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Area
Wage
Survey
Bulletin 1950-31

Q d :

New York, New York—New Jersey,
Metropolitan Area, May 1977

Preface
T h i s b u lle tin p r o v i d e s r e s u l t s o f a M a y 1977 s u r v e y o f o c c u p a ti o n a l
e a r n i n g s in th e N e w Y o r k , N e w Y o r k —N e w J e r s e y , Stan dar d M e t r o p o l i t a n
Statistical A r e a .
T h e s u r v e y w a s m a d e as p a r t o f the B u re a u o f L a b o r
S t a t i s t i c s ' annual a r e a w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m .
It w a s c on du cted by the
B u r e a u 's r e g i o n a l o f f i c e in N e w Y o r k , N . Y . , un der the g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n
o f An th o n y J. F e r r a r a , A s s i s t a n t R e g i o n a l C o m m i s s i o n e r f o r O p e r a t i o n s .
T h e s u r v e y c ould not h a ve b een a c c o m p l i s h e d with out th e c o o p e r a t i o n o f
th e m a n y f i r m s w h o s e w a g e and s a l a r y data p r o v i d e d th e b a s i s f o r th e
s t a t i s t i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n in th is b u lle tin .
T h e B u r e a u w i s h e s to e x p r e s s
s i n c e r e a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r th e c o o p e r a t i o n r e c e i v e d .

M a t e r i a l in th is p u b l i c a ti o n is in th e p u b lic d o m a in and m a y be
r e p r o d u c e d without p e r m i s s i o n o f th e F e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n t .
P le a s e cred it

the B u re a u
p u b li c ation .

of

Labor

Statistics

and

cite

the

name

and

number

of

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Note:
R e p o r t s on o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s and s u p p l e m e n t a r y w a g e b e n e f its
in th e N e w Y o r k a r e a a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r th e c o r r u g a t e d and s o l i d f i b e r
b o x e s ( M a r c h 1976), n u r s i n g h o m e s ( M a y 1976), t e x t i l e d y e in g and fin is h in g
(June 1976), p aints and v a r n i s h e s ( N o v e m b e r 1976), ban kin g ( N o v e m b e r 1976),
and l i f e i n s u r a n c e ( D e c e m b e r 1976) i n d u s t r i e s .
A ls o availab le a r e listin g s
o f union w a g e r a t e s f o r b uild ing t r a d e s , p r i n t i n g t r a d e s , l o c a l - t r a n s i t
o p e r a t i n g e m p l o y e e s , l o c a l t r u c k d r i v e r s and h e l p e r s , and g r o c e r y s t o r e
em p loyees.
F r e e c o p i e s o f t h e s e a r e a v a i l a b l e f r o m th e B u r e a u 's r e g i o n a l
offic e s.
(See back c o v e r f o r a d d re s s e s.)

Area
Wage
Survey

New York, New York—New Jersey,
Metropolitan Area, May 1977

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

Contents

Page

Page

October 1977
Bulletin 1950-31

I n tr o d u c tio n --------------------------------------------------------

2

Tables:
A.

E a r n in g s , all e s ta b lis h m en ts :
A - l . W e e k l y e arnings of o f f i c e
w o r k e r s --------------------------------------- 3
A - 2 . W e e k l y e arnings o f p r o f e s ­
sion al and te c h n ica l w o r k e r s ------------ 8
A - 3 . A v e r a g e w e e k l y e arn in g s of
o f f i c e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , and
technical w o r k e r s , b y s e x -------------11
A - 4 . H o u r l y e arn in g s of m a i n t e ­
nance, to o l r o o m , and
p ow e r p la n t w o r k e r s --------------------- 14
A - 5 . H o u r l y e arn in g s o f m a t e r i a l
m o v e m e n t and custodial
w o r k e r s ---------------------------------------- 16
A - 6 . A v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n in g s o f
m ainte nance, to o l r o o m ,
p ow erp lant, m a t e r i a l m o v e ­
ment, and c usto d ia l w o r k e r s ,
by s e x ---------------------------------------- 18
A - 7 . P e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s in a v e r a g e
h o u r ly ear ning s, adjuste d f o r
e m p lo y m e n t shifts, f o r s e ­
l e c t e d occupational g r o u p s ----------- 20

E a r n in g s , l a r g e es tab lis h m en ts :
A - 8 . W e e k l y e arning s of o f f i c e
w o r k e r s ---------------------------------------- 21
A - 9 . W e e k l y e arn in g s of p r o f e s ­
sional and te chn ica l w o r k e r s ------- 25
A - 1 0 . A v e r a g e w e e k l y e arnings of
o f f i c e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , and
te chn ical w o r k e r s , by s e x ------------ 27
A - l l . H o u rly e arn in g s of m a i n t e ­
nance, t o o l r o o m , and
p ow e r p la n t w o r k e r s --------------------- 29

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, GPO
Bookstores, or BLS Regional Offices listed on back cover.

A - 12. H o u r l y e arnin gs o f m a t e r i a l
m o v e m e n t and custodial
wo rke r s -------------------------------------- 30
A - 1 3 . A v e r a g e h o u r ly earnings of
m ainte nance, t o o l r o o m ,
powerplant, m a t e r i a l m o v e ­
ment, and custo dial w o r k e r s ,

Appendix A.
Appendix B.

Scope and method o f s u r v e y ----------34
Occupational d e s c r i p t i o n s ------------- 37

Introduction
T h i s a r e a is 1 o f 74 in w h ic h the U.S. D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r ' s B u re a u
o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s condu cts s u r v e y s o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n i n g s and r e l a t e d
b e n e f i t s . (S e e l i s t o f a r e a s on i n s i d e b a c k c o v e r . ) In e a c h a r e a , o c c u p a tio n a l
e a r n i n g s data ( A - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) a r e c o l l e c t e d an nually. I n f o r m a t i o n on e s t a b ­
l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p l e m e n t a r y w a g e b e n e f i t s ( B - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) is
ob ta in e d e v e r y t h i r d y e a r . T h i s r e p o r t has no B - s e r i e s t a b l e s .

E a c h y e a r a f t e r a l l in d i v i d u a l a r e a w a g e s u r v e y s h a v e b e en c o m ­
p l e t e d , tw o s u m m a r y b u lle tin s a r e is s u e d .
T h e f i r s t b r i n g s t o g e t h e r data
f o r e a c h m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s u r v e y e d ; th e s e c o n d p r e s e n t s n a tio n a l and
r e g i o n a l e s t i m a t e s , p r o j e c t e d f r o m in d i v i d u a l m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a data, f o r
a l l S tan d ard 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 s in the U n ite d S t a te s , e xc lu d in g
A l a s k a and H a w a ii.

A m a j o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n in the a r e a w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m is the n e e d
to d e s c r i b e the l e v e l and m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s in a v a r i e t y o f l a b o r m a r k e t s ,
t h ro u g h the a n a l y s i s o f (1 ) th e l e v e l and d i s t r i b u t i o n o f w a g e s b y oc c u p a tio n ,
and (2) the m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a t i o n a l c a t e g o r y and s k i l l l e v e l . T h e
p r o g r a m d e v e l o p s i n f o r m a t i o n that m a y b e u s e d f o r m a n y p u r p o s e s , inc lud in g
w a g e and s a l a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g , and a s s i s t a n c e in
d e t e r m i n i n g p la nt l o c a t i o n . S u r v e y r e s u l t s a l s o a r e used b y th e U.S. D e p a r t ­
m e n t o f L a b o r to m a k e w a g e d e t e r m i n a t i o n s u n de r the S e r v i c e C o n t r a c t A c t
o f 1965.

A - s e r i e s tables
T a b l e s A - 1 th r o u g h A - 6 p r o v i d e e s t i m a t e s o f s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y
o r h o u r l y e a r n i n g s f o r w o r k e r s in oc c u p a tio n s c o m m o n to a v a r i e t y o f
m a n u f a c tu r in g and n o n m a n u fa ct u rin g i n d u s t r i e s . F o r the 31 l a r g e s t s u r v e y
a r e a s , t a b l e s A - 8 t h ro u g h A - 13 p r o v i d e s i m i l a r data f o r e s t a b lis h m e n ts
e m p l o y i n g 500 w o r k e r s o r m o r e .
T a b l e A - 7 p r o v i d e s p e r c e n t c han ges in a v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n in g s
o f o f f i c e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s , e l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g w o r k e r s , i n d u s tr ia l
n u r s e s , s k i l l e d m a i n te n a n c e t r a d e s w o r k e r s , and u n sk ille d plant w o r k e r s .
W h e r e p o s s i b l e , data a r e p r e s e n t e d f o r a l l i n d u s t r i e s and f o r m a n u f a c ­
t u r i n g and n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g s e p a r a t e l y .
Data a r e not p r e s e n t e d f o r s k i l l e d
m a i n te n a n c e w o r k e r s in n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g b e c a u s e the n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s
e m p l o y e d in th is o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p in n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g is to o s m a l l to
w a r r a n t sepa rate presenta tion .
This table p ro v id e s a m e a s u r e of wage
tr e n d s a f t e r e l i n i m a t i o n o f changes in a v e r a g e e a r n i n g s c a u s e d b y e m p l o y ­
m e n t s hifts am on g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s as w e l l as t u r n o v e r o f e s ta b l i s h m e n ts
in c lu d e d in s u r v e y s a m p l e s . F o r f u r t h e r d e t a i l s , s e e appendix A.
A p p e n d ix e s
A p p e n d ix A d e s c r ib e s th e m eth o d s and c o n cep ts u sed in the a r e a
w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m and p r o v id e s in fo r m a tio n on the sc o p e o f the s u r v e y .
A p p e n d i x B p r o v i d e s jo b d e s c r i p t i o n s
m i s t s to c l a s s i f y w o r k e r s b y oc c u p a tio n .

used by B ureau fie ld ec o n o ­

A. Earnings
Table A-T. Weekly earnings of office workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
Occupation and industry division

Number
of
workers

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

$

$
90
Mean2

Median2

Middle range 2

$
10G

s
110

$
120

s

$
130

140

$
150

$
160

$

$
170

180

$
190

$
200

$
220

*
240

$
26 0

s
280

s
300

s
320

$
340

” n d e r and
90

U nder
100

360
and

200

220

240

260

28 0

300

320

340

36 0 o v e r

4 0 4 0 4346
1241 1492
2799 2854
24 0
275
356
485
167
139
1711 1616
325
339

9028
2647
6381
510
747
290
4108
726

7505
2339
5166
614
679
166
3188
519

4776
1559
3217
546
304
150
1893
324

3279
1165
2114
533
113
54
1171
243

1804
760
1044
301
104
11
551
77

1208
497
711
302
85
3
290
31

679
333
346
125
41
2
164
14

321
153
168
59
42
1
62
4

332
207
125
43
9
73
-

52
25
27
1
2
~
24

20
5
15
1
1
7
1
5

271
63
208
37
16
26
97
30

4 25
239
186
27
9
20
114
16

565
306
259
44
45
52
91
27

720
375
345
58
10
22
207
48

573
315
258
49
34
9
140
26

389
211
178
39
20
3
90
26

323
145
178
74
12
1
77
14

157
66
91
38
6
i
42
4

169
70
99
34
6
59

336
127
209
17
11
13
129
39

562
271
291
32
47
18
153
41

1896 2335
695
673
1201 1662
112
134
149
272
49
75
723 1030
168
151

1830
624
1206
155
85
53
820
93

1402
420
982
168
61
20
599
134

809
2 46
563
154
52
2
314
41

495
135
360
168
39
148
5

236
99
137
41
17
1
78
"

115
48
67
13
34
20
-

120
94
26
9
3
14
-

1149
329
820
115
59
484
83

1369
431
938
170
100
522
97

3310 2739
1040
991
2270 1748
231
245
149
227
1628 1127
181
105

1587
437
1150
3 08
128
640
55

840
24 8
592
256
40
277
13

294
134
160
79
18
59
4

239
116
123
83
20
20
-

96
65
31
10
12
9
-

30
22
8
6
2
-

7
7
-

-

-

2183 2423
765
701
1418 1722
108
101
285
315
52
32
855 1098
179
115

2280
681
1599
72
337
54
940
196

3401 1928
711
361
269 0 1567
130
208
171
433
120
24
1660
917
347
247

7 44
142
602
39
46
26
342
149

260
65
195
51
2
6
88
48

88
25
63
19

6
6
-

2
-

38
6

62
12
50
12
6
32
-

-

420
79
341
108
56
90
82

268
92
176
140
18
2
15

187
29
158
128
17

94
9
85
79
~

13

6

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

1
1
1
-

16
16
-

157
96
61
1
37
23

445
150
295
30
9
25
208
23

73 3 1558
22 9
472
504 1086
42
62
230
99
76
51
544
200
112
174

2206
68 3
1523
143
198
112
788
28 2

3332
1161
2171
240
375
125
1197
234

_
~
-

-

25
14
11
-

6
1
5

11
-

5
“

42
16
26
7
6
~
13

190

ALL WORKERS

SECRETARIES ---------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------FINANCE -------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------

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

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

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

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS A --------------MANUFACTURING---- --------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------FINANCE -------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------

3 .7 3 7
1 .8 5 1
1 .8 8 6
401
167
151
934
233

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

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

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

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS B --------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------FINANCE -------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------

1 0 .5 3 7
3 .5 6 7
6 .9 7 0
1 .0 1 4
772
267
4 .1 4 2
775

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

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

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

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS C --------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------FINANCE -------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------

1 3 .3 1 5
4 .2 9 6
9 .0 1 9
1 .6 8 9
341
5 .3 5 3
722

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

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

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

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS D -------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------FINANCE -------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------

1 7 ,3 8 4
4 .8 0 1
1 2 ,5 8 3
961
2 ,0 9 7
433
7 .3 7 2
1 .7 2 0

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

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

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

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

STENOGRAPHERS -----------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------FINANCE -------------------------------S E R V IC E S ---------------- --------------

7 .2 1 3
990
6 .2 2 3
774
953
2 .6 7 9
1 .7 3 2

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

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

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

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
1

118
16
102
3

-

-

-

-

47
27
20
3
~
5
12
-

22
1
21
-

-

41
23
18
3
~
4
11
-

1
12
8

12
26
61

172
68
104
2
2
13
53
34

-

-

-

-

17
10
7

~

-

-

-

-

6
1

57
20
37
12
17
8

74
41
33
1
7
12

227
50
177
9
13
95
37

396
77
319
28
21
173
54

884
278
606
137
51
289
72

-

-

1
1
1
-

16
16
-

-

-

-

-

31
22

345
106
239
15
9
20
180
15

603
158
445
39
98
27
181
100

1258
400
858
53
217
33
426
129

1648
569
1079
112
177
39
584
167

-

-

-

28
28

122
1
121

22
6

1
109
11

254
1
253
22
18
166
26

607
32
57 5
11
98
324
131

8 28
68
760
6
215
324
210

913
163
750
76
70
355
236

-

-

~

-

-

1
-

See footnotes at end of table?.

3

-

136
83
53

949
144
805
53
172
351
221

722
68
654
32
96
244
272

671
63
608
28
74
260
238

1123
234
889
71
118
432
265

13
3
10
10
-

2
2
-

-

-

~

-

-

-

10
4
6
6
-

4
-

_

4
4
-

-

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Weekly earnings
(standard)
NiuuLu

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

N u m ber o f w o rk e rs r e c e iv in g s tra ig h t-tim e we e k ly earn in g s o f—
$

%

workers

Mean 2

Median 2

Middle range 2

U nder

s

t

$

$

t

*

%

S

t

S
S
S
$
S
S
$
$
$
20U
220
240
26 0 280
300
320
340
360

90

90
,
and
under

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

100

Occupation and industry division

110

120

130

140

150

160

17 0

180

190

200

220

240

260

280

3 00

320

340

22
22

109
109

299
39
260
5
76
172
2

363
114
249
2
39
137
67

278
45
233
3
66
105
54

153
49
104
5
15
50
26

147
19
128
6
5
97
18

127
30
97
23
5
69

74
3
71
35
25
11
-

54
18
36
28
8
-

8
8
-

3
3
-

—
-

~
-

1
106
2

29 5
31
26 4
5
70
152
26

12
5
7
7

22
-

167
1
166
10
18
116
1

“

-

-

-

87

3
9

312
1
31 1
6
26
172
105

5 29
29
500
1
139
152
208

550
49
501
74
31
218
169

671
99
572
50
106
246
167

569
19
550
27
81
194
246

524
44
480
22
69
163
220

996
204
792
48
113
363
265

346
76
270
73
31
79
82

214
74
140
112
10
2
15

175
24
151
121
17
~
13

86
1
85
79
6

10
10
10
-

10
4
6
6
-

4

87
12
~
50
25

65
37
28
19

101
78
23
20

169
56
113
100

192
43
149
52

198
44
154
76

121
23
98
54

140
18
122
50

52
7
45
43

67
11
56
32

33
1
32
2

6
1
5
2

8
8
4

-

_
-

-

_
-

847 1378 1893 2138 17 03 1527 1035
230
156
214
185
207
85
237
950
691 1164 1656 1908 1518 1320
234
104
61
21
20
89
80
17
6 1 136
67
38
23
37
4
85
41
73
25
20
33
616 1021 1329 137 2 1052
967
608
156
33
59
128
2 25
162
210

612
122
490
71
26
9
276
108

363
74
289
60
15
9
115
90

354
80
274
8d
7
5
82
92

313
42
271
237
1
2
10
21

144
35
109
78

72
16
56
31

17
13
4

9
6
3
3

6
6

2
2

2
2

-

-

-

134

24 0
69
171
40
1
37
89
114
11
103
48
6
1
45

and
360 o v e r ,

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED

STENOGRAPHERS - CONTINUED
STENOGRAPHERS. GENERAL --------MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------FINANCE -----------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------

2.111
365
1.746
129
326
1.037
196

$
$
3 6 .0 1 6 8 .0 0 165.00
3 6 .5 1 81 .00 169.00
3 6 .0 1 65 .50 160.00
3 7 .5 2 1 3 .5 0 223.50
3 7 .5 1 66 .50 157 .00
3 5 .5 1 59 .00 153.00
3 6 .0 1 68 .50 170 .00

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

STENOGRAPHERS. SENIOR ---------MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------FINANCE -----------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------

5 .1 0 2
625
4.4 77
645
625
1.642
1.536

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

186.00
205 .00
185.00
245 .00
180.00
179.50
185 .00

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

TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE TYPISTS —
MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------FINANCE ------------------------------

1.1 53
319
834
454

3 6 .0 165 .00 160.50
3 6 .0 1 5 2 .5 0 150 .00
3 6 .0 170 .0 0 166.50
3 5 .5 1 66 .50 160*50

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

TYPISTS --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------FINANCE -----------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------

12.639
1.846
10.791
1.177
435
309
7.5 58
1.312

3 6 .0 1 53 .50 149.00
3 6 .5 1 5 4 .5 0 147.00
3 5 .5 153 .50 149 .50
3 6 .5 1 84 .00 176.00
3 6 .0 156 .00 155.00
3 6 .5 1 47 .50 143.00
3 5 .5 1 46 .50 144.00
3 5 .5 1 65 .50 163.50

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

T Y P IS T S . CLASS A -------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------FINANCE -----------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------

4.0 49
603
3 .4 46
467
108
2.2 79
493

3 6 .0 1 72 .00 164.00 1 4 9 .0 0 -1 8 7 .5 0
3 7 .0 1 88 .00 176.00 1 5 9 .0 0 -2 0 2 .5 0
3 5 .5 1 69 .00 162 .0 0 1 4 7 .0 0 -1 8 5 .0 0
3 6 .5 2 17 .00 223 .50 1 9 9 .5 0 -2 2 3 .5 0
3 7 .0 166 .00 160.00 1 5 6 .5 0 -1 7 0 .0 0
3 5 .5 157 .00 156.00 1 4 1 .5 0 -1 7 0 .0 0
3 5 .5 183 .00 180.00 1 6 2 .0 0 -2 0 2 .0 0

T Y P IS T S . CLASS B ------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------FINANCE -----------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------

8 .5 9 0
1*245
7 .3 45
710
327
210
5 .2 79
819

3 6 .0 1 45 .00 141.00 1 3 0 .0 0 -1 5 9 .5 0
3 6 .5 138 .50 135.00 1 2 0 .0 0 -1 5 4 .5 0
3 6 .0 146 .00 144.00 1 3 0 .0 0 -1 6 0 .0 0
3 7 .0 1 6 2 .0 0 150.50 1 4 5 .0 0 -1 7 8 .0 0
3 5 .5 1 5 2 .5 0 150 .50 1 4 0 .0 0 -1 6 9 .0 0
3 6 .5 1 41 .50 141.50 1 3 0 .0 0 -1 4 5 .0 0
3 5 .5 1 42 .50 140.00 1 2 7 .5 0 -1 5 5 .5 0
3 5 .5 1 55 .50 155.00 1 4 4 .0 0 -1 7 0 .0 0

F ILE CLERKS -------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S -------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------RETAIL TRAOE --------------------FINANCE -----------------------------SERVICES ----------------------------

6 .0 8 4
811
5 .2 73
343
355
187
3.4 79
909

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

1 9 1 .5 0
2 0 6 .0 0
1 8 9 .0 0
2 3 1 .5 0
1 8 3 .5 0
1 80 .00
1 83 .50

1 38 .50
1 45 .50
1 37 .50
2 0 2 .0 0
150 .00
1 35 .00
1 3 2 .0 0
1 3 0 .0 0

131 .50 1 1 5 .0 0 -1 5 4 .0 0
130.50 1 2 0 .0 0 -1 6 4 .5 0
131 .50 1 1 5 .0 0 -1 5 2 .0 0
217 .0 0 1 7 5 .0 0 -2 2 3 .5 0
145.00 1 3 9 .5 0 -1 5 5 .0 0
125 .00 1 1 4 .0 0 -1 5 6 .0 0
126 .00 1 1 3 .5 0 -1 4 7 .0 0
1 26 .00 1 1 5 .0 0 -1 4 0 .0 0

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

_
-

-

51
50
i
i

173
86
87
2
3
82
-

-

-

“

-

6
6

1
1
“

619
118
501
26
32
37 3
60

425
38
387
15
10
274
66

320
68
252
10
11
174
49

232
46
186
33

713 1246 1583 1608 1100
156
210
210
171
121
557 1036 1373 1437
979
21
20
80
62
227
17
33
53
23
99
4
10
33
63
69
482
911 1080
979
631
49
177
33
117
109

908
89
819
78
35
10
594
102

610
47
563
46
28
11
334
144

29 2
54
238
61
15
1
102
59

131
28
103
27
15

324
70
254
21
10
11
17 4
38

348
48
300
18

123
30
93
27

88
43
45
16

4
9

2

5
2
22

-

~

-

134

-

-

603
64
5 39
18
37
421
48

-

-

~

~

134
~

*
51
50
1

173
86
87

1

-

2
3

82
-

“

5

193
10
183

-

5

-

5

'

19
164

"

132
4
128
-

-

-

-

13
1
12
~

~

624 1159
54
137
570 1022
5
13
1
10
14
49
409
714
141
236

See footnotes at end of tables.

4

110
10

931
190
741
5
40
12
589
95

310
27
283
9
4
249
11

810
86
724
7
40
14
467
196

530
59
47 1
7
8
39 3
47

633
47
58 6
19
94
23
356
94

495
36
459
7
120
19
268
45

207
62

6
57
1

-

78
70

4

37
20

"

3

129
23
106
35
25
9

36
1

*

-

4
4
-

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

23
8

5
20

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

272
41
231
206
1
8
15

134
25
109
78

65
15
50
25

17
13
4

6
6

6
6

2
2

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

23
8

5
20

-

-

-

-

41
1
40
31

10
10

_

3

-

-

7
1
6
6

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
2
6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

50
9
41
39
1

9
5

9
6

1
1

1
1

-

-

1

3

4
2
2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

1

3

-

-

-

-

-

~

—

148
13
135
125
3

4

3

~

_
-

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
Occupation and industry division

NiuuU j
of
workers

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

S
Median2

Middle range 2

U nder

*
90

$

i
90

Mean2

100

$
110

S
120

$
130

$
140

*
150

$
160

s

$
170

180

s
190

s
200

*

%
220

240

*
260

*
280

*
300

%
320

9
340

and
under

360
and
over

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

-

2
2
-

32
32
31

106
4
102
92

136
10
126
100

103
12
91
84

86
1
85
72

99
15
84
39

33
15
18
17

31
12
19
19

51
14
37
33

37
7
30
7

19

-

19
1

5
2
3
3

7
4
3

3
1
2
-

27
3
24
21
3

32
2
30
27

27
9
18
17
-

3
2
1
1
~

2
2
-

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

-

-

79
4
75
75

4
4
4
-

1
1

_

1
1

1
1

1
1

_

-

-

-

-

2

51
6
45
11
25
9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

340

360

ALL UORKERS—
CONTINUED

FILE CLERKS - CONTINUED
FILE CLERKS* CLASS A --------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

762
106
656
503

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

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

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

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

-

-

-

12
7
5
5

FILE CLERKS* CLASS B --------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

1 .8 5 5
224
1 *6 3 1
117
1 *0 3 2
379

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

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

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

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

_
-

6

6
-

118
17
101
29
72

322
19
303
3
183
113

318
40
278
2
204
70

255
44
211
4
153
37

276
19
257
5
194
25

158
8
150
5
93
27

165
33
132
15
86
20

73
12
61
4
42
15

60
11
49
11
36
-

13
3
10
2
3
“

FILE CLERKS* CLASS C --------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

3 .4 6 7
481
2 .9 8 6
173
269
170
1 .9 4 4
430

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

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

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

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

5
-

504
35
469
5
1
14
380
69

825
111
714
10
10
45
5 26
123

581
150
431
3
38
12
354
24

449
38
411
3
27
10
222
149

221
18
203
13
66
18
62
44

234
16
218
1
95
19
91
12

73
36
37
4
3
7
16
7

176
21
155
14
4
9
126
2

30
4
26
16

44
28
16
14

-

187
10
177
19
158
-

MESSENGERS -----------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURIN6 -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

5 *041
1 *3 6 6
3 .6 7 5
492
329
2 *069
704

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

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

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

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

15
15
3
12
-

197
25
172
25
78
69

365
48
317
19
13
245
37

675
150
5 25
13
41
359
105

813
193
620
46
66
395
94

959
462
497
13
43
246
180

547
196
35 1
30
41
175
94

479
141
3 38
29
55
226
11

259
86
173
26
12
54
77

128
15
113
11
16
63
23

166
28
138
11
2
114
10

92
6
86
29
3
52
“

91
11
80
51
9
14
4

226
4
222
198
24
-

18
1
17
5
12
-

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS ---------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUF A C T U R IN 6 -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

3 .1 6 5
436
2 .7 2 9
376
166
234
862
1 .0 9 1

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

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

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

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

-

3

-

15
-

46
2

-

15

96
12
84

113
4
109

-

~

-

-

2

-

-

16
26
42

328
38
29 0
20
11
32
73
154

821
70
751
40
60
44
158
449

508
78
430
58
31
16
238
87

305
72
233
37
3
13
135
45

228
48
180
54
11
6
46
63

176
33
143
36
23
3
43
38

133
16
117
67
6
3
35
6

61
15
46
43
3

13
1
30

3
45
41
20

302
34
26 8
10
8
40
66
144

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTSNONHANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ---------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

2 .1 7 2
810
1 .3 6 2
101
612
287
319

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

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

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

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

14
14
-

62
7
55
-

252
131
121
-

24 4
127
117

26
32
52

37
12
59

300
113
187
6
130
5
42

374
174
200
21
112
16
46

266
98
168
34
77
34
23

245
47
198
3
59
73
59

90
17
73
7
51
6
9

169
54
115
8
70
18
13

55
16
39
8
31
-

6
6

-

85
12
73
4
59
10

ORDER CLERKS --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUF AC TU RIN G -------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------------

1 .7 8 1
728
1 .0 5 3
937

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

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

1 6 0 .5 0
1 6 0 .5 0
1 7 1 .0 0
1 7 3 .5 0

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

110
62
48
28

134
48
86
72

147
65
82
66

279
126
153
133

325
245
80
64

261
78
183
168

106
37
69
56

95
16
79
78

101

119
20
99
99

HANUFACTURING -----------------

-

5
-

5

6

-

-

3

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

12

1

-

-

-

-

~
-

-

“

-

13
32
6

~
-

1
1
1

9
9
9

8
3
5
4

See footnotes at end of tables.

5

-

6
4

*
"
-

-

-

11

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

28
73
73

11
11
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22
11
11
10
1

6
3
3
1
2

2

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

-

-

10

5
~

28

5
5

28
28

-

-

"
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10
10
-

-

-

-

6
-

-

~

-

-

-

-

1
1

1

-

-

26

-

26

-

-

-

26
26

-

26
26

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
N

U.

Occupation and, industry division
workers

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

Mean,2

Median 2

Middle range 2

S
$
$
$
$
$
$
S
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
*
$
$
s
$
90
100
110
120
130
340
140
150
220
240
260
300
320
360
160
170
180
190 200
280
Under
and
and
$
under
90
340
100
260
3 00
320
360 o ver
110
120
130
140
150
160
200
22 0 240
280
170
180
190

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
$
$
3 6 .0 1 9 0 .5 0 184.50
3 6 .5 1 79 .50 176.50
3 6 .0 1 93 .50 188.50
3 6 .0 2 2 3 .5 0 223 .50
3 6 .5 1 8 4 .5 0 179.00
3 7 .0 1 6 2 .5 0 157.00
3 6 .0 1 8 5 .0 0 183.00
3 5 .5 1 8 4 .0 0 180.00

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS -----------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 -------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ----------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------FINANCE --------------------------------S E R V IC E S -------------------------------

14.506
3.1 98
11.308
3.0 09
1.747
718
4 .3 0 5
1.529

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS A ---MANUFACTURING -------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ----------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------FINANCE --------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------- -----

6 .7 4 3
1.6 10
5 .1 3 3
1.178
804
328
2 .1 5 0
673

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

2 0 8 .0 0
1 96 .00
2 1 1 .5 0
2 5 0 .0 0
2 0 5 .0 0
1 7 2 .0 0
2 0 2 .5 0
2 0 2 .0 0

2 00 .00 1 8 0 .0 0 -2 3 0 .0 0
195.00 1 6 9 .5 0 -2 1 8 .5 0
205 .00 1 8 0 .0 0 -2 3 5 .0 0
260 .00 2 1 6 .0 0 -2 7 9 .0 0
196.00 1 7 4 .5 0 -2 1 6 .0 0
168.00 150.00-*194.00
197.00 1 8 0 .0 0 -2 2 0 .0 0
200 .50 1 7 5 .0 0 -2 2 4 .5 0

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS B ---MANUFACTURING -------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ----------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------FINANCE --------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------

7 .7 6 3
1.588
6 .1 7 5
1.831
943
390
2 .1 55
856

3 6 .0 1 7 5 .0 0
3 6 .5 1 6 2 .5 0
3 6 .0 1 7 8 .5 0
3 5 .5 2 0 6 .5 0
3 6 .5 1 6 6 .5 0
3 7 .0 1 54 .50
3 5 .5 1 67 .50
3 5 .5 1 6 9 .5 0

170.50 1 4 9 .5 0 -2 0 0 .0 0
163.50 1 4 2 .0 0 -1 8 3 .0 0
174.50 1 4 9 .5 0 -2 0 7 .5 0
223.50 1 8 2 .5 0 -2 2 3 .5 0
164.00 1 4 8 .0 0 -1 8 0 .0 0
146.50 1 4 0 .0 0 -1 6 4 .5 0
165.50 1 4 2 .0 0 -1 8 5 .0 0
165.00 1 5 0 .0 0 -1 8 8 .5 0

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS —
MANUFACTURING -------------------------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 --------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------

834
387
447
147
141

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

1 7 0 .0 0 169.50
1 6 7 .5 0 169.00
1 7 1 .5 0 173.50
1 7 0 .5 0 170.00
1 6 2 .0 0 163.00

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

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

264
199

3 6 .0
3 6 .0

1 8 8 .0 0 186.00
1 8 8 .5 0 186.00

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

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS.
CLASS B ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------

570
322
248

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

1 61 .50
1 64 .00
1 58 .00

160.00
165.00
160.00

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

MACHINE BILLERS ---------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------------

480
156
324
238

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

1 7 2 .0 0 175.00
1 5 4 .5 0 140.00
1 80 .50 185.50
1 97 .00 190.00

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

BILLING-MACHINE BILLERS ---------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------

350
229

3 6 .5
3 6 .5

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

180.00
190.00

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE BILLERS —

130

3 5 .5

1 5 3 .0 0

139.50

574 126 0 1028 1362 1278 1664 1036 2135 1838
227
457
204
29 0 295
344
324
382
158
809 1678 1634
97 0 733 1018
954 1282
416
118
395 1020
96
106
102
104
43
119
89
299
103
150
286
227
263
75
119
52
44
34
106
84
56
41
57
151
189
38 3 300
371
383
718
411
645
340
112
171
186
156
139
295
137
167
52

24
24
24
-

44
32
12
12
-

100
56
44
12
32
-

143
70
73
3
1
24
42
3

367
127
240
43
32
42
78
45

_

_

-

-

18
6
12
~
12

57
33
24
-

86
59
27
-

21
3
-

13
12
2

-

-

4
4
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24

44
32
12
12
-

96
52
44
12
32
-

125
64
61
3
1
12
42
3

310
94
216
43
32
21
75
45

1
~
1
1

9

17

14

9
9

17
14

-

-

24
24
-

_

648
104
544
186
19
15
271
53

526
64
462
368
15

213
29
184
154
11

157
18
139
108
10

69
10

16
3

21
-

-

-

802
187
615
106
87
22
279
121

518
88
430
130
17
9
223
51

472
56
416
347
14

181
25
156
126
11
~
16
3

142
15
127
96
10

91
16
75
27
48

18
1
17
17

824 1036
111
17
713 1019
279
914
88
16
18
12
195
61
133
16

130
16
114
56
2
6
48
2

54
8
46
21
1
24
“

32
4
28
28
-

15
3
12
12
-

-

-

-

-

~

~

~
“

12
12
12

5
5

-

-

220
114
106
7
20
29
45
5

254
110
144
1
12
49
60
22

495
79
416
19
120
43
167
67

542
141
401
44
65
30
152
110

821
183
638
70
128
29
380
31

711 1311
147
346
564
965
72
116
61
211
45
26
297
450
89
162

488 104 0
176
99
86 4
389
43
112
130
75
44
122
338
177
50
16 2

774
185
589
95
107
57
240
90

867
26 5
602
87
166
41
204
104

736
183
553
58
162
26
231
76

843
199
644
34
135
12
338
125

325
80
245
46
28
7
114
50

156
80
76
50
19

82
40
42
3
3

58
24
34
1
10

84
22
62
22
o

20
12
8
-

-

14
11

60
28
32
21
10

102
75
27
11

91
63
28
13

123
38
85
50
22

45
10

_

_

_

1
1

23
5

11
11

41
41

44
34

26
22

22
17

69
53

14
2

12
12

-

~

1
1

_

“
9
9

17
17

13
13

59
28
31

79
57
22

80
63
17

82
38
44

112
70
42

56
36
20

36
19
17

15
6
9

6

_

-

1
1

5
5

6

_
“

-

-

-

-

-

-

31
17

34
30

67
36
31
31

50
50

36
36

25
25
25

-

-

27
15
12
10

2
2

-

42
11
31
29

36

-

28
18
10
10

53

-

48
44
4
-

34

-

67
27
60
-

31

-

41
14

15

28
10

40
29

28
28

27
12

10
10

62
26

36
35

36
36

25
25

24

5

13

_

46

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

See footnotes at end of tables.

