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Area Wage Survey
Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah,
Metropolitan Area, November 1976
Bulletin 1900-65
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics




Preface
T h i s b u l l e t i n p r o v i d e s r e s u l t s o f a N o v e m b e r 1976 s u r v e y
o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s in the S a lt L a k e Cit y—O g d e n , Utah, 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 ( D a v i s , Sa lt L a k e , T o o e l e , and
W e b e r C o u n t i e s ) . T h e s u r v e y w a s m a d e a s p a r t o f the B u r e a u o f
L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s ' a nn ua l a r e a w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m , w h i c h is
d e s i g n e d to y i e l d data f o r i n d iv id u a l m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s a s w e l l as
n a t i o n a l and r e g i o n a l e s t i m a t e s f o r a l l S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a ­
t i s t i c a l A r e a s in the U n ite d S t a te s , e x c l u d i n g A l a s k a and H a w a ii.
A m a j o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n in the a r e a w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m
i s the n e e d to d e s c r i b e the l e v e l and m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s in a
v a r i e t y o f l a b o r m a r k e t s , th r o u g h the a n a l y s i s o f (1) the l e v e l
and d i s t r i b u t i o n o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a t i o n , and (2) the m o v e m e n t
o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a t i o n a l c a t e g o r y and s k i l l l e v e l . T h e p r o g r a m
d e v e l o p s i n f o r m a t i o n that m a y b e u s e d f o r m a n y p u r p o s e s , i n ­
c lu d in g w a g e and s a l a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g ,
a n d

a s s i s t a n

c e

i n

d e t e r m

in i n g

p l a n t

lo

c a t i o n

.

S u

r v e y

r e s u

l t s

a l s o

a r e u s e d b y the U .S . D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r to m a k e w a g e d e t e r ­
m i n a t i o n s u n d e r the S e r v i c e C o n t r a c t A c t o f 1965.
C u r r e n t l y , 84 a r e a s a r e i n c l u d e d in the p r o g r a m . (See
l i s t o f a r e a s on i n s i d e b a c k c o v e r . )
In e a c h a r e a , o c c u p a t i o n a l
e a r n i n g s data a r e c o l l e c t e d a n n u a lly .
I n fo rm a tio n on e s t a b l i s h ­
m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p l e m e n t a r y w a g e b e n e f i t s i s o b t a i n e d e v e r y
th ird y e a r.




E a c h y e a r a ft e r all individ ual a r e a w age s u r v e y s have
b e e n c o m p l e t e d , tw o s u m m a r y b u l l e t i n s a r e i s s u e d .
The fir s t
b r i n g s t o g e t h e r data f o r e a c h m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s u r v e y e d ; the
s e c o n d p r e s e n t s n a t i o n a l and r e g i o n a l e s t i m a t e s , p r o j e c t e d f r o m
i n d i v i d u a l m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a da ta .
T h e S a lt L a k e C ity— g d e n s u r v e y w a s c o n d u c t e d b y the
O
B u r e a u ' s r e g i o n a l o f f i c e in K a n s a s C it y , M o . , u n d e r the g e n e r a l
d i r e c t i o n o f E d w a r d C h a ik e n , A s s i s t a n t R e g i o n a l C o m m i s s i o n e r
fo r O perations.
The s u rv e y cou ld not have been a cco m p lis h e d
w ith o u t the c o o p e r a t i o n o f the m a n y f i r m s w h o s e w a g e and s a l a r y
data p r o v i d e d the b a s i s f o r the s t a t i s t i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n in this
b u l l e t i n . T h e B u r e a u w i s h e s to e x p r e s s s i n c e r e a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r
the c o o p e r a t i o n r e c e i v e d .

Note:
R e p o r t s on o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s in the S a lt L a k e C it y—
O g d e n a r e a a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r the m o v i n g and s t o r a g e ( N o v e m b e r
1976) and l a u n d r y and d r y c l e a n i n g ( N o v e m b e r 1976) i n d u s t r i e s .
A l s o a v a i l a b l e a r e l i s t i n g s o f u n io n w a g e r a t e s f o r b u il d in g t r a d e s ,
printing t r a d e s , lo c a l - t r a n s i t op eratin g e m p lo y e e s , lo c a l tr u c k d r i v e r s and h e l p e r s , and g r o c e r y s t o r e e m p l o y e e s . F r e e c o p i e s
o f t h e s e a r e a v a i l a b l e f r o m the B u r e a u ' s r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s .
(See
back c o v e r for a d d re sse s.)

Bulletin 1900-65

Area W age Survey:
Salt Lake C ity-O g d en , Utah,

J a n u a ry 1977

U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R , R a y Marshall, Secretary
B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T I S T I C S , Ju liu s Shiskin, Co m m ission er

Metropolitan Area
November 1976

Contents
I n tr o d u c t io n -------------------------------------------------------------------

Page
2

Page
A p p e n d i x A . S c o p e and m e t h o d o f s u r v e y _________
A p p e n d i x B. O c c u p a t i o n a l d e s c r i p t i o n s ____________

12
15

T ables:
A.

E arnings:
A - l . W eek ly earnings o f o f fic e w o r k e r s ...
A - 2 . W eek ly earnings o f p r o fe s s io n a l
and t e c h n i c a l w o r k e r s _______________
A - 3 . A v e r a g e w eek ly earn ings o f o f fic e ,
p r o f e s s i o n a l , and t e c h n i c a l
w o r k e r s , b y s e x _____________________
A - 4 . H ou rly earnings of m ain ten ance,
t o o l r o o m , and p o w e r p la n t
w o r k e r s ________________________________
A - 5 . H ou rly earnings o f m a t e r ia l
m o v e m e n t and c u s t o d i a l
w o r k e r s ________________________________
A - 6. A v e r a g e h ou rly earnings of
m aintenance, to o l r o o m , p o w e r p la n t, m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t , and
c u s t o d i a l w o r k e r s , b y s e x ___________
A - 7 . P e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s in a v e r a g e
h o u rly earnings fo r se le cte d
o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p s , a d j u s te d
f o r e m p l o y m e n t s h i f t s ________________




3
5

6

7

8

10

11

For s a le by the S u p erin ten d en t o f D o cu m e n ts ,
O ffic e ,

W ash in g ton ,

D. C.

O ffic e s lis te d o n b a c k c o v e r .

1

S u p erin ten d en t o f D o cu m e n ts.

20402,

GPO

U .S .

G o v e rn m e n t Printing

Bookstores,

P r ic e 55 cen ts.

or

BLS

R e g io n a l

M ake c h e c k s p a y a b le to




Introduction
T h is a r e a i s 1 o f 84 in w h i c h th e U.S.
D ep a rtm e n t of L a b o r 's B u reau of L a b o r S tatistics
c o n d u c t s s u r v e y s o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s and r e ­
lated ben efits.
In th is a r e a , data w e r e o b t a i n e d b y
a co m b in a tio n of p e r s o n a l v is it , m a il q u e s t io n n a ir e ,
and teleph on e in te rv ie w .
R epresen ta tive es ta b lis h ­
m e n t s w it h in s i x b r o a d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s w e r e c o n ­
tacted:
M anufacturing; tran sportation , c o m m u n ic a ­
ti o n ,
and o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s ; w h o l e s a l e t r a d e ;
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 , and r e a l e s t a t e ;
and s e r v i c e s .
M a jo r industry groups e x clu d e d f r o m
th ese
s t u d i e s a r e g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a t i o n s and the
c o n s t r u c t i o n and e x t r a c t i v e i n d u s t r i e s .
E stablish ­
m e n t s h a v in g f e w e r than a p r e s c r i b e d n u m b e r o f
w o r k e r s a r e om itted b e c a u s e of in su fficien t e m p lo y ­
m e n t in th e o c c u p a t i o n s s tu d ie d .
S ep arate tabu la­
t i o n s a r e p r o v i d e d f o r e a c h o f the b r o a d i n d u s t r y
d iv is io n s w hich m e e t p u blication crite r ia .

( c ) m a i n t e n a n c e , t o o l r o o m , and p o w e r p l a n t , and (d)
m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t and c u s t o d i a l .
In th e 31 l a r g e s t
s u r v e y a r e a s , tables A - l a through A - 6 a p r o v id e
s i m i l a r data f o r e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g 500 w o r k ­
ers or m ore.
T a b l e A - l p r o v i d e s p e r c e n t c h a n g e s in a v ­
e r a g e hourly ea rn in gs of o ffic e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s ,
e l e c t r o n i c da ta p r o c e s s i n g
w o r k e r s , in du strial
nurses,
sk illed m ain ten ance trad es w o r k e r s ,
and
u n s k i l l e d p la n t w o r k e r s .
W h e r e p o s s i b l e , data a r e
p r e s e n te d fo r all in d u strie s, m anufacturing,
and
n onm anufacturing.
T h is t a b le p r o v i d e s a m e a s u r e o f
w a g e t r e n d s a f t e r e l i m i n a t i o n o f c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e
ea rn in g s c a u se d by e m p lo y m e n t shifts am on g e s t a b ­
lis h m e n t s as w e ll as tu r n o v e r of e s ta b lis h m e n ts in ­
c l u d e d in s u r v e y s a m p l e s .
F o r fu rth er details, see
app end ix A.
A pp end ixes

A - s e r i e s tables
A p p e n d i x A d e s c r i b e s the m e t h o d s a nd c o n ­
c e p t s u s e d in the a r e a w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m and
p r o v i d e s i n f o r m a t i o n on the s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y .

T a b les A - 1 through A -6 p r o v id e estim a tes
o f s tr a ig h t -t im e w e e k ly o r h o u r ly earn ings f o r w o r k ­
e r s in o c c u p a t i o n s c o m m o n to a v a r i e t y o f m a n u ­
f a c t u r i n g and n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s .
O ccupa­
t i o n s w e r e s e l e c t e d f r o m the f o l l o w i n g c a t e g o r i e s :
(a)
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l , (b) p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l ,

A pp end ix B p r o v id e s job d e s c r ip tio n s used
b y B u r e a u f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s to c l a s s i f y w o r k e r s b y
occu pation.

2

A.

Earnings

T able A-1. W e e kly earnings of office w orkers in S alt Lake C ity —O gden, U ta h , N ovem ber 1976
N um ber o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e w e e k ly ea rn in gs o f —

W e e k l y e a r n in g s 1
(sta n d a rd )
N um ber

O c c u p a t io n a n d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n
w orkers

$

A vera ge
w e e k ly

80

h ou rs1
M ean ^

(s ta n d a rd

M e d ia n *

M id d le r a n g e *

$

S

90

$

S
no

100

$

s

120

130

*

140

S

S

150

160

s
170

$
180

$

S

190

200

S

s

S

210

220

230

$

240

T

S

250

260

"5

280

and
under
90

300
and

100

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

210

220

230

2*0

250

260

280

9
2
7
-

l l o

42
13
29
*

74
35
39
5

69
41
28
10

114
35
79
15

115
39
76
5

97
25
72
8

60
27
33
14

55
14
41
13

92
19
73
33

31
11
20
16

36
8
28
6

25
4
21
19

27
7
20
16

22
4
18
9

21
3
18
17

28
12
16
16

-

2
2

-

2
2

8
7

11
1
10
9

4
4
4

8
8
*7

13
4
9
1

4
2
2
2

14
12
2
2

1
1
-

10

•

-

-

10

-

300 o v e r

ALL WORKERS
$

$

SECRETARIES ----------MANUFACTURING ----NONMANUFACTURING ---------PUBLIC UTILITIES -------

934
300
634
211

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

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

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

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

SECRETARIES. CLASS A -----NONMANUFACTURING ----------

55
35

4 0 .0
4 0 .0

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

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

SECRETARIES, CLASS B -----MANUFACTURING --NONMANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES -

218
35
183
59

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

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

SECRETARIES, CLASS C
MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING --PUBLIC UTILITIES

314
74
240
96

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

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

347
171
176

STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL -----MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR MANUFACTURING -----NONMANUFACTURING —

-

1

5

-

-

-

-

1
-

5
-

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

•

•

.

.

-

•

-

-

-

-

-

4
1

-

-

-

4
2

7
5

7
5

9
4

15
11

2
2

1
1

-

2
-

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

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

_
-

.

-

-

-

-

-

3
3

-

-

2
2
-

5
2
3
*

32
2
30
5

32
6
26
-

25
5
20
5

31
14
17
S

14
2
12
5

17
1
16
-

3
3
1

12
2
10
-

6
•
6
6

5
5
5

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

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

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

•
-

1
1
-

5
5
-

19
1
18
-

8
2
6
-

12
9
3
-

28
6
22
-

22
7
15
-

28
8
20
3

12
2
10
9

27
2
25
8

51
10
41
28

16
2
14
14

17
17
6

15
1
14
12

18
5
13
11

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

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

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

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

-

•

2

-

-

-

2

4
2
2

20
12
8

64
33
31

48
27
21

54
27
27

57
24
33

37
10
27

10
9
1

5
5
-

9
4
5

10
9
1

6
6
-

4
3
1

222
25
197
89

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

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

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

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

•

2

24

12

-

-

2
-

24
-

12
-

-

15
4
11
7

21
6

2
1
1
1

25
3
22
12

16

-

32
4
26
16

6

-

27
9
18
8

21

-

23
4
19

6
6

16
16

199
37
162

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

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

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

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

_

1

3

•

-

-

-

1

3

18
18

18
18

26
3
23

41
9
32

16
2
14

17
5
12

6
•
6

4
4

TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE TYPISTS
NONMANUFACTURING ----------

65
40

4 0 .0
3 9 .5

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

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

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

4
4

16
16

5
*

26
11

7
7

*

6
1

TYPISTS, CLASS A ------------MANUFACTURING --- ---------NONMANUFACTURING --- ------

80
31
49

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

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

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

8
8

7
5
2

10
2
8

13
5
8

15
5
10

6
1
5

2
2

2
2

TYPISTS, CLASS B -------MANUFACTURING ---nonmanufacturing -

154
49
105

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

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

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

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

.

7

-

-

7

14
6
8

52
14
38

35
12
23

21
3
18

13
10
3

7
2
5

4
1
3

1
1

-

FILE CLERKS, CLASS B
NONMANUFACTURING -

104
85

4 0 .0
4 0 .0

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

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

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

.

2
2

24
18

37
32

13
6

27
26

1
1

FILE CLERKS, CLASS C

137

4 0 .0

1 0 1 .0 0

1 0 0 .0 0

9 9 .0 0 -1 0 4 .0 0

-

36

90

11

83
80

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

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

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

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

2
2

25
25

26
26

8
6

12
11

3
3

4
4

1
1

1
1

-

109
26
83

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

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

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

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

2

4

-

-

2

4

19
1
18

25
8
17

12
7
5

9
1
8

14
2
12

4
1
3

6
1
5

3
1
2

MESSENGERS
NONMANUFACTURING —
SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS
MANUFACTURING ----NONMANUFACTURING —

-

-

-

•

*
•

-

-

1
1

3
-

3
-

-

* W o r k e r s w e r e at $ 300 to $ 3 2 0 .
See fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s .




3

-

7
6
1

6
•

6

8
-

2

1

4

-

-

-

2

1

4

2

9

6

2
2

9
9

11
10
1

-

•

-

-

-

-

5
2
3

8

1

.

6
6

-

-

-

-

6
•
6

.

•

-

5

1
1
1
1

i
10
9

5

1
-

8

u

-

2
2
-

3
3
-

1
1
-

1
1
-

-

*

-

-

-

1
1

•

4
2
2

3
2
1

2

-

2

2

-

•

-

-

-

-

•

2

-

2
2

•

4
4
-

•

-

-

-

2
2
-

-

-

-

-

•

-

-

-

-

-

T ab le A-1. W e e kly earnings of o ffice w o rkers in S a lt Lake C ity —O gden, U ta h , N ovem ber 1 97 6 — Continued
W eekly earnings 1
(standard)
Number
of
workere

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

Average
w eekly
hours1
(standard)

N u m ber o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e w e e k ly ea rn in g s of—

s

$
60

M

™

1

M edian *

M iddle ranged

s

s

$

S

$

90

100

no

120

100

110

120

130

$

S

■$

130

140

150

160

140

150

160

170

S
170

$

S

180

190

190

200

$
210

210

220

$
228

180

137*00

132*50

3
3
-

35
8
27
-

39
3
36
5

35
6
29
*

43
11
32
-

22
9
13
6

17
10
7
*

7
3
4
*

2
•
2
-

10
5
5
-

4

-

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

4
4

-

4

-

1
1

9
1
8

24
13
11

36
36

16
6
10

15
9
6

6
2
4

5
2
3

40
40
-

25
12
13
-

56
8
48
-

52
30
22
2

62
26
36
23

14
•
14
-

27
2
25
4

32
3
29
19

127
32
95
5

102
12
90
6

79
17
62
26

91
14

25
6
19

93

166*00

4

-

-

M

9
1
8

-

3

25

3

LL Aj o

25

61
4
57

45
13
32

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

1
-

460

1 3 0 .0 0

1

25
-

25

77

•'wTrUI'lvn

A

1U K o f

LLAOJ

U r t K A 1 UK J f

A

O

U

11 L

"u

"

"
“

1 1 1 h,J

1

15

6

8

4

12

-

6
4
2

5

22
13
9

10
1
9

4
•
4

1
1
*

5
3
2

1
1
-

26
13
13

13

18
5
13

28
1
27
6

8
1

135*00
130*00

6

87
27
60

58
6
52

53
19
34

30
4
26
2

26
4
22
13

11
4
7
7

-

4
4

36
2
34

22
8
14

* ||

S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s .




*

*

1 -----300

280

300

4

2

4
4

2
2

•

-

-

.

over

5
*

5

5

•
-

6

14

•

30

•

.

6

14

-

30

-

-

*

*

•

25
4
21
2

12
2
10
7

10
4
6
6

16
•
16
12

3
3
3

1
1
1

18
18
18

2
2
2

2
2
*
.
*

4

6
6

■■■

“ A N U r A L 1 U K 1 rio
r UOL 1w

33

•

•
r

-

_

U

260

280

6

-

n t T r U n v n

250

$
260

6
4
2

-

2

""""""

uLtH ix i t

230

240

250

$

2

4 0 .0

173

AvvUUn 1 IN v

S

$
240

'

SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTS-

*

S
230

and

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED

vLtKi' j

S
220

and
under
90

U K U C .K

I

200

4

7

3

10

1

6

7

9

5

3

1
4

2
2
-

7

5

6
6
1
5
1

7

-

5
5
5

•

-

1
4
4

2
2
1

-

2

•

-

14

2
2

14
14

•
-

-

.
.
-

-

-

-

4
1

7

3

9
9
9

-

*

7

-

*
-

-

3
3
3

•

-

•

-

-

-

-

-

-

•
•

-

-

1
1
*
.
-

T ab le A -2 . W e e kly earnings of professional and technical w orkers in S a lt Lake C ity —O gden, U ta h , Novem ber 1976
W e e k ly e a r n in g s

1

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

(s t a n d a r d )
N um ber

O ccu p ation and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

of
w orkers

$

A vera ge
w e e k ly
h ou rs1
M ean

(sta n d a rd ]

*

M e d ia n

*

M id d le r a n g e d

s

n o
and
u nd er
120

s

s
120

130

$
140

s

s
150

160

s
170

$
180

fs
190

s

$

$
200

220

240

26o

$

$

s
280

300

I
320

$
340

$
360

s
380

r
400

420
and

130

140

150

160

170

180

190

200

220

240

260

280

320

340

360

380

400

420

over

3

300

5

3

5

3

4

*4

ALL WORKERS
$

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS

$

$

$
1

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
( D U J 1ITLJ J / * UL Aj J H

3

■'

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (B U SIN E SS).

4

9

11

9

4

1

-

-

*

1
1

4 0 .0

5
5

4
2

7
6

11
11

9
9

6
4

2
2

2
*

*

26
24

19
17

6
4

2
2

1
*

*

*

*

.

.

.

*

*

*

1
1

*

*

12
12

1
1

21
12

20
16

23
21

1
1

-

“

*

13
11

9
9

3
*

1
1

3
2

10
7

2
1

-

-

-

-

-

•
-

25
22
15

9
5
1

8
8
2

2
2
2

4
2
2

8
6
5

1
-

-

*

.
*

-

-

8
7
-

-

-

6
4
-

.

