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/Uz Industry Wage Survey Communications, 1968 Bulletin 1662 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of Labor Statistics 1970 JUL2 21970 DOCUMENT COLLET/m* Industry Wage Survey Communications, 1968 BULLETIN 1662 U. S. D EP A R TM E N T O F LAB O R G eorge P. Shultz, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Geoffrey H. Moore, Commissioner 1970 y For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D .C . 20402 - Price 30 cents Preface This summary of data on employment and hourly rates of pay is based on annual reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission by telephone carriers, the Western Union Telegraph Co., and international telegraph carriers, as required by the amended Communications Act of 1934. Under cooperative arrangements, the Bureau of Labor Statistics tabulates and publishes the data as part of a continuing series. This study was conducted in the Bureau’ s Office of Wages and Industrial Relations. The analysis was prepared by Michael J. Tighe in the Division of Occupational Wage Structures. Other reports available from the Bureau’ s program of industry wage studies, as well as the addresses of the Bureau’ s regional offices, are listed at the end of this bulletin. iii Contents Page Summary .................................................................................................................................... Telephone carriers ................................................................................................................... 1 1 Employment and pay rates in December 1968 ............................................................. 1 Trends in employment and pay rates ............................................................................. Western Union Telegraph Com pany..................................................................................... International telegraph carriers.............................................................................................. 3 4 6 Tables: Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates, December 1968, for— 1. Telephone carriers.............................................................................................. 7 2. Bell System telephone carriers ........................................................................ 3. Non-Bell telephone carriers ............................................................................. 8 9 Average hourly rates of employees in selected occupations by region,.December 1968, fo r 4. All and Bell System telephone carriers.......................................................... 10 Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates, October 1968, for— 5. Western Union Telegraph Com pany............................................................... 11 6. International telegraph carriers........................................................................ 12 Employment and average hourly rates of communication workers except officials and managerial assistants, October 1947-December 1968 ................... 2 Chart: Appendix. Scope and method o f survey 13 Industry Wage Survey— Communications, 1968 Telephone Carriers Summary Basic pay rates1 of the 759,452 employees (excluding officials E m p lo y m e n t and Pay R ates in D ecem b er 1 9 6 8 . Basic and managerial assistants) of the Nation’s wage rates of the employees o f the telephone carriers in principal communications carriers averaged $3.47 an the study4 averaged $3.48 an hour in December 1968. (See table 1.) Pay rates for individual workers ranged hour in late 1968—6.8 percent higher than a year earlier. This annual percent increase in wage levels was larger considerably; the middle half of the workers earned from $2.38 to $4.17 an hour. Some of the factors contributing to this wide range of pay rates were the variation in skills and responsibilities required in the industry; differences in pay rates among carriers; and the than the advance recorded in 1966-67 (3.8 percent) and was the greatest since BLS began its series of annual studies in 1947, except for 1957-58 (7.0 percent), 1951-52 (7.5 percent), and 1947-48 (7.3 percent). widespread use o f pay systems which typically provided rate ranges for workers in a given job and locality. Telephone-carrier employees, 96 percent of the work ers covered by the study,2 averaged $3.48 an hour in December 1968. Nonmessenger employees of the West ern Union Telegraph Co. averaged $3.37 an hour in October1968 and employees of international telegraph carriers, $4.11. Wages and working conditions for a large majority of the telephone carrier employees were determined under provisions o f collective bargaining agreements, mostly with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Between December 1967 and December 1968, aver Many carriers had separate agreements for individual age pay rates o f telephone carrier employees increased departments and, in some cases, for different areas. The 7.1 percent. Average wage rates of Western Union’ s nonmessenger employees rose 5.1 percent, and those of New York Telephone Co., for example, had individual agreements for its plant, traffic, and commercial depart employees o f international telegraph carriers, 7.3 per ments in the New York City area and three other cent during the October 1967-68 period.3 agreements for these departments in the rest of the Employment in telephone carriers covered by the State. Local schedules usually provided a range of rates for specific jobs; proportionate differences between study rose to 727,900 in December 1968 from 700,600 a year earlier. Between October 1967 and October 1968, minimum and maximum rates varied by occupation. total employment of Western Union remained virtually Fifty-six percent o f the telephone workers studied unchanged, and that o f the international telegraph carriers increased by nearly 6 percent. were women. Women constituted virtually all o f the telephone operators, 92 percent o f the clerical employ ees, and 71 percent of the business office and sales employees. On the other hand, virtually all construction, installation, and maintenance workers and 75 percent of the professional and semiprofessional employees were men. Average hourly pay rates for numerically impor tant jobs largely staffed by women were $2.69 for nonsupervisory clerical workers, and $2.46 for exper ienced switchboard operators. Among jobs typically 1 As explained in the appendix, pay data were computed by dividing scheduled weekly compensation by scheduled weekly hours. “Scheduled weekly compensation” for telephone carriers, as defined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), includes the basic weekly pay rate plus any regularly scheduled supplementary compensation such as differentials for evening and night tours and certain perquisites. It excludes pay for overtime work and pay in excess o f weekday rates for Sunday and holiday work. Scheduled weekly compensation of Western Union and international telegraph carrier employees excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Since 1947, annual studies have been made in cooperation with the FCC. Information prior to 1961, for all carriers included in the annual reports related to an October payroll period. In 1961, the reference date for telephone carriers was changed to December. See appendix for scope and method o f survey. 2 The study covered nearly nine-tenths o f the estimated 844,000 employees of the Nation’s telephone communications industry in December 1968 and almost all o f the employees in the telegraph communications industry in October 1968. 3 For results of the previous survey, see Industry Wage Survey: Communications, 196 7 (Bulletin 1615, 1968). staffed by men, cable splicers averaged $3.70; central office repairmen, $3.66; PBX and station installers, $3.60; and linemen, $2.97. 4 The study o f telephone carriers was limited to those (52) that had annual operating revenues exceeding $1 million and engaged in interstate or foreign communications services by means of their own facilities or through connections with those o f another carrier under direct or indirect common control. Approximately 6,350 officials and managerial assistants o f these carriers were not included in the survey. 