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Area
Wage
Survey

New York, New York
Metropolitan Area
May 1981

New Jersey,

U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Preface
This bulletin provides results of a May 1981 survey of occupational earnings
and supplementary wage benefits in the New York, N.Y.-N.J., Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Area. The survey was made as part of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics’ annual area wage survey program. It was conducted by the
Bureau’s regional office in New York, N.Y., under the general direction of
Anthony J. Ferrara, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations. The
survey could not have been accomplished without the cooperation of the many
firms whose wage and salary data provided the basis for the statistical
information in this bulletin. The Bureau wishes to express sincere appreciation
for the cooperation received.
Unless specifically identified as copyright, material in this publication is in
the public domain and may, with appropriate credit, be reproduced without
permission.

Note:
Reports on occupational earnings and supplementary benefits in the New
York area are available for the following industries: Banking (February 1980),
hospitals (September 1980), life insurance (February 1980), machinery (Janu­
ary 1981), moving and storage (May 1981), and savings and loan associations
(February 1980). Listings of union wage rates are available for building trades,
printing trades, local-transit operating employees, local truckdrivers and
helpers, and grocery store employees. A report on occupational earnings for
municipal government workers is available for the city of New York. Also
available for just the city of New York (the 5 boroughs), is a May 1981 report
on occupational earnings for the same occupations and industries as in this
publication. Free copies of these are available from the Bureau’s regional
offices. (See back cover for addresses.)
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Of­
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Area
Wage
Survey
U.S. Department of Labor
Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Janet L. Norwood,
Commissioner

New York, New York—New Jersey,
Metropolitan Area
May 1981
Contents
Page

Introduction.........................................................................

2

Page

Tables—Continued
A-14.

Tables:

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Earnings, all establishments:
A- 1. Weekly earnings of office workers....................
A- 2. Weekly earnings of professional and
technical workers..........................................
A- 3. Average weekly earnings of office,
professional, and technical workers,
by sex............................................................
A- 4. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom,
and powerplant workers................................
A- 5. Hourly earnings of material movement and
custodial workers.........................................
A- 6. Average hourly earnings of maintenance,
toolroom, powerplant, material
movement, and custodial workers,
by sex............................................................
A- 7. Indexes of earnings and percent increases
for selected occupation groups.....................
A- 8. Pay relationships in establishments with
paired office clerical occupations.................
A- 9. Pay relationships in establishments with
paired professional and technical
occupations...................................................
A-10. Pay relationships in establishments with
paired maintenance, toolroom, and
powerplant occupations ..............................
A-11. Pay relationships in establishments with
paired material movement and custodial
occupations...................................................

A-15.
3
A-16.
6
A-17.
8

Average weekly earnings of office,
professional, and technical workers, by sex .
Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom,
and powerplant workers................................
Hourly earnings of material movement
and custodial workers ..................................
Average hourly earnings of maintenance,
toolroom, powerplant, material
movement, and custodial workers,
by sex.............................................................

22
24
25

26

10
11

13
14
14

15

16

16

Earnings in establishments employing 500 workers
or more:
A-12. Weekly earnings of office workers.................... 17
A-13. Weekly earnings of professional and
technical workers.......................................... 20

Establishment practices and supplementary wage
provisions:
B- 1. Minimum entrance salaries for inexperienced
typists and clerks..........................................
B- 2. Late-shift pay provisions for full-time
manufacturing production and related
workers...........................................................
B- 3. Scheduled weekly hours and days of full­
time first-shift workers...................................
B- 4. Annual paid holidays for full-time workers ....
B- 5. Paid vacation provisions for full-time
workers...........................................................
B- 6. Health, insurance, and pension plans for
full-time workers............................................
B- 7. Health plan participation for full-time
workers...........................................................

27

28
29
30
31
34
35

Appendixes:
A. Scope and method of survey .................................... 37
B. Occupational descriptions........................................ 43
C. Job conversion table.................................................. 55

Introduction

This area is 1 of 71 in which the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of
Labor Statistics conducts surveys of occupational earnings and related
benefits. (See list of areas on inside back cover.) In each area, earnings data for
selected occupations (A-series tables) are collected annually. Information on
establishment practices and supplementary wage benefits (B-series tables) is
obtained every third year.
Each year after all individual area wage surveys have been completed, two
summary reports are issued. The first brings together data for each metropoli­
tan area surveyed; the second presents national and regional estimates,
projected from individual metropolitan area data, for all Standard Metropoli­
tan Statistical Areas in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
A major consideration in the area wage survey program is the need to
describe the level and movement of wages in a variety of labor markets,
through the analysis of (1) the level and distribution of wages by occupation,
and (2) the movement of wages by occupational category and skill level. The
program develops information that may be used for many purposes, including
wage and salary administration, collective bargaining, and assistance in
determining plant location. Survey results also are used by the U.S. Depart­
ment of Labor to make wage determinations under the Service Contract Act of
1965.

A-series tables
Tables A-l through A-6 provide estimates of straight-time weekly or hourly
earnings for workers in occupations common to a variety of manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing industries. Where possible, occupations with related duties
(e.g. accounting clerks and payroll clerks) are clustered to facilitate compari­
son. The occupations are defined in appendix B. For the 31 largest survey
areas, tables A-12 through A-17 provide similar data for establishments
employing 500 workers or more.
Beginning in 1981, multilevel jobs are designated numerically instead of
alphabetically. A job conversion list is provided in appendix C.
Table A-7 provides indexes and percent changes in average hourly earnings
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nurses, skilled maintenance trades workers, and unskilled plant workers.
Where possible, data are presented for all industries and for manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing separately. Data are not presented for skilled maintenance
workers in nonmanufacturing because the number of workers employed in this
occupational group in nonmanufacturing is too small to warrant separate
presentation. This table provides a measure of wage trends after elimination of
changes in average earnings caused by employment shifts among establish­
ments as well as turnover of establishments included in survey samples. For
further details, see appendix A.
Tables A-8 through A-l 1 provide measures of pay relationships in establish­
ments. These measures may differ considerably from the pay relationships of
overall area averages published in tables A-l through A-6. See appendix A for
details.

B-series tables
The B-series tables present information on minimum entrance salaries for
inexperienced typists and clerks; late-shift pay provisions and practices for
production and related workers in manufacturing; and data separately for
production and related workers and office workers on scheduled weekly hours
and days of first-shift workers; paid holidays; paid vacations; health, insurance,
and pension plan provisions; and health plan participation.

Appendixes
Appendix A describes the methods and concepts used in the area wage
survey program. It provides information on the scope of the area survey, the
area’s industrial composition in manufacturing, and labor-management agree­
ment coverage.
Appendix B provides job descriptions used by Bureau field representatives
to classify workers by occupation.
Appendix C is an alphabetic to numeric conversion list for all multilevel jobs
in the survey.

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers In New York, N.Y.-NJ., May 1981

Occupation and industry
division

Number
of
workers

Average
weekly
hours'
(stand­
ard)

Weekly earnings
fin dollars)1

Mean*

Median’

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of -

Middle range*

110
and
under
120

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

500

Secretaries........................................
Manufacturing..............................
Nonmanufacturing.......................
Transportation and utilities.....

40,442
10,194
30,248
5,932

36.0
36.5
35.5
35.5

289.00
298.50
286.00
316.50

280.50
288.50
279.00
303.00

328.00
338.00
326.00
356.00

_

_

_

-

-

-

Secretaries I..................................
Manufacturing..............................
Nonmanufacturing.......................

5,413
777
4,636

35.5
36.0
35.0

236.50
241.00
235.50

230.00 201.00- 260.00
230.50 210.50- 262.00
230.00 199.50- 259.00

_

_

_

-

-

Secretaries II.................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing.......................

10,435
2,259
8,176

36.0
36.5
35.5

264.50
253.50
267.00

259.50 234.50- 293.00
249.00 228.00- 277.00
263.00 236.00- 299.00

_
-

Secretaries III................................
Manufacturing.............................
Non manufacturing.......................
Transportation and utilities.....

9,820
2,881
6,939
1,669

36.0
36.5
36.0
35.5

294.50
301.50
291.50
320.00

289.00
298.00
284.00
326.00

254.00270.00249.50268.00-

330.00
325.00
335.50
370.50

Secretaries IV...............................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

10,434
2,887
7,547
1,043

36.0
36.5
35.5
36.5

314.50
314.50
314.50
355.50

309.00
310.00
309.00
352.50

274.50261.00276.00299.50-

349.00
358.00
344.50
410.00

Secretaries V................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing.......................
Transportation and utilities.....

3,523
1,390
2,133
308

36.0
36.0
35.5
36.5

364.50
365.00
364.00
413.00

361.00
362.50
358.50
416.50

316.50317.00316.50356.00-

407.00
407.00
407.00
456.00

Stenographers..................................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,433
1,268
226

36.0
36.0
38.5

250.50
245.50
318.00

230.50 201.00- 288.00
228.50 198.50- 278.50
328.50 288.00- 374.50

Stenographers I............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

482
444
117

36.5
36.5
39.0

228.00
224.00
312.00

202.50 175.00- 245.00
200.00 175.00- 229.50
373.50 215.50- 386.50

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

Stenographers II...........................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

951
824
109

36.0
36.0
38.0

262.00
257.00
325.00

256.50 213.50- 307.00
255.50 215.00- 288.00
328.50 288.00- 364.00

_

_

-

Transcribing-machine typists...........
Nonmanufacturing......................

473
403

36.0
36.0

226.50
230.00

218.50 195.50- 261.50
221.00 195.50- 267.00

_

-

-

-

Typists...............................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

7,776
1,046
6,730
613

36.0
36.5
35.5
37.0

195.50
211.50
193.00
246.00

184.00
193.50
182.50
232.00

166.00175.00165.00189.50-

211.00
232.00
210.00
311.00

_

81

102

Typists I.........................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

4,962
693
4,269
419

36.0
37.0
35.5
37.0

182.50
194.50
180.50
218.00

175.00
181.50
174.50
198.00

162.00174.50160.00178.00-

195.00
206.00
195.00
246.00

_

Typists II........................................
Manufacturing.............................

2,814
353
2,461
194

36.0
36.5
36.0
38.0

218.50
245.00
215.00
307.50

205.50 180.00230.50 190.00203.00 179.50333.50 242.50-

240.00
287.50
235.50
346.00

Transportation and utilities.....

244.00250.00240.00269.00-

-

1
1
-

10
10
-

184
184
-

370
31
339
2

1693
200
1493
7

2811
613
2198
63

4098
932
3166
315

5334
1350
3984
692

5227
1345
3882
905

4764
1261
3503
866

4314
1119
3195
754

3208
847
2361
457

2822
706
2116
436

2006
618
1388
521

2100
653
1447
462

1031
327
704
318

333
132
201
75

136
60
76
59

-

1
1

1
1

60
_
60

247
11
236

965
73
892

1000
213
787

1125
137
988

657
134
523

599
96
503

327
56
271

121
14
107

111
11
100

136
_
136

9
9

50
32
18

3
3

1
1

-

_

_

_

9

110

-

-

61
20
41

431
124
307

1020
242
778

1493
465
1028

2135
539
1596

1610
348
1262

1382
281
1101

982
110
872

456
41
415

389
63
326

253
21
232

61
4
57

34

-

34

7
1
6

2
2

38

193

-

-

9

110
2

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

“

-

-

-

2
-

38
2

193
2

474
82
392
14

800
130
670
111

1363
286
1077
219

1348
454
894
180

1318
540
778
105

1158
562
596
177

1003
333
670
117

856
178
678
204

679
135
544
357

395
107
288
136

121
42
79
22

46
32
14
5

26
_
26
18

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20
3
17
-

182
76
106
5

520
200
320
15

955
367
588
30

1368
376
992
85

1396
264
1132
130

1646
290
1356
152

1301
317
984
66

932
292
640
59

680
248
432
81

917
294
623
197

426
113
313
192

38
19
19
10

53
28
25
21

_

_

_

_

_

_

209
71
138
-

268
120
148
9

366
143
223
20

311
145
166
34

491
173
318
19

376
214
162
19

671
216
455
59

435
172
263
72

241
80
161
58

55
32
23
18

.

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

2

18

-

-

-

-

-

.

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
-

18
-

80
24
56
-

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6
6
3

51
51
5

118
118
5

156
156
7

273
226
14

134
127
6

152
146
6

134
124
3

79
79
23

48
37
17

116
67
38

39
21
10

74
61
48

53
49
41

-

6
6
3

51
51
5

93
93
5

63
63
7

101
96
11

45
38
3

20
14
4

14
4
1

3
3
3

14
12
11

3
2
2

2
1
1

28
24
24

39
37
37

_

_

_

.

-

-

-

-

-

25
25
-

93
93
-

172
130
3

89
89
3

132
132
2

120
120
2

76
76
20

34
25
6

113
65
36

37
20
9

46
37
24

14
12
4

_

_

_

19
19

20
20

101
69

98
84

61
46

40
34

68
66

52
51

.

-

6
6

.

-

5
5

-

-

323
4
319
-

620
21
599
18

1032
108
924
30

1311
219
1092
60

1636
247
1389
122

1014
128
886
63

620
93
527
24

495
49
446
107

117
73
44
16

132
24
108
11

55
25
30
13

62
25
37
26

109
10
99
95

5
5

305
4
301
-

558
18
540
18

819
102
717
30

918
169
749
60

1083
203
880
104

545
74
471
61

226
52
174
22

202
10
192
70

63
50
13
7

15
9
6
6

4
1
3
3

6
6
6

32
1
31
29

_
_

18
_
18

62
3
59

213
6

393
50

553
44

469
54

394
41

293
39

54
23

117
15

51
24

56
25

77
9

18

2

2

37

9

5

10

20

66

-

-

_

-

81
-

102
102

-

81
81
-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

102
"

-

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500
and
over

3

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_
_

_

_

-

-

-

3
3

.

.

-

-

6
6

-

55
8
47
28

.

3

_

1
1

-

_

_
_

-

-

-

_

,

.
_
_

_
_

_
_

-

3
3

-

-

-

5
5

52
8

6
6

1
1

_

-

25

-

-

-

_

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers In New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981 —Continued

Occupation and industry
division

Number
of
workers

Average
weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Weekly earnings
(in dollars)1

Mean*

Median*

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of —

Middle range*

110
and
under
120

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

500

500
and
over

1
1
-

308
1
307
-

250
42
208
5

489
56
433
“

558
118
440
26

351
45
306
6

467
32
435
26

557
69
488
4

465
76
389
54

68
35
33
2

97
34
63
4

24
16
8
1

23
12
11
5

26
7
19
17

20
11
9
9

28
2
26

18
1
17
17

9
1
8
3

3
3
3

“

-

175.00
165.00
175.00
205.50

1
1
-

308
1
307
-

203
42
161
5

324
50
274
-

424
118
306
18

224
29
195
-

218
19
199
8

227
25
202
2

124
11
113
27

4
4
~

47
2
45
-

2
2
-

7
3
4
4

8
8
8

-

-

~

“

“

_ “

—

197.00
242.00
190.00
310.00

_

_

-

-

46
46
-

163
6
157
-

123
123
8

95
16
79
6

233
11
222
18

286
35
251
2

164
46
118
9

42
31
11
2

23
14
9
4

14
11
3
1

8
8
“

12
4
8
6

11
11
-

4
1
3
”

18
1
17
17

1
1
1

”

-

-

225.50
223.50

208.00 195.00- 234.50
207.50 195.00- 224.50

_
-

_
-

1
1

2
2

11
11

32
32

14
14

44
35

177
158

22
22

25
9

8
5

8
7

6
3

9
9

24
23

-

8
7

3
3

“

-

36.0
36.0
36.0
36.0

171.50
175.50
170.00
191.00

162.50
168.00
160.00
163.00

146.50145.00150.00152.00-

190.00
200.00
189.00
207.00

5
5
-

61
13
48
18

492
116
376
-

849
312
537
1

783
122
661
141

509
78
431
24

420
95
325
50

836
172
664
14

496
217
279
33

119
81
38
4

53
16
37
8

76
32
44
25

14
7
7
7

9
9
9

19
19
1

8
2
6
6

3
1
2
2

6
6
6

1
1
1

-

~

2,403
185
2,218
234

36.0
36.5
36.0
36.5

218.50
229.00
217.50
271.50

217.00
222.00
216.50
262.50

198.00186.00199.50212.50-

233.00
265.00
228.00
331.50

_
-

_
-

2
2
-

2
2
-

31
31
-

109
10
99
1

122
13
109
2

439
47
392
22

527
21
506
49

769
28
741
28

166
18
148
12

106
18
88
29

18
9
9
5

23
6
17
14

31
8
23
23

12
6
6
6

40
40
40

6
1
5
3

-

“

—

Switchboard operatorreceptionists..................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,791
712
1,079
57

37.0
38.0
36.0
36.5

213.50
209.50
216.00
274.50

205.00
205.00
210.00
312.50

185.00190.00183.00185.00-

230.00
224.50
231.00
312.50

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

46
10
36
-

136
24
112
4

37
27
10
4

440
181
259
11

455
268
187
-

301
64
237
-

116
52
64
-

77
9
68
_

30
20
10
4

51
24
27
27

12
12
“

47
47
"

1
1
1

6
6
6

-

"

-

-

36
21
15
-

Order clerks......................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

4,750
1,272
3,478

37.0
37.0
37.5

225.00
228.50
224.00

220.00 189.50- 250.00
227.00 200.00- 250.00
209.50 184.50- 250.00

_

_

_

15
-

583
87
496

1006
175
831

538
117
421

1042
412
630

561
227
334

466
101
365

46
46
“

111
81
30

“

98
98

~

3
3

2
2

99
99

-

-

124
5
119

-

-

56
21
35

-

-

Order clerks 1................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

2,887
472
2,415

37.0
37.0
37.0

203.00
200.50
203.50

117
5
112

581
85
496

978
161
817

305
80
225

390
76
314

252
19
233

221
25
196

Order clerks II...............................

1,583

38.0

Accounting clerks.............................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

14,466
3,381
11,085
1,233

Accounting clerks 1......................
Manufacturing............................

File clerks..........................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

3,762
559
3,203
182

36.0
36.0
36.0
36.0

175.00
188.50
172.50
232.50

166.00 148.50- 192.00
175.00 150.00- 211.50
165.00 147.00- 190.00
205.50 175.00- 310.00

File clerks 1....................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

2,121
307
1,814
72

36.0
36.5
36.0
35.5

159.00
159.00
159.00
201.00

150.50
151.00
150.50
205.50

140.00140.00140.00155.00-

File clerks II...................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,243
195
1,048
74

35.5
35.5
36.0
36.5

186.00
221.50
179.00
242.00

176.50
211.50
174.00
207.00

159.00190.00153.00175.00-

File clerks III..................................
Nonmanufacturing......................

394
341

36.0
36.0

Messengers......................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

4,759
1,264
3,495
350

Switchboard operators....................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

Accounting clerks II.....................
Transportation and utilities....
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-

-

-

15

195.00 176.00- 221.00
195.50 180.00- 220.00
194.00 176.00- 221.00

_

_

_

15

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

28
21
7

261.50

235.00 227.00- 275.00

-

-

-

-

28

7

2

28

198

582

239

175

46

76

-

98

-

3

2

99

-

36.5
37.5
36.0
37.0

235.50
241.00
233.50
331.50

225.00 193.00230.00 198.50224.50 190.00333.50 264.00-

260.00
263.50
259.00
396.50

_

59

116
9
107
-

378
11
367
-

514
89
425
8

1057
341
716
3

2309
391
1918
26

2026
440
1586
27

2183
604
1579
44

2046
505
1541
159

1184
329
855
112

581
118
463
54

444
79
365
74

467
147
320
181

350
147
203
85

219
74
145
85

368
64
304
291

21
10
11
11

74
1
73
73

6
6
“

1,546
433
1,113

37.0
38.0
36.5

189.50
193.50
188.00

180.00
177.00
187.50

173.00- 203.00
174.00- 198.50
165.00- 205.00

_

107
5
102

119
26
93

338
248
90

418
34
384

169
10
159

98
7
91

111
52
59

27
20
7

18
8
10

_

2
2

3
3

-

-

-

-

-

-

3
2
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5,522
1,284
4,238
540

36.5
37.5
36.0
36.0

218.00
225.50
216.00
296.00

209.50
213.50
207.50
285.00

181.50198.00179.50250.00-

267
6
261
-

379
63
316
-

476
84
392
2

1124
251
873
18

926
266
660
11

880
324
556
8

436
71
365
123

293
34
259
80

124
16
108
41

145
30
115
43

238
64
174
162

60
52
8
6

20
6
14
6

46
8
38
38

2

_

_

-

-

239.00
236.5C
240.50
333.50

-

-

-

59
-

64
16
48
-

4
4

60
16
44

69

55

4

47

-

-

S

55
-

4
-

38
-

_

-

_

-

-

69

4

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2

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Weekly earnings
(in dollars)1
Occupation and industry
division

Number
of
workers

weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Mean*

Median*

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of —

Middle range*

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

500

.

_
_
-

_
_
-

13
13
"

88
3
85
-

405
100
305
-

785
164
621
8

920
249
671
20

1138
332
806
22

572
228
344
18

269
68
201
1

220
27
193
13

116
20
96
16

263
85
178
78

135
51
84
74

280
35
245
245

9
4
5
5

5
“
5
5

~
-

282.50
320.00
274.50
467.50

_
_

.

_
_
-

_

_

_

_
-

_
-

_
-

-

153
6
147
-

358
6
352

138
138
5

274
24
250
13

359
50
309
10

292
47
245
13

153
26
127
12

64
22
42
18

111
61
50
3

24
8
16
-

61
14
47
5

42
21
21
8

10
6
4
4

69
1
68
68

6
6
“

196.00210.00195.00221.00-

263.00
264.00
261.00
310.00

.

_
_
_
-

12
_
12
-

14
14

19
19
"

39
15
24
-

76
25
51
-

290
62
228
17

272
100
172
8

224
88
136
8

287
103
184
1

139
90
49
10

110
12
98
13

78
9
69
42

50
19
31
1

26
19
7
2

37
11
26
10

10
7
3
3

19
17
2
■

7
6
1
1

“
“

198.50190.00199.50240.00-

252.50
233.50
271.50
338.50

.

.

_
_
-

_
_
-

58
58
_
-

94
_
94
-

126
13
113
"

155
79
76
-

343
168
175
-

1450
423
1027
30

1364
597
767
39

1419
351
1068
75

781
231
550
110

387
104
283
39

212
40
172
32

416
19
397
105

306
25
281
24

102
8
94
64

16
2
14
10

196
5
191
70

5
5
-

1
1
-

“
-

—

‘

_
_
_

58
58

94

_
_

_

912
333
579
30

815
341
474
28

663
98
565
35

389
51
338
98

209
49
160
36

182
25
157
29

379
7
372
101

253
11
242
17

-

-

~

7
2
5
1

1
1
-

-

273
136
137
-

3
3
-

-

130
61
69
-

7
7
-

-

94
-

124
11
113
-

~

”

—

—

30
15
15
3

37
12
25
4

53
14
39
7

95
1
94
64

9
9
9

193
2
191
70

4
4
"

1
1
-

-

”

-

Transportation and utilities.....

220.00225.00217.00342.50-

278.00
275.00
280.00
407.50

Transportation and utilities.....

2,114
298
1,816
159

36.0
37.5
36.0
38.0

257.50
299.00
251.00
369.50

250.00
290.00
249.50
391.00

209.50255.00199.50275.00-

Transportation and utilities.....

1,709
583
1,126
116

36.5
37.0
36.0
36.0

240.00
250.00
234.50
282.00

230.00
242.00
226.00
304.50

Transportation and utilities.....

7,431
2,129
5,302
598

36.5
37.0
36.5
36.5

232.50
213.50
240.00
289.50

221.00
205.00
222.50
282.00

Transportation and utilities.....

4,499
1,194
3,305
375

36.5
36.5
36.5
36.0

226.00
202.00
234.50
266.00

211.00 189.00- 257.00
199.00 180.00- 210.00
222.50 196.00- 278.00
258.00 240.00- 319.00
204.00205.00200.00247.00-

250.00
248.00
259.00
394.00

_
_
_
-

_
_

-

_
_

-

_
_
_

-

_

2
2

.
_
_

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and
over

.

244.50
250.00
242.00
385.00

230.00
230.00
230.50
354.00

140

_
_
-

258.00
258.00
258.00
365.00

242.00
227.50
248.50
328.00

130

_
_
-

36.5
37.0
36.0
38.0

37.0
38.0
36.0
38.0

120

_
_
-

5,218
1,366
3,852
505

2,932
935
1,997
223

110
and
under
120

5

25
18
7
-

70
32
38
-

538
90
448
-

549
256
293
11

756
253
503
40

392
180
212
12

178
55
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Table A-2. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers In New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Weekly earnings
(in dollars)1

Average
Occupation and industry
division

of

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of _

hours1
ard)

140
Mean3

Median3

Middle range3

■ inHpr

160

160

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

400

440

480

520

560

600

660

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

400

440

480

520

560

600

660

720

Computer systems analysts
(business)......................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

4,568
891
3,677
846

36.0
37.0
35.5
36.0

535.50
548.50
532.00
617.50

537.50
541.50
531.00
641.50

596.00
620.00
592.50
704.50

-

-

-

_
-

_
_

1
_
1

10
_
10

3
_
3

29
_
29

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Computer systems analysts
(business) I................................
Nonmanufacturing......................

489
372

35.5
35.5

410.00
403.50

403.00 361.00- 453.00
403.00 356.00- 448.50

-

-

-

-

_

1

-

-

-

-

1

10
10

_

-

Computer systems analysts
(business) II...............................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

2,035
365
1,670
669

36.0
37.5
35.5
35.5

532.00
502.00
538.50
623.50

518.50
499.00
521.50
654.00

455.50441.50458.00561.00-

596.00
541.50
615.50
704.50

-

-

-

_
-

_
-

_
_
_

-

-

-

-

-

Computer systems analysts
(business) III..............................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

2,017
409
1,608
154

36.0
37.0
35.5
37.5

569.00
623.50
555.50
626.50

564.50
620.00
552.00
608.50

513.00576.00502.00579.50-

614.50
662.50
595.00
710.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Computer programmers (business)..
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

6,113
844
5,269
765

36.0
37.5
35.5
36.5

404.50
401.00
405.00
509.00

393.50
400.00
391.50
529.00

342.00330.00344.00424.00-

450.00
459.00
447.00
591.50

_

_

-

-

-

Computer programmers
(business) I................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,051
146
905
144

36.0
37.0
35.5
36.5

333.00
299.50
338.50
428.00

322.00
288.50
330.00
402.00

285.00255.50287.00324.50-

365.00
319.00
365.00
542.00

Computer programmers
(business) II...............................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

2,889
300
2,589

35.5
37.0
35.5

396.00
361.50
400.00

370.50 336.50- 422.50
356.00 310.00- 385.50
379.00 338.00- 423.00

Computer programmers
(business) III..............................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

2,147
398
1,749

36.0
38.0
35.5

450.50
467.50
446.50

438.00 405.00- 485.00
454.00 415.00- 509.50
432.00 403.00- 480.00

Computer operators.........................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

5,123
1,118
4,005
775

36.5
37.5
36.0
35.5

291.00
292.50
290.50
346.50

288.00
285.50
289.50
333.00

246.00250.00240.00325.50-

Computer operators I...................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

1,178
123
1,055

36.0
37.5
36.0

241.00
203.50
245.50

Computer operators II...................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....
See footnotes at end of tables.