•

1
•
-

-

•

*

*

6
6

2
2

9
7

14
9

21
15

16
11

15
14

8
8

7
5

12
10

7
7

3
3

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

-

*
2
2

Cwwi3(|”” t lO| JU

*

-

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (B U SIN E SS).

13
13

7
5

•

a
5

2
2

3
2

2
2

2
2

11
11

•

5
2

-

•

-

-

-

*

-

*

-

*

•

.

•

*

*

-

*

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BU SIN E SS)t

v U *r U 1tK

Ur

I U n J f

PlUNnMriUr A v 1U K
L>U"rU 1 tN w itK ^

iliu

I UKCl

J UL A j

W

""
J

" "
v

“ “

""
1 5 4 .0 0

® "

-

1
1

3
3

18
12

24
17

12
12

15
*

9
9

13
9

13
13

28
25

5
3

15
11

12
7

-

_

10
9

2
1

7
*

9
-

5
2

*

”

“

*

-

*

*

*

31
5
5

21
-

70
16
16

50
7
7

58
12
12

43
6
6

44
29
29

43
15
15

31
13
13

1
1
1

•

.

_

-

-

25
15
15

*

*

*

*

34
29

9
9

11
9

31
18

1
*

_

-

32
32

-

“

13
13

.

-

2
2

•

-

*

*

*

*

5

57
42

35
30

26
14

7
6

29
*

32
19

•

.

•

•

-

-

-

-

-

“

*

*

15

5

12

1

29

13

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5
5

-

-

-

-

6
6

8
5

23
23

8
8

13
12

6
6

14
14

-

-

-

-

•

-

-

-

-

-

2 7 1 .5 0

-

2 7 9 .0 0

-

2

4 0 .0

“

•

133

-

-

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS A -

-

-

61

-

-

-

-

—

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

_
-

193

4 0 .0

2 4 9 .5 0

2 3 7 .5 0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

•

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS* CLASS B -

•

•

•

-

•

-

5

-

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

n o n m a n u e a c t u r in g :

*

W o r k e r s w e r e d is trib u te d as f o llo w s :

3 at $42 0 to $ 4 4 0 ; and 1 at $44 0 to $ 4 6 0 .

See fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s .




5

*

•

Table A -3 . A verage w ee k ly earnings of office, professional, and technical w orkers, by sex.
in S a lt Lake C ity —O gden, U ta h , N ovem ber 1976
A v era g e
(m e a n 2

Sex, 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s try d ivi sion

A vera ge

)

(m e a n 2 )

N um ber
of

N um ber
W e e k ly

w orkers

W e e k ly

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS -

h ou rs 1

S ex, 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n

e a r n in g s 1

(s ta n d a r d )

W e e k ly

(s ta n d a r d )

w orkers

W e e k ly

HEN

h o u rs 1

S ex, 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s try d iv is io n

of

W e e k ly

w orken

e a r n in g s 1

s t a n d a rd )

(s ta n d a rd )

OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

$
UKUtH LLC.i'f' j

of

N um ber
h o u rs 1
[sta n d a rd )

W e e k ly
e a r n in g s 1
(s ta n d a rd )

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN

* • * * " ” ” * " * * * " " " " * '*
TY

r 1b Tb * L L A jj U

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

ma mm

49

104

COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS
4 0 .0

/ mm

$
3 7 0 .5 0

3 2 5 .0 0
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BU SIN E SS).
4 0 .0

67

309 # 50
3 0 5 ,0 0

3 9 .5

^

300
AM A

nANUr AC 1Uh 1P*u **• •""” " * *
4 0 .0

CLASS C

1 9 9 .0 0

Jj
4 0 .0

%n,

ra
~

HANUr Av 1UK iNv? “ " • • • * * * * *
171
vRUuH vLLKhb *
234*00

LChu l AK i

f

C _Aj j
L

C

ACvUUN 1 Invj C L tf'lxi?
HANUt Av 1UKlnu

JU
40*0

/ ft ft
/0 0

40 0
LLA j j

A

1

* AA

®
' 0»U
ft n

NUNW ANUr AC

2 0 9 00

4 0 .0

1UKINO •••••••••••••••

,„ _

1 4 0 .0 0

^ _
. .. ^

r.« . .
4 0 .0

MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------4 0 .0
162

34

1 6 3 .5 0

^ -r* 4
o o c
o o c

j

1 3 4 .0 0
AM A

*

1 5 9 .5 0

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS A -

133

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS. CLASS B -

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

190

MANUFACTURING •••••••••••■•■■•••
NONMANUFACTURING:
40

3 9 .5

1 3 2 .0 0

eo
31
49

3 9 .5

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

3 9 .5

4 0 .0
137# 50
M An U r A v 1U K IN u

/ A * ft
1 8 7 .0 0

See fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s .




6

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL

4 0 .0

2 7 9 .0 0

2 4 9 .0 0

Table A-4. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, and powerplant workers
in Salt Lake City—Ogden, Utah, November 1976
N u m ber o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e h o u rly ea rn in g s o f—

Hourly earnings 4

O ccu p ation and in du stry d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

s
3 .6 o
M ean 2

M edian^

M iddle range *

U nder
3 .6 0

$

S

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

S
4 .2 0

$

$

$

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

S
5 .0 0

1 ------- 1 ------- 1 ------- s
$
1 ------- "5------- S
5 . 2 0 5 . 4 0 5 .6 0 5 . 8 o 6 .0 0 6 .2 0 6 .4 0 6 .6 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

t ------- “5-----7 .8 0 8 .2 0

6 .8 0

1 ------- s
S
7 . 00 7 .2 0 7 .4 0

7 .0 0

7 , 20 7 .4 0

7 .8 0

8 .2 0

ove r

22
22

-

*

3
*

5
4

95
86

.

-

-

-

63
63

-

-

*

*

$

and
u nd er
4 .4 0

4 .6 0

o
00

3 .8 0

and
6 .2 0

4
4

-

12
5

-

5 .8 0

6 .4 0

6 .6 0

11

6 .0 0

1
1

5 .0 0

5 .6 0

-

6
*

1
1

7
7

-

15
15

5
5

2
2

13
13

-

-

6 .8 ?

ALL WORKERS
H W X 1. 1 L

® r lv L .

v n *' I L.

1 tv n J

56

t

83

$

$

$

1

1
1

c
lM 1 ™ Allvt L w v 1 v 1
L
L
*' 1

6 .0 0
MAINTENANCE MACHINISTS -----------------------------------------

119

6 .8 3

7 .4 3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

4
4

5
5

7
7

-

-

3

-

8
8

5 . 8 0 - 7 .4 9

175

6 .7 5

6 .9 9

6 . 1 5 - 7 .2 5

.

-

•

.

-

-

-

•

2

-

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS (MACHINERY) -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

*

“

-

-

-

-

-

4
4

1
“

2
-

*

-

1

2

-

2

21
21

7
7

•

•

-

-

-

*

13
11
2

16
16
*

17
11
6

1
1
*

1
1
*

28
28
*

•

15
15
-

20
20
20

4
4
2

10
10
10

•
-

34
34

.

4
4

-

5
5

1
1

*

2

““

*

12
12
*

-

5
5

1
1

11
9
2

12
10
2

21
21
-

24
4

2
-

•

2
2

5
5

5

9

7

-

15
15

•

-

-

-

2

_
*

•

•

-

-

*

*

2

56
56
*

21
6
15

-

2
2
2

15
1
14
4

47
14
33
27
•

•

.

-

-

-

-

*

*

*

-

-

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS
-

10
**10
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS ---------------------------------------------------

59

6 .1 7

6 .2 1

5 .9 0 -

-

5
5

6 .5 6

5#37
5 •J i

*
W o r k e r s w e r e d is trib u te d as f o llo w s :
** W o r k e r s w e r e d is trib u te d as fo llo w s :

7 .0 2
f v UC

-

-

•

_

-

•
-

5
5

•

11
11

8
8

12
12

10
10

6
6

•

-

3
3

•

-

-

-

*

*

3

4

1

-

11

1

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

•

8
8

8
8

-

-

•

*

2

255 at $ 8 .2 0 to $ 8 .6 0 ; and 7 at $ 9 -4 0 to $ 9 .8 0 .
4 at $ 3 .2 0 to $ 3 .4 0 ; and 6 at $ 3 .4 0 to $ 3 .6 0 .

7

-

1

1

-

-

2

_

1

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




5
5

9
9

*

—

20 *2 6 2
7
255
20
255
-

.

2
2

.

8
8

•

•

T ab le A -5 . Hourly earnings of m a te ria l m ovem ent and custodial w o rkers in S a lt Lake C ity —
O gden, U ta h , N o vem ber 1976
Hourly earnings

*

Occupation and industry division
workers

Mean 2

M ed ian 2

M iddle range 2

3
I
S
2 .3 0 2 .4 0 2 .6 0
and
iunder
2 .4 0

2 .6 0

2 .8 0

S
S
2 . 80 3 .0 0

N um ber o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f —
S
S
3
S
1
S
$
3
$
3
$
s
3 .2 0 3 .4 0 3 . 6 0 3 .8 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 2 0 4 . 4 0 4 . 6 0 4 . 8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 .4 0

3 . 00 3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

$
5 .6 0

5 ,6Q 6 . 0 0

3
s
6 . 0 0 6*40

6 .4 0

6 .8 0

*
6 .8 o

s
7 .2 0

----7 .6 0

i

7 t 20 7 .6 0

8 .0 0

ALL WORKERS

1 .7 0 3
312
1 ,3 9 1
722

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

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

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

TRUCKDRIVERS. LIGHT TRUCK
MANUFACTURING —
NONMANUFACTURING

282
62
220

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

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

3*40* 3 «85
3 . 5 0 - 6 .4 8
3 .3 0 - 3 .7 5

TRUCKORIVERS. MEOIUM TRUCK
MANUFACTURING -------------- ---------NONMANUFACTURING ---------- -------PUBLIC UTILITIES --------------

684
39
645
504

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

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

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

7 .7 5
5 .9 4
7 .7 5
7 .7 5

TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK
(TRAILER) --------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING
PUBLIC UTILITIES

558
79
479
184

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

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

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

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

TRUCKORIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK
(OTHER THAN TRAILER) ------MANUFACTURING

154
132

6 .0 5
6 .0 9

5 .8 0
5 .8 0

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

SHIPPING CLERKS ------------------------

32

4 .5 9

4 .5 5

4 .2 3 - 5 .2 7

TRUCKORIVERS-----------------------------MANUFACTURING-------------- -------NONMANUFACTURING---------- ----PUBLIC UTILITIES

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

*

1
1
-

51
9
42
-

10
10
-

17
17
-

18
18
-

42
8
34
*

127
8
119
-

32
9
23
*

52
15
37
-

41
3
38
“

173
37
136
1

37
16
21
"

32
5
27
-

181
181
181

24
20
4

-

123
94
29
27

65
17
48
2

137
42
95
-

147
2
145
145

-

393
27
366
366

-

1
1

51
9
42

1
1

7
7

9
9

42
8
34

85
85

23
23

19
12
7

2
2

9
•
9

•

-

-

_
-

-

•

5
5

28
28

•

.
-

-

*

*

*

9
9
*

9
9

9
9

•
-

42
8
34
•

8
8
*

29
2
27
*

4
1
3
*

1
1
*

6
3
3
*

3
3
*

181
181
181

3
2
1
“

*

11
9
2
*

43
43
2

5
5
*

135
135
135

.
*

186
186
186

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
1

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

33
2
31
*

151
24
127
*

23
5
18
*

23
5
18
*

*

9
9
*

-

*

2
1
1
*

22
20
2
2

17
12
5
“

95
95
*

10
10
10

*

172
172
172

2

2

12
12

8
8

6
”

-

12
9

65
65

-

9
9

2
2

*

35
27

11

-

-

-

8

-

4

-

-

-

_

2
2
-

4
4

2
2

.

*

_

-

-

-

1

1

1

18
18

12
12

11
•
11

7
3
4

3
3

13
11
2

-

8
4
4

2
*

3

3
*

•

•

*

2
2

•

*

*

10
3

2
2

4
4

5
4

3
*

2
2

7
7

16
13
3

34
4
30

20
3
17

24
4
20

91
14
77

30
7
23

54
17
37

111
42
69

33
5
28

19
15
4

47

1

8

10
4
6

47

1

10
10

9
4
5

6
6

18
18

6
6

23
23

72
72

18
18

218
210

40
36

73
21

61
61

56
56

46
46

3
3

3
3

27

-

*

-

12
6
6

26
20
6

10
6
4

18
10
8

19
19

6
6

2
2

12
12

•

2
2

2
2

-

.

•

•

•

18

44
3
41

31
4
27

30
21
9

112
21
91

31
11
20

13
7
6

8
7
1
1

26
3
23
1

2
2
-

1
1

11
2
9

4
4
-

1
1
-

30
30
-

28
15
13

12
8
4

-

-

-

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS MANUFACTURING ---------------- ------------

51
28

4 .5 6
4 .8 9

4 .4 5
4 .7 6

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

•

*

1
*

WAREHOUSEMEN ---------- --------------------------MANUFACTURING ----NONMANUFACTURING

731
172
559

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

4 .3 7
4 .3 0
4 .3 8

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

12
12

8

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

748
657

4 .1 1
4 .0 7

3 .8 2
3 .7 5

3 .6 4 - 4 .5 0
3 . 6 0 - 4 .5 0

4
4

SHIPPING PACKERS -------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------

115
85
30

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

3 .0 6
3 .2 5
2 .8 3

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

-

MATERIAL HANDLING LABORERS
MANUFACTURING ---------NONMANUFACTURING —
PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------

1 ,0 2 3
236
787
547

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

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

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

FORKLIFT OPERATORS ----------------MANUFACTURING — ------------ —
NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ----------

309
155
154
44

5 .1 9
5 .1 2
5 .2 5
7 .2 9

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

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

-

3
.

•
-

-

1
1
-

9

-

18

-

1
1

9

-

See fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s .




1
1

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

-

2
5
2
3

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

-

1
3
3

4 .4 8
5 .1 4
4 .2 4

-

3
2
2

93
25
68

-

-

_

1
1

RECEIVING CLERKS ---------------MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING ---------

3

1

8

*
.

-

-

-

-

•
-

3
3

-

_

*
-

-

6
-

6
-

60
60

120
-

120
120
24
12
12

-

19
19

96
96

-

-

-

-

3
2
1
1

•

19
16
3

-

2
2

*

3
*

115
13
102

40
7
33

9
6
3

24
6
18

14
8
6

58
58

4
4

3
3

9
9

•

•

*

-

3

-

-

3

-

•

"

*

•

-

331

-

-

.
.

•

35
32
3
3

14
6
8
8

89
6
83
83

8
8

30
27
3
3

25
25
-

-

-

*

15
15
15

•

-

*
.
-

-

331
331
25
25
25

T ab le A -5 . H ourly earnings of m a te ria l m ovem ent and custodial w orkers in S a lt Lake C ity —
O gden, U tah , N ovem ber 1 9 7 6 — Continued
N u m ber o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e h o u r ly e a rn in g s o f —

Hourly earnings 4

~------------ S
i

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED

S

S

S

S

S

S

$

$

S

S

S

S

S

2 .8 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

S

2 .6 0

$
3 .4 0

S

2 .3 0 2 .4 0
and
under

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

5 .6 0

6 .0 0

6 .4 0

6.80

7 .2 0

7 .6 0

2 .4 0

O ccup ation and in du stry d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

2 .6 0

2.80

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 , 8 q 4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

5.Q 0 5 .2 0

5.4Q

5 .6 0

6 .0 0

6 .4 0

6.8JL 7 .2 0

7 .6 0

8 » 00

1
1

14
14

13
7
6

13
11
2

3
2
1

15
2
13

21
—
21

24
5
19

16
4
12

2
2
*

2
2
*

35
35
-

15
15
-

-

7

3

2

2

-

5

35

15

80
63
17
13

8
8
-

S
Mean 2

M edian*

M iddle range 2

I ------------ S

S

$

$

$

$

590
10^
486

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

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

2 .3 4 3 .7 9 2 .3 4 -

3 .8 0
5 .8 9
2 .5 8

262
•
262

111
•
111

16
8
8

12
12

GUAROSI
MANUFACTURING ---------- -------- -------------------

94

5 .1 7

5 .6 2

4 .4 0 -

6 .0 1

-

-

8

-

-

JANITORS, por t e r s . AND CLEANERS -----MANUFACTURING ---------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------PUBLIC UTILITIES ------------

1 ,2 4 7
324
923
79

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

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

48
20
28
5

42
4
38

1

GUARDS AND WATCHMEN ---------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------- ------------------------ -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------- -----------------

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

455

-

455

132
15
117

140
57
83

60
42
18

83
10
64

36
23
13
‘

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




9

23
6
17
15

30
23

7
2

28

-

28
17

10
4

6
2

-

5
2
3

4

-

-

2

2

18
9
9
3

28
18
10
9

9
9
-

4
4

13
13
13

•

-

9
9
-

-

*

1
1

*

9

-

-

-

.

•

-

.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

T a b le A -6 . A verage hourly earnings of m a in ten an ce, to o lro o m , p o w e rp la n t, m a te ria l m o vem en t.
and custodial w o rke rs , by sex, in S alt Lake C ity —O gden, U ta h , N ovem ber 1976
S ex , 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

Average
(m ean*)
hourly
earnings 4

MAINTENANCE* TOOLROOM, AND
POWERPLANT OCCUPATIONS - MEN

Sex, 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n

Number
of
workers

Average
(m e an 2 )
hourly
earnings4

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED

n A •I 1u 1 ANt* w vAKr Llr 1tl i
* -*
-'

"""

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

material

movement

and

Number
of
workers

Average
(m ean2 )
hourly
earnings4

custodial

OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED
$

$
6*83
6*96

n A ilr 1UliAI'lvW LL l v 1n 1 L 1AI>j

nAira i cnflnVoC rAin i tw s ••••••••••••••
**
A

1C11

$

TRUCKDRIVERS* LIGHT TRUCK

'— * !■■■■
L

25

4.93

154

5.12
5.25
3.21

PUBLIC UT I ITTF<;_____ ______ _
I

6# 98

** v n 11*ij I
A

227

533

35

3.43
1j j

6.58

678

6.02
PUBLIC U TILITI F 9 ___ - __ _

6*83

504

rUnLiv Ul 1L 1 11to

6.56

TRUCKDRIVERS, HEAVY TRUCK
79

MANUFACTURING
maintenance

5.12

GUAR0S*
5.17

mechanics

362
320

8.08
8.16

TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK

154
132

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS -----MANUFACTURING — —
---------------- , T,
6.05
NONMANUFACTURING - T-------------- t - ti. ■ ■
6.09

-»

688

,

4.04
2.90

MAINTENANCE TRADES HELPERS*
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS ----------------4.t4

26
_

_

_

^

3.53

6.33
159

f

GUARDS AND WATCHMEN ---- — ---- ----1*662
308
1,354

5.70
5.51
5*74
6 •84

See fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s .




10

57
57

2.64

JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS ---

OCCUPATIONS - MEN
MANUFACTURING ---------------------

Orllrr llNw r ML* LK J

257

2.57

Table A -7.

