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Industry Wage Survey:
Communications,
October-December 1979
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
July 1981
Bulletin 2100




U.S. Department of Labor
Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner
July 1981
Bulletin 2100




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This summary of data on employment and hourly
rates of pay in the communications industry in 1979 is
based on annual reports filed with the Federal Com­
munications Commission ( f c c ) by telephone carriers,
the Western Union Telegraph Co., and international
telegraph carriers, as required by the amended Com­
munications Act of 1934. Under a cooperative arrange­
ment with the f c c , the Bureau of Labor Statistics
tabulates and publishes the data annually.
The study was conducted in the Bureau’s Office of




iii

Wages and Industrial Relations. Carl F. Prieser and
Harry B. Williams of the Division of Occupational
Wage Structures prepared the analysis in the 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, with appropriate credit, be reproduced
without permission.




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Sum m ary......................................................................................................................................

1

Telephone carriers........................................................................ ..............................................
Western U nion T elegraph Company............................................................................................
International telegraph carriers............................................................. .....................................

1
2
2

Tables:
Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates,
December 1979, for:
1. Telephone carriers.........................................................................................
2. Bell System telephone carriers....................................................................................
3. Non-Bell telephone carriers ..........................................................

3
4
5

Average hourly rates of employees in selected occupations by region,
December 1979, for:
4. All and Bell System Telephone carriers......................................................'..................

6

Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates,
October 1979, for:
5. Western Union Telegraph Company............. .............................................................
6 . International telegraph carriers..............................................................

8
9

Appendix: Scope and method of survey....................................................................................

10




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©©mmusiiegrteoiis, 1979

Summary
The 1979 survey covered about 903,700 workers of
major telephone carriers and nearly 16,000 telegraph
workers. Combined, they accounted for nine-tenths of
the Nation’s approximately 1 million workers in tele­
phone and wire telegraph communications. Bell System
carriers employed over nine-tenths of the surveyed tel­
ephone workers; Western Union employees made up
seven-tenths of the telegraph workers studied.
Telephone carrier employees averaged $9.21 an hour
in December 1979.1 Wage rates for Bell System carri­
ers averaged $9.34—23 percent higher than for nonBell carriers ($7.61). Wage rates for the nonmessenger
work force of five international carriers averaged $10.16
an hour compared with $8.38 for similar employees of
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
From the 1978 survey to the 1979 survey, wage lev­
els for the principal telephone carriers rose 9.3 percent;
for the international telegraph carriers, 4.9 percent; and
for the Western Union Telegraph Company, 6.9 per­
cent. The 1978-79 increases were all below the aver­
age increases for the 1970’s. Over the last 10 years, the
average annual increases were 9.8 percent for the tele­
phone carriers, 9.4 percent for the international carri­
ers, and 8.9 percent for Western Union.
Highlights of the 1979 survey results and recent wage
trends are presented below. A detailed analysis of long­
term wage patterns is available from Industry Wage
Survey: Communications, October-Decemher 1976,
BLS Bulletin 1991 (1978).
Toloptane earners
In December 1979, straight-time hourly earnings of
the 903,656 telephone workers employed by the Na­
tion’s principal carriers averaged $9.21. Individual earn­
ings of just over four-fifths of the workers fell within
a range of $3.50 to $11.50 an hour. Almost all of the
remaining workers earned over $11.50. Hourly earnings
for the middle 50 percent of the work force ranged be­
tween $7.20 and $10.58. Some factors contributing to
the wide dispersion of earnings were the broad range
of skills required by the communications industry, dif­
ferences in pay by carrier and locality, and pay rates

which vary within a given occupation by length of em­
ployee service.
The occupations presented in tables 1 through 4 rep­
resent the full spectrum of activities performed by em­
ployees in the telephone industry. In December 1979,
average hourly earnings among the major occupation­
al categories ranged from $6.87 for telephone operators
to $13.89 for professional and semiprofessional employ­
ees. Construction, installation, and maintenance employ­
ees were the largest employment group with almost
330,000 workers; hourly earnings for these workers av­
eraged $9.51. Some other numerically important job
classifications and their hourly averages were: Business
office and sales employees ($8.85); building, supplies,
and motor vehicle employees ($8.60); and clerical em­
ployees ($7.83).
Employees of the Bell System carriers held a 23-per­
cent average wage advantage over those of nori-Bell
carriers—$9.34 compared to $7.61 an hour. Similar pay
relationships were also found among the various occu­
pational groups studied. Occupational averages for nonBell workers ranged from 70 to 80 percent of those for
Bell employees. The non-Bell construction, installation,
and maintenance employees were the exception, earn­
ing almost 90 percent as much as Bell employees. Dif­
ferences between the worker groups narrowed slightly
when weekly earnings were compared, reflecting the
longer average workweeks of non-Bell workers in some
occupational groups.
Telephone workers in the Middle Atlantic States re­
corded the highest average—$10.39 an hour. Other re­
gional averages were between $8.56 and $9.69 an hour
in December 1979. Some 55,600 employees could not
be allocated to individual regions but were included in
the nationwide total. Slightly over seven-eighths of
these were employees of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company’s Long Lines and General Depart­
ments; they averaged $11.75 an hour.2
The 9.3-percent increase from 1978 to 1979 was over
3 percentage points higher than the increase from 1977
to 1978. For the decade, December 1969 through De­
cember 1979, the average increase was 9.8 percent.

1The study was limited to .the 62 carriers that had annual operating
revenues exceeding $1 million and were engaged in interstate or for­
eign communications services either through use of their own facil­
ities or through connections with another carrier under direct or in­
direct common control. Officials and managerial assistants o f these
carriers were not included in the study.

2 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 was affiliated
with the Bell System, employed 6,618 workers averaging $9.18 an
hour.




1

largest employment group studied with just over onethird of the work force) averaged $9.36 an hour. Oth­
er key employee groups and their average hourly rates
were: Telegraph office superintendents and managers
($8.13); sales employees ($7.77); clerical employees
($7.62); building service employees ($6.74); and tele­
graph operators ($6.52).
Wage rates for the highest paid workers exceeded
those of the lowest paid by at least $6 an hour for most
employee groups. In a few jobs, however, rates were
within a narrow range. For example, individual hourly
earnings fell between $4 and $5 for the 240 operatorsin-training and between $4.50 and $5.50 for nearly threefifths of the laborers.
In October 1979, Western Union had 10,900 employ­
ees—down 3 percent from the 1978 level and down 50
percent from 1970.

Western Union Telegraph Company

Hourly wage rates for Western Union’s nonmessen­
ger employees averaged $8.38 in October 1979. This
was 6.9 percent above the $7.84 average reported in
the previous year. The average for the 448 messengers
employed by the Western Union Telegraph Co. in Oc­
tober 1979 was $5.45 an hour—up 8.6 percent from a
year earlier. Within the messenger category, motor mes­
sengers held a 47-percent average wage advantage over
those who either walked or used bicycles to perform
their duties—$5.68 compared to $3.87 an hour (table
5).
The Western Union Telegraph Co., a subsidiary of
Western Union Corporation, is a communications com­
mon carrier engaged primarily in providing telecom­
munications services to business, government, and the
public. The Telegraph Company has seven service cate­
gories: Switched record services, commercial services,
public services, electronic mail, satellite system serv­
ices, broadcast services, and contract maintenance.3
Wage rates for Western Union bargaining unit em­
ployees are determined by labor agreements with the
United Telegraph Workers (UTW) in all areas except
the New York metropolitan area, where agreements are
with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
Under terms of the 3-year agreements, workers who
were in the bargaining units of the CWA and UTW
initially received across-the-board wage increases of ap­
proximately 8 percent, effective July 28, 1979; other
wage increases were scheduled to be granted over the
duration of the contracts.4
Established rate ranges are provided for all classifi­
cations covered by UTW and CWA agreements. Ad­
vancement through the several progression steps is au­
tomatic after specified periods of service for employees
meeting requirements of the job. Differences between
the starting and maximum rates for some occupations
amounted to at least $1 an hour.
Among the major occupational groups studied in Oc­
tober 1979, the professional and semiprofessional staff
recorded the highest average—$11.89 an hour. Con­
struction, installation, and maintenance employees (the

International telegraph carriers

Wage rates for the five international telegraph carri­
ers included in the October 1979 survey averaged $10.04
an hour, up 4.9 percent from October 1978.5The near­
ly 4,700 nonmessenger employees, accounting for al­
most all of the work force of the five companies, av­
eraged $10.16 an hour in October 1979. The lowest paid
employee group, messengers, averaged $3.62 an hour.
Among other major employee groups, average hourly
rates were $13.70 for professional and semiprofessional
employees, and $15.20 for office or station superintend­
ents and assistants. Average wage rates for nonsupervisory clerical employees, operators, building service
employees, sales employees, and construction, installa­
tion, maintenance, and other technical employees fell
within the $7 to $11 range (table 6).
The 5.2-percent employment increase from 1978 to
1979 reversed 3 straight years of decreases. Among the
major occupational groups studied, the changes in em­
ployment were mixed. The three largest groups—con­
struction, installation, and other technical employees;
clerical employees; and operators—all increased be­
tween 8 and 11 percent. The professional and semipro­
fessional employees and building service employees
showed declines of about 3 percent; while messengers
declined 17 percent, all in the foot and bicycle category.
Men made up four-fifths of the work force in Octo­
ber 1979 and were predominant in every occupational
area except nonsupervisory clerical workers. Nearly 3
out of every 5 women were nonsupervisory clerical
workers; of the remainder, nearly one-fourth were sales
workers. Overall averages for these two job categories
were $7.60 and $11.01 an hour, respectively.