1 Regionally, average hourly earnings for all employees Atlantic region ($3.69), the Pacific ($3.68), New England ($3.53), and the Great Lakes ($3.52). Averages in the five remaining regions were below the national level, and ranged from $3.36 in the Chesapeake region to $2.99 in the Southeast. (See table 4.) The following tabulation shows occupational average hourly rates of pay as a percent of averages in the Southeast. It indicates Average weekly rates Average hourly rates exceeded the national average of $3.48 in the Middle Clerical employees, nonsuperv iso ry.................................. Experienced switchboard operators.......................... Central office repairmen. . . . PBX and Station installers. . . Cable splicers.......................... Linem en.................................. 82 86 76 86 80 82 97 83 87 80 82 96 that the interregional spread in average earnings varied by occupation and, it was greater for experienced switchboard operators than for nonsupervisory clerical Trends in E m p lo ym en t and Pay Rates. Total employ ment of telephone carriers increased by 27,300 between December 1967 and December 1968, continuing a recent upward trend which started in 1962. Most of the employees and ceiitral office repairmen. rise during the 6-year period was in the Bell System. Region P a c ific ................... Middle Atlantic. . . New England . . . . Great Lakes........... Chesapeake........... South Central. . . . M ountain ............. North Central. . . . S ou th east............. Clerical Experienced employees switchboard (non operators supervisory) 128 127 124 120 118 117 114 112 100 112 112 107 109 101 101 103 97 100 PBX and station installers 118 119 112 112 103 115 115 121 100 Bell System companies employed 95 percent o f the Whereas the recent employment increases were reflected in nearly all major occupational categories, the declines from 1957 (681,600 employees) to 1962 (596,300 employees) were largely the result of reductions in the number of telephone operators as new and improved equipment was installed. The 1968 employment level was 32 percent higher than the level recorded in 1947 (552,700), the date of the Bureau’s initial study. The increase in employment over the 21-year period was accompanied by an increase in the percent o f men in the industry (from 33 percent in 1947 to 44 percent in 1968), as the occupational composition o f the industry changed substantially. As telephone workers covered by the study and employed 92 percent or more o f the workers in each region. Bell indicated below, the proportion of construction, in System companies, which usually covered an entire State or group o f States, generally were much larger than percent o f the work force in 1947 to 30 percent in other companies. Twenty-two of the 25 Bell companies declined. stallation, and maintenance employees rose from 23 1968, while the proportion of telephone operators employed more than 5,000 workers; 12 employed more than 25,000; and the two largest each had more than 80,000 employees. The largest company of the 27 non-Bell firms, on the other hand, employed only about 5,200 workers and almost 60 percent of these companies employed fewer than 500 workers. Average pay levels for occupational groups studied separately were nearly always higher for Bell than for non-Bell carriers. (See tables 2 and 3.) In the numerically important occu pational categories shown below, average hourly pay rates in non-Bell carriers ranged from 76 to 97 percent of counterpart rates in Bell Systems. Because of longer average scheduled workweeks, weekly rates o f non-Bell clerical workers and switchboard operators show smaller differences than do hourly rate comparisons. Scheduled workweeks for craft workers averaged about the same in both carrier groups. Decernber 1967 Decernber 1968 552,700 681,600 700,600 100 100 100 727,900 100 October 1947 Total, all employees1 Number................. Percent ................ Percent classified as: Professional and semiprofessional employees. . . . Clerical employees Telephone operators................... Construction, in stallation, and maintenance •employees . . . All other employees..................... October 1957 5 17 7 21 10 22 10 22 46 35 28 27 23 27 30 30 9 11 11 11 1Excludes officials and managerial assistants. 3 The average hourly rate of $3.48 in 1968 for all Between 19517 and 1968, average rates for Bell employees, except officials and managerial assistants, was 176 percent higher than the average of $1.26 re corded in the 1947 study. An estimated 36 cents of the System employees increased $1.89 an hour, compared with $1.63 for employees of other companies. On a percentage basis, however, the increases were 116 $2.22 increase during the 21 years can be attributed to the shifts in the occupational composition of the indus try’s work force described above.5 The following tabula tion shows the increases in average hourly earnings be tween October 1947 and December 1968 for three percent and 143 percent, respectively. The average for important occupational groups: advantage to 27 percent by December 1968.® Occupational group Nonsupervisory clerical employees............. Experienced switchboard operators . . Construction, installation, and main tenance workers . . Octo ber 1947 Octo ber 1958 Decern- Percent t)er increase, 1968 19 4 7 -6 8 Bell System employees exceeded that of employees in other companies by 43 percent in 1951, 32 percent in 1957, and 25 percent in 1967. The greater increase for Bell workers in 1967-68, however, raised the Bell Western Union Telegraph Co. Straight-time rates of pay for the 22,787 nonmes senger employees9 of Western Union averaged $3.37 an $1.13 $1.85 $2.69 138 hour in October 1968. (See table 5.) The 1,629 motor .97 1.68 2.46 154 messengers averaged $2.42 and the 1,715 walking and bicycle messengers, $1.63. Since October 1967, average 1.55 2.68 3.90 152 rates of pay rose by nearly 5 percent for nonmessenger employees and motor messengers and 13 percent for walking and bicycle messengers. These increases were Employees of Bell System carriers averaged $3.52 in largely the result o f general wage changes. December 1968, up 7.3 percent over the previous year. In all cities except New York, where contracts are The average for employees of other telephone carriers with the Communications Workers, wage rates for was $2.77, an increase of 5.7 percent. Much of the employees of Western Union are determined by labor- 7.3-percent increase in wage levels for Bell System management contracts with the United Telegraph Work employees during the December 1967-68 period was due to general wage adjustments provided in collective bargaining agreements newly negotiated during 1968. both unions early in June 1968 on 3-year contracts Under terms of agreements reached in May 1968 between the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and various companies of the Bell System, wage increases of $4 to $12 a week were granted to plant craftsmen and $4 to $8 a week to clerical employees and telephone operators. The contracts also provided deferred increases of $5.50 to $6 a week for plant craftmen, and $3.50 to $4 a week for telephone operators and clerical employees in both 1969 and 1970. These agreements, ending the first nationwide telephone strike since 1947, covered approximately 200,000 work ers. They also set a general pattern for 200,000 other CWA workers at Bell and for another 200,000 workers in other unions having agreements with Bell System carriers.6 5 Weighting occupational averages for December 1968 by occupational employment for October 1947 results in an average of $3.12 instead of $3.48. 6 For further details on these agreements, see Current Wage Developm ents, June 1, 1968, BLS Report 246, and later issues. 4 ers (UTW).10 The company reached settlement with which provided for adjustments in wages and fringe benefits. Effective June 1, 1968, all employees, except walking and bicycle messengers, received wage increases of 5 percent under UTW agreements and 4.5 percent under CWA; walking and bicycle messengers having 24 months or more progression credit1 1 received a wage increase of 6 cents an hour.12 Effective February 1, 1968, minimum rates of pay for walking and bicycle messengers were increased from $ 1.40 to $ 1.60 an hour in accordance with the amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act o f 1938. 7 Data for the Bell System and non-Bell companies as reported to FCC in prior years are not comparable with those reported since 1951. 8 For more information on employment and earnings trends in Bell System carriers from 1945 to 1965, see “Employment and Wage Trends in Bell System Companies,” M onthly Labor Review, March 1967, p.p. 38-41. 9 Excludes approximately 300 officials and managerial as sistants. 10 Formerly called the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union. ^ “ Progression credit” relates to the seniority in a job classification credited to an employee by the company. 12 For a more detailed account of these settlements, se Current wage Developments, July 1, 1968, BLS Report 247. Wage provisions in contracts with both the UTW and Individual hourly rates o f the highest-paid CWA include established rate ranges for all occupational workers exceeded those o f the lowest-paid workers by classifications covered by the contracts. Differences between starting and maximum rates amount to more presented in table 5. than 75 cents an hour for some classifications. Advance ment from the starting rate through the various progres sion steps to the maximum rate is automatic for employees meeting the requirements of the job after specified periods of service. Established rates of pay for nonmessenger employees and motor messengers varied by location whereas nationwide rates applied to walking and bicycle messengers. $2 or more in most of the occupational categories In some instances, however, clusters o f workers had rates that fell within comparatively narrow limits. For example, nearly 64 percent of the subscribers’ equipment maintainers were paid between $3.75 and $4 an hour, and almost half of the experienced telegraph operators (except Morse) received from $2.75 to $3. The 4.7-percent increase in average rates of pay for Men were 55 percent of the company’s nonmessenger employees in October 1968 and tended to be concen trated in different occupational categories than women. For example, 67 percent of the clerical employees and 76 percent of the telegraph operators were women, whereas