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EMPLOYEE EARNINGS AND HOURS IN RETAIL TRADE JUNE 1966 l XtS, Bulletin 1584 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REGIONAL OFFICES Region I 1603-B Federal Building Government Center Boston, Mass. 02203 Phone: 223-6762 (Area Code 617) Region II 341 Ninth A ve. New York, N. Y . 10001 Phone: 971-5405 (Area Code 212) Region III 406 Penn Square Building 1317 Filbert St. Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Phone: 597-7716 (Area Code 215) Region IV Suite 540 1371 Peachtree St. NE. Atlanta, Ga. 30309 Phone: 526-5418 (Area Code 404) Region V 219 South Dearborn St. Chicago, 111. 60604 Phone: 353-7230 (Area Code 312) Region VI Federal O ffice Building 911 Walnut S t., 10th Floor Kansas City, Mo. 64106 Phone: 374-2481 (Area Code 816) Region V II 337 Mayflower Building 411 North Akard St. Dallas, Tex. 75201 Phone: 749-3616 (Area Code 214) Region VIII 450 Golden Gate A ve. Box 36017 San Francisco, C a lif. 94102 Phone: 556-4678 (Area Code 415) E M P L O Y E E E A R N IN G S A N D H O U R S IN R E T A IL T R A D E JUN E 1966 1 SST Bulletin 1584 N o v e m b e r 1968 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Willard Wirtz, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ben Burdetsky, Acting Commissioner For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 2 0 4 0 2 - Price $1 P reface T h e B u re a u o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s con d u c te d a n a tio n w id e s u r v e y o f r e t a i l tr a d e (e x c lu d in g e a tin g and d rin k in g p l a c e s ) f o r a June 1966 p a y r o l l p e r i o d . D ata on e m p lo y m e n t , a v e r a g e h o u r ly and w e e k l y e a r n in g s , and w e e k l y h ours o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p l o y e e s w e r e o b ta in e d and a r e p r e s e n te d in this b u lle tin . T h is i n f o r m a t io n b r i d g e s the p e r i o d s in c e June 1965 w h en a s i m i l a r s u r v e y w as conducted. In ad d itio n to data f o r 1966, the b u lle tin p r o v i d e s an a n a l y s is o f changes in e m p l o y e e e a r n in g s and h ours b e t w e e n the two s u r v e y p e r i o d s , d u rin g w h ic h t im e a F e d e r a l m i n im u m w a g e o f $ 1. 25 an hour and a 4 0 -h o u r s ta n d a rd w o r k w e e k w e r e a p p lie d to c e r t a i n l a r g e r e t a i l e n t e r p r i s e s su b j e c t to the F a i r L a b o r Standards A c t . The change in the e a r n in g s and hours s t r u c t u r e r e c o r d e d b y s i m i l a r s u r v e y s con d u cted in 1956, 1961, and 1962 a r e a ls o e x a m in e d . Data a r e p r o v i d e d f o r the U n ited S ta te s; the N o r t h e a s t , South, N o r t h C e n t r a l, and W e s t r e g i o n s ; m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s ; m e n and w o m e n ; and f o r r e t a i l e n t e r p r i s e s and e s t a b lis h m e n ts b y t h e ir annual v o lu m e o f sales. A p p e n d ix A p r o v i d e s t e c h n ic a l i n f o r m a t io n on the s co p e and m e th o d o f the s u r v e y , as w e l l as d e fin itio n s o f term s. A c o p y o f the q u e s tio n n a ir e u s e d in the s u r v e y is shown in ap p en d ix B. C o m p r e h e n s iv e s t a t i s t i c a l data f o r e a c h o f the m a j o r r e t a i l gro u p s w h ic h con stitute r e t a i l t r a d e , and f o r s e l e c t e d lin e s o f r e t a i l b u s in e s s , a r e a v a ila b le in the i n d iv id u a l b u lle tin s l i s t e d on the in s id e b a c k c o v e r . T h e s u r v e y w a s p a r t o f a b r o a d p r o g r a m o f studies in it ia t e d b y the U. S. D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r ’ s W a g e and H o u r and P u b lic C o n tr a c t s D iv is io n s f o r continuing a p p r a i s a l o f F e d e r a l l e g i s l a t i o n w h ic h r e l a t e s to m in im u m w a g e s and m a x im u m h ours stan d ard s . In this c o n n e ctio n , data f r o m the s u r v e y w e r e p u b lis h e d in the R e p o r t S u b m itted t o the C o n g r e s s in A c c o r d a n c e W ith the R e q u ir e m e n t s o f S e c tio n 4 (d ) o f the F a i r L a b o r Standards A c t — J a n u a ry 1967. T h is study w a s c o n d u cted in the B u r e a u ’ s O f f ic e o f W a g e s and In d u s t r ia l R e la t io n s b y the D i v is i o n o f N a tio n a l W a g e and S a l a r y I n c o m e . The a n a ly s is w a s p r e p a r e d b y J o s e p h K. C o c c o and M e l b a L . L e e , under the g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n o f A l v i n Baum an. iii Contents Page S u m m a r y ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n in g s — a l l r e t a i l t r a d e ------------------------------------------------------------------------R e g i o n s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------M e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s -----------------------------------------------------------------------M e n and w o m e n -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------S ale s v o l u m e ---------------------------------Th e F a i r L a b o r S tandards A c t --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n in g s --- m a j o r g rou p s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------R e g i o n s ------------------------------------------------------M e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s -----------------------------------------------------------------------M e n and w o m e n -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------S ale s v o l u m e ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s — s e l e c t e d i n d u s t r i e s ------------------------------------------------------------------W e e k l y hou rs of w o r k — a l l r e t a i l t r a d e -----------------------------------------------------------------------------M a j o r g r o u p s and s e l e c t e d i n d u s t r ie s ----------------------------------------------------------------------------A v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------H o u r ly e a rn in g s and w e e k l y h o u r s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Changes in a v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n in g s , June 1965—June 1966— a l l r e t a i l t r a d e -------------------M a j o r g r o u p s and s e l e c t e d in d u s t r ie s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Changes in w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k , June 1965—June 1966— a ll r e t a i l t r a d e ------------------------M a j o r g rou p s and s e l e c t e d in d u s t r ie s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Changes in a v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n in g s , June 1965—June 1966 ---------------------------------------------Changes in w e e k l y h ou rs by h o u r ly e a r n in g s ----------------------------------------------------------------------Changes in h o u r ly e a rn in g s by w e e k l y h o u r s , June 1965—June 1966 ---------------------------------Changes in w a g e s and h o u r s , O c t o b e r 1956—June 1966 ------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 13 15 17 18 19 Z2 25 27 28 29 30 30 T a b les: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. A v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a rn in g s of n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s by s e l e c t e d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , U n ited S ta tes, June 1966 ---------------------------------------------C u m u la tiv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio n s of n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e 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 e a r n i n g s , U n ited States and r e g io n s , June 1966 --------------------------------------------------------------------C u m u la tiv e p e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio 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 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 e a r n in g s , by m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , U nited States and r e g i o n s , June 1966 -----------------------------------------------------C u m u la tiv e p e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio n of n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e 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 ly e a r n i n g s , by s e x , U nited States and r e g i o n s , June 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C u m u la tiv e p e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio n of n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e 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 e a r n in g s , b y e n t e r p r i s e s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , U n ited S ta tes, m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , and r e g i o n s , June 1966 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C u m u la tiv e p e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio 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 b y a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n in g s , by e s ta b lis h m e n t s s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , U n ited S ta tes, m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , and r e g i o n s , June 1966-----------------------------------------------------------------------N u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio n s of n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s by w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k , U nited States and r e g io n s , June 196 6------------------------------------------P e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio 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 b y w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k , by m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , U nited States and r e g i o n s , June 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV 34 35 36 37 38 41 43 43 C ontents— C ontinued Page T a ble s— Continued 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. P e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio 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 by w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k , b y s e x , U n ited States and r e g i o n s , June 1966-----------------------------------------------------P e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio 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 by w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k , by e n t e r p r i s e s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , United S ta tes, m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , and r e g i o n s , June 1966--------------------------------------------------P e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio 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 b y w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k , b y e s t a b lis h m e n t s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , United S ta tes, m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , and r e g i o n s , June 1966--------------------------------------------------P e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio 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 h av in g s p e c i f i e d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a rn in g s b y w e e k l y h ours o f w o r k , U nited States and r e g i o n s , June 1966 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------P e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio n o f n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p lo y e e s w o r k in g s p e c i f i e d w e e k l y h ou rs b y a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n in g s , U n ited States and r e g i o n s , June 1966 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 and w e e k l y ea rn in g s of n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s b y w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k , U nited States and r e g io n s , June 1966 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 45 46 47 49 51 C u m u la tiv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is tr ib u tio n s o f n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p lo y e e s b y a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n in g s , U nited States and r e g io n s , June 1966: 15. B u ild in g m a t e r i a l s , h a r d w a r e , and f a r m eq u ip m e n t d e a l e r s --------------------------------16. G e n e r a l m e r c h a n d i s e s t o r e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------17. D e p a r tm e n t s t o r e s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------18. L i m i t e d p r i c e v a r i e t y s t o r e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------19. F o o d s t o r e s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20. G r o c e r y s t o r e s -----------------------------------------------------------------21. A u t o m o t iv e d e a l e r s and g a s o l i n e s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s -------------------------------------------------22. M o t o r v e h i c l e d e a l e r s (n ew and u sed c a r s ) -----------------------------------------------------------23. G a s o l in e s e r v i c e station s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------24. A p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------25. M e n ’ s and b o y s ’ clo th in g and fu rn is h in g s s t o r e s --------------------------------------------------26. W o m e n ’ s r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------27. Shoe s t o r e s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------28. F u r n it u r e , h o m e fu r n is h in g s , and h ou seh o ld a p p lia n ce s t o r e s ------------------------------29. F u r n it u r e , h o m e fu r n is h in g s , and eq u ip m e n t s t o r e s ---------------------------------------------30. H o u s eh o ld a p p lia n c e s t o r e s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31. M i s c e l l a n e o u s r e t a i l s t o r e s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------32. D ru g and p r o p r i e t a r y s t o r e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 N u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio n s of n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s by w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k , U nited States and r e g i o n s , June 1966: 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. B u ild in g m a t e r i a l s , h a r d w a r e , and f a r m eq u ipm ent d e a l e r s --------------------------------G e n e r a l m e r c h a n d i s e s t o r e s ---------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------D e p a r tm e n t s t o r e s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------L i m i t e d p r i c e v a r i e t y s t o r e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------F o o d s t o r e s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G r o c e r y s t o r e s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A u t o m o t i v e d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s ------------------- ------------------------------ 70 70 71 71 72 72 73 C on ten ts--- Continued Page Tables— Continued N u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u tio n s of n o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s by w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k , U n ited States and r e g i o n s , June 1966— Continued 40o 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. M o t o r v e h i c l e d e a l e r s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G a s o l in e s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------M e n ’ s and b o y s ’ clothin g and fu rn is h in g s s t o r e s -----------------------------------------------------W o m e n ’ s r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Shoe s t o r e s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------F u r n it u r e , h o m e fu r n is h in g s , and h ou seh o ld a p p lia n ce s t o r e s ---------------------------------F u r n i t u r e , h o m e fu r n is h in g s , and e q u ip m e n t s t o r e s ------------------------------------------------H o u s eh o ld a p p lia n c e s t o r e s ---------------------------------------------------------M i s c e l l a n e o u s r e t a i l s t o r e s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------D ru g and p r o p r i e t a r y s t o r e s ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73 74 74 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 A p p e n d ix e s : A. B. S cop e and m e th o d o f s u r v e y - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q u e s t i o n n a i r e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vi 79 84 Employee Earnings and Hours in Retail Trade, June 1966 Sum m ary N o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s in the r e t a i l t r a d e in d u s t r y (e x c e p t e a tin g and d rin k in g p l a c e s ) e a r n e d an a v e r a g e o f $ 1 . 9 6 on a s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly b a s is in June 1966. A c c o r d i n g to the B u r e a u ’ s s u r v e y o f e a r n in g s and h ours o f w o r k , a p p r o x i m a t e l y 6. 9 m i l l i o n n o n s u p e r v is o r y r e t a i l tr a d e e m p l o y e e s in the U n ited S ta te s, e a r n e d $71. 13 a w e e k and w o r k e d 3 6 .3 h o u rs , on the a v e r a g e . E a r n in g s in r e t a i l tr a d e w e r e d is t r ib u t e d b r o a d ly . e a r n e d b e t w e e n $1. 15 and $ 3 an h o u r. F o u r out o f 5 e m p l o y e e s A v e r a g e e a r n in g s am on g the fo u r b r o a d g e o g r a p h ic r e g io n s r a n g e d f r o m $ 1 . 6 7 an hour in the South to $ 2 . 3 4 in hour in the W e s t . E m p l o y e e s in the N a t i o n ’ s m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s a v e r a g e d $ 2 . 0 7 an h our, 40 cen ts an hour m o r e than th o se in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . M e n e a r n e d an a v e r a g e o f $ 2 . 17 an h o u r, c o m p a r e d w ith $ 1 . 5 6 f o r w o m e n . A m o n g the s e v e n m a j o r in d u s t r y gro u p s w h ic h con s titu te r e t a i l tr a d e (e x c e p t e a tin g and d rin k in g p l a c e s ) , a v e r a g e h o u r ly p a y l e v e l s w e r e $ 1 . 7 2 in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s , $ 1 . 7 7 in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s , $ 1 . 8 9 in m is c e lla n e o u s r e t a i l s t o r e s , $ 2 . 0 2 in fo o d s t o r e s , $ 2 . 0 5 at b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s and h a r d w a r e d e a l e r s , $ 2 . 14 at a u to m o b ile d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e s ta tio n s , and $ 2. 19 in fu r n itu r e and ap p lia n ce s t o r e s . D u rin g the s u r v e y w e e k e m p l o y e e s w o r k e d an a v e r a g e o f 36. 3 h o u rs . T h r e e tenths o f the e m p l o y e e s w o r k e d le s s than 35 h o u rs , o n e - f o u r t h w o r k e d 40 h o u rs , and o n e - s i x t h w o r k e d 48 h o u rs o r m o r e . A m o n g the fo u r r e g io n s the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k r a n g e d f r o m 33. 9 h ours in the N o r t h e a s t to 38. 9 h ours in the South. E m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s a v e r a g e d 3 5 .4 h o u rs , 3.6 h ours l e s s than th ose in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . M e n w o r k e d 38.6 h o u rs , on the a v e r a g e , 5 .4 h ours m o r e than w o m e n . A m o n g e m p l o y e e s o f the s e v e n m a j o r in d u s t r y g r o u p s , a v e r a g e w e e k l y h ours r a n g e d f r o m 3 3 .4 f o r th ose in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s to 4 1 .7 f o r th o se at b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s and h a r d w a r e d e a l e r s . T he a v e r a g e p a y l e v e l f o r r e t a i l e m p l o y e e s i n c r e a s e d 11 cen ts s in c e June 1965 w h e n a s i m i l a r s u r v e y w a s c o n d u c t e d . 1 B e t w e e n O c t o b e r 1956 and June 1965, h o w e v e r , the a v e r a g e h o u r ly p a y l e v e l ad v a n ce d b y 44 c e n ts , f r o m $ 1 .4 1 to $ 1 . 8 5 , o r b y 4 .9 cen ts a y e a r . A lth ou gh th e r e w as a g e n e r a l u p w a rd m o v e m e n t in the d is t r ib u tio n b e t w e e n June 1965 and June 1966, e m p l o y e e s at the l o w e r end o f the p a y s c a le s h o w ed the g r e a t e s t g a in s ; the p r o p o r t i o n p a id l e s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour d e c lin e d f r o m 19 to 11 p e r c e n t . D u rin g the s a m e p e r i o d a v e r a g e w e e k l y h ours d e c lin e d f r o m 36.9 to 3 6.3 b e c a u s e o f a s m a l l but n o t ic e a b le d e c r e a s e in the p r o p o r t i o n of e m p l o y e e s who w o r k e d 48 hours o r m o r e , and a c o r r e s p o n d in g i n c r e a s e in the p r o p o r t i o n who w o r k e d le s s than 35 h ou rs a w e e k . 1 See Em ployee Earnings and Hours in R etail Trade, June 1965 (BLS Bulletin 1501, 1 1967). 2 C h a ra c te ristics R e t a i l t r a d e , as d e fin e d b y the Standard In d u s t r ia l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n s y s t e m , is the s e l l i n g o f m e r c h a n d is e f o r p e r s o n a l, h o u seh o ld , o r f a r m con s u m p tio n . It is the m e a n s by w h ic h go o d s and t h e ir u ltim a te c o n s u m e r s a r e b ro u g h t t o g e t h e r . B e c a u s e o f th e ir function, r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n ts a r e d is t r ib u t e d throu gh ou t the co u n tr y in about the s a m e p r o p o r t i o n as p op ulation . R e t a i l t r a d e is p r o b a b l y the m o s t w i d e l y d i s p e r s e d in d u s t r y in the U n ited S ta tes. R e t a i l s t o r e s v a r y w i d e l y b y s i z e , ty p e , and e x te n t o f s p e c i a l i z a t i o n . The l a r g e m e t r o p o l i t a n d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e , the c o u n try s t o r e , and the l o c a l c o n f e c t i o n e r y b e a r l i t t l e r e s e m b l a n c e to one an o th e r, but a ll a r e r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t s . In ad d itio n to the m o r e c o m m o n l y r e c o g n i z e d s t o r e s , m a i l - o r d e r h o u s e s , d o o r - t o d o o r s e l l i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n s , and v e n d in g m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s a r e r e t a i l e r s . The r e t a i l tr a d e in d u s t r y p r o v i d e s jo b s ( p a r t - and f u l l - t i m e ) f o r about 1 out o f 7 o f the N a t i o n ’ s n o n a g r ic u lt u r a l e m p l o y e e s . In d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t s v a r y w i d e l y b y n u m b e r o f e m p l o y e r s — f r o m the l a r g e d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e to the n e i g h b o r h o o d g r o c e r y that has o n ly one o r two p aid w o r k e r s . A c c o r d i n g to the 1963 Census o f B u s in e s s , o f the 1.2 m i l l i o n r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t s (e x c lu d in g e a tin g and d rin k in g p l a c e s ) in the U n ited States open d urin g the e n t ir e y e a r , t h r e e fou rth s had f e w e r than fo u r p a id e m p l o y e e s ; o n ly o n e - e ig h t h had 10 o r m o r e . T h is l a t t e r g ro u p o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s , h o w e v e r , a c c ou n te d f o r 64 p e r c e n t o f the $226 b i l l io n in r e t a i l s a le s . O n ly 6 p e r c e n t o f the e s t a b lis h m e n t s had as m a n y as 20 e m p l o y e e s , but th e y acc ou n te d f o r a lm o s t o n e - h a l f (47 p e r c e n t ) o f a ll r e t a il s a le s . A c c o r d i n g to the I960 C en su s o f P o p u la tio n , m o r e than o n e - t h i r d o f a ll r e t a i l tr a d e e m p l o y e e s w e r e e n g a g e d in s e llin g . A b o u t o n e - f i f t h w o r k e d as m a n a g e r s , o f f i c i a l s , o r p r o p r i e t o r s ; o n e - q u a r t e r w e r e d iv id e d e v e n ly b e t w e e n c l e r i c a l and o p e r a t i v e jo b s . T h e s i z e o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t g o v e r n s the n atu re o f the la b o r f o r c e e m p lo y e d t h e r e . A s m a l l d r y - g o o d s s t o r e m a y e m p lo y o n ly s a le s p e r s o n n e l. A l a r g e d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e , w h ile e m p lo y in g m a n y s a le s p e o p le , a ls o e m p lo y s p e o p le in o th e r f i e l d s — a r t i s t s , carpenters, accountants, a p p lia n c e r e p a i r m e n , and t r u c k d r i v e r s. C e r t a i n r e t a i l s t o r e s r e q u i r e p e o p le w ith s p e c i a l s k i l l s . A p p a re l stores e m p l o y t a i l o r s , a u to m o b ile d e a l e r s e m p l o y m e c h a n ic s , and drug s t o r e s e m p l o y p h a r m a c i s t s . O c c u p a tio n a l r e q u ir e m e n t s v a r y e v e n am on g s a le s p o s it io n s , f r o m the l i m i t e d t r a in in g r e q u i r e d to s e l l s u n d ries in a v a r i e t y s t o r e to the e x t e n s iv e e x p e r i e n c e and k n o w le d g e r e q u i r e d to s e l l a u t o m o b ile s . M e th o d s o f w a g e p a y m e n t v a r y am on g e s t a b lis h m e n t s , ty p e s o f s t o r e s , and e v e n am on g s a le s p o s itio n s in the s a m e s t o r e . S om e e m p l o y e e s a r e p aid on an h o u r ly b a s i s , s o m e on a s a l a r y b a s i s , and s o m e e n t i r e l y o r p a r t i a l l y on a c o m m is s io n b asis. A p p r o x i m a t e l y 6. 9 m i l l i o n n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p l o y e e s w e r e w ith in the s co p e o f the s u r v e y in June 1966. T h r e e - f o u r t h s o f th e se w o r k e d in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s . The South and N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n s e a c h a ccou n ted f o r 28 p e r c e n t o f the e m p l o y e e s , the N o r t h e a s t had 26 p e r c e n t , and the W e s t had o n ly 18 p e r c e n t . T h r e e fifth s o f the e m p l o y e e s w e r e m e n . 3 T he s u r v e y is d is t r ib u tio n am on g in d u s t r y shown b e lo w : gro u p s o f the e m p l o y e e s Line o f retail business in c lu d e d in the Percent o f all nonsupervisory em ployees covered by the survey in June 1965 R etail trade, t o t a l -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100.0 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers---------------------------General merchandise stores---------------------------------------------------------------------Department stores-------------------------------------------------------------------------------L im ited price variety stores-----------------------------------------------------------------Food stores--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Grocery stores------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Autom otive dealers and gasoline service station s--------------------------------------Motor veh icle dealers (new and used cars)---------------------------------------------Gasoline service stations---------------------------------------------------------------------Apparel and accessory stores,--------------------------------------------------------------------Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings stores--------------------------------------Women's rea dy-to-w ear stores-------------------------------------------------------------Shoe s to r e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance stores--------------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores----------------------------------Household appliance stores------------------------------------------------------------------Miscellaneous retail stores-----------------------------------------------------------------------Drug and proprietary stores------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. 1 24. 6 15. 9 4. 2 20. 8 17. 7 18.8 8. 8 7. 1 8. 5 1.4 3. 1 1.6 5. 4 3. 5 1. 1 14. 3 5. 3 NOTE: Because o f rounding,-sums o f individual items m ay not equal totals. In e a c h m a j o r gro u p , the m a j o r i t y o f the e m p l o y e e s w o r k e d in m e t r o p o l i t a n areas. M e n c o n s titu te d the m a j o r i t y o f the e m p l o y e e s in e v e r y m a j o r gro u p , e x c e p t g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e and a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r i e s . Average H o u r l y E a r n in g s --- A l l R e t a i l T r a d e N o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s in r e t a i l tra d e (e x c e p t e a tin g and d rin k in g p l a c e s ) a v e r a g e d $ 1. 96 an hour at s t r a i g h t - t i m e r a te s in June 1966. N e a r ly 7 m illio n e m p l o y e e s w e r e in clu d e d w ith in the s co p e o f the s u r v e y and t h e ir e a r n in g s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d b r o a d l y along the w a g e s c a le . (See ta b le 2. ) F o u r out o f 5 e m p l o y e e s , f o r e x a m p l e , e a r n e d b e t w e e n $1. 15 and $3 an h our, and e a r n in g s f o r the m id d le h a lf o f the w o r k f o r c e r a n g e d f r o m $ 1. 32 an hour to $ 2 . 2 5 an h our. The m e d ia n p a y l e v e l , 2 $ 1 . 6 3 an hour, was 33 cents b e lo w the m e a n . T h e m e d ia n r e f l e c t s a s u b sta n tia l p r o p o r t i o n o f lo w p a id e m p l o y e e s — n e a r l y o n e - f o u r t h e a r n e d le s s than $ 1. 30 an hour and n e a r l y o n e - h a lf o f th ose (46 p e r c e n t ) r e c e i v e d l e s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour. H o w e v e r , h ig h e r e a rn in g s w e r e not unusual; 8 00 ,000 e m p lo y e e s e a r n e d at l e a s t $3 an hour and th e y r e p r e s e n t e d o n e - e ig h t h o f the r e t a i l la b o r f o r c e . 2 That amount below and above which earnings for 50 percent of the em ployees are found. 4 R e g i o n s . G e o g r a p h ic lo c a t io n p la y s an im p o r t a n t r o l e in the d e t e r m in a t io n o f e m p lo y e e e a r n in g s in r e t a i l tr a d e . E a r n in g s w e r e l o w e s t in the South at $ 1 . 6 7 an hour and h ig h e s t in the W e s t at $ 2 . 3 4 an h o u r; in the N o r t h C e n t r a l and N o r t h e a s t r e g i o n s , e a r n in g s a v e r a g e d $ 1. 94 and $2. 05 an h our, r e s p e c t i v e l y . T he 6 7 -c e n t S o u th -W e s t p a y d i f f e r e n t i a l m i r r o r s the m a r k e d d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n th e se r e g io n s in the d is t r ib u tio n o f in d iv id u a l e m p l o y e e e a r n in g s . In the South, f o r e x a m p le , 4 out o f e v e r y 10 e m p l o y e e s e a r n e d l e s s than $ 1 . 3 0 an h ou r, but in the W e s t o n ly 1 out o f 10 had such e a r n in g s . South ern e m p l o y e e s a c c ou n te d f o r n e a r l y o n e - h a l f o f the r e t a i l w o r k f o r c e p a id l e s s than $ 1 . 3 0 an h ou r. On the o th e r hand, o n e - h a l f o f the e m p l o y e e s in the W e s t a v e r a g e d at l e a s t $ 2 an hour; m o r e than o n e - f if t h , at l e a s t $ 3 an h our. T he p r o p o r t io n s at th e se w a g e l e v e l s in the South w e r e f e w e r than o n e - f o u r t h and o n e - t w e n t ie t h , r e s p e c t i v e l y . The W e s t e m p l o y e d o n ly o n e - s i x t h o f the N a t i o n ’ s r e t a i l w o r k f o r c e ; o n e - t h i r d o f the e m p l o y e e s w e r e p a id $ 3 an hour o r m o r e . In d iv id u a l e m p l o y e e e a r n in g s in the N o r t h e a s t and N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d m o r e e v e n l y than th ose in the South, but w e r e m o r e r e s t r i c t e d than th ose in the W e s t . For e x a m p le , e a r n in g s f o r the m id d le 50 p e r c e n t o f the e m p l o y e e s w e r e s p r e a d o v e r a 9 4 - c e n t ra n g e in the N o r t h e a s t and a 9 0 -c e n t r a n g e in the N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n , c o m p a r e d w ith ra n g e s o f 62 cents and $ 1 . 2 8 in the South and W e s t , r e s p e c t i v e l y . M e t r o p o l i t a n and N o n m e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a s . C l o s e l y a s s o c i a t e d with g e o g r a p h ic lo c a t i o n as a f a c t o r in w a g e d e t e r m in a t io n is the m e t r o p o l i t a n 3 o r n o n m e t r o p o l i t a n c h a r a c t e r o f an a r e a . E m p l o y e e s in r e t a i l s t o r e s in the N a t i o n 's m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s , as a gro u p , a v e r a g e d $ 2 . 0 7 an h o u r, 40 cen ts m o r e than t h e ir c o u n te r p a r ts in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . (See ta b le 3 . ) E a r n in g s o f e m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d b r o a d ly , b u t w e r e g ro u p e d t o w a r d the l o w e r end o f the p a y s c a le in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . N e a r ly tw o -fifth s of the e m p l o y e e s in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , but f e w e r than o n e - f i f t h in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s , w e r e p a id l e s s than $ 1 . 3 0 an hour. O n e - h a lf o f the e m p l o y e e s in the s m a l l e r a r e a s e a r n e d l e s s than $ 1. 50 an hour and f e w e r than o n e - f o u r t h r e c e i v e d as m u ch as $2 an h our. On the o th e r hand, o n e - f o u r t h o f the e m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s e a r n e d at l e a s t $ 2 . 5 0 an h our. In e a c h r e g io n , e m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s e a r n e d s u b s t a n tia lly m o r e than th ose in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . T h e w a g e ad v a n ta ge r a n g e d f r o m 27 cen ts an hour in the W e s t to 40 cents an hour in the N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n . The South r e g i s t e r e d the lo w e s t l e v e l o f e a r n in g s , $ 1 . 7 8 an hour in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s and $ 1 . 4 7 an hour in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . The W e s t r e c o r d e d the h ig h e s t, $2. 39 an $ 2. 12 an h ou r, r e s p e c t i v e l y . The lo w a v e r a g e s in the South e x e r t e d a n o t ic e a b le d o w n w a r d p u ll on the o v e r a l l p a y l e v e l s in both m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . T h is d r a g is w e l l i l l u s t r a t e d w h en wage data f o r e a c h a r e a a r e e x a m in e d , in clu d in g and e x c lu d in g the South. A s shown b e lo w , the South e x e r t e d a 9 -c e n t d r a g on the a v e r a g e p a y l e v e l in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s , and a 13 - cen t d ra g in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . Average straight-tim e ___________ hourly earnings_______________ Area M etropolitan a r e a s --------------- -------------Nonm etropolitan a re a s ------------------------- Including the South $2.07 1.67 Excluding the South $2. 16 1. 80 D ifference in the average pay le v el $0.09 . 13 3 M etropolitan areas, as defined by the Bureau of the Budget, include those counties containing at least one central city of 50,000 population and those counties around such cities which are m etropolitan in character and econ om ically and socially intergrated with the county containing the central city. 5 A lth o u gh e a r n in g s w e r e g e n e r a l l y h ig h e r in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s than in n o n m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s , no c o n c r e t e r e la t io n s h ip a p p e a r e d to e x i s t b e t w e e n this p a y d i f f e r e n t i a l and the r e g i o n a l p a y l e v e l , as shown b e lo w . Pay differential between m etropolitan and _______ nonmetropolitan areas R egion South--------------------------------------------------North C en tral---------------------------------------Northeast---------------------------------------------W e s t --------------------------------------------------- Average hourly earnings $1.67 1.94 2.05 2.34 Cents $0.31 .4 0 .2 8 .2 7 Percent 21.1 24.0 15.4 12.7 A s n o te d p r e v i o u s l y , e m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s a v e r a g e d m o r e than th ose in nonurban a r e a s , but this p a y r e la t io n s h ip did not a lw a y s h o ld tru e on an i n t e r r e g i o n a l b a s is . F o r e x a m p le , e m p l o y e e s in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s o f the N o r t h e a s t and W e s t a v e r a g e d 4 and 34 cents m o r e than th ose in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s o f the South. T h is r e la t io n s h ip m i r r o r s the g r e a t e r p r o p o r t io n o f e m p lo y e e s w it h lo w r a te s o f p a y in the South's urban a r e a s than the N o r t h e a s t ' s and W e s t ' s nonurban a r e a s — 32 p e r c e n t c o m p a r e d w ith 26 and 17 p e r c e n t , r e s p e c t i v e l y , e a r n e d l e s s than $ 1 . 3 0 an hour. In e a c h r e g io n , e a r n in g s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d m o r e b r o a d l y than th o se in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . M e n and W o m e n . M e n , at $2. 17 an h our, a v e r a g e d 56 cents o r 35 p e r c e n t m o r e than w o m e n . (See table 4. ) E a r n in g s f o r m e n w e r e d is t r ib u t e d w id e ly ; those f o r w o m e n w e r e g r o u p e d in the low and m id d le p a y l e v e l s . T hree-ten th s o f the w o m e n , but o n e - f i f t h o f the m e n , a v e r a g e d l e s s than $ 1 . 3 0 an hour. O v e r o n e - h a l f o f the w o m e n w e r e p a id l e s s than $ 1 . 5 0 an hour, and about the s a m e p r o p o r t i o n o f m e n e a r n e d at l e a s t $ 2 an hour. W o m e n m a d e up t w o - fif t h s o f the r e t a i l w o r k f o r c e but a ccou n ted f o r n e a r l y t h r e e - f i f t h s o f those e m p lo y e e s p a id l e s s than $ 1 . 5 0 an h our. On the o th e r hand, m e n a ccou n ted f o r 5 out o f e v e r y 6 e m p l o y e e s e a r n in g as m u ch as $ 2 . 5 0 an hour. R e g i o n a l l y , a v e r a g e e a r n in g s f o r m e n ra n g e d f r o m $ 1 . 8 1 an hour in the South to $ 2. 59 an hour in the W e s t , and f o r w o m e n f r o m $ 1.42 to $ 1. 89 an h our, a g a in in the South and W e s t, r e s p e c t i v e l y . In each r e g io n , m e n a v e r a g e d d e c id e d ly m o r e than w o m e n ; the am ount o f the pay d i f f e r e n c e r a n g in g f r o m 39 cents an hour in the South to 70 cents an hour in the W e s t. But this d i f f e r e n t i a l w as 59 cents in the N o r t h e a s t and 63 cents in the N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g i o n ; thus, o n ly a l i m i t e d r e la t io n s h ip a p p e a r e d to e x i s t b e t w e e n the ab solu te p a y advan tage m e n h e ld o v e r w o m e n and the r e g i o n a l l e v e l o f e a r n in g s . M e n h eld a 27 p e r c e n t p a y d i f f e r e n t i a l in the South; 35 p e r c e n t in the N o r t h e a s t ; 37 p e r c e n t in the W e s t ; and 40 p e r c e n t in the N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n . Thus, on a r e l a t i v e b a s is the r e la tio n s h ip w a s n o n e x isten t. R e g i o n a l f a c t o r s , h o w e v e r , p la y an im p o r ta n t r o l e wh en e a r n in g s o f m e n and w o m e n a re e x a m in e d on an i n t e r r e g i o n a l b a s is . W o m e n in the W e s t , at $ 1. 89 an h our, a v e r a g e d 8 cents an hour m o r e than m e n in the South. Thus, g e o g r a p h ic lo c a t io n is an o v e r s h a d o w in g f a c t o r in the g e n e r a l d e t e r m in a t io n of w a g e s. 6 S ales V o l u m e . The annual v o lu m e o f s a le s o f the e n t e r p r i s e (and e s t a b l i s h m e n t ) in w h ic h he w o r k s a ls o has a b e a r in g on an e m p l o y e e 's e a r n in g s . T h is f a c t w a s r e v e a l e d when e m p lo y e e e a r n in g s w e r e ta b u lated a c c o r d in g to th ese c h a r a c te ris tic s . (See ta b le 5. ) R e ta il e n terp ris e s w e re c l a s s i f i e d a c c o r d in g to w h e t h e r th e ir annual s a le s w e r e : (1) $1 m i l l i o n o r m o r e , (2) at l e a s t $500,000 but le s s than $1 m i l l i o n , (3) at l e a s t $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 but le s s than $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 , (4) and le s s than $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 . R e s p e c t i v e a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s f o r the above gro u p s w e r e as f o l l o w s : $ 2 . 