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AREA WAGE SURVEY
T h e S a n B e r n a r d i n o — R i v e r s i d e —O n t a r i o , C a l i f o r n i a ,
M e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a , D e c e m b e r 1971
B u lle tin 1 7 2 5 - 4 3
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR / Bureau of Labor Statistics
Region I
1603-JFK Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phone: 223-6761 (Area Code 617)
Region II
151 5 Broadway, Suite 3400
New York, N .Y. 10036
Phone: 971-5405 (Area Code 212)
Region VI
Region V
8th Floor, 300 South Wacker Drive
1100 Commerce St., Rm. 6B7
Chicago, III. 60606
Dallas, Tex. 75202
Phone: 353-1880 (Area Code 312)
Phone: 749-3516 (Area Code 214)
Regions V II and V III will be serviced by Kansas City.
Regions IX and X will be serviced by San Francisco.
Region III
406 Penn Square Building
1317 Filbert St.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19107
Phone: 597-7796 (Area Code 215)
Region IV
Suite 540
1371 Peachtree St. NE.
Atlanta, Ga. 30309
Phone: 526-5418 (Area Code 404)
Regions V II and V III
Federal Office Building
911 Walnut St., 10th Floor
Kansas City, Mo. 64106
Phone: 374-2481 (Area Code 816)
Regions IX and X
450 Golden Gate Ave.
Box 36017
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Phone: 556-4678 (Area Code 415)
AREA WAGE SURVEY
B u l le t in 1 7 2 5 - 4 3
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, J. D. Hodgson, Secretary
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BUR EA U OF LABOR S TA TIS TIC S, Geoffrey H. Moore, Commissioner
M ay 1972
T h e S a n B e r n a r d i n o —R i v e r s i d e —O n t a r i o , C a l i f o r n i a ,
M e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a , D e c e m b e r 1971
CONTENTS
Page
1.
4.
Introduction
W age trends fo r selected occupational groups
T a b les:
1. E stablishm ents and w o rk e rs within scope of su rvey and num ber studied
2. Indexes of standard w eek ly s a la rie s and s tra ig h t-tim e h ou rly earnings fo r s e le c te d occupational
grou ps, and percen ts of in c re a s e fo r selected p erio d s
3.
5.
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9.
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15.
O ccupational earn in gs:
A - l.
O ffic e occupations—w om en
A - l a . O ffic e occupations—adjusted—women
A -2 .
P r o fe s s io n a l and tech n ica l occupations—m en and wom en
A -2 a . P r o fe s s io n a l and tech n ica l occupations—adjusted—m en and wom en
A - 3.
O ffic e , p ro fe s s io n a l, and tech n ica l occupations—m en and w om en com bined
A -3 a . O ffic e , p ro fe s s io n a l, and tech n ica l occupations—adjusted-m ien and w om en com bined
A -4 .
M aintenance and pow erplan t occupations
A -4 a . M aintenance and pow erplant occupations—adjusted
A -5 .
C ustodial and m a te r ia l m ovem en t occupations
A -5 a . C ustodial and m a te r ia l m ovem en t occupations—adjusted
17. Appendix.
Occupational d escrip tio n s
NO TE:
O ccupational earnings presen ted in tab les A - l , 2, 3, 4, and 5 include paym ents under
a " p r o g r e s s - s h a r in g " plan in 1 m anufacturing establish m en t. Supplem entary tab les A - l a , A -2 a , A -3 a ,
A -4 a , and A -5 a p resen t earnings excluding the paym ents under this plan.
Tabu lations of occupational
earnings and data on establish m en t p ra c tic e s and supplem entary w age p ro v is io n s a re a v a ila b le fo r other
a re a s .
(See in sid e back c o v e r .)
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Preface
The Bureau o f L a b o r S tatistics p ro g ra m of annual occu p a
tion al w age su rveys in m etro p o lita n a re a s is designed to p ro v id e data
on occupational ea rn in gs, and establish m en t p ra c tic e s and supplem en
ta ry w age p r o v is io n s .
It y ie ld s d eta iled data by s e le c te d industry
d iv is io n fo r each of the a re a s studied, fo r geograp h ic re g io n s , and
fo r the United States. A m a jo r co n sid era tion in the p ro g ra m is the
need fo r g r e a te r in sigh t into ( l ) the m ovem en t of w ages by occu p a
tion al c a te g o ry and sk ill le v e l, and (2) the stru ctu re and le v e l of
w ages am ong a re a s and in du stry d iv is io n s .
A t the end of each su rvey, an in dividu al a rea b u lletin p r e
sents the re s u lts .
A fte r com p letion of a ll individu al a rea bulletins
fo r a round of su rvey s, two su m m ary bu lletin s a re issu ed . The fir s t
b rin gs data fo r each of the m e tro p o lita n a re a s studied into one bu lletin .
The second p resen ts in fo rm a tio n w hich has been p ro je c te d fr o m in d i
vidu al m etro p o lita n a re a data to re la te to geo gra p h ic regio n s and the
United States.
N in ety a re a s cu rre n tly a re included in the p ro g ra m . In each
a re a , in fo rm a tio n on occupational earn in gs is c o lle c te d annually and on
establish m en t p ra c tic e s and su pplem entary w age p ro v is io n s b ien n ially.
This b u lletin presents results o f the su rvey in San B ern ardin o—
R iv e r side—O n tario, C a lif., in D ecem b er 1971.
The Standard M e t r o
politan S ta tis tic a l A r e a , as defin ed by the O ffic e o f M anagem ent and
Budget (fo r m e r ly the Bureau of the Budget) through January 1968,
con sists of R iv e r s id e and San B ern ard in o Counties.
T h is study was
conducted by the B u reau 's re g io n a l o ffic e in San F ra n c is c o , C a lif.,
under the g e n e ra l d ire c tio n of Adolph O. B e r g e r , A s s is ta n t R e g io n a l
D ir e c to r fo r O p eration s.
In tro d u c tio n
T h is a re a is 1 o f 90 in which the U.S. D epartm ent o f L a b o r 's
B ureau o f L a b o r S ta tistics conducts su rveys o f occupational earnings
and re la te d ben efits on an a rea w id e b a s is .1
the A - s e r ie s ta b le s , because e ith e r ( l ) em ploym ent in the occupation is
too s m a ll to p ro v id e enough data to m e r it presen tation , o r (2) th ere is
p o s s ib ility o f d is c lo s u re o f in d ivid u al establish m en t data. E arn in gs
data not shown s e p a ra te ly fo r in du stry d ivisio n s a re included in the
o v e r a ll c la s s ific a tio n when a su b cla ssifica tio n o f s e c r e ta r ie s o r tru ck d r iv e r s is not shown o r in fo rm a tio n to su b c la s s ify is not ava ila b le.
T h is bu lletin presen ts cu rren t occupational em ploym en t and
earn in gs in form a tion obtained la r g e ly by m a il fr o m the establishm ents
v is ite d by Bureau fie ld econ om ists in the la s t p revio u s su rvey fo r
occupations re p o rte d in that e a r lie r study. P e r s o n a l v is its w e re m ade
to nonrespondents and to those respondents rep o rtin g unusual changes
sin ce the p revio u s su rvey.
O ccu pational em ploym en t and earn in gs data a re shown fo r
fu ll-tim e w o r k e r s , i.e ., those h ire d to w o rk a re g u la r w e e k ly schedule.
E arn in gs data exclude p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on
w eeken ds, h olid a ys, and late shifts. N onproduction bonuses a re e x
cluded, but c o s t - o f- liv in g allow an ces and in cen tive earnings a re in
cluded.
W h ere w e e k ly hours a re re p o rte d , as fo r o ffic e c le r ic a l
occupations, r e fe r e n c e is to the standard w ork w eek (rounded to the
n e a re s t h a lf hour) fo r w hich em p loyees r e c e iv e th e ir re g u la r stra ig h ttim e s a la rie s (e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e rtim e at re g u la r and/or p r e
m ium r a te s ). A v e r a g e w e e k ly earnings fo r these occupations have
been rounded to the n e a re s t h a lf d o lla r.
In each a re a , data a re obtained fr o m re p re s e n ta tiv e esta b
lish m en ts w ithin six broad in du stry d iv is io n s : M anufacturing; tra n s
p orta tion , com m unication, and oth er public u tilitie s ; w h o lesa le trad e;
r e ta il tra d e; fin an ce, in su ran ce, and r e a l esta te; and s e r v ic e s . M a jo r
in du stry groups excluded fr o m these studies a re govern m en t o p e ra
tions and the con stru ction and e x tra c tiv e in d u stries. E stablish m en ts
having fe w e r than a p r e s c r ib e d num ber o f w o rk e rs are om itted because
th ey tend to fu rnish in su fficien t em ploym en t in the occupations studied
to w a rra n t inclusion. Separate ta b u la tio n s 'a re p ro vid ed fo r each of
the b road indu stry d ivisio n s which m e e t pu blication c r ite r ia .
T h ese su rveys m easu re the le v e l o f occupational earnings in
an a re a at a p a rtic u la r tim e. C om p arison s o f in dividu al occupational
a v e ra g e s o v e r tim e m ay not r e fle c t expected w age changes.
The
a v e ra g e s fo r in d ividu al jobs a re a ffe c te d by changes in w ages and
em ploym en t pattern s. F o r exam p le, p rop ortion s o f w o r k e r s em p loyed
by h igh - o r lo w -w a g e fir m s m a y change o r h igh -w age w o rk e rs m ay
advance to b e tte r jobs and be re p la c e d by new w o rk e rs at lo w e r ra tes.
Such shifts in em ploym en t could d e c re a s e an occupational a v e ra g e even
though m ost establish m en ts in an a re a in c re a s e w ages during the y ea r.
T ren d s in earnings o f occupational grou ps, shown in table 2, a re b etter
in d ica to rs o f w age trends than individu al job s w ithin the groups.
T h ese su rveys a re conducted on a sam ple b asis because of
the u n n ecessary cost in vo lved in su rveyin g a ll establish m en ts.
To
obtain optim um a ccu ra cy at m inim um cost, a g r e a te r p ro p o rtio n of
la r g e than o f s m a ll establish m en ts is studied. In com bining the data,
h o w e v e r, a ll establish m en ts a re given th e ir a p p rop ria te w eigh t. E s
tim a tes based on the establish m en ts studied a re p resen ted , th e r e fo r e ,
as re la tin g to a ll establish m en ts in the in du stry grouping and a re a ,
excep t fo r those b elow the m inim um s iz e studied.
Occupations and E arn in gs
The occupations s e le c te d fo r study a re com m on to a v a r ie ty
o f m anufacturing and nonm anufacturing in d u stries, and a re o f the
fo llo w in g typ es: (1) O ffic e c le r ic a l; (2) p ro fe s s io n a l and tech n ical;
(3) m aintenance and pow erp lan t; and (4) cu stod ial and m a te r ia l m o v e
m ent. O ccupational c la s s ific a tio n is based on a u n iform set o f job
d escrip tio n s d esign ed to take account of in teresta b lish m en t v a ria tio n
in duties within the sam e job.
The occupations s e le c te d fo r study
a re lis te d and d e s c rib e d in the appendix. U nless oth erw ise in d icated,
the earnings data fo llo w in g the job title s a re fo r a ll in d u stries c o m
bined. E arn in gs data fo r som e o f the occupations lis te d and d e s c rib e d ,
o r fo r som e in du stry d ivisio n s w ith in occupations, a re not p resen ted in
1
Included in the 90 areas are four studies conducted under contract with the New York State
Department of Labor. These areas are Binghamton (N ew York portion only) Rochester (office occupa
tions only); Syracuse; and Utica-R om e. In addition, the Bureau conducts more limited area studies in
65 areas at the request of the Employment Standards Administration of the U .S . Department of Labor.
1
Th e a v e ra g e s p resen ted r e fle c t co m p o site, area w id e e s t i
m ates.
In d u stries and establish m en ts d iffe r in pay le v e l and job
staffin g and, thus, contribute d iffe r e n tly to the estim a tes fo r each job.
Th e pay rela tio n sh ip obtainable fr o m the a v e ra g e s m ay fa il to r e fle c t
a c c u ra te ly the w age spread o r d iffe r e n tia l m aintained among job s in
in dividu al estab lish m en ts. S im ila r ly , d iffe re n c e s in a v e ra g e pay le v e ls
fo r m en and w om en in any o f the s e le c te d occupations should not be
assum ed to r e fle c t d iffe re n c e s in pay trea tm en t o f the sexes w ithin
in divid u al estab lish m en ts. O th er p o s s ib le fa c to rs which m ay con
trib u te to d iffe re n c e s in pay fo r m en and w om en include: D iffe re n c e s
in p r o g r e s s io n w ithin esta b lish ed rate ra n ges, since only the actual
rates paid incum bents a re c o lle c te d ; and d iffe re n c e s in s p e c ific duties
p e rfo rm e d , although the w o rk e rs a re c la s s ifie d a p p ro p ria te ly w ithin
the sam e s u rv e y jo b d e scrip tio n . Job d escrip tio n s used in c la s s ify in g
2
em p lo yees in th ese su rveys a re u su ally m o re g e n e ra liz e d than those
used in in d ivid u al estab lish m en ts and a llo w fo r m in o r d iffe re n c e s
am ong estab lish m en ts in the s p e c ific duties p e rfo rm e d .
O ccu pational em ploym en t estim a tes re p re s e n t the total in a ll
estab lish m en ts w ithin the scope o f the study and not the number actu
a lly su rveyed . B ecau se o f d iffe re n c e s in occupational stru ctu re among
esta b lish m en ts, the estim ates o f occu pational em ploym ent obtained from
the sam ple o f estab lish m en ts studied s e r v e only to indicate the r e la tiv e
im p ortan ce o f the job s studied.
T h e s e d iffe re n c e s in occupational
stru ctu re do not a ffe c t m a te r ia lly the a ccu ra cy o f the earnings data.
E stab lish m en t P r a c t ic e s and Supplem entary W age P r o v is io n s
Tabulations on s e le c te d estab lish m en t p ra c tic e s and supple
m en ta ry w a ge p ro v is io n s (B - s e r ie s tab les) a re not p resen ted in this
bu lletin.
In form a tion fo r these tabulations is c o lle c te d b ien n ially.
T h ese tabulations on m inim um entrance s a la rie s fo r in ex p erien ced
w om en o ffic e w o r k e r s ; shift d iffe r e n tia ls ; scheduled w e e k ly hours;
paid h olid a ys; paid va ca tion s; and health, in su ran ce, and pension
plans a re p resen ted (in the B - s e r ie s ta b les) in p revio u s bu lletins
fo r this area .
T ab le 1. Establishm ents and w orkers within scope of survey and num ber studied in S a n B e rn a rd in o —
R iv e rs id e —O n ta rio , C a lif.,1 by m a jo r industry division,2 D e c e m b e r 1971
Minimum
em ploym ent
in establish m ents in scope
o f study
Industry d ivision
N um ber o f establishm ents
W ithin scope
o f study*
423
A ll d iv is io n s __________________________________
M an ufactu ring_____________________________________
Nonm anufacturing------------------------------------------T ra n sp o rta tio n , com m unication, and
other public u tilitie s 5-----------------------------W h olesa le t r a d e 6--------------------------------------R e ta il tra d e 6--------------------------------------------Fin a n ce, in su rance, and re a l e s ta te 6_______
S e rv ic e s 6 7 -__ - --------------------------------------
W o rk ers in establishm ents
W ithin scope o f study4
Studied
Studied
Num ber
Percen t
119
90,591
100
55,427
44
56
25,710
29,717
17
5
20
5
9
11,379
1,516
9,657
3,684
3,481
50
-
165
258
46
73
40,070
50,521
50
50
50
50
50
23
41
106
24
64
10
10
26
9
18
15,284
4,440
17,498
4,880
8,419
1 Th e San B ern ardin o—R iv e r s id e —O n tario Standard M etrop o lita n S ta tistica l A r e a , as defined by the O ffic e o f M anagem ent and Budget (fo r m e r ly
the Bureau o f the Budget) through January 1968, consists o f R iv e r s id e and San B ern ardin o Counties. Th e "w o r k e rs within scope o f stu dy" estim ates
shown in this table p ro vid e a reason ably a ccu rate d es crip tio n o f the s iz e and com position o f the la b o r fo r c e included in the su rv ey. Th e estim ates
a re not intended, h o w eve r, to s e r v e as a basis o f com parison with oth er em ploym en t indexes fo r the a re a to m easu re em ploym ent trends o r le v e ls
sin ce (1) planning o f w age su rveys re q u ires the use o f establishm ent data com piled co n sid era b ly in advance o f the p a y r o ll p eriod studied, and (2) sm all
establishm ents a re excluded fro m the scope o f the su rvey.
2 Th e 1967 edition o f the Standard In du strial C la s s ific a tio n Manual was used in cla s s ify in g establishm ents by industry d ivis io n .
3 Includes a ll establishm ents with total em ploym ent at o r above the m inim um lim ita tio n . A ll outlets (w ithin the a rea ) o f com panies in such
in du stries as tra d e , fin an ce, auto re p a ir s e r v ic e , and m otion p ictu re th eaters a re co n sid ered as 1 establish m ent.
4 Includes a ll w o rk ers in a ll establishm ents with total em ploym ent (w ithin the a rea) at o r above the m inim um lim ita tion .
5 A b b revia ted to "pu blic u t ilitie s " in the A - s e r ie s ta b les. T a x ica b s and s e r v ic e s incidental to w a ter tran sportation w e re excluded. Th e lo c a ltra n sit system in the San B ern ardin o a re a is m u n icipally operated and is excluded by defin ition fro m the scope o f the study.
6 T h is industry d ivis io n is re p res en ted in estim ates fo r " a ll in d u s trie s " and "non m anu factu rin g" in the S e rie s A ta b les. Separate presen tation
o f data fo r this d ivision is not m ade fo r one o r m o re o f the fo llow in g reason s: (1) E m ploym en t in the d ivis io n is too sm all to p ro vid e enough data
to m e r it sep ara te study, (2) the sam ple was not designed in itia lly to p e r m it sep ara te presen tatio n , (3) resp o n se was in su fficien t o r inadequate to
p e rm it sep ara te p resen tation , and (4) th e re is p o s s ib ility o f d is c lo s u re o f individual establishm ent data.
