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EMPLOYEE EARNINGS
IN RETAIL TRADE
IN OCTOBER 1956
D ISTR IB U TIO N OF N O N SU P ER V ISO R Y EM P LO Y EES BY A V ER A G E EA R N IN G S

DRUG STORES AND
PROPRIETARY STORES
B u lle tin No. 1220-7

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, Secretary




BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, Commissioner

Bulletins in the Retail Trade Series, October 1956
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ study of Employee Earnings in Retail Trade, October 1956, covered all major retail trade industry groups,
except eating and drinking places. The final results of this study are published in a series of separate bulletins for each of these major groups.
As indicated, some of these bulletins include separate tabulations for specific lines of business. The final bulletin in this series relates to retail
trade as a group and provides summary information for the various lines of retail activity.

Bull. No.

Title

1220-1

BUILDING MATERIALS AND FARM EQUIPMENT DEALERS

1220-2

GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES (Separate data for Department Stores and
for Variety Stores

1220-3

FOOD STORES (Separate Data for Grocery Stores)

1220-4

AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS AND GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
(Separate data for Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealers, and
for Gasoline Service Stations)

1220-5

APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES STORES (Separate data for Men’ s and Boys’
Clothing Stores, Women’ s Ready-to-Wear Stores, and Shoe Stores)

1220-6

FURNITURE, HOME FURNISHINGS, AND APPLIANCE STORES
(Separate data for Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores and
for Household Appliance and Radio Stores)

1220-7

DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES

1220

RETAIL TRADE (A summary bulletin)

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to the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington 25, D. C ., or any
of the regional offices listed on the inside back cover.

NOTE- An initial report entitled EMPLOYEE EARNINGS IN RETAIL TRADE, OCTOBER 1956 (BLS Report 119), containing detailed
tabulations for the retail trade industry as a whole was issued in May 1957 and may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C ., or from the Bureau’ s regional offices at 30 cents a copy.




EMPLOYEE EARNINGS
IN RETAIL TRADE
IN OCTOBER 1956




DISTRIB U TIO N OF N O N S U P ER V ISO R Y EM PLO YEES B Y A V E R A G E EA R N IN G S

DRUG STORES AND
P R O P R IE T A R Y STORES

B u lle tin No. 1220-7

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, Commissioner
July 1957
F or sale by the Superintendent o f Documents, U. S. Government P rinting Office,
W ashington 26, D. C.
P rice 15 cents




Contents

Page
Earnings of men and women _______ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Earnings by region ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Earnings by com m unity size — ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Earnings by number o f stores operated __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
W eekly earnings ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1
2
2
2
3

Chart: Straight-tim e average hourly earnings of non su p ervisory em ployees, United States and region s, by m etropolitan and
nonm etropolitan area cou nties, O ctober 1956_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________

iv

T ables:
Distribution o f nonsupervisory em ployees by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, O ctober 1956
1-A : Northeast: By s e x __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ——-------------------1-B : South: By s e x ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1-C : North Central: By s e x ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1 - D: West: By sex ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5
6
7
8

2:
United States: By sex and m etropolitan and nonm etropolitan area counties ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 - A: Northeast: By sex and m etropolitan and nonm etropolitan area counties —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 -B : South: By sex and m etropolitan and nonm etropolitan area counties ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 -C : North Central: By sex and m etropolitan and nonm etropolitan area counties _____________________________________________________
2 -D : West: By sex and m etropolitan and nonm etropolitan area counties _____________________________________________________________ —

9
10
11
12
13

3:

14

United States and regions:

By size o f comm unity and number o f stores operated -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number and straight-tim e average weekly earnings o f nonsupervisory em ployees by hours w orked in week, O ctober 1956
4:

United States and regions ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Appendix: Scope and method

17

of s u r v e y __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

18

Industry c la s s ific a t io n _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sampling and colle ctio n procedure _________________________________________________________________ :---------------------------------------------------------------Estim ating p r o c e d u r e --------------------------------------------------------------P roblem s o f nonresponse
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
C riteria fo r publication of estim ates _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Definition of term s ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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18
18
19
19
19




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S T R A IG H T - T IM E A V E R A G E H O U R L Y E A R N I N G 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
D ru g S to r e s a n d P r o p r ie t a r y S to re s
UNITED STATES AND REGIONS BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
October 1956

NORTHEAST

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS




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Employee Earnings in Retail Trade in October 1956
Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores*
Introduction

an hour; 161, 000, or 49 p ercen t, under $ 1; and 227, 000, or 69,percent,
under $ 1 .2 5 .
About 22,000 em p loyees, or 7 percen t o f the total,
earned $ 2 .5 0 o r m ore an hour.
The largest concentrations in any
5 -cen t wage interval w ere as follow s; $ 1 and under $ 1. 05, 12 percent;
and 75 cents and under 80 cents, 8 percen t.

The U. S. Department o f Labor*s Bureau of L abor Statistics
conducted a com prehensive study of the straight-tim e earnings of non­
su p erv isory em ployees in retail trade (except eating and drinking
p la ce s) fo r an O ctober 1956 p a y roll p e riod .
This bulletin provid es
inform ation on the hourly and w eekly earnings of em ployees in drug
stores and p rop rieta ry s to re s . Other publications relating to the broad
study of retail trade are listed on the inside front co v e r .

Substantial variation was noted in the hours w orked by individ­
ual em p loyees in the m id -O ctob er survey week. An estim ated 113,000
em p loyees (34 percen t of the total) w orked le s s than 35 hours a w eek.
A s a group, these em ployees averaged 99 cents an hour.
About
80, 000 em ployees w orked from 35 to 40 hours a week and averaged
$ 1 .3 1 . An average of $ 1 .1 8 was re co rd e d fo r the 52, 000 em ployees
who w orked fro m 41 to 47 h ours.
F orty -eig h t or m ore hours w ere
w orked by 86, 000 em ployees who averaged $ 1 .2 5 .

The drug stores and p rop rieta ry stores group includes stores
p rim a rily engaged in selling any com bination o f such m erchandise as
p re scrip tio n drugs, co s m e tic s , to ile tr ie s , to b a cco , and novelty m e r ­
chandise. These s to re s may operate a lunch a n d /o r soda fountain in
conjunction with their other reta il a ctiv itie s. A com plete definition of
this retail trade industry group is provided in the appendix.

Earnings o f Men and Women

A s shown in the accom panying tables, the survey provides
inform ation on the number o f em p loyees at various wage le v e ls between
50 cents and $3 an hour.
In recogn ition of the wide variation that
ex ists in weekly w ork schedules, distributions of em ployees by wage
in tervals are provided by hours w orked in the p a y roll w eek. In addi­
tion to data fo r the United States and four broad region s, tabulations
are provided by comm unity size and by number of stores operated by
com pany.
Summary inform ation on weekly earnings is a lso shown.

W omen accounted fo r 56 percent (186, 000) of the em p loyees
in the drug store and prop rietary store group, and averaged 95 cents
an hour. A pproxim ately 29 percent earned le s s than 75 cents an hour;
61 percent under $1; and 83 percent under $ 1 .2 5 . C om paratively few
wom en (le ss than 1 percen t) earned $ 2 .5 0 or m ore an h our. Thirteen
percen t o f the wom en had hourly earnings of $ 1 and under $ 1 .0 5 .
The earnings of the 145, 000 m en in n onsupervisory job s w ere
at a con sid erably higher lev el than the average fo r w om en. Men as a
group averaged $ 1 .5 4 an hour. Hourly earnings of le s s than 75 cents
w ere re co rd e d fo r 16 percent of the men; 32 percent earned le s s than
$ 1; and 50 percen t earned le s s than $ 1 .2 5 . F ourteen percent of the
m en earned $ 2 .5 0 or m ore an hour.

L ocated in a ll sections of the country, in sm all com m unities
as w ell as in la rg e m etropolitan a re a s, the drug stores group is fu r ­
ther ch a ra cterized by a number of fa cto rs that a ffect the le v e l and
distribution o f w ages.
F o r exam ple, drug store en te rp rise s d iffer
m aterially in te rm s of em ploym ent; substantial prop ortion s of both
men and wom en are em ployed; and the w ork fo r c e is com p osed of
em p loyees ranging fro m highly trained ph arm acists to sa les and d e­
liv e ry p erson nel whose functions are la rg ely routine and who require
little training. These and other variable fa cto rs are re fle cte d in the
wide d isp ersio n o f individual earnings which range fro m le s s than
50 cents an hour to m ore than $ 3 .

A la rg e r prop ortion o f men than of wom en w orked on a p arttim e b a sis. These d ifferen ces and the fact that both m en and wom en
em p loyees working fro m 35 to 40 hours had higher hourly earnings
than em p loyees on either shorter or longer w ork schedules are illu s ­
trated in the tabulation below :
Men
W omen

Nationwide, drug stores and p rop rieta ry stores em ployed
approxim ately 331, 000 nonsupervisory em p loyees in O ctober 1956.
A s a group, these em ployees averaged $ 1 .2 0 an hour, excluding o v e r ­
tim e pay but including com m ission s or bonuses (table l). An estim ated
7 8,000 em p loyees, or 24 percent of the total, earned le s s than 75 cents

H ours
w orked
in
week

P ercent
of
total

* P rep ared in the D ivision of W ages and Industrial R elations.
NOTE: See appendix, page 19, fo r definition o f te rm s used in
this bulletin.

1 to 34 __________
35 to 4 0 _________
41 to 47 _______
48 or m ore _____

39
19
12
30




(i)

Straighttime
average
hourly
earnings
$ 1. 10
1.76
1.66
1.61

P ercen t
of
total

Straighttim e
average
hourly
earnings

30
28
19
22

$ 0 .8 9
1.09
.94
.85

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E arnings by Region
F o r purposes o f this study, the 48 States and the D istrict of
C olum bia w ere grouped into 4 broad reg ion s.
Total n onsupervisory
em ploym ent in the drug store and p rop rieta ry store group was d is ­
tributed among these region s as follow s:
Northeast - 9 States—
75, 000; South - 16 States and the D istrict o f Colum bia— 104, 000; North
C entral - 12 States— 107, 000; and W est - 11 States— 46,000.
A verage hourly earnings and the p roportion s of em ployees
earning le s s than any given amount, particu larly at the low er pay
le v e ls, varied w idely among the region s as indicated below :

R egion
United States
Northeast ________________
South
North C e n t r a l____________
W e s t ______________________

Straighttim e
average
hourly
earnings

with 5, 000 o r m ore and under 5, 000 population in the case of nonm et­
ropolitan area counties (tables 2 and 3). Nationwide, seven-tenths of
the em ploym ent was concentrated in m etropolitan a rea s— m ostly in
central c itie s. In the nonm etropolitan counties, em ploym ent in c o m ­
munities o f 5, 000 o r m ore population was nearly 3 tim es that in
sm a ller com m unities.
The relationship between com m unity size and em ployee hourly
earnings fo r the drug store and prop rietary store group can be noted
fro m the a vera ges and the prop ortion s o f em ployees earning le s s than
$ 1 as shown in the follow ing tabulation:

P ercen t with
hourly earnings
o f le s s than—
Size of comm unity
$ 0 .7 5

$1

$ 1 .2 5

$ 1.20

24

49

69

1.35
.98
1. 19
1. 58

16
41
20
4

39
67
49
21

61
82
72
43

P rop ortion s o f m en earning le s s than $ 1 an hour ranged fro m
10 percent in the W est to 50 percen t in the South. S im ilarly, the p r o ­
portions o f wom en earning le s s than $ 1 ranged fro m 29 percent in the
W est to 79 percen t in the South.
Although the South accounted fo r only 31 percent of the total
nonsupervisory em ploym ent in drug stores and p rop rieta ry sto re s, it
accounted fo r 43 percen t o f the em p loyees earning le s s than $ 1 and
55 percen t earning le s s than 75 cents an hour. By con trast, the West
accounted fo r 14 percen t o f the total em ploym ent in the drug store
and p rop rieta ry store group, 6 percen t of those earning le s s than $ 1,
and 2 percen t o f those earning le s s than 75 cents an hour.