men made up a large majority of the construc tion, installation, and maintenance workers, sales em ployees, and professional and semiprofessional em ployees. Average hourly rates of pay among jobs predominatly staffed by men were $3.82 for traffic nonmessenger employees between October 1967 and October 1968 was lower than the increase recorded in 1966-67 (5.2 percent) and in 1965-66 (5.9 percent), but exceeded the average annual increase of 4.1 percent since 1960. Percent increases in averages during the October 1967-68 period were not uniform among the occupational categories studied. They amounted to 3 percent for telegraph operators, 5 percent for clerical employees, and nearly 7 percent for construction, installation, and maintenance employees.13 testing and regulating employees, $3.78 for subscribers’ equipment maintainers, and $3.71 for linemen and cablemen. Nonsupervisory clerical workers (3,721 women and 1,249 men) averaged $2.93 and experienced telegraph operators (except Morse), $2.59. Western Union’s messengers, nearly all male, con stituted 13 percent of the company’ s work force in October 1968. Walking and bicycle messengers averaged $1.63 an hour and motor messengers, $2.42. Motor messengers had work schedules which averaged 38.6 hours a week compared with 29.2 hours for walking and bicycle messengers, many of whom were employed part time. Total employment in October 1968 (26,131) was slightly lower than a year earlier (26,224). The decline reflected a decrease of 166 in the number of messengers, partly offset by an increase of 73 in the nonmessenger group. Since the Bureau’s initial annual study in 1947, employment (exclusive of officials and managerial as sistants) has declined from 53,107 to 26,131. As indicated in the following tabulation, the occupational 13 Changes in average pay rates reflect not only general wage increases, but also changes in hiring practices. Because of the wide rate ranges that apply to most occupations, average rates during periods of increased hiring are affected by a dispropor tionate number of workers paid at the minimum rate for the job. October 1968 Total, all employees1 Number............................................................ Percent............................................................. Percent of employees classified as: Professional and semiprofessional em p loy ees................................................ Messengers, motor.......................................... Telegraph office superintendents and managers Clerical e m p lo y e e s............................................. Telegraph operators .......................................... Construction, installation, and maintenance employees ..................................................... Messengers, walking and bicycle........................ Other ..................................................................... 1967 131 100 5 26,224 100 5 19S7 1947 36,164 53,107 4 4 9 2 100 100 6 6 9 23 24 9 23 24 20 30 19 34 23 7 3 23 7 3 16 14 3 13 18 3 3 8 1Excludes officials and managerial assistants. 5 composition of the work force also has changed con Slightly more than four-fifths of all workers were siderably during the past two decades. The proportion of workers classified as telegraph operators, the largest occupational group, fell from 34 percent in 1947 to 24 men, who were a majority o f the employment in nearly all occupational categories. Most of the women were employed as clerical workers or teletype-multiplex percent in 1968. Walking and bicycle messengers made operators. up 18 percent o f the employees in 1947 but only 7 percent in 1968. On the other hand, the proportions of construction, installation, and maintenance workers and Pay rates in all o f the specific nonmessenger occupa tional categories shown in table 6 averaged more than $3 of clerical employees have increased during this period. an hour. Engineers and engineering assistants, at $6.42 an hour, were the highest paid group; lowest rates were International Telegraph Carriers reported for clerical workers in the commercial depart ment, who averaged $3.14. The 5,424 employees of the six international tele Average hourly rates for other numerically important graph carriers covered by the study14 averaged $4.11 an hour in October 1968. This average was 7.3 percent jobs were $4.49 for radio operating technicians; $4.34 higher than the level of a year earlier. for mechanics and maintenance technicians; $3.66 for teletype-multiplex operators; and $3.53 for cable opera tors. Pay rates of the 5,072 nonmessenger employees of The 352 messengers, nearly all walking and bicycle, The study included carriers engaged in nonvocal international telegraph communications either by radio averaged $1.74. or by ocean cable. Although many of the occupational the six carriers averaged $4.24 an hour in October 1968. categories studied are common to both operations, some are exclusive to one carrier group. For example, radio 14 The study covered international telegraph carriers whose operators and radio telegraph riggers were reported only annual operating revenue is over $50,000. It excludes 77 officers by radiotelegraph carriers; cable operators, on the other and assistants and approximately 2,300 employees working outside the. conterminous 48 States and District o f Columbia. hand, were employed only in ocean-cable operations. 6 Table 1. Telephone Carriers:1 Percent Distribution of Employees in Occupational Groups by Average Hourly Rates,2 December 1968 Number o f employees Occupational 'group Total A ll employees except o f f i c i a l s and managerial assistants---------------------------------Part time--------------------------------------------------Full time-------------------------------------------------P rofessional and semiprofessional employees Draftsmen-------------------------------------------------Others------------------------------------------------------Business o f f i c e and sales employees-----------Supervisors----------------------------------------------N onsupervisory employees— — —— — C lerica l employees---------------------------------------Supervisors---------------------------------------------Nonsupervisory employees------------------------Commercial department------------------- -— T ra ffic department------------------------------Plant department---------------------------------Accounting department-------------------------A ll other departments-------------------------Telephone operators--------------------------------------Chief operators---------------------------------------Service assistants and instructors--------Experienced switchboard operators----------Operators in training------------------------------Other switchboard employees--------------- --— Construction, in sta lla tion , and maintenance employees-----------------------------------------------------Foremen o f telephone craftsmen--------------Central o ff i c e craftsmen------------------------Test-board men and repeatermen---------Central o ffi c e repairmen-------------------Others-------------------------------------------------In sta lla tion and exchange repair craftsmen------------------------------------------------PEX and sta tion in s ta lle rs ----------------Exchange repairmen-----------------------------Others--------------------------------------------------Line, cable, and conduit craftsmen--------Linemen------------------------------------------------Cable s p lice r s ------------------------------------Cable s p lic e r s ' helpers---------------------Laborers— -----------------------------------------------Building, supplies, and motor vehicle employees---------------------------------------------------- Foremen-----------------------------------------------------Mechanics-------------------------------------------------Other building service employees-—------Other supplies and motor vehicle employees— ------------------------------ ----- -----A ll employees not elsewhere c la s s ifie d —- — Men Women Average sched uled weekly hours Percent o f employees receiving— Average hourly Under rates2 $1.60 727,897 27,267 700,630 72,873 2,948 69,925 57,534 11,328 46,206 158,612 11,788 146,824 28,786 21,627 41,301 33,071 22,039 195,775 9,770 14,512 123,558 45,875 2,060 319,982 1,974 318,008 55,018 555 54,463 16,772 5,673 11,099 12,479 2,565 9,914 675 41 6,453 1,339 1,406 118 21 50 29 10 8 407,915 25,293 382,622 17,855 2,393 15,462 40,762 5,655 35,107 146,133 9,223 136,910 28, 111 21,586 34,848 31,732 20,633 195,657 9,749 14,462 123,529 45,865 2,052 38.0 21.7 38.7 37.9 37.8 37.9 37.6 38.0 37.537.7 38.1 37.7 37.1 38.3 38.6 37.0 37.2 36.5 39.0 38.0 36.5 35.3 38.4 $3.48 2.30 3.51 6.10 2.77 6.24 3.68 5.35 3.27 2.81 4.35 2.69 2.52 2.74 2.78 2.61 2.80 2.49 3.96 3.06 2.46 2.04 2.88 218,594 30,622 72,732 16,013 53,211 3,508 217,210 30,596 71,457 15,967 52,011 3,479 1,384 26 1,275 46 1,200 29 39.9 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.9 39.9 3.90 5.59 3.70 3.90 3.66 3.34 79,140 38,208 18,276 22,656 36,085 12,538 19,575 2,437 1,535 15 79,067 38,198 18,246 22,623 36,075 12,536 19,573 2,435 1,531 15 73 10 30 33 10 2 2 2 4 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.8 (*) 3.69 3.60 3.97 3.63 3.36 2.97 3.70 2.44 3.42 ( 4) 22,189 2,785 3,085 10,887 16,485 2,418 3,075 5,617 5,704 367 10 5,270 37.9 39.4 39.6 36.4 3.12 5.20 3.73 2.38 5,432 2,320 5,375 1,900 57 420 39.3 38.1 3.08 3.75 - $1.60 