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EMPLOYEE EARNINGS AND HOURS at retail building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers JUNE 1966 m i I'H r- B lle 1 8 -1 u tin 5 4 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REGIONAL OFFICES New England John F. Kennedy Federal Building Government Center, Room 160 3-B Boston, M a ss . 02203 T e l . : 22 3- 676 2 Mid-Atlantic 341 Ninth Avenue New York, N. Y. 10001 T e l . : 971- 540 5 Southern 1371 Peachtree Street, NE. Atlanta, Ga. 30309 T e l . : 52 6- 54 1 8 North Central 219 South Dearborn Street Chicago, 111. 60604 T e l . : 353- 723 0 Pacific 450 Golden Gate Avenue Box 36017 San Francisco, Calif. 94102 T e l . : 556- 467 8 Mountain-Plains Federal Office Building, Third Floor 911 Walnut Street Kansas City, Mo. 64106 T e l . : 374-2481 E M P L O Y E E E A R N IN G S A N D H O U R S at retail building m aterials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers JUNE 1966 'IS C B lle 1584-1 u tin March 1968 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Willard Wirtz, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner For sale by the Superintendent o f Documents, U .S . Government Printing Office Washington, D .G. 20402 - Price 30 cents Preface The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a nation wide survey of retail building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers for a June 1966 payroll period. Data on employment, average hourly and weekly earnings, and weekly hours of work of nonsupervisory employees were obtained and are presented in this bulletin. This information bridges the period since June 1965, when a similar survey was conducted. In addition to data for 1966, the bulletin provides an analysis of changes in em ployee earnings and hours between the two survey periods, during which time a Federal minimum wage of $1.25 an hour and a 40-hour standard workweek were applied to certain large retail enterprises which were subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The change in the earnings and hours structure recorded by similar surveys conducted in 1956, 1961, and 1962 also is examined. Data are pro vided for the United States; the Northeast, South, North Central, and West regions; metropolitan and nonmetro politan areas; men and women; and for retail enterprises and establishments by their annual volume of sales. Appen dix A gives technical information on the scope and method of the survey, as well as definitions of terms. A copy of the questionnaire used in the survey is shown in appendixB. Comprehensive statistical data for all retail trade, for each of the major groups included in retail trade, and for selected lines of retail business will be available in the individual bulletins listed on the inside back cover. The survey was part of a program of studies initiated by the U. S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions for continuing appraisal of Fed eral legislation relating to minimum wages and maximum hours standards. In this connection, data from the survey were published in the Report Submitted to the Congress in Accordance With the Requirements of Section 4(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act— January 1967. This study was conducted in the Bureau’s Office of Wages and Industrial Relations by the Division of National Wage and Salary Income. The analysis was pre pared by Joseph K. Cocco, under the general direction of Alvin Bauman. iii Contents Page Sum m ary__ -___________________________________________________________________________ C h a r a c te ristic s-----------Earnings------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Weekly hours of w o r k -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hourly earnings and weekly h o u rs_________________________________________________ Average weekly earnings---------------------------Wage changes, June 1965— June 1966 -----------------------------------------------------------------------Changes in average weekly earnings, June 1965—June 1966----------------------------„ Changes in weekly hours by hourly earnings ----------------------------------------------------Changes in hourly earnings by weekly hours ----------------------------------------------------Changes in earnings and hours, October 1965 to June 1966 _____________________ 1 1 2 5 7 8 8 10 11 12 12 Tables: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Average straight-tim e hourly earnings of nonsupervisory employees by selected characteristics, United States, June 1966_____ Cumulative numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-tim e hourly earnings, United States and regions, June 1966 _________________________________ Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-tim e hourly earnings, by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, United States and regions, June 1966 ________ Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-tim e hourly earnings, by sex, United States and regions, June 1966 _________________________________ Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-tim e hourly earnings, by enterprise s a le s -s iz e cla sse s, United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and regions, June 1966 _______________ , _______ _ Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-tim e hourly earnings, by establishment s a le s -s iz e cla sse s, United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and regions, June 1966 _____________________ Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, United States and regions, June 1966__________________________________ Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, by sex, United States and regions, June 1966 _________ Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, by enterprise sa le s-siz e classes, United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and regions, June 1966 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 16 17 18 19 20 23 25 25 26 27 Contents— Continued Page Tables— Continued: 11. 12. 13. 14. Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, by establishment sa le s-siz e cla sse s, United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and regions, June 1966 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees having specified average straight-tim e hourly earnings by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 ---------Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees working specified weekly hours by average straight-tim e hourly earnings, United States and regions, June 1966 ----------------------------------Average straight-tim e hourly and weekly earnings of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 ------------------------------------------------- 28 29 31 33 Appendixes: A. B. Scope and method of survey----------------------------------------------------------------------Questionnaire ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- - 35 39 Employee Earnings and Hours at Building Materials, Hardware, and Farm Equipment Dealers, June 1966 Summary Nonsupervisory employees at building materials, hardware, and farm equip ment dealers earned an average of $2. 05 an hour, or $85. 51 a week, on a straight-time basis in June 1966. They worked an average of 41. 7 hours during the survey week according to the Bureau*s study, which covered 490, 900 em ployees in the industry. Employees were widely dispersed throughout the pay scale; 5 out of every 6 earned between $1 and $3 an hour and earnings for the middle half ranged between $1. 44 and $2. 51 an hour. Among the four broad geographic regions, earnings ranged from $ 1 .6 7 in the South to $2. 58 in the West. Employees in the Nation* s metropolitan areas averaged $2. 28 an hour, 47 cents more than those in nonmetropolitan areas. Men averaged $2. 10 an hour and women $ 1 .7 2 an hour. Employees in enter prises having $1 million in annual sales or more earned $ 2 .2 3 an hour; those in enterprises having between $500,000 and $1 million in sales earned $ 2 .0 9 an hour; those in enterprises having $250, 000 to $50 0,0 0 0 in sales averaged $2. 02 an hour; and those in enterprises having less than $250, 000 in sales averaged $ 1 .8 4 an hour. Employees in establishments within the scope of the $1. 25 minimum wage provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act which was in effect at the time of the survey averaged $2. 22 an hour— 22 cents more than the rest of the employees in the industry. During the survey week employees worked an average of 41. 7 hours. Among the four regions the average number of hours worked during the week ranged from 39. 2 in the Northeast to 43. 4 in the South. Employees in nonmetropolitan areas averaged 43. 4 hours of work a week, 3. 1 hours more than those in m et ropolitan areas. Men worked an average of 42. 9 hours a week compared with 35. 6 hours for women. Among the enterprise sales classes, the average work week ranged from 39. 7 hours in enterprises having less than $250, 000 in sales to 42.7 hours in enterprises having $500,000 to $1 million in sales. Employees in establishments generally subject to the 40-hour maximum standard workweek under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) worked an average of 42 hours a week— 3 hours more than employees in establishments generally 0. not subject to the act. The average pay level had increased 7 cents an hour since June 1965, when a similar survey was conducted. 1 During the same period, the average number of hours worked a week declined from 42. 3 to 41. 7, reflecting a small but noticeable movement away from long workweeks (48 and over) and towards part time and standard weeks (fewer than 35 and around 40 hours, respectively). Characteristics Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers are engaged primarily in the retail sale of lumber and building materials, such as brick and Sec Employee Earnings and Hours at Retail Building Materials, Hardware, and Farm Equipment Dealers, June 1965, BLS Bulletin 1501-1. 1 2 tile;, cement, sand, and gravel; heating and plumbing equipment; paint, glass, and wallpaper; electrical supplies; basic lines of hardware, such as tools, build e r s1 hardware, housewares, and household appliances; and farm machinery, equipment, and farm production supplies, such as tractors, plows, reapers, etc. Nationally, nearly 500, 000 nonsupervisory workers employed by building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers were included in the survey. A ll but one-sixth of these workers were men. The South and North Central regions each accounted for about one-third of all employees, one-fifth were in the Northeast, and one-sixth were in the West. Nearly as many workers were employed in nonmetropolitan as in metropolitan areas of the United States. About one-fifth of the workers were in establishments which were covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. Earnings Nonsupervisory employees at the Nation1s building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers averaged $2. 05 an hour, at straight-time rates, in June 1966. Earnings for the 490,900 e m p l o y e e s surveyed were distributed broadly; 5 out of every 6 employees earned between $1 and $3 an hour, and earnings for the middle half of the work force ranged from $ 1 .4 4 to $2. 51 an hour (table 2). Median earnings 2 were $ 1 .8 4 an hour, 21 cents below the mean. About one-tenth of the employees earned less than $1. 25 an hour, but slightly more than two-fifths earned at least $2 an hour, and one-third of these were paid $3 an hour or more. Geographic location plays an important role in determining the level of employee earnings in this industry. The average pay level ranged from $ 1 .6 7 an hour in the South to$2. 58 an hour in the West. The extent of the downward pull of wages in the South on the nationwide industry .pay level is shown by the $ 2 .2 3 an hour average in the three other regions. Nearly three-tenths of the employees in the South were paid less than $1. 30 an hour, although about 3 out of 5 of these employees earned at least $1. 25 an hour. Of the 80, 800 employees in this industry paid less than $1. 30 an hour, over one-half (54 percent) were in the South. In contrast to the earnings pat tern in the South, the majority of the employees in the West were grouped to ward the upper end of the pay scale— 7 out of 10 earned at least $2 an hour and 3 out of 10, at least $3 an hour. The population of the community in which an employee of the industry works appears to influence his earnings level. In metropolitan areas, where somewhat more than one-half the industry1s work force was located, the average pay level was $2. 28 an hour, 47 cents higher than the average in nonmetropolitan areas (table 3). Earnings of urban area employees were concentrated toward the upper end of the pay scale, whereas those of employees in less populated areas tended to be concentrated at the middle and lower end of the pay scale. Over onehalf of the employees in metropolitan areas (54 percent) earned at least $ 2 an hour, but in nonmetropolitan areas 7 out of 10 earned less than that amount, and more than one-fifth earned less than $ 1 .3 0 an hour. Nonmetropolitan area employees accounted for more than three-fifths of the work force receiving such low earnings. Conversely, of those employees in the work force paid $2. 50 an hour or more, 3 out of 4 were in metropolitan areas. Within each region employees in metropolitan areas averaged more than those in nonmetropolitan areas. The amount of the differential was not always related to the regional pay level. The sm allest differential was in the South, That amount below and above which earnings for 50 percent of the employees are found. 3 the lowest paying region, but the highest was 55 cents in the Northeast, where the pay level was 32 cents below that in the West. An interregional comparison revealed that employees in metropolitan areas of the South averaged at least 11 cents an hour less than employees in nonmetropolitan areas of the three other regions. In each region earnings in metropolitan areas were distributed more broadly than those in nonmetropolitan areas. Even in the South, where the area averages were comparatively close, this pattern existed. The middle one-half of the workers in this region*s metropolitan areas earned from $1. 32 to $2. 02 an hour; in nonmetropolitan areas, this same group earned from $1. 28 to $ 1 .8 3 an hour. Men averaged $2. 10 an hour, 38 cents more than women (table 4). Earn ings for men were widely dispersed; those for women were concentrated in the low and middle wage intervals of the distribution. About one-sixth of the men and slightly more than one-fifth of the women were paid less than $1. 30 an hour. However, women, who composed only 16 percent of the work force, made up 21 percent of those paid less than $1. 50, and only 5 percent of those paid $2. 50 an hour or more. Men averaged more than women in each region, the differential between their earnings ranging from 6 cents an hour in the South to 74 cents an hour in the West; in the North Central and Northeast regions the differentials were 48 and 59 cents, respectively. Thus, a limited relationship exists between the ab solute and relative magnitude of the pay differential between men and women and the regional level of earnings. Although men earned more than women in each of the regions, an inter regional comparison revealed that women in the Northeast and West averaged 9 and 29 cents an hour more than men in the South. This relationship m irrors the greater proportion of men in the South than women in the Northeast or West concentrated at the lower reaches of the pay scale. Differences between their distributions eventually narrowed at the higher end of the pay scale; 10 percent of the Southern men and 8 and 16 percent of the Northeastern and Western women, re sp e c tiv e ly , earned '$ 2. 