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The Wichita, Kansas, Metropolitan Area
December 1967
Bul l eti n No. 1575-31
U N IT ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU
OF
L A B OR
STATISTICS
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REGIONAL OFFICES
New England
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Mid-Atlantic
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Ne w Y o r k , N. Y . 10001
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Southern
1371 P e a c h t r e e S t . , NE,
A t l a n t a , G a . 30309
T e l . : 526-5418
North Central
219 South D e a r b o r n St.
C h i c a g o , 111. 6 06 04
T e l . : 353-7230
Pacific
450 G o l d e n G a t e A v e .
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Area Wage Survey
The Wichita, Kansas, Metropolitan Area
December 1967
Bulletin No. 157S-31
M a rc h 1968
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Willard Wirtz, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
A rthur M. Ross, C omm issio ner
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Contents
Preface
Page
The Bureau of Labor Statistics program of annual
occupational wage surveys in metropolitan areas is de
signed to provide data on occupational earnings, and estab
lishment practices and supplementary wage provisions. It
yields detailed data by selected industry division for each
of the areas studied, for geographic 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 occupational category and skill level, and (2) the struc
ture and level of wages among areas and industry divisions.
At the end of each survey, an individual area bul
letin presents survey results for each area studied. After
completion of all of the individual area bulletins for a
round of surveys, a two-part summary bulletin is issued.
The first 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 geographic regions and the
United States.
Introduction ___________________________________________________________________
Wage trends for selected occupational groups ____________________________
Tables:
1.
2.
A.
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 p eriod s____________________ _
Occupational earnings: *
A - 1. Office occupations—men and women ..________________ ______
A - 2. Professional and technical occupations—
men and women_____________________________________________
A -3 . Office, professional, and technical occupations—
men and women combined _________________________________
A -4 . Maintenance and powerplant occupations__________________
A - 5. Custodial and material movement occupations___________
Appendix.
Occupational descriptions.._____________________________________
E igh ty-six |areas currently are included in the
program . In each area, information on occupational earn
ings is collected annually and on establishment practices
and supplementary wage provisions biennially.
This bulletin presents results of the survey in
Wichita, K ans. , in December 1967.
The Standard M et
ropolitan Statistical A rea, as defined by the Bureau of
the Budget through April 1967, consists of Butler and
Sedgwick Counties. This study was conducted in the Bu
rea u ^ regional office in Kansas City, K a n s., John W.
Lehman, D irector. The study was under the general di
rection of Elliott A . Brow ar, Assistant Regional D irec
tor of Operations.
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* NOTE: Similar tabulations are available for other
areas.
(See inside back co v er.)
A current report on earnings in the Wichita area is
also available for selected food service occupations (D e
cember 1967). Union scales, indicative of prevailing pay
lev els, are available for seven selected building trades.
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Area W age Survey-----
The Wichita, Kans., Metropolitan Area
Introduction
O c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t and e a r n i n g s dat a a r e shown for
f u l l - t i m e w o r k e r s , i . e . , th o s e h i r e d to w o r k a r e g u l a r w e e k l y sc he d ule
in the g i v e n o c c u p a t io n a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .
E a r n i n g s data e x clu d e p r e
m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and late
s h i f t s . N o n p r o d u c t io n b o n u s e s a r e e x c l u d e d , but c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w
a n c e s and in c e n t iv e e a r n i n g s a r e in clu d e d.
W h e r e w e e k l y h ou rs ar e
r e p o r t e d , as f o r o f f ic e c l e r i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s , r e f e r e n c e is to the sta n d
a r d w o r k w e e k (r ou n d e d to the n e a r e s t half hour) f o r w h ic h e m p l o y e e s
r e c e i v e th e ir r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e of pay for
o v e r t i m e at r e g u l a r a n d / o r p r e m i u m r a t e s ) . A v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n in g s
f o r t h e s e o c c u p a t i o n s hav e b e e n r o und ed to the n e a r e s t half d o l l a r .
T h i s a r e a is 1 of 86 in w h ic h the U .S . D e p a r t m e n t of L a b o r ' s
B u r e a u of L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s co ndu ct s s u r v e y s of o c c u p a t io n a l e a r n i n g s
and r e l a t e d b e n e f i t s on an a r e a w id e b a s i s .
T h i s b u l l e t i n p r e s e n t s c u r r e n t o c cup atio na l e m p l o y m e n t and
e a r n i n g s i n f o r m a t i o n ob ta in ed l a r g e l y by m a i l f r o m the e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
v i s i t e d b y B u r e a u f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s in the l a s t p r e v i o u s s u r v e y f o r
o c c u p a t i o n s r e p o r t e d in that e a r l i e r study. P e r s o n a l v i s i t s w e r e m a d e
to n o n r e s p o n d e n t s and to th o s e r e s p o n d e n t s r e p o r tin g unu su al ch a n g e s
s in c e the p r e v i o u s s u r v e y .
In e a c h a r e a , d ata ar e ob tain ed f r o m r e p r e s e n t a t i v e e s t a b
l i s h m e n t s w it h in s i x b r o a d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s : M a n u f a c t u r in g ; t r a n s
p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , and ot her pu blic u t i li t i e s ; w h o l e s a l e t r a d e ;
r e t a i l t r a d e ; f i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s ta t e ; and s e r v i c e s . M a j o r
i n d u s t r y g r o u p s e x c l u d e d f r o m th e se stu d ie s are g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a
ti o ns and the c o n s t r u c t i o n and e x t r a c t i v e i n d u s t r i e s .
E stab lish m en ts
h av in g f e w e r than a p r e s c r i b e d n u m b e r of w o r k e r s a r e o m itte d b e c a u s e
th e y tend to f u r n i s h i n s u f f i c i e n t e m p l o y m e n t in the o c c u p a t io n s stu die d
to w a r r a n t i n c l u s i o n . S e p a r a t e ta bulatio ns a r e p r o v id e d for e a c h of the
b r o a d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s w h ic h m e e t p u b lic a tio n c r i t e r i a .
T he a v e r a g e s p r e s e n t e d r e f l e c t c o m p o s i t e , a r e a w i d e e s t i
m ates.
I n d u s t r i e s and e s t a b l i s h m e n t s d iff e r in p a y l e v e l and job
sta ff in g and, t h u s, co ntr ib ute d i f f e r e n t l y to the e s t i m a t e s f o r e ach jo b .
T h e p a y r e l a t i o n s h i p ob ta inable f r o m the a v e r a g e s m a y fa il to r e f l e c t
a c c u r a t e l y the w a g e s p r e a d or d i f f e r e n t i a l m a i n t a i n e d a m o n g j o b s in
ind iv idual e s t a b l i s h m e n t s . S i m i l a r l y , d i f f e r e n c e s in a v e r a g e pay l e v e l s
f o r m e n and w o m e n in any of the s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s shou ld not be
a s s u m e d to r e f l e c t d i f f e r e n c e s in p ay t r e a t m e n t of the s e x e s within
ind iv idua l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s . O t h er p o s s i b l e f a c t o r s w h ic h m a y c o n t r i b
ute to d i f f e r e n c e s in pay f o r m e n and w o m e n in clu d e : D i f f e r e n c e s in
p r o g r e s s i o n wit hin e s t a b l i s h e d r a te r a n g e s , s in c e only the ac tu a l r a te s
paid in c u m b e n t s a r e c o l l e c t e d ; and d i f f e r e n c e s in s p e c i f i c dutie s p e r
f o r m e d , altho ug h the w o r k e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d a p p r o p r i a t e l y within the
s a m e s u r v e y j o b d e s c r i p t i o n . Job d e s c r i p t i o n s u s e d in c l a s s i f y i n g e m
p l o y e e s in th e se s u r v e y s a r e u s u a l l y m o r e g e n e r a l i z e d than those use d
in in d iv id ua l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s and a llow f o r m i n o r d i f f e r e n c e s am ong
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in the s p e c i f i c d uti e s p e r f o r m e d .
T h e s e s u r v e y s a r e cond ucted on a s a m p l e b a s i s b e c a u s e of
the u n n e c e s s a r y c o s t in v o l v e d in s u r v e y in g a ll e s t a b l i s h m e n t s .
To
ob ta in o p t i m u m a c c u r a c y at m i n i m u m c o s t , a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n of
l a r g e than of s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s is studie d. In c o m b in in g the dat a,
h o w e v e r , a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a r e g ive n their a p p r o p r ia t e w e ig h t. E s
t i m a t e s b a s e d on the e s t a b l i s h m e n t s stu died a r e p r e s e n t e d , t h e r e f o r e ,
as r e l a t i n g to a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in the in d ustr y g r ou p in g and a r e a ,
e x c e p t f o r t h o s e b e l o w the m i n i m u m s i z e studied.
Occupations
O c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t e s t i m a t e s r e p r e s e n t the total in all
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s within the s c o p e of the stu dy and not the n u m b e r a c
tu a l ly s u r v e y e d .
B e c a u s e o f d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t io n a l s tr u c t u re
a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , the e s t i m a t e s of o c c u p a t io n a l e m p l o y m e n t o b
tained f r o m the s a m p l e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s stu d ie d s e r v e on ly to indica te
the r e l a t i v e i m p o r t a n c e of the j o b s st ud ie d . T h e s e d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u
p a tio n a l s t r u c t u r e do not a f f e c t m a t e r i a l l y the a c c u r a c y of the e a r n
ing s data.
and E a r n i n g s
T h e o c c u p a t i o n s s e l e c t e d f o r study are c o m m o n to a v a r i e t y of
m a n u f a c t u r i n g and n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s , and a r e of the f o l l o w
ing t y p e s : (1) O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ; (Z) p r o f e s s i o n a l and t e c h n i c a l ; (3) m a i n
te n a n c e and p o w e r p l a n t ; and (4) cu st o d ia l and m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t . O c
cu p a t io n a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n is b a s e d on a u n i f o r m set of j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s
d e s i g n e d to ta ke a c c o u n t of i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t v a r ia t io n in duti es with in
the s a m e j o b . T h e o c c u p a t i o n s s e l e c t e d for study a r e l i s t e d and d e
s c r i b e d in the a p p e n d ix . T h e e a r n in g s data foll ow in g the j o b t i t l e s a r e
f o r a ll i n d u s t r i e s c o m b i n e d . E a r n i n g s data for s o m e of the o c c u p a t io n s
l i s t e d and d e s c r i b e d , or f o r s o m e i n d u str y d iv is io n s w ithin o c c u p a t i o n s ,
a r e not p r e s e n t e d in the A - s e r i e s ta b l e s b e c a u s e e ith e r (1) e m p l o y
m e n t in the o c c u p a t i o n is to o s m a l l to p ro v id e enough data to m e r i t
p r e s e n t a t i o n , or (Z) th e r e is p o s s i b i l i t y of d i s c l o s u r e of ind iv idual e s
t a b l i s h m e n t data .