Percent increases in average hourly earnings fo r selected

occupational groups, adjusted fo r e m p lo ym en t shifts, in
S a lt Lake C ity —O gden, U ta h , for selected periods
I n d u s t r y and o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p
(m e n and w o m e n c o m b in e d )

N o v e m b e r 1972
to
N o v e m b e r 1973

N o v e m b e r 1973
to
N o v e m b e r 1974

A l l i n d u s t r ie s :
__ ________
_ _________
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ___ _ _
E l e c t r o n i c d a ta p r o c e s s i n g ____________________________
__ ___
I n d u s t r ia l n u r s e s ___________ _____________________
•
S k i ll e d m a in t e n a n c e t r a d e s * * * _ _ _ __ _______
____
U n s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s * * * __________ _______________

5 .5
❖
ss
jeje

9 .9
9 .3
**

9 .7
6 .5

1 1 .9
1 0.3

M a n u fa c t u r in g :
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l __ ___
___________________________________
E l e c t r o n i c d a ta p r o c e s s i n g _____________ __ ________
I n d u s t r ia l n u r s e s ______ ______________ ___________ ________
S k i ll e d m a in t e n a n c e t r a d e s * * * _________ ___ _______
U n s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s *■**__________________________

*
**
7 .0
5 .8

**
1 5 .0
9 .9

N o n m a n u f a c t u r in g :
O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ____________________________________________
E l e c t r o n i c d a ta p r o c e s s i n g ____________________________
I n d u s t r ia l n u r s e s _____ __
______
__ _ _ ________
S k i ll e d m a in t e n a n c e t r a d e s * * * _______________________
U n s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s * * * ___________________________

5 .6
*
**
**
6 .7

9 .6
9 .3
**
**
1 0 .4

**

N o v e m b e r 1974
to
N o v e m b e r 197 5

N o v e m b e r 1 97 5
to
N o v e m b e r 1976

9 .0
8 .1
**
9 .2
7 .7

8.1
6 .7
**
8 .6
9 .9

7 .8
**
ss
jejc

8 .9

9 .3
8 .0

9 .3
1 0 .3

9 .5
7 .9
**

7 .9
6 .4
**

**

**
9.9

7 .6

**

*

D ata not a v a ila b le .
D ata do not m e e t p u b lica tio n c r it e r ia .
* * * P e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s f o r p e r io d s ending p r io r to 1976 r e la te to m en on ly.

**

Footnotes
1 Standard h ou rs r e fle c t the w ork w e e k fo r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th eir re g u la r s t r a ig h t-t im e s a la r ie s (e x c lu s iv e o f pay f o r o v e r t im e at r e g u la r a n d /o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ), and the e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d
to th ese w eek ly h ou rs.
2 The m ean is c om p u te d fo r each jo b by tota lin g the e a rn in g s o f a ll w o r k e r s and divid in g by the nu m ber o f w o r k e r s .
The m e d ia n d e s ig n a te s p o s itio n — h alf o f the e m p lo y e e s su rv ey ed r e c e iv e m o r e
and half r e c e iv e le s s than the rate show n.
The m id d le range is d efin ed by 2 r a te s o f pay; a fourth o f the w o r k e r s ea rn le s s than the lo w e r o f th e s e r a te s and a fou rth ea rn m o r e than the h igher rate.
3 E arn ings data r e la te o n ly to w o r k e r s w h ose sex id e n tific a tio n w as p r o v id e d by the e s ta b lis h m e n t.
4 E x clu d es p r em iu m pay fo r o v e r t im e and fo r w ork on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and late s h ifts .




11

Appendix A
A r e a w a g e and r e l a t e d b e n e f i t s da t a a r e o b t a i n e d b y p e r s o n a l v i s i t s
o f B u r e a u f i e l d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s at 3 - y e a r i n t e r v a l s . 1 In e a c h o f th e i n t e r ­
v e n i n g y e a r s , i n f o r m a t i o n o n e m p l o y m e n t and o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s i s c o l ­
l e c t e d b y a c o m b i n a t i o n o f p e r s o n a l v i s i t , m a i l q u e s t i o n n a i r e , and t e l e p h o n e
i n t e r v i e w f r o m e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p a r t i c i p a t i n g in the p r e v i o u s s u r v e y .

d e s c r i b e d , o r f o r s o m e i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s w ith in the s c o p e o f the s u r v e y , a r e
n o t p r e s e n t e d in th e A - s e r i e s t a b l e s , b e c a u s e e i t h e r (1) e m p l o y m e n t in the
o c c u p a t i o n i s t o o s m a l l to p r o v i d e e n o u g h data t o m e r i t p r e s e n t a t i o n , o r
(2) t h e r e i s p o s s i b i l i t y o f d i s c l o s u r e o f i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t da ta .
Sepa­
r a t e m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s e a r n i n g s data a r e not p r e s e n t e d w h e n the n u m b e r o f
w o r k e r s n o t i d e n t i f i e d b y s e x i s 20 p e r c e n t o r m o r e o f th e m e n o r w o m e n
i d e n t i f i e d in an o c c u p a t i o n .
E a r n i n g s da ta not s h o w n s e p a r a t e l y f o r i n d u s t r y
d i v i s i o n s a r e i n c l u d e d in data f o r a ll i n d u s t r i e s c o m b i n e d .
L ik ew ise,
da t a a r e i n c l u d e d in the o v e r a l l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n w h e n a s u b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f
e l e c t r o n i c s t e c h n i c i a n s , s e c r e t a r i e s , o r t r u c k d r i v e r s i s n o t s ho w n o r i n f o r ­
m a tio n to s u b c l a s s i f y is not a v a ila b le .

In e a c h o f th e 84 1 a r e a s c u r r e n t l y s u r v e y e d , data a r e o b t a i n e d f r o m
2
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith in s i x b r o a d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s :
M anufac­
t u r i n g ; t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , and o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s ; w h o l e s a l e
t r a d e ; 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 , and r e a l e s t a t e ; and s e r v i c e s .
M a jor
i n d u s t r y g r o u p s e x c l u d e d f r o m t h e s e s t u d ie s a r e g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a t i o n s and
the c o n s t r u c t i o n and e x t r a c t i v e i n d u s t r i e s .
E s t a b l i s h m e n t s h av in g f e w e r th an
a p r e s c r i b e d n um ber o f w o r k e r s a re om itted b e ca u s e o f in su fficien t e m p lo y ­
m e n t in th e o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d ie d .
Separate tabu lation s a re p r o v id e d f o r ea ch
o f th e b r o a d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s w h i c h m e e t p u b l i c a t i o n c r i t e r i a .

O c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t and e a r n i n g s da ta a r e s h o w n f o r f u l l - t i m e
w o r k e r s , i . e . , th o s e h ire d to w o r k a re g u la r w e e k ly s ch e d u le .
E a r n i n g s data
e x c l u d e p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and
la te s h i f t s . N o n p r o d u c t i o n b o n u s e s a r e e x c l u d e d , but c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e s
and i n c e n t i v e b o n u s e s a r e i n c l u d e d .
W e e k l y h o u r s f o r o f f i c e c l e r i c a l and
p r o f e s s i o n a l and t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s r e f e r to th e s t a n d a r d w o r k w e e k
( r o u n d e d to th e n e a r e s t h a lf h o u r ) f o r w h i c h e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e r e g u l a r
s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e o f pa y f o r o v e r t i m e at r e g u l a r a n d / o r
p rem iu m rates).
A v e r a g e w e e k ly earn ings fo r th ese o ccu p a tion s are rounded
to th e n e a r e s t h a lf d o l l a r .

T h e s e s u r v e y s a r e c o n d u c t e d on a s a m p l e b a s i s .
The sa m p ling
p r o c e d u r e s i n v o l v e d e t a i l e d s t r a t i f i c a t i o n o f a ll e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith in the
s c o p e o f an i n d i v i d u a l a r e a s u r v e y b y i n d u s t r y and n u m b e r o f e m p l o y e e s .
F r o m th is s t r a t i f i e d u n i v e r s e a p r o b a b i l i t y s a m p l e i s s e l e c t e d , w ith e a c h
e s t a b l i s h m e n t h a v in g a p r e d e t e r m i n e d c h a n c e o f s e l e c t i o n . T o o b ta in o p t i m u m
a c c u r a c y at m i n i m u m c o s t , a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n o f l a r g e th an s m a l l e s t a b ­
lish m en ts is
selected .
W h en da ta a r e c o m b i n e d , e a c h e s t a b l i s h m e n t i s
w e i g h t e d a c c o r d i n g t o it s p r o b a b i l i t y o f s e l e c t i o n , s o that u n b i a s e d e s t i m a t e s
are generated.
F o r e x a m p l e , i f on e out o f f o u r e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i s s e l e c t e d ,
it i s g i v e n a w e ig h t o f f o u r t o r e p r e s e n t i t s e l f p lu s t h r e e o t h e r s .
An alternate
o f the s a m e o r i g i n a l p r o b a b i l i t y i s c h o s e n in the s a m e i n d u s t r y - s i z e c l a s s i ­
f i c a t i o n i f da ta a r e n o t a v a i l a b l e f r o m the o r i g i n a l s a m p l e m e m b e r .
If no
s u it a b le s u b s ti tu te i s a v a i l a b l e , a d d i t i o n a l w e i g h t i s a s s i g n e d to a s a m p l e
m e m b e r that i s s i m i l a r t o th e m i s s i n g unit.

T h e s e s u r v e y s m e a s u r e the l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s in an a r e a
at a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e .
C o m p a r is o n s o f in divid ual o cc u p a t io n a l a v e ra g e s o v e r
t i m e m a y not r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e c h a n g e s . T h e a v e r a g e s f o r i n d iv id u a l j o b s
a r e a f f e c t e d b y c h a n g e s in w a g e s and e m p l o y m e n t p a t t e r n s .
F o r exam ple,
p r o p o r tio n s o f w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d by h igh- o r lo w -w a g e fir m s m ay change, or
h i g h - w a g e w o r k e r s m a y a d v a n c e t o b e t t e r j o b s and b e r e p l a c e d b y n e w
w o r k e r s at l o w e r r a t e s .
Such s h if t s in e m p l o y m e n t c o u l d d e c r e a s e an o c c u ­
p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e e v e n t h o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in an a r e a i n c r e a s e w a g e s
d u r i n g the y e a r .
C h a n g e s in e a r n i n g s o f o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p s , s ho w n in ta b le
A - 7 , a r e b e t t e r i n d i c a t o r s o f w a g e t r e n d s than a r e e a r n i n g s c h a n g e s f o r
i n d i v i d u a l j o b s w ith in the g r o u p s .

O c c u p a t i o n s and e a r n i n g s
O c c u p a t i o n s s e l e c t e d f o r stu dy a r e c o m m o n to a v a r i e t y o f m a n u f a c ­
t u r i n g and n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s , and a r e o f the f o l l o w i n g t y p e s :
(1) O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ; (2) p r o f e s s i o n a l and t e c h n i c a l ; (3) m a i n t e n a n c e , t o o l r o o m ,
and p o w e r p l a n t ; and (4) m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t and c u s t o d i a l .
O ccupational
c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i s b a s e d on a u n i f o r m s e t o f j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s d e s i g n e d t o ta ke
a c c o u n t o f i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t v a r i a t i o n in d u t ie s w ith in the s a m e j o b .
O ccu­
p a t i o n s s e l e c t e d f o r s tu dy a r e l i s t e d and d e s c r i b e d in a p p e n d i x B .
U n less
o t h e r w i s e i n d i c a t e d , the e a r n i n g s da ta f o l l o w i n g the j o b t i t l e s a r e f o r a l l
in d u strie s c o m b in e d .
E a r n i n g s data f o r s o m e o f the o c c u p a t i o n s l i s t e d and

A v e r a g e earn ings r e fle c t c o m p o s ite , a rea w ide es tim a te s .
In dustries
and e s t a b l i s h m e n t s d i f f e r in p a y l e v e l and j o b s t a f f i n g , and thus c o n t r i b u t e
d i f f e r e n t l y t o th e e s t i m a t e s f o r e a c h j o b .
P a y a v e r a g e s m a y fail to r e f le c t
a c c u r a t e l y th e w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l a m o n g j o b s in i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s .

1 Personal visits were on a 2-year cycle before July 1972.
2 Included in the 84 areas are 14 studies conducted by the Bureau under contract. These areas are
Akron, Ohio; Austin, T ex .; Binghamton, N .Y . — a.; Birmingham, A la .; Fort Lauderdale—
P
Hollywood and West
Palm Beach—
Boca Raton, Fla.; Lexington—
Fayette, K y .; Melbourne—
Titusville—Cocoa, Fla.; Norfolk-Virginia
Beach—
Portsmouth and Newport News—
Hampton, Va. — C . ; Poughkeepsie—
N.
Kingston—
Newburgh, N .Y .; Raleigh—
Durham, N .C .; Stamford, Conn.; Syracuse, N. Y . ; Utica—
Rome, N .Y .; and Westchester County, N .Y .
In
addition, the Bureau conducts more limited area studies in approximately 100 areas at the request of the
Employment Standards Administration of the U. S. Department o f Labor.




12

A v e r a g e p a y l e v e l s f o r m e n and w o m e n in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s s h o u ld
n o t b e a s s u m e d to r e f l e c t d i f f e r e n c e s in p a y o f th e s e x e s w ith in i n d i v i d u a l
e sta b lish m en ts.
F a c t o r s w h i c h m a y c o n t r i b u t e to d i f f e r e n c e s i n c l u d e p r o ­
g r e s s i o n w ith in e s t a b l i s h e d r a t e r a n g e s ( o n ly the r a t e s p a i d i n c u m b e n t s a r e
c o l l e c t e d ) and p e r f o r m a n c e o f s p e c i f i c d u t ie s w it h in th e g e n e r a l s u r v e y j o b
descriptions.
J o b d e s c r i p t i o n s u s e d to c l a s s i f y e m p l o y e e s in t h e s e s u r v e y s
u s u a l l y a r e m o r e g e n e r a l i z e d th an t h o s e u s e d in i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
and a l l o w f o r m i n o r d i f f e r e n c e s a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in s p e c i f i c d u t ie s
perform ed .

O c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t e s t i m a t e s r e p r e s e n t the t o t a l in a l l e s t a b ­
l i s h m e n t s w ith in th e s c o p e o f th e stu dy and n o t th e n u m b e r a c t u a l l y s u r v e y e d .
B e ca u se o ccu p a tion a l stru ctu res am ong esta b lish m en ts d iffe r, estim a tes o f
o c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t o b t a i n e d f r o m the s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s tu d ie d
s e r v e o n l y to i n d i c a t e th e r e l a t i v e i m p o r t a n c e o f th e j o b s s tu d ie d .
These
d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t i o n a l s t r u c t u r e d o not a f f e c t m a t e r i a l l y th e a c c u r a c y o f
th e e a r n i n g s da ta .

Wage tr e n d s f o r s e le c t e d o c c u p a tio n a l g rou p s

T h e p e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s p r e s e n t e d in t a b le A - 7 a r e b a s e d o n c h a n g e s
in a v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s f o r e s t a b l i s h m e n t s r e p o r t i n g the t r e n d j o b s in b o th
th e c u r r e n t and p r e v i o u s y e a r ( m a t c h e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s ) .
T h e data a r e
a d j u s t e d to r e m o v e th e e f f e c t s o n a v e r a g e e a r n i n g s o f e m p l o y m e n t s h ift s
a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s and t u r n o v e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c l u d e d in s u r v e y
sam p les.
The p e r ce n t i n c r e a s e s , h ow ev er, are still a ffected by fa c to r s
o t h e r than w a g e i n c r e a s e s .
H i r i n g s , l a y o f f s , and t u r n o v e r m a y a f f e c t an
e s t a b l i s h m e n t a v e r a g e f o r an o c c u p a t i o n w h e n w o r k e r s a r e p a id u n d e r p la n s
p r o v id in g a ran ge o f w age ra te s f o r in divid ual jo b s .
In p e r i o d s o f i n c r e a s e d
h i r i n g , f o r e x a m p l e , n e w e m p l o y e e s e n t e r at th e b o t t o m o f the r a n g e ,
d e p r e s s i n g th e a v e r a g e w ith o u t a c h a n g e in w a g e r a t e s .

E l e c t r o n i c da ta p r o c e s s i n g
( m e n and w o m e n ) :

S k ille d m a i n t e n a n c e ( m e n
and w o m e n ) :

C om puter system s
analy sts, c l a s s e s
A , B , and C
C om puter p r o g ra m m e rs ,
c l a s s e s A , B , and C
Com puter op erators,
c l a s s e s A , B , and C

C arpenters
E lectricia n s
Pain ters
M ach inists
M e ch a n ics (m achinery)
M e ch a n ics (m otor vehicle)
P ip efitters
T o o l and d ie m a k e r s

I n d u s t r i a l n u r s e s ( m e n and
w o m e n ):
R e g is t e r e d in du strial
nurses
P e r c e n t c h a n g e s f o r in div:
as f o l l o w s :

U n s k i l l e d plant (m e n and
w o m e n ):
J a n i t o r s , p o r t e r s , and
clea n ers
M a t e r i a l h an d lin g l a b o r e r s
a r e a s in th e p r o g r a m

are com puted

O ccu p a tio n s u sed to co m p u te w age tre n d s a r e :

O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n and
w om en ):

O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n and
w o m e n )— C o n tin u e d

S ecretaries
Stenographers, general
Stenographers, senior
T y p i s t s , c l a s s e s A and B
F ile c le r k s , c la s s e s A,
B , and C
M essengers
Sw itchboard o p e r a to r s
O rder clerk s

A ccou ntin g c le r k s ,
c l a s s e s A and B
B ook k eepin g-m a ch in e
op erators, cla ss B
P a y roll clerk s
Keypunch o p e r a t o r s ,
c l a s s e s A and B
T abu latin g-m ach in e
op era tors, cla ss B

E a c h o c c u p a t i o n i s a s s i g n e d a w e ig h t b a s e d on it s p r o ­
p o r t i o n a t e e m p l o y m e n t in- the o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p in the
base yea r.

2.
T h e p e r c e n t c h a n g e s r e l a t e to w a g e c h a n g e s b e t w e e n the i n d i c a t e d
dates.
W h en th e t i m e spa n b e t w e e n s u r v e y s i s o t h e r than 12 m o n t h s , ann ual
ra te s a re shown.
(It i s a s s u m e d th at w a g e s i n c r e a s e at a c o n s t a n t r a t e
betw een su rv ey s.)

1.

T h e s e w e i g h t s a r e u s e d to c o m p u t e g r o u p a v e r a g e s .
E a ch o c c u p a t io n 's a v e r a g e (m ean) ea rn in gs is m u ltiplied
b y its w eight.
T h e p r o d u c t s a r e t o t a l e d t o o b ta in a
group average.

3.

T h e r a t i o o f g r o u p a v e r a g e s f o r 2 c o n s e c u t i v e y e a r s is
c o m p u t e d b y d i v i d i n g the a v e r a g e f o r the c u r r e n t y e a r
b y the a v e r a g e f o r th e e a r l i e r y e a r .
The resu lt—
e x p r e s s e d a s a p e r c e n t — l e s s 100 i s th e p e r c e n t c h a n g e .

F o r a m o r e d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n o f the m e t h o d u s e d to c o m p u t e t h e s e
w a g e t r e n d s , s e e " I m p r o v i n g A r e a W a g e S u r v e y I n d e x e s , " M o n th ly L a b o r
R e v i e w , J a n u a r y 1973, p p . 5 2 - 5 7 .
E s t a b l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p l e m e n t a r y w a g e p r o v i s i o n s




T a b u l a t i o n s on s e l e c t e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p l e m e n t a r y
w a g e p r o v i s i o n s ( B - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) a r e n o t p r e s e n t e d in t h is b u l l e t i n .
In for­
m a t i o n f o r t h e s e t a b u l a t i o n s i s c o l l e c t e d at 3 - y e a r i n t e r v a l s . 1 T h e s e t a b u ­
l a t i o n s on m i n i m u m e n t r a n c e s a l a r i e s f o r i n e x p e r i e n c e d o f f i c e w o r k e r s ; shift
d i f f e r e n t i a l s ; s c h e d u l e d w e e k l y h o u r s and d a y s ; p a id h o l i d a y s ; p a id v a c a t i o n s ;
and h e a lt h , i n s u r a n c e , and p e n s i o n p la n s a r e p r e s e n t e d (in the B - s e r i e s t a b l e s )
in p r e v i o u s b u l l e t i n s f o r t h is a r e a .
1 Personal visits were on a 2-year cycle before July 1972.

