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Industry Wage Survey:
hotels and Motels
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May 1978

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U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
April 1980
Bulletin 2055




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Industry Wage Survey:
Hotels and Motels
May 1978
U.S. Department of Labor
Ray Marshall, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner
April 1980
Bulletin 2055







Preface

the Division of Occupational Wage Structures prepared
the analysis in this bulletin. Field work for the survey
was directed by the Assistant Regional Commissioners
for Operations.
Other reports available from the Bureau’s program
of industry wage studies, as well as the addresses of the
Bureau’s regional offices, are listed at the end of this
bulletin.
Material in this publication is in the public domain
and may be reproduced without the permission of the
Federal Government. Please credit the Bureau of La­
bor Statistics and cite Industry Wage Survey: Hotels and
Motels, May 1978, Bulletin 2055.

This bulletin summarizes the results of a May 1978
Bureau of Labor Statistics survey of employer-paid
wages, customer tips for selected occupations, and sup­
plementary benefits in year-round hotels, motor-hotels,
motels, and tourist courts in 24 metropolitan areas.
These establishments, in operation 9 months or more a
year, are primarily engaged in providing lodging, or
lodging and meals, for the general public. Separate re­
leases for each of the areas included in the survey were
issued earlier. Copies of these releases are available from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. 20212,
or any of its regional offices.
The study was conducted in the Bureau’s Office of
Wages and Industrial Relations. Harry B. Williams of




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Contents

Page
Summary...................................................................................................................................................................
Industry characteristics............................................................................................................................................
Employment......................................................................................................................................................
Establishment s iz e ............................................................................................................................................
Eating facilities..................................................................................................................................................
Unionization......................................................................................................................................................

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2
2
2

Employee earnings....................................................................................................................................................
Tipped occupations................. ; ......................................................................................................................
Nontipped occupations....................................................................................................................................

2
2
3

Establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions.................................................................................
Scheduled weekly h o u rs...................................................................................................................................
Paid holidays ..........................
Paid vacations....................................................................................................................................................
Health, insurance, and retirement p la n s ..........................................................................................................
Meal provisions ................................................................................................................................................
Uniform allowance provisions.........................................................................................................................

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4

Text tables:
1. Percent of nonoffice, nonsupervisory workers in hotels and motels by size of establishment...............
2. Wage and earnings relationships: Table waiters and waitresses in full-course restaurants
compared with their assistants, hotels and motels, May 1978 ..............................................................
Reference tables:
Occupational averages:
1. Average hourly wages: By occupation............................................................................................

2
3

5

Occupational wages:
2. Atlanta, Ga.......................................................................................................................................... 7
3. Boston, Mass....................................................................................................................................... 8
4. Buffalo, N.Y......................................................
9
5. Chicago, 111............................................................................................................................................ 10
6. Cincinnati, Ohio-Ky.-Ind...................................................................................................................... 12
7. Cleveland, Ohio ...................................................................................................................................13
8. Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex.........................................................................................................................14
9. Denver-Boulder, Colo......................................................................................................................... 15
10. Detroit, Mich....................................................................................................................................... 16
11. Houston, Tex....................................................................................................................................... 17
12. Kansas City, Mo.-Kans....................................................................................................................... 18
13. Las Vegas, Nev.................................................................................................................................... 19
14. Los Angeles-Long Beach,
Calif................................................................................................................................................... 20
15. Memphis, Tenn.-Ark.............................................................................................................................21
16. Miami, Fla............................................................................................................................................. 22
17. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn..................................................................................................................23




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Contents—Continued
Page
Occupational wages—Continued
18. New Orleans, La................................................................................................................................
19. New York, N.Y..................................................................................................................................
20. Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J........................................................................................................................
21. Pittsburgh, Pa....................................................................................................................................
22. Portland, Oreg.-Wash.......................................................................................................................
23. St. Louis, Mo.-Ill...............................................................................................................................
24. San Francisco-Oakland, Calif...........................................................................................................
25. Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va...............................................................................................................

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25
26
28
30
31
32
34

Occupational earnings:
26. Average hourly earnings:
Selected tipped occupations.......................................................................................................... 35
Establishment practices and supplementary
wage provisions:
27. Scheduled weekly hours:
Nonoffice workers .......................................................................................................................
28. Paid holidays.....................................................................................................................................
29. Paid vacations...................................................................................................................................
30. Health, insurance, and
retirement plans.............................................................................................................................
31. Meal provisions.................................................................................................................................
32. Uniform allowance provisions........................................................................................................
Appendixes:
A. Scope and method of survey.....................................................................................................................
B. Occupational descriptions.........................................................................................................................




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Hotels and Motels, May 1978

Summary

Industry characteristics

In May 1978, occupational pay levels for nonsupervisory workers (except office) in the hotel and motel
industries in 24 major metropolitan areas were usually
highest in Las Vegas, followed closely by New York
and San Francisco. The lowest averages among the 20
occupational categories studied separately were gener­
ally found in Buffalo, Miami, and St. Louis.1
Among the tipped occupations,2employer-paid wages
for both public and service bartenders averaged at least
$3 an hour in most areas; those for customer lodging
attendants and waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants, be­
tween $1.75 and $3.00; and those for waiters and wait­
resses, typically under $2 an hour.
In May 1978, tips contributed substantially to the
earnings of employees in most tipped occupations stud­
ied, particularly those paid comparatively low wages
by employers, such as customer lodging attendants,
waiters and waitresses, and their assistants.3
For the nontipped job classifications studied, station­
ary engineers were among the highest paid, ranging
from $9.66 an hour in Las Vegas to $4.67 in Miami.
Other high-paid jobs included general maintenance me­
chanic and second cook—averaging between $4 and $6
an hour in most of the 24 areas studied.
Most hotels and motels provided paid holidays,
typically 6 to 8 days annually, and paid vacations after
specified periods of service. Life, hospitalization, sur­
gical, and basic medical insurance were available to at
least seven-tenths of the workers in 20 of the 24 areas
studied. Retirement pension plans (other than Federal
social security) applied to a majority of the workers in
14 areas.

The study covered commercial establishments,
known to the public as hotels, motor-hotels, motels, or
tourist courts, primarily engaged in providing lodging,
or lodging and meals, for the general public. Surveyed
establishments, those in operation 9 months or more a
year, employed 20 workers or more.
Employment. The 1,850 establishments within the
scope of the survey employed approximately 253,200
workers in the 24 areas combined. Of this total, about
three-fourths, or 188,200 workers, were classified as
nonoffice, nonsupervisory employees. In May 1978, just
over half of the nonoffice, nonsupervisory work force
were concentrated in 7 of the 24 areas studied—Las
Vegas (22,100), New York (18,000), Chicago (16,700),
Washington (12,200), Los Angeles-Long Beach
(11,800), Miami (11,400), and San Francisco (10,700).
Corresponding employment counts in the remaining 17
areas studied ranged from about 9,000 in Atlanta, Dal­
las, and Houston to slightly less than 1,500 in Buffalo.
Part-time workers—defined here as those regularly
scheduled to work fewer hours than full-time employ­
ees in the same occupational category—made up 14
percent, or 26,300 workers, of the total nonoffice, non­
supervisory work force in all areas combined. The pro­
portion of part-time workers varied somewhat among
the areas. As illustrated below, slightly more than twofifths of the workers in Buffalo and Minneapolis-St.
Paul worked part time compared with less than onetenth in six areas.
Percent o•/f workers
on part-time schedules
40-49 ............................
30-39 ............................
20-29 ............................

1Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined through Febru­
ary 8, 1974, by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
2See appendix A for scope and method o f survey, and appendix B
for occupational descriptions. Wage data in this bulletin exclude (1)
tips (2) the value of free meals, room, and uniforms, if provided, and
(3) premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays,
and late shifts. Service charges added to customers’ bills and distri­
buted by the employer to employees were considered wages rather
than tips and are included.
3For purposes o f this survey, “tipped employees” include workers
who customarily and regularly received customer tips of any amount.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, however, “tipped employees”
are defined as those who customarily and regularly recieve more
than $30 a month in tips.




1 0 - 1 9 ............................

Less than 1 0 .................

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Buffalo, Minneapolis-St. Paul
Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
Denver-Boulder, Detroit, Kansas
City
Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Los Angeles-Long
Beach, Memphis, Portland,
St. Louis, San FranciscoOakland, Washington
Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston,
Las Vegas, Miami, New Orleans,
New York

Occupational classifications studied separately were
arranged into two broad groups: Tipped employees,
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such as customer lodging attendants (formerly called
bellmen), bartenders, and waiters and waitresses and
their assistants; and nontipped workers, such as lodging
quarters cleaners (chambermaids), room clerks, and
dishwashers, as well as maintenance and other nonoffice
workers. For the most part, employees in each group
performed functions directly related to food and room
services, such as preparing beverages and meals, serv­
ing food, showing guests their accommodations, and
cleaning rooms. The 20 occupational categories studied
separately, selected to represent various pay levels and
duties of the industry’s employees, accounted for be­
tween one-half and two-thirds of total nonoffice nonsupervisory employment in 23 of the 24 areas studied.
Only in Las Vegas did the corresponding ratio fall to
one-third.
Lodging quarters cleaner was the most populated job
among the 20 occupations selected for study in each of
the 24 areas; it accounted for 42,000 workers overall.
Waiters and waitresses employed in full-course restau­
rants, the second largest job group with just over 17,000
workers in the 24 areas combined, outnumbered their
assistants (7,800 workers) by nearly 2 to 1 in 21 of the
surveyed areas. In May 1978, employment for dish­
washers, house porters, and room clerks each ranged
between 9,700 and 11,000 in the 24 areas combined; no
other occupational category studied employed over
6,300 workers.

tabulation, the proportion of eating facilities operated
by the establishments in which they were located (i.e.,
not contracted out to another company or firm) varied
by geographic location:
Percent o f eating facilities
not contracted out
80 or m o r e .........................

60-79....................................

40-59

Percent o f nonoffice,
nonsupervisory workers,
in union establishments
90 or m ore.........................
80-89 ..................................
70-79 ..................................

60-69 ....................................
50-59 ....................................
40-49 ....................................

Text table 1. Percent of nonoffice, nonsupervisory workers in
hotels and motels by size of establishment

Total, 24 areas
B u ffa lo ....................
C le ve la nd ................
Las V egas................
M em phis..................
New York..................
St. L o u is ..................
San FranciscoOakland ..............

500
employees
or more

20-99
employees

100-249
employees

250-499
employees

20
37
12
3
55
20
22

24
53
27
4
21
17
45

19
10
61
4
24
26
11

37
—
—
90

26

17

32

25

30-39 ....................................
20-29 ....................................
10-19 ....................................
Less than 1 0 .........................

—
36
21

Areas
Las Vegas, New York
San Francisco-Oakland
Detroit, Los Angeles-Long
Beach, Minneapolis-St. Paul,
St. Louis
Chicago, Cleveland
Boston, Miami, Washington
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Portland
Cincinnati, Kansas City
Buffalo
Atlanta, Denver-Boulder,
New Orleans
Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston,
Memphis

Employee earnings

Tipped occupations. In the hotel and motel industry,
table waiters and waitresses employed in full-course
restaurants typically received lower employer-paid
wages than their assistants. On the other hand, total
hourly earnings were considerably higher for waiters
and waitresses when tips are included (tables 1 and 26).
In 23 of the 24 metropolitan areas surveyed, table waiters

Note: Because of rounding, percentages may not sum to 100.

Eating facilities. Hotels and motels having eating fa­
cilities employed at least seven-eighths of the workers
in each of the 24 areas. As indicated in the following




Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth,
Houston, Memphis,
Philadelphia
Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleve­
land, Denver-Boulder,
Detroit, Kansas City, Las
Vegas, Los Angeles-Long
Beach, MinneapolisSt. Paul, New Orleans,
Portland
Atlanta, Chicago, Miami,
New York, Pittsburgh,
St. Louis, San FranciscoOakland, Washington

Unionization. In the 24 areas combined, nearly threefifths of the nonoffice, nonsupervisory, workers were
in hotels and motels with collective bargaining agree­
ments covering a majority of such workers. Wide var­
iations were found in the extent of labor-management
contract coverage among the 24 areas studied. For ex­
ample, nine-tenths or more of the workers in Las Vegas
and New York were covered by such agreements com­
pared with about two-thirds in Chicago and Cleveland,
and less than 10 percent in three southern cities.

Establishment size. Hotel and motel facilities each hav­
ing at least 500 workers employed three-eighths of the
survey’s nonoffice nonsupervisory work force in May
1978. Those having 100-249 workers made up nearly
one-fourth. Those having 250-499 workers and those
employing 20-100 workers each accounted for one-fifth.
Text table 1 illustrates, however, that these relation­
ships were not consistent among areas.

Area

Areas

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and waitresses in full-course restaurants averaged low­
er employer-paid wages than their assistants: The me­
dian wage disadvantage among the areas was 31 per­
cent. When customer tips were included, however, the
pattern was reversed: The median wage advantage for
waiters and waitresses over their assistants was 43 per­
cent (text table 2).

waitresses and their assistants in full-course restaurants,
however, average tips generally increased only as wages
reached their highest levels. Average tips for assistants
typically were confined to a relatively narrow range—
between 75 cents and $1.50 an hour—regardless of
wages paid; for the other two jobs, average hourly tips
covered a broad range.
Among the tipped occupations, employer-paid wages
for bartenders in public and service bars averaged $3
or more an hour in most areas studied (tables 2-25).
Service bartenders typically held a wage advantage,
ranging up to 22 percent, over public bartenders in 19
of the 21 areas permitting comparisons. However when
tips were included, the pay advantage swung to public
bartenders in 17 areas (table 26). In May 1978, employ­
er-paid wages for customer lodging attendants and
waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants generally averaged
between $1.75 and $3.00 while waiters and waitresses
averaged less than $2.00 an hour in most of the 24 ar­
eas studied.4

Text table 2. Wage and earnings relationships: Table waiters
and waitresses in full-course restaurants compared with their
assistants, hotels and motels, May 1978
Number of areas where table waiters
and waitresses averaged —
Difference

Less in wages than their
assistants when tips
were excluded from
earnings

More in total earnings
than their assistants
when tips were included
in earnings

Total number of areas
Less than 10 percent . . .
10 to 19 percent..............
20 to 29 percent..............
30 to 39 percent..............
40 to 49 percent..............
50 to 59 percent..............
60 percent and over . . . .

123
3
3
4
7
6
—
—

223
1
2
3
5
3
2
7

Nontipped occupations. For nontipped service jobs
studied separately, hourly pay levels typically ranged
from $2.65 to $6.00. The highest averages were typically
found in Las Vegas, followed closely by New York
and San Francisco; the lowest averages were reported
for Buffalo, Miami, and St. Louis.
Stationary engineers were among the highest paid of
the nontipped occupations, ranging from $9.66 an hour
in Las Vegas to $4.67 in Miami. Second cooks, who
have general supervision over kitchen activities, usual­
ly averaged between $4 and $6 in most areas, as did
general maintenance mechanics.
Among room service occupational groups, house por­
ters, who maintain the premises of the hotel and motel
facilities, had average hourly earnings ranging from
$4.84 in New York to $2.71 in Buffalo, Memphis, and
St. Louis; hourly pay for lodging quarters cleaners
ranged from $4.43 in Las Vegas to $2.62 in Miami.
Room clerks, responsible for registering and assigning
rooms to incoming guests and checking out departing
guests, ranged from $5.70 in Las Vegas to $2.94 in Buf­
falo. In most of the areas studied, however, the aver­
age for room clerks fell between $3.50 and $4.50.
Among food service job categories, pantryworkers,
who prepare food or beverage items such as salads, fruit
cocktails, and/or sandwiches, averaged between $2.75
and $3.75 in most areas studied. Hourly rates for dish-

1Excludes Portland, where waiters and waitresses averaged more in employerpaid wages than their assistants.
^Information on tips was not available for Las Vegas.

Tips usually constituted a significantly higher pro­
portion of total hourly earnings for workers having di­
rect contact with the customers, i.e., waiters and wait­
resses, customer lodging attendants, and public bartend­
ers, than for those with little or no direct contact, such
as service bartenders and waiters’ and waitresses’ assis­
tants. Table 26 shows that in 4 of the 5 categories of
waiters and waitresses having personal contact with
customers, tips accounted for at least 50 percent of the
workers’ total earnings in a majority of the 23 areas
permitting comparison. (The percentage that tips con­
stituted of total earnings for waiters and waitresses sta­
tioned at counters, however, varied considerably by
geographic location, ranging from 67 percent in St.
Louis to less than 5 percent in Chicago and New Or­
leans.) In contrast, tips for service bartenders, and
waiters’/waitresses’ assistants in full-course restaurants
(the latter often share gratuities with waiters and wait­
resses) averaged less than 25 percent of total hourly
earnings in most areas studied. Customer lodging atten­
dants, who also have direct customer contact, received
between 40 and 60 percent of their earnings from tips
in 16 of the 23 areas compared.
In the 23 areas combined, a comparison of establish­
ment-average hourly tips and employer-paid wages for
the three most heavily populated tipped occupations
revealed mixed patterns. For customer lodging atten­
dants, an inverse relationship (the higher the wage, the
lower the tip average) tended to occur, especially when
wages were below $1.75 an hour. For table waiters and




4 At the time o f the survey, the applicable Federal minimum wage
for hotel and motel employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards
Act was $2.65 an hour. The act permits tips (up to 50 percent of
the minimum wage) and the reasonable cost o f board and lodging to
be credited against the minimum wage. For a detailed account of
employee compensation in the industry, see Hotels and Motels under
the Fair Labor Standards Act, W H Publication 1306 (Revised April
1978) Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour
Division.

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washers averaged under $3.50 in all but three areas
studied—Las Vegas ($4.63), New York ($4.22), and San
Francisco ($3.80).

after 1 year of service, 2 weeks after 2 years, and 3
weeks after 10 years. In 8 areas, three-fifths of the work­
ers received at least 4 weeks of vacation pay after 20
years of service.

Establishment practices and supplementary
wage provisions

Health, insurance, and retirement plans. Life, hospital­
ization, surgical, and basic medical insurance, for which
the employer paid at least part of the cost, applied to
seven-tenths or more of the workers in most areas stud­
ied (table 30). Accidental death and dismemberment,
major medical, and sickness and accident insurance or
paid sick leave, or both, were also available to a ma­
jority of the workers in a substantial number of areas.
Long-term disability insurance provisions were rarely
found.
Retirement pension plans (other than social security),
providing regular payments for the remainder of the
retiree’s life, were available to a majority of the work­
ers in 14 areas.

Data were also obtained on selected establishment
practices and supplementary benefits, including work
schedules, paid holidays, paid vacations, and specified
health, insurance, and retirement plans. These data re­
late to nonoffice, nonsupervisory workers as a group.
Scheduled weekly hours. Work schedules of 40 hours
a week were in effect for a majority of nonoffice, non­
supervisory workers in 18 of the areas studied (table
27). Major exceptions were New York, where the pre­
dominant weekly work schedule was 35 hours, and Las
Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco, where
the typical schedule ranged between 35 and 40 hours.
Data on weekly work schedules were also obtained
for workers in four occupations—customer lodging at­
tendant, dishwasher, lodging quarters cleaner, and
waiter and waitress. Weekly work schedules ranging
from 35 to 40 hours typically applied for each of the
four occupations in most areas. In Buffalo, however, a
majority of the workers in 3 of the 4 occupational cate­
gories were scheduled for less than 35 per week; sched­
ules for lodging quarters cleaners were slightly over 35
hours.

Meal provisions. Information on meal provisions was
obtained separately for seven occupational categoriesbartenders in public bars; dishwashers; room clerks; sec­
ond cooks; waiters and waitresses, cocktail lounges;
waiters and waitresses, full-course restaurants; and
waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants, full-course restau­
rants. For 6 of these categories, employers typically
provided at least one free meal to a majority of the
workers in nearly all areas studied. One or two meals
daily was by far the most common provision. For room
clerks, provisions for one free meal daily or meals at a
reduced cost were recorded in most areas.

Paid holidays. Paid holidays, most commonly 6 to 8
days annually, were provided to at least two-thirds of
workers in all but one area—Portland. There, just un­
der half of the workers received paid holidays. Holiday
provisions varied considerably within some areas. To
illustrate, one-third of the workers in San Francisco re­
ceived 3 days or less while nearly half received 8 days
(table 28).

Uniform allowance provisions. In each area, employer
typically furnished, or furnished and cleaned, uniforms
when employees were required to wear them (table 32).
Plans for both furnishing and cleaning uniforms were
by far the most prevalent. Employer provisions only
for cleaning uniforms or for cash allowances to em­
ployees for buying and maintaining uniforms applied to
relatively few workers in the survey.

Paid vacations. Virtually all workers covered by the
survey were provided paid vacations after qualifying
periods of service (table 29). In May 1978, typical va­
cations plans called for at least 1 week of vacation pay




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Table 1. Average hourly wages: By occupation
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s tr a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly w a g e s 1 of e m p lo y e e s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in h o t e l s a n d m o te ls , 2 4 a r e a s , 2 M ay 1978)
N ortheast
B oston
Item

Num•ber
of
work­
ers

Buffalo

Num­
Aver­
A ver­
ber
age
age
of
h ourly w o r k ­ hourly
wages
wages
ers

N e w York

So ut h
P h ilad elp hia

Num­
Num­
A ver­
ber
ber
age
of
of
w o rk“ h ourly w o r k wages
e r8
e rs

Pittsburgh

Num­
Aver­
ber
age
of
h o u r l y wo rk~
wages
ers

D allasF o r t Worth
Num­
A ver­
Aver­
ber
age
age
of
h ourly
h ourly
workwages
wages
e rs

A t la n t a

Num­
A v e r ­ ber
age
of
hourly w o r k ­
wages
ers

Houston
Num­
ber
of
work­
ers

M em phis

Num­
Aver­
Aver­
ber
age
age
of
h ourly w o r k ­ h ourly
wages
wages
ers

M iam i
Num­
ber
of
worke rs

New O rleans

Num­
A v e r ­ ber
A ver­
age
age
of
h ourly
hourlyw o rkwages
wages
ers

W a s h in g t o n
Num­
ber
of
work­
ers

Aver age
hourly
wages

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
Room service:
C u s t o m e r l o d g i n g a t t e n d a n t s ...........
Food service:
B a r t e n d e r s , p u b l i c b a r s ..................
B a r t e n d e r s , s e r v i c e b a r s .................
W a i t e r s ' an d w a i t r e s s e s '
a ssis ta n ts , fu ll-co u rse
r e s t a u r a n t s ..............................................
W a i t e r s ' an d w a i t r e s s e s '
a s s i s t a n t s , o t h e r th an f u l l ”
c o u r s e r e s t a u r a n t s ..........................
W a i t e r s an d w a i t r e s s e s , c o u n t e r .
W a ite r s and w a i t r e s s e s , cocktail
l o u n g e s ........................................................
W a i t e r s a n d w a i t r e s s e s , ta b l e .
f u l l - c o u r s e r e s t a u r a n t s ...................
W a i t e r s an d w a i t r e s s e s , table*
o t h e r th a n f u l l - c o u r s e r e s t a u r a n t s a n d c o c k t a i l l o u n g e s ...........
W a i t e r s an d w a i t r e s s e s , o t h e r . . .

NONTIPPED

851

*2.99j

90

* 2.01

64

*2.99

328

< 1 .8 8

3 .09
3.22

358
1 32

9 .7 6
5.5*7

289
27

3 .9 1
3 .7 0

189
9

3.35
9 .08

210
26

91

2.09

921

2 .6 7

326

2 .2 3

289

2 .2 8

423

15 7
39

2 .8 2
3 .22

61
39

3 .11
1 .81

19

2 .9 1

“

219

2 .2 5

132

1 .6 0

120

1 .7 0

253

1 .4 8

230

1 .38

431

1 .4 6 104

1 .42

221

1 , 1 99

2 .1 9

965

1.61

992

1 .56

798

1 .5 2

736

1 .44

765

1 .4 3 281

1 . 53

889

90
919

2 .9 3
2 .3 2

138
70

1.71
2 .0 9

73
17

1 .95
2 .6 4

37
77

1 .6 4
1 .62

134

—
1 .44

13 8

1 .70

1.5 1

145
71

1 . 77
1• 66

229

S 2 .0 0

39 *2 .9 8

22 7
69

3 .3 0
3 .6 0

118
16

39*

2 .8 7

39
29

3 .0 3
3 .1 7

251

1 . 72

66

'
1 .69

873

1 .72

39 2

1 .89

99
237

1 .65
2 .2 8

-

292 < 2 .0 1

247

S 2 .1 2

53

(1 .9 6

517

(1 .8 3

317

(1 .7 6

429

(2 .0 5

3 .5 2
3 .6 3

164
27

2 .9 7
3 .4 8

18 7
28

3 .5 6
3 .5 4

90
11

2 .8 8
3 .3 6

38 6
12

2 .5 8
3 . 16

179
14

3 .22
3 .39

15 5
14 0

4 .2 8
4 .5 7

2. 65

289

2 .6 7

375

2 .6 6

97

2 .7 1

414

2 .0 9

263

2 .22

425

2 .9 6

77

2 .4 0

1 09
11

2 .1 3
2 .4 7

19
”

2 .60
“

2 54
“

3 .1 0
“

1 .6 5

107

1 .71

221

1 .83

1 .6 2

608

1.54

9 40

1.82

53
101

1 .40
1 .68

246
2 07

2 .2 5
2 .11

—

-

*

—
21

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
Room service:
E l e v a t o r o p e r a t o r s ....................................
H o u s e p o r t e r s ..............................................
Room clerk s

“
33 3
1 .300
396
.................................................

~
3 .0 0
3 .0 0
3 .91

52
980
189

2 .71
2 .7 0
2 .9 9

19 2
1,905
9 , 595
831

9 .9 9
4.U 4
4 .4 2
9 .9 9

359
1,961
963

3 .2 3
3 .11
3 .9 3

13 0
902
277

3 .2 8
449
2 .9 1 2,284
2 .9 7
570

2 .7 8
2 .7 3
3 .2 3

262 2 .7 6
2,125 2 .7 5
548 3 . 1 5

297
2 ,1 3 2
552

2 . 7 6 103
2 .7 2 545
3 . 43 216

—
2 .7 1
2 .7 2
2 .9 6

952
2,5 5 2
605

2 .8 3
2 .6 2
3 .4 7

3 42
1,329
432

2 .80
2 .74
3.35

10
8 30
2,822
75 8

3 .50
3 .42
3 . 18
3.6 7

-

Food service:
D i s h w a s h e r s ...................................................
P a n t r y w o r k e r s ..........................................
S e c o n d c o o k s - ..................................................

512
119
7b

3 .0 2
3 . 32
9 .9 7

180
36
18

2 .6 6
2 .9 5
5 .1 3

8 58
227
75

9 .2 2
9 .6 1
5 .8 8

998
139
89

3 .0 0
3 .2 7
9 .9 6

292
170
61

2 .8 9
3 .01
9 .0 7

366
170
28

2 .7 7
3 . 10
5 .8 1

448 2 . 6 6
147 3 .0 2
7 5 . 83

513
1 56
17

2 . 7 0 116
3 . 1 0 134
6 .6 5
-

2 .7 3
2 .9 4
-

52 7
116
70

2 .7 0
3 .6 6
4 .76

324
162
15

2 .7 5
2.99
6 .38

7 04
233
38

3 .2 6
3 .52
6 .0 3

M a i n t e n a n c e an d m i s c e l l a n e o u s :
E n g i n e e r s , s t a t i o n a r y ............................
G en eral m aintenance m e ch a n ics • •
G u a r d s ................................................................

W

133
113

5 .3 7
9 .2 9

“
19

“
9 .5 0

129
2 7c
1 82

6 .1 0
5 .3 8
9 .91

21
161
52

9 .9 3
9 .1 1
3 .9 3

15
56
21

7.81
3 .6 4
3 .3 0

51
177
125

4 .9 2
4 . 53
3 .6 5

44 5 .3 4
204 4 .2 1
79 4 . 6 3

44
281
53

6 .8 1
4 .32
3 .9 0

56
*

3 .93
*

14
3 66
51

4 .6 7
3 .84
3 .6 0

45
132
25

5.1 2
4 .07
3 .5 9

56
2 27
112

7.60
4 .7 9
4 .1 2

"

S e e f o o t n o t e s a t en d of ta b l e.




Table 1. Average hourly wages: By occupation—Continued
( N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g e s 1 of e m p l o y e e s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in h o t e l s a n d m o t e l s ,

24 a r e a s , 2 M a y 1978)

North Central
C h icago

Cincinnati

Cleveland

Num­
A v e r­ ber
A ver­
age
age
of
hourly
w o r k ­ hourly
wages
wages
ers

W est

K a n s a s C i ty

D etroit
Num­
A ver­
ber
age
of
h ourly
work­
wages
ers

Num­
Aver­
ber
age
of
w o r k - h ourly
wages
e rs

M inneapolisSt P a u l
Num­
Aver­
ber
age
of
h o urly
work­
wages
ers

St.

Louis

Num­
Aver­
ber
age
of
h ourly
work­
wages
ers

D enverBoulder
Num­
A ver­
ber
age
of
h o urly
work­
wages
ers

Num­
A ver­
ber
age
of
w o r k ­ hourly
wages
ers

Num­
ber
of
work­
ers

31.90

39

$2.30

102

32.2 9

210

32.61

126

3 2 . 17

117

32 .2 2

168

31.77

293

32.0 3

3 .9 5
9 .0 9

96
38

3.22
3.58

11 7
29

3 .3 9
3 .7 1

1 82
87

9.2C
9.31

121
18

3 .6 5
3. 7 1

390
29

5.1 1
5 .2 0

197

3 .3 5

231

107

2 .2 9

197

2 .5 2

922

2 .83

228

2 .6 1

972

3 .01
,

250

1 .9 7

28
~

2 .6 7
“

-

1 .6 9

95

2 .15

28
*

1 .5 7
—

Num­
ber
of
worke rs

3 .23

2 .3 2

Los A n g e le s Long B ea ch
NumAver­
Aver­
be r
age
age
of
h ourly
h ourly w o r k ­
wages
wages
ers

Las V egas

Portland
Num­
ber
of
worke rs

Aver­
age
h ourly
wages

San F r a n c i s c o Oa kla nd
Num­
A ver­
ber
age
of
hourly
work­
wages
ers

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
R oom serv ice:
C u s to m e r lodging attendants

....