7 H otels and m o tels; lau ndries and oth er p erson al s e r v ic e s ; business s e r v ic e s ; a u tom obile r e p a ir , re n ta l, and parking; m otion p ictu res; n onprofit
m em bersh ip organ ization s (exclu din g re lig io u s and ch a rita ble o rga n iza tio n s ); and en gin eerin g and a rc h itectu ra l s e r v ic e s .
A lm o st o n e-h a lf of the w o rk ers within scope o f the su rvey in the San B ern ardin o—
R iv e rs id e —O n tario a rea w e re em ployed in m anufacturing fir m s .
Th e fo llo w in g p resen ts the
m a jo r industry groups and s p e c ific in du stries as a percen t o f a ll m anufacturing:
Industry groups
S p ecific industries
P r im a r y m eta l in d u s trie s ___— 28
24
E le c tr ic a l equipment and
su pplies---------------------------- . . . 8
Stone, cla y, and glass
p ro d u c ts --------------------------- .... 8
Food and kindred products — .... 6
B la st fu rn ace and b asic
?1
A ir c r a ft and p a r t s ----------------- _ 16
M iscella n eo u s tran sportation
equ ipm ent--------------------------- _ 7
N o n ferrou s ro llin g and
d r a w in g ------------------------------ .. 5
T h is in form a tion is based on estim ates o f total em ploym en t d e riv e d fro m u n iverse
m a te ria ls com piled p r io r to actual su rvey.
P ro p o rtio n s in va rio u s industry d ivis ion s m ay
d iffe r fro m proportion s based on the resu lts o f the su rvey as shown in table 1 above.
W a g e T re n d s fo r S e le c te d O c c u p a tio n a l G ro u p s
P r e s e n te d in table 2 a re indexes and p ercen ta ges o f change
in a v e ra g e s a la r ie s o f o ffic e c le r ic a l w o rk e rs and in d u strial nurses,
and in a v e ra g e earn in gs o f s e le c te d p la n tw ork er groups. The indexes
a re a m easu re o f w a ges at a given tim e , e x p re s s e d as a p ercen t of
w ages during the base p e rio d . Subtracting 100 fro m the index yield s
the p ercen ta ge change in w ages fr o m the base p e rio d to the date o f
the index.
The p ercen ta g es o f change o r in c re a s e re la te to w age
changes betw een the in dicated dates. Annual ra tes of in c re a s e , w h ere
shown, r e fle c t the amount o f in c re a s e fo r 12 months when the tim e
p erio d betw een su rveys was oth er than 12 m onths. T h ese com putations
w e re based on the assum ption that w ages in c re a s e d at a constant rate
betw een su rveys. T h ese estim a tes a re m ea su res of change in a v e r
ages fo r the a re a ; they a re not intended to m easu re a v e ra g e pay
changes in the establish m en ts in the area .
shows the p ercen ta g e change. The index is the produ ct o f m u ltiplyin g
the base y e a r r e la tiv e (100) by the r e la tiv e fo r the next succeeding
y e a r and continuing to m u ltip ly (com pound) each y e a r 's re la tiv e by the
p revio u s y e a r 's index.
F o r o ffic e c le r ic a l w o rk e rs and in d u stria l n u rses, the w age
trends re la te to re g u la r w e e k ly s a la rie s fo r the n o rm a l w ork w eek ,
ex c lu s iv e o f earn in gs fo r o v e rtim e .
F o r p la n tw o rk er grou ps, they
m easu re changes in a v e ra g e s tra ig h t-tim e h ou rly earn in gs, excluding
p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w o rk on w eeken ds, h olid a ys, and
late sh ifts. The p e rcen ta g es a re based on data fo r s e le c te d key o c c u
pations and include m ost o f the n u m e ric a lly im portan t jobs w ithin
each group.
L im ita tio n s o f Data
Method o f Com puting
The indexes and p e rcen ta g es o f change, as m ea su res of
change in a re a a v e r a g e s , a re in flu en ced by: (1) g e n e ra l s a la ry and
w age changes, (2) m e r it o r oth er in c re a s e s in pay r e c e iv e d by in d i
vidu al w o r k e r s w h ile in the sam e job , and (3) changes in a v e ra g e
w ages due to changes in the la b o r fo r c e resu ltin g fr o m la b or tu rn
o v e r , fo r c e expansions, fo r c e redu ction s, and changes in the p r o p o r
Each o f the fo llo w in g k ey occupations within an occupational
group was a ssign ed a constant w eigh t based on its p rop ortion a te e m
ploym ent in the occupational group:
tions of workers employed by establishments with different pay levels.
Office clerical (men and women): O ffic e cle ric a l (m en and w om en )— Skilled maintenance ( men):
Carpenters
Continued
Bookkeeping-machine
Electricians
Secretaries
operators, class B
Machinists
Stenographers, general
Clerks, accounting, classes
Mechanics
A and B
Stenographers, senior
Mechanics (automotive)
Switchboard operators, classes
Clerks, file, classes
Painters
A and B
A , B, and C
Pipefitters
Tabulating-machine operators,
Clerks, order
Tool and die makers
class B
Clerks, payroll
Typists, classes A and B
Comptometer operators
Unskilled
plant (men):
Keypunch operators, classes
Janitors, porters, and cleaneis
Industrial nurses (m en and women):
A and B
Laborers, material handling
Nurses, industrial (registered)
Office boys and girls
Changes in the la b o r fo r c e can cause in c re a s e s o r d e c re a s e s in the
occu pational a v e ra g e s without actual w age changes. It is co n ceiva b le
that even though a ll establish m en ts in an a re a ga ve w age in c re a s e s ,
a v e ra g e w ages m ay have d eclin ed b ecau se lo w e r-p a y in g establish m en ts
en tered the a re a o r expanded th e ir w o rk fo r c e s .
S im ila r ly , w ages
m ay have rem a in ed r e la tiv e ly constant, yet the a v e ra g e s fo r an a rea
m ay have ris e n co n s id e ra b ly because h ig h e r-p a y in g establish m en ts
en tered the area .
Th e use o f constant em p loym en t w eigh ts elim in a tes the e ffe c t
o f changes in the p ro p o rtio n o f w o rk e rs re p re s e n te d in each job in
cluded in the data.
The p ercen ta g es o f change r e fle c t only changes
in a v e ra g e pay fo r s tra ig h t-tim e hours.
T h e y a re not influenced by
changes in standard w o rk sch edu les, as such, o r b y p rem iu m pay
fo r o v e rtim e . W h ere n e c e s s a ry , data w e r e adjusted to re m o v e fro m
the indexes and p ercen ta g es o f change any s ign ifica n t e ffe c t caused
by changes in the scope o f the su rvey.
The a v e ra g e (m ean) earn in gs fo r each occupation w e r e m u lti
p lie d by the occu pation al w eig h t, and the products fo r a ll occupations
in the group w e r e totaled.
The a g g re g a te s fo r 2 con secu tive y e a rs
w e r e re la te d by d ivid in g the a g g re g a te fo r the la te r y e a r b y the a g g r e
gate fo r the e a r lie r y e a r.
The resultant r e la tiv e , le s s 100 p ercen t,
4
T ab le 2.
Indexes of standard w eekly salaries and straight-tim e hourly earnings fo r selected
occupational groups in S a n B e rn a rd in o —R iv e rs id e —O n ta rio , C a lif., D e c e m b e r 1 9 7 0
and D e c e m b e r 1971, and percents o f c h a n g e 1fo r s e lec te d periods
A ll in du stries
P e r io d
O ffic e
c le r ic a l
(men and
w om en )
Indu strial
nurses
(men and
w om en)
S killed
m aintenance
tra d es
(m en)
Manufacturing
U n skilled
plantw o rk e rs
(m en)
O ffic e
c le r ic a l
(men and
w om en)
Indu strial
nurses
(men and
w om en)
S killed
maintenance
tra des
(m en)
U n skilled
plan tw o rk ers
(m en)
132.9
141.3
124.1
130.1
119.1
124.5
Indexes (August 1967=100)
___
D ecem b er 1970____ D ece m b er 1971----------------------------------------------
121.9
129.1
132.0
141.6
124.0
130.4
115.8
124.1
123.8
128.3
P e r c e n ts o f change 1
N o vem b er 1959 to S eptem b er 1960;
10-month in c re a s e ------------------------------------Annual ra te o f in c r e a s e —
—
3.3
4.0
4.6
5.5
2.8
3.4
2.8
3.4
2.1
2.5
5.1
6.2
3.0
3.6
3.5
4.2
S eptem ber 1960 to S eptem b er 1961_____________
Septem b er 1961 to S eptem ber 1962- —
Septem b er 1962 to S eptem b er 1963 1
34___ —
2
Septem b er 1963 to S eptem b er 1964 3 ____________
S eptem b er 1964 to S eptem b er 1965 3 --------------Septem b er 1965 to S eptem ber 1966 3 --------------S eptem b er 1966 to August 1967;3
11-month ch ange—
---- - —
-------Annual rate o f change-
2.5
2.7
3.3
3.2
4.7
5.2
1.0
2.9
2.8
2.8
4.5
5.2
1.9
2.4
10.5
- 3 .8
4.1
6.1
1.9
2.9
2.2
2.1
1.0
6.6
4.6
2—.4
7.1
1.4
5.7
6.5
1.0
2.9
3.7
.4
4.0
5.6
1.6
2.1
11.6
-4 .7
4.0
6.3
.1
2.4
5.1
1.0
2.8
6.5
3.8
4.2
5.7
6.2
- .6
- .7
3.0
3.3
.9
1.0
5.7
6.2
- 1 .4
- 1 .5
4.0
4.4
August 1967 to O cto b er 1968: 3
14-month in c re a s e _____________________________
Annual rate o f in c r e a s e _______________________
7.1
6.1
15.4
13.1
12.1
10.3
6.5
5.5
10.4
8.9
15.3
13.0
12.7
10.8
8.0
6.8
O ctober 1968 to D ece m b er 1969: 3
14-month in c re a s e _____________________________
Annual rate o f in c r e a s e _______________________
6.9
5.9
4.7
4.0
5.3
4.5
4.9
4.2
6.0
5.1
5.6
4.8
5.1
4.4
7.3
6.2
D ece m b er 1969 to D ece m b er 1970 3 ---------------D ece m b er 1970 to D ece m b er 1971 3 4— ----------
6.5
5.9
9.3
7.3
5.1
5.2
3.7
7.2
5.8
3.6
9.1
6.3
4.8
4.8
2.8
4.5
1 A ll changes a re in c re a s e s unless o th erw ise indicated.
2 Th is d e c re a s e re fle c ts a lo w e r p rop o rtio n o f em ploym en t re p o rted in h igh -w age establish m ents ra th er than w age d ec rea ses .
3 Changes w e re a ffec te d by the in clu sion o f "p r o g r e s s - s h a r in g " bonus m entioned in footnote 4.
4 E lim in a tin g the e ffe c t o f paym ents under a "p r o g r e s s - s h a r in g " plan in 1 m anufacturing establish m ent would re su lt in the fo llo w in g p ercen ts
o f change betw een D ece m b er 1970 and D ecem b er 1971: A l l in d u stries— o ffic e c le r ic a l (6 .5 ), in d u stria l n urses (11.3), sk ille d m aintenance (7.8 ), and
u nskilled plant (7 .8 ); m anufacturing— o ffic e c le r ic a l (5 .2 ), in d u stria l nurses (10.5), s k ille d m aintenance (7 .7 ), and unskilled plant (5.0).
6
A.
O ccupational earnings
T a b le
A -1 .
O ffic e
o c c u p a tio n s — w o m e n
(A verage straight-tim e weekly hours and earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division, San Bernardino—R iverside—Ontario, C a lif., D ecem ber 1971)
W eekly earnings 1
(standard)
%
Sex, occupation, and industry division
%
70
weekly
Middle range2
(standard)
and
under
%
%
75
80
_
_
%
85
* i *
* $ s i I |
Number o f w orkers receivin g straight-tim e weekly earnings o f
%
%
$
l
90 95
100 105
110 120
130
140
150
160 170
180
_ J 5 ___ 80___ 85____ 90___ 95
100
105
110]
-
-
-
1
i
8
_
“
1
1
*
6
5
1
23
14
9
.120__ 130__ 140
150
160
170
11
4
-
27
18
9
20
7
13
30
18
12
7
7
1
1
-
190
200
s----{--- {—210
220
230
220
230
240
180
190
200
210
7
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
19
4
15
.
-
1
1
4
4
.
-
_
-
-
*
“
*
*
_
-
11
11
-
-
-
-
_
-
-
-
“
“
“
-
-
-
-
-
$
$
$
1 4 5 .0 0
1 3 5 .0 0
1 3 0 .0 0 -1 6 4 .0 0
-
-
-
-
1 3 4 .0 0
1 2 8 .0 0
1 4 2 .5 0
1 3 5 .5 0
1 2 7 .5 0
1 4 0 .0 0
1 1 8 .5 0 - 1 4 8 .5 0
1 1 4 .0 0 -1 4 6 .0 0
1 2 4 .5 0 -1 6 1 .5 0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
11
“
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 1 4 .0 0
1 0 6 .5 0
1 1 7 .0 0
1 1 0 .5 0
1 0 4 .0 0
1 1 2 .5 0
1 0 1 .0 0 - 1 1 8 .5 0
9 8 .5 0 - 1 1 3 .0 0
1 0 3 .0 0 -1 2 5 .0 0
-
1
1
5
5
4
3
1
17
11
6
25
10
15
15
5
10
45
12
33
14
14
2
2
-
-
5
5
-
3
3
58
47
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
1 3 2 .0 0
1 2 8 .5 0
1 2 9 .5 0
1 2 8 .5 0
1 1 4 .0 0 -1 5 7 .0 0
1 1 7 .5 0 -1 5 0 .0 0
_
_
1
“
9
9
_
-
3
2
2
2
14
13
5
4
7
6
4
2
9
9
-
-
1
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
KE YPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A -------MANUFA CT UR IN G ---------------------
70
47
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 4 5 .5 0
1 4 4 .0 0
1 4 8 .0 0
1 4 7 .5 0
1 2 5 .0 0 -1 5 9 .0 0
1 3 6 .0 0 -1 5 7 .0 0
1
-
3
1
-
1
~
1
-
5
5
5
4
7
6
14
14
18
18
_
-
11
2
-
-
-
-
KE YPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B -------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
61
37
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 5 .5 0
1 0 8 .0 0
1 0 1 .5 0
1 1 5 .5 0
8 6 .5 0 - 1 1 9 .5 0
8 0 .5 0 - 1 2 7 .0 0
4
4
_
-
_
_
-
-
_
-
-
-
“
-
“
SE CRETARIES --------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC UTIL IT IE S ---------------
699
355
344
38
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 4 9 .0 0
1 5 1 .0 0
1 4 7 .0 0
1 7 4 .5 0
1 4 8 .0 0
1 5 1 .5 0
1 4 6 .0 0
1 7 9 .0 0
SECRETARIES, CL AS S B -------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
88
50
38
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
1 6 5 .5 0
1 5 7 .5 0
1 7 7 .0 0
SECRETARIES, CLASS C -------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
304
185
119
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
SECRETARIES, CLASS 0 -------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
286
116
170
ST EN OGRAPHERS, GE NE RA L -------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
BO OK KE EP IN G- MA CH IN E OPERATORS,
CLASS A -------------------------------
40
CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A -------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------------=----
149
86
63
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B -------MANUFA CT UR IN G --------------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
148
42
106
CLERKS, PAYROLL ---------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ---------------------
$
-
-
-
-
_
-
-
1
-
4
4
5
5
4
4
9
3
4
“
3
1
6
-
2
1
10
8
10
7
-
-
-
-
1 2 9 .0 0 - 1 6 6 .5 0
1 3 2 .0 0 - 1 6 8 .0 0
1 2 5 .5 0 -1 6 5 .0 0
1 6 5 .0 0 -1 8 4 .0 0
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
2
2
7
1
6
14
4
10
3
3
68
25
43
91
53
38
2
90
47
43
-
99
41
58
2
108
69
39
70
34
36
6
54
33
21
11
56
36
20
11
16
11
5
3
10
10
3
2
1
1
*
6
6
*
3
3
1 6 6 .5 0
1 6 2 .5 0
1 9 1 .0 0
1 4 6 .5 0 -1 8 8 .0 0
1 4 6 .5 0 - 1 7 2 .5 0
1 4 6 .0 0 - 2 1 1 .0 0
-
-
_
-
“
1
-
-
1
1
4
3
1
6
3
3
3
2
1
18
10
8
8
7
1
10
8
2
11
11
*
7
6
1
3
3
7
7
1
1
6
6
2
2
1 5 3 .0 0
1 5 4 .0 0
1 5 1 .5 0
1 5 7 .0 0
1 5 7 .0 0
1 5 7 .5 0
1 3 1 .5 0 - 1 7 0 .5 0
1 3 1 .5 0 - 1 7 4 .5 0
1 3 2 .0 0 - 1 6 7 .5 0
-
-
-
39
21
18
24
13
11
24
11
13
67
49
18
42
14
28
27
17
10
34
27
7
12
10
2
3
3
-
-
_
-
*
*
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 3 8 .0 0
1 4 1 .0 0
1 3 6 .0 0
1 3 7 .5 0
1 3 9 .0 0
1 3 6 .0 0
1 2 3 .5 0 -1 5 0 .5 0
1 2 8 .5 0 - 1 5 1 .0 0
1 1 8 .0 0 - 1 5 0 .0 0
-
_
-
-
192
56
136
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 2 5 .0 0
1 4 4 .5 0
1 1 7 .0 0
1 1 7 .5 0
1 5 5 .5 0
1 1 0 .0 0
1 0 3 .0 0 - 1 5 5 .0 0
1 2 3 .0 0 -1 6 0 .0 0
1 0 0 .5 0 - 1 2 5 .0 0
ST EN OGRAPHERS, SENIOR --------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
115
36
79
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 3 2 .5 0
1 3 1 .5 0
1 3 3 .0 0
1 3 4 .0 0
1 4 1 .0 0
1 3 2 .5 0
1 2 1 .0 0 - 1 4 3 .0 0
1 1 7 .0 0 -1 4 3 .5 0
1 2 4 .0 0 -1 4 3 .0 0
“
SW IT CH BO AR D OPERATORS, CLASS A ----
26
*
O
o
4 1 .0
1 2 5 .5 0
1 1 9 .5 0
1 0 6 .0 0 -1 5 1 .0 0
-
SW IT CH BO AR D OPERATORS, CLASS B ---N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
107
107
4 0 .5
4 0 .5
9 6 .0 0
9 6 .0 0
9 4 .0 0
9 4 .0 0
8 4 .5 0 - 1 1 0 .0 0
8 4 .5 0 - 1 1 0 .0 0
-
SW IT CH BO AR D O P E R A T O R - R EC EP TI ON IS TS M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
71
45
26
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 7 .5 0
1 1 0 .5 0
1 0 2 .5 0
1 0 2 .0 0
1 0 3 .0 0
1 0 1 .0 0
9 5 .5 0 - 1 2 5 .5 0
9 7 .5 0 - 1 2 8 .0 0
8 9 .5 0 - 1 1 6 .5 0
-
See footn otes at end o f ta b le s .
