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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances P erkin s, Secretary
B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S
Isador L u k in , Commissioner (o n lea ve)
A . F. H in rich s, A cting Commissioner

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Earnings o f Bank Employees
Spring and Summer o f 1943
Prepared by
DIVISION OF WAGE ANALYSIS
Robert J. Myers, C h ief

Bulletin T^o. 774
[Reprinted from the M onthly Labor R eview ,
April 1944, w ith additional data]

UNITED STATES GOVERNM ENT PRINTING OFFICE, W ASHINGTON : 1944

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Letter of Transmittal
U n it e d S t a t e s D e p a r t m e n t of L a b o r ,
B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t is t ic s ,

Washington, D. C A p r i l 19, 1944
The S e c r e t a r y of L a b o r :
I have the honor to transmit herewith a report on earnings of bank employees,
spring and summer of 1943. This report was prepared by Harold R. Hosea in
the Bureau's Division of Wage Analysis.
A. F. H in r ic h s , Acting Commissioner.
H o n . F r a n c e s P e r k in s ,

Secretary of Labor.

Summary_________________ ..........................................................................
Method and scope of study............. .................... ................... ....................
Earnings of tellers__________________
Wage differences, by sex_________
Wage differences, by type of work
Earnings of clerical workers.................................................. ........................
Earnings in individual areas. ................................................................ .......
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Bulletin T^o. 774 o f the
U nited States Bureau o f Labor Statistics
[Reprinted from the Monthly Labor Review, April 1944, with additional data]

Earnings of Bank Employees, Spring and Summer of
1943
Sum m ary

TH E straight-time hourly earnings of 18,657 bank tellers employed
in 1,312 institutions studied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in
1943 averaged 92.5 cents. Tellers in cities of less than 50,000 popula­
tion earned an average of 84.8 cents per hour, while the corresponding
figure for cities of 250,000 and over was 94.2 cents. The earnings
of note tellers exceeded those of all-round tellers by 14.6 cents an hour.
The 3,056 stenographers studied earned an average of 79.8 cents
an hour; clerk-typists averaged 58.4 cents an hour. The rate for
bookkeeping-machine operators (66.3 cents) was slightly above that
for bookkeepers, who received an average of 64.9 cents. The total
earnings for these workers are somewhat above these averages as a
result of overtime premiums and bonuses; the latter sometimes
amount to as much as 10 percent of yearly salaries.
M ethod and Scope o f Study

This analysis of earnings in banks is based on a study of more than
28,000 employees of 1,312 banks, trust companies, and savings and
loan associations in 144 communities. The areas studied were selected
principally on the basis of the needs of the National War Labor Board
for wage data to be used in connection with the stabilization program.
Although these areas are widely scattered and of many different
types, they do not necessarily constitute a representative cross
section of all American communities, since they were not selected
with any such purpose in mind. Despite this limitation, the data
collected constitute a large and important addition to the available
information on earnings which, for this type of worker, has hereto­
fore been somewhat scanty.
The establishments selected for study within each of the 144 wage
areas constitute all or a representative sample of the local banking
institutions. The types of banks studied include National, State,
industrial, mutual and private savings banks, trust companies,
building and loan associations, and, in many areas, personal credit
or finance companies.
The wage data on which this analysis is based were compiled from
pay rolls by trained field representatives of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics who visited each bank and classified the employees in ac­
cordance with a set of standard job descriptions. The wage data
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reflect the rates in effect during the spring and summer of 1943. The
employees covered by this study do not include all of those working
in the entire group of banks. Differences in size as well as in scope
and type of operations among institutions give rise to rather marked
variations in occupational patterns. It was necessary, therefore,
to limit the study to workers in jobs which can be defined in reasonably
specific terms and are found in nearly every type of establishment
covered by the survey. A few occupations have been omitted because
of their comparative numerical unimportance. This summary is
thus based primarily on the earnings of tellers and of women employed as
bookkeepers, bookkeeping-machine operators, calculating-machine
operators, file and general clerks, stenographers, and clerk-typists.
The numbers of men employed in jobs other than that of teller were
insufficient to warrant detailed study.
It should be noted also, that the scope of this survey differed some­
what among the occupations covered. For example, earnings data
are available for tellers in the entire 144 communities studied, but
the information on general office occupations is limited to 116 areas,,
as noted below.
Although the majority of bank employees are paid by the week,
half month, or month, the earnings data have been reduced to an
hourly basis to permit comparisons among banks with differing pay
periods and between bank wage scales and those for other industries
in which substantial proportions of the workers are customarily paid
in terms of hourly rates. The rates for bank employees have been
computed by dividing their standard pay (exclusive of any overtime
premiums or bonuses except cost-of-living adjustments) for the pay
period by the scheduled or regular hours. The averages shown do
not, consequently, reflect “ take-home” pay. Payment for over­
time work at premium rates in these banks was by no means universal
at the time of the survey,1 but the total earnings of some employees
were increased by such extra amounts.
Even more important, perhaps, is the widespread practice of paying
various types of bonuses in amounts which may be related to the pro­
ductivity of the employee or to company earnings, volume of business,
or profits.2 These bonuses, often paid at Christmas, sometimes
amount to 10 percent or more of the employees’ annual earnings, but
the great variety of provisions governing these payments makes any
systematic tabulation of the amounts involved virtually impossible.
Consequently, no precise estimate of the effect of bonus payments on
earnings can be made, but it is apparent that the general averages
would be increased appreciably if it were possible to take account o f
these amounts.
Earnings o f Tellers