3For more details, see Western Union Corporation, 1979 Annual
Report (Upper Saddle River, N ew Jersey 07458).
4“Selected Wage and Benefit Changes,” in Current Wage Develop­
ments, November 1979.
5The study included carriers engaged in nonvocal international tel­
egraph communication either by radio or ocean cable. Although many
o f the occupational categories studied are common to both opera­
tions, some are exclusive to one carrier group. For example, radio
telegraph operators and cable operators were employed only in ocean
cable operations.




2

Tabls 1. TeBeplhoini® sairrioirs:1 Peroemt das^iribytroiii off employees ira occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 December 1970
Percent
Number
Occupational

group

All em pl oyees,
except officials and
m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s .................................

Total

of

of

employees

receiving

-

employees

Men

Women

Average
scheduled
weekly
hours

63.50

69.00

69.50

55.00

55.50

56.00

56.50

57.00

57.50

58.00

58.50

59.00

59.50

$ 1 0 .00

$10.50

511.00

63.99

Average
hourly
rates

69.99

69.99

65.99

55.99

56.99

56 . 99

57.99

57.99

58.99

58.99

59.99

59 . 99

$10.-

$ 1 0 .-

511.-

0.5

2.3

3.7

3.9

3.3

2.8

5.1

7 .0

6.2

9.2

6.7

8.5

9.6

5.2

2.7

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

Under
$3.50

$ 1 1 .50
and
over

903,656

928,755

979,901

38.5

69.21

Part-time employees,
including
o f f i c i a l s a n d m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s ...........

11,894

1,498

10,396

22.9

6.03

P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d semi 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 ........................................................

110,397
1,712
108,685

73,975
712
73,263

36,422
1,000
35,422

38.2
36.7
38.2

13.89
8.05
13 .97

.8
.1
.8

P)
.3
P>

.1
3.0

.1
3.3
o

.1
4.9
.1

.2
5.5
.1

.3
4.3
.2

.4
5.9
.3

.8
13.3
.6

1.2
14.9
1 .0

1.7
8.0
1.6

1 .9

P)

1.8

2.2

2.8

3.4

3.5

4.9

7 6 .&

B u s i n e s s o f f i c e a n d s a l e s 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 e m p l o y e e s ...........................

100,906
9,765
91,191

26,269
1,650
24,614

79,692
8,115
66,527

37.8
38.4
37.8

8.85
11.91
8.58

.5
.7
.5

.3
.3

1.8
0
2.0

3.5
pi
3.9

5.1
pi
5.6

5.0
.1
5.5

4.3
.1
4.8

3.3
.2
3.6

5.7
.3
6.3

9.5
.9
10.4

19.6
1.6
16 .0

10.0
2.4
10.8

4.4
3.4
4.5

6.9
5.9

13.5
1.2

1.8

2.0

15.3

C l e r i c a l 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 ...........................................
C o m m 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 ..................................
P l a n t d e p a r t m e n t .....................................
A c c o u n t i n g d e p a r t m e n t .............................
A l l o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s .............................

203,965
19,506
184,459
28,876
9,796
33,891
35,822
76,129

30,939
5,708
29,731
2,037
458
3,106
9,653
19,977

173,526
13,798
159,728
26,839
9,288
30,785
31,169
61,647

38.0
38.2
38.0
37.4
37.8
38.6
37.8
38.0

7.83
11.59
7.43
6.80
7.35
6.86
7.92
7 . 95

.3
.8
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2

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o
1 .0
1 .3
1.2
1 .3
.7
.8

3.8
4.2
6.4
1 .6
4.8
3.6
3.6

5.0
0
5.5
7 .6
2.6
6.5
5.3
4.8

5.3
P)
5.8
9 .1
3.7
6 .6
5.1
4.9

4.4
.1
4.9
5.8
9.9
5.7
4.4
4.4

9.2
.2
4.6
5.2
2.9
6.6
4.0
3.9

7.6
.4
8.3
11.3
7.2
13.5
5.4
6.4

20.3
.8
22.4
2 0 .4
36 . 1
30.8
20.3
18.5

19 . 1
2.3
15.4
14.7
22.0
9 .1
20.8
15.1

9.7
9.5
10.2
8.9
7.3
7.3
13.1
11.0

4.5
5.5
4.4
4.7
4.8
2.0
7 .0
4.0

2.8
6.2
2.5
1 .7
1.4
1.3
3.4
3.0

1.3
2.9

2.8

1 .9

1 .9

9.9

T e l e p h o n e o p e r a t o r s ......................................
C h i e f o p e r a t o r s ..........................................
S e r v i c e a s s i s t a n t s a n d i n s t r u c t o r s ...........
E x p e r i e n c e d s w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s .............
O p e r a t o r s i n t r a i n i n g ................................
O t h e r s w i t c h b o a r d e m p l o y e e s ......................

128,214
8,603
7,773
99,995
16,689
209

10,803
627
957
5,888
3,802
29

117,911
7,976
7,316
89,057
12,882
180

3 6 .6
38.3
36.8
36.3
3 7 .1
38.8

6.87
10.94
8.09
6.74
9.81
10.71

.2
.5
.3
.2
.i
“

1.8
0
.2
2.2
1 .4

6.3
0
.3
2.7
32.7
.5

10 . 9
P)
1. 0
7.0
43.2
1. 0

9. 1
.1
1.7
9. 6
19.2

5.7
.1
2.6
6.8
4.0
1.9

3.4
.9
2.5
9.2
1.3
1.9

11.7
1 .0
5.6
15.1
.8
2.9

21.8
1.8
22.8
27.3
.4
4.8

9.3
1 .6
21 .1
10.6
.2
20.1

9 .1
2.6
13.3
4.2
.i
5.7

3.5
5.4
5.5
3.7
.1
3.3

4.6
11.9
6 .1
4.6
.2
2.9

1.4
10.5
5.5
.5
.3
3.8

1 .0
10.3

10.0

1 .9

9.8

7.7

37.8

329,725
43,419
132,305
25,066
50,991
56,298

267,117
38,959
82,305
19,881
93,233
19,191

62,608
9,960
50,000
5,185
7,708
37,107

39.9
39 . 9
3 9.7
39.9
39.9
39.5

9.51
11.65
9.07
9.86
9.78
8.08

.2
.9
.1
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1.5
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2.0
.6
.5
4 .0

2.1
2.0
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3.7

2.0
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1 .7
1 .0
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2.9

1.8

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1.2
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2.5

1 .7
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2.8

3.0
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5.3
2.2
1.7
10.0

3.8
.1
7 .6
2.4
3.3
13.8

2.6
.2
4.3
1.9
2.4
7.2

3.4
.5
5.6
1.7
2.3
10.3

3.2
1 .0
3.8
1.8
1 .7
6.5

11.8
1 .6
9.7
7.1
10.9
9.8

18.1
2.8
16 .1
19.2
20.1
11 .1

22.0
6 .1
21.5
33.4
31.3
7.3

10.1
9.4
10.6
16.8
14.7
4.1

3.4
11.9
3. 7
5.8
5.7

10.2
65.3
2.9
4.1
2.7

99,089
95,969
30,758
22,362
59,820
13,681
39,519
503
1,122
97

99,160
93,016
29,779
21,370
52,111
13,155
37,978
936
1, 0 4 2
82

9,929
2,998
984
992
2,709
526
2,036
67
80
15

90.1
40.3
39 .9
40.0
90 . 0
90.0
40.0
90.0
39 .9
37.1

9.32
9.09
9.65
9.33
9.22
8.54
9.99
6.78
10.71
7 . 15

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1.0

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.7
.4
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1 .0
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3.0
10.3

1.2
1 .7
.5
1.2
1 .9
9.7
.8
18.7
.6
1 .0

2.6
3.6
1.5
1 .9
3.1
7 .1
1.6
12.1
.1
6.2

2.6
3.8
1 .2
1 .9
3.2
5.5
2.4
9.7
.6
5.2

2.9
3.3
1.5
1.7
2.6
9 .0
2.1
3.6
.9
6.2

1.5
2.0
.9
1.3
2.2
3 .0
1 .9
3.2
3.1
25.8

1.6
2.3
.6
1 .6
1.8
2.5
1 .6
3.6
.9
2.1

1.7
2.1
.7
2.4
2.2
2.6
1 .9
15.7
.4
2.1

2.9
1.5
2.0
4.8
2.2
2.2
2.1
7.9
.3
40.2

3.5
9.3
1 .1
5.0
3.2
9.0
2.9
7.4
1.5
~

16.2
12.6
15.1
25.9
16.8
19.2
16 .9
6.8
5.3
-

23.9
23.1
28.0
20.0
29.9
21.3
26.2
9.9
10.0
-

27.3
26.8
27.5
27.9
26.0
15.3
30.4
2.8
13.1

11.2
11.4
17.3
2.2
7.7
5.3
8.4
.2
14.5

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

.8
.5
.6
1. 6
1.3
1 .0
.6

17.5

30.2

25,276
3,066
9,977
5,929

18,512
2,639
4,104
3,376

6,764
932
373
2,598

39.2
39.8
39.8
3 7 .7

8.60
11.56
9.93
6.52

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1 .0
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2.0

.6
1.2

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3
6
5.9

2.8
.i
1.2
6.2

3.0
.1
1.4
5.8

4.5
.2
1 .9
11.5

4.8
.2
1.8
13.7

6.3
.8
3.1
18.6

7.3
1 .1
2.1
14.8

8.8
.8
5.2
13.6

1 1 .7
1 .7
9 .0
4.0

5.5
2.2
4.4
.8

8.6
3.3
9.2
.4

7.2
5.5
15.8

8.3
8.9
24.6
.5

5.2
8.6
.1 1 . 0

3.2
10.7
2.8

9 .9
55.3
5.4

11,809

8,398

3,911

39.6

8.51

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1 .1

2.3

2.9

3.1

2.7

2.9

7 .1

9.8

19.2

9.1

14.0

7 .9

6.0

4.6

3.0

9.0

5,173

1,695

3,528

38.0

9. 1 9

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1.2

2.1

4.9

7 .0

5.9

3.5

4.6

19.8

2.8

10.3

14.4

3.5

2.3

2.1

1.9

17.8

Construction,
installation, and
m a i n t e n a n c e e m p l o y e e s ..................................
Supervisors of telephone craft workers....
C e n t r a l o f f i c e 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 .....................................................
Installation and exchange repair
c r a f t w o r k e r s ...........................................
P B X a n d s t a t i o 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 .....................................................
Line, cable, an d co nd ui t craft workers....
L i n e w o r k e r s ...........................................
C a b l e s p l i c e r s ........................................
C a b l e s p l i c e r s 1 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 ................................................
N e c h a n i c s ...................................................
O t h e r b u i l d i n g s e r v i c e e m p l o y e e s ..............
Other supplies and motor vehicle
e m p l o y e e s ..................................................
All

employees

not

elsewhere

c l a s s i f i e d ........