1
“
_
-
3
-
3
3
3
-
-
26
20
6
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
11
1
10
2
2
38
2
36
45
29
16
63
32
31
50
20
30
28
13
15
17
11
6
15
5
10
12
2
10
-
~
4
1
3
-
-
-
_
-
-
-
“
5
5
12
12
15
15
27
3
24
14
2
12
29
4
25
25
9
16
10
1
9
-
21
13
8
4
4
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
24
24
-
-
-
-
“
-
-
-
1
1
*
2
2
“
2
2
“
22
9
13
21
21
21
21
35
21
14
6
1
5
5
_
-
_
_
-
*
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
2
3
5
2
2
2
4
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
28
28
7
7
22
22
11
11
4
4
8
8
23
23
2
2
1
1
-
5
2
_
-
10
1
9
11
11
-
_
_
-
1
-
-
2
12
9
3
1
1
5
15
14
1
5
5
-
9
4
5
-
-
-
-
“
-
-
1
_
-
-
-
T a b le
A -1 .
O ffic e o c c u p a tio n s —w o m e n
C o n tin u e d
(A v e ra g e straigh t-tim e w eekly hours and earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an a re a basis by industry division, San B ernardino—R iv e rsid e -O n ta rio , C a lif., D ecem ber 1971)
W eekly earnings *
( standard)
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
woiken
Number o f w orkers receivin g straight-tim e weekly earnings of—
$
Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)
t
70
M ean2
M edian2
Middle range2
-
*
$
$
s
*
*
$
$
t
*
*
$
*
4 0 .0
$
1 0 9 .0 0
$
1 0 6 .0 0
$
$
9 8 .0 0 - 1 1 6 .0 0
27
4 0 .0
1 1 9 .5 0
1 2 0 .0 0
1 0 1 .5 0 - 1 2 5 .0 0
83
4 0 .0
1 0 6 .0 0
1 0 4 .0 0
9 7 .5 0 - 1 1 3 .5 0
6 *
4 0 .0
1 2 3 .5 0
1 2 2 .5 0
1 1 2 .0 0 - 1 3 7 .5 0
85
90
95
100
105
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
220
230
80
85
90
95
100
105
n o
120
n o
n o
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
220
230
240
1
8
__
1
in
14
See footnotes at end of tables.
1 --------- 1 --------
1
80
CONTINUED
110
*
75
and
under
75
WOMEN
*
S
12
2
T a b le A -1a,
O f f i c e o c c u p a t i o n s — a d j u s t e d * —w o m e n
(A verag e straight-tim e w eekly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, San Bernardino—R iverside—Ontario, C a lif., Decem ber 1971)
Sex, occupation, and industry division
W eekly earnings 1 (standard)
Number
of
w orkers
Mean 2
Median 2
$
145.00
$
135.00
$
$
130.00-164.00
Middle range 2
*
Women
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class A _ ______________________
40
C le rk s , accounting, class A_______________________________________
Manufacturing___________________________________________________
149
86
134.00
128.00
135.50
127.50
118.50-148.50
114.00-146.00
C le rk s , accounting, class B_______________________________________
Manufacturing___________________________________________________
148
42
114.00
106.50
110.50
104.00
101.00-118.50
98.50-113.00
C lerk s, payroll_______________________________________ ____________
Manufacturing__________________________ _______________________
58
47
131.00
127.50
129.50
128.50
114.00-155.50
117.50-150.00
Keypunch operators, class A ______________________________________
Manufacturing___________________________________________________
70
47
144.00
141.50
148.00
147.50
125.00-154.00
136.00-152.00
Keypunch operators, class B______________________________________
61
105.50
101.50
86.50-119.50
S e c re ta r ie s _________________________________________________________
Manuf actu ring___________________________________________________
699
355
148.00
148.50
148.00
151.50
129.00-165.50
132.00-166.00
S ecreta ries, class B___________________________________ __________
Manufacturing_________ _____________ _ _______________ _______
50
88
165.50
157.50
166.50
162.50
146.50-188.00
146.50-172.50
S ecreta ries, class C_______________________________________________
Manufa ctu ring___________ _______________________________________
304
185
151.00
150.50
157.00
157.00
131.50-167.50
131.50-167.50
S ecreta ries, class D_______________ ______________________________
Manufacturing___________________________________________________
286
116
138.00
140.50
137.50
139.00
123.50-150.50
128.50-151.00
Stenographers, g e n era l___________________________ ______________
Manufacturing_____________________________________________ _
192
56
123.50
139.50
117.50
151.50
103.00-151.50
123.00-154.00
Stenographers, senior---------------------------------------------------------Manufacturing___________________________________________________
115
36
132.50
131.50
134.00
141.00
121.00-143.00
117.00-143.50
Switchboard o p era to rs, class A ___________________________________
26
125.50
119.50
106.00-151.00
Switchboard o p era to rs, class B ___________________________________
107
96.00
94.00
84.50-110.00
Switchboard operator - recep tio n ists_______________________________
Manufacturing___________________________________________________
71
45
107.50
110.50
102.00
95.50-125.50
97.50-128.00
Typists, class A ___________________________________________________
Manufacturing___________________________ ______________________
no
27
109.00
119.00
106.00
120.00
98.00-116.00
101.50-125.00
Typists, class B ___________________________________________________
Manufacturing__________________________ __________ __________
174
64
118.00
122.50
114.50
122.50
106.00-134.00
112.00-137.50
* Data presented are
establishment a re excluded.
'
103.00
sim ila r to the preceding table except that payments under a "p ro gress-s h a rin g" plan in
See footnotes at end o f tables.
1 manufacturing
9
T a b le A - 2 .
P r o fe s s io n a l an d te c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s — m e n a n d w o m e n
(A verage straight-tim e weekly hours and earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division, San B ern ardin o-R iversid e—Ontario, C a lif., December 1971)
W e e k ly earnings 1
( standard)
Number of w orkers receivin g straight-tim e w eekly earnings of—
*
N u m ber
Sex, occupation, and industry division
of
*
Unde r 140
A v e ra ge
w e e k ly
M'*n2
(standard)
M e d ia n 2
M id d le r a n g e 2
t
140
*
*
$
*
*
t
t
t
t
*
t
$
$
$
t
»
$
145
150
155
160
165
no
175
180
185
190
195
200
205
210
215
220
225
230
235
150
155
160
165
170
175
180
185
190
195
200
205
210
215
220
?25
230
235
240
6
~
2
2
2
2
4
4
12
12
2
2
6
6
-
*
1
1
6
6
3
3
4
4
1
1
-
6
14
10
-
-
3
1
1
1
2
2
-
-
-
-
1
3
3
_
2
9
9
and
under
145
MEN
$
$
$
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A -----------------------------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G -----------------------------------------------
AO
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 9 3 .0 0
1 9 8 .0 0
1 9 2 .5 0
1 9 3 .5 0
1 8 3 .0 0 -2 0 1 .5 0
1 8 9 .5 0 - 2 0 2 .5 0
-
34
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B -----------------------------------------MANUFA CT UR IN G ---------------------
108
88
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 6 5 .0 0
1 6 2 .5 0
1 6 0 .5 0
1 6 0 .0 0
1 4 4 .5 0 -1 8 8 .0 0
1 4 4 .5 0 -1 8 2 .5 0
9
31
29
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 8 3 .5 0
1 8 4 .5 0
1 8 0 .0 0
1 8 1 .5 0
1 6 0 .0 0 -2 2 1 .0 0
1 5 9 .0 0 -2 2 1 .5 0
1
1
$
9
1
1
20
15
12
9
2
2
10
10
18
17
1
1
2
-
3
3
2
2
1
3
3
1
■
“
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
*
*
WOMEN
NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) --MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
2
See footnotes at end of tables.
T a b le A -2 a .
P ro fe s s io n a l
and tec h n ica l o c c u p a tio n s — a d ju s te d * — m e n
and w o m e n
(A verage straight-tim e weekly earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, San B ern ardin o-R iverside-O ntario, C alif., D ecember 1971)
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
w orkers
Weekly earnings 1 (standard)
Mean z
Median 2
M iddle range 2
Men
Draftsmen, class A _____________________________ _______ _________
Manufacturing____ ____________ _________________________________
40
34
$
191.50
196.50
$
192.50
193.50
$
$
183.00-201.50
189.50-202.50
Draftsmen, class B ___ _________________________________________ _
Manufacturing____________ _____ ____ ____ _____________________
108
88
165.00
162.00
160.50
160.00
144.50-185.00
144.50-181.50
31
29
178.00
178.50
180.00
181.50
160.00-201.00
159.00-201.50
Women
Nurses, industrial (re g istered )____________________________________
Manufacturing_________ __________________________________________
* Data presented are
establishment are excluded.
sim ila r to the preceding table except that payments under a "p ro gress-s h a rin g" plan in 1 manufacturing
See footnotes at end of tables.
10
T a b le A - 3 .
O f fic e , p ro fe s s io n a l, a n d te c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s — m e n a n d w o m e n c o m b in e d
(A vera g e straight-tim e w eekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division, San Bernardino—R ive r side—Ontario, C a lif., Decem ber 1971)
Average
O ccu pation and in d u stry d iv is io n
Number
of
workers
OFFICE OCCUPATIONS
BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
CLASS A -----------------------------------------------------------CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A ---------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS 8 -----------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
AO
155
90
65
150
A2
108
A l.O
AO, 0 1 3 5 .5 0
AO.O 1 3 0 .0 0
AO.O 1A3•50
AO.O
AO.O
AO.O
11A .5 0
1 0 6 .5 0
1 1 B .00
ORDER --------------------------------------
A8
A O .5 1 3 6 .0 0
71
60
AO.O 1 3 9 .5 0
AO.O 1 3 8 .5 0
KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A ---------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------
70
A7
AO.O 1 A 5 .5 0
AO.O 1A A .00
KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS B --------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------------
61
37
AO.O 1 0 5 .5 0
AO.O 1 0 8 .0 0
SECRETARIES ----------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S ------------------------------
70A
359
3A5
39
AO.O 1A 9 .5 0
AO.O 1 5 1 .5 0
AO.O 1A 7 .0 0
AO.O 1 7 5 .0 0
See footnotes at end of tables,
O ccupation and in du stry d iv is io n
OFFICE OCCUPATIONS
$
1A 5 .0 0
CLERKS, PAYROLL -------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------
CLERKS,
Average
Average
Number
Weekly
Weekly
hours 1 earnings 1
[standard) (standard)
SECRETARIES -
-
Weekly
hours 1
(standard)
of
Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)
CONTINUED
O ccupation and indu stry d iv is io n
OFFICE OCCUPATIONS -
CONTINUED
$
AO.O 1 6 5 .5 0
3 9 .5 1 5 7 .5 0
4 0 .0 1 7 7 .0 0
Number
of
workers
Weekly
hours 1
(standard)
Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)
CONTINUED
SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTSMANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
71
45
26
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 7 .5 0
1 1 0 .5 0
1 0 2 .5 0
T Y P IS T S , CLASS A --------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
110
27
83
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 9 .0 0
1 1 9 .5 0
1 0 6 .0 0
T Y P IS T S , CLASS B --------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------------
174
64
110
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 1 8 .5 0
1 2 3 .5 0
1 1 5 .5 0
SECRETARIES, CLASS B --------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
88
50
38
SECRETARIES, CLASS C --------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
309
189
120
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 5 4 .0 0
1 5 5 .0 0
1 5 1 .5 0
SECRETARIES, CLASS D --------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING--------------------*------
286
116
170
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 3 8 .0 0
1 4 1 .0 0
1 3 6 .0 0
STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL --------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
192
56
136
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 2 5 .0 0
1 4 4 .5 0
1 1 7 .0 0
PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS
STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR ----------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
115
36
79
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 3 2 .5 0
1 3 1 .5 0
1 3 3 .0 0
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS A ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------
40
34
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 9 3 .0 0
1 9 8 .0 0
SWITCHBOARO OPERATORS, CLASS A -------
26
4 0 .0
1 2 5 .5 0
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------
118
96
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 6 4 .0 0
1 6 1 .5 0
SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS B ------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
107
107
4 0 .5
4 0 .5
9 6 .0 0
9 6 .0 0
NURSES, INDUSTRIAL R E G IS TE R E D ) -----MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------
31
29
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 8 3 .5 0
1 8 4 .5 0
11
T a b le A - 3 a .
O f fic e , p ro fe s s io n a l, an d te c h n ic a l o c c u p a tio n s — a d ju s te d * — m e n an d w o m e n c o m b in e d
(A verage straight-tim e w eekly earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division, San Bernardino—R iversid e—Ontario, C a lif., December 1971)
Occupation and industry division
Number
of
w orkers
A verage
weekly
earnings 2
(standard)
Office occupations
Number
of
w orkers
A verage
weekly
earnings 2
(standard)
O ffice occupations— Continued
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
40
$
145.00
155
90
135.50
130.00
150
42
C le rk s , o rde r----------------------------------------
Occupation and industry division
Number
of
w orkers
Average
weekly
earnings 2
(standard)
O ffice occupations— Continued
S ecretaries— Continued
71
45
$
107.50
110.50
110
27
109.00
119.00
174
118.00
122.50
Draftsmen, class A _______________________
40
34
191.50
196.50
Draftsmen, class B _______________________
118
96
164.00
161.00
31
29
178.00
178.50
Switchboard o p era to r-recep tio n ists______
S ecreta ries, class B___________________
88
50
$
165.50
157.50
S e c re ta rie s , class C___________ ________
309
189
151.50
151.00
S ecreta ries, class D___________________
Manufacturing_______________________
286
116
138.00
140.50
114.50
106.50
Occupation and industry division
48
136.00
71
60
137.50
136.00
192
56
123.50
139.50
70
47
144.00
141.50
115
36
132.50
131.50
61
105.50
26
125.50
704
359
148.00
149.00
107
96.00
Professio n a l and technical
* Data presented are sim ilar to the preceding table except that payments under a "p ro gress-s h a rin g" plan in 1 manufacturing establishment are excluded.
See footnote at end of tables.
12
T a b le A - 4 .
M a in t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p la n t o c c u p a tio n s
(A verage straight-tim e hourly earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division, San B ern ardin o-R iversid e—Ontario, C a lif., Decem ber 1971)
Number of w orkers receivin g straight-tim e hourly earnings of—
Hourly earnings3
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
„
,
Under
Mean 2
M edian2
Middle range 2
t
$
3 .7 0
3 .8 0 3 .9 0
t
and
3 .7 0 under
3 .8 0
I
-
»
$
$
I
4 .0 0 4 .1 0 4 .2 0
-
-
-
i
*
i
*
4 .3 0 4 .4 0 4 .5 0 4 .6 0
-
-
-
3 .9 0 4 .0 0 4 .1 0 4 .2 0 4 .3 0 4 .4 0
-
4 .5 0
t
»
4 .7 0 4 .8 0
-
-
4 .6 0 4 .7 0
-
$
-
4 .8 0 4 .9 0
5
I
4 .9 0 5 .0 0 5 .1 0
-
5 .0 0
-
5 .1 0
5 .2 0
t
i
*
i
i
J
5 .2 0 5 .3 0 5 .4 0 5 .5 0
5 .6 0 5 .7 0 5 .8 0
-
-
-
5 .3 0
-
5 .4 0
-
5 .5 0
5 .6 0
- a n d
5 .7 0
5 .8 0
over
MEN
$
84
W AH U r At# 1U K 1 N b
m
MECHANICS, AUTOMOTIVE
(MAINTENANCE! ----------------------------------------------
$
$
4*38
1
1
-
-
7
7
-
5
5
1
1
71
1
70
1
1
“
6
6
-
16
16
-
2
2
10
10
4 *3 2
2
1
1
-
4 *3 5
5 .1 8
5 .1 7
1
1
6
6
-
7
7
-
-
-
8
8
15
15
7
7
24
24
54
19
-
-
4
4
-
5 .1 0
4 .7 6 4 .7 7 -
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
14
-
-
-
14
14
-
“
6
6
*
1
1
4
4
176
176
19
19
*
17
17
*
18
14
4
4
6
6
*
*
*
4
4
*
39
39
11
11
-
-
-
6
“
-
_
-
-
“
"
-
2
2
298
4 .6 1
4 .5 7
4 .5 7
222
4 .7 9
5 .0 0
50
511
4 .6 8
■ 1 ■ L • 1 1 1L K j
$
4 . 5 3 - 4 .7 3
4 . 5 3 - 4 .7 1
4 .4 3 -
5 .2 4
5 .3 2
4 .7 9 -
4 .8 2
4 . 6 0 - 4 .9 6
42
4 .4 1
__
4*6 2
5 .3 6
—
See footnotes at end of tables.
