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EMPLOYEE EARNINGS
IN RETAIL TRADE
IN OCTOBER 1956
D IS T R IB U T IO N OF N O N S U P E R V IS O R Y E M P LO Y E E S B Y A V E R A G E E A R N IN G S

SUMMARY REPORT
B u lle tin N o. 1220

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, Secretary




BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
iw an ClagtiG, CommissiotiRr




Employee Earnings
in Retail Trade
in October 1956




D IS T R IB U T IO N OF N O N S U P E R V IS O R Y E M P LO Y E E S BY A V E R A G E E A R N IN G S

SUMMARY REPORT

Bulletin No. 1220
December 1957

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, Commissioner

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington 25, D.C. - Price 55 cents




Contents
Page
Introduction ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Summary______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Characteristics of retail trade ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Average hourly earnings ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nationwide earnings ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Earnings of men and wom en______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Earnings by region________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Earnings by community size ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Earnings by number of stores operated by company_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Average weekly earnings _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Relationship between mean and median averages ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Supplementary wage benefits _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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2
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7

Charts:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Straight-time average hourly earnings of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade, United States and
regions by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties, October 1956 __________________________________________________________
Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and sex, October 1956 -------------Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and regions, October 1956____
Percent distribution of men and women nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by hours worked in week, October 1956 _________
Nonsupervisory employment and number earning less than $ 1 an hour in retail trade industry groups, October 1956
____________
Cumulative percentage distributions of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade, United States total by
straight-time average hourly earnings and sex, October 1956 ________________________________________________________________________
Cumulative percentage distributions of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade, United States and regions by
straight-time average hourly earnings, October 1956 _________________________________________________________________________________

Cumulative percentage distributions of nonsupervisory employees, United States and regions by straight-time average
hourly earnings, October 1956 8. Building materials and farm equipment dealers _________________________________________________________________________________________
9. General merchandise stores _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Food stores _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11. Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations _______________________________________________________________________________________
12. Apparel and accessories stores __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
13. Furniture, home furnishings, and appliance stores _____________________________________________________________________________________
14. Miscellaneous retail stores ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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10
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16
17
18
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20

Tables:
1.

Number and straight-time average hourly earnings of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade, major industry groups
and selected characteristics,October 1956 __________________________________________________________________________________________

21

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
2:
United States: By s e x __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22
2 -A :
Northeast: By sex ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
23
2-B :
South: By sex ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24
2-C :
North Central: By sex _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
25
2 - D: West: By s e x ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26
Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours wprked in
week, October 1956
3:
United States: By s e x __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3- A: Northeast: By sex ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3-B: South: By sex ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ^---------------------------3-C:
North Central: By s e x _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________
3-D:
West: By s e x ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________




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Contents - Continued
Page
Tables: - Continued
Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week,
October 1956
4:
4 -A:
4-B :
4-C :
4 - D:

United States: By metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ________________________________________________________________
Northeast: By metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ____________________________________________________________________
South: By metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties_________________________________________________________________________
North Central: By metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties _______________________________________________________________
West: By metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties _________________________________________________________________________

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34
35
36

5:
5 - A:
5-B:
5-C:
5 - D:

United States: Men employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties _______________________________________________
Northeast: Men employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ___________________________________________________
South: Men employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ________________________________________________________
North Central: Men employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ______________________________________________
West: Men employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ________________________________________________________

37
38
39
40
41

6:
6 - A:
6-B :
6-C :
6 - D:

United States: Women employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ____________________________________________
Northeast: Women employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ________________________________________________
South: Women employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ____________________________________________________
North Central: Women employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ___________________________________________
West: Women employees,by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties _____________________________________________________

42
43
44
45
46

7:
7- A:
7-B :
7-C :
7 - D:

United States:
Northeast: By
South: By size
North Central:
West: By size

By size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ________________________________________
size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ____________________________________________
of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties __________________________________________________
By size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ________________________________________
of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties __________________________________________________

47
48
49
50
51

8:
8 - A:
8-B:
8-C :
8 - D:

United States: Men employees, by size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties _______________________
Northeast: Men employees,by size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ___________________________
South: Men employees, by size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ________________________________
North Central: Men employees,by size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties _______________________
West: Men employees,by size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties _________________________________

52
53
54
55
56

9:
9 - A:
9-B :
9-C :
9 - D:

United States: Women employees,by size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ____________________
Northeast: Women employees,by size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ________________________
South: Women employees,by size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties _____________________________
North Central: Women employees,by size of community in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area counties ____________________
West: Women employees,by size of community in metropolitan and .nonmetropolitan area counties _____________________________

57
58
59
60
61

10:
10-A:
10-B:
10-C:
10-D:

United States: By number of stores operated by company _________________________________________________________________________
Northeast: By number of stores operated by company_____________________________________________________________________________
South: By number of stores operated by company__________________________________________________________________________________
North Central: By number of stores operated by company _________________________________________________________________________
West: By number of stores operated by company ___________________________________________________________________________________

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64
65
66

11:

United States and regions: By number of stores operated in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areacounties ------------------------------

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Contents - Continued
Page
Tables: - Continued
Number and straight-time average weekly earnings of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by hours worked in week, October 1956
12:
United States and regions _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

70

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
13:
Building materials and farm equipment dealers: United States andregions __________________________________________________________

72

14:
General merchandise stores: United States and regions _____________________________________________________________________________
14-1: Department stores: United States and regions _______
14- 2: Variety stores: United States and regions ____________________________________________________________________________________________

73
74
75

15:
15-

Food stores: United States and regions _______________________________________________________________________________________________
1: Grocery stores: United States and regions ___________________________________________________________________________________________

76
77

16:
Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations: United States andregions _______________________________________________________
1 6 - 1: Franchised motor vehicle dealers: United States and regions _______________________________________________________________________
16- 2: Gasoline service stations: United States and regions ________________________________________________________________________________

78
79
80

17:
1 7 - 1:
17-2:
17- 3:

Apparel and accessories stores: United States and regions __________________________________________________________________________
Men*s and boys* clothing stores: United States and regions __________________________________________________________________________
Women*s ready-to-wear stores: United States and regions __________________________________________________________________________
Shoe stores: United States and regions _______________________________________________________________________________________________

81
82
83
84

18:
Furniture, home furnishings, and appliance stores: United States andregions ______________________________________________________
1 8 - 1: Furniture and home furnishings stores: United States and regions ___________________________________________________________________
18- 2: Household appliance and radio stores: United States and regions ___________________________________________________________________

85
86
87

19:
19-

88
89

Miscellaneous retail stores: United States and regions _____________________________________________________________________________
1: Drug stores and proprietary stores: United States and regions _____________________________________________________________________

Appendixe s:
A:

Tables 1: Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade (except eating and drinking places) within the scope of
the survey and selected industry groups by occupational groups ___________________________________________________________________
2: Comparison of mean and median straight-time average hourly earnings of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade
by hours worked in week, United States and regions, October 1956 _______________________________________________________________

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B : Scope and method of survey __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Scope of su rvey_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sampling and collection procedure _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Estimating procedure ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Problems of nonresponse __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Criteria for publication of estim ates______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kind of business covered___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Definition of terms _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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96

C: Questionnaire

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Chart 1. STRAIGHT-TIME AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES
In Retail Trade




U N ITED S T A T E S A N D R E G IO N S B Y M E T R O P O LIT A N A N D N O N M E T R O P O LIT A N A R EA C O U N T IE S
O c to b e r 1956

NORTHEAST

VI

Employee Earnings in
Introduction
This bulletin provides information on the hourly and weekly
earnings of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade (except eating
and drinking places) in the United States in October 1956. Although
most of the statistical tables in this report relate to retail trade as a
group, summary information is provided for various lines of retail
activity in the text, charts, and tables. Earlier publications providing
greater detail for various retail trade industries are listed on the
order form.
In recognition of the wide variation in weekly work schedules
that exists in retail trade industries, distributions of employees by
wage intervals are provided by hours worked in a week. Except where
otherwise identified, average hourly earnings for various employee
groupings published in this report were obtained by dividing total in­
dividual weekly earnings by total individual hours worked.
Details
concerning scope and method of study and definitions of terms are
provided in appendix A .
Summary
The more than 6 million employees within the scope of the
study averaged $1.41 an hour, excluding overtime premium pay in
October 1956. An estimated 611,000 of these— or 10 percent of the
total— earned less than 75 cents an hour; 26 percent earned less than
$1; and 50 percent earned under $1.25 an hour.
The 486,000 em­
ployees working less than 15 hours a week averaged $1.03 an hour;
46 percent of them earned less than $1. The million-plus employees
working 15 to 34 hours averaged $1 .0 8 with 39 percent below $1.
The highest average ($1.55) and smallest percent of workers (16) below
$1 was recorded for employees scheduled to work 40 hours a week.
Men comprised 60 percent of the total retail trade work force
and averaged $1 .5 8 an hour; 17 percent earned less than $1. Women
averaged $1.11 an hour with 41 percent below $1. Women accounted
for more than 60 percent of all employees earning less than $1 an hour.

il Trade in October 1956

*

average hourly earnings were lowest in communities of less than 5,000
population. As compared with other regions, employment in the South
is less heavily concentrated, proportionately, in metropolitan areas.
This explains, in part, the finding that the South accounts for 47 per­
cent of all employees earning less than $1 an hour as compared with
28 percent of total employment.
For all retail trade industries combined, relatively minor
differences were found in pay levels among groupings of employees
according to the number of stores operated by company. Within spe­
cific lines of business, however, employees of companies operating
11 or more stores usually averaged higher earnings than employees of
single-store firms with an intermediate pay position indicated for em­
ployees of smaller chains.
Pay levels varied widely among major lines of business ex­
amined separately. Nationwide average hourly earnings ranged from
$1 .7 2 in the franchised motor vehicle dealer industry to 89 cents in
variety stores.
Employees in women's ready-to-wear stores, drug
stores, and gasoline service stations averaged about $ 1 .2 0 , depart­
ment store employees averaged $ 1 .3 3 , and grocery store employees
(accounting for 16 percent of total retail employment) averaged $1.39
(table 1).
Characteristics of Retail Trade
Merchandise is distributed at retail in the United States through
stores, mail-order houses, house-to-house selling, and vending ma­
chines.
Retailing organizations range in size from family operated
units to firms that rank among the Nation's largest employers. Some
industries operate typically through single stores; in other industries,
large chain store enterprises account for most of the employment. In
contrast to most manufacturing activities, retailing is carried on to
some degree in all communities however small. A third of the em­
ployment in the retail trade study was outside metropolitan areas, and
fully a tenth of the employees (640,000) were employed in communities
of less than 5,000 population.

Regional averages and percent of employees earning less than
$1 were: West— $1 .6 8 and 11 percent; Northeast— $1.50 and 18 per­
cent; North Central— $1 .4 4 and 24 percent; and South— $1.16 and
45 percent. Within each region, earnings were higher in metropolitan
areas than in counties not included in such areas and within the latter,

Retail trade industries 1 differ among themselves in labor
force requirements, methods of wage payment, and other characteris­
tics that may affect the level and distribution of earnings of the work
force. For example, women employees predominate in variety stores,
department stores, women's ready-to-wear stores, and drug stores.
Men greatly outnumber women in building material and farm equipment

* Prepared in the Bureaufs Division of Wages and Industrial
Relations.
The analytical work was done by L. Earl Lewis, under
the supervision of 'xoivo P. Kanninen. Th*e statistical techniques were
developed by Samuel E. Cohen and Theodore Golonka.

1 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual (May 1949 edi­
tion), prepared by the Bureau of the Budget, lists 80 industries under
7 major groups, excluding eating and drinking places which were omit­
ted from this study.




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outlets, furniture stores, household appliance and radio stores, and in
grocery stores. Many retail employees are paid on the basis of an
hourly or salary rate; others work on straight commissions or some
combination of base pay plus commission or bonus.

women’s ready-to-wear stores are much more highly concentrated in
metropolitan areas and in the central cities of these areas than are
building materials and farm equipment dealers or gasoline service
stations.

Occupational requirements in retail trade vary greatly among
industries; they also differ within industries, e. g. , as between large
and small stores, and self-service and service stores. According to
the 1950 Census, about half of all nonsupervisory employment in retail
trade were sales em ployees.2 Among the large number of nonselling
occupations are the office clerical employees, accountants, pharma­
cists, decorators, jewelers, cabinetmakers, tailors and seamstresses,
bakers, meat cutters, truckdrivers and delivery men, parking attend­
ants, counter attendants, and porters.3

The accompanying tabulations are designed to permit, in the
examination of the wage structures of retail industries, judgment as
to the influence of these factors on employee earnings.

Sales positions range from those requiring only brief training
on the job to those requiring detailed knowledge of product charac­
teristics and extensive sales training.
Differences in requirements
among selling jobs within individual industries and establishments may
be great, as in department stores, or quite minor, as in variety stores.
Even where all the sales persons meet the same requirements, how­
ever, earnings under commission plans (as in auto sales agencies)
may vary greatly among individuals.
Variation in customer volume during daily and weekly hours
of store operation is met in part by adaptations of work schedules and
through employment of part-time salespersons, checkers, cashiers,
and others as needed.
Labor shortage in particular situations may
also be eased by filling ordinarily full-time positions with part-time
employees.
During the October week studied, 486,000 employees worked
less than 15 hours and approximately 1,005,000 employees worked
15 to 34 hours.4 A larger proportion of women than of men were em­
ployed on a part-time basis. The incidence of part-time employment
varied greatly from industry to industry. A third or more of the em­
ployees in variety stores, grocery stores, shoe stores, and drug stores
worked less than 35 hours, as compared with nearly a twentieth in
motor vehicle dealer establishments.
The various retail trade industries are represented to about
the same extent (as measured by relative employment) in each of the
four broad regional groupings of States adopted for the study.5 With­
in each region, however, industries such as department stores and

2 See table 1, appendix A , p. 91.
3 1950 Census of Population, Occupation by Industry, Special
Report P -E No. 1C, lists employment in retail trade in 210 or 245
detailed occupations.
4 In addition to employees on part-time schedules, these figures
include full-time employees who were absent during part of the week.
5 For definition of regions, see appendix B, p. 97.




Average Hourly Earnings
Nationwide Earnings. -----The 6 ,0 33,000 nonsupervisory em­
ployees covered by the study averaged $1.41 an hour, excluding over­
time premium pay but including commissions or bonuses. An esti­
mated 10 percent of these employees earned less than 75 cents an
hour, 26 percent under $1, and 50 percent under $ 1 .2 5 . About 6 per­
cent earned $2.50 or more an hour (tables 2 and 3).
These data represent the combined information obtained from
the many and diverse industries that make up retail trade. As indi­
cated below, wage levels varied substantially among industry groups
and major industries within retail trade (tables 13-19).
N um ber
of
e m p lo y e e s
(in
th o u sa n d s)
R e ta il tra d e (e x c e p t eating and
d rin king p la c e s ) ________________________________

Building materials and farm equipment
d e a le rs_______________________________________
General merchandise stores 1_________________
Department s to r e s _________________________
Variety stores _____________________________
Food stores ! ___________________________________
Grocery stores ____________________________
Automotive dealers and gasoline service
stations 1 _____________________________________
Franchised motor vehicle dealers ________
Gasoline service stations___ _•_____________
Apparel and accessories stores 1 ____________
Men's and boys 1 clothing stores __________
Women's ready-to-wear s to r e s __________
Shoe stores ________________________________
Furniture, home furnishings, and
appliance stores _____________________________
Furniture and home furnishings sto r e s ___
Household appliance and radio s to r e s ____
Miscellaneous retail stores 1 ________________
Drug stores and proprietary stores_______

S t r a ig h tt im e
average
h o u r ly
e a r n in g s

6 ,0 3 3

$ 1 .4 1

494
1 ,3 2 1
7 77
305
1 ,3 8 5
971

1 .5 0
1 .2 0
1 .3 3
.8 9
1 .4 5
1 .3 9

1 ,0 9 1
568
390
535
86
197
97

1 .5 2
1 .7 2
1 .2 1
1 .3 2
1 .5 9
1 .1 9
1 .4 7

332
205
126
877
331

1 .6 2
1 .6 2
1 .6 3
1 .3 6
1 .2 0

1 In clu d es data fo r in d u s tr ie s in ad dition to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .

Nonsupervisory employees of franchised motor vehicle dealers
averaged $1.72 an hour, the highest pay level among the 11 industries
examined separately. Next highest averages, about $ 1 .6 0 , were re­
corded in household appliance and radio stores, furniture and home

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furnishings stores, and m en’s and boys' clothing stores. Men greatly
outnumber women in each of these four industries and commissions
play a greater role in determining earnings of individual salesmen
than in most of the other industries.6
Grocery stores, accounting for nearly a sixth of all employees
in the study, had an average of $ 1 .3 9 , 2 cents below the level for all
retail trade. Men outnumber women by 2 to 1 but, in contrast to the
higher paying industries surveyed, the commission form of pay is not
widely employed for nonsupervisory employees. Shoe stores, with men
and women employed in a 3 to 2 ratio, had an average of $ 1 .4 7 . De­
partment store pay averaged to $1.33 an hour with women greatly
outnumbering men (ratio of 5 to 2) in the work force.
Gasoline service station employees averaged $ 1 .2 1 , drug store
employees averaged $ 1 .2 0 , and women’s ready-to-wear store em­
ployees averaged $ 1 .1 9 . Approximate ratios of men to women in these
industries were 23 to 1, 4 to 5, and 1 to 9, respectively.
Variety
stores, largely staffed by women, provided average hourly earnings of
89 cents on a nationwide basis.
Similarity of general pay levels, as measured by averages,
is not necessarily paralleled in distributions of employees by wage
classes.
Thus, nearly half of the drug store employees earned less
than $1 as compared with slightly more than a third in women's readyto-wear stores, and a fourth in gasoline service stations. About oneseventh of the drug store employees, however, as compared with onetwentieth of the employees in the other 2 industries, earned $2 or
more an hour. The greater concentration at the higher earnings level
in drug stores is largely explained by the numerical importance of
pharmacists (with their high earnings) in that industry.
Among the major groups of retail trade industries, the pro­
portions of employees earning less than $1 an hour ranged from 13 per­
cent in the building materials and farm equipment dealer group to
40 percent in the general merchandise stores group (charts 5 and 8
through 14).
The comparatively larger proportion recorded for the
general merchandise stores group reflects the inclusion of variety
stores which, as previously indicated, employ a work force largely
composed of women, many of whom are part-time employees. Thus,
nearly 75 percent of the employees of variety stores earned less than
$1 an hour as compared with only 26 percent of the employees of
department stores.

about 24 percent in shoe stores and 17 percent in men’s and boys’
clothing stores. In the automotive dealers and gasoline service sta­
tions group, the proportions earning less than $ 1 an hour were 25 per­
cent in gasoline service stations as compared with only 12 percent in
motor vehicle dealers.
As the tabulation below indicates, both variety stores and
drug stores contributed substantially more, proportionately, to em­
ployment earning less than $1 than they did to the total employment
in retail trade.
P e r c e n t that indu stry
con trib uted to—

Total
employment
in
retail trade
Retail trade (except eating and
drinking p la c e s )__
Building materials and farm equipment
dealers
_
General merchandise stores 2 ___________
Department stores
Variety stores
Food stores 2
_ ..
Grocery stores
Automotive dealers and gasoline
service stations 2
Franchised motor vehicle dealers___
Gasoline service stations _
Apparel and accessories stores 2 __ _
Men’s and boys’ clothing s to re s_____
Women’s ready-to-wear stores______
Shoe stores___
Furniture, home furnishings, and
appliance stores
Furniture and home furnishings
s to r e s ____________________________
Household appliance and radio
stores
Miscellaneous retail stores 2
Drug stores and proprietary stores — ,

1100
8
22
13
5
23
16

Employment
earning
less than
$ 1 an hour

’ 100
4
33
13
14

22
17

18
9

11
4
6
10
1
4
1

3

2
1
16
10

6
9
1
3
2
6

2

15
5

3

1 B e c a u se of rou nding, su m s of individual ite m s do not n e c e s s a r ily
equal t o t a ls .
2 In clu d es data fo r in d u strie s in addition to th ose shown se p a r a te ly .

For retail trade as a group, the largest concentrations in
the 5-cent wage intervals used in the study were as follows: $1 and
under $1.05— 11 percent, and $1.25 and under $1.30— 6 percent.
Similarly, the proportion (30 percent) earning less than $ 1
Among the specific lines of business, the highest degree of earnings
concentration was recorded in variety stores; 39 percent of the em­
recorded for the apparel and accessories stores group reflects dif­
ferences in wage levels among the specific lines of business compris­
ployees in these establishments earned from 75 cents to $1 an hour.
ing this major group. About 35 percent of the employees of women's
The extensive use of time rates and the concentration of employment
ready-to-wear stores earned less than $1 an hour compared with only
(largely of women) at one general level of job duties and training re­
quirements were factors contributing to this concentration. The wider
range of individual earnings recorded in other lines of business reflect
6
Although commissions were generally reported separately,
such factors as the use of commission-type of wage payment, substan­
technical considerations prevented identification of commission-paid
tial employment of both men and women, and greater variation in oc­
employees in tabulation of the data.
cupational staffing patterns.




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Substantial variations were noted in the hours worked by in­
dividual employees in the mid-October survey week. As the tabulation
below indicates, these proportions varied among the major industry
groups.
Percent of employees in weekly
__________ hours groups___________

1
Retail trade (except eating
and drinking places) _
Building m aterials and farm
equipment dealers
General m erchandise
stores
Food stores
Automotive dealers and
gasoline service stations
Apparel and a c c e sso rie s
stores
........
Furniture, home furnishings
and appliance stores
M iscellaneous retail
stores _
_
_

___

Total 1

to
34

35
to
40

41
to
47

48
or
m ore

100

25

30

19

26

12

23
46

26
16

38

30
33

100
100
100
100
100
100
100

18

9
24

22

48

14

26
16

32

37

18

13

13

39

28

25

29

20
20

26

were recorded for 7 percent of the men and 16 percent of the women;
17 percent of the men compared with 41 percent of the women earned
less than $1 an hour; and the proportions earning less than $1.25
were 37 and 71 percent, respectively. Nine percent of the men earned
$2.50 or more an hour, whereas less than 1 percent of the women
earned as much.
Average hourly earnings of men were substantially higher than
those of women in all of the major retail industry groups and in each
of the specific lines of business for which separate data are provided.
These wage differences amounted to 28 cents in grocery stores and
to 59 cents an hour in both department and drug stores.
The large
wage advantage recorded for men in drug stores resulted in part from
the fact that most pharmacists are men.
A larger proportion of women than of men worked on a parttime basis; work schedules of less than 35 hours a week applied to
nearly a third of the women but to only slightly more than a fifth of
the men (chart 4). A majority of the men worked more than 40 hours
a week, whereas only about a fourth of the women were employed on
weekly work schedules in excess of 40 hours.
The following table
indicates the proportion of men and women within various weekly hours
groups and their average hourly earnings.

1 Because of rounding, sums of individual item s do not necessarily
equal tota ls.
Men

The estimated 486,000 retail trade employees working from
1 to 14 hours during the survey week averaged $1.03 an hour, with
46 percent earning less than $1. Approximately 1,005,000 employees
(nearly a sixth of the total) worked from 15 to 34 hours and averaged
$ 1 .0 8 . An average of $1.55 an hour was recorded for the more than
1,464,000 employees who worked exactly 40 hours. Employees working
pnore than 40 hours averaged somewhat less than those working exactly
40 hours.
The lower level of earnings recorded for employees working
less than 35 hours a week reflects their relative concentration in entrylevel jobs. On the other hand, the comparatively low average recorded
for all employees working more than 40 hours is largely due to the
disproportionate concentration of those workers in the smaller com­
munities which usually have lower wage levels than the larger com­
munities.
(See earnings by community size.) For example, com­
munities of less than 5,000 population accounted for only about a tenth
of the total retail trade employment but nearly a fifth of all employees
working 48 or more hours. Differences in average hourly earnings by
hours worked were generally smaller in individual lines of retailing
than in all retail trade combined.
Earnings of Men and Women.— Men, accounting for 60 percent
of the nonsupervisory employees in retail trade, averaged $ 1 .5 8 an
hour compared with $1.11 for women. Individual earnings of men
were not only at a higher level but were more widely dispersed than
those of women (charts 2 and‘ 6). Hourly earnings of less than 75 cents




Women

Straighttime
Percent average
of
hourly
total
earnings
Total _ ____

__

__ __

1 to 14 hour s ____________________
15 to 34 hours ___________________
35 to 39 h o u r s ___________________
40 hours
41 to 47 hours
48 hours
49 or m ore h o u r s .

Percent
of
total

100

$ 1 .5 8

100

7
14
3
19

1 .1 7
1 .1 5
1 .5 4
1 .8 9
1 .7 5
1 .5 9
1 .3 8

10
21
11

20
14
23

31
18

6
3

Straighttime
average
hourly
earnings
$ 1 .1 1
.8 9

1.02
1.22
1 .2 3
1 .0 5
.9 3

.86

Earnings by Region.— For purposes of the study, the 48 States
and the District of Columbia were grouped into 4 broad regions (chart 1).
Approximately 32 percent of the 6 million employees covered by the
study were located in the North Central region, 28 percent in the
South, 26 percent in the Northeast, and 14 percent in the West. In
each region, men accounted for approximately three-fifths of the total
employment, line-of-business patterns were virtually the same, and
single-store retailers accounted for approximately 55 percent of the
total employment, with more than a fourth in chains of 11 or more
stores. The proportion of employment in metropolitan areas, however,
ranged from more than four-fifths in the Northeast to only slightly
more than a half in the South.

5
Compared with the $ 1 .4 1 recorded for the United States, r e ­
gional average hourly earnings were $ 1 .6 8 in the W est, $ 1 .5 0 in the
Northeast, $ 1 .4 4 in the North Central* and $1.16 in the South. Although
the South accounted for only 28 percept of the total retail trade em ­
ployment, it accounted for 47 percent of those earning less than $1
and 62 percent of those earning less thap 75 cents an hour (charts 3
and 7).
By contrast, the West accounted for 14 percent of the total
employment but only 6 percent of those earning less than $1 and 3 per­
cent of those earning less than 75 cents an hour.

In each of the selected industries, average
highest in the West and lowest in the South.

earnings were

A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s in—

D e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s _____________________
V a r i e t y s t o r e s ____________________________
G r o c e r y s t o r e s ___________________________
F r a n c h i s e d m o t o r v e h ic le
d e a l e r s ___________________________________
G a s o l i n e s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s ____________
M e n ’ s an d b o y s ' c lo th in g
s t o r e s _____________________________________
W o m e n 's r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s ____
S h o e s t o r e s ________________________________
F u r n it u r e a n d h o m e f u r n is h in g s
s t o r e s ____________________________________
H o u s e h o ld a p p lia n c e an d r a d io
s t o r e s ____________________________________
D ru g s t o r e s and p r o p r ie ta r y

N o rth ­
east

S outh

N o rth
C e n tra l

W est

$ 1 .3 6
.9 7
1 .5 1

$ 1 .1 7
.7 2
1 .1 0

$ 1 .3 7
.9 3
1 .3 7

$ 1 .5 0
1 .0 2
1 .8 1

1 .8 0
1 .3 0

1 .4 4
.9 8

1 .7 7
1 .2 9

2 .0 9
1 .4 7

1 .6 9
1 .3 0
1 .5 7

1 .3 8
.9 6
1 .2 7

1 .5 6
1 .2 0
1 .4 3

1 .7 6
1 .3 7
1 .6 8

1 .6 5

1 .3 3

1 .7 5

1 .8 9 -

1 .7 0

1 .3 6

1 .7 2

1 .8 1

1 .3 5

.9 8

1 .1 9

1 .5 8

Differences in average hourly earnings (in terms of percent­
ages) for the South and West were greatest in the grocery store g r o u p 71 cents or 65 percent— and in drug stores where they amounted to
60 cents or 61 percent.
Smallest interregional wage spreads (about
28 percent) between the South and the West were found in department
stores and m en's and boys' clothing stores. Averages for the North­
east exceeded those for the North Central region in most of these
industries.

Earnings by Community Size. ----Stores and auxiliary units were
also classified according to location in metropolitan areas or in coun­
ties not included in such areas; in addition, separation was provided
between central cities and other than central cities in metropolitan
areas and between communities with 5 ,0 0 0 or more and under 5 ,0 0 0
population in the case of nonmetropolitan area counties (tables 4 -9 ) .
Nationwide, two-thirds of the employment was concentrated in m etro­
politan areas— mostly in central cities. In the nonmetropolitan coun­
tie s, employment in communities of 5 ,0 0 0 or more population was
more than double that in smaller communities.




The relationship between community size and employee hourly
earnings for all retail trade can be noted from the averages and the
proportions earning less than $1 as shown in the following tabulation.
Straighttime
average
hourly
earnings
Metropolitan areas
Central cities __________________________
Communities other than central
cities
Nonmetropolitan areas
_
. __
Communities of 5,000 or more __ _
Communities of less
than 5,000
__

Percent
earning
less than
$ 1 an hour

$1.50
1.48

20
22

1.56

17

1.22
1.28

39
36

1.11

43

Although a generally sim ilar relationship was noted within
each region, the differences shown in nationwide comparisons reflect,
in part, regional differences in general pay levels and in distributions
of employment by community size. Thus, employment in metropolitan
areas in the comparatively high wage Northeast region exceeded that
in nonmetropolitan areas in the ratio of 5 to 1; in the South, however,
the ratio was 6 to 5 with alm ost as many employees employed in non­
metropolitan areas as in metropolitan a reas.
Average earnings in each industry were substantially higher in
metropolitan areas than in nonmetropolitan area counties, with centsper-hour differences ranging from 45 cents in franchised motor vehicle
dealers to 13 cents in department stores. Furthermore, in the non­
metropolitan area counties wage levels were consistently lower in
communities of less than 5 ,0 0 0 population than those in the larger
communities. However, as the following tabulation indicates
relationship between central cities and other communities
politan areas varied among these industries .
Straight-time average hourly
earnings in metropolitan areas

Dppartmfint stores
Variety stores
.....
...
....
Grocpry stores
. .
Franchised motor vehicle
dealers __
„ ____
____ _
Gasoline service stations „
M en'8 and b o y s’ clothing

.......

„

__

Women's ready-to-w ear s t o r e s _____
Shoe stores
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Furniture and home furnishings
stores
Household appliance and radio
stores
Drug stores and proprietary
stores

Central cities

Other than
central cities

$ 1 .3 6
.95
1.4 9

$ 1 .3 5
.9 7
1 .5 6

1 .9 0
1.3 3

1 .9 9
1 .3 3

1.6 7
1.2 6
1.5 5

1 .5 3
1 .2 2
1.4 9

1.7 3

1.8 2

1 .7 7

1.81

1.2 3

1 .3 8

6
In 4 industries, averages were higher in central cities, with
differences ranging up to 14 cents in the m en's and b o y sr clothing
stores.
In 6 industries, higher earnings' levels were recorded in
other (sm aller) communities within metropolitan areas; the greatest
difference (15 cents) was found in the drug store industry.
Pay relationships between these community groupings varied
greatly among regions.
In grocery stores, for example, employees
in central cities averaged 10 cents higher pay in the Northeast and
3 cents more in the North Central region.
In the South and W est,
however, averages for other than central cities were 9 and 8 cents
higher.
In gasoline service stations, for which nationwide averages
were identical, differences within regions ranged up to 17 cents— in
favor of employees working in central cities in the South.
Earnings by Number of Stores Operated by Company. — Nation­
wide, approximately 55 percent of the nonsupervisory employment in
October 1956 was accounted for by single-store retailers (table 10).
Employers operating 2 or 3 stores accounted for 10 percent of all
retail trade employment, 4 - to 1 0 -store firm s accounted for 7 percent,
and chains of 11 or more stores accounted for 27 percent. This pattern
also held, with only minor variations within each of the four broad
regions.
Differences in employee earnings between these store group­
ings were relatively minor on an all retail trade b a sis.
Nationwide
averages for these store groupings were as follows: Single stores—
$ 1 .4 1 , 2 to 3 stores—^ $ 1 .4 7 , 4 to 10 stores— $ 1 .4 2 , and 11 or more
stores— $ 1 .3 8 . However, as the following tabulation indicates, average
earnings in individual industries were usually higher in the larger
chains than in the single-store group. Comparisons have been limited
to industries in which each of the 2 - store groupings accounts for 10
percent or m ore of the employment.
A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s
o f e m p lo y e e s of
c o m p a n ie s o p e r a tin g —
S in g le
sto re s
D e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s _______________________

V a r ie ty s to r e s _ ........ .
G r o c e r y s t o r e s ___________________________
M e n ’ s and b o y s ’ c lo th in g
sto re s
__
_ _
___
W o m e n ’ s r e a d y - t o - w e a r s t o r e s ______
S h oe s t o r e s „
_______ _____ ___ _ __
H o u s e h o ld a p p lia n c e an d r a d io
s t o r e s _ ______ ___________ _____ ______
D r u g s t o r e s an d p r o p r i e t a r y
s to r e s ___ _
__ __ __

11

or m o r e
sto re s

1.16

$1.47
.90
1.55

1.57
1.15
1.36

1.63
1.25
1.46

1.69

1.44

1.20

1.21

$1.11
.83

The average for chains of 11 or more stores exceeded that
for single stores by 39 cents an hour in the grocery stores group and
by 36 cents in department stores.
The earnings advantage held by




chain store employees amounted to 6 to 10 cents in 4 industries in­
cluding the variety store industry. Averages for the two groups were
about the same in drug stores. In household appliance and radio stores,
employees of single-store enterprises earned the higher pay.

Among the industries studied separately, the earnings1 levels
in the 2 -t o -3 and 4 -to -1 0 stores groups were generally in an inter­
mediate position between those in the single stores and the larger
chains. These observations based on nationwide data were generally
consistent among the regions, although some exceptions were noted.

Averages for retail trade as a group typically do not m irror
the general pattern observed for the specific industries largely be­
cause of the dissim ilar manner In which these industries with varying
wage levels contribute to the different store groupings.
Thus, the
comparatively low wage variety stores group accounted for 16 percent
of the employment in the 11 -o r -m o r e -s to r e s group, but less than 1
percent of that in single stores; in alm ost direct contrast, the rela ­
tively high-wage motor vehicle group accounted for 15 percent of the
employment in the single-stores group but for less than 1 percent in
the 11 -o r -m o r e -s to r e s group.
Companies operating 11 or more stores accounted for 85 per­
cent of the employment in variety stores and nearly half the employ­
ment in department stores, grocery stores, and shoe stores.
In the
other selected industries, employment was predominantly concentrated
in single-store companies.
P art-tim e employees accounted for a larger proportion of em ­
ployment in chains operating 11 or more stores than in the other store
groups; 30 percent in this group worked from 1 to 34 hours a week—
compared with 22 to 25 percent in the other 3 store groupings.

Average Weekly Earnings
Individual weekly earnings were m ore widely dispersed than
hourly earnings.
Approximately 8 percent of the retail trade em ­
ployees worked from 1 to 14 hours during the survey week and av­
eraged $ 9 .6 5 ; at the other extrem e, employees working 49 or more
hours averaged $ 7 2 .9 0 a week. Employees working exactly 40 hours
during the survey week accounted for nearly a fourth of the total work
force and averaged $ 6 2 .0 9 for the period (table 12).
Regionally, average weekly earnings of employees working
exactly 40 hours ranged from $ 5 1 .2 8 in the South to $ 7 0 .4 6 in the
W est.
In the metropolitan areas, a 40-hour-w eek retail trade em­
ployee averaged $ 6 4 .3 1 or approximately $10 more than his counter­
part in the nonmetropolitan area counties.

7
Relationship Between Mean and Median Averages
A ll group averages previously referred to in this report were
obtained by dividing total weekly earnings by total weekly hours.
A
comparison of the averages computed in this way with the medians of
individual hourly earnings reveals two features of the earnings dis­
tribution. F ir st, practically all distributions are skewed to the right;
that is , the hours-weightedm ean value exceeds the mid-point or median
value. (See table 2, appendix A .) This is due to the greater amounts
by which the earnings of some of the higher paid workers exceed the
general earnings lev el.
This feature is apparent even in those dis­
tributions limited to employees working the same number of hours as
shown by the data for the 4 0 - and 48-hour groups where the mean ex­
ceeds the median by 15 and 10 cents, respectively.
The distribution of employees in all hours-worked classes
combined shows the other feature of the distributions, which is the
effect on the mean of weighting the earnings by hours worked. Since
the workers with the shortest hours are also generally those receiving
the lowest hourly rate, their inclusion in a composite distribution with
employees working longer hours has much less effect on the median
than on the weighted mean inasmuch as the former is not weighted by
hours worked as is the latter.
Differences between mean and median hourly averages varied
considerably among the specific lines of business for which separate
data were obtained, ranging from only 2 cents for variety stores to
24 cents for m en's and b o y s' clothing stores.
The small difference
recorded for variety stores reflects the large concentration of earnings
in the lower class intervals and the alm ost complete absence of earn­
ings in the higher class intervals.
In general, industries with the
largest differences were those in which comparatively high individual
earnings were made possible through the payment of com m issions.

Discount privileges are widespread in many retail trade in­
dustries.
A 1950 study of wages in department and women's readyto-w ear stores, conducted in 17 large cities throughout the country,
indicates that all except 1 of the 158 stores visited had provisions
permitting their employees to purchase merchandise at less than retail
p r ic e s .7 Discounts generally varied from 10 to 20 percent and were
usually more liberal on wearable merchandise than on other types.
It was common practice among the stores to extend merchandise dis­
counts to immediate m embers of the em ployee's fam ily.

Form alized provisions for paid vacations, paid holidays, and
various types of health, insurance, and retirement pension benefits
are important features of the wage structures of retail industries,
especially among the larger em ployers.
Comprehensive studies of
wages and related practices among larger establishments (51 or more
em ployees), conducted in major labor markets during 1956 and 1 9 5 7 ,8
indicate that virtually all of the retail trade establishment s studied
provided paid vacations and paid holidays. The most common vacation
provisions for nonoffice employees were: A week's vacation after 1
year of service, 2 weeks after 2 y ears, and 3 weeks after 15 years
of serv ice. Vacation provisions for office employees were somewhat
more liberal. The number of paid holidays provided office and non­
office employees varied somewhat among the various cities, usually
ranging from 5 to 7.
Included among the more frequent types of in­
surance plans, paid for at least in part by the em ployer, were life
insurance, accidental death and dismem berment, hospitalization, surgi­
cal, and medical insurance.
A majority of the workers in most of
the cities were employed in establishments that also provided sickness
and accident insurance and/or sick leave and retirement pensions.

Supplementary Wage Benefits
Although the survey was not designed to provide information
on supplementary wage benefits, studies previously conducted by the
Bureau give some detail with respect to the more prevalent of these
practices.




7 See Wage Structure: Department and Women's R eady-to-W ear
Stores, 1950 (BLS Series 2, No. 78).
8 See Wages and Related Benefits, 17 Labor M arkets, 1956-57
(BLS Bull. 1202).

8

Chart 2. DISTRIBUTION OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES IN RETAIL TRADE
By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings and Sex, October 1956
Hourly Earnings

Thousands of Employees
__________________ 1^500

1,000

“I

Under 75 cents

75 cents and Under $1.00

$1.00 and Under $1.25

$1.25 and Under $1.50

$1.50 and Under $2 .0 0

Men
$2.00 and O ver




^ 3

Women

9

Chart 3. DISTRIBUTION OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES IN RETAIL TRADE
By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings and Regions, October 1956
1,000

Hourly Earnings
Under 75 Cents

75 Cents and Under $1.00

$100 and Under $1.25

$1.25 and Under $1.50

$1.50 and Under $ 2 0 0

$2.00 and O ver




------------1—

Thousands of Employees
1,500

10

Chart 4. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF MEN AND WOMEN NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES IN RETAIL TRADE
By Hours Worked in Week, October 1956




11

Chart 5. NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYMENT AND NUMBER EARNING LESS THAN $1 AN HOUR
IN RETAIL TRADE INDUSTRY GROUPS, OCTOBER 1956
Thousands of Employees

Food Stores

G eneral M erchandise Stores

Automotive D ealers and
G asoline Service Stations

A p p a re l and Accessories
Stores

Building M aterials
and Farm Equipment Dealers

Furniture, Home Furnishings
and A p pliance Stores

M iscellaneous Retail Stores




12

Percent




Chart 6. CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES IN RETAIL TRADE, UNITED STATES TOTAL
By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings and Sex', October 1956

13

Chart 7. CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES IN RETAIL TRADE, UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings, October 1956
Percent




14

Chart 8. CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES
OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND FARM EQUIPMENT DEALERS, UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
Percent




By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings, October 1956

15

Chart 9. CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES
IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES, UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings, October 1956
Percent




16




Chart 10. CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NONSUPERVISORY
EMPLOYEES IN FOOD STORES, UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings, October 1956

17

Chart 11. CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES
OF AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS AND GASOLINE SERVICE! STATIONS, UNITED STATES AND REGIONS

Under




,$0.60 .70 .80

.90 1.00 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.40 1.50 1.60 1.70 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00

18

Chart 12. CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NONSUPERVISORY
EMPLOYEES IN APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES STORES, UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
Percent




By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings, October 1956

19

Chart 13. CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES
IN FURNITURE, HOME FURNISHINGS, AND APPLIANCE STORES, UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
Percent




By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings, October 1956

20




Chart 14. CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NONSUPERVISORY
EMPLOYEES IN MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL STORES, UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
By Straight-time Average Hourly Earnings, October 1956

21
Table 1: Number and straight-time average hourly earnings of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade, October 1956
MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS AND SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Metropolitan area counties

Number of stores operated by company

All
employees

Industry

radfi ...

_

----

materials and farm
nent dealers

Communitie s Communitie s
Communitie s
Four to
Eleven
Two or
Men
Women
of 5,0 0 0
Central
other than
Single
of less
ten
or more
Total
Total
three
than 5 ,000
cities
central
or more
store
stores
stores
stores
population
cities
population
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
Avg.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
hrly.
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
earn­
wkrs.
wkrs.
wkrs.
wkrs.
wkrs.
wkrs.
w krs.
wkrs.
wkrs.
w krs.
w krs.
wkrs.
wkrs.
ings
ings
ings
ings
ings
ings
ings
ings
ings
ings
ings
ings
in g s
60332

$
1.41

36197

$
1.5 8

$

24128

1.11

40217

$
1.50

28331

$
1 .4 8

11894

$
1.56

20095

1.22

$

13707

$
1.2 8

6405

1.11

$

33439

$
1.41

6256

$
1.47

4065

$
1.42

16590

$
1.3 8

r

4944

1 .50

4258

1 .55

684

1.19

2375

1.71

1523

1.73

882

1.68

2526

1.3 2

1416

1.41

1122

1.22

3738

1.49

573

1.62

294

1.5 5

342

1 .42

merchandise s to r e s _____
rtment stores
ety stores

13213
7767
3045

1.20

1.59
1.74
1.15

9827
5509
2736

1.05
1.15
.85

9429

6286

7694
5351
1331

1.29
1.36
.95

1761
942
602

1.22

712

.9 2

1.11

.73

.85

1205
993
82

1.25
1.33
.82

7420
3840
2577

1.26

175

1310
922
85

1.19

.7 8

3274
2005
293

1.06

.77

3037
1351
929

1 .0 4

1.35
.9 7

3722
1467
1099

1.02
1.22

1925

1.28
1.35
.96

1.22

1.3 3
.89

3387
2271
308

1.47
.9 0

ores
:ery stores

13846
9710

1.45
1.39

9201
6525

1.59
1.4 8

4648
3202

1.16
1.20

9609
6501

1.55
1.51

6071
4091

1.5 2
1.49

3563
2418

1.60
1.56

4202
3215

1.23
1.15

2836
2072

1.20

1.31

1380
1151

1 .05
1.04

6294
3608

1 .36
1.16

1226
717

1.52
1.4 4

974
795

1.51
1.4 6

5349
4600

1.5 4
1.55

10907

1.52

10034

1.53

872

1.29

6373

1.66

3831

1.6 5

2547

1.67

4529

1.33

2747

1.43

1778

1.17

9231

1.51

822

1.6 4

296

1.37

562

1 .48

5676
3901

1.7 2

5086
3743

1.76

1.21

1.22

586
164

1.40

1.00

3097
2417

1.93
1.33

1933
1281

1.9 0
1.33

1169
1137

1 .99
1.33

2576
1480

1 .4 8

1.02

1697
695

1.5 8
1.04

871
787

1.31
.99

5025
3286

1.71
1.17

561
170

1.7 6
1.34

28
. 188

1.91
1.3 4

47
258

2.12

5348

1.3 2

1733

1.66

3617

1.15

4080

1.39

3304

1.40

822

1.35

1157

1.0 8

931

1.13

292

.9 2

2705

1 .2 7

769

1.39

495

1.3 7

1385

1.3 6

861

1.59

611

1.73

241

1.23

642

1.65

540

1.6 7

114

1.53

184

1.41

166

1.41

38

1 .40

540

1.57

100

1.62

52

1.68

162

1.63

1969
971

1.19
1.47

191
584

1.51
1.67

1766
386

1.16

1.25
1.5 4

1244
602

1.26

304

1.20

360
189

1.02
1.22

60

10

.76
.81

909
312

1.15
1 .36

311
117

1.2 4

1.62

186

1.20

1.49

406
187

.9 8

1.55

168

1.22

1 .15

1536
769

1.25
1 .46

tive dealers and gasoline
:e stations_________________
chised motor vehicle
Llers
line service stations_____
and accessories

________ _____ ___

Ts and b oys1 clothing
res . .
en *s ready-to-wear
stores
re, home furnishings,
pliance stores
_ ...........
iture and home
dishings s t o r e s ___________
sehold appliance and
lio stores
ineous retail s to r e s ______
stores and proprietary

1.26

102

1.65

565
450

1.51

3320

1.62

2392

1.75

932

1.24

2230

1.76

1637

1 .74

604

1.82

1064

1.34

861

1 .3 8

217

1.18

2156

1.61

539

1.67

226

1.81

397

1.4 7

2051

1.62

1454

1.75

589

1.25

1451

1.75

1093

1.73

356

1.82

588

1.31

491

1.3 4

104

1.1 8

1401

1 .57

373

1.70

167

1.84

113

1 .5 4

1263

1.63

930

1.75

334

1.22

779

1.7 8

536

1.77

246

1.81

476

1.39

371

1.4 5

110

1.19

752

1.69

165

1.62

57

1.75

281

1.4 4

8766

1.36

5211

1.56

3550

1.04

5943

1.45

4268

1.4 4

1719

1.49

2751

1.1 8

1865

1.22

911

1.11

6044

1.3 7

1013

1.40

575

1.42

1130

1.2 8

3309

1.20

1447

1.54

1859

.95

2334

1 .27

1664

1.23

670

1.38

963

1.05

724

1.06

249

1.02

1981

1.20

366

1.23

197

1.12

754

1.21

DTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table,




.83

see appendix B.

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.

22
Table 2:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
UNITED STATES: BY SEX

(Number of employees in hundreds)
All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

1

15
to
34

to
14

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

Hours worked in week

1

49
or
more

48

15
to
34

to
14

35
to
39

148

144

33

52

119

95

181

358

268

64
34
160
109
94

100

399

88

146
173
226
214

145
79
191
79
195

115

120

212

329
333
335

31
25
49
62
65

188
184
231

506
405
477

23
70
44
51

128
124
14?,
151

359
297
352
348
293

185
241
134
214
98

255
301
174
250
173

1049
757
631
772
422

199
82
58
63

369
188
162
181
46

41
28
23
28

90
28

574
127

3626
742
1307
820
854

538
47
78
53
52

1037

4 34

188
162
119

141
34
49
28
27

262
37
44
38

456
95
108

56
26
26

339
92
195
113
91

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

55 _
—
6 0 _______________
6 5 __ __
7 0 _______________
7 5 __ __

976
593
1315
1155
1296

253
87
225
161
161

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

8 0 _______________
8 5 _______________
90 _
95 _
__ __ __
100
. . __

2633
1926
2030
1980
1204

516
223
218
172
74

818
491
489
457

201

100

372
250
514
389
266

102

22

146
44
167
136

121

11

24

3
13
14
16

22
6

20

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

105
110 __ __
115 . . . .
1 2 0 ____________
125

6705
1850
2626
1760
1623

912
106
145
105
95

1955
346
452
358
276

466
174
205
144
152

1268
464
710
4-2 3
362

735
337
473
319
2 57

210
126
105

794
295
430
286
376

125
130
135
140
145

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

130
135
. . ..
1 4 0 ____________
145
__ __
150 ___
___

3430
1561
1935
1440
1255

36?
59
61
55
35

717
199

886
368
536
357
260

423
345
410
322
295

369
128
293
129
215

479
337
327
290
234

2147

160
126

194
125
108
128
89

232
64
64
34

439
188
141
92
57

197
145
139
91
59

961
738
660
641
335

645
522
624
488
375

515
278
272
228
154

580
44 8
333
313

186
49
49
29
18

293
103
93
59
41

65

201

2541
1713
1736
1563
1051

82
59
42
24
38

508
560
438
287
236

472
359
344
217
126

283
144
106
74
82

271
149
126
103
76

1587
1183
1042
703
547

72
30
18
15

6

69
36
43
26
14

46

16
7

94
59
56
32
16
37

26
23

145
109
92
78
55

66

101

34

32

93
41
37
31

54
33
32
13

743
421
323
284
174

19
17

330

175

175

3726 14642 11524

6511

200

150
160
170
180
190

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

1 6 0 ____________
170
180 ._
__ __
190
200 __
___

3569
2383
2233
1887
1204

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250 ____________

1797
1363
1133
752
580

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260 ..
270
280 ..
290 ____________
300

789
439
337
298
182

39

6

10

7
5
5

15

5

8

375
144
136
123
65

1322

45

49

65

497

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

60332
, 1«41

21

88
33

21

8

4860 100 54
1 .0 3

1 .0 8

12
15

1*32

1 .5 5

1 .5 0

1 .4 3

888

1234

888

832




21

4

120

88

35

67

17

8

30
54

34
30
33

28
17
25

6
56

86
5?
36

68
187
72
76

1

49
48
Under 50

35
to
22 __

74
85
131
131
176

576
380
809
750
819

165
64
156
117

122

20

110

58
163
197
214

17
36
48
50

72
56
90
105
92

65

213
252
147
218
152

1584
1168
1398
1207
783

317
141
160
109
52

449
302
327
276
154

65
126
55

84
117
155
193
131

105
61
139
54

41
35
57
54
55

87
95
125
123
80

28?
22 2
429
337
231

288
240
262
243

120
120

42
49
27
31

397

166
47
49
39
17

64
28
23
13

19
14
7

89

61
19
32
17
13
40
19

15

88

201

408
80
162
87

730
267
407
273
365

3076
1107
1319
940
769

374
59
67
52
44

916
226
263
195
157

324
140
156
116
125

835
396
523
351
285

267
207
279

308
108
261

460
323
320
281
229

1283
673
701
552
422

100
22
17
17
15

261
104
92
72
59

138
99
82
93
72

547
277
341
244
169

46
14
15
5
4

145
85
48
33
16

133
106
85
57
29

492
344
263
178
76

158
92

17
3
3

25

35
26
15

99

101

221
206

112
201

470
394
397
462
259

487
430
556
44e
3 54

475
260
260
218
149

564
439
328
311

1028
670
497
325
153

409
458
395
262
223

451
338
330
208
123

272
139

268
148
125

210

72
80

102

353
139
130
117
62

141
106
89
75
54

64
92
40
36
31

101

102

200

76

180
91
49
34

1
1

4

54
33
32
13

46
18
14
14
7

161

63

6

5
4

7
4

11
11
6

1260

38

44

56

472

320

169

9028 36197

2495

4963

1150

7095

7246

4944

8305 24128

1 .5 8

1 .1 7

1.1 5

1 .5 4

1 .8 9

1 .7 5

1 .5 9

1 •3 81

1.11

more-

40
28
105
87

339
126
237
145
128

88

49
or

48

65

41
17
52
25
74

121

41
to
47

40

................................

16
29
18
33
33

14

1.341

15
^o
34

to
14

6

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included,
For definitions of terms used in this tabid, see appendix B.

Hours worked in week

37

100
105
110
115
120

300 and over _

41
to
47

40

771
50
55
60
65
70

under
tinder
under
under
under

Women

Hours worked in week

2

22
2

13

43
25
13

6
2
2
1
1

7

22

6
2

7

13
5

7

5

6

4

211
237
174
129
156
138
131

100

68
39

21

121

69
38
43

12
10

22

12

8
5
9

5

6
2
1

21
20

10

3

5

14

3

2
1
1

4
3
3
3

2
1
1

8
3

2
2

1

3

2

5

9

25

10

6

1

2365

5085

2576

7551

4277

1564

712

•89

1.02

1.22

1*23

1 .0 5

•93

•66

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily' equal totals,

23
Table 2 -A: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
NORTHEAST: BY SEX

(Number of employees in hundreds)
All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

.......................................

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55
60
65
70
75

_
__ __
__________________
__ __
__________________
_
„

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80 _
. . __
85 _
90 _
9 5 __ __ — __
1 0 0 ____________ j___

Total

1
to

15

35

to

to

14

34

39

41

to

40

Total

49
or
more

48

47

1
to
14

15

35

to
34

to

7

18

1

6

7

3

5.

20

85
45
138

29
11
36
58
76

2
2
7
10
11

14
4
21
16
22

8
13
19
23
26

6

179

24
13
36
34
32

1
14
1
6

3
2
5
3
5

30
8
34
28
39

6
2
7
6
6

16
2
13
17
21

543
398
510
484
267

135
64
79
54
20

225
158
179
179
70

33
35
57
55
36

67
60
115
99
71

57
49
56
56
48

19
21
13
23
8

8
10
10
18
13

186
111
132
156
64

42
22
2?
23
8

4

Hours worked in week

41

or
more

48

47

10

Total

49

to

40

39

46

144

Women

Hours worked in week

3

2

1

1
to

15

to

to

14

34

39

35

41

49

to

40

or

48

47

m ore

27

4

8

1

3

7

1

4

18
11
29
28
26

13
9
23
41
55

2
2
7
9
9

11
2
16
14
21

6
13
15
21
23

6
1
10
1
4

3

3

1

1

3

4
2
3

4

2
1

1
2

2
5
2
1

2

4

55
37
103
116
140

95
52
57
74
10

7
-a
9
6
5

15
5
14
9
9

10
9
12
14
14

9
13
9
15
6

7
7
9
16
11

358
286
378
327
202

92
42
57
31
12

130
106
122
105
60

26
32
49
49
30

52
56
101
91
62

46
40
44
42
34

10
8
3
8
2

1
3
2
2
2

178
18
31
21
17

355
53
59
61
43

41
10
18
11
1?