0 9 , $2, $ 1 . 9 1 , and $ 1 . 6 9 . T hu s, as annual s a le s v o lu m e d e c r e a s e s , so does the l e v e l o f e m p l o y e e s ' e a r n in g s . A s e x p e c t e d f r o m the v a r i a t i o n in the e a r n in g s l e v e l s , sh a rp c o n t r a s ts w e r e e n c o m p a s s e d in the d i s t r ib u tio n o f in d iv id u a l e a r n in g s . F o r e x a m p le , the p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s p a id l e s s than $ 1 . 3 0 an hour r a n g e d f r o m o n e - s ix t h o f those in e n t e r p r i s e s that had $1 m i l l i o n o r m o r e in s a le s to n e a r l y t w o - f i f t h s o f th ose in e n t e r p r i s e s that had l e s s than $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 in s a l e s . C o n v e r s e l y , at the upper p a y l e v e l s g r e a t e r p r o p o r t io n s o f e m p l o y e e s w e r e found in the l a r g e r v o lu m e e n t e r p r i s e s , although the d i f f e r e n c e s am on g the fo u r gro u p s w e r e not as sh a rp as th ose at the l o w e r r e a c h e s o f the p a y s c a le . F o r e x a m p le , the p r o p o r t i o n p a id at l e a s t $ 2 . 5 0 an hour r a n g e d f r o m 13 p e r c e n t in e n t e r p r i s e s that had le s s than $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 in s a le s to 23 p e r c e n t o f th ose in e n t e r p r i s e s that had $1 m i l l i o n o r m o r e in s a le s . In e a c h r e g io n , as w e l l as in both m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , the p a tt e r n o f e a r n in g s b y e n t e r p r i s e s a le s v o lu m e w as id e n t ic a l to that n o te d f o r the o v e r a l l in d u s try . A v e r a g e e a r n in g s w e r e ta b u la ted a ls o b y e s t a b lis h m e n t s a le s v o lu m e . (See ta ble 6. ) A g a in , a r e la t io n s h ip b e t w e e n the v o lu m e o f annual s a le s and the a v e r age p a y l e v e l a p p e a r e d to e x i s t . E m p l o y e e s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s that had $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 o r m o r e in s a le s , at $ 2 . 08 an h ou r, a v e r a g e d 27 cen ts m o r e than th ose in e s t a b lis h m e n ts that had $ 150,000 to $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 in s a le s and 46 cents m o r e than th ose in e s t a b lis h m e n t s that had l e s s than $ 150,000 in s a l e s . M a rk ed d ifferen c es e x i s t e d in the e a r n in g s d is t r ib u t io n s . F o r e x a m p le , lo w p a id e m p l o y e e s w e r e p r e d o m in a n t in e s t a b lis h m e n t s that had the l o w e s t v o lu m e of s a le s — m o r e than o n e - f o u r t h e a r n e d l e s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an h our; o v e r o n e - h a l f (54 p e r c e n t ) , le s s than $ 1 . 5 0 an h o u r; and o n ly o n e - f i f t h e a r n e d as m u ch as $ 2 an h our. On the o th e r hand, the b ulk o f the e m p l o y e e s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s that had at l e a s t $250, 000 in s a le s w e r e found at the m id d le and u pper p a y l e v e l s — t w o - t h i r d s e a r n e d at l e a s t $2 an h our, and o n e - f o u r t h , at l e a s t $ 2 . 5 0 an hour. In e a c h r e g io n , as w e l l as in both p op u la tio n a r e a s , the p a tt e r n f o l l o w e d that o f the o v e r a l l in d u s try . A m o n g th e se c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s e m p l o y e e s in e s t a b lis h m e n ts that had $250, 000 o r m o r e in s a le s a v e r a g e d at l e a s t 22 cents an hour m o r e than th o se in m e d iu m v o lu m e e s t a b lis h m e n t s and at l e a s t 36 cen ts m o r e than those in the lo w v o lu m e e s t a b lis h m e n t s . The F a i r L a b o r Standards A c t . E a r n in g s a ls o w e r e ta b u la ted f o r e m p l o y e e s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s g e n e r a l l y s u b je c t to and those not g e n e r a l l y s u b je c t to the $ 1. 25 m in im u m h o u r ly w a g e p r o v i s i o n o f the F a i r L a b o r Standards A c t . 4 E m p l o y e e s 4 A t the tim e o f the survey, employees o f retail establishments that had at least $250, 000 in annual sales which were part o f enterprises that had at least $1 m illio n in annual sales were gen erally included under the $1. 25 an hour minimum wage provision o f the 1961 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards A ct. Employees o f motor veh icle and farm im plem ent dealers and food service workers generally were exem pt, but em ployees o f gasoline service stations which had sales o f $250,000 or more were subject to the m inim um regardless o f the enterprise's sales. Data relating to coverage by the FLSA exclude food service workers in department, lim ited price variety, and drug stores. 7 w ith in the s co p e o f the act a ccou n ted f o r m o r e than t w o - f i f t h s (43 p e r c e n t ) o f the N a tio n ’ s r e ta il w o rk fo rc e . T h e y e a r n e d an a v e r a g e o f $ 2 . 0 1 an h o u r, 21 cents m o r e than the r e s t o f the w o r k f o r c e . The m in im u m w a g e acts as a f l o o r to e a r n in g s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s w h ic h m u st p a y at l e a s t the m in im u m , but not in oth ers. Thu s, v i r t u a l l y a ll o f the e m p l o y e e s in s u b je c t e s t a b lis h m e n ts w e r e p a id at l e a s t $ 1 . 2 5 an h our, w h ile o n e - f i f t h o f the e m p l o y e e s in n on s u b je ct e s ta b lis h m e n ts e a r n e d le s s than that amount. O n e - e ig h t h (13 p e r c e n t ) o f the s u b je c t e m p l o y e e s w e r e found e a r n in g ju s t above the m in im u m ($ 1. 25 to $ 1. 30 an h o u r). O f i n t e r e s t a ls o , a re the 14 p e r c e n t o f the n o n s u b je ct e m p l o y e e s who had e a r n ings o f b e t w e e n $ 1 . 2 5 and $ 1 . 3 0 an h ou r, and the f a c t that th e y r e p r e s e n t e d the l a r g e s t g ro u p o f such e m p l o y e e s at any s in g le w a g e i n t e r v a l in the n o n s u b je ct sector. T hu s, e v id e n c e o f s o m e i n d i r e c t im p a c t o f the l e g i s l a t e d m in im u m e x e m p t s e c t o r does a p p ea r to e x i s t . A m o n g h ig h e r paid e m p l o y e e s d i f f e r e n c e s in the d i s trib u tio n s w e re c o m p a r a t i v e l y s m a ll. F o r e x a m p le , o n ly 8 p e r c e n t a g e points s e p a r a t e d the p r o p o r t io n s o f s u b je c t and n o n s u b je ct e m p l o y e e s p a id $2 an hour o r m ore. T h e r e la t io n s h ip b e t w e e n s u b je c t and n o n s u b je ct e s t a b lis h m e n ts noted above f o r the r e t a i l in d u s t r y on a n ation w id e b a s is a ls o w as a p p lic a b le g e n e r a l l y on a r e g i o n a l and p o p u l a t i o n - s i z e b a s is , as shown on the f o l l o w i n g tabulations Proportion o f em ployees earning— A verage hourly earnings Subject to FLSA Not subject to FLSA United S tates------------------- $2.01 $1.80 Northeast------------------------South-----------------------------North C en tral------------------W e s t ------------------------------ 2.08 1.78 1.98 2.32 1.94 1.50 1. 75 2. 19 M etropolitan a r e a s ---------Nonm etropolitan a re a s---- - 2.05 1.80 1.93 1.56 Item Less than $1.25 Subject to FLSA Less than $1.30 Less than $1.40 Not subject to FLSA Subject to FLSA Not subject to FLSA 1.3 19. 1 14.4 32.6 26.3 40. 5 1.0 2.0 1.4 .8 7.7 36. 1 21.3 5.5 21.7 25.6 15.0 5.2 21.5 51.6 35.9 13.6 21.5 40. 1 27.4 11.4 31.2 59.0 43. 1 21.0 1. 1 3 .0 12. 7 31. 1 12.8 24.2 25.5 46.0 24.4 37.3 33.4 54. 1 Less than $1.60 Subject to FLSA Not subject to FLSA $2. 00 or more United S tates--------------------- 43.9 55.6 36. 1 28.3 Northeast---------------------------South--------------------------------North C en tral--------------------W e s t --------------------------------- 40. 8 57.6 45. 7 25. 7 48.2 70.9 58. 1 38.2 38. 7 24.3 35.0 51.0 33.6 16.8 25.3 43.3 M etropolitan a r e a s ------------Nonm etropolitan a re a s -------- 41.9 56.0 49.4 67.3 37.7 26.2 33.5 18.3 A v e r a g e H o u r l y E a r n in g s — M a j o r G roup s A m o n g the s e v e n m a j o r r e t a i l in d u s try g ro u p s c o n s titu tin g r e t a i l tr a d e ( e x clu d in g e a tin g and d rin k in g p l a c e s ) a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s r a n g e d f r o m $ 1 . 7 2 in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s to $ 2 . 1 9 in fu r n it u r e , h o m e fu r n is h in g s , and h o u s eh o ld ap p lian ce s t o r e s . (See ta b le s 15—32. ) In a d d itio n to those in a p p a r e l 8 and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s , e m p l o y e e s in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s and m is c e l l a n e o u s r e t a i l s t o r e s a v e r a g e d at l e a s t 7 cen ts b e lo w the a ll r e t a i l tr a d e p a y l e v e l o f $ 1 . 9 6 an hour. E m p l o y e e s in th e s e th r e e gro u p s c o n s titu te d n e a r l y o n e - h a l f o f the r e t a i l w o r k f o r c e . The 47 cents p a y d i f f e r e n t i a l s e p a r a t in g the lo w e s t f r o m the h ig h e s t p a y in g in d u s t r y grou p can be a ttrib u te d to a v a r i e t y o f f a c t o r s . F o r e x a m p le , the d i f f e r in g o c c u p a tio n a l r e q u ir e m e n t s and m e th o d s o f w a g e p a y m e n ts , F e d e r a l and State m in im u m w a g e le g is la t io n , p a r t - t i m e w o r k f o r c e as a p e r c e n t a g e o f the to ta l, and p r o p o r t i o n o f the w o r k f o r c e in urban a r e a s a ll have an in flu en c e on the l e v e l and d is t r ib u tio n o f e a r n in g s in e a c h o f th ese r e t a i l g r o u p s . D i f f e r e n c e s am ong the m a j o r gro u ps w e r e found th rou gh ou t the p a y s c a le . F o r e x a m p le , the p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s p a id l e s s than $ 1. 30 an hour ra n g e d f r o m 16 p e r c e n t in fu r n itu r e , h om e fu r n is h in g s , and h o u seh o ld ap p lian ce s t o r e s to 31 p e r c e n t in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s . The s p r e a d at $ Z an hour o r m o r e was e v e n g r e a t e r ; the p r o p o r t io n s who had such e a r n in g s ra n g e d f r o m 2 3 p e r c e n t in a p p a r e l s t o r e s and g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s to 46 p e r c e n t in fu r n it u r e , h o m e fu r n is h in g s , and ap p lian ce s t o r e s . R e g i o n s . F o r e a c h m a j o r r e t a i l grou p the r e g i o n a l p a tt e r n o f e a r n in g s was s i m i l a r to that noted f o r the e n t ir e in d u s try ; that is , e a r n in g s w e r e l o w e s t f o r e m p l o y e e s in the South and h ig h e s t f o r those in the W e s t. E m p l o y e e s in the N o r t h e a s t r e g i s t e r e d n ext to the h ig h e s t e a r n in g s . The r e l a t i v e w a ge ad van tage o f e m p l o y e e s in the W e s t o v e r th ose in the South ra n g e d f r o m 30 p e r c e n t in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s to 55 p e r c e n t in fo o d s t o r e s , c o m p a r e d w ith an in d u s t r y w id e advan tage o f 40 p e r c e n t . No r e la t io n s h ip a p p e a r e d to e x i s t b e tw e e n this d i f f e r e n t i a l and the l e v e l o f e a r n in g s in the m a j o r gro u p . For ex a m p le , the S o u th -W e s t d i f f e r e n t i a l w as 30 p e r c e n t in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s --- the l o w e s t p a y in g grou p--- and 35 p e r c e n t in fu rn itu re and ap p lian ce s t o r e s w h ic h r e c o r d e d the h ig h e s t a v e r a g e p a y l e v e l . The sharp c o n t r a s t b e t w e e n the South and the o th e r r e g i o n s , h o w e v e r , is h ig h lig h te d when the r e l a t i v e d i f f e r e n t i a l am on g the o th e r r e g io n s is e x a m in e d . The i n t e r r e g i o n a l v a r i a t i o n e x c lu d in g the South, r a n g e d f r o m 11 to 29 p e r c e n t , and in fo u r o f the gro u ps it w as 18 p e r c e n t o r l e s s , as shown b e lo w . ________ Interregional wage differentials________ Including the South Major industry group Building m aterials, hardware, and farm equipment d e a le r s ----------------------------------General merchandise stores------------------------Food s tores-----------------------------------------------Autom otive dealers and gasoline service stations--------------------------------------------------Apparel and accessory stores ----------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance s to r e s -------------------------------------Miscellaneous retail stores--------------------------- Cents-perhour Percent Excluding the South Cents-perhour Percent $0.91 .49 . 90 54 31 55 $0. 53 .32 .5 7 26 18 29 .63 .4 4 35 30 .25 .2 0 11 12 .66 .68 35 42 .26 .4 9 12 27 9 In 3 o f the 4 r e g i o n s , e m p l o y e e s in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s w e r e the l o w e s t paid. In the n otab le e x c e p t io n , the N o r t h e a s t , e m p l o y e e s in g e n e r a l m e r chan dise s t o r e s had the lo w e s t a v e r a g e p a y l e v e l . On the o th e r hand, in the N o r t h e a s t , South, and N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g i o n s , e m p l o y e e s in fu r n itu r e s t o r e s had the h ig h e s t p a y l e v e l ; but in the W e s t , those at b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s , h a r d w a r e , and f a r m e q u ip m e n t d e a l e r s a v e r a g e d the m o s t. The d is t r ib u tio n o f e m p l o y e e s am on g the s e v e n m a j o r gro u ps was s i m i l a r am ong the r e g io n s and, thus, did not a p p e a r to be a f a c t o r in flu e n c in g the r e g io n a l w a g e l e v e l s . M e t r o p o l i t a n and N o n m e t r o p o lita n A r e a s . C o m m u n ity s iz e a ls o a p p e a r e d to in flu en c e the l e v e l o f e m p l o y e e e a r n in g s in e a c h m a j o r r e t a i l in d u s try . In e a c h gro u p the e m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s e a r n e d s u b s t a n tia lly m o r e than th ose in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s ; the amount o f the w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l ra n g e d f r o m 37 cents in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s to 54 cents at a u to m o tiv e d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e s ta tio n s . In m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s , a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s ra n g e d f r o m $ 1 . 8 0 an hour in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s to $ 2 . 3 2 an hour in both the a u to m o tiv e d e a le r s h ip s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e s tations gro u p and the fu rn itu re and a p p lia n ce s t o r e s g ro u p . In n o n m e t r o p o lita n a r e a s the a v e r a g e p a y l e v e l s ra n g e d f r o m $ 1 .4 1 an h o u r, ag ain in a p p a r e l s t o r e s , to $ 1 . 8 4 an hour in f u r n itu re s t o r e s . W h e r e a s e a r n in g s in e a c h gro u p w e r e h ig h e r f o r th ose e m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , the p a y l e v e l s o f the h ig h e r p ayin g gro u p s in n o n m e t r o p o lita n a r e a s w e r e s o m e t i m e s h ig h e r than th ose o f the l o w e r p a y in g gro u p s in m e t r o p o lita n a r e a s . F o r e x a m p le , the $ 1 . 8 4 an hour a v e r a g e p a y l e v e l f o r n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a e m p l o y e e s at fu rn itu re s t o r e s was 4 cents h ig h e r than the a v e r age r e p o r t e d b y m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a e m p l o y e e s in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s . U n lik e wh at w a s n o te d on a r e g i o n a l b a s is , the d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n the m e t r o p o lit a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a w a g e l e v e l s a p p e a r e d to be s o m e w h a t r e l a t e d to in d u s t r y m ix . W hen e m p lo y e e s in n o n m e t r o p o lita n a r e a s a r e d is t r ib u te d am on g the m a j o r gro u p s in the s am e p r o p o r t io n s as e m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s and the s a m e n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a a v e r a g e is m a in t a in e d f o r e a c h gro u p , the o v e r a l l r e t a i l a v e r a g e in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s d e c lin e s b y 6 c e n ts , f r o m $ 1 . 6 7 to $ 1 . 6 1 an h our. T h is d e c r e a s e is due, in p a r t , to the i n c r e a s e d p r o p o r t io n o f e m p l o y e e s in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s and a p p a r e l s t o r e s , w h ic h was in tr o d u c e d into the n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a a v e r a g e . T h o s e e m p l o y e e s when A verage hourly earnings __________ o f em ployees in—____________ M ajor industry group Building m aterials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers---General merchandise stores-----------------------------------------------Food s tores---------------------------------------------------------------------Autom otive dealers and gasoline service stations-----------------Apparel and accessory stores---------------------------------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance stores — -----------------------------------------------------------------------M iscellaneous retail stores------------------------------------------------- Metropolitan areas Nonmetropolitan areas $2. 28 1. 84 2. 14 2.32 1.80 $1.81 1.47 1.63 1.78 1.41 2.32 2.01 1.84 1.63 10 c o m b in e d ac c ou n te d f o r 23 p e r c e n t o f the n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a e m p lo y m e n t b e f o r e the t r a n s p o s it io n and 36 p e r c e n t a f t e r it. In ad d ition , th ose i n c r e a s e s in the p r o p o r t i o n o f l o w e r p a id e m p lo y e e s w e r e a c c o m p a n ie d b y d e c lin e s in the p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s in two h ig h e r p a yin g in d u s t r ie s — f r o m 13 to 5 p e r c e n t at b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s , h a r d w a r e , and f a r m e q u ip m e n t d e a l e r s , and f r o m 24 to 17 p e r c e n t at a u to m o tiv e d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e s ta tio n s . M e n and W o m e n . In e a c h m a j o r gro u p m e n e a r n e d s u b s t a n tia lly m o r e than w o m e n ; the am ount o f the d i f f e r e n t i a l r a n g e d f r o m 38 cents an hour in b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s d e a l e r s to 64 cents an hour in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s . No r e la tio n s h ip a p p e a r e d to e x i s t b e t w e e n the m a j o r g r o u p 's l e v e l o f e a r n in g s and the am ount b y w h ic h m e n 's e a r n in g s e x c e e d e d w o m e n 's . S o m e r e la t io n s h ip w a s e v id e n t b e t w e e n the p r o p o r t i o n o f w o m e n e m p lo y e d by a m a j o r gro u p and the l e v e l o f e a r n in g s o f the gro u p . F o r e x a m p le , w o m e n ac c ou n te d f o r no m o r e than t h r e e - t e n t h s o f the e m p l o y e e s in e a c h o f the t h r e e h ig h e s t p a yin g gro u ps but f o r s e v e n - t e n th s o f the e m p l o y e e s in e a c h o f the two l o w e s t p a y in g g ro u p s . T he p a y d i f f e r e n t i a l s b e t w e e n m e n and w o m e n r e f l e c t t h e ir d i f f e r e n t o c c u p a tio n a l r e q u i r e m e n t s . In e a c h o f the s e v e n m a j o r in d u s t r y gro u p s w o m e n a re e n g a g e d m o r e o fte n in o f f i c e and c l e r i c a l w o r k than s a le s . W o m e n who a r e e m p lo y e d as s a le s p e o p le f r e q u e n t l y s e l l l o w e r p r i c e d m e r c h a n d is e such as c o s m e t i c s , w o m e n 's c lo th in g , and a c c e s s o r i e s . A su b sta n tia l p r o p o r t i o n o f the m e n , on the o th e r hand, a r e s a l e s m e n and t h e r e f o r e a r e in a p o s it io n to e a r n s u b s ta n tia l c o m m i s s i o n s on s a le s o f high p r i c e d m e r c h a n d is e such as a u to m o b ile s , f u r n it u r e , and h o u s eh o ld a p p lia n c e s . Average hourly earnings o f— Major industry group Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers General merchandise stores----------------------------------------Food stores---------------------------------------------------------------Autom otive dealers and gasoline service stations-----------Apparel and accessory stores---------------------------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance s to r e s --------------------------------------------------------------------Miscellaneous retail stores------------------------------------------- Men Women $ 2. 20 2 .2 0 2. 15 2. 17 $ 1. 72 1. 56 1. 76 1. 76 2.07 1.55 2.36 2. 15 1. 74 1.54 S ales V o l u m e . The e a r n in g s b y v o lu m e o f s a le s r e la t io n s h ip s noted f o r a ll r e t a i l tr a d e a ls o w e r e tr u e , in m o s t c a s e s , f o r e a c h o f the m a j o r r e t a i l groups. A s shown in the f o llo w in g tabu lation, in 4 o f 7 m a j o r g r o u p s , e m p l o y e e s in the h ig h e s t v o lu m e e n t e r p r i s e s had the h ig h e s t l e v e l o f e a r n in g s . In a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s , fu rn itu re and ap p lian ce s t o r e s , and m i s c e l l a n e o u s r e t a i l s t o r e s , the e x c e p t io n s , e m p lo y e e s in e n t e r p r i s e s that had b e t w e e n $ 500, 000 and $ 1 m i l l i o n in s a le s a v e r a g e d at l e a s t 7 cents an hour m o r e than those in the $1 m i l l i o n e n t e r p r i s e s . In e a c h o f the s e v e n gro u p s e m p l o y e e s in the l o w e s t v o lu m e e n t e r p r i s e s had the l o w e s t l e v e l o f e a r n in g s . A n in t e r in d u s t r y c o m p a r i s o n r e v e a l e d that e m p l o y e e s in the l o w e s t v o lu m e e n t e r p r i s e s o f two o f the h ig h e s t p a yin g m a j o r g ro u p s , f u r n itu r e and b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s , a v e r a g e d at l e a s t as m u ch as those in the h ig h e s t p a y in g e n t e r p r i s e s o f the two lo w e s t p a y in g g r o u p s , g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e and a p p a r e l. 11 A verage hourly earnings o f em ployees in enterprises with annual sales o f—_____ M ajor industry group Building m aterials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers----------------------------------General merchandise stores----------------------Food stores---------------------------------------------Autom otive dealers and gasoline service stations------------------------------------------------Apparel and accessory s tores---------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance s to r e s -----------------------------------M iscellaneous retail stores------------------------- A verage $1,000,000 or more $500,000 to $1,000,000 $250,000 to $500,000 Less than $250,000 $2.23 1.82 2. 24 $2.09 1.59 1. 73 $2„ 02 1.51 1. 79 $1. 84 1.30 10 56 2.58 1.76 2. 13 1.84 1.90 1. 75 1.63 1.63 2.31 1.92 2.38 2.01 2. 24 1.99 1. 99 1. 80 H o u r l y E a r n in g s — S e l e c t e d Indust r i e s E a c h m a j o r r e t a i l in d u s t r y gro u p c o m p r i s e s s e v e r a l in d u s t r ie s . T h e re fo re , i n t e r i n d u s t r y d i f f e r e n c e s in pay l e v e l s and e a r n in g s d is t r ib u tio n s w h ic h r e s u lt , am on g o th e r th in gs, f r o m d i f f e r e n c e s in s k i l l r e q u i r e m e n t s and m e th o d s o f w a g e p a y m e n t a r e s o m e t i m e s m a s k e d when a m a j o r grou p is e x a m in e d in its e n t i r e l y and its c o m p o n en t in d u s t r ie s a r e not c o n s id e r e d . T w o e x a m p le s a re r e a d i l y a v a ila b le — the a u to m o tiv e d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e stations m a j o r gro u p , and the g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s m a j o r gro u p. N e a r l y o n e - h a l f o f the e m p l o y e e s in the a u to m o tiv e d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e stations g ro u p w o r k e d at m o t o r v e h i c l e d e a le r s and n e a r l y t w o - f if t h s w o r k e d at g a s o lin e s ta tio n s . M o s t m o t o r v e h i c l e d e a le r s e m p l o y a l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n o f h ig h ly s k i l l e d a u to m o tiv e m e c h a n ic s and a u to m o b ile s a l e s m e n and f r e q u e n t l y p a y th em on a c o m m i s s i o n b a s is . The t y p ic a l job at a g a s o lin e s e r v i c e s tation, on the o th e r hand, r e q u i r e s r e l a t i v e l y lit t le s k i l l o r e x p e r i e n c e , and e m p l o y e e s in th e s e jo b s u s u a lly a r e p a id on a h o u r ly b a s is . E m p l o y e e s at m o t o r v e h i c l e d e a l e r s e a r n e d an a v e r a g e o f $ 2 . 5 7 an hour, 99 cents an hour m o r e than th ose at g a s o lin e s ta tio n s . A m o n g e m p l o y e e s at m o t o r v e h i c l e d e a l e r s o n ly o n e - t w e lf t h e a r n e d le s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an o v e r t w o - fif t h s r e c e i v e d at l e a s t $ 2 . 5 0 an hour. B y c o n t r a s t , o n e - f i f t h o f the g a s o lin e s tation e m p l o y e e s e a r n e d l e s s than $ 1 . 2 5 and f e w e r than o n e - t w e l f t h w e r e p a id as m uch as $ 2 . 5 0 an hour. S i m i l a r c ir c u m s t a n c e s p r e v a i l e d in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s . D ep a rt m e n t s t o r e s , w h ic h ac c ou n te d f o r about t h r e e - f i f t h s o f the e m p lo y m e n t in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s , h ir e s k i l l e d and k n o w le d g e a b le s a l e s m e n to s e l l it e m s such as f u r n it u r e , a p p lia n c e s , and the m o r e e x p e n s iv e lin o s o f c lo th in g . T h e s e e m p l o y e e s f r e q u e n t l y a r e p a id on a c o m m i s s i o n b a s is . In l i m i t e d p r i c e v a r i e t y s t o r e s , w h ic h e m p l o y e d o n e - s ix t h o f the e m p l o y e e s in the m a j o r gro u p , s k i l l and e x p e r i e n c e r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r m o s t jo b s a r e m i n i m a l and e m p l o y e e s a r e p a id p r i m a r i l y on an h o u r ly b a s is . D e p a r tm e n t s t o r e e m p l o y e e s e a r n e d an a v e r a g e o f $ 1 . 8 9 an h our, and e x c e e d e d the e a r n in g s o f v a r i e t y s t o r e e m p l o y e e s by 46 cents an hour. V i r t u a l l y none (2 p e r c e n t ) of the departm ent store e m p lo ye e s e a r n e d le s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an h our; m o r e than o n e - f o u r t h e a r n e d at l e a s t $ 2 . V a r i e t y s t o r e e m p l o y e e s w e r e c o n c e n t r a t e d in the l o w e r r e a c h e s o f the p a y s c a l e ; n e a r l y o n e - f i f t h e a r n e d le s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour and l e s s than o n e -t e n th e a r n e d as m u ch as $2 an hour. 12 O ften when the jo b r e q u i r e m e n t s and m e th o d s o f w a g e p a y m e n ts a r e s i m i l a r , the l e v e l and d is t r ib u t io n o f e a r n in g s in c o m p o n en t in d u s t r ie s o f a m a j o r gro u p are s im ila r. F o r e x a m p le , e m p l o y e e s a v e r a g e d $ 2 .2 1 an hour in f u r n itu r e and e q u ip m e n t s t o r e s and $ 2 . 1 5 in h o u s eh o ld a p p lia n c e s t o r e s , both p a r t o f the f u r n itu re and h o u s eh o ld a p p lia n c e m a j o r g ro u p , w h e r e e a r n in g s w e r e $2. 19 an h ou r. T h e w a g e r e la t io n s h ip s noted a m on g the v a r io u s s e l e c t e d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s — r e g i o n s , m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , m e n and w o m e n , and e n t e r p r i s e and e s t a b lis h m e n t s a le s s i z e c l a s s e s f o r the m a j o r g ro u p s ----a ls o w e r e found, in m o s t c a s e s , f o r the s e l e c t e d kinds o f r e t a i l business*, A f e w n o te w o r th y e x c e p tions e x is t; in shoe s t o r e s , f o r e x a m p l e , e a r n in g s in the N o r t h e a s t and W e s t w e r e id e n t ic a l. (S ee ta b le 270) W o m e n in s o m e o f the h ig h e r p a y in g gro u p s a v e r a g e d m o r e than m e n in the l o w e r p a y in g g r o u p s , as shown in the f o llo w in g tabu lation . T h is d i f f e r e n c e did not e x i s t a m on g the m a j o r g r o u p s 0 Shoe s t o r e A vera ge hourly earnings of em ployees by selected characteristics Nonm etropolitan areas Men W om en $1.91 1.50 2. 18 2. 86 1.69 $1. 75 1.26 1.63 2.05 1.38 $2.37 1. 74 2. 14 2.64 1.60 $1.65 1.38 1. 83 1.91 1.34 S h o e s t o r e s ---------------------------------- 2.02 1.63 1. 92 1. 71 1.34 1.47 2. 16 1. 75 2.00 1.63 1. 54 1. 50 Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores ------------------Household appliance s to r e s -------Drug and proprietary s to r e s -------- 2.35 2. 24 1.82 1. 80 1.97 1.53 2.38 2.31 2. 20 1. 77 1.62 1.45 Line of retail business Department s tores--------------------Lim ited price variety stores -----Grocery s to r e s -------------------------Motor ve h ic le dealers -------------Gasoline service s ta tio n s ----------Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings stores ------------------W om en's ready-to-w ear stores — M etropolitan areas Enterprises with sales o f— Establishments with sales o f— $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 Less or to to than more $1,000, 000 $500, 000 $250, 000 Department stores-------------------Lim ited price variety stores------Grocery stores--------------------------Motor veh icle dealers--------------Gasoline service stations-----------Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings stores-------------------Women's ready-to-w ear stores — Shoe stores-----------------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores-------------------Household appliance s to r e s ------Drug and proprietary s to r e s ------- 1 $150,000 to $250,000 Less than $250,000 $1.90 1.48 2. 25 2. 79 1. 72 $1.59 1.12 1.71 2. 23 1.67 (!) 1.27 1.67 1. 96 1.71 $1.66 1. 12 1.40 2.07 1.52 $1.90 1.51 2.15 2.61 1.79 $1.59 1.31 1.59 2.19 1.59 $1.46 1.07 1.44 1.92 1.48 2.03 1.60 1. 79 2.02 1.59 1.97 2.01 1.56 1.98 1.87 1.51 1.75 2. 05 1.62 2.05 2. 03 1.52 1.94 1. 74 1.45 1.65 2.37 2.22 1. 78 2. 38 2.28 1. 74 2. 23 2. 16 1. 85 2.00 2.03 1.65 2. 35 2. 26 1.83 2.04 2. 20 1.66 1.96 1.93 1.63 1 Insufficient data to warrant presentation. $250,000 or more 13 and d ru g and p r o p r i e t o r y s t o r e e m p lo y e e s in e n t e r p r i s e s that had b e tw e e n $250,000 and $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 in s a l e s , and fu r n itu r e and equ ip m e n t s t o r e and h ou seh old a p p lia n ce s t o r e e m p lo y e e s in e n t e r p r i s e s that had annual s a le s o f b e tw e e n $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 and $1 m i l l i o n e a rn e d m o r e than th o s e in the h ig h e s t v o lu m e e n t e r p r i s e s . W e e k ly H o u rs of W ork — A l l R eta il T ra d e R e t a i l t r a d e e m p lo y e e s a v e r a g e d a 36. 3 -hou r w o r k w e e k in June 1966. A 4 0 -h o u r w o r k w e e k is a c o m m o n ly a c c e p te d s chedule and m o r e e m p l o y e e s , 1,827,000 o r o n e - f o u r t h o f the w o r k f o r c e , w o r k e d th e s e h ours than any o th e r s in g le s et o f h o u rs . P a r t - t i m e w o r k ( l e s s than 35 h ours a w e e k ) and r e l a t i v e l y long w o r k w e e k s (48 h ours o r m o r e ) a ls o a r e c o m m o n — th r e e - te n t h s and o n e - s ix t h o f the e m p l o y e e s , r e s p e c t i v e l y , w o r k e d such h o u rs . (See ta b le 7 . ) A m o n g the fo u r g e o g r a p h ic r e g io n s a v e r a g e w e e k l y hours ra n g ed f r o m 33. 9 in the N o r t h e a s t to 38. 9 in the South. O n e - h a lf o f the e m p lo y e e s in the N o r t h eas t— the l a r g e s t p r o p o r t i o n o f any r e g io n — w o r k e d le s s than 40 h ours a w e e k , and c o n trib u te d to this re g io n *s r e l a t i v e l y lo w l e v e l o f w e e k ly h o u rs. In the W e s t , w h e r e the w o r k w e e k a v e r a g e d 36.1 h o u rs , o n e - t h ir d o f the e m p l o y e e s , the l a r g e s t p r o p o r t i o n o f any r e g io n , w o r k e d a 4 0 -h ou r w e e k ; as a r e s u lt , this was the o n ly r e g io n in w h ic h m o r e e m p lo y e e s w o r k e d 40 hours than p a r t t im e . T h e length o f the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k in the South is a ttrib u ta b le to the f a c t that o v e r t w o - f if t h s o f the e m p lo y e e s w o r k e d m o r e than 40 hours a w e e k and o n e fou rth w o r k e d 48 hours o r m o r e , g r e a t e r p r o p o r t io n s than in any o th e r r e g io n . T h e d is t r ib u tio n o f h ours in the N o r t h C e n t r a l m o s t c l o s e l y c o n f o r m e d to the n ation w id e p a tte r n ; the w o r k w e e k a v e r a g e d 36. 2 h o u rs. E m p l o y e e s in n o n m e t r o p o lita n a r e a s a v e r a g e d 39.0 hours d u rin g the s u r v e y w e e k , 3. 6 hours m o r e than those in m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . S e v e n out o f 10 e m p lo y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s w o r k e d 40 hours o r l e s s , and o n ly 1 out o f 2 e m p l o y e e s w o r k e d such h ou rs in the s m a l l e r a r e a s . (S ee ta b le 8 .) A m o n g the r e g i o n s , the length o f the w o r k w e e k in m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s ra n g ed f r o m 33. 6 h ours in the N o r t h e a s t to 38 h ours in the South; and in n o n m e t r o p o lita n a r e a s f r o m 35. 5 h ou rs to 40. 5 hours in the s a m e two r e g io n s . In each r e g io n , n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a w o r k e r s a v e r a g e d l o n g e r w o r k w e e k s than m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a w orkers. T h e d i f f e r e n t i a l was 2. 5 h ours o r l e s s in t h r e e o f the r e g i o n s , s m a l l e r than on a n a tio n w id e b a s is . In the N o r t h C e n tr a l r e g io n , e m p lo y e e s in the s m a l l e r p op u la ted a r e a s w o r k e d 4. 7 h ours m o r e than th ose in the l a r g e r a r e a s . T h is r e g io n had next to the l a r g e s t p r o p o r t i o n o f m e t r o p o lit a n e m p lo y e e s w o r k in g p a r t t im e and n ext to the l a r g e s t p r o p o r t i o n o f n o n m e t r o p o lita n e m p lo y e e s w o r k in g long h o u rs . M e n a v e r a g e d 38. 6 h ou rs d u rin g the s u r v e y w e e k , 5. 4 h ours m o r e than women. (S ee ta b le 9. ) W o m e n con stitu ted a d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y l a r g e p a r t o f the p a r t - t i m e w o r k f o r c e ; m e n g e n e r a l l y w o r k e d the l o n g e r h o u rs . T w o - f i f t h s o f the w o m e n , c o m p a r e d w ith o n e - f o u r t h o f the m e n , w o r k e d on a p a r t - t i m e b a s is . A lth ou gh , o v e r a l l , w o m e n a ccou n ted f o r 3 out o f 7 e m p l o y e e s , th ey accou n ted f o r 1 out o f 2 p a r t - t i m e e m p l o y e e s . On the o th e r hand, o n e - f o u r t h o f the m e n but o n ly 5 p e r c e n t o f the w o m e n w o r k e d 48 h ours a w e e k o r m o r e , and th e s e 1. 1 m i l l i o n m e n c on stitu ted a ll but o n e - e ig h t h o f the e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g lon g h o u rs. 14 On a r e g i o n a l b a s i s , the len gth o f the w o r k w e e k f o r m e n ra n g e d f r o m 36. Z h ours in the N o r t h e a s t to 41. Z h o u rs in the South and f o r w o m e n f r o m 30.7 to 35. 6 h ours in the s a m e two r e g io n s . T h e p a t t e r n o f h ours w o r k e d by m e n and w o m e n d i f f e r e d o n ly in d e g r e e f r o m the n a tio n w id e p a tt e r n . T h e o n ly r e g i o n in w h ich m o r e than o n e - s i x t h o f the w o m e n w o r k e d l o n g e r than 40 h ours w as the South, w h e r e o n e - f o u r t h w o r k e d such h o u rs ; th ey accou n ted f o r 1 out o f 4 w o m e n in the N a tio n who w o r k e d l o n g e r than 40 h o u rs . S i m i l a r l y , the South w a s the o n ly r e g i o n in w h ic h the p r o p o r t i o n o f m e n w o r k in g 48 h ou rs o r m o r e (o n e - t h ir d ) was g r e a t e r than the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g le s s than 40 h ours (o n e - f o u r t h ). L i t t l e r e la t io n s h ip a p p e a r e d to e x is t b e t w e e n the len g th o f the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k and e n t e r p r i s e s i z e . E m p l o y e e s in e n t e r p r i s e s that had $1 m i l l i o n o r m o r e in annual s a le s and th o s e in e n t e r p r i s e s that had le s s than $ Z 5 0 ,0 0 0 in s a le s a v e r a g e d the s h o r t e s t w o r k w e e k s , 3 5.5 and 36.0 h o u r s , r e s p e c t i v e l y . E m p l o y e e s in the m e d iu m v o lu m e e n t e r p r i s e s had the lo n g e s t w e e k s , 3 9.6 and 3 8.3 h o u rs . (S ee ta b le 1 0 .) T h e p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g p a r t t im e ra n g ed f r o m Z3 p e r c e n t in e n t e r p r i s e s that had s a le s o f b e t w e e n $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 and $1 m i l l i o n to 36 p e r c e n t in e n t e r p r i s e s that had le s s than $ Z 5 0 ,0 0 0 in s a l e s . W o r k w e e k s o f e x a c t ly 40 h ours w e r e m o s t c o m m o n in the l a r g e s t e n t e r p r i s e s w h e r e th r e e - t e n t h s o f the e m p lo y e e s w o r k e d such s c h e d u le s ; h o w e v e r , b e t w e e n o n e - f i f t h and o n e - f o u r t h w o r k e d such h ou rs in the s m a l l e r e n t e r p r i s e s . L o n g w o r k w e e k s w e r e found m o s t f r e q u e n t ly in the tw o e n t e r p r i s e g ro u p s that had m e d iu m s a le s v o lu m e , w h e r e Z7 and Z6 p e r cen t w o r k e d at l e a s t 48 h ou rs a w e e k . E m p l o y e e s in e s t a b lis h m e n ts that had s a le s o f b e tw e e n $150,000 and $Z50,000 a v e ra g e d a lo n ger w ork w eek, 36. 9 h o u rs , than e m p l o y e e s in e it h e r the l a r g e s t o r s m a l l e s t v o lu m e e s t a b lis h m e n ts , 3 6.5 h ou rs and 35.5 h o u r s , r e s p e c t i v e l y . (S ee ta b le 1 1 .) L o n g w o r k w e e k s o f 48 h ou rs o r m o r e and a 4 0 -h o u r w e e k o c c u r r e d w ith eq u a l f r e q u e n c y am on g the two l o w e r v o lu m e e s t a b lis h m e n t s ; about o n e - f i f t h o f each g ro u p w o r k e d th e s e h o u rs . P a r t - t i m e w o r k o c c u p ie d n e a r l y t w o fifth s o f the e m p l o y e e s in the lo w e s t v o lu m e gro u p and about o n e - t h ir d o f th o se in the m e d iu m v o lu m e g ro u p . E q u a l p r o p o r t io n s o f the e m p l o y e e s in the h ig h e s t v o lu m e gro u p ( t h r e e - t e n t h s ) w o r k e d f e w e r than 35 h o u r s , 40 h o u r s , and o v e r 40 h ou rs a w e e k . O n e - s ix t h o f the e m p lo y e e s w o r k e d 48 h ours a w e e k o r m o r e . E m p l o y e e s in e s t a b lis h m e n ts g e n e r a l l y s u b je c t to the m a x im u m h ours p r o v is io n s o f the F a i r L a b o r Standards A c t w o r k e d 3 4.5 h ours a w e e k , on an a v e r a g e , and th ose in e s t a b lis h m e n ts g e n e r a l l y not s u b je c t to F L S A w o r k e d 3 6 .4 h ours a week. A b o u t o n e - t h i r d o f the e m p lo y e e s in each gro u p w o r k e d p a r t t im e . T h r e e - t e n t h s o f the s u b je c t grou p and o n e - f o u r t h o f the n o n s u b je ct grou p w o r k e d a 4 0 -h o u r w e e k . H o w e v e r , the m a x im u m h ours s t a n d a r d 5 a p p e a r e d to h ave l i t t l e e f f e c t on the len g th o f the w o r k w e e k . In the s e c t o r s u b je c t to FLSA, Z1 p e r c e n t w o r k e d o v e r 40 h ou rs a w e e k , but this p e r c e n t a g e was o n ly about o n e - e ig h t h l o w e r than the l e v e l p r i o r to the date the hours stan d ard b e c o m e o p e ra tiv e. In the s e c t o r not s u b je c t to the act 36 p e r c e n t o f the e m p l o y e e s w o r k e d o v e r 40 h o u r s , o n e - f if t h l e s s than in June 19&Z. 5 O vertim e protection was provided by requiring pay at 1 V 2 times the regular rate for hours worked over 44 in a week beginning in September 1963, 42 hours beginning in September 1964, and 40 hours beginning in September 1965. 