2,478
576
1,902
244

36.5
37.5
36.5
36.0

287.00
277.00
290.00
327.50


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627
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77

581
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476
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393
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77

319
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143

144
16
128
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14
220
179

9
7
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143
11
132
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108
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15

140
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16

118
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110
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-

-

-

-

119
17
102

225
46
179

383
36
347

447
38
409

306
61
245

343
17
326

478
38
440

116
12
104

75
6
69

91
11
80

80

172

2

80

172

2

-

9
2
7

19
1
18

32

40
2
38

57
6
51

295
37
258

640
120
520

433
90
343

318
64
254

169
38
131

64
16
48

62
14
48

7
7

1
1

32

676
462
171
167
295
505
78 .
2

542
125
417
55

769
128
641
381

392
41
351
70

195
41
154
42

127
36
91
29

84
25
59
10

97
10
87
31

52
18
34
28

37
14
23
23

4
1
3
3

-

-

-

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_
_

_
_

-

-

-

-

-

333.00
325.00
333.00
354.50

33
33

216
26
190

-

-

273
57
216
2

221
27
194
8

419
85
334
3

524
146
378
10

210.00
195.00
211.00

185.00- 333.00
180.00- 210.00
185.00- 333.00

32

202
26
176

262
57
205

175
20
155

52
6
46

49
6
43

9

27
2
25

5
1
4

4

2

16

334
5
329

9

9

9

4

2

-

274.50
271.00
275.00
327.50

250.00250.00250.00270.00-

11

-

12
12

-

-

-

44
7
37
5

357
79
278
3

369
112
257
4

568
137
431
76

297
138
159
1

265
49
216
25

161
10
151
20

186
11
175
61

88
14
74
18

12
3
9
2

21
10
11
1

85
4
81
28

-

32
_

-

-

11

6

46
39
7
4

_

-

313.00
294.00
321.00
354.50

720
and
over

_

_

_

59

2
2
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Occupation and industry
division

Transportation and utilities.....

Average
Number weekly
of
hours1
workers (stand­
ard)

Weekly earnings
(in dollars)1

Mean2

Median2

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of

Middle range2

140
and
under
160

200

180

160

200

180

260

240

220

280

260

240

220

300

280

340

320

300

340

320

360

360

380

400

440

480

520

560

600

660

380

400

440

480

520

560

600

660

720

720
and
over

.

106
28
78
4

96
34
62
2

135
27
108
-

258
76
182
23

272
113
159
40

200
29
171
9

98
27
71
24

111
33
78
27

61
15
46
7

12
6
6
3

52
18
34
28

35
12
23
23

“

-

-

7
7
-

-

-

.

4

_
-

_
-

16
16

34
32

17
3

29
22

41
39

14
8

24
14

18
16

7
4

2

-

1
-

-

“

~

"

“

-

- .

~

336.00 272.50- 381.50
292.00 240.00- 327.00
372.50 315.00- 400.00

21
21
_

23
21
2

79
58
21

119
99
20

103
73
30

175
87
88

192
109
83

174
126
48

237
135
102

190
119
71

198
78
120

366
91
275

210
17
193

260
39
221

150
16
134

63
6
57

16
2

-

-

-

-

177.50- 270.50

21

23

33

14

1

1

8

2

_

2

2

_

-

22

3

1

1

-

-

-

-

263.00
223.00
285.00

246.00 214.00- 295.50
213.00 200.00- 227.00
270.00 240.00- 339.00

59
53
6

55
30
25

78
15
63

56
6
50

13
7
6

21
2
19

7
2
5

29
1
28

1
1
-

29
29

8
8

“
“

~
-

-

”
”

-

-

-

46
27
19

-

_
_

37.0
38.0
36.5

311.00
268.50
346.50

302.50 260.00- 371.50
275.50 225.00- 302.50
363.50 300.00- 372.50

-

38
34
4

71
46
25

79
57
22

68
33
35

129
90
39

29
6
23

27
27

148
148

9
1
8

26
1
25

21
1
20

5
"
5

-

“

”

-

-

46
46
-

-

_
_

37.5
39.5
36.5

334.00
290.00
367.50

325.00 291.00- 379.00
290.00 270.00- 305.50
370.00 336.00- 384.00

90
84
6

86
43
43

62
22
40

62
9
53

43
43

86
6
80

16
16

1
1

28
”
28

“

-

“

-

-

49
43
6

-

_
-

25
25
-

-

_
_

9
9
-

-

_
_

78
66
12

174
90
84

86
10
76

188
19
169

125
12
113

29
5
24

15
1
14

“
—

-

-

-

72
54
52

99
99
99

1221
1221
1221

599
581
581

30
30
30

3
3
3

1

-

-

1,447
419
1,028
193

36.5
38.0
36.0
36.5

338.50
339.50
338.00
399.50

326.50
326.50
325.00
365.00

300.00308.00300.00325.00-

362.50
365.00
362.00
507.00

_
_
-

203
154

36.5
36.0

241.50
237.00

241.50 200.00- 280.00
241.50 195.00- 261.00

2,576
1,097
1,479

37.5
38.5
36.5

330.50
288.50
361.50

134

38.0

242.50

185.00

402
144
258

37.5
39.0
37.0

696
315
381
557
241
316

.

~

”

787
290
497

37.5
39.0
36.5

395.00
359.00
416.00

384.00 361.00- 425.00
353.00 327.00- 370.00
405.00 381.50- 440.00

_
_

.
_

-

-

-

-

-

1
1

1
1

90
87
3

Transportation and utilities.....

2,849
2,331
2,275

39.5
39.5
39.5

420.00
447.00
452.00

475.50 347.50- 475.50
475.50 459.00- 484.50
475.50 462.00- 484.50

_
-

_
-

21
_
-

50
50
32

108
48
28

77
23
21

118
26
22

136
59
55

52
4
-

96
66
64

93
49
49

73
17
17

39.5
39.5
39.5

444.50
463.50
465.00

475.50 451.00- 475.50
475.50 464.00- 475.50
475.50 464.00- 475.50

_
_
-

_
_
"

_
-

2
2
2

2
2
2

53
1
1

17
5
1

37
4
“

46
4
“

30
4
2

85
49
49

73
17
17

62
44
44

93
93
93

1202
1202
1202

380
380
380

-

3
3

”

-

-

Transportation and utilities.....

2,085
1,810
1,796
313

39.0

483.50

506.50 496.00- 519.00

.

_

_

_

_

2

8

8

6

4

8

-

2

6

19

219

30

-

1

-

-

6

19

201

30

-

1

-

-

53
26
27
21

19
13
6
6

6
6
“

6
6
“

1
1
_

-

“
-

-

Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities.....

257
324
118
206
60

39.0
37.0
37.0
36.5
38.0

509.50
355.00
389.00
336.00
389.00

519.00 499.00- 519.00
348.50
392.50
331.50
395.00

314.50340.00300.00363.00-

404.00
420.00
370.00
414.00

•

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

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7

24
1
23
-

13
4
9
-

17
2
15
1

46
3
43
2

40
19
21
3

43
18
25
7

39
11
28
14

17
8
9
6

—-

~
~

1

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Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex, in New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Average
(mean*)
Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Of
workers

Weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Weekly
earnings
(in dollars)1

Average
(mean*)
Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Messengers.......................................
Manufacturing..............................
Nonmanufacturing.......................
Transportation and utilities......

62

30.5

Weekly
earnings
(in dollars)1

3,246
1,384
1,862
308

36.0
36.0
35.5
36.5

364.50
365.00
364.50
413.00

Switchboard operatorreceptionists...........................................................
Manufacturing.......................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................

Stenographers...........................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................

1,379
1,215
219

36.0
36.0
38.5

252.00
246.50
316.50

Stenographers I....................................................

429
392
110

36.5
37.0
38.5

229.50
225.00
308.50

950
823
109

36.0
36.0
38.0

262.00
257.00
325.00

406
336

36.0
36.0

229.50
234.50

7,393
1,040
6,353
595

36.0
36.5
35.5
37.0

195.50
211.00
193.00
244.00

Typists I..................................................................

4,697
692
4,005
416

36.0
37.0
35.5
37.0

183.00
194.00
181.00
218.00

Typists II.................................................................

2,696
348
2,348
179

36.0
36.5
36.0
38.0

218.00
244.00
214.00
304.00

File clerks........................................................
Manufacturing......................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................

3,005
524
2,481
109

36.0
36.0
36.0
36.0

174.50
185,00
172.50
242.00

File clerks I............................................................

1,738
298
1,440
52

36.5
36.5
36.0
35.5

158.00
157.50
158.00
212.50

170

35.5

216.50

File clerks III..........................................................

351
299

36.0
36.0

224.00

Transportation and utilities.............................

Messengers...............................................................

811
369
442
51

36.0
36.0
36.0
36.5

172.50
170.50
173.50
237.50

2,281
179
2,102
233

36.0
36.5
36.0
36.5

218.50
230.00
218.00
271.50

301.00

3,919
299

Order clerks.......................................

36.0

183.00

38.5

262.50

36.5
37.5

256.50
261.50

Accounting clerks.............................
Manufacturing..............................
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities......

2,479
530

Accounting clerks I.......................
Nonmanufacturing.......................

223
197

36.5
36.5

190 00
186.00

Accounting clerks II:
Manufacturing..............................
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities......

222

38.0

250.00

177

36.0

302.50

Accounting clerks III.....................
Manufacturing..............................
Nonmanufacturing.......................
Transportation and utilities......

973
202
771
171

36.5
37.0
36.0
38.0

269.00
256.00
272.50
380.00

Accounting clerks IV:
Manufacturing..............................
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities......

80

37.5

321.00

Office occupations women
Secretaries..................................
Manufacturing........................
Nonmanufacturing.................
Transportation and utilities.

38,464
10,132
28,332
5’835

36.0
36.5
35.5
35.5

289.00
298.50
285 50
316.50

Secretaries I............................
Manufacturing........................
Nonmanufacturing.................

5,366
775
4,591

35.5
36.0
35.0

236.50
241.00
235.50

Secretaries II...........................
Manufacturing........................
Nonmanufacturing.................
Transportation and utilities.

9,749
2,239
7,510
1,877

36.0
36.5
36.0
35.5

263.00
253.50
265.50
300.00

Secretaries III..........................
Manufacturing........................
Non manufacturing.................
Transportation and utilities.

9,650
2,859
6,791
1,669

36.0
36.5
36.0
35.5

295.50
301.50
293.00
320.00

Secretaries IV..........................
Manufacturing........................ .
Nonmanufacturing.................
Transportation and utilities.

9,670
2,875
6,795
1,043

36.0
36.5
35.5
36.5

316.00
314.50
316.50
355.50

Stenographers II....................................................

Nonmanufacturing................................................
Transportation and utilities..............................

Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Number
of
workers

Weekly
Weekly
hours'
earnings
(stand­
(in dollars)1
ard)

1,791
712
1,079
57

37.0
38.0
36.0
36.5

213.50
209.50
216.00
274.50

Order clerks...............................................................
Manufacturing.......................................................

3,977
1,229
2,748

37.0
37.0
37.0

218.00
227.50
213.50

Order clerks I.........................................................

2,414
443
1,971

37.0
37.0
37.0

202.50
197.00
203.50

1,297

38.0

240.50

11,541
2,851
8,690
Transportation and utilities..............................
744

36.5
37.5
36.0
37.0

231.00
237.00
229.00
330.50

Accounting clerks I................................................

1,287
407
880

37.0
38.5
36.5

189.00
192.00
187.50

Accounting clerks II...............................................

4,452
1,062
3,390
343

36.5
37.0
36.0
36.0

214.50
220.50
212.50
296.50

4,118
1,164
2,954
316

36.5
37.0
36.0
38.0

256.50
258.00
255.50
362.00

1,634
218
1,416
77

36.0
37.5
35.5
37.5

244.00
291.00
237.00
368.50

1,460
539
921
66

36.5
37.0
36.0
36.5

239.00
244.00
235.50
276.50

6,744
2,116
4,628
579

36.5
37.0
36.5
36.5

231.00
213.00
239.50
290.00

Key entry operators I.............................................

4,188
1,185
3,003
362

36.5
36.5
36.5
36.0

225.00
202.00
234.00
267.00

Key entry operators II............................................

2,556
931
1,625
217

37.0
38.0
36.5
38.0

241.00
227.50
249.00
328.50

Nonmanufacturing................................................
Transportation and utilities..............................

Payroll clerks.............................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................
Transportation and utilities..............................

File clerks II:

Nonmanufacturing...............................................
Transportation and utilities..............................

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Average
(mean*)

Weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Office occupations men
Secretaries:
Manufacturing..............................

Number
of
workers

8

Key entry operators...................................................

Transportation and utilities..............................

Table A-3. Average weekly earnings of office, professional, and technical workers, by sex, In New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981 —Continued

Sex," occupation, and industry division

Number
of
workers

Weekly
Weekly
hours1
earnings
(stand­
(in dollars)1
ard)

308

37.5

503.50

Computer systems analysts
1,358

36.0

572.00

Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities..............................

91

38.5

622.50

Computer programmers (business):
Manufacturing......................................................

516

37.5

412.00

Computer programmers
(business) I:
Manufacturing......................................................
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities..............................

105

36.5
36.0

180

36.5

Computer programmers
(business) III:
473 00
Computer operators.................................................
Nonmanufacturing...............................................

Manufacturing......................................................

Manufacturing......................................................

Computer operators III..........................................
Manufacturing......................................................

3,978
822
3,156
439

36.5
37.5
36.5
36.0

290.00
300.00
287.50
345.50

770
87
683

36.5
37.5
36.0

218.00
200.50
220.00

2,068
408
1,660
203

36.5
37.5
36.5
36.0

290.00
286.00
291.50
323.50

1,120
327
793
147

36.5
37.5
36.0
36.5

340.50
344.00
339.00
385.00

120

37.0

347.50

137

37.5

457.00

328.50
289.50

296

38.0

271.50

37.5
39.0
36.5

396.50
361.00
417.00

355

35.5

296.50

2,537
2,035
1,981

39.5
39.5
39.5

426.50
458.50
464.00

168

37.5

256.00

92

39.0

324.00

1,915
1,642
1,630

39.5
39.5
39.5

444.00
465.00
466.00

Computer data librarians...........................................

150
110

36.5
36.0

244.50
245.00

301

39.0

491.50

257

39.0

509.50

Drafters......................................................................
Manufacturing......................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................

448
137
311

37.0
38.5
36.0

316.50
243.50
348.50

66

38.0

255.50

176

36.5

538.00

189
169

36.0
35.5

339.50
350.00

110

37.5

357.50

305
117
188
56

37.0
37.0
37.0
38.0

355.50
387.50
335.50
387.50

397.50

84

39.0

277.00

Drafters II...............................................................
Manufacturing......................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................

336
118
218

37.5
38.5
37.0

264.50
221.00
288.00

Drafters III..............................................................
Manufacturing......................................................

506
295
211

37.5
37.5
37.0

301.00
270.00
344.00

432
214

38.0
39.5

744
272
472

Sex,3 occupation, and industry division

of
workers

Computer programmers
(business) I:

Computer programmers
(business) II:
Manufacturing......................................................
Computer programmers
(business) III:

Computer operators:

Electronics technicians II......................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................
Electronics technicians III.....................................
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities..............................
Professional and technical
occupations - women

Computer operators II:

Computer operators III:

Computer systems analysts
(business):
Computer systems analysts
(business) II:
57

36.5

493.50

Computer systems analysts
(business) III:
Manufacturing......................................................

90

37.0

596.50

Registered industrial nurses.....................................
Manufacturing.......................................................

Computer programmers (business):
Manufacturing......................................................

328

37.5

383.50

Transportation and utilities..............................

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301.00

36.0

428.50

371.00

37.5

333.50
295.00

298.00

Computer programmers
(business) II:

71

37.5
38.5

Drafters V...............................................................
75

Weekly
earnings
(in dollars)'

2,102
960
1,142
100
551.00

Computer systems analysts
(business) II:

Weekly
hours'
(stand­
ard)

Weekly
earnings
(in dollars)1

Computer systems analysts
(business):
37.0

Number
of
workers

Weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Sex,3 occupation, and industry division

occupations - men

715

Av<5rage
(m san*)

Average
(mean*)

Average
(mean*)

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Table A-4. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers in New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) of —
Occupation and industry
division

Number
of
workers

Mean*

Median*

Middle
range*

6.00
Under and
6.00 under
6.20

6.20

6.40

6.60

6.80

7.00

7.40

7.80

8.20

8.60

9.00

9.40

9.80

6.40

6.60

6.80

7.00

7.40

7.80

8.20

8.60

9.00

9.40

9.80

10.20 10.60 11.00 11.40 11.80

10.20

10.60 11.00 11.40

Maintenance carpenters..................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,061
228
833
76

8.83
8.68
8.88
10.81

7.88
7.88
8.00
9.82

7.76-10.05
7.67- 9.80
7.76-10.10
9.73-12.98

6
6
-

8
8
_
-

8
8
-

2
.
2
-

7
3
4
-

_
_
_
-

89
18
71
-

378
45
333
-

169
63
106
-

2
_
2
-

4
4
_
-

9
6
3

52
4
48
36

117
32
85
13

8

7

8
1

7

Maintenance electricians..................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,119
559
560
173

10.23
10.52
9.94
11.49

10.13
10.13
10.10
11.16

8.30-11.69
8.88-12.75
8.30-11.39
10.47-12.98

2
2
-

2
2
-

2
2
-

10
6
4
-

_
_
-

3
3
-

23
_
23
-

124
25
99
-

71
71
_
-

112
31
81
-

8
7
1
-

38
19
19
7

40
6
34
29

145
113
32

68
39
29
20

Maintenance painters......................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

568
94
474

8.57
9.01
8.48

7.76 7.51- 9.80
9.28 8.10- 9.80
7.76 7.51- 9.74

6
6
-

_
-

15
15
-

■ _
_
-

48
_
48

48
_
48

21
_
21

154
_
154

32
5
27

31
3
28

12
9
3

33
11
22

15
4
11

55
29
26

Maintenance machinists..................
Manufacturing.............................

1,367
1,010

10.93
10.53

10.13 10.02-12.98
10.13 10.02-11.31

_

_

-

6
6

_

-

6
6

-

_
-

_
-

38
12

_
-

78
76

30
4

25
25

66
64

1,410
1,262

9.47
9.53

8.99 7.88-10.60
9.03 7.88-10.60

-

1
-

7
6

-

34
33

23
21

115
115

106
106

232
176

60
29

133
131

21
21

Maintenance mechanics
(motor vehicles)............................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

2,373
189
2,184
2,036

10.57
10.25
10.60
10.66

9.76
10.03
9.76
9.76

-

-

-

_
-

8
8
-

_
_
-

10
5
5
5

_

53

48

80
1
79
69

Maintenance pipefitters...................
Manufacturing.............................

334
301

10.45
10.44

10.10 9.80-11.69
10.05 9.80-11.69

_

_
-

_

.
-

.
-

_
-

3
3

Maintenance sheet-metal workers...

108

10.29

10.05 10.02-10.07

Maintenance trades helpers............

240

6.82

6.50 5.62- 7.78 • 115

Tool and die makers........................
Manufacturing.............................

822
822

9.78
9.78

9.71 8.90-10.65
9.71 8.90-10.65

Stationary engineers........................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,252
233
1,019
245

10.17
11.71
9.82
11.62

Maintenance mechanics
(machinery)...................................
Manufacturing.............................

10.36
11.69
10.36
11.89

9.76-11.69
9.60-11.69
9.76-11.58
9.76-11.75

8.76-11.70
10.38-13.09
7.54-11.57
11.63-11.98

-

72
30
42
9

56
4
52
34

112
63
49

7

20

1

7

20

474
465

9
5

145
136

138
128

1032
23
1009
1005

7
4

2
2

4

9
9

1

51
3
48

70
60

66
48

48
45

86
86

1

34
12

44
39

15
15

98
90

-

-

105
61
44
44

50
3
47
29

45

258
258
258

100
54
46
22

91

45
39

91
87

65
12
53
39

7

1

12

38
36

-

_

_

_

_
-

53
1

48
45

55
22
33
20

-

46
46

3
3

21
21

-

-

134
123

1

-

82

-

36

-

2

26

8

4

6

13

-

-

_
-

9
9

6
6

61
61

20
20

58
58

64
64

77
77

133
133

6
6

94

2
_
2
-

14
4
10

86

94
-

198
_
198
1

86
2

24
9
15
8

12
6
6

43
5
38

46
46

270
10

-|

8
8

10
10

3

-

-

-

_
-

_
-

_
-

1

_

_

-

-

1
-

-

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

_
_

_
_

-

-

-

-

_

10

3

2

-

-

13.80

7

-

14

12.20 12.60 13.20
9
7
2

-

-

13.20

3

-

-

Boiler tenders...................................
515
9.11
8.02 8.02-10.85
4
1
2
_
_
_
Manufacturing.............................
181
9.84
10.37 7.74-11.15
1
* Workers were distributed as follows: 13 under $5.40; 47 at $5.40 to $5.60; 9 at $5.60 to $5.80; and 46 at $5.80 to $6.00.
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113
27
86

10

-

_

-

-

46
3
43
5

12.60

11.80 12.20

_

13.80
and
over

15

9

15
13

9
8

-

179
115
64
64

43
27
16
4

-

5

1

5

1

-

231

133
108

-

204
204

-

-

267

106

267
267

106
106

-

-

34
34

-

35
35

-

_

6

_

-

-

4

1

-

-

-

8

-

-

7

9

-

-

-

75
75

207
207

72
72

268
50
218
2

61
2
59
19

21

32
16

19
18

-

-

-

34
34

144

21
14

147
54
93
59

26
25
1

77
75
2

74
68

_

_

144
140

-

-

3
3

31
31

42
_

_

4
4

Table A-5. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers in New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Hourly earnings
(in dollars)4
Occupation and industry
division

Number
of
workers

Mean3

Nonmanufacturing.......................
Transportation and utilities.....

8,876
2,354
6,522
3,517

9.67
8.89
9.95
11.44

Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

734
569
271

7.02
7.25
8.28

Truckdrivers, medium truck..........
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing.......................
Truckdrivers, heavy truck.............
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

2,244
786
1,458
2,880
266
2,614
1,520

9.41
8.57
9.87
10.43
7.36
10.75
12.26

Median3

9.57
9.44
9.57
12.77

Middle
range3
8.00-12.10
7.50-10.15
8.80-12.77
9.63-12.77

6.16 5.63- 7.90
7.16 5.70- 8.00
7.90 7.52- 9.63
9.05 7.50-11.61
7.53 6.85-10.85
9.05 9.05-12.77
11.44
7.93
11.44
12.77

9.20-12.77
5.60- 8.80
9.20-12.77
12.66-12.77

3.80

4.00

4.40

4.80

5.20

5.60

6.00

6.40

6.80

7.20

7.60

8.00

8.60

9.20

9.80

10.40

11.00

11.60

3.60

3.80

4.00

4.40

4.80

5.20

5.60

6.00

6.40

6.80

7.20

7.60

8.00

8.60

9.20

9.80

10.40

11.00

11.60

12.20

.

_

-

-

-

_

_

_
-

-

-

-

-

. _

_

-

-

_

_
-

143
122
18

100
100

3
3

39
33

59
59

88
80

9
9

26
26
19

94
94
93

_

2

-

-

-

-

42
42
-

30
30

63
20
43

30
30

47
1
46

65
63
2

196
156
40

107
103
4

11
6
5

34
"
34

725

72

5

-

18
18
-

_

_

646

72

5

29
29
~

5
5
—

402
26

“

11
11

23
23

56
38
18

18

733
45
688
184

33
18
15
15

"
"

“

“

-

64

129

223
183
40
40

48
42
6
2

_

49
-

15
15

”

19
19
“

1
“

10
10

27
27

16
8

15
-

139
10

46
46

5
*

65
62

20
20

11

6.85
6.80
6.88

6.53 6.05- 7.49
6.68 6.05- 7.13
6.53 5.95- 7.69

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

15
6
9

32
20
12

36
3
33

106
31
75

143
45
98

167
49
118

78
67
11

34
6
28

60
20
40

40
3
37

30
21
9

1

-

5
5

8.26
8.27
8.25

9.00 7.45- 9.18
8.40 7.07- 9.79
9.03 7.82- 9.18

_

_
-

20
20
-

_
-

3
3

33
33

5
5

11
11

2
2

6
6
“

24
2
22

64
49
15

43
20
23

36
5
31

67
18
49

252
37
215

52
52
8
39
“
39

2,994
1,054
1,940

6.61
6.47
6.69

6.53 4.67- 7.83
7.15 5.00- 7.83
6.53 4.50- 9.10

Shipping packers.............................
Manufacturing............................
Nonmanufacturing.....................

2,081
1,233
848

5.89
6.39
5.17

Material handling laborers...............

6,399
2,765
3,634
1,221

8.14
6.84
9.13
11.00
7.49
7.89
6.83

5.36 4.00- 7.60
6.03 4.97- 7.60
4.29 3.50- 5.39
9.03
7.85
9.14
12.42

6.25- 9.14
5.00- 8.25
9.03- 9.14
9.03-12.57

8.35 6.07- 8.65
8.35 6.44- 8.65
6.70 4.50- 8.71

-

1
1

3
3

4
4

285
55
230

42
10
32

82
20
62

213
65
148

143
64
79

102
45
57

88
77
11

102
89
13

83
28
55

132
34
98

-

56
56

203
117
86

31
31

327
35
292

201
83
118

125
102
23

46
46

55
46
9

164
164

501
113
388

53
38
15

37
4
33

579
516
63

96
41
55
-

216
113
103
-

121
101
20
-

239
125
114
-

265
203
62
-

122
67
55
2

113
75
38
4

163
128
35
“

101
15
86
"

448
338
110

34
33
1

105
105

11

98
37
61

146
141
5

-

-

1
1
-

2
2
-

_

4
4
-

49

_

-

-

82
45
37

13

_

_

_

-

-

13

-

-

-

10
10
-

10
10
-

405
48
357

56

110

22

_

-

56
46

110
-

22
22

34
10
24
21

1
1
-

2
2
-

-

_

142

189

246

-

-

-

-

-

142

189

246

-

-

-

-

-

9
9
-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

"

28

17

_

1

49

297
296
1

35
33
2
-

70
22
48

-

-

_

146
126
2C
-

75
27
48

_

-

232
10
222

321
286
35
-

189
49
140

_

279
211
68

65
60
5
-

205
28
177

18
18

721
523
198

252
240
12

_
-

_

-

28
28

15
10
5

_
-

-

120
78
42
42

18
18

-

249 • 263
54
263
195
263
195

81
-

163
154
9
5

131
114
17

-

-

371
369
2
2

76
70
6

-

294
90

-

2123
“
2123
437

121
107
14

6
"

21
21

316
224
92
45

222
146
76

-

81

593
567
26
2

177
120
57

_

294

-

95
23
72

-

21

■

222
85
137

-

127
127

229
180
49

60
60
-

545
123

226
30

_

98
21
77

_

-

-

8
8

84
”
84

272
48
224

-

-

_

-

15
9
2

_
-

Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

-

84
-

-

_

-

1156
1156

41
21

_

5.35- 8.74
5.33- 7.05
5.35- 8.74
9.21-10.69

-

-

-

6.97
6.50
7.71
9.51

-

-

_

6.95
6.46
7.13
9.95

-

-

202
138
64
64

-

1,962
545
1,417
100

1156

741
711
30
22

_

Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

127

1328
228
1100
594

-

-

226

1154
226
928

_

681
222
459

8

189
97
92
30

7.13 6.53- 7.71
7.13 6.71- 7.71

Shippers and receivers.....................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

455
1
454

-

12

162
162
-

130
40
90
75

~

803
278
525

-

12

347
114
233
56

“

Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing.......................