Straighttim e
average
hourly
earnings

P ercen t
earning
le s s than
$ 1 an hour

M etropolitan a r e a s _________________
Central c itie s ___________
Com m unities other than
central c itie s __________________

$ 1 .2 7
1.23

43
45

1. 38

36

Nonm etropolitan a r e a s _____________
Com m unities o f 5, 000
or m ore _______________________
Com m unities of le s s
than 5, 000 _____________________

1. 05

63

1. 06

62

1. 02

66

Although a gen erally sim ilar relationship was noted within
each region , the d iffe re n ces shown in nationwide com p arison s re fle ct,
in part, regional d ifferen ces in general pay le v e ls and in distributions
o f em ploym ent by comm unity size. Thus, em ploym ent in m etropolitan
a reas in the com paratively high-w age Northeast region exceed ed that
in nonm etropolitan a rea s in the ratio of 6 to 1; in the South, how ever,
the ratio was 3 to 2.

Earnings by Number o f Stores Operated
E arnings by Community Size
Stores and au xiliary units w ere a lso cla ss ifie d accord in g to
location in m etropolitan a rea s or in counties not included in such a rea s;
in addition, separation was provided between cen tral citie s and other
than central citie s in m etropolitan a rea s and between com m unities




Nationwide, 60 percen t of the nonsupervisory em ploym ent in
O ctober 1956 was accounted fo r by com panies operating single stores
(table 3).
E m p loyers operating 11 or m ore stores accounted for
23 p ercen t; 2 or 3 sto res, 11 percen t; and 4 - to 1 0 -store firm s a c ­
counted fo r 6 p ercen t. This pattern a lso held, with only m inor v a ria ­
tions, within each o f the four broad region s.

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Nationwide, em ployees of single stores averaged $ 1 .2 0 c o m ­
pared with $ 1. 12 fo r em ployees o f com panies operating 4 to 10 stores
and $ 1 .2 1 fo r em p loyees o f chains o f 11 or m ore sto re s.
Highest
average earnings o f $ 1 .2 3 an hour w ere reco rd e d fo r em p loyees of
com panies operating 2 or 3 sto re s.
The prop ortion s of em ployees
earning le s s than $ 1 w ere as follow s: Single sto re s, 49 percen t; 2 or
3 stores, 49 percen t; 4 to 10 sto re s, 53 percent; and 11 or m ore
stores, 46 percen t.

P a rt-tim e em p loyees accounted fo r a la rg e r prop ortion of e m ­
ploym ent in single stores than in the com panies operating m ultiple-unit
stores; 37 percent of the em ployees in single stores w orked le s s than




35 hours a week— com pared with 30 percent in the 2- o r 3 - store group,
20 percent in the 4 - to 1 0 -store group, and 32 percent in the 11 or
m ore store group.
W eekly E arnings
Nationwide, weekly earnings varied accordin g to hours w orked
during the p a y roll period studied as follow s: 1 to 34 hours, $ 19. 19;
35 to 40 h ours, $ 51. 30; 41 to 47 hours, $ 51.55; and 48 or m ore hours,
$ 6 2 .8 5 (table 4).
Tabulations for the North Central, South, and West
indicate a p ro g re ssiv e in crease in weekly earnings fo r each succeeding
hours group; how ever, this relationship does not hold fo r the Northeast,
where em ployees working 35 to 40 hours averaged $57. 39 a week c o m ­
pared with $ 5 5 .2 3 fo r em ployees working 41 to 47 hours a week.

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Table

1:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - UNITED STATES: RY SEX
(Number of employees in hundreds)
All employees

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Men

Hours worked in week
Total

1
to
34

41
to
47

35
to
40

Women

Hours worked in week

48
or
more

Total

1
to
34

35
to
*0

41
to
47

Hours worked in week

48
or
more

Total

1
to
34

35
to
*0

41
to
47

48
or
more

,95

29

16

11

38

38

16

8

2

13

56

15

8

10i

25

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 ______________________________________________
6 0 ____________________________________________
6 5 _______________________________ ___________
7 0 ____________________________________________
75 _ ________________________________ ____ _____

133
71
205
132
142

70
22
78
58
46

11
11
35
18
17

15
18
25
25
25

37
21
67
30
54

51
17
64
31
34

35
9
36
20
19

1
5
2
5

3
5
4
3
1

10
4
18
7
8

82
52
140
100
108

35
12
40
39
27

9
11
30
16
11

10
14
21
22
23

26
16
46
23
46

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 ____________________________________________
8 5 _________________ ______ ____________________
9 0 _______________________________ ___________
95 _ _______________________________________ __
100 ___________________ ____ ___________ __

250
188
166
169
54

120
77
57
71
12

45
29
44
31
15

31
34
31
30
14

53
49
33
36
12

86
45
39
50
14

61
26
19
32
3

9
2
8
3
3

5
4
6
5
3

14
11
8
9
4

163
143
126
119
40

59
50
39
40
9

36
27
35
28
11

28
28
25
24
11

38
38
26
28
8

Under 5 0 ______________________________________________________

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 0 5 _____ _______________ ________ ________
110 __ ______________________________________
1 1 5 ------- __ ------- ----------------------- -----------1 2 0 _______________________________________ __
1 2 5 ____________________________________________

405
67
94
54
48

199
13
25
15
14

106
28
27
15
14

44
13
24
15
11

57
13
18
9
8

164
15
35
20
17

94
4
14
9
5

27
5
7
3
3

16
3
4
3
4

29
2
9
5
5

242
52
59
35
30

104
9
10
7
7

80
22
20
11
11

28
10
19
13
8

28
10
10
4
4

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 ____________________________________________
135 __________ __ ------------ ----------------------1 4 0 __________________________________________
1 4 5 _________________________ _______________
1 5 0 ____________________________ ___________

118
53
51
38
33

41
11
11
10
5

42
17
19
13
12

15
11
10
7
6

20
13
11
9
10

56
24
25
16
20

27
5
8
4
2

12
4
7
2
5

7
4
3
2
4

12
11
7
8
8

63
29
25
21
14

13
5
3
4
2

31
15
12
11
8

9
7
9
3
2

8
2
4
1
2

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 6 0 ____________________________ ___________
1 7 0 ______________________________________ __
1 8 0 ____________________________________________
190 __ ----------------------------------------------------------200 _____________________ _____ ___________

97
61
77
64
26

28
14
15
5
2

31
21
29
29
6

14
6
10
11
5

26
22
22
19
14

57
38
44
42
22

15
8
10
2
1

10
9
9
11
3

8
4
7
8
4

19
17
20
19
13

41
25
31
23
5

7
6
5
1
1

20
12
20
18
2

6
3
4
3
2

7
3
1

210
220
230
240
250

__ -------------------------------------------- ------- —
_________________________ _______________
___________ ________ ____ ___________
__________________ ___________ _____ __
_____ ________ ________ __ __ ________

76
32
43
28
19

24
3
9
3
1

13
14
12
11
6

10
5
7
3
1

29
11
16
11
10

67
25
40
25
18

21
2
8
3
1

10
9
11
8
5

9
4
6
3
1

27
9
16
10
9

8
7
3
3
2

3

2
5

1

___________ __ _______________ _____ __
___________ _______________ __ __
________________________________ ________
_______________________________________ „
____ __________________ ________ _____

58
27
24
23
8

21
1
2

6
1
7
6
2

18
17
8
9
3

52
26
23
23
8

18
1
2

4
1
7
5
2

16
17
8
9
3

2

1

14
6
7
6
2

6

1

14
6
7
6
2

____

80

21

25

12

22

76

19

24

12

20

5

2

Number of employees (in hundreds) _____________________

3309

1134

797

521

855

1447

564

265

176

434

1859

556

525

346

410

Average hourly earnings (dollars) __________ — ------------

1 • 20

.9 9

1 .3 1

1 .1 8

1 .2 5

1 .5 4

1 .1 0

1 .7 6 * 1 .6 6

1 .6 1

• 95

.8 9

1 .0 9

•94

.8 5

200
210
220
230
240
2 50
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under
under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

300 and o v e r ___________________________

__ ________

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees

1
1

2
1
2

1

1

1
2

1

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

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Table

1 -A :

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - NORTHEAST: RY SEX

Men

All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50 _____________________________________________________

Hours worked in week
Total

1
to
34

48
or
more

41
to
47

35
to
40

Women

Hours worked in week
Total

1
to
34

41
to
47

35
to
*0

8

5

2

1

5

3

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 _________________ _____ _______________ __
6 0 ____________________________________________
6 5 _________________ ___________ ___________
7 0 ______________________________________ ______
7 5 __________________________________ __________

25
10
36
22
16

19
6
17
16
9

1
1
9
3
2

2
3
6
2
3

3
1
4
1
2

15
1
11
5
5

14
1
8
5
3

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 ____ ______________________________________
8 5 _______ ___________________________________
9 0 ---------------- ------------------------ -----------------------95 - ______________________________________ __
100 ___________________ ____ _______________

57
31
31
40
12

40
14
18
25
3

8
7
8
7
4

4
5
2
5
4

5
5
2
3
]

32
13
11
19
3

26
8
9
15

114
9
26
10
8

66
1
9
4
2

28
6
7
3
3

13
1
7
2
2

7
1
2
1
1

52
2
14
6
3

35
1
6
4
1

8
1
3
1

11
5
8
5
5

4
2
3
1
2

4
4
4
1
2

17
8
12
2
7

8
1
2

4
2
5
1
4

2
1
1

18
14
11
16
10

7
3
2

6
7
3
4
2

2

1

1

1

1
3
4
2
2

2
1
2
1
2

4
1

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 ---------------------------- --------------------------------135 -------------------- -------------------------------------1 4 0 _____ ___________________________________
1 4 5 _________________________ _______________
150 __ -----------------------------------------------------------

31
12
19
8
10

12
1
3
2

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 6 0 ____________________________ ___________
1 7 0 ______________________________________ __
1 8 0 __________________________________________
190 __ ______________________________________
200 _____________________ ____ ___________

27
21
14
18
10

9
7
2
1

11
10
5
6
2

3
2
5
2

4
4
5
6
6

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

__ ------------------------------------------- — ..........
_________________________ _______________
_____________________ ____ ___________
___________ ____ ___________ ________
_______________ ___________ ___________

21
15
17
16
7

9
2
2
2
1

3
9
8
9
3

4
1
4
1
1

4
3
4
4
2

19
12
16
14
7

8
2
2
2
1

3
6
7
7
3

250
2 60
2 70
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

_____ ____ __ _____ ___ ___ _____ __
____________________________ __ __
__________________ ___________ ___
__ ____________________________ _____ __
_______________ ________ ________ ____

12
9
6
7
1

4

5
4
4
3

1

3
4
1
4

11
8
6
7
1

4

5
4
4
3

11

1

5

1

4

10

1

4

747

313

220

100

112

423

183

105

1 .3 5

.9 9

1 .4 8

1 .2 6

1 .6 1

1 .6 0

1 .0 5

1 .8 2

Average hourly earnings (dollars) __________ __ _____ __

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.




