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Industry Wage Survey:
Miscellaneous Plastics
September 1974
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
1976
Bulletin 1914
Industry Wage Survey:
Miscellaneous Plastics
September 1974
U.S. Department of Labor
W. J. Usery, Jr., Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin, Commissioner
1976
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Preface
This Bulletin summarizes the results of a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey of wages and
supplementary benefits in the miscellaneous plastics products industry in September 1974.
A summary tabulation providing data on earnings and related benefits of production
workers was issued earlier. Also issued earlier were separate releases for: Chicago, Cleveland,
Detroit, Leominster, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Newark, and New
York. Copies of these releases are available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington,
D.C. 20212, or any of its regional offices.
The study was conducted in the Bureau’s Office of Wages and Industrial Relations.
Sandra L. King of the Division of Occupational Wage Structures prepared the analysis in this
report, with assistance in the analysis of benefits from Mark Sieling of the same Division.
Fieldwork for the survey was directed by the Assistant Regional Commissioners for Labor
Statistics.
Other reports available from the Bureau’s program of industry wage studies, as well as the
addresses of the Bureau’s regional offices, are listed at the end of this bulletin.
Material in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced without
permission of the Federal Government. Please credit the Bureau of Labor Statistics and cite
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Contents
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S u m m a ry .................................................... ' .............................................................................................................................
Industry c h a ra c te ristic s............................................................................................................................................................
E m p lo y m e n t....................................................................................................................................................................
Location
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Production m e th o d s ........................................................................................................................................................
Size of establishment
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U n io n izatio n .....................................................................................................................................................................
Sex of worker
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Method of wage payment
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Average hourly e a rn in g s .............................................................................................................................................................
Occupational earnings
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Establishment practices and supplementary wage pro v isio n s................................................................................................
Scheduled weekly h o u r s .................................................................................................................................................
Shift p ro v isio n s................................................................................................................................................................
Paid h o lid a y s .....................................................................................................................................................................
Paid vacations
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Health, insurance, and retirement p l a n s ........................................................................................................................
Other selected b e n e f its ....................................................................................................................................................
Text tables:
1.
Percent of workers in miscellaneous plastics plants having collective bargaining agreements covering a
majority of workers by region, size of establishment, and size of community
............................................
2.
Regional wage levels for selected occupations in miscellaneous plastics products manufacturing as a
percent of national averages, September 1974
3.
Earnings distribution of finishers of molded plastics products and setters-up of plastics-molding machines,
Chicago area, September 1974 ............................................................................................................................
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Reference tables:
1. Average hourly earnings: By selected characteristics
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Earnings distribution: All production w o r k e r s ........................................................................................
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Occupational averages:
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All establishments
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By size of c o m m u n ity ................................................................................................................................
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By size of e s ta b lish m e n t................................................................ . ........................................................
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By labor-management contract coverage ................................................................................................
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By method of wage p a y m e n t ....................................................................................................................
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Occupational earnings:
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Chicago, 111
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Detroit, M ich................................................................................................................................................
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Leominster, Mass
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Los Angeles-Long Beach, C a l i f . ................................................................................................................
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Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn-Wise...................................................................................................................
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Contents—continued
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Reference tables—Continued
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Newark, N. J ......................................................................................................................................................... 31
New York, N. Y.-N. J ...........................................................................................................................................32
Establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions:
16.
Method of wage payment
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Scheduled weekly h o u r s ..................................................................................................................................34
18.
Shift differential pro v isio n s..............................................................................................................................35
19.
Shift differential practices .............................................................................................................................. 37
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Paid h o lid a y s ...................................................................................................................................................... 39
21.
Paid vacations ..................................................................................................................................................40
22.
Health, insurance, and retirement p l a n s ......................................................................................................... 43
23.
Other selected benefits
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Appendixes:
A.
B.
C.
Regression a n a ly s is ..................................................................................................................................................... 45
Scope and method of s u r v e y ..................................................................................................................................... 43
Occupational d e sc rip tio n s..........................................................................................................................................52
Miscellaneous Plastics, September 1974
Sum m ary
Industry characteristics
Straight-time hourly earnings of production and related
workers in the miscellaneous plastics products industry
averaged $3.24 an hour in September 1974.1 This was 35
percent above the $2.40 average recorded in August 1969,
the date of a similar Bureau survey; the advance, however,
was somewhat below the 42-percent gain reported for all
manufacturing industries combined .2 Over the same period,
employment in the plastics industry increased 32 percent.
(Plastics surveys excluded firms with fewer than 20 em
ployees.)
Among the regions studied3, hourly earnings in Septem
ber 1974 ranged from $2.92 in the Southeast to $3.36 in
the Great Lakes region, where slightly more than one-third
of the 236,413 production workers studied were employed.
Workers in the Middle Atlantic region, over one-fifth of the
total work force, averaged $3.30 an hour. None of the
other regions studied accounted for more than one-tenth of
the workers.
Occupations selected to represent the various manufac
turing operations and worker skills in the plastics industry
made up about three-fifths of its work force.4 Average
hourly earnings ranged from a low of $2.75 for injection
molding machine operators who do not set up their ma
chines—the most populous job studied—to a high of $5.83
for tool and diemakers—the only occupational average to
exceed $5.
All of the workers studied were in establishments provid
ing paid holidays and paid vacations after qualifying periods
of service. Typical provisions included 6 to 10 paid holidays
annually and at least 1 week of vacation pay after 1 year of
service; 2 weeks after 3 years; and 3 weeks after 10 years.
At least nine-tenths of the work force were in plants provid
ing all or part of the cost of life, hospitalization, surgical,
and basic medical insurance benefits. Retirement plans in
addition to Federal social security applied to almost threefifths of the workers.
E m ploym ent. Miscellaneous plastics products plants within
the scope of the Bureau’s study employed 236,413 produc
tion and related workers in September 1974. Production
employment ranged from 9,100 in the Border States to
52,700 in the Middle Atlantic region and 83,700 in the
Great Lakes region. The New England, Southeast, and Pa
cific regions each employed about 22,000 workers; the
Middle West and Southwest about 11,000 workers each.
Among 8 areas of industry concentration studied separate
ly, production worker employment ranged from 2,900 in
Minneapolis-St. Paul to 17,500 in Chicago.
The nationwide level of industry employment in Sep
tember 1974 was approximately 32 percent more than the
level recorded in August 1969. During the 1969-74 period,
employment increased 23 percent in the Great Lakes region
and 43 percent in the Middle Atlantic region, the two
largest regions of industry employment. Among the other
regions, employment increases ranged from 7 percent in the
Border -States to 98 percent in the Southwest. The employ
ment level dropped about 5 percent (1,200 workers) in
New England. Largely because of changes in metropolitan
area definitions, only 2 areas were fully comparable for the
1969 and 1974 studies. In these areas, employment levels
rose 10 percent in Chicago and 12 percent in Cleveland.
L ocation . The Great Lakes and Middle Atlantic regions to
gether accounted for slightly more than one-half of the
industry’s work force. The New England, Southeast, and
Pacific regions each employed about one-tenth of the work
ers. None of the other regions had more than 5 percent of
the industry’s work force.
Four-fifths of the industry’s production work force was
located in metropolitan areas. Such areas included over
nine-tenths of the workers in the Middle Atlantic, and
Pacific regions; about three-fourths in the Southwest,
Great Lakes, and Middle West; two-thirds in New England
and the Border States; and one-half in the Southeast. The
eight metropolitan areas studied separately accounted
for slightly more than one-fourth of the workers in
the industry.
1 See appendix B for scope and method of survey. Wage data in
this bulletin exclude premium pay for overtime and for work on
weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
2 See Industry Wage Survey: Miscellaneous Plastics Products,
August 1969, Bulletin 1690 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1971). The
all-manufacturing increase is based on gross hourly earnings data
published in the Bureau’s monthly periodical Employment and
Earnings.
3 For definition of regions, see appendix B, table B-l, footnote 1.
4 See appendix C for job descriptions.
Production m ethods . The main method of forming plastics
products is molding; lamination and fabrication are two
subsidiary processes. Establishments principally engaged in
molding primary plastics for the trade employed slightly
1
somewhat by region. For example, one half of the workers
in the Border States were in plants with 100 to 249 workers
compared with slightly more than three-tenths in New
England and the Southeast.
more than four-fifths of the industry’s production workers.
Most workers were in plants producing a wide variety of
plastics products rather than specializing. Typically, large
numbers of each item are manufactured since the high cost
of molds makes the production of molded plastics products
in small quantities uneconomical.
Injection molding was, by far, the most common pro
cess—that is, heating thermoplastics materials to a liquid in
an injection cylinder and forcing it into a mold where it
hardens under pressure as it cools. Plants primarily using
injection molding employed nearly one-half of the indus
try’s workers.
One-seventh of the workers were in plants using extru
sion, whereby plastics materials are forced through a die in
a continuous flow to obtain desired shapes. Plants primarily
engaged in compression molding—heating thermosetting
plastics material in the mold cavity and applying pressure
until it hardens or cures, thus assuming the shape of the
mold—employed one-tenth of the workers. About 6 percent
of the workers were in plants primarily using a blow mold
ing process; 5 percent were in plants primarily vacuum
forming their products.
Nearly two-fifths of the production workers were in
plants using two or more molding processes. Plants primar
ily engaged in compression molding, for example, frequent
ly used injection molding as a secondary means of forming
products.
Six percent of the work force was in plants principally
engaged in lamination, in which layers of wood, paper, or
cloth are impregnated with liquid resins and fused into flat
sheets of various shapes. Seven percent were primarily en
gaged in fabrication whereby plastic rods, tubes, and other
shapes are converted into finished products by sawing, ma
chining, or other fabricating methods.
U nionization . Establishments operating under collective
bargaining agreements covering a majority of their workers
employed slightly less than one-half of the industry’s work
force. As indicated in text table 1, the proportion of work
ers in plants having such coverage varied by region and
establishment and community size. The degree of unioniza
tion seems to be related directly to the three size groups,
i.e., the largest firms have the highest percentage of union
ized workers.
Establishments in the industry had collective bargaining
agreements with a number of unions, including the United
Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America
(AFL-CIO), the United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agri
cultural Implement Workers of America (AFL-CIO), and
the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (AFL-CIO).
Sex o f worker. Men were 52 percent of the production
work force, and constituted a majority of the workers in
most of the production occupations selected for separate
study. Women were largely employed as injection-molding
machine operators (operate only) and as finishers of mold
ed plastics products. They also were a majority of the
blow-molding machine operators (operate only), inspectors,
and shipping packers.
M eth od o f wage paym ent. All but 5 percent of the produc
tion workers were paid time rates (table 16). Eighty-two
percent of the workers were covered by formalized timerate plans providing for either a single rate or a range of
rates for a particular occupation. Twelve percent were cov
ered by time-rate plans providing for determinations based
on an individual’s qualifications. Production workers paid
on an incentive basis most commonly worked under in
dividual piecework or bonus systems.
Size o f establishment. Employment was about evenly dis
tributed among the three sizes of establishments —20-99,
100-249, and 250 workers or more—shown in table 1. The
proportion of workers in these plant-size categories varied
T e x t table 1.
Percent of workers in miscellaneous plastics plants having collective bargaining agreements covering a
m ajority o f w orkers by region, size o f establishment, and size o f co m m u n ity
Plants with —
Region
United States1 .............
New England..................................
Middle A tla n tic .............................
Border States ...............................
Southeast ......................................
Southw est......................................
Great Lakes....................................
Middle West ..................................
P acific..............................................
All
plants
250 workers
or more
Metropolitan
areas
Nonmetropolitan
areas
45-49
60-64
45-49
45-49
20-24
65-69
55-59
10-14
35-39
55-59
50-54
30-34
35-39
75-79
65-69
55-59
45-49
65-69
95+
45-49
25-29
65-69
65-69
20-24
30-34
50-54
55-59
20-24
20-24
45-49
35-39
30-34
10-14
65-69
45-49
(2)
20 to 99
workers
100 to 249
workers
45-49
30-34
25-29
65-69
55-59
25-29
25-29
50-54
50-54
20-24
15-19
55-59
40-44
10-14
5-9
30-34
35-39
10-14
1 Includes data for the Mountain region not shown separately.
Plants in —
2 All plants visited in the Pacific region were in metropolitan
areas.
2
Average hourly earnings
Production workers in plants having labor-management
contracts covering a majority of their workers averaged
Straight-time earnings of production and related workers
$3.38 an hour, compared with $3.13 in plants with none or
covered by the survey averaged $3.24 an hour in September
a minority covered by such agreements. Among regions per
1974 (table l ).5 Workers in the Middle Atlantic and Great
mitting comparison, hourly rates for union establishments
Lakes regions, together slightly more than one-half the
typically exceeded those in nonunion plants by about 11 to
work force, averaged $3.30 and $3.36 an hour, respectively.
19 percent, except for the Middle Atlantic. There, workers
Other regional averages ranged from $2.92 in the Southeast
in nonunion plants averaged about the same as their union
to $3.35 in the Pacific.
counterparts ($3.32 compared with $3.29).
The level of earnings for production workers in Septem
The basic survey tabulations did not attempt to isolate
ber 1974 was 35 percent higher than the $2.40 average
and measure any of the preceding characteristics as individ
recorded in August 1969. During the 1969-74 period, the
ual determinants of wage levels. Appendix A of this bul
annual rate of increase in average earnings was about 6.2
letin, however, presents a brief technical note on the results
percent. Increases in earnings levels among the regions
of a multiple regression analysis in which the singular ef
studied separately in both surveys ranged from 32 percent
fects of individual survey characteristics were isolated to a
in the Pacific region to 41 percent in the Border States and
measurable degree. In some cases there were marked differ
Southeast. Average earnings rose 33 percent in the Great
ences between the average earnings differentials produced
Lakes and 38 percent in the Middle Atlantic, the two
by cross-tabulation (simple regression) as discussed in this
largest regions.
section of the report, and those derived from multiple re
Workers in metropolitan areas averaged $3.25 an hour,
gression. For example, production workers in union plants
compared with $3.20 for those in nonmetropolitan areas.
averaged 25 cents an hour more than those in nonunion
However, no consistent wage advantage for workers in
plants (table 1 ), but apparently only about one-half (12
larger communities was found on a regional basis. For
cents) of this differential can be attributed solely to classifi
example, in 4 of the 7 regions permitting comparisons—
cation by labor-management contract status (appendix
New England, Middle Atlantic, Southeast, and Great Lakes
table A-l.) However, the large variation in average earnings
—workers in nonmetropolitan areas typically averaged be
left unexplained by the regression equations (see coefficient
tween 1 and 4 percent more than their counterparts in
of determination, R2), indicates that variables outside the
metropolitan areas.
survey scope may greatly influence the estimates.
Employee earnings in plants employing 250 workers or
In September 1974, men averaged $3.62 an hour,
more averaged $3.52 an hour—10 percent more than those
compared with $2.84 an hour for women. Among the
in plants employing 100 to 249 workers, and 15 percent
regions, the average wage advantage for men ranged from
more than those in plants with 20 to 99 employees. This
22 percent in New England ($3.39 compared with $2.77) to
nationwide pattern, especially for the largest plants, gen
39 percent in the Pacific ($3.77 and $2.72). Differences in
erally held for the regions. However, in New England, the
pay for men and women may result from several factors,
Border States, Southwest, and Pacific regions, workers in
including variations in the distribution of the sexes among
plants with 100 to 249 workers averaged about 2 percent
jobs with disparate pay levels. For example, women were
less than those in plants with 20 to 99 workers.
seldom employed in the comparatively high-wage mainte
nance occupations; instead, they were mostly employed as
injection-molding machine operators, the lowest-paid job in
5
Straight-time average hourly earnings of production workers in the survey. In fact, among establishments in the Chicago
this bulletin differ in concept from the gross average hourly earnings
area employing both men and women as injection molding
published in the Bureau’s monthly hours and earnings series ($3.64
machine
operators (operate only), women averaged more
in September 1974). Unlike the latter, the estimate presented here
per hour than men in about half the plants and virtually the
excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends,
holidays and late shifts. Average earnings are calculated by summing
same (within 2 percent) in an additional one-third. The
individual hourly earnings and dividing by the number o f individ
differences in averages between sexes in the same job and
uals; in the monthly series, the sum of the hours reported by estab
location
may also reflect minor variations in duties. Job
lishments in the industry is divided into the reported payroll totals.
descriptions
in wage surveys usually are more generalized
The estimate of the number o f production workers within the
scope of the study is intended only as a general guide to the size and
than those used in individual establishments.
composition of the labor force included in the survey. It differs
Individual earnings of about 95 percent of the produc
from those published in the monthly series (305,400 in September
tion
workers fell within a range of $2 to $5 an hour in
1974) in part because it excludes establishments employing fewer
September 1974 (table 2). Earnings of the middle 50 per
than 20 workers. The advance planning necessary to make the sur
cent of the workers were between $2.57 and $3.74 an hour.
vey required the use of lists of establishments assembled consider
ably in advance of data collection. Thus, establishments new to the
Ten percent of all men and 30 percent of all women earned
industry are omitted, as are establishments originally classified in
less than $2.50 an hour. Above $4 an hour, the correspond
the miscellaneous plastics products industry, but found to be in
ing proportions were 33 and 4 percent. The proportion of
other industries at the time of the survey. Also omitted are plastics
workers at the lower and upper ends of the earnings array
products establishments classified incorrectly in other industries at
varied widely by region.
the time the lists were compiled.
3
however, the reverse was true for many other occupations,
especially in New England.
Workers in plants with at least 250 workers averaged
more per hour than those in the two smaller plant size
groups (table 5). The wage advantage in larger plants varied
by occupation and region. For example in the Great Lakes
region, men blenders in plants with at least 250 workers
averaged 3 percent more than those in plants with 100 to
249 workers and 13 percent more than those in plants with
fewer than 100; corresponding proportions for setters-up
were 6 percent and 7 percent, respectively. In the Middle
Atlantic, the respective proportions for blenders were 12
and 21 percent; for setters-up, 5 and 12.
Job averages were generally higher in plants having col
lective bargaining agreements covering a majority of their
production workers than in plants without such coverage
(table 6). Nationwide, union workers typically averaged be
tween 5 and 10 percent more per hour than their nonunion
counterparts. An exception to this pattern were scrap pre
paring operators and maintenance occupations where
workers in nonunion plants often averaged the same or even
more than those in union plants.
Among the few occupations for which comparisons were
possible, incentive-paid workers usually averaged more than
time-rated workers in the same job (table 7). The amount
of difference varied by occupation and region. In New
England, for example, the average wage advantage for in
centive-paid workers amounted to 25 percent for men and
41 percent for women compression-molding machine opera
tors (operate only) and 7 percent for women injection
molding-machine operators; corresponding differences in
the Great Lakes were 9, 10, and 12 percent, respectively.
Earnings of individual workers varied widely within the
same job and geographic area (tables 8-15). Frequently,
hourly earnings of the highest paid workers exceeded those
of the lowest paid in the same job and area by $2 or more.
Thus, a number of workers in comparatively low paying
jobs earned as much as or more than some workers in jobs
with significantly higher hourly averages. Text table 3 illus
trates the overlap in earnings occuring between finishers
and setters-up in Chicago.
Occupational earnings
Occupations for which wage data are presented in table
were selected to represent the full spectrum of activities
performed by production workers in the industry. These
jobs accounted for slightly over three-fifths of the 236,413
production and related workers within the scope of the
September 1974 survey. Among the jobs, injection molding
machine operators who do not set up their machines had
the highest proportionate representation and the lowest
earnings, averaging $2.75 an hour. Only tool and diemakers
averaged more than $5 an hour ($5.83). Averages above
$4.50 were recorded for five other maintenance jobs—
electricians ($4.96), machinists ($4.87), pipefitters ($4.84),
mechanics ($4.72); and machine tool operators ($4.55).
3
Occupational averages were generally highest in the
Pacific region and lowest in the Southeast and Southwest,
among the 21 occupations shown for all eight regions. Even
after eliminating the Pacific region from comparisons, the
interregional spread in average earnings by occupation was
generally greater for relatively higher paid jobs, such as
maintenance occupations, than for lower paying jobs, in
cluding operators of injection molding machines, and
finishers (text table 2). Maintenance workers in the Pacific
region enjoyed a 10- to 20-percent wage advantage over the
nationwide averages compared with about a 5-percent ad
vantage for the next highest region.
Occupational pay relationships within regions varied
across the country. For example, tool and diemakers in the
Border States averaged 75 percent more than operators of
injection molding machines, whereas the corresponding
spread in the Pacific region was 162 percent. Similarly, the
average wage advantages of tool and diemakers over inspec
tors ranged from 56 percent in the Border States to 99
percent in the Pacific.
Nationwide, occupational averages were 2 to 10 percent
higher in metropolitan than in nonmetropolitan areas in
half of the 43 situations permitting comparison (table 4).
The pay advantage for metropolitan area workers also held
for a majority of occupations in each region compared;
T ext table 2. Regional wage levels for selected occupations in miscellaneous plastics products manufacturing as a percent
of national averages, September 1974
(U .S . average = 1 0 0 )
R eg io n
A ll
p ro d u c
tio n
w o rk e rs
O p e ra
to rs o f
in je c tio n
m o ld in g
m achines
Finishers
Ja n ito rs
Laborers
I nspecto rs
M a in te
M echan
nance
ics,
w o rk e rs ,
m a in te
general
nance
tasks
M a
chinists,
m a in te
nance
E le c tri
cians,
m a in te
nance
N e w E n g la n d ...................
95
98
92
95
96
99
93
95
92
M id d le A t l a n t i c ..............
102
105
102
100
105
97
101
101
100
93
102
101
94
100
90
98
88
96
85
91
91
86
85
104
93
101
88
105
85
103
B o rd e r S t a t e s ...................
101
105
98
98
97
S o u th e a s t...........................
90
92
88
S o u t h w e s t .........................
93
104
95
89
94
88
93
104
G re a t L a k e s ......................
M id d le W e s t ......................
P a c i f i c .................................
104
98
102
93
102
91
106
94
103
96
102
104
105
105
4
106
•
Tool
and
d ie
m a kers
88
98
87
91
89
102
92
99
99
94
102
99
109
109
119
123
113
119
Text table 3. Earnings distribution of finishers of molded
plastics products and setters-up of plastics-molding
machines, Chicago area, September 1974
H o u rly earnings
U n d e r $ 2 . 4 0 ....................................
$ 2 .4 0 a n d u n de r $ 2 . 6 0 ..............
$ 2 . 8 0 ..............
$ 3 . 0 0 ..............
$ 3 . 2 0 ..............
$ 3 . 4 0 ..............
$ 3 . 6 0 ..............
$ 3 . 8 0 ..............
$ 3 .8 0 an d u n d e r $ 4 . 0 0 ..............
$ 2 .6 0
$ 2 .8 0
$ 3 .0 0
$ 3 .2 0
$ 3 .4 0
$ 3 .6 0
an d
an d
an d
an d
an d
an d
under
under
u n de r
under
under
under
$ 4 .0 0
$ 4 .2 0
$ 4 .4 0
$ 4 .6 0
an d
an d
an d
an d
u n d e r $ 4 . 2 0 ..............
u n d e r $ 4 . 4 0 ..............
u n d e r $ 4 . 6 0 ..............
over ..............................
Finishers
ceived betweien 8 and 10 days, while in the Southeast and
Southwest regions the range was typically between 5 and 8
days.
S etters-up
Nearly all production workers covered by
the survey received paid vacations after qualifying periods
of service (table 21). The most common pattern was 1 week
of vacation after 1 year of employment, 2 weeks after 3
years, and 3 weeks after 10 years. There was, however,
some interregional variation. In the Pacific States, for
example, 26 percent of the workers received 4 weeks of
vacation after 15 years while in the Middle West, 6 percent
of the workers were similarly provided for.
P a id va c a tio n s.
597
38 1
208
191
168
140
104
69
50
4
4
8
_
30
6
17
43
28
2
26
55
34
64
8
90
N u m b e r o f w o rk e rs .
1 ,9 5 0
377
A verage h o u rly e a r n in g s ...........
$ 2 .7 5
$ 4 .1 4
H e a lth , in su ra n c e , a n d r e tir e m e n t p la n s .
At least nine-tenths
of production workers were provided with basic life, hos
pitalization, surgical, and medical insurance and seventenths with accidental death and dismemberment, and
major medical insurance (table 22). These insurance plans
usually were financed wholly by the employer rather than
by joint employer-employee contributions. There was con
siderable variation in financing among regions, however. In
the New England region, for example, employer-financed
hospitalization insurance plans were provided to slightly
over one-half of all workers, while in the Middle Atlantic
and Pacific regions such plans were provided to over fourfifths of the workers. The incidence of these health and
insurance plans varied somewhat by region. For example,
sickness and accident insurance was available to less than
one-tenth of the workers in the Pacific region, compared to
about four-fifths in the Border States and Great Lakes.
Retirement pension plans, in addition to Federal social
security, applied to just over one-half of all production
workers. The proportion of workers provided such plans
ranged from approximately one-third in the Pacific region
to about two-thirds in the Middle Atlantic region.
Establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions
For production workers, information also was obtained
on work schedules and shift differential provisions and
practices, and the incidence of selected supplementary
benefits including paid holidays and vacations; health, in
surance and retirement plans; paid funeral and jury-duty
leave; technological severance pay; and supplemental un
employment benefits.
Eighty-four percent of the pro
duction workers had weekly schedules of 40 hours (table
17). By region, the percent on 40-hour schedules ranged
from 78 in New England to 98 in the Middle West. Only in
the New England, Southwest, Great Lakes, and Pacific re
gions did more than one-tenth of the workers have
schedules of over 40 hours.
S c h e d u le d w e e k ly h ours.
O th e r s e le c te d b e n e fits. Establishments providing paid
jury-duty and funeral leave plans employed approximately
two-thirds of all production workers (table 23). The extent
of worker coverage varied considerably among regions.
Funeral leave pay, for example, was provided to four-fifths
of the workers in New England compared with about twofifths in the Pacific region.
T echnological severance pay and supplemental un
employment benefit plans were available to only 5 percent
of all production workers. By region, the highest incidence
of technological severance pay—about one-tenth of the
workers—was in the Middle Atlantic, and of supplemental
unemployment benefits—about one-tenth of the workers—
was in the Southeast. Each plan covered about 5 percent or
less of the workers in each of the other regions.
Approximately nine-tenths of all produc
tion workers were in establishments having formal pro
visions for late-shift work (table 18). At the time of the
survey, actually about one-fourth of the workers were em
ployed on second shifts and one-sixth on third shifts (table
19). Shift differentials paid to these workers varied consid
erably, with 5 or 10 cents being most common for the
second shift and 10 or 15 cents for the third shift.
S h if t p ro v isio n s.
Virtually all production workers received
paid holidays, usually 6 to 10 days annually (table 20). The
number of paid holidays per year varied considerably
among regions. In the New England, Middle Atlantic,
Border States, and Great Lakes regions workers usually re
P a id h o lid a y s.
5
Table 1. Average hourly earnings: By selected characteristics
(N u m b er and a v e ra g e s tr a i g h t - t i m e h o u rly earning:
a n d s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
of p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s by s e le c te d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , U n ite d S t a te s
United S ta te s 2
Item
W orkers
Earn
in gs
N e w En g l a n d
Southwest
Earn
W orkers
i ng s
G r e a t Ljake s
Middle; W e st
Pac if: Lc
ri=
lT
e—
a r—
n
W orkers
E arnings
E arn
W o r k e r s in g s
$3.36
3.82
2.97
11,063
4,958
6,105
$ 3 . 18 2 2 , 3 0 6
3. 59 1 3 , 2 5 2
9,054
2.85
$3.35
3.77
2.72
W orkers:
ing s
$3.07 52,680
3.39 30,100
2.77 22,580
$3.30
3.64
2.84
9,084
5,478
3,606
$3.28
3.62
2.75
21,672
11,039
10,633
$ 2 .92
3.21
2.62
11,445
7 , 141
4,304
$3.02
3.29
2.57
15,342
6,746
3.06 49,519
3 . 11 3 , 161
3.29
3.41
6,076
3,008
3.35
3.13
11,047
10,625
2.90
2.94
8,984
2 , 461
3.08
2.79
65,144
18,522
3.33
3.44
8,093
2,970
3.23 22,306
3. 05
3.35
-
7,402
7,078
7,608
2.92 21,973
2 .8 7 17,936
3.41 12,771
3.04
3.27
3.77
1,393
4,439
3,252
3 .20
3 . 12
3 . 51
7,123
6,87 1
7,678
2.81
3.08
4,654
4,641
2 , 150
3.03
2.98
3.09
24,430
29,286
29,950
3.11
3.30
3.61
5,174
4,386
1,503
3.01
3.16
3-85
11,132
7,658
3,516
3.34
3 . 32
3.44
3.3 4 34,321
3.29
5,337
3.4 2
6,0 20
3 . 16
3,083
3.31
45,101
3.42
5,784
3.44
5,373
3.80
2.99
3.32
3,747
3.07
15,652
2.83
8,362
2.92
38,565
3.28
5, 279
2. 90
16,933
3 . 20
S I Z E OP COMMUNITY:
METROPOLITAN A R E A S . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RON NET pnpOT-TT AN AREAS.___ . . . . . . .
1 8 8 , 920
47,493
3.25
3.20
S I Z E OF ESTABLISHMENT:
? 0 - QQ WORKERS_____________ . . . . . . . .
1 0 0 - 2 4 9 W O R K E R S . . . . . . . . ...................
250 WORKERS OR MORE.. . . . . . . . . . . .
84,922
82,431
69,060
3.07
3. 1 9
3.52
LABOR-MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS:.
ESTABLISHMENTS WITH—
MAJORITY OF WORKERS COVERED...
NONE OR MINORITY OF WORKERS
r o v E R E n ___ ___________
110,529
3.38
5,510
3.13
16,578
Southeast
E a r n W orkers E a rn ings
$3.24 22,088
3. 62 1 0 , 8 0 5
2 .8 4 11,283
236,413
121,909
1 1 4 , 504
1 Excludes p re m iu m
B o r d e r States
83,666
38,086
45,580
ALL PRnpiirTTnN WORKERS. ______ ______. _
MEN_______ __________ _____ . . . . . . . . . . .
WOMEN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
125,884
M id d l e A t l a n t i c
E arn
Earn
Wo r k e r s
W o r k e r s in gs W o r k e r s in g s
p a y f o r o v e r t i m e an d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s ,
18,359
holidays,
and late
* I n c l u d e s d a t a f o r t h e M o u n t a i n r e g i o n in a d d it i o n to t h o s e s h o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
3 S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a s a s d e f i n e d by t h e U. S. Of fic e of M a n a g e -
2.86
m e n t a n d B u dg e t t h r o u g h F e b r u a r y 1974.
N O T E : D a s h e s i n d i c a t e no d a t a r e p o r t e d o r d a t a t h a t do no t m e e t
publication c ri t e r i a .
Table
2.
Earnings distribution: All production workers
( P e r c e n t d i s t r ib u t io n o f p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in m i s c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s by a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s , 1 U n ite d S ta te s a n d s e le c te d
r e g i o n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
United S t a te s 2
Earn in g s1
Total
NUMBER OF WORKERS......................................
AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS1...................
TOTAL..............
$1.90
AND UNDER $ 2 . 0 0 ...........................