and under $1.80 $1.80 $2.00 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 $2.00 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 over 6.1 4.0 4 .1 and 2.7 6.0 9.9 6.9 6.2 2.3 14.5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - X - X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3.3 1.3 3-4 2.6 6.5 1.6 2.5 9.8 1.9 .4 .6 4.8 .5 2.0 .7 8.8 2.3 .1 3 .4 3.0 3 .4 2.9 7.5 1.7 2 .1 9.7 1.5 .4 .5 3.2 .4 2.2 .5 7.8 1.4 4 .0 1.9 4 .1 2.5 6 .1 1.6 1.0 7.2 .5 .4 .2 .6 .3 1.4 .4 6.5 1.1 - - 74.1 3.4 77.1 22.2 58.9 13.2 3.2 32.7 .9 .7 .4 .5 .6 2.7 1.2 18.1 2.6 .1 - - - ( 3) .6 - - .4 - .6 11.7 .1 1.5 9 .1 13.4 4 .1 7.0 11.6 8.6 13.4 .2 .8 10.9 27.5 .8 7.3 14.0 .1 15.1 20.7 8.2 12.4 17.2 16.3 18.5 .3 3.2 16.0 34.8 2.6 1.7 7.4 1.5 8.9 2.6 10.5 10.4 5.3 10.8 7.2 16.6 8.9 13.0 10.2 5.3 11.5 17.9 5.0 .3 21.1 2 .1 2.7 2 .1 4.5 5.3 4.3 4.6 8.2 4.3 3.4 3.4 3.0 6.2 6.0 4.2 13.3 8.6 4.5 .1 5.8 2.3 2.7 2.3 4.5 5.9 4 .1 2.8 12.2 2.0 1.4 1.9 1.7 1.4 4.2 4.9 13.3 5.5 6.0 .1 1.8 2.7 3 .4 2.6 2.3 5.7 1.5 2.8 11.3 2.2 1.0 1.1 3.8 .8 3.7 1.1 11.0 5.3 .2 1.7 .4 .2 .4 2.9 6.6 6.6 - - - .3 .1 .3 .9 2.3 .6 2.4 7.4 5.9 2.7 6.6 10.5 6.9 4 .1 7.5 11.5 5.5 .1 7.0 5.8 7.3 7.6 4 .4 .1 5.9 4.7 6.2 6.6 3.8 .3 5.6 4.7 5.8 5.3 4.9 .4 4.8 3.8 5 .1 5.2 12.4 .7 14.8 15.2 14.3 19.0 18.2 1.3 19.1 21.7 18.4 19.2 16.5 3 .1 18.5 24.4 17.7 4.3 4.4 5.8 7.3 10.0 6.9 1.2 13.2 88.2 1.6 2.2 1.5 1.2 .4 .6 .1 .3 1.3 1.9 .2 3.7 5.9 2.7 3.3 .9 3 .1 7.2 13.6 1.1 24.7 4.5 - 6.9 9.3 2.4 6.6 13.0 19.6 5.0 40.6 18.0 - 6.9 9.0 2.9 6.4 10.8 15.8 6.9 18.3 7.8 5.2 6.7 2.5 4.8 8.1 9.8 7.6 5.6 4.5 - 4.2 5.3 2.8 3.4 5.6 5.9 5.9 3.2 4.0 - 3 .4 3.8 3.8 2.5 4.0 3.7 4.7 1.5 3.0 6.7 4.5 4.0 12.6 5.0 6.1 4.9 .6 4.0 15.1 9.9 13.2 25.4 11.9 9.6 15.2 .2 5.7 24.4 23.3 30.2 21.7 17.1 9.7 24.3 .4 13.0 - 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.7 2.9 .1 4.9 .3 3 .6 - .6 .3 1.6 .4 .5 .3 .4 - 21.7 22.3 33.8 11.1 12.4 3.8 18.8 .5 20.2 - 14.8 .7 3.0 22.2 12.6 1.9 5.3 17.9 9.3 2.6 6.9 11.3 6.3 2.4 7.5 3.5 6.3 2.5 7.7 2 .1 4 .1 2 .1 8.8 .4 13.8 11.9 11.6 7.6 10.1 3.9 13.3 5.3 15.7 5.4 9.9 6.0 - - .5 1.2 1.9 8.4 - - - 1.3 1.7 .7 1.5 1.1 1.4 8.6 - ( 3) - - 6.8 18.4 - _ _ ( 3) - - - - - - - - .2 _ - .1 - - .1 .2 - - - .4 .1 - ( 3) • - ( 3) _ .1 - - - 5.2 2 .1 13.1 1.6 15.8 .9 19.5 15.8 2.4 16.9 14.1 24.9 16.1 18.0 12.5 8.6 5.9 30.1 8.6 .7 42.0 - - 9.2 1.8 19.2 1.0 16.7 .2 20.7 17.2 .7 18.5 16.4 25.6 21.6 15.0 13.8 16.8 2.6 15.8 22.4 4.7 18.0 - - 12.1 .8 11.6 .4 9.5 .3 11.7 13.8 .4 14.9 18.7 11.8 14.7 14.0 14.8 15.9 .7 5.5 19.5 13.2 5.2 - 1.0 17.7 .3 5.8 10.6 - - 2.2 7.8 - - .2 4 .1 .3 14.4 13.3 .4 .7 23.9 .8 1.6 2.9 3 .8 5.7 6.0 - - - . - - .1 - - 5.8 - 4 .1 2.6 13.1 .1 4.8 2.8 24.6 .2 2.7 3 .7 13.2 - 2.3 6.7 6.2 - 9.4 71.5 2.5 - 7.7 7.4 3.8 6.4 1.7 7.8 2.5 6.3 .3 20.3 1 Covers 52 telephone ca rriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in in tersta te or foreign communication service using th eir own f a c i l i t i e s or through connection using the f a c i l it i e s o f another carrier under d ire ct or in d irect common con trol. 2 See appendix fo r d e fin itio n o f hours and rates used in this b u lle tin . 3 Less than 0.05 percent. 4 In s u fficie n t data to warrant presentation o f information on rates and hours. NOTE: X indicates that these data were not collected . Because o f rounding, sums o f individual items may not equal 100. Table 2. Bell System Telephone Carriers:1 Percent Distribution of Employees in Occupational Groups by Average Hourly Rates,2 December 1968 Number of employees Occupational group Total A ll employees except o f f i c i a l s and managerial assistants----------------------------------------------------------------Part time-------------- ------------------------------------------------Full time---------------------------------------------------------------Professional and semiprofessional employees-----------Draftsmen---------------------------------------------------------------Others-------------------------------------------------------------------Business o f f i c e and sales employees------- ----------------Supervisors------------------------------------------------------------Nonsupervisory employees--------------------------------------C lerical employees----------------------------------------------------Supervisors-------------------------- -------------------------------Nonsupervisory employees------------ ------------------------Commercial department----------------------------------------T ra ffic department— ----------------- ---------------------Plant department------------------------------------------------Accounting department— - — ------------------------ -— A ll other departments---------------------------------------Telephone operators---------------------------------------------------Chief operators-----------------------------------------------------Service assistants and in stru ctors---------------------Experienced switchboard operators-----------------------Operators in training-------------------------------------------Other switchboard employees---------------------------------Construction, in s ta lla tio n , and maintenance employees------------------------------------------------------------------Foremen o f telephone craftsmen----------------------------Central o f f i c e craftsmen--------------------------------------Test-board men and repeatermen-------------------------Central o ffi c e repairmen-----------------------------------Others----------------------------------------------------------------In sta llation and exchange repair craftsmen--------PBX and station in s ta lle r s -------------------------------Exchange repairmen---------------------------------------------Others----------------------------------------- ---------------------Line, cable, and conduit craftsmen---------------------Linemen---------------------------------------------------------------Cable s p lice r s ---------------------------------------------------Cable s p lic e r s ' helpers------------------------------------Others----------------------------------------------------------------Laborers— -----------------------------------------------------------Building, supplies, and motor veh icle employees-----Foremen------------------------------------------------------------------Mechanics--------------------------------------------------------------Other building service employees------------------- -— Other supplies and motor veh icle employees--------A ll employees not elsewhere c la s s ifie d -------------------- Men Women Percent o f employees receiving— Average sched uled weekly hours Average hourly ra tes2 691,505 25,651 665,854 69,722 2,780 66,942 55,814 10,977 44,837 151,809 11,424 140,385 27,300 20,982 39,828 31,630 20,645 185,352 9,358 13,818 115,449 44,705 2,022 302,132 1,753 300,379 52,317 466 51,851 16,349 5,451 10,898 11,733 2,417 9,316 632 23 6,242 1,210 1,209 69 19 46 1 3 - 389,373 23,898 365,475 17,405 2,314 15,091 39,465 5,526 33,939 140,076 9,007 131,069 26,668 20,959 33,586 30,420 19,436 185,283 9,339 13,772 115,448 44,702 2,022 38.0 21.3 38.6 37.8 37.7 37.8 37.6 38.0 37.5 37.6 38.0 37.6 37.0 38.2 38.5 36.9 37.1 36.3 39.0 37.9 36.3 35.1 38.4 $3.52 2.31 3.55 6.18 2.77 6.32 3.71 5.39 3.30 2.84 4.38 2.71 2.54 2.75 2.80 2.63 2.84 2.52 3.99 3.08 2.50 2.04 2.88 205,723 29,151 68,479 15,506 50,857 2,116 74,583 35,760 17,202 21,621 33,506 11,375 18,391 2,358 1,382 4 20,922 2,684 3,000 10,237 5,001 2,163 204,464 29,131 67,262 15,477 49,680 2,105 74,568 35,752 17,200 21,616 33,499 11,374 18,390 2,356 1,379 4 15,409 2,330 2,999 5,117 4,973 1,791 1,259 20 1,217 29 1,177 11 15 8 2 5 7 1 1 2 3 39.9 39.8 39.9 39.9 39.8 39.8 39.9 39.9 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.8 (* ) 37.9 39.4 39.6 36.3 39.3 38.1 3.94 5.65 3.73 3.92 3.68 3.42 3.73 3.65 4.01 3.65 3.38 2.98 3.74 2.44 3.53 (* ) 3.16 5.24 3.75 2.40 3.10 3.81 - 5,513 364 1 5,120 28 372 $1.60 and under $1.80 $1.80 $2.00 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 $2.00 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 over 10.5 12.4 and 2.1 5.8 9.6 9.4 6.2 3.9 3.9 5.3 7.1 6.4 2.4 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.9 7.5 1.7 2.2 9.9 1.5 .5 .5 3.3 .4 2.4 .5 8.0 1.4 3.7 1.8 3.8 2.5 6.0 1.6 1.1 7.2 .6 .4 .2 .6 .3 1.4 .4 6.7 1.1 17.4 2.2 19.7 25.2 18.5 7.0 23.0 23.8 35.8 11.6 13.3 4.1 20.0 .5 22.4 .2 .5 11.6 .1 1.3 .2 .6 1.6 8.2 .7 .5 .6 1.0 -.5 .5 7.1 ( 3) .5 - 8.9 13.3 3.8 6.8 11.5 8.2 13.3 .1 .7 10.5 27.8 .7 6.8 13.5 14.6 20.6 7.7 11.9 16.7 16.0 18.2 .3 2.8 15.1 35.4 2.4 11.3 13.5 .1 14.6 18.6 11.2 14.2 13.8 14.4 16.0 .4 4.1 19.9 13.6 4 .9 .2 2.6 6.5 6.5 - - .1 2.0 .5 2.2 7.4 2.4 2.7 .6 3.1 7.0 13.7 .8 24.8 2.5 - - - 4.7 17.4 ( 3) ( 3) - - .1 - .3 - .1 - - - - - .3 .9 1.3 ( 3) - - - .1 - 2.8 4.5 - 1.1 7.4 - - - 2.1 .2 1.4 .8 11.8 .3 9.0 1.7 18.7 1.0 17.0 .1 21.2 17.5 .6 18.9 16.8 26.0 22.2 15.0 14.0 17.4 1.9 15.9 23.9 4.5 18.1 - - 1.0 18.1 .3 5.4 .1 13.7 2.6 3.6 - 13.1 .3 .6 24.1 5.2 5.0 - 5.8 2.4 6.5 13.2 6.7 9.1 2.2 6.4 13.0 20.0 4 .8 41.4 17.9 - 15.1 .7 3.0 23.0 14.1 11.8 - 6.8 4.1 7.5 12.0 6.9 9.2 2.7 6.4 10.8 16.4 6.6 18.6 7.9 - 13.2 1.9 5.3 19.0 12.0 7.4 2.0 13.5 1.5 16.0 .7 19.7 16.3 2.3 17.4 14.7 25.5 16.6 18.6 12.8 8.9 5.7 30.7 9.2 .7 42.6 1.7 7.6 1.4 9.1 2.6 10.8 10.8 5.2 11.2 7.5 17.1 9.2 13.4 10.6 5.5 11.3 18.4 5.3 .3 21.5 1.9 2.7 1.9 4.5 5.3 4.3 4.7 8.1 4.4 3.5 3.5 3.0 6.4 6.3 4.4 13.5 8.8 4.7 .1 5.9 2.2 2.8 2.1 4.6 5.9 4.2 2.8 12.2 2.0 