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Industry Wage Survey:
Communications-1973
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
1975
Bulletin 1854




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Industry Wage Survey
Communications-1973
U. S. Department of Labor
Peter J. Brennan, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin, Commissioner
1975
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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 a cooperative arrangement, the Bureauof
Labor Statistics tabulates and publishes the data as part of a continuing series.
The study was conducted in the Bureau’s Office of Wages and Industrial Relations.
Philip M. Doyle of the Division of Occupational Wage Structures prepared the analysis
in this bulletin.
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.




Contents
Page
Summary ................................................................................................................................
Telephone carriers......................................................................................................................
Employment and pay rates in December 1973 ......................................................
Trends in wages and employment ...........................................................................
Western Union Telegraph Com pany......................................................................................
International telegraph carriers...............................................................................................

1
1
3

1
5
7

Tables:
Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average
hourly rates, December 1973, for—
1. Telephone carriers ........................................................................................ 8
2. Bell system telephone carriers....................................................................... 9
3. Non-Bell telephone carriers ........................................................................ 10
Average hourly rates of employees in selected occupations by region,
December 1973, for—
4. All and Bell System telephone carriers...................................................... 11
Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average
hourly rates, October 1973, for—
5. Western Union Telegraph Com pany............................................................. 12
6. International telegraph carriers...................................................................... 13
Chart:

Employment and average hourly rates of communications workers
except officials and managerial assistants, October 1947-December 1973 . . .

2

Appendix Scope and method of survey .......................................................................... 14




Communications, 1973
of America (CWA). Many carriers have separate agree­
ments for individual departments, and, in some cases,
Wages in the Nation’s principal communications car­ for different areas. The New York Telephone Company,
riers averaged $5.35 an hour in October-December for example, maintains separate agreements for its plant,
1973— up 9 percent from a year earlier.1 (See chart.) traffic, and commercial departments in the New York
The percent gain was the same as that in 1972.2 During City
and three other agreements for those depart­
the reference year, average wage rates increased 9 percent mentsarea
in
the
rest of the State.
for telephone carrier employees, 7 percent for Western
The
industry
workers in a wide variety of
Union’s nonmesseriger work force, and 8 percent for jobs, ranging fromemploys
custodial
professional and man­
domestic employees of international telegraph carriers. agerial, a number of which are tostaffed
by
Since 1970, wage increases in the communications in­ one sex. For example, women made predominantly
up
52
percent
of
dustries have averaged 11 percent a year— nearly double the work force in December 1973 but more than 90 per­
the long-term rate of 6 percent a year reported by BLS cent of the telephone operators and clerical employees.
since 1947.3
on the other hand, made up nearly all of the con­
Telephone carrier employees, 98 percent of the work­ Men,
struction,
installation, and maintenance employees and
ers studied, averaged $5.35 an hour in December 1973,4
almost
80
percent of the building service and motor
compared with October 1973 averages of $5.26 for
vehicle
employees.
Average hourly rates for numerically
Western Union Telegraph Company’s nonmessenger em­
important
job
categories
were: $3.80 for experienced
ployees, and $6.19 for employees of the four interna­
switchboard
operators,
$4.09
for nonsupervisory clerical
tional telegraph carriers.
employees,
$5.20
for
PBX
and
station installers, $5.29
Employment in the communications industries grew
for
cable
splicers
and
$5.42
for
central office repairers.
3 percent during 1973 to a record total of 885,604
Regionally,
average
wage
rates
ranged from $5.88 in
workers,5 following a slight decline in 1972. The growth the Middle Atlantic States, the largest
region in terms of
was centered among the telephone carriers and inter­ employment, to $4.76 in the Southeast.
(See table 4.)
national telegraph carriers (having a combined work
force of about 870,000), as their increases of 3 percent
1 See appendix for scope and method of survey including
and 1 percent, respectively, more than offset a 12 per­
definitions of employment covered and pay rates. The survey
cent decline at Western Union (employment of 14,000). excluded
officials and managerial assistants.
Summary

Telephone carriers

Employment .and pay rates in December 1973. The
Nation’s major telephone carriers employed 866,065
workers (excluding officials and managerial assistants),
averaging $5.35 an hour in December 1973. (See
table 1.) Wage rates of individual workers ranged from
less than $1.80 an hour to more than $8. This wide
dispersion results from a number of factors, including
the broad range of skills required by the industry, dif­
ferences in pay by carrier and locality, and the extensive
use of rate-ranges for specific occupations.
Wages and working conditions for a large majority
of the workers are determined by collective bargaining
agreements, mostly with the Communications Workers



Since 1947, annual studies have been made in coopera­
tion with the Federal Communications Commission. Informa­
tion before 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 Industry Wage Survey: Communications, 1972, Bulle­
tin 1828 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1974).
See Philip M. Doyle, “Increases average 11 percent in
communications, 1970-73,” Monthly Labor Review, January
1975, pp. 73-74.
The study was limited to those carriers (61) that had
annual operating revenues exceeding $1 million, engaged in
interstate or foreign communications services, using their own
facilities, or through connections with another carrier under
direct or indirect common control. Officials and managerial
assistants of these carriers, numbering approximately 7,900,
were not included in the study.
5 The study covered about seven-eighths of the 991,300
workers in the Nation’s telephone and telegraph communica­
tions industries at the time of the survey.

Employment and Average Hourly Rates of Communications Workers Except Officials and
Managerial Assistants, October 1947 - December 1973
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The 40,743 employees of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company’s Long Lines and Central Office
departments were not tabulated by region, but were
included in the U.S. totals; these workers averaged $6.97
an hour.6
Regional differences in average wage rates varied by
occupation. Central office repairers, for example, were
more closely grouped than experienced switchboard
operators and nonsupervisory clerical employees. (See
table A.)
Carriers affiliated with the Bell System employed
94 percent of the workers studied nationwide, and at
least 87 percent of those in each region. Bell System
companies, which often serve an entire State or group
of States, were generally much larger than other carriers.
Fourteen of the 25 Bell carriers, for example, employed
more than 25,000 workers whereas the largest of the
36 non-Bell companies had only 8,000 employees and
19 had fewer than 500 workers.

Table B. Pay levels of non-Bell carriers relative to Bell
carriers (Bell carriers=100)
Average
hourly
rates

Occupational category

Clerical employees, nonsuper­
visory ..................................................
Experienced switchboard
operators.............................................
Central office repairers ......................
PBX and station in stallers.................
Exchange repairers .............................
Line w o rk e rs .........................................

