e e k l y s a l a r i e s f o r the n o r m a l w o r k w e e k ,
e x c lu s iv e of e a r n in g s fo r o v e r tim e .
F o r plant w o r k e r g r o u p s , they
m e a s u r e c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rly e a r n i n g s , e x c lu d in g
p r e m iu m p ay f o r o v e r t i m e and fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and
late sh ifts.
T h e p e r c e n t a g e s a r e b a s e d on d a t a f o r s e l e c t e d k e y o c c u ­
p a t i o n s a n d i n c l u d e m o s t o f the n u m e r i c a l l y i m p o r t a n t j o b s w ith in
each group.

P r e s e n t e d in t a b l e 2 a r e i n d e x e s a n d p e r c e n t a g e s o f c h a n g e
in a v e r a g e s a l a r i e s o f o f f i c e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s a n d i n d u s t r i a l n u r s e s ,
a n d in a v e r a g e e a r n i n g s o f s e l e c t e d p l a n t w o r k e r g r o u p s .
The in d exes
a r e a m e a s u r e of w a g e s at a giv e n tim e , e x p r e s s e d a s a p e r c e n t of
w a g e s d u r i n g th e b a s e p e r i o d ( d a t e o f th e a r e a s u r v e y c o n d u c t e d
b e t w e e n J u l y I 9 6 0 a n d J u n e 1 9 6 1 ).
S u b t r a c t i n g 100 f r o m th e i n d e x
y i e l d s th e p e r c e n t a g e c h a n g e in w a g e s f r o m the b a s e p e r i o d to the
d a t e o f the i n d e x .
T h e p e r c e n t a g e s o f c h a n g e o r i n c r e a s e r e l a t e to
w a g e c h a n g e s b e t w e e n th e i n d i c a t e d d a t e s .
These estim a te s are
m e a s u r e s o f c h a n g e in a v e r a g e s f o r the a r e a ; t h e y a r e not i n t e n d e d
to m e a s u r e a v e r a g e p a y c h a n g e s in t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in th e a r e a .

L im it a t io n s of D ata

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

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

O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) : O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) — S k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e (m e n ) :
B o o k k e e p in g - m a c h i n e
o p e rato rs, c la ss B
C le ric s,

a c c o u n tin g , c la sse s

A and B
C le r k s , f i l e ,

c la sse s

A , B, a n d C
C le r k s ,

o rd e r

C le r k s , p a y ro ll
C o m p to m e te r o p e rato rs

C o n tin u e d

E le c t r i c i a n s

S te n o g rap h e rs, g e n e ra l

M a c h in is ts

S te n o g ra p h e r s, se n io r

M e c h a n ic s

S w itc h b o a rd o p e ra to r s, c la s se s

M e c h a n ic s (a u to m o tiv e )

A and B
T a b u la tin g - m a c h in e o p e rato rs,
c la ss B

A and B




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

P a in t e r s
P ip e fitte r s
T o o l a n d d ie m a k e r s

T y p is ts, c la s s e s A a n d B

K ey p u n ch o p e rato rs, c la sse s
O f f i c e b o y s a n d g ir ls

C arp e n te rs

S e c r e ta r ie s

U n s k il l e d p l a n t ( m e n ):
In d u s t r ia l n u rses ( m e n a n d w o m e n ):
N u r s e s,

i n d u s t r ia l ( r e g is t e r e d )

Ja n ito rs,
L ab o re rs,

p o r te rs, an d c le a n e r s
m a t e r i a l h a n d l in g

3

4

T a b l e 2. I n d e x e s o f S t a n d a r d W e e k l y S a l a r i e s a n d S t r a i g h t - T i m e H o u r l y E a r n i n g s f o r S e l e c t e d O c c u p a t i o n a l G r o u p s in
M i n n e a p o l i s —S t . P a u l , M i n n ., J a n u a r y 1969 a n d J a n u a r y 19 6 8 , a n d P e r c e n t s o f I n c r e a s e f o r S e l e c t e d P e r i o d s
Indexes
( J a n u a r y 1961 = 100)
In d u stry and o c c u p a tio n a l gro u p

J anuary
1969

P e r c e n t s of i n c r e a s e

J anuary
1968

Jan u ary
1968
to
J anuary
1969

J anuary
1967
to
J anuary
1968

J anuary
1966
to
J anuary
1967

J anuary
1965
to
J anuary
1966

J anuary
1964
to
J anuary
1965

A ll in d u s tr ie s :
O ffic e c l e r i c a l (m en and w o m en )
I n d u s tr ia l n u r s e s (m en and w o m e n )_
S k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e ( m e n ) ____________
U n s k i l l e d p l a n t ( m e n ) _________________

1 3 3 .3
1 5 0 .3
138.9
136.1

126.1
139.5
1 3 0 .5
12 8 .7

5.7
7 .8
6 .4
5.8

5.0
15.7
5 .8
4 .3

5 .2
4.7
3.9
3 .6

2 .6
3 .4
3 .4
3.3

2.1
2 .5
2.9
4.0

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

1 3 1 .4
149.4
137.9
1 3 3 .2

1 2 5 .0
141.4
129.6
1 2 5 .6

5.1
5.7
6 .5
6.0

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

5 .5
6 .2
4.4
3 .0

2.1
3.0
2 .8
3.1

1.8
2 .0
3.1
3 .5

J anuary
1963
to
J anuary
1964
A ll in d u str ie s:
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) _____
I n d u s t r i a l n u r s e s ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) __
S k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e ( m e n ) _____________
U n s k i l l e d p l a n t ( m e n ) ______________ ___
M an u factu rin g:
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) _____
I n d u s t r i a l n u r s e s ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) __
S k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e ( m e n ) _____________
U n s k i l l e d p l a n t ( m e n ) ___ -______________




—

J anuary
1962
to
J anuary
1963

J anuary
1961
to
J anuary
1962

J anuary
1960
to
J anuary
1961

2 .4
2 .0
3 .6
3.9

2.9
3 .7
4.0
2 .7

3.3
2.7
3 .5
4.0

3 .4
5.1
3.7
4.5

1.8
2.1
3 .5
4.0

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

4.2
1.6
3 .8
4.0

3.1
5.1
3 .8
3 .6

5
A. Occupational Earnings
Table A-l. Office Occupations—Men and Women
( 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 a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d o n a n a r e a b a s i s
b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , M in n e a p o lis —S t . P a u l , M in n ., J a n u a r y 1 9 69)

Weekly earnings1
(standard)
S e x , o c c u p a tio n ,

a n d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

Number
of

Average
weekly
hours1
( standard)

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

U nder

Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

$
60

t

t

60

65

7C

*
75

80

85

s
90

95

*
100

105

*
110

*
115

$
120

S
125

t
13 0

1 35

$

t

190

150

160

an d
un der

170
and

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

ICO

105

110

115

120

125

130

13 5

*90

150

160

170

ove r

-

-

-

8
8

8
8

2
1
1

4
9

15
10
5

26
9
17

28
6
22

92
9
38
9
8

49
12
37
2
10

23
6
17
6
9

48
26
22
3
12

35
16
19
9
10

17
7
10
5
9

58
26
32
18
4

75
10
65
58
7

25
3
22
19
8

23
8
15
11
4

-

MEN
CLERKS , ACCOUNTING, C L A S S A
MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 3 ----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------

986
199
392
125
105

9 0 .0
9 0 .0
9 0 .0
9 0 .0
9 0 .0

$
130.50
1 31.00
1 3 0.50
15 0 .5 0
12 1 .0 0

$
1 2 9 .0 0
12 9 .5 0
12 8 .5 0
1 5 9 .0 0
12 1 .0 0

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

-

-

-

-

8

8

1

9

9

9

-

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, C LA S S B
MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------PUBLI C U T I L I T I E S 3----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------

225
93
132
31
52

9 0 .0
9 0 .0
9 0 .0
9 0 .0
9 0 .0

1 06.50
1 09.00
10 9 .5 0
11 1 .0 0
1 08.00

1 0 6 .5 0
1 0 9.50
1 0 0 .0 0
10 8 .5 0
9 9 .5 0

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

-

-

-

12
1
11
1
-

9
5
4
3

6
6
2
9

29
9
15
3
9

39
4
30
l
16

15
1C
5
2
2

93
19
29
10
2

15
12
3
2

12
7
5
4

21
15
6
4

17
8
9
3
6

5
5
5

4
2
2
2
“

5
5
5

1
1

-

2
1
1
1

1

”

“

CLERKS, ORDFR ------------NONMANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE TRADE

977
930
915

9 0 .0
9 0 .0
9 0 .0

13 2 .5 0
13 2 .5 0
1 39.00

1 3 7 .0 0
1 3 7.00
13 7 .5 0

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

-

_
-

-

-

-

-

33
33
33

1
1
1

_
-

33
16
1

2
2
2

_
-

-

_
-

22
22
22

19
11
11

99
92
92

9
2
2

56
55
55

81
79
79

117
115
115

32
23
23

25
16
16

13
13
13

53

9 0 .0

1 2 5.00

13 1 .0 0

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

9

1

3

2

1

2

4

13

6

3

9

2

-

7 0 .0 0 - 92 .0 0
6 9 .0 0 - 87.0 0
7 1 .0 0 -1 1 0 .5 0
1 1 0 .5 0 -1 1 9 .5 0

_
-

36
22
19
“

39
17
17
"

15
5
10
2

17
8
C

2
2
“

2

19
19
19

2
1
1
1

2

-

-

l

-

-

_

_

2
2

-

1
1

-

~

-

”

8
5
3
“

4
i
3
1

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

_

3
3

_
-

_
-

6
6

11
4
7
~

7
2
5
3

17
3
19
4

25
6
19
18

6
9
2

11
11

CLERKS ,

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

OFFI CE BOYS ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------PUBLI C U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

155
71
89
28

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

83 .0 0
78 .0 0
87.0 0
109.50

76.5 0
7 9 .0 0
7 9 .0 0
1 1 2 .5 0

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
C LA S S B -------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------PUBLI C U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

157
51
106
38

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

1 17.00
1 19.50
116.00
135 .0 0

1 1 9 . CO
1 2 2 .5 0
118 .0 0
132 .5 0

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
CLAS S C --------------------------------------------

50

3 8 .5

9 3 .0 0

89.0 0

8 3 .0 0 -1 0 6 .0 0

B I L L E R S , MACHINE ( B I L L I NG
MACHINE) -----------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------------------

199
69
125
61

3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9.5

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

9 0 .0 0
89.0 0
9 1 .0 0
9 9 .0 0

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

B I L L E R S , MACHINE (BOOKKEEPING
M A C H I N E ) ------------------------- ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------

153
123

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

86 .5 0
87.0 0

86.5 0
8 6 .5 0

7 9 .5 0 8 0 .0 0 -

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
C LA S S A -------------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURI NG--------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------------------

255
94
161
55

9C .0
9 0 .0
9 0 .0
9 0 .0

10 2 .5 0
1 C 9.00
99 .0 0
1 0 9.50

1 0 1.00
1 1 6 .0 0
9 7 .5 0
10 2 .5 0

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPFRATORS,
CLAS S 8 -------------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------------RFTAI L TRADE ------------------------------------

598
162
385
105
18 6

3 9.5
3 9 .5
3 9.5
9 C .0
4 0 .0

85.5 0
89.0 0
89.0 0
8 8 .5 0
80.00

89 .5 0
8 7 .5 0
8 3 .0 0
8 8 .5 0
8 0 .5 0

-

-

3
3

_
-

_
-

10
10
~
11
4
7

12
7
5
1

-

-

2
2

1

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

2

9
9
-

_

3

_

_

_

_

-

~

~

~

“
“

5
2
3

16
15
1

“

~

~

-

*

~

3

10

38
12
26
12

i
i

25
10
15
15

20
20
10
_

13
13

9
6
3
2

13
6

-

-

1

3

26

29
12
12
9

18
16
2
~

_

1

4

-

2

12
4
8

3

-

'

8
8
8

26
4
20
2

3

23

_

2
2

'

2
2

~

WOMEN

S e e f o o t n o te s a t e n d o f t a b l e .




“

9 6 .0 0
97.0 0

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

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

-

92.0 0
9 6 .0 0
90.0 0
98.5 0
87.00

_
-

1
~

3
“

26
4

29
10
19
9

2
2

22
20

5
2

ii
6

31
29

18
11

22
13

25
23

4

7

i
i
i

6
1
5
2

90
8
32
1

38
15
23
2

32
6
26
17

23

97
19
78
19
92

97

109
33
76
23
29

56
22
39
12
12

37
10
27
12
15

35
18
17
16
1

-

_
-

7
1

“

_
-

10

92

7

3

3

39
11
28

3

35
3
32
3

17

34

63
8
39

-

4

23

8

8
3
4
5

2
2

7

6

63
35
28
11

~
3

2

-

1

-

*
*

-

-

12
11

1

-

l

l

2
_
2
2

~

-

9

-

“

~
9

"

~

-

~

~

-

-

“

“
“
“

~
~

-

~
“

6
Table A-l. Office Occupations—Men and Women— Continued
( 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 l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d on an a r e a b a s i s
b y i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n , M in n e a p o lis —S t . P a u l , M in n ., J a n u a r y 1969)
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k ly e a r n i n g s o f—

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

WOMEN -

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

Average
weekly
hours1
( standard)

Number
of
woricers

CONTINUED

CLERKS , ACCOUNTING, CLAS S A -------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------PUBLI C U T I L I T I E S 3---------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------------RFTAI L TRADE -----------------------------------FI NANCE4 -----------------------------------------------

1 ,1 87
448
739

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLAS S 0 -------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANuFi CTUPING -------------------------------PURLIC U T I L I T I E S 3 ---------------------------WhOl F SALE T R A D E -----------------------------RETAI L TRADE ------------------------------------FINANCT 4 ------------------------------------------------

2 ,8 1 6
800
2 ,0 1 6
497
296
4 35
702

40.0
3 9.5
38.0

CLERKS, F I L " , C L A S S A ---------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------FI NANCE4------------------------------------------------

198
52
146

39.5
39. 5

125
209
197
215

39.5
3 9.5
3 9.5
9O .0
4* j . O
9 0 .0
3 8.5
39. 5
3 9.5
3 9.C
8 0.0

Mean2

Median 2

$
1 0 7 .9 9

$
1 0 3 . CO

1 0 2 .3 0
U C .G 0

1 0 0 .5 0
1 0 6 .5 0
1 22 .5 0

1 2 2 .0 3
1 11 .0 0
1 0 9 .9 0
1 C 6 . 00
86.00
87.00
8 6.90
9 4 . 5u
8 1.53
8 1.50
8 4 . 50

1 9 6 . CO
9 7 .5 0
1 0 6 . CO
8 3 .5 0
85.50
8 2.50
9 9.00

89.00

8 3 . CO

837
259

3 9.5
4 C .0

7 7.50
8 1.00

57a

3 9.5
40.0

7 5.50
8 5.00
7 6.50
6 9.50

7 5 .0 0
8 1 . CO
7 4 . CO
8C.OO
75.50
7 1 .5 0

CLERKS , F I L E , C LA S S B ---------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------PUBLI C U T I L I T I E S 3---------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------------RETAI L TRADE ------------------------------------FI NANCE4 -----------------------------------------------

106
66
86
204

3 8.5

7 9.50

7 8 . CO

CLERKS, F I L E , C L A S S C ---------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------------F I NANCt 4 -----------------------------------------------

693
11L
582
6 •
93 1

39.0
3 9.5
3 9.0
8 0.0
38.5

6 9.00
71.00

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

CLERKS,

ORDER --------------------------------------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------------RETAI L TRADE ------------------------------------

662
197
365
173
57

40 .0

CLERKS, PAYROLL ----------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------PUBLI C U T I L I T I E S 3---------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------------RETAI L TRADE ------------------------------------COMPTOMETER OPERATORS ---------------------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3 ---------------------------WHOLESALE t r a d f -----------------------------RETAI L T R A D E ------------------------------------Kc YPUNCH OP' RATORS , CLAS S A -------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NCNMANUFACTURING -------------------------------PUBLI C U T I L I T I E S 3 ---------------------------WHOIESALE TRADE -----------------------------F I NANCE 4-----------------------------------------S e e fo o t n o t e s a t end o f t a b l e .




9 0.0
3 9.5
4 ;.o

87.00
9 1 .3 "

38.5

69.50

691

9

261
38:

40.0

9 8.50
9 7 . 50

9 C .0

9 9 . 0C

102
69

4 :.o

133

4 . 0

l 1 9 . 0C
1 01 .0 0
9U .00

601
116
385

3r ; . 5
3 9.3

5

r

.0

3 9.5

3 9.5
4 0.0

9 4 . GO
9 9.00
9 2.5*
129 .5 7

9 1 .5 0

219

8 J .0
4 0 .0

39.00

901
436

3 <.5
39.5

93.00
93.53

466
73

9 2.50
96.50

139

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

189

39.0

79

9 8 . 30
87.50

65

65

70

-

-

0
0
0
0

-

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

-

-

7 6.00 7 9.50 7 5.00 -

-

6
-

8
7
7
2

.50
.50
.00
.00

-1
-1
-1
-1

28
88
26
13

.5
.0
.0
.5

92.50
9 2.00
92.50

80.00 -1 C 8.5 0

7
7
8
7

3 9.0

60
Under
S
and
60
under

-

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

8 8.50
9 C .5 0
9 C .0 0

$
80

s

*
85

75

80

85

17
5

52
21
31
3
3
5
19

90

7 . 0 C - 9 5 . C?
8 . 5 0 - 1 J 8 . 50
0 .0 0 - 9 8.00
8 .0 0 - 9 0.50

11
7

187

-

6
6
-

37
8
29

19
13
6

35
-

26
4

-

*

-

28

4

21

-

38
6
32

119
35
84
-

266
81
225
18
16
49

168
42

110
37

122

-

-

-

9 5 .5 0
8 6 . CO
8 7 . CO
6 6 . 50

8 0 .0 0 -1 0 0 .0 0
8 3 . 5 9 - 9 C .5 0
6 3 .0 3 - 75.50

9 5 .0 0
96.00
9 5 .0 0
1 U 8 .C 0

8 6 .5 0 -1 0 6 .0 0
8 6 .5 0 -1 0 7 .5 0
8 7 .0 0 -1 0 8 .5 0
9 2.0C -13 7.0 0

1 3 9 .0 0
9 2 .5 0

9 0 .5 0 -1 1 3 .0 0
83.00 -1 0C .C O

9 1 .5 0
9 9 .0 0

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

9 1 . CO
1 2 7 . CO
9 C .6 0
8 6.50

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

6
-

2

4
2
13
6

12
16
35

60
78

38
50
10
80

-

25
-

18
-

-

25
-

18
-

-

25

12

-

1

4

-

1
~
-

-

*

1

-

19

_

4
4

9

50

-

7
43

-

-

30
185
25
187

2
2
2

4

81

215

4

32
28

235
62
173

168
8
160
15
1 81

20
109

163

90

s
95

s
100

\

$
1C5

t
115

n o

i

$

120

125

t
1 1C

*
135

95

100

105

n o

115

12C

125

130

135

140

185
68

189

182

106

102

50

68

97
85

40
66

36
66

46
6
40

58

85

121
13
32
50

8

11
11
1
35

12
19
24

1
1
1
35

54

54

19
35

9
85
27

6

15
4

n o

150

160

1 5C

1 fcC

! 7C

63
13

l 7
-

19
-

14

48

17

19

14

17

46

1C
18
2
6

2
5

35
67
53
3

72
3

11

57
57
-

2

*

85
13
35
-

38
27

51
17

66

113

69

38

11
-

54

32

3

3

8
3

1

11
3
10

37
76
26

2
7
-

1

fc

3

2
24

33
13

-

-

13

2

4

4

_

2

4
4

4

4

-

13
10
3
-

-

2

_

A

_

_

.