E stab lish m en t
P ractices
and S u p p l e m e n t a r y
Wage
P rovision s
T a b u la t i o n s on s e l e c t e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p l e
m e n t a r y w age p r o v i s i o n s ( B - s e r i e s ta b l e s ) a r e not p r e s e n t e d in this
b u l l e t in .
I n f o r m a t i o n for th e se ta bu latio n s is c o l l e c t e d b ie n n ia ll y .
T h e s e ta b u la t io n s on m i n i m u m e n t r a n c e s a l a r i e s f o r i n e x p e r i e n c e d
w o m e n of f ic e w o r k e r s ; shif t d i f f e r e n t i a l s ; s c h e d u l e d w e e k l y h o u r s ; paid
h o l i d a y s ; paid v a c a t i o n s ; and he alth , i n s u r a n c e , and p e n s i o n plans ar e
p r e s e n t e d (in the B - s e r i e s ta b les) in p r e v i o u s b u l l e t in s for this a r e a .
1
2
T a b l e 1.
E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d W o r k e r s W i t h in S c o p e o f S u r v e y a n d N u m b e r S t u d i e d in W i c h i t a ,
b y M a j o r I n d u s t r y D i v i s i o n , 2 D e c e m b e r 1967
M in im u m
em ploym ent
in e s t a b l i s h
m e n t s in s c o p e
o f study
Industry division
N u m b e r o f e sta blish m en ts
Kans. 1
W o r k e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
W i t h in s c o p e o f s t u d y 4
W i t h in s c o p e
o f study 3
Studied
Studied
Numbe r
Percent
A l l d i v i s i o n s __ __________________________________ -
_
231
81
6 8,300
100
5 5,570
M a n u f a c t u r i n g _______________ ______ ________ ____ __ .
N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g _______________ _ __________________
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a nd
o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s 5 __________________________
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e 6 _______ _______ ___________ _____
R e t a i l t r a d e 6_ _________________________ _____ _______
F i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a nd r e a l e s t a t e 6 ________
c e r v i c e s 6 7 _______________________ __________________
S
50
-
84
147
30
51
4 9,700
18,600
73
27
4 4, 94 0
10,630
50
50
50
50
50
25
15
66
18
23
13
4
17
6
11
7
2
12
3
3
4, 0 20
44 0
3, 810
1 ,050
1, 310
4,
1,
8,
2,
2,
700
300
200
100
300
T h e W i c h i t a S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a , a s d e f i n e d b y the B u r e a u o f th e B u d g e t t h r o u g h A p r i l 1 96 7, c o n s i s t s o f B u t l e r a n d S e d g w i c k
C o u n t i e s . T h e " w o r k e r s w i t h i n s c o p e o f s t u d y " e s t i m a t e s s h o w n in t h is t a b l e p r o v i d e a r e a s o n a b l y a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e s i z e a nd c o m p o s i t i o n o f th e
l a b o r f o r c e i n c l u d e d in the s u r v e y . T h e e s t i m a t e s a r e n o t i n t e n d e d , h o w e v e r , to s e r v e a s a b a s i s o f c o m p a r i s o n w it h o t h e r e m p l o y m e n t i n d e x e s f o r t h e a r e a
to m e a s u r e e m p l o y m e n t t r e n d s o r l e v e l s s i n c e (1) p l a n n i n g o f w a g e s u r v e y s r e q u i r e s th e u s e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t da ta c o m p i l e d c o n s i d e r a b l y in a d v a n c e o f
the p a y r o l l p e r i o d s t u d i e d , a nd (2) s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m the s c o p e o f the s u r v e y .
2 T h e 196 7 e d i t i o n o f the S t a n d a r d I n d u s t r i a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l w a s u s e d in c l a s s i f y i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n .
3 I n c l u d e s a ll e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h t o t al e m p l o y m e n t a t o r a b o v e th e m i n i m u m l i m i t a t i o n . A l l o u t l e t s (w i th in the a r e a ) o f c o m p a n i e s in s u c h i n d u s
t r i e s a s t r a d e , f i n a n c e , a u t o r e p a i r s e r v i c e , a n d m o t i o n p i c t u r e t h e a t e r s a r e c o n s i d e r e d as 1 e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
4 I n c l u d e s a l l w o r k e r s in a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h t o t a l e m p l o y m e n t ( w i t h i n th e a r e a ) at o r a b o v e th e m i n i m u m l i m i t a t i o n .
5 T a x i c a b s a n d s e r v i c e s i n c i d e n t a l to w a t e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n w e r e e x c l u d e d .
6 T h i s i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n i s r e p r e s e n t e d in e s t i m a t e s f o r " a l l i n d u s t r i e s " a nd " n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g " in the S e r i e s A t a b l e s .
Separate presenta tion o f
d a t a f o r t h is d i v i s i o n i s not m a d e f o r o n e o r m o r e o f t h e f o l l o w i n g r e a s o n s :
( l ) E m p l o y m e n t in the d i v i s i o n i s t o o s m a l l to p r o v i d e e n o u g h d a t a to
m e r i t s e p a r a t e s t u d y , (2) the s a m p l e w a s n ot d e s i g n e d i n i t i a l l y t o p e r m i t s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t i o n , (3) r e s p o n s e w a s i n s u f f i c i e n t o r i n a d e q u a t e t o p e r m i t
s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t i o n , a nd (4) t h e r e is p o s s i b i l i t y o f d i s c l o s u r e o f i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t da t a .
7 H o t e l s a nd m o t e l s ; l a u n d r i e s a nd o t h e r p e r s o n a l s e r v i c e s ; b u s i n e s s s e r v i c e s ; a u t o m o b i l e r e p a i r , r e n t a l , an d p a r k i n g ; m o t i o n p i c t u r e s ; n o n p r o f i t
m e m b e r s h i p o r g a n i z a t i o n s ( e x c l u d i n g r e l i g i o u s a n d c h a r i t a b l e o r g a n i z a t i o n s ) ; a nd e n g i n e e r i n g a nd a r c h i t e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s .
T w o - t h i r d s o f the w o r k e r s w i t h i n s c o p e o f the s u r v e y in the W i c h i t a a r e a w e r e e m
p l o y e d in m a n u f a c t u r i n g f i r m s .
T h e f o l l o w i n g t a b l e p r e s e n t s the m a j o r i n d u s t r y g r o u p s a n d
s p e c i f i c i n d u s t r i e s a s a p e r c e n t o f a ll m a n u f a c t u r i n g :
Industry group s
Specific in d u str ies
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t ________ 71
F o o d p r o d u c t s ________________________
9
F a b r i c a t e d m e t a l p r o d u c t s ________
5
P e t r o l e u m r e f i n i n g an d
r e l a t e d i n d u s t r i e s _________________
4
A i r c r a f t a nd p a r t s __________________ 70
H eating a pparatus (e x ce p t
e l e c t r i c ) an d p l u m b i n g
f i x t u r e s ____________________________
4
M e a t p r o d u c t s _______________________ 4
P e t r o l e u m r e f i n i n g ________________
4
T h is in fo r m a t io n is b a s e d on e s t i m a t e s o f total e m p lo y m e n t d e r iv e d f r o m u n i v e r s e
m a t e r i a l s c o m p i l e d p r i o r to a c t u a l s u r v e y .
P r o p o r t i o n s in v a r i o u s i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s m a y
d i f f e r f r o m p r o p o r t i o n s b a s e d o n th e r e s u l t s o f the s u r v e y a s s h o w n in t a b l e 1 a b o v e .
3
W age Trends for Selected Occupational Groups
Presented in table 2 are indexes and percentages of change
in average salaries of office clerical workers and industrial nurses,
and in average earnings of selected plant worker groups. The indexes
are a m easure of wages at a given time, expressed as a percent of
wages during the base period (date of the area survey conducted
between July I960 and June 1961).
Subtracting 100 from the index
yields the percentage change in wages from the base period to the
date of the index.
The percentages of change or increase relate to
wage changes between the indicated dates.
These estimates are
m easures of change in averages for the area; they are not intended
to m easure average pay changes in the establishments in the area.
Method of Computing
in the occupational group. These constant weights reflect base year
employments wherever possible.
The average (mean) earnings for
each occupation were multiplied by the occupational weight, and the
products for all occupations in the group were totaled. The aggregates
for 2 consecutive years were related by dividing the aggregate for
the later year by the aggregate for the earlier year.
The resultant
relative, le ss 100 percent, shows the percentage change. The index
is the product of multiplying the base year relative (100) by the relative
for the next succeeding year and continuing to multiply (compound)
each year’ s relative by the previous year’ s index. Average earnings
for the following occupations were used in computing the wage trends:
Each of the selected key occupations within an occupational
group was assigned a weight based on its proportionate employment
Office clerical (men and women)—
Continued
Secretaries
Stenographers, general
Stenographers, senior
Switchboard operators, classes
A and B
Tabulating-machine operators,
class B
Typists, classes A and B
O ffice 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
O ffice boys and girls
Table 2.