Average
weekly
rates

77

81

76
83
80
88
86

80
86
81
89
87

telephone carrier employees have increased at an aver­
age annual rate of 6 percent— from $1.26 an hour to
$5.35. Total increases, however, were not uniform among
major occupational groups. (See table C.)
Table C. Earnings in major job categories, October 1947

Table A. Relative pay levels by occupation and region

and December 1973

(Southeast=100)

Region

New England.............. •
Middle A tla n tic ..........
Great Lakes.................
Chesapeake.................
Southeast ...................
North Central ............
South Central ............
Mountain ...................
P a c ific ..........................

Clerical
employees
(nonsuper­
visory)

108
119
106
105
100
100
101
101
115

Item
Experienced
switchboard
operators

106
120
108
104
100
103
99
103
114

Central
office
repairers

106
110
107
105
100
106
102
101
110

Bell System employees had higher average wage rates
than their non-Bell counterparts in nearly all of the
occupational groups studied. (See tables 2 and 3.) In
numerically important job categories, non-Bell hourly
averages ranged from 76 to 88 percent of the correspond­
ing Bell rates. These differences, however, narrowed when
average weekly rates were compared, due to the longer
workweeks at non-Bell carriers. (See table B.)
Trends in wages and employment. Average wage rates
at the Nation’s principal telephone carriers rose nearly
9 percent during 1973. This gain was the same as the
one for 1972, which followed a record 15-percent in­
crease in 1971. Since 1947, average wage rates for all



Professional and semiprofessional em p loyees............
Nonsupervisory clerical
em ployees....................................
Experienced switchboard
operators......................................
Construction, installation, and
maintenance workers ..............

Average hourly
earnings

Percent
lilticdSc
October December
1947-73
1947
1973

$2.72

$8.64

218

1.13

4.09

262

.97

3.80

292

1.55

5.72

269

Shifts in the occupational composition of the in­
dustry have been responsible for about one-sixth of the
$4.09 an hour increase in average wage rates between
1947 and 1973. 7 As table D illustrates, the proportion
of higher-paid professional and semiprofessional workers
has more than doubled during this period, but the lowerpaid telephone operators 'have declined to less than
one-half their 1947 share of the work force.
Regional relationships have changed little over the
years. The highest averages generally continue to be
recorded in the Middle Atlantic or Pacific regions and
the lowest in the Southeast or South Central States.
(See table E.)
6 Also included in U.S. totals only were non-Bell carriers
in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Alaska.
Weighting occupational averages for 1973 by employment
in 1947 results in an average of $4.63 an hour instead of $5.35.

Table D. Composition of work force, October 1947 and
December 1973
(Percent distribution)

Total, all employees except
officials and managerial
assistants:
N u m b e r...............................
Percent .................................
Professional and semiprofessional .............................
Clerical ......................................
Telephone o p e ra to rs ..............
Construction, installation,
and m aintenance...................
All others ..................................
Men:
N u m b e r...............................
Percent ..................................
Women:
N u m b e r...............................
Percent ...............................

E m p lo y m e n t

December
1973

October
1947

Item

e stim a te s

552,700
100

866,100
100

5
17
46

12
22
21

23
9

34
11

179,700
33

418,000
48

373,000
67

448,000
52

w ere

ro u n d e d

to

th e

n earest

h u n d re d .

Table E. Regional pay relatives for selected periods
(National Average=100)
Region

New England ........................
Middle A tla n tic ......................
Great Lakes.............................
Chesapeake.............................
Southeast ...............................
North Central ........................
South Central ........................
Mountain ...............................
Pacific ................... ................

October

December

1952

1962

101
104
103
99
87
90
90
87
107

100
107
103
97
88
92
90
91
105

December

December

1972

New England ........................
Middle A tla n tic ......................
Great Lakes.............................
Chesapeake .............................
Southeast ...............................
North Central ........................
South Central ........................
M ountain..................................
P a c ific ......................................




98
109
99
94
89
94
91
92
105

1973

100
110
99
96
89
94
89
92
105

In December 1973, wage rates for Bell System em­
ployees averaged $5.43 an hour— 31 percent more than
the $4.16 recorded for employees of other carriers. Aver­
ages for both groups, however, rose at about the same
pace in 1973, increasing 9 percent among Bell carriers
and 8 percent at non-Bell carriers. Collective bargaining
agreements negotiated in late summer 1971 provided
much of the Bell System increase— $8 a week for plant
craft workers and $5.50 a week for other employees, as
well as cost-of-living adjustments based on the Bureau’s
Consumer Price Index.8
Since 1951, Bell System wage rates have increased at
an average annual rate of 5.6 percent compared with
6.0 percent at other carriers. 9 As a result, the gap be­
tween Bell and non-Bell average wage rates has narrowed
from 43 percent in 1951 to 31 percent in 1973.
Employment in the telephone carriers studied in­
creased 3 percent during 1973. This was the largest oneyear rise since a 5-percent advance was recorded in
1970, and was more than double the gains reported for
the previous 2 years combined. As in recent years, growth
at non-Bell carriers outstripped the Bell System increase.
6 percent and 3 percent respectively, in 1973.
The 1973 employment total of 866,065 was 66 per­
cent higher than the 552,704 workers reported by the
first BLS survey in 1947. During that 26-year period, the
trend has been generally upward, except for a decline of
85.000 workers between 1957 and 1962. The introduc­
tion of new and improved equipment, resulting in a sharp
decline in the number of telephone operators, was largely
responsible for that decrease.
Growth in telephone carrier employment has been
accompanied by changes in the occupational makeup
of the industry, as well as increases in the proportion
of men employed. In 1947 men made up only onethird of the work force compared with nearly one-half in
1973. Part of this shift is explained by the relative growth
For more information on the 1971 union settlements ir
the Bell System, see the Bureau’s Current Wage Developments,
September 1971, No. 284, and later issues.
A new nationwide agreement reached in August 1974 anc
not included in the 1973 survey data provided an immediate
wage increase of 7.1 percent to 10.7 percent and increases ol
3.3 piercent each in 197 5 and 1976. The contract also provide:
annual cost-of-living adjustments of .6 percent plus 50 cents-per
week for each one percent rise in the Consumer Price Index. Foi
details of this settlement see Current Wage Developments
September
1974, page 1.
9
Data for Bell System and non-Bell companies as reportec
to Federal Communications Commission in earlier years are no
comparable with those reported since 1951. (For more informa
tion on employment and earnings trends in Bell System carrier:
from 1945 to 1965, see “Employment and Wage Trends in Bel
System Companies, Monthly Labor Review, March 1967
pp. 38-41.)

