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Industry Wage Survey: Communications October - December 1975 U.S. Department of Labor Ray Marshall, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Julius Shiskin, Commissioner 1977 Bulletin 1954 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, GPO Bookstores, or BLS Regional Offices listed on inside back cover. Price 45 cents Make checks payable to Superintendent of Documents Stock Number 029-001-01880-1 Catalog Number L 2.3:1894 Preface This summary of data on employment and hourly rates of pay in the communications industry in 1975 is based on annual reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 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 with the FCC, the Bureau of Labor Statistics tabulates and publishes the data annually. The study was conducted in the Bureau’s Office of Wages and Industrial Relations. Harry B. Williams 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. Material in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced without the permis sion of the Federal Government. Please credit the Bureau of Labor Statistics and cite the name and number of the publication. mi Contents Page Summary ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Telephone carriers .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Employment and wages in 1975 ................................................................................................................................ 1 Trends in wages and employment ......................................................................................................; .................. 2 Western Union Telegraph Co................................................................................................................................................ 4 International telegraph carriers........................................................................................................................................... 5 Chart: Wage rates of communications workers except officials and managerial assistants, 1947-75 .......................................................................................................... 2 Text tables: 1. Pay rates of non-Bell carriers relative to Bell carriers, 1975 ............................................................................... 2 2. Relative pay levels for all telephone carriers by occupation and region, 1975 ...................................................2 3. Annual increases in average hourly rates for telephone carriers, 1965-75 .......................................................... 3 4. Telephone workers by major occupational category and sex, selected d ates.....................................................3 5. Earnings for major occupational categories, telephone workers, 1947 and 1975, and percent increases, 1947-75 ................................................................................................................... 4 6. Regional pay relatives for telephone workers, selected periods......................................................................... 4 7. Average hourly rates in major occupational categories, Western Union Telegraph Co., selected periods, and percent increases, October 1947 to October 1975 ...................................................5 8. Occupational composition of work force, Western Union Telegraph Co., selected periods.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Reference tables: Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates, December 1975, for— 1. Telephone carriers ................................................................................................................................ 7 2. Bell System telephone carriers............................................................................................................... 3 3. Non-Bell telephone carriers....................................................................................................................9 Average hourly rates of employees in selected occupations by region, December 1975, for— 4. All and Bell System telephone carriers ...................................................................................................10 Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates, October 1975, for— 5. Western Union Telegraph Company....................................................................................................... 12 6. International telegraph carriers.............................................................................................................. 13 Appendix: Scope and method of survey............................................................................................................................ 14 IV Communications, October-December 1975 employees in various departments or geographic areas. The New York Telephone Co., for example, maintained separate agreements for its plant, traffic, and commercial departments in the New York City area and different agreements for those groups in the rest of the State. The occupations for which wage data are presented represent the full spectrum of activities performed by employees in the telephone industry. Average hourly earnings in December 1975 ranged from $10.76 for profes sional and semiprofessional employees (other than drafters) to $3.75 for telephone operators-in-training. Experienced switchboard operators—the most heavily populated occupa tion studied, with about 129,000 incumbents—averaged $4.90 an hour. Some other numerically important job classifications and their hourly averages were: Nonsupervisory business office and sales employees, $6.31; nonsupervisory clerical employees, $5.50; supervisors of tele phone craftworkers, $9.30; central office repairers, $6.95; and PBX and station installers, $6.75. The Bell System companies accounted for 94 percent of the 816,533 workers in the industry. The proportion of Bell System workers ranged from seven-eighths in the Great Lakes region to slightly over nine-tenths in the Chesapeake, Pacific, and South Central regions, and to virtually all in the Middle Atlantic, Mountain, New England, North Central, and Southeast regions. Bell System companies, which often serve an entire State or group of States, were typically 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 5,100 employees, and 22 reported fewer than 500 workers.4 Employees of Bell System carriers held a 27-percent average wage advantage over those of non-Bell carriers— $6.82 in contrast to $5.36. Similar pay relationships were also found among various occupational groups studied. For example, averages for non-Bell workers typically ranged from 71 percent to 87 percent of those for Bell employees. (See tables 2 and 3.) Differences between the two worker groups narrowed slightly when weekly earn ings were compared, reflecting, for some occupational Summary Hourly wage rates for all communications workers (except officials and managerial assistants) averaged $6.73 in late 1975—11.4 percent above the level of a year earlier. This was the third largest yearly gain recorded since the Bureau of Labor Statistics annual surveys began in 1947.1 Telephone and telegraph carriers surveyed employed 833,838 workers in late 1975—a 5-percent decline from the total reported in 1974.2 (About seven-eighths of the Nation’s 1 million workers in telephone and telegraph communication were covered by the 1975 study). Telephone carrier employees, 98 percent of all commu nication workers within the scope of the survey, averaged $6.73 an hour in December 1975. Wages rates for the Bell System carriers averaged $6.82 an hour—27 percent more than non-Bell carriers ($5.36).3 Wage rates for the non messenger work force of five international telegraph carriers averaged $7.95 an hour compared with $6.22 for similar employees of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Telephone carriers a n d w a g e s in 1 9 7 5 . Straight-time hourly earnings of the 816,533 workers employed by the Nation’s 61 principal telephone carriers averaged $6.73 in December 1975 (table 1). Individual earnings of five-sixths of the work force fell within a range of $2.50 to $8.50 an hour. The middle 50 percent of those workers earned between $5.20 and $7.48. Contributing to the dispersion of earnings were the broad range of skills required by the industry, differences in pay by carrier and locality, and pay rates that vary within a given occupation by employees’ length of service. Wages and working conditions at carriers employing more than nine-tenths of the workers surveyed were deter mined under collective bargaining agreements, usually with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). A number of carriers had several agreements covering E m p lo y m e n t 1 See appendix for scope and method o f survey including de finitions o f employment covered and pay rates. 2See In d u s t r y Wage S u r v e y : C o m m u n ic a tio n s , O c t o b e r - D e c e m b er 1 9 7 4 , Bulletin 1909 (Bureau o f Labor Statistics, 1976). 3The study was limited to the 61 carriers that had annual operating revenues exceeding $1 million and were engaged in interstate or foreign communications services either through use o f their own facilities or else through connections with another carrier under direct or indirect common control. Officials and managerial assistants o f these carriers, numbering approximately 23,300, were not included in the study. 4 See appendix for definition o f carriers included in this study. In 1975, more than 1,600 independent telephone carriers, employing an estimated 158,000 workers, operated in the United States; o f these, 36, employing 49,060 workers, were within the scope o f the survey. For more information regarding the independent carriers, see In d e p e n d e n t T e le p h o n e S ta tis tic s , Vol. 1, 1976 edition (Washington, D.C., U.S. Independent Telephone Association). 1 T e x t ta b le 1. T e x t tab le 2. Pay rates o f non-Bell carriers relative to R ela tiv e pay levels fo r all telep h on e carriers Bell carriers, 1 9 7 5 by o ccu p ation and region, 1 9 7 5 ( B e l l c ar r ie r s = 1 0 0 ) (Southeast = 1 00) O c c u p a tio n a l category A ll em ployees, exce pt o ffic ia ls and m anagerial a s s is ta n ts ........................... C lerical em ployees, no n su p e rviso ry . . . E xperienced s w itc h b o a rd o p erators . . . C entral o ffic e r e p a ir e r s .............................. PBX and s ta tio n in s t a ll e r s ....................... Exchange r e p a ir e r s ..................................... Line w o r k e r s .................................................. Average h o u rly rates 79 72 76 86 83 87 78 Average w e e kly rates R egion N ew England . . M id d le A tla n tic G reat Lakes . . C hesapeake. . . S o u th e a s t. . . . N o rth C entrai . S o u th C entral . M o u n ta in . . . . P a c ific ................. 81 77 81 87 83 87 78 groups, the longer average workweeks reported for nonBell workers (text table 1). Workers in the Middle Atlantic States, the largest region in terms of employment, recorded the highest average— $7.43 an hour. Other regional averages ranged between $6 and $7 an hour in December 1975. The 40,142 em ployees of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co.’s Long Lines and General Departments were not allocable to individual regions, but were included in the nationwide total. Hourly averages for these workers were $8.54 in December 1975.5 Regional differences in average wages varied slightly by occupation. In at least 7 of the 9 regions studied, for C lerical em ployees (n onsup erviso ry) E xperienced s w itc h b o a rd operators C entral o ffic e repairers 111 121 107 106 100 100 97 102 110 101 118 104 102 100 100 104 91 105 110 110 105 103 100 103 102 99 107 example, averages for three numerically important jobs studied—central office repairers, experienced switchboard operators, and nonsupervisory clerical employees—fell within about a 10-percent spread (text table 2). Trends in wages and employment. Wage levels for the principal telephone carriers rose l l .4 percent in 1975— the third largest annual gain ever reported for these workers. Since the initial BLS survey of the communications industry in 1947. wage rates have increased at an average annual rate of 6.3 percent—from $1.26 an hour to S6.73 (chart 1). During the first half of the 1970's, however, yearly gains 2 T e xt table 4. Telephone workers b y major occupational category and sex, selected dates Text table 3. Annual increases in average hourly rates for telephone carriers, 1965*75 (Percent) Item Year All telephone carriers 1 9 6 5 -6 6 ............. 