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Area Wage Survey
The Omaha, Nebraska—Iowa, Metropolitan Area
September 1969
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
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Region II
R egion I
341 Ninth Ave.
1603-B Federal Building
New York, N. Y. 10001
Government Center
Phone: 971-5405 (Area Code 212)
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phone: 223-6762 (Area Code 617)
Region III
406 Penn Square Building
1317 Filbert St.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19107
Phone: 597-7796 (Area Code 215)
Region IV
Suite 540
1371 Peachtree St. NE.
Atlanta, Ga. 30309
Phone: 526-5418 (Area Code 404)
Region VI
Region V
337 Mayflower Building
219 South Dearborn St.
411 North Akard St.
Chicago, 111. 60604
Dallas, Tex. 75201
Phone: 353-7230 (Area Code 312)
Phone: 749-3516 (Area Code 214)
Regions VII and VIII
Federal Office Building
911 Walnut St. , 10th Floor
Kansas City, Mo. 64106
Phone: 374-2481 (Area Code 816)
Regions IX and X
450 Golden Gate Ave.
Box 36017
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Phone: 556-4678 (Area Code 415)
* Regions VII and VIII w ill be serviced by Kansas City.
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Regions IX and X w ill be serviced by San Francisco.
Area Wage Survey
The Omaha, Nebraska—Iowa, Metropolitan Area
S eptem ber
1969
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D ecem ber 1969
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
George P. Shultz, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Geoffrey H. Moore, Commissioner
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Contents
P a g e
T he
B u re a u
o ccu p atio n al
sig n e d
to
lish m e n t
w ag e
p ro v id e
d e ta ile d
of
a re a s
th e
U n ited
th e
by
tu re
and
fo r
lev el
b rin g s
one
end
tw o
fo r
re la te
to
a re a s
fo r
b u lle tin s
th e
re g io n s
a re a s
U n ited
g ra m .
is
In
a re a s
each
c o lle c te d
su p p le m e n ta ry
T h is
O m ah a,
B udget
S a rp y
T h is
b u lle tin
in K a n s a s
C h aik en ,
w as
C ity ,
on
A re a ,
N e b r.;
a re a
E s ta b lish m e n ts
2.
In d ex es
a
b u l
h o u rly
M o .,
A ssista n t
as
p e rc e n ts
A.
u n d e r
R e g io n a l
th e
sta n d a rd
e a rn in g s
w ith in
sco p e
s a la rie s
w e e k ly
fo r
and
O c c u p a tio n a l
of
1969.
d efin ed
th e
by
c o n sists
B u r e a u 's
g e n e ra l
D ire c to r
in
A -2 .
P ro fe s s io n a l
f irs t
A -3 .
O ffic e ,
h as
A -4 .
M a in te n a n c e
to
A -5 .
C u sto d ia l
d a ta
th e
of
su rv e y
and
m e n
fo r
s tra ig h t-tim e
o c c u p atio n al
se le c te d
g ro u p s,
and
p e r i o d s ___________________________________
4
o c c u p a t i o n s —m e n
and
w o m e n ___________________________________
5
o c c u p a t i o n s —m e n _____________________
7
p ro fe ssio n a l,
and w o m e n
and
and
and
te c h n ic a l
and
te c h n ic a l
o c c u p atio n s—
c o m b i n e d _______________________________________________
o c c u p a t i o n s ___________________________
p o w e rp la n t
m a te ria l
m o v e m e n t
8
9
o c c u p a t i o n s _________________
10
O c c u p a tio n a l
d e s c r i p t i o n s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12
p r o
e a rn in g s
p ra c tic e s
th e
and
s u rv e y
T he
th e
of
in
S ta n d ard
B u re a u
D o u g las
of
and
C o u n ty ,
Iow a.
re g io n a l
o ffice
d ire c tio n
for
3
e a rn in g s:
ro u n d
in to
se le c te d
of change
O ffic e
w h ich
o ccu p atio n al
P o tta w a tta m ie
by
of
A - l.
T he
a re a
and w o rk e rs
A fter
stu d ie d
in clu d ed
re s u lts
1968,
and
c o n d u c te d
g r o u p s _______________________________________
b ie n n ia lly .
S e p te m b e r
J a n u a ry
o ccu p atio n al
S ta te s.
e sta b lish m e n t
p re s e n ts
in
S ta tistic a l
th ro u g h
C o u n tie s,
stu d y
on
and
p ro v isio n s
N e b r.-Io w a ,
M e tro p o lita n
th e
w ag e
a re
in fo rm a tio n
a re a ,
a n n u a lly
c u rre n tly
se le c te d
1.
A p p en d ix .
N in e ty
fo r
is
d iv isio n s.
issu e d .
in fo rm a tio n
th e
th e
w ag es
fo r
tre n d s
T a b les:
s tr u c
stu d ie d .
m e tro p o lita n
and
fo r
of
b u lle tin s
m e tro p o lita n
It
p ro g ra m
in d u stry
a re a
W age
each
(2) t h e
and
a re
p re s e n ts
and
th e
in d iv id u a l
a re a
in d iv id u a l
g eo g ra p h ic
and
an
fo r
m o v e m e n t
e a ch
in d iv id u a l
of
th e
d e
e s ta b
p ro v isio n s.
re g io n s,
in
is
and
d iv isio n
lev el,
su rv e y ,
se co n d
fro m
(1)
sk ill
re s u lts
s u m m a ry
T he
p ro je c te d
in to
and
of e a ch
e a ch
b u lle tin .
b e e n
g eo g ra p h ic
am o n g
of th e
w ag e
in d u stry
of ann u al
a re a s
e a rn in g s,
c o n sid e ra tio n
in sig h t
s u rv e y
of a ll
d a ta
fo r
of w a g e s
th e
s u rv e y s,
se le c te d
m a jo r
p ro g ra m
m e tro p o lita n
o ccu p atio n al
c a te g o ry
p re s e n ts
c o m p le tio n
of
A
S ta tistic s
in
su p p le m e n ta ry
by
g re a te r
A t
letin
on
stu d ie d ,
o ccu p atio n al
L a b o r
and
d a ta
S ta te s.
n eed
d a ta
p ra c tic e s
y ield s
of
su rv e y s
of E d w a rd
N O T E :
a re a s .
O p e ra tio n s.
(S ee
U n io n
th e
O m a h a
stru c tio n ;
m o to rtru c k
S im ila r
in sid e
b a c k
s c a le s ,
a re a ,
p rin tin g ;
d r iv e r s ,
ta b u la tio n s
in d ic a tiv e
a re
a re
a v a ila b le
fo r
o th er
c o v e r.)
a lso
of
lo c a l-tra n s it
h e lp e rs ,
p re v a ilin g
a v a ila b le
and
fo r
o p e ra tin g
a llie d
p ay
lev e ls
b u ild in g
e m p lo y e e s;
o c c u p atio n s.
in
c o n
and
I
Area Wage Survey
The Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, Metropolitan Area
Introduction
T h is
B u re a u
and
of
a re a
L a b o r
re la te d
b e n e fits
T h is
e a rn in g s
v isite d
b u lle tin
B u re a u
th e
In
ea ch
p o rta tio n ,
tio n s
and
h a v in g
th ey
to
th e
ten d
to
in d u stry
th an
h o w e v e r,
tim a te s
of
for
on
th o se
and
T he
m ain ten a n c e
tio n s
and
title s
a re
o c cu p atio n s
in
e sta b lish m e n ts
su rv e y
v isits
w e re
u n u su al
m e e t
jo b .
in
in
a ll
a re
th e
a
a ll
th e ir
th e
m in im u m
In
a re
siz e
for
of
w e ig h t.
E s
p a id
th e re fo re ,
and
se le c te d
liste d
th e
and
fo r
c le ric a l;
and
is
acco u n t
(2)
(4)
a re
sa m e
p ro fe ssio n a l
c u sto d ia l
b a se d
and
on
a
and
and
set
a p p e n d ix .
T he
e a rn in g s
co m b in ed .
d e sc rib e d ,
o ccu p atio n s, a re not p re s e n te d
in
(1) e m p l o y m e n t in th e o c c u p a t i o n
o r
se le c te d
for
so m e
in d u stry
for
in
e sta b lish m e n ts
a lly
su rv e y e d .
d iffe r
to
th e
w h ic h
s e le c te d
h a lf
lev e l
m ay
fo r
fail
m ain tain e d
in
pay
for
ea rn in g s
d o lla r.
a re a w id e
e s tim a te s
d iffe re n c e s
a re
sta n d
em p lo y ees
of
w eek ly
pay
a v e ra g e s
late
a llo w
th e
n e a re s t
in
th e
e s ti
and
to
a v e ra g e
jo b
each
jo b .
re fle c t
am o n g
o c c u p atio n s
d u tie s
th e
liste d
sa m p le
s tru c tu re
th e
of
do
E sta b lish m e n t
w ith in
th e A - s e r ie s ta b le s b e c a u s e
e ith e r
is to o s m a l l to p r o v id e e n o u g h d a ta
b u lle tin .
c la ssifie d
th e
th e
a re
th e
not
w age
jo b s
pay
in
lev els
sh o u ld
and
m o re
a llo w
d u tie s
scope
affect
not
on
fo r
m in o r
be
stu d y
in
s e rv e
th e
not
th e
e m
th o se
u sed
am ong
o n ly to
e sta b lish m e n t
tab le s)
ta b u la tio n s
a re
is
th e
a ll
a c tu
am ong
o b tain ed fro m
in d ic a te
of
in
s tru c tu re
d iffe re n c e s
W age
to ta l
n u m b e r
em p lo y m en t
a c c u ra c y
S u p p le m e n ta ry
th e se
th an
d iffe re n c e s
o ccu p atio n al
T h e se
(B -s e rie s
th e
c la ssify in g
r e p r e s e n t th e
stu d ie d
p e r
w ith in
p e rfo rm e d .
of o ccu p atio n al
se le c te d
in
and
m a te ria lly
p ro v isio n s
u se d
g e n e ra liz e d
fo r
d u tie s
th e
of
stu d ie d .
and
sp e c ific
e s tim a te s
of d iffe re n c e s
P ra c tic e s
in
a p p ro p ria te ly
d e sc rip tio n s
u su a lly
sp e c ific
jo b s
In fo rm a tio n
Job
e m p lo y m en t
e stim a te s
T ab u latio n s
m e n ta ry
d iffe re n c e s
a re
of e sta b lish m e n ts
im p o rta n c e
jo b
and
B e c a u se
in
d iv isio n s
th e
th e
w o rk e rs
w ith in th e
a re
of
of
for
p r e
and
h o u rs
to
(e x c lu siv e
c o m p o site ,
c o lle c te d ;
th e
O c c u p a tio n a l
(3)
th e
to
e x c lu d e
is
for
sch ed u le
w eek ly
A v e ra g e
re fle c t
S im ila rly ,
any
su rv e y s
e sta b lish m e n ts,
so m e
hour)
d iffe re n tia l
e sta b lish m e n ts
d e s c rip
fo llo w in g
d a ta
ro u n d ed
fro m
o r
d a ta
W h ere
ra te s).
d iffe re n tly
d e scrip tio n .
th e se
in d iv id u a l
fo l
m o v e m e n t.
jo b
stu d y
in
jo b
e sta b lish m e n ts
v a rie ty
th e
tec h n ic al;
v a ria tio n
fo r
d a ta
E a rn in g s
of
a
of
m a te ria l
u n ifo rm
of in te re s ta b lis h m e n t
o ccu p atio n s
to
a re
of
show n
h o lid a y s,
re fe re n c e
h a lf
e sta b lish m e n ts
in
a re
a lth o u g h
su rv e y
p lo y ees
co m m o n
in d u strie s ,
b e e n
a re
w eek ly
c o st-o f-liv in g
s a la rie s
sp re a d
w o m e n
in cu m b e n ts
fo rm e d ,
a re a ,
stu d ie d .
stu d y
and
in clu d ed .
p re s e n te d
e sta b lish m e n ts.
but
o ccu p atio n s,
p re m iu m
d a ta
re g u la r
w e e k e n d s,
o b ta in a b le
w age
d isc lo s u re
u te to d if f e r e n c e s in p a y f o r m e n a n d w o m e n in c lu d e :
D iffe re n ce s
in
p r o g re s s io n w ith in e s ta b lis h e d ra te ra n g e s , sin c e o n ly th e a c tu a l ra te s
d a ta ,
g ro u p in g
th e
of
E a rn in g s
on
n e a re s t
c o n trib u te
a
e x c lu d e d ,
a re
th e
have
and
e a rn in g s
w o rk
s tra ig h t-tim e
a n d /o r
re la tio n sh ip
m e n
to
a v e ra g e s
th u s,
p o ssib ility
a s s u m e d to r e f le c t
d if f e r e n c e s in p a y t r e a tm e n t of th e s e x e s w ith in
in d iv id u a l e s ta b lis h m e n ts .
O th e r p o ssib le fa c to rs w h ich m a y c o n trib
of
th e
p re s e n te d ,
p ay
a c c u ra te ly
of
To
p ro p o rtio n
c o m b in in g
in d u stry
T he
and,
to
w o rk
a re
c le ric a l
o c c u p atio n s
in d iv id u a l
b e c a u se
re g u la r
In d u strie s
staffin g
stu d ie d
each
e sta b lish m e n ts.
g re a te r
th e se
m a te s.
b e c au se
fo r
b a sis
at
fo r
e a rn in g s
re g u la r
and
h ire d
b o n u ses
o ffice
is
c la ssific a tio n .
and
(ro u n d ed
th e ir
T he
c rite ria .
a p p ro p ria te
s tu d ie d
in
o m itte d
o ccu p atio n s
sa m p le
a
for
M a jo r
fo r
w o rk w ee k
o p e ra
th o se
o v e rtim e
in c e n tiv e
as
o v e rtim e
E sta b lish m e n ts
p ro v id e d
stu d ie d .
g iv en
s e rv ic e s .
a re
a re
c o st,
n o n m a n u fa c tu rin g
in d u strie s
and
th e re
e m p lo y m en t
o ccu p atio n al
fo r
(2)
d a ta .
i.e .,
N o n p ro d u c tio n
re c e iv e
tra d e ;
g o v e rn m e n t
in d u strie s.
su rv e y in g
is
w h o le sale
and
a re
in
a rd
e s ta b
in
T he
w o rk e rs ,
g iv en
an c es
changes
tr a n s
p u b lic a tio n
on
or
e sta b lish m e n t
pay
sh ifts.
m ad e
re p re s e n ta tiv e
e sta te ;
tab u la tio n s
m in im u m
p o w e rp la n t;
tak e
th e
m iu m
fo r
M a n u fa c tu rin g ;
u tilitie s;
em p lo y m en t
e sta b lish m e n ts
th e
fro m
of w o rk e rs
c o n d u c te d
at
O ffic e
to
for
th e
p rev io u s
re p o rtin g
s tu d ie s
n u m b er
w h ich
a re
c la ssific a tio n
d e sc rib e d
re a l
e x tra c tiv e
e sta b lish m e n ts
sa m e
th e
and
e sta b lish m e n ts
and
p re se n ta tio n ,
fu ll-tim e
and
E a rn in g s
and
d e sig n e d
w ith in
em p lo y m en t
P e rs o n a l
p u b lic
and
in v o lv e d
b e lo w
(1)
O c c u p a tio n a l
fro m
la s t
d iv isio n s:
th e se
S e p a ra te
o ccu p atio n s
ty p es:
th e
stu d y .
o th er
fro m
d iv isio n s
th e
a ll
m a il
in
o b tain ed
in su ra n c e ,
co st
m an u fa c tu rin g
lo w in g
and
a c c u ra c y
to
O c c u p a tio n s
a re
e sta b lish m e n ts
b a sed
by
in d u stry
in su ffic ie n t
sm a ll
a ll
re la tin g
ex cep t
d a ta
su rv e y s
m e rit
in d iv id u a l
O c c u p a tio n a l
o ccu p atio n al
re sp o n d e n ts
p re s c rib e d
fu rn ish
o p tim u m
la rg e
of
a
u n n e c e s s a ry
o b tain
to
L a b o r 's
e a rn in g s
re p o rte d ,
b ro a d
in c lu sio n .
b ro a d
la rg e ly
th o se
e x c lu d e d
T h e se
as
six
th an
c u rre n t
e a rlie r
c o n stru c tio n
few e r
of
of o c c u p a tio n a l
su rv ey .
fin a n c e ,
th e
w a rra n t
th e
in th a t
a re a ,
g ro u p s
D e p a rtm e n t
b a s is .1
e c o n o m ists
to
U .S .
a re a w id e
c o m m u n ic a tio n ,
re ta il tra d e ;
in d u stry
th e
su rv e y s
p re s e n ts
and
w ith in
in w h ic h
c o n d u c ts
o b tain ed
re p o rte d
p rev io u s
lish m e n ts
90
an
fie ld
n o n resp o n d e n ts
sin c e
1 of
on
in fo rm a tio n
by
o ccu p atio n s
to
is
S ta tistic s
in
th e
re la tiv e
o c cu p atio n al
e a rn in g s
d a ta .
P ro v isio n s
p ra c tic e s
not
and
p re s e n te d
c o lle c te d
su p p le
in
th is
b ie n n ia lly .
1
I n c l u d e d i n t h e 9 0 a re a s a re f o u r s tu d ie s c o n d u c t e d u n d e r c o n t r a c t w i t h t h e N e w Y o r k S t a t e T h e s e
tab u la tio n s on
m in im u m
e n tra n c e
s a la rie s
fo r in e x p e rie n c e d
D e p a r t m e n t o f Labo r.
T h e s e a re a s a re B i n g h a m t o n ( N e w Y o r k p o r t i o n on ly ); R o c h e s t e r ( o f f i c e o c c u
w o m e n o ffic e w o r k e r s ; sh ift d iff e re n tia ls ; s c h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u r s ; p a id
p a ti o n s on ly ); S y r a cu s e ; a n d U t i c a —R o m e .
In a d d i t i o n , th e B ur e a u c o n d u c t s m o r e l i m i t e d a r e a stud ie s
h o lid a y s ; p a id v a c a tio n s ; a n d h e a lth , in s u r a n c e , a n d p e n s io n p la n s a re
i n 78 a r e a s a t t h e r e q u e s t o f th e W a g e a n d H o u r a n d P u b l i c C o n t r a c t s D iv is io n s o f d i e U . S . D e
p a r t m e n t o f Labor .
p r e s e n t e d (in th e B - s e r i e s ta b le s )
in p r e v io u s b u lle tin s fo r th is a r e a .
1
T a b l e 1.
E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d W o r k e r s W i t h i n S c o p e of S u r v e y a n d N u m b e r S t u d i e d i n O m a h a , N e b r . — o w a ,
I
b y M a j o r I n d u s t r y D i v i s i o n , 2 S e p t e m b e r 19 6 9
M in im u m
em ploym ent
in e s t a b l i s h m en ts in scope
of s tu d y
In d u stry d ivision
All d iv isio n s
N u m b e r of es t a b lis h m e n ts
W ithin sco p e
of study *
_______________________________
M a n u f a c t u r i n g - — __ _______ — __ _____
N onm anufacturing
___________
_______ __
T ra n sp o rta tio n , c om m unication, and
o th er public u tilitie s 5
. _
- _
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e 6 ____________________________ —
R e t a i l t r a d e ^ ____ __ __________ ____ _____ _____ _
F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e 6 ______
S e r v i c e s 6 7---------------------------------------------------------
W o rk e r s in e s ta b l is h m e n t s
W ithin s c o p e of s t u d y 4
Studied
Studied
Num ber
Percent
41 1
144
85,799
100
57,365
50
"
122
28 9
48
96
33,243
52,556
39
61
23,411
33,954
50
50
50
50
50
43
62
95
43
46
21
15
27
16
17
16,347
5,926
15,144
9,099
6, 040
19
7
18
10
7
14,092
1,623
9,677
6, 124
2,438
1 T h e O m a h a S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a , a s d e f i n e d b y t h e B u r e a u of t h e B u d g e t t h r o u g h J a n u a r y 1 9 6 8 , c o n s i s t s of D o u g l a s a n d
S a r p y C o u n t i e s , N e b r a s k a ; a n d P o t t a w a t t a m i e C o u n t y , I o w a . T h e " w o r k e r s w i t h i n s c o p e of s t u d y " e s t i m a t e s s h o w n i n t h i s t a b l e p r o v i d e a r e a s o n a b l y
a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e s i z e a n d c o m p o s i t i o n of t h e l a b o r f o r c e i n c l u d e d i n t h e s u r v e y .