Skilled maintenance (men):
Carpenters
Electricians
Machinists
Mechanics
Mechanics (automotive)
Pa inters
Pipefitters
T ool and die makers
Unskilled plant (men):
Janitors, porters, and cleaners
Laborers, material handling
Industrial nurses (men and women):
Nurses, industrial (registered)
Indexes of Standard Weekly Salaries and Straight-Time Hourly Earnings for Selected Occupational Groups in Wichita, Kans.,
December 1967 and October 1966, and Percents of Change * for Selected Periods
Indexes
(September 1960=100)
Industry and occupational group
December 1967
October 1966
Percents of change 1
October 1966
to
December 1967
October 1965
to
October 1966
September 1964 September 1963 October 1962 September 1961 September 1960
to
to
to
to
to
October 1965 September 1964 September 1963 October 1962
September 1961
A ll industries:
O ffice clerical (men and women) ------------------------------Industrial nurses (m en and women) ---------------------- -----Skilled maintenance ( m e n ) ---------------------------------------Unskilled plant (m e n ) ----------------------------------------------- -
125.0
122.4
127. 5
127.1
118.8
116.4
120.3
117.9
5.2
5.1
6 .0
7.8
6 .3
3 .5
4 .9
3. 5
3 .0
1.8
2.1
1.3
1.8
.5
3.7
4 .2
3 .0
1.8
4 .7
5.3
1.5
3.8
1.7
2.9
2.1
4 .0
1.7
2— . 4
Manufacturing:
Office clerical (men and w o m e n )------------------------------Industrial nurses (m en and w o m e n )----------------------------Skilled maintenance ( m e n ) -----------------------— ----------Unskilled plant (m en) -----------------------------------------------
121,6
121.8
126.6
121.8
115.1
115.8
119.0
115.4
5.7
5.1
6 .4
5 .6
4 .4
3.1
4 .8
1 .0
2.3
2.3
2 .0
2 .6
1.0
0
3.9
2.8
1.6
1.8
4 .2
3 .6
1.9
3.8
.9
2.7
3.0
4 .0
2.1
1.9
1 Unless otherwise indicated, all changes are increases.
2 This decrease reflects labor turnover and a higher proportion of employment reported in low-wage establishments rather than wage decreases.
4
F o r o f f ic e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s and in d u s t r i a l n u r s e s , the w age
tr e n d s r e l a t e to r e g u l a r w e e k l y s a l a r i e s for the n o r m a l w o r k w e e k ,
e x c l u s i v e of e a r n i n g s for o v e r t i m e .
F o r plant w o r k e r g r o u p s , they
m e a s u r e ch a n g e s in a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s , e x c lu d in g
p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and
late s h i f t s . The p e r c e n t a g e s a r e b a s e d on data f o r s e l e c t e d k e y o c c u
pat ion s and inclu de m o s t of the n u m e r i c a l l y im p o r t a n t j o b s w ith in
e a ch g r o u p .
C h a n g e s in the la b o r f o r c e can c a u s e i n c r e a s e s or d e c r e a s e s in the
o c c u p a t io n a l a v e r a g e s without a c tu a l w a g e c h a n g e s . It is c o n c e i v a b l e
that e v e n though all e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in an a r e a g a v e w a g e i n c r e a s e s ,
a v e r a g e w a g e s m a y have d e c li n e d b e c a u s e l o w e r - p a y i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
e n t e r e d the a r e a or exp an ded th e ir w o r k f o r c e s .
S im ilarly, wages
m a y have r e m a i n e d r e l a t i v e l y c o n s t a n t , ye t the a v e r a g e s f o r an a r e a
m a y hav e r i s e n c o n s i d e r a b l y b e c a u s e h i g h e r - p a y i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
e n t e r e d the a r e a .
L i m i t a t i o n s _of D a ta
T he in d e x e s and p e r c e n t a g e s of ch a n g e ,
as m e a s u r e s of
change in a r e a a v e r a g e s , a r e in f l u e n c e d b y :
( l ) g e n e r a l s a l a r y and
w age c h a n g e s , (2) m e r i t or other i n c r e a s e s in p ay r e c e i v e d by in d i
vi du al w o r k e r s w hil e in the s a m e j o b , and (3) ch a n g e s in a v e r a g e
w a g e s due to c h a n ge s in the l a b o r f o r c e r e s u l t i n g f r o m l a b o r t u r n
o v e r , f o r c e e x p a n s i o n s , f o r c e r e d u c t i o n s , and ch a n g e s in the p r o p o r
tions of w o r k e r s e m p l o y e d b y e s t a b l i s h m e n t s with d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s .
T h e use of co nsta nt e m p l o y m e n t w e i g h t s e l i m i n a t e s the e f f e c t
of ch a n g e s in the p r o p o r t i o n of w o r k e r s r e p r e s e n t e d in e a c h job i n
clu d ed in the data.
T he p e r c e n t a g e s of cha nge r e f l e c t o n l y c h a n g e s
in a v e r a g e pay for s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r s .
T h e y a r e not i n f l u e n c e d b y
c h a n g e s in sta nd ard w o r k s c h e d u l e s , as s u c h , or b y p r e m i u m p ay
f o r o v e r t i m e . W h e r e n e c e s s a r y , d ata w e r e a d j u s t e d to r e m o v e f r o m
the i n d e x e s and p e r c e n t a g e s of cha ng e an y s i g n i f i c a n t e f f e c t c a u s e d
by ch a n g e s in the s c o p e of the s u r v e y .
5
A. Occupational Earnings
Table A-l. Office Occupations—Men and Women
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s s tu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is
b y in d u s t r y d i v is i o n , W ich ita , K a n s . , D e c e m b e r 1967)
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y e a rn i n g s o f —
Number
Sex, occupation, and industry division
woihers
Average
weekly
hours1
[standard)
1 ---------- f ----------1i
Median 2
$
$
$
$
$
*
s—
I --------- r * — 1 ----------3
1 ------1 ---------- S
130
135
120
125
140
145
115
$
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
iO Q
105
110
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105l
110
115
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
12
4
8
5
5
-
7
1
6
11
2
9
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
l
Und er
Middle range 2
$
60
55
Mean2
$
%
55
and
under
and
120
1 4 5 Io v e r
125
130
135
140
12
-
4
2
2
2
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
5
3
2
2
1
-
12
12
MEN
CL ERKS, A C CO UN TI NG , CLAS S A MA N U F A C T U R I N G -------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------PU BLIC U T I L I T I E S 3--------
77
27
50
31
CLERKS, A C CO UN TI NG ,
4
4
4
4
0 .0
0 .0
0 .0
0 .0
$
1 1 2 .0 0
1 0 6 .5 0
1 1 4 .5 0
1 2 3 .5 0
$
1 0 9 .5 0
1 0 0 .0 0
1 1 3 .0 0
1 2 3 .0 0
$
$
9 7 .5 0 -1 2 4 .5 0
9 2 .5 0 -1 2 7 .5 0
1 0 4 .0 0 -1 2 4 .5 0
1 1 5 .0 0 -1 3 1 .0 0
-
-
1
1
CLASS B -
45
4 0 .0
1 0 1 .0 0
1 0 1 .0 0
9 2 .0 0 -1 1 1 .0 0
-
-
-
-
1
-
4
2
10
5
5
6
7
2
3
-
-
-
-
-
CLERKS, OR D E R ------------------
33
4 0 .0
1 1 1 .0 0
1 1 0 .5 0
9 5 .5 0 -1 3 0 .0 0
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
1
1
4
3
1
8
1
-
-
-
-
8
-
OFFICE BOYS --------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------------
48
27
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
7 5 .5 0
8 4 .5 0
7 0 .5 0
9 3 .5 0
5 9 .5 0 7 0 .0 0 -
_
14
3
6
1
4
3
5
5
1
“
2
_
3
3
8
7
2
2
2
2
1
1
_
-
_
-
-
-
-
~
~
“
~
T A B U L A T I N G - M A C H I N E OP ER AT OR S,
CL AS S B ------------------------
34
4 0 .0
1 0 0 .0 0
9 4 .0 0
8 9 .0 0 -1 1 5 .0 0
'
5
2
5
1
1
1
BI LL ER S, M A CH IN E (BILLING
MACHINE) -----------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
38
31
4 0 .5
4 0 .5
7 4 .5 0
7 3 .5 0
7 4 .5 0
7 2 .5 0
5 9 .5 0 5 8 .5 0 -
8 4 .0 0
8 5 .0 0
“
~
2
2
”
~
~
BO O K K E E P I N G - M A C H I N E OP ER AT OR S,
CLAS S B -------------------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
87
66
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
7 5 .0 0
7 1 .0 0
7 3 .0 0
6 9 .5 0
6 7 .5 0 6 6 .5 0 -
8 5 .0 0
7 5 .0 0
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
CLERKS, ACCO UN TI NG , CLASS A —
MA N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3---------
131
32
99
67
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 6 .5 0
1 0 8 .5 0
1 0 6 .0 0
1 0 8 .0 0
1 0 3 .5 0
1 0 7 .5 0
1 0 3 .5 0
1 0 3 .5 0
9
9
9
9
1
2
1
1
3
3
9
-
4
4
-
-
-
CLERKS, AC CO UN TI NG , CLASS B -MA NU F A C T U R I N G ---------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------PU BLIC U T I L I T I E S 3----------
172
77
95
47
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
9 0 .5 0
9 0 .5 0
9 0 .0 0
1 0 5 .5 0
9 0 .5 0
9 3 .0 0
8 7 .0 0
1 1 2 .0 0
9 6 .0 0
9 9 .5 0
“
3
7
9
“
WO ME N
CLERKS, FILE, CLASS
A ---------
_
0
0
0
0
_
7 7 .0 0 -1 0 4 .5 0
8 1 .0 0 -1 0 2 .0 0
7 3 .5 0 -1 1 2 .0 0
1 0 0 .0 0 -1 1 5 .0 0
-
7
2
7
8
.0
.0
.5
.0
0
0
0
0
-1
-1
-1
-1
5
4
3
4
.5
.5
.5
.5
-
-
2
2
7
6
1
10
“
~
5
5
5
~
-
8
8
27
27
15
15
11
8
5
2
18
5
1
1
-
-
10
3
7
4
24
2
22
22
25
4
21
11
11
9
2
1
17
10
7
4
18
14
4
4
11
11
_
-
-
2
_
-
-
-
-
2
2
2
-
-
-
10
5
5
“
-
-
14
7
7
2
24
13
11
4
9
4
5
-
18
6
12
1
“
-
-
_
-
5
5
-
35
4 0 .0
9 1 .5 0
9 2 .5 0
8 0 .5 0 -1 0 6 .0 0
-
-
-
CLERKS, FILE, CLAS S B --------MA N U F A C T U R I N G ---------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
61
25
36
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
7 0 .0 0
7 9 .0 0
6 3 .5 0
6 4 .5 0
7 5 .0 0
6 2 .0 0
6 1 .0 0 6 6 .5 0 5 9 .0 0 -
_
11
CLERKS, O R OE R ------------------MA N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------
44
29
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
9 8 .5 0
9 4 .5 0
1 0 2 .5 0
9 8 .0 0
9 3 .0 0 -1 0 7 .5 0
8 3 .0 0 -1 0 7 .5 0
CL ER KS , PA YR OL L ----------------MA NU F A C T U R I N G ---------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
88
60
28
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .5
1 0 7 .0 0
1 0 9 .0 0
1 0 2 .5 0
1 1 1 .5 0
1 1 4 .0 0
1 0 7 .5 0
9 2 .0 0 -1 1 9 .0 0
9 5 .5 0 -1 2 0 .5 0
9 0 .5 0 -1 1 4 .0 0
CO MP T O M E T E R OP E R A T O R S --------MA NU F A C T U R I N G ---------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
57
27
30
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
9 4 .0 0
8 5 .0 0
1 0 2 .0 0
9 6 .5 0
8 7 .5 0
9 9 .5 0
8 4 .0 0 -1 0 3 .5 0
6 8 .5 0 -1 0 1 .0 0
9 4 .5 0 -1 2 1 .0 0
KE YP UN CH OP ER AT OR S, CLASS A —
M A N U F A CT UR IN G ---------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
83
48
35
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
9 1 .5 0
9 6 .0 0
8 5 .5 0
8 9 .5 0
9 1 .0 0
8 4 .0 0
8 3 . 0 0 - 9 5 .0 0
8 6 .5 0 -1 0 9 .5 0
7 7 . 5 0 - 9 2 .5 0
S ee fo o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b l e .