135
16
50
22
22

81
35
57
34
09

82
14
45
16
19

92
29
64
44
69

897
312
368
24C
231

120
22
21
13
14

306
79
79
62
56

127
64
65
46
60

214
96
136
69
62

99
43
52
42
34

23
5
11
5
4

9
4
3
2
1

3
2

under
under
under
under
under

105
_
110
_ __
115
__ __
__
1 2 0 _______________
_
125
. . ___

1861
487
691
448
453

298
40
52
34
32

661
131
139
123
98

168
75
83
57
73

348
112
186
91
85

181
77
109
76
73

104
19
56
21
23

101
33
46
70

964
175
323
209
222

125 and un der
130 and under
135 and under
140 and under
1 45 and under

130
1 3 5 _______________
140
145
__ __ __
150
_____ ___

997
448
556
421
373

134
20
16
20
9

198
62
63
51
33

86
62
56
61
47

238
107
150
95
83

123
88
123
97
97

112
18
85
25
68

107
90
63
70
36

6^7
259
361
247
231

107
11
12
12
5

120
34
34
23
13

23
12
3
1?
8

101
37
70
31
30

88
61
98
77
75

105
16
78
22
66

1.04
89
62
68
35

350
189
195
173
143

27
10
5
8
4

77
29
29
28
20

63
50
48
48
39

138
70
80
64
54

35
27
25
20
22

7
2
6
3
2

3
2
1
2
1

160
__ __
170
__ __
180
— — __ __
190
—
___
2 0 0 _______________

1119
768
723
646
362

60
21
22
9
4

141
61
41
31
14

101
67
69
48
25

316
246
196
210
110

219
191
231
159
126

143
70
77
86
37

140
112
87
102
46

797
557
579
544
32 5

47
17
18
8
4

89
28
28
20
9

27
15
27
14
11

180
152
132
165
96

180
172
215
153
123

136
64
74
83
37

138
109
87
101
46

322
211
143
102
37

13
5
4
1
1

52
33
13
11
5

74
52
43
34
14

136
94
64
45
13

39
19
16
6
3

7
5
3
4

2
3

200 and under
210 and under
2 2 0 and under
230 and under
2 4 0 and under

2 1 0 ____________
220 ____________

566
400
306
202
138

26
7
6
5
2

32
12
16
8
3

36
29
16
8
14

147
182
146
87
61

169
97
82
54
33

77
31
20
11
7

79
42
20
30
19

510
367
285
190
126

21
7
5
5
2

22
10
14
7
2

19
14
8
5
6

129
168
138
80
58

165
95
80
53
32

76
31
20
10
7

78
42
20
29
19

56
33
21
13
12

6

9
2
2
1

17
15
8
3
8

19
14
7
7
2

4
2
2
1

1

1

and
and
and
and
290 and

2 6 0 _______________
270
280
__ __ __
290
. . . . ._

220
113
79
95
45

9
2
1
2
2

10
3
4
3
1

13
7
7
10
5

117
45
40
46
18

37
28
18
20
13

16
17
3
3
5

19
11
6
12
2

204
110
76
90
43

7
2
1
2
2

8
2
4
2
]_

7
5
6
7
4

112
45
39
43
17

36
28
18
20
13

15
17
3
3
5

19
11
6
12
2

16
3
3
6
2

2

2

6
2
1
3
1

5
1
1
2
1

1

308

10

7

36

123

57

26

48

296

9

7

31

120

57

25

48

12

1

6

3

1

15664

1341

2985

1508

4080

2940

1275

1540

9545

717

1415

396

2256

2154

1130

1484J

6119

626

1568

1113

1826

784

144

58

1 .5 0

1 .0 8

1.1 1

1.41

1.61

1.5 8

1 .55

1 .5 9

1 .6 8

1 .21

1 .1 8

1.74

1.91

1 .7 5

1.61

1.61

1 .1 7

.9 4

1 .0 4

1.3 0

1.2 3

1*10

1*12

1 .1 3

100
105
110
115
120

150
160
170
1 80
190

250
260
270
280

and
and
and
and
and

Men

Hours worked in week

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

under
under
under
under
under

230

__

240
250

_____

__

300 ____________

300 and over _
Number of employees
(in hundreds) _
Average hourly earnings (dollars)___

67

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included,
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.




1
1

1

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals

1

24
Table 2-B : Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
SOUTH: BY SEX

(Number of employees in hundreds)
All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

__

Women

Hours worked in week
Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

Hours worked in week
48

49
or
more

Total

__ „

624

124

11?

26

38

96

78

150

281

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

48

1
to
14

49
or
more

15
to
34

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

and
and
and
and
and

5 5 _______________
6 0 _______________
65 . __
7 0 _______________
75 _

693
422
776
640
615

186
59
113
67
42

159
66
139
134
32

22
17
.25
29
31

36
24
10 5
61
36

73
98
111
143
133

119
59
130
56
118

97
100
152
150
173

277
162
321
278
269

60
14
37
22
13

88
30
74
66
35

7
7
9
9
6

14
2
37
18
3

12
23
11
27
23

33
16
36
21
53

63
71
118
116
135

416
260
455
363
346

126
45
77
45
29

71
35
66
69
47

15
10
16
20
24

22
22
69
43
33

75
80
85
90
95

and under 8 0 _______________
and under 85 _
and under 90
-- -----and under 95 _
__ _
and under 1 0 0 _____________

1059
792
684
695
434

141
65
45
27
14

213
96
.3?
60
29

50
37
35
35
31

196
95
188
112

101
132
74
119
57

176
221
102
169
95

508
407
297
381
210

64
34
16
12
4

124
49
27
9

23
17
8
1*
12

58
14
57
3?
14

45

lb.

18?
1^6
158
174
134

53
69
56

41
69
40
78
33

153
191
89
149
83

551
385
386
315
224

77
31
29
16
10

88
47
49
33
20

27
20
27
21
19

138
81
132
80
60

105
110
115 . . ..
1 2 0 ____________
1 2 5 ____________

1863
543
727
485
386

153
19
18
17
10

359
49
58
61
34

99
33
2Q
29
21

361
121
177
95
69

262
135
175
119
78

210
53
75
48
28

417
132
195
117
147

1245
292
478
292
261

108
11
12
7
7

234
27
35
42
20

42
14
9
10
2

159
29
73
21
21

147
61
102
66
45

158
28
61
31
25

397
122
187
114
141

618
251
249
194
125

45
8
6
10
3

125
22
24
19
14

57
19
20
19
18

125 and under 1 3 0 ____________

31
6
5
5
4

75
30
24
15
12

20
14
11
16
9

?0 5
60
100
56
4?

118
1 14
108
88
73

110
41
68
36
49

152 ; 500
109 1 256
97
304
89
221
63
193

21
5
5
3
3

52
12
14
8
7

6
5
4
9
1

99
25
52
21
26

81
73
74
62
49

95
34
60
32
46

145
102
95
86
62

211
118
110
83
59

10
1

135 and under 140
140 and under 1 4 5 ____________
145 and under 150 ___
___

711
374
414
303
251

23
18
10
7
5

150
160
170
180
190

637
459
387
305
202

24
7
4
2
1

34
27
12
9
5

19
19
12
9
4

149
126
89
96
32

151
96
133
88
67

107
64
48
36
30

153
119
90
64
63

505
363
337
260
183

20
5
3
2
1

25
17
7
5
4

9
8
5
4
2

85
76
67
74
24

120
79
120
76
62

100
60
46
35
28

147
118
88
64
63

132
96
51
45
19

4
2
1

264
153
127
80
62

7
1
2

8

lh

42
22
13
10
13

64
37
26
21
13

232
139
117
74
58

6
1
2

8
1
5
1

6

46
31
18
14

56
42
48
28
14

6
2
1
1
5

58
38
27
15
13

51
39
44
27
14

40
22
13
9
12

63
37
26
20
13

32
14
10
7
4

1

2

1

12
2
6
1
1

95
74
44
44
24

6
2
1

6
1
1

27
14
14
17
8

22
19
11
12
8

10
14
5
5
3

22
20
12
9
4

87
70
42
42
23

4
1
1

5
1

1
4

24
1*
13
16
8

21
18
11
11
7

10
13
5
4
3

22
20
12
9
4

8
4
2
2
1

2
1

1

2
5
1
1
1

215

7

5

4

73

51

31

43

198

6

5

4

67

47

28

42

16

1

16663

1216

2012

716

3079

3564

2214

3863 10163

559

1131

280

1408

1890

1439

3461

1*16

•80

•91

1 .0 7

1*28

1*21

1*14

1*1* f 1»28

.9 0

•94

1*15

1.5 2

1*45

1.3 2

1 .1 8

100
105
110
115
120

and u n d er

and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under

130 and u nd er 135

_

and under 1 6 0 ____________
and under 170
and tinder 1 8 0 ____________
and under 190
and under 200

200 and under 2 1 0 _____________
210 and under 220
220 and under 230
2 3 0 and u n d er 2 4 0

240 and under 250 ____________
250
260
270
280

and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290

__

2 9 0 and u nd er 30 0

....
_ _

300 and over .
Number of employees
(in hundreds)
Average hourly earnings (dollars) ___

2
2

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.




mogft-

24

50
55
60
65
70

under
under
under
tinder
under

49
or

48

33

1

1
1

33

!

2
1

56
61
75
101
116
no

86
43
94
36
65

34
29
34
35
38

138
113
104
105
79

60
63
33
41
24

23
30
12
19
12

202
92
104
74
49

115
73
73
53
33

53
25
13
17
3

21
11
8
3
6

14
9
7
7
7

106
35
48
35
16

37
41
34
26
25

15
7
8
3
3

7
6
2
2
2

9
10
5
4
1

10
11
6
5
2

64
50
22
22
8

31
18
13
12
5

8
4
2
1
3

6
1
1
1

3
1
1
1

3
1
1
1
1

16
9
4
3
2

5
3
4
1
1

3

1
1

1

3
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1

1
1

1

6

5

3

1
1
1

6505

660

882

429

1677

1681

777

401

.9 4

•71

• 87

1*02

1*08

•94

•81

•76

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

25
Table 2-C: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
NORTH CENTRAL: BY SEX

(Number of employees in hundreds)
All employees

Men

Hours worked in week
(in cents)

Under 50

__

__ __

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

Women

Hours worked in week
49
or
more

48

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

Hours worked in week
49
or
more

48

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

49
or

48

90

16

13

6

8

15

12

21

48

10

7

4

3

6

3

15

42

5

7

2

5

9

8

6

50
55
60
65
70

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

55
..
6 0 _______________
65 . __
7 0 _______________
75 _

178
116
369
342
44 4

40
14
70
57
74

77
24
142
126
163

6
5
17
23
20

9
5
28
31
33

17
33
42
60
52

15
18
44
18
58

15
18
28
28
44

84
35
132
90
145

21
6
21
14
26

40
11
71
50
56

3
1
4
4
5

6
1
11
2
2

3
4
3
6

4
2
12
3
19

8
12
10
12
31

94
81
238
252
299

19
8
48
43
48

37
13
71
76
107

3
4
13
19
15

3
4
17
29
31

14
29
38
55
45

12
17
32
15
39

7
6
19
15
13

75
80
85
90
95

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

80 _
__
8 5 _______________
90
95 _
1 0 0 _____________

855
588
678
631
397

202
72
71
68
29

315
187
185
179
85

40
44
49
48
27

90
78
165
129
80

101
82
124
102
99

48
71
36
51
23

60
54
47
55
54

278
185
163
199
127

77
21
18
24
8

115
68
59
66
24

8

12
7
12
9
8

13
9
22
20
20

10
32
11
27
13

44
42
36
48
50

577

5
7
3

432
270

125
51
53
44
21

200
119
126
113
60

32
38
44
41
25

78
71
153
120
72

87
73
102
82
79

39
39
25
25
9

16
11
12
7
4

6

5

40 3

515

100
105
110
115
120

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

105
__
1 1 0 ____________
1 1 5 ____________
1 2 0 ____ _________
125
__
_

221 0
620
877
613
594

352
35
53
42
40

688
126
175
131
106

144
53
72
43
41

378
159
236
158
139

242
96
139
93
83

175
38
56
41
41

232
113
145
105
143

108 6
235
40 4
264
315

193
16
26
21
24

346
35
67
47
47

38
10
19
5
10

94
18
48
25
23

93
26
65
34
37

121
29
44
34
36

201
102
134
98
139

1125
385
473
350
278

159
19
27
21
17

342
91
108
84
59

106
44
53
38
31

284
141
188
134
116

149
70
74
59
46

54
9
12
7
5

31
10
11

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

130
135
140
1 4 5 ____________
150 __
___

1058
503
647
492
442

98
20
22
15
12

236
74
70
67
54

50
34
26
38
25

262
117
181
118
85

133
108
140
105
100

98
38
78
38
63

181
113
129

63
14
15
11
8

140
40
38
44
32

16
6
13
5

84
21
55
41
25

71
61
83
65
71

77
32
70
35
60

172
109
126
108
102

43 6
220
252
175
139

34
6
7
4
4

96
34
33
22

103

622
284
395
316
303

22

35
28
17
25
19

178
96
126
78
60

62
46
57
40
29

21
5
8
3
3

9
4
3
3
2

150
160
170
180
190

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

1 6 0 _____________
170
1 8 0 ____________
190
200

12 0 4
79 2
727
595
401

95
22
23
11
6

152
67
52
28
25

51
40
40

205
175
181
173
135

177

855
549
545
505
351

80
16
20
8
5

103
35
35
19
19

20
11
15
11
9

143
10^
115
142
72

141
133
155
160
127

348
243
182
90
49

15
5
3
2
1

49
32
16
9
6

30
29
25
14
12

167
128
105
49
21

64
42
26
12
8

6
3

92
61
48

209
166
113
104
71

17
4

05
63
49

215
169
116
105
71

16 C

24
20

309
238
220
191
93

3
1

l

200
210
220
230
240

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

210
220 ____________
230
240
250 ____________

616
395
379
284
184

42
11
7
5
3

33
16
15
15
7

28
16
17
8
9

157
134
117
94
61

177
127
133
95
49

84
42
35
29
27

95
50
56
39
28

558
361
357
271
174

38
10
7
4
3

26
12
13
14
6

17
10
14
6
6

130
116
106
87
57

170
123
128
93
48

82
41
34
29
26

95
50
56
38
28

58
34
22
13
10

5
1
1

7
4

11
3
2
3

27
18
11
7
4

6
5
4
2
1

2

2

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

260 ____________
270
280 ____________
290
__
300

251
144
120
93
70

15
2
4
3
1

9
3
5
3
2

5
6

52
37
42
32
23

22

48
15
8
7
4

237
137
115
89
68

15
1
3
3
1

8
2
4
2
1

50
36
41
31
23

14
7
5
3
2

2

2

36
21
16
15

48
15
8
7
4

9

2

91
42
36
27
21

20

37
21
16
15

5
4
1

2

1 0 ~'
44
38
28
22

46 9

11

20

14

173

138

64

49

447

8

17

11

163

135

64

49

22

3

19 46 8

1663

3675

1096

450 3

3740

1918

28 7 4 1 13 29

859

1720

325

1964

23 1 1

1497

26 60

813 8

1.20

1.17

1.95

1.87

1.67

1.46

1.12

•

under
under
under
under
under

under
under
under
under
under

300 and over _
Number of employees
(in hundreds)
Average hourly earnings (dollars) __

1*44

1* 07

1.08

2
3

1*29

1* 55

1.57

82

1.51

111

1.43

1*6 4

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included,
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.




9

2

1.54

7R

1
1

1
1

1
1

5

1
3

3

?

4

i

1
1

2

1

2
1
1

1
1

3

3

10

2

8 00

1953

liu

2546

1422

421

214

93

1.01

1.18

1.24

1.09

•

95

.94

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals

26
Table 2-D : Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
WEST: JBY SEX

(Number of employees in hundreds)
All employees
Hours worked in week

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

Men

Total

...................

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

48

1

1

3

1
1
3

6
1
6
1
3

2
3
1
1
3

5
1
3
4
13

66
50
42
39
16

6
8
6
13
6

19
17
45
49
41

20
19
14
16
11

11

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55
6 0 _____________ _
65
70 — _
7 5 _______________

20
10
33
29
58

4
1
6
4
12

3
2
12
15
15

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80 _
....
$5 _
90 _
9 5 _______________
1 0 0 _____________

176
148
157
169
107

38
22
23
23
10

1

Women

Hours worked in week
Total
49
or
more
"1
51
9

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

40

41 _
to
47
1

2

1
3
3
8

8
6
20
10
24

1

5
2
5

2
1
9
3
10

16
17
12
21
10

11
16
14
8
11

77
53
38
36
20

16
5
2
4
2

36
20
12
14
2

3
2
2
1

5
2
2
2
4

1
1
3

1
2

Hours worked :in week
49
or
more

48

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

5

1

1

1
1

1
2
2
6

12
3
13
19
34

2
1
2
2
7

1
1
3
11
5

4
5
2
2
2

5
7
4
6
2

9
12
14
5
7

99
95
119
133
87

22
17
21
18
8

18
4
12
12
7

47
9
11
5
8

40
13
22
17
16

440
159
229
158
134

2
3

2

41
to
47

40

49
or
m o r.

48

1
5

2

1

3
1
3

1
1
3

2
1
3
3
12

1
1
3

31
30
30
25
14

3
5
5
12
6

14
14
43
47
37

16
14
12
13
9

11
10
7
15
8

2
4
1
3
4

51
9
13
9
10

145
34
52
31
29

35
13
18
14
15

135
68
95
74
58

32
25
38
19
16

37
8
12
10
5

4
3
1
1
1
2
1
1

100
105
110
115
120

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

1 0 5 ____________
110 .
115 __ __
1 2 0 ____________
1 2 5 ___________ _

771
200
331
213
190

110
12
23
12
14

248
40
79
43
38

54
13
21
15
16

180
72
112
79
69

50
29
51
31
23

84
17
24
16
13

45
17
23
18
17

332
40
102
55
56

59
3
10
3
4

102
6
27
12
8

19
3
1
1

46
5
17
5
11

125
130
135
140
145

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

130
135
1 4 0 ____ ________
145
__
1 5 0 _____________

664
236
319
224
188

100
12
17
15
11

209
33
42
27
27

38
16
14
13
9

180
84
105
87
51

49
35
39
31
25

49
31
63
30
35

39
25
38
19
31

379
90
174
104
106

70
7
13
12
5

144
10
23
12
15

12
3
5
1
2

55
9
18
20
11

27
12
25
17
11

32
26
53
23
30

38
23
37
18
30

285
147
145
120
82

29
5
5
3
6

65
23
19
15
11

26
13
9
12
6

125
75
86
67
40

22
24
14
14
13

17
5
10
7
5

150
160
170
180
190

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

160
170
180
190
200

608
364
396
341
240

52
14
15
12
10

112
33
36
23
13

26
19
18
10
11

187
129
155
143
100

70
60
78
68
48

89
62
53
42
37

72
47
40
42
20

383
244
275
254
191

39
11
9
10
7

77
23
22
15
10

9
5
7
6
8

62
57
83
82
67

46
46
65
58
43

80
57
49
40
36

70
45
40
42
20

225
120
121
87
48

13
2
6
2
2

35
10
13
8
4

18
14
12
4
2

126
72
72
61
34

23
14
13
9
5

9
6
5
2
1

200
210
220
230
240

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

210
220
230
240
250 _____________

351
414
321
185
196

13
14
6
5
1

18
29
20
7
6

9
12
7
6
9

130
197
144
88
100

70
92
81
40
30

79
49
38
24
35

32
21
24
15
16

287
315
283
169
189

8
12
5
5

12
14
12
5
5

5
7
5
5
8

92
136
124
80
95

64
81
78
36
29

74
45
36
24
35

32
20
24
15
16

64
99
38
16
8

5
2
1
1

6
15
8
3

4
5
2
1
1

38
61
21
8
5

6
11
4
4
1

5
3
2

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

260 _
270
280 __
290 . . . . .
300 ____________

223
108
93
66
43

8
1
2

6
5
3
2
1

131
40
45
33
17

35
25
20
14
11

19
25
11
13
8

12
8

6
4
3
1

2

10
3
5
2
1

126
39
42
31
16

34
24
20
13
11

19
25
11
13
8

12
8
7
3
3

8
4
4
3
2

5
1
2
2
2

1
1
1

3
3

215
104
90
64
41

8
1
2

2

12
4
6
2
1

330

17

16

11

128

84

54

22

318

16

15

10

122

82

52

21

12

1

6

2

8533

641

1384

409

2975

1280

1105

736

5161

364

699

148

1471

894

879

695

3373

275

681

257

1507

383

224

40

1 .4 3

1 .3 9

1.7 9

2 .1 4

2 .0 9

1 .8 7

1 .6 1 , 1.31

1.1 1

1 .1 8

1 .3 0

1 .3 9

1 .3 0

1 .1 7

1.11

under
under
under
under
under

__ __ __ __
___

300 and over _
Number of employees
(in hundreds) _
Average hourly earnings (dollars)

—

1 .6 8

1 .2 9

1 .2 8

1 .48

1.76

1 .8 6

7

j 1 .8 9

1 .7 3
_




1

1

1
1

1

2

d

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

2
1

2
2
1

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

27
Table 3: Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
UNITED STATES: BY SEX

All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

Men

Hours worked in week
Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

Women

Hours worked in week
48

49
or
more

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

Hours worked in week
48

49
or
more

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

48

49
or
more

1.3

3 .0

1 .4

0 .9

0 .4

1.0

1 .5

2 .0

1.0

2. 5

1 .6

1 .6

0 .3

0. 5

0. 6

1 .4

1 .7

3 .6

1.3

0. 6

0 .4

1.9

4 .2

9. 1

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _ —
6 0 _______
_
6 5 _____
7 0 _____________
7 5 ---------------------

1 .6
1.0
2 .2
1.9
2. 1

5.2
1 .8
4 .6
3 .3
3 .3

2. 7
1.0
3 .3
3 .3
3 .3

.8
.7
1.3
1.7
1. 7

.4
.2
1. 1
.7
.6

.9
1.3
1. 5
2 .0
1.9

2 .2
1.2
2 .9
1.2
3 .0

1.3
1 .3
2. 1
2 .0
2. 6

1. 1
.6
1 .4
1. 1
1. 3

3. 5
.9
2. 8
1 .8
2 .0

2 .9
.9
3 .4
2. 7
2 .4

1.0
.7
1. 1
1.2
1.4

.3
.1
.8
.3
.1

.2
.4
.2
.5
.5

.8
.3
1.1
.5
1 .5

.9
1.0
1 .6
1 .6
2.1

2 .4
1 .6
3 .4
3. 1
3 .4

7 .0
2. 7
6 .6
4 .9
4. 7

2 .4
1.1
3.2
3.9
4 .2

.8
.7
1 .4
1.9
1.9

.5
.4
1 .4
1.2
1.2

2 .0 i
2. 7
3. 6.
4 .5
4 .2

6 .7
3.9
8 .9
3 .5
7. 7

5. 8
4 .9
8.0
7 .6
7. 7

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 ____
85 _
_
—
9 0 --------------------9 5 _________ ____
1 0 0 ------------------

4. 4
3 .2
3 .4
3 .3
2 .0

10. 6
4 .6
4. 5
3. 5
1.5

8. 1
4 .9
4 .9
4. 5
2 .0

3 .4
3.3
4 .0
4. 1
2. 7

2. 5
1 .7
3. 5
2. 7
1.8

3.1
2. 6
3. 1
3 .0
2. 5

2.
3.
2.
3.
1.

8
7
1
3
5

2. 8
3. 3
1.9
2. 8
1.9

2 .9
2. 1
1. 7
2. 1
1.2

8 .0
3 .3
2 .3
2. 5
.9

7 .4
3 .8
3.3
3. 6
.9

3. 6
2 .4
2. 0
2 .4
1. 7

1.3
.4
1.2
.7
.5

1.0
.8
1.2
1 .4
1.3

1.3
2 .4
1.3
2. 5
1.1

2. 6
3.0
1.8
2. 6
1.8

6 .6 13.4
4. 8 6 .0
5 .8
6 .8
5 .0
4. 6
2 .2
3 .2

8. 8
5.9
6 .4
5 .4
3 .0

3 .4
3. 7
4 .9
4. 8
3. 1

3. 7
2 .9
5. 7
4 .5
3.1

6. 7
5.6i
6. 1
5. 7
4. 7

7. 7
7 .7
4 .4
5 .6
2. 7

5.9
6.9
3 .8
4 .4
3. 1

12. 7 15.8
4 .6
2 .5
5. 5 2 .8
2 .2
3.9
3 .2
1.9

18.0
4 .4
5 .2
3 .8
3.1

12. 6
5 .4
6. 1
4. 5
4 .9

11. 1
5.2
6.9
4 .6
3. 8

9 .3 10. 6
3 .0
4 .9
5. 5 3. 1
4. 1 2. 5
3 .0
1. 1

9 .0
3.9
3.2
1.8
1 .7

100
105
110
115
120

and
Snd
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 0 5 ----------------110
115
1 2 0 ----------------1 2 5 -----------------

11. 1
3. 1
4 .4
2 .9
2. 7

18. 8
2 .2
3 .0
2 .2
2 .0

19.4
3 .4
4. 5
3. 6
2. 7

12. 5
4 .7
5. 5
3.9
4. 1

8. 7
3 .2
4. 8
2 .9
2. 5

6 .4
2 .9
4. 1
2. 8
2 .2

8 .8
2 .0
3 .2
1.9
1.6

8 .8
3. 3
4. 8
3.2
4 .2

10. 0
2 .0
3 .6
2 .3
2 .4

2 1 .6
1.9
3. 1
2. 1
2. 1

20.9
2 .4
3. 8
3 .3
2 .4

12. 3
3 .0
4. 3
2 .4
2 .3

6. 1
1.0
2 .6
1.0
1. 1

4. 7
1. 7
3 .3
2 .0
1.8

8. 3
1 .6
3 .3
1.8
1 .8

8 .8
3.2
4 .9
3 .3
4 .4

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135 _ __ _
1 4 0 ___________
145
150
__
__

5. 7
2. 6
3 .2
2 .4
2. 1

7 .4
1.2
1.3
1.1
.7

7. 1
2 .0
2 .0
1 .6
1.3

5.2
3 .4
2 .9
3 .4
2 .4

6. 1
2. 5
3. 7
2 .4
1.8

3. 7
3 .0
3 .6
2 .8
2 .6

5. 7
2 .0
4. 5
2 .0
3.3

5. 3
3. 7
3. 6
3 .2
2 .6

5.9
2. 5
3 .4
2. 5
2 .3

10. 5
1 .5
1.8
1 .5
.8

9 .2
1.9
2 .2
1.8
1.3

4 .9
2 .3
2. 3
3 .0
1. 5

4 .8
1.3
2. 7
1 .6
1.3

3. 7
2 .9
3.9
3 .0
2. 8

6 .2
2 .2
5. 3
2 .3
4. 1

5. 5
3.9
3.9
3 .4
2 .8

5 .3
2. 8
2 .9
2 .3
1 .7

4 .2
.9
.7
.7
.6

5. 1
2 .0
1 .8
1 .4
1.2

5 .4
3. 8
3 .2
3. 6
2. 8

7.2
3. 7
4. 5
3.2
2 .2

3. 6
3 .2
3. 1
2 .3
2. 1

3 .9
1.2
2 .0
1.1
.8

2. 7
2 .0
1.0
1.1
.7

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

5.9
3 .9
3. 7
3. 1
2 .0

4 .8
1.3
1.3
.7
.4

4 .4
1.9
1 .4
.9
.6

5.3
3.9
3. 7
2 .4
1 .6

6 .6
5 .0
4. 5
4 .4
2 .3

5 .6
4. 5
5 .4
4 .2
3. 3

7.9
4 .3
4 .2
3. 5
2 .4

6 .4
5. 0
3. 7
3. 5
2 .2

7.0
4 .7
4. 8
4. 3
2 .9

7. 5
2 .0
2 .0
1.2
.7

5.9
2.1
1.9
1.2
.8

5. 7
3 .4
4. 7
3 .0
2. 6

6 .6
5. 6
5. 6
6. 5
3. 7

6. 7
5.9
7. 7
6.2
4 .9

9 .6
5.3
5. 3
4 .4
3 .0

6 .8
5.3
3 .9
3. 7
2 .4

4 .3
2 .8
2 .1
1.3
.6

1.9
.6
.6
.2
.2

2 .9
1 .7
.9
.6
.3

5.2
4. 1
3 .3
2 .2
1. 1

6 .5
4 .6
3. 5
2 .4
1.0

3. 7
2 .2
1 .6
.9
.5

2 .6
1.2
.8
.6
.3

2.1
1.3
.8
.3
.1

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

2 1 0 ___________
220 _ __ —
230 ___________
240
250

3 .0
2 .3
1.9
1.2
1.0

1. 8
.7
.4
.3

.9
.6
.6
.3
.2

2 .2
1.6
1. 1
.6
1.0

3. 5
3 .8
3. 0
2. 0
1 .6

4. 1
3. 1
3 .0
1.9
1.1

4. 3
2 .2
1 .6
1. 1
1.3

3. 0
1. 7
1.4
1. 1
.8

4 .4
3.3
2 .9
1.9
1. 5

2 .9
1.2
.7
.6
.2

1 .4
.7
.9
.5
.3

4 .0
2 .9
2 .4
1. 5
2 .2

5. 8
6. 5
5 .6
3. 7
3. 1

6 .2
4. 7
4 .6
2 .9
1 .7

5. 5
2. 8
2. 1
1 .5
1 .6

3.2
1. 8
1 .5
1.2
.9

.9
.7
.4
.2
.1

.7
.1
,1

.5
.4
.3
.1

1.4
1.0
.6
.3
.5

1.3
1.3
.6
.3
.2

.5
.5
.3
.2
.1

.6
.3
.2
.1
.1

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
__ __
270
280 ___________
290 ___________
300 -----------------

1.3
.7
.6
.5
.3

.8
.1
.1
.1
.1

.4
.1
.1
.1

.7
.6
.3
.4
.2

2. 6
1.0
.9
.8
.4

1.3
.9
.8
.7
.5

1.0
1 .4
.6
.6
.5

1. 1
.6
.4
.4
.1

2. 1
1.2
.9
.8
.5

1 .4
.2
.2
.2
.2

.6
.2
.3
.1
.1

1. 7
1. 5
1.0
1.0
.5

5 .0
2 .0
1. 8
1 .6
.9

1.9
1.5
1.2
1.0
.7

1.3
1.9
.8
.7
.6

1.2
.7
.4
.4
.2

.2
.1
.1
.1

.2
.1

.1

.3
.2
. 1
.2

.3
.1
.1
.1

.
.
.
.

.1
.1
.1

2 .9

.9

4 .9

6 .7

4 .4

3 .4

1.9

.3

.3

.1

.3

.3

.4

.1

100.0 100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0 100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0

100.0

24128 2365

5085

2576

7551

4277 1564

712

1.02

1.22

1.23

1.05

.93

.8 6

300 and over
Total .

___

„

Number of employees
(in hundreds)
__
Average hourly earnings (dollars)1-—

2 .2

.9

.5

1 .7

3 .4

2. 7

1.9

3. 5

1. 5

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0 100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

60332

4860

10054

3726

14642

11524 6511

9028

36197

2495

4963

1150

7095

7246

4944

8305

1.41

1.03

1.08

1.32

1. 55

1. 34

1.58

1. 17

1. 15

1.54

1.89

1. 75

1.59

1.38

1.50

1.43

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.




1. 11

.89

1
1
1
1

.2

'

.4
.3
.1
.1

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 0.05 percent or less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

28
Table 3 -A: Percent distribution of nons uper via or y employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
NORTHEAST: BY SEX

All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

Men

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

Women

Hour8 worked in week

Hours worked in week
48

49
or
more

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

0 .3

0. 5

0. 6

0. 1

0. 1

0 .2

0. 6

0. 7

0. 1

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 _____________
60 _ ------65 . —
70 .
75 _ __

.5
.3
.9
.9
1.1

1 .8
1.0
2 .7
2. 5
2 .4

1.0
.4
1.2
1 .9
2. 5

.1
.1
.5
.7
.7

.3
.1
.5
.4
.5

.3
.4
.6
.8
.9

.5
.1
1.1
.1
.5

.2
.1
.3
.2
.3

.3
.1
.4
.3
.4

.8
.3
1.0
.8
.8

1.1
.1
.9
1.2
1.5

0 .3
.5

.1
.1
.2
.1

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 --------------------85 _
_
9 0 _____________
95 _ __
1 0 0 ____________

3. 5
2 .5
3. 3
3. 1
1. 7

10. 1
4. 8
5 .9
4 .0
1 .5

7. 5
5.3
6.0
6.0
2 .3

2 .2
2 .3
3 .8
3. 6
2 .4

1 .6
1.5
2 .8
2 .4
1 .7

1 .9
1. 7
1 .9
1.9
1 .6

1. 5
1 .6
1.0
1 .8
.6

.5
.6
.6
1.2
.8

1 .9
1.2
1 .4
1 .6
.7

5 .9
3.1
3.1
3.2
1.1

6 .7
3. 7
4 .0
5.2
.7

1 .8
.8
2 .3
1.5
1.3

22. 1 11. 1
4 .4
5.0
4 .7
5. 5
4.1
3 .8
3.3
4 .8

8. 5
2 .7
4. 6
2 .2
2. 1

6.2
2. 6
3. 7
2 .6
2. 5

8.2
1. 5
4 .4
1 .6
1 .8

6. 6 10.1
2.1
1 .8
4 .4
3 .4
3.0
2 .2
4. 5 2 .3

24. 8
2 .5
4 .3
2 .9
2 .4

25. 1
3 .7
4 .2
4.3
3.0

0 .2

0 .3

0 .2

Hours worked in week
48
0 .2
.1

49
or
more

Total

0.1

0 .4

15
to
34

35
to
39

0 .6

0 .5

0.1

0 .2

0 .9

0 .7

6 .9

2 .9
1 .8
4 .6
4 .5
4 .2

.8
.6
1.5
2 .6
3 .5

.2
.2
.6
.8
.8

.6
.1
.9
.8
1.2

.8
1.7
1 .9
2 .7
2 .9

4 .2
.7
6 .9
.7
2 .8

5.2
5.2
3 .4

1
to
14

40

41
to
47

48

49
or
more

0 .2
.1
.1

.4

.2
.1
.1

.2

.3

.9
.6
1 .7
1 .9
2 .3

.7
.2
.6
.4
.4

.5
.4
.6
.6
.6

.8
1.2
.8
1.3
.5

.5
.5
.6
1.1
.7

5 .9
4 .7
6.2
5.3
3 .3

14.7
6 .7
9.1
5.0
1 .9

8.3
6 .8
7 .8
6.7
3 .8

2 .3
2 .9
4 .4
4 .4
2. 7

2 .8
3.1
5 .5
5.0
3 .4

5 .9
5.1
5. 6
5 .4
4 .3

6 .9
5. 6
2 .1
5 .6
1 .4

1.7
5.2
3 .4
3 .4
3 .4

10.4
2 .5
4 .5
2 .8
3 .3

6.0
.7
2 .2
1.0
1.0

3 .8
1. 6
2 .6
1 .6
1.8

7 .3
1.2
4 .0
1 .4
1 .7

6.2
2 .0
4 .3
3 .0
4 .6

14.7
5.1
6.0
3 .9
3 .8

19.2
3 .5
3 .4
2 .1
2 .2

19.5
5.0
5.0
4 .0
3. 6

11.4
5. 8
5 .8
4.1
5 .4

11.7
5.3
7 .4
3 .8
3 .4

1 2 .6
5 .5
6 .6
5 .4
4 .3

16.0
3 .5
7 .6
3 .5
2 .8

15.5
6 .9
5.2
3 .4
1 .7

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 0 5 ----------------110
1 1 5 ___________
120
.. „
1 2 5 ___________

11. 9
3. 1
4 .4
2 .9
2 .9

22.2
3 .0
3 .9
2 .5
2 .4

125
130
135
140
145

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

1 3 0 ----------------1 3 5 ___________
140
1 4 5 ___________
150 „
__ __

6 .4
2 .9
3. 5
2. 7
2. 4

10.0
1.5
1.2
1.5
.7

6. 6
2. 1
2. 1
1. 7
1.1

5. 7
4. 1
3. 7
4 .0
3. 1

5 .8
2 .6
3. 7
2 .3
2 .0

4 .2
3 .0
4.2
3 .3
3. 3

8 .8
1 .4
6. 7
2 .0
5. 3

6 .9
5 .8
4. 1
4. 5
2 .3

6.8
2 .7
3. 8
2. 6
2 .4

14. 9
1.5
1.7
1.7
.7

8 .5
2 .4
2 .4
1 .6
.9

5 .8
3 .0
2 .0
3. 3
2 .0

4 .5
1 .6
3.1
1 .4
1.3

4. 1
2 .8
4. 5
3. 6
3 .5

9.3
1 .4
6. 9
1 .9
5 .8

7.0
6.0
4 .2
4 .6
2 .4

5 .7
3.1
3.2
2 .8
2 .3

4 .3
1 .6
.8
1.3
.6

4 .9
1 .8
1.8
1 .8
1.3

5 .7
4 .5
4 .3
4 .3
3 .5

7 .6
3 .8
4 .4
3 .5
3 .0

4. 5
3 .4
3 .2
2. 6
2 .8

4 .9
1 .4
4 .2
2 .1
1 .4

5.2
3 .4
1.7
3 .4
1.7

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160 „
_
170
1 8 0 ___________
1 9 0 ----------------200 ___________

7. 1
4 .9
4. 6
4. 1
2 .3

4. 5
1 .6
1 .6
.7
.3

4. 7
2 .0
1.4
1.0
.5

6 .7
4 .4
4. 6
3 .2
1. 7

7. 7
6 .0
4 .8
5. 1
2 .7

7 .4
6. 5
7 .9
5 .4
4. 3

11.2
5. 5
6 .0
6 .7
2 .9

9.1
7. 3
5. 6
6 .6
3 .0

8.3
5 .8
6. 1
5. 7
3 .4

6 .6
2 .4
2 .5
1.1
.6

6.3
2 .0
2 .0
1 .4
.6

6. 8
3 .8
6 .8
3 .5
2 .8

8.0
8 .4
6. 7 8 .0
5 .9 10.0
7.3
7.1
4 .3
5. 7

12.0
5 .7
6 .5
7.3
3 .3

9.3
7.3
5 .9
6 .8
3.1

5.3
3 .4
2 .3
1 .7
.6

2.1
.8
.6
.2
.2

3 .3
2.1
.8
.7
.3

6 .6
4. 7
3 .9
3.1
1.3

7 .4
5. 1
3. 5
2. 5
.7

5 .0
2 .4
2 .0
.8
.4

4 .9
3 .5
2.1
2 .8

3 .4
5.2

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

2 1 0 ___________
220 ----------------230 _ _
240 ___________
250

3. 6
2. 6
2 .0
1.3
.9

1 .9
.5
.4
.4
.1

1.1
.4
.5
.3
.1

2 .4
1 .9
1.1
.5
.9

3 .6
4. 5
3 .6
2. 1
1.5

5 .7
3. 3
2 .8
1 .8
1.1

6 .0
2 .4
1 .6
.9
.5

5. 1
2. 7
1.3
1 .9
1.2

5.3
3 .8
3.0
2 .0
1.3

2 .9
1.0
.7
.7
.3

1.5
.7
1.0
.5
.1

4 .8
3. 5
2 .0
1.3
1.5

5. 7
7 .4
6.1
3 .5
2 .6

7 .7
4 .4
3 .7
2 .5
1.5

6 .7
2 .7
1 .8
.9
.6

5.3
2 .8
1.3
2 .0
1.3

.9
.5
.3
.2
.2

1.0

.6
.1
.1
.1

1.5
1.3
.7
.3
.7

1.0
.8
.4
.4
.1

.5
.3
.3
.1

.7

1.7

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260 ___________
270
280 ___________
290
....
300 -----------------

1 .4
.7
.5
.6
.3

.7
.1
.1
.1
.1

.3
.1
.1
.1

.9
.5
.5
.7
.3

2 .9
1. 1
1.0
1.1
.4

1.3
1.0
.6
.7
.4

1.3
1.3
.2
.2
.4

1. 2
.7
.4
.8
.1

2. 1
1.2
.8
.9
.5

1.0
.3
.1
.3
.3

.6
.1
.3
.1
.1

1.8
1.3
1.5
1 .8
1.0

5.0
2 .0
1. 7
1 .9
.8

1.7
1.3
.8
.9
.6

1.3
1.5
.3
.3
.4

1.3
.7
.4
.8
.1

.3

.3

.1

.5
.2
.1
.3
.1

.3
.1
.1
.1
.1

.1

3. 1

3. 1

1.3

.5

7 .8 ____ 5^3

100.0 100.0

100.0

100.0

300 and o v e r _________________

2 .4

3 .0

1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0

100.0

100.0

1508

4080

2940

1275

1540

9545

717

1.41

1. 61

1.58

1. 55

1.59

1.68

1.21

2 .0

.7

T o ta l__________________

100.0

100. 0

.2

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

15664

1341

2985

Average hourly earnings (dollars)__

1.50

1.08

1.11

1. <)

2 .0
100.0

NOTE-: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included,
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.




.1

2. 6

2 .2

3 .2

.2

100.0

100.0 100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0

1415

396

2256 2154

1130

1484

6119

626 1568

1113

1826

1. 18

1.74

1.75

1.61

1. 61

1. 17

.94

1.30

1.23

1.91

____

1.04

____
100.0

____ JL _____

.7
1.7

784

- 1 .7

____

100,0. loo.oioo-o

IQO.O

144

58

1. 10 1. 12

1.13

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 0 .0 5 percent or less than 50 employees
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

29
Table 3-B: Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
SOUTH: BY SEX

All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Men

Hours worked in week
Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

Women

Hours worked in week
48

49
or
more

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

Hours worked in week
49
or
more

48

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

48

49
or
more

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

3. 7

10.2

5 .6

3. 6

1.2

2. 7

3. 5

3.9

2. 8

8. 6

5 .3

4 .6

1.0

1.6

1.5

2. 7

5. 3

11.7

6 .0

2 .8

1.4

3.9

7.2

14.0

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

4 .2
2. 5
4. 7
3. 8
3. 7

15.3
4 .9
9 .3
5 .5
3 .5

7.9
3. 3
6.9
6. 7
4. 1

3. 1
2 .4
3. 5
4. 1
4. 3

1.2
.8
3 .4
2 .0
1.2

2 .0
2. 7
3. 1
4 .0
3. 7

5 .4
2. 7
5.9
2. 5
5.3

2. 5
2. 6
3.9
3 .9
4. 5

2 .7
1 .6
3.2
2. 7
2. 6

10. 7
2. 5
6 .6
3 .9
2 .3

7. 8
2 .7
6 .5
5 .8
3. 1

2. 5
2 .5
3.2
3.2
2. 1

1.0
.1
2. 6
1.3
.2

.6
1.2
.6
1 .4
1.2

2 .3
1. 1
2. 5
1.5
3. 7

1.8
2. 1
3 .4
3 .4
3.9

6 .4
4 .0
7.0
5 .6
5.3

19. 1
6 .8
11.7
6 .8
4 .4

8 .0
4 .0
7 .5
7 .8
5.3

3 .5
2. 3
3. 7
4. 7
5. 6

1.3
1.3
4. 1
2. 6
2 .0

3 .6
4. 5
6.0
6.9
6. 5

11. 1
5 .5
12. 1
4 .6
8 .4

8 .5
7.2
8 .5
8. 7
9 .5

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _____________
8 5 --------------------9 0 _____________
9 5 _____________
1 0 0 ____________

6 .4
4. 8
4. 1
4 .2
2. 6

11. 6
5.3
3. 7
2 .2
1.2

10. 6
4 .8
4. 1
3 .0
1 .4

7.0
5.2
4 .9
4 .9
4 .3

6 .4
3. 1
6. 1
3. 6
2 .4

5. 1
4. 1
4 .4
4 .9
3. 8

4. 6
6 .0
3. 3
5 .4
2. 6

4 .6
5. 7
2. 6
4 .4
2. 5

5 .0
4 .0
2 .9
3. 7
2. 1

11.4
6. 1
2 .9
2. 1
.7

11.0
4. 3
2 .9
2 .4
.8

8.2
6. 1
2 .9
5.0
4 .3

4. 1
1 .0
4. 0
2. 3
1 .0

2 .4
1 .7
2. 8
3. 7
3.0

2. 8
4. 8
2. 8
5 .4
2. 3

4 .4
5. 5
2. 6
4 .3
2 .4

8. 5
5.9
5.9
4. 8
3 .4

11.7
4. 7
4 .4
2 .4
1.5

10.0
5.3
5. 6
3. 7
2 .3

6 .3
4. 7
6. 3
4 .9
4 .4

8 .2
4. 8
7.9
4 .8
3. 6

8 .2
6. 7
6.2
6 .2
4. 7

7. 7
8. 1
4 .2
5.3
3. 1

5. 7
7. 5
3 .0
4. 7
3 .0

20. 7 15.0
2 .4
5 .0
3. 1 3 .2
3. 7 3. 6
1.8
.7

11.3
2. 1
5.2
1 .5
1 .5

7. 8
3.2
5 .4
3. 5
.2 .4

11.0
1.9
4 .2
2 .2
1 .7

11.5
3. 5
5 .4
3.3
4. 1

9 .5
3 .9
3 .8
3 .0
1.9

6 .8
1.2
.9
1 .5
.5

14.2
2. 5
2. 7
2 .2
1 .6

13.3 12.0
4 .4
5. 5
4. 7 6 .2
4 .4
4 .4
4 .2
2 .9

6 .8
4 .3
4 .3
3.2
2 .0

6. 8
3 .2
1 .7
2 .2
.4

5.2
2. 7
2 .0
.7
1. 5

2. 6
2 .0
1.1
.8
.6

3 .3
2. 1
1 .6
1 .6
1 .6

6. 3
2. 1
2 .9
2. 1
1.0

2 .2
2 .4
2 .0
1 .5
1. 5

1.9
.9
1 .0
.4
.4

1. 7
1.5
.5
.5
.5

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 ___________

11.2
3. 3
4 .4
2 .9
2 .3

12.6
1 .6
1.5
1 .4
.8

17. 8
2 .4
2 .9
3 .0
1 .7

13.8
4 .6
4. 1
4. 1
2 .9

11.7
3 .9
5. 7
3. 1
2 .2

7 .4
3. 8
4 .9
3.3
2 .2

9 .5
2 .4
3 .4
2 .2
1.3

10. 8
3 .4
5 .0
3 .0
3. 8

12. 3
2 .9
4. 7
2 .9
2. 6

19.3
2 .0
2. 1
1.3
1.3

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 ___________
1 5 0 ___________

4. 3
2 .2
2. 5
1 .8
1. 5

2 .5
.5
.4
.4
.3

3. 7
1 .5
1.2
.7
.6

2. 8
2 .0
1. 5
2 .2
1.3

6. 7
1.9
3 .2
1.8
1 .4

3. 3
3.2
3. 0
2. 5
2 .0

5.0
1.9
3. 1
1 .6
2 .2

3 .9
2. 8
2. 5
2 .3
1.6

4 .9
2. 5
3 .0
2 .2
1.9

3. 8
.9
.9
.5
.5

4 .6
1.1
1.2
.7
.6

2.1
1.8
1 .4
3 .2
.4

7. 0
1 .8
3. 7
1.5
1. 8

4. 3
3.9
3.9
3.3
2. 6

6. 6
2 .4
4 .2
2 .2
3 .2

4 .2
2 .9
2. 7
2. 5
1 .8

3.2
1 .8
1 .7
1.3
.9

1. 5
.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 ___________
1 9 0 ___________
200 ___________

3. 8
2. 8
2. 3
1 .8
1.2

2 .0
.6
.3
.2
.1

1. 7
1.3
.6
.4
.2

2. 7
2. 7
1. 7
1.3
.6

4. 8
4. 1
2 .9
3. 1
1.0

4 .2
2. 7
3. 7
2. 5
1.9

4 .8
2 .9
2 .2
1. 6
1.4

4. 0
3.1
2. 3
1 .7
1. 6

5.0
3. 6
3.3
2. 6
1 .8

3. 6
.9
.5
.4
.2

2 .2
1 .5
.6
.4
.4

3.2
2 .9
1.8
1.4
.7

6 .0
5 .4
4. 8
5. 3
1 .7

6.3
4.2
6 .3
4 .0
3 .3

6.9
4 .2
3 .2
2 .4
1.9

4 .2
3 .4
2. 5
1. 8
1.8

2 .0
1. 5
.8
.7
.3

.6
.3
.2

1.0
1. 1
.6
.5
.1

2 .3
2. 6
1 .4
1.2
.5

3. 8
3. 0
1.3
1.3
.5

1.8
1. 1
.8
.7
.3

1.0
.5
.3
.1
.4

1.5
.2
.2
.2

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

2 1 0 ___________
220 ___________
230 ___________
240 ___________
250 ___________

1 .6
.9
.8
.5
.4

.6
.1
.2

.6
.1
.3

1. 1
.3
.3
.3
.8

2 .4
1.5
1.0
.6
.5

1. 6.
1.2
1.3
.8
.4

1.9
1.0
.6
.5
.6

1.7
1. 0
.7
.5
.3

2. 3
1.4
1.2
.7
.6

1. 1
.2
.4

.7
.l
.4
.1

2. 1
.7
.4
.4
1 .8

4. 1
2. 7
1.9
1. 1
.9

2. 7
2. 1
2 .3
1 .4
.7

2. 8
1 .5
.9
.6
.8

1 .8
1. 1
.8
.6
.4

.5
.2
.2
.1
.1

.2

.3
.1
.1
.1

.7
.2
.2
.2
.2

1.0
.5
.2
.2
.1

.3
.2
.2
.1
.1

.4

.2
.2

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

.3
.7
.1
.1
.1

.9
.5
.5
.6
.3

.6 .
.5
.3
.3
.2

.5
.6
.2
.2
.1

.6
.5
.3
.2
.1

.9
.7
.4
.4
.2

.7
.2
.2

.4
.1

.4
1 .4

1 .7
1.0
.9
1. 1
.6

1.1
1.0
.6
.6
.4

.7
.9
.3
.3
.2

.6
.6
.3
.3
.1

.1
.1

.3
.2

_________ _
___________
___________
___________
___________

.6
.4
.3
.3
.1

•1
.5
.2
.l

.3

.2

.4
.1

300 and o v e r _________________

1.3

.6

.2

.6

2 .4

1.4

1. 1

__1.9

1. 1

T o ta l__________________

100. 0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0 100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

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

16663

1216

2012

716

3079

3564 2214

3863

10163

559

1131

280

Average hourly earnings (dollars) ,__

1. 16

. 80

.91

1.07

1.28

1.21

1. 14

1.28

.90

.9 4

1.15

1.4

1.14

NOTE-: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.




1 .4

4. 8

2 .5

1.9

100.0 100.0

.4

100.0

100.0

100.0

1408

1890

1439

1. 52

1.45

1.32

1.2

.3
.2

.1

.2
.1
.1
.1

.
.
.
.
.

1
1
1
1
1

.1
.1
. 1
.1
.1

.2

.2

.1

.4

.3

.4

100.0 L00. 0

100.0

100.0

1 0 0 .0 1 0 0 .0

100.0

100.0

100.0

3461

6505

660

882

429 1677

1681

777

401

1.18

.9 4

. 71

. 87

1.08

.94

. 81

. 76

1.02

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 0.05 percent or less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

30

Table 3 -C :

Percent distribution of non supervisor y employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
NORTH CENTRAL: RY SEX

All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Men

Hours worked in week
Total

Under 50
and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _ __
60 _
_
65 7 0 _____________
75 _ __

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _____________
8 5 --------------------90 _ „
95 _ __
1 0 0 ____________

15
to
34

35
to
39

.5

1.0

0.4

.9
.6

2

1.9
1.8
2.3

2.4
.8
4.2
3.4
4.4

4.4
3.0
3. 5
3.2
2.0

12. 1
4.3
4.3
4. 1
1.7

4.9
2.3

0

50
55
60
65
70

1
to
14

.1

.

7

3.9
3.4
4.4
8. 6
5. 1
5.0

0

.5

40

0.2

.5

.2
.1
.6
.7
.7

.5
1.6
2. 1
1. 8
3. 6
4.0
4. 5
4.4
2. 5

41
to
47

.
.
1.
1.

Hours worked in week
49
or
more

48

0.4

0

.6

.9
2

.3

.9
3.0
2 . 5
3.7

2.9
1.8

2. 7
2.2
3.3
2.7
2. 6
6. 5
2. 6
3. 7
2. 5
2.2

9. 1
2.0
2. 9
2. 1
2. 1

3

.6

2.0
1.7
3.7

1.9
2.7
1.2

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 0 5 ___________
110
115
120
. . __
1 2 5 ___________

11.4
3.2
4. 5
3. 1
3. 1

21.2
2. 1
3.2
2. 5
2.4

18. 7
3.4
4. 8
3. 6
2. 9

13. 1
4. 8
6. 6
3.9
3. 7

8.4
3.5
5.2
3.5
3.1

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 ___________
1 3 5 ___________
140
1 4 5 ___________
1 5 0 ___________

5.4
2. 6
3.3
2. 5
2. 3

5.9
1.2
1.3

6.4
2.0

7

1. 9
1.8
1.5

4. 6
3. 1
2.4
3. 5
2.3

5. 8
2. 6
4.0
2. 6
1. 9

2.9
3. 7
2.8
2. 7

5. 1
2.0
4. 1
2.0
3.3

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 ___________

6.2
4. 1
3. 7
3. 1
2. 1

5.7
1.3
1.4
.7
.4

4. 1
1.8
1.4
.8
.7

4. 7
3. 6
3. 6
2.2
1.8

6.9
5.3
4. 9
4.2
2. 1

5.
4.
4.
4.
3.

5
7
8
6
6

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

2 1 0 ___________
220 _________ _
230 ___________
240 _
250

3.2
2.0

2

.5

9

7
.4
.3
.2

.9
.4
.4
.4
.2

2. 6
1. 5
1. 6
.7
.8

3.5
3.0
2. 6
2. 1
1.4

4. 7
3.4
3. 6
2. 5
1.3

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
_
270
280
290 ___________
300 ___________

1.3
.7
.6
.5
.4

.9
1
.2
.2
.1

.2
.1
.1
.1
.1

.5
.5
.2
.3
.2

.5

1.3

1. 9
1.5

.

.9

.

.

.

300 and o v e r __ _____________

2

.4

.7

T o ta l.....................

100.0

100.0

Number of employees
(in hundreds) _

—

Average hourly earnings (dollars)

-

100.0 100.0

0

.8

5

9
1
6
1.4

9.0
2.4
2. 1
2.8

6. 7
4.0
3.4
3.8
1.4

2. 5
1.8
1.5
2.2

.6
.4
.6
.5
.4

20. 1
2.0

4.8

4.0

8

.9
2.4
1.3
1.2

1. 1

3.9
2. 7
2. 7

11.7
3. 1
5. 8
1.5
3. 1

2. 8
1.5
1.6

7.3
1.6
1.7
1.3
.9

8. 1
2.3
2.2
2. 6
1.9

4.9
1.8
2.8
4.0
1.5

4.3
1.1
2.8
2. 1
1.3

9.3

6.0
2.0
2.0

7.3
5. 5
5. 9
7.2
3. 7
6.6

1.9
1.9

. 1

3.9
5. 0
3. 7
5.0
6. 3

1. 1

.9

9.6
2. 1
3. 6
2.3
2. 8

22. 5

7. 5
5. 9
4.0
3. 7
2. 5

7.5
4.8
4. 8
4. 5
3. 1

4.4
2.2
1.8
1.5
1.4

3.3
1.7
1.9
1.4
1.0

3.9
4. 5

.
.

