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Industry
Wage Survey:
Men’s and Boys’ Shirts
(Except Work Shirts)
and Nightwear, June 1974
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
1976
Bulletin 1901




Industry
Wage Survey:
Men’s and Boys’ Shirts
(Except Work Shirts)
and Nightwear, June 1974
U.S. Department of Labor
W. J. Usery, Jr., Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin, Commissioner
1976
Bulletin 1901

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Preface
This bulletin s u m m a rize s the results of a B LS survey
of w ages and rela te d benefits in the m e n 's and boys* shirts
(excep t w o rk shirts) and nightwear manufacturing industry
in June 1974. A s i m i l a r
su rve y was conducted in
O ctober 1971.
Separate r e le a s e s fo r the f o l l o w i n g
States and
a reas w e r e issued e a r l i e r :
Alab am a, A rk a n s a s , G e o rgia ,
M is s is s ip p i, N ew Y o rk , North C a ro lin a , Pennsylvania,
South C a ro lin a , T e n n e s s e e , and V ir g in ia ; Allentown—
B ethlehem —Easton, P a.—N.J.; Los A n g e le s —Long Beach,
C a lif.; N ew Y ork , N .Y .; and P o tt s v ille —Shamokin, Pa.
Copies are av a ila b le fr o m the Bureau of Lab or Statistics,
Washington, D.C, 20212, o r fr o m any of its reg io n a l
o ffic e s .
The study was conducted in the B u reau 's O ffic e of
Wages and Industrial R elation s.
C a r l B ar sky of t h e
D iv isio n of Occupational Wage Structures p re p a re d the
analysis.
F ie ld w o r k fo r the survey was d ire c te d by the
A s s is tan t R e g io n a l C o m m is s io n e r s .
Other r e p o rts availab le fr o m the B ureau 's p ro g r a m
of industry wage studies, as w e ll as the a d d re s s e s o f the
B u re a u ’ s r e g io n a l o ffic e s , are listed at the end of this
bulletin.




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Contents
Page
S u m m ary-----------------------------------------------------------------------Industry c h a r a c te r is tic s ____________________________ *--------------------------------------------- —
L o c a tio n -------------------P r o d u c ts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------M ethod o f p ro d u c tio n -----------------------------------------U n ion ization ---------------------------- ----- ---------------------------- ---------------------------------—
Sex and occu p atio n ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------M ethod o f w age payments-----------------------------------------------------------------------------—
A v e ra g e h ou rly e a r n in g s ------------------------------------O ccupational ea rn in g s________________________________________________________________ __ —
E stab lish m en t p ra c tic e s andsu pplem entary w age p r o v is io n s -------------M inim um job r a te s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------W ork schedules and shift p r a c t ic e s _________________________________________________
P a id h o lid a y s -------------------------- ------ --------------------------------------------------------------P a id va ca tio n s______________________________________
Health, insu ran ce, and re tire m e n t plans____________________________________________
O th er se lec te d b en efits ____________

T ext tables:
1.
P e r c e n t of production w o r k e r s in establishm ents c la s s ifie d by p r im a r y
and secondary p ro d u c t_______________________________ ______________ ___________
2.
P e r c e n t of production w o r k e r s in plants with c o lle c tiv e bargaining
agre e m en ts , by s e le c te d c h a r a c te r is t ic s ______ ________________ ____ „_________
3.
Occupational pay relationships f o r s e lec te d r e g i o n s ______________________ ___

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R e fe r e n c e tables:
1.
A v e r a g e hourly earnings: By s e lec te d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s _____________________
2.
A v e r a g e hourly earnings and em ploym ent c h a r a c te r is tic s :
Selected States and a r e a s ___________________________________________________

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Earnings distribution:
3.
A l l e s ta b lis h m e n ts --------------------------------------------------------------4.
By s ize o f co m m u n ity _______________ __________________________________________
5.
B y la b o r-m a n a g e m e n t contract c o v e r a g e _____________________________________
6.
D re s s s h i r t s _________
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Sport s h i r t s _____________________________________________________________________

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Occupational a v e ra g e s :
9.
A l l e s ta b lis h m e n ts __________________________________________________________
10. By la b or-m a n a g e m e n t contract c o v e r a g e ____________________________________
11. B y lab or-m a n a g e m e n t contract c ov e ra g e and m a jo r
product—d re s s s h i r t s ______ ____________________ __________________ ____________
12. By la b o r-m a n a g e m e n t contract c o v e ra g e and m a jo r
product—sport s h irts ______________________
______________________ ___ _______
13. By s iz e o f c o m m u n ity _______________ _____________________ ____ ____________ 21
14. By s ize of establishm ent ___________________________ „__ ________ ____ _________ _
15. By method o f wage p a y m e n t___________________________




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R e fe r e n c e ta b le s — Continued
O ccupational earn in gs:
16. A lab am a_________________________________________________________________________
17. A rk a n sa s----------------18. G e o rg ia --------------19. M is s is s ip p i______ _______________________________________________________________
20. N ew Y o r k S ta te______________________________________
21. N orth C a r o lin a __ _________________________ -______-_____________________________
22. P e n n sy lva n ia ------ — ------------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------23. South C a ro lin a --------------------------------- —— -------------------------------------- -----

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V ir g in ia -----------------------A llen tow n —B ethlehem —Easton, P a .—N .J ------- ---------------------------------------L o s A n g e le s —Long B each , C a lif---------------------------------------------------------N ew Y o r k , N .Y .- N .J ___________________________________________________________
P o tt s v ilie —Shamokin, P a --------------------------------------------------------------------

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E stab lish m en t p ra c tic e s and supplem entary w age p ro v is io n s :
30. M ethod o f w age paym ent-------------------------------------------------------------------31. M inim u m job ra te s — «.-----------------------------32. W o rk s c h e d u le s ----------------33. P a id h o lid a y s ________________________________________________________________
34. P a id v a ca tio n s-----------35. H ealth, in su ran ce, and re tire m e n t p lans--------------------------------------------36. O th er s e le c te d b e n e fits -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Appen dixes:
A . R e g r e s s io n a n a ly s is ------------------------ ------------------------------------- -----------------B. Scope and m ethod o f su rvey _______________________ _____ ______________________«___
C. O ccupational d e s c rip tio n s ---------- ------------------------------------------------------ ----- —




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M e n ' s and B o y s ' S h i r t s ( E x c e p t W o r k Shirts)
and N i g h t w e a r , J u n e 1974
Sum m ary

In the Southeast, w h ere fiv e -e ig h th s o f
the in d u s try 's w o rk e rs w e r e em p loyed ,
earn in gs a v e ra g e d $2.46.
E arn in gs am ong the 26 occupations
s e le c te d fo r separate study ranged fro m
$3.86 an hour fo r s e w i n g - m a c h i n e
r e p a ir e r s to $2.31 fo r ja n ito r s .4 Sewingm a c h i n e o p e r a to r s , accounting fo r 56
p erc e n t o f the w o r k e r s , a v e ra g e d $2.49.
T h e ir earn in gs v a r ie d by type o f product
sewn— d re s s sh irts ($ 2 .5 4 ), nightw ear
($ 2 .4 6 ), and sport sh irts ($ 2 .4 4 ).
M o re than nin e-tenth s o f the w o rk e rs
w e r e in estab lish m en ts p ro v id in g paid
h olid ays, paid v a ca tio n s, and at le a s t
p art o f the cost o f lif e , h o sp ita liza tio n ,
and s u rg ic a l in su ran ce.
Other fo rm s o f
health, insu ran ce, and r e tire m e n t plans
also w e r e c o m m o n in the in du stry.
W o rk e rs ty p ic a lly r e c e iv e d betw een 5
and 8 paid holidays annually, at lea s t 1
w eek o f vacation a fte r 1 y e a r o f s e r v ic e ,
and at le a s t 2 w eeks a fte r 5 y e a rs .

S tra ig h t-tim e earn in gs o f production
and re la te d w o rk e rs in the m e n ’ s and
b o y s ’ shirts (excep t w o rk s h irts) and
nigh tw ear in d u stry a v e ra g e d $2.54 an
hour in June 1974. 1 Just o v e r on e-fou rth
of the 90,000 w o rk e rs c o v e re d by the
stu d y 2 earn ed within 5 cents o f the $2
F e d e r a l m inim um w age fo r m anufac­
turing e s t a b l i s h m e n t s .
M ost o f the
rem ain in g w o rk e rs earned between $2.05
and $4.
W om en, nine-tenths o f the in d u stry 's
w o rk fo r c e , a v e ra g e d $2.49, com pared
to $2.95 fo r the 9, 145 m en. Much of this
d iffe r e n c e in pay is tra c e a b le to the d is ­
tribu tion of m en and w om en among job s
w ith d isp a rate pay le v e ls .
A m on g the reg io n s 3 studied, a v e ra g e
h ou rly earn in gs ranged fro m $ 2 .9 2 in the
M id dle A tla n tic to $2.37 in the Southwest.
1 Earnings data in this report exclude premium pay
for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and
late shifts.
The straight-time average hourly earnings in this
bulletin differ in concept from the gross average hourly
earnings published in the Bureau's monthly employment and
earnings series ($2.65 in June 1974).
Unlike the latter,
estimates here exclude premium pay for overtime and for
work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Average
earnings were calculated by summing individual hourly
earnings and dividing by the number of individuals; in the
monthly series, aggregate hours reported by all establish­
ments in the industry were divided into the reported payroll
totals.
2 See appendix B for scope and method of study.
Estimates of the number of production workers within the
scope of the study differ from those in the monthly series
(112,500 in June 1974) by the exclusion of establishments
employing fewer than 20 workers.
Planning for the survey
required the assembling of lists of establishments consider­
ably in advance of data collection.
Thus, establishments
new to the industry are omitted, as are establishments
originally classified in the men's and boys' shirts and night­
wear industry, but found to be in other industries at the
time of the survey.
Also omitted are establishments manu­
facturing men's and boys' shirts and nightwear but classified
incorrectly in other industries at the time the lists were
compiled.
3 For definitions of the regions used in this survey,
see footnote 1, table B -l, in appendix B.




Industry c h a r a c te r is tic s
Location.. About 63 p ercen t o f the
in d u s try ’ s 90,000 production w o r k e r s
w e r e located in the Southeast reg io n in
June 1974, and about 15 p ercen t in the
M id d le A tla n tic States.
The rem ain in g
reg io n s studied s e p a r a t e l y em p loyed
betw een 2 p e rc e n t and 8 p ercen t o f the
w o rk e rs .
A la b a m a , G e o rg ia , and T en n essee
accounted fo r th r e e -fifth s of the South­
e a s t ^ em p loym en t; M is s is s ip p i, N orth
C a ro lin a , and South C a ro lin a accounted
fo r m ost o f the rem a in d e r (table 2).
The th re e a re a s o f in d u stry con cen­
tra tio n studied in the M id dle A tla n tic—
A llen tow n —B ethlehem —E aston, P a ., N ew
Y o r k , N. Yo, and P o tts v ille —Shamokin,
P a .— accounted fo r about o n e-th ird o f
that r e g io n 's em p loym en t.
Los A n g e le s Long B each had about seven -eigh th s of
the P a c ific States w o rk e rs .
4 See appendix C for occupational descriptions.

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W o rk e rs in m e t r o p o l i t a n a re a s 5
m ade up about th ree-ten th s o f the nation­
w id e em p loym en t, but the p r o p o r t i o n
v a r ie d w id e ly by reg io n .
M etro p olita n
a re a s accounted fo r fro m seven -ten th s
o f a ll w o rk e rs to the en tire w o rk fo r c e
in New England, the M iddle A tla n tic , and
the P a c ific ; in co n tra st, m o re than fiv e sixths o f the Southeast's w o rk e rs w e r e in
s m a lle r com m u n ities.

w e r e em p loyed by sport sh irt plants,
w h ile nightw ear p l a n t s accounted fo r
m ost o f the rem a in d e r.
D re s s sh irts was the m ost com m on
p r im a r y product in 5 o f the 8 reg io n s
studied s e p a ra tely .
A l l o f the w o rk e rs
in the M iddle W est and P a c ific and t h r e e fifth s o f the B o rd e r States w o rk e rs w e r e
in plants c h ie fly producing sport s h irts.
About tw o -th ird s o f the production
w o r k e r s w e r e em p loyed by plants m aking
only one kind o f product (text tab le 1).
D re s s sh irts and sp ort sh irts w e r e , at
tim e s , m ade in the sam e estab lish m en ts;
n ig h tw e a r, h o w e v er, w as r a r e ly m an u fac­
tu red in plants a lso m aking d re s s o r
sport s h irts.

P r o d u c t s . E stab lish m en ts whose
m a jo r product was d re s s sh irts 6 e m ­
p loyed 46 p ercen t of the production w o r k ­
e r s c o v e re d by the June 1974 su rvey. A
s lig h tly s m a lle r p ro p o rtio n (42 p erc e n t)
Text table 1.

Percent of production workers in establishments classified by primary and secondary product
No

Primary product

Total

secondary
product

Secondary product
Dress shirts

Sport shirts

Nightwear

(2)

A ll establishments 1____ ______

100

67

6

13

Dress shirts---------------------------Sport shirts--------------------------Nightwear-----------------------------

100
100
100

63
73
66

-

13

27
-

<2 )

Other
14
10
14
34

1 Includes establishments with major products in addition to these shown separately.
2 Less than 0. 5 percent.
NOTE:

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

the production w o rk e rs .
S ligh tly le s s
than th re e -e ig h th s w e r e in plants using
the b u n d l e system .
The lin e system
accounted fo r about 1 p ercen t o f the
w o rk ers.
The p ro p o rtio n o f w o rk e rs under the
th re e production m ethods v a r ie d s o m e ­
what by re g io n .
W o rk e rs in plants using
the p r o g r e s s iv e bundle system amounted
to about th r e e -fifth s o f the w o rk fo r c e o r
m o re in a ll reg io n s excep t the P a c ific ,
w h ere th re e -fo u rth s o f the w o rk e rs w e r e
in plants using the bundle system .

M ethod of p r o d u c t i o n . E s ta b lis h ­
m ents using the p r o g r e s s iv e bundle s y s ­
t e m 7 em p loyed a b o u t
fiv e -e ig h th s o f
5 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined
by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget through
April 1973.
6 Dress shirts are defined as shirts designed primarily
for dress, street, or business wear, having collar bands,
neck sizes, and shirt tails, and made from fabrics commonly
used for dress shirts.
Sport shirts are defined as shirts
designed primarily for sport, leisure, or casual wear, usually
made with straight bottoms, S -M -L -X L sizes, without collar
bands, and made from other than dress-shirt fabrics.
7 Establishments were classified according to their
major method of production as follows: (1) Line system—
an operation in which parts of garments move down a line
as each operator performs a standard task on a piece and
then passes it on to the next operator, usually by a slide
board or chute, for further processing; (2) bundle systeman operation in which bundles of garments are distributed
to individuals who perform one operation or more on a
number of identical pieces and rebundle the garments for
movement to another operator; and (3) progressive bundle
system an operation in which the bundles of garments flow
in a logical order of work from operator to operator, each
performing one or two assigned tasks on various pieces in the
bundle.
Since the procedure is standardized, the need for
checking in and reassigning the work, as under the bundle
system, is eliminated.




U n ion iza tion . E stab lish m en ts w i t h
la b or-m a n a g em en t a gre e m en ts c o v e rin g
a m a jo r ity o f th e ir w o rk e rs em p lo yed
s lig h tly under tw o -fifth s o f the production
w o rk ers.
R e g io n a lly , the p r o p o r t i o n
in union estab lish m en ts r a n g e d fro m
about nin e-tenth s in New England, the
M id dle A tla n tic , and the G rea t Lak es to
about on e-fou rth in the Southeast and
about o n e -fifth in the Southwest. A m on g
the th ree m a jo r product b ran ch es, the

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rela te d to plant location (m etro p o lita n
a re a or n on m etrop olitan a re a ) and, to
som e extent, s ize o f estab lish m en t (text
t a b l e 2).
The A m a lg a m a ted C lothing
W o rk e rs of A m e r ic a (A F L - C I O ) was the
m a jo r union in the indu stry.

p ro p ortion s o f w o rk e rs in union estab ­
lish m en ts w e re o v e r o n e -h a lf fo r d re s s
sh irts , about o n e -fifth fo r sport sh irts,
and about o n e -th ird fo r n igh tw ear. A s
shown in text tab le 2, the d e g re e o f
u n i o n i z a t i o n seem ed to be directlyText table 2.

Percent of production workers in plants with collective bargaining agreements, by selected characteristics

Middle Atlantic

Border States

Southeast

Characteristic

United States 1

A ll establishments______________

35-39

85-89

30-34

25-29

20-249 w o rk ers_________________
250 workers or m o re ____________

30-34
40-44

75-79
95+

45-49
25-29

10-14
35-39

Metropolitan a r e a s _____________
Nonmetropolitan a reas_________

60-64
25-29

90-94
70-74

50-54
25-29

35-39
20-24

1 Includes data for regions in addition to those shown separately.

A v e r a g e h ou rly earn in gs

Sex and occu pation. N ine-tenth s o f
the in d u s try 's production w o rk e rs w e re
w om en.
M o re than th r e e -fifth s of the
80,576 w om en w e r e s e w i n g - m a c h i n e
o p e r a to r s .
W om en a lso w e r e a m a jo r ity
in the other sew ing and fin ish in g d e p a rt­
m ent job s studied, and in the c a te g o r ie s
o f a s s e m b le rs and w o rk d is trib u to rs.
M en, on the oth er hand, w e r e a m a jo r ity
in a ll cutting room job s excep t a s s e m ­
b le r s , as w e ll as in the ja n ito r, sew in gm achine r e p a ir e r , and'shipping and stock
c le r k c la s s ific a tio n s .

S tra ig h t-tim e earn in gs o f the 89,721
w o rk e rs c o v e re d by the study a v e ra g e d
$2.54 an hour in June 1974— 24 p e r ­
cent above the le v e l re c o rd e d in a s im ­
ila r su rvey conducted in O ctob er 1971
(tab le 1). 8 T h is in c re a s e equaled the
r is e in hourly earn in gs fo r production
w o rk e rs in a ll nondurable m anufacturing
in d u stries, as m ea su red by the B u re a u ’ s
index o f a v e ra g e h ou rly earn in gs.
C on ­
trib u tin g to the i n c r e a s e was a 25p ercen t r is e in the F e d e r a l m inim um
w age fo r m anufacturing— which b ecam e
$2 on M ay 1, 1974— as w e ll as g e n e ra l
w age in c r e a s e s n egotia ted under la b o rm anagem ent a g re e m en ts .
The 2 4 -p ercen t in c r e a s e , h o w ever,
som ewhat o v e r s ta te s actual wage m o v e ­
m ents during the 32 months betw een su r­
veys.
W age boosts scheduled to b ecom e
e ffe c tiv e b e fo re the O ctob er 1971 study
w e r e d elayed by the 90-day w a g e - p r ic e ren t fr e e z e betw een August and N o v e m ­
b e r 1971; th ese in c r e a s e s w e r e la te r
m ade r e tr o a c tiv e to O ctob er 1971 or
e a r lie r but w e r e not included in the 1971
su rvey.
Such in c r e a s e s w e r e p ro vid ed
under con tra cts c o v e rin g a substantial
num ber of w o rk e rs in the M id dle A tla n tic
States.

M ethod o f w age p aym en t. In cen tive
w age s y s te m s , n e a rly alw ays based on
in d ivid u al p ie c e w o rk , applied to th re e fourths o f the production w o rk e rs (table
30).
The p ro p o rtio n o f w o rk e rs paid
under in cen tive plans ranged fro m just
o v e r half in the G rea t Lakes to just o v e r
fo u r -fifth s in the M iddle W est. About
on e-fo u rth o f the w o rk e rs w e r e paid
under tim e ra te s , m o s tly a ccord in g to
th e ir in d ivid u al q u a lific a tio n s . A b o u t
tw o -fifth s o f the tim e w o rk e rs w e r e paid
under fo r m a l plans, ty p ic a lly p ro vid in g a
range o f rates w ithin occupations.
A m a jo r ity o f c lic k e r -m a c h in e o p e r ­
a to rs and w o rk e rs in n e a rly a ll job s in
the s e w i n g and fin ish in g departm ents
w e r e paid on an in cen tive b a s is .
On the
other hand, cutting room jo b s , ja n ito rs ,
sew in g-m a ch in e r e p a ir e r s , shipping and
stock c le rk s , and w o rk d is trib u to rs w e re
u sually paid tim e ra te s .




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For accounts of earlier surveys mentioned in this
report see Industry W age Survey: Menfs and Boys1 Shirts
(Except Work Shirts) and Nightwear, October 1971, BLS
Bull. 1794; October 1968, Bull. 1659; and April-Tune 1964,
Bull. 1457.

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e x is te d in the Southeast, the on ly reg io n
p e rm ittin g com p ariso n am ong a ll th re e
product b ranches. In the M iddle A tla n tic ,
w o rk e rs in sp ort sh irt plants a v e ra g e d 6
cents an hour m o re than those in d re s s
sh irt estab lish m en ts w h ile, in the B o rd e r
States, the only oth er reg io n w h ere a
d ir e c t c om p a riso n could be m ade, e a r n ­
ings o f w o rk e rs in d re s s sh irt plants
topped those o f w o rk e rs m aking sport
sh irts by 42 cents.
A v e r a g e hourly earn in gs w e r e higher
in m etro p o lita n a re a s than in n o n m etro­
politan a rea s (table 4 ), in plants o f 250
w o rk e rs o r m o re than s m a lle r e s ta b lis h ­
m ents, and in union than nonunion e sta b ­
lish m en ts (table 5).
T h e s e rela tion sh ip s
u su ally held when com p a riso n s w e re lim ­
ited to the sam e re g io n .
The b asic s u rve y tabulations did not
attem pt to is o la te and m ea su re the exact
in flu en ce o f any o f the p reced in g c h a ra c ­
t e r is t ic s as in d ivid u al determ in an ts o f
w age le v e ls . Some of the c h a r a c te r is tic s
a s s o c ia te d w ith h igh er w age le v e ls , such
as production o f d re s s sh irts , u n ion iza­
tio n , and location in m etro p o lita n a rea s
o r in the M id dle A tla n tic reg io n , a re
highly in te r r e la te d .
A ppendix A , h o w e v er, p re s e n ts a
b r ie f te c h n ica l note on the resu lts o f a
m u ltip le r e g r e s s io n in which the singular
e ffe c ts o f in d ivid u al su rvey c h a r a c te r ­
is tic s w e r e is o la te d to a m ea su rea b le
d egree.
In s e v e r a l c a s e s , th ere w e r e
m ark ed d iffe r e n c e s betw een the a v e ra g e
earn in gs d iffe r e n tia ls produced by c r o s s ­
tabulation (s im p le r e g r e s s io n ) as d is ­
cussed in this section o f the r e p o rt, and
those d e riv e d by m u ltip le r e g r e s s io n .
F o r exam p le, production w o r k e r s in
union plants a v e ra g e d 41 cents an hour
m o re than those in nonunion plants, but
ap p aren tly only tw o -th ird s of this d i f f e r ­
en tia l (27 cents) can be attributed s o le ly
to op eratin g in union plants.
(See appen­
d ix tab les A - l and A - 2 .)
Just o v e r on e-fou rth of the w o rk e rs
earn ed within 5 cents o f the $2 m inim um
w age fo r m anufacturing w hich took e ffe c t
1 month b e fo re the su rvey was conducted
(tab le 3).
The p ro p o rtio n o f w o rk e rs at
o r near the F e d e r a l m inim um was much
lo w e r than the le v e ls re c o rd e d in two
other su rveys o f the indu stry conducted
sh o rtly a f t e r F e d e r a l m inim um w age
changes in 1964 and 1968. A t the tim e
o f those s u rve y s , about 40 p erc e n t o f
the w o rk e rs earned w ithin 5 cents o f the

A v e r a g e h ou rly earnings in c re a s e s
am ong 6 o f the 8 reg io n s studied sep ­
a r a te ly w e r e f a i r l y u n ifo rm , ranging
fro m 19 p e rc e n t in the P a c ific to 23 p e r ­
cent in the M id d le A tla n tic . In the South­
ea st and Southwest, w h ere la r g e p r o ­
p ortion s of w o rk e rs earn ed at o r near the
m inim um w a ge, a v e ra g e hourly earn in gs
r o s e 26 and 27 p e rc e n t, r e s p e c tiv e ly .
The le v e l o f earn in gs ranged fro m $2.37
in the Southwest and $2.46 in the B o rd e r
States, Southeast, and M id dle W est, to
$2.92 in the P a c ific States.
A m on g the 10 States studied sep ­
a r a te ly , a v e ra g e earn in gs ranged fro m
$2.36 in A rk an sas to $2.94 in P e n n s y l­
vania (table 2).
The fou r a rea s o f indus­
t r y con cen tration a ll had pay le v e ls above
the national a v e ra g e fo r the indu stry:
$3.15 in A llen tow n , $2.90 in N ew Y o rk ,
$2.87 in P o tt s v ille , and $2.60 in Los
A n g e le s .
Men a v e ra g e d $2.95 an hour— 18
p ercen t m o re than w om en in the indu stry.
D iffe re n c e s in pay fo r m en and wom en
m ay be tra c e a b le to s e v e r a l fa c to r s ,
including d iffe r e n c e s in the d istrib u tion
o f m en and w om en am ong jobs having
d i s p a r a t e pay le v e ls .
F o r exam p le,
sew in g-m a ch in e r e p a ir e r s , m achine cut­
t e r s , m a rk e r s , c lic k e r -m a c h in e o p e r ­
a to rs , and s h i p p i n g c le r k s , the fiv e
highest paying jobs studied, w e r e p r e ­
dom inantly m en.
W om en, h o w e v er, w e r e
a m a jo r ity in m ost o f the lo w e r paying
jo b s , such as a s s e m b le rs , b a g g e rs and
b o x e r s , and sew in g-m a ch in e o p e ra to rs .
D iffe r e n c e s r e c o rd e d in a v e ra g e s fo r
m en and wom en in the sam e job and
lo c a lity (tab les 16—29) m ay also r e fle c t
m in o r v a ria tio n s in duties.
Job d e s c r ip ­
tion s used to c la s s ify w o rk e rs in w age
su rvey s usually a re m o re g e n e ra liz e d
than those used in in d ivid u al e s ta b lis h ­
m ents because allow an ce m ust be m ade
fo r m in o r d iffe r e n c e s am ong e s ta b lis h ­
m ents in s p e c i f i c duties p e rfo r m e d .
A ls o , earn in gs in som e job s a re d e te r ­
m ined la r g e ly by production at p iece
ra te s .
V a ria tio n s in in cen tive earnings
fo r in d ivid u als o r sex groupings m ay be
tra c e a b le to d iffe r e n c e s in w o rk e x p e r i­
ence, w o rk flo w , or oth er fa c to rs the
w o rk e r m ay o r m ay not co n tro l.
N ation w id e, w o rk e rs in plants p r i ­
m a r ily m aking d re s s sh irts a v e ra g e d
$2.60 an hour, com p ared w ith $2.47 fo r
sport sh irts and $2.46 fo r n ightw ear
( t a b l e s 6—8).
A s im ila r rela tio n sh ip




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shipping c le rk s ($3.13). W o rk e rs in m o s t
o f the rem ain in g job s a v e ra g e d between
$2.40 and $2.65.
W o rk e rs in cutting room occupations
g e n e ra lly had h igh er a v e ra g e s than those
in e ith e r the sew ing or fin ish in g d e p a rt­
m en ts.
The cutting room accounted fo r
4 o f the 7 top paying jobs studied sep ­
a ra te ly .
O ccupational a v e ra g e s w e r e g e n e r ­
a lly highest in the M id dle A tla n tic reg io n
and lo w est in the Southwest, but occu ­
pational pay rela tion sh ip s v a r ie d c on sid ­
e ra b ly among the re g io n s .
F o r exam p le,
m achine c u t t e r s a v e ra g e d 48 p ercen t
m o re in the M iddle A tla n tic than the
Southwest; but c o lla r top tr im m e r s a v e r ­
aged 3 p ercen t m o re in the Southwest
than the M id dle A tla n tic . F o r job s in text
tab le 3, the l a r g e s t pay d iffe re n c e s
am ong reg io n s w e r e fo r cu tters and
m a rk e rs — two o f the highest paying occu ­
pations.

m inim um .
M o r e o v e r , the p ro p o rtio n of
sh irt w o rk e rs n e a r the m inim um in
June 1974 was only s lig h tly above that
rep o rte d fo r the O ctob er 1971 su rvey
which w a s conducted 3 y e a rs and 8
months a fte r the $1.60 m inim um took
e ffe c t. 9
O ccupational earn in gs
The 26 occupations s e l e c t e d to
re p re s e n t the w age stru ctu re and manu­
factu rin g op eration s o f production w o r k ­
e r s in the industry accounted fo r just
o v e r fiv e - s ix th s o f the w ork f o r c e .
H ou rly a v e ra g e s am ong th ese job s ranged
fro m $3.86 fo r sew in g-m a ch in e r e p a ir e r s
to $2.31 fo r ja n ito rs (tab le 9).
Sew ingm achine o p e ra to rs , accounting fo r m o re
than half o f the w o r k e r s , a v e ra g e d $2.49.
Only fou r oth er job s studied had
n a t i o n w i d e a v e ra g e s o f at le a s t $3:
m achine cu tters ($3.58), m a rk e rs ($3.31),
c lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e ra to rs ($ 3 .2 5 ), and
Text table 3.

Occupational pay relationships for selected regions (Southwest^ 100 for each occupation)
Pay relatives
Occupation

R ppairprs, sp'vyincr m a c h in e . ...
Cntt.prs, m a c h in p

Middle
Atlantic

Border
States

Southeast

112
145

112
148
171
131
121
133
123
97
124

95
130
135
154
106
112
103
86
103

103
118
131
115
103
100
103
90
103

-

M arkers

113

Prpssprs, fin ish , m ar.hinp

-

F old prs, g a rm p n t
Prpssprs, fin is h , hand

_

S p w in g -m a c h in p opprators
C o lla r top trim m prs
Janitors

NOTE:

New
England

___ ....

124
118
91
123

Great
Lakes

Middle
West

Pacific

110
145
151
106

94
116
120

119
141
152

-

113
-

125

-

103
122
103
-

105

-

108
109
112
90
106

Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

sport s h irts.
H o w ev e r, much o f the d if­
fe r e n tia l r e fle c ts the r e la t iv e ly high er
d e g re e of u nionization in d re s s sh irt
plants.
When com p ariso n s w e re lim ite d
to e ith e r union o r nonunion plants, no
con sisten t p attern was eviden t (tab les 11
and 12).
O ccupational a v e ra g e s w e r e g e n e r ­
a lly h igh er in union than nonunion plants
(table 10), in m etro p o lita n than in non­
m etro p o lita n a re a s (table 13), and in
la rg e than in s m a ll estab lish m en ts (table
14).
Within the reg io n s p e rm ittin g c o m ­
p a riso n , w o rk e rs in union plants ty p ic a lly
10 to 30 p ercen t m o re than
9
For details, see Carl Barsky, "Shirt Industry Loosens a v e ra g e d
those in the sam e occupation in nonunion
Ties to Minimum W a g e ," Monthly Labor Review, Sept.
1975, pp. 48-50; and BLS Bull. 1457, 1659, and 1794.
plants.
D iffe r e n c e s by com m unity and

The o c c u p a t i o n a l pay structure
w ithin reg io n s did not n e c e s s a r ily m ir r o r
the nationwide stru ctu re.
Jan itors, fo r
exam p le, had the lo w es t nationw ide a v e r ­
age among occupations studied but they
a v e ra ge d m o re in the G rea t Lakes than
c o lla r p o in te rs , sew in g-m a ch in e o p e r ­
a to rs , b a g ge rs and b o x e rs , fin a l in s p e c ­
to r s (and t h r e a d t r im m e r s ), m achine
p r e s s e r s , and w o rk d is trib u to rs .
O ccupational a v e ra g e s w e r e g e n e r ­
a lly h igh er in estab lish m en ts p r im a r ily
m aking d re s s sh irts than in those m aking




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estab lish m en t s iz e , h o w ever, w e re le s s
substantial when re g io n a l com p ariso n s
w e r e m ade.
W h ere c o m p a riso n s w e re p o s s ib le ,
o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e ra g e s w e r e alm ost
alw ays h igh er fo r in cen tive paid w o rk e rs
than fo r tim e w o r k e r s in the sam e job
(table 15). N ation w id e, in c e n tive w o rk e rs
ty p ic a lly a v e ra g e d fro m 5 to 20 p e rc e n t
an hour m o r e than th e ir tim e -r a te d
cou n terp arts.

oth er la te -s h ift p ro v is io n s . A t the tim e
o f the s u rvey , h o w e v er, le s s than 5 p e r ­
cent of the w o rk e rs w e r e em p loyed on
late sh ifts.
P a id h o lid a y s . P aid h o lid ays, ty p i­
c a lly 5 to 8 days annually, w e r e p ro v id e d
by estab lish m en ts em p loyin g 95 p ercen t
of the production w o rk e rs (table 33). The
number o f paid holid ays v a r ie d w id e ly by
reg io n . F o r exa m p le, at le a s t fo u r -fifth s
o f the w o rk e rs in the N ew England,
M id d le A tla n tic , and G rea t L ak es reg io n s
had 8 days o r m o r e .
W o rk e rs in the
B o rd e r States, Southeast, and Southwest
re g io n s , h o w e v er, usu ally had 6 days
o r le s s .

E stab lish m en t p ra c tic e s and
su p p lem en tary w age p ro v is io n s
Data a lso w e r e obtained on m inim um
jo b r a te s , w o rk schedules, shift p r a c ­
tic e s , and s e lec te d supplem entary w age
b e n e fits , such as paid h o lid a ys, paid
v a c a tio n s , and h e a l t h , in su ran ce, and
r e tir e m e n t plans. 10

P a id v a c a tio n s . V ir tu a lly a ll p r o ­
duction w o rk e rs w e r e in estab lish m en ts
p ro v id in g paid vacation s a fte r qu a lifyin g
p e rio d s o f s e r v ic e .
W o rk e rs ty p ic a lly
r e c e iv e d at le a s t 1 w eek of vacation pay
a fte r 1 y e a r of s e r v ic e and 2 w eek s o r
m o re a fte r 5 y e a rs (table 34). About
tw o -fifth s o f the w o rk e rs w e r e in es ta b ­
lish m en ts p ro v id in g 3 w eek s o f vacation
pay a fte r 10 y e a r s .
In the N ew England,
M id dle A tla n tic , and G rea t Lak es States,
h o w e v er, at le a s t th r e e -fifth s o f t h e
w o rk e rs w e r e c o v e re d by plans p ro v id in g
3 w eeks of vacatio n pay a fte r 3 y e a rs o f
s e r v ic e .

M inim um job r a t e s . About tw o -fifth s
o f the estab lish m en ts v is ite d rep o rte d
fo r m a l m inim um job ra tes fo r tim e - r a te d
m ach in e cu tters (tab le 31). O f the plants
w ith such m inim u m s fo r c u tte rs , onefou rth each p ro v id e d $2 to $2.25, $2.50
to $3.00, and $3.50 to $4, and one-tenth
each p ro v id e d $3.00 to $3.50 and $4
o r m o re .
F o r m a l m i n i m u m job ra te s fo r
sew in g-m a ch in e o p e ra to rs w e r e found
in seven -ten th s o f the estab lish m en ts
visited.
F o u r -fifth s o f th ese plants
estab lish ed m inim u m s within 5 cents o f
$2, w h ile le s s than one-tenth had a m in ­
im um job ra te o f o v e r $2.25 fo r sew in gm achine o p e ra to rs .