T he e s ti m a t e s a r e not in ten d ed , h o w e v e r, to s e r v e as
a b a s i s of c o m p a r i s o n w i t h o t h e r e m p l o y m e n t i n d e x e s f o r t h e a r e a t o m e a s u r e e m p l o y m e n t t r e n d s o r l e v e l s s i n c e (1) p l a n n i n g o f w a g e s u r v e y s
r e q u i r e s t h e u s e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t d a t a c o m p i l e d c o n s i d e r a b l y i n a d v a n c e of t h e p a y r o l l p e r i o d s t u d i e d , a n d (2) s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a r e e x c l u d e d
f r o m t h e s c o p e of t h e s u r v e y .
2 T h e 196 7 e d i t i o n of t h e S t a n d a r d I n d u s t r i a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l w a s u s e d i n c l a s s i f y i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n .
3 Includes a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith to ta l e m p lo y m en t at o r above the m in im u m lim ita tio n .
A l l o u t l e t s ( w i t h i n t h e a r e a ) of c o m p a n i e s i n s u c h
in d u s t r ie s a s t r a d e , fin a n c e , auto r e p a i r s e r v i c e , and m o tio n p ic tu r e t h e a t e r s a r e c o n s id e r e d a s 1 e s ta b lis h m e n t.
4 In clu d e s a ll w o r k e r s in a ll e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith t o ta l e m p l o y m e n t (w ithin th e a r e a ) at o r a b o v e t h e m i n i m u m lim it a ti o n .
5 T a x i c a b s a n d s e r v i c e s i n c i d e n t a l to w a t e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n w e r e e x c lu d e d .
O m a h a 's gas and e le c tric u tilitie s a r e m u n ic ip ally o p e ra te d and
a r e e x c lu d e d by d e fin itio n f r o m the sc o p e of the study.
6 T his in d u stry d iv isio n is r e p r e s e n te d in e s tim a te s for " a ll in d u s tr ie s " and "n o n m a n u fa c tu rin g ” in the S e r ie s A ta b le s . S e p a ra te p re s e n ta tio n
o f d a t a f o r t h i s d i v i s i o n i s n o t m a d e f o r o n e o r m o r e of t h e f o l l o w i n g r e a s o n s : (1) E m p l o y m e n t i n t h e d i v i s i o n i s t o o s m a l l t o p r o v i d e e n o u g h d a t a
t o m e r i t s e p a r a t e s t u d y , (2) t h e s a m p l e w a s n o t d e s i g n e d i n i t i a l l y t o p e r m i t s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t i o n , (3) r e s p o n s e w a s i n s u f f i c i e n t o r i n a d e q u a t e t o
p e r m i t s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t i o n , a n d (4) t h e r e i s p o s s i b i l i t y of d i s c l o s u r e of i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t d a t a .
7 H otels and m o te ls; la u n d rie s and o ther p e rs o n a l s e r v i c e s ; b u s in e s s s e rv ic e s ; autom obile r e p a i r , re n ta l, and pa rk in g ; m o tio n p ic tu re s ;
n o n p ro fit m e m b e r s h i p o rg a n iz a tio n s (excluding r e lig io u s and c h a rita b le o rg a n iz a tio n s ); a n d e n g in e e rin g a n d a r c h i te c t u r a l s e r v i c e s .
O v e r o n e - t h i r d of t h e w o r k e r s w i t h i n s c o p e o f t h e s u r v e y i n t h e O m a h a a r e a w e r e
em plo y e d in m a n u fa c tu rin g f ir m s .
T h e follow ing p r e s e n t s th e m a j o r i n d u s t r y g ro u p s and
s p e c i f i c i n d u s t r i e s a s a p e r c e n t of a l l m a n u f a c t u r i n g :
Ind u stry groups
S pecific in d u strie s
F o o d a n d k i n d r e d p r o d u c t s ____34
E l e c t r ic a l e q u ip m en t and
C o m m u n i c a t i o n e q u i p m e n t --------19
M e a t p r o d u c t s ----------------------------- 16
M achinery, except e le c tric al— 8
F a b r i c a t e d m e t a l p r o d u c t s ------ 6
P r i n t i n g a n d p u b l i s h i n g -------------6
T h is i n f o r m a t io n is b a s e d on e s t i m a t e s of to ta l e m p lo y m e n t d e r i v e d f r o m u n i v e r s e
m a t e r i a ls c o m p iled p r io r to a c tu al su rv e y .
P r o p o rtio n s in v a rio u s in d u stry d iv isio n s m a y
d i f f e r f r o m p r o p o r t i o n s b a s e d o n th e r e s u l t s of t h e s u r v e y a s s h o w n in t a b l e 1 a b o v e .
W age T rends for Selected O ccupational G roups
in
P r e s e n te d in ta b le
2 a re
in d ex e s a n d
a v e ra g e
s a la rie s
of o ffice c le r ic a l w o r k e r s
and
in a v e r a g e
a re
a
e a rn in g s
m e a s u re
w ages
d u rin g
b e tw e e n Ju ly
y ield s
d a te
th e
of
w age
th e
I9 6 0
of
m e a s u re
of
change
of
o ccu p atio n al
2
for
g ro u p s.
e x p re s s e d
fro m
of
in
th e
ch ange
T he
a s
a
th e
th ey
e a ch
by
e s tim a te s
a re
not
e sta b lish m e n ts
le s s
100
o ccu p atio n s
b a se d
T h e se
on
to
of
c le ric a l
re g u la r
e a rn in g s
for
in
p re m iu m
pay
o v e rtim e
fo r
e a ch
and
a v e ra g e
in d u stria l
s a la rie s
o v e rtim e .
c h a n g es
late
sh ifts.
p a tio n s
and
to
w o rk e rs
w eek ly
m e a s u re
th e
for
F o r
p lan t
s tra ig h t-tim e
and
fo r
w o rk
th e
w o rk e r
h o u rly
on
n u rse s ,
n o rm a l
w age
g ro u p s,
e a rn in g s,
w eek en d s,
T h e p e rc e n ta g e s a r e b a s e d o n d a ta
in clu d e
m o s t o f th e n u m e r ic a lly
th e
w o rk w eek ,
th ey
e x c lu d in g
h o lid a y s,
fo r se le c te d key
im p o rta n t
jo b s
and
o c c u
w ith in
group.
a re
in te n d e d
in
th e
L im ita tio n s
a re a .
T he
w e re
a g g re g a te
p e rc e n t,
by
in th e
th e
re la te d
show s
o ccu p atio n al
em p lo y m en t
w e ig h ts
re fle c t
(m ean)
o ccu p atio n al
w e re
by
th e
th e
w ith in
a v e ra g e
g ro u p
fo r
an
p ro p o rtio n a te
its
c o n sta n t
p o ssib le .
m u ltip lie d
y e a rs
th e
key
w e ig h t
o ccu p atio n s
y e a r
y e a r 's
th e
to
re la te
o ffice
re la te
e x c lu siv e
of
c o n d u c te d
th e in d ex
p e rio d
w e ig h t,
to ta led .
d iv id in g
e a rlie r
T he
th e
y e a r.
p e rc e n ta g e
rela tiv e
fo llo w in g
by
th e
o ccu p atio n s
p rev io u s
w e re
y e a r 's
u se d
in
of
in d ex .
an d
w age
D ata
T he
v id u al
th e
w ages
o v e r,
fo r,
tio n s
re su lta n t
. T he
in d ex
due
(2)
of
m e rit
w h ile
in
c h a n g es
to
fo rc e
and
in
ex p a n sio n s,
w o rk e rs
in
th at
ev en
lab o r
th o u g h
e n te re d
e a rn in g s
tre n d s;
w ag es
th e
m a y
have
a re
o r
a ll
m a y
a re a
o th er
th e
la b o r
fo rc e
by
w ith o u t
a c tu a l
o r
d e c lin e d
ex p an d ed
u se
in
a v e ra g e
ch an g es
in
3
for
o v e rtim e .
in d ex e s
W h ere
and
in
w o rk
th e
sco p e
of
c h a n g es.
a re a
gave
fo rc e s .
w e ig h ts
of
d a ta
ch ange
su rv e y .
T hey
as
such,
w e re
any
lev e ls.
in
in c re a se s ,
fo r
o r
a d ju ste d
w ages
a n
a re a
e sta b lish m e n ts
e lim in a te s
a re
th e
c o n c e iv a b le
S im ila rly ,
a v e ra g e s
r e p r e s e n te d in
ch ange
re fle c t
h o u rs.
sch ed u le s,
tu rn
e sta b lish m e n ts
h ig h e r-p a y in g
e m p lo y m en t
th e
in d i
p ro p o r
pay
w age
b e c a u se
th e
is
lo w e r-p a y in g
w o rk
th e
d e c re a s e s
It
of
and
a v e ra g e
lab o r
in
d iffe re n t
o r
by
in
fro m
ch an g es
w ith
s a la ry
re c e iv e d
y et
n e c e s s a ry ,
p e rc e n ta g e s
and
m e a s u re s
c h a n g es
c o n sta n t,
s tra ig h t-tim e
sta n d a rd
th e
ch an g es
c o n sta n t
a n
th e p r o p o rtio n of w o r k e r s
d a ta .
T he p e rc e n ta g e s of
pay
fo r
by
of
w age
in
pay
(3)
in c re a s e s
b e c a u se
th e ir
re la tiv e ly
m a y have
ris e n
c o n sid e ra b ly
e n te r e d th e a r e a .
T he
c a u se
in
a s
g e n e ra l
re su ltin g
e sta b lish m e n ts
can
(1)
and
re d u c tio n s,
e sta b lish m e n ts
re m a in e d
of c h a n g e s in
c lu d e d in th e
in c re a s e s
jo b ,
fo rc e
ch an g e,
by:
sa m e
fo rc e
have
of
in flu en ced
th e
em p lo y e d
th e
a v e ra g e
p e rc e n ta g e s
a v e ra g e s ,
o ccu p atio n al a v e ra g e s
O f f ic e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) : O f f ic e c l e r i c a l ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) — S k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e ( m e n ) :
C ontinued
Bookkeeping-m achine
Carpenters
o p e ra t o rs , c las s B
Secretaries
E lectricians
C l e i k s , a c c o u n t i n g , c la ss es
S te n o g ra p h e r, general
M achinists
A and B
Stenographers, senior
M echanics
C l e i k s , f i l e , c la ss es
S w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s , c la ss es
M echanics (autom otive)
A, B, an d C
A and B
P a i n te r s
Cleiks, order
T a b u l a t i n g - m a c h i n e operators,
P i p e f i tt e r s
Cleiks, payroll
c las s B
Tool an d die m ak ers
C o m p t o m e t e r o p e ra t o rs
Ty p i s ts , c la s s e s A a n d B
K e y p u n c h o p e r a t o r s , c la ss es
U nskilled p la n t (men):
A and B
I n d u s t r ia l nurses ( m e n a n d w o m e n ) :
J a n it o r s , p o r te r s , a n d c l e a n e r s
O f f ic e boys a n d girls
N ur se s, i n d u s t r ia l ( r e g i s t e r e d )
L a b o r er s , m a t e r i a l h a n d l i n g
in d ex e s
a re a
w o rk e rs
C h an g es
th e r e la tiv e
(com pound)
w age
in
c h a n g es,
for
a g g re g a te s
A v e ra g e
th e
T he
ch ange
y e a r
a g g re g a te
ch an g e.
c o m p u tin g
b a se
e a rn in g s
is th e p r o d u c t o f m u lt ip l y in g th e b a s e y e a r r e l a t i v e (100) b y
fo r th e n e x t
su cceed in g y e a r an d
c o n tin u in g to
m u ltip ly
fo r
in d ex e s
p e rc e n t
in c re a s e
T h ese
a re a ;
th e
b a se
o r
d a te s.
fo r
c h a n g es
gro u p .
w e re
a ll
c o n sec u tiv e
re la tiv e ,
w ag es
in d ic a te d
se le c te d
a
w h e re v e r
o c cu p atio n
la te r
in
a v e ra g e s
pay
th e
a ssig n e d
em p lo y m en ts
th e
w o rk e r
tim e ,
F o r
tre n d s
C o m p u tin g
in
for
th e
in
a v e ra g e
E a c h
p ro d u cts
p lan t
g iv en
p e rc e n ta g e s
b e tw e en
w as
e a c h
a
ch ange
T he
g ro u p
th e
se le c te d
a t
b a se
p e rio d
(d ate
of th e
a re a
su rv e y
and Ju n e
1961).
S u b tra c tin g
100 f ro m
in d ex .
c h an g es
M e th o d
of
w ag es
p e rc e n ta g e
th e
m e a s u re s
to
of
p e rc e n ta g e s
of ch ange
and in d u stria l n u rse s ,
th e
effect
e a c h jo b in
o n ly c h a n g e s
not
in flu en ced
by
p re m iu m
to
sig n ific a n t
rem o v e
effect
by
pay
fro m
c a u se d
4
T ab le
2.
In d ex es
O m a h a ,
of S ta n d a rd
N e b r . —I o w a ,
W eek ly
S a la rie s
S e p te m b e r
and
1969
and
S tra ig h t-T im e
O c to b e r
1968,
H o u rly
and
E a rn in g s
P e rc e n ts
of
fo r
S e lec te d
C h a n g e 1 for
A ll in d u s tr ie s
M a n u fa c tu rin g
O ffic e
In d u stria l
S k ille d
U n sk ille d
O ffic e
In d u stria l
S k ille d
n u rse s
m ain ten a n c e
p lan t
c le ric a l
n u rse s
m a in te n a n c e
p lan t
tra d e s
w o rk e rs
tra d e s
w o rk e rs
(m en)
(m en)
(m en)
(m en)
(m en
and
w om en)
(m e n
and
w om en)
In d ex es
1 9 6 9 _______________________________________
1 3 3 .7
{])
1 9 6 8 ___________________________________________
1 2 9 .9
(2 )
S e p te m b e r
in
P e rio d s
c le ric a l
P e rio d
O c to b e r
O c c u p a tio n a l G ro u p s
S e lec te d
1968 to
S e p te m b e r
O c to b e r
1967 to
O c to b e r
1968 _
1 9 6 9 _____________
__________
and
(m en
w om en)
(O c to b e r
1 3 6 .4
1 3 2 .8
w om en)
1 3 0 .2
1 2 9 .1
1 2 6 .7
2 .9
6 .0
(2 )
4 .8
(2 )
3 .0
of
and
1960*100)
1 3 0 .2
P e rc e n ts
O c to b e r
(m en
U n sk ille d
139-2
1 3 2 .1
1 3 2 .7
(2 )
(2 )
1 2 7 .6
change 1
2 .8
(
)
6 .3
2 .9
5 .1
(
)
4 .9
4 .2
4 .1
3 .6
O c to b e r
1966 to
O c to b e r
1 9 6 7 ________________
3 .1
( )
6 .5
3 .7
3 .1
4 .3
1965
to
O c to b e r
1966
_______
4 .6
( )
2 .6
3 .6
3 .4
( )
(2 )
5 .4
O c to b e r
2 .3
O c to b e r
1964 to
O c to b e r
1965_
__________
2 .6
1 .5
3 —.3
1 .2
(
)
2 .8
2 .9
.8
3 .2
2 .6
2 .0
(
)
3 .4
2 .6
2 .9
2 .6
4 .4
4 .1
2 .0
1 .6
3 .4
(
)
(2 )
2 .7
3 .7
4 .4
2 .1
5 .3
3 .2
(2 )
4 .3
3 .7
___
O c to b e r
1963 to
O c to b e r
1964 _
_____________
1 .8
(2 )
3 .0
O c to b e r
1962 to
O c to b e r
1963 _
_________
_
2 .2
3 .6
3 .6
2 .7
1 .6
O c to b e r
1961
to
O c to b e r
1 9 6 2 ________________
O c to b e r
I960
to
O c to b e r
1961 _
1
A ll
2
3
D ata
T h is
ch an g es
a re
_____________
in c re a s e s
u n le ss
(2 )
o th e rw ise
do n ot m e e t p u b lic a tio n c rite r ia .
d e c re a s e
la rg e ly re fle c ts
ch an g es
in
in d ic a te d .
e m p lo y m e n t
a m o n g
e sta b lish m e n ts
w ith
d iffe re n t
p ay
lev e ls
ra th e r
th a n
w ag e
d e c re a s e s .