Appendix table 1. Establishm ents and w orkers w ith in scope of survey and num ber studied
in S alt Lake C ity —Ogden, U ta h ,1 November 1976

In du stry d iv is io n 2

M in im u m
em p lo ym e n t
in e s t a b lis h m ents in s c o p e
o f study

ALL DIVISIONS ----------------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------------------TRANSPORTATION, c o m m u n ic a t io n , and
OTHER PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S 5 ---------------------------------------w h olesale TRADE6 -------------------------------------------------------RETAIL TRADE 6 --------------------------------------------------------------FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE 6 -------------SERVICES6 7-----------------------------------------------------------------------

N um ber o f e sta b lish m e n ts

W o r k e r s in es ta b lis h m en ts
W ithin s c o p e o f study 4

W ithin s c o p e
o f study 3

Studied

139

567

Studied
N um ber

50
-

176
391

<8
►
91

50
50
50
50
50

47
66
151
53
74

18
15
28
12
18

P ercen t

1 1 0 ,6 8 6

100

5 8 ,6 3 9

3 7 ,9 8 4
7 2 .7 0 2

34
66

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

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

16
7
28
8
7

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

1 T h e Salt L ake City— gden Standard M e tro p o lita n S ta tis tic a l A r e a , as defin ed b y the O ffic e o f M anagem ent and Budget through F e b r u a r y 1974, c o n s is t s o f D a v is ,
O
Salt L a k e , T o o e le , and W e b e r C o u n tie s.
The "w o r k e r s within s c o p e o f stu d y" e s tim a te s show n in this ta b le p r o v id e a re a s o n a b ly a c c u r a t e d e s c r ip tio n o f the s iz e and
c o m p o s it io n o f the la b o r f o r c e in clu d ed in the s u r v e y .
E s tim a te s a r e not intended, h o w e v e r , f o r c o m p a r is o n w ith o th e r em p loym en t in d ex es to m e a s u r e em ploym en t
tr e n d s o r le v e ls s in c e (1) planning o f w age su r v e y s r e q u ir e s esta b lish m e n t data c o m p ile d c o n s id e r a b ly in a d va n ce o f the p a y r o ll p e r io d stu d ied , and (2) sm a ll e sta b lish m en ts
a r e ex clu d e d fr o m the s c o p e o f the su rv e y .
2 The 1967 edition o f the Standard In d u strial C la s s ific a t io n M anual w as u sed in c la s s ify in g e s ta b lis h m e n ts by in d u stry d iv is io n .
3 In clu d es a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith to ta l em p lo ym e n t at o r a bove the m in im u m lim ita tio n . A ll o u tle ts (w ithin the area) o f c o m p a n ie s in in d u s tries such as tr a d e ,
fin a n c e , auto r e p a ir s e r v ic e , and m otion p ic tu r e th e a te r s a r e c o n s id e r e d as 1 e sta b lish m e n t.
4 In clu des a ll w o r k e r s in a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith to ta l em p lo ym e n t (w ithin the area) at o r a b ove the m in im u m lim ita tio n .
5 A b b r e v ia te d to "p u b lic u t ilit ie s " in the A - s e r i e s ta b le s .
T a x ic a b s and s e r v ic e s in cid e n ta l to w a te r tra n sp o rt at ion a r e exclu d ed .
6 T h is d iv is io n is r e p r e s e n te d in e s tim a te s fo r " a ll in d u s t r ie s " and "n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g " in the A - s e r i e s t a b le s .
S epa ra te p re s e n ta tio n o f data is not m ad e fo r
one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g r e a s o n s :
(1) E m ploym en t is to o sm a ll to p r o v id e enough data to m e r it s e p a r a te study, (2) the s a m p le w as not d e s ig n e d in itia lly to
p e r m it s e p a r a te p r e s e n ta tio n , (3) r e s p o n s e w as in su fficie n t o r inadequate to p e r m it s e p a ra te p r e s e n ta tio n , and (4) th e r e is p o s s ib ilit y o f d is c lo s u r e o f individ ual
esta b lish m e n t data.
7 H o te ls and m o t e ls ; la u n d rie s and o th er p e r s o n a l s e r v ic e s ; b u s in e s s s e r v ic e s ; a u to m o b ile r e p a ir , re n ta l, and park in g; m otion p ic tu r e s ; n on p rofit m e m b e r s h ip
o r g a n iz a tio n s (e x clu d in g r e lig io u s and ch a r ita b le o r g a n iz a tio n s ); and e n g in e e rin g and a r c h ite c t u r a l s e r v ic e s .




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Appendix B.

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 the 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 in to a p p r o p r i a t e o c c u p a t i o n s w o r k e r s w h o a r e e m p l o y e d u n d e r a v a r i e t y o f
p a y r o l l t i t l e s and 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 and f r o m a r e a to
area.
T h i s p e r m i t s th e g r o u p i n g o f o c c u p a t i o n a l w a g e r a t e s r e p r e s e n t i n g c o m p a r a b l e j o b c o n t e n t .
B e c a u s e o f th is e m p h a s i s o n i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t and 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 , the
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 i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s o r t h o s e
p rep a red fo r other p u r p o s e s .
In a p p ly in g t h e s e j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s , the 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 l u 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 ; and h a n d i c a p p e d ,
p a r t - t i m e , t e m p o r a r y , and p r o b a t i o n a r y w o r k e r s .

OFFICE
SECRETARY

S E C R E T A R Y— C o n tin u e d

A s s i g n e d a s p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y , n o r m a l l y to on e in d i v i d u a l .
M ain ­
t a in s a c l o s e and h ig h ly r e s p o n s i v e r e l a t i o n s h i p to the d a y - t o - d a y w o r k o f the
su p ervisor.
W o r k s f a i r l y in d e p e n d e n t l 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 and g u i d a n c e .
P e r f o r m s v a r i e d c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r i a l d u t i e s ,
u s u a l l y in c l u d i n g m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ;

M a y a l s o p e r f o r m o t h e r c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r i a l t a s k s o f c o m p a r a b l e
n a t u r e and d i f f i c u l t y .
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 l e d g e o f o f f i c e r o u tin e
and u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f th e o r g a n i z a t i o n , p r o g r a m s , and p r o c e d u r e s r e l a t e d to
th e w o r k o f th e s u p e r v i s o r .
E xclu sion s

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 , and i n c o m i n g m a i l ,
a n s w e r s r o u t in e i n q u i r i e s , and r o u t e s t e c h n i c a l i n q u i r i e s to the p r o p e r
persons;
b.
c.
in stru cte d ;
d.

E sta b lish es,

m ain tain s,

and r e v i s e s the

M a in t a in s th e s u p e r v i s o r ' s
R ela ys m e s s a g e s

from

Not a l l p o s i t i o n s that a r e t i t l e d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s the a b o v e c h a r ­
a cte ristics.
E x a m p l e s o f p o s i t i o n s w h i c h a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m the d e f i n i t i o n a r e
as f o llo w s :

s u p e r v is o r 's file s;
a. P o s it io n s
d e s crib e d above;

c a l e n d a r and m a k e s a p p o i n t m e n t s as

s u p e r v i s o r to

b.

subordinates;

w hich

do

not

meet

the

"p erson a l"

secretary concept

S t e n o g r a p h e r s not f u l l y t r a i n e d in s e c r e t a r i a l - t y p e d u t i e s ;

c . S t e n o g r a p h e r s s e r v i n g a s o f f i c e a s s i s t a n t s to a g r o u p o f p r o f e s ­
tech n ica l, o r m a n a g e ria l p e r so n 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 u m s , and r e p o r t s p r e p a r e d b y
sional,
o t h e r s f o r the s u p e r v i s o r ' s s ig n a t u r e to a s s u r e p r o c e d u r a l and t y p o g r a p h i c
d. S e c r e t a r y p o s i t i o n s in w h i c h th e d u t ie s a r e e i t h e r s u b s t a n t i a l l y
accuracy;
m o r e r o u t in 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 and r e s p o n s i b l e than t h o s e c h a r ­
a c t e r i z e d in th e d e f i n i t i o n ;
f. P e r f o r m s s t e n o g r a p h i c and ty p in g w o r k .




B e g in n i n g w ith c a l e n d a r y e a r 1976 s u r v e y s , the B u r e a u h a s g r o u p e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d ie d in it s
a r e a w a g e s u r v e y s in to j o b f a m i l i e s in o r d e r t o p r e s e n t i n f o r m a t i o n on r e l a t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in s e q u e n c e .
J o b f a m i l i e s h av e not b e e n t i t l e d , h o w e v e r , s i n c e d o i n g s o m i g h t h a v e a d d e d e x t r a n e o u s e l e m e n t s t o th e
jo b m atching p r o c e s s .
T h e B u r e a u h as a l s o r e v i s e d s e v e r a l o c c u p a t i o n a l t i t l e s .
w o r d o r d e r and a r e m o r e d e s c r i p t i v e o f th e s u r v e y j o b s .

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The title s m o r e n e a r ly r e f le c t usual

SEC R ETA R Y— Continued

S E C R E T A R Y ---- Continued

E x c l u s i o n s — C o n tin u e d

C lass

C

e.
A s s is t a n t - t y p e p o sitio n s w hich in v olv e m o r e d ifficu lt o r m o r e
1. S e c r e t a r y to an e x e c u t i v e o r m a n a g e r i a l p e r s o n w h o s e r e s p o n ­
re sp o n sib le tech n ica l, a d m inistrative, s u p e rv is o ry , or sp e cia liz e d c le r ic a l
s i b i l i t y i s n o t e q u i v a l e n t to on e o f the s p e c i f i c l e v e l s it u a t io n s in the d e f i n i t i o n
d u t ie s w h i c 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 .
f o r c l a s s B , but w h o s e o r g a n i z a t i o n a l unit n o r m a l l y n u m b e f s at 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 and i s u s u a l l y d i v i d e d in to o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e g m e n t s w h i c h a r e
o f t e n , in t u r n , f u r t h e r s u b d i v i d e d .
In s o m e c o m p a n i e s , t h is l e v e l i n c l u d e s a
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 the l e v e l d e f i n i t i o n s
w id e r a n g e o f o r g a n i z a t i o n a l e c h e l o n s ; in o t h e r s , o n l y o n e o r tw o ; rnr
f o l l o w i n g , r e f e r s t o t h o s e o f f i c i a l s w h o h av e a s i g n i f i c a n t c o r p o r a t e w i d e
p o l i c y m a k i n g r o l e w ith r e g a r d to m a j o r c o m p a n y a c t i v i t i e s .
T h e t i t le " v i c e
2 . S e c r e t a r y t o the h e a d o f an i n d i v i d u a l pla n t, f a c t o r y , e t c . ( o r
p r e s i d e n t , " th o u gh n o r m a l l y i n d i c a t i v e o f th is r o l e , d o e s n ot in a ll c a s e s
o t h e r e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f o f f i c i a l ) that e m p l o y s , in a l l , f e w e r than 5 , 0 0 0
id e n t i f y s u ch p o s i t i o n s .
V i c e p r e s i d e n t s whos*e p r i m a r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s to
persons.
a c t p e r s o n a l l y on i n d i v 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 i v i d u a l lo a n o r c r e d i t a c t i o n s ; a d m i n i s t e r i n d i v 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
C lass D
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
1. S e c r e t a r y to the s u p e r v i s o r o r h e ad o f a s m a l l o r g a n i z a t i o n a l unit
p u r p o s e s o f a p p ly in g the f o l l o w i n g l e v e l d e f i n i t i o n s .
( e . g . , f e w e r th an a b o u t 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s ) ; c^r
C la ss A
1. S e c r e t a r y to the c h a i r m a n o f the 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
that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 100 but f e w e r than 5, 000 p e r s o n s ; o r

2. S e c r e t a r y to a n o n s u p e r v i s o r y s t a f f s p e c i a l i s t , p r o f e s s i o n a l
e m p lo y e e , a d m in istra tiv e o f f i c e r , o r assista n t, sk illed techn ician, o r exp ert.
(N O TE:
M a n y c o m p a n i e s a s s i g n s t e n o g r a p h e r s , r a t h e r tha n s e c r e t a r i e s as
d e s c r i b e d a b o v e , to t h is l e v e l o f s u p e r v i s o r y o r n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r . )
STENOGRAPHER

2. S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r ( o t h e r th an the c h a i r m a n o f the
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 that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5, 000 but f e w e r
th an 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
3. S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d , i m m e d i a t e l y b e l o w the c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r
l e v e l , o f a m a j o r s e g m e n t o r s u b s i d i a r y o f a c o m p a n y that e m p l o y s , in a ll,
o v e r 25 ,00 0 p e r s o n s .

C la ss B

P r i m a r y du ty i s to ta k e d i c t a t i o n u s i n g s h o r t h a n d , and to t r a n s c r i b e
th e d i c t a t i o n .
M ay a ls o type f r o m w ritte n c o p y .
M ay operate fr o m a sten o­
grap hic p o o l.
M a y o c c a s i o n a l l y t r a n s c r i b e f r o m v o i c e r e c o r d i n g s ( if p r i m a r y
du ty i s t r a n s c r i b i n g f r o m r e c o r d i n g s ,
see T ra n sc rib in g-M a ch in e T ypist).
N O T E : T h i s j o b i s d i s t i n g u i s h e d f r o m that o f a s e c r e t a r y in that a
s e c r e t a r y n o r m a l l y w o r k s in a c o n f i d e n t i a l r e l a t i o n s h i p w ith o n l y o n e m a n a g e r
o r e x e c u t i v e and p e r f o r m s m o r e
r e s p o n s i b l e and d i s c r e t i o n a r y t a s k s as
d e s c r i b e d in the s e c r e t a r y j o b d e f i n i t i o n .

1. S e c r e t a r y t o th e c h a i r 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
that e m p l o y s , in a l l , f e w e r than 100 p e r s o n s ; o r
2. S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r ( o t h e r th an the c h a i r m a n o f the
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 that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 100 but f e w e r
than 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
3. S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d , i m m e d i a t e l y b e l o w the o f f i c e r l e v e l , o v e r
eith er a m a j o r c o rp o ra tio n w id e fun ction al activity ( e .g ., m a rk e tin g , r e s e a r c h ,
o p e r a t i o n s , i n d u s t r i a l r e l a t i o n s , e t c . ) or_ a m a j o r g e o g r a p h i c o r o r g a n i z a t i o n a l
s e g m e n t ( e . g . , a r e g i o n a l h e a d q u a r t e r s ; a m a j o r d i v i s i o n ) o f a c o m p a n y that
e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 but f e w e r than 2 5 , 0 0 0 e m p l o y e e s ; o r
4 . S e c r e t a r y to the h e a d o f an i n d i v i d u a l p la n t, f a c t o r y , e t c . ( o r
o t h e r e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f o f f i c i a l ) that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r
5. S e c r e t a r y to the h e a d o f a l a r g e and 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 i d 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 an o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e g m e n t
o f t e n i n v o l v i n g as m a n y as s e v e r a l h u n d r e d p e r s o n s ) o r a c o m p a n y that
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 .




Stenographer, G eneral

keep

D ictation in v o lv e s a n o r m a l rou tin e v o c a b u la r y .
M ay m aintain f i l e s ,
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 r o u t in e c l e r i c a l t a s k s .
S ten og rap h er, Sen ior

D i c t a t i o n i n v o l v e s 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 ch
a s in l e g a l b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s on s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h .
M a y a l s o s e t up and
m ain tain f ile s , k e e p r e c o r d s , etc.
OR
P e r f o r m s ste n o g ra p h ic du ties re q u ir in g s ig n ific an tly g r e a t e r in d e ­
p e n d e n c e and r e s p o n s i b i l i t y than s t e n o g r a p h e r , g e n e r a l , as e v i d e n c e d b y the
follow in g:
W o r k r e q u i r e s a h ig h d e g r e e o f s t e n o g r a p h i c s p e e d and a c c u r a c y ;
a t h o r o u g h w o r k i n g k n o w l e d g e o f g e n e r a l b u s i n e s s and o f f i c e p r o c e d u r e ; and
o f th e s p e c i f i c b u s i n e s s o p e r a t i o n s , o r g a n i z a t i o n , p o l i c i e s , p r o c e d u r e s , f i l e s ,
w ork flow , etc.
U s e s t h is k n o w l e d g e in p e r f o r m i n g s t e n o g r a p h i c d u t i e s and
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 as m a i n t a i n i n g f o l l o 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 , and l e t t e r s ; 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 and r o u t i n g i n c o m i n g m a i l ; and a n s w e r i n g
r o u t in e q u e s t i o n s , e t c .

T R A N SC R IB IN G -M A C H IN E TYP IST

SW ITC H B O AR D O P E R A T O R

P r i m a r y duty is to t r a n s c r i b e d ic t a t i o n i n v o l v i n g a n o r m a l r o u tin e
v ocabu lary from transc rib in g-m a ch 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 and do 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 tr a n s c r ib in g d ictation involving
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 ch as l e g a l b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s
on s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h a r e not i n c l u d e d .
A w o r k e r who t a k e s d i c t a t i o n in
s h o r t h a n d o r b y S t e n o typ e o r s i m i l a r m a c h i n e is c l a s s i f i e d as a s t e n o g r a p h e r .

O p e r a t e s a t e l e p h o n e s w i t c h b o a r d o r c o n s o l e u s e d with a p r i v a t e
b r a n c h e x c h a n g e ( P B X ) s y s t e m t o r e l a y i n c o m i n g , o u t g o in g , and i n t r a s y s t e m
ca lls.
M a y p r o v i d e i n f o r m a t i o n to c a l l e r s , r e c o r d and t r a n s m i t m e s s a g e s ,
k e e p r e c o r d o f c a l l s p l a c e d and t o l l c h a r g e s .
B e s id e s operatin g a telephon e
s w i t c h b o a r d o r c o n s o l e , m a y a l s o ty p e o r p e r f o r m r o u tin e c l e r i c a l w o r k
(typ in g o r r o u t in e c l e r i c a l w o r k m a y o c c u p y the m a j o r p o r t i o n o f the w o r k e r ' s
t i m e , and i s u s u a l l y p e r f o r m e d w h i le at the s w i t c h b o a r d o r c o n s o l e ) .
C hief
o r le a d o p e r a t o 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 than on e o p e r a t o r a r e
exclu ded.
F o r an o p e r a t o r w h o a l s o a c t s as a r e c e p t i o n i s t , s e e S w i t c h b o a r d
O perator-R eceptionist.

TYPIST
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 s o r to m a k e
out b i l l s a f t e r c a l c u l a t i o n s have b e e n m a d e by a n o t h e r p e r s o n .
M a y in c l u d e
ty p in g o f s t e n c i l s , m a t s , o r s i m i l a r m a t e r i a l s f o r u s e in d u p lic a t in g p r o ­
cesses.
M a y do c l e r i c a l w o r k i n v o l v i n g lit tle s p e c i a l t r a i n i n g , s u ch as
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 and r e p o r t s , o r s o r t i n g and d is t r i b u t i n g
in com in g m ail.
C lass A .
P e r f o r m s on e o r m o r e o f the f o l l o w i n g : T y p in g m a t e r i a l
in f in a l f o r m w hen it i n v o l v e s c o m b i n i n g m a t e r i a l f r o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s ; o r
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g , s y l l a b i c a t i o n , p u n c tu a t io n , e t c . , o f t e c h ­
n i c a l o r u n u su a l w o r d s o r f o r e i g n la n g u a ge m a t e r i a l ; o r p la n nin g la yo u t and
ty p in g o f c o m p l i c a t e d s t a t i s t i c a l t a b l e s to m a in t a in u n i f o r m i t y and b a l a n c e in
s p a c i n g . M ay ty p e r o u tin e f o r m l e t t e r s , v a r y i n g d e t a i l s to suit c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
C lass
rough o r c le a r
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B.
P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e o f the f o l l o w i n g : C o p y ty pin g f r o m
d r a f t s ; o r r o u t in e ty pin 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 . ;
s im p le standard tabu lation s; o r co p yin g m o r e c o m p l e x ta b le s
and s p a c e d p r o p e r l y .