1 9 6 6 -6 7 ............. 1 9 6 7 -6 8 ............. 1 9 6 8 -6 9 .............. 1 9 6 9 -7 0 ............. 1 9 7 0 -7 1 ............. 1 9 7 1 -7 2 ............. 1 9 7 2 -7 3 ............. 1 9 7 3 -7 4 .............. 1 9 7 4 -7 5 ............. 3.3 3.5 7.1 4 .0 7.5 14.9 9 .4 9 .4 12.9 11 .4 Bell system carriers 3 .6 3.1 7.3 3.7 7.7 15.3 9 .5 9 .5 13.1 11.1 Non-Bell carriers T o ta l, all employees: N u m b e r............................................... 5 5 2 ,7 0 0 100 Percent ............................................... 5 Professional and semiprofessional 17 C le r ic a l........................................... 46 Telephone op erato rs.................... Construction, installation, and 23 m aintenance.................................. 9 AH o t h e r ........................................ 2.9 6.1 5.7 7.2 8.1 10.3 8 .8 8.1 11.5 15.5 have substantially exceeded this long-term trend (text table 3), resulting in a doubling o f the average rate o f increase over the past decade. Changes in the occupational composition of the in dustry’s work force have been partly responsible for the increase in average wage rates over the years. Since 1947, for example, the proportion of higher paid professional and semiprofessional employees has more than doubled, while the proportion of lower paid telephone operators has declined by more than one-half (text table 4). The effect of such shifts can be observed by weighting 1975 wage averages by 1947 employment levels. This technique results in an average of $5.96—77cents below that recorded by the current study. 8 4 1 ,2 0 0 100 11 22 22 8 1 6 ,5 0 0 100 11 25 20 33 11 33 12 Men: N u m b e r............................................... Percent of t o t a l .............................. 1 7 9 ,7 0 0 33 4 0 0 ,5 0 0 48 3 9 9 ,0 0 0 49 Women: N u m b e r............................................... Percent of total ............................... 3 7 3 ,0 0 0 67 4 4 0 ,7 0 0 52 4 1 7 ,6 0 0 51 NOTE: Excludes officials and managerial assistants. Employ ment estimates rounded to the nearest hundred. they ranged from 8 percent for professional and semiprofessional employees to 16 percent for telephone opera tors and for building, supplies, and motor vehicle employees. As indicated in text table 5, wage gains have varied signi ficantly among occupational groups since 1947. Since 1951, Bell System wages have increased at an average annual rate of 6.1 percent, in contrast to 6.7 percent for non-Bell carriers.7 As a result, the spread between average wage rates for the two carrier groups has decreased from 43 percent in 1951 to 27 percent in 1975. Over the past two decades, regional relationships in average wages for all carriers have changed little. Hourly averages were typically highest in the Middle Atlantic region and lowest in the Mountain, South Central, and Southeast regions (text table 6). Telephone carriers included in the Bureau survey em ployed 816,533 workers in December 1975, a decline of 5 percent, or 43,964 workers, since 1974. Of this total, Bell System carriers cut back their work force 5 percent, from 804,842 to 767,473 workers; non-Bell carriers re duced their staff nearly 12 percent, from 55,655 to 49,060 workers. Part of the change in average wages resulted from general wage increases negotiated under collective bar gaining agreements. For example, Bell System carrier agreements negotiated in July 1974 provided for a de ferred wage increase in August 1975 (which did not apply to minimum rates but which ranged up to 3.3 percent for maximum rates). The cost-of-living escalator clause of the same agreements also provided for an adjustment in August 1975: The formula called for a flat increase of 50 cents a week plus 0.6 percent of the individual employee’s rate, rounded to the nearest 50 cents, for each full 1percent increase in the Bureau o f Labor Statistics’ Con sumer Price Index during the preceding May-to-May period. Any additional increase in the index less than the next full percentage point was to be applied proportionately.56 Average wage rate increases between 1974 and 1975 were not uniform among the major occupational groups; The 5-percent decline for all telephone carriers in 1975 followed a 1-percent drop during 1974. Employment change between the 1974 and 1975 surveys varied among the oc cupational categories studied, ranging from declines of 18 percent for building, supplies, and motor vehicle em ployees and 20 percent for professional and semiprofes- 5 Also excluded from the regional tabulations but included in the U.S. totals were carriers operating in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These carriers, none o f which were affiliated with the Bell System, employed 5,952 workers averaging $6.67 an hour. 6 For a more detailed explanation, see Wage Chronology - 7 Detailed occupational data for Bell System and non-Bell com panies as reported to the Federal Communications Commission in earlier years are not comparable with those reported since 1951. (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”, Monthly Labor Review, March 1967, pp. 38-41.) American Telephone and Telegraph Co.-Long Lines D epartm entand Communications Workers o f America, July 19 74-August 1977, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1812 (Bureau o f Labor Statistics, May 1976). October December December 1975 1947 1972 3 Text table 5. Earnings for major occupational categories, telephone workers, 1947 and 1975, and percent increases, 1947-75 Average hourly earnings Occupational category Professional and semiprofessional employees . Clerical employees............. Telephone operators . . . Construction, installation, and maintenance w orkers............................. Building, supplies, and motor vehicle e m p lo y e e s ...................... October 1947 December 1975 Percent increase, 1947-75 $2.72 1.19 1.00 $10.19 5.79 5.17 275 387 417 1.55 7.18 363 1.19 6.09 412 Western Union Telegraph Co. Hourly wage rates for Western Union’s 12,210 nonmes senger employees averaged $6.22 in October 1975. This was 9.3 percent above the $5.69 average reported in October 1974. The average for the 609 messengers employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company in October 1975 was $3.90 an hour—up 15 percent from a year earlier. Motor messengers held a 45-percent average wage advantage over those who either walk or use bicycles to perform their duties—$4.18 compared to $2.88. Wage rates for Western Union bargaining unit employees are determined by labor agreements with the United Telegraph Workers (UTW) in all areas except the New York City metropolitan area where agreements are with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Under terms of 3-year agreements effective July 28, 1973, workers in both the CWA and UTW bargaining units received across-the-board wage increases approximating 6 percent in July 1973 and July 1974 and 5 percent in July 1975. The agreements also provided for certain job classifi cation adjustments and for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 1 cent per hour for each full 0.4-point increase, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price index (1967=100), of June 1975 over that of January 1974. The maximum increase provided under each of the COLA provisions—25 cents per hour—was granted to these workers on July 28, 1975. Established rate ranges are provided for all classifications covered by UTW and CWA agreements. Advancement through the several progression steps is automatic after specified periods of service for employees meeting require ments of the job. Differences between the starting and max imum rates for some occupations amounted to 75 cents an sional employees to a 9-percent increase in clerical workers. The overall employment decreases in recent years have reversed the long-term trend in the industry. Prior to the 1974 and 1975 surveys, the only decreases in telephone carrier employment occurred between 1957 and 1962, when technological change resulted in a sharp decline in the number of telephone operators.8 Over the years, growth in telephone carrier employment has been associated with changes in the occupational make up of the industry and in the proportion of men employed. Since 1971, men have made up nearly one-half of the work force, compared with only one-third in 1947. Part of this shift can be explained by the relative growth over the years in professional and semiprofessional occupations and in the construction, installation, and maintenance depart ments, all staffed mostly by men. Significant changes have occurred in the proportion of men and women in individual occupational classifications in recent years. Between 1970 and 1975, for example, the number of male nonsupervisory clerical workers rose from 11,261 to 27,546 and the number of women in con struction, installation, and maintenance jobs increased from 2,273 to 15,119. Most of the increase in both groups occurred in Bell System carriers.9 h ou r or m ore. In UTW contracts, rate ranges for most job classifications varied by locality, according to the amount o f business in each office. Nationwide contract rates, however, applied to the technical classifications, walking and bicycle messengers, and certain headquarters groups. Among the major occupational groups studied, the professional and semiprofessional staff recorded the highest average—$8.90 an hour. Construction, installation, and maintenance employees (the most heavily populated group Text table 6. Regional pay relatives for telephone workers, selected periods (National average = 100) Region New England...................... Middle A t la n t ic ................ Great L a k e s ...................... Chesapeake ...................... Southeast ...................... North C e n t r a l................... South C e n t r a l................... M ou ntain ............................. Pacific................................... October December December December 1955 1965 1974 1975 97 105 105 99 87 94 95 88 105 102 107 102 97 87 93 89 95 105 102 111 99 96 90 92 91 93 102 8During the 1957-62 period, overall employment declined by 85,300 workers and the number o f telephone operators dropped by 68,500. 103 110 99 97 91 92 91 91 101 9In January 1973, the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (the Bell System) entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department o f Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Under terms o f the decree, AT&T agreed to provide more job opportunities for women and minorities, particularly in the higher paid craft positions. A portion o f the recent growth in employment o f female construction, installation, and maintenance workers may be attributable to this agreement. 