_

A
A

-

-

-

-

8
-

-

-

2

9

1

28

90
38

45

56

28
23
5
-

4
9
17

3
25
40

1
19
58

216

182
125
57

23
25

-

9

11

23
1

44
4

61

-

10

-

22

33

15
18

-

6
5
-

2
2

2

93
20
73

93

33

-

7
-

1

80
12
68

90
126

11

1
-

25
7

2
6

_

1

1

-

11

7

1
1
5

-

-

1

-

16
e

Q

1
16
14
-

-

1

-

5
-

-

1

119
80
79

11
-

-

1
13

19

«
-

-

1

46
17
29

25
9

-

19

9

-

17

87
2
45
28

1

2

10
-

43

-

3

-

_

1

3

1
1

9

-

17

-

3
42

101
2
99

19
-

2
-

3

-

9

8

-

6
26

1

_

2

102

-

31
-

12

2

2

16
38
-

i6
2

! 1
7
6
-

2

2
-

18

1

12
n
-

3
-

4

54

54
e
46
7

3
-

1C

28

25
6

2

38
4

2
-

22
12

2

49
28

12

36

5
5

4

n

11

22

11
7
4

39
35

83
12
31

28

1
16

50
80
10
3
3

_

-

26
8

13
4

73
22
1

4

-

9
13
28

7

_

-

10
13
60

4

-

-

26
79
37

11

18
24

-

108
18

115
18
97
51

129
210
49

138
38

22

9
-

-

3 39

31
12
33

22
12

-

8 2.50 -

25

5
32
15
4

1
5

35

-

8 8 . 0 0 - 1 J 8 . 50
9 3.00

494

13
5

168

-

85.00 -1 C C .O C
8 5 .0 0 -1 3 7 .0 0

865
128
337
61

67
30
37

108
159

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

9 9 . 5u
9 9.5*

872
73
399

I l l
11
10c
-

8

-

8 6.00 8 8.00 -

12

4

7 3.50
7 2.50
71.50
7 1.50

9 6 .0n
9 2 . CC

-

-

6
6
6
6

8 6.00 7 5.00 -

12
-

-

4

.50 .5 0 .0 0 .0 0 -

6
6
-

-

331
70
85
44

7 3 . CO

8
8
5
8

-

25
71

6 5 .3 0 -

89.50

75

-

49
81

-

9 8 . CO
8 7.50

70

17*
and

-

8 2.00
8 9.00
79.00
9 2 . 5C
7 8.50
73.50
7 9.00

9 1.50
9 3 . C9
8 9 . 50

%

$

806
180
226
72
39
56
44

7 1.30 73.00 7 3.50 7 5.50 7 1.00 6 7 . 5C7 0.50 -

8 8 . CO

$

$

85.50
8 C .C 0
8 6 .0 0

3 8.5

39.50
94.50

$

7 1.50 73.00 7 5.50 -

87

68.50
68.59
6 8 .0 0

Middle range 2

7 9.50
8 C .C 0
8 C .5 0

8 8 . 5C
8 7.00
8 9.53

8 j.O
3 9.5

t

*

15
78

5
15
28

80
-

13
9

3

2

22
11
11
3
1
1

36
10
26

14

15

6

11
3

1

-

10
5
-

5
1
1

9
15
26

5

17
10
7
1
4

10

3

120

121

33

18

70
50

63
61

13
20

5
9

15
13

21

5
38

n

-

2
9
3

7

7

6

~

2

10

1
1
-

_

-

_

5

-

-

-

4

13
2

15
-

5

2

-

-

u

15

5

2

1
1

8

8

_
-

30
23
7
-

22

1C

2

5
5
5

5

15

s

5

3

-

6

-

-

2
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

23
18

83
-

1

1

-

-

1
-

2
2

-

5
5

83
83

1
1

i
i

1
1

-

-

21
12

3
-

9
4

3
2

5

1

20
13

-

5

11
9

2

_

4

2

_

_

_

-

-

4

2

2
2

1
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

7
Table A-l. Office Occupations—Men and Women— Continued
( 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 a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d on a n a r e a b a s i s
b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , M i n n e a p o l i s —S t , P a u l , M in n ., J a n u a r y 1 9 6 9 )

Weekly earnings*
(standard)
S e x , o c c u p a t io n , an d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n

Number
of

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

Average
(standard)

Mean ^

Median L

Middle range 1

$

<

t

$

t

e

t

i

IOC

lie

$

t

$

65

66

7C

75

80

85

9d

95

100

105

110

115

12.

125

133

73

85
246
94
18
152
67
22
39
20
35
13
29 • 46

260
89
171
43
37
36
53

2 31
47
183
28
27
44
57

231
102
129
26
37
40
21

161
53
1C 3
51
3C
13
13

56
15
41
10
2
8
19

35
3
32
19
2
11

8
i
7
4
i
i
i

18
6
12
10
~
2

12
l
11
11
~
-

73
73
7?
i
-

99
1
38
93
-

_

-

70

75

%

60
Under
t
and
60
under

80

8j

90

95

1 5

115

12C

125

1 1C

!

%

133

140

15C

160

17.:
and

135

14

15 C

16'

170

WOMEN - CONT IN UE D
$
39. 5 85.30
39. 5 32.50
39.5
86.53
4:. o 101.50
40.0
79. 50
4..0
80.50
78.0 9
39.0

$
8 2.50
81.50
82.50
99. CO
79.50
8 1 . CO
7 7.50

$
$
74.53- 91.00
75.00- 88.53
74.50- 93.33
8 4 . 5 0 - 1 2 3 . CO
72.50- 88.CO
74.50- 87.00
69.03- 84.00

-

73
14
4
54

71.50
69.50
72.00
78.50
70.50
69.50

6 9.50
68.50
7 3 . CO
8C.50
71.00
68.00

6 5 . 0C65.0065.0066.0066.006 4 . 0C-

74 . 5C
73.00
75.00
85.00
74.50
72.50

-

111
33
81
13
13
53

118
40
78
9
u
52

108
29
79
3
24
4G

39
10
29
3
4
19

32
2
30
1R
7
2

8
2
6
5
1

5
1
4
4
-

1

2

_

8

59
167

39.5
39.5
39.5
4t .3
4C .0
39.0

1
-

2
-

-

8
5
-

-

-

SECR ET AR IE S5 ----------------MA NUFACTURING ----------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S3 ----WHOLESALE t r a d e -----RETAIL t r a d e ---------FI NA NC E4 ----------------

4,317
2,62C
1,697
254
367
319
541

39.5
40.0
39.5
4.0
4 ;.o
4 3.0
39.0

110.5y
110.53
111.03
121.0''
112.33
105.53
139.50

108.00
9 7 . 5 0 - 1 2 1 . CO
1 j8.CO
98 .0 0- 12 0. 50
108.00
97 .0 0- 12 2. 50
11 7 . CO 1 0 1. 00 -1 34 .CC
111.53
97.5C- 12 3. C0
103.50
95.50- 11 3. 53
1 9 9 . CO 96.30- 12 2. 00

_
-

-

7
2
5
5

14
l
13
2
1

34
4
30
10
2
14

95
36
59
5
13
7
12

2 38
147
91
13
14
28
34

467
29 7
17C
15
30
37
64

433
281
149
27
47
31
24

561
356
205
25
36
74
53

489
292
197
24
26
3r
79

SECRETARIES, CL AS S A ---MA NU FACTURING ------ ---NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S3 ----f i n a n c e 4 ----------------

371
193
176
32
5j

39.5
4:. o
3 9.5
4C .0
36.5

126.00
1 2 9 . ’"V•
122.60
135.^0
129.00

12 6 . CO
131.50
119.50
1 3 3 . CO
127.60

11 4. 00 -1 41 .5 0
11 6 . 5 0 - 1 4 5 . 5C
1 0 8. 00 -1 34 .CO
118.00-147.50
12 1.50-141.00

_
-

_

_

_

_

_

~
-

-

-

-

-

u
u
-

8
8
-

16
5
11
-

38
14
24
3
-

SECRETARIES, CLASS B ---m a n u f a c t u r i n g ----------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3-----WHOLtSAlE T R A D E -----FI NA NC E4 ----------------

890
512
378
39
52
172

39.5
4u.O
39.5
40.0
4 ‘.0
3E.5

121.30
124.00
117.CO
124.53
114.50
117.00

121.50
124.50
117.00
122.50
119.00
11 8 . CO

111.50-131.00
117.00-134.00
107.00-124.50
11 6.50-141.00
10 7.00-123.50
109.00-123.50

-

_
-

2
2
~
-

1

7
7
6
i

2C
20
3
1

4
4
3

15
14
5
-

17
10
7
2
"

SECRETARIES, CLASS C ---MANUFACTURING -----------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3----WHOLESALE t r a d e — ---r e t a i l t r a d e ---------FI NA NC E4 ----------------

1,706
1,18 3
523
84
93
8o
185

39.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.0

110.50
1C9.50
113.00
119.50
120.59
108.5''
lCB.on

138.50
It 8.50
199.00
1 1 7 . CO
1 2 2 . CO
136.00
13 6 . CO

10 3.50-118.50
101.00-116.50
99.00- 12 5. 00
10 1.00-131.00
103.50-133.00
101.5C-117.5C
94 .5 0- 12 1. 50

-

-

-

-

*

12
12
2
-

10
3
7
4
3

12
7
5
2
3

47
29
18
2
2
1
12

14 9
99
5C
2
i
5
33

SECRETARIES, CLASS D ---MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3----WHOLESALE TRADE -----RETAIL TRADE ---------FI NA NC E4 ----------------

1,279
732
547
76
135
156
134

39.5
98.5 3 9 7. CO
39.5
9 7. CO
98.00
39.5
98.5 0 97.50
4 3.0 102.53 IO C . 00
9 8.50
4 2 . C l30.50
40.0
98.50
99.50
3H.5
95.00
94.00

91 .0 0- 10 5. 00
91 .5 3- 10 4. 00
90.50- 1C 7. 03
92 .5 0- 10 9. 50
92.0C- 10 7. C0
90.5C-lC8v.C0
88 . C O - 1 0 5 . 00

-

_
~

5
5
6

i
i
-

17
1
16
2
10

63
29
34
2
11
~7
8

176
107
69
u
12
26
19

STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL ---MA NUFACTURING ----------NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC UT I L I T I E S 3----WHOLESALE TRADE ------RETAIL IRADE ---------FI NA NC E4 ----------------

1,662
634
1,026
39C
208
12:
269

39.5
91.03
8 6 . CO
39.5
83.50
81.50
39.5
96.00
91.50
40.0 113.03 12C.50
89.03 9 1.50
40.0
39.0
83.00
8 1.50
39.0
83.00
81.50

77.50- 99 . CO
76 .00- 88.50
83 .O C-108.5C
93 .O C- 17 9. 0U
78.50- 97.50
75.50- 88.50
7 4 . 5C- 91 . CO

12
1
11

75
13
62
~
34
6
22

20 C
116
84
9
2
21
51

261
156
105
20
8
29
46

746
124
122
33
21
16
46

186
93
93
74
13
28
28

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS n
MANUFACTURING -----------NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S3 -----WHOLESALE TRADE ------RETAIL TRADE ---------FINANCE4 ----------------

1,55.
43 1
1,119
355
209
196
306

OFFICE GI<L$ ----------------MANUFACTURING ----------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------WHOLESALE TRADE ------RETAIL TRADE ---------FINANCE4 -----------------

432
114
318

S e e f o o t n o t e s a t e n d o f t a b le .




-

*

-

_
-

“

-

11
-

1
1
-

-

1

i
-

1
1
-

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

-

“

132
90
42
6
3
12
R

143
81
62
2C
15
2
24

ac
45
35
13
9
3
2

34
?4
13
7
i
i
i

37
3
29
n
7
i

29
18
11
6
2

23
13
5
1
4

50
25
25
9
12

31
26
5
1

17
14
3
1
1

4
i
3
2
“

86
61
25
6
16

84
73
11
2
4

83
64
16
4
3

54
39
15
5
1
7

7
2
5
4
1

5
3
2
1
i
-

11
i
i"
i
l

141
80
61
10
13
6
23

73
42
36
6
10
1
11

42
1C
32
5
1C
4
13

25
P
17
1
4
3
1

3C
17
13
4
3
1
5

35
15
2C
5
6
1
-

1C
7
3
3
-

9
i
8
3
5
-

72
36
36
4
9
9
10

21
11
1C
2
5
2
-

8
4
4
1
i
i
i

8
8
6
-

i
i
i
-

4
4
4
-

3
2
1
1

_
-

-

72
11
21
10
8

65
8
57
48
9

66

18
18
18

-

-

33
33
33
-

1
l
-

i
-

-

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

-

356
25b
98
5
25
39
26

462
279
183
3,,
43
27
63

358
196
162
16
43
15
74

216
127
P9
14
18
9
37

169
101
68
21
17
9
19

17
?
15
2
5

4
i
3
1

68
26
42
5
3

18
4
14
2
12

37
70
17
1
9

49
21
28
1
4
i:

87
29
5e
1
3
36

61
30
31
l
7
11

126
62
64
13
6
38

1 70
101
69
2
17
39

174
128
46
14
11
5
12

276
20C
76
13
5
28
26

250
189
61
8
4
13
24

215
193
22
1
7
7
7

151
155
36
7
O
9
12

288
176
112
13
76
31
31

218
138
80
13
29
14
12

196
121
75
8
19
29
17

129
72
57
12
14
14
14

69
34
35
3
4
21
7

18 C
45
135
2C.
46
8
42

111
28
33
25
42
3
11

80
28
52
15
8
2
18

35
1
34
24
4
3
1

26
10
16
10
2
3
1

3

-

66
63
-

i

-

-

~

-

3

_

-

-

3C

3

30
3C

3
3
-

-

-

-

-

“

~

-

-

-

3
3

-

“

8

Table A-l. Office Occupations—Men and Women— Continued
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a ti o n s s t ud ie d on an a r e a b a s i s
b y in d u s tr y d iv i s i o n , M i n n e ap o li s—St. P a u l , Mi nn., J a n u a r y 1969)
N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s of—
A v e rage
w eek ly
h ou rs1
( standard)

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

%
M ean2

M e d ian 2

M iddle range 2

%

%

%

60
U nde r
$
and
60
u n d er

65

70

75

%

%
80

%
85

%
9C

%
95

%
100

%
105

%
110

%
115

%
120

%
125

%
130

135

65

.70

75

80

85

90

~

—

~

and

95

100

105

1 10

115

120

125

130

135

140

150

160

170

over

13
12
1
-

161
14 7
14

1

48
34
14
2
1
2

266
197
69
11
24
7
27

328
224
104
5
24
29
43

191
97
94
22
31
3
33

88
45
43
23
8
12

95
47
48
3
16
7
15

111
41
70
5
29
13
22

38
16
22
1
12
2
5

57
39
18
2
15

26
1
25
13
11
1

27
3
24
22
2
-

48
7
41
25
16

11
2
9
9

4
1
9

23 7
18 7
50
9
6
7
28

2
1
1

4
1
3

12
7
5

20
11
9

22
16
6

23
15
8

11
11
-

19
8
11

6
2
4

7
7

8
4
4

33
33
3

9
9

71
70

66
49
2
10
19

40
36
1
1
14

36
34
1
14
1C

6
1
-

10
7
7

4
1
l

12
11
11

30
26

42
33
1
11
7

8
i

4

61
5
56
3
23
14
12

54
12
42
2
28
7

116
44
72
4
33
32
2

106
35
71
13
7
23
8

182
73
109
2
22
39
15

76
41
35
8
24
2
1

45
22
23
1
14

2
2

52
11
41

57
12
45

39

35

66
10
56
2
30

37
6
31
15
6

50
26
24
6
2

28
9
19
1

2

70
30
40
19

9
3
6
2
3

152
62
90
6
2
81

294
170
124
23
5
18
77

342
23 9
103
15
3
14
69

236
167
69
6
13
6
39

148
77
71
17
12
2
32

42
11
31
2
1
17
11

50
21
29
4
7
1
1

288
89
199
3
17
26
15C

453
185
265
11
46
29
171

28 2
112
170
20
27
9
93

26 8
128
140
21
34
7
77

101
46
55
5
19
12
12

153
55
98
20
16
4
37

23
12
11
9
2

26
4
22
11
5

$
140

%
%
%
150
160
170

WOMEN - CO NT IN UE D
$
$
$
$
100.50
97.50
89.5 0 109.00
96.00
94.50
8 7 .0 0 101.00
108.50 104.00
9 5 . 5 0 - 118.50
123.00 132.50 1 0 1 .5 0 -1 4 1 .5 0
111.00 108.50
9 9 .0 0 121.00
101.50
9 9 . CO 9 5 . 5 0 112.50
100.50
99.00
9 2 .0 0 108.00

1.746
1,099
64 7
128
215
78
199

39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.0

c p f r a t o r s , c l a s s a -----MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------

141
77
64

39.5
39.5
39.5

SWITCHBU ARO OPERATORS, CLASS B -----N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3 --------------RETAIL TRADE ---- --------------F I NA NC E4 --------------------------

3 35
289
28
78
78

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.0

SW IT CH BO AR D D P C3 AT OR -R EC EP TI ON IS TS MANU FA CT UR IN G --------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n c ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3--------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------

72 8
268
460
54
149
142
53

40.0
40.0
39.5
4 0.0
40.0
40.0
38.5

86.00
89.00
84.00
95.50
85.50
78.50
81.50

85.50
87.50
8 4 . CO
93.50
87.50
7 9 . CO
84.00

7 7 .5 0 - 91.50
8 1 .0 0 - 94.00
7 6 .0 0 - 89.50
8 2 .5 0 -1 0 4 .5 0
7 7 .0 0 - 95.50
7 3 .0 0 - 86.00
7 1 .0 0 - 89.00

390
120
27C;
26
137

39.5
39.5
39.0
40.0
38. ^

87
90
86.
96
81

50
50
50
50
00

86
89
85
94
79

CO
00
50
00
00

79
81
78
91
74

0000005000-

96
99
93
97
86

00
00
00
50
50

TYPISTS, CL AS S A ----MA NU FACTURING ----N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I F S 3
WHOLESALE TRADE RETAIL TRADE ---F I NA NC E4 ----------

1,427
8 57
5 70
105
50
61
31 4

39.5
4C.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
38.5

87.00
88.00
86.50
97.50
87.50
86.50
81.00

84
84
83
92
88
84
80

00
CO
CO
50
50
00
00

78
79
77
81
80
79
74

50500000000050-

91
90
92
114
94
96
86

50
00
50
50
00
50
00

TYPISTS, CLASS B ---MANUFAC TUR ING ---N0 NM AN UFA CTU RI NG PUBLIC UTI LITIES
WHO LESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE --FIN ANC E4 ---------

1,926
706
1,220
122
18 3
94
753

39.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
39.5
39.0
38.5

78.00
82.0 0
76.00
90.00
81.50
74.00
71.50

75.00
78.50
7 3.50
37.50
79.00
72.50
70.50

STENOGRAPHERSt SENIOR
MAN UFA CTURING ----NO NMA NUF ACT UR IN G —
PUBLIC UTI LI T IE S3
WHOLESALE TRADE RETAIL TRADE ---FIN ANCE4 ---------sw itchb oa rd

F I N A N C E 4 ----------------------------------------------------

TRANSCR I BI.n ,.-MACHINE OPERATORS,
G C NERAL --------------- ---------MANUFA CT UR IN G ---------------NDNMANliF \CTUR INC.------------PU BL IC U T I L I T I E S 3---------F I NA NC E4 ---------------------

94.50
92.50
97.00

92.50
91.00
97.50

81.00
82.00
81.00
80.00
108.50 115.50
74.50
77.50
81.50
81.50

-

8 4 .50-103.50
8 5 .0 0 - 98.50
84 .0 0 111.00
7 3 .0 0 - 89.00
7 2 .0 0 - 88.00
101.50-119.00
7 1 .5 0 - 83.00
7 3 .5 0 - e7.00

6 9 .5 0 - 83.50
7 2 .5 0 - 86.50
6 7 .0 0 - 82.00
78 .0 0 - 99.50
7 2 .5 0 - 87.00
6 8 .0 0 - 80.00
6 4 .5 0 - 76.50

1
1
1
-

-

4
-

4
-

-

-

232
1
231
4
6
7
213

-

-

-

-

1

3

2

-

-

3

2

2
2
2

2
2
2

3
1
2
2
-

1
1

-

2

1
1

-

-

-

-

1
1

1
-

1
1

-

-

-

-

-

1
1

1
36
6
30
11
19

-

17
16
i
-

15
4
u
10

i

-

i

9
7
2
2

-

3
2
i

-

-

-

-

~
~

1

8
7
7

8

~

8

10
8
2

-

~

2

2

20
4
16
8
1
1

6
i
5
5
-

7
~
7
7

104
102
2
2
-

8
8
7
1

7
7
7
-

3
3
3

75
68
7
1
6

8
3
3
5

5
2
3
3
”

3
3
3

9
4
5
5
“

*

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

~

-

2

~

2
2

-

-

~
-

-

~

-

-

-

-

-

~

1 S t a n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o rk w e e k f o r which e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e th e ir r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e of p a y f o r o v e r t i m e at r e g u l a r a n d / o r p r e m i u m r a t e s ) , and the e a r n i n g s c o r r e s p o n d
to t h e s e w e e k l y h o u rs .
2 Th e m e a n i s c o m p u te d f o r e a c h jo b by to tal ing the e a r n i n g s of a l l w o r k e r s and divi ding by the n u m b e r of w o r k e r s .
T h e m e d i a n d e s i g n a t e s p o s it i o n — h a l f of the e m p l o y e e s s u r v e y e d r e c e i v e m o r e
than the ra t e shown; h a lf r e c e i v e l e s s than the ra t e shown. T h e m i d d le r a n g e i s de fin e d b y 2 r a t e s of pa y ; a four 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 th e s e r a t e s and a four th e a r n m o r e than
the h ig h e r r a te .
* T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t io n , an d o th er pu b li c u ti l it i e s .
4 F in a n c e , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s t a t e .
5 M a y inc lu de w o r k e r s o th er than th o s e p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e l y .




9

Table A-la. Office Occupations—Large Establishments—Men and Women— Continued
( 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 a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p lo y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , M in n e a p o lis —S t . P a u l , M in n ., J a n u a r y 1969)
W eekly e a r n in g s1

.

(standard)

e
...
Sex, occupation, and industry division

N um b er

ot

T

A v e ra* e

weekly
boms1

w orkers

M ean2

M e d ia n 2

M iddle r a n g e 2

55
an d

u nd e r

_______________________________________________________________________________________________60
HEN

$
133.50
133.50
133.50
153.00

$
134.50
132.00
139. CO
155.50

$
$
118.00 -1 55 .0 0
11 8. 00-148.50
11 7. 50-156.00
148.00 -1 59 .0 0

60

70

75

-

-

108
59

40.0 107.00 108.50
40.0 107.00 109.00

0FFICE B O Y S --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING:
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

91

39.5

8 2 . CO

71 .0 0- 11 0. 50

-

28

40.0 109.50 112.50

11 0. 50 -114.50

-

-

TAB ULA TING-NACHINE OPERATORS,
CLASS B ------------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------

92
56

39.5 117.50 122.50 10 5. 00 -132.00
39.5 118.00 125.50 107.00 -1 32 .0 0

-

-

WOMEN
BOOKKEEPING -MA CHI NE OPERATORS,
CLASS B ------------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------

91
60

39.5
39.5

527
248
279
103
62

39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
4 0 .0

70

65

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS 8 -------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

CLERKS, ACCt,UNTING,
CLASS A -------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N 0 N M A N U F 1 C T U P I N G ----------------PUBLIC UTI LI T IE S3 -----------------WH OLFSALC T R A D E ----------------

65

*

-

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

-

*

-

278
102
176
95

87.00

-

*

CLERKS. ACCOUNTING, CLASS A -------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

95 .5 0- 11 7. 50
10 5. 00 -1 14 .5 0

-

3

-

17

15

-

-

82.50
79.50

74.00- 9C.00
73.00- 87.50

-

3
3 5

8

107.00
101.50
112.00
121.00
103.00

102.50
100.00
108.50
122.50
101.50

94 .0 0- 11 6. 00
94 .0 0- 10 6. 50
94 .0 0- 12 7. 50
94 .0 0- 14 2. 00
9 4 .5 0 - l l C . 0 0

-

-

-

7

5C
5
45
2C
25

90

8
-

2
1
1

6
2

.