4/0

Food service:
B a r t e n d e r s , p u b l i c b a r s ....................
319
B a r t e n d e r s , s e r v i c e b a r s ................. . 1 1 5
W a i t e r s ' and w a i t r e s s e s '
a ssista n ts, fu ll-cou rse
70 7
r e s t a u r a n t s ..................................................
W aiter s' and w a it r e s s e s '
a s s i s t a n t s , o t h e r than
111
f u l l - c o u r s e r e s t a u r a n t s ......................
6
W a i t e r s an d w a i t r e s s e s , c o u n t e r .
W a i t e r s and w a i t r e s s e s , c o c k t a i l
339
l o u n g e s ..........................................................
W a i t e r s an d w a i t r e s s e s , ta b l e,
f u l l - c o u r s e r e s t a u r a n t s ....................... 1 , 3 3 5
W a i t e r s an d w a i t r e s s e s , t a b l e ,
o t h e r th a n f u l l - c o u r s e
r e s t a u r a n t s and c o c k t a i l l o u n g e s .
119
W a i t e r s an d w a i t r e s s e s , o t h e r . . .
258

-

2 .31
1 .87

-

-

”

15

28 5

3 4.32

524

32 .6 6

102

3 2 .5 6

456

32.84

-

46 7

32 7

2 .5 3

-

6 .71

335
67

4 .3 7
4 .9 9

94
36

4 . 15
4 . 13

220
122

6 .1 6
7 .05

31 2

3 .52

407

2 .52

3 31

2 .64

340

3 . 16

894
1,038

3.55
3 .30

291
80

2 .6 2
2 .5 3

”

-

216
48

3 .06
3 .87

1 .93

94

1 .56

1 16

1 .9 9

169

2 .9 2

108

1 .6 2

230

2 .12

120

1 .5 3

198

1.51

72 2

3.29

291

2 .6 0

13 1

'
2 .6 4

220

3 .06

1 .91

382

1 .99

923

1.95

875

2 .9 7

500

U 81

1,072

2 .0 8

981

1 .5 9

66 3

1 .59

443

3 .27

398

2 .5 0

489

2 .6 8

7 67

3 .15

52
92

1.96
1 .82

90

2 .2 6
59

1 .7 9

81

2 .01

57

1 .65

33

1.75

38 6
127

3.4 5
3 .28

458
16 5

2 .5 3
2 .50

16

2 .7 2

191
467

2 .84
3 .4 8

—
998
1,981
287

—
—
4 .8 3
794 2 .9 6
4 .3 2 2,392 2 . 7 6
5 .7 0
695 3 . 7 7

127
675
206

*
555
2 .9 8
2 .8 8 2,606
638
3 .3 4

3 .7 9
3 .61
4 .7 0

1. 79
2 . 19

-

NONTIPPED _EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
R oom service:
E l e v a t o r o p e r a t o r s ...............................
99
H o u s e p o r t e r s ............................................
895
........... 3 , 7 9 0
L odging q u a r te r s c l e a n e r s
R o o m c l e r k s .............. ................................
919

3 .6 9
3 .06
3 .0 0
3 . 59

_
66
737
299

2 .9 8
2 .85
3 .19

168
8 59
2 52

2 .7 9
2 . 73
2 .9 6

198
1,189
902

Food serv ice:
D i s h w a s h e r s ...............................................
P a n t r y w o r k e r s ..........................................
S e c o n d c o o k s ...............................................

796
308
59

3 .0 5
3 .2 6
5 .88

1 63
78
89

2 .77
2.9 5
9 .10

2 39
13 3
11

2 .76
2 .9 3
5 .2 6

M a i n t e n a n c e an d m i s c e l l a n e o u s :
E n g in eer s, station ary
.......................
G eneral m aintenance m e ch a n ics. •
G u a r d s .............................................................

150
296 [
355

9 . 51
5 . 79
9 .8 9

7
91
57

6 .98
9 .13
9 .29

~
Ill
70

9 .1 1
9 .9 6

3 .96
221
3 .2 1 1 ,127
279
3 .5 0

2 .7 6
2 .7 9
3 . 18

329
1,621
908

97 3
1 51
59

3 .18
3 .37
5 .0 9

252

55

2 . 82
3 .0 9
9 .3 7

20
125

6 .2 1
9 .5 2

51
90
70

6. 79
9 . 36
3 .2 9

1
21

1 W a g e d a ta e x c l u d e t i p s a n d the v a l u e of f r e e m e a l s , r o o m , and u n i f o r m s , if a n y w e r e p r o v i d e d ,
and p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and l a t e s h i f t s . S e r v i c e c h a r g e s
a d d e d to c u s t o m e r s ' b i l l s a n d d i s t r i b u t e d b y t h e e m p l o y e r to the e m p l o y e e s a r e i n c l u d e d .




3 .32
216
3 .2 3 1.529
3 .32
915

206
2 .7 1
2 . 7 1 1.352
3 .1 2
939

2 . 87
2 .7 9
3 . 19

990
138
31

3 .1 3
3 .9 8
6 .2 9

271
108
58

2 .7 3
2 .9 6
3 .7 6

318
82
93

2 . 70
3 .2 0
3 . 57

876
260
25

4 .6 3

733
165
79

2 .95
3 .8 6
5 .7 0

188
125
31

2 .9 1
3 .2 7
4 .8 5

598
134
60

3 .8 0
4 .8 9

6 .9 8

82
66

7 .9 3
9.11

32
115
57

6 .2 9
9 .2 6
3 .9 9

20
87
17

6 .3 9
3 .99
3 .37

215
37
396

9 .6 6
5 . 92
5 .8 3

79
113
1 65

8 .4 2
5 .5 7
4 .1 3

28
53
5

6 .1 9
4 .76
4 .1 6

162
133

9 .3 8
4 .6 6

6.20

6*66

2 F o r d e f i n i t i o n of a r e a s s e e a p p e n d i x A.
N O T E : D a s h e s i n d i c a t e that no d a ta w e r e r e p o r t e d o r that d a ta did n o t m e e t p u b l i c a t i o n c r i t e r i a .

Table 2. Occupational w ages: Atlanta, Ga.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly w a g e s 2 of e m p lo y e e s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s , m o te l s , m o to r - h o t e ls a n d t o u r i s t c o u r t s , M a y 1978)
N um O ccupation

NUF BER OF WORKERS RECEIVING
1.60 1 .7 0 1 .8 0 1.90 2. 00

Aver-

S T R A IG H T - TIME HOURLY EARNINGS ( IN DOLLARS) OF—
2.10 2. 20 2 .3 0 2. 40 2. 50 2 .6 0 2. 70 2. 80 2. 90 3. 00 3 .2 0

1. 70 1 .8 0 1 .9 0 2 .0 0 2 .1 0

2. 20 2.30 2 .4 0 2.50 2 .6 0 2. 70 2 .80 2 .9 0 3 . 0 0 3. 20 3 .4 0

ber
1. 30 1.35 1 .4 0 1.45 1.50
age
of
AND
w o r k ­ hourly
UNDER
wages*
ers
1. 35 1 .4 0 1 .4 5 1.50 1 .6 0

4 .0 0

AND
OVER

T IP P E D EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM SER VIC E:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS’ ..........
FOOD SERVICES
BARTENDERS, PUBLIC BARS......................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
BARTENDERS, SERVICE BARS....................
MEN..................................................................
WAITERS* AND WAITRESSES'
AS SIS TA NTS , FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS.................................................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOUNGES.........................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-CDURSE RESTAURANTS...................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .
MEN..................................................................

S I . 88

31

23

-

-

~
~

22

3. 52
3 .62
3. 28
3.63
3.72

423
371
52

2 #69
2.69
2.73

~

1.48

81

18

51

13

38

1

12

38

79 8
249
549

1.52
1.57
1.50

180
41
139

59
17
42

164
53
111

33
12
21

147
46
101

20
2

45
15
26

101
17
84

1.64
1.62
1.62

15
-

21 0
149
61
26

44

“

27

6

-

-

-

_

~

-

59

-

-

22

4
-

_

-

~

2

88
18
15
3

_

_

_

1

-

-

-

-

i

-

-

~

i

1

2
4
4
-

28
20
8

—
“

~

~

_

-

_

2
2

9

-

_
2b

25

lb

4
24
21

_
5
5

-

-

-

16
4
2

1

-

_

45
42
7

“
_

2

-

-

_

32
28
4

-

8
B
-

-

-

-

-

226
200
26

-

_

_

-

_

*

-

-

-

-

2
2

-

_

-

“

15
5
10

1
1

IS
6
13
10
7

2
2

63
57
6

42
40
2

24
16
8

26
20
6

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

“

1
1

_

3.40 3 .60 3 .80 4 .00 4. 20

4.40

2

_

"

-

-

-

-

4.60 4 . 80 5 .0 0 5. 20 5. 40 5.60

5. 80

2. 70 2. 75 2. 80 2 .9 0 3 .0 0 3. 10 3 . 2 0 3 .40 3. 60 3 . 8 0 4. 00 4 . 2 0 4.40 4 .6 0 4 .8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 .40 5. 60

EMPLOYEES

-

_

~

_

2

-

2

_
_

_

2.65 2 .7 0 2 .7 5 2 .80 2 .90 3.00 3 . 1 0 3 .2 0

NONTIPPED

6

12

6 .4 0

AND
OVER
5. 80 6 .0 0

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM S ER VIC E:
HOUSE PORTERS.....................................
MEN.........................................................
WOMEN....................................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS6 . . .
.
ROOM CLERKS..........................................
MEN.........................................................
WOMEN...................................................
FOOO SE RVIC E:
0 IS H ASHERS.......................................... .
W
MEN.........................................................
WOMEN................................ .. ..................
PANTRY WORKERS....................................
MEN..........................................................
WOMEN....................................................
S ECOND COOKS.........................................
MEN.........................................................

449
41 4
35
2 ,284
57 0
247
323

$2. 78
2.77
2. 92
2 .73
3. 23
3.23
3. 22

366
301
65

2. 77
2. 77
2. 78
3.10
2. 93
3. 14
5. 81
6.30

170
32
138
28
22

188
188
“

1359
24

33
29
4
88
-

24
166
143
23
17
10
7
-

43
25
18
-

“
-

36
31
5
231
30
4
26

78
72
6
290
43
21
22

74
63
11
163
35
17
18

19
19

o7
57
10
17
6
ii
-

lb
15
3
13
4
9
-

9
2
7

4
4
-

6
2

25
114
75
39

3
94
52
11
41

23
19
4
26

17
11
6
it

-

-

26
-

it
"

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
EN GINE ERS , STATIONARY’ ............... .
GENERAL MAINTENANCE MECHANICS.
GUARDS........................................................
MEN..........................................................
WOMEN.....................................................

51
177
125
114
11

4 .9 2
4. 53
3 .65
3. 63
3 .93

~

*

“

“

-

-

-

3
3

3
20
lb

28
22
6
26
92
42
50
9
e
i
46
6
40
~

2

2
B
97
50
47

31
6
25

4
4
-

-

_
_

ii
4
7

-

-

13

-

-

-

”

~

-

-

4
10
10

13

3
3

35
15
20

14
8
8
,

-

_

_
_

_

_

-

5

-

-

-

-

-

_
_

_

_

5

_
_

_

_

2

_
_

_
_

2
6

-

_

_
_
_

-

-

_

-

"

_

-

25
25

2

12
6
6

_

_

3
12
10
2

20
4
3
1

34
3
3

3
8
19
14
5

___
F a y e t t e , F o r s y t h , F u l t o n , G w i n n e t t, H e n r y , N e w t o n , P a u l d i n g , R o c k d a l e ] and V a l t o n C o u n t i e s ’
.
R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a i d w a g e s . E x c l u d e s tip s a n d the v a l u e o f m e a l s , r o o m , a n d u n i f o r m s ,
i f p r o v i d e d , an d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e the
l e v e l of o cc u p a tio n a l ea r n in g s at a p a rticu la r tim e. Thus, c o m p a r is o n s m a d e with p r e v io u s stu dies
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e of c h a n g e s in the u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e a n d a s s o ­
c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in the s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , and s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
w ith d if fe r e n t p a y l e v e l s . Such sh ifts, fo r e x a m p le , could d e c r e a s e an o cc u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , ev e n
th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n the p e r i o d s b e i n g c o m p a r e d .




25
14
16
15
1

3
27
3
3

3
3

-

-

-

-

3

3

-

1

7

_
7

8
2
2

12

_
_

_
“

-

3 All or virtually all w o r k e r s a re m en.
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 0 at $ 4 to $ 4 . 20; 2 at
* 4 . 60 ; an d 3 at $ 4 . 60 tc $ 4 . 80.
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 at $ 4 to $ 4 . 2 0 ; 6 a t
to $ 4 . 80.
6 A ll or v irtu a lly all w o r k e r s a r e w om en .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 at $ 6 . 80 to 57. 20; 4
$ 8 ; 2 a t $ 8 . 4 0 to $ 8 . 8 0 ; an d 1 a t $ 8 . 80 an d o v e r .

“

$ 4 . 20 to $ 4 . 40; 2 5 a t $ 4 . 4 0 to
< 4 40 to ' >4. 60; and 1 a t $ 4. 60
t
' '
a t $ 7 . 2 0 to $ 7 . 60; 1 at $ 7 . 6 0 to

Table 3. Occupational w ages: Boston, Mass.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g e s 2 of e m p l o y e e s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s , m o t e l s ,

O c c u p a t io n a n d s e x

Num ­
ber
of
w ork­
ers

N UM BER

CF

1.50 1.60 1. 70 1 . 8 0
age
AN0
h o u r ly
LNDER
w a g es2
1.60

WORKE RS
1. 90 2 . 0 0

1.70 1.80 1.90 2 . 0 0

2 .1 0

R E CE IV IN G
2 .1 0 2 .2 0

2 .2 0

2. 30

m o to r - h o t e l s and to u r is t c o u r ts ,

S TR A IG H T-TIM E

HOURL Y

E A R N I NGS

(IN

M a y 1978)

DOLLARS)

OF—

3.20 3 .4 0 3 . 6 0 T . F 0 4 .0 0
ANC
OVER
3.20 3. 40 3. 60 3 . 8 0 4 .0 0

2. 30 r2 .4 0 2 .5 0 2 . 6 0 2.T O 2 . 8 0 2 .9 0 3.00
2 .4 0 2 . 5 0 2.60 2 . 7 0 2 .8 0 2 . 9 0 3 .0 0

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM S E R V I C E :
CUSTOMER LO O GIN G

j
ATTENDANTS.

FOOD S E R V IC E :
B A R T E N D E R S , P U B L I C E A R S ............................
M E N ...................................................................................
W O M E N . . . . . ....................... .. ....................................
B A R T E N D E R S , S E R V I C E B A R S .........................
WAI T E R S ' A ND W A I T R E S S E S '
A S S I S T A N T S , FU LL -C C U R S E
R E S T A U R A N T S ..............................................................
M E N . . . ..........................................................................
W O M E N . . .......................................................................
W A I T E R S ' AND W A I T R E S S E S '
A S S I S T A N T S , O T H E R THAN
F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T A U R A N T S . ................ , .
W A I T E R S AND W A I T R E S S E S , C O U N T E R . .
W A I T E R S AND W A I T R E S S E S , C O C K T A I L
L O U N G E S / .......................................................................
W A I T E R S AND W A I T R E S S E S , T A B L E ,
F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T A U R A N T S .........................
M E N ...................................................................................
W O M E N . . . . . ............................................................
W A I T E R S A ND W A I T R E S S E S , T A B L E ,
O T H E R T H A N F L L L —C C L R S E
R E S T A U R A N T S AND C O C K T A I L L O U N G E S 1
W A I T E R S A ND W A I T R E S S E S , GY H E R . . . .
M E N ............................... ...................................................

$ 2 .0 0

227
189
38
69
56

3 .3 0
3 .3 3
3 .1 4
3 .6 0
3 .6 4

_

244
298
46

2 .8 7
2 .8 8
2 .8 5

29
24

3 .0 2
3 .1 7

251

1 .7 2

40

£72
313
56C

1 .7 2
1 .7 5
1 .7 0

182
45
137

94
237
152

1 .6 5
2 .2 8
2 .1 0

68

2

3
3
-

2
2

3
3
“

i

65
4e
17

19
15
4

14
14
*

48

_

_

_
_
_

_

_

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

2

4

37

125

46

4 81
198
283

65
43

-

2

12
6

_
-

_
_

_
_

4
4
-

_
-

4

10

16

15
13

2
2

2
12
12

13

-

52
51

15
9

1
10
8

6
6

109
96
13
19

4

11

177
161
16

48
40

4

_
“

_

4

‘

"

'

16

14
“

3

2

_
*

-

~

-

-

-

-

-

2
2
4

12

7
7
-

24

83
77

6
6

_

.

3

105
15
90

1
1

—
_

.

5

1

8

_
_

12

26

19

134

229

-

-

~

2

8

4

-

_
-

-

_

-

3

“

-

-

-

-

10

*

38

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

96
26

2
2

-

4
4

4

5
-

12

26

22

“

15
15

2

3

9
9

3

~

“

-

13
10

“

“

2 .6 5 2. 70 2. 75 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0 3.10 3 .2 0 3 .4 0 3. 60 3 .8 0 4. 00 4 . 2 0 4 .4 0 4 . 6 0 4 .8 0 5.00 5. 20 5. 40 5 .6 0 5 .8 0 6 . 0 0
AND
AND
OVER
LNDER
3 .8 0 4 . 0 0 4 .2 0 4 . 4 0 4 . 6 0 4 . 8 0 5. 00 5. 2 0 5. 40 5. 60 5 .E 0 6 . 0 0
2.70 2.75 2. 80 2 .5 C 3. 00 3 . 1 0 3.20 3 .4 0 3 .6 0
NONTIPPED

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM

S ER V IC E:

HOUSE P O R T E R Sl... . . . . . . . . . . . .
L O O G I N G Q U A R T E R S C L E A N E R S . 5. . .
ROOM C L E R K S .....................................................
M E N . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. ..
W O M E N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................

33 3
1 ,2 0 0
246
211
135

$ 3 .0 0
3 .0 0
3 .4 1
3 .4 2
3 .3 8

50
126

FOOD S E R V IC E :
D I S H W AS H E R S 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P A N T R Y W O R K E R S ............................................
M E N ......................................................................
W O M E N . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. ...
S E C O N D C O O K S J . . . . . . . .........................

512
114
77
37
78

3 .0 2
3 .3 2
3 .2 4
3 .4 9
4 .9 7

85
3
3

M A I N T E N A N C E AN D M I S C E L L A N E O U S : 1
E N G I N E E R S , S T A T I O N A R Y ......................
G ENERAL M A IN TE N A N C E M ECHANICS
G U A R D S . . . . . . . ..............................................

49
133
112

5 .3 7
4 .2 9
2 .2 4

4
14
•

4

-

100

57

-

639
43
23

-

4

20

202
12
10
2

26

41

1
1

3
3

34
9

1

-

-

“

20
20

“

100

3
3

17
8

7

_

”

6
6

34
69
4

6

85
7
4
3

“

”

3

_

_

-

43
41

-

1

-

62
37
31

10

19
65
38
27

3

1

32

11

3

2

1

2

15
14

21
10
11

_

.

_

3

7

4
13

13

“

43

4

21

6

6

-

”

-

*
-

•
-

-

"

33

6

7
-

11
1 1

-

3

3
3
2

24

“

3

2
2

21
6

1

-

27

7
4

8

“

20

1
T h e B o s t o n m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s o f S u ffo lk C o u n ty , 16 c o m m u n i t i e s in E s s e x
C o u n ty , 3 4 in M i d d l e s e x C o u n ty , 2 6 in N o r f o lk C o u n ty , a n d 12 in P l y m o u t h C o u n ty .
4
R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s . E x c l u d e s tip s a n d th e v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , an d
u n i f o r m s , i f p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , an d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o li d a y s ,
an d la t e s h if t s . T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d on a r e p r e s e n t a t iv e s a m p le of e s t a b lis h m e n t s , a r e
d e s i g n e d t o m e a s u r e th e l e v e l o f o c c u p a t io n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . T h u s , c o m ­
p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v io u s s tu d ie s m a y n ot r e f le c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e of
c h a n g e s i n th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e a n d a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p l e c o m p o ­
s i t i o n , a n d s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d if f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u c h
s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t io n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h ­




129

27
90
104
59
45

1

11

7
2

2
2

_

13
5

-

1

-

-

6

25

2

"

-•

'

2
3

1
20

1
8
1

“
4

-

8

16
3
7

2

-

16

2
8

10

m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n th e p e r i o d s b e i n g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e m e n .
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 a t $ 4 to $ 4 . 2 0 ;
$ 4 . 4 0 to $ 4 . 6 0 ; a n d 1 a t $ 4 . 6 0 to $ 4 . 8 0 .
5 A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e w o m en .
6 A ll w o r k e r s a t $ 5 . 20 o r o v e r .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 a t $ 6 to $ 6 . 2 0 ;
$ 6 . 6 0 to $ 6 . 80; 3 a t $ 6 . 80 to $ 7 ; a n d 1 a t $ 7 . 2 0 a n d o v e r .
8 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 8 a t $ 6 to $ 6 . 2 0 ;
$ 6 . 6 0 to $ 6 . 80; 1 a t $ 6 . 80 to $ 7 ; 1 a t $ 7 t o $ 7 . 2 0 ; a n d 8 a t $ 7 .

-

3

1 at $ 4 .2 0

“
1

7 10

-

-

"22

10

-

to

$ 4 .4 0 ; 3 at

1 a t $ 6 . 4 0 to

$ 6 . 60; 3 at

1 a t $ 6 . 2 0 to
20 and o v e r .

$ 6 .4 0 ; 3 at




Table 4. Occupational wages: Buffalo, N .Y.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g e s 2 of e m p l o y e e s i n s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s i n y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,

Occupation and sex

Num­
ber
of
wor k e rs

m otels,

m o to r-h o te ls, and to u ris t c o u rts,

M a y 1978)

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING S TR A IG H T- TIM E HCURLY EARNINGS U N 3CL LARS ) OF—
Aver1. 50 1.60 1.70 1 .8 0 1. 90 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 .3 0 2. 40 2 .5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 .8 0 2. 90 3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3 .4 0 3 . 6 0
age
AND
AND
hourly
OV ER
wages 1 UNDER
2
1 .6 0 1. 70 1 .8 0 1 .9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2. 30 2 . 4 0 2. 50 2 .6 0 2 .7 0 2 . 8 0 2. 9 C 3. 00 3.20 3 . 4 0 3 .6 0

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING A T T E N D A N T S . . . . . .
FOOD SERVICE:
BARTENDERS, PUELIC EARS......................
HEN.......................................................... ..
WOMEN...........................................................
MEN.................................................................
WAIT ERS •AND WAITRESSES'
AS S IS T AN T S , FULL-CCURSE
RESTAURANTS.................................................
MEN.................................................................
WOMEN....................................... ....................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL

39

$2.48

-

118
108

3 .0 9
3. 11
2 .9 7

-

-

-

10

-

12

3. 27

_

_

91
6S
22

2 .0 4
1.98
2 .2 4

-

66

WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS....................
MEN.................................................................
WOMEN............. ..............................................

1.84

18

2 .0 1

211

1 .8 0

6
12

2

4

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

_

_

18
18
-

10
10

29

-

-

-

68
21

67
59

46
3
43

-

47

28

1.69

392
81

-

6

-

22

7

3

"

6

8

-

1

-

3

-

-

3
3
-

_
-

12

-

4
3

2
1
1

_

_

9
9

_
_

_
_

24
18
6

_
_
_

_

_

-

-

_

_

-

_

_

1
1

1

_

-

64
60
4

14
14

6
6

6

9
■
a

-

1

5

_
_

_

_

_

_

1

_

_

•

13

12

13
8

147
25
122

36
8

“

10
610

”

“

"

2. 70 2 .7 5 2 . E0 2 .9 0 3 .00 3. 10 3. 20 3.40 3 . 6 0 3 .8 0 4 . 0 0 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 4 .6 0 4 . 8 0 5 . 0 0
JNDER AND
AND
2.70 JN0ER
OVER
2.75 2 .8 0 2 .5 0 3. 00 3 . 1 0 3. 20 3 .4 0 3.60 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 20 4 .4 0 4. 60 4 .8 0 5 .0 0
N0NTIPPED

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
HOUSE PORTERS..............................................
M E N . . . ............... ..........................................
W O M E N . . . . . .................................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS’ ...............
ROOM CLERKS...................................................
MEN............... .................................................
WOMEN.......................................................
FOOD SERVICE:
DISHWASHERS...................................................
MEN............... .................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
PANTRY WORKERS...........................................
MEN.................................................................
WOMEN............................................................
SECOND COOKS............................. ..
MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS: ,
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . ...

52
37
15
480
184
80
104

$2.7 1
2 .7 4
2 .6 5
2.70
2. 94
2.9 5
2 .9 4

731
16
15
8324
32
14
18

180
148
32
36

2 .6 6

’ 144

30
18

2 .6 5
2.7 1
2 .9 5
2. 80
2. 98
5. 13

19

4.50

6

121

23
5

2
2

6
6

11
11

2
2

-

-

-

-

66

44
14
5
9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

74
27
47

13

15

7

6

11

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

-

-

-

44

2
1
-

1

28
15
13

1

8

15

-

4
4
3

12

1
2

2

-

3
-

2

2
1

-

-

3
6
1

5
~

-

7

-

5

-

-

7
7

1
1

-

3

-

-

-

-

13

-

-

13

2
1
1

2_

3

1

-

~

-

1
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3
-

-

-

-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

2

-

'

-

-

1

-

"

6

1
"

1 T h e B u f f a lo m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s o f E r i e an d N i a g a r a C o u n t ie s .
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s . E x c l u d e s tip s a n d th e v a lu e o f m e a l s ,
r o o m , an d u n i f o r m s , i f p r o v i d e d , and p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , a n d f o r w o r k on
w e e k e n d s , h o li d a y s , an d l a t e s h i f t s . T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e th e l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n ­
i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s t u d i e s m a y n o t
r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e an d
a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , a n d s h if t s in e m p l o y ­
m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d if f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u c h
s h if ts , fo r e x a m p le ,
c o u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n ­
c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n th e p e r i o d s b e in g c o m p a r e d .

2

4

3

-

1013

” 8

A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e m e n .
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 12 a t $ 3 . 6 0 to $ 3 . 80; an d 1 a t $ 3 . 80
to $ 4 .
A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e w o m en .
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 8 a t $ 3 . 60 to $ 3 . 80; a n d 2 a t $ 4 . 60 to
$ 4 . 8 0.
I n c lu d e s 1 w o r k e r a t $ 2 . 55 to $ 2 . 6 0 .
8 I n c lu d e s 14 w o r k e r s a t $ 2 . 55 to $ 2 . 6 0 .
9 I n c lu d e s 12 w o r k e r s u n d e r $ 2 . 55; an d 14 a t $ 2 . 55 to $ 2 . 6 0 .
0 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 a t $ 5 to $ 5 .2 0 ; 1 a t $ 5 .2 0 to $ 5 .4 0 ;
5. 4 0 to $ 5 . 6 0 ; an d 8 a t $ 5 . 6 0 to $ 5 . 8 0 .
1 W o r k e r s a t $ 5 . 6 0 to $ 5 . 80.

Table 5. Occupational w ages: Chicago, III.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g e s 2 of e m p l o y e e s i n s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,

O c c u p a t io n a n d s e x

m otels, m o to r-h o te ls,

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING

Num -

M a y 1978)

1 .9 0

1 .8 0

1 .7 0

1 .6 0

1 .5 0

1 .4 5

1 .4 0

2 . 10 2 . 2 0

2 .0 0

2 .3 0

2 .4 0

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

2

7

1

-

-

-

_

A ver1 . 3 0 1 .3 5
age
AND
h o u r ly UNDER
w ages2
1 .3 5 1 .4 0

of
w ork­
ers

and to u ris t co u rts,

STRA IGH T- TIME HUURLV EARNINGS I IN DOLLARS) Of

25
25

5
5

10
9
i

25
15
10
9

-

-

4 .0 0

AND
OVER

1 .4 5

1 .5 0

1 .6 0

1 .7 0

1 .8 0

1 .9 0

2 .0 0

2 .1 0

2 .2 0

2 .3 0

2 .4 0

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

25

3

177

34

10

12

58

14

50

12

5

-

7

20

11

9

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM SERVICE:
470

2 .3 2
2 .3 3
2 .1 8

96
15
6

2 .3 1
2 .3 3
2 .2 2
1 .8 7

339

SERVICE BARS....................

3 .9 5
3 .9 3
4 .0 4
4 .0 4
4 .0 5
3 .9 9

ill

BARTENDERS,

319
247
72
115
99
16

707
669
38

FOOD SERVICE:
BARTENDERS, PUBLIC BARS.......................
HEN...................................................................

1 .9 3

7

1 1 .9 0

23
20

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

“

54

2

wAITERS'AND WAITRESSES'
ASS IST ANTS * FULL-COURSE

_

*

-

-

-

3
3

WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS....................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
r e s t a u r a n t s a n d COCKTAIL LOUNGES
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES* O T H E R . . . .

~
_

_

-

179
168
11

80
80
-

-

16
16

31
22
9
3

3

13
13

37
37

61
55
6

21

8

147

-

47

-

34

16

12
8

16

95
52
43

1

34

752
36 7
385

~

4

1

12
“
12
8
7
1

-

-

- ___ 6 4

-

-

-

—

*

14
13
1

-

57
190
177
13

i
i

25
25

-

~

“

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

-

-

-

22

-

-

-

114
13
101
258
233
25

1 .7 9
1 .7 2
1 .8 0
2 .1 4
2 .0 9
2 .6 4

24
6
ie

_

”
—

-

-

14
“
14

_

-

-

-

2 .7 5

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

1
1

3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

4

4 .0 0

“

~

~

142
142
”

42
40
2

37
37

19
19

3
2
1

2

3
3

~

~

27

22

-

35 4 21 9
164
29
6
55 5
4
579
3
67
12

-

-

~

5
5

4

_

_

_

“

~

*

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

2

5

6

-

4

_

18
10
8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

■

17
7
10

-

*
4 .2 0

-

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

6 .0 0

6 .8 0

7 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

_

-

_

~

~

6 .4 0

7 .6 0

8 .0 0

—

AND
UNDER
2 .7 5

NONTIPPED

12
10
2

129
42
87

203
23
180

2 .7 0

31
30
1

14

1 .9 1
2 .0 1
1 .8 4

UNDER

4

47
13
34

2 .7 0

WOMEN..............................................................

42
38

"

25
23
2

~

_

1 ,3 3 5
515
820

:

20
8
12

11
10
1

-

-

WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES'
AS S IS T AN T S , OTHER THAN

WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COUNTER6 .
.
WAITERS ANU WAITRESSES* COCKTAIL

-

6

OVER
3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

*

4 .8 0

“

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

6 .0 0

_

6 .4 0

“
”

6 .8 0

7 .2 0 7 . 6 0

8 .0 0

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM SERVICE:
ELEVATOR OPERATORS...................................

FOOD SERVICE:
DISHWASHERS i ............................................................

-

-

~

~

~

41
26
15
251

86

121

129
114
15
309
225
75
150

17

20

11
11

845
755
90
3 ,7 9 0
919
373
546

796
308
117
191
54
48

3. 05

104

12

3 .2 6
3 .2 1
3 .2 9
5 .8 8
6 .0 7

35

2
2

150
246
355

9 .5 1
5 .7 9
4 .8 9

18
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEA NERS. ...............