4 studied) averaged $7.08 an hour. Other key employee groups and their average hourly rates were: Telegraph office superintendents and managers, $6.07; sales employees, $6.06; clerical employees, $5.67; telegraph operators, $4.78; and building service employees, $4.71. managers, telegraph operators, and construction, installa tion, and maintenance employees), 9 percent for clerical employees, 8 percent for building service employees, and 4 percent for sales personnel. Total employment at Western Union dropped 4 percent since the October 1974 survey when 13,344 workers were employed. Declines ranging from nearly 4 percent to 17 percent have been reported over the past 7 years. The October 1975 work force of 12,819 employees was only about one-fourth as large as that recorded in the initial survey in 1947,11 about one-third that in 1955, and half as great as in 1965 (text table 8). The occupational composition of the work force in 1975 remained basically unchanged from 1974, but dramatic shifts have occurred among major groups studied during the 28-year period covered by these surveys. Wage rates for the highest paid workers exceeded those of the lowest paid by $4 an hour or more for most employ ee groups. In a few jobs, however, rates were within a nar row spread. For example, individual earnings fell between $2.50 and $3 for four-fifths of the walking and bicycle messengers, between $3.25 and $3.50 for 94 percent of the operators in training, and between $6.50 and $7.50 for seven-eighths of the subscribers’ equipment maintainers. The 9-percent rise in average rates for nonmessenger employees between October 1974 and October 1975 followed an increase of 8 percent during the October 1973-74 period. The hourly rate of $6.22 reported in 1975 was 492 percent above the $1.05 average recorded by the first survey in 1947. Changes in the occupational composition of the company’s work force accounted for 73 cents of the $5.17 increase in the average rate over the 28-year period.10 Since 1947, increases in average rates for major occupational groups have ranged from 294 to 473 percent (text table 7). Average pay rates between 1974 and 1975 rose 10 per cent for four major employee groups (professional and semiprofessional, telegraph office superintendents and International telegraph carriers Wage rates for the five international telegraph carriers included in the October 1975 survey averaged $7.95 an hour—up 17 percent from the $6.78 rate recorded in 1974. This was the largest year-to-year gain ever reported Text table 8. Occupational composition of work force. Western Union Telegraph Co., selected periods Occupational category Text table 7. Average hourly rates in major occupational categories, Western Union Telegraph Co., selected periods, and percent increases, October 1947 to October 1975 Occupational category 1955 1965 Percent increase, October 19471975 October 1975 All employees, except officials, managerial assistants, and messengers................... $1.05 $1.86 $2.89 $6.22 Professional and semiprofessional . . . 2.26 3.17 4.94 8.90 Telegraph office super intendents and managers................... 1.07 1.92 2.84 6.07 Sales employees . . . . 1.45 2.54 3.93 6.06 Clerical employees. . . .99 1.73 2.74 5.67 Nonsupervisory . . . .99 1.70 2.60 5.32 Telegraph operators . . .94 1.66 2.45 4.78 Construction, installa tion, and maintenance em p loyees................ 1.26 2.19 3.21 7.08 Traffic testing and regulating em p loyees............ 1.43 2.31 3.31 6.96 Subscribers' equip ment maintainers . 1.23 2.09 3.24 6.88 Messengers...................... .69 1.00 1.66 3.90 M o to r............................ .87 1.32 2.12 4.18 Walking and bicycle . . .65 .90 1.30 2.88 1955 1965 1975 All employees, except officials and managerial assistants: Number1 ................................... 53,100 37,500 25,900 12,800 100 100 Percent ...................................... 100 100 Percent of employees classified as: Professional and semiprofessional................... 4 7 2 3 Telegraph office super intendents and managers . . 9 10 4 8 (2 ) 1 1 Sales em ployees...................... 5 Clerical employees................... 22 21 19 19 34 24 Telegraph operators................ 31 23 Construction, installation, and maintenance 14 e m p loyees............................ 13 23 34 Building service employees . . 3 3 2 1 Messengers, m o to r................... 3 4 6 4 Messengers, walking and b ic y c le ................................... 1 18 16 9 Average hourly rates, October 1947 October 1947 492 294 467 318 473 437 409 1 Employment estimates rounded to the nearest hundred. 2 Less than 0.5 percent. 462 NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100. 387 1 459 465 380 343 o Weighting occupational averages for 1975 by occupational em ployment in 1947 results in an average o f $5.49 rather than $6.22. 1 1Exclusive of officials in selected years. 5 and managerial assistants reported for such workers in a BLS survey. The 4,932 nonmes senger employees, who made up 97 percent of all workers studied, averaged $8.10 an hour; messengers, the lowest paying employee group studied, averaged $2.73. Hourly rates for most occupations studied fell between $5 and $8 (table 6). Total employment of the five carriers rose 3 percent to 5,095 workers in October 1975.12 The professional and semiprofessional staff, which increased 17 percent, accounted for much of the growth during the 12-month period. Other employment increases noted among major occupational categories were: Building service employees (9 percent), construction, installation, maintenance, and other technical workers (8 percent), and sales personnel (5 percent). Declines were reported in such categories as office or station superintendents and assistants (12 percent), messengers (6 percent), and clerical employees and operators (3 percent). Men made up nearly five-sixths of the work force in October 1975 and were predominant in nearly all oc cupational groups. Three numerically important categories employing virtually all men had average hourly rates as follows: Engineers and engineering assistants, $10.44; mechanics and maintenance technicians, $7.43; and radio operating technicians, $7.13. Women were employed primarily as teletype-multiplex operators and nonsupervisory clerical employees—groups which averaged $6.43 and $5.83 an hour, respectively. Included in the study are carriers engaged in nonvocal international telegraph communication either by radio or ocean cable. Although many of the occupational cate gories 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, and cable operators were employed only in ocean cable operations. 12 The study excluded 102 officials and assistants and approx imately 800 employees working outside the United States. The study covered international telegraph carriers whose annual operat ing revenues are over $50,000. 6 Table 1. Telephone carriers:1 Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 December 1975 Number of employees Occupational group Total ALL EMPLOYEES, E X CE PT O F FI CI AL S AND M A NA GE RI AL A S S I S T A N T S ....................... PART T I M E ..................................... FULL T I M E ..................................... P R O F ES SI ON AL AND S E M I P R O F E S S I O N A L E M P L O Y E E S ...................................... D R A F T E R S ...................................... O T H E R S ........................................ BUSI NE SS OFFICE AND SALES E M P L O Y E E S ....... S U P E R V I S O R S .................................. NONS UP ER VI SO RY E M P L O Y E E S . . . . .............. C L E R IC AL E M P L O Y E E S ............................ S U P E R V I S O R S .................................. N O N S U P E R V I S O R Y ............................... CO MM E R C I A L D E P A R T M E N T ................... T R A F F I C D E P A R T M E N T ....................... PL AN T D E P A R T M E N T .......................... AC CO UN TI NG D E P A R T M E N T ................... ALL OTHER D E P A R T M E N T S .................... TE LE PH ON E O P E R A T O R S ........................... CHIEF O P E R A T O R S .............................. SERVICE AS SI ST AN TS AND I N S T R U C T O R S ...... EXPE RI EN CE D S W I T C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R S ....... OP ER AT OR S IN T R A I N I N G ...................... OTHER S W I T C H B O A R D E M P L O Y E E S ............... CONS TR UC TI ON , IN ST ALLATION, AND MA I N T E N A N C E E M P L O Y E E S ....................... SU PE RV IS OR S OF TE L E P H O N E C R A F T WORKERS.. CE NT RA L OFFICE C R A F T W O R K E R S .............. T E ST BOARD AND RE PE AT ER W O R K E R S ....... CE N T R A L OF FI CE R E P A I R E R S ................ O T H E R S ...................................... I N S T A L L A T I O N AND EXCH AN GE REPAIR CR A F T W O R K E R S ............................... PBX AND STATION I N S T A L L E R S . . ........... E X C H AN GE R E P A I R E R S ....................... O T H E R S ...................................... LINE, CABLE, AND C O N D U I T CR A F T WORKERS.. LINE W O R K E R S ............................... CABL E S P L I C E R S ............................ CA B L E SPLICERS' H E L P E R S ................. O T H E R S ...................................... L A B O R E R S ...................................... BUILDING, SUPPLIES, AND MOTOR VEHICLE 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 HE R BUILDING S E RV IC E E M P L O Y E E S ......... OTHER SUPP LI ES AND MOTOR VE HICLE E M P L O Y E E S ................................... AL L EMPLOYEES NOT ELSE WH ER E C L A S SI FI ED .. .. Men Women Average scheduled weekly hours Average hourly rates Percent of emplo'/0<«: receiving— $ 2 . 1 0 [$2.30 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $6 . 0 0 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $ 8 . 0 0 UNDER AND $3.50 $ 2 . 1 0 UNDER AND $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $ 6 . 0 0 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $ 8 . 0 0 $8.50 OVER 2.30 816,533 398,961 417,572 15,275 1,826 13,449 801,216 397,192 404,024 38.4 24.1 38.6 $6.73 4.63 6.76 * - * - 4c - 90,190 9,629 80,561 65,537 9,309 56,228 202,944 19,312 183,632 38,498 27,155 57,794 34,142 26,043 159,496 9,814 10,424 129,088 7,903 2,267 61,667 1,546 60,121 17,999 3,349 14,650 33,141 5,595 27,546 4,726 1,839 11,350 5, 562 4,069 8,965 757 286 5,678 2,170 74 28,523 8,083 20,440 47,538 5, 960 41,578 169,803 13,717 156,086 33,772 25,316 46,444 28,580 21,974 150,531 9, C57 10,138 123,410 5,733 2,193 38.1 38.5 38.0 38 .0 38.2 38.0 38.1 38.3 38.1 37.4 38.1 38.8 37.9 37 . 8 36.2 38.2 36.5 36.0 35.8 38.4 10.19 5.46 10.76 6.80 9.69 6.31 5.79 8.59 5.50 5.23 5.50 5.45 5.76 5.65 5.17 8.63 5.92 4.90 3.75 5.69 * * * * * * * * ♦ * * * * * - * * ♦ * * * * * ♦ 4c 4c .1 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c 4> 4c 4c 4c - 269,856 254,737 34, 256 33,357 94,743 82 ,8 04 22, 111 18,902 68,951 60,479 3,681 3,423 15,119 899 11,939 3,209 8,472 258 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.7 39.9 39.9 7.18 9.30 7.00 7.24 6.95 6.60 * * * - 4c _ 4c 4c 92,970 44,778 28,261 19,931 45,573 17,472 20,773 918 6,410 33 1,640 1,138 275 227 633 207 256 82 6.83 6.75 7.01 6.76 6.70 6.49 88 8 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.6 27,283 2,976 2,775 9,480 21,621 2,633 2,723 6, 111 5,662 343 52 3,369 12,052 1,227 10,154 831 1,898 396 94,610 45,916 28,536 20,158 46,206 17,679 21,029 1,000 6,498 41 .2 - .5 - .9 - 1.4 - 2.0 4c 4< .1 - 4< 4c 4c .2 - .1 .8 .1 .6 .2 1.6 .1 .4 2.3 .1 .2 .2 .1 .6 4c .4 .4 .1 4< .2 .1 .3 4< .3 .8 4c .9 .2 1.1 .3 .3 .5 .5 * .4 .9 .7 1.3 1.3 4c .6 .8 .5 .9 .9 12.4 .7 .1 _ _ - 4c _ 4c .1 4= _ 4c 4c 4c 4c _ 4c 4c 4c .1 4c 4c - - 4c 4t 4c .1 - 4c 4> 4c 4> 4c .1 4c 4c 4c 4* 4c .1 5.46 6.94 6.15 * * - 38.9 39.6 39.8 37.8 6.09 8.89 6.96 5.03 - - - - .1 .1 4c .2 .4 39.3 38.0 6.00 - - 8 .3 3 .3 6.86 4c .2 Covers 61 telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in interstate or foreign communication service using their own facilities or through connection with those of another carrier under direct or indirect common control. 3See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in this bulletin. - .2 .1 .5 .1 .1 .2 .3 4c 4< .3 .2 .2 .2 2.2 .6 1.2 1.1 2 .1 2.2 4= .1 1.5 20.9 .3 .1 1.3 .1 1.6 1.9 .1 2.7 4c 3.0 3.9 2.1 2.9 1.1 1.8 1.7 3. 1 3.8 4c .1 3. 1 25.5 .3 .2 _ 4< .1 .1 .1 .8 .5 4« .2 .1 .2 .2 - 4c - .5 .3 .5 .4 .9 .4 .1 .9 4c .1 .1 4c - 1.8 2.9 2.4 3.9 5. 1 4c .2 - 1. 2 1. 1 1. 6 - 4c 1. 1 1. 6 .1 1.3 .7 2.9 1. 0 2. 