The 18,657 tellers included in this survey earned an average o f
92.5 cents per hour, exclusive of overtime premiums and bonuses,
during the pay-roll periods studied (table 1). In the 40-hour week
1 Because of differences in the nature of their operations, there is considerable variation among banks in,
the proportions of these institutions which are subject to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It should also be noted that the method of computing pay for overtime typical of industrial establishments
is not used in many banks. Some institutions compute overtime on the basis of varying workweeks;
in this case the total hours worked by an employee in any given week are divided into his basic weekly
salary thus giving the average hourly rate for that particular week. The overtime premium is then com­
puted by multiplying one-half the hourly rate by the number of hours worked in excess of 40.
2 Amounts paid as a result, of cost-of-living adjustments are included in the earnings data shown, eventhough the payments are, in some cases, in the form of a bonus.




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^common in banking, their average straight-time earnings would
amount to about $37.
The average of 93.6 cents for the 15,200 tellers employed in northern
banks exceeds the corresponding figure for southern institutions
(87.9 cents) by less than 6 cents per hour. It should be noted, how­
ever, that this comparison must be interpreted as only a rough approxi­
mation, since the northern and southern cities studied do not constitute
a completely representative cross section of the communities within
these two broad regions.
T able

1.— Straight-Time Average Hourly Earnings 1 o f Bank Tellers, by Region, Sex,
and City Si e, Spring and Summer 1943

Region, sex, and city size

Hourly earnings
Number
Number of estab­ Number
of
of cities lish­
Highest
tellers General Lowest
studied ments
city
city
average average
studied
average

Males and females
All cities combined...............................................
Under 50,000 population................................
50,000 and under 100,000............. ...................
100,000 and under 250,000...............................
250,000 and over............................... ..............

144
31
31
48
34

1,312
190
193
378
551

18,657
857
1,182
3,449
13,169

$0,925
.848
.876
.898
.942

$0,502
.700
.502
.753
.773

$1,151
1.081
1.146
1.077
1.151

North....................................................................
Under 50,000 population................................
50,000 and under 100,000.................................
100,000 and under 250,000...............................
250,000 and over..............................................

97
22
20
31
24

935
127
130
241
437

15,200
555
768
2,314
11,563

.936
.853
.877
.915
.948

.502
.700
.502
.753
.844

1.151
1.081
1.146
1.077
1.151

South........................................................... .........
Under 50,000 population................................
50,000 and under 100,000.................................
100,000 and under 250,000...............................
250,000 and over..............................................

47
9
11
17
10

377
63
63
137
114

3,457
302
414
1.135
1,606

.879
.838
.875
.864
.899

.706
.724
.706
.753
.773

1.076
1.069
1.078
1.001
1.040

All cities combined.............. ................................
Under 50,000 population................................
50,000 and under 100,000.................................
100,000 and under 250,000...............................
250,000 and over.................. - ..........................

143
31
30
48
34

1,308
190
189
378
551

11,662
467
708
2,055
8,432

1.053
.986
1.010
1.038
1.064

.720
.720
.760
.871
.905

1.305
1.161
1.305
1.239
1.243

North....................................................................
Under 50,000 population...... ..........................
50,000 and under 100,000.................................
100,000 and under 250,000..... ..........................
250,000 and over............................................ -

96
22
19
31
24

931
127
126
241
437

9,536
287
434
1,399
7,416

1.064
.995
1.024
1.053
1.071

.720
.720
.760
.897
.960

1.305
1.161
1.305
1.239
1.243

South..................................... - .............................
Under 50,000 population...... ..........................
50,000 and under 100,000.................................
100,000 and under 250*000...............................
250,000 and over..............................................