2

1

10
8
25
16
11

2
2
1
2

1
3
1
2
1

25
18
19
20
10

14
6
9
10
3

4
7
6
7
3

3
3
2
3
4

4
2
2
1

5

4

31

2
1
1

20
5
4
2
2

8
1
5
2
2

3

2

62
7
12
4
4

4
4
4
1
2

14
5
7
6
2

4

7
4
4
4
2

2
1
3

9
7
3
2
1

2
4

5
3
2
2

1

2
5
2

3
4
4
6
6

4
1
3
1
1

4
3
4
4
2

2
3
1
2

1

1
3

3
4
1
4

1

4

1

88

320

1.81

1 .0 2

1

and
and
and
and
and

Number of employees (in hundreds) ___ _______________

48
or
more

1
1
9
3

125
130
135
140
145

__ _____ __ ____

41
to
47

2

105 __ __ ________ _____ ________ __________
110 __ ____ _______________________________
1 1 5 ------- ------------ -------------------------------------1 2 0 ____________________________________ _____
1 2 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------

____

35
to
40

5
4
9
11
6

under
under
under
under
under

300 and o v e r ____________________

1
to
34

3

and
and
and
and
and

1

Total

1

100
105
110
115
120

1

Hours worked in week

48
or
more

1

2

1

3

1
1

1

1
1

2
1

1
1
46■

1.60

1
126

115

54

23

•901 1.14

.98

.89

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

6




Table

1 -B : Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - SOUTH: BY SEX
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Men

All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

41
to
47

35
to
40

1
to
34

Women

Hours worked in week

Hours worked in week
46
or
more

Total

41
to
47

35
to
*0

1
to
34

Hours worked in week

48
or
more

Total

1
to
34

35
to
40

41
to
47

48
or
more

— —

75

19

14

10

32

30

10

7

2

12

45

10

7

9

20

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 ----------------------------------------------------- -----------6 0 _______ ___________________________________
6 5 ------------------------------------------------ ------- ------7 0 ____________________________________________
75 _ __________________________________________

81
45
100
59
68

33
10
24
16
11

7
8
19
9
7

11
11
12
13
14

30
15
45
20
35

24
11
34
16
16

12
5
12
8
6

1
4
1
1

2
3
1
1
1

9
4
16
6
8

57
33
66
43
52

21
5
11
9
5

6
8
15
8
6

9
9
11
12
14

21
11
28
14
27

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
unde r
under
under

8 0 ______________________________________________
8 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------9 0 _______________________________ ________ _____
95 _ ----------------------------------------------------------- —
100 ----------------------------- __ — ------------ — —

87
70
58
36
15

31
19
13
8
3

17
9
18
6
4

15
16
13
8
4

23
26
14
13
4

30
18
16
14
7

18
9
3
6
2

3
2
6
1
2

1
2
2
1
2

9
5
5
5
1

57
52
42
22
9

13
10
11
2
1

15
8
12
5
2

15
14
10
6
3

14
21
9
9
3

9
2
1
1

4
1
1
2

16
1
4
1
2

51
14
13
7
4

13
1

19
5
5
2
2

8
4
4
2
2

10
4
3
1
1

4
5
2
1
4

8
4
1
2
2

2

3
1

1
1
1

2
1
1

2
1
1
1

6
7
6
7
4

4
2
3
1

3
1

1
1

1

11
2
4
3
4

3

2

1

5
4
2
2
1
4

3

1

Under 50 _____________________________________________

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 0 5 ------- ----------------------- ------------ — ------1 1 0 ------------------ -------------------------------------------1 1 5 ________________________________ ________
1 2 0 --------------------------------------------------- -----------1 2 5 -------------------------------------- -----------------------

97
18
19
13
9

32
1
1
4
1

28
7
6
4
2

12
5
5
3
2

26
5
7
2
3

47
4
6
6
5

19

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 __________________________________________
1 3 5 ------------------ -------------------------------------------1 4 0 __________________________________________
1 4 5 -------------------------------------- ----------------------1 5 0 ___________________________________________

17
11
5
5
8

6
1

4
1
2
2
2

1
3
1
1
1

6
6
3
1
5

9
7
4
3
6

4

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 6 0 ____________________________ ___________
1 7 0 ______________________________________ —
1 8 0 ------- --------------------------------------- --------------190 ____________________________________________
200 _____________________ — — — ------- —

14
12
14
10
6

3
2
3

2
1
3
2
2

3
1
1
1

7
8
6
7
4

10
10
11
9
6

2
2
2

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

__ -------------------------------------------- ------- —
_________________________ — -----------------___________ ________ ____ ___________
___________ ____ ___________ — — —
__ __ ------------ ----------------------- ------------

21
5
8
5
6

4

2
2

4
1

12
3
4
4
5

19
4
8
4
5

4

___________
------- ----- ---- — — —
____________________________________________
------- --------------------------------------- -----------___________________________________________
___________________________________________

15
4
3
4
2

8

6
4
2
2
1

12
4
3
4
2

6

13

4

6

11

3

1038

262

196

175

402

435

142

58

41

192

604

120

137

136

205

*98

• 88

•97

•90

1*05

1 .2 5

•96

1*23

1 .2 5

1 • 33

•80

• 78

• 86

• 80

•77

2 50
2 60
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
2 70
280
290
300

300 and o v e r _______

__ _______________ __ -------

Number of employees (in hundreds)

— — —

__ ---------- -------

Average hourly earnings (dollars) --------------------------------------- .

NOTE:

1

4
1
1

1

1
1

For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.

3

1

1
2
1

1

2
1
1
1

2
1
1
2
1

1
1
1

4
1

1
3

1

2

2
1

1

1
1
1
1

1
1

1

1

1
1

1

2

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

Table

1-C :

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - NORTH CENTRAL: BY SEX
(Number of employees in hundreds)
All employees

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

--------------------

Men

Total

------------------------------------------------- __

1
to
34

35
to
40

41
to
47

Women

Hours worked in week

Hours worked in week
Total

u

or
more

1
to
34

41
to
47

35
to
*0

11

5

6

3

3

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 _____________________ _______________ „ „
6 0 ______________________________________________
6 5 _________________ ___________ ___________
7 0 --------------------------- -------------------------------------75 _ ______________________________________ __

27
14
67
40
56

18
6
36
16
25

3
2
7
6
8

2
2
7
10
8

4
5
18
8
16

12
3
18
10
13

9
3
15
7
10

75
B0
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 ------ ----------------------- ------------------ -----------8 5 _______ _______________ ________ ________
9 0 ---------------- ---------------------------- — -----------95 _ ------------ ------- --------------------------------- __
100 ___________________ ____ _______________

91
67
64
67
22

42
37
21
31
6

16
10
16
13
5

10
11
13
14
6

23
10
15
10
5

19
11
10
12
3

139
32
31
24
20

75
11
9
6
6

33
10
9
4
6

16
6
7
9
5

16
5
7
5
3

Hours worked in week

48
or
more

1
to
34

Total

41
to
47

35
to
40

1

8

3

1

1

1
1
3

1
2

1
1

15
11
48
30
43

9
3
20
9
15

2
2
6
5
5

13
8
6
8
1

2

2

1
1

2
1
1

3
2
2
2
1

71
56
54
56
18

29
28
15
23
5

48
7
11
7
7

31
3
4
2
3

5
1
2
1
2

6
2
1
1
2

6
3
3
1

91
25
21
18
13

43
8
4
4
3

3
2
1
1
1

3
2
1
5
2

19
14
9
7
4

3
3
1
1

48
or
more
5
2!
6
0
7

3
4
16
7
16

14
10
15
12
5

8
10>
11
13
4

19
8
13
8
4

28
8
7
3
5

10>
4
5
8
3

10
5
4
2
2

10•

1
1
1

2;
2!

5
4
31
3\
1

6>
2!
31
1
1

2►
1
1

2!
1

5
1

1

1

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
tinder
under
under

1 0 5 ___________________________________________
110 __ ------- __ ----------------------------- ----------—
115 ___ __ ____ __ ___________ __ ____
1 2 0 ------- ------------ --------------------------------------1 2 5 ----------------------- ------------ -----------------------

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------1 3 5 ------- ------- — ------- — ----------------------1 4 0 ___________ ___________ _______________
1 4 5 ------- ------- ------------ __ _______________
150 „ ------------ ------------ ------- — ____ __

39
22
16
16
9

15
6
4
3
3

13
7
6
3
2

7
5
4
4
2

4
2
2
6
2

20
7
7
8
6

11
3
4
2
2

3
1
1

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 6 0 ___________________________________________
1 7 0 ______________________________________ __
1 8 0 _______________________________ ________
190 __ ------------------------------------------- __ ------200 ________________
__ __ __ ________ __

34
13
18
11
6

9
4
2
1
1

8
3
4
3
1

4
2
5

14
5
7
4
2

20
10
12
9
4

6
3
2

2
1
1
2

2
2
3
2
2

9
4
7
4
2

15
4
5
3
2

2
1

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

__ _________________________ __ _____ __
________ __ __ ________ _______________
___________ __ __ __ _____ __ ________
___________ ____ __ ________ __ __ __
__ „
__ — ------- __ __ __ ________

23
8
12
4
3

9
1
3

3
1
3

1
3
3
1

10
3
4
2
2

20
6
11
4
3

7

1
2
3
1

9
3
4
2
2

3
2
1

2

2

2
1
3

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ ___ _____ „
___________ „ __ ________ __ „
__ __ ________ __ ___________ ________
__ _______________ __ __ _____ __ __
------- ------------ ------- __ ________ _____

20
8
9
7
2

5

3

18
8
8
7
2

3
1
1

7
6
2
2
1

1

1

3
1
5
3
1

2

1
1

8
6
2
2
1

5

1

4
1
5
4
1

1

1.

3

4

15

2

31

4

0

2

1

__ ____

__ ____

15

2

Number of employees (in hundreds) __ ________

_______

1067

419

216

190

248

399

176

47

1*19

.9 5

1 .1 8

1 .2 7

1 .2 8

1 .6 0

1 .0 5

1 .7 2

300 and o v e r ___________________________

Average hourly earnings (dollars)

____

__ __ __ „

__

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.




5

5

64
1 .7 9 »

1
5

1

1

1
1

108

670>

235'

125

137

1 .7 6

.9 5 *

.8 9 1 1 .0 4 1 .0 1

.8 7

167

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.




Table

1-D:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - WEST: RY SEX
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Men

All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

Under 5 0 _________________________________________________ __

1
to
34

48
or
more

41
to
47

35
to
40

Total

1
to
34

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 _________________ __ --------------------------------6 0 ____________________________________________
6 5 ______________________________________________
7 0 ____________________________________________
7 5 _________________________________________ —

2
2
11
2

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _____________________ _____________________
8 5 ____________________________________________
9 0 _______________________________ ___________
9 5 _________________________________________ __
100 ___________________ ____ _______________

15
20
13
26
5

7
7
5
7

4
3
2
5
2

2
2
3
3

2
8
2
10
2

5
3
2
5
1

4
1
1
3

3
1
5
1
2

8
2
2
1
1

17
2
4
1
2

9

2
1
10
1

2
1

1
11
2

1 0 5 ------- ----------------------- ------------ -----------110 __ ______________________________________
1 1 5 ________________________________ ________
1 2 0 ______________________________________ __
1 2 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------

55
8
18
7
11

26
6
1
5

17
5
5
4
3

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 __________________________________________
1 3 5 -------------------------------------- ----------------------1 4 0 ------- ---------------------------- ----------------------1 4 5 ------------ ----------------------- ----------------------150 __ ____________________________ ________

31
8
11
9
6

8
3
4
4
2

14
4
3
3
3

3
1
2
1
1

6
1
2
1
1

10
2
2
3
1

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 6 0 ____________________________ ___________
1 7 0 _________________________ ___________ __
1 8 0 __________________________________________
190 __ ____________________________ ________
200 _____________________ — __ __ ------- ~

22
15
31
25
4

7
1
8
3
1

10
7
17
18
1

4
3
2
2
1

1
5
4
2
2

9
4
10
8
2

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

__ -------------------------------------------- — — —
_________________________ _______________
__ ________ ________ _____ __ — _____
___________ _____ _____ _____ __ __ „
_____ _____ __ ________ __ __ __ _____

11
4
6
3
3

2

5
2
1
1
1

1

3
2
4
1
1

9
3
5
3
3

2

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

___________ __ ____ ___ ___ _____ __
___________ _______________ __ __
___
__ ________________________________ __ __
____________________________________________
_____ ________ _____ ___________ _____

11
6
6
5
3

4
1
1

6
2
2
2
1

1
1
1
1

1
3
3
1
1

11
6
6
5
3

41

14

12

7

8

457

140

165

56

1 • 58

1 .3 3

1 .6 7

1 .6 1

1

if'or definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.