H ealth, in su ran ce, and re tire m e n t
p la n s . L ife , h o sp ita liza tio n , and s u rg ic a l
in su ran ce fo r which the e m p lo y e r pays
at le a s t p art of the cost w e r e a v a ila b le
in estab lish m en ts em p loyin g nin e-tenth s
W ork schedules and shift p r a c t ic e s .
o f the w o rk e rs (table 35). A c c id e n ta l
W ork schedules o f 5 days and 40 hours
death and d ism em b erm en t insuran ce in
a w eek w e re in e ffe c t in estab lish m en ts
addition to b asic life in su ran ce, cash
em p lo yin g about nin e-tenth s o f the p r o ­
paym ents fo r absence fro m w ork due to
duction w o rk e rs (tab le 32).
M ost o f the
illn e s s o r accid en t, and b asic m e d ic a l
rem a in in g w o rk e rs w e r e on schedules
insu ran ce w e r e p ro v id e d to about h a lf
o f 4 V2 d ays, 40 hours. In the B o rd e r
o f the w o r k e r s . M a jo r m e d ic a l insuran ce
States and the Southeast, a s m a ll p r o ­
was a v a ila b le to ju st under tw o -fifth s o f
p ortion o f the w o rk e rs w e r e scheduled
the w o r k e r s . L o n g -te r m d is a b ility in s u r­
fo r fo u r-d a y w eeks o f at le a s t 35 hours.
ance was r a r e in the indu stry.
M ost
T w o -fifth s o f the w o rk e rs w e re in
health and insuran ce plans w e r e financed
plants with p ro v is io n s fo r second shifts
e n tir e ly by the e m p lo y e r.
and just under o n e -fifth with th ird o r
R e tire m e n t p e n s i o n s (in addition
to
F
e d e r a l s o c ia l s e c u rity b e n e fits )—
10
Establishments employing an estimated 31 percent
alm
ost
alw a ys paid fo r e n tir e ly by the
of the workers contributed to health and welfare funds
e m p lo y e r— applied to ju st under half o f
administered by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
the in d u s try ’ s w o r k e r s .
P en sion plans
Am erica from which selected benefits were provided to the
employees.
These plants have b e e n included in the
applied to at le a s t fiv e -s ix th s o f the
tabulations.
w o rk e rs in N ew England and the M id dle




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A tla n tic and G rea t L a k e s re g io n s , but to
on ly th re e -e ig h th s in the Southeast. S e v ­
era n ce pay fo r r e tir in g e m p lo yees was
not com m on ly p ro vid ed .

em p lo yee who is asked to re p o rt to
w o rk ), applied to h a lf o f the w o rk e rs
studied (table 36).
F u n era l and ju ry duty
pay applied to o n e -fifth and o n e -th ird of
the w o rk e rs , r e s p e c tiv e ly .
N eith e r of
th ese b en efits applied to as much as half
o f the w o rk e rs in any o f the reg io n s
studied.
T e c h n o lo g ic a l s e ve ra n c e pay,
w hich is p ro v id e d to e m p lo y e e s p e rm a ­
nen tly separated fro m th e ir job s because
o f t e c h n o l o g i c a l change or a plant
c lo s in g , was r a r e ly found.

O ther s e le c te d b e n e fits . P aid ju ry
duty and fu n era l le a v e , te c h n o lo g ic a l s e v ­
era n ce pay, and d a ily rep o rtin g pay plans
w e r e a lso studied.
The m ost com m on of
th ese b en e fits , d a ily rep o rtin g pay (g u a r­
anteed pay— fo r exam p le 4 hours— to an




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Table 1. Average hourly earnings: By selected characteristics
(N u m ber and a v e ra g e s tra ig h t-tim e h ou rly earn in gs 1 of production w orkers in m e n 's and b o ys' sh irts (ex cep t w ork sh irts) and nightw ear m anufacturing establish m ents
by sele c te d c h a ra c te ris tic s , U nited States and sele cted regio n s, June 1974)
United States 2

^ fn m p n

M a jo r produ ct: 3
P r e s s sh irts
s h i'* * i'R

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

_______
............. -

M ighfw ear
S ize of com m unity: 4
M etro p o lita n a r e a s ---------------------------------------------N on m etro p o litan a r e a s _______________________
S ize of establish m ent:
20_249 w orV prs
250 w o r k e r s o r m o r e ---------------------------------------L a b o r-m a n a gem en t contract c o v e ra g e :
E stablish m en ts w ith—
M a jo rity of w o r k e r s c o v e r e d -------None o r m in o rity of w o rk e rs
en vered

1
2
3
4

M iddle A tlan tic

Nu m ber A v e ra g e Num ber A vera g e Num ber
of
hourly
of
hourly
of
w o r k e r s earnings w ork ers earnings w o rk ers

C h a ra c te ris tic

A ll prnrlnrtion w o rk e rs

New England

B o rd e r States

Southeast

Southwest

G reat Lakes

89, 721
9, 145
80, 576

$2.54
2.95
2.49

3, 172
286
2, 886

$2.80
3.24
2.76

13, 081
1,844
11,237

$2.92
3.35
2.85

7,275
625
6,650

$2.46
2.83
2.43

5 6 ,111
5, 177
50, 934

$2.46
2.85
2.42

4, 143
507
3, 636

$2.37
2.59
2.34

1,458
124
1, 334

$2.65
3.24
2.60

41, 358
37, 456
8, 873

2.60
2.47
2.46

2,445

2.85

6,205
3, 878

2.88
2.94

1,988
4,492

2.73
2.31

25,428
23, 962
6, 537

2.53
2.40
2.37

3, 631

2.39

1,374

2.65

_

26, 048
63, 673

2.76
2.45

2, 199

2.64
2.41

7, 718
48, 393

2.63
2.43

_

_
-

_

_
2.76
-

_

9, 988
3,093

_

2.96
2.81

_

1,607
5,668

38, 588
51, 133

2.52
2.56

1,083
2, 089

2.69
2.85

7,811
5,270

2.86
3.02

2,040
5,235

2.50
2.45

22, 789
33, 322

2.40
2.49

34, 769

2.79

2, 951

2.82

11,423

2.95

2,413

2.71

14, 606

2.69

54, 952

2.38

1,658

2.72

4, 862

2.34

41, 505

2.37

_

_

M iddle W est

1,294
117
1, 177

$2.46
2.67
2.44

2,696
3 89
2,307

$2.62
2.91
2.58

2.48

2,696

2.62

-

-

-

-

1,007

-

-

-

-

-

_

2, 985
1, 390
2, 753

_

2.35
2.30
2.41

343
1, 115

-

1,298
3,411

2.35

-

2.58
2.67

_

N O T E : Dashes in dicate no data re p orted or data that do not m eet publication c r ite r ia .

-

-

_

2,696

2.62

1,939

2.64

1, 120

2.45

-

725

2.51

"

”

-

-

-

-

"

“

2.70

Exclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
Includes data fo r the Mountain re g io n in addition to those shown separately. F o r d efinitions of regions used in this or subsequent ta b les; see appendix B, table B - l , footn ote 1
The produ ction w o r k e r total above includes data fo r m a jo r products in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
Standard M etro p o lita n S ta tis tic a l A r e a s as defined by the U.S. O ffice of M anagem ent and Budget through A p r il 1973.




Pac:ific

A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e Numbe r A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e Numbe r A v e r a g e
of
h ourly
h ourly
h ou rly
of
of
h ourly
hourly
of
of
hou rly
hpurly
of
earnings w ork ers earn in gs w o rk ers earnings w o rk ers earnings w ork ers earnings w o rk e rs earn in gs w o rk ers earnings

“

790

2.96

1,906

2.49

Table 2. Average hourly earnings and employment characteristics: Selected States and areas
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings, 1 and percent distribution of production workers in men’ s and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear
manufacturing establishments by selected characteristics, selected States and areas, 2 June 1974)
P e r c e n t of production w o r k e r s in establish m ents a ccordin g to—
Num ber
of
w ork ers

States and a rea s

A v e ra g e
hou rly
earnings

M a jo r product
D re ss
sh irts

Sport
sh irts

Produ ction system
N ig h tw ea r

Bundle

P r o g r e s s iv e
bundle

S ize of com m unity
M etropolita n

N on­
m etrop olita n

S ize o f establishm ent
20-249
w o rk ers

250
w ork ers
o r m o re

L a b o r -m anagem ent
contract co vera g e
M a jo rity of
w o rk ers covered

States
A la b a m a -------------------------------------------------------A rk a n sa s __________________________________________
G e o r g ia _____________________________________________
M is s is s ip p i________________________________________
N ew Y o r k __________________________________________
N o rth C a r o lin a _______________________ ____________
P e n n s y lv a n ia .
South C a ro lin a _
T e n n e s s e e ------------------------------------------, --------V ir g in ia ____________________________________________

10,
3,
10,
6,
2,
8,
9,
5,
13,
3,

341
333
683
559
390
189
839
952
334
037

$2.39
2.36
2.65
2.43
2.87
2.37
2.94
2.39
2.44
2.45

41
85
54
28
57
44
41
44
51
16

25
6
46
63
36
42
30
56
37
72

1, 588
2, 333

3.15
2.60
2.90
2.87

28
_
25
62

52
100
62
38

33
9

_

9
_
12
14
_
11
12

36
29
24
55
45
16
28
55
40
18

64
62
71
45
48
84
70
45
60
82

73
72
62
34

27
28
30
56

5
10
18

_

87
27
72
25
5
14

95
90
82
100
13
73
28
75
95
86

29
32
33
56
80
56
51
47
32
34

71
68
67
44
20
44
49
53
68
66

47
81
100
41

53
19

35-39
35-39
10-14
85-89
20-24
85-89
30-34
20-24

A rea s 2
A llen to w n —B eth leh em —E aston, P a ______________
L o s A n g e le s —L o n g Beach, C a lif ________________
N ew Y o rk , N . Y _____________ ____ _
P o t ts v ille —Shamokin, P a

1 ,2 9 2

1, 842

_
_

100
100
100

_
_
100

59

'
1 Exclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o ve rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olidays,
2 F o r d efin itio n o f a re a s , see footnote 1 in tables 26—29.

and late sh ifts,

NOTE:

O v e r a ll data m a y include m a jo r products o r production system s in addition to those shown sep ara tely.

B ecause of rounding,




sums of in dividual item s m ay not equal 100,

°

95+
15-19
95+
95-99

Table 3. Earnings distribution: All establishments
(P e r c e n t distrib u tio n of produ ction w ork ers in m en's and boys' sh irts (ex cep t w ork sh irts) and n igh tw ear m anufacturing establish m ents
by s tra ig h t-tim e h ou rly ea rn in gs, 1 United States and sele cted region s, June 1974)1
3
2
United States 2
H ourly earn in gs

T o t a l ________________________________________

Total

Men

W omen

100.0

100.0

100.0

New
England

100.0

M iddle
A tlan tic

100.0

B o rd e r
States

Southeast

Southwest

G reat
Lakes

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

M iddle
W est

P a c ific

100.0

100.0

_______________

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.1

1.3

0.2

0.8

0.5

$2.00
$2.05
$2.10
$2.15
$2.20

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 . 0 5 ___________________________
$2.10 ___________________________
$ 2 . 1 5 ------------------------ ------- —
$ 2 . 2 0 ---------- ------ --------------$ 2 . 2 5 -----------------------------------

26.5
2.8
4.4
3.0
4.6

12.6
1.4
4.3
1.7
3.9

28.0
2.9
4.4
3.1
4.7

12.7
2.7
1.9
1.7
1.8

9.5
2.5
1.5
1.7
2.7

27.4
2.9
5.4
2.7
8.2

30.6
2.8
5.1
3.2
4.9

34.2
3.2
5.4
4.6
4.6

14.1
3.4
4.7
3.4
4.0

28.0
3.1
4.9
3.2
3.6

27.9
2.2
4.0
3.3
2.0

$ 2.25
$2.30
$2.35
$2.40
$?,45

and
and
and
and
qnd

under
under
under
under
unHpr

$ 2 .3 0 ___________________________
$2.35 ________________ __________
$2.40
______________________
$ 2 . 4 5 ____________________ _____
$7.50

3.8
3.3
3.2
3.2
2.6

3.3
3.2
2.2
2.9
2.5

3.9
3.3
3.3
3.2
2.6

3.4
2.2
1.9
1.7
2.1

2.3
1.3
2.0
2.8
1.9

3.4
4.2
2.5
3.1
2.2

4.2
3.7
3.6
3.4
3.0

4.1
5.2
4.4
3.1
2.1

3.8
2.9
2.5
3.1
2.7

3.6
3.2
4.7
2.8
2.7

4.9
1.4
2.6
2.1
1.0

$ ? , 50
$?,A 0
$2-70
$2.80
$2.90

anH
qnd
arid
and
and

nnrfpr
linrlpr
under
under
under

$ 7 .A0
___
$7.70
$7.80
$ 2 . 9 0 _________ __________________
$3.00
.. ... __

5.7
6.0
4.3
4.8
3.1

5.0
5.9
4.3
5.2
3.0

5.8
6.0
4.3
4.7
3.2

7.1
9.1
6.8
8.4
6.0

6.2
9.5
6.9
6.1
5.0

5.2
5.5
4.0
4.3
2.7

5.7
5.1
3.6
4.4
2.7

5.2
6.9
2.9
1.9
1.6

5.2
5.9
5.2
10.7
5.9

5.3
6.6
4.0
8.3
3.2

6.1
5.1
5.5
3.9
2.5

$3.00
$3.10
$3,70
$3.30
$ 3 r40

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$3.10
$3.70
$3.30
$3.40
$3.50

3.0
2.3
2.2
1.8
1.5

3.4
2.6
2.6
4.6
2.2

2.9
2.2
2.2
1.5
1.4

5.2
3.6
3.3
2.8
2.1

4.5
4.1
4.3
3.9
3.3

2.8
1.8
2.1
1.8
.7

2.5
1.8
1.7
1.3
1.2

2.2
1.9
1.6
1.5
.7

3.5
3.5
3.2
1.9
1.6

2.6
2.8
1.8
1.6
.4

4.0
3.0
3.1
2.0
2.1

$3.50
$ 3.60
$3,70
$3.80
$ 3.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$3.60
.._
$ 3.70
______ . ..
$3.80
...
$3,00
$ 4 . 0 0 ________________________ __

1.2
.9
.9
.8
.6

2.5
1.6
1.4
1.8
1.1

1.1
.8
.8
.7
.5

2.4
1.6
2.7
.9
1.7

2.4
2.2
1.8
1.8
1.3

1.0
.9
.6
.5
.6

.9
.6
.6
.6
.4

.6
.3
.4
.4
.2

1.1

.5
.6
.2
.4
.2

2.2
1.7
1.3
1.3
.6

_____ ________

3.3

3 14.8

2.0

4.3

8.6

2.2

2.3

.9

3.0

1.2

4.6

Nu m ber of w o r k e r s ______

______________________

89,721

9, 145

80, 576

3, 172

13,081

7,275

5 6 ,111

4, 143

1,458

1,294

2, 696

A v e r a g e h ou rly earn in gs 1

.. .....

$2.54

$2.95

$2.49

$2.80

$2.92

$2.46

$2.46

$2.37

$2.65

$2.46

$2.62

Under $ 2.00

___________

. ..... __
..............

$4.00 and o v e r ___________________

l.o

1.2
1.0
.5

1 Exclu des p re m iu m pay fo r o ve rtim e and fo r w ork on weekends, holidays, and la te shifts.
2 Includes data fo r the Mountain region in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
3 W o rk e rs w e r e distrib u ted as fo llow s: 4.9 p ercen t at $4 and under $4.20; 2.6 p ercen t at $4.20 and under $4.40; 1.7 p ercen t at $4.40 and under $4.60; 1.3 p ercen t at
$4.60 and under $4.80; 0.9 p ercen t at $4.80 and under $5; and 3.4 p ercen t at $ 5 and o ver.




NOTE:

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

Table 4. Earnings distribution: By size of community
(P e r c e n t distrib u tio n of production w ork ers in m en ’ s and boys' sh irts (ex cep t w ork s h irts ) and n igh tw ear m anufacturing establishm ents
by s tra ig h t-tim e h ou rly ea rn in gs, 1 United States and selected re gio n s, June 1974)
United States 2
H o u rly earn in gs

M etropolitan
areas

N ew England

N o n m etro ­
politan
areas

T o t a l -----------------------------------------------------

100.0

100.0

U nder $ 2 .0 0 ________________________________________

(3 )

0.3

M etrop o lita n
a rea s

100.0
-

M idd le A tlan tic
M etrop o lita n
a rea s

100.0

B o rd er States

Southeast

N o n m etro ­
politan
areas

M etrop olita n
a rea s

N o n m etro ­
politan
a rea s

100.0

100.0

100.0

-

0.3

0.2

1.6

M etrop o lita n
a rea s

100.0
-

Southwest

M iddle W est

N o n m etro ­
politan
a rea s

N o n m etro ­
politan
areas

N o n m etro ­
politan
areas

100.0

100.0

100.0

0.2

-

0.5

$2,00
$ 2.05
$2.10
$2,15
$2.20

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 . 0 5 ____________________________
$ 2 . 1 0 -----------------------------------$ 2 . 1 5 ____________________________
$ 2 .2 0 -----------------------------------$ 2 . 2 5 ___________________________

17.2
2.6
3.3
2.4
3.2

30.2
2.9
4.9
3.2
5.2

13.6
3.0
2.0
2.3
1.9

8.8
2.2
1.5
1.6
2.7

11.9
3.4
1.6
2.1
2.8

21.0
4.4
6.9
3.8
4.4

29.2
2.4
5.0
2.4
9.2

21.0
2.8
4.2
2.7
3.7

32.2
2.8
5.2
3.3
5.1

33.8
3.6
4.9
5.7
4.5

28.0
3.6
5.2
2.9
3.3

$ 2.25
$2,30
$ 2.35
$ 2.40
$ 2,45

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 , 3 0 -----------------------------------$ 2 . 3 5 __________________
$ 2 . 4 0 -----------------------------------$ 2 . 4 5 -----------------------------------$ 2 .5 0 ------------------------------------

4.0
2.1
2.5
2.5
1.8

3.7
3.8
3.5
3.5
3.0

3.9
1.9
1.7
2.0
1.7

2.6
1.3
2.1
2.5
1.6

1.3
1.4
1.6
3.6
2.8

3.5
2.6
1.6
2.0
1.4

3.4
4.7
2.7
3.4
2.5

5.7
2.9
3.3
2.9
2.4

3.9
3.8
3.6
3.5
3.1

4.6
5.7
5.2
3.2
2.3

3.4
2.9
5.2
3.2
3.1

$2,50
$2.60
$2.70
$2.80
$ 2 .9 0

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 . 6 0 -----------------------------------$ 2 . 7 0 ____________________________
$ 2 . 8 0 _____ ___________ ________
$ 2 , 9 0 ____________ ______________
$ 3 . 0 0 -------------------__ _____

6.0
7.8
5.5
5.8
4.0

5.6
5.3
3.8
4.4
2.8

7.4
9.5
7.7
8.0
6.1

5.9
9.6
7.6
6.0
5.0

7.0
9.1
4.8
6.3
5.0

3.2
6.2
3.7
4.6
3.0

5.8
5.3
4.0
4.2
2.7

7.0
5.8
3.0
6.6
3.4

5.5
5.0
3.7
4.0
2.6

5.8
4.6
3.0
2.1
1.8

5.8
6.1
3.6
8.8
2.7

$
$
$
$
$

3.00
3.10
3.20
3.30
3,40

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 3 .1 0 ______
__________________
$ 3 .2 0 ___________________ _______
$ 3.30 __ _________________________
$ 3.40
____ _ _
$ 3.50

4.0
3.1
3.0
3.1
2.5

2.6
1.9
1.9
1.3
1.1

5.0
3.2
2.6
2.2
2.1

4.4
4.0
3.7
3.9
3.2

4.8
4.3
6.1
3.9
3.7

4.1
3.1
3.0
5.3
1.7

2.4
1.5
1.8
.8
.4

3.7
2.0
2.3
2.2
2.2

2.4
1.7
1.6
1.2
1.0

2.4
1.7
1.5
.7
.5

2.2
2.4
1.8
1.6
.4

$ 3,50
$ 3,60
$ 3.70
$ 3.80
$ 3.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 3.60
....... ...... .
$ 3.70
$ 3.80
$ 3.90
$ 4 ,0 0 ____________________________

2.0
1.6
1.5
1.3
.9

.9
.6
.6
.6
.4

2.6
1.4
1.9
1.0
1.9

2.5
2.3
1.9
2.0
1.2

2.0
1.6
1.5
1.0
1.4

1.5
.9
1.3
.7
.6

.8
.9
.4
.5
.6

1.7
.9
1.1
.6
.6

.8
.5
.5
.6
.4

.5
.2
.4
(3 )
.2

.6
.4
.2
.4
.3

$4.00 and o v e r _____________________________________
N u m ber of w o r k e r s
A v e r a g e h o u rly earn in gs 1

6.6

2.0

3.4

9.9

4.7

5.2

1.3

5.4

1.9

.9

1.3

26,048

63, 673

2. 199

9, 988

3, 093

1, 607

5, 668

7, 718

48, 393

2, 985

1, 120

$2.76

$2.45

$ 2.76

$2.96

$2.81

$2.64

$2.41

$2.63

$2.43

$2.35

$2.45

1 E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o vertim e and fo r work on w eekends, h olidays,
2 Includes data fo r regio n s in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.
3 L e s s than 0.05 p ercen t.

NOTE:




Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100,

and la te sh ifts,

Table 5. Earnings distribution: By labor-management contract coverage
(P e r c e n t distribu tion of produ ction w o r k e r s in m en's and boys' shirts (except w ork sh irts) and n ightw ear m anufacturing establish m ents
b y s tra ig h t-tim e h ou rly ea rn in gs, 1 United States and selected regions, June 1974)
United
States 2
None or
M a jo rity
m in o rity
of
of
w ork ers
w ork ers
co vered
co vered

H ou rly earn in gs

T o t a l ____________________ ______ ____________
Under $ 2 .0 0 ________________________________________

100.0

100.0

0.2

0.3

New
England
M a jo rity
of
w ork ers
co vered

100.0
-

M iddle
A tla n tic
None o r
M a jo rity
m in o rity
of
of
w o rk e rs
w o rk ers
cove red
c o vered
100.0
0.1

100.0
-

B o rd er
States
None or
M a jo rity
m in o rity
of
of
w o rk ers
w o rk ers
c o vered
covered

Southeast
M a jo rity
of
w o rk ers
c o vered

Southwest

None o r
m in o rity
of
w o rk ers
co v e re d

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1.2

1.4

( 3)

0.2

G reat
Lakes

P a c ific

None or
m in o rity
of
w orke rs
co v e re d

M a jo rity
of
w o rk ers
c o vered

M a jo rity
of
wo rk ers
co vered

None or
m in o rity
of
w ork ers
co vered

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

-

0.9

-

-

$2.00
$2.05
$2.10
$2.15
$2.20

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
unde r
unde r
under

$ 2 . 0 5 ___ _______ _______________
$ 2 . 1 0 ___________________________
$ 2 . 1 5 ____________________________
$ 2 . 2 0 __________ _______ _________
$ 2 . 2 5 ___________________________

15.5
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.9

33.4
3.2
5.9
3.5
5.7

12.7
2.0
1.6
1.5
1.8

8.6
2.5
1.4
1.6
2.3

15.7
2.4
1.8
2.6
5.4

12.5
1.0
3.2
2.1
5.9

34.7
3.8
6.5
3.0
9.3

20.7
1.9
2.2
2.5
3.2

34.1
3.2
6.1
3.5
5.5

32.8
3.4
5.6
5.2
4.8

12.6
3.2
3.9
2.9
2.5

11.5
1.4
3.2
2.4
.9

34.6
2.5
4.3
3.7
2.4

$2.25
$2.30
$ 2.35
$ 2.40
$2.45

and
and
and
and
and

unde r
under
under
under
under

$ 2.3 0 ___________ _______________
$ 2 . 3 5 ___________________________
$ 2 .4 0 ___ _ ____________________
$ 2 .4 5 ____________________ _____
$ 2 . 5 0 ___ ______________________

2.5
2.5
2.6
2.6
2.4

4.7
3.8
3.6
3.5
2.8

3.5
1.9
1.6
1.6
2.0

2.0
1.3
2.0
2.5
1.8

4.6
1.4
2.5
4.6
2.7

1.7
6.6
2.2
2.3
1.8

4.3
3.0
2.7
3.5
2.5

2.6
2.9
3.5
3.0
3.0

4.7
3.9
3.6
3.6
3.0

4.5
5.7
5.0
3.5
2.3

3.4
2.9
2.7
2.9
2.9

2.3
1.0
2.0
2.5
1.3

5.9
1.6
2.9
1.9
.9

$ 2.50
$ 2.60
$2.70
$2.80
$ 2.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
unde r
under
under

$ 2 .6 0 ___________________________
$ 2 .7 0 ____________________________
$ 2 . 8 0 ___________________________
$ 2 . 9 0 __________ _________________
$ 3 .0 0 ___________________________

5.9
8.2
5.7
7.7
4.4

5.7
4.6
3.4
2.9
2.4

6.7
9.4
7.0
8.6
6.3

5.8
10.2
7.0
6.6
5.2

8.8
4.7
6.3
2.6
4.2

5.9
7.7
5.5
9.2
4.3

4.9
4.4
3.2
1.9
2.0

6.1
6.3
4.7
8.1
3.6

5.5
4.7
3.3
3.1
2.4

5.9
4.8
3.0
2.1
1.8

5.5
6.5
5.5
11.6
6.4

4.4
9.0
7.0
4.7
3.2

6.8
3.5
4.8
3.5
2.3

$3.00
$3.10
$ 3.20
$ 3.30
$3.40

and
and
and
and
and

unde r
under
under
under
under

$ 3 . 1 0 ____________________________
$ 3 .2 0 _______ ________ _________
$ 3 .3 0 ___________________________
$ 3 .4 0 _____ _____________________
$ 3 . 5 0 _____ _______________ ___

4.1
3.3
3.6
3.3
2.6

2.3
1.6
1.3
.9
• .7

5.4
3.7
3.5
2.9
2.2

4.4
4.2
4.4
3.9
3.5

5.0
3.6
3.7
3.6
1.6

4.5
2.5
3.8
4.3
1.1

1.9
1.5
1.3
.6
.5

3.7
2.7
3.2
2.8
2.3

2.1
1.4
1.1
.8
.8

2.3
1.8
1.7
.9
.6

3.9
3.7
3.6
2.0
1.8

3.7
4.9
3.5
3.7
5.8

4.2
2.2
2.9
1.3
.5

$3.50
$ 3.60
$ 3.70
$3.80
$ 3.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
unde r
under

$ 3 .6 0 _____ ______ ____________
$ 3 .7 0 ___ ________________________
$ 3 . 8 0 ____________________________
$ 3 . 9 0 ____________________________
$ 4 .0 0 _________________ ______

1.9
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.1

.7
.5
.5
.4
.2

2.5
1.7
2.9
.9
1.8

2.5
2.2
1.8
1.8
1.4

1.3
1.9
1.6
1.4
.4

2.0
1.7
1.1
1.0
1.6

.5
.5
.3
.3
.1

1.5
1.0
1.1
1.3
.8

.7
.4
.4
.4
.3

.6
.3
.4
(3)
.1

1.2
1.1
1.3
1.2
.6

3.3
3.5
2.0
2.5
1.5

1.7
.9
1.0
.7
.2

__________

6.1

1.6

4.4

9.1

5.5

3.4

1.6

5.0

1.4

.9

3.2

8.7

2.9

Nu m ber of w o r k e r s -------------------- -----------------

34, 769

54,952

2,951

11,423

1, 658

2, 413

4, 862

14,606

41, 505

3,411

1, 298

790

1, 906

$2.78

$2.38

$2.82

$2.95

$2.72

$2.71

$2.34

$2.69

$2.37

$2.35

$2.70

$2.96

$2.49

$ 4.00 and o v e r ________________________

A v e r a g e h ou rly e a r n in g s 1_______________

______

1 Exclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on weekend, holidays, and late shifts.
2 Includes data fo r re gio n s in addition to those shown sep arately.
3 L e s s than 0.05 percen t.
NOTE:

Dashes in dicate no data re p o rte d o r data that do not m eet publication c r ite ria .




Table 6. Earnings distribution: Dress shirts
(P e r c e n t distrib u tio n o f production w o rk ers by stra ig h t-tim e h ou rly earnings.

United States and sele cted re gio n s, June 1974)

United States 2
H o u rly earnings
T o ta l

T o t a l ________________________________________

100.0

U nder $ 2 . 0 0 ................................ . ........................

0.2

Men

W om en

100.0

100.0
0.2

-

New
England

100.0
-

M idd le
A tla n tic

100.0
-

B o rd e r
State s

100.0
-

Southeast

100.0
0.2

Southwest

100.0
-

G reat
Lakes

100.0
0.9

$2.00
$2.05
$ 2.10
$2.15
$ 2.20

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$2.05
____
$2.10 ........ ...................
$2.15
$2.20
______________
$ 2.25 __ _____

24.4
2.9
4.1
2.7
3.6

10.0
1.5
3.0
1.5
3.3

26.1
3.1
4.2
2.9
3.6

11.4
2.0
1.8
1.6
2.0

10.1
4.2
2.2
1.8
2.2

17.5
1.4
4.0
2.4
1.7

28.9
2.7
4.5
2.9
4.1

33.1
3.3
5.5
3.6
4.9

14.5
3.6
4.9
3.3
4.1

$2.25
$2.30
$ 2.35
$2.40
$2.45

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$2.30 ___________
$2.35 .. . _
$ 2 .4 0 _________ ________________
$2.45
$2.50
________

3.2
3.3
3.0
2.9
2.5

2.8
3.5
1.5
2.5
1.8

3.2
3.3
3.2
2.9
2.6

3.4
1.8
1.6
1.6
1.9

2.3
1.4
2.3
2.0
2.0

2.2
6.2
1.6
3.2
1.8

3.3
3.5
3.2
3.1
2.8

3.7
5.3
4.2
3.3
2.2

3.9
3.0
2.5
3.0
2.6

$2.50
$2.60
$ 2.70
$ 2.80
$2.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$2.60
$2.70
$ 2 .8 0 ___________________________
$ 2 .9 0 ___________________________
$ 3.00 _______________________

5.3
6.3
4.6
5.7
3.6

4.5
6.1
4.0
6.8
3.3

5.4
6.3
4.6
5.6
3.6

5.6
9.8
7.1
7.2
6.2

5.6
7.6
7.2
6.7
5.6

4.7
6.3
4.6
9.1
3.0

5.3
5.5
3.9
5.3
3.0

5.6
7.4
3.1
1.9
1.7

5.2
5.6
4.7
10.8,
5.9

$
$
$
$
$

3.00
3.10
3.20
3.30
3.40

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$
$
$
$
$

3.3
2.6
2.8
2.4
1.8

3.0
2.5
2.5
6.5
2.1

3.3
2.7
2.8
1.9
1.8

5.8
4.1
4.0
3.1
2.5

4.5
4.4
4.8
4.1
2.9

5.0
2.8
3.9
4.6
1.3

2.7
2.1
2.3
1.8
1.6

2.3
2.0
1.6
1.6
.8

3.4
3.6
3.1
2.0
1.7

$
$
$
$
$

3.50
3.60
3.70
3.80
3.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 3.60
$ 3.70 _
...... . .
$ 3.80
$ 3.90 _....................
$4.00 .. ..

1.3
1.0
1.0
.9
.7

2.3
1.4
1.3
2.6
1.1

1.2
1.0
1.0
.8
.6

2.6
1.9
3.3
1.0
1.7

1.8
1.9
1.6
1.8
1.2

2.1
1.7
1.5
1.1
1.7

1.1
.8
.7
.8
.4

.6
.3
.4
.4
.2

1.2
1.0
1.2
1.1
.6

3.10
___
3 .2 0 ___________________________
3.30
3.40 ......
3.50

$4.00 and o v e r

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

N u m ber o f w o r k e r s
A v e r a g e h o u rly earn in gs 12
3

1 E xclu des
2 Includes
3 W o rk ers
$4.60 and under




NOTE:

_ __

_ _______

4.0

318.6

2.3

5.1

7.8

4.8

3.4

.9

2.8

41, 358

4, 318

37, 040

2,445

6, 205

1, 988

25,428

3, 631

1, 374

$2,60

$ 3.07

$2.55

$2.85

$2.88

$2.73

$2.53

$2.39

$2.65

p rem iu m pay fo r o vertim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olida ys, and late sh ifts,
data fo r regions in addition to those shown s e p a ra te ly,
w e re distribu ted as fo llo w s : 6,7 percen t at $4 and under $4,20; 2,9 p ercen t at $4.20 and under $4,40; 2,1 p ercen t
$4.80; 1.2 percen t at $4.80 and under $5; and 4.1 p ercen t at $ 5 and o v e r,

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

at $4,40 and under $4,60; 1.7 percen t at




Table 7. Earnings distribution: Sport shirts
(Percen t distribution of production workers by straight-time hourly earnings, 1 United States and selected regions, June 19*74)
United States 2
H o u rly earnings
T o ta l

T o ta l
U nder $ 2,0 0_______________________________________

Men

W om en

M iddle
A tlan tic

B o rd e r
States

Southeast

M iddle
W est

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

1.5

0.2

0.6

29.2
3.0
5.3
3.4
6.1

6.8
1.2
1.1
2.1
2.8

34.8
3.8
6.8
3.1
10.4

30.3
3.0
6.1
3.5
6.4

25.5
2.9
5.6
3.6
4.0

$2.00
$ 2,05
$2.10
$2.15
$ 2.20

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 , 0 5 ----------------------------------$ 2 , 1 0 ___________________________
$ 2 . 1 5 ___________________________
$ 2 .2 0 ---------------------------------$ 2 ,2 5 -----------------------------------

27.9
2.9
5.4
3.3
6.0

16.0
1.4
6.6
2.2
5.5

$2.25
$ 2.30
$2.35
$2.40
$2.45

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 . 3 0 __________________________
$ 2 ,3 5 ___________________________
$ 2 . 4 0 --------------------------------$ 2 . 4 5 ___________________________
$ 2 , 5 0 __________________________

4.4
3.6
3.1
3.5
2.7

4.0
2.8
2.5
3.2
2.6

4.5
3.6
3,2
3.6
2.7

2.8
1.3
1.8
4.3
1.8

4.3
3.3
2.8
3.3
2.5

4.7
4.1
3.4
3.7
3.1

3.9
3.3
2.7
2.8
2.6

$2.50
$2.60
$2.70
$2,80
$ 2.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 . 6 0 ___________________________
$ 2 . 7 0 ___________________________
$ 2 . 8 0 ___________________________
$ 2 . 9 0 ---------------------------------$ 3 ,0 0 -----------------------------------

6.1
5.8
3.9
4.0
2.6

4.9
5.5
4.2
4.0
2.5

6.2
5.9
3.9
4.0
2.6

6.4
13.8
6.8
6.0
3.2

4.9
4.4
3.1
1.9
2.1

6.1
4.9
3.5
3.7
2.4

5.2
7.1
4.0
9.6
3.8

$ 3.00
$ 3.10
$ 3.20
$ 3.30
$ 3,40

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 3.10 __ _______________________
$ 3 .2 0 ___________________________
$ 3 .3 0 ___________________________
$ 3 .4 0 ____________ ______________
$ 3,50 _ ________________
___

2.6
1.9
1.5
1.3
1.1

3.7
2.6
2.8
2.5
1.6

2.5
1.8
1.4
1.2
1.0

3.8
3.5
3.7
3.9
3.2

1.7
1.1
1.0
.5
.2

2.4
1.6
1.1
1.0
.9

3.0
2.8
1.8
1.9
.2

$ 3.50
$ 3.60
$ 3.70
$ 3.80
$ 3,90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 3.60 ..........................................
$ 3 .7 0 ----------------- --------------$ 3 .8 0 ..........................................
$ 3 .9 0 _________ __ ____________
$ 4 . 0 0 ___________________________

1.1
.6
.7
.7
.5

2.5
1.1
1.9
1.1
1.0

1.0
.6
.6
.6
.4

3.5
2.1
2.4
1.6
1.3

.4
.5
.2
.3
.1

.8
.3
.5
.5
.4

.5
.6
.2
.4
.3

2.3

3 11.1

1.4

8.5

1.1

1.4

1.5

N u m ber o f w o r k e r s ______________________________

37,456

3, 658

33, 798

3, 878

4,492

23, 962

1, 007

A v e r a g e h o u rly earn in gs 1_______________________

$2.47

$2.81

$2.43

$2.94

$2.31

$2.40

$2.48

$4,00 and o v e r

1 E x clu des p rem iu m pay fo r o ve rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olid a ys, and late sh ifts,
2 Includes data fo r region s in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly,
3 W o r k e rs w e r e distribu ted as fo llo w s : 2,9 p ercen t at $4 and under $4.20; 2,3 p ercen t at $4,20 and under $4,40; 1,6 p ercen t at $4.40 and under
$4,60; 0.8 p ercen t at $4.60 and under $4.80; 0.4 percen t at $4.80 and under $5; and 3,2 p ercen t at $ 5 and o v e r,

NOTE:

Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal 100,




Table 8. Earnings distribution: Nightwear
(Percent distribution of production workers by straight-time hourly earnings, 1 United States and Southeast, June 1974)
U nited States 1
2
H o u rly earnings

T o ta l _

Southeast

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

Under $ 2 .0 0 _______________________________________

T o ta l

Men

W om en

100.0

100.0

100.0

(3 )

-

(3 )

100.0
-

$ 2.00
$ 2 r05
$2.10
$2.15
$2.20

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2.05 _
..... _
_
$2.10
. _ ...
$2.15 ........ ........
$2.20 .......
$ 2 .2 5 ___________________________

33.7
2.3
2.9
3.3
3.8

11.5
1.0
2.9
1.5
.9

36.1
2.4
2.9
3.5
4.1

38.8
2.7
3.6
3.1
2.6

$2.25
$2.30
$2.35
$2.40
$2.45

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$2.30
$2.35 ....
$2.40 __________________________
$ 2 .4 5 ___________________________
$2.50 __________________________

4.4
2.8
4.9
3.6
2.8

4.0
4.8
4.5
3.4
5.6

4.4
2.6
5.0
3.6
2.5

4.9
2.9
5.9
3.9
3.1

$2.50
$2.60
$2.70
$2.80
$2.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 .6 0 ___________________________
$ 2 .7 0 ___________________________
$2.80 __________________________
$ 2 .9 0 ______ ____________________
$ 3 .0 0 ___________________________

5.7
4.6
4.0
3.6
3.3

7.7
7.1
4.9
3.6
2.4

5.5
4.4
3.8
3.6
3.4

5.5
4.2
3.4
3.6
2.3

$ 3.00
$ 3.10
$ 3.20
$ 3.30
$ 3.40

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 3 .1 0 ___________________________
$ 3 .2 0 ___________________________
$ 3.30 ......
....... .
$ 3.40 __________________________
$ 3 .5 0 ___________________________

2.8
1.9
1.8
1.3
.7

3.6
2.4
2.2
3.8
2.0

2.7
1.9
1.8
1.0
.6

2.2
1.3
1.2
.6
.4

$ 3.50
$ 3.60
$ 3.70
$ 3.80
$ 3.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 3 .6 0 ___________________________
$ 3.70 _ _____ _________________
$ 3 .8 0 ____________________ ______
$ 3 .9 0 _____________ ___________
$4.00 ............... ...................