50 an hour or m o r e . The annual volume of sales of the enterprise and establishment in which he works also has a bearing on an employee*s earnings. Employees of enter prises having at least $1 million in annual sales earned an average of $2. 23 an hour, 14 cents an hour more than those in enterprises having between $500, 000 and $1 million in sales, 21 cents an hour more than those in enterprises having $250,000 to $500, 000 in sales, and 39 cents an hour more than those in the smallest enterprises. As shown in table 5, these wage differentials reflect a noticeable variation among these four enterprise sales classes in the distribution of Employee earnings. In every region but the West, average earnings were highest in the enter prises having the highest volume of sales and lowest in those having the lowest volume. In the West, employees in enterprises having $1 million in sales or more had next to the lowest average hourly earnings. In the South and North Central regions, employees in enterprises having $250, 000 to $500, 000 in annual sales averaged more than those in the next highest enterprise class, thus devi ating from the pattern noted on a nationwide basis. The distribution of employees among the various enterprise classes on a regional basis influenced the nationwide averages. For example, the Northeast 4 and West (the two highest paying regions) accounted for about two-fifths of the employees in the highest volume enterprises; the South (the lowest paying re gion) accounted for only one-fourth. Similarly, the South accounted for twofifths of the employees in the lowest volume sales group, whereas the North east and West together accounted for only about one-third. The earnings level of employees in the highest volume enterprises of the South was below that of employees of the lowest volume groups of the three other regions. This variation reemphasizes the influence of geographic factors on the earnings level. In both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas the pattern of employee earnings by enterprise sales generally followed the national pattern. Employees in establishments having $ 2 5 0,0 0 0 in annual sales or more aver aged $2. 15 an hour, 27 cents more than those in establishments having annual sales of between $ 150,000 and $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 , and 32 cents more than those in e s tablishments having less than $ 150,000 in annual sales (table 6). This pattern was maintained in the Northeast, South, and West, but in the North Central r e gion employees in the lowest volume enterprises averaged 3 cents an hour more than their counterparts in establishments having between $ 150,000 and $ 250,000 in annual sales. In metropolitan areas, the level of employee earnings by establishment sales volume was patterned after the nationwide relationship. On the other hand, in nonmetropolitan areas employees in establishments having less than $ 150,000 in annual sales earned 9 cents an hour more than those in establishments having $ 150,000 to $ 2 5 0,0 0 0 in sales. Earnings also were tabulated for employees generally subject to and those generally not subject to the $ 1. 25 minimum hourly wage provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 3 Employees within the scope of the act accounted for somewhat more than one-fifth of the industry’ s work force. They averaged $2. 22 Percent of employees earning— Average hourly earnings $ 1 .2 5 to $ 1 .3 0 Less than $ 1 .2 5 Less than $ 1 .4 0 Less than $ 1 .5 0 Less than $ 1 .6 0 Employees in establishments generally— Area Not Not Not Not Not Not Subject subject Subject subject Subject subject Subject subject Subject subject Subject subject to to to to to to to to to to to to FLSA FLSA FLSA FLSA FLSA FLSA FLSA FLSA FLSA FLSA FLSA FLSA United States - — $ 2.22 $ 2.00 0 .5 8 .4 9 .0 10.0 1 6 .2 2 4 .5 21.6 29. 4 2 9 .6 38. 1 Northeast------- — S o u th ------------- — North Central- — West -------------- — 2 .5 8 1. 74 2 .3 2 2 .4 7 2 . 16 _ 1 .6 5 1. 98 2 .6 2 .6 .8 3 .5 1 4 .2 8 .7 2. 1 5 .3 1 9 .8 4 .9 3 .6 7 .0 1 5 .4 9 .6 3. 1 7 .6 33. 8 1 1 .4 7 .2 16 .6 4 0 .2 9 .5 4 3 .6 1 6 .7 9. 7 1 9 .9 4 8 .2 2 7 .0 7 .6 1 4 .4 5 5 .6 22. 9 1 8 .4 2 8 .8 58. 5 34. 8 1 4 .0 .4 22.2 6 .4 At the time of the survey, employees of retail establishments having at least $250, 000 in annual sales which were part o f enterprises having at least $1 million in annual sales generally were included under the $1. 25 an hour minimum wage provisions of the 1961 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Employees at farm implement dealers generally were exempt, regardless of the volume of sales of the enterprises. 5 an hour—22 cents more than the rest of the employees in the industry. However, the influence of the legislated minimum wage on employee earnings was rather small. Fewer than one-tenth of the employees subject to the act were concen trated at or just above the minimum and nearly 4 out of 5 earned at least $ 1. 50 at hour. Although nearly one-tenth of the group not subject to the act were paid less than $ 1. 25 an hour, differences were not confined to the area around the minimum wage, reflecting the importance of other factors in determining the level and distribution of earnings. For example, one-third of the subject group compared with fewer than one-fourth of all other employees were paid $ 2. 50 an hour or more. As shown in the tabulation, the influence of the minimum wage was greatest in the South, whereas, in the West it was over shadowed by other factors. Weekly Hours of Work Employees at building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers averaged 41. 7 hours of work a week in June 1966 (table 7). Longer workweeks were common in this industry— almost one-third of the work force, or about 156, 000 employees, worked 48 hours or more. Four out of every 5 employees worked 40 hours or more, although three-tenths of these worked exactly 40 hours. Only one-sixth of the employees in this industry worked on a part-time basis (fewer than 35 hours a week). Among the four geographic regions, average weekly hours ranged from 39. 2 in the Northeast to 4 3 .4 in the South. Alm ost one-fourth of the employees in the Northeast worked on a part-time basis, contributing to the shorter aver age workweek. In the South, only one-eighth of the employees worked part time, more than three-fifths worked over 40 hours, and nearly two-fifths worked 48 hours or m ore. The distribution of weekly hours in the North Central region generally paralleled that in the South. In the W est, the largest proportion of employees in any of the four regions, somewhat more than one-third, worked a 40-hour week, while roughly one-seventh each worked part time, 44, and 48 hours or more. Employees in nonmetropolitan areas averaged 4 3 .4 hours of work during the survey week, 3. 1 hours more than those in metropolitan areas (table 8). More than two-fifths of the employees in nonmetropolitan areas worked 48 hours or m ore, nearly twice the proportion in metropolitan areas working such hours. Nonmetropolitan area employees constituted slightly less than one-half of the industry’ s work force, but about three-fifths of those with workweeks of 48 hours or more. Slightly more than one-sixth of the employees in the smaller areas, compared with three-tenths of those in the larger areas, worked a 40-hour week. On a regional basis, the length of the workweek in metropolitan areas ranged from 38. 8 hours in the Northeast to 43. 1 hours in the South; in non metropolitan areas the range was from 40 hours in the Northeast to 44. 6 hours in the North Central region. Men had a longer average workweek than women, 42. 9 hours compared with 35. 6 hours (table 9). Thirty-seven percent of the men but only 7 percent of the women worked 48 hours or more a week, and three-fifths of the men compared with fewer than one-fourth of the women worked over 40 hours a week. Women, on the other hand, were concentrated at and below 40 hours— nearly two-fifths worked exactly 40 hours and about three-tenths worked on a part time basis. 6 On a regional basis, the length of the workweek for men ranged from 40. 6 hours in the Northeast to 44. 2 hours in the South; for women, the work week ranged from 32. 6 to 37. 9 hours in the Northeast and South. There appeared to be little relationship between the length of the average workweek and enterprise sales. For example, the workweeks of the three highest volume groups were sim ilar, ranging between 42. 3 and 42. 7 hours (table 10). On an establishment basis, however, there appeared to be some relationship between the volume of sales and the length of the workweek (table 11). Employees in establishments which grossed $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 in annual sales or more averaged 42. 6 hours of work a week, or 1.4 hours longer than those in establishments having a $ 150,000 to $ 250,000 gross, and 3 .2 hours longer than those in the lowest volume establishments (less than $ 150,000). The high volume establishment group had the largest proportion of employees working 48 hours or m ore, onethird compared with three-tenths and about one-fourth of the lower groups, and the sm allest proportion on a part-time basis, about one-eighth compared with more than one-sixth and one-fifth of the employees in the lower volume groups, respectively. Employees at building m aterials, hardware, and farm equipment dealerships generally subject to the maximum hours provision of the Fair Labor Standards A c t 4 worked an average of 42 hours a week— 0 .3 hours more than all other employees in the industry. Although employees in the subject group worked longer on the average than those in the nonsubject group, a greater proportion of em ployees in nonsubject establishments worked longer hours (48 hours or more), 33 percent compared with 29 percent. Similar proportions of both groups, how ever, worked over 40 hours a week (54 percent of the subject and 56 percent of the nonsubject group). On the other hand, a smaller proportion of nonsubject than subject employees worked a 40-hour week, while a greater proportion worked on a part-time basis. As shown in the following tabulation, in the Northeast and South, subject employees had a longer average workweek than nonsubject em ployees; in the North Central and West regions the opposite was true. Percent of employees working— Average weeklyhours Under 35 hours 40 hours 48 hours or more Employees in establishments generally— Subject to FLSA Not subject to FLSA Subject to FLSA Not subject to FLSA Subject to FLSA Not subject to FLSA Subject to FLSA Not subject to FLSA United States------- 4 2 .0 4 1 .7 13. 8 16 .2 2 6 .6 2 3 .6 2 9 .3 32. 5 Northeast------------South-------------------North Central------W e s t -------------------- 40. 45. 41. 39. 3 8 .7 4 3 .0 4 2 .7 4 0 .4 16. 5 8. 7 14. 8 1 7 .0 2 4 .5 2 9 .4 17. 7 26. 7 36. 5 2 5 .0 2 3 .6 4 1 .2 2 8 .0 19. 7 2 6 .2 3 5 .5 4 1 .3 1 7 .0 Area 5 2 5 6 12.6 16. 1 1 3 .4 21.6 18 .3 36. 1 4 A 40-hour workweek standard (after which time and one-half pay was required) was implemented for most large retail operations in September 1965. Employees of farm equipment dealers, however, were exempt generally from the act's coverage. 7 Hourly Earnings and Weekly Hours Employees at retail building m aterials, hardware, and farm equipment dealerships were grouped by their average hourly earnings and, within each earnings group, were distributed by their weekly hours of work. Tabulating the data in this manner revealed that among lower paid employees (those paid less than $1.35 an hour) short as well as relatively long workweeks were more common than a standard workweek (table 12). Among higher paid employees, however, the standard workweek (40 to 42 hours inclusive) was more common. For example, one-half of the employees paid $ 3 an hour or more worked 40 to 42 hours a week, whereas, one-tenth and one-sixth, respectively, worked part time and long hours, as shown below. Percent of employees with average hourly earnings o f— Under $ 1 .0 0 Weekly hours Under 3 5 ---------------------40 to 42 ---------------------44 and o v e r ----------------48 and o v e r ---------------- Under $ 1 .1 5 22 15 59 43 Under $ 1 .2 5 25 10 59 44 25 9 59 42 Under $ 1 .3 5 $ 2 .0 0 and over Under $ 1 .5 0 30 15 45 30 25 16 50 33 11 37 48 25 $ 2 .5 0 and over $ 3 .0 0 and over 10 44 41 18 10 51 34 15 When employees within each region were distributed in the same manner, the earnings and hours relationships that developed generally followed those noted nationwide. Some differences existed, however. Among low paid employees (those who averaged less than $1. 35 an hour), part-time work was more common than long hours in every region but the South, where the reverse was true. Among high paid employees (those who averaged at least $3 an hour), part time and long workweeks were about equally common in both the Northeast and West. In the North Central region, and to a lesser extent in the South, a substantially greater proportion worked long weeks than worked part time. Employees with average hourly earnings o f— Less than $1. 35 $3. 00 or more Percent working— Region 48 hours or more Less than 35 hours 60 10 20 36 31 15 12 6 11 8 Less than 35 hours N ortheast-----< ------South---------------- North C e n t r a l----W e s t -------------------- 35 46 48 hours or more 14 14 23 10 Employees working a 40-hour week had highe r average hourly earnings than those who worked either part time or long workweeks, as seen in the following tabulation and table 13. Percent of employees earning — Average weekly hours Under 1 5 -------------------15 and under 3 5 --------35 and under 4 0 --------4 0 -------------------------------Over 40 and under 4 4 - ---------------44 and under 4 8 --------48 and o v e r -------------- Average hourly earnings Under $ 1 .3 5 Under $ 2. 00 $ 3 .0 0 or more $ 1 .7 3 1.8 3 2 .0 8 2 .3 9 3 4 .4 3 5 .8 1 1 .4 7 1 .4 6 9 .0 5 8 .0 41. 1 6 .7 9 .7 1 6 .8 2 7 .0 2 .1 4 2. 07 1.8 7 18.1 15 .7 1 7 .8 5 0 .9 5 2 .9 6 5 .7 17. 2 1 2 .9 21.1 6.8 8 The preceding tabulation highlights the sharp contrast between the earnings of employees who worked either part time or long hours, and those on a 40-hour week. For example, among part-time employees more than one-third earned less than $ 1. 35 an hour and among those on long workweeks more than one-sixth had such earnings. By contrast, fewer than one-eighth of the 40-hour employees earned less than $1.35; but more than one-fourth earned at least $3; and fewer than one-tenth of the part-time and lone workweek employees each earned $ 3 or m ore. Average Weekly Earnings Employees at retail building materials, hardware, and farm equipment stores averaged $85. 51 a week at straight-time rates in June 1966. Average weekly earnings ranged from $ 15. 36 for those employees who worked less than 15 hours a week to $97. 22 for those who worked 48 hours or more a week (table 14). Average weekly earnings are dependent upon 2 variables: Average hourly earnings and the number of hours worked during the week. Therefore, it is not surprising to find that average weekly earnings did not vary directly with the number of hours worked during the week. Some employees, because of their lower hourly pay, were unable to earn as much (on a straight-time basis) in a week as others who worked fewer hours but at a higher rate of pay. The nourly pay level of employees working exactly 40 hours, for example, was 52 cents more than the average of those working 48 hours or more, and 66 cents more than the average of those working fewer than 15 hours a week. Among the regions, average weekly earnings ranged from $ 72.37 in the South to $ 103.82 in the West. The relative earnings differential between the South and each of the other regions which was narrower on a weekly than on an hourly basis reflects the effect of the longer average workweek in the South on the weekly wage level there. Wage Changes, June 1965— June 1966 The Bureau’ s 1965 survey 5 of employee earnings and hours at building m aterials, hardware, and*farm equipment dealers makes possible a measurement of the changes in the levels and distributions of pay and hours of work over a 12-month period. During this time, employment increased by 2, 000 workers from the June 1965 level of 488,900. Average hourly earnings increased 7 cents, or 4 percent, over the year. Changes were evident throughout the distribution of earnings, but the overall magnitude of wage increases appeared to be greater at the upper end of the pay scale rather than the lower. For example, the differential which separated the lowest from the highest paid one-fourth of the employees 6 widened 10 cents and reflected these larger wage gains. Average hourly pay levels advanced 6 cents in the South, 9 cents in the W est, and 11 cents in the North Central region. In the Northeast, however, the average pay level did not change from 1965, when it was $ 2 . 