$2.00
$ 2 . 10
$2.20
$2.30
$2.40
AND
AND
AND
AND
AND
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
$2.50
$2.60
$2.70
$2.80
$2.90
AND
AND
AND
AND
AND
$3.00
$3.10
$3.20
$3.30
$3.40
Men
Women
New
• England
Border
S t a te s
Southeast
Southwest
Great
Lakes
M id dl e
W e st
P acific
236,413
$3.24
121,909
$3.62
114,504
$ 2 . 84
22,088
$3.07
52,680
$3-30
9,084
$3.28
21,672
$2.92
11,445
$3.02
83,666
$3.36
11,063
$ 3 . 18
22,306
$3.35
100.0
100. 0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1 00-0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
(*>
-
<*)
-
$ 2 . 1 0 ...........................
$ 2 . 2 0 ...........................
$ 2 . 3 0 ...........................
$ 2 . 4 0 ............................
$ 2 . 5 0 ...........................
3.4
2.9
4.3
4.7
4 .3
1.6
1.6
2.2
2.4
2. 1
2. 4
5.3
4.3
6.4
7.5
6.4
3.5
4.8
5. 1
5.4
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
$ 2 . 6 0 ...........................
$ 2 . 7 0 . . . ...................
$ 2 . 8 0 ...........................
$ 2 . 9 0 ...........................
$ 3 . 0 0 ...........................
5.8
4.9
5.5
4.8
4.2
3. 8
3.3
3.8
2.9
3. 2
7.9
6.7
7.2
8.3
6.5
9 .4
AND
AND
AND
AND
AND
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
$ 3 . 1 0 ...........................
$ 3 . 2 0 ...........................
$ 3 . 3 0 ............................
$ 3 . 4 0 ...........................
$ 3 . 5 0 ...........................
5.8
4.0
5.0
4. 0
3.5
5.0
3. 6
4 .8
$3.50
$3.60
$3.70
$3.80
$3.90
AND
AND
AND
AND
AND
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
$ 3 . 6 0 ............................
$ 3 . 7 0 ............................
$ 3 . 8 0 ...........................
$ 3 . 9 0 ...........................
$ 4 . 0 0 ...........................
3.7
3.0
4.6
3.7
4. 0
3 .5
3.1
$4.00
$4.10
$4 .2 0
$4.30
$4.40
AND
AND
AND
AND
AND
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
$ 4 . 1 0 ............................
$ 4 . 2 0 ............................
$ 4 . 3 0............................
$ 4 . 4 0 ...........................
$ 4 . 5 0 ...........................
2.7
1.9
2.4
$4.50
$4.60
$4.70
$4.80
$4.90
AND
AND
AND
AND
AND
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
$ 4 . 6 0 ...........................
$ 4 . 7 0 ............................
$ 4 . 8 0 ......................... ..
$ 4 . 9 0 ............................
$ 5 . 0 0 ...........................
$5.00
$5.10
$ 5 .20
$5.30
$5.40
AND
AND
AND
AND
AND
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
$ 5 - 1 0 ............................
$ 5 . 2 0 ...........................
$ 5 . 3 0 ...........................
$ 5 . 4 0 ...........................
$ 5 . 5 0 ............................
.8
$5.50
$5.60
$5.70
$5.80
$5.90
AND
AND
AND
AND
AND
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
$ 5 . 6 0 ...........................
$ 5 . 7 0 ...........................
$ 5 - 8 0 ............................
$ 5 . 9 0 ............................
$ 6 . 0 0 ............................
.3
$6 . 0 0
$6 . 1 0
$6 . 2 0
$6.30
$6.40
AND
AND
AND
AND
AND
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
UNDER
$ 6 . 1 0 ...................... i .
$ 6 . 2 0 ...........................
$ 6 . 3 0 ...................... ..
$ 6 . 4 0 ...................... ..
$ 6 . 5 0 ............................
.2
. 1
.1
.1
$ 6 . 5 0 AND OVER..
M id d le
Atlantic
2.8
2.6
2.1
3 .9 ,
3.8
6.8
6.6
5.2
4.9
6.6
4.3
3.4
4.1
4.4
5.1
4.2
3.2
2.6
2.9
2.7
2.3
3 .3
1.6
1.6
1.0
3.5
1.9
.9
2.2
1.6
2.8
1.6
4.5
3. 2
4.0
2.7
.6
.6
.4
.6
1.4
2.6
.2
1.4
1.3
2.3
.9
1.0
1.8
1.6
.2
.1
.1
.2
1.6
.9
.8
.5
.4
.5
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2
-1
1. 4
1. 0
(*)
1.4
.7
.9
.4
. 5
(*)
(*)
<*)
<*)
. 6
.4
.4
.3
. 2
1.4
.8
.7
.3
.4
.7
.4
.3
.1
(*)
(*)
<*>
(*)
-
-
-
-
4 .5
3.4
4.4
2.9
3.9
-
7 .8
.5
3.6
4.8
3.6
4.2
5. 1
5.9
7.8
5.7
4. 6
3.4
8.4
6.4
1. 2
2.4
4. 6
3.5
7.0
5. 1
7.0
4.6
5.7
5.1
4.2
5 .4
3.7
3.7
5.3
5.0
4. 8
5.5
6.2
2.8
4.1
5.5
3.8
4.1
4.1
4.9
6.1
6.0
2.9
5 .5
4.6
3.9
4 .3
4.9
5.4
4.5
3.6
3.3
5.4
7. 3
5.2
3.1
2-6
2.1
3.7
2.5
1.5
2.3
.7
2.2
6.3
1.9
4.0
3.4
1.9
1.5
.9
.5
-7
2.1
.6
.4
1.3
.9
.9
.9
.5
1.8
.5
.6
.7
1.3
.5
.7
.2
1.0
1.1
. 1
3 .9
2.7
3 .7
2.5
2.4
3 .3
2.1
2.0
2.1
1-8
.2
.2
.3
.7
.4
.3
.2
.4
<*>
. 1
. 1
(*)
-2
.2
.2
.1
.2
.2
.1
-1
.3
<*)
(*)
.2
.2
.1
.1
<*>
<*)
. 1
<*>
<*)
(*)
.7
1 *3
(*)
.2
1 E x clu d es p r e m i u m pay for o v e rtim e and fo r work on w e ekends,
and la te shifts.
(*)
-
holidays,
1.0
2. 9
2.0
4. 0
1.8
2.0
2.8
4 .4
.4
.1
<*)
.3
.4
. 1
(*)
_
7. 1
8.9
6.6
1. 4
3 .0
3.9
3-7
6.0
6. 1
6.1
1.7
1.6
.9
1.1
.8
6.6
4.0
4 .6
4. 6
4.9
4.6
3.5
6. 1
4. 2
7. 1
5.9
4.3
4.1
3.2
6.4
4. 2
5.8
4. 2
3.8
5.2
4.9
4. 5
3.3
3.7
4.7
3.6
4 .0
3.9
2.7
3. 2
2. 1
3.7
3. 1
2.2
3.4
2 .5
2.7
1.5
2.5
2.4
2.5
3.6
1.9
1.5
1.6
3.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.8
1. 5
1.3
1.1
.8
.2
1.2
.9
.5
1.3
.4
.3
.4
.3
.7
.4
.3
1.1
1.0
.2
.7
2.0
3. 1
1.4
1.9
2.8
2.4
2.6
4.0
3. 1
1.6
1.9
1.7
1.3
.3
.4
.1
.2
.7
.5
.4
.9
.3
1.1
.2
.2
.1
.1
.6
.3
.2
.5
.8
.2
.2
.3
.1
.«>
.1
.2
.2
.1
.3
.4
.4
<*)
.1
.1
-
(*)
.2
<*)
<*)
.1
.
.2
.2
.2
.1
-2
. 1
.1
(♦)
. 1
<*)
~
.1
.1
.1
<*>
(*)
(*)
.7
.2
*1
.1
-6
(♦)
.2
(*)
.3
.6
.4
.4
.3
.1
<*>
.4
.3
.3
-1
.2
.1
.2
.3
2.7
2 Includes da ta fo r M ountain r eg io n in addition to th o se shown s e p a r a te ly .
NOTE: B ecause
of r o u n d i n g ,
(*) - L e s s t h a n 0. 05 p e r c e n t .
s u m s of i n d i v i d u a l i t e m s m a y not e q u a l 100.
Table 3. Occupational averages: All establishments
(N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s tr a ig h t- tim e h o u rly e a rn in g s 1 o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d occu pation s in m is c e lla n e o u s p la s tic s prod u cts m an u factu rin g esta b lis h m e n ts , U n ited States
and s e le c te d r e g io n s , S ep tem b er 1974)
W orkers
Hourly e a rn in g s1
M ean3 M edian3
M id d l e A t l a n t i c
New England
U n i t ed S t a t e s 2
Occupation and sex
M id-range3
W orkers
Hourly
earnings1
M e a n 3 Median?
M id-range3
W orkers
Hourly e a rn in g s 1
M id - r a n g e 3
M ean3
M edian3
3 98
$3.40
$3.48
$ 3 .03-
$3.81
125
4.00
4.00
3.85
3.91
3.773.77-
4.22
4.22
732
173
559
2.87
3.58
2.66
2.65
3.56
2.60
2.5 1 2.6 0 2 .41-
2.90
4.57
2.85
202
200.
-
3.93
3.93
-
3.9 3
3.93
-
3 .543 .54-
4.20
4.20
-
3.69
3.78
3.54
3.5 4
3.62
3.37
3. 3 3 3 .353.06-
4.00
4.32
3.85
PROCESSING
BLENDERS4. ....................................................................
BLOB-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
HEN...............................................................
BLOB-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ON LT) ....................................................
HEN...............................................................
BOMEN.........................................................
COHERESSION—HOLDING-HACHINE
OPERATORS (SET OP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
HEN.............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET DP AND OPERATE)....................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
F I N I SH E R S, MOLDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
INJECTION-HOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
LAMINATING-PRESS OPERATORS......................
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
MANDREL WORKERS....................................................
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
PLASTICS CUTTERS, MACHINE.........................
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
PREFORH-HACHINE OPERATORS........................
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS.........................
HEN...............................................................
BOHEN.........................................................
SETTERS-UP, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES....................................................................
BLOB-MOLDING MACHINES..............................
COMPRESSION-HOLDING MACHINES...........
EXTRUSION PRE SSE S ........................................
INJECTION-HOLDING MACHINES................
VACUUM—PLASTICS-FCRMING MACHINES.
t u m b l e r Op e r a t o r s ..............................................
HEN...............................................................
BOMEN.........................................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-HACHIN E
OPERATORS (SET UP AND OPERATE) . . . .
MEN...............................................................
BOMEN.........................................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY)........................
S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le .
$ 3 .0 1 - $4.05
175
1,818
$3.51
$ 3 . 50
527
484
3.8 4
3.95
3.85
4.03
3 .203 .3 5 -
4.35
4.35
-
2,568
1, 121
1,447
3.06
3.62
2.62
2.8 8
2.462.9 9 2 .2 5 -
3. 55
4.26
221
3.73
2.61
2.88
512
439
73
3.51
3.66
2.64
3.65
3.75
2.36
2.923.2 0 2.35-
4.00
4.09
2.88
-
5,145
2,795
2,350
3.36
3.53
3.16
3 . 30
3.57
3.06
2.873 .0 0 2.80-
3.75
3.87
3.44
4 50
218
3.23
3.36
2.95
3.07
3.3 0
2.85
2.652.7 5 2 .65-
3.80
3.97
2.95
83 5
521
314
3,989
3.76
3 . 80
3.35-
4.25
2 07
3.74
3.76
3.60-
3.90
1,053
3.81
3.88
3.42-
4.31
4,263
3,818
4 45
2 4 , 629
5 , 04 0
19,589
3.52
3.56
3.24
2.91
3.17
2.85
3.45
3.50
3. 20
2.83
3.C9
2.78
3 .003 .0 0 3 .0 0 2.4 5 2 .572 .40-
4.00
4 . 10
3.40
3.29
3.64
3.21
3,221
417
2,804
2.69
2.85
2. 67
2.54
2.64
2 . 54
2 . 3 02- 4 0 2.25-
2.93
3 . 20
2.91
733
59 7
136
6,085
1,642
4,443
3.28
3.33
3.09
2.97
3.40
2.81
3.21
3.25
3.1 0
2.85
3.42
2.75
2 .952 .912. 96 2.372.752.30-
3.7 0
3.8 0
3.20
3.36
4. 10
3.21
2,444
1,500
944
3.08
3.45
2.51
2.90
3.34
2.40
2 .352 .902 .25-
3.83
4 . 10
2.70
97
95
-
3.38
3.38
-
3.28
3.2 8
-
2.652.63-
4.08
4.08
-
71 7
4 44
273
2.94
3.34
2.28
2.45
3.34
2.20
2- 102. 142 .05-
3.38
4.20
2.45
47,542
10,127
37,415
1,191
963
228
463
432
31
1,396
1,164
232
298
260
38
1,162
1,049
113
2.75
2.87
2.71
3.68
3.84
2.97
3.80
3.84
3.17
3.54
3.69
2.80
3.64
3.61
3.8 8
3.15
3 . 16
3.09
2.66
2.362.402.352.833 . 102.3 5 3 .4 8 3 .602.653 .0 0 3 .2 5 2.443.1 1 3 .093 . 142.722.732 . 68-
3.02
3.25
3.00
4 . 45
4.51
3.50
4.17
4 . 18
3.31
4.20
4.21
3 . 25
4 . 10
4 . 02
4.46
3.50
3.50
3.53
5,950
1,772
4 , 178
41
41
-
2.7 0
2.62
2.7 0
2.99
2.99
2.98
2.98
-
2.422 .4 0 2.5 0 2.802 .802 .852.8 5 -
2.85
2.94
2.85
3.50
3.5C
3.28
3.27
-
9,382
2,769
6,613
586
469
473
469
77
77
28 6
267
-
2.88
2.91
69
64
-
2.69
2.70
2.69
3.05
3.05
3.40
3.40
3.09
3.04
-
2.88
2.75
2.65
3.75
4.07
2.90
3.78
3.84
2.98
3~ 60
3.91
2.70
3.67
3 . 67
4.10
3 . 13
3 . 11
3 . 16
3.28
3.43
3.69
3.69
3.60
3.60
3.07
3.08
-
2.95
2.85
3.2 3
3.7 2
4.00
4.00
3.66
3.66
3.05
3.05
-
2. 4 5 2 .482 .452.3 5 2. 5 0 3.343.3 2 3 .313. 3 1 2 .7 0 2. 68-
3.2 9
3.35
3.25
4 . 17
4. 17
4.07
4.07
4.00
4.00
3.43
3.49
-
4,125
308
207
302
2,713
174
278
206
72
3.95
4.14
3.87
4.14
3.90
4.12
3.16
3.24
2.90
3.99
4.29
3.85
4.08
3.88
4.17
3.00
3 . 18
2.79
3 .474 .0 0 3.6 6 3.753.393 .5 0 2.702 .752.7 0 -
4.40
4.68
4 . 13
4 . 48
4.35
4.60
3 . 53
3.68
3.00
521
52
30
320
25
25
-
3.89
4. 66
3.72
3.72
3.12
3.12
-
3. 95
4.29
4.00
3.7 0
3 .1 8
3.18
-
3.41- $4.28
5 . 08
4.254.05
3 .1 0 4.10
3 .3 0 3.3 0
2.762 .763.30
-
79 3
74
49
67
523
39
55
46
-
4.18
4.37
4.02
3.83
4.22
3.73
3.37
3.45
“
4.00
4.01
4.0 0
3.75
4.00
3.4 0
3.31
3.31
-
3.804.003.7 9 3.3 5 3. 843.252.983 .04-
4.42
4.94
4.41
4.25
4.41
4.43
3.58
3.98
-
659
603
56
3.81
3.83
3.65
3.75
3.80
3.30
3.433 .503.28-
4 . 25
4.25
4.79
-
122
94
-
3.88
3.80
~
3.7 6
3.64
-
3.403.40-
4.7 9
4 . 15
-
1,971
3.02
2.96
2 .45-
3.37
63 8
2.47
2.25
2.25-
2.7 5
128
-
668
12
12
90
$3.46
$3.40
-
-
3.00
3.42
-
3.50
2 .85
2.99
-
3.51
$ 2 .9 5 - $4 .0 0
2. 20-
2.85-
2.8 4 -
3.92
4 . 15
-
4.06
120
2.8 6
Table 3. Occupational averages: All establishments—Continued
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u rly e a r n i n g s 1 o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts m a n u f a c tu r in g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , U n ite d S ta te s
a n d s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
United S t a te s 2
O c c u p a t i o n an d s e x
W orkers
N ew England
Hourly e a rn in g s1
M ean3 M edian3
M id -ran g e3
W orkers
M id d l e A t l a n t i c
Hourly e a rn in g s1
M ean3 M edian3
M id-range3
W orkers
Hourly e a rn in g s1
M e a n 3 M e di a n 3
M id -ran g e3
PROCESSING— CONTINUED
HEN..............................................................
HOHEN........................................................
1,039
932
$3.36
2.64
$3. 25
2.55
$2.852 .25-
$4. 00
2.96
-
770
585
8 18
1 , 075
3,5 7 5
2,316
132
3,461
4.96
3.49
4.55
4.87
4.34
4.70
4.84
5.83
4.88
3 . 50
4 . 46
4.85
4.25
4.72
4 . 78
5.75
4.503.1 4 3.8 9 4.3 0 3.7 8 4.254.725.03-
5.36
3.91
5.34
5.29
4.80
5. 10
4.86
6.52
83
72
62
160
234
177
27
356
$4.59
3.38
4.43
4.46
4 . 14
4.37
4.58
5.14
$4.58
3.36
4.4 6
4.50
4 . 25
4.35
4.5 0
5.13
6,954
1,514
5,440
2,643
2,366
277
5,581
5,216
365
8,594
1,444
7 , 150
334
31 6
18
694
599
95
1, 192
1,086
106
2,619
2,409
3.22
3.71
3.09
3.05
3.05
3.08
3.0 9
3.1 0
3.01
2.94
3.36
2.85
3.77
3.79
3.36
3.63
3.72
3.0 5
3.81
3.88
3 . 18
3.5 8
3.58
3.56
3.58
3.58
3.52
3.65
3.52
3.12
3.20
3 . 61
3.07
3 . 00
3.00
3.00
3.03
3.03
3.03
2.95
3.37
2.85
3.75
3.75
3.49
3.50
3.59
3.00
3.7 5
3. 83
3.00
3.61
3.60
3.66
3.60
3.60
3.61
3.95
3.60
3.10
2.763 .232 .702.622 .602.722 . 662 . 662.6 5 2 .452 .902 .403 .3 9 3 .403.0 8 3.0 6 3 .152 .493 .253.302.903.223.223 .393.2 2 3 .2 2 3 .353.453 .152.6 5 -
3.60
4 . 17
3.48
3.44
3 . 44
3.43
3.43
3.4 5
3.41
3.36
3.92
3.32
4.06
4.08
3.63
4.05
4 . 15
3.25
4.25
4.25
3.51
3.98
3 . 98
3.80
3.98
3.98
3.78
3.95
3.95
3.45
711
169
542
198
186
3 . 18
3.78
3.00
2.89
2.89
2.93
2.98
2.98
3.23
3.06
3.22
3.00
3.61
3.61
3.55
3.55
3.42
3.48
3.67
3.67
3.14
3.76
2.91
2 . 85
2 .85
-
-
“
-
-
“
194
4 44
$2.65
2.39
$2 . 50
2.25
$2. 202 .25-
$3.00
2.45
$4.403.0 0 4 .034. 1 5 3. 703.9 4 4.414 .7 5 -
$4.97
3.75
4.88
4.73
4.48
4.73
4.5 6
5.37
195
145
286
254
78 7
362
17
912
5.06
3.43
4.07
4.85
4.39
4.78
4.88
5.72
4.93
3.50
3.89
4.78
4.50
4.73
4.76
5.75
4 .683.253 .594.3 0 3 .754.504 .735.00-
5.35
3.75
4.39
5.2 9
4.94
5.10
5.21
6 .30
2.693 .402.5 4 2.552 .55-
3.65
4 .17
3.41
3.25
3.18
3.25
3 . 25
3.50
3-49
3.41
3.49
3.8 3
3 .85
4.11
4.11
3.75
3.78
4.0 0
3.98
4.00
4.00
3.78
1, 596
23 4
1,362
593
547
46
9 32
898
1,808
417
1, 391
69
69
189
137
323
3 07
16
46 6
455
3.13
3.67
3.04
3.06
3.07
3.05
3.55
2.99
3.00
3.01
2.88
2.88
3.25
3.25
2.87
3.44
2.70
3.73
3.73
3.54
3.88
4 . 12
4.15
3.54
3.59
3.59
3.50
3.59
3.59
3.50
_
_
3.27
3 . 23
3.23
2.75
3.55
2.6 5
3.74
3.74
3.40
3.83
4.00
4.0 0
3.57
3.66
3.67
2.753.252.652. 682. 6 8 2.752.9 2 2.922.472 .902.4 0 3. 143. 142.673. 143.503 .503 .403. 153 .15-
3.66
3.6 7
_
_
3.21
3. 1 5 3. 1 5 _
_
3.05-
3. 45
4.04
3.40
3.49
3.50
2.97
3.50
3.52
3 . 15
3.95
3.00
4.07
4.07
4.00
4.15
4.60
4.71
3.9 4
3.90
3.90
_
3.90
3.90
_
_
3.3 4
$2.81-
$3.66
MAINTENANCE4
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRACES...................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERAICRS, IOOLEOOM. . .
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE................................
P I P E F I T T E R S , MAINTENANCE...........................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS........................................
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS...................
MEN..............................................................
HOHEN........................................................
JANITORS......................................................................
MEN.............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING...................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
PACKERS, SH IPP IN G .............................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
RECEIVING CLERKS................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS...................................................
HEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
SH IPP ING AND RECEIVING CLERKS.............
HEN.............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
TRUCKERS, POWER...................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
FORKLIFT................................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
OTHER THAN FORKLIFT...................................
gEN..............................................................
WATCHMEN......................................................................
210
2,548
2,360
188
71
49
221
12
782
765
17
360
87
2 73
34
32
87
87
90
81
204
202
—
20 1
199
36
-
3.67
3.67
3 . 28
B o rd e r States
-
2.90
2.90
3 . 50
3.24
3.23
3.26
3 . 62
3 . 61
3.50
3.50
3.30
3 .48
3 .75
3 .75
-
3.75
3 . 75
3.4 5
-
2.6 5 2 .652.652. 662.9 32.4 5 3.373 .323. 153. 152 .9 8 3 .0 0 3.403 .4 0 3.403.403.00-
11
46 4
453
11
_
_
54
Southwest
Southeast
PROCESSING
blenders!
...................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATB ONLY)...................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
COMPRESSIOH-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
HEN..............................................................
COMPRESSION-HOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLT)........................
HEN.............................................................
WOMEN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S e e fo o tn o te s at end o f tab le.
124
$3.75
$4.20
$2.35-
$4.70
$165
71
2.84
2.35
2 .35-
3.45
-
190
158
-
3.47
3.70
-
3.38
3.45
-
3 .0 2 3 .3 1 -
4.53
4.77
-
469
94
375
37
18
3. 11
3.82
3 . 27
3.8 0
2.3 5 3 .8 0 -
3.80
3.98
-
3.02
2.95
2.95
2 . 92
2.782.7 5 -
3.30
3.30
174
50
111
85
$3.29
$3.25
-
-
2.81
3 . 70
2.59
2.89
2.95
”
2.84
4.02
2 .65
-
2.90
2.77
$ 2 .8 0 -
$3.80
2.332.8 0 2 .322.702.32-
139
-
2.88
4.35
2.88
2.9 5
3-60
47
47
200
175
25
$3.30
$3.37
-
-
3.12
3.12
3.27
3.30
3.08
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
2.90
2 .902.902 .9 0 3 .0 0 2 .72-
3.40
3.40
3.5 9
3.62
3.4 2
Table 3. Occupational averages: All establishments—Continued
(N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s tr a ig h t- tim e h ou rly e a rn in g s 1 o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d occu p a tio n s in m is c e lla n e o u s p la s tic s p rod u cts m an u factu rin g e s ta b lis h m e n ts , U n ited States
and s e le c te d r e g io n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
W orkera
H ourly e a rn in g s 1
M e a n 3 M e d ia n 3
Southwest
Southeast
B o r d e r S tates
O ccupation and sex
M id-range3
W orkers
Hourly earn in g s1
M id- r a n g e 3
M ean3 M edian3
W orkers
Hourly e a rn in g s1
M e a n 3 M edian1
M id-range3
PHOCESSING~CONTINUED
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET OP AND O P E R A T E ) . .................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
HEN...............................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
F I N I SH E R S, MOLDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET OP AND OPERATE)...................... ..
HEN...............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
HEN...............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
MANDREL WORKERS....................................................
MEN...............................................................
PLASTICS COTTERS, MACHINE.........................
HEN...............................................................
PREFORM-MACHINE OPERATORS.........................
HEN...............................................................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS.........................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
SET TERS-O P, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES....................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING MACHINES..............................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING MACHINES...........
EXTRUSION PR ESS ES.........................................
INJECTION-HOLDING MACHINES.................
VACUUM—PLASTICS—FORMING MACHINES.
TUMBLER OPERATORS...............................................
HEN...............................................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
MEN...............................................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
MEN.............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
-
-
-
6 25
-
-
-
$ 3 .3 2 - $3.66
5 19
$3.56
$ 3 .50
$ 3 .2 0 -
$3.80
174
$3.51
$3.56
2.91
2.89
2.58
2.62
2.57
2.85
2.75
2.5 5
2.69
2.55
2.752.752 .252. 2 5 2 .25-
3 . 15
3.05
2.80
2.99
2.80
445
348
97
1,465
408
1,057
3.1 0
3.07
3.18
2.74
3.04
2.62
3.35
3.05
3.37
2.65
3 . 16
2.40
2.8 5 2 .8 4 3J252 .3 0 2.702 .2 5 -
3.40
3.37
3.40
3 . 15
3.25
2.97
3.40
3.4 0
-
423
$2 . 8 6
3.22
2.69
175
-
2.49
-
2.35
-
2.25-
2.35
-
420
3 98
2.45
2 . 44
2.40
2.40
2.3 0 2. 3 0 -
2.40
2.40
147
138
-
3.17
3 . 17
-
3 . 12
3 . 12
-
2.732.73-
1,184
457
727
25
2.80
2.94
2.80
3.63
4.36
-
2 .502.762.423.5 3 3.63-
3.00
4.20
3.00
4.36
4.36
-
3 , 492
321
3 , 171
94
2.53
2.50
2.53
3 . 50
3.51
2.93
2.95
3 . 13
3.12
2 . 64
2.50
2.25
2.50
3.47
3.60
2.71
2.71
2.70
3.60
3.60
3.29
3.29
3.15
3 . 16
1,773
42 9
1,344
105
58
-
2.47
2.64
2.67
-
2.60
2.67
2.57
2.79
3.29
3.03
3.07
-
2.46
2.50
2.40
2.90
3.23
3.08
3.16
-
2.2 6 2.3 5 2. 20-
12
2.302. 122. 3 0 3 .473 .4 7 2.402. 402 .8 0 2.8 0 2.4 0 2 .50-
2.70
-
2.89
3.28
2.6 5
3.81
3.87
-
-1 93
80
-
3.54
3.37
-
3.39
3.50
-
2.852 .0 7 3 .30-
4.43
4.63
-
30 5
3.69
3.38
3.38
3.62
2.73
2.69
3.61
3 .55
2.79
2.4 5
3.243. 192 .4 5 2.35-
3.55
3.57
3 . 13
-
2.8 5 3. 1 0 2. 6 6 “
4.30
3.68
-
3.39
3.70
3.26
3.16
-
202
21
-
97
-
-
3.70
-
-
3.39
-
$ 2 .4 2 - $3.02
4.01
2 .602 .422.88
344
289
1,564
223
1,341
$2.76
3.05
2.76
-
4.00
-
88
99
94
20
17
165
153
10
10
-
248
65
46
2.66
2.86
2.86
2.86
2.88
100
2.90
-
94
-
4 . 10
3.90
3.00
3.00
167
• 43
106
6
2. 1 5 2.942 .752.89-
2 . 95
2.88
2.98
~
3.2 5
3.50
~
3.37
3.37
3.96
“
“
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
58
58
3.18
3.18
3 . 16
3 . 16
2 .732 .73-
3.5 5
3.55
_
_
-
-
_
-
-
_
_
-
_
-
_
_
92
72
-
20
2.70
2.82
2.28
2.44
2.79
2.25
2.252.3 2 2 .25-
3.15
3.35
2.25
4.20
3.04
~
4.29
4.05
3.99
5 . 16
4.20
2.87
~
4 . 50
3.9 8
4.0 2
5.2 0
4 .022.87~
4.003 .6 6 3 .654 .60-
4.48
3.50
2.78
3.42
2.57
2.78
2.78
2.77
2.87
2.91
2.57
3.30
2.34
2.80
2.80
2.81
2.87
2.7 2
2.30
2. 203. 162.142.502 .50-
_
-
_
-
_
-
_
-
-
_
-
_
-
-
-
MAINTENANCE4
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES...................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLBOOM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE.................................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS.........................................
25
20
63
153
149
94
4.53
3.57
4.68
4.25
4.70
5.06
4 . 46
3 . 61
5.0 0
4.06
4.61
5.04
4 .253.394 .2 0 3 .854.254.88-
4.87
3.9 5
5.02
4 . 59
5.02
5.58
64
29
69
82
356
264
3.24
3.76
3.18
2.99
2.96
3.02
3.0 0
3.33
3.80
3.21
3.00
2.65
2.65
2.65
2 .5 0 3.232.482 .412.41-
3.80
4.07
3.80
3.65
3.65
3.53
3.63
460
116
3 44
276
251
25
62 0
549
222
4.51
3.09
4.54
4 . 12
3.84
4.24
5.29
4.36
3.10
4.50
4.21
3.72
4.33
5.35
4 .162 .874. 153. 253.3 5 3.954 .60-
4.81
3.28
4.80
4.73
4-35
4.75
5.80
3.03
3.02
3.03
2.9 0
2.8 3
2.91
2.68
2.68
2.68
2 . 68
2.70
2.72
2.76
2.62
2.7 0
2.75
2.7 4 2 .7 1 2 .7 5 2. 3 5 2. 3 5 2 .4 5 2 .352.45-
3.33
3.31
3.33
2.95
2.91
2.95
3.01
3.05
33
32
67
210
10 8
226
4.74
4.37
4.33
5.6 4
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS...................
HEN...............................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
JANITORS.......................................................................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING...................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
PACKERS, S H IP P IN G ................. -...........................
S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le .
3 63
35
328
97
91
-
2 63
2 45
_
412
-
3.40
_
3.56
-
2 .502 .5 0 -
3 .1 2 -
-
3.56
-
439
_
2.54
-
2.30
-
2 . 10-
-
2.70
47 2
117
35 5
125
116
9
33 4
288
46
581
2.68
2.44
2 .6 1 2.652. 4 0 2. 15 -
3.30
3.57
2.90
3 . 13
3 . 13
~
3.20
3.29
2.72
2.50
Table 3. Occupational averages: All establishments—Continued
(N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s tr a ig h t-tim e h ou rly e a r n in g s 1 o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d occu p ation s in m is c e lla n e o u s p la s tic s p rodu cts m an u factu rin g esta b lis h m e n ts
and s e le c te d re g io n s , S ep tem b er 1974)
’
B o r d e r States
O ccupation and sex
W orkers
Southeast
]H o u r l y e a r n i n g s 1
M ean3 M edian3
M id- r a n g e 3
W orkers
U n ited S ta tes
Southwest
Hourly e a rn in g s1
M e a n 3 Median?
