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Area Wage S u r v e y
The Scranton, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Area
August 1965
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary
BUREAU O F LA BO R ST A TIST IC S
Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner
Area Wage Survey
The Scranton, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Area
A u g u st 1 9 6 5
B u lle tin N o. 1 4 6 5 -3
October 1965
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT O F LABOR
W. Willard W irtz, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner
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Contents
Preface
Page
The Bureau of Labor Statistics program of annual
occupational wage surveys in metropolitan areas is designed
to provide data on occupational earnings, and establishment
practices and supplementary wage provisions.
It yields
detailed data by selected industry divisions for each of the
areas studied, for economic regions, and for the United
States. A m ajor consideration in the program is the need
for greater insight into (1) the movement of wages by occu
pational category and skill level, and (2) the structure and
level of wages among areas and industry divisions.
Introduction__________________________________________________________________
Wage trends for selected occupational groups___________________________
Tables:
1.
2.
A.
At the end of each survey, an individual area
bulletin presents survey results for each area studied.
After completion of all of the individual area bulletins for
a round of surveys, a two-part sum m ary bulletin is issued.
The fir st part brings data for each of the metropolitan
areas studied into one bulletin. The second part presents
information which has been projected from individual m et
ropolitan area data to relate to economic regions and the
United States.
B.
Eighty-five areas currently are included in the
program . Information on occupational earnings is collected
annually in each area. Information on establishment p ra c
tices and supplementary wage provisions is obtained bien
nially in m ost of the areas.
This bulletin presents results of the survey in
Scranton, P a., in August 1965. The Standard Metropolitan
Statistical A rea, as defined by the Bureau of the Budget
through M arch 1965, consists of Lackawanna County. This
study was conducted by the Bureau's regional office in
New York, N .Y ., Herbert Bienstock, Director; by Anthony J.
F erra ra , under the direction of Harold A . Barletta. The
study was under the general direction of Frederick W.
M ueller, A ssistan t Regional Director for Wages and Indus
trial Relations.
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Establishments and workers within scope of survey and
number studied_____________________________________________________
Indexes of standard weekly salaries and straight-tim e hourly
earnings for selected occupational groups, and percents of
change for selected periods_______________________________________
Occupational earnings:*
A - 1. Office occupations—
men and wom en________________________
A - 2. P rofessional and technical occupations— en______________
m
A - 3. O ffice, professional, and technical occupations—
men and women com bined_________________________________
A -4 . Maintenance and powerplant occupations__________________
A - 5. Custodial and m aterial movement occupations____________
Establishment practices and supplementary wage provision s:*
B - l . Minimum entrance salaries for women office w orkers__
B -2 . Shift differentials_____________________________________________
B -3 . Scheduled weekly hours______________________________________
B -4 . Paid holidays_________________________________________________
B -5 . Paid vacations_________________________________________________
B -6 . Health, insurance, and pension p lan s______________________
B -7 . Health insurance benefits provided employees and
their dependents_____________________________________________
B -8 . P rofit-sharing plans__________________________________________
Appendixes:
A . Changes in occupational descriptions______________________________
B. Occupational descriptions___________________________________________
areas.
*N O T E : Similar tabulations are available for other
(See inside back cover.)
A current report on occupational earnings and sup
plementary wage practices is also available for m en’ s and
boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear (June 1964)
in the Scranton and W ilk es-B a rre—
Hazleton areas. Union
sca les, indicative of prevailing pay levels in the Scranton
area, are also available for building construction, printing,
local-tran sit operating em ployees, and motortruck drivers
and helpers.
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Area W age Survey—
The Scranton, Pa., Metropolitan Area
Introduction
reported, as for office clerica l occupations, reference is to the work
schedules (rounded to the nearest half hour) for which straight-tim e
salaries are paid; average weekly earnings for these occupations have
been rounded to the nearest half dollar.
This area is 1 of 85 in which the U. S. Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts surveys of occupational earnings
and related wage benefits on an areawide b a sis.
In this area, data
were obtained by personal v isits of Bureau field economists to rep re
sentative establishments within six broad industry d ivisio n s: Manu
facturing; transportation, communication, and other public u tilities;
wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and
serv ices.
Major industry groups excluded from these studies are
government operations and the construction and extractive industries.
Establishments having fewer than a prescribed number of workers are
omitted because they tend to furnish insufficient employment in the
occupations studied to warrant inclusion.
Separate tabulations are
provided for each of the broad industry divisions which m eet pub
lication criteria.
The averages presented reflect composite, areawide e sti
m ates.
Industries and establishments differ in pay level and job
staffing and, thus, contribute differently to the estim ates for each job.
The pay relationship obtainable from the averages may fail to reflect
accurately the wage spread or differential maintained among jobs in
individual establishm ents. Sim ilarly, differences in average pay levels
for men and women in any of the selected occupations should not be
assumed to reflect differences in pay treatment of the sexes within
individual establishm ents. Other possible factors which may contrib
ute to differences in pay for men and women include: Differences in
progression within established rate ranges, since only the actual rates
paid incumbents are collected; and differences in specific duties p er
formed, although the workers are appropriately classified within the
same survey job description.
Job descriptions used in classifying
employees in these surveys are usually m ore generalized than those
used in individual establishments and allow for minor differences
among establishments in the specific duties perform ed.
These surveys are conducted on a sample basis because of
the unnecessary cost involved in surveying all establishm ents.
To
obtain optimum accuracy at minimum cost, a greater proportion of
large than of sm all establishments is studied. In combining the data,
however, all establishments are given their appropriate weight. E s
timates based on the establishments studied are presented, therefore,
as relating to all establishments in the industry grouping and area,
except for those below the minimum size studied.
Occupational employment estim ates represent the total in
all establishments within the scope of the study and not the number
actually surveyed.
Because of differences in occupational structure
among establishm ents, the estim ates of occupational employment ob
tained from the sample of establishments studied serve only to indicate
the relative importance of the jobs studied.
These differences in
occupational structure do not m aterially affect the accuracy of the
earnings data.
Occupations and Earnings
The occupations selected for study are common to a variety
of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries, and are of the
following types; (l) Office clerica l; (2) professional and technical;
(3) maintenance and powerplant; and (4) custodial and m aterial m ove
ment.
Occupational classification is based on a uniform set of job
descriptions designed to take account of inter establishment variation
in duties within the same job.
The occupations selected for study
are listed and described in appendix B.
Earnings data for some of
the occupations listed and described are not presented in the A -s e r ie s
tables because either (l) employment in the occupation is too sm all
to provide enough data to m erit presentation, or (2) there is p o ssi
bility of disclosu re of individual establishment data.
Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions
Information is presented (in the B -s e r ie s tables) on selected
establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions as they
relate to plant and office w orkers.
Administrative, executive, and
professional em ployees, and force-account construction workers who
are utilized as a separate work force are excluded. "Plant w orkers"
include working forem en and all nonsupervisory workers (including
leadmen and trainees) engaged in nonoffice functions. "O ffice work
e r s " include working supervisors and nonsupervisory workers p er
forming clerica l or related functions. Cafeteria workers and routemen
are excluded in manufacturing industries, but included in nonmanu
facturing industries.
Occupational employment and earnings data are shown for
fu ll-tim e workers, i.e ., those hired to work a regular weekly schedule
in the given occupational classification. Earnings data exclude p re
mium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and
late shifts.
Nonproduction bonuses are excluded, but co st-o f-liv in g
bonuses and incentive earnings are included. Where weekly hours are
1
2
Minimum entrance salaries (table B - l ) relate only to the e s
tablishments visited. They are presented in term s of establishments
with form al minimum entrance salary p o licies.
Shift differential data (table B -2 ) are lim ited to plant workers
in manufacturing industries.
This information is presented both in
term s of (1) establishment policy, 1 presented in term s of total plant
worker employment, and (2) effective practice, presented in term s of
workers actually employed on the specified shift at the time of the
survey.
In establishments having varied differentials, the amount
applying to a m ajority was used or, if no amount applied to a m ajority,
the classification "o th e r " was used. In establishments in which some
la te-sh ift hours are paid at norm al rates, a differential was recorded
only if it applied to a m ajority of the shift hours.
The scheduled weekly hours (table B -3 ) of a m ajority of the
fir s t-s h ift workers in an establishment are tabulated as applying to
all of the plant or office workers of that establishm ent. Paid holidays;
paid vacations; health, insurance, and pension plans; and profit-sharing
plans (tables B -4 through B -8 ) are treated statistically on the basis
that these are applicable to all plant or office workers if a majority
of such workers are eligible or may eventually qualify for the p rac
tices listed. Sums of individual items in tables B -2 through B -8 may
not equal totals because of rounding.
Data on paid holidays (table B -4) are lim ited to data on holi
days granted annually on a form al b a sis; i. e. , (l) are provided for
in written form , or (2) have been established by custom .
Holidays
ordinarily granted are included even though they may fall on a non
workday, even if the worker is not granted another day off. The first
part of the paid holidays table presents the number of whole and half
holidays actually granted. The second part combines whole and half
holidays to show total holiday tim e.
The summ ary of vacation plans (table B -5) is lim ited to
form al p olicies, excluding inform al arrangements whereby time off
with pay is granted at the discretion of the em ployer.
Estim ates
exclude vacation-savings plans and those which offer "extended" or
"sa b b a tica l" benefits beyond basic plans to workers with qualifying
lengths of serv ice. Typical of such exclusions are plans in the steel,
aluminum, and can industries. Separate estim ates are provided a c
cording to em ployer practice in computing vacation payments, such as
time payments, percent of annual earnings, or flat-sum amounts. How
ever, in the tabulations of vacation pay, payments not on a time basis
were converted to a time b a sis; for example, a payment of 2 percent
of annual earnings was considered as the equivalent of 1 week's pay.
Data are presented for all health, insurance, and pension
plans (tables B -6 and B -7 ) for which at least a part of the cost is
borne by the em ployer, excepting only legal requirem ents such as
workmen's compensation, social security, and railroad retirem ent.
Such plans include those underwritten by a com m ercial insurance
company and those provided through a union fund or paid directly by
the em ployer out of current operating funds or from a fund set aside
for this purpose.
Death benefits are included as a form of life in
surance. Selected health insurance benefits provided employees and
dependents are also presented.
Sickness and accident insurance is lim ited to that type of
insurance under which predetermined cash payments are made directly
to the insured on a weekly or monthly basis during illness or accident
disability.
Information is presented for all such plans to which the
em ployer contributes. However, in New York and New Jersey, which
have enacted tem porary disability insurance laws which require e m
ployer contributions, 2 plans are included only if the employer (l) con
tributes m ore than is legally required, or (2) provides the employee
with benefits which exceed the requirements of the law. Tabulations
of paid sick leave plans are limited to form al p lan s3 which provide
full pay or a proportion of the w orker's pay during absence from work
because of illn ess.
Separate tabulations are presented according to
(l) plans which provide full pay and no waiting period, and (2) plans
which provide either partial pay or a waiting period.
In addition
to the presentation of the proportions of workers who are provided
sickness and accident insurance or paid sick leave, an unduplicated
total is shown of workers who receive either or both types of benefits.
Catastrophe insurance, som etim es referred to as extended
m edical insurance, includes those plans which are designed to protect
employees in case of sickness and injury involving expenses beyond
the norm al coverage of hospitalization, m edical, and surgical plans.
Medical insurance refers to plans providing for complete or partial
payment of doctors' fe e s. Such plans may be underwritten by co m
m ercia l insurance companies or nonprofit organizations or they may
be self-in su red . Tabulations of retirem ent pension plans are limited
to those plans that provide monthly payments for the remainder of
the w orker's life.
P rofit-sh arin g plans (table B -8 ) are lim ited to form al plans
with definite form ulas for computing profit shares to be distributed
among em ployees and whose form ulas were communicated to em
ployees in advance of the determination of profits. Data are presented
according to provisions for distributing profit shares to em ployees;
(l) Current or cash distribution of profit shares within a short period
after determination of p ro fits; (2) deferred distribution of profit shares
after a specified number of years or at retirem ent; (3) combination
current and deferred plans; and (4) elective distribution plans, under
which each participant is required to select whether to take his share
of the current y e a r 's profit in cash, have it deferred, or part in cash
and part deferred.
1
An establishment was considered as having a p olicy if it m et either o f the following
2 The temporary disability laws in California and Rhode Island do not require employer
conditions: (1) Operated late shifts at the time of the survey, or (2) had formal provisions covering
contributions.
late shifts. An establishment was considered as having formal provisions if it (1) had operated late
3 An establishment was considered as having a formal plan if it established at least the
shifts during the 12 months prior to the survey, or (2) had provisions in written form for operating
minimum number o f days o f sick leave available to each em ployee.
Such a plan need not be
late shifts.
written, but informal sick leave allowances, determined on an individual basis, were excluded.
3
Table 1.
Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in Scranton, Pa. ,
by m ajor industry division, 2 August 1965
Number of establishments
Industry division
Minimum
employment
in establish
ments in scope
of study
Workers in establishments
Within scope of study
Within scope
of study3
Studied
T otal4
Studied
Plant
Number
A ll divisions-----------------------------------------------------------Manufacturing______________________________________
Nonmanufacturing--------------------------- ------- ---------Transportation, communication, and
other public utilities 5 ----------------------------------W holesale trad e___________ __________________
Retail traHp
___ _
__ _ _
______
.. .
Services 8 --------------------- -----------------------------------
_
Office
Percent
Total4
232
96
37 ,5 0 0
100
29,2 0 0
4 ,2 0 0
2 2,940
50
-
168
64
54
42
2 7 ,6 0 0
9, 900
74
26
2 3 ,0 0 0
6, 200
2 ,3 0 0
1,900
14,830
8, 110
50
50
50
50
50
19
8
22
5
10
15
4
13
4
6
3 ,6 0 0
1, 000
3 ,6 0 0
800
900
10
2
10
2
2
2, 100
(*)
0
(!)
( 6)
600
(6)
( 6)
( 6)
(6)
3, 350
620
2, 860
720
560
1 The Scranton Standard Metropolitan Statistical A rea, as defined by the Bureau of the Budget through March 1965, consists of Lackawanna County.
The "w orkers within scope of study"
estim ates shown in this table provide a reasonably accurate description of the size and composition of the labor force included in the survey.