.7
1.1
.5
.5
.4

2.2
4.1
.3
1.1
.5

.5
.8
.5
.4
.4

.6
.8
.3
.3
.3

$4.00
$4.10
$4.20
$4.30
$4.40

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$4,10
$4.20 ____________________________
$4.30 ...
.
_
_ ....
$ 4 .4 0 ___________________________
$4.50
_
..... .... _

.7
.1
.3
.2
.2

2.3
1.0
1.5
.1
.3

.5
.0
.1
.2
.2

.4
.2
.3
(3 )

$4.50 and o v e r ..

. ..

......... .

1.2

6.7

.6

.7

Num ber o f w o r k e r s ______________________________

8, 873

871

8, 002

6, 537

A v e r a g e hou rly earnings 1 _______________________

$2.46

$2.88

$2.41

$2.37

1 Excludes prem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olidays,
2 Includes data fo r regions in addition to the Southeast.
3 L e s s than 0.05 percen t.

NOTE:

Because of rounding,

sums of individual items may not equal 100,

and la te sh ifts.

Table 9. Occupational averages: All establishments
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings1 of production workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments,
United States and selected regions, June 1974)
United States 2
Occupation

New England

M idd le A tlan tic
Num ­
ber
of
w ork­
ers

A ver age
h ou rly
e a rn ­
ings

B o rd er States
Num ­
ber
of
w ork­
ers

A ver­
age
hou rly
e a rn ­
ings

Southeast
Num­
ber
of
w ork ­
ers

A ver­
age
h ou rly
e a rn ­
ings

Southwest
Num ­
b er
of
w ork ­
ers

A ver­
age
hou rly
e a rn ­
ings

G reat Lakes
Num ber
of
w ork ­
ers

A ver age
h ou rly
e a rn ­
ings

M id d le W est
Num ­
ber
of
w ork ­
ers

P a c ific

A ver age
hourly
earn ings

Num­
ber
of
w ork­
ers

A ver age
hou rly
e a rn ­
ings

1,196

$2.48

17

$2.79

117

$3.00

107

$2.32

763

$2.45

44

$2.31

-

-

57

$2.51

391
832
415
1,124

3.25
3.58
3.31
2.85

6
19
30

3.67
4.13
3.31

60
155
58
181

4.04
4.20
4.17
3.19

20
54
22
75

3.14
3.68
3.30
2.71

254
468
272
713

3.15
3.36
3.19
2.78

20
47
27
48

2.66
2.84
2.44
2.66

12
11
10
23

$3.38
4.12
3.68
2.99

6
13
8
20

$2.66
3.30
2.94
2.60

58
6
25

4.00
3.70
2.84

680
411

2.49
2.45

_
7

2.44

80
47

3.01
2.61

27
43

2.82
2.32

508
275

2.40
2.43

33
11

2.18
2.69

18
-

2.48
-

6
-

2.37
-

16

2.42

915
1,434

2.41
2.54

-

-

82
133

2.75
2.71

52
-

2.63
-

651
893

2.34
2.51

51
-

2.17

36
-

2.75
-

15
-

2.51
-

10

2.04
-

49,817
21,095
5,131
21,322
208

2.49
2.54
2.46
2.44
2.52

1,920
1,439
-

6,773
2,851
1,913
40

2.87
2.80
2.87
2.84

4, 363
1,130
2,861
8

2.41
2.66
2.28
2.75

31,290
13,369
3, 609
13,456
127

2.41
2.46
2.37
2.39
2.34

2,372
1,778
-

2.34
2.35
-

556
369
-

2.64
2.53
-

823
605
-

2.41
2.40
-

1,520

2.63
2.63
2.87

523

2.62

-

94

2.89

-

322

2.63

62

3.18

"

2,189
2,943
1,461
854
628
654
365

2.43
2.62
2.67
2.56
2.59
2.42
2.61

66
-

2.59
-

333
346
210
84
52
66
57

2.74
2.99
3.18
2.78
2.52
2.90
2.56

156
175
105
35
43
21

2.40
2.62
2.52
2.95
2.39
2.38

1,408
2,109
965
655
489
380
203

2.37
2.55
2.56
2.48
2.61
2.33
2.61

133
103
56
49
31

2.30
2.47
2.44
2.23
2.30

19
20
-

2.48
2.74
-

2,788

2.40

182

2.49

276

2.77

275

2.44

1,777

2.33

125

2.44

46

2,306

2.53

108

2.90

367

3.11

131

2.62

1,502

2.33

74

2.33

-

3.81

697

2.85

73

2.47

33

Num­
b er
of
w ork­
ers

Aver age
h ou rly
e a rn ­
ings

Num­
ber
of
w ork­
ers

A ver­
age
h ourly
e a rn ­
ings

Cutting ro o m
A s s e m b le r s (1 67 m en, 1,029 w om en )___________
C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e ra to rs (271 m en,
120 w o m e n )_______________________________________
C u tters , m achine (759 m en, 73 w om en )________
M a rk e rs (287 m en, 128 w o m e n )_________________
S p rea d e rs (950 m en, 174 w o m e n )_______________

-

-

Sew ing departm ent
C o lla r p o in ters (9 m en, 671 w om en)
C o lla r top t r im m e r s (3 m en, 408 w om en)
In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r o f p a rts )
(6 m en, 909 w om en )_____________________________
L o a d e rs , m achine (5 m en, 1,429 w o m e n )_____
S ew in g-m ach in e o p e ra to rs 3 (92 m en,
49.725 wom en)
D re ss sh irts (64 m en, 21,031 w o m e n )_____
N ig h tw ea r (a ll w om en) _ ... .
Sport s h irts (27 m en, 21,295 w o m e n ).__
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , hand (19 m en, 189 w om en). . ...
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , m achine (45 m en,
478 w o m e n )_______________________________________

2.76
2.83
-

-

-

~

1,520
25

~

~

F in ish in g dep artm en t
B a g g e rs and b o x e rs (123 m en,
2,066 w o m e n )____________________________________
F o ld e r s , garm en t (a ll w o m e n )___________________
H and _____________________________________________
M ach ine_____________________________________ ____
Hand and m ach in e______________________________
Garm ent re p a irm e n (5 m en, 649 w om en) _
In s p e c to rs , fin a l (in sp ect only) (a ll w om en )____
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (and thread t r im m e r s )
(1 man. 2.787 w om en) _
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand (25 m en,
2,281 w o m e n )---------------------------------------- ----- P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m achine (15 m en,
1,150 w o m e n )----------------------------------------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand and m achine (7 m en,
364 w o m e n )_______________________________________
T h rea d t r im m e r s (1 man, 369 w o m e n )_________

13
29
15
-

2.67
2.54
2.50
-

42
77
50

10

2.31
2.67
2.81
2.73

2.64

39

2.28

55

2.49

-

43

2.85

59

3.01

2.63

-

-

~

-

-

76

2.36

-

2.78

127

3.23

30

-

118

2.91

107
22

2.38
2.42

187
82

2.40
2.37

53

2.30

■

23
22
-

2.66
4.15

125
117
96

2.67
4.16
3.68

53
64
10

2.23
3.54
3.13

507
555
162

2.23
3.82
2.88

48
48
14

2.16
3.71
2.64

16

19
11

2.69
4.07
2.83

10
15
-

2.27
3.50
-

39
14
25

2.29
4.43
3.22

46

2.70

69
282

2.96
2.71

19
165

2.74
2.45

174
1,384

2.57
2.33

32
144

2.36
2.29

50

2.46

27

2.42

108

2.35

1,165

2.86

135

371
370

2.43
2.53

-

829
8b0
333

2.31
3.86
3.13

337
2,216

2.64
2.40

M isc e lla n e o u s
Janitors (616 m en, 213 w om en )__________________
R ep a irm en , sew in g-m ac h in e ( a ll m e n )_________
Shipping c le rk s (290 m en, 43 w om en )-------------Stock c le r k s (su pply c le r k s ) (273 m en,
64 w om en )_________________________________ ______
W ork d istrib u to rs (540 m en, 1,676 w om en )____

-

1 E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olid a ys, and la te sh ifts.
2 Includes data fo r the Mountain regio n in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
3 Includes w o r k e r s in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
NOTE:

Dashes in dicate no data re p o rted o r data that do not meet publication c r ite r ia .




Table 10. Occupational averages: By labor-management contract coverage
(N u m b er and a v e r a g e s tra ig h t-tim e h ourly earn in gs 1 of production w o r k e r s in s e le cted occupations in m e n 's and b o ys' sh irts (e x c e p t w ork sh irts)
and n igh tw ea r m anu facturing establish m en ts, United States and sele c te d re g io n s, June 1974)
M idd le A tlan tic

United States 2
E stablish m ents w ith—
O ccupation

A s s e m b le r s ______________________ _____ _______________
B a g g e rs and b o x e r s _____________________ __ ___________
C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s ________ ________ ________
C o lla r p o in t e r s ______________________ __________________
C o lla r top t r im m e r s
C u tters, m a ch in e________________ __ ___________ _____
F o ld e r s , g a r m e n t _______________________________________
Hand________________________ _____ _______________ __
M a c h in e _____________________________________ ________
Hand and m a c h in e ____________________________________
G arm ent r e p a ir m e n ______________________________________
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (in s p e c t o n ly )________________________
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (and thread trim m e r s )
In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r of p a r t s )___ ____
J a n it o r s _______________________________________________ __
L o a d e rs , m a ch in e _______________________________________
M a rk e rs
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , h a n d __________________________ _____
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m a c h in e ______________________ _____
R ep airm en , sew in g m a c h in e ____________ -_____________
S ew in g -m a ch in e o p e ra to rs 3_______________ __ ________
D re s s s h i r t s _________________________ _____ ________
N ig h tw e a r______________________________________________
S port s h ir t s _____________________________ ___________
Shipping c le r k s ____________________________________ _____
S p re a d e rs ______________ __ __________________________ __
Stock c le r k s (su pply c l e r k s ) _______ ___________ __ __
T h rea d t r im m e r s ___________________________ _____ _____
U n d e rp re s s e rs , hand
U n d e rp re s s e rs , m a ch in e________________________________
W ork d is t r ib u t o r s ____________________________________ __

See footn otes at end of table.




M a jo rity co vered

None o r m in o rity c o v e re d

Number
of
w orkers

A verage
h ou rly
earnings

Num ber
of
w o rk e rs

A verage
h ou rly
earnings

346
770
178
251
127
321
1,077
450
476
151
243
176
907
310
328
966
178
6891
605
325
18, 3531
11,303
1,698
3,955
144
473
140
204
701
296
920

$2.90
2.72
3.95
2.85
2.52
4.02
2.98
3.15
2.77
3.09
2.71
2.81
2.61
2.62
2.56
2.62
3.84
3.05
3.02
4.05
2.70
2.70
2.61
2.65
3.43
3.28
2.90
2.72
3.00
2.84
2.64

850
1, 419
213
429
284
511
1,866
1, O il
378
477
411
189
1, 881
605
501
468
237
1, 617
560
535
31, 464
9,792
3, 433
17, 367
189
651
197
166
138
227
1, 296

$2.31
2.27
2.66
2.27
2.41
3.30
2.41
2.45
2.29
2.43
2.25
2.43
2.31
2.31
2.15
2.37
2.90
2.31
2.68
3.74
2.37
2.35
2.39
2.39
2.90
2.53
2.45
2.29
2.28
2.33
2.23

None or m in o rity co vered

M a jo rity co v e re d
Num ber
of
w orkers
95
306
57
77
44
140
321
209
_
-

62
50
222
54
107
121
57
303
118
100
5, 833
2, 558
-

1,642
92
179
62
107
35
94
256

A verage
h ou rly
earnings
$3.17
2.74
4.08
3.00
2.62
4.17
3.01
3.19
2.90
2.64
2.83
2.95
2.72
2.70
4.17
3.25
3.22
4.22
2.88
2.82
-

2.86
3.69
3.19
3.00
2.96
2.96
2.89
2.75

Num ber
of
w o rk ers

A v e ra g e
h ourly
earnings

22
27
15
25
-

$2.27
2.70
4.51
2.65
-

-

-

-

54
64
9
17
940
293
-

26

2.54
2.49
3.43
3.87
2.80
2.63
-

2.33

Table 10. Occupational averages: By labor-management contract coverage—Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings1 of production workers in selected occupations in m en's and boys' shirts (except work shirts)
and nightwear manufacturing establishments, United States and selected regions, June 1974)
Southwest

Southeast

B o rd er States
E stablish m ents w ith—
Occupation

M a jo rity co vered
Num ber
of
w o rk ers

____ _______ _____ __
A ssp m h lp rs
_
________ ________ ___
B 3 g g <=>r s anH hnxprs
_
C lic k ©r —m
a
p t ^ dt s
("nil a r points r s
_______ ______________
C o lla r top t r im m s r s
______________ _______
C u tters, m a ch in e------------ ------ ---------------------------<^1] d o c
ga rm pnt
....
___ __
Ha'nH
M ach ine
_ ___ ________________ ____ __
Hand and ma chin'*
___
r,arm pn t re p a irm a n
In sp e ctors
(lncpprt. only)
..... .....
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (and thread t r i m m e r s ) -----------------In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r o f p a r t s )---------Jan itors
_ _________________
L o a d e rs m a c h in e .______ -__ ____________________ -______
M a rk er*
...... Press***"!0 •finish hand
__
_____ _____
___________
P r e s S e r P fin ish m achine
R ep airm en
Toaoiiine
Sewing -m ach in e o p e ra to rs 3
......
re as s h irts
_
______________ -_
N ig h tw e a r________________________________ ____________
gp ort sh irts
_ _ _____
Shipping c l e r k s
________________
Spread****®
— ___ ________ ________ ________
Stock c le r k s (su pply c l e r k s )
_
T h rea d t r i m m e r s
___ __________________________________
JJn d e r p r e s s e r s

hand

U n d erpres s er s

m achine

■\york d i s t r i b u t o r s

___

,,

_________________

___

21
46
8
14
16
22
71
_
35
_
14
9
59
52
15
_

A verage
hourly
earnings
$2.79
2.76
3.43
3.10
2.43
4.19
2.97

59
14
26
1,291
812

2.95
_
2.60
2.51
2.63
2.63
2.37
_
3.37
2.83
3.71
3.67
2.64
2.71

107

2.32

11

_

21

3.25

22

2.42
2.75

8

_

88

_

None o r m in o rity c o vered

A verage
hou rly
earnings

Num ber
of
w o rk ers

86
110
12
13
_
32
104
74
_
_
29
_
216

$2.21
2.24
2.94
2.52
3.32
2.38
2.32

38
>

2.17

$2.81
2.73
4.07
2.82
2.49
3.76
2.96
2.71
3.43
2.55
3.02
2.51
2.41
2.46

11

3.23
_
_
3.45
2.31
2.55

183
297
85
128
49
106
532
306
88
111
53
364
143
146
86
177
276
141
7,680
5,738
1,036
26
198
54
27

2.34
2.85
3.38
2.72
2.46

_
_
38
3, 072
318
2, 754
9
54

_

2.62

8
_

NOTE: Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

-

2.28
_
2.39

-

2.28
3.09
2.51
2.43
-

_

-

_

_

77

1 E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olidays, and la te shifts.
2 Includes data f o r regio n s in addition to those shown sep arately.
3 Includes w o r k e r s in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep arately.




M a jo rity co v e re d

A verage
hourly
earn in gs

Num ber
of
w ork ers

2.26

-

130
399

-

3.76
2.80
3.13
4.00
2.58
2.65

-

3.04
2.59

None o r m in o rity c o vered
Num ber
of
w o rk ers
580
1,111
169
380
226
362
1, 577
827
349
401
269
150
1, 413
508
361
437
186
1, 325
421
414
23, 610
7, 631
2, 862
12,420
136
515
120
55
121
192
985

A verage
h ou rly
earn in gs
$2.34
2.27
2.69
2.26
2.42
3.24
2.41
2.45
2.27
2.43
2.24
2.47
2.28
2.32
2.13
2.37
2.92
2.27
2.67
3.77
2.36
2.32
2.35
2.39
2.88
2.55
2.50
2.33
2.28
2.34
2.23

None or mine>rity co vered
Num ber
of
w o rk e rs
42
101
14
27
11
39
77
56
47
13
123
51
40
-

A v e ra g e
hourly
earnings
$2.33
2.23
2.39
2.20
2.69
2.72
2.37
2.44
-

2.21
2.23
2.44
2.17
2.19
-

25
74
71
42
1,932
1,338

2.35
2.33
2.44
3.77
2.34
2.35

12
38
32

2.53
2.56
2.36

“

-

34
112

-

2.23
2.20

Table 11. Occupational averages: By labor-management contract coverage and major product—Dress shirts
(N u m ber and a v e r a g e s tra ig h t-tim e hourly earnings 1 o f production w o rk ers in sele cted occupations, United States and sele cted re g io n s, June 1974)
N ew England

United S ta te s 2

M iddle A tlan tic

Southeast

B o rd er States

Southwest

Great Lakes

None or

M a jo rity
______eo.y&red_____

E stablish m ents with—
M a jo rity
covered

Occupation

None or
m in o r it v c o vered

M a jo rity
c o v e re d

M a jo rity
c o vered

Maj<jr it y
covt »red

M a jo rity
____c o vered _____

None or
m in o rity c o v e re d

m in o r it y

co vered

Num ber A v e ra g e Num ber A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e Num ber A vera g e Num ber A v e ra g e
hourly
hourly
of
h ourly
of
h ourly
h ourly
of
of
hou rly
h ourly
of
of
hou rly
of
hourly
of
of
w ork ers earnings w o rk e rs earn in gs w o rk e rs earninge w o rk ers earn in gs w o rk e rs earnings w o rk e rs earn in gs w o rk ers earn in gs w o rk e rs earnings w ork ers earnings

■p^gge-pp apd VinvAT a
.
............
C iiftp r s , mar.hinp
PV»ldAr s , garm en t
Rand
U arh ina
Hand and m achine
Tn specfnrs( final (and thread tr im m a r s )
P ra R sa rs, fin ish , hand .... . . .. _ ... .
Rapai rrri(»nJ Rawing m arhin a ....
____
. .. .
Sawing-m anhina nparatnrR
S p rea d ers
,
....
W ork d is trib u to rs ________________________________

418

$ 2 .7 1

201

4 .0 2

499
139

$ 2 .1 9
3 .3 0

789
234

2 .9 9
3 .2 3

644

2 .3 0

317

2 .3 0

434

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

115
212

2 .4 6

121

$ 2 .6 6

11

4 .2 1

_
_
_

_
_
_

$ 2 .6 4

$ 2 .1 8

83

$ 2 .2 3

16

$ 2 .5 7

14 '

4 .2 5

82

$ 2 .7 9
3 .9 0

397

4 .1 5

85

3 .2 8

32

2 .7 4

10

4 .0 0

2 .9 4

37

2 .9 3

501

3 .0 0

544

2 .2 9
2 .2 7

77
56

2 .3 7
2 .4 4

_

3 .3 3

_

35

_

_

$ 2 .7 3

_

204

260

_

286

2 .7 5

110

2 .4 8

88

3 .4 3

174

2 .2 1

273

2 .6 5

478

2 .2 8

92

2 .4 8

35

177

2 .8 0

350

2 .3 5

128

4 .0 0

151

3 .6 5

39
1 ,5 9 4

3 .7 5

_

641

2 .3 0

172

2 .5 0

133

2 .4 1

427

2 .3 6

2 .8 0

115

198

3 .6 7

85
21

2 .8 1
3 .0 2

37

2 .8 7
4 .0 0

4 .1 0

61

4 .0 6

13

1 1 ,8 5 5

2 .6 9

3 .7 9
2 .7 0

1 0 ,1 3 1

2 .3 4

1 ,4 3 9

2 .8 3

2 ,9 4 6

7 ,7 0 0

2 .3 1

193

16

10

3 .0 0

3 .7 7

150

2 .7 3

529

41

3 .5 8
2 .7 2

84

523

2 .6 9
2 .2 2

5 ,8 7 9
131

2 .6 4

3 .5 5

2 .7 9
3 .4 1

702

266

90

2 .9 0

59

2 .6 6

275

2 .6 9

369

2 .7 0
2 .2 2

h olidays,

and late shifts.

_
_

_
_
_
_

_
_

246

652

Dashes in dicate no data re p orted o r data that do not m eet publication c r ite r ia .




95
76
137
55

444

1 Exclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends,
2 In clu des data fo r re g io n s in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.
NOTE:

2 .2 2

36

_

_
_

_

_
2 .7 6

_
_

2 .7 5

449
15

2 .6 7

27
99

2 .2 0

26

2 .7 8

2 .3 5

3 .1 4

Table 12. Occupational averages: By labor-management contract coverage and major product—Sport shirts
(N u m b er and a v e ra g e s tra ig h t-tim e h ou rly e a rn in g s 1 o f production w ork ers in sele cted occu pation s, United States and selected re g io n s, June 1974)
United States 2

M idd le A tlan tic

B o rd er States

Southeast

P a c ific

E stablish m ents with—
Occupation

Maj<}r it y
Noile or
COVI 2red
m inor it'Y c o vered
A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e
hou rly
of
h ou rly
earnings w ork ers earnings

Num ber
of
w ork ers
B a g g e rs and b o xe rs
C u tters, m a c h in e ...........
F o ld e r s , garm en t 3
H an d____________________ _
M ach ine
__ .
In s p e c to rs , fin a l (and thread t r i m m
P r e s s e r s . fin ish , hand _
R e p a irm e n , sew ing m achine __
S ew in g-m a ch in e o p e r a t o r s ________
S p rea d ers
_ _
W o rk d istrib u to rs

ers)

240
73
164
125
39
140
126
38
3,834
105
200

$2.70
4.18
2.91
3.09
2.32
2.58
3.31
4.38
2.67
3.02
2.53

764
288
1,088
560
263
1,022
808
287
17,816
374
683

$2.30
3.30
2.47
2.52
2.22
2.30
2.30
3.74
2.39
2.49
2.23

M a jo r ity
c o vered
Num ber A v e r a g e
of
h ou rly
w o rk e rs earnings

157
41
94
94
-

51
77
17
1,592
56
82

$2.65
4.17
3.19
3.19
-

2.83
3.25
4.76
2.89
2.86
2.63

1 Exclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olid a ys, and la te sh ifts.
2 Includes data fo r re gio n s in addition to those shown sep arately.
3 Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.
NOTE:

Dashes in dicate no data re p o rted o r data that do not m eet publication c r ite r ia .




None or
m in o rity covered
Num ber A v e r a g e
of
hou rly
w o rk ers earnings

no
28
104
74
_
192
-

36
2,754
50
75

$2.24
3.20
2.38
2.32
_
2.43
-

3.41
2.28
2.47
2.27

M a jo rity
None o r
c o vered
m in o rity c o vered
Num ber
A v e r a g e Num ber A v e r a g e
of
hou rly
of
h ou rly
w o rk ers
earnings w o rk e rs earnings
46
8
-

_

_
-

_
978
19

$2.85
4.19
_
_
_
.

_
2.35
3.16

579
199
899
433
239
741
653
224
12,964
290
541

$2.31
3.18
2.46
2.55
2.18
2.25
2.23
3.78
2.40
2.51
2.22

M a jo rity
co vered
Num ber
A verage
of
h ou rly
w o rk e rs
earnings

None or
m in o ritv covered
Num ber A v e ra g e
of
hourly
w ork ers earnings

11
12
24
10

$2.72
4.54
2.95
3.76

31
46
53
40

$2.17
3.86
2.55
2.58

19

3.88

31
40
1,101

2.18
2.60
4.23
2.46

44

2.21

6

419
14

3.05
3.24

Table 13. Occupational averages: By size of community
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of production workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments,
United States and selected regions, June 1974)
M id d le A tlan tic

United States 2
Occupation

A s s e m b le r s _______________________________________________
B a g g e rs and b o x e r s ______ ______________________________
C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s __ ________________________
C o lla r p o in t e r s ____________ _____________________________
C o lla r top t r im m e r s _____________________________________
C u tters, m a c h in e ______ ______________________ ________
F o ld e r s , ga rm en t 3 _____________ ______________________
H a n d ____________________________________________________
M ach ine—____ _______ __ _______ ______________ _____ ____
Garm ent r e p a ir m e n _____________________________________
In s p e c to rs , fin a l (in sp ect o n ly )------------------------------In s p e c to rs , fin a l (and thread t r i m m e r s )-----------------In s p e c to rs , in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r o f p a r t s )---------J a n ito rs ----------------------- ------------ ---------------------------M a r k e r s ___ ___ _____ __
__
__________ ____________
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , h a n d ------------------------------------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m ach in e-------------------------------------R ep a irm en , sew ing m achine-----------------------------------S ew in g-m a ch in e o p e ra to rs 3 -----------------------------------D re ss s h irts ------------------------------------------------------N ig h tw e a r ------------------ ------- ---- -------------------Sport s h irts ------------- ---------------------------------------Shipping c le r k s --------------------------- ------------------------S p r e a d e r s --------------------------------------------------------------Stock c le r k s (su pply c l e r k s ) ----------------------- ------ -----Th rea d t r im m e r s ---------------------------------------------- ----Under p re s sers , hand-------------------------------- ----------U n d erp ress ers , m a c h in e _______________________________
W o rk d is tr ib u to rs ------- ------- -------------------------------

See footn otes at end o f table.




M etropolita n
a rea s
Num ber
A verage
hou rly
of
w ork ers
earnings

361
583
138
153
85
315
706
368
274
166
132
62 8
145
260
112
632
421
208
13,955
6,466
1,042
5,201
148
315
103
230
78
133
714

$2.66
2.59
3.81
2.79
2.50
4.07
2.80
2.91
2.69
2.57
2.68
2.55
2.56
2.51
4.05
2.94
2.93
4.31
2.69
2.74
2.66
2.57
3.52
3.18
2.70
2.59
2.87
2.78
2.51

N on m etropolitan
a rea s
Num ber
A verage
h ou rly
of
earnings
w o rk ers

835
1,606
253
527
326
517
2,237
1,093
580
488
233
2, 160
770
569
303
1,674
744
652
35,862
14, 629
4,089
16,121
185
809
234
140
130
390
1,502

$2.41
2.37
2.95
2.40
2.43
3.28
2.56
2.58
2.50
2.37
2.57
2.36
2.38
2.23
3.03
2.38
2.82
3.71
2.42
2.45
2.41
2.40
2.82
2.72
2.61
2.42
2.32
2.57
2.35

M etrop o lita n
area s
Num ber
A verage
h ou rly
of
earnings
w o rk ers

84
258
53
59
36
136
241
149
50
41
196
40
92
49
243
102
83
5,019
2,238
1,260
79
151
32
92
34
60
227

$3.15
2.77
4.02
3.01
2.64
4.24
3.03
3.17
2.91
2.67
2.82
2.97
2.76
4.20
3.31
3.19
4.23
2.90
2.83
2.90
3.75
3.14
2.83
2.89
2.95
2.93
2.73

Nonm etropolitan
areas
A verage
hourly
earnings

Num ber
of
w o rk e rs

33
75
7
21
11
19
105
61
16
16
80
42
33
9
124
34
1,754
613
653
17
30
34
55

$2.64
2.64
4.16
3.01
2.50
3.89
2.89
3.22
2.85
2.28
2.65
2.55
2.42
3-99
2.72
4.01
2.77
2.69
2.83
3.33
3.45
2.80
2.63

Table 13. Occupational averages: By size of community— Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings1 of production workers in selected occupations in m en’s and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments,
United States and selected regions, June 1974)

O ccupation

A

s

s

^

m

andVirw^Tfi

b

l

_

... - ________ -____
____ ______
______ ________

C lic k e r -m ach in e npp ratn rs
C o lla r p o in t e r s ------------------------------------------------------C o lla r top t rim m p r s
___________________
m arliinp
___ _____
garm en t 3

|fifej
g|-t;l
T-Tand
h/tSLChipp

______
____
____________
__ __—
-----_______ __ ___ ______
Garm ent re p a ir m e n ------------------------------------------------In s p e c to rs , fin a l (in sp ect o n ly ) -----------------

In sp ectors

fin a l (and thread t r im m e r s )
in te rm e d ia te (in Rp^ctrtr o f pa rts)

....
--------------------- -—
essers,
m rhinp
^
.........
p
ent
rnar.hinft .
- __ ___
_ _____
Pl*ooGcViirffi
...
_ ....._
igtitv/ea r*
.
- __ ___
CJpnrf sh irts
_ _ ___________
_____ ____ ____
Shipping
S p r e a d e r s ---------------------------------Stock c le r k s ( eiipp^y rlprWsJ
_
Th read t r ’ rprn^ rR
- ________________
"^jnderpr0®
®**tst hand
_______ _ ................
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , m a ch in e ---------------------W o rk d istrib u to rs ----------------------------

^iAarkerQ
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , h a n d
Pl>
fin isk j
a
e p a ir m
sow ing
S ew in g -m a r hine nppratnrs 3

N on m etropolitan
area s
A verage
Num ber
hou rly
of
earnings
w o rk ers

22
15
7
-

$2.49
2.59
3.34

85
141
13
18

$2.28
2.37
3.03
2.96

19

4.49

35
149
99

3.23
2.66
2.54

36
20
243
15
46
14

2.33
2.37
2.48
2.82
2.24
3.00

48
3,442
731

3.28
2.37
2.56

2,469
6
64
11

2.29
2.85
2.73
2.66

-

-

-

32

2.15

22
16
921

3.76
4.32
2.56

_
7
-

_
_
392
_
11

.

-

2.16
2.27
-

2.63

-

-

-

131

1 E xclu des prem iu m pay fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w ork on weekends, h olida ys, and late sh ifts.
2 Includes data fo r re gio n s in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
3 Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep ara te ly.

NOTE:

Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.