M id- r a n g e 3
W ork
ers
Hourly e a rn in g s1
M e a n 3 Median?
M id-range3
M i s c e l l a n e o u s — Co n t in u e d
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
RECEIVING CLERKS.................................................
MEN..............................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS...................................................
MEN..............................................................
SH IPP ING AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
MEN..............................................................
TRUCKERS, POWER...................................................
MEN..............................................................
FORKLIFT................................................................
MEN..............................................................
OTHER THAN FO RKI IF T ...................................
MEN.............................. ...............................
wa tc hme n ! ...................................................................
97
315
6
6
14
14
83
76
116
98
1 04
86
12
12
30
$3.65
3 .3 3
4 .0 3
4 .0 3
3 .2 4
3 .2 4
3 .3 6
3 .4 1
3 .8 7
3 .8 9
3 .8 8
3 .9 0
3 .7 7
3 .77
2 .6 0
$ 4.09
3 .5 6
$ 3 .1 0 3 .1 2 -
-
-
-
-
3 .1 5
3 . 50
3 .8 0
3 .9 3
3.8 0
4 . 23
2 .5 5 2 .6 0 3 .6 0 3 .6 0 3 .8 0 3 .8 0 -
-
-
2 .50
2. 44 -
$4 .0 9
3 .5 6
3 .9 8
4 . 16
4 .3 5
4 .3 9
4.3 9
4 .4 0
2 .6 5
85
354
23
23
28
26
49
49
279
279
277
277
14
$3.12
2 .4 0
3 .5 4
3 .5 4
3 .2 1
3 .2 2
3.5 7
3 .5 7
3 .0 3
3 .0 3
3 .0 3
3 .0 3
-
$ 3 .3 5
2 .3 0
3 .5 0
3 .5 0
3 .0 6
3 .0 9
3 .7 0
3 .7 0
3 .0 0
3 .0 0
3 .0 0
3 .0 0
-
$ 2 .6 6 2. 103 .2 9 3 .2 9 2 .9 0 2 .9 0 3 .0 3 3 .0 3 2 .6 9 2 .6 92 .6 8 2 .6 8 -
-
$ 3.47
2 .4 0
3 .7 7
3 .7 7
3 .5 1
3 .7 4
4 . 15
4 .1 5
3 .4 7
3 .47
3 .4 7
3 .4 7
-
2 .7 4
G reat Lakes
135
446
25
24
34
34
46
41
76
68
75
67
8
$2.91
2 .3 0
3 .2 8
3 .2 9
3 .22
3 .2 2
3 .2 0
3 . 19
3 .1 1
3 .1 7
3 .1 0
3 .1 6
-
$3 .0 0
2 .2 5
3 .2 0
3 .2 0
3 .1 0
3 . 10
3 .4 5
3 .4 5
3 .2 2
3.33
3 . 19
3 .2 9
_
$ 2 .5 0 2 .0 8 3. 153 .1 5 2 .7 5 2.-752 .9 4 3. 002 .6 5 2 .7 5 2 .6 5 2 .7 5 -
_
2 .8 3
M id dl e W e st
$ 3 . 20
2 . 40
3 .57
3 .5 8
3 .7 3
3 .7 3
3. 45
3 .4 5
3 .57
3 .5 7
3 .5 7
3 .5 7
_
~
P acific
PROCESSING
BLENDERS.4...................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
MEN..............................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)...................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
COMPRES SION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND OPERATE)____
MEN..............................................................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)4. ................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)...................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
FI N I S H E R S , MOLDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MAC HIKE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
MEN. ...........................................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)...................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
LAMINATING-PRESS OPERATORS......................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
MANDREL WORKERS...................................................
MEN..............................................................
PLASTICS CUTTERS, MACHINE.........................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
S ee fo o tn o tes at end o f tab le.
629
$ 3 .64
$3 .6 9
$ 3 .1 5 -
$ 4 . 10
65
$3.31
$3.2 3
$ 3 .0 1 -
$ 3 .5 2
118
$ 3 .6 4
$ 3 .7 5
$ 2 .8 1 -
$ 4 .4 0
13 1
131
4 .4 9
4 .4 9
4 .3 5
4 .3 5
4 .3 5 4 .3 5 -
4 .4 5
4 .4 5
63
63
3 .3 2
3 .3 2
3 .0 0
3 .0 0
3 .0 0 3 .0 0-
3 .8 8
3 .8 8
21
21
4 .1 8
4 .1 8
4 . 16
4 .1 6
4 .0 3 4 .0 3 -
4.3 1
4 .3 1
818
455
363
3 .2 3
3 .6 6
2 .6 8
2 .9 9
3 . 97
2 .7 8
2. 593 .2 2 2 .2 3 -
4 . 11
4.2 6
2.9 9
79
54
3 .5 5
3 .9 4
-
3 .8 0
3 .9 0
-
2 .9 3 3 .7 3 -
4 .3 7
4 .3 7
-
53
53
4 .3 1
4.3 1
4 . 15
4 . 15
4 .0 0 4 .0 0 -
4 .6 5
4 .6 5
-
-
-
2 ,4 4 6
1,2 5 4
1, 192
3 .4 6
3 .6 9
3 .2 3
3 .5 5
3 .7 3
3.1 0
3 .0 0 3 .4 0 2 .8 7 -
3 . 84
3 .8 5
3 .7 0
422
1 ,018
4 .0 2
4 . 16
3 .6 4 -
4 .2 9
1 65
4 . 10
4 .2 0
1 ,7 6 9
1 ,664
105
9 ,0 8 0
1,1 3 8
7 ,9 4 2
3 .9 5
3 .9 7
3 .5 9
3 .0 3
3 .2 3
3 .0 0
4 .0 0
4 .0 0
3 .5 0
2 .9 8
3.2 9
2 . 96
3 .6 0 3 .6 5 3 .3 5 2 .5 7 2 .6 0 2 .5 7 -
4 .2 5
4 .2 5
3 .9 2
3 .3 6
3 . 62
3 .3 5
192
17 1
21
638
165
473
3 .5 9
3.6 0
3.51
2 . 97
3 .3 6
2 .8 3
3 .6 2
3 .6 2
3 . 45
2 .8 7
3 .2 5
2 .8 0
540
478
3 .6 2
3.6 1
3.7 8
3 .8 6
2 .9 0 2 .9 0 -
4 . 10
4 . 10
107
95
4 . 04
4 .2 0
4 . 50
4 .5 0
17 ,4 3 5
2 ,4 9 6
14 ,9 3 9
311
247
64
60
2 .8 1
3.0 4
2 .7 8
4 . 18
4 .4 3
3 .2 1
3 .5 8
3 .7 2
3.7 1
4 .0 7
2 .9 3
2 .7 4
2.9 6
2.70
4 . 51
4 .51
3.0 5
3 .4 3
3 .5 2
3 .8 4
4.2 1
2 .7 5
2 .4 5 2 .4 6 2 .4 5 3 .2 0 4 .1 9 2 .5 5 2 .9 0 3 .0 0 3 .2 5 3 .6 0 2 .7 0 -
3 .0 8
3.5 2
3 .0 8
4 .7 0
4 .8 0
4 . 19
4 .2 8
4 .3 4
4 .2 5
4 .5 0
3 . 25
2, 855
2 .5 7
2 .5 5
2.5 7
3 .8 3
2 .4 9
2 .6 5
2 .4 5
3 .9 9
44
44 4
305
13 9
33
389
478
2, 377
25
-
2 .9 5
3 .1 4
2.9 4
-
2 .9 9
3 .0 5
2 .9 9
-
-
_
_
-
-
70
66
2 .8 3
2 .7 7
2 .6 5
2 .6 5
2. 132 .1 3 -
3.6 1
3 .5 0
3 .1 6
3 .3 0
3 . 16
263
201
2 .8 2
2 .9 1
2 .5 5
2 . 60
2. 4 3 2 .4 5 -
3 .0 3
3 .37
3 .8 0 -
4 . 30
632
3 .2 5
3 .5 3
2 .2 0 -
4 . 10
3 .1 5 3. 153 .0 0 2 .6 1 2 .7 5 2 .6 0-
3 .9 0
3 .9 0
3 .6 5
3 .2 2
4 .00
3 .0 0
339
336
3 .9 0
3 .9 0
3 .7 9
3 .7 9
3 .5 0 3 .5 0 -
4 .5 9
4 .59
1,951
845
1,1 0 6
2.97
2 .95
2.9 8
2 .9 7
2 .7 5
3 .0 9
2 .6 0 2 .5 0 2 .6 1 -
3 .3 4
3 .1 5
3 .3 4
3 .6 2 4 .1 3 -
4 .5 0
4 .5 0
17 9
110
3 .0 5
3 . 15
3 .0 0
3 .0 0
2 .7 5 2 .7 5 -
3 .3 5
3 . 50
2 .3 5 2 .3 5 2 .3 5 2 .9 0-
2 .8 2
2 .8 2
2 .8 7
3 .9 9
4 ,715
1 ,279
3,436
97
59
2 .6 5
2 .8 8
2 .5 7
4 .0 2
4 .2 9
2 .4 5
2 .4 6
2 .4 0
3 .7 5
4 .0 5
2 .2 0 2 .2 5 2 .2 0 3 .5 0 3 .5 7 -
2 .8 6
3 .3 5
2 .8 0
5 .0 0
5 .00
2 .7 9 2 .7 5 2 .7 9 -
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
59
59
_
_
_
-
-
_
_
_
3 .6 0
3 .6 0
_
_
_
_
_
-
_
-
-
_
_
_
3 .5 5
3 .5 5
_
_
_
-
_
_
_
3. 103. 10-
_
_
4 .4 0
4.4 0
Table 3. Occupational averages: All establishments—Continued
(N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s tr a ig h t- tim e h o u rly e a rn in g s 1 o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d occu p ation s in m is c e lla n e o u s p la s tic s p rodu cts m an u factu rin g esta b lis h m e n ts , U nited States
and s e le c te d r e g io n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
O ccupation and sex
W orkers
H ourly e a rn in g s 1
M ean3 M edian3
P acific
M iddle W e st
G reat Lakes
M id -ran g e3
W orkers
H o u rly e a r n i n g s 1
M ean3 M edian3
M id -ran g e3
W orkers
H o u rly e a rn in g s 1
M e a n 3 M edian?
M id-range3
PROCESSING — CONTINUED
PREFORM-MACHINE OPERATORS.........................
HEN...............................................................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS.........................
HEN...............................................................
NOHEN..............................................................
SE TT ERS -U P, PLASTICS-HOLDING
m a c h in e s : .......................................................................
BLOW-HOLDING MACHINES.................................
COMPRESSION-HOLDING MACHINES...........
SET TERS-U P, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES— CONTINUED
EXTRUSION PR ESS ES.........................................
INJECTION-MOLDING MACHINES.................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING MACHINES.
TUMBLER OPERATORS..............................................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND OPERATE)____
MEN...............................................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
112
87
369
311
58
$ 3 .8 6
3 .7 9
3 .5 1
3 .5 4
3 .3 1
$3.91
3 .9 1
3 .5 0
3.5 0
3 .3 9
$ 3 .1 4 3 .0 9 2 .9 9 3 .0 5 2 .9 1 -
$ 4.46
4 .3 5
3 .7 8
3 .9 0
3 .7 8
84
78
-
$ 2.88
2.89
-
$ 2 .7 4
2 .7 4
-
$ 2 .6 4 2 .5 9 -
$ 2 .9 9
3 .0 0
-
40
40
-
$3.44
3 .4 4
~
$ 3.45
3 .4 5
$3. 4 5 r
3 .4 5 “
“
$ 3 .6 3
3 .6 3
“
1,6 2 1
67
78
4 .0 3
4.4 7
4.0 8
4 .0 2
4 .3 8
3 .9 2
3 .6 0 4 .1 4 3 .7 5 -
4.4 3
4 .6 8
4 .3 8
167
-
3.6 1
“
3 .6 0
-
3 .2 0 “
3 .9 0
-
323
10
4 .0 5
“
3 .8 6
4 .0 0
■
3 .5 0 ■
”
4 .5 4
“
68
1, 030
95
1 16
72
44
4 .5 2
3 .9 8
4 .2 9
3 .4 0
3 .6 9
2 .9 3
4 .4 9
4.0 1
4 . 17
3 .3 7
3 . 68
2 .8 5
3 .9 0 3 .4 3 3 .5 0 2. 973 .4 0 2 .6 0 -
5 . 14
4 .4 3
5.0 0
3 .7 7
4 .2 0
3.2 7
23
116
3 .8 3
3 .4 4
3 . 90
3 . 40
3 .7 0 3 .0 5 -
3 .9 0
3 .7 0
-
4 .0 0
-
3 .5 0 -
4 .5 2
-
298
298
4.0 1
4.01
4 .0 0
4.0 0
3 .7 0 3 .7 0 -
4 .2 5
4 .2 5
12
12
3 .7 5
3 .75
3 .7 0 3 .7 0 -
4 .2 5
4 .2 5
96 0
591
.369
3 .3 4
3 .6 1
2 .9 0
3 .2 3
3 . 47
2 .6 0
2 .7 0 3 .2 3 2-55-
3 .8 0
4 .0 0
3 .0 6
-
295
220
229
300
1 ,370
940
936
5 .1 0
3 .6 7
5 .0 4
5-12
4 .4 0
4 .8 5
5 .9 6
5.0 6
3. 67
4 .9 5
4 .9 3
4 .2 9
4 .8 7
5.9 8
4 .7 8 3 .2 9 4 .6 0 4 .7 8 3 .9 0 4 .4 7 5 .2 5 -
5 .4 1
4 . 19
5 .7 0
5.4 4
4 .8 0
5 . 19
6 .7 5
29
30
43
40
185
119
172
5.0 6
3 .51
4.6 4
4.59
4.3 0
4 .6 5
5 .7 7
5 .3 5
3 .5 6
4 .9 2
5 .0 1
4 . 20
4 .6 9
5 .6 0
4 .4 0 2 .9 3 3 .9 0 4. 183 .6 1 4 .2 3 5 .0 9 -
5 .6 3
4 .0 5
5 .3 6
5 .0 2
4 .9 0
5 .0 1
6 .3 6
45
34
38
106
233
187
509
5 .5 8
3 .6 0
5 .9 2
5 .9 9
5.1 8
5 .1 4
6 .95
5 .4 5
3 .8 6
5 .8 7
5 .9 6
5 .2 5
5 .0 0
6 .7 5
5 .1 2 3. 2 5 5 .6 2 5 .6 9 4 .6 0 4 .6 7 6 .5 0 -
5 .7 8
3 .9 5
6 .5 0
6 .2 5
5 .7 5
5 .4 9
7 .5 0
2, 179
440
1,739
948
788
16 0
1,988
1 ,845
143
3 ,8 1 7
447
3 ,3 7 0
131
123
187
171
16
390
339
51
3.41
3 .9 2
3.2 8
3 .2 4
3 .2 4
3 .2 0
3 .2 1
3 .2 1
3 .2 6
3 .0 0
3.4 8
2 .9 4
3 .9 0
3 .9 6
3 .91
3 .9 6
3 .4 1
3 .8 4
3 .9 3
3 .2 6
3 .3 4
3.9 5
3 .2 5
3 .2 5
3 .2 5
3 . 17
3 . 11
3 .11
3 .0 5
2.9 5
3 . 50
2 .9 5
3.8 2
3 . 86
3.9 2
4 .0 5
3.26
3 .8 0
3 .9 5
3 .0 0
3 .0 6 3 .4 5 3 .0 5 2 .8 3 2 .8 5 2 .7 9 2 .9 6 2 .9 4 3 .0 3 2 .6 5 3 .1 3 2 .5 5 3 .5 3 3 .6 1 3 .3 8 3 .4 9 3 .2 0 3 .2 5 3 .3 8 2 .9 1 -
3 .6 9
4.3 2
3 .5 5
3.6 1
3 .6 1
3 .5 9
3 .6 0
3 .6 0
3.7 8
3 .4 3
3 .9 4
3 .3 8
4 . 10
4.1 1
4 .3 6
4 .4 5
3 .5 0
4 .3 5
4.4 1
3.6 2
461
82
379
16 3
146
17
171
153
2 .97
3 . 27
2 .91
2.86
2.8 2
3 .2 2
3 .2 4
3.2 5
3.0 6
3 .3 4
3 .0 3
3.7 7
2 .8 0
3 .4 4
2 .8 0
2 .7 6
2 .7 5
3 .3 6
3 .2 5
3 .3 5
2 .8 5
3 .3 6
2 .8 5
2 .4 5 2 .6 5 2 .4 5 2 .5 0 2 .5 0 2 .8 5 3 .0 5 3 .0 5 2 .8 5 3 .0 5 2-85-
3 .5 0
3 .8 9
3 .3 0
3 . 11
3.1 1
3 .3 9
3 .5 5
3 . 55
673
314
359
229
228
3 .5 0
3 .8 8
3 .1 7
3 . 17
3 . 17
3 .4 8
3 .6 5
3 .2 5
3 .20
3 .2 0
3 .3 0
3 .3 0
2 .8 8 3 .0 5 2 .6 0 2 .7 0 2 .7 0 2 .6 5 2 .6 1 -
4 .0 7
4 .5 2
3 .67
3 .7 1
3 .7 1
3 .7 0
3 .7 4
244
-
~
-
-
-
-
3 .9 9
-
-
-
-
-
-
95
95
4 .03
4 .03
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3 .6 7
3 .6 7
-
-
-
MAINTENANCE 4
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES...................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE................................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS.........................................
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS...................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
JANITORS.......................................................................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING...................
HEN...............................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
PACKERS, SH IP P IN G ..............................................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
RECEIVING CLERKS.................................................
MEN...............................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS....................................................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
SHIPP ING AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN......................... ...............................
S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le .
499
59
440
8
68
56
73
71
3 .1 9
3 .2 2
3.77
3 .7 9
3 .1 5
3 . 15
3 .8 0
3 .8 0
3 .0 5 3 .0 5 3 .3 6 3 .3 6 -
3 .3 6
3 .6 4
3 .3 6
3 .3 5
3 .3 5
4 .1 9
4 .1 9
390
374
516
114
402
37
35
86
73
126
114
3 .2 7
3 .2 8
3 .11
3 .2 5
3 .0 7
3.9 6
3 .9 8
4.01
3 .9 7
3 .91
4.0 1
3 .3 2
3 .4 5
3 .3 2
3 .9 0
3 .9 0
3 .5 5
3 .5 5
4 . 03
4 .1 0
2 .7 0 2 .5 7 2 .7 2 3 .6 0 3 .6 0 3 .2 1 3. 2 0 -
3 .2 5 3 .2 5 -
3 .3 2
3-75
3 .3 2
4 .4 6
4 .5 2
4 .7 4
4 . 15
4 .3 3
4 .5 5
Table 3. Occupational averages: All establishments—Continued
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 1 of w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s .U n ite d S ta te s
a n d s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
W orkers
H o u r l y e a r n i n g s 12
M ean3 M edian3
P acific
M iddle W est
G reat Lakes
O ccupation and sex
M id -ran g e3
W orkers
H ourly e a rn in g s 1
M ean3 M edian3
M id- r a n g e 3
W orkers
H o u rly e a rn in g s 1
M e a n 3 M edian3
M id -ran g e3
MISCELLANEOUS— CONTINUED
TRUCKERS, POWER...................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
FORKLIFT................................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
OTHER THAN FORKLIFT...................................
MEN..............................................................
w atchmen ! ...................................................................
1 ,262
1, 123
139
1 ,215
1 ,098
117
47
25
58
$ 3 .7 0
3 .7 2
3 .5 7
3 .7 0
3 .7 2
3 .5 0
3 .7 4
3 .5 6
3 .3 6
$ 3 .7 4
3 .7 4
3 .6 1
3 .7 3
3 .7 4
3 .5 0
3 .9 5
3 . 94
3 .2 5
$ 3 .3 2 - $4 .0 6
3 .3 2 4 . 13
3 .3 3 3 . 94
4 . 10
3 .3 2 3 .3 4 4 . 13
3.7 4
3 .2 2 3 .9 4 3 .9 5
3 .9 5
3 . 153 .7 2
2 .9 5 -
10 5
73
105
73
21
$ 3 . 53
3.4 6
$ 3 .6 0
3 . 47
-
-
3 .5 3
3 .4 6
2.8 8
3 .6 0
3 .4 7
2 .8 0
$ 3 .2 6 3. 2 6 -
3 .2 6 3. 2 6 -
2.7 5-
$ 3 .7 8
3 .62
3 .78
3 . 62
2 . 93
107
107
107
107
~
$ 3 .5 0
3 .50
$ 3.44
3 .4 4
-
-
3 .5 0
3 .5 0
-
3 .4 4
3 .4 4
-
$ 2 .5 0 2. 50-
2 .5 0 2 .5 0 -
-
$4 .6 6
4 .6 6
4 .6 6
4 .66
~
_______ i
1 E x clu d e s p r e m iu m pay fo r o v ertim e and fo r w o rk on w e ek en d s, h o li
d a y s , and la te shifts.
2 I n c l u d e s d a t a f o r M o u n t a i n r e g i o n in. a d d i t i o n t o t h o s e s h o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
3 S e e ap p e n d ix A fo r m e th o d u s e d to co m p u te m e a n s , m e d ia n s , an d m id d le
r a n g e s of e a r n i n g s . M ed ian s and m id d le ra n g e s a r e not p ro v id e d fo r jo b s w ith
f e w e r t h a n 15 w o r k e r s i n a r e g i o n .
4 A ll o r v irtu a lly all w o r k e r s w e re m en.
N O T E : D a s h e s i n d i c a t e no d a t a r e p o r t e d o r d a t a t h a t d o n o t m e e t p u b l i c a
tion c rite ria .
Table 4. Occupational averages: By size of community
(N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 1 of w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s by s iz e of c o m m u n ity ,
U n ite d S t a te s a n d s e le c te d r e g i o n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
O c c u p a t i o n an d s e x
M etropolitan
W orkers
M id dl e
Atlantic
New England
Uni ted S t a t e s 2
M o n m e t ro p o l i ta n
M etropolitan
N onm etropolitan
E a r n W o r k e r s ’E a r n W o r k e r s E a r n W o r k e r s E a r n
in gs
in gs
in gs
in gs
M etropolitan
W orkers
B order
S t a te s
Southeast
M etropolitan
M e tro p io l ita n
N o n m e t r o p o l it a n
E a r n W o rk e r s E a r n W orkers E a r n W orkers E a r n
in gs
in gs
in gs
in gs
PROCE SS ING
BLENDERS.3..........................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINI OPERATORS
(S E T UP AND O P E R A T E ).......................................
MEN....................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE O N L Y) ....................................................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
CO MPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET OP AND O P E R A T E ) ____
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
CO MPRES SION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE O N L Y ) ...........................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
EX T R U S IO N -P R E S S OPERATORS
(SE T UP AND OP ERATE)3. ....................................
E X T R U S IO N -P R E S S OPERATORS
(OPERATE O N L Y ) ..................... ..................................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
F I N I S H E R S , MOLDED P L A S T IC PRODUCTS.
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
IN JE CT IO N -M O L D IN G -M A C H IN E OPERATORS
(S E T UP AND O P E R A T E ) ................- ...................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
IN JE CT I O N -M O L D IN G -M A C H IN E OPERATORS
(OPERATE O N L Y ) ........................................................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
LA M I N A T IN G -P R E S S OPERATORS ........................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
MANDREL WORKERS........................................................
MEN.....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
P L A S T IC S C UT TE R S, MACHINE...........................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN.......................................... .. .................
P REF ORM- MACHI NE O PE R A T OR S .....................
MEN....................................................................
S CR A P -P RE PA R IN G OPERATORS...........................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
S E T T E R S - U P , PL A S T IC S- M C L D I N G
MACHINES..........................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING MACHINES.................................
COMPRESSION—MOLDING MACHINES............
EXTRUSION P R E S S E S ............................................
IN JE C T I O N -M O L D IN G MACHINES..................
VACU UM- PLA STI CS- FO RM ING MACHINES.
TUMBLER OP ERATORS...................................................
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..............................................................
VAC UU M-PL AS TICS -FOB MING -MA CH INE
OPERATORS (S E T CP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
MEN....................................................................
WOMEN..........................................................
S e e f o o tn o te s a t e n d o f t a b l e .
$3 .3 9
44
$ 3 .6 8
374
$ 3 .3 7
56
-
-
-
125
120
4 .0 0
4 .0 0
-
-
-
-
-
-
143
80
-
732
173
559
2 .8 7
3 .5 8
2 .66
157
12 5
-
3 . 11
3 .3 8
-
-
-
-
-
13 9
137
-
4 . 14
4 .1 4
-
742
378
364
3 .2 3
3 .2 7
3 . 19
6 04
387
217
-
-
739
513
226
3 .7 5
3 .7 9
3 .6 5
3.7 2
1,024
3 .8 6
-
-
-
3 , 156
2 ,7 5 6
400
1 8 ,898
4,244
1 4 ,654
3 . 50
3 .5 5
3 .21
2 .9 5
3 .2 2
2.8 7
1 , 1 07
1,0 6 2
5,731
796
4,935
3 .5 9
3 .5 9
2.8 1
2 .9 0
2 .8 0
2,3 3 4
302
2 ,032
2 .7 0
2 . 97
2 .6 6
887
115
772
2 ,172
1,384
788
3 .1 4
3 . 50
2 . 52
272
116
-
2.6 1
2 .8 6
-
85
85
-
3 .3 9
3 .3 9
-
-
4 0 ,3 5 2
8 ,549
3 1 ,8 0 3
1,118
890
228
353
329
24
1 ,1 2 7
901
226
267
239
828
749
79
2 .7 5
2.8 7
2.7 2
3 .6 2
3.7 8
2.9 7
3.8 5
3 .91
3 .0 7
3 .5 0
3.68
2 .8 0
3 .6 8
3.6 3
3 .19
3 .2 0
3 .1 5
7,190
1,5 7 8
5,612
73
73
110
103
269
263
31
21
334
300
34
2 .7 0
2 .8 5
2 .6 6
4 .5 7
4 .5 7
3 .6 3
3 .6 4
3 .7 1
3 .7 3
3 .2 8
3 .3 4
3 .0 6
3 .0 7
2 .9 5
4,4 1 6
1, 3 2 6
3 ,0 9 0
-
2 . 69
2 .6 8
2 .6 9
-
1 ,534
446
1,0 8 8
-
3 ,2 6 4
224
146
285
2,2 5 2
167
226
15 5
71
4 .0 0
4 .0 9
3 .9 5
4 .1 6
3.9 6
4 .1 3
3.2 4
3 .4 0
2 .9 0
861
84
61
461
7
52
51
-
3.7 4
4 .2 8
3 .7 0
3 .5 6
3 .9 1
2 .7 9
2 .7 8
-
311
25
203
596
540
56
3 .8 4
3 .8 6
3.6 5
63
63
3 .5 9
3 .5 9
-
1,395
$3 .4 7
423
$3 .6 4
131
435
394
3 .9 6
4 . 11
92
90
3 . 23
3 . 22
-
1 ,644
815
829
3.1 3
3.68
2.6 0
924
306
618
2 .9 2
3 . 46
2 .6 5
385
348
37
3.6 5
3 .7 3
2 .8 5
127
91
-
4,4 0 3
2 ,417
1,986
3.38
3 .5 7
3 .15
2 ,965
28
28
51
46
-
17
17
-
3 . 19
3 .3 3
2 .9 4
-
3 . 05
3 .7 3
-
2 .6 7
2 .5 2
2 . 69
-
3.0 9
3.0 9
3 . 15
3 .0 7
-
18
18
-
2 .6 9
2 .7 5
2 .6 6
2 .9 5
2. 95
-
3 .9 6
3 .7 2
3 .9 1
210
32
117
3 . 79
4 .7 0
3 .3 9
-
3 .0 9
3 .0 9
-
-
$3.16
-
99
$ 3.29
66
“
~
3.5 6
3 .8 8
-
-
-
398
375
-
-
~
-
~
~
-
-
-
-
66
41
25
2 . 91
2 . 98
2 .78
2 . 47
2 .4 6
2.4 7
759
3 .7 4
~
287
3 .49
733
59 7
136
5 ,9 0 1
1 ,642
4,2 5 9
3 .2 8
3 . 33
3 . 09
2 .9 7
3 .4 0
2 .8 0
-
-
343
288
750
12 5
625
2.91
2 .89
2.71
2 .7 5
2.7 0
“
814
98
716
717
444
273
2 .9 4
3 .3 4
2 .2 8
-
-
278
270
2.49
2 .4 6
~
-
8 ,85 9
2 ,5 5 8
6,301
559
442
-
882
329
-
1 ,757
11 9
1 ,638
2.5 7
2 .8 9
2.5 4
~
~
1 ,735
1 ,533
353
349
77
77
262
243
-
2 .8 8
2 .9 0
2 .87
3 .22
3 .3 8
3 .5 6
3 .5 5
3 .6 0
3 .6 0
3 . 01
3 .01
4 .20
4 . 40
4 .0 2
3 .8 3
4 .2 4
3 . 73
3 .3 9
3 .5 0
“
12 6
80
~
46
*
“
“
”
3 .8 8
3 .8 0
“
-
-
-
-
-
758
70
36
67
50 5
39
43
34
~
~
~
~
122
94
$ 3 .2 8
~
~
~
-
”
2.82
3 .2 2
-
3 .5 4
3 .3 7
~
“
3 .8 3
~
~
“
~
~
~
~
34
34
13
13
64
58
156
113
“
33
“
“
“
3 .4 6
3.4 6
~
3 . 32
3.32
2.85
2.9 1
3 .7 0
“
“
3 .5 1
~
2. 96
“
“
65
60
~
10 1
95
6
1 49
8
6
~
1 35
“
~
2 . 58
2.5 9
~
~
~
2 .49
2 .51
~
~
“
~
2 .66
2. 66
~
~
2 .5 1
2.50
2 .6 7
3.67
3 . 08
3 .5 0
3.7 2
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
-
“
“
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s 1 of w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in m i s c e l l a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts m a n u f a c t u r i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s by s i z e of c o m m u n i t y ,
U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
U nited S ta te s 2
O c cu p atio n and sex
M etropolitan
W orkers
Earn-
W orkers
M iddle
A tlantic
N ew England
N onm etropolitar
Earn
M etropolitan
W orkers
ing s
Earn
ings
N onm etropolitan
W orkers
M etropolitan
E arn
ings
W orkers
-
63 8
194
444
$ 2 .4 7
2 .6 5
2 .3 9
B order
S tates
S outheast
M etropolitan
Earn
E arn
W orkers
ings
ings
M etropolitan
W orkers
Nonm et ropolitan
Earn
Earn
W o r k e rs
ings
ings
PROCESSING— CONTINUED
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
1,7 6 9
94 1
828
$ 2 .9 9
3 .3 7
2. 57
202
98
104
$3 .2 5
3 .2 6
3 .2 4
-
572
484
69 0
892
2 ,696
1,7 4 4
" 108
3 ,073
5 .0 8
3 .5 0
4 .5 4
4 .9 3
4 .4 5
4 .7 8
4 .8 6
5. 9 4
198
10 1
128
183
879
572
24
388
4 .6 0
3 . 47
4 .6 2
4 .5 5
3 .9 8
4 .4 5
4 .7 6
4 .9 8
51
47
29
106
142
93
18
233
$ 4 . 54
3 .4 5
4 .3 4
4 .5 0
4 .2 6
4 .2 8
4 .6 2
5 .1 2
32
25
33
54
92
84
12 3
$ 4 .6 7
3 .2 4
4 .5 1
4 .3 9
3 . 96
4 . 47
5 . 17
162
139
281
245
732
326
17
878
5 .1 7
3 .4 0
4 .0 6
4 .8 5
4 .43
4 .8 1
4 .8 8
5 .7 3
5 ,417
1 , 209
4 , 208
2 , 08 6
1,895
191
4 , 511
4,2 1 8
29 3
7,649
1 , 163
6 ,4 8 6
26 2
25 4
8
591
496
95
1,005
913
92
1 ,736
1,603
133
1,665
1 ,554
111
71
49
142
3 .2 7
3 .7 8
3 . 13
3 .0 8
3 .0 7
3 .1 9
3 .1 1
3 .1 2
3 .0 4
’ 2.9 1
3. 32
2 .8 3
3 .8 2
3 .8 2
3 .5 5
3 .6 4
3 .7 5
3 .0 5
3 .8 7
3 .9 4
3 .1 9
3 .6 0
3 .5 9
3 .7 3
3 .6 0
3 . 59
3 .6 9
3 .6 5
3 .5 2
3 . 19
1,537
305
1,2 3 2
557
471
86
1 ,070
998
72
945
28 1
664
72
62
10
103
103
187
173
14
883
806
77
883
806
77
79
3 .0 5
3 . 42
2 .9 5
2 .9 4
2 . 95
2 .8 5
3 .01
3 .0 2
2 .8 8
3 . 16
3 .5 2
3 .0 1
3 .6 0
3.6 6
3.2 1
3 .5 8
3 .5 8
3 .5 3
3 .5 6
3 .1 1
3 .5 4
3 .5 7
3 .2 7
3 .5 4
3 .5 7
3 .2 7
2 .9 8
431
123
3 08
14 5
139
599
593
6
197
84
113
18
16
70
70
66
57
136
135
3 . 17
3 .8 2
2 .91
2.8 8
2 .8 6
2 .9 7
2 .9 7
3 .3 4
2.8 9
3 .2 2
2 .6 5
3-81
3 . £3
3 .6 0
3 .6 0
3 .3 3
3 .4 0
3 .5 8
3 .5 8
280
46
234
53
47
18 3
17 2
11
16
16
17
17
24
24
68
67
3 .2 0
3 .6 8
3 .1 1
2 . 92
2 . 95
3 .0 2
3 . 01
3 .1 6
3 .4 0
3 .4 0
3 .3 4
3 .3 4
3 .6 8
3 .6 8
3-85
3 .8 6
3 .8 5
3 .8 6
-
1 ,466
222
1 ,244
553
516
37
876
845
1,703
324
1 ,379
66
66
183
13 1
316
300
16
421
410
11
419
408
11
53
3 .1 5
3 .6 5
3 .0 6
3 .0 7
3 .0 8
2 .9 3
3 . 27
3 .2 7
2 .8 3
3 .3 5
2 .7 1
3 .7 4
3 .7 4
3 .5 4
3 .8 9
4 .1 3
4 . 16
3 .5 4
3-55
3 .5 6
3 .5 0
3-56
3 .5 6
3 .5 0
3 .2 5
-
-
-
-
_
~
“
_
_
-
MAINTENANCE 3
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES...................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE.................................