-

170
135
35

253
168
85
40

-

7.39
7.35

-

476
89
387
6

-

422
201

-

-

200
15
185
11

“

9.44-12.76
8.93- 9.44
11.33-13.02
11.79-13.02

12

202
50
152
18

-

11.33
9.44
12.25
12.76

13
13
3

153
45
108
2

545

-

241
99
142
~

19
19
-

269
6
263
263

1860
55
1805
1805

139
62
77
-

-

12.20 12.80
and
12.80 over

382
174
208
127

65
37
28
-

_

-

Shippers............................................
Manufacturing.............................


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-

11.18
9.53
12.04
12.31

Nonmanufacturing.....................
See footnotes at end of tables.

3.40

-

1,375
470
905
611

2,927
1,820
1,107

3.20
and
under
3.40

3
3
~

Truckdrivers, tractor-trailer...........
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

Transportation and utilities....

Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in doll ars) of -

-

-

-

-

-

~

665

_

-

-

-

-

28
-

17
17

665
665

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

V

Table A-5. Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers In New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981 —Continued
Hourly earnings
(in dollars)4
Occupation and industry
division

Number
of
workers

Mean*

Median*

Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) of

Middle
range*

3.20
and
under
3.40

3.40

3.60

3.80

4.00

4.40

4.80

5.20

5.60

6.00

6.40

6.80

7.20

7.60

8.00

8.60

9.20

9.80

3.60

3.80

4.00

4.40

4.80

5.20

5.60

6.00

6.40

6.80

7.20

7.60

8.00

8.60

9.20

9.80

10.40 11.00 11.60

10.40 11.00 11.60

12.20 12.80

Guards...............................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

21,607
656
20,951
261

4.71
7.28
4.63
8.68

3.75
7.37
3.70
9.04

3.505.753.508.10-

6.05
8.59
5.75
9.44

3506
3506
-

5782
6
5776
-

1715
6
1709
-

1551
13
1538
-

916
18
898
-

830
63
767
-

380
21
359
1

542
6
536
4

890
37
853
7

523
37
486
21

632
48
584
7

2164
69
2095
8

1182
71
1111
5

216
26
190
11

404
101
303
39

161
61
100
51

100
8
92
60

14
14

Guards I.........................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

16,475
496
15,979
172

4.40
6.76
4.33
8.11

3.55
6.79
3.55
8.27

3.454.953.457.02-

5.23
7.48
4.50
9.40

3479
3479
-

5757
6
5751
-

1445
6
1439
-

789
13
776
-

431
18
413
-

258
63
195
-

192
21
171
1

185
6
179
4

654
37
617
7

422
36
386
20

192
44
148
6

1468
68
1400
8

862
70
792
5

109
21
88
11

59
16
43
35

41
14
27
15

81
6
75
60

-

-

Guards II........................................
Nonmanufacturing......................

5,132
4,972

5.72
5.62

5.45 4.11- 7.02
5.29 4.05- 6.99

27
27

25
25

270
270

762
762

485
485

572
572

188
188

357
357

236
236

101
100

440
436

696
695

320
319

107
102

345
260

120
73

19
17

2

48
47

Janitors, porters, and cleaners........
41,692
Manufacturing.............................
2,628
Nonmanufacturing......................
39,064
• All workers were at $12.80 to $13.40.
Also see footnotes at end of tables.

6.17
6.02
6.18

6.85 5.35- 7.11
5.93 4.40- 7.48
6.86 5.47- 7.11

2248
106
2142

772
155
617

1074
62
1012

140
16
124

2850
309
2541

2122
133
1989

1025
229
796

986
156
830

866
153
713

5051
154
4897

3139 19180
221
148
2918 19032

879
448
431

657
3
654

275
146
129

96
9
87

127
54
73

191
115
76

12
9
3

1
1

1
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38
37
1

-

54
7
47
47

12
12

6
6

33
33

12.20

12.80
and
over

7
7
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5
1

7
-

-

_

_

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 1981
Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Number
of
workers

Average
(mean*)
hourly
earnings
(in dollars)4

Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Maintenance, toolroom, and
powerplant occupations - men
Manufacturing...................................................................
Nonmanufacturing............................................................
Transportation and utilities...........................................
Maintenance electricians......................................................

Maintenance mechanics
(machinery).........................................................................
Manufacturing...................................................................

1,060
228
832
76

8.83
8.68
8.87
10.81

1,119
559
173

10.23
10.52
9.94
11.49

567
93
474

8.57
900
8.48

1,367
1,010

10.93
10.53

1.410
1,262

9.47
9.53

2,365
189
2,176
2,028

10.57
10.25
10.59
10.66

334
301

10.45
10.44

108

10.29

240

6.82

822
822

9.78
9.78

1,241
233
1,008
243

10.18
11.71
9.82
11.62

Maintenance mechanics

Maintenance pipefitters.........................................................

Transportation and utilities...........................................

9.11
9.84

8,664
2,354
6,310
3,317

9.70
8.89
10.00
11.63

2,224
786
1,438

9.41
8.57
9.88

Truckdrivers, heavy truck...................................................
Manufacturing...................................................................
Nonmanufacturing............................................................
Transportation and utilities...........................................

2,858
266
2,592
1,498

10.42
7.36
10.73
12.26

Truckdrivers, tractor-trailer.................................................
Manufacturing...................................................................
Nonmanufacturing............................................................
Transportation and utilities...........................................

1,374
470
904
610

11.18
9.53
12.04
12.31

412
195

7.38
7.34

727
257
470

6.95
6.89
6.98

602
222
380

8.23
8.27
8.20

1,853

6.96

1,308
98

7.17
9.96

2,585
948
1,637

6.79
6 57
6.91

Sex,3 occupation, and industry division

Nonmanufacturing............................................................

13

Number
of
workers

Average
(mean1)
hourly
earnings
(in dollars)*

1,258
964
294

6.86
6.76
7.15

6,236
2,731
3,505
1,221

8.18
6.82
9.25
11.00

2,869
1,816
1,053

7.45
7.89
6.68

20,769
634
20,135
205

4.68
7.26
4 59
8.54

Transportation and utilities...........................................

15,803
479
15,324
119

4.35
6.75
4.28
7.67

Guards II..............................................................................
Nonmanufacturing............................................................

4,966
4,811

5.70
5.60

27,202
2,405
24,797
2,548

6.10
5.97
6.11
6.98

409

5.52

823

4.42

14,467
223
14,244

6.32
6.51
6.31

occupations - men
Truckdrivers............................................................................
Manufacturing............................. ..................................
Nonmanufacturing............................................................

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Average
(mean*)
hourly
earnings
(in dollars)4

515
181

Warehousemen......................................................................

Manufacturing...................................................................

Number
of
workers

Manufacturing...................................................................
Nonmanufacturing.............................................................
Transportation and utilities...........................................
Forklift operators....................................................................
Manufacturing...................................................................

Manufacturing...................................................................

.

, ,__ ___ , _ .
occupations - women

Order fillers.............................................................................

Nonmanufacturing.............................................................

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Manufacturing

All industries
Period*

Indexes (May 1977=100):
May 1980............................................................................................................
May 1981............................................................................................................
Percent increases:
May 1975 to May 1976......................................................................................
May 1976 to May 1977......................................................................................
May 1977 to May 1978......................................................................................
May 1978 to May 1979......................................................................................
May 1979 to May 1980............... ......................................................................
May 1980 to May 1981......................................................................................
See footnotes at end of tables.

Nonmanufacturing

Office
clerical

Electronic
data
processing

Industrial
nurses

Skilled
mainte­
nance

Unskilled
plant

Office
clerical

Electronic
data
processing

Industrial
nurses

Skilled
mainte­
nance

Unskilled
plant

Office
clerical

Electronic
data
processing

Industrial
nurses

Unskilled
plant

120.7
132.2

120.8
133.2

125.4
135.4

126.0
136.7

119.4
130.1

122.6
133.6

123.3
134.4

126.7
136.7

125.1
136.1

123.4
134.8

119.9
131.5

120.3
133.1

124.5
134.7

119.1
129.8

6.3
5.8
5.8
6.1
7.5
9.5

6.8
5.8
5.3
5.5
8.7
10.3

6.7
6.8
6.6
6.4
10.6
8.0

7.9
6.4
7.1
7.9
9.0
8.5

10.6
7.3
5.8
7.0
5.5
9.0

7.3
7.1
6.4
6.7
8.0
9.0

6.4
6.6
6.3
6.0
9.4
9.0

8.2
6.4
6.7
5.8
12.2
7.9

7.8
7.0
5.3
7.9
10.1
8.8

7.2
7.3
5.8
7.7
8.3
9.2

6.0
5.4
5.5
5.8
7.4
9.7

6.9
5.6
5.1
5.4
8.6
10.6

5.4
7.1
6.5
7.0
9.2
8.2

11.0
7.3
5.8
7.0
5.2
9.0

Table A-8. Pay relationships in establishments with paired office clerical occupations, New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Occupation for which average earnings equal 100
Occupation for which earnings
are compared

Secretaries
I

II

III

Stenographers
IV

V

1

II

Tran­
scrib­
ing
ma­
chine
typists

Secretaries I...................................................................................... 100
88
79
67
63
131
99
111
Secretaries II..................................................................................... 113
100
85
75
71
146
110
120
Secretaries III.................................................................................... 127
100
117
83
74
143
120
125
Secretaries IV................................... ............................................... 148
100
121
133
84
147
133
146
Secretaries V....................................... ............................................ 158
100
135
119
189
156
171
141
Stenographers I................................................................................
100
76
70
68
68
53
80
91
Stenographers II............................................................................... 101
100
o
83
91
75
64
125
o
100
Transcribing-machine typists...........................................................
90
84
80
69
59
110
Typists I.............................................................................................
73
66
61
52
91
78
75
76
Typists II............................................................................................
77
92
82
72
61
113
91
90
File clerks I.......................................................................................
55
56
47
80
67
68
74
64
File clerks II.......................................................................................
80
71
68
59
52
94
77
80
File clerks III......................................................................................
89
89
75
73
62
115
93
93
Messengers......................................................................................
70
64
61
55
46
87
72
74
Switchboard operators. ...................................................................
91
86
82
70
59
105
87
89
Switchboard operatorreceptionists..................................................................................
<•)
91
82
76
63
101
c)
103
Order clerks I....................................................................................
96
73
77
75
70
o
o
<*>
Order clerks II...................................................................................
96
c)
93
67
64
0
0
«
Accounting clerks I...........................................................................
c)
77
80
64
56
98
87
92
Accounting clerks II..........................................................................
99
87
82
71
60
90
95
111
Accounting clerks III............................ ........................................... 109
96
91
83
72
128
115
110
Accounting clerks IV........................................................................ 123
115
100
89
80
164
120
124
Payroll clerks.................................................................................... 109
115
105
92
90
82
65
97
Key entry operators I.......................................................................
69
59
103
86
85
94
83
75
Key entry operators II...................................................................... 110
96
89
78
67
123
109
102
NOTE: This matrix table shows the average (mean) relationship of earnings in establishments between any two
occupations compared. Earnings for an occupation in the table stub are expressed as a percent of the earnings for an
occupation in the column heading at the point where the data lines for the two intersect. For example, reading across the
Secretaries II row, the 113 in the Secretaries I column indicates that Secretaries II average 113 percent of (or 13 percent


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File clerks

I

II

1

127
137
150
164
192
110
133
131

108
121
130
139
165
89
110
112
81

135
157
178
181
215
126
149
147
116
133

100

123
86
103
127
92
121
109
97
o
103
118
139
151
119
117
135

100

75
88
104
78
103

II

III

100

124
142
148
169
193
106
129
124
97
113
84

119
142
98
126

112
113
133
136
161
87
108
108
79
96
70
82

122
90
120

100

Switch­
Switch­ board
Order clerks
Mesboard opera­
senopera­ tor
gers
I
II
tors -recep­
tionists

100

76
98

100

110
117
122
143
169
95
114
112
83
97
79
83
102
79

127

100

97
92
101
75
96
106
79
(*)

<•)
(•>
o
91
100
119
136
113
97
113

100

100

100
111
91
101
116
129
112
93
110

100

99
134
104
94
127
89
124
97
o
114
94
c)
o
o
(*)
91
107
109
80
110
102
123
113
97
129
121
149
139
150
114
130
159
154
132
166
110
138
123
108
145
97
126
100
88
128
115
144
126
108
145
more than) the earnings of Secretaries I.

See appendix A for method of computation.
Also see footnotes at end of tables.

14

o

143
155
164
182
216
114
139
136
109
127
102
111
131

109
122
132
158
99
o

104
130
136
134
144
o
o
o

104
113
81
103
c)
88
C)

129
94
104
130
o
128
97
106

Accounting clerks

Payroll
clerks

I

II

III

IV

0
130
125
156
180
102
116
109
97
110
92
93
125
91
109

101
115
122
140
166
90
111
105
85
98
81
89
103
78
100

92
104
110
121
139
78
87
91
72
83
67
72
88
67
84

81
87
100
113
125
61
83
81
66
77
63
65
76
60
74

100

110
106
c)

o
87
99
111
121
101
84

100

99
97
115
83

120
135
168
127
111
126

100

86
77
101
74
83

120
130
112
97
107

78
o
90
59
77
82

122
96
83
92

104
o

108
150
155
c)
o
o
o

107
c)
o
c)
o
C)
90
77

100

100

97
70
88

Key entry
operators
I

II

92
109
111
122
153
87
96
103
84
91
73
81
92
69
89

107
120
133
145
170
97
116
118
86
103
79
100
113
78
103

91
104
112
128
150
81
92
98
74
87
69
79
93
69
88

89
78
83
78
89
104
103
100

108
104
99
90
103
120
144
110

91
101

100

91
94
119
79
94
108
113
99
78

127

100

Table A-9. Pay relationships in establishments with paired professional and technical occupations, New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Occupation for which average earnings equal 100

II

III

I

II

III

I

II

III

100

78

69

122

115

102

185

137

128

Computer systems analysts
128
Computer programmers
Computer programmers
Computer programmers

100

85

151

116

117

161

158

148

Comput­
er data
librarians

164
195

Drafters

Electronic s techni- Regis­
tered in­
cia ns
dustrial
III
II
nurses

I

II

III

IV

V

0

145

121

130

96

0

c)

121

«

c)

95

<•)

<*>

137
164

o

170

146

117

100

178

151

126

236

188

164

210

206

204

179

162

138

137

o

82

66

56

100

82

66

153

109

94

129

o

130

118

102

79

100

c)

100

107

137

o

128

0

c)

<•>

o

«

121

143
(*)
97
126
91
62
81
100
117
132
90
C)
107

124
C)
91
113
(4)

106
(*)
77
87
(*)

109
(*)

130
83

70
85
100

66
76
84
100
69
C)
86

o
(*)
116
(*)
(*)
(*)
70
111
118

o
<•)
o

70
94
102

100
C)
118

(*)
100
81

84
123
100

87

86

66

80
86
98
42
62
54
53
63
73
61
68
78
48
61
51
C)
0
49
Drafters I......................... ............................................................................
49
69
59
Drafters II......................................... ............................................................
56
82
C)
Drafters III.....................................................................................................
C)
62
77
105
73
104
73
o
<•)
Electronics technicians II.............................................................................
f)
o
o
Electronics technicians III............................................................................
61
73
83
See table A-8 for description of these pay relationships and appendix A for method of computation.
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1

Computer systems analysts
Computer systems analysts

Computer programmers (busi­
ness)

Computer systems
analysts (business)

Occupation for which earnings
are compared

121
151
65
92
107
78
C)
77
85
98
126
100
C)
100

100
126
58
77
94
73
c)
78
C)
C)
C)
C)
C)
83

79
100
48
66
77
60
69
C)
70
80
95
P)
92
77

15

172
206
100
125
157
102
124
100
C)
«
c)
o
o
121

129
153
80
100
119
86
79
80
103
110
130
86
114
111

130
64
84
100
76
81
76
79
88
115
C)
115
97

166
98
117
131
100
0
o
109
C)
C)
C)
C)
130

146
80
126
124
C)
100
115
160
147
214
o
o
(•>

C)
100
125
131
<•>
87
100
124
142
152
142
C)
142

85
C)
98

(*)

Table A-10.Pay relationships In establishments with paired maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant occupations, New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Occupation for which average earnings equal 100
Occupation for which earnings
are compared

Mechanics
Carpenters

Maintenance carpenters................ .
Maintenance electricians................
Maintenance painters..................... .
Maintenance machinists.................
Maintenance mechanics
(machinery)..................................
Maintenance mechanics
(motor vehicles)........................... .
Maintenance pipefitters....................
Maintenance sheet-metal workers..
Maintenance trades helpers............
Tool and die makers........................
Stationary engineers....................... .
Boiler tenders.................................. .

Electricians

Painters

Machinists
Machinery

Motor
vehicles

Pipefitters

Sheet-metal
workers

Trades
helpers

Tool and die
makers

Stationary
engineers

100
103
98
104

97
100
93
101

102
107
100
107

96
99
93
100

98
102
94
103

(■>
101
95
102

100
101
94
100

99
101
94
100

129
128
121
120

85
88
84
92

85
93
85
94

102

98

106

97

100

100

101

98

136

90

94

n
100
101
77
118
118

99
99
99
78
113
108
95

105
107
106
83
119
118
o

98
100
100
84
109
107
95

100
99
102
74
111
107
93

100
100
102
83
111
109
«

100
100
100
80
106
103
96

98
100
100
o
106
100
97

120
125
o
100
(*)
138
o

90
95
94
C)
100
105
o

92
98
100
72
95
100
83

m

Boiler
tenders

P)

105

C)

105
108
C)

104
103
C)

0

121
100

Also see footnotes at end of tables.

Table A-11.Pay relationships In establishments with paired material movement and custodial occupations, New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Occupation for which average earnings equal 100
Occupation for which earnings
are compared

Truckdrivers
Light truck

Truckdrivers, light truck.....................................................
Truckdrivers, medium truck............................................................
Truckdrivers, heavy truck...........................................................
Truckdrivers, tractor-trailer..................................................
Shippers...............................................................................
Receivers....................................................................
Shippers and receivers..............................................................
Warehousemen.....................................................................
Order fillers..............................................................................
Shipping packers........................................................................
Material handling laborers.........................................
Forklift operators...................................................................

Medium
truck

Heavy truck

100
95
(•»
105
100
o
c)
<•>
100
o
o
102
o
100
c)
n
102
0
o
104
«
o
o
o
o
93
87
c)
93
o
82
93
98
<•>
95
96
76
c)
<•)
Guards II..............................................................................
o
o
<•)
Janitors, porters, and cleaners..............................................
<•>
70
56
See table A-8 for description of these pay relationships and appendix A for method of computation.
Also see footnotes at end of tables.


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Tractortrailer
«
o
98
100
o
o
113
100
0
o
94
84
73
c)
67

Shippers

«
100
(•)
(•)
100
101
(■)
100
98
80
o
o
86
<•>
75

Receivers

C)
98
C)
o
99
100
o
96
91
90
85
98
89
94
80

16

Shippers
and
receivers
C)
96
C)
88
o
(•>
100
89
81
70
«
99
73
o
67

Warehouse­
Order fillers
men
0
(•)
(«)
100
100
105
113
100
101
93
95
97
79
96
81

(«)
108
114
(•>
102
110
124
99
100
98
98
104
91
C)
80

Shipping
packers

Material
handling
laborers

(•)
107
(•)
C)
124
111
144
107
102
100
95
99
91
(•)
87

121
107
102
107
(')
118
(a)
105
102
105
100
104
89
107
76

Guards
Forklift
operators
(«)
106
119
(*)
102
101
103
96
101
96
100
79
82
82

i
131
(•)
(*)
138
116
112
136
126
110
110
113
126
100
130
99

II

Janitors,
porters, and
cleaners

(*)
(*)
(«)
107
(«)
105
(*)
(")
94
122
77

149
133
125
148
123
124

92

100

132
122
101

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Occupation and industry
division

Average
Number weekly
Of
hours1
workers (stand­
ard)

Weekly earnings
(in dollars)1

Mean*

Median*

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of —

Middle range*

110
and
under
120

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

500

500
and
over

Secretaries........................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

29,366
7,802
21,564
5,163

35.5
36.0
35.5
36.0

289.50
306.00
283.50
320.00

281.50
295.00
277.00
308.00

328.00
347.00
321.00
365.00

_
-

_
-

_
"

1
1
-

10
10
-

174
174
“

307
11
296
2

1341
77
1264
7

2106
354
1752
41

2856
675
2181
260

3686
952
2734
522

3818
1044
2774
767

3661
1024
2637
746

3026
831
2195
603

2122
648
1474
430

1979
564
1415
421

1559
530
1029
488

1604
627
977
452

739
277
462
302

260
132
128
68

117
56
61
54

Secretaries I..................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

4,219
563
3,656

35.5
36.0
35.0

232.00
245.50
230.00

225.00 199.50- 259.00
239.00 211.00- 269.50
223.50 199.50- 259.00

_

-

_
-

_
-

1
1

1
1

60
60

234
11
223

885
53
832

807
134
673

711
85
626

499
105
394

500
83
417

291
47
244

110
8
102

57
5
52

4
4

9
9

50
32
18

“

-

-

Secretaries II.................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

7,208
1,622
5,586

36.0
36.0
35.5

266.00
259.00
268.00

261.00 234.50- 295.00
253.50 236.00- 278.50
264.50 234.00- 300.00

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

9
9

100
100

25
25

285
21
264

697
123
574

950
341
609

1414
425
989

1190
312
878

955
239
716

668
78
590

369
38
331

313
31
282

140
9
131

58
4
54

29
29

6
1
5

-

Secretaries III................................
Manufactunng.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

7,552
2,478
5,074
1,476

36.0
36.0
35.5
35.5

294.50
304.00
289.50
323.50

289.00
298.00
281.00
334.00

255.00274.50249.50271.00-

327.00
325.00
328.00
370.50

_

-

_
-

_
“

_
-

_
-

2
2
-

24
24
2

67
67
2

368
52
316
10

660
105
555
107

1003
216
787
165

1099
397
702
126

1174
509
665
102

963
473
490
141

664
266
398
109

526
157
369
192

591
124
467
355

294
105
189
129

62
42
20
18

37
32
5

18
18
18

Secretaries IV...............................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

7,277
2,115
5,162
876

35.5
36.0
35.5
36.5

320.50
327.00
318.00
365.00

315.00
331.00
309.50
374.50

279.00274.50280.00311.50-

358.00
370.00
351.00
417.50

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

**

-

-

-

-

-

20
3
17
-

99
45
54
5

375
144
231
15

546
182
364
25

826
204
622
58

1051
160
891
76

1018
196
822
78

779
237
542
66

826
273
553
59

557
244
313
81

760
288
472
197

334
92
242
188

38
19
19
10

48
28
20
18

Secretaries V................................

2,293

35.5

369.50

365.00 320.00- 416.00

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

2

18

Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1^269
290

35.5
36.5

366.00
418.00

356.50 318.00- 410.50
426.00 371.00- 466.00

-

-

-

18
-

80
24
56
-

110
48
62
-

117
69
48
9

226
76
150
20

227
102
125
16

292
103
189
19

253
153
100
19

436
198
238
59

302
143
159
72

179
80
99
58

51
28
23
18

Stenographers..................................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,195
1,098
204

36.0
36.0
38.5

252.00
245.00
319.50

229.50 200.00- 313.00
227.50 198.50- 282.00
333.50 288.50- 374.50

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

Stenographers I............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

398
386
117

36.5
36.5
39.0

231.50
229.00
312.00

204.00 178.00- 230.00
201.50 177.00- 229.50
373.50 215.50- 386.50

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

Stenographers II...........................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

797
712
87

35.5
35.5
38.5

262.50
253.50
330.50

253.00 214.50- 320.50
241.00 211.00- 288.00
333.50 328.50- 364.00

_

_

-

-

-

-

"

-

-

Transcribing-machine typists...........
Nonmanufacturing......................

329
283

35.0
35.0

225.00
226.50

216.00 193.00- 267.00
214.00 189.50- 269.50

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

Typists..............................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

4,943
590
4,353
372

35.5
36.0
35.5
38.5

192.00
226.00
187.50
255.50

179.50
207.00
176.00
232.00

163.50180.00162.50184.00-

205.00
253.50
199.50
342.50

_

_

48

-

-

-

-

-

-

48
“

Typists I.........................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

2,970
332
2,638
238

35.5
36.0
35.5
38.5

176.50
196.00
174.00
208.50

172.00
184.50
170.00
190.50

160.00172.00157.00177.00-

186.00
208.50
185.00
224.50

_

_

48

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Typists II........................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
See footnotes at end of tables.

1,973
258
1,715

35.5
36.0
35.5

215.50
264.00
208.50

198.00 177.00- 235.50
250.50 213.00- 315.00
194.00 175.00- 226.00

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127
124
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37

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130
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89
3

124
124
2

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47
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58
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31
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109
61
35

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74
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41
39

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248
4
244
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516
17
499
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829
56
773
25

861
64
797
42

1032
120
912
72

534
78
456
36

362
68
294
24

180
42
138
16

56
37
19
16

37
24
13
11

55
25
30
13

57
25
32
21

80
10
70
68

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5

6
6
“

1
1
-

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36
8
28
28

454
14
440
-

630
50
580
25

564
56
508
42

597
94
503
72

253
45
208
34

115
34
81
22

27
10
17
16

21
14
7
7

15
9
6
6

4
1
3
3

6

3

_

_

_

-

-

6
6

3
1
2
2

_

48
-

230
4
226
-

“

“

-

-

3
3

-

-

_

_

18

-

199
6
193

297
8
289

435
26
409

281
33
248

247
34
213

153
32
121

35
23
12

22
15
7

51
24
27

51
25
26

77
9
68

5
5
-

33
8
25

6
6
-

1
1
-

_

-

62
3
59

-

-

-

-

18

17

-

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Weekly earnings
(in dollars)1

Average

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of _

Occupation and industry
division
ard)

Mean*

Median*

Middle range*

• inHor
120

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

130

140

150

160

170

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

420

460

500

File clerks..........................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

2,107
324
1,783
81

35.5
35.5
35.5
37.0

182.50
205.50
178.50
286.50

173.00
192.00
171.00
310.00

198.00
232.00
194.00
374.50

1
1
-

20
1
19
-

156
2
154
-

294
6
288
-

256
47
209
8

204
32
172
6

297
32
265
-

374
64
310
2

245
35
210
9

68
35
33
2

84
22
62
4

21
15
6
1

19
12
7
1

22
5
17
17

File clerks I....................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

838
145
693

35.5
35.5
35.5

169.50
175.50
168.00

158.50 146.00- 185.00
167.00 153.00- 189.00
155.00 144.00- 180.00

1
1
-

20
1
19

109
2
107

148
6
142

149
47
102

101
22
79

90
19
71

106
25
81

50
11
39

4
4
-

47
2
45

2
2

3
3

8

File clerks II...................................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,010
859
56

35.5
35.5
37.0

186.00
178.50
264.00

176.50 159.00- 196.00
172.50 151.00- 189.00
243.00 176.00- 374.50

_

_

46
46
-

144
144
-

96
96
8

71
61
6

191
180
-

227
197
2

109
90
9

42
11
2

23
9
4

12
1
1

8

File clerks III..................................
Nonmanufacturing......................

255
231

35.5
35.5

214.00
212.00

207.00 183.00- 226.00
207.00 179.00- 220.50

_

_

-

-

1
1

2
2

11
11

32
32

14
14

41
32

86
81

22
22

12
8

Messengers......................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

2,498
533
1,965
251

35.5
35.5
35.5
36.5

171.50
182.50
168.50
200.00

160.00
178.50
157.00
173.00

190.00
211.50
183.50
219.50

5
_
5
-

13
4
9
-

380
41
339
-

480
77
403
1

368
44
324
78

247
46
201
20

193
56
137
46

355
96
259
14

265
109
156
33

72
36
36
4

Switchboard operators....................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,139
159
980
198

36.0
36.5
36.0
36.5

220.50
238.00
217.50
282.00

206.00 188.00- 237.00
234.50 197.50- 268.50
203.00 188.00- 227.00
275.00 215.00- 332.00

_

_

_
-

-

2
2
-

2
_
2
-

19
_
19
-

40
4
36
1

98
7
91
2

333
33
300
4

263
21
242
49

Switchboard operatorreceptionists..................................
Nonmanufacturing......................