15 A v e r a g e w e e k l y h ours a m on g e m p l o y e e s in the s e v e n m a j o r in d u s t r y grou ps r a n g e d f r o m 3 3 .4 f o r th o s e in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s to 4 1 .7 f o r those at b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s , h a r d w a r e , and f a r m e q u ip m e n t d e a l e r s . (See ta b le s 33 th rou gh 50. ) E m p l o y e e s at a u to m o tiv e d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e stations and in fu r n itu r e and a p p lia n c e s t o r e s had a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k s o f 4 1 .6 and 38.6 h o u rs , r e s p e c t i v e l y , and w e r e the o n ly o th e r s w h o s e w o r k w e e k e x c e e d e d the o v e r a l l a v e r a g e o f 36. 3 h o u rs . M a j o r G roups and S e l e c t e d I n d u s t r i e s . The th r e e m a j o r grou ps w h ic h had the lo n g e s t a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k s e a c h had a s m a l l e r p r o p o r t i o n o f p a r t - t i m e e m p l o y e e s than the o th e r g r o u p s , f e w e r than o n e - f o u r t h c o m p a r e d with at le a s t o n e th ird . S i m i l a r l y , b e t w e e n t w o - f i f t h s and t h r e e - f i f t h s o f the f o r m e r e m p l o y e e s w o r k e d l o n g e r than 40 h ours a w e e k ; am on g the fou r gro u p s w h ic h had l o w e r a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k s no m o r e than t h r e e -tenths w o r k e d such h o u r s . The b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s , h a r d w a r e , and f a r m e q u ip m e n t d e a l e r s and the a u to m o tiv e d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e statio n s gro u ps had l a r g e p r o p o r t io n s o f e m p l o y e e s who w o r k e d 48 hours a w e e k o r m o r e , about one - t h ir d e ach. In the fu rn itu re g ro u p , one - f ift h o f the e m p l o y e e s w o r k e d as m u ch as 48 hours d urin g the w e e k ; am on g the o th e r gro u ps the p r o p o r t io n s w h ic h had such hours w e r e s t i l l s m a l l e r . T o g e t h e r , b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s d e a l e r s , a u to m o tiv e d e a l e r s , and fu rn itu re s t o r e s , w h ic h a c c o u n te d f o r th r e e -tenths o f a ll e m p l o y e e s in r e t a i l t r a d e , had 19 p e r c e n t o f the r e t a i l e m p l o y e e s who w o r k e d l e s s than 35 hours a w e e k and 57 p e r c e n t o f th ose who w o r k e d 48 h ours o r m o r e . The r e la t io n s h ip b e t w e e n the r e g io n s w h ic h was noted f o r a ll r e t a i l tr a d e ( s h o r t e s t w o r k w e e k in the N o r t h e a s t , lo n g e s t in the South) g e n e r a l l y h eld true f o r e a c h o f the m a j o r g r o u p s . S i m i l a r l y , the r e la t io n s h ip b e t w e e n the m a j o r g ro u p s on a n ation w id e b a s is g e n e r a l l y was p a r a l l e l e d in e a c h r e g io n ; e m p l o y e e s at b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s d e a l e r s and a u to m o tiv e d e a le r s and g a s o lin e stations w o r k e d the lo n g e s t h o u rs . E m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s a v e r a g e d f e w e r hours o f w o r k a w e e k than those in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s , r e g a r d l e s s o f the m a j o r i n d u s t r y g ro u p . A verage w eek ly hours M ajor industry group Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment d e a le r s ----------------------------------General merchandise stores------------------------Food s tores-----------------------------------------------Autom otive dealers and gasoline service stations--------------------------------------------------Apparel and accessory stores-----------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance s to r e s --------------------------------------M iscellaneous retail stores--------------------------- M etropolitan areas Nonm etropolitan areas Men Women 40.3 33. 1 33.5 43.4 35.3 35. 8 42. 9 35.6 34. 8 35.6 32.6 32. 7 40.9 33.4 43.2 33.6 42. 1 35. 1 36.6 32.6 38.0 34. 8 40.4 38.9 40.2 37.4 34. 7 34. 1 In ea c h m a j o r gro u p , m e n w o r k e d lo n g e r , on the a v e r a g e , than w o m e n . The lo n g e s t w o r k w e e k s f o r m e n and w o m e n w e r e r e c o r d e d in the b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s and a u to m o tiv e m a j o r g ro u p s , r e s p e c t i v e l y . The h igh a v e r a g e f o r m e n in th e s e tw o gro u ps r e f l e c t s the l a r g e p r o p o r t io n s who w o r k e d 48 hours a w e e k 16 o r m o r e , about t w o - f if t h s in both gro u ps c o m p a r e d w it h no m o r e than th r e e tenths in the o t h e r s . The a v e r a g e f o r w o m e n in th e se two g r o u p s , on the o th e r hand, r e f l e c t s the r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l p r o p o r t io n s w o r k in g p a r t t im e and l a r g e r p r o p o r t io n s w o r k in g a 35- to 4 0 -h o u r w e e k . In none o f the m a j o r gro u p s did e v e n o n e -te n th o f the w o m e n w o r k as lo n g as 48 hours a w e e k . No c o n s is t e n t r e la t io n s h ip w as in d ic a t e d b e t w e e n e n t e r p r i s e s iz e and the le n g th o f the w o r k w e e k s am ong the m a j o r g r o u p s , as the f o l l o w i n g tabu lation sh o w s. In e a c h m a j o r g ro u p , h o w e v e r , e m p l o y e e s in the h igh v o lu m e e s t a b l i s h m e n ts g e n e r a l l y w o r k e d lo n g e r h ours than those in the lo w v o lu m e e s t a b lis h m e n t s . In e a c h e s t a b lis h m e n t g ro u p in g the r e la t io n s h ip am on g the m a j o r gro u p s on the b a s is o f the a v e r a g e le n g th o f the w o r k w e e k w a s s u b s t a n tia lly the s a m e as that n o te d on an o v e r a l l b a s is . Thu s, e m p lo y e e s at a u to m o tiv e d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s tations and at b u ild in g m a t e r i a l s d e a le r s w o r k e d the l o n g e s t w e e k , and those in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s and a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s w o r k e d the s h o r t est week. A verage w eekly hours o f employees in enterprises with annual sales of— M ajor industry group Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment d e a le r s ------------------------------General merchandise stores---------------------Food stores-------------------------------------------Autom otive dealers and gasoline service stations----------------------------------------------Apparel and accessory stores-------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance s to r e s ----------------------------------Miscellaneous retail stores----------------------- $1,000,000 or more $500,000 to $1,000,000 $250,000 to $500,000 Less than $250, 000 42.3 33.3 33.6 42. 7 37.0 35. 7 42.5 38.4 36.3 39. 7 32. 8 33. 8 42. 7 32.6 43.4 34.3 41.0 34.6 39.6 33.6 38. 1 37. 8 40.6 38.6 39. 7 36.2 37.4 34. 2 A m o n g the 11 s e l e c t e d in d u s t r y gro u ps the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k r a n g e d f r o m 31. 9 hours in l i m i t e d p r i c e v a r i e t y s t o r e s to 4 3 . 4 hours at m o t o r v e h ic le d e a l e r s , (See ta b le s 33 th ro u gh 5 0 . ) E m p lo y e e s in g a s o lin e s e r v i c e s ta tio n s ; f u r n it u r e , h o m e f u r n is h in g s , and e q u ip m e n t s t o r e s ; and h o u s eh o ld ap p lian ce s t o r e s , in ad d ition to those at m o t o r v e h i c l e d e a l e r s , a v e r a g e d w o r k w e e k s in e x c e s s o f the a l l - r e t a i l tr a d e a v e r a g e . W ith the e x c e p t io n o f g a s o lin e s ta tio n s , w h e r e o n e t h ir d o f the e m p l o y e e s w o r k e d f e w e r than 35 h ours a w e e k , th e se gro u ps had r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l p r o p o r t io n s o f p a r t - t i m e e m p l o y e e s (no m o r e than o n e - f i f t h ) and l a r g e p r o p o r t io n s (at l e a s t t w o - f i f t h s ) who w o r k e d o v e r 40 hours a w e e k . A m o n g the r e m a in in g g ro u p s , at l e a s t t h r e e - te n t h s o f the e m p l o y e e s w o r k e d p a r t t i m e , but no m o r e than o n e - t h i r d w o r k e d o v e r 40 hours a w e e k . G e n e r a l l y the r e la t io n s h ip s f o r the v a r io u s c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s w h ic h w e r e n oted f o r a ll r e t a i l tr a d e and f o r the m a j o r gro u p s h e ld tru e f o r the in d u s t r y gro u p s as w e l l . In e a c h o f the 11 s e l e c t e d in d u s t r y gro u ps the lo n g e s t a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k w as in the South, and the s h o r t e s t in the N o r t h e a s t . N o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a w o r k e r s a v e r a g e d l o n g e r w e e k s than m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a w o r k e r s . In nine o f the gro u p s m e n w o r k e d lo n g e r than w o m e n ; in w o m e n ’ s r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s and in d ru g s t o r e s w o m e n a v e r a g e d l o n g e r w o r k w e e k s . In s e v e n o f the grou ps e m p l o y e e s in the h ig h e s t s a le s v o lu m e e s t a b lis h m e n t s a v e r a g e d the lo n g e s t w o r k w e e k s ; 17 in the r e m a in in g f o u r , e m p l o y e e s in the m e d iu m v o lu m e e s t a b lis h m e n t s r e c o r d e d the lo n g e s t w o r k w e e k s . T h e s h o r t e s t w o r k w e e k w a s r e c o r d e d in the l o w e s t s a le s v o lu m e e s t a b lis h m e n t s in e v e r y gro u p e x c e p t w o m e n 's r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s w h e r e the m e d iu m v o lu m e e s t a b lis h m e n t s r e c o r d e d the s h o r t e s t a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k . Average W e e k l y E a r n in g s R e t a i l e m p l o y e e s a v e r a g e d $71. 13 a w e e k at s t r a i g h t - t i m e ra te s in June 1965. A v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n in g s r a n g e d f r o m $ 1 4 .6 3 f o r e m p l o y e e s who w o r k e d le s s than 15 hours a w e e k to $ 9 9 .8 5 f o r th ose who w o r k e d 48 hours o r m o r e . (See ta b le 1 4 .) A v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n in g s a r e d ep en d ent upon tw o v a r i a b l e s : A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , and the n u m b e r o f h ours w o r k e d durin g the w e e k . N e v e r t h e l e s s , a v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n in g s w e r e found to v a r y d i r e c t l y w ith the n u m b e r o f hours w o r k e d d u rin g the w e e k . T hu s, d e s p ite l o w e r a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , s o m e e m p l o y e e s , b e c a u s e th e y w o r k e d a g r e a t e r n u m b e r o f h o u rs , w e r e able to e a r n m o r e (on a s t r a i g h t - t i m e b a s i s ) d u rin g the w e e k than o th e rs who w o r k e d f e w e r hours at a h ig h e r ra te o f pay. A m o n g the r e g i o n s , a v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n in g s r a n g e d f r o m $ 6 4 .8 8 in the South to $ 8 4 . 5 4 in the W e s t . The e a r n in g s d i f f e r e n t i a l b e t w e e n the South and e a c h o f the o th e r r e g io n s w as n a r r o w e r on a w e e k l y than on an h o u r ly b a s is , and r e f l e c t e d the e f f e c t o f the l o n g e r a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k in the South on the w e e k l y w a g e l e v e l th e r e . In e a c h o f the r e g io n s the gro u p o f e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g le s s than 15 h ours a w e e k r e g i s t e r e d the lo w e s t e a r n in g s ; th o se w o r k in g 48 h ours o r m o r e r e g i s t e r e d the h ig h es t. A n e x a m in a t io n o f the r e la t io n s h ip s b e t w e e n the v a r io u s s e l e c t e d in d u s try gro u p s i l l u s t r a t e s the in t e r a c t io n o f h o u r ly e a r n in g s and w e e k ly h o u rs . For e x a m p le , gas sta tio n e m p l o y e e s , at $ 1 . 5 8 an h our, a v e r a g e d o n ly 2 cents m o r e than e m p l o y e e s in w o m e n 's r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s . H o w e v e r , th e y w o r k e d n e a r l y 7 h ours a w e e k l o n g e r , on an a v e r a g e , than those in w o m e n 's r e a d y - t o - w e a r M ajor industry group Building m aterials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers--------------------------General merchandise stores----------------------------------------------------------------------Food stores--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Autom otive dealers and gasoline service stations----------------------------------------Apparel and accessory stores--------------------------------------------------------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance stores------------------------M iscellaneous retail stores------------------------------------------------------------------------ Average w eek ly earnings $85.51 59. 23 68. 67 89.06 57. 58 84.51 68. 03 Selected industry group Department stores-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lim ited price variety stores--------------------------------------------------------------------Grocery s to r e s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------M otor veh ic le dealers------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gasoline service s ta tio n s -------------------------------------------------------------------------Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings s to r e s ------------------------------------------Women's ready-to-w ear stores ----------------------------------------------------------------Shoe stores--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores-------------------------------------Household appliance s to r e s ----------------------------------------------------------------------Drug and proprietary s to r e s ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 62. 53 45.51 69. 44 111. 69 62. 24 70.02 50. 71 60. 90 84.69 86. 36 57. 43 18 s t o r e s and thus h e ld a $12 advan tage in t e r m s o f w e e k l y e a r n in g s . On the o th e r hand, gas s ta tio n e m p l o y e e s and d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e e m p l o y e e s a v e r a g e d about the s a m e amounts on a w e e k l y b a s is — $ 6 2 . 2 4 and $ 6 2 . 5 3 , r e s p e c t i v e l y . T h is s i m i l a r i t y in the w e e k l y p a y l e v e l s h ides the f a c t that d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e e m p l o y e e s h e ld a 31- c e n t (20 p e r c e n t ) h o u r ly p a y ad van tage o v e r gas s ta tio n e m p l o y e e s and that gas s ta tio n e m p l o y e e s had to w o r k at l e a s t 6 h ours m o r e e a c h w e e k in o r d e r to a c h ie v e the w e e k l y p a y o f d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e e m p l o y e e s . H o u r l y E a r n in gs and W e e k l y H ou rs R e t a i l tr a d e e m p l o y e e s w e r e g r o u p e d by t h e ir a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s and w ith in e a c h e a r n in g s grou p d is t r ib u t e d b y t h e ir w e e k l y h ou rs o f w o r k . (See ta ble 12. ) A n e x a m in a t io n o f the data ta b u lated in this m a n n e r r e v e a l e d that am on g the l o w e r p a id e m p l o y e e s (those p a id le s s than $ 1. 25 an h o u r), both p a r t - t i m e w o r k and lon g w o r k w e e k s ( o v e r 42 h o u r s ) w e r e m o r e c o m m o n than a s ta n d a rd w orkw eek. H o w e v e r , am on g the h ig h e r p a id e m p l o y e e s the s ta n d a rd w o r k w e e k (40 to 42 h ou rs i n c l u s i v e ) w as m o r e c o m m o n , as shown b e lo w . Under $1.00 W eek ly hours Under 3 5 ----------------------------------------------40 to 42 in c lu s iv e ---------------------------------Over 4 2 ------------------------------------------------48 and o v e r ------------------------------------------ Under $1.25 Under $1.35 $1.50 and over 41 16 37 25 47 18 25 16 23 36 35 19 39 14 42 31 $2. over $2.50 and over $3.00 and over 11 42 38 18 11 47 39 17 10 48 39 17 f'h.' and E m p l o y e e s w ith in e a c h of the fo u r r e g io n s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d in the s a m e m a n n e r , and, although the e a r n in g s and hours r e la t io n s h ip s g e n e r a l l y f o l l o w e d the o v e r a l l p a tte r n , s o m e n otab le d e v ia t io n s o c c u r r e d . F o r e x a m p le , am on g e m p l o y e e s e a r n in g le s s than $ 1. 25 an h our, p a r t - t i m e w o r k w a s m o r e c o m m o n than lo n g h ours in e v e r y r e g i o n e x c e p t the South, w h e r e the r e v e r s e w a s tr u e . The g e n e r a l te n d e n c y f o r e m p l o y e e s to w o r k l o n g e r h ours in the South than in any o th e r r e g i o n p e r s i s t e d into the h ig h e s t e a r n in g s g ro u p . O n ly in the South did a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s p a id at l e a s t $3 an hour w o r k o v e r 42 h ours than w o r k e d f r o m 40 to 42 h o u rs , in c lu s iv e . Percent earning— Less than $1. 25 W eekly hours Under 3 5 ---------------------------------------------40 to 42 in c lu s iv e --------------------Over 4 2 -------------------------------------------------A x n r\ n U V c i O cLIlCi t _ __ _ __ _ — — . ——— ■* — $3. 00 or more Northeast South North Central West Northeast South 56 14 14 7 31 14 47 33 52 13 27 17 43 24 30 17 10 47 38 15 43 47 20 8 North Central West 9 47 43 19 12 53 32 16 G ro u p in g em p lo y e e s by the n u m b e r of h o u rs th ey w o r k e d each w e e k and then d is t r ib u tin g th em by t h e ir a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s r e v e a l e d that e a r n in g s o f e m p lo y e e s w o r k in g p a r t t im e w e r e l o w e r than e a r n in g s o f e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g a 4 0 -h o u r w e e k . (S ee ta b le 1 3 .) S i m i l a r l y , e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g a stan d ard 4 0 -h o u r w e e k , who a v e r a g e d $ 2 . 2 0 an hour, h eld a d e c id e d w a g e a d van ta ge o v e r a ll o th e r e m p l o y e e s , w ith the e x c e p t io n o f th o s e w o r k in g 44 and u n der 48 h o u rs , who a ls o a v e r a g e d $ 2 . 2 0 an h ou r. 19 W eekly hours Item A verage hourly earnings----------------------Percent earning: Under $1. 2 5 ------------------------- --------Under $2. 0 0 ------------------------- --------$3. 00 and o v e r ---------------------- --------- Under 15 15 and under 35 35 and under 40 $1.57 $1.57 $1. 76 16 82 5 14 84 3 9 75 7 Over 40 and under 44 44 and under 48 $2. 20 $2.03 $2. 20 $1.90 5 51 19 10 58 15 9 51 18 16 66 11 40 48 and over F o u r t e e n p e r c e n t o f th ose w o r k in g le s s than 35 h ours a w e e k e a r n e d l e s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an h our; 15 p e r c e n t o f th ose w o r k in g 48 hours a w e e k o r m o r e had such e a r n in g s . B y c o n t r a s t, o n ly 5 p e r c e n t o f the e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g a 4 0 -h o u r w e e k e a r n e d le s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an h our; 19 p e r c e n t e a r n e d $ 3 o r m o r e . O n ly 4 p e r c e n t o f those w o r k in g p a r t t im e and 11 p e r c e n t o f th ose w o r k in g lo n g hours e a r n e d as m u ch as $3 an hour. Ch an ges i n A v e r a g e H o u r ly E a r n i n gs, June 1965—June 1966— A l l R e t a i l T r a d e D u rin g the p e r i o d b e t w e e n June 1965 (the date o f the B u r e a u ’ s la s t s u r v e y o f r e t a i l t r a d e ) and June 1966, e m p l o y e e s ' a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s r o s e b y 11 cents f r o m $ 1 . 8 5 to $ 1 . 9 6 o r b y 6 p e r c e n t . T h is ad van ce in the p a y l e v e l r e f l e c t s chan ges th rou gh ou t the p a y s c a le . E a r n in g s f o r the m id d le h a lf o f the w o r k f o r c e ra n g e d b e t w e e n $ 1 . 3 2 and $ 2 . 2 5 an hour in 1966, c o m p a r e d with the ra n g e $ 1 . 2 7 —$ 2 . 1 3 an hour in 1965. T hu s, d es p ite i n c r e a s e d e a r n in g s f o r the l o w e s t p a id fo u rth o f the e m p l o y e e s , the d i f f e r e n t i a l s e p a r a t in g t h e ir e a r n in g s f r o m th ose o f the h ig h e s t p aid fo u rth w id e n e d b y 7 cen ts . D u rin g this s a m e p e r i o d m e d ia n e a r n in g s r o s e f r o m $ 1 . 5 4 to $ 1 . 6 3 an h our. The p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s p a id l e s s than $ 1. 25 an hour d e c lin e d f r o m c lo s e to o n e - f i f t h to about o n e -te n th . L e s s d r a m a t ic cha n ges o c c u r r e d above this poin t. F o r e x a m p le , the p r o p o r t i o n p a id le s s than $ 1 . 5 0 an hour d e c lin e d , f r o m 44 to 39 p e r c e n t , and the p r o p o r t i o n p aid at l e a s t $ 2 an hour ad v a n ce d , f r o m 30 to 34 p e r c e n t . A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s r o s e b y 9 cents in the N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n , b y 10 cents in the N o r t h e a s t , b y 12 cents in the W e s t , and b y 13 cen ts in the South. In r e l a t i v e t e r m s , th e se i n c r e a s e s am ou n ted to 5 p e r c e n t in th r e e o f the r e g i o n s , but 8 p e r c e n t in the South. Thus, the i n t e r r e g i o n a l w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l n a r r o w e d s l i g h t l y on both an ab solu te and r e l a t i v e b a s is . The South, w h ic h had the g r e a t e s t i n c r e a s e in e a r n in g s a b s o lu t e ly and r e l a t i v e l y , r e c o r d e d the g r e a t e s t a d van ces am on g l o w e r p aid e m p l o y e e s ; the p r o p o r t i o n p aid le s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an h our, f o r e x a m p le , d e c lin e d f r o m 38 to 21 p e r c e n t , c o m p a r e d w ith a d e c lin e o r no m o r e than 9 p e r c e n t a g e points at this l e v e l am on g the t h r e e o th e r r e g i o n s . A t the s a m e t i m e , the South w as the o n ly r e g i o n in w h ic h th e r e was any n o t e w o r t h y i n c r e a s e in the p r o p o r t i o n p a id b e t w e e n $ 1 . 2 5 and $ 1 . 3 0 an h our, f r o m 12 to 18 p e r c e n t . F u r t h e r up the p a y s c a le changes w e r e n e a r l y id e n t ic a l, h o w e v e r . F o r e x a m p l e , the p r o p o r t i o n e a r n in g at le a s t $ 2 an hour i n c r e a s e d b y 4 p e r c e n ta g e points in the N o r t h e a s t and South and b y 3 points in the N o r t h C e n t r a l and W e s t . 20 Item Average hourly earnings: 1965 ----------------------------------1966 ----------------------------------Percent o f em ployees earning: Under $1. 15: 1965 -----------------------------1966 -----------------------------$1. 15 and under $1. 20: 1965 -----------------------------1966 -----------------------------Under $1. 25: 1965 ------------------------1966 -----------------------------$1. 25 and under $1. 30: 1965 -----------------------------1966 -----------------------------Under $1. 50: 1965 -----------------------------1966 -----------------------------Under $2. 00: 1965 -----------------------------1966 -----------------------------$3. 00 or more: 1965 -----------------------------1966 ------------------------------ North Central West $1.54 1.67 $1.85 1.94 $2. 22 2.34 4.6 3.3 24.4 18.2 12. 1 9 .2 3 .7 2.3 5.3 1. 1 2.6 o6 10.0 1.3 5 .4 1.3 1.8 .7 19.3 10.7 8.3 4 .5 37.6 20.8 19.8 11.3 6 .0 3.3 11.6 12. 7 14.9 10. 7 11.9 17.8 11.5 13.4 6 .0 6 .0 44.4 38.9 38. 1 32.7 62.4 55.2 44.9 40.2 24. 1 20.4 69.8 66.0 66.3 62.3 82.4 78.2 70.6 67.3 53.6 50.3 9.3 11.2 9 .0 10.7 4 .4 6. 1 8.3 10.2 19. 1 21.5 United States North east $1.85 1.96 $1.95 2. 05 12.1 8.9 South E a r n in g s f o r the N a t i o n 's r e t a i l e m p l o y e e s in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s a d v a n ce d b y 12 cents an hour f r o m $ 1 . 9 5 ; e a r n in g s in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s a d v a n ce d b y 10 cents an hour f r o m $ 1 . 5 7 , as the d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n the tw o a r e a s w id e n e d a b s o lu t e ly and r e l a t i v e l y . T h e p r o p o r t i o n p a id le s s than $ 1. 25 an hour d e c r e a s e d Item Average hourly earnings: -------------------------1965 1966 --------------------------Percent of employees earning: Under $1. 15: 1965 ---------------------------1966 ---------------------------$1. 15 and under $1. 20: 1965 ---------------------------1966 ---------------------------Under $1.25: 1965 ---------------------------1966 -------------------------- $1. 25 and under $1. 30: 1965 ---------------------------1966 ---------------------------Under $1. 50: 1965 ---------------------------1966 ---------------------------Under $2.00: 1965 ---------------------------1966 ---------------------------$3. 00 or more: 1965 ---------------------------1966 ---------------------------- Metropolitan areas Nonmetropolitan areas $1.95 2.07 $1.57 1.67 7.8 5.3 24.7 19.5 4.9 .7 6.5 1.9 14.5 6.6 33.5 22.7 11.3 11.6 12.2 15.5 39.6 34.0 58.1 53.0 65.9 62.1 81.2 77.3 11.1 13. 1 4.2 5.7 21 in both a r e a s — f r o m 15 to 7 p e r c e n t in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s and f r o m 34 to 23 p e r c e n t in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . A lth ou gh n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s a ccou n ted f o r o n ly about o n e - f o u r t h o f the r e t a i l w o r k f o r c e , th ese a r e a s ac c ou n te d f o r one t h ir d o f the re d u c t io n in the n u m b er o f w o r k e r s e a r n in g l e s s than $ 1.25 an hour. L i t t l e change w a s noted in m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s am on g e m p l o y e e s p a id b e t w e e n $ 1. 25 and $ 1. 30 an hour, in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s the p r o p o r t i o n w h ic h had th e se e a r n in g s r o s e , f r o m 12 to 16 p e r c e n t . T o w a r d the upper end o f the p a y s c a le , chan ges f o r both a r e a s w e r e n e a r l y id e n tic a l. The a v e r a g e h o u r ly p a y l e v e l f o r m e n i n c r e a s e d b y 13 cents an hour b e tw ee n s u r v e y s , 4 cents m o r e than the i n c r e a s e f o r w o m e n . A t the l o w e r end o f the p a y s c a le changes w e r e g r e a t e r am on g w o m e n . F o r e x a m p le , the p r o p o r t io n o f w o m e n p aid le s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour d e c lin e d b y 13 p e r c e n t a g e points f r o m 26 p e r c e n t , and the p r o p o r t i o n o f m e n who had such e a r n in g s d e c lin e d b y 6 points f r o m 15 p e r c e n t . Thu s, d i f f e r e n c e s at the l o w e r end o f the p a y s c a le n a r r o w e d b e tw e e n s u r v e y s . A t the up p er end o f the s c a l e , h o w e v e r , d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n the d is trib u tio n s w id e n e d s om e w h a t. The p r o p o r t i o n o f m e n e a r n in g at l e a s t $3 an hour i n c r e a s e d f r o m 15 to 18 p e r c e n t ; the p r o p o r t i o n o f w o m e n who had such e a r n in g s w as v i r t u a l l y unchanged. Item Average hourly earnings: 1965 -----------------------------1966 -----------------------------Percent o f employees earning: Under $1. 15: 1965 -------------------------1966 ------------------------$1. 15 and under $1. 20: 1965 ------------------------1966 ------------------------Under $1.25: 1965 ------------------------1966 ------------------------$1. 25 and under $1. 30: 1965 -------------------------1966 ------------------------Under $1.50: 1965 -------------------------1966 -------------------------Under $2. 00: 1965 -------------------------1966 -------------------------$3.00 or more: 1965 -------------------------1966 -------------------------- Men Women $2.04 2.17 $1.52 1.61 10.5 7.6 14.4 10.8 3.3 .8 8. 1 1.4 15.0 9 .0 25.5 13.2 9 .4 10.0 14.5 16.2 34. 1 29.5 58.8 52.0 59.2 54. 8 84.8 81. 7 14.6 17.6 1.8 2.3 A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f e m p l o y e e s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s g e n e r a l l y s u b je c t to the p r o v i s i o n s o f the F a i r L a b o r Standards A c t a d v a n c e d b y 9 cents f r o m $ 1. 92; e a r n in g s f o r e m p l o y e e s in n o n s u b je c t e s t a b lis h m e n ts a d v a n ce d b y 12 cents fro m $ 1 .6 8 . The m a gn itu d e o f the i n c r e a s e in the n o n s u b je c t s e c t o r h ig h lig h ts the in flu e n c e o f f a c t o r s o t h e r than the s ta tu to r y m in im u m w a g e , such as type o f r e t a i l a c t iv it y , o c c u p a tio n a l r e q u ir e m e n t s , and m e th o d s o f w a g e p a y m e n t, on the l e v e l o f e m p l o y e e e a r n in g s in r e t a i l tr a d e . The p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s s u b je c t to the act and e a r n in g l e s s than $ 1. 25 an hour d e c lin e d f r o m 12 to 1 p e r cent b e t w e e n s u r v e y s , p a r t i a l l y as a r e s u lt o f the i n c r e a s e in the m in im u m w a ge 22 f r o m $1. 15 at the t im e o f the June 1965 s u r v e y to $ 1 . 2 5 an h our, e f f e c t i v e in S e p t e m b e r 1965. C h an ges o c c u r r e d b e y o n d this p oin t; f o r e x a m p le , the p r o p o r tio n p a id l e s s than $ 1 . 3 0 an hour d e c r e a s e d f r o m 23 to 14 p e r c e n t . Gains in the s u b je c t s e c t o r w e r e n ot l i m i t e d to the l o w e r p a id e m p l o y e e s , although gains am on g the h ig h e r p a id e m p l o y e e s w e r e not as d r a m a t ic . F o r e x a m p le , the p r o p o r t io n p a id at le a s t $ 2 an hour i n c r e a s e d f r o m 33 to 36 p e r c e n t and the p r o p o r t i o n p a id at l e a s t $3 an hour i n c r e a s e d f r o m 10 to 11 p e r c e n t . In the n o n s u b je c t s e c t o r , the p r o p o r t i o n of e m p l o y e e s p a id l e s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour d e c lin e d f r o m 27 to 19 p e r c e n t b e t w e e n s u r v e y s . C h an ges at the upper end o f the p a y s c a le r e s e m b l e d those in the s u b je c t s e c t o r . Establishments Item A vera ge hourly earnings: 1965 -----------------------------1966 -----------------------------Percent o f em ployees earning: Under $1. 15: 1965 ------------------------1966 ------------------------$1. 15 and under $1. 20: 1965 ------------------------1966 ------------------------Under $1. 25: 1965 ------------------------1966 ------------------------$1. 25 and under $1. 30: 1965 ------------------------1966 ------------------------Under $1. 50: 1965 ------------------------1966 ------------------------Under $2. 00: 1965 ------------------------1966 ------------------------$3. 00 or more: 1965 ------------------------1966 ------------------------- Subject to FLSA Not subject to FLSA $1.92 2 .0 1 $ 1.68 1.80 1.3 .9 21.4 16.2 8.2 .2 3 .4 1. 7 11.9 1.3 26.5 19. 1 11.3 13. 1 13.0 13.5 40.5 34. 7 50. 9 45.3 67.3 63. 9 76.0 71. 7 9.5 1 1 .2 6.8 8.9 The a v e r a g e p a y l e v e l i n c r e a s e d f o r e m p l o y e e s in e a c h o f the s e v e n m a j o r r e t a i l tr a d e g ro u p s b y amounts ra n g in g f r o m 2 cents in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s to 14 cents in both g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s and m i s c e l l a n e o u s r e t a i l sto res. E a r n in g s a d v a n c e d in the o th e r gro u p s b y at l e a s t 7 cents an h ou r. M a j o r G ro u p s and S e l e c t e d I n d u s t r i e s. L i t t l e c o n s is t e n t r e la t io n s h ip a p p e a r e d to e x i s t b e t w e e n the am ount a m a j o r g r o u p ’ s p a y l e v e l i n c r e a s e d and its p a y l e v e l in June 1965. F o r e x a m p le , the g r e a t e s t i n c r e a s e in the p a y l e v e l o c c u r r e d in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d i s e s t o r e s , w h ic h had the lo w e s t a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s in 1965, but the s m a l l e s t i n c r e a s e w a s in a p p a r e l s t o r e s w h ic h had n e x t to the l o w e s t p a y l e v e l in 1965. 23 Cents- per-hour increase, 1965—1966 Relative increase, percent $1.63 1.70 1. 75 1.91 $0.14 .02 . 14 .11 8.6 1.2 8.0 5.8 1.98 .07 3.5 2. 02 . 12 5.9 2. 10 .09 4.3 Wage level, June 1965 Major industry group General merchandise stores-----------------------Apparel and accessory stores---------------------Miscellaneous retail stores------------------------Food stores------------------------------------------------Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers-----------------------------------Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations---------------------------------------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance stores-------------------------------------- The p r o p o r t io n s o f e m p l o y e e s p a id le s s than $ 1. 25 an hour d e c lin e d in each o f the s e v e n g ro u p s . T he m o s t d r a m a t ic d e c lin e o c c u r r e d in g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e s t o r e s , w h e r e the p r o p o r t i o n who had such e a r n in g s d e c lin e d f r o m 23 to 8 p e r c e n t . A s shown in the f o l l o w i n g ta bu lation , ch a n ges o c c u r r e d throu gh ou t the w a g e d i s t r ib u tio n s . F o r e x a m p le , the p r o p o r t io n s o f e m p l o y e e s p a id at l e a s t $2 an hour i n c r e a s e d b y f r o m 3 to 5 p e r c e n t a g e points in s ix o f the g ro u p s and the p r o p o r tions p a id at l e a s t $ 3 an h our i n c r e a s e d b y f r o m 1 to 3 points in the s a m e s ix , the a p p a r e l gro u p b e in g the n otab le e x c e p t io n . Item Percent o f em ployees earning: Under $1.15: 1965 --------------------------------1966 --------------------------------$1.15 and under $1. 20: 1965 --------------------------------1966 --------------------------------Under $1.25: 1965 --------------------------------1966 --------------------------------$1. 25 and under $1. 30: 1965 ------------ --------------------1966 --------------------------------Under $1. 50: 1965 --------------------------------1966 --------------------------------Under $2.00: 1965 --------------------------------1966 --------------------------------$3.00 or m ore: 1965 --------------------------------1966 --------------------------------- _______________________________Major industry group_____________________ Furniture, Building Automotive home materials, dealers furnishings, and gaso Apparel and hardware, line General and household and farm service equipment merchan accessory appliance Food dise stores dealers stores stations stores stores M iscel laneous retail stores 6 .8 5 .4 9 .4 6 .4 12.5 9 .4 13. 7 10. 1 12.6 10.7 7.9 6 .6 18.3 12.6 1.8 .7 9.8 .9 5.6 .9 1.5 1.1 7.7 1.6 1.8 .9 3.5 1.3 9. 7 6 .7 22.6 8 .0 19.8 10.9 16.2 12.1 22.2 13.5 10.7 7.9 23.6 15.0 10.0 9 .8 13.5 14.7 10.7 12.6 9 .0 9 .7 13.0 17.2 9 .4 8 .4 13.5 13.0 30.4 27 .7 57.0 48.2 41.3 36.3 35.6 31.8 50.3 47.9 29.4 24.7 47 .7 41.2 59.6 56.9 82.3 77.3 63.0 59. 1 62.2 58.5 77.2 77.4 57.9 53.8 73.2 68.5 12.9 14.2 4.1 5.8 11.6 13.7 13.7 16.2 4 .6 4.4 14.8 17.8 8.1 10.6 24 Selected lines o f business Item A verage hourly earnings: 1965 -----------------------------1966 -----------------------------Percent o f em ployees earning: Under $1. 15: 1965 -----------------------------1966 ----------------- --------— $1. 15 and under $1. 20: 1965 ............... ....................1966 ................... .................. Under $1. 25: 1965 ............. ........................ 1966 ----------------------------$1. 25 and under $1. 30: 1965 ............... ..................— 1966 ------------ --------- -------Under $1.50: 1965 — ......... — .................. 1966 -----------------------------Under $2. 00: 1965 ---------- ----------- -------1966 -----------------------------$3. 00 or more: 1965 -----------------------------1966 ------------------------------ Men's and boys' cloth ing and furnishings stores Grocery stores $1. 75 1. 89 $1. 31 1.43 $1.93 2.04 $2.40 2.57 $1.52 1.58 $1.92 1. 97 2.0 1. 1 21.5 14.6 10.9 8.4 8 .0 6 .0 23.4 17.2 8.4 7. 1 8.3 .2 17.5 1.9 6. 1 o8 1.0 .9 2. 1 1. 7 4.2 .7 12. 8 1.6 47.4 17. 7 18. 7 9.6 9. 9 7. 7 26.6 19. 9 13.9 8.4 14. 7 13.5 15.4 24. 8 9.8 12. 7 5 .0 4 .4 13. 7 16.2 12.0 49.9 40.6 83.0 74.9 39.2 34.4 22.5 18.6 54.5 50.9 36.2 32. 7 78.4 73.3 95. 2 92. 8 61.0 57.6 45. 5 40.2 83.4 81.3 64. 7 63. 8 5.2 7.3 .5 1.3 12.0 14.3 23.4 27.9 2.5 2r 9 8.8 8.8 Department stores Women's readyto-w ear stores A verage hourly earnings: 1965 ------------------------------1966 ------------------------------Percent o f em ployees earning: Under $1. 15: 1965 --------------- --------------1966 ------------------------------$1. 15 and under $1. 20: 1965 --------------- --------------1966 ....................... ............... Under $1.25: 1965 ------------ ------------------1966 - ......... - -------------------$1. 25 and under $1. 30: 1965 ....................................... 1966 ....... ................- ............. Under $1, 50: 1965 ............................... — 1966 — ................................... Under $2, 00: 1965 ......... - ............................ 1966 — .................- ........................ $3. 00 or more: 1965 ................... ................................... 1966 -------------------------------------------------------- Motor veh icle dealers (new and used cars) Lim ited price variety stores Shoe stores Furniture, home furnishings, and equip ment stores Gasoline service stations Household appliance stores 12. 5 Drug and proprietary stores $1.55 1.56 $1.84 1. 81 $2. 10 2. 21 $2.09 2. 15 $1.56 1. 73 15.6 12. 7 11.4 12.0 8.0 6 .6 7.1 6.2 28.9 22.4 10.4 1.8 5.5 2 .4 2.2 .6 1.4 1.8 6 1 28. 7 15.9 19. 1 15. 8 11.3 7.7 9.2 8.3 37.6 26.2 13.3 19.8 9.2 14.1 10.0 8.5 8.9 8 .0 15.0 15.8 58.7 56.4 42.5 42.2 30.6 24.6 26.6 25.4 63. 1 56.6 84.5 85.5 69.5 70.8 58.9 54. 1 54.7 53.8 81.6 78.3 2 .7 1.8 5.8 5.5 16. 1 18. 1 13.2 15.7 7.4 9 .4 . 2.0 25 A m o n g 10 o f the 11 s e l e c t e d in d u s try g r o u p s , i n c r e a s e s in the a v e r a g e h o u r ly p a y l e v e l ra n g e d f r o m 1 cen t in w o m e n 1s r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s to 17 cents at m o t o r v e h i c l e d e a l e r s and in d ru g and p r o p r i e t a r y s t o r e s . In shoe s t o r e s the a v e r a g e p a y l e v e l d e c lin e d b y 3 cents an h our. A m o n g s i x o f the g r o u p s , e a r n ings i n c r e a s e d b y at l e a s t 11 cents an h o u r, the i n c r e a s e in a ll r e t a i l tr a d e . A s w as noted f o r the m a j o r g r o u p s , no r e la t io n s h ip a p p e a r e d to e x is t b e t w e e n the am ount o f the w a g e i n c r e a s e and the 1965 p a y l e v e l in the in d u s t r y gro u p . G e n e r a l l y , the m o r e s t r ik in g changes in the w a g e d is t r ib u tio n s w e r e found am on g the l o w e r p a y in g in d u s t r y g r o u p s . F o r e x a m p le , the p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s in l i m i t e d p r i c e v a r i e t y s t o r e s who w e r e p aid l e s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an h our d e c lin e d f r o m 47 to 18 p e r c e n t b e t w e e n s u r v e y s . In d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s , d ru g s t o r e s , and w o m e n ’ s r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s , the p r o p o r t i o n e a rn in g le s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour d e c lin e d by f r o m 11 to 13 p e r c e n t a g e p o in ts . In each o f the g r o u p s , changes taking p l a c e at h ig h e r l e v e l s g e n e r a l l y w e r e s m a l l e r than th ose ta king p la c e at l o w e r l e v e l s . Changes in W e e k l y H o u rs o f W o r k , June 1965—June 1966— A l l R e t a i l T r a d e R e f l e c t i n g a s m a l l but n o t ic e a b le m o v e m e n t a w a y f r o m long w o r k w e e k s (48 h o u rs o r m o r e ) and to w a r d m o r e p a r t - t i m e e m p lo y m e n t ( l e s s than 35 h ou rs a w e e k ), the w o r k w e e k o f r e t a i l tr a d e e m p l o y e e s d e c lin e d 0 .6 o f an hour, on the a v e r a g e f r o m June 1965 to June 1966. T h e p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g lon g h ours d e c lin e d by 2 p e r c e n t a g e p o in t s , f r o m 19 to 17 p e r c e n t , and the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g p a r t t i m e i n c r e a s e d by 1 p o in t, f r o m 30 to 31 p e r c e n t . D e s p ite an o v e r a l l i n c r e a s e in e m p lo y m e n t o f 2 42 ,8 0 0 , the n u m b e r o f e m p l o y e e s who w o r k e d 48 h o u rs o r m o r e a w e e k d e c lin e d by 6 6 ,0 0 0 , and the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g le s s than 35 h o u rs a w e e k r o s e b y 173,000. C hanges in the d is t r ib u t io n , o th e r than th e s e , w e r e n e g l i g i b l e . T h e len g th o f the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k d e c lin e d by 0 .9 o f an h our in the West, by 0 .7 o f an h our in the South, by 0 . 