2 1.0 2.4 16.6 .7 5.8 40.0 1.7 18.0 .5 20.9 26.2 6.7 .3 4.0 .1 4.6 6.9 .2 7.6 9.6 4.0 6.9 6.5 11.4 11.6 .4 13.2 14.2 1.7 .2 .9 4c .7 .5 _ .2 .2 .1 1.0 .2 1.7 14.6 - 5.1 18.4 4c .3 .2 11.5 - 2.0 .1 .3 .5 .9 5.0 - .6 .3 .3 1.4 .5 2.5 .1 .2 1.0 _ 4c .4 - .1 4c .7 1.3 4c 1.4 - .4 .6 1.0 .2 .6 4.0 6.1 .3 7.1 16.8 .4 18.6 18.8 18.5 23.5 13.3 14.3 27.4 .8 9.2 32.6 3.5 11.9 2.3 4c 1.5 1.0 1.5 4.6 5.7 - 3.0 2.3 4.3 11.6 2.0 21.0 .5 24.3 14.2 1.0 2.6 28.8 31.4 37.0 27.4 28.6 15.4 16.7 20.7 20.0 23.2 1.5 32.4 25.1 1.3 48.7 8.8 21.7 14.4 7.7 1.9 23.0 7. 2 1.7 13.2 3.2 4> 5.0 .3 2.6 2.1 2.6 6.8 3.8 1.3 .4 2.9 3.9 1.3 3.8 5.3 1.2 2.0 2.8 4.2 1.0 9.2 _ 2.0 3.4 6.1 1.1 2.9 16.6 1.5 _ 3.0 5.7 7.3 3.8 34.1 3.0 4.9 3.1 7.9 6.5 4.7 6.3 2.4 4.4 5.7 6.9 5.2 17.4 2. 3 7. 3 2.3 .3 2.4 7.3 2.3 8.6 .1 1.2 14.8 .9 11.8 1.2 15. 6 2.2 17.4 29.5 4.2 15.4 4.9 15. 1 5.4 3.3 9.6 3.0 13.3 4.6 22. 1 .1 .5 4.3 1.7 2. 0 .6 - 1.2 5.0 2.0 8.4 1.2 9.6 5.5 4.9 5.6 5.3 3.1 5.4 7.6 6.4 6.0 4.4 9.0 6.2 .6 10. 8 - 2.7 5.6 2. 3 7.2 1.6 8.2 13.5 _ 5.4 _ 2.4 _ _ 16.7 _ _ 3.0 2.7 3.1 2.3 4 .0 3.3 2.4 3.4 3.5 4.4 1.4 4.8 3.5 10.3 2.3 71 .1 3.2 79.3 22.5 73.5 14.0 9.2 50.3 4.9 3.3 5.2 2.1 4.9 7.3 4.7 2.7 4.6 8.9 4.1 2.2 2.3 8.7 1.9 3.5 7.9 2.5 5.6 3.5 8.9 8.4 2.9 .8 1.2 11 .9 3.6 .3 8.1 2.8 2.5 11.8 1.5 .6 1.1 2.1 12. 6 1 .0 .5 1.0 1.7 1.5 .5 1.7 2.6 1.1 12.8 2.6 .2 2.2 1.0 10. 7 2.4 2.0 8.7 8.4 4.0 46.6 6.4 .1 .8 .2 .1 5.0 4.2 1.9 2.0 2.2 6.2 5.9 23.3 1.3 23.5 11.4 6.7 16.2 19.7 15.6 6.9 2.5 9.6 10.9 78.1 25.0 17.6 34.1 3.4 38.0 43.4 36.3 38.0 8.7 6.3 3.3 2.4 85.4 28.4 26.4 27.9 33.7 28.6 26.8 26.4 9.2 43.4 - 39.6 38.9 44.0 35.1 -37.4 30.2 45.0 6.5 37.0 _ 10.3 10.3 15.2 3.4 7.0 7.2 8.1 .4 .3 .7 .3 .5 .4 .3 - 8.5 1.9 7.6 2.7 9.3 3.2 17.6 3.9 9.4 5.9 41.6 2.3 15.0 7.2 13.2 7.7 8.5 5 .8 .6 5.8 2.3 6.5 12.7 7.6 6.4 5.2 13.8 6.6 20.1 * 1.1 2.8 1.8 3.3 4.1 2.8 1. 1 1.7 1.5 4.0 _ 1.8 4.8 7.8 1.0 2.5 11.7 2.3 .3 5.5 5.5 2.1 8.4 12.2 _ .6 .3 .5 1.6 .9 .6 #5 .2 3.0 _ 8.9 66.0 4.0 1 .1 1.9 39.2 NOTE: Asterisk indicates less than 0.05 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Because of rounding,sums of individual items may not equal 100. Table 2. Bell System telephone carriers:1 Percent distribution of employees In occupational groups by average hourly rates,* December 1975 Number of employee! Occupational group Total Men M I EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT OFFICIALS AND MANAGE RI AL A S S I S T A N T S ................. . 767 ,47 3 3 72 ,116 PART T I M E ....................... ........... . 13,402 1,5 7 2 FULL T I N E ..................................... 7 5 3 , 9 6 3 3 7 0 , 5 3 7 PR OF ES S I O N A L AND SEMI PROFES SI ON AL E M P L O Y E E S ............................ .. ................... 57,623 85,133 D R A F T E R S ..................................................................................... 9,2 5 9 1 ,300 75,874 O T H E R S ....... .. ................................ 56,323 62,434 BUSI NE SS OFFICE AND SALES E M P L O Y E E S ................. 17,411 8 ,7 9 6 S U P E R V I S O R S .............. .. ................ ....................................... 3,0 7 3 5 3,638 14,338 NONSUPERVISORY E M P L O Y E E S .......................................... 32,284 CIZRICAL E M P L OY EE S ............................................................... 1 9 3 , 5 4 9 18,787 5 ,3 7 6 S U P E R V I S O R S ............................................................................. 26,908 N O N S U P E R V I S O R Y ................. .. ........................... 1 7 4 , 7 6 2 36,908 4 ,6 3 2 CO MM E R C I A L D E P A R T M E N T ........ ....................... 1 ,7 8 6 T R A F F I C D E P A R T M E N T . ...................... 26,139 5 5,025 1 1,188 PL AN T D E P A R T M E N T .......................... 5 ,4 8 9 A C C O UN TI NG D E P A R T M E N T .................... 32,811 23,879 ALL OTHER D E P A R T M E N T S .................... 3,8 1 3 8 ,6 8 5 TE LE PH ON E O P E R A T O R S ........................... 1 5 0 , 2 0 3 9 ,2 9 2 740 CHIEF O P E R A T O R S ........................... ........ .. SE RV IC E AS SI ST AN TS AND I N S T R U C T O R S .......... 281 9 ,9 4 6 5 ,4 4 7 EX PE RI EN CE D SW I T C H B O A R D O P E R A T O R S ............ 1 2 1 , 2 0 4 O P E R AT OR S IN T R A I N I N G ................................... 7 ,5 8 0 2 ,1 5 3 64 OTHER SW IT C H B O A R D E M P L O Y E E S ........................ 2 ,1 8 1 CONS TR UC TI ON , IN ST ALLATION, AND M A IN TE NA NC E E M P L O Y E E S ....................... 2 5 0 , 0 3 2 2 3 5 , 6 4 4 SU PERVISORS OP T E LE PH ON E C R A F T WORKERS.. 31,943 3 1,089 7 7,1 77 CE NT RA L OFFICE CR A F T W O R K E R S .............. 88,664 TEST BOARD AND REPEATER W O R K E R S ....... 21,574 18,449 65,176 5 6,874 C E NT RA L OF FI CE R E P A I R E R S ................ 1,8 5 4 1,9 1 4 O T H E R S ............................................................ IN ST A L L A T I O N AND EX CHANGE RE PA IR C R A F T W O R K E R S ................................................. 87,042 85,571 PBX AND STATION I N S T A L L E R S ...................... 40,818 41,927 E X CH AN GE R E P A I R E R S ..................................... 27,548 27,371 17,567 17,382 O T H E R S ............................................................ 42,383 4 1,807 LINE, CABLE, AND C O N D U I T CR A F T WORKERS.. 15,909 15,710 LINE WO R K E R S ................................................. 18,849 1 9 , 0 9 6 CABL E S P L I C E R S ............................ 985 903 CA B L E SPLICERS* H E L P E R S ................. O T H E R S .................................................................................... 6 ,3 9 3 6 ,3 4 5 L A B O R E R S .................................................................................... BUILDING, SUPPLIES, AND MOTOR VE HICLE 19,882 2 5,186 E M P L O Y E E S ............................................................ 2 ,4 1 7 2,7 4 6 S U P E R V I S O R S ...................................................... 2 ,4 6 5 2 ,4 4 2 M E C H A N I C S .......................................................... OTHE R BUILDING S E RV IC E E M P L O Y E E S .............. 8 ,6 6 5 5 ,5 2 5 OTHER SUPPLIES AND MOTOR VE HI CL E E M P L O Y E E S ....................................................................... 11,310 9 ,4 9 8 93 6 587 ALL EMPLOYEES NOT EL SEWHERE C L AS SI FI ED .. .. Women Average scheduled weekly houri " Average hourly rates ' $2.10 2 .3 0 395,357 11,830 383,426 38.3 24.5 38.5 $ 6.82 4 .7 9 6 .8 4 27,510 7 ,9 5 9 19,551 45,023 5 ,723 39,300 161,265 13,411 147,854 32,276 24,353 4 3 , 837 27,322 20,066 141,518 8,552 9,6 6 5 115,757 5 ,4 2 7 2,117 3 8.0 38.4 37.9 37.9 38.1 37.9 38.0 38.3 38.0 37.5 37.9 38.8 37.5 3 7.5 36.1 38.1 36.4 35.9 35.6 38.3 10.37 5 .4 7 10.97 6 .9 0 9 .8 5 6.41 5 .8 8 8 .6 5 5 .5 8 5 .2 8 5 .5 6 5 .5 3 5 .8 4 5 .8 0 5 .2 4 8 .7 8 5 .9 6 4 .9 8 3 .6 9 5 .7 7 14,388 854 11,487 3,1 2 5 8 ,3 0 2 60 39.9 3 9.9 39.9 39.7 39.9 39.8 1,471 1 ,1 0 9 177 185 576 199 247 82 48 - * - h •cent employeesi receiving $4.00 $ 4 ,5 0 $ 5.0 0 $5.50 $6.00 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $6.00 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $9.00 $ 8 .5 0 15.1 - 9.2 5.4 10.8 14.0 2 .3 1 6.8 .5 6 .0 6 .9 17.0 .1 18.8 18.6 18.8 2 4.2 13.3 1 4.1 28.7 .1 7 .9 34.5 3 .6 12.2 5 .8 4 1.1 1 .5 18.7 2 .9 11.3 1 .8 21.8 .1 2 5.3 14.8 2. 3 16. 1 17. 4 21.5 1 .8 $ 3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $ 4.00 $4.50 $ 5.00 $5.50 .6 . . 1 .2 • - 1 .6 4 .5 . - 1 1.7 • - .1 .2 1 .5 .3 2 .1 .1 .9 6 .4 .2 3 .0 $ 8 . CO - - a a _ - _ . - a a a a a a * a a * a a - a a a $8.50 AND $2.5 0. $ 2.75 _ - - - a a a a a a a a .3 - _ - - a a - - a a . 1 .6 - a a . 1 .1 .5 • ,5 .8 .2 .5 .4 .8 .8 - a - a a - a a - - a a a a a a a a a a - a a a a a a . 1 . .3 .4 1 .0 - 1 .7 2 .6 .8 1 .3 1.4 2 .5 3 .3 - - - a a a - a a - a a - 7 .2 7 9 .4 2 7 .0 7 7 .2 7 7 .0 0 7 .1 3 a a a a - a a a - 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 4 0.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 - 6 .9 0 6 .8 5 7 .0 4 6.8 0 6 .8 0 6 .6 3 6 .9 5 5.4 7 6 .9 8 - a a - 5,304 329 23 3 ,1 4 0 38.9 39.6 39.9 37.7 6 .1 9 9 .0 7 7 .0 9 5 .1 5 - - - - - - - a a a .1 1 ,8 1 2 349 3 9.3 37.6 6 .0 6 9 .0 3 - - - - .1 .1 .5 - a - - - - - - - a - a - - - - - - - - .1 - - - a a - .1 a a .9 - - .1 a - a - .2 12.8 .1 a a a a - a - - a a a a .6 .7 1 .1 1 .9 .4 .7 .8 1 .6 1 .7 a a - a a 1.5 a - - - .7 a a - 1Covers 25 Bell System telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in interstate or foreign communication service using their own facilities or through connection with those of another carrier under direct or indirect common control. may not equal 100. ............................ "" $2.30 $2.5 0 $ 2.7 5 AND $ 2 . 1 0 UNDER UNDER a a .8 2 1.7 .1 a a a 2. 4 2 6.4 .2 .1 . .8 1 .0 2.1 a 2 .3 3 .4 1 .1 2.0 1 ,9 3.1 4 .4 a .3 4.3 18.4 a .1 a 3 .4 6 .0 a 6 .7 9 .0 3 .4 6 .1 5 .3 10.1 10.9 a 1.4 12.5 14.8 .9 .7 2. 1 2.3 6 .2 4.8 .2 5.0 23.6 .3 23.3 36.2 2.1 39.8 1.6 6 .1 1.9 24.5 16.2 58.8 12.0 5. 3 17.3 20.2 16.5 13. 1 2 .5 9.2 3.0 3.4 2. 9 3.2 11.5 82.7 1.9 4.2 1 .1 2.7 42.7 42.4 45.2 39.7 40.6 33.6 49.3 6.2 37.5 11.2 11.3 15.7 3.9 7.7 8. 0 9.0 1.1 4. 1 .4 .3 .7 .4 .6 .4 .3 .3 10.0 2 .7 12.1 2. 6 . 3 2. 2 9.2 a a .2 .2 .3 .3 .5 .2 2 .0 .7 .9 .3 1 .0 1 .5 2 .3 .9 7 .0 .2 2 .3 3 .0 1 .2 2 .2 3 .5 5.0 2 .3 1 6.8 1 .5 3 .1 4 .2 1 .9 2 .2 5 .1 6 .6 3 .0 34.5 3 .0 a a .1 .4 .7 1 .7 8 .4 a a .2 .5 1.1 .1 3 .3 .1 1 .4 .5 1 .5 .7 1 .8 1 .2 .9 a .3 a a a - 1 .2 a .5 - - - - - 2.4 7 .0 .8 3 .3 4 .4 2.1 2 .4 4. 3 5 .6 3 .3 17.6 2 .3 - 6 .3 5.5 5 .3 10.0 4 .9 7.6 3 .5 3 .4 2.5 - 16.2 8.7 .8 1 .5 5 .6 .4 18.2 15.1 .1 1.4 31.7 12.1 .3 3 .9 1 6.6 3 .9 1 6.3 4.7 1 .9 9 .1 2 .4 1 3.2 5 .1 2 2.5 5 .4 - 2 .3 8. 3 2 .6 6. 1 1.9 .7 a 5.8 5.5 3.2 * 3. 9 a .8 2.3 9.1 2.0 3.8 1.2 12.3 3.4 4 .7 1.0 4.4 .1 5 .7 - 4 .3 2.8 5.7 .1 5.2 a - 4 .9 8.6 .3 10.0 7.7 2 .1 2 .0 2 .2 .6 a - 8.5 5.1 7,3 2.7 2.6 2. 3 3.5 2.1 4.7 8.8 .3 1 3.8 2 .7 - 73.7 3.2 82.3 23.3 76.4 14.6 9.6 51 .4 5.1 3.4 5.4 2.1 9 .0 9.1 4.2 49.8 6.7 .8 2 .6 5.6 1.8 7.5 .7 50.6 a .1 - 4.2 1.5 4.5 3.5 10. 4 2. 4 2.2 12.8 1.1 .5 1.1 .6 1.7 2.4 1.0 11.1 2.5 ,2 2.2 - 24.0 .4 1 .2 .9 1 .3 .6 - , 2.9 2. 5 2.9 3.6 8. 1 2,8 2.6 11,9 1.6 .6 1.1 1.8 1.9 17.4 33.3 26.6 .4 .4 .4 .7 a a a - 2.9 1.2 13.2 2.6 .2 - - - 2 .4 - 4.1 1,6 3.6 9.0 8.6 2.9 .1 .2 .1 .1 - 5.6 - 7.8 6.9 6.3 4.0 9.1 6.6 8.1 1.1 - - - 22.5 1 5.4 .1 .2 .2 - 5 .5 - a a - 9.2 a a a .2 .4 .7 .2 1 .7 - a 2 1.7 2 7.3 .7 3 0.1 3 2.7 38.4 2 8.7 29.7 2 1.2 2 4.5 . OVER 2.9 15.5 4 .5 20,2 29.3 27.4 26.8 37.4 30.2 2 9. C 27.6 9 .3 4 4.0 - 44.5 37.7 - 1 .6 - _ 9 .7 2 .3 18.3 4.1 5.1 46.9 2.5 5.1 7.1 13.7 1.1 13.9 5 .0 9 .0 6.9 5.8 6.6 - _ 1.8 - a t7 !s ,9 1.6 .7 .6 .2 3.0 - 9.2 70.6 3.1 1.2 1.7 46.4 2See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in this bulletin, NOTE: Asterisk indicates less than 0.05 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Because of rounding,sums of individual items Table 3. Non-Bell telephone carriers:1 Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 December 1975 Number of employees Occupational group Total ALL EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT OFFICIALS AND MANAGERIAL ASSISTANTS.................................................... PART TIM E.................................................................................. FULL T I M E.................................................................................. PROFESSIONAL AND SEMIPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.................................................................................... DRAFTERS..................................................................................... OTHERS.......................................................................................... BUSINESS OFFICE AND SALES EMPLOYEES................. SUPERVISORS............................................................................. NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES......................................... CLERICAL EMPLOYEES............................................................... SUPERVISORS............................................................................ NONSUPERVISORY.................................................................... COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT............................................ TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.................................................... PLANT DEPARTMENT......................................................... ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT............................................ ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS............................................ TELEPHONE OPERATORS............................................................ CHIEF OPERATORS.................................................................. SERVICE ASSISTANTS AND INSTRUCTORS.............. EXPERIENCED SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS................. OPERATORS IN TR A I N I N G ................................................ OTHER SWITCHBOARD EMPLOYEES................................. CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES.................................................... S U P E R V IS O R S OF CEN TRAL O F F IC E TELEPHONE CRAFT W ORKERS.. C R A F T W O R K E R S ............................ T E S T B O A R D A N D R E P E A T E R W O R K E R S ................ C E N T R A L O F F I C E R E P A I R E R S .................................... O T H E R S .................................................................................... IN S T A L L A T IO N AND E X C H A N G E R E P A I R CRAFT W O R K E R S ................................................................ P B X AND S T A T IO N I N S T A L L E R S ............................ E X C H A N G E R E P A I R E R S ................................................ O T H E R S .................................................................................... L IN E , C A B L E , 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 .................................................................... CABLE S P L I C E R S ........................................................... CABLE S P L IC E R S ' H E L P E R S .................................... O T H E R S .............................................................................. L A B O R E R S ..................................................................................... B U IL D IN G , SU P P LIES, AND MOTOR V E H I C L E 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 ............................................................................ OTHER B U IL D IN G S E R V IC E E M P L O Y E E S .................. OTHER S U P P L I E S AND MOTOR V E H IC L E E M P L O Y E E S .......................................................................... A L L E M P L O Y E E S NOT E L S E W H E R E C L A S S I F I E D . . . . Men t*9, 060 1 , 873 47 253 26 845 254 26 , 655 5, 057 3 70 4 , 687 3, 103 513 2, 590 9 , 395 5 25 8 , 870 1 , 590 1 , 016 2 , 769 1 , 331 2 , 164 9 , 293 522 478 7,,884 323 86 4, 044 246 3 7 98 588 276 312 857 219 638 94 53 162 73 256 280 17 5 231 17 10 19,,8 2 4 2 ,,3 13 6 ,,079 537 3, 7 7 5 1 ,,767 Women 2 2 , 215 1 , 619 20 598 Average scheduled weekly hours Average hourly rates 39 7 21 3 40 1 $ 5 . 36 3 27 5 43 C13 124 889 2 515 237 2 278 8 538 306 8 232 1 , 4 96 963 2 ,,6 07 1 ,,2 58 1 ,,908 9,,013 505 473 7,,6 5 3 306 76 39 9 39 4 40 0 39 9 40 0 39 9 40 5 39 9 40 6 36 3 41..4 39..5 46 ,. 8 40 ..9 38 ,. 2 40,.0 40..0 38..0 39., 1 38,.7 7 41 5. 23 7 . 58 4 . 88 7 . 18 4 . 42 4. 16 6 . 42 4. 03 3. ,95 3.,93 4. , 00 4. ,15 4 . ,08 4 . 05 6 ., 1 0 5., 1 2 3.,80 5.,04 3.,6 9 19, ,093 2 ,f268 5,, 6 2 7 453 3,, 6 0 5 1 ,, 5 6 9 731 45 452 84 170 198 40.. 1 40.. 1 40,. 1 40,. 1 40.. 1 39..9 7,, 568 3,,989 988 2 ,,591 3,,8 2 3 1 ,,770 1 , 933 15 105 41 7,,3 9 9 3,, 9 6 0 890 2 ,, 5 4 9 , 7 3, 6 6 1 ,, 7 6 2 1,, 9 2 4 15 65 33 169 29 98 42 57 8 9 2 ,, 09 7 230 310 815 74 2 291 $ 2 . 1 0 $2.30 UNDER AND $ 2 . 1 0 UNDER 2.30 $2.50 * - * - .1 - * * .1 .4 ♦ * .1 ♦ .4 .2 - * ♦ 2.3 .1 .1 .4 * .1 .2 .1 3.4 - 6 ., 1 2 7. ,6 5 6 .. 00 5.,79 6 .,03 6 ., 02 _ - * _ . 1 - _ _ _ - 40 8 40 ,. 1 40,. 2 40.. 1 39,.9 40,. 1 39..9 40..4 40,.0 38..9 39 ,. 6 6 ., 01 5.,67 6 .,13 6 .,50 5..57 5., 20 5.,95 5., 02 4..6 4 6 .,15 - - _ - 1 ,, 7 3 9 216 281 586 358 14 29 229 39 ,. 2 40..0 38,.8 38,.6 4. , 88 6 .,7 8 5.,97 3.,75 - - .1 - .9 - .4 .6 2. 1 656 244 86 47 39,, 6 39..6 5.,06 6 .,17 1 - - * - - .3 1.0 Covers 36 non-Bell telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in interstate or foreign communication service using their own facilities or through connection with those of another carrier under direct or indirect common control. Percent of employees receiving$ 2 ..5 0 $ 2 . 7 5 $ 3 , . 00 $3 . .25 $3 . .5 0 $3. .7 5 $4. , 00 $4, . 5 0 $5 . 00 $5, . 5 0 $ 2 ..7 5 $ 3 . 0 0 $ 3 . .25 ? 3 . .50 $3 . .75 1 ..7 3., 1 3., 8 4.,6 1 .. 3 .1 ,8 * 4,.0 .4 2 .. 4 .2 5,. 5 ,8 3],8 ,6 6 ..3 4.. 8 5.. 4 .4 5,.7 5.. 0 7,. 2 5..9 4 ,. 5 6 .. 1 7.. 6 6 ,. 6 7,.0 .8 7..3 8 ..3 3..9 8 .. 2 7..7 6 .. 8 9,. 1 7..5 8 ..0 1 .. 1 8 ..4 9..6 6 ..4 9..6 7..5 7..6 1 0 .. 2 8 ..7 .6 24.. 4 .2 1 0 ,. 5 .9 M , .4 1 ..9 1 1 ..7 1 ..9 5,.8 .5 7..6 .6 9.. 0 9..7 1 ..9 1 0 .. 2 1 0 ..5 9,,4 1 1 .. 8 8 ..3 9., 3 1 2 .,0 .2 2 .. 3 13.. 8 3,.4 3.. 5 .2 .4 .8 .3 1 ,. 5 3..3 .2 3, , 5 3,.6 1 2 .1 1 ,. 9 1 ,. 3 2 ..7 4,. 8 .2 5,. 3 4,.3 1 2 ,. 8 * .1 - 1 .. 8 1 ..3 4.. 2 2 .,7 $8 . 50 AND $5, . 00 $5, . 5 0 $ 6 . 0 0 $ 6 . 5 0 $7, . 00 $7 . 5 0 5 >- 9,.8 6 ,. 5 1 0 ,. 1 2 ,. 9 1 C..9 1 ,.3 1 ,. 3 6.9 1 ..0 .5 1 ..3 1 ..5 .8 .6 2 ..6 8 ..4 3.,3 2 ., 1 4.,3 10 .7 1 1 ,. 1 1 .6 ,3 1 1 . 4 1 1 ,. 9 3 .2 3,. 0 10 . 9 8 ,. 8 1 .7 1 .,8 1 .1 .6 9. _ 12 .4 .5 .1 ,1 .3 1 ,. 8 .4 .3 ; * .1 .1 * .4 1 ,. 3 ,5 5,. 0 6 ..3 9,. 0 2 .. 3 * .6 >0 8 ,. 9 .5 9,. 5 2 ,. 6 S ,. 2 1 ,. 5 .4 5,. 5 .1 27 .9 4.1 29 .7 5 .6 23 , 2 ,. 2 .7 1 0 ..7 ,1 ,1 ,2 ,1 2 0 ..0 7.. 2 17..9 30.. 4 13. .0 24 , .4 19., 2 14., 2 27.. 1 14,.5 32 ,. 7 19., 1 7 ,. 6 2 0 ,. 7 1 1 ,. 2 .2 10 ,. 7 15..5 2 ., 9 25., 0 ,1 1 ,, 9 15. , 7 .1 3 ,, 1 1 4 ., 3 .1 ,1 2 .1 .1 ,1 ,2 2 2 ..4 16., 2 2 ..4 39..5 25. ,7 18.,5 33.,9 18.,7 15. ,9 56.,6 8 .,4 1 1 .,0 7.,2 14.,8 3 .,6 2 ,, 1 9.. 5 3..7 1 ..8 ,1 2 ., 9 26.,7 7..6 8 ,. 5 6 ,. 7 9.. 9 10 . 3 1 0 ,. 0 .9 2 ,. 2 7..8 1 ..7 1 1 ..5 1 ..0 13,.6 15..8 1 ..3 16,.6 13..8 2 1 ,. 5 2 0 ,. 1 14,. 8 13,. 1 15..9 .4 7,.9 17..5 18,. 0 3,.2 15.. 1 2 ..2 24 . ,4 1 ..2 29 . ,0 2 4 . ,5 5.,7 25 . ,6 2 2 .,6 2 0 .,0 24 .,4 36, . 2 25..4 2 1 ..7 6 ..5 14,.9 23 ..9 ,6 23,.3 4,.0 1 2 .. 2 3,.4 8 ,. 7 4,.9 9,. 5 13,. 8 1 1 ,. 0 14,. 0 2 2 ,. 0 1 0 ,. 8 9..5 1 2 ,. 4 16..4 6 ,. 2 1 2 ..5 36, .0 4.. 2 6 .. 3 19.. 2 5., 3 4., 1 5..7 3.. 8 2 .. 2 1 1 ,.3 1 ..6 1 .. 1 1 ..8 .5 1 ..7 3..4 2 .. 2 1 5., 9 2 .. 5 * 34 . , 4 8 ,. 2 8 ,. 9 8 ,. 2 3,.9 15,.4 1 .6 2 .2 1 0 ,. 5 1 .7 .2 .9 3 ,. 3 1 ,.4 1 ,.4 1 .. 5 1 1 ,. 5 6 .. 3 k 13..0 3..5 5,. 6 1 0 ,. 5 5,. 2 5.. 3 9 ,. 2 4,. 6 3,.9 9,.9 3,. 5 2 ,. 0 2 ,. 0 2 ,. 9 3,. 2 6 ,. 4 3.. 6 2 1 ,.8 13.. 2 1 .. 4 14. , 2 1 ., 2 .8 1 ,. 7 .8 2 ,. 6 .5 .8 .6 .9 .6 .6 1 ,. 2 1 .3 .8 2.. 0 4,.6 .3 4..5 6 ,. 1 2 .,8 7.,6 7..8 .4 5 ].7 4,.3 4. , 3 8 .,9 9 . ,8 .1 8'..9 7., 6 9..7 7 . ,4 19., 1 2 ., 1 2 1 ., 5 32 . , 0 24 ., 1 1 2 .,7 .6 .8 ,9 1 ..8 1 .,5 5.. 6 .9 3..3 5., 1 .8 2 0 !.0 18.. 1 2 ..4 4..3 5.,5 4. 1 2 .,4 8 ., 1 1 2 .,8 2 .,8 26 . ,7 2 2 ., 9 9.,8 13. ,2 2 .,9 7.,1 1 2 .,0 16 . ,3 8 .,7 6 .,7 1 .,0 1 2 ., 4 16 . 9 3. ,8 8 .,6 1 2 .. 1 13., 4 1 1 .,5 6 .,7 2 1 .,5 26., 3 1 1 .,7 17., 9 2 0 ., 7 18 . , 4 23. 8 6. 7 3. 8 7. 3 8 5 . ,4 .3 .4 .7 .2 .3 .4 k 1 .. 1 2 .. 0 .2 1 ..7 2 ., 1 ,2 .8 .9 1 .. 2 ,4 1 ., 8 3., 1 ,3 2 ..9 2 2 .,9 9., 5 4.9 4 .9 Q 6 .,7 ,5 8 ., 0 9., 3 2 ..9 13.,9 3..9 17., 1 9..6 1 ,. 7 3,.5 14,.8 1 0 .,7 1 .,3 7.,1 8 .,8 1 1 .,3 1 0 .,4 9 . ,0 6 .,9 8. 4 1 1 ., 3 6 ., 5 1.8 8. 5. 12. 2. 8 7 6 1 7., 1 6 .,5 23 ., 2 1 ,2 2 .. 0 16 . 1 2 . r, 15.,2 . 4.,7 13.,9 12. 3 1.3 ,1 4 .7 l i .0 4.,7 7. ,2 6 .. 1 3..4 8 ,. 8 5..5 17.,3 7 . ,6 17 . 4 5.,2 15. ,5 2 .7 1 5 . ,5 3 . ,4 7.,0 15. ,8 2 .,4 16.,2 .4 2 .1 5 1 7 , ,1 1 1 .. 0 * .. 8 1 ,.0 ,7 6 .. 5 4 ,, 3 11 . 3 11 . ,4 , 3 ,0 1 2 ,, 0 3 7..5 . .2 .2 2 ,. 9 3. 8 5.. 0 , _c 5, ,8 2 .,9 ' 3.. 2 13., 6 1 0 ..9 3. 1 OVE 3 2 ,. 0 13., 0 6.. 2 $ 8 ,. 00 $8 . 50 2 ,. 8 8 ,. 1 .3 .3 5.,7 $6 . 5C $7 . 00 17. ,50 $8 . 0 ^ 5..5 * .1 (5 l ! !o .1 6 ,. 7 $4. . 00 $4 . ,50 $6 . 0 0 . 8. 9 . . 2 See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in this bulletin. NOTE: Asterisk indicates less than 0.05 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Because of rounding,sums of individual items may not equal 100. Table 4. AH and Bell System telephone carriers:1 Average hourly rates2 of employees in selected occupations by region, December 1975 United States Occupational group Number of workers Average hourly rates New England Number of workers Average hourly rates Middle Atlantic Number of workers Average hourly rates Great Lakes Number of workers Average hourly rates Southeast Chesapeake Number of workers Average hourly rates Number of workers North Central Average hourly rates Number of workers Average hourly rates South Central Number of workers Average hourly rates Mountain Number of workers Average hourly rates Pacific Number of workers Average hourly rates All carriers ALL EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT OFFIC IALS AND MANAGERIAL ASSISTANTS.................................................... PART TIME.................................................................................. EDLL TIME.................................................................................. PROFESSIONAL AND SEMIPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES..................................................................................... DRAFTERS..................................................................................... OTHERS.......................................................................................... BUSINESS OFFICE AND SALES EMPLOYEES................. SUPERVISORS............................................................................. NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES.......................................... CLERICAL EMPLOYEES............................................................... SUPERVISORS............................................................................. NONSUPERVISORY.................................................................... COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT............................................ TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.................................................... PLANT DEPARTMENT......................................................... ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT............................................ ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS............................................ TELEPHONE OPERATORS............................................................ CHIEF OPERATORS................................................................. SERVICE ASSISTANTS AND INSTRUCTORS.............. EXPERIENCED SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS................. OPERATORS I N TRAINING................................................. OTHER SWITCHBOARD EMPLOYEES................................. CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES.................................................... SUPERVISORS OF TELEPHONE CRAFT WORKERS.. CENTRAL OFFICE CRAFT WORKERS............................... TEST BOARD AND REPEATER WORKERS................. CENTRAL OFFICE REPAIRERS.................................... OTHERS..................................................................................... INSTALLATION AND EXCHANGE REPAIR CRAFT WORKERS..................................................................... PBX AND STATION INSTALLERS.............................. EXCHANGE REPAIRERS.................................................... OTHERS.................................................................................... LI NE , CABLE, AND CONDUIT CRAFT WORKERS.. LINE WORKERS.................................................................... CABLE SPL ICE RS ................................................. .. CABLE SPLICERS* HELPERS....................................... OTHERS.................................................................................... LABORERS......................................................... ... ....................... BUILDING, SUP PL IE S, AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMPLOYEES................................... . ............................................ SUPERVISORS............................................................................ MECHANICS................................................................................. OTHER BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES.................... OTHER SUPPLIES AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMPLOYEES............................................................................... ALL EMPLOYEES NOT ELSEWHERE C L A S S I F I E D . . . . $6.1 2 3.92 6.18 116,646 $6.81 2, 081 5.06 114,569 6.83 9.0 5 5.00 9.60 6 . 14 8.95 5.71 5.32 7.90 5.03 4.71 5.23 5.05 5.23 5.19 4.94 8.44 5.53 4.71 3.66 5.64 6,897 9 74 5,923 7,935 1,078 6,857 19,064 1,694 17,370 4,269 3,400 5,344 2,646 1,711 20,125 1,418 913 15,683 1,835 276 9.21 4.78 9.94 5.85 8.81 5.38 5.15 7.6 5 4.91 4.76 4.39 4.97 4.94 5.07 5.08 8.09 5.52 4.90 3.73 5 . 37 4,448 380 4,068 3,444 503 2,941 10,021 908 9,113 2,053 1,644 2,729 1,559 1,128 9,273 588 457 7,418 673 137 9.04 4.88 9.43 6.51 9.42 6.01 5.40 8.12 5.1 3 4.88 4.3 5 5.31 5.2 1 5.26 4. 52 7.75 5.18 4 . 30 3. 20 4.77 13,304 9.83 1,964 5.43 1 1,340 10.61 7.26 9,834 1,512 10.12 6.74 8,322 30,551 5.89 2,796 8.93 27,755 5. 58 5.41 6,287 5.71 4,191 8,562 5.53 4,963 5.71 5.70 3,752 22,599 5.20 1,158 9. 40 1,417 6.08 4.95 18,276 1,427 4.03 321 5.42 8,274 1,083 2,390 45 2 1,920 18 6.96 8.86 6.82 6.98 6.79 5.89 29,661 3,414 9,587 1,685 7,448 4 54 6.70 8.72 6.67 6.93 6.69 5. 41 11,774 1,559 3,698 584 2,940 174 6.78 8.71 6.54 6.80 6.53 5.88 36,743 4,866 13,984 3,749 9,883 352 7.32 9.40 7.07 7.19 7.05 6.47 3,070 1,133 489 1,448 1,731 557 817 1 356 - 6.67 6.74 6.81 6.57 6.48 6.06 6.64 6.55 6.79 - 11,222 6,054 2,978 2,190 5,438 2,425 2,370 228 ' 41 5 - 6.48 6.33 6.89 6.34 5.92 5.77 6.06 4.76 6.56 - 4,515 2,066 1,106 1,343 2,001 701 8 93 12 39 5 1 6.50 6.38 6.69 6.51 6.35 5.95 6. 53 6.62 6.63 3. 92 12,470 6,658 4,290 1,522 5,423 2,114 2,556 9 744 - 6.95 6.95 7.07 6.67 6.95 6.76 6. 99 5.87 7. 34 - 908 59 74 437 5.77 8.35 6.83 4.83 1,409 91 21 7 321 5.29 7.94 6.88 4.19 1,382 155 104 38 0 5.45 8.02 6.01 4.49 3,353 404 499 650 6.46 9.22 338 6.17 78 0 63 4.96 7.78 743 134 5.2 8 7.1 8 1,800 262 6.10 5.99 9.29 5.00 9.89 6.19 8.93 5.72 5.31 7.65 5.05 4.88 5.06 4.97 5.31 5.28 4.88 7.76 5.40 4.70 3.36 5.68 2,802 332 2,470 2,477 323 2,154 7,365 742 6,623 1,867 811 1,804 1 ,293 848 6,179 394 398 4,775 533 79 41,564 5,087 12,537 2,609 9,823 105 6.71 8.56 6.64 ’ 6.87 6.58 6.13 6.68 6.47 7.07 6.72 6.60 6.27 6.80 5.75 7.09 - 15,517 7,191 5,355 2,971 8,423 2,800 3,244 232 2,147 - 6.31 6.21 6.47 6.28 6.42 6.06 6.63 5.39 6.69 1,627 24 6 134 48 6 5.84 8.11 6.69 4 . 48 2,193 2 18 525 5.69 7.97 5.34 4.39 761 46 5.79 9.90 1 ,3 9 5 16 4 5.83 8.24 $6.91 4.50 6.96 143,667 $7 .4 3 4,165 5.08 139,507 7.48 136,878 $ 6 .6 4 2,282 4.3 0 134,659 6.67 46,197 $ 6 .5 2 60 7 4. 20 45,498 6.49 9 0,190 10.19 9,629 5.46 80,561 10.76 65,537 6.80 9,309 9.69 56,228 6.31 5.79 202,944 8.59 19,312 5.50 183,632 5.23 38,498 27,155 5.50 57,794 5.45 5.76 34,142 26,043 5.65 5.17 159,496 9,814 8.63 10,424 5.92 129,088 4.90 7,9 0 3 3.75 5.69 2,267 5 ,8 8 9 10.38 599 5.34 5 ,290 10.95 4,001 7.14 599 1 0 . 1 4 6.60 3,402 5.89 13,759 1,200 8.49 12,559 5.63 2,846 5.39 1,629 5.52 5.61 3,696 2,875 6.01 5.55 1,513 10,713 5.13 6 93 9.03 652 5.92 9,133 4.76 3.34 76 159 5.65 14,805 11.54 1,520 6.21 13,285 12.15 7.67 12,018 1 ,6 0 7 10.71 10,411 7 . 20 6.46 36,520 4,227 9.26 32,293 6.09 6,454 5.82 4,629 6.24 10,178 5.84 7,244 6.37 6.56 3,788 25,255 5.88 1,440 9.89 6.50 2,608 5.54 20,318 512 3.81 3 77 6.26 15,280 9.75 1,539 5.61 13,741 1 0 .2 2 11,265 6.44 1,440 9.25 9,825 6.02 32,919 5.69 8. 50 2,880 30,039 5.42 5,803 5.14 4,284 5.37 5.51 9,638 5.65 5,795 4,519 5.32 5.16 24,972 1,436 8.58 2,177 5.78 4.87 20,232 3.84 7 39 388 5.7 5 5,313 9.50 654 5. 40 4,659 10.07 3,245 6. 59 4 82 8. 82 2,763 6.19 12,023 5.58 8.39 885 11,138 5.36 2,495 5.05 1,688 5.65 3,596 5.11 1,885 5.82 1,474 5.60 8,516 5.09 50 0 8.58 444 5.98 4.80 7,211 3.84 192 169 5.82 10 , 6 4 9 1 ,332 9,317 9 ,404 1 ,378 8,026 27,500 2,6 7 8 24,822 5,436 3,690 9,166 3,572 2,958 27,797 1,957 1,104 22,866 1,556 314 269,856 34,256 94,743 22,111 68,951 3,681 7.18 9.30 7.00 7.24 6.95 6.60 17,008 2,732 6,754 1,528 3,955 1,271 7.65 9.70 7.29 7.41 7.26 7.23 49,124 7.69 6 ,1 1 7 10.16 7.37 15,882 3,314 7.78 12,551 7.26 17 7 . 5 1 45,475 5,590 14,117 2,750 10,819 548 7.17 9.2 9 6.94 7 . 18 6. 94 5.77 15,427 1,960 4,749 809 3,924 16 7.01 8.87 6.88 7.40 6.78 4.97 94,610 45,916 28,536 20,158 46,206 17,679 21 , 0 2 9 1 ,000 6,498 41 6.83 6.75 7.01 6.76 6.70 6.49 6.86 5.46 6.94 6.15 5,107 1,935 1,537 1,635 2,415 1,166 1,036 13 200 - 7.20 7.14 7.26 7.20 7.33 7.22 7.37 6.79 7.73 - 18,611 8,921 6,000 3,690 8,514 3,278 4,425 358 453 - 7.34 7.33 7.46 7.20 7.2 5 7.21 7.37 5.70 7.61 17,095 8,192 5,045 3,858 8,633 3,391 3,984 69 1,189 40 6.89 6.88 7.0 7 6.66 6.72 6.47 6.8 7 6.16 6.99 6.19 5,965 3,280 1,626 1,059 2,753 1,048 1,422 62 221 - 27,283 2,976 2,7 7 5 9,480 6.09 8.89 6.96 5.03 2,755 282 171 1,171 6.18 8.97 6.68 5.42 5,813 657 649 2,344 6.41 9.71 7.34 5.27 6,705 7 65 625 2,688 6.02 8.73 6.81 4.87 12,052 1,227 6.00 8.33 1,131 6.16 9.75 2,163 6.31 132 1 0 . 0 9 2,627 262 6.17 9.65 20 40,476 1,618 38,858 $6.21 4.72 6.26 54,145 1,659 52,462 - 8 5 ,154 $6.10 3.88 680 84,474 6. 1 1 28,005 798 27,207 816,533 $ 6.73 4.63 15,275 801,216 6.76 119,271 $6.15 9 58 4.41 6.16 118,313 55 - ~ " See footnotes at end of table. 6 .8 6 5.41 Table 4. All and Bell System telephone carriers:1 Average hourly rates2 of employees in selected occupations by region, December 1975 — Continued United States Occupational group Number of workers Average hourly rates New England Number of workers Average hourly rates Great Lakes Middle Atlantic Number of workers Average hourly rates Number of workers Southeast Chesapeake Average hourly rates Number of workers Average hourly rates Num ber of workers Average hourly rates North Central N um ber of workers Average hourly rates South Central Num ber of workers Average hourly rates Mountain Number of workers Pacific Average hourly rates N um be r of workers Average h ourly rates Bell System carriers ALL EMPLOYEES, EXCEPT OF FICIALS AND MANAGERIAL ASSISTANTS.................................................... PART TIME.................................................................................. FOIL TIME.................................................................................. PROFESSIONAL AND SEMIPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES..................................................................................... DRAFTERS..................................................................................... OTHERS.......................................................................................... BUSINESS OFFICE AND SALES EMPLOYEES................. SUPERVISORS............................................................................. NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES......................................... CLERICAL EMPLOYEES............................................................... SUPERVISORS............................................................................. NONSUPERVISORY.................................... ................................ COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT............................................ TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.................................................... PLANT DEPARTMENT......................................................... ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT............................................ ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS............................................ TELEPHONE OPERATORS............................................................ CHIEF OPERATORS.................................................................. SERVICE ASSISTANTS AND INSTRUCTORS.............. EXPERIENCED SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS................. OPERATORS IN TRAINING................................................. OTHER SWITCHBOARD EMPLOYEES................................. CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES.................................................... SUPERVISORS OF TELEPHONE CRAFT WORKERS.. CENTRAL OFFICE CRAFT WORKERS.............................. TEST BOARD AND REPEATER WORKERS................. CENTRAL OFFICE REPAIRERS.................................... OTHERS..................................................................................... INSTALLATION AND EXCHANGE REPAIR CRAFT WORKERS.................................................................... PBX AND STATION INSTALLERS........... .. ................ EXCHANGE REPAIRERS.................................................... OTHERS.................................................................................... LI NE, CABLE, AND CONDUIT CRAFT WORKERS.. LINE WORKERS.................................................................... CABLE S P L IC ER S............................................................... CABLE SPL IC ER S' HELPERS...................................... OTHERS.................................................................................... LABORERS.................................................................................... BUILDING, SU PPL IE S, AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMPLOYEES..................................................................................... SUPERVISORS............................................................................ MECHANICS.................................................................................. OTHER BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES.................... OTHER SUPPLIES AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMPLOYEES............................................................................... ALL EMPLOYEES NOT ELSEWHERE C L A S S I F I E D . . . . 767,473 $6.82 13,402 4.79 753,963 6.84 54,097 $6.91 1,658 4.51 6.96 52,418 142,653 4,065 138,593 $7.44 5.12 7.49 85,133 10.37 5.47 9,259 75,874 10.97 62,434 6.90 8,796 9.85 53,638 6.41 193,549 5.88 18,787 8.65 174,762 5.58 36,908 5.28 26,139 5.56 55,025 5.53 32,811 5.84 23 , 8 7 9 5.80 150,203 5.24 9,292 8.78 9,946 5.96 121,204 4.98 7,580 3.69 5.77 2,181 5,886 1 0.38 5.34 599 5,287 10.95 3,990 7.15 598 1 0 . 1 5 3,39 2 6 .6 2 13,753 5.89 1,197 8.50 12,556 5.63 2,846 5.39 1,629 5.52 3,694 5.61 2,874 1,513 5.55 5.13 10,713 693 9 . 0 3 652 5.92 4.76 9,133 76 3 . 3 4 5.65 159 14,718 1,515 13,203 11,969 1,603 10,366 36,310 4,224 32,086 6,419 4,614 10,118 7,189 3,746 25,050 1,423 2,602 20,136 5 12 377 11.57 250,032 31,943 88,664 21,574 65,176 1,914 7.27 9.42 7.07 7.27 7.00 7.13 16,983 2,729 6,745 1,527 3,947 1,271 7.66 9.70 7.29 7.41 7.26 7.23 48,719 7.70 6 ,0 6 4 10.18 15,760 7.38 3,306 7.79 12,441 7.27 13 8.32 37,603 4,768 11,557 2,496 9,035 26 7.41 9.56 7.15 7.3 4 7 . 10 7.3 9 13,500 1,654 4,116 765 3,351 87,042 41,927 27,548 17,567 42,383 15,909 19,096 985 6,393 6.90 6.85 7.04 6.80 6.80 6.63 6.95 5.47 6.98 5,102 1,935 1,537 1,630 2,407 1,161 1,033 13 7.20 7.14 7.2 6 7.20 7.33 7.23 7.37 6.79 7.73 18,476 8,796 14,422 6,969 4,711 2,742 6,856 2,583 3,115 69 1,089 7.09 7.0 6 7.21 6.98 7.02 6.82 7.14 6.16 7.21 - 5,285 2,649 1,626 - - 6.01 200 - - 6,000 3,680 8,419 3,226 4,382 358 4 53 - 6.22 12.19 7.6 8 10.72 7.21 6.48 9.26 6.11 5.83 6.27 5.85 . 39 6.59 5.90 9.94 6.50 5.55 3.81 6.26 6 7.35 7.34 7.46 7.20 7.26 7.23 7 . 