P I P E F I T T E R S , MAINTENANCE...........................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS.........................................
17
62
£7
1 OQ
SO
$4.82
4 .69
4 .4 7
4 .5 3
5 .1 0
24
17
36
32
225
128
_
1 66
$ 4.84
2 .9 3
4 .4 3
3 .8 3
3 .8 8
4 .3 8
40
12
33
50
131
136
$4.32
3 .3 0
4 . 65
4. 30
3 .7 7
4.11
5 .5 4
56
4.5 5
310
24
286
50
44
214
19 6
391
90
301
59
56
64
46
52
34
12
12
3 .2 6
4 .0 2
3 . 19
3 .2 6
3.2 2
3 . 12
3.0 9
3 .44
3.7 0
3 .3 6
3 .4 2
3.4 7
3 .6 3
3.5 8
3 .6 0
3-51
3 .7 7
3 .7 7
239
41
198
12 8
11 6
12
351
291
_
3 .0 9
3 .3 2
3 .0 5
2 .7 0
2 .6 8
2 .8 6
2 .6 5
2 .71
221
75
14 6
1 48
135
13
269
258
2 . 96
2.8 5
3. 02
2 . 67
2 . 68
2 .5 5
2 . 80
2 . 81
28
2 .7 6
10 7
57
3 . 32
3 . 30
10
10
3 .5 4
3 .5 4
13
13
3 .5 4
3 . 54
22
20
3.2 1
3.2 2
6
6
3 .2 2
3 . 22
30
30
3 .7 4
3 .7 4
19
19
3.3 2
3.3 2
69
69
2 .8 4
2 .8 4
210
210
3 .0 9
3.0 9
67
67
2.8 2
2 .8 2
210
210
3 .0 9
3 .0 9
-
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS...................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
JANITORS.......................................................................
MEN...............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING...................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
PACKERS, S H IP P IN G ..............................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
RECEIVING CLERKS.................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS....................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
TRUCKERS, POWER...................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
FORKLIFT.................................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
OTHER THAN FORKLIFT...................................
MEN..............................................................
WATCHMEN.......................................................................
133
13 2
26
3 .5 8
3 .5 8
3 .2 9
68
67
-
S outhw est
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
~
_
_
_
14
_
_
2 .7 4
G reat Lakes
M iddle W est
P acific
M etropolitan
M etropolitan N onm etropolitan
M etre)politan
M etropolitan
131
420
PROCESSING
BLENDERS..........................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................... .
MEN.................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)......................................
S e e f o o tn o te s a t e n d of ta b l e .
$ 3 .3 3
$3. 6 7
209
$ 3 .5 8
61
$ 3.34
1 22
118
21
21
4*51
3 28
3 .2 6
79
3 .5 5
$ 3 .6 4
00 00
Table 4. Occupational averages: By size of community—Continued
Table 4. Occupational averages: By size of community
(N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s tr a ig h t-tim e hourly e a rn in g s 1 o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d occu pation s in m is c e lla n e o u s p la s tic s p rodu cts
m a n u fa ctu rin g esta b lish m en ts by s iz e o f com m u n ity, U n ited S tates and s e le c te d re g io n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
Great Lakes
Southwest
O c c u p a t i o n an d s e x
M etropolitan
W orkers
E arn
ings
M etropolitan
W orkers
E arn
ings
Nonm etropolitan
W orkers
Earn
i ng s
M id d l e W e st
Pacific
M etropolitan
M etropolitan
W orkers
E arnins s
W orkers
Earn
in g s
PROCESSING— CONTINOED
'
HEN..............................................................
COMPRESSION-HOLDI NG-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET DP AND OPERATE)____
HEN..............................................................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY)........................
HEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPEEATORS
(SET OP AND OFERATE)...................................
EXTROSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)...................................................
HEN..............................................................
NOHEN.........................................................
F I N I S H E R S , MOLDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
HEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPEEATORS
(SET OP AND OPERATE)...................................
MEN..............................................................
INJECTION-HOLDING-MACHINE OFEEATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)...................................................
HEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
LAMINATING-PRESS OPERATORS.....................
HEN......................... ... .................................
WOMEN.........................................................
PLASTICS COTTERS, MACHINE........................
HEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
PREFORM-MACHINE OPERATORS........................
HEN................. - .........................................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS........................
HEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
SETTERS-OP, PLASTICS-HOLDING
MACHINES.................................................................
BLOW-HOLDING MACHINES..............................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING MACHINES...........
EXTRUSION PRESSES........................................
INJECTION-MOLDING MACHINES................
VACOOM-PLASTICS-FORMING MACHINES.
TUMBLER OPERATORS..............................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
VACOOM-PLASTICS-FOBMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET OP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
HEN..............................................................
VACOOM-PLASTICS-FORHING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY)........................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
$3.64
54
$3.94
-
-
-
-
-
70
66
$2.83
2.77
26 3
201
2.82
2.91
-
-
-
307
$3.67
148
-
-
49
49
4.22
4 . 22
-
2,015
1,068
9 47
3.5 0
3.74
3.23
431
186
245
3.28
3.36
3.22
413
389
2.95
2.94
3.89
102
4 . 18
6 32
3 . 25
-
99
87
477
154
323
3.95
3.9 6
3.08
3.44
2.91
339
336
1,951
8 45
1,106
3.90
3.90
2.97
2-95
2.98
179
110
3.05
3 .15
4,715
1,279
3,436
97
59
59
59
40
40
2.65
2.88
2.57
4.02
4 .29
3.60
3.60
3.4 4
3.44
-
200
175
25
$3.27
3.3 0
3.08
111
3.5 0
726
4.08
292
364
267
97
846
306
540
3.12
3.09
3.18
2.81
3.01
2.70
1,034
963
71
6,558
789
5,769
3.94
3.97
3.58
3.0 3
3.26
2.99
2,522
349
2,173
126
117
3.12
3.11
5 34
478
3.63
3.61
-
105
58
87
85
-
15,364
2,057
13,307
2 83
2 19
64
383
2.7 9
245
3.29
138
97
79
222
3.08
184
3. 10
38
2.80
3.02
2.77
4.08
4.34
3.21
3.64
4.03
2.93
3.88
3.75
3.58
3.61
3.4 2
2,071
439
1,632
28
28
61
60
15
8
147
127
-
2.91
3 . 13
2.86
5.14
5.14
4.20
4.21
3.74
4.26
3.3 9
3.44
-
2,067
399
1,668
25
59
55
130
40
74
-
3.58
3.70
3.56
-
330
40
25
86
-
3.89
4.23
3.95
3.83
-
134
94
-
1,536
3 56
1,180
-
2.63
2.72
2.60
-
-
1,291
27
53
65
944
93
116
72
-
-
44
4.06
4.82
4.15
4.52
3.99
4.31
$3.40
3.69
2.93
-
3.04
3.17
3.03
-
-
-
2.6 0
2 . 59
2.60
3.8 3
-
2.87
2.8 8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3.59
3.38
3.6 7
3.6 7
50
50
3.1 2
3 . 12
259
2 59
4.04
4.04
39
39
3.81
3.81
12
12
40
-
2.34
-
8 26
543
283
3.34
3.62
2.80
134
48
“
3.32
3.53
~
~
26
32
61
137
95
199
4.31
3.04
2 24
180
177
258
93 4
717
820
5.17
3.71
5 . 14
5 . 12
4.53
4.94
6.1 4
71
40
52
42
436
223
13
116
4.89
3.48
4.70
5.12
4.12
4.57
5.04
4.70
22
15
40
19
159
“
-
323
10
24 4
-
4.0 5
3.86
3 .99
-
95
95
4.03
4.03
“
-
-
-
MAINTENANCE 3
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES...................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TCCLRCCM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE.................................
P I P E F I T T E R S , MAINTENANCE...........................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS........................................
S ee fo o tn o tes at end o f ta b le.
-
4.25
4 . 14
4.0 8
5.21
88
144
5.14
3 . 22
4.57
4 .95
4.48
4.75
5.80
45
34
38
106
23 3
187
50 9
5.58
3.6C
5.92
5.99
5.18
5 . 14
-
6.9 5
Table 4. Occupational averages: By size of community—Continued
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s 12 of w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in m i s c e l l a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s
m a n u f a c t u r i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s by s i z e of c o m m u n i t y , U n i t ed S t a t e s an d s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
M id d l e W e s t
Great Lakes
Southwest
O c c u p a t i o n and s e x
M etropolitan
Earn
W o rk e rs ings
M etropolitan
W orkers
E arn
ings
Nonm etropolitan M etropolitan
W orkers
Earn
ings
W orkers
Earn
ings
P acific
M etropolitan
W orkers
Earn
in g s
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS...................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
JANITORS......................................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING....................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
PACKERS, SH IP P IN G..............................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
RECEIVING CLERKS.................................................
MEN..............................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS...................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING C1ERKS..............
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN........................................................
TRUCKERS, POWER...................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
FORKLIFT................................................................
MEN..............................................................
WOMEN.........................................................
OTHER THAN F 0 R K I I F 1 ....................................
MEN..............................................................
248
218
427
122
305
25
24
34
34
36
31
50
50
49
49
-
WATCHMEN.3...................................................................
-
187
70
117
109
103
-
$3 . 24
3.51
3.08
2.87
2.8 6
2.9 0
2.91
2.4 8
2.89
2.31
3.28
3„29
3.22
3.22
3.19
3.18
3.32
3.32
3. 31
3.31
-
1 Excludes p re m iu m pay for o v e rtim e and fo r w ork
o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and l a t e s h i f t s .
2 I n c l u d e s d a t a f or M o u n t a i n r e g i o n i n a d d i t i o n to
t h o s e sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
1,694
347
1,347
739
626
113
1,608
1,481
127
3,472
365
3,107
97
96
139
123
16
3 09
2 66
43
782
711
71
735
6 86
49
47
25
$3.41
3.9 7
3 . 27
3.23
3.22
3.31
3.21
3 . 20
3.2 7
2.97
3.45
2.91
3.97
3.98
3.91
3.98
3.41
3.91
4.01
3.28
3.74
3.74
3.78
3.74
3.7 4
3.70
3.74
3.56
4 85
93
392
209
162
47
3 80
364
16
3 45
82
263
34
27
48
48
81
73
8
480
412
68
480
412
68
-
$3.41
3.75
3.33
3.25
3.34
2.95
3.22
3.23
3.18
3.34
3 . 60
3.27
3.69
3.86
3 . 89
3.89
3.57
3.62
3.13
3.64
3.69
3.35
3.64
3.69
3.35
-
378
61
317
119
110
9
124
121
449
33
416
38
3.33
20
3.40
3
50
38
51
51
103
71
103
71
-
$3.00
3. 20
2 . 96
2.8 5
2.82
3 . 16
3.1 9
3.18
3 .06
3.28
3.05
3.1 3
3 . 15
3 . 82
3.82
3.5 3
3.46
3.53
3.46
-
673
31 4
35 9
229
22 8
39 0
374
516
114
4 02
37
35
86
73
126
114
10
2 . 78
-
-
-
107
107
107
107
-
$3.50
3.88
3.17
3.17
3.1 7
-
3.27
3.28
3. 1 1
3.25
3.07
3.96
3. S8
4.01
3.97
3.91
4.01
3.50
3.5C
3.50
3. 50
-
A ll o r v i r t u a l l y a l l w o r k e r s a r e m e n .
N O T E : D a s h e s i n d i c a t e no d a t a r e p o r t e d o r d a t a t h a t
do no t m e e t p u b l i c a t i o n c r i t e r i a .
Table 5. Occupational averages: By size of establishment
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 1 of w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s by s iz e of e s ta b l is h m e n t ,
U n ite d S t a te s a n d s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
U n it ed S t a te s
M id d le A t l a n t i c
New E n g l a n d
E s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h ----
250 w o r k e r s
----------------------------- ------- 100-249-----w orkers
workers
or m ore
W ork
E a r n W ork E a rn
W ork E a r n
ers
in g s
ers
in gs
in g s
ers
20-99
workers
W ork E a r n
ers
in g s
------- 1 0 0 - 2 4 9 ---------- 250 w o r k e r s
20-99
workers
or m ore
wo r k e r s
W ork
Earn
W ork E a r n W ork E a r n
i ng s
ers
in g s
ers
in gs
ers
10 0- 24 9
w orkers
W ork E a r n
ers
in gs
250 w o r k e r s
or mo r e
W ork E a r n
ers
in g s
PROCESSING
BLENDERS........................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINI OPERATORS
(SET OP AND OPERATE)....................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET OP AND OPERATE). . . .
COMPSESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
EXTROSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET OP AND OPERATE)....................................
EXTROSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY).....................................................
FI N I S H E R S , MOLDED PLASTIC PRODOCTS.
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET OP AND OPERATE)....................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
LAMINATING-PRESS OPERATORS.......................
MANDREL WORKERS....................................................
PLASTICS COTTERS, MACHINE.........................
PREFORM-MACHINE OPERATORS.........................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS.........................
SETTERS-OP, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES...................... ..............................................
BLOW-MOLDING MACHINES...............................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING MACHINES...........
EXTROSION PRESSE S..........................................
INJECTION-MOLDING MACHINES.................
VACOO M-PLASTICS-FCRMING MACHINES.
TOMBLER OPERATORS...............................................
VACOOM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET OP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
VACOOM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
594
$3.23
648
$3.50
576
$3.79
165
3.7 6
2 45
3.91
117
3.79
1, 130
2.59
799
3.54
639
3.28
_
_
211
3. 13
223
3.72
78
3.97
_
1,808
3.15
2,590
3.4 3
7 47
3.64
467
1,670
3.42
890
3.82
1, 429
4.12
_
1,941
7,674
3.28
2.77
1,242
9,030
3.57
2-85
1,080
7,9 2 5
3.92
3 . 13
_
955
2.53
1,564
1,337
2.88
863
3.12
244
4.11
51
3.81
_
2 .6 4 18,721
3.4 5
314
104
3.12
473
3.26
197
2.78
429
2.76
3.14
3.45
3.64
3.73
3.17
8,321
5 77
359
366
68
321
2 . S7
4.08
3.9 0
4.06
3.57
3.62
2,559
15
2.72
2.69
2,329
24
23
2.66
3.0 2
3.2 0
1,062
31
1,43 8
49
48
102
99 3
115
121
3.87
4.15
3.55
4.13
3.82
4.16
3.15
1,569
73
124
138
1,121
35
132
3.94
4.62
3.94
4.02
3.89
3.96
3 . 10
1,118
186
35
62
599
24
25
4.07
3.94
4.07
4.43
4.03
4 . 13
3.49
182
19
107
-
3.87
3.70
3.96
-
135
118
14
3.73
3.6 4
3.10
204
26
95
-
3 77
3.95
167
3.59
115
3.69
_
_
_
_
_
_
1, 136
2.79
4 84
3.1 2
351
3.62
-
-
-
-
-
-
89
206
294
32 8
1,254
302
1,320
5.13
3.29
4.61
4.93
4.41
4.67
5.95
239
2 35
247
307
1,365
818
11
1,332
4.84
3.54
4.36
4.65
4.2 3
4.68
5.04
5.94
442
144
277
440
956
1 , 196
120
809
4.98
3.72
4.65
4.97
4.39
4.72
4.83
5.46
12
24
35
50
66
10
47
4.26
3.10
4.59
4.37
4.26
4.49
4.75
17
37
12
45
80
25
162
4.63
3.44
3.5 4
4.4 5
3.94
4.1 2
5.23
54
11
15
65
88
142
20
147
4.65
3.77
4.77
4.54
4.24
4.41
4.48
5.17
11
79
98
337
18
403
5.83
3.22
4.69
4.32
5.15
5.76
70
30
113
67
288
149
33 6
4.90
3.43
4.08
4 . 84
4.24
4. 71
5.91
114
36
90
89
162
1 95
17
173
5- 09
3. 90
4.29
5 . 04
4. 82
4. 80
4.88
5.29
1,758
758
1,643
2,629
70
31 3
687
319
303
-
3.06
2.89
2.9 6
2.67
4.00
3.5 6
3.86
3.30
3.30
2.60
3,072
1,066
1,937
3,817
139
218
361
869
827
71
3.17
3.00
3.08
2.95
3.64
3.59
3.67
3.33
3.30
2.94
2,124
819
2,001
2,148
125
163
144
1,431
1,418
3.4 3
3.27
3.21
3.25
3.78
3.81
3.96
3.80
3.80
3.3 9
3.32
189
67
187
120
41
60
15
15
-
2.91
2 . 76
2.80
2.72
3.39
3.36
3 .78
3.78
-
219
55
30 4
66
15
29
18
35
35
-
3.12
2.71
2.98
2.82
3.49
3.51
3.4 0
3.07
3.07
2.79
303
76
291
13
17
12
154
151
26
461
3-41
3.13
210
3.11
266
1,169
8
3.76
103
4.01
253
3.78
89
3.80
89
3.80
3.52
2.80
2-90
3.03
2.64
4.34
3.29
4.14
3.31
3.31
-
710
231
302
3 74
34
38
54
145
143
3.20
3.06
3.33
3.25
3.59
3.51
4.03
3.36
3.36
2 . 93
425
152
364
265
27
48
16
232
232
39
3.35
3 . 28
3.34
3.36
3.73
4 . 10
4. 20
3 . 84
3.84
20,500
300
5 57
33
412
69
$3.24
49
$ 3 .09
57
$4.05
20 3
$3.22
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
38 5
2.49
3.94
_
_
_
_
_
_
67
3.21
_
_
_
3 . 16
140
_
_
_
_
'
_
2.57
_
_
7C2
_
_
143
_
_
123
$3.48
52
_
67
3. 95
114
3.64
_
3. 88
_
$3.89
_
3.74
165
3.41
460
3.76
2 10
311
3.25
31 4
3.74
42 8
4 . 27
431
3.17 2,542
3. 17
2.79
179
2,347
3. 11
2.91
123
1,196
3.95
3 . 46
45 2
2.39
183
3.65
_
2.68 4,240
107
20 3
3.21
117
_
2.68
2.97
3.31
2.67
3,904
246
165
24
99
2.95
2.97
3. 84
3.93
3.09
1,238
233
105
35
70
3 . 32
3.73
4. 18
3 . 41
3.72
4.01
4.70
3.55
-
3.95
3.98
-
400
16
39
29 2
14
35
4. 18
4.22
3.98
4.24
4. 11
3.41
205
46
10
124
11
4.41
4.65
4 . 15
4. 39
3.61
188
107
-
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
MAINTENANCE
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES....................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE...............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE.................................
PI P E F I T T E R S , MAINTENANCE............................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS..........................................
MISCELLANEOOS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODOCTS....................
JANITORS........................................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING....................
PACKERS, SH IP P IN G ...............................................
RECEIVING CLERKS..................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS.....................................................
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
TROCKERS, POWER....................................................
FORKLIFT..................................................................
OTHER THAN FORKLIFT.....................................
WATCHMEN........................................................................
S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le .
24
13
126
6
13
-
3.42
Table 5. Occupational averages: By size of establishment—Continued
(N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s tr a ig h t- tim e h o u rly e a rn in g s 1 o f w o rk e rs in s e le c te d occu p ation s in m is c e lla n e o u s p la s tic s p rod u cts m an u factu rin g e sta b lish m en ts by s iz e o f esta b lis h m e n t,
U n ited S tates and s e le c te d re g io n s , S ep tem b er 1974)
B o r d e r S ta te s
G re a t L akes
S o u th e a s t
E s t a b l i s h m e n ts w ith —
O ccupation
w orkers
W ork
Earn
ers
ings
10 0 -2 4 9
workers
W ork E a r n
ings
ers
250 w o r k e r s
or m ore
W ork E a r n
ings
ers
20-99
workers
W ork E a r n
ings
ers
1 0 0 - 2 49
w orkers
Earn
W ork
ings
ers
250 wc>r k e r s ------ 2 ^ 9 9 --------10 0- 249
w orkers
worke r s
o r rn o r e
W ork- E a r n - W o rk E a r n W o rk E a r n
ers
ings
in g s
ers
ers
ings
250 w o r k e r s
or m ore
W ork E a rn
ers
in gs
PROCESSING
BLENDERS.......................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET CP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)...................................................
F I N I S H E R S , MOLDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
LAMINATING-PRESS OPERATORS......................
MANDREL WORKERS....................................................
PLASTICS CUTTERS, MACHINE.........................
PREFORM-MACHINE OPERATORS........................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS.........................
SE TT ERS -U P, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES....................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING MACHINES..............................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING MACHINES...........
EXTRUSION PR ES SE S.........................................
INJECTION-MOLDING MACHINES.................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING MACHINES.
TUMBLER OPERATORS..............................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET CP AND OPERATE)-----VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
90
_
_
_
-
_
_
_
_
_
79
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-
$3.35
45
$3.09
30
-
413
-
-
-
-
_
-
-
-
-
5 25
-
3 20
3.86
_
4 37
2.67 1,809
3.63
2.83
346
3.42
2.64 7,270
138
3.50
2.98
135
2.99
2.82
3.56
3.57
-
_
_
232
3.44
90
3.2 5
_
_
_
-
-
281
$2.69
_
-
-
235
538
2.9 2
2.38
_
59 8
2.69
_
428
_
_
_
_
_
_
256
2 . 41
-
_
_
-
-
86 5
-
4.1 8
3.84
918
72
93
2.3 4
2.91
2.48
1,560
39
2.5 6
2.86
1,014
94
24
7
33
3.34
-
61
34
39
4 . 05
-
154
135
-
3.61
3.59
-
90
79
-
-
-
-
_
_
-
-
-
93
-
-
-
-
-
-
78
-
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
31
$3.82
-
3.72
-
3.52
_
-
23
81
_
-
-
-
10
-
4.21
15
14
31
92
14
144
_
_
-
3.93
-
_
-
261
-
_
-
2.70
_
_
-
-
-
_
-
264
4'. 51
-
3.31
-
$3.64
122
-
106
_
25 8
-
-
-
_
$2.66
-
-
$3.33
_
_
144
-
107
_
_
2.73
-
$3.39
_
-
-
-
-
3.87
2.9 3
-
-
-
_
-
-
-
-
_
$3.77
-
3.47
34
4.32
12
4.48
1,550
3.44
3 71
3.69
28 9
4.01
409
4. 16
606
3 , 0 28
3.92
2.99
-
4,243
3. 14
81
4.04
-
2.64
3.62
3.31
-
6,436
89
156
2. 85
3.82
3.38
3,72 9
163
18 1
23
134
3.08
4.63
4.32
4. 00
3.94
706
526
87
63
3.95
3-92
4.31
3.42
50 9
21
61
38
324
49
3.98
4.99
4.03
4.22
3.90
3. 35
40 6
32
7
18 0
-
4.22
4.25
4.86
4.29
-
-
180
4.02
-
-
571
3.08
-
28 9
3.61
-
3-39
-
-
-
MAINTENANCE
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES...................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE.................................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS.........................................
-
30
-
4.56
-
-
91
52
50
4.26
4.46
5.34
212
63
153
3.02
2.81
2.78
4.7 5
4.75
4.64
4 . 91
5 . 12
30
9
123
41
-
4.80
4.46
3 . 81
4 . 21
106
83
213
2.93
2.66
2.59
3 . 81
3.39
3.7 7
2.87
2 . 87
-
23
24
34
137
82
111
4.58
4 . 19
3.67
3.95
4.40
5.32
41
15
39
96
141
68
4.47
4.56
4.43
3-74
4.16
4.80
29
53
107
55
308
110
280
4.79
3.63
5.32
5.41
4.65
4.83
6.04
81
100
56
73
559
3 42
33 2
5.10
3.68
4.85
4.83
4.26
4.90
6.09
18 5
67
66
172
50 3
488
324
5.15
3.70
4.76
5 . 15
4.42
4.82
5.77
202
92
167
51
6
19
104
102
2-97
2.52
2.60
2.79
3.25
3.53
2.85
2.84
152
101
240
iei
8
99
S9
“
3.19
2.85
2.91
2.89
3.45
3.34
3.34
~
424
167
661
635
30
81
170
96
80
~
3.35
3.03
3.04
2.71
4.20
3.81
3.76
3.40
3.41
9 68
41 1
642
2,292
42
48
141
3 33
302
23I
3.37
3. 15
3.23
2.94
3.77
4.16
3.83
3.51
3.46
3.30
787
370
685
890
59
58
79
83 3
833
34
3.50
3 . 43
3 . 36
3. 38
3 . 84
3.84
4.04
3. 8 1'
3.81
3.42
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS...................
JANITORS.......................................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING...................
PACKERS, SH IP P IN G...............................................
RECEIVING CLERKS.................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS....................................................
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
TRUCKERS, POWER....................................................
FORKLIFT..................................................................
WATCHMEN.......................................................................
S e e f o o tn o te s a t e n d o f ta b l e .
-
26
_
-
3.65
_
_
_
-
-
-
45
-
-
2.97
-
-
29
95
193
-
12
74
68
-
3.45
3.48
3-41
-
4.21
4.00
4.01
-
9
9
22
76
76
“
Table 5. Occupational averages: By size of establishment—Continued
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 1 of w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s by s iz e o f e s ta b l is h m e n t ,
U n ite d S t a te s a n d s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
P acific
M id d le W e s t
E s t a b l i s h m e n ts w ith —
O ccupation
-------------- ZTT:79--------------wor kers
Earn
W ork
in gs
ers
10 0 -2 4 9
w orkers
Earn
W ork
ings
ers
250 w o r k e r s
or m ore
Earn
W ork
in gs
ers
20 - 99
workers
EarnW ork
ers
i n 8 s_____
10 0- 24 9
workers
EarnW ork
ers
_____in&z_____
250 w o r k e r s
or m ore
W ork E a rn ers
i n g?
PROCESSING
BLENDERS........................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHIN E OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
COHERESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND OEERATE). . . .
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPFRATORS (OPERATE C N I Y ) .........................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
F IN IS H E R S, MOLEED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY).....................................................
LAMINATING-PRESS OPERATORS......................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS.........................
SETT ERS -UP , PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES.....................................................................
EXTRUSION PRESSES..........................................
INJECTION-MOLDING MACHINES.................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORHING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP ANC OEERATE)____
61
63
295
$3.32
2.84
_
226
2.91
33
2.99
1,660
2.52
_
70
70
-
_
3.30
3.30
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
2.62
_
_
230
2.72
_
_
569
3.1 6
31
4.30
_
311
1 , 1 18
3. 91
2 . 96
29 8
_
2.61
_
53 5
96
3.09
_
_
2,109
31
26
2.78
4.26
3.38
2 , 191
_
11
2.55
3.53
415
30
-
2.55
4.32
_
-
_
_
102
50
3 . 98
3.60
152
_
131
3.93
3.92
69
63
4.43
_
4.44
-
-
93
4.06
10
5.39
22
18
55
142
78
237
5.73
3.66
6 . 11
5.31
5.01
7.13
249
119
130
226
41
78
37
37
~
3.39
3.11
3.37
3.11
4.5 0
3.90
3.79
3 . 79
~
74
3.41
3.01
76
_
_
931
45
2.60
2.90
_
-
70
23
25
3.85
3.83
3.72
5.30
7
-
$4.25
60
143
336
-
41
_
$3.94
-
$3.29
_
-
$2.99
_
_
$3.19
_
-
-
-
9
15
12
27
74
55
23 4
5.77
3.61
5. 48
5 . 86
5.0 3
5.1 6
6.90
14
23
17
54
38
5.24
2 39
82
143
58
20
34
38
55
55
3.61
3.21
3.21
3 .0 3
3.98
3.57
3.86
2.97
2.S7
“
185
28
117
8
~
MAINTENANCE
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES....................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE...............................
