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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 For sale by the Superintendent o f Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402—$2.00 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. Page 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 v ©©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 .9 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 .1 .i - 1.5 p) 2.0 .6 .5 4 .0 2.1 2.0 .9 .7 3.7 2.0 P) 1 .7 1 .0 .8 2.9 1.8 ( s> .1 .7 P) 1.2 .3 .3 2.5 1 .7 i .i .9 2.8 3.0 p> 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 o p> 0 P) .i .1 p> .4 .9 1.0 .5 .5 .7 .4 .9 1 .0 .1 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 .3 1 .0 .i .6 2.0 .6 1.2 () 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 .1 .3 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 .7 .8 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 ........ 0.3 “ “ ~ .2 0 0 .5 P) P) p> P) .1 .1 P) 1.2 - .5 - ’ Covers 62 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. “ pi pi 10.0 - 17.9 2.3 6.4 1. 9 1 .0 2See appendix for definition of hours and rates used in this bulletin, 3 Less than 0.05 percent. N ote: Dash indicates 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,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 .9 .2 .9 0 p> I 1) 1.0 p> .1 2.7 o <) * 2.8 P) .1 2.7 p> .1 3.7 .i .2 5.0 .1 .6 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 .5 .7 .5 .2 .2 1.6 P) 1.7 3.6 P) 3.8 6 .9 C) 5.6 6 .6 .1 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 .2 .9 .2 .1 .2 .1 .i .2 3.3 6.6 P) 5.1 7.2 2.0 5.9 5.1 4.5 6 .6 P) 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 .i .6 .3 .1 10.9 P) .8 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 .2 1 .0 .1 .1 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 " 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 0 0 P) 0 . .1 .1 0 .3 1. 0 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 “ _ “ .8 14.1 .7 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 .1 5.6 9.9 .6 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 .2 8.6 11.6 6.6 16.5 5.5 6.3 21.6 .6 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 .7 .8 1.5 1.3 3.0 2.4 8.3 1.8 .7 .8 1.2 1. 0 2.9 1 .9 8.1 1.2 .3 .3 1 .0 .8 2.0 1. 7 8.3 1. 0 .1 .4 .2 .6 1. 9 9.7 49.0 5.4 1. 0 2.1 1. 0 3.0 10.3 3.3 .1 1 .9 4.1 1.3 .6 12.6 .2 5.1 16.4 .8 .6 23.5 .3 23.7 30.0 .4 10 . 0 .7 22.2 11.7 .2 22.0 6.6 2.1 13.8 4.7 .1 4.3 3.7 5.1 5.6 4.1 .1 1.2 6.9 11.7 6.2 5.1 1 .0 10.8 2.2 .2 .9 10.5 2.0 .9 11.2 1.5 3.6 35.4 5.2 0 2.4 1.5 11 .0 5.7 .5 .1 4.9 () * 6 .1 ( 3) 2.4 2.9 “ P> - P) .1 “ 8.86 11.86 9.76 6.75 .2 1.2 o .i 3,119 39.6 8.71 37.9 9.27 .7 .5 .8 .3 .5 .5 .5 .4 5.8 P) .2 1.5 33.1 .6 .2 .3 1.6 ” 16.6 8.7 $ 1 0 .99 $11.49 5.6 2.8 ~ - pi “ 18.9 - 45.1 .7 o 1.3 .3 .3 2.6 2.0 p> 2 0 .9 .7 3.8 1.9 () * 1 .6 .9 .6 2.9 1.7 .1 1 .6 1 .1 .7 2.7 5.5 2.2 1 .7 10.5 3.6 .1 7.7 2.2 3.0 16.5 1 .9 .2 3.6 .9 .9 7.2 2.6 .4 5.1 1 .0 1.2 10.6 2.1 .6 3.1 1.2 .9 6.1 11.6 1 .0 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 ( 3) 2.1 .7 .5 4.1 3.9 6 .0 6.1 1. 0 10.7 68.5 3.0 4.2 2.9 2.7 .6 .5 .7 .5 .4 1 .0 .1 3.2 “ 1.2 1 .6 .6 1.2 1.7 4.2 .8 20.7 .1 2.3 3.4 1.2 1.8 2.8 6.6 1 .6 11.4 “ 2.4 3.8 1 .1 1.5 3.1 5.1 2.4 10.1 .3 2.2 3.2 1.6 1.3 2.6 3.6 2.1 3.2 .5 1 .1 1.5 .9 .7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1. 