7 2 .5 0
9 8 .0 0
6 4 .5 0
-
-
“
11
22
4
18
_
_
_
-
15
4
11
_
1
1
4
4
2
21
2
19
14
9
3
6
1
8
4
4
4
8
7
1
1
20
1
19
19
10
1
9
9
2
1
1
l
-
3
4
1
9
-
2
2
5
5
-
11
8
3
5
l
4
3
3
1
1
-
_
-
2
2
-
-
4
4
-
2
2
2
2
2
2
l
1
4
4
1
1
2
2
6
5
9
13
12
6
4
2
3
1
2
2
2
-
10
8
8
~
3
-
10
2
8
11
6
5
15
14
1
21
10
11
1
1
-
-
1
_
_
_
1
1
-
-
-
-
5
2
8
-
~
-
1
1
3
“
_
-
-
-
11
10
1
2
-
-
_
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
“
“
-
-
2
-
2
7
8
2
5
1
4
16
7
9
3
5
-
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
1
-
3
1
-
-
-
-
_
_
-
-
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
“
1
~
_
_
_
4
4
16
6
10
13
13
-
-
1
1
-
5
1
-
-
9
9
6
4
2
_
_
-
-
7
6
1
4
3
1
4
2
2
_
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
5
5
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
“
-
4
4
-
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
Table A -l.
Office Occupations—Men and W om en— Continued
(A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n 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 an a r e a b a s is
b y in d u s t r y d i v is i o n , W ic h ita , K a n s . , D e c e m b e r 1967)
Weekly earnings1
(standard)
Number
Sex, o c c u p a t io n , and in du st r y d i v is i o n
workers
Average
weekly
hours1
( standard)
N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e ce i v in g straight- -t im e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s of—
$
$
55
Mean2
Median 2
Under
Middle range 2
$
55
$
60
$
65
$
70
$
75
$
80
$
85
1
90
$
$
95
100
$
105
$
110
S
115
S
120
$
$
125
130
$
$
135
140
and
und er
145
and
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145
over
40
36
4
4
31
31
-
20
16
4
4
10
2
8
8
~
”
*“
-
"
10
10
~
~
"
51
39
12
1
88
46
42
105
84
21
2
62
58
4
4
93
81
12
7
55
41
14
9
71
67
4
4
25
24
1
1
19
19
~
16
16
”
15
10
5
5
5
6
1
2
3
6
7
-
-
-
3
21
2
19
19
1
18
11
11
-
25
20
5
8
8
~
23
23
~
1
1
~
1
1
~
4
4
~
12
8
4
40
19
16
75
73
2
1
43
43
-
65
58
7
7
41
32
9
9
41
37
4
4
24
23
1
1
18
18
-
12
12
-
-
10
6
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
“
-
-
-
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
-
-
24
2
22
23
9
14
17
13
4
12
5
7
10
8
2
-
-
38
5
33
1
12
7
5
5
17
13
4
4
_
_
_
-
-
-
11
-
56
30
11
42
2
40
100 : 105
WOMEN - CONT IN UE D
4
4
4
4
0 .0
0 .0
0 .0
0 .0
$
9 0 .5 0
9 8 .5 0
7 8 .0 0
1 0 3 .0 0
$
9 3 .5 0
1 0 2 .5 0
7 0 .0 0
1 0 2 .0 0
$
$
7 1 .0 0 -1 0 6 .0 0
8 8 .5 0 -1 0 8 .5 0
6 6 . 0 0 - 8 7 .5 0
9 3 .0 0 -1 2 1 .0 0
SECRETARIES*
4-------------------------3
MANU FA CT UR IN G -------------------N O N M AN UF AC TU RI NG ---------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3--------------
788
541
247
49
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 0 8 .0 0
1 1 4 .0 0
9 5 .0 0
1 1 7 .5 0
1 0 8 .0 0
1 1 4 .0 0
9 3 .5 0
1 1 6 .5 0
9 6 .0 0 -1 2 0 .5 0
1 0 4 .5 0 -1 2 5 .0 0
8 1 .5 0 -1 0 5 .0 0
1 0 3 .5 0 -1 2 4 .0 0
SECRETARIES, CLAS S A -------------
41
1 1 0 .0 0
1 1 2 .5 0
9 7 .5 0 -1 2 5 .5 0
-
-
-
-
4
SE CR ETARIES, CLASS B ------------MANU FA CT UR IN G -------------------N O N M AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------
149
89
60
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 1 4 .5 0
1 2 0 .0 0
1 0 6 .5 0
1 1 5 .0 0
1 2 0 .5 0
1 0 4 .5 0
1 0 3 .0 0 -1 2 6 .0 0
1 1 4 .5 0 -1 2 8 .5 0
1 0 0 .5 0 -1 0 8 .5 0
-
_
-
-
-
_
SE CR ET AR IE S, CLASS C ------------M A N U F A CT UR IN G -------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ---------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3--------------
490
382
108
39
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 1 0 .0 0
1 1 4 .0 0
9 7 .0 0
1 1 3 .5 0
1 1 0 .0 0
1 1 4 .0 0
9 3 .5 0
1 1 6 .5 0
9 8 .5 0 -1 2 1 .5 0
1 0 5 .5 0 -1 2 4 .0 0
8 6 .0 0 -1 0 4 .0 0
1 0 3 .0 0 -1 2 3 .0 0
_
-
SE CRETARIES, CLASS D ------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------
108
63
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
8 8 .0 0
7 7 .5 0
9 1 .5 0
7 3 .5 0
7 2 .5 0 -1 0 2 .5 0
7 1 . 0 0 - 8 4 .0 0
-
ST ENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL ------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G -------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ---------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 3--------------
181
126
55
44
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
9 1 .5 0
9 3 .5 0
8 7 .0 0
9 1 .5 0
9 3 .0 0
9 5 .0 0
8 8 .5 0
9 2 .0 0
8 4 .0 0 -1
8 7 .0 0 -1
6 8 .5 0 - 1
6 9 .5 0 -1
_
-
SW IT CH BO AR O OPERATORS, CLASS A --M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------- *----------
31
25
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
9 9 .0 0
1 0 4 .5 0
1 0 1 .0 0
1 0 3 .5 0
SW ITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLAS S B --N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
49
43
4 1 .C
4 1 .0
6 7 .5 0
6 5 .5 0
SWITCH BO AR D OP E R A T O R - R E C E P T I O N I S T S
NONMANl^F AC T U R I N G -----------------
67
48
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
TYPISTS, CLASS A -------------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------
75
65
234
159
75
TYPISTS, CLASS B -------------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G -------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
o
264
157
107
30
*
o
KE YPUNCH OP ER AT OR S, CLASS B ------MANU FA CT UR IN G -------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG - - -------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S --------------
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
9
.0
.0
.5
.0
0
0
0
0
-
_
2
2
-
9
4
5
27
8
19
43
12
31
-
-
4
-
_
2
2
7
7
8
4
4
7
4
3
19
30
7
23
-
36
23
13
31
23
8
1
6
6
2
1
12
9
8
21
21
18
3
3
34
22
12
12
26
26
-
34
31
3
3
~
7
2
5
5
4
4
4
4
6
6
2
2
2
2
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
9
4
5
_
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
_
_
-
32
32
_
~
11
11
2
-
2
-
14
-
8
6
2
20
2
-
6
13
2
-
2
-
14
12
4
3
1
-
9 1 .0 0 -1 1 2 .5 0
9 7 .0 0 -1 1 5 .5 0
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
l
6 5 .5 0
6 4 .0 0
5 9 .0 0 5 8 .5 0 -
7 4 .5 0
7 0 .0 0
-
7 1 .0 0
6 6 .5 0
6 9 .5 0
6 4 .5 0
6 1 .0 0 5 8 .5 0 -
8 0 .0 0
7 6 .5 0
6
6
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
9 3 .0 0
9 4 .0 0
9 3 .0 0
9 7 .5 0
8 1 .5 0 -1 0 4 .5 0
8 0 .5 0 -1 0 6 .0 0
_
~
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
7 9 .5 0
8 5 .0 0
6 8 .5 0
7 8 .0 0
8 5 .5 0
6 5 .5 0
6 9 .0 0 7 5 .5 0 6 2 .0 0 -
-
7
1
6
9 3 .0 0
9 6 .5 0
7 3 .0 0
~
-
15
5
3
26
“
16
21
“
15
15
9
9
9
9
5
3
1
1
5
3
2
1
2
1
-
9
9
11
11
9
5
5
2
11
11
3
6
2
1
_
-
5
1
_
_
-
-
4
4
5
5
7
7
11
6
7
4
7
5
4
4
13
13
41
10
31
13
4
9
39
21
18
30
27
3
20
16
4
17
17
16
15
1
31
31
17
16
1
-
3
3
-
~
“
”
6
-
-
6
~
_
-
-
-
-
~
—
~
“
-
-
-
~
“
1
1
10
10
7
7
-
-
~
1
1
2
2
-
“
“
”
6
6
-
-
-
-
**
-
-
-
-
-
~
“
~
-
-
-
“
-
-
-
**
-
-
-
-
"
~
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
St an dar d 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 l o y e e s r e c e i v e t h e ir r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e o f pa y f o r o v e r t i m e at r e g u l a r a n d / o r p r e m i u m r a t e s ) , and the e a r n i n g s c o r
r e s p o n d to t h e s e w e e k l y h o u r s .