Southwest

Southeast

B o rd er States
M etropolitan
areas
A v e ra g e
Num ber
hourly
of
earnings
w ork ers

-

-

-

2.40

M etrop o lita n
area s
A verage
Num ber
h ou rly
of
earnings
w o rk ers

140
156
53
64
15
61
295
153
134
31
39
224
35
87
36
206
132
64
4,086
2,242
1,347
25
79
34
10
13
243

$2.61
2.47
3.98
2.78
2.37
4.00
2.67
2.76
2.54
2.52
2.96
2.44
2.52
2.42
4.24
2.50
3.09
4.57
2.54
2.72

-

2.31
3.35
3.58
2.77
2.64
2.78
2.36

N on m etropolitan
a rea s
A verage
Num ber
h ourly
of
earnings
w o rk ers

623
1,252
201
444
260
407
1,814
812
521
349
164
1,553
616
420
236
1,296
565
491
27,204
11,127
3,276
12,109
137
634
140
72
114
297
1,141

$2.42
2.35
2.94
2.35
2.43
3.26
2.52
2.52
2.46
2.32
2.53
2.31
2.33
2.19
3.03
2.31
2.79
3.73
2.40
2.41
2.37
2.40
2.79
2.68
2.52
2.33
2.29
2.55
2.33

Non m eti :o poiit an
arieas
A v e ra g e
Num ber
hourly
of
earnings
w o rk e rs

40
98
11
23
8
27
74
56

$2.32
2.23
2.28
2.17
2.58
2.75
2.38
2.44

37

2.21

107
33
32
21
72

2.48
2.19
2.17
2.37
2.34

36
1,674
124

3.75
2.32
2.35

10
35
32

2.51
2.51
2.36

23
109

2.28
2.19

If

~
_

“
'

Table 14. Occupational averages: By size of establishment
(N u m b er and a v e r a g e s tra ig h t-tim e hou rly e a rn in g s 1 of production w o rk e rs in s ele cted occupations in m e n 's and boys' sh irts (ex cep t w ork sh irts)
and n igh tw ear m anu facturing establish m en ts, United States and sele cted re g io n s, June 1974)
M idd le A tlan tic

United States 2

B o rd e r States

E stablish m ents with—
Occupation

20-249 w ork ers
Num ber
of
w orkers

A s s e m b le r s .....................
B a g gers and b o xers
C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e ra to rs ... .
....
C o lla r p o in te r s _____________________ I__________________
C o lla r top t r im m e r s ____________________________________
C u tters, m achine
F o ld e r s , g a r m e n t3_____ __ _____ ____________________
Hand ___________________________________________________
M a c h in e ________ ___ _____ _________________________ ___
G arm en t r e p a ir m e n ____ _____ ________________________
In sp e cto rs, fined (in sp ect o n ly )________________________
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (th rea d tr im m e r s ) ........... ............
In sp e ctors, in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r of p arts)
J anitors
L o a d e rs , m ach in e. _ ._ ... .... . ......... .
M a rk e rs
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand _ ...... ..... ........
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m achine
R ep a irm en , sew in g m achine
S ew in g-m ach in e o p e r a t o r s 3
.
D re ss s h ir t s _________________________________________
N igh tw ea r........
... ............ ........
Sport sh irts
.. .
....
.... ___ __
Shipping cle rk s
.
........... .........
S p rea d ers
Stock c le rk s (su pplv c l e r k s ) ...... ........
...
........
T h rea d t r im m e r s
___ _____________ ___
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , hand
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , m achine
W ork d is t r ib u t o r s ______________________________________

See footn otes at end o f table,




547
880
425
276
176
427
1, 177
649
326
284
153
1,306
381
334
294
150
1, 188
372
361
22,276
7, 007
2, 725
11, 044
197
524
134
210
130
187
955

A verage
h ou rly
earnings

$2.34
2.39
2.93
2.33
2.54
3.58
2.50
2.54
2.37
2.41
2.46
2.31
2.38
2.27
2.54
3.29
2.56
2.68
3.97
2.48
2.52
2.48
2.42
3.30
2.66
2.68
2.57
2.41
2.47
2.35

250 w o rk e rs o r m o re
Num ber
of
w o rk ers

649
1,309
266
404
235
405
1, 766
812
528
370
212
1,482
534
495
1, 140
265
1, 118
793
499
27,541
14,088
2,406
10, 278
136
600
203
160
78
336
1,261

A verage
h ou rly
earnings

$2.60
2.46
3.40
2.59
2.38
3.57
2.70
2.76
2.68
2.43
2.72
2.49
2.44
2.35
2.54
3.31
2.50
2.94
3.78
2.51
2.55
2.44
2.45
2.88
3.01
2.61
2.48
2.71
2.71
2.44

20-249 w o rk ers
Num ber
of
w o rk ers

66
225
17
29
36
109
183
119
40
37
143
46
57
41
25
2 50
45
61
3, 993
1, 691
1, 022
79
100
93
29
47
178

A verage
h ou rly
earnings

$2.68
2.60
3.82
2.78
2.56
4.15
2.77
2.89
2.90
2.45
2.57
2.49
2.60
2.45
3.92
3.02
2.74
4.06
2.82
2.76
2.81
3.69
2.97
2.84
2.82
3.07
2.67

250 w o rk ers o r m o re
Num ber
of
w o rk ers

A verage
hou rly
earnings

51
108
51
11
46
163
91
26
20
133
36
68
92
33
117
82
56
2, 780
1, 160
891
17
81
22
11
47
104

$3.42
3.02
3.13
2.78
4.31
3.23
3.57
2.90
2.77
2.99
3.09
2.73
2.83
4.36
3.32
3.50
4.28
2.94
2.86
2.95
3.62
3.46
2.85
2.89
2.71
2.78

20—249 w o rk ers
Num ber
of
w o rk ers

29
21
9
12
10
21
22
8
7
75
15
13
24
20
1,212
556
220
43 6
19
35

A verage
h ou rly
earnings

$2.24
2.38
3.10
2.65
2.42
4.07
2.68
2.55
2.47
2.21
2.59
2.20
2.83
4.23
2.45
2.54
2.54
2.29
2.72
2.46

250 w ork ers o r m o re
Num ber
of
w ork ers

78
135
11
15
33
153
88
35
35
200
40
19
17
107
14
44
3, 151
574
2,425
6
56
18
130

A v e ra g e
hou rly
earnings

$2.3 5
2.40
3.16
2.96
3.42
2.61
2.50
2.95
2.35
2.53
2.24
2.86
3.22
2.57
3.71
3.22
2.39
2.78
2.28
2.85
2.71
2.77
2.45

Table 14. Occupational averages: By size of establishment— Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of production workers in selected occupations in m en 's and boys' shirts (except work shirts)
and nightwear manufacturing establishments, United States and selected regions, June 1974)
Southeast

Southwest1
3
2
E stablish m ents with—

O ccupation

A s s e m b le r s _______________ ________________ ____________
B a g g ers and b o x e rs __ __________________________________
C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s ______________ _____________
C o lla r p o in t e r s _______________________ __________________
C o lla r top t r im m e r s _______________ _____ _____________
C u tters, m ach in e
________________________ _________
F o ld e r s , g a r m e n t ____ ____________ _ ____ ________ _
Hand ____________________________________ ____________
M a c h in e ________________________________________________
G a rm en t r e p a ir m e n ______________________________________
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (in sp ect o n ly )_________________________
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (th read t r i m m e r s ) ___________________
In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to rs o f p a rts )_______
J a n it o r s ___________________________________________________
L o a d e rs , m a c h in e ________________________________________
M a rk e rs ---------------- ------------------------------------ --------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , h a n d __________________________________
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m ach in e
R ep a irm en , sew in g m ach in e
_
S ew in g-m a ch in e o p era to rs 3 ____________________________
D re s s s h i r t s _____________ ___________________________
N ig h tw e a r______________________________________________
Sport s h i r t s ___________________________________________
Shipping c le r k s ___________________________________________
S p re a d e rs _________________________________________________
Stock cle rk s (su pply c l e r k s ) ____________________________
Th rea d t r im m e r s ______________________ _____________ __
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , hand____________________________________
TTn derpressers, m achine .......
W ork d is t r ib u t o r s _______________ _________ _____________

1
2
3

250 w o rk e rs o r m o re

20—249 w ork ers
Num ber
of
w ork ers
336
510
82
213
102

207
884
454
260

140
65
891
265
198
158
103
734
209
229
13,575
3, 653
1,883
7, 670
83
336
63
17
78
98
596

A verage
h ourly
earnings

$2.29
2.32
2.81
2.25
2.54
3.22
2.42
2.42
2.33
2.30
2.46
2.27
2.36
2.18
2.30
3.14
2.35
2 .6 8

3.93
2.37
2.42
2.43
2.34
3.00
2.59
2.58
2.46
2.19
2.33
2.25

E xclu des prem iu m pay fo r o v e r tim e and fo r w ork on weekends, holidays, and late sh ifts.
Includes data fo r re g io n s in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.

NOTE:

Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.




Num ber
of
w o rk ers

427
89 8

172
295
173
261

1,224
511
395
240
138
886

386
309
735
169
768
488
326
17,715
9,716
, 726
5, 786
79
377

1

111

65
49
224
788

A verage
h ou rly
earnings
$2.58
2.39
3.32
2.52
2.36
3.47
2.64
2 .6 8

2.58
2.35
2 .6 8

2.38
2.33
2.26
2.55
3.21
2.32
2.92
3.75
2.45
2.48
2.29
2.45
2.75
2.95
2.56
2.35
2.57
2 .7 6

2.40

250 w o rk e rs o r m o re

20-249 w o rk ers
Nu m ber
of
w o rk e rs

A verage
h ou rly
earn in gs

Num ber
of
w o rk e rs
33

33
-

$2.15
2.25
-

21

2 .6 1

25
“
49
26
40
17

2.18
“
2.27
2.19
2.25
3.94
2.29
2.28
2.51
2.29
-

12

898
484
105
16

26

2 .2 1

100

15
21

26
100

56
17
76
30

22
22
31
1,474
1,294
32
32
27
118

A v e ra g e
hourly
earnings
$2.33
2.35
2.69
2.14
3.03
2.48
2.44
2.54
2.54
2.18
2.14
2.47
3.58
2.37
2.38
2.85
2.36
2.34
2.30

Table 15. Occupational averages: By method of wage payment
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of production workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments,
United States and selected regions, June 1974)

In cen tive w o rk ers

O ccupation
Num ber
of
w ork ers

C o lla r top t r im m e r s ___________________ _____ ____
Hand

°

__________

844
1,421
18-8
89
25
540

$2.34
2.31

226

2 .2 6

72
116

In s p e c to rs , fin a l (in sp ect o n ly )---------------------In s p e c to rs , in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r of p a r t s )..

Sport sh irts
___ _ _____________
S p rea d ers
_ _____________________________________
Th rea d tr im m e r s
____________________________
TTnHprprpssprs . hand
TT]-|rlf»rpre»G ae>r s , m arhin e
..... ...

A verage
h ourly
earnings

595
184
353
395
310
132
53
1,933
474
_
1 ,2 0 6

741
133
38
44

Num ber
of
w orkers
352
768
203
591
386
292
2, 717
1,389
738
59
181
2,435
520
105
2,174

2 .8 6

2.14
2.23
3.47
2.44
2 .0 1

2.39
2.49
2.15
2.40
3.37
2.39
2.24
2.37
2.44
2.38
2.55
2.38
2.54
2.44

1 ,1 1 2

47,884
2 0 ,6 2 1

4,991
2 0 ,1 1 6

383
237
170
479

A verage
h ou rly
earnings
$2.83
2.64
3.61
2.54
2.46
3.78
2.65
2 .6 8

2.65
2.77
2.73
2.44
2.42
3.11
2.54
2.89
2.50
2.54
2.48
2.44
3.42
2 .6 1

2.52
2.64

In cen tive w o rk e rs

T im e w o r k e rs
Num ber
of
w o rk e rs
80
2 62

24
7
8

113
76
51
49
49
11

41
26
612

250
352
123
46
-

A verage
hou rly
earnings

Num ber
of
w ork ers
A s s e m b le r s
__ _
B a g g e rs and b o x e r s _______________________________
0.1 ir k e r -mac.hine o p e ra to rs
_____
O o lla r p o in ters
______________
Onlla r top trim m e r s
____
flu tte rs , m arhin e
E o ld e r s , g a r m e n t 3
_
. .... ....... T-Tand
____________
M ach ine
...
__ _ ....
. ___ _
Oarm ent re p a irm e n
_
______ _ ___
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (in sp ect o n ly )_________________
In sp p rtn rs, final (and thread trim m e r s )
In s p e c to rs , in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r o f p a r t s )..
M a r k e r s _________________ ___________________________
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , h a n d __________________________
p r e s s e r s , fin ish , m arhin e
..............
S ew in g-m a ch in e o p era to rs 3
D re ss sh irts
N ig h tw ea r
_.
S p o rt s h ir ts

..

S p r e a d e r s __________________________ ______- ________
T h read tr im m e r s
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , han d_____ _______________________
U n d e r p r e s s e r s , m a ch in e____ _____________________

1
2
3

119

$2.28
2.19
2.69

61

2 .1 1

499
86 8

2 60
121

114
353
90
165
327
21 0
-

.
589

_
3.13

2 .0 1

_
2 .0 1

2.31
2.43
2.06
2.37
3.27
-

_

2.25
_
_

462

2.41

17

2.24

.
_

_
_

Num ber
of
w orkers
2 64
540
135
447
269
208
1,988
959
541
27
113

A verage
hou rly
earnings
$2.78
2.64
3.56
2.44
2.44
3.64
2.58
2.56
2.58
2 .6 1

324
62
1,428

2.76
2.35
2.32
2.92
2.35

681

2 .8 6

30,701
13,333
3,469
13,123
251
64

2.42
2.46
2.38
2.39
3.46
2.43
2.39
2.65

1 ,6 1 2

111

305

E xclu des prem iu m pay fo r o ve rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olid a y s, and late shifts.
Includes data fo r re gio n s in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in cla ssifica tio n in addition to those shown sep ara te ly.

NOTE:

Dashes in dicate no data rep orted o r data that do not m eet publication c r ite r ia .




37
71
I

73
39
42
270
172
82
-

2 .6 1

2.83
2.59
2.47
2.39
4.10
2.76
2.62
2.69
2.57
3.02
2.51
-

8

227
71
341
97
5,161
2 ,6 0 1

1,561
58
72
26
78

A verage
h ou rly
earnings
$3.42
3.16
3.06
2 .6 2

4.16
3.09
3.32
2.79
2.42
2.84
2-81
3.14
3.52
2.89
2.81
2.94
3.55
3.17
2.81
2.93

Num ber
of
w o rk e rs
102

73
17
43
42
7
30
15
14
-

A verage
h ou rly
earnings

Num ber
of
w o rk ers
38
110
12

34
40
43
14
-

89
69
-

29
10

A verage
hou rly
earnings
$2.33
2.32
2.78
2-82
2 .2 2

2.15
2.70
-

2.30
2.30
2.48
2.48

Num ber
of
w ork ers
23
41

$2.26
2.42
3.04
3.44
2.38
2.58

11

173
103
35
"
245
■
127
30
4,110
1,130
-

2 .1 2

2.82
3.30
-

61

2 ,6 0 8

14
-

2 .6 2

-

-

8

-

A verage
hourly
earnings
■
$2.94
2.34
4.61
2.63
2.53
2.95
2.48
■
2.64
3.81
2.42
2 .6 6

2.30
3.15
2.75
-

P a c ific

In cen tive w o rk ers

T im e w o rk e rs

In cen tive w ork ers

T im e w o r k e rs

Southwest
In cen tive w o rk ers

A verage
hou rly
earnings

Num ber
of
w o rk e rs

$2.81
2.63
3.72
2.42
2.54
4.21

Southeast
T im ew o rk ers

B o rd er States

M idd le A tlan tic

United States 2

Num ber
of
w o rk e rs

8

23
11

103
56
13
82
44
72
73
2,283
1,709
19
53
52

A verage
hou rly
earnings
.
$2.48
2.18
2.69
2.47
2.44
2.23
2.59
2.17
2.34
2.47
2.34
2.36
2.94
2.30
2 .1 2

T im e w o r k e rs
Num ber
of
w o rk e rs
43
34
56
24
24
6
16

20

47
-

In cen tive w ork ers

A verage
hou rly
earnings

Num ber
of
w ork ers

$2.43
2.36
3.98
2.40
2.40
3.70
3.11
2.71
2.27
-

14

$2.75

8

2 .1 1

-

2.59
2.80
3.20
2.60
-

11

53
26

-

42
■
43
1,406
1,406
29
17

A v e ra g e
hourly
earnings

~

2.97
2.64
2.64
2.51
2.81

Table 16. Occupational earnings: Alabama
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Occupation and sex

A l l production w o rk e rs
M en
_ ..................................
W om en
........

Number
of
workers

Average $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.40 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 $5.20 $5.40
hourly
earnings 1 and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.40 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 $5.20 $5.40 o ver
z4314 301
123 • 14
4191 287

685
53
632

294

7
7
4
3
3

14
14
14
-

-

4

_
3

_

-

_

_

3.36
3.56
2.82
4.10

12
2

2

2

2 .8 8

10
20
20

10,341
904
9,437

$2.39
2.89
2.34

117
48
52
32
23
18

2.40
2.33
2.23
2.43
3.86
4.23
4.78

9

?. 90

111

11

283

296
26
270

310
47
263

625
69
556

479
71
408

411
35
376

356
58
298

565
90
475

228
30
198

327:
43
284

235
28
207

8

115
13
102

77
45
32

24
14

150

95
13
82

46
25

272

21

10

4
17

6
6

7
7
3
4
5
3

4
4
4
4
4

22
22
20
2
2

2
2

1
1

-

19
3

7

5
5

1
1

1
1

_
_

_
_

_
_

_

_
_

_
_

2

1

3
-

1

-

-

-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

2
2
2

-

_

-

5
-

1

-

-

6

-

_

1

_

_

_

293
21

158

21

24
16

9
3

10
8
2

40
30

8

_
_

_
_

_
_

..
_

_

_
4

_
3

3

2

3

2
1

6

1

3
3

1
1

7
7

12

10

S elected occupations
Cutting ro o m :
A s s e m b le r s
....................................
W om en
. .. ..................
T im e
_
_________ _ _ ........
In c e n t iv e _____________________
C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s ____________
In c e n t iv e ______________________
C u tters, m ach in e.
M en

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

In cen tive
W om en (a ll in cen tiv e
w orkers)
...... ... . _. ..
M a rk e rs _
_
Men 4 a/
W om en
. . .
T i m e ___________________________
S p re a d e rs ________________________________
M en ______________________________
T im e
In cen tive
Sewing dep artm en t:
C o lla r p o in ters (a ll w o m e n )___________
Tnr pnfivft
C o lla r top tr im m e r s (a ll w om en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )
S ew in g-m ach in e o p era to rs (a ll
wom en) (a ll in cen tive
w o r k e r s ) 7----------------------------------- _
D re ss sh irts _
N igh tw ea r
_. .
Sport sh irts
U n d e rp re s s e rs , m achine
(40 w om en, 3 m e n )____________________
In cen tive-----------------------------F in ish in g dep artm en t:
B a g g e rs and b o x e r s ____________________
W om en ____________________________
T im e ------------------------------F o ld e r s , garm en t (a ll wom en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s ) 7 ____________
M a c h in e _________________________
Hand and m a c h in e _________________
G arm ent re p a irm e n (a ll w o m e n )------T i m e _________________________
June e n u v e

In sp e cto rs, fin a l (in sp ect only)
(a ll w om en) (a ll in cen tiv e
w o r k e r s ) _____________________________

See footnotes at end o f table.




100

78
33
45
33
64

21
21

3
18
-

2

-

2
2

2
2

_

_
_
_

2

_
_
_

2

-

-

2

-

-

-

2

-

-

2

8
8
8

-

3
3
_

_

1
1

2
2
2

2

_
-

5
5
5

2

_

_

2

_

2

9

6

2

6

4

_

-

6

4

4
10
10
10

2
22
22
20
2

28
28
28

3
-

6

-

-

11

2

5
3

_

16
16
16
_
-

12

9

3
3

_
_

_
_

5
5
3

6

_
_

3

6

9
7

3
3

_
_

7
4

_
36
6

3

3

_

_

2

_

3

7

3

_

4

3

1

57

3
-

_

_
_

_
-

_
_
_

_

3

2

2
2

10

2

_
_
_

_
_
_
_

3
_
_
_
1
1

_
_
_
_
_
3
3

_
_
_
_

2
2

_
3
3
_
_
_

_

-

_
_

_

2
2

_
_
_
_
3
3

_

_

_

2

3

2

1

_

3

68

-

-

-

-

-

-

85
35

2.79
3.81
2.32
2.61
2.65
2.79
2.32
3.94

6

-

-

_

_

2

_

_

_

114
105

2.24
2.27

69
60

4
4

-

4
4

2
2

5
5

2
2

6
6

3
3

-

4
4

3
3

2
2

6
6

-

4
4

50

2.23

27

3

6

-

4

-

2

1

-

-

2

-

2

1

-

-

-

2

-

-

5, 270
2,052
1,674
1,229

2.35
2.47
2.27
2.29

2278
726
762
616

143
44
79
18

364
103
76
124

170
49
79
36

161
51
75
26

150
58
44
44

277
113
108
44

230
106
95
25

195
128
35
30

185
79
61
35

210
120

135
72

12

2
2

1
1

42

17

47
3
16

56
17
19
16

15

21

94
61
7
25

66

48
42

192
116
48
28

122

61
90
45

3
-

-

-

3
3
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

-

43
37

2.48
2.54

18
18

-

9
3

-

1
1

-

-

1
1

4
4

-

1
1

-

-

1
1

2
2

3
3

-

-

-

2
2

-

-

-

1
1

-

-

335
310
179

2 .2 1
2 .2 2

135
135
49

5
5
3

80
62
58

7
7

20

10
10

3
-

2
2
2

2
2

3
3

-

1
1

2
2

2
2

1
1

2
2

2
2

2
2

1
1

1
1

1
1

-

-

-

-

49
49
47

4
4

2

325
103
168
67
58
9

2.51
2.80
2.45
2.32
2.28
2.58

5

11
11

15

22
10
6

9
7

9
7

6

10
6

16

29
19

9
3

-

-

-

1
1

-

-

-

2

2

4

10

6

7
3
4

9

4

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6
6

5

14

3.00

1

4

2

20

44
17
151
120

2.16

44
19
13

134
92
-

2

-

1

4
9
9

-

21
21

-

3
3
3
3

16
16
6
2

9
9
2
2
2

22 1

10

11

3
4

5

8

4

6

4

-

-

16
14

-

4
-

7
7
3
4

3
3
3

5

2
2

-

_

83
21

2

7
3

8
8

2

4

2

_
_

8
8

8
8

8
3

2

1
8

3
1
2

Table 16. Occupational earnings: Alabama—Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Occupation and sex

Number
of
workers

Average
hourly
earnings 1

$2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 $5.20 $5.40
and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 $5.20 $5.40 o ver

S elected occupations——Continued
Fin ish in g departm en t— Continued
In s p e c to rs , fin a l (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w o m e n )-----------------In c e n t iv e _____________________
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand (a ll w om en)
(a ll in cen tiv e w o r k e r s )____________ _
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m achine
' (a ll w om en ) (a ll in cen tive
w o r k e r s ) ______________________________
M isc ella n eo u s:
Janitors (a ll t im e w o r k e r s ) ________________
M e n ___________________________________________
W om en __________________________________ _
R ep airm en , sew ing m achines
(a ll m e n ) ______________________________
T i m e --------------------------------Shipping c le r k s (a ll m en)
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )_____________________
Stock c le r k s (su pply c le r k s )
(a ll m en) (a il t im e w o r k e r s )_________
W ork d istrib u to rs
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )____________________
M e n ____________________________ _
W om en ___________________________

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

18
18

23
23

17
17

12

9
9

7
7

4
4

3
3

-

-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

-

-

2
2

-

3

2

-

12

6

3

-

8

2

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

7

3

2

4

4

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

325
292

$2.19
2.19

153
153

33
9

21
21

9
9

10
10

281

2.14

200

6

21

13

61

3.09

-

-

6

3

1

3

4

2

2

1

4

1

3

3

6

113
50
63

2.29
2.25
2.32

35
24

3

1

2

3

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

12

2

9

2

2
1

-

3

3
5

21
12

2

-

16
4

8

-

-

11

19
5
14

1

-

1

1

114
108

3.43
3.40

2
2

-

-

-

2
2

2
2

-

7
7

10
10

2
2

-

-

9
9

19
19

3
3

7
7

2
2

7
5

23

13

21

11

-

-

6
6

-

-

-

32

2.54

11

-

-

-

-

3

2

2

-

5

-

-

3

-

3

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

46

2.42

3

-

-

3

4

3

5

13

3

9

-

-

1

1

1

234
74
160

2.39
2.33
2.42

16

-

18

24

2

57

-

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

2

49

57
19
38

2

6

-

18

30
7
23

4

12
6

24
4

16

-

2
2

2

Exclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on weekends, h olida ys, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a tely 82 percen t o f the production w o rk e rs c o vered by the su rvey w e re paid on an in cen tive basis,
Includes 39 w o rk e rs at $ 1,90 to $ 2.
W o r k e rs w e re distribu ted as fo llow s: 2 at $ 5.40 to $ 5.60; 3 at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80; and 1 at $ 5.80 to $ 6 .
In su ffic ien t data to w a rra n t publication o f separate a verages by m ethod o f w age paym ent; (a) predom in an tly tim e w o rk e rs , o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o rk e rs .
W o r k e rs w e re distribu ted as fo llow s: 2 at $ 5.80 to $ 6 ; 3 at $ 6 to $ 6.20; and 2 at $ 6.20 to $ 6,40.
W o r k e rs w e re d istribu ted as fo llow s: 1 at $ 5.40 to $ 5.60; 4 at $ 5.80 to $ 6 ; and 3 at $ 6 and o v e r.
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in cla ssifica tio n in addition to those shown sep ara tely.




Table 17. Occupational earnings: Arkansas
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OP—
Occupation and sex

A ll produ ction w o r k e r s -------------------------M e n ------------------------------------------------W o m e n --------------------------------------------

Number
<>f 5
worker* A

Average $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.50 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40
hourly
and
earning* 1 and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.50 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 I o ver

3, 333
446
2, 887

$2.36
2.54
2.33

1119
75
1044

40
35
14

2.32
2.30
2.39
2.45
2.77
2.81

5
5
4

116
15
101

147
28
119

144
14
130

5
5
-

2
1

2
2

-

1

2
1
1

.
_
-

178
32
146

175

3

8

167

190
28
, 162

164
17
147

S114
31
83

78
17
61

5
5
3
3
_
-

9
9
.
.
-

1
1
1
1

2
2
2
1
1
1
1

!200
, 42
158

149
28
121

103
28
75

57
4
53

30
3
27

19
4
15

19
17

23
7
16

4
4
-

-

1
1

-

1
1
1

-

-

-

3
3

3
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

70
9
61

61
5
56

79
19
60

56

2
1

1
1

3
3
5
5
4

-

-

-

-

1
1
1
2
2
1
1

2
2
1
1
1

62
6

2

6
2

17

2
2

11

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

11
6

9

S e lected occupations
Cutting ro o m :
A s s e m b le r s -------------------------------------W o m en 2 a /------------------------------C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s -------------W om en 2 a /------------------------------C u tters, m a c h in e ----------------------------M en ----------------------------------------T i m e ---------------------------------M a r k e r s ------------------------------------------M en 2 a/.................................. ..........
S p re a d e rs ________________________________
M en 2 b/-----------------------------------W om en 2 a/------------------------------Sewing departm en t:
C o lla r p o in ters ( 1 man, 22 w o m e n )..
In c e n tiv e ----------------------------C o lla r top tr im m e r s (a ll wom en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )------------------In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r
o f p a rts) (a ll W om en)---------------------In c e n tiv e ----------------------------Sew ing-m achine o p e ra to rs (8 m en,
1 , 882 w om en ) 3 ------------------------------In c e n tiv e ----------------------------D re ss sh irts (8 men, 1, 308
w o m e n )-------------------------------------In c e n tiv e ----------------------------U n d e rp r e s s e rs , m achine (2 m en,
30 w o m e n )-------------------------------------In c e n tiv e ----------------------------Fin ish in g departm ent:
B a g gers and b o x e r s -------------------------M en (a ll tim e w o rk e rs )-------------W o m e n -----------------------------------T i m e ---------------------------------F o ld e r s , garm en t (a ll w om en) (a ll
in cen tive w o r k e r s ) 3 -----------------------Hand-------------------------------------------G arm ent re p a irm e n (a ll w o m e n )------T i m e ---------------------------------In s p e c to rs , fin a l (in sp ect only) (a ll
w om en) (a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )------In sp e cto rs, fin a l (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w o m e n )------------------In c e n tiv e ----------------------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand {a l l wom en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s ) ....... ................
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m a ch in e---------------Men (a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )----W om en (a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s ) -

See footnotes at end of table.




11

33
24
20
21
8

38
27
11

23
17

2 .6 8

2.37
2.76
2.56
2.55
2.60

2

_
.
7
_

_
.
.
_
.
1

_
1
1
1
2

_
1
1

11
10
1

_

_
_
-

2 .2 0

11
8

-

2
2

2

2. 17

.

2

1
1

_
_
5

_
_
-

5
1
1

-

2
1
1
1

1
1
1

7
7
7

3

_
3

-

1
2

1

.
-

_
3
_
3

_
_
-

1
1

1
1

-

-

-

-

1

.
5
4

1
1

1

_
2
2

1

1
1

1
1
1
1
1

2
1

-

-

-

-

1
1

1
1

-

-

1
1

1

1
1

2
2

1
1

11

2.69

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

1

1

1

1

-

-

4

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

51
44

2. 17
2. 17

19
18

1
1

9
7

3

4

2

1

5
5

1
1

3
3

2
2

1
1

-

1
1

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1, 890
1, 851

2.34
2.34

799
783

58
54

82
78

72
72

49
49

73
69

65
61

78
78

50
50

44
44

96
96

89
85

40
40

44
43

39
38

54
53

46
46

42
42

21
21

13
13

16
16

12
12

4
4

4
4

-

-

1, 316
1,277

2.35
2.36

555
539

39
35

61
57

50
50

27
27

47
43

36
32

50
50

31
31

31
31

64
64

70
66

29
29

28
27

32
31

45
44

37
37

33
33

13
13

11
11

11
11

8
8

4
4

4
4

-

-

32
28

2.23

14
14

-

-

-

1
1

3
3

4
3

3

1
1

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

101
20

2.23
2.19
2.24
2.25

25
5

5

7
_
7
7

2
1
1
1

3

4

1

1

1

2
1

1

-

-

-

3
3

5
5
5

22

20
8

5
5
_

6

2

3

1

1

_

1

.

-

1
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

5
3
-

2
2

1
1

2
2

-

-

-

1
1

-

-

1
1

-

-

2
2

-

-

9

2
2
2
2

4
4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

81
58

2 .2 1

77
56
43
34

2.37
2.44
2 .2 2
2 .2 0

23
14
5
4

13

2.23

3

119
82

2.45
2.59

72
71
9
62

2.34
2.44
2.37
2.45

_

5

6

4

2
1
1

4
4
4

2

4
4

-

3

1

19
13

8
6

9

17

3
3
.
3

7
4
_
4

20

3
17

6

_
6
6
2
2
12

3
19
16

1

14
1

13
10

3
3

5

4
4

-

5

-

8

1
1

1
1

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4
4

4
4

-

1
1

2
2

-

1
1

-

-

'

*

-

“

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

7
7

4
4

2
2

1

1

7
4

5
3

2
1

1
1

1

1

3

2
11

1

1
2

-

-

-

-

3

3
3

1

-

3
13

-

4

1

1

1

3

“

.

3

4

1
2

9
5
_
5

4
.
_

5
1

.

-

1

2
2

_

1

-

5
5

8

2

-

-

-

7
7

2

1

-

6

5
5

6
6

-

-

4
4
-

1
1
2

1
1

21
2

1

5

-

-

1

1

-

'

1
1

Table 17. Occupational earnings: Arkansas—Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

O ccupation and sex

Number
of
workers

Average
$ 2 .0 0 $ 2 .0 5
hourly
and
earnings 1

$ 2 .1 0

$ 2 .1 5

$ 2 .2 0

$ 2 .2 5

$ 2 .3 0

$ 2 .3 5

$ 2 .4 0

$ 2 .4 5

$ 2 .5 0

$ 2 .6 0

$ 2 .7 0

$ 2 .8 0

$ 2 .9 0

$ 3 .0 0

$ 3 .1 0

$ 3 .2 0

$ 3 .3 0

$ 3 .4 0

$ 3 .5 0

$ 3 .6 0

$ 3 .8 0

$ 4 .0 0

$ 4 .2 0

$ 4 .4 0

$ 2 .0 5 $ 2 .1 0

$ 2 .1 5

$ 2 .2 0

$ 2 .2 5

$ 2 .3 0

$ 2 .3 5

$ 2 .4 0

$ 2 .4 5

$ 2 .5 0

$ 2 .6 0

$ 2 .7 0

$ 2 .8 0

$ 2 .9 0

$ 3 .0 0

$ 3 .1 0

$ 3 .2 0

$ 3 .3 0

$ 3 .4 0

$ 3 .5 0

$ 3 .6 0

$ 3 .8 0

$ 4 .0 0

$ 4 .2 0

$ 4 .4 0

over

_

1

3

_
1

2
1

_

_

_

_

_

and

under

S elected occupations— Continued
M i scellan eou s:
J anitor s------------------------------------------M en (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )-----------W om en (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )_____
R ep airm en , sew ing m ach in es (a ll
men) (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )----------------Shipping c le rk s (4 men, 6 w om en)
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )-------------------------Stock c le r k s -----------------------------------M en (a ll tim e w o r k e r s )_________
W ork d is t r ib u to r s --------------------------M en (a ll tim e w o r k e r s )-----------W om en 2 a / -----------------------------

1
2
3
4

38

$ 2 . 19

15

29
9

2 . 18

13

2 .2 4

2

42

3 .7 7

_

10

2 .5 1

_
_

-

6
5
1

-

.

1

’

_
.

3

7

2

4
3

1
1

1

_

1

8

2

3

2

1

3

13

_

8

3

3

3

8

9

1

.

10

8

55

2 .2 4

11

1

10

57

2 . 16

25

_

1

1

2

4

11

4

1
1
2

17

1

1

3

4

36

4

3

5

2

2 .2 0

1
2

6

2

112

1
3

2

6
6

2
2

2

8

2
2

3
2

.

4

I

3

2 .3 6
2 . 33

4

3

3

32
27

.
_

_

_

_

2

1

2

6

1

9

1

3

Exclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olid a ys, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a tely 76 percen t o f the production w o rk e rs c o vered by the su rv ey w e re paid on an in cen tive
In su fficien t data to w a rra n t publication o f separate a verages by method o f w age paym ent; (a) predom in an tly t im e w o rk e rs , o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o rk e rs .
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in c la ssifica tio n in addition to those shown sep ara te ly.
W o r k e rs w e r e distribu ted as fo llow s: 1 at $ 4.60 to $ 4.80; 1 at $ 5 to $ 5.20; 1 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; 2 at $ 5.40 to $ 5.60; 1 at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80; and 2 at $ 5.80 and o v e r.




48

basis.

Table 18. Occupational earnings: Georgia
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Occupation and sex

A ll production w o r k e r s -------------------------M en________________________________________
W om en____________________________________

Number
of
worker*

Average
hourly
earning* 1

$ 2 .0 0 $2.05 $ 2 .1 0 $2.15 $ 2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $ 2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00
and
and
under
$2.05 $ 2 .1 0 $2.15 $ 2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $ 2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $ 2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o ver

10,683
1,093
9,590

2.65
3.03
2.61

2047
87

138
31
14
107
63
44
59
44

2.67
2.99
2.32
2.58
2.19
3.13
3.48
3.62
2.85
3.84
3.07

33
4
4
29
27

19 6 0

312
52
260

312

5
195

291

486
65
421

3

4

_

1
1

9
3
3

_

3

3

2
1

2
1

6
6
-

-

-

-

200

21

373
22

351

363
24
339

350
10

340

716

413

747

718
33
685

659
47
612

5
3

2

_

-

_1

-

-

1

2
2

_

121

21

121

595

392

626

477 , 401
32
28
445
373

31
230

558
55
503

261

415
51
364

212

30
182

227
47
180

4
3

5

158
85
73

61

30

25

26

20

86

41

8
22

19

50
45
5

1
1

1
1

1
1

_

112

6

S elected occupations
Cutting room :
A s s e m b le r s ______________________________
T i m e ___________________________
T i m e ___________________________
In c e n tiv e _______________________
C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e ra to rs ----------------------Kfon
T i m e ___________________________
In c e n tiv e _______________________
W om en_____________________________
C u tters, m achine (a ll m en )_____________
T im p

M a rk e rs ____ - _____________________________
M en _____________________________________________
T i m e --------- ------------------------------------W om en 4 ------------------------------------------------S p rea d ers (a ll m en ) _____________________________
T i m e ______________
__________
In c e n tiv e ---------------------------Sewing departm ent:
C o lla r p o in ters (a ll w om en ) -------------In c e n tiv e _______________________
C o lla r top trim m e r s (a ll w om en )
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )________________
In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te
(in sp ecto rs of p a rts )
(a ll w om en )_____________________________
In c e n tiv e ________________________________
L o a d e rs , m achine (a ll w om en )
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s ) ----------------------------Sew ing-m ach ine o p era to rs (a ll
w om en ) (a ll in cen tive
w o r k e r s ) ------------------------------ ------------------------D re ss s h ir t s ---------------------------------------------Sport s h ir t s ----------------------------------------------U n d e rp r e s s e rs , m achine (a ll w om en )..
In c e n tiv e -----------------------------Fin ish in g departm ent:
B a g g ers and b o x e rs (140 w om en,
4 m e n ) ____________________
______
T i m e ----------------------------------In c e n tiv e -----------------------------F o ld e r s , garm en t (a ll w om en )_________
In cen tive ----------- ----------------------------Hand (a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s ) ------------M a c h in e _______________________________
In c e n tiv e _______________________
Hand and m achine (a ll
in cen tive w o r k e r s )----------------------

10

34
15

2

14




3

1

1

1
1

1

1

14
14

1

7

1

23

_

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

_

-

2

3

4
3
3

-

1

_

3
3

23
5

1

1
1

7
3

1
2

1

-

1
1

1
2
2

-

-

-

2
2

2
2

_
_
.