47
9
11
17
10

377
63
63
137
114

2,126
180
274
656
1,016

1.004
.972
.987
1.007
1.013

.778
.778
.823
.871
.905

1.152
1.080
1.134
1.135
1.152

All dities combined................................................
Under 50,000 population................................
50,000 and under 100,000.......... ......................
100,000 and under 250,000...............................
250,000 and over..............................................

141
30
30
47
34

1,298
186
188
373
551

6,995
390
474
1,394
4,737

.713
.682
.677
.692
.725

.472
.565
.472
.613
.631

.995
.995
.870
.860
.837

North.....................................................................
Under 50,000 population................................
50,000 and under 100,000.................................
100,000 and under 250,000...............................
250,000 and over..............................................

96
22
20
30
24

930
127
130
236
437

5,664
268
334
915
4,147

.721
.701
.687
.704
.728

.502
.565
.502
.646
.641

.995
.995
.807
.829
.837

South.....................................................................
Under 50,000 population................................
50,000 and under 100,000.................................
100,000 and under 250,000...............................
250,000 and over..............................................

45
8
10
17
10

368
59
58
137
114

1,331
122
140
479
590

.680
.640
.655
.670
.703

.472
.598
.472
.613
.631

.864
.864
.742
.860
.804

Males

Females

» Exclusive of bonuses (except when based on cost-of-living adjustments) and premium payments for
overtime work.




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As might be expected, the earnings of tellers tend to be higher in the
larger centers. For the country as a whole, they range from 84.8
cents in places with less than 50,000 population to 94.2 cents in cities
with 250,000 or more inhabitants, in which roughly 70 percent of the
tellers studied were employed.
A similar relationship between earnings and size of city is generally
apparent when the northern and southern cities are considered sepa­
rately; but, especially in the case of the South, the data are probably
not entirely conclusive because of the distribution of the areas studied.

W AGE D IFFER EN C ES, BY SEX
Nearly 40 percent (6,995) of the tellers whose earnings were studied
were women, and their straight-time hourly average of 71.3 cents was
34 cents below the corresponding figure for men. The city averages
for men ranged from 72.0 cents per hour in a small northern area to
$1,305 for a city in the size group 50,000 to 100,000 population. One
southern area showed an average as low as 47.2 cents per hour for
female tellers; the highest was 99.5 cents, for a small northern com­
munity. The relationship between earnings and size of city is clearly
discernible in the case of the men studied; for women it is apparent
though less marked. The general North-South difference was about
6 percent for both men and women.
The substantial difference of 34 cents per hour in the average earn­
ings of men and women can by no means be interpreted as an accurate
measure of sex differences in basic rates. Several factors tend to exag­
gerate these differences. In the first place, the widespread employ­
ment of women as bank tellers is a comparatively recent development,
and their average length of service is presumably somewhat shorter
than that of the typical male employee, despite the increased turnover
among the latter occasioned by the war. Since the wage scales of
most banks provide for automatic salary increases based on length of
service on a given job, there is a tendency for the women to be con­
centrated in the lower salary brackets. Detailed data on length of
service were not compiled in the course of the present survey, hence
it is not possible to make a precise estimate of the importance of this
factor. There is, nevertheless, adequate evidence to indicate that the
sex differential of 34 cents per hour referred to above is a substantial
overstatement of any differences in basic wage rates for men and
women.
A second factor to be considered has been reported by many of the
Bureau’s field representatives. Principally because of their longer
average experience, the male tellers in many banks are assigned to
cages in which the volume of business is heaviest; in other cases, men
wait on customers for a relatively larger proportion of the working
day. Such differences in duties, although insufficient to warrant
separate occupational classifications, may nevertheless be reflected in
the differences in salary rates for men and women.




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W AGE DIFFERENCES, BY TYPE OF WORK

Note tellers, who constituted about a seventh of the 18,657 studied,
earned a straight-time average of $1,020 per hour, or nearly 10 cents
more than the average for the entire group (table 2). The lowest
average (87.4 cents) was that for all-round tellers, while paying and
receiving tellers, by far the largest of the three groups, showed an
average of 92.5 cents per hour. The relationships between earnings
and type of work follow the same general pattern when the data for
men and women are considered separately. An examination of the
information for individual areas and city-size groups reveals a similar
set of differences. It should also be noted that the average for all­
round tellers is affected to a greater degree than the other two groups
by the relatively lower earnings of women; nearly half the all-round
tellers found were women, whereas the corresponding proportions for
note and paying and receiving tellers were a third or less.
T able 2.— Average H ourly Earnings 1 o f Bank Tellers in 144 Areas, by Type o f Work
and Sex, Spring and Summer 1943
All workers
Occupation

All tellers

_

Women

Number Average Number Average Number Average
of work­ hourly of work­ hourly of work­ hourly
ers
earnings
ers
earnings
ers
earnings
. _ .