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.4 4.4 5.1 13.5 5.6 6.4 .1 1.7 2.2 3.3 2.2 2.3 5.7 1.5 2.9 11.1 2.2 1.0 1.2 3.9 .8 3.9 1.1 11.1 5.5 .2 1.4 2.9 1.2 2.9 2.6 6.5 1.6 2.6 9.9 2.0 .5 .6 4.9 .5 2.1 .7 8.9 2.3 .1 _ .4 5.6 4.2 3.0 .1 4.8 4.0 5.2 1.4 2.4 3.0 1.8 2.0 3.3 2.7 4.0 1.5 2.2 4.1 .1 3.8 3.2 4.2 .1 5.9 3.6 3.8 11.2 4.0 5.6 3.4 .6 4.2 12.6 .3 14.7 15.4 14.4 16.3 15.7 10.4 13.6 26.2 12.3 9.6 16.0 .2 6.3 19.0 .6 20.1 22.2 19.1 28.2 25.6 24.7 31.5 22.6 18.2 10.6 25.4 .4 14.4 - 7.1 5.9 7.5 5.8 5.2 6.7 2.5 4 .8 8.2 10.2 7.6 5.7 4 .1 - 9.5 2.5 7.0 11.9 9.9 4 .0 - 5.9 4.8 6.2 5.4 3.8 4.7 2.6 3.2 5.5 5.5 5.9 3.1 3.6 - 6.4 2.2 7.6 3.6 13.8 5.4 - 6.1 2.6 7.3 2.2 15.1 5.5 _ 4.0 1.9 8.6 .4 10.0 6.1 - _ 4.1 2.3 12.8 .1 8.3 7.5 _ 4.9 2.1 25.3 .1 4.1 6.4 _ _ _ _ .2 X indicates that these data were not collected . Because of rounding, sums o f individual items may not equal 100. X X 76.2 3.4 79.2 22.6 59.7 13.6 3.3 33.2 .9 .6 .3 .5 .6 2.8 1.2 18.7 2.6 _ .1 4.5 5.3 7.8 10.3 7.2 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.8 3.1 .1 5.2 .3 3.9 13.7 91.4 1.6 1.9 1.5 1.1 .4 .3 .8 .4 .4 .1 .2 2.4 6.3 6.4 9.9 73.5 2.5 _ 6.2 _ 2.8 3.5 13.6 - _ 1.8 8.0 2.6 6.5 1 Covers 25 B ell System telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These ca rriers are engaged in interstate or foreign communication servioe using th eir own f a c i l i t i e s or through connection using the f a c i l it i e s o f another carrier under d ire ct or in d ire ct common con trol. 2 See appendix fo r d e fin itio n o f hours and rates used in this b u lletin . 3 Less than 0.05 percent. * In su fficien t data to warrant presentation o f information on rates and hours. NOTE: 15.0 _ .3 21.3 Table 3. Non-Bell Telephone Carriers:' Percent Distribution of Employees in Occupational Groups by Average Hourly Rates/ December 1968 Percent o f employees receiving— Number o f employees Occupational group A ll employees except o f f i c i a l s and managerial assistants----------------------------------Part time---------------------------------------------------Full time--------------------------- ------------ ---------P rofessional and semiprofessional employeesDraftsmen---------------------------------------------------Others-----------------— ------- ------------------------Business o f f i c e and sales employees-------—— Supervisors—------------------------—----------------Nonsupervisory employees--------------------------C lerica l em ployees---—--------------------------------Supervisors——— - —- — - ———------------Nonsupervisory employees— ---- ---- — ------Commercial department-------------- ——- — T ra ffic department----------------- — ------Plant department—- —--- — -----------------Accounting department— — — —--------A ll other departments-------—------- ------Telephone operators---------------------------------------Chief operators—------------- -—---- -------------Service assistants and instructors— - — Experienced switchboard operators-------- — Operators in training— —-------—- —------Other switchboard employees-------------- -— Construction, in sta lla tion , and maintenance employees-------------------- -------------Foremen o f telephone craftsmen—- —------ — Central o ff i c e craftsmen------------— — — Test-board men and repeatermen-----------Central o ffi c e repairmen-------------- ------Others—- —- ——----------------------------------In sta llation and exchange repair craftsmen—--------------------------------------------PBX and sta tion in s ta lle rs ------------------Exchange repairmen-----------------------------Others--------------------------------------------------bine, cable, and conduit craftsmen---------Linemen------- -----------------------------------------Cable s p lice r s ----------------------- —-----------Cable s p lic e r s ' helpers-----------------------Others—--------------------------------------------- — Laborers— ---- ---------- —------ ---------—--------Building, supplies, and motor vehicle employees------------------------------------------------------Foremen-----------------------------------------------------Mechanics-------------------------------- ---------—-----Other building service employees-------------Other supplies and motor vehicle employees------------------— ------------------------A ll employees not elsewhere cla s s ifie d --------- Total Women Men 39,392 1,616 34,776 3,151 168 2,983 1,720 351 1,369 6,803 364 6,439 1,486 645 1,473 1,441 1,394 10,423 412 694 8,109 1,170 38 17,850 221 17,629 2,701 89 2,612 423 222 201 746 148 598 43 18 211 129 197 49 2 4 sched uled weekly hours Average hourly rates2 7 8 18,542 1,395 17,147 450 79 371 1,297 129 1,168 6,057 216 5,841 1,443 627 1,262 1,312 1,197 10,374 410 690 8,081 1,163 30 39.6 28.3 40.1 39.9 39.4 40.0 39.6 40.0 39.5 39.7 40.0 39.7 39.3 39.8 39.8 39.7 39.8 39.5 40.0 40.3 39.4 39.3 37.4 $2.77 2.27 2.79 4.44 2.80 4.54 2.71 3.99 2.38 2.29 3.66 2.21 2.21 2.29 2.22 2.17 2.20 2.01 3.24 2.63 1.91 1.80 2.78 12,871 1,471 4,253 507 2,354 1,392 12,746 1,465 4,195 490 2,331 1,374 125 6 58 17 23 18 39.7 39.9 39.7 35.6 40.4 40.0 3.25 4.35 3.21 3.41 3.17 3.22 4,557 2,448 1,074 1,035 2,579 1,163 1,184 79 153 11 4,499 2,446 1,046 1,007 2,576 1,162 1,183 79 152 11 58 2 39.8 40.0 39.2 40.0 39.6 39.6 39.6 39.9 39.5 ( 4) 3.11 2.93 3.39 3.28 2.92 2.88 3.08 2.26 2.42 ( 4) 1,267 101 85 650 1,076 98 76 500 191 3 9 150 38.9 40.0 40.0 38.1 2.48 4.07 3.07 1.95 431 157 402 109 29 48 39.7 37.7 2.76 2.87 28 28 28 3 1 1 - 1 - $1.60 $1.80 Under and $1.60 under $1.80 $2.00 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 over 15.6 12.5 6.5 4.2 5.0 3.4 and 1.9 5.6 7.6 7.8 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X .1 - .2 - .3 - - 14.3 .3 2.4 .2 8.4 - 1.2 13.1 .5 10.1 - 10.5 14.8 .5 15.6 22.3 6.8 14.6 15.1 14.0 35.6 - .3 37.3 58.3 - _ 9.1 $2.00 12.6 12.7 .5 13.3 14.7 13.8 12.2 12.7 13.6 14.3 2.2 2.0 15.8 16.0 7.9 4.3 1.8 11.3 1.3 19.0 .9 23.6 23.8 1.9 25.0 24.0 25.7 26.7 27.9 21.1 23.8 1.0 11.4 28.1 9.7 13.2 2.5 8.9 2 .1 22.8 10.8 25.9 21.8 8.5 22.6 19.8 29.3 27.0 18.9 21.4 13.3 6.8 34.4 13.6 1.0 23.7 3.2 27.4 1.9 4.8 4.0 5.0 9.9 2.5 10.3 8.8 12.4 7.5 13.7 10.4 4.9 18.7 14.0 2.0 14.0 15.8 3.4 7 .1 3.2 10.3 6.6 11.3 4.6 4.1 4.7 3.4 3.4 2.7 4.9 8.5 1.9 9.5 16.7 .4 1.0 10.5 3.2 4.2 3 .1 1.9 4.0 1.3 2.9 8.0 2.7 2.0 2.2 1.2 3.0 4.7 1.6 16.3 7.3 .6 - 7.9 21.1 8.4 7.3 10.1 7.2 6.4 7.4 .5 8.6 6.3 7.8 10.8 5 .1 1.2 5.7 1.2 4.0 10.3 7.7 2.2 6.4 2.6 6.1 8.3 16.4 4.4 18.5 27.2 20.8 11.4 18.4 5.5 20.7 20.5 25.3 12.9 9.0 8.7 15.3 8.1 12.2 23.1 5.3 15.4 4.3 4.7 3.5 5.5 2.7 20.8 .3 1.2 .2 .2 2.1 16.7 .2 19.9 15.6 36.3 12.9 13.7 12.6 16.3 20.6 3.9 2.3 9.0 2.4 3.6 .4 7.3 .5 .1 6.0 41.6 18.3 11.1 28.5 2.5 2.0 - 5.0 2.9 6.7 8.3 6.1 10.5 2.8 1.3 .7 * - .5 4 .1 .2 .3 .1 2.6 3.0 2.6 2.3 7.5 .3 7.5 2.8 8.6 7.3 - .5 .9 .2 .1 1.5 2.3 .2 8.9 1.3 - 5.3 8.9 1.1 1.2 6.5 6.9 3 .1 29.1 18.3 - 8.3 11.7 5.2 3.2 10.5 12.6 6.1 21.5 22.2 - 9.6 11.7 5.7 8.9 12.6 15.9 8.3 17.7 19.0 - 6.9 7.4 6.1 6.8 10.4 9.5 11.7 8.9 6.5 - 5.0 6 .1 2.7 4.7 6.4 5.5 7.2 3.8 8.5 - 10.6 13.8 5.0 8.9 7.7 9.8 5.7 6.3 7.2 - .2 21.3 15.5 8.9 - - - - - - _ - - .3 _ 1.3 - - 5.6 4.2 5.7 2.2 4.0 1.8 2.3 9.9 1.9 1.2 .6 3 .8 .9 2.1 1.3 10.9 3.7 .8 - - 9.8 - - 1 8 .1 11.8 4.8 12.2 3.0 8.3 1.7 1.7 16.8 .9 1.3 .3 .8 1.1 .4 .5 9.2 1.2 12.2 3.0 12.7 2.6 6.8 1.5 .9 7.4 .5 .1 .9 1.4 .3 .2 .4 6.8 1.3 .1 .2 .2 .1 1.7 .6 - - - - - - - - - 3.3 2.0 4.7 1.1 6.2 5.0 4.7 2.0 4.8 6.9 3.5 2.6 5.0 6.9 16.5 .6 2.7 11.9 23.5 - 2.7 19.8 22.4 .5 7.9 4.5 7.0 6.4 11.8 20.4 9.7 14.0 6.7 10.2 13.0 3.2 7.9 3.2 23.7 3.8 8.8 4.5 .5 5.7 - - 28.9 4.2 30.3 8.2 33.0 1.8 1.8 16.8 1.0 1.6 1.9 .5 .3 1.2 1.2 4.9 2.4 1.0 - 1 .0 - .1 - 1.6 .6 .3 .4 .2 .5 - .2 .2 .1 5.4 24.3 2.5 11.4 1.3 1.4 3 .8 .7 14.0 .5 2.3 2.2 2.5 . - .7 1.3 - 2.6 - 1 .0 1.7 15.8 1.8 17.8 - - 5.9 10.0 1 .0 - - 15.1 2.0 4.7 20.6 1 .0 9.8 4.2 10.1 2.2 7.7 .8 .5 6.6 .1 .1 - 8.2 24.6 - 10.4 3.0 10.8 2.6 8.0 1.2 .6 5 .8 .3 .3 .5 .3 .2 .2 .2 3 .6 1.2 - 5.9 35.5 - 9.9 5.5 2.4 5.7 2.0 6.0 .9 1.7 10.7 1.2 .4 2.2 1.1 .8 1.9 .6 8.5 3.5 2.2 9.9 - - - 1.8 - - .5 7.0 .7 5 .1 1.2 4.5 - .3 .7 6.4 1 Covers 27 non-Bell telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in in tersta te or foreign communication service using th eir own f a c i l it i e s or through connection using the f a c i l it i e s o f another ca rrie r under d ire ct or in d irect common con trol. 2 See appendix fo r d e fin itio n o f hours and rates used in this b u lletin . Less than 0.05 percent. 4 In s u fficie n t data to warrant presentation o f information on rates and hours. 