1
1
1

1
1
1

under
under
under
under
under

NOTE:

Total

1
to
34

35
to
40

41
to
47

48
or
more

2
1

and
and
and
and
and

Average hourly earnings (dollars) _________________________

48
or
more

1
1

100
105
110
115
120

__________

Hours worked in week

1

and
and
and
and
and

Number of employees (in hundreds) ________

41
to
47

35
to
*0

50
55
60
65
70

300 and o v e r ______________________________________ — -------

Women

Hours worked in week

Hours worked in week

3
1
4
1
2
1
4

5
1
1

1

3
1

1

1

1

3
1

2

1

1

1

10
1

10
17
11
21
3

3
6
4
5

3
2
2
4
1

2
1
2
2

1
7
2
10
1

38
6
13
6
9

17
3
1
4

13
4
4
4
2

2
1
5
1
1

5
1
2
1
1

22
6
8
6
6

4
2
2
2
1

11
3
3
3
3

1
1
2

5

3
1
4
1

8
6
14
14
1

2
2
2
2
1

2
1
3
4

2
1
1

1
2
3
2
1

13
12
20
17
2

3
1
1
1
1

1

3
1
4
1
1

2
1
1

3
1
1

6
2
2
2
1

1
1
1
1

1
3
3
1
1

40

13

12

7

8

1

1

93

190

63

55

25

46

265

75

1 .6 0

2 .0 8

1 .7 1

2 .2 4

2 .1 1

2 .1 1

1 .2 4

1 .0 7

4
2
1

1

1
1

2
1

1
2
1
1

1

106

31

45

1 .3 9 1 .2 4

1 .0 9

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

Table

2:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - UNITED STATES: RY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Men

All employees
Metropolitan
area counties
Hours
worked
in week
Total
1
35
or
to
34
more

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Women

Nonrnetropolitan
Metropolitan
Nonirletropolitan
Metropolitan
Nonmetropolitan
aresa counties
area counties
are a counties
area counties
area counties
Hours
Hours
Hours
Hours
Hours
worked
worked
worked
worked
worked
in week
in week
in week__
in week
in week
Total
Total
Total
Total
35
1
1
35 Total
1
35
35
1
1
35
or
to
or
to
or
to
or
or
to
to
34
34 more
more
34
34
more
34
more
more

38

12

25

57

18

40

22

9

12

17

7

11

16

3

13

40

11

29

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
tinder
under
under

5 5 ___ __ — — ------- — -----------60 _
____
__ __ ____ ____
65 _ ____
__
__ _______ __
7 0 ____ __ __
---- ------- __ ------75 _ „ __ __ __ __ __ __ _______

65
39
110
78
82

33
13
42
37
31

30
26
69
42
49

67
31
93
54
61

35
10
35
22
13

32
22
58
30
46

30
6
37
24
25

21
4
20
18
15

8
2
18
7
8

20
12
27
7
9

14
6
17
3
3

7
6
10
4
6

35
33
73
54
57

12
9
22
19
16

22
24
51
35
41

47
19
66
47
52

21
4
18
19
10

25
16
48
26
40

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 __________
------- -----------8 5 _______ __ r___ __ __ ______ ___
9 0 _______ __ __ ____ ____ __ __
95 _
— --------------------- — __
100 ________
__ ------------ -------

172
125
123
120
40

87
65
45
56
9

86
59
75
64
29

76
63
43
so­
le

32
13
11
15
2

45
51
32
34
13

69
29
31
40
10

43
21
14
25
1

21
7
14
13
8

17
16
8
11
4

12
6
2
5
2

6
10
6
4
2

103
96
92
80
30

39
44
31
31
8

65
52
61
51
21

59
47
35
39
12

20
7
9
10

39
41
26
30
11

57
16
20

74
4
17
6
5

52
9
14
8
10

35

19

17

9
5
1

2
1

7
2
1

172
36
44
28
25

76
9
9
6
7

95
27
34
23
17

70
16
15
7
5

29

8
6

127
13
26
14
16

40
16
13
6
5

11
9
7
7
6

49
18
71
11
16

23
5
7
3
2

26
12
14
9
13

7
6
4
5
4

3

4
6
3
5
4

54
26
22
19
11

13
5
3
4
2

42
19
19
15
10

8
3
4
3
2

2

13
10
14
10
7

3
2
1

10
8
13
9
7

34
23
28
21
5

6
6
4
1
1

28
17
23
20
5

6
2
3
1

8
3
7
3
2

8
6
2
3
2

3

3
6
1
3
1

1
1

7
5
5
4
2

4

3

2

1

1

15

4

2

2

391

850

613

165

443

•95 1 .03

•82

•77'

.8 3

Under 5 0 .........................................................................

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105 --------------------------------- --------110 „ __ __ „ ------- ----------------115 __ __ __
__ __ ------- ------120 __ ------- __ ------------ -------------1 2 5 ------- ------------ __ __ --------------

299
49
70
42
41

150
13
21
12
12

147
36
48
31
27

105
16
24
12
6

48

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130 __ ___ __ _________ __ __ —
135 ___ — __
__ ____________
140
_ — __ __ — — „ __ ---145
__ __ __ __ __ ____________
150
__ __ ------------ ---- ------------

103
44
43
30
27

36
10
10
7
4

68
31
33
24
23

15
9

5

8

1

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
„ ------1 7 0 ---------------180 __ ------- —
190
__ __ __
200 __ __ -------

78
49
58
52
20

24
11
12
3
2

54
38
45
50
19

19
12
17
11
7

3
2
2

15
10
16
10
7

44
26
30
31
15

18
5
1

26
21
22
30
14

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210 ______ ___
— ~ — ~ ---220
--------- — — — — — —
230 _________________________________
240 __ __________ ____ _______
250
__ ---- ------------ ------- ----

64
28
34
23
15

21
2
7
2
1

41
26
26
20
13

11
4
9
3
2

3

9
4
7
3
2

56
22
32
20
13

18
2
7
2
1

38
20
25
17
12

10
3
9
3
2

3

250
260
270
280
2 90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260 __
---- --------------------- ---270
__ __________ ___________
280
------- ---------------- ------- __
290 ______ __ __ — ------- ------300
__ __ _ __ ------- -------------

46
21
19
18
6

16

13
6
5
4
2

6
1

7
5
5
4
2

42
21
19
17
6

16

1

26
20
18
17
5

11
6
5
4
2

4
1

1

29
20
18
18
5

63

19

44

18

1

16

59

17

42

17

1

300 and over _ _ ___ „

__ ----

-------------- ------------------ -----------__ ------- — ------~ „ ------- __ ---__ ---------------- ----

---------

------- __

2

8
6

3

i
i

1

<5

2

2

1

1

Number of employees (in hundreds) __ ------- ----

2334

828

1488

963

284

672

1087

437

638

350

119

229 1247

Average hourly earnings (dollars)

1 .2 7

1 .0 4

1 .33

1.05

.8 5

1.0 8

1.58

1 .1 4

1.71

1.4 4

.9 7

1 .5 4 1 .02

------------ ----

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees




1
1

1

5
2
3
1
1
1

2

1

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

7
3
4
2
2

1

10




Table 2-A :

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - NORTHEAST: BY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
All employees

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 5 0 _________
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

55 ___
6 0 __
65 __
7 0 __
7 5 __
80 ___
8 5 __
9 0 __
9 5 __
100 ...

under
under
under
under
under

Metropolitan
area counties
Hours
Worked
in
week
Total
1
35
to
or
more
34
7

5

2

i

18

14
5

7

5

2
10
2

1

8

4

13

8

3
3
14
3
4

48
18
27
32
9

34

14

10

8
10
12
6

8
26

20

12

16

16

20
3

1 0 5 _____________
1 1 0 _____________
1 1 5 __________- __
1 2 0 _____________
1 2 5 _____________

97
8
23
9
7

58
1
9
4

12
1

18

3

14

8

1

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 __________________ ______ ___,___ _
1 3 5 _______________________ —____ _
1 4 0 _________________ ______________
1 4 5 ______________ _______________ ___
1 5 0 ___________________________ .____

30
13
17

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160 _______________________ ______ ___
1 7 0 ______________ ___________________
1 8 0 _______________________________ _
1 9 0 ____________________ _ _________ _
200 _______________________________ —

24

200 and under
210 and under

9

20
11

1

2
2
2
1

250
260
270
280
290

12
8
6

4

1

1

8

1

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_ _______________________________

300 and o v e r______

6

7

Number of employees (in hundreds)

641

Average hourly earnings (dollars) -

1*39

3

1

2
2

9
5
5

9
13
3

6
5

4
9

29
5

1

2

10

3
3

17

8
1

45

30

2

1
6

15
1
7

4
1

2
2

8
1
2

9

8

1

3

3

1
3

2Z2l

13
5
3
17

3

8
10
2

3

3

1
2
2
2

1
2
1
2

11

16
13
9
14

13
14

1
1

12

1
1

12
15
13

4

8
2
2
2
1

1

8

1

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.

36.
.8 3

65

1 .2 0

1
2

8

14
8

3

6

4

1
4

1

3
3

4

2

2

6
11

11

1
8
2

3

5
2
2

5

3
3

8

19
13
17
15
7

11
6

3

7
8
8
4

9

8

2

52

28

24

1

1

10
4
4

3

7
4
4

2

13
5
7

4

2

9
4
6
4
2

6

6

6

1
1

2
2
1
2
2
2

8

2
1

7

2

2

1

2

2
4

6
3
2
2
1

1

2

1
3
1
2

1

1

2

1
2

10
10

1

3
4

7
17
15

10
13

2

1
1

1
1

5
7
8

3
1

1

1

3

1

6
5
2
5
3

3
1

10
1
2

4

2

3
5
2
3
3
6

1
2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

7

io a

1

2

1

1 .1 2

1

2

6
8

2
6

8
3
4

9
10

4

362.

1
2

3
6

7
3

11
8
6

1.52

1
2

1

2
7

8
8
6

3

3

2

6

3

3

1

12

5

7

3

6

8
18

1

23
4
7

7

7

1 .0 1

2

1

6

16
9

15
16
15

5

9

10

9

3

11
1
6

16

10

2

20

5

12
1

6
6

15
13

16
9

1

5
3

Women

Nonmetropolitan
Metropolitan
Nonmetropolitan
area counties
are a counties
are a counties
Hours
tiours
Hours
worked
Worked
worked
in
week
in
week
in
week__
Total
35 Total
1
1
35
35 Total
1
or
to
or
to
or
to
34 more
34
34
more
more

Metropolitan
area counties
Hours
Worked
in
week
Total
1
35
to
or
34

3
1
5

3

39
7
14

9
7

2 1 0 _________________________________
220 _________________________________
220 and under 230 _______ ________________________
230 and under 240 __________________________ _______
240 and under 250 _______________________________ _
and
and
and
and
and

Men

Nonmetropolitan
area counties
Hours
worked
in week
Total
1
35
or
to
34

7
7

2

2

377

161

2 11

43

20

1.62

1.0 8

1 .7 9

1.43

•84

23

264

1 .6 3 1 .0 5

112

151

57

16

42

.9 1 1*10

•90

•61

•92

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

Table 2-B :

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - SOUTH: BY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Men

All employees
Metropolitan
area counties
Hours
worked
in week
Total
1
35
or
to
34
more

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

20

49

14

36

16

5

11

14

5

10

10

23
19
38
26
25

46

21
6
12
6

9
3
17

3

6
2

15

9
4

6

26

3

25
15
39
16
31

34
26
31
19

28
27
16

7

8

11
6

20
1
1
2
1

42

34

11
11

7

9
5

2
2

1

9
4
4
4
4

4

2

Under 5 0 __________________________________________

26

11

55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under

60 _ ______
~ __ ------- ------65 _
--------- — — __ ------------ —
7 0 _______ „
---- __ __ -----------7 5 ------------------------------------------------------