.

3.3

1.9
3.0
2.4
2.8

5
5
5
8
7

2.9
3.3

.9

.6

1. 1
1. 1

6.2
3.4
4. 6
3.4
2.8

4.9
3.2
3.2
2.4
1.5

4.4
1.2
.8
.5
.3

1.5
.7
.8
.8
.3

5.2
3. 1
4.3
1.8
1.8

2. 1
1.2

1.7

1.0

.3
.3
.1

.5
.1
.2
.2
.1

1.5
1.2
.3
.6
.6

1.9
2.3
.9

.1

.8
.6

1.7

3.9

.9

1.0

3.4

100. 0 1 0 0 .0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0.2

.1
.2
.1
.2
.3

49
or
more
.6

Total

.5

15
to
34

35
to
39

.6

0.4

0.3

1.2
1.0

2.4
1.0

2.9
3. 1
3.7

6.0
5.4
6.0

1.9
.7
3. 6

.4
.5
1.7
2.5

15. 6
6.4
6.6
5. 5
2.6

0

0

40

41
to
47

49
or
more

48
.6

1.9

2.8

.1

1.0
2.0
2. 7

1.9

.2
7
1. 1
1.2

3. 9
3.2

2. 9
4.0
7. 6
3. 6
9.3

3. 3
2. 8
8. 9
7.0
6. 1

10.2
6. 1
6. 5
5.8
3.1

4. 1
4. 9
5.7
5.3
3.2

3. 1
2.8
6.0
4. 7
2.8

6.1
5. 1
7.2
5. 8
5. 6

9.
9.
5.
5.
2.

3
3
9
9
1

7. 5
5. 1
5. 6
3.3

3.9
5. 5

0.2

.

0

.9

1.9

7. 1
5.0
6.3
5.3
3.3

.1

1.9
2.9
2.3
2.4

7. 6
3.8
5.0
3.7
5.2

13. 8
4. 7
5.8
4.3
3.4

19.9
2.4
3.4
2. 6
2. 1

17. 5
4. 7
5. 5
4.3
3.0

13. 7
5. 7
6. 8
4. 9
4.0

11.2
5. 5
7.4
5.3
4. 6

10.5
4. 9
5.2
4. 1
3.2

12.8
2. 1
2. 9
1. 7
1.2

14. 5
4. 7
5. 1
3.3

3. 1
2. 6
3. 6
2.8
3. 1

5. 1
2. 1
4. 7
2.3
4.0

6.
4.
4.
4.
3.

5.4
2. 7
3. 1
2.2
1.7

4.3
.8

4.9
1. 7
1.7

7.0
3. 8

4.4
3.2
4.0
2. 8
2.0

5. 0
1.2

4. 2

1. 1
1. 1

4. 5
3. 6
2.2
3.2
2.5

6. 1
5.8
6. 7

10. 7
5.2
6. 1
4.1
3.2

7.9
6.2
4.2

4. 3
3.0
2.2

3.9
3. 7
3.2
1.8
1.6

4. 5
3.0
1.8
.8
.6

4.0

1. 1

2. 5
1.6
.8
.5
.3

6. 6
5.0
4. 1

3.9
2.7

1.9
.6
.4
.3

.4
.2
.1

1.4
.6
.4
.3
.4

1. 1

.6
.4
1.0
.9
.9

6.9
5. 5

2

7

.1

.

7
1.8

5
1
7
1
8

.1

.

.
.
.

5. 5
2. 7
2.3

2.9

1.9
1. 7

1.9
2. 1
1.4
1.1

4.6
2. 1
1.8
1.4
1. 1

2.2
1.6
1.8
1.3
1.0

1.3
2.4
1.4
1.1
1.0

1.8
.6
.3
.3
.2

8.3

5.8

4.3

1.8

.3

100. 0 1 0 0 .0

100.0

100.0

100.0

3

.6

.9
.5
.5

.6

7.4
5.3
5. 5
4.0
2. 1

5.9
5.4
4.4

1
to
14

7
.4
.3
.2
.1
.2

.1
.1

6
1
1

. i

.
.

1

.1
.1
[1

1

4.9
3. 1
2.4

1.9
.8

.7
.4
.3
.2

.1

.4

.4

.1
.1

.1
.4

__

100. 0 1 0 0 .0

.4
.4

1. 9
.7
.7

1.0

.7
.7
.2

1.9

1.9

1. 9
1.4
1.4
.9
2.8
1.4
1.4
.5
.5

.5
.2

.
.

.3
1
1

.2

.1

.

5

.1
.1

.4

.4

.2

100.0

100.0

100.0

100. 0 1 0 0 .0

19468

1663

3675

1096

4508

3740

1918

2874

11329

859

1720

325

1964

2311

1497

2660

8138

800

1953

774

2546

1422

421

214

1.44

1.07

1.08

1.29

1.55

1.57

1 . 51

1.43

1 . 64

1.20

1 . 17

1.5 4

1.95

1.87

1.67

1.46

1 . 12

.93

1.01

1 . 18

1.2 4

1.09

.95

.9 4

NOTE-: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included,
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.




1.7
1.6
1.4
1.8

2. 5
1. 6
1.4
1.8

.1

1.7
.5
.3
.2
.1

.7

.

.3
.1
.6
.1
.1

1. 1

3

.3
.5
.4
.5
1.2

.9
.3
1.2
1.2
1.5

1. 1

100.0

0

.3
.1
.8
.2
1.3

1.2

1.4

.8

0.2

0.4
2.3
.6
4. 1

1.0
1. 1

3

0.3

1.2

1.0

100.0

48

2.4
.7
2.4
1.6
3.0

9.2
4. 3
5.0
3.3
2. 6

.8
8

40

Hours worked in week

41
to
47

7
.3
1.2
.8
1.3

3.9
3.6

9
6

35
to
39

.

5.
2.
3.
2.
2.

1.9

15
to
34

0.4

1.9
1.6

8

1
to
14

.7

1.0
1.0
1.5
2

Total

.5
.6

2.2
.8
.6
.5

Women

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 0 .0 5 p e r c e n t o r l e s s than 50 e m p lo y e e s
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

31
Table 3 -D : Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
WEST: BY SEX

All employees
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

50
55
60
65
70

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

55 . __
6 0 __________.__
6 5 _____________
7 0 _____________
75 _ __
__

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

Total

1
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

.2

.1
.4
3

.9
.6

0.2

.1
.9
1. 1

0.2
.2
.2
7

.
.7

1.9

1.1

.

8 0 _____________
8 5 ____________ _
9 0 _____________
9 5 --------------1 0 0 ____________

2. 1
1.7
1.8
2.0
1.3

5.9
3.4
3.6
3. 6
1.6

4. 8
3. 6
3.0
2. 8
1.2

1.5
2.0
1.5
3.2
1. 5

17.9
2.9
5. 7
3. 1
2. 7

13.2
3.2
5. 1
3. 7

9.3

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 ___________

9.0
2. 3
3.9
2. 5
2.2

17.2

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 ___________
1 3 5 ___________
140
1 4 5 ___________
1 5 0 ------------

7. 8
2. 8
3. 7
2. 6
2.2

15.6
1.9
2. 7
2. 3
1.7

15. 1
2.4
3. 0
2. 0
2. 0

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 6 0 ___________
1 7 0 ___________
180
____
1 9 0 -----------200 ___________

7. 1
4.3
4. 6
4. 0
2. 8

8. 1
2.2
2. 3
1.9
1.6

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
—_
220 ___________
230 ___________
240 ___________
250 __

4. 1
4.9
3. 8
2.2
2.3

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260 _________ —
270 ___________
280 __
290
300 ------------

2. 6
1.3

300 and over

.8

ToUl_____________

1.9
3. 6
1.9
2.2

100.0

3.9

0.2
.2

.2
.2

.1
.1

0.3

.5
.1

.3

49
or
more

Total

0.7

0.2

.1
.4
.4
1. 1

to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

0.5

0.3

0.7

1

.1

.1

.4
.2
5

1.4
5
1.4

1.3
.4
1.4

1.5

4.4
1.4
5
1.1
.5

2.9
1.7
2. 0
3

.1
.3
3

.4
.6

1.3
1.7
2.0
7
1.0

2.9
2.8
3. 5

1. 1

.
.

2.0
.4
1.3
1.3
.8

5.3
1.0
1.3
.6

5. 8

2.0
7
7

3. 1
.3
1.2
3
7

.9

1.9
3.2
2.4
2. 3

13.0
4. 7
6. 8
4. 7
4.0

1.9
3. 6
3.3
1.4

20.6
1.4
3. 3
1.7
2. 1

8. 1
2.0
3.4
7
1.4

3.7
.6
1.2
1.4
7

3.0
1.3
2. 8

.

1.9
1.2

3. 6
3. 0
6.0
2. 6
3.4

5. 5
3.3
5. 3
2. 6
4. 3

8.4
4.4
4.3
3. 6
2.4

10. 7
3.0
2. 5
2. 7
1.9

11.0
3.3
3. 1
2. 1
1.4

6. 1
3.4
4. 7
4. 1
5.4

4.2
3.9
5. 6
5. 6
4. 6

5. 1
5.1
7. 3
6. 5
4. 8

9. 1
6. 5
5. 6
4.6
4. 1

10. 1
6. 5
5. 8
6.0
2.9

6. 7
3.6
3. 6
2. 6
1.4

4

7.2

8.4
5. 1
4. 1
2. 7
4. 0

4.6
2.9
3. 5
2.2
2. 3

1.9
2.9

1.7
1.2

.2

.9

1.9
.9

1.9
1.1
1.5

6. 1
2.4
3. 8
2. 7
2. 3

3.9
2. 3
4.0
2. 4
1.8

7. 6
1.5
2.2
1.4
1.2

6. 1
2. 3
3. 1
2.4
2. 3

6.4
8
2.0

6.1
2.8
3. 5

4.4
2. 8
5. 7
2. 7
3.2

5. 3
3.4
5.2
2. 6
4.2

7. 3
1.7
3.4
2.0
2. 1

19.2

8.
5.
4.
3.
3.

1
6
8
8
3

9.8
6.4
5. 4
5. 7
2. 7

7.4
4. 7
5. 3

1.0

.7
.7

.

.4

16.2
.8
2. 7
8

.

1. 1

1.1

5.2

.

14. 6
.9
3.9
1.7

2.0
1.4
1.4
7

.

12. 8

.
.

.
.

.

.

2.9
1.7

3.8
2. 7
3.0
2.4
2. 0

8. 1
2.4
2. 6
1.7
.9

6.4
4.6
4.4
2.4
2. 7

6. 3
4. 3
5.2
4.8
3.4

5.
4.
6.
5.
3.

2.0
2.2
.9
8
.2

1.3
2. 1
1.4
5
.4

2.2
2.9
1. 7
1.5
2.2

4. 4
6.6
4. 8
3.0
3.4

5. 5
7.2
6.3
3. 1
2. 3

7. 1
4.4
3. 4
2.2
3.2

2.9
3. 3
2. 0
2.2

5.
6.
5.
3.
3.

6
1
5
3
7

2.2
3. 3
1.4
1.4

1.7
2. 0
1.7
7
7

.
.

3.4
4. 7
3.4
3.4
5.4

6. 3
9.2
8.4
5.4
6. 5

9. 1
8. 7
4.0
3.2

1.2
.2
3

.9
3
4

1.5
1.2
7
5
.2

4.4
1.3
1.5

2. 7
2.0
1. 6

4. 1
2. 7
2.0
7

8. 6
2. 7
2.9
2. 1
1.1

3. 8
2. 7
2.2
1.5
1.2

2.2
2. 8
1.3
1.5

.

4. 2
2.0
1.7
1.2
8

1.4
.4
7
3

.9

1.6
1.1
1.0
.4
.4

2.2
.3
5

.6

1.7
2. 3
1.0
1.2
7

.9

.4
.4

. 7

4.3

6.6

4.9

3.0

6.2

4.4

.1

6. 8

8. 3

9.2

5.9

3.0

100.010 0 .0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Q_ 1 0 0 . 0

100.0

.

.

.3
2

.7

100.

.

.
.
.1
.1
1.2

Q_ 1 0 0 . 0

.
.

2

1. 1

1. 1

4

.3

4.9
3. 7

.

.

.5

100. 0 1 0 0 .0

.
.
.1

2

100.0

.

.

100.

8533

641

1384

409

2975

1280

1105

736

5161

364

699

148

Average hourly earnings (dollars) j—

1.6 8

1.29

1.28

1.4 8

1.7 6

1.8 6

1.73

1 . 59

1.89

1.43

1 . 39

1.79

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

.
.

.6
.8
5
7
.2

1. 5
1.1

5
7
1
3
8

.1

0.7
.4
7
7
2. 5

.4
.6
.2
.2
.2

1.4

1. 5
1.1
1.3

40

1.0

100. 0 1 0 0 .0

41
to
47

48

49
or
more

0. 1
0.4

.3
.1
.1
.1
.3

1.6

35
to
39

0. 7

1.0

7
1.4

Number of employees
(in hundreds) —




.2

15
to
34

1
to
14

.9

.6
.6
1.5
1.6
1.4

1. 1

.3

.2

.

0.2

Total

.1
.1

.

.

0. 1
.1

49
or
more

48

.1

.

.4
1.2

1.5
2.2

41
to
47
0. 1

.2

.2

.1

40

Hours worked in week

3.9
3.4
3.2
2.2

.5
3.9

48

0. 1
0.6
.2

1. 1

to
47

Women

Hours worked in week

41

40

0. 1

Under 50

Men

Hours worked in week

3.9
2. 6

1. 1
.5
.2

8. 0
6.2
7. 6
6. 5

100. 0

.4
1.6
7

.

.3
.2
1
.2

.9
.9
2.9
3. 1
2. 5

.
0.4
1.2

0 .5

.
.8

0.9
.4
1.3
1.3
5.4

2. 5
2.5
7. 5

4.2
3.7
3. 1
3.4
2. 3

4.9
4. 5
3. 1
6. 7
3. 6

5.0
10.0
2. 5
7.5
10. 0

8.4
6. 5

16. 5
3. 6
5.4
4. 5
2.2

.3
3

4.6
4.4
4.4
3. 7
2.1

1.9
1.9
4. 7
2.3

5
3
7
3
6

21.3
5.0
7.6
4.6
4. 3

13. 6
5. 1
7.0
5.4
5. 8

9.0
4. 5
6.3
4.9
3. 8

9.9
5.0
4.2

10. 5
1.8
1.8
1.1
2.2

9.5
3.4
2. 8
2.2
1.6

10.
5.
3.
4.
2.

1
1
5
7
3

8. 3
5.0
5. 7
4.4
2. 7

5.7
6.3
3. 7
3. 7
3.4

7. 6
2.2
4. 5
3. 1
2.2

5.0
2. 5
2. 5

. 7
7
2.2
7
7

.
.

5. 1
1.5
1.9
1.2
6

7.0
5.4
4. 7
1.6
8

6.0
3. 7
3.4
2. 3
1.3

4. 0
2. 7
2.2

5.0
5.0
2. 5

.

8.4
4. 8
4. 8
4. 0
2. 3

1.8
7
.4
.4

.9
2.2
1.2
.4

1.6
1.9
8
.4
.4

2. 5
4. 0
1.4
5
3

1.6
2.9
1.0
1.0
3

2.2
1.3

.3
.1
.1
.1
.1
.4

.3

2.9
18.
3.
4.
3.
3.

.

.

.

.

.3
.1

.1
.1
.1
.1
.4

0. 1
.1

.4
100.

.1

Q_ 1 0 0 . 0

.4

.
.

100.010 0 .0

.

10.0
7. 5
2.5
2. 5
2.5

.9
.4

.9

2
2

.5
.5

.4

.3
3

.

.5

.9

100.0

100.0

100 . 0

1471

894

879

695

3373

275

681

257

1507

383

224

40

. 14

2.0 9

1.87

1.61

1.31

1.11

1.1 8

1.30

1. 3 9

1.30

1 . 17

1.11

2

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 0.05 percent or le ss than 50 em ployees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

32




Table 4:

Distribution of n on sup ervisory em ployees in retail trade by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctob er 1956
UNITED STATES: BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

15
to
34

n r

to
14
Under 50 _____________
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 ______

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 ______
8 5 ______
9 0 ______
9 5 ______
1 0 0 ____

100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 0 5 __
110 __
1 1 5 __
120 __
125 __

N onm etropolitan area counties

Hours w orked in week
35
to
39

40

249

27

I 326
228
511
507
593

67
36

86

48
149
167
196

1380

279
128
159
128
58

472
338
354
362
165

110

621
87
105
85
75

1062

1257
1254
764
]

4417
1314
1751
1247

; 110 2
2334
1077
1347

86
84

41
to
47

49
48
26

111

15
15

25
18

22

68

31
38

53
47

72
74

222

47
57
60
91
98

Total

39

22
68 33
63

88

H ours worked in
15
35
to
to
40
34
39

1
to
,14

519

120

91

18

23

62

67

133

186
49
139
76
74

157
52
182
169
140

15
9
27
30
27

39
15
94
57
47

52

88
112

108
57

12 2

66

647
363
805
646
703

134
118

43
134

89
92
127
137
164

78
94
55
80
63

1255
864
771
726
440

237
94
59
45
15

347
153
134
95
36

55
49
36
38
24

150
84
185
no
69

194
130
170
158
134

96
148
53

111

2285
535
875
514
521

291
19
41

519
47
98
61
48

135
33
43

361
166
72
62

299
123
189
123
81

292
63
95
56
45

390
163
246
163
239

85

11
12

34
18

19

171
30
36
23

22

165
133
165
116
91

160
60
106
65
87

246
185
161
133

6

233
49
97
71
48

77
26
18

20

10

6

120

226
168
213
158
107

184

16
16

204
113
134

259
168
125
96
61

66

113
77

166
329
279
198

166
166
181
191
160

1437
298
353
297
226

331
140
162
124
128

909
376
546
352
301

437
214
285
197
174

284
63
116
70
61

403
133
182

277
49
50
36
27

547
170
164
135
104

160
109
99
1 16

652
319
439
287

257

2 11

245
2^7
205

231
152
166
157

84

209
67
188
63
127

12 1

1095
485
586
441
373

361
162

178
1 30
125
85
54

757
626
522
521
292

420
354
4] 1
328
269

330
180
189
165
107

319
279
206
214
139

1040
596
601
462
269

70

1

3

4

43

76
56
40

432
486
361
239
207

346
289
265
175

184

394
224

20

11

6

97
76
58

220

1
1

3

76
74
78
49
28

126
69
79
40

102

215
104
80
50
55

330
125

55
72
25
29
17

73
47
28
23

7

3

45

2
2

15
9
13

6

10

29
27
13
24
13

13

1

11

134
79
51
5539

7

54

114
81
79
53
42

435

274

12 1

123

232

9

3

59

56

55

38

93

68
10 1
44

121
136

20
20

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 __
1 3 5 __
140 __
145 __
1 5 0 ___

and
and
and
and
190 and

under
under
under
under
under

160 ___
170 ___
180 ___
190 ___
200 ___

2528
1787
1631
1424
935

162
55
55
30

20

81
53

200 and under 2 1 0 ___
210 and under 220 ___

1402
1139
911
604
478

68

80

29
19
13
5

53
50
29
14

260 ___
270 ___
280 ___
290 ___
300 ___

653
359
286
244
143

31

30
9

22

11

5
5

7
4

11

14

300 and o v e r _________

1090

35

45

57

Num ber o f em ployees (in h u n d r e d s )____

40217

3094

7253

2965 11445

7308

3687

4449 20095

1755

2781

Average hourly earnings (dollars)j_______________

1 .5 0

1 .1 2

1 .1 4

1*38

1 .6 0

1 .5 6

1 .5 0

1 .2 2

.8 7

.93

150
160
170
180

220 and under 230 ___
230 and under 240 ___
240 and under 250 ___
250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

883

49
or
m ore

27
29
60
48

and
and
and
and
and

1000

week
41
to
48
47

6
6

121

22
34
71

6

122
111

1.61

NOTE: A ll segm ents o f retail tra d e, except eating and drinking p la c e s , w ere included.
F o r definitions o f term s used in this table, see appendix B.

2 12

12 2

149

10 1

10
9
4

4

4
5

2

20
23

10
12
5

3

2
2

86

20

1
1
8

14
13

66
112

176
206
118
169

100

81
63
45
39
25
23
27

22

20

111

87
29
28
28
17
28
7
9

2

752 3198 4207 2813 4547
1 .0 7 1 .3 5 1.3 2

1 .2 6 1.1 8

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees
B ecause o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not
n e c e ss a r ily equal totals.

33
Table 4 -A : D istribution of non supervisory em ployees in reta il trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctober 1956
NORTHEAST: BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan a rea counties
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 5 0 __________________________________________________

N onm etropolitan a rea counties

Hours worked in week
Total

I
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39

26

3

10

41
to
47

40

1

4

48
3

H ours worked in
15
35
to
to
40
34
39

1
to
14

49
or
m ore
3

3

18

5

1
2
1
1

29
13
48
48
52
162
107
97
75
42

39
15

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

56
31
90
95
127

20
10

18
7

1
1

8
2

26
28
24

22

4
5
9

14
9

13

11

17

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 ___________________________________________
8 5 ___________________________________________
9 0 ___________________________________________
9 5 ___________________________________________
1 0 0 _________________________________________

382
291
413
408
224

96
49
48
18

25
52
49
32

46
43
89
80
62

37
31
39
45
35

139
71
75
54
67

298
103
159
83
73

136
62
84
60
61

84
15
44
16
18

323
65
142
60
74

54

41
36
52

77
56
52
59
46

200

94
67

93
14
64
17
52

80
67
53
56
26

172
75
103
72
62

24
3
3
5

273
226
165
187
n

162
146
177
128

124
55
60
77
33

105
93
71
92
38

189
105
126
81
39

11
1
1

129
166
130
77
53

132
90
70
47
28

72
24
19

71
39
18
29
18

76
37
33

5

112

32
25
15
14

16

17

10
6
10
2

10
6
10
8

1

1

66

44
61
165
123
153
157
62

21

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________

1538
422
548
389
379

244
35
34
30
26

566
114

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________

825
373
453
348
312

no
17
13
14
7

17]
54
53
46

________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
200 ________________________________________

930
663
596
565
323

49

123
58
38
26
13

95

-------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________
220 and under 230 -------------------------------------------------------------230 and under 240 ________________________________________
240 and under 250 ________________________________________

489
363
272
182
125

22
6

29

5
5

14

35
27
16

1

8
2

250
260
270
280
290

203
103
73
85
37

9

10

2
1
2
2

2

276

9

Number o f em ployees (in h u n d r e d s )____

13015

Average hourly earnings (dollars)_______________

1 .5 3

150 and
160 and
170 and
180 and
190 and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170
180
190

200 and under 210
210 and under 220

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

________________________________________
________________________________________
-------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________
________________________________________

300 and o v e r ______________________________________________

20
20
9
4

111

109
82

29

11

66

65
47
25

8
14

99

132
81
76

8

86

75
74

1^8

11
5
13

4

12

8

9
19
5

4
13

8
7

10
73

22

4
3

10
5

8

12
6
2
6
17
4

6

1

11
3
14
15
15
60
35
26

22
8

21

3

11

10

2

4

12
10

21

21

6

4

17
26

19
17

2

20

12

9
4
4
3

5
5
3

21

28

5
7
3

9

14
46
15
26
16

6

8
12

26

9

39

29

8

22

4
4

17
3
3
5

2
1
1

4

6

4
3

2
6
1

4

1
1
2

8

0

34

113

47

23

44

32

1084

2504

1365

3542

2270

1042

1215

2642

250

471

1 .1 0

1 .1 2

1.4 4

1.6 4

1.6 1

1.59

1 .6 4

1 .3 6

1 .0 0

1 .0 1

12

3

26

11

10

5
5

17

19
4

27
23

37
23
23

21
8

10

15

10

57
45
55
31
18

20

35

15
16

20

18
16
16
7

4

17
14
7
43

20

30
23

10

13

1

2

15

2

8
1

3

27

8
10

2

2
1

6

50

7

F o r definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B.

7

49
or
m ore

3
4

8

7
9
4

2

6
2
8

29
3

14
17
3
3
4

3

1
1
3
4

95
17
27
14
16

42
37
44
15

11
6

NOTE: A ll segm ents o f retail trad e, except eating and drinking p la c e s, w ere included.




5

8

week
41
to
48
47

12

15

10

15
9

3

8

36
7

5
7

8

12
6

2
2

2
1

1
1

3

3

2

5
4
3

5
3
3

1
1

1

6

3

4

1

3

9

10

3

144

534

676

232

322

1 .4 8 1 .4 1

1.38

1 .1 7 1 .4 2

1
2
5

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees
Because o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not
n e c e ss a r ily equal tota ls.

34




Table 4 -B :

D istribution of non supervisory em ployees in reta il trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctob er 1956
SOUTH: BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Num ber o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan a rea counties

Total

15
to
34

n r

to
14

35
to
39

189
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55
60
65
70
75

_
_
_
_
_

_

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 __ __ __ _ _ _ _ _
85 _
____ _
__
9 0 __
95 _
__ __ ____
100 _ __ ___
__ _ _

_
__

_ .....
__ __

„

___ __ ____

__

_ ....
__

227
167

41

286

37
29
19

271
262

22

20

160 __
__ __ __ ____
__
__ _
170
__
_
_ _
180 _
__ ___ __ ______ __ __
__ __
190 __ __ __
__
__ __ __ __ __ _
200 __________ ______ __ ____ __ __ __

386
303
242
197
140

10
6
2
1

182
112

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

300

and o v e r

260
270
280
290
300

__

__ __

__

_ ___
__
.
_
_
__ __ ___
__ ____ __ __ __ _
__ ____ ____ ____ __ ____ ____
_
_. .... .

_ .. .

__ __

Number of em ployees (in h u n d r e d s )_____________________
Average hourly earnings (dollars)

104

76

14

17

49

62

111

145
36
77
38
23

88

9

31
78
72
38

6

21
10

14
16

465
256
490
369
353

13
14
15

65
24

12

35
55
74
82
69

92
40
84
29
79

74
77
98
109
118

35
2*

12 2
68

87
89
79
95
72

49
59
40
58

60
76
36
58
41

533
383
304
314
187

89
40
14

15
14
15
9

3

6

10

73
27
71
27
18

96
57
78
79
62

53
73
34
61
34

115
145

11

92
28
25
17

174
82
91
64
55

88

231
59
109
53
52

768
209
300
180
158

65

135

27
14
9
4

142
24
60
13
14

89
52
83
56

123
31
43
23

186
74

22

10

129
48
73
40
26

64

42

302
148
167
125
97

10
1
1
2

22
8

53
45
48
40

2

2
1
1

76
13
28
17
14

66

35
16
25

85
50
51
46
30

68

60
49
52

19
33
19
24

59
46
43
33

105
94
61

oi
67
74
55
43

57
37
32
19
19

83
69
55
.3 5
42

251
155
145
108
62

14
3

7

8

6

1

4

1

44
33
27
29

61
30
59
32
23

49
28
15
17

70
50
34
28

11

20

27

38
32
18

82
42
36
26

4

1

2

17

16
16

15

27

10

9
5
3

12

4

14

42
25
36
19

9
4

2

6
8
10

5

7

4

8

9

6
1
6

4

7
7

11
12

11
10

409
226
246
179
154

_ _
220 and under 230 _ _ _ _ _ _
_
230 and under 240 __
__ __ __
240 and under 250 _

435

24
23
54
41 '
55

53
23
15

130
__ __
__ ____ ____ __ __ __ _
135 _
.............................. . __ __ __ __ __ _
140
_
. . .
145 _ _ _ _ _
. _
150
__ __ ___
__ ___ __

200 and under 210 _ __
210 and under 220 _ _ _

38

27

25

under
under
under
under
under
under
under
under
under
under

15

37
43
37

9

and
and
and
and
and

and
and
and
and
190 and

47

25
14

125
130
135
140
145

_ _
_ _ ....

91
53
41

5
4
3
3

50

20

26
21

72
19
20

14

117
84
57

220
96
117
82
56

12
10

15

26
19

13
13

9

8

8
8

4

4

26

3

10

7

1
2

2
4

5

57
37

2

22

1

1

4

8

68

64

68

22
23
32
25
19

22

12

9
7

3

12

10

8

1
4

13
15

4

1

23
9

1

12
12

10
10

4
4

5

2
2
1

161

4

5

9059

508

1213

; 1 .2 5

.9 2

•97

1

4

6

11
7

21

13
19

34
18
7

10

6
6
9

1

8
14

11
8

9
3

6
6
3

7
5

6
10

2

4

10

1

7
3

23

28

53

2

1
2

1

9

21

2
2

4

3

1
1
1

16

11

9

4

57

41

48 2

2100

2025

998

1742

7602

709

794

231

1.32

1 .2 8

1.25

1 .2 7

1.C5

•71

•81

•96 1 .1 9 1 . 1 2

1 .1 2

NOTE: A ll segm ents o f reta il tra d e, except eating and drinking p la c e s, w ere included.
F o r definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B.

60

20
46
26
40

4

1

60
56
37
34
15

49
or
m ore

15
14
41
37
24

224
41
45

105 _ _ _ _ _
110 __
___
115
120 _
___
125

Hours w orked in week
41
35
40
to
48
to
47
39

21

88
12
12
8

under
under
under
under
under

63
57
43
23

15
to
34

to
14

11

1094
334
427
306
229

11

121

1

49
48

13

52
25
31
17

and
and
and
and
and

._

71
34
62
63
44

41
to
47

40

526
409
379
382
247

100
105
110
115
120

150
160
170
180

N onm etropolitan a rea counties

Hours worked in week

A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

66
111

54

86
63
95

1
2
2
1
14

986 1537 1216 2118
1 .0 5 1.0 3

A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees
B ecause o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not
n e c e ss a r ily equal tota ls.

35
Table 4 -C : D istribution of non supervisory em p loyees in reta il trade by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956
NORTH CENTRAL: BY METROPOLITAN* AND NONMEThOPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

...........

T otal

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _ __
60 _
65 _
__
„
7 0 __ ____ ____
7 5 __ __ __ __ „

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 -------85 _
9 0 __ „
95 _
100 _ __

15
to
34

35
to
39

40,

41
to
47

Total

49
or
m ore

48

15
to
34

1

to
J4

Hours worked in week
41
35
to
40
to
48
47
39

27

3

5

2

3

6

7

3

6?

12

8

4

5

9

4

18

6

22

1

10

9

22

27
31
37
36

15
32

12

7
3
17
25

17

55
16
81
69
78

10

3
4
5

33
9
49
31
33

12

6
11
11

135
89
245
207
253

4

7
61
58
85

6
2
11
6

2

4

5
5

26
41

1
1
11

13
15
24
23
34

422
291
380
376
232

118
4?
45
48
23

167
114

434
297
298
256
165

84
30
27

148
73
64
42
19

24

42
34
73
44
26

62
41
65
58
51

26
54
23
32

1294
420
548
403
364

134
5

220

60

16
37

12
20

8
6

139
45
63
40
39

10 1

12

116
29
51
32
19

23
30
24
25

148
69
117
81
116

_
_
_
_
_

9
7
3
4

70
14
34

57
23
37

127
85
84

21

66

1

14

61
55
72
45
41

33

52

83
75
72
70
49

80
30
35

119
78
56
41
27

53
27
28
17
7

25
14
9

12

8

2
12
6
10

3

1

15
5
13
4

14
3

16

21

28

12

__
__
__
__ «,
___
__
__
__ __
__ __ __ _
__ ____
__
__ __ ___

20

3

7

10

2
11

11

23
17
38
41
59
44
48

17

17
13
19

10

136
67

48
45
93
85
64

22

36
3L
19

11

11

218
30
4?
37
31

468
no
138
109
91

85
41
52
35
35

263
130
186
177
170

103
51
76
53
43

74
15
27
17
16

83
44
27
?4
26

915
199
329

5

22

230

8

15

641
308
402
324
289

67
17
19
13

175
64
59
58

41
14
41
17
30

54
28
45
45
50

416
196
244
169
153

30
4
4

62

Ulx

191
103
148
97
71

72
52

10

41
28
23
33
23

__ __ __
__ _
__ ____ ____
__ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ ____
---------------------

776
552
505
415
292

67
18
18
9

47
34
36

227
199
176
152
84

12 2

96
52
60
43
30

95
91
60
63
45

428
240

28
4
5

32
9

4

6

2

3

4
4

82
38
43
39

1

2

10

--------- „
__
„ __
__ _
__ __ __ __ __ ______________ __ _
220 and under 230 — _ ------__ __
__ ..
230 and under 240 __
__ __
_________________ __ __
_______
240 and under 250 _

466
322
306
276
156

32

147
118
97
82
56

173

59
31

150
73
73
59
28

10

6

3

1
1
1

1

1

15
15

16
18

57
34
45
26
2?

1

1
1

4

250
2 60
270
280
290

215
114
98

13

44

21

34

1

21

29
9

12

2
1

__
__ __
__
____ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
„
__
------- „ —
............... —
__ -------------------------____ ____ __
__ ____

_

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105 _
__ __
__ ___________ __
__
110 __ ___
__
__ .. __ __
1 1 5 __ _____________________________________
120 __ __ __ „ ______
__ ________ _ _
125 _
__ __ __ ____ ______ ____________

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
__ ___ _________ ____ __ __
1 3 5 ________ ___________ __ __ „ __
140 __ __ __ ------- __ ------- __ __ __
145 __
___ __ ------__ „ ------150
_ __ „ ____
___________ __

and
and
and
and
190 and

under
under
under
under
under

160 __
__ __ __ ____
170 _
„ __ __
„ ___
180 — ---- ------- --------190 __ __ _
______
200 --- ---------------------- „

150
160
1 70
180

„
__
..
__
__

200 and under 210 _
210 and under 220 _

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

2 60
2 70
280
290
300

_ ------------ __ __ __ __ ------- __
_
__ __ __ __ ----------------- ------- __
________________________________________
— ------- ------- ------- — ----------------________________________________________

300 and o v e r __ _
Number o f em ployees (in h u n d r e d s ) __ ,
Average hourly earnings (dollars) . __

________ __ __ ____

68

6
10
6
3

3
1

3
3

12 1

12 1
58
45
25
24

15

22

21

17

26
14
14
13
7

75
14
17
7

p
3
4
3

p
7

8

68
60
60
99
109

102

87

100

104
78
41

3

91
41
35
76

37
19
19

1

22

13
o

2 11

222

180
109

11
6

7
4
4

36
30
72
25
15

20
6

2
2

10
11
8
10

1

55

1

1

2

20

389

9

19

14

157

116

36

37

80

2

12192

1062

2544

814

3498

2155

962

1144

7273

597

1125

1*56

1 .1 5

1.1 5

1.38

1.62

1 .7 3

1.65

1.6 4

1 .2 7

*92

•92

NOTE: A ll segm ents o f reta il tra d e, except eating and drinking p la c e s, w ere included.




49
or
m ore

41
26
124
134
191

...................................................................

50
55
60
65
70

r—
to
14

N onm etropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week

F o r definitions o f term s used in this table, see appendix B.

22
12
13
9

6

21

20
12

9
3
3
3

278 1011 1576

11

41

48
43
34
46
44

12

20

19

38
16

11
12

11
6

7

1

954 1724

1 .0 3 1 .3 0 1.36. 1 .3 7

1 .28

A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees
B ecause of rounding, sums o f individual item s do not
n e c e ss a r ily equal totals.

36




Table 4 -D : D istribution of n on sup ervisory em ployees in retail trade by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctober 1956
WEST: BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Num ber o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

_

__ __ _______

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _ _ _ _ _
60 _
65 _
7 0 __ __ __ ___
7 5 _____ __

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _____
85 _
90 _
__
95 _
__
100
__

Total

__

H our 8 w orked in week
41
15
35
40
to
to
to
34
47
39

I
to
14

7

_

____ .
r _
_

_

11

3

4

7
13

1
2

2
6

13

19
33
23
26
13

__ __ __ __
__ __ __
____
__
__ __
__ __ __ __ __ __
__ ____
___ __
___ ____
____

50
71
85
88

17
15

61

6

105
__ __ __ __ ___________ __ __ __
110
_ _ _
_
115
120 __ __ __ __ ______
__ __ __
125 _ ___ __ __ __
______

491
138
228
149
130

71

80

_

459
170
246
149
128

160 ________________________________________
170 _
___
__
__ ___ __ __ __ __ __
180 __
__ ______
__ _ __ __
190 __ __ _
__
__ __ __ __ _
200 __ ___ __ ______ __ ____ __ __ __

436
269
288
247
180

______ __
__
__ __ __
_ _
__ ____ __ __ ___________ __ __ _
220 and under 230 ________________________________________
230 and under 240 __
_ __ __
__
____
240 and under 250 _
_____

265
342
242
143
156

11
12
6

175

7

8

86

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

125

a n d u n d e r 130
1 30 and u n d e r 135

----- _ ____

135 and under 140 __ __ _ _ _ _ _
140 and under 145 __ ____
145 and under 150
_ __
___
150
160
170
180

and
and
and
and
190 and

under
under
under
under
under

200 and under 210 _
210 and under 220 _

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
___
270
280 _
____ __ __
__ ___
__ __ __
290 ________________________________________
300 __
___________
________ __ __ ____

300 and over _
Num ber of em ployees (in hundreds)
Average hourly earnings (dollars)

1
1
2

_

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

12

1
2
1

4
2

4
5

179
33
59
29
28

35
9
15

6

148
29
37
19

7

21

28
14
14
9
7

36

91
27
30

10

17
10

9
10

14

11

13
10

9

5

21
12

15
26
18
7
5

10
12

23
17
16
9
8

9
12

5
6

9
5
4
3

Total

49
or
m ore

48
1

2

4

__ ___

N onm etropolitan area counties

to
'14

4

1
1
1
1

1

1
1
1
1

4
5
4
7
5

4
5

2

6

2

6

1

128
47
84
60
52

24
19
34

38

16

10

8

13

5

12
8

132
69

27
25
31
23
19

6
10

30
30
25

86

69
38
152
107
120

114
81
104
165
112
66
86

22
22

45

69
6
20

8
6

2
6
2

19
4

33
17
48
13

12

205

21

7
17

66

20

15

45
42
51
43
31

53
36
37
26
25

20

49
74
55
31
23

57
37
30
19
22

10

36
26
24
14
18
17
16
10
11

72
75
61

72
78
43
39
47
16

10

9

11
6

7
2

70

39

14

67

5

108

3

1
2

5

14

3
4
10

86

10
6

13

5

17

9

264

6
6

172
96
108
93
59

16

1

2
2
2
1

4

3
3

2

1
2

3

12

8

9
16
13
7

14

1

3

15
13

11
12

10

9
7

5
15
4

53
25
28
19
17

25

47

11

17

6
11

11
8

4
5

22
11
8
8
6

16
14
15
17
15

26
18

1

48
14
18
19
13

21
6

4

35
22

5

3

2
2

35
27
15
16

2

34
29
19

25
18
27
25•
17

35

2

12

6

21

21

2

26
33
33

19
27
8i
7

11
7
5
13

14
4
7
5
4

3
5

2
2

3

7

2

6

14
9

4
5

61
4

10
2
1

6
8
6

2
2
2
1

4

6

22

14

10

28
8

17
9
11

21
9

16
20
20

18

8

10

27
7
7
3

7

2

2

2
2
1

5

18

14

15

99

667

418l

411

383

1 .2 9 • 1 .62! 1 .6 4 .1 .5 2

1*43

1

21

5

1

1
1

.5

2

440

992

304

2305

858

68 5

348

2578

199

391

1 •76

1*36

1*34

1*54

1 .8 0

1 .9 6

1 .8 5

1 .7 6

1 .5 0

1 .1 4

1 .1 3

F o r definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B.

4

15
19
16

5951

NOTE: A ll segm ents o f retail tra d e, except eating and drinking p la c e s , w ere included.

1

38

15

?

2
2
i

5

2

279
62
104
63
59

20

2
1

1

4

17

2

9
13
9

25
9

20

3
4

1
3
2
10

126
77
72
81
46

25

1
1

3

4
3
4
9

20

49
or
1

4

47
17
19
14
3

5

week
41
48
to
47

4
18
5

104
33
38
29
15

78
57
36

Hours worked in
15
35
to
40
to
34
39

1

5
3
3

2
1

A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le ss than 50 e m p loy ees.
B ecause o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not
n e c e ss a r ily equal tota ls.

37
Table 5: D istribution of non supervisory em ployees in retail trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctob er 1956
UNITED STATES: MEN EMPLOYEES, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan a rea counties

N onm etropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week
Total

(in cents)

15
to
34

1

to
14

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

49
or
m ore

48

Total

15
to
34

1

to
14

Hours w orked in
35
to
40
39 .

week
41
48
to
47

49
or
m ore

Under 50 __________________________________________________

122

11

32

7

11

22

7

30

235

50

42

10

9

15

21

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _ __ „
6 0 __ __
65 _
__
„
7 0 __
__ ---7 5 -------— __

150
76
183
156

70

5
4

5
3
24

9

15
8

41
40
55

248
136
324
248
276

64
13
43
31
25

76
23
105
71
54

5
3
7

18

10
10

22
20

200

24
9
26
13
26

5

12
2

5
19
7
18
17

26
9
37
18
54

120

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _____ __ __ __ „
__ __ __
85 _
____ __
__
__ __ __ __ __
90 _
„
__ __
__ __ __ __ ____
95 _
............................... __
— --------1 0 0 _________________________________________

501
332
314
401
215

103
37
37
44
15

206
12 ?

26
15

549
424
316
371
206

97
45

107
136
34

14
18
7

49
13
42

19

163
67
54
44

8

21

6

12

4

7

42
28
51
57
45

35
75
35
70
33

149
178
104
153
99

2166
440
729
492
460

326
38
49
43
38

730
97
138
131
92

140
52
67
48

225
45
81
47
42

368
153
237
159
236

1339
517
765
542
519

200

337
84
84
72
51

45

30
35
25
17

119
95
126
91
71

138
56
94
60
84

239
178
160
132

2

119
17
52
31
27

180 and under 190 __ __ __ __
____ __ __ __ __ __ _
190 and under 200 __ __
__ --------- __ ------- ------------

1658
1190
1193
1143
796

132
45
41
27
16

234
85
80
51
37

50
32
45
29
25

336
310
291
366

134
84
104
97
37

190
149'
199'
147
103

175
96
81
62
44

256
166
125
95
61

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

_
______
__
_
__ __ __ __ __
_
__
__
_ __ __
_
__ ____ __

1213
981
830
560
447

53
27
18
13
5

57
32
39
24
13

41
30
27
15

120
66

66

86

3

65
59
72
49
28

39
25
23
27

29
28
28
17

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

2 60
270
280
290
300

_
__
__
__ __ __
_
__ __ __ __ ------- __ __ ------_
__ __ ___
__ ___
__ __ ____
__ __ — __
— — — ------- ------_______
________ __ __ ____
_

613
345
273

29
5

26
7

3

45

28
7

10

230

137

5
5

7
4

1
1

13
13

29
25
13
24

13

6

10

12

1038

31

7

57

23266
1*71

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

1 2 5 and

unriai*
under
under
under
under

130
... .
135 _
__
140 __ _
145 _
150
__

130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and

__
„ __ __
------__ __ „
„
__ __ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ „ --------__ __ __
__ __ __
__
__
.. __ __
________________________________________
__ __ ________ ______ __ „ ____ _
_ ___ __ __ __ „ ______ ___ ____ _
_
_
__ ____
__
__
__ __
__ ----

____
____ __ __
__ __ _
__ __
__
.................. . „ _
__ ------- ------- „ __ _

1 5 0 and u n d e r 1 60

160 and under 170 _

------- __

---------

__ __ __

1 7 0 and u n d e r 180

__ __
__
__ _
________ __ __ __
_
....
__

300 and o v e r __
Num ber of em ployees (in hundreds)
Average hourly earnings (dollars)

_

__ __ __ __ _

20

63
65

6
8
11

33

4

15
16
30
28
38
48
47

29
45
30
56

16

41
15
43
32
29

21

64
74
43
64
52

86
22

283
56

1459
303
578
328
394

55

151

9
29
9
13

21

50
31
26

11
12

61
56

361
115
16^
113
128

308

120

184
35
81
40
47

211

36
25

199
75
136
79
78

12
68
11
21

219
74
142
82
63

147
154
131
136

171
53
168
52
117

219
146
160
150
117

808
371
468
347
314

62
9
9
13

297
280
356
300
251

300
165
178
156
104

308
273

54

214
138

883
523
543
420
255

1

3

15
7
9
5
4

344
400
323
214
194

331
273
25?
171

20 5

183

373

11

6

100

120

100

97
75
58

3
3

3

77
48
53

202
210

19
3

15
16

308

110

52

120

5

116
105
52

81
77
51
42

17

10
10

73
47
28
23

41

49

414

269

115

1604

3486

877

54e8

4760

1 .2 8

1* 22

1*64

1*97

1*85

68

10
22

21

21

24
31
15

22

10

7.77

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail tra d e, except eating and drinking p la c e s, were included.




14
5

2

F o r definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B .

111

20

25
29
17

201

11

143
99
129
75
50
55
37

22

2

6
8

3

1
1

5
1

6
12

12

5

24
15
16

4

59
18
12
8

2
6
2
2

221

3

2894

4154 12921

890

1465

1*70

1 .5 4

•97

•99

1 .3 6

3

119

7

12?

6

2

1
2

20

101

78
37
22

52

86

53
66

89
91

111

20

15
9
13

6

55

38

9
2

266 1604 2480 2048 4142
1.22

1*63 1 .5 7 1 ,4 3

1*22

A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le ss than 50 em p loy ees.
Because of rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not
n e c e ss a r ily equal tota ls.

38




Table 5 -A : D istribution of n on sup ervisory em ployees in reta il trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctob er 1956
NORTHEAST:

MEN EMPLOYEES, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties

Under 50

____

__ __ _______

Total

_

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

__
55 _ ______
60 __
65 _
7 0 __ __ _ ____
7 5 _____ __
__

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _____ __ __
____ ___
__
85 _
90 ___
__
_
95 _
__ „ ____ ____ „
1 0 0 __________ __

___ ___ __ ___
„

__ __ „
_
___ __ ___

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
__ __ __ __ ________
110 __
___
115
___________
120 __ __
125
___ _ _ _ _ _

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135 _
140
145 __
150 __

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170 __ _ __ _
180 __ __ ___ ______ __ __ __ __ __ __
190 __ __ __
__ ___ __ __ __ __ __ __ _
200 ______ __

__ ___ ___ ____
__ __ ...................
____ __ __ __
__ _ __

__ __ __

____ __ __ __ _
__ __ __ _______
._ . _
__ ____ _______

I
to
14

5

3

5

11
1

3

2
6

4
5

5
13
16

142
81
103
128
53

35
16
17
19
7

73
40
47
63
9

784
139
232
171

143
16
15
18

166

12

527

23
19
25

202

279
194
177

300 and o v e r __ _

____
______
_
__ __ __ __ ___
____ ____ __
_
____ __ __ __ __ ____ __ __ __ _
__ __ __ ____ ____ __ ____ ____
__ ______________ ________ __ __ ____
__ __

Num ber of em ployees (in hundreds)
Averaee hourlv earnings (dollars)

41
to
47

48

3
2
8

1

to
J.4

Hours worked in
15
35
to
40
to
34
39

1

5

1

4

1
2
1

9

1

5

5

4

3

1
1

1
1

1

13
4

7

8

6

T otal

2
1

1

2

49
or
m ore

7

2
11
8

13
3
6

44
30
29
28

1
2
1
8
6

22
12
10
11
1

4
1

9

6

3

13
4

11
8

11

1

303
41
48
52
31

32

116
16
40

63

180
36
91
38
56

35
3
16
3
5

9

18

11
11

3

20

65
18
38
34
52

52

11
10

63
28
43
24
31

9

1

11

3

10
1
6

91
9
9

100

86

64
43

88
12

77

120

16

20

66

66

61
15
50

52
54
25

2
2
1
1

5
9

15
3

21
10

57
82
53
54

2
2

11

21
10
8
12

117
51
57
74
33

103
91
71
92
38

163
90
114
77
38

71
24
18

71
39
18
28
18

73
35
31

5

29
25

4

14

7

16
34
59
27
26

55
54

11

34
11

14

9

15

5

1
1

2

26
13
24

128
130
164

8

154
139
107
144

3

8

11

88

105

436
332
253
169
114

16

20

18

111

130

6

9'

5
5

12

12
8

88
68

1

2

5
6

154
124
70
51

46
28

7

188

7

3

6
6

3

31
25
15
14
9

14
17
3
3
4

10
6
10
2

10
6
10
8

1

70
79
35

107
41
36
42
14

17

2
1
2
2

5
4

16

100

8
2

265

9

29

111

47

22

43

31

7846

583

1162

345

1992

1673

926

1173

1693

1 .2 3

1 .1 9

1 .7 9

1 .9 3

1 .7 8

1 .6 4

1.66

1*53

2
1

6

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail tra d e, except eating and drinking p la c e s , w ere included.
F o r definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B .

8

10

3

15
24
13

7

2
2

4
3

21

122

2
1

1
1

2

73
26
25
15

1 .7 1

2

11
12

10

5
4

4
5

7
9

12

1

week
41
to
47

48

49
or

1
1
1
1

1
8

5
4

250
260
270
280
290

260
270
280
290
300

40

2

_ ___________
_
__ ____ ____ ___________ ____ _
_
220 and under 230 ___
230 and under 240 ________________________________________
240 and under 250 _
__ ___________ __ __
__ __ _
under
under
under
under
under

35
to
39

21
6

38
16
16

200 and under 210
210 and under 220

15
to
34

13

634
467
465
467
287

and
and
and
and
and

N onm etropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week

A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

3
5

2
1

2
1
1

1
2

21
12

2

1
1
2

1

3

4
3
3
3
3

1
6

4

3

5
5
3

19
7
14

19
3

27

11

26

10
8

5
5

10

24
18
32
23

17
4
18
7
15

27
23

1

2
2

21

12

17

10

15
10

35
19
15
9

52
42
51
31
18

20

35
7

5
7

7
3

10

12
6

2
2

2
1

1
1

3

21
8

18
14
14

14
16
9
3

8

7

4

2

5
4
3

5
3
3

1
1

1

6

3

4

1

1

2

9

10

3

5

131

247

47

259

484

205

310

1.12

1 .0 9

1
2

1 .4 3 1 .7 9 1 .6 7 1*47 1 .4 0

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 e m p loy ees.
Because o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not
n e c e ss a r ily equal tota ls.

39
Table 5 -B : D istribution of non supervisory em ployees in retail trade by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctober 1956
SOUTH: MEN EMPLOYEES, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

T otal

...............................................................................

15
to
34

I
to
14

35
to
39

5
14

21
8

6

4
4

11

15
13

27
16
35

44
56
80
80
90

28
17
34
38
28

34

7

15
4

43
14
29
29

2
1
11

12
8

175
109
220

7
3

11
10

29
16

20

19
15
38
35
45

45

9
4

7

5
3
3
5
3

6

8
6

45
16
45
37
15

19
7
4

21
6
21

18

16
30
19
34

296
243
175
216
108

44
23
4
5

11

52
61
29
48
35

57
17
16

10
10

17
16
19
31
27

2

71
24
32
19
15

98
32
48
33
30

59
9

220

15
17

54
105
51
48

577
136
230
124
128

47
16
29
12
12

38
40
38
29
34

35
17
30
14
23

81
48
49
44
28

241
118
141
105

49
48
42
48
19

69
53
64
50
38

53
35
31
18
18

80

222

68

134
135
98
59

39
24
33
19

24

10
12

6

20

164
122

11
12

165

7

67
32
17
17

102

2

6

143
23
27
35
16

26

38

54
98
107

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
__ __
__ __ ______
__ __ __
110 __
__
__
___ „ __ __ __
115
------------ __ ____ __ ____ „ _
120 __ __
__ ______
„ __ ____ _
125 _ ___ „ ................................. ..............

668
156
248
168
133

52
7

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135 _
140 __
145 _
150

_
_
_
_
_

259

14
4
4

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170
180
190
200

....
_
--__
__

......................... ....
__ __ ---- ---- _
__ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ ____
____ „ „ __

283
228

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

_ ___ ___ „
__ __ __
__
__ _
_
__ __ „ __ __ ________ ____ __
_ __
__ ..
_
_ ____
________________________________________
_
__ __ ------------ __ __ __ __ __ __

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

__
,_______
_
__ __
__ __
__ __ ____ __
_
__
__ __ _______ __ __ ___
__ — — ------- ------- __ ____ ____
---------------- __ ________
__ ___

138

163
116
107

8

5
6

2
2

6
6
10
2

7

4
3
3
9

6

1

5

11
10

202

5
3

162
124

2
1

18
14
5
5
3

158

3

7

4

100

1
2

1

4

2
1

45
29
19

3

11
10

83
48
38

8

6

3
3
2

1
1

55
53
35
32
15

2
1
1

150

3

4

1

1

4
1

20
8
11
11

4

15
9
9
5

4

52

39

1

5

9
4
18

11

22

54
35
4?
37
31
18

180
162

10

6

4

37

10

8

10

4
4

3

2

35
14
4

56
3
4

91
4

16

2
1

7
4

7

14

1
1
1

4

86
12
1

11

7

7

20

3

13
19
10

31
17
7

1

7
3

10
8

20

28

48

2

4
4

8

1

8
2

2
2
1

1
1

1

6

4

3

2

2

3
1

74
40
34
25

12
8
6

2

3

1

2

1
1
2
2

1

5239

237

684

184

810

1077

656

1590

4923

320

444

97

, 1*40

1*06

1.02

1*22

1*66

1*54

1 .4 3

1 .3 0

1 .1 5

.7 9

• 82

1.01

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail tra d e, except eating and drinking p la c e s, w ere included.




12
1

26

40

212

__

3
6

191

80 _ ___ __ __ __ __
„ __ __
85 .
— ---- — ......................................... . _
9 0 __
__
__ __ __ __ __ __ _
95 _
.............— ................. .
__ ...........
100
__
.................. . __ ..................... ....

__ „

72

22

under
under
under
under
under

„

17

4

and
and
and
and
and

_

12

19

101

F o r definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B.

49
or
m ore

8

6

75
80
85
90
95

____

15
to
34

6

102

Average hourly earnings (dollars) —

Hours w orked in week
41
35
40
48
to
to
47
39

1
to
i4

25

55 _
__
__
6 0 __
6 5 _________________________________________ __,
7 0 __
___
__ ___
7 5 __ __
__ __
__
__ __

Num ber o f em ployees (in hundreds)

T otal

8

under
under
under
under
under

300 and o v e r __ _

48

49
or
m ore

90

and
and
and
and
and

__ __
_______ ____
____
„ __ ------- „ „ __ __ __ __ __
„ __
___ ____ __ __ __ __ __
___ __ __ „
__ ________ __
__ __ ____ __ ___________ __ __

41
to
47

40

50
55
60
65
70

...................... „
------- __
__ ------- ------- ---- __
_ __
____
___ __ --------- __

N onm etropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week

25
39

101

22

130
60

44

101

21

48

99
19
39
16
9

176

2
6

49
29
54
33
14

52
9
23
9
13

42
32
36
33
14

60
18
30
18
23

63
55
46
43
33

36
28
24
26
5

51
26
56
26
23

46
26
15
17

67
50
34
28

10

20

13
9

13
15

15

27

10

8

11
8

6
8
10

89
5
41

e
?