6

4

33

2

3

2

-

-

-

“
“

-

-

-

_

-

-

_
'

"

"

_

_

_

_

“

“

-

-

“

-

“

“

“

-

~

-

18
1
17
17
-

21
~

-

~

91
16
75
27
48

“

~

~

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Weekly e r i g r
anns
(tnad
sadr)
Number
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

of
workers

Average
weekly
(standard)

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

Under
Mean2

Median “

Middle range 2

$
90

$
100

$
110

$
120

$
130

$

S

140

150

t

s

160

170

s

180

*

$

s

190

200

220

*

S

240

260

*
280

$
300

S
320

$
90

100

S

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

220

240

260

280

3 00

320

-

-

6
-

31
18
13

67
31
36

27
10
17

24
10
14

26
4
22

19
6
13

62
35
27

22
4
18

32
6
26

10

3

-

-

7 5 3 1031
155
137
616
876
24
3
186
97
63
73
334
496
97
119

1163
178
985
60
150
91
505
179

1121
190
931
98
107
88
529
109

824
145
679
26
105
34
379
135

588
132
456
61
139
31
190
35

678
258
420
102
85
32
165
36

426
104
322
191
68
12
6
45

170
37
133
83
18
2
24
6

41
9
32
27
5

340

360

-

and
under

and

340

360

20
15
5

~

-

-

-

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
PAYROLL CLERKS -------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONHANUFACTURING ------------------------

349
141
2 OB

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

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

-

-

-

-

-

6

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS ------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------------FINANCE ----------------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------

8 .2 9 3
1 .7 4 7
6 .5 4 6
677
1 .0 5 0
526
2 .9 8 5
1 .3 0 8

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

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

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

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

_
-

22
22
-

250
105
145
-

-

~

65
22
43
~
4
39

39
34
72

494
102
392
32
12
129
219

637
138
499
2
41
45
194
217

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS» CLASS A ------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------FINANCE ----------------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------

3 .5 2 9
741
2 .7 8 8
179
378
1 .7 5 6
391

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

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

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

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

-

-

~

-

-

-

32
5
27
~
12
11
4

91
50
41
-

-

48
4
44
12
32

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS^ CLASS B ------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------WHOLESALE TRAOE ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------FINANCE ----------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------

4 .7 6 4
1 .0 0 6
3 .7 5 8
498
672
442
1 *2 2 9
917

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

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

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

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

-

22
22

202
101
101

TABULATIN6-HACHINE OPERATORS --------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------FINANCE -----------------------------------

713
652
404

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

1 6 5 .5 0
1 6 3 .5 0
1 8 1 .0 0

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

134* 0 0 -1 9 1 •5 0
1 2 9 .0 0 -1 9 1 .5 0
1 6 0 .5 0 -1 9 8 .5 0

24
24

TABULATING-HACHINE OPERATORS.
CLASS A -------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURIN6 -----------------------FINANCE -----------------------------------

178
166
161

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

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

TABULATING-HACHINE OPERATORS.
CLASS B -------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURIN6 -----------------------FINANCE -----------------------------------

401
386
169

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

1 4 9 .0 0
1 4 7 .0 0
1 7 4 .5 0

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

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

TABULATING-HACHINE OPERATORS.
CLASS C -------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------

134
100

3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

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

-

-

~

2
8

-

-

65
22
43
4
39

-

-

112
112

-

“
_
-

_
-

414
60
354
8
78
210
53

553
54
499
11
70
350
55

516
36
480
9
49
351
58

54 8
93
455
2
53
308
80

325
93
232
5
20
184
12

387
149
238
5
36
160
22

186
88
98
30
21
1
45

149
21
128
82
16
24
6

28
~
28
27
1

32
2

231
77
154
~
12
113
22

462
97
365
~
20
12
118
215

546
88
458
2
41
38
162
215

522
60
462
3
85
56
221
97

617
95
522
16
108
68
286
44

610
124
486
49
80
78
155
124

605
154
451
89
58
75
178
51

276
52
224
24
52
22
71
55

263
39
224
56
119
20
6
23

291
109
182
97
49
17
5
14

240
16
224
161
47
11
5
-

21
16
5
1
2
2
-

13
9
4

29
29
13

38
34
18

58
58
32

48
31
29

64
47
44

94
87
82

58
58
54

43
43
40

63
63
41

52
45
34

_

_

_

_
“

1
1
1

13
13
13

22
22
•22

17
17
16

27
27
27

34
34
32

41
34
33

11
11
1

_

~
39
22
40

~
_
~

_

_

_

112
112

24
24

~
_

_

17
17
1

21
17
1

34
34
9

18
18
17

27
27
27

68
61
56

39
39
36

14
14
13

9
9
8

12
12

17
17

24
24

29
12

24
7

4
4

2
2

?

20
20

_____ L

See footnotes at end of tables.

7

12
4
8

9

8
“

“

~

3
18
9
9

9
7
2
~
2

12
4
8
8

-

-

_

-

-

-

“

-

_
-

“
-

-

-

-

-

-

4
-

9
2
7
~
7
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20
19
15

1
1
1

3
1
1

3
-

2
-

1
-

-

17
16
15

1
1
1

3
1
1

3
3

_
-

3

1

-

*

_
“

_
-

~

_
“

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_
-

1

1

-

-

_
“

Table A-2. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977
Weekly earning^^™
(standard)
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Average
weekly
hours1
standard)

Number
of
workers

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

Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

$

s

$

$

$

$

s

$

s

$

$

*

$

*

$

*

$

$

*

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

30U

320

340

360

380

400

440

480

520

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

400

440

480

520

over

26
-

24
24
4

34
10
24
7

3
17
~

5
8
4

79
5
74
5
1
15
46
7

159
16
143
6
2
31
92
12

219
40
179
14
7
17
126
13

326
44
282
11
1
19
232
19

355
70
285
23
7
14
225
16

481
100
381
37
16
20
280
26

5 04
184
320
30
14
22
224
30

909
282
627
66
27
14
472
48

643
210
433
98
10
4
268
53

350
387
107
75
243
312
96 *173
16
21
1
115
68
16 *❖ 49

1

10

1

10

27
2
23

74
2
72

58
5
53
1

1

er

140

-

130

10

4
19
2

2
66
4

8
38
6

192
25
167
5
10
19
129
4

230
55
175
15
7
18
1 13
22

371
95
276
36
15
10
166
29

351
137
214
4Q
6
4
112
52

209 t 21 7
87
73
144
122
31
12
16
21
1
59
61
49
16

59
4
55
15
37

99
6
93
30
54
6

129
3U
99
13
60
o

198
36
162
17
127
6

200
48
152
6
112

225
107
118
4
88
5

466
165
321
4
256
19

279
66
213

141
20
121

6

218
50
166
1
106
21

150
1

56
“

63

54
6
48
39

97
17
80
75

71
25
46
45

49
22
27
23

52
22
30
30

13
7
6
6

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

457
103
354
47
10
4
253
40

362
66
294
47
30
8
154

362
53
309
107
20
6
112
64

317
55
262
99
23
7
86
47

270
70
200
128
8
7
50
7

157
21
136
101
22

12
6
6
6

4
3

273
66
207

256
56
200
31
18
93

246
40
206
10
20
107
64

2 08
33
175
13
23
85
47

137
61
76
12
4
49

54
20
34
3
20

-

-

11

-

-

,

and
under
140

ALL WORKERS
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS) -----------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------PUBLIC U TILITIES -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------

4 .4 9 6
1 .1 4 3
3 .3 5 3
575
124
165
2 .1 9 6
293

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS)t CLASS A -----------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------

1 .7 4 0
481
1 .2 5 9
140
75
66
794
184

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS). CLASS B -----------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------FINANf' ---------------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------

2 .2 1 4
539
1 1675
91
1 .0 5 7
72

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

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

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

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

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

542
123
419
345

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS) --MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------PUBLIC U TILITIES -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

4 .2 9 1
752
3 .5 3 9
754
292
85
1 .9 2 6
482

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

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

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

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

-

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS).
CLASS A ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

1 .5 7 5
364
1 .2 1 1
132
118
732
200

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

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

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

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

_

*
**
t

W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s :
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s :
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s :

-

-

-

-

~
“

“

_

_

-

*

26
5

-

_

_

-

~
-

-

_

"

21

_

_

1

-

-

1
1

_

_

_

_

_

-

~

-

-

-

19
1
18
8

50
10
40
28

175
15
160
9
24
6
104
17

289
37
252
13
33
12
124
70

449
53
396
29
38
10
257
62

37 6
67
309
48
5
12
205
39

490
98
392
53
28
8
266
37

_

2

2

28

-

2
1

2
2

28
6

118
24
94

-

1

61
10
51
3
4
37
4

-

-

2
2

15
2
13

62
13
49
3

-

-

-

26
20

-

23
16

25
5
20
5

-

-

~

~

_

-

~

2

1
11
1

-

_

_

-

-

_

-

~
-

26
~
26
21

23

9
5
4
1
3

17
5

169 at $ 5 2 0 to $ 5 6 0 ; and 4 a t $560 to $600.
31 a t $ 5 2 0 to $ 5 6 0 ; and 18 a t $600 to $640.
140 at $520 to $ 5 6 0 ; 51 a t $560 to $ 6 0 0 ; 25 a t $6 0 0 to $ 6 4 0 ; and 1 a t $640 to $680.

See footnotes at end of tables.

8

5
11
75
2

8

55
49
492
66

404
63
51
4
265
21

178
45
133
24
12
90
6

19
6
167
13

55

54

5

-

-

-

170
2
168
-

7
“

i
i
-

-

-

-

13

-

-

~

“

8
6
2
2

4
3
1
1

Table A-2. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

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

Median 2

Middle ran e2
g

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
S
S
S
S
$
S
$
S
S
$
130 140 150 160 170 180 200 220 240 260
Under
and
$
under
130

S

280

$
300

$

S

320

>
340

%

360

S

380

*

$

S

400

440

480

520
and

160

170

-

-

-

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

400

440

480

520

19
13
6
6

56
3
53
10
40
~

191
18
173
11
81
66

277
41
236
28
160
32

230
39
191
1
120
35

287
61
226
17
143
35

279
41
238
39
158
11

173
37
136
4
85
27

96
12
84
12
61
1

65
13
52
5

78
22
56
1

133
9
124
4
1
2

103
1
102
2
2

4

"

150

180

1

140

"

"

117
12
105
63
17

96
19
77
43
4

144
12
132
80
25

85
18
67
48

85
13
72
48
“

35
2
33
17
4

11

10

_

_

_

-

10
-

31
31
-

_

11
1
“

51
51

-

-

-

818 1048
172 17 4
646 874
36 301
90 117
25
25
402 358
93
73

677
156
521
123
60
20
251
67

457
121
336
38
26
10
212
50

250
42
208
30
12
1
149
16

193
48
145
53
16
1
68
7

131
21
110
58
10
39
3

64
17
47
28
4
15

34
7
27
7

151
26
125
2
11
96
10

27 3
60
213
2
5
157
39

348
104
244
31
22
148
39

286
50
236
23
17
147
39

179
20
159
12
5
125
16

123
6
115
40
7
61
6

56
17
39
5
4
27
3

60
15
45
28
2
15
-

-

over

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS) CONTINUED
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS)•
CLASS B ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

1*992
310
1*682
128
863
209

36.0
37.0
35.5
36.0
35.5
35.0

30 6.SO
296.50
308.00
291.00
283.00
269.00

294.50
288.00
295.00
297.00
287.50
272.50

$
$
258.00-336.50
262.00-331.50
258.00-340.00
246.00-317.00
253.00-311.50
238.00-296.00

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS).
CLASS C ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------FINANCE --------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

7 24
78
646
331
73

35.5
37.5
35.5
35.5
35.5

261.50
251.50
262.50
245.00
220.00

249.50
254.50
249.50
245.00
219.50

220.00-288.00
230.00-269.00
220.00-291.00
217.50-273.50
180.00-246.00

-

COMPUTER OPERATORS -----------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

5.427
1*014
4*413
762
550
144
2.248
709

36.5
37.5
36.0
36.0
37.0
37.0
36.0
35.5

227.00
236.50
225.00
259.50
217.00
208.50
224.00
201.00

224.50
232.00
221.50
237.00
209.50
206.50
219.00
190.00

190.00-255.00
202.00-263.00
189.00-251.50
232.00-294.00
180.00-237.00
185.50-237.00
189.00-254.00
174.50-230.50

COMPUTER OPERATORS* CLASS A -----MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------FINANCE --------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

1*661
332
1.329
187
89
846
173

36.5
37.5
36.0
37.0
37.5
36.0
35.5

264.00
263.50
264.00
317.00
254.00
258.00
246.50

258.00
252.00
259.00
316.50
250.00
253.00
258.00

230.50-288.50
236.00-276.50
230.50-290.00
270.00-352.50
215.00-276.00
226.00-285.50
230.50-279.00

COMPUTER OPERATORS* CLASS B -----MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

3*006
591
2.415
498
366
82
1.01B
451

36.0
37.0
36.0
35.5
36.5
36.5
35.5
35.5

217.50
230.50
214.50
244.50
213.50
209.50
211.00
190.50

215.00
223.00
212.00
232.00
205.00
208.50
208.50
188.00

COMPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS C -----MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------------FINANCE ----------------------------------

760
91
669
95
384

36.5
37.5
36.5
37.5
36.5

184.50
178.00
185.50
196.00
181.50

DRAFTERS ---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

2.723
983
1.740
264
1*388

37.5
39.0
37.0
35.5
37.5

249.50
238.50
255.50
273.00
250.50

-

_

-

-

~

-

-

1
-

~

“

2
2
2

14
2
12
11
1

43
43
20
20

373
19
354
46
11
195
102

777
137
640
41
114
30
307
148

22
22

54
14
40
38

-

14
1
7
260
9
251
22
8
130
91

579
93
486
40
80
22
196
148

591
139
452
28
76
18
256
74

687
113
574
248
101
14
181
30

308
50
258
87
38
16
89
28

151
68
83
13
9

67
22
45
16
5

62
40
22
13
1

73
4
69
53
4

50
11

24
”

7
1

12

_

_

_

~

~

-

38
8
30
6
9
15

55
3
52
7
20
25

100
14
86
1
14
~
43
28

131
19
112
2
6
4
56
44

220
37
183

-

-

31
11
103
38

~
-

-

12
12

14
2
12
-

~
-

5
7

5
7

189.50-235.00
200.00-257.50
186.50-232.00
232.00-248.50
180.00-232.00
191.00-226.00
182.50-227.00
174.50-211.00

20
6
14

22
22

29

*
14

22

16
9
7
7

29
1
12
16

125
26
99
~
26
3
61
9

176.00
178.00
175.00
180.00
174.00

156.50-205.00
155.00-190.50
157.50-211.50
164.50-210.00
155.00-201.00

18
2
16

33
3
30
20

68
17
71
6
39

95
11
84
5
42

91
10
81
10
64

144
30
114
34
73

76
7
69
3
50

88
1
87
11
20

21
2
19
14

20
3
17

9

72
5
67
14
38

253.00
232.50
259.00
259.00
257.50

212.00-283.50
195.00-270.00
220.00-289.00
259.00-280.00
215.50-289.00

44
14
30
30

16
15
1
1

56
28
28
25

69
62
27

43
34
9
~
9

73
35
38
~
38

150
75
75
5
67

332
146
186
3
175

347
102
245
10
225

4 26
157
269
133
128

410
99
311
47
248

See footnotes at end of tables.

9

27

-

-

-

i

-

-

-

_
-

-

_
-

-

-

-

"

-

-

_

_

-

-

2
2
-

_
-

15
11
4
2
2
*
~

-

26
1
27
7
~
20
-

39
3
36
35
1
-

15
11
4
2
2
-

1
1
-

4
2
2
2

6
6
-

6
4
2
2

-

-

-

-

4

8

2

-

-

4
2

8
8

2
2

-

-

240
62
178
7
162

147
30
117
lo
96

191
47
144
32
102

81
29
52
9
38

44
19
25
2
19

-

-

45
7
38
35
2
~
1
-

20

4
-

1
*

-

-

~

-

25
24
1

1
1
-

_

15
6
3
3

Table A-2. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Weekly e r i g
anns
(tnad
sadr)
ri
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s t r y d iv is io n

u

of
woikers

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
*
$
f
$
f
$
$
%
S
$
S
S
S
$
$
S
S
f
130 140 150 160 170 180 200 220 240 26 0 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 440
Under
and
S
under
130
140 150 160 170 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 4 00 440 480

s

s
480

520

-

and

520 over

ALL UORKERS—
CONTINUED
DRAFTE«S - CONTINUED
DRAFTERS. CLASS A -------------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

917
358
559
51

37.0
38.5
36.5
36.5

295.50
291.50
298.50
321.50

291.50
280.00
294.00
323.00

$
$
267.50-325.50
248.50-331.50
275.50-323.00
323.00-337.50

DRAFTERS. CLASS B -------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

909
332
572
56

38.0
39.0
37.0
35.5

244.50
217.50
259.50
282.00

237.50
213.00
261.50
275.00

214.00-268.00
197.00-245.00
231.00-275.00
275.00-304.50

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

699
268
381

38.5 219.50 220.00 190.00-255.00
39.5 202.00 212.00 151.50-249.50
37.5 232.00 240.00 210.00-259.00

1
1

DRAFTER-TRACERS -----------------

253

38.0 176.50 180.00 151.00-200.00

* 36

7
7

2.926
287
2.139
2*049

39.5
90.0
39.5
39.5

328.00-342.50
227.00-271.00
333.50-342.50
333.50-342.50

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS B
MANUFACTURING -----------------nonmanufacturing:
PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

1.933
179

40.0 323.50 333.50 333.50-333.50
40.0 247.50 250.00 227.00-270.00

-

1.759

40.0 331.50 333.50 333.50-342.50

REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NURSES ----MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------FINANCE ----------------------

963
219
249
55

129

37.0
37.5
36.5
38.0
35.0

324.00
251.50
334.00
334.50

255.50
261.00
250.50
283.50
243.50

333.50
248.00
333.50
333.50

250.00
248.50
250.00
290.00
240.00

229.50-284.50
235.50-286.50
224.00-278.50
261.00-305.50
210.00-271.00

-

6
6

7
7

-

18
18
-

-

~

-

-

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS ---------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

7
7

"

7
7
-

-

8
8

-

32
18
14

34
25
9
“

71
52
19
2

134
91
43
“

194
54
140
1

93
65
28
3

192
55
137
4

178
39
139
2

99
24
75
2

164
41
123
29

71
29
42
9

23
19
4
2

109
42
67
2

182
23
159
29

51
12
39
5

47
6
41
14

23
6
17
3

9

21
21

11
11

1

4

1

1

4

1

-

9
8
i

34
28
6

43
38
5

19
17
2

28
16
12

38
18
20

131
37
94

69
23
46

224
50
174

36
21
15

-

22

33

9

13

41

49

50

-

-

-

-

-

_

49
19
30

_
- *
-

4

4

12
12

33

2

41

18

28

64 1141

66
19
47
6
25

100
69
31
6
12

71
22
49
13
31

59
28
31
13
15

29
8
21
13

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

45
8
37
1
25

~
-

14

W o rk ers w e re distrib u ted as fo llo w s : 6 at $90 to $100; 6 at $100 to $110; 18 at $110 to $120; and 6 at $ 120 to $ 130.
See footn otes at end o f ta b les.

10

-

76 1143
12
2

57
39

43
28
15

-

-

94
53

7
~
7

-

-

41
39

-

-

-

8
8

-

“

-

-

12
12

-

-

-

4
4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

1
-

2

-

-

-

2
-

-

-

5

-

94

-

30

-

1

-

-

-

45

2
2

1

632
3
629
629

-

-

2

70
43
27
27

-

-

-

-

2
2

2

128
83
45

9
-

24
24

92 1243
9
25
67 1234
67 1154

38
28
10
~

-

63
61

-

4
3
1

6

23
17
6
2
1

94
94

1
1

-

464
~

-

1
~

-

464

-

1

-

-

-

10
8
2

2
2

2
2

-

-

-

-

4
3
1
1

-

“

-

-

Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex.
in New York, N .Y .-N .J., May 1977
Average
(mean2)
S e x , 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Weekly
hours
(standard)

Weekly
earnings1
(standard)

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - M
EN
MESSENGERS ----------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------FINANCE -------------------------SERVICES ------------ -----------

3 .8 5 6

3 6 .0

$
1 4 1 .0 0

1.166
2 .6 9 0
303
326
1 .3 3 0
671

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

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

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

336
268

3 8 .0
3 8 .0

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS -----------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------FINANCE' —
-----------------------SERVICES ------------------------

3 .9 3 7
537
3 .4 0 0
940
408
1 .7 1 6
282

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS A
MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------FINANCE ------------------------SERVICES ------------------------

2 .2 9 2
317
1 .9 7 5
523
244
1 .0 1 4
167

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS B
MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------FINANCE ------------------------SERVICES -----------------------

1 .6 4 5
1 .4 2 5
417
164
7 02
115

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

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

TABULATING-HACHINE OPERATORS
NONMANUFACTURING -------------FINANCE -------------------------

227
209
179

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

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

220

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - W M N
O E
SECRETARIES ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC U TILITIES --------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------------FINANCE ----------------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------

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

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

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS A ------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------------FINANCE ----------------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------

3 .6 4 7
1 .8 5 1
1 .7 9 6
391
167
149
857

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

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

Average
( mean2)

Average
(mean2)
S ex , 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

Weekly
hours
(standard)

Weekly
earnings1
(standard)

-

Weekly
hours
(standard)

Weekly
earnings1
(standard)

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS
WM
O EN— CONTINUED

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS W EN— CONTINUED
OM
SECRETARIES

S e x , 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

MANUFACTURING ------NONHANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES
WHOLESALE TRADE RETAIL TRADE ----FINANCE -------------SERVICES ------------

1 2 .3 3 1
1 .8 2 7
1 0 .5 0 4
1 .1 2 3
434
303
7 .3 3 4
1 .3 1 0

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

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

TYPISTS. CLASS A ---MANUFACTURING ------NONHANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES
WHOLESALE TRADE FINANCE ------------SERVICES ------------

3 .9 5 3
595
3 .3 5 8
442
107
2 .2 1 9
493

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

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

TYPISTS. CLASS B ---MANUFACTURING ------NONMANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES
WHOLESALE TRADE RETAIL TRADE ----FINANCE ------------SERVICES ------------

8 .3 7 8
1 .2 3 2
7 .1 4 6
681
327
206
5 .1 1 5
817

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

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

MANUFACTURING ------NONMANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES
WHOLESALE TRADE RETAIL TRADE ----FINANCE ------------SERVICES ------------

5 .6 3 4
752
4 .8 8 2
282
352
181
3 .2 3 6
831

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

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

717
619
480

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

CONTINUED

SECRETARIES. CLASS B --------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ---------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------RETAIL TRADE ----------------FINANCE ------------------------SERVICES -----------------------

1 0 .2 3 5
3 .5 4 3
6 .6 9 2
1 .0 1 4
771
266
3 .8 6 6
775

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

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS C --------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ---------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------FINANCE ------------------------SERVICES -----------------------

1 2 .9 3 8
4 .2 8 0
8 .6 5 8
1 .6 8 4
840
4 .9 9 8
722

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

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS D --------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ---------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------RETAIL TRADE ----------------FINANCE ------------------------SERVICES -----------------------

1 6 .9 7 4
4 .7 8 5
1 2 .1 8 9
947
2 .0 6 9
432
7 .0 4 6
1 .6 9 5

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

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

STENOGRAPHERS ----------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING --------PUBLIC UTILITIES ---------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------FINANCE ------------------------SERVICES -----------------------

7 .1 0 7
977
6 .1 3 0
762
943
2 .6 1 6
1 .7 3 2

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

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

STENOGRAPHERS. GENERAL ----MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ---------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------FINANCE ------------------------SERVICES -----------------------

2 .0 2 8
358
1 .6 7 0
122
328
976
196

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

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

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

1 .6 7 0
209
1 .4 6 1
941

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

STENOGRAPHERS. SENIOR ------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING-------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ---------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------FINANCE ------------------------SERVICES -----------------------

5 .0 7 9
619
4 .4 6 0
640
615
1 .6 4 0
1 .5 3 6

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

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

FILE CLERKS. CLASS C
MANUFACTURING --------NONMANUFACTURING ---WHOLESALE TRADE —
RETAIL TRADE ------FINANCE --------------SERVICES --------------

3 .2 4 7
445
2 .8 0 2
266
164
1 .8 1 5
411

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

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

TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE TYPISTS
MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------FINANCE -------------------------

1 .1 2 6
319
807
429

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

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

1 .1 1 7
200
917
671

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

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

See footnotes at end of tables.

11

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

MESSEN6ERS ------------MANUFACTURING ---NONMANUFACTURING
FINANCE ----------

Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex
in New York, N.Y. —N.J., May 1977— Continued
Average
( mean^)

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division

Weekly
hours1
(standard)

Weekly
earnings1
(standard)

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

Sex,

occupation, and industry division

Weekly
hours
(standard)

Weekly
earnings1
(standard)

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS ------------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------FINANCE ----------------------SERVICES ----------------------

3 .1 0 9
434
2 .o 7 5
369
166
234
639
1 .0 6 7

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

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTSMANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------FINANCE ----------------------SERVICES ----------------------

2 .1 7 2
810
1 .3 6 2
101
612
287
319

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

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

ORDER CLERKS ----------------------MANUFACTURING --- --------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------WHOLESALE TRAOE --------------

1 .4 4 5
660
785
683

3 7 .0
3 6 .5
3 7 .5
3,7.5

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS ------------------ 1 0 .3 3 9
MANUFACTURING ------------------- 2 .5 7 3
7 .7 6 6
NONMANUFACTURING --------------2 .0 3 7
PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------1 .3 3 5
WHOLESALE TRADE -------------664
RETAIL TRADE -----------------2 .4 8 3
FINANCE ----------------------1 .2 4 7
SERVICES ----------------------

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS A -----MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRAOE -----------------FINANCE ----------------------SERVICES ----------------------

4 .2 8 2
1 . 2 33
3 .0 4 9
631
556
301
1 .0 5 5
. 506

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS B -----MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------RETAIL TRAOE -----------------FINANCE ----------------------SERVICES ----------------------

6 .0 5 7
1 .3 4 0
4 .7 1 7
1 .4 06
779
363
1 .4 2 8
741

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

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

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS ----MANUFACTURING ------------------NONHANUFACTURING --------------WHOLESALE TRADE -------------FINANCE -----------------------

789
375
414
147

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

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

121

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

236
183

$
3 6 . 0 1 8 5 .5 0
3 6 . 0 1 8 6 .5 0

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS.
CLASS B ---------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

553
322
231

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

1 6 2 .0 0
1 6 4 .0 0
1 6 0 .0 0

455
152

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

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

336
216

3 7 .0
3 6 .5

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

3 5 .5

1 4 9 .5 0

MANUFACTURING NONHANUFACTURING

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

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

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS MANUFACTURING ---NONMANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES
WHOLESALE TRADE RETAIL TRADE --FINANCE --------SERVICES --------

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

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

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS.
MANUFACTURING ---NONMANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES
WHOLESALE TRADE FINANCE --------SERVICES --------

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

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

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS. CLASS B
MANUFACTURING ------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------WHOLESALE TRADE --------RETAIL TRADE -----------FINANCE ----------------SERVICES ----------------

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

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

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

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

3 5 .0

1 4 0 .0 0

MANUFACTURING --NONMANUFACTURING WHOLESALE TRADE
BILLING-MACHINE BILLERS
NONMANUFACTURING ----BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE BILLERS

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS
NONMANUFACTURING --------FINANCE ------- --------TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS.
CLASS B ---------------------

See footnotes at end of tables.

12

Sex,3 occupation, and industry division

Number
of
workers

Weekly
Weekly
earnings1
(standard) (standard)

PROFESSIONAL ANO TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN— CONTINUED
$
1 7 1 .0 0
1 8 1 .0 0
1 6 9 .5 0
1 9 9 .0 0
1 7 9 .5 0
1 5 1 . 5U
1 7 0 .0 0
1 6 1 .0 0

Average
( mean2)

Average
(mean2)

(BUSINESS) :
MANUFACTURING --nonmanufacturing:
WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE -SERVICES -----COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS). CLASS A ---MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING -------WHOLESALE TRADE ------FINANCE --------------SERVICES -------------COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS). CLASS B1
MANUFACTURING ----------nonmanufacturing:
RETAIL TRADE ---------SERVICES -------------COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS). CLASS C:
MANUFACTURING ----------MANUFACTURING --nonmanufacturing:
WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE SERVICES -----COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS).
CLASS A -----------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------SERVICES -------------------COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS).
CLASS b :
MANUFACTURING -----------------nonmanufacturing:
WHOLESALE TRADE -------------SERVICES --------------------COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS).
CLASS C ------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------FINANCE -----------------------

936

3 6 .0

$
4 2 0 .5 0

114
113
258

3 6 .0
3 7 .0
3 6 .0

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

1 .3 2 5
393
932
71
560
165

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

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

452

3 6 .0

3 9 6 .0 0

63
63

3 7 .0
3 6 .0

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

91

3 7 .0

3 6 9 .0 0

538

3 7 .0

3 2 4 .0 0

211
71
354

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

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

1 .0 8 4
251
833
87
87
155

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

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

230

3 6 .5

2 9 3 .0 0

90
135

3 5 .0
3 5 .5

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

502
57
445
213

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

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

Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex
in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Aeae
vrg
(mean2)
Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division

Number
Weekly
o
f
Weekly
or
w r e s hus
okr
erig1
anns
(t n a d ( t nad
s a d r ) s adr)

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division

COHPUTER OPERATORS --------------HANUFACTURIN6 ----------------NONMANUF ACTURIN6-------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------FINANCE --------------------SERVICES --------------------

*•254
773
3*481
471
430
125
1 »853
602

36.5
37.5
36.0
36.5
37.5
37.5
36.0
35.5

COHPUTER OPERATORS* CLASS A ---MANUFACTURING ----------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------FINANCE --------------------SERVICES --------------------

1*484
293
1*191
149
87
758
168

36.5
37.5
36.0
37.5
37.5
36.0
35.5

PROFESSIONAL ANO TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN— CONTINUED
$
229.00 DRAFTERS - CONTINUED
*
241.00
DRAFTERS* CLASS A -----------------------226.50
HANUFACTURIN6 ----------------------------265.00
NONHANUFACTURING -------------224.50
206.50
DRAFTERS* CLASS B -------------226.00
HANUFACTURING ----------------202.00
NONHANUFACTURING -------------263.00
DRAFTERS* CLASS C -------------266.50
HANUFACTURING ----------------262.00
NONHANUFACTURING -----------------------306.00
PUBLIC UTILITIES --------------------253.00
258.50
DRAFTER-TRACERS --------------------------247.00

COHPUTER OPERATORS* CLASS B ---HANUFACTURIN6 ----------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------FINANCE --------------------SERVICES --------------------

2*288
413
1*875
278
290
71
860
376

36.0
37.0
36.0
36.0
37.0
36.5
35.5
35.5

216.50
233.50
213.00
251.50
219.50
209.00
210.00
186.50

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN— CONTINUED

COHPUTER OPERATORS* CLASS C
HANUFACTURING ----------DRAFTERS -----------HANUFACTURING ---NONHANUFACTURING -PUBLIC UTILITIES
SERVICES -------

482
67
2*411
935
1.476
157
1*248

Weekly
Weekly
ho r 1 e r i g 1
us
anns
(tnad (tnad
sadr) sadr)

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division

37.0 296.50
38.5 292.50
36.5 298.50

816
306
510

38.0 244.50
39.0 219.50
37.0 259.50

534
268
266
70

39.0
39.5
38.5
35.5

COHPUTER PROGRAHHERS (BUSINESS)*
c la ss a :
HANUFACTURING ------------------COMPUTER PROGRAHHERS (BUSINESS)*
CLASS C ------------------------NONHANUFACTURING ---------------

.