38 5.70 7.61 - 25,186 2,746 2,465 8,665 6.19 9.07 7.09 5.15 2,752 282 171 1,168 6.19 8.97 5.42 5,755 651 642 2,320 11,310 936 6.06 9.03 1,131 6.16 9.75 6.33 2,142 132 1 0 . 0 9 20 6.68 6.42 9.73 7.36 5.28 117,858 1,701 116,157 $6.87 4.73 6.89 41,582 $6.74 469 4.70 41,021 6.70 116,656 922 115,734 $6.19 4.50 6.19 13,381 1 0 .1 3 1,441 5.68 11,940 9,776 6.71 1,239 9.55 8,537 6.29 29,698 5.87 2,762 8.62 26,936 5.59 5,523 5.20 3,988 5.48 8,497 5.71 5,329 5.81 3,599 5.69 21,467 5.36 9.05 5.87 1,943 17,198 5.07 719 3.87 3 87 5.76 4,785 9.94 632 5.43 4,153 10.62 3,148 6.62 438 9. 18 2,710 5.74 11,136 869 8.43 10,267 5.51 5.30 2,163 5.76 1,573 5.23 3,370 5.95 1,775 1,386 5.72 7,546 5.33 483 8.67 6.41 342 6,360 5.04 3.84 192 169 5.82 10,450 1 ,329 9,121 9,338 1 ,370 7,9 6 8 26,957 2,643 24,314 5,306 3,618 9,048 3,500 2,842 27,179 1,896 1,091 22,338 1,540 314 9.35 5.00 9.98 8.95 5.73 5.34 7.68 5.08 4.93 5.09 4.99 5.34 5.35 4.92 7.8 8 5.41 4.73 3.37 5.68 7.24 9.26 7.11 7.51 7.02 - 40,480 4,918 12,139 2,534 9,551 54 6.74 8.6 2 6.69 6.91 6.62 6.99 6.89 6.82 7.07 6.80 6.81 6.56 7.0 0 5.75 7.09 15,166 6,909 5,355 2,902 8,257 2,702 3,177 231 2,147 - 6.34 6.26 6.47 6.31 6.46 10.68 1,220 - 5,760 661 527 2,309 1,010 2,445 9 03 1,259 62 - 221 - 6.23 9.01 7.1 7 5.03 1,423 190 124 379 2,263 6.36 173 1 1 . 4 8 730 1Covers telephone carriers which have operating revenues exceeding $1,000,000. These carriers are engaged in interstate or foreign communication service using their own facilities or through connection with those of another carrier under direct or indirect common control. 2See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in this bulletin. 3May include employees in occupations in addition to those shown separately. 4Includes data for employees in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and employees of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, which are excluded from the regional tabulations. (For scope of survey, see appendix.) 6.21 6.09 8.85 6.81 4.88 2,088 214 29 462 5.85 44 1 0 . 2 7 1 ,383 164 6.20 6.12 6.66 5.40 6.69 - 27,833 $6.22 78 3 4 . 7 4 27,050 6.25 7 7,482 45 1 77,031 $6.21 4.61 2,788 327 2,461 2,472 320 2,152 7,327 742 6,585 1,841 806 1,798 1 ,292 848 6,138 39 2 397 4,737 533 79 9.07 5.02 9.60 6.14 8.97 5.71 5.33 7.90 5.04 4.72 5.24 5.05 5.23 5.19 4.95 8.45 5.53 4.72 3.66 5.64 6,182 832 5,350 7,241 992 6,249 17,405 1,451 15,954 4,204 3,100 4,800 2,427 1,423 18,891 1,361 873 14,550 1,835 2 72 9.41 4.71 10.14 8,210 6.97 8.89 6.83 6.98 6.79 26,538 3,032 8,728 1,615 7,113 6.82 1,070 2,373 45 2 1,920 1 10.88 3,045 6.68 1, 1 0 8 6 . 7 7 489 1 ,448 1 ,722 550 815 1 356 - 5.81 8.02 6.80 4.62 5.84 8.24 ~ 6.81 6.57 6.49 6.07 6.64 6.55 6.79 - 9,979 5,129 2,973 1,877 4,799 2,136 2,028 221 414 1 0 9 ,0 5 5 1 ,4 0 8 1 0 7 ,6 4 7 $ 6 . 88 5 .2 5 6 .9 0 5.13 4.89 4.95 5.32 5.21 5.27 4.53 7.76 5 . 1S 4.30 3.20 5.33 11,617 1,542 3,629 576 2,882 171 6.79 8.72 6.54 6.79 6.53 5.86 6.62 6.52 6.89 6.44 6.03 5.94 6.15 4.78 6.56 - 4,462 2,019 6.51 6.41 6.69 6.51 6.36 5.98 6.53 6.62 6.63 1,378 155 104 376 5.46 4.50 602 5 .4 8 743 133 5.28 7.18 1 ,7 0 2 128 6.15 6.02 8.98 5.55 5.26 7.85 5.03 4.77 5.06 5.12 5.04 5.33 5.19 8.17 5.61 5.03 3.73 5.38 8.88 6.78 6.97 6.74 898 58 74 428 5.79 8.40 6.83 4.86 1,162 250 5.46 8.27 6.93 4.46 338 6.17 636 63 5.03 7.78 66 210 4 0 , 1 1 5 $ 6 . 13 1,607 3.93 38,508 6.18 4,430 377 4,053 3,420 498 2,922 9,965 907 9,058 2,035 1,642 2,702 1,556 1,123 9,172 58 2 453 7,360 673 104 - - - 6.22 1,102 1, 3 4 1 1,984 688 12 889 - 39 5 9.05 4.85 9.44 6.52 9.45 6.01 5.41 8.12 - 8.02 6.01 1 2 ,5 1 0 1 ,9 1 0 9 .9 9 5 .4 4 10,600 9,518 1,383 8,135 28,877 2,773 26,104 5,624 4,081 8,118 4,755 3,526 21,044 1,058 1,409 16,872 1,427 278 1 0 .8 3 7 .3 0 1 0 .3 9 6 .7 7 5 .9 6 8 .9 5 3 3 ,8 8 2 5 .6 4 5 .5 1 5 .7 3 5 .5 7 5 .7 7 5 .7 6 5. 26 9 .7 4 6 .0 8 5.00 4.03 5 .7 4 7 .3 8 4, 573 9 .5 0 13,332 3,713 7.10 9 ,5 9 9 7 .1 9 7 .0 6 21 7 .3 9 1 1 ,0 8 3 6 ,4 1 0 3 ,7 4 6 927 7.02 4 ,8 9 4 1 ,8 5 0 7 .0 2 6 .8 7 2 ,2 9 8 7.04 2 744 - 6 .9 5 7 . 14 7 .0 5 4. 36 7. 34 - 3 ,0 9 6 6 .5 5 389 403 9.31 7.12 6 .9 2 NOTE: For purposes of this study, the regions for which separate data are presented include: New England-Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic— Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; Great Lakes— Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; Chesapeake— District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia; Southeast— Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, 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 of the Salmon River), Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas (El Paso County), Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific— California, Idaho (north of the Salmon River), Oregon, and Washington. Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Table 5. Western Union Telegraph Company: Percent distribution of employees1 in occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 October 1975 Occupational group All employees except officials, managerial assistants, and messengers.............................. Professional and semiprofessional employees. Engineers and engineering assistants................. O th e rs ................................................................ Telegraph office superintendents and m anagers............................................................. Sales employees..................................................... Clerical em ployees............................................... Supervisors........................................................ Nonsupervisory employees............................ Commercial d e p a rtm e n t......................... Traffic departm ent.................................... A ll other departments............................... Route aides....................................................... Telegraph op erators............................................ Traffic managers, chief operators, supervisors, and instructors...................... Experienced telegraph operators (except Morse operators)............................ Commercial d e p a rtm e n t......................... Traff ic departm ent.................................... Operators-in-training....................................... Construction, installation, and maintenance employees.................................... Traffic testing and regulating employees. . Construction, installation, and maintenance employees............................... Supervisors.................................................. Subscribers' equipment maintainers . . . Line and cable w o rk e rs ............................ O th ers .......................................................... Laborers............................................................. Building service employees................................. Mechanics.......................................................... O th ers ................................................................ Messengers............................................................. F u ll-tim e .......................................................... P a rt-tim e .......................................................... Walking and bicycle messengers................. Motor messengers............................................ Percent of employees receivingNumber of employees Average sched- Average $2.10 $2.30 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $6.00 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $8.00 $8.50 hourly and uled and Total Men Women weekly rates1 2 under over hours $2.30 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $6.00 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $8.00 $8.50 12,210 7,361 898 735 209 205 689 530 4,849 163 4 159 38.9 37.9 38.5 37.8 $6.22 8.90 9.07 8.85 530 681 2,739 573 2,161 977 68 1,116 5 2,900 331 600 808 340 466 158 22 286 2 609 199 81 1,931 233 1,695 819 46 830 3 2,291 39.8 36.7 37.0 37.4 36.9 36.9 40.0 36.7 40.0 39.9 6.07 6.06 5.67 6.96 5.32 5.26 4.64 5.43 4.33 4.78 558 284 274 39.7 6.15 2,113 691 1,422 229 310 166 144 15 1,803 525 1,278 214 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 4.56 4.71 4.49 3.47 4,314 4,172 1,121 1,100 142 21 39.8 40.0 7.08 6.96 3,173 3,053 771 756 1,520 1,518 125 125 757 654 19 20 148 106 33 35 73 113 609 595 556 542 53 53 146 140 463 455 120 15 2 _ 103 1 42 2 40 14 14 39.8 39.1 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 38.6 - 7.14 8.34 6.88 6.78 6.53 4.70 4.71 6.40 4.18 3.90 - — - 6 8 34.3 40.0 2.88 4.18 _ 0.2 0.2 0.1 _ — - - _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ .2 .1 3 _ .1 3.5 _ _ — - — . - - - _ - - - - - - - - _ 10.7 .4 - 3 - _ - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - .5 .1 - .8 .1 - .3 0.9 .3 1.4 - 1.0 - 10.6 .3 1.0 .2 13.8 2.3 1.4 2.6 10.1 6.6 1.9 8.0 10.5 5.7 4.3 6.1 6.9 9.5 7.7 10.0 19.1 2.4 1.0 2.9 10.5 3.7 4.3 3.5 2.8 6.0 7.7 5.5 2.3 7.1 7.2 7.1 8.4 56.0 62.2 54.1 .2 6.3 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.2 _ .3 1.9 2.4 3.7 1.5 1.3 40.0 1.4 1.7 12.0 8.6 10.9 10.6 26.5 10.1 20.0 30.2 9.3 12.5 17.7 1.4 21.9 21.2 61.8 20.2 40.0 34.2 21.1 8.4 17.5 11.0 19.2 17.7 10.3 21.1 23.8 6.0 22.8 18.5 24.0 33.3 17.4 25.7 4.0 13.8 14.7 13.6 5.0 21.9 5.5 9.4 6.9 15.9 4.5 6.3 3.1 2.5 3.5 2.3 7.2 1.0 .1 1.9 2.8 2.9 2.2 9.2 .3 .1 .5 2.5 3.2 1.8 7.9 .1 .1 .2 4.9 16.9 3.2 14.3 .2 .1 .4 - - - - - - 14.5 4.9 1.6 1.2 .9 .6 .5 1.3 .2 3.2 7.0 37.5 21.3 7.3 6.5 4.8 3.0 2.5 6.6 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.9 1.9 1.9 45.1 67.3 34.2 10.0 10.3 9.8 1.1 3.2 .1 .2 .4 .1 - - 40.2 14.8 52.5 3.5 - - - - .4 .3 1.2 - 2.5 1.9 6.4 3.3 3.6 3.2 45.7 44.1 1.2 2.6 .4 2.2 3.2 5.4 25.0 1.4 2.9 .9 7.6 .6 4.0 7.2 21.8 3.8 .6 6.6 4.0 1.5 46.6 3.0 69.5 39.2 46.1 - - 7.5 1.0 - 3 _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - .2 .4 .1 2.2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - 3 3 _ _ - - - - - - - - - .8 - - - - - - - - - - - 4.8 - - 1.0 - — — — 19.9 _ 2.7 .4 — .3 .4 1 In clu d e s e m p lo y e e s w o rk in g in th e c o n te rm in o u s 4 8 States and th e D is tric t o f C o lu m b ia ; th e c o m p a n y does n o t o p e ra te in A la sk a and H a w a ii. 2 E xc lu d e s p re m iu m pa y fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w o rk on w eekends, h o lid ay s , and late shifts. in d iv id u a l item s m ay n o t equal 1 0 0 . 2.5 .1 - 94.3 _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .7 - .9 19.0 — 77.4 .7 - 1.4 - .7 - - 16.9 22.1 15.4 - 64.6 48.6 - — — - - .9 1.2 - — — — - - - - — .9 - 3.2 .7 15.0 49.3 .7 - .9 .7 1.8 .3 - 1.5 - - 20.3 - - 63.9 - .3 2.4 4.0 60.0 1.4 - 1.8 9.0 - - 8.8 25.7 3.5 - 6.8 22.9 1.8 - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26.0 45.1 4.1 2.2 4.1 - 6.1 - 19.4 25.0 16.6 28.8 17.6 1.4 5.7 4.8 14.9 .7 8.0 2.0 5.6 21.9 2.4 .7 - 8.3 33.5 - 10.8 42.9 .9 - - - •9 .4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - — — — — — — — — — - - - - - - - - - " " " " 11.9 3 |_ess th a n 0 .0 5 pe rce n t, NO TE: Dashes in d ic a te th a t no data w ere re p o rte d . Because o f ro u n d in g , sums o f Table 6. International telegraph carriers1 : Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 October 1975 Occupational group A ll employees except officers and assistants . . . A ll employees except officers and assistants, and messengers............................ Professional and semiprofessional employees. . . Engineers and engineering assistants............... O th ers................................................................ Office or station superintendents and assistants........................................................ Sales employees..................................................... Clerical employees................................................ Supervisors........................................................ Nonsupervisory employees.............................. Operating departm ent................................. Commercial d e p a rtm e n t............................ Accounting department.............................. Engineering d e p a rtm e n t............................ A ll other departments................................. Operators............................................................... Traffic chiefs, dispatchers, supervisors, instructors, and assistants............................ Nonsupervisory o p e ra to rs.............................. Radio operators........................................... Marine coastal station o p erators............... Cable operators........................................... Teletype-multiplex operators.................... Telephone operators.................................... A ll other operators ..................................................................... Messengers............................................................................................................... Foot and b ic y c le ................................................................................... M o t o r ................................................................ Construction, installation, maintenance, and other technical em ployees......................... Supervisors........................................................ Mechanics and maintenance technicians ................................................................................................. Radio operating technicians ................................................... Radio telegraph rigg ers ................................................................ O th ers................................................................ Building service employees.................................... All employees, not elsewhere classified............... Number of employees Average Percent of employees receiving— sched Average $2.10 $2.30 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $6.00 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $8.00 $8.50 hourly uled and and Total Men Women weekly rates2 under over hours $2.30 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $6.00 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $8.00 $8.50 5,095 4,191 904 37.0 $7.95 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 - - - - 1.1 0.7 1.2 3.7 5.1 5.4 6.2 9.0 9.2 11.9 6.7 7.3 30.1 .6 1.2 - 3.8 - 5.3 .1 .2 - 5.5 .1 6.4 1.0 _ 1.7 9.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 9.5 3.4 3.0 3.8 12.3 3.4 2.7 4.0 6.9 5.3 5.2 5.3 7.5 8.2 5.7 10.1 31.1 75.8 80.4 72.3 .9 11.0 — 12.4 12.6 10.9 11.4 9.7 15.3 2.5 1.4 13.9 .7 15.6 8.6 13.5 15.1 12.9 23.0 2.3 2.6 9.8 11.0 7.6 10.4 8.3 11.3 17.0 5.1 8.0 9.6 2.1 10.5 13.6 7.4 11.7 12.9 9.0 3.6 8.0 11.3 1.4 12.5 18.7 10.4 15.7 11.3 6.7 19.7 13.2 13.5 6.2 14.5 18.2 20.9 16.5 8.1 6.0 11.4 11.2 7.4 4.8 7.7 6.6 14.8 7.1 8.1 3.7 30.1 8.3 4.3 6.2 4.0 7.1 3.0 2.8 6.5 3.7 5.4 14.3 10.9 2.7 11.0 1.7 1.5 1.3 2.0 _ 2.0 6.5 85.7 35.2 10.6 67.8 3.3 1.5 4.3 .6 14.5 4.7 11.4 3.0 2.7 - 2.3 5.6 4.3 23.6 16.7 12.2 16.5 30.6 17.3 1.9 1.2 13.4 4.0 35.3 66.7 29.6 36.7 32.6 67.3 37.0 10.4 4.6 16.7 12.2 19.3 13.9 4.9 67.1 .1 4,932 4,036 931 902 .404 401 527 501 896 29 3 26 37.2 37.3 37.1 38.0 8.10 12.55 10.44 12.22 - 14 349 1,287 146 1,141 198 230 351 62 300 1,028 14 320 626 135 491 99 119 154 29 90 862 29 661 11 650 99 111 197 33 210 166 36.8 36.4 37.0 36.6 37.0 37.4 37.5 37.1 37.3 36.2 37.5 11.02 8.08 6.17 8.81 5.83 5.72 6.11 5.83 6.36 5.58 7.05 - - - 173 855 6 115 109 519 52 54 163 159 4 167 695 6 115 98 389 39 48 155 151 4 9.02 6.65 6.93 7.07 6.78 6.43 6.99 7.24 2.73 2.69 4.02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.5 - - - 11 130 13 37.4 37.5 34.9 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 31.3 31.1 37.5 - - - - - - - - 1,228 1,218 167 166 10 1 37.1 37.4 7.83 10.37 2 5 37.5 37.5 37.5 36.5 42.3 37.6 7.43 7.13 8.23 7.54 5.14 6.32 518 128 10 395 85 10 516 123 10 393 84 10 6 160 - 6 8 8 - 2 1 .2 .1 - .3 - - - - - - .7 1.8 3.3 .8 1.0 .4 2.0 1.0 .4 2.0 3.2 3.7 .6 3.7 2.0 2.2 5.7 1.6 4.0 1.3 .2 - - .2 .6 .6 .1 1.3 .1 .1 .1 - - .6 .6 - - - - - - - - - - 42.3 43.4 - - 10.4 10.7 - - - - - 3.1 3.1 10.4 10.7 1.8 1.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - " .1 C o v e r s e m p lo y e e s o f in te rn a tio n a l telegraph carriers w h ich have annu al o p e ra tin g reve nues exc e e d in g $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 ; exc lu d e s em p loyees w o rk in g fo r in te rn a tio n a l tele g ra p h carriers o u ts id e th e c o n te rm in o u s 4 8 S ta tes and th e D is tric t o f C o lu m b ia . 2 See a p p e n d ix fo r d e fin itio n o f hours and rates used in this b u lle tin . 1.0 2.5 - - - - - - - - - .2 26.4 27.0 - 1.2 .6 25.0 .6 - 3.7 3.7 1.8 .2 50.0 .2 _ 7.8 .9 6.6 3.8 3.7 .6 .6 .6 — 25.0 .1 — .6 .6 - 2.4 - 2.4 1.2 .5 3.5 1.3 5.9 ' " " " ' - - - - - 8.9 4.7 10.0 _ _ 8.1 7.0 5.6 9.4 20.0 — 20.9 _ .9 _ _ _ 5.6 _ _ 33.3 _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 7.8 3.0 10.3 3.6 12.1 5.4 11.6 5.4 35.8 81.4 9.5 10.9 10.0 6.1 3.5 30.0 10.0 21.9 — 10.1 4.7 — 17.4 10.9 5.8 3.1 35.1 23.4 90.0 21.0 1.2 3.5 4.7 5.3 8.2 30.0 - 2.1 _ 7.1 18.0 7.1 37.6 - .8 _ _ 3.8 .6 6.0 - .2 .6 .6 7.2 .6 3.8 - — __ - .2 11.1 5.2 16.5 15.6 11.5 7.4 _ 1.0 - - _ _ - - 9.6 1.8 3.5 _ - - 3 - - .1 .2 - .6 1.7 4.6 3.7 .2 - " 0.1 3 _ 9.1 3.5 - _ — 25.1 11.8 10.0 Less than 0 .0 5 p ercen t. N O T E : Dashes in d ic a te th a t no data w e re re p o rte d . in d iv id u a l item s m ay n o t equal 1 0 0 . Because o f roun din g, sums o f Appendix. Scope and Method of Survey Data presented in this study are based on annual reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 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 jurisdiction 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 which are 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 which are 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. duled 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 R u l e s a n d R e g u l a t i o n s , as follows: Telephone carriers 51.12(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 comp ensation to the employee at the rate of pay in effect on Decem ber 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 fur nished for 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 Co. 52.21(b). “Scheduled weekly hours” are defined as an em ployee’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 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. 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 employees are defined as those regularly assigned shorter hours than a full-time schedule. Occupational groups for which separate data are pre sented are defined in the FCC’s R u l e s a n d R e g u l a t i o n s , 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. The company reports that “scheduled weekly compensa tion” 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 for the Western Union Telegraph Co., except that scheduled weekly compensation should include regularly sche duled maintenance, travel, or other allowances. Hours and rates Distribution of workers by earnings classes Average hourly rates presented in this bulletin were computed by dividing total “scheduled weekly compensa tion” by total “scheduled weekly hours.” Average sche 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 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 univer sity libraries, or at the Bureau’s Washington or regional offices. M a n u fa c tu r in g M a n u fa c tu r in g - C o n tin u e d Basic Iron and Steel, 1972,*BLS Bulletin 1839 Candy and Other Confectionery Products, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1939 Cigar Manufacturing, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1796 Cigarette Manufacturing, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1944 Fabricated Structural Steel, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1935 Fertilizer Manufacturing, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1763 Flour and Other Grain Mill Products, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1803 Fluid Milk Industry, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1871 Footwear, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1946 Hosiery, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1863 Industrial Chemicals, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1768 Iron and Steel Foundries, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1894 Leather Tanning and Finishing, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1835 Machinery Manufacturing, 1974-75. BLS Bulletin 1929 Meat Products, 1974, BLS Bulletin 1896 Men’s and Boys’ Separate Trousers, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1906 Men’s and Boys’ Shirts (Except Work Shirts) and Night wear, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1901 Men’s and Boys’ Suits and Coats, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1843 Miscellaneous Plastics Products, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1914. Motor Vehicles and Parts, 1973-74. BLS Bulletin 1912 Nonferrous Foundries, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1952 Paints and Varnishes, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1739 Paperboard Containers and Boxes, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1719 Petroleum Refining, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1948 Pressed or Blown Glass and Glassware, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1923 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1844 Southern Sawmills and Planing Mills, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1694 Structural Clay Products, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1942 Synthetic Fibers, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1740 Textile Dyeing and Finishing, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1757 Textiles, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1945 Wages and Demographic Characteristics in Work Clothing Manufacturing, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1858 West Coast Sawmilling, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1704 Women’s and Misses’ Coats and Suits, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1728 Women’s and Misses’ Dresses, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1908 Wood Household Furniture, Except Upholstered, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1930 N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g Appliance Repair Shops, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1936 Auto Dealer Repair Shops, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1876 Banking, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1862 Bituminous Coal Mining, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1583 Communications, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1954 Contract Cleaning Services, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1916 Contract Construction, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1911 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1797 Department Stores, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1869 Educational Institutions: Nonteaching Employees, 196869. BLS Bulletin 1671 Electric and Gas Utilities, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1834 Hospitals, 1975-76. BLS Bulletin 1949 Hotels and Motels, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1883 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, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1855 Scheduled Airlines, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1951 Wages and Tips in Restaurants and Hotels, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1712 1Bulletin out o f stock. 15 Keep up to date with: M AJOR COLLECTIVE BARGAMMG AGREEMENTS The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published a series of 16 bulletins dealing with key issues in collective bargaining. The bulletins are based on analysis of about 1800 major agreements and show how negotiators in different industries handle specific problems. The studies are complete with illustrative clauses identified by the company and union signatories, and detailed tabulations on the prevalence of clauses. 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