in professional and semiprofessional positions, which were
filled mostly by m’en.
In recent years, however, significant changes have
occurred in the mix of men and women in individual
job classifications. The number of male telephone
operators, for example, has grown from 376 in 1970 to
7,352 in 1973— an 18-fold increase. Similarly, the
number of women in construction, installation, and
maintenance jobs has increased to 10,999 in 1973 from
2,273 in 1970, nearly a four-fold increase. A portion of
this latter growth may be attributable to the consent
decree entered into by the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company (the Bell System), the Equal Em­
ployment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the
U.S. Department of Labor. 10 Under terms of the
decree, AT&T agreed to provide more job oppor­
tunities for women and minorities, particularly in higherpaid craft positions. In return, the EEOC agreed to drop
charges of discrimination against the company in a
suit before the Federal Communications Commission.
Western Union Telegraph Company

Wage rates for Western Union’s 13,999 nonmessenger
employees averaged $5.26 an hour in October 1973.
(See table 5.) The 586 motor messengers averaged
$3.51 and the 224 foot and bicycle messengers $2.15.
The 1973 average was 7 percent higher than that
recorded a year earlier for nonmessenger employees
and 5 percent higher for motor messengers. The aver­
age rate of pay for foot and bicycle messengers, how­
ever, remained virtually unchanged, reflecting an in­
crease in the proportion of part-time (nonunion) mes­
sengers who are paid the minimum rate for the job.
This staffing change, due to office closures in terri­
tory represented by the Communications Workers of
America, offset the across-the-board increases granted
union employees between the two surveys.
Wage rates for Western Union bargaining unit em­
ployees are determined by labor agreements with the
United Telegraph Workers (UTW) in all cities except
the New York Metropolitan Area where agreements
are with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
Under terms of 3-year agreements negotiated in July
1973, workers in both the CWA and UTW bargaining
units received overall wage and fringe benefit increases
of 6.5 percent effective July 28, 1973. Also provided
for were increases of 6.5 percent in 1974 and 5.5 per­
cent in 1975, as well as a July 1975 cost-of-living
adjustment based on the Bureau’s Consumer Price
Index.11
Established wage rate ranges are provided for all
classifications covered by UTW and CWA agreements.
Advancements through the several progression steps



are automatic after specified periods of service for
employees meeting requirements of the job. Differences
between the starting and maximum rates for some occu­
pations amounted to 75 cents an hour or more. In
UTW contracts, rate ranges for most job classifications
varied by locality, according to the amount of business
in each office. Nationwide contract rates, however,
applied to the technical classifications and walking
and bicycle messengers.
In October 1973, men made up three-fifths of
Western Union’s nonmessenger work force and were
predominant" among the professional and semiprofes­
sional staff; sales personnel; construction, installation,
and maintenance workers; and building service em­
ployees. Women, on the other hand, staffed most of
the office clerical and telegraph operator positions. Mes­
senger jobs were filled almost exclusively by men.
Average wage rates for numerically important occupa­
tional groups ranged from $7.61 an hour for professional
and semiprofessional employees to $4.01 for telegraph
operators. Construction, installation, and maintenance
employees, about one-third of the nonmessenger em­
ployees, averaged $5.94 an hour. Clerical positions,
staffed by about two-fifths of the women, averaged
$4.80.
In a number of occupational categories, wage rates
of the highest paid workers exceeded those of the lowest
paid by $2 an hour or more. In a few jobs, however,
rates were relatively closely grouped. All operators in
training, for example, had wage rates between $2.50 and
$3 an hour, and two-thirds of the traffic department cleri­
cal employees earned between $4 and $4.25 an hour.
Rates for all of the foot and bicycle messengers were
between $1.80 and $2.50 and almost four-fifths of the
motor messengers earned $3.25 to $3.75 an hour.
The 7-percent increase in average rates for nonmes­
senger employees between October 1972 and October
1973 followed an increase of 14 percent during the
October 1971-72 period. The average rate of $5.26 an
hour in 1973 was 401 percent above the $1.05 an hour
average recorded by the first survey in 1947. Changes in
the occupational composition of the company’s work
force accounted for 65 cents of the $4.21 increase in
average rates over the 26-year period.12 Since 1947,
10 As reported in Fair Employment Practices, 431-73 (The
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1973).
All percentage adjustments under the agreements are
based on July 27, 1973, levels.
The cost-of-living clause calls for an increase of 1 cent-perhour in wage rates for each 0.4 point increase in the CPI between
January 1974 and June 1975. This adjustment, which will be­
come effective July 28, 1975, is limited to a maximum of 25
cents-per-hour.
12 Weighting occupational averages for 1973 by occupa­
tional employments in 1947 results in an average of $4.61 in­
stead of $5.26.

Table F. Average hourly rates in major job categories, Western Union Telegraph Company, selected periods, and
percent increase October 1947 to October 1973
Average hourly rates,
October

Occupational group
1947

1963

1973

Percent
increase
Oct. 1947-Oct. 1973

All employees, except officials, managerial assistants, and
messengers.............................................................................................
Professional and semiprofessional .............................................
Telegraph office superintendents and managers ...................
Sales employees ......................................... ...................................
Clerical employees ........................................................................
Nonsupervisory ........................................................................
Telegraph operators .....................................................................
Construction, installation, and maintenance employees . . .
Traffic testing and regulating employees ..........................
Subscribers' equipment maintainers .................................
Messengers .............................................................................................
Motor ...............................................................................................
Walking and b ic y c le ........................................................................

increases in average wage rates for major occupational
groups have ranged from 231 to 385 percent. (See
table F.)
Increases in average pay rates between 1972 and
1973 were not uniform among the occupational groups
studied, ranging from 3 percent for professional and
semiprofessional employees to 12 percent for telegraph
office superintendents and managers. Construction, in­
stallation, and maintenance workers, the largest group
studied, increased 8 percent and average rates for tele­
graph operators were up 6 percent; clerical employees,
9 percent; and building service employees, 10 percent.
Average rates for sales personnel, on the other hand,
declined 2 percent, apparently the result of a large
number of new entrants who were paid at the low
end of the rate range for the category. Changes in aver­
age wage rates reflect not only general wage changes, but
also such shifts in the distribution of workers over rate
ranges, which apply to most jobs.
Total employment at Western Union declined for
the fifth consecutive year, decreasing 2,083 workers or
about 12 percent.13 The October 1973 work force of
14,809 was only one-fourth as large as that recorded by
the first survey in 1947. The decrease in the 1972-73
period, however, was considerably smaller than the
15 percent reported in 1970-71 and 17 percent in
1971-72. The current declines were not uniform among
the occupational groups studied, as the number of tele­
graph office superintendents and managers, for example,
dropped 37 percent, while the number of telegraph opera­
tors dipped only 5 percent. Decreases of about 20 percent
13

Exclusive of officials and managerial assistants.