$
36.5 353.50

196
175

36.0 260.00
35.5 263.00

210

37.5 216.00

291
120
107

35.0 251.00
36.0 190.00
36.5 197.50

617
159
458

36.0 219.50
37.5 217.50
35.5 220.50

305
257

37.5 230.00
37.0 236.50

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

85
59

37.5 243.50
37.0 265.00

DRAFTERS. CLASS C --------------NONMAMUF ACTURIMG---------------

115
115

36.0 243.50
36.0 243.50

452
211
241
54
122

37.0
37.5
36.5
38.0
35.0

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS ----------------HANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES --------------------

2*323
281
2.042
1*957

39.5
40.0
39.5
39.5

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS BHANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING:
PUBLIC UTILITIES ---------------------

1.837
170

40.0 324.50 DRAFTERS --------------------------40.0 249.50
N0NHANUFACTURIN6 ---------------

1*667

40.0 332.00

13

101

214.50
202.00 COHPUTER o pe r ato r s :
HANUFACTURING -----------------227.00
NONHANUFACTURING:
253.00
PUBLIC U TILITIES -------------------173.00
WHOLESALE TRADE -------------SERVICES --------------------------------325.00
COHPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS B ------253.00
HANUFACTURING -----------------334.50
NONHANUFACTURING --------------335.50

37.5

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

Weeklv Weekly
anns
h u sr e r i g 1
or
(tn a d ( t n a d
sa d r ) s a d r )

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS) CONTINUED
890
348
542

171

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
252.00
OCCUPATIONS - UOHEN
241.00
259.00 COHPUTER PROGRAHHERS (BUSINESS):
279.00
HANUFACTURING ----------------------------254.50
NONHANUFACTURIN6:
WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------SERVICES ----------------------------------

Number
o
f
wres
okr

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - UOHEN— CONTINUED

37.0 183.50
38.5 175.00
38.0
39.0
37.0
36.0
37.5

Aver g
ae
(mean2)

Average
(mean2)
Number
o
f
wres
okr

182
81
128

REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NURSES -----MANUFACTURING -----------------NONHANUFACTURING --------------36.5 286.00
PUBLIC U TILITIES ------------35.5 284.50
FINANCE ----------------------------------36.5 327.00

254.50
259.00
250.50
283.00
244.50

Table A-4. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977
Hourly earnings 4
Number
of
workers

O c c u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io 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 ig h t - t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f —

---- i
--- *--- 5--- i
--- i--- 5--- i
--- 5
--- 5
--- 5--- 5--- S--- *--- *
4 .0 0
Mean 2

Median2

Middle range 2

Under
$

4 .0 0

and
under

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

_

_

4 .6 0

_

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

_

_

_

5 .4 0

_

5 .6 0

_

6 .0 0

6 .2 0

6 .4 0

1--- i
--- 5
--- J
--

$

6 .6 0

_

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

6 .0 0

2
2

5

14
14

9
7
2

1
1

6
1
5

9
7
2

70
31
39

21
4
17

47
17
30

2

5

-

2

1

1

2

1

2

1

i

7 .2 0

7 .6 0

8 .0 0

_

_

_

8 .4 0

_

8 .8 0

_

6 .2 0

6 .6 0

6 .8 0

7 .2 0

7 .6 0

8 .0 0

8 .4 0

8 .8 0

9 .2 0

15
3

29
4
25
9
16

69
34
35
15
2
9
9

43
10
33
22

76
76
34

-

-

22
20

43
11
32
3
24
3

79
79
13
66

11
-

64
5
59
6
53

24
18
6

68
31
37

166
133
33
23

67
10
57
27
3
27
-

108
32
76
35
-

-

172
84
88
64
22

17
24

58
“

78
33
45
27
11
5

23
2
21

52
52
18
34

28
8
20
4
14

6 .4 0

-

9 .2 0

_

31

8
8

5

t

.8 0

_

5 .8 0

9 .6 0

and
9 .6 0 o v e r

ALL U0RKERS
MAINTENANCE CARPENTERS ------MANUFACTURING -------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------RETAIL TRADE ------------FINANCE -----------------SERVICES -----------------

755
154
601
114
142
162
181

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

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

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

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

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS ----MANUFACTURING -------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------PUBLIC UTILITIES --------RETAIL TRADE ------------FINANCE -----------------SERVICES -----------------

1 *2 7 4
6 97
577
199
61
153
162

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

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

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

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

MAINTENANCE PAINTERS ---------MANUFACTURING -------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------PUBLIC UTILITIES --------FINANCE -----------------SERVICES -----------------

581
112
469
69
86
264

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

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

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

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

66
7
59

12
12

22
-

-

14

-

-

2

-

-

8
2
6

-

-

6

2
2

4

-

38

15

29

-

1
1

17
17

27
24
3

110
56
54

93
55
38

59
43
16

29
27
2

-

-

3

4

-

1

-

38

15

2

57
9
48

1
1
-

2
2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

50

~

54
7
47

21
21

21
21

9
8
1

15
15

2
2
-

86
86

-

46

21

21

-

-

-

1

15

-

86

48

-

81
59

22

7
7
23
35
5
30

42
23
17
2

975
62B

7 .7 6
7 .1 6

8 .9 2
6 .9 1

6 .4 1 6 .1 3 -

8 .9 6
8 .9 2

-

-

-

-

21
21

-

31
31

19
19

1
1

49
49

4
4

60
60

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

1 .9 1 3
1 .3 0 6
607
481

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

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

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

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

4
4

14
14
-

1
~
1

9
5
4

63
59
4

12
11
1

104
100
4

69
69
~

68
50
18

48
39
9

9
3
6
6

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS
(MOTOR VEHICLES) -----------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------

2 .5 5 3
315
2 .2 3 8
1 .8 3 7
252

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

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

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

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

37
37

4
4

7
1
6

5
5

25
1
24

82
54
28

6
—
6

40
—
40

MAINTENANCE PIPEFITTERS ----------MANUFACTURING -------------------

283
265

6 .9 3
6 .8 9

6 .9 1
6 .9 1

5 .7 1 5 .7 1 -

8 .6 0
8 .6 0

MAINTENANCE SHEET-METAL WORKERS ---

75

7 .3 3

7 .4 6

6 .9 0 -

7 .4 6

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

184
104

8 .9 1
7 .3 7

8 .6 3
6 .9 8

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

-

MAINTENANCE TRADES HELPERS -------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------

411
144
267
197

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

6 .1 0
6 .1 0
6 . 13
6 .1 3

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

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

9
7
2
2

TOOL ANO DIE MAKERS --------------MANUFACTURING -------------------

594
594

6 .8 1
6 .8 1

6 .6 1
6 .6 1

5 .9 7 5 .9 7 -

7 .4 3
7 .4 3

~

_

_

_

-

—

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24

25

-

W ork ers w ere

at $ 1 0 .8 0 to

14

-

-

-

-

16
16

2
2

23
23

20
20

-

16
16

2
2

-

-

1
1

-

-

3
3

5
5

8
4
4
-

2
1
1
1

14
14

2
1
1
1

5
-

5
~

5
1

22
1
21
3

_

4
4

2
2

16
16

34
34

-

2
4

61
21
40

15
15
12

4

-

_

_

376
76

119
104

_

-

104
104

38
38

31
20

6
-

195
189
6

161
129
32
12

120
104
16
16

41
17
24
7

170
138
32
30

246
226
20
20

176
130
46
45

178
.8
170
133

83
8
75
75

56
3
53
47

86

45
10
35

91
35
56
46
10

53
17
36

117
117
99
10

266
63
203
141
14

176
11
165
159
~

854
45
809
809
~

218
3
215
2 09
6

169
71
98
95
3

221
2
219
189
30

97

20
14

62
61

32
32

-

2
-

69
69

-

-

-

5
-

-

_

1
1
1

16
6

2
2

1
1

“
10
10

73
73

2

*1 6

31
24
7
2
1

22

24

86
86

97
39
58

40
2
38
38

10
10

_
~

~

_
“

1
1

12
8

10
-

$ 10.80; and 8 at $ 10.80 to
**

11
8
3

42
26
16
16

16
16

-

3

-

-

-

114
35
79
21

15
5
10
3
7

-

*

-

-

MAINTENANCE MACHINISTS ------MANUFACTURING --------------

11

-

10
-

-

19

?7

1

-

14

-

-

-

2
2

4
4

2
2

3
3

33
33

11
11

-

-

-

-

**8 0

-

37
37

-

-

-

120
40
80
78

14
3
11
-

42
33
9
-

25

4

-

-

-

-

-

25
23

40
18
22
22

2

5
1

61
61
59

2
2

4
4

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

17
17

77
77

19
19

59
59

68
68

28
28

84
84

62
62

65
65

30
30

29
29

-

-

-

-

$ 1 1 .2 0 .

$ 1 1 .2 0 .
$ 2 .8 0 ;

14 at $ 3 to

See footnotes at end of tables.

14

$ 3 .2 0 ;

6 at $ 3 .2 0 to

$ 3 .4 0 ;

2 at $ 3.40 to $ 3.60i; aj

-

-

_
-

Table A-4. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Number of w o r k er s re ce iv in g st rai gh t- ti me hourly earnings of—

Hourly earnings *

s

N b
um

all

of
workers

S
4 .2 0

$
4 .4 0

*
$
4 . 60 4 .8 0

$
5 .0 0

S
5 .2 0

$
5 .4 0

*
5 .6 0

$
5 .8 0

*
6 .0 0

S
6 .2 0

*
6 .4 0

$
6 .6 0

$
6 .8 0

s

s

7 .2 0

7 .6 0

$
$
8 . 00 8 .4 0

$
8 .8 0

S
9 .2 0

$
9 .6 0

4 .0 0 u n d e r
4 . 2 0 4 .4 0

Occupation and industry division

4 .6 0

4 . 80

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

6 .0 0

6 .2 0

6 .4 0

6 .6 0

6 .8 0

7 .2 0

7 .6 0

8 .0 0

8 . 40 8 .8 0

9 .2 0

9 .6 0

over

43
1
42

19

8
1
7

31
3
28
1

1
1

8
~
8

45
22
23
1

35
2

9
1
8

12
10
2
~

79

83
15

7

27

~

8

22

21

6

1

186
23
163
32
81
50

60

19

3

5

8

35

3

-

15
15

10
10

61
1
60

17
17

4 .0 0
Mean 2

Median2

Middle range 2

Under
^

,
and

w orkers—

CONTINUED
STATIONARY EN6INEERS --------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------------BOILER TENDERS --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------

*
**

1 1 126
212
914
242
359
291
250
66
184

W o r k e r s w,pr,e d is tr ib u te d a s f o llo w s :
W o r k e r s w e r e at $ 10.40 to $ 10.80.

See fo o tn o te s

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

$
7 .7 7
8 .4 0
7 .7 7
8 .2 9

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

6 .6 5

6 .0 5

5 .1 0 -

7 .6 3

-

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

6 .3 4
6 .5 5
6 .3 4

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

7 .7 8
6 .9 9
8 .6 4

23 at $ 9 .6 0 to

14
-

14

14
14

14

14

1

3

4

-

2
1

1

$ 1 0 ; and 24 at $ 1 0 to

42

4

19

5

$ 1 0 .4 0 .

at end o f t a b le s .

15

8

35

33

9

4
-

4

128
3

4

125
17
108
~

75
32
34
9

5
3
2

6
-

6

19
11
8

149
34
115
53
61
1

146
85

2

22

-

2

190

44

1

4
18

12
5
7
1
2
2

_
_

43

17
7
1

8
*4 7
**3 0
30

Table A-5. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977
Hourly earnings *

Occupation and industry division

Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings of—
t

Number
of

40

Mean 2

Median2

Middle range 2

2 .5 0

$
2 .6 0

$
2 .8 0

S
3 .0 0

S
3 .2 0

t
3 .4 0

S
3 .6 0

S
3 .8 0

*
4 .0 0

$
4 .2 0

S -------- S
$
0 .6 0 5 .0 0 5 .4 0

S
5 .8 0

*
6 .2 0

s
6 .6 0

*
7 .0 0

S
7 .4 0

%
7 .8 0

and
u n d er

1 ------t
8 .2 0 8 .6 0
and

»6 0

5 .0 0

5 .0 0

5 .8 0

6 .2 0

6 .6 0

7 .0 0

7 f4 0

7 .8 0

8 .2 0

8 ,6 0 _Q ver

55
11
44

245
155
90

399

1039
221

522
40

759
174

1942
430

291
48

2081
713

28
12
3

32
52
4

1218
32
828

482
322
105
-

243
89
143
1

124
*6 3 5
-

24

1512
313
1178
2
7

-

1132
152
980
681
266
9
23

1652
285
1367
1216
136
12

345

585
166
367
15
27

8 83
536
347
208
81
5
39

-

-

102

12

40
3
37

14
-

1
-

3
-

1
-

9

2
10

9
-

17

79
23

136
-

50

2 .6 0

2 .8 0

3 .0 0

3 ,2 0

3 .0 0

3 ,6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

144

-

-

5
-

317

-

4
-

146

-

4
-

5

21
125
2
120

100
177

7
137
14
123

l4

ALL WORKERS
TRUCKORIVERS ----------------------------------- I 2 « 7 8 6
3 1030
MANUFACTURING ----------------------------9 .7 5 6
NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES --------------------- 0 .2 8 2
0 .2 0 5
WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------225
RETAIL TRADE --------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------------928

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

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

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

TRUCKORIVERS* LIGHT TRUCK ----------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 ------------------------

507
196
311

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

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

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

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

TRUCKDRIVERSe MEDIUM TRUCK --------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -----------------------SERVICES ----------------------------------

0 .2 0 1
709
3 .0 5 2
881

6 .6 1
7 .0 1
6 .5 3
0 .6 6

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

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

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

TRUCKDRIVERSe HEAVY TRUCK
(TRAILER) ----------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES --------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------------------

3 .0 8 5
732
2 .7 5 3
1 .6 0 5
1 .0 2 7

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

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

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

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

(OTHER THAN TRAILER) ----------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES --------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------------------

2 .6 8 1
7 08
1 .9 7 3
300
1 .6 0 0

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

6 .4 6
6 .2 8
6 .4 7
7 .9 2
6 .4 7

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

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

SHIPPING CLERKS ------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -----------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------

565
282
283
177
91

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

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

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

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

RECEIVING CLERKS ----------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------WHOLESALE TRAOE ---------------------RETAIL TRAOE ---------------------------

970
020
550
260
265

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

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

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

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

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS ------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -----------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------------------

481
188
293
232

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

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

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

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

WAREHOUSEMEN ----------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -----------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------------------

2 .0 0 3
618
1 .3 8 5
1 .1 0 8

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

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

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

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

TRUCKDRIVERSe HEAVY TRUCK

*
**
t

W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s :
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s :
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s :

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4
-

5
-

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

“

_

-

55

5

7
7

10
35

49
6

-

119

174

116

6

101

92

491

180

226

119
119

174
174

116
116

1
5
~

51
50
4

50
38
31

66
025
324

20
160
24

43
183
27

2
2

_

_

-

-

-

-

0
2
2

682
2
680

5
5
“

123
123
-

59
46
13

“

~

110
74
36

210

26

190
10
180
120
60

87
5
82

-

237
27
210
-

30

49

17

“

_

-

45

3

-

14

19
4

17
16
1

680

-

_
-

-

_
-

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

1
-

-

_

23

2
174

87
312
19
206
9
38

2

-

2
-

122
120
2

-

_
-

_

_
-

61
55
6

9
-

9

14

103

297
199
98
39

16
1176

326
324
2
2

220
41
17 9
-

13

79
35
44
2
42

~

81

35
13
22
19
2

33
12
21

19
12

114
~

291

7

114
32

291
168

76

1130
370
760
1
758

17

3

82

123

20

39

60

69

7
13

43
17
9
8

27
42
7
30

9
-

74
70
4

7
-

9
-

26
26

~

8

5
34
30
4

7
-

26

42
7
5

74
~

7

9

-

~

155
70

58
4

43
18

90
40

17
4

166

10

78

26
-

2
2

85
38

25
11
10

50
33

88
80

11
~

26
26

16

13
1
12

10

15
4

8

10

11

-

-

38

30

1

11

53

-

-

38
38

28
2
2

1

344

10

75

110

-

4

344
259

6
1

75
72

110
80

21

15

68

38

1

22
2

1
3

17
4

15
-

35
3
-

-

1

2

3

4

-

40
28
25
3

-

13
10
3

_

_

6

38

26

26

15

30

110

101

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
5

35
3

4
22

21
5

3
12

21
9

75
35

-

-

-

-

5

3

22

5

11

9

33

00
101
56
00

41

54
15
25

2

_

1

1

10

11

33

2

21

53

56

10

85

63

-

-

-

-

10

-

1

1

-

10
1

1
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18
15
13

-

1
20
18

27
26
9

38
18
13

9

2

-

36
49
25

57
57

Ill

68

67

111

66

95

501

52

66

36
75

57
9

56

“

72
23
10

163
30

2
1

45
22
14

66

59
42

435
424

133
118

_

2

10

45

42

-

-

2

2

8

21
24
24

23
19

"

“

3

11
6

136

4

_

-

498
14
484

20

-

1368
1112
146
104

1
1

6

182
144
38

~

103
~

1192

*

-

16

1

3

1

23
-

385

198
-

23
23

814
152
662
649
4

285
100

198

~

850
-

321
-

8 5 0 **3 2 1
828
124
10
197

250
10
t2 4 0
240
11
11

4

7
6

-

480 at $ 8 .6 0 to $ 9 ; 140 a t $ 9 to $ 9 .4 0 ; 4 a t $ 9 .4 0 to $ 9 .8 0 ; 6 a t $ 9 .8 0 t o $ 1 0 .2 0 ; 2 a t $ 1 0 .2 0 to $ 1 0 .6 0 ; 2 a t $11 to $ 1 1 .4 0 ; an d 1 a t $ 1 1 .8 0 to $ 12.20.
213 at $ 8 .6 0 t o $ 9 ; an d 108 a t $ 9 t o $ 9 .4 0 .
211 at $ 8 .6 0 to $ 9 ; 14 a t $ 9 to $ 9 .4 0 ; 4 a t $ 9 .4 0 to $ 9 .8 0 ; 6 a t $ 9 .8 0 t o $ 1 0 .2 0 ; 2 a t $ 1 0 .2 0 to $ 1 0 .6 0 ; 2 a t $11 to $ 1 1 .4 0 ; an d 1 a t $ 1 1 .8 0 to $ 1 2 .2 0 .

See footnotes at end of tables.

770
10
760

53
50
1

-

-

-

1

*

~

Table A-5. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings of—

Hourly earnings *

of

wres
okr

$

$
2 .6 0

S
2 .8 0

$

%

$

*

$

2 .5 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

S
4 .0 0

S
4 .2 0

4 .6 0

S
5 .0 0

S
5 .4 0

$
5 .8 0

$
6 .2 0

S
6 .6 0

S
7 . 00

$
7 .4 0

S
7 .8 0

8 .2 0

$
8 .6 0

2 .4 0

O ccu p a tio n and in d u s try d iv is io n

$
2 .4 0

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2 .8 0

3 .0 0

3 , 20 3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .6 0

5 .0 0

5 .4 0

5 .8 0

6 .2 0

6 .6 0

7 ,0 0

7 ,4 0

7 .8 0

8 .2 0

8 .6 0

over

30
30
-

60
60

-

140
110
30

82
64
18

110
85
25
9

117
71
46
41

154
22
132
116

29 3
122
171
155

243
121
122
104

297
39
258
257

269
140
129
120

291
63
228
221

600
497
103
46

1365
1
1364
1175

250

339

231

25

250
200

339
2 85

231
182

25
25

166
143
23

166
142
24

108
42
66
15
51

323
233
90
54
36

148
91
57
27
30

155
124
31

53
32
21
10
11

50
1
49
47
2

50

138
138

-

-

-

18

457
369
88
68
20

~

“

216
92
124
12
102

767
206
561
13
480
68

9 05
650
255

428
122
306
168
114
24

4 01
63
338
328

664
116
548
528
20

92

-

50

92
92

181
113
68
60

208
125
83
4
65

550
92
458

102

2 96
266
30

159

14

-

-

159
137

14

345
69
276

S
2 .3 0

Number
Mean 2 Median2

Middle r n e 2
ag

S

t

and

under

““

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
ORDER FILLERS -------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------

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

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

$
6 . 10
4 .2 5
6 .4 2
6 .4 2

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

SHIPPING PACKERS ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------

2 .7 6 6
2 .1 5 6
610
337
260

4 .6 4
4 .5 0
5 . 14
5 .5 1
4 .6 3

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

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

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

10
10

MATERIAL HANDLING LABORERS -----------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONHANUFACTURIN6 -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------

5 .5 8 6
2 .2 5 9
3 .3 2 7
1 .2 1 2
1 .2 9 3
772

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

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

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

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

41
41
-

32
21
11

25
1
24

-

~
11

FORKLIFT OPERATORS ------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ----------------------

2 .4 6 3
1 .1 9 9
1 .2 6 4
373
774

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

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

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

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

GUARDS AND W
ATCHMEN ------------------------ 1 7 .6 5 2
MANUFACTURING ---------------------------765

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

3 . 10
5 .4 9
3 .1 0
5 .8 4
3 .6 0
5 .1 7
2 .7 5

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

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

1470

587

5 .3 9

5 .6 0

4 .6 6 -

6 .2 2

2

178

5 .0 3

5 .2 9

4 .0 8 -

5 .2 9

-

-

15

1

14

JANITORS. PORTERS. AND CLEANERS ---- 4 4 .7 4 3
3 .2 9 1
MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------ 4 1 .4 5 2
1 .5 3 8
PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------554
WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------1 .5 2 2
RETAIL TRAOE --------------------------9 .4 1 3
FINANCE ----------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------- 2 8 .4 2 5

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

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

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

91
5
86
2

132
13
119

774
52
722

1031
96
935

481
139
342

-

-

-

-

31
24
667

16
91
1
827

25
87
44
186

$

N0NHANUFACTURIN6 -------------------------- 1 6 .8 8 7

PUBLIC UTILITIES -------------------175
RETAIL TRADE --------------------------676
3 .4 0 1
FINANCE ----------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------- 1 2 .5 9 5

-

-

135
133
2

_
-

-

-

-

131
113
18
6

60
60

120
120

~

-

45
44
1

248
246
2

93
92
1

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

1

23

207
154
53
32
21

24

169
115
54
34
20

132
56
76

76
20
56

201
66
135

135
28
107

174
95
79

105
45
60

192
152
40

85
51
34

255
167
88

403
145
258

16
8

32
36

16
40

80
55

73
34

25
53

17
43

20
18

10
24

1
87

155
74

207
122
85
33
~
52

-

-

-

19
17
2

4
4

22
20
2

15
15

44
22
22

239
239

32
19
13

167
124
43

247
143
104

-

2

"

2

-

22

-

12

42

101

867 2426
18
23
849 2403

682
12
670

297
37
260
5
58
34
159

132
6
126
1
45
35
45

201
21
180

37 6
22
354

60
101
19

87
220
47

37

6

15

7

23

15

3

17

1006 1979
34
284
97 2 1695
8
62
73
106
149
429
164
867
578
231

2278
368
1910
39
39
102
1502
228

-

-

1472 2589
2
1470 2589

-

-

-

1220 1163
9
15
1205 1154
18
30
13

-

~

12

103

-

-

-

-

2589

1192

1106

837

2300

120
4
546

-

-

8

4

23

12

-

-

-

-

6

1079 1078
203
118
961
875
8
128
11
69
171
46
54
710
639

592
189
403
2
43
106
51
201

86 4
201
66 3
27
26
95
37
478

5 25
303
222

703 2 0 6 2 1342
96
26
65
677 1997 1246
15
6
16
34
65
26
511
517
526
685
89 1429

1308
166
1142
18
7
1024
82

242
13

456

102
8
42

33

188
42
146
14

6
236

119

104
13
91
49
7
34

~

~

62

42

13

-

50
50

10

50
50
-

“

30

-

-

123
93
30

41
27
14

9
1
8

-

-

-

18

14

8

“
92

2

150

14

150
150

14
14

*

“

3

-

-

-

-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

guards :

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

48

33

158

63

8

7

-

-

1

25

1

2

729223597
120
449
717223148
682
324
1
26
54
29
2546 3508
388919261

1276
408
868
104

188
75
113
88

338
207
131
92
22
8
9

127
19
108
99

14
8
6

-

1

-

-

-

-

watchmen :

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

12

4

72

115

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

17

29
66
34
93

3

7
506
248

3

20
2

1
1

6
9

-

Table A-6. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom
powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers, by sex,
in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977
S e x , 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

Average
(mean*)
hourly
earnings

S e x , 3 o c c u p a tio n , an d in d u s tr y d iv is io n

MAINTENANCE. TOOLROOM. AND
POWERPLANT OCCUPATIONS - HEN
MAINTENANCE CARPENTERS -------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------------

755
154
601
114
142
162
181

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

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS ---------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------------

1 .2 7 4
697
577
199
61
153
162
581
112
469
69
86
264

MAINTENANCE. TOOLROOM. AND
POWERPLANT OCCUPATIONS MEN— CONTINUED

7 .1 0
6 .9 0
7 .3 4
8 . 18
7 .5 1
7 .5 0
6 .0 9

MAINTENANCE PAINTERS ----------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------------

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

MAINTENANCE MACHINISTS ------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------

975
628
1 .9 1 3
1 .3 0 6
607
481

2 .5 5 3
315
2 .2 3 8
1 .8 3 7
252
283
265
75
184
104
410
144
266
196
594
594
1 .1 2 3
212
911
242
356
291

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

TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK
(TRAI LER ) -------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------

3 .4 8 5
732
2 .7 5 3
1 .6 0 5
1 .0 2 7

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

TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK
(OTHER THAN TRAILER) -----MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------

2 .6 8 1
708
1 .9 7 3
340
1 .6 0 0

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

MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE ----

559
280
279
177
88

5 .8 0
5 . 18
6 .4 2
6 .5 3
6 .2 6

MANUFACTURING -----NONHANUFACTURIN6 WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE ----

914
389
525
260
236

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

MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING WHOLESALE TRAOE

6 .8 1
6 .8 1

STATIONARY ENGINEERS ---------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONHANUF ACTURI NG -----------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------------

4 *196
749
3 *4 4 7
881

465
175
290
232

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

1 .9 4 9
617
1 .3 3 2
1 .0 5 8

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

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

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

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

5 .3 4
4 .7 1
5 .7 7

TRUCKDRIVERS. MEDIUM TR UCK
MANUFACTURING --------------------

8 .9 1
7 .3 7

MAINTENANCE TRADES HELPERS -----------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------

493
196
297

TRUCKDRIVERS. LIGHT TRUCK
MANUFACTURING -----------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------

7 .3 3

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

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

6 .9 3
6 .8 9

MAINTENANCE SHEET-METAL WORKERS —

1 2 .7 6 7
3 .0 3 0
9 .7 3 7
4 .2 6 9
4 .2 0 5
225
928

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

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

MAINTENANCE PIPEFITTERS ----------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------

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

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN

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

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS
(MOTOR VEHICLES) ---------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------

250
66
184

MANUFACTURING ---NONHANUFACTURING

7 .7 6
7 .1 6

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS (MACHINERY)
MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------

Average
Number (mean2)
of
hourly
workers earnings *

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

MANUFACTURING ------------NONMANUFACTURING -------WHOLESALE TRADE ------

See footnotes at end of tables.

18

Table A-6. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom
powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers, by sex,
in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division

Number
o
f
wres
okr

Average
(mean*)
Sex, 3 occupation. and industry division
hul
ory

Aeae
vrg

Number (mean2)
o
f
hul
ory
wres erig4
okr anns

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN— CONTINUED
ORDER FILLERS ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------------

4 *2 8 8
1 *1 8 7
3 *101
2 *6 2 6

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

6UARDS AND WATCHMEN— CONTINUED

177

5 .0 2

SHIPPING PACKERS ------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------N0NHANUFACTURIN6 -------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------

2 *1 8 0
1 .6 5 9
521
303
205

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

MATERIAL HANDLING LABORERS -------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURINS -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------

5 *491
2 .2 1 1
3 .2 8 0
1 .2 1 2
1 .2 9 3
725

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

JANITORS* PORTERS* AND CLEANERS ----- 2 7 * 6 6 2
3 *058
MANUFACTURING -------------------------------NONMANUF A C TU R I N 6 -------------------------- 2 4 * 6 0 4
1 *392
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ----------------------461
WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------1 *368
RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------6 *9 4 7
FINANCE --------------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------------- 1 4 *4 3 6

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

FORKLIFT OPERATORS ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ------------------------

2 .4 6 3
1 .1 9 9
1 *2 6 4
373
774

6 .0 5
5 .4 7
6 .6 0
7 • £4
6 .1 3

GUARDS AND WATCHMEN -------------------------- 1 7 .2 1 9
748
MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------- 1 6 *4 7 1
163
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------639
RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------3 .2 4 3
FINANCE --------------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------------- 1 2 .3 8 7

3 .6 6
5 .3 0
3 .5 9
5 .4 6
3 .7 6
5 . 14
3 .1 4

guards:

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

571

5 .3 8

watchmen:

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

$

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN

ORDER FILLERS -----------NONMANUFACTURING -

874
390

3 .8 0
4 .6 0

SHIPPING PACKERS ------------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 --------------------------

586
497
89

3 .6 4
3 .4 4
4 .7 4

JANITORS. PORTERS* AND CLEANERS ----- 1 4 *8 7 4
233
MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------- 14*641
146
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------154
RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------2 .4 5 5
FINANCE --------------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------------- 1 1 .7 9 3

5 .2 5
4 .3 8

See footnotes at end of tables.

19

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

Table A-7. Percent increases in average hourly earnings, adjusted
for employment shifts, for selected occupational groups
in New York, N.Y.—N.J., for selected periods
M a y 1975
to
M a y 1976

In d u s tr y an d o c c u p a tio n a l g r o u p 5

A H in d u s t r ie s :
O f f ic e c l e r i c a l
_ ...
_
E le c t r o n ic d a ta p r o c e s s in g
.
.......
In d u s tr ia l n u r s e s
S k ille d m a in te n a n c e t r a d e s
U n s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s .............. . . .
... .

M a y 1976
to
M a y 1977

..

6.3
6.8
6.7
7.9
10.6

5.8
5.8
6.8
6.4
7.3

M a n u fa c tu rin g :
O f f ic e c l e r i c a l ____________________________________________
E le c t r o n ic d ata p r o c e s s i n g ___________________________
In d u s tr ia l n u r s e s _________________________________________
S k ille d m a in te n a n c e t r a d e s
U n s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s ________________________________

7.3
6.4
8.2
7.8
7.2

7.1
6.6
6.4
7.0
7.3

N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g :
O f f ic e c l e r i c a l
E le c t r o n ic d a ta p r o c e s s in g
In d u s tr ia l n u r s e s ________________________________________
U n s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s ________________________________

6.0
6.9
5.4
11.0

5.4
5.6
7.1
7.3

.

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

20

Table A-8. Weekly earnings of office workers—large establishments in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

of
workers

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

$
Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

S

80
and
under

$

s

$

S

$

S

$

*

$

$

*

$

$

S

$

$

S

*

S

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

20C

22 0

240

260

280

300

320

340

1
1
1
-

16
16

114
66
48

-

-

-

-

256
47
209
2
24
171
12

439
114
325
17
5
42
151
110

990
277
713
39
6
74
477
117

1504
344
1160
97
29
87
742
205

2272
773
1499
189
36
111
981
182

59 6 0 4 8 1 0
1885 1778
4075 30 3 2
411
404
110
123
201
150
3055 2174
292
187

3378
1145
2233
465
68
115
1468
117

2315
927
1388
435
58
44
791
60

1318
615
7 03
193
59
11
4 06
34

997
446
551
267
45
3
228
8

590
302
288
118
33
2
132
3

230
146
84
46
7
1
26
4

271
207
64
34
5

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

3
1
2

3
3

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

-

1
1
1
-

16
16
-

-

_

90

90

360
and

360 o v e r

ALL WORKERS
SECRETARIES ---------------MANUFACTURING ----------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 -------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----WHOLESALE TRADE ------RETAIL TRAOE ---------FINANCE ---------------SERVICES --------------

3 1 .1 3 7
1 0 .9 5 9
2 0 .1 7 6
3 .1 2 7
687
1 .1 2 5
1 3 .4 7 4
1 .7 6 5

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

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

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

SECRETARIES# CLASS A ----MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING -------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----RETAIL TRADE ---------FINANCE ---------------

2 .2 6 9
1 .2 9 7
972
337
124
377

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

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

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

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

-

SECRETARIES# CLASS B ----MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING -------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----WHOLESALE TRADE ------RETAIL TRADE ---------FINANCE --------------SERVICES --------------

6 .3 7 7
2 .1 5 5
4 .2 2 2
786
202
236
2 .6 1 0
388

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

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

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

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

-

SECRETARIES# CLASS C ----MANUFACTURING ----------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----WHOLESALE TRADE ------F I N A N C E ------------- —
SERVICES ---------------

1 0 .9 5 2
3 .6 7 3
7 1279
1 .5 0 7
289
4 .5 6 9
512

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

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

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

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

SECRETARIES# CLASS D ----MANUFACTURING ----------NONNANUFACTURING -------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----WHOLESALE TRADE ------RETAIL TRADE ---------FINANCE ---------------SERVICES --------------

1 0 .7 4 6
3 .1 4 9
7 .5 9 7
497
160
255
5 .9 1 8
767

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

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

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

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

STENOGRAPHERS -------------MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING -------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----FINANCE ----------------

3 .5 4 9
603
2 .9 4 6
442
1 .8 8 8

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

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

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

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

STENOGRAPHERS# 6ENERAL --MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURIN6 -------PUBLIC UTILITIES -----FINANCE ----------------

1 .1 6 8
186
982
120
772

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

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

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

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

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

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

-

-

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

See footnotes at end of tables.