77
77

1 3 .6 9
4 .0 6
3 .0 6
3 .0 6
3 .0 9
3 .0 0
3 .5 4
3 .6 7
3 .4 5

44

11

652
84 0

55

66

—

15

-

111
6

348
315
33
1676
74

-

-

2

21

3

4

53

18

32

201

14

41
7
34

164
17
16

148
7

-

-

15
25

15

18
17

-

9
7
7

-

5
9

—

73
13

-

1

-

111
10

598
21

3
4
-

3
45
14
31

24
24
57
164
50
114

103
96
28
68

-

*

8
4
4
15
154
79
75

29
12
17

*

*
~
87
63
24

59
23
36

9
4

-

-

-

*

~

~

~

“

“

“

4

11

7
14
-

2
2

6

5
-

*

~

5

~

~

2
2

9

2

*

20

21

5

31
26
5

-

5
5

4
4
7
7

-

—
6
6

3
1
2
2

-

5
5

27

18
98

2
2

~

“

_

~

*

8

5
5

1

32

4

13

1

1
1

5
5

4

16

1132
io 39

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:*
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . . . .
GUARDS................................................................
S e e f o o tn o te s on f o llo w in g p a g e ,




9

—

5

3
-

4

-

5

-

18
14

~

“

10

1

47

5

10

10

35

4

1

33
54

66

4

12

2

F ootnotes

to tab le

5.

1 T h e C h i c a g o m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s o f C o o k , Du P a g e , K a n e ,

L ake,

M c H e n r y , an d W ill C ou n

tie s .
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s . E x c l u d e s tip s an d th e v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , an d u n i f o r m s , i f p r o ­
v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , an d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o li d a y s , a n d l a t e s h i f t s . T h e s e s u r ­
v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e th e l e v e l o f o c c u p a ­
t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s t u d i e s m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x ­
p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e an d a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in
th e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , an d s h i f t s in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d if f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u ch
s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t io n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d
w a g e s b e t w e e n th e p e r i o d s b e in g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e m e n .




4
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 170 a t $ 4 to $ 4 . 2 0 ; 14 a t $ 4 . 2 0 to $ 4 . 4 0 ; 2 4 a t $ 4 . 4
$ 4 . 6 0 - 9 a t $ 4 . 80 to $ 5 ; an d 2 a t $ 5 . 2 0 an d o v e r .
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 6 a t $ 4 to $ 4 . 2 0 ; 6 3 a t $ 4 . 2 0 to $ 4 . 4 0 ; 4 a t $ 4 . 4 0 to $ 4 . 6 0 ;
a n d 6 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 .
6 A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e w o m en .
7 I n c lu d e s 35 w o r k e r s u n d e r $ 2 . 5 5 .
8 I n c lu d e s 10 w o r k e r s u n d e r $ 2 . 5 5 .
9 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 6 a t $ 8 . 80 to $ 9 . 2 0 ; 4 a t $ 9 . 20 to $ 9 .6 0 ; 9 at $ 9 .6 0 to $ 10;
77 a t $ 1 0 to $ 1 0 . 4 0 ; an d 6 a t $ 1 0 . 4 0 a n d o v e r .
10 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 0 a t 8 to $ 8 .4 0 ; 8 a t $ 8 .4 0 to $ 8 .8 0 ; an d 1 a t $ 9 .2 0 to $ 9 .6 0 .




Ta ble 6. Occupational w ages: Cincinnati, O h io — K y.— Ind.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g e s 2 of e m p l o y e e s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s i n y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,
N um ber
of
w o rk e rs

O c c u p a tio n a n d se x

A"C1
1 .3 5
age
AND
h o u r l y UNDER
1 . 3 5 UNDER
w a g e s 13
24
5

m otels, m o to r-h o te ls and to u rist courts,

NUMBER CF WORKERS RECEIVING STR AI GH T- TIM E
1 .5 0

1 .5 5

1 .5 0

1 .6 0

1 .7 0

1 .8 0

1 .9 0

2 .0 0

M a y 1978)

HOURLY EARNINGS ( IN DOLLARS) OF—

2 .1 0

2 .2 0

2 .3 0

2 .5 0

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

AND
OVER

1 .5 0

1 .5 5

1 .5 0

1 .6 0

-

-

-

-

2 .0 0

2 .1 0

2 .2 0

2 .3 0

2 .5 0

2 .5 0

10

1 .9 0

1

-

2

*

2 .6 0

5

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

8

-

“

*

-

5

1 .7 0 ^ 1 . 8 0

3

-

4

12
1

522

8

6 29

T IP P E D EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM SERVICE!
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS^..........
FOOD SERVICE:
BARTENDERS, PUBLIC BARS......................

39

$ 2 .3 0

3 .8 9

107

2 .2 9

87

SERVICE BARS....................

1 .5 6
1 .5 8

382
62
320

1 .5 9
1 .6 3
1 .5 6

8

3 .2 2
3*18
3 .5 8

15

BARTENDERS,

46
33
38

-

,

1
-

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

45

17
12

WAITERS'AND WAITRESSES’
A S S IS T AN T S , FULL-COURSE
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES,

8

25

Id

10

10

17

COCKTAIL

WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS ...........................

30
30

26
19

8
8

70

55

9

99
18
81

28

56
15
51

53

2 .7 0

7 73

2 .7 5

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

28

1

15
15
4

33

25
21

3 .0 0

3 . 10

3 .2 0

1

-

-

-

1
1

-

5 .5 0

9 .6 0

-

-

-

3 .5 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

-

-

5 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .5 0

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

AND
OVER

UNOERI AND
2 . 7 0 UNDER
2 .7 5
NONTIPPED

-

_

1

32

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

8 22
i° 2 3 0
18
8
10

3
33

2
126
53
7
56

52
40
17
23

11 6 4

45
26
19
11
H

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3 .8 0

5 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .5 0

3 .6 0

25
65
10

10
85
24
13
ii

1

1
8
3
5

4
i
3

4 .4 0

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .5 0

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

_

_

-

-

_
_

-

_

-

-

5 .2 0

1

64
22
52

5 .2 0

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM SERVICE:
737
299
105
194

3 .1 4
3 .1 7
3 .1 3

_

1
66
11
6
5

80
45
14
31

9
7

19
19

4
4

11
11
8

2
2

9
5

_
_

6
6

6

4

16
5
11

5
2
3

_

_

-

_

1
1

_

FOOD SERVICE:
163
136
27
78

2 .7 7
2 .7 7
2 .7 3
2 .9 5
2 .8 9

67
17

3 .9 9
5 .5 3

91
85
57

6 .5 8
5 .1 3
4 .1 9
5 .2 9

63
1
1221
17

_

11
9
2
4
2
2
2

7
4
3
8
5
1
1

2
2

_

2
2

i

_

_

_

_

15
5
10

9
a
l

8
8

3
3

3
3

2

1

6

-

6
10

10

2
2
10

1
1
2

-

1

2

4
3

_

6

2

3
i
11
11

3
3
9
7
2

5
4
7

15
15
3

2

1
2
2

_

_

_

_

-

1
1

-

4

3
3

3
3
10

7
7

2
2

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . .. .

13 6

“2

_

_

5
4

-

_

_

_

1 T h e C i n c i n n a t i m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s o f C le r m o n t , H a m ilto n , a n d W a r r e n
C o u n t i e s , O h io ; B o o n e , C a m p b e ll, a n d K e n to n C o u n t ie s , K e n tu c k y ; an d D e a r b o r n C o u n ty ,
I n d ia n a .
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s . E x c l u d e s t i p s and th e v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , an d
u n i f o r m s , i f p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , an d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i ­
d a y s , a n d l a t e s h i f t s . T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d on a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h ­
m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e th e l e v e l o f o c c u p a t io n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e .
T h u s , c o m p a r i s o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s t u d i e s m a y n ot r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e ­
m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e and a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in
th e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , an d s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h d if f e r e n t
p a y l e v e l s . S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n
th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n the p e r i o d s b e i n g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e m en .
4 W o r k e r s a t $ 3 . 2 0 to $ 3 . 4 0 .
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 6 a t $ 3 . 20 to $ 3 . 4 0 ; 13 a t $ 3 . 4 0 to $ 3 . 60;
2 a t $ 3 . 6 0 to $ 3 . 8 0 ; a n d 1 a t $ 4 . 4 0 an d o v e r .

2
2
4

_

_

17
12

_

9
9
1

-

_

8
8
-

6 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 10 a t $ 3 . 2 0 to $ 3 . 4 0 ; 5 a t $ 3 . 4 0 to $ 3 . 60;
8 a t $ 3 . 60 to $ 3 . 8 0 ; 1 a t $ 4 . 2 0 to $ 4 . 4 0 ; a n d 5 a t $ 4 . 4 0 a n d o v e r .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 u n d e r $ 1. 2 0 ; 2 a t $ 1. 2 5 to $ 1. 30; a n d 70
a t $ 1. 30 to $ 1. 3 5 .
8 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 a t $ 2 . 5 5 to $ 2 . 6 0 ; an d 21 a t $ 2 . 65 to
$ 2 . 70.
9 A ll o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e w o m e n .
10 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 11 a t $ 2 . 55 to $ 2 . 6 0 ; a n d 2 1 9 a t $ 2 . 65 to
$ 2 . 70.
11 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 9 a t $ 2 . 55 to $ 2 . 6 0 ; 55 a t $ 2 .6 5 to $ 2 .7 0 .
12 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 u n d e r $ 2 . 5 5 ; 1 a t $ 2 . 5 5 to $ 2 . 6 0 ; a n d 19
a t $ 2 . 65 to $ 2 . 7 0 .
13 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 a t $ 6 to $ 6 . 2 0 ; 1 a t $ 6 . 2 0 to $ 6 . 4 0 ; 2 at
$ 6 . 6 0 to $ 6 . 80; 1 a t $ 6 . 80 to $ 7 ; a n d 1 a t $ 7 a n d o v e r .
14 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 u n d e r $ 2 . 55; an d 7 a t $ 2 . 6 5 to $ 2 . 7 0.

Ta ble 7. Occupational w ages: Cleveland, Ohio1
(N u m b er and a v e ra g e

straight-tim e

w a g e s 2 of e m p l o y e e s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s i n y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,
N U M B ER

Occupation and sex

ber
of
w or k­
ers

m otels, m o to r-h o te ls and to u ris t courts,

OF

W O R KE R S R E C E I V I N G
1 .7 0 1. 80 1.90 2 . 0 0

1 .3 0 1.35 1 .9 0 1 .9 5 1.50 1.60
age
ANO
hourly
wages 1 UNDER
2
1.35 1.90 1 .9 5 1 .5 0 1 .6 0 1. 70 1.80

1. 90 2 . 0 0

S T R A 1 G H T -T 1 H E HOURLY
2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2.30 2.90

2 .1 0

2 .2 0

M a y 19 78 )
EARNINGS

(IN

DOLLARS!

OF—

2. 50 2 .6 0 2 . 7 0 2 .8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0 3. 20 3 . 4 0

2 .3 0 2 . 9 0 2 . 5 0 2. 60 2 .7 0 2 . 8 0 2 .9 0 3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3.90 3 . 6 0

3 .80
AND
O V ER

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS .3 ..........
*
FOOD SERVICE:
BARTENDERS, PUBLIC BARS......................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
BARTENDERS, SERVICE BARS....................
MEN..................................................................
WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES'
AS S IS T AN T S , FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS.................................................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES'
AS S IS T A N T S , OTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS....................

4

13

-

-

~
~
-

-

10

3 .3 9
3. 90
3. 29
3.71
3.51

197
197
50

2. 52
2 .5 3
2. 97

-

28

2.67

102

$2.29

117
.56
61
29

-

-

1

4

-

-

2

2

13

-

15

"

39

7

~

~
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
_

_
_

-

-

-

~

-

-

9
9

1
1

55
29
31

1
1

53
99

-

8
6
2

16
15

-

-

51
95

9

6

3

-

-

1

10

19

-

1

1
1

1

1

-

-

1
1

1
1

10

_
_

_

97
17
30

19
9

_

2
2

_
-

2
1
1

_
-

_
_
_

-

-

_

_

_

_

12

WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOUNGES .3 ........................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS....................

1 .9 9

-

17

30

1 1

99

-

4

-

-

5

1.95

98

67

99

58

192
44

8

2

3

1

95

1. 96
1.82
1.79

-

2

-

-

19

-

52
92
30

6

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

1.95
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES5
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .

116
923
61

-

9

9

_

_

55

6

-

18
-

22

16
18

-

2 .6 5 2. 70 2 .7 5 2 . 8 0 2 .9 0 3. 00 3 .1 0 3. 20 3.90 3. 60 3 .8 0 9 . 0 0 9. 20 9. 90 9 . 6 0 9 .8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 .9 0 5 .6 0 5.80
AND
AND
UNDER
OVER
2 .7 0 2 .7 5 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3. 00 3. 10 3. 20 3 .9 0 3 .6 0 3 .8 0 9 .0 0 9 .2 0 9.90 9 .6 0 9 .8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5. 90 5 .6 0 5 .8 0
NONTIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
HOUSE PORTERS..............................................

168

$2.79

60

LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS.................

859

2 .7 3

ROOM CLERKS...................................................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................

252
51
201

2 .9 6
3. 08
2 .9 3

FOOD SERVICE:
DISHWASHERS...................................................

239
220

2 .7 6
2 .7 6

MEN..................................................................

133
15

3.01

SECOND COOKS.................................................

11

5 .2 6

1

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS : 3
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . .. .
GUAR0S................................................................

111

9 .1 1
9 .9 6

6

70

3

29

399

5

87
9
78

2

-

86

95
13
32

8
2
6

10

4

-

8

15

263

75

108

9

2

6

2

16
16

98
16
32

13
4
9

25

79

7

21

17

5

23
3

18
4

L8
3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

13
13

3

6

1

3

4

-

-

6

1

3

_
-

-

-

-

_

21

-

1 T h e C le v e la n d m e tr o p o lita n a r e a c o n s is t s of C u y a h o g a , G eau ga,

-

9

-

13

~

L a k e , an d M e d in a C o u n ­

2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s . E x c l u d e s tip s a n d th e v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , a n d u n i f o r m s ,
i f p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , and f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o li d a y s , an d l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e
th e l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r ti m e . T h u s , c o m p a r i s o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s
s t u d i e s m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e

_

_

-

tie s .




-

27

3
3

9

-

36

1

1

_

-

-

5
3

6

13

-

3

2

13

~

-

9
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

1

-

1

4

3
3

25

1
~

—

9

7
51

1

9

1

12

4

‘

an d a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , an d s h if t s in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d if f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u ld d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a ­
t io n a l a v e r a g e e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n th e p e r i o d s b e in g c o m ­
p ared .
3 A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e m en .
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 a t $ 3 . 80 to $ 4 ; a n d 12 a t $ 4 to $ 4 . 2 0 .
5 A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e w o m e n .

Table 8. Occupational w ages: Dallas-Fort W orth, T e x.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g e s 2 of e m p l o y e e s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,
Num ber
of
w orke rs

O c c u p a t io n an d s e x

1 .30
AND
w a g e s 13 UN DE R
2
1.35

1.35

1 .90

1 .9 5

NUMB ER CF WORKE RS
1.50 1 .60 1 .7 0 1 .8 0

1 . 90

1 .95

1 .50

1 .60

1 .7 0

1.80

1.90

2

12

12

25

-

M a y 1978)

S T R A I G H T - T I M E HO U RLY E A R N I N G S
2 .10 2 .2 0 2 .30 2 .9 0 2 .5 0 2 .6 0

2 .00

2 .20

9

-

m o tels, m o to r-h o te ls and to u rist courts,
R E C E IV IN G
1 .90 2 .0 0

2 .10

2 .30

2 .9 0 _2.50

( I N 0CL LA RS I CF —
2 .70 2.80 2 .9 0 3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .90

3 .60

3 .94

3 .60

3 ,e a

6

“

29
12
12
6
6

10
5
5
-

-

*

2 .60

2 .7C

2 .80

30

3

36

16

-

-

12

-

12
-

1

151
168

37
28

2 .50

3 .00

3 .2 0

29

3

-

59
23
36
3
3

30
7
23
5
7

2
2

3.80

9 .00
AND
O VER

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM S E R V I C E :
CUSTOMER LO D GIN G

ATTENDANTS

.............

FO O D S E R V I C E :
B A R T E N D E R S , P U B L I C E A R S .............................
M E N ....................................................................................
W O M E N . . . .....................................................................
B A R T E N D E R S , S E R V I C E B A R S ..........................
M E N ....................................................................................
MAI T ERS ' AND W A I T R E S S E S '
A S S I S T A N T S , F L L L — CCURSE
R E S T A U R A N T S ..............................................................
M E N ....................................................................................
W A I T E R S A ND W A I T R E S S E S , C C C K T A I L
L O U N G E S ........................................................................
W A I T E R S AND W A I T R E S S E S , T A B L E ,
F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T A U R A N T S ..........................
M E N ....................................................................................
fc O M E N • • • • • • • • * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
f
W A I T E R S A ND W A I T R E S S E S , O T H E R . . . .
M E N . . . . ........................................................................

292

$ 2 .0 1

89

15

1 69
50
119
27
22

2.97
3 .22
2.86
3.98
3.96

-

-

289
242
97

2 .67
2.67
2 .63

-

-

230

1.38

118

68

-

268
10 9
169
92
92

199
52
1 92
29
16

-

738
185
5 52
139
111

1 .99
1.90
1 .95
1 .99
1.93

2 .70
U N DE R
AND
2 . 7 0 UNDER
2.75

NONTIPPED

-

18
18

-

-

-

-

-

-

19

12

5
2
7
13
13

-

-

91
6
35
1
1

-

-

9

51
1
50
-

-

-

1

-

-

~

19

—

“

-

2

-

3

-

-

2
-

-

-

-

1

20
1
19

-

7

26
16

1

-

1

-

4
9

-

-

9
3
6
-

-

21
17

9
9

9
4

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2
-

8
6

-

“

~

*
-

-

-

'

"

6 .0 0
ANC
OVER

“

109
15
89
93
29

‘

'

"

2 . 75

2 .8 0

2 .50

3 .00

3 .10

3 .20

3 .90

3 .60

3 .80

9 .0 0

9 .2 0

9 .9 0

9 .6 0

9 .80

5 .00

5 .20

5 .90

5 .6 0

5 .80

2 .80

2 .5 0

3 .00

3 .1 0

3 .20

3 .90

3 .60

3 .8 0

9 .0 0

9 .20

9 .90

9 .60

9 . 80

5.00

5 .20

5 .90

5 .60

5 .80

6 .0 0

20
2 70
18

29
198

18
56
1 26
39
87

4
9
11
5
6

19
92
196
90
106

-

9

-

-

-

33
8

-

-

29
61
17
69

-

8
8

-

-

25

-

98
22
12
10

“

”

*

*

59
51

7
7
-

9

9

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

2

*

-

16
-

1
*

2

39

12

6
“

10
10

-

*
-

1

-

-

~

“

7
~

-

~

~

-

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS 6
ROOM S E R V I C E :
H O U S E P O R T E R S ...........................................................
L O D G I N G Q U A R T E R S C L E A N E R S 5....................
ROOM C L E R K S ..................................................................
M E N ....................................................................................
W O M E N ..............................................................................

262
2 , 125
5 98
156
290

$ 2 .7 6
2 .75
3 .15

FOO D S E R V I C E :
D I S H W A S H E R S .................................................................
M
f
c
N
.
.
••••••
W O M E N .............................................................................

998
298
50

2 .68
2 .67
2 .73

W OM EN .............................................................................
S E C O N D C O O K S . . ........................................................

111
7

3.11
5 .83

209
79

9 .21
9 .63

M AINTENA NC E

AND

3 .3 3
3 .08

3

8
3

“

15

5

4
29
9
2
7

27
27

16
16

27
27

1
1

71 5 7
®136 9
"83
18
65

16
190
-

103oe
265
43

-

6

3

10

-

-

-

_

-

3

14
-

8

32

-

-

-

-

10
1

2

9
10

17

-

3

-

-

“

19
9

30
“

-

1
1

*

*

*

-

-

-

2

”

-

-

~

~

-

“

1
1

*

-

3

25

1
1

“

“

“

*

-

-

-

2

M ISCELLANEOUS:

GENERAL M A IN TE N A N C E M E C H A N I C S . . . .
G U A R D S . . . . . ..................................................................

5

_

_

*

“

1 T h e D a l l a s - F o r t W o r th m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s o f C o llin , D a l l a s , D e n t o n , E l l i s , H o o d ,
J o h n s o n , K a u f m a n , P a r k e r , R o c k w a l l , T a r r a n t , a n d W is e C o u n t ie s .
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s . E x c l u d e s t i p s an d th e v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , an d u n i f o r m s ,
i f p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , an d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o li d a y s , a n d l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s t u d i e s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e a n d a s s o ­
c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , and s h if t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
w ith d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n
th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n th e p e r i o d s b e i n g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e m en .




2

-

3

2

9

19
—

13

12
15

2

~
~

9

-

-

-

9

30

"

4 A l l w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 4 to $ 4 . 2 0 .
5 A ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e w o m en .
6 W h e r e s e p a r a t e i n f o r m a t io n i s n o t s h o w n b y s e x , a l l o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e m e n , e x ­
c e p t w h e r e n o te d o t h e r w i s e .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 4 u n d e r $ 2 . 5 5 ; a n d 153 a t $ 2 . 6 5 to $ 2 . 7 0 .
8 A l l w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 2 . 65 to $ 2 . 70
9 W ork ers w ere
d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 4 8 u n d e r $ 2 . 55; an d 3 5 a t $ 2 . 6 5 to $ 2 . 7 0.
10 W o r k e r s w e r e
d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 4 8 u n d e r $ 2 . 5 5 , a n d 2 6 0 a t $ 2 . 6 5 to $ 2 . 7 0 .
11 W o r k e r s w e r e
d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 a t $ 2 . 6 0 to $ 2 . 6 5 ; a n d 2 4 a t $ 2 . 65 to $ 2 . 7 0.
12 W o r k e r s w e r e
d is t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 a t $ 6 to $ 6 . 2 0 ; 1 a t $ 6 . 4 0 to $ 6 . 6 0 ; 2 a t $ 7 to $ 7 . 2 0 ;
6
a t $ 8 to $ 8. 4 0 ; a n d 2 a t $ 8. 4 0 to $ 8. 8 0 .

Table 9. Occupational w ages: Denver, Colo.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g e s 2 o f e m p l o y e e s i n s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,

Occupation and sex

Nu mber
of
work"
e rs

m o te ls , m o to r - h o te ls an d t o u r is t c o u r ts ,

M a y 1978)

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STR AI GH T- TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS 11N DEL LA RS) CF —
Aver1.30 1.35 1. 40 1 .45 1.50 1 .6 0 1.70 1.80 1.90 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2.30 2 .4 0 2 .5 0 2 . 6 0 2 .7 0 2 . 80 2 .9 0 3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3. 40 3 .6 0 3 . 8 0 4*00
age
AND
hourly
wages 1 UNDER
2
1.35 1.40 1.45 1 .5 0 1.60 1 . 70 1.80 1.90 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 . 3 0 2. 40 2 .5 0 2 .6 0 2 . 7 0 2. 80 2.90 3. 00 3. 20 3 .4 0 3.60 3. E0 4. 00 4. 20

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SfcRVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS 3 ...........

243

$2.03

30

108

3.35

-

“

“

18

22

9

19

41

“

16

*

20

-

10

1

36

14

4

~

“

-

-

27

-

-

167
144

47
36

22

11

-

3

-

6
6

79
481
31

1
1

2
2

i

_

3
3

-

-

-

-

-

51
14
31

21
10
11

22

20

13
9

19
i

_
_

_

-

-

-

-

-

FOOD SER VIC E:
MEN..................................................................
WAI TERS ' AND WAITRESSES'
A S S IS T A N T S , FULL-CCURSE
RESTAURANTS........... ......................... ...........
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOUNGE S...........................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS....................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .
MEN..................................................................

-

“

*

-

327
27 3
54

2.53
2.53
2.54

-

198
181

1.51
1.52

76
76

12
10

663
124
539
33
31

1 .54
1.56
1.54
1.75
1.78

154
39
115
-

106
24
82
4

-

2

~
~

-

24

-

-

“

8
8

u
ii

6
6

64
18
46
7
7

2
2

-

12

5
5
“

43
40

57
5
52
“

120
11

56
-

17
5

109
4
4

56

12

2
2

4
4

15
15
-

-

7
7

7
7

-

28
5
23

56
17
39

-

-

-

-

6
6

6
6

”

2
2

46
34

28
24
4

12
8

A

4
4
-

-

_

-

-

_
_

_
_

_

_
_

I
I

-

_

_
_
_

-

-

-

-

*

-

12

-

1

2.65 2.70 2. 75 2 .8 0 2. 90 3 .0 0 3.10 3. 20 3.40 3 . 6 0 3 .8 0 4 . 00 4 .2 0 4.40 4 .6 0 4 . 8 0 5 .0 0
ANC
AKC
LNDER
OVER
2.70 2.75 2 . 80 2 . SC 3.00 3 . 1 0 3. 20 3 .4 0 3 .6 0 3 . 8 0 4 .0 0 4 . 2 0 4. 40 4. 60 4 .8 0 5 .0 0
NONTIPPED

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SE RVIC E:
HOUSE PORTERS 3 ............................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS 4 ...............
ROOM C L E R K S . . ..............................................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................

206
1, 392
439
176
263

$2.87
2.79
3.14
3.24
3.08

85
755
85
28
57

FOOD SERVICE:
DISHWASHERS...................................................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN............................................................
PANTRY WORKERS............................................
MEN..................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................
SECOND COOKS.................................................
MEN..................................................................
W O M E N . . . . . . ..............................................

31E
283
25
82
15
67
93
78
15

2.70
2.70
2.71
3.20
3.13
3.22
3.97
4. 00
3.81

223
203

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
ENGINEERS, STATIONARY .........................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE MECHANICS3 . . .
.
GUARDS................................................................
M E N . . . . .........................................................

20

87
17
16

6. 34
3.94
3.37
3.37

20
2

2

54
e
4
4
5

-

1

2

4
-

-

“

26
146
21
2

16
162
29
12

19

17

46
43
3
-

25
17
8

22

117
17
7
10

-

5
4

2

-

-

2

~
“

-

5
9
23
7
16

13
13

1
1

2
2

14

9
3

~
24
4

14
3
3
*

6

20

“
~

7
7
“

11
11

~
19

*
13
3
3

-

1

14
56
51
13
38

-

“

9
3
3

1 T h e D e n v e r - B o u l d e r m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s of A d a m s , A r a p a h o e , B o u l d e r , D e n v e r ,
D o u g la s , G ilpin, and J e f f e r s o n C ou nties.
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a i d w a g e s . E x c l u d e s tip s and th e v a l u e of m e a l s , r o o m , and u n i f o r m s ,
if p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , a n d l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e the
l e v e l of o cc u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s at a p a r tic u la r tim e . Thus, c o m p a r is o n s m ad e with p r e v io u s stu die s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e of c h a n g e s in the u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e a n d a s s o ­
c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in the s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , and s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s




19
46

14

66
22

96
49
47

44

8

7

2

3
35
27
8

“
12

3
9

24
5
5

5
5
27
16

-

-

-

-

21

11

-

-

4
7
-

2

2

-

-

2

2

-

11

23
21
2

11

‘

1
1

5
4
i

_
_

_

_
_
_

_
_

-

-

6
2
2

-

6
6

~

“

-

-

_
-

-

5
3

-

2

5
5

2
11

_
-

-

-

_
_
4
4
-

4
“

-

2
2

518
14
-

6

-

w i t h d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u l d d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n
th o u gh m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n the p e r i o d s b e i n g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll or virtually all w o r k e r s a re men.
4 A ll or virtually all w o r k e r s are w om en.
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 at $ 5 . 6 0 to $ 5 . 8 0 ; 2 at $ 6 to $ 6 , 2 0 ; an d 14 at $ 6 . 2 0
and o v e r .
6 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 7 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 20; 4 a t $ 5 . 60 to $ 5 . 80; and 3 a t $ 6 . 20
and o v e r .

-

Table 10. Occupational w ages: Detroit, M ich.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g e s 2 o f e m p l o y e e s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,

Occupation and sex

Num­
ber
of
w or k”
e rs

m o te ls , m o t o r - h o t e l s a n d t o u r i s t c o u r ts , M a y 1978)

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRA G H T - IME HOURLY EARNINGS IIN DOLLARS! OF—
Aver­
1.80 1.90 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 . 3 0 2 .4 0 2 . 5 0 2 .6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3.00 3. 20
age
AND
hourly UNDER
wages 13 1. 90 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 .3 0 2 . 4 0 2 .5 0 2 .6 0
2
2 .7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 .0 0 3.20 3 .4 0

4 .4 0

AND
OVER

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS.............
MEN...................................................................

*2.61
2 .6 0

-

130

124
52
87

4 .2 5
4. 11
4.31

_
-

210

-

2
2

-

-

1
1

-

_
-

_
_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

3
3

78
62

110

46

3
3

9
9

1
1

3
3

_
-

FOOD SERVICE:
MEN...................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
b a r t e n d e r s , s e r v i c e b a r s ....................
WAl T ER S *AND WAITRESSES*
AS S IS T A N T S , FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS..................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOUNGES...........................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS....................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES
WOMEN..............................................................

422

2 .8 3

-

9

4

8

44

-

38

16

164

2 .4 2

-

14

8

-

-

-

127

5

875

2. 47

16

69

151

3

3

7

388

107

40
32

2 .2 6

-

-

-

-

“

23
15

_

2 .2 2

17
17

11
8

_

30

7

11

4

11

218

24
14
4
10

74
57
17
54

3
45
34
11
419

11

3
22

17
3
14
1

3

_

_

9

4

9

36

16

-

-

-

-

-

4

_
-

5 .8 0

2.70 2 . 75 2 .8 0 2 .9 0 3. 00 3. 10 3.20 3. 40 3 .6 0 3. 80 4 . 0 0 4 .2 0 4 . 4 0
UNDER AND
2.70 JN0ER
2.75 2 .8 0 2 .9 0 3. 00 3.10 3.20 3 .4 0 3.60 3 .8 0 4 .0 0 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 4 . 6 0
NONTIPPED

ANC
OVER

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
HOUSE PORTERS...............................................
LOOGING QUARTERS CLEANERS.................
WOMEN..............................................................
ROOM CLERKS....................................................
WOMEN..............................................................

198
1, 184
1. 031
40 2
226

3. 46
3.21
3.18
3.50
3.38

5212
212
22
10

FOOD SERVICE:
DISHWASHERS....................................................
PANTRY WORKERS.............................................

473
151

3.18
3.37

‘ 136
15

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
ENGINEERS, S T A T I O N A R y I ...............................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . .. .
MEN...................................................................