$1.05
2.26
1.07
1.45
.99
.99
.94
1.26
1.43
1.23
.69
.87
.65

$2.71
4.46
2.69
3.66
2.58
2.45
2.34
3.06
3.11
3.07
1.53
2.00
1.26

401
236
378
327
385
352
327
371
306
370
362
303
231

$5.26
7.61
5.11
6.19
4.80
4.47
4.01
5.94
5.81
5.78
3.19
3.51
2.15

each were noted in the building service, clerical, and pro­
fessional and semiprofessional categories. The sales staff,
on the other hand, increased 31 percent. Such year-to-year
changes have brought about dramatic shifts in the occu­
pational composition of the work force during the 26year period covered by these surveys. (See table G.)
Table G. Composition of work force. Western Union
Telegraph Company, selected periods
October
Occupational group

All employees, except officials
and managerial assistants:1
N u m b e r....................................
Percent ....................................
Percent of employees
classified as:
Professional and semiprofessional ..........................
Telegraph office superin­
tendents and managers . . . .
Sales em ployees......................
Clerical em ployees.................
Telegraph o perators..............
Construction, installation,
and maintenance
employees .............................
Messengers, m o t o r .................
Messengers, walking and
b ic y c le ....................................
Others ......................................

1947

1963

1973

53,100
100

27,700
100

14,800
100

2

4

6

8
<2 )
19
34

10
1
22
25

4
5
21
23

13
3

20
5

34
4

18
3

11
2

2
1

Employment estimates were rounded to the nearest
hundred.
2
Less than 0.5 percent.

International telegraph carriers

Wage rates at the four international telegraph carriers
averaged $6.19 an hour in October 1973— up 8 percent
from a year earlier. (See table 6.) The average rate for
nonmessenger employees rose 6 percent to $6.33 com­
pared with an increase of less than 1 percent for mes­
sengers, who averaged $2.33 an hour in October 1973.
Total employment of the four carriers rose for the
first time since 1969, increasing by about 1 percent to
4,730 workers in October 1973. 14 Growth, however,
was centered in only three occupational groups: The
professional and semiprofessional staff; sales employees;
and construction, installation, and technical workers.
Among the other occupational categories studied, em­
ployment declines ranged from 1 percent for clerical
employees to 23 percent for office or station superin­
tendents and managers. Messenger employment dropped
11 percent during the October 1972-73 period.
In October 1973, men made up slightly more than
four-fifths of the work force, and were a majority of the




employment in nearly all occupational categories. Most
of the women were employed as teletype-multiplex
operators and nonsupervisory clerical workers, jobs which
averaged $5.47 and $5.07 an hour respectively. Me­
chanics and maintenance technicians, a major classifica­
tion for men, averaged $6.25.
Included in the study are carriers engaged in non-vocal
international telegraph communication either by radio
or ocean cable. Although many of the occupational
categories studied are common to both operations, some
are exclusive to one carrier group. For example, radio
operators and radiotelegraph riggers were reported only
by radio telegraph carriers; cable operators, on the other
hand, were employed only in ocean cable operations.

The study excluded 106 officials and assistants and
approximately 1,300 employees working outside the United
States. The study covered international telegraph carriers whose
annual operating revenues are over $50,000.

N um ber of em p loyees

O ccu pational group
A ll e m p lo y ee s ex c ep t o ffic ia ls and
m a n a g e r ia l a s s is t a n t s -----------------P a r t tim e --------------------------------------F u ll t im e --------------------------------------P r o fe ssio n a l and s e m ip r o fe ssio n a l e m p lo y ee s
D r a f t e r s ---------------------------------------------------------O th e r s-------------------------------------------------------------B u sin e ss o ffic e and s a le s e m p lo y e e s --------------S u p e r v iso r sN o n su p e r v iso r y e m p lo y ee s —
C le r ic a l e m p lo y e e s -------------------S u p e r v iso r s---------------------------N o n su p e r v iso r y e m p lo y ee s —
C o m m e r c ia l d e p a r tm e n tT ra ffic d e p a r tm e n t---------P lan t d e p a rtm en t-------------A ccou ntin g d ep artm en t —
A ll oth er d ep a rtm en ts-----T eleph on e o p er a to r s------------------C h ief o p e r a to r sS e r v ic e a s s is ta n ts and in str u c to r s —
E x p e r ie n c ed sw itch b oard o p era to rs O p erators in tra in in g O ther sw itch b oard e m p lo y e e s --------------------C o n stru ctio n , in sta lla tio n , and m ain ten an ce
e m p lo y ee s S u p e r v iso r s of telep h o n e c r a ft w o rk ers C en tral o ffice c r a ft w o r k e r s ------------------T e st-b o a r d and re p ea te r w o r k e r s -----------------C en tra l o ffice r e p a ir e r s -----------------------O th e r s------------------------------------------------------In sta llatio n and exchan ge rep air cra ft
w o r k e r s------------------------------------------------------PB X and sta tion in s t a lle r s -----------------------E xchange r e p a ir e r s ----------------------------------O th e r s----------------------------------------------------------L in e, ca b le, and conduit c r a ft w o r k e r s ---Line w o r k e r s--------------------------------C able s p lic e r s ------------------------------C able s p lic e r s 'h e lp e r s ---------------L a b o rers --------------------------------------------B u ild in g, su p p lies, and m o to r v e h ic le
em p lo y ee
S u p e r v iso r s------------------------------------------------------------M e ch a n ic s--------------------------------------------------------------O ther building s e r v ic e e m p lo y e e s ----------------------O ther su p p lies and m o to r v e h ic le
em p lo y ee
A ll em p lo y ee s not e lse w h e r e c la s s ifie d -

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A verage
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sched - A verage
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T h e se c a r r ie r s a re en gaged in in te r sta te or fo reig n com m unication se r v ic e usin g th eir own fa c ilitie s
or through con n ection w ith th o se of an other c a r rie r under d irect or in d irect com m on co n tro l.
2 See appendix for d efin itio n of h o u rs and ra tes u sed in this b u lletin .