21

-

1
25
22
_
*
-

1

1

4
4

5
5

1
-

4
-

5
-

-

2

19
5
14
1
7

103
35
68
11
21
14

258
171
87
16
20
34

377
225
152
36
41
49

387
246
141
46
18
60

336
200
136
49
9
62

288
168
120
39
3
72

253
117
136
67
1
57

110
59
51
38
1
6

132
70
62
34
23

131
17
114
11
6
13
54
30

261
75
186
22
6
14
105
39

1025
354
671
91
19
45
410
106

1232
417
815
104
27
66
552
66

1168
353
815
139
17
53
554
52

984
333
651
126
31
20
433
41

627
219
4 08
84
43
2
257
22

436
127
309
161
33
-

75
48
27
2
5
20
-

96
94
2
“
-

110
5

226
96
130
41
14
1
74
-

28
8
20
3

1
4

1
15
1

72
13
59
2
1
10
24
• 22

164
41
123
9
4
51
36

364
71
293
28
19
155
50

730
191
539
130
21
265
66

959 1114
297
360
662
754
102
155
29
15
384
487
72
49

2593 2236
840
877
1753 1359
218
223
40
55
1319
945
99
93

1409
402
1007
270
48
6 38
32

749
226
523
245
25
245
'
2

243
134
109
44
12
53
-

208
116
92
67
9
16
-

87
65
22
10
11
1
-

28
22
6
6
-

7
7
-

-

-

1416
534
882
57
14

1522 1472
469
485
1053
987
60
61
20
22
40
28
795
797
138
79

208 9 1006
518
238
1571
768
84
68
58
26
46*
18
1312
643
71
13

374
115
259
20
1
2
227
9

138
65
73
18
-

72
22
50
16
34
-

42
12
30
30
-

6
6
-

-

-

9
9

12
3
9
9
“

10
4
6
6
-

3
-

-

3
3
-

3

-

-

-

3
*• -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5
4
i
i

3
“

47
14
33
1
7
12

105
59
46
25
21

241
40
201
2
19
168
12

378
97
281
17
4
18
144
98

794 1074
228
245
566
829
30
66
2
10
31
27
4 26
572
77
154

28
28
22

106
106
-

209
1
208
6
156

371
2
36 9
1
27 6

4 38
29
4 09
6
244

485
64
421
70
277

405
88
317
47
217

334
41
293
32
212

302
54
248
21
201

388
120
268
44
182

186
73
113
73
4

208
86
122
109
“

55
29
26
15

22
-

94

22
22

94
94

139
1
138
6
111

149
1
148
1
136

144
25
119
5
104

142
38
104
2
85

96
36
60
3
39

83
25
58
5
44

100
10
90
6
81

92
13
79
22
56

38
3
35
35

46
18
28
28

12
5
7
7

“

97

9
6
3

25
“

6
1
5

-

2695 2981
842 1029
1853 1952
173
239
56
44
108
151
1233 1389
172
240

?6
692
93

53
2

“
8
8
-

2
-

-

-

-

Table A-8. Weekly earnings of office workers—large establishments in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s t r y d iv is io n

Number
of
wodcers

Average
weekly
(standard)

*

$
80
Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

$
90

S
100

S
110

$
120

$
130

$
140

$
150

$
160

$

$
170

180

$
190

S
200

S
220

$
240

t
260

*
280

%
300

$
320

S
340

and
under
90

360

and
100

110

120

130

140

150

160

17 0

180

190

200

220

240

260

280

3 00

320

340

360

6
-

12
12
~
3

70
70
45

222
1
22 1
140

294
4
290
1
140

343
26
317

251
16
235
27
168

202
44
158
15
120

296
107
189
22
126

148
70
78
38
4

162
68
94
81
-

43
24
19
8
-

1
1

3
-

6

-

9
9
9
-

10
4

192

309
52
257
44
178

6
-

3
3
-

25
24
19

22
17
16

56

52
29
25

50
39
34

52
34
30

34
27
25

27
16
12

21
20
2

6

-

-

-

5
2

4
4
4

-

53
44

68
61
52

-

-

795 1153
78
105
717 1048
9
37
49
29
645
9 04
50
28

1317
16 8
1149
35
31
1002
70

1028
132
896
53
19
757
60

786
90
696
57
20
560
53

536
67
469
30
33
348
55

320
56
264
34
9
191
30

207
30
177
53
9
93
20

222
48
174
75
5
70
24

306
42
264
237
2
10
15

124
35
89
78
7
4

54
16
38
31

17
13
4
-

9
6
3
3
-

142
16
126
33
78
10

142
40
102
40
37
21

271
41
230
206
8
15

114
25
89
78
7
4

47
15
32
25
5
2

17
13
4
“

6
6
-

80
8
72
35
1
33
3

35
1
34
31
1
2

10
10
“

7
1
6
6
-

-

3
3
3
-

68
19
49
35
9
4
i

120
13
107
104

8
5
3
~
3
-

9
6
3
3
-

3
-

45
9
36
35
1
-

-

-

-

1

_

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
STENOGRAPHERS - CONTINUED
STENOGRAPHERS* SENIOR ----------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------FINANCE -----------------------

2 .3 8 1
417
1 .9 6 4
322
1 .1 1 6

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

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

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

TRANSCRIBING—MACHINE TYPISTS -----NONMANUFACTURING ---------------FINANCE -----------------------

417
329
265

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

TYPISTS ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------FINANCE ----------------------SERVICES ----------------------

7 .4 5 6
1 .0 7 3
6 .3 8 3
732
213
4 .9 6 5
418

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

TYPISTS. CLASS A ----------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURIN6 --------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------FINANCE ----------------------SERVICES ----------------------

3 .1 2 9
402
2 17 27
463
1 .9 7 5
165

TYPISTS. CLASS B ----------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONHANUFACTURING ---------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------FINANCE ----------------------SERVICES ---------------------FILE CLERKS -----------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONHANUFACTURING ---------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------FINANCE ----------------------SERVICES ----------------------

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

-

-

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

_
-

_

1 6 0 .0 0

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

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

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

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

-

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

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

1 6 1 .0 0

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

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

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

4 .3 2 7
671
3 .6 5 6
269
120
2 .9 9 0
253

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

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

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

3 .1 6 0
415
2 .7 4 5
253
146
2 .1 3 4
179

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

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

FILE CLERKS. CLASS A -----------NONHANUFACTURING ---------------FINANCE -----------------------

646
568
456

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

1 .0 7 7
149
928
767

FILE CLERKS. CLASS C ----- ------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONHANUFACTURING --------------FINANCE -----------------------

1 .4 3 7
188
1 .2 4 9
911

-

-

45
44
1
-

120
74
46
3
41

5
2

-

-

-

_
-

-

-

6
6

2
2

-

-

2
2
-

“

-

“

2
2
-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

64

132

305

495

292

180

-

-

-

-

64
64
-

4
128
110
10

27
278
9
244
11

59
436
7
388
17

5 09
48
461
18
404
24

403

-

44
359
26
293
24

30
262
13
205
19

24
156
8
132
8

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

-

45
44
1
-

343
59
284
4
268
7

663
74
589
9
21
535
18

848
78
770
28
39
660
39

822
109
713
28
15
614
53

519
84
435
35
10
353
36

383
46
337
31
10
267
29

244
37
207
17
11
143
36

140
32
108
26
1
59
22

65
14
51
20

-

120
74
46
3
41
"

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

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

-

17
10
7
1
6
-

184
36
148
1
5
137
5

556
34
522
3
40
465
14

489
50
439
3
7
399
23

500

254
22
232
7
19
186
13

212
39
173
14
11
134
13

140
28
112
5
9
86
10

69

38
462
7
14
379
53

406
33
37 3
6
23
293
46

26
43
14
6
20
1

79
43
36
16
2
18

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

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

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

32
32
31

101
97
87

129
126
100

96
91
84

86
85
72

53
45
39

31
16
15

27
15
15

19
5
1

33
26
3

19
19
1

5
3
3

7
3
-

-

-

-

-

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

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

8
2
6

26
9
17
-

2
2

2
2
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

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

~
-

-

-

407
59
348
4
332
7

68

-

-

2

-

-

-

4
15
10

-

-

-

5
5
5

-

6
6
6

41
17
24
24

154
19
135
123

173
13
160
147

187
9
178
153

188
12
176
156

97
3
94
82

97
32
65
51

36
12
24
18

25
11
14
1

8
3
5
3

27
3
24
3

11
10
1

141
17
124
113

397
15
382
3 37

284
37
247
221

212
25
187
139

89
18
71
37

61
14
47
20

29

51
8
43
29

13

44

-

28
16

22
2
20

-

-

"

6

23
11

13

4

1
See footnotes at end of tables.

22

~

-

6
6
-

-

“
2
2
-

~

“
1
1
-

-

-

-

1
1
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

"

_

-

-

-

79

-

1

-

-

1

-

1
1

1

1
1

-

4
75

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

Table A-8. Weekly earnings of office workers—large establishments in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

80
Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

*

S

$

90

*
100

S

$
110

120

t
130

t
140

160

S

S

t

$
150

170

180

*
190

*

S
200

220

*
240

*

S
260

280

«
300

$

S
320

340

and
under
90

360
and

280

300

320

340

360

over

-

~
-

-

~

-

-

17
11
6
6

4
3
1
1
~

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

“

-

“

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

16
14

5
5

1
1

-

-

_

-

-

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

220

240

260

80
16
64

276
38
238
12
188
32

4 30
93
3 37
13
272
40

531
156
375
33
273
50

385
134
251
13
189
23

248
82
16 6
24
121
11

263
92
171
9
139
8

127
66
61
12
36
5

40
15
25
11
12
-

56
28
28
11
14

53
11
42
34
2
4

182
4
178
178
-

6
i
5
5
-

-

35
6
29
25
4
~

_
-

30
2
28
13
1
14

42
3
39

47
2
45
20
21
4

129
30
99
14
17
52
15

331
48
283
16
20
81
161

202
50
152
19
16
79
32

151
46
105
30
11
51
12

117
41
76
17
6
46
6

126
33
93
33
3
43
11

83
16
67
45
3
12
2

60
15
45
43

12
15
12

159
9
150
10
24
54
62

-

2

9

17

11

21

20

10

12

17

6

20
17

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED

MESSENGERS -----------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

2 .7 2 1
7 42
1 .9 7 9
389
1 .3 0 7
179

3 6 .0
3 6 .0
3 6 .0
3 6 .0
3 6 .0
3 6 .0

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

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

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

SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS ---------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

1 .5 0 1
309
1 .1 9 2
234
148
455
331

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

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

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

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

-

-

-

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTION IS TS -

128

3 6 .5

1 7 4 .0 0

1 7 0 .5 0

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

-

-

_

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

383
255

3 6 .0
3 6 .0

1 6 3 .5 0
1 6 7 .0 0

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS ----------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NORMANUF ACTUR I N 6 -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------------

6 .5 4 4
1 .9 5 8
4 .5 8 6
1 .5 0 9
306
2 .0 6 8
623

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

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

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS A ---------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

3 .0 4 7
1 .0 0 3
2 .0 4 4
406
135
1 .2 1 7
249

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

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS B ---------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

3 .4 9 7
955
2 .5 4 2
171
851
374

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

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

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

186
154

3 5 .5
3 5 .5

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS.
CLASS B -----------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

135
115

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

179
119

-

57
6
3
3
3

-

9
9

-

-

~

-

1
1

6
6

5
5

35
19

41
22

44
34

57
29

43
22

45
28

40
33

24
19

-

-

-

-

-

32
32
-

472
146
326
9
58
177
72

57 4
181
393
15
42
214
113

514
152
362
28
26
211
93

725
261
464
37
41
326
52

510
131
379
58
33
225
56

89 3 1284
315
160
578 1124
148
876
13
4
323
169
85
61

256
86
170
81
2
77
8

231
43
188
164
“
16
3

117
29
88
80
4
3

1
1

-

-

-

-

-

36 6
113
25 3
4
38
164
40

16
16

-

206
85
121
1
28
75
16

26
18
8
8
-

-

71
50
21
4
13
3

186
83
103

-

64
56
8
8
-

-

-

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

-

-

4
4
-

6
6
-

23
20
3
3

61
46
15
*
1
12
2

84
38
46
5
38
3

134
50
84
i
19
50
12

164
41
123
3
18
67
32

237
75
162
10
18
85
49

398
106
292
18
29
228
13

312
80
232
13
26
171
20

637
232
405
32
13
298
55

412
143
269
34
4
168
51

219
70
149
62
2
77
6

218
35
133
160
16
3

101
25
76
68

16
16

1
1

-

-

-

4
3

20
15
5
5
-

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

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

-

32
32

-

-

60
52
8
8

65
44
21
4
13
3

163
63
100
17
63
18

145
39
106
27
63
14

28 2
75
207
33
126
37

3 38
96
242
39
127
60

410
140
27 0
24
147
81

277
77
200
8
126
44

327
155
172
12
98
39

198
51
147
7
54
36

256
83
173
25
30

872
17
855
1
10

37
16
21
-

13
8
5
-

16
4
12
-

6
3
3
-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

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

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

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

2u
15

6
2

-

_

5
~

_

_

_

~

11
6

3 5 .5
3 6 .0

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

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

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

3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

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

-

-

17
66
18

1
1

4
4

12
12

9
9

6
6

24
24

29
22

32
26

16
16

11
11

-

1
1

4
4

12
12

8
8

5
5

20
20

22
15

26
20

13
13

9
9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4
4

15
10

19
10

16
13

16
14

26
22

_

See footnotes at end of tables.

23

6
4
15
13

25
17

_

_

_

-

-

-

12
8

11
5

2

5
3
3

-

-

“

“

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

-

-

-

Table A-8. Weekly earnings of office workers—large establishments in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
Occupation and industry division

Number
of
workers

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

80
Mean2

Median 2

Middle range 2

$

$

$

90

*
100

*
110

S
120

$
130

$

s

140

150

$
160

S

$
170

180

S
190

$

s

200

220

$
240

$
260

300

S

S

$

s

280

320

340

and
under
90

360
and

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

220

240

260

280

3 00

320

4
4
-

11
10
1
1

85
19
66
-

126
60
66
-

213
61
152
~

680
78
602
34
88
441
27

445
107
338
13
30
264
23

316
119
197
50
22
102
9

483
202
281
93
32
124
16

294
70
224
190
12
6
2

92
37
55
48
2

8
4
4
-

35
104
12

595
92
503
27
84
348
34

15
9
6

a’
53
4

514
71
443
15
65
317
35

41
9
32
27

27
28
11

409
62
347
3
63
243
33

“

~

16
5
11
11

70
42
28

171
54
117

328
38
29 0
9
253

363
32
331
3
295

351
73
278
2
249

212
88
124
5
96

27 8
116
162
5
119

90
54
36
30
1

72
21
51
47
“

7
7

28
27
“

8
4
4

205
86
119
88
17
5
5

204
16
188
160
11
5
“

20
16
4
i
2
~

13
9
4
~
~

~

~

340

360

over

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
KEYPUNCH OPERATORS ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUF A C T U R I N 6 -------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ----------------------RETAIL T RA DE ------------------- * --------F I N A N C E -------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

4 1331
1 1014
3 t 317
500
468
2 1030
207

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

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

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

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

KEYPUNCH OPERATORSt CLASS A -------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------N0NHANUFACTURIN6 -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------

2 1242
568
1 1674
136
1 1314

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

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

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

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

KEYPUNCH OPERATORSt CLASS B -------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ----------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------SERVICES -------------------------------------

2 1089
446
1 1643
364
384
716
114

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

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

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

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

TABULAT I N 6 - MACHINE OPERATORS---------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------

461
452
403

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

1 8 6 .0 0
1 8 3 .5 0
1 8 1 .0 0

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

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

TABULATIN6—
MACHINE OPERATORSt
CLASS A -----------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------

170
165
160

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORSt
CLASS B -----------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------

198
194
169

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

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

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

*

91

282
41
241
7
60
151
17

267
54
213
18
71
95
23

317
46
271
31
75
146
17

94
34
60
11
18
15
10

104
31
73
45
11
6

4

238
8
230
3
56
152
14

13
13
13

18
18
18

33
33
32

31
31
29

46
46
43

87
87
82

58
58
54

41
41
40

59
59
41

45
45
34

20
19
15

1
1
1

3
1
1

3

2
~

12
12
12

22
22
22

17
17
16

27
27
27

34
34
32

34
34
33

17
16
15

1
1
1

3
1
1

_

1

27
27
27

61
61
56

39
39
36

14
14
13

9
9
8

11
11
1

3
3

_

_

3

-

-

~

-

-

11
10
1
1

69
15
54
27
16
11

110
55
55
8
42

-

_
-

_

“

“

~

“

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

“

-

”

~

“

1
1
1

_

_

_

-

-

1
1
1

1
1
1

10
10
9

18
18
17

_

'

'

'

See footnotes at end of tables.

24

-

21

4
4

~
8
2
6

-

“

143
19
124
28
83
12

_

-

28

-

232
30
202
8
166

16
4
12
12

-

~

-

-

~

~

-

-

-

-

-

~

“

“

1
“

-

1

-

_

_

-

“

"
1
-

Table A-9. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers—large establishments
in New York, N .Y .-N .J., May 1977
Weekly earnings
(standard)
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number
of
woikers

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly e a r n in g s o f—
S
60

Mean 2

Median 2

Middle range 2

$
170

t
180

S
200

$
220

$

%
240

260

S
280

S
300

$
s
320 . 340
360

S

$
380

$
400

$

t
440

480

and
u n d er

520

and
over

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

400

440

480

520

9

34
10
24
7
5
8
4

52
4
48
5
15
21
6

117
16
101
6
31
53
9

168
29
139
14
17
100
8

269
34
235
11
19
192
13

319
66
253
20
14
209
7

417
86
331
27
20
270
12

424
151
273
30
22
2 04
10

844
261
583
66
14
472
22

535
171
364
98
4
248
6

310
303
93
61
217
242
96 *1 7 2
~
1
115
68
2
“

5

13

1

5

13

30
2
28

1

200

240

5
5
5

180

220

1

70

5

4
9

2
26

56
5
51
1
8
38

169
11
15d
5
19
129

192
41
151
15
18
113

335
81
254
36
10
186

270
102
168
40
4
112

169
133
73 * * 5 9
74
96
31
11
1
59
61

34
4
30
15
12

76
6
70
30
33

106
21
85
13
55

186
27
159
17
127

166
44
122
6
96

177
50
127
1
96

183
88
95
4
68

457
158
299
4
256

252
62
190

170
141
20
2
121 1 168

17
17
8

36
10
26
15

49
8
41
36

53
5
48
39

97
17
80
75

71
25
46
45

49
22
27
23

52
22
30
30

13
7
6
6

275
65
210
40
8
154
5

253
50
203
81
6
104
12

2 36
33
2 03
99
7
86
10

254
62
192
128
7
50
6

133
19
114
101

~

*

ALL yORKERS
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINESS) --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------------

3 .8 0 6
982
2 .8 2 4
561
165
1 * * 62
9
99

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINE SS). CLASS A ------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------

1 .3 7 3
374
999
139
66
739

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(B U SIN ES S) . CLASS B ------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING ------------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------

1 .9 5 8
487
1 .4 7 1
91
940

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUS INE SS). CLASS C ------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------

475
121
354
283

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS) —
MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------------

3 .2 8 1
601
2 .6 8 0
692
85
1 .7 7 8
92

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (B US INE SS) .
CLASS A ---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S --------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------

1 .2 1 9
338
881
111
672

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

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

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

1 .4 7 6
202
1 .2 7 4
787

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

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

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

586
61
525
319

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

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

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

_

W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s : 169 a t $ 5 2 0 to $ 5 6 0 ; and 3 a t $560 to $ 6 00.
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 40 a t $ 5 2 0 to $ 5 6 0 ; 17 a t $560 to $ 6 0 0 ; and 2
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s : 166 a t $5 2 0 to $ 5 6 0 ; 1 a t $560 t o $ 6 0 0 ; and 1

~

_

_

_

1

-

-

-

-

-

9
5

-

-

-

1

*

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1
3

-

-

-

1

-

-

130

56

7

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

12
6
6
6

4
3
1
1

5

-

1

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5
-

8
1

25
5
20
5

13

23

122
14
108
9
6
92
1

172
22
150
13
12
119
4

287
31
256
23
10
208
11

305
43
26 2
44
12
194
10

395
87
308
48
8
241
8

393
65
328
56
241
15

403
101
302
40
4
245
8

2

2

23

2
1
1

2
2

45
8
37
3
26

93
23
70
5
60

145
38
107
17
77

247
66
181
12
159

183
55
128
24
93

164
38
126
10
99

146
30
116
13
85

125
53
72
12
49

32
18
14
3
11

8
6
2
2

4
3
1
1

“

23
6
12

“

”

46
3
43
40

100
5
95
76

150
19
131
116

187
29
158
120

217
51
166
133

217
25
192
147

145
35
110
85

82
10
72
61

38
12
26
5

59
3
56
1

129
9
120
1

101
1
100
2

4

74
11
63
51

70
17
53
43

114
12
102
80

73
6
67
48

85
13
72
48

31
2
29
17

11

10

51

-

-

13

23
3

-

-

-

1

1
11
1

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

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

*
**
t

~
“

9
4
3
2
“

-

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

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (B US INE SS) .
CLASS C ---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -----------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------

~

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

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BU S IN E SS ).
CLASS B ---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------

-

-

20

-

“

_

1

_

1

“
1

12

23

12
11

23
20

“

1

a t $ 6 0 0 to $640.
a t $600 t o $640.

See footnotes at end of tables.

25

-

4

-

“

13

-

-

4

“

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11
1

10

51
-

31
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

31

Table A-9. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers—large establishments
in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Weekly earnings
(standard)
Number

Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly e a r n in g s o f--$
130
U nder
,
j
and

$

workers

Mean2

Median2

Middle range 2

t

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

i

$

*

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

3 20

340

36 0

380

400

440

480

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

and

140

Occupation and industry di vi s io n

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

38 0

400

440

480

520

over

3

34
9
25
1
1

61
3
58

117
23
94

167
16
151

216
39
177
30
6
i
128
12

137
24
113
25
12
1
68
7

126
21
105
57
6

62
17
45
28
2

_

~

337
93
244
38
16
10
173
7

1
1

-

482
139
343
80
18
20
218
7

43
7
36
35

1
11
73
9

714
94
620
300
8
25
276
11

33
7
26
6

-

483
88
395
29
5
23
319
19

11
11

-

408
87
321
9
2
30
258
22

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

39
3

15
-

20
-

1
-

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

54
14
40

195
50
145
2
131

271
102
169
24
127

199
45
154
23
108

147
17
130
12
104

95
8
87
12
61

55
17
38
27

60
15
45
28
15

27
1
26
6
20

39
3
36
35
1

65
22
43
16

38
16
22
13

71
4
67
53

2
2

6
6

4
4

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

-

520

130

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
3 6 .5
3 7 .5
3 6 .0
3 6 .0
3 7 .0
3 7 .0
3 6 .0
3 6 .0

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

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

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

COMPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS A ------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONHANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

1 .2 8 7
310
977
148
724

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS B ------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------------

1 .6 8 1
324
1 .3 5 7
422
78
7 56
64

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

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

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

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

-

-

-

1

COMPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS C ------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

490
53
437
306

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

1 9 3 .5 0
1 8 9 .5 0
1 9 3 .5 0
1 8 9 .0 0

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

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

17
2
15
9

2

DRAFTERS --------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------

909
313
596
262

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

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

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

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

1
1

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

341
167
174

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

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

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

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

-

DRAFTERS. CLASS B ------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------

294
131
163
56

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

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

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

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

DRAFTERS. CLASS C ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------

239
225

3 6 .0
3 6 .0

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

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

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

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS -----------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------

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

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

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

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

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

-

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS B
nonmanufacturing:
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------

1 .8 7 3

+

3 2 7 .0 0

3 3 3 .5 0

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

-

1 .7 5 4

4 0 .0

3 3 1 .0 0

3 3 3 .5 0

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

REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NURSES --------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------

392
145
247
55
129

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

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

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

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

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

o

3 .4 5 8
687
2 .7 7 1
638
79
140
1 .7 8 6
128

o

COMPUTER OPERATORS --------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------------

23
8
15

3

-

6
9

-

-

-

2
1

10
13

-

-

-

-

4
45
9

2
9
132
8

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

38

130
24
106
2
91

101
6
95

289
58
231
21
16
178
11

445
43
402
247
14
125
9

190
35
155
51
16
77
6

118
45
73
13

6
79
8

253
52
201
8
22
147
22

50
1

24
~

7
1

12
-

47
5
42
28

65
10
55
52

101
21
80
73

64
6
58
50

74
1
73
20

21
2
19
14

20
3
17
15

4

4

_

_

4

4

-

-

20
6
14

8
2
6

29
11
18

44
20
24
5

87
43
44
3

84
39
45
10

227
46
181
131

129
21
108
47

61
19
42
7

42
13
29
16

66
22
44
32

-

-

-

-

-

-

4
4

23
18
5

55
33
22

59
11
48

40
6
34

20
9
11

52
16
36

40
13
27
2

52
7
45
29

20
12
8
5

21
4
17

14

10
6
4
3

3
-

1

4
4

1
1

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

7
7
-

15
15

70
18
52

-

-

-

-

"

1
12
2

3
45
3

27
2
25
10

44
1
43
33

12

6
6
-

1
~
1
-

-

-

2
2
1
1
-

-

-

12
-

~
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
1

-

-

1

6
6

-

-

_

5
5

-

•i
i
-

12
10
2

-

6
6

-

3
2

10
10
-

-

4

25
18
7
2

60
39
21
-

38
15
23
1

13
11

22
22

21
15

132
132

18
15

-

i
i

-

20
-

120
45
45

70
27
27

48
29
29

91
66
66

1243
1234
1154

-

_

-

-

_
_

11
11

-

_
_

_
_

_

_

_

_

1
1

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

39
22
17
9

25
19
6
2

6
3
3
-

25
24
1
-

35
22
13

22
19
3

4
3
1

24
24
-

1
-

1
1
-

1

_

2
2

-

-

-

2
2
-

_

-

_
_

-

3

3

2

1

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_
_

_

_

_

-

3
-

2
-

1
-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

630
627
627

94
94
94

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

40
2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

86

57

32

75

1143

462

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

41

18

27

63

1141

462

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
~
2

-

-

-

-

7

-

-

7
-

21
6
15
14

40
3
37
1
25

66
19
47
6
25

59
28
31
6
12

70
21
49
13
31

59
28
31
13
15

29
6
21
13
6

4
3
1
1
-

_

_
_

_
_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

“

“

See footnotes at end of tables.

26

“

“

23
17
6
2
1

8
8

2
2

2
2

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

Table A-10. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sexlarge establishments in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977
Sex, 3 occupation, and industry div isio n

W eek ly
(standard)

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS -

W eek ly
earnings1
(standard)

MEN

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division

W eek ly
hours1
(standard)

W eek ly
earnings1
(standard)

1 .7 9 6
567
1 .2 2 9
775
169

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS -------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------FINANCE ---------------------------SERVICES --------------------------

1 .4 6 6
1 .1 2 9
316
641
131

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS A
NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ------------

828
609
126

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

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

ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS B
NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------FINANCE ----------------------------

638
520
190
240

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

211
204
179

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

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

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

2 2 0 .5 0

NONMANUFACTURING --------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------------WHOLESALE TRAOE -------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

2 9 .9 9 9
1 0 *8 9 6
1 9 .1 0 3
3 .1 1 9
082
1 .1 2 1
1 2 .4 4 2
1 .7 3 9

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS A ---------------MANUFACTURING---------------------- ---NONMANUFACTURING --------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------------

2 .1 8 9
1 .2 9 7
892
337
122

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

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

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

6 .0 7 5
2 .1 3 1
3 .9 4 4
786
201
235
2 .3 3 4
388

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

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS C ---------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUF ACTUR I N G --------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------------WHOLESALE TRAOE ------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------SERVICES --------------------------------

1 0 .5 7 5
3 .6 5 7
6 .9 1 8
1 .5 0 2
288
4 .2 1 4
512

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

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

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS NONMANUFACTURING ---------------FINANCE ---------------------------OFFICE OCCUPATIONS -

200

UOMEN

SECRETARIES -----------------------------------

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

2 2 8 .5 0

SECRETARIES -

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry d ivision

CONTINUED

SECRETARIES. CLASS D --------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------WHOLESALE TRADE -----------RETAIL TRADE -----------------FINANCE --------------------------SERVICES -------------------------

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

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

STENOGRAPHERS ------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------N0NHANUFACTURIN6 -------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------FINANCE ---------------------------

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

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

STENOGRAPHERS. GENERAL ----MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------FINANCE ---------------------------

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

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

STENOGRAPHERS. SENIOR ------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------FINANCE ---------------------------

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

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

NONMANUF ACTURING-------------FINANCE ---------------------------

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

TYPISTS -----------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------RETAIL TRADE -----------------FINANCE --------------------------SERVICES -------------------------

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

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

TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE TYPISTS

TY PI S TS . CLASS A ---------------MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------FINANCE --------------------------SERVICES -------------------------

3 .0 4 9
394
2 .6 5 5
438
1 .9 3 1
165

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

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

TY PIS TS . CLASS B ---------------MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------RETAIL TRADE -----------------FINANCE --------------------------SERVICES -------------------------

665
3 .4 9 5
267
116
2 .8 3 7
251

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

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

See footnotes at end of tables.

27

Number
of
workers

Weekly
Weekly
earnings1
hours1
(standard) (standard)

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

MESSENGERS -------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------NONHANUFACTURING ---------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------FINANCE ---------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------

Average
(mean2)

A vera ge
(m ean 2 )

A v era g e
(m e a n 2 )
Number
of
workers

2 «8 4 1
382
2 .4 5 9
205
140
1 .9 2 3
159

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

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

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

601
531
433

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

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

948
134
814
688

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

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

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

1 .2 9 2
178
1 .1 1 4
8 02

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

857
175
682
464

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

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

1 .4 5 8
307
1 .1 5 1
232
148
432
315

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

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

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

MANUFACTURING ---N0NMANUFACTURIN6
FINANCE ----------MANUFACTURING -------NONHANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S
RETAIL TRADE -----FINANCE --------------SERVICES ------------SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTS-

WOMMANUFACTURIN6
ACCOUNTING CLERKS -----MANUFACTURING -------NONHANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S
RETAIL TRADE -----FINANCE --------------SERVICES ------------ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS A
MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------RETAIL TRADE -----------------FINANCE --------------------------SERVICES --------------------------

126

3 6 .5

1 7 4 .0 0

356
237

3 6 .0
3 6 .0

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

4 .8 5 2
1 .5 3 3
3 .3 1 9
1 .1 6 1
284
1 .3 2 1
492

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

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

2 .0 5 4
724
1 .3 3 0
256
126
735
185

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

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

Table A-10. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sexlarge establishments in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
Average
(mean2)

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry divis io n

Weekly
hours
(standard)

Weekly
earnings1
[standard)

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division

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

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

3 5 .5
3 5 .5

1 7 0 .5 0
1 6 3 .0 0

BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS*
CLASS B -----------------------------------------

3 5 .5

1 6 4 .5 0

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

3 5 .5
3 5 .5

1 9 0 .0 0 COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS ( BUS INE SS) :
MANUFACTURING -----1 8 5 . 50j

586
307

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS --------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------3

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

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

(BUSINESS)

-

3 7 .0

3 1 8 .0 0

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

316
159
157

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

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

89

3 7 .0

3 7 0 .5 0

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

252
119
133

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

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

40G

3 7 .0

3 3 5 .0 0

DRAFTERS. CLASS C -------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------------------

145
131
70

3 6 .5
3 6 .5
3 5 .5

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

71
71

3 8 .0
3 6 .5

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

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------------------

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

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

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

804
225

3 6 .5
3 7 .5

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

4 0 .0

3 2 7 .5 0

80

3 7 .5

3 4 7 .0 0

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS Bnonmanufacturing:
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------------------

1 .7 8 1

PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------

1 .6 6 2

4 0 .0

3 3 2 .0 0

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS)i
class b:
MANUFACTURING -----------------------------

135

3 6 .5

3 0 4 .0 0

385
345
201

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BU S IN E SS ):
MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

169

3 6 .5

3 2 9 .0 0

2 .7 4 4
598
2 .1 4 6
367
69
121
1 .4 7 1
118

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

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

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (B U S IN E SS ).
CLASS a :
MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

101

3 6 .5

3 5 3 .5 0

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (B US INE SS) .
CLASS C -----------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

175
154

3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

COMPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS A
MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ------------FINANCE -----------------------------

1 .1 4 7
277
870
117
656

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

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

DRAFTERS --------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

163
142

3 6 .0
3 5 .5

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

COMPUTER OPERATORS. CLASS B
MANUFACTURING ---------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------FINANCE ----------------------------SERVICES ---------------------------

1 .2 8 2
273
1 .0 0 9
215
67
636
59

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

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

REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NURSES ---------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

381
142
239
54
122

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

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

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINE SS). CLASS C:
MANUFACTURING ------------------

NONMANUFACTURING:
RETAIL TRADE —
SERVICES ----------COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BUSINESS) i
CLASS A --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r in g :

4
t>
8
1
B
2
2

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

1 7 1 .0 0
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BU S IN E SS ).
1 7 3 .0 0
CLASS C ----------------------------------------1 7 0 .5 0
NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------2 0 6 .5 0 ;
FINANCE -------------------------------------1 6 1 .5 0
1 5 4 .5 0 COMPUTER OPERATORS ---1 5 5 .5 0
MANUFACTURING --------

TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS -------NONMANUFACTUR I N 6 -----------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------

9
7
3

3 5 .5
3 5 .5
3 5 .5

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

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BU SINE SS). CLASS A -----------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------

4

3 6 .5

4 2 0 .5 0

3
6

3 7 .0
3 8 .0

3 4 6 .0 0
3 6 3 .5 0

4
6
6
5

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

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

$
63

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS. CLASS B -----MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUF A C TU R I N 6 -----------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------------RETAIL TRADE ---------------------------FINANCE ------------------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------------

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUS INESS):
MANUFACTURING ----------------------------nonmanufacturing:
RETAIL TRADE --------------------------SERVICES -----------------------------------

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

3 9 9 .0 0

4

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN

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

3 6 .0

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

3
5

739
292
447
155

409

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

KEYPUNCH OPERATORS. CLASS A -----MANUFACTURING -----------------------------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 -----------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------

Weekly
Weekly
earnings1
hours*
standard) (standard)

DRAFTERS ---------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUF ACTURING-------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------------------

CONTINUED

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
(BUSINE SS). CLASS B:
MANUFACTURING -----------------nonmanufacturing:
RETAIL TRADE -----------------

Sex, 3 occupation, and industry d ivis ion

Number
of
workers

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - HEN— CONTINUED

O
O

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

SE R V IC E S ---------------------------------------

Weekly
Weekly
earnings1
hours1
standard) (standard)

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - M
EN— CONTINUED
0
0

ACCOUNTING CLERKS* CLASS B --------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING-----------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------FINANCE -------------------------------------SERVICES ------------------------------------

Average
(mean2)

Average
(mean2)
Number
of
workers

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

See footnotes at end of tables.