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

_

_

11

4

_

_

_
_

2
1

_

2
2

_

_

2
2

-

2
2

2
2
2

_

_

_

_

_

_

1

3

2

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2
1
1

-

2
11

-

9

-

1

6

_2

_

-

2

-

-

-

2

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

2

-

-

-

-

_

_

2
2

26

2

-

1

4
4

1
6
6

_

-

-

_

3

1

4

6

-

8

1

-

-

-

2

-

4
4
5
3

-

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

1

4

_

39

_

_

_

_
_

1

4
-

-

_

-

15

_

11

-

2
1
1

3

_

6
6

1
2

7

_

6
1

4

3
3

66

3.62
3.02
4.25
3.64
3.71
3.59
3.39
3.30
2.55
3.90

135
117

2.63
2.72

29
11

4
4

1
1

4
4

7
7

3
3

2
2

9
9

13
13

13
13

6
6

2
2

5
5

8
8

11
11

2
2

1
1

3
3

1
1

2
2

1
1

4
4

2
2

1
1

-

1
1

69

2.49

12

6

1

-

6

2

7

4

2

7

4

3

4

3

1

-

3

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

141
81

2.40
2.40

35
35

-

3

10
6

2
2

-

38

3

7
7

1
1

-

-

2
2

-

2

3
3

-

_

5
5

-

_

11
11

-

-

5
4

-

1

2
2

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

419

2.65

57

24

16

22

20

14

11

13

22

48

20

17

22

13

16

12

20

19

9

10

5

2

2

1

2

2

5,568
2,962

2.65
2.65
2.65

964
423
541

101

137
99
38

177

231

227

390
242
148

304
147
157

241
135
106

12
12

12
-

-

4

-

10
10

10
10

2
2

1
1

12
1
1

-

1
1

28
32
3
3

22

10
10

114
56
58
4
4

38
18

5

116
62
54
7
7

304
183

5
5

280
141
139
4
4

254
127
127

11
8

366
215
151
5

271
135
136

2 .8 6

408
219
189
7
7

26

106
121

234
197
37
7
7

60

121
110

180
95
85

121

102

53
27
26
50
39
29
11
120

54

2 ,6 0 6

117
108

2.91

_
_

_

_

_

-

-

2

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

4
4

-

-

10
10

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

144
61
83
482
425
238
166
109

2.74
2.27
3.08
2.65
2.73

2.40

17
3
118
61
13
90
33

78

2.81

15

2 .8 6
2 .2 6

-

_

20

49
52
4
4

75

2
2

-

-

-

-

2
2

2
2

-

-

-

1

10
10

14
14

27
27

3
7
7

10

22

4
4
25
25
15

4
4

5
5

~

“

“

1

8

7
7

2
2

-

15

18

-

12

-

-

-

14
14
4
7
7

10
10
6

12
6
6
6

10
10

10
10
6
1
1

3
30
30

~

3

3

8

4
4

1
21
21

2

-

3
3

2

-

2

3

-

-

20

3
3

-

-

-

-

5
3

12

20

-

-

2

-

2

3
9

-

2
2

-

121
8
8

_

9

-

28
24
14
4

1

-

2

5

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

5

3

-

3

13

-

28
93
5
5

20

-

1
1
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

5 13

-

-

-

5

8

10

3

24

4

-

6

1

2

1

-

-

-

5
16

8

10
22
22

3

24
33
33
16
4
4

4
19
19

-

6
10
10

1

2
8
8

1

-

-

-

5
5
5
-

3
3

3
3
3
-

-

13

7

16
16

1
1

6
6

-

“

6

2

10

-

4
3
3
3

3

-

_

3
3
3

2

2
2
2

25
25
17

5

5
3

2

23
23
13
4
4

12
8
8

8

2
2
2

27
27
14
4
4
9

‘

See footnotes at end of table,

-

-

_

1
_

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

3

_

-

_

_

-

1

1
2
2

_
_

-

_

23

_
-

2
2
1

4
4
4

-

1
1

8
2
2
6
6

_

16

11
11
6

1
1

5
5

5

8

6
6
6

4
4

-

7
1
1
2

7
7
7
-

5
3

3

-

-

Table 18. Occupational earnings: Georgia—Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Occupation and sex

Number
of
workera

Average $ 2 .0 0 $2.05 $ 2 .1 0 $2.15 $ 2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00
hourly
earning* 1 and
and
under
$2.05 $ 2 .1 0 $2.15 $ 2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o ver

S elected occupations— Continued
Fin ish in g dep artm en t— Continued
Garm ent re p a irm e n (a ll w o m e n )----- —
T i m e __________________________
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (in spect only)
(a ll w om en )_______________ _____________
nri m o
In c e n tiv e __________________ ____
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (and th rea d
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w om en )___________ ____
In c e n tiv e ---------------------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand
(a ll w om en )-----------------------------------In c e n tiv e __ ____________________
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , machine
(a ll w om en ) (a ll in cen tive
w o r k e r s )______________ ________________
M isc ella n eo u s:
J a n ito r s ------------------------------------------ivien (a il u m e w o rK e rs )
W om en 4 __________________________
R ep a irm en , sew ing m achines
(a ll m e n )_______________________________
T i m e __________________________
Shipping c le r k s (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )____
M en________________________________
W

Stock c le r k s (supply c le r k s )
(10 m en, 4 w om en ) (a ll
t im e w o r k e r s ) __________________________
W ork d istrib u to rs (a ll
t im e w o r k e r s )__________________________
M en____-________-__ -_____ _____ M __
W n r r ip n

1
2
3
4
5
6

79

$2.49
2.43

9
9

-

-

-

6
6

81
37
44

2.73
2.49
2.94

1
1

-

1

3

3

259
207

2.40
2.50

176
119

86

5
5

7
7

-

24
24

2
2

17
17

2
2

9
7

1

1

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

7

15

-

6

12

-

-

8

-

15
15

2
1

2

9

-

-

2

6

1

3

-

2

-

_

2

6

1

3

_

2

_

1

-

-

1

_

2

_

1

3

3

1

3

-

8

_

89
41

5
5

5
5

8
8

10
10

16
12

19
19

4
4

17
17

17
17

2.40
2.59

96
39

-

8
8

-

13
13

-

-

-

2
2

211

2.72

15

2

3

11

9

12

9

11

93
67
26

2.33
2.31
2.38

15
14

1

6
4

5

5

8

3

4

19
13

3

5

3

l

1

1

2

1

6

2

2

-

2
2
2
2

-

4
4
-

-

-

8

3.95
3.91
2.73
2.61
3.11

-

14

2.43

-

-

-

3

1

2

-

2

2

1

-

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

218
65
153

2.56
2.60
2.54

15

-

10

-

12

4

6

5

51

6

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

9
9

-

12

1
1

-

2

-

-

3
3

83
15

-

2
2

-

-

5
7

16
5

39

11

2

135
125
32
24

2

13

5
5

-

1

2

7

_

8
8

8
8

16
16

3
3

8
8

8
8

7
7

3
3

8
8

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

-

-

2
2

10
10

5
5

6
6

4
4

6
6

-

7
7

11
11

-

2
2

1
1

1
1

_

2
2

_

-

15

10

21

14

5

9

14

8

18

8

12

4

1

-

_

_

_

_

1

1
1

26
15

-

3

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

4
4
-

2
2

1
1
6

616
14

3
3

5
5
12
10
2

3

11

_

3
3
3
3

1
1
2
2

2
2

-

-

11
11
2
2

11
11

12
8

38
• 38

13
9

7
7

5
5

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

6

68

E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o ve rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olida ys, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a te ly 80 percen t o f the production w o rk e rs c o v e re d by the su rvey w e re paid on an incen tive basis.
W o r k e rs w e re d istrib u ted as fo llo w s: 1 at $ 5 to $ 5.20; 4 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; and 1 at $5.40 to $ 5.60.
W o r k e rs w e r e distrib u ted as fo llow s: 5 at $ 5 to $ 5.20; 2 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; 1 at $ 5.40 to $ 5.60; and 1at $ 6.80 to $ 7.
In su ffic ien t data to w a rra n t publication o f separate averages by m ethod o f w age paym ent; predom in an tly tim e w o rk e rs .
W o r k e rs w e re distrib u ted as fo llo w s: 4 at $ 5 to $ 5.20; 4 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; 1 at $ 5.40 to $ 5.60; 2 at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80; 1 at $ 5.80 to $ 6 ; and 1 at $ 7 to $ 7.20.
W o r k e rs w e r e distribu ted as fo llow s: 6 at $ 5 to $ 5.20; 6 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; 2 at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80; and 2 at $ 5.80 to $ 6 .




Table 19. Occupational earnings: Mississippi
(N u m ber and a vera g e s tra ig h t-tim e h ou rly earn in gs

of workers in selected occupations in.men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Occupation and sex

A l l produ ction w o r k e r s .
M en.
W omen

.............. _

Number
of
workers

Average $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00
hourly
earnings1 and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3,20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o v e r

6,559
624
5, 935

$2.43
2.69
2.40

1642
81
1561

253
30
223

287
23
264

87

4
4
4
_
_
_
_
_
_

3
3
3

104
95
49
46

2.38
2.34
2.38
2.24
2.55
2.89
3.07
3.46
3.20
3.28
2.90
3.82
2.92
2.81
2.84
2.77
3.00
2.75
2.79
2.27
3.34

40

2.18

20

248

404
27
377

280
19
261

273

160

8

181
13

105

11

8

262

130

168

97

41
119

16

7

2

-

6

-

3

-

-

-

-

1

1
6

2
1
1

_
_
..
_

6

_
_
_
_

_
_
_

_

2
2

2
2

3
3
3
3
3
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

-

6

_
_
_
_

526
74
452

237

347
26
321

330
26
304

466
72
394

-

9
9
9

5
5
5

8

6

18

3
5
5

2

16
16
_

_
_
_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_

3
3
3

15
15

-

_
_

_
_

_
_

20
20

_
_
_
_
-

15

2.39

7

81
70

2.25
2.23

4
4

3,986
3, 962

2.39
2.39

856
2, 424
2,400

11

138

97
19
78

45

437
41
396

17
185

202

20

25

55
9
46

20

20

12

5
15

9
11

3
9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.
_
_
_
3
3

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

_

_
_
_
_
_
-

4
4
4
3
3
3
-

_
_
_
_
_
-

8
8

12
12

11
11

"

-

“

S elected occupations
Cutting ro o m :
A s s e m b le r s
M en 2
W om en
T im e

10

T i m e -------------------------------In ^ n t* ve
............
W om en 3 a / --------------------------- —
M a rk e rs ___ __________________________
Mpn 3 a /
_ _
Wnmpn
............
Tim p
^prpaHprs , ... .
.............
.
....
A/fen .
_ .
Tim ft
_ ......... ..
In c e n t iv e ----------------------------Sewing dep artm en t:
rir»]|ar p o in ters (a ll wom en ) 3 V>/
C o lla r top tr im m e r s (a ll w om en )
(a ll in rp n fivp w nrlrprs)
In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te
(in s p e c to rs o f p a rts)
(a ll w om en) ------------------------------- T i m e ----------------------------S ew ing-m ach ine o p e ra to rs
(a ll w om en) 4 -------------------------------In cen tive
............
D re s s sh irts (a ll in cen tiv e
w o r k e r s ) ------------------------------Sport sh irts
_
_
T nrpn tivp

_ -

._.

U n d e rp r e s s e rs , m achine
(16 w om en , 2 m en) (a ll
in cen tive w o r k e r s ) --------------------------------------Fin ish in g dep artm en t:
Raggprs

and b o x e r s

____ ___

W om en ----------------------------------------------------T i m e -----------------------------------------------Tnppntivp

_____

F o ld e r s , garm en t (a ll w om en ) 3 b / -------Hand (a ll i n c e n t i v e w n r k p r s )
........
M achine (a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s ) ___ Hand

and m a c h i n e 3 h/

G arm ent re p a irm e n (a ll w om en) 3 a/—

See footnotes at end of table,




77
43
34
30
23
14
54
41
24
17
13
35
17
18

_
_
4

-

_
-

_
_
_
_
_
-

-

2
2
2

_
_

_
_

_

4
3
3

_

11

_

_

_

_

8
2

3
3
3

_
15
15
15

_

3
3
3

6

8

2
2
2

5

9
9
4
5

4

5

5

4

3

2

_

_

5

_

_

-

_

_
-

_
-

_
-

48
48

4
4

5
-

15
10

1201
1201

180
180

178
178

123
123

192
176

151
151

201
200

185
184

2.44
2.37
2.37

319
667
667

24
137
137

46
106
106

12

96
96

4
152
136

125
125

31
132
131

18

2.49

4

_

_

1

_

198

2.39
2.40
2.29
2.58

30
26
24

_

22
22

-

16

3
3
3

11
11
8

6

_

2 .6 0

45
17
25
3
4

4

6

8
2

3
9

18
9

2

5

_

1

_

1

-

3
5

9

2

4

3

2

7

11

190

119
71
194
71
72
51
51

2.69
2.52
2.61
2.26

14
6

2

_
6
_

6

_

8

4

1
35
35
27

2
22

_
-

-

5

_
_

11
8

4
3
3
3
3

6

_
_
_

9
6
6

3
7
6
1
6
6
1

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
3
3
3

-

_

-

-

2

2

-

4

3
_
3
3
1
1

1

3
3
_

_

5
2
2

_
3
_
_
_

2
2
2

1

-

-

1

•

••

_

1

4

•

4
4

_

1

269
268

280
278

206
204

206
205

169
169

80
80

43
104
103

70
133
132

45
187
185

29
119

47
132
131

46
103
103

17
52
52

_

_

4

_

3

3

_

_

18
18

13
9
9
_

1
1
1

5
5
5

36
36
20

2
2
2

2
2
2

_

_

16

_

_

9

14
5

18
4

12

3

10

_

3

2

5

10
6

-

6

-

-

3

3

2
12

6

2

5

4

2

-

2

1

5

1

121

3
7

1

11
11
2

2
2
2

_
_
_
_
_
-

3
3
3
3
3
3
_
_
_
_
10
10
1

9

10
10

5
5
_
_
_
3
3

_
_
_
_

3
3
_
_

_
_
_
3
_
.
3
_
_
_
4
4

1
1

_
_
_
_
2
2

1
2

4
1

2

_
_
_

-

-

-

4

-

-

6

-

3

—

—

—

-

•-

—

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22
22

27
27

-

8
8

9
9

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

3

98
98

68
68

90
90

43
43

30
53
53

18
37
37

39
32
32

9
3
3

18
5
5

-

39
39

-

-

2

-

-

-

3
3

-

-

3
3

-

-

_

_

11
8

7
5

3

2

_

„
_
6
6

_
_
_
3
3

1
1

-

1

1

3
5

_
3
3
3
_
_
_
_
_

-

3
5
4
-

1

-

3
-

3

13
4
9

-

9

8
8

_
_

_

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

3
3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3
-

_

Table 19. Occupational earnings: Mississippi—Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

O ccupation and sex

Number
of
worker*

Average $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00
hourly - and
and
earning*
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o v e r

S elected occupations— Continued
Fin ish in g departm en t— Continued
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (in sp ect only)
(a ll w o m e n )____________________________
T i m e ___________________________
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w om en ) 3 b / ___________
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand (a ll w om en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )_______________
M isc ella n eo u s:
Jan itors (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )__ ________
M e n ____________________________
W om en ____________________________
R ep a irm en , sew in g m achine
(a ll m en) (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )__________
Shipping c le r k s (a ll m en)
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )_____________________
Stock c le r k s (su pply c le r k s )
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )___________________
M en ____________________________
W ork d istrib u to rs
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )____________ ______ ___
M en ______________________________ —
W om en -______________________ ___

1
2
3
4

-

-

13
13

3

2

4

9

12

6

3

7
7
-

13
13
-

3.30

-

-

10

3.47

-

-

24
17

2.74
2.89

-

-

189
48
141

2.28
2.27
2.28

14
14

22

$2 .2 0
2.14

12
8

184

2.40

47

188

2.39

62

72
55
17

2 .2 2
2 .2 1
2 .2 6

9

54

33

6

-

-

-

1
1

16

7

13

11

9

14

3

-

-

20

-

2
2

15

-

9

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4
-

-

-

24
14

9
3

18

10

6

44
5
39

2

-

6
12

15
5

-

5
-

-

-

-

-

12

16

13

12

13

6

4

3

1

1

5

21

3

9

9

9

3

2

6

3

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

6
6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

6

3

-

2

-

7

3

5

3

8

3

1

9

-

-

-

-

3

-

2

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

6
6

1
1

3
-

1
1

-

2
2

3
3

-

-

-

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

20

24

4

-

2
2

-

-

-

-

2
2

-

-

2
22

2
1
1

-

8
12

15
15

-

-

4
4

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

6

-

7
1
6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olidays, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a tely 82 p ercen t o f the production w o rk ers c o v e re d by the s u rv ey w e re paid on an incen tive ba sis.
W o r k e rs paid on a tim e and in cen tive basis w ere equally divided.
In su ffic ien t data to w a rra n t publication o f separate averages by m ethod o f w age paym ent; (a) predom in an tly tim e w o rk e rs , o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o r k e r s .
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in cla ssifica tio n in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.




Table 20. Occupational earnings: New York State
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

O ccupation and sex

Number
of
workers

A ll produ ction w o r k e r s -------------------------Men - ------- ---------------------------------------W o m e n --------------------------------------------

2, 390
498
1, 892

$2. 87
3.41
2. 73

372
40
332

21

2.25
4. 31
4.27
4. 59
2.62
2.97
2.91

9
.
_
16

Avenge $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00
hourly
eeroinge12 and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o ver
19
.
19

57
5
52

63
_
63

75
7

23

65

2

2

8

68

1
22

6

25

1

2

.

.
.
.
_
.

_
_
.
.

27

59

56
54

25

33

.
_
_

.
_
.

_
.
_
.

_
_
_
_
.

.
.
.
.
.
.

3
.
_
_
.

.
.

_
40
.
.
40

15
_
15

_

20
20
20
20
2

6

52
_
_
52
44

35
_
.
35
23

175
31
144

240
21

219

135
26
109

159
39
120

34
76

163
32
131

.
.
_
-

.
_
.
.

.
.
-

.
5
5
-

8
8

1
1
1

1
1

94

64

81
50
31

58
25
33

.
3
3

_
9

.

1

1
1

_
.

_
_

137
36

20

101

74

_

.

_

1
1
2

2
1

2
2

1
1

.
.
_
_
9
9

.

.
-

_

.

8

_

_

_

54

1

87

_
61

34
.
34

_
32
_
_
32
4
28
28
28
.
28
4
4
4

110

69
17
52

16

48

21

16
5

27
18
9

25
14

42
32

11

10

S elected occupations
Cutting ro o m :
A s s e m b le r s (a ll w om en)
(a ll tim e w o r k e r s )_____________________
C u tters, m achine (41 men, 1 wom an) T i m e ___________________________
M a rk e rs (a ll m e n )(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )- S p re a d e rs ----------------------------------------M en ----------------------------------------T i m e ___________________________
Sew ing departm ent:
C o lla r top tr im m e r s (a ll w om en ) 3b / -S ew ing-m ach ine o p e r a to r s 4 5
-------------M en ----------------------------------------In c e n tiv e ----------------------------W om en - ---------------------------------T i m e ...........................................
In c e n tiv e ----------------------------D re s s s h irts --------------------------------W o m e n -----------------------------------T i m e ___________________________
In c e n tiv e ----------------------------Sport s h i r t s --------------------------------W o m e n -----------------------------------T i m e ___________________________
In c e n tiv e ----------------------------U n d e rp r e s s e rs , hand
( 1 9 m en, 6 w om en)____________________
In c e n tiv e _______________________
Fin ish in g departm ent:
B a g gers and b o xers
(2 men, 84 w om en)-------------------------T i m e ---------------------------------F o ld e r s , garm en t, hand (a ll w om en) In c e n tiv e ----------------------------G arm ent re p a irm e n
(1 man, 6 w om en ) 3 a/---------------------In s p e c to rs , fin a l (in sp ect only)
(a ll w o m e n )(a ll t im e w o r k e r s ) _______
In sp e cto rs, fin a l
(and th rea d t r im m e r s )(a ll w om en ). _
T i m e ---------------------------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand (a ll w om en) -_
In c e n tiv e ----------------------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , machine
(3 men, 58 wom en) 3b/--------------------Th read tr im m e r s (a ll w om en ) 3 a/.-----M isc ella n eo u s:
Janitors (a ll men)
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )--------------------------Shipping c le r k s -------------------------------M en (a ll tim e w o rk e rs )-------------W ork d is tr ib u to rs ----------------------------W om en (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )--------1
2
3
4
5

42
38
9
41
26
21

7
1, 173
23
17
1, 150
402
748
703
689
121

568
393
384
281
103

2. 40
2. 76
3. 92
4. 39
2. 73
2.61
2.80
2. 77
2. 74
2. 73
2.74
2.77
2. 76
2.56
3. 30

2
2
1

1

1

181
.
_
181
14
167
158
158

13
.
.
13
.
13

46
.
46
25

12
12

6

_

152
13
13

12
1
1

8

_

21
21
21

.
21

18
20
20

9

8

13
.
13
4
9

11
11

15
15
7

11
11
2

4
7

30
_

30
17
13
15
15
4

12
12
12

-

.
.
16
.
16
7
9
11
11

_
_
1

_
_
3
90
.
_
90
31
59
41
41

8

9

11

12

37
37
37
_

2
2
2

13
13
13
.

23
23
23

4
7
5
5
3

_

2

19
7

_
.

_
.

.

_

_

_

.

_

_

_
_
.

_

9

_

8

.

.

_

12

29

5

1

25
25
25
.

2

_

25
15

80
2.75

7
7

.
_

.
.

.
_

_

86

2.60
2.52

1
1

.
.
_

_
.
_
_

2
2

.
.

_
_
.
.

6
6

.

.

_

_

5
5

_

-

-

-

-

_

.

1

_

2.

78
79
42

2 .8 8

13
13
7

3. 13

6

.
.

7

2.79

.

_

1
1

.

_

26
26

91
6

7
_
83
.
83
41
42
39
39
15
24
36
36

.
81
.

.
85
53
32
44
44
15
29
47
41
38
3

26
10

_
_

2
2

10

38
37
38

.
_
.

2

2
2
8
8

3

-

_

81
40
41
23
23
9
14
33
33
31

2
2

2
2

1
1

52
18
34
31
29

85
27
58
69
67
17
50
15
15

60
20

_
56
_
.
56
3
53
42
42

2

8

_
2

_
_

_
.

.
_
2

-

20
1

12
8
8

19
17
17

2

8

16
3
3
3

2

_
.

_
.

.
.

_
.

_
-

_
.

_

.
.
.

.

_
.
_

-

-

-

-

11

15

_

_

_

.

.

_

5
5

_
.

6
6

1

4

_

.

_

1
1

3
3

1
1-

2
1
1

.
_
4
4

2
2

.
_
3
3

6
6

2

_

_

-

1

-

-

_

-

3
_

_
_

.
.

11

.

.
2
1
22

12

_

_

5

9
5
5
4
.
4
5
.
.
.
4
4
4

5

2

2

-

1
1

2

_

17
17
17

_
.

_
_

20

10

_

42
14
14
3

_
6

-

8
11

10

19
19
19

_
10
10

12

40
42
42
13
29
19
18
7

32
17
17

_
2
2
2

1

4
4
.
4
.
.

.
.
_
.
2
2

_

.
10
1
1

9
2

7
2
2

10

56
6

4
.
4
9
4

.

.

2
8

4

7
2

_
-

5

_

.
.

.

1

.

1

-

-

-

-

-

6

-

-

-

5

-

-

10

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.
.
.
.

.
-

_
_
_
.

.
_

1
1
1
1

_
_

1

3
3

2
1

13
13

2
2

_
.
4
4

_

-

3
_
.
-

5
5

3
3

2
2

_
_
-

-

-

5
-

_
.
3
-

-

2
2

.
_
.

1
1

1
1

_
_
3
-

.

1
1

_
.
7
4

1
1

1
1

.
.

-

-

.

-

.

-

-

_

1

3

12

1

2

2

1

3

2

3

5

1

-

1

1

2

_

_

13

_

2

2

1
2

2

2

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

.
.

_

_
_

_
_

.
.

-

-

_

_

.

_
-

2
1

-

16

-

-

-

-

1
1

6

12

1
1

5

30

2.58

6

33
19
64
50

2.35
2. 30
3.01
3. 07

21
12

61

2 .90
2.40

16

21

37
44
40
80
62

. 81
3.79
3. 88
2.56
2.62

4

2

18

2
2
2

6

_
.
3
3
3

9
9

2

_
.

2
2

_
.

_
,

_

_

_

_

.

.

1

4

.

_
.

_
_

_
_

1

-

_

_
_

.

1

1

.

-

1

1

-

17
4

4
4

-

-

_

-

22
22

_

25
.
_

1
1

_

1
2
_

1
1

_

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10
10

2
2

8
8

2
2

8
8

7
7

-

_
-

2
2

1
1

9
9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Excludes prem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olidays, and late sh ifts.
A p p ro x im a tely 55 percen t o f the production w o rk ers c o vered by the su rvey w e re paid on a tim e basis.
A ll w o rk ers w e re at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80.
In su fficien t data to w a rra n t pu blication o f separate a verages by method o f wage paym ent; (a) predom in an tly tim e w o rk e rs o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o rk e rs .
Includes data fo r w o rk e rs in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep ara te ly.
W o rk e rs w e re d istrib u ted as fo llo w s : 5 at $ 5 to $ 5.20, and 1 at $ 5,40 to $ 5.60.




Table 21. Occupational earnings: North Carolina
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

O ccupation and sex

A ll production w o r k e r s ____________________
M e n _______________________________________
W o m en ___________________________________

Average $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 $5.20
hourly
earnings l and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3-60 $3-89 $4-99 $4-29 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 $5.20 o ver

Number
of
workers

8,

189
596
7,593

$2.37
2.96
2.33

146
127

2.27
2.27
2.24

25

2 .6 2

2

-

10

2.74
2.49
2.30
2.70
3.52
3.55
3.63
2.65
2.58
2.59
2.56

50
44
36
28

2.39
2.38
2.43
2.78

78
58

2.24
2.28

4,813
2 , 160
1,996

2.33
2.34
2.30

238
180
58
352
335

2.25

2592 245
8
73
2519 237

615
34
581

281
8

273

613
23
5 90

497
31
466

315
29
286

12

14
14
14

18
14

2

2 94

350
35
315

273
36
237

223

5

-

-

2
2

1
1

-

9
5
5
7
7
-

533
39
494

415

10
10
8

8
8

-

3
3
-

-

12

282

21

394

6

217

192
15
177

256
46

140
29

96

210

111

85

-

-

_

3
3
2

_

2

15
15

5
5

2

2

-

6
6
6
6

2
6
6
6

-

1

-

2

3
3
3

_
_
.

11

75
26
49

32
16

41
30

16

11

_
_
_

1
1

_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_

_
9
9

1

2
1
1

24
15
9

19

17
7

13

9

10

7

16
16
-

22

10

_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_

.

_
_
_

2

2

_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

_

2
2

_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

6

14
8

S e lected occupations
Cutting ro o m :
A s s e m b le r s --------------------------------------W o m en -----------------------------------T im e ----------------------------------C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s --------------M e n 2 a / ----------------------------------W o m en ____________________________
T im e ___________________________
In cen tive----------------------------C u tters, m achine (a ll m e n )--------------T im e ----------------------------------M a rk e rs (2 7 w om en , 4 m en) 2 a/-------S p r e a d e r s ----------------------------------------M en -------------------------- ----- ------ T im e ----------------------------------In cen tive----------------------------Sew ing departm en t:
C o lla r p o in t e r s --------------------------------W o m e n -----------------------------------In cen tive_______________________
C o lla r top t r im m e r s (a ll w om en) 2 b / ~
In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te
(in s p e c to rs o f p a rts)
(a ll w o m e n )-----------------------------------T im e ----------------------------------S ew in g-m a ch in e o p e ra to rs (a ll
wom en) (a ll in cen tive
w o r k e r s ) 3 ------------------ ----- -------------D re ss s h irts --------------------------------Sport s h irts ---------------------------------Fin ish in g departm en t:
B a g gers and b o x e rs (a ll w om en )-------T im e ------------------- --------------In cen tive----------------------------F o ld e r s , ga rm en t (a ll w o m e n )---------In cen tive-----------------------------Hand (a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )- ...... —
M a ch in e---------------------------------------In cen tive ----------------------------G arm ent re p a irm e n (a ll w om en )-------T im e ----------------------------------In s p e c to rs , fin a l (in sp ect only)
(a ll w om en) 2 a / ------------------------------In s p e c to rs , fin a l (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w om en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s ) —----------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand
(a ll w om en) 2 b / ------------------- ----------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m achine
(a ll wom en) (a ll in cen tive
w o r k e r s )----------------------------------------T h rea d tr im m e r s ( a l l w om en) 2 b/.......

112

35
18
17
9
8

63
54
31
109
102

92

2 .1 6

2.55
2.47
2.49
2.47
2.46
2.51
2.18

21

17

5
5
5
-

24
22
22

9
9
9

2
2

7
7
-

12

8
8
6
2
2

-

-

2

-

-

-

7
7
7
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2

-

2

2
2
2

19
19
17

-

3
3
3
-

1
1

3
3
3
-

2
2

6
6

-

5

7
4
4

12
12
12

2

1

-

-

4
4
4
-

17
17
17
-

12
12
10
2

-

9
7
7
9

6
6
6

6
6
6

7
7

2
2

3
3
3
-

-

_

4

-

2
2
2

-

4
4
4
-

3

-

3

-

1

_
_
-

10

-

17

3

8

1

5

8
8

3
3

3
3

22

11

4
4

1620 135
904 63
544 72

369
80

182
80

278
44
107

149
54
81

197
77
98

305
128
113

223
104
81

172
80
77

131
49
55

116
64
28

139
74
43

62

88

328
134
181

287

261

33
14

21

15
13

39
23

20
12
8

9
7

7

26
26
36
36
29
7
7

3
3
17
17
13
4
4

_
30
30
19

_
-

_
18
18

_
_
19
19

4
_
4

12

2

12

2

3
3

1
2
2

2
2

2
2

-

-

8
10
10
1
1

16

6
6

18
18
5
9
9

3
3

11
11

11
11
6
1
1

-

_

_

2

2

4

55
54
1

67
57
33
31

12
10
2
6
6

34
31
3
15

2

-

1

1

2
10
10
6

16

2
2

30
27

4
4

23
23
18
5
5

1
1
1

2

3

1
6

19

110

126

5

2

2




1
2
2
2
2

9
9
9
1
1

1

_

_
_
1
1
1

_

59
32

_

_
2

3
-

_
_
_
.

_
_
_
_

1
1
1

_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_

1
1
1
6

_
_
_
_

33
28
_

4
4
_

6
6

4
4
_

4
4

4
4

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_

_
_

2
2

1
1
1
1

_
_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_

2
2

_
_
_
_
_
_
_

_

_
_

_

_

_
_
_
_
_
_
_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_
_

_
_

_

_

_

_

_

1

3

_

1

2 .1 6

2
2

10
6

7
7

24

2.46

6

-

-

-

3

1

1

-

2

1

-

1

7

1

1

_

_

_

_

_

330

2.32

109

26

9

6

43

13

4

7

19

15

25

13

7

9

17

5

3

_

_

_

11

13
10

2
2
6
2

5

196

2.26

79

6

16

6

21

15

8

3

10

5

4

6

7

1

3

1

1

_

4

_

_
_

97
13

2.87
2.43

6

-

-

-

2

2

8

5

8
1

8

10

6

5

3

3

1

4

5

_

4

12
1

4

3

1

1

1

1

6

1
1
1

22
22

7

6

_
-

6
6

4

_
_
_

2
2
2

9
9

21

4
4
3

_
_
_
_

1

11

132
115
70
62

11
11

_
4
3
4
_
_
_
_

_

_

3
3

200

11

9
9
7

1
1

3
3
3
_

23
23
16
7
7
3
3

'

See footnotes at end of table.

3

2
2

_

_
_
_
_
_
_

Table 21. Occupational earnings: North Carolina—Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

O ccupation and sex

Number
of
workers

Average
hourly
earnings1

$ 2 .0 0

$ 2 .0 5 $ 2 .1 0

$ 2 .1 5

$ 2 .2 0

$ 2 .2 5

$ 2 .3 0

$ 2 .3 5

$ 2 .4 0

$ 2 .5 0

$ 2 .6 0

$ 2 . 1 0 $ 2 .1 5

$ 2 .2 0

$ 2 .2 5

$ 2 .3 0

$ 2 .3 $

$ 2 .4 0

$ 2 .5 0

$ 2 .6 0

$ 2 .7 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

$ 4 .0 0

$ 4 .2 0 $ 4 .4 0

$ 4 .8 0

$ 5 .0 0

$ 5 .2 0

$ 2 ,2 0

$ 3 .6 0 $ 3 .8 0 $ 4 . 0 0

$ 4 i2 Q

$ 4 . 4 0 $ 4 ,6 ,0 $ 4 ,8 .0 .$ 5 ,0 .0

$ 5 -2 0

o ver

$ 4 .6 0

and
under
$ 2 .0 5

and
$ 3 -9 0

$ 3 .0 0

S elected occupations— Continued
M isc ella n eo u s:
Janitors (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )---------------M e n ________________________________
W o m en ____________________________
R ep a irm en , sew in g-m ach in es
(a ll m en) 23a/-------------------------- —......
Shipping c le r k s (a ll t im e w o r k e r s ).......
M e n ________________________________
W o m en ____________________________
W ork d is trib u to rs -----------------------------M en (a ll tim e w o r k e r s )___________
----- ---------------------------W om en
T im e ___________________________

1
2
3

2

61

$ 2 .1 5

18

8

15

2

3

7

9

6

13

2

3

7

2

-

1

2 .1 7

-

3

47

3

-

-

2

-

14

2 .0 7

9

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

4

3

2

4

4

-

4

~

2

4

4

-

3

3

-

-

6

10

"

11

6

2

1

6

-

10

-

-

-

2

73

4 .3 0

-

38

2 .8 8

2

5

-

-

-

29

1
-

1

3 .0 1

1

-

2

3

9

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

212

2 .4 9
2 .2 1

43

10

38

17

28

17

21

5

37

2 .2 6

8

2

3

-

7

-

6

2

2

175

2 .2 0

35

8

35

17

21

17

15

3

9

5

163

2 .2 1

32

8

32

11

21

17

15

3

9

5

-

-

“

-

-

"

~

7

4

2

2

"

6

3

~

■

-

■

"

6

3

“

“

-

_
-

-

“

"

“

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

"

-

■

_

■

■

"

■

"

-

-

-

"

■

"

9

8

6

8

6

6

9

4

"

■

"

“
~

"

_
-

-

-

-

-

10

Excludes p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on weekends, holidays, and late sh ifts. A p p rox im a tely 82 percen t o f the production w o rk ers c o vered by the study w ere paid on an incentive basis.
In su fficien t data to w a rra n t pu blication o f sep arate a verag es by method o f w age paym ent; (a) predom in an tly t im e w o rk e rs , o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o rk e rs .
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep ara tely.