71
4 * 45
4 *4 0
_
“
14
14
*
-
*
_
-
“
-
-
34
*
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
1
1
2
2
3
1
-
-
41
38
-
17
17
136
135
-
-
6
16
-
41
34
21
21
4
4
_
-
16
16
3
3
*
31
21
10
10
6
3
3
3
12
12
-
44
44
-
3
3
3
22
22
-
41
41
29
1
1
1
5
-
_
30
30
_
12
-
*
*
_
_
_
-
-
_
6
44
44
97
97
22
22
34
34
180
180
5
5
-
_
21
21
4
1
_
2
-
-
-
15
3
43
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
18
18
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
9
-
-
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
1
4 . 3 6 - 4 .6 9
4 . 3 2 - 4 .6 7
4
4
2
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
22
-
_
-
-
-
-
-
4 .3 5 -
-
36
36
5.0 1
5
-
58
58
“
29
29
n A A I’l 1 C 1, A H v L
S B K U r A l» 1 U K 1 N b
*
5
-
-
*
-
-
1
1
2
-
13
T a b le A - 4 a .
M a in te n a n c e a n d p o w e r p la n t o c c u p a tio n s — a d ju s te d *
(A verage straight-tim e hourly earnings in selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, San Bernardino—R ive rsid e—Ontario, C a lif., D ecem ber 1971)
Hourly earnings 3
Number
of
w orkers
Mean 2
Median 2
Middle range 2
Carpenters, maintenance-----------------------------------------------------Manufacturing___________________________________________________
127
43
$
4.42
4.44
$
4.37
4.57
$
$
4.32-4.55
4.49-4.64
E lectricia n s, maintenance---------------------------------------------------Manufacturing____ ____ _________________________________________
412
339
4.89
4.81
4.86
4.86
4.76-4.98
4.77-4.95
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Men
Engineers, station ary-------------- -------------------------------------------
43
4.94
5.07
4.75-5.16
Machinists, m aintenance-----------------------------------------------------Manufacturing-----------------------------------------------------------------
309
298
4.48
4.46
4.28
4.28
4.23-4.73
4.23-4.71
Mechanics, automotive (m aintenance)____________________________
Manufacturing___________ _______________________________________
222
140
4.77
4.75
4.95
4.80
4.43-5.24
4.60-5.07
Mechanics, maintenance------------------------------------------------------Manufacturing___________________________________________________
511
493
4.58
4.56
4.65
4.64
4.60-4.69
4.59-4.69
Pain ters, maintenance-------------- --------------------------*____________
Manufacturing______ ____ _______ ______________ _____ ____________
42
35
4.48
4.29
4.37
4.35
4.31-4.67
4.31-4.40
P ip e fitte rs, maintenance------------------------------------------------------
87
4.52
4.55
4.39-4.60
Tool and die m a k e rs -------------------- ----------------------------- --------Manufacturing------------------------------------------------------------------
71
71
4.65
4.65
4.40
4.40
4.35-5.01
4.35-5.01
* Data presented are
establishment are excluded.
sim ilar to the preceding table except that payments under a "p ro gress-s h a rin g" plan in 1 manufacturing
See footnotes at end o f tables.
14
T a b le A - 5 .
C u s to d ia l a n d m a te ria l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a tio n s
(A verage straight-tim e hourly earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division. San Bernardino—R ive r side—Ontario, C a lif., December 1971)
Hourly earnings3
Sex, occupation, and industry divisi
Number
of
$ $ i r
1 .6 0
Number of w orkers receivin g straight-tim e hourly earnings of—
*------1------ *---- i -------i ----- 1------ i------ i------ i----- S------ S----- S------ i ----- i ------ S----- i ------ i ----- i ------ *—
1 .7 0
1 .8 0
1 .9 0
2 .0 0
2 .2 0
1 ,7 0
1 ,8 0
1 ,9 0
2•00. 2 .2 0
2 .4 0
2 .6 0
2 .8 0
1.74- 3.25
3.32- 4.06
76
24
51
48
17
6
13
7
2
2
2 .4 0
2 .6 0
2 .8 0
3 .0 0 3 .2 0
3 .4 0
3 .6 0
6
5
14
7
1
3 .0 0
3 .2 0
3 .4 0
3 .8 0 4 .0 0
4 .2 0
4 .4 0 4 .6 0 4 .8 0
3 .6 0
3 .8 0
5 .0 0 5 .2 0
5 .4 0
4 .0 0
and
under
2.43
3.64
1.94
3.89
GUARDS
MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------
82
3.70
*
o
3.36- 4.05
-
-
-
-
-
4
3
2
2
5
7
-
JAN ITO RS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS ----MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
603
231
372
2.75
3.14
2.51
2.71
3.29
2.27
2.08- 3.29
2.58- 3.56
2.02- 3.11
3
23
36
9
-
-
-
-
23
36
9
34
4
30
55
31
24
27
1
26
29
7
22
39
28
11
83
22
61
81
81
3
127
26
101
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING -----------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
294
222
72
3.25
3.31
3.06
3.33
3.33
3.31
3.02- 3.66
3.04- 3.66
2.21- 3.70
-
-
4
13
11
-
-
-
-
4
4
57
57
4
13
11
1
-
-
89
69
20
3
3
-
32
27
5
1
-
-
ORDER
FILLE R S ------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
86
81
3.87
3.88
3.76
3.77
3.70- 4.58
3.71- 4.59
-
-
_
_
_
-
-
6
6
-
-
5
5
-
*
5
5
-
-
RECEIVING CLERKS --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
60
36
3.71
3.47
3.86
3.43
3.16- 4.15
2.93- 4.05
_
-
_
S H IPPIN G AND RECEIVING CLERKS -------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------
57
40
3.56
3.60
3.82
3.82
3.22- 3.91
3.26- 3,88
-
TRUCKDRIVERS
-------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
815
505
310
4.41
4.49
4.28
4.33
4.40
4.31
4.03- 4.97
4.02- 5.00
4.21- 4.92
*
-
TRUCK0RIVERS, LIGHT (UNDER
1 -1 / 2 TONS I ------------------------------------
29
2.94
2.59
2.38- 3.78
-
-
TRUCKDRIVERS, MEDIUM (1 - 1 / 2 TO
AN0 INCLUDING 4 TONS) -----------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
232
107
125
3.94
3.71
4.14
4,06
4.02
4.33
3.84- 4.33
3.31- 4.07
3.88- 4.37
_
_
TRUCKDRIVERS, HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS,
TRAILER TY PE ) --------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------
360
205
155
4.46
4.36
4.60
4.33
4.33
4.30
4.16- 4.99
3.96- 4.94
4.24- 5.12
TRUCKDRIVERS, HEAVY (OVER 4 TONS,
OTHER THAN TRAILER TYPE ) -----------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------
167
167
5.22
5.22
5.62
5.62
4.64- 5.73
4.64- 5.73
TRUCKERS, POWER (F O R K L IF T ) -------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------
455
401
3.77
3.66
3.83
3.71
3.22- 4.13
3.19- 4.11
See footnotes at end of tables.
o
338
98
GUARDS AND WATCHMEN --------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------
11
“
-
-
-
-
-
~
-
-
9
42
27
23
4
-
8
28
28
37
32
5
3
2
1
_
41
36
_
_
-
-
-
8
1
1
7
-
19
7
4
1
2
2
26
18
1
1
5
4
43
43
65
28
37
108
104
180
36
A
144
2
2
2
2
1
1
39
4
62
58
78
4
5
5
-
-
8
i
i
10
10
-
~
21
18
16
16
10
1
9
-
-
*
“
A
A
_
_
-
10
6
-
8
20
7
13
5
“
-
52
48
5
1
-
5
13
8
-
6
5
10
6
5
10
5
5
-
-
*
8
8
-
21
18
14
14
_
_
1
“
-
1
3
3
109
109
12
12
9
9
1
_
_
-
1
1
-
2
2
“
i
_
-
“
“
“
35
2
2
9
36
36
24
24
60
60
«
9
23
23
-
17
17
85
67
5 .6 0
5 .8 0
9
9
-
87
87
-
-
“
9
9
87
87
-
9
1
18
18
_
_
41
39
2
45
36
9
75
52
23
78
28
50
8
8
74
*
8
-
*
•
32
32
97
27
70
6
4
2
16
16
—
57
36
21
73
28
A5
-
“
35
35
20
20
16
16
-
-
9
5
1
-
31
-
-
-
-
-
-
114
114
_
_
-
A
6
6
-
8
8
4 .2 0
T a b le A - 5 a .
C u s to d ia l an d m a te ria l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a tio n s — a d ju s te d *
(A verage straight-tim e hourly earnings fo r selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, San Bernardino—R iversid e—O n tario, C a lif., Decem ber 1971)
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Hourly earnings 3
Number
of
w orkers
Mean 2
Median 2
338
98
$
2.41
3.57
$
1.94
3.89
$
$
1.74-3.25
3.32-3.96
Middle range 2
Men
Guards and watchmen-----------------------------------------------------------Manufacturing--- ----------- ----------- --------------------------------—
Guards
Manufacturing............ ...... ................ ...................... ................ .
82
3.61
3.90
3.36-3.96
Janitors, porters, and clean ers--------------- ------- ------- --------- -----Manufacturing------------ ------------------ ---------------------------------
603
231
2.74
3.10
2.71
3.29
2.08-3.29
2.58-3.43
L a borers, m aterial handling-------------- ------- --------- ---------------Manufacturing__________________________________________________
294
222
3.25
3.31
3.33
3.33
3.02-3.66
3.04-3.66
O rder f i l l e r s ------------------------------------------------------------------------
86
3.87
3.76
3.70-4.58
Receiving c le r k s ----------------------------- --------------- ------—....... .......
60
3.67
3.86
3.16-4.07
Shipping and receivin g c le r k s — ---------------------- ----------------------Manufacturing__________________________________________________
57
40
3.56
3.60
3.82
3.82
3.22-3.91
3.26-3.88
T ruckdrivers-..... ............................. ........... .............................. .........
Manufacturing..................... ...... ........................................... .....
815
505
4.40
4.47
4.33
4.40
3.96-4.97
3.95-5.00
Tru ckdrivers, light (under lV 2 tons)------------------ ----------------
29
2.94
2.59
2.38-3.78
T ru ckdrivers, medium (1V2 to and
including 4 tons)—-------------- -------- ---------------- ------------------Manufacturing.--------------- ---------------------------------- ------ -----
232
107
3.90
3.63
3.97
3.92
3.84-4.33
3.31-3.97
T ru ckdrivers, heavy (over 4 tons,
tr a ile r ty p e )____ _________ ____________________________________
Manufacturing--------------------------------------------------------------
360
205
4.46
4.36
4.32
4.33
4.16-4.99
3.96-4.94
Truck d rivers, heavy (o ver 4 tons,
other than tra ile r type)---------------------------------------------------Manufacturing--------------------------------------------------------------
167
167
5.22
5.22
5.62
5.62
4.64-5.73
4.64-5.73
Truckers, power (fo r k lift)----------------------------------------------------Manufacturing------------------------------------------------------------------
455
401
3.73
3.61
3.83
3.71
3.22-3.96
3.19-3.93
* Data presented are sim ilar to the preceding table except that payments under a "p ro gress-s h a rin g" plan in 1 manufacturing
establishment are excluded.
See footnotes at end o f tables.
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Footnotes
1 Standard hours r e f l e c t the w o rk w e e k fo r which e m p lo yees r e c e i v e th eir re g u la r s tr a ig h t- tim e s a la r ie s ( e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e r t im e
at r e g u la r and/or p re m iu m r a te s ), and the earnings co rresp o n d to these w e e k ly hours.
2 The mean is computed fo r each job by totaling the earnings of a ll w o r k e r s and dividing by the number o f w o r k e r s ,
The m edian
designates position— half of the e m p lo y e e s su rveyed r e c e i v e m o r e than the rate shown; half r e c e i v e le s s than the rate shown,
The m iddle
range is defined by 2 rates of pay; a fourth of the w o r k e r s earn less than the l o w e r of these rates and a fourth earn m o r e than the h igher rate.
3 E xcludes p re m iu m pay fo r o v e r t im e and fo r w o r k on weekends, holid ays, and late shifts.
A p p e n d ix .
O c c u p a tio n a l D e s c r ip tio n s
The p r im a ry pu rpose o f p rep a rin g job descrip tio n s fo r the B u reau's wage su rveys is to a s s is t its fie ld sta ff in c la s s ify in g into a ppropriate
occupations w o rk ers who a re em ployed under a v a rie ty o f p a y ro ll title s and d iffe re n t w ork a rran gem en ts fr o m establish m ent to establishm ent and
fro m a rea to a rea . Th is p erm its the grouping o f occupational w age ra tes re p res en tin g co m parab le jo b content. Because o f this em phasis on
in terestablish m en t and in te ra re a c o m p a ra b ility o f occupational content, the B u reau's jo b d es crip tio n s m ay d iffe r sig n ific a n tly fr o m those in use in
individual establish m ents o r those p rep a red fo r oth er pu rposes. In applying these job d es crip tio n s , the B u reau's fie ld econ om ists a re instru cted
to exclude w orking su p e rv is o rs ; appren tices; le a rn e r s ; beginn ers; tra in e e s ; and handicapped, p a rt-tim e , tem p o ra ry , and probation ary w o rk ers.
O F F IC E
C L E R K , A C C O U N T IN G — Continued
B IL L E R , M A C H IN E
P r e p a re s statem ents, b ills , and in voic es on a m achine oth er than an o rd in a ry o r e le c tr o m a tic ty p e w r ite r. M ay also keep re co rd s as to b illin gs o r shipping ch arges o r p e rfo rm other
c le r ic a l w ork incidental to b illin g o p era tio n s. F o r w age study pu rp oses, b ille r s , m achine, a re
c la s s ifie d by type o f m achine, as fo llo w s:
B ille r , m achine (b illin g m a ch in e). Uses a sp ecia l b illin g machine (com bination typing
and adding m achine) to p rep a re b ills and in vo ic es fro m cu sto m ers' purchase o rd e r s , in te r
n ally p rep a red o rd e r s , shipping m em orandum s, etc. U su ally in vo lv es application o f p r e
determ in ed discounts and shipping ch arges and en try o f n ece s s a ry extension s, which m ay o r
m a y not be computed on the b illin g m achine, and tota ls which a re a u tom a tica lly accum ulated
by m ach in e. The opera tion u su ally in volv es a la rg e num ber o f carbon co pies o f the b ill being
p rep a red and is often done on a fanfold m achine.
B ille r , m achine (bookkeeping m a ch in e). U ses a bookkeeping m achine (with o r without
a ty p e w r ite r keyboard) to p re p a re cu sto m ers' b ills as part o f the accounts re c e iv a b le o p e ra
tion . G en era lly in volv es the sim ultaneous en try o f fig u res on cu sto m ers' le d g e r re c o rd . The
m achine a u tom a tica lly accum ulates fig u re s on a num ber o f v e r t ic a l columns and computes
and usually prints a u tom atically the debit o r cred it balances.
Does not in vo lv e a know l
edge o f bookkeeping.
W orks fr o m u niform and standard types o f sales and c r e d it slip s.
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 perates a bookkeeping machine (with o r without a ty p e w r ite r keyboard) to keep a re c o rd
o f business tran saction s.
C la ss A . K eeps a set o f re c o rd s re q u irin g a know ledge o f and e x p erien c e in basic
bookkeeping p rin c ip le s , and fa m ilia r it y with the stru ctu re o f the p a rticu la r accounting system
used. D eterm in es p rop e r re c o rd s and d istribu tion o f debit and c r e d it item s to be used in each
phase o f the w ork. M ay p rep a re consolidated re p o rts , balance sheets, and oth er re co rd s
by hand.
C la ss B. Keeps a re c o r d o f one o r m o re phases o r sections o f a set o f re co rd s usually
re q u irin g lit t le knowledge o f basic bookkeeping. Ph ases o r section s include accounts payable,
p a y ro ll, cu sto m ers' accounts (not including a sim ple type o f b illin g d es crib e d under b ille r ,
m ach in e), co st distribu tion , expense d istribu tion , in ven to ry co n trol, etc. M ay check o r a ssist
in prep a ra tion o f t r ia l balances and p rep a re con trol sheets fo r the accounting departm ent.
C L E R K , A C C O U N TIN G
P e r fo r m s one o r m o re accounting c le r ic a l tasks such as posting to re g is te r s and le d g e rs ;
re con cilin g bank accounts; v e r ify in g the in tern al con sisten cy, com pleten ess, and m ath em atical
a ccu ra cy o f accounting documents; a ssignin g p re s c rib e d accounting distribu tion codes; exam ining
and v e r ify in g fo r c le r ic a l a ccu racy va riou s types o f re p o r ts , lis t s , calcu lation s, posting, etc.;
o r p rep a rin g sim ple o r a ssistin g in p rep a rin g m o re com plicated journal vou ch ers. M ay w ork
in eith er a manual o r automated accounting system .
The w ork re q u ire s a know ledge o f c le r ic a l methods and o ffic e p ra c tic es and procedu res
which re la te s to the c le r ic a l p roce ssin g and re co rd in g o f tran saction s and accounting in form ation .
With ex p erien c e, the w o rk er ty p ic a lly becom es fa m ilia r with the bookkeeping and accounting term s
and proced u res used in the assigned w ork, but is not requ ired to have a knowledge o f the fo rm a l
p rin cip les o f bookkeeping and accounting.
NOTE:
P o sitio n s a re c la s s ifie d into le v e ls on the basis o f the fo llow in g definitions.
C la ss A . Under gen era l su p ervision , p e rfo rm s accounting c le r ic a l operations which
re q u ire the a pplication o f ex p erien c e and judgm ent, fo r exam ple, c le r ic a lly p rocessin g co m
p lica ted o r n on rep etitive accounting tran saction s, sele ctin g among a substantial v a rie ty o f
p r e s c r ib e d accounting codes and c la s s ific a tio n s , o r tra c in g tran saction s through previou s
accounting actions to determ in e sou rce o f d isc rep a n cies. M ay be a ssisted by one o r m o re
c la ss B accounting c le rk s .