FILE CLE RK
F i l e s , c l a s s i f i e s , and r e t r i e v e s m a t e r i a l in an e s t a b l i s h e d f ilin g
system .
M a y p e r f o r m c l e r i c a l and m a n u a l t a s k s r e q u i r e d to m a in t a in f i l e s .
P o s i t i o n s a r e c l a s s i f i e d in to l e v e l s on the b a s i s o f th e f o l l o w i n g d e f i n i t i o n s .
C l a s s A . C l a s s i f i e s and i n d e x e s f i l e m a t e r i a l s u ch as c o r r e s p o n d ­
e n c e , r e p o r t s , t e c h n i c a l d o c u m e n t s , e t c . , in an e s t a b l i s h e d f i l i n g s y s t e m
c o n t a in in g a n u m b e r o f v a r i e d s u b j e c t m a t t e r f i l e s .
M a y a l s o f ile th is
m a terial.
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 j u n c t i o n with the f i l e s .
M a y le a d a s m a l l g r o u p o f l o w e r l e v e l f i l e c l e r k s .
C l a s s B.
S o r t s , c o d e s , and f i l e s u n c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l by s i m p l e
( s u b j e c t m a t t e r ) h e a d in g s o r p a r t l y c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l b y f i n e r s u b h e a d i n g s .
P r e p a r e s s i m p l e r e l a t e d in d e x and c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e a i d s .
A s requested,
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 and f o r w a r d s m a t e r i a l .
May
perform
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 t o m a in t a in and s e r v i c e f i l e s .
C l a s s C.
P e r f o r m s ro u tin e f ilin g o f m a t e r i a l that has 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 i c h is e a s i l y c l a s s i f i e d in a s i m p l e s e r i a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n
system
(e .g ., a lph abetical, c h r o n o lo g ic a l, o r n u m e r ic a l).
As requested,
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 and f o r w a r d s m a t e r i a l ; and m a y
f i l l out w i t h d r a w a l c h a r g e .
M a y p e r f o r m s i m p l e c l e r i c a l and m a n u a l t a s k s
r e q u i r e d to m a i n t a i n and s e r v i c e f i l e s .
MESSENGER
P e r f o r m s v a r i o u s r o u tin e d u t ie s s u ch as ru nnin 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 such a s s e a l e r s o r m a i l e r s , o p e n in g and d i s t r i b u t i n g
m a i l , and o t h e r m i n o r c l e r i c a l w o r k . E x c l u d e p o s i t i o n s that r e q u i r e o p e r a t i o n
o f a m o t o r v e h i c l e as a s i g n i f i c a n t duty .




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s i n g 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 o r c o n s o l e , a c t s both as
s e e S w i t c h b o a r d O p e r a t o r — and as a r e c e p t i o n i s t . R e c e p t i o n i s t ' s
s u ch d u tie s a s g r e e t i n g v i s i t o r s ; d e t e r m i n i n g n a tu r e o f v i s i t o r ' s
p r o v i d i n g a p p r o p r i a t e i n f o r m a t i o n ; r e f e r r i n g v i s i t o r to a p p r o ­
in the o r g a n i z a t i o n o r c o n t a c t i n g that p e r s o n by t e l e p h o n e and
a p p o in t m e n t ; k e e p i n g a lo g o f v i s i t o r s .

ORDER CLERK
R e c e i v e s c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s f o r m a t e r i a l o r m e r c h a n d i s e by m a i l ,
phone, o r p e r so n a lly .
D u t ie s i n v o l v e any c o m b i n a t i o n o f the f o l l o w i n g :
Q u o t in g p r i c e s to c u s t o m e r s ; m a k i n g out an o r d e r s h e e t lis ti n g the i t e m s to
m a k e up th e o r d e r ; c h e c k i n g p r i c e s and q u a n tit ie s o f i t e m s on o r d e r s h e e t ;
and d i s t r i b u t i n g o r d e r s h e e t s to r e s p e c t i v e d e p a r t m e n t s to be f i l l e d .
M ay
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 ra tin 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 o f o r d e r s f r o m c u s t o m e r s , f o l l o w up o r d e r s to s e e that th ey
h av 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 , and c h e c k ship pin g i n v o i c e s
with o r i g i n a l o r d e r s .
ACCO U N TIN G C L E R K
P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e a c c o u n t i n g c l e r i c a l t a s k s s u ch as p o s t i n g to
r e g i s t e r s and l e d g e r s ; r e c o n c i l i n g bank a c c o u n t s ; v e r i f y i n g the in te rn e d c o n ­
s i s t e n c y , c o m p l e t e n e s s , and m a t h e m a t i c a l a c c u r a c y o f a c c o u n t i n g d o c u m e n t s ;
a s s i g n i n g p r e s c r i b e d a c c o u n t i n g d i s t r i b u t i o n c o d e s ; e x a m i n i n g and v e r i f y i n g
fo r c l e r i c a l a c c u r a c y v a r io u s types of r e p o r t s , lis ts , c a lcu la tio n s , p osting,
e tc .; o r p r e p a r in g sim p le o r a s s i s t in g in 'p r e p a r in g m o r e c o m p lic a t e d jo u rn a l
vouchers.
M a y w o r k in e i t h e r a m a n u a l o r a u t o m a t e d a c c o u n t i n g s y s t e m .
T h e w o r k r e q u i r e s a k n o w l e d g e o f c l e r i c a l m e t h o d s and o f f i c e p r a c ­
t i c e s and p r o c e d u r e s w h i c h r e l a t e s to the c l e r i c a l p r o c e s s i n g and r e c o r d i n g
o f t r a n s a c t i o n s and a c c o u n t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n .
With e x p e r i e n c e , the w o r k e r
t y p i c a l l y b e c o m e s f a m i l i a r w ith the b o o k k e e p i n g and a c c o u n t i n g t e r m s and
p r o c e d u r e s u s e d in the a s s i g n e d w o r k , but i s not r e q u i r e d t o have a k n o w l e d g e
o f the f o r m a l p r i n c i p l e s o f b o o k k e e p i n g and a c c o u n t i n g .
P osition s
definitions.

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C la ss A.
U n d e r g e n e r a l s u p e r v i s i o n , p e r f o r m s a c c o u n t in g c l e r i c a l
o p e r a t i o n s w h i c h r e q u i r e the a p p l i c a t i o n o f e x p e r i e n c e and ju d g m e n t , f o s ^
e x a m p le , c l e r i c a l l y p r o c e s s i n g c o m p lic a t e d or n on rep etitiv e accounting t r a n s ­
a c t i o n s , S e l e c t i n g a m o n g a s u b s t a n t ia l v a r i e t y o f p r e s c r i b e d a c c o u n t in g c o d e s
and c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s , o r t r a c i n g t r a n s a c t i o n s th ro u gh p r e v i o u s a c c o u n t in g
a c t i o n s to d e t e r m i n e s o u r c e o f d i s c r e p a n c i e s .
M a y b e a s s i s t e d by o n e o r
m o r e c l a s s B a c c o u n t in g c l e r k s .

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KEYPUNCH OPERATOR

C la ss B .
Under c l o s e s u p e r v is io n , fo llo w in g deta iled in stru ctio n s
and s t a n d a r d i z e d p r o c e d u r e s , p e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e r o u tin e a c c o u n t i n g c l e r ­
i c a l o p e r a t i o n s , s u c h a s p o s t i n g to l e d g e r s , c a r d s , o r w o r k s h e e t s w h e r e
i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f i t e m s and l o c a t i o n s o f p o s t i n g s a r e c l e a r l y i n d i c a t e d ; c h e c k i n g
a c c u r a c y and c o m p l e t e n e s s o f s t a n d a r d i z e d and r e p e t i t i v e r e c o r d s o r
a c c o u n t i n g d o c u m e n t s ; and c o d i n g
d o c u m e n ts using a few p r e s c r i b e d
a ccou nting c o d e s .

O p e r a t e s a k e y p u n c h m a c h i n e to r e c o r d o r v e r i f y a l p h a b e t i c a n d / o r
n u m e r i c data o n t a b u la t in g c a r d s o r on ta p e .

B O O K K E E P IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R
O p e r a t e s a b o o k k e e p i n g m a c h i n e (w ith o r w ith o u t a t y p e w r i t e r k e y ­
b o a rd ) to k eep a r e c o r d o f b u s in e s s tr a n s a c tio n s .
C l a 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 l e d g e o f and
e x p e r i e n c e in b a s i c b o o k k e e p i n g p r i n c i p l e s , and f a m i l i a r i t y w ith th e s t r u c t u r e
o f the 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 and
d i s t r i b u t i o n o f d e b i t and c r e d i t i t e m s to b e u s e d in e a c h p h a s e o f the w o r k .
M a y p r e p a r e c o n s o l i d a t e d r e p o r t s , b a l a n c e s h e e t s , and o t h e r r e c o r d s b y hand.
C la s s B.
K e e p s a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e ph ases o r s e c tio n s o f a
s e t o f r e c o r d s u s u a l l y r e q u i r i n g lit t le k n o w l e d g e o f b a s i c b o o k k e e p i n 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 l e , p a y r o l l , c u s t o m e r s ' a c c o u n t s (not
in 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 m a c h i n e b i l l e r ) , c o s t d i s ­
tribution, ex p en se distrib u tion , in v e n to ry c o n tr o l, etc.
May ch e ck o r a s sist
in p r e p a r a t i o n o f t r i a l b a l a n c e s and p r e p a r e c o n t r o l s h e e t s f o r th e a c c o u n t i n g
departm ent.
M ACH IN E B I L L E R
P r e p a r e s s t a t e m e n t s , b i l l s , and i n v o i c e s on a m a c h i n e o t h e r than an
ord in ary or e le ctro m a tic ty p ew riter.
M a y a l s o k e e p r e c o r d s a s to b i l l i n g s
o r s h ip p in 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
operations.
F o r w a g e stu dy p u r p o s e s , m a c h i n e b i l l e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e
of m a c h in e , as fo llo w s :
B illin g-m ach in e b i l l e r .
U ses a s p e c ia l billing m achine (com bin ation
ty p in g and a d d in g m a c h i n e ) to p r e p a r e b i l l s and 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 in g m e m o r a n d u m s , e t c .
U s u a l l y i n v o l v 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 and s h ip p in g c h a r g e s
and e n t r y o f n e c e s s a r y e x t e n s i o n s , w h i c h m a y o r m a y not b e c o m p u t e d on
the b i l l i n g m a c h i n e ,
and t o t a l s w h i c 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 ch in e.
The o p eration usually in v olv es a la rg e num ber o f ca r b o n co p ie s
o f the b i l l b e i n g p r e p a r e d and i s o f t e n d o n e o n a f a n f o l d m a c h i n e .
B ookkeepin g-m ach in e b ille r .
U s e s a b o o k k e e p i n g m a c h i n e (w ith o r
w ith o u t a t y p e w r i t e r k e y b o a r d ) to p r e p a r e c u s t o m e r s ' b i l l s a s p a r t o f the
accounts re ce iv a b le operation .
G e n e r a l l y i n v o l v e s th e s i m u l t a n e o u s e n t r y o f
f i g u r e s on c u s t o m e r s ' l e d g e r r e c o r d . T h e m a c h i n e a u t o m a t i c a l l y a c c u m u l a t e s
f i g u r e s o n a n u m b e r o f v e r t i c a l c o l u m n s and c o m p u t e s and 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 the 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 not in v o lv e a knowledge o f b o o k ­
keeping.
W o r k s f r o m u n i f o r m and s t a n d a r d t y p e s o f s a l e s and c r e d i t s l i p s .
PA Y R O LL CLERK
C o m p u t e s w a g e s o f c o m p a n y e m p l o y e e s and e n t e r s th e n e c e s s a r y
da ta on th e p a y r o l l s h e e t s .
D u t ie s i n v o l v e :
Calculating w o r k e r s ' earnings
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 ; and p o s t i n g c a l c u l a t e d da t a on p a y r o l l
sheet, show ing in fo r m a tio n such as w o r k e r 's n a m e , w ork in g d a y s, tim e , rate,
d e d u c t i o n s f o r i n s u r a n c e , and t o t a l w a g e s d u e .
M a y m a k e ou t p a y c h e c k s and
a s s i s t p a y m a s t e r in m a k i n g up and d i s t r i b u t i n g p a y e n v e l o p e s .
May use a
ca lcu latin g m a ch in e.




P osition s
defin ition s.

are

cla ssified

in to

levels

on

the

b a s i s o f the f o l l o w i n g

C lass A .
W o r k r e q u i r e s the a p p l i c a t i o n o f e x p e r i e n c e and ju d g m e n t
in s e l e c t i n g p r o c e d u r e s to be f o l l o w e d and in s e a r c h i n g f o r , i n t e r p r e t i n g ,
s e l e c t i n g , o r c o d i n g i t e m s to b e k e y p u n c h e d f r o m a v a r i e t y o f s o u r c e d o c u ­
m ents.
On o c c a s i o n m a y a l s o p e r f o r m s o m e r o u t in e k e y p u n c h w o r k .
May
train in e x p e r ie n c e d keypunch o p e r a t o r s .
C lass B .
W o r k i s r o u t in e and r e p e t i t i v e .
Under c lo s e s u p e rv is io n
o r follow in g s p e c if ic p r o c e d u r e s o r in st r u c tio n s , w o rk s f r o m v a riou s stan­
d a r d i z e d s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s w h i c h h a v e b e e n c o d e d , and f o l l o w s s p e c i f i e d
p r o c e d u r e s w h i c h h a v e b e e n p r e s c r i b e d in d e t a i l and r e q u i r e lit tle o r no
s e l e c t i n g , c o d i n g , o r i n t e r p r e t i n g o f da ta to be r e c o r d e d . R e f e r s to s u p e r v i s o r
p r o b le m s arisin g fr o m e rro n e o u s ite m s o r c o d e s o r m is s in g in form a tion .

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

O p e r a t e s o n e o r a v a r i e t y o f m a c h i n e s s u c h a s th e t a b u l a t o r , c a l c u ­
la tor, c o lla to r, in te rp re te r, s o r te r , re p ro d u cin g punch, etc.
E xcluded fr o m
t h is d e f i n i t i o n a r e w o r k i n g s u p e r v i s o r s .
A ls o exclu ded are o p e r a to rs of
e l e c t r o n i c d i g i t a l c o m p u t e r s , e v e n th o u gh t h e y m a y a l s o o p e r a t e e l e c t r i c
a c c o u n t i n g m a c h i n e e q u ip m e n t .
P osition s
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C lass A .
P e r f o r m s c o m p l e t e r e p o r t i n g and ta b u la tin g a s s i g n m e n t s
in clu d in g d e v isin g d ifficu lt c o n t r o l pan el w irin g u nder g e n e r a l su p e r v is io n .
A s s i g n m e n t s t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e a v a r i e t y o f l o n g and c o m p l e x r e p o r t s w h i c h
o f t e n a r e i r r e g u l a r o r n o n r e c u r r i n g , r e q u i r i n g s o m e p la n n in g o f the n a t u r e
and s e q u e n c i n g o f o p e r a t i o n s , and th e u s e o f a v a r i e t y o f m a c h i n e s .
Is
t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e d in t r a i n i n g n e w o p e r a t o r s in m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s o r t r a i n i n g
l o w e r l e v e l 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 and in th e o p e r a t i n g s e q u e n c e s
o f l o n g and c o m p l e x r e p o r t s .
D o e s n o t i n c l u d e p o s i t i o n s in w h i c h w i r i n g
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s l i m i t e d t o s e l e c t i o n and i n s e r t i o n o f p r e w i r e d b o a r d s .
C la ss B .
P e r f o r m s w o r k a c c o r d i n g to e s t a b l i s h e d p r o c e d u r e s and
under sp e cific in stru ction s.
A s s i g n m e n t s t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e c o m p l e t e but r o u ­
ti n e and r e c u r r i n g r e p o r t s o r p a r t s o f l a r g e r and m o r e c o m p l e x r e p o r t s .
O p e r a t e s m o r e d i f f i c u l t t a b u l a t i n g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n t i n g m a c h i n e s s u c h as
th e t a b u l a t o r and c a l c u l a t o r , in a d d i t i o n to th e s i m p l e r m a c h i n e s u s e d b y
cla ss C op erators.
M a y b e r e q u i r e d to d o s o m e w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s .
C lass C .
U n d e r s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s , o p e r a t e s s i m p l e ta b u la tin g
o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n t i n g m a c h i n e s s u c h a s th e s o r t e r , i n t e r p r e t e r , r e p r o d u c i n g
punch, c o lla t o r , etc.
A s s i g n m e n t s t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e p o r t i o n s o f a w o r k unit,
f o r e x a m p le , in divid ual s o rtin g o r co lla tin g ru n s, o r rep etitiv e o p e r a t io n s .
May p e r fo rm
s i m p l e w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s , and d o s o m e f i l i n g w o r k .

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C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T , BUSINESS

C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T , BUSINESS— C o n tin u e d

A n a l y z e s b u s i n e s s p r o b l e m s to f o r m u l a t e p r o c e d u r e s f o r s o l v i n g
t h e m b y u s e o f e l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g e q u i p m e n t .
D evelops a com p lete
d e s c r i p t i o n o f a l l s p e c i f i c a t i o n s n e e d e d to e n a b l e p r o g r a m m e r s t o p r e p a r e
re q u ir e d dig ital c o m p u te r p r o g r a m s .
W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
A n a l y z e s s u b j e c t - m a t t e r o p e r a t i o n s to be a u t o m a t e d and i d e n t i f i e s c o n d i t i o n s
and c r i t e r i a r e q u i r e d to a c h i e v e s a t i s f a c t o r y r e s u l t s ; s p e c i f i e s n u m b e r and
t y p e s o f r e c o r d s , f i l e s , and d o c u m e n t s to b e u s e d ; o u t l i n e s a c t i o n s to be
p e r f o r m e d b y p e r s o n n e l and c o m p u t e r s in s u f f i c i e n t d e t a i l f o r p r e s e n t a t i o n
to m a n a g e m e n t and f o r p r o g r a m m i n g ( t y p i c a l l y t h i s i n v o l v e s p r e p a r a t i o n o f
w o r k and data f l o w c h a r t s ) ; c o o r d i n a t e s the d e v e l o p m e n t o f t e s t p r o b l e m s and
p a r t i c i p a t e s in t r i a l r u n s o f n e w and r e v i s e d s y s t e m s ; and r e c o m m e n d s e q u i p ­
m e n t c h a n g e s to o b t a in m o r e e f f e c t i v e o v e r a l l o p e r a t i o n s .
(N O TE :
W orkers
p e r f o r m i n g both s y s t e m s a n a l y s i s and p r o g r a m m i n g s h o u ld be c l a s s i f i e d a s
s y s t e m s a n a l y s t s i f t h is i s the s k i l l u s e d to d e t e r m i n e t h e i r p a y .)

C lass C.
W o r k s u n d e r i m m e d i a t e s u p e r v i s i o n , c a r r y i n g out a n a l y ­
s e s as a s sig n e d , u su ally o f a single a ctiv ity .
A s s i g n m e n t s a r e d e s i g n e d to
d e v e l o p and e x p a n d p r a c t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e in the a p p l i c a t i o n o f p r o c e d u r e s and
sk ills re q u ire d fo r s y s te m s analy sis w o rk .
F o r e x a m p le , m a y a s s is t a higher
l e v e l s y s t e m s a n a l y s t b y p r e p a r i n g th e d e t a i l e d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s r e q u i r e d b y
p r o g r a m m e r s f r o m i n f o r m a t i o n d e v e l o p e d b y the h i g h e r l e v e l a n a ly s t .

D o e s not i n c l u d e e m p l o y e e s p r i m a r i l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the m a n a g e ­
m e n t o r s u p e r v i s i o n o f o t h e r e l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g e m p l o y e e s , o r s y s ­
t e m s a n a l y s t s p r i m a r i l y c o n c e r n e d w ith s c i e n t i f i c o r e n g i n e e r i n g p r o b l e m s .
F o r w a g e stu dy p u r p o s e s , s y s t e m s a n a l y s t s a r e c l a s s i f i e d as f o l l o w s :
C lass A .
W o r k s in d e p e n d e n t l y o r u n d e r o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on
c o m p l e x p r o b le m s in volvin g all ph ases of s y s te m a n a ly sis.
P r o b le m s are
c o m p l e x b e c a u s e o f d i v e r s e s o u r c e s o f in pu t data and m u l t i p l e - u s e r e q u i r e ­
m e n t s o f ou tp ut da ta .
( F o r e x a m p l e , d e v e l o p s an i n t e g r a t e d p r o d u c t i o n s c h e d ­
u lin g , i n v e n t o r y c o n t r o l , c o s t a n a l y s i s , and s a l e s a n a l y s i s r e c o r d in w h i c h
e v e r y i t e m o f e a c h t y p e i s a u t o m a t i c a l l y p r o c e s s e d t h r o u g h the f u l l s y s t e m
o f r e c o r d s and a p p r o p r i a t e f o l l o w u p a c t i o n s a r e in itia t e d b y th e c o m p u t e r . )
C o n f e r s w ith p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e t e r m i n e the data p r o c e s s i n g p r o b l e m s
and a d v i s e s s u b j e c t - m a t t e r p e r s o n n e l on the i m p l i c a t i o n s o f n e w o r r e v i s e d
s y s t e m s o f data p r o c e s s i n g o p e r a t i o n s .
M akes re co m m e n d a tio n s, if needed,
f o r a p p r o v a l o f m a j o r s y s t e m s i n s t a l l a t i o n s o r c h a n g e s and f o r o b ta in in g
equipm ent.