3 NOTE: X indicates that these data were not collected . Because o f rounding, sums o f individual items may not equal 100. (0 o Table 4. A ll1 and Bell System Telephone Carriers: United States3 Occupational group Number of workers Average hourly rates New England Number of workers Average hourly rates Average Hourly Rates2 of Employees in Selected Occupations by Region, December 1968 Middle Atlantic Great Lakes Number Average hourly of workers rates Number Average of hourly workers rates Chesapeake Number of workers Average hourly rates Southeast Number of workers North Central South Central Mountain Average hourly rates Number of workers Average hourly rates Number of workers Average hourly rates Number of Workers 23,778 749 $3.32 3.51 67,451 1,307 $3.14 3.43 28,739 611 418 2.43 P acific Average hourly rates Number of workers $3.35 3.66 110,767 3,025 Average hourly rates A ll Carriers A ll employees except o f f i c i a ls and manager ia l assistants*--------Cable s p lice r s --------Cable s p lic e r s ' helpers------------------Central o ff i c e r e pairmen--------- ---- ---C lerica l (nonsuperv is o ry )------------------Exchange repairmen— Experienced switchboard operators-----Linemen-------------------Mechanics, building and motor vehicle se rvice ---- — --------PBX and sta tion in s ta lle rs -------------Test-board men and repeatermen------------- 727,897 19,575 $3.48 3.70 51,492 1,317 $3.53 141,943 3.89 3,569 $3.69 4.02 123,071 3,483 $3.52 3.67 43,728 1,348 $3.36 3.69 95,357 3,497 $2.99 3.59 2,437 2.44 413 2.48 441 2.56 375 2.42 183 2.51 446 2.27 53,211 3.66 2,802 57 2.79 3.70 10,134 3.81 8,200 3.61 3,131 3.46 6,101 3.47 1,575 3.74 5,225 3.67 1,731 3.72 8,445 3.81 146,824 18,276 2.69 3.97 10,433 623 2.68 3.91 29,822 4,344 2.79 4.08 24,191 4,554 2.73 3.97 8,673 703 2.53 3.98 16,426 1,877 2.50 3.62 4,684 314 2.43 3.94 11,315 2,419 2.53 4.02 6,097 566 2.58 3.90 26,186 2,666 2.81 4.04 123,558 12,538 2.46 2.97 9,008 948 2.57 3.28 22,787 2,185 2.65 3.32 21,265 2,014 2.50 2.97 7,494 835 2.45 2.64 18,843 2,323 2.08 2.51 4,727 477 2.32 2.83 14,563 1,563 2.43 2.81 4,986 564 2.38 3.12 16,201 1,427 2.66 3.33 3,085 3.73 254 3.36 894 3.97 762 3.79 230 3.37 172 3.42 60 3.46 135 3.93 55 3.15 444 3.80 38,208 3.60 1,556 3.57 9,909 3.78 8,123 3.57 2,082 3.29 4,494 3.19 774 3.86 4,369 3.68 937 3.67 5,539 3.75 16,013 3.90 897 4.01 1,861 4.38 1,839 4.06 565 3.99 1,991 3.80 266 3.95 933 3.98 469 3.96 1,994 4.11 89,908 3,329 $3.03 3.63 23,604 749 $3.32 3.51 62,228 1,170 $3.18 3.48 28,739 611 $3.35 3.66 104,686 2,875 $3.72 3.73 - - - - $3.68 3.69 B ell System Carriers A ll employers except o f f i c i a ls and manager ia l assistants*--------Cable s p lice r s --------Cable s p lic e r s ' helpers--------- ------ — Central o f f i c e r e pairmen------------------C lerica l (nonsuperv iso ry )------------------Exchange repairmen— Experienced switchboard operators-----Linemen--------- — -----Mechanics, building and motor vehicle service—--------------PBX and station in s ta lle rs -------------Test-board men and repeatermen——------ 691,505 18,391 $3.52 3.74 51,492 1,317 $3.53 140,858 3.89 3,525 $3.70 4.03 113,229 3,128 $3.58 3.70 40,903 1,254 $3.43 3.75 _ 2,358 2,44 413 2.48 441 2.56 365 2.43 183 2.51 433 2.28 372 2.45 47 2.80 50,857 3.68 2,802 3.70 10,068 3.82 7,555 3.63 2,874 3.50 5,616 3.52 1,571 3.75 5,035 3.68 1,731 3.72 8,062 3.81 140,385 17,202 2.71 4.01 10,433 623 2.68 3.91 29,627 4,344 2.80 4.08 22,839 4,137 2.75 4.06 8,097 703 2.57 3.98 15,474 1,877 2.53 3.62 4,644 314 2.43 3.94 10,240 2,190 2.58 4.09 6,097 566 2.58 3.90 24,906 2,432 2.84 4.06 115,449 11,375 2.50 2.98 9,008 948 2.57 3.28 22,391 2,135 2.67 3.33 18,667 1,650 2.58 2.95 6,720 718 2.53 2.68 17,710 2,192 2.10 2.51 4,680 467 2.32 2.84 13,331 1,403 2.48 2.84 4,986 564 2.38 3.12 15,132 1,198 2.72 3.32 _ _ _ 3,000 3.75 254 3.36 894 3.97 740 3.81 228 3.37 148 3.59 60 3.46 132 3.94 55 3.15 431 3.80 35,760 3.65 1,556 3.57 9,817 3.78 7,804 3.58 1,773 3.41 3,882 3.28 752 3.88 3,853 3.77 937 3.67 5,385 3.75 15,506 3.92 897 4.01 1,859 4.38 1,697 4.12 548 4.01 1,910 3.82 266 3.95 875 4.02 469 3.96 1,860 4.10 1 Covers telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. 2 See appendix fo r d efin ition o f hours and rates used in this b u lle tin . J Includes data fo r employees in Hawaii, Puerto R ico, and Virgin Islands; and long-lines employees o f the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. which are excluded from the regional tabulations. Alaska had no carriers reporting to the Federal Communications Commission. (For scope o f survey, see appendix.) * Includes employees in occupations in addition to those shown separately. NOTE: For purposes o f this study, the regions fo r which separate data are presented include: New England - Connecticut, Maine, Massachussetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle A tlantic - Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; Great Lakes - I l li n o is , Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; Chesapeake - D is tr ic t o f Columbia, Maryland, V irginia, and West V irginia; Southeast - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, M ississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; North Central - Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; South Central - Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas (except El Paso County); Mountain - Arizona, Colorado, Idaho (south o f the Salmon R iv er), Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas (El Paso County), Utah, and kfyoming; and P a cific - C aliforn ia , Idaho (north o f Salmon R iver), Oregon, and Washington. Table 5. Western Union Telegraph Company: Percent Distribution of Employees' in Occupational Groups by Average Hourly Rates,2 October 1968 Number o f employees Occupational group Total A ll employees except o f f i c i a l s , managerial assistants, and messengers--------------------------------------Professional and semiprofessional employees------Engineers and engirieering assistants-------------Others---------------------------------------------------------------Telegraph o ff i c e superintendents and managers---Sales employees--------- -—-------------------------------------C lerica l employees------------------------------------------------Supervisors------------------------------------------------------Nonsupervisory employees---------------------------------Commercial department---------------------------------T ra ffic department--------------------------------------A ll other departments---------------------------------Route aides------------------------------------------------------Telegraph operators----------------------------------------------T ra ffic managers, ch ie f operators, supervisors and instructors--------------------------Experienced telegraph operators (except morse operators)----------- —----------------------------- Commercial department---------------------------------T ra ffic department-------------------------------------Switching clerks----------------------------------------------Operators in training--------------------------------------Other operators------------------------------------------------Morse operators-------------------------------------------Telephone operators------------------------------------Construction, in s ta lla tio n , and maintenance employees-------------------------------------------------------------T ra ffic testin g and regulating employees-------Construction, in s ta lla tion , and maintenance employees--------- ---------------------------------------------Foremen— -----------------------------------------------------Subscribers' equipment maintainers—--------Linemen and cablemen-----------------------------------Others— --------------------------------------------------Laborers-----------------------------------------------------------Building service employees----------------------------------Mechanics----------------------------------------------------------Others---------------------------------------------------------------Messengers——------ — —------------------------------------—-------Full-tim e employees--------------------------- ------------------Part-time employees----------- —-------------------------------Walking and b icy c le messengers--------------- ------ ----Motor messengers---------------------------------------------------- 22,787 1,261 462 799 2,373 281 5,978 918 4,970 2,961 464 1,545 90 6,383 Men 12,544 1,102 450 652 1,413 254 1,946 667 1,249 670 109 470 30 1,509 Women Average sched uled weekly hours Percent o f employees receiving- Average hourly $1.60 and rates2 under $1.80 10,243 159 12 147 960 27 4,032 251 3,721 2,291 355 1,075 60 4,874 39.2 37.1 37.1 37.1 39.9 36.3 38.2 37.1 38.3 39.0 39.9 36.6 40.0 39.8 $3.37 6.23 6.21 6.24 3.24 4.75 3.14 4.42 2.93 2.85 2.64 3.20 2.17 2.70 - $1.80 $2.00 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 $2.00 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 over - 5.8 .1 .1 .4 5.5 5.1 5.4 8.2 3.8 31.1 15.1 10.8 4.4 11.7 .1 13.7 14.4 27.4 8.4 17.8 21.0 9.3 .4 .2 .5 12.4 14.7 .7 17.5 21.2 10.6 12.5 1.1 10.7 20.9 2.1 1.5 2.4 21.3 ..4 25.0 7.7 28.6 30.7 48.9 18.4 36.7 12.1 3.8 1.7 5.0 25.2 1.8 13.1 14.4 13.1 11.3 3.7 19.5 10.6 7.3 5.4 1.7 7.5 15.8 10.0 7.5 9.3 7.4 5.9 1.3 11.9 _ 3.1 5.9 2.5 2.6 2.4 9.4 13.2 5.6 4.6 5.9 6.0 7.2 _ .9 11.1 2.2 3.2 1.6 2.9 10.7 5.4 6.6 5.3 3.4 10.4 .4 4.3 2.0 2.4 1.8 1.3 14.2 2.3 6.9 1.4 1.1 2.5 _ .4 4.9 2.1 2.2 1.2 1.1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and 1,208 505 703 39.9 3.28 - - 3,431 1,778 1,653 19 300 1,425 50 1,375 803 430 373 2 76 123 35 88 2,628 1,348 1,280 17 224 1,302 15 1,287 39.8 39.8 39.9 40.0 39.7 39.7 40.0 39.6 2.59 2.56 2.61 2.63 2.08 2.59 2.94 2.57 - _ - 6,030 1,588 5,932 1,558 98 30 39.9 40.0 3.81 3.82 - - - 4,339 769 1,467 411 1,692 103 481 99 382 3,344 2,504 840 1,715 1,629 4,271 767 1,459 409 1,636 103 388 99 289 3,237 2,407 830 1,665 1,572 68 2 8 2 56 39.8 39.4 40.0 40.0 39.8 40.0 39.3 39.9 39.1 33.8 39.1 17.8 29.2 38.6 3.81 4.65 3.78 3.71 3.48 3.42 2.66 3.38 2.47 2.07 2.14 1.64 1.63 2.42 53.2 - 6.0 7.6 8.0 X X X X X 100.0 4.0 - 93 93 107 97 10 50 57 13.9 17.8 9.7 5.3 97.3 13.6 14.1 X 16.3 - 7.0 10.5 51.5 16.0 26.6 24.3 29.1 2.0 29.5 _ 30.5 13.8 19.5 7.6 89.5 .7 7.4 6.0 7.5 44.5 38.2 51.2 5.3 48.4 66.0 47.7 1.1 .1 2.2 _ 1.1 28.0 .1 .1 _ _ _ .4 3.7 1.7 6.6 2.6 10.0 7.7 8.8 8.1 10.5 13.0 34.0 50.6 11.9 11.5 4 .1 4.2 1.3 1.0 9.4 11.7 9.4 7.1 9.9 22.1 7.9 .3 1.5 6.3 17.4 8.7 1.9 1.0 2.1 .4 11.1 .3 8.9 20.7 15.5 2.9 8.1 36.4 .8 - 9.2 1.2 5.6 13.9 15.0 _ 4.8 21.2 .5 _ 9 .9 2.6 12.9 10.2 10.6 _ 5.2 20.2 1.3 27.8 3.6 63.5 13.6 11.2 39.8 1.0 4.0 .3 12.1 27.0 5.0 16.5 10.3 13.6 1.2 6.1 5.3 16.4 .1 13.6 2.7 4.9 .2 1.0 .2 _ .5 18.4 61.3 77.2 16.3 X X 33.5 X X X X 45.4 X .7 1 Includes employees working in the conterminous 48 States and the D is trict o f Columbia; the company does not operate in Alaska or Hawaii. 