5
A. O ccupational E arn in g s
Table A-l. Office Occupations—Men and Women
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y h o u r s and e a r n i n g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d on an a r e a b a s i s
by i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , O m a h a , N e b r . - I o w a , S e p t e m b e r 1969)
Number
of
workers
Av^n^rp
$
i
$
%
%
Mean2
Median 2
Middle range 2
60
65
70
75
60
Sex, o c c u p a t i o n , and i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n
55
weekly
hours1
(standard)
65
70
75
80
-
-
-
-
N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s of—
(
t
$
t
t
t
$
i
t
(
S
$
t
*
t
$
80
100
105 110
85
90
95
115
120
125
140
160
130
150
170
180
-
and
under
and
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
140
150
160
170
1
3
3
3
3
~
9
“
4
2
2
1
“
85
9
8
6
2
20
7
13
10
1
9
33
3
30
12
7
5
12
1
11
“
90
180 over
MEN
$
$
C L E R K S , A C C O U N T I N G , C LA SS A
M A N U F AC T UR I N G ------------------------N O NM A NU F AC T UR I N G ------------------
115
30
85
40.0 137.00 140.00 125.00-149.00
40.0 132.00 128.00 122.50-151.50
40.0 138.50 141.50 126.50-148.50
C L E R K S , A C C O U N T I N G , C LA SS B
N O NM A NU F AC T UR I N G -----------------
77
54
40.0 112.50 115.00
40.0 118.00 124.50
C L E R K S , ORDER -------------------------------N O NM A NU F AC T UR I N G ------------------
53
44
40.0
40.0
O F F I C E BOYS ----------------------------------------N ON MA N UF A CT U RI N G ----------------------
41
30
40.0
40.0
T A B U LA TIN G-M A C H IN E OPERATORS,
C LA SS B ------------------------------------------------N ON M AN U FA C TU R IN G ---------------------
32
27
40.0 115.00 119.00 101.50-132.50
40.0 114.50 117.50 102.00-132.50
95 .0 0- 13 1. 50
95 .0 0- 13 4. 00
_
123.00 118.00 113.50-127.50
122.50 117.00 113.00-123.00
-
77.00
79.50
73.00
73.50
66.50- 79.00
69.00- 79.00
-
”
_
“
-
8
6
-
8
8
10
4
3
3
“
4
1
2
1
10
8
4
4
14
14
8
8
-
-
-
-
”
-
_
-
_
“
2
2
_
-
2
1
14
13
16
16
6
3
i
-
6
3
3
3
3
-
-
~
_
~
-
~
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
_
2
2
1
l
i
13
11
14
14
9
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
“
_
-
_
4
4
_
_
3
_
“
a
8
8
9
8
7
3
“
-
l
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
5
4
i
8
8
1
-
6
3
-
5
11
9
2
2
6
4
1
1
2
4
_
3
9
-
-
_
_
-
-
'
~
“
'
_
_
_
_
WOMEN
B I L L E R S , MACHINE ( B I L L I N G
M A C H I N E ) --------------------------------------------------
26
B O O K K E E P I N G - M A C H I N E O PE RA T O R S ,
C LA SS A ---------------------------------------------------N ON MA N UF A CT U RI N G ------------------------BOOKKEE PING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
C L AS S B ---------------------------------------------------M A N U F A CT U RI N G -------------------------------N ON MA N UF A CT U RI N G ------------------------
71.00- 94.00
-
l
5
5
60
46
40.0 106.50 111.00
40.0 107.50 111.00
94.00-117.50
94 .5 0-118.00
_
_
_
_
~
~
”
”
4
4
3
”
82
26
56
40.0
40.0
39.5
84.50
95.50
79.50
85.00
89.50
78.50
77.00- 90.00
87.00- 94.00
75.50- 86.50
2
2
2
24
5
1
4
22
14
8
9
C L E R K S , A C C O U N T I N G , C LA SS A ----M A NU F AC T UR I N G -------------------------------N ON M AN U FA C TU R IN G ------------------------P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S 3 --------------------
292
54
238
112.00
116.50
111.00
113.50
12
1
11
1
10
10
25
4
21
95
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
5
8
C L E R K S , A C C O U N T I N G , C LA SS B —
M A N U F A CT U RI N G -------------------------------N ON M AN U FA C TU R IN G -------------------------
416
84
332
40.0
40.0
40.0
88.00
91.00
87.00
58
12
46
C L E R K S , F I L E , C LA SS A -------------------N ON MA N UF A CT U RI N G -------------------------
O
o
86.00
83.00
98.50-125.00
112.50
121.00 100.50-129.50
112.00
98 .0 0- 12 2. 50
113.00 104.50-122.50
2
2
6
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
“
_
10
77.50- 97.00
82.50-100.00
76.00- 94.50
38
35
40.0 103.00 100.00
40.0 103.00 100.00
95.50-113.00
95.0 0- 11 3. 50
C L E R K S , F I L E , C LA SS B -------------------N ON MA N UF A CT U RI N G ------------------------P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S 3 --------------------
359
341
53
76.00
40.0
79.50
40.0
79.00
75.50
40.0 102.50 116.00
71.50- 83.50
71.00- 82.50
80.00-118.00
-
C L E R K S , F I L E , C LA SS C ------------------N ON MA N UF A CT U RI N G -------------------------
133
130
39.5
39.5
67.50
67.50
67.00
67.00
63.00- 70.50
63.00- 70.50
C L E R K S , OROER --------------------------------------M AN U FA C TU R IN G -------------------------------N ON MA N UF A CT U RI N G ------------------------
92
33
59
40.0
40.0
40.0
91.00
95.00
88.50
88.00
97.50
87.00
72.00-110.00
80.50-110.50
64 .5 0- 11 0. 50
-
2
86.50
90.50
85.50
Se e f o o tn o t e s at en d of t a b l e
6
-
~
-
_
-
-
_
24
~
10
24
24
_
42
4
38
45
53
-
-
8
-
62
17
45
-
-
_
—
7
2
-
2
28
4
21
6
15
7
56
12
44
20
20
8
8
_
_
_
~
~
_
_
-
-
-
4
36
_
-
27
27
33
33
109
105
-
70
69
14
45
42
4
23
18
“
8
8
41
41
48
45
31
31
2
2
2
2
16
1
15
2
11
6
5
4
45
3
42
34
30
3
27
10
23
7
16
28
27
9
8
12
4
19
19
2
7
6
8
8
51
-
5
7
9
13
44
4
5
3
2
-
7
6
2
4
11
i
3
“
11
9
7
7
-
4
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
4
3
8
1
1
-
-
-
_
~
“
_
-
_
~
5
i
-
-
-
8
8
-
5
5
1
1
-
~
“
-
18
1
17
2
“
~
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
1
1
1
1
8
2
i
3
6
6
11
-
11
“
3
1
2
4
-
-
4
4
4
5
-
5
6
6
31
31
31
17
5
1
1
12
*
-
-
”
-
_
-
-
2
2
-
_
-
3
3
-
-
~
-
“
-
-
-
-
_
-
6
Table A-l.
Office Occupations—Men and W om en— Continued
(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Om a h a , Nebr.-Iowa, September 1969)
Weekly earnings1
Sex,
occupation,
$
Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)
and in d u stry d iv is io n
$
55
WOMEN P A Y R OL L
60
$
65
$
70
—
65
70
75
98
42
56
80
85
90
95
$
40.0 103.00 103.50
40.0 106.00 106.00
40.0 1 0 1 . 0 0 101.50
12.50tl 4.50
96.00-120.50
91.50112.00
1
2
2
2
2
-
5
5
7
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
-
7
7
21
3
18
15
8
7
19
5
14
1
1
1
1
3
3
-
67
8
59
13
10
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
140
150
$
160
-
-
$
150
-
160
$
170
170
—
180
Iand
180 over
40.0
40.0
40.0
93.00
93.00
93.50
90.50
92.00
89.00
78.00105.50
80.50-102.50
75.00106.50
KEYPUNCH O P E R A T O R S , C L A S S A
MA NU FA C TU R IN G ---------------------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG --------------------
210
50
160
40.0 100.50
39.5
94.50
40.0 1 0 2 . 0 0
96.00
95.00
97.00
90 .0 0- 10 7. 00
91.50- 99.50
88 . 5 0 124.00
KEYPUNCH O P E R A T O R S , C L A S S B
M AN UF ACT URI NG ---------------------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG --------------------
280
35
245
40.0
40.0
40.0
79.00
81.00
79.00
80.00
82.50
80.00
74.00- 84.50
74.50- 88.00
74.00- 84.50
6
6
11
2
9
75
68
40.0
40.0
79.00
79.00
73.50
73.00
66.50- 83.00
66.00- 82.50
15
15
14
14
S E C R E T A R I E S 4 --------------------------M AN UF ACT URI NG ------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG —
PUB LIC U T I L I T I E S 3
705
255
450
175
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
114.00
111.00
115.50
121.00
S E C R E T A R I E S , CL A SS A
N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG —
57
34
O F F I C E G I R L S ----------------NON MA NUF ACT URI NG
2
1
1
-
97.50-130.00
111.50
95.00124.50
108.50
114.50
9 8 . 0 0 - 132.00
121.50 103.50-137.00
39.5 132.00 132.00 113.00-149.00
39.5 133.00 134.50 107.00-160.50
S E C R E T A R I E S , CLASS B
MA NU FA C TU R IN G -------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG -----PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3 -
189
48
141
47
39.5
39.0
40.0
40.0
S E C R E T A R I E S , CLA SS C
MA NU FA C TU R IN G -------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG -----PUB LIC U T I L I T I E S 3 -
272
100
172
66
40.0 113.00 112.50
95.00-131.50
95.50131.50
40.0 113.50 113.00
9 4 . 5 0 - 131.50
40.0 112.50 112.50
40.0 123.00 128.00 108.00-140.00
SECRETARIES, CLASS D
M AN UF ACT URI NG -------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG —
187
84
103
39.5 102.50 101.50
39.5
99.00 1 0 0 . 0 0
40.0 105.00 103.00
92.00111.00
8 8 . 0 0 - 107.50
96.50-116.00
S T E N O G R A P H E R S , GENERAL
MA NU FA C TU R IN G -------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG -----PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3 -
241
59
182
64
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
85.00
86.50
84.50
92.50
78.00- 93.50
81.50- 93.00
75.50- 94.00
87 . 0 0 101.00
STENOG RAPHERS, SENIOR
N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG —
302
248
112
40.0 108.50 109.00
40.0 107.50 105.50
40.0 115.00 119.00
94 . 0 0 91.0095.00-
86
84
41.5
41.5
75.50
75.00
69.00
68.50
64.00- 79.50
64.00- 79.00
28
28
20
20
180
45
135
40.0
39.5
40.0
83.50
88.00
82.00
80.50
84.50
78.50
73.50- 89.00
79.00-101.50
72.50- 87.50
4
3
1
13
PUBLIC
U TILITIE S3
- S W I T C H BO AR D
O PE RATOR S,
N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG
CLASS
B ----------
-----------------------------------------
O PE RATOR -R ECE PTI O N I S T S -
M AN UF ACT URI NG
-------------------------------------------------
N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG
-----------------------------------------
See footnotes at end of table.
121.00
117.50
122.50
135.50
86.00
86.50
86.00
95.00
120.50
117.00
122.50
134.50
104.501 0 6. 00 1 0 4. 00 13 0. 50 -
10
4
6
14
6
8
14
6
8
7
5
2
8
1
7
5
4
1
10
5
5
20
7
13
16
8
8
2
1
1
10
4
6
1
1
-
2
2
-
5
2
3
3
3
16
2
14
-
-
-
-
-
29
2
27
17
1
16
48
20
8
11
2
9
4
1
-
18
22
-
-
-
-
-
28
35
14
21
4
1
-
18
22
-
-
-
-
54
4
50
78
8
70
48
9
39
10
1
9
2
2
-
4
1
3
10
9
9
7
17
4
13
6
27
12
15
3
49
23
26
3
80
36
44
19
50
18
32
11
43
22
21
12
55
18
37
12
57
22
35
11
35
11
24
8
78
26
52
33
60
14
46
24
14
3
11
6
14
4
10
7
4
4
-
5
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
4
-
3
-
2
-
6
3
8
7
9
4
2
2
5
3
2
2
4
3
2
2
148
49
99
8
4
4
1
COMPTOMETER O PE RA TOR S
MA N UF A CT U RI NG ----------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG —
N u m b e r of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
140
C O NT I N U E D
---------
MA NU FA C TU R IN G —
NONMA NUF ACT URI NG
SWI TC HB O AR D
$
75
and
under
Median 2
60
CLERKS,
$
5
3
2
-
9
1
8
18
3
15
“
15
5
10
2
8
1
7
“
17
8
9
7
19
8
11
1
23
8
15
-
9
9
1
33
8
25
18
12
1
11
9
9
1
8
4
7
7
5
2
2
1
1
-
11
3
8
23
7
16
“
29
15
14
-
17
4
13
7
30
16
14
5
16
3
13
3
9
4
5
1
24
7
17
5
22
12
10
6
12
3
9
6
34
15
19
14
34
7
27
15
3
2
1
1
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
29
8
21
33
15
18
23
13
10
13
6
7
9
9
10
3
2
1
5
1
4
“
“
-
-
10
8
5
3
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
-
59
58
50
11
11
4
-
-
-
*
*
*
134.00
125.00
135.50
146.50
6
-
6
3
n
3
20
1
1
51
24
27
4
12
123.50
131.50
134.50
9
9
4
4
-
13
64
15
49
15
7
4
3
13
9
4
20
13
7
12
7
5
37
5
52
14
38
9
35
15
20
15
35
8
27
15
17
7
10
8
15
3
12
4
5
5
7
2
-
-
32
-
19
6
13
1
7
7
2
2
-
7
7
1
9
9
3
16
15
-
22
22
10
23
21
15
34
33
16
17
12
2
26
23
5
35
12
-
27
15
6
10
5
-
7
7
11
11
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
43
4
39
27
6
21
28
11
17
8
5
3
6
5
1
26
5
21
4
1
3
1
1
-
-
—
-
—
-
—
-
1
1
2
1
1
4
4
-
1
—
1
5
3
2
-
-
7
7
2
2
2
2
6
2
4
-
*
7
Table A-l. Office Occupations—Men and Women— Continued
(A v e r a g e
s t r a ig h t -t i m e w e e k ly h o u r s an d e a r n in g s f o r s e le c t e d
b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , O m a h a , N e b r . —I o w a ,
Weekly earnings1
(sta ndard)
Sex,
o c c u p a tio n ,
Number
of
workers
an d in d u s tr y d iv is io n
$
Average
weekly
60
55
( standard)
Median 2
M” n 2
Middle range 2
N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG
70
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
36
35
-------------------------------
$
8 9 .5 0
8 8 .5 0
$
8 4 . 50
8 4 .5 0
$
7 9 .0 0 7 8 .5 0 -
~
_
"
_
$
9 5 .0 0
9 4 .5 0
2
2
3 9 .5
8 8 .0 0
8 4 .5 0
7 7 .0 0 -
9 7 .0 0
116
3 9 .5
8 8 .0 0
8 4 .5 0
7 7 .0 0 -
9 6 .5 0
T Y P I S T S , C L A S S A -------------------------------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG -----------------------------
253
197
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
9 1 .0 0
7 8 .0 0 - 9 8 .0 0
7 7 .0 0 -1 0 1 .0 0
T Y P I S T S , C L A S S B -------------------------------------M AN UF ACT URI NG -------------------------------------NONMA NUF ACT URI NG ------------------------------
327
39
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
7 5 .0 0
8 0 .5 0
7 2 .5 0
8 1 .0 0
6 7 .5 0 7 1 .5 0 -
8 0 .5 0
8 8 .5 0
95
90
105
100
90
95
1
1
11
11
7
7
1
1
8
8
1
1
1
1
9
9
14
13
15
15
25
22
24
23
3
1
8
8
2
2
7
7
10
9
77
76
46
29
15
9
17
2
36
_
288
4 0 .0
7 4 .0 0
7 2 .0 0
6 7 .0 0 -
7 9 .0 0
S ta n d a rd h o u r s
w e e k ly h o u r s .
m ean
85
85
88
7
81
81
9
72
38
2
36
35
8
27
21
6
15
17
4
13
-
9 1 .5 0
8 3 .5 0
8 1 .0 0
The
80
80
“
1
75
—
126
2
75
70
110
115
125
120
130
&
140
$
150
$
i
160
170
180
65
T RA NS CR1BING -M A CH IN E OPE RA TOR S,
GENERAL ------------------------------------------------------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG ------------------------------
th e se
65
and
100
110
115
120
1
1
2
2
2
2
180
over
-
1
4
4
6
4
6
6
4
4
‘ _
28
13
7
7
6
5
3
3
-
_
11
3
8
105
125
130
140
150
2
1
4
.
-
4
8
3
8
3
24
24
-
160
170
-
-
-
-
_
_
_
_
_
*
-
-
-
C O N TI N U ED
TAB ULA TIN G-M ACH INE OPERATOR S,
C L A S S C -------------------------------------------------------------
to
N u m b e r of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of-S
i
$
S
$
$
$
i
$
t
S
$
$
and
under
60
WOMEN -
$
%
o c c u p a t io n s s tu d ie d o n an a r e a b a s is
S e p te m b e r 1969)
is
th a n th e r a t e s h o w n ;
th e h ig h e r r a t e .
r e fle c t
co m p u te d
h a lf
T r a n s p o rta tio n ,
th e
fo r
r e c e iv e
w orkw eek
each
fo r
c o m m u n ic a tio n ,
by
th a n
le s s
jo b
w h ic h
th e
and
e m p lo y e e s
t o t a lin g
ra te
o th e r
th e
show n.
p u b lic
r e c e iv e
e a r n in g s
The
of
t h e ir
a ll
m id d le
r e g u la r
w orkers
ran ge
is
-
-
36
s tr a ig h t-tim e
and
d iv id in g
d e fin e d
by
2
by
s a la r ie s
th e
ra tes
of
(e x c lu s iv e
num ber
pay;
of
a
of
pay
w ork ers.
fo u r th
of
fo r
The
th e
o v e rtim e
m e d ia n
w orkers
at
r e g u la r
d e s ig n a te s
earn
le s s
th a n
a n d /o r
p r e m iu m
p o s it io n — h a lf
th e
lo w e r
of
of
ra te s ),
th e
th e se
and
th e e a r n in g s
e m p lo y e e s
ra tes
and
su rveyed
a
fo u r th
corresp on d
r e c e iv e
m ore
earn
m ore
th a n
$
1
*
u t ilitie s .
4 M a y include workers other than those presented separately.
Table A-2. Professional and Technical Occupations—Men
(A v e r a g e
s t r a ig h t -t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s fo r s e le c t e d
b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n , O m a h a , N e b r . —I o w a ,
Weekly earnings1
(standard)
Occupation and industry division
Number
of
workers
N u m b e r of w orker s receiving straight -time wee kly earnings of—
*
weekly
*
85
( standard)
Mean2
Median 2
Middle range 2
1 3 0 .5 0
AJ V J m w
1 2 8 .5 0
1£ • u
DRAFTSMEN,
CL ASS
69
3V
4 0 .0
U•
85
43
4 0 .0
1 0 2 .5 0
1 0 2 .5 0
4 0 .0
1 0 5 .5 0
1 0 3 .5 0
fo r
w h ic h
to
th ese
S ta n d a rd h o u r s
w e e k ly h o u r s .
F or
d e fin it io n
r e fle c t
of
th e
term s,
w orkw eek
see
fo o tn o te
2,
t a b le
$
$
S
$
$
*
$
$
e m p lo y e e s
A -l.
9 6 .5 0 -1 0 9 .5 0
9 9 .0 0 -1 1 4 .0 0
r e c e iv e
t h e ir
r e g u la r
t
$
s
$
s
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145
150
155
160
165
170
180
190
200
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145
150
155
160
165
170
180
190
200
210
1 1 9 .0 0 -1 4 2 .5 0
1 1 5 .0 0 -1 4 5 .5 0
59
CL ASS
s
%
95
$
$
1 5 4 .0 0 -1 8 1 .0 0
CL ASS
M AN UF ACT URI NG
O
1 6 7 .0 0
DRAFTSMEN,
O
*
$
1 6 9 .0 0
$
90
and
under
90
DRAFTSMEN,
o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d o n an a r e a b a s is
S e p te m b e r 1969)
1
1
15
16
10
s t r a ig h t-tim e
21
13
s a la r ie s
12
10
6
-
-
-
1
.
1
8
(e x c lu s iv e
1
1
of
pay
10
fo r
o v e r tim e
at
r e g u la r
a n d /o r
p r e m iu m
r a te s ),
and
th e
e a r n in g s
corresp on d
Table A-3. Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Men and Women Combined
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k ly h o u r s a n d e a r n i n g s f o r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d o n a n a r e a b a s is
b y i n d u s t r y d i v is io n , O m a h a , N e b r . - Io w a , S e p te m b e r 1969)
Average
Number
O c c u p a t io n a n d in d u s t r y d iv i s i o n
of
workers
Average
Number
Weekly Weekly
hours 1 earnings 1
(standard) (standard)
OFFICE OCCUPATIONS!
32
27
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
$
9 1 .5 0
9 0 .5 0
BOOKKE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS A ------------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------
60
46
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 6 .5 0
1 0 7 .5 0
82
26
56
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
8 4 .5 0
9 5 .5 0
7 9 .5 0
CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A
MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S2 ------
407
84
3 23
119
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 1 9 .0 0
1 2 2 .0 0
1 1 8 .5 0
1 1 8 .5 0
CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B -------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
493
107
386
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
9 1 .5 0
9 3 .0 0
9 1 .5 0
BOOKKE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS B ------------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------
CLERKS, FILE, CLASS A
NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
1 0 8 ..5 0
1 0 9 .0 0
CLERKS, FILE, CLASS B —
N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG --PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2! -
3 63
3 45
53
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
7 9 .5 0
7 9 .0 0
1 0 2 .5 0
CLERKS, FILE, CLASS C
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -
133
130
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
6 7 .5 0
6 7 .5 0
CLERKS, ORDER -----MANUFA CT UR IN G -NO NM AN UF AC TU RI NG
145
42
103
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 2 .5 0
1 0 1 .5 0
1 0 3 .0 0
CLERKS, PAYROLL -------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S2^-
120
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 7 .5 0
1 0 8 .5 0
1 0 6 .5 0
1 1 8 .0 0
h ou rs
r e fle c t
47
46
74
29
th e w o r k w e e k
c o r r e s p o n d to th e s e w e e k ly h o u r s .