MAINTENANCE WOFKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE.................................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS..........................................
12
_
_
95
82
_
16
78
47
60
-
4.39
6.05
4.19
-
3.7 7
4 . 18
4.37
5.62
-
56
-
_
_
_
5.04
-
6 . 16
_
4.85
5.32
6.14
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS....................
JAN ITORS........................................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING....................
PACKERS, SH IP P IN G ...............................................
RECEIVING CLERKS..................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS....................................................
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
TRUCKERS, POWER....................................................
FORKLIFT..................................................................
WATCHMEN........................................................................
192
68
85
71
26
33
_
"
2.78
2.8 5
3.02
3.1 0
3.17
4 . 15
_
_
218
69
62
418
_
35
-
1 E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e an d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s ,
shifts.
92
92
13
holidays,
2.94
2.75
3.30
3 .0 4
3.48
3 .4 3
3 .4 3
2.95
and late
51
26
24
-
3.86
3-19
3.85
_
_
_
_
-
3.51
3.31
3.23
_
3.81
_
_
2 I n c l u d e s d a t a f o r r e g i o n s in a d d i t i o n to t h o s e s h o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
N O T E : D a s h e s i n d i c a t e no d a t a r e p o r t e d o r d a t a t h a t do not m e e t p u b l i c a t i o n c r i t e r i a .
Table 6. Occupational averages: By labor-management contract coverage
(N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 1 of w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s by l a b o r - m a n a g e m e n t c o n tr a c t c o v e r a g e ,
U n ite d S t a te s a n d s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
United S tates2
New E n g l a n d
M id d l e A t l a n t i c
B o r d e r States
Southeast
E s t a b l i s h m e n t s wi th
None o r
M a jority
M ajority
covered
m inority covered
covered
E
a
r
n
E
a
r
n
W orkers
W orkers
W orkers E a r n
in g s
in g s
ings
None o r
m in o rity covered
W orkers
No ne o r
M ajority
None o r
M ajority
None o r
M ajority
covered
m in o rity covered
covered
m i n o r i t y co v e r e d
covered
m inority c overed
E a r n W orkers E a r n W orkers E a r n W orkers E a r n W orkers E a r n W orkers E a r n
W orkers E a r n
in g s
in gs
in gs
in g s
in g s
in gs
in gs
PROCESSING
BLENDERS.......................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET OP AND OPERATE)....................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET OP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
f i n i s h e r s , MOLDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND CEERATE)....................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
LAMINATING-PRESS OPERATORS......................
MANDREL WORKERS....................................................
PLASTICS CUTTERS, MACHINE.........................
PREFORM-MACHINE OEERATCRS.........................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS.........................
SET TERS-UP, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES.....................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING MACHINES...............................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING MACHINES...........
EXTRUSION PRESSES.........................................
INJECTION-HOLDING MACHINES.................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING MACHINES.
TUMBLER OPERATORS...............................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND OPERATE)____
VACUUM-PLASTICS—FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
1,060
$3.59
758
$ 3 . 40
55
$3.66
235
3.76
292
3.89
_
_
_
1,348
3.22
1,220
2.88
_
_
221
154
3.9 2
3 58
3.34
_
_
_
120
$3.37
_
3.00
_
2,582
3.67
2,563
3 .05
164
1,927
3.99
2,062
3.54
_
_
_
1,253
11,965
3.85
3.06
3,010
12,664
3.39
2.78
_
_
_
1,010
1,553
3.11
_
2 .8 8 29,016
290
3.80
137
3.96
3. 8 4
706
3.72
111
3.15
632'
2.66
3.28
3.41
3.25
3.51
3 . 16
1,150.
24
3 . 25
45
3.01
1,812
198
125
74
1,078
54
110
3.97
3.95
3.84
4.48
3.95
4.18
3.23
2,313
110
82
228
1,635
120
168
3.93
4.48
3.92
4.03
3.86
4.09
3.11
72
3.8 5
449
50
21
3.90
4.68
3.84
18
3.03
202
3.95
457
3.76
_
_'
633
3.34
1,338
2.87
-
-
430
297
3 77
469
1,860
1,285
111
1,227
4.9 1
3.57
4.37
4.79
4.36
4.75
4.76
5.66
340
288
441
606
1,715
1,031
21
2,234
5.01
3.41
4.71
4.93
4.30
4.63
5.28
5.92
36
26
32
49
55
18
89
4.6 2
3.43
3 , 130
1,397
2,959
4,233
167
353
513
1,682
1,644
3.34
3 . 13
3. 21
3.06
3.86
3.59
3.84
3.62
3.61
3,824
1,246
2,622
4,361
167
341
679
937
9 04
33
104
3 . 12
2.96
2.96
2.81
3.67
3.67
3.80
3.52
3.52
3 . 36
3 . 14
178
65
199
80
10
18
24
83
80
891
18,526
901
326
690
187
530
3.0 5
-
-
61
-
3.59
3.06
_
2.89
-
504
3 . 11
_
306
_
$3.29
_
92
_
$3.77
102
.
_
_
648
2.81
84
3.39
_
39
4.66
163
3.75
_
72 0
3.78
_
603
3.94
450
3.63
2,211
_
2.52
290
4,445
3.43
3.03
443
1,640
3.19
2.80
87
3.39
3 85
2.93
332
2.95
_
4,800
2 . 64
6,135
520
2.89
3.31
3 , 2 47
2.85
42 0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$2.82!
110
3. 38
_
296
2. 47
2.74
61 0
2.69
2,882
2 . 49
_
-
_
3.35
_
67
4 . 10
_
_
90
3.5 0
-
-
-
4.49
4.18
4.37
4.44
4.95
47
46
43
128
185
122
267
4.57
3.35
4.29
4 . 45
4.13
4.37
5.20
127
73
172
126
4 94
231
17
4 26
4.96
3.37
3.89
4.77
4.36
4.67
4.88
5.41
68
72
114
128
293
131
486
6.00
53
5.28
41
3.41
2.97
3.14
3.05
3.7 2
3.32
3.56
3.78
3.79
533
133
583
280
24
69
66
121
121
3.11
2.85
2.9 3
3.06
3 . 57
3.61
3.37
3.59
3 . 59
8 34
427
770
7 89
38
154
184
34 9
34 7
3.19
3.04
3.19
2.90
3 . 57
3.39
3.86
3 . 53
3.5 3
762
166
162
1,019
21
35
139
1 17
117
3.06
3.12
3.54
2.86
3.92
4.21
4.47
3.77
3.77
27 3
63
132
37 9
3.31
3.04
3.18
3.47
-
90
34
131
33
259
7
_
3.68
-
-
3.53
2. 91
2.55
764
-
-
280
3.18
-
3.90
3 . 59
2.77
4.20
4.49
4.20
3.73
4.41
-
2 . 65
23 1
3.26
-
421
2.71
104
115
$3.32
44 1
3 12
24
9
59
196
-
143
3.24
4.17
4.31
3.9 8
4.5 3
4 . 11
4 . 12
3 . 49
-
3.54
$ 3 . 09
344
1,333
481
50
40
8
327
17
46
-
190
22
23 9
3.79
3.57
2.96
-
3.00
184
22
283
71
182
-
25
$3.95.
.
3.21
_
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
78
_
_
59
_
_
-
4.03
_
_
_
3.79
_
_
_
_
-
-
_
_
_
_
22
10
34
3.04
3 . 50
2.67
58
3.44
_
_
_
51
_
_
_
3 . 43
_
_
-
-
_
77
_
2. 90
131
2.64
247
10
3.74
3. 38
_
_
197
3. 67
46
2 . 69
-
-
MAINTENANCE
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES....................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE.................................
PI P E F I T T E R S , MAINTENANCE............................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS.........................................
-
-
5.26
3.50
4.33
4.93
4.44
4.97
-
12
6
-
29
81
120
-
4.64
3.65
-
4.72
4.18
4.84
-
13
_
72
29
_
4.43
30
4 . 29
10
34
82
120
4 . 24
3.81
3.74
4.45
34
28
59
48
274
144
4.71
3 . 08
4. 59
4 . 33
3 . 88
4.08
4.77
76
5. 10
146
5. 38
3 . 02
2.90
2.86
2.66
143
96
117
145
6
3 . 14
2.81
3.07
2.70
3.71
317
180
503
2 . 98
2.61
2. 63
_
-
4.32
4.11
_
_
_
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS....................
JAN IT ORS .......................................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING....................
PACKERS, SH IP P IN G...............................................
RECEIVING CLERKS..................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS....................................................
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
TRUCKERS, POWER....................................................
FORKLIFT..................................................................
OTHER THAN FORKLIFT....................................
WATCHMEN.......................................................................
S e e f o o tn o te s a t e n d o f t a b l e .
-
117
-
3.09
-
20
-
3.44
-
16
-
3.09
-
43
-
3.26
-
'
-
-
46
69
67
-
22
-
3.83
3.7 9
3.78
-
2.67
-
14
37
-
'
-
3.24
2.78
-
-
103
103
-
'
-
3 . 21
3.21
-
-
17
24
40
176
174
-
10
_
3 . 48
3 . 15 '
3. 62
2. 92
2.92
-
2. 53
Table 6. Occupational averages: By labor-management contract coverage—Continued
(N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 1 of w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s by l a b o r - m a n a g e m e n t
c o n t r a c t c o v e r a g e , U n ite d S t a te s a n d s e le c te d r e g io n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
E stablishm ents
O c cupation
M ajority
M a jority
None o r
covered
m inority covered
covered
Earn
E arn
E arn
W o rk e r s in g s
W orkers
W orkers
in g s
in g s
Pacific
M id d l e W e st
Great Lakes
S o u th w e s t
with—
M ajority
None o r
covered
m inority co vered
E arn
Earn
W orkers
W orkers
in gs
in gs
M ajority
No ne o r
None o r
m inority covered
covered
m in o rity covered
Earn
EarnEarn
W
o
r
kers
W orkers
W orkers
in g s
in g s
i n g s ...
PROCESSING
BLENDERS........................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND OPERATE)-----COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
F I N I S H E R S , MOLDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)....................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
LAMINA!ING-PRESS OPERATORS......................
MANDREL WORKERS....................................................
PLASTICS CUTTERS, MACHINE.........................
PREFORM-MACHINF OPERATORS.........................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS.........................
SET TERS-UP, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES.....................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING MACHINES...............................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING MACHINES...........
EXTRUSION PR ESS ES .........................................
INJECTION-MOLDING MACHINES.................
TUMBLER OPERATORS...............................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND O E E R A T E ) . . . .
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
81
S3. 41
58
S3. 13
-
-
-
-
-
-
47
-
-
-
3.12
-
3 75
-
S3.75
-
517
3.51
254
S3. 49
58
$3.30
42
4.39
-
-
301
2.74
55
3.95
61
$4.08
57
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
62
2 . 71
S2.85
-
-
21 5
2.63
29
4.28
24
4.36
-
-
-
142
3.35
58
3.08
1,340
3.71
1,106
3.16
-
-
30 4
138
3.50
36
3 . 55
564
4 . 16
454
3.85
107
4.0 5
-
_
374
_
3.28
310
1,091
3.04
2.5 5
590
5,124
4.07
3.07
1,179
3,956
3.8 9
2.99
107
217
3.77
2.9 5
421
57
3 . 26
82
4.15
458
3.53
88
3.9 5
-
2.73
3 . 83
-
1,676
“
“
2.98
77
4.37
55 5
3. 10
38 0
3 . 19
2 15
1,57 1
3.57
2.92
179
3.05
3,817
82
2. 55
3 . 88
~
4.07
22
3.47
29
2.81
~
3 . 43
104
4.21
“
82
~
~
4. 13
~
2 19
~
10
~
162
~
3.98
“
3. 86
~
3.92
-
95
4.03
-
-
_
_
_
69
_
3.21
1,554
105
31
2.52
2.79
2.63
7,915
206
28
244
52
148
2.86
4.81
4.32
3.90
3.81
3.36
9,520
105
200
60
221
2.78
2 . 93
3.48
3.90
3.61
1, 179
25
38
18
-
3.59
3.44
-
129
33
88
-
3.33
3.72
3.23
-
860
60
42
38
457
18
4.01
4.51
4.12
4.77
3.96
3.59
761
36
573
98
4 . 04
4.04
3 . 99
3.37
84
44
~
3.80
38
3.19
-
95
4.14
203
3 . 95
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
~
_
76
2.56
374
3.59
586
3.18
-
21
-
“
2.76
898
~
~
37
~
11
83
~
~
3.42
12
~
3.38
~
41
~
3.53
“
2.45
“
$3 . 16
“
3.11
-
MAINTENANCE
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES....................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE.................................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS.........................................
19
5.42
105
5.09
~
4.75
4.21
4.86
5.96
19
~
59
21
67
~
3.96
~
4.51
4.07
5.49
~
“
110
61
62
~
~
5 . 33
4.94
7.69
26
29
28
85
123
126
44 7
5.70
3 . 59
6.05
6.04
5. 05
5. 24
6 . 85
3.35
236
3.05
225
2.89
174
3.92
499
3. 35
3.19
3 . 16
2.81
3.7 3
3.86
3.8 7
3.85
3 .87
3.5 4
87
94
448
8
39
97
97
2.9 7
3.51
3.0 7
3.77
3.6 9
3.56
3 .5 6
2.78
76
77
51
29
34
-
2.73
2.90
3.00
3.09
3.87
2.97
66
196
28
20
23
36
39
39
3.52
3.41
3.58
4.10
3.91
4.41
4 . 48
4.48
163
194
488
17
63
90
68
68
3.03
3. 12
3.08
3.79
4.05
3.71
2.95
2.95
74
31
21
4.31
3.95
4.25
5.38
23
44
136
77
205
4.1 5
4.07
4 . 10
3.89
5.14
175
146
80
181
844
579
3 95
5.01
3.72
5.00
4.95
4.39
4.86
5.88
120
74
149
119
526
361
541
5.22
3 . 57
5.07
5.3 8
4.42
4.84
6.03
23
126
110
3.17
362
2.66
1 , 182
3.46
997
41
189
2 80
3.08
2.93
2.39
3.48
3.8 3
-
84
145
301
14
21
42
50
49
8
2.64
2.81
2.49
3 . 11
2.84
3.21
3.02
3 .0 0
2.83
552
1,262
2,084
72
3.27
3.24
3 . 16
4.04
3.9 5
3.81
3.65
3.64
2.95
396
7 26
1,733
59
85
219
346
3 30
40
10
88
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PBODUCTS....................
MISCELLANEOUS— CONTINUED
JANITORS........................................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAI BANDLING....................
PACKERS, SH IP P IN G ...............................................
RECEIVING CLERKS..................................................
SHIPPING CLERKS....................................................
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
TRUCKERS, POWER....................................................
FORKLIFT..................................................................
WATCHMEN........................................................................
11
13
-
102
171
9 16
885
18
10
11
|
1 E x c l u d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e an d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , a n d
late shifts.
criteria.
2 I n c l u d e s d a t a f o r M o u n t a i n r e g i o n in a d d it i o n to t h o s e s h o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
N O T E : D a s h e s i n d i c a t e no d a t a r e p o r t e d o r d a t a t h a t do not m e e t p u b l i c a t i o n
Table 7. Occupational averages:
By method of wage payment
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s 1 of w o r k e r s i n s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s i n m i s c e l l a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s
m a n u f a c t u r i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s by m e t h o d of w a g e p a y m e n t , U n i t e d S t a t e s an d s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
United S t a te s 2
O ccupation
New England
Incentive
wo r k e r s
E arn
E arn
W orkers
W orkers
in g s
in g s
T im ew orkers
M id d l e A t l a n t i c
Inc e n ti ve
T im ew orkers
workers
Earn
W o rk ers E a r n W orkers E a r n
W orkers
in g s
in g s
in g s
T im ew orkers
B o r d e r States
Incentive
Tim ew orker s
workers
Earn
E arn
W orkers
W orkers
ings
ings
PROCESSING
BLENDERS......................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHIHi OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLT)...................................................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
COMPRES SION—MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY)........................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE O N L I ) ...................................................
F I N I S H E R S , MOLDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
INJECTION-MOLDI NG-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)...................................................
LAMINATING-PRESS OPERATORS......................
MANDREL WORKERS...................................................
PLASTICS CUTTERS, MACHINE........................
PREFORM-MACHINE OPERATORS........................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS........................
SE TT ERS -U P, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES...................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING MACHINES..............................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING MACHINES...........
EXTRUSION PRESSES........................................
INJECTION-MOLDING MACHINES................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING MACHINES.
TUMBLER OPERATORS..............................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FCRMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND O P E R A T E ) . . . .
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
1,784
$3.49
34
504
3.86
_
2,281
3.07
2 87
442
3.61
_
3,680
3.2 2
1,465
3.71
4 38
2 .'*
3,878
3.74
111
4.4 6
207
3.74
_
3.52
2.85
_
3,225
_
3.33
_
2,581
_
2.55
_
640
4,263
21,404
$4.23
_
2.98
_
175
_
179
_
$3.75
$3 .4 0
_
_
117
3.96
_
_
71
2.84
2.74
_
_
682
2.75
_
_
190
3.47
_
_
_
188
3.91
_
_
$3.81
29 3
3 . 49
542
1,053
3.81
_
733
5,402
3.28
2.91
_
683
230
2,37 2
3.05
_
97
3.38
_
45,888
1,082
453
1,383
221
1,155
2.74
3.72
3.78
3.55
3.45
3.15
1,654
109
77
-
3.0 3
3.23
4 . 19
-
5,299
41
69
2.66
3.05
3.09
651
-
4,082
292
" 2 04
3 02
2,689
174
276
3.94
4 . 11
3.86
4.14
3.89
4 . 12
3. 1 4
43
24
-
4.38
4.17
-
521
52
30
320
25
3.89
4.66
3.72
3.72
3.12
_
-
657
3.82
_
_
_
_
1,953
3.01
-
-
-
-
764
5 85
800
1,075
3,548
2,316
132
3,4 2 4
4.96
3.49
4.56
4.87
4.33
4.70
4.84
5.84
-
-
83
72
62
160
234
177
27
356
4.59
3.38
4.43
4.46
4 . 14
4.37
4.5 8
5.14
6 , 841
2,626
5,544
8,478
322
69 2
1,186
2,561
2,490
71
211
3.21
3.0 5
3.09
2.93
3.77
3.63
3.81
3. 57
3.56
3.65
3.08
613
198
782
360
34
87
90
188
185
3.11
2.89
2.98
3.06
3.61
3.55
3.42
3.63
3.63
_
124
39 4
_
$3.46
_
_
3.2 4
_
64 5
2.78
_
8,770
53 6
473
77
286
2.86
3.2 9
3.69
3.60
3.07
612
-
_
-
761
58
46
67
510
39
53
4.18
4.28
4.00
3.83
4.2 3
3.7 3
3.31
_
-
_
_
120
3.9C
-
-
63 8
2.47
-
-
195
145
286
254
787
362
17
9 05
5.06
3.43
4.07
4.85
4.3 9
4.78
4.88
5.73
1,587
584
92 7
1,761
63
187
32 3
44 9
44 7
3 . 13
3 . 05
3.25
2.86
3.70
3.54
4.12
3.57
3.57
2.89
-
$3. 80
37
3.11
111
3.02
_
_
3.40
_
625
_
2.86
175
2.49
1,184
25
2.89
3.81
_
-
193
80
97
-
3.54
3.37
3.70
-
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
3.13
-
MAINTENANCE
ELECTRICIANS, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES...................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM...
MACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE.................................
P I P E F I T T E R S , MAINTENANCE...........................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS........................................
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
_
_
_
_
_
-
_
_
-
25
20
63
153
149
94
4. 53
3.57
4.68
4.25
4.70
5.06
363
97
26 3
41 2
6
14
83
116
104
12
30
3.24
2.99
3.02
3.40
4.03
3.24
3.36
3.87
3.88
3.77
2.60
MISCELLANEOUS
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS...................
JAN ITOR S......................................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING...................
PACKERS, SH IP P IN G..............................................
RECEIVING CLERKS................................................
SH IPP ING CLERKS...................................................
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
TRUCKERS, POWER...................................................
FORKLIFT................................................................
OTHER THAN FORKLIFT...................................
WATCHMEN......................................................................
S e e fo o tn o te s a t e nd o f ta b l e .
113
17
37
116
58
58
-
3.69
2.99
3.36
3.45
4 . 22
4.22
-
-
36
-
3.28
98
-
-
3.64
-
-
50
-
3.20
Table 7. Occupational averages: By method of wage payment—Continued
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 1 of w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m i s c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts
m a n u f a c tu r in g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s by m e th o d of w a g e p a y m e n t, U n ite d S t a te s a n d s e le c te d r e g i o n s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
S o u th e a s t
O c c u p a tio n
S o u th w e s t
I n c e n tiv e
w o rk e rs
E a rn
E arn
W o rk e r s
W o rk e rs
in g s
in g s
T im e w o r k e r s
W o rk e rs
G reat L akes
M id d le W e st
I n c e n tiv e
w o rk ers
E a rn
E arn
E arn
W o rk e rs
W o rk e r s
in g s
in g s
in g s
T im e w o rk e r s
T im e w o rk e rs
T im e w o rk e rs
W o rk e r s
P a c if i c
T im e w o rk e rs
E arn
E arn
W orke r s
in g s
in g s
PROCESSING
BLENDERS.......................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
BLOW-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)...................................................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND O P E R A T E ) ....
COMPRESSION-MOLDING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY).........................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(SET UP AND O P E R A T E )..................................
EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
F IN IS H E R S , MOLDED PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(SET UP AND OPERATE)...................................
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY)....................................................
LAMIHATING-PRESS OPERATORS......................
MANDREL WORKERS....................................................
PLASTICS CUTTERS, MACHINE.........................
PREFORM-MACHINE OEERATCRS.........................
SCRAP-PREPARING OPERATORS.........................
SE T TER S-U P, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES....................................................................
BLOW-MOLDING MACHINES..............................
COMPRESSION-MOLDING MACHINES...........
EXTRUSION PR ESSES.........................................
INJECTION-M OLDING MACHINES.................
VACUUM-PLASTICS—FCRMING MACHINES.
TUMBLER OPERATORS..............................................
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (SET UP AND O P E R A T E ) ....
VACUUM-PLASTICS-FORMING-MACHINE
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY)........................
$ 3 .2 9
600
$ 3 .6 1
29
_
_
_
_
_
_
131
4 .4 9
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
47
3 . 12
8 18
3 .2 3
_
_
79
3 .5 5
_
_
_
_
_
49
4 .2 2
_
_
_
_
_
51
165
_
138
$ 3 .2 9
519
3 .5 6
_
34 4
1 ,3 7 5
2 .9 1
2 .5 5
_
189
420
2 .4 5
_
3 ,4 4 0
94
99
2 .5 2
3 .5 0
2. 9 3
3 .1 3
2 .6 4
52
-
3 .6 9
3 .3 8
3 .3 8
3 .6 2
2 .7 3
_
20
165
305
10
10
248
65
_
-
_
-
-
_
$ 4 .2 7
65
118
$ 3 .6 4
21
4 . 18
_
-
70
2 .8 3
2 .8 2
$ 2 .6 2
200
3 .2 7
1 ,9 2 2
3 .3 8
5 24
3 .7 8
3C4
2 .8 5
263
_
142
3 .4 5
939
3 .9 6
79
4 .7 4
165
4 .1 0
6 32
3 .2 5
4 45
1 ,1 8 5
3 . 10
2 .6 7
1 ,7 6 9
7 ,7 4 5
3 .9 5
2 .9 5
_
1 ,3 3 5
_
3 .5 1
192
540
3 .5 9
2 .9 7
339
1 ,9 5 1
3 .9 0
2 .9 7
147
3 .1 7
540
3 .6 2
_
1 ,7 0 7
105
2 .6 1
2 .7 9
1 7 ,1 6 2
25 2
431
76
366
2 . 80
4 . 38
3 .7 5
3 . 53
3 .5 0
273
-
1 ,0 1 9
95
116
4 .0 3
4 .4 7
4 . 08
4 .5 2
3 .9 7
4 .2 9
3 . 40
2 .7 9
_
2 .6 2
_
-
-
-
96
3 .0 2
167
107
4 .0 4
179
3 -0 5
2 .5 7
3 .8 3
2 .3 8
4 ,7 1 5
97
59
40
2 .6 5
4 .0 2
3 .6 0
-
2 ,8 5 5
25
64
_
-
_
-
167
23
116
-
3 .6 1
3 .8 3
3 .4 4
-
32 3
244
-
4 .0 5
3 .8 6
3 .9 9
-
3 .6 7
95
4 .0 3
3 .3 9
-
-
_
58
3 . 18
2 98
4 .0 1
_
_
12
-
-
92
2 -7 0
95 6
3 .3 3
-
-
-
-
33
32
67
206
108
226
4 .2 0
3 .0 4
289
-
4 .2 9
4 .0 6
3 .9 9
5 i1 6
300
1 ,3 4 7
940
906
5 .1 1
3 .6 7
5 .1 1
5 . 12
4 .3 9
4 .8 5
466
125
322
5 75
25
34
44
76
75
2 .7 6
2 .7 8
2 , 179
9 40
1 ,9 6 8
3 ,7 8 8
125
187
386
1 ,2 3 7
1 ,1 9 0
47
52
-
43
106
6
1 ,6 1 0
67
78
_
3 .3 9
3 .7 0
3 .2 6
3 .1 6
-
-
-
$ 3 .3 1
68
-
10
-
-
3 . 44
-
MAINTENANCE
ELECTR IC IA N S, MAINTENANCE.........................
HELPERS, MAINTENANCE TRADES...................
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATORS, TOOLROOM...
M ACHINISTS, MAINTENANCE..............................
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL TASKS.
MECHANICS, MAINTENANCE................................
TOOL AND DIE MAKERS.........................................
64
29
69
82
356
264
222
4 .5 1
3 .0 9
4 .5 4
4 .1 2
3 .8 4
4 .2 4
5 .2 9
“
-
-
-
220
2 11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6 .0 0
29
30
43
40
M5
119
172
”
5 .0 6
3 .5 1
4 .6 4
4 .5 9
4 .3 0
4 .6 5
5 .7 7
45
34
38
106
233
187
509
5 .5 8
3 .6 0
5 .9 2
5 .9 9
5 .1 8
5 .1 4
6 .9 5
2 .9 7
673
229
39 0
5 16
37
3 .5 0
3 . 17
3 .2 7
3 .1 1
3 .9 6
4 .0 1
3 .9 1
3 .5 0
3 .5 0
MISCELLANEOUS
IN SPECTO RS, MOLDED PRODUCTS...................
JA N IT O R S .....................................................................
LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING...................
PACKERS, S H IP P IN G ..............................................
RECEIVING CLERKS.................................................
S H IPP IN G CLERKS....................................................
S H IPP IN G AND RECEIVING CLERKS..............
TRUCKERS, POWER....................................................
FORKLIFT..................................................................
OTHER THAN FORKLIFT....................................
WATCHMEN.......................................................................
460
276
620
439
23
28
49
279
277
14
3 .0 3
2 .6 8
2 .7 2
2 .5 4
3 .5 4
3 .2 1
3 .5 7
3 .0 3
3 .0 3
2 .7 4
-
-
-
~
-
8
2 .8 6
2 .4 3
3 .2 8
3 .2 2
3 . 19
3 .1 1
3 .1 0
-
2 .8 3
1 E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d fo r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s ,
NOTE: D ash es
h o l id a y s , a n d l a t e s h i f t s .
p u b lic a tio n c r i t e r i a .
i
I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r M o u n ta in r e g io n in a d d itio n to t h o s e sh o w n
s e p a r a te ly .
3 . 41
3 .2 4
3 .2 1
3 .0 0
3 .9 3
3 .9 1
3 .8 4
3 .6 9
3 .6 9
3 .7 4
3 .3 0
i n d ic a te
-
20
-
3 .2 1
-
-
-
461
163
171
4 65
8
68
73
105
105
-
no
d a ta
re p o rte d
3 .2 4
3 .0 1
3 .7 7
3 .1 9
3 .7 7
3 .5 3
3 .5 3
-
21
“
2 .8 6
2 .88
or
86
126
107
107
-
-
~
“
d a ta t h a t do n o t m e e t
Table 8.
Occupational earnings: Chicago, III.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n in g s of w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
O c c u p a tio n
A LL PRODUCTION WORKERS -----------------------
Number
of
workers
$
$
Average 2 . 0 0
2 .1 0
hourly ^
earnings
an d
under
S
2 .2 0
N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e i v in g s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s of—
"f------ 3
$
1 ------ —
"5------ "5------ %
5
3
3
%
i
2 .3 0 2 .4 0 2 . 6 0 2 . 8 0 3 .0 0 3 .2 0 3 .4 0 3 .6
3 .8 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 2 0 4 . 4 0 h , 6 o 4 . 8 0 5 . 0 0 5 . 2 0
2 .1 0
2 .2 0
2 .3 0
2 .4 a . 2 .6 0
3
5 .4 0
3>
5 •8 u 6.2 0
*
A . 6 o 7 .0 0
7 .4 0
7 , 0 i ' 7.^+0
7 .8 0
75
31
_
_
_
_
_
-
i
7 . do
and
2 .8 0
3 .0 0
3 .2 0
3 .4 0
3 .6 0 3 .8 b
17* Abb
$
3 .2 o
411
474
lu i
3 .2 7
_
4
1
_
4
8
8
13
20
15
no
3 .7 3
-
-
-
-
14
10
-
4
8
12
63b
3 .5 5
-
-
-
10
70
96
24
54
20
54
109 2 1 4 0 9 2 3 5 0
1904 1485
1 4 8 7 110 3 1 1 7 6
7?o
4 .b ii 4 . 8 0
5 .0 )
5 .8 0
5 .4 0
5 .8 0
6 .2 0
6 .6 0
479
2 88
2 27
118
2 15
163
77
_
_
_
_
4
39
10
4 .0 0
4 .2 0
4 .4 0
724
5u4
453
360
_
_
62
7.i
48
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
BLENDERS ---------------------------------------------------B LO W -M O LD IN G -M A C H IN t OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY) ----------------------------------------COMPRESS IO N -M O LO I NG-N'ACHINL
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY) ------------------EXTR USIO N-PR ESS OPERATORS (SET UP
Cl C T T D T rlA W C . MA TMTPW AMfiHELPERS, TRADES, MAINTENANCE — —
M ACHINE-TOO L OPERATORS* TOOLROOM M A C H IN IS T S * MAINTENANCE ---------------------MAINTENANCE WORKERS, GENERAL UTILITY
MECHANICS* MAINTENANCE ------------------------
TAAi
Akin h tc u aw'C dc ___
INSPECTO RS* MOLDED PRODUCTS — — - JAN I TORS — —— —— — — — — — — —
LABORERS* M A TE R IAL HANDLING ------------PACKERS* S H IP P IN G —
—— ——
R E C E IV IN G CLERKS . — — — — — —
—
S H IP P IN G CLERKS — — —
———
—
S H IP P IN G AND R E C E IV IN G CLERKS --------TRUCKERS* POWER 3— — — — — — —
F O R K LIF T -------------------------- ---------------------W ATCHMEN -------------------------- -- ------------------------
y
1
64
8
10
15
b
3
y
1
8
?