35
23
49
36
34

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 ------ ------------ ------- ------------ __
8 5 ________________ ____ ______ ___
9 0 _______ __ __ ---- „ -----------95 . —
— — — — — — — ------100 ________ __ „ ------------ — „

58
43
43
25

24
16

10

5
4

12
10
8

11
6

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105 ______ ______________________
11 0 ........ .................. — „ -------------115 __
„ ------- __ ----------------120 __ __ __ __ ------- --------------------125 __
__ „ „ „ ------------

63

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
---- __
------------ „ — —
135 ______ — ---- ------------------140 __ ------- ------- __ „ ------- ---145
— — — — -----------------------1 5 0 ---------------------------------------------------

13
5
4
4
4

4

150 and
160 and
170 and
180 and
190 and

under
under
under
under
under

160
__ __ ---- -------------------------1 7 0 _________________________________
180 __ ------------ — ------- — --------1 90 __ „ „ __
__ ------- — ---200 ................... __ --------------- --------

8
6
8
6
2

1

7
5

2

6
6
2

under
under
under
under
under

3

---- --------------------- —
---- ------------ — ----------------........ ..... ...............................
---- --------------------- ---------- __ __ __ ------- --------------

11
2
2
1
1

5

300 and over _

8

260 __
270
280
290
300

1

15
4
5
4
4

------------------- — —
---- — — ---220 and under 230 --------------230 and under 240 __ -------------------------240 and under 250 __ — ------------------and
and
and
and
and

7

— — ---— ~ —
— -------------------------- ----

200 and under 210
210 and under 220

250
260
270
280
2 90

12 ,
12
11

----------------

------- —

Number of employees (in hundreds) — ------- ---Average hourly earnings (dollars) --------------------- _

3

21

51
23
34

9

4

21

24

14

2
2
2
2

10

25
14
9
4

12
11

8
2

4

9
4

4

4
3

11

23

32
4
4
4
4

15

1

7

2

6
6
2
2
6
1
2

6
1
2

4

6
6
6

4

1
1

4
4
7

4
3
4
4

3

1

1
2

1

5

13
4
4

6

11

1

4

1

2

3

6

5
5

5

6
5

1
1
1

14
3
5
3
3

1
2
1
2
1

10
2
2
1
1

5

3

5

6

1

5

5

604

154

440

437

100

334

1*02

.9 3

1.0 3

.9 4

.7 9

.9 5

3
3

8
17

6
6

6
7

8
2
2

4
9
4

6

12

31

5

8
8

1

2
1

7
3

1

6

5

3

2

1

5

3

1
1

1
1

3

3

5
4
5
5

4
5
5
4
4

5

3

2
2
1
1

2
1
2
1

2

3

262

87

1.24

1 .0 1

23
15
5

6

3

1
2

9

1

15

3

24

5
5
3

2
2

6
1

10
8

1

5
5
3

5

3
3
3
3

31
13
34
17
27

34
31
32
16

1

11

35

17
17
25

2

2

2

20
32
26
25

9
g
3
7
4
4

4

2
2
1

2

6
1
1
1
2

5

16
4
3
4

3

2

2
1
2
1

8

2

3

5

*

6

2

6

4
4

1

10

2
2
1
1

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees




Women

Metropolitan
Nonmetropolitan
Metropolitan
NonrrLetropolitan
Nonmetropolitan
area counties
area counties
area counties
are;a counties
area counties
Hours
Hours
Hours
Hours
Hours
worked
worked
worked
worked
worked
in
week
in
week
in
week
in
week__
in week
Total
Total
T Otell
35 Total
35 Total 1
35
1
35
1
1
1
35
or
or
to
or
to
or
to
or
to
to
34 more
34
more
34
more
34
more
34
more

2

22
21
22

19
5

2

8

5
3

2

4

2
1

1
2
1

2

171

174

51

123

1 .30

1.25

.8 7

1.31

9

6
3

8

11
5
4

1

1
1

1
1

1

1

1
1

3

20

2
1
1

1
1

5

1
2

2
1
1

1

1

19

2
1
1
1

1
1

6

25

3

1
1

5

1

12

1
1

1

1
2
1
2
1

6

1o
11
30

2
1

2
1
2
1

2

1

26

l

3
4
5
4
4

1
1
1
2

2
4
4

3

26
7

1
1

1

22
21
11
6

9

1

2

2

1

2

342

67

269

263

49

2 11

.8 5

•83

.8 5

•73

a70

.73

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

12




Table 2-C :

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956

DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - NORTH CENTRAL: BY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Men
Women
Nonmetropolitan
Metropolitan
Nonmetropolitan
Metropolitan
Nonmetropolitan
area counties
area counties
area counties
area counties
are a counties
Hours
Hours
Hours
Hours
Hours
worked
worked
worked
worked
worked
in
week
in
week
in
week
in
week
in
week
l otai
Total
Total
1
35
1
35
1
35 Total
1
35 Total
1
35
to
to
or
or
to
or
to
or
or
to
34
34
34
34 more
more
more
more
34
more

All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 5 0 ______
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

75
80
85
90
95

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

100
105
110
115
120

under
under
under
under
under

and
and
and
and
and

55
60
65
70
75
8 0 _______________________
8 5 ___________ ___________
9 0 _______________________
9 5 _______________________
100 _____________________

under
under
under
under
under

1 0 5 ____________________
1 1 0 ____________________
1 1 5 ____________________
1 2 0 ____________________
1 2 5 ____________________

Metropolitan
area counties
Hours
worked
in
week
Tula
1
35
or
to
34
more
5

2

3

7

4

3

1

1

12
8

8

4
17

14

9
3
18

4
4
14

9

7

34

4
4
17

21

11

12

6

9

7

34

15

19

12
12

59
53
48
47
18

25
33
17
24

20
31
23

6

12

104
26
23
17
18

54
7

9

2
10
11

2
8

8

2
3
3

31
14
16

16
4
4

15

13

10

8
8

5

21

8

10
12
13
4

10

5
7

4
3

3

1

2

50
15
15

35
5
9

21

14
5

36

22

8
2

6
6

14
3
3

12
11

8
6
2

3
3

6
6

1

2

2

13

21

5

6

13

11
8

2

2
2

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 ____________________
1 3 5 ____________________
1 4 0 ____________________
1 4 5 ____________________
1 5 0 --------------------------------

34
19
14

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 6 0 ____________________
1 7 0 __________________ ...
1 8 0 _____________________
1 9 0 ____________________
200 _____________________

200
210
220
230
240

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

2 1 0 ____________________
220 ____________________
230 _____________________
240 _____________________
250 _____________________

21
6
10

2 50
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

260
270
280
290
300

_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________

18

300 and o v e r__________________________

11

under
under
under
under
under

6

32
19
23

2

11

3

35

11

4

9

4

3

6

1

30

8

10
12

22
8

4
3

2

6

1

9
7
5

8

13

2

7
3

2
2
2

7
5

3
3

6
7
7

3

6

1
1

1
1

3

4

4

17

2
1

6
6

10

7
3
3
4
3

13

1

6
6
7

2

2
2

9

3
3

1

5
5

1
2

3

16

6
2
2

4

2
6

6

3

3

1

1

7
5
3

1
2
2

18
5
9

1

2

4
7

2
2
2
1

16

4

4

11

6
7
JS

5
5
5
3

12

2

5
7
3

2
2
2
2
1

10

6

3

2
5

9

3

2

2
1
8
1
2

2
1

6
1
1
2

4

11

10

5
3

1

3

1

1
1

3

7

1
1
1
1
1

1

1
4
3
5
3

1
1

1

2

3

4

2

2

1
2

2

12

7

4
4
13

5

12
12

6

24

12

9
4
7

4
15
9
16

17
25
17
5

20
10

2

68
20

32

36

8

4

2

17
13

11

4
4
3

12
12
10

2
1

17
13

3
3

3
3

2

8
6

12

3

1
1

14
4
5

2
1

1

2
2

1

1
1
2

3

1
1

2

2

30
18
27

5
24
18

2
11

21

8

25
13
15
19
4

12

13

3
3
7

10
12

24
5
4
5

11

12

13
4
5
4
4

7

2

2

14

2
1
1
1

2
1
1
1

1

1

1

1

10
8
5
3

12
3
4

2
2
1
1

1

1

2
2
2
1

2
2
2
1

2

9

4

4

2

1

3

46
43
39
37
15

11
6
6
6
2

5

4

23

5
3

Number of employees (in hundreds) .

771

305

468

294

108

181

307

140

169

87

37

Average hourly earnings (dollars) _

1*24

1 .0 1

1.30

1 .05

.81

1 .1 2

1.61

1.0 8

1 .7 7

1.5 7

•91

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees

1

1

1
2
1
2

1

48

2

2

1

1

464

1 .7 5 1.0 0

299

207

71

1.33

•95 1 .0 2

•83

•76

•85

165

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

13
Table 2-D:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - WEST: BY SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
All employees
Metropolitan
area counties
Hours
worked
in week
Total
1
35
or
to
34
more

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50 __
and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 ___________________________________
6 0 __ ____ „
__ _______ ____
65 _ ----------- __ __ __ ------------ --7 0 _______ „
---- „ ___________
75 _ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ____

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 __________ _________________ ___
8 5 _______ — ____ — — ______ __
9 0 _______ __ __ ____ ____ __ „
95 _
------- __ __ „ __ __ ____
100 _____ __ „ __ _______ __ ----

100 and under 105

_____________________

______

105 and under 110 ..... ............... ....... „ __ ____
110 and under 115 __ __ __ ____ __ ___________
115 and under 1 2 0 ------- „ __ ------------ -------------120 and under 1 2 5 ........ ........ .....................................

2
1
1
1

1

7

4

11

6
1
6

5
16
3

7

7

3

2

2

1
1

1

1

14
3

4

4
5

2
2

1

2
2

1
2

20

5

2

4

5

1
2
2
1

8
2
2
2
1

3

4
4
5
4

1
2
1

1
1

1

10
12
20
21

6
2

6
2
8

4

2
2

3

3

4

2

2
1

6
1

6
2

1

5

5
9

7
3
4
3

5
5
4
3

8
7

3

1

3
3

6
3

1
2
2
1

2
36

3

13

3

2
2
1

1
2
1
1
1
2

1

4

2
2
2
2
1

1

7

2
1
2

3

3

3

1

1

1
2

3
4
4
3

4

2

6
2
2
1
1

5
5
4
3

23

5

2
1

1
2
1
1
4

1
1
1
1
1
1

2
1

12

2
2
1
2

2

1

1
2
1

1

2
1

1

3

2
23

5

1

1
5

1

1
1

10
1

10

3
5
3

6
8

2
2

4

7
9

4

3

1

8
1

8
2

12
2

4

21
2

11

9

2

7
4
3

18
5

4
4

1

5
5

6

2
2
2
1

2
1
1
1

10
11

2
1

19
16

3

2
1

2
1

2

1

2

2
17
4
4

6»
1

1
6

11
4
3

2
2

1

2
2

1

3

15
3
4
4
4

3

1
2
1
1

1
2

8
10

3

2
1
1
1

16
15

2

1
1
1

1

1

1
1

3

1
6
2
2
1
1

3
4
4
3

1

4
9
4

9
4
7

2

2

35

1

1
2
1

318

96

218

132

40

92

141

49

87

46

11

1.6 8

1 .43

1*73

1.37

1* 11

1.4 2

2*13

1 .6 9

2 .2 4

1.95

1 .7 6

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees




2
1

1

4
3

250
260
270
280
2 90

Number of employees (in hundreds) __ ------- —

1

2

12

1

Average hourly earnings (dollars) ------------------------

2

2
1

2

8

------- —

3

4

8

200 and under 2 1 0 ______________ ____ „
210 and under 220 -------------- „ __ __ „ ------220 and under 230 ___ — ~ --------__ __ „
230 and under 240 __ -------------------------- __ --------240 and under 250 ---- ---------------------------------- ----