B
T he m e a n i s c o m p u t e d f o r e a c h j o b b y tot ali ng the e a rn i n g s o f a ll w o r k e r s and di vid in g by the n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s .
Th e m e d i a n d e s ig n a t e s p o s i t i o n — h a lf o f the e m p l o 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 rate sho wn ; h a lf r e c e i v e l e s s than the ra te sho w n.
T he m i d d l e ra n g e i s de f in ed b y 2 ra t e s o f pa y ; a four th o f the w o r k e r s e a rn l e s s than the l o w e r o f t h e s e r a t e s and a fo u r t h e a r n
m o r e ' t h a n the h i g h e r ra te .
3 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , and o t h e r pu b l ic u t il it i e s .
4 M a y in cl u d e w o r k e r s o t h e r than t h o s e p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e l v .
Table A-2.
Professional and Technical Occupations—Men and W om en
(A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and. e a r n in g s fo r s e 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 s t r y d i v is i o n , W ic h ita , K a n s . , D e c e m b e r 1967)
Weekly earnings12
(standard)
Sex,
and in du st r y di v is i o n
o c c u p a t io n .
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g s t r a i g h t - t i m e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s o f—
s
$
Average
weekly
85
$
~
i
1
'
l
5
$
$
t
! i
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145
15C
155
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
131
140
145
150
155
160
1C
10
13
13
19
19
26
£6
15
14
3
3
40
40
21
21
5
5
5
5
and
un d e r
{ standard)
90
KEN
$
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B
MANUFACTURING -
109
108
4 0 . C 132.00
40.0 1 32.00
$
$
$
135.00 1 2 6 .5 0 -1 4 0 .5 0
135.00 1 2 6 .5 0 -1 4 0 .5 0
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C
MANUFACTURING -
119
115
40.0 119.00
4 0 . C 119.50
121.00
121.00
1 14 .50 -1 24 .50
1 15.00-125.00
43
42
40.0 123.00
40. C 1 2 3 .0 0
122.00
122.50
1 1 2 .50 -1 40 .00
1 12 .00 -1 40 .00
2
2
5
5
4
4
2
2
4
3
12
10
13
13
3
3
6
6
4
4
22
21
1
1
9
9
WOMEN
NURSES,
INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) ------------------------------------------
m an u fa c tu r in g
1 St a nd 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 which e m p l o y e e s
r a t e s ) , and the e a r n i n g s c o r r e s p o n d to t he se w ee k l y h o u r s .
2 F o r de f in i t io n o f t e r m s , s e e fo ot not e 2, table A - l .
r e c e i v e t h e ir r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e
f
6
s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e o f pay f o r o v e r t i m e
at
1
10
1
10
regular
and/or
prem ium
8
Table A-3.
Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Men and Women Combined
(A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n 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 an a r e a b a s is
b y in d u s t r y d i v is i o n , W ic h ita , K a n s . , D e c e m b e r 1967)
Average
Number
of
workers
Weekly
earnings 1
(standard) (standard)
Weekly
OFFICE OCCUPA TI ON S
47
40
BCCKKEE PlNG-MACHINE OPERATORS,
CLASS B ---------------------------------------------InQNMANUFACTURING ----------------------
87
66
CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS A —
MANUFACTURING ---------------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------PUBLIC u t i l i t i e s 2-----------------
208
59
149
98
217
99
118
61
92.00
9 6.00
86.50
SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS A ------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------
31
25
4C.U
40.0
$
99.00
104.50
SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CLASS 8 ------NGNMANUFACTURING --------------------------------
49
43
41.0
41. C
6 7.50
6 5 . 50
SWITCHBOARD GPERATCR-RFCHPTICNISTSNONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------
67
48
4 0.0
4 0.0
7 1.00
6 6.50
TAbOLATING-MACHINE CPcRATGPS,
CLASS d ---------------------------------------------------------
38
CONTINUED
OFFICE OCCUPATIONS -
64
40.0
40.0
75.00
71.00
KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS 3 -------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------------
271
163
10 3
31
4 0 . C 90.50
4 0. C 9 8 . 50
40.0
78.50
4 0.0 1C3.50
OFFICE BOYS AND GIRLS----------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------
72
35
37
40. G
40. C
40.0
4 0 .C
4 0 .C
4 0.0
4 0.0
108.50
107.50
1C 9 . 0 0
113.00
40.0
9 2.50
4 0 . C 93.00
4 0.0
9 2.00
4 0.0 104.50
4 0.0
95.50
65
29
36
4 0 .C
4 0.0
4 0.0
72. CO
82.00
63.50
CLERKS, F IL E , CLASS C ----------------NGNMANUFACTURING ----------------------
29
27
40.0
40.0
76.50
75.50
CLERKS, ORDER ----------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------PUBLIC U T I L IT I E S 2 -----------------
77
43
34
29
40.0
4 0.0
40.0
40.0
103.50
9 3.50
116.00
117.00
CLERKS, PAYROLL -----------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NGNMANUFACTURING ---------------------
95
63
32
40.0
40.0
4C.5
107.50
109.50
103.50
COMPTOMETER OPERATORS ----------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NGNMANUFACTURING ---------------------
57
27
30
4 0.0
4 0.0
40.0
9 4.00
85.00
102.00
SECRETARIES3------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------------
48
36
788
541
247
49
4C.t
4 0.C
4 0.C
40.0
4G.C
4C.0
40.0
74.50
86.00
64.50
108.00
114.00
95.00
117.50
A -------------------
41
SECRETARIES, CLASS B ------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------
149
89
fcC
40.0
40.0
40.0
SECRETARIES, CLASS C ------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------------
490
382
108
39
40.0 1 1 0 . 0 0
40.0 114.00
4 0 .C 97.00
4 0.0 113.50
SECRETARIES, CLASS D ------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------
1C 8
63
40.0
40.0
88.00
7 7.50
STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL ------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2---------------------
182
126
56
45
40.0
40.0
40.0
4 0 .G
91.50
93.50
87.00
91.50
SECRETARIES,
1 Standa 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 l o y e e s r e c e i v e t he ir
c o r r e s p o n d to t h es e w e e k l y h o u r s .
2 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , and o t h e r pu bl ic ut il it i e s .
3 M a y in cl u de w o r k e r s o t h e r than t h o se p r e s e n t e d s e p a r a t e l y .
O cc u p a t io n and i n d u st r y d i v i s i o n
40.0
40.0
43
CLASS
-
CLASS
regular
straight-tim e
Number
of
workers
Weekly
earnings 1
(standard)
KEYPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS A -------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------
A -----------------
F IL E ,
Weekly
$
8 0.00
ec.oo
CLERKS, F IL E , CLASS B ----------------MANUFACTURING -------- ------------------MJNMANUFAC T U R I N G ----------------------
CLERKS,
Number
of
workers
(standard)
OFFICE OCCUPATIONS
BILLERS, MACHINE (BILLING
MACHINE) ---------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------
CLERKS, ACCOUNTING, CLASS B —
MANUFACTURING ---------------------------NUNKANUFACTURI ng ---------------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 2-----------------
O c c u p a t io n and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n
4 0 . G 110.00
114.50
W eekly
hours 1
(standard)
W eekly
earnings 1
(standard)
CONTINUED
o
o
O c c u p a t io n and in du st r y d i v i s i o n
9 9.50
TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATORS,
CLASS C ---------------------------------------------------------
28
40.0
95.0 0
TYPISTS, CLASS A --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------
75
65
4 0 .C
4C .C
9 3.00
9 4 . CO
TYP ISTS, CLASS E --------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------------
234
159
75
4 0.0
4 0 .C
40. C
7 9.50
8 5 . CO
68 .5 0
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS B --------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------
118
117
4 0 . C 132.50
4 0 . C 132.50
DRAFTSMEN, CLASS C --------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------
125
121
4 0 .0 119.50
4 0 . C 119.50
NURSES, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED)
MANUFACTURING --------------------------------
43
42
1 20 .0 0
106.50
PROF ES SI ON AL AND TE CH NI CA L
OC C U P A T I O N S
s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e o f pay f o r o v e r t i m e
at r e g u l a r a n d / o r p r e m i u m
rates),
4 0.0
40 .0
123.00
123.00
and the e a r n i n g s
9
Table A -4.
Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations
(A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s f o r m e n in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s s tu d ie d o n an a r e a b a s is
b y in d u s tr y d i v is i o n , W ich ita , K a n s . , D e c e m b e r 1967)
Hourly earnings 1
O c c u p a t i o n and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n
N um ber o f w ork ers
$
2 .2 0
ricers
Middle range 2
$
2 .3 0
$
2 .4 0
$
2 .5 0
$
2 .6 0
$
2 .7 0
%
%
2 .8 0
2 .6 0
2 .7 0
2 .8 0
2 .9 0
Mean2
Median 2
2 .3 0
2 .4 0
2 .5 0
$
3 .1 9
3 .1 9
$
2 .9 6 2 .9 7 -
$
3 .6 6
3 .6 5
-
-
-
C A R P EN TE RS . M A I N T E N A N C E --MA N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
42
39
E L EC TR IC IA NS . M A I N T E N A N C E M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
142
135
3 .4 5
3 .4 4
3 .6 1
3 .6 1
3 .1 1 3 .0 9 -
3 .7 3
3 .7 3
1
1
_
_
-
ENGINE ER S. S T A T I O N A R Y -----M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
50
41
3 .3 1
3 .4 4
3 .5 0
3 .5 4
3 .0 4 3 .1 5 -
3 .5 9
3 .8 3
_
_
FIRE ME N, ST AT I O N A R Y BO IL ER
M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
63
63
3 .0 3
3 .0 3
3 .2 2
3 .2 2
2 .6 9 2 .6 9 -
3 .2 8
3 .2 8
-
HE LP ER S. M A I N T E N A N C E TR AD ES
M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
84
51
3 .0 1
2 .6 7
3 .1 2
2 .5 8
2 .5 5 2 .5 1 -
3 .5 4
2 .6 9
4
4
M A C H IN IS TS . MA I N T E N A N C E ---
28
3 .5 2
3 .6 6
3 .5 6 -
3 .8 3
134
44
90
8C
3 .3 4
3 .1 9
3 .4 1
3 .4 3
3 .5 1
3 .1 4
3 .5 2
3 .5 3
3
2
3
3
-
3 .5 8
3 .7 3
3 .5 7
3 .5 7
MECHAN IC S, M A I N T E N A N C E ----MA N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
133
114
3 .4 4
3 .4 4
3 .4 9
3 .4 7
3 .2 2 3 .1 6 -
OI LE RS -----------------------MA N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
34
34
2 .9 2
2 .9 2
3 .1 2
3 .1 2
P I PE FI TT ER S, M A I N T E N A N C E -MA N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
43
43
3 .5 6
3 .5 6
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS -------MA N U F A C T U R I N G ------------
510
510
3 .7 4
3 .7 4
2
~
-
$
3 .2 0
S
3 .3 0
$
3 .5 0
$
3 .6 0
$
3 .7 0
i
3 .4 0
3 .8 0
$
3 .9 0
1
.0 0
<►
$
4 .1 0
4 .2 0
3 .0 0
3 .1 0
3 .2 0
3 .3 0
3 .4 0
3 .5 0
3 .6 0
3 .7 0
3 .8 0
3 .9 0
4 .0 0
<►. 1 0
4 .2 0
over
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
_
_
6
_
“
_
_
1
1
1
1
11
11
3
3
4
4
9
9
-
12
12
3
3
8
8
10
10
7
7
6
6
10
10
4
4
-
2
2
2
i
8
7
2
1
-
5
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
29
29
_
_
-
12
12
-
-
7
4
3
1
-
1
1
43
-
6
“
25
23
-
43
43
11
7
11
9
15
15
_
_
14
14
-
_
-
2
2
-
-
3
3
4
4
19
19
9
9
_
-
-
-
5
-
_
_
-
-
10
10
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
5
5
-
3 .7 5
3 .8 2
-
_
2 .6 6 2 .6 6 -
3 .1 6
3 .1 6
-
3 .6 9
3 .6 9
3 .6 2 3 .6 2 -
3 .7 5
3 .7 5
3 .9 1
3 .9 1
3 .4 6 3 .4 6 -
3 .9 8
3 .9 8
1
2
4
6
E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s ,
F o r d e f in i t io n o f t e r m s , s e e f oo t n o t e 2, tabl e A - l .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , and o t h e r pu bl ic u t il it i e s .
_
_
.2
.7
.3
.3
$
3 .1 0
t
2 .9 0
$
and
under
$
3 .2 4
3 .2 5
ME CH AN IC S, AU T O M O T I V E
(M AI NT EN AN CE ) -------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G -----------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G -------PU BL IC U T I L I T I E S 3------
r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f —
*
3 .0 0
-
-
-
-
1
-
7
7
-
-
_
_
-
-
4
4
-
-
-
8
8
5
5
12
12
1
l
5
5
_
-
-
-
19
19
4
4
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
_
-
-
-
-
-
_
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
12
12
5
5
7
7
18
18
-
h o l id a y s ,
-
-
_
and late shifts,
-
-
-
-
2
2
7
7
25
20
43
43
9
9
1
1
1
1
14
14
-
4
4
-
4
4
_
_
_
32
_
1
-
-
6
_
_
_
25
-
6
6
5
5
_
_
_
9
-
-
-
-
22
14
8
8
14
1
18
18
-
_
14
14
21
21
20
20
4
4
-
1
1
-
-
_
_
89
89
_
-
-
-
11
11
_
_
2
33
33
11
4
4
-
_
_
-
_
22
22
-
2
1
4
4
_
_
-
-
_
2
1
_
-
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
-
-
_
_
_
-
-
_
_
28
28
5
5
_
_
-
_
10
10
186
186
_
_
_
_
87
87
6
6
10
Table A-5.
Custodial and Material Movement Occupations
(A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t im e h o u r ly e a r n 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 on an a r e a b a s is
b y in d u s t r y d iv is io n , W ic h ita , K a n s . , D e c e m b e r 1967)
Hourly earnings 2
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s o f —
f
t
i
$
1 .7 0
1 .8 0
2 .2 0
$
2 .3 0
$
2 .4 0
2 .5 0
$
2 .6 0
2 .7 0
$
2 .8 0
$
1 .6 0
$
2 .1 0
t
1 .5 0
$
2 .0 0
i
1 .4 0
$
1 .9 0
S
1 .3 0
2 .9 0
3 .0 0
3 .2 0
3 .4 0
3 .6 0
1 .4 0
U 50
1 .6 0
1 .7 0
1 .8 0
1 .9 0
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 . CO 3 . 2 0
3 .4 0
3 .6 0
3 .8 0
—
-
4
13
30
3
10
1
1
6
3
5
3
8
8
19
19
13
9
7
4
4
2
2
68
68
-
*
2
1
-
“
6
2
-
“
1
2
3
7
19
9
7
4
2
68
-
-
-
10
6
4
1
-
-
23
23
112
110
2
2
-
_
-
-
20
20
-
-
_
-
~
1
1
-
3
20
9
11
10
37
36
1
~
40
20
20
5
30
30
1
27
20
7
1
21
20
1
“
12
5
7
4
1
-
15
4
11
32
-
15
5
10
*
"
~
~
_
.
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
11
10
1
8
8
29
_
-
-
-
29
-
-
-
_
_
-
-
f
1 .2 0
Number
O c c u p a t i o n 1 and in d u st r y d i v is i o n
workers
M ean3
M edian3
M iddle range3
Under
an d
1 .2 0
unc*e r
1 .3 0
GUARDS AND WATC HM EN ----------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
201
127
$
$
$
$
2 .4 5
2 .8 6
2 .5 7
3 .0 2
1 .8 1 2 .5 7 -
3 .0 8
3 .1 3
GUARDS:
MANU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
122
2 .8 9
3 .0 3
2 .5 9 -
3 .1 3
JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS --MANU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4---------------
426
323
103
30
2 .2 3
2 .3 8
1 .7 5
2 .0 3
2 .3 4
2 .4 8
1 .8 4
2 .0 7
1 .9
2 .1
1 .5
1 .8
2
2
2
2
5
7
5
8
-
.6 2
.6 5
.0 6
.1 6
JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CLEANERS
(WOMEN) ------------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
49
25
2 .0 1
2 .3 2
1 .9 7
2 .4 9
1 .6 1 2 .2 5 -
2 .5 3
2 .6 1
LABORERS, MA TE RI AL HA ND LI NG -------MANU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
466
272
194
2 .4 5
2 .4 6
2 .4 5
2 .5 1
2 .5 1
2 .6 3
2 .1 5 2 .2 6 1 .8 8 -
2 .7 6
2 .5 8
2 .9 5
ORDER
FI LL ER S -----------------------
-
-
10
_
6
_
1
10
-
-
_
-
-
-
*
143
2 .6 8
2 .9 1
2 .3 1 -
2 .9 6
-
100
92
2 .5 2
2 .5 8
2 .5 4
2 .5 8
2 .1 6 2 .3 3 -
2 .9 7
3 .0 4
-
RE CEIVING CLERKS --------------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
38
26
2 .8 0
2 .8 9
2 .9 4
2 .9 5
2 .4 8 2 .6 8 -
SH IPPING CL ERKS ----------------------
30
2 .9 3
3 .0 4
2 .9 2 -
14
11
3
-
-
5
12
24
6
18
48
41
24
24
-
104
104
7
19
18
1
11
2
9
27
9
18
8
1
7
48
13
35
21
-
15
21
10
26
20
6
5
-
4
-
-
25
10
10
-
-
-
5
82
1
-
_
_
“
-
-
-
-
-
9
9
1
1
4
4
13
13
10
10
6
6
8
8
2
2
4
4
3
3
20
20
3 .1 3
3 .2 3
-
_
_
-
-
_
_
_
3
_
-
-
3
-
2
2
1
1
1
1
_
-
1
1
15
11
4
1
4
4
2
2
3 .2 3
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
1
-
1
5
9
9
-
-
3
8
_
2 .8 8
-
3 .5 3
3 .1 2
3 .5 5
-
TRUCKDRIVERS, LIGH T (UNDER
1-1/2 T O N S ) -----------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
79
73
2 .6 4
2 .6 9
3 .5 0
3 .5 1
1 .7 4 1 .7 3 -
3 .5 5
3 .5 6
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
6
-
-
-
-
10
-
-
4
6
**
1
-
5
5
3
1
4
-
1
_
16
4
13
11
2
10
4
6
_
47
26
26
4
~
3
3
_
2
2
~
10
7
3
32
31
1
14
2
12
108
45
63
4
1
3
189
31
158
_
-
49
45
-
.
.
1
1
_
_
_
~
40
40
“
3
3
1
1
_
97
1
92
-
194
20
3
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
“
16
4
6
6
8
8
“
~
16
16
2
2
_
_
_
_
2
~
“
“
~
2
_
-
-
-
-
4
_
19
_
_
220
3 .2 8
3 .1 8
3 .1 3 -
3 .5 4
-
-
-
-
-
295
2 .9 3
3 .1 2
3 .1 3
3 .1 4
2 .7 3 2 .8 9 -
3 .1 7
3 .1 8
-
_
_
4
_
”
"
_
_
_
3 .3 5
3 .3 5
_
Data l i m i t e d to m e n w o r k e r s e x c e p t w h e r e o t h e r w i s e in d ic a t e d .