9 .5 .7 .9 .6 .7 1.3 1 .1 1 .3 4.8 .9 .7 .8 .6 .5 1.2 1.5 .9 19.6 .5 .8 1 .0 .5 .8 1.2 1 .5 1 .0 8.8 .2 1.5 1.3 1 .0 2.9 1.5 2.2 1.3 1 .1 .9 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 .3 15.5 .6 .4 .9 .8 1 .1 1.2 .5 18.6 .5 .6 .6 .4 1.4 1 .1 .7 31.5 1 .0 .1 2.9 1.5 “ .5 2.9 2.2 1 .0 6.5 4.2 1 .4 12.6 4.7 p> 1.3 15.2 6.2 .1 .7 20.9 6.5 .2 1.3 17.0 8.8 .7 3.6 15.3 12.3 .9 5.6 4.4 5.7 1.3 6.3 .9 9.6 2.6 9.9 .3 7.8 3.7 18.8 .3 9.2 7.6 29.7 .3 5.8 8.5 13.3 .3 3.5 11.0 3.6 .1 10.9 62.6 5.3 1.8 .2 .7 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 13.2 2.3 2.5 2.1 1.6 18.8 .1 “ .2 0 0 .5 p> P> I s) ( s) o .1 n .3 “ “ .2 _ .4 1 Covers 25 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. 3.7 5.8 1 .1 3.9 3.3 3.4 pi 0 3,657 .5 n “ 6.6 $10.49 10.2 1.5 pi “ 39.2 39.7 39 . 9 37 . 7 ” 10.3 $11.~ 50 and over 2 See appendix for definitions of hours and rates used in this bulletin, 3 Less than 0.05 percent. N ote: Dash indicates that no data were reported. Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100. 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 49 $5 99 $6 49 $6 99 $7 49 $7 99 $8 49 $8.99 $9 49 $9 99 0.6 6.6 2 9 9 6 9 6 9 6 6 6 3 7 2 7 8 7 8 6 1 2 3 2.4 1 .9 6 3 6 6 2 1 9 4 7 8 2 12 1 5 0 8 2 5 2 9 7 7 2 6 2 9 3 7 5 13 4 4 2 8 5 16 6 6 8 8 6 6 6 3 9 3 7 12 6 0 8 5 4 2 8 7 i 7 i 6 6 7 4 6 8 3 6 7 7 .6 7.3 .2 7.8 6 .3 6.7 30 2 32 5 3 5 3 1 6 15 1 7 1 7 .8 11 5 5 1 3 .5 7 1 8 3 9 3 19 2 22 1 5 2 3 .7 4 i 3 .6 3 .8 6 4 3 3 3 0 12 8 1 2 2.0 8.3 .8 1.8 8.0 .7 4 20 1 5 1 7 6 2 2 4 6 7 7 4 18 i 19 15 23 16 24 21 2 6 0 4 5 8 2 6 16 3 16 11 7 20 20 15 1 4 8 3 7 5 9 9 7 6 7 7 13 7 3 8 6 7 6 9 0 0 8 8 4 9 3 3 5 3 4 5 2 1 9 0 2 4 i i 1 4 1 3 5 3 6 9 2 1 0 1 3 1 .9 9.2 .6 .3 .9 “ 1 .5 .5 .6 6.3 .i .3 1 17 16 27 16 13 13 12 1 5 2 1 2 i 3 3 4 17 2 20 6 7 4 6 6 19 7 5 11 22 3 2 i 8 6 3 12 4 8 8 2 6 3 11 12 2 6 1 4 7 3 21 9 1 0 0 9 3 3.2 3.5 8.6 1.5 59.0 .8 2.2 3.2 .5 4.4 6 7 6 6 ii 1 22 5 3 2 3 2 2 8 i 2 3 1 i 6 5 9 0 3 2 756 21 6 6 66 643 257 386 2 205 267 938 60 39 40 1 5 1 10 7 10 21 06 63 .1 .1 .1 1 .0 ( 3) 799 615 384 4 728 639 289 38 40 38 6 1 1 7 10 6 10 19 51 .1 .1 .1 1.6 6 0 1.9 7 1 682 376 106 76 30 667 69 286 11 768 263 505 330 839 113 379 866 38 60 38 37 37 38 39 38 5 0 5 3 5 8 2 8 5 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 91 68 71 36 95 81 73 73 .7 .7 1.2 .2 .6 .8 .7 7 .0 9 7 10 7.3 7 .9 10.8 6.3 6.2 7 .9 10 12 6 10 10 9 2 6 8 2 7 1 10 12 8 10 9 12 3 3 9 0 3 0 7 5 not elsewhere c l a s s i f i e d ........ 6 1 3 10 573 36 86 408 36 7 9 778 596 390 561 193 38 37 40 61 37 39 40 8 2 i 6 4 4 5 8 7 5 9 8 62 71 53 16 81 36 i .i .3 .2 1 .1 6.8 “ 17.7 “ 1 .1 20.3 1 .3 ” 12 2 2 5 9 10 6 11 8 26 3 7 907 186 979 189 363 627 39 60 39 39 39 39 8 0 6 9 7 5 8 10 8 8 8 8 56 78 63 21 31 60 .1 .1 .2 .i .3 - .1 - 4 1 7 3 3 3 3 3 .1 - 5 1 1 9 1 2 6 8 8 2 1 1 2 0 6 5 6 3 3 3 2 1 9 1 9 3 i 3 4 3 3 10 5 1 3 6 1 2 i n 371 529 211 442 650 603 120 69 82 672 91 155 426 55 17 30 6 2 15 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 60 40 37 8 9 6 9 9 9 9 0 1 1 8 7 8 8 7 7 8 6 8 7 29 96 66 76 80 07 29 89 39 15 P> - 3 5 7 i 2 6 6 1 2 1 6 8 7 5 0 4 5 6 2 5 10 1 14 1 6 6 0 7 6 4 7 7 3 6 2 3 4 3 3 4 8 2 8 5 5 8 i 2 8 7 0 4 7 6 2 6 4 6 6 4 6 2 4 7 6 3 4 2 0 2 7 5 8 0 2 6 5 i 4 6 3 449 352 588 560 761 63 