2 T r a n s p o r ta tio n , c o m m u n ic a tio n ,
3 M a y in c l u d e w o r k e r s o t h e r th a n
hours 1
(standard
Weekly
OFFICE OC CU PA TI ON S
fo r w h ic h
e m p lo y e e s
CO MP TO ME TE R OPERATORS
MA NU FA CT UR IN G ----N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -
158
49
109
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
$
9 2 .0 0
9 3 .0 0
9 1 .5 0
KEYP UN CH OPERATORS, CLASS A
MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------
214
50
164
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
1 0 1 .0 0
9 4 .5 0
1 0 3 .0 0
KEYP UN CH OPERATORS, CLASS B
MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------N O NM AN UF AC TU KI NG --------
283
35
2 48
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
7 9 .5 0
8 1 .0 0
7 9 .5 0
OFFICE BOYS AND GI RL S—
NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S2
116
98
29
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
7 8 .0 0
7 9 .0 0
9 8 .5 0
SE CR ET AR IE S3----------MANU FA CT UR IN G ----N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2
7 15
2 55
460
18c
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 1 4 .5 0
1 1 1 .0 0
1 1 6 .0 0
1 2 2 .5 0
SECRETARIES, CLASS A
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --
57
34
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
1 3 2 .0 0
1 3 3 .0 0
SECRETARIES, CLASS B
MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S2 -
198
48
150
56
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 2 2 .0 0
1 1 7 .5 0
1 2 3 .5 0
1 3 6 .5 0
SECRETARIES, CLASS C
MANUFA CT UR IN G -----N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG —
PUBLIC UTILITIES2 -
2 73
173
67
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 1 3 .0 0
1 1 3 .5 0
1 1 3 .0 0
1 2 4 .0 0
SECRETARIES, CLASS 0
MANUFA CT UR IN G -----N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -
187
84
103
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
1 0 2 .5 0
9 9 .0 0
1 0 5 .0 0
STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL -------------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2--------------r e c e iv e
a n d o th e r p u b lic u t ilit ie s .
th o s e p r e s e n te d s e p a r a te ly .
th e ir
r e g u la r
s tr a ig h t-tim e
s a la r ie s
2 46
60
186
68
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
(e x c lu s iv e
8 7 .0 0
8 6 .5 0
8 7 .0 0
9 7 .5 0
of
pay
Weekly
hours 1
(standard'
Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)
- CONTINUED
.STENOGRAPHERS, S E N I O R --------------I
NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S2 ---------------
309
2 50
114
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
$
1 0 9 .0 0
1 0 8 .0 0
1 1 5 .5 0
SWITCH BO AR D OPERATORS, CLASS B ---N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
86
84
4 1 .5
4 1 .5
7 5 .5 0
7 5 .0 0
SW ITCHBOARD O P ER AT OR -R EC EP TI ON IS TS MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
180
45
135
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
8 3 .5 0
8 8 .0 0
8 2 .0 0
TA BU LA TI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
CLASS 8 ------------------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
49
44
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 1 7 .5 0
1 1 7 .5 0
'TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
CLASS C ------------------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
38
37
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
8 9 .0 0
8 8 .0 0
127
117
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
8 8 .5 0
8 8 .0 0
MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
2 54
57
197
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
9 1 .0 0
9 0 .0 0
9 1 .5 0
TYPISTS, CLASS B --------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
3 27
39
288
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
7 5 .0 0
8 0 .5 0
7 4 .0 0
I
TR AN SC RI BI NG -M AC HI NE OPERATORS,
GENERAL -----------------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------------TYPISTS,
100
Number
of
woikers
O c c u p a tio n a n d in d u s tr y d iv is io n
earnings 1
(standard)
CLASS
A -------------------------------------------------
PROFESSIONAL ANO TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS
DR AF TS ME N, CLASS A -------------
59
O
o
*
43
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
S ta n d a rd
Weekly
OFFICE OCCUPA TI ON S - CONTINUED
BILLERS, MACHINE (BILLING
MACHINE) -----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------
1
of
workers
O c c u p a tio n a n d in d u s tr y d iv is io n
1 6 9 .0 0
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B -------------MANU FA CT UR IN G ----------------
72
33
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 3 0 .0 0
1 2 8 .5 0
DR AF TS ME N, CLASS C -------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ----------------
87
43
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 2 .5 0
1 0 5 .5 0
fo r
o v e r tim e
at
r e g u la r
a n d /o r
p r e m iu m
r a te s ),
and
th e
e a r n in g s
9
Table A-4. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations
( A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s f o r m e n in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d o n a n a r e a b a s i s
b y i n d u s t r y d iv is io n , O m a h a , N e b r . — w a, S e p te m b e r 1969)
Io
Occupation and industry division
workers
Mean2 Median 2
Middle range2
81
25
$
3.55
3.70
$
3.33
3.39
$
$
3 .2 5 - 3.39
3 .1 8 - 4.35
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE —
MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------------
97
81
3.99
3.98
3.65
3.69
3 .4 9 - 4.38
3 .4 6 - 4.35
ENGINEERS, STATIONARY -----MA NU FA CT UR IN G -----------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S3 ------
177
95
82
25
3.50
3.76
3.21
3.51
3.46
3.49
3. 32
3 .4 9
2 .9 7 3.412.783.44-
3.75
4.29
3.63
3.65
HELPERS, MA INTENANCE TRADES
MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S3 ------
112
27
85
AO
2.78
3.00
2.71
2.88
2.66
3.05
2.59
2.88
2.542 .7 9 2 .5 3 2.49-
3.12
3.35
2.87
3.15
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE --MANU FA CT UR IN G ------------
63
62
3.92
3.90
4.20
4.20
3 .4 6 - 4.27
3 .4 6 - 4.27
MECHANICS, AU TOMOTIVE
(MAINTENANCE) -------------MANU FA CT UR IN G -----------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S3 ------
451
68
383
211
3.53
3.46
3.54
3.73
3.40
3.30
3 .4 1
3.50
3.253.213.253.44-
3.75
3.79
3.75
4.17
-
MECHANICS, MAINTE NA NC E ----MANU FA CT UR IN G ------------
257
249
3.72
3.70
3.55
3.55
3 .3 2 - 4.29
3 .3 1 - 4.28
-
OILERS -----------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------------
47
47
3.54
3.54
3.92
3.92
3 .1 4 - 3.99
3 .1 4 - 3.99
-
PAINTERS, MA INTENANCE ------
37
3.76
4.12
3 .0 5 - 4.56
-
PIPEFITTERS, MAINTENANCE MANUFA CT UR IN G ------------
48
38
3.99
4.11
3.85
4.15
3 .4 9 - 4.29
3 .4 8 - 4.34
C
O
CARPENTERS. MAINTENANCE --MANUFA CT UR IN G ------------
o
C
sl
N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e ce iv in g s t r a i g h t - t i m e ho ur ly e a rn i n gs of—
$
i
*
$
s
(
i
$
$
*
t
t
l
S
$
$
*
$
*
*
i
$
t
2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0 3 . 1 0 3 . 2 0 3 . 3 0 3 . 4 0 3 . 6 0 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 4 .2 0 4 . 4 0 4 . 6 0 4. 80 5 . 0 0 A .20
and
under
4 . 2 0 4 . 4 0 4 . 6 0 4 . 8 0 5. 00 5 . 2 0 ov er
2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 3.40 3.60 3.80
2.20 2.30 2.4 0 2.50 2.60 2.70
o
o
Hourly earnings 1
Number
Excludes p r e m i u m pay for overtime and for w o r k on weekends,
For definition of terms, see footnote 2, table A-l,
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
-
-
-
_
_
-
1
1
-
-
I
1
_
-
2
1
1
1
1
-
*
-
-
l
-
1
1
3
3
1
-
4
3
20
“
34
7
1
-
-
_
_
1
_
_
_
_
1
4
4
14
15
7
2
5
-
-
2
3
-
-
-
_
12
12
2
-
2
13
1
12
12
_
-
4
16
4
16
-
34
1
33
11
-
-
-
11
-
4
3
1
1
13
11
2
10
1
9
9
11
7
4
5
5
-
4
-
4
3
2
2
-
18
-
2
-
3
“
-
2
2
5
5
25
17
6
6
5
5
2
2
15
15
6
6
5
5
44
32
12
10
28
3
25
12
3
2
5
5
-
_
-
22
22
-
_
~
11
11
l
17
17
5
5
_
1
1
24
24
6
6
1
1
1
~
5
63
8
55
49
42
6
36
36
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
*
3
3
i
52
50
21
21
12
12
-
5
5
_
-
_
-
_
-
-
-
5
3
_
_
-
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
~
-
-
-
-
_
-
-
3
3
-
_
3
1
-
1
holidays, and late shifts,
-
1
5
36
11
25
109
5
104
104
10
2
8
77
9
9
6
6
6
2
4
4
6
2
4
4
26
6
20
14
145
18
127
i
33
33
5
5
3
2
6
6
9
9
-
-
5
5
5
5
_
-
3
-
3
2
*
_
15
15
1
i
i
6
6
_
-
i
1
-
_
5
3
-
9
7
-
-
18
18
3
_
-
4
4
-
77
-
-
_
16
16
1
ii
ii
_
2
2
*
5
-
2
-
5
i
8
-
-
23
13
1
1
1
1
8
8
10
10
1
1
-
_
_
4
4
10
Table A-5. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations
(A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s f o r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d on a n a r e a b a s is
b y in d u s t r y d i v is io n , O m a h a , N e b r . — w a , S e p te m b e r 1969)
Io
N um ber of w o r k e r s r eceiving s tra ig ht- ti m e hour ly ea rning s of—
s
s
$
s
$
$
S
s
$
$
*
$
s
$
$
s
$
$
$
$
$
1 .7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 10 2 .20 2 .3 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0 3 .10 3 .20 3 . 3 0 3 .4 0 3 .6 0 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0
1 .6 0
Hourly eaming,2
O c c u p a t io n 1 a n d in d u s t r y d iv is io n
of
workers
Mean3
Median3
Middle range3
S
and
1 60 under
1 .7 0 1 . 8 0 1 .9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 .30 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0
446
93
$
2-03
2.88
$
1 .68
2.95
$
$
1 .6 4 - 2.65
2 .4 8 - 3.36
WATCHMEN:
MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
37
2.36
2 .6 3
1 .7 7 - 2.89
JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS --MANU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4---------------
1,290
290
1,0 0 0
69
1.94
2.52
1.77
2.56
1 .75
2.69
1.71
2.77
1.662.161.652.25-
GUARDS AND WATC HM EN ----------------M A N U F A C T U R IN G
--------------------------------------------
2.07
2.79
1 .8 0
2.95
292
~
~
13
13
2
2
4
i
1
6
4
4
2
7
2
-
-
-
2
-
3
-
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ii
5
54
“
13
3
10
32
27
5
3
10
9
I
"
28
21
7
4
88
75
13
13
13
12
l
1
46
19
27
27
5
4
i
i
16
16
~
7
3
4
“
i
i
i
13
13
-
_
-
_
“
_
”
71
69
28
27
7
60
57
8
23
15
3
2
2
9
4
4
i
i
_
~
_
~
_
-
_
-
_
1
-
21
21
21
_
_
.
_
_
-
-
-
_
-
_
-
-
-
_
“
25
7
7
21
21
32
21
11
ii
7
4
31
27
4
47
43
4
66
50
16
67
64
3
90
87
3
37
7
30
5
5
131
64
67
17
15
2
8
4
4
20
4
16
170
39
131
21
18
3
29
21
8
6
-
25
_
-
1
~
1
2
2
1
1
9
9
38
13
30
38
13
30
15
5
10
7
5
2
9
1
8
24
1
23
7
7
19
1
18
53
18
35
22
19
3
14
14
192
20
172
27
23
4
6
2
2
5
5
_
3
2
8
6
9
3
-
-
i
i
17
17
4
4
7
7
34
34
47
47
5
5
5
6
22
21
1
12
12
2
2
2
1
1
10
4
6
23
23
“
19
7
12
-
_
-
2
~
_
-
_
-
_
-
1
i
_
-
_
-
_
_
-
19
19
_
18
18
~
2
_
_
"
i
i
“
6
6
"
-
6
4
5
4
18
18
3
3
10
6
10
7
i
1
7
4
6
6
2
1
3
2
1
"
-
8
5
3
12
6
6
3
3
2
2
9
2
7
5
2
3
7
3
4
2
-
9
5
i
4
7
7
“
9
9
-
4
2
2
i
i
i
i
_
-
26
14
12
73
53
20
74
45
29
125
94
31
148
19
129
5
~
80
54
26
23
502
112
390
2.98
3.24
2.91
3 .2 1
3.33
3 . 10
2 .7 0 - 3.36
3 .0 8 - 3.46
2 .4 4 - 3.35
-
155
144
2.82
2.87
3.04
3 .0 6
2 .7 2 - 3.14
2 .7 7 - 3.15
_
-
2
128
89
39
2.25
2.36
1.98
2 .2 0
2 .2 2
2.12
1 .7 7 - 2.35
1 .8 1 - 2.36
1 .6 6 - 2.34
-
17
M A N U F A C T U R IN G -------------------------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G ------------------------------------
RE CE IV IN G CL ER KS --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
76
61
2.97
2.93
2.98
2.89
2 .8 1 - 3.19
2 .8 0 - 3.16
-
SH IPPING CL ER KS ---------------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
52
26
26
3.17
3.19
3 . 14
3.13
3 .0 2
3.22
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS -----
78
44
34
2.78
2.89
2.65
2.78
2.94
2.45
2 .4 1 - 3.07
2 . 4 9 - 3.08
2 .1 7 - 2.95
-
N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------TR UC KD R I V E R S 5 -----------------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4---------------
1, 188
417
771
220
3. 19
3.20
3.19
3.79
3.25
3.16
3 .3 4
3.93
2.923.002.773.70-
-
157
146
2.92
2.92
3.04
3 .0 4
2 .2 6 - 3.20
2 .2 4 - 3.60
471
360
118
3.14
3.07
3.68
3.32
3.29
3 .9 1
2 .7 4 - 3.65
2 . 7 3 - 3.61
3 .5 8 - 3.95
417
158
259
65
3.33
3.06
3.49
3.93
3.33
3.08
3 .51
3.95
3.042.953.3 4 3.93-
6
3
2 .9 2 - 3.36
2 .9 0 - 3.43
2 .9 5 - 3.34
1 1/ 2 |TONS ) ----------------------—
N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G
------------------------------------
TRUCKDRIVERS, MEDIUM (1-1/2 TO
AND INCLUDING 4 TONS) ----------N O N M A N U FA C TU R IN G -----------------------------------P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S 4 - - ! -------------------------T R U C K D R IV E R S ,
HE AVY
(O V E R
4
TONS,
TRAILER TYPE) --------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R IN G --------- --------------------------P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S 4 — |--------------------------
S e e f o o tn o te s a t end o f ta b le .
3.55
3.24
3.90
3.98
“
30
23
7
3
ORDER
(U N D E R
12
12
i
_
L IG H T
“
31
5
26
1
2 . 4 6 - 3.31
2 .4 4 - 2.98
2 .5 3 - 3.34
T R U C K D R IV E R S ,
8
8
2
2.76
2.63
2.98
3.60
3.38
3.60
3.97
6
6
33
3
30
"
2.78
2.72
2.87
--------------------------------------------
21
9
-
841
471
370
M A N U F A C T U R IN G
5
5
115
13
102
~
LABORERS, MA TERIAL HA NDLING -------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
PACKERS, SHIP PI NG (WOMEN) ----------
10
1
13
1 . 6 8 - 1 .9 2
1 .6 7 - 1.89
1 .8 5 - 2.95
----------------------------------------------
12
ii
327
27
300
4
1. 82
1.80
2 . 19
S H IP P IN G
25
13
-
1 .8 8
1.88
2.39
MANU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
5
“
417
12
405
8
216
196
43
P AC KE RS,
13
4
-
_
-
MA NU FA C TU R IN G ------------------------------------------------N ON MA NUF ACT URI NG -----------------------------------------
-
2 . 9 0 3 • m . _LU f l. JL.20 3 a n . 3 . 4 0 3 . 6 0 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0
54
JANITORS, PORTERS, ANO CLEANERS
(WOMEN) ------------------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4---------------
FILLERS -----------------------
2.70 2.80
17
“
_
4
“
_
“
_
“
-
9
13
1
12
_
-
-
-
4
9
_
_
~
i
i
13
“
_
4
4
8
8
_
_
-
~
-
_
-
_
12
_
_
_
-
-
~
-
12
12
-
39
12
39
12
36
12
24
-
_
-
6
i
5
4
4
6
6
12
12
13
13
_
31
_
23
11
_
31
2
_
_
4
4
2
-
-
-
12
12
“
6
3
2
8
3
5
21
5
106
6
1
4
95
15
1
1
6
6
7
4
15
9
n
5
~
“
_
_
-
7
6
i
3
3
-
100
74
26
26
193
26
167
164
i
i
_
37
36
112
-
112
2
6
6
6
6
16
12
31
28
_
2
_
78
78
2
2
13
5
6
1
-
26
26
23
90
84
i
1
i
100
26
26
66
66
“
54
54
51
104
-
45
104
_
-
68
6
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
23
8
15
14
10
4
46
37
9
38
26
12
13
10
3
_
3
3
-
3
5
5
_
_
-
_
-
5
“
_
-
1
_
-
4
-
_
6
_
-
_
_
~
_
_
-
63
3
65
65
_
~
11
Table A-5. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations— Continued
(A v e r a g e s tr a ig h t -t im e h o u rly e a r n in g s fo r s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is
by in d u stry d iv is io n , O m aha, N e b r .—
Iow a, S e p te m b e r 1969)
N u m b er o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s tr a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s of—
Hourly earnings 2
%
N um ber
O ccu p ation 1 and in d u stry d iv is io n
of
workers
M ean3
M edian3
Middle range3
t
J
Under 1 *60 1 *70
t
and
1 . 6 0 under
1 .7 0
t
t
t
s
T
$
$
i
i
i
s
2 *00 Z* 10 2 *20 2 *30 2 */' 0
2 , 5 0 2 , 6 0 2 - 7 0 2 ’ 80
1 .9 0
2 .0 0
2 .1 0
2 .6 0
-
1 .8 0
1 * 80 1 * 9 0
-
$
$
*
i
$
I
I
3 .4 0
2 *90 3 *00 3 * 10 3 , 2 0 3 *30
3 .6 0
3 .0 0 4 .0 0
2 .2 0
2 .3 0
2 .4 0
-
-
2 .5 0
2 .7 0 2 .8 0
7 .9 0
3 .0 0
3 .1 0 3 .2 0
3 .3 0
—
3 .6 0
3 .40
I----
and
3 .8 0 4 .0 0
o v er
T R U C K C R I V E R S 5 - CONTINUED
TRUCK0R1VERS, HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS
OTHER THAN TRAILER TYPE) -------
139
3 .2 7
$
$
$
TRUCKERS, POWER (FORKLIFT) -------MA NU FACTURING -------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------
482
353
129
3 .0 4
3 .0 3
3 .0 7
3 .0 7
2 .9 2
3 .2 3
2 .6 8 - 3 .3 6
2 .6 4 - 3 .3 7
3 .0 3 - 3 .3 5
-
-
TRUCKERS, POWER (OTHER THAN
FORKLIFT) --------------------------MA NUFACTURING --------------------
40
33
3 .2 1
3 .2 6
3 .2 5
3 .3 4
2 . 8 3 - 3 .6 3
2 .5 9 - 3 .7 8
—
-
1
2
3
4
5
3 .1 6
$
3 .1 1 - 3 .3 1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
D ata l im it e d ; to m en w o r k e r s e x c e p t w h e r e o th e r w is e in d ic a te d .
E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and la te s h ifts .
F o r d e fin itio n of t e r m s , s e e fo o tn o te 2 , ta b le A - l .
T r a n s p o r ta tio n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r p u b lic u t il it i e s .
In clu d es a ll d r i v e r s , a s d e fin e d , r e g a r d le s s o f s iz e and type o f tru ck o p e r a te d .
6
6
-
6
1
1
—
6
-
-
—
-
21
15
6
—
44
44
—
-
-
17
17
—
9
9
31
31
-
2
58
56
2
—
4
10
10
-
1
1
4
14
13
1
—
4
-
14
8
48
8
40
3
3
-
-
6
3
—
0
54
40
14
-
86
37
49
1 0
- 1 0
7
6
-
22
7
6
1
37
37
-
39
35
4
-
3
7
3
7
-
Appendix. Occupational Descriptions
T h e p r i m a r y p u r p o s e o f p r e p a r i n g j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s f o r t h e B u r e a u 's w a g e s u r v e y s i s to a s s i s t i t s f i e l d s t a f f in c l a s s i f y i n g i n to a p p r o p r i a t e
o c c u p a t i o n s w o r k e r s w h o a r e e m p l o y e d u n d e r a v a r i e t y o f p a y r o l l t i t l e s a n d d i f f e r e n t w o r k a r r a n g e m e n t s f r o m e s t a b l i s h m e n t to e s t a b l i s h m e n t a n d
f r o m a r e a to a r e a .