2 6 an hour. This lack of movement in the pay level in the Northeast reflects the similarity of the distribution of earnings in each of the years. On the other hand, changes ® Op. cit., Bulletin 15 01-1, footnote 1. ^ As determined by interpolation within the 5 - or 1 0 -cent wage intervals shown on table 2. 9 were quite evident among the three other regions. As shown in the following tabulation, the sharpest changes at the lower end of the pay scale occurred in the South, and at the upper end, the sharpest changes were found in the West. Employees in the South accounted for seven-tenths of the decline in the proportion of employees paid less than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour between surveys; those in the West accounted for one-third of the increase in the proportion of all employees earning $ 2. 50 an hour or more. Percent of employees earning— Average hourly earnings Under $ 1. 15 Under $ 1. 25 Under $ 1. 30 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 United States------------------ ---------- $ 1 .9 8 $ 2 .0 5 6.8 5 .4 9 .7 6 .7 19 .7 1 6 .5 2 .2 6 1.61 1 .9 4 2 .4 9 2 .2 6 1.6 7 2 .0 5 2 .5 8 1.0 1 .9 9 .4 1 .9 1 8 .0 1 0 .7 1 .4 2 .7 10.2 11.6 3 3 .5 19 .8 4 .7 9 .3 2 7 .8 1 5 .6 4 .9 Area N ortheast---------------------------------South ---------------------------------------North C e n tr a l---------------- ---------W e s t ------------------------------------------ 12 .3 8.0 6.0 1.2 1.0 Under $ 1 .5 0 7 .0 1 .7 Under $ 2.00 Under $ 2 .5 0 United States 3 0 .4 2 7 .7 5 9 .6 5 6 .9 7 7 .5 7 4 .6 N ortheast----South------------North Central W e s t ------------- 16 .8 4 9 .4 31. 1 9 .2 1 7 .4 4 7 .3 2 4 .8 8. 1 4 6 .9 79. 9 6 0 .4 3 4 .3 4 5 .4 78. 1 5 6 .8 3 0 .3 7 1 .5 9 1 .5 7 8 .8 5 5 .5 9 0 .4 7 5 .4 5 0 .0 68.8 Earnings for the employees in the Nation1 metropolitan areas advanced # 10 cents an hour, to $ 2 . 2 8 , between June 1965 and June 1966, compared with 9 cents an hour, to $ 1. 81, for those in nonmetropolitan areas. This increase narrowed the difference between the two areas absolutely but not relatively. The closeness of the increases in the pay levels m irrors a similarity in the changes in the distribution of earnings between the two areas. For example, the propor tion of employees earnings less than $ 1. 25 an hour decreased in both areas— from 6 to 3 percent in metropolitan areas and from 15 to 11 percent in less urbanized areas. Furthermore, little change was observed in the proportions earning between $ 1. 25 and $ 1. 30 an hour, from 8 to 9 percent in metropolitan areas and from 12 to 11 percent in less populated areas. Even at the upper pay levels the changes had a degree of likeness— 'the proportion earning $2 an hour or more increased from 50 to 54 percent in urban areas and from 27 to 31 percent in nonurban areas. Men's average pay level increased 7 cents an hour between surveys, 2 cents more than women's. Changes in the distribution of men's earnings were more pronounced toward the upper end of the pay scale, whereas the sharpest changes for women were found at the middle and lower end of the pay scale. Women, who constituted only one-sixth of the work force, accounted for more than onefifth (22 percent) of the decline in the proportion of employees earnings less than $ 1. 25, and one-fifth of the decline in the proportion earnings less than $ 1. 50 an hour. On the other hand, men accounted for practically all (96 percent) of the increase in the proportion of employees earning $ 2 . 5 0 an hour or more. 10 Employees at building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers worked about one-half hour a week less, on the average, in June 1966 than in June 1965. The shortening of the average workweek from 42. 3 to 41. 7 hours reflects a small but noticeably movement away from long workweeks and toward more part time and standard workweeks; 34 percent worked 48 hours or more in June 1965 compared with 32 percent in the following year*s survey. The proportion having workweeks of fewer than 35 hours and exactly 40 hours both increased by 1 percentage point. Percent of employees working— Average weekly hours Under 35 hours Over 40 and under 48 hours 40 hours 48 hours and over Area 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 United S tates------- 4 2 .3 4 1 .7 1 4 .6 15 .6 23. 2 2 4 .3 24. 2 2 3 .5 3 3 .5 3 1 .8 N ortheast------------South-------------------North C entral------W e s t -------------------- 3 9 .7 4 4 .2 4 2 .8 4 0 .8 3 9 .2 4 3 .4 4 2 .4 4 0 .2 2 0 .9 1 0 .9 1 4 .9 1 4 .0 22.6 12.0 2 6 .7 1 7 .9 3 5 .0 2 2 .3 2 6 .3 2 2 .5 26 .3 20.0 1 5 .9 14.3 26. 1 2 0 .9 20 . 1 36. 2 2 4 .9 4 0 .2 38. 5 2 1 .4 2 5 .5 3 6 .6 3 8 .5 1 7 .6 20.1 2 5 .7 2 1 .4 2 7 .2 As shown above, employees in each region worked fewer hours, on the average, in 1966 than in 1965. In each region, the proportion of employees working 48 hours or more a week decreased or was substantially unchanged; the proportion of employees working over 40 hours a week declined, and the pro portion on a part-tim e basis increased. The length of the average workweek declined 1 hour in metropolitan areas and 0. 4 hours in nonmetropolitan areas. Other than in degree, changes in the distribution in each area did not differ from the national pattern. Both men and women worked 0. 5 hours less a week, on the average, in June 1966 than in June 1965. The pattern of change for each sex followed the national pattern, as shown in the following tabulation. Average weekly hours Percent of employees working— Under 35 hours 40 hours Over 40 and under 48 hours 48 hours and over Characteristics 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 Metropolitan a r e a s -----------------Nonmetropolitan areas------------M en---------------------------------- --------W o m en -------------- ------------------------ 41. 3 43. 8 4 3 .4 36. 1 40. 3 4 3 .4 4 2 .9 35. 6 16 .2 1 7 .7 1 3 .2 13 .3 27. 7 2 6 .0 1 9 .4 2 0 .9 3 6 .2 29. 5 18 .2 21. 7 37. 5 2 5 .4 2 2 .7 2 5 .7 1 6 .8 24. 1 27. 7 41. 5 38. 0 23. 2 41. 8 36. 6 7 .2 12.6 1 2 .4 2 7 .0 22.6 2 4 .9 1 5 .9 8.8 Changes in Average Weekly Earnings, June 1965— June 1966 Employees at building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealerships received an increase of $1.76, or 2.1 percent, in their weekly earnings, from $83. 75 in June 1965. The 3. 5 percent increase in average hourly earnings is not reflected fully in this increase in weekly earnings because of the accompanying decline in average weekly hours. 11 Average weekly earnings Area Increase Percent increase in average hourly earnings 1965 1966 Dollars Percent United States------ $83. 75 $85.51 $ 1. 76 2. 1 3 .5 Northeast----------South ----------------North Central - W e s t ------------------- 89. 60 71. 20 8 3 .2 0 101. 76 88. 52 h .o s 1. 17 3 .9 5 2. 06 lU2 0.0 1 .6 4. 7 2. 0 3 .7 5. 7 3. 6 7 2 .3 7 87. 15 103. 82 1 Decrease. Weekly earnings increased in every region except the Northeast, where weekly earnings declined $1. 0 8 since June 1965. This decline was the result of the interaction of unchanged average hourly earnings ( $ 2 . 2 6 in both years) and a lower (by 0. 5 hours) average workweek. Changes in Weekly Hours by Hourly Earnings Declines in the average workweek were sharper, generally, among lower paid employees than among those in the middle to upper earnings levels. As shown in the following tabulation, the most noticeable declines occurred for those employees paid less than $1. 35 an hour. At no earnings interval above $1. 35 an hour was there a decline of as much as 1 hour in the average workweek. Average weekly hours of work Employees having average hourly earnings of— Under $1. 00 $1. 15 $1. 25 $1. 35 $1. 50 $1. 75 $ 2 . 00 $2. 50 $3. 00 1965 $ 1 .0 0 ------------------------------------ --------and under $1. 1 5 -------------------- -------and under $1. 2 5 -------------------- --------and under $1. 3 5 -------------------- -------and under $1. 5 0 -------------------- -------and under $1. 7 5 -------------------- -------and under $2. 0 0 -------------------- -------and under $ 2 . 5 0 -------------------- — — and under $3. 0 0 -------------------- -------and o v e r --------- -------------------- -------- 1966 Change 4 5 .4 4 0 .0 43. 5 42. 1 41. 2 4 0 .0 37. 7 4 3 .3 41. 8 44. 1 42. 8 41. 7 40. 9 -3 .3 + 1. 2 -3 . 5 - 2 .0 -. 7 -. 7 +. 5 -.4 -. 7 -. 1 39. 7 4 4 .0 42. 5 43 . 6 4 3 .2 42. 4 4 1 .0 Substantial declines were evident among lower paid employees on long work weeks. These declines were accompanied by increases in the proportion working part time, and to a lesser extent, those working from 40 to 42 hours inclusive. At the higher pay levels there was less year-to-year variation as shown in the following tabulation. Percent of employees with weekly hours of— Employees having average hourly earnings of— Under $1. 00 $1. 15 $1. 25 $1. 35 $1. 50 $1. 75 $2. 00 $2. 50 $3. 00 $ 1 .0 0 --------------------------------------- and under $1. 1 5 --------------------- and under $1. 2 5 --------------------- and under $1. 3 5 --------------------- and under $1. 5 0 --------------------- and under $1. 7 5 --------------------- and under $2. 0 0 --------------------- and under $2. 5 0 ------------------ :— and under $3. 0 0 --------------------and o v e r ------------------------------ - 40 to 42 inclusive Under 35 48 or more 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 13. 5 29. 1 17 .2 2 7 .4 1 3 .0 1 6 .6 10. 7 11. 1 21.6 11.8 2 6 .4 2 3 .9 3 2 .3 1 4 .0 17. 7 9 .4 12. 1 1 0 .7 9 .8 12. 7 1 3 .8 1 9 .4 16. 1 1 8 .9 2 6 .9 2 8 .3 3 9 .5 5 0 .7 1 5 .2 10 .3 9. 1 2 1 .5 1 9 .8 5 6 .7 3 8 .9 4 7 .7 3 1 .8 4 2 .8 3 8 .9 3 6 .7 3 5 .3 2 1 .4 16.1 4 3 .3 44. 5 31. 8 2 3 .6 3 9 .6 3 7 .4 4 3 .8 3 5 .0 2Z* 4 15.3 7 .6 9 .2 21.2 2 2 .9 2 7 .4 3 4 .8 5 0 .7 12 Changes in Hourly Earnings by Weekly Hours Average earnings of part-time employees and of those who worked long workweeks increased 8 cents an hour over the year, 3 cents more than the in crease for employees who worked from 40 to 44 hours. Changes in the d istri bution among the three groups generally followed the same pattern, but differed in degree. For example, the decline in the proportion of employees paid less than $ 1 . 3 5 an hour was noticeably larger in the long workweek group than in the part-tim e or 40- to 44-hour group. The proportion paid at least $2 an hour increased slightly in the 40— 44 hour group, but less than in the two other groups. Employees having weekly hours o f— Under 35 — 4 0 - 4 4 -------48 and over Average hourly earnings Percent having average hourly earnings o f— Under $ 1. 35 $ 2.00 and over $3. 00 and over 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 $ 1 .7 2 2. 29 1 .7 9 $ 1 .8 0 2. 34 1 .8 7 37. 9 14. 1 25. 3 3 5 .4 1 2 .7 17 .8 2 6 .5 5 6 .3 3 1 .2 3 0 .3 57. 1 3 4 .2 8. 1 2 3 .6 6. 2 8 .9 2 5 .2 6.8 Changes in Earnings and Hours, October 1956 to June 19667 Average hourly earnings in June 1966 were 55 cents higher than the level recorded in October 1956. Twenty-eight cents of this increase occurred between 1956 and June 1961. The advance in the average hourly pay level was only 2 cents between June 1961 and 1962, whereas it averaged 6 cents a year over the next 3 years, and amounted to 7 cents between June 1965 and 1966. Changes in the distribution of individual employee earnings occurred all along the pay scale. The proportion paid less than $1. 25 an hour, for example, declined from 35 percent in 1956 to 7 percent in 1966. At the same time, the proportion paid at least $2 an hour increased from 19 to 43 percent. Thus, the improvement in the earnings of the lower paid group of employees was almost matched by the advance iip earnings of the higher paid group. . The average hourly pay level has increased in each region since October 1956. The amount of the increase was 44 cents in the South, 53 cents in the North Central region, 61 cents in the Northeast, and 68 cents in the West. How ever, on a relative basis the increases which were similar over this 10-year period ranged from 35 to 37 percent. The sharpest changes at the lower end of the pay scale occurred in the South; at the upper end the West showed the strongest movement. The pro portion of employees in the South paid less than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour, for example, declined from three-fifths in 1956 to only one-eighth in 1966. However, the South accounted for 46 percent of the employees paid less than $ 1 . 2 5 in 1956, but 55 percent of those with such earnings in 1966. In the West, the proportion of employees paid $ 2 . 5 0 an hour or more increased from one-sixth to one-half over the same period, as shown in the following tabulation. The West accounted for one-third of all employees paid $2. 50 an hour or more during both periods. n See Employee Earnings in Retail Trade in October 1956, Building Materials and Farm Equipment Dealers, Bulletin 1220-1; Employee Earnings at Retail Building Materials, Hardware, and Farm Equipment Dealers, June 1961, June 1962. June 1965, Bulletins 13 38-1, 13 80 -1 , and 1501-1. 13 United States______________ Oct. Average hourly earnings 1956 Under $0. 50------------------Under $0. 75-----------------Under $1. 00------------------Under $1. 05-----------------Under $ 1 .1 5 ------------------Under $1. 20------------------Under $1. 25-----------------Under $1. 30-----------------Under $1. 50-----------------Under $ 2 .0 0 -----------------Under $2. 50-----------------Under $ 3 .0 0 -------- --------Number of employees (in thousands)------------Average hourly earnings---------------------- (i) 4 13 23 29 32 35 42 56 81 94 98 June 1961 1962 Oct. 1965 (i) (i) ( 1) 2 6 1 1 2 13 18 20 5 12 15 19 23 29 40 21 68 68 84 93 4 9 4 .4 $1. 50 28 39 __________________ Northeast 5 7 9 10 20 1966 ( 1) (1) 2 4 5 6 7 17 28 57 75 1956 (1) 1 6 12 17 19 June 1961 (1 ) (M 2 6 9 21 11 12 1 7 23 39 49 53 57 65 79 95 98 99 139. 8 $ 1 .2 3 1965 (1 ) (M (1 ) (i) (1 ) 1 1 2 1 5 7 9 1966 ( 1) ( 1) 1 1 2 11 2 18 29 63 85 94 17 27 64 94 10 17 47 72 82 3 3 9 17 45 69 82 84 93 30 60 78 87 86 29 43 77 93 98 498. 8 505. 7 4 8 8 .9 4 9 0 .9 9 5 .0 95. 8 97. 1 96. 3 9 6 .4 $1. 78 $ 1. 80 $1. 98 $2. 05 $ 1 .6 5 $1. 89 $ 1 .8 9 $ 2 .2 6 $ 2 . 26 South Under $0. 50-----------------Under $0. 75-----------------Under $1. 00-----------------Under $1. 05------------------Under $1. 1 5 - - --------------Under $1. 20-----------------Under $1. 25-----------------Under $1. 30-----------------Under $1.50-----------------Under $2. 00-----------------Under $2. 50------------------Under $3. 00-----•-----------Number of employees (in thousands)------------Average hourly earnings----------------------- 1962 North Central 1 (1) (1) 3 1 1 12 11 25 33 38 43 50 63 85 93 97 19 24 31 35 44 59 83 93 97 5 9 3 7 9 16 18 34 49 80 92 96 28 47 78 90 96 27 29 33 40 55 80 95 98 1 4 7 .4 1 4 9 .4 15 7.0 157.2 $ 1 .4 5 $1. 50 $1 .61 $ 1 .6 7 (i) 3 86 12 10 12 (1 ) 3 11 20 (A) (M 1 1 (1 ) 1 (!) ( !) 4 5 2 2 11 12 5 14 16 18 24 35 16 18 6 8 10 11 20 6 84 94 28 38 67 83 93 31 60 79 89 7 7 16 25 57 75 87 1 9 5 .0 182. 8 1 8 5 .4 1 5 3 .0 15 4.2 $ 1 .5 2 $ 1. 82 $1 .81 $ 1 .9 4 $ 2 .0 5 66 21 West Under $0. 50--------------------Under $0. 75--------------------Under $ 1 .0 0 --------------------Under $1. 