20

6 .2 1

125
118

4 .5 2
4.41

-

28
28
a

2

8

83
83
34
34

3
-

-

-

-

3

39
39
15




12
8

28 0
10 1

8
6

1

3

6
6

11
11

4
4

1
1

16
16

7
-

41

166
9
516
16

20

9
-

-

15

1

3

6

4

-

8
8

7
7

-

4

66

1

29
16

-

1

3

-

3

-

2

16
5

4

1

-

1 T h e D e t r o i t m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s of L a p e e r , L i v i n g s t o n , M a c o m b , O a k ­
S t. C l a i r , a n d W a y n e C o u n t i e s .
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a i d w a g e s . E x c l u d e s t i p s an d th e v a l u e of m e a l s , r o o m , an d
u n i f o r m s , i f p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i ­
d a y s , and l a t e s h if t s . T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d on a r e p r e s e n t a t iv e s a m p le of e s t a b l i s h ­
m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e the l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s at a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e .
T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e with p r e v io u s stu d ie s m a y not r e fle c t ex p ected w a g e m o v e ­
m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in t h e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e and a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in
t h e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , a n d s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h d i f f e r e n t
pay levels.
Such sh ifts, f o r ex a m p le, could d e c r e a s e an occupational a v e r a g e , e v e n
th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n the p e r i o d s b e i n g c o m p a r e d .
3 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 18 at $ 4 . 4 0 to $ 4 . 60; 6 at $ 4 . 60 to $ 4 . 80;
land,

12

16
16
119
49

1
10
10

9
9

12

9

3
72
72
48
32

21
21

17
25
25
34
19

4
9

5
5

3

13
13

11
11

*13
’ 15

11 a t $ 4 . 80 to $ 5 ; 3 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ; 3 at $ 5 . 2 0 to $ 5 . 40 ; 3 a t $ 5 . 4 0 to $ 5 . 60; an d 1 at
$ 5 . 60 and o v er .
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 11 a t $ 4 . 4 0 to $ 4 . 6 0 ; 7 at $ 4 . 6 0 to $ 4 . 80 ;
and 1 at $ 5 . 60 and o v e r .
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 u n d e r $ 2 . 5 5 ; 2 8 a t $ 2 . 6 0 to $ 2 . 6 5 ; 181 a t
$ 2 . 65 to $ 2 . 70.
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 6 0 a t $ 2 . 60 to $ 2 . 65; an d 76 at $ 2 , 6 5 to
$ 2 . 70 .
7 A ll or virtually all w o r k e r s a r e men.
8 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 5 at $ 5 . 80 to $ 6 ; and 8 at $ 7 and o v e r .
’ W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 7 a t $ 5 . 80 to $ 6 ; 7 a t $ 6 . 4 0 to $ 6 . 6 0 ; an d 1
a t $ 6 . 60 to $ 6 . 80.

Table 11. Occupational w ages: Houston, Te x.1
< N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g c V _of e m p l o y e e s in s e a t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in y e a r , - r o u n d h o t e l s .

O c c u p a tio n and s e x

— mmr a m iF uottKERS RECE VING m m gh T T T hT - h o u r H T T r ! T nT TT T T F l I oT T T r S* OF
Number Average 1.30 1. 35 1.40 1.45 1.50 1. 60 1.70 1.80 1 .9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2. 30 2.40 2 .5 0 2 .6 0 2. 70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.20 3 .4 0 3.60 3.80 4 .0 0 4 . 2 0 4 .4 0
ANO
hourly
of
ANO
OVER
workers wages 2 UNDER
1.35 1. 40 1.45 1.50 1.60 1.70 1.80 1.90 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 . 30 2 .4 0 2.50 2. 60 2 .7 0 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.20 3.40 3 .6 0 3.80 4 .0 0 4. 20 4 . 4 0

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM s e r v i c e :
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS ..........

46

42

247

$2 . 1 2

98

3.61
3.52

16

3.73

375
248
127
77
38
39

2. 40
2.69

L O U N G E S 5 .......................................................................

431

1.46

270

65

WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. TABLE.
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS....................
MEN...................................................................
W O M E N . . . . ....................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. OTHER1 . .
3.
*

765
153
612
138

1.43
1.44
1.42
1.70

330
58
272
31

6

se r v ic e:

BARTENDERS* PUBLIC RARS.......................
HEN..........................................................................

UONEN..............................................................
BARTENDERS* SERVICE BARS....................
HEN..................................................................
UA ITERS* A NO WAITRESSES'
A S S IS T AN T S . FULL-COURSE
R E S T A U R A N T S .. . ............. ............................
HEN...................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
WAITERS’ AND WAITRESSES*
AS S IS T AN T S . OTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS....................
MEN.................... .............................................
UONEN..............................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES. COCKTAIL

2 .1 1

_

_

_

_

2
_

.

4

71

_

1
1

3

7

12

-

_
_

_
-

.

.

-

6

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

7
5

334

9

221

6

113

3

24
15
9

_

45
27
18

-

14

-

-

11

-

-

6
6

~
~

9

19
7

43
25
18
3
3

61
28
33
3
3

1
1

_

-

12

-

-

.
-

_

18

_

_

_

18

"

-

40

24

-

-

250
49

5
3
2
-

10
10

66
66

10

201

48
35
13

-

"

*

39

_

_

_

10
20

-

12

12
12

-

8

18

“

"

-

-

-

12

-

-

-

8

a

4

2

9

6

18

8

_

-

-

_

"

“

3

4

16

_
2

2

12

-

3
9

2
2

7

3
3
—

*21
14
13
-

-

-

• -

t-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

2
-

-

-

_

-

2

_
_

2 .6 5 2 . 70 2.75 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10
ANO
UNDER
2. 70 2 .7 5 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10 3.20
NONTIPPED

29

12

8

2 .6 6
2 .6 6
2 .6 6

fo od

-

6
1

8
2

1
1

7
7

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

-

~

”

"

■

■

■

-

-

2

-

-

-

4

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3
-

2

3.20

3.40 3.60 3.80 4. 00

4.20 4.40 4.60

3.60 3.80 4 .0 0

4.40 4.60

“

“

4.80 5.3 0

3.40

“

5.00

AND

OVER
4. 20

4.80

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM s e r v i c e :
HOUSE PORTERS........................................
HEN...........................................................
WOMEN......................................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS5. . . .
ROOM CLERKS.............................................
MEN...........................................................
WOMEN......................................................

297
269
28
2.132
552
231
321

$2.7 6
2. 75

167
157

6

5

34
32

2 .8 8

10

1

2

2.72
3.43
3.35
3.48

1374
24

72

306

FOOD s e r v i c e : 6
D IS H W AS H ER S. ........................................
MEN...........................................................
WOMEN......................................................
PANTRY WORKERS.....................................
MEN..........................................................
WOMEN....................................................
SECONO COOKS..........................................

513
388
125
156
17
1 39
17

2.70
2.69
2.73
3.10
3.19
3.08
6.65

365
287
78

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS : 6
ENGINEERS. STATIONARY....................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE MECHANICS.
GUAROS............. ..........................................
MEN...........................................................

44
281
53
47

6 .8 1

4.32
3.90
3.98

22
2

20
20

-

~

5
5

2
2

49

41

13
13

18
18

-

-

115
3
3

73
”

75
48
27
18

7
3
4
4

54
41
13
159
90
53
37

15
2
1
1

6

4

-

14

-

1

-

13

18

3

4
46
3
43

-

-

-

-

2

8
1

2
2
18

125
35
90

152
62
90

2
10

3
3

14

8
2
6

2
11

27

9

4

1 T h e H o u s t o n m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s of B r a z o r i a , F o r t B e n d , H a r r i s , L i b e r t y . M o n t g o m e r y
and W a lle r C ounties.
R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a i d w a g e s . E x c l u d e s ti p s and the v a l u e o f m e a l s , r o o m , an d u n i f o r m s , i f
p r o v i d e d , an d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , an d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , a n d l a t e s h i f t s . T h e s e
s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e th e l e v e l o f o c ­
c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . T h u s , c o m p a r i s o n s m a d e w i t h p r e v i o u s s t u d i e s m a y n ot r e f l e c t
e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e of c h a n g e s in the u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e and a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s
in t h e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , a n d s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u c h
s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u l d d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d
w a g e s b e tw e e n the p e r io d s b eing com pared .
3 A ll o r virtually all w o rk ers are men.




12
21

2

24

6

_
_
_

_
_

45
14
31

9

3

1
1

1
1

_
_

6

-

-

-

_
_
3
_
3

_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_

3
31

12

2
2

-

_
_
_

33

65
24
41

3

_
_

_
_
_

_

-

3

2
_
2
_

2
2

24

2
2

1
1
_

-

_

7

_
-

_
_

-

8
-

-

1
-

7

8

-

1

25
17
17

-

51
-

29
3
3

~

20

_

_

_
_
-

_
_
_
_
71 7
*41
960
*°7
7

W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 15 a t $ 4 . 4 0 to $ 4 . 6 0 ; 6 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ; a nd 6 a t $ 5 . 6 0 and $ 6 .
A ll or virtually all w o r k e r s a re w om en.
W h e r e s e p a r a t e i n f o r m a t i o n i s n ot s h o w n s e p a r a t e l y b y s e x , a l l o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e m e
W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 4 a t $ 5 . 60 to $ 5 . 80; 3 a t $ 6 to $ 6 . 20; 3 at $ 6 . 2 0 to $ 6 . 401 a t $ 6 . 4 0 to $ 6 . 80; 3 a t $ 6 . 80 to $ 7 . 20; an d 3 a t $ 8 and o v e r .
8 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 5 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 20; 1 a t $ 5 . 4 0 to $ 5 . 60; 7 a t $ 6 . 20 to $ 6 . 40;
6 at $ 6 . 4 0 to $ 6 . 80; 9 a t $ 6 . 80 to $ 7 . 20; 3 at $ 7 . 20 to $ 7 . 60; 1 at $ 7 . 60 to $8; 6 at $ 8 to $ 8 . 40; an d 3
a t $ 9 . 60 a n d o v e r .
9 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 18 at $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ; 18 at $ 5 . 2 0 to $ 5 . 4 0 ; 12 at $ 5 . 4 0 to $ 5 . 6 0 ;
3 a t $ 5 . 6 0 to $ 5 . 80; 4 a t $ 6 to $ 6 , 2 0 ; and 5 a t $ 6 . 2 0 and o v e r .
10 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ; an d 6 a t $ 6 . 2 0 to $ 6 . 6 0 .
4

6

Table 12. Occupational w ages: Kansas City, Mo. — Kans.1
NumO ccupation and s e x
^

1 .4 5 1 .50
age
LNDEF
AND
h ourly
w a g e s 1 1 . 4 5 UNDER
2
1 .50 1 .6 0

.

r.L b

1 .6 0

NUMBER CF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT- TIME HOURLY EARNINGS II N DLL LAPS) CF —
1 .7 0 1 .8 0 1 .90 2. 0 0 1 2 .1 0 2 .2 0 2 .3 0 2 . 4 0 2 .5 0 2 . 6 0 2 .7 0 2 . 8 0 2 .9 0 3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3 .4 0

3 .6 0

1 .7 0

1.8 0

1 .9 0

2 .00

2 . 10

3 . EC 4 . 0 0

13
13

35
34

10
10

3
3

~

3
3

2 .2 0

2 .3 0

2 .4 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .20

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .5 0

3 .00

3. 20

3 .4 0

2
2

-

16
16

-

4
4

8
8

-

_

_

_

-

15
5

-

-

-

~

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4
-

27
4

16
6

47
27

-

4
1
1

22
19
3
2
2

3 .6 0

4 . 20 4 . 4 0

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS...............
M E N . . . . . . ...................... ........................................

126
11 4

*2 .1 7
2 .11

"

FOOO SER VIC E:
BARTENDERS, PUBLIC BARS...........................
MEN................................................................................

121
56

3 .6 5
3 .8 3

*

BARTENDERS, SERVICE BARS........................
MEN................... ............................... ............................
WAIT ERS # AND WAITRESSES'
A S S I S T A N T S , FULL-CCURSE
RESTAURANTS...........................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN...................... ...................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COUNTER..
WOMEN...........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOUNGES 5 *
.....................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
M E N . . . . . . . . ........................................................
WOMEN............. .. .........................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .
MEN............. ................. .................................................

“

“

18
11

228
151
37
IE
14

2 .6 1
2 .6 3
2 .5 3
1 .64
1 .64

-

ioe

1 .62
1.8 1
1 .62
1 .8 9
1 .74
1 .74

*

“

-

-

“
-

-

8
7

-

4 15

-

39

12

35

2
2
-

47
5
42
“

172
74
98
9
9

51
13
38
9
5

111
45
66
26
23

-

-

1
~

-

-

“
-

-

“
”

~

7
7

2 .7 0 2 .7 5
AND
UNDER
2 . 7 0 UNDER
2 .7 5 2 .8 0
NONTIPPED

“

*

3 .7 1
3 .7 4

E00
13S
361
54
51

13
12

26
20
6
-

-

18

-

1
i

1
-

12
6

42
36
6
-

16
10
6
-

-

67
50
17
-

18
16
2
-

24
24
-

35
35
-

-

-

_
-

_
_
_

_
_
_
_
-

_
_
-

_
_
_
•

-

-

-

“

1
1

_
-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

1
1

-

-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
_
_

-

-

-

-j

-

-

-

-

-

“

20
20
*

2 .8 0

2 .5 0

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0 4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 . 40

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

2 .5 0

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .80

5 .0 0

118
HE
3
5C6
40
15
25

13
11
2
47
2
2

11
9
2
73
51
54
37

1
1

2
2

-

“

“

“

~

54
19
35

24
15
5

-

-

89
79
10
20
12

20
18
2
33
3
30

42
40
2
17

18
-

e
8

“
“

6
6
i
i

72
72
-

1
1
-

5 .0 0
ARC
OVER

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SER VICE:
HOUSE PORTERS........................................................
MEN.................................................................................
WOMEN...........................................................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS3 *
...................
ROOM C L E R K S . . ........................................................
H E N . . . . . . . . . ......................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................

2 21
202
19
1,127
2 79
137
142

*2.7 6
2 .76
2 .7 4
2 .75
3 .18
3 .1 5
3 .1 6

*58
46
12
235
4
2
2

18
18
17
-

FOOO SERVICE:
DISHWAS HERS..............................................................
M E N . . . ........................................................................
WOMEN............. .. ..........................................................
PANTRY W O R K E R S .. . .............................................
MEN............................ ...................................................
W O M E N . . . . .............................................................
SECOND COOKS................... ........................................
MEN................................................................................
W O M E N . . . . . ...........................................................

25 2
2 31
21
121
28
53
59
4e
11

2 .82
2 .8 2
2 .8 2
3 .0 5
3 .0 6
3 .1 0
4 .3 7
4 .5 1
3 .73

60
60
7
4
3
“

*

34
27
7
-

MAINTENANCE ANO MISCELLANEOUS:7
ENGINEERS, STATIONARY.................................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . . . .
GUARDS..............................................................................

51
50
70

6 .7 4
4 .3 6
3 .2 9

-

-

22

1

~

2 40
6
4
2

8
-

8

3
3
-

40

ie
22

4
4
17
17
“

6

“
14
9
5

6
6

17
4
2
2

6
-

7
4

1 T h e K a n s a s C i t y m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s of C a s s , Cl ay , J a c k s o n , P l a t t e , and R a y
C o u n t i e s , M i s s o u r i ; and J o h n s o n a n d W y a n d o t te C o u n t i e s , K a n s a s .
2 R e f e r s t o e m p l o y e r p a i d w a g e s . E x c l u d e s ti p s and the v a l u e of m e a l s , r o o m , and u n i f o r m s ,
if p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , an d l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d on a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e
th e l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . T h u s , c o m p a r i s o n s m a d e w i t h p r e v i o u s
s t u d i e s m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e of c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e
an d a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y , c h a n g e s in th e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , and s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d if fe r e n t p a y l e v e l s . Such sh ifts, fo r exam ple, cou ld d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a ­
ti o n a l a v e r a g e e v e n t h o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n th e p e r i o d s b e i n g c o m ­
pared.




5
19
6
12

16

3
“
3
4
4

-

-

10
1

3

~

“
“

“
"

“
4
~
4

8

“

~

~
~
~
~
~

“

1
I

‘ 13
12

~

“

*
-

~

~

~
7
7

_

"

*

8
8

~

8
8
*

”

4

33

12

"

"

i

“

~

2
15

3 A ll or virtually all w o r k e r s a re w om en.
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 a t $ 1 , 40
5 I n c l u d e s 15 w o r k e r s u n d e r $ 2 . 55.
6 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 at $ 5 to
$ 6 . 20; and 3 at $ 6 . 20 a n d o v e r .
7 A ll or virtually all w o r k e r s a r e m en.
8 W o rk er s w e r e d istrib u te d a s fo llo w s: 6 at $ 6 . 40
$ 7 . 4 0 ; and 9 a t $ 7 . 80 a n d o v e r .
9 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 12 a t $ 5 to
$ 5 . 60; and 7 a t $ 6 . 2 0 a n d o v e r .

*47
925

to $ 1 . 3 5 ; an d 17 a t $ 1 . 4 0 to $ 1 . 4 5 .
$5.20;

6 at

$5 .4 0

to $ 6 . 60; 30 a t

to

$5 .6 0 ;

1 at

$ 6 to

$.6, 6 0 to $ 7 ; 2 a t

$ 7 to

$ 5 . 20; 4 a t $ 5 . 2 0 to $ 5 . 4 0 ; 2 a t $ 5 . 4 0 to

Ta ble 13. Occupational w ages: Las Vegas, N evada1
(N u m b e r an d a v e ra g e

s tr a ig h t- tim e h o u rly w a g e s2 o f e m p lo y e e s

in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s

in y e a r - r o u n d h o te ls ,

m o te ls ,

m o to r-h o te ls

an d to u r is t c o u r ts ,

M ay

1 978)

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECE IVI NG STR A I G H T - T I HE HOURLY EARNINGS ( I N HOLLARS) OF —
O c c u p a tio n and

sex

2 .8 0 2.90
ANO
UNDER
2 .90 3 .00

3.0D

3.20

3 . A0

3.60

3.80

3 .20

3 .40

3 .60

3 .80

4 .0 0

o
_o

Number Average
ho ur ly
of
workers wages 2

4.20

A. 20

A.A0

A .60

A. 80

4 .40

4 .60

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .00
ANO
OVER

T IPPE D EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM s e r v i c e :
CUSTOMER LOOGING ATTENDANTS 3.............
FOOD s e r v i c e :
BARTENDERS, SERVICE BARS3 .....................
UAITERS'AND WAITRESSES'
A S S I S T A N T S , FULL-COURSE
R E S TA U RA NT S .. .....................................................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES'
A S S I S T A N T S , OTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. COUNTER..
HEN............................................ ..................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOUNGES6 ...................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. TABLE.
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES. TABLE.
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN...................................................................... *
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES. O T H E R . . . .
MEN.....................................................

_

_

_

185

2

2

2

2

20

4

6

4

4 58

6 .71

-

-

-

2

1

1

-

1

-

-

4

-

54 5 8

312
275
37

3 .52
3 .5 2
3 .51

_
-

_

297
260
37

_
~

_

_

_

_

_

.

“

-

-

-

-

-

-

"

15
15
“

_

“

“

-

"

894
63 8
256
1 .038
108
9 30

3 .5 5
3.54
3 .59
3 .30
3.29
3 .3 0

_
5
5

_

_

_

_

_

_

.

-

-

-

39
14
25

_

1 1028
108
920
1

855
624
231
3
3

_

1
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

722

3 .2 9

4

-

2

714

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

443
278
165

3 .27
3 .27
3 .2 7

-

~

23
18
5

420
260
160

-

~

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

386
129
257
127
105

3 . A5
3 .28
3 .5 4
3 .28
3 .28

_
-

10

312
129
183
127
105

7
7
-

5
5
-

10
10
-

10
10
-

3
3
-

7
7
-

7
7
-

7
7
-

8
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3 .2 0

3 .40

3 .60

3 .80

4 .00

4 .2 0

4 .40

4 .6 0

4 .80

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5.40

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

6 .00

6 .20

6 .4 0 6 .6 0 6 .8 0

3 . AO 3 . 6 0

3 .80

4 .00

A . 20

4 .4 0

4.60

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

6 .0 3

6.2D

6 .40

6 .6 0

2
47

36

-

2

285

S 4 . 32

467

"
_
-

10
-

3 . 0 0 3 . 10
UNDER
ANO
3 . 0 0 UNDER
3 .1 0 3 .20
NONTIPPED

_

EMPLOYEES

8

-

6 .8 0

7 .0 0
ANO
OVER

7 .0 0

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM s e r v i c e :
HOUSE PORTERS..........................................
LOOGING QUARTERS CLEANERS6 ..........
ROOM CLERKS...............................................
HEN.............................................................
WOMEN........................................................

49 8
1.981
287
153
1 34

S 4 .8 3
4 . 32
5 .7 0
5 .8 0
5 .5 8

DISHWASHERS..............................................
MEN.............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
PANTRY WORKERS.......................................
MEN.............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
SECOND COOKS............................................

876
804
72
26 0
127
133
25

9 .6 3
A . 63
4 .6 1
6 .2 0
6 .2 0
6 .2 0
6 .9 8

MAINTENANCE ANO MISCELLANEOUS:
ENGINEERS. STATIONARY......................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE MECHANICS..
GUARDS...........................................................

215
37
396

9 .6 6
5 .9 2
5 .8 3

fooo

2
138
-

2
4
-

*

1
7
2
1
1

-

-

-

3
14
-

13
7
4
2
2

3
2
1

_
_

_
_

9

1

_
_

s e r v ic e:

17
1693
23
9
14

_
-

_
_

_
_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

19

consis t s o f C la rk County.
E x c l u d e s t i p s a n d th e v a l u e o f m e a l s , r o o m , and
R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e
u n i f o r m s , i f p r o v i d e d , an d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , an d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s ,
and la te sh ifts.
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d on a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e
d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e t h e l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e .
Thus, c o m ­
p a r is o n m a d e with p rev io u s stu dies m a y not re flec t ex p ec ted w a g e m o v e m e n ts b ec a u s e of
c h a n g e s in t h e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e an d a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in t h e s a m p l e c o m p o ­
s i t i o n , a n d s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s .
Such sh ifts,
f o r e x a m p l e , c o u l d d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n t h o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n ­
c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n the p e r io d s being co m pa r ed .
3 A ll or virtually all w orkers are m en.
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d istribu ted as fo llo w s:
8 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ; 1 a t $ 5 . 2 0 t o $ 5 . 4 0 ; 5




25
1

_

-

348
-

876
804
72
-

i
2
2

15
1
21
12
9

94
42
12
30

11
1
10

“

10
4
6

21
13
8

133
91
A2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

“

~

“

260
1 27
133
5

i
32

i
18

4
39

26

-

1
3

3
26

6
6

-

*
~

_

~

5
10

-

4
6

3
16

33

3
8

-

-

-

-

-

52

56

3
35

*20

’ 21 5
' °1 0
7

a t $ 5. 60 to $ 5 . 8 0 ; 3 at $ 5. 80 to $ 6; 1 at $ 6 t o $ 6. 20; 6 a t $ 6 . 2 0 to $ 6. 60; 2 a t $ 6. 60
to $ 7; 8 a t $ 7 to t 7 . 4 0 ; 1 at $ 7 . 4 0 t o $ 7. 80; 2 at $ 7. 80 t o $ 8. 20; 3 at $ 8 . 2 0 to $ 8. 60;
18 a t $ 8 . 6 0 an d o v e r .
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s * 2 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ; 3 a t $ 5 . 4 0 to $ 5. 60; 1 at
$ 5 . 6 0 to $ 5 . 8 0 ; 3 5 5 a t $ 6 . 4 0 to $ 6 . 8 0 ; and 97 a t $ 6 . 8 0 to $ 7 . 2 0 .
6 A ll or virtually all w o r k e r s a re w om en .
7 W h ere se p a r a te info rm a tio n is not sh ow n by s e x , all or v irtu ally all w o r k e r s are
m e n , excep t w h er e noted oth er w ise.
8 A l l w o r k e r s at $ 7 to $ 7 . 2 0 .
9 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s ; 2 14 a t $ 9. 60 to $ 10; an d 1 a t $ 1 0 . 8 0 to $ 1 1 . 2 0 .
10 A l l w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 7. 2 0 to $ 7. 40.




Table 14. Occupational wages: Los A ng eles-Lo n g Beach, Calif.1
.(N um ber and average straight-time hourly w a g e s 2 of etnplo y e e a in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in y e a r - r o u nd h o t e l s , m o t e l s , m o t o r - h o t e l s an d t o u r i s t c o u r t s , M a y 1978)
1
O c c u p a tio n an d se x

N um ber
of
w o rk e rs

A v e ra g e
2 .3 0
h o u rl
ANO
w a g e s UNDER

“O^M S

RECEIVING STR AIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS
3 .0 0 3 .20 3 .4 0

2 . AO

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

CIN OOLLARSI

3 .6 0

OF— ------------------4 .8 0
ANO
OVER

T IP P E D EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS3*

ROOM s e r v i c e :
CUSTOMER LOOGING ATTENDANTS...............
FOOD s e r v i c e :
BARTENDERS* PUBLIC BARS...........................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
BARTENDERS. SERVICE BARS........................
MEN...............................................................................
UAITERS* AND WAITRESSES*
A S S I S T A N T S . FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS...........................................................
WAITERS* AND WAITRESSES*
A S S I S T A N T S . OTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. COUNTER..
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. COCKTAIL
LOUNGES......................................................................
M N...............................................................................
E
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. TABLE.
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES. TABLE.
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES. O T H E R . . . .

335
308

175
1 64
11

4 .3 0
4 .9 9
5 .0 3

2 .6 2
2 .5 3
2 .5 3
2 .6 0
2 .5 7
2 .6 1
2 .5 0
2 .4 7
2 .5 2

464
218
246

2*5 3
2 .4 6

89 8
383
51 5

206
25
181

821
165

333
103
230

5.2 0
AND
OVER

2 .6 5 2 .7 0
ANO
UNDER
| 2 .7 5
NONTIPPED

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS 3
service:
HOUSE PORTERS............................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS5. . .
ROOM CLERKS..................................................
HEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................

room

FOOD s e r v i c e :
DISHWASHERS..................................................
PANTRY WORKERS..........................................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
SECOND COOKS...............................................

798
.392
695
398
301

$ 2 .9 6

733
165

2 .9 5
3 .3 6

general

maintenance

mechanics

3 .7 7
3 .9 0
3 .5 9

127
816
52

116
50

216
162

155
20

3 .8 6
5 .7 0

MAINTENANCE ANO MISCELLANEOUS:
ENGINEERS. STATIONARY.....................
GUARDS.................................................................

2. 76

113
165

8 .4 2
5 .5 7
4 .1 3

1 The L o s A n g e le s - L o n g B ea ch m e tro p o lita n a r e a c o n s i s t s of L o s A n g e le s
County.
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a i d w a g e s .
E x c l u d e s t i p s an d th e v a l u e o f m e a l s ,
r o o m , a n d u n i f o r m s , i f p r o v i d e d , and p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , a n d fo r
w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a sed on a
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e t h e l e v e l
o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s at a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e .
T h u s, c o m p a r is o n s m a d e with
p r e v io u s stu d ie s m a y not r e fle c t exp ected wage m o v e m e n ts b e c a u se of ch an ges
in t h e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e and a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in t h e s a m p l e c o m ­
p o s i t i o n , a n d s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h d i f f e r e n t p a y
lev els.
S u c h s h i f t s , fo r e x a m p l e , c o u l d d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e ,
e v e n though m o s t e s t a b lis h m e n t s in c r e a se d w a g e s b e tw e e n the p e r io d s being
com pared.
3 W h e r e s e p a r a t e in fo rm a tio n is n o t shown b y s e x , a ll o r v ir tu a lly all
w o r k e r s a re m e n , ex cep t w h ere noted o th erw ise.

4 W o rk er s w e r e d istrib u te d a s follow s:
1 at $ 4 . 8 0 t o $ 5 ; $ 50 a t $ 5
to $ 5 . 2 0 ; 1 a t $ 5 . 2 0 t o $ 5 . 4 0 ; 2 at $ 5 . 4 0 to $ 5 . 6 0 ; an d 2 a t $ 6 . 8 0 to
$ 7.20.
5 A ll or virtu ally all w o r k e r s are w om en .

6 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s fo llo w s :
17 a t $ 5 . 2 0 to $ 5 . 4 0 ; 2 a t
$ 5. 60 to $ 5. 80; 2 a t $ 5. 80 to $ 6; 1 a t $ 6 to $ 6. 20; 5 a t $ 6 .4 0 to $ 6. 80;
2 a t $ 6. 80 to $ 7. 2 0 ; 5 a t $ 7. 20 to $ 7. 60; 6 a t $ 7. 60 to $ 8; a n d 8 a t $ 8. 40;
and o v e r.
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d istrib u ted a s follow s:
1 a t $ 8 to $ 8 . 4 0 ; 2 a t $ 8 . 4 0
$ 8 . 8 0 ; and 67 at $ 8 . 8 0 to $ 9 . 2 0 .
8 W ork er s w e r e distributed as follow s:
1 a t $ 5 . 4 0 t o $ 5 . 6 0 ; 1 at
$ 5. 80 t o $ 6; 1 a t $ 6. 2 0 to $ 6. 40 ; 1 a t $ 6. 4 0 to $ 6. 80; 23 a t $ 8. 80 to
$ 9 . 2 0 ; an d 8 a t $ 9 . 2 0 a n d o v e r .
9 W o r k e r s w e r e d istrib u te d as fo llo w s:
1 a t $ 5 . 2 0 t o $ 5 . 4 0 ; 3 at
$ 5 . 4 0 to $ 5 . 6 0 ; an d 16 a t $ 6 . 2 0 .

to

Table 15. Occupational wages: Memphis, Tenn.— A rk.1
(N u m b e r and a v e ra g e

s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rly w a g e s 2 o f e m p lo y e e s

O ccupation

tipped

in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s

in y e a r - r o u n d

h o te ls ,

m o te ls ,

m o to r-h o te ls

an d to u r is t c o u r ts ,

_______ _______ ___ NUMbgR OF W
ORKERS RECE IV 1NG STRAIGHT- IME HU URL
1 . 3 5 1 . 4 C 1 . 4 5 1 . 5 0 1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 . 8 0 1 . 90 2 . 0 0 2 . 10 2 . 20 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0

Number Average
1 .3 0
of
ho ur ly
AND
workers wages2 UNDER
1 .35 1 .40

M ay

1 978)

EARNINGS I IN DULLA I S ) Of---2 .5 0 2 .6 0 2 .7 0 2 .80 2 .90 3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .40

3.60

3 .20

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

1 .45

1 .50

1.60

1 .70

1 • 80

1 .90

2 .0 0

2 .1 0

2.20

2 .30

2 .4 0

2 . 50

2 .6 0

-

-

6

-

-

_

_
_

_
_

_
_

_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_

27

_
_

_
_

_

_
_

3

2 . 70 2 . 8 0

2. 90 3 . 00

employees

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
Z USTJMER LODGING ATTENDANTS’ ............
FOOD SERVICE:
BARTENDER S , PUBLIC BARS..........................
WOMEN..........................................................................
BARTENDERS, SERVICE B A R S . ....................
WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES'
A S S I S T A N T S , FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS...........................................................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOUNGES4 ...................................................................
.
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE ,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R ? .. .