T h i s p e r m i t s t h e g r o u p in g o f o c c u p a t i o n a l w a g e r a t e s r e p r e s e n t i n g c o m p a r a b l e jo b c o n t e n t .
B e c a u s e of th is e m p h a s is on
i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t a n d i n t e r a r e a c o m p a r a b i l i t y o f o c c u p a t i o n a l c o n t e n t , t h e B u r e a u 's j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s m a y d i f f e r s i g n i f i c a n t l y f r o m t h o s e in u s e in
in d iv id u a l e s ta b lis h m e n ts o r th o s e p r e p a r e d f o r o th e r p u r p o s e s .
In a p p ly i n g t h e s e j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s , t h e B u r e a u 's f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s a r e i n s t r u c t e d
to e x c lu d e w o r k i n g s u p e r v i s o r s ; a p p r e n t i c e s ; l e a r n e r s ; b e g i n n e r s ; t r a i n e e s ; a n d h a n d ic a p p e d , p a r t - t i m e , t e m p o r a r y , a n d p r o b a t i o n a r y w o r k e r s .
OFFICE
B IL L E R ,
CLERK,
M A C H IN E
P r e p a r e s s ta t e m e n t s , b i ll s , a n d in v o ic e s o n a m a c h in e o th e r th a n a n o r d in a r y o r e le c t r o m a tic ty p e w rite r.
M a y a l s o k e e p r e c o r d s a s t o b i l l i n g s o r s h ip p i n g c h a r g e s o r p e r f o r m o t h e r
c l e r i c a l w o r k i n c i d e n t a l t o b i l l i n g o p e r a t i o n s . F o r w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , b i l l e r s , m a c h i n e , a r e
c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e o f m a c h i n e , a s f o ll o w s :
B i l l e r , m a c h i n e ( b il li n g m a c h i n e ) . U s e s a s p e c i a l b i l l i n g m a c h i n e (M o o n H o p k i n s , E l l i o t t
F i s h e r , B u r r o u g h s , e t c . , w h ic h a r e c o m b i n a t i o n t y p in g a n d a d d in g m a c h i n e s ) to p r e p a r e b i l l s
a n d i n v o i c e s f r o m c u s t o m e r s ' p u r c h a s e o r d e r s , i n t e r n a l l y p r e p a r e d o r d e r s , s h ip p i n g m e m o
r a n d u m s , e t c . U s u a l ly i n v o lv e s a p p l i c a t i o n o f p r e d e t e r m i n e d d i s c o u n t s a n d s h ip p i n g c h a r g e s ,
a n d e n t r y of n e c e s s a r y e x t e n s i o n s , w h ic h m a y o r m a y n o t b e c o m p u t e d o n t h e b i l l i n g m a c h i n e ,
a n d t o t a l s w h ic h a r e a u t o m a t i c a l l y a c c u m u l a t e d b y m a c h i n e . T h e o p e r a t i o n u s u a l l y i n v o lv e s
a l a r g e n u m b e r o f c a r b o n c o p i e s o f t h e b i l l b e in g p r e p a r e d a n d i s o f te n d o n e o n a f a n f o ld
m a c h in e .
C l a s s C . P e r f o r m s r o u t i n e f i l i n g o f m a t e r i a l t h a t h a s a l r e a d y b e e n c l a s s i f i e d o r w h ic h
is e a s i l y c la s s if i e d in a s im p le s e r i a l c la s s if i c a t io n s y s te m ( e .g ., a lp h a b e tic a l, c h ro n o lo g ic a l,
o r n u m e r i c a l ) . A s r e q u e s t e d , l o c a t e s r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e m a t e r i a l in f i l e s a n d f o r w a r d s m a
t e r i a l ; a n d m a y f il l o u t w ith d ra w a l c h a r g e . P e r f o r m s s im p le c l e r i c a l a n d m a n u a l t a s k s r e
q u ire d to m a in ta in a n d s e r v ic e f ile s .
CLERK,
O p e r a t e s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h i n e ( R e m i n g t o n R a n d , E l l i o t t F i s h e r , S u n d s t r a n d , B u r r o u g h s ,
N a t io n a l C a s h R e g i s t e r , w i t h o r w i t h o u t a t y p e w r i t e r k e y b o a r d ) to k e e p a r e c o r d o f b u s i n e s s
tra n s a c tio n s .
C la s s A.
K e e p s a s e t o f r e c o r d s r e q u i r i n g a k n o w le d g e o f a n d e x p e r i e n c e in b a s i c
b o o k k e e p in g p r i n c i p l e s , a n d f a m i l i a r i t y w ith t h e s t r u c t u r e o f t h e p a r t i c u l a r a c c o u n t i n g s y s t e m
u s e d . D e t e r m i n e s p r o p e r r e c o r d s a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n o f d e b i t a n d c r e d i t i t e m s t o b e u s e d in e a c h
p h a s e of th e w o rk .
M ay p r e p a r e c o n s o lid a te d r e p o r t s , b a la n c e s h e e t s , a n d o th e r r e c o r d s
by hand.
CLERK,
CO M PTO M ETER OPERA TO R
P r i m a r y d u t y i s to o p e r a t e a C o m p t o m e t e r to p e r f o r m m a t h e m a t i c a l c o m p u t a t i o n s . T h i s
jo b i s n o t to b e c o n f u s e d w ith t h a t o f s t a t i s t i c a l o r o t h e r ty p e o f c l e r k , w h ic h m a y in v o lv e f r e
q u e n t u s e o f a C o m p t o m e t e r b u t , in w h i c h , u s e o f t h i s m a c h i n e i s i n c i d e n t a l t o p e r f o r m a n c e of
o th e r d u tie s .
K EYPU NCH O P E R A T O R
C l a s s A . O p e r a t e s a n u m e r i c a l a n d / o r a l p h a b e t i c a l o r c o m b i n a t i o n k e y p u n c h m a c h i n e to
t r a n s c r i b e d a ta f r o m v a r io u s s o u r c e d o c u m e n ts to k e y p u n c h ta b u la tin g c a r d s . P e r f o r m s s a m e
t a s k s a s l o w e r l e v e l k e y p u n c h o p e r a t o r b u t , in a d d i t i o n , w o r k r e q u i r e s a p p l i c a t i o n o f c o d in g
s k il ls a n d th e m a k in g of s o m e d e te r m i n a ti o n s , f o r e x a m p le , lo c a te s o n th e s o u r c e d o c u m e n t
t h e i t e m s to b e p u n c h e d ; e x t r a c t s i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m s e v e r a l d o c u m e n t s ; a n d s e a r c h e s f o r a n d
i n t e r p r e t s in fo r m a tio n on th e d o c u m e n t to d e te r m in e in fo r m a tio n to b e p u n c h e d .
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in e x p e r ie n c e d o p e r a to r s .
C la s s B . U n d e r s u p e r v is io n , p e r f o r m s one o r m o r e r o u tin e a c c o u n tin g o p e r a tio n s s u c h
a s p o s ti n g s i m p l e j o u r n a l v o u c h e r s o r a c c o u n t s p a y a b le v o u c h e r s , e n t e r i n g v o u c h e r s in
v o u c h e r r e g i s t e r s ; r e c o n c i l i n g b a n k a c c o u n t s ; a n d p o s ti n g s u b s i d i a r y l e d g e r s c o n t r o l l e d b y
g e n e r a l l e d g e r s , o r p o s ti n g s i m p l e c o s t a c c o u n t i n g d a t a . T h i s jo b d o e s n o t r e q u i r e a k n o w l
e d g e o f a c c o u n t i n g a n d b o o k k e e p in g p r i n c i p l e s b u t i s fo u n d in o f f i c e s in w h ic h t h e m o r e r o u t i n e
a c c o u n t i n g w o r k i s s u b d iv i d e d o n a f u n c t i o n a l b a s i s a m o n g s e v e r a l w o r k e r s .
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C o m p u te s w a g e s o f c o m p a n y e m p l o y e e s a n d e n t e r s th e n e c e s s a r y d a t a o n t h e p a y r o l l
s h e e t s . D u t i e s i n v o lv e : C a l c u l a t i n g w o r k e r s ' e a r n i n g s b a s e d o n t i m e o r p r o d u c t i o n r e c o r d s ; a n d
p o s ti n g c a l c u l a t e d d a t a o n p a y r o l l s h e e t , s h o w in g i n f o r m a t i o n s u c h a s w o r k e r 's n a m e , w o r k i n g
d a y s , tim e , r a t e , d e d u c tio n s f o r i n s u r a n c e , a n d to ta l w a g e s d u e . M a y m a k e o u t p a y c h e c k s an d
a s s i s t p a y m a s te r in m a k in g u p a n d d is tr ib u tin g p a y e n v e lo p e s .
M ay u s e a c a lc u la tin g m a c h in e .
C la s s B. K e e p s a r e c o r d of one o r m o re p h a s e s o r s e c tio n s of a s e t of r e c o r d s u s u a lly
r e q u i r i n g l i t t l e k n o w le d g e o f b a s i c b o o k k e e p in g . P h a s e s o r s e c t i o n s i n c l u d e a c c o u n t s p a y a b le ,
p a y r o l l , c u s t o m e r s ' a c c o u n t s ( n o t i n c l u d i n g a s i m p l e ty p e o f b i l l i n g d e s c r i b e d u n d e r b i l l e r ,
m a c h in e ), c o s t d is tr ib u tio n , e x p e n se d is tr ib u tio n , in v e n to ry c o n tr o l, e tc . M ay c h e c k o r a s s i s t
in p r e p a r a ti o n of t r i a l b a la n c e s a n d p r e p a r e c o n tr o l s h e e ts f o r th e a c c o u n tin g d e p a r t m e n t .
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R e c e iv e s c u s to m e r s ' o r d e r s f o r m a t e r i a l o r m e r c h a n d is e b y m a il, p h o n e , o r p e r s o n a lly .
D u t i e s in v o lv e a n y c o m b i n a t i o n o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : Q u o tin g p r i c e s to c u s t o m e r s ; m a k i n g o u t a n o r d e r
s h e e t l i s t i n g t h e i t e m s to m a k e u p t h e o r d e r ; c h e c k i n g p r i c e s a n d q u a n t i t i e s o f i t e m s o n o r d e r
s h e e t ; a n d d i s t r i b u t i n g o r d e r s h e e t s t o r e s p e c t i v e d e p a r t m e n t s t o b e f i l l e d . M a y c h e c k w ith c r e d i t
d e p a r t m e n t to d e t e r m i n e c r e d i t r a t i n g o f c u s t o m e r , a c k n o w l e d g e r e c e i p t of o r d e r s f r o m c u s t o m e r s ,
f o llo w u p o r d e r s t o s e e t h a t t h e y h a v e b e e n f i l l e d , k e e p f i l e o f o r d e r s r e c e i v e d , a n d c h e c k s h ip p in g
in v o ic e s w ith o r ig in a l o r d e r s .
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C la s s A . U n d e r g e n e r a l d i r e c ti o n of a b o o k k e e p e r o r a c c o u n ta n t, h a s r e s p o n s i b il it y fo r
k e e p in g o n e o r m o r e s e c t i o n s o f a c o m p l e t e s e t o f b o o k s o r r e c o r d s r e l a t i n g t o o n e p h a s e
o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t 's b u s i n e s s t r a n s a c t i o n s . W o rk i n v o l v e s p o s ti n g a n d b a l a n c i n g s u b s i d i a r y
l e d g e r o r l e d g e r s s u c h a s a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e o r a c c o u n t s p a y a b le ; e x a m i n in g a n d c o d in g
i n v o i c e s o r v o u c h e r s w ith p r o p e r a c c o u n t i n g d i s t r i b u t i o n ; a n d r e q u i r e s j u d g m e n t a n d e x p e r i
e n c e i n m a k i n g p r o p e r a s s i g n a t i o n s a n d a l l o c a t i o n s . M a y a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g , a d j u s t i n g , a n d
c lo s in g jo u r n a l e n tr i e s ; a n d m a y d i r e c t c la s s B a c c o u n tin g c l e r k s .
f i l i n g s y s t e m c o n ta i n in g a n u m b e r o f v a r i e d s u b j e c t m a t t e r
m a te r ia l su ch a s c o rre s p o n d e n c e , r e p o r ts , te c h n ic a l d o c u
m a t e r i a l . M a y k e e p r e c o r d s o f v a r i o u s t y p e s in c o n ju n c t io n
a l l g r o u p of l o w e r l e v e l f i l e c l e r k s .
C la s s B . S o r ts , c o d e s , a n d f il e s u n c la s s if ie d m a t e r i a l b y s im p le ( s u b je c t m a tte r ) h e a d
in g s " o r - p a r t l y c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l b y f i n e r s u b h e a d i n g s . P r e p a r e s s i m p l e r e l a t e d i n d e x a n d
c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e a i d s . A s r e q u e s t e d , l o c a t e s c l e a r l y i d e n t i f i e d m a t e r i a l in f i l e s a n d f o r w a r d s
m a te ria l.
M a y p e r f o r m r e l a t e d c l e r i c a l t a s k s r e q u i r e d to m a i n t a i n a n d s e r v i c e f i l e s .
B i l l e r , m a c h i n e ( b o o k k e e p in g m a c h i n e ) . U s e s a b o o k k e e p in g m a c h i n e ( S u n d s t r a n d , E l l i o t t
F i s h e r , R e m in g t o n R a n d , e t c . , w h ic h m a y o r m a y n o t h a v e t y p e w r i t e r k e y b o a r d ) t o p r e p a r e
c u s t o m e r s ' b i l l s a s p a r t o f t h e a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e o p e r a t i o n . G e n e r a l l y i n v o l v e s t,he s i m u l t a
n e o u s e n tr y of f ig u r e s on c u s to m e r s ' le d g e r r e c o r d . T h e m a c h in e a u to m a tic a lly a c c u m u la te s
f i g u r e s o n a n u m b e r o f v e r t i c a l c o lu m n s a n d c o m p u t e s , a n d u s u a l l y p r i n t s a u t o m a t i c a l l y th e
d e b i t o r c r e d i t b a l a n c e s . D o e s n o t in v o lv e a k n o w le d g e o f b o o k k e e p in g . W o r k s f r o m u n i f o r m
a n d s ta n d a r d ty p e s of s a le s a n d c r e d i t s lip s .
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m e n ts , e tc . M ay a ls o file th is
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U n d e r c l o s e s u p e r v i s i o n o r f o ll o w i n g s p e c i f i c p r o c e d u r e s o r i n s t r u c t i o n s ,
t r a n s c r i b e s d a t a f r o m s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s to p u n c h e d c a r d s .
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a lp h a b e tic a l o r c o m b in a tio n k e y p u n c h m a c h in e to k e y p u n c h ta b u la tin g c a r d s . M ay v e r if y c a r d s .
W o rk in g f r o m v a r i o u s s t a n d a r d i z e d s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s , f o ll o w s s p e c i f i e d s e q u e n c e s w h ic h h a v e
b e e n c o d e d o r p r e s c r i b e d i n d e t a i l a n d r e q u i r e l i t t l e o r n o s e l e c t i n g , c o d in g , o r i n t e r p r e t i n g
of d a ta t o b e p u n c h e d . P r o b l e m s a r i s i n g f r o m e r r o n e o u s i t e m s o r c o d e s , m i s s i n g i n f o r m a t i o n ,
e t c . , a r e r e f e r r e d to s u p e r v i s o r .
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o f o f f i c ia l ) t h a t e m p l o y s , i n a l l , o v e r 5, 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
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S e c r e t a r y to t h e h e a d o f a l a r g e a n d i m p o r t a n t o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e g m e n t ( e . g ., a m id d l e
m a n a g e m e n t s u p e r v i s o r o f a n o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e g m e n t o f te n in v o lv i n g a s m a n y a s s e v e r a l
h u n d r e d p e r s o n s ) o f a c o m p a n y t h a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
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P e r f o r m s v a r i o u s r o u t i n e d u t i e s s u c h a s r u n n in g e r r a n d s , o p e r a t i n g m i n o r o f f i c e m a
c h i n e s s u c h a s s e a l e r s o r m a i l e r s , o p e n in g a n d d i s t r i b u t i n g m a i l , a n d o t h e r m i n o r c l e r i c a l w o r k .
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S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d of a n in d iv id u a l p la n t, f a c t o r y , e tc . (o r o th e r e q u iv a le n t le v e l
o f o f f i c ia l ) t h a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , f e w e r t h a n 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
A s s i g n e d a s p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y , n o r m a l l y t o o n e i n d i v i d u a l . M a in t a in s a c l o s e a n d h i g h ly
r e s p o n s i v e r e l a t i o n s h i p t o t h e d a y - t o - d a y w o r k a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e s u p e r v i s o r . W o rk s f a i r l y i n d e
p e n d e n tl y r e c e i v i n g a m i n i m u m o f d e t a i l e d s u p e r v i s i o n a n d g u i d a n c e .
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a n d s e c r e t a r i a l d u t i e s , u s u a l l y in c l u d i n g m o s t o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : (a) R e c e i v e s t e l e p h o n e c a l l s ,
p e r s o n a l c a l l e r s , a n d in c o m in g m a il, a n s w e r s r o u tin e in q u ir ie s , a n d r o u te s th e te c h n ic a l in q u ir ie s
to t h e p r o p e r p e r s o n s ; (b) e s t a b l i s h e s , m a i n t a i n s , a n d r e v i s e s t h e s u p e r v i s o r 's f i l e s ; (c) m a i n t a i n s
t h e s u p e r v i s o r 's c a l e n d a r a n d m a k e s a p p o i n t m e n t s a s i n s t r u c t e d ; (d) r e l a y s m e s s a g e s f r o m s u p e r
v i s o r t o s u b o r d i n a t e s ; (e) r e v i e w s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , m e m o r a n d a , a n d r e p o r t s p r e p a r e d b y o t h e r s
f o r t h e s u p e r v i s o r 's s i g n a t u r e t o a s s u r e p r o c e d u r a l a n d t y p o g r a p h i c a c c u r a c y ; a n d (f) p e r f o r m s
s te n o g r a p h i c a n d t y p in g w o r k .
M ay a ls o p e r f o r m o th e r c le r i c a l a n d s e c r e t a r i a l t a s k s of c o m p a r a b le n a tu r e a n d d iff ic u lty .
T h e w o r k t y p i c a l l y r e q u i r e s k n o w le d g e o f o f f i c e r o u t i n e a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n ,
p r o g r a m s , a n d p r o c e d u r e s r e l a te d to th e w o rk of th e s u p e r v i s o r .
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N ot a ll p o s itio n s th a t a r e title d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s th e a b o v e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s . E x a m p le s
of p o s i t i o n s w h ic h a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m t h e d e f i n i t i o n a r e a s f o ll o w s : (a) P o s i t i o n s w h ic h d o n o t m e e t
th e " p e r s o n a l " s e c r e t a r y c o n c e p t d e s c r i b e d a b o v e ; (b) s t e n o g r a p h e r s n o t f u l l y t r a i n e d in s e c r e t a r i a l
ty p e d u t ie s ', (c) s t e n o g r a p h e r s s e r v i n g a s o f f ic e a s s i s t a n t s to a g r o u p o f p r o f e s s i o n a l , t e c h n i c a l ,
o r m a n a g e r i a l p e r s o n s ; (d) s e c r e t a r y p o s i t i o n s in w h ic h t h e d u t i e s a r e e i t h e r s u b s t a n t i a l l y m o r e
r o u t i n e o r s u b s t a n t i a l l y m o r e c o m p l e x a n d r e s p o n s i b l e t h a n t h o s e c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n t h e d e f i n i ti o n ;
a n d (e ) a s s i s t a n t ty p e p o s i t i o n s w h ic h in v o lv e m o r e d i f f i c u l t o r m o r e r e s p o n s i b l e t e c h n i c a l , a d m i n
i s t r a t i v e , s u p e r v i s o r y , o r s p e c i a l i z e d c l e r i c a l d u t i e s w h ic h a r e n o t t y p i c a l o f s e c r e t a r i a l w o r k .