"
39
13
50
y
4
6
2
2
2
_
?
_
1 * 95(i
3 .4 3
2 .7 5
75
87
252
183
381
208
7
191
42
168
43
140
19
104
6v
53
3 .6 9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
14
14
7
2
4*513
26
57
2 .b 2
18
114
341
1041
984
686
6
573
417
178
94
2
3
16
10
£
6
5
c
1
5
2
1
16
-
30
_
6
17
-
_
26
55
_
1
1
29
5
7
7
4
5
46
8
12
3
14
7
43
_
4
7
32
16
10
22
\d
4
42
lo
10
12
10
-
-
-
IBS
377
3 .5 4
3 .2 7
40
40
261
63
4 .1 4
5 .0 5
4 .2 5
4 .1 6
4 .0 2
3 .2 6
100
3 .8 2
143
3 .7 6
21
34
50
33
66
216
28 8
288
492
212
58 8
1 *060
22
39
45
138
no
14
5 . 56
3 .4 5
4 .9 5
5 .5 6
5 .1 0
4 .9 9
6 .7 3 .
3 .2 8 i
3 .0 8
3 .0 8
2 .8 7
3 .8 3
3 .9 6
3 .9 4
3 .7 3
3 .6 7
1 3 .4 6
5
-
_
_
_
4
_
8
_
-
-
_
-
_
-
_
4
-
~ .
_
“
-
2
_
14
4
io
30
2
_
8
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9
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6
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1
2
13
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_
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1
2
26
91
19
78
17
13
29
1
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-
_
-
_
-
-
-
1
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7
5
10
2
79
158
is
28
46
19 4
-
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-
28
22
2
2
1
-
82
128
20
22
23
no
45
119
1
10
10
2
1 T h e C h ic a g o S t a n d a r d M e tr o p o li t a n S t a ti s t i c a l A r e a c o n s is t s o f C o o k , D u P a g e , K a n e , L a k e ,
M c H e n r y , a n d W ill C o u n tie s .
2 E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p le o f e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
le v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t im e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v io u s s tu d i e s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e in th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts
118
.
33
E XTR USIO N-PR ESS OPERATORS (OPERATE
ONLY) ------------------------------------------------------------F IN IS H E R S , MOLDED P LA S T IC S PRODUCTS
IN JE C T IO N -M O LD IN G -M A C H IN E UPERATOR o
(SET UP AND OPERATE) -------------------------IN JE C T IO N -M O LD IN G -M A C H IN E OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY) ----------- --— — -------- -------| PREFORM-MACHINE O P E R A T O R S ----------------, SCRAP-PREPARING O P E R A T O R S ----------------1 0 1SETTERS UP, PLASTICS-MOLDING
01
M A C H IN E S 3! -----------------------------------------------1 BLOW-MOLDING MACHINES ---------------------COMPRESSION-MOLDING MACHINES ------EXTRUSION PRESSES -----------------------------IN J E C T IO N -M O L D IN G MACHINES ----------TUMBLER OPERATORS ------------------------------------V AC U U M -P L A S T IC S -F O R M lN G -M A L H IN E
OPERATORS (SET UP AND OPERATE ) —
V AC U U M -P LA S TIC S -F O R M IN G -M A C H IN E
OPERATORS (OPERATE ONLY) -------------------
12
48
26
83
36
1
1
2
10
7
4
16
16
10
10
1
1
2
6
8
66
23
95
221
3
5
6
o2
7
7
30
16
27
13
7
1
2
4
1?
2
4
3
54
18
28
25
1
2
5
57
29
“
28
6
2
3
34
64
_
8
2
23
25
1
26
_
5
15
3
16
_
2
_
11
10
4
12
3
4
32
69
16
7
32
27
5
49
_
_
_
4
2
1
6
2
2
2
8
29
40
24
6
6
12
12
22
45
14
7
4
2
1
3
14
4
_
_
_
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69
12
_
2
2
14
2
41
?
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-
6
9
9
2
_
9
3
23
12
8
2
8
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2
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1
2
2
6
”
5
19
26
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3
5
9
9
~
18
52
14
25
5
13
12
4
8
2
2
4
22
2
_
_
12
6
2
5
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
2
4
3
43
10
“
43
68
26
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1
4
2
10
4a .
31
1
3
9
14
14
_
2
2
in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u c h s h if t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e
c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n p e r io d s
b e in g c o m p a r e d . V i r tu a l ly a l l of th e p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s c o v e r e d by th e s u r v e y w e r e p a id on a tim e
b a s is .
3 I n c lu d e s w o r k e r s in c l a s s i f i c a t i o n in a d d itio n to t h o s e sh o w n s e p a r a te l y .
* W o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 7 . 80 to $ 8 . 20.
Table 9. Occupational earnings: Cleveland Ohio1
(N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u rly e a rn in g s o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d occupations in m is c e lla n e o u s 'p la s tic s prod u cts m an u factu rin g e s ta b lis h m e n ts , S ep tem b er 1974)
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v in g s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s of—
Number
of
workers
O c c u p a tio n
3 ----$
i
$
S
% $ $ 5
3
1----- S
3------ 3----- 3------ 3----- 3----- 3------ 3------ 3----- 3----- 3------:3------ 3------ $
Average 2.00 2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.0u 3.20 3.40 3.60 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.60 4,50 5.00 5.20 5•40 5.60 5.80 6.00
hourly ^
earnings an d
2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.Q0 3.20 3.40 3.60 3.80
3,914
3,373
541
$
3.60
3.48
4.36
BLENDERS -----------------------------------------------FINISHERS? MOLDED PLASTICS PRODUCTS
20
464
436
4.53
3.01
2.94
INJECTION-MOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY) ----------------------------------T I M E ----------------------------- -----------------PLASTICS CUTTERS, MACHINE*---------------SCRAP-PREPARING DPtRAJORS ----------------
694
594
32
IS
3.01
2.d2
3. 79
3.30
1U9
76
13
17
13
60
42
23
52
4.44
4.26
53
4tt
46
3.80
3.47
3.45
3.57
3.56
4.23
4.H9
3.37
3.50
ALL PRODUCTION WORKERS ---------------------H M E -----------------------------------------------INCENTIVE ---------------------------------------
51
51
64
64
29
29
46 169
46 169
15
15
_
-
9
21
21
_
-
25
25
77 181
77 181
98 273 317 296
98 273 317 296
i.
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under
4.20 4.40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.40 5.6o 5. oV 6.00 6.2()
186 228 181 318 324 277 170 321
186 222 175 272 186 159 94 218
b
6 46 138 118 7 6 103
113
86
27
62
49
13
21
21
4b
38
8
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53
2
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3
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3
) SETTERS UP. PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES 3 4-----------------------------------------------------
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3
3
INSPECTORS, MOLDED PRODUCTS -----------JANITORS -----------------------------------------------T I M E -----------------------------------------------LABORERS, MATERIAL HANDLING -----------T I M E -----------------------------------------------RECEIVING CLERKS --------------------------------SHIPPING CLERKS ---------------------------------SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERKS -------TRUCKERS, POWER (FORKLIFT*3- --------------
3
3
1S1
179
9
7
2?
54
5.17
3.49
5.27
4.54
4.32
5.16
5.48
9
_
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-
9
9
9
9
16
16
22
22
29
29
154
154
28
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42
42
12 146
12 146
1
-
33
33
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40
40
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18 178
18 178
2
3
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17
17
1
7
58
58
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18
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16
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4
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39
39
12
14
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16
16
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7
7
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14
27
28
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13
7
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8
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13
9
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28
28
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48
12
4
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41
37
11
11
11
5
1
1
2
27
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4
1
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19
17
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18
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1
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10
4
4
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22
12
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7
7
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9
_
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3
1
-
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7
15
20
2
_
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_
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_
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1 T h e C le v e la n d S ta n d a r d M e tr o p o li t a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a c o n s is t s o f C u y a h o g a , G e a u g a , L a k e ,
and
M e d in a C o u n tie s .
2 E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if ts .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l of o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v io u s s tu d ie s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e in th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts
in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S uch s h if t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e
c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n p e r io d s
b e in g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll t i m e w o r k e r s .
4 I n c lu d e s w o r k e r s in c l a s s i f i c a t i o n in a d d itio n to t h o s e sh o w n s e p a r a te l y .
Table 10.
Occupational earnings:
Detroit, M ich.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n in g s of w o r k e r s in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
Occupation
Number
of
workers
4
Average 2.00
hourly ^
earnings and
under
$
S
2.10 2.20
2.10 2.20
$
ALL
PRODUCTION
'lOPK-t-.tRs-------------------------
5*785 3.32
12
34
$
$
$
S
$
2.30 2.40 2.50
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v in g s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s of—
4
%
4
4
%
4
4
s
4
$
$
2.60 2*8o 3.00
a
•h
4
-D
i
4
4
3.20 3.4v 3.00 3. bv, 4.U0 4.20 4.90 4• 60 4. cO 5.00 5.20 5.4u 5.80 *. 2j 6. 0b 7.00 7.4ij
and
-
2.30 2.40 2,50 2.60 2.80 3.00 3.20 3.40 3. 6•; 3.80 4.00 4.2n 4.40 -4*60 a. 80 .P.tjQ 5.20
64 365 329 804 705 347 560 418 37o 339
188
113 423 126
96
64
85
5 .6 0
55
65
5.20
137
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6b
7. oO 7.40 over
6
7
-
-
1
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126
-
-
_
_
2
45
18 130
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110
38
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210
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_
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16
4
9
7
5
14
8
2
34
56
1
2
7
3
1?
215
2
4
17
4
6
125
4
82
8
1
28
28
_
14
124
8
4
9
17
20
b
2
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14
14
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4
6
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1 T h e D e t r o i t S t a n d a r d M e tr o p o lita n S t a ti s t i c a l A r e a c o n s is t s o f L a p e e r , L iv in g s to n , M a co m b ,
O a k la n d , S t. C l a i r , a n d W ay n e C o u n tie s .
2 E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p le o f e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t im e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s tu d ie s
54
48 148
16
3.79
17
53
31
16
46 174 154 467 322
4
50
_
3
5
6
4
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124
4
,
112
1
8
23
3
-
2
20
9
6
6
2
2
4
16
6
-
4
22
2
5
20
_
p
2
4
4
2
3
4
4
3
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2
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e of c h a n g e in th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts
in, e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith d if f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S uch s h if t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e
c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n p e r io d s
b e in g c o m p a r e d . A ll p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s c o v e r e d by th e s u r v e y w e r e p a id on a tim e b a s is .
Table 11. Occupational earnings: Leominster, Mass.1
(N u m b e r and a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u rly e a rn in g s o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d occu pations in m is c e lla n e o u s p la s tic s p rodu cts m an u factu rin g e s ta b lis h m e n ts , S ep tem b er 1974)
N u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e i v in g s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s of—
O c c u p a tio n
Number
of
workers
Average
hourly ^
earnings
S
2 .3 0
$
2 .4 0
5
2 .5 0
$
2 .6 0
s
2 .7 0
s
2 .8 0
$
2 .9 0
$
3 .0 0
3 ------- 3 ------ 4
3 ------- 3 ------- 3 ------- 5
$
“ 5------ 3
$
3 .1 0 3 .2 0 3 .3 0 3 .4 0 3 .5 0 3 .6 0 3 .7 0 3 .8 0 3 . 9 0 4 . 0 0 4 . 1 0
h
4 .3 0
4
4 .4 0
5
4 .5 0
4 .3 o
4 .4 0
4 .5 u
4 . t>0 4 . 7 0
_
2 .3 0
A LL PRODUCTION wORKFRS
T I M E -----------------------------
5
4 .6 0
%
4 .2 0
U nder and
under
4 .0 0
4 .1 0 4 . 2 0
$
4 . 10
and
over
2 .4 0
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 .7 0
3 .8 0
3 .9 0
195
181
539
529
356
3 46
124
1 16
337
325
328
323
307
299
202
191
1 37
128
165
15u
175
154
89
65
128
95
107
74
71
33
85
43
50
10
24
13
36
19
9
97
112
74
37
10
198
5
29
17
8
96
12
10
6
1
5
15
3
1?
2
13
28
23
32
5
35
1
14
27
24
7
4
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1
1
1
2
2
2
2
6
4
6
6
4
11
11
5
5
2
2
_
-
2
2
2
2
-
*
2
-
-
-
-
-
2
3
2
77
-
-
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1
8 75
10
2
4
1
206
4 ,0 0 3
3*577
3 .o i
2 .9 4
40
528
240
3 .1 1
3 .0 7
2 .3 8
36
434
98
92
82
80
14
10
14
14
4
9
6
11
-
6
4
2 .67
10
62
412
285
52
214
1 42
123
131
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
10
00
BLENDERS5 --------------------------------------------------------F IN IS H E R S * MOLDED P LA S T IC S PRODUCTS
T I M E --------------------------------------------------------IN JE C T IO N -M O L D IN G -M A C H IN E OPERATORS
(OPERATE O N L Y )5----------------------------------------SETTERS UP, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES 5 5 -------------------------------------------------IN J E C T IO N -M O L D IN G MACHINES -----------HELPERS* TRADES, M A IN TE N A N C E *------------M A C H IN IS T S . M AIN TE N A N C E *--------------------- 7
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, G EN ER AL UTI L IT Y |MECHANICS* M AINTENANCE3-------------------------TOOL AND D IE MAKERS3 -------------------------------INSPECTO RS* MOLDED PRODUCTS3—
LABORERS, M A TE R IAL HA N D LIN G 3 —
S H IP P IN G CLERKS3 ---------------------------- -S H IP P IN G AND R E C E IV IN G CL.FRKS ■
TRUCKERS, POWER (F O R K L IF T )3---------
1*502
54
46
A.00
14
3 .2 1
4.4 4
3.97
4.2 5
5.1 1
85
23
27
77
108
156
12
27
u
3 .8 8
3.1 3
2.9 4
3 .8 3
3.3 2
3 .0 8
_
2
_
.
_
_
_
6
_
_
-
_
-
-
8
7
19
15
40
2
-
36
_
_
4
4
4
-
2
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
12
7
28
_
_
”
6
_
44
-
2
-
7
4
-
-
_
9
_
-
-
4
81
-
-
_
_
2
_
-
_
16
9
4
1
2
2
-
-
-
2
-
4
-
3
1
-
-
4
”
_
-
2
3
4
3
5
2
2
-
-
4
-
?
3
4
3
14
-
-
-
-
_
16
4
4
-
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-
2
-
-
-
2
_
_
-
2
-
2
1
2
-
1
-
-
4
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2
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-
-
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1
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2
-
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1 T h e L e o m i n s t e r a r e a c o n s i s t s o f th e c i t i e s o f C lin to n , F i tc h b u r g , a n d L e o m in s t e r .
2 E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l of o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m ad e w ith p r e v io u s s tu d ie s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e in th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if t s
in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u ch s h if t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e
c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n p e r i o d s
b e in g c o m p a r e d .
3 A ll t i m e w o r k e r s .
4 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o llo w s : 6 a t $ 2 to $ 2 . 10; 4 a t $ 2 . 10 to $ 2 . 20; a n d 24 a t $2. 20
to $ 2 . 30.
5 I n c lu d e s w o r k e r s in c l a s s i f i c a t i o n in a d d itio n to t h o s e show n s e p a r a te l y .
6 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o llo w s : 2 a t $ 5 . 50 to $ 5 . 60; a n d 4 a t $ 6 to $ 6 . 10
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o llo w s : 4 a t $ 4 . 70 to $ 4 .8 0 ; 1 a t $ 4 .8 0 to $ 4 .9 0 ; a n d
2 at
$ 5 to $ 5 . 10.
A
8 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o llo w s : 12 a t $ 4 .7 0 to $ 4 .8 0 ;
10 a t $ 4 . 9 0 to $ 5 ; 5 a t $5 to
$ 5 . 10; 14 a t $ 5 . 10 to $ 5 . 20; 8 a t $ 5 . 20 to $ 5 . 30; 14 a t $ 5 . 30 to $ 5 . 40; 6 a t $ 5 . 40 to $ 5 . 50; and
6 a t $ 5 . 50 to $ 5 . 60.
Table 12. Occupational earnings: Los Angeles—Long Beach, Calif.1
(N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 2 of w o rk e :
Number
of
O c c u p a tio n
in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m i s c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF—
Average $ 2 .0 0 $ 2 .2 0 $ 2 .4 0 $ 2 .6 0 $ 2 .8 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 .6 0 $ 4 .8 0 $ 5 .0 0 $ 5 .2 0 $ 5 .4 0 $ 5 .6 0 $ 5 .8 0 $ 6 .2 0 $ 6 .6 0 $7.0 0 $ 7 .4 0 $7.80 $(5.20
hourly ^ a n d
earnings
and
under
$2 .2 0 $ 2 .4 0 $ 2 .6 0 $ 2 .8 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 .6 0
A ll p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s ___________________
12, 714
$ 3.10
2120
1746
1438
1102
706
1230
745
561
613
315
385
•5.00 $ 5 .2 0 $ 5 .4 0 $ 5 .6 0 $ 5 .8 0 $ 6 .2 0 $ 6 .6 0 $ 7 .0 0 $ 7 .4 0 $7.8 0 $8.2 0 o v e r
259
192
267
130
129
112
126
97
157
96
37
55
52
15
29
S e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s
P r o c e s sin g
10
(0
B l e n d e r s ___________________________________
C o m p r e s s io n - m o ld in g - m a c h in e
o p e r a t o r s ( s e t u p a n d o p e r a t e ) _________
C o m p r e s s io n - m o ld in g - m a c h in e
o p e r a t o r s ( o p e r a te o n l y ) ________________
F i n i s h e r s , m o ld e d p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s ____
I n je c ti o n - m o l d in g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s
( s e t u p a n d o p e r a t e ) _________ __________
I n je c ti o n - m o l d in g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s
( o p e r a te o n l y ) _________ ________________
L a m i n a t i n g - p r e s s o p e r a t o r s -----------------P l a s t i c s c u t t e r s , m a c h i n e ------------------------S c r a p - p r e p a r i n g o p e r a t o r s -----------------------S e t t e r s u p , p l a s t i c s - m o l d in g m a c h in e s ? I n j e c ti o n - m o l d in g m a c h i n e s _________L~
58
3.85
_
1
2
_
9
3
11
1
3
3
3
-
-
6
14
-
2
62
2.7 1
28
4
-
10
-
-
4
4
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
209
886
2.5 5
2.6 6
8
153
56
131
75
101
41
164
16
93
4
166
35
2
12
2
19
2
1
3
11
69
2.9 7
-
-
-
27
-
36
2
-
-
-
2
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
141
7
2
20
9
65
5
10
8
6
12
4
6
13
13
9
4
3
17
15
4
1
4
11
2, 842
26
38
13
168
121
2.46
3.72
3.29
3.41
3.93
3.80
24
25
19
71
105
99
246
5.59
3.53
5.46
5.78
4 .8 9
5.35
6.7 5
431
151
144
383
16
41
41
69
69
3.10
3.04
2 .8 4
3.00
4 .0 7
3.70
4 .4 0
2.9 5
2.95
550
4
12
12
338
4
2
9
9
197
-
-
776
4
2
“
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104
4
7
7
-
-
1
4
-
-
659
-
-
4
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
6
25
21
14
4
10
2
3
3
2
2
4
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2
2
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16
10
M a in te n a n c e
E l e c t r i c i a n s , m a i n t e n a n c e ----------------------H e l p e r s , t r a d e s , m a i n t e n a n c e ----------------M a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r s , t o o l r o o m ___
M a c h i n i s t s , m a i n t e n a n c e _________________
M a in te n a n c e w o r k e r s , g e n e r a l t a s k s -----M e c h a n ic s , m a i n t e n a n c e _________________
Tr>r
>1qnd
d ie m a lf p r s
_
_
-
-
-
7
2
1
1
-
17
2
4
4
2
-
5
2
4
5
4
-
2
-
-
-
-
2
3
-
-
-
14
8
2
10
2
6
8
2
12
5
24
4
2
15
8
6
22
8
31
9
14
37
-
1
6
4
3
24
7
6
-
-
-
-
-
45
29
10
22
4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
4
-
49
10
20
M is c e ll a n e o u s
I n s p e c t o r s , m o ld e d p r o d u c t s __
Ta n i f n r c
-------------
J . jh n r p r s m a t p r ia l h a n d lin g
P a rk e rs
s h ip p in g
R e c e iv in g c l e r k s ------------------------- -----------S h ip p in g c l e r k s
.....
S h ip p in g a n d r e c e i v in g c l e r k s — -----------'T 'r n c k e rS j p o w e r
F o r k l i f t _________ _________
_ ________
49
12
11
_
-
_
45
8
24
20
_
15
15
35
16
38
88
_
16
16
27
18
21
13
-
_
-
11
11
29
22
5
30
4
4
4
73
21
22
42
9
4
2
2
36
7
4
157
1
41
16
15
3
-
6
6
2
_
1
6
6
28
21
13
2
3
1
_
11
_
2
15
7
3
19
8
_
-
1
2 4
2 12
2 12
9
2
2
_
-
1
8
10
2
3
_
11
-
2
6
10
_
-
12
-
-
1
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1 T h e L o s A n g e le s —L o n g B e a c h S ta n d a r d M e tr o p o lita n S t a ti s t i c a l A r e a c o n s is t s of L o s A n g e le s
C o u n ty .
2 E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m
p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p le o f e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t im e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s tu d i e s
m a y not r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e of c h a n g e in t h e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a nd s h if ts
in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u c h s h if t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e
c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n p e r io d s
b e in g c o m p a r e d . A ll p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s c o v e r e d by th e s u r v e y w e r e p a id on a t im e b a s is .
3 I n c lu d e s w o r k e r s in c l a s s i f i c a t i o n in a d d itio n to t h o s e sh o w n s e p a r a te l y .
Table 13. Occupational earnings: Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minn.—Wis.1
(N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v in g s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n in g s of—
O c c u p a tio n
ALL PRODUCTION WORKERS --------------------------
5
S
$
$
$
$
5
5
$
4
%
$
%
2 .0 0
2 .1 0
2 .2 0
2 .3 0
2.4 0
2.6 0
2 .8 0
3.0 0
3 .2 0
3 .4 0
3 .6 -
3 .8 0
4 .00
4.2 0
4 .4-J
<+.60
4 .8 'i
2 .1 0
2 .2 0
2 .3 0
2 .4 0
2.6 0
2 .80
3.0 0
3.2 0
3.4 0
3.6 0
3 . Su
4 .0 0
4.2 0
4 .4 0
4 .6 .)
4 .8 0
5•
3.6 6
4
6
48
213
165
271
124
153
163
164
28u
327
361
102
191
81
514
3 .2 4
-
6
4
32
5
97
56
34
18
56
106
97
1
1
2
946
3. u7
-
-
33
181
86
122
40
78
76
53
70
107
40
16
44
54
3 .6 b
5
12
12
1
2
Number
of
worker*
' 2*935
Average
hourly
earnings 3
1 ------- "5------- $
$
1
5 . uU 5 . 2 0
S
$
S
b
$
$
$
5 .4 0
5 .6 0
5.8 0
6 .0 0
6 .4 0
6 .8 0
7.2 0
.PfUSL 6 . 4 0
6 .6 0
7*20
over
4b
38
21
6
and
under
a nd
$
0
1 5.2 0
5.4 0
5.6 0
5 .8 0
61
25
10
6
3b
12
SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
F IN IS H E R S * MOLDED P L A S T IC S PRODUCTS
IN JE C T IO N -M O L D IM G - Ma C H IN t OPERATORS
(OPERATE ONLY) ----------------------------------------SETTERS UP, PLASTICS-MOLDING
MACHINES, INJECTION-MOLDING
M A C H IN E S --------------------------------------------------------M A C H IN IS T S * MAINTENANCE ———————————
MAINTENANCE WORKERS, G ENERAL U T IL IT Y m e c h a n i c s * m a in t e n a n c e -------------------------TOOL AND d i e M A K E R S ------------------------— —
19
30
41
106
INSPECTORS* MOLDED PRODUCTS --------------JA N ITO R S --------------------------------------------------------m a t e r i a l h a n d l i n g -------------S H IP P IN G AND R E C E IV IN G CLERKS - — —
41
64
labo r ers*
93
33
5
4
5
6
.1 9
. h5
.2 1
.4 1
4 .2 1
3 .4 8
3 .8 0
4.1 5
5
2
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*
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2
*
1
3
4
2
7
1
2
2
cj
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
~
1
4
4
“
4
6
4
6
8
2
15
9
5
1
2
“
2
7
24
10
3
2
12
1
22
3
3
4
7
24
*
2
-
~
2
3
4
1
6
3
1
4
10
6
8
3
4
3H
37
21
2
-
5
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-
3
1 T h e M in n e a p o lis —S t. P a u l S ta n d a r d M e tr o p o lita n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a c o n s is t s o f A n o k a , C a r v e r ,
C h ic a g o , D a k o ta , H e n n e p in , R a m s e y , S c o tt, W a sh in g to n , a n d W rig h t C o u n tie s , M in n .; a n d St. C r o ix
C o u n ty , W is.
2 E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e o f e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s tu d i e s
14
11
-
-
2
-
c
1
1
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e of c h a n g e i n th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts ,
in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith d i f f e r e n t p a y l e v e l s . S u ch s h if t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e
c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n p e r io d s
b e in g c o m p a r e d . V i r tu a l ly a l l o f th e p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s c o v e r e d by th e s u r v e y w e r e p a id o n a t im e
b a s is .
Table 14. Occupational earnings: Newark, N.J.1
(N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n in g s o f w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF—
$ 2 .0 5 $ 2.10 $ 2 .1 5 $ 2.20 $ 2 .3 0 $ 2 .4 0 $ 2 .5 0 $ 2 .6 0
o
oo
8 , 108
7, 691
517
under
(
A ll p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s
T im e
I n c e n t iv e _____________________________
Average $ 2.00 $2.05 $ 2.10 $ 2 .1 5 $ 2.20 $ 2 .3 0 $ 2 .4 0 $ 2 .5 0
hourly
and
earnings ^
o
vn
Number
of
• O c c u p a tio n
$ 3 .1 9
3.23
2 .5 8
380
376
4
62
62
-
74
70
4
80
80
348
316
32
390
270
120
368
262
106
498
388
110
702
643
59
$ 2 .8 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 .6 0 $ 4 .8 0 $ 5 .0 0 $ 5 .2 0 $ 5 .4 0 $5.60 $5.8 0 $ 6.00
a nd
$ 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 .6 0 $ 4 .8 0 $ 5 .0 0 $ 5 .2 0 $ 5 .4 0 $ 5 .6 0 $5.80 $ 6.00 o v e r
580
550
30
1147
1141
6
861
857
4
796
780
16
402
392
10
185
181
4
300
296
4
163
155
57
57
-
161
161
-
79
79
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
2
9
44
18
18
_
_
_
_
_
_
16
9
4
-
_
8
190
190
-
5
4
6
6
_
_
30
_
11
55
55
-•
47
47
-
27
27
116
116
-
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
8
6
_
-
10
10
40
40
-
S e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s
P ro c e s s in g
B l e n d e r s 3__________________________________
C o m p r e s s io n - m o ld i n g - m a c h in e
o p e r a t o r s ( o p e r a te o n ly ) _______________
I n c e n t iv e ------------------------------- --------E x tru s io n -p r e s s o p e ra to rs (se t up
a n d o p e r a t e ) 3 ____________________________
F i n i s h e r s , m o ld e d p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s ___
T im e --------------------- -----------------I n je c ti o n - m o l d in g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s
( o p e r a te o n ly )4 --------------------------- -----------P l a s t i e s n i t t p r s , m a r h in p 3
S e t t e r s u p , p l a s t i c s - m o ld in g
m a c h in e 35 ________________________
__
I n je c ti o n - m o l d in g m a c h i n e s ___________
90
3.20
_
_
_
_
_
10
6
6
14
2
6
16
6
5
127
74
3.14
2.92
4
4
-
_
_
_
_
8
8
2
2
10
10
24
24
4
4
2
2
33
14
4
12
3
_
_
_
4
2
146
952
810
3.89
2.61
2.6 1
12
_
169
169
36
36
22
98
74
80
54
69
41
124
104
58
42
33
31
104
104
54
5
4
28
26
_
21
18
18
18
-
-
1
-
8
_
1, 774
14
3.01
4 .1 4
72
51
4 .4 9
4 .5 3
17
18
25
123
50
5.34
3.53
5.05
4.5 1
4 .8 5
5.53
_
-
-
4
581
46
141
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
120
108
-
81
111
634
_
214
1
352
15
19
_
_
2
10
4
9
9
-
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
2
1
4
4
5
4
14
-
3
4
2
2
2
2
8
2
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
M a in te n a n c e
3
3
M a in te n a n c e w o r k e r s , g e n e r a l
M e c h a n ic s m a in t e n a n c e 3
T o o l and d ie m a k e r s 3
E le c t r ic ia n s, m a in te n a n c e
H e l p e r s , t r a d e s , m a i n t e n a n c e 3 --------------M a c h in is t s ,
m a in te n a n c e
u tility 3
101
1
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
8
_
_
6
2
6
6
2
12
10
g
12
7
g
4
_
13
19
2
14
4
6
12
2
1
10
g
23
62
7
4
9
741
2
2
2
3
M is c e ll a n e o u s
I n s p e c t o r s , m o ld e d p r o d u c t s 3 ... _
J a n i t o r s ____________________________________
T i m e ------------------------------------------------L a b o r e r s , m a t e r i a l h a n d lin g 3 .......
P a c k e r s , s h ip p in g 3 _ .......
R e c e iv in g c l e r k s 3 -------------------------------------S h ip p in g a n d r e c e i v in g c l e r k s 3 __________
T r u c k e r s , p o w e r ( F O R K L I F T ) 3 _________
F o r k l i f t _________________________________
173
80
76
209
78
11
50
52
52
3.29
3.10
3.12
3.21
3.22
3.95
4 .1 3
3.58
3.58
6
2
2
10
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
..
8
_
_
2_
3
4
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
~
~
"
-
-
"
_
2
_
_
8_
_
_
_
_
_
_
6
4
4
12
4
2
2
2
1 T h e N e w a rk S t a n d a r d M e tr o p o lita n S t a ti s t i c a l A r e a c o n s is t s o f E s s e x , M o r r i s , S o m e r s e t,
a n d U n io n C o u n tie s .
2 E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o rk on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d l a t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p le of e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t im e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v i o u s s tu d ie s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e in th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts
in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d if f e r e n t p ay l e v e l s . S u ch s h if t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e
c r e a s e a n o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n p e r i o d s
b e in g c o m p a r e d . N i n e ty - f o u r p e r c e n t o f th e p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s c o v e r e d by th e s u r v e y w e r e p a id o n
a t im e b a s i s .
4
1
1
_
4
_
2
2
6
19
15
11
4
_
9
2
2
16
13
13
33
9
_
_
“
36
9
9
30
10
3
2
10
10
26
_
60
13
2
10
10
8
15
15
9
3
6
6
6
30
12
12
13
12
3
_
"
5
5
5
4
_
I
4
_
13
1
18
_
_i
8 2
1
8
1 8
_
_
_
6
11
11
_
„
_
1
_
_
_
_
-
_
_
2
-
4
_
-
3
6
2
-
-
5
•
2
-
3 A ll t i m e w o r k e r s .
4 I n s u f f ic ie n t d a ta to w a r r a n t p u b lic a tio n of s e p a r a t e e a r n i n g s d a ta by m e th o d of w a g e p a y m e n t;
w o r k e r s a r e p a id p r e d o m in a n tly o n a t im e b a s is .