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B eca u se of rounding, su m s of

Num ber of em p lo y ees
O ccu pational group
A ll em p lo y ee s ex cep t o ffic ia ls and
m a n a g eria l a s sista n ts ----------------------------------------P a r t tim e -----------------------------------------------------------F u ll tim e -----------------------------------------------------------P r o fe ssio n a l and se m ip r o fe ssio n a l
e m p lo y ee s ------------------------------------------------------------D ra fters --------------------------------------------------------------O thers ------------------------------------------------------------------B u sin e ss o ffice and s a le s e m p lo y e e s -------------------N o n su p erv iso ry e m p lo y ee s -----------------------------C le r ic a l e m p lo y e e s -------------------------------------------------S u p e r v iso r s ---------------------------------------------------------N o n su p erv iso ry e m p lo y ee s ------------------------------C o m m ercia l d ep artm en t -----------------------------T r a ffic d epartm en t --------------------------------------P la n t d e p a r tm e n t------------------------------------------A ccou ntin g d ep artm en t --------------------------------A ll oth er d ep a rtm en ts ---------------------------------T elep h on e o p era to rs ----------------------------------------------C h ief o p e r a to r s --------------------------------------------------S e r v ic e a ssista n ts and in s t r u c t o r s ------------------E x p erien ced sw itchb oard o p e r a to r s ----------------O p erators in tr a in in g -----------------------------------------O ther sw itchb oard e m p lo y e e s ---------------------------C on stru ction , in sta lla tio n , and
m a in ten an ce e m p lo y e e s ----------------------------------------S u p e r v iso r s of telep h one cra ft w o r k e r s ----------C en tral o ffice cra ft w o r k e r s ----------------------------T e st-b o a r d and r e p ea te r w o rk ers ------------C en tral o ffice r e p a ir e r s--------------------------------O t h e r s -------------------------------------------------------------In sta llatio n and exchan ge rep air
cra ft w o r k e r s ---------------------------------------------------P B X and sta tion in s t a lle r s ---------------------------E xchange r e p a ir e r s --------------------------------------O th ers ------------------------------------------------------------L ine, ca b le , and conduit cr a ft w o r k e r s ----------C able s p li c e r s ------------------------------------------------C able s p lic e r s' h e lp e r s --------------------------------O thers -------------------------------------------------------------L a b o rers -------------------------------------------------------------B uild in g, su p p lie s, and m o to r v e h ic le s
e m p lo y e e s --------------------------------------------------------------S u p er v iso r s ---------------------------------------------------------M e c h a n ic s -----------------------------------------------------------O ther building s e r v ic e e m p lo y e e s -------------------O ther su p p lies and m o to r v e h ic le
e m p lo y e e s ---------------------------------------------------------A ll e m p lo y ee s not e lse w h e r e c la s s if ie d ----------------

A verage

P e r c e n t of e m p lo y ees r e c e iv in g —
uled hourly $ 1. 60 $1. 80 $2. 00 $2. 25 $ 2. 50 $ 2. 75 $ 3. 00 $3 . 25 $ 3. 50 $3. 75 $4. 00 $4. 25 $4. 50 S4. 75
w eek ly ra tes 12 under
and
hours
$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 over

Total

Men

W om en

812, 839
17. 401
795, 437
96, 835
3, 502
93, 333
68, 035
13, 249
54, 786
177, 522
14, 118
163, 404
31, 128
25, 401
46, 525
30, 844
29, 506
173, 514
9, 590
12, 082
123, 360
26, 472
2, 010
270, 584
42, 146
91, 170
20, 823
67, 097
3, 250

389, 438
2, 011
387, 426
68, 601
616
6 7 ,9 8 5
19, 098
5, 950
13, 148
13, 919
3, 103
10, 816
1, 237
503
4, 340
2, 469
2, 267
7, 105
98
121
1, 189
5, 673
24
260, 268
41, 568
82, 863
19, 605
60, 034
3, 224

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37. 9
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37. 8
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37. 6
3 8. 2
38. 5
37. 3
37. 2
36. 8
3 8. 2
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36. 6
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92, 600
40, 544
25, 446
26, 610
44, 667
12, 814
28, 422
1, 637
1, 794
1
24, 274
3, 304
4 ,3 9 9
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91, 866
40, 024
25, 410
26, 432
43, 970
12, 728
28, 321
1, 575
1, 346
1
19, 028
2, 949
4, 391
4, 902

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15, 390
408, O il
2 8 ,2 3 4
2, 886
25, 348
48, 937
7, 299
41, 638
16 3,0 63
11, 015
1 5 2,5 88
29, 891
24, 898
42, 185
28, 375
27, 239
166, 409
9, 492
11, 961
122,171
20, 799
1, 986
10, 316
578
8, 307
1, 218
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62
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6, 786
1, 419

493
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3. 76
5. 45
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4. 25
8. 97
5. 72
8. 17
5. 12
4. 35
6. 66
4. 15
3. 97
4. 16
4. 14
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4. 27
3. 97
6. 56
4. 73
3. 87
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8. 16
5. 52
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5. 57
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5. 35
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1 C o v ers 25 B e ll S y ste m telephone c a r r ie r s w hich have annual op erating rev en u es ex ceed in g
$1 m illio n . T h ese c a r r ie r s a re engaged in in tersta te or foreign co m m un ication se r v ic e by m eans
of th eir own fa c ilitie s or through conn ection with those of another c a r r ie r under d ir e c t or in d irect
com m on co n tro l.
2 See appendix fo r d efin itio n of hours and rates u sed in this b u lletin .




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N um ber of em p loyees
O ccu pational group
A ll e m p lo y e e s e x c e p t o ffic ia ls and
m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s -------------------------------------P a r t t i m e ----------------------------------------------------------F u l l t i m e ------------------------------------- --------------------P r o f e s s i o n a l an d s e m i p r o f e s s i o n a l e m p lo y e e s O t h e r s ---------------------------------------------------------------B u s i n e s s office an d s a l e s e m p lo y e e s
Supe r v i s o r s ------------------------------------N o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s ----------C l e r i c a l e m p l o y e e s ----------------------------Supe r v i s o r s N o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s ---C o m m ercia l d epartm ent —
T r a f f ic d e p a r t m e n t -----------P lant dep artm en t —
A c c o u n tin g d e p a r t m e n t A il o th e r d e p a r t m e n t s -T e le p h o n e o p e r a t o r s --------------C h ie f o p e r a t o r s S e r v ic e a s s i s t a n t s and i n s t r u c t o r s —
E x p e r i e n c e d s w i c th b o a r d o p e r a t o r s O p e r a t o r s in tr a i n in g O t h e r s w i tc h b o a r d e m p lo y e e s C o n s tr u c t io n , in s t a l la ti o n , and m a in t e n a n c e
e m p l o y e e s --------------------------------------------------------S u p e r v i s o r s of te lep h o n e c r a f t w o r k e r s ---C e n t r a l office c r a f t w o r k e r s ----------------------T e s t - b o a r d an d r e p e a t e r w o r k e r s
C e n t r a l office r e p a i r e r s ---------------O t h e r s -----------------------------------------------In s ta l la tio n a n d ex c h a n g e r e p a i r
craft w orkers P B X an d sta tio n i n s t a l l e r s -----Exchange re p a ire rs O thers E in e , ca b le , and c o n d u it c r a f t w o r k e r s -----L in e w o r k e r s ---------------------------------------------C a b le s p l i c e r s —
C a b le s p l i c e r s 'h e l p e r s Othe r s Laborers B u ilding, su p p lie s , an d m o t o r v e h ic le e m p l o y e e s —
S u p e r v i s o r s -------------------------------------------------------------M e c h a n i c s ---------------------------------------------------------------O t h e r bu ild in g s e r v i c e e m p l o y e e s -------------------O th e r s u p p lie s an d m o t o r v e h ic le e m p lo y e e s A l l e m p lo y e e s n o t e l s e w h e r e c l a s s i f i e d ---------------