C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R , BU SINESS
C o n v e r ts statem ents o f b u sin e ss p r o b l e m s , ty p ica lly p r e p a r e d by a
s y s t e m s a n a l y s t , in to a s e q u e n c e o f d e t a i l e d i n s t r u c t i o n s w h i c h a r e r e q u i r e d
to s o l v e th e p r o b l e m s b y a u t o m a t i c data p r o c e s s i n g e q u i p m e n t .
W orking fr o m
c h a r t s o r d i a g r a m s , the p r o g r a m m e r d e v e l o p s the p r e c i s e i n s t r u c t i o n s w h i c h ,
w h e n e n t e r e d in to the c o m p u t e r s y s t e m in c o d e d l a n g u a g e , c a u s e th e m a n i p u ­
l a t i o n o f data to a c h i e v e d e s i r e d r e s u l t s . W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g :
A p p lie s know ledge o f co m p u te r c a p a b ilitie s, m a th e m a tic s , log ic e m p loy ed by
c o m p u t e r s , and p a r t i c u l a r s u b j e c t m a t t e r i n v o l v e d to a n a ly z e c h a r t s and
d i a g r a m s o f th e p r o b l e m to b e p r o g r a m m e d ; d e v e l o p s s e q u e n c e o f p r o g r a m
s t e p s ; w r i t e s d e t a i l e d f l o w c h a r t s to s h o w o r d e r in w h i c h data w i l l be
p r o c e s s e d ; c o n v e r t s t h e s e c h a r t s to c o d e d i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r m a c h i n e t o f o l l o w ;
t e s t s and c o r r e c t s p r o g r a m s ; p r e p a r e s i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r o p e r a t i n g p e r s o n n e l
d u r i n g p r o d u c t i o n ru n; a n a l y z e s , r e v i e w s , and a l t e r s p r o g r a m s to i n c r e a s e
o p e r a t i n g e f f i c i e n c y o r ada p t t o n e w r e q u i r e m e n t s ; m a i n t a i n s r e c o r d s o f
p r o g r a m d e v e l o p m e n t and r e v i s i o n s .
(N O TE :
W o r k e r s p e r f o r m i n g both
s y s t e m s a n a l y s i s and p r o g r a m m i n g s h o u ld b e c l a s s i f i e d as s y s t e m s a n a l y s t s
if th is is th e s k i l l u s e d to d e t e r m i n e t h e i r pay.)
D o e s n o t i n c l u d e e m p l o y e e s p r i m a r i l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the m a n a g e ­
m e n t o r s u p e rv is io n o f o th e r e l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g e m p l o y e e s , o r p r o ­
g r a m m e r s p r i m a r i l y c o n c e r n e d w ith s c i e n t i f i c a n d / o r e n g i n e e r i n g p r o b l e m s .
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C l a s s A . W o r k s in d e p e n d e n t l y o r u n d e r o n l y g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on
c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s w h i c h r e q u i r e c o m p e t e n c e in a l l p h a s e s o f p r o g r a m m i n g
c o n c e p t s and p r a c t i c e s .
W o r k i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s and c h a r t s w h i c h id e n t i f y
th e n a t u r e o f d e s i r e d r e s u l t s , m a j o r p r o c e s s i n g s t e p s t o be a c c o m p l i s h e d ,
and the r e l a t i o n s h i p s b e t w e e n v a r i o u s s t e p s o f the p r o b l e m s o l v i n g r o u t i n e ;
p la n s the f u l l r a n g e o f p r o g r a m m i n g a c t i o n s n e e d e d to e f f i c i e n t l y u t i l i z e the
c o m p u t e r s y s t e m in a c h i e v i n g d e s i r e d end p r o d u c t s .

C la s s B.
W o r k s in d e p e n d e n t l y o r u n d e r o n l y g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on
p r o b l e m s that a r e r e l a t i v e l y u n c o m p l i c a t e d t o a n a l y z e , p la n , p r o g r a m , and
operate.
P r o b l e m s a r e o f l i m i t e d c o m p l e x i t y b e c a u s e s o u r c e s o f inpu t data
a r e h o m o g e n e o u s and the output da ta a r e c l o s e l y r e l a t e d .
(F o r exam ple,
d e v e l o p s s y s t e m s f o r m a in t a in in g d e p o s i t o r a c c o u n t s in a b a n k , m a i n t a i n i n g
accounts
r e c e i v a b l e in a r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t , o r m a in t a in in g i n v e n t o r y
a c c o u n t s in a m a n u f a c t u r i n g o r w h o l e s a l e e s t a b l i s h m e n t . )
C o n f e r s w ith p e r ­
s o n s c o n c e r n e d t o d e t e r m i n e the da ta p r o c e s s i n g p r o b l e m s and a d v i s e s
s u b j e c t - m a t t e r p e r s o n n e l on th e i m p l i c a t i o n s o f the data p r o c e s s i n g s y s t e m s
to be a pp lied.

A t t h i s l e v e l , p r o g r a m m i n g i s d i f f i c u l t b e c a u s e c o m p u t e r e q u ip m e n t
m u s t be o r g a n i z e d to p r o d u c e s e v e r a l i n t e r r e l a t e d but d i v e r s e p r o d u c t s f r o m
n u m e r o u s and d i v e r s e data e l e m e n t s .
A w id e v a r i e t y and e x t e n s i v e n u m b e r
of internal p r o c e s s in g actions m ust o c c u r .
T h i s r e q u i r e s s u ch a c t i o n s as
d e v e l o p m e n t o f c o m m o n o p e r a t i o n s w h i c h c a n be r e u s e d , e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f
l in k a g e p o in t s b e t w e e n o p e r a t i o n s , a d j u s t m e n t s to da ta w h e n p r o g r a m r e q u i r e ­
m e n t s e x c e e d c o m p u t e r s t o r a g e c a p a c i t y , and s u b s t a n t ia l m a n ip u la t io n and
r e s e q u e n c i n g o f da ta e l e m e n t s to f o r m a h ig h ly i n t e g r a t e d p r o g r a m .

OR
W o r k s on a s e g m e n t o f a c o m p l e x da ta p r o c e s s i n g s c h e m e o r s y s t e m ,
as d e s c r i b e d f o r c l a s s A .
W o r k s in d e p e n d e n t l y on r o u tin e a s s i g n m e n t s and
r e c e i v e s i n s t r u c t i o n and g u i d a n c e on c o m p l e x a s s i g n m e n t s .
W ork is re v ie w e d
f o r a c c u r a c y o f ju d g m e n t , c o m p l i a n c e with i n s t r u c t i o n s , and t o i n s u r e p r o p e r
a l i g n m e n t w ith the o v e r a l l s y s t e m .




wage

analysts

M a y p r o v i d e f u n c t i o n a l d i r e c t i o n to l o w e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r s w h o a r e
a s s i g n e d to a s s i s t .

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C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R ---- Continued

C lass B .
W o r k s in d e p e n d e n t l y o r u n d e r o n l y g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on
r e la t iv e ly s im p le p r o g r a m s , o r on s im p le se g m e n ts o f c o m p l e x p r o g r a m s .
P r o g r a m s ( o r s e g m e n t s ) u s u a l l y p r o c e s s i n f o r m a t i o n to p r o d u c e da ta in tw o
or three v a rie d sequ en ces or fo rm a ts.
R e p o r t s and l i s t i n g s a r e p r o d u c e d b y
r e f i n i n g , a d a p tin g , a r r a y i n g , o r m a k i n g m i n o r a d d it io n s to o r d e l e t i o n s f r o m
input da ta w h i c h a r e r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e .
W h ile n u m e r o u s r e c o r d s m a y b e
p r o c e s s e d , the da ta h a v e b e e n r e f i n e d in p r i o r a c t i o n s s o that the a c c u r a c y
and s e q u e n c i n g o f da t a c a n b e t e s t e d b y u s in g a f e w r o u t in e c h e c k s . T y p i c a l l y ,
the p r o g r a m d e a l s w ith r o u t in e r e c o r d k e e p i n g o p e r a t i o n s .

m a j o r c h a n g e o r c a n n o t b e c o r r e c t e d w ith in a r e a s o n a b l y s h o r t t i m e .
In
c o m m o n e r r o r s i t u a t i o n s , d i a g n o s e s c a u s e and t a k e s c o r r e c t i v e a c t i o n .
T h is
u s u a l l y i n v o l v e s a p p ly in g p r e v i o u s l y p r o g r a m m e d c o r r e c t i v e s t e p s , o r u s in g
standard c o r r e c t i o n te c h n iq u e s .

OR
W o r k s on c o m p l e x p r o g r a m s ( a s d e s c r i b e d f o r c l a s s A) u n d e r c l o s e
d ir e c t io n o f a h igher le v e l p r o g r a m m e r o r s u p e r v is o r .
May a s s i s t h igher
l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r b y in d e p e n d e n t l y p e r f o r m i n g l e s s d i f f i c u l t t a s k s a s s i g n e d ,
and p e r f o r m i n g m o r e d i f f i c u l t t a s k s u n d e r f a i r l y c l o s e d i r e c t i o n .
M a y g u id e o r i n s t r u c t l o w e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r s .
C lass C .
M akes p r a c t ic a l a pplication s o f p r o g r a m m in g p r a c tic e s
and c o n c e p t s u s u a l l y l e a r n e d in f o r m a l t r a i n i n g c o u r s e s .
A ssign m en ts are
d e s i g n e d to d e v e l o p c o m p e t e n c e in the a p p l i c a t i o n o f s t a n d a r d p r o c e d u r e s to
r o u t in e p r o b l e m s . R e c e i v e s c l o s e s u p e r v i s i o n o n n e w a s p e c t s o f a s s i g n m e n t s ;
and w o r k i s r e v i e w e d to v e r i f y it s a c c u r a c y and c o n f o r m a n c e w ith r e q u i r e d
procedures.

COMPUTER OPERATOR
M o n i t o r s and o p e r a t e s the c o n t r o l c o n s o l e o f a d i g i t a l c o m p u t e r to
p r o c e s s data a c c o r d i n g t o o p e r a t i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s , u s u a l l y p r e p a r e d b y a p r o ­
gram m er.
W o r k i n c l u d e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g : S tud ie s i n s t r u c t i o n s to
d e t e r m i n e e q u i p m e n t s e tu p and o p e r a t i o n s ; lo a d s e q u i p m e n t w ith r e q u i r e d
i t e m s (ta pe r e e l s , c a r d s , e t c . ) ; s w i t c h e s n e c e s s a r y a u x i l i a r y e q u i p m e n t in to
c i r c u i t , and s t a r t s and o p e r a t e s c o m p u t e r ; m a k e s a d j u s t m e n t s to c o m p u t e r to
c o r r e c t o p e r a t i n g p r o b l e m s and m e e t s p e c i a l c o n d i t i o n s ; r e v i e w s e r r o r s m a d e
d u r in g o p e r a t i o n and d e t e r m i n e s c a u s e o r r e f e r s p r o b l e m to s u p e r v i s o r o r
p r o g r a m m e r ; and m a i n t a i n s o p e r a t i n g r e c o r d s .
M a y t e s t and a s s i s t in
correctin g program .
For

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purposes,

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operators

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as

follow s:
C la ss A.
O p e r a t e s i n d e p e n d e n t l y , o r u n d e r o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n ,
a c o m p u t e r r u n n in g p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s :
N e w p r o g r a m s a r e f r e q u e n t l y t e s t e d and i n t r o d u c e d ; s c h e d u l i n g r e q u i r e m e n t s
a r e o f c r i t i c a l i m p o r t a n c e to m i n i m i z e d o w n t i m e ; the p r o g r a m s a r e o f
c o m p l e x d e s i g n s o that i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f e r r o r s o u r c e o f t e n r e q u i r e s a w o r k i n g
k n o w l e d g e o f the t o t a l p r o g r a m , and a l t e r n a t e p r o g r a m s m a y n ot b e a v a i l a b l e .
M a y g i v e d i r e c t i o n and g u i d a n c e to l o w e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r s .
C lass B .
O p e ra te s in depen den tly, o r under on ly g e n e r a l d ir e c tio n ,
a c o m p u t e r ru n n in g p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s :
M o s t o f the p r o g r a m s a r e e s t a b l i s h e d p r o d u c t i o n r u n s , t y p i c a l l y ru n on a
r e g u l a r l y r e c u r r i n g b a s i s ; t h e r e i s lit tle o r n o t e s t i n g o f n e w p r o g r a m s
r e q u i r e d ; a l t e r n a t e p r o g r a m s a r e p r o v i d e d in c a s e o r i g i n a l p r o g r a m n e e d s




OR
O p e r a t e s u n d e r d i r e c t s u p e r v i s i o n a c o m p u t e r ru n n in g p r o g r a m s o r
s e g m e n t s o f p r o g r a m s w ith th e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s d e s c r i b e d f o r c l a s s A .
May
a s s i s t a h igher l e v e l o p e r a t o r by in depen den tly p e r fo r m i n g l e s s d ifficu lt task s
a s s i g n e d , and p e r f o r m i n g d i f f i c u l t t a s k s f o l l o w i n g d e t a i l e d i n s t r u c t i o n s and
w ith f r e q u e n t r e v i e w o f o p e r a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d .

expected
a b i l i t y to
receiv ed
operator

C lass C .
W ork s on rou tin e p r o g r a m s under c l o s e s u p e rv is io n .
Is
to d e v e l o p w o r k i n g k n o w l e d g e o f th e c o m p u t e r e q u ip m e n t u s e d and
d e t e c t p r o b l e m s i n v o l v e d in ru n n in g r o u t in e p r o g r a m s .
U s u a l l y has
s o m e f o r m a l t r a i n i n g in c o m p u t e r o p e r a t i o n . M a y a s s i s t h i g h e r l e v e l
on c o m p l e x p r o g r a m s .

DRAFTER
C lass A .
P l a n s the 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 avin 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 that d i f f e r s i g n i f i c a n t l y f r o m e s t a b l i s h e d d r a f t i n g
preceden ts.
W o r k s in c l o s e s u p p o r t w ith the d e s i g n o r i g i n a t o r , and m a y
re co m m e n d m in o r design ch a nges.
A n a l y z e s the e f f e c t o f e a c h c h a n g e on the
d e t a i l s o f f o r m , f u n c t i o n , and p o s i t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s o f c o m p o n e n t s and p a r t s .
W o r k s w ith a m i n i m u m o f s u p e r v i s o r y a s s i s t a n c e .
C o m p l e t e d w o r k is
r e v i e w e d b y d e s i g n o r i g i n a t o r f o r c o n s i s t e n c y w ith p r i o r e n g i n e e r i n g d e t e r ­
m inations.
M a y e i t h e r p r e p a r e d r a w i n g s o r d i r e c t t h e i r p r e p a r a t i o n by l o w e r
lev el d rafters.

C lass B .
P e r f o r m s n o n r o u t i n e and c o m p l e x d r a f t i n g a s s i g n m e n t s
that r e q u i r e th e a p p l i c a t i o n o f m o s t o f the s t a n d a r d i z e d d r a w i n g t e c h n i q u e s
reg u la rly used.
D u t ie s t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e s u c h w o r k a s :
P r e p a r e s w orking
d r a w i n g s o f s u b a s s e m b l i e s w ith i r r e g u l a r s h a p e s , m u l t i p l e f u n c t i o n s , and
p r e c is e p osition a l rela tion sh ip s betw een com p on en ts; p r e p a r e s a rch itectu ral
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 il d in g in c l u d i n g d e t a i l d r a w i n g s o f f o u n ­
d a t i o n s , w a l l s e c t i o n s , f l o o r p l a n s , and r o o f .
U s e s a c c e p t e d f o r m u l a s and
m a n u a l s in m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y c o m p u t a t i o n s to d e t e r m i n e q u a n t it ie s o f
m a t e r i a l s to be u s e d , lo 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 t c .
R eceiv es
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 , and a d v i c e f r o m s u p e r v i s o r .
C om pleted
w o rk is ch eck ed fo r te c h n ic a l adequacy.

C lass C .
P r e p a r e s d e t a i l d r a w i n g s o f s i n g l e unit s o r p a r t s f o r
en g in eerin g , c o n stru ctio n , m an ufactu rin g, o r re p a ir p u rp o s e s .
Types of
draw in gs p r e p a r e d include is o m e t r i c p r o je c t io n s (depicting th ree d im e n sio n s
in a c c u r a t e s c a l e ) and s e c t i o n a l v i e w s t o 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 t s
and c o n v e y n e e d e d i n f o r m a t i o n .
C on solida tes details fro m a num ber of
s o u r c e s and a d j u s t s o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a l e a s r e q u i r e d .
Suggested m eth od s of
a p p r o a c h , a p p l i c a b l e p r e c e d e n t s , and a d v i c e on s o u r c e m a t e r i a l s a r e g iv e n
w ith i n i t i a l a s s i g n m e n t s .
I n stru c tio n s a re l e s s c o m p le t e when a s sig n m e n t s
recur.
W o rk m a y be s p o t -c h e c k e d d u rin g p r o g r e s s .

D R A F T E R -T R A C E R

E L E C T R O N IC S TEC H N IC IAN — Continued

C o p i e s p la n s and 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 l o t h o r p a p e r o v e r d r a w i n g s and t r a c i n g w ith p e n o r p e n c i l .
( D o e s not
i n c l u d e t r a c i n g l i m i t 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 and a
l a r g e s c a l e n ot 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 . )

W o r k m a y b e r e v i e w e d b y s u p e r v i s o r ( f r e q u e n t l y an e n g i n e e r o r
d e s i g n e r ) f o r g e n e r a l c o m p l i a n c e w ith a c c e p t e d p r a c t i c e s .
May provide
t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e to l o w e r l e v e l t e c h n i c i a n s .
C l a s s B . A p p l i e s c o m p r e h e n s i v e t e c h n i c a l k n o w le d g e to s o l v e c o m ­
p l e x p r o b l e m s [ i . e . , t h o s e th at t y p i c a l l y c a n b e s o l v e d s o l e l y b y p r o p e r l y
i n t e r p r e t i n g m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' m a n u a l s o r s i m i l a r d o c u m e n t s ) in w o r k i n g on
e le c t r o n ic equip m en t.
W ork in v o lv e s:
A f a m i l i a r i t y w ith the i n t e r r e l a t i o n ­
s h i p s o f c i r c u i t s ; and j u d g m e n t in d e t e r m i n i n g w o r k s e q u e n c e and in s e l e c t i n g
t o o l s and t e s t i n g i n s t r u m e n t s , u s u a l l y l e s s c o m p l e x th an t h o s e u s e d b y the
c l a s s A tech n ician .

A N D /O R
P r e p a r e s sim p le o r rep etitive draw ings o f e a sily v isu a lize d ite m s .
W ork is c l o s e l y s u p e r v is e d during p r o g r e s s .
E L E C T R O N IC S TECHN ICIA N

R e c e i v e s te c h n ic a l gu id an ce, as r e q u ir e d , f r o m s u p e r v is o r o r h igher
l e v e l t e c h n i c i a n , and w o r k i s r e v i e w e d f o r s p e c i f i c c o m p l i a n c e with a c c e p t e d
p r a c t i c e s and w o r k a s s i g n m e n t s .
M a y p r o v i d e t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e to l o w e r
le v e l techn icians.

W o r k s on v a r i o u s t y p e s o f e l e c t r o n i c e q u i p m e n t and r e l a t e d d e v i c e s
b y p e r f o r m i n g o n e o r a c o m b i n a t i o n o f the f o l l o w i n g :
In stalling, m ain tain in g,
r e p a i r i n g , o v e r h a u l i n g , t r o u b l e s h o o t i n g , m o d i f y i n g , c o n s t r u c t i n g , and t e s t i n g .
W ork r e q u ir e s p r a c t ic a l app lication o f te c h n ic a l know led ge o f e le c t r o n ic s
p r i n c i p l e s , a b i l i t y to d e t e r m i n e m a l f u n c t i o n s , and s k i l l to put e q u i p m e n t in
r e q u ir e d operatin g condition.