__ __ ----------------

3

1

2

2
1
1
1
1

3

4
5

1

300 and over _ ____

4

3

5
7
4
9

20

6
1
6

260 __
---- --------------------- ------270 ------- -----------------------------------280 ____________________ ____ __
2 90 ______ __ „ __ ____ ____
300 -------------- __ ------- -------------

8
10

10

9

1
1

8

6

under
under
under
under
under

3

2

1

16
3

16
13
27
23
A

and
and
and
and
and

8

2
1

4

---------------------- ---1 7 0 ------- ------- ------- __ -----------1 8 0 ___________ — ------- -----------190 __ __ ------- __ __ ------- __ ---200 ------- ----------- ------------------------

and under
and under
and under
and under
190 and under

3
5
3

1

18

160

150
160
170
180

1
1

10

12

26
7

under
under
under
under
under

2

10
1

35
3

130 __ -------------------- __ __ —
1 3 5 --------------------------------------------------140 ______ „ __
„ __ __ __
145
__ __
„ ----------------------150
__ — ------- — — __ — —

and
and
and
and
and

Women
Metropolitan
Nonnrletropolitan
area counties
are a counties
Hour 8
Hours
worked
worked
in week
in week__
Total
Total
1
1
35
35
to
or
or
to
34 more
34

_________ __ ______ ___ __ ___

50
55
60
65
70

125
130
135
140
145

Men

Nonmetropolitan
Metropolitan
Nonmetropolitan
area counties
area counties
area counties
Hours
Hours
Hours
worked
worked
worked
in week
in week
in week
Total
Total
Total
35
1
35
1
35
1
or
to
or
or
to
to
34
34
34
more
more

4

1
2
1
1
4

1

1

35

177

47

1 .98 1 .3 4 1 .2 0

131

86

1 .3 7 1.0 4

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

29

57_

.88 i 1 .0 8

14
Table

3:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956

DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - UNITED STATES.AND REGIONS: DY SIZE OF COMMUNITY AND NUMBER OF STORES OPERATED
(Number of employees in hundreds)
United States
Nonmetropolitan area counties
|
Single store
Two or three stores Four to ten stores Eleven or more stores
Metropolitan area counties
Communities other Communities of 5,000 Comm'unities of less!
Central cities
Hour
8
Hours
Hours
Hours
or more population than 5, 000 population!
than central cities
worked
worked
worked
worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked '
in week
in
week
in
week
in
week
Total
Total
in week
Total
in vreek
in vreek ....
in vreek
Total
1
I
35
I
35
35
35
1
35
Total
1
1
35
Total
35
1
Total
Total
1
35
to
or
to
or
to
or
to
to
or
or
to
or
to
or
to
or
34
34
34
34
34
34
more
more
34
more
more
more
more
more
34
more

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

„

__ __

_

—

____
_
60 _
70 _
„ __ — —
8 0 ________________________
90 ________________________
1 0 0 __ __ ____ .

50
60
70
80

and under
and under
and under
and under
90 and under

100 and under 110
#110 and under 120

_

120 and under 130
__
.. ~
130 and under 140 ..
140 and under 150
__ __ „
__ __

150
170
190
210
230

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

170

190
210

230
250

250 and over

„ __
------ __
__ „ __
_ __
__ __ „
„ __
______________________
______________________

__

----

— __ _

32

9

23

6

4

2

51

12

38

6

4

83
146

33
54
85
74
42

48
93
114

21

12

9
18

75
91
103
84
44

31
28
40
16
15

45
6?
64
67
31

24
55
35
24

15
29
7

241
77

107

134
56

31

13

35
17

35
4
5

57

101
60

91
27
17
16

22

8

1
1

200

176

111

22

101

70

66

44
29

37

10

87
74
55
44
29

25
13
19
9

2

64
37
35
27

111

26

84

6?

43
56
71
47

25
34
36
23

109
37
4?
26

58
13
14
4
3

50
23
28
16

10

1
1

42
36
28
18
9

12

29
31
23
16

23

4

20

1
2

59

12

20

3
5

2
1

22

35
24

22

17

8

12
6

47

37

?
5

13
14
9
19
18
13
9

6

20

4

5

2

3

1

8

1

9
3

6

2
2

31

12

4

64

25

38

16

3

13

14

1

13

139
205
243
194
123

66

23
38
44
38

7
13
14
17

15
25
29

12

112

73
123
131
117
76

3
5

21

10

20
10

9
13
17
18

17
7
4

311
67

145
17
38

44
16

22

23

5
4

12

2
2

54
32

11
6

164
52
63
43
27

9
7

1
1

5

6

8
6

92

60
59
48
33
18

19
14

2

18

9

68

32
9

10
12
6

2
1

11
8
11
6

114

28

2

26

1J
10 '

25
27
18
16

101

83

77
48

21

16

18
28
23

10

24
9
7

11
4

2

8

7

17

1
1
1

8

1

8
8

7
4
3

5
7

4
3

37
49
14
13
17

2

32
43
13
13
16

6

6

31

4

27

10

9
7

53
36
27
27

21

22

9
3

8

154

41

157

1981

743

1239

366

107

254

197

37

156

754

239

519

1.08 j

1 .2 0

. 1 .0 1

1.25

1.23

.97

1.28

1 .1 2

•87

1.14

1 .2 1

•98

1.26

11

9
13

14

21

3

8
8

1087

670

261

403

724

202

518

1.28

1.38

1.03

1.48

1.06

•88

1.09

2

1

1

5

4

1

5

4

1

2

1

1

14
24
32
18
17

10

3

12
22

9
15

3
7
9

19

13
15
31

6

5
7
13

3
4
7
5
3

2

3
5
4
3

7
4

2

1
1

9

5

4

2
1

2
2
2
1

1
2
2
1

2

2
1

3

2

86

5
7
5

69
43

58?

•80

22

6
8
2
2
2

1.04

249

68

16
38
47
64
46

39
17

1.23

1.0 2

15
35
31
36

92
55
38
34
27

Number of employees (in hundreds)_____ , 1664
Average hourly earnings (dollars)---------

31
72
77
99

Northeast
Under 50 __
50
60
70
80

and under
and under
and under
and under
90 and under

60
70
80
90

_
„
________________________
_ „
„
__ __
_ ---- — — — — —
100 _
____ __ __ __

100 and under 110
110 and under 120

.. .. —
.. — — —
120 and under 130 __
__ „ — __ —
130 and under 140
__ —
__
140 and under 150
------ __
150 and under
170 and under
190 and under
210 and tinder
230 and under
250 and over

__

----

—

Number of employees (in hundreds)-----Average hourly earnings (dollars)

_

19
9

29
27
24

20

16
14

11
10

29
5
5

27

8
8

12

8

1

8

9

1
1

28
15
15

10
1

18
14

16
13
13

6
1

•5

2

17
13

11
6

1
1

10

15

21

4

16

21

2

19

20

_

9

9
7
9

20

18

170____ — — — __ __
190
„ ____
__ __
210 ..
__ — __ „
230
---__ ---250 __ __ ..

10

11

56
16
17

50
17

„
__

13
23

30
3

5
3

15

10

11

3
e

3

§
i

e
»

|
i
s

11
12
10

§

i

©

7
9

11

3

o
’a

ia

ia

*3

£
9
10
.S

.2

9
5

.2

1

22

40
38
35

7

8

21
20

17
15

93
19
27

53

20
8

4

39
14
16
16

14
4
3
3

8

1
2
2

6
11

1

1

5

1

9

5
4

8
6

2
1
1
1
1

12
11

3
5

7
7

1

9
5
5
7

8

2

6

9

1

3
5
9

8
6

3
5
9

6

6

3

2
1

29

3'

3

2

2

21
21
21
11

2
8

20

35

6

13
18

3

2

1

3

2

3

2

11

3

19

27
14

6

8

14

1

2
2
1

2
2
2
2
1

33

3
3

10
6

1

6

334

141

191

308

135

171

72

25

46

468

214

254

83

37

.44

37

12

22

155

, 1*43

1.06

1.55

1.34

•95

1.48

1.07

•78

1.15

1 .40

1.05

1.53

1 .2 1

•90

1.33

1.44

1 .0 1

1*53

1*25

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees




J

.1 '

49»
•81

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

5

104
1*35

15
Table

3:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average houtly earning* and hours worked in week, October 1956

DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - UNITED STATES AND REGIONS: RY SIZE OF COMMUNITY AND NUMBER OF STORES OPERATEDl - Continued
(Number of employees in hundreds)
South
Metropolitan area counties
Nonmetropolitan area counties
Single store
Two or three stores Four to ten stores Eleven or more stores
Communities other Communities of 5,000 Communities of less
Central cities
Hours
Hours
Hours
Hours
than central cities
or more population than 5,000 population
worked
worked
worked
worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
in
week
in
week
in
week
in
week
Total -----j—
in week
in week
Total
in vreek
___ in week__
Total
Total
35
1
35
1
35
1
I
Total
Total
j—
Total
Total
35
35
1
35
to
or
to
to
or
to
or
to
to
or
or
or
to
or
to
or
34
34
34
34
34
more
more
more
34
more
mors
34
more
more
34

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 5 0 ------------------------------------------------

25

6

19

45

10

34

48

16

31

14

2

12

60
70
80
90

52
71
81
62
31

15
17
29
18
6

37
55
51
44
25

55
54
47
36
12

18
11
8
3
3

38
43
39
33
10

86
109
103:
80
27

35
31
31
21
6

51
79
72
59
21

16
19
15
12
4

3
2
1
5
1

12
17
14
7
3

61
18
19
9
7

14
1
5
1
1

47
17
14
8
7

30
5
5
5
5

7

23
4
4
5
5

19
3
4

55
11
8
9
5

5
3
3
1
2

1

4
3
3
1
2

1
1
*
2

11
12
14
7
7

2
3
3
2

9
10
11
5
7

13
16
20
7
5

3
2
3
4

10
13
17
3
5

4
2
2
2
1

4
2
1
2
1

J
|
'3
*§
s

19

7

30

11

19

5

5

Number of employees (in hundreds)_____

506

Average hourly earnings (dollars)_____

1*02

and under
and under
and under
and under

70 _ __ __ „ „
— —
8 0 __
90 .
100 .
.................

..
__ __
_ _

100
110
120
130
140

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

110
120 _
130
140 „
150
__ ..