156
117

36.5
36.5

206.00
202.50

190.00
183.00

180.00- 225.00
165.00- 225.00

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_

-

32
32

3
-

53
44

Order clerks......................................

473

35.5

236.00

250.00 219.00- 255.00

-

-

-

-

7

12

15

Accounting clerks.............................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

6,205
1,033
5,172
816

36.0
36.0
36.0
38.0

242.00
259.00
238.50
350.50

228.00
244.00
222.50
339.00

274.50
291.50
270.00
407.50

_
-

4
4
-

44
44
-

98
_
98
-

253
11
242
-

357
26
331
3

Accounting clerks I.......................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

850
120
730

36.0
35.5
36.0

190.00
234.00
183.00

185.00 161.00- 207.00
244.00 195.00- 268.00
179.50 159.50- 201.50

_
-

4
_
4

44
_
44

60
_
60

98
5
93

Accounting clerks II......................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

3,080
486
2,594
348

36.0
36.0
36.0
36.0

221.50
233.50
219.50
319.50

211.50 184.50- 241.00
228.00 200.00- 253.00
209.50 180.00- 240.00
333.50 295.00- 333.50

_

.

-

_
_
-

38
_
38
-

Accounting clerks III.....................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

1,662
290
1,372

36.5
36.0
37.0

282.00
275.00
283.50

263.00 230.50- 329.50
262.50 225.00- 304.00
264.00 230.50- 336.50

_

_

_

-

-

-

_
-

Accounting clerks IV....................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

563
137
426

36.5
37.5
36.0

311.00
335.50
302.50

287.50 251.50- 338.00
317.00 287.50- 378.00
275.50 250.00- 325.00

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

Payroll clerks....................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....
See footnotes at end of tables.

896
225
671
51

36.0
36.0
36.0
36.0

240.00
277.50
227.00
299.50

226.00 195.00- 266.00
253.50 214.00- 335.00
220.00 190.00- 255.00
301.00 261.50- 354.00

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250

192
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157

147
43
104

108
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95

48
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88
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79

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258
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233

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63
1
62

6
6

130
22
108
6

109
37
72
4

154
19
135
1

56
22
34
5

71
6
65
9

22
9
13
11

20
19
1
1

21
15
6
1

21
11
10
10

6
3
3
3

17
17

6
6

-

-

_
-

_
-

_
_
-

_
-

_
-

3
_
3

14
14
-

19
_
19
-

29
5
24
-

49
19
30
-

140
15
125
-

18

500
and
over

.

_

18
1
17
17

3
1
2
2

3
3
3

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

18
17
17

1
1
1

-

-

-

-

2
1

3
3

-

-

5
5

-

-

-

40
40

4
1
3
3

-

-

-

-

5
5

-

-

-

-

-

-

15
10
5
5

63
1
62
62

6
6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

3

_

5

-

-

Table A-12. Weekly earnings of office workers in establishments employing 500 workers or more in New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981 —Continued

Occupation and industry
division

Average
Number weekly
of
hours1
workers (standard)

Weekly earnings
(in dollars)1

Mean*

Median*

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of

Middle range*

110
and

120
130

120

150

140

140

170

160

150

170
180

180
200

200
220

220
240

240
260

260
280

280
300

300
320

320
340

340
360

360

380

420

460

380

420

460

500

500
and
over

39
_
39
-

36
13
23
-

72
21
51
-

171
45
126
“

595
131
464
5

598
146
452
21

790
137
653
63

409
138
271
79

194
68
126
9

116
27
89
32

403
19
384
103

276
25
251
24

102
8
94
64

11
2
9
9

195
5
190
69

5
5
~

1
1
”

-

_
-

58
58
_
-

39
_
39
-

34
11
23
-

47
3
44
-

101
13
88
-

341
47
294
5

296
70
226
14

357
59
298
27

162
39
123
71

58
36
22
6

86
12
74
29

377
7
370
99

253
11
242
17

7
7
-

2
2
-

3
3
"

1
1
-

“
-

“

_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

2
2

-

-

-

-

70
32
38
-

254
84
170
-

302
76
226
7

433
78
355
36

247
99
148
8

136
32
104
3

30
15
15
3

26
12
14
4

23
14
9
7

95
1
94
64

9
9
9

192
2
190
69

4
4
”

1
1
“

-

-

25
18
7
-

Transportation and utilities.....

36.5
36.0
36.5
36.5

247.50
225.50
253.50
302.50

231.50 201.00- 292.00
221.50 192.00- 255.00
233.50 204.00- 307.50
319.00 247.00- 350.00

36.5
36.0
36.5
35.5

242.50
219.00
247.50
278.50

223.50
217.50
230.00
282.00

307.50
253.00
307.50
319.00

.

Transportation and utilities.....

2,222
379
1,843
268
1,849
470
1,379
210

36.0
36.5
36.0
38.0

253.00
230.50
261.00
333.50

234.00 207.00- 271.50
225.00 196.00- 257.00
234.50 211.00- 275.00
355.00 277.00- 394.00

.

_

_
_
_

-

_
_
_

_

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58
58
-

4,071
849
3,222
478

196.00180.00197.50244.00-

130

19

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Occupation and industry
division

Number
of
workers

Average
weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Weekly aamings
(in doll ars)1

Mean’

Median*

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of

Middle range*

140
and
under
160

-

160

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

400

440

480

520

560

600

660

180

200

220

240

260

280

300

320

340

360

380

400

440

480

520

560

600

660

720

720
and
over

Computer systems analysts
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

3,883
604
3,279
769

35.5
37.0
35.5
36.0

538.50
574.00
532.00
625.50

537.50
585.00
530.50
664.50

443
367

35.5
35.5

412.50
405.00

406.00 361.00- 459.00
403.00 356.00- 450.50

1,677
182
1,495
624

35.5
37.0
35.5
35.5

543.00
521.50
545.50
632.50

527.00
509.50
528.00
673.00

1,736
346
1,390
122

36.0
37.5
35.5
38.0

566.50
629.00
551.00
637.50

557.50 509.00- 611.00
625.00
547.00 502.00- 590.00
649.00 576.00- 711.50

5,238
634
4,604
695

35.5
37.0
35.5
36.5

408.50
409.50
408.50
523.00

393.50
405.00
393.50
538.50

868
95
773

35.5
37.0
35.5

344.50
314.00
348.00

337.00 295.00- 368.00
295.00 252.00- 364.00
341.00 302.00- 368.00

2,501
214
2,287

35.5
36.0
35.5

403.50
376.00
406.00

380.50 342.00- 423.00
364.00 336.00- 403.00
384.00 342.50- 424.00

1,843
325
1,518

35.5
37.5
35.5

445.50
459.50
442.50

434.00 403.00- 480.00
444.00 413.00- 482.00
432.00 396.00- 476.50

3,544
608
2,936
600

36.0
37.5
35.5
35.5

298.50
306.50
297.00
359.00

300.00
295.50
301.00
333.00

333.50
331.50
334.50
354.50

33

125

33

125

899
56
843

35.5
36.5
35.0

255.00
226.50
256.50

223.00 185.00- 333.00
211.50 200.00- 229.50
228.00 185.00- 333.00

32

1,545
281
1,264
154

36.0
37.0
36.0
36.0

295.00
298.50
294.00
364.00

285.50 257.00- 327.00

476.00493.50473.00571.00-

596.00
643.50
591.00
704.50

-

-

-

-

1

10

1

10

1
1

10
10

-

“

“

3
~

-

-

~

“
“

3
“

14

35

14

35
1

65
“
65
19

83
10
73
1

102
23
79
3

289
38
251
6

423
47
376
30

710
71
639
88

666
62
604
34

534
99
435
104

398
147
251
96

505
68
437
384

45
39
6
3

11

28
28

57
57

41
33

53
39

92
76

72
60

56
40

17
11

2
1

3
-

-

-

3
“
3

6
“
6

7
“
7
1

41
2
39
1

48
9
39
1

179
22
157
6

196
16
180
30

324
48
276
78

229
27
202
23

187
30
157
79

111
18
93
75

337
5
332
329

6
5
1
1

-

1
1

1
1

1
1

18
18

155
19
136

330
7
323
10

395
29
366
11

345
68
277
24

283
126
157
20

168
63
105
55

39
34
5
2

-

Computer systems analysts
"

Computer systems analysts
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

468.00468.50468.00586.50-

619.50
569.00
634.50
704.50

—

-

-

-

-

-

Computer systems analysts

Transportation and utilities.....
Computer programmers (business)..
Transportation and utilities.....
Computer programmers
(business) I................................
Nonmanufacturing......................

346.50354.50346.00442.50-

450.00
454.50
450.00
603.00

■

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

40
28
12

95
92
2

224
37
187
1

232
22
210

506
42
464
17

581
36
545
24

414
54
360
16

653
63
590
38

1012
151
861
73

535
89
446
38

318
50
268
76

266
31
235
143

133
6
127
86

212
14
198
179

9
7
2
2

1
1
:

38
28
10

80
3
77

113
18
95

114
11
103

96
6,
90

137
2
135

118
8
110

48
9
39

51
7
44

7
3
4

-

59
59

-

-

-

-

2

102
17
85

99
10
89

378
36
342

404
32
372

244
40
204

325
17
308

426
36
390

90
9
81

72
6
66

91
11
80

80
80

172
172

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

~

Computer programmers

~

2

14
~
14

-

“
“

"
“

1
”
1

9
2
7

19
1
18

32
32

40
2
38

52
6
46

280
37
243

534
108
426

413
77
336

246
44
202

116
20
96

53
6
47

40
14
26

7
7
-

1
1
-

165
24
141
3

198
12

325
69
256
6

357
92
265
6

377
110
267
2

380
101
279
30

634
55
579
345

341
31
310
70

169
37
132
24

109
18
91
29

62
14
48
4

42
8
34
29

40
6
34
28

37
14
23
23

1
1
~

-

“

;

9

16
16

334
5
329

5
1
4

9

4

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

9

24
2
22

9

4

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

274
58
216
4

228
87
141
1

181
37
144
18

135
10
125
20

163
11
152
61

85
14
71
18

12
3
9
2

16
10
6
1

34
4
30
28

_

2
2

.

m —

.
-

-

-

71
34
37
2

122
21
101
“

180
64
116
5

163
40
123
4

172
19
153
9

75
23
52
6

93
15
78
27

44
4
40
1

8
4
4
1

40
6
34
28

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

Computer programmers

Transportation and utilities.....

Computer operators II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transportation and utilities.....

Transportation and utilities.....
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271
809
110

36.5
38.5
35.5
37.0

341.00
331.00
344.50
437.00

251.50266.00250.00333.00-

285.00 251.50- 330.50
354.50 327.50- 365.50
330.00
318.00
336.00
396.00

300.00284.00300.00364.00-

365.00
354.00
366.00
508.50

-

123

149
16
133

1

146
16
130

133
20
113

42
6
36

20
6

123
-

3

30

146

26

140
1

236
35
201

-

-

-

-

-

20

28
41
4

”

_
35
12
23
23

_
1
1
~

Table A-13. Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers In establishments employing 500 workers or more in New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981 —Continued

Occupation and industry
division

Average
Number weekly
of
hours1
workers (stand­
ard)

Weekly earnings
(in dollars)1

Mean*

Median*

Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings (in dollars) of —

Middle range*

140
and
under
160

Computer data librarians.................
Nonmanufacturing......................

161
119

36.0
35.0

253.50
250.50

250.50 221.50- 290.00
250.50 221.50- 290.00

_

Drafters.............................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

832
222
610

37.0
38.5
36.5

341.00
337.50
342.00

363.50 295.50- 384.00
329.50 288.00- 375.00
369.00 299.00- 384.00

_

Drafters III.....................................

252

36.0

342.00

Drafters IV.....................................

225

37.5

356.50

160

180

180

200

200

220

220

240

260

280

280

300
320

300

340

320
340

360

360

380

380

400

400

440

440

520

480

560

520

480

560

600

660

600

660

720

1
1

22
20

17
3

14
14

41
39

14
8

24
14

18
16

7
4

2

_

1

-

2
2

24
4
20

11
5
6

30
30

78
16
62

40
27
13

42
13
29

37
16
21

82
44
38

61
18
43

208
31
177

113
8
105

53
16
37

43
16
27

6
6
-

2
2
“

_
-

363.50 305.00- 372.50

-

-

-

-

4

6

23

26

16

12

16

143

4

1

1

-

-

355.50 328.00- 384.00

-

-

-

-

-

6

6

6

18

51

29

21

75

12

1

-

-

38

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

13

13

43

33

-

-

-

_

_

34
22
22

67
55
55

6
"

68
64
64

49
49
49

19
17
17

44
44
44

97
97
97

1217
1217
1217

581
581
581

27
27
27

_

"

33
21
21

_

-

30
28
28

-

-

_
-

_
-

_

2

2

11

5

4

_

2

49

19

44

91

1198

380

_

_

_

_

_

-

2

2

1

1

-

-

2

49

17

44

91

1198

380

-

-

-

-

-

6

19

201

27

_

_

_

_

44
17
27
21

17
11
6
6

6
6
-

6
6
-

1
1
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

38.5

399.00

384.00 370.00- 439.50

39.5
39.5
39.5

448.50
452.00
452.00

475.50 462.00- 484.50
475.50 462.00- 484.50
475.50 462.00- 484.50

_

-

Electronics technicians II.............
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities.....

1,807

39.5

462.50

475.50 464.00- 475.50

_

_

1,787

39.5

464.50

475.50 464.00- 475.50

-

-

Electronics technicians III:
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities.....

253

39.0

508.50

519.00 499.00- 519.00

Registered industrial nurses...........
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

299
98
201
60

37.0
37.0
36.5
38.0

355.00
391.50
337.50
389.00

348.50
385.50
332.00
395.00

399.50
424.50
370.00
414.00

~

32
32
32

177
2,304
2,254
2,254

314.50340.00300.50363.00-

“

-

Drafters V......................................

-

720
and
over

30

Electronics technicians....................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

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260

240

21

24
1
23
-

8
4
4
-

17
2
15
1

46
3
43
2

31
10
21
3

43
18
25
7

39
11
28
14

17
8
9
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Average
(mean*)
Sex,® occupation, and industry division

Number
of
workers

Weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Weekly
earnings
(in dollars)1

Sex,* occupation, and industry division

55
Manufacturing.........................................................

35.5

300.00

2,064
393
1,671
200

35.5
35.5
35.5
36.5

169.50
182.50
166.50
190.50

199

36.0

284.50

285

38.0

362.50

54

35.5

250.50

Accounting clerks:
Nonmanufacturing:
Accounting clerks II:
Accounting clerks III:
Manufacturing......................................................

n
. . iv
Secretaries
Manufacturing......................................................
Transportation and utilities..............................

36.0
36.0
35.5

323.50

6,560
2,103
4,457
876

36.0

323.00

2,016
1,018

35.5
35.5

183.00
200.50

1,536

36.0
36.5

255.00
230.50

62

36.5

270.50

204

38.0

334.50

673
136
537

35.5
35.5
35.5

171.00
173.50
170.50

233
210

35.5
35.5

211.50
209.00

Computer systems analysts
(business):
Manufacturing.......................................................

441

37.0

586.00

405
140
265
51

35.5
35.0
35.5
36.5

Computer systems analysts
(business) II:
Manufacturing.......................................................

127

37.5

534.00

260

37.5

639.50

86

38.5

627.00

Computer programmers (business):
Manufacturing......................................................

371

37.0

411.50

1,669
295

Nonmanufacturing................................................

1,059
153
906

36.0
36.5
36.0
36.5

185.00
182.50
186.00
237.50
222.00
239.50
219.00

Switchboard operator206.00
202.50

Nonmanufacturing:
Professional and technical

Computer systems analysts
(business) III:
Manufacturing.......................................................
Nonmanufacturing:

462

35.5

236.50

Computer programmers
(business) I:
Manufacturing.......................................................

53

36.5

317.00

365.00

Manufacturing......................................................
Nonmanufacturing...............................................
Transportation and utilities..............................

4,557
834
3,723
493

36.0
36.0
36.0
38.0

237.50
253.00
234.00
351.50

Computer programmers
(business) II:
Manufacturing........... ..... ........... .

130

36.0

378.00

36.0
36.0

371.00
374.50

Accounting clerks I...............................................

189.00
233.00

290

36.5

418.00

Computer programmers
(business) III:
Manufacturing.......................................................

188

37.5

461.00

1,141
1,045
197

36.0
38.5

254.00
246.50
318.00

Computer operators..................................................
Manufacturing......................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................

2,719
501
2,218
294

36.0
37.5
35.5
36.0

297.50
310.00
294.50
370.00

345
334
110

36.5
36.5
38.5

233.50
230.50
308.50

Computer operators I............................................

549
514

35.5
35.0

227.00
227.00

796
711
87

35.5
36.0
38.5

262.50
253.50
330.50

1,296
240
1,056

36.0
37.0
36.0

297.00
298.50
296.50

36^5

673
103

36.5
36.5

Key entry operators...................................................
Manufacturing.......................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................
Transportation and utilities..............................

156
117

35.5
35.5

2,319
1,887

Accounting clerks IV:
Manufacturing......................................................

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244.50
218.00
250.50
280.50

35.5
36.0
35.5

Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Nonmanufacturing...............................................

Nonmanufacturing:

Transportation and utilities..............................

295.50
304.00

7,389
2,463
4,926
1,476

36.5
36.0
36.5
35.5

1,860
253
1,607

232.00

Manufacturing.............. .... ..................................

1,958
375
1,583
255

Typists II.................................................................
Manufacturing......................................................

Nonmanufacturing................................................
Transportation and utilities..............................

Manufacturing......................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................

214.50
263.50
207.00

177.00
196.00
174.50
208.50

File clerks III..........................................................
Nonmanufacturing................................................

264.00
259.00
265.50

249.00
225.00
256.50
304.50

35.5
36.0
35.5
38.5

289.00
306.00
282.50
320.50

230.00

36.5
36.0
36.5
36.5

2,727
331
2,396
235

36.0
36.0
35.5
36.0

36.0
36.0
36.0

3,494
843
2,651
459

Transportation and utilities..............................

27,442
7,747
19,695
Transportation and utilities.............................. 5,066

35.0

240.50
265.50
231.00

Typists I..................................................................
Manufacturing......................................................
Nonmanufacturing...............................................
Transportation and utilities..............................

Office occupations women

6,522
1,602
4,920

36.0
36.0
36.0

192.00
225.00
187.50
253.00

273.00

3,611

706
190
516

35.5
36.0
35.5
38.5

35.5

35.5

Weekly
earnings
(in dollars)1

4,587
584
4,003
359

Manufacturing......................................................
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities..............................

Number
of
workers

Weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Weekly
earnings
(in dollars)1

82

4,172

Number
of
workers

Weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Office occupations men
Secretaries:

Average
(mean*)

Average
(mean*)

22

36.0

323.00

208
1,021

36.0
37.0

276.00
284.00

91

37.5

323.00

Nonmanufacturing................................................

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Continued
____

Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Transportation and utilities..............................

uraners ill................... .................................... .....

Number
of
workers

Weekly
Weekly
hours1
earnings
(stand­
(in dollars)1
ard)

854
226
628
87

36.5
38.0

344.00
335.00

37.5

416.50

560
199
361
100

37.5
38.5
37.5
36.0

337.50
342.50
334.50
397.50

122

37.5

255.00

118

37.0

323.50

151

37.5

350.50

147

38.5

405.00

1,994
1,960
1,960

39.5
39.5
39.5

461.00
464.00
464.00

1,639
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities..............................

1,621

39.5

466.00

Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Electronics technicians III:
Nonmanufacturing:
Transportation and utilities..............................

Number
of
workers

Weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Weekly
earnings
(in dollars)1

Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Number
of
workers

Weekly
hours1
(stand­
ard)

Weekly
earnings
(in dollars)1

137

37.5

457.00

107

38.0

289.50

119

36.0

256.00

246

36.5

348.50

280
97
183
56

37.0
37.0
37.0
38.0

355.00
389.50
337.00
387.50

Computer programmers
(business) III:
253

39.0

508.50

Professional and technical
occupations - women
Computer operators:

Computer systems analysts
(business):
163

36.5

542.50

55

36.5

493.50

86

37.0

596.50

263

37.0

407.00

Computer systems analysts
(business) II:

Computer data librarians...........................................

Computer systems analysts
(business) III:
Computer programmers (business):
Computer programmers
(business) II:
Manufacturing......................................................

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Average
(mean2)

Average
(mean2)

Average
(mean*)

23

Manufacturing.......................................................
84

36.0

373.50

Transportation and utilities..............................

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Hourly earnings
(in dollars)4
Occupation and industry
division

Number
Of
workers

Mean*

Median*

Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) of

Middle
range*

6.00
Under and
6.00 under
6.20

6.20

6.40

6.60

6.80

7.00

7.40

7.80

8.20

8.60

9.00

9.40

9.80

6.40

6.60

6.80

7.00

7.40

7.80

8.20

8.60

9.00

9.40

9.80

10.20 10.60 11.00 11.40 11.80

Maintenance carpenters..................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

377
77
300
67

10.32
9.21
10.61
10.57

10.14
9.80
10.97
9.73

9.73-11.47
7.31-10.05
9.82-11.57
9.73-10.64

6
6

_
-

_
-

2
2

Maintenance electricians.................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

667
317
350
161

10.83
10.61
11.04
11.54

10.48
10.13
11.16
11.16

9.99-12.03
9.80-12.75
10.10-11.87
10.47-12.98

2
2
-

2
2
-

2
2
-

4
4
"

Maintenance painters......................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

224
76
148

10.01
9.00
10.53

9.80 9.25-11.57
9.26 8.10- 9.80
10.64 9.78-11.57

6
6
-

_
-

9
9
-

Maintenance machinists..................
Manufacturing.............................

997
704

11.31
10.73

10.82 10.13-12.98
10.13 10.13-10.82

_
-

_
-

_

_
-

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

Maintenance mechanics
(machinery)...................................
Manufacturing.............................

366
300

9.09
8.95

9.55 7.96-10.05
9.55 7.84-10.05

-

1
-

7
6

-

1
-

2
-

Maintenance mechanics
(motor vehicles)............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

1,863
1,783
1,783

10.75
10.78
10.78

9.76 9.76-11.94
9.76 9.76-11.94
9.76 9.76-11.94

-

-

-

-

-

Maintenance pipefitters...................

252

10.75

10.13 9.80-12.54

-

-

-

-

Maintenance sheet-metal workers...

108

10.29

10.05 10.02-10.07

-

-

-

Maintenance trades helpers............

107

7.22

6.77 6.66- 8.49

•24

-

Tool and die makers........................
Manufacturing.............................

228
228

10.21
10.21

10.20 9.09-11.00
10.20 9.09-11.00

_
-

_
-

Stationary engineers........................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

526
443
229

11.28
11.32
11.62

11.60 10.37-11.98
11.63 10.40-11.98
11.89 11.60-11.98

1
1
-

10.60

11.00

7
3
4

_
_
-

20
18
2

_
_
_

5
3
2

2
_
2

4
4
_

9
6
3

52
4
48
36

99
32
67
13

8
_
8
1

7
_
7
-

39

_
-

3
3
-

2
2
-

17
17
_
-

5
5
_
-

16
13
3
-

8
7
1
-

38
19
19
7

34
_
34
29

141
109
32
-

61
32
29
20

_
-

_

2
2

6
5
1

5
3
2

12
9
3

33
11
22

15
4
11

46
20
26

-

_
-

2
-

4
4

1
1

2
-

45
45

24
24

25
21

12
7

15
13

21
21

-

6
1
1

-

1
1
1

-

6
5
5

-

-

3

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

36

-

2

11

_
-

_
-

_
-

3
3

6
6

_
-

_
-

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Boiler tenders...................................
103
10.61
11.12 9.32-12.35
4
• Workers were distributed as follows: 13 under $5.40; 2 at $5.40 to $5.60; and 9 at $5.60 to $5.80.
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10.20

11.80

12.20

12.20 12.60

86

3

39
1

86
-

3

64
30
34
1

48
_
48
30

49
_
49
-

7
_
7
4

2

7
_
7

20
_
20

1
_
1

43
_
43

4

474
465

9
5

70
60

54
48

3

65
56

117
107

22
-

1
-

_
-

8

14
13
13

957
957
957

87
26
26

29
29
29

16
16
16

255
255
255

21

-

-

134

7

1

-

10

1

-

82

-

2

4

6

13

-

-

3
3

6
6

12
12

9
9

47
47

19
19

6
6

2
2
-

6
6
1

2
2
-

4
_
-

2
2
2

24
15
8

6
6
-

20
17
-

-

-

10

-

4

10

3

-

-

24

11.40

15

4

15
13

4
3

-

119
55
64
64

43
27
16
4

-

9
9
-

5

1

5

1

-

40
40

1

231

106
81

-

-

-

-

-

-

22
22
22

85
85
85

30
18
18

249
249
249

106
106
106

-

12

2

-

34

-

35

-

1

-

-

-

8

-

6

-

-

-

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

10
10

5
5

68
68

-

-

-

34
34

-

-

109
79
2

49
47
19

21
21
14

67
67
43

144
144
140

26
1

9
2

3

31
31

16

1

6

_

_

42

_

_

_

4

9
7
2

12.60 13.20 13.80
and
13.20 13.80 over

2
2

_

4

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Hourly earnings
(in dollars)4
Occupation and industry
division

Number
of
workers

Mean2

Median2

Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) of

Middle
range2

3.20
and
under
3.40

3.40

3.60

3.80

4.00

4.40

4.80

5.20

5.60

6.00

6.40

6.80

7.20

7.60

8.00

8.60

9.20

9.80

11.60

12.20

3.60

3.80

4.00

4.40

4.80

5.20

5.60

6.00

6.40

6.80

7.20

7.60

8.00

8.60

9.20

9.80

10.40 11.00 11.60 12.20

12.80

10.40 11.00

12.80
and
over

Truckdrivers......................................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

4,692
3,620
2,897

10.88
11.10
11.66

10.15 9.05-12.77
12.25 9.05-12.77
12.77 9.77-12.77

_
-

_

_

-

-

_
-

_
_
-

.
_
-

15
_
-

17
9
2

11
6
-

31
16
11

14
9
6

32
26
16

42
31
14

56
22
9

76
39
30

915
915
268

539
492
490

677
26
22

33
30
30

_
-

.

301
127
127

1664
1609
1609

269
263
263

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

5

11

9

4

646

72

5

30

-

162

455

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

_
-

5
5

15
9

12
12

14
11

26
26

45
42

9
6

11
11

26
20

30
30

40
37

9
9

1
1

4
-

-

1
-

2
-

-

6

5

11

2

6

5

7

25

6

37

13

-

-

-

-

-

22
22

24
24

1
1

2
2

_

-

-

-

-

17

565

Truckdrivers, medium truck..........

1,403

10.58

9.79 9.05-12.77

Receivers..........................................
Nonmanufacturing......................

250
219

6.86
6.79

6.58 5.78- 7.91
6.52 5.82- 7.90

Shippers and receivers....................

132

7.81

7.53 6.38- 9.70

-

-

-

-

3

-

6

Warehousemen................................
Nonmanufacturing......................