-

16
13
-

-

13
11
5
5
-

83.50 76 .50- 92.50
83 .CO 77.5089.00
84.00 76.00- 94.50
85 .CO 77.5 0- 10 5. 50
76.50
71.00- 87.00
83.50
74.00- 91.00
86.50
81.00-106.50

-

2
4
-

CLERKS, F l u , CLASS A --------------N O N M A N u F n C T U R I N G -----------------

115
73

39.5
39.5

92.00
93.00

89.00
88.50

80.5 0- 10 3. 00
82.00- 10 1. 00

-

- 6
- -

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS B -------------M A N U F A C I U R I N G --------------------NON MAN il FA CT UP IN G ----------------PUBLIC UTILI TIE S3 --------------RCTAIL T R A D E -------------------F I N A N C E 4--------------------------

402
188
214
30
54
58

39.5
77.50 74.50
39.5 79. 30 79.00
39.5 76.50 73.00
40.0 101.00 9 2 . 5C
39.5 70.00 71.00
39.0
74.00 7 3 . CO

70.00- 83.50
71.00- 87. OC
69.00- 79.00
81 .5 0- 11 9. 00
65.5074.00
70.0077.50

-

29
73
6
35
23
38
- 13
1C
5
10

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS C -------------NONMANUFACTURI N G ----------------FINANCE 4----------------------------

268
39.0
223
39.0
167 38.5

71.00
71.OC
71.50

70.50
70.50
71.00

67 .0 074.00
67.00- 74.CO
67.5074.00

-

25
23
17

CLERKS, C R C E R ------------------------INONMANUE'.CTUR IN G ----------------RETAIL T R A D E --------------------

113
95
57

39.0
39.0
38.5

80.00
75.50
69.50

76.00 66 .00- 86.00
72.50
65 .00- 81.00
66.50 63 .0075 .5C

-

25
25
25

CLERKS, PAY'-'OLL ---------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N C N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------PUBLIC UT ILI TIE S3 --------------RET AIL T R A D E --------------------

258
94
164
59
60

40.0
43.0
40.0
40.0
39.5

101.00
95.50 86 .0 0-114.50
101. CO 100.00
88.00- 11 5. 00
101.00
9 4 . CO 85.50- 11 5. 00
118.50 12 7 . CO 91 .0 0- 14 2. 00
89.50 91.50 82.50- 10 C. 00

-

l
4
15
7
- 2
3
3
1
2
12
4
- - 1
7
3
9

11
9
15
3
12
3

*

95
-

.

.

6

4

18
10

10C

ICO

8

105
-

105

9

1

9
2
5 1

26
15
11
1

12
4
8
5

34
17
17
16

61
10
51
50

-

-

-

-

19

2

2

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

19

1

2

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

11

25
19

10

5

7

3

8

1

-

1
18
5
13

7

3

-

1
35
16
19

1

2

154

43

35

23

26

24

11

112
19
5
79
5

27
52
31
2
28
9
2
4
4
9 8
1
11
12
16

18
5
1
2
10

20
7
4

22
7
-

10
8
2

9

17
17

17
13

12
8

38
31
7
3
l
-

23
21
2
1

94
79
53

87
72

24
17

8
6

1
1

1
1

18
18
12

11
10
6

20
17
5

11
8
3
30
9
21
3
6

3

7
6
1

2
2

34
12
22
11

37
11
26
5
15

2
1

18
7
11
-

25
10
15
8

-

-

3

13
8
5
l
2

-

-

1

10

-

-

-

8
1
7
12
-

5

-

-

148
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

31
-

4
-

6

168

7

-

4

5

6

-

-

-

-

4
-

9

1

-

1
-

-

-

-

-

-

15
15
15

2
4
-

-

107
-

-

7
5
2
2

9

-

-

-

11

-

-

8
8

-

-

-

5
-

14
14

-

4
-

2

-

-

2
2

-

1

-

4

-

4

-

-

2
2

-

-

-

-

7
11
5
90
104
82
42
7
11
5
7
11
5
-

4
7
-

9

24
24
2
-

2
-

15
55
15
8
1
5

2

-

9
5
4
3
1

14
2
12
1
2

2

-

-

3
3

-

-

3
-

ll
6
5
3

4

4
-

-

-

5
5

4
-

8
8

1
-

4
4

3

-

4

-

-

1
1

2

-

-

4

3
3

-

-

2
-

13

2

-

2

1

5

2
9

5
1

-

3

111
16
14
52
28

-

-

13
5
8

193

52
28
24
6
3
10

3
3

4
2

145
41
12
35
53

50
26
24
6
4
6

11
8

5
-

249

114
33
81
23
26

18
3
15
14

6
2

1

8

170 o v e r

7
2

-

170
and

9
7

150
59
15
48
27

1

$

160

15
12

41
13
28
12

12

$

-

26
11
15
3

-

8

-

10
4
6
1

240

6

-

23
12
11

148
36
31
66
15

5

15C

8

203

13
5 6

$

160

3
-

6C

-

1A0

150

1

86
49
54
29
32
20
4
3
13
6

-

[1

140

1C
6

68
51
17
2
11

135

135

5
1

80
40
4C
13
12

-

$

130

4
4

49
24
25
13
3

-

130

125

2

4

$

125

120

2

8
5

$

120

115

23
19

I

$

115
-

8
6

4

?

110

-

2

1

$

110

10
3
7

4

-

4

S

-

2

-

2
2

$

4
9
4
4
5
11
6

-

-

9C

95

-

10
-

87.00
84.00
88.CO
94.50
80.50
82.50
93.00




6
6
-

85

5

*

-

8

2

-

85
-

1

-

83.50
80.00

-

8
8
2

1

80

*

-

80

2
-

-

-

$

75

-

-

-

*

1,355
39.5
CLERKS, ACCOUNT l N G , CLASS B -------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------420
39.5
935
39.5
N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------PUBLIC UT ILI TIE S3 --------------268
40.0
WHOLESALE T R A D E ------------------114 4:.0
RETAIL T R A D E -------------------332
39.5
FINANCE 4------ ------------------206
38.5

S e e f oot not es at end of tabl e.

. .

N u mb e r of w o r k e r s r e c e i v i ng s t r a i g h t - t i me we e k l y e a r n i n g s of—
*

-

5
-

5
5

-

-

-

-

-

10

T a b le A -la.

O ffice O c c u p a tio n s—L a rg e E stab lish m en ts—M en and W o m e n — C on tin u ed

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s st ud ie d in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s em p l o y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
by in d u s t r y di v i si o n , M i n n e ap o li s—St. P a u l , Minn., J a n u a r y 1969)
N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s of—
S ex, o ccu pa tio n, and in d u s tr y d iv i s i o n

Number
of
workers

t

S
55

(standard)

Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

$

$

s

5

$

$

t

$

$

$

60

65

7C

75

80

85

9C

95

10C

105

110

115

12C

125

13C

135

140

150

160

1 ---170

65

7C

75

80

85

90

95

ICO

105

11C

115

120

125

130

135

140

150

160

170

over

37
1
36

23

34
8
26

45
12
33

34

18

16
1C

14
11

l

27

14

,

19

24

lr9

131
83
48
23
15

123
94
29

63
47
16

11

'

14 5
82
63
12
8
22
18

73
39
34
2C

32
11
21

1

103
75
28
20

64
42
22
13

32
22
10

19
3
16
13

X

X

X

»

X

t

X

t

and
u nd er
60

and

WOMEN - CONTINUED
65
230

$
94.00
40.0

93.00
126.50

149
57 1
357

39.5

91.00
92.50
88.50

104

38.5

84.50

2 70
12 4
114
76
19 3
1UU
jL L K t I Ait 1l j

40.0
39.5
38.5

J

*u

39.5
39.5

226

39.5
#

102
» UI) L l L

39.5
40.0

1 w1 1 1 t j
40.0
157
27

39.5
40.0

^'
1,359

70
091
594
297
RETAIL TRADE --------------------------

S e e f o o tn o te s at end of tab le .




116

90.00
92.00
86.50
88.00
83.50

8 4 .5 0 - 96.50
8 7 .0 0 - 98.50
8 1 .5 0 - 93.50
8 4 .0 0 - 96.00
7 9 .0 0 - 90.50

88.00
8 3.00
82.50
81.00
91.50
84.50
105.00 118.50
77.50
7 8.00
81.00
81.00
81.50
84.00

7 6 .0 0 - 93.50
7 5 .0 0 - 88.50
76.50-111.50
8 1 .0 0 -1 2 4 .5 0
7 1 .0 0 - 83.00
7 5 .0 0 - 87.50
7 6 .0 0 - 90.00

70.00
69.50
70.50

3,015
2,188
827

$
$
$
89.50
80.0 0 -1 C 5 .5 0
96.00
86.50-106.50
8 8 . CO 7 7 . 5 0 - 1 0 4 . 5 0
127.50 1 2 5 .5 0 -1 2 9 .0 0
8 1.50
7 3 .5 0 - 89.50

# J

68.50
68.00
6 8.50
#

1 1 1 . 5 0 1 0 9 . CO
111.00 108.50
114.00 111.50
123.00 118.50
116.50 115.50
1 0 7 . 0 0 1 0 7 . CO
112.50 113.50

64.5065.0064.5063.50-

19

8

44
17
27

101
40
61
15

24

5

27
17

24
31

131
47
84
16
20
26
17

92
33
59
36

62
14
48
25

18

14

3

12

12
1

1

11

42
28
14

163
117
46
ii

43
18
25
-

7263 9. 0 0 3 9 . 5
72.50
73.50
71.00

18
55

99.00-121.50
98.50-120.00
100.00-126.00
100.50-141.00
103.50 -1 2 7 .5 0
98.00-116.00
1 00.50-124.50

154
72
82
22

19 9
81
118
43

i

12
16

1

140.00 140.00
142.00 143.00
136.00
136.50 134.00

127.50-154.50
131.50 -1 5 6 .5 0
122.00-148.50
120.00-147.50

1
1

125.00 125.00
126.50 1 2 7 .5 0
121.00 120.50
131.50 129.00

117.00 -1 3 4 .5 0
119.50 -1 3 5 .5 0
110.00-129.00
1 20.00-145.00

1

101.00-118.00
101.00 -1 1 6 .0 0
103.50-128.00
100.50-135.00
102.00-119.00
109.00-127.00

31
29

Q
2

110.50 1 0 9 .0 0
109.00 198.50
116.50 115.00
4 0 .0 120.00 1 0 8 .5 0
4 0.0 110.00 108.50
3 • 3 1 1 7 . 5 0 1 2 C .C 0
39.5
99.00
9 8.00
39.5
98.50
97.50
3 9 . 5 1 0 0 . 5 0 1 O 0 . 00
40.0 102.50
98.50
4 0.0 101.00 102.50

1

5
16
13

1
1

19

18

12

72

59

16

12
10

11
11

72
72

58
58

1

308
226
82
17
11
22
27

210
145
65

160
101
59
13
15

137
78
59
21
8

99
78
21

23

19

8

8
11

289
219
15
1C
21
18

1
1
1

i

2

30 8
242
66
21

403
306
97
25
14
37
17

20
12

2
3

i

j

35 5
264
91
14
13
30
31

307
235
72
13
35
17

3

35

19
11

1

15
10

1

2?
11
11
1

36
17
19

34
20
14

106
95
11

140
116
24
14

217
184
33
13
13

12

C
i
i
-

-

-

8
1
2

35
21
14
7

130
87
43
11
10

177
124
53
13
15

148
116
32
14

159
111
48
8
21

197
180
17
1

13
1?

.
22

93
64
29

175
149
26
3

95
72
23

12

16

47

92
62
3C

33

14

21

19

30
26

i
73
55
18

11
218
183
35

1

10

15
12

2

1

'

91.50-105.50
91.50-104.50
9 1 .0 0 -1 0 9 .5 0
91.00-112.50
9 3 .5 0 -1 1 1 .0 0

14
14
27

5

AC A* VW
4C.0

63
48
15

43
43
43

62
38
24
5
i

n

1
9

2

64
59
11
2

1
2
1

*

3

1

i

35
1C
25

14

22

21
12

3

1

i

-1
10
1

1

13
Q
0

3
5

1

1

2
2

8

1

-

-

-

-

11

Table A-la.

Office Occupations—Large Establishments—Men and Women— Continued

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e kl y h o u r s and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a ti o n s s t u d i e d in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s em p l o y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
b y in d u s t r y di v i si o n , M i n n e ap o li s—St. P a u l , Minn., J a n u a r y 1969)
Weekly earnings1

Sex, occupation, and industry division

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

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

Middle range 2

$

$

$
65

$
70

$
75

$
80

$
85

$
90

*
95

$
100

$
105

$
110

$
115

*
120

$
125

$
130

55
a nd
unde r

60

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

105

110

115

120

125

130

135

1
1
-

28
13
15
9

136
97
39
1
16

212
1AA
68
20
30

213
12A
89
33
30

131
80
51
2A
11

56
19
37
10
8

A1
11
30
17
3

25
7
18
7
1

33
1
32
2A
1

16
1
15
10
1

13
3
10
7
3

56
8
A8
48

66
66
65

12
12
-

39
3A
5

114
105
9
4

191
163
28
6
12

226
188
38
11
1A

206
167
39
5
15

129
97
32
9
1A

59
39
20

A3
26
17
1
9

19
10
9
2
1

16
8
8
1
3

AA
39
5
2
1

1A
11

21
16

17
15

8
8

15
8

A
1

8
A

3
-

2
-

6
1

10
7
7

135

$

$

$

$

140

150

160

—

—

—

170

140

150

160

30
3C
30

18
18
18

30
30
30

3
3
3

3
3
3

-

15
1
1A
13
1

13
13
13
-

26
1
25
25
-

11
2
9
9
-

i
i
i
-

-

1
1
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

2
2
2

-

and

170 over

WOMEN - CONT IN UE D
$
$
7 7 . 5 0 - 103.00
75.50- 85.00
8 1 . 5 0 - 125.00
95.00- 13 0. 00
75 .50- 85.00

STENOGRAPHERS, g e n e r a l
MA NU FACTURING -----NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3FI NA NC E4 -----------

1,111
509
602
350
113

$
$
39.5
92.50
8A.00
39.5
81.00
8C.C0
AO.O 102.00
95.50
AO.O 115.00 122.50
39.5
82.00
80.50

STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR
MA NUFACTURING ----NONMAN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3
F I NA NC E4 ----------

1,164
892
272
98
82

39.5
98.50
95.00
88.50103.50
39.5
95.00 93.50
87.00100.00
39.5 109.00 102.50
9 3 . 5 0 - 125.00
A0. 0 126.00 13 5 . CO 1 0 1. 50 -1A A . 50
39.5
99.00
9 8 . CO 9 1 . 0 0 106.00

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS A ---MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------

107
73

39.5
39.5

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS B ---NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------------

133
97
28

39.5
88.50
85.50
77 .5 0- 99.00
39.5
87.50
85.00
75.00- 97.50
AO.O 108.50 115.50 10 1.50-119.00

SW ITCHB0AR0 O P ER AT OR -R EC EP TI ON IS TS -

85

39.5

89.50

89.50

80.00- 97.50

133
5A
79
57

39.0
39.5
38.5
38.5

86.00
86.50
86.00
8A.00

83.50
8A.50
82.50
82.00

78.0081.0077.0076.50-

TYPISTS, CLASS A ----m a n u f a c t u r i n g -------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
PURLIC U T I L I T I E S 3
F I NA NC E4- ---------

1,036
725
311
86
1A5

39.5
39.5
39.5
AC.O
39.0

87.50
96.00
81.50

83.50
83.50
82.50
91.50
81.50

78.50- 90.00
79.00- 90.00
78 .0 0- 90 .CC
79 .5 0-111.00
76 .5 0- 85.00

TYPISTS, CLASS B ----MANUFACTURING -----NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3
RETAIL TRADE ---F I NA NC E4----------

925
528
397
82
78
186

39.5
39.5
39.5
AO.O
39.0
39.0

80.50
82.50
78.00
91.50
73.00
75.50

77.
78.
76.00
8 A. 50
72.50
7 5 . CO

72 .0CO
0CO
72.5071.5077.5068 .5 071.50-

TRANSCRI PT NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
GENERAL -------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------F I NA NC E4---------------------

1
to th e se
2
3
4
5

9A.50
92.00

88.00
86.00

92.00
90.50

85 .0 0-102.50
8A.50- 98.00
i
i
-

-

2

6

1
1

4
4
-

18
17
-

15
12
1

25
12
2

13
9
1

17
15
1

-

A

8

10

10

12

1A

12

18
5
13
11

2A
6
18
13

35
18
17
13

2A
10
1A
12

10
6
4
2

7
5
2
2

5
-

-

7
3
4
3

92
62
30
23

22A
1A5
79
23
3A

286
205
81
12
51

169
128
A1
6
19

73
51
22
9
7

25
11
1A
2
6

22
1A
8
4
i

13
3
10
8
i

12
1
11

117
61
56
18
28

162
76
86
20
9
A7

150
83
67
12
7
38

66
A6
20
5
A
7

AA
28
16
11
A
1

6
A
2
2

3
3
3

7
3

272
15A
118
11
29
62

3
3
-

10
7

-

2
1

90.00
92 . OC
89.50
87.50

8A.50
87.5C
82.00
100.50
78.00
8C.C0

-

-

6
5
-

A
1
1

12
11
11

3

2

2

i
i

2
-

2
2

4
2
2
2

6
i
5
5

4
A

-

4
-

61
3
6
0
1 3
1 3

2
2
2

2
2
2

-

2
2

10A
102
2
2
5
2

7

2

-

-

-

7
7

2
2

-

3

9
A
5
5

3
3

3
3

S t a n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o rk w e e k f o r which e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e t h e ir r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u 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 r e m i u m r a t e s ) ,
w e e kl y h o u rs .
F o r definition of t e r m s , s s e footnote 2, tab le A - l .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t io n , and o th er pu b li c u ti l it i e s .
F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s t a t e .
M a y in clude w o r k e r s oth er than th o se p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e l y .




-

-

-

-

-

and the e a r n i n g s c o r r e s p o n d

1 2

Table A-2. Professional and Technical Occupations—Men and Women
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w eekly h o u rs and e a r n in g s fo r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s i s
by in d u s try d iv is io n , M in n e a p o lis—S t. P a u l , M inn. , J a n u a r y 1969)
Weekly earnings1
(standard)
S ex , o ccu pa tio n, and in d u s tr y d iv i si o n

Number Average
weekly
of
hours1
woikers (standard)

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s re c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - ti m e weekly e a r n i n g s of—
(

i
85

Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

S
90

*

t
95

100

$
105

no

t

t
115

$
12C

125

130

135

t
140

145

$
150

160

$
170

$
180

t
190

*
2C0

$
210

and
un der

220
and

90

95

100

105

no

115

120

12 5

130

135

140

“

“

“

1
1

*

1
1

14
14

b
2

35
26
9
~

68
66

77

“

72
5
“

116
78
38
4

119
107
12
4

9
9

19
15

22 0 o v e r

150

160

170

180

190

200

210

18
18

24
21

86
85

139
120

171
130

156
85

91
56

78
54

53
48

82
74
8
~

105
93
12
2

84
60
24
7

159
114
45
25

129
61
68
14

116
29
87
10

11
6
5
~

-

-

-

~

~

“

33
19
14
5

21
16
5
i

40
9
31
3

8
8
3

8
6
2
1

3

-

-

-

-

-

20
11

20
15

48
44

14
12

14
11

2

3

_

MEN
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A ---------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

865
659

40.0
40.0

$
$
$
$
178.50 178.00 1 6 4 .0 0 -1 9 3 .0 0
177.50 174.00 1 6 1 .5 0 -1 9 3 .5 0

-

~

-

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3----------------------

888
6 21
267
58

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

148.50 148.50
144.00 143.00
1 6 0 . 0 0 1 6 3 . CO
159.00 158.00

136.00-162.00
133.00-154.50
151.00 -1 7 3 .0 0
152.00-166.00

_
“

1

-

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3 ----------------------

825
626
199
27

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

118.00 118.00
116.50 117.50
122.00 122.00
135.00 133.00

110.50-126.00
1 11.00-125.00
109.00 -1 3 5 .0 0
125.00-146.50

19
19

15 8
122

40.0
40.0

138.50 140.50
139.00 141.00

130.50-144.50
131.00-144.50

_

5
5

1
~
13
13
-

2

2
“

11
10
1
1

56
33
23

_

_

7

7

6
i
“

7

94
62
32
1

102
93
9

3

i

"

~
182
161

21
1

2

3
3

27
24
“

-

_

women

NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) ----MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

_

2

5
2

_

-

-

_

1

1 S ta n d a r d h o u r s r e f le c t th e w o rk w ee k f o r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir r e g u l a r s t r a ig h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s ( e x c lu s iv e o f p a y fo r o v e r t im e a t r e g u l a r a n d /o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ) , and the e a r n in g s c o r r e sp o n d
to th e se w ee k ly h o u r s .
,
2 F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2 , ta b le A - l .
3 T r a n s p o r t a t io n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , an d o th e r p u b lic u t il it i e s .