05--------------------Under $ 1 .1 5 - ------------------Under $ 1 .2 0 --------------------Under $ 1 .2 5 --------------------- ----Under $1. 3 0 --------------Under $1. 5 0 - - - --------------Under $2. 0 0 --------------------Under $2. 50-------------------Under $3. 00--------------------Number o f employees (in thousands) --■-----Average hourly earnings- ----- * — - ( 1) ( !) 4 10 12 14 15 ( 1) ( 1) ( 1) ( 1) (1) (1) 1 2 1 5 5 7 4 5 7 1 1 1 8 8 1 20 13 30 57 84 n 6 4 .6 $ 1 .9 0 20 12 18 44 64 80 13. 8 $ 2 .2 8 5 9 34 56 72 8 2 .6 $ 2 .4 9 47 67 82 7 2 .8 $2. 23 ( 1) (1 ) (*) 1 1 1 2 5 8 30 50 69 83 .1 $ 2 .5 8 1 Less than 0. 5 percent. The workweek of employees at building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers changed between October 1956 and June 1966. A smaller proportion of employees (55 percent) worked overtime in June 1966, than in 1956, when 64 percent worked over 40 hours a week. Both part-tim e and standard workweeks (from 35 to 40 hours inclusive) increased in relative importance over 10-year period. this 14 As shown in the following tabulation, the above pattern was true in each of the regions except the West, where the proportion of part-time employees was the same in 1966 as in 1956. United States Northeast June________________ Weekly hours of work Under 3 5 ----------35 to 40 (in clu siv e)----Over 4 0 ------------- Oct. 1956 1961 1962 1965 12 13 14 23 64 25 62 23 63 _______________ June 1966 Oct. 1956 1961 1962 1965 1966 15 16 17 13 17 2 1 23 28 58 29 55 26 57 31 55 23 60 32 47 32 46 South Under 3 5 ----------35 to 40 (in clu siv e)----Over 4 0 ------------- North Central 8 1 1 12 1 1 12 1 1 14 13 15 16 22 2 1 68 21 23 67 26 62 19 70 24 62 22 67 65 24 61 24 60 71 West Under 3 5 -------------35 to 40 (in clu siv e)-------Over 4 0 ---------------- 14 1 1 15 14 14 36 50 29 59 29 56 38 48 41 45 15 Table Note Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dash (-) indicates no employees. Asterisk (*) indicates fewer than 50 employees or less than 0. 05 percent. Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 1. 0) A v e r a g e stra ight-tim e hourly earnings of nonsupervisory employees by selected c ha ra cte ri sti cs , United States, June 1966 Enterpri ses with annual sales of— $5 00 , 000 to $ 1, 000, 000 $1 , 000, 000 or more Region Metropolitan V' areas Nonmetropolitan areas Metropolitan areas $2 50 , 000 to $5 00 , 000 Nonmetropolitan ar eas Metropolitan ar eas Le ss thanl $2 50 , 000 Nonmetropolitan ar eas Metropolitan ar eas Nonmetropolitan areas Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Wome n Men Women Men Women Men Women United S t a t e s --------------------------------------------------------------- $2. 42 $1. 85 $2. 06 $1. 63 $2. 39 $1. 95 $1. 83 $ 1. 64 $2. 37 $1. 85 $1. 87 $1. 68 $2. 21 $1. 68 $1. 65 $1. 44 No rt he as t --------------------------------------------------------------------------------South-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------North C e n t r a l ------------------------------------------------------------------------W e s t ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2-72 1. 78 2. 52 2. 82 1. 1. 1. 2. 80 76 80 05 2. 1. 2. 2. 13 73 05 46 1. 1. 1. 1. 62 70 57 69 2. 1. 2. 3. 52 70 57 19 2. 1. 2. 2. 14 59 10 15 1. 1. 1. 2. 98 64 72 35 1. 1. 1. 1. 71 56 59 77 2. 1. 2. 2. 47 63 47 99 1. 1. 1. 2. 84 62 82 18 1. 1. 2. 2. 77 67 02 23 1. 1. 1. 2. 59 77 59 04 2. 1. 2. 2. 36 91 12 61 1. 1. 1. 1. 63 69 52 96 1. 1. 1. 2. 87 47 77 11 l. 1. 1. 1. 62 36 35 68 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 2. Cumulative numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-time hourly earnings, United States and regions, June 1966 ^ ^E m ^lo^^e^u i^th ou^and ^ United States Northeast North Central South W«Jst A ve r ag e hourly earnings Number Under $0 . 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------Under $0 . 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------Under $1 . 00 Percent .2 1.6 9. 8 * .3 2.0 Number Percent Number Percent .6 .6 ♦ 1 .2 5 .3 * . 8 3 .4 . 1 •2 3.6 | Nuhnber Percent . 1 .2 2.3 Number Percent .1 .3 .2 •4 .9 .9 1.0 1.2 1 .4 1.1 1.1 1.2 1 .4 1.7 4. 1 4 .8 5 .4 6.3 6.7 4 .9 5 .8 6.6 7.6 8. 1 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. 05 $1.10 $ 1 .15 $1.20 $ 1 .2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 C .6 21.6 26.8 30.0 33.0 4.2 4. 4 5.4 6. 1 6. 7 1.2 1.5 1 .8 2 .5 2.6 1.3 1 .5 1.9 2 .6 2.7 10.5 11.2 14.7 16.3 18.2 6 .7 7.1 9 .4 10.4 11.6 8.0 8 .0 9.2 1 0 .0 10. 8 5 .2 5.2 6 .0 6.5 7 .0 Under Under Under Under Under $1 . 30 $ 1 .3 5 $ 1. 40 $ 1. 4 5 $ 1 .5 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- 80.8 92.4 111.3 12 4.4 136.2 16.5 18. 8 2 2 .7 25 .3 2 7. 7 9 .0 11.0 14.0 1 5 .4 16. 8 9.3 11.4 14.5 1 5 .9 17.4 4 3 .t 50.2 6 1 .3 68 .3 7 4 .4 27 .8 31 .9 39 .0 4 3 .4 47. 3 24. 1 2 6 .4 30 .7 3 4 .5 38 .3 1 5 .6 17.1 19 .9 22 .4 24 .8 Under Under Under Under Under $1 . 55 $1 .60 $1.65 $ 1 .7 0 $1.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 169.7 17 7.9 19 3. 9 205.4 21 6.2 34.6 3 6 .2 39 .5 41. 8 44. 0 2 3 .4 2 4 .5 28 .8 31 .6 33 .0 24 .3 25 .4 29 .9 32.8 34.2 87.7 91.1 96 .3 99.4 103.1 5 5 .8 58 .0 61 .3 6 3 .2 65. 6 47 .5 49. 8 55 .4 5 9 .6 63 .5 3 0 .8 3 2 .3 35 .9 3 8 .7 41 .2 11.2 12 .5 13 .4 14 .7 16.6 13.5 15.1 16.1 17.7 20 .0 Under Under Under Under Under $1 .80 $1 .85 $1 .90 $1 .95 $2 .00 -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 6.2 249.1 263.5 27 3.8 279.2 43 .1 50. 7 5 3 .7 5 5 .8 56. 9 36. 9 38 .4 4 1 .0 43. 1 43 .7 38 .3 39.8 4 2 .5 4 4 .7 45 .4 108.1 112.9 11 7.9 121.3 122. 7 68. 9 71 .8 7 5 .0 77.1 78. 1 71 .7 76 .9 8 1 .4 85 .4 87 .6 46 .5 49 .9 52 .8 55 .4 56 .8 19.5 20 .9 2 3 .2 2 4 .0 25 .2 23 .4 25.1 28.0 28.9 30 .3 Under Under Under Under Under $2 . $ 2. $ 2. $ 2. $ 2. 10 20 30 40 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 1.8 326.8 344.5 35 7.4 3 6 6. 3 63. 5 66 .6 70.2 72.8 74 .6 52 .0 56. 5 61 .4 64. 8 66.3 53.9 58.6 63 .7 67.2 68 .8 13 1.6 13 4.4 13 8.8 140.5 142. 1 83. 7 85. 5 98. 3 89. 4 90 .4 98 .7 10 3.0 10 8.6 112. 6 11 6.2 64 .0 66 .8 70 .4 73 .0 75 .4 2 9 .6 3 2 .8 35.7 39 .5 4 1 .6 35 .6 39 .5 42 .9 47 .5 50.0 Under Under Under Under Under $2 . 60 $ 2 .7 0 $ 2. 8 0 $ 2 .90 $ 3. 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38 6. 3 396. 1 40 5.9 41 3 . 9 42 1.2 78.7 80.7 82. 7 84. 3 85 .8 7 1 .4 73.3 76 .2 78.2 79 .5 74.0 76.1 79 .1 81.1 82.4 14 5.0 146.2 14 8.4 149.3 15 0.3 92 .2 9 3.0 94 .4 9 5 .0 9 5 .6 122.3 126.3 12 9.6 131.7 133. 7 79 .3 81 .9 83 .4 85 .4 8 6 .7 47 .7 50.2 52 .7 54 .8 57 .7 5 7 .4 6 0 .4 63 .5 6 5 .9 6 9 .4 Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 490.9 100.0 9 6 .4 10 0.0 157.2 100.0 154.2 100.0 83.1 100.0 A ve r ag e hourly earnings -------------------------------------------------- $2.05 82.26 $1 .67 $2.105 $2.58 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers T a b le 3. 00 Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by average stra ight -time hourly earnings, by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area s, United States and regions, June 1966 Unitec States M e tr o politan areas A ve r ag e hourly earnings Under $ 0 . 5 0 .......................................................................................... Under $0 . 7 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------Under $1 . 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- . . 1 .9 1.9 2.0 2. 5 2.6 2.8 Nonmetro politan areas .1 .5 3.2 South Northeast Metro politan ar eas . Non me tro politan areas Metro politan ar eas _ North Central Non me tro politan ar eas . 1 1. 1 4.4 Metro politan areas - - .4 1 .2 .3 2.0 2.1 2 .9 4. 1 5 .6 5 .6 3.8 4. 1 4. 9 5. 1 5.4 9. 0 9 .6 13.0 14. 7 16 . 6 1.8 1. 8 2 .6 2.7 3. 1 - .7 No n me tro politan ar eas West Metro politan areas Nonme tro politan areas . 1 . 3 3 .6 . 2 . 5 7 .7 7. 7 8. 5 9 .4 10.0 . 7 . 7 1 .0 1. 0 1.0 1.8 1.8 1.3 2 .4 3. 1 9. 1 10. 7 11.5 12.6 - .1 Under Under Under Under Under $1 . 05 $1 . 1 0 $1 . 1 5 $1 . 20 $ 1 .2 5 ............................. ............................................................. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------■------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 .3 0 $1 . 3 5 $1 . 4 0 $ 1 .4 5 $1 . 50 ________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- l 1 .7 13 .8 16.9 19.3 21.0 22 .0 2 4 .6 2 9.3 32.3 35.4 7 .6 9 .6 12.1 1 3 .8 15.2 13 .4 15.9 20.4 21.2 22 .8 23.5 27. 2 33. 7 39.0 4 2 .7 31 .4 35 .8 4 3. 2 47. 0 51. 1 10. 5 11 .9 14. 5 15. 7 16. 9 19.5 21 .0 2 3.9 27.4 30.8 3. 3 4. 2 4. 6 5.8 6.0 Under Under Under Under Under $1 . $1 . $1 . $1 . $1 . 55 60 65 70 75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26. 9 28. 2 30.8 3 2 .6 34.4 43 .4 45. 5 49. 5 5 2 .4 55.1 21 .4 22.2 25. 7 27. 9 29 .2 31.4 33.2 40 .3 4 5 .0 46.6 51.2 53 .4 56 .4 58 .7 60. 8 59 .5 61 .6 65. 2 6 6 .9 69.5 21. 7 23.0 2 5 .4 27 .0 28. a 37. 7 39 .4 4 3.9 47. 4 50. 5 9 ,4 10. 3 11 .4 12 .4 14 .6 2 6. 3 Under Under Under Under Under $1 . 80 $1 . 8 5 $ 1 .9 0 $1 . 95 $2 . 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38.4 40. 5 4 3 .2 45. 1 46. C 59 .3 62 .5 65 .7 68.1 69 .3 32 .6 33. 8 35. 9 37. 6 38 .2 52.3 54.7 58.7 62.2 63.0 63.6 66.2 6 9 .6 72.7 73.9 7 3. 1 76. 5 79. 5 3 1 .8 8 1 .5 35 .4 33, 7 42. 1 43. 8 44 .7 54. 9 58 .4 6 0 .8 64 .2 6 6 .0 1 7. a IS . 9 20.5 21 .5 22 , 5 35 .6 38.6 44. 2 45. 2 47 . ^ Under Under Under Under Under $2 . $2 . $2 . $2 . $2 . 10 20 30 40 50 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52. 1 55.4 59. 2 62 .2 6 4 .0 76.6 79 .4 82.8 8 5.0 86. 8 46. 1 50.6 55. 7 59 .0 60.5 73.3 78 . 3 83.5 87 .2 89.2 79. 8 81 . 4 84.3 85. 8 36.7 86 . 3 83 .8 9 1.6 9 2 .3 9 3. 4 50. 1 52 . 9 56 . 8 6 0 .2 63. 1 74 .5 77.3 30. 7 32.7 34 .6 27.4 32. 0 35.0 38 . 9 40. 9 53.5 56 . C 60.1 66,4 70 . 0 Under Under Under Under Under $2 .60 $2 .70 $ 2 .8 0 $2 . 90 $3 . 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 68 .9 71 .6 74. 2 76 .6 78 .6 90 .0 91 .1 92.4 9 3. 2 94. 1 66 .5 6 9 .0 72.5 75 . 2 76 .9 92.8 93 .4 9 5 .3 95.6 96.0 88.9 90 .2 91 .9 92 .9 93 .8 9 5 .0 9 5 .3 96. 4 96. 6 97. 1 67. 3 71.1 7 3 .3 76. 6 78 . 4 88.4 90. 1 9 1.0 9 2 .0 9 3 .0 48 .8 52.2 55.4 57.9 62.0 76. 0 78 .3 81.0 83 . 2 85 . 6 6. 8 7.2 8.9 10.1 11.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.5 a. 2 22. 5 25.4 29,4 31.9 ------- -------------------------------- 10 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100. 0 100.0 100.0 10 0.0 ICO. 0 Number of empl oye es (in thousands) ---------------------------- 262.6 22 8 . 3 6 8 .6 27.8 7 0 .7 86. 5 66 .3 3 7 .9 57 .0 26. 1 A v e r a g e hourly earnings — $2.28 $1.81 $ 2 . 42 $1 . 87 $1 .76 $1 .59 $2.32 $1.87 $2.75 $ 2 . 23 Total ------------------- -------- - ----- — ------------- 100.0 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 4. Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by average stra ight-tim e hourly earnings, by sex, United States and regions, June 1966 United States Northeast South North Central West A v e r a g e hourly earnings Men Women _ Men _ _ - - Under $0 . 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------Under $0 . 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------Under $1 . 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * .3 1.9 .4 2. 4 .6 Under Under Under Under Under $1.05 $1 .10 $1 .15 $ 1. 20 $1 .25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. C 4. 1 5.1 5.7 6. 3 5.2 5. 6 7. 2 8.3 9.1 1.2 1.3 1 .6 2.2 2. 3 Under Under Under Under Under $1 . 30 $1 , 3 5 $ 1. 40 $1.45 $ 1. 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. 5 17.6 21.2 2 3 .8 26. 1 21 .5 2 5. 0 30. 1 33. 1 36 .3 Under Under Under Under Under $1.55 $1.60 $1.65 $1 . 70 $1 . 75 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 .7 34. ^ 37.2 39. 1 41.1 Under Under Under Under Under $1 . 80 $1. 85 $1 . 90 $ 1.9 5 $ 2, 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under Under Under Under Under $2.10 $2.20 $2 . 30 $2 . 40 $2 . 50 Under Under Under Under Under $2 . $2 . $2 . $2 . $3 . 60 70 80 90 00 W omen Men Women _ Men Women Men _ Women' _ .7 * .7 2.8 1. 1 7.3 .1 .1 2.6 .4 1.0 .2 .4 •1 1.6 2.5 3.3 4.5 4. 5 6. 1 6 .5 8 .9 9 .9 11.2 10 .7 11 .5 1 2 .7 13 . 3 14. 1 5.1 5.1 5. 5 5.7 6 .0 5.4 5 .4 8 .1 1 0 .2 11. 5 .9 . 9 .9 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.8 2.6 2.6 3.2 7 .3 8 .9 11 .4 1 2 .9 14. 1 13.0 22.7 28 .3 29.3 32.2 28.1 32.3 39 .4 44 .0 47. 8 26. L 29. 6 35. 8 39.9 44 .3 13 .1 14 .4 1 6 .6 18.8 21. 1 27. 1 29.9 35 .4 39 .0 4 2 .3 4 .0 4 .4 4.8 5.5 5.7 9 .1 12.1 14 .6 17 .3 19.2 4 4 .4 47 .0 5 1 .3 55.8 55 .2 2 0 .5 21 .5 26.1 2 8 .4 29 .5 41 .1 42 . 6 47 .0 52.6 54.9 56.6 58.9 6 1 .8 63 .4 65. 7 50 .2 5 1 .9 57 .3 62. 3 64. 7 2 6 .5 27 .7 3 0 .9 33 .4 35 .9 50.8 53 .8 59 .2 63 .0 65 .8 10.3 11 .2 12 . 2 13.5 1 4 .7 28 .4 32 .8 3 3 .8 3 7 .5 4 4 .7 44 .8 47 .5 50. 1 52. 3 53 .4 6 5.0 67 .7 72.2 73. 8 74. 9 32 .9 34.6 37.0 39.0 39. 7 62.1 63.0 67. 0 70.2 70.6 6 8 .8 71.9 74 . 3 76.5 77.3 6 8 .6 7 1 .5 7 9 .9 31 .4 83.1 40 .9 44. 2 4 7 .2 5 0 .2 5 1 .8 7 2 .9 76.3 7 8 .8 7 9 .8 3 0 .2 18 .0 19 .3 22 .0 23 .0 2 4 .0 48 .8 52.2 55 .7 56 .4 59.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 .0 63. 0 66. 7 6 9 .4 71.3 81 .7 85.1 8 8. 0 90. 5 9 1. 7 48.2 52 .6 5 7 .9 6 1 .6 63.5 79.3 85.3 8 9 .3 91.8 92.4 83.1 84 .9 87 . 7 38.9 89 .9 87 .9 89 .5 92. 0 9 3. 1 9 3 ,8 59. 1 62 .0 6 5 .9 68. 8 71 .4 87.1 89.2 9 1 .6 9 3 .0 93. 7 2 9 .0 32 .7 36. 1 4 0 .3 42 .7 66 .3 7 1 .1 74.4 80. 8 84 .2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 75 . 7 77.8 80.0 81 . 8 83 .5 94. 3 95 . 3 9 6 .4 97 .3 97. 5 6 9 .1 71.3 74. 9 7 7 .3 7 8 .3 96.2 97.0 97.5 98. 1 9 8 .4 91.5 9 2 .4 93 .8 94 .4 95.2 96 .9 97 .5 9 8 .2 9 8 .7 98. 8 76 .0 7 9 .0 8 0 .7 82 .9 8 4 .5 94 .9 9 5 .4 95 .9 97. 0 97 .3 50 .9 53.9 56 .9 5 9 .6 63 .8 87.5 90.3 93 .6 95 .0 9 5 .3 100.0 Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1CC.C 10 0 . 0 100. 0 100 . 0 10 0.0 10 0.0 10 0.0 100.0 100.0 Number of empl oye es (in thousands) --------------------------- 410.9 8 0 .C 78 .7 17.7 136.9 2 0 .3 127.0 27 .2 6 8 .3 14 .8 A ve r ag e hourly earnings -------------------------------------------------- $2•l C $2 .35 $1 .76 $1 .67 $1 .61 $2.13 $ 1 .65 $2.70 $1.96 $1.72 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 5. Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-time hourly earnings, by enterprise sa le s-siz e classes, United States, m etropolitan and nonmetropolitan area s, and regions, June 1966 Nonmetropolitan areas Metropolitan areas United States E nte rp ri ses with annual sales of----- A ve ra ge hourly earnings $1, 000, 000 or mo r e $ 500,000 to $1, 000, 000 $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 $ 500, 000 Le ss than $ 250, 000 $1, 000, 000 or more $ 500, 000 $ 2 5 0 , 000 $1, 000, 000 $ 5 0 0 , 000 Le ss than $2 5 0 , 000 _ . $1, 000, 000 or mor e _________________ _________________ ........ ........................ * * . 1 . 1 . 3 . 8 . 1 2. 3 .1 .9 4.5 * .3 .6 * .6 . 3 2 .8 * ♦ . 3 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. 05 _________________ $ 1. 10 _________________ $ 1 . 1 5 ___ ______________ $ 1. 20 _________________ $ 1. 25 _____ ____________ , 6 . 6 . 7 .9 1. 1 2.6 2.8 3. 5 4. 1 4.2 4. 3 4 .4 5.2 5. 8 6. 4 9.0 9.5 12 .3 13.4 14.7 .2 . 7 .3 .3 ,4 1. 3 1.4 1.9 2. 1 2. 3 1.3 1.4 1.8 1. 9 2. 1 5. 5 5. 7 6.8 7 .3 7. 6 Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 30 _________________ 35 __________ _____ 40 _______ _____ ____ 45 _________________ 50 -------------------------- 9. 4 1 2. 2 16. 1 1 8. 6 21.3 14 . 5 16 . 5 19.7 2 3.0 2 5.2 15.9 18.7 22 .6 25.4 27 .o 25.9 27.5 31 .8 34.1 36 .4 8. 1 11.0 14 .7 17.3 19.4 11.7 13.4 16. 1 19.2 20. 8 10 .4 12.9 15. 5 17.2 18.1 Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ L 1. 1. 1. 1. 55 _________________ 60 -------------------------65 -------------------------70 _______ _______ 75 _________________ 27. 1 29 .2 32 .0 34 . 1 36. 1 32. 1 33 . 9 37 . 7 4 0. 3 4 2. 9 33 . o 34 . 8 38.7 41 .8 44. 3 45.1 4o . o 49 ,4 51.2 53.1 24.6 26 .6 28. 8 30 . 1 31 .9 26. 