All-rminri tell firs _ _
Note tellers
Paying and reee.iving tellers _

Men

_ _

18,657

$0,925

11,662

$1,053

6,995

$0,713

5,161
2,679
10,817

.874
1.020
.925

2,671
1,913
7,078

1.035
1.125
1.040

2,490
768
3,739

.703
.761
.710

* Exclusive of bonuses (except when based on cost-of-living adjustments) and premium pay for overtime
work.

Earnings o f Clerical Workers

As previously noted, data on earnings of clerical workers are
available for 116 of the areas and approximately 1,100 of the banks
included in this survey. Of the seven occupational groups studied in
detail, the 3,056 class A stenographers, who earned an average of
79.8 cents per hour, constituted the largest and the highest paid
(table 3). The average for the northern cities (80.7 cents) exceeded
that for the southern areas (75.9 cents) by about 5 cents per hour.
As might be expected, the North-South differences were somewhat
smaller in the large cities than those found in the less densely popu­
lated communities. Although there is a noticeable relationship be­
tween earnings and size of city for these workers, it is not uniform;
this may be, to some extent, a reflection of the fact that the com­
munities in various size groups are not proportionately represented
in the study.
The lowest-paid group was that made up of general clerks who
earned an average of 53.7 cents per hour. No striking variations in
the pattern of North-South differences appear except in the case of
the bookkeeping-machine operators. Among these workers, the
averages for southern cities of 100,000 or more population are above
those in the North.




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T able 3.— Average H ourly Earnings1 o f Women Workers in Selected Occupations in
Banks, 116 Areas9 B y Region and Size o f City, Spring and Summer 1943

CalculatingBookkeepingmachine operators machine operators

Bookkeepers
Region and size of city

Number Average Number Average Number Average
hourly
of
of
hourly
hourly
of
workers earnings workers earnings workers earnings

All cities_______________ ___________________
TTndfir 50,000 population
50,000 and under 100,000__________________
100,000 and under 250,000......... ......................
250,000 and over_______ __________________

1,812
103
142
379
1,188

$0,649
.582
.645
.617
.665

1,487
70
96
273
1,048

$0,663
.618
.643
.635
.676

266

$0,664

16
83
167

.676
.626
.681

North.....................................................................
TTndar 50,000 population
50,000 and under 100,000 _________________
100,000 and under 250,000-.............................
250,000 and over..............................................

1,287
43
53
143
1,048

.668
.639
.668
.623
.676

1,230
68
51
215
896

.662
.621
.688
.624
.672

196

.676

7
42
147

.774
.642
.682

South.....................................................................
Under 50,000 population
60,000 and under 100.000__________________
100,000 and under 250,000_________________
250,000 and over..............................................

525
60
89
236
140

.601
.540
.631
.613
.589

257
2
45
58
152

.671
(2)
*592
.674
.695

70

.629

9
41
20

.600
.610
.681

File clerks,
class A
Region and size of city

General
clerks

Stenographers,
class A

Clerktypists

Num­ Aver­ Num­ Aver­ Num­ Aver­ Num­ Aver­
age
ber
ber
age
ber
age
ber
age
of
hourly of
hourly
of
hourly of
hourly
work­ earn­ work­ earn­ work­ earn­ work­ earn­
ers
ings
ers
ings
ers
ings
ers
ings

An cities...........................................................
Under 60,000 population_______________
50,000 and under 100,000...........................
100,000 and under 250,000..........................
250,000 and over........................................

460 $0,670
4
.500
5 .540
62
.625
389
.680

871 $0,537
9
.463
89
.547
198
.570
575
.526

3,056 $0,798
65
.721
151
.756
596
.750
2,244
.816

2,145
41
59
367
1,678

$0,584
.553
.575
.562
.590

North...............................................................
Under 50,000 population...........................
50,000 and under 100,000_______________
100,000 and under 250,000..........................
250,000 and over........................................

374
4
4
31
335

.671
.500
.570
.618
.679

673
9
89
198
377

.551
.463
.547
.570
.545

2,514
40
70
386
2,018

.807
.741
.802
.753
.818

1,756
34
56
195
1,471

.586
.541
.575
.581
.588

South................................................................
Under 50,000 population.
50,000 and under 100,000
_ _
100,000 and under 250,000
_____
250,000 and over.._....................................