Table 22. Occupational earnings: Pennsylvania
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts)
and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)

Occupation and sex

A l l produ ction w o r k e r s ____________________
M e n ------------------------------------------------W o m e n __________________________________

Num­
ber
of
w ork­
ers

A verage
$2 .0 0 $2.05 C I O $2.15
hourly
and
e a rn ­
under
ings 1
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0

9, 839 $2.94
1, 255
3.29
8 , 584
2.89

824
110

714

Num ber of w o rk ers r e c e iv in g s tra ig h t-tim e h ou rly earn in gs of—
$2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 C 3 5 $2l40 $2.45 $2.50 $2 .b 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $5.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80" $5.00
and
$2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o ver

302
9
293

135

151
7
144

323
5
318

195

129

183

136
7
129

150
13
137

291
17
274

173
9
164

557
41
516

894
61
833

684
72
612

583
46
537

521
40
481

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

_

-

3

4

3

1

16

6

12

71
819

861
194
667

9

-

890

430
49
381

321
74
247

256
74
182

149
60
89

150
34
116

78
32
46

40
9
31

123
33
90

11
6

15

8
6

2
2

2
2

-

-

-

2
2

6

8

5

7
3
4

_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_

2

2
2

_
_
_
4
4
-

622

170
452

S elected occupations
Cutting ro o m :
A s s e m b le r s _____________________________
T im e _____________________ _____
W o m e n ___________________________
T i m e --------------------------------In cen tive---------------------------C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e ra to rs ___________
M e n ---------------------------------------T im e __________________________

83
30
18
53
28
25
49
37
17

11

3.25
3,65
3.30
3.02
2.99
3.06
4.02
4.18
3.88
3 54
3 08
4.11
4.13
4.14
4.09
4.09
4.12
3.95
3.42
3.43
3.27
3.37
3.37

55
37
34

3.00
2.64
2.64

_

1

2
2

3
3

55
117

2.76
2.67

3
8

5, 133
32
5, 101

2.90
2.53

420
3
417

188

1, 727
1, 724
1, 474
19
1, 455
15

205
205
69
3

11

2.82
2.82
2.91
2.42
2.91
2.91
2.89

71
58

2 .9 2

2.94

2
2

4
4

_
-

1
1

5
5

_
-

1
1

1
1

2
2

1
1

5
5

10
1

5
4

1
1

3
3

221

2.79

4

5

5

7

1

5

64

1

2

2

5

-

5

21

55

41
40

22
22

3.13
3.03
3.37
2.79
2.51
2^89
2.84
2.80

3

3

3

2

-

1

3
-

2
1

-

30

2 .6 6

-

2

158
63
259
131
82
46
54
51
39

_
_

5

1

12

14

7
3
4
14

5

-

5

12

C u tters, m a c h in e ---------------------------M e n ______________ ________________
T im e __________________ ______
In cen tive______________________
____________
M a r k e r s _________________
M e n _______________________________
T im e . ________________________
S p r e a d e r s _______________________________
M e n _______________________________
T im e ---------------------------------W o m e n ___________________________
T im e __________________________
Sew ing dep artm en t:
C o lla r p o in ters (a ll w om en ) 3 b/______
C o lla r top t rim m e r s (a ll w om en )____
In cen tive______________________
In s p e c to rs , in te rm e d ia te (in sp ecto r
o f p a rts ) (a ll w om en )
( a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )______________
L o a d e rs , m achine (a ll w om en ) 3 b/___
S ew in g-m a ch in e o p era to rs
(3 m en, 5, 130 w o m e n )4...
T im e __________________________
In cen tive______________________
D re s s sh irts
(2 m en, 1, 725 w om en )___________
In c e n t iv e _____________________
S port sh irts (a ll w o m e n )___________
T im e __________________________
In cen tive____________ ______ —
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , hand (a ll w om en )____
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , m a c h in e _____________
W om en (a ll in cen tive w orkers)..
Fin ish in g dep artm en t:
B a g g ers and b o x e rs (a ll w om en )_____
T im e ---------------------------------In cen tive---------------------------F o ld e r s , ga rm en t (a ll w o m e n )--------Hand 3 b/______________________ ______
M achine (a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )__
G arm en t re p a ir m e n ___________________
W o m e n ___________________________
T im e __________________________

See footnotes at end of table,




93
86

59
27
48
45
31
125
108
68

17

2 .9 0

5
3
3
2

_

_

1

_

1

_

_

_

_

3

2

-

_

1

-

1

_

_

-

-

1
2

_

1

4
4
-

]i

_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_
_
_
-

_
_
_
_
-

1
1
1

_
_
-

_
_
_
3
3
3
-

_
_
_
1
1

2
2
2

_
_

_

2
2

1

4
»
_

3
-

-

2

2
2
2

5
4
4

3
3
3

>
_
_
4
3
3

2
2
2

_
_
11
11

1
1
1

_
_
_
_
1
1
1

8

3
3
5
3

2

_
2

17
15
13

2
2
1
1

4

_
15
7
3

1
1
1

53
45
43

3
3

8
2

8
8

-

_
_
_
4
4
-

9

7

4

1
1

3
-

4

2
2

2
2

2

_
1
1

1
1

_
1
1

_
13
13
9
-

4
13

8

4

2
2

_
_
_
7
7

-

1

2

4
4
4

1
1
1

_
_
_

27
21

19
2

_
-

-

_
_
_
2
2

-

2

14
14
13
1
20
20

13
12
10
2

10
10
8
2
2
2
2
6
6

12
12

-

3
9

5
5
3
2

_
_
_
26
6

-

_
_
_
_
-

16
_
-

7
7
7
4
4
_
-

1
1

-

-

-

_
-

-

-

3
4

-

2

2

-

2

4

-

-

-

-

2
2

1

2
2

_
2
2

_
2
2

-

2
1
1

-

-

1

5

1
1

3
-

1

1
1

-

4
4

1
1

10

1

4

4

1

2

7

9

9
9

1

1

-

3

6

9

-

5

4
-

_

18

2

5

57
_
57

78
5
73

233
_
233

64
_
64

82
_
82

106
_
106

192
_
192

122

336
7
329

342
3
339

292

297

455

263

250

154

125

56

66

21

19

49

1
296

318
4
314

548

8

548

455

263

250

154

125

56

66

21

19

49

116
116
23

41
41

40
40
27
27
-

37
37
95
_
95
-

31
31
53
_
53
-

90
90
114
3

220
220
121

171
171
131

55
55
134

84
84
76

52
52
43

31
31
34

21
21

5
5
5

12
12

15

14

4
4

68

127
127
54

5
63
-

1

1

95
-

53
-

121

131
3

134
-

76
-

43

-

19
19
30
30
-

78
78
123
123

-

17
17
33
_
33
-

79
79
96

_

64
64
78
_
78

98
95

1
22

30
30
30
5
25
-

34
-

15
-

14
-

_
-

5
-

7
-

4
3

15
14

3
3

4
4

_
-

_
-

_
-

>
-

-

5
_

1
1

-

3
_
3
9
9
-

_

6

2

1

187

1
1

6

5

.
-

4

6

1

-

-

1
1

1

_
-

_

“

7

8

_
4
4

12
10
2

16
9
7
_

_
_
_
_
_
_
5
5
3
-

1
1

66
2
2

1
1

_
_

_
_
_
-

2
2

1

_
_

3
2
1
2

1
1
8

"

2
1

“

2
2

1

5

5

4
-

3

1

2

"

“

1

_
122

1

1

9
7

1

“

“

_
-

1
1
1

5
4
4

5
■ 5

111
1

9
29
9
4
16
5
5
4

284

37
11

10

14

8
2

12

4

17
17
15

10
10

5
5

9

1

4

4
4
4
3
4
_
4
14
9
5
3
3
3

-

1

2
2

11

_
19
15
4

7
3
4

_
_
4
4
_

1
1

4
3

_
_

_
_

1
1

■

2

-

-

5

37
26

5

5
_
_
_

7

7

_
4

1

_

_

6

6

2

8
8

3
3
-

-

_
_

_
-

-

"

“

■

_

2
2
1

Table 22. Occupational earnings: Pennsylvania—Continued
(N u m ber and a v e ra g e s tra ig h t-tim e h o u rly earn in gs 1 o f w ork ers in selected occupations in m en 's and b o ys' sh irts (ex cep t w ork sh irts)
and n igh tw ea r m anu facturing esta b lish m en ts, June 1974)
Num ber o f w o rk e rs re c e iv in g stra ig h t-tim e h ou rly earn in gs of—
O ccupation and sex

b er
age $2 .0 0
T o n T O O $5.O0
$3.00 T O ^ l T O n T O O w
T O $4.20 r a
TO n
$ 0 5 $2 .1 0 $2715" $2 .2 0 $2.25 - U T S S - $ 0 5 T O o $ 0 5 - $ O o T 2 O
h ou rly
of
3 .n d
w o r k ­ ea rn ­
under
ers
ings 1 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $ 2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o ver

S elected occupations— Continued
F in ish in g dep artm en t— Continued
In s p e c to rs , fin a l (in sp ect only)
(a ll w o m e n )____________________________
T im e __________________________
Tn rpntivp
.....
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w om en )
.. .
Jnrpntive
P r e s s e r s finish, hand
......
W o m e n ____________________________
In cen tive-----------------------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m achine
...
(1 man
62 w nm 'm )
.
In cen tive
T h rea d trim m e r s
(1 man
79 w om en )
__
T im e
.
__ ____
In cen tive
__
M isc e lla n e o u s :
Janitors (a ll tiin pw n1’^ p“rR)

27
19
8

_
_
_

210

2 .8 6

199
263
260
254

2.87
3.18
3.18
3.18

5
5
28
28
28

63
57

3.53
3.62

_

2

3

_

2
1

2

_
_

_

1

1

-

5
5
5
2
2

1
1

-

-

1
1

1
1

_
-

_
_
-

12
12
11

8
8
8

10
10
10

_

_

1
1

_

_

4

3.14
2.82
3.21

1
1

_

_

2

3

1

4

77

4
4
_

3

1

_

1
1

_
_

3

1
1

17

2.60
2.64
2.45

1

_

103
45
35
58
54
173
46
127

4.16
3.60
3.66
3^00
3.02
2.80
3.11
2.69

2
1

_

_
_
_
_

1
2

»

-

1

6
6

_
_
_

2
2
1
1

_

14
10
10

9

7

1
1

_

_

_

1

-

3
3
_

4
4
.

1
1

19
9

6

-

10

3

1
6

9

1

1

1

3
3

1

18
15
3
20

6
6

3

14
14
4
4
4

7
7

2

3
3
4
4
4

7
7

_

8
8
10
10
10

7
7

_

1
1
2
2
2

2
2

9
9

80
15
65

60

yeomen
_ _____________
R ep a irm en , sew in g m achines
(a ll m e n ) 4 a /
. .
Shipping c le r k s (44 m en, 1 w om an)---T im e ----------------------------------Stock c le r k s (su pply e l e r k s ) - ..
M en (a ll tim e w o rk e r s)
W'ork d istrib u to rs
__ ___________
Men ^ a /
__ ______________
W om en (a ll tim ew o rV ers). ...

$2.55
2.60
2.42

_

l

_

16
_
16

_
_
_

1
1
1

_
1

_

_

_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_

1
1
2

_
2

_
19
3
16

3
3
49
1

48

1
1

17
14
11
11
11
6

-

2
1
1
1

14
14
5
5
5
4
4

-

-

-

-

-

“

-

~

“

~

~

9
9

12
12
21
21
21

19
19
18
18
18

6
6
22
22
22

4
3

10
10
8

31
31
29
26
24

6
6
6

6
6
12
12
12

2
2
10
10
10

7
7
7

“

■
7
7
7

2
2

3
3

8
8

4
4

7
7

9
9

2
2

1
1

6
6

3
3

-

2

“
-

3
3

3
“
3

7
3
4

2

5

6

9

-

1

-

2

4

6

1
8

10
10

5
5

5
5

5
5

3
3

3
3

10
1

6
1

9

5

-

-

“
-

i
i
12
12
12

2

“
-

1
1
1
2
2

1
1
1
8
8
12

16

-

-

12

16

2

1

3
15
14

4
4
3
3
15
9

1

6

12
12
10

25
25
13
9
4

5

4

5

10
2

2
2
2
2

6
6

4
4
10
8
2

4
1

3

-

16
4
4
-

14
3
3
-

-

16

13
“

10
1
1

;

1
1

-

-

-

-

5

E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r
o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on weekends, h olidays, and la te sh ifts. A p p ro x im a te ly 78 percen t o f
the production w o rk e rs c o v e re d by the s u rv ey w e re paid on an in cen tive b a
W o r k e rs w e re d istrib u ted
as
fo llo w s :
4 at $ 5 to $5.20;
and 2 at $5.20 to $5.40.
In su ffic ien t data to w a rra n t pu blication o f separate a vera g es by m ethod o f w age paym ent; (a) predom in an tly tim e w o rk e rs , o r (b) p redom in an tly in cen tive w o r k e r s .
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s
in
cla s s ific a tio n in addition to
those shown sep a ra te ly.
W o r k e rs w e r e distrib u ted
as
fo llo w s :
5 at $ 5 to $5,20;
2 at $5.20 to $5.40; 8 at $5.40 to$5.60; and1at $6,20
to $6.40.




Table 23. Occupational earnings: South Carolina
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work sh irts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

O ccupation and sex

A l l production w o r k e r s
Men
W om en

....

_ ....

...

Number
of
workers

Arerage $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 1 5 M
hourly
earnings1 and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o ver

5, 952
510
5,442

$2.39
2.79
2.35

98
59
39
34

2.41

1911 158
78
5
1833 153

352
39
313

213
18
195

318
16
302

358
38
320

227
9
218

199
18
181

228
19
209

232
19
213

359
22

20

2 38

172
23
149

179
19

337

258

160

5
5
3
3
3
-

11
11

4
3

6
6

1
1

4
4
-

9
7

2
2

-

1

-

2

-

1

1

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
-

4
4
3
3
3
-

125

31
13
18

16

17

14

5

8

15

12

11

1

1

5

3

4

5
3

22
16
6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
1

2
2

1
1

-

-

_
-

_
-

1

2

1

-

-

3
3

-

-

3
33
_
-

135
19
116

110
22
88

40

113

265
30
235

2

3

5

6

5

2
6
6

3
-

5
-

6

5

5
4

2
1

-

4

1
1

12

11

29

S e lected occupations
Cutting ro o m :
A s s e m b le r s (a ll w om en)
T im e
_ ___
In cen tive
C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e ra to rs
M en
_ ....... _. _
T im e ... __ ....
In cen tive
...
_
W o m en 2
C u tters, m achine (a ll m en)
T im e
._ ...______
In cen tive
M a rk e rs
M en fa ll tim e w o rk e rs )
W om en 4 b/
S p rea d ers
... ...
.
......
M en
. _
_ ...
T im e
In cen tive
Sew ing departm en t:
C o lla r p o in ters (a ll w om en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )
C o lla r top tr im m e r s (a ll w om en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )
....... ._ . ...
In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te
(in sp ecto rs o f p a rts)
(a ll w om en) 4 a /
.
L o a d e rs , m ach in e (a ll wom en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )
S ew in g-m ach in e o p era to rs (a ll
w om en) (a ll in cen tive
w orkers) 5 . . . .
D re ss sh irts
....... ....... .
... .
Sport s h ir t s ...
U n d e r p r e s s e r s , m achine (a ll
w om en) (a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )
Fin ish in g dep artm en t:
B a g gers and b o xe rs (a ll w om en) .. __
T im e ___________________________
In cen tive
........... ................
F o ld e r s , ga rm en t (a ll wom en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s ) .
Hand
M a c h in e ....................
. . . .
G arm ent re p a irm e n (a ll w om en)
(a ll tim e w o rk e rs )
In s p e c to rs , fin a l (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w om en)
fa ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )

2 .2 1

27
13
14

-

-

6

6

4
4
-

4
4
-

5
5
-

2
2

1
1
1

8
8
8

-

-

-

4
4
4
-

4

-

-

2

2

-

5

-

4

-

5

-

-

1

-

2

9

-

3

6

6

21

-

17

5

14

12

4

1232
588
643

76
32
44

124
62

81
14
67

193
74
119

165
40
125

69
62
37
25

2.70
2.98
3.25
2.67
3.58
2.50
3.52
2.96
4.43
3.33
3.50
3.10
2.73
2.77
2.32
3.44

43

2.26

12

4

8

30

2.63

4

1

56

2.47

6

138

2.45

3, 342
1,433
1,907

2.36
2.37
2.35

22
8

14
12

29
18
11

23
13
10

2

2

62

3
3
-

1

-

1

-

2
2
2

6
6
6

1
1
1

-

1
1

-

-

-

1

7

2

-

-

2

2

-

-

2

-

2

-

-

1

2

3

3

4

2

4

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

4

4

11

6

12

2

1

7

114
35
79

95
30
65

143
75

116

241
83
158

171
76
95

87
40
46

111

56
55

80
46
34

2

2

2
1
1

-

68

34
82

-

3
3
4
4
4

9
9
3
3
7
7

1

1
1

2
2

-

-

_
-

1
1

1
1

4

1

1

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

.

-

9

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

5

-

6

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

160
63
97

62
27
35

47
31
16

11
8

17
7

1

3

10

1

4
4
_

3
3

4
4
_

_
_
_

4
4
_

2

_

_

_

_

_
_

_

_
_
_

-

3
3

2

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

2

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

2
2

3
3
7
7

2
1

4
4

7

1

1

3
3

39

2.25

12

3

7

-

3

3

-

3

-

-

-

3

3

-

1

-

1

2.25
2.15
2.44

48
29
19

4

31
31
-

1
1

5
5
-

13

4

1

11

8

2

2

8

2
2

-

-

2

3
5

-

-

9

1

2

2

-

1

12
1

2
2

_

225
152
73

2.42
2.35
2.56

5
5

21

9

17

8

8
1

12

17
17

10
6

5

-

3
5

15
5

-

17
4

2
2

10

-

25

5

1

-

4

-

6

179

8

3

2

2

1

-

49
36
13

2
2

14

-

3

19
14
5

2.35

1

-

4

2

2

-

2 .2 1

97

9

5

7

1

25

11

-

-

1

8

10

6

5
5

-

9
3

4

6

6

5

2

4

6

7
3
4

2

6
6

-




2
1
1

1
1

-

2

2

1

1

-

_
-

1
1

_

1

*

See footnotes at end of table.

2

_
-

1
1

143
96
47

2
2

-

2
2

Table 23. Occupational earnings: South Carolina—Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

$3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00
Avenge $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40
hourly
earnings 1 and
and
under
M M $5.00 o ver
M A Q . M M
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2 >90,j $3.00 $a>aa $3-10 m m . $3.,SQ .fcLQfl
i

O ccupation and sex

Number
of
worker*

0
^

1

S elected occupations— Continued
F in ish in g dep artm en t— Continued
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand ( a ll w om en)
(a ll in cen tiv e w o r k e r s )_______________
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m achine
(a ll w om en ) (a ll in cen tive
w n rk srs)
_ __________________
M isc e lla n e o u s :
Janitors (a ll Hrnpwnrlcprs)
M e n __________________________ _____W om en ____________________________
R ep a irm en , sew in g-m ach in es
(a ll m en) (a ll tim #»w r»rk«rs)
_. Shipping c le r k s (a ll m en)
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )_____________________
Stock c le r k s (su pply c le r k s )
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )_____________________
Wnmsn
- - _____
W ork d istrib u to rs (175 w om en ,
4 m en) (a ll tim e w o rk e rs )
_______

1
2
3
4
5
6

209

$2.40

92

6

72

2.58

10

2

51
35

2 .1 2

19

2.17

6

16

2 .0 2

13

53

4.30

.
-

5

15
12

4

3
3

.

.

2

_

_

-

-

-

5

10

5

6

10

9

7

3

4

11

2

10

8

4

4

2

6

6

2

4

2

8

6

6

4

2

2

6

2

2
2

5
5

_

1
1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.

_

_

-

_

1

-

4

1
2

_
-

6
6

_
_

_
_

_
_

1

3
3

2
1

2

1
1

10

3

23

_

_

3

_

_

_

_

.

_

-

-

-

-

"

3

.

.
.

.
_
1

-

2
2

7

20

.

13

3.31

19
9

2.42
2.32

-

-

.
-

179

2.19

49

7

29

_
_

-

8

20

1

3

-

-

3

4

3

-

1

6

9

9

-

4

-

-

-

2

2

3

2

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

1

6 11
5
4
3
2
1

Exclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olidays, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a tely 80 percen t o f the production w o rk ers c o vered by the su rvey w e re paid on an in cen tive basis.
W o r k e rs paid on a tim e and in cen tiv e b a sis w e re equ ally divided.
W o r k e rs w e re d istrib u ted as fo llo w s : 2 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; and 1 at $5.40 to $ 5.60.
In su fficien t data to w a rra n t pu blication o f sep arate a verag es by method o f w age paym ent; (a) predom in an tly t im e w o rk e rs , o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o rk e rs .
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
W o rk e rs w e re d istrib u ted as fo llo w s : 2 at $ 5 to $ 5.20; 3 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; 5 at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80; and 1 at $ 6 to $ 6.20.




Table 24. Occupational earnings: Tennessee
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Number
of
worker!

Occu pation and sex

A ll produ ction w o r k e r s
M en
W om en
. .

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

Average $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2 i40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60
hourly
and
earning! l
and
undei
$2.05 $2 . 1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 o v e r

13,334
1,356
11, 978

$2.44
2.67
2.41

24 542

158
25
1 ft
7
133
84
49
54
47
25

2.53
2.26
?.,?3
2.33
2.58
2.35
2.97
3.02
3.06
3.06
3.05
2.76

33
7
3
4
26

272
4270

430
28
402

435
41
394

8
1

2
1

468
37
431

438 493
56
42
396 437

467
50
417

413
46
367

785
94
691

68 8

398

430
33
397

104
584

594
61
533

484
49
435

332
19
313

3
-

-

10

7
-

17
3

-

31
-

4
-

_
7
7
3
4

_
31
27
4

_
4
2
2

2

1

-

-

-

486
88

317
29
288

2 63
37

265
18
247

167
36
131

277
56

226

2

1

-

_

3
_

_

2

_

_

2

1

_
_

3

_
_

_
-

3
_
_

_
_

22 1

172
32
140

31
9

53
28
25

130
24

122

106

68

52
13
39

22

1

2
1

_
_

_
_

1
1

_
_

_
_

2

1

_

_

2

3

1
1
1

1
1

3
3

54

S elected occupations

Cutting room :
A s s e m b le r s
M en _

........

........

_ __
_ _

In cen tive ...... ...
W om en .. .
T i m e ___________________________
In cen tive
C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e ra to rs
M en ...
T i m e ___________________________
In c e n t iv e _____________________ _
W om en 3 b/
C u tters, m ach in e (111 m en,
.... ..
........
5 w om en )
T i m e ___________________________
In c e n t iv e .......... .
M a rk e rs (a ll tim e w o rk e rs )
M en
._ _____
.
___ _ __
W om en ____________________________
S p rea d ers ............. .........
..
....................
.... .
M en
T im e
In cen tive __ ______
W om en 3 b/
Sew ing dep artm en t:
C o lla r p o in ters (a ll w o m e n )___________
..........
In cen tive
_
C o lla r top tr im m e r s (76 w om en,
..............
2 m en) 3 h/
In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r
o f p a rts) Tall w om en )
T im e .................
..... .
In c e n t iv e ______________________
S ew in g-m a ch in e o p e ra to rs 5 ___________
W om en
In c e n t iv e ______________________
D re ss sh irts (a ll in cen tive
w ork ers)
_.
W o m en ____________________________
N ie h tw ea r (a ll w om en) 3 h/
Sport sh irts (2, 982 w om en,
3 m en) (a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s )___
U n d e rp re s s e rs , hand
(a ll w om en) 3 h/
U n d e rp r e s s e rs , m achine
M en (a ll in cen tiv e w o r k e r s ) ____
W om en 3 b/

See footnotes at end of table.




26

4
1

7
6
1

2
1

1

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

1
1
1

6
2
2

-

_
4

4
4

3
3

2

2

6

27
25

6
262

2

3
3
-

. 4
4
4
-

-

2

4
4

2.47
2.49

39
33

6
6

5
3

78

2.32

31

1

158
65
93

8

7, 688
7, 669
7, 529

2.36
2.29
2.41
2.39
2.39
2.40

3, 672
3, 656
1,014

2.44
2.44
2.47

1220

162

1214
404

2, 985

2.31

1302

36

2.25
2.59
2.84
2.54

13
25
4

-

21

1

7

160

3.16
2.99
3.48
2.95
2.97
2.89
2.63

146
103
43
14

2.43
3.21
2.37

116

76
40
59
45
14

2 .6 6

2

2

36
34
34
-

1

1
6
6

3
3
-

3
3
2

-

5
2

_
2
2
2

-

_
10
6

4
3
3

_
7
6
1
1
1

1

14
2
12

-

-

-

5
5
3
3

10
10
10

8
8

7

-

1

1

1

-

-

-

-

3
-

1
1

3
3

1
1

6
6

3
3

3

3

5

7

4

3

15

5

6

1
2

8

1
1
1

7
_

_

_

_

_

2

7

1

7

1
6
6
6

2

_

3

3
-

1
1

-

9
1

4
4
4
-

1
8

14
9

_
3
3
3
3
3
-

1

-

22

9
9

y

5
2
2

15
13

1

3
3
3
3
-

5
5
4

1
1

-

11
11
8

1

-

2

3
3
-

9
5
4
17
15
2
8
8
6
2

1
1

1

8

14

7

11

1

3

4

1
1

-

4

2
2

3
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

2
2
2

1

_

2

_

_

1

1
1

_

1
1

_

5

2

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

14
14
14

7
7
7

4
6

6

1
1

3

_

_

-

9

_
_
_

11
8

_

15

7

2

11
8

1
2

5
5

6

1

23

1

7
5

10

1

_

2
2

-

1

-

_
_

3
3

4

4

-

_
_
_
_

_

6
6

3

5
5

2

2

_

6

6
6

1

2
1

5
_

3
3

2
2

_
_

_

2

_

-

2
1
1
1

_

2

-

2
2

4
4
5
5
-

-

_

6

-

4
2
2
2

9
9
3

5

5
3

2
2

5
_
45
_
_
_
3
3
_
3
_

2
2

4
4
4
4
4
-

2
2
6

4
3

2
6

_

1
2
2

13
13
12
1

2

3
2
2

2
2

_
2

5
5
4
1

3
7
7

1
1

1
1

8
6
6

2

_

_

1

_

2

_

_

114
102

100

16
84

z \

20

2929
2 920

2780

5
3
283
283
283

258
258

257
257
257

162
21

140
136
19

158
158
18

99

100

79

_
-

7
193 299
191 299
191 299

266
2 66
266

151
114 151

153
153

1

2

4
250
250
2 50

4
265
263
263

4
190
190
190

428
428
428

9
360
3 60
360

126
124
25

90
90
14

157
157
60

179
179
37

161

144

12
11

6

9
219
219
219

209
209
209

182

182
182

137
137
137

163
163
163

72
72
72

129
129
129

86
86
86

69
69
69

33
33
33

21
21
21

99
99
36

95
95
38

81
81
24

98
98
30

43
43
14

89
89
28

55
55
26

49
49
4

21
21

56

87
87
51

145

81

74

49

32

35

15

12

5

3

1
2

1

1

1

-

_

_

_

_

2
2

3

2

1

1

1

3
_
3

365
3 63
363

20

22

113
113
31

56 126

91

105

112

86

209

8
11
2

3
5

3
7

-

-

7

3

3

-

-

9

5

7

1
6

1
2

1
2

116
21

7

-

-

1

1

4

8

1

-

-

2
1
1

1
1

1

-

-

-

3

8

1

1

-

-

163

6

11
11

9
9

9

4

2

7
7
_

16

3

6

3

_

2

3
3

1

_
_

2

_

_

2

1

_

2

Table 24. Occupational earnings: Tennessee—Continued
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

O ccupation and sex

Number
of
worker!

Average
hourly
earning*1

$2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60
and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2 .6 0 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 o ver

S e lected occupations— Continued
F in ish in g dep artm en t:
B a g g e rs and b o x e rs ..
M en _
T im e
W om en.
T im e
In cen tive
_
_
F o ld e r s , garm en t (a ll w om en )
_ _
Hand (a ll w om en ) ....
.....
In c e n t iv e __________________________
M ach ine (a ll w om en ) (a ll
in cen tiv e w o r k e r s ) _______________
Hand and m ach in e (a ll w om en )
(a ll in cen tiv e w o r k e r s ) _____________
. G a rm en t re p a irm e n (a ll
w om en ) 3 a/ ---------- -----------------------------In sp e cto rs,- fin a l (in sp ect o n ly)
(a ll w om en ) 3 b/
In s p e c to rs , fin a l (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w o m e n )_____________
T i m e __________________________
In cen tive
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand
(a ll w o m e n )________________________ __
In c e n t iv e _____________________
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , m achine
(170 w om en, 1 m a n ) _________________
In cen tive
T h rea d tr im m e r s (a ll w om en )
(a ll in cen tiv e w o r k e r s )______________
M is c e lla n e o u s :
Ja n ito rs (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )____________
M e n _______________________________
W o m en ___________________________
R ep a irm en , sew in g m ach in es
(a ll m en ) (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )_________
Shipping c le r k s (a ll tim e w o rk e rs )
M e n _______________________________
Stock c le rk s (su pply c le r k s )
(a ll tim e w o rk e rs )
M e n _______________________________
W om en ______ __________ ___ _____ __
W ork d is t r ib u t o r s __________________ __
M en
_________________________________
T i m e __________________________
W om en __________________________________
T i m e ________________________

1
2
3
4
5

338
31
23
307
165
142
479
238
232

$2.49
2.40
2.52
2.50
2.17

97
5
92
81

2 .8 8
2 .6 2

11

2.55
2.56

90
53
47

7
1
1
6

4
2
10
10
10

6
-

13
3

6
6
-

10
1

-

27

-

8
8
8
20
6
6

1
1
26

26

10

9
13

4
4

8
8

10
8
8

21
-

9

2

2
2
1
1

15

24

1
1

6
6

19
13
13

21

19

-

9
3
6

12

4
4
8

3
5
30
17
17

10
10
2
8

45
19
19

32
3
3
29
18

10
-

11

10

12
1
11

27
13
13

15
5
5

34
25
25

10
-

12

5

16

-

2
2

4
4

16

13

-

6

10

2

2

2

-

-

3

12

16

13

-

6

10

2

2

2

-

-

3
17
13
13

12

6
12

-

-

9
5
5

4

3
3

2
8
2
2

2

6
6

10
11
1
1

2

8
8

13
15
5
5

-

16

16
14

2
2

1
-

-

7
5
5

3

69

2.71

4

-

-

2

2

3

4

-

3

5

11

6

6

5

2

4

2

3

1

2

2

-

2

-

-

-

172

2 .6 8

33

-

6

3

-

11

10

18

3

8

15

8

4

4

2

4

6

7

1

7

8

4

4

2

1

3

81

2.35

12

1

4

12

12

1

7

-

2

4

10

2

11

-

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

34

2.70

-

-

-

7

-

3

-

4

3

-

3

-

-

2

2

2

4

-

-

-

2

2

-

-

-

-

463
59
404

2.41
2.03
2.47

177
54
123

7
7

18

33
33

17
17

18
18

14
14

15
15

18
18

4
4

7
7

4
4

7
7

7
7

3
3

2

-

11

7
7

-

12

13
13

11

16

14
14

16

12

18
18

16

17

1

2

4
4

434
426

2.40
2.41

158
151

13
13

6
6

13
13

22
21

12
12

4
4

28
28

16
16

9
9

31
31

17
17

9
9

32
32

11
11

22
22

9
9

6
6

6
6

2
2

-

3
3

-

5
5

-

-

171
155

2.98
3.06

18
18

1
1

12
-

2
2

2
2

1
1

3
3

4
4

2
2

7
7

4
4

17
13

4
4

12
12

2
2

6
6

13
13

5
5

8
8

16
16

7
7

6
6

8
8

4
4

3
3

4
4

21

2.44

5

-

-

4

1

-

1

-

-

-

2

2

1

3

1

1

113
85
28

2.16
2.16
2.18

51
41

8

11

2
2

1
1

-

7
3
4

2
2

2

3
3
-

-

-

13
13
-

5
3

8

2
2

2
2

1

3

1

3
3
-

4

7

10

122

3.69
2.73
2.78

-

-

3
3

-

-

-

-

-

4
-

12

6

2

-

-

-

-

33
-

11

4
4

3
-

2

-

9
4
4

8

-

15
-

4

1

7
3
3
4
4

17
3
3
14

3
3
13

-

3
3
19
13

-

3

-

-

7
7
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2
2
2
-

12
2
2
10
10

1
1
1
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

"

“

"

-

'

'

'

33
27
36
26
10

292
166
160
12 6
100

2.64
2.67
2.58
2.37
2.36
2.37
2.38
2.44

1

57
34
33
23
13

1

6

8

7
5
5

21

14
14
7
7

12

-

11
6
2

2
2

15
14

7
5
4

6
6

2
2

21

4

1

-

2

7
7

6
1
1

2

4

7
3

-

1
1

6

2

3

2

5

-

-

2
2

2

9
5
5
4
4

2
1
1
10

5
4
4

3
6

1

2

2
1

15

28
9
9
19
15

36
27
27
9
9

8
8

7
7

7
7
3
3

12
6
6
6
6

1
1

-

1
2
-

“

1

-

-

-

Exclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, holidays, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a tely 80 p ercen t o f the production w o rk e rs c o v e re d by the su rvey w e re paid on an in cen tive basis.
Includes 59 w o r k e r s at $ 1.95 to $ 2 .
In su fficien t data to w a rra n t pu blication o f sep arate a vera g es by method o f w age paym ent; (a) predom in an tly t im e w o rk e rs , o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o rk e rs .
W o rk e rs w e re d istrib u ted as fo llo w s: 1 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; 3 at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80; and 1 at $ 6.60 to $ 6.80.
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep ara tely.




Table 25. Occupational earnings: Virginia
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 1 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)

A ll produ ction w o r k e r s -----------------------M e n -----------------------------------------------W o m e n -------------------------------------------

>4^
O
O

£4.20
and

------ w

O ccupation and sex

Average $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.10 $3 .2 0 $3.30 $3.40 $3.50 $3.60 $3.70 $3.80
hourly
earning* 1 and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.50 $3.60 $3.70 $3.80 $4.00

^
k> ,
O

NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Number
of
worker*

3, 037
237
2 , 800

$2.45
2.84
2.42

540
9
531

58
49

2.26
2.27

5
4

8

3. 00
3. 34
3.23
3.08
3.38

-

37
29

2 .9 6

2.81

1
1

_
_

_
_

124

2
2

18
18

-

-

1
1

2
2
1

-

103
3

216
15

118

100

201

13
9

2
1

2
2

2
2

11
11

_
_
>

_

1
2
2
1

_

126
8

2

_
_
_

114

13
103

426
13
413

134
7
127

10

114
7
107

116

175

143

10

77
4
73

20

165

22
121

_

-

-

-

-

_

1

2

-

_

_
-

-

4
62

208
14
194

-

_

66

94
74

82
13
69

48
5
43

64

32

11

10
22

53

12
1
11

o ver

23

29

19

2

6
1

2

11

12

18

30

5

21

18

7

28

32

10

S elected occupations
Cutting room :
A s s e m b le r s -----------------------------------C lic k e r-m a c h in e o p e ra to rs
(7 m en, 1 w om an) 2 a / ------------------C u tters , m achine (a ll m e n ) -----------T i m e --------------------------------T i m e --------------------------------S p rea d e rs (a ll m e n )-----------------------T i m e --------------------------------Sew ing departm ent:
C o lla r p o in ters
(2 men, 7 w om en ) 2 b / ------------------C o lla r top tr im m e r s
(a ll w om en ) 2 b/----------------------------S ew ing-m achine o p e ra to rs
(a ll w om en ) 4 --------------------------------In cen tive---------------------------Sport s h i r t s ------------------------------I n c e n t iv e -------------------------F in ish in g departm en t:
B a g g ers and bo xers
(2 men, 61 w o m e n )----------------------In cen tive---------------------------F o ld e r s , garm en t, hand (a ll w om en)
(a ll in cen tive w o r k e r s ) ----------------G arm ent re p a irm e n (a ll w om en)
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (in sp ect only)
(a ll w om en ) 5 --------------------------------In sp e cto rs, fin a l (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w o m e n )----------------In cen tive---------------------------M isc ella n eo u s:
Janitors (a ll men)
^eUi cim e w o rK e r &j - - - - - - - - - - - - - - R ep a irm en , sew ing m ach in es
(a ll men) (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )----------Shipping cle rk s
^3,11 rnen) ^3.11 t im 6 w o r k 6 rsJ
W ork d istrib u to rs (1 man,

1
2
3
4
5
6

24
21
9
6

_

9

2.45

-

2

-

7

2.45

-

2

1

1, 830
1, 577
1, 314
1 , 061

2.44
2.49
2.44
2.51

305
243
138

54
32
54
32

63
28

2.38
2.70

4
„

78

2.51

23

31

2.28

200

_
_

_

..

1

1
1

2
2

1
1

_

2

-

1

-

66

130

41
52
27

120

75
65
51
41

1

_
_

_
_
_

41
37
35
31

68

27

20

212

7
_

4
..

14

_

5
_

2
2

2

2

1

2

2

7

1

2

4

4

2

10

-

-

4

1

2

12
12

5
5

9
9

3
3

3
3

3
3

1

4

6

2

4

10

2.43

..

_

_

2.64
2. 74

26

10

2

20

„

_

3
3

25

2.26

6

1

1

26

3.93

6

3.08

64

2.44

1

2

4

3

2

39
36
23
20

3
3
4

-

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

2
2

_

4
4

-

_
-

4
4

-

1
1
1

_
-

_
_

_
-

7
4

1
1
32

1

_

2
2

14
14

3

-

-

1

2

1

-

2
1

-

4

16

7
7

11
11
8
8

22
22
16
16

_
_
-

12
12
8
8

16
16
16
16

_
_

_
_

2
2

2

2

128
128
108
108

117
117
86
86

73
73
58
58

58
58
44
44

49
49
26
26

3
3

2
2

12
12

1
1

-

1

7

6

»

2

-

1

4
4

5
5

4
4

5
5

1

2

2
2

_
-

_

2

62
62
52
52

27
27
15
15

48
48
27
27

-

_
-

-

_
-

r

2
2

_

i

_

.