E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m pay f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l id a y s , and la te
F o r d ef in it io n o f t e r m s , s e e foo t no t e 2, tabl e A - 1 .
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n , and o t h e r p u bl ic u t il it ie s.
I n cl u d e s all d r i v e r s , a s d e fi ne d , r e g a r d l e s s o f s i z e and type o f t r u c k o p e r a t e d .
shi fts .
2
2
_
_
_
~
4
-
6
2 .4 8
2 .9 8
~
-
6
2
2 .2 5 2 .0 8 -
”
-
2
6
_
_
-
2 .3 3
2 .8 9
_
5
-
2 .4 1
2 .5 9
2 .4 2 2 .4 2 -
7
6
4
1 .9 8 -
2 .5 3
2 .5 3
6
6
2
2 .3 6 2 .3 1 3 .1 2 -
2 .7 0
2 .7 0
2
2
4
3 .1 3
2 .7 3
3 .5 1
88
88
3
3
-
4
2 .3 8
36
3
3
1
~
~
-
2 .9 3
2 .7 0
3 .1 3
12
12
12
7
~
“
12
12
2 .4 7
1
2
3
4
5
2
l
-
~
7
$
_
43
TRUCKERS, POWER (OTHER THAN
FORKLIFT) ---------------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------- 1
5
4
3
2
1
-
-
“
S
-
541
255
286
TRUCKERS, POWER (FORKLIFT) --------N O N M AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
5
5
4
21
11
4
t
-
SHIPPING AND RE CE IV IN G CLERKS -----
TR UCKDRIVERS, H E AV Y (OVER 4 TONS,
TRAILER TYPE) ---------------------
1
$
_
-
T R U C K D R I V E R S 5 ------------------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------N O N M AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
147
35
4
_
“
PACKERS, SHIPPING -------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------------
TR UC KDRIVERS, ME D I U M (1-1/2 TO
AND INCLUDING 4 TONS) ----------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG -----------------
_
1
2
2
6
47
48
41
4
-
10
3
~
-
-
-
-
7
31
5
3
2
5
5
20
20
16
16
2
_
1
1
2
1
12
11
-
-
30
-
2
6
14
4
6
1
1
~
10
10
_
6
6
_
9
2
5
5
-
22
22
-
-
-
Appendix. Occupational Descriptions
The primary purpose of preparing job descriptions for the Bureau1s 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; and handicapped, part-time, temporary, and probationary workers.
OFFICE
BILLER, MACHINE
BILLER, MACHINE— Continued
Prepares statements, bills, and invoices on a machine other than
an ordinary or electrom atic 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 clas
sified by type of machine, as follows:
columns and computes, and usually prints automatically the debit or
credit balances. Does not involve a knowledge of bookkeeping.
Works from uniform and standard types of sales and credit slips.
BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR
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.
Biller, machine (billing machine). Uses a special billing ma
chine (Moon Hopkins, Elliott Fisher, Burroughs, etc. , 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 pre
determined discounts and shipping charges, and entry of necessary
extensions, which may or may not be computed on the billing ma
chine, and totals which are automatically accumulated by machine.
The operation usually involves a large number of carbon copies of the
bill being prepared and is often done on a fanfold machine.
Class A . Keeps a set of records requiring a knowledge o f 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.
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, etc. , which
may or may not have typewriter keyboard) to prepare customers' bills
as part of the accounts receivable operation. Generally involves the
simultaneous entry o f figures on customers' ledger record. The ma
chine automatically accumulates figures on a number o f vertical
Note: Since the last survey in this area, the Bureau has discontinued collecting data for duplicatingmachine operators and elevator operators.
11
12
CLERK, ACCOUNTING
Class A . Under general direction of a bookkeeper or accountant,
has responsibility for keeping one or 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
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 cleiks.
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.
CLERK, ORDER
Receives customers' orders for material or merchandise by mail,
phone, or personally. Duties involve any combination of the following:
Quoting prices to customers; making out an order sheet listing the items
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 o f 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.
KEYPUNCH OPERATOR
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.
Class A.
Operates a numerical and/or alphabetical or com bina
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, work requires application
13
KEYPUNCH OPERATOR— Continued
of 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 of 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 sealers 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. Woiks 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 of com
parable nature and difficulty. The work typically requires knowledge of
office routine and understanding of the organization, programs, and pro
cedures related to the work o f the supervisor.
SECRETARY— Continued
Exclusions
Not all positions that are titled "secretary” possess the above
characteristics. Examples of 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 of 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 of 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 of this role, does n otin 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 employs, in all, over 100 but fewer than 5, 000 persons; or
b.
Secretary to a corporate officer (other than the chairman of
the board or president) of a company that employs, in all, over 5,000 but
fewer than 25,000 persons; or
c.
Secretary to the head (immediately below the corporate
officer level) of a major segment or subsidiary of a company that employs,
in all, over 25,000 persons.
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) o f a company that employs, in all, over 100 but fewer
than 5,000 persons; or
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SECRETA R Y— Continue d
STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL— Continued
c.
Secretary to the head (immediately below the officer level)
over either a major corporate - wi de 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)
of 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 rou
tine clerical tasks. May operate from a stenographic pool. Does not
include transcribing-machine work. (See transcribing-machine operator. )
d. Secretary to the head of an individual plant, factory, etc.
(or other equivalent level of official) that employs, in all, over 5,000
persons; or
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
e.
Secretary to the head of a large and important organizational
Performs
stenographic
duties
requiring significantly greater inde
segment (e. g. , a middle management supervisor of an organizational seg
pendence
and
responsibility
than
stenographers,
general as evidenced
ment often involving as many as several hundred persons) of a company
by the following: Woik requires high degree of stenographic speed and
that employs, in all, over 25,000 persons.
accuracy; and a thorough working knowledge o f general business and
Class C
office procedures and of the specific business operations, organization,
policies, procedures, files, workflow, etc. Uses this knowledge in per
a. Secretary to an executive or managerial person whose respon
forming stenographic duties and responsible clerical tasks such as, main
sibility is not equivalent to one of the specific level situations in the def
taining followup files; assembling material for reports, memorandums,
inition for class B, but whose subordinate staff normally numbers at least
letters, e t c .; composing simple letters from general instructions; reading
several dozen employees and is usually divided into organizational segments
and routing incoming mail; and answering routine questions, etc. Does
which are often, in turn, further subdivided. In some companies, this level
not
include transcribing-machine work.
includes a wide range of organizational echelons; in others, only one or
two; or
SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR
b. Secretary to the head of an individual plant, factory, etc.
(or other equivalent level of official) that employs, in all, fewer than
5,000 persons.
Class A . Operates a single- or multiple-position telephone
switchboard handling incoming, outgoing, intraplant or office calls. Per
forms full telephone information service or handles com plex calls, such as
conference, 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. ( ’’Full" telephone information service occurs when the
establishment has varied functions that are not readily understandable for
telephone information purposes, e.g., because of overlapping or interrelated
functions, and consequently present frequent problems as to which exten
sions are appropriate for calls. )
Class D
a. Secretary to the supervisor or head of a small organizational
unit ( e . g . , fewer than about 25 or 30 persons); or
b. Secretary to a nonsupervisory staff specialist, professional
employee, administrative officer, or assistant, skilled technician or expert.
(NOTE: Many companies assign stenographers, rather than secretaries as
described above, to this level of supervisory or nonsupervisory worker.)
STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL
Primary duty is to take dictation involving a normal routine v o
cabulary from one or more persons either in shorthand or by Stenotype or
similar machine; and transcribe dictation.
May also type from writ
ten copy.
Class B. Operates a single r or multiple-position telephone
switchboard handling incoming, outgoing, intraplant or office calls. May
handle routine long distance calls and record tolls. May perform lim ited
telephone information service. ("Lim ited’’ telephone information service
occurs if the functions of the establishment serviced are readily understand
able for telephone information purposes, or if the requests are routine,
e. g. , giving extension numbers when specific names are furnished, or if
complex calls are referred to another operator. )
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SW ITC H B O AR D O PERATOR-RECEPTION IST
In addition to performing duties of 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.
TA B U IA T IN G -M A C H IN E OPERATOR— Continued
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-MA CHINE 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 o f irregular or nonrecurring type requiring some planning and
sequencing of steps to be taken. As a.more experienced operator,
is typically involved in training new operators in machine operations,
or partially trained operators in wiring from diagrams and operating
sequences of long and com plex reports. Does not include working
supervisors performing tabulating-machine operations and day-to-day
supervision of the work and production of a group of tabulatingmachine 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 work 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 o f 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 of 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, etc. , with
specific instructions. May include simple wiring from diagrams and
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 stenog
rapher, general.
TYPIST
Uses a typewriter to make copies of 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 o f the following: Typing ma
terial in final form when it involves combining material from several
sources or responsibility for correct spelling, syllabication, punctu
ation, etc. , of technical or unusual words or foreign language ma
terial; and planning layout and typing o f complicated statistical tables
to maintain uniformity and balance in spacing. May type routine
form letters varying details to suit circumstances.
Class B. Performs one op more o f the following: Copy typing
from rough or clear drafts; routine typing o f forms, insurance policies,
e t c .; 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 com plex 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 o f 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 single 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.
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 o f 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 medi
cal direction to ill or injured employees or other persons who become ill or
suffer an accident on the premises o f 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.
MA I N T E N A N C E AND POWERPLANT
CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE
CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE— Continued
Performs the carpentry duties necessary to construct and maintain
in good repair building woodwoik and equipment such as bins, cribs,
counters, benches, partitions, doors, floors, stairs, casings, and trim made
of wood in an establishment. Work involves most o f the following: Plan
ning and laying out o f 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 o f work; and selecting materials necessary for the
work. In general, the work o f the maintenance carpenter requires
rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal ap
prenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
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ELECTRIC IAN , M A IN TE N A N C E
HELPER, MAINTENANCE TRADES— Continued
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 o f 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 tormal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience.
a worker 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
o f machinery, temperature, and fuel consumption. May also supervise
these operations. Head or chief engineers in establishments employing
more than one engineer are excluded.