N O T E : T h e t e r m " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r , " u s e d in t h e l e v e l d e f i n i t i o n s f o ll o w i n g , r e f e r s to
t h o s e o f f i c i a l s w h o h a v e a s i g n i f i c a n t c o r p o r a t e - w i d e p o l ic y m a k i n g r o l e w ith r e g a r d t o m a j o r
c o m p a n y a c ti v it ie s . T he t it le " v ic e p r e s i d e n t , " th o u g h n o r m a lly in d ic a tiv e of th is r o le , d o e s n o t
in a l l c a s e s i d e n t i f y s u c h p o s i t i o n s . V ic e p r e s i d e n t s w h o s e p r i m a r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s t o a c t p e r
s o n a l l y o n i n d iv i d u a l c a s e s o r t r a n s a c t i o n s ( e . g . , a p p r o v e o r 'd e n y i n d iv i d u a l l o a n o r c r e d i t a c t i o n s ;
a d m i n i s t e r in d iv i d u a l t r u s t a c c o u n t s ; d i r e c t l y s u p e r v i s e a c l e r i c a l s ta f f ) a r e n o t c o n s i d e r e d to b e
" c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r s " f o r p u r p o s e s o f a p p ly i n g t h e f o llo w in g l e v e l d e f i n i t i o n s .
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a ll,
a.
S e c r e t a r y to th e c h a ir m a n o f th e b o a r d o r p r e s i d e n t o f a c o m p a n y th a t e m p lo y s , in
o v e r 100 b u t f e w e r t h a n 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
b . S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a te o f fic e r (o th e r th a n th e c h a ir m a n of th e b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t)
o f a c o m p a n y t h a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 b u t f e w e r t h a n 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
c . S e c r e t a r y t o t h e h e a d ( i m m e d i a t e l y b e lo w
s e g m e n t o r s u b s id ia r y of a c o m p a n y th a t e m p lo y s ,
th e c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r le v e l) o f a m a j o r
in a l l , o v e r 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s .
C la s s B
a ll,
a.
S e c r e t a r y t o t h e c h a i r m a n o f t h e b o a r d o r p r e s i d e n t o f a c o m p a n y t h a t e m p l o y s , in
f e w e r t h a n 100 p e r s o n s ; o r
b.
S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r ( o th e r th a n th e c h a ir m a n of th e b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t)
o f a c o m p a n y t h a t e m p l o y s , i n a l l , o v e r 100 b u t f e w e r t h a n 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
c . S e c r e t a r y t o t h e h e a d ( i m m e d i a t e l y b e lo w t h e o f f i c e r l e v e l ) o v e r e i t h e r a m a j o r
c o r p o r a te - w id e f u n c tio n a l a c tiv ity ( e .g ., m a r k e tin g , r e s e a r c h , o p e r a tio n s , i n d u s t r ia l r e l a t io n s , e tc .) o r a m a j o r g e o g ra p h ic o r o r g a n iz a tio n a l s e g m e n t ( e .g ., a r e g io n a l h e a d q u a r t e r s ;
a m a j o r d i v is io n ) o f a c o m p a n y t h a t e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5 , Q00 b u t f e w e r t h a n 2 5 ,0 0 0
e m p lo y e e s ; o r
a.
S e c r e t a r y to a n e x e c u tiv e o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n w h o s e r e s p o n s i b il it y is n o t e q u iv a le n t
to o n e of th e s p e c if ic le v e l s itu a tio n s in th e d e fin itio n f o r c la s s B , b u t w h o s e s u b o rd in a te s ta f f
n o r m a l l y n u m b e r s a t l e a s t s e v e r a l d o z e n e m p l o y e e s a n d i s u s u a l l y d i v id e d i n to o r g a n i z a t i o n a l
s e g m e n t s w h i c h a r e o f te n , in t u r n , f u r t h e r s u b d iv i d e d . I n s o m e c o m p a n i e s , t h i s l e v e l i n c l u d e s
a w i d e r a n g e o f o r g a n i z a t i o n a l e c h e l o n s ; in o t h e r s , o n l y o n e o r tw o ; cjr
C la s s D
a.
S e c r e t a r y to th e s u p e r v i s o r o r h e a d of a s m a ll o r g a n iz a tio n a l u n it ( e .g ., fe w e r th a n
a b o u t 25 o r 3 0 p e r s o n s ) ; c>r
b.
S e c r e t a r y to a n o n s u p e rv is o ry s ta f f s p e c i a li s t, p r o f e s s io n a l e m p lo y e e , a d m i n i s t r a
tiv e o f f ic e r , o r a s s i s ta n t , s k ille d te c h n ic ia n o r e x p e rt.
(N O T E : M a n y c o m p a n ie s a s s ig n
s te n o g r a p h e r s , r a t h e r th a n s e c r e t a r i e s a s d e s c r ib e d a b o v e , to th is le v e l of s u p e r v is o r y o r
n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r .)
STEN O G RA PH ER ,
GENERAL
P r i m a r y d u t y i s t o t a k e d i c t a t i o n i n v o lv i n g a n o r m a l r o u t i n e v o c a b u l a r y f r o m o n e o r m o r e
p e r s o n s e i t h e r i n s h o r t h a n d o r b y S t e n o ty p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h i n e ; a n d t r a n s c r i b e d i c t a t i o n . M a y
a l s o ty p e f r o m w r i t t e n c o p y . M a y m a i n t a i n f i l e s , k e e p s i m p l e r e c o r d s , o r p e r f o r m o t h e r r e l a t i v e l y
ro u tin e c le r i c a l t a s k s .
M a y o p e r a t e f r o m a s t e n o g r a p h i c p o o l.
D o e s n o t in c lu d e t r a n s c r i b in g m a c h in e w o rk .
(S ee tr a n s c r i b in g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r .)
STEN O G RA PH ER ,
S E N IO R
P r i m a r y d u t y i s t o t a k e d i c t a t i o n i n v o lv i n g a v a r i e d t e c h n i c a l o r s p e c i a l i z e d v o c a b u l a r y
s u c h a s i n l e g a l b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s o n s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h f r o m o n e o r m o r e p e r s o n s e i t h e r in s h o r t
h a n d o r b y S t e n o ty p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h i n e ; a n d t r a n s c r i b e d i c t a t i o n . M a y a l s o t y p e f r o m w r i t t e n
copy.
M ay a ls o s e t u p a n d m a in ta in f i l e s , k e e p r e c o r d s , e tc .
OR
P e r f o r m s s te n o g r a p h ic d u tie s r e q u ir in g s ig n if ic a n tly g r e a t e r in d e p e n d e n c e a n d r e s p o n s i
b i l i t y t h a n s t e n o g r a p h e r s , g e n e r a l a s e v id e n c e d b y t h e f o ll o w i n g : W o rk r e q u i r e s h i g h d e g r e e of
s t e n o g r a p h i c s p e e d a n d a c c u r a c y ; a n d a t h o r o u g h w o r k i n g k n o w le d g e o f g e n e r a l b u s i n e s s a n d o f f ic e
p r o c e d u r e s a n d of th e s p e c if ic b u s in e s s o p e r a tio n s , o r g a n iz a tio n , p o lic ie s , p r o c e d u r e s , f il e s ,
w o r k f lo w , e t c .
U s e s t h i s k n o w le d g e in p e r f o r m i n g s te n o g r a p h i c d u t i e s a n d r e s p o n s i b l e c l e r i c a l
t a s k s s u c h a s , m a i n t a i n i n g f o llo w u p f i l e s ; a s s e m b l i n g m a t e r i a l f o r r e p o r t s , m e m o r a n d u m s , l e t t e r s ,
e t c . ; c o m p o s i n g s i m p l e l e t t e r s f r o m g e n e r a l i n s t r u c t i o n s ; r e a d i n g a n d r o u ti n g in c o m i n g m a i l ; a n d
a n s w e rin g ro u tin e q u e s tio n s , e tc .
D o e s n o t in c lu d e tr a n s c r i b in g - m a c h i n e w o rk .
S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R
C l a s s A . O p e r a t e s a s i n g l e - o r m u l t i p l e - p o s i t i o n t e l e p h o n e s w i t c h b o a r d h a n d li n g i n c o m i n g ,
o u t g o in g , i n t r a p l a n t o r o f f i c e c a l l s . P e r f o r m s f u l l t e l e p h o n e i n f o r m a t i o n s e r v i c e o r h a n d le s
c o m p l e x c a l l s , s u c h a s c o n f e r e n c e , c o l l e c t , o v e r s e a s , o r s i m i l a r c a l l s , e i t h e r i n a d d i t i o n to
d o in g r o u t i n e w o r k a s d e s c r i b e d f o r s w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r , c l a s s B , o r a s a f u l l - t i m e
a s s ig n m e n t. ( " F u ll" te le p h o n e in fo r m a tio n s e r v i c e o c c u r s w h e n th e e s ta b lis h m e n t h a s v a r i e d
fu n c tio n s th a t a r e n o t r e a d ily u n d e rs ta n d a b le f o r te le p h o n e in fo r m a tio n p u r p o s e s , e .g ., b e c a u s e
o f o v e r l a p p i n g o r i n t e r r e l a t e d f u n c t i o n s , a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y p r e s e n t f r e q u e n t p r o b l e m s a s to
w h ic h e x te n s io n s a r e a p p r o p r i a t e f o r c a lls .)
C l a s s B . O p e r a t e s a s i n g l e - o r m u l t i p l e - p o s i t i o n t e l e p h o n e s w i t c h b o a r d h a n d li n g i n c o m i n g ,
o u t g o in g , i n t r a p l a n t o r o f f i c e c a l l s . M a y h a n d l e r o u t i n e lo n g d i s t a n c e c a l l s a n d r e c o r d t o l l s .
M ay p e r f o r m lim ite d te le p h o n e in fo r m a tio n s e r v ic e . (" L im ite d " te le p h o n e in fo r m a tio n s e r v ic e
o c c u r s if th e fu n c tio n s of th e e s ta b lis h m e n t s e r v ic e d a r e r e a d ily u n d e rs ta n d a b le f o r te le p h o n e
i n f o r m a t i o n p u r p o s e s , o r i f t h e r e q u e s t s a r e r o u t i n e , e . g . , g i v in g e x t e n s i o n n u m b e r s w h e n
s p e c if ic n a m e s a r e f u rn is h e d , o r if c o m p le x c a lls a r e r e f e r r e d to a n o th e r o p e ra to r.)
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S W IT C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R - R E C E P T I O N I S T
T A B U L A T I N G -M A C H I N E O P E R A T O R — C o n tin u e d
I n a d d i t i o n to p e r f o r m i n g d u t i e s o f o p e r a t o r o n a s i n g l e - p o s i t i o n o r m o n i t o r - t y p e s w i t c h
b o a r d , a c t s a s r e c e p t i o n i s t a n d m a y a l s o ty p e o r p e r f o r m r o u t i n e c l e r i c a l w o r k a s p a r t o f r e g u l a r
d u tie s .
T h i s ty p in g o r c l e r i c a l w o r k m a y t a k e t h e m a j o r p a r t o f t h i s w o r k e r 's t i m e w h i l e a t
s w itc h b o a r d .
C la s s C . O p e r a te s s im p le ta b u la tin g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n tin g m a c h in e s s u c h a s th e
s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c in g p u n c h , c o ll a to r , e tc ., w ith s p e c if ic i n s tr u c tio n s .
M a y in c lu d e s im p le
w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s a n d s o m e f il in g w o r k . T h e w o r k t y p i c a l l y i n v o lv e s p o r t i o n s o f a w o r k
u n i t , f o r e x a m p l e , i n d iv i d u a l s o r t i n g o r c o l l a t i n g r u n s o r r e p e t i t i v e o p e r a t i o n s .
T R A N S C R IB IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R ,
GENERAL
T A B U L A T I N G -M A C H I N E O P E R A T O R
C la s s A . O p e r a te s a v a r i e ty of ta b u la tin g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n tin g m a c h in e s , ty p ic a lly
in c lu d in g s u c h m a c h in e s a s th e ta b u l a to r , c a lc u l a t o r , i n t e r p r e t e r , c o ll a to r , a n d o t h e r s .
P e r f o r m s c o m p le te r e p o r t in g a s s ig n m e n ts w ith o u t c lo s e s u p e r v is io n , a n d p e r f o r m s d iffic u lt
w ir in g a s r e q u ir e d .
T h e c o m p l e t e r e p o r t i n g a n d t a b u l a t i n g a s s i g n m e n t s t y p i c a l l y i n v o lv e a
v a r i e t y o f lo n g a n d c o m p l e x r e p o r t s w h i c h o f te n a r e o f i r r e g u l a r o r n o n r e c u r r i n g t y p e r e
q u i r i n g s o m e p l a n n i n g a n d s e q u e n c i n g o f s t e p s to b e t a k e n . A s a m o r e e x p e r i e n c e d o p e r a t o r ,
i s t y p i c a l l y in v o lv e d in t r a i n i n g n e w o p e r a t o r s in m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s , o r p a r t i a l l y t r a i n e d
o p e r a t o r s in w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s a n d o p e r a t i n g s e q u e n c e s o f lo n g a n d c o m p l e x r e p o r t s .
D o e s n o t in c l u d e w o r k i n g s u p e r v i s o r s p e r f o r m i n g t a b u l a t i n g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s a n d d a y - t o d a y s u p e r v is io n of th e w o rk a n d p r o d u c tio n of a g ro u p o f t a b u la tin g - m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s .
C la s s B . O p e r a te s m o r e d iff ic u lt ta b u la tin g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n tin g m a c h in e s s u c h a s th e
ta b u la to r a n d c a lc u l a t o r , in a d d itio n to th e s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c e r , an d c o lla to r .
T h i s w o r k is
p e r f o r m e d u n d e r s p e c if ic in s t r u c t i o n s a n d m a y in c lu d e th e p e r f o r m a n c e of s o m e w ir in g f ro m
d i a g r a m s . T h e w o r k t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e s , f o r e x a m p l e , t a b u l a t i o n s in v o lv i n g a r e p e t i t i v e
a c c o u n t i n g e x e r c i s e , a c o m p l e t e b u t s m a l l t a b u l a t i n g s tu d y , o r p a r t s o f a l o n g e r a n d m o r e
c o m p le x r e p o r t . S u ch r e p o r t s a n d s tu d ie s a r e u s u a lly o f a r e c u r r i n g n a tu r e w h e r e th e p r o
c e d u re s a r e w e ll e s ta b lis h e d .
M a y a l s o i n c l u d e t h e t r a i n i n g o f n e w e m p l o y e e s in t h e b a s i c
o p e r a tio n o f th e m a c h in e .
P r i m a r y d u t y i s t o t r a n s c r i b e d i c t a t i o n i n v o lv in g a n o r m a l r o u t i n e v o c a b u l a r y f r o m
tra n s c rib in g - m a c h in e r e c o r d s .
M a y a l s o ty p e f r o m w r i t t e n c o p y a n d d o s i m p l e c l e r i c a l w o r k .
W o r k e r s t r a n s c r i b i n g d i c t a t i o n in v o lv i n g a v a r i e d t e c h n i c a l o r s p e c i a l i z e d v o c a b u l a r y s u c h a s l e g a l
b r ie f s o r r e p o r t s on s c ie n tif ic r e s e a r c h a r e n o t in c lu d e d . A w o r k e r w ho ta k e s d ic ta tio n in s h o r t
h a n d o r b y S te n o ty p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h i n e i s c l a s s i f i e d a s a s t e n o g r a p h e r , g e n e r a l .
T Y P IS T
U s e s a t y p e w r i t e r to m a k e c o p i e s o f v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l o r t o m a k e o u t b i l l s a f t e r c a l c u l a
t i o n s h a v e b e e n m a d e b y a n o t h e r p e r s o n . M a y i n c l u d e ty p in g o f s t e n c i l s , m a t s , o r s i m i l a r m a t e
r i a l s f o r u s e in d u p l i c a t i n g p r o c e s s e s . M a y d o c l e r i c a l w o r k in v o lv i n g l i t t l e s p e c i a l t r a i n i n g , s u c h
a s k e e p in g s i m p l e r e c o r d s , f i l i n g r e c o r d s a n d r e p o r t s , o r s o r t i n g a n d d i s t r i b u t i n g in c o m i n g m a i l .
C l a s s A . P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : T y p in g m a t e r i a l in f i n a l f o r m w h e n it
i n v o lv e s c o m b i n i n g m a t e r i a l f r o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s o r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g ,
s y lla b ic a tio n , p u n c tu a tio n , e tc ., of te c h n ic a l o r u n u s u a l w o r d s o r f o r e ig n la n g u a g e m a t e r i a l;
a n d p la n n in g la y o u t a n d ty p in g of c o m p lic a te d s ta t i s t i c a l ta b le s to m a in ta in u n ifo r m ity a n d
b a l a n c e in s p a c i n g .
M a y ty p e r o u t i n e f o r m l e t t e r s v a r y i n g d e t a i l s t o s u i t c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
C l a s s B . P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e o f t h e f o llo w in g : C o p y t y p in g f r o m r o u g h o r c l e a r d r a f t s ;
r o u t i n e t y p in g o f f o r m s , i n s u r a n c e p o l i c i e s , e t c . ; a n d s e t t i n g u p s i m p l e s t a n d a r d t a b u l a t i o n s ,
o r c o p y in g m o r e c o m p l e x t a b l e s a l r e a d y s e t u p a n d s p a c e d p r o p e r l y .
PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
D R A F T S M A N — C o n tin u e d
D R A FTSM A N
C l a s s A . P l a n s t h e g r a p h i c p r e s e n t a t i o n o f c o m p l e x i t e m s h a v in g d i s t i n c t i v e d e s i g n
f e a t u r e s t h a t d iff e r s ig n if ic a n tly f ro m e s ta b lis h e d d r a f tin g p r e c e d e n ts . W o rk s in c lo s e s u p
p o r t w ith th e d e s ig n o r ig i n a to r , a n d m a y r e c o m m e n d m in o r d e s ig n c h a n g e s . A n a ly z e s th e
e ffe c t of e a c h c h a n g e on th e d e ta ils of f o r m , fu n c tio n , an d p o s itio n a l r e la tio n s h ip s of c o m
p o n e n ts a n d p a r t s .
W o rk s w ith a m in im u m of s u p e r v i s o r y a s s i s ta n c e .
C o m p le t e d w o r k i s
re v ie w e d b y d e s ig n o r ig i n a to r f o r c o n s is te n c y w ith p r io r e n g in e e r in g d e te r m in a tio n s .
M ay
e ith e r p r e p a r e d r a w in g s , o r d i r e c t t h e i r p r e p a r a tio n b y lo w e r le v e l d r a f ts m e n .
C la s s B . P e r f o r m s n o n r o u tin e a n d c o m p le x d r a f tin g a s s ig n m e n ts th a t r e q u i r e th e a p p li
c a t i o n o f m o s t o f t h e s t a n d a r d i z e d d r a w in g t e c h n i q u e s r e g u l a r l y u s e d .
D u tie s ty p ic a lly in
v o lv e s u c h w o r k a s :
P r e p a r e s w o r k in g d r a w in g s of s u b a s s e m b li e s w ith i r r e g u l a r s h a p e s ,
m u ltip le fu n c tio n s , a n d p r e c i s e p o s itio n a l r e la tio n s h ip s b e tw e e n c o m p o n e n ts : p r e p a r e s a r c h i
t e c t u r a l d r a w i n g s f o r c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a b u i ld i n g in c l u d i n g d e t a i l d r a w i n g s o f f o u n d a t i o n s , w a l l
s e c t i o n s , f lo o r p la n s , a n d r o o f. U s e s a c c e p te d f o r m u la s a n d m a n u a ls in m a k in g n e c e s s a r y
c o m p u t a t i o n s to d e t e r m i n e q u a n t i t i e s o f m a t e r i a l s t o b e u s e d , l o a d c a p a c i t i e s , s t r e n g t h s ,
s t r e s s e s , e tc .