T otal

Men

W omen

53, 2Z6
1, 913
51, 313
5, 655
424
5, 231
2, 999
510
2, 489
9, 916
48 5
9, 431
1, 671
972
3, 046
1, 492
2, 2 50
11, 477
638
576
9, 870
362
31
21, 017
2, 514
6, 444
669
3, 870
1, 905

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305
28, 294
4, 694
313
4, 381
524
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266
999
210
789
80
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227
115
309
247
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194
10
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2, 481
5, 993
602
3, 710
1, 681
7, 7 94
4, 050
1, 131
2, 613
4, 036
1, 976
1, 954
78
28
30
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133

24, 627
1, 608
23, 019
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111
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2, 475
2 52
2, 223
8, 917
275
8, 642
I, 591
914
2, 819
1, 377
1, 941
11, 230
616
568
9, 676
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683
33
451
67
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224

7, 898
4, 07 5
1, 182
2, 641
4, 121
2, 049
1, 965
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249

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582
685
190

104
25
51
28
85
73
11
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4
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O c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p

United S tates J New' Eng lan d M iddle A tla n tic G re a t L a k e s
C h e sa p e a k e
S o u th ea st
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M o untain
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All c a r r ie r s

A ll e m p lo y e e s e x c e p t o ffic ia ls an d
m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s * ------------------------- 866,065 $5. 3 5 62,342 $5. 34 1 58,206
6, 262
C able s p l i c e r s
------------------------------- 30, 387 5. 2 9 2 ,3 5 9 5. 21
C ab le s p l i c e r s 1 h e l p e r s ------- ---------90 4. 77
52 6
1, 716 3. 97
C e n t r a l office r e p a i r e r s ---------------------- 70, 967 5. 42 3, 977 5. 44 13,700
C l e r i c a l ( n o n s u p e r v i s o r y ) -------------------- 172,835 4. 09 12,893 4, 05 31, 540
950 5. 56
5, 610
E x c h a n g e r e p a i r e r s --------------------------- 26, 628 5. 54
E x p e r ie n c e d s w itc h b o a rd
133,230 3. 80 9, 505 3. 75 2 3 ,8 3 1
o p e r a t o r s ---------- ----------- -----------2 ,4 1 6
Line w o r k e r s -------------------------------------—
14,863 4. 54 1,061 5. 22
M e c h a n ic s , building and m o t o r
467 5. 00
v e h ic le s e r v i c e ----------------------------------4, 621 5.41
1, 179
8, 654
P B X and sta tio n i n s t a l l e r s ------------------ 4 4 ,6 1 9 5. 20 1; 648 5. 35
T e s t - b o a r d and r e p e a t e r
w o r k e r s ------- ------------------- -----------3, 043
2 1,492 5. 69 2 ,0 3 4 5 .4 2

$ 5. 88
5. 56
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4. 47
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144, 117 $5. 31 49, 996
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Bell S y ste m c a r r i e r s
All e m p lo y e e s e x c e p t o ffic ia ls and
m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s 4 ------------------------- 8 1 2,839
C ab le s p l i c e r s ------------------------ -------- - 2 8, 422
C a b le s p l i c e r s ' h e l p e r s --------------- ——~
1, 637
C e n t r a l office r e p a i r e r s ---------------------- 67,097
C l e r i c a l ( n o n s u p e r v i s o r y ) - ------------------- 163,404
E x c h a n g e r e p a i r e r s ~ ------------ ----------- 2 5, 446
E x p e r i e n c e d s w i tc h b o a rd
o p e r a t o r s -------------------------------------------- 123, 360
Line w o r k e r s — ---- -------- — ------------ 12, 814
M e c h a n ic s , building and m o t o r
v e h ic le s e r v i c e --------------------------------4, 399
P B X an d sta tio n i n s t a l l e r s --------------- 4 0, 544
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C o v e r s te le p h o n e c a r r i e r s which have o p e ra tin g re v e n u e s e x c ee d in g $1 m illio n . T h e se
c a r r i e r s a r e e n g ag e d in i n t e r s t a t e o r fo reig n c o m m u n ic a tio n s e rv ic e usin g th e i r own f a c ilitie s o r
th ro u g h c o n n e c tio n w ith th o s e of a n o th e r c a r r i e r u n d e r d ire c t o r in d ire c t c o m m o n c o n tro l.
7 See a p p en d ix fo r d e fin itio n of h o u r s and r a te s u se d in this bulletin.
' In c lu d e s data for e m p lo y e e s in A las k a , Hawaii, P u e r to Rico and the V irg in Isla n d s; and
e m p lo y e e s of the A m e r i c a n T e le p h o n e and T e le g r a p h Co m p an y which a r e e x c lu d ed f ro m the r e ­
gional ta b u la ti o n s . ( F o r sc o p e of su rv e y , see app en d ix .)
4 In c lu d e s e m p lo y e e s in o c c u p a tio n s in a d d ition to chose shown s e p a r a te ly .
N O T E : F o r p u r p o s e s of th is study, the re g io n s for which s e p a r a t e data a r e p r e s e n te d in ­
clude: New E n g la n d — C o n n e c tic u t, M aine, M a s s a c h u s e t ts , New H a m p sh ire , Rhode Island, and Ver-




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m ont; M iddle A tla n tic — D ela w are, New J e r s e y , New York, an d P e n n sy lv a n ia ; G re a t L a k e s— Illinois,
Indiana, M ichigan, Ohio, and W isc o n sin ; C h e s a p e a k e — D i s tr i c t of Colum bia, M aryland, Virginia,
and W est V irg in ia ; S o u th ea st— A la b a m a , F lo rid a , G e o rg ia , Kentucky, L o u isian a, M is s is s ip p i, N o rth
C a ro lin a , South C a ro lin a , and T e n n e s s e e ; N o rth C e n tr a l— Iowa, M in n e so ta , N e b ra sk a , N o rth Dakota,
and South Dakota; South C e n tr a l— A r k a n s a s , K a n sa s, M is s o u ri , Oklahom a, an d T e x a s (ex cept El
P a s o County); M o untain— A riz o n a , C o lorad o , Idaho (so u th of the S a lm o n River), Montana, Nevada,
Newr M exico, T e x a s (E l P a s o County), Utah, and W yom ing; and P a c if ic — C a lifo rn ia , Idaho (n o rth of
th e S alm on R iv er), Oregon, and W a shington.