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Table 2. Bell System telephone carriers:1 Percent distribution of employees in occupational groups by average hourly rates,2 December 1979
Percent
Number

of

of

employees

receiving

-

employees

$10.Average
scheduled
weekly
hours

Average
hourly
rates

38.5

69.36

0 .3

7,662

23.3

6.51

68,332
455
67,877

36,217
733
33,686

38.1
35.5
38.1

16 . 18
8.54
14.24

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5.0
.1

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13.3
.2

95,379
8,911
86,668

25,665
1,235
26,230

69,916
7,676
62,238

37.8
38.2
37.7

8.96
11.53
8.69

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1.6
P)
1.7

3.6
P)
3.8

6 .9
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5.6

6 .6
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4.9

3.9
.1
6.3

3.1
.1
3.6

C l e r i c a l e m p l o y e e s ........................................
S u p e r v i s o r s ................................................
M o n s u p e r v i s o r y ............................................
C o m m 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 ..................................
P l a n t d e p a r t m e n t .....................................
A c c o u n t i n g d e p a r t m e n t .............................
A l l o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s .............................

190,715
18,867
171,868
26,670
8,877
29,131
36,376
72,996

28,957
5,332
23,625
1,961
628
2,659
6,586
14,193

161,758
13,535
168,223
26,509
8,669
26,672
29,790
58,803

38.0
38.2
37 . 9
37 .6
37 . 9
38.6
37 .7
38.0

7 . 97
11.65
7.56
6 .93
7.68
7.037.49
8.04

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3.3

6.6
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5.1
7.2
2.0
5.9
5.1
4.5

6 .6
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5.1
7.5
2.5
5.4
4.8
4.5

3.4
.1
3.8
4 .9
2.5
3.9
3.6
3.6

3.3
.1
3.7
6.7
2.4
6.3
3.3
3.6

S e r v i c e a s s i s t a n t s a n d i n s t r u c t o r s ...........
E x p e r i e n c e d s w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s .............

117,863
7,971
7,297
85,976
16,655
166

10,230
591
371
5,68 0
3,766
22

107,633
7 ,380
6 , 926
80,496
12,689
162

36.5
38.1
36.5
36 .2
37 . 0
38.3

6 .9 9
11.12
8.13
6 . 92
6.73
11.39

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.3
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10.9
P)
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6.5
43.8

8.6
.1
1 .3

6.6
.1
2.1
5.1
4.0

303,055
40,066
126,365
26,281
67,260
52,826

262,356
35,292
75,344
19,285
39,915
16,166

60,701
6,776
69,021
6,996
7,365
36,680

39 .9
39.9
39.7
39 . 9
39.9
39.5

9.59
11 .72
9.12
9 .92
9.89
8.04

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1 .0
.1
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88,301
60,502
29,076
18,725
50,323
12,016
36,881
377
1,051
“

84,049
37,665
28,265
18,159
67,669
11,505
36,875
316
973
“

6,252
2,857
829
566
2,656
509
2,006
61
78
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60 . 1
60 .3
60 .0
60 . 0
40 . 0
60 .0
60 .0
60 .0
39.9

9.44
9.25
9.72
9.65
9.34
8.76
9.52
6 .76
10.86

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22,066
2,671
3,706
5,163

16,063
2,282
3,516
2,836

6,003
389
188
2,307

10,568

7,629

6,815

1,358

$10

$ 1 1 .00

Under
$3.50

Occupational

Total

Men

Women

All e m pl oy ee s,
except officials and
m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s ..................................

836,442

392,759

663,683

Part-time employees,
including
o f f i c i a l s a n d m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s ...........

8,669

1, 0 2 7

Professional and semiprofessional
e m p l o y e e s .....................................................
D r a f t e r s .....................................................
O t h e r s .........................................................

102,569
1,188
101,361

B u s i n e s s o f f i c e a n d s a l e s 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 e m p l o y e e s ...........................

Other

switchboard

maintenance

group

e m p l o y e e s .......................

e m p l o y e e s ..................................

O t h e r s .....................................................

Exchange

r e p a i r 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 c r v i s o r s ................................................
M e c h a n i c s ....................................................
O t h e r b u i l d i n g s e r v i c e e m p l o y e e s ...............
Other supplies and motor vehicle
e m p l o y e e s ..................................................
All

employees

not

elsewhere

c l a s s i f i e d ........

$3.50

$6.00

$6.50

$5.00

$5.50

$6.00' $ 6 . 5 0

$7.00

$7.50

$8.00

$8.50

$9.00

$9.50

$3.99

$6.69

$6.99

$5.69

$5.99

$6.69

$6 . 99

$7.69

$7.99

$8.69

$8.99

$9.69

$9.99

0.2

2.1

3.6

3.6

2.8

2.5

5.1

7.1

6.1

3.9

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14.1
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1.3
8.5
1.2

1.5
4.0
1.5

1. 9
4.8
1.9

2.5
6.5
2.6

3.1
5.1
3.0

3.2
6 .9
3.2

4.7
2.9
6.7

79.3
15.8
80.0

6.9
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5.6

9.9
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10.8

15.2
1 .1
16.7

10.4
1.6
11.3

6.5
2.7
4.7

5.7
6.3
5.6

2.6
13.6
1 .3

2.8
12.1
1 .9

2.9
10.7
2. 1

19.2
50.3
16 .0

7.6
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8.6
11.6
6.6
16.5
5.5
6.3

21.6
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23.7
22.0
39.2
35.3
21.0
19.1

15.0
2.2
16 .6
16 .1
26.2
10.1
21.6
15.6

10.1
4.5
10.7
9.7
8.0
7.6
13.6
11.6

6.8
5.5
6.7
5.1
5.2
2.6
7.3
6.2

3.0
6.3
2.6
1.8
1.5
1. 6
3.5
3.1

2.3
6 .1
1 .9
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1.5
1.3
3.0

2.4
8.3
1.8
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1.2
1. 0
2.9

1 .9
8.1
1.2
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1 .0
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2.0

1. 7
8.3
1. 0
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1. 9

9.7
49.0
5.4
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2.1
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10.3

3.3
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4.1
1.3
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12.6
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5.1
16.4
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23.5
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23.7
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22.2
11.7
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22.0

6.6
2.1
13.8
4.7
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4.3

3.7
5.1
5.6
4.1
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1.2

6.9
11.7
6.2
5.1

1 .0
10.8
2.2
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10.5
2.0

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11.2
1.5

3.6
35.4
5.2

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2.4

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2.4

2.9

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11.86
9.76
6.75

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3,119

39.6

8.71

37.9

9.27

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.5
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5.8
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1.5
33.1
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1.6
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16.6

8.7

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$11.49

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1 .6
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2.9

1.7
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1 .6
1 .1
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2.7

5.5
2.2
1 .7
10.5

3.6
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7.7
2.2
3.0
16.5

1 .9
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3.6
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7.2

2.6
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5.1
1 .0
1.2
10.6

2.1
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3.1
1.2
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6.1

11.6
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8.8
7.1
10.8
7 .9

18.7
2.0
16.1
19.5
20.6
10.8

23.7
5.2
22.8
34.5
33.6
7.8

10.9
9.1
11.3
17.3
15.8
4.4

3.5

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4.1

3.9
6 .0
6.1
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10.7
68.5
3.0
4.2
2.9
2.7

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1 .6
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1.2
1.7
4.2
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20.7
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2.3
3.4
1.2
1.8
2.8
6.6
1 .6
11.4
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3.8
1 .1
1.5
3.1
5.1
2.4
10.1
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2.2
3.2
1.6
1.3
2.6
3.6
2.1
3.2
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1 .1
1.5
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1.8
1.9
1.8
1. 9
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1.3
1 .1
1 .3
4.8
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1.2
1.5
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19.6
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1 .0
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1.2
1 .5
1 .0
8.8
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1.5
1.3
1 .0
2.9
1.5
2.2
1.3
1 .1
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16.6
12.1
15.6
27.9
17.2
21.5
16.2
5.3
5.0

25.5
25.6
27.2
22.9
26.2
23.8
27.7
5.6
10.7

30.6
30.6
29.1
33.3
28.6
17.6
32.6
3.7
16.0

12.5
13.0
18.3
2.6
8.4
6.0
9.1
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15.5

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1 .1
1.2
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18.6

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1.4
1 .1
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1 .0
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1.5
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2.9

2.2
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6.5

4.2
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20.9

6.5
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8.8
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3.6
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12.3
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5.6
4.4

5.7
1.3
6.3
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9.6
2.6
9.9
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7.8
3.7
18.8
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9.2
7.6
29.7
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5.8
8.5
13.3
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3.5
11.0
3.6
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10.9
62.6
5.3
1.8

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1.5

2.1

2.6

1.9

2.5

6.9

9.6

21.4

9.6

15.5

8.6

6.7

5.1

3.3

6.2

.6

.8

1.8

5.0

7.2

6.1

3.3

6.7

15.6

2.8

10.9

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2.3

2.5

2.1

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3 Less than 0.05 percent.
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T a b le 3. N o n -B e ll Itele p b o n e c a rrie rs :1 Percem i d is trib u iio n off e m p lo y e e s in o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p s b y a v e ra g e h o u rly ra te s ,2 D e c e m b e r 1979
Percent
Number
Occupational

group

Total

All empl oy ee s,
except officials and
m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s ..................................