The estim ates are not intended, however, to serve
as a basis of com parison with other employment indexes for the area to m easure employment trends or levels since (1) planning of wage surveys requires the use of establishment data compiled
considerably in advance of the payroll period studied, and (2) sm all establishments are excluded from the scope of the survey.
2 The 1957 revised edition of the Standard Industrial C lassification Manual and the 1963 Supplement were used in classifying establishments by industry division.
3 Includes all establishments with total employment at or above the minimum limitation. A ll outlets (within the area) of companies in such industries as trade, finance, auto repair service,
and motion picture theaters are considered as 1 establishment.
4 Includes executive, professional, and other workers excluded from the separate plant and office categories.
5 Taxicabs and services incidental to water transportation were excluded.
6 This industry division is represented in estim ates for "a ll indu stries" and "nonmanufacturing" in the Series A tables, and for "a ll indu stries" in the Series B tables. Separate presentation
of data for this division is not made for one or m ore of the following reasons:
(1) Employment in the division is too sm all to provide enough data to m erit separate study, (2) the sample
was not designed initially to permit separate presentation, (3) response was insufficient or inadequate to permit separate presentation, and (4) there is possibility of disclosure of individual
establishment data.
7 Workers from this entire industry division are represented in estim ates for "a ll industries" and "nonmanufacturing" in the Series A tables, but from the real estate portion only in
estim ates for "a ll industries" in the Series B tables.
Separate presentation of data for this division is not made for one or m ore of the reasons given in footnote 6 above.
8 Hotels; personal services; business services; automobile repair shops; motion pictures; nonprofit m em bership organizations (excluding religious and charitable organizations); and engineering
and architectural services.
Seventy-one percent of the employees within scope of the survey in Scranton were
employed in manufacturing firm s. The following table presents the m ajor industry groups
and specific industries as a percent of all manufacturing:
Industry group
Specific industries
A p p arel________________________ 34
E lectrical m achinery________ 11
Textile m ill products________ 10
Printing and publishing______ 9
Fabricated m etal products
8
W om en's, m i s s e s ', and juniors'
outerwear___________________________ 14
M en's and boys' furnishings________ 11
Electronic components and
a c c e s s o r ie s ________________________
6
Yarn and thread m ills ______________ 5
G ir ls ', children's, and
infants' outerwear_________________ 5
B ooks________________________________ 5
This information is based on estim ates of total employment derived from universe
m aterials compiled prior to actual survey. Proportions in various groups may differ from
proportions based on the results of the survey as shown in table 1 above.
4
W age Trends for Selected Occupational Groups
Presented in table .2 are indexes and percentages of change in
Average salaries of office clerica l workers and industrial nurses, and
in average earnings of selected plant worker groups.
For office clerica l workers and industrial nurses, the p e r
centages of change relate to average weekly salaries for normal hours
of work, that is , the standard work schedule for which straight-tim e
salaries are paid.
For plant worker groups, they m easure changes
in average straight-tim e hourly earnings, excluding premium pay for
overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
The
percentages are based on data for selected key occupations and in
clude m ost of the num erically important jobs within each group.
Office clerical (men and women):
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B
Clerks, accounting, classes A and B
Clerks, file, classes A, B, and C
Clerks, order
Clerks, payroll
Comptometer operators
Keypunch operators, classes A and B
Office boys and girls
Stenographers, general
Stenographers, senior
Switchboard operators, classes A and B
Tabulating-machine operators, class B
Typists, classes A and B
NOTE: Secretaries, included in the
eluded because of a change in the descri]
Industrial nurses (men and women):
Nurses, industrial (registered)
Skilled maintenance (men):
Carpenters
Electricians
Machinists
Mechanics
Mechanics (automotive)
Painters
Pipefitters
Tool and die makers
Unskilled plant (men):
Janitors, porters, and cleaners
Laborers, material handling
of jobs in all previous years, are exi this year.
Average weekly salaries or average hourly earnings were
computed for each of the selected occupations. The average salaries
or hourly earnings were then multiplied by employment in each of
Table 2.
the jobs during the period surveyed in 1961. These weighted earnings
for individual occupations were then totaled to obtain an aggregate for
each occupational group. Finally, the ratio (expressed as a percentage)
of the group aggregate for the one year to the aggregate for the other
year was computed and the difference between ..the result and 100 is
the percentage of change from the one period to the other.
The
indexes were computed by multiplying the ratios for each group
aggregate for each period after the b a se 'y e a r (1961).
The indexes and percentages of change m easure, principally,
the effects of (1) general salary and wage changes; (2) m erit or other
increases in pay received by individual workers while in the same job;
and (3) changes in average wages due to changes in the labor force r e
sulting from labor turnover, force expansions, force reductions, and
changes in the proportions of workers employed by establishments with
different pay lev els. Changes in the labor force can cause increases
or decreases in the occupational averages without actual wage changes.
For example, a force expansion might increase the proportion of lower
paid workers in a specific occupation and lower the average, whereas
a reduction in the proportion of lower paid workers would have the
opposite effect. Sim ilarly, the movement of a high-paying establish
ment out of an area could cause the average earnings to drop, even
though no change in rates occurred in other establishments in the area.
Data are adjusted where n ecessary to remove from the indexes and
percentages of change any significant effect caused by changes in
scope of the survey.
The use of constant employment weights eliminates the effect
of changes in the proportion of workers represented in each job in
cluded in the data. The percentages of change reflect only changes in
average pay for straight-tim e hours.
They are not influenced by
changes in standard work schedules, as such, or by premium pay
for overtim e.
Indexes of standard weekly salaries and straight-time hourly earnings for selected occupational groups in Scranton, P a.,
August 1965 and August 1964, and percents of change* for selected periods
Indexes
(August 1960=100)
Industry and occupational group
August 1965
A ll industries:
Office clerical (men and women)------Industrial nurses (men and women)-----Skilled maintenance (men)---------------Unskilled plant (men)----------------------Manufacturing:
Office clerical (men and women)------Industrial nurses (men and women)----Skilled maintenance (men)---------------Unskilled plant (men)----------------------
August 1964
Percents of change*
August 1964
to
August 1965
August 1963
to
August 1964
August 1962
to
August 1963
111.0
(3)
116.2
122.7
115.3
2—3.7
3.9
3.4
(3)
113.6
121.8
(3)
2.2
.7
( 3)
3.0
5.2
<3)
3.6
6.7
119.3
117.2
(3)
112.2
118.2
1.8
3.5
5.3
<3)
3.0
6.3
C
3)
C
3)
( 3)
115.6
125.6
2.4
5.2
3.0
2.4
* A ll changes are increases unless otherwise indicated.
2 This decrease largely reflects changes in employment among establishments with different pay levels rather than wage decreases.
3 Data do not meet publication criteria.
August 1961
to
August 1962
August 1960
to
August 1961
3.3
2.6
2.7
2.1
3.9
3.3
3 .7
6.3
1.6
2.6
2.8
2.8
5.7
3.3
3.5
6.8
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A. O ccupational E arnings
Table A-L Office Occupations—
Men and Women
(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Scranton, Pa. , August 1965)
W eekly earnings1
(standard)
Number
of
workers
A verage
weekly
hours1
(standard]
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
$
*
$
%
M ean 2
M edian 2
45
50
45
Sex, occupation, and industry division
40
50
55
$
$
9 7 .5 0 -1 1 6 .0 0
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
M iddle range2
and
under
$
1 05.50
O
•
O
HEN
C L E R K S . ACCOUNTING. C L A S S A -----------
18
3 8 .5
TABULATING-M ACH INE O PER A TO R S.
C LA SS B ---------------------------------------------
21
4 0 .0
9 6 .0 0 1 0 5 .0 0
8 7 .5 0 -1 0 8 .0 0
-
-
-
B I L L E R S . MACHINE { B I L L I N G
M A C H IN E )-------------------------------------------
42
3 7 .5
6 4 .0 0
6 6 .5 0
5 4 .0 0 - 7 2 .0 0
-
4
8
B I L L E R S . MACHINE (BO O KKEEPIN G
M A C H IN E ) -------------------------------------------
17
3 7 .0
6 2 .5 0
6 1 .0 0
5 5 .5 0 - 6 4 .5 0
-
3
1
89
33
56
37.5
3 7 .0
3 8 .0
6 2 .0 0
6 3 .0 0
6 1 .0 0
5 9 .0 0
6 3 . 50
57. 50
5 5 .0 0 - 6 7 .5 0
5 9 .5 0 - 7 1 .0 0
5 3 .5 0 - 6 3 .0 0
_
5
M ANUFACTURING------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------
-
—
5
16
3
13
C L E R K S . ACCOUNTING. C L A S S A ----------M ANUFACTURING-------------------------------
45
23
39 .0
3 9 .5
9 5 .0 0 1 00.00
8 9 .0 0
9 3 .0 0
8 7 .5 0 -1 0 4 .0 0
8 0 .0 0 -1 0 1 .0 0
-
_
_
-
-
C L E R K S . ACCOUNTING. C L A SS B ----------M ANUFACTURING-----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING-------------------------
57
21
36
3 9 .0
3 9 .0
3 9 .0
7 2 .5 0
6 4 .0 0
7 7 .0 0
7 0 .5 0
6 3 .5 0
7 4 .5 0
6 0 .5 0 - 8 4 .5 0
6 0 .5 0 - 7 4 .0 0
6 2 . OC- 9 6 .5 0
_
_
-
-
“
-
C L E R K S . F I L E . C LA SS C --------------------M AN UFA CTURIN G-----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------
82
21
61
3 9 .0
3 7 .0
3 9 .5
6 7 .0 0
5 4 .5 0
7 1 .0 0
5 6 .5 0
55 .5 0
8 3 .5 0
5 1 .0 0 - 9 1 .0 0
5 2 .OC- 5 8 .0 0
5 1 .0 0 - 9 2 .0 0
7
-
8
2
6
CL E R K S . O R D E R -----------------------------------M AN UFA CTURIN G------------------------------
51
33
3 9 .0
3 8 .5
6 9 .0 0
7 2 .5 0
6 8 .0 0
7 2 .5 0
5 9 .0 0 - 7 7 .0 0
6 5 .5 0 - 7 9 .0 0
_
C L E R K S . P A Y R O L L -------------------------------M AN UFA CTURIN G-------------------------------
97
84
3 8.0
38 .0
6 9 .0 0
6 8 .5 0
69. 00
6 8 .5 0
6 2 .5 0 - 7 7 .5 0
6 2 .0 0 - 7 6 .5 0
-
KEYPUNCH O PER A TO R S. C LA SS B ----------M A N UFA CTURIN G------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------
105
34
71
3 9 .0
3 8 .0
3 9 .5
7 8 .5 0
6 5 .5 0
8 4 .5 0
7 2 .0 0
6 5 .5 0
9 6 .0 0
6 3 .5 0 - 9 7 .0 0
6 2 .0 0 - 7 0 .0 0
6 8 .0 0 - 9 8 .0 0
S E C R E T A R IE S 3 4-------------------------------------M AN U FA CTU RIN G------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING-------------------------
131
88
43
3 8 .0
3 8.0
3 8 .5
8 9 .0 0
9 1 .5 0
8 3 .5 0
8 7 .0 0
9 0 . 00
8 3 .5 0
7 6 .5 0 -1 0 2 .5 0
7 7 .0 0 -1 0 5 .5 0
7 6 .0 0 - 9 5 .0 0
_
1
-
-
-
1
1
-
3
7
3
1
1
-
1
4
10
1
-
1
-
2
-
-
WOMEN
BOOKKEEPING-M ACHINE O PER ATO R S.
7
_
29
6
23
3
15
12
3
3
1
1
9
4
5
4
1
23
8
15
II
1
0
I
3
6
5
12
9
3
1
1
3
10
6
6
6
15
15
11
11
23
21
15
12
_
-
3
-
-
3
16
14
2
16
9
7
15
-
12
3
9
1
4
4
2
2
3
9
7
2
9
8
1
8
7
26
3
5
3
1
6
4
2
2
2
-
2
12
6
2
”
14
7
26
2
1
11
9
10
9
1
1
42
42
16
10
15
6
9
16
11
5
11
8
3
6
10
10
6
3
3
12
9
3
2
-
2
8
7
1
4
3
1
1
1
-
2
2
S E C R E T A R IE S . C L A S S A 4--------------------
17
3 7 .5
9 9 .0 0 10 3 .5 0
7 9 .5 0 -1 0 8 .5 0
-
-
-
5
2
-
-
-
3
5
-
1
-
-
1
S E C R E T A R IE S . C L A S S B 4--------------------
24
3 7 .0
9 4 .5 0
9 6 .5 0
9 1 .5 0 -1 0 6 .0 0
-
-
-
1
1
-
7
5
2
4
-
-
2
-
-
S E C R E T A R IE S . C L A S S C 4-------------------M AN UFA CTURIN G---------------------------
33
26
36 .5
38 .0
9 4 .0 0
9 5 .0 0
9 0 .0 0
9 1 .0 0
8 2 .0 0 -1 0 9 .0 0
8 2 .0 0 -1 0 7 .5 0
_
-
_
2
-
1
1
1
1
S E C R E T A R IE S . C L A S S 0 4-------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------NONMANUFACTURING----------------------
54
31
23
3 8 .5
3 9 .0
3 8 .5
7 8 .5 0
8 0 .5 0
7 6 .OC
7 8 .5 0
76. 50
8 0 .0 0
7 0 .0 0 - 8 7 .5 0
7 0 .0 0 - 8 8 .5 0
7 0 .0 0 - 8 7 .0 0
-
-
1
1
STENOGRAPHERS. G E N E R A L -------------------M AN UFA CTURIN G------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------
90
37
53
3 8.5
3 9 .0
3 8 .0
6 7 . 50
7 0 .5 0
6 5 .0 0
6 4 .0 0
6 6 .5 0
6 1 .5 0
5 6 .0 0 - 7 2 .5 0
6 0 .0 0 - 7 2 .5 0
5 3 .0 0 - 7 5 .0 0
1
1
5
13
-
See footnotes at end of table.