3 2 7 .3 31 .1 33.0 35.4 Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. H O 85 90 95 00 ................................ ............... ................. ----------- ----------- — --------------------------------------------------- 3 9 .4 4 1. 5 4 3 .8 46. 8 4c. 1 4 7 .7 48. 4 5 2. C 54.6 55. 6 49. 7 53.4 56. 4 58.1 59. 3 56.6 59.7 62.8 64.0 64 .8 34. 8 37,0 38 .7 41 .4 42 .7 Under Under Under Under Under $2 . 10 $ 2. 20 $ 2. 30 $ 2. 40 $2 .50 ______ ___________ ________ ________ _ -------------------------_________________ -------------------------- 5 3 .3 56. 7 6 C. 3 6 2.9 65 .2 62 . 3 65 .1 69. 3 7 2.0 74.3 66.7 69. 2 73.0 76 , 1 7 7. 6 72.5 75.6 78.7 83,9 82 .1 Under Under Under Under Under $ 2 . 60 $ 2. 70 $ 2 . 80 $ 2 . 90 $ 3. 00 -------------------------................................ _________________ _________________ --------------------------- 69. 9 73. 1 7 5 .5 78.2 30. 1 77. B 79. 7 82 .2 84.2 35.2 80.5 81 .9 83 . 5 84 .7 86. 3 87.1 83.3 89.9 90.6 91.9 100. 0 1 00.0 Under $ 0. 50 Under $ 0 . 75 Under $ 1. 00 2. Total $ 5 0 0 , 000 _ L e s s than $ 2 5 0 , 000 .1 1.4 6 .0 1.5 1.6 l. 8 2.2 2.6 4 .4 4 .7 5.7 6. 8 6. 8 6.2 6 .4 7 .5 8.3 9.3 12.1 12.9 16.7 18.9 21 .0 18 .2 19 .0 22 .0 24 .3 26.1 12 . 0 14.8 18.9 21 .5 25. 3 18.5 20. 8 24 .6 23.4 31 ,5 19.5 22.6 27.3 30. 8 34.0 3 2 .8 35 .2 4 0 .6 42 .8 45 .6 2 3 .6 24 .4 26.8 2 9 .6 31 .2 33 .6 3 4 .6 36. 8 38.6 40. 3 32 .5 35.0 3 8 .9 42. 7 45 .1 4 0 .2 4 2 .8 46.8 50.3 53.3 40.3 41. 8 4 6 .6 50.0 53.0 55.5 57.5 60.9 62 .5 6 4 .7 39.3 40. 4 43. 8 4 5 .2 46 .2 37 .9 39 .2 42. 9 44. 6 45 .1 43. 7 47.1 50 .0 51.1 51 .9 49 .3 51.3 55 .0 58.6 60. 0 58.0 59.3 63. 3 67.4 6 8 .5 57.5 62.8 65 .4 6 7 .0 68 .8 68.2 71.1 74 .3 7 5 .7 76 .3 4 7 .6 50 .6 54 . 3 57. 1 59 .4 51. 6 54.9 59 .0 61. 6 64. 3 51 .2 55. 1 59.0 63. 4 64. 5 60 .3 63 .6 67. 1 6 9 .6 70.5 6 5 .6 69 .9 73.3 75 .4 73.0 76.2 7 9 .2 83.3 86 .3 88 .0 77. 1 78.5 8 2 .3 84 .5 86.3 83 .5 86.5 89.2 9 1 .1 92 .5 63. 8 67.3 70.0 73. i 75.3 68. 7 71. 3 74. L 76.5 78.0 68. 5 7 0 .4 72. 9 75 .4 7 7 .2 77.2 79. 5 31.8 32. 8 85 .3 83 .0 8 5 .7 87.5 89.0 90. 4 90 .2 91.2 9 3 .4 9 4 .6 95.1 88.5 89.5 90.5 91.0 92 .3 96 .0 96 .3 97.2 97.6 9 7 .9 100.0 10 0.0 10 0.0 10C. 0 143.3 87.0 127.0 133.6 98 . 1 A ver age hourly earnings $2 .23 $2 .09 $2.02 $1 .34 $2 .34 $1, 000, 000 .1 3 .4 ----------------------------- — $ 2 50 , 000 .1 .4 1.1 Number of em ployees (in thousands) ---------------------- ICO.O $ 5 0 0 , 000 10 0.0 100. 0 50. 3 $2.32 100. 0 50. 8 $2.30 10 0.0 10 0.0 63 .4 45 .2 3 6 .7 76.2 70.2 $2.11 $2.00 $1.82 $1 .84 $1.62 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 5. Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-time hourly earnings, by enterprise sa les-siz e classes, United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and regions, June 1966----Continued Northeast South Enterp ri ses with annual sales of— A ve ra ge hourly earnings 1.0 00 .0 00 ) * 50t°o- 000 or mor e |$1; 000, 000 Under $0 . 50 ------------------------------------------Under $0 . 75 ------------------------------------------Under $ 1 . 0 0 ------------------------------------------- . 2 Under Under Under Under Under $1 .05 $1.10 $1 .15 $ 1. 20 $1 .25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . . . . Under Under Under Under Under $1.30 $1 .35 $ 1. 40 $ 1. 45 $1 .50 Under Under Under Under Under - $250, 000 to $5 00 , 000 - Le ss than" $1, 000, 000 $2 50 , 000 or mor e - - $5 00 , 000 to $1, 000, 000 $2 50 , 000 to $5 00 , 000 L e s s than $2 50 , 000 t? . 5 1.4 . 1 . 3 1.9 2 2 2 3 1.1 l. 1 1.5 2. 9 2. 9 2 .9 3.7 4.6 5.8 5.9 .6 . 7 .9 1.0 1.1 4 .3 4. 7 6. 1 7.2 7 .6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. 3 10 . 1 12.3 14 .C 15.4 8 .8 19.9 15. 0 16.4 17 .0 14.7 15 .8 19.2 20.6 2 2 .6 19.2 22. 9 31.7 36 .7 4 1 .6 2 7 .3 30. 9 3 6. 1 42 .8 4 5 .7 24. 8 31 .7 3 9 .0 44 .0 48. 9 35. 8 38. 5 45 .2 47 ,7 50. 7 $1.55 $ 1. 6 0 $1.65 $1.70 $ 1. 75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.3 20 .4 22.8 2 5. r . 27 .7 | 23. 3 25 .2 31 .0 35. 8 37. 2 32.8 33.5 38 .4 40 .7 41 .3 50.3 54.2 57.5 59.7 61.8 54.5 56 .6 61 .6 63.5 6 7 .7 5 5 .9 56 .8 60 .0 62. 3 64. 6 59. 9 6 1 .9 64 .4 6 6 .0 67 .6 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. 80 $1.85 $ 1 .9 0 $ 1 .9 5 $ 2. 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30. 6 3^.0 3 5 .7 39 .0 40 .0 o 5 o o o 3 41 .6 4 3 .3 46. 3 48.2 48. 9 45 .2 46 .2 49 .2 50.7 51.2 64. 7 67 .9 70 .9 74.9 76.0 70 .5 71. 7 76. 1 78.7 79 .3 6 7 .7 7 2 .6 7 5 .6 77 .3 78.3 71 .3 73 .9 76 .7 7 7 .7 78 .5 Under Under Under Under Under $2 . 10 $2.20 $2 . 30 $2 . 40 $2 . 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45,1 48. 1 53.5 57.6 59 , 8 56. 8 6 1 .2 6 7 .7 71.5 72 .1 64.9 69. 3 72 . 6 75.1 76.6 80 .7 83. 1 85. 2 8 7 .2 83 .7 3 5 .1 87 .5 9C. 3 91. 8 92 .4 8 4 .9 86 .2 8 9 .4 90. 5 91. 3 84. 0 85. 5 8 8 .4 8 3 .8 89 .8 Under Under Under Under Under $2.60 $2 . 70 $2 . 80 $2 . 90 $3 . 00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 64, 1 67. 0 70. 1 72 .6 74. 0 75 .8 77.8 31 .7 84 . 0 85. 8 83.1 83.9 85.4 37.1 88 .2 9 0 .0 90 .8 92. 1 93 .2 94. 1 93 .3 94 . 4 96. 0 97. 1 9 7 .5 9 2 .7 93 .3 9 3 .7 93. 9 9 4 .4 92. 5 93 .6 95 .6 95 .7 96 .5 Total ---------------------------------------------Number of em pl oye es (in thousands) A ve r ag e hourly earnings § o c 5 1 2 < D '3 it 5 - .2 1. 8 1.6 7 .3 3.9 4 .3 6.2 6.8 8 .6 13. 9 14 .6 18.8 2 0 .6 22 .6 IOC. c 100.0 100.0 10 0.0 1 GO. 0 10 0.0 10 0.0 26 .6 22 .8 29 .6 34 .8 2 8. 9 3 9 ,3 5 4 .1 $2.47 $ 2 . 15 $2 . 07 $1.76 $1.66 $1 .67 $1.60 1 0 10 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 5. Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-tim e hourly earnings, by enterprise s a le s -s iz e cla sse s, United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and regions, June 1966— Continued W e st North Central E nte rp ri ses with annual sales of— A v e r a g e hourly earnings $5 00 , 000 to $1, 000, 000 Under $ 0 . 50 Under $ 0 . 75 Under $ 1 . 0 0 ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ * * . 1 Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 05 10 15 20 25 ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 30 35 40 45 50 Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 55 60 65 70 75 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $2. Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under $ 2 5 0 , 000 to $ 5 0 0 , 000 L e s s than $ 2 5 0 , 000 $1, 000, 000 or more $ 5 0 0 , 000 to $1, 000, 000 $ 2 5 0 , 000 to $5 0 0 , 000 L e s s than $2 5 0 , 000 .1 .4 * 4. 1 .3 .7 4.2 - •6 1.3 1. c 1.1 1.3 1.6 2. 1 3.0 3. 1 4. 1 4.2 4.2 6 .8 6. 8 7.2 7. 5 7. 8 9.9 10.0 1 2 .G 13 .6 14.7 . 2 . 2 . 2 .2 .2 2. 3 2 .3 3.2 3.2 4. 4 ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ 8. R 11.6 14.9 17.2 2 0.3 12.4 1 3, 5 17.1 19. 7 22.9 15 .2 15.7 17. 7 19. 9 21.3 28.2 2 9 .5 32.3 35. 3 37.9 2 .5 3.9 4. 8 5 .9 6 .6 9.1 9. 1 9.3 11.4 11.4 ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ 24. 7 26.4 30 .4 32.6 34 .6 30.0 32.5 3 5. 8 40.0 4 ?. 6 26.8 27 .7 31.5 3 5. 0 38. 5 4 6 .4 47 .7 50 .7 52.0 53 .8 13. 0 14.7 15.6 17.2 18.5 80 -----------------------------------------85 ___________________________ 90 -----------------------------------------95 -----------------------------------------00 ------------------------------------------ 38 . 6 39. 8 42. 3 4 5 .2 46. 5 48.5 5 C. 0 54. 1 58. 1 60.1 4 6 .3 50 .7 54. 0 55. 9 57. 8 56 .8 62.9 65.1 67 .3 6 7 .9 21 .7 23.6 25.0 26.7 28 .4 $ 2. $2. $2. $2. $2. 10 20 30 40 50 ___________________________ ___________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 . 8 57.0 6 1 .2 63 .1 66. 9 66.8 68 . 5 72.2 74 . 4 77 .4 6 6 .0 6 7 .9 71.3 74.2 75 .6 75.1 78 .1 81.1 84.4 85 . 7 32.4 36 .2 39. 0 4 2 .1 43 .4 $ 2. $ 2. $2. $ 2. $ 3. 60 70 80 90 00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71. 8 76.8 7 8 .5 82.0 83. 7 8 0.2 81 .8 8 4. 1 86.6 87.2 78.8 80.3 81 .8 8 3 .4 85.1 9 0 .3 91 .9 92 .4 9 2 .5 9 3.2 51.3 54 .9 59.0 6 1 .9 65.6 100.0 100.0 100. 0 10 0.0 100.0 47 .4 22.4 51 .3 33 .1 34. 5 *2.20 $2.01 $2 . 09 $1. 81 Numb er of em pl oye es (in thousands) A v e r a g e hourly e a r n i n g s -------------------- - - $2.61 o o < 2 Q- o o 5 o a o .2 16 , 8 18.4 16 .4 20 .4 2 5. 9 2 9. 0 31 .5 37.2 37,2 38. 1 44, C 49.4 i= >3.8 5 3 .9 59. 7 70. 2 72. 3 74 .9 76. 5 81 .0 100.0 16.9 $2,33 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 6. Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-time hourly earnings, by establishment sales-size classes, United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and regions, June 1966 United States Metropolitan areas $ 25 0,0 00 or more Under $ 0. 50 Under $ 0. 75 Unde r $ 1 . 0 0 Nonmetropolitan ar eas Establishments with annual sales of- A ve r ag e hourly earnings $ 150, 000 to $ 2 5 0 , 000 Le ss than $ 150, 000 $ 250, 000 or more .1 .3 $ 150, 000 to $ 250, 000 $ 150, 000 to $ 25 0 , 0 0 0 Le ss than $ 150, 000 $ 2 5 0 , 000 or m or e .7 .4 3. 7 ♦ .2 1 .0 .8 7 .6 L e s s than $ 150, 000 ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ * . 1 •6 .4 4. 1 . 1 . 9 4.7 Under Under Under Under Under $1 .05 ...... .... ._ $ 1. 10 ________________________________ $ 1. 15 ________________________________ $ 1. 20 ________________________________ $ 1. 25 ________________________________ 1 •7 1.8 2.4 2.7 3.1 9.0 8 .3 1C. 8 1 2 .C 12 .7 9. 1 9. 5 11.1 12.3 13 .7 .6 . 7 .9 1.0 1.2 2 .5 2.8 4 .0 4 .8 5.2 6.3 6.3 7. 1 7. 2 7 .4 3 .1 3. 3 4 .2 5.0 5. 6 13.3 13. 7 17. 5 19 .0 20 .0 11.4 12.2 14. 5 16.7 19.0 Under Under Under U nde r Under $ 1. 30 $ 1. 35 $ 1. 40 $1 .45 $ 1. 50 ______________ _______ __________ ____ _____________________ ______ _________________ ________ ______ _______ ________________________ ________________________________ 11.9 14 . 3 17.8 20.7 22.7 22.9 24.8 28 .2 30 .2 33. 5 26. 0 29.5 33 .7 36. 3 39.0 9.2 11.3 14.4 17.0 18.4 13 .5 14.5 16.3 17.9 20.7 19.6 22 .5 26 .9 28. 7 31.6 15. 3 18. 2 22 .3 2 5 .6 28. 5 32.1 35. 0 39. 9 42 .2 46 .0 3 1 .4 33 .5 3 9 .4 4 1 .9 45 .3 U nde r U nde r Under U nde r Unde r $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 55 60 65 70 75 _____ __________________________ ______________ ________ _________ ________________________________ ________________________ _____ ......................................................... 28.8 30.5 33. a 36.2 38.6 41 .9 4 , 3 .6 47 .4 4 8. 7 51.6 47.2 4 8 .7 51 .5 53. 5 55. 5 23.6 25.1 27 .6 29 .3 31 .0 27.2 23 .4 33.3 35 .4 37 .1 39. 40. 41. 4 3. 45. 3 3 3 0 5 35. 7 3 7 .7 4 2 .0 45. 3 48. 5 56. 2 58 ,4 6 1 .3 63 .7 6 5 .8 5 3.8 55.8 60. 1 62.3 63.8 Unde r Under Unde r Under U nde r ? $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 2. 80 85 90 95 00 _____ ____ ______________________ ___________ _____ _______________ ________________________________ ________________________________ _______ _______ _________________ 42.9 45.3 48.2 5C . 7 51 .8 5 4 .7 58. 3 6 1 .4 62. 6 6 3. 3 59. 3 6 1 .3 65 .0 66 .4 67. 9 35. 1 36. 9 39.5 4 1 .5 42 .5 40. 3 44. 9 4 7 .4 48 .2 48 .4 49 .7 51.0 54. 4 56. 5 57.9 53 .3 56 .4 5 9 .8 62. 9 64. 1 68. 9 7 3 .4 75. 1 7 6 .3 77. 8 67.4 70.0 74. 0 74.8 7 6 .4 Under Unde r U nde r U nde r U nde r $ $ $ $ $ 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 10 20 30 40 50 . ______ _______________________ ______________________________ __________________ _____________ __ __________ ___________________ ______ _______ __________________ 58. 3 61.5 65 .3 68.3 70.3 6 9.3 73. 1 76.4 7 8 .7 80.0 75. 5 77.5 80. 6 82.4 84.0 47. 8 51.3 55.1 58.3 6 0 .4 54. 9 59.0 62.0 65.2 66.5 66 .8 6 8. 7 72 .9 74 .3 76.0 72. 2 75 .0 78. 9 81. 6 83. 5 83 . 4 87 .0 9 0 .4 9 2 .0 93 .2 82.9 84. 9 37. I 88.8 90 .7 Under Under Unde r U nde r Under $ $ $ $ $ 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 60 70 80 90 00 ________________________________ ________________ ___________ __________________ ______ _______ ________________________________ ________________________________ 74.3 76.6 78. s 3C. 5 82. t 83 .9 8 5. 1 8 7.0 87.7 3 9. 0 38.7 90. 1 91.4 9 2 .4 93.5 64.3 67.9 70. 8 73.5 75 .5 71 .9 73.8 76.9 78.0 80 . 4 82. 1 84 . 1 85. 5 87 .2 39.2 36 .7 88. 1 89 . 6 90 .7 9 2 .0 95. 6 96 .1 9 6 .9 97.2 9 7 .4 94 . 2 95. 1 96. 4 96. 8 97.1 Total - _______ ______________ ___________ 1CC.0 10 0 . 0 1 00. 0 100 .0 Nu mber of empl oye es (in thousands) ___ 314. 8 7 5 .2 101.0 179. 1 37.2 A v e r a ge hourly earnings $2.15 $ 1 . 88 $1 .83 $ 2 . 35 $2.21 _________________ 10 0.0 100.0 46. 2 $2 .03 •2 1. 3 5. 6 100. 0 100.0 135. 6 37 .9 54 .7 $1 .91 $ 1 . 59 $1 .68 10 0.0 1 0 03 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 6. Cumulative percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-time hourly earnings, by establishment s a le s -s iz e c la sse s, United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and regions, June 1966— Continued We st No.rth Central South Northeast Es tablishments with annual sales of— A ver age hourly earnings $ 2 5 0 , 000 or m or e Under $ 0. 50 Under $ 0. 75 Under $ 1. 00 _ _ ......_ __ _ ______ _________ ................................ Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1, 1. 1. 05 10 15 20 25 _________________ _ ______ _________________ _________________ .................... ............ Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 30 __ _____________ 35 _________________ 40 ............................. . 45 ................................ 50 _________________ 7. 9 10.1 11 .4 12.4 --------- -------- __ _________________ _________________ _______________ __________________ 1 7 .7 1 9 .0 23 .3 26. 7 28 .4 Under $ 1. 80 _________ _____ ___ Under $ 1. 85 ....................... .......... Under $ 1. 90 __ _______________ Under $ 1. 95 _________________ Under $ 2. 00 _________________ 32. 5 34. 3 3 6 .8 3 9 .4 40. 1 Under Under Under Under Under $ 2. $2. $ 2. $ 2. $ 2. 10 _________________ 20 _________________ 30 _____________ 40 _________________ 50 -------------------------- 4 6 .7 51 .4 57. 7 61 .8 63.6 Under Under Under Under Under $ 2. $ 2. $2. $ 2. $ 3. 60 70 80 90 00 -------------------------_________________ _________________ ______________ — _________________ $.150, 000 to $ 2 5 0 , 000 _ Le s s than $ 15 0,0 00 _ $ 25 0 , 0 0 0 or more * $ 150, 000 to $ 2 5 0 , 000 _ L e s s than $ 150, 000 _ $ 25 0 , 0 0 0 or more 1. 8 8.6 * * .4 $ 1 5 0, 00 0 to $ 2 50 , 000 _ _ Le ss than $ 150, 000 .3 . 6 3. 8 $ 25 0 , 0 0 0 or more $ 15 0, 00 0 to $ 250, 000 _ Le ss than $ 150, 000 , . 1 1 , 9 2.1 . 2 1 .6 •3 1 .4 •5 . 5 . 7 1.2 3.5 4. 6 5.6 6.0 b.Q 3 .0 3.3 4 .6 5.1 6 .0 9.6 10.5 15. 7 16.9 17 , 4 14. 6 15.0 1 7 .4 19 . 5 2 2. 3 1.9 1.9 2 .3 2 .5 2.7 13.5 13 .6 14 . 5 15.7 16 . 7 9 .0 9 .1 i C. 9 12. 0 13.2 . 7 .7 .7 . 9 . 9 3 ,7 3 .7 3. 9 3.9 4.6 18.5 22 . 9 28. 3 31.1 33.3 23. 3 29.0 36.0 41.8 45. 6 33. 7 35. 9 4 1 .4 44. 1 49. 1 34. 1 36. 3 45. 1 47. 3 50.5 9. G 10.3 13 . 0 15 . 2 17 . 3 26. 4 28. 2 3 C• 7 33. 1 36 . i 27. 8 2 9.6 32. 8 36.0 39 . 3 3.4 4. 3 5. 1 5. 9 6 .4 10. 7 11.0 1 1 .0 13 .8 14.5 40. 3 4 0 .7 44. 8 47 .1 47 . 7 53.5 55 . 7 59.4 61.3 63.9 58.4 60.3 64 • 6 67.9 70. 3 59. 7 6 2 .3 63 .7 64 . 7 66. 3 22.4 c4. 0 2 7 .4 30 . 5 3 5 43. 1 44. 3 48, 1 4 9 .2 50 .6 47. 0 48 .2 5 2 .6 55 . 6 57. 4 12 . 0 13.5 14 .8 16 .4 17 . 8 51.6 53.1 56 . 5 57.6 58. 1 e>6. 9 70.2 73.5 75.4 77.3 72.8 76 .3 78. 1 73.5 79 . 1 7 3.3 72. 7 76. 6 7 3.3 79. 2 40. 0 4 2 .3 45 .5 48. 4 4 9 .6 54. 2 6 2 .7 64 .9 6 6 .7 6 7. 3 60.5 68.4 66 . 0 68 .3 71.0 21.2 22.7 24. 9 26.2 27.6 71.4 74.7 76 .7 79.1 79 ,4 8 3.1 85.2 67. 9 89 .5 93.5 34. 7 86 ,3 39 . C 89 , 6 89.8 34 . 6 8 5 .4 33 .9 89. 1 9 0 .3 57 .5 6 0. 5 64* 3 66.9 69. 5 72 .6 76 .5 79.9 32 .8 33 .8 7 7. 2 78 .7 82. 0 84 . 3 86.9 32.9 36 . 7 39.9 44.6 47. 4 6 8.6 7 1 .4 75 .4 77. 6 75 .2 84.7 35.0 85.6 8 7. 1 88.5 91.6 92.5 93.6 94 .4 95.3 91.7 92.3 93.9 93 .9 95.2 94.0 9 5.2 9 7.0 97 .5 97 . 7 7 3.6 7 6 ,7 73 .5 81 .2 82 .9 86. 9 3 8 .3 89.0 8 9. 7 90 .7 90 .9 92.8 9 3.3 94.7 95.2 54.0 57.2 60.2 62.9 66.3 ___________________ 10 0.0 10 0 . 0 10 0.0 10 0.0 10 0.0 10 0.0 10 0.0 10 0.0 100. 0 100.0 Number of employees (in thousands) ---------------------- 6C. 3 23.0 94.5 23. 