R e c e i v e s i n i t i a l i n s t r u c t i o n s , r e q u i r e m e n t s , a n d a d v ic e f r o m s u p e r v i s o r .
C o m p le t e d w o r k i s c h e c k e d f o r t e c h n i c a l a d e q u a c y .
C la s s C . P r e p a r e s d e ta il d r a w in g s of s in g le u n its o r p a r t s f o r e n g in e e r in g , c o n s tr u c tio n ,
m a n u f a c tu r in g , o r r e p a i r p u r p o s e s . T y p e s of d r a w in g s p r e p a r e d in c lu d e i s o m e tr i c p r o je c tio n s
( d e p i c ti n g t h r e e d i m e n s i o n s in a c c u r a t e s c a l e ) a n d s e c t i o n a l v i e w s to c l a r i f y p o s i t i o n i n g o f
c o m p o n e n ts a n d c o n v e y n e e d e d in fo r m a tio n . C o n s o lid a te s d e ta ils f ro m a n u m b e r of s o u r c e s
a n d a d ju s ts o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a le a s r e q u ir e d .
S u g g e s te d m e th o d s of a p p ro a c h , a p p lic a b le
p r e c e d e n ts , a n d a d v ic e o n s o u r c e m a t e r i a l s a r e g iv e n w ith in itia l a s s ig n m e n ts .
In stru c tio n s
a r e l e s s c o m p le te w h e n a s s ig n m e n ts r e c u r .
W o rk m a y be s p o t- c h e c k e d d u r in g p r o g r e s s .
DRAFTSM AN- TRA CER
C o p i e s p l a n s a n d d r a w i n g s p r e p a r e d b y o t h e r s b y p l a c i n g t r a c i n g c lo t h o r p a p e r o v e r
d ra w in g s a n d t r a c in g w ith p e n o r p e n c il.
(D o e s n o t in c lu d e t r a c in g lim it e d to p la n s p r i m a r i l y
c o n s i s t i n g o f s t r a i g h t l i n e s a n d a l a r g e s c a l e n o t r e q u i r i n g c l o s e d e l i n e a t i o n .)
a n d /o r
P r e p a r e s s im p le o r r e p e titiv e
d u r in g p r o g r e s s .
NU RSE,
d r a w in g s of e a s i l y v is u a liz e d i te m s .
W o rk i s c l o s e l y s u p e r v i s e d
IN D U S T R IA L ( R E G IS T E R E D )
A r e g i s t e r e d n u r s e w ho g iv e s n u r s in g s e r v i c e u n d e r g e n e r a l m e d ic a l
d ir e c ti o n to ill o r
in ju r e d
e m p lo y e e s o r o th e r p e r s o n s w ho b e c o m e i ll o r s u ff e r a n a c c id e n t o n th e p r e m i s e s o f a
f a c t o r y o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t . D u t i e s in v o lv e a c o m b i n a t i o n o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : G iv in g f i r s t a id
t o t h e i l l o r i n j u r e d ; a t t e n d i n g t o s u b s e q u e n t d r e s s i n g o f e m p l o y e e s ' i n j u r i e s ; k e e p in g r e c o r d s
o f p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d ; p r e p a r i n g a c c i d e n t r e p o r t s f o r c o m p e n s a t i o n o r o t h e r p u r p o s e s ; a s s i s t i n g in
p h y s ic a l e x a m in a tio n s a n d h e a lth e v a lu a tio n s of a p p lic a n ts a n d e m p lo y e e s ; a n d p la n n in g a n d c a r r y
in g o u t p r o g r a m s in v o lv i n g h e a l t h e d u c a t i o n , a c c i d e n t p r e v e n t i o n , e v a l u a t i o n o f p l a n t e n v i r o n m e n t ,
o r o th e r a c ti v it ie s a ff e c tin g th e h e a lth , w e l f a r e , a n d s a f e ty o f a ll p e r s o n n e l.
MAINTENANCE AND POWERPLANT
CA RPENTER,
M A IN T E N A N C E
P e r f o r m s t h e c a r p e n t r y d u t i e s n e c e s s a r y t o c o n s t r u c t a n d m a i n t a i n i n g o o d r e p a i r b u i ld i n g
w o o d w o r k a n d e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s b i n s , c r i b s , c o u n t e r s , b e n c h e s , p a r t i t i o n s , d o o r s , f l o o r s , s t a i r s ,
c a s i n g s , a n d t r i m m a d e o f w o o d i n a ji e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W o rk i n v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o llo w in g :
P la n
n in g a n d l a y i n g o u t o f w o r k f r o m b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , m o d e l s , o r v e r b a l i n s t r u c t i o n s u s i n g a
v a r i e ty o f c a r p e n te r * s h a n d to o ls , p o r ta b le p o w e r to o ls , a n d s ta n d a r d m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ;
CA RPENTER,
M A IN T E N A N C E — C o n tin u e d
m a k in g s ta n d a r d sh o p c o m p u ta tio n s r e la tin g to d im e n s io n s of w o rk ; a n d s e le c tin g m a t e r i a l s n e c e s
s a r y fo r th e w o rk .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o rk of th e m a in te n a n c e c a r p e n t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n
in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d
e x p e rie n c e .
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E L E C T R IC IA N , M A IN T E N A N C E
M E C H A N IC , A U T O M O T IV E (M A IN T E N A N C E )— C o n tin u e d
P e r f o r m s a v a r i e ty of e l e c t r i c a l t r a d e f u n c tio n s s u c h a s th e i n s ta lla tio n , m a in te n a n c e ,
o r r e p a i r of e q u ip m e n t f o r t h e g e n e r a t i o n , d i s t r i b u t i o n , o r u t i l i z a t i o n o f e l e c t r i c e n e r g y in a n
e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W o r k i n v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : I n s t a l l i n g o r r e p a i r i n g a n y o f a v a r i e t y o f
e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w i t c h b o a r d s , c o n t r o l l e r s , c i r c u i t b r e a k
e r s , m o t o r s , h e a t i n g u n i t s , c o n d u it s y s t e m s , o r o t h e r t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u ip m e n t; w o r k i n g f r o m
b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , l a y o u t s , o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; l o c a t i n g a n d d i a g n o s i n g t r o u b l e in t h e
e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m o r e q u ip m e n t; w o r k i n g s t a n d a r d c o m p u t a ti o n s r e l a t i n g t o l o a d r e q u i r e m e n t s o f
w i r i n g o r e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t; a n d u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c i a n ' s h a n d to o l s a n d m e a s u r i n g a n d
te s tin g in s tr u m e n ts . In g e n e r a l, th e w o rk of th e m a in te n a n c e e le c t r i c ia n r e q u i r e s ro u n d e d t r a i n
in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d
e x p e rie n c e .
t h e v a r i o u s a s s e m b l i e s i n t h e v e h i c l e a n d m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y a d j u s t m e n t s ; a n d a li n i n g w h e e l s ,
a d ju s tin g b r a k e s a n d lig h t s , o r tig h te n in g b o d y b o lts .
In g e n e r a l , t h e w o r k o f t h e a u to m o t iv e
m e c h a n ic r e q u i r e s ro u n d e d tr a in in g an d e x p e rie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o rm a l a p p re n
t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
E N G I N E E R , S T A T IO N A R Y
O p e r a t e s a n d m a i n t a i n s a n d m a y a l s o s u p e r v i s e t h e o p e r a t i o n o f s t a t i o n a r y e n g in e s a n d
e q u ip m e n t ( m e c h a n i c a l o r e l e c t r i c a l ) t o s u p p ly t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t i n w h i c h e m p l o y e d w i t h p o w e r ,
h e a t, r e f r ig e r a ti o n , o r a ir - c o n d itio n in g .
W o rk i n v o lv e s :
O p e r a t i n g a n d m a i n t a i n i n g e q u ip m e n t
s u c h a s s te a m e n g in e s , a i r c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , m o to r s , t u r b i n e s , v e n tila tin g a n d r e f r i g
e r a t i n g e q u ip m e n t, s t e a m b o i l e r s a n d b o i l e r - f e d w a t e r p u m p s ; m a k i n g e q u ip m e n t r e p a i r s ; a n d
k e e p in g a r e c o r d o f o p e r a t i o n o f m a c h i n e r y , t e m p e r a t u r e , a n d f u e l c o n s u m p t i o n . M a y a l s o s u
p e rv is e th e s e o p e ra tio n s .
H e a d o r c h ie f e n g i n e e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g m o r e t h a n o n e
e n g in e e r a r e e x c lu d e d .
F I R E M A N , S T A T IO N A R Y B O IL E R
F i r e s s t a t i o n a r y b o i l e r s to f u r n i s h t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h ic h e m p l o y e d w i t h h e a t , p o w e r ,
o r s t e a m . F e e d s f u e l s to f i r e b y h a n d o r o p e r a t e s a m e c h a n i c a l s t o k e r , o r g a s o r o i l b u r n e r ;
a n d c h e c k s w a t e r a n d s a f e t y v a l v e s . M a y c l e a n , o i l , o r a s s i s t i n r e p a i r i n g b o i l e r r o o m e q u ip m e n t.
HELPER,
M A IN T E N A N C E T R A D E S
A s s i s t s o n e o r m o r e w o r k e r s in t h e s k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e t r a d e s , b y p e r f o r m i n g s p e c i f i c
o r g e n e r a l d u t i e s o f l e s s e r s k i l l , s u c h a s k e e p in g a w o r k e r s u p p li e d w i t h m a t e r i a l s a n d t o o l s ;
c le a n i n g . w o r k in g a r e a , m a c h i n e , a n d e q u ip m e n t; a s s i s t i n g j o u r n e y m a n b y h o l d in g m a t e r i a l s o r
to o ls ; a n d p e rf o r m in g o th e r u n s k ille d t a s k s a s d ir e c te d b y jo u rn e y m a n .
T h e k in d of w o r k th e
h e l p e r i s p e r m i t t e d to p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m t r a d e t o t r a d e :
In s o m e tr a d e s th e h e lp e r is c o n
f in e d t o s u p p ly i n g , l i f t i n g , a n d h o l d in g m a t e r i a l s a n d t o o l s a n d c l e a n i n g w o r k i n g a r e a s ; a n d in
o th e r s he is p e r m itte d to p e r f o r m s p e c ia liz e d m a c h in e o p e ra tio n s , o r p a r t s of a t r a d e th a t a r e
a ls o p e rf o r m e d b y w o r k e r s on a f u ll- tim e b a s is .
M A C H IN E -T O O L O P E R A T O R ,
TOOLROOM
S p e c ia liz e s in th e o p e ra tio n of o ne o r m o re ty p e s of m a c h in e to o ls , s u c h a s jig b o r e r s ,
c y l i n d r i c a l o r s u r f a c e g r i n d e r s , e n g in e l a t h e s , o r m i l l i n g m a c h i n e s , i n t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f
m a c h i n e - s h o p t o o l s , g a g e s , j i g s , f i x t u r e s , o r d i e s . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : P l a n
n in g a n d p e r f o r m i n g d i f f ic u l t m a c h i n in g o p e r a t i o n s ; p r o c e s s i n g i t e m s r e q u i r i n g c o m p l i c a t e d s e t u p s
o r a h ig h d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; s e l e c t i n g f e e d s ,
s p e e d s , t o o l i n g , a n d o p e r a t i o n s e q u e n c e ; a n d m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y a d j u s t m e n t s d u r i n g o p e r a t i o n to
a c h ie v e r e q u i s i t e t o l e r a n c e s o r d i m e n s i o n s . M a y b e r e q u i r e d t o r e c o g n i z e w h e n t o o l s n e e d d r e s s
in g , to d r e s s t o o l s , a n d to s e l e c t p r o p e r c o o la n t s a n d c u tt i n g a n d l u b r i c a t i n g o i l s . F o r c r o s s
i n d u s t r y w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , m a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r s , t o o l r o o m , in t o o l a n d d i e j o b b in g s h o p s
a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m t h i s c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .
M A C H IN IS T , M A IN T E N A N C E
P r o d u c e s r e p l a c e m e n t p a r t s a n d n e w p a r t s in m a k i n g r e p a i r s o f m e t a l p a r t s o f m e c h a n
i c a l e q u ip m e n t o p e r a t e d i n a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : I n t e r p r e t i n g
w r i t t e n i n s t r u c t i o n s a n d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; p la n n i n g a n d l a y i n g o u t o f w o r k ; u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f m a
c h i n i s t 's h a n d to o l s a n d p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; s e t t i n g u p a n d o p e r a t i n g s t a n d a r d m a c h i n e
t o o l s ; s h a p in g o f m e t a l p a r t s t o c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; m a k i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a ti o n s r e l a t i n g t o
d i m e n s i o n s o f w o r k , t o o l i n g , f e e d s , a n d s p e e d s o f m a c h i n in g ; k n o w le d g e o f t h e w o r k i n g p r o p e r t i e s
o f t h e c o m m o n m e t a l s ; s e l e c t i n g s t a n d a r d m a t e r i a l s , p a r t s , a n d e q u ip m e n t r e q u i r e d f o r h i s w o r k ;
a n d f i t t i n g a n d a s s e m b l i n g p a r t s in to m e c h a n i c a l e q u ip m e n t.
I n g e n e r a l , t h e m a c h i n i s t 's w o r k
n o r m a lly r e q u i r e s a ro u n d e d tr a in in g in m a c h in e -s h o p p r a c t ic e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o rm a l
a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
M E C H A N IC , A U T O M O T IV E (M A IN T E N A N C E )
R e p a ir s a u to m o b ile s , b u s e s , m o to r tr u c k s , a n d t r a c t o r s of a n e s ta b lis h m e n t. W o rk in
v o l v e s m o s t o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : E x a m in i n g a u to m o t iv e e q u ip m e n t t o d i a g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b l e ;
d i s a s s e m b l i n g e q u ip m e n t a n d p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s t h a t in v o lv e t h e u s e o f s u c h h a n d to o l s a s
w r e n c h e s , g a g e s , d r i l l s , o r s p e c i a l i z e d e q u ip m e n t i n d i s a s s e m b l i n g o r f i t t i n g p a r t s ; r e p l a c i n g
b r o k e n o r d e f e c t i v e p a r t s f r o m s t o c k ; g r i n d i n g a n d a d j u s t i n g " v a lv e s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g a n d i n s t a l l i n g
M E C H A N IC , M A IN T E N A N C E
R e p a i r s m a c h i n e r y o r m e c h a n i c a l e q u ip m e n t o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W o rk i n v o lv e s m o s t
o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : E x a m in i n g m a c h i n e s a n d m e c h a n i c a l e q u ip m e n t t o d i a g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b l e ;
d i s m a n t l i n g o r p a r t l y d i s m a n t l i n g m a c h i n e s a n d p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s t h a t m a i n l y in v o lv e t h e u s e
o f h a n d to o ls in s c r a p in g a n d f ittin g p a r t s ; r e p la c in g b r o k e n o r d e fe c tiv e p a r t s w ith ite m s o b ta in e d
f r o m s t o c k ; o r d e r i n g t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f a r e p l a c e m e n t p a r t b y a m a c h i n e s h o p o r s e n d in g o f t h e
m a c h in e to a m a c h in e sh o p fo r m a jo r r e p a i r s ; p r e p a r in g w r itte n s p e c if ic a tio n s f o r m a jo r r e p a i r s
o r f o r t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f p a r t s o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h i n e s h o p ; r e a s s e m b l i n g m a c h i n e s ; a n d m a k in g
a ll n e c e s s a r y a d ju s tm e n ts f o r o p e ra tio n .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o rk of a m a in te n a n c e m e c h a n ic r e
q u ir e s ro u n d e d tr a in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o rm a l a p p re n tic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t t r a i n in g a n d e x p e r ie n c e . E x c lu d e d f r o m th is c la s s if i c a t io n a r e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r im a r y
d u t i e s in v o lv e s e t t i n g u p o r a d j u s t i n g m a c h i n e s .
M IL L W R IG H T
I n s t a l l s n e w m a c h i n e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m e n t, a n d d i s m a n t l e s a n d i n s t a l l s m a c h i n e s o r
h e a v y e q u ip m e n t w h e n c h a n g e s i n t h e p l a n t l a y o u t a r e r e q u i r e d . W o r k i n v o lv e s m o s t o f t h e f o l
l o w i n g : P l a n n i n g a n d l a y i n g o u t o f t h e w o r k ; i n t e r p r e t i n g b l u e p r i n t s o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u s in g
a v a r i e t y o f h a n d to o l s a n d r ig g i n g ; m a k i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a ti o n s r e l a t i n g to s t r e s s e s ,
s t r e n g t h o f m a t e r i a l s , a n d c e n t e r s o f g r a v i t y ; a l i n i n g a n d b a l a n c i n g o f e q u ip m e n t; s e l e c t i n g s t a n d
a r d t o o l s , e q u i p m e n t , a n d p a r t s to b e u s e d ; a n d i n s t a l l i n g a n d m a i n t a i n i n g i n g o o d o r d e r p o w e r
t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s d r i v e s a n d s p e e d r e d u c e r s .
I n g e n e r a l , t h e m i l l w r i g h t 's w o r k
n o r m a l l y r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e in t h e t r a d e a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l
a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e .
O IL E R
L u b r ic a t e s , w ith o il o r g r e a s e ,
e q u ip m e n t o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
P A IN T E R ,
th e
m o v in g p a r t s
o r w e a r in g s u r f a c e s
of m e c h a n ic a l
M A IN T E N A N C E
P a in ts and r e d e c o r a te s w a lls , w o o d w o rk , an d fix tu re s of an e s ta b lis h m e n t.
W o rk in
v o l v e s t h e f o ll o w i n g : K n o w le d g e o f s u r f a c e p e c u l i a r i t i e s a n d t y p e s o f p a i n t r e q u i r e d f o r d i f f e r e n t
a p p l i c a t i o n s ; p r e p a r i n g s u r f a c e f o r p a in t i n g b y r e m o v i n g o ld f i n i s h o r b y p l a c i n g p u t ty o r f i l l e r
in n a i l h o l e s a n d i n t e r s t i c e s ; a n d a p p ly in g p a in t w i t h s p r a y g u n o r b r u s h . M a y m i x c o l o r s , o i l s ,
w h i t e l e a d , a n d o t h e r p a in t i n g r e d i e n t s t o o b t a i n p r o p e r c o l o r o r c o n s i s t e n c y .
In g e n e r a l , th e
w o rk of th e m a in te n a n c e p a in te r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n in g a n d e x p e rie n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h
a f o r m a l a p p r e n tic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e .
P IP E F IT T E R ,
M A IN T E N A N C E
I n s t a l l s o r r e p a i r s w a t e r , s t e a m , g a s , o r o t h e r t y p e s o f p ip e a n d p i p e f i t t i n g s i n a n
e s ta b lis h m e n t.
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c a te p o s i t i o n o f p ip e f r o m d r a w i n g s o r o t h e r w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; c u tt i n g v a r i o u s s i z e s o f p ip e
to c o r r e c t l e n g t h s w i t h c h i s e l a n d h a m m e r o r o x y a c e t y l e n e t o r c h o r p i p e - c u t t i n g m a c h i n e ; t h r e a d
in g p ip e w i t h s t o c k s a n d d i e s ; b e n d in g p i p e b y h a n d - d r i v e n o r p o w e r - d r i v e n m a c h i n e s ; a s s e m b l i n g
p i p e w i t h c o u p li n g s a n d f a s t e n i n g p ip e to h a n g e r s ; m a k i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g
to p r e s s u r e s , f lo w , a n d s i z e o f p i p e r e q u i r e d ; a n d m a k i n g s t a n d a r d t e s t s t o d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r
f in is h e d p ip e s m e e t s p e c if ic a tio n s .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k of th e m a in te n a n c e p i p e f i tt e r r e q u i r e s
r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t
t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e . W o r k e r s p r i m a r i l y e n g a g e d in i n s t a l l i n g a n d r e p a i r i n g b u i ld i n g s a n i t a
tio n o r h e a tin g s y s te m s a r e e x c lu d e d .