67, 21 6

Part-time employees,
including
o f f i c i a l s a n d m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s ...........

of

3, 2 2 5

Professional

and

7

office

and

Nonsupervisory

sales

e m p l o y e e s .............

e m p l o y e e s ...........................

7
5
6
13
12
2

All

other

d e p a r t m e n t s .............................

T e l e p h o n e o p e r a t o r s ......................................
C h i e f o p e r a t o r s ..........................................
S e r v i c e a s s i s t a n t s a n d i n s t r u c t o r s ...........
E x p e r i e n c e d s w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s .............
O p e r a t o r s i n t r a i n i n g ................................
O t h e r s w i t c h b o a r d e m p l o y e e s ......................
Construction,
installation, and
m a 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 le ph on e craft workers....
C e n t r a l o f f i c e 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 .....................................................
Installation and exchange repair
c r a f t w o r k e r s ...........................................
P B X a n d s t a t i o 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 .....................................................
Line, cable,
and conduit craft workers....
L i n e w o r k e r s ...........................................
C a b l e s p l i c e r s ........................................
Cable 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 e h a n i c s ...................................................
O t h e r b u i l d i n g s e r v i c e e m p l o y e e s ..............
Other supp li es and mo tor vehicle
e m p l o y e e s ..................................................
All

employees

Average
scheduled
weekly
hours

$6

50

$5

00

$5

50

$6

00

$6

50

$7

00

$7

50

$8

00

$8.50

$9

00

$9

50

$6

69

$6

99

$5

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$5

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$6

49

$6

99

$7

49

$7

99

$8

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$8.99

$9

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$9

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0.6

6.6

2

9

9

6

9

6

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6

6

6

3

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2

7

8

7

8

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2.4

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1

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2

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7

2
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2

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3
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5
13
4

4
2
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5
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6

6
8
8

6
6
6

3
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6

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2
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6

7

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6
8
3

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7 .6

7.3
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7.8

6 .3
6.7

30
2
32

5
3
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3
1
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15

1
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11

5
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1 3 .5

7
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1
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3 .7
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3 .6

3 .8
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3 3

3 0
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2.0
8.3
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1 Covers 37 non-Bell telephone carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $1 million. These carriers are
engaged in interstate or foreign communications service using their own facilities or through connection with those of
another carrier under direct or indirect common control.




$ 1 1 .49

8

671

1

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5

61

250
639
611
406
869
760
668
128

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$3.50

218

5

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00

31

5

receiving

$6

996

848
524
324

employees

$3.50

$3.99

Average
hourly
rates

semi p r o f e s s i o n a l

O t h e r s ........................................................
Business

Women

Men

35

of

employees

i

1
4
8
12
8
1

11
4
27

7
8
15

1

8
9
7
2
3
2
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5
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6
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6
8
8
6
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11

4
8
6
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15
17
21
7

1
7
3
7
9
6

12
2
12
22
16
6

3
7
62
25

7
9
8
3
9
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4
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8
12
2
6
8
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6
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11
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12
13
10
15
6

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6

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6

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15
8
26
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11
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9
16
16

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3 Less than 0.05 percent.
N o t e : Dash indicates that no data were reported. Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100.

Table 4. All and Bell System telephone carriers:1 Average hourly rates2ot employees in selected occupations by region, December 1979
Occupational

All

telephone

group

United
Number
of
workers

States
Average
hourly
rates

903,656

$9.21

11,894

New England
Number
Average
of
hourly
workers rates

Middle Atlantic
Number
Average
of
hourly
workers rates

Great
Number
of
workers

Lakes
Average
hourly
rates

138,955

$10.39

135,423

$9.00

2,341

6.04

Part-time employees, including
o f f i c i a l s a n d m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s ...........

54,187

$9.69

Number
of
workers

Average
hourly
rates

30,105

$8.72

100,100

$8.56

49,495

$8.68

141,233

$8.76

462

6 .6 0

70 0

5.22

753

5.82

2,199

5.98

13.22
8.28
13.28

3,517
37
3,480

12.75
6.55
12.82

10,481
267
10,214

12.63
6 . 98
12.78

5,740
92
5,648

12.98
7.87
13.07

14,161
213
13,948

12.75
8. 01
12.82

15,937
1,428
14,509

8.41
11.30
8.12

5,345
576
4,769

9.09
11.48
8.79

15,893
1,635
14,258

8.60
11 . 02
8.33

3,529
301
3,228

8.47
11.25
8.21

13,166
1,195
11,971

7.85
10.34
7.60

6,321
572
5,749

8.21
10.45
7 . 98

14,214
1,644
12,570

8.59
11.07
8.26

8.81
13.05
8.29
7.79
8.34
7.76
8.19
8.83

29,553
3,105
26,448
4,297
1,211
4,812
5,428
10,700

7.75
11.61
7.30
6.54
7.22
7 . 06
7.20
7.75

11,738
985
10,753
1 , 929
412
1,838
1,847
4,727

7.85
12.00
7.47
6.39
7.37
6 .90
7.28
8.22

30,827
2,920
27,907
4,753
1,583
6,840
4,648
10 , 0 8 3

7.20
10.66
6.84
6 .44
7 .14
6.51
6 .9 9
7.13

7,040
768
6,272
938
324
1,224
1,108
2,678

7.34
10.92
6.89
6.50
7.12
6.58
6.89
7.14

22,130
2,238
19,892
3,340
1,355
4,141
3,658
7,398

7.11
10.89
6.68
6.51
6.85
6.24
6.65
6.98

12,814
1 ,08 5
11,729
1,917
744
1,722
2,082
5,264

7 . 37
10.88
7.04
6.35
6.84
6 . 36
7.09
7.52

31,182
2,728
28,454
4,956
1,682
5,586
5,199
11,031

7. 64
10 . 97
7 .31
6 . 94
7.29
6.82
7.31
7.73

18,980
1,129
1,471
14,893
1,425
62

7.97
12.71
9.08
7.75
5.11
10.68

18,808
1,236
1,294
13,951
2,307
20

6.75
10.51
7.78
6.60
4.86
9.25

7,017
397
424
5,364
823
9

6.49
11 . 1 2
7.29
6.34
4.77
13.48

23,009
1,694
785
17,867
2,635
28

6.63
10.42
8.06
6 .5 2
4.38
8.75

4,831
30 9
403
3,735
380
4

6.77
11 . 7 8
7.74
6.43
4.65
12.78

14,527
1,162
738
10,584
2,041
2

6.71
10.13
7.95
6.62
4.58
9.92

7 , 03 5

10.13
12.87
9.53
10.23
10.12
8.8 9

51,591
6,497
20,910
3,267
8,643
9,000

10.42
13.17
9.73
10.61
10.38
8.73

48,024
6,268
18,342
2,621
7,681
8,040

9.39
9.77
9.09
9.83
9.73
8.23

20,063
2,597
7,365
902
3,390
3,073

9.01
11.70
8.42
9.96
9.57
6.86

60,250
8,128
20,971
3,486
7,178
10,307

9 .0 9
11.45
8.51
9.36
9.43
7.58

10,254
1,393
3,479
50 1
1,522
1,456

9.25
11.96
8.65
9.67
9 . 30
7.62

37,972
4,841
13,950
2,271
6,022
5,657

5,497
2,468
1,781
1,248
2,631
755
1,737
31
10 8

9. 86
9.78
10.00
9. 81
10.00
9. 81
10 . 02
7.72
11.49

16,591
7,145
5,933
3,513
7,593
2,138
5,248
71
136

10.24
10.23
10.31
10.16
10.30
10.04
10.42
7.83
11.21
-

15,582
6,479
5,275
3,828
7,741
1,895
5,560
131
155
91

9.53
9.58
9.64
9.. 2 8
9.52
8.95
9.80
5.60
9.96
7.26

6,808
3,474
1,807
1,527
3,293
748
2,504
8
33
-

8.64
7.92
9. 70
9.21
9.06
7.86
9.40
8.16
10.70
-

17,690
8,703
5,127
3,860
13,461
3,336
9,766
10 8
25 1

8.87
8.73
9 .17
8.79
8.85
7.69
9. 21
6.58
10 . 96
“

3,391
1,257
735
1,399
1,991
499
1,466
2
24

9.08
9.16
9.24
8.92
8.71
8.02
8.95
5.44
8.50
-

8.60
11.56
9.43
6.52

1,863
231
214
563

9. 08
12.42
9.34
7.36

4,985
556
927
1,573

9.11
13.08
10.39
6.80

6,082
719
972
1,820

8.39
11.59
9.12
6.27

1,503
250
197
329

8.06
10.40
9.17
5.58

2,877
345
402
341

8.18
10.71
8.17
5.69

934
96
14 4
350

11,809

8.51

855

9.09

1,929

9. 17

2,571

8.64

727

8.03

1,789

8.16

344

5,173

9.19

33

8.91

31

11.39

166

8.33

35

13.07

96

9.56

16,853
197
16,656

B u s i n e s s o f f i c e a n d s a l e s 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 e m p l o y e e s ..........................