8 33 .8 98. 2 2 2 .6 3 3 .4 61 .7 10.7 42.37 42. 01 S I . 70 $ 1. 62 S 2 . 19 S i . 80 $1.93 $2 .64 $2 .27 Under $ 1. 55 Under $ 1. 60 Under $ 1. 65 Under $ 1. 70 Under $ 1. 75 Total A ve r ag e hourly earnings — 1 .2 6 . 6 o a a> s CL. a o o -o c t) t 3 c 1 .0 3.8 $1. 6 C 8 .4 c o o a> a> a. c o a £ O o “O c a > cc 3 C 22.8 23.9 23 .9 24 .9 31 .9 3 6 .0 36.3 42.8 42 .8 43.9 5n • 8 54,6 58.6 62 . L 63.3 73 .3 76.4 73 .5 80. 7 85.5 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 7. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employ ee s in thousands) United States Northeast South West North Central Weekly hours of work Percent Number Under 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 35 ------------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 40 ------------------------------------------------------------------4 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 -------------------------------------------------------4 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 -------------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------------T o t a l ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. 1 11.5 4. 9 2 4. 3 5. 5 7. 9 10. 1 31 .8 20.1 5 5.7 22. 8 119.1 27. C 38 . 5 49. 5 156.2 49 C. 9 Av er ag e weekly hou rs 10 0 . 0 6. 1 15. 6 5. 7 25.1 5 .2 4. 5 9 .5 24. 6 Number 5.4 16 . 2 6.0 25.1 5.4 4.7 9. 9 25.5 Percent 4 .2 14 .5 7. 8 32.8 8.5 13.0 18, 8 57 .6 1 DO. 0 96 .4 41 . 7 ----------------------------------------------------- Percent Number 15 7.2 2. 7 9. 3 4. 9 20. 9 5. 4 8. 3 12.0 36. 6 100.0 Number 6 .9 17. 5 6.5 31.1 8.4 3.7 15. 8 5 9.3 Number Perc ent 2.9 9.0 3 .9 30. 1 4. 9 12.3 5.4 14 .7 4 .5 1 1 .4 4.2 20.1 5.4 5 .7 1 0 .3 38 .5 154. 2 43 , 4 39.2 Percent i 3 .4 10.9 4 .7 36.2 5 .9 14.8 6 .5 17.6 83 .1 100.0 100.0 4 2 .4 4 0 .2 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 8 . Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by -veekly hours of work, by metropolitan and ncnmetropolitan ar eas , United States and regions, June 1966 United States Weekly hours of work M e tr o politan areas Under 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 35 ------------------------------------------------------------------35 and under **0 ---------------------------- --------------------------------------4 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 -------------------------------------------------------4 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — Over 44 and under 48 -------------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------------T o t a l ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. 9 10.3 4. 2 18 . 2 4.7 7.2 10.7 41. 8 No rthea st Metro politan areas 6. 7 16.5 6. 3 30 .0 4. 6 3. 1 3 .8 24 .1 1Nonme tro politan 1 areas 5.7 15.4 5.1 16 .4 7. 3 8. 5 12.4 29.0 South Metro politan areas 3. 3 8.0 4 .9 22. 3 6 .7 10.2 12.7 3 1 .9 West North Central No nm et ro politan areas 2. 1 10.2 5.0 19 .7 4. 3 6 .7 11.4 40. 5 M e tr o politan areas 6.3 14. 1 5 .5 27. 7 7. 1 6. 6 9 .5 2 3 .2 No nm etr o politan areas 3. 1 9.3 3 .2 14 .4 4.2 5. 0 10. 8 50 .0 M e tr o politan areas No nm etr o politan areas 4.2 12.0 4 .9 40 .1 6.5 14 .7 6. 4 11. 1 1 .7 8.4 4.2 27 .5 4 .7 15.0 6 .7 31 .8 100.0 1GC.0 10 0 . 0 100.0 10 3.0 1 C 0 .0 100.0 100.0 100.0 --------------------------- 26 2.6 228.3 63 .6 27.8 7 0 .7 8 6. 5 66 .3 8 7 .9 57 .0 26.1 ----------------------------------------------------- 4 0 .3 4 3 .4 33. 3 40.0 43.1 43 .6 39 .6 4 4 .6 39 .2 4 2 .6 Number of empl oye es (in thousands) A ve r ag e weekly hours 5. 1 12.6 5.4 2 6. 5 6.2 8. 4 9. 5 23.2 No n me tro politan areas 100.0 f O 01 1 0 0) Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 9. Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, by sex, United States and regions, June 1966 United States Northeast South North Central West Weekly hours of work Men Under 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 5 and under 3 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------40 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 -------------------------------------------------------4 4 ----------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 -------------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------------T o t a l ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Number of em ployees (in thousands) A ve ra ge weekly hours ---------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- 3.7 9.6 3.5 21. 7 5. 6 8. 1 11.2 36 . 6 Women Men W omen Men Women Men Women Men Women 6. 3 2 1.4 11.6 3 7,5 5.1 6. 4 4. 4 7. 2 5. 7 13 .4 4. 1 23.8 6. 1 4 .9 11 .4 30. 3 9. V 29 .6 14. 3 36 .3 2.1 3.6 3.2 2.4 2.5 8.1 3.9 19. 1 5.2 8. 0 12.8 40 .6 3. 9 16.8 12.7 33. 1 6.7 IQ. 4 6. 5 9. 9 4. 0 9 .4 2. 7 16.9 5.2 5 .4 11.6 44. 7 6 .9 20 .3 11.0 35.2 6. 7 6. 8 4 .0 9 .2 3. 1 8 .7 4 .0 33.3 6.5 17.2 7.1 20. 2 5. 0 21.1 8.0 4 9 .2 3.6 3 .7 3.6 5. 8 100. 0 1 00. 0 i o : . o 1 0 0 .0 100. 0 1C0.C 1 0 0 .0 41 0 . 9 3C.C 78 ,7 17.7 136.9 20. 3 127.0 27 .2 6 8 .3 14. 8 42. 35.6 40 .6 32 .6 44.2 37. 9 4 3.9 35 .7 41. 2 35.6 1 0 0 .0 9 1 0 0 .0 100. 0 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 10. Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, by enterprise s a l e s - s i z e c la ss e United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan a r ea s , and regio ns, June 1966 Metropolitan areas United States E nte rp ri ses with annual sales of— We ek ly hours of work n , 0 0 0 , 000 or more Under 15 ______________________ 15 and under 35 _____________ 35 and under 40 _____________ 40 ______________________________ Over 40 and under 44 _______ 44 ______________________________ Over 44 and under 4 8 _______ 48 and ove r ___________________ Total ____________ Nonmetropolitan areas 3.4 9.7 4 .7 ? 5 .7 $5 0 0 , 0 0 0 to $ 1 , 0 0 0 , 000 $ 2 5 0 , 000 to $5 0 0 , 000 L e s s than $ 2 5 0 , 000 5 .4 15.3 5.9 25 .0 4 .7 9. 1 3.6 25 .9 3.4 10 .9 4.2 22.5 5.7 8. 7 10.5 31. I 4.2 9. 7 4. 3 23.3 5.4 6. 9 10.3 3 6 .0 100. 0 ICO. 0 1 00.0 103.0 6.2 6.2 11.0 36.0 $ 1, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 or mor e 4. 0 10.9 5.0 28.9 5. 8 10 . 5 10.4 2 4 .6 100.0 $ 500, 000 to $ 1, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 5 .8 1 1 .9 5. 1 27 .3 6.7 6.3 12. i 2 4 .7 100.0 Numb er of em pl oye es (in thousands) _______ 143.3 87.0 12 7.0 133.6 98. 1 50.3 A v e r a g e weekly hours 42 .3 4 2 .7 42. 5 39.7 4 1 .3 40. 5 $ 250,000 to $5 0 0 , 000 4 .8 13. 3 4.2 28. 5 7 .8 7.3 10 .4 23. 7 Le ss than $ 25 0 , 0 0 0 6.7 1 5 .4 7.2 33. 1 5. 3 7 .8 5 .4 19. 2 $ 1, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 or m or e 2. 1 7. 1 4.0 18 .3 7. 1 5. 0 10 . 7 45 .2 1.9 6.7 3.2 17.8 3.6 7.6 7. 8 51 . 5 4 .8 13.8 5 .0 2 7 .6 6 .3 3.5 12.6 2 5 .9 o | a o o c w 0) Q _ "c 2.6 9.4 4. 3 18.4 4. 3 5.5 11.4 44. 1 100.0 L e s s than $ 2 50 , 000 4.3 15 . 3 4.3 17.7 4.1 10.3 11 .5 32 .0 100.0 100.0 100. 0 50. 3 6 3 .4 45. 2 36. 7 76.2 70 .2 4 0 .7 3 8 .0 44. 5 45. 7 43. 7 4 1 .2 1.2 7. a 5. 8 24. 8 6. 3 3. 5 11.0 39 .5 3.5 13 .2 5.3 22.8 5.4 13 .7 10.7 25 .5 100.0 100.0 100.0 South Northeast 15 and under 35 35 and under 40 40 ________________ Over 40 and under 44 44 _______________________ Over 44 and under 48 48 and over ____________ $ 250, 000 to $ 500, 000 $ 5 0 0 , 000 to $ 1, 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 4 .4 16 .9 2. 7 25.3 4 .2 7. 5 9. 7 29.2 7.5 18.3 9.3 27.2 4.9 3.9 6.6 22.7 3. 3 5.4 4 .2 17.1 4.9 5.9 16.3 42 .9 2. 3 8. 5 3. 9 16.6 4. 8 7. 5 10 . 4 4 6. 0 100. c 100. 0 103.0 100.0 100.0 100. 0 Nu mber of em pl oye es (in thousands) Ha t c 26. 6 — 5 22. 3 29 .6 34 .8 23 .9 39 .3 54. 1 A ve r ag e weekly hours __________________ 40. 3 40 .4 37 .3 45. 3 4 4 .7 44. 2 4 C. 9 W est North Central 15 and under 35 35 and under 40 40 ________________ Over 40 and under 44 44 _______________________ Over 44 and under 4 8 , 48 and ove r ____________ Total 3.3 10.6 5. 2 23.8 6. 6 8.0 8 .4 34.2 3.9 7. 7 3.6 24. 8 5. 0 5. 0 3. 2 41 .8 6 .3 17. 3 3.5 16.9 3.9 4.3 10.2 37 .2 2. 4 9.6 4. 3 35. 5 6. 5 16.7 5. 9 19. C 100.0 100.0 100.0 4 7 .4 2 2 .4 51 .3 3 3.1 34. 5 4 2 .3 4 3 .9 43 .0 40.8 41 .0 100.0 100.0 .Number of em pl oye es (in thousands) A ve r ag e weekly hours _________________ 4 .4 9. 9 4.0 16. 9 5 .6 4. 7 12.9 41 .7 s i S O o c -o < u "c ® .2 Q^ c o < o = — 5 5.6 1 3 .4 7. i 4 4 .4 3.4 13.0 2 .4 10.7 1 C0 . 0 16 .9 37. 7 to Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 11. Per ce nt distribution of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, by establishment s a l e s - s i z e c la s s e s , United States, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan ar e a s , and regions, June 1966 United States Nonmetropolitan areas Metropolitan areas We ek ly hours of work $ 2 5 0 , 000 or m o r e _ $ 15 0, 00 0 to $ 2 5 0 , 000 Le ss than $ 15 0, 00 0 $2 50 , 000 or more $ 1 5 0, 00 0 to $ 2 5 0 , 000 L e s s than $ 1 5 0 ,0 0 0 $ 2 5 0 , 000 or mor e $ 1 5 0, 00 0 to $ 2 50 , 000 L e s s than $ 15 0, 00 0 3.4 9. 8 4.6 24 .2 6. 0 7 .5 10. 9 33 .8 Under 15 __ __ __ __ __ 15 and under 35 35 and under 40 __ ___________ 40 ------ ----------- -- ------------------------Over 40 and under 4 4 _______ 44 _ ___ _______ __ Over 44 and tinder 48 _______ 48 and o v e r _________________ _ Total Northeast Es tablishments with annual sales of— 4.9 12.1 6.0 2 3.8 4 .6 7. 6 10 .5 30 .4 5.5 16.7 4 .9 2*4.9 4 .7 9.2 7. 3 26 .8 4 .3 11.2 4.9 28 .3 6.6 8.6 11.3 24 .8 6.3 11 .9 7.4 3 4 .0 5.1 7 .4 7.6 20.2 7 .3 1 8 .7 5 .8 30.9 5.5 8.5 3 .9 19 . 2 2. 2 7.9 4.2 18.8 5. 1 6.0 10.3 4 5 .6 3 .5 1 2 .3 4. 7 13 .7 4.1 7.8 1 3 .4 40 .5 4 .1 14. 9 4.1 19. 8 4.1 9. 8 10.0 33.2 100.0 leo.o 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $ 2 5 0 , 000 or mor e 5.8 14. 4 4. 7 24 .9 6. 1 5.4 11. 9 26.8 100.0 $ 1 5 0 ,0 0 0 to $ 2 5 0 , 000 5. 8 13. 3 9.2 28 .9 2. 6 3. 1 10.5 26 .6 100.0 L e s s than $ 1 5 0, 00 0 8. 3 2 2 .4 7 .4 2 7 .4 5. 0 3 .6 4. 2 21.6 100.0 Numb er of emplo yee s (in thousands) ______________ 31 4.8 75 .2 101.0 179. 1 37.2 46. 2 135. 6 37 .9 54 .7 60. 3 13.0 2 3 .0 A v e r a g e weekly hours ______ 42 .6 41 .2 3 9 .4 41 .3 39. 1 3 7 .4 4 4 .4 4 3 .2 4 1 .1 40. 3 39. 1 36. 2 North Central South Under 15 „ 15 and under 3 5 _______________ 35 and under 40 _ „ __ 40 ......................................................... Over 40 and under 44 _____ ...................................... 44 . Over 44 and under 48 __ _ 48 and o v e r ------ — Total _ — _ — . — --- --- — 2.0 7.3 5 .0 19.7 5 .4 4.6 12. 8 43 .3 4 .6 10 .4 5 .3 16.6 6.1 11.7 11.1 34.2 3.0 13. 8 4.4 27 .7 4. 9 15 .6 10.5 20. 0 3. 9 9.0 4 .3 21 .9 6. 1 6.3 1 0 .4 38 .0 5.1 14 .6 3.6 17.0 4. 1 5 .0 13 .4 37 .2 5 .6 16.0 4.1 17.2 4. 5 4 .3 7.6 40. 6 2.6 10.2 4.1 33.8 6.6 15. 7 7 .8 19. 1 4.1 10 .4 9.0 51. 1 4.0 7 .7 3.1 10.5 7 .4 15.3 3.3 34 .6 4.4 16 .6 2.3 16.2 100.0 Nu mber of em pl oye es (in t h o u s a n d s ) _____ — A ve r ag e weekly hours — — W e st — — 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.5 28 .8 33 .8 98. 2 22.6 33 .4 6 1 .7 10. 7 10.7 44 ,9 4 2 .3 40 .4 42 .9 42 .4 41 .1 41 .0 38.2 37.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 12. Percent distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees having specified average straight-time hourly earnings by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 E mp loyees with average hourly earnings of— Wee kl y hours of work Under $ 1 . 00 $ 1.00 and under $ 1. 15 $ 1. 15 and under $ 1. 25 $ 1. 25 and under $ 1. 35 $ 1. 35 and under $ 1. 5 0 $1 .50 and under $ 1. 75 $1.75 and under $ 2 . 00 $ 2 . 00 and under $ 2 . 50 $ 2 75 0 and under $ 3 . 00 $ 3 . 00 and over 4.1 11.5 4 .9 27.5 2 .3 2 C. 2 31.8 8.1 13.5 4.7 15.2 .6 15.2 43.3 6.3 20.1 2.6 10 .3 .5 16.1 44.5 3.4 20 .5 8.0 9.1 2 .9 27.2 31.8 8.1 24.2 6.1 2 1 .5 2.6 16.5 2 3 .6 4.2 9.8 5.1 19.8 2.5 21.6 39 .6 5.0 12.7 4 .7 21.2 2.2 19.0 37 .4 2 .5 6.9 4 .4 22 .9 2.0 19 .4 43 .8 3 .0 9.1 3.5 2 7 .4 2.0 22.0 35 .0 3.3 7.4 5 .3 34 .8 3.5 26 .7 22 .4 1.9 7.9 5 .8 5 0 .7 2.1 18.4 15 .3 1 C0 . 0 100.0 All employees United States Under 15--------------------------------------------- ------------15 and under 3 5 ------------------------------- -------------35 and under 4 0 ---------------------------------------------40 to and including 4 2 -----------------------------------Over 42 and under 4 4 ----------------------------------44 and under 4 8 ---------------------------------------------48 and o v e r -----------------------------------------------------T ot al ------------------------------------------------------- 100.c 100.0 Nu mb er of empl oye es (in th ou san ds ) ------ 49C .9 9.8 A v e r a g e weekly h o u r s --------------------------------- 4 1 .7 42.1 100.0 1 0 C. 0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1 7 .C 6.2 59 .4 43 .8 80 .0 63 .1 87.1 5 4 .9 69 .7 41 .2 4 0 .C 3 7 .7 43 .3 4 1 .8 44.1 42 .8 4 1 .7 40 .9 11.9 52 .0 4.0 17.4 .5 3 .8 11. C 1 3 .C 26.1 2.6 16.3 2.7 9.8 32.2 11.1 20 .9 5.8 17.2 2.2 20.5 24 .4 2.7 6.1 7 .0 21.8 2.1 25 .6 3 6 .8 3.7 11 .3 5.3 26 .5 2.8 18.1 35.1 4 .3 6.2 7.5 35.4 3.5 20 .9 25.8 3 .4 8.8 6.2 55.7 2.0 12.1 13 .9 100.0 No rt he ast Under 15 ----------------------------------------------------------15 and under 35 ---------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 - -------------------------------------------40 to and including 4 2 ----------------------------------Ove r 42 and under 4 4 ----------------------------------44 and under 4 8 ---------------------------------------------48 and o v e r ----------------------------------------------------- 6 .4 16.2 6.0 29.1 2.3 16.8 25.5 T ot al ------------------------------------------------------- 10C.G 100. c 1 CC.C 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Numb er of empl oye es (in tho us and s) ------ 96.4 8.5 5.7 16.2 1 0 .7 22.6 13 .1 16.9 A ve r ag e weekly h o u r s --------------------------------- 39.2 29.4 36 .2 36.8 4 3 .6 42 .1 41 .5 3 9 .9 4.9 Insufficient data to warrant presentation. South Under 15---------------- -----------------------------------------15 and under 3 5---------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 ---------------------------------------------40 to and including 4 2 ----------------------------------Over 42 and under 4 4 ----------------------------------44 and under 4 8 ---------------------------------------------48 and o v e r -------------------------------------- -------------- 2.7 9 .3 4 .9 23 .8 2 .5 2 2 .7 3 6 .6 4 .8 8.5 6.8 17.9 .9 22.9 39 .0 5.5 14.9 2.0 9 .3 .2 18.5 49.8 18.5 .5 9 .4 1.4 35.8 35.8 13 .8 6.8 20 .9 3.6 22.8 30.9 1.7 5.4 5.5 18.4 2.3 27 .4 41 .5 2.1 9.0 3.2 21 .5 2.6 21 .4 42.8 1.1 6 .3 5.1 2 8 .3 2.2 20.1 39.1 1.8 8.6 4.1 27.1 2 .9 23 .9 34.5 .7 6.5 3 .7 42 .9 3 .3 22 .4 23 .8 9 .5 52 .4 .8 1 5 .7 15.0 To ta l------------------------------------------------------- 100.0 100.0 100. c 1 G0 . 0 1 0 C.C 1 CC.G 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Nu mber of emplo yee s (in thou san ds ) ------ 157.2 5.3 9 .4 3 .5 32 .0 24.2 28 .7 19 .6 19.4 8.2 6.9 A ve r ag e weekly h o u r s --------------------------------- 43 .4 42 .6 42.4 42 .3 41 .8 4 5 .3 4 4 .3 44.4 4 3 .5 42 .9 4 0 .9 3.0 4.4 1 0 (0 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealer? Table 12. 8 Perc en t distribution of nonsupervisory employees having specified average straight-time hourly earnings by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966— Continued E mp loyees with average hourly earnings of— We ekl y hours of work All employees Under $ 1. 00 $ 1.00 and under $ 1. 15 $1 7 1 3 and under $ 1. 25 $ 1. 25 and under $ 1. 35 $ 1. 35 and under $ 1.50 $"1730 and under $ 1. 75 - — £1 77 3 -----and under $ 2 . 00 $7 7oo and under $2 . 50 $ 2 . 50 and under $ 3 . 00 $ 3 . 00 and over North Central 4 .5 11.4 4.2 23.6 2.0 17 .9 38.5 8 .7 16.4 2.C 10.0 2 .9 6 0 .C 5.8 22 .7 4. C 7.9 l.l 12.7 46.8 29.1 12.6 1 C. 2 8.4 19.8 28.2 10.8 29 .3 5.6 25.2 1.8 10.9 18.2 4.1 9.2 5.6 22 .7 2.7 15.1 43 .3 4.5 11.5 5.1 21.1 1.7 16.2 41 .7 3.1 6.8 2.0 17 .9 1.3 16.3 54 .0 3.2 6.4 3.0 19.6 1.6 22 .5 45 .2 Tot al ------------------------------------------------------- 10C.Q 100. C 1 C0 . 