28

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN

Table A-11. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers—large establishments
in New York, N .Y .-N .J., May 1977
Hourly earnings

Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings of—

s

T
T
s—
6 . 4 0 6 .6 0 6 . 8 0

1 ------- S
1------ *
1 -------1 ------ T ----7 .2 0 7 .6 0 8 .0 0 8 . 4 0 8 . 8 0 9 .2 0 9 .6 0

$
4 .2 0

S
4 .4 0

S
4 .6 0

4 .8 0

S
5 .0 0

S
5 .2 0

5 .4 0

S
5 .6 0

S
5 .8 0

$
6 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

5 .6 0 5 . 8 0

6 .0 0

6 .2 0

6 .4 0

6 .6 0

6 .8 0

7 .2 0

7 .6 0

8 .0 0

8 .4 0

8 .8 0

5
5

-

2
2

1
1

1
1

7
5
2

48
14
34

40
17
23

8
8
-

13
13

29
4
25
-

1

1

2

1

1

1

69
34
35
15
2

43
10
33
22
-

67

2

15
3
12
12
-

67
34
-

31
5
26
6
-

40
11
29
3
24

3
2
1

1
1
-

1
1
-

4
1
3
“
3

63
9
54

40
2
38
-

23
10
13

4
3
1
-

63
31
32
-

4

“

1

“

149
116
33
23
-

67
10
57
27
3

86
28
58
35
-

99
35
64
21
-

6
6
-

-

2
2
-

34
34

20
4
16

1
1

2

23
2
21
14

22
-

$
4 .0 0

Number

Occupation and industry division
Mean 2

Median2

Middle range 2

Under
4 .0 0

%

%

6 .2 0

and

and

u n d er
9 .2 0

9 .6 0

over

79
79
13
66

15
5
10
3
7

16
*1 6

78
33
45
27
11

172
84
88
64
22

27
24
3
2
1

57
21
36
-

12
-

22
18
4

26
6
20
4
14

1
1
1
-

ALL UORKERS
MAINTENANCE CARPENTERS --------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------

553
127
426
114
141

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

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

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

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

2

5

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS ----------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------

955
459
496
199
56

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

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

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

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

2
2

-

-

-

-

MAINTENANCE PAINTERS -----------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUF A C TU RI N6 -------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ---------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

359
96
263
69
56

6 .7 7
7 . CO
6 .6 9
7 .3 5
7 .3 5

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

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

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

-

MAINTENANCE MACHINISTS --------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

693
354

8 .4 7
8 .0 8

8 .9 6
8 .9 2

7 .4 6 6 .9 1 -

8 .9 6
9 .2 7

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS (MACHINERY) MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------

1 .0 9 7
519
578
481

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

6 .9 2
6 .5 8
8 .0 9
8 . 16

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

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

NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------

1 .1 4 0
123
1 1 017
963

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

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

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

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

MAINTENANCE PIPEFITTERS ------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

221
203

7 .4 5
7 .4 4

7 .0 4
7 .0 4

6 .9 0 6 .9 0 -

MAINTENANCE SHEET-METAL UORKERS -----

75

7 .3 3

7 .4 6

MAINTENANCE TRADES HELPERS -------------NONHANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------

257
203
137

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

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

205
205

STATIONARY ENGINEERS -----------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------FINANCE ---------------------------------------

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

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

1

1

-

-

21
21

1
1

21
21

5
5
-

6
6
-

11
11
-

_

_

_

-

-

13
13

-

1
1
-

-

8 .6 0
8 .6 0

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6 .9 0 -

7 .4 6

-

-

-

-

-

6 .1 3
6 .1 3
6 . 14

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

6 .4 6
6 .3 7
6 .7 2

26
~

-

3
-

4
-

7 .3 3
7 .3 3

7 .1 7
7 .1 7

6 .3 7 6 .3 7 -

8 .8 0
8 .8 0

-

_

-

-

-

765
132
633
242
181

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

7 .8 9
8 .2 4
7 .7 8
8 .2 9
7 .7 7

7 .2 4 6 .6 4 7 .4 3 7 .7 9 7 .7 7 -

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

85

6 .4 2

6 .1 0

5 .9 3 -

7 .2 8

W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d as f o llo w s :
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d as f o llo w s :

-

_

4
3
1

-

BOILER TENDERS ----------------------------------- *

*
**

1

2

_

4
4
-

7
4
3

49
31
18

“

10

15
7
8
6
~

25
23
2

28
27
1

11
10
1
1

-

7

3
3
1
2

12
5
7
6
1

42
23
19
17
2

11
11
8
3

42
26
16
16

-

12
12
“

17
17

2
2

3
2

26
26

14
4

83
83

38
38

7
4

6
-

4
-

376
76

119
104

9
3
6
6

79
73
6
4

127
112
15
12

62
46
16
16

36
12
24
7

164
132
32
30

74
54
20
20

46
46
45

178
8
170
133

83
8
75
75

56
3
53
47

86
86
86

-

4
4

4
4

2
2
2

34
34
17

165
23
142
128

144
1
143
143

233
233
233

153
153
153

106
71
35
33

189
189
189

27
27
27

38
38
38

2
2

17
8
9

_

_

-

’

16

9
9
_
_
-

~

1
1
-

26
26
-

1
1

-

1
1

12
8

20
14

62
61

32
32

2

5

-

-

-

69
69

-

-

i
i

-

-

16
16

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

10

19

27

1

-

14

-

-

-

2
1
1

14
14
-

2
1
1

5
5
1

22
21
3

5
5
1

17
17
15

80
80
78

11
11

25
25
23

28
10
10

-

4
4
4

“

-

-

-

-

-

9
9
~

-

-

-

-

-

-

9
9

14
14

17
17

5
5

29
29

25
25

18
18

30
30

29
29

-

-

20
20

-

-

5
5

-

-

4
4

14
14
-

-

14
14
-

8
1
7
-

18
1
17
1

1
1
-

-

-

28
28
-

31
22
9
1

20
2
18
9
2

5
1
4
2

12
10
2
-

26
3
23
17
6

49
49
32
17

169
6
163
32
81

104
23
81
53
27

144
23
121
85
35

12
5
7
1
2

3

”

5

8

15

10

11

“

4

5

6

10

2

4

-

-

-

14

-

-

14
-

1

“

1

-

4 at $ 9.60 to $ 10; 4 at $ 10.40 to $ 10.80; and 8 at $ 10.80 to $ 11.20
11 at $ 9.60 to $ 10; and 4 at $ 10 to $ 10.40.

See footnotes at end of tables.

29

-

-

“

“

-

~
36
60
19 * * 1 5
17
45
7
4
1
8
~

~

Table A-12. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers—large establishments
in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977
Hourly earnings 4

Occupation and industry division

Number
of
workers

Number of w o r k e r s r e ce iv in g st rai gh t- ti me hourly earnings of—
*

*

*

*

$

2. 30 2 .4 0 2.5 0 2 .6 0 2 .6 0
Mean2

Median2

Middle range 2

and
under

$

J

*

3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3.40

$

$

3 .6 0 3 .8 0

4.00

5 .0 0 5 .4 0 5 .8 0 6 .2 0 6 .6 0 7 .0 0 7 .4 0 7 .8 0 8 .2 0 8.6 0

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

5 . 4 0 5 .8 0 6 . 2 0 6 .6 0 7 .0 0 7 .4 0 7 . 8 0 8 .2 0 8 .6 0 o ve r

_

-

2.40 2 .5 0 2.6 0 2 .8 0

3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3 .4 0 3.6 0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

and

ALL U0RKERS

4 >066
3 .0 4 8
2 .4 5 8

$
7 .1 6
7 .0 6
7 . 15

7 .7 0
7 .7 0

$
6 .5 9 6 .3 4 6 .4 5 -

$
7 .7 0
7 .7 0
7 .7 0

TRUCKDRIVERS. LI6HT TRUCK —
NONHANUFACTURING ----------

279
258

6 .0 2
5 .9 9

6 . 34
6 .3 4

5 .6 1 5 .7 5 -

1 .8 1 9
256
1 .5 6 3

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

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

TRUCKDRIVERS. MEDIUM TRUCK MANUFACTURING ------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------

CM
>o

TRUCKDRIVERS ----------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------PUBLIC UTILITIES --------

179
166
32

251
213
202

208
186
166

382
328
313

209
195
83

329
252
2 08

1880
1225
1112

346
346
325

168
37
-

49
49
-

6 .3 4
6 .3 4

29
23

12
10

28
28

129
129

9
9

14
14

17
6

1
1

3
3

1
1

7 .1 3 7 .2 6 7 .1 1 -

7 .7 0
6 .5 5
7 .7 0

107
6
101

111
20
91

27
7
20

93
14
79

99

135
76
59

1114
1114

-

31
24

-

99

_

_

131
131

-

-

-

TRUCKDRIWERSt HEAVY TRUCK
( T RAILER)- * - ------------ ->

523

7 .6 6

7 .9 5

7 .5 4 -

7 .9 5

2

1

5

10

34

14

2

109

334

12

-

SHIPPING CLERKS -------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------RETAIL TRA0E ------------

195
103
91

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

5 .3 1
6 .7 0
6 .7 0

4 .0 5 5 .4 2 5 .4 9 -

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

12

12
8
8

9
4
4

9
8
8

37
37
30

4
4
4

7
7
7

9
9
9

-

_

3
3

14
7
5

-

-

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

380
155
225
204

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

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

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

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

71
33
38
37

42
9
33
27

27
4
23
19

21
7
14
10

9
9
7

15
2
13
12

77
69
8
8

10
10
10

15
4
11
11

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS

97

5 . 17

5 .2 5

4 .4 9 -

5 .5 7

13

5

37

-

-

-

1

7

WAREHOUSEMEN -----------------

515

5 .9 6

5 .9 8

5 .8 3 -

6 .5 4

24

12

15

182

93

6

75

30

ORDER FILLERS ---------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------

767
660

6 .2 3
6 .6 0

6 .3 1
6 .7 8

6 .1 3 6 .3 1 -

6 .9 1
6 .9 1

64

39

9
2

12
7

58
57

203
202

244
244

54
54

49
49

SHIPPING PACKERS ------------MANUFACTURING ------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------RETAIL TRADE ------------

7 02
468
234
205

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

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

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

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

105
87
18
18

141
121
20
20

16

_

_

~

138
138
-

-

-

-

-

16
11

10
1
9
2

-

-

-

36

77
30
47
30

-

-

-

-

MATERIAL HANDLING LABORERS —
MANUFACTURING ------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------RETAIL TRADE ------------

2 .4 3 6
805
1 .6 3 1
720

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

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

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

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

134
49
85
52

170
56
114
102

260
179
81
68

13
13
13

194
56
138
24

3 05
63
242
10

632
116
516
20

FORKLIFT OPERATORS ----------MANUFACTURING- ---------NONMANUFACTURING ----------

777
595
182

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

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

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

7 .0 7
7 .0 7
7 .0 7

103
95
8

148
125
23

64
61
3

82

2 00
176
24

GUARDS AND WATCHMEN --------MANUFACTURING ------------NONHANUFACTURING --------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------RETAIL TRADE -----------FINANCE ----------------SERVICES ----------------

8 .6 5 3
642
8 .0 1 1
152
575
2 .5 4 5
4 .7 1 2

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

3 .2 0
5 .6 0
3 . 10
5 .9 9
3 .5 0
5 .1 1
2 .4 8

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

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

806
160
646
18
7
541
78

345
69
276
33
6
236
-

188
42
146
14
3
119
-

123
93
30
-

30
4
26
24

13
1
12

11

6
5
11
10

13
36
36

54
14
40
40

42
12
30
30
1

1

22

22

54
3
51
51

1
13
13

47
13
34
34

39
3
36
35

54

4
4

3
3

3
3

430
10
420

133
16
117

10
44
43

192
104
88
87

179

3

3

2

2

43
42

31
9

22
18

909

2 11
7
204

1644
1644

354 1005
10
17

7
160

180

332

See footnotes at end of tables.

30

888

106
4
310

58
34
25

91
1
43
35

12

112
9
103

77
74

1

1
909

102

200
4
196

1

6
3
3

560
24
5 36

57 5
36
539
16
26
399
98

638
96
542
15
22
479
25

6
80
116

53
433
44

-

-

82
104
13
91
49
7
34
-

-

2
2

-

-

3

-

-

1

-

-

_

-

-

_
-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22

14

_

_

-

-

-

_

22

14

-

-

41
27
14
-

9
1
8
-

2
2

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

18

14

8

—

—

—

—

_

Table A-12. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers—large establishments
in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977— Continued
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f—

Hourly earnings *

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

of
workers

$
2 .3 0
Mean 2

Median2

Middle range c

$
2 .4 0

$
2 .5 0

$
2 .6 0

$
2 .8 0

$
3 .0 0

$
3 .2 0

$
3 .4 0

*
3 .6 0

$
3 .8 0

$
4 .0 0

$
4 .2 0

$
4 .6 0

$
5 .0 0

$
5 .4 0

$
5 .8 0

$
*
6 . 20 6 .6 0

$
7 . 00

$
7 .4 0

$
7 .8 0

-

and
u n d er
2 .4 0

$
8 .2 0

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2 .8 0

86
5
81
~
4
77

95
8
87

184
10
174
39
1
134

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

17

10

16

6

3

196
33
163
33
3
127

240
32
208

192
12
180
56
54
70

144
17
127
27
60
31
9

123
38
85

61
10
135

132
26
106
2
49
17
37

4 .2 0

4 .6 0

4

21

6 .2 0

6 .6 0

5 .0 0

5 .4 0

5 .8 0

27

33

158

62

42

920 3 4 1 7 1 4 1 0 5
334
34
120
586 3 3 8 3 1 3 9 8 5
27
674
324
88
36
19
320
428
303
151 2 2 4 4 1 3 3 1 3

575
242
333
104
7
166
56

101
5
96
88
3
3
2

7 . 40

7 .8 0

13

92
127
19
108
99
9

8
8
-

8 .2 0

2

328
207
121
86
8
9

7 .0 0

$
8 .6 0
and

8 .6 0

over

ALL UORKERS—
CONTINUED
6UARDS AND UATCHHEN— CONTINUED
6UAR0S:
MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------

513

$
5 .6 2

$
5 .6 0

$
5 .1 8 -

$
6 .3 7

JANITORS. PORTERS. AND CLEANERS ----- 2 2 .8 7 7
MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------1 .3 6 3
NONMANUF A C T U R I N 6 ----------------------------- 2 1 .5 1 4
1 .4 9 9
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ------------------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------------------934
FINANCE -----------------------------------------2 .2 8 0
SERVICES ---------------------------------------- 1 6 .7 5 2

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

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

5 .3 2 4 .4 9 5 .3 2 5 .3 5 3 .4 6 4 .4 5 5 .5 3 -

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

7

“
29
29
3
26

22
65

See footnotes at end of tables.

31

60
17
8

554 1321
198
15
539 1123
62
6
232
145
135
783
45
253

-

“
-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

-

Table A-13. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, powerplant, material movement
and custodial workers, by sex—large establishments in New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1977
Sex,

o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

Average
(mean2)
hourly
earnings4

MAINTENANCES TOOLROOMS AND
POWERPLANT OCCUPATIONS - MEN

S ex,

o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number Average
(mean2)
of
hourly
workers
earnings4

MAINTENANCES TOOLROOMS AND
POUERPLANT OCCUPATIONS HEN — CONTINUED

MAINTENANCE CARPENTERS --------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUF A C TU R I N 6 -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------

553
127
426
114
141

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS ----------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------

955
459
496
199
56

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

MAINTENANCE PAINTERS -----------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ---------------------FINANCE --------------------------------------

359
96
263
69
56

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

TRUCKDRIVERS ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ------------

4 * 047
3 * 029
2 .4 4 5

MAINTENANCE MACHINISTS --------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

693
354

8 .4 7
8 .0 8

TRUCKDRIVERSs LIGHT TRUCK NONMANUFACTURING ----------------

265
244

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS (MACHINERY) MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------

1 .0 9 7
519
578
481

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

TRUCKDRIVERSs MEDIUM TRUCK
MANUFACTURING --------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------

1 .8 1 4
256
1 .5 5 8

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS
(MOTOR VEHICLES) -----------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------

1 .1 4 0
123
1 .0 1 7
963

MAINTENANCE PIPEFITTERS ------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------

221
203

MAINTENANCE SHEET-METAL UORKERS -----

75

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

Average
(mean2)
hourly
earnings4

762
132
630
24 2
178

BOILER TENDERS ----------------------------

85

574
403
171

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

NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------RETAIL TRADE ------------------------------

2 .3 8 9
805
1 .5 8 4
673

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

FORKLIFT OPERATORS ---------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

STATIONARY ENGINEERS ----------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S --------------FINANCE -------------------------------

777
595
182

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

GUARDS ANO WATCHMEN -------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S — ------------------RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------6 .0 1
FINANCE --------------------------------------5 .9 8
SERVICES -------------------------------------

8 .2 6 8
625
7 .6 4 3
140
538
2 .3 8 7
4 .5 5 2

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

$
SHIPPING PACKERS ------------------------------- :
7 .7 1
MANUFACTURING ------------------------------7 .9 9
NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------7 .6 5
8 . 0 7 MATERIAL HANDLING LABORERS -------------8 .0 2
MANUFACTURING ------------------------------6 • 42

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN

523

SHIPPING CLERKS ----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------RETAIL TRADE --------------------

189
99
88

7 . 4 5 RECEIVING CLERKS --------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------7 .4 4
NONMANUFACTURING ---------------RETAIL TRADE -------------------7 .3 3

350
154
196
175

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS

93

MAINTENANCE TRADES HELPERS -------------N0NMANUFACTURIN6 -------------------------PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -----------------------

256
202
136

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

WAREHOUSEMEN ----------------------------

512

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

205
205

7 .3 3
7 .3 3

ORDER FILLERS --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------

649
570

S e e fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le s

Number
of
woikers

material movememt and custodial
OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED

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

TRUCKDRIVERSs HEAVY TRUCK
(TRAILER) ----------------------------

S e x , 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

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

7 .3 0
7 .6 3
7 .2 4

gu a rd s:

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

497

5 .6 2

JANITORSs PORTERSs ANO CLEANERS----- 1 1 .7 0 9
MANUFACTURING ------------------------------1 .2 1 6
7 .6 6
nonmanufacturing:
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S ----------------------1 .3 5 3
5 .3 8
RETAIL TRADE -----------------------------815
6 .2 4
FINANCE --------------------------------------1 .2 7 4

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

5 .6 9
5 .9 9
5 .4 5
5 .4 5

128

4 .4 5

147

4 .7 7

146
119
995

5 .1 1
3 .8 5
4 .5 5

6 .2 6

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - WOMEN
SHIPPING PACKERS ----------------------------

JANITORS. PORTERS. AND CLEANERS:
MANUFACTURING ----------------------------5 .9 6
nonmanufacturing:
PUBLIC U T IL I T IE S -------------------6 .3 9
RETAIL TRADE --------------------------6 .7 3
FINANCE -----------------------------------5 .2 7

Footnotes

1
S tan d ard hou rs 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 iv e
3 E a r n in g s data r e la t e o n ly to w o r k e r s w h ose s e x id e n tific a tio n was
t h e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a la r ie s
(e x c lu s iv e o f pay f o r o v e r t im e at
p r o v id e d b y th e e s ta b lis h m e n t.
r e g u la r an d / o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ), and th e e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th e s e
4 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and f o r w o rk on w e e k e n d s ,
w e e k ly h o u rs.
h o lid a y s , and la te s h ifts .
4
T h e m ea n is c om p u ted f o r e a c h jo b b y to ta lin g th e e a r n in g s o f a ll
5 E s tim a te s f o r p e r io d s en d in g p r i o r to 1976 r e la t e to m en on ly f o r
w o r k e r s and d iv id in g b y th e n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s .
T h e m e d ia n d e s ig n a te s
s k ille d m a in te n a n c e and u n s k ille d p lan t w o r k e r s . A l l o th e r e s tim a te s r e la te
p o s itio n — h a lf o f th e w o r k e r s r e c e i v e th e s a m e o r m o r e and h a lf r e c e iv e
to m e n and w o m e n .
6 D ata do not m e e t p u b lic a tio n c r i t e r i a o r data not a v a ila b le .
th e s a m e o r le s s than th e r a te show n. T h e m id d le ra n g e is d e fin e d b y tw o
r a te s o f pay: a fo u r th o f th e w o r k e r s e a r n th e s a m e o r le s s than th e lo w e r
o f th e s e r a te s and a fo u r th e a r n the s a m e o r m o r e than th e h ig h e r r a te .

33

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

C a r p e n te r s
E le c t r ic ia n s
P a in t e r s
M a c h in is ts
M e c h a n ic s (m a c h in e r y )
M e c h a n ic s (m o to r v e h ic le )
P ip e f it t e r s
T o o l and d ie m a k e r s

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

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

U n s k ille d p lan t

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

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

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

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

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

a r e a s in the p r o g r a m a r e

com p u ted

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

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

3.

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

4.

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

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

O f f ic e c l e r i c a l — C on tin u ed

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

P e r c e n t c h a n ges f o r in d iv i
as f o llo w s :

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

Appendix table 1. Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied
in New York, N.Y.—N .J.,‘ May 1977
In d u s tr y d iv is io n 2

M in im u m
e m p lo y m e n t
in e s t a b lis h m e n ts in s c o p e
o f stu d y

W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts

N u m b e r o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts

W ith in s c o p e o f stu d y 4
W ith in s c o p e
o f stu d y 3

S tu d ied

4.6 84

S tu d ied
N u m ber

P ercen t

ALL ESTABLISHMENTS

_

701 (

1s 4 4 1 s640

100

68 9 .2 27

100

1.211
3s473

178
523

360 s 211
1 s 08 1s429

25
75

13 1. 414
55 7 .8 1 3

100
50
100
50
50

250
899
329
800
1 s 195

84
98
88
90
163

210 s 475
123 s481
161.019
350.497
235.957

15
9
11
24
16

17 9. 615
30.153
1 0 4 .3 30
176 .827
66 .8 8 8

ALL DIVISIONS ------------------------------------------------------

_

493

253 ,

,80 5.854

100

6 0 4 .4 96

MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------------------TRANSPORTATIONS COMMUNICATIONS AND
OTHER PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 5 -----------------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------------------------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------------------------------FINANCES INSURANCES AND REAL ESTATE6 ----------SERVICES7 ------------------------------------------------------------

500

141
352

69
184

164.500
64 1. 354

20
80

10 7. 806
4 9 6 .6 90

500
500
500
500
500

45
19
67
133
88

43
16
45
42
38

172.910
17.918
114.559
249.665
86.302

21
2
14
31
11

17 1. 610
15 .8 23
95 .8 77
16 7. 502
45 .8 78

ALL DIVISIONS ------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------------------------TRANSPORTATIONS COMMUNICATIONS AND
OTHER PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 5 --------------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE ---------------------------------------------------RETAIL TRADE ----------------------------------------------------FINANCES INSURANCES AND REAL ESTATE6 ------------SERVICES7 -----------------------------------------------------------------LAR6E ESTABLISHMENTS

1 T h e N e w Y o r k S ta n d a rd M e t r o p o lit a n S t a t is t ic a l A r e a , a s d e fin e d b y the
O f f i c e o f M a n a g e m e n t and B u d g e t th ro u g h F e b r u a r y 1974, c o n s is ts o f B ro n x , K in g s ,
N e w Y o r k , P u tn a m , Q u een s, R ic h m o n d , R o c k la n d , and W e s t c h e s t e r C o u n tie s , N . Y . ;
and B e r g e n C o u n ty , N .J .
T h e " w o r k e r s w ith in s c o p e o f s tu d y " e s t im a t e s show n in
th is ta b le p r o v id e a r e a s o n a b ly a c c u r a t e d e s c r ip t io n o f th e s iz e and c o m p o s it io n o f
th e l a b o r f o r c e in c lu d e d in the s u r v e y . E s t im a t e s a r e n o t in ten d ed , h o w e v e r , f o r
c o m p a r is o n w ith o t h e r e m p lo y m e n t in d e x e s to m e a s u r e e m p lo y m e n t tr e n d s o r l e v e l s
s in c e (1 ) p la n n in g o f w a g e s u r v e y s r e q u ir e s e s t a b lis h m e n t data c o m p ile d c o n s i d e r ­
a b ly in a d v a n c e o f th e p a y r o l l p e r io d stu d ie d , and (2 ) s m a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts a r e
e x c lu d e d f r o m the s c o p e o f the s u r v e y .
2 T h e 1972 e d itio n o f th e S ta n d a rd I n d u s t r ia l C la s s if ic a t io n M a n u a l w a s u s e d
in c la s s if y in g e s ta b lis h m e n ts b y in d u s t r y d iv is io n . H o w e v e r , a l l g o v e r n m e n t o p e r ­
a tio n s a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m the s c o p e o f the s u r v e y .
3 In c lu d e s a l l e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith t o t a l e m p lo y m e n t a t o r a b o v e th e m in im u m
lim it a t io n . A l l o u tle ts (w ith in th e a r e a ) o f c o m p a n ie s in in d u s tr ie s such a s t r a d e ,

fin a n c e , au to r e p a ir s e r v i c e , and m o t io 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 as 1
e s ta b lis h m e n t.
4 In c lu d e s a l l w o r k e r s in a l l e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith t o t a l e m p lo y m e n t (w ith in
th e a r e a ) a t o r a b o v e th e m in im u m lim it a t io n .
5 A b b r e v ia t e d to " p u b lic u t i l i t i e s " in the A - s e r i e s ta b le s . T a x ic a b s and s e r ­
v i c e s in c id e n ta l to w a t e r tr a n s p o r t a t io n a r e e x c lu d e d . T h e g o v e r n m e n t a lly o p e r a te d
p o r t io n o f N e w Y o r k 's t r a n s it s y s t e m is e x c lu d e d b y d e fin it io n f r o m th e s c o p e o f
the stu dy.
6 A b b r e v ia t e d to " f in a n c e " in th e A - s e r i e s ta b le s .
7 H o t e ls and m o t e ls ; la u n d r ie s and o t h e r p e r s o n a l s e r v i c e s ; b u s in e s s s e r ­
v i c e s ; a u to m o b ile r e p a ir , r e n ta l, and p a r k in g ; m o tio n p ic t u r e s ; n o n p r o fit m e m b e r ­
sh ip o r g a n iz a t io n s (e x c lu d in g r e lig io u s and c h a r it a b le o r g a n iz a t io n s ); and e n g in e e r in g
and a r c h it e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s .

36

Appendix B.
Occupational
Descriptions
T h e p r i m a r y p u rp o s e o f p r e p a r in g jo b d e s c r ip tio n s f o r the B u ­
r e a u 's w a g e s u r v e y s is to a s s is t its f ie ld s ta ff in c la s s ify in g in to a p p r o ­
p r ia t e o c c u p a tio n s w o r k e r s w h o a r e e m p lo y e d u n d e r a v a r ie t y o f p a y r o ll
t it le s and d iffe r e n t w o rk a r r a n g e m e n ts f r o m e s ta b lis h m e n t to e s t a b lis h ­
m e n t and f r o m a r e a to a r e a . T h is p e r m it s the g ro u p in g o f o c c u p a tio n a l
w a g e r a te s r e p r e s e n tin g c o m p a r a b le jo b con ten t. B e c a u s e o f th is e m p h a ­
s is on in t e r e s ta b lis h m e n t and in t e r a r e a c o m p a r a b ilit y o f o c c u p a tio n a l
co n te n t, the B u re a u 's jo b d e s c r ip tio n s m a y d i f f e r s ig n ific a n tly f r o m th o s e
in u s e in in d iv id u a l e s ta b lis h m e n ts o r th o s e p r e p a r e d fo r o th e r p u r p o s e s .
In a p p ly in g th e s e jo b d e s c r ip tio n s , the B u re a u 's f ie ld e c o n o m is ts a r e
in s tr u c te d to e x c lu d e w o r k in g s u p e r v is o r s ', a p p r e n tic e s ; le a r n e r s ; b e g in ­
n e r s ; and p a r t - t im e , te m p o r a r y , and p r o b a tio n a r y w o r k e r s . H a n d ic a p p e d
w o r k e r s w h o s e e a r n in g s a r e re d u c e d b e ca u s e o f t h e ir h a n d ica p a r e a ls o
e x c lu d e d .
T r a in e e s a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m the s u r v e y e x c e p t f o r th o s e r e ­
c e iv in g o n - th e - jo b tr a in in g in s o m e o f the lo w e r l e v e l p r o fe s s io n a l and
te c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s .

Office
SECRETARY

SE C R E T A R Y — C ont inue d

A s s ig n e d as p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y , n o r m a lly to one in d iv id u a l. M a in ­
ta in s a c lo s e and h ig h ly r e s p o n s iv e r e la tio n s h ip to the d a y - t o - d a y w o r k o f the
s u p e r v is o r .
W o r k s f a i r l y in d e p e n d e n tly r e c e iv in g a m in im u m o f d e ta ile d
s u p e r v is io n and g u id a n c e . P e r f o r m s v a r ie d c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r ia l d u tie s ,
u s u a lly in c lu d in g m o s t o f the f o llo w in g :

M a y a ls 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 task s o f c o m p a ra b le
n a tu re and d iffic u lt y . T h e w o r k t y p ic a lly r e q u ir e s k n o w le d g e o f o f f ic e rou tin e
and u n d e rs ta n d in g o f the o r g a n iz a tio n , p r o g r a m s , and p r o c e d u r e s r e la te d to
the w o r k o f the s u p e r v is o r .

E x c lu s io n s
a . R e c e iv e s te le p h o n e c a lls , p e r s o n a l c a lle r s , and in c o m in g m a il,
a n s w e r s ro u tin e in q u ir ie s , and ro u te s te c h n ic a l in q u ir ie s to the p r o p e r
p erso n s;
b.
c.
in s tr u c te d ;

E s ta b lis h e s ,

m a in ta in s ,

and r e v is e s the s u p e r v is o r 's f i l e s ;

M a in ta in s the s u p e r v is o r 's

c a le n d a r and m a k e s a p p oin tm en ts as

N o t a l l p o s itio n s that a r e tit le d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s the a b o v e c h a r ­
a c t e r is t ic s . E x a m p le s o f p o s itio n s w h ich a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m the d e fin itio n a r e
as fo llo w s :
a. P o s itio n s w h ich
d e s c r ib e d a b o v e ;
b.

d.

R e la y s m e s s a g e s f r o m

s u p e r v is o r to s u b o rd in a te s ;

e . R e v ie w s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , m e m o r a n d a , and r e p o r t s p r e p a r e d b y
o th e r s f o r th e s u p e r v is o r 's s ig n a tu r e to a s s u r e p r o c e d u r a l and ty p o g ra p h ic
accu racy;
f.