5 o f an hour in the N o r t h e a s t , and by 0. 1 o f an h our in the N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n . In t h r e e o f the r e g i o n s , the p r o p o r t i o n s w o r k in g 48 h ou rs a w e e k o r m o r e d e c r e a s e d , and the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g p a rt tim e in crea se d . In the N o r t h C e n t r a l ^ r e g io n , h o w e v e r , n e it h e r the p r o p r o t i o n w o r k in g lo n g h o u r s , o r the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g p a r t t im e chan ged by as m u ch as a s in g le p e r c e n t a g e point. Percent of employees working— A verage weeklyhours Under 35 hours 40 hours Over 40 and under 48 hours 48 hours and over R egion 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 United S tates----------------- 36.9 36.3 29.9 31.4 24.9 26.4 16.3 15.0 18.9 17.3 N o rth e a s t---------------------S o u t h ----------------- --------North Central --------------W e s t ---------------------------- 34.4 39.6 36.3 37.0 33.9 38.9 36.2 36.1 36. 1 22.6 33.0 27.8 38.1 23.7 33.4 30.8 24.6 21.4 22.9 33.8 24.6 25.2 24.9 33.0 13.7 20.4 16.5 13.4 12.5 19.2 14.8 12.9 12.5 26.7 17.9 17.9 12.1 23.1 17.7 15.5 26 The le n g th o f the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k d e c lin e d b y 0. 6 o f an hour in m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s and b y 0. 3 o f an hour in n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s . C hanges in the d is t r ib u tio n o f e m p l o y e e s along the hours s c a le did not d i f f e r s i g n i f i c a n t l y f r o m the p a tt e r n n oted on a n a tio n a l and r e g i o n a l b a s i s , although n o n m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a s had s l i g h t l y s m a l l e r chan ges than m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s , in p a r t - t i m e w o r k and w o r k o f o v e r 40 hours a w e e k . Percent o f em ployees working— _________________ Average w eekly 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 M etropolitan a re a s ---------- 36.0 35.4 31.6 33.4 27.0 28.5 15.3 13.8 15.4 13.8 Nonm etropolitan a r e a s ---- 39.3 39.0 25.3 25.8 18.6 20. 1 19.3 18. 7 29.3 27.5 The d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n the le n g th o f the a v e r a g e w e e k w o r k e d b y m e n and that w o r k e d by w o m e n n a r r o w e d s o m e w h a t b e t w e e n s u r v e y s . M ^n w o r k e d 0. 7 o f an hour l e s s and w o m e n 0. 2 o f an hour le s s in 1966 than in 1 j 5. The p r o p o r tio n o f m e n w o r k in g 48 h ours o r m o r e d e c lin e d f r o m Z9 to 26 p e r c e n t , and the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g on a p a r t - t i m e b a s is r o s e f r o m 25 to 26 p e r c e n t . The p r o p o r t io n o f w o m e n w o r k in g lo n g h ours was unchanged at 5 p e r c e n t . The p r o p o r t io n o f w o m e n w o r k in g 40 h ours a w e e k i n c r e a s e d f r o m 29 to 30 p e r c e n t ; the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g p a r t tim e i n c r e a s e d f r o m 37 to 39 p e r c e n t . _____________________ Percent o f em ployees working— Average w eekly hours Under 35 hours 40 hours Over 40 and under 48 hours 48 hours and over Characteristic 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 M e n ---------------------------- 39.3 38.6 24.7 26.3 21.9 23.8 19.9 18.6 28.6 26. 1 W o m e n ----------------------- 33.4 33.2 37.4 38.5 29.0 30.0 11.3 10. 1 5 .4 5.0 Since 1965, e m p l o y e e s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s g e n e r a l l y s u b je c t to the m a x im u m h ours p r o v i s i o n s o f the F a i r L a b o r Standards A c t a v e r a g e d a s h o r t e r w o r k w e e k b y 0. 3 o f an h our, and those in e s t a b lis h m e n t s not s u b je c t to the act a v e r a g e d a s h o r t e r w e e k b y 0. 8 o f an h our. T he s h o rte n in g o f the w o r k w e e k in the s u b j e c t s e c t o r is the r e s u l t o f a s lig h t d e c lin e (1 p e r c e n t a g e p o in t) in the p r o p o r tio n w o r k in g o v e r 40 h ours a w e e k and a s lig h t i n c r e a s e (1 p e r c e n t a g e p o in t) in the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g le s s than 35 hours a w e e k . D e s p ite the e s t a b lis h m e n t , in S e p t e m b e r 1965, o f a 40 hour a w e e k s tan d ard , a f t e r w h ic h m o s t e m p l o y e e s w o u ld have to be p a id 1 V2 t im e s t h e ir r e g u l a r h o u r ly ra te o f pay, f u l l y o n e f ift h o f the e m p l o y e e s in th e se e s t a b lis h m e n t s s t i l l w o r k e d o v e r 40 hours a w e e k . The n e a r l y 1-hour s h o r t e r w o r k w e e k in the n o n s u b je c t s e c t o r r e f l e c t s a 3 - p e r c e n t a g e - p o i n t d e c r e a s e in the p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g o v e r 40 h ours a w e e k and an e q u a l i n c r e a s e in the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g le s s than 35 h ours a w e e k . M o s t o f the d e c lin e in the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g o v e r 40 h o u rs a w e e k o c c u r r e d am on g th o se w o r k in g lo n g h o u r s ; the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g 48 hours a w e e k o r m o r e d e c lin e d f r o m 25 to 22 p e r c e n t . 27 Establishments Subject to FLSA Item Average w eek ly hours: 1965 -------------------------------1966 -------------------------------Percent o f em ployees working— Under 35 hours: 1965 --------------------------1966 --------------------------35 and under 40 hours: 1965 --------------------------1966 --------------------------40 hours: 1965 --------------------------1966 --------------------------Over 40 hours: 1965 --------------------------1966 --------------------------48 hours or more: 1965 --------------------------1966 --------------------------- Not subject to FLSA 34.8 34.5 37.2 36.4 33.7 35.2 30.3 33.2 14.5 13.2 7.1 7.5 29. 8 30. 7 22.3 23.3 22. 1 20.8 39.4 35.9 9.3 9.5 24.5 22.3 M a j o r G rou p s and S e l e c t ed In d u s t r ie s . E m p l o y e e s in 6 o f the 7 m a j o r in d u s t r y gro u p s e x p e r i e n c e d a d e c lin e in the a v e r a g e n u m b e r o f h ours w o r k e d d u rin g the w e e k . The g r e a t e s t d e c lin e , 1.2 h o u rs , o c c u r r e d at a u to m o b ile d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e s ta t io n s ; the s m a l l e s t , 0 .2 h o u rs , to o k p la c e in fo o d s t o r e s . T h e a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k in m is c e lla n e o u s r e t a i l s t o r e s i n c r e a s e d s l i g h t l y f r o m 35. 9 to 36. 0 h ours b e t w e e n s u r v e y s . The m o v e m e n t a w a y f r o m lo n g w o r k w e e k s w as e v id e n t in f i v e o f the gro u p s . T he g r e a t e s t d ro p in the p r o p o r t i o n o f e m p l o y e e s who w o r k e d 48 hours a w e e k o r m o r e o c c u r r e d in the a u to m o tiv e d e a l e r s and g a s o lin e s e r v i c e statio n s g ro u p , f r o m 39 to 34 p e r c e n t . D e c lin e s in the o th e r in d u s t r y gro u p s did not amount to as m u ch as 2 p e r c e n t a g e p oin ts. The Percent o f em ployees working— A verage w eek ly hours M ajor industry group Building m aterials, hardware, and farm equipment d e a le r s --------General merchandise stores --------------------------Food stores---------------------Autom otive dealers and gasoline service stations ----------------------Apparel and accessory stores --------------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance s to r e s --------------------------M iscellaneous retail s to r e s --------------------------- Under 35 hours 40 hours Over 40 and under 48 hours 48 hours and over 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 42.3 41. 7 14.6 15.6 23.2 24.3 24.2 23.5 33.5 31.8 34.0 34.3 33.5 34. 1 34.4 40.4 36.5 41.0 30.0 25.0 31.9 25.0 10.6 13.0 9.3 12.8 6.3 15.0 5.1 14.0 42.8 41.6 17.0 19. 7 15.6 17.9 24.9 23.9 38.5 34.3 33.8 33.4 35.8 37.0 25.7 25.8 13.2 11.3 9 .7 9.8 38.9 38.6 19.3 21.5 31.2 31.9 21.9 18.0 20.2 21.1 35.9 36.0 32 .7 32.0 25.8 29.0 15.0 13.9 18.1 17.3 28 p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g long h ours in a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s did not chan ge, and the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g such hours in fu rn itu re s t o r e s i n c r e a s e d , f r o m 20 to 21 p e r c e n t . In both o f th ese g r o u p s , h o w e v e r , the p r o p o r t i o n w o rk in g o v e r 40 hours d e c lin e d . P a r t - t i m e e m p lo y m e n t i n c r e a s e d in s ix o f the m a j o r gro u ps b y f r o m 1 to 3 p e r c e n t a g e p oin ts. In m is c e lla n e o u s r e t a i l s t o r e s , h o w e v e r , the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g p a r t tim e d e c lin e d f r o m 33 to 32 p e r c e n t . The len g th o f the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k d e c lin e d f o r e m p l o y e e s in 9 o f the 11 s e l e c t e d lin e s o f b u s in e s s b y f r o m 0. 1 o f an hour in w o m e n ’ s r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s to 2 .3 hours in g a s o lin e s e r v i c e s ta tio n s . E m p l o y e e s in l i m i t e d p r i c e v a r i e t y s t o r e s and h o u seh o ld ap p lian ce s t o r e s a v e r a g e d l o n g e r w o r k w e e k s b y 0 .2 and 0. 3 o f an h our, r e s p e c t i v e l y . In 10 o f the s e l e c t e d lin e s o f b u s in e s s th e re was a m o v e m e n t a w a y f r o m w o r k w e e k s o f o v e r 40 h ours and to w a r d s e it h e r a 4 0 -h o u r w e e k o r p a r t tim e o r both. The d is t r ib u tio n o f hours in w o m e n ’ s r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s sh o w ed no n o t e w o r t h y changes o v e r the y e a r b e t w e e n s u r v e y s , as shown in the fo llo w in g tabu lation s. Percent o f em ployees working— Selected line o f retail business Department stores-------------- Lim ited price variety s to r e s ---------------------------- Grocery s to r e s ----------------Motor veh icle dealers (new and used cars) -------------------Gasoline service stations ----------------------Men's and boys' clothing and furnishings stores ---------Women's ready-towear stores ------------------Shoe stores---------------------Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores ---------Household appliance s to r e s --------------------------Drug and proprietary s to r e s --------------------------- Changes in A v e r a g e Average w eekly hours Under 35 hours Over 40 and under 48 hours 40 hours 48 hours and over 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 33.6 33. 1 340 5 37.3 33.6 34. 7 9.6 7.7 2.9 2.8 31. 7 34.3 31.9 34.0 42.4 40. 7 41.4 41.2 22. 1 24. 8 23. 7 25.2 9. 7 13.9 7. 7 13.0 3 .7 14.2 4.1 13.5 43. 7 43.4 7.8 7.3 17.5 21.3 39.0 38.6 31.9 27.9 41.6 39.3 30.0 35.4 11.3 12. 7 7.9 7. 7 46. 7 40.2 36. 7 35.5 28.6 31.5 24. 7 26.4 18.6 16. 1 20.0 16.7 32.6 33.8 32. 5 33.6 39. 5 36.5 39.2 38.5 25.6 21.0 25.3 20.4 10.2 17.9 9.6 14. 1 3.9 16.5 4.2 19.0 39.0 38.4 18. 7 21. 7 30.3 32.3 22. 7 18.9 19. 7 19.6 39.8 40. 1 17.4 19.0 33. 1 31.4 22.8 17.9 23.0 26.8 33.4 33.2 41.8 41.9 21. 7 25.0 13. 7 12.2 13.8 12. 1 W e e k l y E arn in gs ,, J uns 1965--June 1966 R e t a i l tr a d e e m p l o y e e s ’ a v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n in g s i n c r e a s e d f r o m $ 6 8 .0 7 to $ 7 1 .1 3 , an ad van ce o f $ 3 . 0 6 , b e t w e e n June o f 1965 and 1966. The i n c r e a s e in w e e k l y e a r n in g s did not r e f l e c t f u l l y the i n c r e a s e in a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s b e c a u s e o f the m it ig a t i n g e f f e c t o f the s h o rte n in g o f the w o r k w e e k . W e e k l y e a r n ings a d v a n c e d b y 4. 5 p e r c e n t w h ile h o u r ly e a r n in g s a d v a n c e d by 5. 9 p e r c e n t . 29 On a r e g i o n a l b a s is , w e e k l y e a r n in g s i n c r e a s e d b y amounts ra n g in g f r o m $2. 20 in the W e s t to $3. 93 in the South. F o r e m p l o y e e s in the South, the h ig h e s t r e l a t i v e i n c r e a s e in a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s (8. 4 p e r c e n t ) o v e r c a m e the s ec o n d h ig h e s t r e l a t i v e d e c r e a s e in w e e k l y hours to p ro d u c e a 6 . 4 - p e r c e n t i n c r e a s e in w e e k l y e a r n in g s , h ig h e s t am on g the r e g i o n s . A l m o s t the e n t ir e i n c r e a s e in h o u r ly e a r n in g s in the N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n was r e f l e c t e d in the i n c r e a s e in w e e k l y e a r n in g s w h ile in the o th e r r e g io n s at l e a s t o n e - f o u r t h o f the in c r e a s e in h o u r ly e a r n in g s was not r e f l e c t e d in the i n c r e a s e in w e e k l y e a r n in g s due to the e f f e c t o f the s h o r t e r w o r k w e e k s . A verage w eekly earnings Region 1965 1966 United States $68. 07 $71. 13 N o rth e a s t---South---------North Central West------------ 67.27 60. 95 66.96 82.34 69.68 64. 88 70. 18 84. 54 Percent Percent increase in average hourly earnings $3.06 4 .5 5. 9 2.41 3.93 3. 22 2. 20 3.6 6 .4 4. 8 2.8 5. 1 8.4 4 .9 5 .4 Increase Dollars C hanges_in W e e k l y H ou rs b y H o u r ly E a r n i ngs The s h a r p e s t ch a n ges in the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k o c c u r r e d a m on g e m p l o y e e s p aid le s s than $ 1 . 7 5 an hour, as shown b e lo w . B e tw e e n s u r v e y s the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k d e c lin e d b y at l e a s t 1 hour f o r e a c h gro u p o f e m p l o y e e s p a id le s s than $ 1. 75 an hour, e x c e p t f o r the $ 1 to $ 1. 15 and $ 1. 15 to $ 1. 25 g r o u p s , f o r w h o m the w o r k w e e k le n g th en e d . On the o th e r hand, the w o r k w e e k f o r e m p l o y e e s p a id at l e a s t $ 1. 75 an hour did not change b y m o r e than 0. 6 o f an hour, and that f o r e m p l o y e e s p aid $ 3 an hour o r m o r e did not change b e t w e e n 1965 and 1966. No r e la t io n s h ip s e e m e d to e x i s t b e t w e e n the len g th o f the w o r k w e e k in 196 5 and the amount o f change. ___________________ Average w eek ly hours Under $1. 00 $1. 15 $1. 25 $1. 35 $1. 50 $1. 75 $2. 00 $2. 50 $3. 00 Employees with average hourly earnings o f— 1965 1966 Change $ 1 .0 0 -------------------- -----and under $1. 15--------------------------and under $1. 2 5 --------------------- ----and under $1. 3 5 --------------------------and under $1. 5 0 --------------------------and under $1. 75---------------------and under $2. 0 0 --------------------------and under $2. 5 0 --------------------------and under $3. 0 0 --------------------------and o v e r ------------------------------- 38.0 34.0 32.8 32.4 36.4 37.0 38.8 39. 1 40.6 40.5 36.6 34. 1 37.3 31. 1 34.4 35.6 38.2 38. 7 40. 1 40.5 -1 .4 +. 1 +4. 5 -1 .3 -2 .0 -1 .4 -.6 -.4 -. 5 0 A m o n g the e m p l o y e e s p aid b e t w e e n $1. 15 and $ 1 . 2 5 an h our, the p r o p o r tion w o r k in g lon g h ours m o r e than doubled; the p r o p o r t i o n w o r k in g p a r t tim e d e c lin e d s h a r p ly ; as a r e s u lt , the w o r k w e e k i n c r e a s e d s h a r p ly . T h is in c r e a s e o c c u r r e d b e c a u s e , p a r t - t i m e w o r k e r s c o n s titu te d a d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y l a r g e p a r t 30 o f the d e c lin e in the n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s p aid b e t w e e n $1. 15 and $ 1 . 2 5 an h our, f r o m 482, 500 in 1965 to 125, 300 in 1966. A s shown on the f o llo w in g tabu lation , ch a n ges o c c u r r i n g at o th e r e a r n in g s i n t e r v a l s w e r e m o r e m o d e r a t e than those o c c u r r i n g at this l e v e l . Percent o f em ployees working w eek ly hours o f— C h an ges $ 1 .0 0 ----------------------------------and under $1. 15-------------------and under $1. 25 -------------------and under $1. 3 5 -------------------and under $1. 5 0 -------------------and under $1. 75-------------------and under $2. 0 0 -------------------and under $2. 5 0 -------------------and under $3. 0 0 -------------------and o v e r ------------------------------ f-i Under $1. 00 $1, 15 $1. 25 $1.35 $1. 50 $1. 75 $2. 00 $2« 50 $3. 00 40 to 42 inclusive 0 00 Under 35 Employees with average hourly earnings o f— more 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 35.4 44. 8 45.0 47.5 33.4 29. 7 22.2 19. 8 11.2 10.9 39. 1 45. 1 35.0 51.0 40.5 35.4 24.4 22. 7 13. 1 10. 1 13.4 15. 8 19. 8 20. 7 25.3 29.3 33.4 34. 7 44. 8 46. 8 14.4 15.3 18.8 19. 5 22.5 27.5 32. 8 35. 1 45.0 48.4 34.0 21.3 11. 8 13.3 18.3 19.6 21. 8 21.3 18.3 17. 1 30.5 21.5 23. 8 10.1 14.3 17.0 21.4 19. 9 17. 7 17. 1 in H o u r l y E a r n in g s b y W e e k ly H o u r s , June 196 5—J une 1966 A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g f r o m 40 to 44 hours and th ose o f e m p l o y e e s w o r k in g 48 h ours a w e e k o r m o r e i n c r e a s e d b y 13 cen ts — 6 cents m o r e than the i n c r e a s e f o r e m p l o y e e s who w o r k e d p a r t t im e . T he p r o p o r t io n o f e m p l o y e e s p aid le s s than $ 1. 35 an hour d e c lin e d b y 10 p e r c e n t a g e p oin ts in the p a r t - t i m e gro u p — the g r e a t e s t d e c lin e am on g the th r e e g ro u p s . On the o th e r hand, the 40- to 4 4 -h o u r g ro u p and the lo n g w o r k w e e k gro u p r e c o r d e d g r e a t e r i n c r e a s e s in the p r o p o r t i o n p aid at l e a s t $2 an hour. Employees with w eek ly hours o f— Under 3 5 -------------------- — 4 0 - 4 4 ------------------------48 and o v e r ----------------- C hanges in W a g es Average hourly earnings Under $1.35 1965 1966 $1.50 $1. 57 2. 17 1. 90 1. 77 and H o u r s , O ctob er $2.00 or more $3.00 or more 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 51 23 34 41 17 26 15 43 30 18 48 36 3 15 8 4 18 11 1956—June 1966 B e t w e e n O c t o b e r 1956 and June 1966 a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f e m p l o y e e s in r e t a i l tr a d e i n c r e a s e d b y 55 c e n ts , o r b y 39 p e r c e n t . 6 Y e a r l y a d v a n ce s in the e a r n in g s l e v e l a v e r a g e d 4 .2 cents b e t w e e n 1956 and 1961, 6 cents b e t w e e n 1961 and 1962, 5 .6 cents b e t w e e n 1962 and 1965, and 11 cents b e t w e e n 1965 and 6 See Employee Earnings in R e ta il Trade, October 1956, June 1961, and June 1962 (BLS Bulletins 1220, 1338-8, and 1380) and Em ployee Earnings and Hours in R e ta il Trade, June 1965 (BLS Bulletin 1501). 31 United States Oct. A verage hourly earnings Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Number o f em ployees (in thousands)------------- — A verage hourly earnings - June 1956 1961 1962 1 10 26 37 45 48 50 56 66 85 94 98 1 5 14 24 31 34 37 44 55 77 89 95 1 3 9 21 27 31 34 42 53 75 87 94 6,033.2 $1.41 6,096.0 $1.62 6,175.5 $1.68 $0„ 5 0 ---------------$0. 7 5 ---------------$ 1 . 0 0 ---------------$ 1 . 0 5 ---------------$1. 1 5 ---------------$1. 20 — ------------$1. 2 5 ---------------$ 1 . 3 0 ---------------$ 1 . 5 0 ---------------$2. 0 0 ---------------$2. 5 0 ---------------$3. 0 0 ----------------- Northeast Oct. 1965 (*> 2 5 10 12 17 19 31 44 70 83 91 6,687.0 $1. 85 1966 1956 1961 1962 1 4 7 9 10 11 23 39 66 80 89 3 4 18 30 38 40 43 50 61 84 95 98 (0 1 3 15 23 26 29 37 49 74 88 95 (!) (!) 2 10 15 21 24 32 45 71 87 94 6,929.8 $1. 96 1,566.4 $1. 50 1,579.6 $1. 74 ( l ) South 4 2 13 31 42 51 54 57 62 72 88 94 97 2 9 20 37 45 50 53 59 70 87 94 97 1 6 14 21 24 34 38 50 62 82 91 96 Number o f em ployees (in thousands)------------- — 1,666.3 Average hourly earnings ---$1. 16 1,747.4 $1.32 1,773.6 $1.39 1,884.4 $1. 54 $0. 5 0 ---------------$0. 7 5 ---------------$ 1 . 0 0 ---------------$ 1 . 0 5 ---------------$ 1 . 1 5 ---------------$ 1 . 2 0 ---------------$1. 2 5 ---------------$1. 3 0 ---------------$ 1 . 5 0 ---------------$2. 0 0 ---------------$2. 5 0 ---------------$ 3 . 0 0 ---------------- 1,599.5 $1. 81 1965 (! ) (!) 1 4 5 7 8 23 38 66 82 91 1,752.1 $1.95 1966 (M (!) 1 3 3 4 5 15 33 62 79 89 1,813.7 $2.05 North Central 23 45 56 63 66 69 73 81 93 97 99 Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under June (1) 3 9 15 18 20 21 39 55 78 89 94 1,944.1 $1.67 0 ) 8 24 35 43 46 49 55 65 85 94 98 1,946.8 $1.44 (!) 3 12 22 29 32 34 42 54 77 89 95 1,844.0 $1.65 (M 3 9 21 28 31 34 42 53 76 88 95 1,868.6 $1.68 (M 1 4 9 12 18 20 31 45 71 84 92 0) 1 3 7 9 11 11 25 40 67 82 90 1,864.8 $1. 85 1,931.8 $1. 94 ( M ( M West Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under unuci T T n r ln r UTlQCr Under $0. 5 0 ---------------$0. 7 5 ----------------$ 1 . 0 0 ----------------$ 1 . 0 5 ----------------$1. 1 5 ----------------$ 1 . 2 0 ---------------$1. 2 5 ----------------$1. 3 0 ----------------$ 1 . 5 0 ---------------cho uu nn < t0 Q H _ _ ou $3. 0 0 ----------------- Number o f em ployees (in thousands) Average hourly earnings - 1 Less than 0. 5 percent, (1 ) 2 11 20 26 29 31 39 50 73 90 96 ■ 853.3 $1.68 ( J) 1 3 9 13 16 17 25 35 60 77 90 925.0 $2.01 ( M 1 3 8 11 14 15 24 33 58 74 88 ( ! ) ( M 1 3 4 6 6 12 24 54 70 81 1 2 2 3 3 9 20 50 67 79 933.8 $2.05 1,185.7 $2.22 1,240.2 $2.34 32 1966. C hanges o c c u r r e d throughout the p a y s c a le but w e r e m o r e s t r ik in g to w a r d the l o w e r than t o w a r d the upper end. The p r o p o r t i o n p a id le s s than $ 1. 25 an h our, f o r e x a m p le , d e c lin e d f r o m o n e - h a l f to about o n e -te n th ; the p r o p o r t i o n p a id at l e a s t $2 an hour i n c r e a s e d f r o m 15 to 34 p e r c e n t . A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s ad v an ce d 31 cents in the South, 50 cents in the N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n , 55 cents in the N o r t h e a s t , and 66 cents in the W e s t. The South p r e s e n t e d the s h a r p e s t chan ges at the l o w e r end of the p a y s c a l e ; the W e s t p r e s e n t e d the s h a r p e s t changes at the upper end. The p r o p o r t i o n of Southern e m p l o y e e s e a r n in g le s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour d e c lin e d f r o m s e v e n - t e n th s to o n e fifth . N e v e r t h e l e s s , the South, w h ic h accou n ted f o r 38 p e r c e n t o f a ll e m p lo y e e s p a id le s s than $ 1 . 2 5 an hour in 1956, had 54 p e r c e n t o f those who had such e a r n in g s in 1966. In the W e s t , b y c o n t r a s t, the p r o p o r t i o n p aid at l e a s t $ 2 an hour i n c r e a s e d f r o m 27 to 50 p e r c e n t . In both s u r v e y p e r i o d s , the W e s t a c counted f o r about o n e - f o u r t h o f the e m p lo y e e s who had such e a r n in g s . T h e a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k d e c lin e d b y 2 h ours b e t w e e n 1956 and 1966, but m o s t o f the d e c lin e , 1.5 h o u rs , o c c u r r e d b e t w e e n 1962 and 1966. The p r o p o r tio n o f e m p l o y e e s who w o r k e d o v e r 40 hours a w e e k d e c lin e d ; both the p r o p o r tio n who w o r k e d p a r t tim e and the p r o p o r t io n who w o r k e d b e tw e e n 35 and 40 h ou rs a w e e k , i n c lu s iv e , i n c r e a s e d o v e r the 1 0 - y e a r p e r io d . The p a tt e r n o f h ours chan ges in the South and N o r t h C e n t r a l r e g io n s f o l l o w e d the n ation w id e p a tte r n . In the N o r t h e a s t and W e s t , h o w e v e r , the p r o p o r t io n s who w o r k e d b e t w e e n 35 and 40 hours a w e e k , i n c lu s iv e , was r e l a t i v e l y unchanged. United States Oct. A verage w eek ly hours Northeast ______________ June_________________ Oct. _______________ June 1956 1961 1962 1965 1966 1956 1961 1962 1965 1966 Under 35 ------------------------35 to 40 in c lu s iv e -----------Over 40 --------------------------- 25 30 45 26 34 40 27 34 39 30 35 35 31 36 32 28 36 37 31 39 30 32 38 30 36 38 26 38 37 25 Number o f em ployees (in thousands) --------------A verage w eekly hours------- 6,033.2 38. 3 6,687.0 6,929.8 36.9 36.3 1,566.4 36. 8 1,579.6 35 .7 1,599.5 35.6 6,096.0 6,175.5 38. 1 37.8 ____________________ South______________________ Under 35 ------------------------35 to 40 in c lu s iv e -----------Over 40 --------------------------- 19 23 58 19 27 53 Number o f employees (in thousands) --------------A verage w eek ly hours------- 1,666.3 40.9 1,747.4 41. 1 21 28 51 1,773.6 40.5 23 30 47 24 34 42 1,884.4 39.6 1,944.1 38. 9 ________________ North Central_________________ 27 29 44 1,946.8 37.8 29 32 39 1,844.0 37.5 29 32 39 1,868.6 37.5 ____________________ West Under 35 ----------------------------------35 to 40 in c lu s iv e ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Number o f em ployees (in thousands) A verage w eekly hours------------------- 1,752.1 1,813.7 34.4 33.9 24 40 36 853.3 37.7 26 39 35 925.1 37.5 33 33 34 1,864.8 36.3 33 34 33 1,931.8 36.2 ___________________ 27 40 33 933.8 37.2 28 41 31 1,185.7 37.0 31 41 28 1,240.2 36.1 Table Note B e c a u s e o f rounding, sums o f in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y not equal to ta ls . Dash ( - ) in d ic a te s no e m p lo y e e s . A s t e r i s k ( * ) in d ic a te s f e w e r than 50 e m p lo y e e s or le s s than 0. 05 p e r c e n t . G) Table 1. A Ave ra ge straight-time hourly earnings of nonsupervisory employees by selected characteristics, United States, June 1966 E n terprises with annual sales of— $ 500, 000 to $ 1, 000, 000 $ 1, 000, 000 or more Region Metropolitan areas Nonmetropolitan areas Metropolitan areas $250, 000 to $ 500, 000 Nonmetropolitan areas Metropolitan areas Le ss than $250,000 Nonmetropolitan areas Metropolitan areas Nonmetropolitan areas Men Women Men Women Men W omen Men Women Men Women Men W omen Men Women Men W omen United States_______________________________ $2.48 $ 1. 73 $2. 05 $ 1. 50 $ 2. 32 $ 1. 70 $1.90 $ 1. 46 $2. 25 $1.63 $ 1. 81 $ 1. 38 $ 1. 99 $ 1. 54 $ 1. 57 $ 1. 22 N o r t h e a s t _______________________________ South _ _ _ North Central W e s t ______ ________ 2.48 2. 12 2. 56 2. 87 1. 77 1.56 1.70 1.98 2. 13 1.85 2. 02 2. 47 1. 57 1. 39 1.48 1.74 2. 31 1.94 2. 46 2. 67 1.60 1. 30 1.40 1.79 2. 30 1.86 2. 25 2. 58 1.64 1.41 1. 59 1.92 2. 00 1.60 1.79 2. 74 1. 56 1.28 1. 31 1.65 1. 58 1. 33 1.49 1. 81 1.78 1. 36 1.71 1.93 1. 1. 1, 2. 74 54 59 00 2. 1. 1. 2. 14 70 79 53 2. 1. 2. 2. 08 59 07 23 1. 1. 1. 1. 38 09 22 56 T a b l e 2. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U n ited S tates and r e g io n s , June 1966 _ £ E m ig lo ^ e e ^ m ^ th o u £ a n d s ^ United States Northeast South North Central West Av e r a g e hourly earnings Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Under $0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 .2 72.5 245.9 . 1 1.0 3. 5 . 2 1. 8 12.5 * .1 .7 5 .5 56.0 1 70. 1 . 3 2.9 8. 7 1. 0 12.1 54.7 .1 .6 2.8 . 5 2.5 8.6 * .2 .7 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 1 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 8 6 .C 524.6 618.6 69C.5 743.9 7.0 7. 6 8.9 1 0.0 10. 7 44.6 49. 1 59. 1 71.6 80.9 2.5 2 .7 3.3 3.9 4 .5 288.0 310.2 353.3 3 79.1 403.8 14. 8 16.0 18. 2 19.5 20.8 131.9 142. 6 177.7 202.8 218.0 6.8 7 .4 9 .2 10.5 11.3 21.6 22.7 28.5 37. 1 41.2 1 .7 1.8 2.3 3.0 3.3 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $ 1. $ 1. $1. 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------- ----5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1618.6 1903.4 2266.1 2521.6 2696.4 2 3.4 27. 5 32.7 36.4 38.9 275. 9 369.6 465.6 541.7 593.4 15.2 20.4 25.7 29.9 32.7 749.9 832.9 950.6 1022.4 1072.8 3 8. 6 42.8 48. 9 52.6 55.2 477.5 547.0 655.0 725. 9 776.6 24.7 28.3 33 .9 37.6 40.2 115.2 153.9 194.9 231.6 253.5 9.3 12.4 15.7 18.7 20 .4 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 5 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3179.4 3345.7 3555.2 3718.4 3860.5 4 5. 9 4 8. 3 51. 4 53. 7 55.7 731.8 781.9 847. 9 890.9 929.4 40.3 43.1 46.7 49.1 51.2 1179.3 1224.3 1279.0 1318.6 1357.0 60.7 63. 0 65. 8 67. 8 69. 8 912.9 961.1 1021.4 1060.7 1099.4 4 7. 3 49.8 52.9 54 .9 56. 9 355.3 378.4 410.9 448.2 474.7 28.7 30.5 33.1 36.1 38.3 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4C88.4 4218.3 4384.6 4492. 5 4574.0 59.0 60.9 63.3 64. 8 66.0 995.7 1029.4 1079.4 1108.3 1130.3 54.9 56.7 59.5 61.1 62 .3 1406.5 1439.3 1478.0 1504.0 1520.9 72.3 74.0 76. 0 77.4 78.2 1163. 4 1203.6 1246.7 1275.5 1299.5 60.2 62. 3 64.5 66.0 67.3 522.8 547.0 580. 5 604.6 623.3 42.2 44.1 46.8 48.8 50.3 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $ 2. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------20 -----------------------------------------------------------------30 -----------------------------------------------------------------40 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 9 C 7 .8 5101.6 53 05 .C 5450.8 5560.8 70.8 73.6 76. 6 78. 7 80.2 1227.7 1234.9 1347.6 1390.5 1427. 1 67.7 70. 3 74.3 76.7 79.7 1589.1 1631.1 1673. 3 1703.7 1722.1 81.7 93.9 86.1 87.6 8 8. 6 1396.0 1449.9 1506.2 1545.5 1575.8 72.3 75. 1 78.0 80.0 81.6 694.9 735.7 778.0 811.1 835.8 56.0 59.3 62.7 65.4 67.4 Under Under Under Under Under $2 $2. $2. $2. $3. 60 _____ _____________ ___ ______________________ 7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- — 90 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 5762.9 5883.3 5992. 1 6 C8 7.8 6153.3 83.2 8 4.9 86.5 87. 3 88. 8 1496.7 1 535. 5 1571.4 1602.8 1620.1 82.5 84.7 36.6 88.4 89.3 1759.7 1780.0 1799.5 1815.7 1826.4 90. 5 91.6 92.6 93.4 93.9 1628. 1 1662. 7 1691.7 1717.3 1733.8 84. 3 86.1 87.6 88. 9 89.8 878. 5 905.1 929.5 952.0 973. 1 70.8 73.0 74.9 76.8 78.5 1C0.0 1813.7 100.0 1944.1 100.0 1931.8 100.0 1240.2 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------Av er ag e hourly earnings --------------------------------------------- 6529.8 $1,.96 $2,,05 $1 .67 $1 .94 100.0 $2,.34 0) 01 co 0) T a b l e 3. C u m u la t iv e p e rc e n t d is tr ib u t io n o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , b y m e t ro p o lit a n and n o n m e t ro p o lit a n a r e a s , U n ited States and r e g io n s , June 1966 United States Av e r a g e hourly earnings Met ro politan areas Nonmetro politan areas South Northeast Me tr o politan areas Nonmetro politan areas _ M et ro politan ar eas West North Central Nonmetro politan ar eas Metro politan areas Nonmetro politan areas Me tr o politan areas Nonmetro politan areas .2 1.4 4. 4 . 5 5.6 16. 6 ♦ . 3 1.4 .1 1.3 6.2 * .2 .5 .1 .3 1.5 4.3 4.5 5.7 7. 5 8. 3 8.5 9.3 10.9 11.8 12.9 26. 1 2 7. 8 31. 3 3 3. 3 35.0 4. C 4 .2 5.5 6.3 6. 9 13. 5 14.7 17.8 20.1 21.4 1.2 1.3 1.7 2.4 2.6 4.0 4.3 4. 9 5. 7 6 .2 13.4 18.6 23. 8 28. 1 30.9 25.5 30.6 36.1 40.0 42.9 31.8 36.4 43.1 47.1 49.9 50.7 54. 4 59. 2 6 2 .4 64. 7 19.0 22.7 28.4 32. 1 34.7 37.9 41.3 46.7 50. 3 53.0 7. 6 10.3 13.5 16.5 18.3 16.5 21.2 25.3 28.0 29.6 5 9.4 61.6 64. 4 66. 4 68. 3 38.5 41.3 44. 8 47.3 49.5 51.0 53.4 57.5 59.5 61.2 55.7 58.2 61.3 63.6 65.7 69. 6 71.6 73.8 75.4 77.2 42.0 44. 5 47 .6 49. 6 51.5 59.5 62.0 65. 1 67. 3 69. 5 26.2 28.1 30.8 34. 0 36.1 39.0 40.9 43.1 45.3 47.6 54.8 56.7 59. 2 60. 8 62. 1 71. 1 7 3.0 7 5 .C 76. 3 77. 3 53.2 54. 9 57.8 59.5 60. 7 64.7 66. 7 69.1 70.3 71.3 68.5 70.1 72.3 73.8 74.7 79. 3 8 1. 1 8 2.6 83. 8 84. 5 55. 1 57. 1 59. 5 60 .9 62. 3 72.2 74,3 76. 3 77, 8 78.9 40.0 41.9 44.6 46. 7 48.2 51.4 53.3 56.3 57.6 59.1 10 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------30 ------------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------50 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 67.0 7C.C 73. 2 75.5 77.3 81.8 84. 0 86. 2 87. 7 88.8 66. 1 69.2 72.7 75. 1 77.2 76.7 80.0 83.2 85.7 87.2 73.1 80. 5 82.9 84.8 85.9 88 .3 90. 1 91.8 92. 7 93 .4 67. 5 7 0 .5 73.8 76. 2 78. 0 83.3 85. 6 37.5 88.9 89. 9 53.9 57.5 61. 0 63. 8 65.7 64.9 67.1 70.0 72.4 74.5 60 ------------------------------------------------------------------70 ------------------------------------------------------------------8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ac. 5 82.5 84.2 85. 8 8fc. 9 90. 9 91. 9 92. 9 93.7 94. 3 81 .2 83. 5 35.6 87.4 88.5 89. 8 91.1 92.7 93.7 94.0 88.1 89.4 90.6 91.6 92. 3 94. 8 95.4 96.0 96.6 96. 3 80.9 83. 1 84.9 8 6. 4 87.4 92.1 93.0 93.8 94. 6 95.3 69.1 71.4 73.3 75.3 77.0 78.2 79.6 81.7 8 3.2 84.6 Under $0. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- .1 .5 1.7 .2 2.7 8.9 * . 1 .6 Under Under Under IlnHpr Under $1. $1. $1. $1 $1. 0 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------1 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------?Cl — _____ — — ------- ---------------------2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. 0 4. 3 5. 3 6.0 6. 6 15.7 16.9 19. 5 21.4 22.7 2. 1 2.4 2. 8 3.3 3. 8 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 4 0 ------------------------- ----------------------------------------$ 1 . 4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. 2 22.4 27.7 31. 5 34.0 3 8. 2 42. 1 47.2 50.5 53.0 Under Under Under Under Under $1.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 41.2 43.6 46. 8 49. 2 51.3 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 80 ------------------------------------------------------------------8 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Under Under Under Under Under $2 $2. $2. $2. $2. Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $ 2. $3. .2 1.2 . c- 100.0 100. 0 100.0 100.0 10C. 0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Number of employees (in thousands) ------------------------- 5144.9 1785.0 1541.5 2 72.2 1248.8 695.3 1350.0 581.8 1004.6 235.6 Av er ag e hourly e a r n i n g s ---------------------------------------------- $2.07 $1.67 $2. 10 $1.82 $1.78 $1.47 $2.07 $1.67 $2.39 $2.12 Total --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 0 0 T a b le 4. C u m u la t iv e p e rc e n t d is t r ib u t io n of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , b y se x , U nited S tate s and r e g io n s , June 1966 United States Northeast South North Central West A v e r a g e hourly earnings Men Women Under $0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ .1 .8 2.9 .1 1.3 4 .4 * .1 .6 * .1 .9 .3 2. 3 7. 3 .2 3. 7 10.9 * .4 2. 1 . 1 .9 3. 8 . 1 .2 .6 ♦ .2 .8 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 10 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 1 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 20 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 6.1 6.5 7. 6 8.4 9.0 8.3 9.0 10.8 12.2 13.2 1.9 2.1 2. 4 2.8 3. 1 3.2 3.6 4 .4 5.6 5. 4 13. 1 14.1 16.3 17.7 18.8 17.4 18.7 21.0 22.2 23. 7 5 .7 6. 0 7. 1 7. 9 8 .4 8.3 9.1 11. 8 13. 7 14.8 1. 6 1.7 2.2 2. 5 2. 8 2 .0 2.0 2.5 3.7 4.1 Under Under Under Under Under $1.30 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 3 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 40 —--------------------- — -------------------------------------$1.45 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 19.0 21.4 25. 0 27.6 29.5 29.4 35.9 4 3 .4 48.6 52.0 11.3 14.0 17.5 20.3 22.3 20.5 29.1 36.9 43.0 47.0 33.5 36.5 41. 1 44 .4 46.7 46.2 52.4 60.5 64. 8 67 .9 18.5 20.4 24. 1 26.5 28 .4 32.4 38.0 46. 0 51.2 54.8 8.3 9,8 11.9 13.6 14.7 10.9 16.6 21.7 26.7 29.5 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 55 -----------------------------------------------------------------60 -----------------------------------------------------------------65 ------------------------------------------ ----------------------70 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 36.1 38. 1 40.7 42.7 44.5 59. 5 62.5 66.3 68.9 71.3 29.3 31.8 34.9 37.0 38. 9 55.5 58.6 63.0 65.8 68.2 52.2 54.4 57.0 58.9 60.9 73. 4 75.8 7 8. 9 81. 1 8 3.0 35 .0 36.9 3 9 .6 41.1 42. 9 62.3 65. 5 6 9 .2 71.9 74.2 22. 5 23. 5 25.2 28.1 29.6 38.3 41.6 45.7 48.8 52.0 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 80 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 90 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1.95 -----------------------------------------------------------------$2. 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 47.9 49. R 52.0 53.6 54. 8 74.5 76.4 79.0 80. 5 81.7 42 .6 44.5 47. 1 48.7 50.0 71.7 73.5 76.5 78.1 79.3 63.7 65.6 67.7 69.2 70.2 85. 3 8 6. 6 88. 5 89 .6 90. 3 46 .4 48.4 50 .7 52.4 5 3.7 77.3 7 9 .4 81.6 82.8 83. 9 33.2 34. 7 36.6 38.1 39.2 56.2 59.0 62.8 65.5 67.7 Under Under Under Under Under $ 2 . 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$2. 2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$2. 30 -----------------------------------------------------------------$2. 40 -----------------------------------------------------------------$2. 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 60. 2 63.2 66.6 69. 1 70.9 85. 7 88.2 90.5 92. 0 93. 3 56. 2 59.5 63.6 66.3 68.4 83.5 85. 4 89.0 90. 9 92.8 74.4 77.0 79. 8 81.9 83.2 92. 7 9 4. 2 95.5 96 .2 96. 7 59.7 62. 8 66 .4 69.0 71.0 87. 7 90. 1 92. 2 93. 5 94.6 44. 6 47. 5 50.6 53.4 55. 5 74.0 78.0 81.8 84.4 86.1 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $3. 74.6 76. 8 75.1 81.C 82.4 9 5. 1 96.2 96. 8 97.4 97.7 73.1 76. 2 79.0 81.6 83.0 95.4 96.3 97.1 97.7 98.0 85.7 87.2 88.7 89.8 90.6 97.7 98.1 98.4 98. a 98.9 74 .4 76. 5 73.9 81.0 82.4 96.4 97. 8 98.2 98.7 98.8 59.7 62.1 64.6 66.9 69.2 88.3 90. 1 91.2 92.2 93. 1 60 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------80 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------00 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Men Women Men Women Men W omen Men Women 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1 0 0 c 100.0 Number of employees (in thousands) ------------------------- 4038.3 2891.5 1049.4 764.3 1164.7 779. 4 1065.8 866.0 758.4 481.9 A v er ag e hourly e a r n i n g s --------------------------------------------- $2. 17 *1.6 1 $2. 28 $1.69 $1.31 $1.42 $2.20 $1.57 $2.59 $1.89 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10C. C . C<) Nj CD 00 T a b l e 5. C u m u la t iv e p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , by e n t e r p r i s e s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , U n ited S ta te s, m e t ro p o lit a n and n o n m e t ro p o lit a n a r e a s , and r e g io n s , June 1966 United States Enterprises with annual sales of----- A ve ra ge hourly earnings $500, 000 $1, 000, 000 or more $1, 000,000 Under $0. 50 _________________ Under $ 0. 75 _________________ Under $ 1. 00 _________________ Nonmetropolitan areas Metropolitan areas 1 $ 250,000” $ 500,000 Le ss than $ 250, 000 $1, 000, 000 or more $ 500, 000 to $ L, 000,000 $250, 000 to $ 500, 000 Less than $250, 000 $1, 000, 000 or more $ 500, 000" $1, 000,000 $ 250, 000” $ 500,000 Less than $250, 000 * .2 . 9 . 1 1.2 3. 7 .1 . 8 3.8 .3 2.8 9.0 * .2 . 7 * .7 2. 6 . i . 6 2. 1 .1 1.2 4. 0 . 1 .6 2. 1 .2 1.9 5.7 .1 1.2 6 .7 .5 .5 .6 17.3 1.7 2. 1 2. 5 3. 1 3.5 7.4 8.0 9.4 10. 7 11. 4 9. 0 9. 8 12.1 13.6 14.7 17.2 18.2 20. 8 22.7 24.0 1.3 1.6 2 .0 2. 5 2.9 5. 5 5. 8 6.7 7.5 8. 1 6. 3 6. 7 8 .2 9. 1 10.0 10.0 10.6 12. 6 14. 0 15.1 4. C 4. 6 5.5 6. 2 6. 9 10. 5 11.7 13.9 15.9 17.1 13.7 14. 9 18. 7 21.1 22.6 29.2 30.3 34.5 37.2 38.9 Under Under Under Under Under $1.05 _________________ $1.10 ............... .. $ 1. 15 _________________ $ 1. 20 _____________ $ 1. 25 _________________ Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 30 35 40 45 50 _________________ _________ _____ _________________ _________________ _________________ 16.0 21.1 27.2 3 1.6 34. 8 22.4 ■ 25.4 29. 5 32.5 34. 5 26. 5 29.4 33.9 3 6.9 38. 6 37.9 41.0 45.2 48.0 49.6 14. 