13
Table A-2a.

Professional and Technical Occupations—Large Establishments—Men and Women

( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w ee kl y h o u r s and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s st u d i ed in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s em p l o y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
by in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , M i n n e a p o li s—S t. P a u l , Minn. , J a n u a r y 1969)
Weekly earnings1
(standard)
S ex, o cc up ati on, and in d u s tr y di v i si o n

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

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

Median 2

Middle range 2

%

85
and
u nd er
90

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A —
m a n u f a c t u r i n g -------

470
458

$
$
40.0 $182.00 180.50 1 6 4 . 5 0 40.0 182.00 18C.C0 1 6 4 . 5 0 -

199.50
20C.00

CRAFTSMEN, CLASS B -MANUFA CT UR IN G ----N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG PUBLIC LIT IL I T IF S'

471
405
66
58

40.0
4C.0
40.0
40.0

133.501 3 2. 50 150.50152.00-

154.50
152.50
165.00
166.CO

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C -MANUFA CT UR IN G ---NONMANUFACTURING:
PUBLIC UT IL IT IE S

385
356

40.0 118.50 118.00 1 1 2. 00 40.0 117.00 117.50 1 1 1 . 5 0 -

125.00
123.50

125.00-

146.50

NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) --MA NU FACTURING ------------------

134
104

40.0 139.00 141.00 1 3 3. 50 40.0 140.50 14 2 . CO 1 3 6 . 5 0 -

144.50
145.00

1
to t h e s e
2
3

144.50
142.50
156.00
159.00

14 4 . CO
141.50
157.00
158.00

%
90

%
95

%
100

—
95

%
%
105
110
—

100

105

24
24

110

40
38

%
115

%
12C

%
125

%
130

%
135

%
140

145

%
%
%
%
%
150
160
170
180

%
190

%
200

%
210

20C

210

220

55
54

54
54

37
36

220

~
115

54
53

120

111
110

125

49
45

130

135

40
40

56
56

46
42

24
19

140

145

150

160

2
2

12
12

40
40

54
53
1

55
52
3
2

99
74
25
25

170

45
29
16
14

180

190

24
24

24
14
10
10

12
11

S t a n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o rk w e e k f o r which e m p l o 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 s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e o f p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a t r e g u l a r a n d / o r p r e m i u m r a t e s ) , an d the e a r n i n g s c o r r e s p o n d
w ee kl y h o u r s .
F o r de fin it ion o f t e r m s , s e e footnote 2, t a b le A - l .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t io n , and o th er pu b li c u t il it i e s .




14
Table A-3. Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Men and Women Combined
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o cc u p a ti o n s st ud ie d on an a r e a b a s i s
b y i n d u s tr y d iv is io n , M i n n e ap o li s—St. P a u l , Minn., J a n u a r y 1969)
Average
Occupation and industry division

Number
of
workers

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

195
69
126
61

39.0
39.5
39.0
39.5

$
91.50
93.00
90.50
93.50

BILLERS, MACHINE (BOOKKEEPING
MACHINE) ----------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------

164
134

39.5
39.5

85.50
86.00

BO OK KE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS A ------------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------

256
94
162
56

40.0 103.CO
40.0 IC9.00
40.0
99.00
40.0 IC5.00

BO OK KE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS B ------------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G -i-------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------WH OL ES AL E TRADE ---------RE TA IL TRADE --------------

549
16 3
386
105
186

39. 5
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0

85.50
89.00
84.50
88.50
80.00

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A —
MANU FA CT UR IN G --------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2--------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------RETAIL TRADE -------------F I NA NC E3 --------------------

1,673
592
1,081
25 1
314
167
301

39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0

114.00
109.00
116.50
136.50
114.00
107.OC
108.00

CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B —
MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2--------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------RETAIL TRADE -------------F I NA NC E3 --------------------

3,041
893
2,148
528
348
445
739

39.5
39.5
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
38.0

87.50
89.00
87.00
95.00
85.50
82.00
85.00

203
52
151
88

39.5
39. 5
39.0
3R.5

89.50
87.00
90.00
84.50

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS B --------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --- -------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2--------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------RETAIL TRADE -------------F I NA NC E3 --------------------

846
259
58 ?
107
6b
86
210

39.5
40.0
39.5
4C.0
40.0
39.5
38.5

77.50
81.00
76.00
86.00
76.50
69.50
74.50

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS C --------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------FI NA NC E3 --------------------

693
111
582
60
431

39.0
39.5
39.0
40.0
38.5

69.00
71.00
68.50
68.50
68 .OC

S e e fo o tn o te s at end of tab le .




Occupation and industry division

Weekly
earnings 1
(standard) (standard)
Weekly

OFFICE OC CU PA TI ON S -. CO NTINUED

OFFICE OCCUPA TI ON S
BILLERS, MACHINE (BILLING
MACHINE) ----------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------WH OLESALE TR AD E ----------

CLERKS, FILE, CLASS A --------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------F I NA NC E3 ----------- --------

Avenge
Number
of

Average
Occupation and industry division

OF FICE OC CU PA TI ON S

CLERKS, ORDER ---------------------MA NU FACTURING -----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------------WHOLESALE TR AD E -------------RE TA IL TRADE -----------------

1,039
244
795
588
72

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.5

109.00
101.50
111.50
121.00
75.50

CLERKS, PAYROLL -------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------

694
294
400
118
73
133

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0

100.50
100.00
101.00
117.00
101.50
90.00

C O M P TO ME TE R OP ERATORS -----------MANU FA CT UR IN G ------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG --------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------

501
116
385
57
79
219

39.5
94.00
39.0
99.00
39.5
92.50
40.0 124.50
40.0
91.50
40.0
84.00

KE YPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A ----MANU FA CT UR IN G ------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------WH OLESALE TRADE ------------FINA\CF 3 -----------------------

911
437
474
75
139
184

39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.0

KE YPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B ----MANU FA CT UR IN G -----------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG --------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------WH OLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------f i n a n c e 3-----------------------

1,555
431
1,124
360
209
196
306

OFFICE BOYS AND G I R L S -------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG --------------PU BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------WHOLE SALF T R A D E -------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------F I N A N C E 3-----------------------

587
185
402
48
76
64
197

39.5
39.5
39. 5
43.0
4 0.0
39.5
39.0

74.50
72.50
75.50
98.50
80.00
70.00
69.50

S E C R E T A R I E S 4-----------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------F I N A N C E 3-----------------------

4,324
2,62 J
1,704
259
369
319
541

39.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0

110.50
110.50
111.00
121.00
112.00
105.50
109.50

SECRETARIES, CLASS A ----------MANU FA CT UR IN G -----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------F I N A N C E 3-----------------------

371
193
1 7d
32
50

39.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
38.5

126.00
129.00
122.50
135.00
129.00

93.00
93.50
92.50
96.50
98.00
87.50

39.5
85.50
39.5
82.50
39.5
86.50
40.0 102.00
4u •0 79. 50
40.0
80.50
73.00
39.0

Number
of
woikers

Weekly
Weekly
hours 1 earnings 1
(standard) (standard)

- CONTINUED

S E C R E T A R I E S 4 - CO NTINUED
SECRETARIES, CLASS B -------------MANU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2--------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------F I N A N C E 3--------------------------

892
512
380
39
54
172

39.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
33.5

$
121.00
124.00
117.00
124.50
115.50
117.00

SECRETARIES, CLASS C -------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2--------------WH OLESALE TRADE ---------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------F I N A N C E 3--------------------------

1,71 u
1,183
527
88
93
86
185

39.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.0

110.5?
109.50
113.00
120.CO
120.50
108.50
108.CO

SECRETARIES, CL AS S D -------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2--------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------F I N A N C E 3--------------------------

1,28?
732
548
71
135
156
134

39.5
98.53
39.5
98.30
39.5
98.50
40.0 103.00
40.0 IC O.50
40.0
98.50
38.5
95.00

STENOGRAPHERS, G E NE RA L -------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2--------------WHOLFSALE TRADE ---------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------F I N A N C E 3--------------------------

1,662
634
1.028
39C
208
120
269

39.5
91.00
39.5
83.50
39.5
96.00
40.0 113.00
89.09
4J.0
39.0
83.00
39.0
83.00

STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR --------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------n c n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ----------------PUBLIC. L T I L I T I F S 2--------------WHOLESALF TRADE ---------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------F I NA NC E3 --------------------------

1,747
1,099
648
129
215
78
199

39.5
39.5
39.5
4 0.0
4C.0
39.5
39.0

100.50
96.00
108.50
123.00
111.00
101.50
IC O.50

SW ITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS A ---MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g -----------------

142
77
65

39.5
39.5
39.5

95.00
92.50
97.50

SW ITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS B ---N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC UT I L I T I E S 2--------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------F I NA NC E3 --------------------------

336
290
29
78
78

40.0
82.0 3
40.0
81.50
40.0 109.00
39.5
77.50
39.0
81.50

SW ITCHBOARD OP ER AT OR-RECEPTICNI STSMA NU FACTURING --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2--------------WHOLESALE TRACE ---------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------FINANCE- 3--------------------------

728
268
460
54
149
142
53

40. C
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.5

86.00
89.00
84.00
95.50
85.50
78.50
81.50

15

Table A-3. Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Men and Women Combined— Continued
(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 a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d on a n a r e a b a s i s
b y i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n , M in n e a p o lis —S t . P a u l , M in n ., J a n u a r y 1969)

O F F IC E OCCUPATIONS

-

Weekly
earnings 1
(standard) (standard)
Weekly

A verage
W eekly
hours 1
(standard )

OFFICE OC CU PA TI ON S - CO NT IN UE O

CONTINUEO

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
C LA SS A --------------------------------------------------

54

3 9.5

$
123.50

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
C LA SS B -------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 2 -------------------------

198
57
141
46

3 9.5
4 0 .0
3 9.5
4 0 .0

1 15.00
120.50
1 12.50
127.50

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
CL AS S C -------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------

76
58

3 9 .0
3 9 .0

9 0 .0 0
88 .0 0

TRANSCRIPING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
GENERAL -------------------------------------------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------P U B LI C U T I L I T I E S 2 ------------------------F IN A N C E 3 ------------------------------------------

390
120
270
26
137

3 9.5
3 9.5
3 9.0
4 0 .0
3 8 .5

8 7 .5 0
90 .5 0
86 .5 0
96.5 0
81.00

A ve rage

W eekly
e arnings 1
(standard)

TYPISTS, CL AS S A -----------------MA NU FACTURING -----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------FINANCE 3-----------------------

1,430
857
573
105
53
61
314

39.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
38.5

$
87.00
88.00
86.50
97.50
87.50
86.50
81.00

TYPISTS, CLASS B -----------------MA NUFACTURING -----------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------WH OLESALE TRADE ------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------F I N A N C F 3-----------------------

1,991
753
1,238
124
183
94
769

39.5
39.5
39.0
40.0
39.5
39.0
38.5

78.00
81.00
76.00
90.50
81.50
74.00
71.50

1 S t a n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t th e w o r k w e e k f o r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v 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 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 th e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
3 F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , an d r e a l e s t a t e .
4 M a y in c lu d e w o r k e r s o th e r th a n t h o s e p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e l y .




N um ber
of

O c c u p a tio n a n d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

Occupation and industry division

s a la r ie s

(e x c lu siv e

W eekly
hours 1
(standard)

W eekly
earnings 1
(standard)

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A ------------------MA NUFACTURING ---------------------

874
668

$
40.0 178.50
40.0 177.00

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B ------------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------

897
630
267
58

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

148.50
144.00
160.00
159.00

DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C -------------------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----------------------------------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S2 ------------------------------

846
634
212
27

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

118.00
116.50
122.00
135.00

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

69

NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) -----MA NUFACTURING ------------------------------------------

159
123

DRAFTS ME N- TR AC ER S

t h e ir r e g u la r s tr a ig h t - t im e

N um ber
of
workers

of p ay fo r

o v e r tim e

a t r e g u la r a n d /o r p r e m iu m

ra te s),

*
O

O ccu p atio n and in d u str y d iv isio n

o

Average
Number
of

93.00

40.0 139.00
40.0 139.00

an d th e e a r n i n g s

16
Table A-3a. Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Large Establishments—Men and Women Combined
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k ly h o u r s a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s tu d ie d in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p lo y in g 50 0 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , M in n e a p o lis - i5 t . P a u l , M in n . , J a n u a r y 1969)

Average

Average
O c c u p a tio n an d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

Number
of

Weekly
Weekly
hours 1 earnings 1
(standard] (standard)

OFFICE OC CU PA TI ON S

O F F IC E OCCUPATIONS -

BODKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
C LA SS B ----------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------

92
61

3 9 .5
39.5

$
84.0 0
81 .0 0

C L E R K S , ACCOUNTING, C LA SS A —
MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S 2 --------------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------------R E TA IL TRADE -----------------------

805
350
455
198
120
56

39.5
3 9.5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 9.5

1 16.00
11 0 .5 0
1 2 0 . OC
1 36.00
1 C 5.00
102.50

39.5
39.5
3 9.5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
39.5
3 8.5

88.50
8 7 . Of
89 .0 0
95.50
83.50
82.50
94 .0 0

C L E R K S , ACCOUNTING, C L A S S B —
MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2 --------------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------------RE T A IL TRADE ----------------------F I N A N C E ---------------------------------

1 ,4 6 3
479
984
28R
138
332
211

C L E R K S , F I L E , C L A S S A --------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------

12C
78

3 9.5
3 9.5

9 3 . OC
9 5 .0 0

C L E R K S , F I L E , C L A S S B --------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------P U B LI C U T I L I T I E S 2 --------------R E T A IL TRADE ----------------------F IN A N C F 3---------------------------------

404
188
216
32
54
58

3 9.5
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0

78.00
7 9 .0 0
77.00
1 0 2 . 5C
70.00
7 4 .0 0

C L E R K S , F I L E , C L A S S C ---------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------F IN A N C E 3---------------------------------

268
223
167

3 9 .0
3 9.0
3 8.5

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

C L E R K S , ORDER ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------RE T A IL TRADE -----------------------

130
1 01
57

3 9.5
3 9 .0
3 8.5

3 6 .0 0
79.00
69.5 0

C L E R K S , PAYROLL --------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2 --------------RE T A IL TRADE -----------------------

283
103
180
71
6C

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

103.50
1 02.50
104.50
1 23.00
8 9 .5 0

COMPTOMETER OPERATORS --------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2 --------------RE T A IL TRADE -----------------------

295
65
2 30
54
149

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

9 4 .0 0
97 .0 0
93 .0 0
126.50
81 .0 0

KEYPUNCH OP ERATORS, C L A S S A —
MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2 --------------FINANCF 3---------------------------------

572
358
214
61
104

3 9.5
3 9 .5
3 9.0
4 0 .0
3 8.5

91.00
92.5 0
88.5 0
9 3 .0 0
84 .5 0

Weekly
Weekly
hours 1 earnings 1
(standard) (standard)

CONTINUED

11 A

$
88.50
8 2 .5 0
9 2 .0 0
1 0 5.00
77.5 0
81 .0 0
84 .0 0

360
122
238
A8
50
I 16

3 9.5
3 9 .5
3 9.5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
3 9.0

74.5 0
72 .5 0
75 .5 0
9 8 .5 0
70.00
68.5 0

972
363
609
275
79
12 A

O F F IC E BOYS AND G I R L S ---------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PU BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2-------------------RE T A IL TRADF ---------------------------F INANCr3 -------------------------------------S E C R E T A R I E S 4 ---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PU B LI C U T I L I T I E S 2-------------------WHOIFSAUF TRADE — -----------------RE T A IL TRADE ---------------------------FINANCE3 --------------------------------------

3 ,0 2 2
2 ,1 8 8
83A
21A
125
226
229

39 .5
39 .5
3 9.5
4 0 .9
40. C
39 .5
3 9.5

112.00
1 11.00
114.00
123.50
116.50
1 07.00
1 12.50

S E C R E T A R I E S , C L A S S A -----------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PU BLI C U T I L I T I E S 2--------------------

156
5A
30

3 9.5
4 0 .G
3 9.5
4 0 .0

1 4 0.00
142.00
1 36.00
1 36.50

S E C R E T A R I E S . C L A S S R -----------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING - - -------------------PU RLI C U T I L I T I E S -------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

5 AO
381
159
27
57

4 0 .0
4U . 0
3 9.5
40. C
3 9.5

125.00
126.50
1 21.50
1 31.50
121.50

S E C R E T A R I E S , C L A S S C -----------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PU B LI C U T I L I T I E S 2-------------------RE TA IL TRADE ---------------------------F INA N CE3 --------------------------------------

1,363
1,111
252
72
7C
8A

4 0 .0
4 C .0
4 0 .0
4C .0
4 0 .0
3 9.5

1 1 0.50
1C 9.00
1 1 6.50
1 2 1.00
l i o . oo
1 1 7.50

S E C R E T A R I E S , C L A S S D -----------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2-------------------RE T A IL TRADE ----------------------------

892
5 9A
298
62
116

39 .5
39 .5
3 9.5
4 0 .0
4 C .0

99.0 0
98.5 0
1 0 0.50
1 0 3.00
1 0 1 . OC

STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL -----------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PU B LI C U T I L I T I E S 2-------------------FINANCE 3--------------------------------------

1,111
509
602
350
113

3 9.5
3 9.5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
39 .5

9 2 . 5C
8 1 .0 0
102.00
115.00
8 2 . CC

STENOGRAPHERS, SF NI OR -------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PU B LI C U T I L I T I F S 2-------------------F IN A N C E 3--------------------------------------

1,165
892
273
99
82

3 9.5
3 9.5
3 9.5
4 0 .0
3 9.5

9 8 .5 0
9 5 .0 0
1 0 9.00
1 2 6.00
99.0 0

str a ig h t - t im e

Average
O c c u p a tio n an d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

O FF IC E OCCUPATIONS
3 9.5
3 9.5
3 9.5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, C LA SS R -------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PU BLI C U T I L I T I E S 2 -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------R E TA IL TRADE ---------------------------FINANCE 3--------------------------------------

1 S t a n d a r d h o u r s r e f l e c t th e w o r k w e e k f o r w h ich 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
c o r r e s p o n d to t h e s e w e e k ly h o u r s .
2 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d o t h e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
3 F in a n c e , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e st a te .
4 M ay in c lu d e w o r k e r s o th e r th a n t h o s e p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e l y .