4
2

68

82
62
93

4

3

7

4

8

9

6
1
6

3

7
7

4

2
2
2

1
1
1

1
2
2
1

15

8

9

14

598

804

782 1869

1 .3 4 1 .3 3 1*23 1*07

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em p loy ees.
B ecause o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not
n e ce ss a rily equal tota ls.

40




Table 5 -C : D istribution of non supervisory em ployees in retail trade by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956
NORTH CENTRAL: MEN EMPLOYEES, RY METROPOLITAN AND MONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Num ber o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

T otal

15
to
34

1

to
14
Under 50

__

„

______

__ __ __

__

__

35
to
39

12

1

2

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _
6 0 __ __
6 5 ___________________________________________ _
7 0 __ __
___
__ ___
7 5 _____
__
__
__ __

26
12

4
3

50
36
59

10

16
5
25

3
13

22

2

27

4

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 __ __ __ __ __ __
___ __
__
__ _ _ _ _ _ _
85 _
9 0 ___________________________________________
95 _
__ „ ____
___ „
__ _
100
__ ___
__
__ __ __ __ __ ____ _

126
68

42

73
93
51

7
15
5

58
38
35
48
17

3

532
120

97
13

189

20

126

8

1

3

3
1
6
2

18
17

308
127
194
179
172

41

102

10

12
12

36
29
38
25

5

__ _
__
_____
__ _
__ _

480
332
342
338
248

56
15
15

_
______ __
__ __ __
__
__ _
_
__ ____ __ __
______ __
220 and under 230 — _ __ __
__ __
__ __
230 and under 240 __
__ ._ ._
240 and under 250 _
------- __ __ __ __
__ __ _

412
294
286
213
146

28
9

250
260
270
280
290

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

__ __ __ __ ________
__ __ __
__
__
__
__ __ __
_
__ _______ „ ____ __
__ __ _
__ __ __ __ ______
__ __ __ __ _
_ ___ __ __ __
____ ___ ____ _

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135 _
140 __
145 _
150

__ ..... ..............................................
____ ____ __ __ __ __ __ — __
__
____ __ __ __ __
__ __
____ __
__
__ __ __ __ __
__ _______ __ ____ __
__ __

and
and
and
and
190 and

under
under
under
under
under

160 __
170 _
180 _
190 __
200 __

__ „ __ __ __
__
____ __
__ ---- __ __ __ __
______
______
__ _ __
__ _
---- __ __ __ __ __
__
_________ __ ____ __ __

_
_
_
_

200 and under 210
210 and under 220

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260

270
280
290

300

_ ___
______
_
__ __ __ __
_
__ __ __
__ __ __ ____
__ ___________

__
__ __ __
------- ------- ------- __
__ __ ____ __ __ ____
____ __ ____ ____
__ ________ __ __ ____

300 and o v e r __
Number o f em ployees (in hundreds)
Average hourly earnings (dollars)

__

__
_

_

130

9
7

3
2

1

20
6

and
and
and
and
and

2

Hours worked in week
48

2

215
29
46
40
39

100
105
110
115
120

41
to
47

40

50
55
60
65
70

150
160
170
180

N onm etropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week

14
4
8

8

9
5

6
2

5
4
8
6
6

2

3
5

2
1
1

3

1

2

5

86

13

24
5
46
28
29

153
117
90
106
76

35
13

4
9

8

8

5

8

63
38

48

11

10
20
11
11

47
17
38
29
19

33

27

20

10

29
36
40

84
79
84

21
20

23

15
to
34

1

to
14

11
11

35
to
39

3

7
9

313
157

22

6
1
1

36
4
17

50

3

11
6

38
41
54
29
32

123
83
83
65
52

6

1

42

108
93
65
53

1

2

3
3

3
3

1

1

1
2
2

19
29
9

370

7

17

6664

533

1156

1 •82

1*32

1 .2 6

21

22

34
12

19
9

138
65
113
78
115

2
1

82
39
33
25

12

73
19
24
23
25

36
29

4
4

2

37
35
27
42
42

64
15
29
19
23

6
1

7

7
4
13
15

33
5
16
7
5

10
1
1
1

13

7
4
5
4

6
1
2

146
67
71
58
28

201

5
5

19
3

57
34
45
26

15
18

1
2
2

21

24

76
40

2

131
5

376
217
203
167
104

3
3

22

11
6

7
4
4

36

37

77

3
3

38
4
8
6

7
25

2

8

5

4

1

2
1

3
4
3
3
2

3
1

1

1
1

12
11
12

4
9
3
3
3

20

11

148

114

237

1537

1390

753

1057

4666

328

558

85

2*05

2 .0 3

1 .8 2

1* 68

1 .4 2

1.01

•98

1.22

NOTE: A ll segm ents o f retail tra d e, except eating and drinking p la c e s , were included.

59
30
31
31
9

19

36
18
19

1 .6 5

5
26

5

6

90
89
57
63
44

22

9
22

9

1
2
1

96
3

82
48
57
40
29

100

1

18

7
10
8

553
115
215
138
185

72
67
87
91
82

57
30

3

2
1

8

2
1

118
97

3

3

138
131

118
105
87
75
52

12

3

1
1
1

201

14
9
14
5
5

49
or
m ore

48

57
30
24
17

35
14
27

20
10
12
12
6

41
to
47

40

12
8

49
26
43
43
49

111

F o r definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B

4

16
3

7
7
9
5

3

12
8
6

6

9

57
23
82
53

6

29

64

36

2
2
1

4

18
7

8

3

6

78
27
31
17
18

5

T otal

5
9
5

36
15
13

61
13
32
18
18

49
or
m ore

1

25
15
1

69
66
68

8

22

35
21

33
77
30
35

69
46

20

52
26
28
17
7

25

19

119
77
56
40
27
38
16

11
12

11
12
6

14
9

14
3

8

2
12
6
10

3

1

15
5
13
4

15

20

28

12

427

919

7

1

743 1601

1 •63 1 .6 3 1 .5 3

1*32

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 e m p loy ees.
Because o f rounding, sums o f individual item s do not
n e c e ss a r ily equal tota ls.

41
Table 5-D: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
WEST: MEN EMPLOYEES, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

__ __ ------- — „

Total -----1
to
14
__ „

to
34

41
to
47

40

48

7

1

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _
__
6 0 --- ---65 _
__
7 0 __
___
__ __
7 5 _____

__ __ _
___
„ __
__ _
__ __
__ __ ____

1
4
9
3

1

9

1

4
1
5

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _____ __
__ ___
__ __ __
85 _
____ __ __ __
__ __ __ ____
90 _
__ __
---__ __ __ __ __ __ _
9 5 ___________________________________________
100
__ ____ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ____

2.1

8
12
8
8
2

1

19
16
15
9

6
2
1
3
1

__
---- ---__ __
__ ____
___

__ __

35
to
39

IS'

50
55
60
65
70

Under 50

__

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week

__
__

2

1
2

1

1
2

1

2
1
2
1
3

1
1
1

Hours worked in
15
35
to
to
40
34
39

49
or
more

Total

4

3
2

1
1
1
1

7
2
11
7
15

1
to
i4

49
or
more
2

1
1

2
2
5

2
1
6
2
5

10
3
1
2

27
8
4
6

1
2
2
1

3
1

34
1
10
8
2

11

1
2
2
1
1

2

1

56
34
22
21
11

9
4
9
7
4

14
5
5
3
5

13
5
5
8
5

149
16
4?
28
25

24

2

week
41
48
to
47

1

2
2

1
1

1
2
5

1
1

3
4
1
1
2

4
4
2
5
1

7
12
12
5
6

11
2
1
1
4

8
1
4
5
3

34
4
7
3
3

27
8
16
9
ii

100
105
110
115
120

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

105
110
115
120
125

_
__ __ __ __ _________
„ __ __
__
__
__
___ __ __ __ __
__ ------------ „ --------------- __ _
__ __ __ _________
__ __ __ __ ____
_ ___ __ __ __
______ _________ _

18?
?5
60
77
31

34
?
6
2
3

69
4
17
4
6

8

1

35
3
16
4
7

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

__ .....
.............. .........................
_
__ __ — ............... „ __
__ __
__ __ __ --------__ __ __ __ __ __
---- __ __ __
__ ------------ ~
_
_
__ ____ __ ___________ __ __

_
_
_
_

245
50
1 ?9
53
63

54
5
10
3
4

97
8
20
6
10

10
3
5
1
2

39
7
16
14
6

12
8
21
11
8

21
14
'42
9
17

12
6
16
9
15

134
39
44
51
43

17
3
3
9

47
2
3
6
5

2

16
1
2
7
5

15
4
4
6
4

11
12
11
14
13

26
17
21
9
16

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170
180
190
200

__
__ ------- ------__ ____ __
______
— __ __ ---- --------— __ __
---- —
__________________ __

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

261
163
184
176
137

30
9
7
9
7

65
18
19
14
8

6
4
6
5
6

49
44
58
63
61

28
30
41
37
26

48
31
33
24

35
25
19
24
14

122
82
91
78
54

9
2
2
2
1

13
5'
3
1
2

3
1
1

13
13
25
19
15

18
15
24
21
16

32
26
15
16
12

35
20
20
18
6

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
unde r

210
220
230
240
2 50

_
__ __
__
__ __
__ __
__ _
_
__ __ __ __ __ ______________ __
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ __
__ __
________________________________________
_
__ __ ------------ __ __ __
__ __ _

207
255
208
130
149

6
11
5
5

10
12
11
4
5

c;
7
A
5
8

70
11?
93
58
81

4^
64
51
30
22

53
34
29
19
21

18
16
16
10
11

80
60
74
39
39

1
1

2
1
1
1

22
25
31
22
14

20
18
27
6
7

21
11
7
5
13

14
4
7
5
4

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

_ --------------__ __ ---_
__ __ __ __ ____ __ __ ------- __
_
___ __ ------- _ -------- __ __ ____
__ ____ ____ ____ __ ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------

169
84
75
54
34

7
1
1

7

5
4
3
1

25
20
17
10
9

16
20
9
11
6

10
6
5
2
2

45
19
15
10
6

4
1
1

1

2

99
32
36
27
14

1

4
2
1

27
7
6
3
2

8
4
3
3
2

3
5
2
2
1

2
2
3
2
1

253

1?

13

5

103

69

37

14

65

4

2

5

18

14

15

7

3517

251

484

111

11*9

620

559

33^

1639

111

216

37

320

273

318

362

1.5 1

1 .4 7

1 .88

2 .1 7

2 .1 8

1.98

1.7 8

1 .6 7

1.2 3

1 .2 0

300 and o v e r __
Number of employees (in hundreds)
Average hourly earnings (dollars) ;__ __ ____

__

_. __ __ __ __ .2 .0 0

2

2

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.




For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

3
1
1

1
1
1

2

1

1 .5 1 2 .0 3 1 .8 9 1 .6 8 1.4 6

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

42




Table 6:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
UNITED STATES: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week
Total

n r

15
to
34

to
14

35
to
39

40

41
to
47

Hours worked in
15
35
to
40
to
34

1
to
14

49
48

week
41
48
to
47

49

Under 5 0 __________________________________________________

127

14

47

46

47

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 ___________________________________________

176
152
328
3 51
393

43
27
60
71
60

41
28
86
102
128

10
11
16
23
27

20
15
44
43
43

38
47
50
76
82

2*
14
54
28
43

5
9
19
8
11

399
227
481
398
427

122
36
96
45
49

81
29
77
98
86

10
6
20
24
22

21
13
61
45
45

47
69
105
116
101

82
48
85
25
80

36
26
38
46
44

75
80
85
90
95

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

80 _______________________________________ ____
8 5 ___________________________________________
9 0 ___________________________________________
9 5 ___________________________________________
100 __________________________________________

879
730
943
853
549

176
91
122
84
43

266
216
247
226
131

46
64
95
91
61

181
151
286
2*7
169

136
138
143
143
113

59
48
38
*5
23

14
20
12
16
11

•‘06
440
455
355
234

140
49
37
26
9

184
86
80
51
24

41
31
29
30
20

101
71
143
89
62

152
102
119
101
89

61
73
31
42
20

27
28
14
16
12

70

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

________________________________________
______ __________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________

2251
874
1022
755
642

295
49
56
4?
37

707
20!
215
166
134

245
118
126
99
107

626
320
4?6
291
245

238
139
149
118
96

100
28
35
30
14

42
18
13
p
8

826
232
297
186
127

80
10
12
11
7

211
26
48
30
22

80
22
31
17
17

210
74
98
61
41

159
71
88
56
33

67
18
14
9
3

22
10
9
4
3

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

--- ----------------------- ---------------------------------________________________________________
_______________________ __________________
-------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________

995
560
5 8?
458
364

77
19
15
11
10

210
86
80
63
53

115
88
7^
85
69

433
2*5
297
205
148

110
101
91
76
69

38
1*
?0
11
10

1?
6
6
7
4

287
11*
118
94
59

23
2
3
6
4

52
18
12
8
6

22
13
8
8
3

114
32
45
40
21

46
38
39
25
20

22
4
12
5
3

7
7
1
1

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170
180
190
200

________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________

870
597
438
281
139

30
10
14
3
4

127
77
41
30
16

128
98
80
56
29

421
316
231
155
70

123
74
55
28
18

30
15
11
9
•a

11
6
5

157
73
58
42
14

16
4
1
1

18
8
6
2

5
9
7
1

70
29
30
23
6

36
19
14
11
4

9
4

3
2

1
1

1

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

-------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________
________________________________________
-------------------------------------------------------------________________________________________

189
158
81
44
31

15
?
1

23
21
11
5
1

35
26
13
7
1?

88
86
38
25
13

15
16
13
*
2

10
4
3
2
2

1
2

21
22
10
6
2

1
1

11
15
6

6
3
1
3

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

__ ______________________ _______________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
--------------------------------------------------------------

40
14
13
14
6

2
1

4
2
i

7
5
1
4
1

22
5
6
6
2

4

•a

5
4
1

2

300 and o v e r _____________________________ _ _______________

52

4

4

8

21

5

6

1

11

2

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

16951

1490

3767

2088

5957

2548

793

295

7174

865

1316

Average hourly earnings (dollars) ______________________ _______

1*18

•96

1*07

1*27

1 .2 7

1 .1 2

1.0 5

1 .0 2

.9 3

.7 7

.8 8

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

1

1

2
2

1
2

1

1

1
2
1

2

1
1

2

4

486 1594 1727

765

405

.9 9 1 .0 8

.8 1

•75

.9 5

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

43
Table 6 -A: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956




NORTHEAST: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)

For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B

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




Table 6-B: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
SOUTH: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week
15
to
34

Total
to
14

....................................................................................

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

48

49
or
more

Total

Hours worked in
15
35
40
to
to
34
39

1
to
J4

week
41
48
to
47

49
or
more

99

13

10

5

15

28

11

16

244

64

42

7

9

37

45

39

28
20
33
34
24

8
8
9
9
13

13
13
30
30
21

31
34
33
49
54

15
12
37
22
22

5
8
16
6
10

290
147
270
189
191

100
26
48
22
17

43
15
33
35
23

7
3
7
10
11

9
9
39
13
12

30
41
68
67
56

71
32
57
13
44

30
21
18
29
28

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _ --------__
__ __
6 0 __
__
______
__ __
65 _
__
__
__
__ >
7 0 __ __ __ ___
________
__ __ __
__ __
__ __ __
___
7 5 _____

125
113
185
173
155

26
18
29
23
12

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _____
85 _
9 0 _____
95 _
100 ___

__ __ __ _
__ ____ _
--------__ __ __

314
245
257
217
145

32
14
19
10
9

54
36
40
26
17

16
16
16
16
11

101
62
96
66
46

70
73
60
64
45

33
29
21
24
11

8
15
7
10
6

237
140
129
98
79

45
17
10
6
1

35
11
9
7
3

11
4
11
5
8

36
19
36
13
14

$f8
40
44
41
34

28
34
12
17
13

14
15
6
10
6

149
72
85
63
41

76
50
43
31
25

29
14
10
10
2

11
5
4

191
73
70
56
30

9
3
2
7

44
4
6
4
4

11
6
7
4
6

53
19
19
11
8

40
23
29
23

24
12

8

7
1

10
6
4
1
2

61
30
26
20
11

3

8

4
1
1
1

24
4
5

11
13
12
7
7

8
1
3
1
1

3
4

2
5
2

8
5
3
3
1

10
4
3
6

3
2

3

4
1
1

3
1
1
1

__ __ __ __ __
____ __ __ __
__ __
__
__
____ __
„ ----------------- „
---___
__ __ __ __ _ __

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

__ __ __ ________
__ — __
__
__ __ __ __
________ __ __ __ __ ____ __ _
__ __ ______
__ „ ___
_ _
__
__ __
---- ---- ------- _

426
178
179
138
96

36
5
4
3
3

81
18
18
15
Q

46
13
14
15
12

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
__ ___ ___ ____ ____
„ __ _
135
„ __ ____ „
__ __
__ __ _
140 — __
__
— — —
— — _
145 ________________________________________
150
__ __ ____
__ ------- __ __

150

6
1

83
63
47

1
1

15
12
5
5
4

1^
8
7
6
7

82
32
44
28
14

26
28
22
20
18

7
5
5
2
2

4

88

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
tinder
under
under
under

1 6 0 ________________________________________
170 _
___
__ ---__ __ __
180 __ __ __ __
---- __
„ _ __ __
1 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------200 — „
„ ---- __ __ ------- — — —

103
75
40
35
16

8
5
3
4
1

8
7

56
46
19
20
7

22
14
10
5
5

4
2
1
1
1

3
1
1

29
21
10
10
3

2
2
1

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

________________________________________
_
__ ____
__ ________ __ __ __
_
_ ____
__
__ __
__
_
------- __
__ __
__ „ _

?4
12

3
1

3
1
1
1

12
8
3
3
2

3
1
3

3

1
1

9
2
2
1
1

1

250
260
270
280
290

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

260
270
280
290
300

_ ---------- __
__ __ __
________________________________________
_
__ „ -----------— — — __ — __ ------- ------- — ------- ------— ----------------- __ ------------ — — ------

5
3
2
2

3
1
1
1

1

3
1

2

5

2

3

_
__
__
_ ___
__ __
_____

300 and over _
Number of employees (in hundreds)
Average hourly earnings (dollars)__

_

__ __ __ __ __ __ ..

2
1
1

8

5
3

c.

5
2

1

2

4
2
2
2
2

1
1
1
1

1
1

1

7
5
2
1
1
5
2

9

1

1

1

1

1

3820

271

529

298

1290

948

342

152

2679

389

350

1 .0 1

•80

.9 2

1 .0 6

1.11

.9 8

.9 2

•86

• 83

•65

•78

For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

1

1

11

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.

4

5

1

3

134

388

733

434

249

•92

•97

•89

•73

•70

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

45
Table 6-C : Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
NORTH CENTRAL: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week
Total

-----j—

15
to
34

to
14

..............................................................................

35
to
39

41
to
47

40

49
or
more

48

15

2

3

1

1

2
1
10
23
28

6
2
36
36
58

1
2
3
9
7

1
1
5
5
11

3
5
8
20
12

4
2
9
5
16

3

7

Total

Hours worked in
15
35
to
40
to
34
39

1
to
i4
3

4

1

4

6

1

6

1
3
1
1

78
66
163
154
167

17
6
38
20
20

31
11
35
41
49

2
2
10
10
8

2
3
12
25
20

12
24
30
35
34

8
14
23
10
23

6
5
16
14
12

55
37
52
43
39

21
28
15
13
3

11
8
7
4
2

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _
—
__
__
__ „ _
6 0 ___________________________________________
65 _
__
__ __
„ __ __
70 _
. 7 5 _____
__ __
__ __
__ ____ „

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _____
85 _
90 _
__
95 _
__
100 _ __

76
34
38
33
18

109
76
86
88
50

12
21
33
28
17

43
41
85
79
48

32
36
50
39
40

18
11
10
11
6

5
3
4
4
3

281
180
208
150
89

49
17
15
12
3

91
43
40
25
11

19
17
11
12

__ __
__ __ „
„ ____
____
__ ____

49
or
more

26

15
14
74
98
132

„ __ __
__
____ __ ____
__ __
______
__ __ __
__
„ ____
___ __
___
____ __ __
__ __ __

week
41
48
to
47

_

296
223
307
283
181

8

35
30
68
40
24

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
__ __ __ __ ____ __
__ ____
110
115 _
___________ „ „ __ __ ____ __ _
120 __ __ ____________
__ ____ __ _
125 _ ___ __ „ „
____ ___ ____ _

762
300
359
277
234

121
17
22
19
14

253
81
92
69
52

65
35
38
31
27

202
117
154
109
102

74
40
40
38
30

26
5
7
6
5

20
6
6
4
3

362
84
114
73
45

38
2
6
2
2

89
11
16
15
6

41
9
14
7
4

83
24
35
25
14

75
30
34
21
16

28
4
6
1

10
4

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135 _
140 __
145 __
150

_
_
_
_
_

333
181
208
145
117

26
5
7
4
3

73
28
30
20
19

31
23
15
24
18

144
86
110
68
52

39
32
39
24
20

14
4
6
3
3

5
2
2
2
1

103
39
43
31
22

8
1
1

24
6
3
2
3

3
6
2
1
1

34
10
17
10
8

23
14
18
16
9

7
1
2

4
2
1
1

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170
180
190
200

__
__
__ _
__ „
_
________________________________________
_
__ „
______ __ __ __
__
________________________________________
__ __
__ ______ __ ____
__ __

296
220
163
77
44

11
3
3
1
1

43
31
14

29
27
74
13
11

143
12C
92
41
20

50
32
22
11
5

14

5

3
3
1

3

23
e
12

14
9
4
1
3

3

7

52
23
19
13
5

1

4

4
2

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

_ ___ ___
__
_
__ __ __ __ __
_
__
__ __ __
_
__ ___________

__ __
__ _
------------ „ __ __ _
_
__ __
___
„ __ __ __ __ __ _

54
28
70
13
10

4
1

11
5
3

24
13
10
7
4

5
3
4
2
1

2
1

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

_ ___
____ __
__
___
_
„ __ __ __ ------- __ __ -----------_
___ __
__ __ ____ __ __ __ _
__ — __ ------- __ — — ------- --------------------------- ------------------------------

14
6
5
3
2

2

2

1

9
2
2
1

2

__ „
------------ ------- __ „
__
____ „
__ __ __ __
__
---__ __ „ __ __
___ __ __ „
__ ------------------------- __
__ __ ------- __

__
__
__
__
„

_

8

6
6
4

7
1
1
1
1
1

7

3
1
3

3

9

Number of employees (in hundreds)__________ _________

5528

529

1388

577

1961

765

209

Average hourlv earnings (dollars)

1 .2 0

•98

1 .0 6

1 .2 6

1.29

1.1 8

1 .06




For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

1
1

8

1
3
4
1

1
1

1

1

1
1

1

2

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.

7

3
1

1
1

2

__

1

7
1
2
1

4
6
2
1

1

19

300 and over _

1

1

4

3

1

87

2607

269

567

193

584

657

211

123

1 .1 2

.9 5

•82

.8 7

.9 5 1 .0 6

•97

•83

•81

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

46

WEST: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, BY METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Hours worked in week
Total -----I
to
14

15
to
34

35
to
39 _

41
to
47

40

Total

49
or
more

48

Under 50 _____________________
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 __ ___________
60 _____ _______
6 5 ______________
7 0 ______________
7 5 ______________

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 ______________
8 5 ______________
9 0 ______________
9 5 ______________
100 ____________

7

4
4

11
21
15
18
11

4
2
3
5

4
9
28
29
22

4
4
3
6
5

3
3
4
4
5

57

under
under
under
under
under

1 0 5 _______ ___
110 ____—-------1 1 5 --- ------------120 „__________
1 2 5 __ ________

309
113
166
1 ?2
99

37
8
11
8
6

110
29
42
25
22

27
9
13
10
11

93
44
68
56
45

15
15
25
13
11

24
5
8
9
3

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

1 3 0 ---------------135 __________
140 __________
145 __________
150 __________

214
120
117
96
65

26
5
3
3

51
21
17
13
11

18
11
0
8
5

93
62
70
55
32

15
17
10
12
11

12
3
6
4
3

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170
180
190
200

___________
___________
__________
___________
___________

175
106
104
71
43

6
2
6
1
2

26
9
11
7
4

17
13
10
4
2

103
63
62
51
30

17
12
10
6
5

5
5
4
2
1

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

___________
___________
___________
___________
___________

58
87
34
13
7

5
1
1

5
14
7
3

4
5
1
1
1

34
53
19
8
5

5
10
4
1
1

4
3
1

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

___________
___________
___________
___________
___________

6
2
3
3

Average hourly earnings (dollars) ________

u

7

11

1

1

2434

18*9

508

1*38

1.15• 1 .2 4

5

20
9
15
8
3

3
1
2
8
2

14
2
3
1
4

35
5
10
6
7

1
1
1
1

71
27
28
24
18

4

1
1
1

50
14
17
15
5

1

5

1
1
3
11
4

70
43
50
60
35

15
6
5
6
4

130
46
62
35
34

6
12
4
4

3

2
1
3
2
12

1
1
3

11
5
15
18
15

12
9
9
8
5

7
8
3
10
3

2
4
1
2
4

8
4
5
3
4

42
23
27
18
13

17
10
13
6
5

13
2
4
1
2

1

14
2
3
2
1

8
2
1
4
1

3?
13
16
12
8

7
7
4
2
2

5
2
4
3
2

8

8
1
2
1

1
1
2

22
9
9
ib
4

7
3
3
4
1

3
1

1

1
1

4
8
2

1
1

1
1
3

1

1

1

2

1
2
2
1

1
1
1

1
1

2

2

1

193

1156

238

126

14

939

88

175

62

1.35

1.44

1 .3 9

1.30

1 .3 4

1 .1 4

1 .0 4

1 .0 4

1 .1 6

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

3
3

5
1
2
2
1

1
1

3
1
2

1

1

1
1

1
1

and
and
and
and
and

79
57

69
73

2

2
1
1

1
1
1

1

4

11
3
11
15
30

100
105
110
115
120

N u m ber o f e m p lo y e e s (in hu n d red s)

week
41
to
48
47

1
1

1

7
10
16
12
5

300 and o v e r ---------------------------

Hours worked in
15
35
to
40
to
34
39

1
to
14

347

145

1 .2 4 1*16

93

21

o
o




Table 6-D: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956

•94

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not
necessarily equal totals.

47
Table 7: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight*time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
UNITED STATES: BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Central cities
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)
Total

Under 50 .

1
to
34

Hours worked
in week
41
48
to
to
or
47
40
more

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Communities other than
central cities
Hours worked
in week
Total
1
48
to
to
to
or
34
40
47
more

Communities of 5,000
Communities of less than
or more population
5,000 population
Hours worked
Hours worked
in week
in s rook
Total
1
48 Total
1
35
41
48
to
to
to
to
or.
to
to
or
34
40
47 more
34
40
47

4

185

51

36

47

51

63

26

5

8

23

300

124

29

39

109

219

89

13

23

93

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 __
6 0 __
6 5 __
70 ...
7 5 __

253
184
369
389
438

133
69
155
183
192

31
32
75
70
70

41
44
47
7?
78

47
39
94
61
100

74
42
140
120
153

44
16
82
65
91

7
1
1?
13
15

5
14
14
18
19

18
10
34
21
28

353
221
490
415
472

195
74
192
147
164

22
11
70
59
53

34
63
100
105
96

104
71
129
104
162

292
143
313
233
232

149
28
127
97
50

34
13
53
29
22

19
26
11
30
21

93
78
120
78
136

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80 . .
85 —
90 __
95 __
100

1015
815
912
933
609

514
338
331
324
162

237
190
338
315
228

131
136
148
151
13?

133
148
98
140
85

365
248
346
322
155

236
129
183
166
60

58
50
103
77
50

34
31
35
39
26

36
38
26
42
21

790
586
526
504
324

377
170
137
111
42

128
102
151
118
79

154
108
132
123
99

132
204
107
153
101

462
281
246
223
117

205
75
58
31
12

78
32
72
30
11

38
23
39
35
31

138
153
78
128
62

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

.
.
.
.
.

2987
981
1274
917
814

1255
272
313
264
205

907
408
545
373
347

32?
158
215
148
13?

503
145
200
132
129

1433
333
477
332
288

802
112
145
122
97

33?
112
161
101
83

115
58
69
47
41

181
52
99
62
67

1401
389
587
365
385

514
52
106
64
54

316
106
156
79
72

218
100
148
90
70

351
133
177
129
188

885
147
290
149
136

294
15
32
17
16

180
15
53
12
12

79
24
41
33
12

330
93
164
88
97

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
uhder
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

.
.
.
.
.

1484
801
960
738
652

451
155
146
117
104

58?
340
410
321
241

180
157
164
147
144

270
152
237
155
163

850
274
389
261
231

373
63
68
55
27

231
88
125
81
56

79
55
80
58
6?

171
69
116
67
87

701
325
398
313
263

181
29
39
35
16

181
56
79
64
37

123
102
115
85
76

217
139
165
131
134

393
159
188
127
109

75
12
7
9
14

S8
10
30
20
17

44
30
50
30
15

189
105
104
67
65

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
tinder

160
170
180
190
200

.
.
.
.
.

1678
1253
1121
980
704

324
148
124
81
56

68?
555
489
441
279

?77
2 50
?69
???
18^

397
296
240
237
185

848
534
510
44 4
231

199
7?
51
32
17

2 54
200
159
165
65

143
104
141
107
84

251
162
157
142
64

706
454
455
365
229

91
22
22
13
5

165
97
119
104
41

187
135
174
135
92

267
201
138
109
89

335
142
148
99
39

56
12
7
1
1

59
29
32
23
7

40
34
39
23
16

178
67
70
52
17

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under 210
under .220
under 230
under 240
under 250

.
.
.
.
.

954
713
591
406
332

102
46
47
32
15

37?
344
?5?
185
176

? 36
168
175
105
66

245
156
117
84
7?

448
426
322
198
148

46
39
23
11
6

138
196
148
74
66

108
121
89
69
35

156
71
61
44
40

312
184
189
120
85

29
8
6
4

66
61
67
40
27

106
56
68
37
18

109
57
45
39
35

84
40
33
28
16

3

17
16
13
12
3

20
14
12
3
4

44
11
8
12
9

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

.
.
.
_
_

476
233
182
170
99

49
12
12
11
8

219
93
88
83
47

73
5?
45
36
27

84
73
33
39
15

229
129
104
71
44

1?
3
6
1
1

131
54
45
40
15

41
25
34
17
15

43
45
19
12
11

109
70
45
45
38

7
3
2

41
15
12
8
11

26
26
12
22
11

34
25
20
13
15

27
11
6
10
3

6

8
5
2
5

4
1
1
2
1

6
3
2
2
1

300 and over -_____

779

58

385

183

154

312

21

108

90

88

193

9

58

47

77

40

4

10

10

16

Number of employees (in hundreds)_________

6859 10786

5166

5509 11894

3502

3619

2130

2634 13707

Average hourly earnings (dollars).___________________

1*14

1 .5 4

1 .55

1.50

1.13

1 .6 3

1.7 0

1.5 9

260
270
280
290
300

1 .5 6

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.




For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

1 .2 8

1
2

3044 2900 3332 4413 6405 1505 1065
•94 1 .3 5 1 .3 4 1 .2 8 1*11

878 2957

• 87 1 .1 8 1*23 1*10

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

Table 7-A : Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
NORTHEAST: BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Central cities
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)
I
to
34
Under 50 .
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

75
80
85
90
95

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

55
60
65
70
75

.
.
.
.
.

80
85 —
90 __
95 __
100

Hours worked
in week
^ 5
^ 1
46
to
to
or
47
40
more

Communities of 5,000

Total
to
34

Communities of less than

Hours worked
Hours worked
in week
________ m v reek _______.
35
41
48 Total
1
35
41
48
to
to
to
to
ox_
to
or
40
47 more
34
40
47

2

20

11

2

2

4

10

9

1

1

5
6
7

4
5
10
4
9

6
2
6
1

17
11
36
31
40

12
5
20
12
21

2
2
7
9
7

2
4
6
11
9

2

6
1
4

23
10
20
35
42

4

4
3
4
7

38
17
40
47
60

42
42
95
82
75

17
19
25
24
24

8
15
9
20
10

161
111
170
167
64

107
68
104
89
28

25
27
46
46
20

19
12
14
20
11

10
3
5
12
4

112
89
75
64
34

64
41
27
23
8

26
22
27
25
12

16
17
15
11
9

2

3

18
14
50
49
67

14
7
29
36
44

3
3
12
8
13

221
242
242
161

153
104
116
116
53

181

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Communities other than
central cities
Hours worked
in week
Total
I
48
T I
to
or
to
to
34
40
47
more-

9

3

1

3

2

3
1
3
8
3

6
1
4
3
5

1
1

2

3

12
3
10
18
12

6
10
6
5
4

48
18
22
12
9

34
9
12
6
3

3

5

3
2
3

7
5
5
2

3
2
2
1
3

3
2
3
3
2

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

.
.
.
.
.

850
271
328
241
234

417
95
90
83
62

269
124
154
•ICO
104

76
33
45
32
35

87
19
39
26
33

688
151
220
148
145

392
54
55
58
46

168
51
79
37
37

59
30
38
27
25

68
18
47
26
38

208
54
87
41
55

90
18
28
12
14

52
10
27
9
14

34
14
17
11
11

31
13
15
8
16

114
11
55
19
19

58
5
17
6
8

28
2
9
2
4

10
1
9
5
1

18
2
22
7
6

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

.
.
.
.
.

428
237
288
232
199

131
47
44
40
28

174
114
133
106
95

47
36
46
46
41

77
40
64
42
36

396
135
165
116
113

150
24
23
21
10

103
41
51
34
27

47
30
39
29
33

96
41
52
31
43

94
45
79
49
45

30
6
12
6
2

32
9
14
13
8

16
16
31
19
18

17
14
22
12
17

78
29
24
23
17

21
6

16
5
9
4
2

14
5
6
4
5

28
12
9
11
8

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170
180
190
200

.
.
.
.
.

512
418
360
341
200

96
48
36
27
10

240
208
171
157
88

79
88
88
64
58

96
73
65
92
45

418
246
236
224
122

76
30
22
8
7

128
84
60
77
38

83
58
88
63
50

131
75
66
76
27

140
83
87
65
31

15
1
4
5
1

36
15
25
19
6

55
39
43
28
13

36
27
16
13
10

49
22
40
17
8

13
2
2

14
6
10
6
2

3
7
12
4
5

18
7
16
7
1

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under 210
under.220
under 230
under 240
under 250

.
_
_
_
_

283
220
148
112
71

32
11
14
11
3

111
118
81
52
41

73
53
33
26
13

67
39
21
25
14

206
143
125
70
55

18
7
6
3
2

54
75
65
33
26

58
37
37
22
15

76
24
16
12
11

54
28
31
12
8

5
2
1

15
11
14
4
4

23
7
12
5
2

10
8
4
2

22
9
3
9
5

2

4
7
3
6
3

14
1

3
1

1
2

1

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

_
_
_
_
_

116
54
40
52
23

15
2
1
3
1

67
23
25
32
14

15
12
7
7
4

18
16
5
10
3

87
51
34
32
14

3
1
3
1
1

55
25
19
21
5

17
13
8
7
5

12
11
4
3
3

13
7
4
10
7

5
2
2
2
3

4
3
3
6
2

4
2

4
3
1

2
2
1

1

2
1

2

1

300 and o v e r ______

181

13

109

26

32

96

2

38

20

34

28

1

12

8

7

4

3

1

496

503

541

346

760

135

203

1..4 8 1•45

1.31

260
270
280
290
300

Number of employees (in hundreds)

2034

3288

1210

1159

5331

1560

1619

1048

1094

1884

Average hourly earnings (dollars)__________

1 .1 5

1 .5 8

1.61

1 .6 4

1.53

1.0 9

1 .6 0

1.6 1

1 .6 0

1.38




NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

1

1 .0 0 1 .3 8

5
3

233
t.0 1

186

1 .3 6 1 .4 6 1 .3 0

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

49

Table 7-B: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
SOUTH: BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Central cities
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)
Total

Hours worked
in week
....4 T " “ 55
"3 5
to
to
or
47
40
more

“ I—
to
34

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Communities other than
_____ central cities
Hours worked
in week
“ 3?—
~ T “
"T T
to
or
to
to
34
40
47
more

Communities of 5,000
Communities of less than
or more population
5,000 population
Hours worked
1
Hours worked
in week
-ML vcck
1^ 15“
48 T otal
41
1
41
48
to
to
to
to
or.
to
34
40
47 more
34
JlL

Under 50 __________________

157

45

29

43

40

31

12

3

4

13

99

177

78

15

76

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 ___________
6 0 ___________
6 5 ___________
7 0 ___________
7 5 __________

205
145
239
241
231

103
51
81
81
58

26
24
49
51
37

37
36
36
58
60

39
35
73
50
77

22
20
46
31
30

9
6
17
10
5

2
1
3
1
3

7
1
2
4

12
6
26
18
18

271
163
311
246
230

138
49
92
70
38

12
8
49
26
18

24
43
66
61
58

97
63
102
88
117

193
93
179
124
123

95
19
62
40
22

18
8
29
12
10

12
12
7
21
11

69
54
81
51
80

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 ___________
8 5 ___________
9 0 ___________
9 5 ---------------1 0 0 _________

461
349
318
334

141
85
120
103
69

82
81
74
90
70

93
108
58
93
55

65
60
62
48
26

27
19
21
12
7

17
5
17
8
9

5
8
6
5
2

16
28
18
23
9

328
259
196
206
134

117
44
28
24
7

49
31
50
26
22

72
48
52
56
42

90
134
67
100
63

205
125
108
108
53

64
23
12
4
3

38
10
37
10
5

24
8
26
23
20

78
84
33
72
25

2 ?1

145
74
66
48
26

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 ________

890
291
369
258
200

233
44
47
46
26

259
110
125
94
64

147
74
81
60
51

251
63
115
59
59

206
43
59
48
29

79
9
10
13
8

32
6
11
12
6

26
9
10
4
4

67
19
26
21
11

433
152
199
125
128

103
11
15
16
9

88
34
46
14
17

62
37
60
33
20

180
69
78
62
81

336
57
103
54
30

98
4
5
4
2

81
4
22
3
3

27
15
24
23
2

129
34
51
24
24

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
tinder
under
under
under

1 3 0 ________
1 3 5 ________
1 4 0 ________
1 4 5 ________
1 5 0 ________

343
197

121
55
73
47
3?

61
6?
54
41
48

97
60
69
51
40

66
28
36
29
23

10
5
4
4
1

23
4
9
6
4

4
7
6
6
5

31
13
16
12
15

195
118
110
94
70

21
8
6
5
2

53
12
19
16
6

39
31
28
22
17

80
66
57
51
45

107
30
57
31
27

11
1
4

150
130

64
22
15
10
11

28
3
11
2
9

14
14
20
17
4

54
11
23
11
13

150
160
170
180
190

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

1 6 0 ________
1 7 0 ________
1 8 0 ________
1 9 0 ________
200 ________

316
254
203
166
131

26
16
10
8
5

108
91
62
63
27

80
60
64
46
41

104
86
66
48
58

70
49
39
32
10

10
9
1
3
1

11
15
6
13
2

11
7
10
9
2

37
19
22
7
4

159
110
116
83
54

13
6
4

30
24
27
21
6

43
22
43
22
16

74
58
43
38
30

92
&6
29
25
8

9
4
1

19
15
5
8

18
7
16
10
8

45
20
7
7
1

200
210
220
230
240

and under
and under
and tinder
and under
and tinder

2 1 0 ________
220 ________
230 ________
240 ________
250 ________

j43

11
3
4
1
1

53
35
16
13
12

31
21
34
16
9

48
41
24
17
12

39
11
13
9
5

2

11
4
7
3
3

10
4
2
4
1

17
3
3
2
2

71
36
33
25
19

5

17
6
9
5
4

14
13
10
0
3

34
16
12
10
10

11
6
3
2
2

2
3
1

1
3
2

8

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

260
270
280
290
300

17
12
11
6
4

12
14
9
10
5

14
18
13
11
4

12
9
3
5
1

2

7
1
1
5
1

1

27
14
6
6
9

1

4
4
1
1
4

6
4
2
2
3

15
6
3
2
2

8
5
1
4

4

1

3
7
1

56

39

44

14

1

5

1

6

46

1

15

8

21

8

1

1

797 1125 2163 2570

571

412

212

101

78
45
36

1

1

1
1

________
________
_________
________
________

48
47
34
14

6
2
1
1
1

300 and o v e r ______________

147

9

Number of employees (in hundreds)

7732

1401

2300

1837

2193

13 29

318

277

188

551

5040

939

Average hourly earnings (dollars),.________

1*25

•96

1.27

1*28

1.28

1*24

1.01

1.41

1.33

1.20

1 .1 0

•79 1*20 1.12 1.10

under
tinder
under
under
tinder

?8

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.




For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

•96

1

1

2
1

2

1
2

3

3

2
1
4

410 1174

•76 1.0 5 1.12

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals

•92

50




Table 7>C: Distribution of non su p ervisory em p loyees in retail trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, O ctober 1956
NORTH CENTRAL: RY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties

N onm etropolitan a rea counties

Com m unities other than
cen tral citie s
H ours Worked
Hours worked
in week
in week
I
33
Total
^ 1
48
48
to
to
to
to
to
or
or
40
34
40
47
m ore.

Com m unities o f 5,000
o r mo re population
H ours w orked

Central cities
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)
I
to
34

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

17

4

4

4

5

55
.
.
^
- - 60
_ _
65 ^ — r- ^ — -rr- ------------ „ ______________ __
7 0 -------- ,-------------. ,
_____ _______________
75 -----------------------------------------T^ - ir-r- l—
.

79
72
71
93
132

16

2

4
4
3

7
3
15
8

19

10
11

50
51
98
98
62

75 and under 8 0 __________ _
80 and under 85 —
85 and under 90 _
90 end under 95
_ ....
45 end under 100

____ __ _______

_______

t

-r -

w

—
_

_

3rt5
227
290
292
185

11

4

38
63
84

17
11

197
174
122

139
70

18

13
4
52
41
59

43

29
31
46
31
36

29
71
24
23
16

116
65
91
84
47

33
44
46
19

84
t\ 0

65
43
36

124
48
**4
37
79

314
82
108
79
71

193
27
36
37
29

70
37
61
6-9
62

158
69

76

88
66

15
18
9

147
96
77

61
18

57

186
143
119
109
58

12

44
20
88

1
1

4
5
3
13
16
37
20
12

980
338
440
374
293

493
113
144
94

28 0
139
197
133
133

483
249
314
257
274

166
59
62
53
45

188
114
139
1 08
81

R7
40
8?
47
45

588
409
386
3 "6
235

127
59
52
23
25

273
181
168
134
87

°1

360
236
229
164
113

42
17
17
14
7

136
104
81
72
45

96

86

106

16

68
87

47
48
26
70

86

8

73
61
43

3
3
7

32
28
33
16
70

153
79

18
3

68

6

29
14
5

a

62
36
29
14
14

2
1
2

5
3

37
15
27
15
14

36
76
9

54
41

67
?4
31
27
19

306

22

147

97

51

83

6

Number o f em p loyees (in hundreds) . . . ____ 9302

2647

3469

164 0

15 0

2890

963

838

1 .6 2

1 .5 8

1.11

1 .6 1

100
105
110
115
120

and
end
end
end
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

125
130
135
140
145

end
and
end
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

110
135
140
145
150

150
160
170
180
190

end
and
and
end
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170
180
140
200

200
210
220
230
240

end
end
and
end
end

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

250
260
270
280
290

end
end
and
end
and

under
under
under
under
under

260 _
270
280 .
. . . . . . . . .
240
------ __ __
_
300 ------------------------------- ----- ------

300 and o v e r

—
_

__ ______

_

_

_

------

^

_
------

—

—

_

_
. . . .

—
.
.

.
.

__

_

_ -------

.
.
___
___ _______ ____________________________

______ ____________________
.
— .—
_
________
• -

. _________

—

__________________

_

............
........
.

.

_________ .
-

_

. .

.

. .

. .

Average hourly earnings (d o lla r s ). ____ ____ ___ „ .

1 .5 5

110

1 .1 7

1 .5 7

77
90
32
64

57
30

1 .7 2

68

11

56

22

11
12

4

68

33
41
27
72
44
17
31

3

2
1

12
6

3

9
13
13

6
6
2
6

12

5

10

8

20
11
12

33

9
7

5
13

15

25

11
20

~ I ----- I T
to
to
40

“ T i­
to
47

30

12

5

4

55
44
137
131
172

40
19
77
63
89

5
13
23
25

7
16
27
33
26

275
196
711
173
118

151
73
67
47

43
42
61
42
30

54
37
57
49
42

20

594
134
218
154
159

254
15
41
24
71
o
13

12

6

16
13
15

26
13
18

272
115
157
119
no

31
28
19

44
46
44
39
18

21

1

“4 T T otal

14
49
7
53
37

8

5

4
16
14

11

33

80
45
108
77
81

22

6

10

28
44
25
35
25

158
103
87
83
47

80
30
24
15

25
14
24
15
4

5
o
9

117
43
69
57
83

321
65

99
5
7
3
2

2

8

131
50
78
47
59

144
81
87
49
43

21

28

14
9

66

125
44
50
33

4
7
22
12

101

57

48
46
50
36
37

102

69
60
64

122

20

29

or

mauL

127
36
52
36
23

41
55
36
37

42
66

53
51

111

58
71

21

3

14

304
196
173
147
96

44

68

10

o
5

37
37
38

1

11

47

30
18
19
17
Q

126
62
67
50
26

16

13
15
19
13
5

51
23
25
16
7

47

25

21
20
20

11
6
8
1

32
30

3

9
3
3

8

12
10

5

13

1
1

4

15
4
5

18
15
7
3
4

79

74

22

65

2

517

567

5009

1221

1 .7 6

1 .7 2

1 .3 4

.9 5

50
57
45
38
14

21

72
27
32
22

76
11

17
6

22

2
2
1

1
1

24
15

66

2
1

15
5
13
4

14

19

48

or_

10

22
1*

6

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail trade, except eating and drinking p la c e s , w ere included.
F o r definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B .

Total

aasss-

___________ _______

Under 5 0 ____ _______ ____________
50
55
60
65
70

-.17..

Com m unities o f le s s than
5 , 0 0 0 population
H ours worked

90
61
38
36

14

8
10

6

4

53
6

19
4

1

2
1

9
5

5

1

15
3

18
7

2

11

5

4
4
8

8

37
4
7
4

19
24
34
23
41
45
55
32
44
30

83

9
3

55
34
35

14
15
3
4

78
19
30
24

22

1

1

10

1

5

16

1

1
1
1

3
4
3
1

6
1

12

6

3

3

1

1

9

30

15

1

3

983 1326 1478

2268

503

316

1 .4 0 1 .4 3

1 .1 3

•85 1 .0 9 1 .1 8 1 .1 7

1 .2 9

2

250 1205

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em p loyees.
B ecause of rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not n e c e ss a r ily equal totals




51

Table 7-D: D istribution of non supervisory em p loyees in retail trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in week* O ctob er 1956
WEST: BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number o f em p loyees in hundreds)

52
Table 8 :

D istribution of n on sup ervisory em p loyees in retail trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in week, O ctob er 1956
UNITED STATES: MEN EMPLOYEES, BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY |N METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOUTAN AREA COUNTIES
(Num ber o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
Central cities
H ours worked
in week
41
to
or
47
m ore

T otal

Under 50

__

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55
60 _
65 _
70
75

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 __
8 5 __
90 _
95
100

_ _

15

18

22

36

14

3

3

15

137

59

14

8

57

99

35

5

7

31

8
6
6
12

29
17
53
45
53

1
1

1

7

73
23

6

4

36
33
59
58
96

128
69
144
98
99

68

14
60
38
14

18
5
16
7

1
8

13

29
19
A4
31
58

20

146

9
7
23
15
13

2

4

43
43
69
52
78

344
254
232
273
166

207
117
92
98
28

47
19
46
42
39

22

66

91
60
92
57

157
80
84
129
49

101

24
34
40
43

248
181
126
155
74

92
44
23
17
7

36
14

13
7
23

105
117
59

20

110

16

47

146
51

398

721
116

163
106
114

200

162
119
183

108
3
27
3
4

53
15
31
26
9

300

102

655
115
239
125
116

194

232
137

338
137
172
106
96

57

61
5
25

102

10

34
23
44
29

187

62
59

191
131
157
126
130

7

13

11

65

154
119
161
127

261
194
138
109

43
9
5

42
27

37
32
38
21

88

1
1

20

88

295
129
140
91
37

5

16

171
67
70
50
17

55
48
61
39
27

102

82
37
33
28
16

3

54
67
34
18

108
57
45
39
35

17
14
13

19
13

12

3

3
4

24

3

8

4

6

5

1
1
2
1

3

10

16

4
4

8
12

2
2

15
18

119
67
179
150
178

20
6
12
11
8

7
4

28
28
13
29
16

105

53
24
34

149
136

415
40
57
64
46

16
15

20

557
150
239
155
149

266
38
39
34
14

88

17
33

621
383
399
380

169

367
281
229
232
181

149
49
37
24
14

118
94
85
117
53

223
159
165
104
65

235
153
114
81
71

394
361
301
187
140

38
29
18

96
152
137
67
59

106
114
87

11

102

7

82
73
33
39
15

217
125

82
76
45

70
52
44
34
27

69
43

6
1
1

49

362

178

149

300

20

15733

3242

4607

3206

4678

7537

1853

1760

1543

2373

8432

1553 1283 1901 3694 4501

1*70

1*23

1*91

1*82

1 .5 8

1 .7 3

1*2 2

1*97

1 .9 1

1 .6 4

1 .4 5

1.01

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

1447
324
529
344
3 24

640
95
129

262
69
135

112

68

84

63

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

781
367
527
3 86
370

272
74
79
63
55

177
80
132
90

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
und«r
under

1 6 0 _____________________________
1 70 _
180 __
__ __
190 _
_ _
200 _____________________________

1036
806
794
763
585

217
82
83
54
40

269
248
252
278
194

819

73
32
39
28

289
277

__

_

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

__

_

230 and under 240
240 and under 250




31

and
and
and
and
and

200 and under 210
210 and under .220
220 and under 230

_

_

-----

260
270
280
290

__

___

300

300 and o v e r __________________________________
Num ber o f em ployees (in hundreds)
Average hourly earnings (dollars)__

1

to
34

74
26
57
52
65

100
105
110
115
120

. .- -

T otal

Com m unities o f le s s than

H ours worked
H ours worked
in week
_____:___ iflJ reek________
41
48 Total
1
35
41
48
to
to
or
to
to
to
or
40
47 m ore
34
40
47

86

111

__ __

I
to
34

C om m unities o f 5,000

121

58
128

_____

* «• w
oo u

(in cents)

Nonm etropolitan a rea counties

Com m unities other than
central cities
Hours worked
in week
I
Total
48
41
to
or
to
to
34
40
47
m ore

620

530
373
308

12

396

44

221

10
11
11

172
159
94
739

66

212

162
158
200
86

57
62
100

78
95
93
96
185
195
230
200

110

220

141
153

211

4
33
25
29
42
53
82
21

10
6

3

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail trade, except eating and drinking p la c e s , w ere included.
,
j
t.
F o r definitions of term s used m this table, see appendix B .

4

11

88

26

62

12

66

5

7
17
13

299
244
190
216
134

166
53
47
13

28
17
28
19
7

29
39
28

78
138
81
113
84

804
187
340
203
278

326

98

86

294

22

21

37
70
41
40

110

53
30
32

54

15

146
40
87
48
60

48
33
58
37
40

157
62
108
62
82

470
234
296
240
218

123
15
26
27

71
17
32
27
17

112
86

241
157
150
140
62

588
395
404
329
217

69
14
17

154
67
60
44
40

293
165
179
115
83

27

123
51
44
38
14

41
25
33
17
15

43
45
19

107

100

89

2

3

11
21

22

13

6
8

4

126
101

81

68

35

66

10

10

5
6

4
2

11
22

105
68

87
83
37

28
21

86

72
<8 2

7
3

41
15

26
24

34
25

2

11
8
10

12
22
10

20

12
11

44
45
36

87

183

7

56

43

77

66

1.68

13
15

10

25
11

9
6
6
2

1
2

11
6
10

22
8
2

22

2

5

3
39

1 .6 2 1 .3 7 1 . 2 0

4

9

811

598

•93 1 .3 5

1

86

156
86

95

98
66

44
11
8
12

12

9

2
2
1

589 2504
1 .4 1

1 .1 7

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le ss than 50 e m p loy ees.
B ecause of rounding, sum s of individual item s do not n e c e s s a r ily equal to ta ls.

53
Table 8 - A: D istribution of non su p ervisory em ployees in retail trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctober 1956
NORTHEAST: MEN EMPLOYEES, BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
Central citie s
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)
T otal

Hours worked
in week
35
41
45^
to
to
or
47
40
m ore

---- j
to
34

Under 50 .

6

2

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 __
6 0 __
6 5 __
70 —
75 —

9
3

7

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80 __
85 __
90 . .
95 __
100

10
8

11

2

5
7
9

440
83
136
98
93

234
34
38
40
23

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

.
.
.
.
.

243
117
167

75

and
and
and
and
190 and

under
under
under
under
under

160 .
170 .
180 .
190 .
200 .

120

21
21
20

99

13

306
272
257
267
172

57
23
24
17
6

5

4
9

2
6

26
25
18

19
14

42
26
31
43

3
5
5

5

8

8

61
33
41
61
18

10

1

2

4

70
14
30
23
31

344
56
96
73
73

211

50
5

25
14
18

20

7

72
39
62
39
34

283
85

116
16
13

44

30

8

22

17

31

74
78

12

10

22

4

8

24

91

328
195
208

54
19
17

71
54

6

74
49
40
57

98
21

44
23

3
3
8

6
10

37
14
25
12

20

19

63
36
50
29
25

34

101

105
92

21

34
33
30
57
76

11

7
16

68

112

23
25
31

4

1

1

8

3
3

7

1

3

1

68

11

3

18

1

4

7

2
22

8

8

7

7

16

36
4
14
4
7

1
2

2
1

6

93
39
50
30
42

59
34
60
36
39

21

10

15
14
19

62
23

15
3

12

28

3
4
4
4

13
13
26
19
17

7

4

2

5

12

22

7

6

9

11

1
2

2
1

4
4

11

17

17
15

121

12
1

23

42
18
38
15

9
3
9

18

7

7

18
17

36
25
16
13

2

3
5

11

16

1

6

51
36
40
28
13

12
1
2

62
49

128
74
65
75
27

10

8

6
2

4
5

6
1

44
65
62
29
23

58
36
36

76
24
16

52
26
79

5

15
9

23
7

3

1

1

12

12

4
7
3

13

1

9
8
4

21

2

12
11

12

5

6

1
2

1

15

4
4

51
24
19

17
13

12
11

13

5

4

4
3
3

4

8

10

2

7

3

6
2

2
1

2

1

27

11

8

7

4

3

218

389

317

532

1 .7 7 1 . 6 8

1 .4 9

1 .4 3

11
11

86

120

65
51

6
3
2

18
16
5

3

7

1
1

20

5

7
5

4
3
3

2

36

20

34

21

33

22

72
77

62
30

13
8
10

11

3
1

7

7

10

1

4

3

82
50
34
31
14

172

12

103

26

30

94

4390

934

1514

879

1068

3461

812

824

787

1029

1163

241

1 .2 3

1 .8 9

1 .7 ’

1 .6 7

1 .7 0

1 .1 7

1 .9 4

1 .7 9

1 .6 4

1 .5 8

1.11

1 .7 2

3

1

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail trade, except eating and drinking p la c e s , w ere included.
F o r definitions o f term s used in this table, see appendix B .