185 261 39 39 39 38 2 9 5 0 6 97 9 50 7 .81 5 07 7 5 8 8 8 1 3 16 2 0 2 0 6 1 4 6 3 3 4 1 5 i 6 3 7 5 0 3 1 261 969 292 39 6 6 79 .6 1.6 4 9 9 5 9 8 9 2 9 358 287 71 39 6 8 19 .3 3.4 6 i 6 7 2 2 3 9 2 1 351 632 676 969 229 65 670 353 940 785 681 474 26 3 6 783 662 686 637 697 667 633 126 71 97 10 5 1 3 4 i 2 210 395 773 781 2 3 3 763 167 961 596 318 047 11 2 6 1 2 8 i " .1 p> .1 .8 - 2 13 .1 .1 .3 pi .3 .5 P) 4.0 - 1 2 6 4 1 4 10 1 .0 6'7o .2 7 1 4 .1 P) 3 2 3 5 1 1.2 - 3 .1 - 9 .3 6 .0 3.2 6.8 3 26 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 $i o99 5 61 250 639 611 406 869 760 668 128 $10..612— $11.50 and over 5 $7 6 $1100 0 i 527 856 673 $ 1 0 .50 5 39 1 $ 1 0 .00 Under $3.50 218 5 - 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 9 3 6 1 1 3 5 2 5 7 6 5 7 1 12 4 0 5 6 8 5 9 9 5 2 13 3 10 n 5 1 4 6 8 8 6 9 11 4 8 6 1 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 0 4 i 3 8 8 12 2 6 8 12 5 6 2 7 0 1 6 9 10 11 2 12 13 10 15 6 5 8 8 2 2 4 8 0 i 2 6 1 2 7 5 16 3 2 1 5 6 12 7 5 4 6 7 6 8 i 12 2 5 5 7 25 6 11 7 5 5 9 2 8 4 5 n 3 2 .2 10 1 7 5 6 3 1 1 i 5 6 5 6 2 2 i i .2 6 2 13 8 0 9 6 3 4 1 3 3 6 6 i 15 5 5 8 3 i 0 1 6 6 1 8 1 7 .5 3 .8 3 .8 5 8 9 2 7 4 9 8 0 15 n 3 1 6 6 4 6 2 6 8 5 1 16 5 13 20 12 13 2 2 8 6 7 5 15 8 26 8 13 39 8 3 2 8 2 3 11 11 15 9 16 16 1 8 6 7 3 1 3 6 3 1 i 0 9 2 6 2 19 26 2 15 21 16 26 26 n 2 8 8 4 6 7 7 2 3 13 3 16 2 5 8 12 6 13 0 2 8 19 7 11 i 9 9 10 4 42 4 6 3 4 6 7 6 7 0 4 7 8 1 15 5 26 25 13 7 17 3 i 40 5 8 7 6 7 7 26 1 8 1 1 3 3 7 6 9 6 5 1 3 i 9 2 8 1 1 30 7 19 6 8 ~ .2 pi 5 2 pi 9 8 5 4 3 9 5 1 .6 4 6 8 3 10 2 9 9 9 11 1 4 26 6 7 3 3 3 3 P) P) 2 8 1 .1 .1 .1 - 8 .1 - 2 3 2 1 11 3 “ 8 4 “ 1 .2 9 .1 .1 1 .3 9.1 .1 3 7 6 6 6 0 5 .1 .3 2 8 1.4 2.0 4 2 ' 3 17 i 2 16 1 4 2 7 i 4 2 3 6 6 - 2 pi 6 2 13 1 4 1 2 5 3 1.8 14.0 .1 .i .i 6 4 ■ 1.8 16.2 .1 P) .1 2See appendix for definitions of hours and rates used in this bulletin. 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 “ “ 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 - “ - “ _ - .3 - - - .2 - - - " _ _ - _ - - .5 , .2 .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 - _ “ .5 - _ - _ - - - _ - - - - .4 - - - _ - - _ - _ - - _ “ “ 3 Less than 0.05 percent, N ote: Dash indicates that no data were reported. Because o f rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100. 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 - “ 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 .9 1.6 - 81.2 ~ “ - _ _ _ _ - - ~ “ " _ _ - - _ - - - - .3 .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- “ “ 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 D.C. 20402. 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, 10 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 11 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 fices, and from the regional offices of the Bureau of 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 12 Now available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Wage Surveys for the Following industries Industry Wags Survoy: Industry Wags Survoy; Appliance Repair, November 1978 Industry Wage Survoy; Wood Household Furniture, Juno 1979 M iiteorit J u n o 1879 q K c a t; © Miliwork Furniture ©Results from the latest SL8. survey o' wages and. G O . 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