2 Excludes premium pay fo r overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and la te s h ifts . 3 Less than 0.05 percent. NOTE: X indicates these data were not collected . Because o f rounding, sums o f individual items may not equal LOO. 1.9 3.0 5.2 1.8 1.6 6.41.2 4 .9 .6 .1 1.6 _ .2 _ - X .1 ( 3) _ _ _ _ _ .1 _ _ _ .9 9.0 75.3 76.4 74.6 4-.6 40.2 6.7 39.0 .8 .2 _ 2.3 _ .7 3.6 _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.6 1.0 7.3 2.8 3.2 13.5 .1 .7 1.9 9.1 35.1 1.2 3.4 5.6 .6 2.0 .3 .2 1.0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ X X X X X X _ _ _ 1.4 3.3 5.0 2.4 .7 3.2 1.4 5.9 .6 .1 _ 1.6 _ .2 X X X X X X - _ - - _ X - _ X - - - - _ Table 6. International Telegraph Carriers:' Percent Distribution of Employees in Occupational Groups by Average Hourly Rates,2 October 1968 Number o f employees Occupational group A ll employees except o ffic e r s and a s s is ta n ts ---— A ll employees except o ffic e r s and assistants, and messengers-——- - - ™ - ™ - —— Professional and semiprofessional employees—— — Engineers and engineering assistants— — — —— Others—— ———— — —— —--------- — —— O ffice or sta tion superintendents and assistants— Sales employees— — — — — — -------------- -------C lerica l employees---------------------------------------------------Supervisors------— —------------------—----------------Nonsupervisory c le r ic a l employees---- — ---- --------Operating department— — —--------- --------—— Commercial department—--------—----------------------Accounting department---------------- -------------------Engineering department-— —-------------------------A ll other departments-------------- — -----------------Operators------------------------------ -----------------------------------T ra ffic ch iefs, dispatchers, supervisors, instructors, and assistants------------------------------Nonsupervisory operators— ---- —— — -------------Radio operators—— - ,............................. , — Marine coastal sta tion operators—---------------Cable op era tors™ -™ ---—- - —- — —- Teletype-m ultiplex operators— —— —— — Telephone operators— — --------- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ---A ll other operators-—— — — Messengers-.... ........................................................ ......... . Foot and b ic y c le —— — — — ————— — ———— Motor---------------------------------------------------- __— -------Construction, in s ta lla tio n , maintenance, and other technical employees-———— ————— — — Supervisors—---- --------------------------------------------------Mechanics and maintenance technicians— —— Radio operating technicians—----------------------------Radiotelegraph riggers------------------------------- --------Radiotelegraph groundmen—— --------——— — Others------- —-------------------------------------------------------Building service employees— -----—— A ll employees not elsewhere c la s s ifie d —— — — - Total Men Percent o f employees receiving— Women sched uled weekly hours Average $1.60 hourly and rates2 under $1.80 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 $2.00 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.50 $4.75 over and 5,424 4,540 884 36.8 14.11 5.5 1.0 1.5 4.5 5.9 5.4 4 .6 5,2 5.8 7.6 8.4 13.9 4.3 26.3 4,191 548 212 336 39 277 1,048 153 895 504 29 212 15 135 1,111 881 24 1 23 37.3 37.3 37.2 37.4 37.6 36.3 37.3 36.9 37.3 37.5 37.6 37.3 37.1 36.9 37.5 4.24 6.15 6.42 5.99 7.09 5.06 3.58 5.33 3.39 3.59 3.14 3.18 3.62 3.33 3.85 ( 3) .1 .4 .9 1.5 3.2 4.9 .7 8.9 6.2 .2 .3 10.3 10.1 5.8 1.7 8.6 1.0 1.3 .9 2.2 .7 .2 3.6 3.1 8.6 4.0 2.3 1.2 9.9 7.4 11.7 11.9 8.7 11.4 5.8 11.2 4.6 19.5 18.2 15.2 10.7 6.8 9.5 6.9 10.2 11.0 19.6 11.1 8.1 5.0 .2 .5 2.7 7.6 .6 8.4 6.4 11.7 7.9 8.7 11.7 4.1 5.5 .7 1.1 4.0 7.0 .6 7.8 6.1 7.8 9.3 4.3 9.4 4.5 6.2 2.4 .9 3.3 3.0 8.6 3.0 9.2 7.2 4.7 14.5 8.7 7.8 4.1 8.1 4.2 2.3 5.3 7.0 11.5 .6 12.7 19.1 8.6 8.6 4.3 8.5 7.8 9.0 3.8 2.8 4.5 3.7 10.8 2.4 11.8 19.5 9.4 4.0 10.9 8.5 12.1 14.9 4.7 3.3 5.6 8.6 9.2 7.1 9.5 18.2 1.6 4.0 4.3 3.9 33.4 4.6 6.1 3.3 7.8 9.3 2.0 7.7 1.4 .2 1.6 2.8 2.2 1.6 3.4 28.1 77.6 86.9 72.1 100.0 49.2 11.4 78.1 4.0 .2 4.7 2.6 10.9 12.4 8.4 120 1,181 51 123 228 686 64 29 352 340 12 117 994 48 122 210 543 42 29 349 337 12 37.5 37.5 . 37.2 37.5 37.4 37.5 37.5 37.5 29.6 29.3 37.5 5.08 3.73 4.28 4.30 3.53 3.66 3.68 3.49 1.74 1.71 2.42 - 1.4 2.3 .9 .9 - 6.4 15.8 5.1 6.3 - 7.5 .4 11.2 15.6 3.4 4.5 2.4 66.7 9.0 15.8 7.6 7.8 44.8 .3 8.3 4.5 2.4 5.7 5.1 6.9 - .8 4.8 8.9 7.0 4.2 1.6 - .8 4.4 2.0 13.0 6.1 2.3 7.8 - .8 8.6 4.1 12.7 9.0 6.3 3.4 - 10.8 35.7 96.1 13.0 28.9 37.8 39.1 24.1 - 21.7 1.5 13.8 .1 - 60.0 3.1 2.0 29.3 - 1,061 163 560 124 24 5 185 83 26 1,060 163 559 124 24 5 185 82 26 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.4 37.7 4.51 5.60 4.34 4.49 4.36 3.18 4.14 3.12 3.31 .7 2.4 .7 .8 12.5 9.2 7.2 19.2 4.8 7.3 4.8 2.2 6.0 19.2 7.2 9.6 8.9 5.9 12.0 6.2 8.0 2.4 60.0 8.1 31.3 11.5 6.4 .6 5.4 7.3 4.2 14.6 3.6 3.8 10.2 2.5 8.4 16.1 20.8 17.3 2.4 - 8.5 6.1 7.3 11.3 20.8 10.8 1.2 46.4 90.2 .6 41.9 7 .7 7 .7 Because o f rounding, sums o f individual items may not equal 100, $2.00 5,072 572 213 359 39 301 1,689 169 1,520 611 128 428 46 307 1,301 - 24 641 16 625 107 99 216 31 172 190 - 3 187 3 1 18 143 22 3 3 1 - 1 1 - .1 .2 .1 - - .1 .1 84.7 87.6 - 1 Covers employees o f international telegraph carriers who have annual operating revenues exceeding conterminous 48 States and the D is tr ic t o f Columbia. 2 See appendix fo r d e fin itio n o f hours and rates used in this bulletin . 3 In su fficien t data to warrant presentation o f information on rates and hours. NOTE: $1.80 .2 .3 9.7 9.1 25.0 1.2 - 6.0 7 .7 .4 - - .2 20.0 1.1 16.9 3.8 .9 20.0 .5 8.4 - 7 .7 5.0 12.9 15.4 7.5 14.7 15.6 17.2 7.0 .6 7.5 6.5 8.3 11.4 3.6 11.5 50,000; excludes employees working fo r international telegraph carriers outside the 3 3 .3 18.9 - Appendix. Scope and Method of Survey Data presented in this study are based on annual reports filed with the Federal Communications Commis working outside the conterminous 48 States and the District of Columbia, except telephone carrier em sion by communication carriers, as required by the amended Communications Act of 1934. All carriers engaged in interstate or foreign communications service by means of their own facilities or through connection ployees in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Alaska had no telephone carriers within scope of the survey. All other employees, both full time and part time, were included. Part-time employees are defined as with the facilities of another carrier under direct or indirect common control are subject to the full juris diction of the Commission. A large number of telephone carriers engaged in interstate or foreign service only by connection with the facilities of another unaffiliated carrier are not subject to the full jurisdiction o f the those regularly assigned shorter hours than a full-time schedule. Commission and are not required to file annual reports of hours and earnings of employees. tions, volume X, part 51, applying to telephone carriers, Occupational groups for which separate data are presented are defined in the FCC’s R u les and Regula and part 52, applying to telegraph companies. Copies of this volume are on sale by the Superintendent of Tabulations for telephone carriers relate to those Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washing having annual operating revenues in excess of $1 million, and subject to the full jurisdiction of the FCC. Included ton, D.C., 20402, at $1.50 per subscription. are 25 Bell System companies and 27 companies not affiliated with the Bell System. Hours and Rates Tabulations for wire-telegraph and international tele graph carriers were confined to companies with annual Average hourly rates presented in this bulletin were revenues exceeding $50,000 and engaged in interstate or computed by dividing total “ scheduled weekly compen foreign commerce. Western Union Telegraph Co. is the only wire-telegraph company included. Six companies sation” by total “ scheduled weekly hours.” Average scheduled weekly hours were obtained by dividing the total scheduled weekly hours by the number of em ployees. engaged in nonvocal radio and/or cable communications are included in the international telegraph tabulations. Employees and Occupational Groups Covered by the Study The terms “ scheduled weekly hours” and “ scheduled weekly compensation” for the three carrier groups covered by the study are defined, according to the FCC’s Officials and managerial assistants were not included R u les and R egulations, as follows: in the tabulations. Also excluded were employees Telephone Carriers 5 1.12(b). “Scheduled weekly hours’’ means the number o f regular hours, excluding overtime hours, in the duty tours which the employee is scheduled to work during the week in which December 31 occurs, whether or not excused because o f a holiday, vacation, leave o f absence, or other reason. 