Number
of

O c c u p a tio n a n d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

102

s a la r ie s

(e x c lu siv e

o f p ay fo r

-

Number
of

Weekly
Weekly
hour, 1 earnings 1
(standard) (standard)

CONTINUED

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, C L A SS A ----MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------

107
73

3 9.5
39.5

$
94 .5 0
9 2 .0 0

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, C L A SS B ----NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------PU RLI C U T I L I T I E S 2-----------------------

134
98
29

39 .5
39 .5
4 0 .0

88.5 0
88 .0 0
1C 9.00

SWITCHBOARD OPER AT OR- RE CEP TI CNI S T S

85

3 9.5

89 .5 0

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
C L A S S B ------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2 -----------------------

1 11
69
30

3 9.5
3 9.5
4 0 .0

1 1 6.00
1 1 4.50
121.50

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
C L A SS C -------------------------------------------------

50

39 .0

9 0 .0 0

TRANSCRI PING-MACHINE OPERA I C R S ,
GENERAL ------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------F IN AN C E3 -----------------------------------------

133
54
79
57

3 9.0
3 9.5
3 8.5
3 8.5

8 6 .0 0
8 6 .5 0
86.0 0
8 4 .0 0

C L A SS A --------------------------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2 ----------------------FI N A N C E3 -----------------------------------------

1,039
725
314
86
145

3 9.5
39 .5
3 9.5
4 9 .C
3 9.0

8 7 .5 0
8 8 . OC
86 .0 0
9 6 .) 9
81 .5 0

T Y P I S T S , C L A S S B --------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------------P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2 ----------------------RE T A IL TRAOE ------------------------------FINA NC E3 -----------------------------------------

974
575
399
84
78
186

3 9.5
39.5
39.5
4 0 .0
3 9 .C
39.0

80.5 0
81 .5 0
7 8.50
92.5 0
73 .0 0
75.5 0

DRAFTSMEN, C L A S S A ----------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------

479
467

4 0 .0
4 0 .0

181.50
181.50

DRAFTSMEN, C L A SS B ----------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------PU BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2 ------------------------

480
414
66
58

4 0 .0
4 j.O
4 0 .0
4 0 .0

144.50
142.50
1 56.00
1 59.90

DRAFTSMEN, CL AS S C ----------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING:
PU BL IC U T I L I T I E S 2 ------------------------

397
364

4 0 .0
4u.O

1 18.51
11 7 .0 9

27

4u.O

135.00

DRAFTSMEN-TRACERS --------------------------------

51

4 0 .0

89.0 0

NU R SE S, INDUS TR IAL ( R E G I S T E R E D ) —
MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

1 35
105

4 J.O
4 0 .0

139.00
141.00

TY PISTS,

PRO FE SSI ONA L AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS

o v e r tim e

at

r e g u la r

a n d /o r p r e m iu m

ra te s),

a n d th e

e a r n in g s

17

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 l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s tu d ie d on an a r e a b a s i s
b y i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n , M in n e a p o lis —S t . P a u l , M in n ., J a n u a r y 1969)

N u m b e r of wo rk er s receiving straight-time hourly earnings of—
s
s
s
$
s
s
*
t
%
%
t
i
$
$
t
t
$
t
$
$
»
2.80 2.90 3.00 3. 10 3.20 3. 30 3 .90 3 .50 3.6C 3. 70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.1C 4 .20 4.30 4.40 4 .60 4.8C 5.00 5.20 5.40

Number
O c c u p a tio n an d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

workers

Mean2 Median 2

Middle range2 1
and
2 80 under

and

2.90 3.00 3.10 3.2C 3.30 3. 90 3 .50 3 .60 3.73 3. 80 3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4 .30 4.40 4.60 4 .80 5.00 5.20 5.40 over

CARPENTERS t M A IN TE N A N C E--------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------P U B LI C U T I L I T I E S 3 -------------------------

223
137
86
36

$
3.99
3.97
9.02
3.29

$
3.92
3.95
3.75
3.16

$
3.963.533.183.13-

$
9.80
9.16
9.87
3.29

-

-

4
4
-

3
3
3

27
2
25
25

9
9
“

*

22
19
3
*

9
2
7
7

13
8
5

E L E C T R I C I A N S , MAINTENANCE ----------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------

429
348
81

9.95
4.42
9.57

9.28
9.26
4.84

4.12- 4.84
9. 1 3 - 9.75
3.69- 9.93

_
-

_
-

_
-

1
1

1
1

4
3
1

12
12

9
4
-

21
6
15

EN G IN F E R S , STATIONARY ------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------P U BLI C U T I L I T I E S 3 ------------------------RE T A IL TRADE ---------------------------------

555
276
279
61
52

3.89
3.98
3.80
3.58
3.89

3.87
3.89
3.89
3.65
3.95

3.723.823.693.953.82-

9.C9
9.25
9.06
3.73
9.05

-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

35
35
11

-

92
26
16
10
6

FIR E ME N , STATIONARY B C IL E R --------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NCNMANUFACTURING ---------------------------P U BL IC U T I L I T I E S 3 ----------------- -------

279
18C
94
27

3.72
3.80
3.58
3.26

3.66
3.71
3.55
3.10

3. 52 3.573.363.05-

9.03
9.09
9.01
3.53

1
1
-

12
12
-

_
-

19
19
19

2
2
-

3
3
-

6
1
5
-

H E L P E R S , MAINTENANCE TRADES ------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NCNMANUFACTURING ---------------------------P U B LI C U T I L I T I E S 3 -------------------------

215
109
111
101

3.36
3.29
3.97
3.97

3.32
3.16
3.91
3.39

3.193.C73.303.3C-

3.97
3.39
3.72
3.72

2
2
-

1
1
“

21
18
3
3

19
8
6
6

91
37
4
2

17
3
19
19

MACHINE-TPCL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM —
MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

287
287

3.73
3.73

3.81
3.81

3.58- 3.99
3.58- 3.99

_

_

_

-

“

-

5
5

*

M A C H I N IS TS , MAINTENANCE --------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------

791
78C

9.21
9.21

4.24
9.29

9. 13 - 9.35
9. 1 3 - 9.35

-

_

_

_
“

MECHANICS, AUTOMOTIVE
(MAINTENANCE! -------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NCNMANUFACTURING ---------------------------PURL I C U T I L I T I E S 3 -------------------------

1,239
182
1, r<5 7
995

3.89
3.89
3.83
3.83

3.99
3.98
3.93
3.99

3.613.593.613.6C-

9.05
9.07
9.09
9.05

_
-

-

-

MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE ----------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NCNMANUFACTURING ----------------------------

996
892
109

3.78
3.77
3.82

3.83
3.83
3.81

3.97- 9.13
3.93- 9.19
3.66- 9.02

1
1
-

6
6
-

4
4
-

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

303
297

9.16
9.17

9. 12
9.12

3.92- 4.28
3.92- 9.29

_

_

-

O IL F R S -----------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

292
290

3.37
3.37

3.49
3.49

3.00- 3.58
3 . CO- 3.58

29
29

P A I N T E R S , m a i n t e n a n c e ------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------F IN AN C E4 ------------------------------------------

182
86
96
50

9.28
9.00
9.53
9.71

9.26
3.95
9.82
4.83

3.793.759. 18 9. 7 6 -

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

161
150

9.55
9.55

4.62
9.62

9. 19 - 9.79
9. 18 - 9.76

See footnotes at end of table.




9.89
9.29
9.88
9.86

*

_

9
9

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

96
90

~

“

-

-

4
4
-

7
7
-

i
i

16
16
■

i
i

-

-

-

-

i
i

6
6

28
28

53
53

7
7

52
52

60
60

21
21

3
3

13
13

-

-

~

23
19

11
11

1
1

23
23

26
26

23
23

200
2CC

161
16C

199
199

79
74
72

23
22
1
1

183
24
159
159

104
4
ICC
73

79
2
77
76

24
24
16

282
49
233
209

294
53
241
241

115
16
S9
99

27
27
27

74
72
2

4C
31
9

26
23
3

139
126
13

22
4
18

125
106
19

78
69
9

5
-

5

209
198
11

69
61
8

7
6
1

4
2

40
40

65
65

7
7

77
76

16
16

_

13
13

-

-

14
14

-

_

“

12
12

-

_

_

-

-

6
6

13
13

8
6

22
22

75
75

-

3
3

9
4
5
-

4
i
3
-

1C
5
5
4

1
1

2

_

-

i
i

*

32
32
32

9C
86
4

-

*

3
3
-

28
27
1

_

_
-

3C
30
-

6
6

_

-

i
i

2
1
1
1

3
-

-

_
-

18
18
18

-

-

14
13
1

3
3
3

6
3
3

_
-

31
9
22

26
26

3

-

17
17
-

”

-

_
-

25
17
8

“

_

-

4
4
-

17
17

-

-

8
8
-

18
18

-

-

_
-

-

*

20
12
8
2
6

1C
1C

-

-

13
1
12
“

68
40
28

15

58
13
45
12

3
1
2
-

-

-

38
21
17

21
2
19
18

-

-

151
107
44
7

52
29
28
26

-

-

3
2
1

35
30
5

-

“

4
2
2

61
43
18
8

-

29
27
2

71
71
-

13
13
5

3
3

7
5
2

65
64
1

40
7
33
18
-

31
31

27
27

74
60
14

16
15
1

35
4
31
19
6

3

_
-

19
19

18
10
8
1
*

_

39
1
38

-

6
5
1

“

73
73

-

3
3
*

_

"

4
2
2
-

6
2
4

-

10
10

1
1
1

-

_

15
11
4
“

1
1
-

27
27
~

-

31
13
18
“

17
17
-

8
8
*

_

-

-

11
It

-

~
7
7

-

11
11

-

2
-

-

-

-

-

4
4
-

-

1
1

4
4

28
28

2

-

33
33

_
-

10
10
-

3
3
3

-

-

-

-

30
30

_

16
16

_

4
4

_

“

_

_

_

~

*

“

-

-

-

-

~

42
42

-

-

-

-

-

-

10
10
10

54
11
43
33

n
ii
-

26
26

58
50

-

-

33
32

-

-

-

-

*

*

4
4

-

-

-

-

-

18

Table A-4. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations— Continued
( 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 l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s tu d ie d on a n a r e a b a s i s
b y i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n , M in n e a p o lis —S t . P a u l , M in n ., J a n u a r y 1 9 69)
Hourly earnings 1

O c c u p a tio n an d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

Number
of
workers

Mean2

Median 2

N u m b e r of wo rk er s receiving straight-time hourly earnings of—

t
$
*
$
S
t
t
t
»
$
t
$
Under 2-80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3. 20 3.30 3.40 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90
Middle range 2 $
and
2*80 under

$
S
%
$
$
t
t
$
t
*
4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5. 20 5.40

2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3. 30 3.40 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00

4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5. 40 over

$

$

$

PLU MBERS, MAINTENANCE -------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------

67

58

4.51
4.52

4.29
4.29

4.23- 5.06
4.23- 5.05

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

94
94

4.23
4.23

4.15
4.15

3.68- 4.93
3.68- 4.93

1,299
1,299

4.07
4.07

4.13
4.13

3.67- 4.38
3.67- 4.38

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

1
2
3

$

E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s ,
F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2 , t a b l e A - l .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , an d o t h e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , an d r e a l e s t a t e .




-

-

-

3

-

-

and

-

3
3

-

-

2
2

-

“

28
28

~

*

2
2

-

“

29
23

-

_

_

“

1
1

12
12

-

5
5

6
6

5
5

“

5
5

“

24
24

-

2
2

-

33
33

_

-

-

-

1
1

-

_

-

-

-

3
3

27
27

24
24

221
221

75
75

18
18

87
87

73
73

83
83

129
129

101
101

167
167

241
241

29
29

21
21

_

_

_

h o lid a y s,

and la te

sh ifts.

19
Tabic A-4a.

Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations—Large Establishments

( 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 l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s tu d ie d in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p lo y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
by i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , M in n e a p o lis —S t . P a u l , M in n . , J a n u a r y 1969)

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

Hourly earnings 1

Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

Under 2 .9 C
$
and
2 . 9 C under

1

3.00

3.10

s
3 . 30

t
3.50

$
3 .50

t
3 60

$
3.70

$
3 80

$
3 90

$
5.00

3 90 4 . 0 0

5.10

t
5.10

S
5.20

$
4 .30

5.50

$
5.5C

5.6C

t
4

5.80

5 CC 5 . 2 0

-

%

%

3 . C0

3.10

3.20

3.30

3.50

3.50

3 70

3.80

5.20

5.3C

4 .50

5.50

5.60

-

-

3
3
-

9
2
7
7

11
8
3
-

4
4
-

1
l
-

17
17
-

1
l
-

-

-

1
1
1

1
1
-

2
2
-

-

13
10
3
*

27
27
-

*

“

11
11
-

-

27
2
25
25

-

-

_
-

_
-

l
1

1
1

_
-

4

15
15

6
2

3
3
-

6
5
i

19
19

"

1
1

4
3
1

58
57
1

71
71
-

4
2
2

1
1

2
2
-

_
-

_
-

_
~

11
11
11

-

12
2
10
10

15
10

8

33
18
15
-

44

1
1
-

4

9
35
-

-

-

e
8
-

-

15
12
3
2

-

-

3
3
*

6
i
5

6
6
4

13
1
12
8

_
-

1
1

26
26
-

11
7

17

55
25

21
2

-

3

1
1

6
6

-

-

162
97
65
33

$
3.93
3.98
3.87
3.26

$
3.91
3.95
3.57
3.17

$
$
3.58- 5.20
3.69- 4.16
3. 17- 4 . 8 3
3 .1 3 - 3.35

E L E C T R I C I A N S , MAI NTENANCE ----------------MANUFACTURI NG ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------

369
2 8b
81

4.48
4.46
4.57

5.29
5.27
4.84

5.165.163.69-

5.83
5.75
5.93

-

E N G I N E E R S , STATI ONARY ------------------------MANUFACTURI NG ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S 3-------------------------

222
101
121
40

3.96
9.18
3.78
3.51

3.97
5.23
3.87
3.50

3.683.913.623.29-

5.23
4.61
5.03
3.67

_
-

-

-

-

F I RE ME N, STATI ONARY B OI L E R --------------MANUFACTURI NG ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTUPING ---------------------------P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S 3-------------------------

168
HR
55
26

3.89
4.00
3.50
3.26

3.87
3.97
3.52
3 . 10

3.593.803.103.05-

5.13
5.51
3.82
3.53

1
1
-

-

15
~
15
15

H E L P E R S , MAI NTENANCE TRADES ------------MANUFACTURI NG -----------------------------------

131
63

3 .3 9

3 .3 3

3.31

3.31

3.193 . ) 6-

3.51
3.38

3
3

9
9

11
8

MACHI NE-TOOL OPERATORS , TCCLRCGM —
MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

158
156

3.76
3.76

3.75
3.75

3.613.61-

3.97
3.97

_

MA C H I N I S T S , MAI NTENANCE --------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

70S
6 9.3

9.25
4.25

5.26
5.26

5.154.16-

5.36
4.36

_

MECHANI CS, AUTOMOTIVE
( MAI NTENANCE) -------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S 3-------------------------

?73
2 3C
19^

3.82
3.75
3.75

3.76
3.72
3.71

3.643.633.63-

4.02
3.90
3.87

_
~

_

_

-

-

-

MECHANI CS, MAI NTENANCE ---------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------

526
933
93

3.96
3.99
3.82

4.10
5.1?
3.82

3.833.883.66-

4.17
4.17
4.07

2
2
-

4
4
-

i
i
-

MI LLWRI GHTS -------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

297
295

9.18
4.18

5.12
5.12

3.923.92-

4.29
4.29

_

_

_

C I L F R S -----------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

191
189

3.53
3.63

3.53
3.53

3.363.38-

3.59
3.6.

3
3

9
9

P A I N T E R S , MAI NTENANCE ------------------------“ ANUFACI UPI NG ----------------------------------

132
83

4.06
5.31

3.96
3.95

3.683.75-

4.59
5.25

_

-

-

-

-

P I P i F I T T E R S , MAI NTENANCE ------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

161
150

5.55
4.55

5.62
4.62

5.195 . 1«-

5.75
5.76

PLUMBE RS , MAI NTENANCE ------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

61
56

5.56
4.5?

4.29
4.29

5.254.23-

5.06
5.06

S HE E T - N E T A l WORKERS, MAI NTENANCE - MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

82
82

4.36
4.36

4.18
4.18

3.963.96-

4.94
4.94

_

-

1
1

-

TOCL AND DU M A K E R S ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------

6 59
659

5.12
5.12

5 . 1H
4.18

3.593.69-

5.53
4.53

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

55
50
15

“

“

-

-

29
27
2
-

4
4
-

-

-

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-

-

-

-

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23
17
6

17
17
-

15
9
6

15
13
l

3

3

.

-

-

-

i
i

-

1

-

6
6

28
28

51
51

7
7

4

57
47

21
21

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

_
~

2C
16

5
5

1
1

4
4

26
26

1C
1(

200
200

158
157

199
199

i
i

i
i

92
86

~

2
2
“

1
i
i

32
32
32

74
72
63

44
52
51

24
25
16

18
13
1

38
32
32

27
n
u

_
-

_
-

_
-

4
-

-

-

7
-

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1
i

6
5
1

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4
4

32
3C
2

19
10
9

3
3

17
10
7

22
4
18

62
46
16

75
68
7

6
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207
196
11

44
36
8

2
l
i

i
1

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16
16

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50

65
65

7
7

77
76

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18
18

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13
13

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6
6

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52

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15

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16

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i

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39
1
38

4

4

4

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-

-

8
fc

22
22

75
75

_
-

13
13

-

-

3
-

6
3

3
3

9
4

4
i

10
5

12
12

2
-

3b
30

-

i
i

2
-

_

7
7

_

*

*

1
1

4
4

28
28

-

_

-

-

2
2

28
28

25
24

-

-

-

99
99

59
59

_

_

_

-

-

1
1

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

*

“

-

-

3
3

-

-

1
1

-

_

5
5

6
6

5
5

-

-

3

-

9
9

176
176

6
6

-

30
30

-

~

Excludes p r e m i u m pay for overtime and for wo r k on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
For definition of terms, see footnote 2, table A-l.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.

3

-

-

~

-

5
5

-

15
15

9
9

ov er

7
5
2

3

-

-

5.40

73
73
~

4
4
-

i

4
4

$

2
2

21
18
3

4

1

1
1

19
7
12
-

_

31
31

*

4

$
5.00

31
13
18

25
25
12

-

-

4

80

H

3 • 60

C A R P E N T E R S , MAI NTENANCE --------------------MANUFACTURI NG ----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------PU B L I C U T I L I T I E S 3 -------------------------




$
3.2C

o

workers

%

o

O c c u p a tio n an d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

%

Number
of

4

1C
10

3

-

_

-

1C

3

1
1

25
25

58
50

-

-

-

2
2

-

-

2
2

-

153
153

29

20
20

~

-

“

_
“

_
~

-

-

”
-

-

-

-

-

"

1
l

30
30

-

1
“

-

33
32

-

-

26
23

-

“

29

-

21
11

33
33
21
21

-

“

-

"
-

-

'

'

‘

20
Table A-5. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations
(Average straight-time hourly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Minneapolis— St. Paul, Minn., January 1969)
Hourly earnings2

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

Number
Occupation1 and industry division

GUARDS AND hATC HM EN ------------MA NUFACTURING ----------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------------

workers

1,337
561
776

M""3

$
2.50
2.99
2.14

Median3

Middle range3

s
s
%
t
i
s
S
S
s
$
t
i
t
$
t
$
1
1
1.50 1.60 1.70 1.80 1.90 2.CS 2.10 2 . 2 0 2.30 2.4C 2. 50 2 .6 G 2.70 2.8C 2.9C 3 . 0 c 3.19 3.23 3 . 4 3
and
under

V
I
t
$
3.6C 3.83 4.60 4.20

1.6C 1.70 1.80 1 .90 2.CC 2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.5C 2.60 2.70 2.60 2.90 3 . CO 3.10 3.23 3.4C

3 .PC 4 . CO 4.20 ove r

$
2.81
2.90
1.74

$
1.702.841.66-

$
3.01
3.26
2.75

“
-

-

-

-

3

5

3

2
~
2
~

76

61
~
61

217
8
209
~
21

242
13
229
~
11

425
20
405

107
41
66
4

GUARDS:
MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------------

528

3.Cl

2.92

2.84- 3.26

JANITORS, PORTERS, ANC CL EANERS
MANUFA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4----------w h o l e s a l e t r a d e -----------r e t a i l t r a d e --------------F I N A N C E 5---------------------

3 »944
1,698
2,246
256
68
429
209

2.47
2.73
2.28
2.90
2.82
2.28
2.54

2.51
2.65
2.23
2.9C
2.84
2.28
2.55

2.092.531.992.692.552.022.49-

2.74
2.89
2.55
3.11
3.13
2.52
2.62

2
~

JANITORS, RORTFRS, ANC CLEANERS
(WOMEN) -------------------------MANU FA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4----------RETAIL TRADE ---------------F I N A N C E 5----------------------

910
186
724
39
53
354

2.10
2.53
1.99
2.49
1.92
1.98

1.97
2.55
1.95
2.45
1.95
1.95

1 .9 3 2.441.922.151.911.93-

2 .1 j
2.72
1.99
2.86
1.98
1.98

2
2
-

LABORERS, MATERIAL HAND LI NG --MA NU FA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4----------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------RETAIL TRADE ----------------

4,816
2,335
2,4 80
82 0
1,114
44 2

3.C8
2.91
3.24
3.2C
3.51
2.78

3.11
2.90
3.34
3.26
3.61
3.22

2.812.703.133.C63.301.86-

3.38
3.09
3.61
3.35
3.71
3.37

-

ORDER
FILLERS ------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------RETAIL TRADE ----------------

3,628
2,998
2,006
501

3.28
2.95
3.35
3.43
2.94

3.52
3.00
3.55

3.112.733.233.262.38-

PACKFRS, SH IPPING --------------MA NU FA C1 U« IN G ----------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NC ------------WH OLESALE TRADE -----------RETAIL TRADE ----------------

1,34U
804
536
386
12:

3.08
2.84
3.45
3.52
3.20

3.14
2.86

PACKERS, SHIPPING (WOMEN) -----MANUFA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------R e t a i l t r a d e ----------------

1,679
1,433
246
193

RECE IV IN G CLERKS ----------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF fC IU RI NG ------------WH OLESALE TRADE -----------RETAIL TRADE ---------------SHIPPING CL ERKS -----------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ----------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ------------WHOLESALF TRADE ------------

See footnotes at end of table.




328
328

76
48
~

151
2
149

8
~

B
8

3
3
“

~

3C
8

7

22

4

77
~

3

22

~

17
5
12

9

6
6

19
19

-

-

-

-

9
-

78
78

23
23

24
24

7

14
4
1C

28
4
24

60
40

4

“

78

23

16

4

6

3.62
3.23
3.63
3.63
3.55

-

-

9
9

32

-

32

31
31

_

-

32

3.51
3.08
3.58
3.59
3.54

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

3.48

2.652.543.423.502.59-

2.61
2.71
2.CG
1.86

2.80
2.8?
1.87
1.79

2.612.651.731.71-

2.86
2.87
2.35
2.06

531
3 22
209
83
105

3.26
3.21
3.35
3.53
3.21

3.26
3.20
3.35
3.65
3.24

3.012.903.113.362.99-

3.58
3.52
3.68
3.72
3.46

517
342
175
128

3.35
3.27
3.51
3.58

3.36
3. 16
3.62
3.63

3.C62.993.473.54-

3.65
3.49
3.70
3.72

6 3V

3.55

3.09

3.53
3.55

1

1

“
-

45

16
17
14

2

7

19

278
83
195
4
5

8C
33

358
23 1
127
54
16
31

4
9

30
14
16
16

1

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177
1 59
18

7

11

159

26

1

96
43
53
2u
6
27

1 76
127
49
46
3

119
88

49

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336
312
24
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1.

531
313
221
234
6
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294 1348
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9?
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41
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195
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29
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26

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58
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184
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338 1116 1023
78
88
250 1338 IC23
225
757
646
169
40
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7
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26
10
16

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65
37
28

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23
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375
187
188
1 79
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128
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98
78
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14

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55
41
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47
47

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99
99

2

25
25
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97

-

_
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-

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67

23

6

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32

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454

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-

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2
2

32
32

409
45

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6
6

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35
35

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3

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1

3

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84
37
2

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15
7
7
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85
7
78
78
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85
85

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117
61
56
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69
62
7
1
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22
78
55
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65
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132
49
83
60

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6
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6

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16

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7

36
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39
1

79
69
10

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-

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20

4

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6
6

63
63

-

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769
769

4
2
2

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83
83
-

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4

27
16

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34

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48149
331
212
89

646

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1

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5

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6
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2

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8
2
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9
9
-

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329
31
19

67
67

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125
108
17

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2

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72
54
18

113
87
26
18

~

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n

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326
306
18

11
33
11
22

2

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68
60
8

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-

37
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353
268
85
75
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4
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lb
-

59

11

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45
41
4
-

40
40

-

17
2

9
631
427
204
4
17
38
95

37

and

26

51
6
-

2
2

47
4?