-
1
1
1
1
2
—
—
5
-
13
1
1
16
10
6
1
7
4
4
4
2
2
4
4
1
1
2
“
1
2
3
3
1
1
7
8
3
5
5
12
7
5
2
1
1
-
3
3
-
_
_
-
1
1
_
—
-
-
-
4
2
3
1
7
-
1
2
-
-
2
3
1
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
3
1
2
13
6
7
6
1
17
9
1
1
1
—
2
1
1
a
Table A-l. Office Occupations—
Men and Women— Continued
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a rn in g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s stu d ie d o n an a r e a b a s is
b y in d u s tr y d iv is io n , S cr a n to n , P a . , A u g u st 1965)
W eekly earnings1
(standard)
Number
S e x , o ccu p a tio n , and in d u s t r y d iv is io n
workers
N u m b er of w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly e a rn in g s of—
$
Average
weekly
(standard]
*
40
M ean13
2
Median 2
NONEN -
----------------------M A N UFA CTURIN G--------------------------------
103
80
3 7 .0
3 7 .0
$
7 3 .0 0
7 4 .5 0
$
7 2 .0 0
7 4 .0 0
S N IT C H 8 0 ARO O P E R A T O R -R E C E P T IO N IS T S MANUFACTURING --------------------------------
54
40
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
6 2 .0 0
6 0 .5 0
6 1 .0 0
6 0 .0 0
TRAN SCR IB IN G -M A CH IN E O PER A TO R S,
G E N E R A L ----------------------------------------------
17
3 9 .0
7 3 .0 0
6 2 .5 0
42
3 7 .5
7 4 .5 0
6 4 . 50
co
108
61
47
3 8 .0
3 8 .0
3 8 .0
5 9 .0 0
6 0 .0 0
5 7 .5 0
5 7 . 50
5 9 .0 0
5 6 .0 0
5 3 .5 0 - 6 3 .5 0
5 4 . 5 0 - 6 6 .5 0
5 1 . 5 0 - 5 9 .0 0
A
A
~
T Y P I S T S , C L A S S B -------------------------------M A N UFA CTURIN G ------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING--------------------------
c r .
07
$
$
$
S
$
$
$
t
$
%
$
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
1 05
110
115
120
125
130
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
over
—
-
-
9
14
12
20
16
20
15
11
10
13
11
16
16
_
11
9
13
12
16
11
2
2
7
5
3
-
1
i
1
~
1
4
-
1
5 4 .5 0 - 1 0 4 .0 0
CTP
I T r l*a l o f
APT
$
65
_
5 6 . 0 0 - 6 8 .0 0
5 5 . 5 C - 6 4 .5 0
P
fl
$
60
—
$
$
6 6 . 0 0 - 8 1 .5 0
6 7 . 5 0 - 8 3 .5 0
TWA
S
55
and
u n d er
M iddle range 2
CONTINUED
s e n io r
S
$
50
45
sten o g ra ph ers,
$
45
3
_
8
-
-
8
1
'
1l
9
2
10
-
7
37
18
19
29
17
12
2
15
RA
2
1
2
6
2
1
5
5
-
—
1
-
-
-
1
-
6
4
2
8
4
-
3
l
-
-
-
-
1 S ta n d a rd h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o r k w e e k f o r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e t h e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a la r i e s and the e a rn in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th e s e w e e k ly h o u r s .
2 T h e m e a n is c o m p u te d f o r e a c h jo b b y tota lin g the e a rn in g s o f a l l w o r k e r s and d iv id in g b y the n u m b er o f w o r k e r s . T h e m e d ia n d e s ig n a t e s p o s it io n — h a lf o f the e m p lo y e e s s u r v e y e d r e c e i v e
m o r e than the r a t e sh ow n ; h a lf r e c e i v e le s s than the r a te show n. T h e m id d le ra n g e is d e fin e d b y 2 r a t e s o f p a y ; a fo u r th o f the w o r k e r s e a rn le s s than the lo w e r o f th e s e r a t e s and a fo u r th e a rn
m o r e than the h ig h e r r a t e .
3 M a y in clu d e w o r k e r s o th e r than th o s e p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e ly .
4 D e s c r ip t io n f o r th is o c c u p a t io n has b e e n r e v i s e d s in c e the la s t s u r v e y in th is a r e a . S ee a p p en d ix A .
Table A-2. Professional and Technical Occupations—
Men
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a rn in g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s stu d ied on a n a r e a b a s is
b y in d u str y d iv is io n , S cr a n to n , P a . , A u g u st 1965)
W eekly earnings1
(standard)
Occupation
Number
of
workers
Number of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of—
$
Average
weekly
hours1
(standard)
$
M ean 2
M edian 2
M iddle range 2
0RAFTSMEN, CLA SS A 3_______________________
37
4 0 .0
1 3 3 .0 0
106
4 0 .0
1 0 6 .5 0
1 0 4 .5 0
1 0 0 .0 0 -1 1 6 .0 0
DRAFTSM EN, CLASS C 3----------------------------------
44
4 0 .0
8 9 .0 0
9 1 .0 0
8 5 .5 0 - 9 3 .5 0
$
$
$
S
$
$
$
$
$
$
90
95
100
1 05
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
85
90
9?
io o
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145
1
1
3
12
-
1
1
7
17
29
6
15
20
10
2
8
9
22
l
2
-
~
and
under
$
$
$
1 3 5 .5 0 1 3 2 .0 0 -1 3 8 .0 0
DRAFTSMEN, C L A S S B 3----------------------------------
$
85
80
$
$
80
75
1 S ta n d a rd h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o r k w e e k f o r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e th e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a la r i e s
2 F o r d e fin itio n o f t e r m s , s e e fo o t n o t e 2, ta b le A - l .
3 D e s c r ip t io n f o r th is o c c u p a t io n has b e e n r e v i s e d s in c e the la s t s u r v e y in this a r e a . S ee a p p en d ix A .
and
18
2
-
-
-
•
-
-
the e a rn in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th e s e w e e k ly h o u r s .
7
Table A-3. Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—
Men and Women Combined
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a rn in g s fo r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is
b y in d u str y d iv is io n , S cr a n to n , P a ., A u g u st 1965)
Average
O c c u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n
Number
of
workers
Weekly
Weekly
hours 1 earnings 1
(standard) (standard)
O F F IC E OCCUPATIONS -
O F F IC E OCCUPATIONS
B IL L E R S * MACHINE ( B IL L IN G
MACHINE) --------------------------------------------------------------------
42
3 7 .5
$
6 4 .0 0
B IL L E R S * MACHINE (BO O KKEEPIN G
M A C H IN E ) -------------------------------------------------------------------
18
3 7 .0
Number
of
workers
Weekly
hours 1
(standard)
Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)
CONTINUED
KEYPUNCH O PER A TO R S, C L A S S B -----------------M ANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------------
3 9 .0
3 8 .0
$
7 9 .0 0
6 5 .5 0
3 7 .5
3 7 .0
38. C
6 2 .0 0
6 3 .0 0
6 1 .5 0
C L ER K S * ACCOUNTING, C L A SS A -----------------M AN UFA CTURIN G ------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------
63
34
29
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .0
9 8 .0 0
9 2 .5 0
1 0 4 .0 0
C LERK S* ACCOUNTING, C L A SS B -----------------M ANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------------
66
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
7 3 .5 0
6 8 .5 0
-
Number
cf
workers
Weekly
hours l
(standard)
Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)
CONTINUED
TABULATING-M ACHINE O PERATORS,
C L A S S B ---------------------------------------------
26
4 0 .0
$
9 7 .0 0
TABULATING-M ACHINE O PERATO RS,
CLA SS C
»-■------------------------------------
BOYS AND G IR L S -------------------------------------
20
3 8 .5
6 1 .5 0
15
3 7 .0
7 4 .0 0
S E C R E T A R IE S 2 3----------------------------------------------------------M ANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------
132
8 9 .0 0
9 1 .5 0
8 3 .5 0
TRAN SCR IBIN G-M A CH IN E OPERATORS,
G E N E R A L ----------------------------------------------
17
3 9 .0
7 3 .0 0
43
3 7 .5
7 5 .0 0
1 09
62
47
3 8 .0
3 8 .0
3 8 .0
5 9 .0 0
6 0 .5 0
5 7 .5 0
O F F IC E
90
33
57
O cc u p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n
O F F IC E OCCUPATIONS
107
34
6 3 .5 0
BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE O PERATORS,
CLASS B ------------------------------------------------------- ----------M ANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------
Average
Average
O cc u p a tio n and in d u str y d iv is io n
44
3 8 .0
3 8 .0
3 8 .5
C L A S S A3 --------------------------------
17
3 7 .5
9 9 .0 0
T Y P IS T S ,
S E C R E T A R IE S , C L A S S B3 --------------------------------
24
3 7 .0
9 4 .5 0
S E C R E T A R IE S , CLA SS C 3 -------------------------------M AN UFA CTURIN G -------------------------------------------
34
26
3 8 .5
3 8 .0
9 4 .0 0
9 5 .0 0
T Y P I S T S , C LA SS B ------------------------------------------------M ANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------
S E C R E T A R IE S , C U S S D3 --------------------------------
54
S E C R E T A R IE S ,
88
C LA SS A -------------------------------
NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------
••
—
—
29
C L E R K S , ORDER
-------------------------------------------------------u A A ii A r U o rm r
. ....
. ...
n A N U ireA U n iK 1M b
NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------
C L E R K S , P A Y R O L L --------------------------------------------------M ANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------------
3 8 .5
3 9 .0
3 8 .5
7 8 .5 0
8 0 .5 0
7 6 .0 0
PR O FESSIO N A L AND TECH N ICA L
OCCUPATIONS
ST BIO GRAPH ERS, G E N E R A L -------------------------------M AN UFA CTURIN G ------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------
90
37
53
3 8 .5
3 9 .0
3 8 .0
6 7 .5 0
7 0 .5 0
6 5 .0 0
DRAFTSM EN, C LA SS A 3-------------------------------------------
37
4 0 .0
1 3 3 .0 0
7 3 .0 0
7 4 .5 0
DRAFTSMEN, C LA SS B 3-------------------------------------------
107
4 0 .0
1 0 6 .5 0
80
3 7 .0
3 7 .0
47
4 0 .0
8 8 .5 0
54
40
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
6 2 .0 0
6 0 .5 0
M AIM U r A b 1IIP I r lP
n A M IIP A rT UK IM b
— —
C L E R K S , F I L E , C LA SS C ----------------------------------M ANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------
23
DRAFTSMEN, CLA SS C 3
-------------------------------------------
tirtki ik ii i r a t 1 i o tk b
N U NjiA N U c A L t iUK I Ntr
90
69
3 9 .0
3 7 .0
3 9 .5
6 9 .0 0
5 4 .5 0
7 4 .0 0
63
3 8 .5
7 2 .5 0
21
—————
r r c u o r B iA iie n P
d l c M U b K A r n t K jt
21
3 8 .5
6 6 .0 0
f r iiT n o
otN X U K — — — — — —
M AN UFA CTURIN G -------------------------------------------------
10 0
86
3 8 .0
3 8 .0
7 0 .0 0
6 9 .0 0
SWITCHBOARD 0 P E R A T 0 R - R E C E P T I0 N IS T S MANUF AC T U R IN G ------------------------------------------------
* S tandard h o u r s r e f le c t the w o r k w e e k fo r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e t h e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t -t im e s a la r i e s and the e a rn in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th e se w e e k ly h o u r s .
2 M a y in clu d e w o r k e r s oth er than th o se p r e s e n te d s e p a r a t e ly .
3 D e s c r ip t io n fo r th is o c c u p a tio n has b e e n r e v i s e d s in c e the la s t s u r v e y in th is a r e a .
S ee a p p en d ix A.
8
Table A-4. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations
(Average straight-time hourly earnings for men in selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Scranton, Pa., August 1965)
Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings of—
Hourly earnings1
$
[Jnder U 6 0
*
and
Occupation and industry division
M ean1
2
1*60 under
$
$
$
*
$
$
$
$
$
(
*
l *7 0 l * 80 A*9 0 2 * ° ° 2 * 10 2 , 2 0 2 *3 0 2 - 4 0 2 # 5 0 2 *6 0 2 # 7 ° 2 *80 2 *90 3 *00 3 *10 3 - 20 3 ,3 C 3#40 3 * 50 3 , 6 0 3 , 7 0
_
’
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_______1 .7 0 1 ,8 0 1.9C 2 .0 0 2 .1 0 2 .2 0 2 .3 0 2 ,4 0 2 .5 0 2 ,6 0 2 .7 0 2 .8 0 2 .9 0 3 .0 0 3 .1 0 3 .2 0 3 .3 0 3.4C 3 .5 0 3 .6 0 3.7C 3 .8 0
$
$
2 .9 2
2 .8 7
$
$
2 . 6 9 - 3 .6 2
2 . 6 8 - 3 .1 5
H ELPER S* MAINTENANCE TRADES ----MANUFACTURING
2 .1 1
2 .1 0
2 .2 4
2 .2 5
1 .8 8 - 2 .3 1
1 .8 3 - 2 .3 3
M A CH IN IST S* M A IN TEN A N CE---------M A N UFA CTURIN G-----------------------
2.88
2 .8 8
2 .9 2
2 .9 2
2 . 8 3 - 2 .9 7
2 . 8 3 - 2 .9 7
3 ,0 3
2 .9 5
E L E C T R IC IA N S * MAINTENANCE
MANUFACTURING ----------------
M ECHANICS* AUTOMOTIVE
(M A IN T E N A N C E )----------------------------------NONMANUFACTUR I N G -------------------------P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S 3-----------------------
63
53
53
2 .9 4
2 .9 9
2 .9 9
3 .2 2
3 .2 3
3 .2 3
76
65
2 .8 9
2 .9 0
2 .7 7
2 .7 8
2 . 7 2 - 2 .9 8
2 . 7 3 - 2 .9 9
O IL E R S ----------------------M A N UFA CTURIN G-----
15
15
2 .1 6
2 .1 6
2 .1 9
2 .1 9
2 .1 3 - 2 .3 7
2 . 1 3 - 2 .3 7
TOOL AN0 0 I E MAKERS M A N UFA CTURIN G-------
94
94
3 .2 4
3 .2 4
3 .2 4
3 .2 4
3 .1 1 '
3 .1 1 '