1 19.1 25.1 29.5 32.6 18. 2 21.1 25. 1 2 8.0 29.6 20.3 22. 6 27. 1 30. 1 31. 7 29.1 32.3 36. 5 39.3 4 1 .0 26.3 31.8 38. 3 42. 8 46 .4 29. 6 32.5 36. 9 40.3 42. 8 36.9 40. 8 45.4 48.3 50. 3 52.6 55.5 59.7 62.3 64.0 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. 55 60 65 70 75 _________________ _________ _____ _____ __ _______ _________________ _________________ 40. 3 43 .3 4 6. 6 49. 2 51.6 41.6 43. 6 46.7 48. 8 5 1.0 46.7 48. 7 51.7 53.7 55.6 59.0 60.5 63. 1 65.0 66.3 38.2 41.2 44.5 47.2 49. 6 3 7. 5 3 9.2 42.6 44.7 46. 6 40. 7 42.4 45. 5 47. 6 49 .3 51.5 53. 1 55.9 57. 9 59.1 52. 1 54.9 58.2 60.4 62. 7 48.5 51.0 53.6 55.8 58.4 56.9 59.2 62.2 64. 1 66.2 71.4 72.9 75.0 76.8 78.2 Under Under Unde r Under Under $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 2. 80 85 90 95 00 _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ ___ ____________ 54.4 56. 5 59.0 6C.8 62. 1 54. 4 56.6 5 9. 4 61.2 62. 3 5 9. 4 61.1 63.5 64. 9 66. 0 70.3 71.7 73.8 74.9 75.7 52.4 54.5 57. 1 58.9 60.3 50. 3 52.4 54. 8 56. 7 57. 7 53. 54. 57. 53. 59. 6 8 3 7 8 64 .0 65 .4 67. 9 69.2 70. 1 65.4 67.5 69. 5 71.0 72.2 61. 3 63.8 67.0 68. 9 70.2 69.2 71.6 74.0 75.2 76.5 80.8 82.0 83. 5 84 .4 85.0 Unde r Unde r Under Under Under $2. 10 $ 2. 20 $2. 30 $2.40 $2. 50 ...... ............. ..... _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ 66. 2 69 .4 72.5 7 5. 1 77.2 67. 6 70. 3 74.0 76. 4 7 8. 1 72.2 74. 5 77.8 79.7 81.0 81. 3 83.3 35. 5 86.6 87.3 64.4 67.7 70.9 73.6 75.7 63. 0 65. 8 69.5 71.9 73.6 66 .2 63. 9 72. 5 7 4. 3 76. 2 76. 5 78.9 81.6 32.8 83 .6 76. 0 78. 9 81 .4 83. 5 85.0 75.3 78.0 81.8 83.9 85. 7 8 2.1 84,0 86.5 87.8 89.0 89.3 90.8 92.0 92. 9 93.3 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $ 2. $2. $3. _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ 80.2 82.3 84.0 85.7 86. 8 8 1.4 83. 1 85. 1 86. 6 87. 7 83.6 85. 3 86. 7 83. 0 38.7 90.0 91.1 92.1 92.9 93.5 78.8 81. 0 82. 8 84.6 85. 8 77.3 79.1 31.4 3 3.0 84. 3 79. 3 8 1 .4 8 3. 3 85. C 85.8 87.0 38. 6 89.9 90.9 91.6 87.5 88.9 90.4 9 1.6 92.4 88. 4 89.8 91.5 92. 6 93.4 91.0 91.8 92.6 93. 1 93.6 94.9 95.3 9 5. 8 96.3 96.6 Total --------------------------- 100.0 100.0 100. 0 100.0 100.0 1 00.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Number of employees (in thousands) ----------- --------- 3689.7 653.4 866.1 1720.6 3115.2 410.9 543.4 1075.4 574.6 $?.C9 $2.00 $1.91 $1.69 $2. 14 $2.14 $2.06 $1,84 $1.84 60 70 80 90 00 Av er ag e hourly earnings __ 100.0 100.0 242.6 322.7 645.2 $1.80 $1.69 $1.45 T a b le 5. C u m u la t iv e p e rc e n t d is t r ib u t io n of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , b y e n t e r p r i s e s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , U nited S tate s, m e t r o p o lit a n and n o n m e t ro p o lit a n a r e a s , and r e g io n s , June 1966— C on tin u ed Northeast Av erage hourly earnings $1, 000, 000 or more Under $0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 1. 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------ South Enterprises with annual sales of— $500, 000 to $1, 000, 000 $250, 000 to $500, 000 Le ss than $250, 000 $1, 000, 000 or more $500, 000 to $1, 000, 000 $250, 000 to $500, 000 Less than $250, 000 .2 2 .4 8 .2 .7 7.3 21.3 * . 1 . 3 * * .4 ♦ . 1 .7 _ . ? 1. 6 .1 . 7 2.3 . 3 3. 0 8. 8 .6 .9 1.1 1.4 1. 7 2. 1 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.2 5 .0 5. 9 6.6 5.7 5.1 7.2 8. 8 9. 7 3.9 4. 5 5.3 5.8 6.6 14. 8 15. 8 13.0 20.2 21 .3 17. 18. 22. 24* 26. 1 8 8 8 7 34. 7 36.7 4 0 .9 4 3. 0 45. 0 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 0 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1, 15 — -— --------- — ------------ ---------------------------— $ 1 . 2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 2 5 ----------------- ------------------------------------------------ Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $ 1. $ 1. 30 ----------------------------------------------------------------35 ----------------------------------------------------------------40 ----------------------------------------------------------------4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------ -— 5 0 ------------------------------ ■ ----------------------------------- 10. 7 16.8 22.6 27.6 31.3 l 1.0 15.4 19.8 23.9 26.1 16.6 19.6 24. 1 26 .6 28. 1 25.6 33.0 34.9 38.2 40.0 27.7 33.4 40.9 45 .4 48.7 35. 5 33. 4 42. 8 46. 3 48 .2 42 .5 45. 8 51.0 54.0 56. 5 58. 8 6 1 .4 65 .5 68*1 69 .6 Under Under Under Under Under $1.55 --------- --------------------------------------------------- -— $ 1 . 6 0 ------------- *--------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 0 ------------ ---------------------------------------------------$ 1. 75 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 36. 7 40.5 44. 1 46 .8 49. 3 3 4. 9 37. 1 41.7 43 .4 45 .6 38.1 39.4 43.0 45. 4 47.3 50.9 52.5 55.8 57.8 59.0 54.0 56.9 60,1 62.4 64. 7 54. 5 5 6. 5 59. 5 61 .5 63 .8 6 2. 3 64.2 67.2 68 .9 70.7 75.0 76 .5 78 .3 30. 1 81. 5 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $ 2. 8 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------8 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------9 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------00 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 52.1 54. 2 57.0 58.7 6C, 0 50.4 52.5 55.3 57.2 58.3 51.7 53.1 56.0 57 .4 58 .8 63.9 65.0 67.9 69.2 70.3 67. 3 69.2 71.3 72.8 73. 9 66. 6 68. 8 71.0 73.0 73.8 73.1 74.9 77.1 78. 5 79. 5 83. 9 34.9 86.4 87. 1 87.6 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $ 2. $2. $ 2. $2. 10 20 30 40 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64.2 67. 6 71.0 73.8 76.4 64. 3 67. 8 72. 5 75.2 77.3 65 .9 69. 0 73.4 76.1 77.5 77.1 79.7 82.3 83.6 84. 5 77.2 79. 7 82. 2 84.4 85. 8 78, 1 80. 9 83.3 8 5.2 36. 1 84.5 86. 1 88.2 89. 2 90.0 9 0 .6 92.1 93.4 93 .9 94. 2 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $ 3. 60 ----------------------------------------------------------------70 ----------------------------------------------------------------8 0 --------------------------- ------------------------------------90 ----------------------------------------------------------------00 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 8C. 1 82. 5 84.6 86. 8 88.0 81. 7 83. 5 86. 1 8 7.3 68. 1 81.6 83. 7 86.3 88. 1 88.9 88.3 90.1 91.3 92.3 92.7 88.0 89.2 90.5 91.5 92.3 8 3. 9 90. 2 91 .5 92.5 93.0 91.8 93. 2 93. 7 9 4.2 94 .6 9 5 .4 95 .8 96 .4 96. 9 97. 2 Total -------------------------------------------------------------------- 100.0 1CO.O 100. 0 100.0 100.0 100. 0 100.0 100.0 Nu mber of employees (in thousands) ------------------------- 984.4 156. 1 212.6 460.7 994.2 192. 2 241.0 516.7 Av e ra g e hourly e a r n i n g s ----------------— ------------------------- *2. 14 *2.11 $2.05 $1. 86 $1.8 3 $1.73 $1.61 $1.38 CO (0 T a b l e 5. C u m u la t iv e p e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , by e n t e r p r i s e S a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , U n ite d S t a te s , m e t ro p o lit a n and n o n m e t ro p o lit a n a r e a s , and r e g io n s , June 1966— C o n tin u ed North Central Av e ra g e hourly earnings $1, 000, 000 or more Under $0. 50 ___________________________ Under $0. 7 5 ___________________________ Under $1.00 ___________________________ West En terprises with annual sales of— $500, 000 to $1, 000, 000 $250, 000 to $500, 000 * Le s s than $250, 000 * . 1 .5 .9 3.5 .5 4. 2 .2 2 .0 7. 3 $1, 000, 000 or more * .2 .3 $500, 000 to $1, 000,000 $250, 000 to $500, 000 . Le s s than $250, 000 . 1 .2 . 3 . 1 . 5 . 1 .4 1 .8 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. 05 10 15 20 25 ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ _____________________ -____ 1.4 1.7 2.4 3.0 3.4 8. 1 9. 0 1 1. 0 12.3 1 3. 5 9. 9 10.7 13.9 16. 1 17. 1 17.5 18.4 21.9 24.3 25.7 .7 . 7 . 8 1.4 1.6 1.2 1. 3 1. 6 2. 4 2. 8 1.6 1.7 2 .2 2. 4 2. 9 4. 4 4. 6 5.9 6 .9 7.5 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. 30 $ 1. 35 $ 1. 40 $1.45 $ 1. 50 ___________________________ -------- ----------------------------__________________________ __________________ ;_______ ___________________________ 16. 3 21.1 27.5 3 2.4 35.8 26.6 29. 1 3 3. 6 3 6. 0 38.0 30. 1 32. 1 36.3 3 9.2 40. 7 40. 8 43.0 47.1 49.7 51.4 5. 8 8. 8 12. 1 15. 3 17.3 9.8 11.6 14. 3 16. 5 18. 1 8. 5 12.7 16.6 20. 0 21.4 17. 0 20. 3 2 3.6 26.2 27.7 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. 55 60 65 70 75 ___________________________ ______________ _____________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ------------ ------------------------- 41.8 44.6 48.0 50.2 52.6 44.8 46.8 49. 3 51. 5 53.4 49.4 51.0 54.5 56. 5 58. 4 60.8 62.6 65.1 66.7 67.9 22.8 25. 1 2 8.0 31.6 34.0 24.6 26.2 28. 6 31. 3 33. 7 31. 3 32.9 34.5 36. 8 33. 5 41 .5 42. 7 45. 3 47 .6 49.2 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 2. 80 85 90 95 00 ___________________________ ___________________________ __________________________ __________________________ _____________________ _____ 55.6 5 7. 8 60.2 61.8 63.2 56.4 59. 1 61.9 63. 7 6 5.0 63. 1 65.2 67. 7 69. 2 70.4 71.2 72. 7 74.2 75.3 76.1 36. 8 39. 0 41 .7 44. 1 46.0 36.9 38.8 42. 0 43. 6 44. 9 42. 2 4 3. 1 45 .3 46. 1 47.2 55. 8 57. 8 60. 6 6 2 .2 63.1 Under Under Under Under Under $2. 10 $ 2. 20 $ 2. 30 $2. 40 $ 2. 50 ___________________________ _____ _____ ________-_______ ___________________________ _____________________ _____ ___________________________ 67.6 71.0 74. 3 76.5 78.6 70. 5 72.8 76. 2 7 8. 8 80. 5 76.2 78.1 80.4 82.3 83.5 81.9 83.9 86.1 87.5 8 8.1 50. 5 54. 4 57. 6 60.9 63.2 50.6 52.8 57. 0 59. 9 62. 4 54. 4 58.0 6 2.7 65. 0 6 7. 3 71.0 73.3 76. 1 77.5 78, 5 Under Under Under Under Under $ 2. $ 2. $2. $ 2. $3. ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ 81.5 83. 8 8 5.6 87.2 88. 1 83 .3 8 5. 0 86. 4 87.9 8 9.0 85. 4 87.0 88. 4 3^. 7 90.4 90.6 91.4 92.4 92.9 93. 5 66.4 69. 0 70. 9 72.8 74.9 6 6.0 68. 2 71. 5 74. 3 76. 6 7 0 .6 71.9 73.4 75. 1 76. 1 82. 6 84. 1 8 5. 8 87. 1 88, 2 60 70 80 90 00 Total __ _______ ___________________ Number of employees (in thousands) A ve rag e hourly earnings ____________ 100. 0 100.0 100.0 100. 0 100.0 100.0 1048.0 185. 5 260.4 437.8 663.1 119. 7 152. 1 305.4 $2 .07 SI .95 $1.85 SI. 70 f 2.46 S 2.4 5 $2.3 6 S2.02 1 0 0 .C 100. 0 T ab le 6. C u m u la tiv e p e r c e n t d is tr 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 by a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s , by e s t a b lis h m e n t s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , U n i t e d S t a t e s , m e t r o p o l i t a n and n o n m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s , a n d r e g i o n s , J un e 1966 United States Me tro po li ta n a r ea s Ave ra ge hourly earnings $ 250, 000 or more $ 150,000 to $ 250,000 Le ss than $ 150, 000 $ 250, 000 or m o r e Under $0. 50 ________________________ -_____ Under $0. 75 __________ ____________________ Under $ 1. 00 _______________________________ * . 3 1. 3 . 1 1. 5 5.4 Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 05 10 15 20 25 _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ ....... ................................. ..... _____________ _________________ 2. 7 3.0 3.8 4 .4 4. 9 11.9 13.9 15.7 17. 0 19.4 2 0 . 6 23. 7 25.7 27.0 1.7 2 .3 9 .5 2. 9 3.4 Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 30 35 40 45 50 .......................................... . ____ _________ ________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________ _____ 16. 7 2 1 . 1 26 .7 30.7 33. 6 3 0. 5 34. 4 38.3 4 1.7 4 3. 8 41 .9 45.1 49. 8 52.7 54. 4 Under Under Under Under Under $ $ $ $ $ 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 55 60 65 70 75 _______________________________ __ __________________________ _______________________________ _______________________ _____ _______________________________ 39. 7 42 .4 45 .6 48. 1 50.4 52.4 54.3 57. 4 5 9.6 61.4 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. 80 $ 1. 85 $ 1. 90 $1.95 $ 2. 00 _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______ _______________________ _____________ _______________ 53.5 55.5 58. 1 59. 9 61.2 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 Total ________________________________ Nu mb er of employees (in thousands) ___ A v e ra g e hourly earnings _____________ N on me tro p oli ta n ar e as Estab lish men ts with annual sales of— __ Le ss than $ 150, 000 $ 250, 000 or m o r e $ 150,000 to $ 250, 000 Less than $ 150, 000 * . 6 2.5 . 1 1.5 5 .2 . 1 .7 3.0 .2 3.3 11.4 6 . 1 18.7 . 7 7.2 10 .2 11.3 12.1 1 2 . 8 15. 1 16. 7 17.8 6 .4 7.1 8 . 7 9. 9 10. 9 20.3 2 1 .5 24.4 27. 1 29. 0 31.1 33. 1 37. 4 4 0. 2 41.8 14.0 18.4 2 4.0 28.0 3 0. 9 24. 1 28. 0 32. 1 35.2 37.0 32.3 36. 2 4 1 ,3 44 .4 46. 1 26.9 31.4 37.0 41 .0 43. 3 43. 9 47 .6 52.7 55.2 57. 7 6 63.2 65. 0 67. 4 69.2 70.5 37.0 39.7 42.9 45.5 47.9 46. 3 48.4 51.7 54. 1 55.7 56. 1 58 . 2 60. 8 62.7 64. 1 49 .9 52.7 55. 9 58.0 60.4 64. 9 65 .4 67. 2 69. 3 70. 9 71. 7 74.2 75.4 77.4 78.3 79.0 50.9 52.9 55.5 57.3 58.7 60. 3 61.9 64.1 65. 9 66.7 6 8 . 5 69. 3 72. 1 73 .2 74. 0 6 5 .9 69. 1 72. 4 74.9 76.9 77.2 79.6 3. 5 4. 5 84. 0 85. 6 87.6 38.6 89.2 63.3 66.5 69.9 72 .6 74.7 72.6 75.5 78. 2 79. 9 81.1 80. 0 82. C 83.9 85.5 8 7.1 88.4 3 9. 6 90. 6 9 1.2 91 .6 9 2.7 93.6 94.4 94. 8 77.9 80. ? 82.1 3 3.8 85.1 84.1 85.6 87. 1 88.4 89. 2 8 6 .6 ICC. C 1 1 .1 8 2 .0 8 8 100.0 * $ 150, 000 to $ 250,000 .3 3 .3 10.4 . 3 .2 . . 8 6 8 .8 .6 56. 5 59. 5 3. 5 6 6 .1 67. 8 69.1 71.1 73.2 74. 5 76. C 78.2 79.8 3 0. 9 6 3. 3 65. 5 67. 9 69. 6 70. 8 75.9 78.2 80. 0 81.2 8 1.9 93.4 3 4.5 85.9 36. 5 87.2 79. 8 81 .7 84.3 95.4 36. 1 75. 8 78. 7 81.7 83.7 85. 2 86.5 . 1 89. 9 91.0 91.6 90. 8 92.0 92.9 93. 6 94. 1 8 9 .2 90.7 91. 8 92. 8 9 3.4 87. 9 89. 1 90.6 91.6 92.4 93.5 94. 1 94 .6 95.2 95. 4 95.5 95. 9 96. 5 96.9 97.2 6 6 .6 8 8 0 100. 0 1 0 0. 0 100.0 100. C 4714.2 863. 9 1351.7 3728.2 582.4 334. 2 986. 0 28 1.4 517. 5 $2.08 $1.81 $ 1 . 62 $2.16 $1.94 $1.76 $1.83 $1.57 $1.40 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .0 T a b l e 6. C u m u la t iv e p e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , by e s t a b lis h m e n t s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , U n ite d S ta te s, m e t r o p o lit a n and n o n m e t ro p o lit a n a r e a s , an d r e g io n s , June 1966— C o n tin u ed Establishments with annual sales of— A ver age hourly earnings $250, 000 or more Under $0. 50 _________________ Under $0.75 — -----------------Under $ 1. 0 0 _________________ * . 1 .4 $ 150,000 $250, 000 * .2 . 7 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. 05 $ 1. 10 $1.15 $ 1. 20 $ 1. 25 _________________ .......................... — ____________ _________________ ________ ________ 2 . 2 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. . ---- -----------___________ ___ _________________ _________________ ... .................. . 2 1 5. 5 20.7 25.3 28. 6 2 0 .1 Under Under Under Under Under $1.55 .................. . ~ $ 1. 60 .................... $ 1. 65 --- ------ ----$ 1. 70 .................... $ 1. 75 ___________ _ Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 1. $ 2. 80 85 90 95 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. $250, 000 or more . 1 1.7 . 8 2.9 . 5 5.5 .1 $ 150,000 to $250, 000 Le s s than $ 150, 000 1 . 1 2 . 8 3.2 4.2 4 .9 5. 4 .8 6 .1 24.5 26. 3 30.2 32.4 34.3 39.2 40 .6 44. 8 46. 9 48.9 2 5.3 3 0.3 33.3 35.3 29.4 34.1 39. 9 43.4 45 .4 28. 7 33.6 40.5 44. 8 47. 8 51.1 54.4 59.2 62.0 64. 0 62.1 64.8 6 8 . 9 71 .4 7 3.0 35.0 37. 9 41. 7 44.2 46.6 44.7 47.4 51.5 54.1 56.0 56.0 58.4 61.3 63.1 64.2 53.5 56.2 59.4 61 .5 63.8 70.4 71.8 74.5 76.9 78.9 ______ __ - __ _________________ ------------------------------- -----------_____ _____ 49. 8 51.9 54. 8 56.5 57.8 60. 3 61. 7 64. 5 67. 5 69.0 70.0 72.6 73.5 74.6 66.4 6 8 . 5 70.7 72.3 73.4 -----------------------_________________ ......................... „ ------- .. ...... ................. . 62 .8 66. 3 7C.2 73. 1 75. 6 74.2 77. 4 80. 1 81. 6 83.3 80.4 82.4 84.7 85.9 8 6 . 5 77.2 79.7 82.3 84.3 85.6 60 _____________ 79.6 81.9 84 .2 86.9 89. 0 90. 3 91.7 92.3 89.3 91.6 92.7 93. 7 94.0 89.3 90.5 91.6 92 .3 70 80 90 00 _________________ _________________ _________________ ......................... Number of employees (in thousands) ______________ Av er ag e hourly earnings — 1 0 8 6 .2 8 7 .4 3. 7 4. 1 4. 9 5. 7 7.1 6 6 .6 6 1 0 .0 1 0 .6 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1230.2 230.2 353.4 $2.15 $1.93 $1.79 1 0 0 .0 8 8 .0 $ 150,000 $ 250, 000 Le s s than $ 150,000 ♦ 8.5 24. 2 7. 4 3. 3 9. 2 1 .1 1.3 1. 5 1.9 $ 250,000 or more .3 4. 1 14.0 8 .2 Total --------------------------- Le ss than $ 150,000 6 .8 30 35 40 45 50 West North Central South Northeast .2 $250, 000 or more * .2 . 8 4. 3 10.5 . 1 13.3 15.8 17.0 1 1 . 8 . 2 $250, 000 . 1 1 .2 .2 1 .3 .6 19.4 2 0 .6 . 7 2 .2 .8 2 .2 24.9 2 7. 8 29.2 1 .0 45.2 47. 7 52.2 55.0 56. 7 6 28.2 32.2 35 .2 3 0. 9 33.7 38. 3 41.1 43. 3 77.3 79. 0 80.5 82. 1 83.2 4 1 .5 44. 3 47 .5 49.7 52.0 52.1 54.2 57 .0 59.0 60 .7 81.4 82.6 83.9 85. 1 85. 6 85. 5 96 .4 8 8 . 0 89.0 55. 3 57. 5 60.0 61. 7 63. 1 8 8 .8 90.5 92.2 93.0 93 .2 91.7 93 .0 94. 1 94.7 95. 1 94. 5 95.1 95.7 96.3 96.5 96. 1 96. 5 97 .0 97 .4 97.6 8 8 .6 $ 150,000 1.4 1 .6 .1 .4 2 .1 5.3 5.5 6 .9 7.9 8 .6 13.6 17.9 18.6 1 2 .1 2 1 .0 15. 1 16.9 23.9 25. 8 25.9 23. 8 30.2 65.4 67 .2 70.2 71. 7 72.7 23 .0 25. 1 27.8 31.1 33.4 36.5 3 8.1 40. 5 42.2 43.6 44 .6 45 .9 48.5 51.2 53.4 64. 7 67. 5 69. 1 70.4 7 1 .4 75.6 76. 3 78.4 79.3 80. 1 36.3 38.3 4 1 .0 43.1 44.9 49. 5 51.3 54.1 56.1 57.1 59.2 61.4 63.7 65.1 65.8 67 .9 71.1 7 4 .4 76 .7 78.6 77.1 79.3 8 1 .8 83.7 84.6 8 5.2 87.0 88.9 89. 8 9 0 .4 50.1 53.9 57.5 60.6 62.9 63.9 66.7 69.6 71.6 73.1 73.3 74.9 77.8 79.3 80.5 81 .6 83.8 85.5 87. 1 8 8 . 1 87.0 92.6 93. 3 94 .2 9 4 .7 95 .4 6 6 .2 76. 5 78.0 80.0 81.2 82.6 84.5 89.0 90. 1 90 .5 18. 1 2 2 .1 8 8 .0 . 1 8.9 2.9 4 .6 5. 0 Le ss than $ 150,000 6 8 .6 70.7 72.7 74.6 1 0 0 .0 1286.8 246.0 411.3 1342.0 224.0 365.9 855.3 163.7 221.3 $1.81 $1.48 $1.33 $2.05 $1.83 $1.62 $2.46 $2.18 $1 .96 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 8 6 .2 87.8 89.2 90.1 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 2 1 . 8 1 0 0 .0 T a b le 7. N u m e r ic a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o r k , U n ited S ta te s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West Weekly hours of work Number Percent Number Under 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 --------------------------------------------------4 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------ 577.2 159S.9 681.2 1827.0 368.2 306.9 368.6 12CC.8 8 .3 23.1 9. 8 26. 4 5.3 4 .4 5.3 17.3 185.5 50 5 .4 230.2 447.0 92.1 54. 8 79 .3 219.6 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6929.8 A v er ag e weekly hours Table 8 . 1 0 0 .0 1 2 .1 103.0 Percent Number 121.3 339.3 174.4 489.4 . 2 17.5 9. 0 25.2 6 . 3 5. 8 7.1 23. 1 165. 6 478.8 179.0 48 1.5 99 .9 80. 5 105.1 341. 5 6 1 2 1 .6 1 1 2 .1 137.8 448.2 1944.1 33.9 1 0 0 .0 Percent Number 24. 8 9 .3 24.9 5.2 4 .2 5.4 17.7 1 0 0 .0 Percent 104.9 27 6 .4 9 7. 7 409. 1 54.6 59.5 4 6 .4 191.6 8 .6 1931.8 38.9 Northeast United States Under 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 --------------------------------------------------4 4 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------48 and over — ------------------------------- -------- -------T o t a l -------------------------------------------------------------------Number of employees (in thousands) ------------------------- 27.9 12.7 24.6 5.1 3. 0 4.4 Number 8.5 22.3 7.9 33.0 4.4 4 .8 3.7 15.5 1240.2 1 0 0 .0 36.1 36.2 Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, by metropolitan and ncnmetropolitan areas, United States and regions, June 1966 Weekly hours of work A v er ag e weekly hours 1 0 .2 1813.7 36.3 ------------------------------------------------ Percent ------------------------------------------------ Metro politan areas 8 .8 24.6 1 C.5 28. 5 5.3 3.9 4.6 l 3. 8 1 0 0 .0 Nonmetro politan areas 7.0 18.R 7. 9 2 0 . 1 5.3 6 . 1 7.3 2 7. 5 1 0 0 .0 Metro politan areas 10.4 28.3 13.2 25.4 4.9 2.4 3. 9 11.3 1 0 0 . 0 5144.9 1785.0 1541.5 35.4 39.0 33.6 South Nonmetro politan areas M e tr o politan areas 9.3 25.4 9. 7 19. 1 2 0 .1 28.3 5. 9 6 .4 6 .8 16.4 1 0 0 .0 272.2 35. 5 6 .2 1 0 .1 6 .6 4 .9 6 . 5 18.4 1 0 0 .0 West North Central Nonmetro politan areas 6.3 14.6 7. 0 19.6 5.6 7. 3 8 .2 31. 5 Metro politan areas 9.4 26 .7 9.8 28 .3 5.2 4. 1 4 .5 11.9 Nonmetro politan areas 6 .6 20.3 8 . 0 17.0 5. 1 4. 3 7 .6 31. 0 M et r o politan areas 8 .7 22 .9 7.8 33.9 4.4 4 .4 3 .5 14.3 Nonmetro politan areas 7 .5 19.7 8 . 1 29.2 4 .2 6 .4 4 .6 2 0 .2 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1248.8 695.3 1350. 0 581.8 1004.6 235.6 38,0 40.5 34.7 3 9. 4 35.8 37.5 T a b le 9. P e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y w e e k ly h o u r s of w o rk , by sex, U nited State s and r e g io n s , June 1966 United States Northeast South North Central West Weekly hours of work Men Under 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 35 -------------------------------------------------------------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 employees (in thousands) ------------------------Av er ag e weekly hours ------------------------------------------------- 7.7 18.6 5. 1 23.8 5. 3 6 .2 7. 1 26. 1 Women 9.2 29.3 16. 4 30. 0 5. 4 1. 9 2 . 8 5. 0 Men 9.6 2 1 .8 6 .5 25.6 6 .0 4 .5 6.5 19.5 Women 1 1 .0 35.1 21.3 23.3 3 .9 1 .0 1.4 2 .0 Men 5. 8 14.7 4. 7 20.4 5. 4 7 .4 8. 9 32. 9 Women 7.0 . 6 15.4 32. 3 7.6 3. 3 4. 4 8.4 2 1 Men 7. 8 19.5 4 .7 2 1 . 6 4 .9 6 .0 7. 4 28. 1 Women 9. 5 31. 2 14.9 29.0 5.5 1.9 3.0 4 .8 Men Women 8 .1 19. 4. 29. 4. 7. 4. 22. 1 6 4 7 0 9 3 9.0 27.3 13.1 38.6 4.0 1.4 1.9 4 .7 1 0 0 .0 103.0 1 0 0 .0 . 0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 4C38.3 2891.5 1049.4 754.3 1164.7 779.4 1065. 8 8 6 6 .0 75 8. 4 481.9 38.6 33.2 36.2 30.7 41.2 35.6 38. 8 37.7 33.6 1 0 0 .0 10 0 .C 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 32.9 T a b l e 10. P e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o r k , b y e n t e r p r i s e s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , U n it e d S tate s, m e t r o p o lit a n an d n o n m e t ro p o lit a n a r e a s , an d r e g io n s , J une 1966 United States Metropolitan area: Weekly hours of w ork $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 or more Under 15 _____________________ 15 and under 35 _____________ 35 and under 40 ------------------- 7 .9 24.2 1 2 .2 29.4 Over 40 and under 44 _______ Over 44 and under 48 _______ 48 and over ___________________ Total ___________________ Nu m be r of employees (in thousands) ______________ A v er ag e weekly hours ______ Nonmetropolitan areas Enterprises with annual sales of— 6 .2 3.9 4.8 1 1 .2 . $500, to $1 , 0 0 0 000 ,000 6.3 16.4 7.5 24.1 4. 4 6 . 7 7.2 27.3 $250, 000 to $500, 000 L e s s than $250, 000 7. 7 19.3 7.0 10.4 25.1 7 .0 2 2 .1 2 2 .8 5.3 5. 4 7. 5 25. 8 3.8 4.1 4.5 22.4 $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 or more 8 .1 25.0 12.5 30.5 6 . 1 3.8 4. 5 9 .5 $500, 000 to 0 0 0 ,000 $1 , 7.3 19.3 7.9 23.7 4. 8 3.9 6.9 2 1 . 2 $250, 000 to $500, 000 . 8 0. 9 8 . 1 25. 1 5. 3 5. 0 8 2 6 .0 2 0 . 8 Le ss than $250, 000 1 1 .3 27.3 6.9 24 .7 3. 2 3 .4 3 .4 19.7 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 3685.7 653.4 8 6 6 .1 1720.6 3115.2 410.9 54 3.4 35.5 39.6 36.0 35.0 37.9 36 .8 1 0 0 0 38. 3 $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 or more 6. 7 2 0 . 1 10.7 23 .9 $500, 000 to 0 0 ,000 $1 , 0 6 .8 6 .6 16.4 3.7 1 1 .6 6 .8 7.6 37.7 Total _________________________________________ 9 .0 29. 5 15.5 24. 8 6 .2 2.5 4. 3 8. 2 7.7 9.3 24 .4 5.1 4. 3 5. 4 19.5 . 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 156. 1 A v er ag e weekly hours ____________________________ 33. 36.7 6 9 .4 2 2 .0 10.4 26. 3 4. 3 4. 4 7. 0 17.9 984.4 0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1075.4 574.6 242.6 322.7 645.2 34 .9 37.9 42.5 40 .9 37.7 8 .6 5 .8 13.6 5.4 20.3 5.5 6 .9 7 .3 17 .8 5.9 2 1 .9 4.4 6.7 7.6 37. 1 1 1 . 8 6 .0 30.7 30.1 14.1 29.1 9.0 23.9 2.9 2 .8 3.2 15.0 6 .3 19.4 11.9 29.2 7 .6 4 .4 6.4 14. 8 3.9 1 1 .2 6 .6 19.5 5.3 1 0 0 . 0 103.0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 2 1 2 . 6 463.7 9 9 4 .2 192.2 241.0 516.7 35.9 32.7 37.4 42 .5 4 0 .9 3 9 .6 8 .2 1 0 . 6 North Central 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 over ____________________________ Total _____________________________ Numb er of employees (in thousands) Av er ag e weekly hours ________________ 8 . 5 25. 7 11. 5 29.4 5.7 4. 1 4. 4 10.7 7.1 17.7 6 .8 21.4 3.5 6 .2 8 .6 28.7 34.1 8.9 21 .4 7 .0 19.7 4 .7 5 .2 6 .3 26.8 South 2 2 .0 Numb er of employees (in thousands) ___________ 6 .2 1 0 .1 Le s s than $250, 000 1 0 0 .0 Northeast 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 over _________________________________________ 5.7 16.6 5.2 16.9 5.2 4 .6 1 1 .6 4.7 20.5 $250, 000 to $500, 0 0 0 7 .6 21.4 6.9 17.7 5.6 4 .6 7.2 29.0 West 1 0 .0 27.7 6.4 19.9 4. 4 3.1 5.6 22.9 7. 8 21.3 9. 1 36.8 4 .9 5 .0 4 .0 1 1 .1 7.0 15 .7 6 .3 32.8 4 .5 7.5 4.5 21.7 2 0 .8 6 .4 28.9 4 .6 5.6 4 .4 2 1 . 2 27 .8 6 . 6 2 6 .8 3.1 3 .0 2 .5 19 .7 10 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1C48.0 18 5.5 260.4 437.8 663. 1 119.7 152.1 305.4 38.6 35.7 35.9 38 . 5 37.3 35.1 35. 1 3 9. 8 11. P e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by w e e k ly h o u r s of w o r k , b y e s t a b lis h m e n t s a l e s - s i z e c l a s s e s , U n ite d S ta te s, m e t ro p o lit a n and n o n m e t ro p o lit a n a r e a s , and r e g io n s , June 1966 United States Metropolitan areas Weekly hours of work $250, 000 or more Under 15 _____________________ 15 and under 35 _ _______ __ 35 and under 40 40 _ __ _ Over 40 and under 44 _______ 44 ---------— —— --------------------------Over 44 and under 48 _____ 48 and over ___________________ Total ___________________ Nonmetropolitan areas 7. 3 22.3 11.1 28. 3 5. 5 4 .6 5.6 14.9 1 0 0 .0 $ 150,000 to $250, 000 9.0 22.9 8 .0 23.4 4. 8 4. 2 4. 7 23.1 1 0 0 .0 Le ss than $ 150,000 11.3 25.9 6. 7 21. 7 3.5 4 .0 4.7 2 2 . 1 1 0 0 .0 $250, 000 or more 7.8 ?3 .3 1 1 .8 33.2 6 .0 4.0 4.9 11.4 103.0 $ 150,000 to $250, 000 9. 5 24.9 8 . 1 25.9 4 .4 3. 1 3. 9 20. 3 1 0 0 . 0 Le ss than $ 150, 000 12.5 2 8. 0 6 . 6 2 2 . 8 2. 9 3. 6 3. 8 19.7 1 0 0 . 0 Numb er of employees (in thousands) ______________ 4714.2 863.9 1351.7 3723.2 58 2.4 834.2 A ve ra ge weekly hours ______ 36 .5 36.9 35. 5 35. 5 36.0 34.4 $25 0., ( 00 or more 5. 5 16.9 8, 4 2 0 . 8 5.6 6.7 8 .2 28.0 1 0 0 .0 ____ Number of employees (in thousands) _____ A ver age weekly hours ________ 5.4 17.2 10.5 27.1 7.2 5.4 7.7 19.4 1 0 0 .0 7.2 17.7 6 .2 22.3 6.5 5. 9 5. 6 28.7 $ 150,000 1 Le s s than to 1 $ 150, 000 $250, 000 | 8 . 0 18,7 7 .7 18.2 5. 6 6.4 6 , 5 28. 9 9. 5 22. 5 6 . 9 19. 8 4.5 4. 7 6 .1 26 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 986. 0 281.4 517.5 3 8 .7 37 .3 South Under 15 _______________________ 15 and under 35 35 and under 40 40 _______________ ____________ Over 40 and under 44 _____ — --------------4 4 __________ _ _____ _____ ___ Over 44 and under 48 _______ ... — ............ — .......... ..... 48 and over ________ __ __ __ Total _ __ __ __ Northeast Establishments writh annual sales of— o o T a b le $250, 000 or more 8 . 6 27 .4 14.6 25. 1 6 .0 3.0 4.7 10.7 1 0 0 . 0 2 0 .8 3.3 . 7 . 0 31.0 6 6 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1286.8 246.0 411. 3 38.7 39.4 39 .4 8 . 1 23.8 1 0 . 1 27.4 5.4 4. 6 5.5 15. 2 1 0 0 .0 8 .0 22.9 8.9 20. 3 5.4 3. 5 6 .0 25 .0 1 0 0 . 0 11.7 27.3 9 .4 23.6 3.4 3. 5 3. 7 17.4 Le s s than $ 150,000 15.0 29. 9 8.3 23.6 3.0 2 .7 3.9 13.6 . 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 1230.2 230.2 353.4 34.4 3 4. 0 32.1 North Central 8. 2 18.0 5. 9 $ 150,000 to $ 250,000 0 West . 8 29.6 6 , 3 18.8 4 .3 2 .9 5.0 2 2 . 2 1 0 7.3 20.4 8.4 35.9 4.9 5.5 4 .0 13.6 9.5 24.5 7.3 28. 8 3.3 3.6 3.1 2 0 .0 1 2 .2 28.1 6 . 3 24.8 3.3 3.0 3.3 19.1 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1342.0 224.0 365.9 855.3 163. 7 221.3 36.2 37,6 35. 0 36.6 36. 3 34.4 T a b le 12. P e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s h a v in g s p e c ifi e d a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s b y w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o r k , U n ite d S ta te s and r e g io n s , June 1966 Employees with average hourly earnings of— Weekly hours of work All employees $ Under $ 1.00 1 .0 0 and under $ 1. 15 $ 1. 15 and under $ 1. 25 $ 1. 25 and under $ 1.35 ---- |TT35----- — P T ? o — and and under under $ 1.50 $ 1. 75 $ 1. 75 and under $2 . 00 — T2700— and under $2. 50 — W2 730 and under $3. 00 $3. 00 and over United States Under 15----------------------------------------- -----------15 and under 35-----------------------------------------35 and under 40-----------------------------------------40 to and including 42-------------------------------Ove r 42 and under 4 4 ------------------------------44 and under 48-----------------------------------------48 and o v e r -----------------------------------------------Total-------------------------------------------------- 8.3 23.1 9.8 29.8 1.9 13.0 26.1 1 1 .6 9. 8 30.5 17.3 1 0 C.G 12.7 32.4 6 .1 8 .1 14.4 15.3 1.5 9.9 21.5 1 .2 8 .2 26.8 10.9 18.8 2 .2 1 1 .6 1 0 0 .0 ICO.O 1 14.5 36.5 13.1 19.5 8.5 32.0 14.3 22.5 1.5 8.3 14.3 1 .2 6. 3 23.8 1 0 .1 CC.C 1 0 0 .0 10 0 .0 8 .8 26.6 10.4 27.5 1.5 9.7 17.0 1 0 0 .0 6 .0 18.4 9 .4 32.8 1.7 1 2 .0 21 .4 1 0 0 .0 5.6 16.1 8.7 35.1 2 .1 14.6 19.9 3.7 9.4 6.3 45.0 3.1 17.9 17.7 3.7 6.4 6 .0 48.4 3.0 18.4 17.1 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 N um ber of employees (in thousands)------ 6929.8 245.9 372.8 125.3 1159.5 793.0 1164.1 713.5 986.8 592.5 776.5 A v er ag e weekly h o u r s ------------------------------ 36.3 36.6 34.1 37.3 31.1 34.4 35.6 38.2 38.7 40.1 40.5 15.1 49.2 7.6 14.2 .9 7.9 5.9 22.7 42.3 9.5 13.6 38.3 18.3 16.0 19.7 46.9 11.5 14.1 6 .1 2.9 9 .2 9.2 44.9 5.1 16.2 17.5 3.8 6.4 10.7 47.1 5.6 17.1 14.9 Northeast Under 15-----------------------------------------------------15 and under 35-----------------------------------------35 and under 40-----------------------------------------40 to and including 42------------------------------Over 42 and under 4 4 ------------------------------44 and under 48-----------------------------------------48 and o v e r ------------------------------------------------ 1 0 .2 27.9 12.7 27.4 2.4 9.8 1 2 .1 .4 1 .2 5. C . 7 6 .1 6.9 8 .6 2 .8 4. 9 1 1 .8 32.6 14.3 22.4 1 .6 8 .C 1 0 .8 7.9 2 2 .2 13.2 30.0 1.9 1 1 . 1 15.7 18.5 12.9 31.8 2 .8 13.2 17.4 CC.C 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 Num ber of employees (in thousands)------ 1813.7 12.5 46.6 2 1 .8 288.6 223.8 336.0 2 0 1 .0 296.8 193.0 193.6 Av e ra g e weekly h o u r s ------------------------------ 33.9 28.4 27.C 30.8 26.5 30.3 32.5 36.0 37.6 40.1 40.0 6 .2 11.4 9.2 27.1 14.5 24.9 4.3 4. 4 15.0 7.9 34.1 2 .6 2 0 .6 9.C 24.1 7.1 17.4 1.3 12.4 30.0 6 .8 17.5 9.0 25.4 3.6 8.9 5.4 38.8 2.4 3.1 6.7 4.1 43.9 2 1 .1 22.4 19.7 4.2 4.0 4.2 43.3 2.5 24.2 Total-------------------------------------------------- 1 CC.G 1 0 0 .C 1 2 .6 1 1 .8 43.1 16.1 16.3 l. C 4.8 7.9 1 0 0 .0 1 South Under 15-----------------------------------------------------15 and under 35-----------------------------------------35 and under 40-----------------------------------------40 to and including 42------------------------------Over 42 and under 4 4 ------------------------------44 and under 48-----------------------------------------48 and o v e r -----------------------------------------------Total ------------------------------------------------- 2 .0 14.9 23.1 1CC.0 5.4 15.4 1.3 11.3 35.8 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 15.9 7.6 17.6 2 .2 1 .8 15.7 36.3 9.4 15.0 1 0 2 0 .6 13.6 26.7 2 .2 14.4 2 0 .5 2 .2 14.5 24.1 8.7 6 .8 38.0 2.3 17.9 25.9 2 .6 2 0 .2 C. 0 1 0 0 .0 1 CC. 0 ICO.O 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 ICO.O 1 0 0 .0 2 0 1 .2 1C4.3 117.7 41 .3 41 .4 N um ber of employees (in thousands)------ 1944.1 170.1 183.2 50.5 429.1 239.9 284.2 163.9 A ve ra ge weekly h o u r s ------------------------------ 38.9 38.8 37.8 41.5 35.3 38.7 40.0 41.7 22.3 41.0 A T a b l e 12. P e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s h a v in g s p e c ifi e d a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s b y w e e k ly h o u rs o f w o rk , U n ite d S tate s and r e g io n s , June 1966— C on tin u ed Employees with average hourly earnings of— Weekly hours of work All employees Under $ 1 .0 0 $1 .0 0 and under $1.15 $1715 and under $ 1. 25 $ 1. 25 and under $ 1. 35 $ 1. 35 and under $ 1. 50 $ 1.50 and under $ 1. 75 $ 1. 75 and under $2 . 00 $2 . 00 and under $ 2 . 50 $2.50 and under $3.00 $3. 00 and over North Central Under 15-----------------------------------------------------15 and under 35------------------------------------------35 and under 40------------------------------------------40 to and including 42-------------------------------Over 42 and under 4 4 -------------------------------44 and under 48-----------------------------------------48 and o v e r ------------------------------------------------Total-------------------------------------------------- 8 .6 24.8 9.3 28.4 1.7 11.3 17.7 1 0 0 .C 16.9 38.0 8 .1 1 0 .1 1.3 5.8 2 1 .2 1 0 0 .0 7.5 34.2 11.3 19.4 2.3 9.9 17.7 14.3 40 .3 9. C 13.1 2 .1 7.6 15.6 L0 0 .C 1 14.8 38.7 13.2 18.0 9.0 31.7 13.4 23.6 1 .1 1 .6 7.0 15.4 6 .0 9.3 7. 4 25.6 9.6 29.0 1.4 9.4 18.9 6 .0 6 .0 17.9 8.4 31.1 1.4 11.7 25.0 17.7 7.6 32.2 1.5 14.4 2 2 .1 4.8 9.5 5.2 43.9 2.4 18.9 17.7 3.1 6 .2 3.9 46.5 3.0 21.5 18.8 C0 .C 1 0 0 .0 1CC.C 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 2 0 0 .1 276.3 158.0 198.0 . Q. 0 Numb er of employees (in thousands)------ 1931.8 54.7 123.1 40.2 329.0 229.6 322.8 Av er ag e weekly hour s------------------------------- 36.2 32.3 31.5 35.7 30.7 34.6 36.6 38.8 38.6 40.0 41.2 8.5 22.3 7.9 36.1 1.3 9.8 15.5 16.0 26.0 5.5 23.2 .3 8.9 20.4 13.0 37.5 6.4 26.4 9.6 26.9 3.1 11.5 19.2 20.9 39.1 11.4 17.2 10.3 35.3 14.0 24.1 .9 4.8 11.4 1 2 .1 7 .0 24.8 8. 3 33.2 1.3 7.3 19.4 6 .1 33.6 8.9 24.5 . 8 6.4 14.5 17.4 7.2 40.2 1.5 10.7 18.4 4.1 11.5 5.1 47.4 1.7 15.7 16.3 3.9 7.6 4.9 53.1 1.5 14.4 16.2 West Under 15-----------------------------------------------------15 and under 35-----------------------------------------35 and under 40-----------------------------------------40 to and including 42-------------------------------Over 42 and under 4 4 -------------------------------44 and under 48-----------------------------------------48 and o v e r ------------------------------------------------Total-------------------------------------------------- 1 0 0 .0 Numb er of employees (in th ousands)------ 124C.2 A ver age weekly h o u r s ------------------------------- 36.1 1 0 0 .0 8 .6 33.2 8 .1 16.8 2 .6 10.9 13.7 1 .0 4.6 6 .8 CC . 0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 ICO.O 1 0 0 .0 19.9 12.7 112.7 99.7 2 2 1 .2 148.6 212.5 137.2 267.2 32.6 36.8 28.2 32.9 36.6 38.1 39.5 39.8 1 0 0 .0 100. C 1 0 0 .0 1 33.3 T a b le 13. P e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s w o r k in g s p e c ifi e d w e e k ly h o u r s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U n ite d S tate s and r e g io n s , June 1966 Employees with weekly hours of work of— Avera ge hourly earnings All employees Under •15 15 and under 35 35 and under 40 Over 40 and under 44 40 44 and under 48 48 and over United States Under $1.00 $1.15 $ 1.25 $1.35 $1.50 $ 1. 75 $2 . 0 0 $2. 50 $ 3. 00 $ 1. and and and and and and and and and 3.5 5.4 00------------------------------------------------------------------under $ 1. 15------------------------------------------------under $ 1.25------------------------------------------------under $ 1.35------------------------------------------------under $ 1.50------------------------------------------------und e r $1.75 ------------------------------------------------under $2. 00------------------------------------------------under $2.50 -----------------------------------------------under $3. 00------------------------------------------------o v e r -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 .2 Total---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 0 0 .0 1 .8 16.7 11.4 16. 8 10. 3 14. 2 8 .6 5.5 . 2 1 . 8 29.2 11.7 17.8 7. 4 9.6 3.8 5.0 8 4.0 7 .6 2 . 1 2 6 .4 15.9 19.3 8 .2 9 .9 3 .5 3. 1 2 .2 4 .4 2 .0 2 2 .2 16.6 17.8 9.8 1 2 ,6 5.5 6 .8 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 Nu mb er of employees (in thousands)-------------------------- 6929.8 577.2 1599,9 681.2 Av e ra g e hourly earnings---------------------------------------------- S I . 96 S I . 57 S i . 57 S I . 76 1.5 2. 5 .9 10.5 8 .4 15.6 11.5 16.8 13.3 18.9 1 0 0 .0 1827.0 $2 .2 0 3.2 4 .5 2.5 13.1 1 0 . 1 14.6 9. 7 16. 1 11. 5 14. 7 3. 1 4 .6 1.7 8.7 8 .0 14.0 10.9 18.3 12.9 17.6 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 368. 2 675.4 $2.03 $2 .2 0 6 .2 6 .7 2 .5 9 .8 9 .5 16.5 12.7 16.4 8 .7 1 1 . 1 1 0 0 .0 1 2 0 0 .8 $1.90 Northeast Under $1 .0 0 $1.15 $1.25 $1.35 $1.50 $ 1. 75 $ 2. 00 $ 2.50 $3.00 $ 1.00------------------------------------------------------------------and under $ 1 . 15------------------------------------------------and under $ 1.25------------------------------------------------and under $ 1. 35------------------------------------------------and under $ 1. 50------------------------------------------------and und e r $1.75 ------------------------------------------------and under $2. 00------------------------------------------------and under $ 2. 50------------------------------------------------and under $ 3.00------------------------------------------------and o v e r -------------------------------------------------------------Total--------------------------------------------------------------------- .7 1 .0 2 .6 5. 7 . 2 15.9 12.3 18.5 1 1 . 1 16.4 1 .6 1 1 0 .6 10.7 30.7 14. 3 2 1 .4 8 . 5 9. 8 3 .0 3. 9 1 .2 3 .9 1. 7 26.8 19.1 2 1 .7 8 .8 10.9 3. 5 2. 5 .4 1.9 1.7 14.4 15.7 20.9 11.5 16.7 7. 7 9. 0 .3 1 .1 .6 8 . 1 6 .9 15. 1 12.3 18.8 17,9 18.9 .5 1.4 1.3 6 .9 8.5 14.3 9. 8 20 .4 18.0 18.9 .7 2 .0 . 6 4 .8 6 .3 16. 1 13.9 2 3. 0 16.1 16.7 .3 1.5 .9 6.5 8 . 0 16.5 14.3 23 .5 15 .4 13.1 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 Nu mbe r of employees (in thousands)-------------------------- 1813.7 185.5 505 .4 230.2 447.0 92. 1 134. 1 219 .6 Av e ra g e hourly earnings---------------------------------------------- S2.05 S I . 58 S I . 60 SI . 91 S2.29 $2.27 S2.27 $ 2 . 16 8. 7 9 .4 2 . 6 2 2 . 1 12.3 14.6 8.4 10. 3 5.4 6 . 1 16.0 13.6 10.3 13.0 2 .4 3 4 .2 14.6 5.3 7 .4 4.0 5.5 1.3 18.1 10.7 17.3 7 .3 5.9 3.0 1 0 0 .0 South Under $ 1. 00 $1.15 $1.25 $1.35 $1.50 $1.75 $ 2. 00 $2. 50 $3.00 $ 1.00------------------------------------------------------------------and under $ 1. 15------------------------------------------------and under $ 1.25------------------------------------------------and under $ 1.35------------------------------------------------and under $ 1.50------------------------------------------------and under $ 1.75------------------------------------------------and under $ 2. 00------------------------------------------------and under $2. 50------------------------------------------------and under $3. 00---------------------------------------------- — and o v e r -------------------------------------------------------------Total--------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 .8 32. 6 8 . 5 1 0 . 2 3.6 6 .0 2,7 4. 0 1 2 . 6 4 .2 5.3 2 , 1 1. 4 2 .2 35.6 18.7 12.9 6.4 6 .2 2.5 2 .8 1 1 .2 13.9 8. 5 9. 5 2 .7 13.0 13 .6 12.3 4. 1 14.4 14.0 15.4 9. 3 1 1 .6 1 1 . 0 1 2 .0 15.0 8 . 3 1 0 . 2 2 1 . 2 5.7 6 .2 6 .8 8 .1 14.0 1 0 .2 15,3 9 .5 1 0 .0 4.6 5 .3 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 N um be r of employees (in thousands)-------------------------- 1944.1 121.3 339.3 174.4 489.4 1 2 1 .6 249.9 448.2 A v e r a g e hourly earnings---------------------------------------------- S I . 67 S I . 37 SI . 37 S i . 49 S I . 85 S I . 67 $1.89 $1.58 0 T a b l e 13. P e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s w o r k in g s p e c ifie d w e e k ly h o u r s b y a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U n ited S tate s and r e g io n s , June 1966— C on tin u ed Employees with weekly hours of work of— A v e r a g e hourly earnings A ll employees Under 15 15 and under 35 ] 35 1 and under 40 40 Over 40 and under 44 44 and under 48 48 and over North Central Under $1 .0 0 $1.15 $ 1. 25 $1.35 $1.50 $1.75 $2 . 00 $2. 50 $3.00 $ i. and and and and and and and and and 00-------------------------------------------------------------------under $ 1 . 