C la s s C . A p p lie s w o rk in g te c h n ic a l k n ow ledge to p e r f o r m sim p le o r
r o u t i n e t a s k s in w o r k i n g o n e l e c t r o n i c e q u i p m e n t , f o l l o w i n g d e t a i l e d i n s t r u c ­
t i o n s w h i c h c o v e r v i r t u a l l y a ll p r o c e d u r e s .
W ork ty p ica lly in v olv es such
tasks as:
A s s i s t i n g h i g h e r l e v e l t e c h n i c i a n s b y p e r f o r m i n g s u ch a c t i v i t i e s as
r e p l a c i n g c o m p o n e n t s , w i r i n g c i r c u i t s , and ta k in g t e s t r e a d i n g s ; r e p a i r i n g
s i m p l e e l e c t r o n i c e q u i p m e n t ; and u s i n g t o o l s and c o m m o n t e s t i n s t r u m e n t s
( e . g . , m u l t i m e t e r s , a u d io s i g n a l g e n e r a t o r s , tu b e t e s t e r s , o s c i l l o s c o p e s ) .
Is n o t r e q u i r e d to b e f a m i l i a r w ith th e i n t e r r e l a t i o n s h i p s o f c i r c u i t s .
T h is
k n o w l e d g e , h o w e v e r , m a y b e a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a s s i g n m e n t s d e s i g n e d to
i n c r e a s e c o m p e t e n c e (including c l a s s r o o m
t r a i n in g ) s o that w o r k e r c a n
a dvan ce to h igh er le v e l te ch n icia n .

T h e e q u i p m e n t — c o n s i s t i n g o f e i t h e r m a n y d i f f e r e n t kin d s o f c i r c u i t s
o r m u l t i p l e r e p e t i t i o n o f th e s a m e kin d o f c i r c u i t — i n c l u d e s , but i s not l i m i t e d
t o , th e f o l l o w i n g :
(a) E l e c t r o n i c t r a n s m i t t i n g and r e c e i v i n g e q u i p m e n t ( e . g . ,
r a d a r , r a d i o , t e l e v i s i o n , t e l e p h o n e , s o n a r , n a v i g a t i o n a l a i d s ) , (b) d i g i t a l and
a n a l o g c o m p u t e r s , and (c ) i n d u s t r i a l and m e d i c a l m e a s u r i n g and c o n t r o l l i n g
equip m en t.
T h is c l a s s i fi c a t i o n e x c lu d e s r e p a i r e r s o f such standard e l e c t r o n i c
e q u i p m e n t a s c o m m o n o f f i c e m a c h i n e s and h o u s e h o l d r a d i o and t e l e v i s i o n
s e t s ; p r o d u c t i o n a s s e m b l e r s and t e s t e r s ; w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y du ty i s
s e r v i c i n g e l e c t r o n i c t e s t i n s t r u m e n t s ; t e c h n i c i a n s w h o h av e a d m i n i s t r a t i v e
o r s u p e r v i s o r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ; and d r a f t e r s , d e s i g n e r s , and p r o f e s s i o n a l
en gin eers.
P osition s
defin ition s.

are

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le ve ls

on

th e

R e c e i v e s te c h n ic a l gu idan ce, as r e q u ir e d , f r o m s u p e r v is o r o r higher
le v e l techn ician.
W o r k i s t y p i c a l l y s p o t c h e c k e d , but i s g i v e n d e t a i l e d r e v i e w
when n ew o r advan ced a ssig n m e n ts a re in v olv ed .
R E G I S T E R E D I N D U S T R I A L N U RSE

b a s i s o f the f o l l o w i n g

A r e g is t e r e d n u rse who g iv es n u rsin g s e r v ic e under gen era l m e d ic a l
d i r e c t i o n to i l l o r i n j u r e d e m p l o y e e s o r o t h e r p e r s o n s who b e c o m e - i l l o r
s u f f e r an a c c i d e n t on the 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 ie s i n v o l v e a c o m b i n a t i o n o f the f o l l o w i n g : G iv in g f i r s t aid t o the i l l o r
i n j u r e d ; a tt e n d in 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 ie n t s t r e a t e d ; p r e p a r i n g a c c i d e n t r e p o r t s f o r c o m p e n s a t i o n o r
o t h e r p u r p o s e s ; a s s i s t i n g in p h y s i c a l e x a m i n a t i o n s and h ealt h e v a l u a t i o n s o f
a p p l i c a n t s and e m p l o y e e s ; and p la n n in g and c a r r y i n g ou t p r o g r a m s i n v o l v i n g
h e a lt 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 pla n t e n v i r o n m e n t , o r
o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s a f f e c t i n g th e h e a lt h , w e l f a r e , and s a f e t y o f a l l p e r s o n n e l .
N u r s i n g s u p e r v i s o r s o r h e a d n u r s e 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 than
one n u rs e a re e x clu d ed .

C lass A .
A p p l i e s a d v a n c e d t e c h n i c a l k n o w l e d g e to s o l v e u n u s u a lly
c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s ( i . e . , t h o s e that t y p i c a l l y c a n n o t be s o l v e d s o l e l y b y r e f e r ­
e n c e t o m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' m a n u a l s o r s i m i l a r d o c u m e n t s ) in w o r k i n g on e l e c ­
t r o n ic equip m en t.
E x a m p l e s o f s u c h p r o b l e m s i n c l u d e l o c a t i o n and d e n s i t y o f
c i r c u i t r y , e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c r a d i a t i o n , i s o l a t i n g m a l f u n c t i o n s , and f r e q u e n t
en gineering ch anges.
W ork in volves:
A d e t a i l e d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f th e i n t e r ­
r e l a t i o n s h i p s o f c i r c u i t s ; e x e r c i s i n g i n d e p e n d e n t j u d g m e n t in p e r f o r m i n g s u c h
ta sk s as m akin g c ir c u it a n a ly se s , ca lcu la tin g w ave f o r m s , tr a c in g r e la t io n ­
s h ip s in s i g n a l f l o w ; and r e g u l a r l y u s in g c o m p l e x t e s t i n s t r u m e n t s ( e . g . , d u a l
t r a c e o s c i l l o s c o p e s , Q - m e t e r s , d eviation m e t e r s , pu lse g e n e r a t o r s ) .

MAINTENANCE, TOOLROOM, AND POWERPLANT
M AIN TEN AN CE C A R P E N T E R

M A I N T E N A N C E C A R P E N T E R — C o n t in u e d

P e r f o r m s the 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 and m a i n t a i n
in g o o d r e p a i r b u il d in g w o o d w o r k and e q u ip m e n t s u c h as 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 , and t r i m m a d e o f w o o d
in an e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g :
P la n n in g and
l a y in g ou t o f w o r k f r o m b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , m o d e l s , o r v e r b a l i n s t r u c t i o n s ;

u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f c a r p e n t e r ' s h a n d t o o l s , p o r t a b l e p o w e r t o o l s , and s ta n d a r d
m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; 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 d i m e n ­
s i o n s o f w o r k ; and s e l e c t i n g m a t e r i a l s n e c e s s a r y f o r the w o r k .
In g e n e r a l ,
the w o r k o f the m a i n t e n a n c e c a r p e n t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n in g and 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 th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a le n t t r a i n in g
and e x p e r i e n c e .




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M A IN T E N A N C E M ECH ANIC (M otor vehicle)

P e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c a l t r a d e f u n c t i o n s s u c h a s the i n s t a l ­
la t i o n , m a i n t e n a n c e , o r r e p a i r o f e q u i p m e n t f o r the 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 an e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W ork in volves m o st
o f th e f o l l 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 any 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 i p ­
m en t such as g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w itc h b o a r d s , c o n t r o l l e r s , c ir c u it
b r e a k e r s , m o t o r s , h e a t in g u n it 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
equipm en t; w ork in g f r o m b lu e p rin ts, d r a w in g s, layou ts, o r oth er s p e c i f i ­
c a t i o n s ; l o c a t i n g and d i a g n o s i n g t r o u b l e in the e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m o r e q u i p ­
m e n t ; w o r k i n g s ta n d a r d c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g to lo 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 i p m e n t ; and u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c i a n ' s h a n d t o o l s and
m e a s u r i n g and t e s t i n g i n s t r u m e n t s .
In g e n e r a l , the w o r k o f the m a i n t e n a n c e
e l e c t r i c i a n r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and 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 and e x p e r i e n c e .

R e p a i r s a u t o m o b i l e s , b u s e s , m o t o r t r u c k s , and t r a c t o r s o f an e s t a b ­
l i s h m e n t . W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ;
E xam inin g au tom otive eq u ip ­
m e n t to 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 i p m e n t and p e r f o r m i n g
r e p a i r s th at i n v o l v e the u s e o f s u ch h a n d t o o l s as w r e n c h e s , g a u g e s , d r i l l s ,
o r s p e c i a l i z e d e q u i p m e n t in d i s a s s e m b l i n g o r fitt in 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 and a d j u s t i n g v a l v e s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g and
i n s t a l l i n g th e v a r i o u s a s s e m b l i e s in the v e h i c l e and 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 ; and a l i g n i n g w h e e l s , a d j u s t i n g b r a k e s and l i g h t s , o r tig h t e n in g b o d y
bolts.
In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m o t o r v e h i c l e m a i n t e n a n c e m e c h a n i c
r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and 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 and e x p e r i e n c e .

M AIN TEN AN CE PAIN TER
P a i n t s and r e d e c o r a t e s w a l l s , w o o d w o r k , and f i x t u r e s o f an e s t a b ­
lish m en t.
W o r k i n v o l v e s the f o l l o w i n g : K n o w l e 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
and t y p e s o f pain 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 tin g b y r e m o v i n g o l d f i n i s h o r b y p l a c i n g putt y o r f i l l e r in n a i l h o l e s and
i n t e r s t i c e s ; and a p p ly in g pain t w ith s p r a y gun o r b r u s h .
May m ix c o lo r s ,
o i l s , w h ite le a d , and o t h e r pa in t i n g r e d i e n t s to o b ta in 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 , the w o r k o f the m a i n t e n a n c e p a i n t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d
t r a i n i n g and 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 and e x p e r i e n c e .
M A IN T E N A N C E MACH INIST
P r o d u c e s r e p l a c e m e n t p a r t s and 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 i p m e n t o p e r a t e d in an e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W ork
i n v o l v e s m o s t o f the f o l l 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 and s p e c i ­
f i c a t i o n s ; p la n n in g and la y i n g out 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 t o o l s and 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 tt in g up and 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 to c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; m a k i n g
standard shop co m p u ta tio n s re la tin g to d im e n s io n s o f w o rk , to o lin g , fe e d s ,
and s p e e d s o f m a c h i n i n g ; k n o w l e d g e o f th e w o r k i n g p r o p e r t i e s o f the 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 , and e q u i p m e n t r e q u i r e d f o r th is
w o r k ; and f itt in g and 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 i p m e n t . In g e n e r a l ,
th e m a c h i n i s t ' s w o r k n o r m a l l y r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g in m a c h i n e - s h o p
p r a c t i c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a le n t
t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e .
M A IN T E N A N C E M ECH ANIC (M a chin ery)
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 i p m e n t o f an e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : E x a m i n i n g m a c h i n e s and m e c h a n i c a l
e q u i p m e n t to 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 and p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s that m a i n l y i n v o l v e the u s e o f h a n d t o o l s in
s c r a p i n g and fit t in g p a r t s ; r e p l a c i n g b r o k e n o r d e f e c t i v e p a r t s w ith i t e m s
o b t a i n e d f r o m s t o c k ; o r d e r i n g the 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 the m a c h i n e to a m a c h i n e s h o p f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s ;
p r e p a r i n g w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s o r f o r th e p r o d u c t i o n o f
p a r t s o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h i n e s h o p s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g m a c h i n e s ; and m a k i n g a l l
n e c e s s a r y adjustm ents fo r operation .
In g e n e r a l , the w o r k o f a m a c h i n e r y
m a i n t e n a n c e m e c h a n i c r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and 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 and e x p e r i ­
ence.
E x c l u d e d f r o m th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n a r e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u t ie s
i n v o l v e s e tt in g up o r a d j u s t i n g m a c h i n e s .




T h i s c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s not i n c l u d e m e c h a n i c s w h o r e p a i r c u s t o m e r s '
v e h i c l e s in a u t o m o b i l e r e p a i r s h o p s .
M AIN TEN AN CE P IP E F IT T E R
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 and
p i p e f i t t i n g s in an e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g :
L a y in g
out w o r k and m e a s u r i n g to l o c a t e p o s i t i o n o f p ip e f r o m d r a w i n g s o r o t h e r
w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; c u tt in g v a r i o u s s i z e s o f p ip e t o c o r r e c t le n g t h s w ith
c h i s e l and 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 s ; t h r e a d i n g
p ip e w ith s t o c k s and d i e s ; b e n d in g p ip e b y h a n d - d r i v e n o r p o w e r - d r i v e n
m a c h i n e s ; a s s e m b l i n g p ip e w ith c o u p l i n g s and 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 l o w , and s i z e o f
p ip e r e q u i r e d ; and m a k i n g s ta n d a r d t e s t s to d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r f i n i s h e d p i p e s
m eet sp ecifica tion s.
In g e n e r a l , the w o r k o f th e m a i n t e n a n c e p i p e f i t t e r
r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and 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 and e x p e r i e n c e .
W orkers p rim a rily
e n g a g e d in i n s t a l l i n g and r e p a i r i n g b u il d in g s a n i t a t i o n o r h e a t in g s y s t e m s
are exclu d ed .
M AIN TEN AN CE S H E E T -M E T A L W ORKER
F a b r i c a t e s , i n s t a l l s , and m a i n t a i n s in g o o d r e p a i r the s h e e t - m e t a l
e q u i p m e n t and f i x t u r e s ( s u c h a s m a c h i n e g u a r d s , g r e a s e p a n s , s h e l v e s ,
l o c k e r s , t a n k s , v e n t i l a t o r s , c h u t e s , d u c t s , m e t a l r o o f i n g ) o f an e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g ;
P la n n in g and l a y in g ou t a ll t y p e s o f
s h e e t -m e t a l m a in ten an ce w o rk f r o m b lu e p rin ts, m o d e ls , o r other s p e c i f i ­
c a t i o n s ; s e t t in g up and o p e r a t i n g a l l a v a i l a b l e t y p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k i n g
m a c h i n e s ; u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f h a n d t o o l s in c u t t in 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 , and a s s e m b l i n g ; and 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 , th e w o r k o f th 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 and 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 and e x p e r i e n c e .
M ILLW RIG 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 i p m e n t , and d i s m a n t l e s and
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 i p m e n t w h e n c h a n g e s in th e plant la y o u t a r e
req u ired .
W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ;
P la n n in g and l a y in g out
w o r k ; in te rp re tin g blu ep rin ts o r oth er s p e c if ic a t io n s ; using a v a r ie t y o f handt o o l s and r i g g i n g ; m a k i n g s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g to s t r e s s e s ,
s t r e n g t h o f m a t e r i a l s , and c e n t e r s o f g r a v i t y ; a lig n in g and b a l a n c i n g e q u i p ­
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 , and p a r t s t o b e u s e d ; and i n s t a l l i n g
and m a i n t a i n i n g in g o o d o r d e r p o w e r t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u i p m e n t s u c h a s d r i v e s
and s p e e d r e d u c e r s .
In g e n e r a l , th 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 and e x p e r i e n c e in the t r a d e a c q u i r e d th 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 and e x p e r i e n c e .

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T O O L AN D DIE M AKER

A s s i s t s o n e o r m o r e w o r k e r s in the s k i l l e d m a i n t e n a n c e t r a d e s , byp 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 ie s o f l e s s e r s k i l l , s u c h as k e e p in g a
w o r k e r s u p p l i e d with m a t e r i a l s and t o o l s ; c l e a n i n g w o r k i n g a r e a , m a c h i n e ,
and e q u i p 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 ld in g m a t e r i a l s o r t o o l s ; and p e r ­
f o r m i n g o t h e r u n s k i l l e d t a s k s as d i r e c t e d b y j o u r n e y m a n .
T h e kin d o f w o r k
the h e l p e r is p e r m i t t e d to p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m t r a d e to t r a d e :
In s o m e
t r a d e s the h e l p e r i s c o n f i n e d to s u p p ly in g , lif t in g , and h o ld in g m a t e r i a l s and
t o o l s , and c l e a n i n g w o r k i n g a r e a s ; and in o t h e r s he i s p e r m i t t e d to p e r f o r m
s p e c i a l i z e d m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s , o r p a r t s o f a t r a d e that a r e a l s o p e r f o r m e d
b y w o r k e r s on a f u l l - t i m e b a s i s .

C o n s t r u c t s and r e p a i r s j i g s , f i x t u r e s , cu tt in g t o o l s , g a u g e s , o r m e t a l
d i e s o r m o l d s u s e d in s h a p in g o r f o r m i n g m e t a l o r n o n m e t a l l i c m a t e r i a l ( e . g . ,
p l a s t i c , p l a s t e r , r u b b e r , g l a s s ) . W o r k t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e s : P la n n in g and la y in g
ou t w o r k a c c o r d i n g to m o d e l s , b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , o r o t h e r w r i t t e n o r o r a l
s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u n d e r s t a n d i n g the w o r k i n g p r o p e r t i e s o f c o m m o n m e t a l s and
a l l o y s ; 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 , and p r o c e s s e s r e q u i r e d to
c o m p l e t e t a s k s ; 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 t i o n s ; s e tt in g up and o p e r a t i n g
v a r i o u s m a c h i n e t o o l s and r e l a t e d e q u i p m e n t ; u s in g v a r i o u s t o o l and die
m a k e r ' s h a n d t o o l s and 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 ; w o r k i n g to v e r y
c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; h e a t - t r e a t i n g m e t a l p a r t s and f i n i s h e d t o o l s and d i e s to
a c h i e v e r e q u i r e d q u a l i t i e s ; f itt in g and a s s e m b l i n g p a r t s t o p r e s c r i b e d t o l e r ­
a n c e s and a l l o w a n c e s .
In g e n e r a l , the t o o l and d ie m a k e r ' s w o r k r e q u i r e s
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 and 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 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 and e x p e r i e n c e .

M A C H IN E -TO O L O PERA TO R (T o o lro o m )
S p e c i a l i z e s in o p e r a t i n g o n e o r m o r e than on e ty pe o f m a c h i n e t o o l
( e . g . , j i g b o r e r , g r i n d i n g m a c h i n e , e n g in e la th e , m i l l i n g m a c h i n e ) to m a c h i n e
m e t a l f o r u s e in m a k i n g o r m a in t a in in g j i g s , f i x t u r e s , cu ttin g t o o l s , g a u g e s ,
o r m e t a l d i e s o r m o l d s u s e d in s h a p in g o r f o r m i n g m e t a l o r n o n m e t a l l i c
m a te ria l (e.g ., p la stic, p la ster, ru bber, gla ss).
W ork ty pica lly in v o lv e s:
P la n n in g and p e r f o r m i n g d i f f i c u l t m a c h i n i n g o p e r a t i o n s w h i c h r e q u i r e c o m ­
p l i c a t e d s e tu p s o r a high d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; s e tt in g up m a c h i n e t o o l o r
t o o l s ( e . g . , i n s t a l l cu tt in g t o o l s and a d j u s t g u i d e s , s t o p s , w o r k i n g t a b l e s ,
and o t h e r c o n t r o l s to h an dle the s i z e o f s t o c k to be m a c h i n e d ; d e t e r m i n e
p r o p e r f e e d s , s p e e d s , t o o l i n g , and o p e r a t i o n s e q u e n c e o r s e l e c t t h o s e p r e ­
s c r i b e d in d r a w i n g s , b l u e p r i n t s , o r l a y o u t s ) ; u s in 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 in g in stru m e n ts; m aking n e c e s s a r y adjustm ents during m ach in in g
o p e r a t i o n to a c h i e v e r e q u i s i t e d i m e n s i o n s to v e r y c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s .
M a y be
r e q u i r e d to s e l e c t p r o p e r c o o l a n t s and cu ttin g and l u b r i c a t i n g o i l s , to
r e c o g n i z e w h e n t o o l s n e e d d r e s s i n g , and to d r e s s t o o l s .
In g e n e r a l , the w o r k
o f a m a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r ( t o o l r o o m ) at the s k i l l l e v e l c a l l e d f o r in th is
c l a s s i f i c a t i o n r e q u i r e s e x t e n s i v e k n o w l e d g e o f m a c h i n e - s h o p and t o o l r o o m
p r a c t i c e u su a lly a cq u ire d through c o n s i d e r a b le o n - t h e - jo b trainin g a n d
ex p erien ce.

include
shops.