P e rfo r m s

s te n o g r a p h ic and ty p in g w o rk .

s io n a l,

do n o t m e e t

the " p e r s o n a l" s e c r e t a r y

c o n ce p t

S te n o g ra p h e rs n o t f u lly tr a in e d in s e c r e t a r ia l- t y p e d u tie s ;

c . S te n o g ra p h e rs s e r v in g as o f f ic e a s s is ta n ts to a g ro u p o f p r o f e s ­
te c h n ic a l, o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n s ;

d. S e c r e t a r y p o s itio n s in w h ich th e d u ties a r e e ith e r s u b s ta n tia lly
m o r e ro u tin e o r s u b s ta n tia lly m o r e c o m p le x and r e s p o n s ib le that th o s e c h a r ­
a c t e r iz e d in the d e fin itio n ;

•SECRETARY— Continued

S E C R E T A R Y — Continued
C la s s C

E x c lu s io n s — C on tin u ed

e.
A s s is t a n t - t y p e p o s itio n s w h ich in v o lv e m o r e d iffic u lt o r m o r e
1. S e c r e t a r y to an e x e c u tiv e o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n w h o s e r e s p o n ­
r e s p o n s ib le te c h n ic a l, a d m in is t r a t iv e , s u p e r v is o r y , o r s p e c ia liz e d c l e r i c a l
s ib ilit y is not e q u iv a le n t to one o f the s p e c ific l e v e l s itu a tio n s in the d e fin itio n
d u tie s w h ich a r e not t y p ic a l o f s e c r e t a r ia l w o rk .
f o r c la s s B , but w h o s e o r g a n iz a tio n a l unit n o r m a lly n u m b e rs at le a s t s e v e r a l
d o z e n e m p lo y e e s and is u s u a lly d iv id e d in to o r g a n iz a tio n a l s e g m e n ts w h ich a r e
o fte n , in tu rn , fu r th e r s u b d ivid e d .
In som e c o m p a n ie s , th is l e v e l in c lu d e s a
N O TE:
T h e t e r m " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r , " u sed in the l e v e l d e fin itio n s
w id e r a n g e o f o r g a n iz a tio n a l e c h e lo n s ; in o t h e r s , o n ly one o r tw o ; o r
fo llo w in g ^ r e f e r s to th o s e o f f ic ia ls w ho h a ve a s ig n ific a n t c o r p o r a te w id e
p o lic y m a k in g r o le w ith r e g a r d to m a jo r c o m p a n y a c t iv it ie s .
T h e t it le " v ic e
2. S e c r e t a r y to th e head o f an in d iv id u a l p lan t, fa c t o r y , e tc . (o r
p r e s id e n t, " though n o r m a lly in d ic a tiv e o f th is r o l e , d o e s n ot in a ll c a s e s
o th e r e q u iv a le n t l e v e l o f o f f i c i a l ) th at e m p lo y s , in a ll, f e w e r than 5 ,00 0
id e n t ify such p o s itio n s '.
V ic e p r e s id e n ts w h o s e p r im a r y r e s p o n s ib ilit y is to
p erso n s.
a c t p e r s o n a lly on in d iv id u a l c a s e s o r tr a n s a c tio n s (e . g . , a p p ro v e o r deny
in d iv id u a l loan o r c r e d it a c tio n s ; a d m in is te r in d iv id u a l tr u s t ac c o u n ts ; d ir e c t ly
C la s s D
s u p e r v is e a c l e r i c a l s ta ff) a r e not c o n s id e r e d to be " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r s " f o r
1. S e c r e t a r y to th e s u p e r v is o r o r head o f a s m a ll o r g a n iz a tio n a l unit
p u rp o s e s o f a p p ly in g the fo llo w in g l e v e l d e fin it io n s .
(e . g . , f e w e r than about 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s ); £ £
C la s s A
1. S e c r e t a r y to th e c h a ir m a n o f the b o a rd o r p r e s id e n t o f a c o m p a n y
that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 100 but f e w e r than 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r

2. S e c r e t a r y to a non s u p e r v is o r y s t a f f s p e c ia lis t , p r o fe s s io n a l
e m p lo y e e , a d m in is tr a tiv e o f f i c e r , o r a s s is ta n t, s k ille d te c h n ic ia n , o r e x p e r t .
(N O T E :
M a n y c o m p a n ie s a s s ig n s te n o g r a p h e r s , r a th e r than s e c r e t a r ie s as
d e s c r ib e d a b o v e , to th is l e v e l o f s u p e r v is o r y o r n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r .)
STENO G RAPH ER

2. S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a t e o ffic e r , (o t h e r than the c h a ir m a n o f the
b o a rd o r p r e s id e n t) o f a co m p a n y th at e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5, 000 but f e w e r
than 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
3. S e c r e t a r y to the h ea d , im m e d ia t e ly b e lo w the c o r p o r a t e o f f ic e r
l e v e l , o f a m a jo r s e g m e n t o r s u b s id ia r y o f a c o m p a n y that e m p lo y s , in a ll,
o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

C la s s B

P r i m a r y duty is to ta k e d ic ta tio n u sin g s h o rth an d , and to t r a n s c r ib e
th e d ic ta tio n .
M a y a ls o ty p e f r o m w r itte n c o p y .
M a y o p e r a te f r o m a s te n o ­
g ra p h ic p o o l.
M a y o c c a s io n a lly t r a n s c r ib e f r o m v o ic e r e c o r d in g s ( i f p r im a r y
duty is t r a n s c r ib in g f r o m r e c o r d in g s , s e e T r a n s c r ib in g - M a c h in e T y p is t ).
N O T E : T h is jo b is d is tin g u is h e d f r o m th at o f a s e c r e t a r y in that a
s e c r e t a r y n o r m a lly w o r k s in a c o n fid e n t ia l r e la tio n s h ip w ith o n ly one m a n a g e r
o r e x e c u tiv e and p e r f o r m s m o r e r e s p o n s ib le and d is c r e t io n a r y ta s k s as
d e s c r ib e d in th e s e c r e t a r y jo b d e fin itio n .

1. S e c r e t a r y to th e c h a ir m a n o f th e b o a rd o r p r e s id e n t o f a co m p a n y
th at e m p lo y s , in a l l , f e w e r than 100 p e r s o n s ; o r
2. S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r (o th e r than th e c h a ir m a n o f the
b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t ) o f a c o m p a n y that e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 100 but f e w e r
than 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
3. S e c r e t a r y to th e h ead , im m e d ia t e ly b e lo w th e o f f ic e r l e v e l , o v e r
e ith e r a m a jo r c o r p o r a tio n w id e fu n c tio n a l a c t iv it y ( e . g . , m a r k e tin g , r e s e a r c h ,
o p e r a tio n s , in d u s tr ia l r e la t io n s , e t c .) o£ a m a jo r g e o g r a p h ic o r o r g a n iz a tio 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 rte r s ; a m a jo r d iv is io n ) o f a com p a n y that
e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 but f e w e r than 2 5 ,0 0 0 e m p lo y e e s ; o r
4. S e c r e t a r y to th e head o f an in d iv id u a l p lan t, f a c t o r y , e tc . (o r
o th e r e q u iv a le n t l e v e l o f o f f i c i a l ) th at e m p lo y s , in a ll, o v e r 5, 000 p e r s o n s ; o r
5. S e c r e t a r y to th e head o f a la r g e and im p o rta n t o r g a n iz a tio n a l
s e g m e n t (e . g . , a m id d le m a n a g e m e n t s u p e r v is o r o f an o r g a n iz a tio n a l s e g m e n t
o fte n in v o lv in g as m a n y as s e v e r a l hu ndred p e r s o n s ) o r a co m p a n y that
e m p lo y s , in a l l , o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s .

S te n o g ra p h e r, G e n e r a l

keep

D ic ta tio n in v o lv e s a n o r m a l ro u tin e v o c a b u la r y .
M a y m a in ta in f i l e s ,
s im p le r e c o r d s , o r p e r f o r m o th e r r e l a t i v e l y ro u tin e c l e r i c a l ta s k s .
S te n o g ra p h e r, S e n io r

D ic ta tio n in v o lv e s a v a r i e d t e c h n ic a l d r s p e c ia liz e d v o c a b u la r y such
as in le g a l b r ie f s o r r e p o r t s on s c ie n t ific r e s e a r c h .
M a y a ls o set up and
m a in ta in f i l e s , k e e p r e c o r d s , e tc .
OR
P e r f o r m s s te n o g r a p h ic d u tie s r e q u ir in g s ig n ific a n tly g r e a t e r in d e ­
p e n d en ce and r e s p o n s ib ilit y than s te n o g r a p h e r , g e n e r a l, as e v id e n c e d by the
fo llo w in g :
W o rk r e q u ir e s a h igh d e g r e e o f s te n o g r a p h ic s p ee d and a c c u r a c y ;
a th orou g h w o r k in g k n o w le d g e o f g e n e r a l b u s in e s s and o f f i c e p r o c e d u r e ; and
o f the s p e c ific b u s in e s s o p e r a tio n s , o r g a n iz a tio n , p o l i c i e s , p r o c e d u r e s , f i l e s ,
w o r k flo w , e tc .
U s e s th is k n o w le d g e in p e r fo r m in g s te n o g ra p h ic d u tie s and
r e s p o n s ib le c l e r i c a l ta s k s such as m a in ta in in g fo llo w u p f i l e s ; a s s e m b lin g
m a t e r ia l f o r r e p o r t s , m e m o r a n d a , and l e t t e r s ; c o m p o s in g s im p le l e t t e r s
f r o m g e n e r a l in s tr u c tio n s ; r e a d in g and ro u tin g in c o m in g m a il; and a n s w e r in g
ro u tin e q u e s tio n s , e tc .

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

M ESSENGER

P r i m a r y duty is to tr a n s c r ib e d ic ta tio n in v o lv in g a n o r m a l rou tin e
v o c a b u la r y f r o m t r a n s c r ib in g - m a c h in e r e c o r d s . M a y a ls o typ e f r o m w r itte n
c o p y and do s im p le c l e r i c a l w o r k . W o r k e r s tr a n s c r ib in g d ic ta tio n in v o lv in g
a v a r ie d te c h n ic a l o r s p e c ia liz e d v o c a b u la r y such as le g a l b r ie f s o r r e p o r ts
on s c ie n t ific r e s e a r c h a r e n ot in c lu d e d .
A w o r k e r who ta k e s d ic ta tio n in
sh orth an d o r b y S ten oty p e o r s im ila r m a c h in e is c la s s ifie d as a s te n o g r a p h e r .

P e r f o r m s v a r io u s rou tin e d u ties such as running e r r a n d s , o p e r a tin g
m in o r o f f ic e m a c h in e s such as s e a le r s o r m a i l e r s , op enin g and d is trib u tin g
m a il, and o th e r m in o r c l e r i c a l w o r k . E x c lu d e p o s itio n s that r e q u ir e o p e r a tio n
o f a m o to r v e h ic le as a s ig n ific a n t duty.

T Y P IS T
U s e s a t y p e w r it e r to m ak e c o p ie s o f v a r io u s m a t e r ia ls o r to m ak e
out b ills a ft e r c a lc u la tio n s h a v e b een m a d e b y a n o th er p e r s o n . M a y in c lu d e
ty p in g o f s t e n c ils , m a ts , o r s im ila r m a t e r ia ls f o r use in d u p lic a tin g p r o c ­
esses.
M a y do c l e r i c a l w o r k in v o lv in g l i t t le s p e c ia l tr a in in g , such as
k e e p in g s im p le r e c o r d s , f ilin g r e c o r d s and r e p o r t s , o r s o r tin g and d is trib u tin g
in c o m in g m a il.
C la s s A .
P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e o f the f o llo w in g ;
T y p in g m a t e r ia l
in fin a l f o r m w hen i t in v o lv e s c o m b in in g m a t e r ia l f r o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s ; o r
r e s p o n s ib ilit y f o r c o r r e c t s p e llin g , s y lla b ic a t io n , punctu ation , e tc ., o f t e c h ­
n ic a l o r unusual w o rd s o r f o r e ig n la n gu a ge m a t e r ia l; o r p lan n in g la y o u t and
ty p in g o f c o m p lic a te d s t a t is t ic a l ta b le s to m a in ta in u n ifo r m it y and b a la n c e in
s p a c in g . M a y ty p e rou tin e f o r m le t t e r s , v a r y in g d e ta ils to su it c ir c u m s ta n c e s .
C la s s B.
P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g : C o p y ty p in g f r o m
rou gh o r c l e a r d r a ft s ; o r rou tin e ty p in g o f fo r m s , in s u ra n c e p o lic ie s , e tc .;
o r s e ttin g up s im p le stan d a rd ta b u la tio n s ; o r c o p y in g m o r e c o m p le x ta b le s
a lr e a d y s e t up and sp a ced p r o p e r ly .

F IL E C L E R K
F i l e s , c l a s s i f ie s , and r e t r i e v e s m a t e r ia l in an e s ta b lis h e d f ilin g
s y s te m . M a y p e r f o r m c l e r i c a l and m an u a l ta s k s r e q u ir e d to m a in ta in f i l e s .
P o s it io n s a r e c l a s s i f i e d in to le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d e fin itio n s .
C la s s A .
C la s s if ie s and in d e x e s f i l e m a t e r ia l such as c o r r e s p o n d ­
e n c e , r e p o r t s , te c h n ic a l d o c u m e n ts , e tc ., in an e s ta b lis h e d f ilin g s y s te m
c o n ta in in g a n u m b e r o f v a r ie d s u b je c t m a tte r f i l e s .
M a y a ls o f i l e th is
m a te r ia l.
M a y k e e p r e c o r d s o f v a r io u s ty p e s in c on ju n ctio n w ith the f i l e s .
M a y le a d a s m a ll g ro u p o f lo w e r l e v e l f i l e c le r k s .
C la s s B.
S o r t s , c o d e s , and f i l e s u n c la s s ifie d m a t e r ia l b y s im p le
(s u b je c t m a t t e r ) h e a d in g s o r p a r t ly c la s s ifie d m a t e r ia l b y f in e r s u b h ead in gs.
P r e p a r e s s im p le r e la te d in d e x and c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e a id s .
A s r e q u e s te d ,
lo c a t e s c l e a r l y id e n tifie d m a t e r ia l in f i l e s and fo r w a r d s m a t e r ia l.
M ay
p e r fo r m
r e la te d c l e r i c a l ta s k s r e q u ir e d to m a in ta in and s e r v ic e f i l e s .
C la s s C .
P e r f o r m s ro u tin e f ilin g o f m a t e r ia l that has a lr e a d y b een
c l a s s ifie d o r w h ich is e a s ily c la s s ifie d in a s im p le s e r i a l c la s s ific a t io n
s y s te m (e . g . , a lp h a b e tic a l, c h r o n o lo g ic a l, o r n u m e r ic a l).
As
re q u e s te d ,
lo c a t e s r e a d ily a v a ila b le m a t e r ia l in f i l e s and fo r w a r d s m a t e r ia ls ; and m a y
f i l l out w ith d r a w a l c h a r g e .
M a y p e r f o r m s im p le c l e r i c a l and m an u a l ta s k s
r e q u ir e d to m a in ta in and s e r v ic e f i l e s .

S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R
O p e r a t e s a te le p h o n e s w itc h b o a rd o r c o n s o le u sed w ith a p r iv a t e
b ra n c h e x c h a n g e (P B X ) s y s te m to r e l a y in c o m in g , ou tgo in g, and in t r a s y s t e m
c a lls .
M a y p r o v id e in fo r m a tio n to c a l l e r s , r e c o r d and tr a n s m it m e s s a g e s ,
k e e p r e c o r d o f c a lls p la c e d and t o l l c h a r g e s . B e s id e s o p e r a tin g a te le p h o n e
s w itc h b o a rd o r c o n s o le , m a y a ls o ty p e o r p e r f o r m rou tin e c l e r i c a l w o rk
(ty p in g o r ro u tin e c l e r i c a l w o r k m a y o c c u p y the m a jo r p o r tio n o f the w o r k e r 's
tim e , and is u s u a lly p e r f o r m e d w h ile at the s w itc h b o a rd o r c o n s o le ). C h ie f
o r le a d o p e r a to r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g m o r e than one o p e r a to r a r e
e x c lu d e d . F o r an o p e r a t o r w ho a ls o a c ts as a r e c e p tio n is t, s e e S w itc h b o a rd
O p e r a t o r - R e c e p t io n is t .
S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R - R E C E P T I O N I S T
At a
an o p e r a t o r 1
—
w o r k in v o lv e s
b u s in e s s and
p r ia t e p e r s o n
a r r a n g in g an

s in g le - p o s it io n te le p h o n e s w itc h b o a rd o r c o n s o le , ac ts both as
s e e S w itc h b o a rd O p e r a t o r — and as a r e c e p tio n is t. R e c e p t io n is t 's
such d u ties as g r e e t in g v i s i t o r s ; d e te rm in in g n a tu re o f v i s i t o r 's
p r o v id in g a p p r o p r ia t e in fo r m a tio n ; r e f e r r i n g v i s i t o r to a p p r o ­
in the o r g a n iz a tio n o r c o n ta c tin g that p e rs o n b y te le p h o n e and
a p p o in tm e n t; k e e p in g a lo g o f v i s i t o r s .

ORDER C LER K
R e c e iv e s c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s f o r m a t e r ia l o r m e r c h a n d is e b y m a il,
phone, o r p e r s o n a lly .
D u tie s in v o lv e an y c o m b in a tio n o f the fo llo w in g :
Q uoting p r ic e s to c u s to m e r s ; m a k in g out an o r d e r s h e e t lis tin g the ite m s to
m a k e up the o r d e r ; c h e c k in g p r ic e s and qu a n titie s o f ite m s on o r d e r s h e e t;
and d is tr ib u tin g o r d e r s h e e ts to r e s p e c t iv e d e p a rtm e n ts to be f i l l e d .
M ay
c h e c k w ith c r e d it d e p a rtm e n t to d e te r m in e c r e d it ra tin g o f c u s to m e r, a c k n o w l­
e d g e r e c e ip t o f o r d e r s f r o m c u s to m e r s , fo llo w up o r d e r s to s e e that th e y
h a v e b een f ille d , k e e p f i l e o f o r d e r s r e c e iv e d , and ch e c k sh ip p in g in v o ic e s
w ith o r ig in a l o r d e r s .
A C C O U N T IN G C L E R K
P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e accou n tin g c l e r i c a l ta s k s such as p o s tin g to
r e g i s t e r s and le d g e r s ; r e c o n c ilin g bank a c c o u n ts ; v e r if y in g the in t e r n a l c o n ­
s is te n c y , c o m p le t e n e s s , and m a th e m a tic a l a c c u r a c y o f a ccou n tin g d ocu m en ts;
a s s ig n in g p r e s c r ib e d a c c o u n tin g d is tr ib u t io n c o d e s ; e x a m in in g and v e r if y in g
f o r c l e r i c a l a c c u r a c y v a r io u s ty p e s o f r e p o r t s , l is t s , c a lc u la tio n s , p o s tin g ,
e tc .; o r p r e p a r in g s im p le o r a s s is tin g in p r e p a r in g m o r e c o m p lic a te d jo u r n a l
vou ch ers.
M a y w o r k in e it h e r a m a n u a l o r au tom a ted accou n tin g s y s te m .
T h e w o r k r e q u ir e s a k n o w le d g e o f c l e r i c a l m eth od s and o f f i c e p r a c ­
t ic e s and p r o c e d u r e s w h ich r e la t e s to the c l e r i c a l p r o c e s s in g and r e c o r d in g
o f tr a n s a c tio n s and ac c ou n tin g in fo r m a tio n .
W ith e x p e r ie n c e , the w o r k e r
t y p ic a lly b e c o m e s f a m i l ia r w ith the b o o k k e e p in g and a ccou n tin g t e r m s and
p r o c e d u r e s u s e d in the a s s ig n e d w o r k , but is n o t r e q u ir e d to h a v e a k n o w le d g e
o f th e f o r m a l p r in c ip le s o f b o o k k e e p in g and a c c o u n tin g .
P o s it io n s
d e fin itio n s :

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M ACH INE B IL L E R — Continued

C la s s A .
U n d er g e n e r a l s u p e rv is io n , p e r fo r m s accou n tin g c l e r i c a l
o p e r a tio n s w h ich r e q u ir e the a p p lic a tio n o f e x p e r ie n c e and ju d g m e n t, fo r
e x a m p le , c l e r i c a l l y p r o c e s s in g c o m p lic a te d o r n o n r e p e titiv e accou n tin g t r a n s ­
a c tio n s , s e le c tin g am on g a s u b s ta n tia l v a r ie t y o f p r e s c r ib e d accou n tin g c o d e s
and c la s s ific a t io n s , o r tr a c in g tr a n s a c tio n s th rou gh p re v io u s accou n ting
a c tio n s to d e te r m in e s o u rc e o f d is c r e p a n c ie s .
M a y be a s s is te d by one o r
m o r e c la s s B accou n tin g c le r k s .

B o o k k e e p in g -m a c h in e b i l l e r . U s e s a b o o k k e e p in g m a ch in e (w ith o r
w ith ou t a t y p e w r it e r k e y b o a rd ) to p r e p a r e c u s t o m e r s ' b ills as p a r t o f the
accou n ts r e c e iv a b le o p e r a tio n .
G e n e r a lly in v o lv e s th e sim u lta n eo u s e n tr y o f
fig u r e s on c u s t o m e r s ' le d g e r r e c o r d . T h e m a c h in e a u to m a tic a lly accu m u la te s
f ig u r e s on a n u m b er o f v e r t i c a l colu m n s and c om p u tes and u s u a lly p rin ts
a u to m a tic a lly the d e b it o r c r e d it b a la n c e s .
D oes not in v o lv e a k n o w led g e
o f b o o k k e e p in g .
W o rk s fr o m
u n ifo rm
and stan d a rd ty p e s o f s a le s and
c r e d it s lip s .

C la s s B .
U n der c lo s e s u p e rv is io n ,- fo llo w in g d e ta ile d in s tr u c tio n s
and s ta n d a rd ize d p r o c e d u r e s , p e r fo r m s one o r m o r e rou tin e a ccou n tin g c l e r ­
ic a l o p e r a tio n s , such as p o s tin g to le d g e r s , c a r d s , o r w o rk s h e e ts w h e r e
id e n tific a tio n o f ite m s and lo c a tio n s o f p o s tin g s a r e c l e a r l y in d ic a te d ; ch e c k in g
a c c u r a c y and c o m p le te n e s s o f s ta n d a rd ize d and r e p e t it iv e r e c o r d s o r
accou n tin g d oc u m e n ts ; and c o d i n g
d ocu m en ts u sin g a fe w p r e s c r ib e d
a c cou n tin g c o d e s .

P A Y R O L L C LERK

B O O K K E E P IN G - M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R
O p e ra te s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e (w ith o r w ith ou t a t y p e w r it e r k e y ­
b o a rd ) to k e ep a r e c o r d o f b u s in e s s tr a n s a c tio n s .
C la s s A .
K e e p s a set o f r e c o r d s r e q u ir in g a k n o w le d g e o f and
e x p e r ie n c e in b a s ic b o o k k e e p in g p r in c ip le s , and f a m ilia r it y w ith the s tru c tu re
o f the p a r tic u la r a c cou n tin g s y s te m u sed .
D e te r m in e s p ro p e r r e c o r d s and
d is tr ib u tio n o f d e b it and c r e d it ite m s to be u sed in e a c h p hase o f the w o rk .
M a y p r e p a r e c o n s o lid a te d r e p o r t s , b alan ce s h e e ts , and o th e r r e c o r d s by hand.

C la s s B .
K e e p s a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e p h ases o r s e c tio n s o f a
set o f r e c o r d s u s u a lly r e q u ir in g lit t le k n o w le d g e o f b a s ic b oo k k e e p in g . P h a s e s
o r s e c tio n s in c lu d e accou n ts p a y a b le , p a y r o ll, c u s to m e r s ' accou n ts (not
in c lu d in g a s im p le ty p e o f b illin g d e s c r ib e d under m a ch in e b i l l e r ) , c o s t d is ­
tr ib u tio n , e x p e n s e d is trib u tio n , in v e n to r y c o n tr o l, e tc .
M ay c h e c k o r a s s is t
in p r e p a r a tio n o f t r i a l b a la n c e s and p r e p a r e c o n tr o l sh e e ts f o r the accou n tin g
d e p a rtm e n t.

C om p u te s w a g e s o f com p an y e m p lo y e e s and e n te r s the n e c e s s a r y
d ata on the p a y r o ll s h e e ts .
D u ties in v o lv e :
C a lc u la tin g w o r k e r s ' e a rn in g s
b a s e d on tim e o r p ro d u c tio n r e c o r d s ; and p o s tin g c a lc u la te d data on p a y r o ll
s h e e t, sh ow in g in fo r m a tio n such as w o r k e r 's n a m e , w o rk in g d a y s, t im e , r a te ,
d ed u ction s f o r in s u r a n c e , and to ta l w a g e s due.
M a y m a k e out p a y ch e ck s and
a s s is t p a y m a s te r in m a k in g up and d is trib u tin g pay e n v e lo p e s .
M a y use a
c a lc u la tin g m a c h in e .
KEYPU N CH O PERATO R
O p e r a te s a keypunch m a c h in e to r e c o r d o r v e r i f y a lp h a b e tic and/or
n u m e r ic data on tab u la tin g c a r d s o r on ta p e .
P o s itio n s
d e fin itio n s .

a re

c la s s ifie d

in to

le v e l s

on

the

b a s is o f the fo llo w in g

C la s s A .
W o rk r e q u ir e s the a p p lic a tio n o f e x p e r ie n c e and ju d gm en t
in s e le c tin g p r o c e d u r e s to be fo llo w e d and in s e a rc h in g f o r , in t e r p r e tin g ,
s e le c tin g , o r c o d in g ite m s to be keyp u n ch ed f r o m a v a r i e t y o f s o u rc e d o c u ­
m e n ts .
On o c c a s io n m a y a ls o p e r fo r m s om e ro u tin e keypunch w o r k .
M ay
tr a in in e x p e r ie n c e d keypunch o p e r a to r s .
C la s s B .
W o rk is ro u tin e and r e p e t it iv e .
U n der c lo s e s u p e r v is io n
o r fo llo w in g s p e c ific p r o c e d u r e s o r in s tr u c tio n s , w o rk s f r o m v a r io u s s ta n ­
d a r d iz e d s o u rc e d ocu m en ts w h ich h ave b een c o d e d , and fo llo w s s p e c ifie d
p r o c e d u r e s w h ich h ave b een p r e s c r ib e d in d e ta il and r e q u ir e l i t t le o r no
s e le c tin g , c o d in g , o r in t e r p r e t in g o f d ata to be r e c o r d e d . R e fe r s to s u p e r v is o r
p r o b le m s a r is in g f r o m e r r o n e o u s ite m s o r c o d e s o r m is s in g in fo rm a tio n .

M A C H IN E B IL L E R
T A B U L A T IN G - M A C H I N E O P E R A T O R
P r e p a r e s s ta te m e n ts , b ills , and in v o ic e s on a m ach in e o th e r than an
o r d in a r y o r e le c t r o m a t ic t y p e w r it e r .
M a y a ls o k e ep r e c o r d s as to b illin g s
o r shipping c h a r g e s o r p e r fo r m o th e r c l e r i c a l w o r k in c id e n ta l to b illin g
o p e r a tio n s .
F o r w a g e study p u r p o s e s , m a c h in e b i l l e r s a re c la s s ifie d by ty p e
o f m a c h in e , as fo llo w s :

B illin g - m a c h in e b i l l e r .
U ses a s p e c ia l b illin g m ach in e (c o m b in a tio n
ty p in g and adding m a c h in e ) to p r e p a r e b ills and in v o ic e s fr o m c u s to m e r s '
p u rch 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 , ship p ing m e m o ra n d a , etc.
U s u a lly in v o lv e s a p p lic a tio n o f p r e d e te r m in e d d is co u n ts and ship p ing c h a r g e s
and e n tr y o f n e c e s s a r y e x te n s io n s , w h ich m a y o r m a y not be com p u ted on
the b illin g m a c h in e , and to ta ls w h ich a r e a u to m a tic a lly ac c u m u la te d by
m a c h in e .
T h e o p e r a tio n u s u a lly in v o lv e s a la r g e nu m ber o f c a rb o n c o p ie s
o f the b i l l b e in g p r e p a r e d and is o fte n done on a fa n fo ld m a c h in e .

O p e ra te s one o r a v a r ie t y o f m a c h in e s such as the ta b u la to r, c a lc u ­
la t o r , c o lla t o r , in t e r p r e t e r , s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c in g punch, e tc .
E x c lu d e d fr o m
th is d e fin itio n a r e w o rk in g s u p e r v is o r s .
A ls o e x c lu d e d a r e o p e r a to r s o f
e le c t r o n ic d ig it a l c o m p u te r s , e v e n though th ey m a y a ls o o p e r a te e le c t r i c
accou n tin g m a c h in e e q u ip m en t.
P o s itio n s
d e fin itio n s .

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C la s s A .
P e r f o r m s c o m p le t e r e p o r tin g and ta b u la tin g a s s ig n m e n ts
in c lu d in g d e v is in g d iffic u lt c o n tr o l p a n e l w ir in g u n der g e n e r a l s u p e r v is io n .
A s s ig n m e n ts t y p ic a lly in v o lv e a v a r ie t y o f lon g and c o m p le x r e p o r t s w h ich
o fte n a r e ir r e g u l a r o r n o n r e c u r r in g , r e q u ir in g s om e planning o f the n a tu re
and s e q u e n c in g o f o p e r a tio n s , and the use o f a v a r ie t y o f m a c h in e s .
Is

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t y p ic a lly in v o lv e d in tr a in in g n ew o p e r a to r s in m a c h in e o p e r a tio n s o r tr a in in g
lo w e r l e v e l o p e r a to r s in w ir in g f r o m d ia g r a m s and in the o p e r a tin g s e q u e n c e s
o f lon g and c o m p le x r e p o r t s .
D o e s not in c lu d e p o s itio n s in w h ich w ir in g
r e s p o n s ib ilit y is lim it e d to s e le c tio n and in s e r tio n o f p r e w ir e d b o a r d s .

th e ta b u la to r and c a lc u la t o r , in a d d ition to the s im p le r m a c h in e s u sed by
c la s s C o p e r a t o r s .
M a y be r e q u ir e d to do s om e w ir in g f r o m d ia g r a m s .
M a y t r a in new e m p lo y e e s in b a s ic m a c h in e o p e r a tio n s .
C la s s C .
U n d er s p e c ific in s tr u c tio n s , o p e r a te s s im p le ta b u la tin g
o r e l e c t r i c a l accou n tin g m a c h in e s such as the s o r t e r , in t e r p r e t e r , r e p r o d u c in g
punch, c o lla t o r , e tc .
A s s ig n m e n ts t y p ic a lly in v o lv e p o r tio n s o f a w o r k unit,
f o r e x a m p le , in d iv id u a l s o r tin g o r c o lla t in g ru n s, o r r e p e t it iv e o p e r a tio n s .
M ay p e rfo r m
s im p le w ir in g fr o m d ia g r a m s , and do som e filin g w o rk .

C la s s B .
P e r f o r m s w o r k a c c o r d in g to e s ta b lis h e d p r o c e d u r e s and
u n der s p e c ific in s tr u c tio n s .
A s s ig n m e n ts t y p ic a lly in v o lv e c o m p le te but r o u ­
tin e and r e c u r r in g r e p o r ts o r p a r ts o f la r g e r and m o r e c o m p le x r e p o r t s .
O p e r a te s m o r e d iffic u lt ta b u la tin g o r e l e c t r i c a l a ccou n tin g m a c h in e s such as

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A n a ly z e s b u s in e s s p r o b le m s to fo r m u la te p r o c e d u r e s f o r s o lv in g
th e m b y use o f e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e q u ip m en t.
D e v e lo p s a c o m p le te
d e s c r ip t io n o f a l l s p e c ific a tio n s n e e d e d to en a b le p r o g r a m m e r s to p r e p a r e
r e q u ir e d d ig it a l c o m p u te r p r o g r a m s .
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g :
A n a ly z e s s u b je c t - m a t te r o p e r a tio n s to be au tom ated and id e n tifie s c o n d itio n s
and c r i t e r i a r e q u ir e d to a c h ie v e s a t is fa c t o r y r e s u lt s ; s p e c ifie s n u m b er and
ty p e s o f r e c o r d s , f i l e s , and d ocu m en ts to be used ; o u tlin e s a c tio n s to be
p e r fo r m e d b y p e r s o n n e l and c o m p u te rs in s u ffic ie n t d e ta il fo r p re s e n ta tio n
to m a n a g e m e n t and fo r p r o g r a m m in g (t y p ic a lly th is in v o lv e s p r e p a r a tio n o f
w o r k and data f lo w c h a r ts ); c o o r d in a te s the d e v e lo p m e n t o f te s t p r o b le m s and
p a r tic ip a te s in t r i a l runs o f n ew and r e v is e d s y s te m s ; and re c o m m e n d s e q u ip ­
m en t ch an ges to ob ta in m o r e e f fe c t iv e o v e r a l l o p e r a tio n s .
(N O T E :
W o rk ers
p e r fo r m in g both s y s te m s a n a ly s is and p r o g r a m m in g should be c la s s ifie d as
s y s te m s a n a ly s ts i f th is is th e s k ill u sed to d e te r m in e th e ir p a y .)

d e v e lo p s s y s te m s f o r m a in ta in in g d e p o s ito r accou n ts in a bank, m a in ta in in g
a ccou n ts r e c e iv a b le in a r e t a i l e s ta b lis h m e n t, o r m a in ta in in g in v e n to r y
accou n ts in a m a n u fa c tu rin g o r w h o le s a le e s ta b lis h m e n t.)
C o n fe r s w ith p e r ­
sons c o n c e r n e d to d e te r m in e the data p r o c e s s in g p ro b le m s and a d v is e s
s u b je c t - m a t te r p e r s o n n e l on th e im p lic a t io n s o f the data p r o c e s s in g s y s te m s
to be a p p lie d .

F o r w a g e study p u r p o s e s , s y s te m s a n a ly s ts a r e c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s :
C la s s A .
W o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n der o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on
c o m p le x p r o b le m s in v o lv in g a ll p h a ses o f s y s te m a n a ly s is .
P r o b le m s a r e
c o m p le x b e ca u s e o f d iv e r s e s o u r c e s o f input data and m u ltip le -u s e r e q u ir e ­
m e n ts o f output d ata.
(F o r e x a m p le , d e v e lo p s an in te g r a te d p ro d u c tio n s c h e d ­
u lin g , in v e n t o r y c o n tr o l, c o s t a n a ly s is , and s a le s a n a ly s is r e c o r d in w h ich
e v e r y ite m o f e a c h ty p e is a u to m a tic a lly p r o c e s s e d th rou gh th e fu ll s y s te m
o f r e c o r d s and a p p r o p r ia t e fo llo w u p a c tio n s a r e in itia te d by th e c o m p u te r .)
C o n fe r s w ith p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e te r m in e the data p r o c e s s in g p r o b le m s
and a d v is e s s u b je c t - m a t te r p e r s o n n e l on the im p lic a t io n s o f n ew o r r e v is e d
s y s te m s o f data p r o c e s s in g o p e r a tio n s .
M a k e s r e c o m m e n d a tio n s , i f n e e d e d ,
f o r a p p r o v a l o f m a jo r s y s te m s in s ta lla tio n s o r ch an ges and f o r o b ta in in g
e q u ip m e n t.
d ir e c t io n

to

lo w e r

OR
W o rk s on a s e g m e n t o f a c o m p le x data p r o c e s s in g sch em e o r s y s te m ,
as d e s c r ib e d fo r c la s s A .
W o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly on rou tin e a s s ig n m e n ts and
r e c e iv e s in s tr u c tio n and gu id an ce on c o m p le x a s s ig n m e n ts .
W o rk is r e v ie w e d
f o r a c c u r a c y o f ju d g m e n t, c o m p lia n c e w ith in s tr u c tio n s , and to in s u re p r o p e r
a lig n m e n t w ith th e o v e r a l l s y s te m .
C la s s C .
W o rk s u n der im m e d ia te s u p e rv is io n , c a r r y in g out a n a ly ­
s e s as a s s ig n e d , u s u a lly o f a s in g le a c t iv it y .
A s s ig n m e n ts a r e d e s ig n e d to
d e v e lo p and expan d p r a c t ic a l e x p e r ie n c e in the a p p lic a tio n o f p r o c e d u r e s and
s k ills r e q u ir e d f o r s y s te m s a n a ly s is w o r k .
F o r e x a m p le , m a y a s s is t a h ig h e r
l e v e l s y s te m s a n a ly s t b y p r e p a r in g th e d e ta ile d s p e c ific a tio n s r e q u ir e d by
p ro g ra m m e rs fro m
in fo r m a tio n d e v e lo p e d by the h ig h e r l e v e l a n a ly s t.