100,906
9,765
91,141

8.85
11.41
8.58

5,797
52 6
5,271

9. 21
12.22
8.91

17,160
1,607
15,553

10.21
13.21
9.90

C l e r i c a l 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 .........................................
C o m m 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 ................................
P l a n t d e p a r t m e n t ...................................
A c c o u n t i n g d e p a r t m e n t ...........................
A l l o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s ...........................

203,965
19,506
184,459
28,876
9,746
33,891
35,822
76,124

7.83
11.59
7.43
6.80
7.35
6.86
7.42
7.95

12,667
1,092
11,575
1,723
659
1,962
2,790
4,441

8.24
12.28
7.85
7.10
7.75
7 . 15
7.66
8.58

29,025
3,146
25,879
4,138
1,356
4,520
6,583
9,282

T e l e p h o n e o p e r a t o r s .....................................
C h i e f o p e r a t o r s ........................................
S e r v i c e a s s i s t a n t s a n d i n s t r u c t o r s ...........
E x p e r i e n c e d s w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s ............
O p e r a t o r s i n t r a i n i n g ..............................
O t h e r s w i t c h b o a r d e m p l o y e e s .....................

128,214
8,603
7,773
94,945
16,684
209

6.87
10.94
8.09
6.74
4.81
10.71

7,991
578
578
6,120
689
26

7.22
11.83
8.18
6 . 92
4.49
11.79

329,725
43,419
132,305
25,066
50,941
56,298

9.51
11.65
9.07
9.86
9.78
8.08

18,658
2,404
8,126
1,455
2,591
4,080

99,084
45,964
30,758
22,362
54,820
13,681
39,514
503
1,122
97

9.32
9 .09
9.65
9.33
9.22
8.54
9.44
6.78
10.71
7.15

25,276
3,066
4,477
5,924

c l a s s i f i e d ........

$8.6',

5.31

13.89
8.05
13.97

elsewhere

147,522

12.91
7.22
12.99

16.15
9.44
16.20

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 e h a n i ....................................................
O t h e r b u i l d i n g s e r v i c e e m p l o y e e s ..............
Other supplies and motor vehicle
e m p l o y e e s ...............................................

$8.83

838

6.77

17,183
12 3
17,060

Construction,
installation, and
m a i n t e n a n c e e m p l o y e e s ................................
S u p e r v i s o r s of t e l e p h o n e craft worker s. .. .
C e n t r a l o f f i c e 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 ..................................................
Installation and exchange repair
c r a f t w o r k e r s .........................................
P B X a n d s t a t i o 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 ..................................................
Line, cable, and c o n d ui t craft work er s. .. .
L i n e w o r k e r s .........................................
C a b l e s p l i c e r s ......................................
C a b l e s p l i c e r s ' h e l p e r s ........................
O t h e r s ..................................................
L a b o r e r s ..................................................

51,034

14,570
204
14,366

2,105

14.16
8.66
14.20




M o u n t a in
Number
Average
of
hourly
wo rkers rates

5.60

5.84

7,178
53
7,125

See footnotes at end of table.

South Central
Number
Average
of
hourly
workers rates

13.25
7.08
13.38

1,393

110,397
1,712
108,685

not

North Central
Number
Average
of
hourly
workers rates

5,33 ;
181
5 , 1 J2

6 .03

P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d se mi 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 .....................................................

employees

Southeast
Number
Average
of
hourly
workers rates

carriers

All e m p l o y e e s , e x c e p t o f f i c i a l s a n d
m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s ................................

All

Chesapeake
Number
Average
of
hourly
wo rkers rates

.

763

-

37 7
5,145

6.38

5

10.19

33

11.39

9.20
11.58
8.76
9.47
9.45
7.73

16,133
2,250
6,217
788
2,316
3,113

9.28
11.56
8.80
9. 71
9.51
8.04

51,852
7,203
21,705
4,607
6,841
10,257

9.32
11.43
8.98
9. 68
9. 76
8.12

12,219
6,130
3,702
2,387
6,962
1,500
5,401
32
29

9.06
8.80
9. 61
8.87
8.67
7.62
8.98
6 . 16
8.55

4,880
2,009
1,249
1,622
2,786
825
1,894
1
66
-

9.10
8.86
9.4 0
9.17
8.85
8.33
9. 05
9.63
9.54
"

15,372
7,761
5,050
2,561
7,566
1,845
5,296
119
30 6
6

8.95
8.71
9. 38
8.84
9.03
8.64
9.08
7.46
10 . 93
4.90

8.25
11.47
9.12
6.51

1,824
228
325
175

7.91
10.63
9.20
5.91

1,247
169
182
138

8.49
10.85
8.63
6.81

2,876
365
668
329

8.85
10 .9 1
9 .01
6 . 91

8.67

1,096

7.25

758

8.20

1,514

8.70

205

9.59

4,322

8.76

-

-

-

Tabie 4. Continued!

All and Beil System telephone carriers:1 Average hourly rates2 of employees in selected occupations by region, December 1979

Occupational

Bell

System

U n it e d
Number
of
workers

group

telephone

States
Average
hourly
rates

N e w Er
Number
of
workers

gland
Average
hourly
rates

Middle
Number
of
workers

tlanti c
Great
Average Number
hourly
of
rates
workers

Lakes
Average
hourly
rates

Chesap
Number
of
workers

836

442

$9

34

54

135

$9

70

138

04 2

$10

42

119

39 1

$9

24

Part-time employees,
including
o f f i c i a l s a n d m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s ...........

8

669

6

51

1

3 91

5

84

2

075

6

83

1

535

6

75

175
53
122

14
8
14

16
66
20

17

16
9
16

20
57
25

15
14

024
149
875

13
9
13

62
19
67

4

16

08 2
11 9
96 3

783
52 5
25 8

9 22
12 23
8 91

17
1
15

100
599
501

10
13
9

23
22
91

14
1
13

502
302
200

8
11
8

62
39
34

5

5
12

90 2
140
762
105
356
504
582
215

8
13
8
7
8
7
8
8

82
06
30
82
34
77
19
86

26 031
2 816
23 2 1 5
3 589
1 066
3 601
5 034
9 925

7 98
11 7 5
7 52
6 81
7 49
7 28
7 35
7 94

10

5

P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d semi 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 .....................................................
B u s i n e s s o f f i c e a n d s a l e s 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 e m p l o y e e s ..........................
C l e r i c a l e m p l o y e e s ......................................
S u p e r v i s o r s ..............................................
H o n s u p e r v i s o r y .........................................
C o m m 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 ................................
P l a n t d e p a r t m e n t ...................................
A c c o u n t i n g d e p a r t m e n t ...........................
A l l o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s ...........................
T e l e p h o n e o p e r a t o r s .....................................
C h i e f o p e r a t o r s ........................................
S e r v i c e a s s i s t a n t s a n d i n s t r u c t o r s ..........
E x p e r i e n c e d s w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s ............
O p e r a t o r s i n t r a i n i n g ..............................
O t h e r s w i t c h b o a r d e m p l o y e e s .....................
Construction,
installation, and
m a i n t e n a n c e e m p l o y e e s ................................
Supervisors of telephone craft workers....
C e n t r a l o f f i c e 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 ..................................................
Installation and exchange repair
c r a f t w o r k e r s .........................................
P B X a n d s t a t i o 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 ..................................................
Line, cable, a n d co n d u i t craft work er s. .. .
L i n e w o r k e r s .........................................
C a b l e s p l i c e r s ......................................
C a b l e s p l i c e r s ’ 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 e h a n i c s .................................................
O t h e r b u i l d i n g s e r v i c e e m p l o y e e s ..............
Other supplies and motor vehicle
e m p l o y e e s ...............................................
employees

not

elsewhere

c l a s s i f i e d .......

102
1
10 1

549
188
361

14
8
14

18
54
24

7

95
8
86

379
91 1
468

8
11
8

96
53
69

5

190

715
86 7
848
470

7

171
26

7
6

97
65
56
93

29
34
72

131
374
996

7
7
8

03
49
04

117

863

6
11
8
6
4

99
12
13
92
73

9

59
72
12

7
16

97 6
455
16 4

303

055
066
36 5

88

301

04

323
36
1

22

10

37 7
051

9 44
9 25
9 72
9 45
9 34
74
9 52
6 74
10 86

.

66 3

8

24

11 5 7 1
1 72 3

7
7

1 958
2 790
4 441

7
7
8

86
10
75
15
66
58

28
3
25
4
1
4
6
9

991
57 8
57 8
120
68 9
26

7
11
8
6
4
11

22
83
18
92
49
79

18 75 2
1 11 3
1 443
14 70 9
1 425
62

8 00
12 77
9 03
7 79
5 11
10 6 8

16
1
1
11
2

359
049
239
745
307
19

630
40 0
118
454
585

10 14
12 8 8
9 53
10 2 3
10 1 2
8 89

51
6
20
3
8
8

25 6
493
778
26 1
53 7
98 0

10
13
9
10
10
8

43
17
74
61
40
73

42
5
16
2
6
7

240
604
44 1
397
513
53 1

entral
Average
hourly

___ H o y n t
Number
Average
of
hourly

P a c t f ic
Number
Average
of
hourly

9
9
10
9
10
9
10
7
11

16 4 3 2
7 00 9
5 93 3
3 49 0
7 553
2 130
5 216
71
136

10
10
10
10
10
10
10
7
11

27
27
31
19
31
05
43
83
21

13 32 1
6 09 0
4 535
2 696
6 874
1 549
5 080
121
12 4

1 860
231
214
56 0

9 07
12 42
9 34
7 34

6

18
2
8
1
2
4
5
2
1
1
2

88
78
00
91
00
83
02
72
49

066
6 71
7 04
143

•6

84
86
76
75

548

8

71

855

9

09

9 .27

33

8

91

4 ,815

8

4

4

4

1

919
550
90 7
534

1

928
31

9 14
1 3 10
10 4 7
6 83
9

17

11 . 3 9

5

099
584
805
1 569

2

9
9
9
9
9
9
9
5
10

9
1
1
1
4

4

17
2
6
2
3

82
69
99
81
76
34
97
62
46

5
2
1
1
2
2

8 72
11 9 9
9 67
6 45

14 1

9

05

136

8

1

69

848

$9

15

134 ,389

$8 .72

29 ,9 0 9

$8 .74

89 ,519

$8 .74

48 ,8 40

$8.69

455

9 54
9 66
9 19
10 0 2
9 97
8 24

489
468
78 1
240
6 23
75 0
1 7 34
31
10 8

43

6 99
10 99
7 77
6 95
4 86
9 50

7

1Covers telephone carriers which have operating revenues exceeding $1 million. These carriers are engaged in interstate or
foreign communications service using their own facilities or through connection with those of another carrier under direct or in­
direct common control.
2See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in the bulletin.
3 Includes 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.)