-

40

233
194
3°

141
59
42
39

-

2

174
61
113
6
15
22

21
2

62

232
134
98

240
219
21

5

82
7
75
7
7

210

51
22
29

304
75
229
31
l

521
1
520
35
347

19
19

24
7
17

22
7
15

12
12

62
6
56
1
-

1

-

1C 3
65
38

19
9
10

2
7

3.60

_

1

•9
9
9
9
-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

,

12
t0

4
4

-

2
2

-

2

-

-

23

_

6

-

24
24

1
2

17
17

-

21
Table A-5. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations— Continued
( 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 l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s tu d ie d on a n a r e a b a s i s
by i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , M in n e a p o l i s —S t . P a u l , M in n . , J a n u a r y 1969)

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

Hourly ea mings 2

1.50
Mean3

Median^

Middle range3

an d
under

1.6C

SHIPPING AND RECE IV IN G C L ER KS ----MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------WHOLESALE TRACE ---------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------

446
245
201
105
60

$
3.29
3.30
3.27
3.47
3.18

$
3.35
3.30
3.40
3.59
3.14

$
3.053.C63.033.342.93-

3.63
3.53
3.65
3.69
3.50

TRUCKCRI VER 5 6 -----------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC Li TIL ITIFS4-------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------

4,632
795
4,03 7
2,195
1,107
598

3.61
3.59
3.61
3.67
3.61
3.50

3.72
3.68
3.72
3.74
3.58
3.48

3.533.363.543.723.533.43-

3.77
3.78
3.77
3.77
3.78
3.73

TRUCKDRIVERS, LIGHT (UNDER
1-1/2 TCNSI ----------------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g -------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------

492
198
294
117

3.36
3.57
3.22
3.30

3.62
3.69
3.25
3.73

3.033.333.C22.58-

3.76
3.94
3.71
3.77

TRUCKDRIVERS, MEDIUM (1-1/2 TO
AND INCLUDING 4 TONS) ----------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG — -------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4-------------WH OLFSALF TRADE ----------------

2,511
214
2,297
1,560
421

3.64
3.62
3.64
3.67
3.63

3.73
3.64
3.73
3.74
3.60

3.533.293.553.713.55-

3.77
3.94
3.77
3.77
3.76

TRUCKDRIVEKS, HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS
TR AILER TYPE) -------------------MA NU FACTURING -------------------N C N M A N U F i C T U R I N G ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4-------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------

1*2*4
20b
1,033
593
378

3.68
3.45
3.72
3. 7*
3.68

3.74
3.49
3.75
3.75
3.77

3.7C3.193.713.723.56-

3.79
3.71
3.79
3.78
3.85

TRUCKDRIVFRS, HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS
OTHER THAN TRAILER TYPE) ------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g -----------------

522
370

3.59
3.52

3.57
3.54

3.51- 3.73
3.50- 3.58

TRUCKERS, POWFR (FORKLIFT) -------MA NUFACTURING -------------------NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4-------------WHOLE SALE TRADE --------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------

1,619
1,052
567
49
353
161

3.25
3.12
3.51
3.32
3.53
3.52

3.33
3.09
3.54
3.26
3.56
3.48

3.C22.913.453.223.523.43-

TRUCKERS, POWER (OTHER THAN
FORKLIFT) --------------------------NO NM AN UE AC TU RI NG — -------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4--------------

43d
97
74

3.31
3.17
3.08

3.42
3.15
3.13

3.13- 3.46
3.08- 3.29
2.98- 3.17

1
2
3
4
5
6

%
*
s
t
$
t
$
S
i
$
i
$
*
$
*
*
1.60 1.70 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2 80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3 .20 3.40 3.60 3.80

an d

-

$

3.56
3.38
3.61
3.33
3.59
3.69

1
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

28
4
24

13
~

13
6
6

8
6
2
1
1

26
19
7
6

4
4
"

14

4
4

16
13

108
3
105
11

100
74
26
5

65
51
14

-

4
-

96
27
69
48
12

28
24
4
2
2

150 1199 2644
30 8
77
130
73 1069 2336
29
111 1885
595
215
42
2 357
2C0

401
106
295
61
230
4

103
66
37
32
3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

“

1

_

_

_

_

_

12

-

7

5

7

23

-

-

-

-

12

7
7

5
4

7
7
20

23
2

21
14
7
7

14
14

-

-

74
10
64
63

~

1

”

21

“

~

1

~

“

~

7
3
7

23

10

23
21

7
~

14
14
“

10
9
i
~

16
13
3
~

56
56
~

23
2
21
“

44
16
28
2

63
1
62
6?

-

14
3
11
1l

14
9
5
5

"

“

_

_

_

_

_

“

“

~

“

-

-

-

12

“

12

_

7

5

12
12

~

7

5
1

~

11
11

-

t

4.20

1.70 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.1C 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3 .40 3.60 3.80 4.00 4.20 o v e r

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

-

-

-

_
-

-

-

1
1
_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

D a t a l i m i t e d to m e n w o r k e r s e x c e p t w h e r e o t h e r w i s e i n d i c a t e d .
E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , a n d l a t e
F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2 , t a b l e A - l .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d o th e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s .
F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , an d r e a l e s t a t e .
I n c lu d e s a l l d r i v e r s , a s d e f i n e d , r e g a r d l e s s o f s i z e a n d t y p e o f t r u c k o p e r a t e d .




$

yT

woikers

t

%

o
o

Number
O c c u p a t i o n 1 a n d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

*

t

%

3
3

8
8

13
13

135
135

2
2

26
26
-

2
6

sh ifts.

6

_

)

3

-

-

_

_

60
60
-

_

-

-

“
”

“

16
16

35
30
5

“

76
74
2
2

79
39
4C
29
11

610 1589
53
35
575 1536
93 1341
209
152

90
27
63
19
44

10
10

25
22
3
3

225
66
159
17
142

718
52
666
540
61

2 1C
210
36
172

6
6
~

2
2

345
334

153
13

21
20

466
145
321
242
75

235
88
147
1C
71
66

1
1

265
16

14
3

12b
125
1

163
162
1

40
19
21
8

i

l

1

13

332
259
73
31
4C
2

27
18
18

19
-

38

52
44
44

11
8
*

1
1
~

“

_

~

5
“

4
4
-

184
63
121
.79

65
64
i

8
8

70
44
26
16
10

~

“

31
26
5
5

_
-

_

_

4
4
-

-

~

_

_

-

-

22
Table A-5a.

Custodial and Material Movement Occupations—Large Establishments

(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u rly e a r n in g s fo r s e le c t e d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d in e s ta b lis h m e n ts em p lo y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o re
by in d u stry d iv isio n , M in n e ap o lis—St. P a u l, M in n ., J a n u a r y 1969)
Hourly earnings2
N
O c c u p a tio n * and in d u s try d iv isio 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 ig h t - t im e h o u rly e a r n in g s of—

,

i

“of
workers

Mean*

Median*

,
Middle range*

i

*

X- 5C U 6 °
and
u n d er
-

%

s

s

X- 70 l * 8C K 9 C

$

£

i

2 * ° C 2 ‘ 10 2 * 2 °

$

£

£

£

£

£

$

£

TT

£

£

i

£

£

2 * 30 2 * 9C 2 ‘ 50 2 ‘ 60 2 ‘ 70 2 ' 80 2 ' 93 3 * ?C 3 * 13 3 ' 22
and

_________________________________________________________________________________1.60 1.70 1,80 1.90 *2.C C 2.1C 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.5C 2.60 2.7C 2,80 2.90 3.CC 3,1C 3,21 3.4C 3.6C 3.PC 4.CC 4.20 over

771
546
225

$
3.02
3.01
3.05

$
2.94
2.91
3.03

$
2.832.842.76-

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

528

3.Cl

2.92

2.84-

JANITORS, PORTERS,
AND CLEA NE RS --M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------PUBLIC UTILI TIE S 4 --------------RFTAIL T R A D E -------------------FIN ANC E 5 --------------------------

1,755
1,103
652
220
220
145

2.71
2.78
2.59
2.91
2.40
2.54

2.61
2.62
2.59
2.90
2.45
2.56

2.52- 2.92
2. 54- 2.96
2.442.85
2.69- 3.10
2. 17- 2.58
2.5C- 2.64

JANITORS, PORTERS, AN0 CLEANERS
(WOMEN 1 ------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O N M A N u F A C T U R I N G ----------------PUBLIC UT ILI TIE S 4 ---------------

384
164
220
36

2.26
2.55
2.05
2.47

2.13
2.55
1.96
2.20

LAB0RERS, MAIERIAL H A N D L I N G --------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------PUBLIC UTILI TI ES 4 --------------RETAIL T R A D E --------------------

2,169
1,133
1,036
504
168

3.13
3.03
3.24
3.18
2.97

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

1,005
412
593
417

PACKERS, S H I P P I N G -------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O N M A N u F A C T U R I N G -----------------

GUARDS AND W A T C H M E N ----------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------------

$
3.27
3.26
3.45

-

-

3.26

-

-

2
2
2
-

_

1.95- 2.56
2.45- 2.73
1.93- 2.00
2.15- 2.86

2
2
-

1
1
-

3.08
2.97
3.26
3.20
3.06

2.93- 3.35
2.78- 3.10
3.073.52
3.06- 3.29
2.52- 3.57

-

3
3

-

3

3.05
2.88
3.17
3.01

3.17
2.77
3.52
3.43

2.72- 3.54
2.72- 3.16
2.81- 3.57
2.4C- 3.56

-

-

530
427
103

3.05
2.96
3.45

3.07
3.02
3.54

2.63- 3.46
2.59- 3.42
3.51- 3.57

_
-

_
-

RF CET VIN j C L E R K S --------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O N M A N u F A C T U R I N G ----------------RETAIL T R A D E --------------------

257
139
118
92

3.23
3.18
3.30
3.25

3.26
3.09
3.32
3.26

3.012.783.C93.05-

3.54
3.52
3.67
3.58

_
-

-

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

87
61

3.23
3.19

3.19
3.17

2.99- 3.64
3.C2- 3.27

-

-

SHIPPING AND REC EIVING C L E R K S ----M A N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------------

107
66

3.19
3.13

3.23
3.21

3.04- 3.45
3.C4- 3.28

-

-

TRUCKORI VERS 6 ------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------PUBLIC UT ILI TIE S 4 --------------RETAIL T R A D E --------------------

1,049
278
771
491
208

3.67
3.73
3.65
3.62
3.70

3.75
3.86
3.75
3.75
3.75

3. 713.563.723. 713.72-

3.79
3.97
3.78
3.78
3.78

_
-

TRUCKORIVORS, LIGHT (UNDER
1-1/2 TOMS) ----------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------RETAIL T R A O E --------------------

252
129
123
84

3.55
3.72
3.38
3.69

3.74
3.92
3.73
3.75

3.603.632.973.72-

3.92
3.96
3.77
3.78

-

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




2

-

2

3

-

-

3

15
15
-

15

33
1
32

7
-

5
5
-

-

7 152
1
7 151
- -

20
7
13
-

2
2

7
3
4

6

5

39
15
24

13
_

4
4

3

14
14

7
5

2

1

5

11
-

6

_

5

2

-

8

_

5

3

-

8

4

5

-

-

7

3

-

2

-

51
35
16

37
22
15

13
i

4

22
_
21

6

19
19

6
-

2

6

8

4

4

12
9
12

19

8

12

9

7

38
10
28

240
219
21

10

210

60

91
25

136
99
3?
36
-

133 518 214
128
36 4C7
118
103
97
111
96
25
4
54
13
56
38
16
4
33
64
26
6

3
6

2
32
30
2

38
37
1

50
42
8

62
57
5

84
65
19

66

35
17
14

49
41
6
42
45
41
6
40
4
2
1

2

19
4
15

17
7

37
11
26

176
159
17

75
30
46

7

11

159

28

1

8

25
165
3 1 18
22
47
19
44
3
-

86

2

73
13
1
3

34
23
11
11
-

8
8

-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

61 524
1 165
60 355
a 1
224

221
59
162

2
- 2
4
2

28

14
14
1

142
136

101
85
16

264
240
24

4

10

13

6

24
7
17

435
216
219
234

_
-

_

4

2

4

-

32
32
32

13
13
13

7
7
7

13
10
3
3

46
12
34
34

-

2

-

_

-

8
8

_

_
-

_
-

_
2

_
-

_

1
_
1
1

-

-

-

-

-

_

2

_

-

-

-

_
-

-

_

_
7
7
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7
7
-

23
14
9
9

6

9
9

4

_
-

-

196
187
9
7

14

6

7
_
7

5

7

5
1

7

2

10

2

7

7
-

2
7

2
-

7
-

2
-

10
3

3

3

1

2
1
1

3
3
-

41

99
3
99
7

7
8

15

214
129
85

-

2
1
1
1

43
27
16
16

1
1
-

10

12
12

16
16

1
-

71
6

4
-

28
25

20
6

11
3

7C
34
36
29

34
28

9
-

26
26

3
-

11
11
11

3
3
1

1
-

407
78
329
169

3

3
-

-

67
46
2 C 3 9
47
7
34
4

14
8
6

5
-

2

3
2
1
-

4
2

2C
16
1
-

1
-

9
9
-

_
-

1
l
-

47
47

1
1

1

41
40

1
1

-

32
32
72

674
6C
614
1 353
- 2C0

6

--

-

141
1
14C
29
26

35
1C
25
18
7

8
8

-

57
32
25
22

8
4
7
-

3
7

-

4
4
2

-

-

-

47

6

-

29
24
5
2

3

4

6

3

2
-

2
2

2

-

_

5
4
1

-

1
-

-

5

_

2
6

-

2
2

11

14
3
11
11

6
8
8

43
43
-

2

4
-

-

4

4
4

-

-

7

-

15

-

-

1
-

-

3C
13
17
17

-

3
3

-

5

8

20
8
78
61
13
20
7
78
61
13
1
-

-

-

1

32
17
15
15

3

1

_

_

15

-

-

_

-

-

_
-

-

_
-

-

4

6

-

13
1
12

-

-

2
1

1
1
-

1

1
-

-

4

-

4

2
171
IC 6
65
61
4

110
76
27
74
83
2
7
S
Z

4
4
-

-

-

16
16

19
19

-

-

-

4
4
-

23
Table A-5a. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations—Large Establishments— Continued
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p lo y in g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
b y i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n , M in n e a p o lis —S t . P a u l , M in n ., J a n u a r y 1969)

w orkers

M e an 3

M e d ian 3

M iddle range

s

t

$

t

t

$

1 .6 0

1 .7 0

1 .8 0

1 .9 0

2.00 2.10

$

1 .5 0

2 .2 0

2 .3 0

M

O c c u p a t i o n 1 a n d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n

»

1 .7 0

1 .8 0

1 .9 0

2 .C C

2.10

2 .3 0

2 .4 0

2 .5 0

*

o

t

o

t

$

VJ1

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

H ourly e arnings 2
N um ber

$

$

t

$

$

s

s

$

$

«

*

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4.

00

4 .2 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4.

20

over

11

5

35

-

247
13

46
27

10
10

15
'1 5

6

15
3

15
5

2 84
284

38
38

-

-

287
216
71

149
14 5
4

202

4
4

-

and
un der
1 .6 0

t
an d

2 .2 0

2 .6 0

TR UC KD R I V E R S 6 - CONT IN UE D

$

$

3 .7 1 3 .7 9 -

3 . 79
4 . 18

TRUCKDRIVERS, MEDIUM (1-1/2 TO
AND INCLUDING 4 TONS) --------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -------------------

370
72

TRUCKDRIVERS, HE AV Y (OVER A TONS,
TRAILER TYPE) --------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------

364
330

3 .7 1
3 .7 4

3 .7 5
3 .7 6

3 .7 2 3 .7 3 -

3 . 78
3 . 78

885
670
215

86

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

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

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

3 . 59
3 . 55
3.
3 . 74

61
56

3 .1 8
3 .1 6

3 .1 5
3 .1 5

3 . 123 .1 1 -

3 . 19
3 . 18

TRUCKERS, POWER (FORKLIFT)
MA NUFACTURING ----------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------RETAIL TRADE ---------TRUCKERS, POWER (OTHER THAN
FORKLIFT) -------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S4 ------

1
2
3
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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 j o 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 t o 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 t o 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 lo y e d u n d e r a v a r i e t y o f p a y r o l l t i t l e s a n d d 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 i s p e r m i t s th e g r o u p i n 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 j o b c o n t e n t .
B e c a u s e o f t h is e m p h a s is 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 t e 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 in u s e i n
in d iv id 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 th e r p u r p o s e s .
In a p p l y 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
t o e x c l u d e w o r k in g
s u p e r v i s o r s ; a p p r e n t i c e s ; l e a r n e r s ; b e g in n e r s ; t r a i n e e s ; a n d h a n d ic a p p e d ,
p a r t- t im e , t e m p o r a r y , an d p r o b a tio n a r y w o r k e r s .

OFFICE
B IL L E R ,

M A C H IN E

CLERK,

P r e p a r e s s t a t e m e n t s , b i l l 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 ay a l s o k e e p r e c o r d s a s to b il l i n g s o r sh ip p in g c h a r g e s o r p e r f o r m o th e r
c l e r i c a l w o rk in c id e n ta l to b illin g o p e r a t io n s . F o r w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , b i l l e r s , m a c h in e , a r e
c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e o f m a c h in e , a s f o llo w s :
B i l l e r , m a c h i n e ( b i l l i 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 t i o n t y p i n g a n d a d d i n g m a c h i n e s ) t o p r e p a r e b i l l s
an d in 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 , in t e r n a lly p r e p a r e d o r d e r s , sh ip p in g m e m o ­
r a n d u m s , e t c . U s u a lly in v o lv e s a p p lic a t io n o f p r e d e t e r m in e d d is c o u n t s a n d sh ip p in g c h a r g e s ,
a n d e n t r y o f 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 i n v o l v e s
a l a r g e n u m b e r o f c a r b o n c o p i e s o f t h e b i l l b e i n g p r e p a r e d a n d i s o f t e n d o n e on a f a n f o l d
m a c h in e .
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 i n g m a c h i n e ( S u n d s t r a n d , E l l i o t t
F i s h e r , R e m i n 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 ) t o 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 t h 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 l v e s th e s i m u l t a ­
n e o u s e n tr y o f f i g u r e s on c u s t o m e r s ' le d g e r r e c o r d . T h e m a c h in e a u t o m a t ic a lly a c c u m u la 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 l u 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 it o r c r e d i t b a l a n c e s . D o e s n o t in v o lv e a k n o w le d g e o f b o o k k e e p in g . W o rk s f r o m u n if o r m
an d sta n d a rd ty p e s o f s a le s an d c r e d it s lip s .

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

O PERATOR

O p e r a t e s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e (R e m in g to n R a n d , E l l i o t t F i s h e r , S u n d s t r a n d , B u r r o u g h s ,
N a t i o n a l C a s h R e g i s t e r , w ith o r w it h o u t a t y p e w r i t e r k e y b o a r d ) t o k e e p a r e c o r d o f b u s i n e s s
tra n sa c tio n s.
C la ss 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 l e 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 i n 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 it h 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 t o b e u s e d in e a c h
p h a s e o f th e w o r k .
M ay p r e p a r e c o n s o lid a t e d r e p o r t s , b a la n c e s h e e t s , an d o th e r r e c o r d s
b y h an d.
C l a s s B . K e e p s a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e p h a s e s o r s e c t io n s o f a s e t o f r e c o r d s u s u a lly
r e q u 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 lu d e a c c o u n ts 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 t y 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
i n 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 th e a c c o u n t i n g d e p a r t m e n t .
CLERK,

A C C O U N T IN G

C l a s s A . U n d er g e n e r a l d ir e c tio n o f 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 ib ility fo r
k e e p in g one o r m o r e s e c t i o n s o f a c o m p le t e s e t o f b o o k s o r r e c o r d s r e la t in g to one p h a 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 l v e s p o s t i n g a n d b a l a 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 ts r e c e iv a b l e o r a c c o u n t s p a y a b le ; e x a m in in g a n d c o d in g
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 i n 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 r n a l e n t r ie s ; an d m a y d i r e c t c l a s s B a c c o u n tin g c l e r k s .
C l a s s B . U n d e r s u p e r v i s i o n , p e r f o r m s one o r m o r e ro u tin e a c c o u n tin g o p e r a t io n s su c h
a s p o s t in g s i m p le jo u r n a l v o u c h e r s o r a c c o u n t s p a y a b le v o u c h e r s ,
e n 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 t in g s u b s i d i a r y l e d g e r s c o n t r o lle d b y
g e n e r a l l e d g e r s , o r p o s t i 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 j o 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 i n g p r i n c i p l e s b u t i s fo u n d in o f f i c e s i n w h ic h th e m o r e r o u t i n e
a c c o u n tin g w o r k i s s u b d iv id e d on a fu n c t io 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 .




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C l a s s A . In a n e s t a b l i s h e d f i l i n g s y s t e m c o n t a in 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
f i l e s , c l a s s i f i e s an d in d e x e s file m a t e r i a l su c h a s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , r e p o r t s ,
te c h n ic a l d o c u ­
m e n t s , e t c . M a y a l s o f i l e t h i s m a t e r i a l . M a y k e e p r e c o r d s o f v a r i o u s t y p e s in c o n ju n c t i o n
w ith th e f i l e s .
M ay le a d a s m a ll g r o u p of lo w e r le v e l file c le r k s .