391
283

7.91
8.20

7.73 7.15- 8.43
7.91 7.49- 9.38

_

1
1

3
3

4
4

6
6

4
4

6
6

1
1

2
2

29
1

11
11

31
13

68
40

91
57

44
44

16
16

24
24

1
1

Order fillers.......................................

763

7.34

7.62 6.28- 9.01

_

29

3

21

43

32

46

9

10

110

33

37

99

39

62

189

1

Shipping packers..............................

511

7.08

6.36 5.20- 9.87

-

-

-

-

32

23

66

85

23

30

27

16

15

12

-

-

-

180

-

Material handling laborers................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................

1,602
591
1,011

8.89
7.41
9.75

8.25 6.43-12.57
8.14 6.80- 8.25
12.42 6.35-12.57

5

58
27
31

36
18
18

11
9
2

16

63
45
18

62
14
48

43
14
29

66
11
55

34

16

38
5
33

34

163
128
35

49
15
34

24
_
24

226
203
23

22
_
22

2
_
2

74
74
-

28
28
-

Forkiift operators..............................
Manufacturing.............................

1,221
671

7.25
7.82

8.45 4.82- 8.48
8.48 6.77- 8.65

_

_

_

_

-

~

-

138
10

125
45

48

-

23
5

6
5

49
49

86
86

4
3

105
105

18
-

354
156

140
136

54
-

-

71
71

Guards...............................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

6,688
473
6,215
201

5.72
7.70
5.57
8.73

5.70
7.92
5.63
9.35

3.756.283.657.69-

7.11
9.05
7.02
9.45

31

1454

234
6
228

205

394
6
388

257
42
215

258
21
237
1

344
6
338

427
30
397
7

253
20
233
21

568
31
537
7

973
39
934
8

403
11
392
5

186
26
160
11

363
101
262
19

125
61
64
15

100
8
92
60

14
14
_

54
7
47
47

Guards 1.........................................
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
Transportation and utilities.....

3,559
313
3,246
148

5.12
7.09
4.92
8.17

4.25
6.79
4.00
8.60

3.555.323.556.91-

6.68
8.28
6.29
9.40

-

1433
-

146
6
140
"

23

-

10
-

23
-

208
6
202
-

112
42
70
-

150
21
129
1

167
6
161
-

191
30
161
7

152
19
133
20

154
27
127
6

358
38
320
8

146
10
136
5

97
21
76
11

39
16
23
15

41
14
27
15

81
6
75
60

12
12
_
-

6
6
_
-

Guards II........................................
Nonmanufacturing......................

3,129
2,969

6.41
6.27

6.59 5.29- 7.44
6.59 5.09- 7.14

21
21

21
21

88
88

182
182

186
186

145
145

108 '
108

177
177

236
236

101
100

414
410

615
614

257
256

89
84

324
239

84
37

19
17

2

Janitors, porters, and cleaners........
Manufacturing.............................
Nonmanufacturing......................
See footnotes at end of tables.

18,783
766
18,017

6.68
7.18
6.66

7.08 6.46- 7.11
7.04 6.03- 8.25
7.08 6.46- 7.11

289
2
287

221
8
213

182
16
166

79
16
63

414
70
344

564
34
530

310
18
292

22 5
3
222

271
1
270

1297
38
1259

2312 11190
118
124
2194 11066

381
5
376

434

105
45
60

191
115
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5

-

-

31

1454

10

1433

-

205

-

-

25

_

_

434

220
142
78

84
_

84

-

;

_

_

17

565

_
-

-

-

-

-

38
37
1

7
7
_
“

_
_
—

_
_
—

33
33

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

48
47

5
1

7
-

-

12
9
3

1
1
-

1
1
-

_

_

-

-

_
-

Table A-17. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, powerplant, material movement and custodial workers by sex In establishments employing 500 workers or more In
New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Number
of
workers

Average
(mean*)
hourly
earnings
(in dollars)4

Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Maintenance, toolroom, and
powerplant occupations - men
Maintenance carpenters.......................................................

Maintenance electricians......................................................

Maintenance painters............................................................

Maintenance mechanics
(machinery).........................................................................
Manufacturing...................................................................

376
77
299
67

10.32
9.21
10.61
10.57

667
317
350
161

10.83
10.61
11.04
11.54

107

7.22

228
228

10.21
10.21

515
432
227

11.32
11.36
11.62

103

10.61

223

10.01

148

10.53

997
704

11.31
10.73

366
300

9.09
8.95

1,855
1,775

10.75
10.78

Material movement and custodial
occupations - men
Truckdrivers............................................................................
Nonmanufacturing............................................................

Sex,* occupation, and industry division

Nonmanufacturing............................................................
4,633
3,561
2,850

10.88
11.11
11.67

Truckdrivers, medium truck................................................

1,383

10.60

Receivers................................................................................

197
166

7.10
7.05

Warehousemen......................................................................

329

8.07

638

7.19

367

7.64

1,441
557
884

9.16
7.36
10.29

Number
of
workers

Average
(mean*)
hourly
earnings
(in dollars)4

1,163
667

7.14
7.81

6,017
451
5,566
145

5.70
7.69
5.54
8.55

3,002
296
2,706
95

5.01
7.09
4.79
7.65

3,015
2^860

6.38
6.25

11,652
636
11,016
2^467

6.67
7.21
6.64
7.03

7,108
6,978

6.70
6.70

Material movement and custodial

Maintenance pipefitters.........................................................

252

10.75

Material handling laborers......................................................

Maintenance sheet-metal workers........................................

108

10.29

Nonmanufacturing............................................................

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Average
(mean*)
hourly
earnings
(in dollars)4

Manufacturing...................................................................
Tool and die makers..............................................................

Maintenance mechanics
Nonmanufacturing............................................................

Number
of
workers

26

Nonmanufacturing............................................................

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Other inexperienced clerical workers*

Inexperienced typists
Minimum weekly straight-time salaries7

All
schedules

40.00-hour 35.00-hour
schedules schedules

All
schedules

Nonmanufacturing

Manufacturing

Nonmanufacturing

Manufacturing
All
industries

40.00-hour 37.50-hour 35.00-hour
schedules schedules schedules

All
industries

All
schedules

40.00-hour 35.00-hour
schedules schedules

All
schedules

40.00-hour 37.50-hour 35.00-hour
schedules schedules schedules

Establishments studied..........................................

440

126

XXX

XXX

314

XXX

XXX

XXX

440

126

XXX

XXX

314

XXX

XXX

XXX

Establishments having a specified
minimum.................................................................

131

43

13

23

88

22

23

37

194

63

15

36

131

27

40

52

_

3
10
4
6
7
19
3
12
12
6
3
4
2
4
12
3
2
2
2
4
2
2
1
1
1
1

_
1
3
1
7
3
4
4
1
1
1
6
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1

_
*1
1
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
-

_
1
2
1
5
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
-

_
3
9
4
3
6
12
3
9
8
2
2
3
2
3
6
1
2
1
3
2
1
-

_
3
2
4
1
5
1
3
1
-

1
2
3
1
2
3
1
3
5
1
-

2
4
2
16
14
27
13
25
9
14
10
6
8
6
3
6
9
1
2
1
6
3
1
1
1
1
1
2

3
2
9
3
9
3
4
4
3
2
2
1
3
5
1
2
2
3
1
1
-

3
2
1
1
1
5
1
1
-

3
1
5
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
-

2
4
2
13
12
18
10
16
6
10
6
3
6
4
2
3
4
1
4
1
1
1
2

1
4
1
1
1
2
5
1
2
1
3
3
1
1

1
5
4
13
6
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1

1
4
1
2
5
4
2
12
1
3
5
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
-

Under $120.00.......................................................
$120.00 and under $125.00..................................
$125.00 and under $130.00..................................
$130.00 and under $135.00..................................
$135.00 and under $140.00..................................
$140.00 and under $145.00..................................
$145.00 and under $150.00..................................
$150.00 and under $155.00..................................
$155.00 and under $160.00..................................
$160.00 and under $165.00..................................
$165.00 and under $170.00..................................
$170.00 and under $175.00..................................
$175.00 and under $180.00..................................
$180.00 and under $185.00..................................
$185.00 and under $190.00..................................
$190.00 and under $195.00..................................
$195.00 and under $200.00..................................
$200.00 and under $205.00..................................
$205.00 and under $210.00..................................
$210.00 and under $215.00..................................
$215.00 and under $220.00..................................
$220.00 and under $225.00..................................
$225.00 and under $230.00..................................
$230.00 and under $235.00..................................
$235.00 and under $240.00..................................
$240.00 and under $245.00..................................
$245.00 and under $250.00..................................
$250.00 and under $255.00..................................
$255.00 and under $260.00..................................
$260.00 and under $265.00..................................
$265.00 and under $270.00..................................
$270.00 and under $275.00..................................
$275.00 and under $280.00..................................
$280.00 and under $285.00..................................
$285.00 and under $290.00..................................
$290.00 and under $295.00..................................
$295.00 and under $300.00..................................
$300.00 and under $305.00..................................
$305.00 and under $310.00..................................
$310.00 and over...................................................
Establishments having no specified
minimum.................................................................
Establishments which did not employ
workers in this category.........................................
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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

"

-

3

2

1

2
3
1
2
4
5
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
-

53

18

XXX

XXX

35

XXX

XXX

XXX

118

36

XXX

XXX

82

XXX

XXX

XXX

256

65

XXX

XXX

191

XXX

XXX

XXX

128

27

XXX

XXX

101

XXX

XXX

XXX

-

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Table B-2. Late-shift pay provisions for full-time manufacturing production and related workers in New York, N.Y.-N.J., May
1981
(All full-tim© manufacturing production and related workers = 100 percent)
All workers*

Workers on late shifts

Item
Second shift

Third shift

Second shift

Third shift

Percent of workers
In establishments with late-shift provisions.....................................................................

72.4

53.9

12.4

5.3

With no pay differential for late-shift work..........................................................................
With pay differential for late-shift work...............................................................................
Uniform cents-per-hour differential..................................................................................
Uniform percentage differential.......................................................................................
Other differential...............................................................................................

2.3
70.1
34.1
34.5
1.5

.6
53.3
27.1
22.8
3.4

.2
12.2
5.8
6.1
.4

.1
5.3
3.6
1.6
<■•)

18.8
8.8

27.2
12.1

17.3
7.3

26.9
10.3

_

.6
1.5
1.1
.6
.7
.1
.4
.4
.2

Average pay differential
Uniform cents-per-hour differential.....................................................................................
Uniform percentage differential...........................................................................................
Percent of workers by type and
amount of pay differential
Uniform cents-per-hour:
5 cents.........................................................................................................................
10 cents..................................................................................................
15 cents.....................................................................................................................
18 cents..........................................................................................................
20 cents.................................................................................................................
25 cents.........................................................
28 cents.......................................................................................................................
30 cents..................................................... .................................................................
35 cents......................................................................................................................
40 cents...................................................................................................
45 cents...................................................................................................................
46 and under 47 cents...............................................................................................
50 cents..........................................................................
60 cents............................................................................................
61 and under 62 cents...............................................................................................

2.7
9.7
5.5
2.5
2.4
2.3
1.9
3.9
1.8
_
_

1.4
_
_

-

Uniform percentage:
5 and under 6 percent........................................................................................
7 and under 8 percent............................................... ...................................
8 percent....................................................................................................
9 percent..................................................................................
10 percent...............................................................................
11 percent.................................................................................
12 percent............ ...........................................................
15 percent........................................................................
18 percent............„................................................................
20 percent........................................................................
See footnotes at end of tables.

9.0
2.8
.7
_
18.4
_
2.0
1.6
_
-

28

2.5
7.0
2.5
2.8
_
_
2.6
3.1
1.9
2.2

.4
1.1
.5
.1
.2
.4
.4
.1

.2
.8
.3
1.4

_

1.8
_
1.0
12.0
.7
_

3.6
1.1
2.5

_

3.4
.5
.1

.2
.1
.2

_

.5

_

_
_

1.6

.8

_

.3
.2

.4

_

-

-

Table B-3. Scheduled weekly hours and days of full-time first-shift workers in New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Office workers

Production and related workers
Item

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

Nonmanu­
facturing

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Nonmanu­
facturing

T ransportation
and utilities

Percent of workers by scheduled
weekly hours and days
All full-time workers.............................................
12 1/2 hours-5 days.................................................
25 hours-5 days.........................................................
30 hours.....................................................................
5 days...................................................................
6 days...................................................................
32 hours.....................................................................
4 days...................................................................
6 days...................................................................
33 8/10 hours-5 days...............................................
34 1 /2 hours-5 days.................................................
35 hours-5 days.........................................................
35 3/4 hours-5 days.................................................
36 hours-5 days.........................................................
36 1 /4 hours-5 days.................................................
36 1 /3 hours-5 days.................................................
37 hours-5 days.........................................................
37 1 /3 hours-5 days.................................................
37 112 hours........................................................
4 days...................................................................
5 days...................................................................
38 112 hours-5 days.................................................
38 3/4 hours-5 days.............................................
38 8/10 hours-5 days...........................................
40 hours...............................................................
4 1/2 days.......................................................
5 days.............................................................
48 hours...............................................................
5 days.............................................................
6 days ...................................................................

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

<“>
<■■)
2
2
c>)
1
<■■)
(-)
2
13

6
15

<■■>
(■■>
4
3
<">
1
<“>
O')
0‘)
11

1
O')

-

-

-

*
4
58
4
1

~
(“)
O')
(,l)
O')
(“)
66
2
(“)
6
(“)

-

-

3

O')
O')
O')
O')
O')
1
65
2
O')
6
O')
1
O')
16

14
14

(u)
16
16

11

O')
O')

(“)

-“

(■*)
1
O')

-

12

(■■)

-

7

-

-

12

7

-

68

(■■)
68
1
1

(”>

-

O')
1
O')
-

0

-

-

-

15

-

15

-

72

66

-

O')

—

O')
-

<“)

”
-

70
“
“
“
(M)
“
~

11

-

O')

3

16

-

O')
O')

96

9

18

7

19

-

O')

-

<“)

O')

“

-

”

66
2
2

-

O')

96

9

18

7

19

-

-

“

“

-

-

-

~

_

“

-

O')

-

38.7

38.6

39.9

36.0

36.3

35.9

36.2

72

-

Average scheduled
weekly hours
38.7
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Table B-4. Annual paid holidays for full-time workers in New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Production and related workers
Item

Office workers

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Nonmanu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Nonmanu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

All full-time workers..............................................

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

In establishments not providing
paid holidays...........................................................
In establishments providing
paid holidays...........................................................

1

_

2

99

100

98

100

100

100

100

100

11.0

11.6

10.6

12.0

11.2

11.3

11.1

12.5

1
(■■)

.

1
(“)

_

Percent of workers

Average number of paid holidays
For workers in establishments
providing holidays...................................................
Percent of workers by number
of paid holidays provided*
1 or more half days...............................................
1 holiday.....................................................................
3 holidays...................................................................
5 holidays...................................................................
6 holidays..................................................................
Plus 5 half days...................................................
7 holidays...................................................................
Plus 1 or more half days......................................
8 holidays...................................................................
Plus 1 or more half days......................................
9 holidays...................................................................
Plus 1 or more hall days......................................
10 holidays.................................................................
Plus 1 or more half days..............................
11 holidays.................................................................
Plus 1 or more half days......................................
12 holidays.................................................................
Plus 1 or more half days......................................
13 holidays.................................................................
14 holidays.................................................................
Plus 1 or more half days......................................
15 holidays.................................................................
17 holidays.................................................................
19 holidays.................................................................
Over 19 days.............................................................

<■■>
2
(*■)
7
1
4
-

8
1
11
_

24
3
15
1
10
3
1
6
(■■)
1
1

_
_
_
_
_
1
2
6
_

7
1
11
_
25
5
15
_

14
3
1
3
(>■)
1
2

Co
4
<“)
10
(■■)
2
_
9
1
11
_
23
2
16
1
7
3
_
8
_
_
-

_
(»)

(“)
(»)
(«)
(")
1

O')

2

(”)

3

(i>)

(">

5
1
15
(»)
12
1
21
2
12
2
15
3
(»)
6
1
(“)

5

5
2
15
(")
11

(ii)
11
(")
16

20
2
11

8
2
17

16
4

1
8

8
(ii)

35

-

-

98
98
96
92
82
80
70
59
35
18
11
8

100
100
100
99
99
99
96
77
56
28
23
23

100
100
100
99
99
99
89
73
65
45
43
35

_
_

_
_

100
99
99
96
96
91
74
64
42
30
11
8
(U)

-

-

-

_

_

2
1
19
21
2
26
5
_
23

(ii)
(ii)
(“)
<“>

13
2
15
(ii)
22
2
16
1
12
2
1
1
5
(»*)

-

Percent of workers by total
paid holiday time provided1*
1 day or more............................................................
99
4 days or more...........................................................
99
6 days or more...........................................................
98
7 days or more...........................................................
95
8 days or more...........................................................
88
9 days or more...........................................................
84
10 days or more........................................................
75
11 days or more........................................................
64
12 days or more........................................................
39
13 days or more........................................................
21
14 days or more........................................................
12
15 days or more........................................................
8
17 days or more........................................................
2
19 days or more........................................................
1
23 days.......................................................................
1
Ve-$ The least common paid holiday policies are not presented.
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100
100
100
100
96
90
83
72
45
27
12
8
4
4
2

30

100
99
99
99
96
92
76
64
42
28
11
7
1
(”)

100
100
100
100
99
94
81
65
41
21
10
7
6
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Table B-5. Paid vacation provisions for full-time workers in New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Office workers

Production and related workers
Item

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

Nonmanu­
facturing

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Nonmanu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

Percent of workers
100
In establishments not providing

1

<")
In establishments providing

100

100

100

99
92
5
2

100
86
8
6

99
95
4

22
36
4
3
1
1
(“)

34
20
8
5
2
1

14
46
1
2
<")
1
<■■)

-

100

100

100

100

(■■)

-

(■■)

-

99
99
(■■)

100
100
-

3
56
11
24
-

(■')
81
11
6
~
~

c)
3
2
91
2
2
<")
“

-

100
100
-

99
99
(■■)

100
100

3
76
1
1
(”)
4

4
57
10
22
<“)

5
64
7
11
<■»)

_

-

-

-

-

-

Amount of paid vacation after:13

6 months of service:

_

1 year of service:
2
38
3
49
(“)
5
1
1
(n)
1
(■■)
2 years of service:

55
3
27
-

9
_

3
_

2
1

12
3
72
1
8
1
1
(“)
1
(■■)

15
8
58
2
11

3
1
75
5
12
1
1
<■■)
1
(■■)

2
3
71
4
14

3 years of sen/ice:

_

3
_

2
1

_

3
_

2
1

3
26
3
63
c)
2
1
<")
c)

13
-

79
-

7
-

1
(■•)

<">
10
<■■>
81
1
5
1
(■■)
<")

-

_

-

<“>

-

“

1

c)

-

9
-

1
(”>

4
(■■)
77
5
11
2
(■■)
(■■)

1

-

-

91
4
3
<")
1

85
4
5
(■■)
5

90
10
“
“
“

_

-

-

_

-

(">

“

“

-

1

.

-

1
(■■)
-

c)

31

-

92
4
3
(■■)
-

-

74
16
10

1
89
10
-

-

-

c)

_

3
<”)
5

_

90

<■■)

6
c)
84

-

-

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3
1
90
2
2
(“>
1

85
5
7
(“)
1
<“>

1

-

_

-

83
4
8

86
5
7
(■■)
(•■>

81
8
10

-

5
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-

-

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-

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Table B-5. Paid vacation provisions for full-time workers In New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981 —Continued
Production and related workers
Item

4 years of service:
1 week...........................................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks............................
2 weeks..........................................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks..............................
3 weeks...........................................
Over 4 and under 5 weeks..............................
Over 5 and under 6 weeks..............................
6 weeks....................................................

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Office workers

Nonmanu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

3
<»)
6
13

70

75

80

15

16
(■•)

10
5
<M)
“
~

1
(“)
1
(">

1
O')

Nonmanu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

1
~
75
6
18
c)
O')
“
-

79
8
13
O')
“
“
-

O')
O')
21
6
70
1
3
(**)
“
-

42
48
10
-

•

5 years of service:
2 weeks..........................................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks..............................
3 weeks......................................................
Over 3 and under 4 weeks..............................
4 weeks.............................................................
Over 5 and under 6 weeks..........................
6 weeks...........................................................

1
2
39
8
44
1
3
(”)

46
14
32

<")

1

O')
O')
22
52

68
O')
<■■>

O')

<")

”

29
56
9
(»)
“
“

10 years of service:
2 weeks........................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks..........................
3 weeks.......................................................
Over 3 and under 4 weeks..............................
4 weeks.................................................
5 weeks...................................................

2

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12 years of service:
1
2 weeks.............................................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks..............................

Over 4 and under 5 weeks..............................
5 weeks...........................................................
Over 5 and under 6 weeks..............................

6
1
61
20
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(“)
1

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59

60

15

36
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1

1
15 years of service:
1 week................................
2 weeks.........................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks.......................
3 weeks.........................
Over 3 and under 4 weeks.................
4 weeks..........................
Over 4 and under 5 weeks..................
5 weeks...........................
Over 5 and under 6 weeks........
6 weeks........................

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8
1
25
6
55
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6
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35

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84

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58
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Office workers

Production and related workers
Item

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

Nonmanu­
facturing

20 years of service:
1 week..............................................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks..............................
2 weeks.............................................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks..............................
3 weeks.............................................................
Over 3 and under 4 weeks..............................
4 weeks.............................................................
Over 4 and under 5 weeks..............................
5 weeks.............................................................
Over 5 and under 6 weeks..............................
6 weeks.............................................................
Over 6 and under 7 weeks..............................

1
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8
1
13
3
53
1
17
1
2
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1
7
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21
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41
3
18
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9
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8
3
61
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17
<■■)
2
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1
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25 years of service:
1 week..............................................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks..............................
2 weeks.............................................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks..............................
3 weeks.............................................................
Over 3 and under 4 weeks..............................
4 weeks.............................................................
Over 4 and under 5 weeks..............................
5 weeks.............................................................
Over 5 and under 6 weeks..............................
6 weeks.............................................................
Over 6 and under 7 weeks..............................
7 weeks.............................................................

1
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8
1
13
3
29
1
39
1
5
1

1
7
2
21
3
32
1
28
2
2
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c)
9
(■■)
8
2
26
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7
1

30 years of service:
1 week..............................................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks..............................
2 weeks.............................................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks..............................
3 weeks.............................................................
Over 3 and under 4 weeks..............................
4 weeks.............................................................
Over 4 and under 5 weeks..............................
5 weeks.............................................................
Over 5 and under 6 weeks..............................
6 weeks.............................................................
Over 6 and under 7 weeks..............................
7 weeks.............................................................
Over 7 and under 8 weeks..............................

1
c)
8
1
13
3
28
1
36
2
6
2
-

1
7
2
21
3
30
1
26
2
6
_
_
-

Maximum vacation available:
1 week..............................................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks..............................
2 weeks.............................................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks..............................
3 weeks.............................................................
Over 3 and under 4 weeks..............................
4 weeks.............................................................
Over 4 and under 5 weeks..............................
5 weeks.............................................................
Over 5 and under 6 weeks..............................
6 weeks.............................................................
Over 6 and under 7 weeks..............................
7 weeks.............................................................
Over 9 weeks............................ .......................

1
c)
8
1
13
3
28
1
36
1
8
2
“

1
7
2
21
3
30
1
26
2
6
-

“

Manu­
facturing

Nonmanu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

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5
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74
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16
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1
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7
6
52
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29
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79
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14
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4
(■■)
66
24
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5
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53
1
35
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6
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All
industries

33

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2
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5
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41
c)
43
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7
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1
c*)

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Production and related workers
Item

Office workers

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Nonmanu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Nonmanu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

All full-time workers..............................................

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

In establishments providing at
least one of the benefits
shown below14.........................................................

98

99

97

100

99

100

99

100

Life insurance.............................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

95
89

97
91

93
87

100
83

99
85

99
83

99
85

99
91

Accidental death and
dismemberment insurance....................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

70
65

73
69

68
63

87
70

75
56

82
72

74
53

80
72

87

87

87

85

92

88

93

85

62
58

60
59

64
57

72
56

47
42

49
46

46
41

72
64

73

63

79

79

85

80

86

76

3

-

5

2

3

1

3

4

Long-term disability
insurance.................................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

24
19

32
25

20
16

36
29

67
38

60
36

68
39

69
62

In establishments providing at least
one of the health insurance plans
shown below1*.........................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

97
93

99
96

97
91

100
97

99
72

99
88

99
69

100
95

Hospitalization insurance.......................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

97
92

99
94

95
90

100
97

99
70

99
86

99
67

100
95

Surgical insurance..................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

96
91

99
94

95
90

100
97

99
70

99
86

99
67

99
95

Medical insurance..................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

97
91

99
94

95
90

100
97

99
68

99
86

99
64

99
95

Major medical insurance........................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

78
70

77
75

79
67

99
82

98
64

98
79

98
61

99
86

Dental insurance.....................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

61
56

54
52

65
59

94
78

57
38

60
40

57
37

84
70

Health maintenance organization..............................
Noncontributory plans........................................

16
12

11
11

18
12

43
36

42
17

42
27

42
15

64
54

Retirement pension....................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................
See footnotes at end of tables.

88
85

94
89

84
82

91
87

88
79

91
75

88
80

98
95

Percent of workers

Sickness and accident insurance
or sick leave or both"............................................
Sickness and accident
insurance...........................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................
Sick leave (full pay and no
waiting period)...................................................
Sick leave (partial pay or
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Table B-7. Health plan participation by full-time workers In New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981
Office workers

Production and related workers
Item

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Nonmanu­
facturing

Transportation
and utilities

100

100

100

100

100

93
89

99
97

93
67

93
81

93
64

98
93

95
91

93
89

99
97

93
67

94
82

93
64

98
93

95
91

98
93

93
89

99
97

93
65

94
82

93
62

98
93

Major medical insurance............................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

76
69

77
75

76
66

99
81

91
61

92
75

91
59

98
85

Dental insurance.......................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

59
55

51
49

64
59

94
78

55
37

58
39

54
36

83
69

Health maintenance organization.............................
Noncontributory plans........................................
See footnotes at end of tables.

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c)

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3
2

4
3

3
1

2
1

All
industries

Manu­
facturing

Nonmanu­
facturing

All full-time workers..............................................

100

100

100

Hospitalization insurance...........................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

95
91

98
93

Surgical insurance......................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

94
90

Medical insurance......................................................
Noncontributory plans........................................