0 100.0 1 0 C. 0 10C.C 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Nu mber of em ployees (in tho u sa nd s) ------- 154.2 3.6 5.6 1.6 15.6 11.9 25.2 2 4 .2 28 .6 17 .5 2 0 .5 A v er ag e weekly h ou r s ---------------------------------- 42 .4 44 .9 42 .6 39.4 35.1 4 3 .5 42 .6 4 5 .0 4 4 .3 4 1 .8 41 .8 16.3 28 .8 7.6 20.6 1.2 14.8 11 .9 9.5 2 C. 6 3.3 29 .1 2.6 2 3 .0 14.6 4 .7 12.7 6.6 27 .0 2.1 17 .1 31 .9 4.0 9.9 6.7 25 .9 3.8 18.7 34 .8 3.1 11.3 1.2 42 .3 .7 24.1 18 .0 1.4 9.5 3.8 39.9 4.6 32.5 13.0 7.0 6.0 52 .4 1.7 23 .6 10.0 100.0 1CC.0 1 C0 .C 100.0 100.0 1 C0 . 0 100.0 Under 15-----------------------------------------------------------15 and under 35 ----------------------------------------------35 and under to and including Over and under and under and o v e r ------------------------------------------------------ 40 44 48 42 40----------------------------42---------------------44---------------------48-----------------------------. 5.6 7 .0 5.8 2 6 .C 2.7 27 .7 27 .9 1.6 9 .4 3.8 43 .8 3.1 18 .2 23 .2 100.0 We st 3.4 10 .9 4 .7 1.0 Under 15-----------------------------------------------------------15 and under 35 ----------------------------------------------35 and under ----------------------------------------------to and including ----------------------------------Over and under ----------------------------------and under ----------------------------------------------and o v e r ------------------------------------------------------ 2.3 23 .6 17.6 Tot al ------------------------------------------------------- 100.0 Nu mb er of emplo yee s (in th ou s an d s) ------ 83.1 3 .4 1.9 9.9 8.5 16.4 16 .1 25 .4 A ve r ag e weekly h o u r s -------------------------------- - 4 0 .2 32 .2 37.1 4 0 .8 4 1 .6 4 0 .6 40 .9 40 .7 40 44 48 40 42 48 42 44 39.8 Insufficient data to warrant presentation. Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 13. Percent distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees working specified weekly hours by average straight-time hourly earnings, United States and regions, June 1966 Employees with weekly hours of work of— A v e r a g e hourly earnings A ll employees 13 and under 35 35 and under 40 4 .0 5.4 1.0 2 4 .0 9, 1 19 .9 8.0 13 .0 9 .0 6.7 2 .3 6.0 2.2 25 .3 7 .6 17 .9 7.7 14 .0 7.2 9 .7 1 .9 1.9 2.1 15.2 9.3 15.9 11 .7 12 .9 12 .3 16.8 •8 1.3 .4 8 .9 6.6 12.5 10.6 17.7 14 .2 27 .0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Under 15 40 Over 40 and under 44 44 and under 48 48 and over United States Under $ 1. 00 $1 .15 $ 1. 25 $ 1. 35 $1 .50 $ 1. 75 $ 2 . 00 $ 2 . 50 $3.00 $ 1 . 0 0 ______________________________________________ , _ _ and under $ 1. 15-----------------------------------------------------and under $ 1 . 2 5 -----------------------------------------------------and under $ 1. 35 ------------------------------------------------- ■ — and under $ 1 . 5 0 -------------------------- --------------------------and under $ 1. 75 -----------------------------------------------------and under $ 2. 0 0 ------------------------------------:----------------and under $ 2 . 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------and under $ 3 . 00 -----------------------------------------------------and o v e r -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2*0 3.5 1.3 12. 1 8.9 16 .3 12.8 17.7 11.2 14 .2 2.2 .9 1.2 13 .8 7. 1 14. 1 11.6 16 .6 15 .3 17 .2 100.0 1.6 3.0 1.7 9 .4 9.5 15.3 12 .4 19 .7 1 4 .4 12 .9 2 .7 4 .8 1.3 9 .0 11.1 19 .1 17 .7 19 .5 7.9 6.8 100.0 100.0 To ta l-------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 100.0 Nu mb er of em pl oye es (in thousands)----------------------------- 4 9 0 .9 20. 1 56 .7 2 3 .8 it9. i 27 .0 88.1 156.2 A v e r a g e hourly earn ing s--------------------------------------------------- $2 .05 $1 .73 $1 .83 $2.08 $2 .39 $2.14 $2 .07 $1 .87 .6 1.3 .8 8.8 6. 0 16 .8 11. 1 23 .5 13 .6 1 7 .6 1.5 .7 3.4 16.4 12. 1 2 9 .3 4 .7 13 .5 9.1 9.3 1.6 2.6 1.0 28 .2 9.6 21 .7 4 .2 1 6 .4 5.2 9. 5 .5 .5 4 .8 5.8 2.6 16.4 13 .0 20 .9 17.1 18 .3 •1 1.6 5 .8 3 .4 10.1 9 .0 19 .1 15.7 35.2 1.0 .9 4.8 12.0 5.7 3 5 .7 22.2 17.7 1. 1 1 .5 2.0 2.9 21.2 18 .1 24 .7 16.4 12.2 •6 •4 3.8 7 .5 1 6 .0 16.1 3 2 .2 13 .8 9 .5 100.0 Northeast Under $ 1.00 $1 .15 $1 .25 $ 1 .35 $1 .50 $ 1. 75 $ 2.00 $ 2. 50 $ 3.00 $ 1. and and and and and and and and and 00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 15-----------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 2 5 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 3 5 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 2 . 0 0 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 2 . 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 3 . 0 0 -----------------------------------------------------o v e r -------------------------------------------------------------------- To ta l----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Nu mb er of em pl oye es (in thousands)----------------------------- 9 6 .4 6.1 15.6 5.7 25 .1 5 .2 14.0 2 4 .6 A v er a g e hourly earn ing s--------------------------------------------------- $2.26 $1 .89 $1 .87 $2 .24 $2 .62 $2.38 $2.19 $2 . 1 2 00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 15-----------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 2 5 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 3 5 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 1. 75 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 2. 0 0 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 2 . 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------under $ 3. 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------— o v e r -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.4 6.0 2.2 20 .3 15 .4 1 8 .3 12 .5 1 2 .4 5 .2 4 .4 6. 1 12 . 3 37 .8 9 .6 14 .2 5 .2 8 ,4 1.3 5.0 3.1 9.7 4 .4 3 0 .4 8.9 17 .8 8.5 11 .5 3 .7 2.1 4 .6 2.5 •2 2 7 .9 17.3 11.8 12 .9 10.4 3 .9 8 .5 1 .7 2 .5 •6 16.0 12 .3 16.8 15.5 14 .8 9 .7 10.2 5.0 1. 1 1.9 3 0 .6 11.6 16 .8 1 0 .7 11 .4 7.0 3. 8 3 .6 5.4 3.8 19.2 19. 1 16 .9 11.0 12.8 4 .9 3 .2 South Under $ 1. 00 $1 .15 $1 .25 $1 .35 $ 1 .50 $1 .75 $ 2. 00 $ 2 .50 $ 3. 00 $ 1.. and and and and and and and and ard 3 .6 8.2 2.2 17. 1 17 .5 21 .3 13 .3 11.6 3 .4 1. 8 To ta l----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100,0 100.0 100.0 Nu mb er of em pl oye es (in thousands) ---------------------------- 15 7.2 4 .2 14 .5 7 .8 32 .8 8.5 31 .8 57 .6 A v e r a g e hourly earn ing s--------------------------------------------------- $1.67 $ 1 .50 $1 .53 $1 .69 $1 .90 $ 1 .64 $1 .65 $1 .59 100.0 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers T a b l e 13. P e r c e n t d i s t r ib u t io n o f n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s w o r k i n g s p e c i f i e d w e e k l y h o u r s by 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 ea rnings, United Sta tes and r e g i o n s , June 1966— Co nt in ue d E m p l o y e e s with w e e k l y h o u r s o f w o r k o f— A v e r a g e h o u i l y e a rn i n g s All em ployees U nd er 15 15 and under 35 35 and under 40 40 Over 40 and un de r 44 44 and un d er 48 j j | j 48 and over North Central Under $1.0 0 $ 1. 15 $ 1. 25 $ 1. 3 5 $ 1.5 0 $ 1. 75 $2.0 0 $2. 50 $ 3, 00 $ 1. and and and and and and and and and 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------und e r $ 1 . 1 5 -----------------------------------------------------und e r $ 1 . 2 5 -----------------------------------------------------u n d e r $ 1. 35-----------------------------------------------------un d e r $ 1. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------u n d e r $ 1 . 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------u n d e r $ 2 . 0 0 ----------------------------------------------- ----- u n d e r $ 2 . 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------un d e r $ 3 . 0 0 -----------------------------------------------------o v e r --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2* 3 3« 6 1 .0 10*1 7, 7 16* 3 15. 7 18* 5 1 1.4 13. 3 4, 5 4 ,7 2 4.2 7. 1 16- 4 11.0 13.3 14.1 4. 6 3 .4 2 2 .7 26. 1 6 ,7 16.6 9 ,3 10. 5 7 .0 1l .0 T o t a l ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 0 . 0 100. 0 100. 0 N u m b e r o f e m p l o y e e s 'i n t h o u s a n d s ) ---------------------------- 154. ? 6. 9 1 7.5 A v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s --------------------------------------------------- $2.05 U .7 1 .8 1 .2 . 5 10. 9 8. 1 14, 3 10, 3 1 5.9 1 2,4 25. 6 1. 2 1 .7 1 .9 9, 9 5. 9 15. 5 16. 8 13. 3 14. 2 1 9.6 .4 2 .6 .7 5. a 6 .0 14.9 14.8 2 4. 3 1 7,9 12. 5 3 .7 4 .4 . 3 4 .8 8. 7 17.7 22 .0 2 .1 . 8 8 ,2 8 .0 1 00,0 100. 0 100. ) 100.0 1 00.0 6 .5 31. 1 8. 4 2 4.6 *1 .9 3 $ 2 . 03 $ 2 . 33 $ 2.17 $2.17 _ 6 .7 1 .6 1 6,9 1 4.6 5 .0 15.8 .3 5. 2 3 .9 9. 5 10.2 11. 1 _ _ . 4 . 7 2 .6 2. 2 8 .4 7. 2 2 L» 7 1. 1 2 .8 1 .9 2 1.6 20. 3 20, l 7. l. L 3 .4 3 .2 13.6 10.7 19.8 7 .4 13. 4 15.9 12.1 59. 3 $1.93 W es t 4. 7 6. 8 19, 5 6. 4 16.7 11-8 18,0 7. 8 .4 3. 7 10.9 4 .4 1 3 .9 9. 4 20. 6 1 6.8 $ 3 . 0 0 and o v e r --------------------------------------------------------------------- . 4 . 9 . 4. 1 2 .3 11.9 10. 3 19 , 3 1 9,4 30 .6 8. 8 19. 8 Under $ 1. 00 $ 1.1 5 $ 1. 25 $1.3 5 $ 1. 5 0 $ 1. 7 5 $ 2.00 $ 1. and and and and and and and 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------u n d e r $ 1. 15— ----------------------------------------------u n d e r $ 1. 2 5 -----------------------------------------------------un d e r $ 1. 3 5 -----------------------------------------------------u n d e r $ 1. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------und e r $ 1 . 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------u n d e r $ 2 . 0 0 -----------------------------------------------------un d e r $ 2 . 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------ 4 .3 . 1 .2 1 .6 1 .4 8 .0 6 .8 21.7 19. H 39.3 39.9 24. 3 35, 4 25. 3 31.5 .7 14. 3 17.3 T o t a l ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100. 0 100. 0 1 00.0 1 00,0 100. 0 N u m b e r o f e m p l o y e e s (in t h o u s a n d s ) ----------------------------- 83. 1 2.9 9.0 3 .9 30. 1 4. 9 17.7 14. 7 A v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s ---------------------------------------------------- *2.58 $L. 79 $2. 26 $2.68 $2.79 $2,69 $2.61 $2.29 100.0 1 00.0 100. 0 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers T ab le 14. A v era g e stra ig h t-tim e hourly and w eekly earn ings of n o n su p e rv iso ry em p loyee s by w eekly hours of w ork, United States and r eg io n s, June 1966 (E m p lo y e es in thousands) United States W eek ly h ours of w ork Under 15_________________ 15 and under 35 ---------------------------------------3 5 and under 40 ---------------------------------------40 ----------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 48 ---------------------------48 and over -----------------------------------------------T o t a l ------------------------------------------------ A verage Num ber hourly of em p loyee s earnings Z0. 56. 23. 119. 115. 156. 1 7 8 1 1 2 490. 9 $ 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 1. 73 83 08 39 09 87 2. 05 N ortheast A v era g e Num ber A verage of w eekly hourly earnings em ployees earnings $15. 45. 76. 95. 92. 97. 36 81 84 56 67 32 85. 51 6. 15. 5. 25. 19. 24. 1 6 7 1 2 6 96. 4 $1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 89 87 24 62 24 12 2. 26 South N umb e r Average Average of w eekly hourly earnings em p loyee s earnings $16. 44. 81. 104. 99. 110. 59 85 57 99 57 33 88. 52 4. 14. 7. 32. 40. 57. 2 5 8 8 3 6 157. 2 $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 50 53 69 90 65 59 1. 67 North Central A verage Num ber Average of w eekly hourly earnings em p loyees earnings $13. 40. 63. 75. 73. 85. 27 10 19 89 22 44 72. 37 6. 17. 6. 31. 33. 59. 9 5 5 1 0 3 154. 2 $1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 1. 71 83 03 33 17 93 2. 05 W e st A verage Num ber A verage w eekly of hourly earnings em p loyee s earnings $ 15. 45. 75. 93. 96. 100. 02 85 17 06 72 63 87. 15 2. 9. 3. 30. 22. 14. 9 0 9 1 6 7 83. 1 A v era g e w eekly earnings 79 26 68 79 63 29 $ 1 6 . 61 56. 56 99. 93 1 1 1 .7 2 115. 58 116. 61 2. 58 103. 82 $1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. C O C O Appendix A. Scope and Method o f Survey Scope of Survey This bulletin relates to those retail establishments which were classified, according to the 1957 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, as part of the building materials, hardware, and farm equipment major industry group (SIC 52). This major group includes retail establishments primarily engaged in selling lumber; building materials; heating and plumbing equipment; paint, glass, and wallpaper; electrical supplies, hardware, and farm equipment. Establishments included in this group sell to contractors as well as to the general public. Included also are auxiliary units such as warehouses and central offices. The survey covers the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The data reflect earnings and hours of work of nonsupervisory employees for a payroll period including June 13, 1966. Sample Design The sample was designed to yield national and regional estimates for the major industry group. A stratified sample design was used; variable sampling ratios depended on employment size. The probability of inclusion in the sample increased with the employ ment size of the unit. The sample of 1,559 establishments for the building materials, hard ware, and farm equipment group did not provide for publication of separate data for specific lines of business within the group. Establishment samples were obtained from three different sources: (l) State unem ployment insurance listings furnished employer reporting units with four or more employees. (2) The large chainstore enterprises provided current lists of retail stores and auxiliary units from which a sample of such units was selected. It was necessary to obtain these lists from the large chainstore enterprises because State unemployment insurance listings frequently provide data on a statewide or county basis for such companies rather than on an individual establishment basis. (3) The Bureau of the Census sample used in conjunction with its Monthly Survey of Retail Sales covered single-unit retail stores with fewer than four employ ees. The Census coverage of small units was necessary to supplement the Bureau's uni verse list for retail trade, since^State unemployment insurance laws in many States do not cover employers with fewer than four employees. Method of Collection The majority of the establishments included in the sample were solicited for in formation by mail. The largest units were visited in person by field economists of the Bureau of Eabor Statistics; the smallest units were visited by the Bureau of the Census enumerators acting as agents for the BLS. Personal visits also were made to a sample of the nonrespondents to the mail questionnaire. Estimating Procedure Data collected for each sampling unit were weighted in accordance with the prob ability of selecting that unit. For example, where 1 unit out of 10 was selected from an industry-size group, data for that unit were considered as representative of the 10 units in the group. 