C l a s s B . S o r t s , c o d e s , an d f i l e s u n c la s s if ie d m a t e r i a l b y s im p le ( s u b je c t m a t t e r ) h e a d ­
in g s ' o r - p a r t l y c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l b y f i n e r s u b h e a d i n g s . P r e p a r e s s i m p l e r e l a t e d i n 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 r ia l.
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t a s k s re q u ire d
to m a in t a in an d s e r v i c e f i l e s .

C l a s s C . P e r f o r m s r o u t i n e f i l i n g o f 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 il 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 ia l ; an d m a y f i l l out w ith d r a w a l c h a r g e . P e r f o r m s s im p le c l e r i c a l an d m a n u a l t a s k s r e ­
q u ir e d to m a in t a in an d s e r v i c e f i l e s .

CLERK,

O RDER

R e c e iv e s c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s fo r m a t e r ia l o r m e r c h a n d ise b y m a il, ph one, o r p e rso n a lly .
D u t i e s i n v o l v e a n y c o m b i n a t i o n o f th e f o l l o w i n g : Q u o t in g p r i c e s t o c u s t o m e r s ; m a k in g o u t a n o r d e r
s h e e t l i s t i n g th e i t e m s t o m a k e u p th 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 on 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 t o r e s p e c t i v e d e p a r t m e n t s t o 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 in e c r e d i t r a t in g o f c u s t o m e r , a c k n o w le d g e r e c e i p t o f o r d e r s f r o m c u s t o m e r s ,
fo l l o w u p o r d e r s t o 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 i p p i n g
i n v o i c e s w it h o r i g i n a l o r d e r s .

CLERK,

PAYROLL

C o m p u t e s w a g e s o f c o m p a n y e m p l o y e e s a n d e n t e r s th 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 i n v o l v 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 on 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 t i 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 im e , r a t e , d e d u c tio n s f o r in s u r a n c e , an d t o t a l w a g e s d u e . M ay m a k e ou t p a y c h e c k s an d
a s s i s t p a y m a s t e r in m a k in g u p a n d d i s t r ib u t i n 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 .

CO M PTOM ETER

O PERATOR

P r i m a r y d u ty i s to o p e r a t e a C o m p to m e 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 io n s . T h is
j o b i s n o t t o 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 t y p e o f c l e r k , w h ic h m a y i n v o l v 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 , in 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 o f
o th e r d u t ie s .

KEYPUN CH

O PERA TO R

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 t i 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 ta fr o m v a r io u s s o u r c e d o c u m e n ts to k e y p u n ch ta b u la tin 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 i n g
s k i l l s a n d th e m a k in g o f s o m e d e t e r m i n a t i o n s , f o r e x a m p l e , l o c a t e s o n th e s o u r c e d o c u m e n t
th e i t e m s t o 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 th 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 t o b e p u n c h e d .
M ay tra in
in e x p e r ie n c e d o p e r a t o r s .

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s u p e r v i s i o n o r fo llo w in g s p e c i f i c
p r o c e d u re s o r in str u c tio 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 ch m a c h in e to k eypu n ch 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 l l 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 no s e l e c t i n g , c o d i n g , o r i n t e r p r e t i n g
o f d a ta to b e p u n ch ed . P r o b le m s a r i s i n g fr o m e r r o n e o u s i t e m s o r c o d e s , m i s s i n g in fo r m a t io 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 .

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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 ft e n in v o l v 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 .

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to o n e o f th e s p e c i f i c l e v e l s i t u a t i o n s in th 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 l l y n u m b e r s a t l e a s t s e v e r a l d o z e n e m p l o y e e s a n d i s u s u a l l y d i v id e d in to o r g a n i z a t i o n a l
s e g m e n t s w h ic h a r e o f t e n , in t u r n , f u r t h e r s u b d i v 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 ; in o t h e r s , o n ly o n e o r tw o ; o r

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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 to o n e i n d i v id u a l . M a i n t a i n s a c l o s e a n d h ig 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 th e d a y - t o - d a y w o r k a c t i v i t i e s o f th e s u p e r v i s o r . W o rk s f a i r l y i n d e ­
p e n d e n tly r e c e i v i n g a m in im 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 .
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a n d s e c r e t a r i a l d u t i e s , u s u a l l y in c l u d i n g m o s t o f th 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 i n c o m in 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 th e t e c h n i c a l i n q u i r i e s
to th e p r o p e r p e r s o n s ; (b ) e s t a b l i s h e s , m a i n t a i n s , a n d r e v i s e s th e s u p e r v i s o r ' s f i l e s ; (c ) m a 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 to 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 th e s u p e r v i s o r ' s s i g n a t u r e t o 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 ic a n d ty p in g w o rk .
M ay a l s o p e r f o r m o th e r c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r i a l t a s k s o f c o m p a r a b le n a tu re and 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 th 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 t e d t o th e w o r k o f th e s u p e r v i s o r .
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o f p o s i t i o n s w h ic h a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m th e d e f i n i t i o n a r e a s f o l l 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
th e " p e r s o n a l " s e c r e t a r y c o n c e p t d e s c r i b e d a b o v e ; (b) s t e n o g r a p h e r s 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
t y 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 th 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 th a n t h o s e c h a r a c t e r i z e d in th e d e f i n i t i o n ;
a n d (e ) a s s i s t a n t t y p e p o s i t i o n s w h ic h i n v o l v 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 in th e l e v e l d e f i n i t i o n s f o l l 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 i c 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 i t i e s . T h e t i t l e " v i c e p r e s i d e n t , " th o u g h n o r m a l l y i n d i c a t i v e o f t h i s r o l e , 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 to a c t p e r ­
s o n a l l y o n i n d i v id u a l c a s e s o r t r a n s a c t i o n s ( e . g . , a p p r o v e o r d e n y i n d i v id u a l l o a n o r c r e d i t a c t i o n s ;
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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 t y 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 it t e n c o p y . M a y m a in t a in f i l e s , k e e p s i m p le r e c o r d s , o r p e r f o r m o th e r r e l a t i v e ly
ro u tin e c l e r i c a l t a s k s .
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D o e s n o t in c lu d e t r a n s c r i b i n g m a c h in e w o rk .
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P r i m a r y d u ty i s to ta k e d ic t a t io n in v o lv in g a v a r i e d t e c h n ic a l o r s p e c i a l i z e d v o c a b u la r y
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 on 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 t y 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 t y p e f r o m w r it t e n
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b i l i t y th a n s t e n o g r a p h e r s , g e n e r a l a s e v i d e n c e d b y th e f o l l o w i n g : W o rk r e q u i r e s h ig h d e g r e e o f
s t e n o g r a p h 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 in g k n o w le d g e o f g e n e r a l b u s i n e s s a n d o f f ic e
p r o c e d u r e s a n d o f th e s p e c i f i c b u s i n e s s o p e r a t i o n s , o r g a n i z a t i o n , p o l i c i e s , p r o c e d u r e s , f i l e s ,
w o rk flo w , e t c .
U s e s t h 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 in t a in in g fo llo w u p f i l e s ; a s s e m b l i n g m a t e r i a l f o r r e p o r t s , m e m o r a n d u m s , l e t t e r s ,
e t c . ; c o m p o s 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 i n c o m in g m a i l ; a n d
a n s w e r in g ro u tin e q u e s t i o n s , e t c .
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C l a s s A . O p e r a t e s a s i n g l e - o r m u l t i p l e - p o s i t i o n t e l e p h o n e s w i t c h b o a r d h a n d l in g i n c o m in g ,
o u tg o in g , i n t r a p la n t o r o ff ic e c a l l s .
P e r f o r m s fu ll te le p h o n e in fo r m a t io n s e r v i c e o r h a n d le s
c o m p l e x c a l l s , s u c h a s c o n f e r e n c e , c o l l e c t , o v e r s e a s , o r s i m i l a r c a l l s , e i t h e r in a d d i t i o n t o d o in g
ro u tin e w o rk a s d e s c r i b e d f o r s w itc h b o a r d o p e r a t o r , c l a s s B , o r a s a f u l l - t i m e a s s i g n m e n t .
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n o t r e a d i ly u n d e r s t a n d a b le f o r te le p h o n e in fo r m a t io n p u r p o s e s , e . g . , b e c a u s e o f o v e r la p p in g o r
i n t e r r e l a t e d f u n c t i o n s , a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y p r e s e n t f r e q u e n t p r o b l e m s a s t o w h ic h e x t e n s i o n s a r e
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c o r p o r a t e - w i d e f u n c t io n a l a c t i v i t y ( e . g . , m a r k e t i n g , r e s e a r c h , o p e r a t i o n s , i n d u s t r i a l r e l a t i o n s , e t c .)
o r a m a jo r g e o g r a p h ic o r o r g a n iz a t io n a l s e g m e n t ( e . g . , a r e g io n a l h e a d q u a r t e r s ; a m a jo r d iv is io n )
o f a c o m p a n y t h a t e m p l o y s , ir» a l l , o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 b u t f e w e r th a n 2 5 , 0 0 0 e m p l o y e e s ; o r




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m e n t o r s u b s i d i a r y o f a c o m p a n y 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 .
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o u t g o i n g , i n t r a p l a n t o r o f f i c e c a l l s . M a y h a n d l e r o u t i n e lo n g d i s t a n c e c a l l s a n d r e c o r d t o l l s . M a y
p e r f o r m lim it e d te le p h o n e in fo r m a t io n s e r v i c e . ( " L i m i t e d " te le p h o n e in fo r m a t io n s e r v i c e o c c u r s
i f th e f u n c t i o n s o f th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e r v i c e d a r e r e a d i l y u n d e r s t a n d a b l e f o r t e l e p h o n e i n f o r m a t i o n
p u r p o s e s , o r i f th e r e q u e s t s a r e r o u t i n e , e . g . , g i v i n g e x t e n s i o n n u m b e r s w h en s p e c i f i c n a m e s a r e
f u r n i s h e d , o r i f c o m p l e x c a l l s a r e r e f e r r e d to a n o t h e r o p e r a t o r . )

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b o a r d , a c t s a s r e c e p t io n i s t an d m a y a l s o ty p e o r p e r f o r m ro u tin e c l e r i c a l w o rk a s p a r t o f r e g u l a r
d u tie s.
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s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c i n g p u n c h , c o l l a t o r , e t c . , w ith s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s .
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w irin g fr o m d ia g r a m s an d so m e filin g w o rk .
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u n it , f o r e x a m p l e , i n d i v id 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 .
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i n c l u d i n g s u c h m a c h i n e s a s th e t a b u l a t o r ,
c a lc u la to r,
in te r p r e te r , c o lla to r,
and o th e rs .
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w irin 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 in v o l v 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 t e 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 in 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 l v e d in 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 i n c l u d e w o r k in g s u p e r v i s o r s p e r f o r m i n g t a b u 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 i o n o f th e w o r k a n d p r o d u c t i o n o f a g r o u p o f 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 s .

C l a s s B . O p e r a t e s m o r e d i f f i c u l t t a b u l a t i n g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n t i n g m a c h i n 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 th e s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c e r , a n d c o l l a t o r .
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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 lu d e th e p e r f o r m a n c e o f s o m e w ir in g fr o m
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a c c o u n tin g e x e r c i s e , a c o m p le te but s m a ll ta b u la tin g stu d y , o r p a r t s o f a lo n g e r and m o r e
c o m p le x r e p o r t.
S u c h r e p o r t s a n d s t u d i e s a r e u s u a l l y o f a r e c u r r i n g n a t u r e w h e r e th e p r o ­
c e d u r e s a r e w e ll e s t a b lis h e d .
M a y a l s o i n c l u d e th e t r a i n i n g o f n e w e m p l o y e e s in th e b a s i c
o p e r a t i o n o f th e m a c h i n e .

P r i m a r y d u ty 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 l v i n g a n o r m a l
t r a n s c r ib in g - m a c h in e r e c o r d s .
M ay a l s o ty p e fr o m w r it t e n c o p y an d
W o r k e r s t r a n s c r i b i n g d ic t a t io n in v o lv in g a v a r i e d t e c h n ic a l o r s p e c i a l i z e d
b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s on s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h a r e not in c lu d e d .
A w o r k e r w ho
h an d o r b y S t e n o t y 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 ,

ro u tin e v o c a b u la r y fr o m
do s im p le c l e r i c a l w o rk .
v o c a b u la r y su c h a s le g a l
t a k e s d i c t a t i o n in s h o r t ­
g e n e ra 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 i e s o f v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l o r to m a k e out b i l l s a f t e r c a l c u l a ­
t io n s h a v e b e e n m a d e b y a n o t h e r p e r s o n .
M a y in c lu d e t y p i n 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 i c a t i n g p r o c e s s e s .
M ay do c l e r i c a l w o rk in v o lv in g litt le s p e c i a l t r a i n i n g , su c h
a s k e e p i n g s i m p l e r e c o r d s , f i l i n 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 in g m a i l .
C la ss A .
P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
T y p i n g m a t e r i a l in f i n a l f o r m w h e n it
in v o lv e s c o m b in in g m a t e r i a l fr o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s o r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y fo r c o r r e c t s p e l l in g ,
s y l l a b i c a t i o n , p u n c t u a t io n , e t c . , o f 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 l a n g u a g e m a t e r i a l ;
an d p la n n in g la y o u t an d ty p in g o f c o m p lic a te d s t a t i s t i c a l t a b l e s to m a in ta in u n ifo r m it y an d
b a l a n c e in s p a c i n g .
M ay ty p e ro u tin e fo 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 th e f o l l o w i n 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 ;
ro u tin 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 .; an d s e t t in g up s im p le 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 t u 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
C la ss A .
P l a n s th 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
fe a t u r e s th a t d iffe r s ig n ific a n t ly fr o m e s t a b lis h e d d r a ftin g p r e c e d e n ts .
W o r k s in c l o s e s u p ­
p o r t w ith th e d e s i g n o r i g i n a t o r , a n d m a y r e c o m m e n d m i n o r d e s i g n c h a n g e s .
A n a l y z e s th e
e f f e c t o f e a c h c h a n g e o n th e d e t a i l s o f f o r m , f u n c t io n , a n d p o s i t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s o f c o m ­
p o n e n ts an d p a r t s .
W o r k s w it h a m in im u m o f s u p e r v i s o r y a s s i s t a n c e .
C o m p le te d w o rk is
r e v i e w e d b y d e s i g n o r i g i n a t o r f o r c o n s i s t e n c y w ith p r i o r e n g i n e e r i n g d e t e r m i n a t i o n s .
M ay
e it h e r p r e p a r e d r a w i n g s , o r d i r e c t t h e ir p r e p a r a t i o n b y lo w e r l e v e l d r a f t s m e n .

C la ss B .
P e r f o r m s n o n r o u t in 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 th e a p p l i ­
c a t i o n o f m o s t o f th e s t a n d a r d i z e d d r a w i n 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 t y 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 r k in g d r a w i n g s o f s u b a s s e m b l i e s w ith i r r e g u l a r s h a p e s ,
m u lt ip le fu n c t io n s , a n d p r e c i s e p o s it io 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 ts ; 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 i n g s f o r c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a b u i l d 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 io n s , flo o r p la n s , an d ro o f.
U s e s a c c e p t e d f o r m u l a s a n d m a n u a l s in m a k in g n e c e s s a r y
c o m p u t a t i 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 in it ia 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
fr o m
su p e r v is o r .
C o m p le te d w o rk i s c h e c k e d fo r t e c h n ic a l a d e q u a c y .

C la ss C .
P r e p a r e s d e t a i l d r a w i n g s o f s i n g l e u n it s o r p a r t s f o r e n g i n e e r i n g , c o n s t r u c t i o n ,
m a n u fa c t u r in g , o r r e p a i r p u r p o s e s . T y p e s o f d r a w in g s p r e p a r e d in c lu d e i s o m e t r i c p r o je c t i o n s
( d e p i c t i 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 and c o n v e y n e e d e d in fo r m a t io n .
C o n s o lid a t e s d e t a i l s fr o m a n u m b er o f s o u r c e s
and a d ju s t s o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a le a s r e q u ir e d .
S u g g e ste d m eth o d s of a p p ro a c h ,
a p p lic a b le
p r e c e d e n t s , a n d a d v i c e on s o u r c e m a t e r i a l s a r e g i v e n w ith 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 le te w h en a s s ig n m e n t s r e c u r .
W o rk m a y be 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 .
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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 r a w i n g s a n d t r a c i n g w ith p e n o r p e n c i l .
( D o e s n o t in c lu d e t r a c i n g l i m i t e d to p l a n s p r i m a r i l y
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 no 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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i n j u r e d e m p l o y e e s o r o t h e r p e r s o n s w h o b e c o m e i l l o r s u f f e r a n a c c i d e n t o n th e p r e m i s e s o f a
f a c t o r y o r o th e r e s t a b lis h m e n t .
D u t i e s in v o l v e a c o m b i n a t i o n o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
G iv in g f i r s t a id
t o th e i l l o r i n j u r e d ; a t t e n d i n 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 i n 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 l a n n in 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 l v 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 n t i o n , e v a l u a t i o n o f p la n t e n v ir o n m e n t ,
o r o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s a f f e c t i n g th e h e a l t h , w e l f a r e , a n d s a f e t y o f a l l p e r s o n n e l .

MAINTENANCE AND POWERPLANT
CARPENTER,

M A IN T E N A N C E

P e r f o r m s th e c a r p e n t r y d u t i e s n e c e s s a r y to c o n s t r u c t a n d m a i n t a i n in g o o d r e p a i r b u i l d 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 i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n 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 ie t y o f c a r p e n t e r ’s h a n d to o ls, p o r ta b le p o w e r t o o ls , and s ta n d a r d m e a s u r in g in s tr u m e n t s ;




CARPENTER,

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

m a k in g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i 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 ; a n d s e l e c t i n g m a t e r i a l s n e c e s ­
s a r y f o r th e w o r k .
In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m a i n t e n a n c e c a r p e n t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n ­
in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d 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 ie n c e .

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E L E C T R I C IA N ,

M E C H A N IC ,

M A IN T E N A N C E

P e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c a l t r a d e f u n c t io n s s u c h a s t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n , m a i n t e 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 sta b lish m e n t.
W o rk i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
I n sta llin g o r r e p a ir in g an y of a v a r ie t y of
e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w i t c h b o a r d s , c o n t r o l l e r s , c i r c u i t b r e a k ­
e r s , m o t o r s , h e a t in 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 in 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 th e
e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m o r e q u ip m e n t ; w o r k in g s t a n d a r d c o m p u t a t io 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 t o o l s a n d m e a s u r i n g a n d
t e s t in g in s tr u m e n t s .
In g e n e r a l , t h e w o r k o f th e m a i n t e n a n c e e l e c t r i c i a n r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n ­
in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d 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 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 th 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 i n 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 l y th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h ic h e m p lo y e d w ith p o w e r ,
h e a t, r e f r ig e r a tio n , o r a ir - c o n d itio n in g .
W o rk i n v o l v 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
su c h a s s te a m e n g in e s, a ir c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a to r s , m o t o r s , tu r b in e s , v e n tila tin g an d r e f r i g ­
e r a t i n g e q u ip m e n t , s t e a m
b o i l e r s a n d b o i l e r - f e d w a t e r p u m p s ; m a k in g e q u ip m e n t r e p a i r s ; a n d
k e e p in g a r e c o r d o f o p e r a t io n o f m a c h in e r y , t e m p e r a t u r e , an d fu e l c o n su m p tio n .
M ay a ls o s u ­
p e r v is e th e se o p e r a tio n s .
H e a d o r c h i e f e n g i n e e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p lo y i n g m o r e t h 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 ,

ST 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 th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h ic h e m p lo y e d w ith h e a t , p o w e r ,
or ste 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 ;
and c h e c k s w a te r and s a fe ty v a lv 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 .
HELPER,

M A IN T E N A N C E

TRADES

A s s i s t s o n e o r m o r e w o r k e r s in t h e s k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e t r a d e s , b y p e r f o r m i n g s p e c i f i c
o r g e n e r a l d u t 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 i n g a w o r k e r s u p p l i e d w it h m a t e r i a l s a n d t o o l s ;
c l e 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 i n g m a t e r i a l s o r
t o o l s ; a n d p e r f o r m i n g o th e r u n s k ille d t a s k s a s d i r e c t e d b y jo u r n e y m a n .
T h e k in d o f w o r k th e
h e l p e r i s p e r m i t t e d to p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m t r a d e to t r a d e :
In s o m e t r a d e s th e h e l p e r i s c o n ­
f i n e d t o s u p p l y i n g , l i f t i n g , a n d h o l d i n 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 in g a r e a s ; a n d in
o t h e r s h e i s p e r m i t t e d to p e r f o r m s p e c i a l i z e d m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s , o r p a r t s o f a t r a d e t h a t a r e
a ls o p e rfo r m e d b y w o rk e r s on a fu ll-tim e b a s i s .
M A C H IN E -T O O L

O PERA TO R,

TO O LRO O M

S p e c i a l i z e s in th e o p e r a t i o n o f o n e o r m o r e t y p e s o f m a c h i n e t o o l s , s u c h a s j i g b o r e r s ,
c y l i n d r i c a l o r s u r f a c e g r i n d e r s , e n g in e
l a t h e s , o r m i l l i n g m a c h i n e s , in t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f
m ac h in e -sh o p t o o ls , g a g e s , j i g s , f ix t u r e s , o r d ie s .
W o rk i n v o l v e s m o s t o f t h e f o l l o w i n g :
P la 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 i n 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 i n g a v a r i e t y o f p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; s e l e c t i n g f e e d s ,
s p e e d s , t o o l 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 in g n e c e s s a r y a d j u s t m e n t s d u r i n 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 , to d r e s s t o o l s , a n d to s e l e c t p r o p e r c o o l a n t s a n d c u t t i n g a n d l u b r i c a t i n g o i l s .
For cro ss­
i n d u s t r y w a g e s t u d y p u r p o s e s , m a c h 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 i n g s h o p s
a r e e x c lu d e d fr o m t h is c l a s s i f ic 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 ew p a r t s in m a k in g r e p a i r s o f m e t a l p a r t s o f m e c h a n ­
i c a l e q u ip m e n t o p e r a t e d in a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W o rk i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
In te r p r e tin g
w r i t t e n i n s t r u c t i o n s a n d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; p la n n i n g a n d l a y i n g o u t o f w o r k ; u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f m a ­
c h i n i s t 's h a n d to o ls a n d p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r in g i n s t r u m e n t s ; s e t t in g up a n d o p e r a t in g s t a n d a r d m a c h in e
t o o l s ; s h a p in g o f m e t a l p a r t s to c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; m a k in g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i 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 , 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 i n g ; k n o w le d g e o f th e w o r k in g p r o p e r t i e s
o f th e c o m m o n m e t a l s ; s e 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 in t o m e c h a n i c a l e q u ip m e n t .
In g e n e r a l , th e m a c h i n i s t ' s w o r k
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 in m a c h i n e - s h o p p r a c t i 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 .