5 I n c lu d e s w o r k e r s in c l a s s i f i c a t i o n in a d d itio n to t h o s e sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
6 W o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 6 . 60 to $ 6 . 80.
7 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r ib u t e d a s fo llo w s : 6 a t $6 to $ 6 .2 0 ; 18 a t $ 6 . 2 0 to $ 6 .4 0 ; 10 a t $ 6 .4 0
to $ 6 . 6 0 ; 6 a t $ 6 . 6 0 to $ 6 .8 0 ; a n d 1 a t $ 7 .2 0 to $ 7 .4 0 .
8 W o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 7 to $ 7 . 20.
Table 15. Occupational earnings: New York, N.Yr-N.J.1
( N u m b e r a n d a v e r a g e s t r a i g h t - t i m e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s of w o r k e r s in s e le c te d o c c u p a tio n s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s m a n u f a c tu r in g e s ta b l is h m e n t s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF—
of
workers
S e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s
A ll p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s _________ _
__ _
_
$ 2.00 $ 2 .0 5 $ 2.10 $ 2 .1 5 $ 2.20 $ 2 .3 0 $ 2 .4 0 $ 2 .5 0 $ 2 .6 0 $ 2 .8 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 .6 0 $ 4 .8 0 $ 5 .0 0 $ 5 .2 0 $ 5 .4 0 $ 5 .6 0 $ 5 .8 0 $ 6.00
hourly
and
and
earnings1
2
under
$ 2 .0 5 $ 2.10 $ 2 .1 5 $ 2.20 $ 2 .3 0 $ 2 .4 0 $ 2 .5 0 $ 2.60 $ 2 .8 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 .6 0 $ 4 .8 0 $ 5 ,g 0 $5^20 .$5,40, 1.5 ,6 0 $ 5 .8 0 $ 6.00 o v e r
7, 951
7, 736
$ 2 .8 9
2.8 9
497
491
_
-
-
-
-
13
6
4
“
6
3
-
"
"
1
11
1
_
_
_
_
3
_
_
2
_
_
_
_
_
_
17
3
_
_
1
_
_
7
2
_
8
8
_
2
_
4
_
_
_
_
-
-
2
12
4
7
16
2
4
1
2
_
6
10
16
12
-
4
-
-
2
_
1
3
_
_
1
4
1
1
_
_
13
10
5
1
1
7
3
17
13
1
_
-
20
_
3
-
8
6
2
104
2
4
22
8
133
5
3
46
9
2
50
13
365
19
15
63
9
2
20
197
78
6
4
3
35
48
83
64
17
2
12
15
29
42
143
80
79
78
14
34
142
69
12
12
4
4
130
31
29
29
12
4
83
106
53
53
12
_
21
68
68
46
605
581
_
36
36
54
140
635
_
44
44
26
688
_
65
168
160
1129
1103
214
207
66
281
264
534
517
3 79
3 76
98
94
3 75
360
553
551
294
294
93
90
619
582
314
306
581
581
162
159
S e l e c t e d o c c u p a tio n s
P ro c e s s in g
E x t r u s i o n - p r e s s o p e r a t o r s ( s e t up
and n p p r a tp ) .,,.... . .......... ................
E x t r u s i o n - p r e s s o p e r a t o r s ( o p e r a te
o n ly )
____
„
F i n i s h e r s , m o ld e d p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s ____
I n je c ti o n - m o l d in g - m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r s
( n p p ra tp nn 1y i
......................
.
T .^ m i^ a f in g .p r p s s np p r a t n r s
r n t t p r s m a r liin p
S e t t e r s u p , p l a s t i c s - m o ld in g
■paa rliin p 3 ^ ....... .... , .....
Tnj**‘" H o n -m o ld in g m a r h i n p s .............. ..
114
3.65
233
1 ,3 5 7
3.1 8
2.6 5
_
210
1 ,3 1 5
147
38
7
121
2.59
2 .7 7
3.19
55
25
3.82
3 .7 8
_
8
3 .3 7
4 .5 0
4 .7 7
5.0 0
5.5 0
36
1
_
8
2
6
1
2
107
18
26
_
_
_
4
_
4
1
_
M a in te n a n c e
H e l p e r s , t r a d e s , m a i n t e n a n c e ------------------M a c h i n i s t s , m a i n t e n a n c e ----------------------------M a in te n a n c e w o r k e r s , g e n e r a l u t i l i t y ----Me<~hani
m a in t p n a n r p
35
76
24
142
2
6
-
-
2
-
2
2
2
4
4
5
4
_
7
_
2
4
-
4
1
2
_
-
1
1
2
-
-
8
-
17
4
-
-
3
4
8
18
3
14
3
5
44
S51
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
8
_
-
2
_
_
-
_
_
4
3
-
~
_
_
_
1
1
_
_
_
_
-
-
M is c e ll a n e o u s
I n s p e c t o r s , m o ld e d p r o d u c t s —___________
I ra b r,r o r* m a t e r ia l h a n d lin g
P a op ops s h ip p in g
..........
p o r n i tri r-i g
.................
_ _
S h ip p in g c l e r k s ----------------- ---------------------------S h ip p in g and r ^ o o iv in g r lo r k . s
...................
T f n r V p r s p o w o r ..
T o - r V lift
__ _____ ...
3
120
92
58
203
19
48
42
75
73
2.7 6
2.70
3 .0 0
2 .4 8
3.15
3.82
4 .0 0
3 .1 7
3 .1 7
8
8
15
_
60
_
_
-
-
_
_
_
_
_
4
3
43
1
1
3
4
11
6
9
_
3
3
2
1
4
19
7
-
-
1
-
_
_
1
l
6
6
1
_
_
1 T h e N ew Y o rk S ta n d a r d M e tr o p o li t a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a c o n s is t s of B ro n x , K in g s , N ew Y o rk ,
P u tn a m , Q u e e n s , R ic h m o n d , R o c k la n d , a n d W e s t c h e s t e r C o u n tie s , N. Y .; and B e r g e n C o u n ty , N. J .
2 E x c lu d e s p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o rk on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d la t e s h if t s .
T h e s e s u r v e y s , b a s e d o n a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e of e s ta b l is h m e n t s , a r e d e s ig n e d to m e a s u r e th e
l e v e l o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n i n g s a t a p a r t i c u l a r t im e . T h u s , c o m p a r is o n s m a d e w ith p r e v io u s s tu d ie s
m a y n o t r e f l e c t e x p e c te d w a g e m o v e m e n ts b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e in th e s a m p le c o m p o s itio n , a n d s h if ts
in e m p lo y m e n t a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith d i f f e r e n t p ay l e v e l s . S u ch s h if t s , f o r e x a m p le , c o u ld d e
15
18
7
7
33
1
16
6
_
12
11
8
_
3
3
5
5
12
12
3
7
_
_
24
24
1
18
5
5
6
8
6
8
12
1
10
6
12
1
_
14
3
4
6
2
_
6
2
-
4
6
6
4
4
5
3
7
8
2
4
4
_
_
_
-
8
8
8
_
_
-
c r e a s e a n o c c u p a tio n a l a v e r a g e , e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s ta b l is h m e n t s i n c r e a s e d w a g e s b e tw e e n p e rio d s
b e in g c o m p a r e d . V i r tu a l ly a l l of th e p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s c o v e r e d by th e s u r v e y w e r e p a id o n a tim e
b a s is .
3 I n c lu d e s w o r k e r s in c l a s s i f i c a t i o n in a d d itio n to t h o s e sh o w n s e p a r a te l y .
4 W o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 7 to $ 7 . 20.
5 W o r k e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d a s f o llo w s : 31 a t $6 to $ 6 . 20; 8 a t $ 6 . 20 to $ 6 . 40; a n d 12 a t $ 6 . 40
to $ 6 . 60.
Table 16. Method of wage payment
( P e r c e n t of p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s e s ta b l is h m e n t s b y m e th o d o f w a g e p a y m e n t, U n ite d S ta te s , s e le c te d r e g i o n s ,
a n d a r e a s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
M e th o d o f
wage p a y m e n t 1_/
A ll
U n it e d
S ta te s 2 /
New
E n g la n d
M i d d le l
A tla n t ic
w o r k e r s ........................................................................
100
100
100
100
T ii r e r a t e d w o r k e r s ..............................................................
F o r m a l p l a n s ........................................................................
S i n g l e r a t e ......................................................................
R a ng e o f r a t e s ..............................................................
I n d i v i d u a l r a t e s ..............................................................
95
82
19
64
12
88
75
7
68
13
94
73
13
60
21
99
94
30
65
5
I n c e n t i v e w o r k e r s ................................................................
I n d i v i d u a l p ie c e w o r k ...................................................
G rc u p p ie c e w o r k ................................................................
I n d i v i d u a l b o n u s ..............................................................
G ro u p b o n u s ...........................................................................
5
2
1
2
1
12
8
3
1
6
2
1
3
“
~
R e g io n s
S o u th
S o u th
east
w est
B o rd e r
S ta te s
G re a t
Lakes
M id d le
N est
100
100
1 00
97
83
15
68
14
95
69
10
59
26
94
89
30
59
6
94
94
11
83
(3 )
5
4
1
6
1
(3 )
2
2
6
2
1
1
2
1
(3 )
1
“
3
2
(3 )
-
~
103
P a c ific
100
1 00
86
10
76
14
(3 )
(3 )
~
A re a s
C h ic a g o
C le v e la n d
w o r k e r s ........................................................................
100
T i i r e r a t e d w o r k e r s ..............................................................
F o r m a l p l a n s ........................................................................
S i n g l e r a t e ......................................................................
R a n g e o f r a t e s ..............................................................
I n d i v i d u a l r a t e s ..............................................................
96
83
10
73
13
A ll
I n c e n t i v e w c r k e r s ................................................................
I n d i v i d u a l p ie c e w o r k ...................................................
G ro u p p i e c e w o r k ................................................................
I n d i v i d u a l b o n u s .............................................................
G ro u p b o n u s ...........................................................................
4
3
(3 )
1
(3 )
Los
A n g e le s L o n g ]B ea ch
M in n e
a p o lis St . Paul
D e tr o it
L e o m in s t e r
100
100
100
100
1 00
100
100
86
70
8
61
16
100
89
50
39
11
89
70
17
53
19
100
83
7
77
17
94
94
8
86
-
94
81
2
79
13
97
81
81
16
14
7
7
_
-
11
11
“
6
5
1
6
1
6
“
1 F o r d e fin itio n o f m e th o d of w a g e p a y m e n t, s e e a p p e n d ix A .
2 In c lu d e s d a ta f o r th e M o u n ta in r e g io n in a d d itio n to th o s e sh o w n
s e p a r a te ly .
3 L e s s th a n 0, 5 p e r c e n t .
“
NOTE:
to ta ls ,
-
B e c a u s e of r o u n d in g ,
N e w a rk
New Y o r k
3
(3 )
2
~
s u m s of in d iv id u a l i te m s m a y n o t e q u a l
Table
17.
Scheduled weekly hours
( P e r c e n t of p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t ic s p r o d u c t s e s ta b l is h m e n t s b y s c h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u r s , U n ite d S ta te s , s e le c te d r e g i o n s ,
a n d a r e a s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
W e e k ly h o u r s J /
A ll
CO
w o r k e r s .......................................................................
U n d e r 35 h o u r s ........................................................................
3 5 h o u r s ........................................................................................
O v e r 3 5 a n d u n d e r 37 1 /2 h o u r s .............................
3 7 1 /2 h o u r s ..............................................................................
O v e r 37 1 / 2 a n d u n d e r 40 h o u r s ..............................
4C h o u r s ........................................................................................
O v e r 40 a n d u n d e r 48 h o u r s ........................................
4 8 h o u r s .........................................................................................
O v e r 48 h o u r s ...........................................................................
Req[ io n s
S o u th
S o u th
east
w est
U n it e d
S ta te s 2 /
New
E n g la n d
B id d le
A tla n t ic
B o rd e r
S ta te s
1 00
10C
100
100
100
_
_
_
_
(3 )
(3 )
(3 )
5
1
84
4
5
1
(3 )
-
5
-
78
c
11
1
(3 )
(3)
1
5
1
86
5
1
1
-
_
3
1 00
-
2
~
100
_
_
2
_
86
4
5
3
100
_
_
88
4
3
3
M id d le
W est
_
_
1
-
95
G re a t
Lakes
_
_
_
6
1
82
6
5
1
P a c ific
100
_
_
1
3
98
1
82
3
11
1
-
A re a s
C h ic a g o
C le v e la n d
D e tr o it
A l l w o r k e r s ..............................
100
100
1 00
U n d e r 35 h o u r s ..............................
3 5 h o u r s ..............................................
3 7 1 / 2 h o u r s ....................................
4 0 h o u r s ...............................................
O v e r 40 a n d u n d e r 48 h o u r s
4 8 h o u r s ..............................................
O v e r 4 8 h o u r s .................................
5
76
5
14
”
1
8C
8
11
1 D a ta r e l a t e to th e p r e d o m in a n t s c h e d u le f o r f u l l - t i m e d a y - s h i f t
w o r k e r s in e a c h e s ta b l is h m e n t .
2 I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r th e M o u n ta in r e g io n in a d d itio n to t h o s e sh o w n
s e p a r a te ly .
L e o m in s t e r
—
85
3
11
'*i n n e ct p o l i s S t. E aul
N e w a rk
1 00
1 00
100
100
2
-
_
-
_
-
-
-
65
32
“
~
L os
A n g e le s Lon g B e a c h
73
6
19
2
100
-
-
—
3
94
3
-
New Y o r k
100
2
1
6
91
_
_
-
3 L e s s th a n 0. 5 p e r c e n t ,
NOTE:
to ta ls .
B e c a u s e of ro u n d in g ,
s u m s of in d iv id u a l i te m s m a y n o t e q u a l
Table 18. Shift differential provisions
(P e r c e n t o f p rodu ction w o r k e r s in m is c e lla n e o u s p la s tic s p rod u cts e s ta b lis h m e n ts b y s h ift d iffe r e n t ia l p ro v is io n s , U n ited States,
r e g io n s , and a re a s , S ep tem b er 1974)
S h ift
d i f f e r e n t i a l .1/
U n it e d
S ta te s 2 /
He¥—
E n g la n d
B id d le
A tla n tic
b o rd e r
Sta te s
9 5 .5
8 6 .5
7 0 .1
4 .8
1 .6
1 .7
1. 9
3 .0
3. 2
3 4 .1
.8
. 9
3 .5
1 1 .7
1. 9
1 .1
16. 4
1 0 .0
1 .6
4. 8
-
8 7 .7
8 5 .8
7 5 .6
.5
1 0 .8
.5
1 .8
.2
1 .8
1. 8
2 8 .8
3 .9
1 0 .7
7 .2
3 .0
2 .8
.8
.9
. 3
1 0 .2
2 .5
6 .7
1 .0
-
8 7 .2
76, 2
76. 2
6 .6
8 .0
8 .7
5 .0
4 .7
9 .3
1 4 .2
8 .2
5 .9
2 .2
3 .3
-
9 0 .9
8 6 .0
7 0 .2
.7
.9
1. 6
1 0 .2
3. 1
1 4 .2
3 .1
1 .0
1 .7
2 1 .2
3. 5
3 .8
4 .0
1 .1
1 5 .8
1 .6
1 2 .7
.6
.9
8 3 .9
8 3 .1
7 3 .1
.7
.6
1 3 .6
1 .7
3 .6
1 7 .8
1 .9
. 4
1 .5
1 .3
1 5 .3
5 .2
5 .6
.5
.9
2. 3
9 .0
.4
.3
3. 9
.9
2 .4
1 .0
1. 1
Recj i o n s
s o u th
S o u th east
vest
s e le c te d
G re a t
Lakes
M i d d le
W e st
9 5 .4
8 0 .1
7 7 .7
2 .3
1 2 .8
1 .7
_
96. 1
9 0 .4
8 5 .6
2 .0
1 2 .6
3 .0
_
96. 8
8 9 .7
8 0 .1
_
9 4 .2
8 5 .0
4 6 .6
9. 0
1 .4
4 .3
2 .1
_
34. 1
2 .0
11. 4
-
4 .1
.3
8 .5
.6
1 .6
(3 )
2 7 .6
3 .3
12 . 0
1 .7
6 .9
.1
.9
2 5 .5
3 .6
_
_
2 .7
1 .3
P a c ific
S econd s h i f t
W o r k e r s i n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h
s e c o n d s h i f t p r o v i s i o n s ..............................................
W i t h s h i f t d i f f e r e n t i a l ............................................
U n if o r m c e n t s p e r h o u r .........................................
U n d e r 5 c e n t s ...........................................................
5 c e n t s ...........................................................................
6 c e n t s ...........................................................................
6 . 5 c e n t s ......................................................................
7 c e n t s ...........................................................................
7 . 5 c e n t s ......................................................................
8 c e n t s ...........................................................................
8 . 5 c e n t s ......................................................................
9 c e n t s ...........................................................................
9 . 6 c e n t s ......................................................................
10 c e n t s .........................................................................
11 c e n t s .........................................................................
12 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 12 a n d u n d e r 15 c e n t s .........................
15 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 15 a n d u n d e r 2 0 c e n t s .........................
2 0 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 20 a n d u n d e r 25 c e n t s .........................
25 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 25 c e n t s ...........................................................
U n if o r m p e r c e n t a g e ...................................................
U n d e r 5 p e r c e n t . . . ...........................................
5 p e r c e n t ......................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 10 p e r c e n t ......................
10 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O v e r 10 a n d u n d e r 15 p e r c e n t ...................
15 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O t h e r ......................................................................................
T h ir d
o r o th e r la t e
2.5
.7
3. 5
. 1
.4
3 .2
9 6 .5
8 4 .9
7 2 .6
1 9 .6
1. 4
_
3 .2
3. 4
3 .1
26. 5
3 .5
6. 9
-
_
1 3 .0
1 .0
1 .7
. 5
1 2 .4
3 .9
3. 9
1 0 .3
3 .3
. 8
6 .3
2 .0
3 .6
_
2. 1
2 .3
8 7 .2
7 6 .2
7 6 .2
6 .6
-
8 4 .4
74. 4
6 2 .8
3 .1
1 .2
2. 1
_
8 3 .9
74. 3
7 2 .0
3 .3
1 .9
5. 1
_
_
9 1 .9
87. 1
8 3 .2
.3
4 .0
1 .3
. 4
9 0 .6
8 4 .4
7 7 .4
14 .2
2 .0
5 .0
1 2 .8
14 .2
4 .4
6 .0
1 .7
3 .3
5 .9
-
1 7 .6
2. 1
1 .7
.6
1 5 .5
3. 5
3. 1
8. 6
_
1 1 .5
_
1 8 .7
. 5
6 .2
4 .5
1 9 .9
5 .2
3 .8
1 .7
1 .0
1 0 .2
.9
2 .9
1 7 .8
8. 6
1 .1
4 .2
2 6 .7
2 .7
_
1. 1
9 .9
-
1 .1
_
_
2 8 .1
1 .4
2 .7
2. 3
9 .3
_
4 .5
_
_
_
_
.6
4 .4
.6
2 .0
.5
1 .2
_
.5
_
_
5 .2
2 .6
2 .6
_
4 .4
1 .3
2 .5
11. 1
1 .8
2 .3
4. 3
1 .0
1 .7
2 7 .3
s h ift
W o r k e r s i n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h t h i r d
c r o t h e r l a t e s h i f t p r o v i s i o n s ...........................
W i t h s h i f t d i f f e r e n t i a l ...........................................
U n if o r m c e n t s p e r h o u r .........................................
5 c e n t s ...........................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 8 c e n t s ..............................
8 c e n t s ...........................................................................
9 c e n t s ...........................................................................
9 . 5 c e n t s ......................................................................
10 c e n t s ........................................................................
11 c e n t s .........................................................................
12 c e n t s .........................................................................
O v e r 12 a n d u n d e r 15 c e n t s .........................
15 c e n t s ........................................................................
16 c e n t s .........................................................................
17 c e n t s ........................................................................
18 c e n t s ........................................................................
19 c e n t s ........................................................................
20 c e n t s .........................................................................
O v e r 20 a n d u n d e r 2 5 c e n t s .........................
25 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 25 a n d u n d e r 30 c e n t s .........................
30 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 30 c e n t s ............................................................
U n if o r m p e r c e n t a g e ...................................................
5 p e r c e n t ......................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 10 p e r c e n t ......................
10 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O v e r 10 a n d u n d e r 15 p e r c e n t ...................
15 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O v e r 15 p e r c e n t ......................................................
O t h e r ......................................................................................
S ee footn otes at end o f ta b le.
9 3 .5
8 6 .9
7 6 .0
1 .2
1 2 .2
2 .0
.2
2 .6
. 4
4 .6
.2
1 .9
(3 )
2 7 .2
1 .4
6 .2
3. 7
8 .0
1 .1
1 .7
.3
.7
.6
7. 6
c
87. 7
8 3 .2
73. 1
.8
1. 7
1 .6
.3
. 1
1 5 .0
.4
3 .2
3 .5
17. 6
3 .3
2 .0
1 .3
1. 0
1 1 .9
1 .6
3. 8
. 8
1 .5
1 .5
6. 3
. 3
1 .1
3 .0
.3
1 .1
.6
3 .7
~
~
3 .5
.5
9 .5
3. 3
4 .4
1 .8
2 .0
3 .8
1 5 .8
2 .0
16. 3
_
7 .7
_
4. 6
2 .3
5 .7
3 .6
2 .3
2 .7
6 .2
_
_
_
_
1 .4
.5
3 .4
.5
. 9
1 .4
.6
.5
_
4 .5
2 .6
2 .6
4 .4
8 2 .6
8 1 .8
4 5 .0
.6
_
_
_
1 .0
.7
1 .0
8 .4
1 .2
4. 1
1. 1
2 .9
4 .3
7 .0
1 .2
.8
2. 2
2 .8
2 9 .8
Table 18. Shift differential provisions—Continued
( P e r c e n t o f p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t ic s p r o d u c t s e s ta b l is h m e n t s b y s h if t d i f f e r e n t ia l p r o v is i o n s , U n ite d S ta te s , s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s ,
a n d a r e a s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
A reas
S h ift
d iffe re n tia l
1/
C h ic a g o
C le v e l a n d
D e tro it
L e o m in s te r
Los
A n g e le sLong B each
H itn e a p o lis S t. P aul
9 7 .4
8 3 .8
4 2 .2
1 1 .7
2. 2
14. 4
9 5 .9
8 9 .0
8 9 .0
N ew ark
New Y ork
9 0 .1
8 9 .1
6 9 .1
1 0 .5
-
6 4 .7
62. 3
47. 6
1 4 .9
1 .5
-
Second s h i f t
H o r k e r s i n e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith
s e c o n d s h i f t p r o v i s i o n s ..............................................
H i t h s h i f t d i f f e r e n t i a l ...........................................
O n i f o r a c e n t s p e r h o u r ........................................
5 c e n t s ...........................................................................
6 c e n t s ...........................................................................
7 c e n t s ...........................................................................
7 . 5 c e n t s ......................................................................
8 c e n t s ............................................................................
8 . 5 c e n t s ......................................................................
9 c e n t s . ..................................... .. ...............................
9 . 6 c e n t s ......................................................................
10 c e n t s .........................................................................
11 c e n t s .........................................................................
1 2 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 12 a n d u n d e r 15 c e n t s ........................
15 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 15 a n d u n d e r 2 0 c e n t s .........................
O v e r 2 5 c e n t s ...........................................................
On i f o r a p e r c e n t a g e ...................................................
O n d e r 5 p e r c e n t ......................................................
5 p e r c e n t ......................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 10 p e r c e n t ......................
10 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
15 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O t h e r .....................................................................................
T h ird o r o th e r l a t e
94. 3
86. 2
72. 2
1 4 .9
1.1
1. 4
4 .8
2 .7
2 4 .4
10.2
5. 0
6 .2
1. 6
13. 1
1 .5
7 .1
4. 6
.8
8 5 .3
8 0 .5
8 C .5
4 .8
5 .8
-
100.0
6.0
11.6
.9
3 8 .1
11.0
1 4 .0
-
100.0
1 0 0.0
9 7 .1
9 2 .7
2 6 .9
5 .9
3 4 .2
1 0 .7
3. 4
4 .4
4. 4
~
69 .0
4 .0
5 1 .8
13. 2
31 .0
3 1 .0
-
11.6
3 .9
3 .0
3 1 .1
8 .4
1 9 .9
2 .9
18. 1
24. S
3 .3
“
8 3 .7
82. 3
4 2 .7
-
9 2 .7
89. 0
8 9 .0
-
12.2
11.6
1 .9
1 4 .8
1 .8
8 .4
1 2 .9
-
-
10.8
6 .6
3 1 .2
1 4 .2
-
1.8
1 .9
10.2
1 0 .5
1.8
1 .8
1.2
2 .5
2.8
3 0 .8
2 .4
1 1 .5
5 .9
1.6
2 0 .0
1 4 .0
6.0
~
11.2
18. 3
1 .7
14. 7
14. 7
“
s h ift
H o rk e rs i n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith t h i r d
c r o t h e r l a t e s h i f t p r o v i s i o n s ...........................
H i t h s h i f t d i f f e r e n t i a l ...........................................
U n i f o r m c e n t s p e r h o u r .........................................
5 c e n t s ........... ..............................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 8 c e n t s ..............................
8 c e n t s ..........................................................................
10 c e n t s .........................................................................
12 c e n t s . . ...................................................................
O v e r 12 a n d u n d e r 15 c e n t s ........................
15 c e n t s ........................................................................
16 c e n t s .........................................................................
17 c e n t s ........................................................................
18 c e n t s .........................................................................
20 c e n t s .........................................................................
O v e r 20 a n d u n d e r 2 5 c e n t s .........................
2 5 c e n t s . . ...................................................................
O v e r 25 a n d u n d e r 30 c e n t s ........................
3 0 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 30 c e n t s ...........................................................
U n i f o r m p e r c e n t a g e ...................................................
5 p e r c e n t ......................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 10 p e r c e n t ......................
10 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
15 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O v e r 15 p e r c e n t ......................................
O t h e r ......................................................................................
84. 9
7 7 .7
6 8 .3
1 .3
1 .1
1 5 .1
2.1
7 4 .2
7 4 .2
7 4 .2
10.6
6 .0
2 .5
1 1 .7
3 .7
4 .7
3. 6
.9
2 3 .3
5 .1
1 2 .6
1 7 .4
—
.9
3 .9
2 .6
2 .4
8. 6
.8
1 .5
4 .5
1.8
.8
11.0
1 R e f e r s to p o l i c i e s o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts c u r r e n t l y o p e r a tin g la te s h if ts .
I
2 I n c lu d e s d a t a f o r th e M o u n ta in r e g io n in a d d itio n to t h o s e sh o w n
s e p a ra te ly .
88.2
8 5 .4
80. 9
5 .8
2 .9
29. 7
1 1 .0
1 1.6
6. 4
10. 1
3 .4
4 .4
4 .4
“
3 L ess
NOTE:
to ta ls .
96 . 8
9 6 .8
6 5 .9
4 .0
5 .9
1 4 .8
6 .7
1 9 .5
6 .9
8. 2
3 1 .0
3 1 .0
“
1 .3
4 .2
8 .7
3 .9
4 .8
3 0 .9
8 5 .5
8 5 .5
6 5 .5
2 3 .9
1.2
1 2 .3
2 .5
1 8 .6
2 .4
3 .0
1 .6
20.0
1.8
1 8 .2
-
58. 1
5 5 .7
41 . 6
1 1 .7
8 .4
1 5 .1
3 .2
3 .3
1 2 .4
-
1 .8
10.6
1 .7
"
th a n 0. 05 p e r c e n t.
B ecause
o f ro u n d in g ,
sum s
o f in d iv id u a l i t e m s m a y n o t e q u a l
Table 19. Shift differential practices
( P e r c e n t o f p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p lo y e d on la t e s h if ts b y a m o u n t of p a y d i f f e r e n t ia l ,
U n ite d S t a te s , s e le c te d r e g io n s , a n d a r e a s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
S h ift d iff e re n tia l
U n ite d
S ta te s \ /
Hew
E n g la n d
M id d l e
A tla n tic
B o rd er
S ta te s
2 2 .5
2 2 .5
1 7 .8
-
2 0 .3
2 0 .3
1 7 .9
20 .6
2 0 .6
1 .0
2 .7
De<l i o n s
S o u tfa S o u th
east
w est
G reat
L akes
R id d le
W est
P a c ific
S eco w d s h i f t
W o r k e r s e m p lo y e d o n s e c o n d s h i f t .........................
D e c e i v i n g d i f f e r e n t i a l ..............................................
U n i f o r m c e n t s p e r h o a r ........................................
C o d e r 5 c e n t s ...........................................................
5 c e n t s ...........................................................................
6 c e n t s ...........................................................................
6 . 5 c e n t s .....................................................................
7 c e n t s ...........................................................................
7 . 5 c e n t s ...................................... ...............................
8 c e n t s ........................................ ..................................
8 . 5 c e n t s ......................................................................
9 c e n t s ...........................................................................
9 . 6 c e n t s .....................................................................
10 c e n t s ........................................................................
11 c e n t s ........................................................................
12 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 12 a n d u n d e r 15 c e n t s .........................
15 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 15 a n d w i d e r 2 0 c e n t s .........................
2 0 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 20 a n d u n d e r 25 c e n t s .........................
25 c e n t s .........................................................................
O v e r 25 c e n t s ...........................................................
U n i f o r n p e r c e n t a g e ...................................................
U n d e r 5 p e r c e n t ......................................................
5 p e r c e n t ......................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 10 p e r c e n t ......................
10 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O v e r 10 a n d u n d e r 15 p e r c e n t ...................
15 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O t h e r . \ . ................................................................................
2 3 .6
2 3 .6
19. a
. 3
3 .2
.5
( 2)
.7
.1
1 .3
. 1
ac
(2 )
6 .8
.a
1. 6
.9
. 3
.6
.9
.9
9. 1
. 2
.2
.2
.2
1. 6
.2
.7
3 .1
.5
.3
3 .C
-
.5
1 .6
2.0
.3
. <1
(2 )
.1
.2
■.4
( 2)
.5
.5
6 .4
.9
2 .7
1 .7
.9
.8
.1
. 1
(2 )
1 .8
.2
. 4
.5
-
.7
-
1 .0
1.0
.1
.8
-
. 3
-
1 7 .8
2 .5
2. 3
1.0
1 .2
. 6
1 .7
3 .6
2 .4
1 .7
.3
.3
-
26. 3
2 6 .3
1 9 .4
5 .0
.5
1 .3
-
2 2 .4
2 2 .4
1 8 .3
.7
2 .2
.6
_
.9
_
_
.4
1 .7
.5
_
_
_
6 .8
8 .2
.8
-
1 .0
1 .6
_
.2
1 .3
_
2 .8
1. 1
1 .7
-
.6
.4
2 .4
_
.6
-
2 6 .1
2 6 .1
2 3 .2
.5
3 .5
.9
_
1 .1
.1
2 .4
.1
.4
( 2)
7 .4
.9
3. 1
.4
1 .9
(2 )
.3
_
_
2 4 .1
2 4 .1
21 .9
2 1 .9
20.8
10.8
6 .8
1.1
2 .5
_
_
_
.8
_
_
7 .4
.3
.7
.5
2 .0
_
_
_
.3
_
_
2 .8
.3
. 5
.1
2 .6
.8
1.2
.1
_
_
.7
_
.7
_
_
.9
6. 2
20 .2
20.2
1 5 .5
1 5 .5
8 .0
.9
.3
1 7 .9
_
_
1 .5
.1
1.1
2.2
_
3 .7
. 1
4. 4
_
1.0
1 .2
.2
1.2
.6
_
_
_
.5
.1
1 .2
.2
.6
.2
.2
_
_
.1
.7
2. 4
.5
.3
1. 2
.4
T h ird o r o t h s r 1 s t* s h i f t
W o rk e r s e m p lo y e d o n t h i r d
c r o t h e r l a t e s h i f t .........................................................