53

41.96

3

6

-

-

5

4

10

-

5

1

90
60
11

2 .86
2 .67
3 . 3o

-

-

-

_
-

-

_
_

_
_

2
2

_

,

97
61
36

2 .71
2 .73
2 .67

-

-

_

_

_
_

_
_
_

_
_

_
_
_

_
_

_

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

4
4

24
24

4
4

6
3

1
1

39
34

7
6

3
2

_
_

_
_
_

37
14
23

42
29
13

16
16

2
2

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_

_

_

_

_

104

1 .42

50

14

_

3

24

7

281
37

1.53
1.5D

45
5

55
6

-

9
4

83
13

42
2

15
7

21

1.51

5

4

-

2

2

1

7

2 .6 5 2 .70
AND
UNDER
2 .7 0 2 .7 5
NONTIPPED

4

2 .7 5

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 . 10

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0 4 .4 0

2 .80

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

2 .6 0

3 . 80 4 . 0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

9
43
27
10
17

1
46
25
10
15

i
4
45
16
29

2
7
2

_

3

2

_

_

_

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

OVER

1
1

_
_

_
_

-

_
_

-

-

-

_

_

-

_
_
_
_

_

AND

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
HOJS E PORTERS........................................................
MEN................................................................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS?..................
ROOM a ERKS..............................................................
M E N ............................
WOMEN.........................................................................

95
54 5
216
60
156

2 .7 0
2 .7 2
2.96
3 .0 4
2 .93

54
290
35
3
32

12
76
3
3
-

16
77
30

FOOD SERVICE:
0 ISHWASHER S ..............................................................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
PANTRY WORKERS.....................................................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................

91
25
134
12
122

2 .72
2 .75
2 .9 4
3 .0 5
2 .9 3

50
14
32

15

5
4
20
20

3
3
19
1
18

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
GENERAL MAINTENANCE MECHANICS3 . . .
.

56

3 .9 3

-

-

2

-

30

-

2

2
34
13
21




1
_

_
_

_
_

1
-

1

-

-

1

_
_

_
_

6
6

_
_

_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
-

_
-

-

-

-

_
_
_
_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

4

3

2

2

1

1

1

59

2
-

-

32

-

11
3
8
1
7

*
*

-

-

-

24

2

18

3
1
2

9

-

6

2
1
18
3
15

6

T h e M e m p h i s m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s o f S h e lb y a n d T i p t o n C o u n t i e s , T e n n . ; C r i t t e n d e n
A r k . ; an d D e S o t o C o u n t y , M i s s .
R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s .
E x c l u d e s t i p s and th e v a l u e o f m e a l s , r o o m , an d u n i f o r m s ,
i f p r o v i d e d , an d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , and f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , a n d l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o cc u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s at a p a rticu la r tim e .
Thus, c o m p a r is o n s m ad e w ith p r e v io u s stu dies
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e and a s s o c i a t e d
County,

12
4
8

4
_
4

13

n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , and s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h
d ifferen t pay l e v e l s .
S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u l d d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th ou gh
m o s t e s t a b lis h m e n t s in c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n the p erio d being c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll or virtu a lly all w o r k e r s a r e m e n .
4 A ll o r virtu a lly all w o r k e r s a r e w om en .
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 4 a t $ 5 . 2 0 t o $ 5 . 4 0 ; 2 a t $ 5 . 4 0 t o $ 5. 60; 2 a t $ 5. 60
t o $ 5. 80 ; and 1 at $ 6. 80 t o $ 7. 2 0 .

Table 16. Occupational wages: Miami, Fla.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly w a g e s 2 o f e m p lo y e e s i n s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s , m o t e l s , m o t o r - h o t e l s a n d t o u r i s t c o u r t s , M a y 1 978)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRA1GHT-TI HE HOURLY EARNINGS ( I N DOLLARS) UF—
O ccupation

Number Average
1 . 3 5 1 . M 0 1 .M5 1 . 5 0
of
ho ur ly
UNDER
AND
workers w ag es 2 1 . 3 5 JNDER
1 . M0 1 .M 5 1 . 5 0 1 . 6 0

1 .60

1 .7 0

1 .8 0

1.90

2 .0 0

2 .1 0

2 .2 0

2 . 3 0 2 .M0

2 .50

2 .60

2 . 70 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0

3. 0 0

3 .2 0

1 .70

1 .8 0

1 .9 0

2 .00

2 .1 0

2 .2 0

2 .3 0

2 . M0 2 . 5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .80

3 .M0 3 . 6 0

59

a

17

8

28

12

3

1M

-

9

62

1

11
7
M
_

15
3
12

58
33
65

32
22
10
1

36

10

2 .90

3 .00

3 .2 0

9

5

10

-

2M
2M
_
_

2M
20
4
3

26
18
8

16
16

17

2

_

26

5

i
4

_

4
2

2

_

_

6
2

_
_

_

3 .8 0

M. 0 0
AND
OVER

_

9
_

3 . M0 3 . 6 0

3 .8 0

4 .00

5

-

-

-

_
_
_
1

8
6
2

M
4

2
2

_

_

_

_

10
1C

4
4

-

-

-

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS?............

517

* 1 . 83

*106

-

16

12M

FOOD SERV ICE :
BARTENDERS, PUBLIC BARS...........................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
BARTENDERS, SERVICE BARS........................

386
187
199
12

2 . 58
2 .77
2 . 39
3 .1 6

1

-

-

-

-

~
-

-

-

15
~
15
-

2

1
~

~

2
-

-

28
21
7
1

M7
9
38
_

29
2
27
_

M
M
_

Ml A

2 .09

2

~

2

M0

71

26

17

27

38

27

20

M
M

9

109
11

2.13
2.M 7

-

-

-

1
-

20
2

2
-

1

10
-

28
-

2
-

_

13
-

6
2

i

’ 38

13

-

57

22

35

5

11

1

12

2

1

2

_

4

13

_

_

11 9
2
117

-

18 9
67
122

2MM
180
6M

M6
38
6

70
M0
30

57
M3
1M

8
2
6

1M
1M
-

_
_

2

i
i

26
20
6

_
_
_

1

2

13
1
12

1

_
_
_

58
6
52
3

19
3
16
21

12
12
27

3
3
6

-

-

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_

3
1
2

_
_
_

1
1

5

-

M
O
20
20
-

-

1

-

-

-

2 . 70 2 . 7 5 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0
UNDER
AND
2 . 7 0 JNDER
2 .7 5 2 . ec 2 . 5 0 3 . 0 0

3 .00

3 .10

3 .20

3 . M 3 . 60 3 . 8 C
O

4 . 00

M. 2 0

4 .4 0

M. 6 0

M .80 5 . 0 0

5 .2 0

5 . M0 5 . 6 0

3 . 10

3 . 20 3.MC

3 .6 0

M .0C

M. 2 0

M.M0

M. 6 0

4 . 8U 5 . 0 0 5. 20

5. 4 0

5. 60

5 . 80

36
20
81
48
33

15
20
95
82
13

7

2
35
26
9

2
M9
Ml
a

5

551
Mb
11

2M
2M
-

1
10
10
-

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1
1
*

~

11
1M
5
9
5
6

3
20
10
10
4
2

-

~

13
22
1M
8
i
i

2
1M
12
2
5
M

5
5
1M
13

6
6
6
6

21
2

M9
M

2
55
9

39
6

~
8

6
35
3

5
4

ii
”

WAITERS* AND WAITRESSES*
A S SI S T A N T S, FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS^.........................................................
WAITERS* AND WAITRESSES*
A S S I S T A N T S , OTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS?.....................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COUNTER6 .
.
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
l o u n g e s : . . . ............ ........... . . . . . _______ _
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R ? . . .

NONTIPPED

221

1 .65

889
M59
M30

1.62
1 . 71
1.5 2

79
35
M
M

1M5
M9
96
71

1 . 77
1 .97
1 .67
1 .66

5

~
~

-

“

17

EMPLOYEES

3 .8 0

M
_

52
2

1
_

. _

_
3
3

-

4

-

-

-

5 .8 0
AND
OVER

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
HOUSE PORTERS3 ......................................................
.
*
4
LODGING QUARTERS CL EA NE RS : ..................
ROOM CLERKS..............................................................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................

952
2 ,552
605
M21
IBM

FOOD SERVICE:
D ISHW ASHERS3 ...........................................................
.
PANTRY WORKER S.....................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
SECOND COOKS...........................................................
MEN...............................................................................

527
116
73
M3
70
6M

2 .70
3 .6 6
3 .65
3 .33
M. 76
M .8 3

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
ENGINEERS, STATIONARY?..............................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE MECHANICS3 . . .
.
GUARDS?..........................................................................

1M
366
51

4 .6 7
3 . 8M
3 .60

2.83
8M52
2 . 6 2 9 19 30
27
3 .M 7
3 .6 0
16
9
3 . lb

10 3 6 3
6
5
3
i
1

55
5M
2
2
"

31
185
35
12
27

106
2 1M
53
21
32

81
88
6
2
4

105
30
58
30
2b

5

3C
1
~
1

51
~
-

6
3
~
3

3M
6
2
6
i

-

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~

8
M

2
1
"

1 The M ia m i m e tro p o lita n a r e a co n s is ts o

5
~

9

M0
11

50
11
39
32
7

5
M
3
1
-

bounty
Dade C

2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s . E x c lu d e s t ip s a n d th e v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , an d u n i f o r m s ,
if p r o v id e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , an d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l id a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p le o f e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t im e ,
T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s tu d ie s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r tim e a n d a s s o c i a t e d
n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p l e c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith
d iffe re n t p a y le v e ls .
S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h
m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n th e p e r i o d s b e in g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e m e n .
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s fo llo w s : 2 u n d e r $ 1 .2 0 ; 2 a t $ 1 . 2 0 to $ 1 .2 5 ; 3 a t $ 1 .2 5
to $ 1 .3 0 ; a n d 99 a t $ 1 .3 0 to $ 1 .3 5 .




3
2
9
9

5 W orkers w ere

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7
7
-

-

i D
9
i

-

-

_

-

-

3
3

5
5

~
20

4

6
6
4
4

2
25
7

6
M
2

M

-

-

-

-

3
2

2
2

-

*
2

13

6

'

_

-

A
>
11
12

a t $ 4 t o $ 4. 2 0 .

6 A ll o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e w o m e n .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s fo llo w s : 11 a t $ 1 .2 0 to $ 1 .2 5 ; 2 7
8 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s fo llo w s : 24 u n d e r $ 2 . 55; 7 a t $ 2 . 55
$ 2 . 6 5 ; 395 a t $ 2 . 6 5 to $ 2 . 7 0 .
9 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s fo llo w s : 665 u n d e r $ 2. 55; 36 a t $ 2 .
to $ 2 . 6 5 ; a n d 1 ,2 1 6 a t $ 2 . 6 5 to $ 2 . 7 0 .
10 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s fo llo w s : 126 u n d e r $ 2 . 55; 7 a t $ 2 .
to $ 2 . 6 5 ; 187 a t $ 2 . 6 5 to $ . 2 7 0 .
11 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s fo llo w s : 1 a t $ 6 .2 0 to $ 6 .4 0 ; a n d
12 W o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 6 to $ 6 .2 0 .

a t $ 1 .3 0 to $ 1.3 5.
to $ 2 . 60; 26 a t $ 2 . 60 to
55 to $ 2 . 60; 13 a t $ 2 . 60
55 to

$ 2 . 60; 43 a t $ 2 . 60

6 a t $ 7 and o v e r.

Table 17. Occupational w ages: M inneapolis— St. Paul, M inn.1
(N u m b e r and a v e ra g e

s tra ig h t-tim e

h o u rly w a g e s 2 o f e m p lo y e e s

O c c u p a tio n and s e x

in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s

Number Average
1.70 1 .8 0
h o ur ly
of
AND
workers w ag es 2 UN0ER
1 . B0 1 . 9 0

Ln y e a r - r o u n d

h o te ls ,

m o te ls ,

m o to r-h o te ls

and to u ris t c o u r ts ,

M ay

1 978)

NUMBER Uf WUk KERS RECEIVING S TR Al uH T -II M E Hu URLY EARNINuS ( IN DOLL ARS i UF —
2 . 10 2 . 2 0 2 . 3 0 2 . A0 2 . 50 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0 3 . 2 0 3 . A0 3 . 6 0 3 . 8 0 4 . OU A. 20

4 . 40

4 .6 0

A . 80

4 . 40

A . 60

4 .8 0

5 .0 J

-

-

-

-

-

i

30

-

37
31

<266

-

*

523

1 .9 0

2 .0 0

2 .0 0

2 . 10 2 . 2 0

2 .3 0

7

2

2 . A0 2 . 5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

A . 00

10

1

-

1

-

7

-

*

A . 20

5 .0 0
ANO
OVER

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
RUOM SERVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS^............

117

12.22

FOOD SERVICE:
BARTENDERS,

AA0

5 .11

PUBLIC BARS..........................

WOMEN*
BARTENDERS, SERVICE BARS.3.....................
WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES'
A S S I S T A N T S , FULL-CUJRSE

6

11

55

2

1

-

1A

2

4

/ *95

222

2A

5 .2 0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

-

*

-

-

-

-

-

-

1-8
i

A72
A2 5
A7
A5

3.0 1
3 .0 2
2 .9 5
2 . 15

_
-

1

_
6

29

-

5

-

-

-

20
1A
6
“

11
7
4
“

17
15
2

87
77
10
“

329
30A
25

2
-

4
-

2
4

-

-

-

_
-

_
-

-

_
-

13

12

1A5

12

IB

_

“

“

“

“

~

~

44
12
32

223
77
1A6
20
20

677
BB
589
55
50

38
8
30

90
16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

MEN...............................................................................
nOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COUNTED.
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOUNGES £ ...................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS.......................
MEN...............................................................................

230

2 . 12

1 ,072
203

2 . 0B
2 .0 7

-

WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .
MEN...............................................................................

Bl
76

2 .01
2 .0 1

-

-

“

30

“
~

-

-

-

-

-

-

“

-

~

-

o
6

2 . 6 5 2 . 7 0 2 . 7 5 2 . BO 2 . 9 0
ANU
UNDER
2 . 7 0 2 . 75 2 . BO 2 . 9 0 3 . 0 0
NONTIPPED

*

”

'
“

"

”

-

*

-

-

*

-

~

*

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3. 20

3 .4 0

3 . 60

3 . 80 A . 00

A . 20

A .A 0 A . 60

A .80

5 .00

5 .20

3 .10

3 .2 0

3 . A0 3 . 6 0

3 .8 0

A .00

A . 20

A. A0 A . 6 0 A . 8 0

5.00

5 .2 0

5 . A0 5 . 6 0

42
42
156
1A
9
5

88
52
613
200
39
161

3
3

2

-

A 88
92
25
67

16
10
6

5
1
4

5
4
i

6
2
4

288
35
60
25
35

2

-

2

-

29
11
18

14
3
n

8
7
i

-

-

-

5 . A0 5 . 6 0

-

5 .80

6 .0 0

3 • 80 6 . 0 0

6 . AO 6 . 8 0

6 .A 0 6 . 8 0

7 .20

7 .20

7.6C
AND
OVER

7.6 0

EMPLOYEES7

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
HOUSE PORTERS........................................................

324

* 3 . J2

4

-

-

6

2

2

LODGING OUARTERS CLEANERS.6.................
ROOM CLERKS..............................................................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................

1 ,6 2 1
AOS
1 17
291

3 .2 3
3 .3 2
3 .36
3 .3 0

21
7
2
5

<£4
1
i

_

-

1 91
4
4

10
6
2
4

1 IB
A5
17
28

58

6

17
16
1

61
12

-

-

-

1 38
64
7A
31

3 .1 1
3 .2 6
3 . AB
3 . A7
3.A 9
6.2A

4

1
1
-

10
6

66

A . 11

-

n

3 . 7B

175

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3
3
-

4
2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

-

-

-

2

2
2

-

-

1

-

2

2
2
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

_
-

FOOD SERVICE:
MEN...............................................................................

MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................

490
433

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

4

5
1

-

1

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . .. .
GUARDS:

-

6

-

-

-

-

2

1

8

2

6

2

25

12

2

1
T h e M in n e a p o lis — t. P a u l m e t r o p o li ta n a r e a c o n s is t s o f A n o k a , C a r v e r , C h is a g o , D a k o ta , m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n th e p e r i o d s b e in g c o m p a r e d .
S
3 A ll o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e m e n .
H e n n e p in , R a m s e y , S c o tt, W a sh in g to n , a n d W rig h t C o u n tie s , M in n . ; an d S t. C r o ix C o u n ty , W is.
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s ; 259 a t $ 5 . 2 0 to $ 5 . 4 0 ; a n d 7 a t $ 5 . 4 0 to $ 5 . 6 0 .
R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s .
E x c lu d e s t ip s a n d th e v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , a n d u n i f o r m s ,
5 A ll w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 5 . 2 0 to $ 5 . 4 0 .
if p r o v id e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y fo r o v e r t i m e , an d f o r w o rk o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p le o f e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
6 A ll o r v i r t u a l l y a ll w o r k e r s a r e w o m e n .
7 W h e re s e p a r a t e i n f o r m a tio n is n o t sh o w n b y s e x , a ll o r v i r t u a l l y a ll w o r k e r s a r e m e n , e x c e p t
l e v e l o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t im e .
T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s tu d i e s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t im e a n d a s s o c i a te d
w h e r e n o te d o t h e r w i s e .
8 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s fo llo w s ; 41 a t $ 8 to $ 8 . 4 0 ; a n d 2 a t $ 8 . 4 0 to $ 8 . 8 0 .
n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p l e c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith
d iffe re n t pay le v e ls .
S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h




Ta b le 18. Occupational w ages: N e w Orleans, La.1
j^ fu m b e r ^ a n t^ ^ v e r a g ^ s tr a ig h t^ tim e ^ J io u r l^ w a g e s ^ o f ^ ^ e m jjlo ^ e e ^

WUWEH CF WORKERS RECE IV1NG STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS 1IN DOLLARS) 0 F - O c c u p a tio n and s e x

Number Average 1.30 1.35 1 .4 0
h ou r ly
AND
of
2
workers w ag es 1* UNDER

1.35 1.40 1 .4 5

1 .4 5

1.50 1 .6 0

1.70 1.80

1 .5 0 1.60 1 . 7 0 1.80 1.90

1.50

2.00 ? . T £ r 2.20

2.00 2. 10 2.20 2 .3 0

2. 30 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 .7 0

2 80
.

2 .9 0 3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3. 40 3 .6 0 3 .8 0 4. 00

2. 40 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 7 0 2 .8 0 2. 90 3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3 . 4 0 3 .6 0 3 . 8 0 4 .0 0 4 .2 0

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM SERVICE!
CUSTOMER LOOSING AT T EN D AN T S ............

8 2
1

217

*1.7 6

44

51

13

25

44

48

“

97
82
14

3 .3 0
3.11
.3 9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

263
216

2. 16

33
33

-

-

-

24
24

-

24
24

3
3

-

18
18

-

-

IS
15

2. 60
2 .5 6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

—

-

107

1.71

7

9

e

-

-

-

-

36
_

-

2 1
2

-

-

44

3

-

1
2
-

-

8

_
-

1

1

-

-

5

-

-

FOOD SERVICE!
MEN............. ......................................................
WOMEN............................................................
BARTENDERS, SERVICE BARS....................
WAI TERS ' AND WAITRESSES'
AS S IS T A N T S , FULL—CCURSE
RES TAURANTS................................................
MEN...................................................................
WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES'
A S S IS T AN T S . OTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS............. ..
MEN...................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
l o u n g e s ! ......................... ...........................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TA B LE,

2

2.22

-

WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, T AB LE ,
OTHER THAN FU LL- C CLRSE
RESTAURANTS AN0 COCKTAIL LOUNGES4
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .
M E N . . . . .................. .......................... ..

28

16

17

181

125

42

1.62

33

99

27

31

53

1. 40

27

3

£3

1.61

30
30

2SS

1 1 1.68
0

2
1
1
2

1
2

16
16

1
1

70

-

-

1

J

24

15

7

_

1

7

-

4
-

-

-

6
6

2. 65 2.70 2 .7 5 2 . 6 0 2. 90 3 . 0 0
AND
UN0ER
2.70 2.75 2 . 8 0 2 .SC 3. 00 3 . 1 0

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
2
1
2

24
9

30
14
16

-

6
6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

33

_

*

-

-

2
1
32

20
1
2

68

67

6

2
1
-

26
16

3
26

27
16

6

1
1

-

-

-

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3. 20 3. 40 3. 60 3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 2 0 4 .4 0 4. 60 4 .8 0 5 .0 0

NONTIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

ROOM SER VIC E:
HOUSE p o r t e r s ! .............................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS!................
ROOM C L E R K S . . . . . . ......................................
MEN............. .. ...................................................
W O M E N . . . . . . ................ ............................ ...
FOOD SER VIC E:
DISHWASHERS ...............................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
PANTRY WORKERS! ...................................................
SECOND COOKS..................................................
M E N . . . . . .................. .. .................................
MAINTENANCE ANC MISCELLANEOUS:
ENGINEERS, S TA TI O N A R Y ! .........................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S ! .. .
GUARDS................ ................................................
M E N . . . . ....................................................

242
1 , 22S
422
les
247

2. 60
2. 74
3. 35
3. 42
3 .3 0

84
536

224
262
61
162
15

2. 75
2.75
2 .7 6
2 .9 9
6 .3 e
6 .4 9

133
105
24

14

45
132
29

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3. 55
3. 72

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5
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22
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2
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8
6

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31
54

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-

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-

97
80
17
61

42
27
15

7
7
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25
24

130
470
13

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1 T h e N e w O r l e a n s m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s o f J e f f e r s o n , O r l e a n s , S t. B e r n a r d , a n d St.
Tammany P arish es.
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p aid w a g e s .
E x c lu d e s tip s and the v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , and u n if o r m s ,
i f p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , an d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , an d l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d on a r e p r e s e n t a t iv e sa m p le o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e the
le v e l of o ccupational earnings at a p articular tim e .
T h u s, c o m p a r iso n s m a d e with p r e v io u s stu d ie s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e a n d a s s o c i a t e d
n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in t h e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , a n d s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h
d iffer en t p ay l e v e l s .
S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u l d d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h




2
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m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n t h e p e r i o d b e in g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e m e n .
4 A ll o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e w o m e n .
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o llo w s : 3 a t $ 5 to $ 5. 20; 4 a t $ 5. 40 to $ 5. 60; a n d 7 a t $ 7. 60
to $ 8.
W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o llo w s : 12 a t $ 5 to $ 5 .2 0 ; 6 a t $ 5 .2 0 to $ 5 .4 0 ; 2 a t $ 5 ,4 0
to $ 5. 60; 5 a t $ 5. 60 to $ 5. 80; 4 a t $ 5. 80 to $ 6; a n d 2 a t $ 6. 20 a n d o v e r .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o llo w s : 5 a t
$ 5 to $ 5 .2 0 ; 2 a t $ 5 .2 0 to $ 5 .4 0 ; 4 a t $ 5 .4 0
to $ 5 . 6 0 ; 10 a t $ 5 . 6 0 to $ 5 . 8 0 ; a n d 2 a t $ 6 . 2 0
and o v e r.

b

Ta ble 19. O ccupational w ages: N e w Y o rk , N .Y.1
(N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y w a g e s 2 o f e m p lo y e e s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,
"

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--

O ccupation and s e x

m o te l s ,

m o to r -h o te ls and to u r i s t co u r t s ,

_______ _________________________________ H RBER : f wo rk e rs RECEIVING SIRA
U
1 . 5 0 1 . EG 1 . 70 1. 60 1. 90 3 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 . 3 0 2 . 4 0 L . 50
.
Number Average
ho ur ly UNJL k ANd
of
2
workers wa ge s 1 1. 30 UNJt K
1 . 6 0 1 . 7 0 1 • d J 1 . 9 0 2 . 0 0 3 . 1 0 2 . 20 2 . 30 2. 40 2 . 50 2 . 0 J

M a y 1978)

G H l - l IMt HUURLY EARNINGS
2 . 6 0 2 . 70 2 . 8 0 2 . 9 0 3 . o o

(I N UUCLARS) 3 ( ----0 3 .4 0 3 .6 0 3 .8 0

2 .70

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

5 .00
ANO
OVER

3. 80 4 . 0 0 4 . 20

4 . 40

4 . 6 0 4 . 8C 5 . 0 0

2 .o 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .40

3 .6 0

cO

64

2

62

-

7

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-

-

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6

6

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-

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19

25
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TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS3*
ROOM S t R V I C t :
CUa Tu HER LODGING AT I

l NUA NT S

................

631

HEN ................................................................................
BARTENDERS, SERVICE 6Ar S .........................
« A i I E k S * ANJ WA1TRE SSLS*
A S SI S T AN T S, KJLL-LuUK o t

2 94
132

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439

115

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FOOD SERVICE :

42

w A l T c R S * AND WAITRESSES*
A S S I S T A N T S , OTHER IRAN
FUL l -C UUR S c RESTAURANTS........................
WAITERS ANL> WAITRESSES, COUNTER..
HEN................................................................................
w A I T t k S AN 0 WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
H till
•
wCNEN...........................................................................
WAITERS ANU WAITRESSES, TASLe ,
EUL l -COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
w CHE N...........................................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES, TAOLc ,
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS AND CUCKTAI e l GUNGES
r t u ................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .

4 .70
5.5 S

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3 . 7 5 1 NOER
2. 8 0 2 . 9 0 5 . CC 3 . 1 0 2 . 2 0

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3.60

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5 .0 0

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6 .00

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3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

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4. o 0 4 .6 0

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EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS5*
room

service:

EOj Gi NG

quarters

c l e a n e r s 8...................

143
n s
39
1, 4 u 5
4 ,595

4 .9 4
4 .9 3
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1 The N e w Y o rk m e t r o p o lit a n a r e a c o n s i s t s of N ew Y ork C ity (B ro n x , K ings, N ew York, Q ueens,
a n d R i c h m o n d C o u n t i e s a n d P u t n a m , R o c k l a n d , an d W e s t c h e s t e r C o u n t i e s , N e w Y o r k ; an d B e r g e n
County, N e w J e r s e y .
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a i d w a g e s .
E x c l u d e s t i p s an d t h e v a l u e o f m e a l s , r o o m , and u n i f o r m s ,
if p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y fo r o v e r t i m e , and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s at a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e .
T h u s, c o m p a r is o n s m ad e with p rev io u s stu dies
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e and a s s o c i a t e d
n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in t h e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , and s h i f t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h
pay le v e ls .
S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u l d d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n e t h o u g h m o s t
e s t a b lis h m e n t s in c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n the p e r io d s being co m pa r ed .




4

12

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MAiNI L» ANCE ANU M I S C L L A N E O U a :
e Ng I n c u r s , s t a t i o n a r y .................................
bti^LKAL MAlNTcftANCb MbcHANlw 3 . • . •
u Um k j S . . . . . .

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70
3

18
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10
14

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3 W h e re s e p a r a t e in f o r m a tio n is n o t sh o w n
by s e x , a ll o r v irtu a lly all w o r k e r s
are m
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 13 a t $ 5 t o
$ 5. 2 0 ; 6 9 a t $5 . 2 0 t o $
5.40; 45 at
$ 5 . 6 0 ; 7 4 a t $ 5 . 6 0 ' t o $ 5 . 8 0 ; a n d 5 a t $ 5 . 8 0 t o $ 6.
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 a t $ 5 t o $ 5 . 2 0 ; 5 a t $ 5 . 4 0 t o $ 5 . 6 0 ; 11 6 a t
$ 5. 80; an d 3 a t $ 6 to $ 6 .2 0 .
6 A ll w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 5 to $ 5 .2 0 .
7 A ll w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 1 . 3 0 to $ 1 . 4 0 .
8 A ll o r v irtu a lly a ll w o r k e r s a r e w o m e n .
9 A ll w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 2 . 65 to $ 2 . 70.
10 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 a t $ 7 t o $ 7 . 2 0 ; 4 a t $ 7 . 2 0 t o $ 7 . 4 0 ; 4 a t
$ 7. 6 0; 7 a t $ 7. 60 t o $ 7. 8 0 ; 1 a t $ 7. 80 to $ 8; a n d 3 a t $ 8 . 2 0 a n d o v e r .

6
*
en.
$ 5.40
$ 5. 60

$ 7 .4 0

Ta b le 20. Occupational w a ges: Philadelphia, Pa. — N .J.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly w a g e s 2 o f e m p lo y e e s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,

O c c u p a tio n and s e x

Number
of

m o te l s ,

m o t o r - h o t e l s a n d t o u r i s t c o u r t s , M a y 1978)

Average
1 .3 5 1 .50
AND
h o u r ly UNDER
wages 2 1 . 3 5 JNDER
1 .5 0 1 .55

1 .5 5

NUMBER CF WORKERS RECE IVING STRA IGHT- TIME HOURLY EARNINGS 1 IN PCLLA RSI O F - 1 .5 0 1 .6 0 1 .7 0 1 .8 0 1 .90 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 .3 0 2 . 4 0 2 . 5 0 2 . 6 0 2 .7 0 2 .8 0 2 . 9 0 3 .0 0

1 .5 0

1.60

3

“

1.80

1 .90

2

28

25

5

5

•
_

_

_

-

-

2.0 0

2 .10

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

1

—
_

-

2 .8 0

1

2 .5 0

17

16
14

-

2

1
1

-

4
4

7
7

22
22

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

13
9
4
4
4

33
23

65
65

4
-

69
42
27
4
4

25

29
7
-

10

5

1
1

2
2

10

6

61
55

16
16

-

-

4

2

-

39
34

11

4.0 0
AND

4

4
-

2 .9 0

2

2 .4 0

2 . 70

*

2 .3 0

2

2.2 0

2 .60

1

1 .70

3 .2 0

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS3
ROOM SERVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS...............

90

$2

.0 1

FOOD SERV ICE:

MEN................................................................................
W IT ERS ’ AND WAITRESSES'
A
A S S I S T A N T S . FULL—
COURSE
RESTAURANTS............................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES'
A S S I S T A N T S . OTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. COUNTER6 .
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. COCKTAIL
LOUNGE S i .....................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
MEN..................... ..........................................................
WAITERS AND W AIT RESSES, TABLE,
OTHER THAN FULL-COL'RSE
RESTAURANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES

289
217
72
27
25

3 .5 1
3 .5 7
3. 22
3 .7 0
3 .6 7

226
279
47

2 .2 3
2 .3 0
1 .81

61
55
39

3 .11
3 .11
1 .81

132

1 .6 0

71

1 .6 1

MEN................................................................................

82 7 1

232
7 33

1 .63
1 .60

2 2 '.

128

1 . 71
1 .73
2 .0 9

122

WAITERS

AND WAITRESSES,

O T H E R ..,.