M E C H A N IC ,

A U T O M O T IV E

(M A I N 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 , and t r a c t o r s o f an e sta b lish m e n t.
W o rk i n ­
v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
E x a m i n i n g a u t o m o t i v 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 l v e t h e u s e o f s u c h
h a n d to o ls a s
w r e n c h e s , g a g e s , d r i l l s , o r s p e c i a l i z e d e q u ip m e n t in d i s a s s e m b l i n g o r f 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 f r o m s t o c k ; g r i n d in g a n d a d j u s t i n g v a l v e s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g a n d i n s t a l l i n g




A U T O M O T IV E

( M A I N T E N A N C E ) — C o n tin u e d

th e v a r i o u s a s s e m b l i e s in th e v e h i c l e a n d m a k in 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 l i n i n g w h e e l s ,
a d j u s t i n g b r a k e s a n d l i g h t s , o r t ig h t e n i n g b o d y b o l t s .
In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e a u t o m o t i v e
m e c h a n ic r e q u ir e s ro u n d ed tr a in in g an d e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n ­
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 ,

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 l v e s m o s t
o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
E x a m i n 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 o f 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 in v o l v e th e u s e
o f h a n d t o 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 ith 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 th e p r o d u c t i o n o f 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 i n g o f th e
m a c h i n e to a m a c h i n e s h o p f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s ; p r e p a r i n g w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s
o r f o r th e p r o d u c t i o n o f p a r t s o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h i n e s h o p ; r e a s s e m b l i n g m a c h i n 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 t m e n t s fo r o p e r a t io n .
In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f a m a i n t e n a n c e m e c h a n i c r e ­
q u ir e s ro u n d e d t r a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g an d e x p e r ie n c e .
E x c lu d e d fr o m th is c l a s s i f ic a t i o n a r e w o r k e r s w h o se p r im a r y
d u t i e s in v o l v 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 ew 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 th e p la 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 l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l ­
lo w in g :
P l a n n in g a n d l a y i n g o u t o f th 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 i n g
a v a r i e t y o f h a n d t o o l s a n d r i g g i n g ; m a k in g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i 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 .
In g e n e r a l , t h e m i l l w r i g h t ' s w o r k
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 th 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 le n t t r a in in g a n d e x p e r ie n c e .
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P a in t s an d r e d e c o r a t e s w a lls , w o o d w o rk , an d fix tu r e s o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t .
W o rk i n ­
v o l v e s th e f o l l 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 in t r e q u i r e d fo r d iffe 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 l d f i n i s h o r b y p l a c i n g p u tty 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 i n g p a in t w ith s p r a y g u n o r b r u s h .
M ay m ix c o l o r s , o i l s ,
w h ite 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 r k o f th e m a i n t e n a n c e p a i n t 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 le n t t r a in in g an d e x p e r ie n c e .
P IP E F IT T E R ,

M A IN T E N A N C E

I n s t a l l s o r r e p a i r s w a t e r , s t e a m , g a s , o r o t h e r t y p e s o f p i p e a n d p i p e f i t t i n g s in a n
e sta b lish m e n t.
W o rk i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
L a y i n g o u t o f w o r k a n d m e a s u r i n g to l o ­
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 t t 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 it 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 ith s t o c k s a n d d i e s ; b e n d in g p i p 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 it h c o u p l i n g s a n d f a s t e n i n g p i p e to h a n g e r s ; m a k in g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g
t o p r e s s u r e s , fl o 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 in 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
fin is h e d p ip e s m e e t s p e c ific a t io n s .
In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m a i n t e n a n c e p i p e f i t t 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
t r a in in g an d e x p e r ie 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 l d i n g s a n i t a ­
t io n o r h e a t in g s y s t e m s a r e e x c l u d e d .
PLU M BER,

M A IN T E N A N C E

K e e p s th e p l u 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 l v e s : K n o w le d g e
o f s a n i t a r y c o d e s r e g a r d i n g i n s t a l l a t i o n o f v e n t s a n d t r a p s in p lu m b in 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 l o g g e d d r a i n s w ith 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 ro u n d e d t r a in in g an d e x p e r ie 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 .
SH E E T -M E T A L

W O RKER,

M A IN T E N A N C E

F a b r i c a t e s , i n s t a l l s , a n d m a i n t a i n s in g o o d r e p a i r th e s h e e t - m e t a l e q u ip m e n t a n d f i x ­
t u r e s (s u c h a s m a c h in e g u a r d s , g r e a s e p a n s , s h e l v e s , l o c k e r s , t a n k s , v e n t i i a t o r s , c h u t e s , d u c t s ,
m e t a l ro o fin g ) o f an e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W o rk i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
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out a ll ty p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l m a in te n a n c e w o rk fr o m b lu e p r in t s , m o d e ls , o r o th e r s p e c if ic a t io 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 in g m a c h i n e s ; u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f

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l a y in g o u t o f w o r k f r o m m o d e l s , b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , o r o t h e r o r a l a n d w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s - ;

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s t a n d i n g o f th e w o r k in g p r o p e r t i e s o f 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 o f
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 in g n e c e s s a r y s h o p c o m p u t a t io 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 rk , s p e e d s , f e e d s , an d to o lin g o f m a c h in e s ; h e a t - tr e a t in g o f m e t a l p a r t s d u r in g f a b r ic a t io n
a s w e 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 t o a c h i e v e r e q u i r e d q u a l i t i e s ; w o r k in g to c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ;
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m a t e r ia ls , to o ls , an d p r o c e s s e s .
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t r a i n i n g in m a c h i n e - s h o p a n d t o o l r o o m p r a c t i 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
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m e r c h a n d is e on o r fr o m fr e ig h t c a r s , t r u c k s , o r o th e r t r a n s p o r t in g d e v ic e s ; u n p a c k in g , sh e lv in g ,
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sto c k m a n )

F i l l s s h i p p i n g o r t r a n s f e r o r d e r s f o r f i n i s h e d g o o d s f r o m s t o r e d m e r c h a n d i s e in a c c o r d ­
a n c e w ith s p e c i f i c a t i o n s on s a l e s s l i p s , c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s , o r o t h e r i n s t r u c t i o n s .
M a y , in a d d itio n
to f i l l i n g o r d e r s 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 t g o i n g o r d e r s , r e q u i ­
sitio n a d d itio n a l s to c k o r r e p o r t sh o r t s u p p lie s to s u p e r v i s o r , an d p e r f o r m o th e r r e la t e d d u t ie s .

T r u c k d r i v e r ( c o m b in a t i o n o f s i z e s l i s t e d s e p a r a t e l y )
T r u c k d r i v e r , l i g h t (u n d e r lV 2 t o n s )
T r u c k d r i v e r , m e d i u m (lV z t o a n d i n c l u d i n g 4 t o n s )
T r u c k d r iv 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 iv e r , h e a v y (o v e r 4 t o n s , o th e r th an t r a i l e r ty p e )

TRUCKER,
PACKER,

w age

T R U C K D R IV E R

( L o a d e r a n d u n lo a d e r ; h a n d le r a n d s t a c k e r ; s h e l v e r ; t r u c k e r ; s to c k m a n o r s t o c k h e l p e r ; w a r e ­
h o u se m a n o r w a r e h o u s e h e lp e r)

O RDER,

CLERK

ch arw o m an ; ja n i t r e s s )

C l e a n s a n d k e e p s in a n o r d e r l y c o n d i t io n f a c t o r y w o r k in g a r e a s a n d w a s h r o o m s , o r
p r e m i s e s o f an o ff ic e , a p a r tm e n t h o u s e , o r c o m m e r c ia l o r o th e r e s t a b lis h m e n t .
D u t i e s in v o lv e
a c o m b i n a t i o n o f th e f o l l o w i n g ; S w e e p i n g , m o p p i n g o r s c r u b b i n g , a n d p o l i s h i n 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 t i 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 i s h i n 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 i d i n g s u p p l i e s a n d m in 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 l e 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 in g a r e e x c l u d e d .
LABO RER,

R E C E IV IN G

P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h i p m e n t , o r r e c e i v e s a n d i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r i n c o m in g s h i p ­
m e n ts o f m e r c h a n d is e o r o th e r m a t e r i a l s .
S h ip p i n g w o r k i n v o l v e s :
A k n o w le d g e o f s h i p p i n g
p r o c e d u r e s , p r a c t i c e s , r o u t e s , a v a ila b le m e a n s o f t r a n s p o r t a t io n , and r a t e ; an d p r e p a r in g r e c ­
o r d s o f th e g o o d s s h i p p e d , m a k in g u p b i l l s o f l a d i n g , p o s t i n g w e ig h t a n d s h i p 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 in g r e c o r d s .
M a y d i r e c t o r a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g th e m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h i p ­
m en t.
R e c e iv in g w o rk in v o lv e s :
V e r i f y i n g o r d i r e c t i n g o t h e r s in v e r i f y i n g th e c o r r e c t n e s s o f
s h ip m e n t s a g a i n s t b i l l s o f la d in g , i n 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 t a g e s a n d r e je c t in g
d a m a g e d g o o d s ; r o u t 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 ­
s a r y r e c o r d s and file s .

POW ER

SH IP P IN G

P r e p a r e s f i n i s h e d p r o d u c t s f o r s h i p m e n t o r s t o r a g e b y p l a c i n g t h e m in s h i p p i n g c o n ­
t a i n e r s , th e s p e c i f i c o p e r a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d b e i n g d e p e n d e n t u p o n th e t y p e , s i z e , a n d n u m b e r o f
u n it s to b e p a c k e d , th 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 th e
p l a c i n g o f i t e m s in s h i p p i n g c o n t a i n e r s a n d m a y in v o l v e o n e o r m o r e o f t h e f o l l 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 t o v e r i f y c o n t e 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 in c o n t a i n e r ; u s i n 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 t o p r e v e n t
b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e ; c l o s 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 ta on c o n t a in e r . P a c k e r s w ho a l s o m ak e w ood en b o x e s o r c r a t e s a r e e x c lu d e d .




O p e ra te s a
t r a n s p o r t g o o d s an d
e sta b lish m e n t.

m a n u a lly c o n t r o lle d
g a s o lin e m a t e r i a l s o f a l l k in d s a b o u t a

o r e le c t r ic - p o w e r e d
tru c k or
tracto r
to
w a r e h o u s e , m a n u fa c t u r in g p la n t, o r o th e r

F o r w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e o f t r u c k ,
T ru ck er,
T ru ck er,

pow er
pow er

(fo rk lift)
(o th e r th an

fo r k lift)

a s fo llo w s:

Area Wage Surveys
A l i s t o f the l a t e s t a v a i l a b l e b u l l e t i n s i s p r e s e n t e d b e lo w . A d i r e c t o r y of a r e a w a g e s t u d i e s in c lu d in g m o r e l i m i t e d s t u d i e s c o n d u c t e d a t the
r e q u e s t o f the Wage an d Hour an d P u b lic C o n t r a c t s D i v i s i o n s of the D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r i s a v a i l a b l e on r e q u e s t .
B u l l e t i n s m a y be p u r c h a s e d f r o m
the S u p e r in te n d e n t of D o c u m e n t s , U . S . G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t i n g O ffic e , W ashin gton , D . C . , 204 0 2 , o r f r o m an y of the B L S r e g i o n a l s a l e s o f f i c e s shown on
the i n s i d e f r o n t c o v e r .
Area
A k ro n , Ohio, J u l y 1 9 6 8 --------------------------------------------A lb a n y —S c h e n e c t a d y —T r o y , N. Y. , A p r . 1 9 6 8 * -----------A l b u q u e r q u e , N. M e x . , A p r . 1968 1 -------------------------Allentow n—B e t h l e h e m —E a s t o n , P a . —N. J . ,

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

1575-86,
A t l a n t a , G a . , M a y 1968 1------------------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 7 1 ,
B a l t i m o r e , Md. , S e p t . 1968 1 ----------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 8 ,
B e a u m o n t —P o r t A r t h u r —O r a n g e , T e x . , M ay 1968 1 ----- 1 5 7 5 - 7 5 ,
B in g h a m to n , N. Y. , J u l y 1968 1----------------------------- ---- 1 6 2 5 - 3 ,
B i r m i n g h a m , A l a . , A p r . 1968----------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 5 9 ,
B o i s e C ity , Idaho, J u l y 1968 1___________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 6 ,
B o s t o n , M a s s . , S e p t . 1968 1 ------------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 1 5 ,
B u f f a l o , N. Y. , N ov. 1968 1--------------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 3 5 ,
B u r l i n g to n , Vt. , M a r . 1 9 6 8 -------------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 4 8 ,
Can ton , Ohio, J u n e 1968 1------------------------------------------ 1 5 7 5 - 6 5 ,
C h a r l e s t o n , W. V a . , A p r . 1968 1------------------------------ 1 5 7 5 - 6 3 ,
C h a r l o t t e , N . C . , A p r . 1968 1------------------------------------ 1 5 7 5 - 5 7 ,
C h a t ta n o o g a , Tenn. —G a . , S e p t . 1968 1 _________________ 1 6 2 5 - 1 4 ,
C h i c a g o , 111., A p r . 1 9 6 8 ----- ------------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 8 1 ,
C in c in n a ti, Ohio—Ky . —Ind. , M a r . 1 9 6 8 * -------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 6 2 ,
C l e v e l a n d , Ohio, S e p t . 1968 1___________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 1 9 ,
C o l u m b u s , Ohio, Oct. 1968 * ------------------------------------ 1 6 2 5 - 2 4 ,
D a l l a s , T e x . , N ov. 1 9 6 8 1 ______________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 2 8 ,
D a v e n p o r t —R o c k I s l a n d —M o lin e , Iow a—111. ,
1625-16,
D ayton, Ohio, J a n . 1969 1------------------------------------------ 1 6 2 5 - 4 2 ,
D e n v e r , C o l o . , D e c . 1 9 6 8 ___________ ________ -_____ — 1 6 2 5 - 3 9 ,
D e s M o in e s , Iow a, F e b . 1968 1---------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 5 2 ,
D e t r o it , M i c h . , J a n . 1 9 6 8 1 -------------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 4 5 ,
F o r t Worth, T e x . , Nov. 1 9 6 8 * _________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 2 7 ,
G r e e n B a y , W is. , J u l y 1968 1___________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 7 ,
G r e e n v i l l e , S . C . , M ay 1968 1------------------------------------ 1 5 7 5 - 6 6 ,
H o uston , T e x . , J u n e 1 9 6 8 * --------------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 8 2 ,
I n d i a n a p o l i s , I n d . , D e c . 1968 1---------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 4 0 ,
J a c k s o n , M i s s . , F e b . 1 9 6 8 1------------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 4 9 ,
J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , J a n . 1969 *---------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 3 7 ,
K a n s a s C ity , Mo. —K a n s . , S e p t . 1968 1----------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 1 7 ,
L a w r e n c e —H a v e r h i l l , M a s s . —N . H . , J u n e 1 9 6 8 * --------- 1 5 7 5 - 7 4 ,
L i t t le R o c k —N o r th L i t t l e R o c k , A r k . , J u l y 1968 1------- 1 6 2 5 - 1 1 ,
L o s A n g e l e s —L o n g B e a c h an d A n a h e i m —S a n t a A n a G a r d e n G r o v e , C a l i f . , M a r . 1 9 6 8 --------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 6 4 ,
L o u i s v i l l e , Ky. —Ind. , N ov. 1 9 6 8 ------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 3 3 ,
L u b b o c k , T e x . , Ju n e 1968 1 -------------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 7 7 ,
M a n c h e s t e r , N. H. , J u l y 1968 1---------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 4 ,
M e m p h i s , Ten n . —A r k . , N ov. 1 9 6 8 ---------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 3 0 ,
M i a m i , F l a . , D e c . 1968 1------------------------------------------ 1 6 2 5 - 2 9 ,
M idlan d an d O d e s s a , T e x . , J u n e 1968 1---------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 7 2 ,
M ilw au k e e , W is. , A p r . 1968------------------------------------- 1 5 7 5 - 6 7 ,
l

35 c e n t s
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Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.




Area
M i n n e a p o l i s —St. P a u l , Minn. , J a n . 1 9 6 9 ______________
M u sk e g o n —M u s k e g o n H e i g h ts , M i c h . , M ay 1968 1------N e w a r k an d J e r s e y C ity , N. J . , J a n . 1 9 6 9 _____________
New H aven , Conn. , J a n . 1 9 6 9 ----------------------------------New O r l e a n s , L a . , F e b . 1 9 6 8 -------------- -------------------New Y o r k , N. Y . , A p r . 1 9 6 8 ____________________________
N o r fo l k —P o r t s m o u t h and N e w p o rt N e w s —
H a m p to n , V a. , J u n e 1 9 6 8 _____ __ __________________ ___
O k lah o m a C ity , O k la. , J u l y 1 9 6 8 -----------------------------O m a h a , N e b r . —Iow a, Oct. 1968 1 -----------------------------P a t e r s o n —C l i f t o n —P a s s a i c , N. J . , M ay 1968 1 ------------P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a . —N. J . , Nov. 1 9 6 8 ____________________
P h o e n ix , A r i z . , M a r . 1968 1____________________________
P i t t s b u r g h , P a . , J a n . 1968___________________ __ _______
P o r t l a n d , M a in e , Nov. 1 9 6 8 ----------------------- ---- --------P o r t l a n d , O r e g . —W a s h . , M ay 1968 1 -------------------------P r o v i d e n c e —P a w tu c k e t —W a rw ic k , R. I . —M a s s . ,
R a l e i g h , N. C. , A u g . 1968 1 ____________________________
R i c h m o n d , V a . , N ov. 1967 1 -------------------------- ---------R o c h e s t e r , N .Y . ( o f f i c e o c c u p a t i o n s only), J u l y 1968 * „
R o c k f o r d , 111. , M ay 1968 1______________________________
St. L o u i s , Mo. —111. , J a n . 1968---------------------------------S a l t L a k e C ity , Uta h, D e c . 1 9 6 8 ________________________
S a n A n tonio, T e x . , J u n e 1968---------------- -------------- ----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 io , C a l i f . ,
S a n D ie g o , C a l i f . , Nov. 1 9 6 8 ___________________________
Sa n F r a n c i s c o —O a kla n d, C a l i f . , O ct. 1 9 6 8 ----------------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 1968 1 --------------------------------------S c r a n t o n , P a . , J u l y 1968 1----------------------------------------S e a t t l e —E v e r e t t , W ash. , N ov. 1968 1 ------------------------S i o u x F a l l s , S. D ak. , Oct. 1968 1 ______________________
South B e n d, Ind. , M a r . 1968 1__________________________
S p o k a n e , W ash. , Ju n e 1 9 6 8 __________________________ __
S y r a c u s e , N. Y. , J u l y 1968 1 ------------------------------------T a m p a —St. 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 , Ohio—M ich . , F e b . 1968________________________
T r e n to n , N. J . , Oct. 1968 1______________________ _______
U t i c a —R o m e , N. Y. , J u l y 1968 1 --------------------------- ----W ashin gton , D. C . —M d . —V a . , S e p t . 1 9 6 8 ______________
W a te r b u r y , Conn. , A p r . 1968 1 ________________________
W a te r lo o , I o w a , N ov. 1968 1 ____________________________
W ich ita, K a n s . , D e c . 1 9 6 8 _____________________________
W o r c e s t e r , M a s s . , J u n e 1968 1 _______________ _________
Y o r k , P a . , F e b . 1968 1__________________________________
You ngstow n —W a r r e n , Ohio, N ov. 1 9 6 8 ____________ _____

B u l l e t in n u m b e r
an d p r i c e
1625-47,
1575-60,
1625-46,
1625-38,
1575-46,
1575-78,

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1575-85,
1625-9,
1625-26,
1575-83,
1625-48,
1575-55,
1575-44,
1625-20,
1575-80,

30
30
35
40
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30
30
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40

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cents
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1575-61,
1625-13,
1575-27,
16 2 5 -2
1575-70,
1575-39,
1625-36,
1575-69,

30
35
25
35
30
30
30
30

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1625-25,
1625-32,
1625-44,
1625-21,
1575-73,
1625-12,
1625-43,
1625-23,
1575-56,
1575-79,
16 2 5 -5 ,
1625-10,
1575-43,
1625-18,
1625-1,
1625-22,
1575-53,
1625-31,
1625-41,
1575-76,
1575-42,
1625-34,

40
30
35
30
30
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35
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
WASHINGTON, D .C . 20212

POSTAGE AND FEES PAID
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