_____ S o u t i l e a s t ____ __ N o r t h C e n t r a l
__ S o u t h
Number
Average Number
Average Number
of
hourly
of
hourly
of
wo rk er s rates
workers rates

carriers

All employees, e x ce pt of f i c i a l s a n d
m a n a g e r i a l a s s i s t a n t s ................................

All

eake
Average
hourly
rates

6

56

456

6 . 15

453

6 .65

259

6 .6 1

742

5.83

1 , 140

481
15 3
328

14
7
14

22
47
34

13 , 1 97
132
13 0 6 5

1 3 16
7 .34
13 22

499
31
468

12 .78
6 93
12 83

9

08 6
31
055

1 3 07
6 . 76
13 .09

5 ,633
92
5 ,5 41

13.03
7.87
13.11

12 , 7 4 0
111
12 , 6 2 9

13
8
13

04
52
08

01/
474
543

9 16
11 8 3
8 87

14
1
13

672
458
214

8
11
8

67
11
41

528
300
228

8
11
8

47
26
21

12
1
11

177
043
134

7
10
7

5

6 ,283
568
715

8.21
10.45
7.99

13 3 5 1
1 528
11 8 2 3

8
11
8

65
13
33

461
966
495
345
387
535
727
501

8
12
7
7
7
7
7
8

17
08
77
00
43
16
42
38

28
2
25
4
1
5
4
9

570
851
719
500
480
740
451
548

7
10
6
6
7
6
7
7

33
74
95
50
26
69
06
21

981
759
222
909
319
214
108
672

7
10
6
6
7
6
6
7

35
93
91
55
14
59
89
15

19 93 4
2 08 4
17 8 5 0
3 231
1 11 2
3 270
3 373
6 864

1 08 1
11 5 8 5

10.87
7.06

2
25

10
7

76
97
43

730
680
07 4
205

6.85
6.36
7.09
7.54

625
36 7
207
220
823
8

6
11
7
6
4
14

79
37
90
72
77
31

20
1

969
525
758
054
626
6

6
10
8
6
4
12

75
62
13
69
39
17

4

790
306
403
69 7
38 0
4

6
11
7
6
4
12

79
82
74
44
65
78

13
1

061
165
51 0
850
60 7
053

9 22
1 2 11
8 50
10 10
10 0 8
6 86

54
/
19
3
6
9

578
251
212
253
868
09 1

9 10
11 4 8
8 49
9 44
9 52
7 36

10
1
3

18 7
38 2
478
50 0
522
456

9 26
11 99
8 65
9 68
9 30
7 62

33
4
12
2
5
5

574
32 1
739
16 7
543
029

613
578
783
252
773
521
211
8
33

8
8
9
9
9
8
9
8
10

15
6
5
3
12
3
9

477
793
12 7
557
638
07 4
212
101
251

8
8
9
8
8
7
9
6
10

91
77
17
81
89
70
26
77
96

353
24 0
735
1 37 8
1 97 4
497
1 460
1
16

9 09
9 17
9 24
8 94
8 72
8 02
8 95
4 80
9 88

10
4
3
1
5
1
4

552
93 0
692
93 0
962
12 0
799
27
16

9 36
9 24
9 62
9 17
8 95
8 22
9 13
36
9 55

168
165
184
192

8 67
11 69
9 32
6 39

2, 3 0 7
297
164
238

8 52
10 90
9 27
6 43

92 4
96
144
34 6

42 1
17 4
285
125

8 21
10 9 2
9 54
6 31

338

92
25
70
38
40
33
64
16
70

16
2

627

8

34

1, 6 0 8

13

07

96

9. 5 6

3
3
3
6
6

1
1
2

3

1
1
3
1

8. 31

35

3

-

8.
11
9.
6

29
47
12
54

8. 7 2

9

9
2

1

327
09 7
70 7
480
04 1
2

837

98
56
74

7
11 04
6 85
7
6
6
7

22
59
75
09

1
2
5

12 9 ,3 85

706
980

1 468
4 601
4 967
10 5 9 8

$8 .84

6 . 87

7 38
6 98
7 38
7 80

20
10

l n 75
-j
79

4
9

58
92

9
11
8
9
9
7

41
79
87
55
59
77

7

45

1
4

2
3

11.45

29

12

16

108

8.04

9 636

8

10

9.78

306

10

93

1 24 6
1
2 734
1 869
61

1 228
166
179
13 4

6.83

257

7. 1 5

749

8.22

1, 3 0 4

8. 9 2

19 6

9.87

4, 1 3 6

8. 8 1

For purposes of this study, the regions for which separate data are presented include: N ew England— Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; M idd le A tla n tic — Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and
Pennsylvania; G reat Lakes— Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; C hesapeake— District of Columbia, Maryland,
Virginia, and West Virginia; S o u th e a st— Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Tennessee; N o rth C e ntral— Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; South C entral— Arkan­
sas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas (except El Paso County); M o u n ta in — Arizona, Colorado, Idaho (south of the
Salmon River), Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas (El Paso County), Utah, and Wyoming; and P a c ific — California (north of
the Salmon River), Oregon, and Washington.
Dash indicates that no data were reported.
N

o t e

:

T a b le 5. W e s te r n U n io n T e le g ra p h C o m p a n y : P e rc e n t d is trib u tio n of e m p lo y e e s 1 in o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p s by a v e ra g e h o u rly ra te s ,2 O c to b e r 1979
Percent
Number
Occupational

of

employees

group
T otal

Men

Women

Average
scheduled
weekly
hours

$6.50

$7.00

$7.50

$8.0 0

$8.50

_

“

$4.49

$4.99

$5.49

$5.99

$6.49

$6.99

$7.4 9

$7.99

$8.49

$8.99

0.1

0.7

2.9

3.2

6.8

9.3

9.3

8.4

7.5

5.5

-

-

.1
-

“

“

1.8
.4
2.3

1.2
.4
1.4

7.1
1.3
9.0

3.5
3.0
3.7

Under
$3.50

0.2

$6.00

$3.99

Average
hourly
rates

$5.50

4,475

38.6

$8.38

Professional and semiprofessiona1
e m p l o y e e s .......................................................
E n g i n e e r s a n d e n g i n e e r i n g a s s i s t a n t s ..........
O t h e r s ..........................................................

947
236
711

757
226
531

190
10
180

36.7
36.7
36.7

11.89
12.41
11.71

Telegraph office superintendents and
m a n a g e r s .........................................................

423

250

173

39.8

8.13

Sales

e m p l o y e e s ...............................................

465

364

101

36.6

7.77

-

.2

C l e r i c a l 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 e m p l o y e e s ............................
C o m m 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 ..................................
A l l o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s .............................
R o u t e a i d e s .................................................

2,291
478
1,813
802
33
977
1

674
258
416
142
5
268
1

1,617
220
1,397
660
28
709

36.5
37.3
36.4
36.6
40 . 0
36.1
40 . 0

7.62
9.10
7.22
7.28
6.01
7.22
5.63

.9
i .i
2.0

T e l e g r a p h o p e r a t o r s ........................................
Traffic managers,
chief operators,
supervisors,
a n d i n s t r u c t o r s ...................
Experienced telegraph operators
( e x c e p t M o r s e o p e r a t o r s ) ..........................
C o m m 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 ................................
O p e r a t o r s - i n - t r a i n i n g ................................