C lass B . Under clo s e su p ervision , fo llow in g detailed in stru ction s and standardized p r o
ced u res, p e rfo rm s one o r m o re routine accounting c le r ic a l o pera tion s, such as posting to
le d g e rs , card s, o r w orksh eets w h ere id en tifica tion o f item s and location s o f postings a re
c le a r ly indicated; checking accu ra cy and com pleteness o f standardized and re p etitive re co rd s
o r accounting documents; and coding documents using a few p r e s c r ib e d accounting codes.
C L E R K , F IL E
F ile s , c la s s ifie s , and r e tr ie v e s m a te r ia l in an establish ed filin g system . M ay p e r fo rm
c le r ic a l and manual tasks re qu ired to m aintain file s . P o sition s a re c la s s ifie d into le v e ls on the
basis o f the fo llo w in g definitions.
C lass A . C la s s ifie s and indexes file m a te r ia l such as corresp on d en ce, re p o rts, tech
nical docum ents, e tc ., in an establish ed filin g system containing a num ber o f va rie d subject
m a tter file s . M ay also fi l e this m a te r ia l. M ay keep re c o rd s o f variou s types in conjunction
with the file s . M a y lea d a sm all group o f lo w e r le v e l file c le r k s .
C la ss B . S orts, codes, and file s
ings o r p a rtly c la s s ifie d m a te r ia l by
c r o s s - r e fe r e n c e a ids. A s requ ested,
w ards m a te r ia l. M ay p e r fo rm re la ted
C lass C . P e r fo r m s routine filin g o f m a te r ia l that has a lrea d y been c la s s ifie d o r which
is e a s ily c la s s ifie d in a sim ple s e r ia l c la s s ific a tio n system (e .g ., alph abetical, ch ron ologica l,
o r n u m eric a l). A s requ ested, lo ca tes re a d ily a va ila b le m a te r ia l in file s and fo rw a rd s m a
te r ia l; and m a y f i l l out w ithdraw al ch arge. M ay p e r fo rm sim ple c le r ic a l and manual tasks
re q u ired to m aintain and s e r v ic e file s .
C L E R K , O RD ER
R e c e iv e s cu sto m ers' o rd e r s fo r m a te r ia l o r m erch a n dise by m a il, phone, o r person a lly.
Duties in volve any com bination o f the fo llo w in g : Quoting p r ic e s to cu stom ers; m aking out an o rd e r
sheet listin g the item s to m ake up the o rd e r ; checking p ric e s and quantities o f item s on o rd e r
sheet; and d istribu tin g o rd e r sheets to re s p e c tiv e departm ents to be fille d . M ay check with cred it
departm ent to d eterm in e c r e d it ratin g o { cu stom er, acknow ledge re c e ip t o f o rd e rs fro m cu stom ers,
fo llo w up o rd e r s to see that they have been fille d , keep file o f o rd e rs re c e iv e d , and check shipping
in vo ic es with o rig in a l o rd e r s .
CLERK, PA Y R O L L
Computes w ages o f company em p loy ees and en ters the n e c e s s a ry data on the p a yroll
sheets. Duties in vo lv e: C alcu lating w o r k e r s ' earn in gs based on tim e o r production re co rd s; and
posting calcu lated data on p a y ro ll sheet, showing in form a tion such as w o r k e r 's nam e, w orking
days, tim e, ra te, deductions fo r insurance, and total w ages due. M ay m ake out paychecks and
a s s is t pa ym a ster in m aking up and distribu tin g pay en velopes. M ay use a calcu lating m achine.
The Bureau has discontinued co lle c tin g data fo r o ile r s and plu m bers.
17
u n c la s sified m a te r ia l by sim p le (su bject m a tter) head
fin e r subheadings. P r e p a re s sim ple re la ted index and
lo ca tes c le a r ly id en tified m a te r ia l in file s and f o r
c le r ic a l tasks re q u ired to m aintain and s e r v ic e file s .
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CO M PTO M ETER O PE R ATO R
S E C R E T A R Y — Continued
P r im a r y duty is to o p era te a C om p tom eter to p e r fo rm m ath em atical com putations. This
jo b is not to be confused w ith that o f sta tistica l o r oth er type o f c le r k , which m ay in volve f r e
quent use o f a C o m p to m e te r but, in which, use o f this m achine is incidental to p e rfo rm a n ce o f
oth er duties.
N O T E : The te rm "c o rp o ra te o ffic e r , " used in the le v e l defin itio n s fo llow in g, r e fe r s to
those o ffic ia ls who have a sign ifican t c o rp o ra te -w id e policym a kin g r o le with re g a rd to m a jo r
company a c tiv itie s . The t it le " v ic e p r e s id e n t ," though n o rm a lly in d ica tive o f this ro le , does not
in a ll ca ses id en tify such po sition s. V ic e presiden ts whose p r im a ry re s p o n s ib ility is to act p e r
sonally on individual ca ses o r tran saction s (e .g ., approve o r deny in dividu al loan o r c r e d it action s;
a d m in ister individual tru st accounts; d ir e c tly su p ervise a c le r ic a l sta ff) a re not co n sid ered to be
"c o rp o ra te o ffic e r s " fo r purposes o f applying the fo llo w in g le v e l d e fin itio n s .
KEYPU NCH O PER ATO R
O p era tes a keypunch m achine
tabulating ca rd s o r on tape.
to re c o rd
o r v e r ify
alphabetic
and/or num eric
data on
C la ss A
P o sitio n s a re c la s s ifie d into le v e ls on the basis o f the fo llow in g d efin ition s.
a ll,
C la ss A .
W ork re q u ires the a pplication o f e x p erien c e and judgm ent in sele ctin g p ro c e dures to be fo llo w ed and in sea rch in g fo r , in te rp retin g , sele ctin g , o r coding item s to be
keypunched fro m a v a r ie ty o f sou rce docum ents. On occa sio n m ay also p e r fo rm som e routine
keypunch w ork.
M ay tra in in exp erien ced keypunch o p era to rs.
C lass B.
W ork is routine and re p e titiv e . Under clo s e su p ervision o r fo llow in g s p e cific
p roced u res o r in stru ction s, w orks fro m variou s standardized sou rce documents which have
been coded, and fo llo w s sp e c ifie d p roce d u res which have been p r e s c r ib e d in d eta il and re q u ire
little o r no sele ctin g , codin g, o r in te rp retin g o f data to be re cord ed . R e fe rs to s u p erviso r
prob lem s a ris in g fro m erro n eo u s item s o r codes o r m is sin g in form ation .
2. S e c re ta r y to a c o rp o ra te o ffic e r (o th er than the ch airm an o f the board o r p resid en t)
o f a company that em p loy s, in a ll, o v e r 5,000 but fe w e r than 25,000 p e rs o n s ; or
3. S e c re ta r y to the head, im m e d ia te ly below the co rp o ra te o ffic e r le v e l,
segm en t o r su b sid iary o f a com pany that em p loys, in a ll, o v e r 25,000 p e r s o n s .
P e r fo r m s va rio u s routine duties such as running erra n d s, o pera tin g m in o r o ffic e m a
chines such as s e a le rs o r m a ile r s , opening and distribu tin g m a il, and oth er m in o r c le r ic a l w ork.
Exclude po sition s that re q u ire operation o f a m o to r ve h ic le as a significan t duty.
SECRETARY
A ssig n ed as p erso n a l s e c r e ta r y , n o rm a lly to one in dividu al. M aintains a clo s e and highly
resp o n siv e re la tio n s h ip to the d a y -to -d a y w ork o f the su p e rv is o r. W orks fa ir ly independently r e
ceiv in g a m in im u m o f d eta iled supervisiQ n and guidance. P e r fo r m s va rie d c le r ic a l and s e c re ta ria l
duties, u su ally including m o st o f the fo llo w in g :
a. R e c e iv e s telephone c a lls , person a l c a lle r s , and incom ing m a il, answ ers routine in
q u irie s , and rou tes tech nical in qu iries to the p rop e r persons;
b.
E sta b lish es, m ain tain s,
c.
M aintains the s u p e r v is o r's calen dar and m akes appointm ents as instructed;
d.
R ela y s m e s s a g e s fro m
su p e rv is o r to subordinates;
by oth ers fo r the
M ay a lso p e r fo rm oth er c le r ic a l and s e c re ta ria l tasks o f com parab le nature and d ifficu lty .
The w ork ty p ic a lly re q u ire s know ledge o f o ffic e routine and understanding o f the orga n ization ,
p ro g ra m s , and p roced u res re la ted to the w ork o f the su p erviso r.
Exclu sions
Not a ll position s that a re titled " s e c r e t a r y " p o ssess the above c h a ra c te ris tic s .
o f position s which a re excluded fro m the definition a re as fo llo w s:
" p e r s o n a l"
4. S e c re ta r y to the head o f an individual plant, fa c to ry , e tc . (o r oth er equ ivalen t le v e l
o f o ffic ia l) that em p loy s, in a ll, o v e r 5,000 p e rs o n s ; o r
5. S e c re ta r y to the head o f a la rg e and im portan t orga n iza tio n a l segm en t (e .g ., a m id dle
m anagem ent su p e rv is o r o f an o rga n izatio n a l segm ent often in volv in g as many as s e v e ra l
hundred p erso n s) o r a company that em p loys, in a ll, o v e r 25,000 p e rs o n s .
C la ss C
2. S e c re ta r y to the head o f an individual plant, fa c to ry , etc. (o r oth er equ ivalent le v e l
o f o ffic ia l) that em ploys, in a ll, fe w e r than 5,000 p e r s o n s .
C la ss D
P e r fo r m s sten ograph ic and typing w ork.
not m eet the
3. S e c re ta r y to the head, im m e d ia te ly below the o ffic e r le v e l, o v e r eith er a m a jo r
c o rp o ra te -w id e functional a c tiv ity (e .g ., m a rk etin g , re s e a rc h , o p era tio n s, in du strial r e la
tion s, e tc .) o r a m a jo r geogra ph ic o r o rga n iza tio n a l segm ent (e .g ., a re g io n a l h eadqu arters;
a m a jo r d iv is io n ) o f a company that em p loy s, in a ll, o v e r 5,000 but fe w e r than 25,000
e m p lo y e e s ; or
1. S e c re ta r y to an ex ecu tive o r m a n a geria l person whose re s p o n s ib ility is not equ ivalen t
to one o f the sp e c ific le v e l situations in the defin ition fo r cla ss B, but whose o rga n izatio n a l
unit n o rm a lly num bers at le a s t s e v e ra l dozen em p loy ees and is usually divid ed into o rg a n iz a
tion al segm en ts which a re often , in turn, fu rth er subdivided. In som e com pan ies, this le v e l
includes a w ide ran ge o f o rga n izatio n a l ech elons; in o th ers, o nly one o r two; or
and r e v is e s the s u p e r v is o r's file s ;
e.
R e v ie w s co rresp o n d en c e, m em orandum s, and re p o rts prep a red
s u p e r v is o r's signatu re to assu re p roced u ra l and typographic a ccu racy;
do
1. S e c re ta r y to the chairm an o f the board o r p resid en t o f a company that em p loy s, in
fe w e r than 100 p e rs o n s ; o r
2. S e c re ta r y to a c o rp o ra te o ffic e r (o th er than the ch airm an o f the board o r p resid en t)
o f a com pany that em p loys, in a ll, o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5,000 p e rs o n s ; o r
MESSENGER (O ffic e Boy o r G ir l)
which
o f a m a jo r
C la ss B
a ll,
f.
1. S e c re ta r y to the ch airm an o f the board o r p resid en t o f a com pany that em p loy s, in
o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5,000 p erso n s; o r *1
a.
P o sitio n s
s e c re ta ry
b.
S tenographers not fu lly train ed in s e c re ta ria l type duties;
1. S e c re ta r y to the s u p erviso r o r head o f a sm all orga n iza tio n a l unit (e .g ., fe w e r than
about 25 o r 30 p erso n s); c>r
2. S e c re ta r y to a n on su pervisory sta ff sp e c ia lis t, p ro fe ssio n a l em p loy ee, a d m in istra
tiv e o ffic e r , o r a ssista n t, sk ille d technician o r ex p ert.
(N O T E : Many com panies assign
sten ogra ph ers, ra th er than s e c r e ta r ie s as d es c rib e d above, to this le v e l o f s u p erviso ry o r
n on su p erviso ry w o r k e r .)
Exam ples
concept d es crib e d
STENO G RAPH ER
above;
c. S tenographers servin g as o ffic e a ssistan ts to a group o f p r o fe s s io n a l, tech n ical, o r
m a n a g eria l persons;
d. S e c re ta r y position s in which the duties a re e ith er substantially m o re routine or sub
sta n tia lly m o re co m p lex and resp o n sib le than those ch a ra c te riz e d in the definition;
P r im a r y duty is to take dictation using shorthand, and to tra n s c rib e the d ictation . M ay
also type fro m w ritten copy. M ay o p era te fro m a stenographic pool. M ay o cca sio n a lly tra n s c rib e
from v o ic e re cord in gs ( i f p r im a ry duty is tra n scrib in g fro m re c o rd in g s , see T r a n scrib in g -M a ch in e
O p era to r, G en era l).
N O T E : Th is jo b is distingu ished fro m that o f a s e c r e ta r y in that a s e c re ta ry n o rm a lly
w orks in a con fiden tial relatio n sh ip with only one m an ager o r ex ecu tive and p erfo rm s m o re
resp o n sib le and d is c re tio n a ry tasks as d e s crib e d in the s e c r e ta r y job defin ition .
S tenographer, G eneral
e.
A ssista n t type position s which in volve m o re d ifficu lt o r m o re resp o n sib le tech
n ica l, a d m in is tra tiv e , su p e rv is o ry , o r sp e c ia lize d c le r ic a l duties which a re not typ ical of
s e c r e ta r ia l w ork.
D ictation in volv es a n orm al routine voca bu la ry. M ay m aintain file s , keep sim ple re c o r d s ,
o r p erfo rm oth er r e la t iv e ly routine c le r ic a l tasks.
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T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R (E le c tr ic Accounting Machine O p e ra to r}— Continued
S TE N O G R A P H E R — Continued
P o sitio n s a re c la s s ifie d into le v e ls on the basis o f the fo llo w in g defin itio n s.
S tenographer, Senior
D ictation in vo lv es a v a rie d tech n ical o r s p e c ia lize d vo ca b u la ry such as in le g a l b r ie fs
o r re p o rts on sc ie n tific re s e a rc h . M ay also set up and m ain tain file s , keep r e c o r d s , etc.
OR
P e r fo r m s stenographic duties re q u irin g sig n ific a n tly g r e a te r independence and resp o n
s ib ility than sten ograph er, g e n era l, as evid enced by the fo llo w in g: W ork re q u ire s a high
d e g re e o f stenographic speed and accu ra cy; a thorough w orkin g know ledge o f ge n era l business
and o ffic e proced u re: and o f the s p e c ific business o p era tio n s, o rga n izatio n , p o lic ie s , p r o c e
d u res, file s , w ork flo w , etc. U ses this know ledge in p e r fo rm in g stenographic duties and
resp o n sib le c le r ic a l tasks such as m aintaining follow u p file s ; a ssem b lin g m a te r ia l fo r re p o rts,
m em orandum s, and le tte rs ; com posin g sim p le le tte r s fro m g e n era l in stru ction s; read in g and
routing in com ing m a il; and answ erin g routine qu estions, etc.
S W ITC H B O AR D O P E R A T O R
C lass A . O perates a sin gle- o r m u ltip le-p ositio n telephone sw itchboard handling in com ing,
outgoing, intraplant o r o ffic e c a lls . P e r fo r m s fu ll telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e o r handles
co m p lex c a lls , such as co n feren ce, c o lle c t, o v e rs e a s , o r s im ila r c a lls , e ith er in addition to
doing routine w ork as d e s crib e d fo r sw itch board o p e ra to r, c la ss B, o r as a fu ll-tim e
assignm ent. ( " F u ll" telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e occu rs when the establishm ent has v a rie d
functions that a re not re a d ily understandable fo r telephone in form a tion pu rposes, e.g ., because
o f overla p p in g o r in te rre la te d functions, and consequently presen t frequent prob lem s as to
which extensions a re a p propriate fo r c a lls .)
C la ss B . O perates a sin gle- o r m u ltip le-p ositio n telephone sw itchboard handling in com ing,
outgoing, intraplant o r o ffic e c a lls . M a y handle routine long distan ce c a lls and re c o r d to lls .
M ay p e r fo rm lim ite d telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e . ( " L im it e d " telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e
o ccu rs i f the functions o f the establish m ent s e r v ic e d a re re a d ily understandable fo r telephone
in form a tion pu rposes, o r i f the requ ests a re routine, e.g ., giv in g extension num bers when
sp e c ific names a re fu rn ish ed, o r i f co m p lex c a lls a re r e fe r r e d to another o p e ra to r.)
T h ese cla s s ific a tio n s do not include sw itch board o p e ra to rs in telephone com panies who
a s s is t cu stom ers in placin g c a lls .
S W ITC H B O AR D O P E R A T O R -R E C E P T IO N IS T
In addition to p erfo rm in g duties o f o p era to r on a s in g le -p o s itio n o r m o n ito r-ty p e sw itch
board, acts as re cep tio n ist and m a y also type o r p e r fo rm routine c le r ic a l w ork as pa rt o f re gu la r
du ties. Th is typing o r c le r ic a l w ork m a y take the m a jo r pa rt o f 'this w o r k e r 's tim e w hile at
sw itchboard.
T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R (E le c tr ic Accounting M achine O p era to r)
O perates one o r a v a r ie ty o f m achines such as the tabu lator, ca lcu la tor, c o lla to r, in te r
p r e te r, s o rte r , reprodu cin g punch, etc. Exclu ded fr o m this defin ition a re w orkin g su p e rv is o rs .
A ls o excluded a re o p era to rs o f e le c tro n ic d ig ita l co m pu ters, even though they m ay also o pera te
E A M equipment.