F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e stu dy p u r p o s e s , th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s not
i n c l u d e t o o l and d ie m a k e r s w h o (1) a r e e m p l o y e d in t o o l and d ie j o b b i n g
s h o p s o r (2) p r o d u c e f o r g i n g d i e s ( d ie s i n k e r s ) .
S T A T IO N A R Y ENGINEER
O p e r a t e s and m a i n t a i n s and m a y a l s o s u p e r v i s e the o p e r a t i o n o f
s t a t i o n a r y e n g i n e s and e q u i p 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 ) to s u p p ly the
e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h i c h e m p l o y e d w ith p o w e r , h eat, r e f r i g e r a t i o n , o r a i r conditioning.
W ork in volves:
O p e r a t i n g and m a in t a in in g e q u ip m e n t s u c h as
s t e a m e n g i n e s , a i r c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , m o t o r s , t u r b i n e s , v e n t ila t in g
and r e f r i g e r a t i n g e q u i p m e n t , s t e a m b o i l e r s and 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 i p m e n t r e p a i r s ; and k e e p i n 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 , and f u e l c o n s u m p t i o n .
May a lso s u p e rv is e these o p e r a tio n s .
H ead o r c h i e f e n g i n e e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g m o r e than on e e n g i n e e r
are ex clu d ed .
B O ILER TEN DER
F ires
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 th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h i c h
e m p l o y e d w ith h eat, p o w e r , o r
steam .
F e e d s f u e l s to f i r e b y hand 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 , g a s , o r o i l b u r n e r ; and c h e c k s w a t e r and
safety v a lv e s .
M a y c l e a n , o i l , o r a s s i s t in r e p a i r i n g b o i l e r r o o m e q u i p m e n t .

F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e stu dy p u r p o s e s , th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s not
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 ) e m p l o y e d in t o o l and die j o b b i n g

MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL
T R U C K D R I V E R — C o n tin u e d

TRU CK DR IVER
D r i v e s a t r u c k w it h in 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 ia ls , m e r c h a n d is e , equipm en t, o r w o r k e r s betw een v a rio u s ty pes of e s t a b ­
lish m en ts such a s:
M a n u f a c t u r in g p la 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 and r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , o r b e t w e e n r e t a i l
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s and
c u s t o m e r s ' h o u s e s o r p l a c e s o f b u s i n e s s . M a y a l s o l o a d o r u n lo a d t r u c k w ith
o r w ith o u t h e l p e r s , m a k e m i n o r m e c h a n i c a l r e p a i r s , and k e e p t r u c k in g o o d
working
order.
S a l e s - r o u t e and o v e r - t h e - r o a d d r i v e r s a r e e x c l u d e d .

T ru ck d river,
T ru ck d river,
T ru ck d river,
T ru ck d riv er,

SH I P P I N G A N D R E C E I V I N G C L E R K
P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h i p m e n t , o r r e c e i v e s and i s r e s p o n s i b l e
f o r in c o m in g shipm en ts o f m e r c h a n d is e o r oth er m a t e r ia ls .
Shipping w o r k
i n v o l v e s : A k n o w l e d g e o f s h ip p in g p r o c e d u r e s , p r a c t i c e s , r o u t e s , a v a i l a b l e
m e a n s o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , and r a t e s ; and p r e p a r i n g r e c o r d s o f the g o o d s

F o r w a g e stu dy 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 and
ty pe o f e q u i p m e n t , a s f o l l o w s :
( T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r s h o u ld be r a t e d on the b a s i s
o f tr a ile r ca pa city.)




ligh t t r u c k ( u n d e r 1 V2 t o n s )
m e d i u m t r u c k ( 1V2 to and in c l u d i n g 4 to n s )
heavy tr u ck ( tr a ile r ) (o v e r 4 tons)
h e a v y t r u c k ( o t h e r than t r a i l e r ) ( o v e r 4 to n s )

23

SHIPPING A N D R EC EIVIN G C L E R K — Continued

SHIPPING P A C K E R — Continued

s h ip p e d , m a k i n g up b i l l s o f la d i n g , p o s t i n g w e i g h t and s h ip p in g c h a r g e s , and
k e e p i n g a f i l e o f s h ip p in g r e c o r d s .
M a y d i r e c t o r a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g the
m e r c h a n d is e f o r ship m en t.
R e ce iv in g w ork in v o lv e s : Verifyin g or directin g
o t h e r s in v e r i f y i n g th e c o r r e c t n e s s o f s h i p m e n t s a g a in s t b i l l s o f la d in g ,
i n v o i c e s , o r o t h e r r e c o r d s ; c h e c k i n g f o r s h o r t a g e s and r e j e c t i n g d a m a g e d
g o o d s ; r o u t in 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 ; and m a i n ­
t a in in g n e c e s s a r y r e c o r d s and f i l e s .

s h ip p in g q o n t a i n e r s and m a y i n v o l v e o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o l l o w i n g : K n o w l e d g e
o f v a r i o u s i t e m s o f s t o c k in o r d e r to v e r i f y c o n t e n t ; s e l e c t i o n o f a p p r o p r i a t e
ty p e and 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 t o p r e v e n t b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e ; c l o s i n g and s e a l i n g c o n ­
t a i n e r ; and a p p ly in 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 da t a on c o n t a i n e r .
Packers
who also m ake w ooden b o x e s o r c r a te s a re exclu ded .
M A T E R I A L H ANDLING L A B O R E R

F o r wage

s tu dy p u r p o s e s ,

w o r k e r s are cla ssifie d as follow s:

Sh ip p in g c l e r k
R eceivin g cle rk
Sh ip p in g and r e c e i v i n g c l e r k
WAREHOUSEMAN
A s d i r e c t e d , p e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y o f w a r e h o u s i n g d u tie s w h i c h r e q u i r e
an u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f the e s t a b l i s h m e n t ' s s t o r a g e p l a n .
W ork in v o lv e s m o s t
o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
V e r i f y 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 ) a g a in s t r e c e i v i n g
d o c u m e n t s , n o tin g and r e p o r t i n g d i s c r e p a n c i e s and o b v i o u s d a m a g e s ; r o u t in g
m a t e r i a l s to p r e s c r i b e d s t o r a g e l o c a t i o n s ; s t o r i n g , s t a c k i n g , o r p a l l e t i z i n g
m a t e r i a l s in a c c o r d a n c e w ith p r e s c r i b e d s t o r a g e m e t h o d s ; r e a r r a n g i n g and
t a k i n g i n v e n t o r y o f s t o r e d m a t e r i a l s ; e x a m i n i n g s t o r e d m a t e r i a l s and
r e p o r t i n g d e t e r i o r a t i o n and d a m a g e ; r e m o v i n g m a t e r i a l f r o m s t o r a g e and
p r e p a r i n g it f o r s h i p m e n t .
M a y o p e r a t e hand o r p o w e r t r u c k s in p e r f o r m i n g
w areh ou sin g duties.
E x c l u d e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u tie s i n v o l v e s h ip p in g and r e c e i v ­
in g w o r k ( s e e S h ip p in g and R e c e i v i n g C l e r k and S h ip p in g P a c k e r ) , o r d e r f i l l i n g
(see O r d e r F i l l e r ), o r operating p o w e r truck s (see P o w e r - T r u c k O pera to r).
ORDER F IL LE R
F i l l s s h ip p in g o r t r a n s f e r o r d e r s f o r f i n i s h e d g o o d s f r o m s t o r e d
m e r c h a n d i s e in a c c o r d a n c e w ith s p e c i f i c a t i o n s o n s a l e s s l i p s , c u s t o m e r s '
o r d e r s , o r other in stru ction s.
M a y , in a d d it io n to f i l l i n g o r d e r s and i n d i ­
cating it e m s fille d o r o m itte d , k eep r e c o r d s o f outgoing o r d e r s , re q u isitio n
a d d i t i o n a l s t o c k o r r e p o r t s h o r t s u p p l i e s to s u p e r v i s o r , and p e r f o r m o t h e r
rela ted d u ties.
S H IP P IN G P A C K E R
P r e p a r e s f i n i s h e d p r o d u c t s f o r s h ip m e n t o r s t o r a g e b y p l a c i n g t h e m
in s h ip p in g c o n t a i n e r s , th e s p e c i f i c o p e r a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d b e i n g d e p e n d e n t
upon th e t y p e , s i z e , and n u m b e r o f u nits to b e p a c k e d , the t y p e o f c o n t a i n e r
e m p l o y e d , and m e t h o d o f s h i p m e n t .
W o r k r e q u i r e s the p l a c i n g o f i t e m s in




A w o r k e r e m p l o y e d in a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u f a c t u r i n g p la n t, s t o r e , o r
o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t w h o s e d u t i e s i n v o l v e o n e o r m o r e o f the f o l l o w i n g :
L o a d i n g and u n lo a d in g v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l s and 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 , tr u c k s , o r oth e r tr a n sp o rtin g d e v i c e s ; unpacking, sh elv in g, o r p lacin 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 ; and t r a n s p o r t i n g
m a te r ia ls o r m e r c h a n d is e by handtruck, c a r , o r w h e e lb a rr o w .
Longshore
w o r k e r s , w h o lo a d and u n lo a d s h i p s , a r e e x c l u d e d .
P O W E R -T R U C K O P E R A T O R
O pera tes a m anually c o n tr o lle d g a s o lin e - o r e l e c t r i c - p o w e r e d truck
o r t r a c t o r to t r a n s p o r t g o o d s and m a t e r i a l s o f a l l k in d s ab out a w a r e h o u s e ,
m a n u f a c t u r i n g p la n t, o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
truck,

F o r w a g e stu dy p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s
as f o l l o w s :

a r e c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e o f p o w e r -

F ork lift o p erator
P o w e r - t r u c k o p e r a t o r ( o t h e r than f o r k l i f t )
GUARD AND WATCHMAN
G uard.
P e r f o r m s r o u t i n e p o l i c e d u t i e s , e i t h e r at f i x e d p o s t o r on
to u r , m ain tain in g o r d e r , using a r m s o r f o r c e w h e r e n e c e s s a r y .
In clud es
g u a r d s w h o a r e s t a t i o n e d at ga te and c h e c k o n i d e n t i t y o f e m p l o y e e s and
oth er p e r so n s e n terin g .
W atchm an.
M akes rounds o f p r e m is e s
p r o p e r t y a g a in s t f i r e , t h e f t , and i l l e g a l e n t r y .
JAN ITO R,

p eriod ica lly

in

protecting

P O R T E R , OR C L E A N E R

C l e a n s and k e e p s in an o r d e r l y c o n d i t i o n f a c t o r y w o r k i n g a r e a s and
w a s h r o o m s , o r p r e m i s e s o f an 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 other establish m en t.
D u t ie s i n v o l v e a c o m b i n a t i o n o f the f o l l o w i n g :
S w e e p i n g , m o p p i n g o r s c r u b b i n g , and p o l i s h i n g f l o o r s ; r e m o v i n g c h i p s , t r a s h ,
and o t h e r r e f u s e ; d u s t in 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 i d i n g s u p p l i e s and m i n o r m a i n t e n a n c e s e r v i c e s ;
and c l e a n i n g l a v a t o r i e s , s h o w e r s , and r e s t r o o m s .
W o r k e r s w ho s p e c i a l i z e
in w i n d o w w a s h i n g a r e e x c l u d e d .

Area Wage Surveys
A list o f the latest available bulletins is pr esente d below. A d ir e cto ry of are a wage studies including m o r e lim ited studies conducted at the request ot tne
Employment Standards Administration of the U.S. Department o f Labor is available on request, Bulletins may be purchased f r o m any of the BLS regional office s shown
on the back c o v e r o r f r o m the Superintendent o f Docu ments, U.S. Government Printing O ffice, Washington, D.C. 20402
Area
Akron, Ohio, D ec. 1975____________________________________________
Albany^Schenectady—T roy , N .Y ., Sept. 1976______________________
Anaheim —
Santa A n a-G arden G rove, C a lif., O ct. 19751___________
Atlanta, Ga., M ay 1976____________________________________________
Austin, T ex ., D ec.
19751 _________________________________
B a ltim o re , M d., Aug. 1976________________________________________
B illin g s, M ont., July 1976_________________________________________
Binghamton, N .Y .— a ., July 1976 1 ________________________________
P
Birm ingham , A la ., M ar. 1976 1____________________________________
B oston , M a ss., Aug. 1976__________________________________________
B uffalo, N .Y ., O ct. 19751__________________________________________
Canton, Ohio, May 1976____________________________________________
Chattanooga, Tenn.— a., Sept. 1976_______________________________
G
C h icago, 111., May 1976____________________________________________
Cincinnati, Ohio—
Ky.—Ind., M ar. 1976____________________________
C leveland, Ohio, Sept. 1976_______________________________________
C olum bus, Ohio, O ct. 19751 ______________________________________
Corpus C h risti, T e x ., July 1976__________________________________
D allas— o r t W orth, T ex ., O ct. 1976______________________________
F
D avenport— o ck Island— olin e, Iow a -Ill., F eb . 1976_______ _____
R
M
Dayton, Ohio, D ec. 1975______________________________ _________ ___
Daytona Beach, F la ., Aug. 1976___________________________________
Denver—B ou lder, C o lo ., D ec. 1975________________________________
D etroit, M ich ., M ar. 1976 1________________________________________
F o rt Lauderdale— ollyw ood and W est P alm Beach—
H
B o ca Raton, F la ., A pr. 1976_____________________________________
F r e sn o , C a lif., June 1976_________________________________________
G a in esville, F la ., Sept. 1976______________________________________
G reen Bay, W is., July 1976____________________________________ ___
G reen sb oro— inston-S alem —
W
High Point, N .C ., Aug. 1976_______
G reen ville—
Spartanburg, S.C., June 1976 1 _______________________
H artford, Conn., M ar. 1976_______________________________________
Houston, T e x ., A p r. 1976__________________________________________
H untsville, A la ., F e b . 1976 _______________________________________
Indianapolis, Ind., O ct. 1976______________________________________
Jack son, M is s ., F e b . 1976_________________________________________
J a ck son ville, F la ., D ec. 1975_____________________________________
Kansas City, M o^-Kans., Sept. 1976 1 ____________________________
Lexington—
Fayette, K y ., Nov. 19751______________________________
Los A n geles—
Long B each, C a lif., O ct. 1975 1 ____________________
L o u isv ille , K y —Ind., Nov. 1975___________________________________
M elbourne— itu sville— ocoa , F la ., Aug. 1975___________________
T
C
M em phis, Tenn.— rk ,— is s ., Nov. 1975__________________________
A
M
* Prices are determined by the Government Printing Office and are subject to change.
* Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.




Bulletin number
and p r i c e *
1850-80,
1900-59,
1850-75,
1900-30,
1850-83,
1900-52,
1900-39,
1900-49,
1900-11,
1900-53,
1850-69,
1900-28,
1900-57,
1900-32,
1900-7,
1900-62,
1850-78,
1900-41,
1900-63,
1900-25,
1850-73,
1900-45,
1850-82,
1900-15,

45 cents
55 cents
85 cents
85 cents
75 cents
85 cents
55 cents
85 cents
95 cents
85 cents
95 cents
55 cents
55 cents
$1.05
75 cents
95 cents
95 cents
55 cents
85 cents
55 cents
45 cents
45 cents
75 cents
$ 1 .25

1900-20,
1900-29,
1900-54,
1900-37,
1900-47,
1900-36,
1900-14,
1900-26,
1900-17,
1900-58,
1900-8,
1850-81,
1900-60,
1850-84,
1850-86,
1850-79,
1850-54,
1850-85,

55 cents
55 cents
45 cents
55 cents
65 cents
85 cents
55 cents
85 cents
55 cents
75 cents
55 cents
45 cents
$1.05
75 cents
$ 1 .1 5
45 cents
65 cents
45 cents

Area
M iam i, F la ., O ct. 1975____________________________________________
M ilw aukee, W is., A p r. 1976______________________________________
M inneapolis—
St. Paul, Minn.— is., Jan. 1976____________________
W
Nassau—
Suffolk, N .Y ., June 1976_________________________________
Newark, N .J., Jan. 1976_____________________________________ _____
New O rlea n s, L a., Jan. 1976_____________________________________
New Y ork, N .Y .-N .J ., May 1976__________________________________
N orfolk— irg in ia Beach—
V
Portsm ou th , Va^-N .C ., M ay 1976 1____
N orfolk— irg in ia Beach—Portsm outh and N ew port News—
V
Hampton, Va.— .C ., May 19761 ________________________________
N
N ortheast Pennsylvania, Aug. 1976_______________________________
Oklahom a City, O kla., Aug. 1976_________________________________
Omaha, N eb r—Iowa, O ct. 1976 ___________________________________
P a terson —
Clifton— a s s a ic , N .J., June 1976______________________
P
Philadelphia, P a,— .J., Nov. 1976 1 ______________________________
N
Pittsburgh, P a ., Jan. 19761 ______________________________________
P ortland, M aine, Nov. 1975_______________________________________
P ortland , O reg ,— ash., May 1976_______________________________
W
P ou gh keepsie, N .Y ., June 1976___________________________________
Poughkeepsie—
Kingston—
Newburgh, N .Y ., June 1976_____________
P rov id en ce— arwick—
W
Paw tucket, R.I.— a s s ., June 1976________
M
Raleigh—
Durham, N .C ., F eb . 1976________________________________
Richm ond, Va., June 1976_________________________ _______________
St. L ou is, Mo.—111., M ar. 19761 __________________________________
Sacram ento, C a lif., D e c. 1975____________________________________
Saginaw, M ich ., Nov. 1975________________________________________
Salt Lake City—
Ogden, Utah, Nov. 1976___________________________
San Antonio, T ex ., May 1976_____________________________________
San D iego, C a lif., Nov. 1975______________________________________
San F r a n c is c o —
Oakland, C a lif., M ar. 1976______________________
San J o s e , C a lif., M ar. 1976_______________________________________
Seattle— verett, W ash., Jan. 1976________________________________
E
South Bend, Ind., M ar. 1976______________________________________
Stam ford, Conn., May 1 9 761______________________________________
S yracu se, N .Y ., July 1976________________________________________
T oled o, Ohio— ich ., May 1976____________________________________
M
Trenton, N .J., Sept. 1976__________________________________________
U tica -R o m e , N .Y ., July 19751____________________________________
W ashington, D .C.—
Md.— a ., M ar. 1976___________________________
V
W estch ester County, N .Y ., May 1976________________ ___________
W ichita, K ans., A pr. 1976_________________________________________
W o r c e s te r , M a ss., A p r. 1976____________________________________
Y ork , P a ., F eb . 1976______________________________________________

Bulletin number
and p r i c e *
1850-76,
1900-22,
1900-3,
1900-35,
1900- 10,
1900-2,
1900-48,
1900-27,

95 cents
85 cents
95 cents
85 cents
85 cents
75 cents
$1.05
85 cents

1900-33,
1900-43,
1900-42,
1900-61,
1900-38,
1900-64,
1900-1,
1850-72,
1900-51,
1900-50,
1900-55,
1900-31,
1900-18,
1900-34,
1900-19,
1850-87,
1850-71,
1900-65,
1900-23,
1850-77,
1900-9,
1900-13,
1900-6,
1900- 5,
1900-40,
1900-44,
1900-24,
1900-56,
1850-48,
1900- 12,
1900-46,
1900-21,
1900- 16,
1900-4,

85 cents
65 cents
55 cents
55 cents
55 cents
$1.10
$ 1 .15
45 cents
75 cents
45 cents
55 cents
75 cents
55 cents
65 cents
$ 1.25
45 cents
35 cents
55 cents
65 cents
45 cents
95 cents
75 cents
65 cents
55 cents
85 cents
55 cents
55 cents
55 cents
80 cents
85 cents
55 cents
55 cents
55 cents
55 cents

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