2,647

498

2,149

39.2

6.52

(
s)

-

.3

9.1

8.5

420

211

209

39.6

8.44

-

-

-

-

-

1,987
482
1,505
240

268
119
149
19

1,719
363
1,356
221

39.1
40.0
38.8
40.0

6.35
6.29
6 .37
4.59

.1
.2
-

-

.3
1 .0
-

“

“

.2
.4
.1
2.1

”

$9.49

$9.99

3.4

18.4

10.7

4.5
4.2
4.6

5.0
4.2
5.2

2.5
3.8
2.1

3.8
4.2

—
$10.-

$10,.-

$11.-

2.4

1.8

1.4

7.9

5.1

4.5

4.8

52.7

4.5

OVER

.1

1.2

1.2

4.0

7.8

16.5

17.7

23.6

8.7

8.7

1.4

.9

1.9

.9

4.9

10.8

11.2

2.6

6.5

8.4

8.2

7.1

9.0

3.2

8.0

2.2

3.7

1.5

.9

11.8

.3
.3
-

2.1
.4
2.5
-

.9
.6
.9
-

8.2
.2
10.3
11.3
63.6
7.6

13.4
1 .0
16.7
23.8
3.0
11.4

14.8
16.5
14.4
17.8
-

14.6
11.3
15.5
1.4
-

9.1
20.7
6.1
11.8

2.7
11.3
.5
.1

2.1
7.7
.6

1.7
7.1
.2
-

1.4
5.4
.3
.i

.6
2.5
.1

1.9
8.2
.2
.1

4.7

4.7
.2
5.8
6 .1
12.1
5.3
10 0 .0

18.6
6.5
21.7
26.7
-

.6

2.1
.2
2.6
.6
18.2
3.7

18.4
“

12.1

27.6

1 .5

.8

1 .1

18.4

27.1

19.3

9.3

2.5

.5

.6

1.3

1.1

f)

.1

.2

1.6

1.2

2.9

7.6

44.3

11.7

2.9

3.1

7.6

6.9

.2

.5

1 .0

10.2

24.3
8.7
29.2
"

35.5
54.1
29.6

24.1
14.9
27.0

3.0
5.4
2.3

.9
3.3
.1

.1
-

.2
-

.1

.3

-

-

-

.1
.2
.i
-

.3
-

1.5
.6

(
s)

1.8
.3
.3
1.9
6.3

3.0
1.6

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3,803
995

211
28

39.8
40 . 0

9.36
9.39

-

-

0

.1
-

2,968
712
1,417
105
734
23

2,785
690
1,411
105
579
23

183
22
6

39.8
39.1
40 . 0
40 . 0
40 .0
40.0

9.38
10.83
9.20
9.36
8.35
5.88

-

-

0
-

-

-

.1
-

-

B u i l d i n g s e r v i c e e m p l o y e e s .............................
M e e h a n i c s ......................................................
O t h e r s ..........................................................

142
69
73

108
64
44

34
5
29

39.9
40 . 0
39.9

6.74
7.82
5.72

.7
1.4

-

-

“

“

M e s s e n g e r s .......................................................
W a l k i n g a n d b i c y c l e m e s s e n g e r s ...................
M o t o r m e s s e n g e r s ..........................................
P a r t - 1 i m e ......................................................
F u l 1 - t i m e .....................................................

448
54
394
23
425

433
48
385
22
411

15
6
9
1
14

38.6
39.4
38.5
16.8
39.8

5.45
3.87
5.68
3.60
5.50

2.5
14.8
.8
-

13.8
72.2
5.8
-

1 Includes employees working in the conterminous 48 States and the District of Columbia; the company does not operate
in Alaska and Hawaii.
2 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.

.4
.5
“

11.3
11.6
11.2

97.9

4,014
1, 0 2 3

-

$9.50

.5

*2

"

$9.00

.3
.4
.3

Construction,
installation, and
m a i n t e n a n c e e m p l o y e e s ....................................
Traffic testing and regulating employees...
Construction,
installation,
and
m a i n t e n a n c e e m p l o y e e s ................................
S u p e r v i s o r s ...............................................
S u l o s c r i b e r s ' e q u i p m e n t m a i n t a i n e r s ..........
L i n e a n d c a b l e w o r k e r s .............................
O t h e r s .......................................................
L a b o r e r s .......................................... ............




-

$5.00

6,454

155

receiving

$4.50

10,929

-

employees

$4.00

All e m p l o y e e s except of ficials, ma na g e r i a l
assistants,
a n d m e s s e n g e r s ............................

“

of

$3.50

13.0
-

6.0
11. 1
5.3
-

.1
43.5

-

"

-

"

“

-

-

-

.8
.i

2.8
1.4

1.6
.6

6.3
2.3

1.7
1 .0

1.2
1 .0

1. 0
.1
.3
1 .0
3.3
13.0

3.3
3.1
1. 0
7.1
4.3

1.8
1 .0
.9
4.8
3.8
26.1

7.7
.8
2.5
5.7
24.8

2.0
1 .0
2.8
3.8
1.2
"

1.2
2.1
i .i
3.8
.4
-

4.2
7.2
1.4

2.8
5.8

16.9
33.3
1.4

.7
1.4

3.5
7.2

2.8
5.5

47.2
8.7
83.6

7.7
8.7
6.8

18.1
20.6

41.1
1 .9
46.4
-

17.9
20.3
-

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-

“

_
-

.3
-

-

-

.2
-

-

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_

_
-

_
-

-

.5
,

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.3

-

-

-

-

-

4.6
.1
6.2
24.9
.1
1.9
.5

-

-

44.8
42.1

25.8
48.3

4.0
2.5

2.4

2.0

46.1
7.3
68.0
36.2
43.1
-

18.2
26.4
18.9
23.8
8.0

4.6
14.3
2.1

3.3
13.1

2.7
8.7

1.9
.3
-

14.3
.4

12.0
24.6

1.4
2.9

-

_
“

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-

_
-

_

-

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-

-

-

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-

-

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-

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-

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-

-

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3 Less than 0.05 percent,
N ote:

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T ab le 6. In te rn a tio n a l tele g ra p h carriers:1 Percent distribution of em p loyees in o ccu p atio n al groups by average hourly ra te s ,2 O c to b er 1979
Percent

Number
Occupational

Total

All

of

employees

Average
scheduled
weekly
hours

group
Men

Women

of

employees

receiving

-

$3.50
Average
hourly
rates

$4.00

$4.50

$5.00

$5.50

$6.00

$6.50

$7.00

$7.50

$8.00

•$8.50

$9.00

$9.50

$3.99

$4.49

$4.99

$5.49

$5.99

$6.49

$6.99

$7.49

$7.99

$8.49

$8.99

$9.49

$9.99

$ 1 0 .00

$10.50

$ii.00

$10.49
7.7

$ 1 0 .99
4.5

$ n .49
4.4

$3.50

$11.50
AND
OVER
25.9

employees except officers and assistants...
All e m p l o y e e s e x ce pt o f f i c e r s and
a s s i s t a n t s a n d m e s s e n g e r s ..........................

4,753

3

810

943

37.1

$10.04

0.9

0. 9

0.3

1. 0

2.3

3.6

4.4

4.1

5.8

5.7

6.1

9.5

7.5

5.6

4,666

3 724

942

37.1

10.16

.1

.1

.3

1. 0

2.3

3.6

4.5

4. 1

5.9

5.8

6.2

9.7

7.6

5.7

7. 8 , .

4.5

4.5

26.4

P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d se mi p r o f e s s i o n a l e m p l o y e e s . . . .
E n g i n e e r s a n d e n g i n e e r i n g a s s i s t a n t s ..........
O t h e r s .........................................................

774
347
427

710
33 7
373

64
10
54

37.1
36.7
37.3

13.70
14.88
12.76

-

-

-

-

-

-

"

-

-

.3
.5

1.2
2.1

1.2
2.1

.9
1. 6

1.6
2.8

3.5
.6
5.9

2.7
.6
4.4

4.3
2.6
5.6

3.9
3.5
4.2

4.4
4.0
4.7

4.1
2.3
5. 6

72.1
86.5
60.4

“

7.1

“

“

7. 1

85.7

2.1

'2.1

4.9

5.5

7.0

6.4

10.0

6.4

7.2

5.5

3.6

36.2

10 .0
4.9
6.9
25.8
5.3

12.3
28.7
2.9
9.2
10.5
4.7

5.3
12.8
3.9
2.5
1. 8
2.4

5.4
6.0
3.9
5.8
7.0
4.7

1.7
1.5
1. 0
.4
3.5
2.6

1.5
.8
2.9
-

.3
.8
-

10.2
65.9
3.4
.4
-

19.4

15.7

7.7

5.7

1.6

i. i
18.9
-

4.3
8.5
6.7
9.3
21.8
2.0
-

3.2
6.3
35.2
3. 1
T
_

5.4
.8
13.3
.8
.8
-

O f fi ce or st at io n s u p e r i n t e n d e n t s and
a s s i s t a n t s ................................................

“

14

13

1

36.2

15.20

“

470

38 0

90

36.4

11.01

.2

.4

.2

36.7
36.0
36.8
37.3
37.5
36.9
37.2
36.0

8.18
13.04
7.60
7.89
7.57
7.36
7.47
7.57

.1
.4
-

_
_
-

.9

1,004
265
102
240
57
340

564
12
552
98
85
13 6
38
195

.1

N o n s u p e r v i s o r y e m p l o y e e s .............................
O p e r a t i n g d e p a r t m e n t . . . ...........................
C o m m e r c i a l d e p a r t m e n t ..............................
A c c o u n t i n g d e p a r t m e n t ..............................
E n g i n e e r i n g d e p a r t m e n t .............................
A l l o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s ..............................

563
111
452
167
17
10 4
19
14 5

"

-

O p e r a t o r s ........................................................
Traffic chiefs, dispatchers,
supervisors,
i n s t r u c t o r s , a n d a s s i s t a n t s ........................
N o n s u p e r v i s o r y o p e r a t o r s ..............................
R a d i o o p e r a t o r s .........................................
M a r i n e c o a s t a l s t a t i o n o p e r a t o r s ...............
C a b l e o p e r a t o r s .........................................
T e l e t y p e - m u l t i p l e x o p e r a t o r s .....................
T e l e p h o n e o p e r a t o r s ...................................
A l l o t h e r o p e r a t o r s ...................................

1,034

848

18 6

37.8

9.29

_

.1

_

18 6
848
15
108
119
491
53
62

179
669
15
105
85
393
35
36

7
17 9

37.2
38.0
37.1
37.5
37.5
38.3
37.5
37.5

13.59
8.37
7.71
8.75
8.17
8.27
8.55
8.86

-

-

-

-

"

87
82
5

86
81
5

37.5
37.5
37.6

3.62
3.50
5.53

1,146
189
563
89

i ,119
18 9
543
87

37.3
37.2
37.3

302

10.38
14.52
9.41
9.43
9.21

297

81

80

20

n

Sales

e m p l o y e e s ...............................................