C la ss A . P e r fo r m s co m p lete re p o rtin g and tabulating assignm ents including d ev isin g
d iffic u lt co n trol panel w irin g under ge n era l su p ervisio n . A ssign m en ts ty p ic a lly in vo lv e a
v a r ie ty o f long and co m p lex re p o rts which often a re ir r e g u la r o r n on recu rrin g, re q u irin g
som e planning o f the nature and sequencing o f opera tio n s, and the use o f a v a r ie ty o f m a
chines. Is ty p ic a lly in volv ed in tra in in g new o p era to rs in m achine operations o r tra in in g
lo w e r le v e l o p era to rs in w irin g fr o m dia gra m s and in the opera tin g sequences o f long and
co m p lex re p o r ts .
Does not include position s in which w irin g re s p o n s ib ility is lim ite d to
sele ction and in sertio n o f p r e w ire d boards.
C la ss B . P e r fo r m s w ork a ccordin g to establish ed p roced u res and under sp e c ific in
stru ction s. A ssign m en ts ty p ic a lly in vo lv e co m p lete but routine and re c u rrin g re p orts o r parts
o f la r g e r and m o re com p lex re p o rts . O pera tes m o re d iffic u lt tabulating o r e le c tr ic a l a c
counting m achines such as the tabu lator and c a lcu la to r, in addition to the sim p ler m achines
used by cla ss C o p e ra to rs . M ay be requ ired to do som e w irin g fr o m d ia gra m s. M ay tra in
new em p loy ees in basic m achine o peration s.
C la ss C . Under s p e c ific in stru ction s, op era tes sim ple tabulating o r e le c tr ic a l accounting
m achines such as the s o rte r , in te rp r e te r, reprodu cin g punch, c o lla to r, etc. A ssignm ents
ty p ic a lly in vo lv e portions o f a w ork unit, fo r exa m ple, individual so rtin g o r colla tin g runs,
o r re p e titiv e o p era tio n s. M ay p e r fo rm sim ple w irin g fro m d ia gra m s, and do som e filin g w ork.
T R A N S C R IB IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R , G E N E R A L
P r im a r y duty is to tra n s c rib e dictation in volvin g a n orm al routine vocabu lary fro m
tra n scrib in g -m a ch in e re c o r d s .
M ay also type fro m w ritten copy and do sim ple c le r ic a l w ork.
W ork ers tra n scrib in g dictation in volvin g a v a rie d tech nical o r s p e c ia lize d voca bu la ry such as
le g a l b r ie fs o r re p o rts on s c ie n tific re s e a rc h a re not included. A w o rk er who takes dictation
in shorthand o r by Stenotype o r s im ila r m achine is c la s s ifie d as a sten ograph er.
T Y P IS T
U ses a ty p e w r ite r to m ake co p ies o f va riou s m a te r ia ls o r to m ake out b ills a fte r ca lc u la
tions have been m ade by another perso n . M ay include typing o f sten cils, m a ts, o r s im ila r m a te
ria ls fo r use in duplicating p r o c e s s e s . M ay do c le r ic a l w ork in volv in g lit t le sp e cia l tra in in g, such
as keeping sim p le r e c o r d s , filin g re c o rd s and re p o r ts , o r sortin g and distribu tin g in com ing m a il.
C la ss A . P e r fo r m s one o r m o re o f the fo llo w in g : Typing m a te r ia l in fin al fo rm when
it in volv es com bining m a te r ia l fro m s e v e ra l so u rces; o r re s p o n s ib ility fo r c o r r e c t sp ellin g,
sy llab ica tio n , punctuation, etc., o f tech nical o r unusual w ords o r fo re ig n language m a te
ria l; o r planning layout and typing o f co m p licated sta tis tic a l ta b les to m aintain u n iform ity
and balance in spacing. May type routine fo rm le t t e r s , va ry in g d eta ils to suit circu m sta n ces.
G lass B . P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g : Copy typing fr o m rough o r c le a r
d ra fts ; o r routine typing o f fo rm s , insurance p o lic ie s , etc.; o r settin g up sim ple standard
tabulations; o r copyin g m o re com p lex ta bles a lre a d y set up and spaced p r o p e rly .
P R O F E S S IO N A L A N D T E C H N IC A L
C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R — Continued
COM PUTER OPERATOR
M on itors and op era tes the con trol con sole o f a d ig ita l com pu ter to p ro ce ss data accordin g
to operatin g in stru ction s, usually p rep a red by a p r o g ra m e r . W ork includes m o st o f the fo llo w in g :
Studies in stru ction s to determ in e equipment setup and opera tio n s; loads equipment with requ ired
item s (tape r e e ls , ca rd s, e tc .); sw itch es n ece s s a ry a u x ilia ry equipm ent into c ir c u it, and starts
and o perates com puter; m akes adjustments to com puter to c o r r e c t operatin g p rob lem s and m eet
sp e cia l conditions; re v ie w s e r r o r s m ade during operation and d eterm in es cause o r r e fe r s prob lem
to su p erviso r o r p ro g ra m e r; and m aintains o pera tin g r e c o r d s . M ay test and a s s is t in c o rr e c tin g
p ro g ra m .
F o r w age study pu rp oses,
com puter o p e ra to rs a re c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s:
C la ss A . O perates independently, o r under only ge n era l d irectio n , a com puter running
p ro g ra m s with m o st o f the fo llo w in g c h a ra c te ris tic s :
N ew p rog ra m s a re freq u en tly tested
and introduced; scheduling requ irem en ts a re o f c r itic a l im p orta n ce to m in im iz e downtim e;
the p ro g ra m s a re o f com p lex design so that id en tifica tion o f e r r o r sou rce often re q u ire s a
w orkin g know ledge o f the total p ro g ra m , and a ltern a te p rog ra m s m ay not be a va ila b le. M ay
giv e d ire c tio n and guidance to lo w e r le v e l o p era to rs.
C la ss B. O perates independently, o r under only ge n era l d irectio n , a com pu ter running
p ro g ra m s with m ost o f the fo llo w in g c h a ra c te ris tic s : M ost o f the p ro g ra m s a re establish ed
production runs, ty p ic a lly run on a re g u la rly re c u rrin g basis; th ere is little o r no testin g
o f new p ro g ra m s re q u ired ; a ltern a te p ro g ra m s a re provid ed in case o rig in a l p rog ra m needs
m a jo r change o r cannot be c o rr e c te d within a reason able tim e .
In com m on e r r o r situ a
tion s, diagn oses cause and takes c o r r e c t iv e action. Th is usually in vo lv es applying p revio u s ly
p rog ra m ed c o r r e c t iv e steps, o r using standard c o rr e c tio n techniques.
OR
O pera tes under d ir e c t su p ervisio n a com puter running p ro g ra m s o r segm ents o f p rog ra m s
with the c h a ra c te ris tic s d es crib e d fo r cla ss A . M ay a ssist a h igh er le v e l o p era to r by in de
pendently p e r fo rm in g le s s d ifficu lt tasks a ssign ed , and p e rfo rm in g d ifficu lt tasks fo llo w in g
deta iled in stru ction s and with frequent re v ie w o f operations p e rfo rm e d .
C la ss C . W orks on routine p ro g ra m s under clo s e su pervisio n . Is expected to develop
w orkin g know ledge o f the com puter equipm ent used and a b ility to d etect prob lem s in vo lv ed in
running routine p ro g ra m s . U su ally has r e c e iv e d som e fo rm a l tra in in g in com puter operation .
M ay a s s is t h igh er le v e l o p era to r on com p lex p ro g ra m s.
C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M E R , BUSINESS
C o n verts statem ents o f business p ro b le m s, ty p ic a lly p rep a red by a system s analyst, into
a sequence o f d eta iled in stru ction s which a re re q u ired to so lv e the p rob le m s by autom atic data
p ro c e s s in g equipm ent. W orking fro m ch arts o r d ia g ra m s, the p r o g ra m e r develop s the p r e c is e in
stru ctions which, when en tered into the com pu ter system in coded language, cause the m anipulation
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C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M E R , BUSINESS— Continued
o f data to a ch ieve d e s ire d re su lts . W ork in volv es m o st o f the fo llo w in g : A p p lies knowledge o f
com puter ca p a b ilitie s , m a th em a tics, lo g ic em ployed by com pu ters, and p a rticu la r subject m a tter
in volved to an a lyze charts and d ia gra m s o f the p rob lem to be p rogra m ed ; develop s sequence
o f p ro g ra m steps; w rite s d eta iled flo w charts to show o rd e r in which data w ill be p ro ce ssed ;
con verts these ch arts to coded in stru ction s fo r m achine to fo llo w ; tests and c o r r e c ts p ro g ra m s;
p rep a res in stru ction s fo r operatin g personn el during production run; a n alyzes, re v ie w s , and a lte rs
p ro g ra m s to in c re a s e o pera tin g e ffic ie n c y o r adapt to new requ irem en ts; m aintains re co rd s of
p ro g ra m developm en t and re v is io n s . (N O T E : W ork ers p erfo rm in g both system s analysis and p r o
gra m in g should be c la s s ifie d as system s analysts i f this is the sk ill used to d eterm in e th e ir pay.)
Does not include em p loyees p r im a r ily resp o n sib le fo r the m anagem ent o r su p ervisio n o f
other ele c tro n ic data p ro c e s s in g em p lo y ees, o r p r o g ra m e r s p r im a r ily concern ed with s cie n tific
and/or en gin eerin g p ro b le m s.
F o r w age study p u rp oses,
p r o g ra m e r s a re c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s:
C lass A . W orks independently o r under only ge n era l d irectio n on com p lex p roblem s which
re q u ire com petence in a ll phases o f p rog ra m in g concepts and p r a c tic e s . W orking fro m d ia
gram s and charts which id en tify the nature o f d es ire d re su lts , m a jo r p ro ce ssin g steps to be
a ccom plish ed , and the relation sh ips betw een va riou s steps o f the prob lem solvin g routine;
plans the fu ll range o f p ro g ra m in g actions needed to e ffic ie n tly u tilize the com puter system
in ach ievin g d e s ire d end produ cts.
A t this le v e l, p ro g ra m in g is d ifficu lt because com puter equipment m ust be o rga n ized to
produce s e v e ra l in te rre la te d but d iv e rs e products fro m numerous and d iv e rs e data elem en ts.
A w ide v a rie ty and ex ten s ive num ber o f in tern al p ro c e s s in g actions m ust o ccu r. Th is requ ires
such actions as d evelop m en t o f com m on operations which can be reused, establishm ent of
lin kage points betw een o p era tio n s, adjustments to data when p rog ra m requ irem en ts exceed
com puter sto ra ge ca p a city, and substantial m anipulation and resequ encing o f data elem en ts
to fo rm a h igh ly in tegra ted p ro g ra m .
M ay p rovid e fu nctional d ire c tio n to lo w e r le v e l p r o g ra m e r s who a re assigned to a ssist.
C lass B . W orks independently o r under only gen era l d irection on r e la t iv e ly sim ple
p ro g ra m s, o r on sim p le segm ents o f com p lex p ro g ra m s .
P ro g ra m s (o r segm en ts) usually
p ro c e s s in form a tion to produce data in two o r th ree v a rie d sequences o r fo rm a ts. R ep orts
and listin gs a re produced by refin in g, adapting, a rra y in g , o r making m in o r additions to o r
deletion s fr o m input data which a re re a d ily a va ila b le.
W hile numerous re c o rd s m ay be
p ro ce ssed , the data have been re fin e d in p r io r actions so that the a ccu ra cy and sequencing
o f data can be tested by using a few routine checks. T y p ic a lly , the p rogra m deals with
routine re c o rd -k e e p in g type o pera tion s.
OR
W orks on co m p le x p ro g ra m s (as d es crib e d fo r cla ss A ) under clo s e d ire c tio n o f a high er
le v e l p r o g ra m e r o r su p erviso r. M ay a ssist h igh er le v e l p r o g ra m e r by independently p e r
fo rm in g le s s d iffic u lt tasks a ssigned , and p erfo rm in g m o re d ifficu lt tasks under fa ir ly clo se
d irectio n .
M ay guide o r in stru ct lo w e r le v e l p r o g ra m e r s .
C la ss C . M akes p ra c tic a l applications o f prog ra m in g p ra c tic es and concepts usually
lea rn ed in fo rm a l tra in in g c o u rses . A ssign m en ts a re designed to d ev elop com petence in the
a pplication o f standard p roced u res to routine p rob le m s. R e c e iv e s clo se su p ervision on new
aspects o f assignm ents; and w ork is re view ed to v e r ify its a ccu racy and conform ance with
re qu ired p roce d u res.
C O M P U T E R SYS TEM S A N A L Y S T , BUSINESS
A n a ly zes business prob lem s to form u late procedu res fo r solvin g them by use o f elec tro n ic
data p ro ce ssin g equipment. D evelops a com plete d es crip tio n o f a ll specifica tion s needed to enable
p ro g ra m e rs to p rep a re re q u ired d ig ita l com puter p ro g ra m s. W ork in volves m ost of the fo llo w in g :
A n a ly ze s su b jec t-m a tter operation s to be automated and id en tifies conditions and c r ite r ia requ ired
to ach ieve s a tis fa c to ry resu lts; sp e c ifie s number and types o f re c o r d s , file s , and documents to
be used; outlin es actions to be p e rfo rm e d by personn el and com puters in su fficien t detail fo r
presen tation to m anagem ent and fo r p rog ra m in g (ty p ic a lly this in volves p rep a ra tion o f w ork and
data flo w ch a rts); co ordin ates the developm en t o f te s t prob lem s and p a rticip a tes in tr ia l runs o f
new and re v is e d sy stem s; and recom m en ds equipment changes to obtain m o re e ffe c tiv e o v e r a ll
o p era tio n s. (N O T E : W ork ers p erfo rm in g both system s analysis and p rog ra m in g should be c la s
sifie d as system s analysts i f this is the sk ill used to d eterm in e th e ir pay.)
Does not include em p loy ees p r im a r ily respon sib le fo r the m anagem ent o r su pervision
o f other ele c tro n ic data p ro ce ssin g em p lo y ees, o r system s analysts p r im a r ily concerned with
s cie n tific o r en gin eerin g p rob le m s.
F o r w age study pu rp oses,
system s analysts a re c la s s ifie d as fo llow s:
C la ss A .
W orks independently o r under only gen era l d irection on com plex p roblem s in
v o lvin g a ll phases o f system s a n a lysis. P ro b le m s a re co m p lex because o f d iv e rs e sou rces o f
input data and m u ltip le-u se requ irem en ts o f output data. (F o r exam ple, develop s an in tegrated
production scheduling, in ven to ry co n trol, cost a n a lysis, and sales analysis re c o r d in which
C O M P U T E R S YSTEM S A N A L Y S T , BUSINESS— Continued
e v e r y item o f each type is a u tom atically p ro ce ssed through the fu ll system o f re c o rd s and
a ppropria te follow u p actions a re in itiated by the com puter.) C o n fers with persons concern ed to
determ in e the data p ro ce ssin g prob lem s and advises su b jec t-m a tter p erson n el on the im p lic a
tions o f new o r re v is e d system s o f data p ro ce ssin g o p era tio n s. M akes recom m en dation s, if
needed, fo r approval o f m a jo r system s in stalla tion s o r changes and fo r obtaining equipment.
M ay p rovid e functional
a ssist.
d irectio n
to lo w e r
le v e l system s analysts who are assigned to
C la ss B . W orks independently o r under only ge n era l d ire c tio n on p roblem s that a re
r e la t iv e ly uncom plicated to an alyze, plan, p ro g ra m , and o p era te. P ro b le m s a re o f lim ited
c o m p le x ity because sou rces o f input data a re hom ogeneous and the output data a re c lo s e ly
re la ted .
(F o r exa m ple, develop s system s fo r m aintaining d ep osito r accounts in a bank,
m aintaining accounts re c e iv a b le in a r e ta il establish m ent, o r m aintaining in ven tory accounts
in a m anufacturing o r w h o lesa le establish m en t.) C o n fers with perso n s concern ed to determ in e
the data p ro ce ssin g prob lem s and advises su b jec t-m a tter personn el on the im p lica tio n s o f the
data p ro ce ssin g system s to be applied.
OR
W orks on a segm ent o f a com p lex data p ro ce ssin g schem e o r system , as d e s c rib e d fo r
cla ss A . W orks independently on routine assignm ents and r e c e iv e s in stru ction and guidance
on com p lex a ssignm ents. W ork is re view ed fo r a ccu ra cy o f judgm ent, com plian ce with in
stru ctions, and to in su re p ro p e r alinem en t with the o v e r a ll system .
C la ss C . W orks under im m edia te su p ervisio n , c a rr y in g out analyses as a ssigned, usually
o f a sin gle a c tiv ity . A ssign m en ts a re design ed to d ev elop and expand p r a c tic a l e x p erien c e
in the a pplication o f proced u res and s k ills re q u ired fo r system s analysis w ork. F o r exam ple,
m ay a s s is t a h igh er le v e l system s analyst by p rep a rin g the d eta iled sp e cifica tion s re q u ired
by p r o g ra m e r s from in form a tion d evelop ed by the h igh er le v e l analyst.
DRAFTSM AN
C la ss A . Plan s the graphic presen tation o f com plex item s having d istin ctive design
fea tu res that d iffe r s ig n ific a n tly fro m esta blish ed draftin g p reced en ts. W orks in c lo s e sup
port with the design o rig in a to r , and m ay recom m en d m in o r design changes. A n a ly ze s the
e ffe c t o f each change on the deta ils o f fo rm , function, and p o sition al relation sh ips o f c o m
ponents and p a rts.
W orks with a m inim um o f s u p e rv is o ry a ssista n ce. C om pleted w ork is
re v ie w e d by design o rig in a to r fo r con sisten cy with p r io r en gin eerin g determ in a tion s. May
eith er p re p a re draw in gs, o r d ire c t th e ir p rep a ra tion by lo w e r le v e l draftsm en .
C la ss B . P e r fo r m s nonroutine and com p lex draftin g assignm ents that re q u ire the a p p li
cation o f m o st o f the standardized draw in g techniques r e g u la rly used.