70

_
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-

12

9

12

12

6

9
3

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52

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30
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36

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3

36
25

2

12

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27
27
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11

27

20
20

3
3

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8
8

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1
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15

23

15

6

27

2

9

90
5
85

50
4
36

75

10

22

53

150
70
80

95
7

2

91
33
58

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21
21

52
35
7

4
4
-

55
44
25

1
1
6

11
11

5

-

-

-

-

*

-

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3 .20

3 .5 0

3 .60

3 .8 0

5 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 . 60

4. 80

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .4 0

5 .6 0

3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .5 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0 4 .0 0

4 .20

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 . 80

5 .00

5 .20

5 .40

5 .60

5 .8 0

6 .0 0

“
*

“
~

*

*

1

~
~

~
~

~

“

55

17
16
33
68
53
25

1
1
1

4
8

198
135
500
126
18
108

3
3

12

52
50
1 15
57

“

179

~

*

-

-

88

5
5

2

*
4
4

—

8

2

—

-

2
2
21

36

8

-

—

36

3 .2 8
3 .25
3 .11
3 .5 3
3 .5 0
3 .3 7

937
37
1031 6
52
i i 23
19

20

6

56
18
13
5

185
7

FOOD SERVICE:
DISHWASHERS...............................................................
PANTRY WORKERS......................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
SECOND COOKS............................................................
MEN...............................................................................

598
135
55
85
85
66

3 .0 0
3.27
3 .2 5
3.28
5 .9 6
5 . 12

121 9 0
9
4
5
-

25
12
5
7
-

67
9

*

*

21
161
52

5. 93
5 .1 1
3 .5 3

“ 17
15 6

2
*

22

8

1

21

8
-

5
*

77
51
20

31

6

4

21

12

—

1

—

2

33
19
15

26
26
”

9
7

11
10
1

2
3
2
1
“

*
*

2

21

2

13 1
48
17
31
1
1

5
10
1

“
4
-

”

2
2
"

51
20
9
11
5
5

3

15

6

1

2

6
32

26
9

10
-

—

“

6

“

5 .8 0

6 .0 0

9
8
8

4

2

"
2
2

1

~

“

1

~

*

“
29
11

“
4
4

12

5

8

“
“

1
1

*

'
~

“
~

2
2

1

1

~

“
16
16

“
1
1

~
~

~
~

S e e f o o tn o te s o n f o llo w in g p a g e




-

-

i

1

7
1

25
2

26

11

1

~
~
13

1

1

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . . . .
GUARDS.............................................................................

~

”

-

-

-

~

-

-

11

—

1

—

AND
OVER

2
2
-

4

5
4

1

—

EMPLOYEES

259
288
1 ,5 6 1
462
193
270

5

'

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS3
ROOM SERVICE:
HOUSE PORTERS.........................................................
MEN................................................................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS 6 ...................
ROOM CLERKS..............................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................

9

4

3
12
10

-

23
14
4 9

1

16

5
5

20

'

2
1

74
13
61

2 . 7 5 2 . 80 2 . 9 0
UNDER
AN0
2 . 7 5 U n der
2 .90 2 .9 0 3 .0 0
NONTIPPED

-

~

-

21

15

_
_

2

16
16

14 5
4

F o o tn o te s

to t a b l e

20.

1 T h e P h i l a d e l p h i a m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a c o n s i s t s o f B u c k s , C h e s t e r , D e l a w a r e , M o n t g o m e r y , and
P h i l a d e l p h i a C o u n t i e s , P e n n s y l v a n i a and B u r l i n g t o n , C a m d e n , a n d G l o u c e s t e r C o u n t i e s , N e w J e r s e y .
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s .
E x c l u d e s t i p s and t h e v a l u e o f m e a l s , r o o m , a n d u n i f o r m s ,
i f p r o v i d e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , and fo r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and l a t e s h i f t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s i g n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s at a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e .
T hu s, c o m p a r is o n s m a d e with p r e v io u s stu dies
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in t h e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e a n d a s s o c i a t e d
n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in t h e s a m p l e c o m p o s i t i o n , a n d s h if t s in e m p l o y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h
d iffer en t p ay l e v e l s .
S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p l e , c o u l d d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h
m o s t es t a b lis h m e n ts in c r e a se d w a g e s betw een the periods being co m p a r ed .
3 W h e r e s e p a r a t e in f o r m a t io n is not show n by s e x , a ll o r v ir t u a lly all w o r k e r s a r e m e n , e x c e p t
w h er e noted o th er w ise.
4 A ll w o r k e r s at $ 4 to $ 4 . 2 0 .




to

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
$7;
14
15

W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 a t $ 4 to $ 4 . 2 0 ; an d 2 at $ 4 . 4 0 to $ 4 . 6 0 .
A ll or virtu ally all w o r k e r s a re w om en .
A l l w o r k e r s a t $ 1 . 3 0 to $ 1 . 3 5 .
W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a 3 f o l l o w s : 52 a t $ 1 . 2 5 to $ 1 . 3 0 ; and 2 2 5 a t $ 1 . 3 0 to $ 1 . 3 5 .
W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 5 u n d e r $ 2 . 60 an d 32 a t $ 2 . 65 to $ 2 . 70.
W o r k e r s w e r e d istrib u ted as fo llo w s : 20 u n d er $ 2 . 6 0
a n d 2 9 6 a t $ 2 . 6 5 to $ 2 . 7 0 .
A l l w o r k e r s at $ 2 . 6 5 to $ 2 . 7 0 .
W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 33 u n d e r $ 2 . 6 0
a n d 157 a t $ 2 . 6 5 to $ 2 . 7 0 .
W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 a t $ 6. 2 0 to $ 6 . 4 0 ; 2 a t $ 6 . 4 0 to $ 6 . 6 0 ; 8 at $ 6 . 8 0
and 4 at $ 7 . 2 0 and o v e r .
W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 3 a t $ 6 . 2 0 to $ 6 . 4 0
an d 2 a t $ 6. 80 to $ 7.
A l l w o r k e r s u n d e r $ 2 . 60.

Ta b le 21. Occupational w a g e s: Pittsburgh, Pa.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly w a g e s 2 o f e m p lo y e e s Ln s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,
1.35
Average
AND
h o ur l y UNDER
wages- 1 . 3 5 UNDER
1 . AO

O c c u p a tio n and s e x

m o te l s ,

m o t o r - h o t e l s a n d t o u r i s t c o u r t s . M a y 1978

NUMBER CF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOLRLY EARNINGS
1 .60

II N O tL LA PS )
2 .80

CF--

13.401 17601 T7B0' ■470<r
AND
OVER

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS...............
MEN..................... ..........................................................
FOOD SERVICE:
BARTENDERS, PUBLIC e A R S . . . . . .............
MEN................................................................................
VO MEN............- ...........................................................
BARTENDERS, SERVICE BARS........................
MEN................................................................................
WAITERS'AND WAITRESSES'
A S S I S T A N T S , FULL-CCURSE
RESTAURANTS............................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS' AND WAITRESSES'
A S S I S T A N T S , CTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
MEN................................................................................
WAITERS AND WAI TRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOJNGES.......................................................................
MEN.................................................................................
WOMEN...........................................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COUPSE PESTAUPANTS........................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. TABLE,
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .
MEN................................................................................

$ 2 . AA
2.A 9

10 A

1A7

3 .35
3.A 2
3 .0 7
A.0 8
A .06

28
25

2 .2 8
2 .3 1
2 .16

19
16

2.A1

120
10

1 .70
2 .5 6
1 .62

5 22

no
A92
50
AA 2

1 .56
2 .0 8
1 .50

62 0 6
20
186

2 . A6

22

1.95
1 .8 9
2.6A
2 .6 3
2.70
UNDER
AND
2 . 7 0 JNDER
2 .75

NONTIPPED

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

5 .60

7 .2 0

7 .60

3 .8 0

A .00

6 .0 0

7 .6 0

8 .0 0

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS 7

ROOM SERVICE:
HOUSE PORTERS...............................................
MEN.......................................................................
WOMEN.................................................................
LODGING OUARTERS CL EANERS7 • . . .
ROOM CLERKS.....................................................
MEN.......................................................................
WOMEN.................................................................

27
902
2 77
67
190

FOOD S ERV ICE:
DISHWASHERS......................................................
MEN.................. ....................................................
WOMEN.................................................................
PANTRY WORKERS.............................................
MEN......................................................................
WOMEN............... .................................................
SECOND COOKS..................................................
MEN.......................................................................

2A2
176
66
170
17
153
61
AO

MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
ENGINEERS, STATIONARY........................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE MECHANICS.
GUARDS....................................................................

S e e f o o tn o te s on f o llo w in g p a g e ,




20
20

A5
19

130

102

3 .2 e
3 .3 3
3 .0 9
2 .9 1
2 .9 7
3 .0 7
2 .9 3

8 29
21
8
“2 5 9
11 5 9
7
52

2 .8 A
2 .7 9
2 .96
3 .0 1

“1A6
11 A
32
55

2. 7A

10

3.0A
A .07
A. 5A

A5

7 . 81
3. 6 A
3 .30

1 16
13

138
9

3 37
36
1

F o o tn o te s

to t a b l e 2 1 .

1 T h e P i t t s b u r g h m e t r o p o li ta n a r e a c o n s is t s o f A lle g h e n y , B e a v e r , W a s h in g to n , a n d W e s t­
m o r e l a n d C o u n t ie s .
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s . E x c lu d e s t ip s and th e v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , a n d u n i f o r m s ,
i f p r o v id e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e , a n d fo r w o rk o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p le o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
le v e l of o c c u p a tio n a l e a rn in g s a t a p a rtic u la r tim e .
T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s tu d ie s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t im e a n d a s s o c i a t e d
n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in t h e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith
d iffe re n t p ay le v e ls .
S u c h s h if ts , f o r e x a m p le , co u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n
th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n the p e r i o d s b e in g c o m p a r e d .
3 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s fo llo w s : 16 a t $ 4 to $ 4 . 2 0 ; 7 a t $ 4 . 2 0 to $ 4 . 4 0 ; 13 a t $ 4 . 4 0




to

$ 4 . 60; a n d 1 a t $ 4 . 80 t o $ 5.
4 A ll w o r k e r s at $ 4 . 4 0 to $ 4 . 6 0 .
5 I n c l u d e s 8 w o r k e r s a t $ 1 . 2 5 to $ 1 . 3 0 .
8
I n c l u d e s 2 8 w o r k e r s u n d e r $ 1 . 2 0 an d 4 a t $ 1 . 2 5 to $ 1 . 3 0 .
7 W h ere se p a r a te info rm a tio n is not shown b y se x , a ll o r v ir tu a lly all w o r k e r s a re m e n ,
w h ere noted o th er w ise.
8 I n c l u d e s 2 w o r k e r s a t $ 2 . 5 5 to $ 2 . 6 0 .
9 A ll or virtually all w o r k e rs are w om en.
10 I n c l u d e s 16 w o r k e r s u n d e r $ 2 . 5 5 ; a n d 8 a t $ 2 . 5 5 to $ 2 . 6 0 .
11 I n c l u d e s 12 w o r k e r s u n d e r $ 2 . 5 5 .
12 I n c l u d e s 12 w o r k e r s u n d e r $ 2 . 5 5 ; a n d 2 2 a t $ 2 . 5 5 to $ 2 . 6 0 .

except




1 T h e P o r tl a n d m e t r o p o li ta n a r e a c o n s i s t s o f C la c k a m a s , M u ltn o m a h ,
a n d W a sh in g to n C o u n tie s , O re g o n ; and C l a r k C o u n ty , W a sh in g to n .
2 R e f e r s to e m p lo y e r p a id w a g e s .
E x c lu d e s t ip s a n d t h e v a lu e of
m e a l s , r o o m , a n d u n i f o r m s , if p r o v id e d , a n d p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e ,
a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u rv e y s ,
b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p le o f e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a ­
s u r e th e le v e l o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a rn in g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t im e .
T hus, com ­
p a r i s o n s m a d e w ith p r e v io u s s tu d ie s m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e ­
m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t im e a n d a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s ­
s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g
e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s .
S u c h s h if t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld
d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d

wages

b etw een the p erio d s being co m p a r ed .
3 W here sep a ra te inform ation is not shown by s e x , a ll or virtu ally
all w o r k e r s a r e m e n , ex c ep t w h e r e noted o th er w ise.
4 A ll or virtually all w o rk ers are w om en.
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 at $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ; 4 a t $ 5. 60
to $ 5. 80; 2 a t $ 6 to $ 6 . 2 0 ; 4 a t $ 6 . 2 0 to $ 6. 60; and 1 a t $ 6. 60 to $ 7.
6 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 1 a t $ 5 . 4 0 t o $ 5 . 6 0 ; 5 at
$ 5 . 6 0 to $ 5 . 8 0 ; 4 a t $ 6 to $ 6 . 2 0 ; 12 a t $ 6 . 6 0 to $ 7 ; a n d 2 a t $ 7 . 8 0
to $ 8 . 2 0 .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d istrib u te d a s fo llo w s : 3 at $ 5 to $ 5 .2 0 ; 2 at $ 5 . 2 0
to $ 5 . 4 0 ; a n d 11 a t $ 6. 6 0 to $ 7.

Table 23. Occupational w ages: St. Louis, Mo. — III.1
(N u m b e r an d a v e ra g e

s tra ig h t-tim e

h o u rly w a g e s 2 o f e m p lo y e e s

in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s

in y e a r - r o u n d
KUFBER

Number Average' 1 . 3 0 1 . 3 5
of
ho ur ly
AND
workers wages 2 UNDER
1 .35 1.40

O c c u p a tio n and s e x

1.40

1 .4 5

1 .50

1 .45

1 .50

1

CF

h o te ls ,

m o te ls ,

m o to r-h o te ls

an d to u r is t c o u r ts ,

WORKERS

R ECEI VING

S TR A IG H T-T I* E

HOURLY

M ay

EARNING S

1 978)

U N DCL LA RS I O F —

.60

1 .70

1.

80

1 .50

2.00

2 .10

2.20

2 .3 0

2.4 0

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2

. 7C 2 . 8 0

2 .5 0

3 .00

3 .2 0

3 .40

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

.60

1 .7 0

1.80

1 .90

2.00

2. 10

2.20

2 .3 0

2 .4 0

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2

. 80 2 . 5 C

3 .00

3 .2 0

3 .40

3 .6 0

3.80

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

14

-

18

1

17

3

3

7

6

-

1

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

6

11

13

100

2

8

29

25
18

24
14

11
8

3

e

-

2

6

2
2

39
39

-

16

12

27
27

1

15

1C

5

-

-

-

5

3

_

_

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERV ICE :
CUSTOMER LOCCING ATTENDANTS5 .............
.

ite

il.7 7

-

51

4

3

23

15

FOOU SER VICE:
BARTENOERS, PLBLIC EARS..........................
MEN................................................................................

197
56

3 .3 5
3.34

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

r

1

101

WAITERS'AND w a i t r e s s e s *
A S S I S T A N T S , FULL-CCURSE
RESTAURANTS...........................................................
WOMEN..................................... ....................................
WAITERS* AND WAITRESSES*
A S S I S T A N T S , CTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RES l A L P A M S i .....................
WAITERS AN0 WAITRESSES, C0CKTAIL
LOUNGE S .1 .....................................................................
4
*
2
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
M E N . . . .......................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .
MEN................................................................................

250
40

2.13

1

i

-

83

-

14

-

3

-

_

15

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3 A ll or virtually all w o r k e r s are m en.
4 A ll or virutally all w o r k e rs are w om en.
* W h e r e s e p a r a t e i n f o r m a t i o n i s n ot s h o w n b y s e x , a l l o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e m e n ,
w h e r e noted o t h e r w is e .
6 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 13 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ;
1 a t $ 6 . 2 0 to $ 6 . 4 0 ; 2 a t
to
$ 6 . 80 ; 8 at $ 7. 2 0 to $ 7. 40; 6 a t $ 7. 40 to $ 7. 6 0 and 1 a t $ 7. 60 an d o v e r .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 2 a t $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ;
1 a t $ 5 . 2 0 to $ 5 . 4 0 ; 4 a t
to
$ 5. 60; 4 a t $ 5 . 60 t o $ 5. 80; 1 a t $ 5. 80 t o $ 6; 9 a t $ 6 . 2 0
to $ 6. 4 0 ; 3 at $ 6 . 4 0
to
a n d 1 at $ 6 . 6 0 and o v e r .

$ 6 .6 0

4

3

8

_

7

28

1 .57

-

14

-

-

-

12

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1.53

15

44

3

17

24

1

-

5

-

-

4

2

-

4

-

-

48 1
138
3 43
57
33

1 .54
1 .45
1 .58
1 .6 5
1.40

45
30
15
-

160
52
108
26

17
7

51
9
62
-

19

14

7

1

3

2

I
-

5
-

i
-

34
34

3

2

i
-

~

22

10
6
6

71
16
53
5
5

2 .7 5

2 .8 0

2 .8 0

2 .5 0

11
8

8

11
1
10

-

-

-

2 .5 0

3 .0 0 3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .4 0

3 .0 0

3 .1 0 3 .20

3 .4 0

3 .6 0

39

5
4
74
32
42

6

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS

_

12

120

2 .6 5 2 .70
AND
JNDER
2.70 2 .7 5
NONTIPPED

27

-

1 .9 7

-

1
2

-

1
2

-

1

2

1

20

-

-

-

-

-

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 . 40

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

3 .8 0

4 .0 0

4 .2 0

4 .4 0

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

10

12

10

e
4

-

9
5

-

-

-

-

e
15
13

-

15

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

I
1

-

5 .C C
AN C
OVER

5

ROOM SERVICE:
HOUSE PORTERS........................................................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEANERS!...................
ROOM CLERKS..............................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
FOOL SERVICE:
DISHWASHERS..............................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
PANTRY WORKERS.....................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
SECOND COCKS...........................................................
MEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................. ..
MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
ENGINEERS, STATIONARY................................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . . . .
GUARDS.............................................................................
MEN................................................................................

216
1, 524
415
16 C
255

2 .71
2.7 1
3 .12
3.15
3 .07

63
512
44

126
860
11

2

5

42

2

61
108
28
E0
58
24
34

2 .73
2 .7 4
2 .71
2 .96
2 .9 6
2 .55
3.7 6
3.51
3 .65

55
55
4

165
1 16
49
35

32
115
57
54

6 .2 9
4 .2 6
3 .9 4
3 .5 4

i
-

271
210

12

7
5
-

9
42
14
5
s

1
2
11

15

23

10

20

1
1
-

8

34
62
14
48

5
2

3
13

11

7

4
21

1 08
56
52

1
1

1
1

-

-

7

2

~

6

2

1

2

7
-

5
-

4
-

5
-

-

15

5

33

*

21
6

-

11

-

2

2

-

-

11

2
10

8

4
4

5
-

1

10

-

-

5

-

6

5

10
6

5

4
7

-

4
4

-

1
1

-

17
7
7

4
7

-

5
3
3

6
6

-

5
5
3
3
-

13
13

-

-

2

6

3
3

-

-

13
c

-

-

4

2

-

-

-

2

11

3

3

1

-

2
2

2

-

“

2

-

-

-

-

3
3
"

-

1

-

7
32
30

3
-

20
-

6
7

31
25
-

~

'

1 T h e S t. L o u is m e t r o p o li ta n a r e a c o n s is t s o f S t. L o u is C ity ; F r a n k li n , J e f f e r s o n , S t. C h a r le s ,
a n d S t. L o u is C o u n t ie s , M i s s o u r i; a n d C lin to n , M a d is o n , M o n ro e , a n d S t. C l a i r C o u n tie s , I ll in o i s .
2 R e f e r s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s . E x c lu d e s t ip s a n d th e v a lu e o f m e a l s , r o o m , a n d u n i f o r m s ,
if p r o v id e d , a n d p r e m i u m p a y fo r o v e r t i m e , a n d fo r w o rk o n w e e k e n d s , h o l id a y s , a n d l a t e s h ifts.
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d on a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p le of e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t im e .
T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s tu d ie s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in th e u n i v e r s e o v e r t im e a n d a s s o c i a te d
n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith
d iffe re n t pay le v e ls .
S u c h s h i f t s , fo r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h
m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n th e p e r i o d s b e in g c o m p a r e d .




except

$ 5 .4 0
$ 6. 60;




Table 24. Occupational w ages: San Francisco— Oakland, Calif.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e - s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly w a g e s 2 o f e m p lo y e e s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s , m o t e l s , m o t o r - h o t e l s a n d t o u r i s t c o u r t s , M a y 1978)
NUMBER OF WORKERS nfeCCI VING STRAIGHT-T1ME HOURLY EARNINGS <IN DOLLARS) OF —
O cc upa tio n and sex

Number Average
2 .6 0 2.70
ho ur ly UNDER
of
AND
workers wages 2 2 . 6 0 J NOE R
2 .7 0 2 .8 0

2 .8 0

2 .90

3 .00 3 .20

3 .4 0

3 .60

3 .80

4 .00

4 .2 0

4 .40

4 .80

5 .00

2 .90

3 .00

3 .2 0 3.40

3 .60

3 .80

4 .0 0

4 .2 9

4 .4 0

4 * 6 0 1/ t . a a . 5 . 0 9
,

5.20

“

35

18

21

-

-

4 .6 0

5 .2 0
ANO
OVER

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS5
ROOM s e r v i c e :
CUSTOMER LOOGING ATTENDANTS...............
service:
BARTENDERS. PUBLIC BARS...........................
MEN...............................................................................
UONEN.........................................................................
BARTENDERS. SERVICE BARS........................
UAI TER S* AND WAITRESSES*
A S S I S T A N T S . FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS...........................................................
MEN...............................................................................
UONEN.........................................................................
WAITERS* AND WAITRESSES*
A S S I S T A N T S . OTHER THAN
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. COUNTER..
UONEN.........................................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES. COCKTAIL
LOUNGES6 ...................................................................
WAITERS ANO WAITRESSES. TABLE.
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
HEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. TABLE.
OTHER THAN FULL-COURSE
RESTAURANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES6
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES. O T H E R . . . .
HEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................

456

* 2 .8 4

32

198

11 1

220
205
15
1 22

6 .1 6
6 .1 4
6 .4 8
7 .0 5

-

-

-

3 40
323
17

3 .1 6
3 .1 6
3 .2 4

21 6
48
28

3 .0 6
3 .87
3 .6 6

-

2 20

3 .06

-

767
275
4 92

3 .1 5
3 .1 8
3 .1 3

-

191
467
225
2 42

2 .8 4
3 .4 8
3 .5 7
3 .3 9

20

6

15

food

-

“

-

-

1

5
-

97
2
2

16

54

177
1 74
3

62
58
4

21
21

20 4

6
6

“

”

-

*
-

80
70
10

76
14
14

38
“

12

91

81
28
53

116
55
61

44

30
40
2
38

-

18
203
114
89

~

5

“

"

22
10
12

10
10

5
“
5

4
i
3

“
“
“

“

~

“
“
*

“
15
10
5

“
-

~
40
32
8

20
14

”
40
7
33

*
2
2

2
2

10
10

12

364
173
191

4
4

30

20
~

2
2

50
50

71
8
63

9
33
12
21

1 34
56
24
32

-

J.3TT 3 . 1 0
AND
UNDER
3 . 0 0 UNDER
3 .10 3 .20

3 .20

3 .4 0

3 .60

3 . 8 0 4 . 0 0 14 . 2 0

4 .40

4 .6 0

4 .80

5 .0 0

5 .20

5 .4 0

5 .60

5 .80

3 .40

3.60

3 .8 0

4 .00 4.20

4 .6 0

4 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .40

5 .6 0

5 .80

6.Q B-

4 71
33
22
u

32
76

8

38
27
11

88

2

64
51
13

29
29
-

78
53
25

-

22
15
7

20
15
5
-

70
11
59
-

13
7

~

-

-

-

ii

-

10

-

3

16

19

-

-

44

6
6

“

“
“

6

'

NONTIPPED

4 .4 0

6 .3 0
ANO
OVER

EMPLOYEES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS5
room

service:

HOUSE PORTERS........................................................
LOOGING QUARTERS CLEANERS6 ..................
ROOM CLERKS..............................................................
NEN...............................................................................
W O M E N . . . . ..............................................................
FOOD s e r v i c e :
DISHWASHERS.............................................................
HEN...............................................................................
PANTRY WORKERS.....................................................
HEN...............................................................................
WOMEN.........................................................................
SECONO COOKS...........................................................

MAINTENANCE ANO MISCELLANEOUS:
ENGINEERS. STATIONARY.................................
6ENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . . . .

S e e f o o tn o te s on fo llo w in g p a g e .

555
2.606
63 8
384
254

3 .7 9
3 .61
4 .7 0
4 .8 1
4 .5 4

22

598
53 8
134
49
85
60
55

3 .8 0
3 .80
4 .8 9
4 .7 9
4 .9 4

-

162
1 33

9 .3 8
4 .6 6

6.66

86
-

22
1 21
-

165
-

4

*
“

3

-

-

38

4

444
44

i
3

22
22

5
5
-

105
10 5
-

-

n

3

-

2

81
41
40

27
19
8

69
69
7
5

10
10
8

-

2

2

2

-

-

-

40

16

5

383
1139
65
34
31

56
10 4
57
23
34

405
346

-

6

2

6

41
47

6

6
6

8
5
3
-

739

6 .7 4

1

H62
19




F o o tn o te s

to t a b l e

24.

1 T h e S a n F ra n c is c o -O a k la n d m e tr o p o lita n a r e a c o n s is ts o f A la m e d a ,
C o n tr a C o s ta , M a r in , S a n F r a n c is c o , a n d S a n M a te o C o u n tie s .
2 R e f e r s to e m p lo y e r p a id w a g e s .
E x c lu d e s tip s an d th e v a lu e o f m e a ls ,
ro o m ,
an d u n ifo rm s ,
if p r o v i d e d ,
an d p re m iu m p a y fo r o v e r tim e , an d fo r
w o rk on w eek en d s,
h o lid a y s ,
and la te
s h ifts .
T hese
su rv e y s, b a se d on a
re p re s e n ta tiv e
s a m p le o f e s ta b lL s h m e n ts , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e le v e l
o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a rn in g s a t a p a r tic u la r tim e .
T h u s , c o m p a r i s o n s m a d e w ith
p r e v io u s s tu d ie s m a y n o t r e f le c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s
in t h e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e a n d a s s o c i a t e d n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in t h e s a m p l e
c o m p o s itio n ,
a n d s h if ts in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d i f f e r e n t
p ay le v e ls .
S u c h s h if ts , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r ­
age,
e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n th e p e r i o d s
b e in g c o m p a re d .
3 W h e re s e p a r a te in f o rm a tio n is n o t sh o w n b y s e x , a ll o r v ir tu a lly a ll
w o r k e r s a r e m e n , e x c e p t w h e re n o te d o th e r w is e .

4

W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 6 a t $ 5 . 2 0 to $ 5 . 4 0 ; 1 at
$ 5 .4 0 to $ 5. 60; 4 6 a t $ 5. 60 to $ 5. 80; 14 a t $ 5. 80 to $ 6; 7 a t $ 6 to
$ 6 .2 0 ; 95 at $ 6 .2 0 to $ 6. 4 0; 46 a t $ 6. 40 to $ 6. 80; an d 4 a t
$ 6. 80 to

$ 7 .2 0 .
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 6 a t $ 5. 60 to $ 5. 80; 5 a t $ 6
to $ 6. 2 0 ; 4 9 a t $ 6. 20 to $ 6. 4 0 ; 6 a t $ 6. 40 to $ 6. 80; 5 a t $ 6. 80 to $ 7. 20;
9 a t $ 7 .2 0 to $ 7. 60; 5a t $ 7. 60 to $ 8; 14 a t $ 8 to $ 8 .4 0 ; a n d 23 at
$ 8 .4 0 to $ 8. 80.

6 A ll o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e w o m e n .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s : 3 a t $ 6 .4 0 to $ 6. 60; 8 a t $ 7
to $ 7 . 2 0 ; 25 a t $ 7 . 2 0 to $ 7 . 6 0 ; a n d 3 a t $ 8 a n d o v e r .
8 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s : 4 a t $ 7. 60 to $ 8; 2 a t $ 8 .4 0
to $8. 80; 12 a t $8. 80 to $9. 20; 140 a t $9. 20 to $9. 60 a n d 4 a t $10 and o v e r .
9 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s : 1 a t $ 6 to $ 6 .2 0 ; 5 a t $ 6 .2 0
to $ 6. 4 0 ; 11 a t $ 6. 40 to $ 6. 60; a n d 2 a t $ 6. 60 to $ 6 . 80.

Table 25. Occupational w ages: W ashington, D .C .— M d .— V a .1
( N u m b e r an d a v e r a g e

str a ig h t- tim e hourly w ^ g e sf pf e m p lo y ee s

8

‘

O ccup ation and s e x

in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s

in y e a r - r o u n d h o t e l s ,

m otels,

m o t o r - h o t e l s and t o u r i s t c o u r t s ,

May }9 7 8 )

NUHEEP OF WORKERS RECEIV 1NG ST* A I G H T - T I HE HCiiRLY EARNINGS ( I N PCI LARS) C F - -

f
Number
of

Average 1 . 3 0 1 . 3 5
ho ur ly
AND
wage s2 UNDER
1 .3 5 1.5 0

1 .50

1 .5 5

1 .5 0

1 .6 0

1.70

1 .8 0

1 .5 0

2 .0 0

2 .1 0 2 .2 0

2 .3 0

2 .50

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .5 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .20

1 .55

1 .5 0

1 .60

1 .70

1 .80

1 .5 0

2 .0 0

2 .1 0

2 .2 0 2 .3 0

2 .5 0

2 .5 0

2 .6 0

2 .7 0

2 .8 0

2 .9 0

3 .0 0

3 .2 0

3 .5 0

3 .6 0

3 .80

5 .00

5 .20

5 .5 0

15

36

”

5

5

8

78

2

15

15
15
“
1
1

18
10
8
“
“

6
2
4
5
4
i

~
~
~

16
16
”
12
9
3

2
2
”
13
13

256
17 3

~
~

“
~

77
25

12
25

2
1

2

-

4
-

15
“
15

"
“
~

~
~

~
~

“

5 .50

“

TIPPED EMPLOYEES
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
ROOM SERVICE:
CUSTOMER LODGING ATTENDANTS^.............

3

WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, COCKTAIL
LOUNGES.......................................................................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
FULL-COURSE RESTAURANTS........................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, TABLE,
OTHER THAN FULL-CCU«SE
RESTAIRANTS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES, O T H E R . . . .
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................................