150
170
190
210
230

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

170 __ __ __ „ „
190
„ __ __
__
210
__
__ „
230
— __ __ __ __
250 __ „
__ __

250 and over

— __

__

~

„
__
__
„

__ _

e
2

£

K

1a
2
A
S
-d
a
.£
;s
*3

2

s
1
I

74:
14 !
121
9
5

a

g
i
*
a
a
-o

i

•J
2

!
1

17
19
24
27
16

3
5
7
6
2

13
15
18
21
14

28
12
8
5
5

11
2
2
1
1

17
10
6
4
4

7
3
2
3
4

1
1
1

6
3
2
3
3

4

1

3

9
8
9
4
2

1
2

8
8
8
2
2

13

13

1

12

130

379

344

67

278

92

34

57

658

189

468

110

15

93

85

11

74

184

44

142

•91

1*03

•94

•76

•95

•94

•84

•96

•98

•88

•99

•94

•76

•96

•95

•76

•96

1*05

•96

1*06

5

2

3

17
49
81
82
51

8
23
30
40
23

8
26
51
42
28

3
7
13
19
14

3
5
10
9
6

2
3
10

4
6

2
2
2
3

2
4
6
5
3

3
26
38
59
31

3
17
17
24
12

1
9
21
36
19

106
31
40
23
15

53
11
16
9
5

53
21
24
15
10

25

12
2
3
1

4

2
1

7
3
1

3

1

3

47
29
18
17
10

24
9
5
6

23
19
13
12
8

30
14
19
14
4

8
2
9
3

22
13
11
11
4

11

12
7
5
3
2

2
1
1

10
6
4
3
2

39

7

32

11

8

a

1

1
'g
%

J

North Central
Under 50 __
50
60
70
80
90

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

__ __

------

60
„
.. ..
7 0 ________________________
80 _ __
__
„ __
__ .. __ ..
90
1 0 0 _______________________

100
110
120
130
140

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

110
120
__ ..
130--------- „ __ „
14Q __ __
__ — „ „
150
____ __

150
170
190
210
230

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

170 — __
__ —
190
__ ____ „
210 __
„ __
230
250
__ __ „ __

__ __
__ „
__ __
__

250 and over

8

11
9
5

3

4

7
2
2
1

5

2

3

11

5

6

7
13
23

4
15
18
19
12

32
63
89
57
48

18
27

8

11
28
41
27
19

14
36
45
28
28

12
6
8
8
5

33
14
5
5
3

18
2
1
1
1

15
12

7
4
6
2
2

5
5
3
3
1

2

3

10

11

1

8

8

1

8
1d
(X
)
h.
c
1
a
jo
a
-a

4

3
3

1

4
l
3
1

1
*3
J

10

Number of employees (in hundreds)------

620

249

374

151

55

93

219

88

130

78

24

53

Average hourly earnings (dollars)---------

1.21

1.01

1*26

1*36

•97

1*47

1*09

•85

1*16

.97

•64

1*03

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees




44

29
20

103
20
34
15
11

52

27
14
21
12
3

9
2
8
2

18
12
13
9
3

44

8

36

604

248

357

1.19

•95

4

14
4

2

i
a
8
I
g
i

51
17
20
11
10

1*26

8
8
3

9

2
2
2

2
■1a
1
|
J

87
1*36

33
•92

55
1*47

1

2
2
1
1

3

2
1
1
1

1

1

1

9

1

43

316

125

194

1*13

.97

1.18

57
1*11

13
.85

!• 15

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

16
Table

3:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight*time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956

DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES - UNITED STATES AND REGIONS: RY SIZE OF COMMUNITY AND NUMBER OF STORES OPERATEDl - Continued

(Number of employees in hundreds)
West

Metropolitan area counties
Nonmetropolitan area counties
|
Single store
Two or three stores Four to ten stores Eleven or more stores
Communities other Communities of 5,000 Commiunities of less 1
Central cities
Hours
Hours
Hours
Hours
than central cities
or more population than 5, 000 population
worked
worked
worked
worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
in week
in week
in week
in week
Total
Total
in week
in week
in v/eek
in week
Total
Total
1
35
1
1
I
35
35
35
35
1
Total
Total
Total
1
35
Total
35
1
35
to
to
or
or
to
or
or
to
to
or
to
or
to
or
to
or
34
34
34
34
34
more
more
more
more
34
more
34
more
more
34
more

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50
50
60
70
80
90

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

__

— _

1

_ —

60 _
— __ __
__ _
7 0 ------------------------------------80 .
__ __
..
90 _
_ _ _ _ _
1 0 0 __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _

2
6
1A
12

1
3
6
4

1
3
8
8

2
2
6

1
1
2

1
1
3

5
8
7

4
2
2

100 and under
110 and under
120 and under
130 and under
140 and under

110
____
120 __
130
140 __
__
__ __
150
__ __ __
__ —

24
11
22
10
7

10
2
6
4
3

15
9
16
6
4

14
7
13
5
5

9
3
5
2
2

5
3
8
3
4

20
6
6
4
2

5
2
2

150
170
190
210
230

170
__ __
__ __ __
190
__ __ __ __ __ —
21 0 ______________________
230 ______________________
250 __ __ __ __ __ __ __

18
33
7
3
3

5
7
2
1

13
27
5
2
3

12
17
5
3

2
2

10
15
5
3

6
5
3
4
2

1
1

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

250 and over

__ __

— _

__ -

Number of employees (in hundreds)-------Average hourly earnings (dollars)_____

32

8

23

8

23

11

3

16
4
4
4
1

j
3

a
s
6.

5
4
2
3
2

g
a
£
o
2
a
-a
a
•
'38

7

*3
s

2
11
11
19
13

10
6
6
2

2
1
6
13
12

1
4
9
4

41
14
28
10
8

21
4
9
3
4

19
10
19
7
4

13
6
10
3
3

19
17
7
3
3

, 6
3
2

13
14
5
3
2

7
5
3
4
1

45

16

30

13

1
2
5
1

2
4
2

3
2
2
1

10
5
7
2
2

3

2

7
3
2
4
1
11

a

JO

1
<0
£.
g
9
t
3
s
2

cd

§
*3
s03
sS

1
2
12

1
1
4

1
8

5
3
5
5
4

1
1
2
2
1

4
2
3
4
3

9
33
4
2
2

1
5

8
28
4
2
2

12

2

10

21

79

204

62

143

114

37

76

89

22

64

251

92

160

86

22

62

99

1.62

1*41

1*66

1.79

1.47

1.86

1.48

1.34

1.50

1.54

!• 30

l.oO

1.56

1.33

1..6Q

1.73

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees




15

2
5
5

1.48 . 1.77

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

17
Table

4: Number and straight-time average weekly earnings of nonsupervisory employees by hours worked in week, October 1956

DRUG STORES AND P R O P R IE T A R Y STO RES - U N ITED S T A T E S AND REGIONS

(Number of employees in hundreds)

Item

All employees:
1 to 34 hours
__ „ _______________________ 35 to 40 hours ________________________ __ —
41 to 47 hours__ __________ _______ _____
48 or more hours -----------------------------------------Men:
1 to 34 hours ______ __ --------------------- -------35 to 40 hours_____ — ---------------- --------41 to 47 hours_____ „ ------- ------------ -------48 or more hours --------- ------- -------------- _
Women:
1 to 34 hours
__ ----------- — ----------------------35 to 40 hours--- ------- ------- ------- --------------------------------- — —
41 to 47 hours-------48 or more hours ____ — — __ ------------ —

United States
Number
Average
of
weekly
employees earnings

Northeast
Number
Average
weekly
of
employees
earnings

South
Number
Average
weekly
of
employees earnings

North Central
Number
Average
weekly
of
employees
earnings

West
Number
Average
weekly
of
employees earnings

1134
797
521
855

$19.19
51.30
51.55
62. 85

313
220
100
112

$19. 10
57.39
55.23
81.54

262
196
175
402

$17.32
38.05
39.59
53.05

419
216
190
248

$17. 76
45. 94
55.40
64.40

140
165
56
93

$27.19
65.97
69.96
78. 98

564
265
176
434

20.28
69.28
73.06
82.88

183
105
46
88

19. 58
71.95
70.31
92.26

142
58
41
192

18. 77
48.31
55.03
68. 81

176
47
64
108

18. 15
66.86
79.23
91.53

63
55
25
46

31.76
88.41
91.77
104. 62

556
525
346
410

18.09
42. 32
41. 11
41.68

126
115
54
23

18.40
43.89
42. 81
43.28

120
137
136
205

15. 63
33.74
35.21
38.07

235
167
125
137

17.46
40.15
43. 59
42.72

75
106
31
45

23.42
54.77
53.86
53.77

828
1488

20.17
58.74

273
362

19.46
64. 96

154
440

19-02
47. 51

305
468

18.73
57.59

96
218

28.59
73.45

582
1087

20.26
56. 51

141
191

20.83
66. 50

130
379

18.85
47.31

249
374

18. 70
55. 52

62
143

28.38
69-90

261
403

19.96
64. 76

135
171

18.02
63.24

*
*

*
*

55
93

18. 86
65.81

37
76

28.92
80. 19

284
672

16.40
49. 67

36
65

16.42
53.04

100
334

14. 63
44.42

108
181

15. 15
50.93

40
92

23. 96
63. 60

202
518

17.04
49. 67

25
46

15. 91
51.34

67
2 78

14. 39
44.24

88
130

16. 11
52.15

22
64

29.56
66.47

86
157

14.98
49. 67

*
★

34
57

15.07
45.27

24
53

11.83
47. 92

*
*

*
*

743
1239

19. 13
56.39

214
254

19. 69
66.66

189
468

16.87
45. 67

248
357

17. 75
56.99

92
160

26.23
70.11

107
254

20. 53
59. 32

37
44

18. 65
59.96

15
93

18.27
46. 70

33
55

18.37
68.79

22
62

28.00
69.06

37
156

17.43
52.01

12
22

18.29
67.39

11
74

15. 63
45. 53

13
43

18.01
50.30

*
*

239
519

19.04
54.24

49
104

17. 13
54.94

44
142

19.47
47.80

125
194

17.58
50. 86

21
79

Community size:
Metropolitan area counties:
Total 1 to 34 hours
------- __ ------- — ------- __ —
35 or more hours ------- ----------------------------- Central cities 1 to 34 hours
__
----------- ---------35 or more hours __ — *------- ---------------- —
Communities other than central cities 1 to 34 hours ______ _ ------- ------ —
35 or more hours -----------------------------------------Nonmetropolitan area counties:
Total 1 to 34 hours
— ------- — __ ------- --------- _
35 or more hours __ ---- --------- -----------------Communities of 5,000 or more population 1 to 34 hours ------------------- ------------------------35 or more hours __ ------------ ----------------------Communities of less than 5,000 population 1 to 34 hours
__
__ ---------- —
35 or more hours __ -------------------------------------

*
*

Number of stores operated by company:
Single store:
1 to 34 hours
__ __ ------- ------- — —
-------------------------- —
35 or more hours
Two or three stores:
1 to 34 hours
__
------- ---------------- ---- 35 or more hours __ __ ------- ----------------Four to ten stores:
1 to 34 hours
---- __ ------- ------- ----- 35 or more hours __ ----------- ------------------- Eleven or more stores:
1 to 34 hours ________________________________
35 or more hours __ __ __ __ — ------------------

NOTE: For definitions of terms used in this table, see Appendix.
* Insufficient data to warrant presentation.




Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

*
*
30.47
73. 62

18

Appendix: |Scope and Method of Survey
The O ctober 1956 survey o f em ployee earnings in a ll retail
trade establishm ents (except eating and drinking p la ce s) conducted by
the U. S. Department o f Labor*s Bureau of L abor Statistics was d e ­
signed to provide separate inform ation fo r m a jo r reta il industry groups
as w ell as fo r selected sp e cific lin es o f b u sin ess.
Industry C la ssifica tion
This bulletin relates to Drug Stores and P ro p rie ta ry Stores
(group S91) as defined in the Standard Industrial C la ssifica tion Manual,
1949 edition, prepared by the Bureau o f the Budget, E xecutive O ffice
o f the P resid en t.
The drug store and p rop rieta ry store group includes retail
establishm ents p rim a rily engaged in selling any com bination o f such
lin es o f m erchandise as p re scrip tio n drugs, c o s m e tic s , to ile tr ie s,
patent m ed icin es, tob a cco, novelty m erch an dise; such establishm ents
may or may not operate a lunch a n d /o r soda fountain in conjunction
with these retail a ctiv itie s.
Sampling and C ollection P ro ced u re
The retail trade survey was conducted on a sam ple b a s is .
Data w ere obtained fr o m about 28, 000 stores and au xiliary units,
selected in a ccord a n ce with line of bu sin ess, location , and em p loy­
ment s iz e . The sample design w as such as to perm it the publication
o f data fo r each o f the m ajor kind o f business groups in retail trade
(except eating and drinking p la ce s), but fo r only a few of the sp e cific
lin es o f bu sin ess. The sample fo r the drug store and p rop rieta ry store
group included 1,557 establishm ents.
The sample used in the reta il trade
selected fro m three differen t sou rces;

study as a whole was

The 110 chains in this cla ss w ere visited by Bureau r e p r e ­
sentatives who explained the nature of the sample and the inform ation
needed.
Actual com pilation o f the data was done by the company in
the bulk o f the c a s e s .
About 8, 000 units w ere selected fro m these
large com pan ies.
2. State Unemployment Com pensation Insurance listin g s. — The
m ost cu rren tly available listings o f the State Unemployment Insurance
(U .I. ) agen cies provided the b a sis fo r selectin g the la rgest number of
sample units.
A fter units belonging to the la rge chains r e fe rre d to above
and establishm ents with few er than eight em p loyees (see item 3) w ere
excluded, a sample of reporting units was selected in a system atic
fashion from lists arranged by State and line of b u sin ess. The sam ­
pling ratios varied by line of business and region and in creased with
em ploym ent siz e — a ll units of 500 or m ore em p loyees w ere included.
A ll units thus selected and having 1, 000 or m ore em ployees
w ere visited by trained rep resen tatives o f the Bureau.
About 1,800
units w ere included in this part of the sam ple.
The bulk o f the r e ­
spondents in this group w ere large urban department stores which
w ere not con sid ered as chains in the sampling design, even where a
number o f store units w ere under com m on ow nership.
The rem ainder of the units selected fro m unemployment c o m ­
pensation lists w ere included in a m ail can vass.
A sample o f those
not replying to two m ail requests was visited by Bureau represen tatives.
A ltogeth er, about 13, 000 stores w ere co v e re d in this group.
3.
Single-unit stores with few er than eight em p loyees. — Data
fo r single-unit stores with few er than eight em p loyees w ere collected
by the Bureau of the C ensus in its monthly survey of retail trade.
Two monthly sam ples of such stores w ere used, totaling about 5,000
sto re s.