3

7
46
13
16

24
14

3

2
1

15

20

15

1

2

12

39

12

2

4
7
4

28

28
45
25
40

23
28
13

1

2

10

6

5

6]
21

2

1

17
5

3

7

15

12

3

7
5
4
3

1

•

15

115

106
51
37
48

2

3
3
3

1

17

193
132

250
260
270
280
290

1

1
2

3
4

1
10
1

66

70
46
34

4

4
4
4

10

200

12
10
2

1

51

63

133
104
63

1
2

112

91
44

220 and under 230 .
230 and under 240 .
240 and under 250 .

1
2

1

57
15
42
23
35

10
8

59
56

7

2

1

21
8

78

85

1

1

8
11
1

100
66
101




1

4

8

9

Average hourly earnings (dollars) „_________

1

7

1

21

Number o f em ployees (in hundreds)

1

3

1

200

300 and o v er .

1

5

7
9

243

260 .
270 .
280 .
290 .
300 .

5

12

200 and under 210 .
210 and u n d er .220 .

under
under
under
under
under

1

I
to
34

5

14

71
52
32
25
13

and
and
and
and
and

1

T otal

Com m unities o f le s s than

H ours worked
H ours worked
in week
_____!___ iUJ reek _______
35^ 41
48 Total
1
35
41
48
to
to
to
or.
to
or
to
40
47 m ore
34
40
m ore
47

6
1
6

11

12

.
.
.
.
.

1

Com m unities o f 5,000

1

1

6

105
110
115
120
125

3
13

1

3

35

under
under
under
under
under

6

9

1
2

68

and
and
and
and
and

8

12

3

4
15
7

100
105
110
115
120

150
160
170
180

1
1

65
30
33
39

81
49
62

2

2

Nonm etropolitan area counties

Com m unities other than
central citie s
H ours worked
in week
Total
I
48
to
or
to
to
34
47
40
m ore

7

1

10

2
2

1

2

2

2

11

7
4

1

2
2

2

2

9
3
9
5

3

4
3

2
2
1

1

7

8

1

1

98

99

193

1 .0 7 1 . 6 6

1 .6 5

1 .3 2

140

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em p loy ees.
B ecause o f rounding, sums o f individual item s do not n e c e ss a r ily equal tota ls.

54




Table 8 -B : D istribution of non#upervisory em ployees in retail trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in week, O ctober 1956
SOUTH: MEN EMPLOYEES, BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail trade, except eating and drinking p la c e s , were included.
F o r definitions o f term s used in this table, see appendix B .

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em p loy ees.
B ecause o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not n e c e ss a r ily equal tota ls.




55

Table 8 -C : D istribution of non supervisory em ployees in retail trade by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctober 1956
NORTH CENTRAL: MEN EMPLOYEES., BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Num ber o f em ployees in hundreds)

F o r definitions o f term s used in this table, see appendix B.

B ecause o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not n e c e ss a r ily equal totals.

56




Table 8 -D : D istribution of n on sup ervisory em ployees in retail trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctob er 1956
WEST: MEN EMPLOYEES* BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Num ber o f em p loyees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
Central cities
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)
T otal

Under 50 .
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55
6 0 __
6 5 __
7 0 __
7 5 __

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80
85
90 __
95 __
100

H ours w orked
in week
41
^ 5
48
to
to
or
47
40
m ore

I
to
34

4

4

1

1
1

3
7

5

2

1

5

4

1

10

8
11
8
2

1
1

16
11

7
7

3
17

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

.
.
.
.
.

99
19
41
17
21

6

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

.
.
.
.
.

109
37
78
34
44

53

and
and
and
and
190 and

under
under
under
under
under

160 .
170 .
180 .
190 .
200 .

1

11

7
3

2

2
8

2

49

25

11
1

1
1
1

3
5

1

1
2

8
1

7

20

84

1

1
2

1

3
13

1

20

2
1
2
2
1

2
1
1
1
2

12
2
2
1

6
1

2

29
16

1

12

15
1
2
2

7

11
10

3

3

1

5
3

8
6

18
14
41

4

15

2

19
4

2

6

6

15
5
3

6
2
2

14
4
4

17
9

11

136
13
51
19
19

98

14
5

30
7
15
13

151
107
106
117

54
18
15
16

41

21

55
78
58
34

10
11

19
24

12
8

11

47
38
29
28
25

110

102

35
29
40
48
50

40
27
23
16
15

70
136
92
54
44

16
13

.
.
.
.
.

105
51
38
34

10

20

9
8

4
3

55
61
61
42
73

16
22
22

26
17
32
22

24
13
14
14

7
4
6

14

4
3

19

20

12

20

7

9

14

20

12

57
36

32
23

10

1

36

10

2
10

28
15
16

42
5
5
14
3

71
53
65
57
45

12

13
18

11
6
10
6

10
12

36
17

7

12

6

5

4

44

25

52

20

16

8

4

39
14
19
7
4

11

33

22

11

3

20
22
10

7
4
4

7
3

65
33
37
19
14

140

13

75

25

27

113

2097

405

835

327

530

1417

333

428

289

366

1075

1*49

2 .1 6

2*09

1 .8 5

2*03

1 .4 5

2* 1 1

2 .2 8

1 .9 7

1 .7 7

1*98

2

6

1
1

NOTE: A ll segm en t, o f reta il tra d e, except eating and drinking p l a c e ., w ere included.
...
.. «
F o r definitions o f term s used in this table, see appendix B.

7
3

78
24
28
37
28

56
47
54
29
32

2

8

10

36
19
23

42
27
16

4

2
2

3
4
7

70

65
23

5
4

1

1
2

9
3
3

2
1
8
2
2

27
18

17
7

10
6
2

1
2

16

79

22

6
12
1

14
13

3
2

1
1

2

5
7

10
22

2

5

1
1
8

6

7
7
4

2

2

18

11

to
34

1

8

5

T otal

1

9

250
260
270
280
290

Average hourly earnings (dollars)_________

4

Com m unities o f le ss than

flo u rs worked
"
H ours worked
in week
_____:___ iR J reek________
3!>
41
48 Total
1
35
41
48
to
to
to
to
ox_
to
or
40
47 m ore
34
40
47
m o re

2

2

11

Number o f em ployees (in hundreds)

1

Com m unities o f 5,000

2

4
4
3

137
119
116
76
106

300 and o v e r __

1
2
1

3

1

1

2

.
.
.
.
.

260
270
280
290
300

1
2

2

17
3
5

6
12

200 and under 210
210 and under 220
220 and under 230
230 and under 240
240 and under 250

under
under
under
under
under

2

3

and
and
and
and
and

and
and
and
and
and

1

54

100
105
110
115
120

150
160
170
180

1
2

N onm etropolitan a rea counties

Com m unities other than
cen tral citie s
Hours w orked
in week
1
35
Total
41
48
to
to
or
to
34
40
47
more-

5

4
5

5
10
6
6
6

1
2

2
2

1
1
1

3

1

2

3

6
6

1

9
4

3

45

1
10

6

6
11
10

4

2

7

9

9

14
3

14
15
19
13
19

55
15
16
14
15

21

10

1
1
2

3
2

2

9

34
25
18

51
29
26

10

3

34

20

21

4
4
3
4

13

9
25
13

1
2

4
3

2
6
2

14

4
4

12
12
21

2
2

18
16

17
15

3

17

18

18

2
1
1

21

12
21

12

23
17
14

12
21

9
7

21

5
6

11

8

8

3
7
4

9
3
3
5

3

23

1
1

6

3

5

5
3

6

2

2
1
2

4

17

12

19

214

276

221

368

1
2

1 .2 5 2 .0 4 1 .9 2 1 .6 5

9

3

1

1
1
1

4
2
2
6

1
1
1

1

7

1
1
2

23
15
14
10

21

17
14
5

2

17
4
5
3
7

4

2
6

8

7

5

1
1

5
I

1
1
1
2

2
1
1
2
1

3

1

1

13

2

6

2

568

115

83

58

318

L.50 1 .1 3 1 .7 8 1 .8 0

1 .4 4

A b .e n ce o f a colum n entry in d ica te , l e . . than 50 e m p lo y e e ..
B ecause o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not n e c e s s a r ily equal tota ls.
6

57
Table 9:

I

Distribution of non supervisory em ployees in retail trade by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctober 1956
UNITED STATES: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
Central cities

A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

H our 8 worked
in week

T”
to
34

~T5~

IT

to
40

47

~W

Nonm etropolitan area counties

Comm unities other than
______ central citie s
flou rs worked
in week

to

~T~

T5“

~n~

to
34

to
40

to
47

HT"

Com m unities o f 5,000
o r m ore population
Hours worked
in week
T " "35" 41 n r
to
to
to
or.
34
40
47 m ore

Com m unities of le ss than
5 , 0 0 0 population
H ours worked
1
to
34

41
to

48
or

iZ - ■aaars,

99

20

21

29

79

27

12

2

5

8

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 _______________________________
60 ________________________________
6 5 ___________ *___________________
7 0 _______________________________
7 5 _______________________________

132
126
241
278
292

59
43
98
131
127

22
25
52
55
57

33
3.8
41
60
65

18
20
50
30
42

45
25
87
75
100

24
12
49
40
62

6
8
11
12

4
10
10
16
17

11
2
22
6
10

234
154
311
265
294

122
51
104
85
98

16
11
44
47
48

30
52
9?
88
83

68
38
70
46
66

164
74
169
135
133

81
14
67
59
36

16
8
37
22
20

18
18
11
29
17

50
35
51
26
58

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 _______________________________
8 5 _________________ ______________
9 0 _______________________________
9 5 ________________________________
1 0 0 _____________________________

671
561
680
660
443

307
221
239
226
134

190
17]
292
273
189

109
11?
114
111
90

67
57
38
48
28

208
168
262
193
106

135
87
130
84
39

38
44
91
66
4?

27
27
29
31
22

8
10
13
13
5

491
342
336
288
190

211
104
84
64
29

100
85
123
99
72

126
87
103
84
71

54
66
26
40
17

214
100
120
68
43

113
31
35
14
5

42
18
50
22
9

25
16
16
15
15

33
36
19
18
15

Under 5 0 ______________________________________

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 _____________________________

1540
657
745
573
490

615
177
184
152
121

645
339
410
305
284

176
107
113
91
70

105
35
37
26
15

712
217
277
183
152

387
72
88
58
51

227
101
140
85
68

62
34
35
27
26

35
12
12
14
7

597
202
247
162
107

188
30
53
34
22

218
85
102
68
50

132
63
78
49
30

57
23
15
10
5

230
32
51
24
20

100
5
7
6
7

72
12
26
9
8

26
9
10
7
3

30
7
8
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 _____________________________

703
434
433
352
282

179
81
67
54
49

405
260
278
231
175

80
79
69
54
48

38
15
17
14
10

293
124
150
106
82

107
25
29
21
13

143
71
92
59
43

31
22
22
21
22

14
7
8
5
5

231
91
102
73
45

58
14
13
8
6

110
39
47
37
20

37
30
33
23
17

26
8
8
5
4

55
22
16
21
13

18
6
1
7
7

27
5
5
10
4

10
7
6
1
4

2
3
6
1

and
and
and
and
190 and

under
under
under
under
under

1 6 0 _____________________________
1 7 0 ____________________________
1 8 0 ____________________________
1 9 0 _____________________________
200 _____________________________

642
447
327
217
119

107
66
41
27
16

413
307
237
163
85

9?
55
39
22
15

30
15
11
5
4

227
151
111

50
?3
14
8
3

136
106
74
48
12

31
18
15
6
3

10
5
7
2
2

118
59
51
36
12

22
8
5
3

60
29
32
21
4

33
16
13
8
4

6
7

40
13
8
8
2

13
3
2

17
7
5
3
2

3
2
1
2

7

200 and under 2 1 0 _____________________________
210 and under 220 _____________________________
220 and under 230 _____________________________
230 and under 240 _____________________________
240 and under 250 _____________________________

135
93
61
33
24

29
14
8
4
3

33
67
40
23
18

13
9
10

54
65
21
11
8

8
10
5
1

42
44
11
7
7

2
7
2
1

2
4
1

19
19
10
5
2

2
2
2
2

11
13
6
1

4
2
1
3

1

1

10
3
3
3
1

30
12
10
11
5

5
2
1

3

2

12
4
2
2
1

1

1

19
7
6
7
2

40

9

23

5

5

12

1

12598

3617

6179

1960

831

4357

1649

1859

1.03

1.1 9

1.04

1.30

150
160
170
180

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260 _____________________________
270 _____________________________
280 _____________________________
290 _____________________________
300 _____________________________

300 and o v e r __________________________________
Number o f em ployees (in hundreds)
Average hourly earnings (dollars) 1________

1*18

1*06

1.26

tx

1
2

1 .11

64

20




2

2

1
1

3

2
1

3

1

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail trade, except eating and drinking p la c e s, were included.
F o r definitions o f term s used in this table, see appendix B.

1

2
3

3

2
4
1

8

3
1

1

8

2
1

10

587

261

5275

1.15

1.08

•97

1

1

1

2

4

1

1491 1617 1431

719 1904

694

467

289

453

.81

•81

•97

•88

•74

2

•88 1.08

.9 7

.8 4

1

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le ss than 50 em p loy ees.
Because o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not n e c e ss a r ily equal totals

58




Table 9 - A: D istribution of non supervisory em p loyees in retail trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctober 1956
NORTHEAST: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES

(Num ber o f em ployees in hundreds)
M etropolitan area counties
Central citie s

Total

H ours worked
in week
35
41
to
to

1

to
34
U n d er 50

1

50 and under 55

47

40

48

or
m ore

1

N onm etropolitan a rea counties

Com m unities other than
cen tral citie s
Hours worked
in week
Total
4ft
1
41
to
or
to
to
34
40
47
m ore

Com m unities o f 5,000
Com m unities o f le ss than
o r m ore population
5,0 0 0 population
H ours worked
H ours w orked
in vreek
in vreek
T otal
1
35
41
48
Total
1
35
41
48
to
to
to
or
to
to
to
or
34
40
47
m ore
34
40
47

12

5

1

2

3

5

4

1

1

14
9
13
26
30

3

5

4
6
6

3
5
6
3
9

11
10
.30
27
31

7
4
15
10
15

2
2
6
7
7

2
4
6
10
7

3

86
64
57
43
26

45
27
19
12
7

22
21
25
22
11

11
40
41
56

7
5
24
29
35

2
2
9
7
11

4
3
4
7

3
1
3

26
14
27
36
46

140
132
180
174
126

88
74
83
77
47

34
38
60
75
63

14
16
17
18
14

4
4
2
4
2

10 0
78
129
10 6
46

65
42
73
46
18

17
24
41
41
19

16
9
13
15
9

3
2
2
4

410
18 8
19 2
143
141

183
61
52
43
39

171
10 3
11 0
77
84

39
19
20
20
16

17
5
9

344
95
124
75
72

181
31
30
27
26

11 8
46
69
29
30

34
16
20
16
14

11
3
5
3
3

96
26
42
16
15

39
8
15
4
4

185
120
12 1
11 2
100

56
26
23
20
17

111
78
83
77
7^

13
15
12
13
11

5
1
2
3

34
8
10
9
6

59
33
34
24
19

17
8
8
7
9

3
2
2

2

113
50
53
42
35

35
11
19
13
6

206
14 6
103
74
28

39
25
12
10
4

13 9
10 3
79
57
22

22
12
10
5
2

5
5
2
1
1

90
51
28
24
7

22
11
5
2
2

54
35
2r
20
5

12
4
2
1
1

3
1
1
1

19
11
10
3
1

11
2
2
1
1

26
17
11
6
7

2
1
1
1

1

13
11
5
5
4

3

2 4 0 and u nd er 2 5 0

40
20
15
8
8

10
10
3
4
3

250 and
2 6 0 and
2 7 0 and
2 8 0 and
290 and

10
3
3
4
2

3

6
2
2
4
1

and o v e r __________________________________

9

1

6

Number o f em ployees (in h u n d r e d s )_________

3301

1100

1774

Average hourly earnings (dollars) _________________

1*24

1 .0 8

1 .3 0

9

55 and u nd er 60
60 and u nder 65

-

. -

- _

65 and under 7 0 __
70 and under 75 _
75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

_

8 0 __
8 5 __ _
90 _
95
100

_
_
__

100 and under 105 —___________________________
105 and under 110
_
___
110 and under 115
___
115 and u nd er 120

120 and under 125

_

__

__

__

125 and under 130
130 and under 135
135 and u n d er 140

140 and under 145
145 and under 150
150 and
160 and
170 and
180 and
190 and

under
under
under
under
tinder

__

160

_

__ __

170
180
190

__
__

__

__
_____

__

__ __
_

—

200 ___

200 and under 210
210 and under.220
_ _ _ _ _
2 2 0 and under 2 3 0 __________________________________
2 3 0 and under 2 4 0 ___ _______ ___ ___________________

300

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
__ __
2 8 0 ___________________________________
290
__
----— __ __
300 __
_____

3

2

1
1

5
1

1
1

8

2

1

3

9

2
1

6

1
1

2

2
6
14
8

4
2

15
14
12
8
7

4
3
1
1
1

31
13
11
5
5

24
5
5
2
1

5
5
4
2

35
9
17
8
7

19
.8
10
3
4

3
1

46
4
9
6
3

22
1
3
2
1

17
2
5

7

1

3

9
2
1
3
1

22
6
10
9
4

3
3
5

16
6
2
6
2

6
3

9
3
2
2
1

3

13
5
7
2

4
3
3

1

2
2
2

1
1

1

2
3
1

1

2

4
1

1

7
4
2
2

1

1

1

4
3

2

2
2

5

5
1
2
2

1
1
1

3

2

2
2

1

5
3

1

1

1
1

1

2
2

1

5
1

L.

1

1

' 2

2

2

333

91

1870

74 8

795

26 1

65

721

255

285

15 2

29

22 8

93

88

36

10

1 .1 8

1 .2 5

1 .1 4

1 .0 1

1 .2 4

1 .0 9

1 .0 4

1 .0 1

.9 0

1 .0 8

•9 7

1 .0 3

.9 8

• 93

1 .0 2

• 98

.8 2

1

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail trade, except eating and drinking p la c e s , w ere included.
F o r defin ition , o f te r m . u .e d in th i. tabl............appendix B .

1

1

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em p loy ees.
B e ca u .e o f rounding, .u m . o f individual ite m , do not n e c e ..a r i l y equal t o t a l..

59
Table 9-B : Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
SOUTH: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Nonmetropolitan area counties

Metropolitan area counties
Communities other than
central cities
Hours worked
in week
41
48
Total -----I----- “ I S
to
or
to
to
47
34
40
more-

Central Cities
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)
Total

Hours worked
in week
41
35
48
to
to
or
47
40
more

— j—

to
34
Under 50 .
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55
60
65
70
75

.
.
.
.
.

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80
85 —
90 __
95 __
100

18

19

26

26

9

5

1

49

19

14

12

5

2

103
154
165
188

35
51
54
33

21
36
39
31

31
30
32
47
50

17
35
24
?4

9
31
9
17

3
11
2
3

3
1
3

1
2
4

289

75

109

67

39

25

11

9

217
216
198

74
99
78
51

66
57
61
44

39
18
29
17

28

131

38
43
30
19

19
13

32
15
6
6

13
5
6

3
7
3

70

32

64

31

48
40
29
23

15
13
8
5

17
17
18
10

5
3

25
27
20
19

9
7
6
4

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

.
.
.
.
.

363

86

161
16?
120
86

18
20
14
10

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

.
.
.
.
.

134

17

80
75
55
40

10
4
4
4

19

15

150
160
170
180

and
and
and
and
and

under 160 .
under 170 .
under 180 .
under
.
under
.

89

7

56

62
35

.4

43
21
21
8

21
10

190
190
200
200 and under 210 .
210 and under 220 .

220 and under 230 .
230 and under 240 .
240 and under 250 .
250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

.
.
.
.
.

300 and o v e r ---------

79

u

15

2
1

18

2

11
8
5
3

1

175
80
89
70
48
83
37
44
28

11
8

u

5

1

3
2

1

3

2

11

28

50

97

48

5

9

35

91

8

20

64

107

52

8

11

37

2
17
4

108
189
137

35
60
47
48

32
50
35
37

53
68

9
32
20
17

4
16
5
8

6
7
20

123

8
30
18
16

39
81

7

33
48
37
22

21
25
8
35

2

167

51

33

53

30

70

29

14

15

109

22
14
12
3

20
31
15
18

34
38
33
24

32
13
23
9

32
34
14
25

6
6
1
2

3
17
3
4

6

3
1

5
10
5
1

10

5
3
10

20

5

7

123

23

43

35

21

69

30

21

5

12

5

3
3
2
2

4
1
5
1

63
55
50
26

6
7
9
4

21
19
13
12

20
24

15
5
7
3

10
16
6
4

1
1
1
1

4
6
2
2

3
6
2
1

2
3
1

1
2
2

3

46

4

8
9
5
6

15
7
5
3

6

6
5
3
1

10
4
2
1
1

7

23
21
17

21
4
5
8

9

1

2

1

8
7
4
3
1

10

3

7

2

3
3
5

2

5
2
1

2
1

4

3
1
1
1

2

2

4

4

Q

4

9

3
1
2

2

2
6

14

3
2

3
1
1

•

13
5
6
1

6
5
3
8
9

?
2

3

1
2

1
2
2

1
1
1

4

1

6
1

4

1

1
1

1

1

1
1

5

?

3

3387

657

1437

889

£-0 5

Average hourly earnings (dollars)_________

1*01

.8 9

1 .1 0

.9 8

.9 0

9
22
16
8
9

2
4
1

8
2
2
1
1

1

1

1
1

1
1

21
7

1
1
1

8

6

8

12
17

2
5
3
1
1

2
2
1

1
2

3

1

1

1

1

1

4

3

1

1

433

142

146

60

90

1908

468

383

596

450

775

273

135

136

232

1 .0 3

.9 6

1 .1 7

1 .0 2

.9 0

• 85

.7 6

•9 8

•9 0

•7 4

•7 6

•7 2

•8 8

•82

•6 9

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

95
84
54

3

1

1

?
11

58

183

7
9
8
7

?

1

147

16

2
2
1
2

4
2

k

1

2

8
5
5

1
3

M

1

6

8
5

Number of employees (in hundreds)




3

89
113

Communities of 5,000
Communities of less than
or more population
5,000 population
Hours worked
Hours worked
reek
UMjZSfik—
Total
i
it
41
48 rotal
35
41
48
to
to
to
to
to
ox_
to
or
40
47
more
40
47
34
34
more

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

60




Table 9-C : Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
NORTH CENTRAL: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, RY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Central cities

8

Hour worked
in week
35
41
48
to
to
or
47
40
more

fin c e n t s )

Total

1

to
34
Under 50
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 _
60 _
6 5 __
7 0 __
75 _

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 __
8 5 __
90 _
95 _
100

__ __

- __

__
__

1

9

2

1

3

3

6

2

10

3

1

2

4

6

5

12
45
68

2
7
9

4
6
9

3
12
4

2
29
30

95

3
21
46
57

15

8

14

224

133

44

25

22

170
233
230

48
88
90

16

6

9

12

18

7

14

12
14
12
7

53
74
53
30

27
30
21
9

14
31
17
9

10

2
1
3

143
152
115
82

46
40
30
13

38
56
39
29

34
46
37

38
56
35
7

9

3

23

7

14

2

3

6
6
2

13
9

36

25
9
9
4

16 3
54
64
44
37

86

50

95

98

63

26

80

31

26

12

14
22
14

29
33
24

12

282
74
95
66
39

10
19
16
7

31
37
28
17

28
32
20
14

5
7
2
1

10
19
7
6

2
3
1
1

12
4
2

11
4
3
1
1

88
34
38
29
20

28
5
4

32
15
17
10
9

19

10

1
2
1

5

1
1

1
1
2

6

2
2

15
5
5
2
2

4

13
15

1
1
1

2

8

1

2

3
1
2

5
2

263
153
169
120
97

69
29
29
21
19

1*2
95

16

70

6
7
4
3

28
39

79
59

35
24
32
16
16

25
20

30
4
7
3
3

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
__ __ __ __ ____
_ __
under 170 __ __
under 180 __
__ __
under
__ __ __
__
under
_____________________________

236
174
123
64
40

40
30
14
8
6

142

38

16

59

14

115
89

23
16
8
4

5

4

46
40

5
3

7

13

2

1

46
25
18

10

29

5

16

2
1
1

12
4

1

1
1

7

0

3

3

3
3

1

1
1

2

1

2
2
1

15

5

0

2

4401

1488

2074

300 and over _

— ____

___

Number of employees (in hundreds)_________
Average hourly earnings (dollars)__________________

4

1 .2 1

1 .0 7

1 .2 8

58

8

1 .1 9

12
12
11

2

1
11

18

15
9
7
5
6

33
14
74
13
11

4
8
7
8
5

4

12
9
6
3

3

45

10

3
1

20
19
11
5

3
2
2

5

3n
32
28
7
3

7

8

7

4

1

3

4

1

2
1

7
1
1

3

3

1

4

3
7

1 .0 7

1
1
1

1

1

2

1127

431

1 .1 7

•9 9

461
1 .2 8

3

178
1 .1 5

2
3

20
8
12
8

1

1

3
3

1

1

1

1

16
8
13
8
4
1
3

14

3

15

12
1

2
1
1
2
1

3
1

1
1

1

1

1
1

1
2

1

1

1

•a

4

248

1

3
2
1
1

1

NOTE: All .egm ent. of retail trade, except eating and drinking p la ce., were included.
For definition, of term . u.ed in thi. table, .e e appendix B.

14

50
14
15

130
135
140
145
150

__ __
__ __
__
___ __ __ __
_
_____

11

89

under
under
under
under
under

__
___

4

44

and
and
and
and
and

7

4
4

22

14

17

125
130
135
140
145

1.1

4
34
25

73

9
11
1C
7

__ __ __ __

33
75
57

25

31
33
33
24

260
270
280
290
300

5
16
9

48

123
159
115

under
under
under
under
under

13
26
31

37

84
92
75
55

and
and
and
and
and

13
39
37
53

246
295
233
197

250
260
270
280
290

33
88
97

90

110
115
120
125

7

12

123

under
under
under
under

11

5

5

192

and
and
and
and

220 and under 230 _____________________________
230 and under 240
240 and under 250
__
___

4

2

105
110
115
120

5
3
4
7

2
2

1

35

2<8

4
27

7

59

190
200
200 and under 210
210 and under 220 _____________________________

15
46

3

56

160

2
2

11

217

_

2
7

52

288

__ __

3
3

37

151

101

3
21

71

599

111

11
32

1
8
21
22

and u n d e r 1 0 5

__

1

1
3
11
4

100

__

1

1
4

26
37
27
29

__

4
1

Communities of 5,000
Communities of less than
or more population
5,000 population
Hours worked
Hours worked
in week
in vreek
Total
35
41
48 Total
35
41
48
to
to
to
or
to
to
to
or
34
40
47 more
34
40
more
47

75
12
29

84
94
100
58

_

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Communities other than
central cities
Hours worked
in week
33
48
Total
41
to
to
or
to
40
47
34
more

50
1 .0 9

1947

594

.9 9

.9 0

1

608

564

182

662

245

176

1 .0 6

•9 9

• 88

.8 3

.7 7

•9 3

92
.8 7

154

•7 6

Ab.ence of a column entry indicate, l e . . than 50 employee..
Becau.e of rounding, .u m . of individual item , do not n e ce..a rily equal total..

61
Table 9-D: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time aveVage hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
WEST: WOMEN EMPLOYEES, BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Metropolitan area counties
Central cities
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Hours worked
in week
Total ---- ----- T 5 —
Tl
48
to
to
to
or
47
34
40
more

1

Nonmetropolitan area counties

Communities other than
_____ central cities
Hours worked
in week
Total ---- ----- ” 77—
41
TB
or
to
to
to
34
47
40
more

1

Communities of 5,000
or more population
Hours worked
in week
Total
35
I
”48"
41
to
to
to
or
40
34
47 more

Com m unities o f le s s than
5,000 population
1
H ours worked
in ¥«ek
48
or

msiff

Under 50 _________

1

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55
60
65
70
75

.
.
.
.
.

4
3

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

8 0 __
8 5 __
9 0 ___
9 5 ___
100 _

18
42
51
58
5

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
tinder

105
110
115
120
125

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

150
160
170
180
190

and
and
and
and
and

under
under 170
under 180
under
under

2

.
.
.
.
.

160

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

66
121
81
68

25
19
19

65

66

58

82

8

33
52
43
41

20

69
50
50
47

7
13
5

8
1
2

6

17
37
16

11

9
9

7

11

31

6

6
4

9

6

.
.
.
.
.

300 and over .

?

1

4

27

o

9
7

1

2

2

1

4

12

7

6
12
1 1.
6

9
18
15
17
141
51
72
46
33

2

9

4
3
5

8

3

5

3

41
38

L.

].

21

4

2
1

27
50
14
4

1

1

6

2
1

7
4

5

7

3

3

1
1

1

3

44
30
24

4

21

10
R

32
7

1

17
4

2

6
5

2
1

6

3

3
5

2
1

1
6
1
1

3

2
1
1
3
1

62
23
24
14

17

1
3

1

32

7

14

1
1

12
13
3

1

5
2

4

1

4

1

1

1

1

3

23
14

42
24
29
19
14

35
14
15

10
6
19
9
9
8
2

8
2
1
1

1

1

2

1509

372

894

152

87

927

328

457

88

56

69 9

1 .2 4

1 .4 1

1.37

1.2 6

1 .4 0

1.21

1 .4 7

1 .4 3

1.38

1 .1 8

7
11
13

5
7

6

4

15
7

6
6
4
2
2
6
2
3
2
1

1

10
6
9
4

6
6

35

17

7

7
5
7

5
5

2

11

2A
17
19
14
6
8

12

1
1

10

1

5
4

1

1

2

9
4
4
10

7
18

1

3
3
2

1
1

1
7

1

1

1
1

1 .3 7

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.

6
11

1

2

1
1
1

6

1

4

11

Average hourly earnings (dollars)_________




6
12

10

Number of employees (in hundreds)

For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

11
10
6

1

1

1

10

6
2
1

1

1

5
7

42

5

10

30
27

4
4

8

31

5

28
17

3

96
39
55

4

22

3

6

3

2
4

11

8

25
9

5

8

6

3

1
2
1

46
26
32
46
28

29
24
15

11

4
4

8

1
1

3

2
1
1

39
21

64

4

3

1
1
1
1
1

89
22

3

17
26

1
6
2

33
1?

3
3

6

8
3
4
17

39
10
11

11

R

4
5

1

94
39
49
31
20

76
46
48
39
27

1?

21
6

1

3

5

2

14
20
20

36
*7

5
3

3
4
3

30
19

7
5

50

3

11
2*

1
1
2
2
4
3

10

21

in

220 and under 230
230 and under 240
240 and under 250
and
and
and
and
and

168
62
96
77

65
*5

190
200
200 and under 210
210 and under 220

250
260
270
280
290

2

2
2
2
11

1
174

341

11 9

1 .0 6 1 .2 4 1.18

58

239

05 1.05

68

25

57

•99 1 .1 9 1 .0 8

•93

83

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

62
Table 10:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
UNITED STATES: BY NUMBER OF STORES OPERATED BY COMPANY

(Number of employees in hundreds)
Single store
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

Hours worked
___ week
41
35
to
to

1

to

41

JSL

XL

48
or
JB2££.

Two or three stores
Hours worked
in week
41
48
1
35
Total
to
to
to
or
47
40
more
34

Four to ten stores
Eleven or more stores
Hours worked
Hours worked
in week
in week
41
35
48 Total
35
48
1
41
to
to
to
to
to
or
or
40
34
40
47 more
47 more

Under 50 — ,-------------------------------------------------------

556

193

63

85

214

70

31

7

7

24

37

11

2

6

16

109

55

9

20

21

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 -----------------------------------------------60 — ------— — —
65
_
—
— —
70
_
7 5 ------------------------------------------------

580
345
785
659
726

271
71
286
233
233

71
36
146
100
75

59
85
65
122
100

178
152
286
205
318

68
44
108
75
100

36
15
47
33
40

4
4
10
8
11

5
11
16
13
23

20
11
35
19
27

68
34
71
65
74

32
11
27
30
28

6
2
4
4
9

8
11
19
17
10

21
9
18
13
25

257
171
351
357
3V6

180
91
193
199
193

13
14
47
55
64

26
39
74
73
81

40
26
40
26
56

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80 _ _ __
85 90
—
95 - —
100 _

1538
1056
1019
1003
559

733
345
298
258
87

297
157
343
215
128

182
146
180
194
162

326
409
198
335
182

200
195
215
203
142

92
76
75
59
33

41
50
78
83
50

35
24
37
29
32

35
42
23
33
24

164
109
127
151
93

88
36
57
55
37

19
22
30
34
33

23
25
20
29
13

34
25
20
29
9

730
566
671
623
412

422
257
281
256
115

144
144
211
207
158

120
102
114
94
84

47
63
64
67
57

4179
725
1413
735
731

1689
100
238
139
113

967
201
405
158
144

471
165
288
166
121

1050
260
482
274
353

648
231
272
201
177

283
39
59
43
38

187
90
108
76
62

66
44
57
41
31

110
57
49
43
45

461
154
177
148
127

217
39
47
37
28

141
64
80
65
53

46
22
23
18
20

62
28
29
28
24

1418
740
763
679
588

679
275
254
246
192

440
283
324
270
250

154
106
106
96
87

146
74
80
67
61

_
— — — —
—
—
. . .
—
— —
—

100
105
110
115
120

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

105 _
110 —___
_
---115
120 — —
125 —
—

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
trader

1 3 0 --------- — ----------------------------1 3 5 ------------------- —---------------------140 _
— — ---- —
1 4 5 ___—------------------------------------1 5 0 --------------------------------------------

2113
761
1057
722
618

657
83
104
88
62

562
159
251
172
95

252
185
257
177
148

641
334
446
286
314

364
171
220
135
141

115
28
38
17
14

115
56
82
52
42

60
36
43
36
36

75
49
55
32
48

214
107
138
118
108

68
20
17
15
8

82
45
58
45
41

22
21
15
18
21

42
20
50
39
36

739
524
520
465
389

241
128
105
96
77

322
232
251
218
169

89
103
93
91
91

87
62
73
63
53

150
160
170
180
190

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

160
—
-------— ------170 „
—
—1 8 0 -------------------------------------------190 —
_
— —
200 --------------------------------------------

2145
1226
1219
1040
599

431
116
100
52
30

569
348
342
350
140

359
279
361
293
209

785
484
419
348
221

375
259
246
192
141

50
29
24
16
9

112
86
88
75
42

84
53
70
43
46

128
94
62
57
46

208
139
133
116
86

33
13
12
10
8

87
66
59
52
32

35
29
34
24
25

57
33
26
28
23

841
757
637
538
379

156
96
68
51
34

393
384
313
254
182

168
163
158
127
98

125
116
96
109
63

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

210
220
230
240
250

.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------_
—
--------------------------------------------

1096
714
658
408
317

123
43
41
23
8

283
302
257
152
153

291
206
216
125
68

397
162
142
107
85

177
173
139
89
73

21
14
10
7
5

59
72
55
35
27

45
37
35
24
13

55
49
35
22
27

116
115
71
57
50

15
10
6
5
2

49
62
33
29
22

20
15
14
8
8

31
27
18
15
15

408
362
266
200
140

27
25
17
13
4

199
181
133
97
70

116
99
75
58
35

67
57
36
32
29

250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------_
—
— -------------------------------------------------_
—

498
267
200
184
117

51
9
15
8
5

253
88
73
75
37

84
62
63
52
40

110
105
50
47
33

88
55
43
41
23

7
3
2

18
14
8
12
5

22
21
10
7
5

53
29
29
20
13

3

1

37
16
20
21
9

28
12
15
9
5

9
6
6
4
4

11
8
3
4
2

150
89
68
54
30

12
4
3
1
2

82
51
40
30
19

35
23
16
10
6

21
12
11
11
3

300 and o v e r -----------------------------------------------------

871

63

318

236

2 54

162

13

57

49

41

85

7

46

17

16

203

9

143

24

24

Number of employees (in hundreds)------------ — 33439

7399

8485

6554 10992

6256

1422

2027

1238

1537

4065

1035 1445

665

1 .4 2

1 .0 9 1 .5 5 Is 43 1*40




—
------—
— ----

—
—
—

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

1*41

1 .0 7

1 .5 2

1.53

1 .3 5

1 .4 7

UV2

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included,
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

1 .5 0

1 .5 6

1 .4 9

1
2

894 16590 5057 6396 3054 2085
1#3« 1 .0 6 1 .4 8 1 .4 0

1 .4 0

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

Table 10-A:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
NORTHEAST: BY NUMBER OF STORES OPERATED BY COMPANY
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Single store

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Hours worked
in week
41
35
48
to
or
to
40
47
more

1

to
34
Under 50 .
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55
60
65
70
75

.
.
.
.
.

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80 __
85 __
90 __
95 —
100

Two or three stores
Hours worked
in week
41
35
48
Total
to
or
to
to
34
40
47
more

1

34

16

4

6

7

5

4

1

55
19
62
66
83

29
5
27
40
47

13
3
13

5
9
7
13

8
1

6,

16
3

4
3

17

•11

8

292

193
87

26

17

22
22

22

11

221
213
103

102
100
29

56
34
84
57
33

166

28
25

11

6

13
15

9

?

8

2

1
2
2

14
26
16

55
72
67
70
38

36
44
35
29
16

0
21

5
4

24
3n
16

6

167
33

214
49

116
15

101

80

45
67

45
58

20
12
20

99.
50
63
33
30

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

.
.
.
.
.

1090
169
367
177
190

524
34
79
47
42

277
61
127
41
50

12?

125
130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

130
135
140
145
150

.
.
.
.
.

640

235
322
219
178

209
32
33
31
14

177
73
84
54
31

77
48
83
58
56

179
82
123
78
77

150
160
170
180

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

160
170
180
190

.
.
.
.
.

652
395
388
363
165

115
37
31
19
5

205
135
115
135
45

129
97
128
93
67

203
126
115
116
48

121

16

73
67
58
41

8
10

342
215

38

89
114
96
40
35

106
55
51
24
14

109
36

7
4

19

49
45
33
24

11

21

8R
28
26
31
13

19
1?

21

22
12

42

190
200
200 and under 210 .
210 and under 220 .

10
12
6
1

41
60
45
31

21

32

12
10
6
5

5

2

7
4

1
3
5

2
2
6

71
25
34
17
18

14
4
17

13
5

6
11

9
9

35
14
25
14
14

18

15
13

41
24
24
27
16
18
24
17

1

1

1
1
2

5

Four to ten stores
Hours worked
in week
35
41
48
Total
to
to
to
or
34
40
47

11
16

8
4

8

11
6
7

19

44

21

20

17

12

15
14

15

10

12

12

7
7

9

6
6
6

1

4
5
15

3
4

10

2

37
26
38
39
28

28
13

167
52
55
39
47

106
19
19

60
35
35
29
40

16

22
22
11

2
4
9

8
11

11
11

42

21
24
17

21

6

27
18

5

22

6

15
18

74
45
52
40
25

14

37
34
14
15

2026

2580

1663

2003

1720

505

645

277

282

1163

363

461

1.60

1.60

1 .53

1 .5 1

1.0 9

1 .5 2

1 .5 9

1./69

1 .4 9

1.11

1.5 8

5

6

52

41

16

7

13

27

3

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.




For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

57

88

68

25

10

6

11

198
129
136
139
125

76
33
32
30

87
63
74
75

11

20

66

23
24
19
26
30

273
255
216
186
131

54
32
17
13

135
130
104
79

10

66

139
107
78
74
43

7
4
5

60
55
41
37

1

21

42
36
18
19

3

1
1

10
5

2

1

2

38

5

4

829

366

17
18
.7

1.11

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

5
4
4

6
8

6

7

Average hourly earnings (dollars)

2
1
1

34
26
25

6
6

127
80
84
72

11

Number of employees (in hundreds)

2
2
1

13
16

5

213
104
72

8

85

2

10

7

389
218
190
188
158

2

11

28

10
12
8

4
4

16

3

9

18
7

191

4
3

2

3
9
13
4

12
6

1

16

300 and o v e r ______

290

12

22

22

2

3

33
37
57
58
48

5
3

6

1

8
8

3

7

12

103
77
99
81
33

13

12

11

160
134
184
162
99

13

6

1

3
4
3
3

35
24

2
1
2
1

2

61
60
65

2
4

4
5
5
4
4

12

11
1

17
4

1

6

4

138
59
44
58

under
under
under
under
under

1
1

1

5
4
3

260 .
270 .
280 .
.
300 .

and
and
and
and
and

6
4

1
1
2
11
11
10

20

5
4
5

250
260
270
280
290

11
10

4
18
14
36
40
42

23

180

90
62

1

6

1

220 and under 230 .
230 and under 240 .
240 and under 250 .

2
1

Eleven or more stores
Hours worked
in week
35
41
48
Total
to
to
to
or
34
40
47

8

5
5
3
3

8

7
13
4

8
8
3

2

2
1

8

3

3

3
3

2
1

2
1
1
2

2
1
1
1

20

2

5

174

8
49

6

20

59
67

68

47
34

3
3
4

6

3

16
7
9
9
14

8

10

9

24
27
26
46

20

46
30

26
18

20
20
12

13
7

21

13

6

18
9

12
6

5
3
4

164 4518 1428 1894

1 .5 4 1 .5 9 1.4 7

17
24
16
16

1 .0 9 1.5 1

5

10

1 .5 5 1 .7 0

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

64
Table 10-B:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
SOUTH: BY NUMBER OF STORES OPERATED BY COMPANY
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Single store

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

Hours worked
in week
41
35
48
to
or
to
40
more
47

1

to
34

Two or three stores
Hours worked
in week
41
48
35
Total
or
to
to
to
34
40
47
more

1

Four to ten stores
Eleven or more stores
Hours worked
Hours worked
in week
in week
41
35
48
35
41
48
Total
Total
to
to
to
to
or
to
to
or
34
40
47 more
34
47 more
40

1

1

435

152

47

66

170

57

26

4

4

22

35

10

2

6

16

98

49

8

20

21

50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

55 .
6 0 _______________________________
65 .
7 0 -----------------------------------------------75 .
__ __

388
245
484
399
364

163
49
143
104
58

40
25
96
55
33

45
54
41
72
58

140
117
204
167
216

46
33
61
34
48

19

3

29

21

9

18

45
39
37

124
184
168
166

134
58
78
71
49

11

5

31
13
19

17
17

7

10
10
10

21
8

22

6
2

2
2
8
10
6

9

3

6
1
2
2
5

200

14

20
10

59

8

3

25
28
26

32
52
50
51

36
23
31
18
41

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80 _
_ __
85 .
90 . . .
9 5 -----------------------------------------------100 _
._ ._

657
507
396
411
238

187

162
71
138
63
47

97
69
91
1 C2
74

211

71
64
54
57
49

19

16

21
2°
12

57
41
40
63
27

17

7

12

6
11
11

6
12
11
10

14
9
18

19
15

275
180
194
164

131
47
55
39

7

16
13
19
23
13

58
51
43
41
37

27
41
43
35
28

274
49
97
42
29

167
61
105

478
117
195

42

40

39

h.

22

102

23
14

6

18
14

33

133

8
6
3

109
31
43
30
24

29
4

68

148
78
70
48
31

142

192

68

102

38
19
17
14
15

6

12

4

5
7
4

5
4

73

41
39
31
36

11
5
6
1

18
9

20

55
62
61
44
29

2

6

14
5
4
5
5

76
51
81
50

173
113
91
59
60

72
49
41
36
25

6

8
6

6

13

5

10

2
1

78
40

20
21

26

13

20

8
8

Under 50

____

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

125
130
135
140
145

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

150
160
170
180

and
and
and
and
and

105
110
1 1 5 -------------------------------------------120
125
130
135
140
145
150

__

— _.
..

..
...
.

under 160 _.
under 170 . .
.. ..
under 180
_. __
under
_
under
___ __

.

.
._
____
— .. ~ —

190
..
---190
200
__
200 and under 210_____________________________
210 and under 220

220 and under 230 _____________________________
230 and under 240 -------------------------------------------240 and under 250 . .
250
260
270
280
290

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
__ . . __ ------- ---270 __ __
. . . . .. . .
280 __
. . . _.
. . --------290
. . . . .. .. — .. —
300
__
__
----

300 and o v e r __

__ __

Number of employees (in hundreds)_________
Average hourly earnings (dollars)____________________




10 1
55
32

12

267

112
215
106

8

9
8
6

12
15
13
16

15
13

1243
244
424
250
206

323
18
27
39

448
195
246
165
128

58
13
15

377
246
232
171

32
16
4

96
65
50
59

112

1

11

40

170
90
77
48
35

13
5

46
24
15

1
1

8
8

33
24
31
19
7

65
49
26
29
16

10
1
1

17

14

10
6
12
5

11
6
8
6

145

11

41

36

58

20

1

9961

1680

2009

1947

4329

1509

239

353

3 81

528

•88

1.2 1

1.2 4

1.12

1.2 2

.9 6

1 .2 6

1 .3 1

1 .1 9

1 •15

12

6
6

11

20
57
29

114

86

17
23
26
14
4

2

22

17

7

12

20
10

21

15

11

27

11

17
9

24
24
14
13

5

8

10

3

4

L

5

6

1

3

10
11

4
3
3

4

12
6
6

2

4
5

2

5
3

6

1
2

1
2
1

1
1

1

9

3

9

5

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

10

42
28

10

3

8

10

25
17

16
13
9

14
4
4

8

22

12
11
6
16
13
9

2
2

8

7

9

4
5

10

4

4
5

2
1

30

3

21

1

14
15
13

4
5
5
3

957

1.12

2
2
1
1

11

6

8
12
8
8
4

6
7

6

8
23
5
30
7

12
8
6

7
5
3

5
3

3

3

4

2
2
2
1

1
2
1

2
2
2
2

1

1

2

3
3

1
2
213

17
9
16

2 24

.8 7 1 . 2 2

2
198

4
5

6

1
1
1
3

120

20

61
41
54
50
36

363
189
191
159
126

118
43
36
30
24

107
72
67
54
45

61
40
46
37
33

78
34
42
37
25

156
119

111

31
15
7

95
73

11
6

53
41
35
28

21

36
37
36
32
23

35
27
34
24
23

158
144

18
13
5
5

49
62
35
31
17

43
32
33
25
16

49
37
28
24
16

29
17
13
9
9

16

13

10
11
6

10 1
83
52
62
36
32

2
3

1

22
14
13

12
10

7
5

1
1
1

41

1.17

3
3

2

1
2
2
1

1
2
2
2
1

26

4

10

7
3

309 4247 110 2

1.18 1 .0 9

8
8

8
7
7
3

1197 1046

913

1 .1 4

1 .1 9

.8 9 1 .3 0

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

65
Table 10-C:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
NORTH CENTRAL: RY NUMRER OF STORES OPERATED RY COMPANY
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Single store

Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

1

Total

_
Under 50

Hours worked
in week
41
35
48
or
to
to
47
more

to

.

79

25

12

12

31

7

1

12

22

17
37
79

27
33
62
30
74

1.6

7
32
32

8
20

172
245

76
16
107
74
119

13
4
26
15
16

489
300
318
301
173

293
123
114
99
37

65
43
93
72
33

53
43
60
57
57

78
91
51
72

619
36

287

2*2
464
232
262

88
36
41

130
50
40

1 52
48
90
42
45

88

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 ____
6 0 ____
6 5 ____
7 0 ____
7 5 ____

220

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

80 _
85 .
90 .
95 _
100

6
10

10
10

22

47
2C
13

20
11

47
26
34
31
25
36

15
9
13

22

39
33

1 12

36
29
29

77

5
3

21
10

7
4

22

1 6 0 ___________
1 7 0 ___________
1 8 0 ___________
1 9 0 -----------------___________

741
410
418
343

170
94
108
97
38

118
99
114
79

121

210

161
41
41
18
17

386
232

56
16

89
73

220 and under 230
230 and under 240
240 and under 250

22n

11
1C
2

68

11 0
83

131
61
64
43
30

250
260
270
280
290

161
92
75
57
*8

17
4

63
28
14
13

2

11

298

18

10 695

2653
1 .0 8

20
11

39
45
46
35

20
8
6

under
under
under
under
under

1*46

7

118
83
78
55
40

and
and
and
and
and

Average hourly earnings (dollars) ____________________

14

291
176
157

22

150
160
170
180

Number of employees (in hundreds)_________

10

28

14

134
38
70
49
27

300 and over

66

22

6
6

7

19

10
10

10
12

217
26
34
29

290

61.
93
57
49

63

*6

18

8

6
10

41
30
24

L

24
18

2
1
1

18

50
40
?/-!
18
16

97

90

93

61

4

2360

2206

3470

1897

1 .5 2

77
54
23
31

22

31

22

1 .60

1 .4 5

11
10
6

1 .5 0

3
4

For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

22

13
13
7

6
10

9
14

10
9

13
23
14

12
20
31
13
16

10

21

9

8

6
1
2
2
2

10
6
3

8

9

6

9

10

5

9
14

6

7

3

11

1

2

141
59
63
62
42

66

45
26
31
25
19

19
7
7
7

13

6

8

68

17
5

28
14
19
14
13

7

15

36
4C
55
37

66
41
34
33
29

14
18
17

9

6
5
3

3

17

10

12

2
2
1
1

12

4

5
7

18
14
9

11
3

8
10

6
6

5

14

10

13
9
5

1

23
17
15
16

13
1C

12
14
9

8

6

2
24
17
71
85
94

255
205
244
230
149

160

27

30
30
28
32

21

279
257
198
157

57
36
24
14

132
138

12 2

11

80
56

52
48
38
37
37

37
35
26
27
18

124
95
90
74
49

10

57
51
40
36
25

40
26
34
26
14

12
10
8

5

27
13

12

8

7

3
3
3

1
1
2
1

2
1

17

4

4

17

10

456

594

374

463

1344

343

481

236

1.12

1 .4 8

21
20

22

5

34

41
29
24
16

13
17
15

114
76
92
78
56

5
3

10

50
32
27
35
23

15

65
56
43
40
37

53
24

27

36
30
44
32
29

5

6

•85

5

19

46
58
84
71
51

16
17

229
182
184
165
137

3

6
2

2
2

145
91
115
97
95

6

2

107
49

1
3

10

265
93
99

8
8

10

100
100

2
1

Q
15
25

500
246
264
248
223

4
3

6
2
2
1

1 .4 5

4
28
23
95
123
151

8

4

1.51

8
11

29
14

9

18
14
14

20

14

10

2
2

15
17

42
23
28
23

8
5
7
7

12
8

24
7
7
5
9

9
3
4

11

1.7 3

4

21
22
21

2

5

1
1

11
6
8

2

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included,




40
17

3

4

27
15
13

644
235
360
227
224

2
6

2
6

7
5

130
135
140
145
150

260 ---------------------------------------270 __________________________
280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------300 __________________________

12
21
21
22

33

under
under
under
under
under

1

4
4

1

1

2
6

117
51
63
44
45

and
and
and
and
and

1

3

204
109
162
91
126

125
130
135
140
145

66

Four to ten stores
Eleven or more stores
Hours worked
Hours worked
in week
in week
35
41
48 Total
35
Total
41
48
to
to
to
to
or
to
to
or
34
40
47 more
34
40
47 more

9

89
16
23

1365

under
under
under
under
under

5

1

205
73
84
71

105
110
115
120
125

50
31

2
1

306
90
156
104
135

*6

under
under
under
under
under

157
91

2

3

22

and
and
and
and
and

68

5
34
27
27

2

/: 4
44
72
54
40

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

1

123
76

50
55
60
65
70

190
200
200 and under 210
210 and under 220

Two or three stores
Hours worked
in week
41
35
48
Total
or
to
to
to
34
40
47
more

100

5
4
4

2
2
1

110

21

19
19
13

19

7

11

1

7

6
2
2

76

5

55

9

6

280 5533 1873 2170

917

569

22

1 .0 9 1 .5 5 1 .4 6 1 .4 7 1.3 9

12
10

1

1 .0 7 1 .4 8 1 .4 6 1*44

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals

Table 10-D: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
WEST: BY NUMBER OF STORES OPERATED BY COMPANY
(Number of employees in hundreds)
Single store
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

1

to
34

Hours worked
in week
41
35
48
or
to
to
47
more
40

8

Under 5 0 _______
50
55
60
65
70

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

55
60
65
70
75

75
80
85
90
95

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

80 ..
85 . .
90 „
95 —
100

14
5
19

.
.
.
.
.

3

1

6
1
5
2

9
15
9

3

60
34
27
27
9

14
9
28
23
15

481
70
158
76
73

223

129
23
51
25
25

30
15
33

.
.
.
.
.

381
96
129

173

109
28
40
40
17

32
14

150 and under 160 .
and under 170 .
170 and under 180 .
180 and under
.
and under
.

375
175
181
158

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105
110
115
120
125

125
130
135
140
145

and under
and tinder
and under
and under
and under

130
135
140
145
150

22

34

100
83
84
78
45

111
88

160

190
190
200
200 and under 210 .
210 and under 220 .

112

12

44
17
18

12
22
22
20

123

22
17
11
7

220 and under 230 .
230 and under 240 .
240 and under 250 .

198
177
181
113
129

16
17
13

250
260
270
280
290

260 .
270 .
280 .
.
300 .

134
67
55
40
25

13
5
4

300 and o v e r ______

237

23

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

290

6
4

1
1

1

4
5

20
20
29
21
22

1

1
1
2
1
10

9

30
15

15
A

1
1

10
6
2

81
31
38
37

36
4

39
5

18
14

41
47
31
38

80
29
55
27
30

98
54
69
59
46

36
3?
40
36
23

118
69
56
52
36

64
54
60
43
35

59
91
78
54
79

42
44
57
28
19

79
25
31
25
27

45
61
52
27

85

20

16

28
17
15

22

27
19

8

95

6

14

99

20

30
23
18

11
12

66

20

22
8
9
8

16
16

10
8
68
8

4512

1040

1536

73

1*71

1*28

1 .8 2

1.9 6

51

15

22

20

8

5
4

12
3
1
8
8
8
4
3

4

6
3
3

9

1
2
1
1

40

5

11

6
6
7
10
10
29
17
17
14

11

5
4

26

7

8

11
18
12

6
10
6

7
15
7
16

19

16

21
17
12

9

20

26
16

11

15
30

22
15
9
13

8

7
4
3
14

1190

1130

222

435

1 .7 0

1 .3 4

1 .7 0

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.