$2.0 5

30

155
117
38
150
1 25
15

5 .2 8
5 .3 2
5 .1 7
5 .5 7
5 .6 1
5 .2 3

-

-

-

-

-

525
326

2 .5 6
2 .5 2

-

-

-

-

-

3 .1 0

52

3 .31

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22 1
16
203

1 .83
1 .55
1 .82

35
35

22
22

-

31
1
30

22

-

22

550

1.8 2

132

35

4

68

50

2 56
28
218
207
185
18

2 .2 5
2 .2 0
2 .2 6
2.1 1
2.15
1 .7 5

18
2
16
-

15
6
5
*

*

4
4
13
6
7

8

2

1
1
~

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
1

10
10

-

-

-

“

-

57
55

3
1

“

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

2

-

2

65
17
52

6
6

-

4
4

-

2

25

8

575

35

2

2

3
3
-

3

65
7
57
31
25
6

20
20
10
6
4

-

~

3
*

-

13 2
13 1
1

-

*

4
5

65
60

5
1

3?
4

-

3

~

-

10
“
10
-

“
“
-

5
1
5

33
33

2
2

15

2
10
“
10

“

50

5

10
10

2
2
2

*

1

1

“

*

2
2

“

“

2
*
2
3
3

“
•

100
10
90
2
2

“

3 .0 0

3 .10

3 .2 0

3 .5 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

5 .0 0

5 .2 0

5 .5 0

5 .6 0

5 .8 0

5 .00

5 .2 0

5 .6 0

6 .0 0

6 .5 0

2 . 80 2 . 5 0

3 .0 0

3 .1 0

3 .2 0

3 .5 0

3 .6 0

3 .8 0

5 .0 0

5.20

5 .5 0

5 .6 0

5 . 80

5 .0 0

5 .20

5 .6 0

6 .00

6 .5 0

6 .8 0

13
83

61
212
87
52
55

32
65
10
9
i

57
205
137
50
57

510
1237
10 5
52
52

66
36
186
50
56

8
20
32
12
10

6
8
63
27
36

~
2
55
27
18

1
~
17
15
3

“
17
13
5

~
6
5
3

1
1

“
”
“

*
lfc
16

4
4
”

25
26
6
20
~

517
79
18
61
2

5
27
5
22
2

2
36
2
35
~

3
8
3
5

2
4
1
3
“

2

“

55
52
8
35
”

2

“

1
~

“

5
5

31
20

12
15

12
1

12
5
25

“
15
32

56
550
-

77
-

-

-

16
1 18
12
12
“

6 .8 0
AND
OVER

SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
10
830
2 ,822
758
517
231

3 .5 0
3 .52
3 .1 8
3 .6 7
3 .7 2
3 .6 0

FOOD S ERV ICE:
DISHWASHERS...............................................................
PANTRY WORKERS.....................................................
HEN................................................................................
WOMEN.............................................................. ...
SECOND COOKS3 .........................................................
.

705
2 32
55
188
38

3 .2 6
3 .5 2
3 .5 0
3 .5 3
6 .0 3

66
-

MAINTENANCE A NO MISCELLANEOUS:3
ENGINEERS, STATIONARY.................................
GENERAL MAINTENANCE M E C H A N I C S . . . .
GUARDS.............................................................................

56
227
112

7 .6 0
5 .7 5
5 .1 2

i
-

S e e fo o tn o te s

on fo llo w in g p a g e .




8
-

-

“

25
5
1
3
“

22
11 5
12
12

80

-

5
“

-

11
-

“

*

4
-

~

EMPLOYEES

ROOM SERVICE:
ELEVATOR O P E R A T O R S . . . . . ............................
HOUSE PORTERS 1 ................................. ...................
LODGING QUARTERS CLEA NE RS ....................
ROOM C L E R K S . . ...................................... ...
HEN............... .......................... .. ..........................
WOMEN..........................................................................

73
24
597
52
5

*
“

~

“

“
*

2 .5 0

2 .7 5

A<s l

“

~

5
5

10
4
6

“

"

2 .8 0

2 .65 2 .70
AND
UNDER
2 .7 0 2 .75
NONTIPPED

1

-

255

FOOD SERVICE:
BARTENDERS, PUBLIC BARS...........................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN...........................................................................
BARTENDERS, SERVICE BARS........................
MEN................................................................................
WOMEN............... ..........................................................
WAIT FRS • AND WAITRESSES*
A S S I S T A N T S , FULL-CCURSE
RESTAURANTS...........................................................
MEN................................................................................
WAITERS* AND WAITRESSES*
A S S I S T A N T S , OTHER THAN

213

8

529

'
2
28
2

2

~

~
1
1

u
7
5

“
2
1
i

'
*
8

9

~

*
~
12

12
10

“
“

*
~

"
1
”

“

~

3

“
2

1

„ ”
7 14

1

~
46

2
25

4

8
5

F o o tn o te s

to t a b l e

2 5.
m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e t w e e n th e p e r i o d s b e i n g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll or virtually all w o r k e rs are m en.
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 80 a t $ 4 . 4 0 to $ 4 . 6 0 ; 3 a t $ 4 . 6 0 to $ 4 . 8 0 ; 1 a t $ 8 . 4 0
to $ 5; 11 a t $ 5 . 2 0 to $ 5 . 4 0 ; and 2 a t $ 5 . 6 0 and o v e r .
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 19 a t $ 4 . 4 0 to $ 4 . 6 0 ; 4 8 a t $ 4 . 6 0 to $ 4 . 8 0 ; 10 at
$ 4 . 8 0 to $ 5; 16 at $ 5 to $ 5 . 2 0 ; and 4 a t $ 5. 60 an d o v e r .
6 A ll or virtu ally a ll w o r k e r s are w om en .
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 6 a t $ 7 . 2 0 t o $ 7. 60; an d 8 a t $ 8 to $ 8 . 4 0 .
8 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o l l o w s : 4 8 a t $ 8 . 6 0 t o $ 9 ; a n d 16 at $ 9 . 6 0 to $ 10.

1 T h e W a s h in g to n ,
D . C . m e tr o p o lita n a r e a c o n s is ts o f th e D is tr ic t o f C o lu m b ia ; a n d C h a r le s ,
M o n tg o m e r y , a n d P r in c e G e o rg e s C o u n tie s , M d . ; A le x a n d ria , F a ir f a x , a n d F a lls C h u rc h c itie s ; A r lin g ­
to n , F a i r f a x , L o u d o u n , a n d P r in c e W illia m C o u n tie s , V a.
2 R e f e r s to e m p lo y e r p a id w a g e s .
E x c lu d e s tip s an d th e v a lu e o f m e a ls , r o o m , a n d u n if o r m s ,
i f p ro v id e d ,
and p re m iu m
p ay fo r o v e rtim e ,
an d fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , an d la te s h if ts .
T h ese
su rv e y s,
b a s e d on a re p re s e n ta tiv e
s a m p le o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts ,
a r e d e s i g n e d t o m e a s u r e .th e
le v e l o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a rn in g s a t a p a r tic u la r tim e .
T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v io u s s tu d ie s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e m o v e m e n t s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s in t h e u n i v e r s e o v e r t i m e a n d a s s o c i a t e d
n e c e s s a r y c h a n g e s in th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n ,
a n d s h if ts in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith
d iffe re n t p ay le v e ls .
S u c h s h i f t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h

Table 26. Average hourly earnings: Selected occupations
( A v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s , 1 a n d p e r c e n t t i p s 2 a r e of to t a l e a r n i n g s fo r w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in h o t e l s a n d m o t e l s , 2 3 a r e a s

3 M a y 1978

N O R T HE AS T
BOSTON

ITEM

BUFFALO

SOUTH

NE W YORK

PH IL AD EL PH IA

PI TT S B U R G H

PERCENT
PERCENT
PERCENT
PE RCENT
TOTAL
TIPS ARE
TIPS ARE
TOTAL
TOTAL
TIPS ARE
TOTAL
TIPS ARE
TOTAL
EARNINGS OF TOTAL EARNINGS OF TOTAL EA RNINGS OF TOTAL EA RNINGS OF TOTAL EARN IN GS
EARNINGS
EARNINGS
EA RNINGS
EARN IN GS
C U S T O M E R L O DG IN G A T T E N D A N T S ................
B A R T E N D E R , P U BL IC B A R S ......................
B A RT EN DE R, S E R V I C E B A R S .....................
W A I T E R S * AND WA I T R E S S E S * AS SISTANTS,
F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T A U R A N T S ................
W A I T E R S ’ AND WA I T R E S S E S ' AS SISTANTS,
OT H E R THEN F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T U R A N T S ___
W A I T E R S AND WA IT R E S S E S , C O U N T E R ...........
W A I T E R S AND WA IT R E S S E S , C O CK TA IL LOUNGES.
W A I T E R S AND WA IT RE SS ES , TABLE,
F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T U R A N T S .................
W A I T E R S AND WA IT RE SS ES , TABLE,
OT H E R THAN F U L L - C O U R S E RE ST UR AN TS
AND C O CK TA IL L O U N G E S ...................
W A I T E R S AND WA IT R E S S E S , O T H E R .............

$4. 48
6 . 12
4.79

57.0
46 . 1
28.5

$4.90
5.68
3.05

49.4
46.0
“

$3.42
6 .98
5.92

29.7
33.2
5. 1

$3.25
5.55
5.34

37.8
39.5
33. 1

O T H E R .............

See f o o t n o t e s at end of table.




PERCENT
PERCENT
TIPS ARE
TOTAL
TIPS ARE
TOTAL
OF TOTAL EARNINGS OF TOTAL EA RNINGS
EARN IN GS
EA RNINGS
16.2
32.4
"

$4.40
4.94
5.05

57.8
28.7
28. 1

$3.72
4. 15
3.58

HOUS TO N

44.4
29.4
.7

$3.82
6 . 12
3.88

43.8
4 1.6
9.0

$3.38
3.95
4.42

4 1.9
27.2
24.0

$4.52
5.55
4.64

58.8
53.6
41.8

2.81

5.4

2.87

5.7

3. 16

34.4

20.6

3. 14

39.8

3.47

?3.9

2.91

36.0

2.83

20.7

2.79

2.3

2.68

1.8

20.2
9. 1
66.9

3.60
3.46
4.88

44. 1
23.4
65.3

4.4 1
4.94
4.46

41.2
34.0
53.6

3.67
4 . 16
4. 16

17.8
56.8
6 1.7

2.75
2.62
2.84

21.3
40.8
40.3

2.8 1

3.0

4.27

_
_
64.9

3.68

61.9

5.66

5. 12

66.6

4.48

59.0

4.59

53. 1

4.44

63.7

3.06

49.9

4.60

66.6

3.27

55.4

4.96

4.6 1
3.89

64.3
41.6

5.38
4.71

50.7
60.0

5. 12
4.49

53.7
48.6

3.09
2.51

44.6
20.9

2.79
4.89

44.5
45.5

3.67
4.80

56.9
66.3

5.77
3.84

7 1.1
62. 1

3.09
4.69

NO RT H CENTRAL
WASHINGTON

$3.69
4.33
3.79

50.7
27.0
10.5

$4.52
6.81
4.74

2.74

19.7

2.7 1
2.97
4.09

4.3

4.4 1

3.68

CHICAGO

C I N C IN NA TI

54. 1
37.4
4.8

$3.48
4.66
3.95

47.6
9.8
.3

3.39

15.2

2.53

55.4

3.35
3.64
6.03

4.7
29.5
69.5

2.34
2.05
3.23

38.0

2.79

64.7

5. 15

62.8

2.89

28.7

3.28

51.6

4.67

53.4

2.73

25. 1

CL E V E L A N D

$3.0 1
3.53
3.88

24. 1
9.5
3. 1

$4. 13
4.87
4.31

17.6

2.75

18.8

2.86

12. 1

2.97

6.2

3.08

2.4

7 .9

2.78

17 . 1
49.9
65.4

3.04
6.30
3.85

-

43.9

3.22
2.95
4.26

59.5
37.3

2.89
3.52
3.87

.6
38.9
45.3

55.0

3.46

58.0

3.89

39.6

3.85

46 . 1

4.83

62.3

2.43

3.28

21.4
38.9

-

46.7
29.9
13.8

M I NN EA PO LI S- ST .
PAUL

DETROIT
$3.60
4.95
4.35

27.7
16 . 1
1 .0

$3.34
5.19
5.21

MIAMI

MEMPHIS

PERCENT
PERC EN T
PERCENT
PERCENT
TIPS ARE
TIPS ARE
TOTAL
TOTAL
TIPS ARE
TOTAL
TIPS ARE
OF TOTAL EARN IN GS OF TOTAL EARNINGS OF TOTAL EARNINGS OF TOTAL
EARN IN GS
EA RNINGS
EARNINGS
EARNINGS

3.80
3.66
5.22

NEW OR LEANS

W A I T E R S AND WA IT RE SS ES ,

DA LL AS -F OR T WO RT H

3.69

SOUTH

C U S T O M E R LO D G I N G A T T E N D A N T S ................
BARTEN DE R, P U BL IC B A R S ......................
BA RT EN DE R, SE R V I C E B A R S .....................
W A I T E R S ’ AND WA IT RE SS ES ' AS SI ST AN TS ,
F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T A U R A N T S ................
W A I T E R S ’ AND WA IT RE SS ES ' AS SI ST AN TS ,
OT HE R TH EN F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T U R A N T S --WA I T E R S AND WA IT RE SS ES , C O U N T E R ...........
W A I T E R S AND WA IT RE SS ES , C O C K T A I L LOUNGES.
WA I T E R S AND WA IT RE SS ES , TABLE,
F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T U R A N T S .................
W A I T E R S AND WA I T R E S S E S , TABLE,
OT HE R THAN F U L L - C O U R S E RE ST U R A N T S

$2.87
5.26
4.30

AT LANTA

35.2
1 .0
.2

_

_

74.0

4.37

67.6

5.39

69.2

7 1.1

3.80

59.6

4. 12

6 1.3

40.4
62. 1

5.99
3. 12

76.6
51.6

3.97
4.53

62.7




Table 26. Average hourly earnings: Selected occupations —Continued
(A v erag e h o u rly earn in g s, 1 and p e rc e n t tip s2 a re

o f to t a l e a r n i n g s f o r w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in h o t e l s a n d m o t e l s ,

KANSAS CITY

ST.

23 a r e a s , 3 M a y

1978)

WEST

NORTH CENTRAL
DE NV ER

LOUIS

LOS AN GE L E S - L O N G
BEACH

P O RT LA ND

SAN F R A N C I S C O - O A K L A N D

ITEM
PERCENT
PE RCENT
TOTAL
TIPS ARE
TOTAL
TIPS ARE
EARNINGS OF TOTAL EARN IN GS OF TOTAL
EA RNINGS
EA RNINGS
C U ST OM ER L O D G I N G A T T E N D A N T S ................
BARTEN DE R, P U B L I C B A R S ......................
BA RT EN DE R, SE R V I C E B A R S .....................
W A I T E R S ’ AND W A I T R E S S E S ’ ASSISTANTS,
F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T A U R A N T S ................
W A I T E R S ’ AND W A I T R E S S E S ’ ASSISTANTS,
OT HE R THEN F U LL -C OU RS E R E S T U R A N T S --W A I T E R S AND WAIT RE SS ES , C O U N T E R ...........
W A I T E R S AND WAIT RE SS ES , CO CKTAIL LOUNGES.
W A I T E R S AN D WAIT RE SS ES , TABLE,
F U L L - C O U R S E R E S T U R A N T S .................
W A I T E R S AND WA IT RE SS ES , TABLE,
OT HE R THAN F U LL -C OU RS E RE ST UR AN TS
AND CO CK T A I L L O U N G E S ...................
W A I T E R S AND WA IT RE SS ES , O T H E R .............

TOTAL
EARN IN GS

PERC EN T
TIPS ARE
OF TOTAL
EARN IN GS
55.7
42.3
14.4

TOTAL
EARN IN GS

PERCENT
TIPS ARE
OF TOTAL
EA RNINGS

$3.86
6.29
6.95

$4.55
5.39
5.0 1
3. 18

16.8

2.94
3.87
5.45

3.06
6.72
5.08

9.5
60.9
48.0

5.43

$4.26
5.23
4.25

2.77
4.49
5.31

40.8
66.8
7 1.9

2.69
3.63
5.89

5.33

1 R e l a t e s to e m p l o y e r p a id w a g e s a n d e s t i m a t e d a v e r a g e h o u r l y c u s t o m e r
tips.
In c lu d e s data for w o rk e rs who re c e iv e no tips a s w ell a s th o se for w h o m
tip in fo rm a tio n w as not a v a ila b le . E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y for o v e r tim e an d for
w o rk on w eek en d s,
h o lid a y s , a n d la te sh ifts a s w e ll a s the v a lu e o f m e a l s ,
room , and uniform
p r o v i d e d in a d d i t i o n to c a s h w a g e s .

TOTAL
EARN IN GS

50.6

3.31
4.40
4. 19
5.67

PERCENT
TIPS ARE
OF TOTAL
EA RNINGS

TOTAL
EARN IN GS

44.7
22.0
10.0

|
|
|

PERCENT
TIPS ARE
OF TOTAL
EARN IN GS

$5.83
9.59
10.39

52.2
36.0
3 1.8

I

5.74

45.5

|
|
|

5.80
8.42
7.19

47.7
53.9
58.3

|

8. 23

6 1.8

|
|

4.78
7.90

42.2
56.0

I
63.0
58.8

2 For
3 For

cation

p r o c e d u r e s u s e d in
definition of a re a s ,

e s tim a tin g tips,
see ap p en d ix A.
s e e fo o tn o te 1 in t a b l e s 2 - 2 5 .

NOTE:
D ash in d ic a te s no data re p o rte d
criteria.

or

data

th at

do

not m eet

publi

Table 27. Scheduled weekly hours
(Percent of nonoffice, nonsupervisory workers in hotels and motels by scheduled weekly hours,1 24 metropolitan areas, May 1978)
Northeast

Weekly hours
Boston Buffalo

New
York

South

Phila­ Pitts­ Atlanta
delphia burgh

DallasFt.
Worth

Hous­
ton

Mem­
phis

100

All workers .................................

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Linder 35 hou rs....................................
35 hours................................................
Over 35 and under 40 hours ..............
40 hours................................................
Over 40 hours and up to and including
44 hours ............................................
Over 44 h o u rs......................................

_
10
6
80

_
9
10
81

1
88

_
17
4
79

21
79

_
4
86

3
13
80

_
1
96

1
“

-

9

5

3

2
2

-

11
-

-

“

-

_
7
-

93

North Central

West

New
Wash­
Cincin­ Cleve­
Miami
Detroit Kansas
Chicago
Orleans ington
nati
land
City

100
2
42
25
22

-

5
4

“

100

100

100

100

100

100

4
12

13
-

-

-

95

2
8
87

11
2
5
73

84

87

4
16
15
63

9
1
76

2
“

1
1

10

-

-

-

-

3
-

14
-

_
9
91

_

1
1
-

-

1 Data relate to the predominant schedule for full-time day-shift workers in each establishment.
2 Less than 0.5 percent.

100

St.
Louis

100

_

Los An­
MinneDenLas
gelesverapolisVegas Long
St. Paul Boulder
Beach
100

100

_

16
9
28
48

100

100

_

Port­
land

San
FranciscoOakland

100

100

_

74
26

2
23
75

91
9

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

17
10
73

(*)
2
96
2

-

-

-

-

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100.

CO

■
si

Table 28. Paid holidays
(Percent of nonoffice, nonsupervisory workers in hotels and motels with formal provisions for paid holidays, 24 metropolitan areas, May 1978)

Number of
paid holidays

All w orkers.................................
Workers in establishments
providing paid holidays.......................
Under 3 d a ys .....................................
3 days .................................................
4 days .................................................
5 days .................................................
6 days .................................................
7 days .................................................
8 days .................................................
9 days or m ore..................................
Less than 0.5 percent.




Boston Buffalo

New
York

Phila­ Pitts­ Atlanta
delphia burgh

DallasFt.
Worth

Hous­
ton

Mem­
phis

West

North Central

South

Northeast

Cincin­ Cleve­
New
Wash­
Detroit Kansas
Miami
Chicago
land
City
nati
Orleans ington

St.
Louis

Los An­
DenMinnegelesLas
verapolisVegas Long
St. Paul Boulder
Beach

Port­
land

San
FranciscoOakland

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

98
2
3
4

73

99

69

66

-

-

93
-

-

-

-

67
-

-

2
3
20
74

4
21
8
7
28

2
10
51
15
“

23
32
12
6
“

100
”

35
28
4
“

96
“

84
(’)
~

47
47
"

88
13
21

-

~
1
4
37
25
2
“

100
~
-

87
2

-

88
2
-

-

85
(’)
1
9
68
7

100
-

-

96
10
6
79

77
18

13
12
35
13

91
5
52
25
10

96

-

77
1
5
58
6
6
-

91

-

-

88
6
~
5
19
21
37
-

74

-

76
2
5

78

-

8
65
8
7

-

-

66
"

-

3
5
7
19
11
46

2
18
38
~

6
18
69
”

-

3
22
61
”

3
10
21
48
17

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.

9
45
”

Table 29. Paid vacations
(Percent of nonoffice, nonsupervisory workers in hotels and motels with formal provisions for paid vacations after selected periods of service, 24 metropolitan areas, May 1978)
South

Northeast

Vacation policy
Boston Buffalo

New
York

Phila­ Pitts­
Atlanta
delphia burgh

DallasFt.
Worth

Hous­
ton

Mem­
phis

West

North Central

New
Wash­
Cincin­ Cleve­ Detroit Kansas
Miami
Chicago
Orleans ington
nati
land
City

St.
Louis

DenMinneLas
verapolisVegas
St. Paul Boulder

Los An­
gelesLong
Beach

Port­
land

San
FranciscoOakland

All w orkers..................................

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Method o f payment
Workersin establishments
providing paid vacations.....................
Length-of-time paym ent....................
Percentage payment .........................

100
100
-

100
68
32

99
99
-

100
100
-

100
100
-

100
100
-

100
97
3

100
100
-

94
94
-

97
97
-

100
100
-

100
100
-

100
100
-

100
100
-

98
98
-

100
99
1

100
82
18

100
100
-

100
100
-

100
79
21

99
99

96
94
2

100
100

100
25
75

(2)

-

-

34
2

-

8

-

3
-

-

5

-

50
-

3
4

10

-

-

-

-

7
-

-

-

-

3
-

23
2

78
22

100
-

97
2

78
22

91
4

48
52

62
34

73
9
18

81
13

84
10

72
28

85
15

82
18

88
12

88
10

100
-

94
6

93
7

88
12

86
14

97
-

2
87
7

100
(*>

98

14
1
85
-

20
74
6

9
84
7

100
-

2
2
95
2
-

4
95
-

11
78
7

2
98
-

2
98
-

Amount o f vacation pay1
After 6 months of service:
Under 1 w e e k....................................
1 w e e k................................................
After 1 year of service:
Under 1 w e e k....................................
1 w ee k................................................
Over 1 and under 2 w eeks...............
2 weeks .............................................
After 2 years of service:
1 w ee k................................................
Over 1 and under 2 w eeks...............
2 w eeks..............................................
Over 2 and under 3 w eeks...............
3 w eeks..............................................
After 3 years of service:
1 w eek................................................
Over 1 and under 2 w eeks...............
2 weeks ..............................................
Over 2 and under 3 w eeks...............
3 w eeks..............................................
After 4 years of service:
1 week ................................................
Over 1 and under 2 w eeks...............
2 weeks ..............................................
Over 2 and under 3 w eeks...............
3 w eeks..............................................
After 5 years of service:
1 w ee k................................................
Over 1 and under 2 w eeks...............
2 w eeks..............................................
Over 2 and under 3 w eeks...............
3 w eeks..............................................
After 10 years of service:
1 w e e k................................................
Over 1 and under 2 w eeks...............
2 w eeks..............................................
Over 2 and under 3 w eeks...............
3 weeks ..............................................
4 weeks ..............................................
After 12 years of service:
1 w ee k................................................
Over 1 and under 2 w eeks...............
2 w eeks..............................................
Over 2 and under 3 w eeks...............
3 w eeks..............................................
Over 3 and under 4 w eeks...............
4 w eeks..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.




I

2

92
7

31
69
-

2
95
2

11
75
13

24
76
-

3
89
8

7
78
15

8
21
66
5

13
8
74
-

19
3
72
3

12
77
11

3
84
13

1
85
14

12
88
-

98
-

93
7

9
91
-

97
2

8
78
13

24
71
5
-

3
89
8

7
75
19

8
12
61
9
11

5
8
74
8

9
86
3

6
83
11

3
82
15

1
85
11

12
88
-

98
-

14
1
85
-

20
72
7

7
86
7

~
~
100
-

2
2
95
2
-

2
97
-

6
4
80
7

99
-

93
7

9
91
-

91
6
2

8
78
13

24
71
5
-

3
88
9

7
75
19

8
12
61
9
11

5
8
74
_
8

9
86
3

6
83
11

3
80
17

1
85
14

12
88
-

98
-

14
1
85
-

20
72
7

7
86
7

100
-

2
2
95
2
-

2
97
-

6
4
80
7

1
99
-

100
-

74
26

83
17

1
84
13

2
74
24

17
77
5
-

3
57
40

7
50
43

8
12
46
9
25

5
8
61
21

4
81
12

6
- ,
55
40

3
69
28

82
18

10
65
25

96
2

7
92
1

14
76
10

7
86
7

93
7

2
2
80
2
15

99
-

3
85
7

1
84
15

93
7

5
91
4

18
82
-

99
-

2
26
67
4

17
17
35
31
-

3
27
70
-

7
28
65
-

8
20
21
52
-

5
38
8
44
-

4
20
72
1

6
25
63
7

3
9
88
-

5
94
1

10
31
59
-

17
78
2

6
66
28
-

1
46
53
-

7
76
17
-

75
25
-

2
49
49
-

4
95
-

1
2
5
86
2

1
~
29
70
-

2
~
98
-

-

18
82
-

93
6

2
19
74
4

17
17
32

3
27
70
-

7
28
65
-

8
20
9

5
38
44
8
“

4
20
72

6
15
72
-

3
9
88
-

-

10
27
63
-

1

-

-

2
98
-

-

7
76
17
“

2
40
59
-

2
4
93

1
2

26
68
-

46
53
-

7

17
78
2

1
29
70
“

2
98
“

(2)

5

91
4

33

“

55

9

-

1

5

94
1

-

6

5

86
2

1

100
-

Table 29. Paid vacations—Continued
(Percent ot nonoffice, nonsupervisory workers in hotels and motels with formal provisions for paid vacations after selected periods of service, 24 metropolitan areas, May 1978)
Northeast
Vacation policy
Boston Buffalo

Amount o f vacation pay1
After 15 years of service:
1 w ee k...............................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks...............
2 weeks .............................................
Over 2 and under 3 w eeks...............
3 w eeks.............................................
Over 3 and under 4 weeks...............
4 w eeks.............................................
After 20 years of service:
1 week ...............................................
2 weeks .............................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks...............
3 w eeks.............................................
Over 3 and under 4 weeks...............
4 weeks .............................................
Over 4 and under 5 weeks...............
5 weeks ..............................................
After 25 years of service:3
1 w ee k...............................................
2 weeks ..............................................
Over 2 and under 3 weeks...............
3 weeks .............................................
Over 3 and under 4 w eeks...............
4 w eeks.............................................
5 w eeks.............................................
Over 5 and under 6 w eeks...............
6 w eeks.............................................

New
York

South

Phila­ Pitts­
Atlanta
delphia burgh

-

-

-

2

17

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

18

-

19
66

17
65

25

-

-

-

87

82

20

-

56

DallasFt.
Worth

7
-

21
-

65

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

-

78

12

-

16

7

-

-

-

3

18

-

2
19

17
17

3
25

7
21

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

68

7

36

36

-

-

-

-

33
32

79

13

91

37

-

36

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

5

-

_

3

-

-

18

-

2
19

17
17

3
25

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

68

7

36

33
32

36

-

-

-

47

Hous­
ton

Mem­
phis

North Central

Miami

5

-

-

16
9
54
9
5

29
-

-

35
8
19

17
55

7

20

8
16
9
44

5
29

4
20

6
4

_

_

_

-

13

-

_

_

-

25

28
8

60

_

15
9

_

_

5
29

4
20

_

_

7
21

8
16
9
44

_
_

_

6
_
4
-

83
-

56
_

3
_
9

10
_
19

_
_

67

30

2

7

13

3
9

-

10
19

_

6
3

1
33

7
14

_

-

47

_

24
_

_
_
6
4

3
9

_
_

_

5

_

_

10
19

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

90
2

24
18

-

28

-

-

10
15

57
3

23
11

51
13

67
14

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

8

-

9
5
9
-

28

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

8

_

_

1
2
5

29

2

56

2

76

70

92

7

95

12

_
_

2
36

_

1

5

1
7

1
29

2

17

70

95

72

100

44

9

_

18

10

6
3

1
33

7
14

_
_

2
36

2

1
7

1
29

2

86

75

47

70

43

44

2

17

70

18

2

_

16

_

2
7

57

18

95

72

_

80

19

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

5

2

36

70

48

_
14
_

_

_
_
_
_

_

19

23

_

100

2

San
FranciscoOakland

16

14

_
24
_

_
_
_
_

Port­
land

_
75
_

81

_

Los An­
DenMinneLas
gelesverapolisVegas Long
St. Paul Boulder
Beach

10

_
86
_

_
_
_

_

13

-

7

84

_

28

-

13

1
_
33
_
53
_

41

-

68

71
7

26

6

_
14
_
79
_
_

_
23
_
48
_

47

_
_
11

St.
Louis

_
24
_
62
_

64

34

_
5

_
56
_

-

' Vacation payments, such as percent of annual earnings, were converted to an equivalent time basis. Periods of
service were chosen arbitrarily and do not necessarily reflect individual establishment provisions for progression. For
example, changes indicated at 10 years may include changes that occurred between 5 and 10 years.
2 Less than 0.5 percent.




New
Wash­
Cincin­ Cleve­
Chicago
Detroit Kansas
Orleans ington
nati
land
City

8

26

4
_
20

West

_
_
_

_

_

_

_

3 Vacation provisions were virtually the same after longer periods of service,
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.

2

_

2
18
80

Table 30. Health, insurance, and retirement plans
(Percent of nonoffice, nonsupervisory workers in hotels and motels with specified health, insurance, and retirement plans,' 24 metropolitan areas, May 1978)

Type of plan
Boston Buffalo

All workers .................................