D o e s not in c lu d e e m p lo y e e s p r im a r ily r e s p o n s ib le f o r the m a n a g e ­
m e n t o r s u p e r v is io n o f o th e r e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s , o r s y s ­
te m s a n a ly s ts p r i m a r ily c o n c e r n e d w ith s c ie n t ific o r e n g in e e r in g p r o b le m s .

M a y p r o v id e fu n c tio n a l
w h o a r e a s s ig n e d to a s s is t .

B U SIN E SS— C ontinued

l e v e l s y s te m s a n a ly s ts

C la s s B .
W o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n der o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on
p r o b le m s th at a r e r e l a t i v e l y u n c o m p lic a te d to a n a ly z e , p lan , p r o g r a m , and
o p e r a te .
P r o b le m s a r e o f lim it e d c o m p le x ity b e c a u s e s o u r c e s o f input d ata
a r e h o m o g e n eo u s and the output data a r e c lo s e ly r e la te d .
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C o n v e r ts s ta te m e n ts o f b u s in e s s p r o b le m s , ty p ic a lly p r e p a r e d by a
s y s te m s a n a ly s t, in to a s e q u en ce o f d e ta ile d in s tr u c tio n s w h ich a r e r e q u ir e d
to s o lv e the p r o b le m s by a u to m a tic data p r o c e s s in g e qu ip m en t.
W o rk in g fr o m
c h a r ts o r d ia g r a m s , the p r o g r a m m e r d e v e lo p s the p r e c is e in s tr u c tio n s w h ich ,
w hen e n te r e d in to the c o m p u te r s y s te m in co d e d la n gu a ge, c a u se the m a n ip u ­
la tio n o f data to a c h ie v e d e s ir e d r e s u lt s . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g :
A p p lie s k n o w le d g e o f c o m p u te r c a p a b ilit ie s , m a th e m a tic s , lo g ic e m p lo y e d by
c o m p u te r s , and p a r tic u la r s u b je ct m a tte r in v o lv e d to a n a ly z e c h a r ts and
d ia g r a m s o f the p r o b le m to be p r o g r a m m e d ; d e v e lo p s sequ en ce o f p r o g r a m
s te p s ; w r it e s d e ta ile d flo w c h a r ts to show o r d e r in w h ich data w i l l be
p r o c e s s e d ; c o n v e r ts th e s e c h a r ts to co d e d in s tr u c tio n s f o r m a c h in e to fo llo w ;
te s t s and c o r r e c t s p r o g r a m s ; p r e p a r e s in s tr u c tio n s f o r o p e ra tin g p e r s o n n e l
d u rin g p ro d u c tio n run; a n a ly z e s , r e v ie w s , and a lt e r s p r o g r a m s to in c r e a s e
o p e r a tin g e f fic ie n c y o r adapt to n ew r e q u ir e m e n ts ; m a in ta in s r e c o r d s o f
p r o g r a m d e v e lo p m e n t and r e v is io n s .
(N O T E :
W o r k e r s p e r fo r m in g both
s y s te m s a n a ly s is and p r o g r a m m in g should be c la s s ifie d as s y s te m s a n a ly s ts
i f th is is the s k ill u sed to d e te r m in e t h e ir p a y .)

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C O M P U T E R O PER ATO R

D o e s not in c lu d e e m p lo y e e s p r im a r ily r e s p o n s ib le f o r the m a n a g e ­
m en t o r s u p e r v is io n o f o th e r e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s , o r p r o ­
g r a m m e r s p r i m a r i l y c o n c e r n e d w ith s c ie n t ific an d / o r e n g in e e r in g p r o b le m s .

M o n ito r s and o p e r a te s th e c o n tr o l c o n s o le o f a d ig it a l c o m p u te r to
p r o c e s s d ata a c c o r d in g to o p e r a tin g in s tr u c tio n s , u s u a lly p r e p a r e d b y a p r o ­
g ra m m er.
W o rk in c lu d e s m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g : Stu d ies in s tr u c tio n s to
d e te r m in e e q u ip m en t setup and o p e r a tio n s ; lo a d s e q u ip m en t w ith r e q u ir e d
it e m s (ta p e r e e l s , c a r d s , e t c . ); s w itc h e s n e c e s s a r y a u x ilia r y eq u ip m en t into
c ir c u it , and s ta r ts and o p e r a te s c o m p u te r; m a k e s a d ju s tm e n ts to c o m p u te r to
c o r r e c t o p e r a tin g p r o b le m s and m e e t s p e c ia l c o n d itio n s ; r e v ie w s e r r o r s m ade
d u rin g o p e r a tio n and d e t e r m in e s c a u se o r r e f e r s p r o b le m to s u p e r v is o r o r
p r o g r a m m e r ; and m a in ta in s o p e r a tin g r e c o r d s .
M a y te s t and a s s is t in
c o r r e c t in g p r o g r a m .

For

w age

study p u r p o s e s ,

p r o g r a m m e r s a r e c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s :

C la s s A .
W o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n der o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on
c o m p le x p r o b le m s w h ich r e q u ir e c o m p e te n c e in a ll p h a s e s o f p r o g r a m m in g
c o n ce p ts and p r a c t ic e s .
W o rk in g fr o m d ia g r a m s and c h a r ts w h ich id e n tify
th e n a tu re o f d e s ir e d r e s u lt s , m a jo r p r o c e s s in g step s to be a c c o m p lis h e d ,
and th e r e la tio n s h ip s b e tw e e n v a r io u s s tep s o f th e p r o b le m s o lv in g ro u tin e ;
plan s th e fu ll ra n g e o f p r o g r a m m in g a c tio n s n e e d e d to e f f ic ie n t ly u t iliz e th e
c o m p u te r s y s te m in a c h ie v in g d e s ir e d end p ro d u c ts .

A t th is l e v e l , p r o g r a m m in g is d iffic u lt b e ca u s e c o m p u te r eq u ip m en t
m u s t be o r g a n iz e d to p ro d u c e s e v e r a l in t e r r e la t e d but d iv e r s e p ro d u c ts fr o m
n u m erou s and d i v e r s e d ata e le m e n t s .
A w id e v a r ie t y and e x te n s iv e n u m b er
o f in t e r n a l p r o c e s s in g a c tio n s m u st o c c u r .
T h is r e q u ir e s such a c tio n s as
d e v e lo p m e n t o f c o m m o n o p e r a tio n s w h ich can be r e u s e d , e s ta b lis h m e n t o f
lin k a g e p o in ts b e tw e e n o p e r a tio n s , a d ju s tm e n ts to d ata w hen p r o g r a m r e q u ir e ­
m en ts e x c e e d c o m p u te r s to r a g e c a p a c ity , and s u b s ta n tia l m a n ip u la tio n and
r e s e q u e n c in g o f d ata e le m e n ts to fo r m a h ig h ly in t e g r a te d p r o g r a m .

M a y p r o v id e fu n c tio n a l d ir e c t io n to lo w e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r s w ho a r e
a s s ig n e d to a s s is t .

C la s s B .
W o rk s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n der o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n on
r e l a t i v e l y s im p le p r o g r a m s , o r on s im p le s e g m e n ts o f c o m p le x p r o g r a m s .
P r o g r a m s ( o r s e g m e n ts ) u s u a lly p r o c e s s in fo r m a tio n to p ro d u c e d ata in tw o
o r th r e e v a r ie d s e q u e n c e s o r f o r m a t s .
R e p o r t s and lis t in g s a r e p ro d u c e d by
r e fin in g , ad ap tin g, a r r a y in g , o r m a k in g m in o r a d d itio n s to o r d e le tio n s f r o m
input d ata w h ich a r e r e a d ily a v a ila b le .
W h ile n u m e ro u s r e c o r d s m a y be
p r o c e s s e d , th e d ata h a ve b e en r e fin e d in p r i o r a c tio n s so that th e a c c u r a c y
and se q u e n c in g o f data can b e t e s te d b y u sin g a fe w ro u tin e c h e c k s . T y p ic a lly ,
th e p r o g r a m d e a ls w ith ro u tin e r e c o r d k e e p in g o p e r a tio n s .
OR
W o rk s on c o m p le x p r o g r a m s (a s d e s c r ib e d f o r c la s s A ) tin der c lo s e
d ir e c t io n o f a h ig h e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r o r s u p e r v is o r .
M ay a s s is t h ig h e r
l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r b y in d e p e n d e n tly p e r fo r m in g le s s d iffic u lt ta s k s a s s ig n e d ,
and p e r fo r m in g m o r e d if fic u lt ta s k s u n der f a i r l y c lo s e d ir e c tio n .
M a y g u id e o r in s tr u c t lo w e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r s .
C la s s C .
M a k e s p r a c t ic a l a p p lic a tio n s o f p r o g r a m m in g p r a c t ic e s
and c o n c e p ts u s u a lly le a r n e d in f o r m a l tr a in in g c o u r s e s . A s s ig n m e n ts a r e
d e s ig n e d to d e v e lo p c o m p e te n c e in th e a p p lic a tio n o f stan dard p r o c e d u r e s to
ro u tin e p r o b le m s . R e c e iv e s c lo s e s u p e r v is io n on n ew a s p e c ts o f a s s ig n m e n ts ;
and w o r k is r e v ie w e d to v e r i f y its a c c u r a c y and c o n fo rm a n c e w ith r e q u ir e d
p ro ced u res.

For

w age

study

p u rposes,

c o m p u te r

o p e ra to rs

are

c la s s ifie d

as

fo llo w s :
C la s s A . O p e r a te s in d e p e n d e n tly , o r u n d er o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n ,
a c o m p u te r runn ing p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t ic s :
N e w p r o g r a m s a r e fr e q u e n tly te s te d and in tro d u c e d ; s c h e d u lin g r e q u ir e m e n ts
a r e o f c r i t i c a l im p o r ta n c e to m in im iz e d o w n tim e ; th e p r o g r a m s a r e o f
c o m p le x d e s ig n so that id e n t ific a t io n o f e r r o r s o u r c e o fte n r e q u ir e s a w o rk in g
k n o w le d g e o f th e t o t a l p r o g r a m , and a lte r n a t e p r o g r a m s m a y n ot be a v a ila b le .
M a y g iv e d ir e c t io n and gu id an ce to lo w e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r s .
C la s s B .
O p e r a te s in d e p e n d e n tly , o r u n der o n ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n ,
a c o m p u te r runn ing p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t ic s :
M o s t o f th e p r o g r a m s a r e e s ta b lis h e d p ro d u c tio n ru n s , t y p ic a lly run on a
r e g u la r ly r e c u r r in g b a s is ; th e r e i s li t t l e o r no t e s tin g o f n ew p r o g r a m s
r e q u ir e d ; a lte r n a t e p r o g r a m s a r e p r o v id e d in c a s e o r ig in a l p r o g r a m n e e d s
m a jo r ch an ge o r cann ot be c o r r e c t e d w ith in a r e a s o n a b ly s h o rt t im e .
In
c o m m o n e r r o r s itu a tio n s , d ia g n o s e s c a u s e and ta k e s c o r r e c t i v e a c tio n .
T h is
u s u a lly in v o lv e s a p p ly in g p r e v io u s ly p r o g r a m m e d c o r r e c t i v e s te p s , o r u sin g
sta n d a rd c o r r e c t io n te c h n iq u e s .
OR
O p e r a te s u n d er d ir e c t s u p e r v is io n a c o m p u te r runn ing p r o g r a m s o r
s e g m e n ts o f p r o g r a m s w ith th e c h a r a c t e r is t ic s d e s c r ib e d f o r c la s s A .
M ay
a s s is t a h ig h e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r b y in d e p e n d e n tly p e r fo r m in g le s s d iffic u lt ta s k s
a s s ig n e d , and p e r fo r m in g d iffic u lt ta s k s fo llo w in g d e ta ile d in s tr u c tio n s and
w ith fr e q u e n t r e v ie w o f o p e r a tio n s p e r fo r m e d .

e x p e c te d
a b ilit y to
r e c e iv e d
o p e ra to r

C la s s C .
W o rk s on ro u tin e p r o g r a m s u n d er c lo s e s u p e rv is io n .
Is
to d e v e lo p w o r k in g k n o w le d g e o f th e c o m p u te r eq u ip m en t u sed and
d e te c t p r o b le m s in v o lv e d in ru nn ing ro u tin e p r o g r a m s .
U s u a lly has
s o m e f o r m a l tr a in in g in c o m p u te r o p e r a tio n . M a y a s s is t h ig h e r l e v e l
on c o m p le x p r o g r a m s .

D RAFTER
C la s s A .
P la n s th e g ra p h ic p r e s e n ta tio n o f c o m p le x ite m s h a vin g
d is t in c t iv e d e s ig n fe a tu r e s th at d i f f e r s ig n ific a n t ly fr o m e s ta b lis h e d d r a ftin g
p r e c e d e n ts .
W o rk s in c lo s e su p p ort w ith th e d e s ig n o r ig in a t o r , and m a y
r e c o m m e n d m in o r d e s ig n c h a n g e s .
A n a ly z e s th e e f fe c t o f e a c h ch an ge on th e
d e ta ils o f f o r m , fu n c tio n , and p o s itio n a l r e la tio n s h ip s o f com p on en ts and p a r ts .
W o rk s w ith a m in im u m o f s u p e r v is o r y a s s is ta n c e .
C o m p le te d w o r k is
r e v ie w e d b y d e s ig n o r ig in a t o r f o r c o n s is te n c y w ith p r i o r e n g in e e r in g d e t e r ­
m in a tio n s .
M a y e it h e r p r e p a r e d ra w in g s o r d ir e c t t h e ir p r e p a r a tio n b y lo w e r
l e v e l d r a ft e r s .

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E LE C T R O N IC S T E C H N IC IA N — Continued

C la s s B .
P e r f o r m s n o n rou tin e and c o m p le x d r a ftin g a s s ig n m e n ts
th at r e q u ir e th e a p p lic a tio n o f m o s t o f the s ta n d a rd iz e d d ra w in g te c h n iq u e s
r e g u l a r l y u sed .
D u tie s t y p ic a lly in v o lv e such w o r k a s :
P r e p a r e s w o rk in g
d r a w in g s o f s u b a s s e m b lie s w ith ir r e g u l a r s h a p e s , m u ltip le fu n c tio n s , and
p r e c i s e p o s itio n a l r e la tio n s h ip s b e tw e e n c o m p o n e n ts ; p r e p a r e s a r c h it e c t u r a l
d r a w in g s f o r c o n s tru c tio n o f a b u ild in g in c lu d in g d e t a il d ra w in g s o f fou n ­
d a tio n s , w a ll s e c tio n s , f lo o r p la n s , and r o o f.
U s e s a c c e p te d fo r m u la s and
m a n u a ls in m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y c o m p u ta tio n s to d e te r m in e q u a n titie s o f
m a t e r ia ls to be u s e d , loa d c a p a c it ie s , s tr e n g th s , s t r e s s e s , e tc .
R e c e iv e s
in i t i a l in s tr u c tio n s , r e q u ir e m e n ts , and a d v ic e f r o m s u p e r v is o r .
C o m p le te d
w o r k i s c h e c k e d f o r te c h n ic a l a d e q u a c y .

T h is c la s s ific a t io n e x c lu d e s r e p a i r e r s o f such stan dard e le c t r o n ic
e q u ip m en t as c o m m o n o f f ic e m a c h in e s and h o u seh old r a d io and t e le v is io n
s e ts ; p ro d u c tio n a s s e m b le r s and t e s t e r s ; w o r k e r s w h o s e p r im a r y duty i s
s e r v ic in g e le c t r o n ic t e s t in s tr u m e n ts ; te c h n ic ia n s w ho h ave a d m in is tr a tiv e
o r s u p e r v is o r y r e s p o n s ib ilit y ; and d r a ft e r s , d e s ig n e r s , and p r o fe s s io n a l
e n g in e e r s .

C la s s C .
P r e p a r e s d e t a il d ra w in g s o f s in g le units o r p a r ts f o r
e n g in e e r in g , c o n s tru c tio n , m a n u fa c tu rin g , o r r e p a ir p u r p o s e s .
Types of
d r a w in g s p r e p a r e d in clu d e is o m e t r ic p r o je c t io n s (d e p ic tin g t h r e e d im e n s io n s
in a c c u r a te s c a le ) and s e c t io n a l v ie w s to c l a r i f y p o s itio n in g o f com p o n e n ts
and c o n v e y n e e d e d in fo r m a tio n .
C o n s o lid a te s d e ta ils f r o m a n u m b e r o f
s o u r c e s and ad ju s ts o r tr a n s p o s e s s c a le as r e q u ir e d .
S u g g e sted m eth o d s o f
a p p ro a c h , a p p lic a b le p r e c e d e n ts , and a d v ic e on s o u r c e m a t e r ia ls a r e g iv e n
w ith i n it ia l a s s ig n m e n ts .
In s tr u c tio n s a r e le s s c o m p le te w h en a s s ig n m e n ts
recu r.
W o rk m a y be s p o t-c h e c k e d d u rin g p r o g r e s s .

P o s it io n s
d e fin itio n s .

a re

c la s s ifie d

in to

le v e l s

on th e

b a s is o f the fo llo w in g

C la s s A . A p p lie s a d v a n c e d t e c h n ic a l k n o w le d g e to s o lv e u n u su ally
c o m p le x p r o b le m s ( i . e . , th o s e th a t t y p ic a lly cann ot be s o lv e d s o le ly by r e f e r ­
e n c e to m a n u fa c tu r e r s ' m a n u a ls o r s im ila r d o c u m e n ts ) in w o rk in g on e l e c ­
tr o n ic e q u ip m en t.
E x a m p le s o f such p r o b le m s in c lu d e lo c a tio n and d e n s ity o f
c ir c u it r y , e le c t r o m a g n e t ic r a d ia tio n , is o la t in g m a lfu n c tio n s , and fre q u e n t
e n g in e e r in g c h a n g e s .
W o rk in v o lv e s :
A d e ta ile d u n der stan din g o f th e in t e r ­
r e la tio n s h ip s o f c ir c u it s ; e x e r c i s i n g in d ep en d en t ju d g m e n t in p e r fo r m in g such
ta s k s as m a k in g c ir c u it a n a ly s e s , c a lc u la tin g w a v e f o r m s , t r a c in g r e la t io n ­
sh ip s in s ig n a l flo w ; and r e g u la r ly u sin g c o m p le x t e s t in s tru m e n ts (e . g . , dual
t r a c e o s c illo s c o p e s , Q - m e t e r s , d e v ia tio n m e t e r s , p u ls e g e n e r a t o r s ).

W o rk m a y be r e v ie w e d b y s u p e r v is o r (fr e q u e n tly an e n g in e e r o r
d e s ig n e r ) f o r g e n e r a l c o m p lia n c e w ith a c c e p te d p r a c t ic e s .
M a y p r o v id e
t e c h n ic a l gu id a n c e to lo w e r l e v e l te c h n ic ia n s .

D R A F T E R -T R A C E R

C o p ie s plan s and d ra w in g s p r e p a r e d b y o th e rs b y p la c in g t r a c in g
c lo th o r p a p e r o v e r d ra w in g s and tr a c in g w ith pen o r p e n c il.
(D o e s not
in c lu d e t r a c in g lim it e d to p lan s p r im a r ily c o n s is tin g o f s tr a ig h t lin e s and a
la r g e s c a le not r e q u ir in g c lo s e d e lin e a tio n .)
AND /O R
P r e p a r e s s im p le o r r e p e t it iv e d ra w in g s o f e a s ily v is u a liz e d it e m s .
W o rk is c l o s e l y s u p e r v is e d d u rin g p r o g r e s s .

C la s s B . A p p lie s c o m p r e h e n s iv e te c h n ic a l k n o w le d g e to s o lv e c o m ­
p le x p r o b le m s ( i . e . , th o s e th at t y p ic a lly can be s o lv e d s o le ly b y p r o p e r ly
in t e r p r e t in g m a n u fa c tu r e r s ' m a n u a ls o r s i m i l a r d o c u m e n ts ) in w o rk in g on
e le c t r o n ic e q u ip m en t.
W o rk in v o lv e s :
A f a m i l ia r i t y w ith the i n t e r r e la t io n ­
s h ip s o f c ir c u it s ; and ju d g m e n t in d e te r m in in g w o r k sequ en ce and in s e le c tin g
t o o ls and t e s tin g in s tr u m e n ts , u s u a lly le s s c o m p le x than th o s e u sed b y the
c la s s A te c h n ic ia n .
R e c e iv e s t e c h n ic a l g u id a n c e , as r e q u ir e d , f r o m s u p e r v is o r o r h ig h e r
l e v e l te c h n ic ia n , and w o r k is r e v ie w e d f o r s p e c ific c o m p lia n c e w ith a c c e p te d
p r a c t ic e s and w o r k a s s ig n m e n ts .
M a y p r o v id e te c h n ic a l gu id an ce to lo w e r
l e v e l te c h n ic ia n s .

E L E C T R O N I C S T E C H N IC IA N

W o rk s on v a r io u s ty p e s o f e le c t r o n ic e q u ip m en t and r e la t e d d e v ic e s
b y p e r f o r m in g one o r a c o m b in a tio n o f th e fo llo w in g :
In s ta llin g , m a in ta in in g ,
r e p a ir in g , o v e r h a u lin g , tr o u b le s h o o tin g , m o d ify in g , c o n s tru c tin g , and te s tin g .
W o r k r e q u ir e s p r a c t ic a l a p p lic a tio n o f t e c h n ic a l k n o w le d g e o f e le c t r o n ic s
p r in c ip le s , a b ilit y to d e te r m in e m a lfu n c tio n s , and s k ill to put e q u ip m en t in
r e q u ir e d o p e r a tin g c o n d itio n .

T h e e q u ip m en t— c o n s is tin g o f e it h e r m a n y d iffe r e n t k in d s o f c ir c u it s
o r m u ltip le r e p e titio n o f th e s a m e kind o f c ir c u it — in c lu d e s , but is not lim it e d
to , th e fo llo w in g :
(a ) E le c t r o n ic tr a n s m ittin g and r e c e iv in g e q u ip m en t (e . g . ,
r a d a r , r a d io , t e l e v i s i o n , te le p h o n e , s o n a r, n a v ig a tio n a l a id s ), (b ) d ig it a l and
a n a lo g c o m p u te r s , and (c ) in d u s tr ia l and m e d ic a l m e a s u r in g and c o n tr o llin g
e q u ip m en t.

C la s s C . A p p lie s w o r k in g t e c h n ic a l k n o w le d g e to p e r fo r m s im p le o r
ro u tin e ta s k s in w o r k in g on e le c t r o n ic e q u ip m en t, fo llo w in g d e ta ile d in s tr u c ­
tio n s w h ich c o v e r v ir t u a lly a l l p r o c e d u r e s .
W o rk t y p ic a lly in v o lv e s such
ta s k s a s : A s s is t in g h ig h e r l e v e l te c h n ic ia n s b y p e r fo r m in g such a c t iv it ie s as
r e p la c in g c o m p o n e n ts , w ir in g c ir c u it s , and ta k in g te s t r e a d in g s ; r e p a ir in g
s im p le e le c t r o n ic e q u ip m en t; and u s in g to o ls and co m m o n te s t in s tr u m e n ts
(e . g . , m u lt im e t e r s , audio s ig n a l g e n e r a t o r s , tube t e s t e r s , o s c illo s c o p e s ).
Is n ot r e q u ir e d to be f a m ilia r w ith th e in t e r r e la t io n s h ip s o f c ir c u it s .
T h is
k n o w le d g e , h o w e v e r , m a y be a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a s s ig n m e n ts d e s ig n e d to
in c r e a s e c o m p e te n c e (in c lu d in g c la s s r o o m
t r a in in g ) so th at w o r k e r can
a d v a n c e to h ig h e r l e v e l te c h n ic ia n .
R e c e iv e s t e c h n ic a l g u id a n c e , as r e q u ir e d , f r o m s u p e r v is o r o r h ig h e r
l e v e l te c h n ic ia n .
W o rk is t y p i c a l l y spot c h e c k e d , but is g iv e n d e ta ile d r e v ie w
w h en n e w o r a d v a n c e d a s s ig n m e n ts a r e in v o lv e d .

R E G IS T E R E D IN D U S T R IA L , N U R S E

R E G IS T E R E D I N D U S T R I A L N U R S E — C ontinu ed

A r e g i s t e r e d n u rs e w ho g iv e s n u rs in g s e r v ic e u n der g e n e r a l m e d ic a l
d ir e c t io n to i l l o r in ju re d e m p lo y e e s o r o th e r p e r s o n s w ho b e c o m e i l l o r
s u ffe r an a c c id e n t on th e p r e m is e s o f a f a c t o r y o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t.
D u ties in v o lv e a c o m b in a tio n o f the fo llo w in g ; G iv in g f i r s t aid to the i l l o r
in ju r e d ; atten d in g to su b sequ en t d r e s s in g o f e m p lo y e e s ' in ju r ie s ; k e e p in g
r e c o r d s o f p a tie n ts tr e a te d ; p r e p a r in g a c c id e n t r e p o r t s f o r c o m p e n s a tio n o r

o th e r p u r p o s e s ; a s s is t in g in p h y s ic a l e x a m in a tio n s and h e a lth e v a lu a tio n s o f
a p p lic a n ts and e m p lo y e e s ; and plan n in g and c a r r y in g out p r o g r a m s in v o lv in g
h e a lth e d u c a tio n , a c c id e n t p r e v e n tio n , e v a lu a tio n o f p lan t e n v ir o n m e n t, o r
o th e r a c t iv it ie s a ffe c t in g the h e a lth , w e l f a r e , and s a fe ty o f a l l p e r s o n n e l.
N u rs in g s u p e r v is o r s o r head n u rs e s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g m o r e than
on e n u rs e a r e e x c lu d e d .

Maintenance, Toolroom, and Powerplant
M A IN T E N A N C E C A R P E N T E R

M A I N T E N A N C E M A C H IN IS T

P e r f o r m s th e c a r p e n tr y d u tie s n e c e s s a r y to c o n s tru c t and m a in ta in
in g ood r e p a i r b u ild in g w o o d w o r k and eq u ip m en t such as b in s , c r ib s , c o u n te rs ,
b e n c h e s , p a r titio n s , d o o r s , f lo o r s , s t a ir s , c a s in g s , and t r im m a d e o f w o od
in an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g ;
P la n n in g and
la y in g out o f w o r k fr o m b lu e p rin ts , d ra w in g s , m o d e ls , o r v e r b a l in s tr u c tio n s ;
u sin g a v a r i e t y o f c a r p e n t e r 's h a n d to o ls , p o r ta b le p o w e r t o o ls , and s tan d a rd
m e a s u r in g in s tr u m e h ts ; m a k in g stan d a rd shop com p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to d im e n ­
s ion s o f w o rk ; and s e le c tin g m a t e r ia ls n e c e s s a r y f o r th e w o r k .
In g e n e r a l,
th e w o r k o f th e m a in te n a n c e c a r p e n te r r e q u ir e s rou n ded tr a in in g and e x p e r i ­
e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a f o r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g
and e x p e r ie n c e .

P r o d u c e s r e p la c e m e n t p a r ts and n e w p a r ts in m a k in g r e p a ir s o f
m e t a l p a r ts o f m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m en t o p e r a te d in an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o rk
in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g : I n te r p r e tin g w r it t e n in s tr u c tio n s and s p e c i­
fic a t io n s ; p lan n in g and la y in g out o f w o r k ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f m a c h in is t's
h a n d too ls and p r e c is io n m e a s u r in g in s tr u m e n ts ; s e ttin g up and o p e r a tin g
sta n d a rd m a c h in e t o o ls ; shapin g o f m e t a l p a r ts to c lo s e to le r a n c e s ; m a k in g
sta n d a rd shop c o m p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to d im e n s io n s o f w o r k , to o lin g , fe e d s ,
and s p ee d s o f m a c h in in g ; k n o w le d g e o f the w o r k in g p r o p e r t ie s o f th e c o m m o n
m e t a ls ; s e le c tin g sta n d a rd m a t e r ia ls , p a r t s , and e q u ip m e n t r e q u ir e d f o r th is
w o r k ; and fittin g and a s s e m b lin g p a r ts in to m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m en t. In g e n e r a l,
th e m a c h in is t's w o r k n o r m a lly r e q u ir e s a rou n ded t r a in in g in m a c h in e -s h o p
p r a c t ic e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t
tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

M A IN T E N A N C E E L E C T R IC IA N
M A I N T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC (M a c h in e r y )
P e r f o r m s a v a r ie t y o f e l e c t r i c a l tr a d e fu n c tio n s such as th e in s t a l­
la tio n , m a in te n a n c e , o r r e p a ir o f e q u ip m en t f o r the g e n e r a tio n , d is tr ib u tio n ,
o r u tiliz a tio n o f e l e c t r i c e n e r g y in an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t
o f the f o llo w in g : In s ta llin g o r r e p a ir in g any o f a v a r ie t y o f e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip ­
m en t such as g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w itc h b o a rd s , c o n t r o lle r s , c ir c u it
b r e a k e r s , m o t o r s , h e a tin g u n its, con du it s y s te m s , o r o th e r tr a n s m is s io n
e q u ip m en t; w o r k in g fr o m b lu e p rin ts , d r a w in g s , la y o u ts, o r o th e r s p e c if i­
c a tio n s ; lo c a tin g and d ia g n o s in g tr o u b le in the e l e c t r i c a l s y s te m o r e q u ip ­
m en t; w o r k in g sta n d a rd com p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to loa d r e q u ir e m e n ts o f w ir in g
o r e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m en t; and u sin g a v a r ie t y o f e le c t r ic ia n 's h an d tools and
m e a s u r in g and te s tin g in s tr u m e n ts .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f the m a in te n a n c e
e le c t r ic ia n r e q u ir e s rou n ded tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u gh
a f o r m a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

M A IN T E N A N C E P A IN T E R

P a in ts and r e d e c o r a t e s w a lls , w o o d w o r k , and fix tu r e s o f an e s ta b ­
lis h m e n t.
W o rk in v o lv e s the f o llo w in g : K n o w le d g e o f s u r fa c e p e c u lia r it ie s
and ty p e s o f pain t r e q u ir e d f o r d iffe r e n t a p p lic a tio n s ; p r e p a r in g s u r fa c e f o r
p a in tin g b y r e m o v in g o ld fin is h o r b y p la c in g putty o r f i l l e r in n a il h o le s and
in t e r s t ic e s ; and a p p ly in g paint w ith s p ra y gun o r b ru sh .
M a y m ix c o lo r s ,
o i l s , w h ite le a d , and o th e r paint in g r e d ie n ts to obtain p r o p e r c o lo r o r
c o n s is te n c y . In g e n e r a l, the w o r k o f th e m a in te n a n c e p a in te r r e q u ir e s rou n ded
tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

R e p a ir s m a c h in e r y o r m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m en t o f an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g ;
E x a m in in g m a c h in e s and m e c h a n ic a l
e q u ip m en t to d ia g n o s e s o u r c e o f tr o u b le ; d is m a n tlin g o r p a r t ly d is m a n tlin g
m a c h in e s and p e r fo r m in g r e p a ir s th at m a in ly in v o lv e the u se o f h a n d too ls in
s c ra p in g and fit t in g p a r ts ; r e p la c in g b ro k e n o r d e fe c t iv e p a rts w ith ite m s
o b ta in e d fr o m s to c k ; o r d e r in g the p ro d u c tio n o f a r e p la c e m e n t p a r t b y a
m a c h in e shop o r sen d in g the, m a c h in e to a m a c h in e shop f o r m a jo r r e p a ir s ;
p r e p a r in g w r it t e n s p e c ific a tio n s f o r m a jo r r e p a ir s o r f o r the p ro d u c tio n o f
p a r ts o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h in e shops; r e a s s e m b lin g m a c h in e s ; and m a k in g a ll
n e c e s s a r y a d ju s tm e n ts f o r o p e r a tio n .
In g e n e r a l, the w o r k o f a m a c h in e r y
m a in te n a n c e m e c h a n ic r e q u ir e s rou n d ed tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly
a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i ­
ence.
E x c lu d e d f r o m th is c la s s ific a t io n a r e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r im a r y d u ties
in v o lv e s e ttin g up o r a d ju s tin g m a c h in e s .
M A I N T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC (M o t o r V e h ic le s )
R e p a ir s a u to m o b ile s , b u s e s , m o t o r t r u c k s , and t r a c t o r s o f an e s ta b ­
lis h m e n t. W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g ; E x a m in in g a u to m o tiv e e q u ip ­
m en t to d ia g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ; d is a s s e m b lin g e q u ip m en t and p e r fo r m in g
r e p a ir s th at in v o lv e th e u se o f such h a n d too ls as w r e n c h e s , g a u g e s , d r i l l s ,
o r s p e c ia liz e d e q u ip m en t in d is a s s e m b lin g o r fit t in g p a r ts ; r e p la c in g b ro k en
o r d e fe c t iv e p a r ts fr o m s to c k ; g r in d in g and a d ju s tin g v a lv e s ; r e a s s e m b lin g and
in s t a llin g th e v a r io u s a s s e m b lie s in th e v e h ic le and m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t­
m e n ts ; and a lig n in g w h e e ls , a d ju s tin g b ra k e s and lig h ts , o r tig h te n in g b od y
b o lts .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f th e m o t o r v e h ic le m a in te n a n c e m e c h a n ic
r e q u ir e s rou n d ed 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 gh a f o r m a l
a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

M A IN T E N A N C E M ECH ANIC (M otor Vehicles)— Continued

v e h ic le s

T h is c la s s ific a t io n d oes not in c lu d e m e c h a n ic s who r e p a ir c u s t o m e r s '
in a u to m o b ile r e p a ir shops.