Duties ty p ic a lly in
vo lve such w ork as:
P r e p a re s w orkin g draw ings of su b assem blies with ir r e g u la r shapes,
m u ltiple functions, and p r e c is e position al relation sh ips betw een com ponents; p rep a res a r c h i
tectu ra l draw in gs fo r constru ction o f a building including d eta il draw in gs o f foundations, w all
section s, flo o r plans, and ro o f. U ses accep ted form u la s and m anuals in making n ece s s a ry
com putations to d eterm in e quantities o f m a te r ia ls to be used, load ca p a cities, strength s,
s tre s s e s , etc.
R e c e iv e s in itia l in stru ction s, re q u irem en ts, and advice fro m s u p e rv is o r.
C om pleted w ork is checked fo r tech nical adequacy.
C la ss C . P r e p a re s d eta il draw ings o f sin gle units o r parts fo r en gin eerin g, constru ction,
m anufacturing, o r re p a ir pu rposes. T yp es of draw ings p rep a red include is o m e tric p ro jec tio n s
(dep icting th ree dim ension s in accu rate s c a le ) and section al view s to c la r ify position in g o f
components and convey needed in form ation . C on solid ates deta ils fro m a number o f sou rces
and adjusts o r tra n sp o ses sca le as re q u ired . Suggested m ethods o f approach, a p p licable
p reced en ts, and advice on sou rce m a te r ia ls a re given with in itia l assignm ents. Instru ctions
a re less com plete when assignm ents recu r.
W ork m ay be spot-ch ecked during p r o g re s s .
D R A F T S M A N -T R A C E R
C opies plans and draw in gs p rep a red by oth ers by placin g tra cin g cloth o r paper o v e r
draw in gs and tra cin g with pen o r p en cil.
(D oes not include tra cin g lim ite d to plans p r im a r ily
con sistin g o f straigh t lin es and a la rg e sca le not re q u irin g clo s e delin ea tion .)
AND/OR
P r e p a re s sim ple o r re p e titiv e draw in gs o f e a s ily visu a liz e d item s .
during p r o g re s s .
W ork is c lo s e ly su p ervised
E L E C T R O N IC T E C H N IC IA N
W orks on va riou s types o f e le c tro n ic equipm ent o r system s by p erfo rm in g one o r m o re
o f the fo llow in g opera tio n s: M o d ifyin g, in sta llin g, re p a irin g , and o verh au ling. Th ese operations
re q u ire the p erfo rm a n ce o f m o st o r all o f the fo llo w in g tasks: A ssem b lin g, testin g, adjusting,
ca lib ra tin g, tuning, and alining.
W ork is n on rep etitive and re q u ires a know ledge o f the th e ory and p r a c tic e of ele c tro n ic s
pertain in g to the use o f ge n era l and sp e cia lize d e le c tro n ic test equipment; trou ble ana lysis; and
the operation, relatio n sh ip , and alinem ent o f e le c tro n ic system s, su bsystem s, and c ircu its having
a v a r ie ty o f component pa rts.
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E L E C T R O N IC T E C H N IC IA N — Continued
N U RSE, IN D U S T R IA L (R e g is te re d )
E le c tr o n ic equipment o r system s w orked on ty p ic a lly include one o r m o re of the fo llo w in g :
Ground, v e h ic le , o r a irb o rn e ra dio com m unications sy stem s, r e la y sy stem s, navigation aids;
a irb o rn e o r ground ra d a r system s; radio and te le v is io n tra n sm ittin g o r record in g sy stem s; e l e c
tro n ic com pu ters; m is s ile and sp a cecra ft guidance and co n tro l sy stem s; in d u stria l and m e d ica l
m easu rin g, indicating and co n trollin g d ev ices; etc.
A re g is te r e d nurse who g iv es nursin g s e r v ic e under ge n era l m e d ica l direction to i l l or
injured em p loy ees o r other persons who b ecom e i l l o r su ffer an accident on the p rem ise s o f a
fa c to ry o r other establish m ent. Duties in vo lv e a com bination o f the fo llo w in g : G ivin g fir s t aid
to the i l l o r injured; attending to subsequent d ressin g o f em p lo y ees' in ju ries; keeping re co rd s
o f patients trea ted ; prep a rin g accident re p orts fo r com pensation o r other purposes; a ssistin g in
ph ysical exam inations and health evaluations o f applicants and em ployees; and planning and c a r r y
ing out p rog ra m s in volv in g health education, accident preven tion , evaluation o f plant environm ent,
o r other a c tiv itie s a ffec tin g the health, w e lfa r e , and sa fety o f a ll personn el. N u rsing su p erviso rs
o r head nurses in establish m ents em ploying m o re than one nurse a re excluded.
(E xclu de production a ssem b lers and t e s te r s , cra fts m en , draftsm en , d es ig n e rs , en g in eers,
and re p a irm e n o f such standard e le c tro n ic equipment as o ffic e m achines, radio and tele v is io n
re c e iv in g s e ts .)
M A IN T E N A N C E A N D P O W E R P L A N T
C A R P E N T E R , M A IN T E N A N C E
M A C H IN IS T , M A IN T E N A N C E
P e r fo r m s the ca rp en try duties n e c e s s a ry to constru ct and m aintain in good re p a ir bu ild
ing w oodw ork and equipment such as bins, c r ib s , cou n ters, benches, p a rtitio n s, d o o rs, flo o r s ,
s ta irs , ca sin gs, and t r im made o f wood in an establish m ent. W ork in volv es m ost o f the fo llo w in g :
Planning and la yin g out o f w ork fr o m blu eprints, draw in gs, m o d els , o r v e rb a l in stru ction s; using a
v a rie ty o f c a rp en ter's handtools, portable pow er to o ls , and standard m easuring in stru m en ts; m ak
ing standard shop computations relatin g to dim ensions o f w ork; and selectin g m a te r ia ls n ece s s a ry
fo r the w ork . In g e n e ra l, the w ork o f the m aintenance ca rp en ter re q u ires rounded tra in in g and
ex p erien c e usually acqu ired through a fo rm a l a pprenticeship o r equ ivalent train in g and ex p erien c e.
P rod u ce s rep la cem en t parts and new parts in making re p a irs o f m eta l parts o f m echan ical
equipment operated in an establish m ent. W ork in volv es m ost o f the fo llo w in g : In terp retin g w ritten
in stru ction s and s p e cifica tio n s; planning and la yin g out o f w ork; using a v a rie ty o f m ach in ist's
handtools and p re c is io n m easu rin g in stru m en ts; setting up and operatin g standard machine too ls;
shaping o f m e ta l parts to c lo s e to le ra n c es; making standard shop computations relatin g to dim en
sions o f w ork , too lin g, fee d s, and speeds o f machining; know ledge o f the w orkin g p ro p e rtie s o f
the com m on m e ta ls; s ele ctin g standard m a te r ia ls , pa rts, and equipment requ ired fo r his w ork;
and fittin g and assem blin g parts into m ech a n ica l equipment. In g e n e ra l, the m a ch in ist's w ork
n o rm a lly re q u ires a rounded tra in in g in m ach in e-sh op p r a c tic e usually acq u ired through a fo rm a l
apprenticeship o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and ex p erien ce.
E L E C T R IC IA N , M A IN T E N A N C E
P e r fo r m s a v a r ie ty o f e le c tr ic a l trade functions such as the in stallation , m aintenance, or
re p a ir o f equipment fo r the generation , distribu tion , o r u tiliza tio n o f e le c tr ic en erg y in an esta b
lish m en t. W ork in vo lv es m ost o f the fo llo w in g : In sta llin g o r re p a irin g any o f a v a r ie ty o f e le c
t r ic a l equipment such as g e n era to rs , t ra n s fo rm e rs , sw itch boards, c o n tr o lle r s , circ u it b rea k ers ,
m o to rs , heating units, conduit system s, o r other tra n sm iss ion equipment; w orkin g fr o m blu e
p rin ts, draw in gs, layouts, o r other sp e cifica tion s; loca tin g and diagnosing trou ble in the e le c tr ic a l
sy stem o r equipment; w orkin g standard computations re la tin g to load requ irem en ts o f w irin g o r
e le c tr ic a l equipment; and using a v a r ie ty o f e le c tr ic ia n 's handtools and m easu ring and testin g
instrum ents. In ge n era l, the w ork o f the maintenance e le c tr ic ia n re q u ires rounded tra in in g and
ex p erien ce usually acqu ired through a fo rm a l a pprenticeship or equ ivalent train in g and ex p erien c e.
E N G IN E E R , S T A T IO N A R Y
O perates and m aintains and m ay a lso su p ervise the operation o f sta tion a ry engines and
equipment (m echan ical o r e le c tr ic a l) to supply the establish m ent in which em ployed w ith pow er,
heat, r e frig e ra tio n , o r a ir-co n d ition in g . W ork in v o lv e s : O peratin g and m aintaining equipment
such as steam engines, a ir c o m p re s s o rs , g e n e ra to rs , m o to rs, tu rbin es, ven tila tin g and r e f r i g
eratin g equipment, steam b o ile rs and b o ile r - fe d w a te r pumps; making equipment re p a irs ; and
keeping a re c o rd of operation o f m a ch in ery, tem p era tu re, and fu el consumption. M ay also su
p e r v is e these operations. Head o r ch ief en gin eers in establish m ents em ploying m o re than one
en gin eer a re exclu ded.
F IR E M A N , S T A T IO N A R Y B O IL E R
F ir e s station ary b o ile rs to furnish the establish m ent in which em ployed with heat, pow er,
o r steam . F eeds fu els to fir e by hand o r op era tes a m ech a n ica l sto k er, gas, o r o il bu rn er; and
checks w a te r and safety va lv e s .
M ay clean, o il, o r a s s is t in re p a irin g b o ile rr o o m equipment.
H E L P E R , M A IN T E N A N C E TR A D E S
A s s is ts one o r m o re w o rk ers in the sk ille d m aintenance tra d es , by p erfo rm in g s p e c ific
o r ge n e ra l duties o f le s s e r s k ill, such as keeping a w o rk e r supplied with m a te ria ls and too ls;
cleaning w orkin g a re a , machine, and equipm ent; a ssistin g journeym an by holding m a te r ia ls or
to o ls; and p erfo rm in g other u nskilled tasks as d irected by journeym an. Th e kind o f w ork the
h elp er is p erm itted to p e rfo rm v a rie s fro m tra d e to tra de: In som e trades the h elp er is confined
to supplying, liftin g , and holding m a te ria ls and to o ls, and cleaning w orking a re a s ; and in others
he is p erm itted to p e rfo rm s p e cia lize d machine opera tio n s, o r parts of a tra d e that a re also
p e rfo rm e d by w o rk ers on a fu ll-tim e basis.
M A C H IN E -T O O L O P E R A T O R , TO O LR O O M
S p e c ia liz e s in the operation o f one o r m o re types o f machine too ls, such as jig b o re r s ,
c y lin d ric a l o r su rface g r in d e rs , engine lathes, or m illin g m achines, in the construction of
m ach in e-sh op to o ls , ga ges, jig s , fix tu res, or d ies. W ork in volv es m ost o f the fo llo w in g : Planning
and p erfo rm in g d ifficu lt machining operations; p rocessin g item s requ irin g com p licated setups or
a high d e g re e o f a ccu racy; using a v a r ie ty o f p recisio n m easu ring instrum ents; sele ctin g fee d s,
speeds, too lin g, and operation sequence; and m aking n ecess a ry adjustm ents during operation
to ach ieve re q u isite to le ra n c es or dim ension s. M ay be requ ired to re co g n iz e when too ls need
d ressin g, to d ress to o ls , and to sele ct p rop er coolants and cutting and lu bricatin g o ils .
For
cro s s -in d u s try w age study pu rposes, m a ch in e-too l o p era to rs, to o lro o m , in to o l and die jobbing
shops a re excluded fro m this c la ssifica tio n .
M E C H A N IC , A U T O M O T IV E (M aintenance)
R ep a irs a u tom obiles, buses, m o tortru ck s, and t ra c to rs o f an establish m ent. W ork in
v o lv e s m o st o f the fo llo w in g : Exam ining autom otive equipment to diagnose sou rce o f trou ble; d is
a ssem blin g equipm ent and p erfo rm in g re p a irs that in volve the use o f such handtools as w ren ch es,
ga g es, d r ills , o r s p e c ia lize d equipment in d isa ssem blin g o r fittin g p a rts; rep la cin g broken or
d efe c tiv e parts fr o m stock; grind ing and adjusting va lv e s ; re a s sem b lin g and in stallin g the va riou s
a ssem b lies in the v e h ic le and making n e c e s s a ry adjustm ents; and alinin g w h e els, adjusting brakes
and ligh ts, o r tigh tenin g body bolts. In g e n era l, the w ork o f the au tom otive m echanic re q u ires
rounded tra in in g and e x p erien c e usually acqu ired through a fo rm a l a pprenticeship o r equivalent
tra in in g and ex p erien c e.
Th is cla s s ific a tio n does not include m echan ics who re p a ir cu sto m ers' v e h icles in auto
m o b ile re p a ir shops.
M E C H A N IC , M A IN T E N A N C E
R ep a irs m a ch in ery o r m ech a n ica l equipm ent o f an establishm ent. W ork in volves m ost
o f the fo llo w in g : Exam in ing m achines and m ech an ical equipment to diagnose sou rce of trou ble;
dism antling o r p a rtly dism antlin g m achines and p erfo rm in g re p a irs that m a in ly in volve the use
o f handtools in scra p in g and fittin g pa rts; rep la cin g broken o r d e fe c tiv e parts w ith item s obtained
fr o m stock; o rd erin g the production o f a repla cem en t part by a m achine shop o r sending o f the
m achine to a m achine shop fo r m a jo r re p a irs ; prep a rin g w ritten sp e cifica tion s fo r m a jo r re p a irs
o r fo r the production o f parts o rd ered fr o m machine shop; re as sem b lin g m ach in es; and making
a ll n e c e s s a ry adjustm ents fo r operation. In ge n era l, the w ork o f a m aintenance m echanic re q u ires
rounded tra in in g and e x p erien c e usually acqu ired through a fo r m a l a pprenticeship o r equ ivalent
tra in in g and ex p erien c e. Excluded fr o m this cla s s ific a tio n a re w o rk e rs w hose p rim a ry duties
in volve setting up o r adjusting m achines.
M IL L W R IG H T
In sta lls new m achines o r h eavy equipment, and dism antles and in sta lls m achines o r heavy
equipment when changes in the plant layout a re requ ired . W ork in volv es m o st o f the fo llo w in g :
Planning and layin g out o f the w ork; in te rp retin g blueprints o r other sp e cifica tion s; using a v a rie ty
o f handtools and rig g in g ; making standard shop computations re la tin g to s tr e s s e s , strength of
m a te r ia ls , and cen ters o f g r a v ity ; alinin g and balancing o f equipment; s ele ctin g standard to o ls,
equipment, and parts to be used; and in sta llin g and m aintaining in good o rd e r p ow er tran sm ission
equipment such as d r iv e s and speed red u cers. In g e n e ra l, the m illw r ig h t's w ork n orm a lly requ ires
a rounded train in g and ex p erien c e in the tra d e acqu ired through a fo rm a l apprenticeship or
equivalent tra in in g and ex p erien c e.
P A IN T E R , M A IN T E N A N C E
Pain ts and re d eco ra tes w a lls , w oodw ork, and fix tu res o f an establish m ent. W ork in volves
the fo llo w in g : K n ow led ge o f su rface p e c u lia ritie s and types o f paint re q u ired fo r d ifferen t a p p lica
tion s; p repa rin g su rface fo r painting by re m o vin g old fin ish or by placin g putty o r fille r in nail
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S H E E T - M E T A L W O R K E R , M A IN T E N A N C E — Continued
h oles and in te r s tic e s ; and applying paint with sp ra y gun o r brush. M ay m ix c o lo r s , o ils , white
lea d , and oth er paint in gre d ien ts to obtain p ro p e r c o lo r o r con sisten cy. In g e n era l, the w ork o f the
m aintenance pa in ter re q u ir e s rounded tra in in g and e x p erien c e usually a cq u ired through a fo rm a l
a ppren ticesh ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p erien c e.
up and opera tin g a ll a va ila b le types o f sh eet-m eta l w orkin g m ach in es; using a v a rie ty o f handtools
in cutting, bending, fo rm in g , shaping, fittin g , and a ssem b lin g; and in sta llin g sh eet-m e ta l a rtic le s
as re q u ired .
In g e n era l, the w ork o f the m aintenance sh e e t-m e ta l w o r k e r re q u ire s rounded
tra in in g and e x p erien c e usually acq u ired through a fo rm a l appren ticesh ip o r equ ivalen t train in g
and e x p erien c e.
P I P E F I T T E R , M A IN T E N A N C E
In sta lls o r r e p a irs w a te r, steam , gas, o r oth er types o f pipe and p ip efittin gs in an
esta blish m en t. W ork in v o lv e s m o st o f the fo llo w in g : L a yin g out o f w ork and m easu rin g to loca te
p o sition o f pipe fro m draw in gs o r oth er w ritten s p e cifica tio n s; cutting va rio u s s iz e s o f pipe to
c o r r e c t lengths with c h isel and h am m er o r o xy ac etylen e torch o r pipe-cu ttin g m ach in es; threading
pipe with stocks and d ies ; bending pipe by h an d -d riven o r p o w e r-d r iv e n m ach in es; assem b lin g
pipe with couplings and fasten ing pipe to h an gers: m aking standard shop com putations re la tin g to
p r e s s u re s , flo w , and s iz e o f pipe re q u ired ; and m akin g standard tests to d eterm in e w hether fin
ish ed pipes m e e t sp e c ific a tio n s . In ge n era l, the w ork o f the m aintenance p ip e fitte r re q u ire s
rounded tra in in g and ex p e rie n c e u su ally a cq u ired through a fo rm a l a ppren ticesh ip o r equ ivalent
tra in in g and e x p erien c e. W o rk ers p r im a r ily engaged in in stallin g and re p a irin g building sanitation
o r heating system s a re exclu d ed .