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M A IN T E N A N C E
K e e p s t h e p lu m b i n g s y s t e m o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t in g o o d o r d e r . W ork^ i n v o l v e s : K n o w le d g e
o f s a n i t a r y c o d e s r e g a r d i n g i n s t a l l a t i o n o f v e n ts a n d t r a p s in p lu m b i n g s y s t e m ; i n s t a l l i n g o r r e
p a i r i n g p i p e s a n d f i x t u r e s ; ''a n d o p e n in g c lo g g e d d r a i n s w i t h a p l u n g e r o r p l u m b e r 's s n a k e . In
g e n e r a l, th e w o r k of th e m a in te n a n c e p lu m b e r r e q u i r e s ro u n d e d t r a in in g a n d e x p e r ie n c e u s u a lly
a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e .
S H E E T -M E T A L W O R K E R ,
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t u r e s (su c h a s m a c h in e g u a r d s , g r e a s e p a n s , s h e lv e s , l o c k e r s , ta n k s , v e n ti l a t o r s , c h u te s , d u c ts ,
m e t a l r o o f in g ) o f a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
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o ut a ll ty p e s of s h e e t- m e ta l m a in te n a n c e w o rk f ro m b lu e p r in ts , m o d e ls , ox o th e r s p e c if ic a tio n s ;
s e ttin g u p a n d o p e ra tin g a ll a v a ila b le ty p e s of s h e e t - m e t a l w o rk in g m a c h in e s ; u s in g a v a r i e ty of
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h a n d to o l s in c u tt i n g , b e n d in g , f o r m i n g , s h a p in g , f i t t i n g , a n d a s s e m b l i n g ; a n d i n s t a l l i n g s h e e t m e t a l a r t i c l e s a s r e q u i r e d . In g e n e r a l , t h e w o r k o f t h e m a i n t e n a n c e s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u i r e s
r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a l e n t
tra in in g an d e x p e rie n c e .
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(D ie m a k e r ; j i g m a k e r ; t o o l m a k e r ; f i x t u r e m a k e r ; g a g e m a k e r )
C o n s tru c ts a n d r e p a i r s m a c h in e -s h o p to o ls , g a g e s , jig s , f ix tu r e s o r d ie s fo r f o rg in g s ,
p u n c h in g , a n d o t h e r m e t a l - f o r m i n g w o r k .
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la y in g o u t of w o r k f ro m m o d e ls , b l u e p r in ts , d r a w in g s , o r o th e r o r a l a n d w r itte n s p e c if ic a tio n s ;
u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f to o l a n d d i e m a k e r 's h a n d to o l s a n d p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; u n d e r
s t a n d i n g o f t h e w o r k i n g p r o p e r t i e s of c o m m o n m e t a l s a n d a l l o y s ; s e t t i n g u p a n d o p e r a t i n g of
m a c h i n e t o o l s a n d r e l a t e d e q u ip m e n t; m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y s h o p c o m p u t a ti o n s r e l a t i n g to d i m e n s i o n s
o f w o r k , s p e e d s , f e e d s , a n d t o o li n g o f m a c h i n e s ; h e a t - t r e a t i n g o f m e t a l p a r t s d u r i n g f a b r i c a t i o n
a s w e ll a s of fin is h e d to o ls a n d d ie s to a c h ie v e r e q u i r e d q u a litie s ; w o rk in g to c lo s e to le r a n c e s ;
f i t t i n g a n d a s s e m b l i n g o f p a r t s to p r e s c r i b e d t o l e r a n c e s a n d a l l o w a n c e s ; a n d s e l e c t i n g a p p r o p r i a t e
m a t e r i a l s , t o o l s , a n d p r o c e s s e s . In g e n e r a l , t h e to o l a n d d ie m a k e r 's w o r k r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d
t r a i n i n g in m a c h i n e - s h o p a n d t o o l r o o m p r a c t i c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p
o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e .
F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s ,
s h o p s a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m t h i s c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .
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o r d e r , u s in g a r m s o r f o r c e w h e r e n e c e s s a r y .
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a n d c h e c k on id e n tity of e m p lo y e e s a n d o th e r p e r s o n s e n te r in g .
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th e f t, a n d ille g a l e n try .
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m e n ts of m e r c h a n d is e o r o th e r m a t e r i a ls .
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p r o c e d u r e s , p r a c t ic e s , r o u te s , a v a ila b le m e a n s of t r a n s p o r ta tio n , and r a te ; a n d p r e p a r in g r e c
o r d s o f t h e g o o d s s h ip p e d , m a k i n g u p b i l l s o f l a d i n g , p o s ti n g w e ig h t a n d s h ip p i n g c h a r g e s , a n d
k e e p in g a f i l e o f s h ip p i n g r e c o r d s . M a y d i r e c t o r a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g t h e m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h i p
m e n t.
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s h ip m e n ts a g a in s t b i ll s of la d in g , in v o ic e s , o r o th e r r e c o r d s ; c h e c k in g f o r s h o r t a g e s a n d r e j e c ti n g
d a m a g e d g o o d s ; r o u t i n g m e r c h a n d i s e o r m a t e r i a l s to p r o p e r d e p a r t m e n t s ; a n d m a i n t a i n i n g n e c e s
s a ry r e c o r d s and file s .
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p r e m i s e s o f a n o f f i c e , a p a r t m e n t h o u s e , o r c o m m e r c i a l o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t . D u t i e s in v o lv e
a c o m b i n a ti o n o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : S w e e p i n g , m o p p in g o r s c r u b b i n g , a n d p o l is h in g f l o o r s ; r e m o v i n g
c h i p s , t r a s h , a n d o t h e r r e f u s e ; d u s ti n g e q u i p m e n t , f u r n i t u r e , o r f i x t u r e s ; p o l i s h i n g m e t a l f i x t u r e s
o r t r i m m i n g s ; p r o v id i n g s u p p l i e s a n d m i n o r m a i n t e n a n c e s e r v i c e s ; a n d c le a n i n g l a v a t o r i e s , s h o w
e r s , a n d r e s t r o o m s . W o r k e r s w h o s p e c i a l i z e in w in d o w w a s h i n g a r e e x c l u d e d .
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h o u s e m a n o r w a r e h o u s e h e lp e r )
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w h o s e d u t i e s i n v o lv e o n e o r m o r e o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : L o a d i n g a n d u n l o a d i n g v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l s a n d
m e r c h a n d i s e o n o r f r o m f r e i g h t c a r s , t r u c k s , o r o t h e r t r a n s p o r t i n g d e v i c e s ; u n p a c k in g , s h e lv i n g ,
o r p l a c i n g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d i s e in p r o p e r s t o r a g e l o c a t i o n ; a n d t r a n s p o r t i n g m a t e r i a l s o r
m e r c h a n d is e b y h a n d tr u c k , c a r , o r w h e e lb a r r o w . L o n g s h o r e m e n , w ho lo a d a n d u n lo a d s h ip s a r e
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D r i v e s a t r u c k w i t h i n a c i t y o r i n d u s t r i a l a r e a to t r a n s p o r t m a t e r i a l s , m e r c h a n d i s e ,
e q u i p m e n t , o r m e n b e t w e e n v a r i o u s t y p e s o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s u c h a s : M a n u f a c tu r i n g p l a n t s , f r e i g h t
d e p o t s , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o l e s a l e a n d r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , o r b e tw e e n r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d
c u s to m e rs * h o u s e s o r p la c e s of b u s in e s s . M ay a ls o lo a d o r u n lo a d tr u c k w ith o r w ith o u t h e lp e r s ,
m a k e m in o r m e c h a n ic a l r e p a i r s , a n d k e e p tr u c k in good w o rk in g o r d e r .
D r iv e r - s a le s m e n and
o v e r - t h e - r o a d d r iv e r s a r e e x c lu d e d .
F o r w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , t r u c k d r i v e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d b y s i z e a n d t y p e o f e q u i p m e n t ,
a s f o ll o w s ;
( T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r s h o u ld b e r a t e d o n t h e b a s i s o f t r a i l e r c a p a c i t y . )
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( O r d e r p i c k e r ; s to c k s e l e c t o r ; w a r e h o u s e
s to c k m a n )
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a n c e w ith s p e c if ic a tio n s on s a le s s li p s , c u s to m e rs * o r d e r s , o r o th e r i n s t r u c t i o n s . M a y , in a d d itio n
to f i l l i n g o r d e r s a n d i n d i c a t i n g i t e m s f i l l e d o r o m i t t e d , k e e p r e c o r d s o f o u tg o in g o r d e r s , r e q u i
s i t i o n a d d i t i o n a l s to c k o r r e p o r t s h o r t s u p p l i e s t o s u p e r v i s o r , a n d p e r f o r m o t h e r r e l a t e d d u t i e s .
T r u c k d r iv e r (c o m b in a tio n of s iz e s l is te d s e p a r a te ly )
T r u c k d r i v e r , l ig h t ( u n d e r IV 2 to n s )
T r u c k d r i v e r , m e d i u m (lV 2 to a n d in c l u d i n g 4 t o n s )
T r u c k d r i v e r , h e a v y ( o v e r 4 t o n s , t r a i l e r ty p e )
T r u c k d r i v e r , h e a v y ( o v e r 4 t o n s , o t h e r t h a n t r a i l e r ty p e )
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t a i n e r s , t h e s p e c i f i c o p e r a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d b e in g d e p e n d e n t u p o n t h e t y p e , s i z e , a n d n u m b e r o f
u n i t s to b e p a c k e d , t h e ty p e o f c o n t a i n e r e m p l o y e d , a n d m e t h o d o f s h i p m e n t . W o rk r e q u i r e s t h e
p l a c i n g of i t e m s in s h ip p i n g c o n t a i n e r s a n d m a y i n v o lv e o n e o r m o r e o f t h e f o ll o w i n g : K n o w l
e d g e o f v a r i o u s i t e m s o f s t o c k in o r d e r t o v e r i f y c o n te n t ; s e l e c t i o n o f a p p r o p r i a t e t y p e a n d s i z e
o f c o n t a i n e r ; i n s e r t i n g e n c l o s u r e s in c o n t a i n e r ; u s in g e x c e l s i o r o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l to p r e v e n t
b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e ; c lo s i n g a n d s e a l i n g c o n t a i n e r ; a n d a p p ly i n g l a b e l s o r e n t e r i n g i d e n t i f y i n g
d a ta o n c o n ta i n e r . P a c k e r s w h o a ls o m a k e w o o d e n b o x e s o r c r a t e s a r e e x c lu d e d .
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m a t e r i a l s o f a ll k in d s a b o u t a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u f a c tu r in g p la n t, o r o th e r
F o r w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s a ;re c l a s s i f i e d b y t y p e o f t r u c k , a s f o llo w s :
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p o w e r (o th e r th a n f o rk lif t)
Area Wage Surveys
A l i s t of t h e l a t e s t a v a i l a b l e b u l l e t i n s i s p r e s e n t e d b e lo w . A d i r e c t o r y of a r e a w a g e s t u d i e s i n c l u d i n g m o r e l i m i t e d s t u d i e s c o n d u c t e d a t th e
r e q u e s t of th e W a g e a n d H o u r a n d P u b l i c C o n t r a c t s D iv i s i o n s of th e D e p a r t m e n t of L a b o r is a v a i l a b l e on r e q u e s t . B u l l e t i n s m a y b e p u r c h a s e d f r o m
th e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of D o c u m e n t s , U .S. G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t i n g O f f i c e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . , 2 0 4 0 2 , o r f r o m a n y of th e B L S r e g i o n a l s a l e s o f f i c e s s h o w n on
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A k r o n , O h i o , J u l y 1 9 6 9 1 ___________________________________
A l b a n y —S c h e n e c t a d y —T r o y , N . Y . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 1__________
A l b u q u e r q u e , N . M e x . , A p r . 1 9 6 9 _________________________
A l l e n t o w n — e t h l e h e m —E a s t o n , P a . —N . J . , M a y 1 9 6 9 ____
B
A t l a n t a , G a . , M a y 1 9 6 9 ____________________________________
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B e a u m o n t — o r t A r t h u i —O r a n g e , T e x . , M a y 19 6 9 1_____
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B i n g h a m t o n , N . Y . , J u l y 1 9 6 9 ______________________________
B i r m i n g h a m , A l a . , A p r . 196 9 1 ___________________________
B o i s e C i t y , I d a h o , J u l y 1 9 6 8 1 ____________________________
B o s t o n , M a s s . , S e p t . 1 9 6 8 1 _______________________________
B u f f a l o , N . Y . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 1 _________________________________
B u r l i n g t o n , V t . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 1 ______________________________
C a n t o n , O h i o , M a y 19 6 9 ___________________________________
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C o l u m b u s , O h i o , O c t . 1 9 6 8 1 ______________________________
D a l l a s , T e x . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 1 __________________________________
D a v e n p o r t — o c k I s l a n d — o l i n e , I o w a —111.,
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O c t . 1 9 6 8 ____________________________________________________
D a y t o n , O h i o , J a n . 1 9 6 9 1 __________________________________
D e n v e r , C o l o . , D e c . 1 9 6 8 __________________________________
D e s M o i n e s , I o w a , M a r . 1 9 6 9 _____________________________
D e t r o i t , M i c h . , J a n . 19 6 9 1 ________________________________
F o r t W o r t h , T e x . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 1____________________________
G r e e n B a y , W i s . , J u l y 1 9 6 9 _______________________________
G r e e n v i l l e , S . C . , M a y 196 9 1---------------------------------------------H o u s t o n , T e x . , M a y 1 9 6 9 1-------------------------------------------------I n d i a n a p o l i s , I n d . , D e c . 1 9 6 8 1------------------------------------------J a c k s o n , M i s s . , F e b . 1 9 6 9 1_______________________________
J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , J a n . 19 6 9 1 -----------------------------------------K a n s a s C i t y , M o . - K a n s , , S e p t . 1 9 6 9 _____________________
L a w r e n c e — a v e r h i l l , M a s s . —N . H . , J u n e 19 6 9 ------ --------H
L i t t l e R o c k ^ N o r t h L i t t l e R o c k , A r k . , J u l y i l 9 6 9 _______
L o s A n g e l e s —L o n g B e a c h a n d A n a h e i m —S a n t a A n a G a r d e n G r o v e , C a l i f . , M a r . 19 6 9 1 _____________________
L o u i s v i l l e , K y . —I n d . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 __________________________
L u b b o c k , T e x . , M a r . 1969 -------------------------------------------------M a n c h e s t e r , N . H . , J u l y 1 9 6 9 ______________________________
M e m p h i s , T e n n . - A r k . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 -------------------------------------M i a m i , F l a . , D e c . 1 9 6 8 1__________________________________
M i d l a n d a n d O d e s s a , T e x . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 ----------------------------M i l w a u k e e , W i s . , A p r . 1 9 6 9 _______________________________
M i n n e a p o l i s —S t . P a u l , M i n n . , J a n . 1 9 6 9 _________________
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1625-67,
1625-86,
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1625-6,
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M u s k e g o n — u s k e g o n H e i g h t s , M i c h . , M a y 1 9 6 9 _______ 1 6 2 5 - 8 0 ,
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N e w a r k a n d J e r s e y C i t y , N . J . , J a n . 1 9 6 9 _______________
N e w H a v e n , C o n n . , J a n . 1 9 6 9 _____________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 3 8 ,
N e w O r l e a n s , L a . , F e b . 19 6 9 1 ___________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 5 1 ,
N e w Y o r k , N . Y . , A p r . 1 9 6 9 ________________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 8 8 ,
N o rfo lk — o r t s m o u t h and N e w p o rt N ew s—
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H a m p t o n , V a . , J u n e 1 9 6 8 ________________________________
1575-85,
O k l a h o m a C i t y , O k l a . , J u l y 1 9 6 8 _________________ ____ ___ 1 6 2 5 - 9 ,
O m a h a , N e b r —I o w a , S e p t . 1 9 6 9 __________________________ 1 6 6 0 r 12 ,
P a t e r s o r r - C l i f t o r r - P a s s a i c , N . J . , M a y 1 9 6 9 _____________ 1 6 2 5 - 8 7 ,
P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a . —N . J . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 _______________________
1625-48,
P h o e n i x , A r i z . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 ________________________________
1625-60,
1625-59,
P i t t s b u r g h , P a . , J a n . 1 9 6 9 ________________________________
P o r t l a n d , M a i n e , N o v . 1 9 6 8 _______________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 2 0 ,
P o r t l a n d , O r e g . - W a s h . , M a y 1 9 6 9 _______________________
1625-76,
P r o v i d e n c e — a w t u c k e t — a r w i c k , R . I . —M a s s .,
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M a y 19 6 9 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 7 4 ,
R a l e i g h , N . C . , A u g . 1 9 6 9 ---------------------------------------------------- 1 6 6 0 - 6 ,
R i c h m o n d , V a . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 ________________________________
1625-69,
R o c h e s t e r , N .Y . (o ffic e o c c u p a t i o n s o n ly ),
J u l y 1 9 6 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 6 6 0 - 4 ,
R o c k f o r d , 111., M a y 1969 __________________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 7 2 ,
S t . L o u i s , M o . —111., M a r . 19 6 9 1__________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 6 4 ,
S a l t L a k e C i t y , U t a h , D e c . 1 9 6 8 _____________ _____________ 1 6 2 5 - 3 6 ,
S a n A n t o n i o , T e x . , J u n e 19 6 9 1 ___________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 8 5 ,
S an B e r n a r d i n o — iv e r sid e— n ta r io , C a lif.,
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O c t . 1 9 6 8 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 2 5 ,
S a n D i e g o , C a l i f . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 ______________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 3 2 ,
S a n F r a n c i s c c r - O a k l a n d , C a l i f . , O c t . 1 9 6 8 _______________ 1 6 2 5 - 4 4 ,
S a n J o s e , C a l i f . , S e p t . 1 9 6 8 _______________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 2 1 ,
S a v a n n a h , G a . , M a y 1 9 6 9 __________________________________
1625-68,
S c r a n t o n , P a . , J u l y 1 9 6 9 __________________________________
1660-15,
S e a t t l e —E v e r e t t , W a s h . , N o v . 1 9 6 8 1 _____________________ 1 6 2 5 - 4 3 ,
S i o u x F a l l s , S. D a k . , O c t . 1 9 6 8 1_________________________
1625-23,
S o u t h B e n d , I n d . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 _______________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 5 5 ,
S p o k a n e , W a s h . , J u n e 196 9 ________________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 8 1 ,
S y r a c u s e , N. Y . , J u l y 1969 ________________________________
1660-13,
T a m p a —S t . P e t e r s b u r g , F l a . , A u g . 19 6 9 1 _______________ 1 6 6 0 - 7,
T o l e d o , O h i o — i c h . , F e b . 19 6 9 1_________________________
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1625-57,
T r e n t o n , N . J . , O c t . 1 9 6 8 1 ________________________________
1625-18,
U t i c a ^ R o m e , N . Y . , J u l y 1 9 6 9 _____________________________ 1 6 6 0 - 1 ,
W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . —M d . —V a . , S e p t . 1 9 6 8 __________________ 1 6 2 5 - 2 2 ,
W a t e r b u r y , C o n n . , M a r . 1 9 6 9 _____________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 5 0 ,
W a t e r l o o , I o w a , N o v . 1 9 6 8 1 _______________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 3 1 ,
W i c h i t a , K a n s . , D e c . 1 9 6 8 _________________________________ 1 6 2 5 - 4 1 ,
W o r c e s t e r , M a s s . , M a y 1 9 6 9 -------------------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 8 4 ,
Y o r k , P a . , F e b . 1 9 6 9 ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 6 2 5 - 5 2 ,
Y o u n g s t o w n - W a r r e n , O h i o , N o v . 1 9 6 8 ___________________ 1 6 2 5 - 3 4 ,
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20212
O F F IC IA L BUSINESS
POSTAGE AND FEES PAID
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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FIRST CLASS M A IL