M A IN T E N A N C E P IP E F IT T E R
I n s ta lls o r r e p a ir s w a t e r , s te a m , g a s , o r o th e r ty p e s o f p ip e and
p ip e fit t in g s in an e s ta b lis h m e n t. W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g : L a y in g
ou t w o r k and m e a s u rin g to lo c a t e p o s itio n o f p ip e f r o m d ra w in g s o r o th e r
w r it t e n s p e c ific a tio n s ; cu ttin g v a r io u s s iz e s o f p ip e to c o r r e c t le n g th s w ith
c h is e l and h a m m e r o r o x y a c e ty le n e to r c h o r p ip e -c u ttin g m a c h in e s ; th re a d in g
p ip e w ith s to c k s and d ie s ; b en d in g p ip e b y h a n d -d r iv e n o r p o w e r - d r iv e n
m a c h in e s ; a s s e m b lin g p ip e w ith c o u p lin g s and fa s te n in g p ip e to h a n g e r s ;
m a k in g s ta n d a rd shop c o m p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to p r e s s u r e s , flo w , and s iz e o f
p ip e r e q u ir e d ; and m a k in g sta n d a rd te s ts to d e te r m in e w h e th e r fin is h e d p ip e s
m e e t s p e c ific a t io n s .
In g e n e r a l, the w o r k o f the m a in te n a n c e p ip e fit t e r
r e q u ir e s rou n d ed tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a f o r m a l
a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .
W o rk e rs p r im a r ily
e n g a g e d in in s ta llin g and r e p a ir in g b u ild in g s a n ita tio n o r h e a tin g s y s te m s
a r e e x c lu d e d .
M A IN T E N A N C E S H E E T - M E T A L W O R K E R
F a b r ic a t e s , in s t a lls , and m a in ta in s in g ood r e p a ir the s h e e t- m e t a l
e q u ip m en t and fix t u r e s (su ch as m a c h in e g u a rd s , g r e a s e p ans, s h e lv e s ,
l o c k e r s , tanks, v e n t ila t o r s , ch u tes, d u cts, m e t a l r o o fin g ) o f an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g : P la n n in g and la y in g out a l l ty p es o f
s h e e t - m e t a l m a in te n a n c e w o r k f r o m b lu e p rin ts , m o d e ls , o r o th e r s p e c i f i ­
c a tio n s ; s e ttin g up and o p e r a tin g a ll a v a ila b le ty p e s o f s h e e t- m e t a l w o rk in g
m a c h in e s ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f h a n d too ls in cu ttin g, b en d in g, fo r m in g , shapin g,
fittin g , and a s s e m b lin g ; and in s ta llin g s h e e t - m e t a l a r t ic le s as r e q u ir e d .
In
g e n e r a l, the w o r k o f the m a in te n a n c e s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u ir e s rounded
tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

M A IN T E N A N C E TRADES H E L P E R — Continued
the h e lp e r is p e r m itte d to p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m tra d e to tr a d e :
In s om e
tr a d e s the h e lp e r is c o n fin e d to s u p p lyin g, lift in g , and h o ld in g m a t e r ia ls and
to o ls , and c le a n in g w o r k in g a r e a s ; and in o th e rs he is p e r m itte d to p e r fo r m
s p e c ia liz e d m a c h in e o p e r a tio n s , o r p a r ts o f a tr a d e that a r e a ls o p e r fo r m e d
b y w o r k e r s on a f u ll- t im e b a s is .

M A C H IN E - T O O L O P E R A T O R (T O O L R O O M )
S p e c ia liz e s in o p e r a tin g one o r m o r e than one typ e o f m a ch in e
t o o l (e . g . , j i g b o r e r , g rin d in g m a c h in e , en g in e la th e , m illin g m a c h in e ) to
m a c h in e m e t a l f o r u se in m a k in g o r m a in ta in in g j i g s , fix tu r e s , cuttin g to o ls ,
g a u g e s , o r m e t a l d ie s o r m o ld s u s e d in shapin g o r fo r m in g m e ta l o r
n o n m e ta llic m a t e r ia l (e . g . , p la s t ic , p la s t e r , ru b b e r, g la s s ).
W o rk t y p ic a lly
in v o lv e s :
P la n n in g and p e r fo r m in g d iffic u lt m a c h in in g o p e r a tio n s w h ich
r e q u ir e c o m p lic a te d setups o r a h ig h d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; s e ttin g up m a ch in e
to o l o r to o ls (e . g . , in s ta ll cu ttin g to o ls and ad ju st g u id es , stop s, w o rk in g
ta b le s , and o th e r c o n tr o ls to h a n d le the s iz e o f sto c k to be m a c h in e d ;
d e te r m in e p r o p e r fe e d s , s p e e d s , to o lin g , and o p e r a tio n sequ en ce o r s e le c t
th o s e p r e s c r ib e d in d ra w in g s , b lu e p rin ts , o r la y o u ts ); u sin g a v a r i e t y o f
p r e c is io n m e a s u r in g in s tr u m e n ts ; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju stm en ts d u rin g
m a c h in in g o p e r a tio n to a c h ie v e r e q u is ite d im e n s io n s to v e r y c lo s e to le r a n c e s .
M a y be r e q u ir e d to s e le c t p r o p e r c o o la n ts and cu ttin g and lu b r ic a tin g o ils ,
to r e c o g n iz e w hen to o ls n eed d r e s s in g , and to d r e s s to o ls .
In g e n e r a l, the
w o r k o f a m a c h in e - t o o l o p e r a to r (t o o lr o o m ) at the s k ill l e v e l c a lle d f o r in
th is c la s s ific a t io n r e q u ir e s e x te n s iv e k n o w le d g e o f m a c h in e -s h o p and t o o l ­
r o o m p r a c t ic e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u gh c o n s id e r a b le o n - th e - jo b tr a in in g and
e x p e r ie n c e .
F o r c r o s s - in d u s t r y w a g e study p u r p o s e s , th is c la s s ific ? t io n d oes not
in clu d e m a c h in e - t o o l o p e r a to r s (t o o lr o o m ) e m p lo y e d in to o l and d ie job b in g
sh ops.

M IL L W R IG H T

T O O L A N D D IE M A K E R

I n s ta lls n e w m a c h in e s o r h e a v y eq u ip m en t, and d is m a n tle s and
in s t a lls m a c h in e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m en t w h en c h an ges in the p la n t la y o u t a r e
r e q u ir e d .
W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o llo w in g :
P la n n in g and la y in g out
w o r k ; in t e r p r e t in g b lu e p rin ts o r o th e r s p e c ific a t io n s ; u sin g a v a r i e t y o f h a n d to o ls and r ig g in g ; m a k in g stan d a rd shop c o m p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to s t r e s s e s ,
s tr e n g th o f m a t e r ia ls , and c e n te r s o f g r a v it y ; a lig n in g and b a la n c in g e q u ip ­
m e n t; s e le c t in g sta n d a rd to o ls , e q u ip m en t, and p a r ts to b e u s e d ; and in s ta llin g
and m a in ta in in g in g o o d o r d e r p o w e r t r a n s m is s io n e q u ip m en t such as d r iv e s
and s p ee d r e d u c e r s . In g e n e r a l, the m illw r ig h t 's w o r k n o r m a lly r e q u ir e s a
rou n d ed tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e in the tr a d e a c q u ir e d th ro u gh a f o r m a l
a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r ie n c e .

C o n s tr u c ts and r e p a ir s ji g s , fix t u r e s , cu ttin g to o ls , g a u g es , o r
m e t a l d ie s o r m o ld s u s e d in shaping o r fo r m in g m e t a l o r n o n m e ta llic
m a t e r ia l (e . g . , p la s t ic , p la s t e r , ru b b e r, g la s s ).
W o r k ty p ic a lly i n v o lv e s :
P la n n in g and la y in g out w o r k a c c o r d in g to m o d e ls , b lu e p rin ts , d ra w in g s , o r
o th e r w r it t e n o r o r a l s p e c ific a tio n s ; u n d e rs ta n d in g the w o rk in g p r o p e r t ie s o f
c o m m o n m e t a ls and a llo y s ; s e le c tin g a p p r o p r ia te m a t e r ia ls , to o ls , and
p r o c e s s e s r e q u ir e d to c o m p le te ta s k ; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y shop co m p u ta tio n s ;
s e ttin g up and o p e r a tin g v a r io u s m a c h in e to o ls and r e la te d e q u ip m en t; u sin g
v a r io u s t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's h a n d too ls and p r e c is io n m e a s u rin g in s tru m e n ts ;
w o r k in g to v e r y c lo s e t o le r a n c e s ; h e a t - t r e a t in g m e t a l p a rts and fin is h e d to o ls
and d ie s to a c h ie v e r e q u ir e d q u a litie s ; fittin g and a s s e m b lin g p a r ts to p r e ­
s c r ib e d to le r a n c e s and a llo w a n c e s .
In g e n e r a l, the t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's
w o r k r e q u ir e s rou n ded tr a in in g in m a c h in e -s h o p and t o o lr o o m p r a c t ic e
u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u gh f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and
e x p e r ie n c e .

M A IN T E N A N C E T R A D E S H E L P E R
A s s i s t s on e o r m o r e w o r k e r s in th e s k ille d m a in te n a n c e t r a d e s , b y
p e r fo r m in g s p e c ific o r g e n e r a l d u tie s o f l e s s e r s k ill, such as k e e p in g a
w o r k e r s u p p lied w ith m a t e r ia ls and t o o ls ; c le a n in g w o r k in g a r e a , m a c h in e ,
and e q u ip m e n t; a s s is tin g jo u rn e y m a n b y h o ld in g m a t e r ia ls o r t o o ls ; and p e r ­
fo r m in g o th e r u n s k ille d ta s k s as d ir e c t e d b y jo u rn e y m a n . T h e kind o f w o r k

F o r c r o s s - in d u s t r y w a g e study p u r p o s e s , th is c la s s ific a t io n d o e s not
in c lu d e to o l and d ie m a k e r s w ho (1 ) a r e e m p lo y e d in to o l and d ie jo b b in g
shops o r (2 ) p ro d u c e fo r g in g d ie s (d ie s in k e r s ).

S T A T IO N A R Y E N G IN E E R

ST A T IO N A R Y E N G IN E E R — Continued

O p e r a t e s and m a in ta in s and m a y a ls o s u p e r v is e th e o p e r a tio n o f
s t a tio n a r y e n g in e s and e q u ip m e n t (m e c h a n ic a l o r e l e c t r i c a l ) to su p p ly the
e s ta b lis h m e n t in w h 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 t io n , o r a i r c o n d itio n in g . W o r k in v o lv e s :
O p e ra tin g and m a in ta in in g e q u ip m en t such as
s te a m e n g in e s , a i r c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , m o t o r s , tu rb in e s , v e n tila tin g
and r e f r i g e r a t i n g e q u ip m en t, s te a m b o ile r s and b o i l e r - f e d w a t e r p u m ps;
m a k in g e q u ip m e n t r e p a ir s ; and k e e p in g a r e c o r d o f o p e r a tio n o f m a c h in e r y ,
te m p e r a tu r e , and fu e l c o n su m p tio n .
M a y a ls o s u p e r v is e th e s e o p e r a tio n s .

H e a d o r c h ie f e n g in e e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts e m p lo y in g m o r e than one e n g in e e r
a r e e x c lu d e d .
B O IL E R T E N D E R
F i r e s s ta tio n a r y b o ile r s to fu r n is h the e s ta b lis h m e n t in w h ich
e m p lo y e d w ith h e a t, p o w e r , o r s te a m .
F e e d s fu e ls to f i r e b y hand o r
o p e r a te s a m e c h a n ic a l s to k e r , g a s , o r o i l b u r n e r; and c h eck s w a t e r and
s a fe ty v a lv e s . M a y c le a n , o il, o r a s s is t in r e p a ir in g b o i l e r r o o m e q u ip m en t.

Material Movement and Custodial
T R U C K D R IV E R

W AREHOUSEMAN

D r iv e s a tru c k w ith in a c it y o r in d u s tr ia l a r e a to tr a n s p o r t m a t e ­
r ia ls , m e r c h a n d is e , e q u ip m en t, o r w o r k e r s b e tw e e n v a r io u s ty p e s o f e s t a b ­
lis h m e n ts such a s : M a n u fa c tu rin g p la n ts , fr e ig h t d e p o ts , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o le ­
s a le and r e t a i l e s ta b lis h m e n ts , o r b e tw e e n r e t a i l
e s ta b lis h m e n ts and
c u s t o m e r s ' h o u s e s o r p la c e s o f b u s in e s s . M a y a ls o lo a d o r un load tru c k w ith
o r w ith o u t h e lp e r s , m a k e m in o r m e c h a n ic a l r e p a ir s , and k e e p tr u c k in good
w o r k in g o r d e r . S a le s r o u t e and o v e r - t h e - r o a d d r iv e r s a r e exclu d ed .

A s d ir e c t e d , p e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y o f w a r e h o u s in g d u ties w h ich r e q u ir e
an u n d e rs ta n d in g o f the e s ta b lis h m e n t's s to r a g e p la n . W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t
o f the f o llo w in g : V e r if y in g m a t e r ia ls ( o r m e r c h a n d is e ) a g a in s t r e c e iv in g
d o c u m e n ts , n o tin g and r e p o r tin g d is c r e p a n c ie s and o b v io u s d a m a g e s ; rou tin g
m a t e r ia ls to p r e s c r ib e d s to r a g e lo c a t io n s ; s to r in g , s ta c k in g , o r p a lle t iz in g
m a t e r ia ls in a c c o r d a n c e w ith p r e s c r ib e d s to r a g e m e th o d s ; r e a r r a n g in g and
t a k i n g in v e n t o r y o f s to r e d m a t e r ia ls ; e x a m in in g s to r e d m a t e r ia ls and
r e p o r tin g d e t e r io r a t io n and d a m a g e ; r e m o v in g m a t e r i a l f r o m s to r a g e and
p r e p a r in g it f o r s h ip m en t. M a y o p e r a te hand o r p o w e r tr u c k s in p e r fo r m in g
w a r e h o u s in g d u tie s .

F o r w a g e study p u r p o s e s , t r u c k d r iv e r s a r e c la s s ifie d b y s iz e and
ty p e o f e q u ip m en t, as f o llo w s : ( T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r should be ra te d on the b a s is
o f t r a i l e r c a p a c ity .)
T r u c k d r iv e r ,
T r u c k d r iv e r ,
T r u c k d r iv e r ,
T r u c k d r iv e r ,

lig h t tru c k (u n d e r IV 2 to n s )
m e d iu m tru c k ( I V 2 to and in c lu d in g 4 to n s )
h e a v y tru c k ( t r a i l e r ) (o v e r 4 to n s )
h e a v y tru c k (o t h e r than t r a i l e r ) (o v e r 4 to n s )

O R D E R F IL L E R

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

P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d is e f o r sh ip m en t, o r r e c e iv e s and is r e s p o n s ib le
f o r in c o m in g sh ip m en ts o f m e r c h a n d is e o r o th e r m a t e r ia ls .
Sh ip pin g w o r k
in v o l v e s : A k n o w le d g e o f s h ip p in g p r o c e d u r e s , p r a c t ic e s , ro u te s , a v a ila b le
m e a n s o f tr a n s p o r ta t io n , and r a t e s ; and p r e p a r in g r e c o r d s o f the good s
s h ip p ed , m a k in g up b ills o f la d in g , p o s tin g w e ig h t and sh ip p in g c h a n g e s , and
k e e p in g a f i l e o f sh ip p in g r e c o r d s .
M a y d ir e c t o r a s s is t in p r e p a r in g the
m e r c h a n d is e f o r s h ip m en t. R e c e iv in g w o r k i n v o lv e s : V e r if y in g o r d ir e c tin g
o th e r s in v e r i f y i n g the c o r r e c t n e s s o f s h ip m en ts a g a in s t b ills o f la d in g ,
in v o ic e s , o r o th e r r e c o r d s ; c h e c k in g f o r s h o r ta g e s and r e je c t in g d a m a g e d
g o o d s ; ro u tin g m e r c h a n d is e o r m a t e r ia ls to p r o p e r d e p a rtm e n ts ; and m a in ­
ta in in g n e c e s s a r y , r e c o r d s and f i l e s .

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p u rposes,

S h ip p in g c le r k
R e c e iv in g c le r k
Sh ip pin g and r e c e iv in g c le r k

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as

E x c lu d e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u ties in v o lv e sh ip p in g and r e c e iv in g
w o r k (s e e Sh ip pin g and R e c e iv in g C le r k and Sh ip pin g P a c k e r ), o r d e r f i l l i n g
(s e e O r d e r F i l l e r ) , o r o p e r a tin g p o w e r tr u c k s (s e e P o w e r - T r u c k O p e r a t o r ).

fo llo w s :

F i l l s s h ip p in g o r t r a n s f e r o r d e r s f o r fin is h e d good s f r o m s to r e d
m e r c h a n d is e in a c c o r d a n c e w ith s p e c ific a tio n s on s a le s s lip s , c u s to m e r s '
o r d e r s , o r o th e r in s tr u c tio n s .
M a y , in a d d itio n to f i l l i n g o r d e r s and in d i­
c a tin g ite m s f i l l e d o r o m itte d , k e e p r e c o r d s o f ou tgo in g o r d e r s , r e q u is itio n
a d d itio n a l s to c k o r r e p o r t s h o rt s u p p lie s to s u p e r v is o r , and p e r fo r m o th e r
r e la te d d u tie s .

S H IP P IN G P A C K E R

P r e p a r e s fin is h e d p ro d u c ts f o r sh ip m en t o r s to r a g e b y p la c in g th em
in sh ip p in g c o n ta in e r s , the s p e c ific o p e r a tio n s p e r f o r m e d b e in g d epen den t upon
the ty p e , s iz e , and n u m b e r o f u n its to be p a ck ed , the ty p e o f c o n ta in e r
e m p lo y e d , and m eth o d o f s h ip m en t.
W o r k r e q u ir e s the p la c in g o f ite m s in
sh ip p in g c o n ta in e r s and m a y in v o lv e one o r m o r e o f the f o llo w in g : K n o w le d g e
o f v a r io u s ite m s o f s to c k in o r d e r to v e r i f y con ten t; s e le c tio n o f a p p ro p ria te
ty p e and s iz e o f c o n ta in e r ; in s e r tin g e n c lo s u r e s in c o n ta in e r ; u s in g e x c e l s i o r
o r o th e r m a t e r ia l to p r e v e n t b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e ; c lo s in g and s e a lin g c o n ­
t a in e r ; and a p p ly in g la b e ls o r e n te r in g id e n tify in g data on c o n ta in e r .
P ack ers
w ho a ls o m a k e w o o d e n b o x e s o r c r a t e s a r e e x c lu d e d .

M A T E R IA L H A N D LIN G LA B O R E R

GUARD A N D W A T C H M A N

A w o r k e r e m p lo y e d in a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u fa c tu rin g p lan t, s to r e , o r
o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t w h o s e d u tie s in v o lv e one o r m o r e o f the f o llo w in g :
L o a d in g and u n load in g v a r io u s m a t e r ia ls and m e r c h a n d is e on o r f r o m f r e ig h t
c a r s , tr u c k s , o r o th e r tr a n s p o r tin g d e v ic e s ; un pack in g, s h e lv in g , o r p la c in g
m a t e r ia ls o r m e r c h a n d is e in p r o p e r s to r a g e lo c a tio n ; and tr a n s p o r tin g
m a t e r ia ls o r m e r c h a n d is e b y h a n d tru ck, c a r , o r w h e e lb a r r o w .
L on gsh ore
w o r k e r s , w h o lo a d and unload sh ip s, a r e e x c lu d e d .

G u ard .
P e r f o r m s ro u tin e p o lic e d u tie s , e ith e r at fix e d p o s t o r on
to u r, m a in ta in in g o r d e r , u sin g a r m s o r f o r c e w h e r e n e c e s s a r y .
In c lu d e s
g u a rd s w ho a r e s ta tio n e d at g a te and c h eck on id e n tity o f e m p lo y e e s and
o th e r p e r s o n s e n t e r in g !
W a tc h m a n . M a k e s rounds o f p r e m is e s
p r o p e r t y a g a in s t f i r e , th eft, and i l l e g a l e n tr y .

p e r io d ic a lly

in

p r o te c tin g

P O W E R -T R U C K O P E R A T O R
J A N IT O R ,
O p e r a t e s a m a n u a lly c o n tr o lle d g a s o lin e - o r e le c t r ic - p o w e r e d tru c k
o r t r a c t o r to tr a n s p o r t good s and m a t e r ia ls o f a ll kinds about a w a r e h o u s e ,
m a n u fa c tu rin g p lan t, o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t.

tru c k ,

F o r w a g e study p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s a r e c la s s ifie d b y ty p e o f p o w e r as fo llo w s ;
F o r k l i f t o p e r a to r
P o w e r - t r u c k o p e r a to r (o th e r than f o r k l i f t )

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P O R T E R , OR C L E A N E R

C le a n s and k e e p s in an o r d e r l y c o n d itio n f a c t o r y w o rk in g a r e a s and
w a s h r o o m s , o r p r e m is e s o f an o f f ic e , a p a rtm e n t h ou se, o r c o m m e r ic a l
o r o th e r e s ta b lis h m e n t.
D u ties in v o lv e a c o m b in a tio n o f the f o llo w in g :
S w e e p in g , m o p p in g o r s c ru b b in g , and p o lis h in g f l o o r s ; r e m o v in g c h ip s , tr a s h ,
and o th e r r e fu s e ; d u stin g e q u ip m en t, fu r n itu r e , o r fix tu r e s ; p o lis h in g m e t a l
fix tu r e s o r tr im m in g s ; p r o v id in g s u p p lies and m in o r m a in ten a n ce s e r v i c e s ;
and c le a n in g la v a t o r ie s , s h o w e rs , and r e s t r o o m s .
W o r k e r s w ho s p e c ia liz e
in w in d o w w a sh in g a r e e x c lu d e d .

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Act Surveys
T h e fo llo w in g a r e a s a r e s u r ­
v e y e d p e r io d ic a lly f o r u se in a d m in ­
is t e r in g th e S e r v ic e C o n tra c t A c t
o f 1965.
S u r v e y r e s u lts a r e pub­
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f r o m an y o f th e B L S r e g io n a l o ffic e s
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N
N o r th D akota (s ta te w id e )
N o r th e r n N e w Y o r k
O rla n d o , F la .
O xn ard — im i V a lle y —V e n tu ra , C a lif.
S
P h o e n ix , A r i z .
P in e B lu ff, A r k .
P u e b lo , C o lo .
P u e r t o R ic o
R a le ig h ^ D u rh a m , N .C .
R eno, N ev.
R iv e r s id e —
San B e r n a rd in o —
O n ta rio , C a lif.
S a lin a , K ans.
S a lin a s — e a s id e — o n t e r e y , C a lif.
S
M
Sandusky, O hio
Santa B a r b a r a —
Santa M a r ia —
L o m p o c , C a lif.

Savannah, Ga.
S e lm a , A la .
S h e rm a n — e n is o n , T e x .
D
S h r e v e p o r t, L a .
South D akota (s ta te w id e )
S o u th ern Idaho
S o u th w e stern V ir g in ia
S p r in g fie ld , 111.
S p r in g fie ld ^ C h ic o p e e —H o ly o k e ,
M a s s .—Conn.
S tock ton , C a lif.
T a c o m a , W ash.
Tam pa—
St. P e t e r s b u r g , F la .
T o p e k a , K ans.
T u ls a , O kla.
U p p er P e n in s u la , M ich .
V a lle jo —F a i r f i e l d —N a p a , C a lif.
V e r m o n t (s ta te w id e )
V ir g in Is la n d s o f th e U.S.
W a co and K ille e n —T e m p le , T e x .
W a t e r lo o — e d a r F a lls , Io w a
C
W e s t T e x a s P la in s
W e s t V ir g in ia (s ta te w id e )
W ilm in g to n , D e l.— J.—Md.
N.
Y a k im a , R ic h la n d —K e n n e w ic k , and
W a lla W a lla —P e n d le to n ,
W a sh .—O r e g .

A LS O A V A IL A B L E —
A n annual r e p o r t on s a la r ie s fo r
ac c o u n ta n ts , a u d ito r s , c h ie f a c c o u n t­
a n ts , a tt o r n e y s , jo b a n a ly s ts , d i r e c ­
t o r s o f p e r s o n n e l, b u y e r s , c h e m is ts ,
e n g in e e r s , e n g in e e r in g te c h n ic ia n s ,
d r a ft e r s , a n d c l e r i c a l e m p lo y e e s
is a v a ila b le .
O r d e r as B L S B u lle ­
tin 1931, N a tio n a l S u rv e y o f P r o ­
f e s s io n a l, A d m in is t r a t iv e , T e c h n ic a l
and C l e r i c a l P a y , M a r c h 1976, $1.35
a c o p y , f r o m an y o f the B L S r e ­
g io n a l s a le s o f f ic e s shown on the
b a c k c o v e r , o r f r o m th e S u p e r in ­
ten d en t o f D o c u m e n ts , U.S. G o v e r n ­
m en t P r in tin g O ffic e , W a sh in gton ,
D .C . 20402.

Area Wage
Surveys
A l i s t o f the la t e s t b u lle tin s a v a ila b le is p r e s e n te d b e lo w .
B u lle tin s
m a y b e p u rc h a s e d f r o m an y o f the B L S r e g io n a l o f f ic e s shown on the b ack
c o v e r , o r f r o m the S u p e rin te n d e n t o f D o c u m e n ts , U.S. G o v e rn m e n t P r in tin g
O f f ic e , W a sh in g to n , D .C . 20402.
M a k e c h eck s p a y a b le to S u p erin ten d en t of
D o c u m e n ts .
A d i r e c t o r y o f o c c u p a tio n a l w a g e s u r v e y s , c o v e r in g th e y e a r s
1950 th ro u gh 1975, is a v a ila b le on re q u e s t.

A rea
A k r o n , O h io , D e c . 1 9 7 6 1_________________________________________
A lb a n y — c h en e cta d y — r o y , N .Y . , Sept. 1976 _________________
S
T
A n a h e im —
Santa A n a— a r d e n G r o v e ,
G
C a l i f. , O ct. 1976_________________________________________________
A tla n ta , G a . , M a y 1977___________________________________________
B a lt im o r e , M d ., A u g . 1976______________________________________
B illin g s , M o n t., July 1976_______________________________________
B ir m in g h a m , A l a . , M a r . 1977___________________________________
B o s to n , M a s s ., A u g . 1976 _______________________________________
B u ffa lo , N . Y . , O ct. 1976 _________________________________________
C anton, O h io , M a y 1977 1_________________________________________
C h a tta n o o g a , T e n n .— a ., Sept. 1976 __ ________________________
G
C h ic a g o , 111., M a y 1976___________________________________________
C in c in n a ti, O h io— y .— d ., M a r . 1976________________________ _
K
In
C le v e la n d , O h io, Sept. 1976_____________________________________
C o lu m b u s, O h io , O ct. 197 6 ______________________________________
C orp u s C h r is t i, T e x . , July 1976________________________________
D a lla s —F o r t W o rth , T e x . , O ct. 1976___________________________
D a v e n p o r t— o c k Isla n d — o lin e , Io w a —
R
M
111., F eb . 1977 1______
D a y ton , O h io , D e c . 1976 _________________________________________
D ayton a B e a c h , F l a . , A u g . 1976 ________________________________
D e n v e r — o u ld e r , C o lo ., D e c . 1976_____________________________
B
D e t r o it , M ic h ., M a r . 1977_______________________________________
F r e s n o , C a l i f. , June 1977________________________________________
G a in e s v ille , F la . , Sept. 1976 ____________________________________
G r e e n B a y , W is ., July 1 976_____________________________________
G r e e n s b o r o —W in s to n -S a le m — ig h P o in t,
H
N .C ., A u g . 1976__________________________________________________
G r e e n v ille — p a rta n b u rg , S .C ., June 1976 1____________________
S
H a r t fo r d , C onn ., M a r . 1 977_____________________________________
H ou ston , T e x . , A p r . 1976________________________________________
H u n ts v ille , A l a . , F e b . 1977 1____________________________________
In d ia n a p o lis , In d ., O ct. 1 976____________________________________
J a c k s o n , M i s s . , Jan. 1977 1 ______________________________________
J a c k s o n v ille , F l a . , D e c . 1 9 7 6 1__________________________________
K an sas C ity , M o .- K a n s ., Sept. 1976 1 _________________________
L o s A n g e le s —L o n g B ea ch , C a lif. , O ct. 1976__________________
L o u i s v i l l e , K y .— d ., N o v . 1976_________________________________
In

B u lle tin nu m b er
and p r ic e *
1900-76, 85 cents
1900-59, 55 cents
1900-67,
1950-17,
1900-52,
1900-39,
1950-8,
1900-53,
1900-70,
1950-28,
1900-57,
1900-32,
1900-7,
1900-62,
1900-68,
1900-41,
1900-63,
1950-26,
1900-78,
1900-45,
1900-73,
1950-13,
1950-30,
1900-54,
1900-37,

75 cen ts
$1.20
85 cen ts
55 cen ts
85 cen ts
85 cen ts
75 cen ts
$1 .1 0
55 cen ts
$ 1.05
75 cen ts
95 cen ts
75 cen ts
55 cfints
85 cen ts
$1.10
85 cen ts
45 cents
85 cen ts
$ 1.20
70 cen ts
45 cents
55 cen ts

1900-47,
1900-36,
1950-9,
1900-26,
1950-4,
1900-58,
1 950-2,
1900-80,
1900-60,
1900-77,
1900-69,

65 cen ts
85 cen ts
80 cen ts
85 cen ts
$ 1.40
75 cen ts
$ 1 .5 0
85 cen ts
$ 1.05
85 c en ts
55 cents

A rea
M e m p h is , T e n n .— r k . — i s s . , N o v . 1976 1_____________________
A
M
M ia m i, F la . , Oct. 1976___________________________________________
M ilw a u k e e , W is ., A p r . 1977 ____________________________________
M in n e a p o lis —
St. P a u l, M in n .—W is ., Jan. 1977________________
N a s sa u — u ffo lk , N. Y . , June 1977_______________________________
S
N e w a rk , N .J ., Jan 1977 __________________________________________
N e w O r le a n s , L a . , Jan. 1977 1__________________________________
N e w Y o r k , N .Y . - N . J . , M a y 1977________________________________
N o r fo lk —V ir g in ia B ea ch —P o r ts m o u th , V a .—
N .C ., M a y 1977___________________________ ____________ ___________
N o r fo lk —V ir g in ia B ea ch —P o r ts m o u th and
N e w p o r t N e w s — am p ton , V a .— .C ., M a y 1977_____________
H
N
N o r th e a s t P e n n s y lv a n ia , A u g. 197 6 ____________________________
O k lah om a C ity , O k la ., A u g . 1976_______________________________
O m aha, N e b r .— w a , O ct. 1976_________________________________
Io
P a te r s o n —C lifto n —P a s s a ic , N .J ., June 1976 __________________
P h ila d e lp h ia , P a .—N .J ., N o v . 1 9 7 6 1____________________________
P itts b u r g h , P a ., Jan. 1977 ______________________________________
P o r tla n d , M a in e , D e c . 1976 1 ___________________________________
P o r tla n d , O r e g .—W a s h ., M a y 197 6 _____________________________
P o u g h k e e p s ie , N . Y . , June 1977_________________________________
P o u g h k e e p s ie — in g s to n — ew b u rg h , N . Y . , June 1976____ ,___
K
N
P r o v id e n c e - W a r w ic k —P a w tu c k e t, R .I.—
M a s s ., June 1977 1 ______________________________________________
R ic h m o n d , V a ., June 1977 1
______________________________________
St. L o u is , M o .—111., M a r . 1977 _________________________________
S a c r a m e n to , C a lif. , D e c . 1976 _________________________________
S a gin a w , M ic h ., N o v . 1 9 7 6 1_____________________________________
S a lt L a k e C ity —O gden , U tah, N o v . 1976_______________________
San A n to n io , T e x . , M a y 1977 1__________________________________
San D ie g o , C a lif. , N o v . 1976____________________________________
San F r a n c is c o —O aklan d, C a lif. , M a r . 1977____________________
San J o s e , C a lif. , M a r . 1977_____________________________________
S e a ttle — v e r e t t , W a sh ., Jan 1977 1_____________________________
E
South B en d , In d ., M a r . 1976 ____________________________________
S y r a c u s e , N . Y . , Ju ly 197 6 _______________________________________
T o le d o , O h io— ic h . , M a y 1977_________________________________
M
T r e n to n , N .J ., Sept. 1976________________________________________
W a sh in g ton , D. C .— d .—V a . , M a r . 1977 _______________________
M
W ic h ita , K a n s ., A p r . 1977 1 _____________________________________
W o r c e s t e r , M a s s ., A p r . 1977 __________________________________
Y o r k , P a . , F e b . 1977 _____________________________________________

B u lle tin nu m ber
and p r ic e *
1900-75,
1900-66,
1950-14,
1950-3,
1950-27,
1950-7,
1950-5,
1950-31,

85 cents
75 cents
$ 1.10
$ 1 .6 0
$1.00
$ 1 .6 0
$ 1.60
$1.20

1950-20, 70 cen ts
1950-21,
1900-43,
1900-42,
1900-61,
1900-38,
1900-64,
1950-1,
1900-72,
1900-51,
1950-25,
1900-55,

70 cen ts
65 cents
55 cents
55 cents
55 cents
$ 1.10
$ 1.50
85 cen ts
75 cents
70 cen ts
55 cents

1950-22,
1950-23,
1950-10,
1900-71,
1900-74,
1900-65,
1950-24,
1900-79,
1950-29,
1950-19,
1950-12,
1900-5,
1900-44,
1950-18,
1900-56,
1950-11,
1950-16,
1950-15,
1950-6,

$1.20
$1.10
$ 1.20
55 cen ts
75 cents
55 cents
$1.10
55 cen ts
$1.20
$1.00
$ 1.20
55 cents
55 cen ts
80 cents
55 cents
$ 1.20
$1.10
70 cents
$ 1.10

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