35 36 No assumption has been made that the wage structures of the units not responding to the mail questionnaire were similar to those of the units responding. To minimize the bias resulting from nonresponse, data obtained by personal visits from a sample of non respondents were weighted to represent all other nonrespondents in similar industry-size groups. To compensate for schedules with unusable data, their weights were assigned to usable schedules of the same industry-size group and from the same or related area. A ll estimated totals derived from the weighting process were further adjusted to data on employment levels for June 1966 which were prepared by the Bureau especially for purposes of this survey. Current regional estimates were based on regional distributions from the most recent Census of Business, prepared by the Bureau of the Census. The adjustment of the survey totals to the predesignated totals for June 1966 was confined, for the most part, to that segment of the survey for which the sample units were obtained from State unemployment insurance listings. The lists generally were prepared prior to the time of the survey and consequently do not account for units opened or closed after the date of the lists. In the Census and the large chainstore enterprise samples, the best unbiased estimates of totals were presumed to be the weighted-up sample totals, since there was no apparent problem of unrepresented business births in these groups. Criteria for Publication of Estimates The results of this survey differ from those that would have been obtained by a complete canvass of the industry, since the survey was conducted on a sample basis. These differences may be substantial in those instances where the sample was small. It has not been possible, therefore, to present data for all cases. No earnings distributions are shown for groupings of fewer than 50 stores. Definitions of Terms Nonsupervisory employees include all full-tim e, part-time, seasonal, and casual employees below the supervisory level, such as salespersons, shipping, receiving, and stock clerks, laborers, warehousemen, caretakers, office clerks, driver-salesmen, deliverymen, installation and repairmen, elevator operators, porters, janitors, food service employees, and working supervisors. Enterprise is defined as a company which operates, directs, or controls a group of establishments engaged in the same general business. In the case of single unit com panies, the single unit was considered the enterprise. Establishment is generally defined as a single physical location where business is conducted. In the case of two separate business entities transacting business at a single physical location (for example, a leased shoe department in a department store), each was treated as a separate establishment. On the other hand, a drug store which also operated a food counter was treated as a single establishment. Annual volume of sales excludes excise taxes at the retail level. Earnings data relate to straight-time earnings and exclude premium pay for over time and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Commission and bonus earn ings and special sales bonuses, such as "P .M . 's " and "stim s" paid quarterly or oftener, are included. Individual average hourly earnings for employees not paid by the hour (e.g. , salary, commissions) were obtained by dividing individual earnings reported by the number of hours worked during the corresponding period. Individual weekly earnings, when not reported, were obtained by multiplying the in dividual average hourly earnings by the number of hours worked during a single week in June 1966. Group average hourly earnings published in this report were obtained by dividing total individual weekly earnings by total individual weekly hours worked. 37 Group average weekly earnings were obtained by dividing the sum of the individual weekly earnings by the number of employees represented in the group total. holidays, Weekly hours of work are for a 1-week period and include hours paid for vacations, sick leave, etc. Group average weekly hours were obtained by dividing total weekly hours worked by total number of nonsupervisory employees. Regions used in this study include the following: Northeast— Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South— Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; North Central— Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; and West—Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, 'Jew Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Metropolitan areas as used in this report refers to those cities and county areas iefined by the Bureau of the Budget as "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. " MetroDolitan areas include those counties containing at least one central city of 50,000 population md those counties around such cities which are metropolitan in character and economically md socially integrated with the county containing the central city. For a more detailed lescription, see Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 1967, prepared by the Bureau of ;he Budget. ! Appendix B. Questionnaire BLS2786 Budget Bureau No. 44— 6615. Approval expires 12—31— 66. (Rev. ’ 66) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S W A S H IN G T O N , D. C . Your report will be held in confidence 1. 20212 RETAIL TRADE Individual Hours and Earnings BLS USE ONLY COMPANY IDENTIFICATION: Ent. State Area sales SIC Wgt. The data, except for Item 2 which relates to the entire company, should cover all establishments (retail stores, warehouses, central offices, etc.) in the county or area designated to the left. (Check appropriate box.) 1 ___________ 1 1 ANNUAL GROSS SALES FOR THE COMPANY OR ENTERPRISE: Under $250,000 $250,000 to $500,000 1 1 $500,000 to $1,00 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 1 $1,000,000 or more Check the block which indicates the annual gross volume of sales (exclu sive o f ex cise taxes at the retail level) from all related activities of the enterprise. Include receipts from stores covered by this report as well as all other related activ ities. U se the last calendar or fisc a l year. 3. ESTABLISHMENT INFORMATION: Please enter the information requested in the columns below for each separate establishment (retail store, warehouse, or central o ffice ) covered by this report. Each retail store in a separate location is considered a separate establishment for the purpose of this survey. However, if the records for main store and suburban branch are kept on a combined basis, they may be considered as one establishment. (a) Location: Identify each establishment by its street address and city. (b) Type of Retail Activity: Enter for each establishment the major retail activity such as department store, drug store, gas station, etc. (c ) Employment: Include all full-time, part-time, seasonal, and casual employees who received pay for any part o f the payroll period including June 13, 1966. Exclude em ployees, such as those in leased departments and demonstrators, who received all or a substantial part of their pay from another employer. Total__ Enter total number of em ployees including officers and other principal execu tives, such as buyers, department heads, and managers whose work is above the working supervisory level. Nonsupervisory__ Enter total number of employees below the supervisory level, such as salesperson s, shipping and receiving clerks, laborers, warehousemen, caretakers, o ffice clerks, driver-salesmen, installation and repairmen, elevator operators, porters, janitors, watchmen, and other em ployees whose services are clo s e ly a ssociated with those listed above. Oo not include officers and other principal execu tives, such as buyers, department heads, and managers whose work is above the working supervisory level. (d) Annual Gross Sales for the Establishment: Check the column which indicates the annual gross volume of sales (exclu ______________________________ _____sive of ex cise taxes at the retail level).________ — (a) Location (street address and city) 4. ------------------ --------------------------- — Type of retail activity (c) Employment for payroll period including ---------------------- ^ T ” Gross establishment sales (check appropriate column) June 13, 1966 Were last year’ s s a le s — $150,000 $250,000 L e ss Non Total to than or supervisory more $150,000 $250,000 PAYROLL PEPvlOD: Employment and earnings data reported should correspond to your payroll period (for example, w eekly, biw eekly, or monthly) including June 13, 1966. Indicate the dates for the payroll period used. If the length of the payroll period varies among employees, enter the dates affecting the greatest number. From __________________________________ _ 19____ t o ____________________________________ , 1 9 _______ 39 40 5. EARNINGS AND HOURS OF WORK OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES: This study is designed to provide information on hourly earnings and weekly hours of work for both male and female nonsupervisory employees and working supervisors for a payroll period including June 13, 1966. The number of employees in each establishment for which earnings and hours data are reported should corre spond with the number of nonsupervisory employees shown in item 3(c) on page 1. The information requested should be reported separately for each establishment and the establishment identified. Earnings data for food counter, cafeteria, or restaurant workers in Department, Drug, or Variety Stores should be entered only on the blue supplement provided. Data for all other employees should be reported in Item 5 of this form. Report earnings and hours separately for each employee unless these data are identical for two or more em ployees. Do not report aggregate earnings and hours for several employees. For convenience of reporting for employees paid on other than an hourly basis, columns 5 through 8 are provided. Data will not, however, be published separately by various methods of pay. Instructions and examples for reporting the necessary data in each column are listed below. INSTRUCTIONS (Please read, carefully to avoid correspondence) Column (1)— Indicate whether the employee is male (M) or female (F ). Complete col umns 1, 2, and Column (2)__ Use a separate line for each employee and enter " 1 ,” unless two or more employees of the same sex work the same number of hours during the selected week, and receive identical hourly or salary rates 3 for all nonsu pervisory em (see example 1). Data are to be reported individually for each employee whose earnings are based entirely ployees cov or in part on commissions or bonuses (see examples 3, 4, and 5). ered by this Column (3)— Enter the number of hours worked during the week of June 6 to June 13, 1966. Include hours report (see paid for sick leave, holidays, vacations, etc. These hours should relate to a 1-week period regardless examples 1— 5). of the length of the payroll period. Use column 4 to report earnings Column (4)— Enter the base (straight-time) hourly rate. Premium pay for overtime work should not be reported. o f employees This column may also be used to report earnings of employees paid on other than an hourly basis if average (s e e example 1). straight-time hourly earnings are available. For employees paid a commission or bonus in addition to an hourly rate, also complete columns 7 and 8 (see example 4). Use columns 5 and 6 to report earnings o f em Column (5)— Enter for each employee the straight-time earnings for the salary period (weekly, biweekly, ployees paid on monthly, or semimonthly) including June 13, 1966. Include straight-time pay for overtime, but exclude a weekly, bi overtime premium. Do not include "d r a w s ” against commission as salary. weekly, monthly, or semimonthly Column (6)— Enter the number of hours worked during the salary period (weekly, biweekly, monthly, or semi basis (see ex monthly). Include hours paid for sick leave, holiday s, vacations, etc. For employees paid a commission or ample 2). bonus, also complete columns 7 and 8 (see example 5). _ Column (7)_ Enter for each employee the total commission and/or bonus earnings, including "P M ’ s , ” "S tim s,” or any special bonuses based on sales paid quarterly or oftener by the store. These earnings are to be reported for the commission or bonus period including June 13, 1966. If the commissions earned dur Use columns 7 ing that pay period are not representative of normal commission earnings, a longer period may be used. If and 8 to report store employees receive both commission and bonus payments for an identical period of time, report the earnings o f non supervisory em combined figure (see example 4). If bonus payments cover a period longer than the commission period, add ployees based only the prorated amount of the bonus to the commission earnings that correspond to the commission period entirely or in part on com missions and bonuses (see example 3). (see example 5). Column (8)— Enter the number of hours worked during the commission or bonus period. (The hours should refer to the total hours worked during the period (weekly, biweekly, monthly, or semimonthly) and not nec essarily only to those hours during which commissions or bonuses were earned.) For employees paid an hourly rate or salary in addition to commissions or bonuses, it is also necessary to complete column 4, or columns 5 and 6 (see examples 4 and 5). EXAMPLES (See illustrations on next page) 1. Two women each worked 36% hours during the selected week, and each was paid a straight-time hourly rate o f $1.05• 2. One man worked 40 hours during the selected week, and received a salary o f $125, exclusive o f premium pay for overtime, for 88 hours worked during the salary period ( *2 month). l 2 4 5 / 3■ One man worked 32% hours during the selected week and was paid on a straight commission basis, receiving $215.70 for 168 hours. 4. One woman worked 40 hours during the selected week and was paid an hourly rate o f $1.25; she also received $35 in com missions and $7.50 in “PM’s" for 173.6 hours worked during the commission period (1 month). 5. One man worked 37% hours during the selected week, and was paid a weekly salary o f $75; he also earned commissions o f $102 during a 1-month period (162 hours) and $150 in bonuses during a 3-month period. Only l 3 o f the bonus, or $50 is / reported so that the bonus period corresponds to the commission period. 41 BLS USE ONLY 5. EARNINGS AND HOURS OF WORK OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES — Continued Sch . E s t . C it y s a le s . s i z e E m p. Class em p. __ Use this Complete these columns for each nonsupervisory employee. (1) Sex (M or F) (2) (3) Number of employees Hours worked during the week of June 13, column for non supervisory em ployees paid on an hourly basis. Use these columns for nonsupervisory employees paid other than on an hourly basis. (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Straight-time hourly rate Straight-time salary for salary period including June 13, 1966 Hours worked during salary period Total commissions and/or bonus pay Hours worked during commission period 1966 Illustrations of examples on page 2. 1. F 2 M a -M 2 1 1 1 1 $ i ns . $ $ I2S.0D 40.0 83.0 32.S 40.0 ____ 2 2 5 _____ 2 1 5 .7 0 125 42 50 ______25J1B_____ ____2 2 5 ______ _____ >52.00 _ IfcS.O 173.6 \G 70 DATA FOR EACH ESTABLISHMENT SHOULD BE REPORTED SEPARATELY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIED. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Do you want a copy of the Bureau’ s report on this survey?-------- Yes Name and title of person furnishing data Q ] No | l (Please type or print) ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1968 O - 294-183 Employee Earnings and Hours in Retail Trade, June 1966 Separate bulletins are being issued for the following: Bulletin number General merchandise stores Department stores Limited price variety stores 1584-2 Food stores Grocery stores 1584-3 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations Motor vehicle dealers Gasoline service stations 1584-4 Apparel and accessory stores Men’ s and boys’ clothing and furnishings stores Women’ s ready-to-w ear stores Shoe stores 1584-5 Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance stores Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores Household appliance stores 1584-6 Miscellaneous retail stores Drug and proprietary stores 1584-7 Order from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. , 20402, or from any of the Bureau's six regional sales offices as shown on the inside front cover. A comprehensive analytical bulletin on earnings and hours in retail trade will be issued.