S H E E T -M E T A L W O R K E R , M A IN T E N A N C E
F a b r ic a te s , in s ta lls , and m aintains in good re p a ir the sh eet-m eta l equipm ent and fix tu res
(such as m achine gu ards, g r e a s e pans, s h elves , lo c k e r s , tanks, ven tila to rs , chutes, ducts, m eta l
ro o fin g ) o f an establish m en t. W ork in v o lv e s m o st o f the fo llo w in g ; Planning and la yin g out a ll
types o f sh eet-m e ta l m aintenance w ork fr o m blu eprin ts, m o d els , o r oth er sp e cifica tio n s; setting
T O O L A N D DIE M A K E R
(D ie m a k e r; j i g m a k e r; too l m a k e r; fix tu re m a k e r; gage m a k e r)
C on stru cts and re p a irs m a ch in e-sh op to o ls , g a g es, jig s ,' fix tu re s o r dies fo r fo rg in g s ,
punching, and oth er m e ta l- fo r m in g w ork .
W ork in vo lv es m o st o f the fo llo w in g : Planning and
la yin g out of w ork fr o m m o d e ls , blu eprints, draw in gs, o r oth er o ra l and w ritten s p e cifica tio n s;
using a v a r ie ty o f to o l and die m a k e r's handtools and p r e c is io n m ea s u rin g in stru m en ts; u nd er
standing o f the w orkin g p r o p e rtie s o f com m on m e ta ls and a llo y s ; settin g up and o p era tin g o f
m achine to o ls and re la ted equipm ent; m aking n e c e s s a ry shop com putations re la tin g to dim ension s
o f w ork , speeds, fee d s, and too lin g o f m ach in es; h e a t-tre a tin g o f m e ta l parts during fa b rica tio n
as w e ll as o f fin ish ed to o ls and dies to ach ieve re q u ired q u a lities ; w orkin g to c lo s e to le ra n c e s ;
fittin g and assem b lin g o f parts to p r e s c r ib e d to le ra n c e s and allow a n ces; and sele ctin g ap p rop ria te
m a te r ia ls , to o ls , and p r o c e s s e s . In ge n era l, the to o l and die m a k e r's w ork re q u ires a rounded
tra in in g in m a ch in e-sh op and too lro o m p ra c tic e u su ally a cq u ired through a fo rm a l appren ticesh ip
o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and ex p erien c e.
F o r c ro s s -in d u s tr y w age study pu rp oses,
shops a re excluded fr o m this c la s s ific a tio n .
too l and d ie m a k e rs in to o l
and die jobbing
C U S T O D I A L A N D M A T E R IA L M O V E M E N T
P A C K E R , S H IP P IN G — Continued
GU ARD A N D W A T C H M A N
G uard. P e r fo r m s routine p o lic e du ties, eith e r at fix ed post or on tou r, m aintaining o rd e r ,
using a rm s o r fo r c e w h ere n e c e s s a ry . Includes gatem en who a re stationed at gate and check
on id en tity o f e m p lo y ees and oth er p erso n s en te rin g .
and s iz e o f con ta in er; in sertin g en closu res in contain er; using e x c e ls io r o r other m a te r ia l to
p reven t brea ka ge o r dam age; c lo sin g and sea lin g con tain er; and applying la b els o r en terin g
iden tifyin g data on con tain er.
P a c k e rs who a lso m ake wooden boxes o r c r a te s a re ex clu d ed .
W atchm an. M akes rounds o f p r e m is e s p e r io d ic a lly in p rotectin g p ro p e rty against fir e ,
theft, and ille g a l en try.
S H IP P IN G A N D R E C E IV IN G C L E R K
J A N IT O R . P O R T E R , OR C L E A N E R
(S w eeper; charw om an; ja n itr e s s )
C lean s and keeps in an o r d e r ly condition fa c to ry w orkin g a re a s and w ash room s, or
p r e m is e s o f an o ffic e , apartm ent house, o r c o m m e rc ia l o r oth er establish m ent. Duties in vo lv e
a com bination o f the fo llo w in g : Sweeping, m opping o r scrubbing, and polish in g flo o r s ; rem o vin g
chips, tra sh , and o th er re fu se; dusting equipm ent, fu rn itu re, o r fix tu res; polish in g m e ta l f i x
tu res o r trim m in g s ; p rovid in g supplies and m in o r m aintenance s e r v ic e s ; and clean ing la v a to r ie s ,
sh ow ers, and r e s tro o m s . W ork ers who s p e c ia liz e in window washing a re ex clu ded.
P r e p a r e s m erch a n d ise fo r shipm ent, o r re c e iv e s and is re sp o n sib le fo r incom ing ship
m ents o f m erch a n d ise o r oth er m a te r ia ls . Shipping w ork in v o lv e s : A know ledge o f shipping p r o
ced u res, p r a c tic e s , rou tes, a va ila b le m eans o f tra n sp o rta tio n , and ra tes; and p rep a rin g re co rd s
o f the goods shipped, m aking up b ills of ladin g, posting w eigh t and shipping ch a rge s, and keeping
a file o f shipping r e c o r d s . M ay d ir e c t o r a s s is t in p rep a rin g the m erch a n d ise fo r shipment.
R e c e iv in g w ork in v o lv e s ; V e r ify in g o r d ire c tin g oth ers in v e r ify in g the c o rr e c tn e s s o f shipments
again st b ills o f ladin g, in v o ic e s , o r oth er r e c o r d s ; checking fo r sh ortages and re je c tin g dam
aged goods; rou ting m erch a n d ise o r m a te r ia ls to p ro p e r dep artm en ts; and m aintaining n ece s s a ry
re c o r d s and file s .
F o r w age study pu rp oses,
L A B O R E R , M A T E R IA L H A N D L IN G
(L o a d e r and unloader; handler and sta ck er;
w arehousem an o r w areh ou se h elp er)
w o rk e rs a re c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s:
R e c e iv in g c le r k
Shipping c le rk
Shipping and re c e iv in g c le r k
sh e lv e r;
tru ck e r;
stockman o r stock h elp er;
A w o rk e r em p loy ed in a w areh ou se, m anufacturing plant, sto re, o r oth er establish m ent
whose duties in vo lv e one o r m o re o f the fo llo w in g : Load ing and unloading va rio u s m a te r ia ls and
m erch a n dise on o r fr o m fr e ig h t c a rs , tru cks, o r oth er tra n sp ortin g d ev ices; unpacking, sh elvin g,
o r p lacin g m a te r ia ls o r m e rch a n d is e in p ro p e r sto ra ge location ; and tra n sp o rtin g m a te r ia ls o r
m erch a n d ise by handtruck, c a r, o r w h e elb a rrow . Lon gsh orem en , who load and unload ships a re
exclu d ed .
ORDER F I L L E R
T R U C K D R IV E R
D riv e s a tru ck w ithin a city o r in du strial a rea to tra n sp o rt m a te r ia ls , m erch a n d ise,
equipm ent, o r m en betw een va rio u s types o f establish m ents such as: M anufacturing plants, fre ig h t
depots, w areh ou ses, w h o lesa le and r e ta il establish m en ts, o r between r e ta il establish m ents and
c u sto m ers' houses o r p la ces o f business. M ay also load o r unload tru ck with o r without h elp ers,
m ake m in o r m ech an ical re p a irs , and keep tru ck in good w orkin g o rd e r .
D riv e r -s a le s m e n and
o v e r - th e - r o a d d r iv e r s a re exclu d ed .
fo llo w s:
(O rd e r p ic k e r; stock s e le c to r ; w arehouse stockman)
F o r w age study pu rp oses, tru c k d riv e r s a re c la s s ifie d by s iz e and type o f equipm ent, as
( T r a c t o r - t r a ile r should be rated on the basis o f t r a ile r ca p a city.)
T r u c k d riv e r
T r u c k d riv e r,
T r u c k d riv e r,
T r u c k d riv e r,
T r u c k d riv e r,
F ills shipping o r tra n s fe r o rd e r s fo r fin ish ed goods fro m stored m erch a n d 'se in a c c o rd
ance with s p e cifica tio n s on sales slip s , cu s to m e rs ' o r d e r s , o r oth er in stru ction s. M ay, in addition
to fillin g o r d e r s and in dicating item s fille d o r om itted, keep re c o rd s o f outgoing o rd e r s , re q u i
sition additional stock o r re p o rt sh ort supplies to s u p e rv is o r, and p erfo rm oth er re la ted duties.
(com bin ation o f siz e s lis te d se p a ra te ly )
lig h t (under IV 2 tons)
m ediu m (IV 2 to and including 4 tons)
h eavy (o v e r 4 tons, t r a ile r type)
h eavy (o v e r 4 tons, oth er than t r a ile r type)
T R U C K E R , PO W ER
P A C K E R , S H IP P IN G
P r e p a re s fin ish ed produ cts fo r shipment o r sto ra ge by placing them in shipping con
ta in e rs , the s p e c ific o p era tion s p e r fo rm e d being dependent upon the type, s iz e , and number
o f units to be packed, the type o f contain er em ployed, and m ethod o f shipment. W ork re q u ire s
the placin g o f item s in shipping contain ers and m ay in volv e one o r m o re of the fo llo w in g :
K n ow led ge o f va rio u s item s o f stock in o rd e r to v e r ify content: selection o f a ppropria te type
O perates a m anually c o n tro lled gasolin e- o r e le c tr ic -p o w e re d tru ck o r tra c to r to tra n sp o rt
goods and m a te r ia ls o f a ll kinds about a w areh ou se, m anufacturing plant, o r other establish m ent.
F o r w age study pu rposes, w o rk e rs a re c la s s ifie d by type o f tru ck,
T r u c k e r,
T r u c k e r,
☆
as fo llow s:
p o w er (fo r k lift)
pow er (oth er than fo r k lift)
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:
1972 — 745 - 104/69
A r e a W a g e S u rveys
A lis t of the latest available bulletins is presented below. A d ire c to ry of area wage studies including m ore lim ited studies conducted at
the request of the Employment Standards A dm inistration of the Department of Labor is available on request. Bulletins m ay be purchased from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Governm ent Printing O ffice, Washington, D .C., 20402, or from any of the BLS regional sales offices shown on
the inside front cover.
A rea
Akron, Ohio, July 1971 1---------------------------------------Albany—Schenectady—T roy, N .Y ., M ar. 1971 1---------Albuquerque, N. M ex ., Mar. 1971---------- —------------Allentown—Bethlehem—Easton, Pa.—N.J., M ay 1971—
Atlanta, G a., May 1971----------------------------------------B altim ore, M d., Aug. 1971 ----------------------------------Beaumont—P o r t Arthur—Orange, T ex ., M ay 1971 1---Binghamton, N .Y ., July 1971 1------------------------------Birm ingham , A la ., M ar. 1971 1 ----------------------------B oise City, Idaho, Nov. 1971---------------------------------Boston, M ass., Aug. 1971-------------------------------------Buffalo, N .Y ., Oct. 1971---------------------------------------Burlington, V t., Dec. 1971--------------------------- — -----Canton, Ohio, May 1971---------------------------------------Charleston, W. V a ., M ar. 1971-----------------------------C harlotte, N.C., Jan. 1971------------------------------------Chattanooga, Tenn.-G a., Sept. 1971-----------------------Chicago, 111., June 1971 1 -------------------------------------Cincinnati, Ohio—Ky.—Ind., Feb. 1971 1-------------------C leveland, Ohio, Sept. 1971---------------------------------Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 1971----------------------------------D allas, T ex ., Oct. 1971________________________________
Davenport—Rock Island—M oline, Iow a^ Ill.,
Feb. 1971______________________________________________
Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 1971 1-------------------------------------Denver, C olo., Dec. 1970------------------- --------------- —
Des M oines, Iowa, May 1971--------------------------------D e tro it, M ich ., Feb. 1971 1----------------------------------F o rt Worth, T e x ., Oct. 1971--------------------------------Green Bay, W is ., July 1971----------------------------------G reen ville, S.C., May 1971 1--------------------------------Houston, T e x ., Apr. 1971 1 -----------------------------------Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 1971--------------------------------Jackson, M is s ., Jan. 1972------------------------------------Jacksonville, F la ., Dec. 1971------------------------------- Kansas City, M o.-K ans., Sept. 1971 ----------------------Lawrence—H averh ill, M ass.—N.H ., June 1971---------L ittle Rock—North L ittle Rock, A rk ., July 1971------Los Angeles—Long Beach and Anaheim—Santa A n aGarden G ro v e , C a lif., M ar. 1971 1 ----------------------L o u is v ille , Ky.—Ind., Nov. 1971 1 ---------- ---------------Lubbock, T e x ., M ar. 1971 ------------------------------------M anchester, N.H ., July 1971--------------------------------M em phis, Tenn.—A rk ., Nov. 1971 1------------------------M ia m i, F la ., Nov. 1971________________________________
Midland and Odessa, T e x ., J an. 1972 1------------------Milwaukee, W is ., May 1971—-------------------------------Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 1971-------------------
i Data on establishment practices
Bulletin number
and p rice
1685-87,
1685-54,
1685-58,
1685-75,
1685-69,
1725-16,
1685-68,
1725-6,
1685-63,
1725-27,
1725-11,
1725-34,
1725-25,
1685-71,
1685-57,
1685-48,
1725-14,
1685-90,
1685-53,
1725-17,
1725-19,
1725-26,
40 cents
35 cents
30 cents
30 cents
40 cents
35 cents
35 cents
35 cents
40 cents
30 cents
40 cents
45 cents
25 cents
30 cents
30 cents
30 cents
30 cents
70 cents
45 cents
40 cents
30 cents
35 cents
1685-51,
1725-36,
1685-41,
1685-70,
1685-77,
1725-21,
1725-3,
1685-78,
1685-67,
1725-23,
1725-38,
1725-39,
1725-18,
1685-83,
1725-4,
30 cents
35 cents
35 cents
30 cents
50 cents
30 cents
30 cents
35 cents
50 cents
30 cents
30 cents
30 cents
35 cents
30 cents
30 cents
1685-66,
1725-29,
1685-60,
1725-2,
1725-40,
1725-28,
1725-37,
1685-76,
1685-44,
50 cents
35 cents
30 cents
30 cents
35 cents
30 cents
30 cents
35 cents
40 cents
and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.
A re a
MuskegoimMuskegon Heights, M ich., June 1971______
Newark and J e rs e y C ity, N.J., Jan. 1971____________
New Haven, Conn., J an. 1972 1 _______________________
New Orleans, L a ., J an. 1972_________________________
New Y ork, N .Y ., Apr. 1971---------------------------------N orfolk—Portsm outh and Newport News—
Hampton, Va., J an. 1972____________________________
Oklahoma City, O kla., J uly 1971 1___________________
Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, Sept. 1971 1 ____________________
P aterson -C lifton —P a s s a ic , N.J., June 1971-----------Philadelphia, Pa.—N .J ., Nov. 1970------------------------Phoenix, A r i z . , June 1971----------------------------------Pittsburgh, P a ., J an. 1971 1--------------------------------Portland, Maine, Nov. 1971 1 ------------------------------Portland, O reg.—W ash., May 1971___________________
Provid en ce—Pawtucket—W arwick, R.I.—M a ss.,
May 1971 1 ____________________________________________
Raleigh, N .C ., Aug. 1971_____________________________
Richmond, V a ., M ar. 1971----------------------------------Rochester, N .Y . (o ffic e occupations only),
July 1971 1 ____________________________________________
Rockford, 111., M ay 1971 -------------------------------------St. L o u is, M o.—111., M ar. 1971 1---------------------------Salt Lake C ity, Utah, Nov. 1971---------------------------San Antonio, T e x ., May 1971 1________________________
San Bernardino—R iversid e—O ntario, C a lif.,
Dec. 1971_____________________________________________
San D iego, C a lif., Nov. 1971 1 ________________________
San F ran cisco—Oakland, C a lif., Oct.1971 1___________
San Jose, C a lif., Aug. 1971 1---------------------------- ---Savannah, G a., May 1971------—----------------------------Scranton, P a ., July 1971_____________________________
Seattle—E verett, W ash., J an. 1971 1----------------------Sioux F a lls , S. Dak., Dec. 1971______________________
South Bend, Ind., Mar. 1971--------------------------------Spokane, W ash., June 1971___________________________
Syracuse, N .Y ., July 1971 1 ______________________ ____
Tampa—St. P etersb u rg, F la ., Nov. 1971 1 -------------Toledo, Ohio—M ich ., A pr. 1971 1--------------------------Trenton, N .J ., Sept. 1971_______________ -____________
Utica—Rom e, N .Y ., July 1971 1 _______________________
Washington, D.C.—Md.—V a ., Apr. 1971______________
W aterbury, Conn., M ar. 1971------------------------------W aterloo, Iowa, Nov. 1971----------------------------------W ichita, K an s., A pr. 1971____________________________
W orcester, M a ss., May 1971-------- ----------------------Y ork , P a ., Feb. 1971__________________________________
Young81own—W arren, Ohio, Nov. 1970--------------------
Bulletin number
and p rice
1685-82,
1685-47,
1725-41,
1725-35,
1685-89,
30cents
40cents
35cents
30cents
65cents
1725-42,
1725-8,
1725-13,
1685-84,
1685-34,
1685-86,
1685-49,
1725-22,
1685-85,
30cents
35 cents
35 cents
35cents
50cents
30cents
50cents
35cents
35 cents
1685-80,
1725-5,
1685-62,
40 cents
30cents
30cents
1725-7,
1685-79,
1685-65,
1725-24,
1685-81,
35cents
30cents
50cents
30cents
35 cents
1725-43,
1725-32,
1725-33,
1725-15,
1685-72,
1725-1,
1685-52,
1725- 30,
1685-61,
1685-88,
1725-10,
1725-31,
1685-74,
1725-12,
1725-9,
1685-56,
1685-55,
1725-20,
1685-64,
1685-73,
1685-50,
1685-24,
30cents
35cents
50cents
35cents
cents
30cents
35cents
25cents
30cents
30cents
cents
35cents
40cents
cents
35cents
cents
30cents
30cents
30cents
30cents
cents
30cents
30
35
30
40
30
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