86

.663

198

.490

1
31
54

(2)
. 633
.685

198

.490

542
25
81
210
226

.759
.688
.716
.745
.796

389
7
3
172
207

.573
.610
(2)
.540
.598

* Exclusive of bonuses (except when based on cost-of-living adjustments) and premium pay for overtime
work.
1 Number of establishments and/or workers insufficient to warrant presentation of an average.




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Earnings in Individual Areas

The data for individual areas shown in table 4 are limited to the
occupations in which significant numbers of workers were found in
most of the areas studied. As has been pointed out, variations in
size of establishment and type of business are reflected in appreciable
differences among individual banks in occupational patterns. Thus,
for example, in a small institution a stenographer may also do most
of the general clerical work and filing, and the two tellers may divide
most of the bookkeeping duties. In such cases, which are numerous,
no specialized file clerks, general clerks and typists, or (frequently)
bookkeepers, are found. Calculating-machine operators are, of
course, ordinarily found only in the larger institutions; any such work
in the typical small bank is performed by a clerk or other employee,
and these duties may account for a relatively small proportion of the
working day.
Even in the case of bookkeepers, bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A stenographers, and clerk-typists— jobs for which data are
shown in table 4— the numbers of workers in some areas are insuffi­
cient to warrant the presentation of averages. This circumstance is
also the result of variations in organization of the work in individual
institutions. In many cases employees were found to be dividing
their time among several jobs to an extent that made it impossible
to classify them in terms of any of the standard job descriptions.
Such workers, whose numbers were substantial, were omitted in
order to preserve a reasonable degree of comparability among insti­
tutions and areas.
Information on the earnings of tellers is presented for each of the
144 communities; the data on clerical employees are limited to 116.
It will be noted that some of the cities referred to are designated as
“ areas.” In such cases the banks included in the study were not
limited to those within the city proper but include all or a representa­
tive sample of those in the local labor-market or metropolitan area.




T able 4.— Average H ou rly E arnings 1 o f Bank Em ployees in Specified Occupations in 144 A reas, Spring and Summer, 1943
Office occupations (females)

Tellers

Area

All areas______________
Alabama: Birmingham.
Arizona:
Phoenix area---------Tucson area_______
Arkansas: Little R ock ..
California:
Los Angeles area___
Orange County____
San Diego area..
San Jose area---------San Francisco Bay a
Santa Barbara area.
Stockton area______
Colorado:
Colorado Springs—
Denver___
Rocky Ford area___
Connecticut:
Bridgeport--------------Hartford____________
New Haven------------Waterbury__________
Florida:
Jacksonville________
Miami.
Tampa-------------------Georgia:
Atlanta____________
Savannah---------------Idaho: Lewiston-----------Illinois:
Aurora_____________
Chicago____________
Peoria area------------ -




Number of
establishments

All tellers

Bookkeepers

Females

Males

Bookkeeping-ma­
chine operators

Stenographers,
class A

Clerk-typists

Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings

1,312

18,657

11,662

$1,053

6,995

$0,713

1,812

5

59

.857

24

1.021

35

.745

3

(2)

4
6
5

65
52
28

.819
.856
1.020

25
15
28

1.010
1.029
1.020

.40
37

.700
.785

7

.690

33
6
6
4
16
5

.882
.910
.798
.820
1.011
1.015
1.031

699
20
49
12
406
12
25

.999
.980
.927
.970
1.223
1.160
1.070

502
10
44
17
468
10
6

.719
.770
.656
.714
.828
.840
.870

66
23
2
366

4

1,201
30
93
29
874
22
31

5

.720

4
9
6

28
198
16

.822
.950
.742

22
156
5

.884
1.011
.856

6.
42
11

.594
.724
.690

8
11
12
6

82
146
109
39

1.024
1.077
1.057
1.146

45
96
89
26

1.239
1.206
1.121
1.305

37
50
20
13

.763
.829
.771
.827

4
7
5

*25
121
41

.941
.779
.926

16
57
27

1.023
.871
1.057

9
.64
14

12
5
4

153
63
6

.773
.747
.773

48
28
2

.967
.894
(’)

5
37
16

20
2,375
87

.977
.919
.786

13
1,615
39

1.082
1.020
.953

$0,925

$0,649

3

$0,663
(2)

3,056

$0,798

2,145

30

.760

3

$0,584
<2)

69
16

.560
.640

6
2

.740
(2)

.671

5

.770

59

.836

159

.607

.510
(2)
.650

5
4
112
12

.700
(2)
.760
.670

16
6
297
9
2

.720
.770
.841
.980
(2)