2
2
3 .3 7
3 .3 7
6 6 -
-
-
6
2
2
-
1
—
-
-
4
4
11
11
11
1 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
2 For definition of terms, see footnote 2, table A - l .
3 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
31
31
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2 . 4 8 - 3 .2 7
2 . 6 5 - 3 .2 7
2 . 6 5 - 3 .2 7
MECHANICS* M A IN TEN A N C E--------------------M A N UFA CTURIN G--------------------------------
12
9
2
4
—
35
33
1
1
-
-
-
35
35
35
1 2
1 2
11
11
-
-
1
-
-
2
2
2
-
1
1
9
1
1
6
6
15
15
7
7
17
17
22
22
14
14
9
9
9
9
Table A-5. Custodial and Material Movement Occupations
(Average straight-time hourly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Scranton, Pa., August 1965)
Number of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings of—
S
1 .9 0
.4 0
GUAR OS ANO WATCHMEN---------------------------MANUFACTURING-----------------------------------
81
60
P
1 .6 6
1 .6 6
GUARDS:
MANUFACTURING-----------------------------------
23
1 .9 1
M edian3
Middle range3
$
1 .7 1
1 .8 9
37
1.5*0
1 .6 1
2 45
151
94
19
1 .7 9
1 .9 3
1 .5 8
2 .2 6
1 .7 8
1 .9 8
1 .5 2
2 .1 9
1 .5 1 - 2 .0 9
1 .7 3 - 2 .0 9
1 . 2 5 - 1 .9 3
2 . 1 3 - 2 .4 7
JANITORS* PORTERS* AND CLEANERS
(W O M EN )---------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------
56
19
37
1 .2 6
1 .5 2
1 .1 2
1 .2 4
1 .4 5
1 .1 7
1 . 1 4 - 1 .4 0
1 .3 4 - 1 .6 9
1 .0 0 - 1 .2 5
LABORERS* MATERIAL HANDLING----------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S 4------------------------
352
124
228
131
2 .3 0
2 .0 6
2 .4 2
2 .9 8
2 .2 9
1 .9 6 2 .0 0 1 .3 8 3 .0 1 -
ORDER
F IL L E R S --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING-----------------------------------
179
77
2 .1 6
1 .9 3
2 .0 8
2 .0 1
1 34
122
1 .8 8
1 .8 8
2 .0 3
2 .0 3
1 .5 3 - 2 .1 0
1 .5 6 - 2 .0 9
PACKERS* SHIPPING (W O M EN)--------------MANUFACTURING-----------------------------------
99
62
1 .6 9
1 .7 7
1 .8 3
1 .9 0
1 . 3 7 - 2 .0 1
1 .4 9 - 2 .0 3
RECEIVING C L E R K S ---------------------------------MANUFACTURING---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------
37
2 .2 1
20
17
2 .1 3
2 .3 0
2 .2 9
2 .2 4
2 .4 6
1 . 9 5 - 2 .4 6
1 .9 4 - 2 .3 3
1 . 9 0 - 2 .6 5
SHIPPING CLERKS ------------------------------------MANUFACTURING-----------------------------------
22
2 .1 2
15
2 .0 8
2 .2 5
2 .2 4
40
30
2 .0 8
1 .9 0
2 .0 7
2 .0 3
1 . 6 8 - 2 .5 1
1 .6 2 - 2 .0 9
TRUCKDRIVERS 5 ----------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING---------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S ------------------------
467
35
432
3 85
2 .9 1
2 .9 3
3 .0 2
3 .1 2
2 .4 7
3 .1 2
3 .1 3
2 . 7 4 - 3 .1 8
1 . 8 9 - 3 .3 5
2 . 7 5 - 3 .1 7
2 . 7 8 - 3 .1 8
TRUCKORIVERS* LIGHT (UNDER
l ~ l / 2 TONS) ---------------------------------------
34
2 .7 5
2 .5 5
2 .3 5 -
TRUCKORIVERS, MEDIUM ( 1 - 1 / 2 TO
ANO INCLUDING A T O N S ) ----------------NQNMANUFACTURING ----------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S 4 ------------------------
195
1 84
174
2 .9 1
2 .9 6
3 .0 0
3 .1 2
3 .1 2
3 .1 3
TRUCKERS* POWER (FO RK LIFT) ------------MANUFACTURING-----------------------------------
89
73
2 .2 6
2 .2 4
2 .2 8
2 .2 6
S
1 .7 0
1 .8 0
1 .9 0
2 .1 0
6
4
3
~
8
8
14
13
8
8
2
1
~
-
-
2
8
1
-
2
19
19
37
35
-
2
2
2 .0 0
17
14
1
1 .7 6 - 2 .3 8
1 .7 7 - 2 .3 3
SHIPPING ANO RECEIVING C L E R K S -----MANUFACTURING-----------------------------------
1 .6 0
2 . 0 2 - 2 .4 5
1 .8 2 - 2 .0 6
PACKERS* S H IP P IN G --------------------------------MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------
9
3
1 .3 5 - 1 .7 2
JANITORS* PURTERS* ANC CLEANERS MANUFACTURING----------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------------PUBLIC U T IL IT IE S 4------------------------
$
1 .8 0
3
1 .8 1 - 2 .1 7
WATCHMEN:
MANUFACTURING -----------------------------------
$
1 .7 0
and
under
$
$
1 . 3 7 - 1 .8 6
1 . 3 9 - 1 .8 5
1 .6 8
$
1 .6 0
1
M ean3
$
1 .5 0
,5 0
Occupation1 and industry division
•
O
O
Hourly earnings 2
Number
of
wo ritere
2 .6 6
2 .1 2
2 .8 5
3 .0 4
3
15
10
10
15
4
6
15
20
12
8
2
2
12
2
15
-
18
9
9
10
1
8
11
14
5
9
36
30
4
4
1
6
3
1
2
-
2
1
2
2
_
_
7
-
-
6
1
3
3
4
4
10
10
3
3
15
15
11
8
2
2
9
9
6
1
6
6
_
-
_
26
19
7
7
10
9
1
1
10
6
1
1
12
12
28
28
32
28
4
4
27
24
3
-
29
11
18
13
—
13
-
16
3
13
13
-
114
114
114
-
12
12
67
39
4
4
_
-
61
13
_
_
_
_
-
_
50
50
13
13
_
14
14
_
1
3
1
_
_
10
10
15
23
3
1
3
3
-
3
3
-
-
8
8
~
3
3
-
9
2
7
1
1
3
3
1
1
-
_
-
5
5
4
4
1
-
3
-
-
-
12
12
3
3
-
-
3
6
3
2
1
1
-
18
3
2
1
1
_
-
22
4
18
~
3
3
~
_
“
124
124
117
12
12
12
203
203
203
68
16
52
52
-
-
10
3
-
1
-
-
16
2 . 7 5 - 3 .1 6
2 . 7 6 - 3 .1 6
2 . 7 7 - 3 .1 7
3
1
1
_
-
10
8
_
-
_
-
58
58
58
_
-
Ill
111
111
4
4
4
2 .2 0 - 2 .4 3
2 . 2 0 - 2 .3 8
8
8
30
30
10
9
21
14
4
~
2
2
~
_
~
_
~
3 .0 2
2 .2 3
3 .0 5
3 .0 7
3 .3 5
Data limited to men workers except where otherwise indicated.
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
For definition of terms, see footnote 2, table A -l .
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes all drivers regardless of size and type of truck operated.
1
10
43
1
42
29
10
19
11
9
27
12
2
1
1
4
2
1
1
1
_
2
-
-
-
1
-
2
8
22
1
-
1
18
10
Table B-l. Minimum Entrance Salaries for Women Office Workers
(Distribution of establishments studied in all industries and in industry divisions by minimum entrance salary for selected categories
of inexperienced women office w orkers, Scranton, P a ., August 1965)
Inexperienced typists
Manufacturing
Minimum weekly strajght-tim e sa la ry 1
Other inexperienced clerical workers 2
Nonmanufacturing
Manufacturing
Based on standard weekly hours 3 of—
Nonmanufacturing
Based on standard weekly hours 3 of—
industries
A ll
schedules
40
A ll
schedules
37 V
z
All
schedules
40
40
All
schedules
37 V
z
40
Establishments studied_______________________________________
96
54
XXX
42
XXX
XXX
96
54
XXX
42
XXX
XXX
Establishments having a specified minimum_______________
21
12
8
9
4
4
44
25
19
19
5
12
.
2
2
1
1
3
_
1
1
1
1
-
_
.
1
3
1
4
2
25
3
2
1
1
5
1
2
17
2
1
1
1
_
.
14
2
1
1
1
1
3
8
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
.
1
-
1
6
1
.
_
4
_
_
_
$45.00
—
_
__ ___
$ 4 7 .5 0 .
. . . .
. . .
$50.00__ __
______ __ . __ __ __
____
$52.50
_ _ __
. . . .
$ 5 5 .0 0 .. . .
— __
..
. __
$57.50_________________________________ _
$60.00
_
____
___
.
__ ___
$62.50 __
__
._
__
__
__ .
_
2
1
9
1
1
2
1
4
1
7
1
2
1
.
.
4
1
2
1
Establishments having no specified m inim um ________ — __
4
3
XXX
1
XXX
XXX
8
3
XXX
5
XXX
XXX
. . . __
70
39
XXX
31
XXX
XXX
43
26
XXX
17
XXX
XXX
------
1
XXX
1
XXX
XXX
1
XXX
1
XXX
XXX
$42.50
$45.00
$47.50
$50.00
$52.50
$55.00
$57.50
$60.00
$62.50
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
under
under
under
under
under
under
under
under
over
Establishments which did not employ workers
in this category
. .
Data not available__
—
— _
. . . .
'
'
1 These salaries relate to form ally established minimum starting (hiring) regular straight-tim e salaries that are paid for standard workweeks.
2 Excludes workers in subclerical jobs such as m essenger or office girl.
3 Data are presented for all standard workweeks combined, and for the m ost common standard workweeks reported.
11
T able B-2. Shift D ifferentials
(Shift differentials of manufacturing plant w orkers by type and amount of differential,
Scranton, P a . , August 1965)
P ercent of manufacturing plant w orkers—
Shift differential
In establishm ents having form al
provisions 1 for—
Actually working on—
Second shift
work
Third or other
shift work
Second shift
Third or other
shift
6 5 .9
43. 8
13. 6
4 .0
W ith shift pay d ifferen tia l________________________
40. 8
43. 8
8. 7
4. 0
U niform cents (per h o u r)_____________________
3 0 .9
30. 3
7. 1
2. 8
5 cents _____________________________ ________
7 c e n ts _____________________ —__ _____________
__ _ ________________
7 V? cen ts___
9 cents _____________ ____ _____________________
10 cents_________ __________ ____
_ __
102 3 c e n t s _________________________________
/
12 cents
14 cents_________________ ___ __ _____________ _
1 5 c e n ts _________ ___ ___
..
16 cents______________________ __________ __
18 cents________________ ___________________
28 cents ____________________
____
.7
1. 0
1. 8
1 2 .5
.6
7. 7
.4
.7
5 .5
. 3
.6
2 .4
. 3
1. 8
. 1
. 1
1 .6
-
.7
1. 6
6 .6
1. 0
1 4 .9
5 .5
-
. 1
.8
. 3
.4
_
1. 2
9 .9
9 .7
1 .6
.9
5 .8
4. 1
_
3 .9
5. 8
.7
.9
.5
.4
-
3. 8
-
. 3
U niform percen tag e___________________________
5 p e rce n t___ __ ____
_
_
7 p e r c e n t __ __ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____________
10 percent ___________________________ __
Other form al pay differential________________
With no shift pay d ifferen tial____________________
5. 0
25. 1
'
1
Includes establishm ents currently operating late sh ifts, and establishm ents with fo rm a l provision s covering late shifts
even though they w ere not currently operating late shifts.
12
Table B-3. Scheduled W eek ly Hours
(Percent distribution of plant and office workers in all industries and in industry divisions by scheduled weekly hours
of firs t-s h ift w orkers, Scranton, P a ., August 1965)
Plant workers
Office workers
Weekly hours
All Industrie* 1
All worker s ____________ — -_______________ ________
35 hours
Over 35 and under 37Vz hours
3 7 V hours
2
Over 3 7 V2 and under 40 hours------ ---------------------—
40 hours
48 hours
Over 48 hours——— .................. ...........—-----—_____ ——
1
2
3
4
100
(4)
11
-
11
-
73
2
1
1
Manufacturing
100
14
11
74
-
1
Public utilities 2
All industries3
100
100
_
_
-
_
94
_
6
17
7
19
1
57
(4)
Manufacturing
100
100
26
8
11
_
55
_
_
1
_
22
3
75
_
_
Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
L e ss than 0.5 percent.
Putdic utilities1
2
13
Table B-4. Paid Holidays
(Percent distribution of plant and office workers in all industries and in industry divisions by number of paid holidays
provided annually* Scranton, P a ., August 1965)
Plant workers
Office workers
Item
All industries1
M
anufacturing
P
ublic u
tilities1
2
All in u
d stries3
M
anufacturing
P
ublic u
tilities2
100
W orkers in establishments providing
paid holidays _
W orkers in establishments providing
no paid holidays _ _
__
100
100
100
100
100
92
92
94
99
99
100
8
8
6
(4 )
(4 )
2
2
3
20
13
3
24
2
14
(4 )
6
3
1
“
2
2
4
13
16
4
30
2
9
(4 )
7
3
"
4
79
(4 )
11
-
(4)
2
16
10
1
1
13
(4 )
2
17
8
20
4
2
1
(4 )
3
9
2
2
2
23
1
4
12
15
25
1
“
Number of days
3 holidays _
_
--------4 holidays
_____
_
5 holidays
6 holidays---------------------------------------------------------------6 holidays plus 1 half day_________________________
6 holidays plus 2 half days
6 holidays plus 3 half days
__ _
7 holidays
__
__ _
7 holidays plus 1 half day_________________________
7 holidays plus 2 half days
__
__
8 holidays - - ........ - ------------„----------------------------8 holidays plus 1 half day_________________________
8 holidays plus 2 half days
_
_
9 holidays
____ _____
10 holidays
____
— _
12 holidays.
_
-
“
_
-
11
(4 )
1
50
-
23
15
■
Total holiday time 5
12 days _____ __ ___ __
_ ____________ ____
10 days or m ore-------- r
----------- ----------------------- --------9 days or m o r e ______ _______________ __ ____ __ ____
8 V 2 days or m ore
______ ____ ______
8 days or m ore _______ _ __
__ _
7j /2 days or m ore_______________ ___ ______________
7 days or m ore __ ________________ _
6 lfz days or m ore____________________ __________ __
6 days or m ore _ __ _
_______
5 days or m o r e _____ __
_
—
____
____
4 days or m o re __ _____________ __ ____ __ ______ __ _
1
2
3
4
5
no half
_
1
9
9
26
26
53
65
86
89
90
92
.