8
2
2
3
2
8
6

2
1
2
1
2
2
1
8
4
6

9
15
4

1.6 2

For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.

Four to ten stores
Eleven or more stores
Hours worked
Hours worked
in week
in week
35
41
48 Total
35
Total
41
48
to
to
to
or
to
to
to
or
34
40
47 more
34
40
47 more

1

1

1

22
22

7
7

Average hourly earnings (dollars)




3

2
6
12

Number of employees (in hundreds)
:________

6

1
1
2

Two or three stores
Hours worked
in week
41
48
35
Total
or
to
to
to
34
40
47
more

4

10
13
8
12
11
10
10

15
o

1

4
3
4
3
3

3

44

1
1

1
16

15

3

16
17
14

4
5
3

7
9
7

48
17
46

29
5
4
3

12

20

38
32
33
28
<5

7
3
3
3

4
5
3

1
1

1

7

5

7

19

206

8
6

2

A
3

15

15

264

601

1.66 1.86

2

1

6
6

3

16

4
3

5
4

4

1
2
1

1
1
1

1
1
1
2

40
47
49
67
44

28
33
27
29
13

4

4
4
3
5

4

16
28
23

166
87
118
•84
81

83
35
47
28
26

61
40
58
47
42

156
94
89

69
24
23
15
14

68

27
15

77
54
64
64
43

14
16
19
18

7
15
7
4

14
33

7
3

14

1
2
1
1

25
52
23
15
13

2
1
2
1
6

15
15
16

1

1
6
4
11
6

1 .7 3

2
2

6

15

8
10
12
8
21
19
15
15

11
12
30
11

1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
4

2

5
4

2
2
5
3

1
1
1
10
3
4

2
2
2
31
2
5

7

8
8

5
4
7

66
54

131

101
122
112
74

83
124

1

3

26

2

12
12

2

24

3

4

37

279

57

141

2292

1 .4 4 1 .7 7 1 .8 3 1 .7 3

1.5 8

116

52
50
37
26

42
17
18
n

66

7

2

8

2
3
2
1
1

12
6

2
2
1

13
4

22
19
11

3

53
58
39
15
15

1
2
2
1
1
1

9
5

2
8
3
8

3
4

30
34

6

7
5

654 1135

2

9
e

8
6
8
12
8
5
6
4

11

10
6
6
2
1
1
6

262

2
2
6
11
5

4
5
5
5

11
6
9
10
8
15
17
16

12
9

9
19
9
4

12
6
2
3
2
4

237

1 .2 5 1 .6 1 1*73 1*67

Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals.

67
Table 11:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
UNITED STATES AND REGIONS: BY NUMBER OF STORES OPERATED IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES
___________________ ____________________(Number of employees in hundreds)________________________________________
United States
Nonmetropolitan area counties

Metropolitan area counties
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Single store

Two or three stores

Four to ten stores Eleven or more stores

__ __ __ __

1

1

190

53

136

28

12

15

8

108
177
485
382
2 54

179
296
4 90
632
5 73

57
100
172
283
2 50

28
41
79
114
75

28
59
93
168
175

41
67
141
170
208

22
35
75
78
87

20
31
66
92
1 20

169
380
682
853
734

104
232
393
4 07
2 95

„ „
.. — __
120 and under 130 __ „ „ __ __
130 and under 140 __ ____ __ „
140 and under 150 __ —
__ . __ „

2 90 2
125 9
167 9
1 09 0
777

1169
275
547
146
103

1731
985
1132
944
675

669
3 37
383
316
216

266
78
124
62
27

403
260
261
254
188

513
278
260
23 4
189

227
76
78
37
21

288
202
182
197
168

1 64 9
1123
1 05 2
847
699

150 and under 170_______ __ „ — __
170 and under
_______ .. .. __
and under
__ „ „ __
__
210 and under 230 _
__ .
__
230 and under 250
—
..
.

2 21 3
152 5
124 0
1 08 4
548

412
124
126
75
27

1802
1401
1115
1010
519

486
328
240
25 4
138

65
35
23
24
12

422
291
218
23 0
127

288
217
182
168
99

41
20
19
15
7

245
197
163
153
92

250 and over----------------------------------------

1689

121

156 8

351

27

323

210

16

Number of employees (in hundreds)___

.1 9 7 7 0

4584

151 8 8

4608

109 2

3 51 5

3273

, 1*54

1 .1 5

1 .5 9

1 .5 3

1 .1 7

1 .5 8

1 .4 9

and under 6 0 _______________________
__
and under 7 0 ___ ..
and under 80 _
__ „ __ _
and under
_
.. ..
_ __
and under
_____
.. ..

90
100
100 and under 110 __
110 and under 120

190
210

190

Four to ten stores Eleven or more stores

1

288
473
975
101 2
826

50
60
70
80
90

Two or three stores

Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
Hours worked
in week
in week
in week
in week
in week
in week
in week
in week
35
Total
35 Total
Total
35
Total
35
Total
Total
Total
35
35
Total
35
35
to
or
to
or
to
or
to
or
or
to
or
or
to
to
to
or
34
more
34
34
34
34
34
34
more
more
34

1

Under 50 __

Single store

Average hourly earnings (dollars)____

3

16

367

140

227

42

19

23

28

8

20

83

45

37

65
147
289
4 47
4 39

637
9 70
1287
106 0
734

235
343
481
258
92

403
6 29
807
802
6 44

56
85
129
127
94

23
41
55
37
17

33
43
73
91
78

60
69
98
65
36

22
22
41
16
8

38
46
57
50
29

259
329
445
3 84
302

166
160
220
129
78

93
169
22 4
254
224

781
413
359
205
151

869
710
692
642
548

2004
889
1071
822
561

618
103
188
75
46

1387
786
882
748
514

208
134
148
83
59

55
22
29
6
3

152
114
121
77
57

101
48
48
41
35

29
6
10
4
2

73
42
40
36
34

509
3 19
272
204
156

174
87
72
30
23

335
232
200
173
134

132 8
986
6 76
545
299

223
107
55
39
16

1105
879
621
504
283

1155
735
4 54
285
177

134
26
28
9
4

1021
7 09
4 26
276
173

147
110
78
58
25

13
4
4
2

134
105
73
56
24

62
33
21
19
8

6
3
1
1

57
30
20
17
8

271
188
110
82
38

28
11
5
3
1

241
178
106
79
36

193

526

29

49 8

448

30

417

59

1

55

20

1

19

67

3

64

8 57

2414

125 7 2

3 81 8

8754

136 5 6

2 81 0

108 51

164 2

331

130 9

792

180

616

4018

1235

2 77 9

1 .1 3

1 .5 5

1 .4 4

1 .1 1

1 .5 1

i ,| 1 . 2 3

.9 3

1 .2 6

1 .3 1

.9 5

1 .3 4

1 .1 6

.9 0

] .1 9

1 .1 7

.9 0

1 .2 2

4

3

1

7
12
32
23
11

4
12
21
33
25

5

24

1

1

9

Northeast
21

10

11

2

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

12

6

7

3

3

46
70
250
284
260

24
40
169
143
111

22
30
81
141
149

8
13
53
104
88

5
11
37
62
37

3.
2
16
42
51

1
6
34
52
60

1
5
28
33
32

1
6
19
28

32
97
172
263
225

25
64
112
154
104

8
33
60
109
121

28
58
125
102
55

11
27
71
45
18

17
32
54
57
37

3
11
17
35
20

2
5
7
18
8

1
6
10
17
12

3
18
11
7

1
10
2
2

2
8
9
5

11
24
53
56
36

120 and under 130
130 and under 140 __ __ ____ __ __
140 and under 150 __

999
417
667
434
313

452
9a
206
50
37

546
323
461
384
276

233
107
135
96
53

121
29
47
21
9

112
78
89
75
44

202
84
94
64
59

113
27
25
10
9

89
57
69
54
50

527
329
308
232
235

272
135
111
56
43

255
194
197
176
192

259
127
164
122
84

105
32
44
14
7

155
96
120
108
77

30
16
22
16
10

10
3
5
1
1

19
13
18
15
9

18
9
12
6
10

11
2
2
1
1

7
7
10
5
9

81
49
48
34
30

46
25
21
9
7

35
25
27
24
23

150 and under 170 __ __
__ __
170 and under
__ „ __ „ __ __
and under
____________________
210 and under 230 __ _______ __ __
230 and under 250
__ _L
__ __

851
611
429
349
133

128
42
37
19
7

723
569
392
330
125

169
114
81
71
42

23
15
7
6
1

146
99
74
65
41

106
86
60
45
27

18
7
8
3
3

87
79
52
42
24

467
350
243
171
106

81
29
16
10
6

386
321
227
160
100

195
140
77
45
19

23
8
6
2

172
132
71
43
19

24
10
9
7
3

1

23
10
8
6
3

14
7
2
3
1

2
1

12
6
2
3
1

61
51
27
15

6
2
1

55
49
27
14
9

250 and over _

453

29

4 23

102

9

93

61

4

58

162

6

156

65

3

62

7

6

2

2

10

Under 50

_ __ __ __ .. „ „

50
60
70
80
90

60 _ ____ __ „
70
_____ _
8 0 ___
9 0 ___ __ ____ _
100 _

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

______
_
_

100 and under 110_______ __ __
110 and voider 120____________________

190

190
210

__ _ ___________ __

1

10

Number of employees (in hundreds)__

6587

1598

49 8 6

1471

441

1031

1042

327

716

3921

1225

269 6

1 67 7

422

1259

243

65

176

123

35

88

599

205

394

Average hourly earnings (dollars)____

| 1 .5 5

1. 14

1 .6 1

1 .5 4

1 .1 2

1 .6 3

1 .5 2

1 .1 2

1 .6 1

1 .4 9

1 .1 0

1 .5 7

. 1 .3 9

1 .0 2

1 .4 4

1 .2 9

.9 2

1 .3 6

1 .2 7

1 .0 1

1 .3 1

1 .3 2

1 .0 2

1 .4 0

NOTE: All segments of retail trade, except eating and drinking places, were included.
For definitions of terms used in this table, see appendix B.




Absence of a column entry indicates less than 50 employees.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal totals

68
Table 11:

D istribution o f n on su p erv isory em ployees in re ta il trade by straigh t-tim e average h ou rly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctober 1956
UNITED STATES AND REGIONS: BY NUMBER OF STORES OPERATED IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES - Continued
_________________________________________________ (Num ber o f em ployees in hundreds)_________________________________________________
South
M etropolitan area counties

A verage h ou rly earnings
(in cents)

Single store

Total

Under 5 0 ______________________ _________

140

Two o r three stores

N onm etropolitan a rea counties
E leven o r m o re stores

F ou r to ten s tores

H ours worked
Hours w orked
H ours worked
in week
in week
in week
T otal
35
1
Total
Total
35
35
to
or
to
or
or
to
34
34
34
m ore
36

104

21

11

10

7

2

4

21

Hours w orked
in w eek
1
3$
to
or
34
7

Single sto re

Two o r three stores

116

179

36

15

21

28

8

20

76

41

150
172
142
68
16

2 89
435
4 89
4 40
343

44
39
52
36
27

14
11
14
3
3

30
27
38
34
25

43
43
29
17
12

20
17
7
2
2

23
26
22
15
11

196
172
176
126
103

118
64
80
35
18

551

67

25
8
10
5
5

166
111
81
66
44

37

40
33
14
13

27
8
12
5
5

2

43
35
16
13

10
4
2
2

57

304
309
218
154

28
22
6
10
5

10
3
2
1
1

1

9
3
2
1
1

61
45
23
16
7

3
2
1

10

2

2

18

63
76
103
88
28

132
202
287
308
263

35
58
68
82
79

13
12
14
14
11

21
46
54
68
68

36
41
64
64
78

18
18
20
14
14

18
23
44
50
63

129
181
265
247
181

74
84
99
66
41

54
97
166
182
140

100 and under 110 __ __ __
__ __
110 and under 120 __ __ . .
__ __
120 and tinder 1 3 0 ______________________
130 and under 1 4 0 ______________ __ „
140 and under 1 5 0 ________ __ _ __ __

772
356
322
213
132

174
52
47
16
6

597
3 04
275
197
126

158
75
64
63
53

35
10
12
9
4

123
65
52
55
49

113
65
50
31
24

32
9
8
5
1

81
56
41
26
23

3 86
238
202
165
123

124
44
40
16
15

263
194
162
149
108

717
318
332
229
160

166
14
23
11
5

150 and under 170 __ ____ „ __ __ __
170 and under 190
__ ________ __ „
„ ___
210 and under 230
________
_
230 and under 250
—
.. ..

315
22 0
170
115
48

21
11
9
4
2

295
209
161
111
46

93
55
38
25
11

10
2
4
2

83
52
35
23
11

41
26
24
11
7

3
2
2
1

38
24
22
10
7

241
139
91
52
29

27
7
4
1

214
132
87
50
29

307
184
112
50
35

27
3
5
2
1

280
181
107
48
34

28
22
6
10
5

250 and o v e r -

227

15

212

43

2

41

23

2

21

70

3

67

103

8

95

10

under
under
under
under
under

60 _
70 .
80 .
90 _
100

„ „ __ __ „ _ _ ___
.. .. .. ..
______
___
____ __ __ _
__
__ ---------_______________________

190 and under 210 __ __ __ „

____

— „

__

__ __

H ours w orked
^in week
35
to
or
34

295

195
278
390
395
291

and
and
and
and
90 and

E leven o r m o re s tores

14

4 38
606
630
508
358

50
60
70
80

F ou r to ten stores

H ours worked
Hours w orked
H ours w orked
in week
in week
in week
Total
Total
1
1
35
35
Total
1
35
Total
or
to
to
or
to
or
34
34
m ore
34

2

21
15
6
3

35
78
107
96

91
85
129
89
66
60
41

57
43
22
16
6
17

Num ber o f em ployees (in h u n d r e d s )___ . 4 5 7 9

751

3829

1021

165

956

705

151

551

27 6 0

6 52

2108 ,

538 2

929

4456

489

78

41 3

248

61

188

148 7

444

103 8

A vera ge hourly earnings ( d o l l a r s ) ____

.9 7

1 .2 7

1 .2 8

1 .0 4

1 .3 0

1 .2 0

• 93

1 .2 3

1 .2 4

.9 5

1 .2 8 t . 1 .0 6

.7 9

1 .0 8

1 .1 0

.7 6

1 .1 2

.8 9

.6 6

.9 1

1 .0 4

.7 8

1 .0 8

1 .2 5

North Central
Under 50 __

_ —

„

____

„

__ _ _

___

22

7

15

5

1

58

18

39

2

1

1

10
17
24
30
22

3
11
19
45
41

4
19
42
50
66

3
11
27
30
39

2
7
15
20
27

8
96
230
290
259

5
79
170
144
121

3
16
60
146
138

157
276
4 36
362
253

70
124
222
119
44

86
151
214
243
210

9
33
28
41
31

7
24
14
10
4

2
13
31
27

*7

63
48
61
34
22

18
11
13
2
1

45
37
48
32
21

47
24
15
23
15

9
1
2
1

50
35
29
20
10

24
11
9
3
2

19

6

4

1

1

42
116
297
255
2 20

21
57
190
118
92

21
59
107
138
128

13
28
43
76
63

120 and under 130
____
130 and under 140 „ „ „
„
140 and under 150 __
__ __ ___

793
339
415
304
225

378
90
169
55
41

415
249
246
249
184

215
10 7
112
90
67

88
31
31
17
10

127
77
82
73
56

152
lu 2
64
83
76

67
33
17
15
7

86
70
47
68
69

5 54
401
351
296
245

2 93
173
129
90
67

261
228
221
206
178

814
358
396
386
225

277
35
54
40
10

537
323
341
346
215

150 and under
170 and under
190 and under
210 and under
230 and under

671
472
413
353
189

151
48
58
25
10

520
42*
355
329
178

142
97
72
65
44

19
9
6
7
8

123
87
66
58
36

84
5*
62
49
42

11
6
4
2

72
50
58
45
40

430
295
210
160
107

82
34
20
9
5

348
261
190
151
102

479
294
183
99
59

51
11
15
2
2

4 28
283
168
97
57

59
37
31
21
11

571

43

528

109

7

101

80

6

73

180

13

167

161

7

153

20

Num ber o f em ployees (in h u n d r e d s )___

569 7

1553

41*5

1 34 8

336

1009

1031

282

749

4113

1435

267 7

4996

1101

3 89 1

551

118

4 29

314

A verage h ou rly earnings ( d o l l a r s ) ____

1 .6 3

1 .1 8

1 .7 0

1 .5 6

1 .1 6

1 .6 2

1 .5 5

1 .1 3

1 .6 2

1 .4 6

1 .1 2

1 .5 5

. 1 .2 8

.9 2

1 .3 ?

1 .3 7

.9 9

1 .4 2

1 .1 5

50
60
70
80
90

and
and
and
and
and

under
tinder
under
under
under

60 _ ____ __ __ __ „ __
70
80
9 0 ____ ____ __
__ „
100 _ _
___ __ __

100 and under 1 1 0 ____
110 and under 120 _

__

170
_
. __
190 __
______
210 __
__
__ __ __
230 _ ___
250
__ __

250 and ov er _

_____

__

____

__

NOTE: A ll segm ents o f re ta il trade, except eating and drinking p la c e s , w ere included.
F o r definitions o f term s used in this table, se e appendix B.




h

9

17
23
33
15

2

1

1

15
18
25
25
12

43
122
176
159
121

35
78
84
55
36

8
44
91
103
85

13
2
2
2

34
22
14
20
15

192
111
98
74
58

66
27
20
10
10

126
84
78
64
48

2
1

23
11
9
2
2

106
60
36
24
15

11
3
1
1
1

95
57
35
24
14

6

22

1

21

63

253

1 41 9

440

978

.9 0

1 .1 7

1 .1 9

.9 0

1 .2 *

2

*
22
9
4

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em p loyees.
B ecau se o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not n e c e s s a r ily equal totals

69
Table 11:

D istribution o f n on su p erv isory em ployees in re ta il trade by straigh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, O ctober 1956

UNITED STATES AND REGIONS: BY NUMBER OF STORES OPERATED IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN AREA COUNTIES - Continued
(Num ber o f em ployees in hundreds)________________________ _________________________
West
M etropolitan area counties
A verage h ou rly earnings
(in cents)

Single store

Two o r three stores

H ours worked
Hours w orked
H ours worked
in week
in week
in week
1
35
Total
1
1
Total
Total
35
35
to
or
to
or
to
or
34
34
m ore
34
m o re
m ore

T otal

Under 5 0 ______________________ , ________

7

6

50
60
70
80
90

5
9
55

4
23
33
23

4
5
15
45
33

8
21
20

4
8
5

4
13
15

1
4
4

338
147
275
139
107

165
39
125
25
19

173
109
150
114
89

63
48
72
67
<i3

22
8
34
15
4

41
40
38
51
39

376
222
228
267
178

112
23
22
27
8

264
199
207
24U
170

82
62
49
93
41

13
9
6
9
3

438

34

405

97

9

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

60 _
..
70 .
__
____
„
8 0 ..... ............................... _
90 ..
____
100 -----------------------------------

38
78

100 and under 1 1 0 ______________________
110 and under 120
..
„ ___
120 and under 130
------- __
130 and under 140
------- „
„
140 and under 1 5 0 ____ __ __ ____
150 and under
170 and under
190 and under
210 and under
230 and under

„

170
____
__ __ „
190
___
.. „
2 1 0 ____ __ __
____
230 ______________________
250
..
..

250 and o v e r -

— —

— — ___

Num ber o f em ployees (in h u n d r e d s )___ . 2 9 0 7
A vera ge hourly earnings ( d o l l a r s ) ____

.

N onm etropolitan area counties

1 .8 3

Single store

1
1

1

1

Two o r three stores

F ou r to ten stores

E leven o r m o re stores

Hours worked
Hours w orked
Hours w orked
in week
in week
in week
1
35
Total
1
Total
Total
35
1
35
T otal
or
or
to
to
to
or
34
m ore
34
34

Hours w orked
in week
35
1
to
or
34
m ore

2

1
1

1

2

14

4

1
2

1
3
2

6
15
53
69

5
12
43
29

3
10
40

30
96
88
68

20
46
26
14

46
27
52
56
30

15
7
28
7
4

32
19
25
49
26

182
155
191
154
96

92
61
79
43
26

90
94
112
111
70

214
86
179
85
92

70
22
67

70
53
43
84
39

57
49
36
63
23

9
5
5
7
2

48
44
31
56
21

190
202
132
162
57

33
37
15
19
3

157
165
117
143
52

174
117
82
91
64

83

46

4

41

114

7

108

119

11
11

1

1

1
11

6
6

2
1
1

40
43
42

24
16
13

7
5

25
14
5
3

25

5

70
48
45
30
24

1
1
1
1

13
10
7
11
4

43
32
24
27
7

8
4
2
2

34
29
22
25
7

1

9

17

2

16

9

1

1

50
62
54

2
32
15
16

20
6
2

12
9
14

4
4
2

2
3

144
63
112
76
68

48
27
30
17
14

17
4
9
1
1

31
24
22
16
14

9
7
9
7
5

3
2
4
1
1

33
4
2
3
1

141
113
80

3
3
1
1

33
38
30

88
63

36
41
32
20
6

20
6

14
12
8
12
4

12

107

22

1

20

10

10
24

Hours w orked
in 1seek
1
35
to
or
34
m ore

6
6

3

6
16
27
29
45
34
29

16

22

682

2228

768

150

619

495

97

398

1778

506

1273

.

1601

358

1245

359

70

291

107

21

87

513

146

369

1 .3 4

1 .8 9

1 .7 9

1 .4 6

1 .8 3

1 .7 4

1 .4 8

1 .7 7

1 .6 4

1 .2 9

1 .7 1

.

1 .5 2

1 .1 5

1 .5 6

1 .5 2

1 .1 0

1 .5 7

1 .7 1

1 .2 7

1 .7 5

1 .3 6

1 .0 7

1 .4 1

NOTE: A ll segm ents of retail trade, except eating and drinking p laces, w ere included.
F or definitions o f te rm s used in this table, see appendix B.




Eleven o r m ore stores

F ou r to ten stores

A bsence o f a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em p loyees.
B ecause o f rounding, sum s of individual item s do not n e c e s s a r ily equal totals.

70




T a b le

12:

N u m b e r and s t r a ig h t-t im e a v e r a g e w e e k ly e a r n in g s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s in r e t a il tr a d e by h o u r s w o rk e d in w eek , O c t o b e r 1956
UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(N u m b e r o f e m p lo y e e s in h u n d red s)
U n ited S tates
Ite m

A l l e m p lo y e e s :
1 to 14 h o u r s _______ __ __________ ___ ___ __
15 to 34 h o u rs ___________________________ ___
35 to 39 h o u rs ____________________ ____________
40 h o u r s _____________ _______________________ „
41 to 47 h o u r s —
............ ........... .......................
48 h o u r s —............ .................................. ..................
49 o r m o r e h o u r s __ _____ „ _______________
M en:
1 to 14 h o u rs
15 to 34 h o u r s _________ __ _____ __ ________
35 to 39 h o u r s ...........................................................
40 h o u r s _______________ ________ ________ __
41 to 47 h o u r s
......................................... ............
48 h o u r s ________________________________________
49 o r m o r e h o u r s __ _______________ ________
W om en :
1 to 14 h o u r s __
15 to 34 h o u rs ______________________________
3 5 to 39 h o u r 8 ______________________________ __
40 h o u r s ________ ________ _____ __________
41 to 47 h o u r s ......... ......... ...............................
48 h o u r s ________________ _____________ _____
49 o r m o r e h o u r s
C o m m u n ity s i z e :
M e t r o p o lit a n a r e a c o u n tie s :
T ota l 1 to 14 h o u r s ___________________________________
15 to 34 h o u r s ______________________________
35 to 39 h o u r s ________________________________
40 h o u r s ________________________________________
41 to 47 h o u r s __ ____________________________
48 h o u r s ______________________ _______________
49 o r m o r e h o u r s _____ _______________ __
C e n tr a l c i t i e s : 1 to 34 h o u r s
__ _______________ ________ __
3 5 to 40 h o u r s ______________________________
41 to 47 h o u r s _______ __
_____ __________
48 o r m o r e h o u r s _____________________________
C o m m u n itie s o th e r than c e n t r a l c it i e s 1 to 34 h o u r s
_______________________________
35 to 40 h o u r s _____ ___________________________
41 to 47 h o u r s ________________ ____________ __
48 o r m o r e h o u r s __ __________________________
N o n m e tr o p o lita n a r e a c o u n t ie s :
T o ta l 1 to 14 h o u r s _____________________ __________
15 to 34 h o u r s ____________________ ____________
35 to 39 h o u r s ....................... ...... .........................
40 h o u r s ____________ __________________________
41 to 47 h o u rs _______________________
__ __
48 h o u r s
----------------------------------------------------49 o r m o r e h o u r s _____________________________

NOTE:

N o rth e a s t

South

N orth C e n tr a l

W es t

N u m ber
of
e m p lo y e e s

A v e ra g e
w e e k ly
e a rn in g s

N um ber
of
e m p lo y e e s

A v era g e
w e e k ly
e a rn in g s

N u m ber
of
e m p lo y e e s

A v era g e
w e e k ly
e a r n in g s

N u m b er
of
e m p lo y e e s

A v era g e
w e e k ly
e a r n in g s

N u m ber
of
e m p lo y e e s

4860
10054
3726
14642
11524
6511

$ 9 .6 5
2 5 . 54
48. 68
6 2 .0 9
65. 62

1341
2985
1508
4080
2940
1275
1540

$ 1 0 .2 9
2 6 .1 5
5 2 .2 6
6 4 .3 1

1216
2012

7 4 .5 6
8 5 .5 3

716
3079
3564
2214
3863

$ 7 .4 4
2 1 .3 9
3 9 -3 8
5 1 .2 8
5 3 .3 7
5 4 .7 9
6 2 .1 4

1663
3675
1096
4508
3740
1918
2874

$ 9 .9 8
2 5 .3 8
4 7 .5 0
6 1 .9 4
6 8 .9 0
7 2 .5 4
7 7 .1 3

641
1384
409
2975
1280
1105
736

$ 1 1 .6 8
3 0 .6 7
5 4 .8 6
7 0 .4 6
8 1 .0 9
8 2 .9 2
8 6 .3 5

8 .6 2
4 2 .0 7
6 0 .9 2
6 4 .3 5
6 3 .2 4
6 4 .7 1

859
1720
325
1964
2311
1497
2660

1 1 .2 7
2 6 .6 6
5 6 .3 8
7 8 .1 5
8 2 .3 7
8 0 .2 1
7 9 .3 2

364
699
148
1471
894
879
695

1 3 .0 9
3 1 .8 7
6 6 .0 7
8 5 .5 3
9 1 .6 6
8 9 .6 9
8 7 .8 4

68.66

69.60

A v era g e
w e e k ly
e a r n in g s

9028

7 2 .9 0

2495
4963
1150
7095
7246
4944
8305

10 . 98
2 6 .4 0
5 6 .8 3
75. 74
7 7 .3 8
7 6 .2 7
7 5 .2 3

717
1415
396
2256
2154
1130
1484

1 1 .3 8
2 6 .9 9
6 4 .2 5
7 6 .4 7
7 7 .5 0
77. 19
8 6 .5 2

559
1131
280
1408
1890
1439
3461

2365
5085
2576
7551
4277
1564
712

8 .2 5
2 4 . 71
4 5 .0 4
4 9 .2 7
45. 70
44. 59
45. 68

626
1568
1113
1826
784
144
58

9 .0 2
2 5 .4 0
4 8 .0 2
4 9 .2 8
4 8 .0 0
5 3 .7 4
5 9 .5 4

660
882
429
1677
1681
777
401

6 .4 4
2 0 .7 6
3 7 .6 3
4 3 .1 9
4 1 .0 3
3 9 .0 9
4 0 .0 7

800
1953
774
2546
1422
421
214

8 . 60
2 4 .2 6
4 3 .7 8
4 9 .4 2
4 7 .0 5
4 5 .3 8
4 9 .8 7

275
681
257
1507
383
224
40

9 .8 5
2 9 .4 4
4 8 .3 6
5 5 .7 4
5 6 .4 5
5 6 .2 5
6 0 .0 6

3094
7253
2965
11445
7308
3687
4449

1 0 .5 9
2 6 . 95
5 1 .1 0
6 4 .3 1
69. 96
7 4 .9 7
8 1 .6 4

1084
2504
1365
3542
2270
1042
1215

1 0 .5 9
2 6 . 63
5 3 .2 2
6 5 .4 3
7 0 .8 9
7 6 .0 7
8 8 .5 5

508
1213
482

1062

2025
998
1742

8 .6 7
2 3 .2 4
4 1 .4 1
5 2 .9 5
5 6 .3 0
6 0 .1 9

2544
814
3498
2155
1144

440
992
304
2305
858
685
348

1 2 .4 1
3 2 .1 8
5 7 .3 6
7 2 .1 3
8 5 .5 0

69.10

1 0 .7 4
2 7 .0 1
5 0 .9 1
6 4 .8 3
7 5 .6 0
7 9 .1 8
8 9 .1 7

6859
10786
5166
5509

2 2 .3 2
6 0 .7 0
6 7 .8 3
7 7 .0 8

2034
3288
1159

2 2 .7 7
6 1 .7 0
7 0 .6 3
8 3 .6 3

1401
2300
1837
2193

1 8 .6 6
5 0 .2 3
5 6 .0 4
6 6 .2 9

2647
3469
1640
1540

2 2 . 64
6 1 .9 1
7 5 .0 8
8 3 .1 3

777
1729
479
617

2 6 . 64
7 0 .3 0
8 0 .9 7
8 7 .8 8

3502
3619
2130
2634

2 1 .5 3
6 4 .2 5
75. 11
8 1 .8 7

1560
1619
1048
1094

2 0 .4 6
6 2 .7 1
7 1 .2 0
8 1 .8 9

318
277
188
551

2 0 .1 7
5 5 .5 4
5 8 .8 2
6 4 .1 3

963
838
517
567

21.02

661

6 3 .4 0
7 7 .2 4

8 8.68

885
377
422

2 5 .4 7
7 0 .6 1
9 1 .3 0
9 5 .7 1

1755
2781
752
3198
4207
2813
4547

8.00
2 1.8 8

250
471
144
534
676
232
322

8 .9 6

709
794
231

6 .5 6

2 3 .6 7
4 3 .3 8
5 6 .9 3
6 5 .2 4
6 7 .7 5
7 4 .2 8

597
1125
278

8 .6 3
2 1 .7 1
3 7 .7 0
5 1 .9 6
5 9 .7 2
6 5 .8 6
6 9 .0 9

199
391
99
667
418
411
383

1 0 .0 7
2 6 .8 5
4 7 .2 8
6 4 .6 9
7 2 .0 1
7 3 .1 0
7 8 .1 5

3 9 .2 9
5 4 .1 5
5 8 .0 9
6 0 .4 0
6 4 .3 4

1210

A l l s e g m e n ts o f r e t a il t r a d e , e x c e p t e a tin g and d rin k in g p la c e s , w e r e in clu d e d .
F o r d e fin itio n s o f t e r m s u se d in th is ta b le , s e e a p p e n d ix B .

2100

986
1537

1216
2118

2 1 .8 8

18.61
3 5 .2 0
4 7 .7 0
4 9 .5 0
5 0 .3 6
5 6 .4 3

962

1011
1576
954
1724

B e c a u s e o f rou n d in g , s u m s o f in d iv id u a l ite m s
n e c e s s a r il y eq u a l t o t a ls .

88.86
9 5 .3 3

d o not

71

T a b le 12:

N u m b er and s t r a ig h t -t im e a v e r a g e w e e k ly e a rn in g s o f n o n s u p e r v is o r y e m p lo y e e s in r e t a il tra d e b y h o u r s w o r k e d in w e e k , O c to b e r 1956

UNITED S T A T E S AND REGIONS -

U nited S ta tes
Item

N u m b er
of
e m p lo y e e s

C om m u n ity s iz e - C ontin ued
N o n m e tr o p o lita n a r e a co u n tie s - C ontin ued
C o m m u n itie s o f 5 ,0 0 0 o r m o r e p op u la tion 1 to 34 h o u rs _______ ____________________ _
35 to 40 h o u rs _____________________________
41 to 47 h o u rs _____________ ______ ______
48 o r m o r e h o u r s _________________________
C o m m u n itie s o f l e s s than 5,000 p o p u la tio n 1 to 34 h o u rs
_____________________________
35 to 40 h o u rs ______________________________
41 to 47 h o u rs ______________________________
48 o r m o r e h o u rs
________________________—

_

N u m b er o f s t o r e s o p e r a t e d b y com p a n y :
S in g le s to r e :
1 to 34 h o u rs
35 to 40 h o u rs ______________________________
41 to 47 h ou rs ______________________________
48 o r m o r e h o u rs _________________________
T w o o r th ree s t o r e s :
1 to 34 h o u rs _______________________________
35 to 40 h ou rs ______________________________
41 to 47 h o u rs ______________________________
48 o r m o r e h o u rs _________________________
F o u r to ten s t o r e s :
1 to 34 h o u rs _______________________________
35 to 40 h o u r s _____________ __ _____________
41 to 47 h o u rs ______________________________
48 o r m o r e h ou rs _____________ •___________
E le v e n o r m o r e s t o r e s :
_____________________________
1 to 34 h ou rs
35 to 40 h o u rs ______________________________
41 to 47 h o u rs ______________________________
48 o r m o r e h o u rs _________________________ —

_

_

_

_

N OTE:




_
_

A verage
w e e k ly
ea rn in g s

Continued

South

N o rth e a st
N u m b er
of
e m p lo y e e s

A vera g e
w e e k ly
e a rn in g s

N orth C e n tra l

N u m b er
of
e m p lo y e e s

A vera g e
w e e k ly
e a rn in g s

N um ber
of
e m p lo y e e s

A vera ge
w e e k ly
e a rn in g s

W e st
N u m b er
of
e m p lo y e e s

A verag e
w e e k ly
e a rn in g s

3044
2900
3332
4413

$ 1 7 ,1 1
5 3 .0 3
5 9 .0 3
65. 95

496
503
541
346

$ 1 9 .2 8
5 4 .3 2
6 5 .4 5
7 3 .9 6

939
797
1125
2163

$ 1 3 .2 0
4 7 .2 2
4 9 .3 9
5 7 .0 4

1221
983
1326
1478

$ 1 7 . 77
5 0 .8 0
6 1 .1 5
7 3 .2 6

388
617
340
426

$ 2 1 .7 1
6 3 .1 3
7 2 .6 4
7 9 .1 6

1505
1065
878
2957

1 5 .3 4
4 6. 55
5 4 .4 9
58. 18

233
186
135
203

17. 16
5 3 .2 5
6 4 .4 2
6 7 .4 7

571
412
410
1174

1 2 .5 1
4 1 .5 7
4 9 . 80
4 9 .0 1

503
316
250
1205

15. 75
4 2 .7 1
5 2 .0 9
6 1 .4 2

198
151
83
3 75

2 0 .2 4
5 9 .5 7
6 9 .2 7
7 1 .3 6

7399
8485
6554
10992

19. 88
5 9 .9 9
6 7 .5 4
70. 39

2026
2580
1663
2003

2 0 .5 7
6 2 .6 4
70. 62
7 8 .6 2

1680
2009
1947
4329

1 5 .9 3
4 7 .6 7
5 4 .5 9
5 9 .2 8

2653
2360
2206
3470

2 0 .1 2
5 9. 71
7 0 .4 3
7 5 .3 0

1040
1536
738
1190

2 4 .3 0
72. 13
8 6 .0 0
8 2 .5 7

1422
2027
1238
1537

2 2 .4 5
5 9 .2 8
6 8 . 59
7 7 .0 8

505
645
277
282

2 2 .0 0
59. 77
7 0 .0 2
8 7 .8 0

239
3 53
381
528

1 8 .8 9
4 9. 87
5 8 .2 0
6 2 .0 7

456
594
374
463

2 3 .0 0
5 8 .4 3
7 5 .8 3
77. 79

222
435
206
264

2 6 .2 7
6 7 .4 0
7 2 .3 9
9 4 .4 4

1035
1445
665
894

2 1 .6 3
6 1 .0 1
62. 86
7 1 .8 3

363
461
174
164

2 2 .2 2
6 1 .4 2
6 7 .9 9
8 1 .9 8

213
224
198
309

1 7 .0 4
4 8 .3 6
5 1 .5 2
5 6 .0 8

343
481
236
280

2 1 .6 1
6 1 .0 8
6 3 .9 9
7 7 .2 1

116
279
57
141

2 8 .2 6
7 0 .5 4
80. 55
83. 98

5057
6396
3054
2085

2 0 .2 2
5 8 .2 0
60. 90
7 0 .2 4

1428
1894
829
366

2 1 .6 5
5 9 .2 4
6 7 .7 4
8 4 .9 0

1102
1197
1046
913

1 5 .6 5
5 1 .2 2
4 9 . 68
6 0 .0 1

1873
2170
917
569

2 0 .4 5
5 8 .2 3
6 3 .5 7
7 2 .2 2

654
1135
262
237

2 4 .0 9
6 3 .7 6
7 4 .3 5
8 1 .8 3

A ll se g m e n ts o f r e t a il t r a d e , e x c e p t eatin g and d rin k in g p l a c e s , w e r e in clu d e d .
F o r d efin itio n s o f t e r m s u s e d in this ta b le , s e e a p p e n d ix B .

B e c a u s e o f rou n d in g , su m s o f in d ivid u a l ite m s do not
n e c e s s a r il y eq u a l t o ta ls .

72
Table 13: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
BUILDING MATERIALS AND FARM EQUIPMENT DEALERS: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS

(Number of employees in hundreds)
United States
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

Hours
1
to
34

Under 50

23

1

70 end u n d er 75

13
18
30
44
49

3
3
3
12
8

105
92
83
101
61

worked in week
35
48
41
or
to
to
47
40
3

Total

Hours
1
to
34

worked in week
35
41
48
to
to
or
40
47

2

6

12

2
8
11
1

9
3
9
7

10 1
5
16
11
33

26
20
12
20
3

28
10
24
10
5

16
14
18
25
26

497
123
209
129
157

146
3
11
9
8

96
17
45
17
15

100
29
58
31
30

360
150
218
151
163

67
5
22
12
7

84
22
38
30
18

428
234
257
185
111

57
20
20
7

2

2
5
1

2
4
1

35
49
29
47
27

11
9
11

8
5
4
2

153
74,
95
71
104

58
11
35
19
20

31

12
3

2

6

6
6

73
47
69
45
48

136
75
90
62
88

77
35
47
32
19

u

92
44
56
56
22

103
75
93
59
49

176
95
85
63
36

223
144
151
93
37

19
11
9
4
2

77
48
71
40
13

71
55
40
22
10

75
35
32
28
18

7
1
7
3
2

30
12
14
21
8

117

11

Number of employees (in hundreda)__

4944

Average hourly earnings (dollars)__

1 • 50

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

__

75 and un de r 80
8 0 a n d u n d e r 85

-----------

85 and under 90

1 05 a n d u n d e r 1 1 0

125
130
135
140

and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under

---

130
-------1 35
-----------------140 -----145

1 5 0 a n d u n d e r 160

1 8 0 a n d u n d e r 1 90
190 and u n d e r 200
2 00 and u n d e r 210 _
210 a n d u n d e r 220 _

------

240 an d u n d e r 250
2 5 0 an d u n d e r 2 6 0
2 7 0 an d u n d e r 2 8 0

_
_

2 9 0 an d u n d e r 3 0 0

6

2

5
1

2
2

3
2
3

Total

7

8

6
2
8
4

3
7

1

2
4
9
1

9
2
12
7
15

.26

8
6

57
47
41
50
24

9
7
3
3
2

24
4
11
5
3

13
8
10
20
11

12
28
17
23
8

32
30
30
35
24

7
7
5
9
1

51

41

1
1
1
1

1
2

4
5
6
5
6

2
21
6

6

229
53
89
56
46

22
2
3
4
2

21
p
7
6
1

12
10
21
5
4

22
14
16
16
12

100
64
58
7-3
31

18
4
7

20
11
73
24
7

31
25
20
20
17

57
30
32
27
11

66
29
30

6
1
4

23
13
1C

14
10

1

25
13
13
6
5

13
9
6
3
6

24
13
4
3
1

20
6
9
10
3

1
1
3
1

64

21

21

17

585

115 2

1298

1900

1 .3 2

1 .7 2

1 .5 4

1 .4 0

i

2

5
4

3

14

Total

4

3

3
1
1
2

1
3
4
2
18

3

3
5
8
4
1

2
2
5
4
10

20
17
12
18
12

5
6
1
10
3

2
2

6

West

worked in week
41
45
35
to
to
or
40
47

1
2

Hours worked in week
1 T T "
41
45
to
to
to
or
34
40
47 more

3

1

1
2
1

1
1

1

61
16
30
20
12

76
32
37
29
26

173
52
80
43
81

52
2
5
1
1

37
5
18
6
4

31
7
21
5
10

53
38
36
31
66

37
7
5
11
10

12
1
1

6

19
5
6

113
46
64
34
50

7
1
6
2

37
5
19
6
10

32
18
17
16
19

38
22
23
10
20

138
60
91
68
73

20
1
10
3
2

23
5
7
11
6

22
17
28
22
19

73
36
46
32
45

3?
Q

18
1
3
3
3

3
3
5
7
1

31
24
17
25
5

89
40
62
20
14

5
2
1

25
9
12
7
3

34
14
39
11
8

25
16
9
2
3

185
97
99
65
46

27
12
9
2
1

35
15
20
16
7

28
22
20
20
14

95
47
49
26
24

54
33
38
27
20

7
2
3
1
1

13
1
3
2
1

24
9
10

2

8
1
5

6
8
4

7
1
1

89
72
60
45
13

8

30
17
28
13
4

30
24
1?
‘10
2

2?
24
17
20
6

44
34
5-1
34
12

3
A
2
1

3
2
1
2

9
4
2
6
2

1
2

2
1
1

5
1

25
14
15
4
5

3
4
4
1
4

15
7
2
1

21
11
6

3

4

6
4
5
2
1

a

8

6

1

2

4
2

1

7

4

5

7

950

158

245

265

278

139 8

1 .6 5

1 .3 8

1 .8 3

1 .6 9

1 .5 4 j 1 .2 3

2

1

6
1

6

3
2
1
1

16
17
21

1
2
1
1
1

6

3
2
1

10

11
1
5
7
2

1

Total

Hours
1^
to
34

2

13

6

4

North Central

Hours worked in week
41
45
35
1
to
to
to
or
47
34
40

10
11
19
25
21

4

10

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




South

Northeast

2
3
1

4
1
1
1
2

14
2
1
5

7
■?
3
?
6

3
3
5
4
11

12
9
11
9
5

10
14
14
8
10

25
8
10
10
4

14
17
25
21
4

12
10
14
7
3

15
4
11
5
4

4
2
1
1
2

1
3
1

1
2

1?
5
4
6
4

1

3
2
5
2

6

1

1

4

2

42

3

23

7

8

51

7

33

6

6

115

301

45 8

525

19 5 0

223

37?

421

9 29

646

89

?3 4

154

168

1 .0 8

1 .2 9

1 . 1 5 j' 1 . 5 2

1 .3 4

1*7 4

1 .5 9

1 .4 5 ’ 1 . 9 0

1 .6 3

2 .1 2

1 .3 1

1 .8 8

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

lt7 1

73
Table 14:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hotyrly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS

____________(Number of employees in hundreds)
United States
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

North Central

Hours worked in week
35
48
41
to
or
to

...IQ

Total

-1 L.

.l i —

ifl— _1L.

20 4

101

16

36

50

8

3

1

4

318
237
422
455
397

183
93
184
214
170

26
23
55
78
77

42
69
102
111
103

67
53
82
51
47

22
22
49
66
86

15
13
33
40
54

4
3
8
15
16

3
6
7
11
14

807
620
735
635
438

385
227
263
214
119

220
218
315
285
226

146
127
123
92
71

55
47
33
45
20

202
169
227
181
119

117
84
105
74
40

55
60
91
85
66

1 36 9
635
681
501
4 60

549
165
184
121
118

596
356
382
291
253

131
83
75
62
60

95
29
40
26
27

388
174
168
113
114

169
56
49
34
34

170
96
96
65
61

560
363
361
300
235

144
67
60
49
41

312
227
223
184
141

57
44
45
43
35

45
25
34
24
19

140
97
94
85
78

37
20

515
382
302
244
165

87
46
32
26
11

308
228
188
144
95

64
60
54
48
36

55
47
28
27
20

144
115
92
66
41

171
124
107
79
51

17
5
8
5
3

99
72
63
50
32

36
34
23
17
12

21
12
15
5
4

59
46
30
31
21

7
3
1
1
2

34
30
22
20
13

10
7
6
5
4

153

10

112

Number of employees (inhundreds)__

13213

3915

Average hourly earnings (dollars)___

1*20

.9 9

50
55
60
65

and
and
and
and

nndar
u n d er
under
under

55
----60 _
65 _ ,
.................
70 .
_ ...

70 and under 75

85 and under 90
90 and under 95
9 5 and u n d er 1 0 0

--------

1 2 0 and u n d e r 1 2 5

1 3 5 and u n d e r 1 4 0 .....
1 4 0 and u n d e r 1 45
1 4 5 and u n d e r 1 5 0

_ _

.

_
.
...

_
.. _

-----

1 5 0 an d u n d e r 1 60

170 and under 180
1 8 0 an d tinder 1 90

2 1 0 and u n d e r 2 2 0 __

---------

250 and under 260 .

2 9 0 and u n d e r 3 0 0
3 0 0 and o v e r

_ ------

....

Hours worked in week
Hours worked in week
Total
- 5 5 “ —51 “ 55
41
48
1 “ 55“
to
to
to
or
to
or
to
■ ■ ll„ 1ft,
17... m aiJL.
JS2SS.

Total

13

30

48

8

3

254
180
268
241
168

14"
65
87
94
38

7"
18
39
44
33

3 C'
49
70
66
63

63
49
73
36
34

33
32
97
138
127

22
14
59
77
75

1
2
7
18
25

8
14
24
33
24

1
3
7
9
3

o
3
8
10
16

f
]
5
3
?

21
26
14
11

2
4
4
8
2

276
193
199
159
111

86
37
42
32
16

95
71
92
70
56

58
56
46
33
28

36
29
19
24
11

280
208
247
220
153

152
85
84
80
48

62
70
111
90
70

54
41
45
39
78

12
12
7
11
6

49
50
62
75
55

31
17
16
10
12

19
5
7
4
6

293
150
145
109
87

81
21
19
11
12

140
83
86
61
47

40
34
25
25
18

33
12
14
11
9

48 4
220
248
191
17°

213
67
81
53
49

193
124
133
1 13
1 00

45
21
23
21
23

33
7
11
4
7

704
91
1 20
88
80

81
5Q
60
56
54

10
11
10
10
9

12
7
9
6
6

102
69
63
47
37

16
8
4
4
3

58
42
37
23
18

20
14
15
14
1]

8
5
7
6
5

198

56

76

25
24
21
17

1 1.0
76

1o

123
131

64
47

14
16
15
17

14
8
11
7
5

•?7

84

14
11
7
2

73
61
43
28

16
13
13
11
7

17 '
15
8
6
3

84
64
46
44
23

6
3
2
3
1

46
37
25
24
11

18
17
14
15
8

14
7
5
3
2

176
129
104
81
66

37
19
12
P
4

10 5
69
62
48
35

21
21
18
13
16

42
33
20
20
11

5
1
1
1
1

27
20
13
14
6

6
8
4
4
3

5
3
2
1

29
18
17
15
9

3
1
2

15
11
1.0
10
6

7
5
3
2
2

4
1
2
1
1

67
49
46
30
20

6

40
28
24
17
13

7
5
1
4
1

13
9
7
7
4

1

12
10
6
5
5

1

2
2
1
2
2

3
1

1

23
16
10
10
8

u

1

6
7
5
3
2

2
1
1
1

21

11

37

58

5

6014

2094

1 17 7

1 .3 1

1 .1 4

1 .1 3 '

76
13
11

27

1

10o

7
3
3
1

1
1
3

1

7
1
9

1
7

6
7

30

8

21
32
78
15

17
21
40
34

7
9
6
6
4

2
3
2
1

86
71
35
23
73

93
c3
67
5?
45

15
11
11
6
7

10
5
8
7
5

120
74
73
60
44

37
14
16
11
10

63
50
46
41
27

p
P
A
4
p

11
5
7
5
3

13
19
11
11
11

111
74
60
53
35

17
10
7
8

73
40
79
21

9
9
9
9
5

11
6
4
7
4

15
13
13
8
4

7
6
7
2
2

33
24
24
14
11

3

17
13
16
9
7

8
p
3
3
3

5
7
4
1
1

13

3

1o

2
1

11
11
7
9
4

1
1

7
6

7
2
1
1

6
6
5
5
3

3
7
7
1

2
7
1
3

43

8

26

7

14

4

5

80

*
1
?
1
1

1

49

5

o

2

7
5
5
2

1
1
1
1

1

7

28

5

2

32

1

27

4

1

326 3

1090

162 7

37 6

168

3757

936

1391

849

578

43 9 4

1411

202 0

680

276

1 79 9

478

976

1 89

1 55

1 .2 5

1 .0 1

1 .3 2

1 .2 4

1 .4 0

1 .0 1

.8 0

1 .1 8

.9 9

• 85

1 .2 6

1 .0 3

1 .3 4

1 .2 0

1 .3 5

r1 . 3 8

1 .1 6

1 .4 1

1 .4 7

1 .4 4

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




Hours worked in week
47“
1
“ 55“ — n
to
or
to
to
47
JL4_ 40

Hours worked in week
“481
35
41
to
to
to

7

1

3

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

74

Table

14- 1:

Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
DEPARTMENT STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS

United States
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50

Total

.

Northeast

Hours worked in week
35
48
1
41
or
to
to
to
34
47
19

Total

Hours
1
to
34

South

worked in week
35
41
48
to
to
or
40
47

17

7

12

2

3

1

15
11
20
23
16

9
8
18
23
16

10
12
29
22
26

3
4
4
5
5

5
4
21
29
32

3
1
11
9
12

1
1
3
6
9

1
2
5
13
10

31
1

1
1

1

33
18
29
24
12

59
48
68
60
47

27
32
32
17
18

8
6
6
4
4

88
79
122
126
97

45
35
53
54
37

24
28
51
54
47

17
13
15
15
11

3
2
3
2
2

6
12
16
25
20

4
4
8
11
6

1
7
5
12
13

1
1
2
1
1

1

2
1

128
103
136
105
82

10
1"
10
6
9

4
2
2
2
2

206
107
105
83
66

5e
16
16
10
11

114
68
71
53
40

25
18
14
18
12

8
4
4
3
3

334
166
189
145
130

167
55
62
41
37

135
96
108
91
77

25
12
15
10
12

8
3
5
3
5

119
52
76
57
60

49
15
24
16
19

61
31
46
35
35

6
4
4
3
4

3
2
2
3
3

62
48
49
44
41

6
8
■7
7
6

3
1
2
2
2

72
45
45
31
24

10
5
3
3
3

48
29
30
17
13

10
9
9
8
6

4
2
3
3
2

139
91
95
69
50

37
18
17
13
11

84
60
65
43
29

12
S
9
8
8

6
4
4
5
3

82
55
54
46
34

28
12
12
3
8

47
38
37
32
23

4
3
3
2
2

4
1
2
3
1

18
11
6
A
2

62
58
49
32
23

12
10
10
7
6

7
5
4
3
2

57
50
36
36
18

4
2
2
1
1

36
32
20
22
10

12
12
11
10
7

5
3
3
2
1

119
85
72
59
44

22
13
8
6
3

75
49
44
35
25

14
14
12
11
11

7
9
7
7
5

78
57
44
38
27

14
7
5
4
4

53
38
29
23
16

6
8
7
7
5

5
3
2
4
3

37
26
16
14
9

3
1
1
1
1

22
17
11
10
6

5
6
3
3
2

2

21
16
14
12
8

2
1

12
11
9
9
5

6
4
3
2
2

1
1
1

52
39
38
25
18

5
2
2
2
1

31
22
19
15
12

11
10
12
6
3

5
5
4
2
1

25
20
18
12
9

2
1
1

13
10
12
8
6

7
7
3
3
2

3
1
2

1

8
6
5
5
2

2
1
1
1
1

11
9
6
5
4

1

5
7
4
3
2

2
2
1
1
2

3

1
1
1
1
1

12
10
7
7
5

3
2
2
1
1

2
1

10
9
6
6
3

1

5
6
4
4
3

2
2
1
1

1
1
1

1

19
14
10
9
8

22

2

14

4

2

7

13

2

1

11
15
35
38
40

3
4
7

70 and under 75

12
10
22
33
31

6
6

3
-a
5
13
29

1
1
2
5
19

2
1
1
4
6

4

75
80
85
90
95

296
266
361
347
276

121
92
128
129
83

114
112
168
170
151

49
52
53
38
35

11
9
10
8
7

74
7?
q7
9?
77

39
35
38
40
28

30
?9
44
44
44

4
6
4
8
5

899
455
498
374
347

390
132
143
96
98

420
267
300
232
202

66
44
43
37
37

23
11
13

2*0
130
128
c-O
91

116
46
41
29
31

11 0
72
75
53
50

395
266
265
210
165

105
53
44
35
30

241
175
181
136
106

32
28
28
25
22

102
75
71
64
37

80
18
12
11
8

354
276

58
33

21

226
177
142

112

44
44
40
35
29

24

220

100
84
68
47
33

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

_

„,.

__

80 _
85 -----00 .
95
100

100 and under 105
105 and under 110
115 and under 120
120 and under 125

130 and under 135
140 and under 145
145 and under 150
150 and under 160
180 and under 190 .
190 and under 200

200 and under 210
210 and under 220
220 and under 230

11
13
17
8

11
13
8

20
16
16

1
1
->

1

1

180

16

122

10

74

130

12
5
4
3
3

29
27

11

101
86

78
60
51
42
29

21

8

14
9

2

30
29

12

9
7
5
4
4

2
1

11
8
6
A
4

7'

34

2

27

4

1

28

1

23

4

1

57

5

42

8

3

63
44

11
9
3

6

Hours worked in week
1
IT" 41
45
to
to
to
or
34
40
47 more

37
35
71
73
62

18
19
13
34
37
47

•
....