_
_

-

3

2

1

1

1

_

2

2

1

2

1

-

8
8

-

1
1

4
4

4
4

l
l

3
3

2
2

4
4

5
5

1
1

6
6

1

3

-

-

7

l

1

-

-

2

2

69

6

2

336
294
254

43
33

_

1

1

2

70
36
54

68

27

133
115

3

_

-

-

2

4

16
16
16

_

_

9

17

4

23

2

1

8

E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olidays, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a tely 72 percen t o f the production w o r k e r s c o vered by the su rvey w e re paid on an incen tive basis.
In su ffic ien t data to w a rra n t publication o f separate a verag es by m ethod o f w age paym ent; (a) predom in an tly tim e w o rk e rs , o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o rk ers.
A ll w o rk e rs w e r e at $4.20 to $4.40.
Includes data fo r w o rk e rs in c la ssifica tio n in addition to those shown sep ara te ly.
W o rk e rs paid under tim e and in cen tive system s w e re divided equ ally.
W o rk e rs w e re d istrib u ted as fo llo w s: 1 at $ 4,20 to $ 4.40; 4 at $ 4.40 to $ 4.60; 2 at $ 5 to $ 5.20; and 2 at $ 6 to $ 6.20.




Table 26. Occupational earnings: Allentown—Bethlehem—Easton, Pa.—N.J.
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 2 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Occupation and sex

A ll produ ction w o r k e r s -------------------------M e n -------------------------------------------------W o m e n ___________________________________

Number
of
workers

Average
hourly,
earning!2

1,588
183
1, 405

$3. 15
3.27
3. 13

19
27
23
25
17

2. 87
4.09
4. 20
3! 31
3 30

6
8

2.60
3. 10

796
785
369
364

3.26
3.27
3. 14
3. 15

$2.00 $2.05 $2.10 $2.15 $2.20 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00
and
and
under
$2.05 $2.10 $2.15 $2.20 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o ver
68
12
56

11
1
10

13
1
12

11
2
9

14
1
13

44
7
37

26
3
23

15
5
10

78
5
73

23
3
20

83
7
76

191
5
186

144
7
137

76
6
70

74
6
68

104
14
90

101
19
82

119
25
94

96
12
84

74
4
70

71
15
56

32
8
24

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1
-

4
-

2
-

1
-

6
-

4
1
1

-

1
4

-

1
1

10
10

6
6

1
1

4

5
3

13
8

38
6
32

5
1
4

18
18

59
8
51

5
5

-

-

-

S elected occupations
Cutting room :
A s s e m b le r s (a ll w o m e n )(a ll
tim e w o rk e rs )---------------------------------C u tters, m achine (26 men, 1 wom an) c__
M en (a ll tim e w o rk e rs )________ _
Sew ing departm en t:
v^oixar p o in ters \clii women/ d / - - - - - C o lla r top t r im m e r s (a ll w om en )3b/-S ew ing-m ach ine o p e ra to rs ( 1 man,
795 w om en ) 4 ---------------------------------In c e n tiv e ----------------------------Sport sh irts (a ll w o m e n )-------------In c e n tiv e ----------------------------F in ish in g departm ent:
B a g gers and b o x e rs (a ll w o m e n )3 a/ - In sp e cto rs, fin a l (in sp ect o n ly )(a ll
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand (a ll
w om en )3b/-------------------------------------Th rea d tr im m e r s (1 man,
32 w o m e n )-------------------------------------In c e n tiv e ----------------------------M isc ella n eo u s:
Ja n itors (12 men, 1 wom an) (a ll
Time wo r Kc i s j - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - R ep a irm en , sew in g m ach in es (a ll
men)(?ill tim e w o rk e rs )
_
W ork d istrib u to rs (3 m en, 26 w om en)
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )--------------------------

1
2
3
4
5
6

1

1

1

1
1

1
3

-

-

4

-

1
1

2
1

-

-

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

3
3
_
_

5
5
_
_

6
6
_
_

10
10
4
4

9
9
_
_

7
7
4
4

49
49
40
40

11
11
8
8

47
44
28
1 28

81
78
47
44

48
47
9
8

49
49
16
16

30
27
8
8

50
50
16
16

52
52
24
24

63
63
48
48

70
70
44
44

55
55
20

12

5
4
5
4

20

39
39
16
16

10
10
4
4

18
18
8
8

2
2
-

, 17
! 17
4
4

35
35
4
4

1

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

5

13

19

2

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

12

1

1

1

3

2

-

1

57

-

-

-

-

25
25
12

50

2 .6 6

16

2.60

23

4.35

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

33
28

2.87
2.84

1
1

_

.
_

2
2

2
2

.
.

3
3

13

2.63

9

4.61

2

-

i

29

2.91

2

1

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

2

3

-

-

1

1

-

1

_
.

-

3
3

5
3

2
2

2
2

2
2

3
3

1
1

4
3

2

-

-

_

1

-

-

1

3

1

1

2

2

2

1

3

2

1

-

1

“

-

-

"

■

■

1

"

1

2

4

7

1

5

65

1

■

"

“
'

'

‘

Th e A llen tow n —B eth leh em —Easton Standard M etropolitan S ta tistica l A re a consists o f Carbon, L eh igh , Northam pton Counties, P a ., and W a rren County, N.J.
E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, holidays, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a tely 66 p ercen t o f the production w o rk e rs co v e re d by the su rvey w e re paid on an in cen tive basis.
In su fficien t data to w a rra n t pu blication o f sep arate a verag es by method o f w age paym ent; (a) predom in an tly tim e w o rk e rs , o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o r k e r s .
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.
W o r k e rs w e re distrib u ted as fo llo w s :
1 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; 3 at $ 5.40 to $ 5.60; 1 at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80; 1 at $ 6.40 to $ 6.60; and 1 at $ 7.40 to $ 7.60.
W o r k e rs w e r e d istrib u ted as fo llo w s :
1 at $ 5 to $ 5.20; 1 at $ 5.20 to $ 5.40; 2 at $ 5.40 to $ 5.60; and 1 at $ 6,20 to $ 6.40.




Table 27. Occupational earnings: Los Angeles—Long Beach, Calif.1
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 2 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Occupation and sex

A ll produ ction w o r k e r s -------------------------M e n ------------------------------------------------W o m e n --------------------------------------------

Number
of
workers

Average
hourly
earnings 2

2, 333
360
1, 973

$2.60

51
39
30

2.44
2.39
2. 35

2 .8 6

2.55

$2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60
and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4 .0 0 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 o ver
674
99
575

55
_
55

98
11

11

87

81
70

13

-

11

1
1
1

49
7
42

121

25
96

33
3
30

67
7
60

_

-

48

23

2

2
21

46

147
24
123

137
19
118

89
4
85

54
3
51

90

66

16

101

105
4

5
61

6
6
5

5
5
5

-

-

2
2

-

_

2

-

1

-

1

74

71
19
52

41
7
34

76
13
63

61
39

35
4
31

20

18
9
9

23
14
9

16
21

1
1

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

4

4

9

9

8

11

5

1

22

34
14

37

S elected occupations
Cutting room :
A s s e m b le r s --------------------------------------

C u tters , m achine (a ll men)
(a ll tim e w o r k e r s )---------------------------M a rk e rs (a ll men)
S p re a d e rs ----------------------------------------Sewing departm ent:
C o lla r top t rim m e r s (1 man,
14 w o m e n )-------------------------------------in cen tiv e- —— ------—-------S ew in g-m a ch in e o p e ra to rs , sp o rt
sh irts (1 man, 1, 347 w o m e n )--------T i m e ---------------------------------In cen tive----------------------------U n d e rp r e s s e rs , hand (a ll w om en 3 ---F in ish in g departm ent:
B a g g ers and b o x e r s -------------------------w om en — -----------—------ ————————
T i m e ---------------------------------m e e n tive- —————————————————
F o ld e r s , garm en t (a ll w om en ) 4 --------T i m e ---------------------------------In cen tive----------------------------Hand-------------------------------------------T im e ---------------------------------In cen tive----------------------------In sp e cto rs, fin al (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w om en ) 5 ----------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , han d--------------------W o m e n ------------------------------------

56

3.98

6

3.70
2.72
3.01

19
7

15
10

1, 348
114
1,234
16

41
24
16

g
62
24
38
49
24
25

3

_

2

2.58
2.47
2.59
2.71

359
37
322

51
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51
_

51
7
44
_

2.31
2.31
2.42

8
2

4

5

5

4

3

1

4

2
1

1

2.73
2.40
2.93
2.80
2.40
3. 18
2.

2

1
1

3
10
10

_
_
_

_

24
76
47
29
34

2 .2 0

18

5

_
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_

2
2

«.

51

33
4
29

51

_

2
2
2

5
5
5

-

-

2
2

-

2

1
1

4
4
_
4
4
_

2

_

_
_

1
1

_

_

_

2
2

1
1

1
1

_

_

1
1

18
18
-

89

61
7
54

80

70

31

72

2
68

30

1

6

2

-

2

54
4
50
-

54

8

77

3

4

1

-

-

4

_

_

1

4

6

5

_

2
2

2
2
2
2

_

-

1

3
3

54

24
_
24
-

2

6

30
-

26
-

1
1

1
1

-

4

1
1

2

4

4

1

1

_

2

4

_

1

-

4

2
2

32

32

:
i
!

1

11

9

4. 42

25

3.22

_

64

2.34
2.35

24
24

_
_
_

_

_
_

1

-

1
1

1
1

1

-

-

33

29

43
_
43
-

32
_
32
-

23
„
23
-

18
_
18
-

6
1

6
1

14
4

5

5
-

10

4

2
1
1
2
1
1

_
_
_
-

_
_
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-

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-

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2

2
2

1
1

2

2

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52

31
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27
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1

1

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1

2

5

1

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2

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3
3

1
1

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2
1

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_
3
2
2
2

_

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1
2
2

4

_

-

_

1

2

-

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8
6

-

1

_

4

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2
2

3
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1
1
1
1

2
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6

4
4
1
1

5
5
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5
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4
4

2

3
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3
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4

2
1
1
2
1
1

1
2
2

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12
12

2
2

9
3
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-

2

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2

2

1

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-

1

1

-

-

-

2

_
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1
1

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2
2

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8
8

2

2

1

1
2

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5

2

1
2

4

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1

_

1
2
2

2

_

-

_

4

_

-

2

2

1

2

4

2

-

2

2

-

_
-

1

1

2

1

3

-

1

-

-

-

1

6

3

1

3

2

2

-

-

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-

-

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-

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1

6

-

1

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4

-

4

1

2
2

1

3

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2

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4

1

4

4

1

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2

2

6

4

1

4

4

1

Th e L o s A n g eles—Long Beach Standard M etropolitan S ta tistica l A r e a consists o f Los A n g eles County.
E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o v e rtim e and fo r work on w eekends, h olidays, and late sh ifts. A p p rox im a tely 63 percen t of the production w o rk ers c o vered
W o rk e rs paid under tim e and in cen tive system s w e re divided equ ally.
Includes data fo r w o rk e rs in addition to those shown sep arately.
In su fficien t data to w a rra n t publication o f separate a verages by method o f w age paym ent, predom in an tly in cen tive w o rk ers.
6 W o r k e rs w e re distrib u ted as fo llo w s: 2 at $ 4.60 to $ 4.80; 2 at $ 5.40 to $ 5.60; and 1 at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80.
7 W o r k e rs w e re distrib u ted as fo llo w s:
1 at $ 5.60 to $ 5.80; 1 at $ 6 to $ 6.20; and 1 at $ 6.20 to $ 6.40.

1
1

1

5
65
1

4
-

73

3

1

2

-

1

1

4

35
24

12

-

3
-

1

2
2

_

12

( 2

1

1
1

42
-

I

_
_
_
_
_

13
10

20
21

61

1
1

8

2.38
2.55

2 .1 1

_

1

18
3. 04
3.45
3,11
3 ! 68
2.36
2.27
2.51

31
56
40
16

In cen tive----------------------------T h rea d tr im m e r s (a ll w o m e n )----------T i m e ------------------------------- In cen tive----------------------------M isc ella n eo u s:
Janitors (a ll men)
( 3.11 tim e wo rK ers ^—————————————————
R ep airm en , sew ing m achines
(3 ii m en j (311 tiixiewurK.erb; ■“ ■ "
Shipping c le r k s (24 men, 1 wom an)
(a ll t im e w o r k e r s )------- .------------------W ork d istrib u to rs (2 men,
Oct w o m e n ;------------------------------------ T i m e ----------------------------------

9
8

-

1

3
4
5




by the study w e re paid on an incentive basis.

Table 28. Occupational earnings: New York, N.Y.—N.J.
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 2 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

Number
of
worker*

Occupation and sex

A ll produ ction w o r k e r s -------------------------M e n ------------------------------------------------W o m e n -------------------------- ------------------

Average $2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00
hourly
earning* 2 and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $4.40 $4.60 $4.80 $5.00 o ver

315
977

$2.90
3.43
2.73

37

4.28

1 , 2 92

108
34
74

1

27

_

2

1

25

40
_
40

16

59

38

6

10
1

48

2

6

1

15
7

126
25

14

53

9

42

37

8

101

187
9
178

98
18
80

87
13
74

35
4
31

81
22

59

84
29
55

11

20

16

9

11

35
18
17

2

17
3

8
8

34
27
7

2

2

9

1

10

5

1

15

9

4

14

-

5
5
5

8
1
1

10

15
2

4
4
-

14

3
7
-

9
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
4

5
-

2

-

5
-

2

4
4
-

3
3
-

.
_
-

8
56
6
2

-

8
2

-

4
4

4
4

3
3

2
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

1

31
16
15

35
15
20

9
13

1

1

10

32
20
12
20
20

22

28
17

S elected occupations
Cutting room :
C u tters, m achine
( jo m en , i woiriaji /
S p rea d ers (17 m en, 15 wom en)

—

2.53

16

2.

25

36
353
344
281

80
3. 92
4. 39
Z . 76
2.61
3. 09
3.05
2.93
2. 73
3. 64
2*. 73
2. 71
2.56

67
43
29
17
15
7

32
Sew ing departm ent:
Sew ing-m achine o p e ra to rs 4---------------T cen tive- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In
W o m e n -----------------------------------T i m e ___________________________
In c e n tiv e ----------------------------D re ss s h ir ts -------------------------------W o m e n -----------------------------------T i m e ---------------------------------Sport s h i r t s -------------------------------W o m e n ------------ ----------------------T i m e ..........................................
F in ish in g departm ent:
B a g gers and bo xers (a ll wom en)
(a ll tim e w o rk e rs )....................................
P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand (a ll wom en) - T h rea d t r im m e r s (a ll w o m e n )---------M isc ella n eo u s:
Ja n itors (a ll m e n )(a ll tim e w o rk e rs ) - Shipping c le rk s (38 m en, 1 woman)
^aiJ. iim e w o ric crsj —————————————————
W ork d is tr ib u to rs ----------------------------W om en (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )...........

1

5

601
23
17
578
402
176
171
157
121

39
39
21

1

25

20

8

44

4

19

23

7

59

65

60

8

67

6

25
14

.

11
6
6
6

.
.

1

1

_

25
25
_
.

_
_

9
9

1
1

8

.

25
25
25

2.54
3.31
3. 54
2 48
2 45

10

-

_

2.39

3

3. 88
2.45
2.58

7

1

_

4
4
.

19
17

4
4
4

44
44
.
7
7
7

2
2
2

4
4
4

2
2
2

37
37
37

2
2
2

13
13
13

1

-

2

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

20
20

_

8
6
2

2
2
2

18
18
18

2

23
23
.
-

59
31
28

.

7
7
.
4
4
4

23
23
23

3
3
3

24
24
19

-

-

6

-

-

-

12
12
12

33

35

33

2
2

2
2

1
1

67
40
27
9
9
9

31
18
13
14

33
27

15
5
45
39
38

60
41
19
18
18
15
3
34
34
26

12
10
2

19
17

33
33
31

15
15

32
5

2
6

3

-

-

-

59
53
6
20
20

8

3
2
2

8

_

.

_

'

'

■

4

13
13

2

1

2

-

6
21

2
11
11
10

6

13
13

1

1
_

5
4

.

The New Y o r k Standard M etro p o lita n S ta tistica l A re a consists of New Y o rk C ity (B ron x,

1
1

K in gs,

.

.

16
3

N ew Y o rk ,

4
4

Q ueens,

-

-

_

-

1

13

-

13
_

12

10
10

15
15

7

3

2

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

2

8

2

8

7

13
7
13

-

_

11
11
1
10

-

7

_

-

_
7

7
2

2
1

5
5

and Richm ond C ou nties),

Putnam ,

Rockland,

and W estch ester Counties, N .Y .;

and B e rg e n ^County
^
fQr o v e r tim e and fo r w ork on weekends, h olidays, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a tely 78 p ercen t o f the production w o rk ers co v e re d by the study w e re paid on a tim e basis.
3 In su fficien t data to w a rra n t pu blication o f separate a verages by method o f w age paym ent, predom in an tly tim e w o rk e rs .
4 Includes data fo r w o rk e rs in c la s s ific a tio n in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.
5 W o rk e rs w e re distrib u ted as fo llo w s : 5 at $ 5 to $ 5.20; and 1 at $ 5.40 to $ 5.60.




Table 29. Occupational earnings: Pottsville—Shamokin, Pa.1
(Number and average straight-tim e hourly earnings 2 of workers in selected occupations in men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, June 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—

O ccupation and sex

A ll produ ction w o r k e r s -------------------------M e n -------------------------------------------W om en ------------------------ -------- --------

Number
of
workers

Average
hourly
earnings 2

$2 .0 0 $2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2 .9 0 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $ 4 . 4 0 $ 4 . 6 0 $ 4 . 8 0
and
and
under
$2.05 $2 .1 0 $2.15 $2 .2 0 $2.25 $2.30 $2.35 $2.40 $2.45 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10 $3.20 $3.40 $3.60 $3.80 $4.00 $4.20 $ 4 . 4 0 $ 4 . 6 0 $ 4 . 8 0 o v e r

1, 842
279
1, 563

$2.87
3.23
2 . 81

7
13

_

20

3. 57
3.84
4.06
3 50
3.40

17

3. 12

_

1

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

1

1

1

2

1

11

2.57

_

1

1

_

1

_

1

_

_

1

_

2

_

3

14

2.94

112

3
109

91
3

38

40
_
40

17
_
17

1

8

1

1

37

42
3
39

34

88

33

27

49

53

128
13
115

168
38
130

16
70

154
15
139

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

.

_

_

_

_

1

35

50

54

86

98

78

83

6

1

12

92

77

71

.
_

_
_

_
_

199
47
152

52

139
47
92

44

2

4

8

57
19
38

26

30

15

13
13

11
19

7
8

12
2
10

4
3
1

S elected occupations
Cutting ro o m :
A s s e m b le r s (5 m en, 2 w om en)
C u tters, m achine (a ll m en) 1
3 a / --------2
M a rk e rs (a ll men) (a ll tim e w o rk e rs ) -

8

23
T i m e ---------------------------------Sew ing departm en t:
C o lla r p o in ters (a ll w om en) (a ll
in cen tive w o r k e r s )-------------------------C o lla r top t r im m e r s (a ll w om en) (a ll
in cen tiv e w o r k e r s )-------------------------In sp e cto rs, in te rm e d ia te (in s p e c to r
o f p a rts) (a ll w om en) (a ll in cen tive
w o r k e r s '__- ___________________________
Sew ing-m achine o p e ra to rs (a ll
w om en ) 4 --------------------------------------T i m e ___________________________
In c e n tiv e ----------------------------D re ss sh irts (a ll in cen tive
w o r k e r s )------------------------------U n d e rp r e s s e rs , m a c h in e ----------------W om en (a ll in cen tiv e w o r k e r s )----F in ish in g departm ent:
B a g gers and b o xers (a ll w o m e n )------T i m e ---------------------------------F o ld e r s , ga rm en t (a ll w om en) (a ll
in cen tiv e w o r k e r s ) 4 -----------------------Hand-------------------------------------------G arm ent re p a irm e n _ ______- _____ _
W om en — ___ ______ __________ _______
T i m e __________________________
In sp e cto rs, fin a l (in sp ect only) (a ll
w om en ) 3 b/______- ______________________
In s p e c to rs , fin a l (and thread
t r im m e r s ) (a ll w om en) (a ll
in cen tiv e w o r k e r s )-------------------------P r e s s e r s , fin ish , hand (a ll
w om en ) 3 b/------------------------------------T h rea d tr im m e r s (a ll w om en ) 3 b / ----M i s cellaneou s:
Ja n itors (15 m en, 1 wom an)
(a ll tim e w o r k e r s )___ ____ _______ _
R ep a irm en , sew ing m achines (a ll
men) (a ll t im e w o r k e r s )____ _
Shipping c le r k s (a ll m en)
( a ll tim e wo rke rs) ______________________
W o rk d is tr ib u to rs ----------------------------W om en (a ll t i m e w o r k e r s ) ____ _____

1
2
4

948
18
930
392
34

55

19

3
85

55

19

2.83
80
79

46
_
_

3
1
1

2.70

_
_

2.94
3.42
2 .9 8
2 . 88

1
1

2 .6 8

28
5
23

23

11

21

19

40

47

11

21

19

40

47

61
4
57

54

23

15
_
_

5

21
2
2

3
_
_

6
1
1

14

9

7

23

29

1
1

1
1

2
2

1
1

2
2

10
1

_
_

2
2

1
1

_
_

_
_

_
_

_
_

_
_

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_

16

8

16

7

6

6

2
2

1

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.
_

1

_

5
_

2

_

_

5
_

_
_

4
_
5
4
4

3
3
3

_

2. 83

9

2. 49

48

2.83

55
28

2. 83
2.93

16

2.46

25

3.98
3. 36
2 . 89
2.67

1

_

2

_

2

2

2

2

10

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1

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19

1

2

1

2

57

49

94

57

23

26

10

14

2

3

1

57

49

94

57

23

26

10

14

2

3

1

11
1

26
_
_

28

36
_

5

15
_
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1
1

3
_
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7

1

22
6

14

2
1

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5
3

12
12
1

7
7

3
3

2
2

1
1
1

3
3

3
3

1
1

_
_

1

17

29

_

1
1

1
1

2
1

18
18

3

4

3

6
2
3
3

2

2

1
1
1

1

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_

5

3

1

2

4
4

2
2
2

1

3
2

1

l

2

1

2

2

2

2

4

2

1

1

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1

1

3
1

11
6

9

3

5
3

2

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_

_
_

_
_

_
_

_
_

1

2

1

1

6

7

3

1

9

1

6

2

5

1

1

_

4

_

1

6

2
1

4

_

1

2

1

4

1

9

1

9
9

_

55

1

1
1

1

1
2

56

j

6

.

_

_

60

_

.

1

6

1

2

.

_

_

61

_

1

8

_

19

29
4
25

5

2

_

54

1

1

1

1

_

1

88

52
47

13
25
13

7

.

_

I

1

2.79
2.42
80

2.
2.

22
12

1

2.

21

90
46
25

1
1

1

j

2
2

3

1

1
1

I

The P o tts v ille -S h a m o k in a re a consists o f Schu ylkill, N orthum berland, and Colum bia Counties.
E xclu des p rem iu m pay fo r o ve rtim e and fo r w ork on w eekends, h olidays, and late sh ifts. A p p ro x im a tely 74 p ercen t o f the production w o rk e rs co vered by the su rvey w e re paid on an incentive basis.
In su ffic ien t data to w a rra n t publication o f separate a verages by m ethod o f w age paym ent; (a ) predom in an tly t im e w o rk e rs , o r (b) predom in an tly in cen tive w o r k e r s .
Includes data fo r w o r k e r s in cla ssifica tio n in addition to those shown sep ara te ly.







Table 30. Method of wage payment
l v e^ ? ^ L ° fJ r0dUCti0n work®rs in
s and boys- shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments
by method of wage payment, 1 United States and selected regions, June 1974)
8
Method of w age payment

A ll w ork ers

__

United
States 2

New
England

M idd le
A tlan tic

B o rd er
States

Southeast

Southwest

G reat
Lakes

M idd le
W est

P a c ific

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

T im e ra ted w o r k e r s _____
F o r m a l plan
Single r a t e ____________
Range o f r a t e s ___________
In dividual ra tes _ _

25
11
3
8
14

31
18
4
14
13

Vd
16
5
11
16

24
8
2
6
15

22
9
2
7
13

29
19
3
16
9

45
45
23
23

19
6
6
14

36
1
_
1
35

In cen tive w o r k e r s ____
In divid ual p iec ew o rk
Group p ie c e w o r k ___
In divid ual bonus
Group bonus

75
72
2
( 3)
(v3))

69
69

68
64

76
76

78
76
2
( 3)
( 3)

71
63
9

55
52
3

81
80
1
-

64
64
( 3)

“

~

t 3)

( 3)

i
. .
^ F o r defin ition s of method of w age payment, see appendix B.
Includes data fo r the Mountain region in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
L e s s than 0.5 percent.
NOTE:

Because of rounding, sums of individual item s m ay not equal totals.

( 3)

Table 31. Minimum job rates
(Number of m en's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments, studied by minimum job rates
of cutters and sewing-machine operators, United States and selected regions, June 1974)
United States 2

E sta blish m en ts studied
E stablish m ents having an
establish ed m in im u m ______________

New England

M id d le A tlan tic

S ew ingSew ingSew ingCutters machine Cu tters machine Cutters m achine
o p era to rs
op era to rs
o p era to rs

M in im u m job r a t e 1

____

7

16

14

6

6

3

5

11

12

7
"

14
“

2
'

6
-

1
-

5
"

"

11

14

33

9

23

27

63

7

4
1
1

19
1
3

-

17
1
4

2
1
2
3

54
3
3
1
2

6

12

30

12
-

16

7

14

171

P a c ific

M idd le W est

6

104

56

G reat Lakes

6

104

56

101

Southwest

25

12

243

Southeast

Sewing Sewing S ew ingSewing Sewing Sewing Cutters m achine Cutters m achine Cutters m achine Cutters m achine Cutters machine Cutters machine
opera tors
opera tors
o p era to rs
op era to rs
o p era to rs
o p era to rs

25

12

243

B o rd er States

$2.00
$2.05
$2.10
$2.15
$2.20

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$2.05 __________________
$2.10 __________________
$2.15 ...
$ 2 .2 0 _________
_____
$2.2 5 __________________

18
2
2
4

141
3
5
2
9

-

$2.25
$2.30
$2.3 5
$2.40
$2.45

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 .3 0 ______________ __
$2.3 5
_ ....... .
$2.40
$ 2 .4 5 __________________
$2.50 ........... .......... . ..

1
2
-

3
1
1
“

"

"

1
“

3
1
1
"

"

~

1
1
"

“

“

-

“

”

“

“

-

"

$2.50
$2.60
$2.70
$2.80
$2.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$2.60 __________________
$2.70
$2.80 ........................
.........
$2.90
$3.00 . ...

5
2
12
3
4

2
3
-

1
1
-

"

1
2
2
2
“

1
3
-

1
1

1
“

2
6
1

-

-

“

1
1
1

“

2

-

1
“

“

$3.00
$3.10
$3.20
$3.30
$3.40

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$3.10 .........................
$3.20
$3.30 ... ...... ........... ...
$3.40
...............
$3.50

8
1
2
1

-

2
"

-

5
1
1

-

1
-

-

-

“

“

“

“

-

~

“

2
“

"

$3.50
$3.60
$3.70
$3.80
$3.90

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$3.60
$3.70
$3.80 __________________
$3.90 __________________
$4.00 __________________

4
3
2
13
2

_
1

2
-

"

4
2

1
-

1
2
-

-

1
7
~

-

~

~

1
“

-

“

■

1
2
1

"

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

66

40

5

-

4

2

2

4

10

1

2

’

10

-

-

-

3

E stablish m ents having no fo rm a l
m inim um ...... . .... ..................

111

68

2

“

21

20

10

E stablish m ents not h irin g in this
c a te g o ry
._
.... .... _

30

4

4

5

3

6

$4.00 and o ver...

M in im u m job ra tes re la te to the lo w est fo rm a l rates establish ed fo r
Includes data fo r re gio n s in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.




exp erien c ed

2

tim e -r a te d w o rk e rs em ployed as cu tters and sew in g-m ach in e opera tors,

3

“
1
“




Table 32. Work schedules
(Percen t of production workers in m en's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments
by work schedules, 1 United States and selected regions, June 1974)
United
States 2

W ork schedules

A ll produ ction w o rk ers

._ ....

. ..... ...

32 hours— 4 d a y s ................. ........... ...... ..........
35 hours— 5 days
3 7 1/? hours— 5 d a y s ____
38 hours— 4 days
_
40 h o u rs _______________________________ __ _____
4 d a y s _____ ____ _ .. .....
4 V?. days
5 days
...................... .............. . ._ .. .... . .
44 V? hours— 5 d a y s .................. ....................... .
45 hours— 5 days ._ ._

100
1
2
1
2
94
(3 )
5
89
1
(3 )

New
England

M iddle
A tlan tic

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

_
-

_
15
1
84
84
-

_

_
3
96

12
87
87
2

_

_

_
100
100

-

100
100
-

B o rd e r
States

-

8
92
4
88
-

Southeast

C )

7
89
1

Southwest

M idd le
W est

G reat
Lakes

-

-

94
94
6

100
-

100
-

P a c ific

-

1 D ata re la te to predom inant schedule o f fu ll-tim e d a y-s h ift w o rk e rs in each establishm ent.
2 Includes data fo r the Mountain region in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.
3 L e s s than 0.5 percen t.
NOTE:

Table 33.

Because o f rounding, sums of individual item s m ay not equal tota ls.

Paid holidays

(P e r c e n t o f produ ction w o rk e rs in m e n 's and boys' sh irts (ex cep t w ork sh irts) and nigh tw ear m anufacturing establishm ents
w ith fo rm a l p ro v is io n s fo r paid h olidays, United States and sele cted re g io n s, June 1974)
Nu m ber o f paid holidays

A ll produ ction w o r k e r s

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

W o r k e rs in establish m en ts providing
paid holidays
2 days
3 days .. .... ___
_ .... ... . ....
. .. ....
4 d a y s ___________________________________________
5 days o r 5 days plus 5 h alf d a y s ___________
6 d a y s ______
___ __
__ ____ ___________
6 days plus 1 o r 2 h alf days
.
. . ...
7 d a y s ___________________________________________
7 days plus 1 nr 2 h alf days
........... . ....
8 d a y s __ __ _______________ _____ „ ___ _
8 days plus 1 o r 2 h alf d a y s _________________
9 d a y s _____________
_______ _________________
10 d a y s ____ ________ __________ ______ __

United
States 1

100
95
1
6
11
25
7
1
7
(2)
34
(2)
2
(2 )

New
England

M idd le
A tlan tic

B o rd er
States

Southeast

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100
2
6
87
5

100
5
3
1
6
1
72
3
8
( 2)

100
4
8
17
20
19
1
31
-

92
1
8
15
33
7
5
22
1

100
6
9
7
21
•38
20
-

100
11
_
7
82
-

100
22
13
21
43
-

100
24
21
11
44
-

1 Includes data fo r the Mountain regio n in addition to those shown sep a ra te ly.
2 L e s s than 0.5 percen t.
NOTE:

B ecau se o f rounding, sums of individual item s m a y not equal totals,

Southwest

G reat
Lakes

M idd le
W est

\

P a c ific




Table 34. Paid vacations
(Percen t of production workers in men’ s and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear manufacturing establishments with form al provisions
for paid vacations after selected periods of service, United States &,nd selected regions, June 1974)
V acation p o licy

A ll production w ork ers

._ ....

United
States 1

N ew
England

M iddle
A tlan tic

B o rd er
States

Southeast

Southwest

G reat
Lakes

M iddle
W est

P a c ific

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

97
36
57
2
2

98
56
43
“

99
74
21
4

97
70
27
"

97
17
74
2
4

100
29
71
“

100
100
-

100
47
53
-

84
78
6
-

6
49
7
16
1
17
1

17
26
56
-

18
39
1
36
4

8
59
3
16
10
-

8
56
8
12
2
10
-

50
38
12
-

18
82
-

66
34
-

73
11
-

2
43
10
13
3
26
1

12
31
56
-

13
(3 )
15
65
6

59
3
15
19
-

3
50
14
11
2
16
1

38
12
38
12
-

7
11
82
-

44
22
34
-

51
22
11
-

2
29
11
23
3
27
1

5
93
-

1
(3 )
27
65
6

37
40
19
-

3
37
22
2
16
1

30
20
38
12
-

7
11
82
-

13
53
34
-

51
3
30
-

2
17
4
36
5
32
1

5
93
-

1
(3 )
18
4
70
6

33
40
24
-

3
20
6
42
4
21
1

2
40
46
12
-

18
82
-

13
53
34
-

37
18
30
-

16
2
32
2
43
1

98
-

1
(3 )
14
78
6

33
35
29
-

19
4
40
1
32
1

2
28
38
32
-

7
93
-

13
9
77
-

37
3
44
-

16
2
31
3
41
2
2

98
-

1
(3 )
14
78
6

33
32
29
3

19
4
39
1
30
1
3

2
23
43
32

7
82

13
9
77

37
3
44

-

-

-

“

11

Method of payment
W o rk e rs in establishm ents providing
paid vacations
L e n g th -o f-tim e payment
.... ...................
P e r c e n ta g e paym ent ..........
.... _ ....
F la t-s u m payment
_ .
O ther.. .............. .... . _ ._

-

Amount of vacation pay 2
A ft e r 1 year o f s e r v ic e :
U nder 1 w eek ......... ..... . ... . ........ .... .........
____ __ _____ _
1 w eek
_
O v e r 1 and under 2 weeks
2 w eeks
...............................
O v e r 2 and under 3 w eeks
. _ ... ... _
3 w eeks .......... .
. .. _
... .
O v e r 3 and under 4 w eeks ___ .
A ft e r 2 years o f s e r v ic e ;
U nder 1 w eek
1 w eek ...
............... ...... ...
O v e r 1 and under 2 w eeks
_. ...
2 w eeks ._
_ _ .......... . ......
O v e r 2 and under 3 weeks
3 w eeks
_
. .
O v e r 3 and under 4 w eeks
A ft e r 3 years o f s e r v ic e :
Under 1 w e e k ............ . ... ............ ... _ _ _ . .
1 w eek
.............................................. ... .
O v e r 1 and under 2 w e e k s ____________________
2 w eeks
O v e r 2 and under. 3 w e e k s ____________________
3 w eeks
_ . ..... ....
O v e r 3 and under 4 weeks
A ft e r 5 years o f s e r v ic e :
U nder 1 w e e k __________________________________
1 w eek
_
__
______ _
.........
O v e r 1 and under 2 w eeks
2 w eeks
O v e r 2 and under 3 w e e k s ____________________
3 w eeks
..........
O v e r 3 and under 4 w eeks
A ft e r 10 years of s e r v ic e :
1 w e e k _________________________________________
O v e r 1 and under 2 w eeks
2 w eeks
O v e r 2 and under 3 w eeks
3 w eeks
O v e r 3 and under 4 w eeks
A ft e r 20 years o f s e r v ic e :4
1 w e e k _________________________________________
O v e r 1 and under 2 w e e k s ____________________
2 w eeks
. . _____
O v e r 2 and under 3 w e e k s ____________________
3 w eeks
O v e r 3 and under 4 w eeks
........... _
4 w eeks
. .....

-

-

'

16

-

■

1 Includes data fo r the Mountain re gio n in addition to those shown sep ara te ly.
2 V acation paym ents such as p ercen t o f annual earnings w e re con verted to an equivalent tim e b a sis. P e r io d s of s e r v ic e w e re chosen a rb itr a r ily
and do not n e c e s s a rily r e fle c t individual establish m ent p ro vis io n s fo r p ro g re s s io n . F o r exam ple, changes in p roportion s indicated at 10 years m ay include
changes that o ccu rred between 5 and 10 y ears.
3 L e s s than 0.5 percen t.
4 V acation provision s w ere the sam e a fter lo n g er period s o f s e r v ic e .
NOTE:

Because o f rounding, sums o f individual item s m ay not equal tota ls.