7
2

.660
(2)

5

.670

26
72

.548
.620

3
10

<2)
.780

12

.570

—

—

1,487

—

—

6
3

1.030
(2)

32
18
21
28

.630
.790
(2)
.720

25
29
15
12

.830
1.050
.820
.920

20
2
5
6

.610
(2)
.649
.740

.797
.698
.675

23
10

.640
.480

9

.640

10
8

.760
.850

14
6

.560
.420

105
35
4

.684
.629
<2)

7

.690

31

.740

4

18
7

.710
.690

(2)

7
760
48

.783
.705
.650

4
215
11

<2)
.680
.630

3
575
15

(*)
.750
.740

3
320
2

(»)
.550
(2)

—

2
140

(2)
.740

Indiana:
Evansville______ ____________
Fort Wayne...............................
Gary area___________________
Indianapolis...............................
South Bend__________________
Iowa:
Cedar Rapids......... ........... ........
Des Moines__________________
Sioux City______________ ____
Kansas:
Hutchinson__________________
Topeka____ _________________
Wichita_________________ ____
Kentucky:
Lexington area_______________
Louisville area___ ____________
Louisiana:
New Orleans_________________
Shreveport area.............. - _____
Maine:
Lewiston and Auburn________
Portland____________________
Maryland:
Baltimore____________________
Hagerstown__________________
Massachusetts:
Boston______________________
Worcester________ ____ ______
Michigan:
Adrian______________________
Battle Creek...............................
Bay City and Saginaw.........
Detroit....................... ................
Flint............................................
Grand Rapids............................
Jackson______ _______ ____ ___
Kalamazoo..................................
Lansing............ ..........................
Muskegon............................ ......
Minnesota:
Minneapolis and St. Paul.........
Rochester.. ................................
St. C lo u d ...______ ___________
Mississippi: Jackson_____________
Missouri:
Kansas City_________________
St. Louis.................... ................
See footnotes at end of table




10
6
11

48
46
106
116
60

.955
1.044
.793
.909
.753

29
34
39
84
17

1.120
1.147
.977
.975
1.018

5
5

13
52
32

.711
.924
.794

9
42
25

.760
.970
.840

4

17
30
40

.718
.913
.853

7
17
26

.900
1.022
.897

29
186

.951
.804

24
113

.969
.905

5

186
64

.936
1.001

165
47

.969
1.135

8
5

42
39

.947
.746

25
17

1.128
.857

10

4

240
11

, 935
1.069

172
11

1.045
1.069

17
8

188
.79

.944
.861

109
47

1.135
1.006

4
4

4

15
55
51
1,484
91
104
30
36
59
20

.700
.805
1.051
.971
.864
.897
.732
.844
.844
1.081

6
17
41
874
37
70
3
21
33
15

.880
1.036
1.127
1.135
1.120
1.008
(2)
.966
.965
1.148

52
4
5
7

417
20
11
47

.897
.833
.740
.740

259
16
5
15

1.026
.869
.950
.880

19
18

290
594

.872
.937

194
434

.960
1.046

12

8

5

6
4

10

20

11

6

18
4
7
5
5

6

4
1
12
8
8

.864
.648

21
17

.677
.632

17
22

19
12
67
32
43

.703
.752
.686
.736
.648

4
10
7

0
.730
.630

10
13
14

.590
.770
.770

5
73

8.600

7
4
5
36
12

.500

0
.780

2
5
4
1

0
.670
0
0

1
12
1
1

53

.580

12

.620

33

.710

10

.470

7
8

.610
.580

12
1

.690
(2)

6
6

.770
.790

14
2

.550
(2)

.681
.660

6

.780

(2)

2
4

68

.657

24

.610

30
2

.620
(2)

79
32

.681
.648

15
2

.880
0

3
13

(2)
.559

38
4

.890
(2)

11
4

9
38
10
610
64
34
27
16
26
6

.580
.702
.740
.736
.689
.670
.677
.674
.691
.880

38

.760

50

.780

116

.910

338

10

.630

5

.780

5

.760

168
4
6
32

.684
(2)
.565
.674

27
1
6
2

.650
(2)
.520
<2)

96
160

.693
.641




1

3
16

(2)
.570

(2)
.760

8

0
0

3

0

(2)

72

5

.710

4

92

.790

106

16

.750

1

.460
.590
.600

.560
.590
0

.620

0
.620
0

CO

T able 4.— Average H ou rly Earnings 1 o f Bank Em ployees in Specified Occupations in 144 Areas, Spring and Summer 1943 — Continued
Office occupations (females)