15------------------------------------------------under $ 1.25------------------------------------------------under $ 1.35------------------------------------------------under $ 1.50------------------------------------------------under $ 1. 75------------------------------------------------under $ 2. 00------------------------------------------------under $ 2. 50 ------------------------------------------------under $3. 00------------------------------ ------------------o v e r -------------------------------------------------------------- Total---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 .8 6 .4 2 . 1 17.0 11.9 16.7 10.4 14. 3 8 .2 1 0 .2 5.6 10.7 1 .8 2 9 .4 12. 5 14. 4 7.3 1 0 . 1 4. 6 3.7 4 .3 10.4 2 .9 26.6 15.2 17.3 7. 5 2. 5 24.2 17.2 17.4 9 .3 1 0 .2 1 1 .8 3 .1 2 .6 2.5 6 .2 4 .6 4 .3 •8 2.4 2 .2 7 .2 3. 0 1 .2 1.3 3 .6 1 .6 10.5 1 2 . 1 8 .6 1 0 .0 17.1 11.5 16.3 9 .6 15.7 9 .5 14.7 6 .7 14.0 1 2 ,8 1 1 .6 17.4 14.5 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 Nu m be r of employees (in thousands)-------------------------- 1931.8 165.6 478. 8 179.0 481.5 A v e r a g e hourly ea rnings----------------------------------------------- S I . 94 $1.54 $1.53 $1.67 $2.16 .7 2 .7 .5 1.7 1 .2 1 .2 17.8 1. 3 2.5 .8 22. 5 9. 8 25. 6 1 2 . 0 1 0 .0 17. 12.4 5.3 9. 9 .5 .7 •6 4.0 5 .4 1 2 . 1 1 1 . 1 18.9 14.7 32.0 1 0 0 .0 99 .9 $2 .0 0 1 1 . 1 19.2 14.1 19.8 3 .4 5 .6 2 . 1 9.0 10.4 17.9 14.6 17.9 8 .2 10.9 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 185. 6 341 .5 $2.30 $1.93 .7 .9 1 .4 1.3 4.0 West 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. 25------------------------------------------------under $ 1. 35------------------------------------------------under $ 1.50------------------------------------------------under $ 1. 75------------------------------------------------under $2. 00------------------------------------------------under $ 2 . 50------------------------------------------------under $ 3. 00 ------------------------------------------------o v e r -------------------------------------------------------------- Total---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 .6 1 .0 9. 1 8 .0 1 1 1 . 1 21. 5 .8 15.9 12.7 2 6 .9 13.3 13.3 5. 7 7 .4 13.2 14.3 2 0 .1 12.7 15.8 7.1 13.4 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 N um be r of employees (in thousands)-------------------------- 1240.2 104.9 276.4 1 0 0 .0 97.7 Av e ra g e hourly earnings----------------------------------------------- 12.34 $1.81 $1.82 $2.03 •2 1.7 1 .6 2 .6 1 . 0 7 .6 5. 4 11.3 10.7 20 .4 13.1 27. 1 3 .8 3 .7 11.7 8 .5 18.6 18. 1 32 .4 6 . 0 16.8 15.1 2 0. 4 11.7 2 2 .5 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 409. 1 54 .6 105.8 191.6 $2.56 $2.45 $2.69 $2.30 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 T a b le 14. A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly and w e e k ly e a r n in g s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o r k , U n it e d S tate s an d r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) Northeast United States Weekly hours of w ork Under 15 .. .................. ................ 15 and under 35 __ ------------------35 and under 40 __ — — -------------- — 40 ........................................................... Over 40 and under 4 8 __ __ ____ — 48 and o v e r ___ ______ — ---------- -----— T o t a l .......................................... ..... Average Number of hourly earnings employees 577.2 1599.9 681.2 1827.0 1043.7 1 2 0 0 .8 6929. 8 Number Average Average of hourly weekly earnings employees earnings $ 1.58 $1.57 1. 57 1.76 2 . 20 2. 14 1 .90 $14.63 38. 34 65. 33 87. 94 93.95 99. 85 185. 5 505.4 230. 2 447. 0 226. 2 2 1 9 .6 1.91 2.29 2„ 27 2 . 16 1.96 71. 13 1813. 7 2. 05 1 .6 0 South Average Number Av erage of weekly hourly earnings employees earnings $ 15.01 38. 19 70. 80 91. 51 99. 54 111. 95 6 9 .6 8 West North Central Average Number Average weekly of hourly earnings employees earnings 121. 3 339. 3 174.4 489.4 371. 5 448.2 $ 1. 37 1.37 1.49 1. 85 1 . 82 1.58 $ 12. 33. 55. 74. 79. 83. 1944. 1 1. 67 64. 70 89 76 04 87 57 88 165. 6 478. 8 179. 0 481.5 285. 5 341. 5 1931. 8 Number Average Av erage hourly of weekly earnings employees earnings $ 1. 54 1. 53 1.67 2 . 16 2 . 20 1.93 $ 14.58 37.60 62. 08 8 6 . 33 96. 58 1.94 70. 18 1 0 2 .2 2 Average weekly earnings 104.9 276.4 97.7 409. 1 160.5 191. 6 $1.81 1 . 82 2. 03 2. 56 .2 . 6 1 2. 30 $ 16.23 45. 35 75.47 102.58 114.03 119. 8 6 1240.2 2. 34 84. 54 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers T a b l e 15. C u m u l a t i v e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d i s t r i b u t i o n s 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 b y a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s , U n i t e d S t a t e s an d r e g i o n s , Ju n e 1966 (Employees in thousands) Northea st United States A v e ra g e hourly earnings Number Under $0. 5 0 ------------------Under $0. 7 5 ------------------Under $ 1. 00 ------------------- Percent * .3 .2 1 .6 9. 8 2 .0 . 6 4.2 4.4 5.4 6 . 1 6.7 Number J _ _ - - .6 .6 Number * 14.0 15.4 16.8 9. 3 11.4 14.5 15.9 17.4 34.6 36.2 39. 5 41 .8 44.0 23.4 24.5 28.8 31.6 33.0 236.2 249.1 263. 5 273. e 279.2 48. 1 50.7 53. 7 55.8 56. 9 $ 2 . 1 0 ------------------$2. 20 ------------------$2. 30 ------------------$2. 40 ------------------$2. 5 0 ------------------- 311.8 326. a 344.5 357.4 366. 3 $2. $2. $2. $2. $3. 6 0 ------------------70 ------------------8 0 ------------------90 ------------------0 0 ------------------- 386. 3 396. 1 405.9 413.9 421.2 Total ---------------------- 490. 9 0 5 ------------------1 0 ------------------1 5 ------------------2 0 ------------------2 5 ------------------- 26.8 30.0 33. 0 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 3 0 ------------------$ 1. 3 5 ------------------$ 1. 40 ------------------$ 1 . 4 5 ------------------$ 1 . 5 0 ------------------- 80. 8 92. 4 111.3 124.4 136.2 1 6.5 1 8. 8 22. 7 2 5.3 27.7 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 5 5 ------------------$ 1. 6 0 ------------------$ 1 . 6 5 ------------------$ 1. 7 0 ------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------- 169. 7 177. 9 193.9 205.4 216.2 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 80 ------------------8 5 ------------------9 0 ------------------95 ------------------0 0 ------------------- Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under Under A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s 2 0 2 1 .6 1.5 10.5 6 .7 7. 1 9.4 10. 4 1 1 .2 West North Central Number Percent Number _ .1 . .2 .2 3.6 2. 3 . 1 .3 8 .0 5. 2 5.2 .9 . 9 8 .0 Percent 1 .2 .4 1 . 1 1 . 1 6 .0 1 .0 1 .2 6.5 7. 0 1 .2 1 1 .6 9. 2 . 0 1 0 . 8 1.4 1.4 1.7 43. 7 50.2 61.3 68.3 74.4 27.8 31.9 39. 0 43. 4 47. 3 24. 1 26.4 30. 7 34. 5 38, 3 15.6 17. 1 19.9 22 .4 24. 8 4. 1 4. 8 5.4 6.3 6.7 24.3 25.4 29.9 32.8 34.2 87. 7 91.1 96.3 99 .4 103.1 55.8 58.0 61. 3 63. 2 6 5. 6 47. 5 49. 8 55.4 59.6 63.5 30.8 32. 3 35.9 38.7 4 1 .2 12.5 13.4 14. 7 16.6 2 0 .0 36. 9 3 8.4 41.0 43. 1 43. 7 38.3 39.8 42.5 44.7 45.4 108.1 112.9 117.9 121.3 122.7 . 8 71.8 75.0 77. 1 78. 1 71.7 76.9 81.4 85.4 87.6 46.5 49. 9 52.8 55 .4 56.8 19.5 20.9 23.2 24.0 25.2 23.4 25.1 28.0 28.9 30.3 63. 5 6 6 . 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 33. 7 5. 5 . 3 89.4 90.4 98.7 103.0 108.6 1 1 2 . 6 116. 2 6 4. 0 8 8 6 8 .8 131.6 134.4 138.8 140.5 142. 1 70.4 73.0 75.4 29.6 32.8 35.7 39.5 41.6 35.6 39.5 42.9 47.5 50.0 78.7 80.7 82. 7 8 4. 3 85.8 71.4 73. 3 76.2 78.2 79. 5 74.0 76.1 79.1 81.1 82.4 145.0 146.2 148.4 149.3 150.3 92.2 93.0 94.4 95. 0 95.6 122.3 126. 3 128.6 131.7 133.7 79.3 81.9 83.4 35 .4 8 6 . 7 47.7 50.2 52.7 54.8 57.7 57.4 60.4 63. 5 65.9 69.4 . 96.4 1 0 0 $ 2 . 05 1 .2 * . 6 3.4 5.3 14. 7 16.3 18.2 $ 1. $1. $ 1. $1. $1. Percent 1 .2 1.3 1.5 1 .9 2.5 2.7 Under Under Under Under Under ! South Percent 0 1 .8 2. 5 2 .6 9. 0 1 1 .0 1 0 0 .0 $2 ,.26 6 8 8 157.2 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 . 67 1 0 6 6 .8 154.2 1 0 0 .0 $2 .,05 4.9 5.8 6 .6 7 .6 8 .1 13.5 15. 1 16. 1 17.7 1 1 .2 83.1 1 0 0 .0 * 2 . 58 General merchandise stores T a b l e 16. C u m u l a t i v e n u m e r i c a l an d p e r c e n t d i s t r i b u t i o n s 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 b y a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s , U n i t e d S t a t e s an d r e g i o n s , J u n e 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast A v e ra g e hourly earnings Number Under $ 0 . 5 0 ----------------------------------------------------------Under $ 0 . 7 5 ----------------------------------------------------------Under $ 1 . 00 ----------------------------------------------------------- j Percent . 1 .9 2.9 1 .0 15.4 50. 7 Number j South North Central West Percent Number Percent * * .4 .9 13.4 36.2 2. 7 7. 4 * 1. 5 11.5 2 1.3 1.7 2.5 2 . 8 53.6 58.4 63.0 66.3 71.2 10.9 11.9 12.9 13.5 14.6 24. 2 28.6 3 8.7 44. 3 48. 9 4 .5 5 .4 7.3 8 . 3 9.2 . 8 2.9 3.4 6.4 7.3 . i .2 1.9 .2 Number Percent * .3 . 2 Number Percent * . 3 * .1 .4 1 . 1 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 0 5 ----------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 1 0 ----------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 1 5 ----------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 0 ----------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 2 5 ----------------------------------------------------------- 85. C 9 5.8 112.9 128. 1 14 C. 2 4. 9 5. 5 6 . 4 7.3 1 1 . 1 8 .0 12.9 Under Under Under Under Under $1 . $ 1. $1. $1. $1. 30 — -------------------------------------------------------3 5 ----------------------------------------------------------4 0 ----------------------------------------------------------4 5 ----------------------------------------------------------5 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- 35 7. 7 530.0 672.6 772.4 844. 1 22.7 3G.3 38. 4 44. 1 48.2 64. 1 111.3 149. 1 183.3 207.7 14.2 24.8 33.1 40.7 4 6 .0 178.2 213.4 259. 3 280.6 298. 1 36.4 43. 6 5 3. 0 57.3 60.9 134. 4 171.6 217.3 248.0 270.4 25.3 32.2 40 .8 46 .6 50.8 2 0. 9 33.3 46.8 59. 9 6 8 .0 24.5 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 5 5 ----------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 0 ----------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 ----------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 7 0 ----------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 5 ----------------------------------------------------------- 554.6 1014.9 1081.4 1130.6 1174.0 54.5 58.0 64. 6 67. 1 239.7 256.1 274.0 28 7.4 299.4 53.1 56.8 60.7 63.7 66.4 324.2 338.9 354. 8 366.9 376.2 56. 2 69.2 72. 5 75. 0 76. 9 30 5. 6 325.2 344.6 358.7 371.2 57 .4 61.1 64. 7 6 7 .4 69.7 85.1 94. 8 108.0 117.6 127. 1 30.7 34.2 39.0 42.4 45.9 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2 . 1 2 2 1 .2 1257.9 130C.6 1329.9 1352.1 69.8 71.9 74. 3 76.0 77. 3 311.4 319.5 331.9 340.2 345. 8 69.0 70.3 73.6 75.4 76.6 38 6 . 6 395.0 404. 7 410.4 415. 1 79.0 80.7 82.7 83.9 84. 8 385. 9 397.7 407.9 415. 1 421. 6 72.5 74. 7 76.6 78.0 79.2 137.2 145.7 156. 1 164. 1 169.6 49.5 52.6 56.3 59.2 61.2 Under Under Under Under $ 2 . 1 0 ----------------------------------------------------------$2. 2 0 ----------------------------------------------------------$ 2 . 3 0 ----------------------------------------------------------$2. 4 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- 141 3.5 1459.2 1502.4 1535. 0 1556.0 80.8 83.4 85.9 87.7 88.9 362.2 373.5 386.1 395.4 401.9 80.3 82.8 85.6 87.6 89.1 425.8 43 3 .9 44 3.0 449.2 452.6 8 7.0 83.7 9 0 .5 91. 8 92. 5 440.0 451. 5 462.3 470. 5 475.7 82.7 84. 8 8 6 . 8 88.4 89 .4 185.4 2 1 1 .1 219.9 225.8 66.9 72.2 76.1 79.3 81.5 Under Under Under Under Under $2 . $2. $2. $2 . $ 3. 6 0 ----------------------------------------------------------7 0 ----------------------------------------------------------8 0 ----------------------------------------------------------90 ----------------------------------------------------------0 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 585.6 1605.0 1622.6 1637.5 1645.2 90.6 91.7 92.7 93.6 94.2 410.4 415.2 420.0 424.4 427.9 91.0 92.0 93.1 94. 1 94.8 459. 1 464.0 467.4 470. 3 472. 3 93.8 94.8 9 5 .5 96. 1 96.5 483.3 488.7 493.6 497. 5 499.9 9 0. 8 91 .8 92. 7 93. 5 9 3. 9 232.8 237.0 241.6 245.3 249.1 84.0 85.5 87.1 88.5 89.9 T o t a l -------------------------------------------------------------- 1750.1 8 0 ----------------------------------------------------------8 5 ----------------------------------------------------------9 0 ----------------------------------------------------------9 5 ----------------------------------------------------------0 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s ------------------------------------------ 6 1 .8 1 0 0 i l L • 77 .G 4.4 5.9 7. 8 1 .0 451.2 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 ,,82 489.4 1 0 0 .0 *1 .5 8 532.3 1 0 0 .0 $1 .75 2 1 .0 1 .0 1 .2 2.3 2 .6 7.5 1 2 .0 16.9 2 1 .6 2 0 0 .2 277.2 1 0 0 .0 $2 .07 2 Department stores T a b l e 17. C u m u l a t i v e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d i s t r i b u t i o n s 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 b y a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s , U n i t e d S t a t e s an d r e g i o n s , J u n e 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast North Central South West A v era ge hourly earnings Number Percent Number Percent Number I Percent Number . 1 . 3 .9 _ * 1.5 . 2 1. 3 1.4 1. 6 1.9 3.6 4 .6 5. 7 6 . 8 Percent 1 Under $ 0. 5 0 ------------------Under $0. 7 5 ------------------Under $ 1. 0 0 ------------------- * •3 1 .0 . 1 .5 5. 7 e. .8 .9 . 1 i.3 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 0 5 --------------- -— $ 1 . 1 0 ------------------$ 1 . 15 ------------------$1. 2 0 ------------------$1. 2 5 ------------------- 11.9 14.1 17.5 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 3 0 ------------------$ 1. 3 5 ------------------$ 1. 4 0 ------------------$1. 45 ------------------$ 1. 5 0 ------------------- 155. 3 23 3.7 32 5. « 396.9 44 6.5 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 5 5 ------------------$1. 6 0 ------------------$ 1 . 6 5 ------------------$1. 7 0 ------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------- Under Under Under Under Under 3 . * 1 . . .2 1.3 1 6 . 7 .9 2 .1 .2 . 3 2.4 3.4 3. 5 4.C 4 .4 5.3 1 _ * .4 . 3 2 .8 Number Percent * * * ♦ * * . 1 . 1 .1 .3 . 5 .1 2.7 3.2 3. 8 5.0 1.3 1.7 29. 6 36. I 40. 6 27.8 60.2 82.9 10 9.9 1 2 7.0 27.9 37.0 42.7 64.0 82.6 115.0 130. 1 142.7 22.9 29.5 41.1 46. 5 51.0 57. 1 79 .8 109. 3 130. 4 145. 9 16. 9 23.6 32.3 38.6 43 .2 18. 7 26.6 31.2 1 0 .0 524.7 565. 8 612. 9 647. 7 679.0 47.7 51.4 55.7 58.8 61.7 149. 5 161.9 174. 2 133.3 192.4 50.3 54.5 58.6 61.3 64.7 161.4 171.6 183.5 191.5 198. 1 57. 7 61.4 65. 7 6 8 . 5 70. 9 171.7 184. 4 197.8 207. 9 217.0 50. 3 54.6 58. 5 61.5 64. 2 42.2 48.0 57.4 64. 4 71. 5 22.7 25.8 30.9 34.6 38.4 $ 1 . 8 0 ------------------$ 1 . 8 5 ------------------$1.90 ------------------$ 1. 9 5 ------------------$2. 0 0 ------------------- 712.9 739.2 77C. 5 791. 5 806.4 6 *. 8 67.2 7 0.0 71.9 73. 3 200. 7 207.2 214. 7 220.3 224.4 67.5 69. 7 72.2 74.1 75.5 205.8 218. 1 221.5 223.9 73.6 75.4 78.0 79.2 80. 1 227. 8 235. 5 243.9 249. 1 253.5 67.4 69.7 72.2 73. 7 75.0 78.7 85.8 93.9 ICO . 6 104. 6 42.3 46.1 50.5 54.1 56.2 Under Under Under Under Under $ 2. $2. $2. $2. $2. 10 ------------------20 ------------------30 ------------------40 ------------------5 0 ------------------- 848.2 880.9 510.6 536. 1 552. 1 77. 1 80.0 82. 7 8 5.0 86.5 234. 8 242.7 251.1 2 57.9 262.7 79.0 81.7 84.5 82. 7 8 4.6 36.6 38. 3 39. 2 266.2 275.3 283. 1 289. 8 294.2 78.8 81.5 83.8 35. 7 37. 0 116.0 126.4 134. 1 141.5 145.8 62.4 38.4 231.2 236.4 242.2 247.0 249.4 72.1 76.1 78.4 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $3. 6 0 ------------------70 ------------------8 0 ------------------90 ------------------0 0 ------------------- 88.4 85. 6 90.8 91.9 92.6 267.8 271.5 2 75.2 277. 3 280.2 40.1 91.3 92.6 93.5 94. 3 2 54.0 257. 1 259.9 2 62.5 2 64. 1 90. 9 92. 0 93.0 93.9 94.5 300. 1 303.9 393.2 311.4 313. 1 38.8 89.9 91.2 92. 1 92. 6 150. 7 153.3 156.7 159.4 162.4 81.0 82.4 84.2 85.7 87.3 Total ---------------------A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s 1 0 .0 1 1 .6 14.1 2 1 .2 572.6 58 5.8 ICOO.O 1 0 1 1 .2 1 C1 9.9 1 1 0 C. 8 1 0 0 .0 $1 . 89 1 . 1 9. 3 2 0 .2 8 6 .8 2 9 7.2 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 ,. 86 2 1 0 .8 2 79.6 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 ,,75 1 .1 1.4 1.7 2 .0 338.0 1 0 0 .0 $1 .87 .1 . 1 .1 .3 6.5 3.5 1 1 .2 6 .0 14.3 16.8 6 8 .0 186.0 1 0 0 .0 $2 .19 Limited price variety stores T a b l e 18. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U n ited States and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West A ve r a g e hourly earnings Number Percent Under $0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ *3 7 .3 2 0 . 2 . 1 2. 5 7. 0 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 05 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 1 0 --------------- --------------------------------------------------$ 1. 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 30. 1 34.6 42. 1 47. 6 51. 1 10. 4 11.9 14.6 16. 5 17.7 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 3 0 ---- -------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 3 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 4 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 123.0 159.8 188.8 205.2 216.6 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 5 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. Number Percent - . _ - - 1 .1 . a Number Percent Number Percent . 3 6.4 15.6 .4 7.0 17. 1 _ _ .9 4. 1 5.2 7.0 Number Percent _ * .5 . 1 1.3 . 1 1.3 2 .9 3.2 4.0 5.3 5.6 1 .2 1 .0 2 1 . 2 1 .6 2 .0 2 .6 3.4 4. 0 3.3 4.2 5.0 23.5 25.2 27. 1 28.9 23,2 25. 7 27.6 29.7 31.7 . 6 15.0 16.0 8 .9 10.5 16.2 19.2 20. 4 2 .2 42 .5 55. 2 65. 3 70.9 74.9 24.1 35.4 44 .4 49.0 52.4 30.1 44.1 55.3 61.0 65.3 53.1 63.4 71.9 75.3 77.6 5 3. 1 69. 3 78.7 82 .4 84.9 39 .6 48. 1 5 5.0 60. 0 63.1 50.7 61.6 70.4 76.8 30.7 13.0 17.5 20.9 23.6 15.7 32. 8 44. 1 52.8 59.6 23C. 9 238.4 246. C 25C.3 254.4 79. 8 82 .4 85.0 8 6 . 5 87 .9 56.3 58.2 60 • 3 61.9 63.3 70.2 72.5 75.2 77.2 78.9 81.5 83.0 84.5 85.1 85.6 89. 2 90. 8 92.4 93. 1 93. 7 6 6 .6 68 .3 70.4 71. 6 72.4 85. 3 37. 5 90.2 91.6 92.7 26. 5 28.9 30. 8 31. 8 33.1 67.0 72.9 77.8 30.3 83.5 U -----------------------------------------------------------------8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------00 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 258. 5 261.5 264. 8 266. a 268.4 89.3 90 .4 91. 5 92.2 92.8 64.9 65.8 67.3 68.3 86.5 87. 2 87.9 88.4 6 8 .6 81.0 82.0 84.0 85.2 85.5 8 8 .6 94. 7 95.4 96. 2 96. 7 96. 9 72.9 73 .9 74.4 74.7 75.0 93. 4 94. 6 95. 2 95 .7 96.1 34. 1 34.5 35. 1 35. 5 36.2 87.2 88.7 89.5 91.4 Under Under Under Under Under $2. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 2 . 2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 2. 30 -----------------------------------------------------------------$2. 4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$2. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 272.9 275.6 278. 1 275.4 280.4 94. 3 95 .3 96. 1 96. 6 96. 9 71.0 72.6 74. 1 74.9 75.6 88.5 90.5 92.4 93 .4 94.3 89.2 89.5 89.6 89.9 89.9 97.6 97.9 98. 1 98.3 93. 4 75.7 76.1 76. 5 76 .6 76.7 97.0 97.4 97. 9 98. 1 98 .2 37.0 37.4 37.8 38.1 38.2 93.4 94.5 95.5 96. 1 96.4 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $3. 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 ------------------------------------------------- I---------------8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------90 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 282.4 283. 6 284.3 285.0 285.6 97. 6 98.0 98.3 98.5 98.7 76.4 77.0 77. 3 77.7 78.0 95.2 96.0 96.4 96.9 97.3 90 .4 90.8 90.9 91.0 91.0 98 . 9 99. 3 99 .4 99.6 99.6 77.1 77.2 77.3 77 .4 77.5 98.7 98.9 99.0 99. 1 99.3 38.5 38.6 38.8 38.9 39.0 97.2 97.5 98.0 98. 1 98.5 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 289.3 IC O. 0 30.2 8 Av er ag e hourly earnings --------------------------------------------- $ 1 . 43 1 0 0 .0 * 1 . 61 91.4 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 . 27 8 .2 1 2 78.1 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 . 37 1 1 .6 2 .1 6 .2 39.6 8 6 .0 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 . 55 Food stores Table 19. Cumulative numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-time hourly earnings, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) Northeast United States West North Central South A v e r a g e hourly earnings Percent Number Under $ 0. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 0 . 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.7 18 . 3 5 3.2 .2 1. 3 3. 7 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $ 1. $1. $1. $1. 0 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------1 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 116.7 135.3 148. 7 156. 6 7. 7 8 . 1 9.4 10.3 10.9 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 338.2 379.6 445.6 492.6 522. 2 23. 5 26.4 30.9 34.2 36.3 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 5 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 597. 8 625. 9 661.8 69 5.9 720.4 41. 5 43.5 46. 0 48.3 50.0 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------8 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 755.2 778. 9 810.9 832.3 850. 8 52.4 54. 1 56.3 57.8 59. 1 Under Under Under Under Under $ 2. $2. $2. $ 2. $2. 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 911.3 556. 7 .9 1038.3 1 C 7 4 .5 6 3. 3 .4 69. 6 72. 1 74. 6 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $ 3. 6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------90 ------------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1129.3 1168.1 1196.1 1225. 1 1242. 3 78.4 81.1 83.1 85. 1 8 6 . 3 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------Av er ag e hourly e a r n i n g s ---------------------------------------------- 1 1 0 .8 6 6 1 0 0 1 1440.0 1 0 0 .0 *2 .0 2 Number Percent * .3 2 .9 * .1 15. 0 16. 1 18.4 2 1 .0 23.5 Number Percent 2 .0 1 2 .8 .7 32.9 3.5 3. 8 4.3 4. 9 5.5 57.3 60.4 6 6 .6 71.0 73.2 Number .5 3.4 8 . 8 •6 5 .0 16.3 15. 3 16. 2 17.9 19.0 19.6 35.2 36. 8 45 .9 51 .4 53.5 Percent .2 1 .2 Number Percent _ * .4 _ . 1 4 .1 1 . 0 8 .8 9.2 11.4 1 2 . 8 13.3 3.3 3.4 4 .4 5.2 6.4 105.3 113. 8 133.3 145. 8 152. 3 26 .3 28 .4 33.2 36.3 38. 0 22.7 28.4 34.2 41.2 44.0 14.2 17.1 18.2 1.4 1.4 1 .8 2 .2 2 .6 9.4 123. 3 14.5 18.1 23.1 26.4 29.1 2 0 2 .6 3 9. 8 4 3. 1 48. 2 51.8 54.3 145. 9 156. 0 169.6 179.4 188.2 34.4 36.8 40.0 42.3 44.3 218. 8 227.5 236.7 244.3 251.5 58.6 60.9 63.4 65 .4 67.4 174.7 182.1 192. 6 197.9 203.9 43. 5 4 5. 4 48 .0 4 9. 3 50. 8 58.4 60.4 63.0 74.3 76.9 24.2 25.1 26.1 30.8 31.9 2 0 0 .0 47.1 49.4 52.2 53.5 54.6 260.6 266.9 2 73.7 278.5 282.0 69. 8 71.5 73.3 74. 6 75. 5 213.1 219.5 228. 1 233.8 239.9 53. 1 54. 7 56.8 58. 3 59. 8 81.5 83.1 87.5 92.9 97.2 33.8 34.5 36.3 38.6 40.3 250. 5 265.7 280.0 292.3 306. 8 59.0 62.6 .9 72.3 296.0 304.6 314.0 324. 3 330.2 79. 3 81.6 84. 1 8 6 . 9 83 .4 259.6 274.6 289. 7 300.3 310. 9 64 .5 6 8. 4 72 .2 74. 8 77.5 106.3 111.9 118.2 121. 5 126. 7 44. 1 46.4 49.0 50.4 52.6 329.0 343.4 355.0 367. 8 372.8 77.5 80.9 83.6 86.7 87.8 339.9 345.4 349.2 353.5 355.9 91. 1 92. 5 93.6 94. 7 95. 4 326. 1 340.4 348.2 355.5 358. 8 81.3 34. 8 8 6 . 8 8 8 . 6 8 9. 4 134.3 138.9 143.7 148.3 154.8 55.7 57.6 59.6 61.5 64.2 61.7 76.6 98.2 1 1 2 .2 209.5 2 2 1 .6 227. 1 231.8 6 6 .0 68 424.4 1 0 0 .0 * 2 . 14 148.5 160.8 180.0 193.4 373.3 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 ,. 63 401.2 1 0 0 .0 * 1 ..96 1 1 .8 241.1 1 0 0 .0 $ 2 .53 Grocery stores T a b le 20. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U n ited S tates and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West A ve r a g e hourly earnings Number Under $0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.7 14.5 42.7 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 0 5 --------------------------------------------------------- — ----$ 1 . 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 1 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 86.4 91.2 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $ 1. $1. $1. Under Under Under Under Under Percent .1 1 .2 Number Percent _ .2 .1 Number Percent i Number Percent Number Percent _ 1 .7 11.7 29.4 .5 3 .4 8.5 2. 9 10.4 . 8 3 .0 . 1 50 .4 53.5 58.5 62 .7 64.7 14.6 15. 5 17. 0 18.2 18.7 25.3 26 .6 31 .7 3 6 .0 37.3 7 .4 7 .7 9.2 10.5 10.9 2 .6 38.2 41.7 4 6 .8 50.6 53.1 84.2 9 0 .9 107.4 117.6 123. 1 24 .5 26 .4 31.2 34.2 35 .8 _ •1 .3 3.5 2 .2 .7 8 .0 2.4 2.5 112.4 117.8 7.1 7. 5 8.4 9.2 9. 6 30 ----------------------------------------------------------------3 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 273.1 3C4.2 357.2 395.7 421.4 22.3 24 .9 29.2 32.3 34. 4 38.2 4 7 .7 62.4 73.0 82.5 25.0 131.7 143. 8 161. 5 174.6 183.2 $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 5 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------6 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 484.2 5C8.1 539. 1 569.6 591.7 39. 6 41. 5 44. 1 46 .6 4 8 .4 99.0 107. 3 118.0 125.7 133.0 30.0 32.5 35.7 38.1 40 .2 199.0 20 7.4 216.6 224.1 231.3 57.7 60. 1 62.8 65.0 67.0 142.4 148.0 157.2 161. 3 166.8 4 1 .4 43 .0 45 .7 46. 9 48 .5 43.9 4 5 .4 47.3 58.5 60.7 23.1 28.6 29.7 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 619.1 640. 1 6 6 8 .0 687. 1 704. 5 50 .6 52.3 54 .6 56 .2 5 7. 6 141.4 150.2 160.4 164. 7 168.8 42.8 45.5 48.6 49 .9 51.1 239.5 245.8 252.3 25 6 .9 260.4 69 .4 71.3 7 3.1 74.5 75.5 173.9 178. 7 186.7 192.1 198.0 50.6 52 .0 54 .3 55 .9 57.6 64 .3 65.3 68.5 73.3 77.3 31.5 32.0 33.6 35.9 37.8 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $2. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 751.5 793.0 831.5 865.6 899.5 6 1 .5 64. 8 55.2 59.4 62.9 66.3 70.4 271 .4 280.0 289.0 298. 9 304. 8 78 .7 81.2 8 3.8 88.3 214 .2 229.1 242.6 25 2.4 262.4 62 .3 70.8 73.5 182.5 196.3 207.7 219.1 232.7 83. 8 87.6 92. 2 95.2 99.5 41 .0 42 .9 45.1 46.6 48 .7 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $ 2. $3. 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------90 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 548.6 981.8 ICO 7.7 1032.7 1049. 1 77 .5 80.2 82.4 84.4 85.7 251 .7 263.2 274.0 2 83.5 288. 1 76.2 79.7 82.9 85.8 87.2 313.9 318.4 322.1 326. 1 328.5 91.0 92.3 93 .4 94. 5 95.2 277. 1 290.3 29 7.4 304. 5 307.5 80.6 8 4. 4 86 .5 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1223.5 A v er ag e hourly e a r n i n g s --------------------------------------------- 1 0 2 .8 6 8 .0 1 0 0 .0 * 2 . C4 8.4 9. 3 9. 7 2 .8 2. 9 3. 3 1 1 . 0 1 1 .6 14.4 18.9 2 2 .1 330.4 1 0 0 .0 $ 2 . 19 8 6 .6 345.0 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 . 65 6 6 .6 70.5 73.4 76. 3 343.8 8 8 .6 89.4 1 0 0 .0 S I . 99 .7 1.3 1.3 2. 7 3.3 4.0 4.7 1 .6 2 .0 2.3 19.0 2 1 . 8 25.9 30.4 32. 5 9 .3 10.7 12.7 14.9 15.9 21.5 2 2 .2 105.8 109.9 114.2 118.6 124.9 51.8 53.8 55.9 58.0 61.2 204.3 1 0 0 .0 S2. 59 01 -4 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations T a b l e 21. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r ic a l and p e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U nited State s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast North Central South West Av e ra g e hourly earnings Number Under $ 0. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 0. 7 5 _______________________________________________ Under $ 1 . 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent Number Percent * . 1 .3 Number Percent . 4 2 .7 10. 3 1.5 10.5 40.0 2 .1 .2 13.0 51.8 4.0 2 .1 .8 10 3.6 8 .0 1 1 1 .2 8 . 5 L0 . 1 2. 7 2.7 3.3 3. 7 4. 2 70.6 76.5 88.9 96.5 103.1 24. 8 26.5 1 .0 .1 18. 1 19.6 Number Percent . 1 1 .2 6. 7 19.6 20. 7 24. 8 29.4 31.6 Number * .3 1.9 •4 .9 3 .0 5 .6 6 . 0 6.4 8.7 9. 8 Percent .1 .3 1 . 1 131.6 145. 9 157. 4 1 1 -2 1 2 .1 7. 4 7. 6 9.2 10.3 11.7 $ 1. 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 4 5 --------------------------------------------------------------•---$ 1 . 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 283.7 311.5 356.2 391.3 414. 2 21.3 23. 9 27.4 30. 1 31.8 38.5 44. 0 52.0 58.8 62.9 13.9 15.9 18.8 21.3 22.7 144.0 155. 2 171.6 184.8 191.1 37. 0 39. 8 44.0 4 7 .4 49. 1 70.3 77.0 87.8 96 .0 102. 7 25.2 2 7 .6 29 .5 30. 9 35.4 44. 8 51.6 57.4 12.3 15.6 18.0 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 5 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------6 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 507. 7 532. 1 566. 8 592. 5 620. 1 39.0 40.9 *►3.6 45.5 47.7 85.9 90. 2 1 0 0 . 1 105. 2 111.9 31.0 32.6 36.2 38.0 40.5 207.7 215. L 225.4 232.2 241.2 53.3 55. 2 57. 9 59. 6 61.9 129.0 137.1 144. 8 151.4 157. 9 37. 1 39.4 4 1 .6 43 .5 4 5 .3 85.1 89. 7 96 .5 103.8 109.1 29.7 31.3 33.7 36.2 38.1 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $ 1. $2 . 80 ------------------------------------------------------------------8 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 67C.4 695. 8 725. 3 744.7 760. 5 51.5 53.5 55.7 57.2 58. 5 125.0 129.8 137.8 142.9 146.9 45.2 46.9 49.9 51.6 53.1 251. 1 258.4 265.4 270.6 274.2 6 8 64.5 6 6 . 3 . 1 69. 5 70.4 172.7 18C.4 187.8 193. 8 198. 6 4 9 .6 51.8 53.9 55 .7 57 .0 121.5 127. 1 134.2 137. 5 14C.8 42.4 44.4 46.8 48.0 49.1 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $2. 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 829.6 867. 5 911. 6 944. 2 965.0 63. 8 66.7 70. 1 72.6 74. 2 166.6 176. 8 190. 1 197.6 202.5 60.2 63.9 6 8 . 7 71.4 73.2 2 8 6 .6 73.6 76. 3 78.9 80. 4 81.6 220. 5 230. 3 241.6 251.5 257.0 63 .3 6 6 . 2 69 .4 72 .2 73.8 155.9 163.3 172.6 181.7 187.7 54.4 57.0 60.2 63.4 65.5 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $3. 6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1C07.7 1C27.3 105 3.2 1C7 3. 5 1C89. 9 77.4 79.0 80.9 82.5 83. 9 214.9 77.7 79.7 82.2 83.9 85. 3 328.0 332.9 338.0 341.6 345.4 84. 2 85.4 227.6 232.3 236. 1 267.2 272. 1 279. 7 285.6 290. 1 76.7 78.1 80.3 82. 0 83.3 197.6 201 .7 208.0 214.0 218.3 68.9 70.4 72.6 74.7 76.2 . 276. 7 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 05 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 1 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Under Under Under Under Under T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------Av er ag e hourly e a r n i n g s ---------------------------------------------- 1301.1 1 0 0 $2 ,. 14 0 2 2 0 .6 * 2 «.26 1 0 0 .0 2 2 .8 297.1 307.2 313.4 317. 8 8 6 .8 87.7 8 8 .6 389.6 1 0 0 $ 1 ,.82 . 0 6 .0 7. 1 8 .4 9. 1 2 0 .2 2 2 .1 348.2 1 0 0 .0 $2 ,. 2 0 2 .1 2 .2 3.0 3.4 3.8 1 1 . 0 286.6 1 0 .8 2 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 $2 ,. 45 Motor vehicle dealers (new and used cars) T a b l e 22. C u m u l a t i v e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d i s t r i b u t i o n s 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 b y a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s , U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d r e g i o n s , Ju n e 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West Av e r a g e hourly earnings Number Percent Under $ 0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.4 4. 1 13.4 2 .2 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------1 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----—----------------------------------------------------------2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 26.4 25. 1 36. 8 41.8 47. 1 4.3 4. a 6 . 0 6 . 9 7.7 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $ 1. $ 1. $1. $1. 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 73 .7 82. 3 93. 5 105.5 113.2 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 5 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 135.2 146.3 155.9 169.5 183. 5 2 2 .2 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 9 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 2 . 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Under Under Under Under Under $2 . $2. $2. $2. $2. Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $ 2. $3. 1 2 .1 13.5 15.4 17. 3 1 8. 6 Percent . 1 .3 .5 . 1 .3 .4 1.7 1 .8 1.3 1.4 2.3 1 .8 2 .8 2 .1 3.2 2.5 7.6 5.9 6 .7 8 .8 Number Percent .4 .8 Number . 1 .7 Percent Number . 1 .4 1.5 1 .2 .4 •8 2 .2 1 .2 9.2 4.7 16.8 18.6 24.0 26.8 30.0 8.7 9.6 12.4 13. 8 15. 5 9. 3 10.5 40.5 45.2 50.9 56.5 60.2 20.9 23.3 26.3 2 9.2 31.0 19.5 21.4 24.7 27 .3 29.2 34. 5 36.8 39.5 41 .2 44. 4 36. 3 40.2 43. 3 46 .4 49 .6 2 0 .8 23. 1 24. 8 26.6 28 .4 13.3 14.8 15.9 17.3 18.9 2 .6 3. 5 3.9 4 .6 5 .3 6 .0 6 .7 8 .0 6 .0 1 1 .2 12. 3 14.2 15.7 16.8 Percent .3 .7 1 .1 1.9 1.7 2 . 0 1 .8 2.5 2.9 3.4 2 .2 2 .6 3.1 5.5 6 .3 7.2 8.7 9.6 . 1 6 .9 6 10.4 11.9 13.2 1 0 .1 24.0 26.2 27.8 30. 1 18.6 19.9 24.0 26.0 29.1 14.3 15.3 18.4 19.9 22.3 66.9 71.3 76. 6 79.9 201.5 214.3 227.9 237. C 244. E 33. 1 35. 2 37.4 39.9 40. 2 33.6 35 .6 39.2 41.2 42.5 25.7 27.3 30.1 31.6 32.6 90.5 95.6 99.3 1 0 2 .3 104. 6 46 .7 49. 3 51 .2 52.8 54.0 56. 1 5 9. 8 64. 4 67 .6 70.0 32.2 34.3 37.0 38. 8 40.2 21.4 23.4 24.9 25.9 27.7 19.3 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------30 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 276.9 256.9 323. 1 341.2 356.3 45 .4 48.7 5 3.0 5 6.0 58. 5 51.9 57. 3 65. 0 69. 5 73.6 39.8 43 .9 49.8 53.3 56.4 113.5 119.7 126.5 131.0 135.1 53. 5 61.8 65. 3 67.6 69.7 79 .2 85.1 92. 5 98.3 10 2. 1 4 5 .4 48.8 53. 1 56.4 58.6 32.4 34.9 39. 1 42 .3 45.5 29.2 31.4 35.3 38.2 4 1.i 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------90 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 383.0 355. 7 413. 1 427.2 439.1 62.9 64. 9 6 7. a 70. 1 7 2. 1 82.3 85.8 90.4 93. 3 96.4 62.9 65.8 69.3 71.9 73.9 142.4 146. 0 149.4 152.3 155.5 73. 5 75.3 77. 1 78.6 80. 2 108.6 H i. 6 117.5 62. 3 64.0 6 7 .4 69 .9 71.8 4 9. 9 52.3 55.8 59.4 62. 1 45.0 47.2 50.3 53.5 56.0 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------A ve ra ge hourly earnings --------------------------------------------- .2 .7 Number 609.4 10 0 .0 * 2 . 57 8 .0 9.1 130.4 1 0 0 .0 *2 .6 7 8 6 .0 193. 1 0 0 .0 8 $2 .2 1 1 2 1 .8 125.2 174. 3 1 0 0 .0 $ 2 . 60 8 .0 9 .7 . 6 1 0 1 2 .0 13.3 14.4 15.6 17.0 2 1 .1 22.5 23.4 25.0 110.9 1 0 0 .0 $3.09 01 (0 Gasoline service stations T a b l e 23. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , United State s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees m thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West A v e r a g e hourly earnings Number Under $0. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $0.75 —---------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 1 . 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- .7 7.9 34.7 Under Under Under Under Under 7C . 1 74.3 85. 1 5 3. 6 58.4 Number Percent 1 - - 1 .6 - 1.4 . 7. 0 14. 2 15.0 17.2 18.9 19. 9 1 .6 5. 7 5. 7 5. 6 7.1 7.3 Number 5.2 5.2 6 . 1 6 .6 7.0 Percent | Number .7 7.3 27. 7 2 . 5 5.8 2 . 1 . 5 3.7 47.6 51.2 56.7 61.0 63. 7 38 . 0 40.8 45. 2 48 . 6 50. 7 12.9 13. 3 15. 9 18.8 19.8 83.2 87.7 93.9 99.4 0 0 .4 . 3 6 9. 9 7 4. 8 79.2 Percent .4 2.9 8 0 .0 45 .5 49. 0 55. 9 60. 7 65. 1 16. 8 19.5 25.2 28.5 32.0 80.0 82. 8 8 6 . 5 89. 1 90. 9 63. 1 6 5. 3 . 1 70.2 71.6 65.5 6 8 72.4 77. 1 79.3 49. 1 51.0 54.3 57. 8 59.4 96. 5 98.0 99. 3 1 0 0 . 2 . 1 90. 8 93. 8 95.7 96.7 104.2 107.3 8 6 36. 1 39. 2 44.4 48.4 50.9 27.3 30. 3 36.0 40. 8 43. 1 25.3 38.5 33.2 37.7 39.8 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 55 .............................. -........................ - ---$ 1 . 6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3C8. <5 318. 3 332.7 344.5 ’ 52. 1 62. 5 64. 4 67. 3 69. 7 71.3 57.5 6 0 . 1 64 • 2 6 6 . 5 69.3 53.1 55.5 59.4 61.4 84. 1 1 1 2 .6 3 4. 3 5. 6 8 7. 3 89. 1 89.7 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 8 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 9 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 2 . 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 376. 4 382.9 391.5 397.2 401.6 76. 77. 79. 80. 81. 77. 1 78.9 82. 1 84.2 8 6 . 1 71.2 72.9 75.9 77.9 79.6 114. 7 115.3 116.3 117.0 L17.6 ■91.4 91. 3 92. 7 93. 2 93. 7 1 0 1 .2 76. 0 77.2 78.3 79.0 79 .8 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $2. 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 fc. 1 436. 0 44 5.8 45^.2 457.9 8 b. 3 8 8 . 3 90. 2 91.9 92. 7 92.5 95.8 98.7 118.9 120.4 121.4 1 0 0 35. 5 88.5 91.2 92.6 92.9 -94. 7 95.9 96. 3 9 7. 3 97.4 110. 5 112. 5 114.5 116.6 117.3 87. 1 8 8 . 7 90.3 91.9 92 .4 Under Under Under Under Under $ 2. $2. $2. $2. $3. 6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------90 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ....................................................................... 467.4 470. 5 474. 5 476. 9 479. 5 94. 95. 96. 96. 97. 1 0 2 . 3 103.6 104.2 104.9 105.4 97.7 98.0 9 3,6 98. 8 9 3. 9 119.4 120. 5 121.5 94.1 95.0 95.8 96. 2 97.0 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 494.0 1 0 0 .0 126.9 A ve rag e hourly earnings $1.58 6 2 1 5 i 1 0 0 .2 . 6 95.0 95.7 96.3 96.9 97.4 108.2 1 0 0 .0 $1.72 8 1 2 2 .1 1 2 2 .2 1 2 2 .6 123.0 123. 8 124.C 124. 1 125.5 $1.25 3.9 4. 1 5.9 7. 3 14. 15. 178. 5 193.6 219. 3 238. 9 251.4 5 3 4 3 . 1 1.3 22.4 26. 0 33.6 38. 1 42 .7 1 2 .6 $ 1. 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 - . 1 1.7 35.8 38.6 44.0 47. 9 51. 3 6 6 10 5.9 107.5 109.6 l 11 • 9 J Percent - 2. 9 3. 1 4.4 4.9 5.5 1 0 .2 10.5 Under Under Under Under Under 1 Number - o o o $ 1 . 0 5 ............................................. -........................ $ 1 . 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 15 ....................... ............ .......... $1. 2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent 1 2 2 .0 123.0 1 0 0 .0 $1.63 6 .6 6 8 .0 6 6 .1 8 8 6 8 .0 70. 3 71.7 72. 5 1 1 1 .2 115. 3 117.9 78.1 80.4 83.3 86.4 88.4 91.9 92.5 93.7 94.5 95.3 1 2 2 .6 123.4 125.0 126. 0 127.1 L0 133.4 $1.82 0 . 0 Apparel and accessory stores T a b l e 24. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U n ited State s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West A v e r a g e hourly earnings Number Under $0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Percent * .2 4 .9 . 1 . 8 3 .6 21 Number _ * . 5 * 1 .0 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 1 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 46.4 51.7 62.4 72.2 79.0 7.9 8 . 8 1 0. 7 12. 3 1 3. 5 9. 0 10. 5 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 35 — -------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 4 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 180. 0 2Cfc. S 242. 5 266.6 28 C * 7 30.7 35.3 41 .4 45. 5 4 7. 9 40.2 50.2 62.3 71.3 77.2 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 5 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------6 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 328.9 341.7 36C. 5 374. 5 387. 3 56. 2 53.3 61 .5 6 3. 9 6 6 . 1 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 412.7 422.2 4 39. 1 447. 0 453. 4 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $2. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------30 ------------------------------------------------ ■----------------4 0 -------------------------------■ ----------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 480.4 49 5.4 509. 1 5l e . 9 525. 1 8 6 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $ 3. 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------90 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 538.2 544.0 550.7 556.8 56C.0 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 585. 7 Av er ag e hourly e a r n i n g s --------------------------------------------- 4 .6 5.0 6 .6 2.3 2. 5 3.3 4.5 5.2 Number Percent . 1 2. 7 10.3 .2 4. 0 16.0 18.9 .3 24. 5 26.4 23. 3 . 0 31.5 36.3 39.1 41.9 2 8 2 1 25.2 31.3 36.1 38 . 7 77.2 84.2 92.5 97.4 100.7 52 .2 5 5.9 62. 5 65. 8 95. 4 99.4 106.9 112.3 116. a 47.9 49.9 53.7 56.4 58.7 108.0 110.9 114.2 117.1 119.9 7 3.0 74.9 77.2 79. 1 81.0 70. 5 72.1 7 5.0 76. 3 77.4 128. 1 131.9 138.4 141.4 144.9 64.3 123.9 125.0 128.1 129.4 129.9 83. 7 84. 4 82.0 8 4.6 .9 77.9 80.9 83.9 89.7 155.2 161.1 167.2 171.5 174.2 37.5 134.6 137.0 138.6 139.9 140.7 91.9 92.9 94 .0 9 5. 1 95. 6 180.7 183.0 185.4 187. 7 189.0 90.7 91.9 93.1 94.2 94.9 141.9 142.6 143.3 144. 1 144.4 8 8 .6 1 0 0 .0 SI . 72 J Percent 2 0 .2 6 6 .2 69.5 71.0 72.7 8 6 .1 190.0 199.2 $ 1 . 85 6 8 .0 ♦ * •8 3. 9 •6 2.7 12. 7 14. 1 17. 8 2 1 . 6 23. 9 51.0 56 ,0 6 6 .0 71.4 74. 1 * Percent * . 1 .1 .2 .2 8 ,6 1 .1 1 .2 9.6 . 1 14.7 16.2 1 .1 1 .2 1. 7 2. 5 1 .8 1 2 34. 6 38. 0 44. 9 43 .5 50.4 16.4 21.7 25.8 28 . 7 12. 7 18.0 23.7 28.3 31.4 42.6 45.9 49 .6 52.3 55.3 1 1 .6 105.7 107.7 111.9 113.6 114.6 71.8 73.2 76. 