-
10
•10
21
21
55
70
83
88
90
92
11
11
11
90
90
94
94
94
94
94
94
1
•4
28
36
56
57
71
82
98
99
99
99
27
42
58
61
88
88
86
88
89
89
97
99
10 0
10 0
99
99
100
100
15
37
37
Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Less than 0.5 percent.
All combinations of full and half days that add to the same amount are combined; for example, the proportion of workers receiving a total of 7 days includes those with 7 full days and
days, 6 full days and 2 half days, 5 full days and 4 half days, and so on. Proportions were then cumulated.
14
Table B-5. Paid Vacations'
(Percent distribution of plant and office workers in all industries and in industry divisions by vacation pay
provisions, Scranton, P a ., August 1965)
Plant workers
Office workers
Vacation policy
All in
dustries2
A ll w orkers----------------------------------------- -------
-------
M
anufacturing
P
ublic utilities 3
100
100
100
98
70
27
1
97
61
35
_
1
100
100
-
3
3
38
24
11
-
44
23
14
-
53
9
25
11
-
48
10
25
14
-
90
6
4
_
36
17
33
11
(*)
34
21
28
14
1
51
6
43
-
20
17
48
11
1
22
21
38
14
1
6
94
20
17
48
11
1
14
(5)
61
12
10
All in u
d stries4
100
M
anufacturing
P
ublic utilities3
100
100
100
99
1
_
100
100
_
_
Method of payment
W orkers in establishments providing
paid vacation s-. — — — ------------- ------- — —
L ength-of-tim e paym ent______________________
Percentage payment-----------------------------------------F lat-su m paym ent-------------------------------------------------------- — — ------- ----------------------Other
W orkers in establishments providing
no paid vacations_____ _____ — ------------- — —
99
99
(5)
_
(5 )
(5)
14
48
9
1
20
58
8
2
5
19
13
-
26
4
69
1
20
1
78
1
63
23
14
-
9
9
81
_
1
8
9
82
1
12
33
55
_
8
8
79
2
4
_
_
100
-
-
6
4
86
1
2
22
21
38
14
1
_
6
94
■
6
4
86
1
2
8
8
79
2
4
_
100
-
14
60
15
7
_
6
94
(5)
3
_
74
1
21
4
68
28
_
90
_
10
Amount of vacation pay 6
After 6 months of service
Under 1 week----------------- ------------- ----------------------1 week
Over 1 and under 2 w eek s-----------------------------------2 w eek s--------------------------------------------------------------------
28
3
-
After 1 year of service
1 week-__ ___ ____________________________ i_
Over 1 and under 2 w eek s------------------------------------2 w eek s____________________________ ______________
Over 2 and under 3 w eek s-----------------------------------3 w eek s--------------- ------------------ — -----------------------
-
-
After 2 years of service
1 week______________________________________________
Over 1 and under 2 w eek s-------------------------- — —
2 weeks _____ _________________ _____________ _____ ___
Over 2 and under 3 w eek s-----------------------------------3 w eek s--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
After 3 years of service
1 week----------------------- — ------------- ----------------------Over 1 and under 2 w eek s-----------------------------------2 viffks
Over 2 and under 3 w eek s-----------------------------------3 w eek s--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
After 4 years of service
1 week______________________________________________
Over 1 and under 2 w eek s-----------------------------------2
Over 2 and under 3 w eek s----------------------------------—
3 w eek s-------------------------------------------------------------------After 5 years of service
1 week----------------------------------------------------------------------Over 1 and under 2 w eek s-----------------------------------2 weeks — — — — — — — ——— — ——— —— — ____
Over 2 and under 3 w eek s-----------------------------------3 w eek s--------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes at end of table,
15
Table B-5. Paid Vacations1— Continued
(Percent distribution of plant and office workers in all industries and in industry divisions by vacation pay
provisions, Scranton, P a ., August 1965)
Plant workers
Office workers
Vacation policy
All industries 2
Manufacturing
Public utilities 3
All industries4
Manufacturing
Public utilities3
Amount of vacation pay 6— Continued
After 10 years of service
1 wAAk
2 w eek s--------------------------------------------------------------------Over 2 and under 3 w eek s------------------------------------3 w eek s--------------------------------------------------------------------Over 3 and under 4 w eek s-------------------------------------
14
38
20
26
-
14
39
24
20
-
_
58
11
31
-
3
36
6
54
1
4
35
6
53
2
49
15
36
-
_
14
29
26
29
-
14
29
33
20
-
-
37
(5)
63
-
3
26
13
57
1
4
24
17
53
2
_
23
23
55
-
14
25
15
43
1
14
27
19
36
1
-
3
13
(5)
80
1
2
4
16
1
75
4
5
95
-
14
24
15
33
1
11
14
27
19
33
4
_
6
32
11
52
3
13
(5 )
65
6
12
4
16
1
71
_
5
43
37
14
14
24
15
28
15
14
27
19
29
6
15
3
13
(5 )
37
43
4
16
1
35
25
44
55
1
-
3
-
15
14
14
27
19
25
After 12 years of service
1 week----------------------------------------------------------------------2 w eek s------------------------------------- ----------------------------Over 2 and under 3 w eek s---------- ----------------------3 w eek s------------------------------------- ---------------------------Over 3 and under 4 w eek s-----------------------------------After 15 years of service
1 week----------------------------------------------------------------------2 w eek s-------------------------------------------------------------------Over 2 and under 3 w eek s-----------------------------------3 w eek s------------------------------------ ---------------------------Over 3 and under 4 w eek s-----------------------------------4 weeks --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
6
94
-
After 20 years of service
1 week---------------------------------------------------------------------2 w eek s-------------------------------------------------------------------Over 2 and under 3 w eek s-----------------------------------3 w eek s-------------------------------------------------------------------Over 3 and under 4 w eek s-----------------------------------4 w eek s--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
8
After 25 years of service
1 week----------------------------------------------------------------------2 w eek s-------------------------------------------------------------------Over 2 and under 3 w eek s________________________
3 w eek s-------------------------------------------------------------------4 w eek s-------------------------------------------------------------------Over 4 weeks-----------------------------------------------------------
8
-
69
11
-
5
-
After 30 years of service
1 week______________________________________________
2 w eek s--------------------------------------------------------------------Over 2 and under 3 w eek s------------------------------------3 w eek s-------------------------------------------------------------------4 w eek s-------------------------------------------------------------------Over 4 weeks-----------------------------------------------------------
24
15
25
18
1
11
_
3
4
-
-
13
(5)
16
5
1
32
46
-
25
“
15
6
15
68
12
36
44
3
55
1 I n c lu d e s b a s i c p la n s o n ly . E x c l u d e s p la n s s u c h a s v a c a t io n - s a v i n g s and t h o s e p la n ? w h ic h o lf e r " e v V n c ie d " o r " s a b b a t ic a l " b e n e fit s b e y o n d b a s i c p la n s to w o r k e r s w it h q u a lify in g le n g t h s
of s e r v i c e .
T y p i c a l o f s u c h e x c l u s i o n s a r e p la n s in th e s t e e l , a lu m in u m , an d c a n in d u s t r i e s .
2 I n c lu d e s d a t a f o r w h o le s a le t r a d e , r e t a i l t r a d e , r e a l e s t a t e , and s e r v i c e s , in a d d itio n to ;hote in d u s i
d iv is io n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e ly .
3 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , a n d o t h e r p u b lic u t i l i t i e s .
4 In c lu d e s d a t a f o r w h o le s a le t r a d e ; r e t a i l t r a d e ; f in a n c e , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s t a t e , and s e r v i c e s , in u o u l r o n to th o s e in d u s t r y d iv is io n s sh o w n s e p a r a t e ly .
5 L e s s th a n 0 . 5 p e r c e n t .
6 I n c lu d e s p a y m e n t s o t h e r th a n " le n g t h of t i m e , " s u c h a s p e r c e n t a g e of a n n u a l e a r n in g s o r f l a t - s u m p a y m e n t s , c o n v e r t e d to a n e q u iv a le n t t im e b a s i s ; f o r e x a m p le , a p a y m e n t of 2 p e r c e n t
of a n n u a l e a r n in g s w a s c o n s id e r e d a s 1 w e e k 's p a y .
P e r i o d s o f s e r v i c e w e r e a r b i t r a r i l y c h o s e n and do not n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t th e in d iv id u a l p r o v i s io n s f o r p r o g r e s s i o n s .
F o r e x a m p le , th e
c h a n g e s in p r o p o r t io n s in d ic a t e d a t 10 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e in c lu d e c h a n g e s in p r o v i s io n s o c c u r r i n g b e tw e e n 5 and 10 y e a r s .
E s t i m a t e s a r e c u m u la t iv e .
T h u s , th e p r o p o r t io n r e c e iv in g 3 w e e k s ' p a y
o r m o r e a f t e r 5 y e a r s in c lu d e s t h o s e w ho r e c e i v e 3 w e e k s ' p a y o r m o r e a f t e r f e w e r y e a r s o f s e r v i c e .
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Table B-6. Health, Insurance, and Pension Plans
(Percent of plant and office workers in all industries and in industry divisions employed in establishments providing
health* insurance, or pension benefits, 1 Scranton, P a ., August 1965)
Plant workers
Office workers
Type of benefit
All industries 2
A ll w orkers.
____
____
__
Manufacturing
100
100
100
100
100
100
Public utilities 1
2
3
Allindustriec4
Manufacturing
Public utilities3
Workers in establishm ents providing:
85
85
100
94
91
96
48
45
76
64
59
61
80
81
80
87
92
82
Sickness and accident insurance
Sick leave (full pay and no
waiting period)______
_
_____ .
Sick leave (partial pay or
waiting period)_________ __ _______ __ ____ _
74
81
38
59
72
27
9
2
15
60
51
70
3
~
28
4
2
Hospitalization insurance-------------------------------Surgical insurance______________________ ___ ___
. . ____ _
M edical insurance___________ __
Catastrophe insurance-------------------------------------Retirement pen sion ___________________________
No health, insurance, or pension p la n ---------
88
86
70
24
57
8
90
88
73
18
58
8
88
88
88
83
76
94
93
78
58
64
2
94
94
77
58
65
3
Life insurance_________________________________
Accidental death and dismemberment
insurance. ----------- ------ ------- ---Sickness and accident insurance or
sick leave or both5 6____ _________
_
8
92
92
92
96
83
(*)
1 Includes those plans for which at least a p a r t of the cost is borne by the em ployer, except those legally required, such as w orkm en's compensation, social security, and railroad retirement.
2 Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
3 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
4 Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
9 Unduplicated total of workers receiving sick leave or sickness and accident insurance shown separately below. Sick leave plans are lim ited to those which definitely establish at least
the minimum number of days' pay that can be expected by each employee. Informal sick leave allowances determined on an individual basis are excluded.
6 L e ss than 0.5 percent.
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Table B-7. Health Insurance Benefits Provided Employees and Their Dependents
(Percent of plant and office workers in all industries and in industry divisions employed in establishments providing health insurance benefits
covering employees and their dependents, Scranton, P a ., August 1965)
Office workers
Plant workers
Type of benefit, coverage, and financing 1
All in
dustries1
2
_____ __________
_ __ _____
P
ublic u
tilities3
All in u
d stries4
M
anufacturing
P
ublic u
tilities3
100
100
100
100
100
100
88
43
32
11
90
48
36
12
88
16
11
6
94
25
14
10
94
35
18
18
92
15
15
.
45
32
10
42
30
11
72
51
21
70
43
23
59
42
16
77
55
22
2
1
“
4
1
-
Surgical insurance. — __________ _ __
Covering employees o n ly-------------------------Em ployer financed_____________________
Jointly financed_________________________
Covering employees and their
dependents_______________________________
Employer financed.
__ _ _. __ __
Jointly financed_________________________
Em ployer financed for em ployees;
jointly financed for dependents_____
86
43
32
11
88
48
36
12
88
16
11
6
93
25
14
10
94
35
18
18
92
15
15
.
42
30
10
40
28
11
72
51
21
68
41
23
58
42
16
77
55
22
2
1
-
4
1
-
Medical insurance____________________________
Covering employees o n ly . _ ___ ___ __
Employer financed____________
Jointly financed.. ____
_______
_
Covering employees and their
dependents_______________________________
Employer financed_____________________
Jointly financed___________________ ____
Employer financed for em ployees;
jointly financed for dependents_____
70
38
29
9
73
43
32
10
88
16
11
6
78
18
10
8
77
25
11
13
92
15
15
-
32
22
10
30
18
11
72
51
21
60
37
22
53
37
16
77
55
22
1
1
24
4
2
2
18
3
1
2
83
20
10
9
1
A ll w orkers__
___
M
anufacturing
W orkers in establishments providing:
Hospitalization insurance___ _ __ _ __ __
Covering employees on ly________________ _
__ __ ___
Em ployer financed __ _
Jointly financed__ ______________________
Covering employees and their
dependents__
_ __
___ ________
Employer financed _
__ __ ___
Jointly financed_________________________
Em ployer financed for em ployees;
jointly financed for dependents---------
Catastrophe in su ra n ce __________ ____
Covering employees on ly _________________
Em ployer financed . . .
. . .
Jointly financed..___ ___________________
Covering em ployees and their
dependents_______________________________
Em ployer financed_____________________
Jointly financed________ __ __________ ___
Em ployer financed for em ployees;
jointly financed for dependents______
(5)
1
-
-
58
11
3
7
58
16
2
13
96
8
8
-
15
4
9
83
78
4
47
25
21
42
22
19
89
86
3
1
~
1
“
-
(5)
1 Includes plans for which at least a part of the cost is borne by the em ployer. See footnote 1, table B -6 .
An establishment was considered as providing benefits to employees for their
dependents if such coverage was available to at least a m ajority of those employees one would usually expect to have dependents, e .g ., m arried men, even though they were less than a m ajority
of all plant or office w orkers.
The employer bears the entire cost of "em ployer financed" plans. The employer and employee share the cost of "join tly financed" plans.