51.13(b). “Scheduled weekly compensation” means compensation to the employee at the rate of pay in effect on December 31 for the “scheduled weekly hours.” It includes the basic weekly pay rate plus any regularly scheduled supplementary compensation, such as differentials for evening and night tours, equivalent value o f board and lodging for unlocated employees, equivalent value o f meals furnished dining service employees, and equivalent value o f living quarters and maintenance furnished managers o f agency offices. It excludes pay for overtime work and pay in excess o f weekday rates for Sunday and holiday work. Western Union Telegraph Company 52.21(b). “Scheduled weekly hours” are defined as an employee’s regular daily tour o f duty multiplied by the number o f days, or fraction o f days, scheduled to be worked during a week. 52.22(b). “Scheduled weekly compensation” is defined as the wages scheduled to be paid for scheduled weekly hours as defined in 52.21(b). This should include employee contributions for old-age benefits, unemployment insurance and similar deductions, paid vacation and holiday hours, the regularly scheduled weekly compensation for employees temporarily on leave due to disability or sickness, and the scheduled weekly compensation o f both full- and part-time employees. 13 The company reports that “ scheduled weekly compensation” excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. International Telegraph Carriers International telegraph carriers are instructed to report scheduled weekly hours and compensation for their employees as defined above for the Western Union Telegraph Co., except that scheduled weekly compensation should include regularly scheduled maintenance, travel, or other allowances. Distribution of Workers by Earnings Classes In the tables, workers are distributed according to the percentage having stipulated hourly rates of pay. Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100. 14 Industry Wage Studies The most recent reports for industries included in the Bureau’s program of industry wage surveys since January 1950 are listed below. Those for which a price is shown are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402, or any of its regional sales offices. Those for which a price is not shown may be obtained free as long as a supply is available, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C., 20212, or from any of the regional offices shown on the inside back cover. I. Occupational Wage Studies Manufacturing Basic Iron and Steel, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1602 (55 cents). Candy and Other Confectionery Products, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1520 (30 cents). *Canning and Freezing, 1957. BLS Report 136. Cigar Manufacturing, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1581 (25 cents). Cigarette Manufacturing, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1472 (20 cents). Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles, 1968. BLS Bulletin 1637 ($1). Distilled Liquors, 1952. Series 2, No. 88. Fabricated Structural Steel, 1964. BLS Bulletin 1463 (30 cents). Fertilizer Manufacturing, 1966. BLS Bulletin 1531 (30 cents). Flour and Other Grain Mill Products, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1576 (25 cents). Fluid Milk Industry, 1964. BLS Bulletin 1464 (30 cents). Footwear, 1968. BLS Bulletin 1634 (75 cents). Hosiery, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1562 (70 cents). Industrial Chemicals, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1529 (40 cents). Iron and Steel Foundries, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1626 ($1). Leather Tanning and Finishing, 1968. BLS Bulletin 1618 (55 cents). Machinery Manufacturing, 1966. Meat Products, 1963. BLS Bulletin 1563 (70 cents). BLS Bulletin 1415 (75 cents). Men’s and Boys’ Shirts (except Work Shirts) and Nightwear, 1968. BLS Bulletin 1659 (65 cents). Men’s and Boys’ Suits and Coats, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1594 (75 cents). Miscellaneous Plastics Products, 1964. BLS Bulletin 1439 (35 cents). Miscellaneous Textile, 1953. BLS Report 56. Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts, 1963. BLS Bulletin 1393 (45 cents). Nonferrous Foundries, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1498 (40 cents). Paints and Varnishes, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1524 (40 cents). Paperboard Containers and Boxes, 1964. BLS Bulletin 1478 (70 cents). Petroleum Refining, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1526 (30 cents). Pressed or Blown Glass and Glassware, 1964. BLS Bulletin 1424 (30 cents). •Processed Waste, 1957. BLS Report 124. Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1608 (60 cents). Radio, Television, and Related Products, 1951. Series 2 , No. 84. Railroad Cars, 1952. Series 2, No. 86. *Raw Sugar, 1957. BLS Report 136. Southern Sawmills and Planing Mills, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1519 (30 cents). Structural Clay Products, 1964. BLS Bulletin 1459 (45 cents). Synthetic Fibers, 1966. BLS Bulletin 1540 (30 cents). Textile Dyeing and Finishing, 1965—66. BLS Bulletin 1527 (45 cents). *Tobacco Stemming and Redrying, 1957. BLS Report 136. * Studies of the effects o f the $1 minimum wage. I. Occupational Wage Studies— Continued Manufacturing— Continued West Coast Sawmilling, 1964. BLS Bulletin 1455 (30 cents). Women’s and Misses’ Coats and Suits, 1965. Women’s and Misses’ Dresses, 1968. BLS Bulletin 1508 (25 cents). BLS Bulletin 1649 (45 cents). Wood Household Furniture, Except Upholstered, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1496 (40 cents). * Wooden Containers, 1957. BLS Report 126. Wool Textiles, 1966. BLS Bulletin 1551 (45 cents). Work Clothing, 1968. BLS Bulletin 1624 (50 cents). Nonmanufacturing Auto Dealer Repair Shops, 1964. BLS Bulletin 1452 (30 cents). Banking, 1964. BLS Bulletin 1466 (30 cents). Bituminous Coal Mining, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1583 (50 cents). Communications, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1615 (30 cents). Contract Cleaning Services, 1968. BLS Bulletin 1644 (55 cents). Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1566 (30 cents). Department and Women’s Ready-to-Wear Stores, 1950. Series 2, No. 78. Eating and Drinking Places, 1966—67. BLS Bulletin 1588 (40 cents). Electric and Gas Utilities, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1614 (70 cents). Hospitals, 1966. BLS Bulletin 1553 (70 cents). Hotels and Motels, 1966—67. BLS Bulletin 1587 (40 cents). Laundry and Cleaning Services, 1968. BLS Bulletin 1645 (75 cents). Life Insurance, 1966. BLS Bulletin 1569 (30 cents). Motion Picture Theaters, 1966. BLS Bulletin 1542 (35 cents). Nursing Homes and Related Facilities, 1967—68. BLS Bulletin 1638 (75 cents). II. Other Industry Wage Studies Factory Workers’ Earnings— Distribution by Straight-Time Hourly Earnings, 1958. BLS Bulletin 1252 (40 cents). Factory Workers’ Earnings— Selected Manufacturing Industries, 1959. BLS Bulletin 1275 (35 cents). Employee Earnings and Hours in Nonmetropolitan Areas of the South and North Central Regions, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1552 (50 cents). Employee Earnings and Hours in Eight Metropolitan Areas of the South, 1965. BLS Bulletin 1533 (40 cents). Employee Earnings and Hours in Retail Trade, June 1966— Retail Trade (Overall Summary). BLS Bulletin 1584 ($1). Building Materials, Hardware, and Farm Equipment Dealers. BLS Bulletin 1584-1 (30 cents). General Merchandise Stores. BLS Bulletin 1584-2 (55 cents). Food Stores. BLS Bulletin 1584-3 (60 cents). Automotive Dealers and Gasoline Service Stations. BLS Bulletin 1584-4 (50 cents). Apparel and Accessory Stores. BLS Bulletin 1584-5 (55 cents). Furniture, Home Furnishings, and Household Appliance Stores. BLS Bulletin 1584-6 (50 cents). Miscellaneous Retail Stores. BLS Bulletin 1584-7 (65 cents). * Studies of the effects o f the $1 minimum wage. * U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING O FF ICE : 1970 O - 386-870 B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S R EG IO N A L O F F IC E S R egion I 1603-B Federal Building Government Center Boston, Mass. 02203 P hone: R egion II 341 Ninth Ave. New York, N .Y . 10001 Phone: 971-5405 (Area Code 212) 2 2 3 -6 7 6 2 (A rea C od e 6 1 7 ) R egion V Region VI 219 South Dearborn St. 337 M ayflower Building C hicago, 111. 60604 411 North Akard St. Phone: 353-7230 (Area Code 312) Dallas, Tex. 75201 Phone: 749-3516 (Area Code 214) * Regions VII and VIII w ill be serviced by Kansas City. ** Regions IX and X w ill be serviced by San Francisco. R egion III 406 Penn Square Building 1317 Filbert St. Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 Phone: 5 9 7 -7 7 9 6 (A rea C od e 2 1 5 ) Regions VII and VIII Federal O ffice Building 911 Walnut S t ., 10th Floor Kansas City, Mo. 64106 Phone: 374-2481 (Area Code 816) R egion IV Suite 540 1371 Peachtree St. NE. Atlanta, Ga. 30309 P hone: 5 2 6 -5 4 1 8 (A rea C od e 4 0 4 ) Regions IX and X 450 Golden Gate A ve. Box 36017 San Francisco, Calif. 94102 Phone: 556-4678 (Area Code 415) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20212 O F F I C IA L BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. DE P A R TM E N T OF LABOR I T H IR D C LA S S M A IL
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