0 77.2 77.9 55.0 57.6 60.7 62.5 64.0 60.3 63. 1 66.5 68.5 70.1 90.9 92. 5 9 3. 7 94.5 95.1 1 2 1 .6 125.5 128. 8 131.0 132.4 82 .6 85.2 87.5 89.0 90 .0 69.0 71.9 74. 4 76.6 77.8 75.6 78.7 81.5 83.8 85.2 95 .9 96.4 96. 8 97 .4 97.6 135.5 136.8 138.9 140.1 140. 7 92 .0 92 .9 94 .4 95.2 95.6 80.1 81.5 83.2 84.9 85.8 87.7 89.3 91.1 93.0 94.0 147.2 58. 8 60. 7 63. 9 2 .8 3.0 2 .8 67 .9 1 0 0 .0 8 6 . 6 89.4 94. 1 9 7 .4 Number 1 0 0 .0 37.4 87. 8 $1.47 Percent 38.9 42 .0 4 5. 2 47.8 50.5 8 6 .6 148.0 J Number 6 6 ,2 1 0 0 .0 $1.71 91.3 1 0 0 .0 $1.91 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishings stores T a b l e 25. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U nited State s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States South Northeast North Central J West A v e ra g e hourly earnings Number Percent Number _ Under $0. 50 Under $0. 75 Under $1. 00 .3 1.4 . 1 .3 1.4 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 05 10 15 20 25 4.9 5.9 7.0 7. 7 8.3 5.0 5.9 7.1 7.8 8.4 .3 .9 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $ 1. $ 1. 30 35 40 45 50 20.7 24.2 26.2 31.1 32.4 20.9 24.5 28. 5 3 1.4 32.7 5.2 7.0 3.4 9 .4 9 .9 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 55 60 65 70 75 41.4 43.7 47.3 49. 1 5C.7 41. 8 44.2 47. 8 49.7 51.3 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 80 $1.85 $1. 90 $1. 95 $2. 00 56.4 58.0 61.0 62. 3 63. 1 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $ 2. 10 20 30 40 50 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $ 2. $2. $3. .1 Percent . - - 1 .2 .4 . 5 Number .1 .3 . 9 Percent 11.3 13.0 15.4 16.3 13. 0 14.9 19.9 23. 8 26.7 28. 1 8. 4 9.3 10.4 11.3 1 1 .6 35. 5 39.2 43. 8 47 .3 48. 8 13.3 14. 1 15. 6 16. 3 16. 7 38.0 40.1 44.4 46.6 47. 7 13. 5 14. 3 15.0 15.4 15.9 56. 7 60. 1 62.9 64. 8 67.0 57. 1 58. 7 61.6 63.0 63.8 18.3 19.4 20.3 20. 7 2 1 .0 53.5 55.1 57.9 59.1 59.8 17.3 17.6 18. 2 18.5 18.6 72.7 7 3. 9 76.6 7 7. 6 78. 1 . e 72.4 76. 1 78. 3 79.8 69.6 73.3 77.0 75.2 80. 7 2 2 . 8 24. 1 25 .7 26 .7 27. 3 65.0 68.5 73.3 75.9 77.7 19.9 20. 5 83. 4 2 0 .8 87.4 39. 1 9C. 5 60 70 80 90 00 83.7 85.6 87.6 65.2 90. 2 84. 6 86.5 90. 2 91. 2 29. 1 30.0 39.5 31.3 31.6 82.9 85.4 87. C 89.1 90.1 Total - 98.9 . 3 5. 1 Av er ag e hourly earnings 6 8 8 8 .6 1 0 0 $1.97 0 1 .2 1.5 1.7 2 .2 2 .6 1 0 0 .0 $2.10 2 1 .2 21.5 21.9 8 6 .0 22. 3 22.4 91.9 92.3 93.2 93.8 94.3 23.8 103.0 2 2 .1 2 2 .2 $1.69 * * .3 . 5 1. 3 4. C 2.7 3.1 3. 7 3. 9 4. 3 .6 Number Percent Number Percent _ * . 1 1.4 * . 1 #? 2 . 1 2. 5 2. 7 2. 7 6 .5 8.3 9. 9 1 0 . 6 10.9 . 1 . 7 7.6 8 . 1 8.5 24 .4 26.8 30. 2 32. 5 33.9 1 .8 1 2 .0 2.3 2.4 15.3 16.2 . 1 2 .6 4 2 .4 44. 3 47 .6 49. 1 50 .4 3.9 4.2 4.8 5.1 5.5 26.2 28.3 32.3 34.0 36.4 13.9 14.2 15.2 15.7 16.0 55.5 57.0 61 .0 63 .0 6 3. 8 6.5 . 8 7. 1 7 .4 7 .5 43.2 45,4 47.5 49.2 50.2 17.4 18.4 19. 4 19. 8 2C* 1 69. 5 73.7 77. 5 7 9 .4 80.4 1 0 .2 6 8 .2 10.7 10.9 71.0 72.7 2 1 .2 84.8 86.5 89, 1 90. 2 90.9 11.5 11.9 12.7 13.1 13.4 76.7 79.0 84 .4 87.1 89.2 1 .6 6 6 1 0 6 1 1 .1 11.9 12.3 2 1 . 6 22.3 22.5 22. 7 25. 0 1 0 0 .0 $1.97 1 .2 1.3 .2 1 .6 .2 .4 . 4 .9 2 .5 2 .6 6 .2 8 1 .2 6 8.7 9.5 . i 58.2 63.3 15.0 1 0 0 $ 2 .1 7 . 0 Women’s ready-to-wear stores T a b l e 26. C u m u l a t i v e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d i s t r i b u t i o n s 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 b y a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s , U n i t e d S t a t e s an d r e g i o n s , J u n e 1966 United States No rtheast South North Central A v e r a g e hou rl y earnings Number Under $0. 5 0 ------------------------------------------ ----------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 00 ------------------------------------------------------------------ P e rc e n t Number P e rc e n t Number .5 _ .7 #i 1.9 7. 1 . 1 3. 3 12, 5 * . ! 2.3 9. 2 4. 3 1 .1 Percent Number Percent West Number _ . 3 1.4 * . . .6 2.7 .2 .4 $1. 05 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2G.9 22.9 27,4 31.4 34.4 12.7 14,5 1 5, 9 2 .4 3. 0 4. 0 4.4 3.1 3.5 4. 4 5. 8 6.5 13.3 14.6 16.7 17.8 19, 1 2 3. 3 2 5,6 29. 3 31.3 33.5 1 0 .1 9.1 9.9 12 .9 16. 0 18. 5 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 3 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------- ----$1. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 77. 1 88,9 L04, 3 114. 7 121. 7 3 5. 7 41. 2 48 .3 53.1 5 6.4 13.0 17.8 23. 4 2 7. 8 30. 7 19.9 26.0 34. i 40.4 44. 7 35. 7 37. 5 40.7 42.2 43.5 62. 5 65. 9 71.4 74.0 76. 3 21.9 24.4 28. 9 31.2 32.4 40 .2 44 .9 53. 2 57.4 59. 5 1 1 .2 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 5 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------6 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 5 -------------------------------------------- --------------------- 138. 9 144,2 152. 2 157.8 163.7 64.3 6 6 . 8 70. 5 73. 1 7 5. 8 37. 3 39.3 42. 3 44. 8 47.0 55. 1 57.3 62.2 65.3 69.4 45.8 46. 5 47. 9 49.5 49. 5 80. 3 81. 5 83. 8 85, 1 86.9 36,6 38.0 40 .0 41.4 42, 8 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $ 1. $2. 8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 171. 1 174,4 180. 1 182. 7 184. 6 79.3 80.8 83.4 84. 6 85.5 50. 9 52.3 54. 3 55.3 56.4 74.1 76. 1 79.0 80.5 82.0 50.2 50. 5 51.4 51.7 51.9 8 8 . 90.2 90. 8 91.0 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $2. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 193.8 199.2 2C2. 7 204. 5 205.6 89.8 92 .3 93.9 94.7 95. 2 60. 1 52. 1 63. 5 64.1 64.6 87.4 90.4 92.4 93 .4 94.0 53.2 54. 1 54.5 54.7 54.9 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $ 3. 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------90 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 208.4 209.4 2 1 0 . 1 211. 4 2 1 2 . G 96. 5 97. 0 97, 3 97.9 98.2 65. 95.8 96. 3 96. 7 97.4 97.7 55.4 55.7 55.8 56. 3 56.4 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------A v er ag e hourly earnings --------------------------------------------- 9. 7 215.9 1 0 0 .0 $1.56 2 .2 8 6 6 .2 66.4 66.9 67.1 6 8 . 7 $1.69 1 0 0 .0 . 5 . 5 . 6 .9 . 9 1.3 1.4 1.7 2.4 2.4 . 6 9. 1 13.5 15.2 18.4 25.3 31.4 37.6 42.3 67. 2 69.9 73.5 76.0 78.6 18. 7 20.4 21. 7 23. 1 24.4 52.2 56.8 60.6 64,6 6 8 . 1 44. 3 44.9 46. 3 46.6 47. 1 81 .4 82.6 85.0 3 5.7 86.5 25.7 26, 7 28. 1 29.0 29. 3 71.8 74.6 78.5 81.0 81.8 93,4 94.9 95.6 96.0 96.3 49. 5 50,9 51.9 52.3 52. 5 91.1 93.6 95. 4 96. 1 96.5 31.0 32.1 32.8 33.4 33.6 8 6 . 5 89.7 91.6 93.2 93.8 97.2 97.7 97.9 90. 7 98,9 53. 1 53.3 53. 5 53.6 53.7 97.6 98. C 98.4 98.6 98. 7 34.1 34.3 34 ,4 34.6 34.8 95.2 95.7 96,0 96.7 97.2 1 8 8 .6 57.0 1 0 0 .0 $1.37 * 1 1 Under Under Under Under Under 1 0 .6 P e rc e n t 5.0 5.4 7,0 8 , 7 54.4 1 0 0 .0 $1.53 6 35. 8 1 0 0 .0 $1.72 2 Shoe stores T a b l e 27. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e arn in g's, United State s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) Northeast United States North Central South West Av e r a g e hourly earnings Under $0. 5 0 ----------------------Under $0. 7 5 ----------------------Under $ 1 . 0 0 ----------------------- Number Percent * .9 4. 3 * .8 3.9 - - ♦ ♦ .2 .1 Number Percent Number Percent * .5 * 1 . 8 9.6 .4 1.4 1.3 4 .8 5. 1 6.5 7 .6 8 .7 9.5 17.2 21.9 25. 9 29. 6 32.3 3.7 4 .0 4. 7 5. 7 12.3 13.3 15.6 19.0 20. 3 . 15.1 16.6 17.7 18.5 19.1 51.2 56.4 60. C 62.6 64.6 9. 13. 1 13.6 32. 7 35.9 40 .4 43.5 45.2 1.7 2. 9 3.7 3.9 4 .4 2 0 .0 6 8 .0 20. 7 16.4 16.8 17.9 18.7 19.0 54.5 55.6 59. 3 62. 1 63.3 6 .6 2C.4 1 0 .1 2 .8 Number Percent - - * . 1 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 0 5 ----------------------$ 1 . 1 0 ----------------------$1. 1 5 ----------------------$ 1 . 2 0 ----------------------$1. 2 5 ----------------------- 9.4 . 1 13.2 15.9 17. 5 1 2 .0 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 3 0 ----------------------3 5 ----------------------4 0 ----------------------4 5 ----------------------5 0 ----------------------- 33.0 37. 5 41.8 44 .4 46. 5 29.9 3 3.9 37.8 40.2 42.2 6 .4 7.2 8.9 9.5 25.0 27 .5 29.1 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 5 5 ----------------------$ 1 . 6 0 ----------------------$ 1 . 6 5 ----------------------$1. 7 0 ----------------------$1. 7 5 ----------------------- 53.9 56.4 59.C 62.2 64. 1 48.8 51.1 53.4 56.4 58. 1 11.4 12.5 13.3 14.2 14.9 35 .0 38.5 40.8 43.8 4 5 .9 2 1 . 1 22.3 70. 1 71.4 74. 5 75. 8 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2 . 8 0 ----------------------8 5 ----------------------9 0 ----------------------9 5 ----------------------0 0 ----------------------- 68.3 7C.6 74. C 76.C 76.2 61. 8 64.0 67.0 6 8 .8 16. 1 17.0 18.2 19.0 70. 2 0 .2 49.6 52.3 56.1 58.5 62.1 23.2 23.4 24.2 24.6 24. 7 78. 5 79 .4 81.9 83.3 83, 8 22.3 67.8 69. 1 71.4 73. 2 74.0 1 1 . 0 47.0 51.4 55.1 56.7 60.3 Under Under Under Under Under $ 2 . 1 0 ----------------------$ 2 . 2 0 ----------------------$2. 3 0 ----------------------- ___________________________ _______ ____ $2. 4 0 ----------------------$2. 5 0 ----------------------- 83.6 21.5 23 .0 24.2 25.2 25.9 6 6 .2 90.2 92. 6 94.6 75. 7 78.6 81.7 83.9 85.7 70.6 74.5 77.5 79.7 26.2 26.6 27.1 27.6 27. 7 88.7 90. 3 91.7 93 .4 94.1 23.8 24.6 25.3 25.9 26.4 79.2 31.6 84 .2 85. 9 37. 7 1 2 . 1 12.7 13.6 14.0 14.6 65.9 69.1 74.1 .76.5 79.5 Under Under Under Under Under $2 . $2. $2 . $2. $3. 6 0 ----------------------7 0 ----------------------8 0 ----------------------9 0 ----------------------0 0 ----------------------- 97.9 99 .7 101.9 103.2 104.4 8 8. 7 90.3 92.3 93.5 94.5 27.7 28.3 29.1 29.7 30. 3 85.2 37.0 89.5 91.4 93.2 28.0 28.2 28.4 28.5 28.6 94.9 95.6 96.4 96.8 97.0 27.0 27.4 28.2 28. 4 23.6 89. 5 90.9 93 .6 94. 5 95 .0 15.3 15.9 16.2 16.5 16.9 83.4 T o t a l -------------------------- 11C.4 . C 18.3 A ve ra ge hourly earnings — 1 1 8 6 .8 8.5 Percent Number 1 0 .0 14. 4 15.8 8 1 0 0 .0 $1 . 81 .5 .5 . 6 . 7 1 . 6 1 .6 1.9 2 .2 2. 9 1 . 0 19.6 2 2 .1 8 .1 32.5 1 0 0 .0 *2 .0 1 2 2 .0 29.5 1 0 0 .0 *1 .52 6 .1 8 1 0 .8 1 2 .2 2 0 .8 21.5 2 2 .0 30. 1 * 1 .7 8 1 0 0 .4 .4 1.7 4.1 4 .7 1 . 1 .3 .8 .9 9 .1 15.6 20.4 2 1 .2 24.1 33.1 35.2 37.3 40.0 42.8 6 .1 6 .4 7.3 7 .8 8 .6 9 .4 10 .4 8 6 .6 88.3 90.3 92.1 1 0 0 .0 *2 .0 1 Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance stores T a b l e 28. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r ic a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U n ited States and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West Av e r a g e hourly earnings Number Under $0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ . 1 3. 1 9. 9 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------1 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 19.4 2 0 .5 24.7 28.0 29.4 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 61.1 67.2 78.5 86.7 92.2 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 5 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 2 .6 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 171.3 177.1 139. 5 196. C Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $ 2. $ 2. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $3. Percent Number Percent Number * * ♦ . 8 2.7 . 1 .5 . 1 2 .0 .5 7.2 5.2 5. 5 6 . 6 7. 5 7.9 16.3 18.0 1.3 1.7 2. 5 2. 7 * * 1 . 8 6.7 1.3 1 2 .8 1 .8 15.7 16.8 17.6 1 1. 3 1 1 . 8 14. 6 15.6 16.3 27.5 2 9.7 33. 8 36.3 38.8 1 .1 1 .1 Percent 2.5 2 .8 1 2 .2 Number Percent _ Number •9 1. 7 4.9 5. 1 5.6 6 . 7 7.1 15.4 16.4 18.4 1 .0 .2 . .6 1 8 5.3 5.5 6 . 1 Percent - - .3 .8 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 2 .2 7.2 7 .7 2 .0 2 .0 2 .7 2.7 16. 7 17. 7 2 0 .0 4 .8 5.7 7.3 6 .4 7 .6 9.8 21.9 23.3 8 .2 1 1 .0 21. 5 8 .5 11.3 2 3.2 24.7 13.1 16. 3 19.1 20.4 2 0 .6 29.6 32.1 36.5 39.2 41.9 32.8 34.6 37.2 39.3 41.6 28 . 7 30. 1 33.2 34. 8 36.2 29.0 30.5 33.6 35.2 36.6 50.0 52.5 55.3 57.5 60.7 46.3 48,7 51.2 53.3 56.2 29.8 31.4 33.9 35 .7 3 7 .7 32.3 34. 1 36. 7 38.7 40 .9 14.1 15.2 16.8 19.0 2 1 . 1 18.9 20.4 22.4 25.4 23.2 2 0 1 .0 46.0 4 7 .4 50.7 52. 5 53. 8 40 .8 41.8 45.3 46.5 47.6 41.3 4 2 .3 45.9 ^7.1 48.3 64.4 66.5 69. 7 72.1 73.8 59.7 61.6 64.6 66.9 6 8 . 4 41.3 42 .4 45 .4 46 .7 47.9 44 .8 4 6 .0 49.2 50.6 52.0 25.3 26.5 29.1 30.7 31.6 33.8 35.4 38.9 41.0 42.2 229.7 241.1 25 3.4 260.5 266. 3 61. 5 64. 5 67.8 69.7 71.3 55.5 5 8.1 61. 7 63.4 65.3 56.3 58.9 62.5 64.2 6 6 . 1 80.5 83.9 86.9 88.7 89. 6 74.6 77. 8 30.5 82.2 33.0 55.3 53.3 61 .6 63. 5 65.2 59.9 63 .2 6 6 . 3 6 8 . 8 70. 7 38.4 40.7 43.3 44 .9 46.3 51.4 54.5 57.9 60.0 61.9 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 B2 . 1 289.0 296.5 302.7 3C7.0 75.5 77.4 79. 4 73.0 75.2 77.8 79.4 80. 8 92.5 94.0 95.5 96.8 97.4 8 5. 7 8 7. 1 38. 5 89. 7 90.2 63 .4 70 .0 71 .7 73.5 74. 8 74.2 75.9 77 .8 79.7 81.1 49.2 50.9 52.5 54.0 55.0 65.8 82.2 72.0 74.2 76. 7 73.4 79.8 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 373.6 100. C 98.7 Av er ag e hourly e a r n i n g s --------------------------------------------- 2 1 . 0 129. 3 139. 1 146.9 155.6 8 1 .0 $2.19 11.3 13.3 16.5 19.4 1 1 .2 1 0 0 .0 $2.23 107.9 1 0 0 .0 $1 .8 6 2 0 .2 92 .2 1 0 0 $2.26 . 0 74. 6 8 .0 70.2 72.2 73.6 8 1 0 0 .0 $2.52 Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores T a b l e 29. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is tr ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U nited States and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) Northeast United States North Central South West Av e ra g e hourly earnings Percent Number Under $0. 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 0. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Number 2 . 1 7.0 * .9 2.9 * . i . 1 . 5 .5 * Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 0 5 -------------- ---------------------------------------------------1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------1 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.7 13.2 lfc.C 17.4 18.5 5.3 5.5 6. 6 7.2 7.7 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 . 8 42.9 5C.2 55.7 59. 1 16. 2 17.8 20.9 23.1 24, 6 7.6 9.0 11.5 13.5 14.4 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 5 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 78.3 83. 1 89.4 94. 8 ICC. 7 32.6 34. 6 37.2 39.4 41.9 2 0 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 8 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 9 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$2. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 111. 5 114.8 122.3 127.1 130.2 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $2. 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------20 ------------------------------------------------------------------3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $3. 6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------90 ------------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------Av er ag e hourly e a r n i n g s ---------------------------------------------- Percent ♦ .1 Number ♦ 1.7 7, 5 * 1 .2 5.5 1 .2 8.7 9. 1 11. 3 1 .2 1 .8 1 2 .0 1.3 2 .0 1 2 .6 11.9 12.5 15.6 16. 5 17,3 22.5 20.9 22.3 25.3 27.0 28. 9 28.8 30.8 34. 8 37.3 39.7 . 1 21.3 23.3 24.4 25. 3 31.5 33.3 36.5 38.1 39.5 34. 5 36.2 38.0 39.6 41 .6 46. 4 47,8 50.9 52.9 54. 1 27.8 28.4 3 0.4 31.2 31.3 43.5 44 .4 47.5 48.8 49. 7 147.5 154.9 163. 1 167. 5 171.1 61. 3 64.4 67. 8 69.6 71. 1 36.6 38.3 40. 7 41.7 42. 7 181. 1 184.6 189.9 194.2 197. 1 7 5.3 76.8 78.9 8 C. 7 81.9 47.0 48 .2 5C.1 51.1 52.2 1C0.C 64. 0 240.5 *2 .2 1 .8 .7 Percent .8 11.9 14.1 18.0 6 1 .1 2 . Number - - . Percent .2 •4 . 3 .6 .8 1 .6 .8 1.7 1.7 . 8 .9 .9 6 .6 7. 8 8.4 9 .7 10.9 _ 1 .2 2 . 1 5. G 5. 1 5.5 6 . 1 8 2 .8 3.1 3 .4 3.7 | Percent - 1 . 8 1 .8 2.5 3. 1 3.7 4 .2 4.2 5.3 6.5 7.7 1 1 .6 14.0 15.1 17.4 19.6 20.9 47. 5 49.9 52.4 54.5 57.3 15.4 16.4 17.9 19.2 20.5 27.6 29.4 32.2 34. 5 36. 9 . 3 9.2 17.3 19.1 44 .4 45. 5 47 .3 49.2 50.0 61. 1 62.7 65.2 67.8 68.9 22.9 2 3 .7 25. 2 26. 1 27.0 41 .2 42 .7 45.3 4 6. 9 48.6 57.2 59.8 63.6 65.2 66.7 54. 8 56.9 58. 7 60.0 60.6 75.5 78 . 3 80. 9 82. 6 83.4 31.2 33.4 35. 8 36. 8 37. 8 73.4 75.3 78.2 79.8 81.6 62.3 62.9 64.0 65.0 65.4 85.8 8 6 . 6 38. 1 89. 6 90. 1 39. 8 4 0 .6 41 .6 42 .9 43. 6 1 oc.o 72.6 2 1 . 2 $2. 29 | Number 1 0 0 .0 $1.85 55.6 $2 . 35 8 8 .6 8 .8 1 0 .1 2 1 . 0 11.7 13.2 24.2 27.4 16.3 17. 2 19.4 21. 3 33.8 35.6 40.2 42.7 44. 1 56. 1 60 .0 6 4. 4 66.3 6 8 . 0 24.9 26.3 27.9 28.9 30.0 51.5 54.5 57.8 59.9 62.2 71. 5 73.0 74.9 77. 1 78.3 3 2.1 33.0 34.2 35.2 35.8 66.4 68 .4 70.8 72.9 74.2 10C.C 48 .3 2 0 .6 1 0 0 .0 $ 2 ,.54 Household appliance stores T a b l e 30. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U n ited States and r e g io n s , June 1966 (E m p lo y e e s in thousands) United States N o rth ea st South N orth C en tra l Av e ra g e hourly earnings N u m ber * . 5 P ercen t N um ber * .7 2.4 ♦ ♦ .4 4 .5 4. 9 .6 .6 6 .2 .6 8 .0 1 . 0 P ercen t ♦ Under $0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 .8 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------1 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3.4 3. 7 4 .7 6 . 1 6. 3 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $ 1. $1. $1. 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 12.4 13. 7 16.3 17.9 19.2 16.3 18.1 21. 5 23. 7 25.4 2 .4 2. 9 3 .4 3. 8 4.1 14.3 16.8 19.0 20.4 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 5 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------6 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 25.2 26.3 28. 7 30. 1 31.6 33.3 34. 8 37.9 39.7 4 1 .7 5.9 6 , 1 6 .7 7.1 7. 5 29.2 30.0 33.2 35.4 37.3 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 34.5 35.8 38 .4 39.6 40.7 45. 6 47. 3 50,8 5 2.3 53. 8 8.7 9. 0 9. 5 9 .3 9 .9 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $2. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 46 ,6 49. 2 51.9 53, 1 54.7 61.5 65.0 68.5 70.1 72 .2 1 1 .6 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $ 3. 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------90 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 58. 8 60. 6 6 1 .9 63 .0 63 .8 77.6 80.0 81.7 83.2 84. 3 15.9 16.4 16. 8 17.0 17.2 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 75 .7 A ve ra ge hourly e a r n i n g s --------------------------------------------- 8 . 3 1 0 0 .0 $2.15 12.9 13.1 13.9 _ 1 .6 1 . 1 4. 7 7.6 . 9 8 .2 1 .0 10.7 12.7 13.0 1 . 1 1. 5 1 . 6 5. 3 5 .9 7. 1 7 .8 8. 5 23.5 26.1 31. 1 34. 2 37.2 3.2 3.3 3.7 3. 9 4 .2 9.6 6 .2 11.4 11.9 42. 3 44.9 48.5 50.1 52.6 42.9 44.5 47.0 48.3 49.0 12.7 13.4 14.0 14.5 15.3 56.0 5 9.0 61.7 63.9 67.2 57.7 59.8 63.9 65.0 16.3 17.4 18.2 18.4 18.6 71.7 76.5 30.0 31.2 82.0 19.4 85.4 8 8 . 1 89. 2 90. 3 90 .6 1 0 0 .0 .2 0 - 1. 7 1. 9 2.4 2.9 3.0 78.9 81.2 83.0 84.3 84.9 $2 Num ber 1 .8 6 8 .8 2 0 .2 j 2 .9 2.9 3.1 4 .8 5.1 1 2 .1 1 2 . 1 . 4 P ercen t •1 . 2 .1 1 . 0 N u m ber 1 0 .2 1 1 .0 2 0 .0 20.3 20.5 2 0 .6 22.7 1 0 0 .0 $1.91 P ercen t . 6 W est Number .9 .2 4. 7 5.3 5.6 7.8 . 2 8 . 1 16.3 16. 9 18. 9 20.3 P ercen t - * . 1 1.4 1 .6 .2 1 .6 . 6 4.1 5.3 5.3 . 7 .7 1.4 1 0 .8 1 .6 2 1 . 8 2.4 2 .4 11.7 16.2 17.7 17.9 32.2 33 .4 35.6 37.0 33. 3 3. 5 3.6 4.1 4.4 4 .7 25.7 26.8 30.4 32.7 34.7 1 0 .0 41 .7 42 .4 4 9. 5 50. 7 51.4 5. 1 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.6 37.7 38.5 39.8 41.0 42.0 11.9 12.5 13.1 13.6 14.1 61 .6 64.5 67 .5 70.0 72.7 6.7 7.2 7.7 8 .1 49.8 53.9 57.4 59.4 60 .3 14.9 15.5 15.9 16.2 16.6 76. 9 79. 7 81.9 83.5 35.5 8.5 8.7 9.0 9.3 9.5 63.8 65.0 67.1 69.2 70.7 . 5 6. 9 7 .2 7 .4 6 8 . 1 8 .2 9 .6 9 .8 19.4 1 0 0 .0 $2.19 2 .2 8 .0 13.4 1 0 0 .0 $2.48 0) -4 Miscellaneous retail stores T a b l e 31. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U nited States and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States West North Central South Northeast A v e r a g e hourly earnings Number Under $0. 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $ 0 . 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent 1 .0 .1 16.2 49.4 1 .6 5.0 Number Percent Number Percent * . 3 1.3 32.5 .3 4. 3 11.7 10.9 11.7 13.5 15.2 17.1 4.1 4. 4 5.1 5. 7 6.4 55.9 59.4 R. 0 73.0 78.6 21.3 24. 4 26. 2 28. 2 * .9 3. 5 .8 1 2 .0 Number Percent ♦ .9 4.3 . 1 2 .4 1 1 .0 Number Percent . 8 2.4 •1 .4 1.3 11.4 13.9 15.3 16.4 6 . 3 6 .7 7.7 9 .9 10.4 3.4 3.6 4.1 5.3 5.6 20.3 29.9 34.6 38.4 40.3 10.9 16.1 18.6 62.3 63.8 . 1 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 0 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 1 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$1. 2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 2 5 --------------- --------------------------------------------------- ICC. 4 107. 1 124.9 137.5 148.3 Under Under Under Under Under $ 1 . 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1. 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 277.1 315. 8 359.4 387.5 406.9 31.9 36.4 39.2 41.2 51.2 62.8 73.6 80.5 85.2 19.2 23.5 27.6 30.1 31.9 128.6 137.1 149. 6 158.8 164.1 46 .2 49.2 53.7 57 .0 58. 9 1 0 1 .6 109.9 117.4 3G.0 33. 5 39.6 42.9 45.8 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $ 1. $1. $1. 5 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------6 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 498. 1 523. 8 555. 7 572. 6 587. C 50 .4 5 3.0 56. 2 57.9 59.4 112.9 125.6 135.2 140.2 143.9 42.3 47.9 50.6 52.5 53.9 183.1 188.3 196.3 201.3 204.5 65.7 67.5 70.4 72. 2 73.4 139. 8 146. 2 156. 1 160. 1 165. 3 54.5 57 .0 60. 9 62.4 6 4 .4 6 8 .1 71.0 73.4 33.5 34.3 36.6 38.2 39.4 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------8 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------9 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 62C.9 637.3 655.7 6 6 8 . 8 677.0 62.8 64. 5 66 .3 67 .7 68.5 153.6 157. 6 163.4 167.1 169.5 57.5 59.C 62 .6 63.5 211.7 214.7 218.4 22 1.7 223.2 75. 9 77.0 78.3 79.6 80. 1 173.0 17 9 .C 184.2 187. 1 189.3 6 7 .4 69.8 71.8 72.9 73. 8 82.7 . 1 89.7 92.8 95.0 44.4 46.3 48.2 49.9 51.0 Under Under Under Under Under $2 $2. $2. $2. $ 2. 10 2 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 731.5 754.5 782. 1 796.6 8C7. 5 74.0 76.4 79.1 80 .6 81 .7 69.5 72.3 75.3 77.0 78.6 234. 1 240. 1 244.6 24 7.7 249.2 84. 0 2 0 1 .2 87.8 88.9 89. 4 201.3 206. 7 213. 5 216.2 218.4 78. 5 30.6 83 .2 94.3 85.1 110.4 114.9 122. 7 127.0 129.9 59.3 61.8 65.9 69.8 Under Under Under Under Under $2. 6 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 2 . 7 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$2. 8 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$ 2. 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------$3. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 833.7 853.9 867. 1 878.3 883.8 84.3 86.4 8 7.7 88 .9 8 9 .4 81.7 84.5 86.3 87.6 8 8 .0 253.3 254.9 257.8 260.0 260.7 90.9 9 1 .5 92. 5 93.3 93. 5 225.4 228.3 231.0 23 3.4 235.8 87.9 89,0 90. 1 91.0 9 1. 9 136,7 144. 9 147.8 150.7 152.3 73.5 77.8 79.4 81.0 81.9 1 0 0 .0 27 8.7 . 186.1 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------A ve rag e hourly e a r n i n g s ---------------------------------------------- 1 0 .2 1 0 .8 . 6 13.9 15.0 1 2 2 8 .0 588.4 1 0 0 .0 * 1 . 89 6 1 .2 185. 7 193. 1 205. 7 2 1 0 .0 218.2 225.8 230.5 234.1 235.0 267. 1 $ 2 . 04 2 0 .1 6 8 6 .2 1 0 0 .0 * 1 , 61 2 7.2 29.2 35. 7 39.3 42.2 77.0 8 6 .0 256.5 1 0 .6 1 0 0 $ 1 ,, 80 0 2 0 .6 2 1 .6 8 6 6 8 .2 1 0 0 .0 $2 .,29 Drug and proprietary stores T a b l e 32. C u m u la t iv e n u m e r i c a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t -t im e h o u r ly e a r n in g s , U n ited State s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South Av e r a g e hourly earnings Number Percent .7 Number Percent * .3 Number North Central Percent Number West Percent .5 7.9 19.7 _ _ 1 .8 1.7 7 .3 40. 1 42.0 47.0 49.5 52.9 32.6 34.2 3 8.2 40.2 4 3 .0 18.4 19.7 24.4 27.2 29. 6 16.9 18.0 22 .3 2 4. 9 27. 1 * .4 2. 5 .7 9 .7 24.3 7. 1 7. 6 8.5 9. 3 8 .3 8.3 9 .4 10.4 11.5 Number Percent ♦ .5 * Under $0. 5 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $0. 7 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------Under $1. 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 36. 1 3. 3 9.5 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $1. 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------1 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 70.2 74. 1 85.0 92.5 99.4 18.5 19.5 22.4 24.4 26.2 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $ 1. $1. $1. 3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 159.3 175.0 194. 1 2C7. 1 214.5 42 .0 46. 1 51.2 54.6 56. 6 26.2 31.8 36.5 3 9. 8 4 1 .3 32.3 39.2 44.9 49.1 51.5 73.6 78.2 83.4 87.3 89.2 59.9 63.6 67. 8 71.0 72 .6 46.9 50.8 57.6 61.5 64.3 42 .9 46 .5 52.7 56 .3 58.9 1 2 . 6 14.2 16.7 18.5 19.2 19.0 21.5 25.3 28.1 29.1 Under Under Under Under Under $1. 5 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$ 1 . 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 6 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------$1. 7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 245.7 250. 8 259.6 266.9 270.7 4. 6 8 .4 70.4 71.3 51.8 52.8 55.6 56.8 57.5 63. 7 65.0 68 .4 70.0 70.9 96.5 97.7 99.4 101.9 78.5 79.5 80.8 32.9 83.6 73.1 75 .3 78 .2 80.2 81.7 66 .9 69.0 71.6 73 .5 74.8 24.3 2 4. 9 26.5 28.0 28.6 36 .9 37.7 40.2 42 .4 43.3 Under Under Under Under Under $1. $1. $1. $1. $2. 8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------8 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------9 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 282.4 286.2 291.6 294. 1 296. 5 74.4 75 .5 76.9 77.5 78.3 60,0 60.5 61.6 6 2 .4 63.0 73.9 74.5 75.9 76. 8 77.6 104.6 105.4 106.2 106.7 107.0 8 5. 1 85.7 86.4 86.3 37. 1 85. 5 87.0 89.4 90. 1 90.6 78.2 79 .7 81. 8 82.5 83.0 32. 3 33.3 34 .4 34.9 36.3 48 .9 50.5 52.1 52.8 55.0 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $2. $2. $2. $ 2. 1 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------2 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------3 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------5 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 310.4 315.3 221.3 324. 9 326. 9 81.8 3. 1 84.7 85.7 65.9 66 .9 81.1 82.4 83.8 84.6 85.2 109.2 110.7 112.3 88.9 90.0 90.8 91.1 91.4 93.6 94.7 96.1 96.7 97. 1 85 .7 36.7 1 1 1 .6 41. 7 43.0 45 .6 47.5 48.3 63.2 65.2 69.0 72.0 73.2 Under Under Under Under Under $2. $ 2* $2. $2. $3. 6 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------70 ------------------------ ■— -■■ ■ — ----------— ..— 8 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------90 -----------------------------------------------------------------0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 332.9 339.5 340.9 34 2.5 343. 8 113.0 113.3 113.5 113.9 114.3 91. 9 92.2 92.4 92 .7 93.0 99.2 99 .4 99. 7 1 0 0 . 1 100.7 90 .8 91 .0 91 .3 91 .7 92.2 50.0 55.3 55.7 55.9 56. 1 75.8 83.8 84.4 84.8 85.0 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 379.3 A v er ag e hourly e a r n i n g s --------------------------------------------- .2 1 2 .2 6 8 6 6 .1 8 6 .8 6 8 .1 8 6 .2 68 .7 69 .2 87. 8 89. 5 89.9 90 .3 90 .6 70.7 71.5 71.9 72.5 72.8 1 0 0 .0 41. 73 2 .0 87.0 38.0 8 8 .6 89.3 89.6 81.2 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 . 32 1 0 2 .8 1 1 2 .0 122.9 1 0 0 .0 t l . 47 8 .0 109.2 8 8 .0 8 8 8 8 . 5 . 8 1 0 0 .0 $ 1 .,67 . 8 1 . 8 2 .8 5.0 5.2 7 .5 7 .9 9.1 6 .0 7.3 7.6 1 1 . 1 11.5 6 6 .0 1 0 0 .0 $2 . 26 Building materials, hardware, and farm equipment dealers Table 33. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States North Central South Northeast West Weekly hours of work Under 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 -------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 -------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 -------------------------------------- -----------4 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------T o t a l ---------------------------------------------------------------------Av er ag e weekly hours Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent . 1 56.7 23.8 119. 1 27.0 3 8.5 49.5 156.2 4. I 11. 5 4.9 24.3 5.5 7.9 1 0 . 1 31.8 . 1 15.6 5.7 25.1 5.2 4 .5 9.5 24.6 6. 4 16.2 4 ,2 14.5 7. 8 32.8 8.5 13.0 18.8 57.6 2. 7 9. 3 4 .9 20.9 5. 4 8.3 2 0 490.9 6 26.1 5.4 4 .7 9.9 25.5 96.4 1 0 0 .0 41 .7 ------------------------------------------------- 6 .0 1 0 0 .0 1 2 . 0 157.2 39 . 2 36. 6 . 0 1 0 0 Number Percent 6 ,9 17, 5 6 . 5 31.1 8 . 4 8. 7 15.8 59. 3 4. 5 11.4 4 .2 2 0 . 1 5 .4 5. 7 10,3 38. 5 154.2 43 . 4 1 0 0 .0 Number Percent 2.9 9.0 3 .9 30.1 4 .9 12.3 5.4 14.7 3.4 10.9 4.7 36.2 5.9 14.8 6.5 17.6 83. 1 42 .4 1 0 0 .0 40.2 General merchandise stores Table 34. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) North Central South Northeast United States West Weekly hours of work Number Under 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 -------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 -------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 --------------------------------------------------4 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------- 158.2 481.9 299.5 557.8 98. 2 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1750.1 A ve ra ge weekly hours ------------------------------------------------ Percent 9,0 27.5 17.1 31.9 5.6 Number 2 0 .6 1 .2 44.6 89. 3 2. 5 5. 1 47.1 146.7 105.6 105.2 18.1 2 . 1 8. 0 18.5 . 451.2 1 0 0 33.5 0 Percent 10.4 32.5 23.4 23.3 4 .0 .5 1 .8 4.1 1 0 0 .0 31.8 Number Percent Number Percent 7.5 22.4 16.2 3 3.6 7.6 2. 3 3.8 6. 7 51.9 151.5 76.4 180. 2 26.9 9 .7 28. 5 14.4 33.9 5.0 1 . 1 2 .4 5.0 36.7 109.8 79.1 164.4 37.0 1 1 . 1 18.5 32. 8 489 .4 1 0 0 .0 35. 1 6 .0 12. 9 26.5 532.3 1 0 0 .0 33.3 Number Percent 2 2 .6 8 .1 73.9 38. 4 108.0 16.3 1.4 5 .2 11. 5 26.7 13.8 39.0 5.9 .5 1.9 4.1 277. 2 1 0 0 .0 33.8 Department stores T a b le 35. N u m e r ic a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o rk , U n ited S tate s and r e g io n s , J une 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South West North Central Weekly hours of work Number Under 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 --------------------------------------------------4 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------48 and over -----------------------------------------------------------------T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------A ve ra ge weekly hours Percent Number 92.9 318.3 191.8 382. 0 59.8 5. 5 8.4 8.9 17.4 34.7 5.4 . 5 2 0 .0 1 .8 3C.5 2 .8 5 .2 10.3 1 0 0 .0 297.2 2 1 1 0 0 .8 9 .6 34. 5 23.5 22.7 4.2 .3 1. 7 3.5 28.6 102.4 69.9 67 .4 12.4 1 . 0 33.1 ------------------------------------------------ Percent 1 0 0 .0 Number Percent 18.4 68.9 52.1 103.7 19.7 2 .0 6 .2 1 . 8 3, 2 7 .4 2 .2 1 0 0 .0 186.0 . 8 5. 5 9 .0 279.6 1 0 0 .0 9.2 2 8 .4 13 .4 39.6 4 .8 .5 31.2 96.1 45 .3 133.8 16.3 1. 7 338.0 34.5 31.6 Number 14.6 50.9 24.5 77.1 11.5 •6 3.1 3.8 6 .6 24 .7 18. 6 37. 1 7.0 2 .2 Percent Number 32.9 Percent 7.9 27.3 13.2 4 1 .4 6 .2 .3 1.7 2 .0 1 0 0 .0 33,6 Limited price variety stores Table 36. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 __________________________________________________________________________________________ (Ejnplovees in thousands) Northeast United States North Central South West Weekly hours of work Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Under 1 5 ------------------15 and under 35 --------35 and under 4 0 -------4 0 ------- -----------------------Over 40 and under 44 4 4 -------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 48 and over -------------- 36.7 83.0 12.7 28.7 23.1 2 3.7 4.3 1 2 . 0 14.9 32.2 27.6 19.5 2 .4 •4 1 0 .0 10. 9 23.0 18. 8 27.5 7. 0 1.4 4. 7 6. 7 9 .7 24.7 12.4 3 1 .6 25 .8 19.6 4 .2 .3 2 .5 3 .5 T o t a l ---------------- 289.3 A v e r a g e w e e k ly h o u r s 6 6 .8 68.7 12. 5 . 8 2 .2 7.5 11.9 .6 4.1 2 1 0 0 .0 3 1 .9 25. 8 2 2 .2 15.7 1.9 .4 .7 .8 2 .0 1 .6 80.2 1 0 0 .0 3 0 .2 2 1 .0 17.2 25.1 6.4 1.3 4.3 6 .1 91 .4 1 0 0 .0 3 3 .9 2 0 .1 15.3 3. 3 .2 2 . 0 2 .8 78.1 1 0 0 .0 3 1 .4 Number Percent 5.1 11.5 7.3 1 2 .8 29.1 18.5 31.7 2 .4 1 2 . 6 .9 .3 .5 1 .4 . 8 1 .2 3.5 39 .6 1 0 0 .0 3 1 .8 Food stores T a b l e 37. N u m e r ic a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o rk , U n ited S tate s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West Weekly hours of w ork Number Under 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 -------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 -------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 4 4 --------------------------------------------------4 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 4 8 --------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------A v er ag e weekly hours Percent 9.9 31.1 7.1 25.0 6 . 5 1.7 4.6 14.0 143.0 448.4 102.7 36 C. 3 93 .7 24.4 6 6 .0 201.4 1440.0 Number Percent Number 46. 1 153.2 2 8.4 104.0 30.5 7. 5 18.1 36.6 10.9 36. 1 6 .7 24. 5 7. 2 30.9 95.5 26.2 88.4 27. 1 6.5 22.7 76.1 4. 3 8 . 6 424.4 1 0 0 .0 34.1 ------------------------------------------------- 1 . 8 1 0 0 .0 Percent 8. 3 25 .6 7. 0 23 .7 7.3 373.3 4 2 .5 134.6 34.7 8 6 .4 27 .4 1 .8 6 .2 6 . 1 19. 1 50.3 20.4 1 0 0 .0 1 0 . 6 33 .5 8 .6 2 1 .5 6 .8 1.5 4. 8 12 .5 401 .2 36.6 32.0 Percent Number 1 0 0 .0 Number Percent 23.5 65.2 13.4 81.5 9.7 27.0 5.6 33.8 3 .6 1 .7 8 .8 4. 1 6 .2 2 .6 38.5 15. 9 241.1 33.4 1 0 0 .0 34.7 Grocery stores Table 38. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast North Central South West Weekly hours of work Number Under 15 ------------------15 and under 3 5 -------35 and under 4 0 -------4 0 -------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 4 4 ------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 48 and over -------------- 117. 6 386.4 85.6 3 C8 . 8 84.4 2 0 . 1 55.4 165.3 T o t a l ---------------- 1223.5 A v e r a g e w e e k ly h o u r s Percent 9.6 31.6 7.0 25.2 6.9 1 . 6 4.5 13.5 1 0 0 .0 3 4 .0 Number Percent 35.4 126.1 20. 5 79.6 25.9 6.5 12.9 23. 5 10.7 38.2 6 .2 24.1 7.8 2 .0 3 .9 7.1 330.4 1 0 0 .0 3 1 .6 Number Percent . 1 26 .2 6.9 23.5 7.7 27.9 90.5 24.0 81.0 26.7 5. 6 19. 8 69.6 2 0 .2 36.0 115.0 2 9. 8 76. 6 24.3 4 .7 17.6 3 9. 8 1 0 0 .0 343.8 8 1 .6 5.7 34 5.0 3 6 .6 Number Percent Number Percent 10. 5 3 3 .4 8.7 22.3 7. r 1.4 5. 1 9.0 26.8 5 .6 35.0 3 .7 1 1 . 6 18.3 54. 8 11.3 71.6 7.5 3.3 5.1 32 .4 1 0 0 .0 204.3 3 3 .4 1 .6 2.5 15. 8 1 0 0 .0 3 4 .7 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations T a b le 39. N u m e r ic a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o rk . U n ited S tate s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (E m p lo y e e s m thousand United States Northeia St Weekly hours of work Under 16 -------------------15 and under 3 5 ---------35 and under 4 0 ---------4 0 --------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 4 4 --------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 48 and over --------------- Number Percent Number 70. 0 185. 4 55.7 .732 • 8 47. 3 149.4 114. C 446.4 5.4 14. 3 4. 3 17.9 3. 6 11.5 20.3 45 .4 16. 2 54. 9 13. 7 2 6.4 23.6 76. 1 8 .8 34. 3 1301.1 T o t a l ----------------j A ve ra ge weekly hours J 7.3 16.4 5.9 L9. 3 5 .3 9.5 9.5 27.5 2 76. 7 1 0 0 .0 41.6 South Percent 100.3 Number North Central Percent 14. 8 33.6 12.7 52.7 12.4 48.0 42. 1 173.2 3.8 8 .6 3, 1 3. 3. 12. 3 5 2 3 1 0 .8 44. 5 389.6 1 0 0 .0 39. , 2 West Number Percent Number 15. 9 56 .0 14. 1 53. 4 10.5 45.0 28. 9 124. 4 4. 6 16. 1 4 ,1 15.3 3.0 12.9 8. 3 35.7 19.0 50. 4 12. 7 71.8 10. 7 30.0 19.4 72.7 348. 2 4 4 .9 1 0 0 .0 Percent 6 .6 17.6 4 ,4 25. 0 3.7 10. 5 6 .8 25.4 286.6 41.7 1 0 0 .0 39.3 Motor vehicle dealers (new and used cars) Table 40. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States South Northeast North Central West Weekly hours of work Under 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 35 ------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 __________________________________________ 4 0 ___________________________________________________________ Over 40 and under 44 -------------------------------------------------4 4 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 -------------------------------------------------48 and over -----------------------------------------------------------------T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------Av er ag e weekly hours ------------------------------------------------ Number Percent 11.7 32. fc 30.5 129. 6 29. 1 124.7 81. 0 170.2 1.9 5.4 5.0 21.3 4. 8 20.5 13. 3 27.9 6C9.4 1 0 0 .0 43 .4 Number Percent 2.5 3. 3 1 0 .6 8 .1 10.9 33.3 9. 9 2 0 . 1 16. 3 2 5. 9 8. 4 25. 5 7.6 15.5 12.5 19.9 130.4 1 0 0 .0 41 .7 Number Percent 4. 1 5. 7 6 .3 24.0 6 . 8 4 0 ,4 33. 1 73.3 193. . 1 2. 9 3.3 12.4 3. 5 20. 9 17. 1 37. 8 2 8 1 0 0 .0 45.0 Number Percent 3. 1 . 8 6 . 7 4 .5 17.5 3 .6 23.0 1 1 1 .6 7.8 30. 5 6 . 3 40. 0 19.4 55,6 1 1 . 1 31 .9 174. 3 1 0 0 43.9 . 0 Number Percent 1 .1 1 .0 4. 8 5. 5 41.8 6 . 0 24. 1 1 2 . 2 15.4 4.3 4. 9 37.7 5.4 21.7 1 1 .0 13. 110.9 8 1 0 0 .0 42.0 •si CO -4 Gasoline service stations * T a b l e 41. N u m e r ic a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o r k , U nited S tates and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) Northeast United States North Central South West Weekly hours of w ork Under 15 .................................................................... ..... 15 and under 3 5 -------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 -------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 --------------------------------------------------4 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------Av er ag e weekly hours Number Percent Number Percent 48.3 126.7 19.3 62. 8 9 .5 9.8 25.6 3.9 12.7 1. 9 15.6 28.9 3. 8 13. 8 14.4 26.7 3.5 2 .0 1 0 .8 2 .2 3.2 4 .6 36 . 3 1.9 3.0 4.2 33.5 3. 6 40.2 17.8 198.8 494.0 1 0 0 .0 Percent 6.4 16.2 3.3 8 .0 20. 3 4. 2 15.1 1 2 .8 108.2 1 0 0 .0 1 2 . 1 . 1 1. 9 3. 3 54. 8 2 .6 2 2 .3 4.1 6 8 .8 125.5 1 0 0 .0 35 .5 39.3 ------------------------------------------------- Number Number Percent 9.9 37.0 5. 1 13.2 7.8 29.1 4.1 10 .4 2 .6 2 .0 1 .4 4 .5 4 0. 7 1 . 8 5. 7 51.7 126.9 45'• 4 1 0 0 .0 Number Percent 14.8 40 .5 1 1 . 1 30.4 4 .6 15.5 1.7 6 . 2 2 0 .6 2 .2 3.5 3 .4 42 .1 2 .6 2 .6 31.6 133.4 1 0 0 .0 36.7 39.2 Apparel and accessory stores Table 42. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States weekly nours oi Number Under 15 — 15 and under 35 35 and under 40 — An Over 40 and under 44 --------------------------------------------------- Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------- 70.0 146. 6 94. 4 151.0 31. 1 12. 7 22.4 57. 5 ------------------------------------------------ Percent 1 2 .0 25.0 16. 1 2 5. 8 5.3 2.2 3.8 9. 8 . 100 0 585.7 Av er ag e weekly hours Northeast South North Central West woik 33 .4 Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 24. 6 55.5 39. 0 48 .3 12.4 27.9 19.6 24. 3 4.3 3. 4 7.0 19.2 . 1 19.9 16. 1 24. 7 7.4 4. 2 4. 5 13. 0 17.6 38 .6 2 0 . 1 41.2 7 .6 2. 7 6 . 0 13.5 11.9 26.2 13.6 28.0 5.1 1 .2 15.0 29.5 23.8 36.6 10.9 6 .3 8 .6 2. 4 6 . 9 13.9 199. 2 1 0 0 .0 32 . 5 1 0 6 .6 148.0 1 0 0 .0 35 . 1 1 .8 4. 1 9. 1 147.2 1 0 0 .0 33 .3 Number Percent 14.0 25.2 12.5 27.2 4 .4 1.5 3.2 11. 9 1 2 .8 23.0 11.4 24.9 4. 0 1.4 2.9 10.9 91 .3 1 0 0 32 .9 . 0 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishings stores Table 43. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West Weekly hours of work Number Percent Under 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 --------------------------------------------------4 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 0 .2 10.4 . 8 9 .3 26.1 6 . 7 3.6 5.6 16.5 2 1 . 1 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 98.9 A v er ag e weekly hours 2 0 Number 4.0 8.9 3. 8 8.7 1. 5 .5 1 . 8 5. 9 9.4 26 .4 6 . 8 3.6 5.7 16.7 Number Percent Number 1.9 3 .8 7.9 16.0 8. 6 28.0 10. 3 7.2 4 .8 17.3 2. 9 5.0 2 .5 6 . 5 11.4 25.3 10.7 24.9 4.3 1.5 5.2 16.8 35.1 1 0 0 .0 35,.5 ------------------------------------------------ Percent 2 .0 6 .7 2. 5 1. 7 1 . 1 4. 1 23.8 1 0 0 .0 34, , 1 1 0 0 .0 Percent 11.5 . 1 9.9 2 5 .8 8 .4 4 .3 6 .7 13.3 1 . 1 1 .7 3.3 2 5 .0 37. 4 Percent 1.5 3.1 1 . 1 4 .2 .7 .3 2 0 2 . 1 Number 1 0 .0 20.7 7.1 28.3 4.5 1.7 6 .3 21.4 1 .0 3.2 15.0 1 0 0 .0 35,, 2 1 0 0 .0 36.2 Women’s ready-to-wear stores Table 44. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) Northeast United States South North Central West Weekly hours of work Number Percent Number Percent Number Under 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------4 0 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 --------------------------------------------------4 4 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 -------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------ 24. 9 59.8 46 .7 54.6 11.5 27.7 9. 1 21.7 18.8 13.0 3.3 . 1 13.2 31.6 27.4 18.9 4.8 5.4 11.9 11.9 16.6 4. 6 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 215.9 A v er ag e weekly hours ------------------------------------------------ 2 1 . 6 25.3 5. 5 1.4 2. 