Table 35. Health, insurance, and retirement plans
(P e r c e n t o f produ ction w ork ers in m en's and boys' sh irts (ex cep t w ork sh irts) and nigh tw ear manufacturing establishm ents
w ith sp e c ifie d health, insurance, and retirem en t plans, United States and s e le cted regio n s, June 1974)

A l l produ ction w o rk e rs ................... .............
L ife in su ra n c e_____________________________________
N on con tribu tory p la n s ________________________
A c c id e n ta l death and dism em b erm ent
in s u r a n c e _________________________________ _____
N on con tribu tory plans . ______________________
Sickness and a cciden t insurance o r sick lea ve
o r b o th 3 __________________________________________
S ickn ess and a ccident in s u ra n c e ---------------N on con tribu tory p la n s_____________________
Sick le a v e (fu ll pay, no w aiting p e r i o d ) -----Sick le a v e (p a r tia l pay or w aiting period )
L o n g - te r m d is a b ility in s u ra n c e ________________
N o n con trib u to ry plans
. _
H o sp ita liza tio n in s u r a n c e _____________ ________
N o n con trib u to ry p la n s________________________
S u rgica l in s u r a n c e _______________________________
N o n con trib u to ry p la n s ________________________
M e d ic a l in su ra n c e________________________________
N o n con tribu tory p la n s ________________________
M a jo r m e d ic a l in s u ra n c e --------- --------------------N o n con trib u to ry p la n s ________________________
R e tire m e n t plans 5________________________________
Pen sion s _______________________________________
N on con tribu tory p la n s_____________________
S everan ce pay _________________________________
No p la n s _________ ________________________________

B o rd er
States

G reat
Lakes

M iddle
W est

100

100

100

100

81
36

94
94

65
56

64
52

63
37

63
36

37
37

32
22

33
23

32
29
22
1
3
4
4
95
57
95
57
52
22
41
12
42
38
37

29
29
8
8
100
32
100
32
92
32
80
19
28
28
8
-

83
83
83
37
37
94
83
94
83
80
69
11
83
83
83
6

34
34
34
100
69
100
69
66
36
44
13

47
25
25
17
3
85
61
85
61
78
54
72
47
37

New
England

M iddle
A tlan tic

100

100

100

100

100

93
69

100
98

98
94

95
92

94
61

50
31

7
5

12
8

44
40

46
43
37
1
2
4
4
93
63
93
62
55
31
38
15
51
48
46

93
93
93
-

92
92
87
1
( 4)
5
5
96
91
95
90
56
50
22
19
92
92
92

49
49
49
-

United
States 2

Type of plan 1

3

2

-

100
98
100
98
50
49
7
5
93
93
93
-

-

“

2

-

65
56
65
56
49
40
22
16
43
43
39

Southeast

-

4

"

2

Southwest

34

34
34
-

P a c ific

33

30
4

15

'

1 Includes plans fo r w hich the em p loy er pays at le a s t pa rt of the cost and excludes le g a lly requ ired plans such as w o r k e r s ' com pensation and s o c ia l
se c u r ity ; h ow ever, plans requ ired by State tem p orary d is a b ility insurance law s a re included if the em p lo y er contributes m o re than is le g a lly re q u ired o r the
em p loy ees re c e iv e ben efits in ex cess of the leg a l re qu irem en ts.
"N o n con trib u tory plan s" include only those paid fo r e n tire ly by the em p loy er.
2 Includes data fo r the Mountain region in addition to those shown sep ara tely.
3 U nduplicated total of w o rk ers re ceivin g sick lea ve or sickness and accident insurance shown sep ara tely.
4 L e s s than 0.5 percen t.
5 U nduplicated total of w o rk ers c o vered by pensions or re tire m e n t severa n ce pay shown sep ara tely.
NOTE:

Table 36.

Because of rounding,

sums of individual item s m a y not equal totals.

Other selected benefits

(P e r c e n t o f produ ction w ork ers in m en's and boys' sh irts (ex cep t w ork sh irts) and n igh tw ear m anufacturing establishm ents with fo r m a l p rovis ion s
fo r fu n era l lea ve, ju ry duty lea ve, tech n ologica l severan ce pay, and da ily re p o rtin g pay, 1 United States and sele cted regio n s, June 1974)

Ite m 1

United
States 2

New
England

M iddle
A tlan tic

B o rd er
State s

Southeast

12
13
19
89

9
9
5
48

23
44
39

Southwest

G reat
Lakes

M iddle
W est

P a c ific

44
44

11
15
“
52

W o r k e rs in establish m en ts with
p ro v is io n s fo r:
P a id fu n era l l e a v e ---------- -----------------------Pa id ju ry duty l e a v e ------------ ------------------T e c h n o lo g ic a l s e v era n ce p a y -------- ---------D a ily re p o rtin g p a y -------- ------------------------

20
34
3
50

2
46
43

1 F o r defin ition of item s, see appendix B.
2 Includes data fo r the Mountain region in addition to those shown sep ara tely.

27
12
58

7
11
76

~

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A p p e n d ix A .

R eg ression A n a ly s is
Wage differences f o u n d by a simple
cross-tabulation can be labeled gross dif­
ferentials, and those isolated by regression
techniques, net differentials. As illustrated
in table A -2 , net differentials are generally
smaller than gross differentials. The smaller
size of net wage differentials is to be ex­
pected, because of the aforementioned ten­
dency for characteristics associated w i t h
higher wages, such as unionization and metro­
politan location, to be found in combination.
Regression techniques, thus, permit a more
precise measurement of the impact of indi­
vidual factors on the wage structure of an
industry.
Regression results from the current sur­
vey follow closely those noted in a similar
analysis of the October 1971 study.1 Both
surveys indicated, for example, that the major
product of an establishment in this industry
is relatively insignificant when other factors
such as union contract status and location are
isolated. For example, the 13-cent-an-hour
advantage that dress shirt workers held over
sport shirt workers from the 1974 survey
results was reduced to a 5-cent net differ­
ential in the multiple regression (table A -2 );
in 1971, an 18-cent an hour advantage was
reduced to 11 cents for the same variables.
It should be emphasized that the re g re s ­
sion analysis is not sufficiently complete to
say with certainty that we have measured the
truly independent impact on wage levels of
particular employee and establishment char­
acteristics. As table A - l shows, the re g re s­
sion analysis left unexplained about 50 percent
of the variation in average earnings levels for
all production workers and about 60 to 85
percent of the variation in earnings for the
four selected occupations. (See coefficient of
determination, R .) This means that other
factors, beyond the scope of the survey, un­
doubtedly influenced the estimates. However,
by holding constant those characteristics with­
in the survey scope, a definite improvement
in the estimates for specified characteristics
was obtained.

Conventional methods of analyzing wage
variations using c r o s s tabulations (simple
regression) of data typically stop short of
measuring the independent influence on wage
levels of such factors as size of establish­
ment, location, and union contract status.
The independent effect of unionization on earn­
ings, for example, may be obscured some­
what by earnings differentials associated with
larger establishments and location in metro­
politan areas— two characteristics generally
found more often with union than nonunion
e stablishments.
One method of isolating the independent
effect on wages of various establishment and
worker characteristics is multiple regression.
By this method, the estimated wage differ­
ential for a given variable is determined
independently of the influence of other survey
variables. The variables included in table A - l
are defined, where necessary, in Appendix B—
Scope and Method of Survey.
In the regression analysis, one category
of each of the variables in the equation is not
shown explicitly, but its influence is embodied
in the constant term. In table A - l , therefore,
the categories represented by the constant
term are nonmetropolitan, small employment
size, nightwear or other major product, non­
union, Southeast, and, for three of the four
selected occupations, female worker and pay­
ment on a time basis. The average wage
level relating to this set of suppressed char­
acteristics is represented by the value of the
constant term, and the coefficients of the ex­
plicit variables represent the differentials
associated with categories of the characteris­
tics which differ from the basic set embodied
in the constant.
To determine the effects of the coeffi­
cients on average wage levels, substitute the
values of the new variables in table A - l for
those suppressed in the constant term. For
example, if the production workers are in a
union shop, the estimated average hourly
earnings are higher by 27 cents, or $2.63,
if other things are held constant. Further, if
these workers are located in a metropolitan
area, another 12 cents is added to the con­
stant term. Thus included, the average hourly
earnings would be raised to $2.75.




1 See Albert E. Schwenk and Martin E. Personick, "Analyzing
Earnings Differentials in Industry Wage Surveys," Monthly Labor
Review, June 1974, pp. 56-59.

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Table A - l . Regression analysis of average hourly earnings, all production workers and selected occupations,
men's and boys' shirts manufacturing, United States, June 1974
Selected occupations
A ll
production
workers

Cutters,
machine

Constant-------------------------------------------------

$2.36
(.0 3 )

Metropolitan a r e a -----------------------------------

250 workers or m o re--------------------------------

Spreaders

Sewingmachine
operators

$2. 61
(.18)

$2. 25
(.1 6)

$2. 05
(.09)

$3.71
(.13)

.12
(.0 4 )

.65
(.1 3)

.33
(.1 3)

. 12
(.04)

.57
(.1 4)

.04
(.0 3 )

.05
(. 10)

.05
(.1 0 )

-.0 2
(.0 3)

-. 16
(.1 1 )

-.01
(.0 3 )
-.06
(.0 5 )

-.0 5
(.1 2)
-.0 6
(.15)

-. 15
(.1 1)
-.2 8
(.14)

.01
(.04)
-.02
(.05)

. 12
(.14)
.37
(.20)

Union shop----------------------------------------------

.27
(.0 4 )

.28
(.12)

.60
(.1 1)

. 19
(.04)

.23
(.1 4)

Male worker--------------------------------------------

(* )
C1)

.46
(.1 5 )

.21
(.1 2)

.08
(.35)

0)
0)

Incentive pay system--------------------------------

(])

.56
(.11)

.69
(.10)

.29
(.08)

i 1)

. 11
(.3 2)
. 14
(.17)
.15
(.19)
-.6 0
(.21)
. 11
(.40)
-.01
(.36)
. 25
(.21)

-.2 0
(.2 8)
-. 26
(.1 6)
.02
(.1 7)
-. 18
(.22)
-.53
(.3 1)
-. 14
(.33)
-. 17
(.32)

.16
(.08)
.28
(.05)
-.0 2
(.05)
-.08
(.07)
.11
(.14)
-.1 4
(.12)
. 11
(.10)

-. 01
(.34)
-. 15
(.1 9)
-.4 2
(.2 0 )
-. 10
(.24)
. 18
(.3 6)
-.5 5
(.4 1)
-. 02
(.4 4)

.38
$0.25
$2. 49
279
236

. 12
$0. 71
$3. 86
192
192

Variable

Major product:
Dress shirts---------------- ------------------------Sport shirts------------------------------------------

(* )
Regions:
New England--------------------------------------Middle A tlantic---------------------------------Border States--------------------------------------Southwest-------------------------------------------Great Lakes----------------------------------------Middle W e st--------------------------------------Pacific------------------------------------------------

Statistical information:
Coefficient of determination (R 2 )-------Standard error of the estimate------------Mean ( Y ) -------------------------------------------Number of observations (N )-----------------Number of establishments ( S ) ---------------

.08
(.0 8 )
.23
(.0 5 )
-.03
(.0 5 )
-.09
(.07)
( 2)
(.1 1 )
-.1 4
(.1 2 )
.07
(.09)

.50
$0.21
$2.54
243
243

.42
$0. 62
$3.58
204
192

.45
$0. 58
$2. 85
193
171

Repairmen,
sewing machine

(* )

* Not applicable.
2 Less than $0. 005.
NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis are standard errors. Since the regression coefficients are based on a sample, they may differ from
the figures that would have been obtained from a complete census of the industry. Chances are about 2 out of 3 that an estimate from
the sample would differ from those in a total census-derived value by less than the standard error, and about 19 out of 20 that the
difference would be less than twice the standard error. Y is the mean of the earnings (dependent) variable weighted by production
workers, N is the number of observations used in each regression equation, treating time and incentive workers and men and women
in a firm as separate observations. S is the number of establishments in the sample or with employees in the occupations shown above.




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Table A -2 .

Earnings differentials associated with selected characteristics, men's and boys' shirts manufacturing, June 1974

^In ^cew bs^e^h our^

Selected occupations
Characteristics

Metropolitan vs. nonmetropolitan area:
Gross differential-------------------------------Net differen tial---------------------------------

Union vs. nonunion:
Gross differential-------------------------------Net differential---------------------------------

Middle Atlantic vs. Southeast:
Gross differential-------------------------------Net differential----------------------------------

Dress vs. sport shirts:
Gross differential-------------------------------Net differential----------------------------------

A ll
production
workers

Cutters,
machine

Spreaders

Sewingmachine
operators

Repairmen,
sewing machine

$.31
.12
(.0 4)

$.79
.65 '
(.13)

$.46
.33
(.1 3)

$.27
. 12
(.04)

$.60
.57
(.1 4)

.41
.27
(.0 4)

.72
.28
(.12)

.75
.60
(.1 1)

.33
. 19
(.04)

.31
.23
(.1 4)

.46
.23
(.0 5)

.84
.14
(.17)

.41
-.2 6
(.1 6 )

.46
.28
(.05)

.34
-. 15
(.1 9 )

.13
.05

.25
.01

.58
.13

.09
.03

-.0 4
-.2 5

NOTE: Gross differentials were derived from simple cross-tabulations; net differentials from multiple regression.
parenthesis are standard errors.




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Numbers in

A p p e n d ix B.

S c o p e and M e th o d of S u rv e y
manufacturing operations are performed. An
establishment is not necessarily identical
with a company, which may consist of one
establishment or more.

Scope of survey
The survey included establishments en­
gaged p r i m a r i l y in manufacturing men’s,
youths1, and boys1 shirts (including polo and
sport shirts, but excluding work shirts), col­
lars, and nightwear (Industry 2321 as defined
in the 1967 edition of the Standard Industrial
Classification Manual, prepared by the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget). Knitting
mills manufacturing polo or sport shirts from
fabric produced in the same establishment
and separate auxiliary units such as central
offices were excluded.
Establishments studied w e r e selected
from those employing 20 workers or more at
the time of reference of the data used in com­
piling the universe lists. Table B - l shows the
number of establishments and workers es­
timated to be within the scope of the survey,
as well as the number actually studied by
the Bureau.

Employment
Estimates of th e number of workers
within the scope of the study are intended as a
general guide to the size and composition of
the industry’s labor force, rather than as
precise measures of employment.
Production workers
The t e r m s ’’production w orkers” and
’’production and related workers, ” used inter­
changeably in this bulletin, include working
supervisors and all non supervisory workers
engaged in nonoffice activities. Administra­
tive, executive, professional, and technical
personnel, and force-account construction em­
ployees, who are used as a separate work
force on th e firm ’s own properties, are
excluded.

Products

Occupations selected for study

Classification of establishments by pro­
duct was based on the principal type of
garment manufactured. For example, if 40
percent of the total value of an establish­
ment’s production was dress shirts, 30 p er­
cent was sport shirts, and 30 percent was
nightwear, all workers in that establishment
were considered as producing dress shirts.

Occupational classification was b a s e d
on a uniform set of job descriptions designed
to take account of interestablishment and interarea variations in duties within the same
job. (See appendix C for these descriptions.)
The criteria for selection of the occupations
were: The number of workers in the occu­
pation; the usefulness of the data in collective
bargaining; and appropriate representation of
the entire job scale in the industry. W ork­
ing supervisors, apprentices, learners, be­
ginners, trainees, and handicapped, part-time,
temporary, and probationary workers were
not reported in the data for selected occu­
pations but were included in the data for all
production workers.

Method of study
Data were obtained by personal visits
of the Bureau’s field staff to a representative
sample of establishments within the scope of
the survey. To obtain appropriate accuracy
at a minimum cost, a greater proportion
of large than of small establishments was
studied. In combining th e data, however,
all establishments were given an appropriate
weight. A ll estimates (except minimum job
rates) are presented, therefore, as relating
to all establishments in the industry, exclud­
ing only those below the minimum size at the
time of reference of the universe data.

Wage data

Establishment definition
An establishment is defined f o r this%
study as a single physical location where




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Information on wages relates to straighttime h o u r l y earnings, excluding premium
pay for overtime and for work on week­
ends, holidays, an d late shifts. Incentive
payments, such as those resulting from piece­
work or production bonus systems, and costof-living bonuses were included as part of the
w ork ers’ regular pay. Nonproduction bonus
payments, such as Christmas or yearend
bonuses, were excluded.




Table B-1.

Estimated number of establishm ents and workers w ithin scope of survey, and number

studied in the men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts) and nightwear
manufacturing industry, June 1974
W o rk e rs in establishm ents

Nu m ber of establish m ents 1
2
R egion s, States, and A r e a s 1

United States 4 _______________________________
N ew E n g la n d ______________________________________
M iddle A tla n tic ____________________________________
New Y o r k ------------------------------------------------N ew York , N . Y _____________________________
P en n sylva n ia ___________________________________
Allen tow n —Bethlehem—Easton,
P a ,—N, J ____________________________________
P o tts v ille —Shamokin, P a ----------------------B o rd er S ta tes _____________________________________
V i r g i n i a ________________________________________
Southeast-----------------------------------------------------A la b a m a --------------------------------------------------G e o r g ia _________________________________________
M is s is s ip p i____________________________________
N orth C a r o lin a ________________________________
South C a rolin a ________________________________
T en n essee ------------ --------------------------------S ou th w est-------------------------------------- ------------A rk a n s a s -------------------------------------------------G reat L a k e s _______________________________________
M iddle W e s t _______________________________________
P a c i f i c _____________________________________________
L o s A n g eles—Long Beach, C a l i f _____________

W ithin
scope o f
study

463

A ctu a lly
studied

243

15
105
37
30,
56

12
56
17
11
31

11
8
37
15
235
39
35
30
46
25
47
23
17
6
9
30
28

9
7
25
10
104
16
17
13
19
11
25
14
11
6
7
16
14

W ithin scope of study

A ctu a lly
studied

P rodu ction
w o rk ers

T o ta l

97, 537

89, 721

61,640

3,
15,
3,
1,
10,

3,
13,
2,
1,
9,

172
081
390
292
839

3, 526
10, 004
2, 552
922
6,675

1, 588
1, 842
7, 275
3, 037
56, 111
10, 341
10, 683
6, 559
8, 189
5, 952
13, 334
4, 143
3, 333
1,458
1, 294
2, 696
2, 333

1,619
1, 760
5, 080
2, 194
33, 830
5,489
6, 774
3,413
4, 726
3,699
9, 488
3, 590
3, 146
1, 605
1,228
2,241
1, 860

T o t a l3

658
059
293
629
782

1, 771
1, 999
7, 825
3, 291
59, 855
10, 806
11, 419
6, 970
8, 728
6, 366
14,480
4, 518
3, 630
1, 605
1, 352
3, 129
2, 748

1 The regio n s used in this study include: N ew England— Connecticut, M aine, M assach u setts, N ew H a m psh ire, Rhode Island,
and V erm ont; M iddle A tlan tic— N ew J ersey, N ew Y o rk , and P en n sylvan ia; B o rd er S tates— D ela w a re, D is t r ic t o f Colum bia, Kentucky,
M aryland, V irg in ia , and W est V irg in ia ; Southeast— A labam a, F lo rid a , G eo rg ia , M is s is s ip p i, N orth C a rolin a , South C a rolin a , and
T en n essee; Southwest— A rkan sas, L ou isian a, Oklahom a, and T ex a s; G reat L a k e s — Illin o is , Indiana, M ich igan , M innesota, Ohio, and
W isconsin ; M iddle W e s t— Iow a, K an sas, M iss o u ri, N ebraska, N orth Dakota, and South D akota; and P a c ific — C a lifo rn ia , Nevada, O regon,
and Washington, F o r definitions o f a rea s, see footnote 1, tables 26—29, in clu sive.
2 Includes only establishm ents w ith 20 w o r k e r s o r m o re at the tim e o f r e fe re n c e o f the u n iv erse data,
3 Includes execu tive, p ro fe s s io n a l, o ffic e , and oth er w o rk e rs in addition to the production w o r k e r c a te g o ry shown s e p a ra te ly.
4 Includes data fo r the Mountain regio n in addition to those shown s e p a ra te ly, A la sk a and H a w aii w e re not included in the study.

Average (mean) hourly rates or earn­
ings for e a c h occupation or category of
workers, such as production workers, were
calculated by weighting each rate (or hourly
earnings) by the number of workers receiving
the rate, totaling, and dividing by the num­
ber of individuals. The hourly earnings of
salaried workers were obtained by dividing
straight-time salary by normal (or standard)
hours to which the salary corresponds.

for special reasons, but such payments are
exceptions. Range-of-rate plans are those in
which the minimum, maximum, or both of
these rates paid experienced workers for the
same job are specified. Specific rates of
individual workers within the range may be
determined by merit, length of service, or a
combination of these. Incentive workers are
classified under piecework or bonus plans.
Piecework is work for which a predetermined
rate is paid for each unit of output. P r o ­
duction bonuses are for production in excess
of a quota or for completion of a task in less
than standard time.

Size of community
Tabulations by size of community p e r­
tain to m e t r o p o l i t a n and nonmetropolitan
areas. The term ’’metropolitan a r e a s ,” as
used in this bulletin, refers to the Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
through April 1973.

Minimum job rates
Minimum job rates are the lowest fo r­
mal rates established for experienced time­
rated workers employed as cutters or sewingmachine operators. Excluded are incentive
paid workers and hourly-rated learners who
eventually will be on an incentive basis.

Except in New England, a S t a n d a r d
Metropolitan Statistical A rea is defined as a
county or group of contiguous counties which
contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants
or more. Counties contiguous to the one
containing such a city a r e included in a
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area if, ac­
cording to certain criteria, they are essen­
tially metropolitan in character and are so­
cially and economically integrated with the
central city. In New England, where the city
and town are administratively more important
than the county, they are the units used
in defining Standard Metropolitan Statistical
A re a s .

Scheduled weekly hours
Data on weekly hours refer to the p re­
dominant work schedule for full-time pro­
duction workers employed on the day shift.
Shift provisions and practices
Shift provisions relate to the policies
of establishments either currently operating
late shifts or having formal provisions cover­
ing late-shift work. Practices relate to work­
ers employed on late shifts at the time of
the survey.

Labor-management agreements
Separate wage data are presented, where
possible, for establishments that had (1) a
majority of the production workers covered
by labor-management contracts, and (2) none
or a minority of the production workers
covered by labor-management contracts.

Supplementary benefits
Supplementary benefits in an establish­
ment were considered applicable to all pro­
duction workers if they applied to half or
more of such workers in the establishment.
Similarly, if fewer than half of the workers
were covered, the benefit was considered
nonexistent in the establishment. Because of
length-of-service and other eligibility re ­
quirements, the proportion of workers re ­
ceiving the benefits may be sm aller than
estimated.

Method of wage payment
Tabulations by method of w a g e pay­
ment relate to the number of workers paid
under the various time and incentive wage
systems. Formal rate structures for time­
rated workers provide single rates or a
range of rates for individual job categories.
In the absence of a formal rate structure,
pay rates are determined prim arily by the
qualifications of the individual worker. A
single rate structure is one in which the same
rate is paid to all experienced workers in the
same job classification. Learners, appren­
tices, or probationary workers may be paid
according to rate schedules which start below
the single rate and permit the workers to
achieve the full job rate over a period of
time. An experienced worker occasionally
may be paid above or below the single rate




Paid holidays. Paid holiday provisions relate
to full-day and half-day holidays provided
annually.
Paid vacations. The summary of vacation
plans is limited to formal arrangements and
excludes informal plans whereby time off with
pay is granted at the discretion of the em­
ployer or supervisor. Payments not on a
time basis were converted; for example, a
payment of 2 percent of annual earnings was
considered the equivalent of 1 week's pay.

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The periods of service f o r w h i c h data
are presented represent the most common
practices, but they do not necessarily re ­
flect individual establishment provisions for
progression. For example, changes in pro­
portions indicated at 10 years of service may
include changes which occurred between 5
and 10 years.

upon the expiration of sick leave, sickness
and accident insurance, or both, or after a
predetermined 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, worker's compensation,
and private pension benefits payable to the
disabled employee.
Medical insurance refers to plans pro­
viding for complete or partial payment of
doctors' fees. Such plans may be under­
written by a commercial insurance company
or a nonprofit organization, or they may be a
form of self-insurance.
Major medical insurance, sometimes re ­
ferred to as extended medical or catastrophe
insurance, includes plans designed to cover
employees for sickness or injury 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 pay­
ments for the remainder of the retiree's life.
Data are presented separately for retirement
severance pay (one payment or several over a
specified period of time) made to employees
on retirement. Establishments providing both
retirement severance payments and retire­
ment pensions to employees were considered
as having both retirement pensions and re ­
tirement severance plans; however, estab­
lishments having optional p l a n s providing
employees a choice of either retirement sev­
erance payments or pensions were considered
as having only retirement pension benefits.

Health, insurance, and retirement plans. Data
are presented for health, insurance, pension,
and retirement severance plans for which the
employer pays all or a part of the cost,
excluding programs required by law such as
worker's compensation and social security.
Among plans included are those underwritten
by a commercial insurance company and those
paid directly by the employer from his cur­
rent operating funds or from a fund set aside
for this purpose.
Death benefits are included as a form
of life insurance. Sickness and accident in­
surance is limited to that type of insurance
under which predetermined cash payments are
made directly to the insured on a weekly
or monthly basis during illness or accident
disability. Information is presented for all
such plans to which the employer contributes
at least a part of the cost. However, in
New York and New Jersey, where temporary
disability insurance laws require employer
contributions,1 plans are included only if the
employer (1) contributes more than is legally
required, or (2) provides the employees with
benefits which exceed the requirements 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.
Separate tabulations are provided for (1) plans
which provide full pay and no waiting period,
and (2) plans providing either partial pay or a
waiting period.
Long-term disability insurance plans pro­
vide payments to totally disabled employees

Paid funeral and jury-duty leave. 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 attend­
ing funerals of specified family members or
serving as^ a juror.
Technological severance pay. Data relate to
formal plans providing for payments to em­
ployees permanently separated from the com­
pany because of a technological change or
plant closing.

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




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A p p e n d ix C.

O c c u p a tio n a l D e sc rip tio n s

The primary purpose of preparing job descriptions for the Bureau’s
wage surveys is to assist its field staff in classifying into appropriate
occupations workers who are employed under a variety of payroll titles and
different work arrangements from establishment to establishment and from
area to area. This permits the grouping of occupational wage rates
representing comparable job content. Because of this e m p h a s i s
on
inter establishment and interarea 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 staff are instructed to exclude
working supervisors, apprentices, learners, b e g i n n e r s , trainees, and
handicapped, part-time, temporary, and probationary workers.

Cutting room

Cutter, machine
Operates or guides the moving knife or
blade of a powered cutting machine along a
pattern outline to cut out articles from single
or multiple layers of fabric. In addition, may
spread or lay up layers of cloth, or may
arrange pattern on material and outline with
chalk.

Assembler
(Garment bundler, assorter, fitter)
Gathers garment parts after they are cut
and assembles or groups them into bundles or
batches for distribution to sewing units. May
match pieces by color, size, and design and
place an identifying ticket or number in each
bundle or on each piece. May mark location
for buttons and buttonholes and may cut small
parts. Workers assembling cloth before it is
cut and folders at the end of the production
process assembling completed p i e c e s just
before packaging are excluded.

Marker
Arranges garment patterns on cloth or
knitted material in such a manner as to mini­
mize waste when material is cut. Work in­
cludes tracing outline of pattern on material
with chalk, soap, or crayon, and marking
design number and size within outline. May
arrange pattern on paper to produce marker
which serves as a cutting outline.
Workers engaged in simple tracing (trac­
ers) around patterns laid out on the material
by others and those who lay out patterns
according to prepared diagrams are excluded.

Clicker-machine operator
(Beam machine operator; clicker; clicker
operator; die-cutting machine operator; diepress operator; power-press operator)

Spreader
Spreads (lays-up) multiple layers of cloth
smoothly and evenly one upon the other on a
cutting table by hand or with the aid of a
spreading machine. Cuts each ply to length
from the bolt of material.

Operates a clicker or die-cutting machine
to cut or stamp small pieces of various shapes
from knitted materials, cloth, cardboard, and
other l i g h t materials. Work involves the
following; Turning crank to adjust distance
between power hammer and bed of machine;
laying material on bed of machine; setting and
holding die on material and centering it under
hammer or clamping die to ram; shifting
lever that trips hammer, causing it to de­
scend and cut out piece of material; feeding
material under ram so as to obtain the largest
number of cuts of material and repeating
operation.




Sewing department
Collar pointer
(Block tipper)
Operates a collar-pointing machine to
shape and press the points at the front of
collars. Work involves the following: Inser­
ting die into unfinished collar and placing

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Sewing-machine operators primarily en­
gaged in repairing garments (see garment
repairman) and loaders or tenders of auto­
matic sewing machines (see loader, machine)
are excluded from the classification listed
above.

collar and die on buck (lower jaw) of press;
actuating controls to close and open press;
removing collar from machine and pulling
collar from die.
Collar top trimmer

Underpresser
(F o re p resse r, parts presser)

Operates a collar-trimming machine to
trim neckband edges of collar after they have
been sewed. Work involves the following:
Placing collars, which are inside out, in
position under knife on machine; actuating
controls that cause knife to descend and shear
away excess material.

Uses a hand iron, machine iron, or a
powered press to press garment parts such
as pockets, seams, shoulders, et c . during
the fabricating process.
Workers should be classified according
to the type of pressing equipment used:
Underpresser, hand
Underpresser, machine

Inspector, intermediate
(Inspector of parts)

Finishing department
Examines and inspects garment parts
such as collars, cuffs, facing on sleeves, and
pockets prior to or during process of a s ­
sembly of garment. Work involves deter­
mining whether parts of garments conform to
shop standards of quality.

Baggers and boxers
Places garments in bags (cellophane) and
boxes for shipment. Frequently one worker
places garment in bag and another puts the
bagged garments in boxes. Both are included
in the classification.

Loader, machine
Folder,
(Automatic sewing-machine o p e r a t o r ,
automatic sewing-machine tender)

garments

Folds completed garments for shipment
either by hand or by a folding machine. May
fold garments around cardboard forms or
insert tissue paper between folds; may also
pin folds in garments. For wage survey pur­
poses, garment folders a r e
classified as
follows:

Tends a machine, or a group of machines,
that automatically joins or attaches parts of
garments and sews them together. Work in­
volves: Stacking parts of garments to be
joined and sewn (e.g., pockets to shirt fronts)
into feeder trays on the machine; starting
machine; observing machine as it joins and
sews the parts automatically.
Exclude operators of standard or special
purpose sewing machines that require guid­
ance from the operator. (See sewing-machine
operator.)

Folder, garments, hand
Folder, garments, machine
Folder, garments, hand and machine
Garment repairman
(Match-up girl, mender)
Operates sewing machine to repair dam­
aged or defective garments. Examines repair
tags and matchings on garments to locate
defects or damage, such as irregular stitches
and torn or snagged parts. Cuts and pulls
seam threads to remove defective or damaged
parts, using scissors or knife. Joins replace­
ment parts to finished garments or resews
defective seams.

Sewing-machine operator
Uses a standard or special-purpose sew­
ing machine to perform the sewing operations
required in making parts of garments, in join­
ing various sections together, in attaching pre­
viously completed parts to partially completed
garments or in sewing on buttons or sewing
buttonholes. May make complete garments.
For wage study purposes, operators are
classified according to the principal garment
they work on:
Sewing-machine
Sewing-machine
Sewing-machine
Sewing-machine




operator,
operator,
operator,
operator,

Inspector, final (inspect only)
Examines and inspects completed g a r ­
ments prior to pressing or shipping. Work
involves determining whether the garments
conform to shop standards of quality, and
marking defects such as dropped stitches, bad

dress shirts
nightwear
sport shirts
other

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polishing metal fixtures or trimmings; p r o ­
viding supplies and minor maintenance s e r ­
vices; cleaning lavatories, showers, and rest
rooms.

seams, etc. In many s h o p s manufacturing
inexpensive garments, there will be no in­
spectors falling within this classification; in
such shops, inspection is usually carried on
together with thread trimming— see inspector,
final (and thread trimmer).

Repairman,

sewing machine

Inspector, final (and thread trimmer)
Adjusts and repairs sewing machines used
in the establishment. Work involves most of
the following; Examining machines faulty in
operation to diagnose source of trouble; d is ­
mantling or partly dismantling machines, r e ­
placing broken or worn out parts or perform ­
ing other repairs, and reassembling machines;
adjusting machines to function efficiently by
turning adjustment screws and nuts; regulating
length of stroke of needle, and horizontal
movement feeding mechanism under needle;
replacing or repairing transmission belts;
preparing specifications for major repairs
and initiating orders for replacement parts;
using a variety of handtools in fitting and
replacing parts.

Primarily responsible for inspection of
completed garments prior to pressing or
shipping but also trims threads incidental to
inspection operation. Work involves primarily
determining whether the garments conform to
shop standards of quality and marking defects
such as dropped stitches, bad seams, etc.
Presser, finish
(O ff-p resser, over -p r e s s e r , top-presser)
Performs final pressing operations on
garments or garment parts by means of a hand
pressing iron and/or powered press, mangle,
or power press equipped with steam jets.
For wage study purposes, pressers are
classified by type of pressing equipment, as
follows:

Shipping clerk

P resser, finish, hand
P resser, finish, machine
P resser, finish, hand and machine

Prepares m e r c h a n d i s e for shipment.
Duties usually involve a knowledge of shipping
procedures and practices, routes, rates, and
available means of transportation. Prepares
records of goods shipped, makes up bills of
lading, posting weight and shipping charges.
Keeps a file of shipping records. May direct
or assist in p r e p a r i n g
merchandise for
shipment.

Workers a r e classified as "pressers,
hand and machine” when sizable proportions
of their work are performed by each of the
two methods. Otherwise, th e predominant
type of pressing is the determining factor in
classification.
Thread trimmer

Stock clerk

(Cleaner)
(Supply clerk)
Trims loose thread ends, basting threads,
and seam edges of garments with scissors
or machines prior to pressing or packing.
Workers whose primary responsibility is the
inspection of garments but who also trim
threads incidental to the inspection operation
are to be classified as inspector, final (and
thread trimmers).

Receives, stores, and issues equipment,
material, merchandise, or tools in a stockroom or storeroom. Work involves: Checking
incoming order against items as listed on req ­
uisitions or invoices, and counting, grading,
or weighing the articles.
Excluded a r e stockroom laborers and
employees who supervise stock clerks and
laborers.

Miscellaneous
Janitor

Work distributor

Cleans and keeps in an orderly condition
factory working areas and washrooms, or
premises of an office or other establishment.
Duties involve a combination of the following;
Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing
floors; removing chips, trash, and other r e ­
fuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures;




(Bundle boy)
Carries or trucks garments in various
stages of completion to the worker who is to
perform the next operation on garment. May
exercise some discretion in distribution of
work, but has no supervisory responsibilities.

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BUREAU O F LABOR STATISTICS
REGIONAL OFFICES

Region V

Region I

1603 J F K Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phone: (617) 223-6761

9th Floor
Federal Office Building
230 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago , III. 60604
Phone: (312) 353-1880

Region II

Suite 3400
1515 Broadway
New York. N.Y. 10036
Phone: (212) 399-5405
Region II I

Second Floor
555 G riffin Square Building
Dallas, Tex. 75202
Phone: (214) 749-3516
Regions V I I and V I I I *

911 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Mo. 64106
Phone: (816) 374-2481

3535 Market Street
P.O. Box 13309
Philadelphia, Pa. 19101
Phone: (215) 596-1154

Regions IX and X * *

Region IV

1371 Peachtree Street, NE.
Atlanta, Ga. 30309
Phone: (404) 526-5418




Region V I

450 Golden Gate Avenue
Box 36017
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Phone: (415) 556-4678

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

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