2 Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and serv ice s, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
3 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
4 Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and service s, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
5 L ess than 0.5 percent.
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Table B-8. Profit-Sharing Plans
(Percent of plant and office workers in all industries and in industry divisions employed in establishments providing profit-sharing plans,
by type of plan, Scranton, P a ., August 1965)
Plant workers
Office workers
Type of plan
All industries 1
2
Manufacturing
100
100
Public utilities3
100
All industries4
100
100
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. 20
77
80
W orkers in establishments providing
5
.................
4
Public utilities3
20
23
A ll w orkers
p r o fit -s h a r in g p la n s
Manufacturing
100
Plans providing for current
d is t r ib u tio n
_
...
_ __
Plans providing for deferred
d is trib u tio n
Plans providing for both current
and d e f e r r e d d is t r ib u tio n
...
...
_
_
Plans providing for em ployee's choice of
m e th o d o f d is trib u tio n
W orkers in establishm ents providing
no profit-sharing plans_____________________ ____
95
96
100
100
1 The study was lim ited to form al plans (1) having established form ulas for the allocation of profit shares among em ployees; (2) whose form ulas were communicated to the employees in
advance of the determination of profits; (3) that represent a commitment by the company to make periodic contributions based on profits; and (4) in which eligibility extends to a m ajority of the
plant or office w orkers.
2 Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and service s, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
3 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
4 Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services, in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Appendix A.
Changes in Occupational Descriptions
o f a single category, clarifying the criteria of types of calls handled and
types o f information provided. The combination of class A and class B
data, where both are published, is comparable to the single designation,
if previously published.
Since the Bureau’s last survey, occupational descriptions for drafts
man, secretary, and switchboard operator were revised in order to obtain
salary information for more specific categories.
Secretary. The revised descriptions for secretary (classes A, B,
C, and D) classify these workers according to levels o f responsibility. The
size of the organization and the scope of the supervisor’s position are con
sidered in distinguishing these levels. Data published under the composite
title of secretary are not comparable to data previously published.
Draftsman. The revised descriptions for draftsman (classes A, B,
and C; and draftsman-tracer) replace the previous designations for drafts
man (leader, senior, and junior; and tracer) and emphasize the distinction
between drafting and design skills. Therefore, data presented for any of
these occupations are not comparable to data previously published.
Switchboard operator. The revised description for switchboard
operator arranges these workers into two defined classes (A and B) instead
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The revised occupational descriptions are included in appendix B.
Appendix B. Occupational Descriptions
The primary purpose of preparing job descriptions for the Bureau*s wage surveys is to assist its field
staff in classifying into appropriate occupations workers who are employed under a variety of payroll titles
and different work arrangements from establishment to establishment and from area to area. This permits
the grouping of occupational wage rates representing comparable job content. Because of this emphasis on
interestablishment and interarea comparability of occupational content, the Bureau's job descriptions may
differ significantly from those in use in individual establishments or those prepared for other purposes. In
applying these job descriptions, the Bureau's field economists are instructed to exclude working supervisors,
apprentices, learners, beginners, trainees, handicapped, part-time, temporary, and probationary workers.
O F FIC E
BILLER, MACHINE
BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR
Prepares statements, bills, and invoices on a machine other than
an ordinary or electromatic typewriter. May also keep records as to
billings or shipping charges or perform other clerical work incidental
to billing operations. For wage study purposes, billers, machine, are
classified by type of machine, as follows:
Operates a bookkeeping machine (Remington Rand, Elliott Fisher,
Sundstrand, Burroughs, National Cash Register, with or without a type
writer keyboard) to keep a record of business transactions.
Class A . Keeps a set of records requiring a knowledge of and
experience in basic bookkeeping principles, and familiarity with the
structure of the particular accounting system used. Determines proper
records and distribution of debit and credit items to be used in each
phase of the work. May prepare consolidated reports, balance sheets,
and other records by hand.
Biller, machine (billing machine). Uses a special billing ma
chine (Moon Hopkins, Elliott Fisher, Burroughs, e t c ., which are
combination typing and adding machines) to prepare bills and invoices
from customers' purchase orders, internally prepared orders, shipping
memorandums, etc. Usually involves application of predetermined
discounts and shipping charges, and. entry of necessary extensions,
which may or may not be computed on the billing machine, and
totals which are automatically accumulated by machine. The oper
ation usually involves a large number of carbon copies of the bill
being prepared and is often done on a fanfold machine.
Class B. Keeps a record of one or more phases or sections of
a set of records usually requiring little knowledge of basic book
keeping. Phases or sections include accounts payable, payroll, cus
tomers' accounts (not including a simple type of billing described
under biller, machine), cost distribution, expense distribution, in
ventory control, etc.
May check or assist in preparation of trial
balances and prepare control sheets for the accounting department.
Biller, machine (bookkeeping machine). Uses a bookkeeping
machine (Sundstrand, Elliott Fisher, Remington Rand, e t c ., which
may or may not have typewriter keyboard) to prepare customers' bills
as part of the accounts receivable operation. Generally involves the
simultaneous entry of figures on customers' ledger record. The ma
chine automatically accumulates figures on a number of vertical
columns and computes, and usually prints automatically the debu or
credit balances.
Does not involve a knowledge of bookkeeping.
Works from uniform and standard types of sales and credit slips.
C lERK,
a c c o u n t in g
Class A. Under general direction of a bookkeeper or accountant,
has responsib l y for keeping one c? more sections of a complete set
of books or records relating to one phase of an establishment's busi
ness transactions.
Work involves posting and balancing subsidiary
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CLERK, ACCOUNTING— C o n tinu ed
ledger or ledgers such as accounts receivable or accounts payable;
examining and coding invoices or vouchers with proper accounting
distribution; and requires judgment and experience in making proper
assignations and allocations. May assist in preparing, adjusting, and
closing journal entries; and may direct class B accounting clerks.
Class B. Under supervision, performs one or more routine ac
counting operations such as posting simple journal vouchers or accounts
payable vouchers, entering vouchers in voucher registers; reconciling
bank accounts; and posting subsidiary ledgers controlled by general
ledgers, or posting simple cost accounting data. This job does not
require a knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping principles but
is found in offices in which the more routine accounting work is
subdivided on a functional basis among several workers.
CLERK, FILE
Class A . In an established filing system containing a number
of varied subject matter files, classifies and indexes file material
such as correspondence, reports, technical documents, etc. May
also file this material. May keep records of various types in con
junction with the files. May lead a small group of lower level file
clerks.
Class B. Sorts, codes, and files unclassified material by simple
(subject matter) headings or partly classified material by finer sub
headings. Prepares simple related index and cross-reference aids.
As requested, locates clearly identified material in files and forwards
material. May perform related clerical tasks required to maintain
and service files.
Class C. Performs routine filing of material that has already
been classified or which is easily classified in a simple serial classi
fication system ( e . g . , alphabetical, chronological, or numerical).
As requested, locates readily available material in files and forwards
material; and may fill out withdrawal charge.
Performs simple
clerical and manual tasks required to maintain and service files.
CLERK, ORDER— C ontinued
to make up the order; checking prices and quantities of items on order
sheet; and distributing order sheets to respective departments to be filled.
May check with credit department to determine credit rating of customer,
acknowledge receipt of orders from customers, follow up orders to see
that they have been filled, keep file of orders received, and check shipping
invoices with original orders.
CLERK, PAYROLL
Computes wages of company employees and enters the necessary
data on the payroll sheets. Duties involve: Calculating workers* earnings
based on time or production records; and posting calculated data on payroll
sheet, showing information such as worker's name, working days, time,
rate, deductions for insurance, and total wages due. May make out paychecks and assist paymaster in making up and distributing pay envelopes.
May use a calculating machine.
COMPTOMETER OPERATOR
Primary duty is to operate a Comptometer to perform mathe
matical computations. This job is not to be confused with that of statis
tical or other type of clerk, which may involve frequent use of a Comp
tometer but, in which, use of this machine is incidental to performance
of other duties.
DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR (MIMEOGRAPH OR DITTO)
Under general supervision and with no supervisory responsibilities,
reproduces multiple copies o f typewritten or handwritten matter, using a
Mimeograph or Ditto machine. Makes necessary adjustment such as for
ink and paper feed counter and cylinder speed. Is not required to prepare
stencil or Ditto master. May keep file of used stencils or Ditto masters.
May sort, collate, and staple completed material.
KEYPUNCH OPERATOR
CLERK, ORDER
Receives customers* orders for material or merchandise by mail,
phone, or personally. Duties involve any combination o f the following:
Quoting prices to customers; making out an order sheet listing the items
Class A . Operates a numerical and/or alphabetical or combina
tion keypunch machine to transcribe data from various source docu
ments to keypunch tabulating cards. Performs same tasks as lower
level keypunch operator but, in addition, woik requires application
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KEYPUNCH OPERATOR— Continued
o f coding skills and the making of some determinations, for example,
locates on the source document the items to be punched; extracts
information from several documents; and searches for and interprets
information on the document to determine information to be punched.
May train inexperienced operators.
Class B. Under close supervision or following specific procedures
or instructions, transcribes data from source documents to punched
cards.
Operates a numerical and/or alphabetical or combination
keypunch machine to keypunch tabulating cards. May verify cards.
Working from various standardized source documents, follows specified
sequences which have been coded or prescribed in detail and require
little or no selecting, coding, or interpreting o f data to be punched.
Problems arising from erroneous items or codes, missing information,
etc. , are referred to supervisor.
OFFICE BOY OR GIRL
Performs various routine duties such as running errands, operating
minor office machines such as sealeis or mailers, opening and distributing
mail, and other minor clerical work.
SECRETARY
Assigned as personal secretary, normally to one individual. Main
tains a close and highly responsive relationship to the day-to-day work
activities of the supervisor. Works fairly independently receiving a mini
mum o f detailed supervision and guidance. Performs varied clerical and
secretarial duties, usually including most of the following; (a) Receives
telephone calls, personal callers, and incoming mail, answers routine
inquiries, and routes the technical inquiries to the proper persons; (b)
establishes, maintains, and revises the supervisor's files; (c) maintains the
supervisor's calendar and makes appointments as instructed; (d) relays
messages from supervisor to subordinates; (e) reviews correspondence, mem
oranda, and reports prepared by others for the supervisor's signature to
assure procedural and typographic accuracy; and (f) performs stenographic
and typing work.
May also perform other clerical and secretarial tasks o f comparable
nature and difficulty.
The work typically requires knowledge of office
routine and understanding o f the organization, programs, and procedures
related to the work o f the supervisor.
SECRETARY— Continued
Exclusions
Not all positions that are titled "secretary" possess the above
characteristics. Examples o f positions which are excluded from the def
inition are as follows: (a) Positions which do not meet the "personal"
secretary concept described above; (b) stenographers not fully trained in
secretarial type duties; (c) stenographers serving as office assistants to a
group o f professional, technical, or managerial persons; (d) secretary posi
tions in which the duties are either substantially more routine or substan
tially more complex and responsible than those characterized in the def
inition; and(e) assistant type positions which involve more difficult or more
responsible technical, administrative, supervisory, or specialized clerical
duties which are not typical o f secretarial work.
NOTE: The term "corporate officer," used in the level definitions
following, refers to those officials who have a significant corporate-wide
policymaking role with regard to major company activities. The title
"vice president, " though normally indicative o f this role, does not in all
cases identify such positions. Vice presidents whose primary responsibility
is to act personally on individual cases or transactions (e. g. , approve or
deny individual loan or credit actions; administer individual trust accounts;
directly supervise a clerical staff) are not considered to be "corporate
officers" for purposes o f applying the following level definitions.
Class A
a. Secretary to the chairman o f the board or president of a
company that employes, in all, over 100 but fewer than 5,000 persons; or
b. Secretary to a corporate officer (other than the chairman o f
the board or president) o f a company that employs, in all, over 5, 000 but
fewer than 25,000 persons; or
c. Secretary to the head (immediately below the corporate
officer level) o f a major segment or subsidiary o f a company that employs,
in all, over 25,000 persons.
Class B
a. Secretary to the chairman of the board or president o f a
company that employs, in all, fewer than 100 persons; or
b. Secretary to a corporate officer (other than chairman of the
board or president) of a company that employs, in all, over 100 but fewer
than 5,000 persons; or
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SECRET A R Y — Continued
STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL— Continued
c. Secretary to the head (immediately below the officer level)
over either a major corporate-wide functional activity (e. g . , marketing,
research, operations, industrial relations, e t c .) or a major geographic or
organizational segment (e. g . , a regional headquarters; a major division)
o f a company that employs, in all, over 5,000 but fewer than 25,000
employees; or
May maintain files, keep simple records, or perform other relatively routine
clerical tasks. May operate from a stenographic pool. Does not include
transcribing- machine work. (See transcribing-machine operator. )
d. Secretary to the head o f an individual plant, factory, etc.
(or other equivalent level o f official) that employs, in all, over 5,000
persons; or
e. Secretary to the head of a large and important organizational
segment (e. g . , a middle management supervisor o f an organizational seg
ment often involving as many as several hundred persons) o f a company
that employs, in all, over. 25,000 persons.
STENOGRAPHER, SENIOR
Primary duty is to take dictation involving a varied technical or
specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or reports on scientific re
search from one or more persons either in shorthand or by Stenotype or
similar machine; and transcribe dictation. May also type from written
copy. May also set up and maintain files, keep records, etc.
OR
Performs stenographic duties requiring significantly greater inde
pendence and responsibility than stenographers, general as evidenced by the
following: Work requires high degree o f stenographic speed and accuracy;
Class C
and a thorough working knowledge o f general business and office procedures
and o f the specific business operations, organization, policies, procedures,
a.
Secretary to an executive or managerial person whose respon
files, workflow, etc. Uses this knowledge in performing stenographic duties
sibility is not equivalent to one o f the specific level situations in the def
and responsible clerical tasks such as, maintaining followup files; assembling
inition for class B, but whose subordinate staff normally numbers at least
material for reports, memorandums, letters, e t c .; composing simple letters
several dozen employees and is usually divided into organizational segments
from general instructions; reading and routing incoming mail; and answering
which are often, in turn, further subdivided. In some companies, this level
routine questions, etc. Does not include transcribing-machine work.
includes a wide range o f organizational echelons; in others, only one or
two; or
SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR
b.
Secretary to the head o f an individual plant, factory, etc.