N um ber of e m p lo y ees
O ccu pational group
A ll e m p lo y ee s ex cep t o ffic ia ls , m a n a g e r ia l
a ss is ta n ts and m e s s e n g e r s
P r o fe s s io n a l and se m ip r o fe ssio n a l e m p lo y e e s E n g in eers and en g in eerin g a s s is t a n t s --------O th e r s --------------------------------------------------------------T elegra p h o ffice su p erin ten d en ts and m anagers
S a le s e m p lo y e e s --------------------------------------------------C le r ic a l e m p lo y ee s ---------------------------------------------S u p e r v iso r s -----------------------------------------------------N o n su p e r v iso r y e m p lo y ee s ---------------------------C o m m ercia l d e p a r tm e n t--------------------------T ra ffic d ep artm en t
A ll oth er d ep a rtm en ts
Route a id es ---------------------T elegra p h o p e r a to r s --------------------------------------------T ra ffic m a n a g e r s, c h ief o p er a to r s,
su p e r v is o r s and in str u c to r s-----------------------E x p erien ced te leg ra p h o p era to rs
(ex cep t m o r se o p e r a to r s ) ----------------------C o m m e r c ia l d e p a r tm e n t----------------------T ra ffic d e p a r tm e n t-------------------------------O p erators in tr a in in g --------------------------------T eleph on e o p e r a to r s 4 -------------------------------C on stru ction , in sta lla tio n and m ain ten an ce
e m p lo y e e s -----------------------------------------------------------T ra ffic te stin g and reg u latin g e m p lo y e e s ----C on stru ction , in sta lla tio n and m a in ten an ce
e m p lo y ee s ■
S u p e r v iso r s •
S u b scrib ers* eq uipm en t m a in ta in e r sLine and cable w o r k e rs --------------------O thers ---------------------------------------------------L a b o rers --------------------------B uilding s e r v ic e e m p lo y ee s •
M ech an ics ------------------------O t h e r s ------------------------------M e sse n g e r s F u ll-tim e e m p lo y e e s -------------------P a r t-tim e e m p lo y ee s ------------------W alking and b ic y c le m e s s e n g e r s M otor m e s s e n g e r s ------------------------

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1 In clu d es e m p lo y ee s w orking in the con term in o u s 48 S tates and the D istr ic t of Colum bia;
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2 E x clu d es p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r work on w eek end s, h olid ays, and late sh ifts,
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N um ber of em p lo y ees
O ccu p ation al group
A ll e m p lo y ee s ex c ep t o ffic e r s and a s s is t a n ts ---------------------A ll e m p lo y ee s ex cep t o ffic e r s and a ssista n ts,
and m e s s e n g e r s ---------------------------------------------------------------P r o fe s s io n a l and s e m ip r o fe ssio n a l e m p lo y e e s -------------------E n g in e e r s and en g in eerin g a s s is t a n ts -----------------------------O th e r s-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------O ffice or sta tion su p erin ten d en ts and a s s is t a n ts ----------------S a le s e m p lo y e e s ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------C le r ic a l e m p lo y e e s ------------------------------------------------------------------N o n su p e r v iso r y e m p lo y e e s -----------------------------------------------O peratin g d ep artm en t --------------------------------------------------C o m m e r c ia l d e p a r tm e n t----------------------------------------------A ccou ntin g d e p a r tm e n t--------------------------------- ---------------E n g in eerin g d e p a rtm en t-----------------------------------------------A ll oth er d e p a r tm e n ts--------------------------------------------------O p e r a to r s------------------------------------------------------------------------------------T r a ffic c h ie fs, d isp a tc h e r s, su p e r v is o r s, in str u c to r s,
and a s s is t a n t s -------------------------------------------------------------------N o n su p e r v iso r y o p e r a to r s-------------------------------------------------R ad io o p e r a to r s ------------------------------------------------------------M arine c o a sta l sta tion o p e r a to r s --------------------------------C able o p er a to r s--------------------------------------------------------------T e le ty p e -m u ltip le x o p e r a to r s -------------------------------------T elep h o n e o p e r a to r s -----------------------------------------------------A ll oth er o p e r a to r s-------------------------------------------------------M e s s e n g e r s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------F o o t and b ic y c le ------------------------------------------------------------------M o to r------------------------------------------------------------------------------------C o n stru ctio n , in sta lla tio n , m a in ten an ce and
oth er te c h n ic a l e m p lo y e e s ---------------------------------------------------S u p e r v is o r s --------------------------------------------------------------------------M ech a n ics and m a in ten an ce te c h n ic ia n s-------------------------R ad io op era tin g te c h n ic ia n s --------------------------------------------R adio te le g r a p h r ig g e r s ----------------------------------------------------Othe r s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------B uilding s e r v ic e e m p lo y e e s ---------------------------------------------------A ll e m p lo y ee s not e lse w h e r e c la s s i f ie d -------------------------------

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36. 5
6. 3
3 .8
6. 3
8 .8
3 .8 13 .8
3 .8 51. 3
5 .4 3
37. 5
25.
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1 C o v ers e m p lo y ee s of in tern a tio n al teleg ra p h c a r r ie r s who have annual op era tin g r ev en ues ex c ee d in g $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 ; e x c lu d e s e m p lo y ees w orking for in tern ation al teleg ra p h c a r r ie r s ou tsid e the c o n term in o u s 48 S ta tes and the D istr ic t of C olum bia.




2 See appendix for d efin ition of h ours and ra te s u sed in th is b u lletin,
3 L e ss than 0 .0 5 .

Appendix. Scope and Method of Survey
Data presented in this study are based on annual
reports filed with the Federal Communications Commis­
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
with the facilities of another carrier under direct or
indirect common control are subject to the full jurisdic­
tion of the Commission. A large number of telephone
carriers engaged in interstate or foreign service only by
connections with the facilities of another unaffiliated
carrier are not subject to the full jurisdiction of the
Commission and are not required to file annual reports
of hours and earnings of employees.
Tabulations for telephone carriers relate to those
having annual operating revenues over $1 million, and
subject to the full jurisdiction of the FCC. Included are
25 Bell System companies and 36 companies not
affiliated with the Bell System.
Tabulations for wire-telegraph and international tele­
graph carriers were confined to companies with annual
revenues exceeding $50,000 and engaged in interstate
or foreign commerce. Western Union Telegraph Co. is the
only wire-telegraph company included. Four companies
engaged in nonvocal radio or cable communications are
included in the international telegraph tabulations.
Employees and occupational groups covered
by the study

Officials and managerial assistants were not included
in the tabulations. Also excluded were employees
working outside the 50 States and the District of
Columbia, except telephone carrier employees in Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands. All other employees, both
full-time and part-time, were included. Part-time em­
ployees are defined as those regularly assigned shorter
hours than a full-time schedule.
Occupational groups for which separate data are
presented are defined in the FCC’s Rules and Regulations,
volume X, part 51, applying to telephone carriers, and
part 52, applying to telegraph companies. Copies of this
volume are on sale by the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
20402.