Estim ating P roced u re
1.
Large multiunit com p a n ies. — Current lists of stores and
Data fo r each sampling unit co lle cte d , whether store, group
auxiliary units (such as w arehouses and o ffic e s ) w ere provided by 110
o f sto re s, or individual em ployee, w ere weighted in accord an ce with
chains with the la rgest em ploym ent (chains operating a sm all number
the probability of selecting that unit.
F o r instance, where 1 store
o f la rg e urban stores w ere not included in this group). Units in each
out o f 10 was selected fro m a chain, a ll data fro m that store w ere
of these lists w ere stratified by loca tion and em ploym ent siz e .
A
con sid ered as represen tin g itself and 9 other sto re s. Thus, each seg­
system atic sample was then selected in a ccord a n ce with a set of sam ­
ment was given its appropriate weight in the total, despite the inclusion
pling ratios that varied by line of bu sin ess.
o f a ll large sto re s and only a sm all p rop ortion of sm all stores.
In a few c a s e s , com pany re c o r d s fo r individual em ployees
w ere available in groupings broad er than store units; in these instances,
a system atic sample o f em p loyees in a ll units was selected .




A ll estim ated totals d erived fro m this weighting p ro ce s s w ere
further adjusted to the em ploym ent lev els fo r O ctober 1956, as given
in the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly em ploym ent s e rie s after

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excluding eating and drinking p laces (6.7 m illio n ).
The totals pub­
lish ed in this survey d iffer fro m those in the monthly s e r ie s since the
latter include total instead of n onsupervisory em ploym ent.
In o rd er
to d erive these em ploym ent le v e ls fo r the detailed line o f b u sin e ssregion al groups presented in this rep ort, the totals in the B u r e a u s
em ploym ent s e r ie s w ere broken down on the b a sis of the line o f b u si­
n e ss-re g io n a l em ploym ent totals found in the 1954 Census o f B usiness.
F o r fluid m ilk pasteurizing and home d eliv ery (included in this study
but not in the Census of B usiness), data fro m the 1954 Census of
M anufactures w ere used.
With very few exception s, the adjustment of the survey totals
to the predesignated totals was confined to that part of the survey which
was collecte d by m ail, or by p erson al visit to the nonrespondents
th ereto. O bviously, lis ts available fro m the U .I. om itted units opened
after the effective date o f the lis ts . Adjustment to predesignated totals
was n ecessa ry to keep this s e cto r fro m being underrepresented in the
total. In the case of the census sam ple, the large store sam ple, and
the chain store sam ple, the best unbiased estim ates of totals w ere
p resu m ed to be the weighted-up sample tota ls, there being no problem
o f u nrepresented business births in these groups.
P ro b le m s of N onresponse
In that part o f the survey conducted by m ail canvass, estim ates
fo r the nonrespondent population w ere made from the field followup
of a sample o f the nonrespondents.
In the estim ating proced u re this
sam ple, th e re fo re , ca rrie d la rg e r weights than those re ce iv e d by m ail.
The resp on se rate to the m ail questionnaire portion of the survey was
about 53 p ercen t.
About 30 percent o f the rem ainder w ere follow ed
up by p erson al visit, the ratio varying by kind of bu sin ess. A nalysis
o f the resu lts showed that within each kind of b u sin e ss-re g io n a l cla ss ,
the schedules obtained by personal visit averaged slightly le s s in earn­
ings than those replying by m ail.
In the part of the survey made by m ail or person al visit to
the nonrespondents thereto, the weight o f unusable schedules and of
refu sals w as imputed to the whole o f this subuniverse. This was c a r ­
ried out in the p r o c e s s of adjusting to the predeterm ined totals fo r
the region al kind o f business groups.
In that part o f the survey where co lle ctio n was done by the
Bureau of the Census rep resen tatives, le s s than 5 percent o f the stores
within scope of the survey failed to provide usable data.
To c o m ­
pensate fo r the lo s s of these schedules, their weight was assigned
to usable schedules in the same kind of b u sin ess in the same o r r e ­
lated a re a s.
The p rob lem s o f response and unusable data w ere alm ost non­
existent in the large store and large chain sam ples.




C rite ria fo r Publication o f E stim ates
Since the survey was done on a sample b a sis, the resu lts of
this survey d iffer fro m those that would have been obtained by a c o m ­
plete canvass of all retail a ctiv ities. These d ifferen ces may be sub­
stantial in those instances w here the sample w as sm all; it has not
been p o ssib le , th e re fo re, to present distributions and averages for
a ll c a se s.
«
The follow ing general crite ria have been follow ed:
1. No distributions are shown fo r groupings of le s s than
50 sto re s; except department stores where the sample cov ered m ost
of the large stores in the u niverse.
2.
No data o f any kind are
than 30 sto r e s.

shown fo r

situations with le ss

3.
No published segm ent, rega rd less of number of stores
involved, contains data from few er than 10 distinct em p loyers.
Definition of T erm s
E stablishm ent. — Data w ere reported fo r individual establishr
ments rather than fo r com panies. A^n establishm ent is gen erally d e­
fined as a single physical location where business is conducted. Where
two or m ore a ctiv ities w ere ca rrie d on at a single establishm ent, the
entire establishm ent was cla ss ifie d on the b a sis of its m ajor activity
(in term s of sa les); all data fo r such an establishm ent w ere included
in that c la ssifica tio n . Thus, earnings data fo r cafeteria em ployees of
department stores and lunch-counter em ployees of drug stores w ere in­
cluded, w hereas em p loyees of establishm ents cla ssified as prim arily
eating p la ces w ere excluded.
When two or m ore a ctivities w ere ca rried on at a single
location by separate bu sin ess entities, each entity was treated as an
establishm ent. Thus, a leased department in a department o r clothing
store was treated as a separate establishm ent and was included in
these tabulations on the b asis of its activities rather than as a part
of the store within which it operated.
Data fo r auxiliary units of retail establishm ents (such as sep ­
arate w a reh ou ses, adm inistrative o ffic e s , e t c .) w ere included in this
rep ort and c la ss ifie d on the b asis of the m a jor activity of the retail
establishm ent se rv ice d .
N onsu pervisory E m p lo y e e s. — The term ’’n onsupervisory e m ­
p loy ees, " as used in this rep ort, includes all fu ll-tim e and p art-tim e
em p loyees such as sa lesp erson s, shipping and receiv in g cle rk s, stock
cle rk s, la b o r e r s , w arehousem en, caretak ers, o ffice c le r k s , d riv e rs ,
d r iv e r -sa le sm e n , installation and repair men, dem on strators, a ltera ­
tion hands, elevator o p era tors, p o rte rs, jan itors, and watchm en, and
other em p loyees whose s e rv ice s are clo s e ly associa ted with those of
em ployees listed above, including working su p erv isors. Excluded are
o ffic e r s and prin cip a l execu tives, such as bu yers, department heads,
and m anagers whose w ork is above the working su pervisory le v e l.

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Earnings Data. — F or pu rp oses o f this study, earnings data
relate to straight-tim e earnings, excluding overtim e prem ium pay.
C om m ission a n d /o r bonus earnings and sp ecia l sales bonuses (such
as PM*s and Stims) paid quarterly o r oftener are included.
B onuses
paid le s s frequently than qu arterly are excluded.
Individual average hourly earnings fo r em p loyees not paid by
the hour w ere obtained by dividing total earnings rep orted by the num­
b e r of hours w orked during the corresp on d in g p eriod .
Individual w eekly earnings w ere obtained b y multiplying the
average hourly earnings, com puted as above, by the number of hours
w orked during the selected week ending n earest O ctober 15, 1956.
Group average hourly earnings published in this rep ort w ere
obtained by dividing total individual weekly earnings by total individual
w eekly hours w orked.

Louisiana, M aryland, M ississip p i, North C arolina, Oklahoma, South
C arolina, T enn essee, T exas, V irgin ia, and West V irginia; North C en­
tr a l— Illin ois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, M ichigan, M innesota, M issou ri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and W isconsin; West—
A rizon a, C alifornia, C olorad o, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New M exico,
O regon, Utah, Washington, and W yoming.
M etropolitan A r e a s . — The term ’’m etropolitan a re a ” used in
this rep ort r e fe r s to the Standard M etropolitan A rea s established under
the sponsorship o f the Bureau o f the Budget. C entral cities of m e tro ­
politan a rea s include the la rgest city (over 5b, 000 inhabitants by d ef­
inition of the te rm m etropolitan area) and all other cities in the area
with a population of 25, 000 or m ore, p rovided each such city has a
population amounting to at least on e-th ird the population of the largest
city. A ll other com m unities in the m etropolitan area are included as
’’com m unities other than cen tral c i t i e s .”

Group average weekly earnings w ere computed by dividing
the sum o f the individual weekly earnings by the number o f em p loyees
represen ted in the group total.

Nonm etropolitan A r e a s . — A ll com m unities not in a m etrop oli­
tan area w ere c la ss ifie d as to their population accord in g to the 1950
census— those with 5, 000 or m ore and those with le s s than 5, 000.

H our8 W orked in W eek. —Individual earnings data are tabulated
in this rep ort accord in g to the number o f hours w orked by the em ployee
during the selected week ending n earest O ctober 15, 1956. Weeks
containing nonworking holidays or other irre g u la r w ork schedules w ere
avoided.

Number of Stores O perated. — Data w ere tabulated in a c c o r d ­
ance with the number of retail stores rep orted as operated by the
parent com pany, as follow s: (a) Single store; (b) 2 or 3 stores; (c) 4 to
10 sto re s; and (d) 11 o r m ore sto re s.
Respondents w ere requested
to indicate the number o f stores operated by the parent company rather
than by a subsidiary com pany. Thus, if the parent company operated
a total o f 12 stores through 2 subsidiary com panies of 6 each, data
fo r a ll stores w ere grouped accord in g to the total of 12 (appearing in
the group, 11 or m o re ) rather than the 6 (4 to 10) operated by the
su bsid iary.

R eg io n s. — The region s used in this study are: N ortheast—
Connecticut, M aine, M assachusetts, New H am pshire, New J ersey ,
New Y ork, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Verm ont; South— Alabam a,
A rkansas, D elaw are, D istrict o f C olum bia, F lo rid a , G eorgia, Kentucky,




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