M e s s e n g e r s .......................................................
F o o t a n d b i c y c l e ...........................................
M o t o r .......................................................... .
Construction,
in s t a l l a t i o n , m a i n t e n a n c e ,
a n d o t h e r t e c h n i c a l e m p l o y e e s ........................
Mechanics

All

and

employees,

maintenance

not

elsewhere

t e c h n i c i a n s ..........

c l a s s i f i e d ..........

3
34
98
18
26
1
1

27
20
p
.

^7 *
^7 *7

44.8
47.6

"

.1
.2
-

43.7
45.1
20.0

37.5

.6

2.9
2. 6
2.0
1.3
5.0

7.7
4.9
4.9
10.4
1.8
9.7

9.7
9.8
11.8
6.7
15.8
10 .0

12.2
9. 4
13.7
10.4
22.8
13.2

9 .0
3.8
6.9
12.1
10.5
11.2

11.1
6.0
28.4
10.8
12.3
9.7

6.8
6.8
10.8
3.3
10.5
7.4

.4

1. 0

3.3

5.2

4.9

9. 1

5.3

- .

-

.5
-

1.2
-

4.0
.9
4.2
5. 1
1 .9
3.2

6.4
26.7
.9
14.3
5.5
5. 7
3.2

6.0
13.3
9. 3
11.8
4.9
-

11.1
13.3
18.5
4.2
13.2
3.8

.8
.

6.7
.2
1 .9

-

1. 1
20.0

3.4
1.2
40.0

2.3
2.4
~

-

-

1. 6

_
-

1.1

-

20.0

i. i
1.2
-

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6.5
13.3
12.0
.8
6.9
3.8
4.8

4.3'
5.2
13.3
3.7
4.1
7.5
22.6

23.7
1 .9
1.7
34.2
52.8
1.6

_
-

_

-

_■
-

8.3
33.6
17.3
22.6
22.6

-

40.3

_

3. 5
2.4

.3

9.7

1.6

14.6

4.8
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1.6
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-

-

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-

-

-

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.2

2.2

1.5

2.4

2.1

8.1

7.9

5.6

5.5

5.4

17.7

10.0
2.1

11.7
5.8

-

-

.7

-

2.3

2.3

3.7

2.7
“

10.8
4.5
”
9.3

9. 1

7.3
6.7

5.2
10.1
7.3

25.8
48.3
33.3
4.6

10.1

8.2
“

5.9

5.6

6.0
3.4
33.3
7.9

25.5

6.6

-

10.0

5.0

~
1.3
_

1.2
6.53

“

-

-

' Covers employees of international telegraph carriers which have annual operating revenues exceeding $50,000; exeludes employees working for international telegraph carriers outside the conterminous 48 States and the District of Colum-




“

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8.6

1. 0
.4
1.3
'~
1.8

2.3
2.4

"
1.3

-

37.5
9

.2

-

-

55.0

5.0

5.0

. -

,

16.0

21.0

5.0

10.0

33.3
4.3

“
17.9

14.8
5.0

-

19.5
89.9

1.2
-

-

-

’ See appendix for definitions of hours and rates used in this bulletin
N ote :

Dash indicates that no data were reported. Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100.

Appendix: S©@p@ am Method
id!
®f Syrv@y

Data presented in this study are based on annual re­
ports filed with the Federal Communications Commis­
sion by communication carriers, as required by the
amended Communications Act of 1934. All carriers en­
gaged in interstate or foreign communications service
by means of their own facilities or through connection
with the facilities of another carrier under direct or in­
direct common control are subject to the full jurisdic­
tion of the Commission. Telephone carriers engaged in
interstate or foreign service only by connection with
the facilities of another unaffiliated carrier are not sub­
ject to the full jurisdiction of the Commission and are
not required to file annual reports of hours and earn­
ings of employees.
Tabulations for telephone carriers relate to those hav­
ing annual operating revenues over $1 million, and
which are subject to the full jurisdiction of the FCC.
Included are 25 Bell System companies and 37 compa­
nies not affiliated with the Bell System.
Tabulations for wire-telegraph and international tel­
egraph carriers are confined to companies with annual
revenues exceeding $50,000 which are engaged in in­
terstate or foreign commerce. Western Union Telegraph
Company is the only wire-telegraph company includ­
ed. Five companies engaged in nonvocal radio or cable
communications are included in the international tele­
graph tabulations.

[Hours and rates

Average hourly rates presented in this bulletin were
computed by dividing total “scheduled weekly com­
pensation” by total “scheduled weekly hours.” Aver­
age scheduled weekly hours were obtained by dividing
the total scheduled weekly hours by the number of em­
ployees. The terms “scheduled weekly hours” and
“scheduled weekly compensation” for the three carri­
er groups covered by the study are defined, according
to the FCC’s Rules and Regulations, as follows:
Telephone carriers

51. 12 (b). “Scheduled weekly hours” means the num­
ber of regular hours, excluding overtime hours, in
the duty tours which the employee is scheduled to
work during the week in which December 31 occurs,
whether or not excused because of a holiday, vaca­
tion, leave of absence, or other reason.
51. 13 (b). “Scheduled weekly compensation” means
compensation to the employee at the rate of pay in
effect on December 31 for the “scheduled weekly
hours.” It includes the basic weekly pay rate plus any
regularly scheduled supplementary compensation,
such as differentials for evening and night tours,
equivalent value of board and lodging for unlocated
employees, equivalent value of meals furnished din­
ing service employees, and equivalent value of living
quarters and maintenance furnished for managers of
agency offices. It excludes pay for overtime work
and pay in excess of weekday rates for Sunday and
holiday work.

Employees and occupational groups covered by
the study

Officials and managerial assistants are not included
in the tabulations. Also excluded are employees work­
ing 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, are included. Part-time employees are
defined as those regularly assigned less hours than a
full-time schedule.
Occupational groups for which separate data are pre­
sented are defined in the FCC’s Rules and Regulations,
volume X, part 51, applying to telephone carriers; and
part 52, applying to telegraph companies. Copies of this
volume are for sale by the Superintendent of Docu­
ments, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington
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Western Union Telegraph Company

51. 21 (b). “Scheduled weekly hours” are defined as
an employee’s regular daily tour of duty multiplied
by the number of days, or fraction of days, scheduled
to be worked during a week.
52. 22 (b). “Scheduled weekly compensation” is de­
fined as wages scheduled to be paid for scheduled
weekly hours as defined in 52.21 (b). This should in­
clude employee contributions for old-age benefits,
unemployment insurance, and similar deductions,
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paid vacation and holiday hours, the regularly sched­
uled weekly compensation for employees temporar­
ily on leave due to disability or sickness, and the
scheduled weekly compensation of both full and parttime employees.
The company reports that “scheduled weekly com­
pensation” excludes premium pay for overtime and for
work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
Internationa! telegraph carriers

International telegraph carriers are instructed to re­




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port scheduled weekly hours and compensation for their
employees as defined for the Western Union Telegraph
Company, except that scheduled weekly compensation
should include regularly scheduled maintenance, trav­
el, or other allowances.
Distribution of workers by earnings classes

In the tables, workers are distributed according to
the percentage having stipulated hourly rates of pay.
Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not
equal 100.

Industry Wag© Storways

The most recent reports providing occupational wage
data for industries currently included in the Bureau’s
program of industry wage surveys 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 of­
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Labor Statistics shown on the inside back cover.
Bulletins that are out of stock are available for reference
at leading public, college, or university libraries, or at
the Bureau’s Washington or regional sales offices.

Motor Vehicles and Parts, 1973-74. BLS Bulletin 1912
Nonferrous Foundries, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1952
Petroleum Refining, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1948
Pressed or Blown Glass and Glassware, 1975. BLS
Bulletin 1923
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills, 1977. BLS Bulletin
2008
Semiconductors, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2021
Shipbuilding and Repairing, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1968
Structural Clay Products, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1942
Synthetic Fibers, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1975
Textile Dyeing and Finishing, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1967
Textiles, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1945
Wages and Demographic Characteristics in Work
Clothing Manufacturing, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1858
Women’s and Misses’ Dresses, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2007
Wood Household Furniture, 1979. BLS Bulletin 2087

Manufacturing
Basic Iron and Steel, 1978-79. BLS Bulletin 2064
Candy and Other Confectionery Products, 1975. BLS
Bulletin 1939
Cigarette Manufacturing, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1944
Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes, 1976. BLS Bulletin
1921
Drug Manufacturing, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2077
Fabricated Structural Metals, 1979. BLS Bulletin 2094
Flour and Other Grain Mill Products, 1977. BLS
Bulletin 2026
Footwear, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1946
Hosiery, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1987
Industrial Chemicals, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1978
Iron and Steel Foundries, 1979. BLS Bulletin 2085
Machinery Manufacturing, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2022
Meat Products, 1979. BLS Bulletin 2082
Men’s Shirts and Separate Trousers, 1978. BLS Bulletin
2035
Men’s and Boys’ Suits and Coats, 1979. BLS
Bulletin 2073
Millwork, 1979. BLS Bulletin 2083
Miscellaneous Plastics Products, 1974. BLS Bulletin
1914




Nonmanufacturing
Appliance Repair Shops, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2067
Auto Dealer Repair Shops, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2060
Banking and Life Insurance, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1988
Bituminous Coal Mining, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1999
Communications, 1979. BLS Bulletin 2100
Computer and Data Processing Services, 1978. BLS
Bulletin 2028
Contract Cleaning Services, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2009
Contract Construction, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1911
Department Stores, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2006
Electric and Gas Utilities, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2040
Hospitals and Nursing Homes, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2069
Hotels and Motels, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2055
Metal Mining, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2017
Oil and Gas Extraction, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2014
Scheduled Airlines, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1951

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