Transportation
and utilities

Percent of workers


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Footnotes
Some of these standard footnotes may not apply to this bulletin.
1 Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time
salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings
correspond to these weekly hours.
2 The mean is computed for each job by totaling the earnings of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers. The median designates position—half of the workers receive the same or
more and half receive the same or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two
rates of pay; one-fourth of the workers earn the same or less than the lower of these rates and
one-fourth earn the same or more than the higher rate.
2 Earnings data relate only to workers whose sex identification was provided by the
establishment.
4 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
5 Estimates for periods ending prior to 1976 relate to men only for skilled maintenance and
unskilled plant workers. All other estimates relate to men and women.
• Data do not meet publication criteria or data not available.
7 Formally established minimum regular straight-time hiring salaries that are paid for standard
workweeks. Data are presented for all standard workweeks combined, and for the most common
standard workweeks reported.
*Excludes workers in subclerical jobs such as messenger.
• Includes all production and related workers in establishments currently operating late shifts,
and establishments whose formal provisions cover late shifts, even though the establishments
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10 Less than 0.05 percent.
11 Less than 0.5 percent.
12 All combinations of full and half days that add to the same amount; for example, the
proportion of workers receiving a total of 10 days includes those with 10 full days and no half
days, 9 full days and 2 half days, 8 full days and 4 half days, and so on. Proportions then were
cumulated.
“ Includes payments other than “length of time,” such as percentage of annual earnings or
flat-sum payments, converted to an equivalent time basis; for example, 2 percent of annual
earnings was considered as 1 week’s pay. Periods of service are chosen arbitrarily and do not
necessarily reflect individual provisions for progression; for example, changes in proportions at
10 years include changes between 5 and 10 years. Estimates are cumulative. Thus, the
proportion eligible for at least 3 weeks’ pay after 10 years includes those eligible for at least 3
weeks’ pay after fewer years of sen/ice.
14 Estimates listed after type of benefit are for all plans for which at least a part of the cost is
borne by the employer. “Noncontributory plans" include only those financed entirely by the
employer. Excluded are legally required plans, such as workers' disability compensation, social
security, and railroad retirement.
15 Unduplicated total of workers receiving sick leave or sickness and accident insurance
shown separately. Sick leave plans are limited to those which definitely establish at least the
minimum number of days’ pay that each employee can expect. Informal sick leave allowances
determined on an individual basis are excluded.
>« Unduplicated total of workers eligible for coverage under an insurance plan providing
hospitalization, sugical, medical, major medical, or dental benefits shown separately.

Appendix A.
Scope and Method
of Survey

In each of the 71 areas1 currently surveyed, the Bureau obtains wages and related
benefits data from representative establishments within six broad industry divisions:
Manufacturing; transportation, communication, and other public utilities; wholesale
trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Government
operations and the construction and extractive industries are excluded. Small
establishments—generally those with fewer than 50 employees—are excluded because
they have few incumbents in the occupations studied. Appendix table 1 shows the
number of establishments and workers estimated to be within the scope of this survey,
as well as the number actually studied.
Bureau field representatives obtain data by personal visits at 3-year intervals. In each
of the two intervening years, information on employment and occupational earnings
only is collected by a combination of personal visit, mail questionnaire, and telephone
interview from establishments participating in the previous survey.
A sample of the establishments in the scope of the survey is selected for study prior to
each personal visit survey. This sample, minus establishments which go out of business
or are no longer within the industrial scope of the survey, is retained for the following
two annual surveys. In most cases, establishments new to the area are not considered in
the scope of the survey until the selection of a sample for a personal visit survey.
The sampling procedures involve detailed stratification of all establishments within
the scope of an individual area survey by industry and number of employees. From this
stratified universe a probability sample is selected, with each establishment having a
predetermined chance of selection. To obtain optimum accuracy at minimum cost, a
greater proportion of large than small establishments is selected. When data are
combined, each establishment is weighted according to its probability of selection so
that unbiased estimates are generated. For example, if one out of four establishments is
selected, it is given a weight of 4 to represent itself plus three others. An alternate of the
same original probability is chosen in the same industry-size classification if data are not
available from the original sample member. If no suitable substitute is available,
additional weight is assigned to a sample member that is similar to the missing unit.
Occupations and earnings

Occupations selected for study are common to a variety of manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing industries, and are of the following types: (1) Office clerical; (2)
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movement and custodial. Occupational classification is based on a uniform set of job
descriptions designed to take account of interestablishment variation in duties within
the same job. Occupations selected for study are listed and described in appendix B.
Unless otherwise indicated, the earnings data following the job titles are for all
industries combined. Earnings data for some of the occupations listed and described, or
for some industry divisions within the scope of the survey, are not presented in the Aseries tables because either (1) data were insufficient to provide meaningful statistical
results, or (2) there is possibility of disclosure of individual establishment data. Separate
men’s and women’s earnings data are not presented when the number of workers not
identified by sex is 20 percent or more of the men or women identified in an occupation.
Earnings data not shown separately for industry divisions are included in data for all
industries combined. Likewise, for occupations with more than one level, data are
included in the overall classification when a subclassification is not shown or
information to subclassify is not available.
Occupational employment and earnings data are shown for full-time workers, i.e.,
those hired to work a regular weekly schedule. Earnings data exclude premium pay for
overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Nonproduction bonuses
are excluded, but cost-of-living allowances and incentive bonuses are included. Weekly
hours for office clerical and professional and technical occupations refer to the standard
workweek (rounded to the nearest half hour) for which employees receive regular
straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or premium rates).
Average weekly earnings for these occupations are rounded to the nearest half dollar.
Most A-series tables provide distributions of workers by earnings; changes in the size of
earnings intervals are indicated by heavy vertical lines.
These surveys measure the level of occupational earnings in an area at a particular
time. Changes in an occupational average over time reflect, in addition to earnings
changes, factors such as changes in proportions of workers employed by high- or lowwage firms, or high-wage workers advancing to better jobs and being replaced by new
workers at lower rates. Such shifts in employment could decrease an occupational
average even though most establishments in an area increase wages during the year.
Changes in earnings of occupational groups, shown in table A-7, are better indicators of
wage trends than are earnings changes for individual jobs within the groups.
Average earnings reflect composite, areawide estimates. Industries and establish­
ments differ in pay level and job staffing, and thus contribute differently to the estimates

for each job. Pay averages may fail to reflect accurately the wage differential among
jobs in individual establishments.
Average pay levels for men and women in selected occupations should not be
assumed to reflect differences in pay of the sexes within individual establishments.
Factors which may contribute to differences include progression within established rate
ranges (only the rates paid incumbents are collected) and performance of specific duties
within the general survey job descriptions. Job descriptions used to classify employees
in these surveys usually are more generalized than those used in individual establish­
ments and allow for minor differences among establishments in specific duties
performed.
Occupational employment estimates represent the total in all establishments within
the scope of the study and not the number actually surveyed. Because occupational
structures among establishments differ, estimates of occupational employment obtained
from the sample of establishments studied serve only to indicate the relative importance
of the jobs studied. These differences in occupational structure do not affect materially
the accuracy of the earnings data.
Wage trends for selected occupational groups

Indexes in table A-7 measure wages at a given time, expressed as a percent of wages
during the base period. Subtracting 100 from the index yields the percent change in
wages from the base period to the date of the index. The percent increases in table A-7
relate to wage changes between the indicated dates. Annual rates of increase, where
shown, reflect the amount of increase for 12 months when the time span between
surveys was other than 12 months. These computations are based on the assumption
that wages increased at a constant rate between surveys.
The indexes and percent increases are based on changes in average hourly earnings of
men and women in establishments reporting the trend jobs in both the current and
previous year (matched establishments). The data are adjusted to remove the effect on
average earnings of employment shifts among establishments and turnover of establish­
ments included in survey samples. The percent increases, however, are still affected by
factors other than wage increases. Turnover may affect an establishment average for an
occupation when workers are paid under plans providing a range of wage rates for
individual jobs. In periods of increased hiring, for example, new employees may enter at
the bottom of the range, depressing the average without a change in wage rates.
Occupations used to compute wage trends are:
Office clerical
Secretaries
Stenographers I
Typists, I and II
File clerks, I, II, and III
Messengers

Switchboard operators
Order clerks, I and II
Accounting clerks2
Payroll clerks
Key entry operators, I and II

Industrial nurses
Registered industrial nurses
Skilled maintenance
Mechanics (machinery)
Mechanics (motor vehicle)
Pipefitters
Tool and die makers

Carpenters
Electricians
Painters
Machinists

Unskilled plant
Janitors, porters, and cleaners

Material handling laborers

Percent changes for individual areas in the program are computed as follows:
1. Average earnings are computed for each occupation for the 2 years being
compared. The averages are derived from earnings in those establishments which
are in the survey both years; it is assumed that employment remains unchanged.
2. Each occupation is assigned a weight based on its proportionate employment in
the occupational group.
3. These weights are used to compute group averages. Each occupation’s average
earnings (computed in step 1) are multiplied by its weight. The products are
totaled to obtain a group average.
4. The ratio of group averages for 2 consecutive years is computed by dividing the
average for the current year by the average for the earlier year. The result—
expressed as a percent—less 100 is the percent change.
The index is computed by adding 100 to the most recent percent increase, multiplying
the total by the previous year’s index number, and dividing the product by 100 to obtain
the current index value.
For a more detailed description of the method used to compute these wage trends, see
“Improving Area Wage Survey Indexes,” Monthly Labor Review, January 1973, pp. 52­
57.
Pay relationships in establishments

Tables A-8 through A-11 compare average pay of occupations in individual
establishments. These comparisons, expressed as pay relatives (pay for one of the
occupations equals 100), yield different results than comparisons of overall survey
averages, such as those shown in tables A-l through A-6. The latter reflect differences
in contributions to the survey averages by establishments with disparate pay levels; the
pay relative comparisons are not affected by such differences.

Electronic data processing
Computer systems analysts, I, II, and
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Computer programmers, I, II, and III
Computer operators, I, II, and III

The methods of computing and presenting pay relatives have changed since the last
survey in this area. The following procedures are now used to compute relatives in
tables A-8 through A-l 1:

1- Establishments employing workers in both of the paired occupations were
identified.
2. Pay levels (averages) for the two occupations were weighted by the combined
employment of both jobs to reflect each establishment’s contribution to the totals
used in this comparison.
3. The weighted pay levels of the two jobs were summed separately; each total was
divided by the other and the quotients multiplied by 100 to produce the two pay
relatives shown for each job pairing.
Establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions

The incidence of selected establishment practices and supplementary wage provi­
sions is studied for full-time production and related workers and office workers.
Production and related workers (referred to hereafter as production workers) include
working supervisors and all nonsupervisory workers (including group leaders and
trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspection, receiving, storage,
handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, maintenance, repair, janitorial and guard
services, product development, auxiliary production for plant’s own use (e.g., powerplant), and recordkeeping and other services closely associated with the above
production operations. (Cafeteria and route workers are excluded in manufacturing
industries but included in nonmanufacturing industries.) In finance and insurance, no
workers are considered to be production workers. Office workers include working
supervisors and all nonsupervisory workers (including lead workers and trainees)
performing clerical or related office functions in such departments as accounting,
advertising, purchasing, collection, credit, finance, legal, payroll, personnel, sales,
industrial relations, public relations, executive, or transportation. Administrative,
executive, professional, and part-time employees as well as construction workers
utilized as a separate work force are excluded from both the production and office
worker categories.
Minimum entrance salaries (table B-l). Minimum entrance salaries for office workers
relate only to the establishments visited. Because of the optimum sampling techniques
used and the probability that large establishments are more likely than small establish­
ments to have formal entrance rates above the subclerical level, the table is more
representative of policies in medium and large establishments. (The “X’s” shown under
specific weekly schedules indicate that no meaningful totals are applicable.)
Shift differentials-manufacturing (table B-2). Data were collected on policies of
manufacturing establishments regarding pay differentials for production workers on
late shifts. Establishments considered as having policies are those which (1) have
provisions in writing covering the operation of late shifts, or (2) have operated late
shifts at any time during the 12 months preceding a survey. When establishments have
several differentials which vary by job, the differential applying to the majority of the
production workers is recorded. When establishments have differentials which apply
only to certain hours of work, the differential applying to the most common schedule is
recorded.
For purposes of this study, a late shift is either a second (evening) shift which ends at
or near midnight or a third (night) shift which starts at or near midnight.


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Differentials for second and third shifts are summarized separately for (1) establish­
ment policies (an establishment’s differentials are weighted by all production workers in
the establishment at the time of the survey) and (2) effective practices (an establish­
ment’s differentials are weighted by production workers employed on the specified shift
at the time of the survey).
Scheduled weekly hours; paid holidays; paid vacations; and health, insurance, and pension
plans. Provisions which apply to a majority of the production or office workers in an
establishment are considered to apply to all production or office workers in the
establishment; a practice or provision is considered nonexistent when it applies to less
than a majority. Holidays, vacations, and health and insurance plans are considered
applicable to employees currently eligible for the benefits. Pension plans are considered
applicable to employees currently eligible for participation and also to those who will
eventually become eligible.
Scheduled weekly hours and days (table B-3). Scheduled weekly hours and days refer to
the number of hours and days per week which full-time first (day) shift workers are
expected to work, whether paid for at straight- time or overtime rates.
Paid holidays (table B-4). Holidays are included if workers who are not required to work
are paid for the time off and those required to work receive premium pay or
compensatory time off. They are included only if they are granted annually on a formal
basis (provided for in written form or established by custom). Holidays are included
even though in a particular year they fall on a nonworkday and employees are not
granted another day off. Paid personal holiday plans, typically found in the automobile
and related industries, are included as paid holidays.
Data are tabulated to show the percent of workers who (1) are granted specific
numbers of whole and half holidays and (2) are granted specified amounts of total
holiday time (whole and half holidays are aggregated).
Paid vacations (table B-5). Establishments report their method of calculating vacation
pay (time basis, percent of annual earnings, flat-sum payment, etc.) and the amount of
vacation pay granted. Only basic formal plans are reported. Vacation bonuses,
vacation-savings plans, and "extended” or “sabbatical” benefits beyond basic plans are
excluded.
For tabulating vacation pay granted, all provisions are expressed on a time basis.
Vacation pay calculated on other than a time basis is converted to its equivalent time
period. Two percent of annual earnings, for example, is tabulated as 1 week’s vacation
pay.
Also, provisions after each specified length of service are related to all production or
office workers in an establishment regardless of length of service. Vacation plans
commonly provide for a larger amount of vacation pay as service lengthens. Counts of
production or office workers by length of service were not obtained. The tabulations of
vacation pay granted present, therefore, statistical measures of these provisions rather
than proportions of workers actually receiving specific benefits.
Health, insurance, and pension plans (table B-6). Health, insurance, and pension plans
include plans for which the employer pays either all or part of the cost. The benefits
may be underwritten by an insurance company, paid directly by an employer or union,
or provided by a health maintenance organization. This year, for the first time in this

area, provisions for health maintenance organizations (HMO’s) are treated separately
from insurance provisions. Workers provided the option of an insurance plan or an
HMO are reported under both types of plans. A plan is included even though a majority
of the employees in an establishment do not choose to participate in it because they are
required to bear part of its cost (provided the choice to participate is available to a
majority). Legally required plans such as social security, railroad retirement, workers’
disability compensation, and temporary disability insurance3 are excluded.
Life insurance includes formal plans providing indemnity (usually through an
insurance policy) in case of death of the covered worker.
Accidental death and dismemberment insurance is limited to plans which provide
benefit payments in case of death or loss of limb or sight as a direct result of an accident.
Sickness and accident insurance includes only those plans which provide that
predetermined cash payments be made directly to employees who lose time from work
because of illness or injury, e.g., $50 a week for up to 26 weeks of disability.
Sick leave plans are limited to formal plans4 which provide for continuing an
employee’s pay during absence from work because of illness. Data collected distinguish
between (1) plans which provide full pay with no waiting period, and (2) plans which
either provide partial pay or require a waiting period.
Long-term disability insurance plans provide payments to totally disabled employees
upon the expiration of their paid sick leave and/or sickness and accident insurance, or
after a predetermined period of disability (typically 6 months). Payments are made until
the end of the disability, a maximum age, or eligibility for retirement benefits. Full or
partial payments are almost always reduced by social security, workers’ disability
compensation, and private pension benefits payable to the disabled employee.
Hospitalization, surgical, and medical insurance plans reported in these surveys
provide full or partial payment for basic services rendered. Hospitalization insurance
covers hospital room and board and may cover other hospital expenses. Surgical
insurance covers surgeons’ fees. Medical insurance covers doctors’ fees for home,
office, or hospital calls. Plans restricted to post-operative medical care or a doctor’s
care for minor ailments at a worker’s place of employment are not considered to be
medical insurance.
Major medical insurance coverage applies to services which go beyond the basic
services covered under hospitalization, surgical, and medical insurance. Major medical
insurance typically (1) requires that a “deductible” (e.g., $100) be met before benefits
begin, (2) has a coinsurance feature that requires the insured to pay a portion (e.g., 20
percent) of certain expenses, and (3) has a specified dollar maximum of benefits (e.g.,
$10,000 a year).
Dental insurance plans provide normal dental service benefits, usually for fillings,
extractions, and X-rays. Plans which provide benefits only for oral surgery or repairing
accident damage are not reported.
An HMO provides comprehensive health care services to a specified group for fixed
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and hospital expenses.
Retirement pension plans provide for regular payments to the retiree for life.
Included are deferred profit-sharing plans which provide the option of purchasing a
lifetime annuity.
Health plan participation (table B-7). Estimates are presented on the percent of
production and office workers participating in selected health insurance and HMO
plans. When an establishment was unable to supply the number of plan participants,
approximations (imputations) were made, where possible, by using information from
other establishments offering a similar plan. Imputations were never made for more
than one-third of the production or clerical workers in an industry group (all industries,
manufacturing, nonmanufacturing, and transportation and utilities); when imputations
were made, they were usually for considerably less than one-third of the workers.
Participation rates were estimated and published if participant numbers (including
imputations) were available for 90 percent or more of the production or office workers
in an industry group; consequently, a published estimate may not relate to a group total.
1 Includes 70 areas surveyed under the Bureau’s regular program plus Poughkeepsie-KingstonNewburgh, N.Y., which is surveyed under contract. In addition, the Bureau conducts more limited
area studies in approximately 100 areas at the request of the Employment Standards Administra­
tion of the U.S. Department of Labor.
2 A revised 4-level job description for accounting clerks, being introduced in this survey, is not
comparable to the previous 2-level description. Earnings of workers that could be compared to the
previous overall level were used in wage trend computations.
3 Temporary disability insurance which provides benefits to covered workers disabled by injury
or illness which is not work-connected is mandatory under State laws in California, New Jersey,
New York, and Rhode Island. Establishment plans which meet only the legal requirements are
excluded from these data, but those under which (1) employers contribute more than is legally
required or (2) benefits exceed those specified in the State law are included. In Rhode Island,
benefits are paid out of a State fund to which only employees contribute. In each of the other three
States, benefits are paid either from a State fund or through a private plan.
State fundfinancing: In California, only employees contribute to the State fund; in New Jersey,
employees and employers contribute; in New York, employees contribute up to a specified
maximum and employers pay the difference between the employees’ share and the total
contribution required.
Private plan financing: In California and New Jersey, employees cannot be required to contribute
more than they would if they were covered by the State fund; in New York, employees can agree
to contribute more if the State rules that the additional contribution is commensurate with the
benefit provided.
Federal legislation (Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act) provides temporary disability
insurance benefits to railroad workers for illness or injury, whether work-connected or not. The
legislation requires that employers bear the entire cost of the insurance.
4 An establishment is considered as having a formal plan if it specifies at least the minimum
number of days of sick leave available to each employee. Such a plan need not be written, but
informal sick leave allowances determined on an individual basis are excluded.

Appendix table 1. Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in New York, N.Y.-N.J.,1 May 1981
Number of establishments

Industry division*

Minimum
employment
in establish­
ments in scope
of survey

Workers in establishments
Within scope
of survey

Within scope
of survey3

Studied

Total4
Number

Percent

Studied4

Full-time
production and
related workers

Full-time
office workers

All establishments
All divisions............................................................................................

-

4,985

440

1,535,395

100

469,290

433,859

515,403

Manufacturing................................................................................................
Nonmanufacturing.........................................................................................
Transportation, communication, and
other public utilities*..............................................................................
Wholesale trade.......................................................................................
Retail trade...............................................................................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate........................................................
Services7...................................................................................................

100
-

1,169
3,816

126
314

351,865
1,183,530

23
77

179,507
289,783

72,762
361,097

95,857
419,546

100
50
100
50
50

199
942
319
904
1,452

57
44
45
67
101

210,517
121,968
178,597
375,029
297,419

14
8
12
24
19

77,438
(•>
<•>

62,331
<■>

c)

c)

o
o0

157,305
12,467
71,699
138,935
39,140

-

603

171

897,430

100

200,680

279,146

466,596

54
117

152,406
745,024

17
83

52,107
148,573

38,699
240,447

79,864
386,732

Large establishments
All divisions............................................................................................

Manufacturing...............................................................................................
500
142
Nonmanufacturing........................................................................................
461
Transportation, communication, and
other public utilities*..............................................................................
500
65
Wholesale trade.......................................................................................
500
46
Retail trade...............................................................................................
500
85
Finance, insurance, and real estate........................................................
500
128
Services7...................................................................................................
500
137
1 The New York, N.Y.-N.J. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget through
February 1974, consists of Bronx, Kings, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, N.Y.;
and Bergen County, N.J. The "workers within scope of survey" estimates provide a reasonably accurate description of the size
and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison with other
statistical series to measure employment trends or levels since (1) planning of wage surveys requires establishment data
compiled considerably in advance of the payroll period studied, and (2) small establishments are excluded from the scope of the
survey.
* The 1972 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used to classify establishments by industry division. All
government operations are excluded from the scope of the survey.
* Includes all establishments with total employment at or above the minimum limitation. All outlets (within the area) of
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7
27
28
22

181,777
152,038
20
68,966
51,065
34,641
7,883
4
c)
131,379
15
<•>
67,204
266,340
30
132,866
130,887
26,741
15
4 Includes executive, professional, part-time, seasonal, and other workers excluded from the separate production and office
categories.
5 Abbreviated to “transportation and utilities" in the A- and B-series tables. Formerly referred to as “public utilities”. Taxicabs
and services incidental to water transportation are excluded. The governmentally operated portion of New York's transit system
is excluded by definition from the scope of the survey.
4 Separate data for this division are not presented in the A- and B-series tables, but the division is represented in the 'all
industries’ and "nonmanufacturing” estimates.
7 Hotels and motels; laundries and other personal services; business services; automobile repair, rental, and parking; motion
pictures; nonprofit membership organizations (excluding religious and charitable organizations); and engineering and architectur­
al services.

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ments, New York, N.Y.-N.J., May 1981

Production and
related workers

Office
workers

82
87
80

15
6
17

97

57

Appendix table 3. Industrial composition in manufacturing, New York, N.Y.N.J., May 1981
(Percent of all manufacturing workers)

Industry division
All industries..............
Manufacturing..........
Nonmanufacturing ....
Transportation and
utilities.................

NOTE: An establishment is considered to have a contract covering all production or
office workers if a majority of such workers is covered by a labor-management
agreement. Therefore, all other production or office workers are employed in
establishments that either do not have labor-management contracts in effect, or have
contracts that apply to fewer than half of their production or office workers. Estimates
are not necessarily representative of the extent to which all workers in the area may be
covered by the provisions of labor-management agreements, because small establish­
ments are excluded and the industrial scope of the survey is limited.


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Printing and Publishing...............................................................
Chemicals and allied products....................................................
Apparel and other textile products............................................
Food and kindred products........................................................
Electric and electronic equipment.............................................
Machinery except electrical.......................................................
Office and computing machines.............................................
Instruments and related products...............................................
Paper and allied products...........................................................

18
11
10
10
10
8
5
5
5

NOTE: This information is based on estimates of total employment derived from
universe materials compiled before actual survey.

Appendix B.
Occupational
Descriptions

The primary purpose of preparing job descriptions for the Bureau’s wage surveys is
to assist its field representatives in classifying into appropriate occupations workers
who are employed under a variety of payroll titles and different work arrangements
from establishment to establishment and from area to area. This permits grouping
occupational wage rates representing comparable job content. Because of this emphasis
on interestablishment and interarea comparability of occupational content, the Bureau’s
job descriptions may differ significantly from those in use in individual establishments
or those prepared for other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the Bureau’s
field representatives are instructed to exclude working supervisors; apprentices; and
part-time, temporary, and probationary workers. Handicapped workers whose earnings
are reduced because of their handicap are also excluded. Learners, beginners, and
trainees, unless specifically included in the job description, are excluded.
Listed below are several occupations for which revised descriptions or titles are
being introduced in this survey:
Stenographer
Typist
Accounting clerk

Drafter
Stationary engineer
Boiler tender

The Bureau has discontinued collecting data for tabulating-machine operator,
bookkeeping-machine operator, and machine biller.

a.

Positions which do not meet the “personal” secretary concept described
above;

b.

Stenographers not fully trained in secretarial-type duties;

c.

Stenographers serving as office assistants tp a group of professional,
technical, or managerial persons;

d.

Assistant-type positions which entail more difficult or more responsible
technical, administrative, or supervisory duties which are not typical of
secretarial work, e.g., Administrative Assistant, or Executive Assistant;

e-

Positions which do not fit any of the situations listed in the sections below
titled “Level of Supervisor,” e.g., secretary to the president of a company
that employs, in all, over 5,000 persons;

f.

Trainees.

Classification by level. Secretary jobs which meet the required characteristics are
matched at one of five levels according to (a) the level of the secretary’s supervisor
within the company’s organizational structure and, (b) the level of the secretary’s
responsibility. The tabulation following the explanations of these two factors indicates
the level of the secretary for each combination of the factors.

Office
SECRETARY

Level ofSecretary’s Supervisor (LS)

Assigned as a personal secretary, normally to one individual. Maintains a close and
highly responsive relationship to the day-to-day activities of the supervisor. Works
fairly independently receiving a minimum of detailed supervision and guidance.
Performs varied clerical and secretarial duties requiring a knowledge of office routine
and understanding of the organization, programs, and procedures related to the work of
the supervisor.

LS-1
Secretary to the supervisor or head of a small organizational unit (e.g.,
fewer than about 25 or 30 persons); or
Secretary to a nonsupervisory staff specialist, professional employee,
administrative officer or assistant, skilled technician or expert. (NOTE:
Many companies assign stenographers, rather than secretaries as described
above, to this level of supervisory or nonsupervisory worker.)

Exclusions. Not all positions that are titled “secretary” possess the above characteristics.
Examples of positions which are excluded from the definition are as follows:


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Level ofSecretary’s Responsibility (LR)

LS-2

a.

b.

Secretary to an executive or managerial person whose responsibility is not
equivalent to one of the specific level situations in the definition for LS-3,
but whose organizational unit normally numbers at least several dozen
employees and is usually divided into organizational segments which are
often, in turn, further subdivided. In some companies, this level includes a
wide range of organizational echelons; in others, only one or two; or
Secretary to the head of an individual plant, factory, etc., (or other
equivalent level of official) that employs, in all, fewer than 5,000 persons.

LS-3
a.
b.
c.

d.
e.

Secretary to the chairman of the board or president of a company that
employs, in all, fewer than 100 persons; or
Secretary to a corporate officer (other than chairman of the board or
president) of a company that employs, in all, over 100 but fewer than 5,000
persons; or
Secretary to the head (immediately below the officer level) over either a
major corporatewide functional activity (e.g., marketing, research, oper­
ations, industrial relations, etc.) or a major geographic or organizational
segment (e.g., a regional headquarters; a major division) of a company that
employs, in all, over 5,000 but fewer than 25,000 employees; or
Secretary to the head of an individual plant, factory, etc., (or other
equivalent level of official) that employs, in all, over 5,000 persons; or
Secretary to the head of a large and important organizational segment
(e.g., a middle management supervisor of an organizational segment often
involving as many as several hundred persons) of a company that employs,
in all, over 25,000 persons.

This factor evaluates the nature of the work relationship between the secretary and
the supervisor, and the extent to which the secretary is expected to exercise initiative
and judgment. Secretaries should be matched at LR-1 or LR-2 described below
according to their level of responsibility.
LR-1
Performs varied secretarial duties including or comparable to most of the
following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
LR-2
Performs duties described under LR-1 and, in addition performs tasks requiring
greater judgment, initiative, and knowledge of office functions including or compara­
ble to most of the following:
a.
b.

LS-4
a.
b.
c.

Secretary to the chairman of the board or president of a company that
employs, in all, over 100 but fewer than 5,000 persons; or
Secretary to a corporate officer (other than the chairman of the board or
president) of a company that employs, in all, over 5,000 but fewer than
25,000 persons; or
Secretary to the head, immediately below the corporate officer level, of a
major segment or subsidiary of a company that employs, in all, over 25,000
persons.