7 4.2 1 1 .8 3. 0 5. 9 9.1 1 0 0 .0 32.5 1 .0 1 .6 6 8 . 7 1 0 31 . 2 .2 1 .8 1.5 2.3 2 .2 2.7 C. 0 57.0 Percent 9.4 2 0 .8 20.9 29.2 8 .0 3. 2 3.8 4.7 1 0 0 .0 34. 3 Number Percent 5. 4 15.6 1 0 . 1 16.3 2. 3 .3 9.9 28. 7 18.5 29. 9 4.3 2 .0 3 .6 4 .5 .6 2. 5 5 4 .4 1 0 0 32.9 . 0 Number Percent 5.1 10.7 5.9 8.7 14.3 29.7 16.4 24.3 4.5 1 .6 .7 . 8 2.4 2 .0 35.8 1 0 0 .0 2 .1 6 . 6 31.3 ^1 01 0) Shoe stores T a b l e 45. N u m e r ic a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o rk , U nited S tate s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South North Central West Weekly hours of work Under 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 -------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 -------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 --------------------------------------------------4 4 ----------------------------------------------- ------------ -----------------------Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------Av er ag e weekly hours Number Percent 18.4 24.1 8. 9 22. 5 6.9 2.9 5.5 16.7 6 .0 2 1 .8 6. 9 2. 5 8 .0 20,4 6. 2 2. 6 5.3 19.0 2 1 .0 11C. 4 Number 2.3 . 8 18.4 20.9 7. 7 25.0 7.2 2.3 2 .6 8 .1 8 .1 10.4 3 .4 32. 5 1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 Number Percent 4 .4 5. 5 2. 3 4 .6 1.9 .9 1.3 14.8 18. 8 7.8 15.7 6. 4 3.1 4.4 29.1 8 .6 29.5 1 0 0 .0 32 .4 33 . 6 ------------------------------------------------ Percent Number Percent 5. 5 7.7 2 . 0 5. 8 2 .6 14.4 4 .0 2 2 .1 6 .8 2 .0 10.9 19.3 3.9 . 8 2 1 .6 6 .0 1 . 0 3 .2 4 .2 16. 8 30.1 35 . 2 Percent 18. 1 2 5 .6 1 .8 1.3 5.0 Number 1 0 0 . 0 4 .6 1.3 3.6 . 2 .7 4 .0 2 1 . 6 18.3 1 0 0 .0 32.8 34 . 6 Furniture, home furnishings, and household appliance stores Table 46. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) North Central South Northeast United States West Weekly hours of work Number Percent Number Percent Under 15 -------------------15 and under 3 5 ---------35 and under 4 0 ---------4 0 --------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 4 4 --------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 48 and over --------------- 21.5 58.8 28.0 119.2 2 1 . 0 22.5 23.8 78.9 5. 8 15.7 7.5 31.9 5.6 7. 7 19.4 7.8 19.6 10.9 34.8 4 .9 T o t a l ----------------- 373.6 A v e r a g e w e e k ly h o u r s Percent 6 .0 2 .2 2 .2 5 .4 30.1 7.0 11.3 6.4 3. 9 15.5 4.0 15.7 1 1 . 1 2. 7 9 .3 5.0 2 7. 9 6.5 10.4 10. 3 30.2 2 8 .0 2 1 .1 1 0 0 3 8 .6 Number . 0 1 0 .8 34. 3 4 .8 98. 7 1 0 0 .0 3 6 .0 2.9 1 0 .0 107.9 1 0 0 .0 42. 1 Number Percent 7.1 18 .4 6 . 3 29.6 6. 5 17. 0 5. 8 27.3 5. 7 5. 2 5. 5 19.2 6 .2 5 .6 5 .9 20 .9 92.2 1 0 0 .0 3 7 .8 Number Percent 4 .4 12.3 6 . 0 27 .4 3.5 3.9 3.4 13. 9 5.8 16.5 8 .0 36.7 4 .6 5.2 4.5 18.6 74.8 1 0 0 .0 3 8 .0 Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores Table 47. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States Northeast South West North Central Weekly hours of work Number Under 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 ------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 4 4 --------------------------------------------------4 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 4 8 --------------------------------------------------48 and o v e r --------------------------------------- --------------------------- 13.9 38.3 17.9 77. 8 15.2 13.4 16.9 47 .2 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 240. 5 A v er ag e weekly hours Percent Number 5. 8 15.9 7.4 32.3 6.3 5.6 7. C 19. 6 5 .5 13.0 5 .6 23.9 3.2 . 64. 0 1 0 0 Percent 8 .6 20.3 8 .8 37.4 5. 0 1 . 1 1 .8 3 .2 15.0 2 .0 9 .6 0 1 0 0 .0 38.4 ------------------------------------------------ Number Percent 2 .7 9.3 6 .4 2 5 .4 7. 7 9.0 1 1 . 8 27.9 2 .0 6 .7 4 .6 18.4 5.6 6. 5 8 . 5 20.3 72.6 1 0 0 .0 35.4 Number Percent 3. 6 10 .7 3.0 17.6 4. 0 3. 1 4.4 9. 1 6 .5 19.2 5 .4 3 1. 7 7 .3 5.6 7 .9 16 .4 55 .6 42.1 1 0 0 .0 Number Percent 2 .9 7. 9 4 .7 17.8 2.4 6 .0 16.4 9 .6 36.9 4.9 5 .3 4.0 16.8 2 .6 2 .0 8 .1 48 .3 1 0 0 .0 37.5 37.8 Household appliance stores Table 48. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States South Northeast North Central West Weekly hours of work 15 and under 3 5 ---------35 and under 4 0 ---------4 0 --------------------------------Over 40 and under 44 4 4 --------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 48 and over --------------Total ■ A v er ag e weekly hours Number Percent 3.3 4. 4 14.6 4.9 31.4 3. 6 1 1 .0 3.7 23. 8 2.7 6 .2 8 .2 4. 6 20.3 26.9 6 .1 75. 7 1 0 0 .0 40 . 1 Number Percent Number Percent 1 .0 5.0 .4 1.5 .5 7 .4 .5 3 .4 1.7 4.4 2 1 . 6 2 .0 9.8 28.6 5.6 4.4 6.3 18.6 5. 3 1 . L . 9 1.3 3 .8 2 0 .2 1 0 0 .0 37 . 8 6 .6 2 .1 32 .5 2. 4 15.2 9. 4 30 .2 2 .1 6. 9 22.7 1 0 0 .0 43,. 2 Number Percent 6 .5 16.3 4.4 2 8.9 3.6 5 .5 2 .9 3 1 .9 1. 3 3 .2 . 9 5 .6 .7 1 . 1 .6 6 .2 19.4 1 0 0 .0 39 . 0 Number Percent 4 .7 14.8 3.1 37.5 2.5 6 . 0 5.1 26.2 . 6 . 0 .4 5.0 .3 2 .8 .7 3.5 13.4 1 0 0 .0 39 . 9 -4 Miscellaneous retail stores T a b le 49. N u m e r ic a l and p e r c e n t d is t r ib u t io n s of n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s b y w e e k ly h o u r s o f w o r k , U n ited S tate s and r e g io n s , June 1966 (Employees in thousands) Northeast United States South North Central West Weekly hours of work Number Under 15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------15 and under 3 5 -------------------------------------------------------------35 and under 4 0 -------------------------------------------------------------4 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 40 and under 4 4 ------------------- —----------------------------4 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Over 44 and under 48 --------------------------------------------------48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------- <34.3 2 2 2 . 1 77.1 286.8 50. 0 38.7 48.1 171.3 T o t a l --------------------------------------------------------------------- 988.4 A ver age weekly hours Percent 9. 5 22.5 7. 8 29.0 5.1 3. 9 4.9 17.3 Number 33.4 69 .5 24.4 75.1 11.3 9.6 9.4 34.3 Number 12.5 26.0 9.1 28.1 4.2 3.6 3 .5 267. 1 1 0 0 .0 1 2 .8 16.8 46 .4 19.5 84.3 18.7 15.9 18.0 59.1 1 0 0 .0 27 8.7 Percent 6 .0 16.6 7.0 30.3 6.7 5. 7 6 .4 2 1 .2 1 0 0 .0 33.3 36.0 ------------------------------------------------ Percent Number Percent 24.3 63 .6 21. 5 61 .9 13.4 6 .7 16. 8 48. 3 9.5 24 .8 8 .4 24.1 5.2 19.8 42,6 2 .6 6 .4 3.9 29.6 6 .6 18.8 256.5 3 3.7 Number 1 0 0 .0 Percent 10.7 22.9 6.3 35.2 3.5 3 .4 1 1 .8 65 .5 6 .6 2 . 1 15.9 186.1 36.0 1 0 0 .0 35.6 D r u g a n d p r o p r ie t a r y stores Table 50. Numerical and percent distributions of nonsupervisory employees by weekly hours of work, United States and regions, June 1966 (Employees in thousands) United States South Northeast North Central West Weekly hours of w ork ........ TTnrlr^r unaer i15 o . . . ---- - *.*.■ Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number 47. 5 12. 5 29.4 8 . 8 25. 0 5.1 3.0 4, 1 1 2 . 1 14. 1 28. 7 6 .2 17.3 35.3 7.6 18.4 2 2 .6 11.3 28.4 10. 5 29.8 9. 2 2 3. 1 8 . 5 24. 2 6 . 5 4.0 6 . 0 18.6 13.1 36. 9 11.5 2 3 .7 6 . 9 1 1 1 .6 An _ J 1 AA A A and J under 1 AC Over 44 4o ----------------— 48 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------- A v e r a g e w e e k ly h o u r s 3 3. 2 95.0 19.3 11.3 15.6 45. 8 3.4 8 .0 2 .1 2 .6 2 .4 6. 7 2.9 3.3 4. 9 7 .4 2 .8 2 2 .8 2 .6 4. 5 9 .9 Percent 1 2 .0 33 .8 1 0 . 6 21.7 6 . 3 2 .4 4 .2 9. 1 Number Percent 9. 1 17.7 5.1 23. 1 13.8 26. 8 7.7 35.1 2.5 1 .6 1.7 1. 3 6.4 2 .6 1,9 9.6 Appendix A. Scope and Method of Survey Scope o f S u r v e y The s u r v e y o f e a r n in g s and hours o f w o r k in r e t a i l t ra d e in clu des a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s (e x c e p t e a tin g and d rin k in g p l a c e s ) that have one o r m o r e p a id e m p l o y e e s e n g a g e d in s e l l i n g m e r c h a n d i s e f o r p e r s o n a l , hou seh old, o r f a r m co n su m ption , as d e fin e d in the 1957 e d itio n o f the Standard I n d u s t r ia l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l p r e p a r e d b y the B u r e a u o f the Budget. A l s o in clu d ed a r e a u x i l i a r y units a f f i l i a t e d w ith and s e r v i c i n g r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , such as w a r e h o u s e s , r e p a i r shops, and c e n t r a l o f f i c e s . The 50 States and the D i s t r i c t o f C o lu m b ia a re c o v e r e d . The data r e f l e c t e a r n in g s and hours o f w o r k 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 f o r a p a y r o l l p e r i o d in clu ding June 13, 1966. S am ple D e s ig n The s a m p le w as d e s ig n e d to y i e l d n atio n a l and r e g i o n a l e s t i m a t e s f o r e a c h o f the m a j o r kinds o f b u sin ess grou ps in r e t a i l t ra d e and f o r s o m e s p e c i f i c lin e s o f r e t a i l b u s in e s s . A s t r a t i f i e d s a m p le d e s ig n w as used, w ith v a r i a b l e s a m p lin g r a t io s depending on the kind of b u sin ess and e m p l o y m e n t s i z e . F o r e x a m p l e , the s a m p le s i z e f o r lin e s o f bu sin ess shown s e p a r a t e l y w as p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y l a r g e r than f o r those not p u b lis h e d and the p r o b a b i l i t y o f s e l e c t i o n i n c r e a s e d w ith the e m p l o y m e n t s i z e o f the unit. The f o l lo w i n g tabu lation shows the n u m b e r o f units in c lu d e d in the sa m p le f o r the m a j o r r e t a i l grou p s and l in e s o f b u sin ess in the U nited States f o r w h ic h s e p a r a te data a r e p u blish ed. Kind of business N um ber of units R e ta il trad e (e x c e p t e atin g and drinking p l a c e s ) ---------------------- -----------------------Bu ilding m a te r ia ls, hardw are, and farm e q u ip m en t d ea le rs -----------------------------G e n e ral m erch an d ise stores *1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------D ep artm en t stores --------------------------------------------------------------------------------L im ite d p rice v a rie ty stores -------------------------------------------------------------------Food stores * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------G rocery stores ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A u to m o tiv e d e a le rs and g aso lin e serv ice station s 1 -----------------------------------------M otor v e h ic le d ea le rs (new and used cars) ----------------------------------------------G aso lin e se rv ic e s t a t i o n s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------A p p a re l and a c ce sso ry stores 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------Men's and boys' clo th in g and furnishings stores -----------------------------------------W om en 's r e a d y -to -w e a r s t o r e s -------------------------------------------------------------------Shoe stores --------------------------------------------------------------Furniture, hom e furnishings, and household a p p lia n c e stores 1 ---------------------------Furniture, h om e furnishings, and e q u ip m en t stores -----------------------------------H ousehold a p p lia n c e stores -------------------------------------------------------------------M isc e lla n e o u s r e t a il stores 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Drug and proprietary s t o r e s ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21, 283 1, 559 2, 289 809 996 4 ,0 6 3 3, 3, 461 795 2, 4, 150 973 1, 1 ,1 6 6 1 ,9 8 4 1, 195 483 3, 777 2, 529 279 198 116 1 Includ es lin es of business in ad d itio n to those shown se p a rate ly . E s t a b lis h m e n t s a m p le s w e r e o btain ed f r o m th r e e d i f f e r e n t s o u r c e s : (1) State u n e m p lo y m e n t in s u ra n c e l i s t i n g s fu r n is h e d e m p l o y e r r e p o r t i n g units that had fou r o r m o r e e m p lo yee s. (2) Th e l a r g e chain s t o r e e n t e r p r i s e s p r o v i d e d c u r r e n t l is t s o f r e t a i l s t o r e s and a u x i l i a r y units f r o m w h ic h a s a m p le o f such units w as s e l e c t e d . It w a s n e c e s s a r y to obtain these li s t s f r o m the l a r g e chain s t o r e e n t e r p r i s e s , b e c a u s e State u n e m p lo y m e n t in su ra n c e lis t in g s fr e q u e n t l y p r o v i d e data on a s ta te w id e o r county b a s is f o r such c o m p a n ie s r a t h e r than on an in d iv id u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t b a s i s . (3) The B u r ea u o f the Census s a m p le u sed in conju n ction w ith its M o n t h ly S u r v e y o f R e t a i l Sales c o v e r e d s in g le - u n i t r e t a i l s t o r e s that have f e w e r than fo u r e m p l o y e e s . The Census c o v e r a g e o f s m a l l units w as n e c e s s a r y to su p p le m en t the B u r e a u ’ s u n i v e r s e l i s t f o r r e t a i l t r a d e , sin ce State u n e m p lo y m e n t in s u ra n c e la w s in m a n y States do not c o v e r e m p l o y e r s w ith f e w e r than fo u r e m p l o y e e s . 79 80 M eth od o f C o l l e c t i o n T h e m a j o r i t y o f the e s t a b lis h m e n t s inclu ded in the s a m p le w e r e s o l i c i t e d f o r i n f o r m a t io n by m a i l . Th e l a r g e s t units w e r e v i s i t e d in p e r s o n by f i e l d e c o n o m is t s o f the B u rea u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s , as w e r e the s m a l l e s t units by the B u rea u of the Census e n u m e r a t o r s acting as agents f o r the B L S . P e r s o n a l v i s it s w e r e a ls o m a d e to a s a m p le o f the n o n r e spondents to the m a i l q u e s t io n n a ir e . E s t im a t i n g P r o c e d u r e Data c o l l e c t e d f o r each s a m p lin g unit w e r e w e ig h t e d in a c c o r d a n c e w ith the p r o b a b i l i t y o f s e l e c t i n g that unit. F o r e x a m p l e , w h e r e 1 s t o r e out o f 10 was s e l e c t e d f r o m an i n d u s t r y - s i z e g rou p , data f o r that s t o r e w e r e c o n s i d e r e d as r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f the 10 s t o r e s in the grou p. Thus, each s e g m e n t o f the r e t a i l tra d e in d u s try was g iv e n its a p p r o p r i a t e w e ig h t in the to ta l, r e g a r d l e s s o f the d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e c o v e r a g e of l a r g e and s m a l l s t o r e s . N o a s s u m p tio n has bee n m a d e that the w a g e s t r u c t u r e s o f the units not re s p o n d in g to the m a i l q u e s t io n n a ir e w e r e s i m i l a r to those o f the units re sp o n d in g . T o m i n i m i z e the bias r e s u ltin g f r o m n o n r e s p o n s e , data obtained by p e r s o n a l v i s i t s f r o m a s a m p le o f n o n r e spondents w e r e w e ig h t e d to r e p r e s e n t a ll o th e r n on respon dents in s i m i l a r i n d u s t r y - s i z e gr o u p s . T o c o m p e n s a t e f o r sch ed u les w ith unusable data, t h e ir w e ig h ts w e r e a s s ig n e d to u sa b le sch ed u les o f the s a m e i n d u s t r y - s i z e group and f r o m the s a m e o r r e l a t e d a r e a . A l l e s t i m a t e d totals d e r i v e d f r o m the w e ig h t in g p r o c e s s w e r e fu r t h e r adju sted to the e m p lo y m e n t l e v e l s f o r June 1966, as r e p o r t e d in the Bu rea u o f L a b o r S ta t is t ic s m o n th ly em ploym en t s e r ie s . S ince the m o n th ly s e r i e s is updated f r o m t im e to t i m e , the data f o r June 1962 w hich w e r e p u blish ed p r e v i o u s l y w e r e re a d ju s te d to the e m p l o y m e n t l e v e l s r e p o r t e d in E m p l o y m e n t and E a r n in g s S ta t is t ic s f o r the United S ta tes, 1909—1964 ( D e c e m b e r 1964). C o n s e q u e n t l y , data f o r June 19 62 pu blish ed in June 19 65 a r e not n e c e s s a r i l y id e n t ic a l to those p u blish ed p r e v i o u s l y . Th e pu blish ed e s t i m a t e s in this r e p o r t a r e , thus, c o n s is t e n t w ith the n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r e m p lo y m e n t shown in the m o n th ly s e r i e s . E m p lo y m e n t e s t im a t e s f o r in d iv id u a l in d u s try grou ps f o r w hich the Bu rea u does not pu blish m o n th ly f i g u r e s w e r e p r e p a r e d e s p e c i a l l y f o r the p u rp o s e s o f this s u r v e y . Current re gio n a l e stim ates , w h ic h could not be p r e p a r e d f r o m the m o n th ly s e r i e s , w e r e ba sed on r e g i o n a l d is t r ib u tio n s f r o m the m o s t r e c e n t Census o f B u s i n e s s , p r e p a r e d by the B u rea u o f the Census. Th e ad ju stm en t o f the s u r v e y to ta ls to the p r e d e s i g n a t e d tota ls f o r June 1966 was co n fin ed , f o r the m o s t p a r t , to that s e g m e n t o f the s u r v e y f o r w hich the s a m p le units w e r e obtain ed f r o m State u n e m p lo y m e n t i n s u r a n c e l is t i n g s . T h e l is t s g e n e r a l l y w e r e p r e p a r e d p r i o r to the t i m e o f the s u r v e y and co n s e q u e n tly do not account f o r units opened o r c l o s e d a ft e r the date o f the l i s t s . In the Census and the l a r g e c h a in s t o r e e n t e r p r i s e s a m p l e s , the b e s t unbiased e s t i m a t e s o f tota ls w e r e p r e s u m e d to be the w e ig h t e d -u p s a m p le to t a ls , s in c e t h e r e was no ap p a re n t p r o b l e m o f u n r e p r e s e n t e d bu sin ess b ir th s in th e se grou p s . C r it e r ia fo r Pu b lica tio n of E stim ates T h e re s u lts o f this s u r v e y d i f f e r f r o m those that would h av e been obtain ed by a c o m p le t e ca n va ss o f a l l r e t a i l o p e r a t i o n s , s in ce the s u r v e y was conducted on a s a m p le b a s is . T h e s e d i f f e r e n c e s m a y be su bsta n tia l in those in sta n ces w h e r e the s a m p le was s m a l l. It has not been p o s s i b l e , t h e r e f o r e , to p r e s e n t data f o r a ll c a s e s . N o e a rn in gs d is t r ib u tio n s a r e shown f o r g r o u p in g s o f f e w e r than 50 s t o r e s , e x c e p t f o r d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s w h e r e the s a m p le in clu ded m o s t o f the l a r g e s t o r e s in the u n i v e r s e . K in d o f B u s in e s s Covered R e t a i l t r a d e , as d e fin e d in the 1957 edition o f the Standard In d u s t r ia l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l , p r e p a r e d by the B u rea u o f the Bu dget, in clu des e s t a b lis h m e n t s en ga ge d in s e llin g m e r c h a n d i s e f o r p e r s o n a l , h ou seh o ld, o r f a r m consum ption . E a ch e s t a b lis h m e n t studied w as c l a s s i f i e d by the kind o f r e t a i l bu sin ess a c c o r d i n g to the d e fin it io n s e s t a b lis h e d in that m anual. W h e r e m o r e than one kind o f bu sin ess was r e p o r t e d , the e s t a b lis h m e n t was c l a s s i f i e d by its m a j o r r e t a i l a c t i v i t y on the b a s is o f s a le s v o lu m e . A u x i l i a r y units o f r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t s w e r e c l a s s i f i e d on the b a s is o f the m a j o r a c t i v i t y o f the r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t s serviced . A b r i e f d e s c r i p t i o n and the SIC code f o l l o w f o r each kind o f bu sin ess f o r w h ic h data w e r e tabulated s e p a r a t e l y . 81 B u ildin g m a t e r i a l s , h a r d w a r e , and f a r m eq u ip m e n t d e a l e r s (S IC 52 ). T h is m a j o r grou p in clu des r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t s p r i m a r i l y en ga ged in s e l li n g lu m b e r , bu ildin g m a t e r i a l s , heating and p lu m b ing equ ipm ent, paint, g la s s , and w a l lp a p e r , e l e c t r i c a l su pplies, h a r d w a r e , and f a r m equip m ent. E s t a b lis h m e n t s in clu ded in this grou p s e l l to c o n t r a c t o r s as w e l l as to the g e n e r a l public. G e n e r a l m e r c h a n d i s e s t o r e s (S IC 53). T h is m a j o r grou p in clu des r e t a i l s t o r e s w hich s e l l a n u m ber of lin e s of m e r c h a n d i s e , such as d r y goods, a p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r i e s , f u r n itu re and h o m e fu rn is h in g s , s m a l l w a r e s , h a r d w a r e , and food. In a dditio n to d e p a r tm e n t, v a r i e t y , and g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d i s e s t o r e s , this grou p in clu d es n o n s t o r e o p e r a t io n s , such as m a i l - o r d e r h ou ses, ve n d in g m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s , and d i r e c t d o o r - t o - d o o r s e l li n g o r g a n iz a t i o n s . D e p a r tm e n t s t o r e s (S IC 531). T h e s e s t o r e s c a r r y a g e n e r a l line of a p p a re l, h om e fu rn ish in g s, m a j o r hou seh old a p p lia n c e s and h o u s e w a r e s , and o th er lin e s of m e r c h a n d is e w h ic h a r e n o r m a l l y a r r a n g e d in s e p a r a te s e c tio n s or d e p a r t m e n t s and in te g r a t e d under a s in g le m a n a g e m e n t. E m p l o y m e n t in th e s e s t o r e s n o r m a l l y e x c e e d s 25 p e r s o n s . L i m i t e d p r i c e v a r i e t y s t o r e s (S IC 533). T h e s e s t o r e s handle a v a r i e t y of m e r chandise in the l o w - and p o p u l a r - p r i c e r a n g e s and a r e fr e q u e n t ly known as " 5 and 10 c e n t " s t o r e s and "5 cents to a d o l l a r " s t o r e s , although m e r c h a n d i s e is u su a lly sold o utside th e se p r i c e r a n g e s . F o o d s t o r e s (S IC 54). T h is m a j o r grou p in clu des r e t a i l s t o r e s p r i m a r i l y en ga ge d in s e llin g fo o d f o r h o m e p r e p a r a t i o n and co n s u m p tion and c o v e r s g r o c e r i e s , m e a t and fis h m a r k e t s , fr u it s t o r e s and v e g e t a b l e m a r k e t s , c o n f e c t i o n e r i e s , d a i r y p ro d u cts s t o r e s , b a k e r i e s , and e g g and p o u ltr y d e a l e r s . E s t a b lis h m e n t s p r i m a r i l y en ga ge d in p r o c e s s i n g and d is t r ib u tin g m i l k and c r e a m a r e c l a s s i f i e d in m a n u fa ctu rin g . G r o c e r y s t o r e s (S IC 541). T h e s e s t o r e s a r e c o m m o n ly known as s u p e r m a r k e t s , fo o d s t o r e s , g r o c e r y s t o r e s , and d e l i c a t e s s e n s t o r e s and a r e p r i m a r i l y e n ga ge d in the r e t a i l s a le of a l l s o r t s o f p a c k a g e d and f r e s h fo od s. A u t o m o t i v e d e a l e r s and g a s o l i n e s e r v i c e stations (S IC 55). T h is m a j o r grou p in clu des r e t a i l d e a l e r s s e l l i n g new and used a u to m o b ile s , t ru ck s , p a r t s and a c c e s s o r i e s , a i r c r a f t , boats, and g a s o li n e s e r v i c e stations. M o t o r v e h i c l e d e a l e r s (S IC 551). T h e s e e s t a b lis h m e n t s a r e p r i m a r i l y en ga ge d in r e t a i l s a le s o f n ew a u to m o b ile s and tru cks, or th e s e in c o m b in a tio n w ith used v e h i c l e s . A u t o m o b i l e r e p a i r shops o p e r a t e d by m o t o r v e h i c l e d e a l e r s a r e a ls o included. G a s o l in e s e r v i c e stations (S IC 554). T h e s e e s t a b lis h m e n t s a r e p r i m a r i l y en ga ge d in s e ll in g g a s o lin e , l u b r ic a t in g o ils , and r e l a t e d m e r c h a n d i s e and a l s o m a y p e r f o r m m in o r r e p a ir w ork. A p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s (S IC 56). T h is m a j o r grou p in clu d es r e t a i l s t o r e s p r i m a r i l y en g a g e d in s e l l i n g clothin g, shoes, hats, u n d e rw e a r, and r e l a t e d a r t i c l e s f o r p e r s o n a l w e a r and a d o rn m en t. C u s t o m t a i l o r s c a r r y i n g stocks o f m a t e r i a l s , a r e in clu ded in this group, as a r e f u r r i e r s . M e n ’ s and b o y s 1 clo th in g and fu rn is h in g s s t o r e s (S IC 561). These stores a re p r i m a r i l y en g a g e d in the r e t a i l sa le o f m e n 's and boys* o v e r c o a t s , to p c o a ts , suits, w o r k c lo t h in g ; and o th er s t o r e s in clu ded s p e c i a l i z e in the s a le o f m e n ’ s and boys® sh irts, hats, u n d e r w e a r , h o s i e r y , g l o v e s , and oth er fu rn ish in g s. W o m e n ’ s r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s (S IC 562). These stores a re p r im a r ily in the r e t a i l sa le o f w o m e n ’ s coats, suits, and d r e s s e s . Shoe s t o r e s (S IC 566). Th ese stores a re p r im a r ily o f m e n ’ s, w o m e n ’ s, c h i l d r e n ’ s and j u v e n i l e s ’ shoes. en ga ge d e n g a g e d in the r e t a i l sa le 82 F u r n itu re , h o m e fu rn is h in g s , and hou seh old a p p lia n c e s t o r e s (S IC 57). T h is m a j o r grou p in clu des r e t a i l s t o r e s s e l l i n g go o d s used f o r fu rn is h in g the h om e, such as fu r n it u r e , f l o o r c o v e r i n g s , d r a p e r i e s , g la s s , ch in a w a re , la m p s , m i r r o r s , Venetian blin ds, etc. , as w e l l as d o m e s t i c s t o v e s , r e f r i g e r a t o r s , r a d io s , t e l e v i s i o n s , m u s i c a l in stru m en ts, and m u s i c a l supplies. E s t a b lis h m e n t s s e l l i n g e l e c t r i c a l and gas a p p lia n c e s a r e in clu ded in this grou p only i f the m a j o r p a r t of th e ir s a le s c o n s is t s o f a r t i c l e s f o r h o m e use. F u r n i t u r e , h o m e fu rn is h in g s , and eq u ip m e n t s t o r e s (S IC 571). T h e s e s t o r e s a r e p r i m a r i l y en ga ge d in the r e t a i l sa le o f hou seh old f u r n it u r e as w e l l as h o m e fu r n is h in g s , m a j o r a p p lia n c e s , and f l o o r c o v e r i n g s . Secondhand fu r n it u r e d e a l e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d in m i s c e l l a n e o u s r e t a i l tr a d e (S IC 59). H o u seh o ld a p p lia n c e s t o r e s (S IC 572). T h e s e s t o r e s a r e p r i m a r i l y e n g a g e d in the r e t a i l sa le o f e l e c t r i c and gas r e f r i g e r a t o r s , s t o ves, and o th er h ou seh o ld a p p l i a n c es, such as e l e c t r i c ir o n s , p e r c o l a t o r s , hot p la te s , va cu u m c l e a n e r s , t e l e v i s i o n sets, and r a d io s . M i s c e l l a n e o u s r e t a i l s t o r e s (S IC 59). T h is m a j o r grou p c o v e r s r e t a i l s t o r e s not e l s e w h e r e c l a s s i f i e d and in clu d es the fo l l o w i n g kinds o f s t o r e s : Drug, liq u o r , antique and second hand, bo ok and s t a t io n e r y , s p o rtin g go o d s and b ic y c l e , f a r m and g a r d e n su pplies, j e w e l r y ; fu e l and ic e d e a l e r s , and oth er r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t s such as f l o r i s t s , c i g a r s t o r e s , n e w s p a p e r stands, c a m e r a and p h o t o g r a p h ic supply s t o r e s , g ifts and s o u v e n ir s shops, o p t ic a l go o ds s t o r e s , etc. Dru g and p r o p r i e t a r y s t o r e s (S IC 591). T h e s t o r e s c l a s s i f i e d in this grou p a r e inclu ded on the b a s i s o f t h e i r usual t r a d e d e s ig n a t io n r a t h e r than on the m o r e s t r i c t i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f c o m m o d i t i e s handled. T h e s e e s t a b lis h m e n t s a r e p r i m a r i l y en ga ge d in the r e t a i l sa le of p r e s c r i p t i o n d ru g s and patent m e d i c i n e s and any c o m b in a tio n of such m e r c h a n d i s e as c o s m e t i c s , t o i l e t r i e s , t o b a c c o and n o v e lty m e r c h a n d i s e ; and they m a y o r m a y not o p e r a t e a soda fountain o r lunch counter. D e fin it io n s o f T e r m s N o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s in clu de a ll f u l l - t i m e , p a r t - t i m e , s e a s o n a l, and ca su a l e m p l o y e e s b e l o w the s u p e r v i s o r y l e v e l , such as s a l e s p e r s o n s , sh ippin g, r e c e i v i n g , and sto ck clerk s, la b o re r s , w arehousem en, c a re ta k e rs, o ffice c le rk s , d r iv e r -s a le s m e n , d eliv ery m en , in s t a lla t io n and r e p a i r m e n , e l e v a t o r o p e r a t o r s , p o r t e r s , j a n i t o r s , fo od s e r v i c e e m p l o y e e s , and w o r k i n g s u p e r v i s o r s . E n t e r p r i s e is d e fin e d as a co m p a n y w hich o p e r a t e s , d i r e c t s , o r c o n t r o ls a grou p o f e s ta b lis h m e n t s en g a g e d in the sa m e g e n e r a l bu sin ess. In the c a s e o f s in g le unit c o m p a n ie s , the s in g le unit w as c o n s i d e r e d the e n t e r p r i s e . E s t a b l is h m e n t is g e n e r a l l y d e fin e d as a s in g le p h y s i c a l l o c a t io n w h e r e bu sin ess is conducted. W h e r e two s e p a r a t e b u sin ess en titie s t r a n s a c t e d b u sin ess at a s in g le p h y s i c a l lo c a tio n ( f o r e x a m p l e , a le a s e d shoe d e p a r t m e n t in a d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e ) , each was t r e a t e d as a s e p a r a t e e s t a b lis h m e n t . On the o th e r hand, a drug s t o r e w hich a ls o o p e r a t e d a fo od co u nter w as t r e a t e d as a s in g le e s ta b lis h m e n t. Annual v o lu m e o f s a le s e x clu d es e x c i s e ta xes at the r e t a i l l e v e l . E a r n in g s data r e l a t e to s t r a i g h t - t i m e e a rn in g s and ex clu d e p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and la te s h ifts . C o m m i s s i o n and bonus ea rn in g s and s p e c i a l b o n u se s, such as " P . M . ’ s " and " s t i m s n paid q u a r t e r l y o r o f t e n e r , a r e included. In d iv id u a l a v e r a g e h o u r l y e a rn in g s f o r e m p lo y e e s not pa id by the hour (e. g. , s a l a r y , c o m m i s s i o n s ) w e r e obtain ed by d iv id in g in d iv id u a l ea rn in g s r e p o r t e d by the n u m b er o f h ours w o r k e d d u rin g the c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d . In d iv id u a l w e e k l y e a rn in g s when not r e p o r t e d w e r e obtain ed by m u l t ip l y i n g the i n d i v id u a l a v e r a g e h o u r l y ea rn in g s by the n u m b er o f hou rs w o r k e d du rin g a s in g le w e e k in June 1965. 83 Group a v e r a g e h o u r ly ea rn in g s pu blish ed in this bu lletin w e r e obtain ed total in d ivid u a l w e e k l y e a rn in g s by t o ta l in d ivid u a l w e e k l y h ours w o r k e d . by d iv id in g Group a v e r a g e w e e k l y ea rn in g s w e r e obtained by d iv id in g the sum o f in d iv id u a l w e e k l y e a rn in gs by the n u m b er o f e m p l o y e e s r e p r e s e n t e d in the grou p total. W e e k ly h ours o f w o r k a r e f o r h o lid a y s , s i c k l e a v e , etc. a 1-w eek p e r i o d and in clu d e h ours p a id f o r v a c a t io n s , Group a v e r a g e w e e k l y hours w e r e obtain ed by d iv id in g t o ta l n um ber 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 . total w e e k l y h ours w o r k e d by R e g io n s used in this study in clu de the fo llo w in g : N o r t h e a s t — C o n n ec tic u t, M a i n e , M a s s a c h u s e t t s , N e w H a m p s h i r e , N e w J e r s e y , N e w Y o r k , P e n n s y l v a n i a , Rhode Is la n d , and V e r m o n t ; South— A l a b a m a , A r k a n s a s , D e l a w a r e , D i s t r i c t o f C o lu m b ia , F l o r i d a , G e o r g i a , K en tu ck y , L o u is ia n a , M a r y l a n d , M i s s i s s i p p i , N o r t h C a r o li n a , O k la h o m a , South C a r o l in a , T e n n e s s e e , T e x a s , V i r g i n i a , and W e s t V i r g i n i a ; N o r t h C e n t r a l — I l l i n o i s , Indiana, Io w a , K a n s a s , M i c h ig a n , M in n e s o t a , M i s s o u r i , N e b r a s k a , N o r t h D a ko ta , O h io, South D a ko ta , and W is c o n s in ; and W e s t — A l a s k a , A r i z o n a , C a l i f o r n i a , C o l o r a d o , H a w a ii, Id ah o, M ontana, N e v a d a , N e w M e x i c o , O r e g o n , Utah, W as h in gto n , and W y o m in g . M e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s as used in this bu lletin r e f e r s to those c i t i e s d e fin e d by the B u rea u o f the B u dget as "S ta n d a rd M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a t i s t ic a l p o lit a n a r e a s in clu de those counties containing at l e a s t one c e n t r a l c it y o f and th o se counties around such c i t i e s w hich a r e m e t r o p o l it a n in c h a r a c t e r and s o c i a l l y in t e g r a t e d with the county containing the c e n t r a l c ity . For d e s c r i p t i o n , s e e Standard M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a t is t ic a l A r e a s , 1964, p r e p a r e d the Budget. and county a r e a s Areas. " M etro 50,000 po pu la tio n and e c o n o m i c a l l y a m o r e detailed by the B u r e a u o f Appendix B. Questionnaire BLS 2786 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 W A S H I N G T O N , Your report will be held in confidence D . S T A T I S T I C S C . 2 0 2 1 2 R E T A IL TRADE Individual Hours and Earnings 1. BLS USE O N LY COMPANY ID EN TIFIC ATIO N : State Area Ent. sales SIC Wgt. The data, except for Item 2 which relates to the entire company, should cover all establishments (reta il stores, warehouses, central o ffices, e tc .) in the county or area designated to the left. (Check appropriate box.) l AN N U AL GROSS SALES FOR THE COMPANY OR ENTERPRISE: i Under $250,000 I H $250,000 to $500,000 1 1 1 1 $500,000 to $1,000,000 1 $1,000,000 or more Check the block which in dica tes the annual gross volume of sa les (e x c lu s iv e o f e x c is e taxes at the re ta il le v e l) fron. a ll related a c tiv itie s o f the enterprise. Include receip ts from stores covered by this report as w ell as a ll other related a c t iv it ie s . (Jse the last calendar or fis c a l year. 3. ESTABLISHMENT INFORMATION: P le a s e enter the information requested in the columns below for each separate establishm ent (re ta il store, warehouse, or central o ffic e ) covered by this report. Each re ta il store in a separate location is considered a separate establish m ent for the purpose of this survey. H ow ever, if the records for main store and suburban branch are kept on a combined basis, they may be considered as one establishm ent. (a ) (b ) Location: Id en tify each establishm ent by its street address and c ity . Type o f Retail Activity: Enter for each establishm ent the major reta il a c tiv ity 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 of the payroll period including June 13, 1966. Exclude employees, such as those in leased departments and demonstrators, who received all or a substantial part of their pay from another employer. Total __ Enter tota l number o f em ployees including o ffic e r s and other princip al e x e c u tiv e s , such as buyers, department heads, and managers w hose work is above the working su pervisory le v e l. Nonsupervisory __ Enter total number of em ployees below the su pervisory le v e l, such as sa lesp erso n s, shipping and re c e iv in g clerk s, laborers, warehousemen, caretakers, o ffic e clerk s, driver-salesm en , in stalla tio n and repairmen, elev a to r operators, porters, janitors, watchmen, and other em ployees whose s e rv ic e s are c lo s e ly a sso cia ted with those lis te d above. Do not include o ffic e rs and other princip al e x e c u tiv e s , such as buyers, department heads, and managers whose work is above the working su pervisory le v e l. (d ) \nnual Gross Sales for the Establishment: Check the column which in d ica tes the annual gross volume of s a les (e x c lu s iv e o f e x c is e taxes at the re ta il le v e l).______________________________ __________________________________________________________ (W (a ) Location (street address and city) Type of retail activity FT Employment for payroll period including June 13, 1966 Total 4. (d ) Gross establishment sales (check appropriate column) Were last year’ s sales— $150,000 $250,000 Less Non to than or supervisory $150,000 $250,000 more P A Y R O L L PERIOD: Employment and eamings 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. I f the length of the payroll period varies among employees, enter the dates affecting the greatest number. From _______________________________ _ 19____ t o ________________________________ _ 19 84 *— 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 3 through 8 are provided. Data w ill 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 (P lease read, carefully to avoid correspondence) Column (1 )— Indicate whether the employee is male (M) or female (F ). Complete c o l umns 1, 2, and Column (2)__ Use a separate line for each employee and enter " I , ” 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 o'ther than an hourly basis if average paid on an straight-time hourly earnings are available. For employees paid a commission or bonus in addition to an hourly basis hourly rate, also complete columns 7 and 8 (see example 4). (see example 1). 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 " draws” 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,” "Stims,” 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 U-se 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 combined figure (see example 4). If bonus payments cover a period longer than the commission period, add supervisory em ployees based only the prorated amount of the bonus to the commission earnings that correspond to the commission period entirely or in (see example 5). part on com missions and Column (8)— Enter the number of hours worked during the commission or bonus period. (The hours should bonuses (see refer to the total hours worked during the period (weekly, biweekly, monthly, or semimonthly) and not nec example 3). 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 ( l/2 month). 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-montn period. Only Y} o f the bonus, or $50 is reported so that the bonus period corresponds to the commission period. 86 BLS USE ONLY 5. EARNINGS AND HOURS OF WORK OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES — Continued Sch. Eat. •a l e s C ity s ize Em p. C la a a emp. & ___ Complete these columns for each nonsupervisory em ployee. ' (2) (3) (M or N um ber of H ours w orked during the w e e k of F) em ployees June 13, m Sex Use this 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) Straight-tim e hourly rate (5) Straight-tim e sa la ry for s a la r y period in clu din g (6) (7 ) f8 ) H ours worked during s a la ry period T o ta l com m issions and/or bonus pay Hours w orked during June 13, 1966 1966 com m ission period Illu stra tio n s o f exam ples on page 2. 2 3G.W 7 M 1 4 0 .0 A M 1_ F L 375 i , F 1 40 0 SJM 1 $ 1 .0 6 ______2 Z S _______ $ $ 1 2 5 .0 0 8 3 .0 a if ^ o 4 2 50 125 ____ 25H2___ 3 7 f? IW ? 0 1 7 3 .6 ________L S L Q D ______ ______1 M L 0 DATA FOR EACH ESTABLISHMENT SHOULD BE REPORTED SEPARATELY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIED. 1 z 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 [ __ | (Please type or print) ☆ U. S. G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G O F F IC E : 1968 O - 325-296 E m p l o y e e E a r n i n g s and H o u r s in R e t a i l T r a d e , June 1966 S e p a r a t e bul l eti ns h av e been i s s u e d f o r the f o l l o w i n g : Bu ll et in number Price Bui ldi ng m a t e r i a l s , h a r d w a r e , and f a r m e q u ip me n t d e a l e r s 1584-1 30 cents G eneral merchandise stores Department stores L im ite d price v a r ie ty stores 1584-2 55 cents Food stores G r o c e r y stores 1584-3 60 cents A u t o m o t i v e d e a l e r s and g a s o l i n e s e r v i c e stations M oto r vehicle d ealers ( new and used c a r s ) G a s o l i n e s e r v i c e stations 1584-4 50 cents A p p a r e l and a c c e s s o r y s t o r e s M e n ’ s and b o y s ' cl othi ng and f u r n i s hi n gs s t o r e s W o m e n ’ s r e a d y - t o - w e a r stores Shoe s t o r e s 1584-5 5 5 cents F u r n i t u r e , h o m e f u r n i s h i n g s , and ho us eho ld ap pl i an ce s t o r e s F u r n i t u r e , h o me f u r n i s h i n g s , and e qui pme nt s t o r e s H ou s e h o l d a pp li an ce s t o r e s 1584-6 50 cents M iscellaneous retail stores D ru g and p r o p r i e t a r y s t o r e s 1584-7 O r d e r f r o m the Superi nt endent o f D o c u m e n t s , W as h in g to n , D. C., 20402, o r f r o m any o f the B u r e a u ’ s e ight r e g i o n a l s a l e s o f f i c e s as shown on the i ns id e f r o nt c o v e r .
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