Hours and rates

Average hourly rates presented in this bulletin were
computed by dividing total “scheduled weekly com­
pensation” by total “scheduled weekly hours.” Aver­
age scheduled weekly hours were obtained by dividing
the total scheduled weekly hours by the number of
employees.
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 Rules and Regulations, as follows:
Telephone Carriers

51.12(b). “Scheduled weekly hours” means the number
of 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 of a holiday, vacation, leave of absence, or other
reason.
51.13(b). “Scheduled weekly compensation” means com­
pensation 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 of board and lodging for
unlocated employees, equivalent value of meals furnished
dining service employees, and equivalent value of living
quarters and maintenance furnished for managers of agency
offices. It excludes pay for overtime work and pay in excess
of weekday rates for Sunday and holiday work.
Western Union Telegraph Co.

52.21(b). “Scheduled weekly hours” are defined as an
employee’s regular daily tour of duty multiplied by the
number of days, or fraction of days, scheduled to be
worked during a week.
52.22(b). “Scheduled weekly compensation” is defined
as 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 of both full- and part-time
employees.

The company reports that “scheduled weekly com­
pensation” excludes premium pay for overtime and for
work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.

graph Co., except that scheduled weekly compensation
should include regularly scheduled maintenance, travel,
or other allowances.

International Telegraph Carriers

Distribution of workers by earnings classes

International telegraph carriers are instructed to
report scheduled weekly hours and compensation for
their employees as defined for the Western Union Tele­

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.




Industry Wage Studies
The most recent reports providing occupational wage data for industries included in the Bureau’s program of
industry wage surveys since 1960 are listed below. Copies are for sale from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or from any of its regional sales offices, and from
the regional offices of the Bureau of Labor Statistics shown on the inside back cover. Copies that are out of stock
are available for reference purposes at leading public, college, or university libraries, or at the Bureau’s Washington
or regional offices.
Manufacturing
Basic Iron and Steel, 1967. BLS Bulletin 16021
Candy and Other Confectionary Products, 1970.
BLS Bulletin 1732
Cigar Manufacturing, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1796
Cigarette Manufacturing, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1748
Fabricated Structural Steel, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1695
Fertilizer Manufacturing, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1763
Flour and Other Grain Mill Products, 1972.
BLS Bulletin 1803
Fluid Milk Industry, 1964. BLS Bulletin 14641
Footwear, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1792
Hosiery, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1743
Industrial Chemicals, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1768
Iron and Steel Foundries, 1967. BLS Bulletin 16261
Leather Tanning and Finishing, 1968.
BLS Bulletin 1618
Machinery Manufacturing, 1970-71. BLS Bulletin 17541
Meat Products, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1677
Men’s and Boys’ Separate Trousers, 1971.
BLS Bulletin 1752
Men’s and Boys’ Shirts (Except Work Shirts) and
Nightwear, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1794
Men’s and Boys’ Suits and Coats, 1970.
BLS Bulletin 1716
Miscellaneous Plastics Products, 1969.
BLS Bulletin 1690
Motor Vehicles and Parts, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1679
Nonferrous Foundries, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1726
Paints and Varnishes, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1739
Paperboard Containers and Boxes, 1970.
BLS Bulletin 1719
Petroleum Refining, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1741
Pressed or Blown Glass and Glassware, 1970.
BLS Bulletin 1713
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills, 1967.
BLS Bulletin 16081
Southern Sawmills and Planing Mills, 1969.
BLS Bulletin 1694

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Man ufacturing- Con tinued
Structural Clay Products, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1697
Synthetic Fibers, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1740
Textile Dyeing and Finishing, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1757
Textiles, 1971, BLS Bulletin 1801
West Coast Sawmilling, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1704
Women’s and Misses’ Coats and Suits, 1970.
BLS Bulletin 1728
Women’s and Misses’ Dresses, 1971.
BLS Bulletin 17831
Wood Househpld Furniture, Except Upholstered, 1971.
BLS Bulletin 1793
Work Clothing, 1968. BLS Bulletin 16241
Nonmanufacturing
Appliance Repair Shops, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1838
Auto Dealer Repair Shops, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1689
Banking, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1703
Bituminous Coal Mining, 1967. BLS Bulletin 15*83
Communications, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1828
Contract Cleaning Services, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1778
Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production, 1972.
BLS Bulletin 1797
Educational Institutions: Nonteaching Employees,
1968-69. BLS Bulletin 1671
Electric and Gas Utilities, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1614
Hospitals, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1829
Laundry and Cleaning Services, 1968.
BLS Bulletin 16451
Life Insurance, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1791
Metal Mining, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1820
Motion Picture Theaters, 1966. BLS Bulletin 15421
Nursing Homes and Related Facilities, 1967-68.
BLS Bulletin 1638
Scheduled Airlines, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1734
Wages and Tips in Restaurants and Hotels, 1970.
BLS Bulletin 1712
1 Bulletin out of stock.

B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S
R E G IO N A L O F F IC E S

Region I
1603 JFK Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phone: 223-6762 (Area Code 617)

Region V

Region II
Suite 3400
1515 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10036
Phone: 971-5405 (Area Code 212)

Region VI
1100 Commerce St., Rm. 6B7
Dallas, Tex. 75202
Phone: 749-3516 (Area Code 214)

9th Floor, 230 South Dearborn St.
Chicago, III. 60604

Phone: 353-1880 (Area Code 312)

Region III
P.O. Box 13309
Philadelphia, Pa. 19101
Phone: 597-1154 (Area Code 215)

Regions VII and VIII *
Federal Office Building
911 Walnut St., 15th Floor
Kansas City, Mo. 64106
Phone: 374-2481 (Area Code 816)

Region IV
Suite 540
1371 Peachtree St., NE.
Atlanta, Ga. 30309
Phone: 526-5418 (Area Code 404)

Regions IX and X **
450 Golden Gate Ave.
Box 36017
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Phone: 556-4678 (Area Code 415)




Regions VII and VIII are serviced by Kansas City
Regions IX and X are serviced by San Francisco