NOTE: The term “corporate officer” used in the above LS definition refers to those
officials who have a significant corporatewide policymaking role with regard to major
company activities. The title “vice president,” though normally indicative of this role,
does not in all cases identify such positions. Vice presidents whose primary responsibili­
ty is to act personally on individual cases or transactions (e.g., approve or deny
individual loan or credit actions; administer individual trust accounts; directly supervise
a clerical staff) are not considered to be "corporate officers” for purposes of applying
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Answers telephones, greets personal callers, and opens incoming mail.
Answers telephone requests which have standard answers. May reply to
requests by sending a form letter.
Reviews correspondence, memoranda, and reports prepared by others for
the supervisor’s signature to ensure procedural and typographical accura­
cy.
Maintains supervisor’s calendar and makes appointments as instructed.
Types, takes and transcribes dictation, and files.

c.
d.
e.

Screens telephone and personal callers, determining which can be handled
by the supervisor’s subordinates or other offices.
Answers requests which require a detailed knowledge of office procedures
or collection of information from files or other offices. May sign routine
correspondence in own or supervisor’s name.
Compiles or assists in compiling periodic reports on the basis of general
instructions.
Schedules tentative appointments without prior clearance. Assembles
necessary background material for scheduled meetings. Makes arrange­
ments for meetings and conferences.
Explains supervisor’s requirements to other employees in supervisor’s unit.
(Also types, takes dictation, and files.)

The following tabulation shows the level of the secretary for each LS and LR
combination:
LR-1
LS-1...............................................................
LS-2..............................................................
LS-3..............................................................
LS-4..............................................................

I
II
Ill
IV

LR-2
II
HI
IV
V

STENOGRAPHER

c.

Primary duty is to take dictation using shorthand, and to transcribe the dictation. May
also type from written copy. May operate from a stenographic pool. May occasionally
transcribe from voice recordings. (If primary duty is transcribing from recordings, see
Transcribing-machine typist.)
NOTE: This job is distinguished from that of a secretary in that a secretary normally
works as the principal office assistant performing more responsible and discretionary
tasks.
Stenographer I.

Takes and transcribes dictation under close supervision and detailed instructions.
May maintain files, keep simple records, or perform other relatively routine clerical
tasks.
Stenographer II.

Takes and transcribes dictation determining the most appropriate format. Performs
stenographic duties requiring significantly greater independence and responsibility than
Stenographer I. Supervisor typically provides general instructions. Work requires a
thorough working knowledge of general business and office procedures and of the
specific business operations, organizations, policies, procedures, files, workflow, etc.
Uses this knowledge in performing stenographic duties and responsible clerical tasks
such as maintaining follow up files; assembling material for reports, memoranda, and
letters; composing simple letters from general instructions; reading and routing
incoming mail; answering routine questions, etc.
TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE TYPIST

Primary duty is to type copy of voice recorded dictation which does not involve
varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as that used in legal briefs or reports on
scientific research. May also type from written copy. May maintain files, keep simple
records, or perform other relatively routine clerical tasks. (See Stenographer definition
for workers involved with shorthand dictation.)
TYPIST

Uses a manual, electric, or automatic typewriter to type various materials. Included
are automatic typewriters that are used only to record text and update and reproduce
previously typed items from magnetic cards or tape. May include typing of stencils,
mats, or similar materials for use in duplicating processes. May do clerical work
involving little special training, such as keeping simple records, filing records and
reports, or sorting and distributing incoming mail.
Excluded from this definition is work that involves:

Familiarity with specialized terminology in various keyboard commands to
manipulate or edit the recorded text to accomplish revisions, or to perform
tasks such as extracting and listing items from the text, or transmitting text
to other terminals, or using “sort” commands to have the machine reorder
material. Typically requires the use of automatic equipment which may be
either computer linked or have a programmable memory so that material
can be organized in regularly used formats or preformed paragraphs which
can then be coded and stored for future use in letters or documents.

Typist I

Performs one or more of the following: Copy typing from rough or clear drafts; or
routine typing of forms, insurance policies, etc.; or setting up simple standard
tabulations; or copying more complex tables already set up and spaced properly.
Typist II

Performs one or more of the following: Typing material in final form when it involves
combining material from several sources; or responsibility for correct spelling,
syllabication, punctuation, etc., of technical or unusual words or foreign language
material; or planning layout and typing of complicated statistical tables to maintain
uniformity and balance in spacing. May type routine form letters, varying details to suit
circumstances.
FILE CLERK

Files, classifies, and retrieves material in an established filing system. May perform
clerical and manual tasks required to maintain files. Positions are classified into levels on
the basis of the following definitions:
File Clerk I

Performs routine filing of material that has already been classified or which is easily
classified in a simple serial classification system (e.g., alphabetical, chronological, or
numerical). As requested, locates readily available material in files and forwards
material; and may fill out withdrawal charge. May perform simple clerical and manual
tasks required to maintain and service files.
File Clerk II

Sorts, codes, and files unclassified material by simple (subject matter) headings or
partly classified material by finer subheadings. Prepares simple related index and cross­
reference aids. As requested, locates clearly identified material in files and forwards
material. May perform related clerical tasks required to maintain and service files.
File Clerk III

Classifies and indexes file material such as correspondence, reports, technical
documents, etc., in an established filing system containing a number of varied subject
matter files. May also file this material. May keep records of various types in
conjunction with the files. May lead a small group of lower level file clerks.
MESSENGER

b.

Typing directly from spoken material that has been recorded on disks,
cylinders, belts, tapes, or other similar media;
The use of varitype machines, composing equipment, or automatic equip­
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Performs various routine duties such as running errands, operating minor office
machines such as sealers or mailers, opening and distributing mail, and other minor
clerical work. Exclude positions that require operation of a motor vehicle as a
significant duty.

distribution codes; examining and verifying the clerical accuracy of various types of
reports, lists, calculations, postings, etc.; preparing journal vouchers; or making entries
or adjustments to accounts.
Levels I and II require a basic knowledge of routine clerical methods and office
practices and procedures as they relate to the clerical processing and recording of
transactions and accounting information. Levels III and IV require a knowledge and
understanding of the established and standardized bookkeeping and accounting proce­
dures and techniques used in an accounting system, or a segment of an accounting
system, where there are few variations in the types of transactions handled. In addition,
some jobs at each level may require a basic knowledge and understanding of the
terminology, codes, and processes used in an automated accounting system.

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

Operates a telephone switchboard or console used with a private branch exchange
(PBX) system to relay incoming, outgoing, and intrasystem calls. May provide
information to callers, record and transmit messages, keep record of calls placed and
toll charges. Besides operating a telephone switchboard or console, may also type or
perform routine clerical work (typing or routine clerical work may occupy the major
portion of the worker’s time, and is usually performed while at the switchboard or
console). Chief or lead operators in establishments employing more than one operator
are excluded. For an operator who also acts as a receptionist, see Switchboard operatorreceptionist.
SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONIST

At a single-position telephone switchboard or console, acts both as an operator—see
Switchboard operator—and as a receptionist. Receptionist’s work involves such duties
as greeting visitors; determining nature of visitor’s business and providing appropriate
information; referring visitor to appropriate person in the organization or contacting
that person by telephone and arranging an appointment; keeping a log of visitors.

Accounting Clerk I

Performs very simple and routine accounting clerical operations, for example,
recognizing and comparing easily identified numbers and codes on similar and
repetitive accounting documents, verifying mathematical accuracy, and identifying
discrepancies and bringing them to the supervisor’s attention. Supervisor gives clear
and detailed instructions for specific assignments. Employee refers to supervisor all
matters not covered by instructions. Work is closely controlled and reviewed in detail
for accuracy, adequacy, and adherence to instructions.

ORDER CLERK

Receives written or verbal customers’ purchase orders for material or merchandise
from customers or sales people. Work typically involves some combination of the
following duties: Quoting prices; determining availability of ordered items and
suggesting substitutes when necessary; advising expected delivery date and method of
delivery; recording order and customer information on order sheets; checking order
sheets for accuracy and adequacy of information recorded; ascertaining credit rating of
customer; furnishing customer with acknowledgement of receipt of order; following up
to see that order is delivered by the specified date or to let customer know of a delay in
delivery; maintaining order file; checking shipping invoice against original order.
Exclude workers paid on a commission basis or whose duties include any of the following:
Receiving orders for services rather than for material or merchandise; providing
customers with consultative advice using knowledge gained from engineering or
extensive technical training; emphasizing selling skills; handling material or merchan­
dise as an integral part of the job.
Positions are classified into levels according to the following definitions:

Accounting Clerk II

Performs one or more routine accounting clerical operations, such as: Examining,
verifying, and correcting accounting transactions to ensure completeness and accuracy
of data and proper identification of accounts, and checking that expenditures will not
exceed obligations in specified accounts; totaling, balancing, and reconciling collection
vouchers; posting data to transaction sheets where employee identifies proper accounts
and items to be posted; and coding documents in accordance with a chart (listing) of
accounts. Employee follows specific and detailed accounting procedures. Completed
work is reviewed for accuracy and compliance with procedures.
Accounting Clerk III

Uses a knowledge of double entry bookkeeping in performing one or more of the
following: Posts actions to journals, identifying subsidiary accounts affected and debit
and credit entries to be made and assigning proper codes; reviews computer printouts
against manually maintained journals, detecting and correcting erroneous postings, and
preparing documents to adjust accounting classifications and other data; or reviews lists
of transactions rejected by an automated system, determining reasons for rejections, and
preparing necessary correcting material. On routine assignments, employee selects and
applies established procedures and techniques. Detailed instructions are provided for
difficult or unusual assignments. Completed work and methods used are reviewed for
technical accuracy.

Order Clerk I

Handles orders involving items which have readily identified uses and applications.
May refer to a catalog, manufacturer’s manual, or similar document to insure that
proper item is supplied or to verify price of ordered item.
Order Clerk II

Handles orders that involve making judgments such as choosing which specific
product or material from the establishment’s product lines will satisfy the customer’s
needs, or determining the price to be quoted when pricing involves more than merely
referring to a price list or making some simple mathematical calculations.

Accounting Clerk IV

Maintains journals or subsidiary ledgers of an accounting system and balances and
reconciles accounts. Typical duties include one or both of the following: Reviews
invoices and statements (verifying information, ensuring sufficient funds have been
obligated, and if questionable, resolving with the submitting unit, determining accounts
involved, coding transactions, and processing material through data processing for

ACCOUNTING CLERK

Performs one or more accounting tasks such as posting to registers and ledgers;
balancing and reconciling accounts; verifying the internal consistency, completeness,
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application in the accounting system); and/or analyzes and reconciles computer
printouts with operating unit reports (contacting units and researching causes of
discrepancies, and taking action to ensure that accounts balance). Employee resolves
problems in recurring assignments in accordance with previous training and experience.
Supervisor provides suggestions for handling unusual or nonrecurring transactions.
Conformance with requirements and technical soundness of completed work are
reviewed by the supervisor or are controlled by mechanisms built into the accounting
system.

Professional and Technical
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST, BUSINESS

Analyzes business problems to formulate procedures for solving them by use of
electronic data processing equipment. Develops a complete description of all specifica­
tions needed to enable programmers to prepare required digital computer programs.
Work involves most of the following-. Analyzes subject-matter operations to be
automated and identifies conditions and criteria required to achieve satisfactory results;
specifies number and types of records, files, and documents to be used; outlines actions
to be performed by personnel and computers in sufficient detail for presentation to
management and for programming (typically this involves preparation of work and
data flow charts); coordinates the development of test problems and participates in trial
runs of new and revised systems; and recommends equipment changes to obtain more
effective overall operations. (NOTE: Workers performing both systems analysis and
programming should be classified as systems analysts if this is the skill used to determine
their pay.)
Does not include employees primarily responsible for the management or supervision
of other electronic data processing employees, or systems analysts primarily concerned
with scientific or engineering problems.
For wage study purposes, systems analysts are classified as follows:

NOTE: Excluded from level IV are positions responsible for maintaining either a
general ledger or a general ledger in combination with subsidiary accounts.
PAYROLL CLERK

Performs the clerical tasks necessary to process payrolls and to maintain payroll
records. Work involves most of the following-. Processing workers’ time or production
records; adjusting workers’ records for changes in wage rates, supplementary benefits,
or tax deductions; editing payroll listings against source records; tracing and correcting
errors in listings; and assisting in preparation of periodic summary payroll reports. In a
nonautomated payroll system, computes wages. Work may require a practical knowl­
edge of governmental regulations, company payroll policy, or the computer system for
processing payrolls.

Computer Systems Analyst I

Works under immediate supervision, carrying out analyses as assigned, usually of a
single activity. Assignments are designed to develop and expand practical experience in
the application of procedures and skills required for systems analysis work. For
example, may assist a higher level systems analyst by preparing the detailed specifica­
tions required by programmers from information developed by the higher level analyst.

KEY ENTRY OPERATOR

Operates keyboard-controlled data entry device such as keypunch machine or keyoperated magnetic tape or disk encoder to transcribe data into a form suitable for
computer processing. Work requires skill in operating an alphanumeric keyboard and
an understanding of transcribing procedures and relevant data entry equipment.
Positions are classified into levels on the basis of the following definitions:

Computer Systems Analyst II

Works independently or under only general direction on problems that are relatively
uncomplicated to analyze, plan, program, and operate. Problems are of limited
complexity because sources of input data are homogeneous and the output data are
closely related. (For example, develops systems for maintaining depositor accounts in a
bank, maintaining accounts receivable in a retail establishment, or maintaining invento­
ry accounts in a manufacturing or wholesale establishment.) Confers with persons
concerned to determine the data processing problems and advises subject-matter
personnel on the implications of the data processing systems to be applied. OR
Works on a segment of a complex data processing scheme or system, as described for
level III. Works independently on routine assignments and receives instruction and
guidance on complex assignments. Work is reviewed for accuracy of judgment,
compliance with instructions, and to insure proper alignment with the overall system.

Key Entry Operator I

Work is routine and repetitive. Under close supervision or following specific
procedures or detailed instructions, works from various standardized source documents
which have been coded and require little or no selecting, coding, or interpreting of data
to be entered. Refers to supervisor problems arising from erroneous items, codes, or
missing information.
Key Entry Operator II

Work requires the application of experience and judgment in selecting procedures to
be followed and in searching for, interpreting, selecting, or coding items to be entered
from a variety of source documents. On occasion may also perform routine work as
described for level I.

Computer Systems Analyst III

Works independently or under only general direction on complex problems involv­
ing all phases of systems analysis. Problems are complex because of diverse sources of
input data and multiple-use requirements of output data. (For example, develops an
integrated production scheduling, inventory control, cost analysis, and sales analysis
record in which every item of each type is automatically processed through the full
system of records and appropriate follow-up actions are initiated by the computer.)

NOTE: Excluded are operators above level II using the key entry controls to access,
read, and evaluate the substance of specific records to take substantive actions, or to
make entries requiring a similar level of knowledge.


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Computer Programmer III

Confers with persons concerned to determine the data processing problems and advises
subject-matter personnel on the implications of new or revised systems of data
processing operations. Makes recommendations, if needed, for approval of major
systems installations or changes and for obtaining equipment.
May provide functional direction to lower level systems analysts who are assigned to
assist.

Works independently or under only general direction on complex problems which
require competence in all phases of programming concepts and practices. Working
from diagrams and charts which identify the nature of desired results, major processing
steps to be accomplished, and the relationships between various steps of the problem
solving routine; plans the full range of programming actions needed to efficiently utilize
the computer system in achieving desired end products.
At this level, programming is difficult because computer equipment must be
organized to produce several interrelated but diverse products from numerous and
diverse data elements. A wide variety and extensive number of internal processing
actions must occur. This requires such actions as development of common operations
which can be reused, establishment of linkage points between operations, adjustments
to data when program requirements exceed computer storage capacity, and substantial
manipulation and resequencing of data elements to form a highly integrated program.
May provide functional direction to lower level programmers who are assigned to
assist.

COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, BUSINESS

Converts statements of business problems, typically prepared by a systems analyst,
into a sequence of detailed instructions which are required to solve the problems by
automatic data processing equipment. Working from charts or diagrams, the program­
mer develops the precise instructions which, when entered into the computer system in
coded language, cause the manipulation of data to achieve desired results. Work
involves most of the following-. Applies knowledge of computer capabilities, mathemat­
ics, logic employed by computers, and particular subject matter involved to analyze
charts and diagrams of the problem to be programmed; develops sequence of program
steps; writes detailed flow charts to show order in which data will be processed;
converts these charts to coded instructions for machine to follow; tests and corrects
programs; prepares instructions for operating personnel during production run;
analyzes, reviews, and alters programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new
requirements; maintains records of program development and revisions. (NOTE:
Workers performing both systems analysis and programming should be classified as
systems analysts if this is the skill used to determine their pay.)
Does not include employees primarily responsible for the management or supervision
of other electronic data processing employees, or programmers primarily concerned
with scientific and/or engineering problems.
For wage study purposes, programmers are classified as follows:

COMPUTER OPERATOR

In accordance with operating instructions, monitors and operates the control console
of a digital computer to process data. Executes runs by either serial processing
(processes one program at a time) or multiprocessing (processes two or more programs
simultaneously). The following duties characterize the work of a computer operator:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Computer Programmer I

Makes practical applications of programming practices and concepts usually learned
in formal training courses. Assignments are designed to develop competence in the
application of standard procedures to routine problems. Receives close supervision on
new aspects of assignments; and work is reviewed to verify its accuracy and
conformance with required procedures.

g.

May test-run new or modified programs. May assist in modifying systems or
programs. The scope of this definition includes trainees working to become fully
qualified computer operators, fully qualified computer operator, and lead operators
providing technical assistance to lower level operators. It excludes workers who
monitor and operate remote terminals.
For wage study purposes, computer operators are classified as follows:

Computer Programmer II

Works independently or under only general direction on relatively simple programs,
or on simple segments of complex programs. Programs (or segments) usually process
information to produce data in two or three varied sequences or formats. Reports and
listings are produced by refining, adapting, arraying, or making minor additions to or
deletions from input data which are readily available. While numerous records may be
processed, the data have been refined in prior actions so that the accuracy and
sequencing of data can be tested by using a few routine checks. Typically, the program
deals with routine recordkeeping operations. OR
Works on complex programs (as described for level III) under close direction of a
higher level programmer or supervisor. May assist higher level programmer by
independently performing less difficult tasks assigned, and performing more difficult
tasks under fairly close direction.
May guide or instruct lower level programmers.


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Studies operating instructions to determine equipment setup needed.
Loads equipment with required items (tapes, cards, disks, paper, etc.).
Switches necessary auxiliary equipment into system.
Starts and operates computer.
Responds to operating and computer output instructions.
Reviews error messages and makes corrections during operation or refers
problems.
Maintains operating record.

Computer Operator I

Work assignments are limited to established production runs (i.e., programs which
present few operating problems). Assignments may consist primarily of on-the-job
training (sometimes augmented by classroom instruction). When learning to run
programs, the supervisor or a higher level operator provides detailed written or oral
guidance to the operator before and during the run. After the operator has gained
experience with a program, however, the operator works fairly independently in
applying standard operating or corrective procedures in responding to computer
output instructions or error conditions, but refers-problems to a higher level operator or
the supervisor when standard procedures fail.

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Computer Operator II

This classification excludes workers (1) who monitor and operate a control console
(see Computer operator) or a remote terminal, or (2) whose duties are limited to
operating decollaters, bursters, separators, or similar equipment.

In addition to established production runs, work assignments include runs involving
new programs, applications, and procedures (i.e., situations which require the operator
to adapt to a variety of problems). At this level, the operator has the training and
experience to work fairly independently in carrying out most assignments. Assignments
may require the operator to select from a variety of standard setup and operating
procedures. In responding to computer output instructions or error conditions, applies
standard operating or corrective procedures, but may deviate from standard proce­
dures when standard procedures fail if deviation does not materially alter the computer
unit’s production plans. Refers the problem or aborts the program when procedures
applied do not provide a solution. May guide lower level operators.

Maintains library of media (tapes, disks, cards, cassettes) used for automatic data
processing applications. The following or similar duties characterize the work of a
computer data librarian: Classifying, cataloging, and storing media in accordance with a
standardized system; upon proper requests, releasing media for processing; maintaining
records of releases and returns; inspecting returned media for damage or excessive wear
to determine whether or not they need replacing. May perform minor repairs to
damaged tapes.

Computer Operator III

DRAFTER

COMPUTER DATA LIBRARIAN

In addition to work assignments described for Computer operator II (see above) the
work of Computer operator III involves at least one of the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Performs drafting work requiring knowledge and skill in drafting methods, procedures,
and techniques. Prepares drawings of structures, mechanical and electrical equipment,
piping and duct systems and other similar equipment, systems, and assemblies. Uses
recognized systems of symbols, legends, shadings, and lines having specific meanings in
drawings. Drawings are used to communicate engineering ideas, designs, and informa­
tion in support of engineering functions.

Deviates from standard procedures to avoid the loss of information or to
conserve computer time even though the procedures applied materially
alter the computer unit’s production plans.
Tests new programs, applications, and procedures.
Advises programmers and subject-matter experts on setup techniques.
Assists in (l) maintaining, modifying, and developing operating systems or
programs; (2) developing operating instructions and techniques to cover
problem situations; and/or (3) switching to emergency backup procedures
(such assistance requires a working knowledge of program language,
computer features, and software systems).

The following are excluded when they constitute the primary purpose of the job:
a.
b.
c.

An operator at this level typically guides lower level operators.

d.

PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

e.

Operates peripheral equipment which directly supports digital computer operations.
Such equipment is uniquely and specifically designed for computer applications, but
need not be physically or electronically connected to a computer. Printers, plotters,
card read/punches, tape readers, tape units or drives, disk units or drives, and data
display units are examples of such equipment.
The following duties characterize the work of a peripheral equipment operator:
ab.
cd.
e.
f-

Positions are classified into levels on the basis of the following definitions.
Drafter I

Working under close supervision, traces or copies finished drawings, making clearly
indicated revisions. Uses appropriate templates to draw curved lines. Assignments are
designed to develop increasing skill in various drafting techniques. Work is spotchecked during progress and reviewed upon completion.

Loading printers and plotters with correct paper; adjusting controls for
forms, thickness, tension, printing density, and location; and unloading
hard copy.
Labeling tape reels, disks, or card decks.
Checking labels and mounting and dismounting designated tape reels or
disks on specified units or drives.
Setting controls which regulate operation of the equipment.
Observing panel lights for warnings and error indications and taking
appropriate action.
Examining tapes, cards, or other material for creases, tears, or other
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Design work requiring the technical knowledge, skill, and ability to
conceive or originate designs;
Illustrating work requiring artistic ability;
Work involving the preparation of charts, diagrams, room arrangements,
floor plans, etc.;
Cartographic work involving the preparation of maps or plats and related
materials, and drawings of geological structures; and
Supervisory work involving the management of a drafting program or the
supervision of drafters.

NOTE: Exclude drafters performing elementary tasks while receiving training in the
most basic drafting methods.
Drafter II

Prepares drawings of simple, easily visualized parts of equipment from sketches or
marked-up prints. Selects appropriate templates and other equipment needed to
complete assignments. Drawings fit familiar patterns and present few technical
problems. Supervisor provides detailed instructions on new assignments, gives guid­
ance when questions arise, and reviews completed work for accuracy.
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This classification excludes repairers of such standard electronic equipment as
common office machines and household radio and television sets; production assemb­
lers and testers; workers whose primary duty is servicing electronic test instruments;
technicians who have administrative or supervisory responsibility; and drafters,
designers, and professional engineers.
Positions are classified into levels on the basis of the following definitions:

Drafter III

Prepares various drawings of parts and assemblies, including sectional profiles,
irregular or reverse curves, hidden lines, and small or intricate details. Work requires
use of most of the conventional drafting techniques and a working knowledge of the
terms and procedures of the industry. Familiar or recurring work is assigned in general
terms; unfamiliar assignments include information on methods, procedures, sources of
information, and precedents to be followed. Simple revisions to existing drawings may
be assigned with a verbal explanation of the desired results; more complex revisions are
produced from sketches which clearly depict the desired product.

Electronics Technician I

Applies working technical knowledge to perform simple or routine tasks in working
on electronic equipment, following detailed instructions which cover virtually all
procedures. Work typically involves such tasks as: Assisting higher level technicians by
performing such activities as replacing components, wiring circuits, and taking test
readings; repairing simple electronic equipment; and using tools and common test
instruments (e.g., multimeters, audio signal generators, tube testers, oscilloscopes). Is
not required to be familiar with the interrelationships of circuits. This knowledge,
however, may be acquired through assignments designed to increase competence
(including classroom training) so that worker can advance to higher level technician.
Receives technical guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher level technician.
Work is typically spot-checked, but is given detailed review when new or advanced
assignments are involved.

Drafter IV

Prepares complete sets of complex drawings which include multiple views, detail
drawings, and assembly drawings. Drawings include complex design features that
require considerable drafting skill to visualize and portray. Assignments regularly
require the use of mathematical formulas to compute weights, load capacities,
dimensions, quantities of materials, etc. Working from sketches and verbal information
supplied by an engineer or designer, determines the most appropriate views, detail
drawings, and supplementary information needed to complete assignments. Selects
required information from precedents, manufacturers’ catalogs, and technical guides.
Independently resolves most of the problems encountered. Supervisor or designer may
suggest methods of approach or provide advice on unusually difficult problems.

Electronics Technician II

Applies comprehensive technical knowledge to solve complex problems (i.e., those
that typically can be solved solely by properly interpreting manufacturers’ manuals or
similar documents) in working on electronic equipment. Work involves: A familiarity
with the interrelationships of circuits; and judgment in determining work sequence and
in selecting tools and testing instruments, usually less complex than those used by the
level III technician.
Receives technical guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher level technician,
and work is reviewed for specific compliance with accepted practices and work
assignments. May provide technical guidance to lower level technicians.

NOTE: Exclude drafters performing work of similar difficulty to that described at this
level but who provide support for a variety of organizations which have widely
differing functions or requirements.
Drafter V

Works closely with design originators, preparing drawings of unusual, complex or
original designs which require a high degree of precision. Performs unusually difficult
assignments requiring considerable initiative, resourcefulness, and drafting expertise.
Assures that anticipated problems in manufacture, assembly, installation, and operation
are resolved by the drawings produced. Exercises independent judgment in selecting
and interpreting data based on a knowledge of the design intent. Although working
primarily as a drafter, may occasionally perform engineering design work in interpre­
ting general designs prepared by others or in completing missing design details. May
provide advice and guidance to lower level drafters or serve as coordinator and planner
for large and complex drafting projects.

Electronics Technician III

Applies advanced technical knowledge to solve unusually complex problems (i.e.,
those that typically cannot be solved solely by reference to manufacturers’ manuals or
similar documents) in working on electronic equipment. Examples of such problems
include location and density of circuitry, electromagnetic radiation, isolating
malfunctions, and frequent engineering changes. Work involves: A detailed under­
standing of the interrelationships of circuits; exercising independent judgment in
performing such tasks as making circuit analyses, calculating wave forms, tracing
relationships in signal flow; and regularly using complex test instruments (e.g., dual
trace oscilloscopes, Q-meters, deviation meters, pulse generators).
Work may be reviewed by supervisor (frequently an engineer or designer) for general
compliance with accepted practices. May provide technical guidance to lower level
technicians.