Tellers

Area

Nebraska:
Lincoln_____________
Omaha............................
New Hampshire:
Dover area____________
Manchester................. .
New Jersey: Trenton............
New York:
Buffalo_______________
Rochester_____________
Utica...............................
North Carolina:
Asheville area_________
Charlotte........................
Kinston and Goldsboro..
Raleigh and Durham. __
Rocky Mount........ ........
Wilmington............ ........
Winston-Salem...............
North Dakota: Fargo area..
Ohio:
Akron____ ___________
Canton area....................
Cincinnati area........ ......
Cleveland.................. .
Columbus........ .............
Dayton...........................
Hamilton area................
Mansfield area...............
Marion............................
Sandusky area................
Springfield area________
Toledo.............................
Warren area....................
Youngstown_____ _____
Zanesville_____________




Number of
establishments

All tellers

Males

Bookkeepers

Females

Bookkeeping-ma­
chine operators

Stenographers,
class A

Clerk-typists

Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings

15

$0,502

3

(2)

.993
1.137
1.017

38
14
30

.607
.787
.747

9
3

$0.670
(2)

2
1
8

67
170
23

1.036
1.123
1.027

38
142
8

.660
.681
.660

19
70
2

( 2)

.690
.670

20
242

.801
.834
.724
.803
.875
.895
.930
.782

18
52
17
31
20
20
62
12

.870
1.016
.793
.970
1.014
1.036
1.005
.885

12
54
11
30
10
11
16
13

.697
.660
.617
.631
.598
.639
.640
.688

9
45
16
18
10
12
11
2

.550
.570
.480
.810
.460
.530
.600
(2)

.933
.846
.919
1.009
.882
.997
.880
.930
.811
.907
.804
.844
.942
.989
.833

82
46
290
332
100
62
31
21
19
17
18
55
17
65
21

1.029
1.012
.961
1.145
1.021
1.144
1.059
1.023
(*)
1.161
1.020
1.054
1.115
1.130
.939

35
58
62
193
69
32
24
6
23
20
27
61
19
31
10

.707
.715
.725
.775
.682
.713
.648
.607
(2)
.692
.660
.655
.786
.693
.612

13

.560

8
11
4
2

.640
.720
(2)
(2)

1
4
6
1

(2)
(2)
.530
(2)

1
2
3
3

9

.670

12
1

4
5

16
76

$0,502
.970

76

$0,970

12
6
4

49
39
72

.694
1.011
.905

11
25
42

9
8
3

105
312
31

.900
.922
.933

5
11
5
10
6
4
12
6

30
106
28
61
30
31
78
25

7
16
21
12
17
11
10
7
11
11
6
9
5
9
5

117
104
352
525
169
94
55
27
42
37
45
116
36
96
31

-______ _______

8

58

$0.650

( 2)
( 2)

3
3
24

(2)
(2)
.590

.590
.550

64
76
15

.710
1.030
.730

10
25
3
15
2

.700
.770
(2)
\ 670
C)

(2)

.640

15

$0.560

15

.490

33

.510

18

.520

7

.610

(2)
(2)

28
7

.710
.670

11

.650

28

.830

15

.610

55
24
24
2

.700
.750
.580
(2)

17
145
12
13

.680
.840
.790
.760

39
70
16
39

(2)
.630
.550
.640

3
6
20

00
.700
.750

17

8
1

.680
(2)

3
2

3
2

(2)
(*)
(2)
(2)
.590
(*)

2
1

(2)
(2)
.530
(2)
b)

Oklahoma:
Muskogee___________________
Oklahoma City______________
Tulsa................... ......................
Oregon: Portland........... .................
Pennsylvania:
Allentown area_______________
Erie.............................................
Harrisburg__________ ________
Lancaster................ ...................
Lebanon____ ________ ________
Philadelphia_________________
Pittsburgh____ ____________ _
Reading area......................... .
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre area___
York............................................
Rhode Island: Providence________
South Carolina: Greenville_______
Tennessee:
Chattanooga_________________
Knoxville____________________
Memphis________ ____________
Nashville____________________
Texas:
Beaumont and Port Arthur___
Corpus Christi_______________
Dallas_______ _______________
Fort Worth__________________
Galveston...................... ............
Houston_____________________
San Antonio_________________
Waco...........................................
Virginia:
Bristol (Tenn.-Va.)___________
Charlottesville_____ __________
Danville____ _________ _______
Norfolk_______________ ______
Richmond__________ _________
Washington:
Everett area_________________
Seattle.............. ..........................
Spokane_______ _____________
Tacoma_______ _____________
Wenatchee area______________
West Virginia:
Charleston______ ____________
Huntington area_____________
Parkersburg area_____________
Wheeling area________________
See footnotes at end of table.