New
York

Phila­ Pitts­ Atlanta
delphia burgh

DallasFt.
Worth

Hous­
ton

Mem­
phis

West

North Central

South

Northeast

Wash­
Cincin­ Cleve­ Detroit Kansas
New
Miami
Chicago
City
nati
land
Orleans ington

St.
Louis

DenMinneLas
verapolisVegas
St. Paul Boulder

Los An­
gelesLong
Beach

Port­
land

San
FranciscoOakland

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

83
68

52
47

99
97

75
55

82
78

100
66

81
26

85
27

83
35

40
20

78
49

93
74

97
77

81
74

87
78

90
77

94
70

91
75

100
97

77
55

98
98

86
77

96
89

98
98

83
61

52
47

99
97

63
44

76
72

65
31

74
18

64
17

62
22

37
17

78
49

92
73

40
20

66
59

77
68

90
77

94
70

58
42

100
97

40
22

98
98

27
17

87
79

21
21

84
69
57

12
-

86
84
83

60
45
25

59
48
48

71
34
26

78
35
4

62
20
5

53
-

11
4
1

68
32
21

91
73
57

94
86
70

33
19
19

88
66
66

87
75
74

89
70
53

78
63
53

73
65
65

57
14
4

96
95
95

12
-

85
85
77

98
-

29

12

4

42

5

58

58

57

49

11

51

88

24

14

16

15

18

11

28

41

1

12

-

-

64
34
64
34
55
29
42
15
22
22
22

7
3
82
53
87
58
87
58
79
50
40
40
36

4
5
88
32
88
32
88
32
88
32
24
24
22

8
89
27
89
27
85
27
78
20
15
15
6

4
9
9
83
35
83
35
83
35
83
26
23
23
23

2
2
92
76
88
72
88
72
37
22
64
64
63

~
6
6
85
60
85
60
80
60
62
43
58
58
56

3
2
93
80
93
80
59
46
80
69
77
77
73

7
13
13
94
70
94
70
94
70
87
63
3
3
2

-

-

98
77
98
77
98
77
34
13
67
65
64
2
2

11
98
82
98
82
92
76
62
51
62
62
62
~
2

12
64
43
60
39
60
39
73
45
19
19
19
16

-

11
7
93
71
93
71
93
71
45
26
67
67
63
4

99
97
99
97
83
81
58
56
95
95
95

Workers in establishments providing:
Life insurance....................................
Noncontributory plans.....................
Accidental death and
dismemberment insurance ..............
Noncontributory plans.....................
Sickness and accident insurance
or sick leave or both2 ......................
Sickness and accident insurance ...
Noncontributory plans..................
Sick leave (full pay,
no waiting period) ..........................
Sick leave (partial pay
or waiting period) ...........................
Long-term disability insurance...........
Noncontributory plans.....................
Hospitalization insurance ..................
Noncontributory plans.....................
Surgical insurance..............................
Noncontributory plans.....................
Medical insurance..............................
Noncontributory plans.....................
Major medical insurance...................
Noncontributory plans.....................
Retirement plans3 ..............................
Pensions..........................................
Noncontributory plans..................
Severance pay ................................
No plans.............................................

36

1

6
81
76
81
76
81
76
68
63
41
41
37

6
18
18
100
54
100
54
80
38
94
48
16
16
6

95
76
95
76
95
76
47
28
63
63
60

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13

12

"

10

9

17

8

22

3

1 Includes those plans for which the employer pays at least part of the cost and excludes legally required plans
such as workers’ compensation and social security; however, plans required by State temporary disability laws are
included if the employer contributes more than is legally required or the employees receive benefits in excess of




7
6
78
42
78
42
78
42
78
42
40
40
27

6
92
83
92
83
86
77
26
17
66
66
66

-

-

-

-

15

8

7

6

100
97
100
97
100
97
27
24
75
75
75
-

”

98
98
98
98
98
98
3
3
97
97
97
2

88

99
91
99
91
99
91
99
91
78
78
78

9
98
98
98
98
98
98
98
98
86
86
86

1

2

16
16
90
77
90
77
90
77
90
77
76
76
69
2
10

legal requirements. "Noncontributory plans” include only those plans financed entirely by the employer,
2 Unduplicated total of workers receiving sickness and accident insurance and sick leave shown separately,
3 Unduplicated total of workers covered by pension plans and severance pay shown separately.

Table 31. Meal provisions
(Percent of employees in hotels and motels having formal meal provisions for their workers, selected occupational categories and areas, May 1978)

Bartenders, public bars
Area
1 free
meal

Atlanta ................................................................
Boston ................................................................
Buffalo ................................................................
Chicago ..............................................................
Cincinnati............................................................
Cleveland ...........................................................
Dallas-Ft. W orth................................................
D etroit................................................................
Denver-Boulder.................................................
Houston..............................................................
Kansas C ity........................................................
Las Vegas ..........................................................
Los Angeles-Long Beach.................................
Memphis.............................................................
Miami .................................................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul ........................................
New Orleans......................................................
New York ...........................................................
Philadelphia........................................................
Pittsburgh ...........................................................
Portland.............................................................
St. Louis .............................................................
San Francisco-Oakland ....................................
Washington........................................................

Meals
2 or 3
at
free
reduced
meals1
cost
-

-

-

99
93
88
82
78
83
88
79
59
100
68
100
33
34
32
76
97
54
64
80
51
84
30
81

-

5
18
17
4
12
11
25

7
22
9
29

-

-

57
6
31
13
20
49
5
69
19

4
56
32
9
12
23
6

-

-

7

-

“

Waiters' and waitresses'
assistants, full-course
restaurants
1 free
meal

Dishwashers

Meals
2 or 3
at
free
reduced
meals1
cost
_

11

-

-

-

89
100
78
77
100
79
72
60
67
90
61
29
73
57
97
100
41
75
82
61
83
4
69

22
4
17
10
11

23
16
19
39
16
-

28
83
60
20
59
3
18
39
7
96
31

1 free
meal

-

-

32
22
21
16
17
-

44
100
75
16
55
10
16
46
9
93
30

-

11
12
20
3
21

18
57
62
92
100
43
83
84
54
86
7
70

-

10
-

Meals
2 or 3
at
free
reduced
meals1
cost
_
-

93
97
81
68
87
78
75
81
74
100
52

Room clerks

7
19
13
4
9
-

2
22
19
8
2
6
4
-

1 In Los Angeles-Long Beach and San Francisco-Oakland, provisions for 3 free meals daily were commonly provided.

1 free
meal

Meals
2 or 3
at
free
reduced
meals1
cost
_
3
1
5
5
6
5
10
-

50
54
53
30
39
35
57
27
32
54
33
55
33
2
20
44
38
26
55
58
72
32
29
35

-

15
4

Waiters and waitresses,
cocktail lounges

Second cooks

21
25
26
25
28
21
39
46
40
40
26
86
45
33
38
6
35
18
24
17
31

Meals
2 or 3
at
free
reduced
meals1
cost

1 free
meal

_

89
92
94
70
100
91
71
68
87
100
83
46
100
87
94
100
67
60
43
52
86
35
71

11
_
6
_
_
_
4
8
_
_
6
_
_
6
_

8
_
30
9
14
25
9
17
100
47
_
13
_
_
33
35
54
48

93
95
100
88
85
78
94
45
62
89
48
_
30
44
33
73
97
51
89
91
59
92
20
72

-

_

14

_

65
29

1 free
meal

-

Meals
2 or 3
at
free
reduced
meals1
cost
_
_
12
_
22
2
55
5
_
44
99
48
_
4
_
_
43
_
9
41
4
80
28

7
_
_
_
15
_
_
_
33
11
7
_
14
38
22
14
_
6
9
_

_
3
_
-

Waiters and waitresses,
table, full-course
restaurants

1 free
meal

91
100
88
69
80
84
81
62
72
86
67
_
20
61
52
90
100
44
66
78
60
89
3
71

Meals
2 or 3
at
free
reduced
meals1
cost
9
_

_
8
31
9
14
16
33
17
6
27
100
72
_

5
_
11

_
_
_

11
7
6
8
25
29
10

15

_

_
_
_

56
14
22
40
5
97
29

17

6
-

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100. Dashes indicate no data reported,

Table 32. Uniform allowance provisions
(Percent of nonoffice, nonsupervisory workers in hotels and motels with provisions for furnishing and cleaning uniforms, 24 metropolitan areas, May 1978)
Northeast
Type of allowance
Boston Buffalo

Furnishes and cleans uniforms...........
Furnishes uniforms o nly.......................
Cleans uniforms o nly............................
Cash allowance in lieu of furnishing
or cleaning uniforms or both ...........




New
York

South

Phila­ Pitts­
Atlanta
delphia burgh

64
36

52
-

98
2

62
27

-

-

-

-

“

26

“

4

North Central

DallasFt.
Worth

Hous­
ton

Mem­
phis

Miami

West

New
Wash­
Cincin­ Cleve­
Chicago
Detroit Kansas
Orleans ington
nati
land
City

St.
Louis

Los An­
Minne­
Den­
Las
gelesapolisverLong
St. Paul Boulder Vegas
Beach

Port­
land

San
FranciscoOakland

39
34
_

78
12
-

60
28
_

80
18
_

54
40
_

61
20
5

85
15
_

77
22
2

78
22
_

28
49

73
21

61
8

75
9
_

57
24

86

_

64
18

97
2

85
12

58
41

77
10

4

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

2

11

7

-

13

7

-

-

-

9

_

_

_

Appendix A. Scope and
Method of Survey

McHenry, and Will Counties.
Cincinnati, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.-Clermont, Hamilton,
and Warren Counties, Ohio; Boone, Campbell, and
Kenton counties, Ky.; and Dearborn County, Ind.
Cleveland, Ohio-Cuyahoa, Geauga, Lake, and
Medina Counties.
Dailas-Fort Worth, Tex.-Collin, Dallas, Denton,
Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall,
Tarrant, and Wise Counties.
Denver-Boulder, Colo.-Adams, Arapahoe, Boul­
der, Denver, Douglas, Gilpin, and Jefferson Counties.
Detroit, Mich.-Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oak­
land, St. Clair, and Wayne Counties.
Houston, Tex.-Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Liber­
ty, Montgomery, and Waller Counties.
Kansas City, Mo.-Kans.-Cass, Clay, Jackson,
Platte, and Ray Counties Missouri; and Johnson and
Wyandotte Counties, Kansas.
Las Vegas, Nev.-Clark County.
Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif.-Los Angeles
County
Memphis, Tenn.-Ark.-Shelby and Tipton Counties,
Tenn.; Crittenden County, Ark; and DeSoto Coun­
ty, Miss.
Miami, Fla.-Dade County.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Anoka, Carver, Chi­
sago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washing­
ton, and Wright Counties, Minn., and St. Croix Coun­
ty, Wis.
New Orleans, La.-Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard,
and St. Tammany Parishes.
New York, N.Y.-New York City (Bronx, Kings,
New York, Queens, and Richmond Counties) and
Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, New
York; and Bergen County, New Jersey.
Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J.-Bucks, Chester, Delaware,
Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylva­
nia and Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Coun­
ties, New Jersey.
Pittsburgh, Pa.-Allegheny, Beaver, Washington,
and Westmoreland Counties.
Portland, Oreg.-Wash.-Clackamas, Multnomah,
and Washington Counties, Oregon; and Clark Coun­
ty, Washington.
St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.-St. Louis City and Franklin, Jef-

Scope of survey

The survey covered commercial establishments,
known to the public as hotels, motels, motor-hotels, or
tourist courts, engaged in providing lodging, or lodg­
ing and meals, to the general public and which are in
operation 9 months or more a year (part of industry
701 as defined in the 1972 edition of the Standard In­
dustrial Classification Manual, prepared by the U.S. Of­
fice of Management and Budget). Excluded from the
survey were seasonal hotels and motels, as well as sep­
arate auxiliary units, such as central offices and
warehouses.
The study includes data for all establishments of re­
porting units (which may include more than one estab­
lishment of the same company in the same county) with
20 workers or more at the time of reference of the data
used in compiling the universe lists.
Table A-l shows the number of establishments and
workers estimated to be within the scope of the survey,
as well as the number actually studied by the Bureau.
Method of study

Data were obtained by personal visits of the Bureau’s
field representatives. The survey was conducted on a
sample basis. To obtain appropriate accuracy at mini­
mum cost, a greater proportion of large than of small
establishments was studied. In combining the data, how­
ever, all establishments were given an appropriate
weight. All estimates are presented, therefore, as relat­
ing to all establishments within the scope of the survey
at the time of reference of the universe data.
Selected areas

The survey developed separate data for 24 Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Areas, defined by the U.S. Of­
fice of Management and Budget through February 8,
1974, as follows:
Atlanta, Ga.-Butts, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb,
DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwin­
nett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, and Wal­
ton Counties.
Boston, Mass.-Suffolk County, 16 communities in
Essex County, 34 in Middlesex County, 26 in Nor­
folk County, and 12 in Plymouth County.
Buffalo, N.Y.-Erie and Niagara Counties.
Chicago, 111.-Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake,




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Table A-1. Estimated number of establishments and employees within scope of survey and number studied, hotels and motels,
May 1978
Number of establishments2

Workers in establishments
Within scope of study

Area'
Within scope of study

Northeast:
Boston ......................................................................................
Buffalo......................................................................................
New York ..................................................................................
Philadelphia ..............................................................................
Pittsburgh ..................................................................................
South:
Atlanta......................................................................................
Dallas-Ft. Worth ......................................................................
Houston....................................................................................
Memphis...................................................................................
Miami ........................................................................................
New Orleans.............................................................................
Washington...............................................................................
North Central:
Chicago ....................................................................................
Cincinnati .................................................................................
Cleveland .................................................................................
Detroit.......................................................................................
Kansas City...............................................................................
St. Louis...................................................................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul ................................................................
West:
Denver-Boulder........................................................................
Las Vegas ................................................................................
Los Angeles-Long Beach........................................................
Portland....................................................................................
San Francisco-Oakland...........................................................

Nonsupervisory,
nonoffice workers

Actually studied

Total3
Total, 24 areas .....................................................................

Actually studied

1,850

612

253,209

188,158

163,172

59
34
165
89
51

22
12
47
32
16

9,090
2,876
23,786
9,105
5,418

5,412
1,466
17,966
5,656
3,105

6,214
1,533
15,756
5,669
2,890

87
88
86
37
151
64
117

21
22
24
15
48
16
37

12,534
10,768
11,253
2,727
13,745
8,490
16,027

9,005
9,036
9,196
2,120
11,439
6,822
12,170

6,497
4,661
6,139
1,699
7,374
4,537
10,181

140
36
40
63
51
64
65

46
17
17
24
22
21
22

21,999
3,857
5,272
7,945
6,140
7,155
9,208

16,675
2,526
3,124
5,473
4,272
5,332
4,632

15,904
2,913
2,819
5,625
4,701
4,193
4,588

69
45
122
33
94

24
24
35
17
31

7,112
25,948
14,919
4,273
13,562

4,769
22,146
11,809
3,335
10,672

3,779
25,065
9,263
2,919
8,253

1 See individual area tables 2-26 for definitions of selected areas.
2 Includes only those establishments with 20 workers or more at the time of
reference of the universe data.

3 Includes executive, professional, office, and other workers in addition to the
nonsupervisory, nonoffice worker category shown separately,

ferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis Counties, Missou­
ri; and Clinton, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair Coun­
ties, Illinois.
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif.-Alameda, Contra
Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.-District of Columbia;
Charles, Montgomery, and Prince Georges Counties,
Md.; Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church cities,
and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William
Counties, Va.

fers to any employee engaged in an occupation in which
he or she customarily and regularly receives more than
$30 a month in tips. Tips received by such an employ­
ee may be counted as part of wages in an amount up
to 50 percent of the minimum wage. The employer must
inform tipped employees about this tip credit allowance
before using the credit; the employee must be allowed
to retain all tips (individually or through a pooling ar­
rangement); and the employer must be able to show
that the employee receives at least the minimum wage
in the combination of both wages and tips. The cost or
fair value of providing meals and lodging may also be
used for this purpose.

Establishment definition

For purposes of this study, an establishment is de­
fined as a single physical location where business is
transacted. An establishment is not necessarily identical
with a company, which may consist of one establish­
ment or more.

Occupations selected for study

Occupational classification was based on a uniform
set of job descriptions designed to take into account
interestablishment and interarea variations in duties
within the same job. (See appendix B for these descrip­
tions.) The criteria for selection of the occupations were:
The number of workers in the occupation; the useful­
ness of the data in collective bargaining; and the ap­
propriate representation of the job scale in the indus­
try. Working supervisors, apprentices, learners, begin­
ners, trainees, and handicapped, temporary, and proba­
tionary workers were not reported in the data for se­
lected occupations. However, part-time workers em­
ployed on a regular basis were classified if they matched
one of the job descriptions.

Employment

The estimates of the number of workers within the
scope of the study are intended as a general guide to
the size and composition of the labor force, rather than
as a precise measure of employment.
Tipped employees

For purposes of this survey, workers who customar­
ily and regularly received customer tips of any amount
were included as “tipped employees.” Under the Fair
Labor Standards Act, however, “tipped employee” re­




43

was considered nonexistent in the establishment. Be­
cause of length-of-service and other eligibility require­
ments, the proportion of workers receiving the benefits
may be smaller than estimated in this study. Because of
rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.

Wage data

Information on “wages” relates to employer-paid
straight-time wages, excluding premium pay for over­
time and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts;
also excluded are tips and the value of free rooms, meals,
and uniforms for employees receiving such perquisites,
and nonproduction bonus payments, such as Christmas
and yearend bonuses. Cost-of-living bonuses and serv­
ice charges added to the customer’s bill and distributed
by employers to their employees were included as part
of the employee’s regular pay. “Earnings”, on the oth­
er hand, refer to employer-paid wages plus estimates
for average customer tips. Average “earnings” include
data for workers who receive no tips as well as those
for whom tip information was not available.

Scheduled weekly hours

Data refer to the predominant work schedules for
full-time, nonoffice, nonsupervisory employees in ho­
tels and motels.
Paid holidays and vacations

Paid holiday provisions relate to full-day and half­
day holidays provided annually. The summaries of va­
cation plans are limited to formal arrangements, and
exclude informal plans whereby time off with pay is
granted at the discretion of the employer or supervisor.
Payments not on a time basis were converted; for ex­
ample, a payment of 2 percent of annual earnings was
considered the equivalent of 1 week’s pay. The periods
of service for which data are presented were selected
as representative of the most common practices, but
they do not necessarily reflect individual establishment
provisions for progression. For example, changes in
proportions indicated at 10 years of service may include
changes in provisions which occurred between 5 and
10 years.

Customer tips

Estimates on customer tips refer to establishment av­
erages for tipped workers in specified job categories.
These estimates were obtained from information pro­
vided by establishment officials, usually after determin­
ing the tipping pattern for the occupational groups and
facilities involved. In the process, account was taken
of tipping and nontipping customers, variations in tip­
ping patterns among the different serving locations (e.g.,
lunch counters, dining rooms, or bars), as well as such
informal practices as the sharing of tips with other em­
ployees, including bartenders working at service bars,
and waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants.
One of the common procedures used to obtain esti­
mates of average hourly tips for the various waiter and
waitress categories was to (1) multiply the appropriate
weekly receipts from the sale of food and drinks by the
employer’s estimate of the average percent tip per cus­
tomer bill, (2) sum these products, and (3) divide by
the total weekly hours worked by all employees in the
specific job category. Similar procedures were used to
derive average hourly tip estimates for bartenders by
using weekly bar receipts; for customer lodging atten­
dants, by obtaining the number of guests accompanied
to and from their rooms and the number of room serv­
ice requests during a week. The tips for bartenders at
service bars and waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants were
frequently determined in relation to those of the waiters
and waitresses with whom they worked.
Payments which were not considered tips included
(1) compulsory service charges which are distributed
to employees, and (2) amounts distributed to employ­
ees by employers providing banquet facilities where the
amount paid by customer is set in negotiations with the
employer.

Health, insurance, and retirement plans

Data are presented for health, insurance, pension, and
retirement severance plans for which the employer pays
all or part of the cost, excluding programs required by
law such as workers’ compensation and social security.
Among plans included are those underwritten by a com­
mercial insurance company and those paid directly by
the employer from current operating funds or from a
fund set aside for this purpose.
Death benefits are included as a form of life insur­
ance. Sickness and accident insurance is limited to that
type of insurance under which predetermined cash pay­
ments are made directly to the insured on a weekly or
monthly basis during illness or accident disability. In­
formation is presented for all such plans to which the
employer contributes at least a part of the cost. How­
ever, in New York and New Jersey, where temporary
disability insurance laws require employer contribu­
tions,' plans are included only if the employer (1) con­
tributes more than is legally required, or (2) provides
the employees with benefits which exceed the require­
ments of the law.
Tabulations of paid sick leave plans are limited to
formal plans which provide full pay or a proportion of
the worker’s pay during absence from work because of
illness; informal arrangements have been omitted. Sep­
arate tabulations are provided for (1) plans which pro-

Supplementary wage benefits

Supplementary benefits in an establishment were con­
sidered applicable to all employees in the establishment
if half or more received such benefits. Similarly, if few­
er than half of the workers were covered, the practice




1The temporary disability insurance laws in California and Rhode
Island do not require employer contributions.

44

vide full pay and no waiting period, and (2) plans which
provide either partial pay or a waiting period.
Long-term disability insurance plans provide pay­
ments to totally disabled employees upon the expiration
of sick leave, sickness and accident insurance, or both,
or after a specified period of disability (typically 6
months). Payments are made until the end of disability,
a maximum age, or eligibility for retirement benefits.
Payments may be full or partial but are almost always
reduced by social security, workers’ compensation, and
private pension benefits payable to the disabled
employee.
Medical insurance refers to plans providing for com­
plete or partial payment of doctors’ fees. Such plans
may be underwritten by a commercial insurance com­
pany or a nonprofit organization, or they may be a form
of self-insurance.
Major medical insurance, sometimes referred to as
extended medical or catastrophe insurance, includes
plans designed to cover employees for sickness or in­
jury involving an expense which exceeds the normal
coverage of hospitalization, medical, and surgical plans.
Tabulations of retirement pensions are limited to plans
which provide regular payments for the remainder of




the retiree’s life. Data are presented separately for re­
tirement severance pay (one payment or several over
a specified period of time) made to employees on re­
tirement. Establishments providing both retirement sev­
erance payments and retirement pensions to employees
are considered as having both retirement pensions and
retirement severance plans; however, establishments
having optional plans providing employees a choice of
either retirement severance payments or pensions are
considered as having only retirement pension benefits.
Other benefits

Data for paid funeral and jury-duty leave relate to
formal plans which provide at least partial payment for
time lost as a result of attending funerals of specified
family members or serving as a juror. Information on
meal provisions relates to the number of daily meals
provided to employees in the selected occupations. Data
on uniform allowances relate to establishment provi­
sions for uniforms, or laundering of uniforms, or both,
or monetary allowances in lieu of such provisions, for
a majority of employees who are required to wear uni­
forms in the occupations surveyed.

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Appendix B. Occupational
Descriptions

The primary purpose of preparing job descriptions
for the Bureau’s wage surveys is to assist its field rep­
resentatives in classifying into appropriate occupations
workers who are employed under a variety of payroll
titles and different work arrangements from establish­
ment to establishment and from area to area. This per­
mits the grouping of occupational wage rates represent­
ing comparable job content. Because of this emphasis
on comparability of occupational content, the Bureau’s
job descriptions may differ significantly from those in
use in individual establishments or those prepared for
other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the
Bureau’s field representatives are instructed to exclude
working supervisors, apprentices, learners, beginners,
trainees, and handicapped, temporary, and probation­
ary workers.

Dishwasher

Washes dishes, glassware, pots, and pans by hand or
machine. May, in addition, assist with simple tasks such
as cleaning and preparing vegetables and handling
supplies.
Elevator operator, passenger

Transports passenger between floors of a hotel or
similar establishment. Excludes workers who operate
elevators in conjunction with other duties such as those
of starters and janitors.
Engineer, stationary

Operates and maintains and may also supervise the
operation of stationary engines and equipment (mechan­
ical or electrical) to supply the establishment in which
employed with power, heat, refrigeration, or air con­
ditioning. Work involves: Operating and maintaining
equipment such as steam engines, air compressors, gen­
erators, motors, turbines, ventilating and refrigerating
equipment, steam boilers and boiler-fed water pumps;
making equipment repairs; keeping a record of opera­
tion of machinery, temperature, and fuel consumption.
May also supervise these operations. Excludes head or
chief engineers in establishments employing more than
one engineer.

Bartender

Mixes and serves alcoholic drinks, proportioning in­
gredients according to formulas. May collect money
due for drinks. Orders supplies. Replaces empty beer
kegs with full ones. Washes glasses, bar, and equipment.
Arranges bottled goods and glasses about bar to make
attractive display.
For purposes of this study, bartenders are to be clas­
sified according to whether they are primarily prepar­
ing drinks for waiters and waitresses to serve in guest­
rooms or various dining rooms (service bars) or to be
served directly to customers (public bars), as follows:

General maintenance mechanic

(Building mechanic; building repairer)
Keeps the physical structure of building in good re­
pair, performing painting, carpentry, and other mainte­
nance duties, and making minor repairs to mechanical
equipment usually found in such buildings. Is moder­
ately skilled in the use of the tools of various building
trades rather than specializing in one trade.

Bartenders, public bars
Bartenders, service bars
Customer lodging attendant

Guard

(Bell person)
Escorts guests to rooms, carrying their hand baggage.
Switches on lights and inspects room to insure that
everything is in order. Performs personal services for
guests, such as running errands, delivering packages,
and supplying information about hotel services. May
assist departing guests with baggage. Notifies bell cap­
tain of unusual occurrences about hotel. Performs oth­
er duties, such as paging guests, relieving elevator op­
erators, and keeping lobby tidy. Excludes head custom­
er lodging attendants and bell captains.




Protects property from theft or damage, or persons
from hazards or interference. Carries out instructions
primarily oriented toward insuring that emergencies and
security violations are readily discovered and reported
to appropriate authority. Intervenes directly only in sit­
uations which require minimal action to safeguard pro­
perty or persons. Duties involve serving at a fixed post,
making rounds on foot or by motor vehicle, or escort­
ing persons or property. May be deputized to make ar­
rests. May also help guests, visitors, and customers by
46

assistants are to be classified according to their pre­
dominant place of service, as follows:

answering questions and giving directions.
House porter

Waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants, full-course
restaurants1

Maintains premises in clean and orderly manner. Du­
ties include one or more o f the following: Cleaning hall­
ways, lobby, and public lavatories; washing walls and
ceilings; cleaning carpets and furniture; and moving and
arranging furniture.

Waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants, other than
full-course restaurants

Lodging quarters cleaner

Waiter or waitress

(Room maid)
Performs routine duties, cleaning and servicing of
guests’ rooms under close supervision of housekeeper.
May also clean baths.

Serves food and/or beverages to patrons; in addition,
usually takes order from patron and makes out check.
May set table (or counter) with linen and silverware
and take payment from patron. This classification in­
cludes workers serving tables and counters, as well as
other waiters and waitresses, such as tray waiters in
cafeterias, and room service waiters. Only regular
waiters (or waitresses) are to be included. Excludes ex­
tra meal waiters, banquet waiters, captains, and head
waiters, workers serving food to customers in a cafe­
teria line (counter attendants); and workers whose pri­
mary duties are cooking quickly prepared foods, such
as sandwiches, steaks, chops, cutlets, and eggs, even
though they also serve the food.
For wage survey purposes, waiters (and waitresses)
are to be classified according to their predominant place
of service, as follows:

Pantryworker

Prepares one or more food or beverage items, such
as salads, fruit cocktails, and/or sandwiches, and serves
them to waiters as requested.
Room clerk

Registers and assigns rooms to incoming guests and
checks out departing guests. Arranges transfer of reg­
istered quests to other rooms. Among smaller hotels
and motels, workers are frequently assigned such addi­
tional duties as maintaining room records including res­
ervations, furnishing information, distributing mail and
telegrams, and receiving payment for rooms.

Waiters and waitresses, counter

Second cook

Acts as assistant to executive chef, performing the
latter’s duties in his absence. Has general supervision
over kitchen activities, directing the work of cooks as­
signed to specific stations such as roast cooks, vegeta­
ble cooks, etc. May be called upon to perform some
cooking duties.

Waiters and waitresses, cocktail lounges
Waiters and waitresses, table, full-course
restaurants1
Waiters and waitresses, table, other than
full-course restaurants and cocktail lounges

Waiters’ and waitresses’ assistant
Waiters and waitresses, other (including tray and
room service)

(Bus person)
Performs such tasks as taking away courses and dirty
dishes to kitchen, replacing soiled table linen with clean
linen, replenishing b u tte r supply of guests, filling w ater
bottles and glasses, and bringing clean silverware to
dining room. May sweep and clean dining room, dust­
ing furniture and fixtures. May perform other tasks such
as washing dishes, setting tables, cleaning and polishing
silverware, and preparing coffee.
For wage survey purposes, waiters’ and waitresses’




1A full-course restaurant is defined as a dining facility where fullcourse meals are available for at least the midday or evening meal
and the major portion o f sales from food and drink is derived from
table service, as opposed to counter service. Thus, coffee shops serv­
ing only short orders are not considered full-course restaurants, even
though the majority o f sales is derived from table service. Similarly,
cocktail lounges, night clubs, or supper clubs serving only drinks or
short orders, or both, are not considered as full-course restaurants.

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Industry Wage Studies

The most recent bulletins providing occupational
wage data for industries included in the Bureau’s pro­
gram 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 sales offices, and

from regional offices of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
shown on the inside back cover. Copies that are out of
stock are available for reference purposes at leading
public, college, or university libraries, or at the Bureau’s
Washington or regional offices.

Manufacturing
Basic Iron and Steel, 1972. BLS Bulletin 18391
Candy and Other Confectionery Products, 1975. BLS
Bulletin 1939
Cigar Manufacturing, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1976
Cigarette Manufacturing, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1944
Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes, 1976. BLS Bulletin
1921
Fabricated Structural Steel, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1935
Fertilizer Manufacturing, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1763
Fluid Milk Industry, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1871
Footwear, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1946
Grain Mill Products, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2026
Hosiery, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1987
Industrial Chemicals, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1978
Iron and Steel Foundries, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1894
Leather Tanning and Finishing, 1973. BLS Bulletin
1835
Machinery Manufacturing, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2022
Meat Products, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1896
Men’s and Boys’ Shirts and Trousers, 1978. BLS
Bulletin 2035
Men’s and Boys’ Suits and Coats, 1976. BLS Bulletin
1962
Miscellaneous Plastics Products, 1974. BLS Bulletin
1914
Motor Vehicles and Parts, 1973-74. BLS Bulletin 1912
Nonferrous Foundries, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1952
Paperboard Containers and Boxes, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1719'
Paints and Varnishes, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1973
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 and Related Devices, 1977. BLS Bul­
letin 2021
Shipbuilding and Repairing, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1968

Man ufacturing—Con tin ued
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’ Coats and Suits, 1970. BLS Bul­
letin 17281
Women’s and Misses’ Dresses, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2007
Wood Household Furniture, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1930

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Nonmanufacturing
Appliance Repair Shops, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1936
Auto Dealer Repair Shops, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1876
Banking and Life Insurance, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1988
Bituminous Coal Mining, 1976. BLS Bulletin 1999
Communications, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2029
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
Educational Institutions: Nonteaching Employees,
1968-69. BLS Bulletin 16711
Electric and Gas Utilities, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2040
Hospitals, 1975- 76. BLS Bulletin 1949
Hotels and Motels, 1978. BLS Bulletin 2055
Metal Mining, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2017
Nursing Homes and Related Facilities, 1976. BLS Bul­
letin 19741
Oil and Gas Extraction, 1977. BLS Bulletin 2014
Scheduled Airlines, 1975. BLS Bulletin 1951
Wages and Tips in Restaurants and Hotels, 1970. BLS
Bulletin 17121

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U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics

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This bulletin provides a detailed statisti­
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and impasse procedures as well as four
major charactertics: (1) size, (2) dura­
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issue.

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more. Stoppages in government are
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and continue for the equivalent of a full
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