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN

Works on various types of electronic equipment and related devices by performing
one or a combination of the following: Installing, maintaining, repairing, overhauling,
troubleshooting, modifying, constructing, and testing. Work requires practical applica­
tion of technical knowledge of electronics principles, ability to determine malfunctions,
and skill to put equipment in required operating condition.
The equipment—consisting of either many different kinds of circuits or multiple
repetition of the same kind of circuit—includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a)
Electronic transmitting and receiving equipment (e.g., radar, radio, television, tele­
phone, sonar, navigational aids), (b) digital and analog computers, and (c) industrial and
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REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NURSE

A registered nurse gives nursing service under general medical direction to ill or
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of a factory or other establishment. Duties involve a combination ofthefollowing-. Giving
first aid to the ill or injured; attending to subsequent dressing of employees’ injuries;
keeping records of patients treated; preparing accident reports for compensation or
other purposes; assisting in physical examinations and health evaluations of applicants
and employees; and planning and carrying out programs involving health education,
accident prevention, evaluation of plant environment, or other activities affecting the
health, welfare, and safety of all personnel. Nursing supervisors or head nurses in
establishments employing more than one nurse are excluded.

following: Interpreting written instructions and specifications; planning and laying out
of work; using a variety of machinist’s handtools and precision measuring instruments;
setting up and operating standard machine tools; shaping of metal parts to close
tolerances; making standard shop computations relating to dimensions of work, tooling,
feeds, and speeds of machining; knowledge of the working properties of the common
metals; selecting standard materials, parts, and equipment required for this work; and
fitting and assembling parts into mechanical equipment. In general, the machinist’s
work normally requires a rounded training in machine-shop practice usually acquired
through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

Maintenance, Toolroom, and Powerplant

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC (MACHINERY)

Repairs machinery or mechanical equipment of an establishment. Work involves
most of the following: Examining machines and mechanical equipment to diagnose
source of trouble; dismantling or partly dismantling machines and performing repairs
that mainly involve the use of handtools in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken
or defective parts with items obtained from stock; ordering the production of a
replacement part by a machine shop or sending the machine to a machine shop for
major repairs; preparing written specifications for major repairs or for the production
of parts ordered from machine shops; reassembling machines; and making all necessary
adjustments for operation. In general, the work of a machinery maintenance mechanic
requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprentice­
ship or equivalent training and experience. Excluded from this classification are
workers whose primary duties involve setting up or adjusting machines.

MAINTENANCE CARPENTER

Performs the carpentry duties necessary to construct and maintain in good repair
building woodwork and equipment such as bins, cribs, counters, benches, partitions,
doors, floors, stairs, casings, and trim made of wood in an establishment. Work involves
most of the following-. Planning and laying out of work from blueprints, drawings,
models, or verbal instructions; using a variety of carpenter’s handtools, portable power
tools, and standard measuring instruments; making standard shop computations relating
to dimensions of work; and selecting materials necessary for the work. In general, the
work of the maintenance carpenter requires rounded training and experience usually
acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN

Performs a variety of electrical trade functions such as the installation, maintenance,
or repair of equipment for the generation, distribution, or utilization of electric energy
in an establishment. Work involves most of the following-. Installing or repairing any of a
variety of electrical equipment such as generators, transformers, switchboards, control­
lers, circuit breakers, motors, heating units, conduit systems, or other transmission
equipment; working from blueprints, drawings, layouts, or other specifications;
locating and diagnosing trouble in the electrical system or equipment; working standard
computations relating to load requirements of wiring or electrical equipment; and using
a variety of electrician’s handtools and measuring and testing instruments. In general,
the work of the maintenance electrician requires rounded training and experience
usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC (MOTOR VEHICLE)

Repairs automobiles, buses, motortrucks, and tractors of an establishment. Work
involves most of the following: Examining automotive equipment to diagnose source of
trouble; disassembling equipment and performing repairs that involve the use of such
handtools as wrenches, gauges, drills, or specialized equipment in disassembling or
fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts from stock; grinding and adjusting
valves; reassembling and installing the various assemblies in the vehicle and making
necessary adjustments; and aligning wheels, adjusting brakes and lights, or tightening
body bolts. In general, the work of the motor vehicle maintenance mechanic requires
rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or
equivalent training and experience.
This classification does not include mechanics who repair customers’ vehicles in
automobile repair shops.

MAINTENANCE PAINTER

Paints and redecorates walls, woodwork, and fixtures of an establishment. Work
involves thefollowing-. Knowledge of surface peculiarities and types of paint required for
different applications; preparing surface for painting by removing old finish or by
placing putty or filler in nail holes and interstices; and applying paint with spray gun or
brush. May mix colors, oils, white lead, and other paint ingredients to obtain proper
color or consistency. In general, the work of the maintenance painter requires rounded
training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience.

MAINTENANCE PIPEFITTER

Installs or repairs water, steam, gas, or other types of pipe and pipefittings in an
establishment. Work involves most of the following: Laying out work and measuring to
locate position of pipe from drawings or other written specifications; cutting various
sizes of pipe to correct lengths with chisel and hammer or oxyacetylene torch or pipe­
cutting machines; threading pipe with stocks and dies; bending pipe by hand-driven or
power-driven machines; assembling pipe with couplings and fastening pipe to hangers;
making standard shop computations relating to pressures, flow, and size of pipe
required; and making standard tests to determine whether finished pipes meet
specifications. In general, the work of the maintenance pipefitter requires rounded
training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent

MAINTENANCE MACHINIST

Produces replacement parts and new parts in making repairs of metal parts of
mechanical equipment operated in an establishment. Work involves most of the


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required to select proper coolants and cutting and lubricating oils, to recognize when
tools need dressing, and to dress tools. In general, the work of a machine-tool operator
(toolroom) at the skill level called for in this classification requires extensive knowledge
of machine-shop and toolroom practice usually acquired through considerable on-thejob training and experience.
For cross-industry wage study purposes, this classification does not include machinetool operators (toolroom) employed in tool and die jobbing shops.

training and experience. Workers primarily engaged in installing and repairing building
sanitation or heating systems are excluded.
MAINTENANCE SHEET-METAL WORKER

Fabricates, installs, and maintains in good repair the sheet-metal equipment and
fixtures (such as machine guards, grease pans, shelves, lockers, tanks, ventilators,
chutes, ducts, metal roofing) of an establishment. Work involves most of the following:
Planning and laying out all types of sheet-metal maintenance work from blueprints,
models, or other specifications; setting up and operating all available types of sheetmetal working machines; using a variety of handtools in cutting, bending, forming,
shaping, fitting, and assembling; and installing sheet-metal articles as required. In
general, the work of the maintenance sheet-metal worker requires rounded training and
experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and
experience.

TOOL AND DIE MAKER

Constructs and repairs jigs, fixtures, cutting tools, gauges, or metal dies or molds used
in shaping or forming metal or nonmetallic material (e.g., plastic, plaster, rubber, glass).
Work typically involves: Planning and laying out work according to models, blueprints,
drawings, or other written or oral specifications; understanding the working properties
of common metals and alloys; selecting appropriate materials, tools, and processes
required to complete task; making necessary shop computations; setting up and
operating various machine tools and related equipment; using various tool and die
maker’s handtools and precision measuring instruments; working to very close
tolerances; heat-treating metal parts and finished tools and dies to achieve required
qualities; fitting and assembling parts to prescribed tolerances and allowances. In
general, the tool and die maker’s work requires rounded training in machine-shop and
toolroom practice usually acquired through formal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience.
For cross-industry wage study purposes, this classification does not include tool and
die makers who (1) are employed in tool and die jobbing shops or (2) produce forging
dies (die sinkers).

MILLWRIGHT

Installs new machines or heavy equipment, and dismantles and installs machines or
heavy equipment when changes in the plant layout are required. Work involves most of
the following-. Planning and laying out work; interpreting blueprints or other specifica­
tions; using a variety of handtools and rigging; making standard shop computations
relating to stresses, strength of materials, and centers of gravity; aligning and balancing
equipment; selecting standard tools, equipment, and parts to be used; and installing and
maintaining in good order power transmission equipment such as drives and speed
reducers. In general, the millwright’s work normally requires a rounded training and
experience in the trade acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training
and experience.

STATIONARY ENGINEER

Operates and maintains one or more systems which provide an establishment with
such services as heat, air-conditioning (cool, humidify, dehumidify, filter, and circulate
air), refrigeration, steam or high-temperature water, or electricity. Duties involve:
Observing and interpreting readings on gauges, meters, and charts which register
various aspects of the system’s operation; adjusting controls to insure safe and efficient
operation of the system and to meet demands for the service provided; recording in logs
various aspects of the system’s operation; keeping the engines, machinery, and
equipment of the system in good working order. May direct and coordinate activities of
other workers (not stationary engineers) in performing tasks directly related to
operating and maintaining the system or systems.
The classification excludes head or chief engineers in establishments employing more
than one engineer; workers required to be skilled in the repair of electronic control
equipment; and workers in establishments producing electricity, steam, or heated or
cooled air primarily for sale.

MAINTENANCE TRADES HELPER

Assists one or more workers in the skilled maintenance trades by performing specific
or general duties of lesser skill, such as keeping a worker supplied with materials and
tools; cleaning working area, machine, and equipment; assisting journeyman by holding
materials or tools; and performing other unskilled tasks as directed by journeyman. The
kind of work the helper is permitted to perform varies from trade to trade: In some
trades the helper is confined to supplying, lifting, and holding materials and tools, and
cleaning working areas; and in others he is permitted to perform specialized machine
operations, or parts of a trade that are also performed by workers on a full-time basis.
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATOR (TOOLROOM)

Specializes in operating one or more than one type of machine tool (e.g., jig borer,
grinding machine, engine lathe, milling machine) to machine metal for use in making or
maintaining jigs, fixtures, cutting tools, gauges, or metal dies or molds used in shaping
or forming metal or nonmetallic material (e.g., plastic, plaster, rubber, glass). Work
typically involves: Planning and performing difficult machining operations which require
complicated setups or a high degree of accuracy; setting up machine tool or tools (e.g.,
install cutting tools and adjust guides, stops, working tables, and other controls to
handle the size of stock to be machined; determine proper feeds, speeds, tooling, and
operation sequence or select those prescribed in drawings, blueprints, or layouts); using
a variety of precision measuring instruments; making necessary adjustments during
machining operation to achieve requisite dimensions to very close tolerances. May be


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BOILER TENDER

Tends one or more boilers to produce steam or high-temperature water for use in an
establishment. Fires boiler. Observes and interprets readings on gauges, meters, and
charts which register various aspects of boiler operation. Adjusts controls to insure safe
and efficient boiler operation and to meet demands for steam or high-temperature
water. May also do one or more of the following: Maintain a log in which various
aspects of boiler operation are recorded; clean,' oil, make minor repairs or assist in

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repairs to boilerroom equipment; and, following prescribed methods, treat boiler water
with chemicals and analyze boiler water for such things as acidity, causticity, and
alkalinity.
The classification excludes workers in establishments producing electricity, steam, or
heated or cooled air primarily for sale.

Shipper
Receiver
Shipper and receiver
WAREHOUSEMAN

Material Movement and Custodial
TRUCKDRIVER

Drives a truck within a city or industrial area to transport materials, merchandise,
equipment, or workers between various types of establishments such as: Manufacturing
plants, freight depots, warehouses, wholesale and retail establishments, or between
retail establishments and customers’ houses or places of business. May also load or
unload truck with or without helpers, make minor mechanical repairs, and keep truck in
good working order. Salesroute and over-the-road drivers are excluded.
For wage study purposes, truckdrivers are classified by type and rated capacity of
truck, as follows:

As directed, performs a variety of warehousing duties which require an understanding
of the establishment’s storage plan. Work involves most of the following-. Verifying
materials (or merchandise) against receiving documents, noting and reporting discrep­
ancies and obvious damages; routing materials to prescribed storage locations; storing,
stacking, or palletizing materials in accordance with prescribed storage methods;
rearranging and taking inventory of stored materials; examining stored materials and
reporting deterioration and damage; removing material from storage and preparing it
for shipment. May operate hand or power trucks in performing warehousing duties.
Exclude workers whose primary duties involve shipping and receiving work (see
Shipper and receiver and Shipping packer), order filling (see Order filler), or operating
power trucks (see Power-truck operator).
ORDER FILLER

Truckdriver, light truck
(straight truck, under 1 1/2 tons, usually 4 wheels)
Truckdriver, medium truck
(straight truck, 1 1/2 to 4 tons inclusive, usually 6 wheels)
Truckdriver, heavy truck
(straight truck, over 4 tons, usually 10 wheels)
Truckdriver, tractor-trailer
SHIPPER AND RECEIVER

Performs clerical and physical tasks in connection with shipping goods of the
establishment in which employed and receiving incoming shipments. In performing
day-to-day, routine tasks, follows established guidelines. In handling unusual nonrou­
tine problems, receives specific guidance from supervisor or other officials. May direct
and coordinate the activities of other workers engaged in handling goods to be shipped
or being received.
Shippers typically are responsible for most of the following: Verifying that orders are
accurately filled by comparing items and quantities of goods gathered for shipment
against documents; insuring that shipments are properly packaged, identified with
shipping information, and loaded into transporting vehicles; preparing and keeping
records of goods shipped, e.g., manifests, bills of lading.
Receivers typically are responsible for most of the following: Verifying the correct­
ness of incoming shipments by comparing items and quantities unloaded against bills of
lading, invoices, manifests, storage receipts, or other records; checking for damaged
goods; insuring that goods are appropriately identified for routing to departments
within the establishment; preparing and keeping records of goods received.
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Fills shipping or transfer orders for finished goods from stored merchandise in
accordance with specifications on sales slips, customers’ orders, or other instructions.
May, in addition to filling orders and indicating items filled or omitted, keep records of
outgoing orders, requisition additional stock or report short supplies to supervisor, and
perform other related duties.
SHIPPING PACKER

Prepares finished products for shipment or storage by placing them in shipping
containers, the specific operations performed being dependent upon the type, size, and
number of units to be packed, the type of container employed, and method of shipment.
Work requires the placing of items in shipping containers and may involve one or more of
the following-. Knowledge of various items of stock in order to verify content; selection
of appropriate type and size of container; inserting enclosures in container; using
excelsior or other material to prevent breakage or damage; closing and sealing
container; and applying labels or entering identifying data on container. Packers who
also make wooden boxes or crates are excluded.
MATERIAL HANDLING LABORER

A worker employed in a warehouse, manufacturing plant, store, or other establish­
ment whose duties involve one or more of the following-. Loading and unloading various
materials and merchandise on or from freight cars, trucks, or other transporting
devices; unpacking, shelving, or placing materials or merchandise in proper storage
location; and transporting materials or merchandise by handtruck, car, or wheelbarrow.
Longshore workers, who load and unload ships, are excluded.

POWER-TRUCK OPERATOR

Operates a manually controlled gasoline- or electric-powered truck or tractor to
transport goods and materials of all kinds about a warehouse, manufacturing plant, or
other establishment.
For wage study purposes, workers are classified by type of powertruck, as follows:
Forklift operator
Power-truck operator (other than forklift)
GUARD

Protects property from theft or damage, or persons from hazards or interference.
Duties involve serving at a fixed post, making rounds on foot or by motor vehicle, or
escorting persons or property. May be deputized to make arrests. May also help visitors
and customers by answering questions and giving directions.
Guards employed by establishments which provide protective services on a contract
basis are included in this occupation.
For wage study purposes, guards are classified as follows:
Guard I

Carries out instructions primarily oriented toward insuring that emergencies and
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property or persons. Duties require minimal training. Commonly, the guard is not
required to demonstrate physical fitness. May be armed, but generally is not required to
demonstrate proficiency in the use of firearms or special weapons.
Guard II

Enforces regulations designed to prevent breaches of security. Exercises judgment
and uses discretion in dealing with emergencies and security violations encountered.
Determines whether first response should be to intervene directly (asking for assistance
when deemed necessary and time allows), to keep situation under surveillance, or to
report situation so that it can be handled by appropriate authority. Duties require
specialized training in methods and techniques of protecting security areas. Commonly,
the guard is required to demonstrate continuing physical fitness and proficiency with
firearms or other special weapons.
JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER

Cleans and keeps in an orderly condition factory working areas and washrooms, or
premises of an office, apartment house, or commercial or other establishment. Duties
involve a combination of the following-. Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing
floors; removing chips, trash, and other refuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures;
polishing metal fixtures or trimmings; providing supplies and minor maintenance
services; and cleaning lavatories, showers, and restrooms. Workers who specialize in
window washing are excluded.

Appendix C.
Job Conversion Table

Beginning in 1981, multilevel jobs are identified by numeric instead of alphabetic
designations. A conversion table for the affected occupations follows:
Numeric
Alphabetic
Occupation
designation
designation
(currently used)
(previously used)
Secretary.................................................
I
E
II
D
III
C
IV
B
V
A
I
II

General
Senior

Typist.....................................................

I
II

B
A

I
II
III
I
II

B
A

Accounting clerk........................ ..........

I
II
III
IV

(not
comparable)

I
II

B
A


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Numeric
designation
(currently used)
I
II
*
III

Alphabetic
designation
(previously used)
C
B
A

I

C
B
A

II
III
Computer operator

I
II
III

C
B
A

Order clerk.................................. ..........

Key entry operator..................... ..........

Computer systems analyst (business)

Computer programmer (business)

Stenographer..........................................

File clerk..................................... ..........

Occupation

Drafter

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C
B
A

I

II
III
IV
V

(not
comparable)

Electronics technician

I
II
III

C
B
A

Guard,

I
II

B
A

Area Wage Survey Summaries
The following areas are surveyed pe­
riodically for use in administering the
Service Contract Act of 1965. Survey
results are published in summaries
which are available, at no cost, while
supplies last from any of the BLS region­
al offices shown on the back cover.
Alaska (statewide)
Albany, Ga.
Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Alexandria-Leesville, La.
Alpena-Standish-Tawas City, Mich.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Antelope Valley, Calif.
Asheville, N.C.
Atlantic City, N.J.
Augusta, Ga.-S.C.
Austin, Tex.
Bakersfield, Calif.
Baton Rouge, La.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange and
Lake Charles, Tex.-La.
Biloxi-Gulfport and PascagoulaMoss Point, Miss.
Binghamton, N.Y.
Birmingham, Ala.
Bloomington-Vincennes, Ind.
Bremerton-Shelton, Wash.
Brunswick, Ga.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul, 111.
Charleston-North CharlestonWalterboro, S.C.
Charlotte-Gastonia, N.C.
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, Tenn.-Ky.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Columbia-Sumter, S.C.


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Columbus, Ga.-Ala.
Columbus, Miss.
Connecticut (statewide)
Decatur, 111.
Des Moines, Iowa
Dothan, Ala.
Duluth-Superior, Minn.-Wis.
El Paso-Alamogordo-Las Cruces,
Tex.-N. Mex.
Eugene-Springfield-Medford, Oreg.
Fayetteville, N.C.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fla.
Fort Smith, Ark.-Okla.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Frederick-HagerstownChambersburg, Md.-Pa.
Gadsden and Anniston, Ala.
Goldsboro, N.C.
Grand Island-Hastings, Nebr.
Guam, Territory of
Harrisburg-Lebanon, Pa.
Knoxville, Tenn.
La Crosse-Sparta, Wis.
Laredo, Tex.
Las Vegas-Tonopah, Nev.
Lexington-Fayette, Ky.
Lima, Ohio
Little Rock-North Little Rock, Ark.
Logansport-Peru, Ind.
Lorain-Elyria, Ohio
Lower Eastern Shore, Md.-Va.-Del.
Macon, Ga.
Madison, Wis.
Maine (statewide)
Mansfield, Ohio
McAllen-Pharr-Edinburg and
Brownsville-Harlingen- San
Benito, Tex.
Meridian, Miss.

Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean
Counties, N.J.
Mobile-Pensacola-Panama City, Ala.Fla.
Montana (statewide)
Montgomery, Ala.
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.
New Bern-Jacksonville, N.C.
New Hampshire (statewide)
North Dakota (statewide)
Northern New York
Northwest Texas
Orlando, Fla.
Oxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura, Calif.
Peoria, 111.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Portsmouth-Chillicothe-Gallipolis,
Ohio
Pueblo, Colo.
Puerto Rico
Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
Reno, Nev.
Riverside-San Bemardino-Ontario,
Calif.
Salina, Kans.
Salinas-Seaside-Monterey, Calif.
Sandusky, Ohio
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc,
Calif.
Savannah, Ga.
Selma, Ala.
Sherman-Denison, Tex.
Shreveport, La.
South Dakota (statewide)
Southeastern Massachusetts
Southern Idaho
Southwest Virginia
Spokane, Wash.
Springfield, 111.

Stockton, Calif.
Tacoma, Wash.
Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.
Topeka, Kans.
Tucson-Douglas, Ariz.
Tulsa, Okla.
Upper Peninsula, Mich.
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, Calif.
Vermont (statewide)
Virgin Islands of the U.S.
Waco and Killeen-Temple, Tex.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
West Virginia (statewide)
Western and Northern Massachusetts
Wichita Falls-Lawton-Altus, Tex.Okla.
Wilmington, Del.-N.J.-Md.
Yakima-Richland-KennewickPendleton, Wash.-Oreg.
ALSO A VAILABLE—
An annual report on salaries for ac­
countants, auditors, public accountants,
chief accountants, attorneys, job ana­
lysts, directors of personnel, buyers,
chemists, engineers, engineering techni­
cians, drafters, computer operators, and
clerical employees is available. Order as
BLS Bulletin 2081, National Survey of
Professional, Administrative, Technical
and Clerical Pay, March 1980, $4.00 a
copy, from any of the BLS regional sales
offices shown on the back cover, or
from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402.

Area Wage Surveys
A list of the latest bulletins available is presented below. Bulletins may be purchased from any of
the BLS regional offices shown on the back cover, or from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402. Make checks payable to Superin­
tendent of Documents. A directory of occupational wage surveys, covering the years 1974 through
1979, is available on request.

Area
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y., Sept.1980'.....................................................
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove, Calif., Oct. 1980..................................
Atlanta, Ga., May 19811......................................................................................
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 1981'................................................................................
Billings, Mont., July 1981 ..................................................................................
Boston, Mass., Aug. 1980 ..................................................................................
Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 1980 ....................................................................................
Chattanooga, Tenn.—Ga., Sept. 1980.............................................................
Chicago, 111., May 1980 ......................................................................................
Cincinnati, Ohio—Ky.—Ind., July 1981 ...........................................................
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1980'..............................................................................
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 1980 ................................................................................
Corpus Christi, Tex., July 1981...........................................................................
Dallas—Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 1980'...............................................................
Davenport—Rock Island—Moline, Iowa—111., Feb. 1981 ...............................
Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 1980' ..................................................................................
Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 1981 ........................................................................
Denver—Boulder, Colo., Dec. 19801 .................................................................
Detroit, Mich., Apr. 1981 ..................................................................................
Fresno, Calif., June 1981 ....................................................................................
Gainesville, Fla., Sept. 1980’..............................................................................
Gary—Hammond—East Chicago, Ind., Nov. 1980'........................................
Green Bay, Wis., July 1981'................................................................................
Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point, N.C., Aug. 1980'.........................
Greenville—Spartanburg, S.C., June 1981 .......................................................
Hartford, Conn., Mar. 1981 ..............................................................................
Houston, Tex., May. 1981 ..................................................................................
Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 1981 ................................................................................
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 1980 ..............................................................................
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 1981 ..................................................................................
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 1980 ..............................................................................
Kansas City, Mo.—Kans., Sept. 1980 .................................................................
Los Angeles—Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 1980 ...................................................
Louisville, Ky.—Ind., Nov. 1980'.......................................................................


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Bulletin number
and price*
3000-45
3000-62
3010-24
3010-39
3010-25
3000-40
3000-52
3000-44
3010-19
3010-30
3000-46
3000-48
3010-22
3000-67
3010- 7
3000-64
3010-38
3000-68
3010-12
3010-27
3000-55
3000-56
3010-26
3000-50
3010-23
3010-21
3010-14
3010- 5
3000-47
3010- 4
3000-66
3000-42
3000-63
3000-65

$2.25
$2.00
$3.25
$3.00
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25
$1.75
$2.75
$2.75
$3.25
$2.00
$2.25
$3.25
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25
$3.25
$2.75
$2.25
$2.00
$1.75
$2.75
$2.25
$2.25
$2.50
$2.75
$2.25
$2.25
$1.75
$1.75
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25

Area
Memphis, Tenn.—Ark.—Miss., Nov. 1980..................................
Miami, Fla., Oct. 1980 ..................................................................................
Milwaukee, Wis., May 1981'...............................................................................
Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minn.—Wis., Jan. 1981'..............................................
Nassau—Suffolk, N.Y., June 1981'...................................................................
Newark, N.J., Jan. 1981 ....................................................................................
New Orleans, La., Oct. 1980 ...............................................................................
New York, N.Y.—N.J., May 1981' ...................................................................
Norfolk—Virginia Beach—Portsmouth,Va.—N.C., May 1981........................
Northeast Pennsylvania, Aug. 1981 ...................................................................
Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 1981 .....................................................................
Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, Oct. 1980'.......................................................................
Paterson—Clifton—Passaic, N.J., June 1981....................................................
Philadelphia, Pa.—N.J., Nov. 1980...................................................................
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 1981 ..................................................................................
Portland, Maine, Dec. 1980 ................................................................................
Portland, Oreg.—Wash., June 1981 ...................................................................
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., June 1981..........................................................................
Poughkeepsie—Kingston—Newburgh, N.Y., June 1981 ..................................
Providence—Warwick—Pawtucket, R.I.—Mass., June 1981...........................
Richmond, Va., June 1981..................................................................................
St. Louis, Mo.—111., Mar. 1981......................................................... ............. .
Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 1980'...........................................................................
Saginaw, Mich., Nov. 1980 ............................................................... .................
Salt Lake City—Ogden, Utah, Nov. 1980 ..........................................................
San Antonio, Tex., May 1981 .............................................................................
San Diego, Calif., Nov. 1980'.............................................................................
SanFrancisco—Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1981' ....................................................
San Jose, Calif., Mar. 1981' ............................................................. .................
Seattle—Everett, Wash., Dec. 1980 ...................................................................
South Bend, Ind., Aug. 1981 ............................................................. .................
Toledo, Ohio—Mich., June 1981'.......................................................................
Trenton, N.J., Sept. 1980....................................................................................
Washington, D.C.—Md.—Va., Mar. 1981' ......................................................
Wichita, Kans., Apr. 1981 ..................................................................................
Worcester, Mass., Apr. 1981 ..............................................................................
York, Pa., Feb. 1981'..........................................................................................

Bulletin number
and price*
3000-59
3000-51
3010-16
3010-1
3010-31
3010- 3
3000-58
3010-41
3010-17
3010-40
3010-37
300057
301035
300053
3010 2
3000-61
301029
301028
301032
301036
301018
3010 8
300070
300054
3000-60
301015
300071
301013
301010
3000-69
301033
301020
300043
3010 6
301011
301034
3010 9

* Prices are determined by the Government Printing Office and are subject to change.
1 Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.

$1.75
$2.25
$3.25
$3.75
$3.00
$2.25
$2.00
$3.25
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25
$1.75
$2.75
$2.25
$2.25
$2.50
$2.50
$2.75
$2.25
$1.75
$2.00
$2.25
$2.25
$3.00
$3.00
$1.75
$2.25
$2.75
$1.75
$3.00
$2.25
$2.25
$2.75

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Region III

Region IV

1603 JFK Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phone: 223-6761 (Area Code 617)
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

Suite 3400
1515 Broadway
New York, N Y. 10036
Phone: 944-3121 (Area Code 212)
New Jersey
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3535 Market Street,
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Philadelphia, Pa. 19101
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Phone: 767-6971 (Area Code 214)
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Kansas City, Mo. 64106
Phone: 374-2481 (Area Code 816)

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Phone: 556-4678 (Area Code 415)

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Alabama
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Georgia
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North Carolina
South Carolina
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