4
9
8
16

25
69
43
210

1.022
.995
.967
.877

14
6
10
5
6
14
14
10
19
8
11
5

74
50
49
43
23
616
426
75
123
49
150
44

1.151
.943
.932
.942
.814
.912
1.683
.863
1.Q46
.938
1.053
.845

5
7
4
4

54
39
93
28

.984
.823
.850
.806

5
4
16
6
5
17
10
4

39
24
180
61
17
138
93
15

.956
.812
.844
.868
.947
1.040
.910
.706

6
10
11
13
13

27
40
62
132
121

.731
.758
.785
.877
.753

7
13
6
7
8

19
288
88
57
23

.978
1.019
.865
1.046
.858

7
9
7
16

43
49
44
82

1.076
.836
.924
.828

2
16
11
128

(*)
.831
.860
.763

2
24
6
81

(*)
V590
.750
.690

5
10
15
5
5
180
72
20
20
7
34
16

.748
.660
.803
. 691
.638
.665
.706
.687
.683
.630
.708
.665

4
17

(*)
.590

12
13
39
16

2

1
12
36

1

(*)
.770
.740

(*)

C2)
24
3
19

.863
(2)
.560

24
15

.650
.600

36
2
15
3
21
24

.756
(8)
.620
(2)
.640
.510

.623
.645
.631
.660

3
10

C2)
.590

17
12
69
18
4
22
8
5

.736
.742
.633
.627
(2)
.735
.668
.472

10
2
7
7
8
5
41

.660
C2)
.600
.670
.560
.800
.550

7
23
38
65
69

.599
.603
.599
.683
.613

3
19
23
49

(2)
.620
.620
.580

23

.640

6
159
48
23
12

.793
.837
.715
.770
.732

3
24

(2)
.735

7
18
7

.610
.810
.750

6

.660

6
15
17
39

.717
.619
.772
.652

3




2
3
4
1
15
25
8

(2)

(2)
0
(2)
(2)
.710
.610
.500

3
1
12
70

(*)
(*)
.890
.830

9
53

.690
.620

10
1
5
2

.770
C2)
.780
(2)

13
15
16
6

.500
.630
.610
.550

56
198
8
24
5
24
8

.707
.895
.700
.730
.740
.910
.620

60
105
5
24
3
2

.575
.529
.540
.490
(2)
(2)

12
3

.910
(2)

19

.560

14

.690

4
1
23
9
5
62
2
3

(2)
0
.780
.860
.760
.810
(2)
(2)

18
12

.500
.540

15
11

.560
.640

4
3
13
36
55

(2)
(2)
.710
.740
.650

31
28

.560
.530

7
54
51
21

.700
.887
.720
.830

49
6
8
16

.726
.590
.610
.580

3

(*)

T able 4.— Average H ou rly Earnings 1 o f Bank Em ployees in Specified Occupations in 144 Areas, Spring and Summer, 1943 — Continued
Tellers

Area

Wisconsin:
Duluth and Superior(Minn-Wis.)_
Eau Claire_____ _____________
Madison______ _________ _____
Milwaukee area______________
Racine and Kenosha_________
Wyoming: Kammerer area
Washington, D. C............................

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

16
7
9
29
7
4
10

All tellers

Office occupations (females)

Males

Females

Bookkeepers

Bookkeeping-ma­
chine operators

Stenographers,
class A

Clerk-typists

Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly Number hourly
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings
earnings

80
24
58
360
49
8
278

$0,823
.808
.800
1.070
.930
1.086
.964

44
9
24
283
31
6
128

$0,968
1.040
.977
1.163
1.055
1.010
1.152

36
15
34
77
18
2
150

$0,646
.668
.675
.726
.716
(2)
.804

19
8
4
19
4
1

$0,500
.560
(1
23
)
.630
(2)
(2)

1
1
3
18
1
6
42

(2)
(2)
(2)
$0,730
(*)
.710
.800

19
7
12
60
10
2
52

$0,690
.630
.720
.810
.750
(2)
.890

13
5
10
26
13

$0,430
.500
‘ .480
.510
.490

64

.700

1 Earnings shown are exclusive of bonuses (except cost-of-living adjustments) and premium pay for overtime work. Data for office occupations are based on a (study of 1,102
establishments in 116 areas.
3 Number of establishments and/or employees insufficient to warrant presentation of an average.