Total

West

Hours worked in week
41
45™ Total
to
to
to
or
34
40
47

38

42
45
42
98
116
123

50 and under 55
55 and under 60
60 and under 65

Total

North Central

Hours worked in week
35
48
1
to
to
to
or
more
34
40
47

2
1
1

1

1

51
40
28
26
19

4

141

10

106

20

Number of employees (inhundreds)__

77 67

2030

4297

1082

340

2000

602

1152

186

55

1985

368

1056

447

110

2682

793

1422

343

122

1100

267

667

106

Average hourly earnings (dollar ■)—

1*33

1*10

1.3 7

1.32

1.45j

1.36

1.11

1.39

1.47

1.57

1.17

.95

1.23

1.11

1.16

1.37

1.12

1. 4 1

1.39

1.55

1.5 0

1 .2 6

1.48

1.73

250 and under 260
270 and under 280

300 and over

1
1
1
1

20
19

3

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




1

1

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

53
1.65,

75
Table 14-2: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956

VARIETY STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS

(Number of employees in hundreds)
United States
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

Hours
1
to
34

Northeast

worked in week
35
41
4
or
to
to
47
40

Total

Hours
1
to
34

Under 50

105

65

4

16

20

6

3

50 and under 55

192
133

9

17
42
50
47
53

34

16
19
42
47
52

12
12
30
31
33

72
53
46
34
24

14
13

116

11

215

130
59
105
117

210

112

352
256
261

187
104
108
70
26

221
65 and under 70
70 and under 75
80 and under 85

211
110

95 and under 100

115 and under 120

130 and under 135

250
84
80
54
43

86

58
27
33

96
91
54

3

12

20

3

1

1

1

1

6
8
9

10

7
9
17
20
14

13
35
35
29
29

32
19
36
12
10

14
9
41
71
80

12
6
28
53
58

3
8
9

1
2
8
10
12

1
2
1
1

7
3
4
6
8

4
1
2
3
3

114
76
35

73
46
56
29
8

23
28
39
36
21

20
11
17
8
5

73
45
28
23
12

17
8
3
4
1

24
16
11
6
4

24
17
8
9
6

8
5
5
4
2

136
91
83
73
42

79
34
26
22
9

31
35
37
30
18

24
18
17
14
12

3
4
3
7
2

27
34
36
39
21

18
16
23
15
8

85
29
21
14
14

30
4
4
2
2

39
16
13
8
8

11
7
3
3
2

6

36
7
10
4
5

10

9
2
3
2
1

8
3
2
2
2

9
2
4
1

23
5
5
3
2

36
17
12
9
8

9
5
6
6
4

11
2
2
1
2

51
19
24
18
8

23

2

78
29
25
18
16

3
1
1

9
5

3
2
2
1
1

3
1
2
1
2

8

2

2
1
2
1
1

1
1
1
1

2
2
2

22
8
11

4
1
1
1

12
5
4
3
2

2
2
3
1

4
1
3
1
1

10
6
6
2
3

2

1

3
3
2

1

6
4
2
2

2
2
1
1
1

5
3
2
4
1

1

1

1
1
1

11

86

12

7

21

9

4
7

28
16
15

8

10

5

6

11

3

18

11
2
2
1
2

7

1

5
9
5
7

18
9
12
8
7

33

3

19

2
2
2
1

8
8

16
9

2

4

8

4

2
1

5
2

1
1

3

3

4
2

12
3

6
9
4
3
3

1

7

6

10

2
1
1

.....................-

280 and under 290

1

.1

1
2

6
6
3
9
6
4
4
2

8

1

2
1
1
1

1
2
1

1
250 and under 260
260 and under 270

1

1

1

1

1

1

1
2
2
3

1
2
2
1

2

1

1

4
4
4
4
3
3
1
1
2

1
1

2

6

3

4

2
2

9
7
4
3
3

1

1

2
1

1

1
1

2

1
1

1

1

Total

61

10

1

or

102
40
45
30
18

39
15

6

48

to
47

to
40

Hours worked in week
35
41
48
to
to
to
or
47
34
40

95

21

15

35

to
34

West

Hours worked in week
— j—
41
Total
35
45
to
to
to
or
34
40
47

155
102
134
91
70

29
7

15
13

200 and under 210

88

Hours worked in week

2
5
6

32
17
14

14
16

22
180 and under 190

81

worked in week
48^ Total
55
41
to
to
or
40
47

North Central

3

105
46
40
30

20
145 and under 150

11
27
37
35

South

1

1

5
6

5
3

1

1

1

1
1
3

1

9
9

19
11
21
11
12
11

4
7
4
3
1

2
2
1
1
1

4

3
1
2
1
1

2
3
1
1

4

5
5
3
1
1

2

1
1
2
1
1

3
2
1

1

1
1

1

1

2

1

3045

1243

909

568

318

878

385

318

132

40

925

344

156

239

188

891

374

297

159

60

351

140

138

Average hourly earnings (dollars)___

• 89

• 78

•98

• 83

• 91

• 97

•83

1 .0 4

• 89

1*26

• 72

• 62

•80

.72

•73

• 93

-» 80

•99

.8 9

1.12

;1 .0 2

•94

1 .0 5




2

3

Number of em ployees (inhundreds)__

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

2
1
1
2

30
• 98

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

1 .0 7

76
Table 15:

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

FOOD STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS

(Number of employees in hundreds)
United States
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

Hours
1
to
34

South

Northeast

worked in week
48
35
41
or
to
to
47
40

Total

Hours worked in week
35
48
1
41
or
to
to
to
34
40
47

Total

12

6

3

5

1

16
2
5
5
7

43
24
41
39
59

57
14
97
51
106

5
4
16
15
15

5
3
7
5
14

13
15
24
15
30

8
1
11
4
26

1
1
8
4
19

6

34
16
23
16
15

19
13
16
30
15

44
62
44
79
26

233
140
172
147
70

173
82
90
84
35

18
16
29
31
10

16
9
31
12
13

25
33
23
20
12

65
43
32
21
6

37
34
13
7
2

7
9
7
1

2
2

13
5
10
4
1

115
31
21
18
14

60
18
18
22
11

33
22
32
19
22

108
37
53
37
31

455
125
164
148
124

245
61
68
81
52

84
21
39
30
24

55
21.
28
21
18

70
22
30
16
39

3 50
30
55
31
29

87
15
26
14
14

3?
5
16
8
8

10
4
4
5
4

21
5
8
5
3

128
79
1 07
77
58

27
15
11
8
6

24
8
22
15
8

21
27
26
21
20

56
30
48
32
25

197
117
127
93
111

88
41
28
24
22

38
20
38
26
31

25
37
23
24
31

47
19
38
19
27

1.65
4*
31
25
22

1? V

32
Q
9
13
q

4

Q
?
?
4

R
13
12
4
4

48
48
42
77
29

145
138
77
73
46

19
13
4
3
1

29
43
14
21
10

35
26
24
17
10

63
56
36
31
25

216
216
187
160
115

50
27
18
12
11

58
88
83
55
30

57
59
48
53
47

51
43
38
39
27

88
62
63
76
65

33
13
15
15
13

28
1Q
24
30
35

8
10
11
11
6

19
21
14
19
12

62
36
22
26
13

61
37
13
15
10

57
34
20
12
10

1

22
12
7
4
6

16
11
7
5
2

18
11
6
3
2

144
96
91
10?
73

13
7
6
8
5

36
37
30
34
30

56
26
24
39
15

40
26
21
25
24

80
237
110
52
91.

9
3?
18
o
2

41
127
59
70
68

9
36
13
11
3

20
41
22
14
24

38
24
13
15
5

13
13
6
5
1

7
8
2
3
1

12
7
10
4
4

8
3
5
3
2

3
3
4
1
1

2
1
1

8
2

3«
14
16
11
6

Q
3
6
9
1

15
17
14
9
12

85
29
29
15
5

Q

5*
14
14
7
1

n

4

4
2
2

1

70
41
36
32
19

14
p
7
6
3

14

4

4

13

8

1

3

69

2

28

7

32

27

1

7

2

17

1314

1235

793

686

3275

916

572

562

1225

46 25

1681

1110

875

965

1915

613

709

2C6

387

1.10

1.68

1.65

1.62

1.1 5

.85

1.28

1.12

1.4 6

1.02

1 .6 1

1.58

1.51

1.7 7

1.30

1.93

1.82

1.82

29

58

16

9

2

1

4

24
6
15
12
23

58
40
76
54
97

24
4
27
21
25

12
1
10
17
17

8
1
5
2
5

2
1
3
2
2

2
1
9

640
411
430
426
175

435
231
204
178
63

68
40
86
74
32

49
34
56
56
38

85
105
84
118
42

122
91
108
112
31

103
69
67
65
14

9
8
25
20

7
9
9
12

6

1418
384
507
413
343

778
178
186
187
124

276
65
115
88
67

135
66
88
65
67

230
74
117
74
82

498
121
163
138
111

331
71
71
74
44

693
331
376
310
289

324
93
71
66
46

146
61
109
87
73

75
94
77
78
90

149
84
119
78
81

203
90
111
115
98

727
643
519
504
346

165
74
51
44
32

232
238
186
164
122

150
165
155
127
100

181
168
130
166
93

471
537
332
247
226

40
48
31
18
8

149
264
164
93
123

143
109
76
81
38

229
125
96
75
36

20
8
4
5

137
55
48
36
14

132

3

Number of employees (inhundreds)__ 13846
Average hourly earnings (d o lla r a )-----

1 40

unrinr 1 45

1 8 0 and u n d e r 1 90

2 1 0 and u n d er 2 2 0

_

230 and under 240
240 and under 250
2 5 0 and u n d e r 2 6 0

..... - -----

260 and under 270
2 7 0 and u n d e r 2 8 0

_

__

1.45

164

77

168
59
147
102
112

102
29
80
48
37

6
4
21
10
9

220
137
118
146

8

3
5
7
15
3

68

12?
46
34
22
12

99
21
42
28
24

37
19
24
20
23

31
10
26
16
19

315
108
125
96
79

88
?3
23
28
13

52
24
41
33
25

25
21
26
31
35

38
22
21
23
25

278
227
192
195
120

63
21
14
14
7

117
88
65
58
47

50
70
7?
46
37

139
115
62
57
60

190
170
111
80
52

17
9
7
4
1

50
88
69
35
29

35
28
18
17
3

38
34
24
18
17

6?
48
22
24
8

4
2

57

1*

56

23

45 24

3626

24 36

3263

4031

1.05

1.65

1.55

1.42

'1 .5 6

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




Total

Hours worked in week
35
41
4ft
to
to
or
to
40
47
34

26

23
25
9
42
28
30

135 and under 140

Total

West

Hours worked in week
41
35
48
to
to
to
or
34
40
47

80
36
143
86
164

98
172
45
195
120
179

95 and under 100

North Central

worked in week
41
48
35
to
or
to
40
47
48

207
280
100
328
213
327

.

Hours
1
to
34

1

1

15

1.33

25

4

1

i h

9
f

4

1
2

1
1

7
7
3

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

77
Table

1 5 -1 : Distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by stra igh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, October 1956

GROCERY STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(Number of em ployee# in hundreds^
United States
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Hours worked in week
Total

35
to
40

1
to
34

South

Northeast

41
to
47

Hours w orked in week

48
or

Under 50

170

93

19

13

44

65 and under 70
70 and under 75

229
88
260
178
228

150
41
154
96
115

17
8
33
22
17

5
6
11
8
17

498
290
288
308
121

336
151
145
136
43

45
26
47
38
15

972
279
365
328
240

553
142
138
158
101

526
241
267
233
209

Total

1
to
34

3$
to
40

48
or

41
to
47

N orth Central

Total

35
to
40

1
to
34

46
or

to

41

W est

Hours worked in week

Hours worked in week

to
34

48
or

41
to
47

35
to
40

Total

Hours worked in week
35
to
40

I
to
34

Total

41
to
47

48
or
m ore

7

5

1

137

76

12

10

39

25

12

6

3

4

1

56
32
62
51
79

13
4
14
10
17

o

1
2

2

1

149
54
132
93
102

95
28
77
45
34

6
3
20
7
7

4
2
4
4
7

43
21
32
37
53

63
29
103
71
96

46
12
64
38
61

5
4
11
14
8

1
3
5
4
9

11
10
23
14
19

4
1
11
4
13

1
1
8
4
6

3

5
9
14

3
1
2

38
28
28
40
28

77
85
67
93
36

80
50
60
65
18

66
36
40
41
10

5
5
13
8
2

5
6
3
7
5

3
3
4
8
2

195
121
102
119
53

113
42
29
21
11

22
14
18
10
5

18
11
12
24
13

42
54
43
64
24

179
94
110
115
47

131
57
66
71
21

14
7
14
18
7

14
8
13
8
10

20
23
17
18
10

44
25
16
9
3

26
16
10
3
1

4
2
2
1

1

12
5
3
3

156
33
70
61
43

100
48
70
51
51

164
54
85
59
45

309
92
120
120
81

223
65
59
71
36

48
11
26
21
16

24
9
21
16
19

15
6
13
13
10

252
84
99
79
51

101
30
21
17
13

40
7
11
17
5

25
18
27
17
18

86
29
40
28
15

339
92
116
114
95

192
45
51
64
45

55
11
22
20
19

44
20
19
17
13

49
15
24
14
18

72
11
30
15
13

37
2
7
6
7

13
4
11
3
3

7
1
3
1
1

14
4
8
4
2

260
79
59
54
36

106
44
68
61
55

64
64
57
64
67

96
54
83
53
51

149
64
74
85
63

70
19
20
21
9

37
17
26
26
20

22
18
17
26
23

20
11
11
11
12

96
63
76
53
44

26
14
9
8
5

15
6
12
6
5

18
26
23
17
18

37
17
32
22
16

148
91
96
82
86

67
40
25
21
19

30
16
26
24
24

20
19
16
21
23

31
16
29
16
20

133
23
21
13
16

97
6
5
4
3

24
5
4
5
6

4
1
1
3

8
10
11
4
3

1 0 0 and u n d e r 2 0 0

525
476
367
354
230

124
65
34
33
21

163
189
135
125
88

126
120
112
80
61

111
104
88
118
59

195
171
135
129
82

42
17
8
8
5

00
66
44
36
31

46
57
54
29
24

26
32
29
56
22

103
97
53
48
29

18
13
2
3
1

17
34
9
15
6

32
20
21
14
7

36
30
22
17
15

164
163
131
113
69

40
24
14
11
7

49
76
66
46
24

42
36
28
27
25

34
27
24
29
13

63
45
48
64
50

24
11
10
11
6

17
13
16
28
27

6
7
9
10
5

15
15
13
16
9

20
35
25
10
4

108
177
99
52
47

93
83
50
40
25

84
80
38
32
32

111
75
50
43
22

6
2
4
2
1

32
27
24
16
10

38
22
13
14
7

34
24
9
10
5

43
22
12
6
3

1

230 and under 240
240 and under 250

307
374
210
133
106

17
8
3
2
1

13
8
5
3
1

12
6
4
2
1

90
62
55
48
36

6
4
5
2
2

25
30
21
22
18

34
18
23
17
11

24
11
7
8
6

63
215
93
36
45

7
29
16
6
1

34
112
51
12
18

8
35
9
6
6

14
39
18
12
20

133
50
40
26
12

14
4
3
2

69
18
18
10
4

24
16
10
4
2

28
13
10
9
6

20
17
7

1

8
8
3
2
1

4
4
2
3
1

5
4
6

2
1
2

2
3
3

1

l

59
14
18
11
4

36
5
8
5
1

7
1

1

7
4
4
1
1

5
3
3

1

24
6
5
3
1

11
4
1
1

2

49
15
9
7
3

8
1

3

7
6
3
2
1

12
5
7
5
3

49

2

23

6

18

P

5

2

1

7

4-

3

18

1

9

3

5

16

1

5

1

1322

385

47 9

138

313

1 .8 1

1 .3 8

1 .9 6

1 .8 9

1 .8 1

115 and under 120
120 and under 125
1 2 5 and u n d e r 1 3 0
1 3 0 and u n d e r 1 35

1 45 and u n d e r 1 5 0

......

150 and under 160 _
1 6 0 and u n d e r 1 70 ......

250 and under 260

.. -

270 and under 280
290 and under 300
300 and over

ft

2
1
5

2

Number of em ployees (inhundreds)__

9710

3436

2309

1710

22 56

2571

923

680

553

412

2 5 94

853

370

44 8

924

3223

1275

780

571

607

A verage hourly earnings ( d o l l a r s ) _

1*39

1 *0 4

1 .6 0

1 .5 3

1*3 3 ■ 1 * 5 1

1 .1 0

1 .5 8

1 .6 2

1 .6 4

1 .1 0

.8 4

1 .2 6

1 .3 0

1 .0 5

1 .3 7

1 .0 3

1 .5 6

1 .5 2

1 .3 2

1

________ 11
__________

NOTE:

F or definitions o f term s used in this table, see appendix B .
A b sence o f a colu m n entry indicates le s s than 50 e m p loyees.




B ecause o f rounding, sum s o f individual item s do not
n e c e s s a r ily equal tota ls .

2
1
7
1
3

1

9

78
Table 16:

Distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, October 1956

AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS AND GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(Number of em ployees in hundreds)
United States
H ours w orked in week
Total

tin d e r 5 0

7 5 end u n d er 8 0

--------

.

2 0 0 end under 210

-----

41
to
47

48
or

Total

100

20

3

10

68

2

98
75

29

9
3

2
12

5

122

20

140
159

31

12
8

20

5

3
9
13

57
54
87
94

271
255
181
243
177

78
38
24
26
16

45
10

22
10

33
23
16

37
52
38

1240
237
490
261
246

469
9
74
34
30

137
24
72
23
26

112

6

300

227
26
37
44

109
28
53
39

267

21

20

802
478
509
427
262

120

149

765
292
425

1 8 0 and u n d e r 1 00

35
to
40

1
to
34

388
254
262
135
131

23
29
11
11

14
5
4
4’
2

3

88

115
114
49

42
94
55
29

1
1

1

1

2
2

3
9
6

8

2

9

96

34
19
9
5

16

1

29
5
17
13
7

23
28
26

96
148
51
96
65

113

43
11
21

102

2
12
2^

6

41
13
32
19

89

4

3

8

24
4

53

16

2

1

15

R

2

7

46
70

22

86

6
9

1

6

7

1

8

2

1

9

175
178

4
3
5

4

6

101

6

18

7
7
5

4

4
4

142
99

523
162
251
152
162

270
38
90
51
63

123
3

38
3

24
14

86

22

11

20

425
99
185

5

5
7

18
10

18
36
24
39

229
71

77

31
14
17
10

90
32
49
33
32

167
91
84
74
53

1
2

7

8

32
14
29
17
27

17

11
6

2

1.5
19
23
17
7

61
32
33
31
13

48
45
67
47
34

107
40
40
36
15

154

10

102

5

13
9

27
16

98
87
62

3
1

18
2?
2

22

19
17'

16
28

37

31

66

1

12

10

21

22

28

11
6

6
8

10

44
38
2?
16

11

8

396
257
198
170
109

234
119
145
116
63

18
4

124
96

165
75
62
41
44

87
61
56
23

3

34
36

38
17

19

22
21

10

4

20
12

g

12

6
2

1
1
1

22

101

194

129

86

Number of em ployees (inhundreds)__

10907

1527

1793

23 73

5221

A verage hourly earnings (dollars)___

1* 5 2

1 *1 9

1*76

1*84

9

6
6
8

2
2

1

5
2
2
1

17
29
14
16

2283

340

487

642

822

3453

1*37 jl • 62

1*17

1*78

1.77

1.52

1.25

For definitions of term s used in this tab le, see appendix B .
A bsen ce of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees.

18

52

8

11

1 20

7

1o

0

3

6

43
31
17
14

2

5

10

88

93

87
92
46
36

11
21
11

2

7
3

51
30
31
90
18

25

40

159

330

518

2251

1.34

1.50

1 .2 0

.97

2

6

29
29

356

77

37
15
31
13

39
9
15
4

9

28

28
5
16
14

254
174
158
140
78

5

28

7

105
73
58
43
42

2

29

11

101

19

4

6

9
3

12

76
7

12

1.5
16

22

10

130

11

1.

37

237

5

1

2
4

37
Q
29

52
49
42

R
19

2

3

16
7

110
66

53
76

6

1.4
7

7
3

1

1
2

3

1

1
1

4
3
q

19
29
19
34
27

1

2

15
16

7

1

1

12

19

1.0
11

7
4

48
15
14
13
9

1.8

33

5
2

45
■a
17
2

3

4

95
60
72
54
58

132
42

57

26
5

111

18
15
0

12
8

43
40
53
41
25

120

160
83
108
84
59

53
o
7
2

23
17
36
32
23

56

38

27

10

21

12

7

14

14

107
62
76
45
57

3

26
23

46
30
40

1
2

29
24
30

56
27
24

1
1
1

i0
1n

23
16

96
62
65
34

20

5
6

25
52
2.3

5«
54

6

2

1
1

7

4

1.2
11

3

14

11

23

86

39

1 20

3

40

3345

553

500

786

1 506

jl • 59

1.26

1.72

1.96

1.44

11 .8 2

1.34

2.07

22

24
16

1.8

11
10

9
14

13

9
7
3
3
3

7
55

427
2 .1 1

B ecause of rounding, su m s of individual item s do not
n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls.

64
48
38
26

35
13

9

476

59
35

31
2«
34

10
a

9
4

1.8

21

13
5

12
20

33

6
8

8

10
21

20

?0

3
4
4

20

3
10

1
2

21

8

31

1

2

10

1
11.
2

8

i

3

1 21

21

48
or
m ore

1

162
56
81
62
38

20

41
to
47

4

1
1

7

23
3
15

11

4

1
12

1 88

120

to
34

7

10
8

424
75
163
85
73

227
73

2

35
to
40

Total

or

24

8

Hours worked in week

48

54
43
49

9

2

1

3
3

11

1
1

66

8

1

10

17
34

44

1
1

4
2

6

1

7
4
9
7

6

8

41
to
47

5$
to
40

40

11
6

138
113
170
131
92

52
40
36
32
27

2
6

21

7

74
25
18
25
9

17
24
6
13
18

27
18

67
67

48
38

78
78
6?
92
116
115

4

— j—

to
34

1

126
196
84
141
108

20

Total

2
1
2

7

W est

Hours w orked in week

4ft
or

to
47

1

100

121

1
to
34

6

328
179
232
158
167

85
79
76
42
46

Total

121

1
2

58
104
60
57

102

48^
or

3

17




41
to
47

1

442

N O TE :

35
to
40

North Central

5

3

2

1
to
34

5

162
103
79
79
50

270 and under 280
280 and under 290
290 and under 300

South
Hours worked in week

Hours w orked in week

m oo
m *

A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

N ortheast

12

22

642
1.60

79
Table

16- 1: Distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by stra igh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, October 1956

FRANCHISED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(Number of em ployees in hundreds)
United States
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Hours w orked in week
Total

35
to
40

1
to
34

IT«*W 50

27

2

50 and under 55

23
32
46
51
54

4
1
4
9
5

77
94
78
101
78

140 and under 145
145 and under 150

180 and under 190 .
200 and under 210
210 and under 220
230 and under 240 ................................. 240 and under 250

260 and under 270
280 and under 290

41
to
47

48
or

Total

38
to
40

1
to
34

48
or

41
to
47

Total

41
to
47

55
to
40

1
to
34

Total

1
to
34

35
to
40

46
or

41
to
47

Total

1

1

5

3

1

5
3

5
8
8
13
13

1
4
1
1

3
4
5
4
9

2
1
1
2

3
1
5
4
2

12
3
10
12
15

28
69
27
43
30

20
11
26
28
18

6
2
1

1
2
9
6
4

9
8
11
18
12

3
5
5
5
5

16
2
4
1
2

16
9
27
14
7

69
41
43
25
44

128
32
77
38
31

26

10
4
10
1
4

28
4
21
5
7

65
23
43
31
18

24
13
18
10
11

5

3
1
2

16

1

1
1

3
1
2
1
2

1

4
3
1

17
21
34
36
39

2
1
1

11
4
1
1
2

9
2
11
9
5

14
5
23
24
23

41
83
44
66
47

7
4
6
8
7

2
1

320
116
207
121
123

53
1
9
7
8

49
9
22
7
14

64
27
70
40
27

155
77
104
66
74

58
19
37
28
27

263
165
197
157
146

17
6
3
8
5

49
17
29
26
14

74
48
76
53
48

120
94
87
70
78

42 4
291
341
270
177

29
9
13
4
9

94
64
70
63
34

113
102
155
117
76

287
195
207
123
104

9
4
4
4
2

56
58
60
39
38

139
79
62
61
47

2
2
1-

1

5

2
8
3

1

41
to
47

65
to
40

to
34

7

1

1
1
3
1

2

48
or

Hours worked in week

13
15
29
3X5
34

1

17
21
35
35
45

1
1

W est

Hours w orked in week

14

22

1
10
3
6
3

1

North Central

Hours w orked in week

Hours w orked in week

3

393

300 and over

South

Northeast

48
or

1

2

1

1
1
1
2

1
1
2
1

2
5
4
3
4

6
1
2
2
2

7
6
7
6
4

6
6
8
2
3

1

3
1
1
2
3

2
1
2
2
1

47
74
41
60
48

3
1

3
4
3

13
1
5
2
3

17
2
6
3
6

13
8
15
15
9

15
7
10
8
9

110
52
75
45
54

9

70
35
65
40
39

5
4
2
2

18
7
11
6
7

29
14
28
16
21

17
10
23
16
10

73
58
51
49
34

2

3
2
3
5

13
13
17
13
7

49
43
31
31
27

93
53
53
44
56

7
1
1
6
5

13
4
11
9
3

25
14
18
12
16

47
34
23
18
32

27
19
28
24
17

3
1

10
4
4
6
4

7
7
13
12
4

7
7
10
5
9

188
115
103
85
58

135
92
119
85
47

10

45
29
28
25
12

39
41
60
43
25

40
18
25
15
9

110
73
70
56
38

7
1
1

9
6
7
6
2

23
16
22
19
13

71
48
41
31
22

127
91
106
85
58

10
3
5
2
7

27
20
22
19
8

34
34
49
37
23

57
33
30
27
20

52
35
46
44
34

2
1
1
1

13
7
13
13
12

17
11
24
18
15

20
16
7
12
7

108
91
105
44
37

113
43
40
35
25

76
57
51
23
19

2
1
1
1

14
28
21
6
6

35
20
26
10
9

24
9
4
6
4

58
28
28
22
14

1

10
3
2
1
1

10
8
14
6
4

37
18
12
14
9

92
71
68
43
26

4
2
2
2

12
18
16
10
5

33
37
34
20
14

38
14
16
11
6

61
39
60
35
45

2
1
1
1
2

20
9
21
22
26

25
26
31
8
10

14
2
8
4
6

60
21
16
19
8

48
38
34
29
26

29
16
12
12
12

37
16
9
19
12

19
6
3
8
1

11
7
4
3
7

8
2
2
2
3

17
15
7
10
5

1
1
1
1

5
8
2
5
2

11
5
4
4
3

45
29
25
18
17

1
1
1

19
7
3
3
4

20
16
18
11
11

5
5
3
4
3

40
19
21
14
13

1
1

21
7
9
7
3

12
7
10
5
6

5
4
3
2
3

16

88

184

103

72

27

27

17

69

6

25

35

144

10

21

82

30

108

3

34

50

21

u

6
2

1

1

1
4
1

1

2

3
5
3

2

2

Number of em ployees (in hundreds)__

5 6 76

269

1069

1949

23 70

1326

68

373

552

32-4

1654

45

122

384

1100

1807

128

295

658

724

889

28

279

355

222

A verage hourly earnings ( d o l l a r s ) _

1 .7 2

1 .5 2

1 .9 6

1 .9 3

1 .5 1 , 1 . 8 0

1 .4 1

1 .9 0

1 .8 2

1 .7 3

1 .4 4

1 .3 1

1 .5 8

1 .6 5

1 .3 6

1 .7 7

1 .5 8

1 .9 2

2 .0 5

1 .5 2

2 .0 9

1 .8 5

2 .2 5

2 .1 7

1 .8 4

N O TE :

For definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B .
A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees.




B ecause of rounding, su m s of individual item s do not
n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls.

80
Table

1 6 -2 :

Distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by stra igh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, October 1956

GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(Number of em ployees in hundreds)
United States
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Under 50
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

5 5 __
60
65
70
75

.
------

75 and under 80
85 and under 90
90 and under 95

100
105
110
115
120

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

_

105
110 _
_
115
120
_
1 2 5 -------

-------

125 and under 130 ----130 and under 135

150 and under 160
160 and under 170
180 and under 190 ...
190 and under 200

----

200 and under 210
210 and under 220

2A0 and under 250 _
250
260
270
280

and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290

300 and over _

_

Hours w orked in week

Hours worked in week
Total

_

Number of em ployees (inhundreds)-..
A verage hourly earnings (dollar*)-----

3S
to
40

I
to
34

48
or

41
to
47

Total

66

16

2

5

43

1

23
2
14
16
15'

8
2
7
6
2

1
2

3

2
4

40
32
43
54
62

1
3
5

2
1

1

6
4
15
21
11

73
88
31
59
46

15
11
12
8
8

5
5
7
5
5

4
1
2
1

736
95
188
109
76

366
5
54
24
19

69
12
29
10
3

23
6
14
11

279
71
92
63
55

190
14
39
11
27

101
1
16
2
4

16

412
93
178
110
89

192
16
31
34
17

27
8
12
6
2

20
6
17
5
4

172
63
118
64
66

144
29
29
19
17

69
6
3
4

8
6
1
4

294
118
106
90
51

78
7
9
6
1

41
16
27
22
11

14
6
4
3
4

161
88
63
57
34

84
12
14
24
4

7

11
1
3
5

61
35
21
6
12

4
1

21
14
6
1
3

5

31
19
10
3
9

7

1

2

1

18

11

2120,

744

245

69

1 .3 0

1 .0 9

1 .3 0

1095

453

1*21

1 .0 9

1 .3 7

220
1 .2 1

1 .2 1

5
2
6
6
1

5
5
2
2
2

111
85
52
64
40

27
18
8
4

21
4
9
6
3

8
3
3
2

65
9
17
7
23

207
35
61
50
14

86
1
10
20
2

21
9
11
4

2

64
17
24
11
14

64
21
20
15
14

12
1
2

2
1
3

2

1

60
9
8
18
4

31
10
7
5
20

3

2

5

3
13
5

1

5
2
2
1

35
to
40

I
to
34

48
or

41
to
47

to
34
7

l

9
2
13
3
19

3

2

2
1
8

1

4
3
14
11
9

59
60
21
43
28

31
27
14
31
19

16
8
5
8
4

4
4
1

6

94
25
39
22
12

260
35
63
38
30

145
1
12
1
12

22
3
15
6
2

1
4
1
4

48
15
14
10
11

115
26
52
48
25

63
4
IQ
15
7

8

1

94
57
35
35
11

26
3
4
2

4

25
9
4
1
16
3
13
1

22
11
8
1
8

2
1

4

2
1

2
4

2
3

7
1

11

4

38

38 4

1292

264

121

1 .1 9

1 .3 6

• 98

.9 1

•94

2
1
2
1

Hours worked in week

48
or

41
to
47

37

7
1

1

1

35
to
40

Total

35
30
33
52
51

5

W est

Hours w orked in week

1

6

39 01

2

20
2
11
12
6

1

2
9
2

1

14

60
36
50
71
58

3

4
3
3
2
1

25

58
1

1

1

29
7
15
11
5

1

Total

1
4

56
34
20
22
11

5
2

48
or
m o re

41
to
it

North Centrad

Hours worked in week

1

166
133
81
112
75

NOTE^ For definitions of te r m s used in this table, see appendix B .
A b sen ce of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees.




35
to
40

1
to
34

72
38
65
78
83

6
12
6
2
1

South

Northeast

Total

1
to
34

35
to
40

41
to
47

48
or

6
4
2
9
2
10

1
1
1

1
1

9
18
5
10
11

9
10
3
9
8

8
3

8
3
6
4

86
29
31
26
16

79
11
25
10
5

34
2
16
1
1

10

]

1

3
1

8
1
8
1

37
20
33
30
18

89
17
77
28
33

48
5
16
15
’8

9
1
7

18
6
5
4
2

7
3
2
1

43
45
23
28
9

85
39
50
26
16

42
4
5
1
1

10
9
17
13
9

4
8
3

4

12
2
5

29
11
8
5
3

1

16
6
3
1
1

1

3

1
2
1

2
1
10
2

1
1

7

2
1
1

1

5
2

1
2

1

1
9
1
8
1

1

4
4
2
1
1

2
2
2
1
1

3

4

4

1

5
3
4
5

1
1
1

1
1
1

34
8
5
8
4
23
11
47
13
23
33
25
28
10
5
11
4
4
3
2
2
2

4

6

1

2

80

823

1161

366

133

72

590

70 4

220

130

30

1 .0 8

• 99

1 .2 9

1 .1 3

1 .4 1

1 .2 7

1 .3 1

1 .4 7

1 • 26

1 .7 7

1 .4 4

B ecause of rounding, su m s o f individual ite m s do not
n e c e s s a r ily equal to ta ls .

323
1 .4 4 ,

81
Table

17:

Distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by stra igh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, October 1956

APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(Number of em ployees in hundreds)
North Central

United States
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

35
to

1
to

41,
TTnder 4 0

20

10

17

81
43
108

48
13
56
32
52

8

9
13
9
38
25

126

and
and
and
and
and

under
u n d er
u n d er
u n d er
under

105
1 10
1 15
1 7.0
1 25

....

_

1 25
1 30
1 35
1 40
1 45

and
and
and
and
and

u n d er
u n d er
u nd er
under
under

1 30
135
140
145
1 50

150
160
170
180
100

and
and
and
and
and

under
u n d er
u n d er
u n d er
under

1 60
170
180
1 00
200

200
210
220
230
240

and
and
and
and
and

u n d er
under
under
u n d er
u n d er

210
220
2 3 0 ................
2 4 0 ......... .......... .
250

250
280
270
280
200

and
and
and
and
and

under
u n d er
under
u n d er
u n d er

260
270
280
200
300

. . . ......
. .. ........................ _.

.

..
___
.

16
12

5
4

17

10

12

16
26

32

197
83
119
73
75

82
44
49
38
23

62
16
28
18
14

219
83
62
73

20

110

157
73
82
61
45

29
31

40
15
26
16

122

40
13
15

132

42
30
27
32

53
29
27

21

15

20

21
12

653
204
260
181
156
336
148
160
131

86

31
30
23
24
71
?4
30

88

101

76
67
43

21

32
18

23
25
17

66

20

66

21

59

52
76

100

61
60
50
48

21

13
12

21

66

8

57
45
35

5
7
3

22

13
17

19
15

8
6

49
26

6

27
13
9

17
13

1
1

10

9
5
4
3

6

2

2

7

83

9

41

17

16

33

Number of em ployees (inhundreds)^.

5348

1696

1998

938

716

A verage hourly earnings (dollars)___

1.3 2

1.09

1.40

1.2 9

1.37

12

7
5

2

3

9

17

2
1

7

19

2

8

11

4
3

11

9

3
4
4
10

6

11
20

7
«

20

6

15

7

21

11

25
19

26
15
34
19

117
75
84
62
43

49

131
40
57
40

45

20

3

18

11

20

9

65
33
49
29
33

31

18

12

16

6
10

12
11

2
6

59
31
30
25

14
13

10

6

8

50
26
25

13
7

3

22

8

18

50
41
33
28
18

16

15
11

47
32
24
17
13

4

8

19
13
17
9

4
4

9
10

7

5
7
5

22

18
12
6

10

9
8

8

4
4
3
3

756

267
1.39

1.42

1.50

3

2
6

1
6

15
19

97
54

11

9

6

11

10

4

7
4

12

68

2

21

14

53
48

72
16

8

17
15

71
29
35
24
11

11

9
71

3
5

41
14
26

23

21

16

12

125
14
24
19

75
17

12
12

3

2

237
62
70
53
44

66

4
9
9

11

19

11
10
8

23
7

5
9
5
5
4

13

96
40
39
36
28

33

45
72
17
13

5

12

83
59
47
42

24

21

49

11

21

21

4

17
17

3

10

8
9
6

28
20
20

12

13

12

6

9
5
4

2
2

1
1

3
5

2

1
1
1

14
15

5

8

5

7

1
2

1
2

71
19
33
26
19

35

25

12

3
3
9
4

7

6
6
8
6

11

7
5
5

11

1

8
6
8
11

10

68

29
4
4
3

10

4

6

6

77
28
23
19

4

8

15
13
Q
14
7

10

7
7
7

1

8

1

3

1

IP

1

1
1

1
1

2
1
1

5

11
8

2

25
28
20

3
7
5

17
8
8

4
3

6
6

5
3
5

3
3

1
2

6

3
1
1
1
1

2
2
1

9
4
5

17

6

21

36
23
16

3

60
30
29
31
19

15
3
7

19
9

4

8
6

6
2

3
3

2
1

1
1

3

25

4

11

6

4

10

1519

548

523

284

167

646

173

1 . 4 3 |l . 4 9

1.26

169

1375

359

402

316

292

1 .1 0

.91

1.18

1.07

1 .1 1

1.34

1 .1 0

1.40

1.3 9

1
2
1

2
2
1

2

7

3

2

2

2

3
3

3
3

6

9
5

3
3
5
3
2

6
6

3
5

1

2

3
1

2
1

5

1

2

1
1
1
2

1
1

1
1
1

4

2

3

317

71

88

1 . 4 6 , 1.5 7

1.65

3

1

5

1.60

30
18
13
13
13

2

1

8

1

30
13
27
14
7

1

5
10

16

7
5
4
4

5
3
3

15

3

17

3

6

-49.. -41 -

48
or
m ore

2
6

2

2
1

41
to

1

2
1
1

8
6

8

to

1
1

2
1
1

4
3

616

2

6

3

1.13

1

12

1

2
2

1808

2

8

21

13

6

6

3

4
3
3
3

1

4

3
7

2

5

3

1

9
9

5

8

20

1

2

1

2

3

7

4
16
26
72

12

2

1
1
2

11

4
4

2

1
1

13
12

3
4

10

8

8
11

2
1

13
5

1

5

1
1

6

2

6
6

3

7
4
3
7
3

3

5

10

1 “ T5“
to
34

12

25
14
7
7
4

6

Total

0 4 - -42— -47— jam

47

40
15

8

Hours worked in week

48
or

41
to

to

7
4

37

2

4

”“53

45-

14

1
1
2
2
2

22

to

Hours w orked in week

8

65
35
81
57
72

1

5
■a

“ 4 l"“

40

1
1

1

For definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B .
A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees.




10
11

7

23

N O TE :

23

37
23
24

21

117

20

105
32
24

28
14

21
12

52
33

50
33
46
36
28

108
74
60
52
35

88

3 0 0 and o v e r

4
3'
7
7
16

310
62
63
55
43

105
77
50

48
38

"T5
to

41
to

.44- —IS— 41..

61
48

175

298
195
160
142

5
26
18
17

35
to

44
37
38
38
47

287
185
249
195
165

110

1
to

-4 1 —

-49

59

100

100
1 05
1 10
115
120

48

41
to

Hours worked in week

Hours w orked in week

Hours w orked in week

Because of rounding, su m s of individual item s do not
n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls.

82
Table

17 -1 :

Distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by straight-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, October 1956

MEN’S AND BOYS’CLOTHING STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(Number of em ployees in hundreds)
United States
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Hours worked in week
Total

Under 50
50
55
60
65
70

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

7
55
----60
------6 5 ................................ .
70
75 .... _

Northeast

...

35
to
40

1
to
34
4

1
3
9
5
9

4
2
3

24
18
30
19
18

15
9
15
8
4

97
16
32
20
18

48
or

41
to
47
1

2
2

1

South

Hours w orked in week
Total

1

3

1
to
34

35
to
40

48
or
m o re

41
to
47

Total

1
to
34

_

85
to
40

3

4

1

1

1

2
2

1

1
3
4
2
4
10
7
12
5
7

5
2
3
1
1

3
1
2

1

1
1
4
1

2
2
3
2
3

3
2
2
2
3

8
6
7
6
7

5
3
5
3
2

2
1
1
1

1
1
1
1

1
3

3
3
1
1
1

4
1
2
1
1

32
5
10
9
7

20
1
4
2
1

6
1
2
1
1

4
2
2
3
2

1
1
1
1
1

4
2
3
1
1

13
6
7
6
8

5
2
1
1
2

4
1
1
2
2

1
1
1
1
1

3
2
4
1
1

17
14
9
12
5

4
3
1
2

2

15
7
6
4
3

4
2
1
2

2
3
6
4
5

3
3
2
4
7

6
4
10
7
4

5
3
7
4
1

1
1
1
1

2
1
1

1
1

56
4
8
5
5

20
4
9
4
5

10
6
7
6
4

11
2
7
4
5

37
5
12
5
7

22
2
2
2
2

7
2
3
2
3

3
1
4
1
1

3
1
1

23
5
8
4
3

12
1
1
1
1

5
1
4
1

56
24
26
21
23

23
8
4
3
5

19
5
7
9
6

5
8
5
5
5

10
5
10
4
8

21
10
10
7
7

8
2
2
1
2

9
3
3
3
2

2
4
1
2
1

3
2
4
1
3

10
6
7
5
4

2
3
1
1
1

4

67
43
36
44
28

16
6
4
5
3

16
14
13
17
13

11
10
5
14
7

25
14
14
10
6

29
18
13
18
15

7
2
2
2
2

7
6
6
7
6

5
4
2
5
4

9
7
3
5
3

10
6
7
6
2

2

1

4
2
2
3

9
3
2
3
2

10
9
6
6
2

7
7
2
2
3

10
3
5
2
5

10
7
8
5
6

2

4
3
4
3
2

1
2
1
1
1

4
2
1
1
2

3
3
2
1
2

1

1
2

230 and under 240
240 and under 250

35
21
18
13
14

250
260
270
280
290

15
9
5
4
2

1

8
3
3
1
2

3
1
1
1

3
3
1

6
4
4
3
2

1

4
2
3
1
2

1
1
1
1

1

1
2

14

9

7

14

2

9

2

140 and under 145

150 and under 160
170 and under 180
180 and under 190

_ . ..

200 and under 210
210 and under 220

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

260
270
280
290
300

300 and over

_ _
_
----------

31

1

3

Number of em ployees (inhundreds)__

861

243

A verage hourly earnings (d o lla r s )_ _

1*59

:1 *22

NOTE:

24 6
1 .7 1

1

2
2
1

1
1
1

1
1
1

3
2
1

2

8

1

35
to
40

i
to
34

41
to
47

48
or
m ore

1

1
1
1

1

3
1
2
2
3

5
1
2
2
1

2

1

1

2
2
3
1
1

2
1
3
2
4

12
2
2
3
4

8
1

2
1
1
2
1

1
2

3
4
2
4
3

3
4
1
5
1

8
3
4
1
1

11
5
7
8
6

3
1
1

2
2
3
3
4

2
1
1
3
1

5
2
3
3
1

4
1

5
3
1
1
2

1
1
3

7
4
2
3
3

1
3
2
2

1
1

3

1
1

2

1
1
1

5
1

3

3

2

3

2

1

1

1

1

2

1
1

1
3

1
1

2
1

1

1

7

1

4

1

1

1

168

199

324

98

110

56

64

187

43

47

39

56

249

79

53

57

57

101

23

36

16

22

1*63

1 *6 0

I t 69

lt2 2

1 *8 9

1 *6 8

1#68

1*38

1 .1 4

1 .3 3

1 .5 1

1 .3 9

1*56

1 .2 3

1 .6 4

1 .6 4

1 .6 1

i .7 6

:L .34

1 .8 4

1 .7 8

1 .8 0

For definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B .
A bsen ce of a column, entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees.




1
1
1

Total

1
3

3
2
6
3
2

_

48
or

41
to
47

1
1

2
2
2

4

^ 5
to
40

1
to
34

1

2
2
3

100 and under 105

Total

Hours worked in week

1

1
4

110 and under 115
115 and under 120
120 and under 125 _

W est

Hours worked in week

48
or

41
to
47

1
1
1

85 and under 90
90 and under 95
95 and under 100

North Central

Hours worked in week

B ecause of rounding, su m s o f individual ite m s do not
n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls.

83
Table

1 7 -2 : Distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by stra igh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, October 1956

WOMEN’S READY-TO-WEAR STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(Number of em ployees in hundreds)
United States
Hours w orked in week
Total

35
to
40

to
34

65 and under 70

75
80
85
90
95

and imdnr 8 0
and undnr 85
and under 9 0

_
_ _
_
... -----and u n d e r 9 5 _
...... .
and im d e r 1 00

1 45 and u n d e r 1 50

150 and under 160 _

1 9 0 and u n d e r 2 0 0

2 1 0 and u n d e r 2 2 0

--------

....

220 and under 250
240 and under 250

6

7

8

8

1

19
5
13
13
19

3
2
12
13
8

7
7
6
16
13

2
3
3
3
5

3
2
4
4
10

2
1
2
1
6

2
1
1

120
88
117
69

67
34
51
34
18

24
23
43
31
22

26
17
18
18
23

5
11
4
4
4

25
25
37
35
26

17
14
21
17
10

250
98
105
80
67

118
27
29
24
16

82
47
48
35
41

31
21
20
17
10

19
4
7
3
2

87
42
40
33
34

130
61
69
95
90

40
12
12
8
11

73
35
40
28
21

9
10
5
8
6

8

3
6
2
2

99
57
99
32
20

24
10
9
3
2

49
38
30
20
11

14
6
6
7
3

21
11
9
6
5

2
1

14
9
7
4
2

1
1
2

18

5
3
3
2
2
3

19 69

630

848

A verage hourly earnings (d o lla r s )_ _

I s 19

1 *0 6

1 .3 0

1
to
34

41
to
47

35
to
40

46
or

Total

41^
to
47

35
to
40

to
34

46
or

Total

41
to
47

55
to
40

to
34

48
or
m ore

4

7

8

8

2

2

1
2

16
3
8
7
7

2
2
9
6
6

7
6
5
14
9

2
3
2
1
3

2
1
6
14
11

1
1
3
5
6

1
6
1

1
1
2

1
2
2

4
7
13
13
11

4
3
3
4
4

1
1

57
35
37
25
17

23
7
9
5
3

15
9
15
9
5

15
11
10
10
6

4
7
3
2
3

36
27
39
21
22

26
13
19
9
3

5
7
14
8
5

6
3
4
3
13

1
3
1
1

2
1
4
5
4

2
3
2

1
1
1

1
1

38
14
11
11
9

27
18
20
13
19

17
8
5
8
5

5
2
3
1
1

34
15
22
13
8

10
3
4
1
1

14
8
9
6
6

5
4
7
4
2

5
1
2
1

93
29
28
21
15

53
6
10
8
4

28
14
12
10
9

8
8
5
2
2

4
1
1

36
12
15
13
10

17
4
4
4
2

13
7
7
6
7

1
1
3
3
1

5

50
29
27
20
22

16
7
6
4
7

27
17
18
13
11

5
4
2
3
4

2
1
1

12
7
6
4
5

4

6
3
3
2
3

1
2
1
1
1

1
1
2

38
14
15
12
6

13
3
3
2
2

22
8
8
6
3

2
2
1
4
1

1
1
2

30
11
16
9
7

7
2
3
1
2

18
7
11
7
4

1
2
1

4

7
4
2
2
1

34
26
19
13
8

7
5
3
2
1

20
18
13
9
5

5
2
2
2
1

2
1

9
3
3
2
3

1
1
2
1

1
1

28
15
17
11
5

10
4
3
1
1

10
9
10
6
2

5
2
2
4
1

3
1
1

21
11
6
5
3

7
1
1

10
8
4
3
1

3
1

1
1
1
1

1

10
4
5
2
3

1

6
3
4
2
2

1

1

1
1

3
4
1
1

3
2
2
2
1
9

2

1

1

1

6

1

128

699

234

332

09

la 16

1 a 30

1 a 11

1 *3 9

For definitions of term s used in this table, see appendix B .
A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees.

1

1

1

2
2
2
2
1

339
la

Total

48
or

W est
Hours worked in week

27

1
1

1

41
to
47

North Central
Hours worked in week

28
14
24
27
24

1

11

Number of em ployees (inhundreds)__




1
to
34

33
17
39
95
96

7
9
5
9
2

NOTE:

Total

48
or

41
to
47

30

86

South
Hours worked in week

Hours w orked in week
m oo

A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Northeast

1

11
5
7
3
4

2

1

3
1
1
1
1

3
1
1

5
5
2
2
1

1

1

2
1
1
1

1
1
1

1

1.

1

i

1

3
1
1
1

1
1

2
1
1

1
1
1

la

2

3

1

99

26

483

118

172

24

1 a 41

#96

a

84

1#07

135

54

551

89

#93

1 a 20

a

1

2

4

214

220

84

28

07

la 2 8

1 a 17

la !8

la

37

1
1
1

1

1
1

236
la

1
1
1

2
1
1
1

1
1

1

la

2

1

64

124

21

20

23

1#41

1 a33

1#40

B ecause of rounding, su m s of individual ite m s do not
n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls .

84
Table

1 7 -3 :

Distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by stra igh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours w orked in w eek, October 1956
SHOE STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(Number of em ployees in hundreds)

United States
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

Undnr 50 ______

Hours worked in week
Total

35
to
40

I
to
34

.

10

4

_

9
4
15
11
22

9
3
11
6
14

85 and under 90
_
90 and under 95
95 and under 100 _ .

46
27
36
28
25

34
17
17
15
7

100
105
110
115
120

99
32
37
30
29

56
11
13
14
12

50 and under 55
55 and under 60 _
60 and under 65
70 and under 75

....

.... .

75 and under 80

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

105 _
110
115
17.0 .....
125

130 and under 135

-----

140 and under 145 -------

170 and under 180

_ -----

190 and under 2 0 0 ____________________

250 and under 260

300 and over

....

------

.........

Number of em ployees (inhundreds)__
A verage hourly earnings (dollars)___

NOTE:

Hours w orked in week

48
or

41
to
47
4

Total

35
to
40

1
to
34

2

5

3

2
2

3
2
5

1
2
1
2
7

1
2
1
1
6

2
2
5
5
4

6
5
6
5
10

3
3
4
3
3

7
9
10
6
7

5
6
5
4
2

19
10
11
8
6

15
8
8
6
5

11
5
5
5
5

26
10
13
8
15

16
4
3
4
6

1

41
to
47
1

48
or

Total

3

1

1
1

6
1
8
2
4.

1
1
3

1
2
2
1
2

1

17
9
14
10
7

12
5
5
4
1

1
1
3
2

5
4
5
3
3

3
2
3
1
2

2
1
2
1
4

18
8
8
9
4

8
2
3
3
1

19
6
6
7
5

17
9
9
7
6

8
8
6
9
7

6
6
7
3
6

20
8
10
9
8

9
2
2
3
1

5
2
4
3
3

3
2
1
3
1

2
2
2
1
3

57
46
45
36
25

20
11
14
10
3

18
18
14
11
9

9
10
10
9
9

11
8
8
8
5

18
13
16
10
8

7
5
6
2
1

6
5
5
4
4

2
2
4
3
2

3
2
2
1
1

11
9
5
4
4

30
17
19
14
11

4
1
2
1

10
5
5
5
5

8
4
6
3
2

8
5
5
5
4

9
7
7
7
6

1
1
1
1

5
2
3
3
4

1
2
1
1
1

2
2
2
2
1

4
3
3
2
2

16
9
5
5
5

3

7
2
2
2

3
4
3

2
4
2

1

5
1
1
2

1
1
1

1
1
1

3
2

2

8
3
2
3
3

15

1

5

3

5

6

1

2

1

971

35 7

238

20 4

169

310

113

1 .5 7

1 .2 0

1 .4 7

1 .1 6

1 .5 9

1 .4 7

1 .5 3

41
to
47

35
to
40

1
to
34

6
1
11
5
9

1

52
28
28
26
22

1

North Central

Hours worked in week

12
8
5
4
5

For definitions of te r m s used in this table, see appendix B .
A b sen ce of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees.




South

Northeast

48
or

Total

94

35
to
40

to
34

Hours worked in week

48
or

41
to
47

Total

41
to
47

to
40

to
34

1

2

1

3
2
4

2
1
3
4
5

2
3
3

1

1

1

3
1
2
1
2

2
2
3
3
3

20
8
10
10
10

16
6
6
6
3

1
1
1
1
1

2
2
2
3
6

1
1

2
1
2
2
1

1
1
1
1

2
3
1
2
1

5
2
3
2

3
2
1
3
1

43
12
14
10
8

23
4
6
5
3

10
3
5
2
2

6
3
2
3
3

5
2
1

12
2
2
3
2

9
1
1
2
2

2

2
1
1
1
2

5
1
1
1
1

2
3
1
1
2

3
2
2
1
1

13
8
8
9
6

4
2
2
2
1

5
4
2
2
1

3
2
3
4
3

1
1
2
1
1

7
4
5
4
3

4
1
1
1
1

2
2
2
1
1

2
1

4
5
1
1

2
2
1
1
2

3
1
3
2
2

17
16
11
9
8

6
4
3
2
2

5
5
3
3
2

5
5
4
3
4

2
3
1
2
1

11
8
13
13
5

5
1
5
5

1

1
1
1
1

2
1
1
2
1

12
5
6
4
2

2

3
2
1
2
1

5
1
3
1
1

2
1
1

5
2
3
1
1

1

1

1
1
1

1
1
1

3
2
1
1
1

1

2

1

1

1

2

1
1

1

2

1 .7 1

W est

Hours worked in week

2
2
2
1
1

48
or
m ore

1
2
1
1

1

1

1

1

1
1

1
1
1

1

1
1
1
1

1

3
3
5
3
3

1
1
2
1

3
2
2
3
1

1
1
1

1

2
1
1
1
1

1
1
1

1
1
1

1

1

1

1
1

3

1

55

48

226

78

38

46

62

309

120

73

86

32

126

46

33

17

27

1 .4 9

1 .7 2

1 .2 7

1 .0 0

1 .3 5

1 .2 9

1 .3 1

1 .4 3

1 .1 1

1 .5 4

1 .4 8

1 .4 9

1 .6 8

1 .3 9

1 .6 4

1 .8 4

1 .7 9

1

5

3

1

B ecause of rounding, su m s of individual item s do not
n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls.

85
Table

18:

Distribution of nonsupervisory em ployees by stra igh t-tim e average hourly earnings and hours worked in w eek, October 1956

FURNITURE. HOME FURNISHINGS. AND APPLIANCE STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS
(Number of em ployees in hundreds)
United States
A verage hourly earnings
(in cents)

50
55
60
65

75
80
85
90
95

and
and
and
and

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under

under
under
under
under
under

Hours worked in week
Total

55
6 0 .....................................
65
70

80
85
00
95 ...
,.
100 ------- __

_ _

105 and under 110
1 10 and under 1 15 _
120 and under 125

130 and under 135
140 and under 145

_

....

---- ___

150 and under 160
170 and under 180
1 80 and under 100

210 and under 220

_

.