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 m echanical 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
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. Work 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
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 o f 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 Ynachinist'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 of 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 o f 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 o f an establishment.
MECHANIC, MAINTENANCE
Repairs machinery or mechanical equipment of an establishment.
Work involves most of the following: Examining machines and mechanical
equipment to diagnose source of trouble; dismantling or partly dismantling
machines and performing repairs that mainly involve the use of handtools
in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts with items
obtained from stock; ordering the production of a replacement part by a
machine shop or sending 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 work 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 following: 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 millwrights 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 o f 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 o f 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. In 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 o f an establishment in good order.
Work 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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SH E E T-M E TA L W O R K E R , MAINTENANCE
TOOL A N D DIE MAKER— Continued
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-metal
working 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
(Die maker; jig maker; tool maker; fixture 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 maker's handtools and precision measuring
instruments; understanding of the working properties of common metals
and alloys; setting up and operating of machine tools and related equip
ment; making necessary shop computations relating to dimensions of work,
speeds, feeds, and tooling o f machines; heattreating of metal parts during
fabrication as well as of finished tools and dies to achieve required qual
ities; working to close tolerances; fitting and assembling of parts to pre
scribed 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.
gage maker)
Constructs and repairs machine-shop tools, gages, jigs, fixtures
or dies for forgings, punching, and other metal-forming work. Work in-
For cross-industry wage study purposes, tool and die makers in
tool and die jobbing shops are excluded from this classification.
CUSTODI AL AND MATERI AL MOVEMENT
GUARD AND WATCHMAN
JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER— Continued
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.
trash, and other refuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures; polishing
metal fixtures or trimmings; providing supplies and minor maintenance
services; and cleaning lavatories, showers, and restrooms. Workers who
specialize in window washing are excluded.
Watchman. Makes rounds of premises periodically in protecting
property against fire, theft, and illegal entry.
LABORER, MATERIAL HANDLING
#(Loader and unloader; handler and stacker; shelver; trucker; stockman
or stock helper; warehouseman or warehouse helper)
JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER
(Sweeper; charwoman; janitress)
Cleans and keeps in an orderly condition factory working areas
and washrooms, or premises of an office, apartment house, or commerical
or other establishment. Duties involve a combination of the following:
Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing floors; removing chips,
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 trans
porting materials or merchandise by handtruck, car, or wheelbarrow.
Longshoremen, who load and unload ships are excluded.
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ORDER, FILLER
SHIPPING A N D RECEIVING CLERK— Continued
For wage study purposes, workers are classified as follows:
(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 o f 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.
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERK
Prepares merchandise for shipment, or receives and is responsible
for incoming shipments of merchandise or other materials. Shipping work
involves: A knowledge o f 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.
Receiving clerk
Shipping clerk
Shipping and receiving clerk
TRUCKD RIVER
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 of trailer capacity.)
Truckdriver (combination of sizes listed separately)
Truck driver, light (under 1V 2 tons)
Truckdriver, medium ( 1V 2 to and including 4 tons)
Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, trailer type)
Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, other than trailer type)
TRUCKER, POWER
Operates a manually controlled gasoline- or electric-powered
truck or tractor to transport goods and materials o f 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 forklift)
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
available on request. Bulletins may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D .C., 2.0402.,
or from any of the BLS regional sales offices shown on the inside front cover.
Area
Bulletin number
and price
Akron, Ohio, July 1967 1 ______________ ________________
Albany—Schenectady^-Troy, N .Y ., Apr. 1967__________
Albuquerque, N. M ex., Apr. 1967_____________________
Allentown—Bethlehem—Easton, Pa.—N .J.,
Feb. 1967 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Atlanta, G a ., May 1967-------------------------------------------------Baltimore, M d., Oct. 1967 ____________________________
Beaumont—Port Arthur—Orange, Tex., May 1967____
Birmingham, A la., Apr. 1967 1________________________
Boise City, Idaho, July 1967___________________________
Boston, M ass., Sept. 1967 1___________________________
1530-86,
1530-62,
1530-60,
25 cents
25 cents
20 cents
1530-53,
1530-71,
1575-18,
1530-74,
1530-63,
1575-3,
1575-13,
25
25
25
20
30
20
30
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
Buffalo, N .Y ., Dec. 1966 1______________________________
Burlington, V t., Mar. 1967 1 ___________________________
Canton, Ohio, Apr. 1967_______________________________
Charleston, W. V a ., Apr. 1967------------------------------------Charlotte, N.C., Apr. 1967 ____________________________
Chattanooga, Tenn.—G a ., Aug. 1967--------------------------- —
Chic ago, 111., Apr. 1967 1 ______________________________
Cincinnati, Ohio—Ky.—Ind., Mar. 1967_________________
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1967___________________________
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 1967 ____________________________
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 1967 _______________________________
1530-38,
1530-52,
1530-58,
1530-61,
1530-64,
1575-7,
1530-73,
1530-56,
1575-14,
1575-23,
1575-20,
30
25
20
20
20
25
30
25
25
25
25
1575-12,
1530-45,
1530-32,
1530-44,
1530-48,
1575-22,
1575-5,
1530-66,
1530-85,
1530-37,
Jackson, M iss., Feb. 1967 ____________________________
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 1967 1 ------------------------------------Kansas City, Mo.—Kans., Nov. 1967 1 _________________
Lawrence—Haverhill, M ass.—N.H., June 1967------------Little Rock—North Little Rock, Ark., July 1967______
Los Angeles—Long Beach and Anaheim—Santa AnaGarden Grove, C alif., Mar. 1967 1 ---------------------------Louisville, Ky.—Ind., Feb. 1967 1 _____________________
Lubbock, Tex., June 1967_____________________________
Manchester, N.H., July 1967__________________________
Memphis, Tenn.—A r k ., Jan. 1967--------------------------------Miami, Fla., D e c .1967 1___________________ -______ ____
Midland and Odessa, Tex., June 1967--------------------------
30
30
20
25
25
30
40
1530-82,
1575-4,
25 cents
20 cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
Omaha, Nebr.—Iowa, Oct. 19 6 7 *________________ — --------- 1575-21,
Paterson—Clifton—Passaic, N.J., May 1967____________ 1530-67,
Philadelphia, Pa.—N.J., Nov. 1966 1________ ___________ 1530-35,
Phoenix, A r iz ., Mar. 1967_____________________________
1530-59,
Pittsburgh, P a ., Jan. 1967 1____________________________
1530-46,
Portland, Maine, Nov. 19671____________________________ 1575-16,
Portland, Or eg.—W ash., May 1967________ -____________ 1530-79,
Providence—Pawtucket—Warwick, R.I.—M ass.,
1530-70,
Raleigh! N .C ., Aug’ 1967 1 __________________
1575-6,
Richmond, V a ., Nov. 1967 1 ____________________________
1575-27,
Rockford, 111., May 1967________ ________________________ 1530-68,
25 cents
25 cents
35 cents
20 cents
30 cents
25 cents
25 cents
25
25
25
25
30
25
20
25
25
25
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
St. Louis, Mo.—111., Oct. 1966 1_________________________
Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 1966 1_______________________
San Antonio, T ex ., June 1967 1 ______________ __ ________
San Bernardino—Riverside—Ontario, C alif.,
Aug. 1967 1 _____________________________________________
San Diego, C a lif., Nov. 1967 ___________________________
San Francisco—Oakland, C alif., Jan. 1967 1____________
San Jose, C alif., Sept. 1967*.___________________________
Savannah, G a., May 1967_______________________________
Scranton, P a ., July 1967 * --------------------------- ----------------Seattle—Everett, Wash., Nov. 1967 1 ___________________
1530-27,
1530-33,
1530-84,
30 cents
25 cents
25 cents
1575-10,
1575-19,
1530-36,
1575-15,
1530-69,
1575-9,
1575-29,
30
20
30
25
20
25
25
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
1530-43,
1530-39,
1575-30,
1530-77,
1575-2,
20
25
25
20
25
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
1530-65,
1530-49,
1530-75,
1575-1,
1530-40,
1575-28,
1530-78,
30
30
20
20
25
25
20
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
Sioux F a lls, S. Dak., Oct. 1967*________________________
South Bend, Ind., Mar. 1967____________________________
Spokane, W ash., June 1967 1 ____________________________
Tampa—St. Petersburg, F la ., Aug. 1967______________
Toledo, Ohio—Mich., Feb. 1967 1________________________
Trenton, N .J ., Nov. 1967_______________________________
Washington, D .C.—Md.—V a ., Sept. 1967________________
Waterbury, Conn., Mar. 1967__________________________
Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 1967______________________________
Wichita, Kans., Dec. 1967______________________________
Wore ester, Mas s . , June 1967__________________________
York, Pa., Feb. 1967-----------------------------------------------------Youngstown—Warren, Ohio, Nov. 1967 1________________
1575-17,
1530-57,
1530-80,
1575-8,
1530-50,
1575-24,
1575-11,
1530-54,
1575-26,
1575-31,
1530-81,
1530-47,
1575-25,
25
20
25
25
30
20
25
20
20
20
25
25
25
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented.
Bulletin number
and price
1530-76,
1530-42,
1530-72,
1530-55,
1530-41,
1530-51,
1530-83,
Davenport—Rock Island—Moline, Iowa—111.,
Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 1967________________________________
Denver, Colo., Dec. 1966________________________ ______
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 1967---------------------------------------Detroit, Mich., Jan. 1967 1 ____________________________
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 1967 _________________________
Green Bay, W is., July 1967 ___________________________
Greenville, S.C ., May 1967___________________________
Houston, Tex., June 1967______________________________
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 1966___________________________
Area
Milwaukee, W is., Apr. 1967 1__________ _________________
Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 1967 1______________
Muskegon—Muskegon Heights, Mich., May 1967_______
Newark and Jersey City, N.J., Feb. 1967______________
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 1967___________________________
New Orleans, La., Feb. 1967 1 ________ -________________
New York, N .Y ., Apr. 1967 1____________________________
Norfolk—Portsmouth and Newport News—
Hampton, Va., June 1967 1____________________________
Oklahoma City, Okla., July 1967_______________________
30
25
25
20
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
cents
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