Class A. Operates a single- or multiple-position telephone switch
board handling incoming, outgoing, intraplant or office calls. Performs full
(or other equivalent level o f official) that employs, in all, fewer than
telephone information service or handles complex calls, such as conference,
5,000 persons.
collect, overseas, or similar calls, either in addition to doing routine work'
as described for switchboard operator, class B, or as a full-time assignment.
Class D
("Full" telephone information service occurs when the establishment has
ja. Secretary to the supervisor or head o f a small organizational
varied functions that are not readily understandable for telephone informa
tion purposes, e. g . , because o f overlapping or interrelated functions, and
unit (e. g . , fewer than about 25 or 30 persons); or
consequently present frequent problems as to which extensions are appro
priate for calls. )
b. Secretary to a nonsupervisory staff specialist, professional
employee, administrative officer, or assistant, skilled technician or expert.
Class B. Operates a single- or multiple-position telephone switch
(NOTE: Many companies assign stenographers, rather than secretaries as
board handling incoming, outgoing, intraplant or office calls. May handle
described above, to this level o f supervisory or nonsupervisory worker.)
routine long distance calls and record tolls. May perform limited telephone
information service. ("Limited" telephone information service occurs if the
STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL
functions o f the establishment serviced are readily understandable for tele
phone information purposes, or if the requests are routine, e. g . , giving
Primary duty is to take dictation involving a normal routine vo
e&ension numbers when specific names are furnished, or if complex calls
cabulary from one or more persons either in shorthand or by Stenotype or
are referred to another operator.)
similar machine; and transcribe dictation. May also type from written copy.
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SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONIST
In addition to performing duties o f operator on a single position
or monitor-type switchboard, acts as receptionist and may also type or
perform routine clerical work as part of regular duties* This typing or
clerical work may take the major part of this worker's time while at
switchboard.
TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATOR— C on tinu ed
specific instructions. May include simple wiring from diagrams and
some filing woik. The work typically involves portions of a woik
unit, for example, individual sorting or collating runs or repetitive
operations.
TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL
TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATOR
Class A . Operates a variety of tabulating or electrical account
ing machines, typically including such machines as the tabulator,
calculator, interpreter, collator, and others* Performs complete
reporting assignments without close supervision, and performs difficult
wiring as required. The complete reporting and tabulating assign
ments typically involve a variety of long and complex reports which
often are of irregular or nonrecurring type requiring some planning
and sequencing of steps to be taken. As a more experienced oper
ator, is typically involved in training new operators in machine
operations, or partially trained operators in wiring from diagrams
and operating sequences of long and complex reports.
Does not
include woiking supervisors performing tabulating-machine operations
and day-to-day supervision of the work and production o f a group of
tabulating-machine operators.
Class B. Operates more difficult tabulating or electrical account
ing machines such as the tabulator and calculator, in addition to the
sorter, reproducer, and collator. This woik is performed under specific
instructions and may include the performance of some wiring from
diagrams. The work typically involves, for example, tabulations
involving a repetitive accounting exercise, a complete but small
tabulating study, or parts of a longer and more complex report. Such
reports and studies are usually of a recurring nature where the pro
cedures are well established. May also include the training o f new
employees in the basic operation of the machine.
Class C.
Operates simple tabulating or electrical accounting
machines such as the sorter, reproducing punch, collator, e t c ., with
Primary duty is to transcribe dictation involving a normal routine
vocabulary from transcribing-machine records. May also type from written
copy and do simple clerical work. Workers transcribing dictation involving
a varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as legal briefs or reports
on scientific research are not included. A worker who takes dictation in
shorthand or by Stenotype or similar machine is classified as a stenographer,
general.
TYPIST
Uses a typewriter to make copies o f various material or to make
out bills after calculations have been made by another person. May in
clude typing of stencils, mats, or similar materials for use in duplicating
processes. May do clerical work involving little special training, such
as keeping simple records, filing records and reports, or sorting and dis
tributing incoming mail.
Class A . Performs one or more of the follow ing Typing ma
terial in final form when it involves combining material from several
sources or responsibility for correct spelling, syllabication, punctu
ation, e t c . , of technical or unusual words or foreign language ma
terial; and planning layout and typing of complicated statistical tables
to maintain uniformity and balance in spacing. May type routine
form letters varying details to suit circumstances.
Class B. Performs one or more of the following! Copy typing
from rough or clear drafts; routine typing of forms, insurance policies,
e tc .; and setting up simple standard tabulations, or copying more
complex tables already setup and spaced properly.
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PROFESSIONAL
AND
TECHNICAL
DRAFTSMAN—Continued
DRAFTSMAN
Class A . Plans the graphic presentation of complex items having
distinctive design features that differ significantly from established
drafting precedents. Works in close support with the design originator,
and may recommend minor design changes. Analyzes the effect of
each change on the details of form, function, and positional relation
ships of components and parts. Works with a minimum of supervisory
assistance. Completed work is reviewed by design originator for con
sistency with prior engineering determinations. May either prepare
drawings, or direct their preparation by lower level draftsmen.
Class B. Performs nonroutine and complex drafting assignments
that require the application of most of the standardized drawing tech
niques regularly used. Duties typically involve such work as: Prepares
working drawings of subassemblies with irregular shapes, multiple
functions, and precise positional relationships between components;
prepares architectural drawings for construction of a building including
detail drawings of foundations, wall sections, floor plans, and roof.
Uses accepted formulas and manuals in making necessary computations
to determine quantities of materials to be used,, load capacities,
strengths, stresses, etc. Receives initial instructions, requirements,
and advice from supervisor. Completed work is checked for technical
adequacy.
Class C. Prepares detail drawings of singly units or parts for
engineering, construction, manufacturing, or repair purposes. Types
of drawings prepared include isometric projections (depicting three
dimensions in accurate scale) and sectional views to clarify positioning
of components and convey needed information. Consolidates details
from a number of sources and adjusts or transposes scale as required.
MAIN TENANCE
Suggested methods of approach, applicable precedents, and advice on
source materials are given with initial assignments. Instructions are
less complete when assignments recur. Work may be spot-checked
during progress.
DRAFTSMAN-TRACER
Copies plans and drawings prepared by others by placing tracing
cloth or paper over drawings and tracing with pen or pencil. (Does not
include tracing limited to plans primarily consisting of straight lines and
a large scale not requiring close delineation.)
and/or
Prepares simple or repetitive drawings of easily visualized items.
is closely supervised during progress.
Work
NURSE, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED)
A registered nurse 'who gives nursing service under general medical
direction to ill or injured employees or other persons who become ill or
suffer an accident on the premises of a factory or other establishment.
Duties involve a combination of the following: Giving first aid to the ill
or injured; attending to subsequent dressing of employees’ injuries; keeping
records of patients treated; preparing accident reports for compensation
or other purposes; assisting in physical examinations and health evaluations
of applicants and employees; and planning and carrying out programs
involving health education, accident prevention, evaluation of plant en
vironment, or other activities affecting the health, welfare, and safety
of all personnel.
AND
POWERPLANT
CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE
CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE— Continued
Performs the carpentry duties necessary to construct and maintain
in good repair building woodwork and equipment such as bins, cribs,
counters, benches, partitions, doors, floors, stairs, casings, and trim made
of wood in an establishment. Work involves most of the following: Plan
ning and laying out of work from blueprints, drawings, models, or verbal
instructions; using a variety of carpenter's handtools, portable power tools,
and standard measuring instruments; making standard shop computations
relating to dimensions of woik; and selecting materials necessary for the
work. In general, the work of the maintenance carpenter requires
rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal ap
prenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
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ELECTRICIAN, MAINTENANCE
HELPER, MAINTENANCE TRADES— C ontinued
Performs a variety of electrical trade functions such as the in
stallation, maintenance, or repair of equipment for the generation, dis
tribution, or utilization of electric energy in an establishment. Work
involves most of the following: Installing or repairing any of a variety of
electrical equipment such as generators, transformers, switchboards, con
trollers, circuit breakers, motors, heating units, conduit systems, or other
transmission equipment; working from blueprints, drawings, layouts, or
other specifications; locating and diagnosing trouble in the electrical
system or equipment; working standard computations relating to load
requirements of wiring or electrical equipment; and using a variety of
electrician's handtools and measuring and testing instruments. In general,
the work of the maintenance electrician requires rounded training and
experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience.
a woiker supplied with materials and tools; cleaning working area, ma
chine, and equipment; assisting journeyman by holding materials or tools;
and performing other unskilled tasks as directed by journeyman. The kind
of work the helper is permitted to perform varies from trade to trade: In
some trades the helper is confined to supplying, lifting, and holding ma
terials and tools and cleaning working areas; and in others he is permitted
to perform specialized machine operations, or parts of a trade that are
also performed by workers on a full-time basis.
ENGINEER, STATIONARY
Operates and maintains and may also supervise the operation of
stationary engines and equipment (mechanical or electrical) to supply the
establishment in which employed with power, heat, refrigeration, or
air-conditioning. Work involves: Operating and maintaining equipment
such as steam engines, air compressors, generators, motors, turbines,
ventilating and refrigerating equipment, steam boilers and boiler-fed
water pumps;, making equipment repairs; and keeping a record of operation
of machinery, temperature, and fuel consumption. May also supervise
these operations. Head or chief engineers in establishments employing
more than one engineer are excluded.
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATOR, TOOLROOM
Specializes in the operation of one or more types of machine
tools, such as jig borers, cylindrical or surface grinders, engine lathes,
or milling machines, in the construction of machine-shop tools, gages,
jigs, fixtures, or dies. Woik involves most of the following: Planning
and performing difficult machining operations; processing items requiring
complicated setups or a high degree of accuracy; using a variety of pre
cision measuring instruments; selecting feeds, speeds, tooling, and oper
ation sequence; and making necessary adjustments during operation to
achieve requisite tolerances or dimensions. May be required to recognize
when tools need dressing, to dress tools, and to select proper coolants
and cutting and lubricating oils. For cross-industry wage study purposes,
machine-tool operators, toolroom, in tool and die jobbing shops are ex
cluded from this classification.
MACHINIST, MAINTENANCE
FIREMAN, STATIONARY BOILER
Fires stationary boilers to furnish the establishment in which
employed with heat, power, or steam. Feeds fuels to fire by hand or
operates a mechanical stoker, or gas or oil burner; and checks water
and safety valves. May clean, oil, or assist in repairing boilerroom
equipment.
HELPER, MAINTENANCE TRADES
Assists one or more workers in the skilled maintenance trades,
by performing specific or general duties of lesser skill, such as keeping
Produces replacement parts and new parts in making repairs of
metal parts of mechanical equipment operated in an establishment. Work
involves most of the following: Interpreting written instructions and speci
fications; planning and laying out of work; using a variety of machinist's
handtools and precision measuring instruments; setting up and operating
standard machine tools; shaping of metal parts to close tolerances; making
standard shop computations relating to dimensions of work, tooling, feeds,
and speeds of machining; knowledge of the working properties of the
common metals; selecting standard materials, parts, and equipment re
quired for his work; and fitting and assembling parts into mechanical
equipment. In general, the machinist's work normally requires a rounded
training in machine-shop practice usually acquired through a formal ap
prenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
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MECHANIC, AUTOMOTIVE (MAINTENANCE)
OILER
Repairs automobiles, buses, motortrucks, and tractors o f an es
tablishment. Work involves most of the following: Examining automotive
equipment to diagnose source of trouble; disassembling equipment and
performing repairs that involve the use of such handtools as wrenches,
gages, drills, or specialized equipment in disassembling or fitting parts;
replacing broken or defective parts from stock; grinding and adjusting
valves; reassembling and installing the various assemblies in the vehicle
and making necessary adjustments; and alining wheels, adjusting brakes
and lights, or tightening body bolts. In general, the work of the auto
motive mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually acquired
through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
Lubricates, with oil or grease, the moving parts or wearing sur
faces of mechanical equipment of an establishment.
MECHANIC, MAINTENANCE
Repairs machinery or mechanical equipment of an establishment.
Woik involves most of the following: Examining machines and mechanical
equipment to diagnose source of trouble; dismantling or partly dismantling
machines and performing repairs that mainly involve the use o f handtools
in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts with items
obtained from stock; ordering the production of a replacement part by a
machine shop or sending of the machine to a machine shop for major
repairs; preparing written specifications for major repairs or for the pro
duction of parts ordered from machine shop; reassembling machines; and
making all necessary adjustments for operation. In general, the woik of
a maintenance mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually
acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and ex
perience. Excluded from this classification are workers whose primary
duties involve setting up or adjusting machines.
MILLWRIGHT
Installs new machines or heavy equipment, and dismantles and
installs machines or heavy equipment when changes in the plant layout
are required. Work involves most of the follow ing Planning and laying
out of the work; interpreting blueprints or other specifications; using a
variety of handtools and rigging; making standard shop computations re
lating to stresses, strength of materials, and centers of gravity; alining
and balancing of equipment; selecting standard tools, equipment, and
parts to be used; and installing and maintaining in good order power
transmission equipment such as drives and speed reducers. In general,
the millwright's work normally requires a rounded training and experience
in the trade acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent train
ing and experience.
PAINTER, MAINTENANCE
Paints and redecorates walls, woodwork, and fixtures of an es
tablishment. Work involves the following; Knowledge of surface peculi
arities and types of paint required for different applications; preparing
surface for painting by removing old finish or by placing putty or filler
in nail holes and interstices; and applying paint with spray gun or brush.
May mix colors, oils, white lead, and other paint ingredients to obtain
proper color or consistency. In general, the work of the maintenance
painter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through
a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
PIPEFITTER, MAINTENANCE
Installs or repairs water, steam, gas, or other types of pipe and
pipefittings in an establishment. Work involves most of the following:
Laying out of work and measuring to locate position of pipe from drawings
or other written specifications; cutting various sizes of pipe to correct
lengths with chisel and hammer or oxyacetylene torch or pipe-cutting
machine; threading pipe with stocks and dies; bending pipe by hand-driven
or power-driven machines; assembling pipe with couplings and fastening
pipe to hangers; making standard shop computations relating to pressures,
flow, and size of pipe required; and making standard tests to determine
whether finished pipes meet specifications, hi general, the work of the
maintenance pipefitter requires rounded training and experience usually
acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and ex
perience. Workers primarily engaged in installing and repairing building
sanitation or heating systems are excluded.
PLUMBER, MAINTENANCE
Keeps the plumbing system of an establishment in good order.