230 and under 240
2 4 0 and under 2 5 0

250 and under 260 _
270 and under 280
290 and under 300
300 and over

35
to
40

1
to
34

41
to
47

Total

35^
to
40

1
to
34

49
or

41
to
47

^

Total

3$
to
40

1
to
34

4ft
or

to
47

W est

Hours worked in week

Hours worked in week

Hours w orked in week

48
or

North Central

South

Northeast

Total

41
to
47

35
to
40

to
34

Hours worked in w eek
35
to
40

Total

46
or

to
34

1

22

7

3

3

9

7

5

4
5
10
4
15

1
4
8
2
4

4
1
1

2
4
1
2

2

1

1
2
3
10
2

1

1

6
2
1
4
4

4

2
1
2

15
9
19
18
21

2

1

13
10
12
18
10

6
6
5
1
1

2
3
7
9
4

4
1
1
5
3

8
3
3
2
1

8
3
14
4
6

7
5
9
8
7

15
20
12
19
11

20
14
13
14
9

11
3
3
2
1

4
3
7
3
5

3
2
3
4
1

1
5
1
5
1

3
3
5
2
2

1
1
2

4
3

38
31
38
33
25

80
15
35
28
24

96
15
41
22
22

33
3
8
3
5

38
8
22
10
8

12
2
2
3
3

13
2
9
6
6

121
28
49
35
22

19
2
2
5
3

43
8
14
7
6

14
9
18
9
3

44
10
16
14
10

73
13
51
25
17

39
1
5
5
2

17
7
29
9
6

5
3
11
4
4

17
2
6
7
5

29
7
16
11
13

10

29
20
27
20
15

41
20
31
27
27

54
22
45
22
19

8
4
5
4
1

25
8
21
6
7

11
5
8
8
4

11
5
11
4
7

56
23
30
21
14

6
3
1
1

25
5
10
5
5

10.
8
8
4
3

16
7
11
11
6

54
14
47
27
23

11
2
7
1
3

29
5
26
11
6

6
8
6
5

8
3
5
9
9

47
15
16
13
11

89
62
64
64
26

38
36
43
23
28

79
53
31
40
32

35
62
49
49
29

13
6
7
3
1

31
22
19
23
9

17
15
12
7
8

24
19
11
17
11

38
37
31
24
17

4
1
2

11
14
12
12
4

9
10
11
9
6

14
12
6
4
6

76
41
47
39
30

16
3
3
2
1

25
16
22
17
9

9
8
14
7
12

26
14
8
13
9

18
2
4

57
36
33
28
20

35
15
24
16
11

68
19
19
13
13

59
21
19
15
8

5
1
1

20
10
8
7
4

13
4
3
4
1

15
7
7
4
3

28
11
12
7
8

3

10
5
3
3
4

3
3
5
2
1

12
3
3
2
3

59
27
34
23
15

7
1
1

18
16
15
11
8

9
5
11
7
4

73
42
28
23
21

2
1
1
1
1

45
10
34
11
13

9
9
6
6
5

16
22
6
6
3

27
7
7
6
6

1

2
2
3
1
1

5
4
1
1

10
9
4
3
4

3
1
1

5
4
2
1

16
15
7
7
7

1

2

2
3
1
2
1

1

1
1

18
2
3
4
5

8
5
4
2
3

171

12

83

31

44

40

4

17

5

14

31

14

6

6

66

1

34

31

12

5

3

9

1

18
15
32
22
30

7
2
6
5
6

4
2
13
3
4

1
5
3
11
2

5
5
11
4
18

1
2
4
2
4

1

74
58
68
67
46

26
13
13
5
3

15
10
31
16
15

14
9
13
18
11

17
25
13
28
16

319
63
157
93
74

95
6
17
14
10

108
26
72
33
29

33
16
34
18
11

211
74
138
83
67

34
10
15
7
4

109
26
66
29
21

248
163
152
135
90

A2
11
15
6
5

179
71
83
59
42

1
1
1
1

2

1

5

6
1

48
or
m ore

41
to
47

1

1

1

1
1

1

1
1
3

1
1
1

10
3
7
7
9

2
2
3
2
1

6
1
4
1
3

9
1
2
1

30
8
9
7
3

?
2
2
2
3

6
5
4
3
5

49
23
25
23
14

9
1
3
1
1

22
10
11
12
4

3
3
6
5
2

15
8
6
6
6

25
5
6
4
4

33
12
18
14
11

3
2

9
5
7
7
4

5
3
5
3
5

16
4
3
3
3

2
1
1
3
2

5
8
1
2
2

20
11
10
7
4

16
2
6
5
3

3
3
1
1

1
6
2
2
1

14

16

34

18

6

8

2
1

2

Number of em ployees (in hundr e ds)__

3 3 20

A31

1292

653

943

924

139

386

177

22 7

942

101

276

217

352

949

139

390

182

234

505

52

240

77

130

A verage hourly earnings (d o lla r s )_ _

1*62

1 .2 7

1 .6 9

1 .6 5

1 .5 9

1 .6 7

1 .3 3

1 .6 8

1 .6 7

1 .7 4

1 .3 4

1 .1 4

1 .4 8

1 .3 8

1 .2 6

1 .7 4

1 .2 4

1 .7 5

1 .8 1

1 .7 9

1 .8 6

1 .4 5

1 .8 5

1 .9 7

1 .8 7

N O TE :

For definitions of term s used in this tab le, see appendix B .
A bsence of a colum n entry indicates le s s than 50 em ployees.




B ecause of rounding, su m s o f individual item s do not
n e c e ssa r ily equal to ta ls.

86
Table 18-1: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
FURNITURE AND HOME FURNISHINGS STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS

(Number of employees in hundreds)
United States
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

Under 50

19
14
9
20
15
22

75
80
85
00

anrf
and
and
and

und*r
under
under
under

80
-----85
__
-------- --------00
05 _ -------

100 and under 105

105 and under 110
1 10 and under 115

_. _

_

-----

125 and under 130
130 and under 135
140 and under 145

170 and under 180
180 and under

190

220 and under 230
240 and under 250
250 and under 260 _

300 and over

7

6

2
2
4
2

Total

3

3

5

2
1

3

1
1
1
8
2

5
3
10
3
14

9
7
11
15
8

14
14
10
22
9

8
10
9
13
7

4
6
3
1

1
3
5
5
3

2
1
1
4
2

6

16

1
2
1
4

6

10
1
1
1
1

26

9

6
13
6

48
5
25
16
8

24
1
2
3
1

10
2
13
4
2

3
1
8
4
2

11
1
1
5
3

18
3
8

2

28
6
13
8
9

7
3

29
14
19
11
9

2

12
3

5
7
4
2
2

10
5
9
8
5

29
9
26
18
14

6
1
4

5
3
5
5
3

4
1
3
4
4

21
10
12
10

2

15
2
13
9
4

3

43
25
30
22
18

8
2
1
2
1

14
9
15
10
3

7
5
8
5
9

15
9
6
5

27
15
18
17
9

4
1
1

12
11
8
7
5

5
2
6
7
2

17
2
4
2
3

17
6
10
8
6

3
5
1

111
46
86
54
42

16
2
9
3
3

51
16
39
18
12

19
14
16
16
9

26
12
22
17
16

32
13
29
15
13

3
1
4
2
1

14
7
13
3
4

7
3

8
2
7
3
5

145
98
97
85
53

20
7
8
3
3

54
41
43
41
13

24
21
23
18
18

49
27
22
24
19

55
35
30
31
14

8
3
4
1
1

21
14
13
16
4

12
8
5
4
4

15
9
8
11
6

20
23
19
15
12

2
1
1

109
42
46
37
23

14
2
1

35
23
20
18
10

21
8
14
12
7

40
9
12
7
7

35
13
11
9
4

4
1

14
6

10
2
2
3
1

7
4
3
1
1

19
7
7
4
3

3

34
6
12
6
7

7
7
5
3
4

7
12
5
2

1

14
1
2
2
4

2
1
2

2
2
1
1

3

19
4
5
3
5

5
7
4
1
1

55

20

29

27

12

3

12

24

599

586

82

250

111

1*56 [ 1*65

1.27

112

1*62

6

249

763

428

1 .2 6

1*73

1*63

1*69

1
1
4
1
1

73
18
32
19
15

5

11

1
4
1
3

10
2
5
6
4

22

15

2
2
2
4
1

8
1
1
2
2

22
2
5
1
3

1
1

1

2
3
5
2
3

3
3

6

1

1

1.61

1441

594

is7i; : i .3 3

2
4

6
5
3
3

6
1
2

1

1
1

1
1
2

1

1

1

6

2

8

5
1
3
3
3

1
1
3
2
1

4
1
2
1
3

10
4
7
5
2

2
1
1
2
1

4
4
3
2
2

2
1
2

12
9
8
8
4

2
2
4
4
1

11
3
4
4
4

3

5
3
5
5
2

4
2
2
1
3

6
1
3
2
2

11
2
5
3
2

2
3
1

1
1

7

6

1
2

5
1
1

7
9
7
7
2

5
4

8
6
4
3
4

4
3
1
1
1

2
2
4
1
1

10
2
2
2
1

38
16
18
16
10

3

1
2
1
1

1
3
1

11
9
6
3
6

1

6
3
4
1
1

2
1
1
2
2

2

14
7
8
4
3

1

1
2
2
1
1

5

4

38

1

21

7

8

23

2

10

5

5

566

82

224

121

136

305

29

140

52

79

1 .7 5

1 .2 7

1 .7 9

1 .7 8

1.8 9

1.50

1.91

2.02

1.84

1
1

3

1
1
1
7
2

Hours worked in week
41
i
48
to
to
or
to
40
34
47

1

12
10
9
16
6

63
11
26
14
15

1

2

8
2
1
1

1

5
4
8
7
5

53
10
21
20
19

5
2

4
3
9
3
11

1

26
20
25
25
13

21
9
25
14
7

6

1

1
2
3
1
3
13
10
9
10
5

63
15
36
15
14

6

2

4
3
7
1
1

1

64
4
9

6

5

5
3
1
1

1

15
5

3

Total

5
2
1
3
1

2

6

2

Total

West

Hours worked in week
41
35
48
to
to
to
or
34
40
47

12
6
14
13
14

1
1

1

202
37
91
55
45

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




1

North Central

Hours worked in week
4T ^ 48
35
to
to
or
to
34
40
47

17
11
7
3

Number of employees (inhundreds)__ 2 0 5 1
Average hourly earnings (dollars)___

1

South

Hours worked in week
35
48
Total
41
to
to
or
to
34
40
more
47

48
41
47
49
26

49
27

■

Hours worked in week
41
48
35
to
or
to
to
40
47
34

7
10
19
8
7

23
290 and under 300

Northeast

12

6
6

56

149

144

24 0

1.11

* 1 .5 4

1.37

1.23;

6

1 .8 1 '

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

87
Table 18-2: Distribution of nonsupervisory employees by straight-time average hourly earnings and hours worked in week, October 1956
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND RADIO STORES: UNITED STATES AND REGIONS

(Number of employees in hundreds)
United States
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

55 and under 60
_
60 and under 65
65 and nnder 70 _

Total

85 and under 90 __
90 and under 95
95 and under 100

------

100 and under 105

130
135
140
145

and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under

135
140
145
150

------

_

150 and under 160

230

----

-------

170 and under 180
180 and under 190
190 and under 200 _
210

------

and under 220 _
and under 240

250 and under 260

280 and under 290 _
290 and under 300 --------------

2

1

2

8

2
1
2

7
1
1

25
16
21
18
19

10
2
4
2
1

115
26
66
38
29

_

Total

South

Hours worked in week
35
41
48
to
to
to
or
34
40
47

1

Total

6

3

1
1

3
3
5
4
6

1

4
2
2

2
1
1
4

4
3
2
1
3

3
10
3
7
7

5

3

1

12
7
8

3
6
2

1

2
4
1

32
3
9
9
5

44
10
35
18
16

12
6
9
4
2

28
5
14
8
6

33
5
15
8
7

11
2
3
2
2

16
2
7
5
2

3

3

1

102
29
53
29
24

18
7
6
5
1

59
10
27
10
7

10
5
10
4
5

14
6
9
10
12

22
9
16
7
6

4
3
1
3

11
2
8
2
3

101
65
54
50
37

22
4
5
3

35
21
20
21
13

13
15
20
9
10

30
25
10
16
13

29
?7
19
18
15

5
3
2
2

70
29
35
21
21

4

23
13
16
11
10

13
8
10
4
4

29
10
8
8
5

24
8
8
5
5

1

13
3
2
4
5

1
2
1
2

10
10

8
3
2
3
1

30

11

24
15
5
11
7

260 and under 270

300 and over

5

4

13

70 and under 75

worked in week
35
41
48
to
or
to
40
47

10

6
6

.

Hours
I
to
34

Northeast

61

3

1

6

9

2
1

2

13

15

2

1

1
4

North Central

Hours worked in week
41
35
48
to
to
to
or
40
34
47

1

1
1

2
1
2

2

1
4

2
5
1
2

1
2
1
1
2

3
9
2
4
5

7
4
4
4
4

3
2
1
1
1

16
4
3
6
1

24
8
26
9
9

10

1

2
2

1

3

4
7
2
5

4
1
2

47
10
17
16
7

9
1
1
4
2

16
2
8
4
4

6
3
5
3

3
2
2
1

3
2
4
1
3

28
9
12
10
4

4
3
1
1

13
2
4
4
2

5
2
4
2
1

6
2
2
3
1

11
8
6
7
5

5
6
7
2
4

8
10
3
6
5

18
14
12
10
5

2

4
5
5
4
1

5
4
5
4
2

7
4
3
2
2

8
2
1
1

8
3
3
3
2

9
4
4
3
5

6
3
2
2
3

4
2

5
2

1

4
1
1
2
1
5

1
1

1

1
1

11
11
13
8
12

1

1
3
2

2

7

1
1

3
2
1

7
4
16
5
4

2
2
3

25
5
21
9
9

6
1
3
1
1

6
5
2
1
2

32
16
16
16
12

8
1
2

1
1
1
1

2
1
1
1
2

21
11
16
7
6

3

1
1

4
1

5
6
1
4
2

1
1

1

1

29

14

7

8

1

2

1

1

2
1
1
3

2
3

2
2

2
1
2

1

2

Total

Hours worked in week
55
41
48
to
to
or
to
34
40
47

4

4

2
1

2

1

3

2
2

Total

West

Hours worked in week
35
41
48
to
to
to
or
34
40
47

1

1
1
2
1

2
1
1

1
1

1
1
1

1

1

11
3
8
5
6

2

1

6
1
5
1
3

15
2
13
2
2

1
1
4
1
2

4
1
2
5
5

27
6
4
3
5

4

11
7
7
6
6

2
3
6
2
3

11
5
3
7
3

22
8
7
6
5

7

6
4
8
5
3

3
3
5

9
3
3
3

16
6
7
6
5

2
3

6
4
2
3
1

5

12

8

2

3
2

2
1

1

1

1

5
2
4
4
6

1
1

20
4
2
2

1

3
2

1

2

1
1
1
1
3

9
1
2
4
1

1
2
2
1
1

5
5
2
2
3

4
2
3
2
2

1
2
3
2
2

10
3
1
1
1

4
1
1
i

1
1

3

Number of employees (in hundreds)—

1263

173

525

211

344

337

54

137

57

83

344

42

124

71

108

382

57

166

58

99

200

20

98

25

54

Average hourly earnings (dollars)__

1*63

1 .2 9

1 .6 3

1 .7 1

1 .6 5

1 .7 0

1 .4 3

1 .6 6

1 .7 9

1 .7 7

1 .3 6

1 .1 9

1 .4 0

1 .4 2

1 .3 1

1 .7 2

1 .1 9

1 .7 1

1 .8 7

1 .7 8

1 .8 1

1 .3 7

1 .7 6

1 .8 9

1 .9 i

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




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

88
Table 19:

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

i RETAIL STORES:

UNITED STATES AND REGIONS

(Number of employees in hundreds)
United States
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

Hours worked in week
48
35
41
or
to
to
40
47

1

Total

to
34
Undnr 50

South

Northeast
Hours worked in week
35
48
41
to
to
to
or
34
40
47

1

Total

16

52

21

6

3

1

11

3

2

36
21
60
24
52

35
22
77
59
66

23
6
37
27
27

5
2
13
10
9

2
5
7
11
8

6
8
21
10
22

2
3
5
11
5

2

5

16
21
25
24
28

4
10
2

2

13
9
6
8
8

10
9
4
4
1

176
132
103
103
65

45
28
18
13
6

30
18
32
20
8

41
38
32
37
33

59
48
21
33
17

140
99
101
97
49

78
43
33
38
9

25
17
25
25
7

12
15
23
18
17

26
24
20
16
15

33
26
27
32
9

20
9
12
11
2

6
3
7
7
3

2
2
4
4
1

5
11
3

95
22
42
11
22

43
8
24
8
8

28
9
14
9
12

350
65
79
46
43

88
2
11
9
6

92
14
22
10
5

51
30
25
15
11

118
18

369
74
100
69
77

183
14
22
11
16

89
21
33
13
14

44
19
15
22
13

55
19
30
23
33

159
21
50
23
17

83
6
14
7
5

48
9
14
8
6

6
2
12
6
4

22
4
9
1
2

61
10
12
5
4

55
23
29
22
14

20
13
24
14
11

36
24
33
10
14

96
38
40
28
22

23
3
1
1
1

35
4
9
7
2

15
18
16
11
9

23
13
15
10
9

138
61
83
59
39

51
7
6
4
4

38
17
23
17
9

16
14
26
15
11

33

28
22
15

100
29
36
29
20

38
6
8
4
7

35
11
10
11
8

7
4
5
5
1

20
8
12
8
5

171
106
127
95
43

35
19
7
4

54
47
42
52
13

41
16
38
18
16

41
25
40
21
14

81
47
50
41
28

9
6
4

20
18
13
12
2

24
8
18
15
14

27
15
16
14
11

214
75
86
69
45

55
8
9
5
3

59
32
23
31
13

32
11
19
24
14

35
9
14

88
60
71
47
28

30
12
10
3
1

25
25
38
29
10

15
9
7
6
6

18
14
16
9
11

83
31
30
22
19

86
63
47
30
18

15
4
4
4
1

27
39
25
18
13

19
12
10
3
1

25
9
8
5
3

48
24
22
18
13

8

9
8
3
1
3

13
6
8
11
2

18
9
7

80
44
38
27
18

24
4
4
4
1

22
17
10
12
5

10
15
16
7
7

25
8
7
5
5

37
36
34
18
9

5
3
2
1

13
22
13
8
5

4
5
11
4
1

15
5
8
6

17
8
14
13
5

41
29
13
13
5

41
15
16
17
6

8

3
2
2
2
1

9

26
11

8

6
4

11
4
2
2

20
16
15
7
5

5
1
1

4
4

8
4
8
6
2

25

1

54
19
16
13
9

13
4

1

5
1
1
2
1

7

1
1

21
7
11
9
4

12
7
6
3
2

1
1
3
3
1

101

34

57

71

6

42

8

15

40

4

11

7

19

50

5

25

10

10

61

17

23

9

13

22 17

25 01

1 7 37

2296

24 09

659

860

42 9

461

24 73

443

520

648

855

2692

776

690

507

71 4

1192

339

431

153

266

1 .0 7

1 .4 9

1 .3 7

1 •3 5! 1 . 5 1

1 .0 9

1 .6 2

1 .4 8

1. 6I| 1.12

• 92

1 .1 7

1 .1 6

1. 12;

1 .3 7

1.06

1.45

1.46

1 .3 7

1.60

1.28

1.68

1.70

1 .6 1

6

3

1

21
6
19
21
18

2
2
9
4
5

2
4
7
3
3

3
1
6

451
306
286
311
142

206
99
87
109
20

78
50
86
71
24

68
64
65
67
59

100
94
50
64
36

102
49
55
79
19

63
19
24
47
3

17
12
22
19
6

105
110
115
120

12 10
206
323
182
188

520
28
61
43
36

323
66
111
4?
47

144
59
76
51
36

223
50
74
46
68

332
46
94
44
51

166
6
14
16
9

125 and under 130

505
199
257
167
124

173
26
27
14
16

163
55
71
57
33

58
49
71
45
32

112
67
88
50
43

171
71
98
51
43

554
288
334
252
144

129
45
30
12
4

158
122
116
124
38

112
44
82
63
50

155
78
107
53
50

251
167
141
93
58

52
11
14
9
2

71
86
51
39
26

46
38
45
25
11

290 and under 300

141
61
53
44
23

28
1
2
2
1

52
22
21
16
11

300 and over

222

32

Number of employees (inhundreds)...

8766

Average hourly earnings (dollar

1 .3 6

75 and under 80 _ _
80 and under 85
85 and under 90 _

100
105
110
115

and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under

150 and under 160

....

..

170 and under 180 .

220 and under 230

240 and under 250
250 and under 260 _

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




Hours worked in week
i
^ 5
41
48
to
to
to
or
34
40
47 more

19

10
28
13
41
30
30

. ...
------

Total

15
10
32
12
11

65
47
30
87
36
80

__

1

28

18
20
32
39
38
39

55
60
6 5 __
70 --------75

Hours worked in week
*5
4S^
41
to
to
or
47
40

to
34

36
14
31
22
14

25
22
15
55
26
27

under
under
under
under
under

Total

115

40
80
26
91
80
.61

and
and
and
and
and

1

West

103
66
149
82
107

149
168
104
272
182
208

50
55
60
65
70

North Central

Hours worked in week
35
41
46
to
to
or
to
40
47
34

1

6
2

5

4

6

2

7
3

21
13
21

6
8

6
6
3

5

1
1

2

22

69
24

2

1
1

1
1

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

5

13

3
1

6
4
1

2

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Table 19-1:

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

(Number of employees in hundreds)
United States
Average hourly earnings
(in cents)

Total

Hours worked in week
"48"
35
41
to
to
to
31
Ifl.. - - - .

Hours worked in week
3
48 Total
41
to
to
or
.17
ifiJBfiCfi

T

1

12

Under 50 ________

South

Northeast

95

29

16

11

38

8

5

2

1

North Central
Hours worked in week
41
nr
to
to
to
JD&UL
.41
, IP— ,

Hours worked in week
~T5
4r
41
to
to
to
.,..4.o__
47
n .

1

75

19

14

10

32

Total

Hours worked in week
35
41
48
to
or
to
to
more
__
IS—
-31..

11

1

50
55
60
65
70

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

5 5 __
60 _
65 _
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

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

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

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

2
2
11
2

75
80
85
90
95

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

8 0 __
8 5 __
9 0 __
9 5 __
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

57
31
31
40
12

40
14
18
25
3

8
7
8
7
4

4
5
2
5
4

5
5
2
3
1

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

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

15
20
13
26
5

7
7
5
7

4
3
2
5
2

2
2
3
3

2
8
2
10
2

2
1
10
1

1
1

100
105
110
115
120

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

105
110
115
120
125

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

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

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

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

55
8
18
7
11

26
6
1
5

17
5
5
4
3

3
1
5
1
2

8
2
2
1
1

125
130
135
140
145

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

130
135
140
145
150

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

31
12
19
8
10

12
1
3
2

11
5
8
5
5

4
2
3
1
2

4
4
4
1
2

17
11
5
5
8

6
1

4
1
2
2
2

1
3
1
1
1

6
6
3
1
5

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

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

150
160
170
180
190

and under
and under
and under
and under
and under

160
170
180
190

97
6T
77
64
26

28
14
15
5
2

31
21
29
29
6

14
6
10
11
5

26
22
22
19
14

27
21
14
18
10

9
7
2
1

11
10
5
6
2

3
2
5
2

4
4
5
6
6

14
12
14
10
6

3
2
3

2
1
3
2
2

3
1
1
1

7
8
6
7
4

34
13
18
11
6

9
4
2
1
1

8
3
4
3
1

4
2
5
3
2

14
5
7
4
2

22
15
31
25
4

7
1
8
3
1

10
7
17
ie
l

4
3
2
2
1

1
5
4
2
2

24
3
9
3
1

13
14
12
11
6

10
5
7
3
1

29
11
16
11
10

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

21
5
8
5
6

4

2
2

4
1

3
1
3

1
3
3
1

10
3
4
2
2

11
4
6
3
3

5
2
1
1
1

1

1

23
8
12
4
3

9
1
3

1
1

12
3
4
4
5

2

220 and tinder 230
230 and tinder 240
240 and tinder 250

76
32
43
28
19

3
2
4
1
1

250
260
270
280
290

21
1
2

6
1
7
6
2

18
17
8
9
3

12
9
6
7
1

5
4
4
3

1

3
4
1
4

15
4
3
4
2

8

6
4
2
2
1

20
8
9
7
2

5

3
1
1

4
1
5
4
1

8
6
2
2
1

11
6
6
5
3

4
1
1

6
2
2
2
1

1

1

1

14
6
7
6
2

4

300

58
27
24
23
8

1
1
1

1
3
3
1
1

300 and over ____

80

21

25

12

22

11

1

4

13

4

6

15

2

5

3

4

41

14

12

7

8

Number of employees (inhundreds)__

33 09

1134

797

521

855

747

313

220

100

112

1038

262

196

175

402

1067

419

216

190

248

457

140

165

56

93

Average hourly earnings (dollars)__

1 .2 0

.9 9

1 .3 1

1 .1 8

1 .2 5

1*35

.9 9

1 .4 8

1 .2 6

1 .6 1

• 98

• 88

.9 7

.9 0

1 .0 5

1 .1 9

•95

1 .1 8

1 .2 7

1 .2 8

1 .5 8

1 .3 3

1 .6 7

1 .6 1

1 .6 0

200
200 and under 210
210 and under 220
and tinder
and tinder
and tinder
and tinder
and under

260
270
280

290

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




1

1
5

1

1

4

1
1
3

1

1

1

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




91

Appendix A
Table 1: Percent distribution of nonsupervisory employees in retail trade (except eating and drinking places) within the scope
of the survey and selected industry groups by occupational groups
Retail trade
Building
(except
materials
eating
and farm
and drinking equipment
places)
dealers

Occupational group

General
m er­
chandise
stores

Automotive
dealers and
gasoline
service
stations

Food
stores

Apparel
and
accessories
stores

Furniture
and
household
appliance
stores

M iscel­
laneous
retail
stores

Total employed (excluding managers,
officials, and proprietors)
.. __

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sales workers
_ ... .....
Clerical workers
Professional and technical workers ______
Craftsmen and firemen
Operatives
Service w orkers____________________________
Laborers

48
14
3
10
18
4
4

35
18
2
17
15
1
11

59
21
2
5
6
6
2

52
10

27
12
1
17
36
2
5

59
11
1
11
14
3
1

45
16
1
20
11
2
3

44
12
11
9
13
8
4

( l )

5
26
2
4

Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE:

Because of rounding, sums of individual items do not necessarily equal 100.

Source: 1950 Census of Population, Occupation by industry, Special Report P -E No. lc , table 2.
of the Census.

Table 2:

U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau

Comparison of m ean1 and median 2 straight-time average hourly earnings of nonsupervisory employees in
retail trade by hours worked in week, United States and regions, October 1956
United States

South

Northeast

West

North Central

Hours worked in week
Mean

15 to
35 to 39

. . . . .....................

49 or more

1
2

$1.03
1.08
1.32
1.55
1.50
1.43
1.34

Median
$1.01
1.03
1.19
1.40
1.38
1.33
1.27

Mean
$1.08
1.11
1.41
1.61
1.58
1.55
1.59

Median
$1.03
1.03
1.28
1.52
1.53
1.49
1.50

Mean
$0.80
.91
1.07
1.28
1.21
1.14
1.14

Median
$0.76
.85
1.01
1.13
1.08
1.02
1.04

Mean
$1.07
1.08
1.29
1.55
1.57
1.51
1.43

Median
$1.02
1.03
1.15
1.39
1.45
1.40
1.34

Mean
$1.29
1.28
1.48
1.76
1.86
1.73
1.59

Median
$1.25
1.23
1.31
1.67
1.77
1.60
1.52

Mean average hourly earnings were obtained by dividing total individual weekly earnings by total individual weekly hours worked,
Average hourly earnings above and below which half the workers were found.







93

Appendix B

Scope and Method of Survey

Scope of Survey
The October 1956 survey of employee earnings in retail trade
covered all establishments, excluding eating and drinking places, having
one or more paid employees and primarily engaged in retail trade as
defined in the 1949 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, prepared by the Bureau of the Budget. Retail trade, as de­
fined in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, includes es­
tablishments primarily engaged in selling merchandise for personal,
household, or farm consumption.
Excluded from retail trade are
places of business operated by membership clubs and open only to
their own members, and establishments operated by governmental
agencies.
Survey coverage extended to the 48 States and the District of
Columbia. Data obtained relate to a representative payroll period end­
ing nearest October 15, 1956. Minor deviations from this payroll date
were made for some establishments in order to avoid the inclusion
of holidays (e. g ., Columbus Day) in the payroll period covered.

cordance with line of business, location, and employment size.
The
sample design was such as to permit the publication of data for each
of the major kinds of business groups in retail trade, and for some
specific lines of business. Thus, the sample size for lines of business
shown separately was proportionately larger than for lines of business
not published separately.
The table below indicates the number of
units included in the Bureau's sample according to those groups and
industries for which separate data are published.
The sample used in the retail trade study as a whole was
selected from three different sources:
1.
Large Multiunit Companies.----Current lists of stores and
auxiliary units (such as warehouses and offices) were provided by 110
chains with the largest employment (chains operating a small number
of large urban stores were not included in this group). Units in each
of these lists were stratified by location and employment size. A
systematic sample was then selected in accordance with a set of sam­
pling ratios that varied by line of business.

Sampling and Collection Procedure
The survey was conducted on a sample basis.
Data were
obtained from about 28,000 stores and auxiliary units, selected in ac­




In a few cases, company records for individual employees
were available in groupings broader than store units; in these instances,
a systematic sample of employees in all units was selected.

Number of stores and auxiliary units included in BLS sample of
retail trade by industry group, United States and regions

Industry group

Retail trade (except eating and drinking places)
Building m aterials and farm equipment d e a le r s________
General merchandise stores 1 _ . ....
Department stores
..... __
Variety stores
__
__ ,,,,,,
Food stores 1
___
G rocery stores
. .
Automotive dealers and gasoline service
stations 1
, ____ ______ __
Franchised motor vehicle dealers
Gasoline service stations
_ __
__
Apparel and a c ce sso ries stores 1 _________________________
M en's and boys' clothing stores
W om en's ready-to-w ear stores
_. _
__
Shoe stores
Furniture, home furnishings, and appliance
stores
_
_ __
Furniture and home furnishings stores
........... .
Household appliance and radio stores
_ ..
M iscellaneous retail stores 1
Drug stores and proprietary stores

United
States

Northeast

South

North
Central

2 7 ,9 4 9

8, 306

7 ,0 8 4

8 ,6 2 9

3 ,93 0

1,843
3 ,79 7
1,925
1 ,16 4
9 ,5 7 2
7 ,5 1 3

340
871
520
234
3 ,4 8 2
2 ,7 8 1

398
1 ,2 5 2
459
465
2 ,0 9 2
1,801

857
1 ,0 6 4
603
276
2 ,9 7 8
2 ,2 1 9

248
610
343
189
1 ,0 2 0
712

2 ,9 1 0
902
1 ,48 0
4 ,2 6 8
952
1 ,09 4
1,44 7

521
210
214
1 ,43 5
358
325
535

932
256
488
973
229
264
284

940
278
488
1 ,20 7
221
296
435

517
158
290
653
144
209
193

1 ,80 0
1 ,07 9
721
3 ,7 5 9
1,55 7

470
254
216
1 ,18 7
425

488
320
168
949
435

476
260
216
1 ,1 0 7
437

366
245
121
516
260

1 Includes data for industry groups not shown separately.

West

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The 110 chains in this class were visited by Bureau rep­
resentatives who explained the nature of the sample and the informa­
tion needed. Actual compilation of the data was done by the com­
panies in the bulk of the cases. About 8,000 units were selected from
these large companies.
2. State Unemployment Compensation Insurance Listings.—
The most currently available listings of the State Unemployment In­
surance (UI) agencies provided the basis for selecting the largest
number of sample units.
After units belonging to the large chains referred to on
page 93, and establishments with fewer than eight employees (see
item 3) were excluded, a sample of reporting units was selected in a
systematic fashion from lists arranged by State and line of business.
The sampling ratios varied by line of business and region and in­
creased with employment size— all units of 500 or more employees
were included.
All units thus selected and having 1,000 or more em­
ployees were visited by Bureau representatives. About 1,800 units
were included in this part of the sample. The bulk of the respondents
in this group were large urban department stores which were not con­
sidered as chains in the sampling design, even where a number of
store units were under common ownership.
The remainder of the units selected from unemployment
compensation lists were included in a mail canvass. A sample of
those not replying to two mail requests was visited by Bureau repre­
sentatives. Altogether, about 13,000 stores were covered in this group.
3. Single-Unit Stores With Fewer Than Eight Employees.---Data for single-unit stores with fewer than eight employees were col­
lected by the Bureau of the Census as a supplement to its monthly
survey of retail trade.
Two monthly samples of such stores were
used, totaling about 5,000 stores.
Estimating Procedure
Data for each sampling unit collected, whether store, group
of stores, or individual employee, were weighted in accordance with
the probability of selecting that unit. For instance, where 1 store out
of 10 was selected from a chain, all data from that store were con­
sidered as representing it and 9 other stores.
Thus, each segment
of the retail trade industry was given its appropriate weight in the
total, despite the inclusion of all large stores and only a relatively
small proportion of small stores.
All estimated totals derived from this weighting process were
further adjusted to the employment levels (6,700,000 employees) for
October 1956, as reported in the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly
employment series after excluding eating and drinking places.
The
totals published in this survey differ from those in the monthly series
since the latter include total instead of nonsupervisory employment.




In order to derive these employment levels for the detailed lines of
business regional groups presented in this report, the totals in the
Bureau^ employment series were broken down on the basis of the line
of business regional employment totals found in the 1954 Census of
Business. For fluid milk pasteurizing and home delivery (included in
this study but not in the Census of Business), data from the 1954
Census of Manufacturers were used.
With very few exceptions, the adjustment of the survey totals
to the predesignated totals was confined to that part of the survey
which was collected by mail, or by personal visit to the nonrespondents
thereto. Obviously, lists available from the UI omitted units opened
after the effective date of the lists. Adjustment to predesignated totals
was necessary to keep this sector from being underrepresented in the
total. In the case of the Census sample, the large store sample, and
the chain store sample, the best unbiased estimates of totals were
presumed to be the weighted-up sample totals, there being no problem
of unrepresented business births in these groups.
Problems of Nonresponse
In that part of the survey conducted by mail canvass, the
response rate was about 53 percent. About 30 percent of the remainder
were followed up by personal visit, the ratio varying by kind of busi­
ness. Analysis of the results showed that within each kind of business
regional class, the schedules obtained by personal visit averaged
slightly less in earnings than those replying by mail. Estimates for
the nonrespondent population as made from the field followup, there­
fore, carried larger weights than those received by mail.
In that part of the survey where collection was done by the
Bureau of the Census representatives, less than 5 percent of the stores
within scope of the survey failed to provide usable data. To compen­
sate for the loss of these schedules, their weight was assigned to usable
schedules in the same kind of business in the same or related areas.
In the part of the survey done by mail or personal visit to
the nonrespondents thereto, the weight of unusable schedules and of
refusals was imputed to the whole of this subuniverse. This was car­
ried out in the process of adjusting to the predetermined totals for
the regional kind of business groups.
The problems of response and unusable data were almost non­
existent in the large store and large chain samples.
Criteria for Publication of Estimates
Since the survey was done on a sample basis, the results of
this survey differ from those that would have been obtained by a com­
plete canvass of all retail activities.
These differences maybe sub­
stantial in those instances where the sample was small; it has not
been possible, therefore, to present distributions and averages for
all cases.

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The following general criteria have been followed:
1.
No distributions are shown for groupings of less than
50 stores; except department stores where the sample covered most
of the large stores in the universe.
2.
No data of any kind are shown for situations with less
than 30 stores.
3.
No published segment, regardless of number of stores
involved, contains data from fewer than 10 distinct em ployers.

Department Stores (industry 531) .— These stores carry a gen­
eral line of apparel and home furnishings in addition to other lines of
merchandise, normally arranged in separate sections or departments.
Establishments included in this industry typically employ 25 or more
p erso n s.
Variety Stores (Industry 533) .---- These stores are prim arily
engaged in selling a variety of merchandise in the low and popular
price ranges. These stores frequently are known as "5 and 10 cent"
stores and "5 cents to a d o lla r" stores, although merchandise is usually
sold outside these price ranges.

Kind of Business Covered
Food Stores (Major Group 54)
The study was designed to provide separate information for
major retail industry groups as well as for selected specific lines of
business within these broad groups.
Thus, each establishment was
classified according to its major group as well as its specific line of
business. It should be noted that kind of business classifications were
based on the predominant type of retail activity (measured by annual
dollar receipts) in those instances in which m ore than one type of
business activity was carried on by the establishment.
Thus, re ­
spondents to the study were requested to indicate the type of retail
activity accounting for more than half of the establishm ent^ annual
dollar receipts. "N o n sto re" (see definition on page 96) retail establish­
ments were also classified on this basis and are included in their
appropriate groups.
Eating and drinking places were excluded from the study.
Employees of such establishments frequently receive tips and/ or free
m e als. A study of such earnings would have involved techniques dif­
ferent from those employed in this report.
business
follow s.

A brief description of each major group and specific line of
for which separate data are provided in this report is as

Building M aterials and Farm Equipment
Dealers (Major Group 52)
This major group includes retail establishments selling lum ­
b er, building m aterials, and basic lines of hardware. This group also
includes farm equipment dealers. Establishments in the group sell to
contractors as well as to the general public.
General Merchandise Stores (Major Group 53)
This major group includes retail stores which sell a number
of lines of merchandise, such as dry goods, apparel and a c c e sso r ie s,
furniture and home furnishings, small w ares, hardware, and food.
The stores included in this group are known as department stores,
variety stores, dry-goods stores, general stores, etc.
Mail order
houses in the general merchandise field are also included.




This major group includes retail establishments prim arily en­
gaged in selling food for home preparation and consumption. Estab­
lishments prim arily engaged in selling prepared food and drinks for
consumption on their own prem ises are classified as eating and drinking
places and have been excluded from this study. Stores prim arily en­
gaged in selling packaged beers and liquors are classified as "liquor
s to r e s " and included in major group 59, miscellaneous retail stores.
Dairies which processed and bottled milk and cream were
included in this major group if the major portion of their sales was
by route delivery to the homes of consum ers. This is in conformance
with the 1949 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual.
Subsequent action of the Bureau of the Budget has classified these
establishments as manufacturing indu stries, effective January 1958.
Grocery Stores (industry 541) . — Includes retail establishments
prim arily engaged in selling all sorts of foods and gro ceries, with or
without fresh meat.
Automotive Dealers and Gasoline Service
Stations (Major Group 55)
This major group includes retail dealers selling new and used
automobiles and trucks, new parts and a cce sso rie s, and gasoline serv­
ice stations.
Automobile repair shops maintained by establishments
engaged in the sale of new automobiles are also included.
Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealers (industry 551) . — Includes
retail establishments prim arily engaged in selling new automobiles or
new and used automobiles and trucks.
Retail establishments making
no sale of new automobiles or trucks are excluded.
Gasoline Service Stations (industry 554) . ----- Includes gaso­
line service stations prim arily engaged In selling gasoline and lu­
bricating o ils.

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Apparel and A ccessories Stores (Major Group 56)
This major group includes retail stores prim arily engaged in
selling clothing, shoes, hats, underwear, and related articles for
personal wear and adornment. Custom tailors carrying stocks of m a ­
terials and furriers are included in this group. Data for the following
types of stores are presented separately in this bulletin.
M en’ s and B o y s1 Clothing Stores (industry 561) .
Includes
retail stores prim arily engaged in selling m en's and b o y s1 overcoats,
top coats, suits, and work clothing; and retail stores specializing in
the sale of m e n ’s and b o y s’ shirts, hats, underwear, hosiery, gloves,
and other furnishings.
W om en’s Ready-to-W ear Stores (industry 562) .— Includes retail
establishments prim arily engaged in selling wom en’s coats, suits, and
d resses.
Shoe Stores (industry 566) . — Includes
prim arily engaged in selling footwear.

retail

establishments

Furniture, Home Furnishings, and Equipment
Stores (Major Group 57)
This major group includes retail stores prim arily engaged
in selling goods used for furnishing the home, such as furniture, floor
coverings, draperies, glass and chinaware, domestic stoves, refrig ­
erators, and other household electrical and gas appliances, including
radio and television sets. Dealers prim arily engaged in selling second­
hand furniture are classified in major group 59, miscellaneous retail
sto r e s.
Furniture, Home Furnishings, and Appliance Stores (Industry
571) .— Includes all stores prim arily engaged in selling goods used for
furnishing the hom e, such as furniture, floor coverings, draperies,
glass, and chinaware.
Household Appliance and Radio Stores (industry 572). — Includes
all stores prim arily engaged in selling electric and gas refrigera tors,
stoves, radios and television sets, and other household appliances such
as electric irons and vacuum cleaners.
Miscellaneous Retail Stores (Major Group 59)
This major group includes retail stores, not elsewhere c la s­
sified. These stores fall into the following subgroups: Drug stores,
liquor stores, secondhand stores, book and stationery stores, sporting
goods stores and bicycle shops, farm and garden supply stores, jewelry
stores, fuel and ice dealers, and stores prim arily selling at retail
specialized lines of m erchandise, such as flow ers, tobacco, news­
papers and m agazines, m usical instruments, cameras and film , novelty
merchandise and souvenirs, optical and opthalmic goods, luggage, art­
i s t s ’ supplies, orthopedic and artificial lim bs, pets, toys, religious
goods, and monuments and tombstones.




Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores (Industry 591) . — Stores
classified in this group are included on the basis of their usual trade
designation rather than on the more strict interpretation of commodities
handled. Included are establishments prim arily engaged in selling at
retail any combination of such lines of merchandise as prescription
drugs, cosm etics, toiletries, patent m edicines, tobacco, and novelty
merchandise, either with or without the operation of a soda fountain
or lunch counter.

Nonstore Retailers
Nonstore retailers are distinguished by the fact that the cus­
tomer does not make his purchases at the establishment site. Instead,
the purchase is made at the custom er’s house, at the site of another
business establishment, or by mail order.
The three types of retail establishments in which customer
purchases are made in this manner are door-to-door distributors,
operators of merchandise vending machines, and m ail-order houses.
These establishments were classified in one of the major "s t o r e ” type
groups on the basis of the commodities handled.

Definition of Terms
Establishment.---- Data were reported for individual establish­
ments rather than for companies.
An establishment is generally de­
fined as a single physical location where business is conducted. Where
two or more activities were carried on at a single establishment, the
entire establishment was classified on the basis of its major activity
(in term s of sales); all data for such an establishment were included
in that classification. Thus, earnings data for cafeteria employees of
department stores and lunch-counter employees of drug stores were
included, whereas employees of establishments classified as prim arily
eating places were excluded.
When two or more activities were carried on at a single loca­
tion by separate business entities, each entity was treated as an e s ­
tablishment.
Thus, a leased department in a department or clothing
store was treated as a separate establishment and was included in
these tabulations on the basis of its activities rather than as a part
of the store within which it operated.
Data for auxiliary units of retail establishments (such as sepa­
rate warehouses, administrative offices, e tc .) were included in this
report and classified on the basis of the major activity of the retail
establishment serviced.
Nonsupervisory Em ployees.— The term "nonsupervisory em ­
ployees, fT~as—uaeT^ir^bI¥~reporT7~in eludes all full-tim e and part-tim e
employees such as salespersons, shipping and receiving clerks, stock
clerks, lab orers, warehousemen, caretakers, office clerks, d rivers,

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driv er-sa lesm en , installation and repair men, dem onstrators, altera­
tion hands, elevator operators, porters, janitors, and watchmen, and
other employees whose services are closely associated with those of
employees listed above, including working supervisors. Excluded are
officers and principal executives, such as buyers, department heads,
and managers whose work is above the working supervisory lev el.
Earnings Data. ----For purposes of this study, earnings data
relate to straight-tim e earnings, excluding overtime premium pay.
Commission and/or bonus earnings and special sales bonuses (such
as P M ‘s and Stims) paid quarterly or oftener are included. Bonuses
paid le ss frequently than quarterly are excluded.
Individual average hourly earnings for employees not paid by
the hour were obtained by dividing total earnings reported by the num­
ber of hours during the corresponding period.
Individual weekly earnings were obtained by multiplying the
average hourly earnings, computed as above, by the number of hours
worked during the selected week ending nearest October 15, 1956.
Group average hourly earnings published in this report were
obtained by dividing total individual weekly earnings by total individual
weekly hours worked.
Group average weekly earnings were computed by dividing the
sum of the individual weekly earnings by the number of employees
represented in the group total.
Hours Worked in Week. — Individual earnings data are tabulated
in this report according to the number of hours worked by the em ­
ployee during the selected week ending nearest October 15, 1956.
Weeks containing nonworking holidays or other irregular work sched­
ules were avoided.




Regions. — The regions used in this study are: Northeast-—
Connecticut, Maine, M assachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South— Alabam a,
Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Ken­
tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, M ississip p i, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; North
Central— Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, M is­
souri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin;
West---- A rizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
M exico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Metropolitan A r e a s . ----The term ’’metropolitan a r e a " used in
this report refers to the Standard Metropolitan A reas established under
the sponsorship of the Bureau of the Budget. Central cities of m etro­
politan areas include the largest city (over 50 ,0 0 0 inhabitants by de­
finition of the term metropolitan area) and all other cities in the area
with a population of 2 5 ,000 or m o re, provided each such city has a
population amounting to at least one-third the population of the largest
city.
A ll other communities in the metropolitan area are included as
"comm unities other than central c i t i e s ."
Nonmetropolitan A r e a s . — A ll communities not in a m etropoli­
tan area were classified as to their population according to the 1950
census— those with 5 ,0 0 0 or m ore and those with less than 5 ,0 0 0 .
Number of Stores Operated. — Data were tabulated in accord­
ance with the number of retail stores reported as operated by the
parent company, as follows: (a) Single store; (b) 2 or 3 stores; (c) 4 to
10 stores; and (d) 11 or more stores. Respondents were requested to
indicate the number of stores operated by the parent company rather
than by a subsidiary company.
Thus, if the parent company operated
a total of 12 stores through 2 subsidiary companies of 6 each, data
for all stores were grouped according to the total of 12 (appearing in
the group, 11 or m ore) rather than the 6 (4 to 10) operated by the
subsidiary.




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BLS 2522

99

C

Budget Bureau No. 44-5617.
Approval expiree 6-30-57.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTERING DATA IN ITEM VII

U. S. DEPARTM1ENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
W a s h in g t o n

25, D. C.
CONFIDENTIAL

RETAIL TRADE

Hourly-rated employees ......................................................... Section VII-A (page 3)
Salaried employees ............................................................. .. Section VII-B (page 3)
Commission and bonus employees ........................................ Section VII-C (page 4)

Individual Hours and Earning!

This report should cover stores, warehouses,
and central offices in the locations included
in your report to the State unemployment com­
pensation agency.
(Change mailing addreaa if incorrect)

I.

This study is designed to provide information on the number of nonsupervisory employees and working
supervisors (by sex and weekly hours of work) receiving various earnings. Tne total number of employees for
which data are reported should correspond with the number entered in item IV-b on page 1. For convenience of
reporting, separate sections are provided for:

Instructions for entering data for these groups of workers are listed below. Data for any employee should
be entered in one section only.
Earnings information will be shown in the survey report by city population sizes. If this report covers
establishments in two or more communities (cities, towns, villages, etc., as entered in item I), earnings
information should be reported separately for each community and the community identified. Data for two or
more stores in the same community may be grouped or presented separately, as preferred, under the community
designation.

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF STORES COVERED BY REPORT:
(Lint communitiea and number of atarea in each)

HOURLY-RATED EMPLOYEES— Section VH-A
Column 1— If two or more employees of the same sex worked the same hours and were paid the same hourly rate, this num­
ber may be entered. Otherwise use separate line for each employee and enter “ 1” in this column.
R.

TYPE OF RETAIL ACTIVITY:

Column 2— Indicate whether the employee is male (M) or female (F).

(Such aa department atore, drug etore, food atore, variety atore, etc.)

Column 3— Enter the number of hours worked during the workweek ending nearest October 15, 1956 • Include hours paid
for sick leave, holidays, and vacations.
Column 4— Enter the base (straight-time) hourly rate.
ID.

PAYROLL PERIOD:
The data reported should be for a payroll period ending nearest

(In the examples provided, data are reported for 2 women who worked363/4 hours during the selected week andreceived $1.05
an hour; also, 3 men who worked 40 hours and received $1.55 an hour.)

October 15, 1956

Payroll period covered in this report:

SALARIED EMPLOYEES—Section VII-B

From____________________ _ 19___ to -------------------------------, 1 9 -----(date)

IV.

Columns 1, 2, and 3— See instructions for hourly-rated employees above.

(date)

Column 4— Enter the number of hours worked during the salary period. Include hours paid for sick leave, holidays, and
vacations.

EMPLOYMENT IN STORES, WAREHOUSES, AND CENTRAL OFFICES COVERED BY REPORT:
(a) Total........................................................................................................................................... .................................
Enter total number o f employees (full-time and part-time) who received pay for payroll period covered.

(b) Nonsupervisory employees and working supervisors ............................................................... .................................
Enter total number o f nonsupervisory workers (full-time and part-time, including working supervisors) such as
salespersons, shipping and receiving clerks, stock clerks, laborers, warehousemen, caretakers, office clerks,
drivers, driver-salesmen, installation and repairmen, demonstrators, alteration hands, elevator operators, porters,
janitors, and watchmen and other employees whose services are closely associated with those o f employees listed
above. Exclude officers and other principal executives, such as buyers, department heads, and managers whose
work is above the working supervisory level.

V.

Single store

□

Four to ten stores

Two or three stores

□

Eleven or more stores

Do you want a copy of the Bureau’s report on this survey?

□
□




FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Area

Reg.

State

COMMISSION AND BONUS EMPLOYEES— Section VII-C
(Data are to be reported

individually

for each employee paid a commission or bonus.)

Column 1— Indicate whether the employee is male (M) or female (F).

City
size

SIC
code

Est.
size

Columns 3 and 4— Use these columns to report salary data for those employees who are paid a guaranteed salary in addi­
tion to commission earnings. (Do not include “ draws” against commission as salary.) These columns are to be
omitted for workers whose entire earnings are derived from commissions. Enter in column3 the number of hours worked
during the salary period covered, including hours paid for sick leave, holidays, and vacations. Enter in column 4 the
straight-time salary that corresponds with the hours reported in column 3; include straight-time pay for overtime hours
but exclude overtime premium.
Columns 5 and 6— Report data for all workers whoreceived any commission or bonus earnings, including “ PM’s,” “ Stims,”
or any special bonuses (based on sales) that are paid quarterly or oftener. Enter in column 5 the total number of hours
worked during the commission or bonus period. (The hours should refer to the total hours worked during the period and
not necessarily only to those hours during which commissions or bonuses were earned.) Enter in column 6 the total
commission and/or bonus earnings paid during the period indicated in column 5. If workers received both commission
and bonus payments for an identical period of time, report the combined figure in column 6; if bonus payments covered
a period longer thanthe commission period, add only the prorated amount of the bonus to commission earnings that cor­
responded with the hours reported in column 5.

Yes-------- No--------.

Name and title of person furnishing data ------------------------------------ — -----------------

Schedule
number

(In the examples provided, data are reported for a woman who worked 40 hours during the selected week, worked 88 hours
during the salary period (54 month) and was paid $125 (exclusive of premium pay) for the period; also, a man who
worked 40 hours during the selected week which was also the salary period, and was paid $75.)

Column 2— Enter the number of hours worked during the workweek ending nearest October 15. 1956 . Include hours paid
for sick leave, holidays, and vacations.

TOTAL NUMBER OF STORES OPERATED BY COMPANY:
(Those covered by this report plus all others.)

VI.

Column 5— Enter the straight-time salary that corresponds with the number of hours reported in column 4. Include straighttime pay for overtime hours but exclude overtime premium.

Wgt.

Special
cnarac.

(In the examples provided, data are reported for a man who worked 40 hours during the selected week, received $145 base
salary for a period of 88 hours, and received a commission of $48.20 during the commission period of 176 hours; also,
a woman who worked 32% hours during the selected week and was paid on a straight commission basis, receivine
$215.70 for 168 hours.)

NOTE: EXCLUDE OVERTIME PREMIUM PAY FROM ALL WAGE DATA REPORTED.

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IF THIS REPORT COVERS ESTABLISHMENTS IN TWO OR MORE COMMUNITIES, DATA FOR EACH COMMUNITY
SHOULD BE REPORTED SEPARATELY AND THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED.

VD-B.

VD-A. PAYROLL REPORT FOR ALL
HOVRl,Y-RATED employee ?
(Use this section to report information for all
nonsupervisory employees and working super­
visors whose entire earnings are based on
hourly rates.)

Hours worked
Number Sex during workweek
ending
of
(M or
nearest
workers
F)
Oct. 15, 1956
(2)
(1)
(3)

Straight-time
hourly
rate

Vn-C.

PAYROLL REPORT FOR ALL
SALARIED EMPLOYEES

Number Sex
of
(M or
workers F)

Hours worked
during workweek
ending
nearest
Oct. 15, 1956

Hours worked
during salary
period

Straighttime
salary *

«)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

31.03
1.55

1
1

F

40.00
40.00

88.00
40.00

*125.00
75.00




Hours
worked
during
Sex work­
(M or week
F) ending
nearest
Oct. 15,
1956
(i)

F
M

36.75
40.00

M

Include straight-time pay for overtime hours but exclude overtime premium.

PAYROLL REPORT FOR ALL COMMISSION AND BONUS EMPLOYEES

(Use this section to report information for all nonsupervisory employees
and working supervisors who received any commission or bonus earnings.)

(Use this section to report information for aLl nonsupervisory
employees and working supervisors whose entire earnings are
based on a salary.)

Examples:
2
3

IF THIS REPORT COVERS ESTABLISHMENTS IN TWO OR MORE COMMUNITIES, DATA FOR EACH COMMUNITY
SHOULD BE REPORTED SEPARATELY AND THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED.

(2)

Basic salary
Hours
worked
during
salary
period

Straighttime
salary *

(3)

(4)

Hours
Basic salary
worked
during
Hours
Hours
Commission Sex work­
(Mor week worked Straightworked
and/or
F) ending during
during
time
bonus
commission
salary salary *
pay
Oct. 15, period
period
(amount)
1956
Commissions and/or
bonuses

(5)

(6)

(1)

(2)

(3)

Exampies:
M

40.00

=£=

32.50

88.00
.

*145.00
-

176.00

$ 48.20

168.00

215.70

* Include straight-time pay for overtime hours but exclude overtime premium.

(4)

Commissions and/or
bonuses
Hours
Commission
and/or
worked
during
bonus
commission
(amount)
(5)

(6)

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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 tabula­
tions for specific lines of business.

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Building Materials and Farm
Equipment D e a le r s______________________
General Merchandise Stores (separate
data for Department Stores and for
Variety S to re s) a________________________
Food Stores (separate data for
Grocery Stores) ____________________________
Automotive Dealers and Gasoline
Service Stations (separate data for
Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealers and
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Apparel and A ccessories Stores
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Furniture, Home Furnishings, and
Appliance Stores (separate data for
Furniture and Home Furnishings
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and Radio Stores)__________________________
Drug Stores and Proprietary S to r e s ____
Employee Earnings in Retail Trade in
October 1956 - Summary Report_______

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