Woik involves: Knowledge of sanitary codes regarding installation of vents
and traps in plumbing system; installing or repairing pipes and fixtures;
and opening clogged drains with a plunger or plumber's snake. In general,
the work of the maintenance plumber requires rounded training and ex
perience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience.
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TOOL AND DIE MAKER— C o n tinu ed
SHEET-METAL WORKER, MAINTENANCE
Fabricates, installs, and maintains in good repair the sheet-metal
equipment and fixtures (such as machine guards, grease pans, shelves,
lockers, tanks, ventilators, chutes, ducts, metal roofing) of an establish
ment. Work involves most of the following: Planning and laying out all
types of sheet-metal maintenance work from blueprints, models, or other
specifications; setting up and operating all available types of sheet-metalworking machines; using a variety of handtools in cutting, bending, form
ing, shaping, fitting, and assembling; and installing sheet-metal articles
as required. In general, the work of the maintenance sheet-metal worker
requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal
apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
TOOL AND DIE MAKER
volves most of the following: Planning and laying out of work from models,
blueprints, drawings, or other oral and written specifications; using a
variety of tool and die makers handtools and precision measuring instru
ments, understanding of the woiking properties of common metals and
alloys; setting up and operating of machine tools and related equipment;
making necessary shop computations relating to dimensions of woik, speeds,
feeds, and tooling of machines; heattreating of metal parts during fabri
cation as well as of finished tools and dies to achieve required qualities^
woiking to close tolerances; fitting and assembling of parts to prescribed
tolerances and allowances; and selecting appropriate materials, tools, and
processes. In general, the tool and die maker*s work requires a rounded
training in machine-shop and toolroom practice usually acquired through
a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
(Die maker; jig maker; tool maker; fixture maker; gage maker)
Constructs and repairs machine-shop tools, gages, jigs, fixtures
or dies for forgings, punching, and other metal-forming woik. Work in-
CUSTODIAL
AND
l
For cross-industry wage study purposes, tool and die makers in
tool and die jobbing shops are excluded from this classification.
ERIAL
MOVEMENT
ELEVATOR OPERATOR, PASSENGER
JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER— Continued
Transports passengers between floors of an office building, apart
ment house, department store, hotel, or similar establishment. Workers
who operate elevators in conjunction with other duties such as those of
starters and janitors are excluded.
or other establishment. Duties involve a combination of the following
Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing floors; removing chips,
trash, and other refuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures; polishing
metal fixtures or trimmings; providing supplies and minor maintenance
services; and cleaning lavatories, showers, and restrooms. Woikers who
specialize in window washing are excluded.
GUARD
Performs routine police duties, either at fixed post or on tour,
maintaining order, using arms or force where necessary. Includes gatemen who are stationed at gate and check on identity of employees and
other persons entering.
JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER
(Sweeper; charwoman; janitress)
Cleans and keeps in an orderly condition factory woiking areas
and washrooms, or premises of an office, apartment house, or commercial
LABORER, MATERIAL HANDLING
(Loader and unloader; handler and stacker; shelver; trucker; stockman
or stock helper; warehouseman or warehouse helper)
A worker employed in a warehouse, manufacturing plant, store,
or other establishment whose duties involve one or more of the following:
Loading and unloading various materials and merchandise on or from freight
cars, trucks, or other transporting devices; unpacking, shelving, or placing
materials or merchandise in proper storage location; and transporting ma
terials or merchandise by handtruck, car, or wheelbarrow. Longshoremen,
who load and unload ships are excluded.
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ORDER FILLER
(Order picker; stock selector; warehouse stockman)
Fills shipping or transfer orders for finished goods from stored
merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips, customers’
orders, or other instructions. May, in addition to filling orders and in
dicating items filled, or omitted, keep records of outgoing orders, requi
sition additional stock or report short supplies to supervisor, and perform
other related duties.
PACKER, SHIPPING
Prepares finished products for shipment or storage by placing them
in shipping containers, the specific operations performed being dependent
upon the type, size, and number of units to be packed, the type of con
tainer employed, and method of shipment. Work requires the placing of
items in shipping containers and may involve one or more of the following;
Knowledge of various items of stock in order to verify content; selection
of appropriate type and size of container; inserting enclosures in container;
using excelsior or other material to prevent breakage or damage; closing
and sealing container; and applying labels or entering identifying data on
container. Packers who also make wooden boxes or crates are excluded.
TRUCKDRIVER
Drives a truck within a city or industrial area to transport ma
terials, merchandise, equipment, or men between various types of es
tablishments such as: Manufacturing plants, freight depots, warehouses,
wholesale and retail establishments, or between retail establishments and
customers' houses or places of business. May also load or unload truck
with or without helpers, make minor mechanical repairs, and keep truck
in good working order. Driver-salesmen and over-the-road drivers are
excluded.
For wage study purposes, truckdrivers are classified by size and
type of equipment, as follows: (Tractor-trailer should be rated on the
basis o f trailer capacity.)
Truckdriver (combination of sizes listed separately)
Truckdriver, light (under 1V2 tons)
Truckdriver, medium ( 1V2 to and including 4 tons)
Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, trailer type)
Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, other than trailer type)
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERK
TRUCKER, POWER
Prepares merchandise for shipment, or receives and is responsible
for incoming shipments of merchandise or other materials. Shipping work
involves: A knowledge of shipping procedures, practices, routes, available
means of transportation, and rates; and preparing records of the goods
shipped, making up bills of lading, posting weight and shipping charges,
and keeping a file of shipping records. May direct or assist in preparing
the merchandise for shipment. Receiving work involves: Verifying or
directing others in verifying the correctness of shipments against bills of
lading, invoices, or other records; checking for shortages and rejecting
damaged goods; routing merchandise or materials to proper departments;
and maintaining necessary records and files.
Operates a manually controlled gasoline- or electric-powered
truck or tractor to transport goods and materials of all kinds about a
warehouse, manufacturing plant, or other establishment.
For wage study purposes, workers are classified by type of truck,
as follows:
Trucker, power (forklift)
Trucker, power (other than foiklift)
For wage study purposes, workers are classified as follows:
WATCHMAN
Receiving clerk
Shipping clerk
Shipping and receiving clerk
Makes rounds of premises periodically in protecting property
against fire, theft, and illegal entry.
Available On Request----The fifth annual report on salaries for accountants, auditors, attorneys, chemists,
engineers, engineering technicians, draftsmen, tracers, job analysts, directors o f
personnel, managers of office services, and clerical employees.
Order as BLS Bulletin 1422, National Survey of Professional, Administrative, Tech
nical, and Clerical Pay, February—
March 1964 . 40 cents a copy.
Area Wage Surveys*
A list of the latest available bulletins is presented below. A directory indicating dates of earlier studies, and the prices of the bulletins is
available on request. Bulletins may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D .C ., 20402,
or from any of the BLS regional sales offices shown on the inside‘ front cover.
Area
Akron, Ohio, June 1965_________________________________
Albany—
Schenectady—Troy, N. Y. , Apr. 1965__________
Albuquerque, N. Mex. , Apr. 1965-------------------------------Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, P a.— .J ., Feb. 1965—
N
Atlanta, Ga. , May 1965_________________________________
Baltimore, Md. , Nov. 1964 1 ___________________________
Beaumont—
Port Arthur, T ex., May 1965______________
Birmingham, A la ., Apr. 1965 1________________________
Boise City, Idaho, July 1965-----------------------------------------Boston, M a ss., Oct. 19641 _____________________________
Bulletin number
and price
1430-78,
1430-52,
1430-62,
1430-48,
1430-74,
1430-27,
1430-66,
1430-60,
1465-1,
1430-16,
25
25
20
20
25
30
20
25
20
30
Area
Bulletin number
and price
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
Milwaukee, W is., Apr. 1965 1___________ •
______________
Minneapolis—
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 1965 1 _____________
Muskegon—
Muskegon Heights, M ich., May 1965_________
Newark and Jersey City, N .J ., Feb. 1965______________
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 1965----------------------------------------New Orleans, L a ., Feb. 1965 1 _________________________
New York, N .Y ., Apr. 1965 1 ___________________________
Norfolk—
Portsmouth and Newport News—
Hampton, Va. , June 1965 1 -----------------------------------------Oklahoma City, O kla., Aug. 1964 1 ____________________
1430-77, 25 cents
1430-5,
25 cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
Omaha, N ebr.—
Iowa, Oct. 1964------------------------------------Paterson—
Clifton-Passaic, N. J . , May 1965____________
Philadelphia, Pa. — J. , Nov. 1964 1___________ _______
N.
Phoenix, A riz. , Mar. 1965--------------------------------------------Pittsburgh, P a., Jan. 1965 1----------------„ -----------------------Portland, Maine, Nov. 1964--------------------------------------------Portland, Oreg. —
Wash. , May 1965____________________
Providence—
Pawtucket, R. I. — a ss., May 1965 1 _______
M
Raleigh, N. C. , Sept. 1964---------------------------------------------Richmond, V a ., Nov. 1964___________________ __________
Rockford, 111., May 1965-------------------------------------------------
1430-17, 25 cents
1430-71, 25 cents
1430-28, 35 cents
1430-56, 20 cents
1430-41, 30 cents
1430-21, 25 cents
1430-70, 25 cents
1430-67, 30 cents
1430-6,
20 cents
1430-19, 25 cents
1430-63, 20 cents
Davenport—
Rock Island—
Moline, IowaI l l ., Oct. 1964 1________________________________________ 1430-20, 25 cents
Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 1965_________________________________ 1430-31, 25 cents
Denver, C olo., Dec. 1964______________________________ 1430-32, 25 cents
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 1965___________________________ 1430-47, 20 cents
Detroit, M ich., Jan. 1965 1 ____________________________ 1430-43, 30 cents
Fort Worth, T ex., Nov. 1964 1_______________ i _________ 1430-24, 30 cents
Green Bay, W is ., Aug. 1964 1---------------------------------------- 1430-3,
25 cents
Greenville, S. C . , May 1965-------------------------------------------- 1430-69, 20 cents
Houston, Tex. , June 1965_______________________________ 1430-82, 25 cents
Indianapolis, Ind. , Dec. 1964__________ _________________ 1430-30, 25 cents
St. Louis, Mo.-111., Oct. 1964 1____ ___________________
Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 1964 1 ---- ---------------------------San Antonio, T ex., June 1965 1_________ _______________
San Bernardino—
Ftiverside—
Ontario( C a lif.,
Sept. 1964— -------- ------------------------------- ---------------------- ----San Diego, C alif., Sept. 1964 1--------------------------------------San Francisco—
Oakland, C alif., Jan.1965 l „ ___________
San Jose, Calif -__________________________________________
Savannah, G a ., May 1965-----------------------------------------------Scranton, P a., Aug. 1965 1--------------------------------------------Seattle, W ash., Sept. 1964_____________________________
1430-22,
1430-33,
1430-81,
1430-8,
20 cents
1430-12, 25 cents
1430-37, 25 cents
(N p
ot reviou su ey )
sly rv ed
1430-64, 20 cents
i 4 6 5 -3,
25 cents
1430-9,
25 cents
Jackson, M is s ., Feb. 1965--------------------------------------------Jacksonville, F la ., Jan. 1965 1 ________________________
Kansas City, M o .-K a n s. , Nov. 1964___________________
Lawrence—
Haverhill, M a ss.— H ., June 1965_________
N.
Little Rock—
North Little Rock, A r k ., Aug. 1964 1______
Los Angeles—
Long Beach, C alif., Mar. 1965 1 ________
Louisville, K y .—
Ind., Feb. 1965 1______________________
Lubbock, T ex ., June 1965----------------------------------------------Manchester, N. H. , Aug. 1965__________________________
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 1965_____________________________
Miami, F la ., Dec. 1964-------------------------------------------------Midland and Odessa, Tex______________ _______________ _
Sioux Falls, S. Dak., Oct. 1964-------------------------------------South Bend, Ind., Mar. 1965_____________________________
Spokane, Wash. , June 1965 1------------------------------------------Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 1965 1 ______________________________
Trenton, N .J ., Dec. 1964 1 ____________________________
Washington, D. C. —
Md. — a ., Oct. 19641 ____ _________
V
Waterbury, Conn., Mar. 1965__________________________
Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 1964 1 ____________________________
Wichita, Kans., Sept. 1964 1—__________________________
Worcester, M a ss., June 1965 ----------------------------------------York, P a., Feb. 1965-----------------------------------------------------Youngstown—
Warren, Ohio—-------- ------------- ------- -------------
1430-15, 20 cents
1430-54, 20 cents
1430-79, 25 cents
1430-50, 25 cents
1430-35, 25 cents
1430-14, 30 cents
1430-49, 20 cents
1430-23, 25 cents
1430-11, 25 cents
1430-76, 25 cents
1430-46, 20 cents
(N previou su ey )
ot
sly rv ed
Buffalo, N. Y ., Dec. 1964 1_____________________________ 1430-36, 30
Burlington, Vt. , Mar. 1965 1 ___________________________ 1430-51, 25
Canton, Ohio, Apr. 1965------------------------------------------------- 1430-59, 20
Charleston, W. Va. , Apr. 1965______________ —________ 1430-65, 20
Charlotte, N .C ., Apr. 1965______________________ ______ 1430-61, 25
Chattanooga, Tenn. —
Ga. , Sept. 1964 1 ________________ 1430-10, 25
Chicago, 111., Apr. 1965 1 ______________________________ 1430-72, 30
Cincinnati, Ohio—
Ky. , Mar. 1965_______________________ 1430-55, 25
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1964 1----------------------------------------- 1430-13, 30
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 1964 1____________________________ 1430-18, 30
Dallas, T ex ., Nov. 19641 ______________________________ 1430-25, 30
1430-44, 20 cents
1430-38, 25 cents
1430-26, 25 ceijts
1430-75, 20 cents
1430-7,
25 cents
1430-57, 30 cents
1430-42, 25 cents
1430-7 3, 20 cents
1465-2,
20 cents
1430-40, 25 cents
1430-29, 25 cents
(N p
ot reviou su
sly rveyed
)
* Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.
* Bulletins dated before July 1965 were entitled "Occupational Wage Surveys."
1430-58,
1430-39,
1430-68,
1430-45,
1430-34,
1430-53,
1430-80,
25 cents
30 cents
20 cents
25 cents
25 cents
30 cents
40 cents
30 cents
25 cents
25 cents