D e c e i v i n g d i f f e r e n t i a l ..............................................
U n if o r m c e n t s p e r h o u r .........................................
5 c e n t s ..........................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 8 c e n t s ..............................
8 c e n t s ...........................................................................
9 c e n t s ...........................................................................
9 . 5 c e n t s .....................................................................
10 c e n t s ........................................................................
11 c e n t s ........................................................................
12 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 12 a n d w i d e r 15 c e n t s .........................
15 c e n t s ........................................................................
16 c e n t s ........................................................................
17 c e n t s ................................................ .......................
18 c e n t s ........................................................................
19 c e n t s .....................................................................
20 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 20 a n d u n d e r 25 c e n t s . . . .................
25 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 25 a n d u n d e r 30 c e n t s .........................
30 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 30 c e n t s ...........................................................
U n if o r m p e r c e n t a g e ...................................................
5 p e r c e n t . . . ..............................................................
O v er 5 a n d u n d e r 10 p e r c e n t ......................
10 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O v e r 10 a n d u n d e r 1 5 p e r c e n t ...................
15 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O v e r 15 p e r c e n t ......................................................
O t h e r .....................................................................................
S e e fo o tn o te s a t e n d o f t a b le .
17. a
1 7 .4
1 4 .6
.2
. 3
.4
.1
2 .9
.1
.7
.7
3. 4
.8
.4
.3
.3
2 .4
.3
. 7
. 2
.4
.3
1. 1
.1
.2
.5
( 2)
. 3
.1
.8
1 4 .7
1 4 .7
1 1 .9
. 1
1 5 .8
1 5 .8
1 4 .1
.2
.2
-
-
-
1.8
2 .2
. 5
2 .3
.3
. 2
.4
3 .4
. 7
.6
.9
.3
2 .2
.3
1.8
(2)
-
.1
.4
.8
3 .4
.4
. 1
.3
.4
3 .0
1. 1
1 .0
.1
.2
. 4
1.2
.1
(2)
. 4
.5
.1
.2
”
. 4
1 5 .9
1 5 .9
13. 2
1 .3
2 .3
.5
1 .2
.6
2 .9
1 .3
1.0
.1
.3
1 .7
“
17 . 8
17. 8
1 2 .7
.6
. 5
_
_
3 .4
. 4
.4
.1
2 .9
1. 0
.9
1. 6
_
.9
. 1
2 .6
.9
1.1
.5
.6
1 8 .0
18. 0
1 5 .5
.8
1. 6
-
3.6
. 3
3. 2
1 .3
_
1. 4
.5
1 9 .3
1 9 .3
1 7 .5
.1
.9
4 .0
1 .4
.6
.4
.3
2.5
_
_
_
_
1 .8
_
.4
1. 4
.3
5 .9
.7
_
.6
1 .3
_
_
_
_
.1
1.1
.8
.5
.5
.7
1.6
_
.1
_. 6
.7
. 1
. 2
.2
. 1
.1
.2
. 1
. 2
1 .7
.2
.6
.7
.2
.2
.7
.4
5 .8
Table 19.
Shift differential practices—Continued
( P e r c e n t o f p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c ts e s ta b l is h m e n t s e m p lo y e d on la t e s h if t s b y a m o u n t of p a y d i f f e r e n t ia l ,
U n ite d S t a te s , s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , a n d a r e a s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
Areas
S h ift
C h ic a g o
d iff e re n tia l
C le v e la n d
D e tro it
L e o m in s te r
L os
A n g e le sLong E each
M in n e a p o lis S t. Paul
Ne v a r k
New Y ork
16 .0
16.0
13.0
3.0
.3
.6
.7
4.3
.6
2.5
.7
.3
2.6
2.5
-
15.0
15.0
10.9
4.0
.3
2.3
4.0
.3
3.3
3.3
-
13.7
13.7
11.6
2.4
.3
2.5
.4
4.3
.6
.8
.3
11.7
11.7
8.2
2 .0
1.2
3 .7
.8
.6
-
2.1
2 .2
-
-
S econd s h i f t
W o r k e r s e m p lo y e d o n s e c o n d s h i f t ........................
R e c e i v i n g d i f f e r e n t i a l ..............................................
U n i f o r m c e n t s p e r h o u r ........................................
5 c e n t s ...........................................................................
6 c e n t s . ........................................................................
7 c e n t s ...........................................................................
7 . 5 c e n t s ......................................................................
8 c e n t s ...........................................................................
8 . 5 c e n t s ......................................................................
9 c e n t s ...........................................................................
9 . 6 c e n t s ......................................................................
10 c e n t s ........................................................................
12 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 12 a n d u n d e r 15 c e n t s ........................
15 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 15 a n d u n d e r 20 c e n t s ........................
O v e r 25 c e n t s ...........................................................
U n i f o r m p e r c e n t a g e ...................................................
U n d e r 5 p e r c e n t ......................................................
5 p e r c e n t .....................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 10 p e r c e n t .....................
10 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
15 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O t h e r .............. .......................................................................
T h ird
o r o th e r la te
22. 2
22.2
16.0
3.2
. 3
.4
1.0
.7
4.8
=
2. 8
.9
1.7
. 3
3.6
.4
1.9
1 .2
.2
25.6
25.6
24.5
1.8
2.5
1.8
.3
10.7
3.0
4.4
-
29.5
29.5
27.1
7. 8
1 .7
3. 2
10.0
3. 3
1.1
1.5
1 .5
-
21 .6
21 .6
16 . 9
. 8
12. 2
3.9
4.7
4.7
-
23.5
23.5
1G. 0
3.3
.5
2.9
.5
.6
2.1
2.6
.6
.2
1. 3
.6
7.4
25.9
25. 9
23.5
3.2
1.9
5.7
-
18.5
18.5
1 3 .9
.3
.3
2 .5
14.9
14.9
14.9
.8
1.5
.3
4.7
3 .0
4.6
-
16.8
16.8
14. 5
1.7
.7
5. 3
1.6
.9
3 .2
1. 1
1.5
1.5
-
16 .9
16.9
13.4
.8
-
16.5
16. 5
7.7
2.5
.6
2. 1
.3
1. 1
-
19.9
1$. 9
19.1
2.9
1.7
2.4
2.6
e .o
1 .6
-
.8
5. 2
6.3
.4
-
s h ift
W o rk e r s e m p l o y e d o n t h i r d
c r o t h e r l a t e s h i f t .........................................................
R e c e i v i n g d i f f e r e n t i a l ..............................................
U n i f o r m c e n t s p e r h o u r ........................................
5 c e n t s ...........................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 8 c e n t s ..............................
8 c e n t s ...........................................................................
10 c e n t s . . ...................................................................
12 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 12 a n d u n d e r 15 c e n t s ........................
15 c e n t s ........................................................................
16 c e n t s ........................................................................
17 c e n t s . . ...................................................................
1 8 c e n t s ........................................................................
2 0 c e n t s .........................................................................
O v e r 2 0 a n d u n d e r 2 5 c e n t s .........................
2 5 c e n t s . . ........... .......................................................
O v e r 25 a n d u n d e r 30 c e n t s ........................
30 c e n t s ........................................................................
O v e r 30 c e n t s ..........................................................
Un i f orm p e r c e n t a g e ...................................................
5 p e r c e n t ......................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 10 p e r c e n t ......................
10 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
15 p e r c e n t ...................................................................
O v e r 15 p e r c e n t ......................................................
O t h e r ...................... .. .... ..
1 I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r th e M o u n ta in r e g io n
s e p a r a te ly .
2 L e s s th a n 0. 05 p e r c e n t.
in
.6
. 7
2.2
.9
.9
.9
2 .7
.2
. 8
.5
.4
2. 3
.2
.4
1.1
a d d itio n
.6
-
.2
to
~
th o se
show n
NOTE:
to ta ls .
1.2
3. 3
1. 1
4 .0
1 .5
1 .5
3 .5
3 .5
-
“
B ecause
1.1
2.0
1 .3
.7
6. 5
o f ro u n d in g ,
“
sum s
.2
1.9
-
”
2 .2
-
.6
o f in d iv id u a l i te m s m a y n o t e q u a l
Table 20.
Paid holidays
( P e r c e n t of p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith f o r m a l p r o v is i o n s f o r p a id h o l id a y s , U n ite d S ta te s ,
s e l e c t e d r e g io n s , a n d a r e a s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
N um ber o f
p a id h o lid a y s
A l l w o r k e r s ........................................................................
W o rk e r s i n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
p r o v i d i n g p a i d h o l i d a y s ..............................................
4 d a y s ........................................................................................
5 d a y s ........................................................................................
5 d a y s p l u s 1 h a l f d a y ..............................................
6 d a y s ........................................................................................
6 d a y s p l u s 1 o r 2 h a l f d a y s ..............................
7 d a y s .......................................................................................
7 d a y s p l u s 1 c r 2 h a l f d a y s ..............................
8 d a y s .......................................................................................
8 d a y s p l u s 1 o r 2 h a l f d a y s ..............................
9 d a y s ........................................................................................
9 d a y s p l u s 1 c r 2 h a l f d a y s ..............................
10 d a y s ....................................................................................
10 d a y s p l u s 1 o r 2 h a l f d a y s ...........................
11 d a y s .....................................................................................
12 d a y s .....................................................................................
13 d a y s .....................................................................................
R e g io n s
S o u th
S o u th
east
w est
U n ite d
S ta te s ly
New
E n g la n d
M id d le
A tla n tic
100
1 00
100
100
100
1 00
1 00
100
100
99
(2 )
3
( 2)
99
-
100
100
-
99
100
-
1 00
18
-
1 00
(2 )
(2 )
100
2
11
2
10
2
11
1
-
1
12
6
22
15
2
23
13
1
20
2
9
3
4
17
-
10
20
1
29
4
14
3
1
8
-
18
-
4
14
-
4
1
-
8
1
1
21
22
G reat
Lakes
20
17
28
-
3
19
3
23
1
20
1
6
1
1
2
2
1
5
B o rd e r
S ta te s
9
-
2
-
2
_
1
22
2
19
14
13
1
2
8
15
1
19
_
17
18
4
20
16
_
1
1
3
2
2
2
-
- ■
16
P a c if ic
9
5
7
3
16
34
22
M id d le
W est
_
6
_
2
-
A re a s
A l l w o r k e r s ........................................................................
W o rk e rs i n e s t a b l is h m e n t s
p r o v i d i n g p a i d h o l i d a y s ..............................................
5 d a y s ........................................................................................
6 d a y s ........................................................................................
6 d a y s p l u s 1 o r 2 h a l f d a y s ..............................
7 d a y s ........................................ ...............................................
7 d a y s p l u s 1 c r 2 h a l f d a y s ..............................
8 d a y s ........................................................................................
8 d a y s p l u s 1 o r 2 h a l f d a y s ..............................
9 d a y s ........................................................................................
9 d a y s p l u s 1 c r 2 h a l f d a y s ..............................
10 d a y s . . . .............................................................................
10 d a y s p l u s 1 o r 2 h a l f d a y s ...........................
11 d a y s ........................................................................ ..
12 d a y s .....................................................................................
13 d a y s ......................................................................................
in
M in n e a p o lis S t. Paul
C le v e la n d
D e tro it
L e o m in s te r
100
100
100
1 00
100
100
1 00
100
100
1
10
11
100
1 00
100
100
1 00
100
15
4
14
3
5
4
33
4
15
14
9
-
100
4
5
5
6
11
6
2
16
56
5
4
9
5
7
11
22
1
11
31
18
5
28
1
-
-
-
22
12
3
-
22
19
8
20
-
-
_
9
14
-
-
7
-
25
-
3
42
-
-
2
-
-
-
24
~
~
2
"
Includes data fo r the Mountain r e g io n
s e p a r a te ly .
2 L e s s than 0. 5 p e rcen t.
Los
A n g e le s L ong B e a c h
C h ic a g o
a d dition
to
those shown
to ta ls .
NOTE:
-
5
~
B eca u se o f rounding,
_
-
Ne w ark
New Y ork
_
_
-
2
14
2
36
15
18
2
31
1
18
7
-
sum s o f in d iv id u a l ite m s m a y not equ al
Table 21.
Paid vacations
( P e r c e n t o f p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith f o r m a l p r o v is i o n s f o r p a id v a c a t i o n s a f t e r s e l e c t e d p e r i o d s
o f s e r v i c e , U n ite d S t a te s , s e le c te d r e g io n s , a n d a r e a s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
R e gion s
V a c a tio n
p o lic y
A l l w o r k e r s .......................................................................
U n ite d
S ta te s \ /
New
E n g la n d
M id d le
A tla n tic
1 00
ICC
1 00
1 00
100
1 00
100
103
100
99
99
70
28
-
1 00
1 OC
1 00
1 00
100
100
100
92
79
15
7
85
15
-
98
83
17
-
94
92
B o rd e r
S ta te s
S o u th
east
S o u th
w est
G reat
Lakes
-----MTddTe----W est
P a c ific
■ e th o d o f p a y a e a t
W o rk e r s i n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
p r o v i d i n g p a i d v a c a t i o n s ...........................................
L e n g t h o f t i m e p a y m e n t .............................................
P e r c e n t a g e p a y m e n t ........................................................
C t h e r ........................................................................................
86
14
(3)
8
-
2
-
6
8
-
-
85
84
A a ean t o f v a c a tio a pay 2 /
I f t e r 1 y e a r o f s e rv ic e :
U n d e r 1 w e e k ........................................................................
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
o v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ........................................
A fte r 2 y e a rs o f s e rv ic e :
U n d e r 1 w e e k . . ..................................................................
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
O v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ........................................
3 w e e k s .....................................................................................
A fte r 3 y e a rs o f s e rv ic e :
U n d e r 1 w e e k ........................................................................
1 w e e k ......................................... ...............................................
O v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s . . . . . ........................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ........................................
3 w e e k s .....................................................................................
A fte r 5 y e a rs o f s e rv ic e :
1 w e e k .......................................................................................
O v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s .......................................
3 w e e k s .............. .............. .. ....................................................
4 w e e k s .....................................................................................
A f t e r 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
O v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s ......................................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ........................................
3 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s ........................................
4 w eeks . .
................... ......................................................
A f t e r 15 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
O v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ........................................
3 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s ........................................
4 w e e k s . . ...............................................................................
O v er 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s ........................................
5 w e e k s a n d o v e r .............................................................
A f t e r 20 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k .........................................................................................
O v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
S e e f o o tn o te s a t e n d o f tab le ,
1
2
1
8
2
2
80
72
9
15
-
80
76
(3)
81
2
74
3
75
6
10
1
22
8
11
10
1
1
40
51
30
19
49
-
6
12
(3)
10
12
48
33
1
2
(3)
-
(3)
13
7
76
3
1
1
3
2
74
7
14
(3)
17
13
66
2
1
c
78
7
-
6
2
38
(3)
50
9
39
-
45
27
3
69
-
25
3
72
-
8
6
54
-
14
4
81
2
1
-
25
9
65
-
3
85
9
5
73
4
2
77
1
6
-
-
-
12
10
6
11
1
88
6
3
(3 )
7
-
2
1
66
73
9
15
-
3
23
2
23
6
2
38
7
37
1
14
76
9
4
2
7
17
59
13
60
27
47
2
1
1
2
18
25
4
43
2
1
43
43
13
2
6
2
5
77
6
-
8
6
55
-
9
82
12
64
1
*40
2
6
1
1
(3)
-
-
2
2
-
-
1
2
1
1
-
8
11
33
7
53
1
-
8
2
1
56
5
17
9
14
73
3
21
41
-
I
6
10
14
-
-
24
4
63
5
-
5
7
30
50
1
(3 )
16
3
71
4
5
1
(3)
10
1
61
81
3
1
72
10
(3)
6
1
70
3
17
-
21
28
9
60
3
4
23
19
70
5
4
23
47
26
-
6
6
8
2
1
6
17
-
17
18
6
1
-
9
3
19
1
1
15
-
1
1
-
1
2
-
-
6
2
7
1
-
-
1
65
1
6
1
4
-
Table 21. Paid vacations—Continued
( P e r c e n t o f p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith f o r m a l p r o v is i o n s f o r p a id v a c a t i o n s a f t e r s e l e c t e d
p e r i o d s o f s e r v i c e , U n ite d S t a te s , s e le c te d r e g i o n s , a n d a r e a s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
Areas
Y a c a tio n
p o lic y
A l l w o r k e r s ........................................................................
iM in t of n c a tio a
Los
A n g e le s Long B e a c h
H in n e a p o lis S t. Paul
C h ic a g o
C le v e la n d
D e tro it
100
1 00
1 00
100
100
1 00
1 00
100
99
95
5
100
100
100
100
90
94
97
3
100
100
100
1 00
6
93
7
100
100
10
-
-
-
79
74
16
9
94
90
-
94
_
_
89
3
4
10
4
_
9
76
_
7
4C
17
23
52
7
40
-
87
3
34
29
25
41
30
4
16
14
64
35
5
50
6
10
55
37
9
3
56
L e o m in s te r
N ew ark
New Y o rk
p a y l_/
■ e tfc o d o f p s y n m s t
W o rk e r s i n e s t a b l i s h a e n t s
p r o v i d i n g F a i d v a c a t i o n s ............................................
L e n g t h o f t i i e p a y m e n t ..............................................
P e r c e n t a g e p a y m e n t .........................................................
I f t e r 1 y e a r o f s e rv ic e :
O n d e r 1 w e e k ........................................................................
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
O v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s .....................................................................................
A fte r 2 y e a rs o f s e rv ic e :
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
C v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s ......................................................................................
C v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ........................................
A fte r 3 y e a rs o f s e rv ic e :
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
C v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s ........... .........................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ........................................
3 w e e k s .....................................................................................
A fte r 5 y e a rs o f s e rv ic e :
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
C v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s ........................................
2 w e e k s ........... .........................................................................
O v e r 2 an d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ........................................
3 w e e k s .....................................................................................
A f t e r 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
2 w e e k s .....................................................................................
C v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s .........................................
3 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s ........................................
4 w e e k s .....................................................................................
A f t e r 15 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k ................... .. ....................................................... ..
2 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ........................................
3 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s ........................................
4 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s ........................................
5 w e e k s a n d o v e r .............................................................
A f t e r 20 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k ........................................................................................
2 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s .........................................
3 w e e k s .....................................................................................
C v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s .........................................
4 w e e k s .....................................................................................
O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s ........................................
5 w e e k s .....................................................................................
6 w e e k s ........... .........................................................................
S e e fo o tn o t es a t en d of table .
6
15
38
2
61
1
97
2
74
8
18
10
81
-
20
19
3
51
27
2
-
11
29
1
9
7
14
-
-
43
28
17
4
36
8
30
27
25
-
4
5
2
15
14
69
83
17
8
1
76
14
_
_
80
_
74
3
20
8
39
5
38
18
_
82
_
_
38
3
56
_
3
29
2
-
14
15
72
_
5
37
43
11
18
55
100
29
27
43
-
17
4
43
16
9
_
_
8
43
14
43
-
82
_
2
-
-
17
55
14
28
16
30
-
11
60
-
-
7
71
3
19
-
2
1
61
10
100
65
-
28
15
44
2
11
41
7
10
2
-
-
27
26
17
-
1
_
_
_
_
8
6
-
21
1
7
4
61
22
6
_
27
6
66
1
1
_
_
27
_
61
3
15
-
_
18
_
82
_
_
_
64
5
4
_
_
5
37
_
18
_
27
27
-
_
_
_
37
17
-
2
1
47
18
2
2
_
24
3
5
-
-
1
35
10
39
27
_
55
_
-
Table 21. Paid vacations—Continued
( P e r c e n t o f p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in m is c e lla n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith f o r m a l p r o v is i o n s f o r p a id v a c a tio n s a f t e r s e le c te d p e r i o d s
o f s e r v i c e , U n ite d S t a te s , s e le c te d r e g i o n s , and a r e a s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
V a c a tio n
p o lic y
U n ite d
S ta te s J /
R e g io n s
S o u th
s o u th
w est
east
B o rd e r
S ta te s
M id d l e
A tla n tic
New
E n g la n d
G reat
Lakes
M id d le
W e st
P a c if ic
A m o u n t o f v a c a tio n p a y 2 /—C o n tin u e d
M e th o d o f p a y m e n t—C o n tin u e d
A f t e r 2 0 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e —C o n tin u e d
2 w e e k s ...................................................................................
Cw er 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s .....................................
3 w e e k s ..................................................................................
C v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s .....................................
4 w e e k s ...................................................................................
C v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s .....................................
5 w e e k s ...................................................................................
C v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 6 w e e k s . ...................................
6 w e e k s . .............................................. .................................
l f t e r 30 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e : 4 /
1 w e e k ......................................................................................
O v e r 1 a n d u n d e r 2 w e e k s .....................................
2 w e e k s ...................................................................................
O v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s .....................................
3 w e e k s ...................................................................................
O v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s .....................................
4 w e e k s ...................................................................................
C v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s ......................................
5 w e e k s ...................................................................................
O v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 6 w e e k s ......................................
6 w e e k s ...................................................................................
O v e r 6 w e e k s .....................................................................
17
1
39
2
31
1
5
(3)
(3)
2
24
4
30
26
9
-
17
35
5
38
1
-
1
37
2
-
27
1
21
1
9
(3)
13
-
8
1
14
-
2
1
6
13
36
-
31
3
31
-
14
-
20
2
2
2
-
(3 )
-
(3)
1
C le v e la n d
C h ic a g o
38
21
40
1
(3)
(3)
1
-
-
-
-
-
23
43
38
1
19
_
49
3
24
3
-
3
-
-
40
12
1
13
34
1
2
5
5
A reas
-
9
6
-
1
5
-
10
1
7
30
-
23
41
25
5
_
2
6
3
3
6
2
L e o m in s te r
D e tro it
2
19
52
3
10
1
27
8
22
2
30
43
13
_
-
17
24
4
30
27
43
37
-
5
-
1
2
(3)
17
13
40
-
2
-
L os
A n g e le sL ong E e a c h
M in n e
a p o lis S t. Paul
4
-
40
-
26
1
4
_
2
N ew ark
1
2
New l o r k
A m o u n t o f v a c a tio n p a y 2 / —C o n tin u e d
M e th o d o f p a y m e n t—C o n tin u e d
I f t o r 30 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e : i /
1 w e e k ...................................................................................
2 w e e k s ................................................................................
C v e r 2 a n d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ...................................
3 w e e k s ................................................................................
C v e r 3 a n d u n d e r 4 w e e k s ...................................
4 w e e k s .................................................................................
O v e r 4 a n d u n d e r 5 w e e k s ...................................
5 w e e k s ................................................................................
C v e r 5 a n d u n d e r 6 w e e k s ...................................
6 w e e k s .............. .................................................................
C v e r 6 w e e k s . ................................................................
1 I n c l u d e s d a t a f o r th e M o u n ta i n r e g i o n
7
40
28
2
-
14
29
5
37
-
18
27
27
-
27
37
35
36
55
37
30
17
4
36
iB
25
-
22
2
-
10
-
4
43
5
-
-
-
-
in a d d i t i o n
5
5
to t h o s e
sh ow n
se parately.
2 V a c a t i o n p a y m e n t s su ch a s p e r c e n t of a n n u a l e a r n i n g s , w e r e c o n
v e r t e d to a n e q u i v a l e n t t i m e b a s i s . P e r i o d s of s e r v i c e w e r e c h o s e n a r
b i t r a r i l y a n d do n o t n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t i n d iv i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t p r o v i s i o n s
f o r p r o g r e s s i o n . F o r e x a m p l e , c h a n g e s i n d i c a t e d a t 10 y e a r s m a y i n c l u d e
c h a n g e s t h a t o c c u r r e d b e t w e e n 5 an d 10 y e a r s .
-
_
-
17
47
2
-
-
-
-
3
-
3 L e s s t h a n 0. 5 p e r c e n t .
4 V a c a t i o n p r o v i s i o n s w e r e v i r t u a l l y th e s a m e
-
-
-
1
28
18
-
-
3
-
3
3
after
longer
periods
of s e r v i c e .
NOTE:
totals.
B e c a u s e of r o u n d in g ,
s u m s of i n d i v i d u a l i t e m s m a y n o t e q u a l
Table 22. Health, insurance, and retirement plans
( P e r c e n t of p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in m is c e ll a n e o u s p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s e s ta b l is h m e n t s w ith s p e c i f ie d h e a lth , in s u r a n c e , a n d r e t i r e m e n t p la n s ,
U n ite d S t a te s , s e le c te d r e g io n s , an d a r e a s , S e p te m b e r 1974)
T ype o f p la n
1/
A l l w o r k e r s ........................................................................
R e g io n s
S o u th
S o u th east
w est
U n ite d
S ta te s 2 /
New
E n g la n d
M id d le
A tla n tic
B o rd e r
S ta te s
100
1 00
100
100
100
100
100
100
1 00
90
75
83
68
87
83
99
77
95
70
96
65
94
74
78
72
89
78
75
62
67
55
68
65
88
66
80
61
79
56
80
62
62
58
66
69
59
47
67
65
48
62
49
47
83
79
62
58
51
39
66
37
30
83
80
61
68
60
46
7
7
12
4
23
12
8
21
3
15
29
5
2
1
1
4
-
8
17
4
6
6
19
19
9
7
97
74
97
74
96
70
94
62
61
58
51
3
11
11
8
11
9
89
67
89
67
89
67
76
54
56
55
53
5
11
10
10
G reat
L akes
M id d le
W est
P a c ific
W o rk e r s i n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r o v i d i n g :
l i f e i n s u r a n c e ..................................................................
N o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ...........................................
A c c id e n ta l d e a th and
d is m e m b e r m e n t i n s u r a n c e .........................................
N c n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ...........................................
S ic k n e s s and a c c id e n t in su ra n c e
o r s i c k l e a v e o r b o t h 3 / ......................................
S i c k n e s s a n d a c c i d e n t i n s u r a n c e .................
N c n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ......................................
S ic k le a v e ( f u l l p a y .
n o w a i t i n g p e r i o d ) ................................................
S ic k le a v e ( p a r t i a l pay
o r w a i t i n g p e r i o d ) .................................................
L o n g - te r m d i s a b i l i t y i n s u r a n c e ........................
N o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ...........................................
H o s p i t a l i z a t i o n i n s u r a n c e ......................................
N c n c o n t r i b u t c r y p l a n s ...........................................
S u r g i c a l i n s u r a n c e ........................................................
N o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ...........................................
M e d ic a l i n s u r a n c e ...........................................................
N o n c c n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ...........................................
M a jo r m e d i c a l i n s u r a n c e ...........................................
N o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ...........................................
R e t i r e m e n t p l a n s 4 / ......................................................
P e n s i o n s .............................................................................
N c n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ......................................
S e v e r a n c e p a y ................................................................
No p l a n s ...................................................................................
S e e f o o tn o t e s a t e n d of tabl e.
8
6
96
73
96
72
94
71
77
55
57
55
52
3
3
5
95
87
94
91
53
90
52
89
5C
83
46
48
46
44
81
61
55
70
67
65
2
6
4
3
86
88
100
76
98
74
98
74
95
72
60
60
55
~
2
98
5
98
66
68
98
98
99
69
98
66
68
92
62
44
42
35
73
47
60
58
55
3
66
2
2
1
76
11
74
97
80
97
80
97
80
94
78
32
30
29
3
3
Table 22. Health, insurance, and retirement plans—Continued
(P e r c e n t o f p ro d u c tio n w o r k e r s in m is c e lla n e o u s p la s tic s p rod u cts esta b lis h m e n ts w ith s p e c ifie d h ealth, in s u ra n c e , and r e t ir e m e n t p lan s.
U n ited S ta tes, s e le c te d re g io n s , and a re a s , S ep tem b er 1974)
A re a s
T y p e o f p la n 1
A ll
W orkers
*
*
w o r k e r s .................................................................
in
e s t a b lis h m e n t s
I Eos
A n g e le s Long B e a c h
H in n e a p o lis S t. Paul
C h ic a g o
C le v e la n d
D e t r o it
100
100
100
100
100
1 00
100
100
30
74
73
55
83
80
85
60
89
76
92
79
78
72
80
57
46
69
55
77
68
78
53
71
63
73
65
35
30
55
55
65
62
46
86
86
63
87
83
74
68
68
50
30
5
5
96
82
62
12
10
9
79
56
56
6
1C
5
-
19
13
5
68
6
8
-
7
7
-
6
14
12
-
-
3
3
96
93
96
93
96
93
45
42
39
39
39
87
11
87
11
87
11
87
11
6
2
94
87
97
86
86
76
43
32
53
41
41
11
L e o m in s te r
N e w a rk
Hew Y o r k
p ro v id in g :
l i r e i n s u r a n c e ............................................................
B o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s .......................................
A c c i d e n t a l d e a th and
d i s w e s b e r w e n t i n s u r a n c e ....................................
B o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s .......................................
S ic k n e s s and a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e
o r s i c k l e a v e o r b o t h 3 / .....................................
S i c k n e s s a n d a c c i d e n t i n s u r a n c e ...............
B o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s . . .............................
S ic k le a v e
(f u l l pay.
n o w a i t i n g p e r i o d ) ...........................................
S ic k l e a v e ( p a r t i a l pay
o r w a i t i n g p e r i o d ) ...........................................
l o n g - t e r m d i s a b i l i t y i n s u r a n c e ......................
B o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ......................................
H o s p i t a l i z a t i o n i n s u r a n c e .................................
B o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s .......................................
S u r g i c a l i n s u r a n c e . . . . .........................................
B o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ......................................
H e d i c a l i n s u r a n c e .....................................................
B o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s .......................................
M a j o r m e d i c a l I n s u r a n c e .......................................
N o n c o n t r i b u t c r y p l a n s .......................................
B e t i r e s e n t p l a n s 4 / ................................................
P e n s i o n s ......................................................................
B o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s ....................
S e v e r a n c e p a y .........................................................
Ho p l a n s ...................... ...................................................
3
98
69
99
69
99
69
72
44
43
32
27
12
1
27
27
1 00
72
100
72
100
72
59
48
57
57
57
-
~
1 I n c lu d e s t h o s e p la n s f o r w h ic h th e e m p lo y e r p a y s a t l e a s t p a r t o f
th e c o s t a n d e x c lu d e s le g a lly r e q u ir e d p la n s su c h a s w o r k e r s ' c o m p e n s a tio n
a n d s o c i a l s e c u r i t y ; h o w e v e r, p la n s r e q u ir e d by S ta te t e m p o r a r y d is a b ility
la w s a r e in c lu d e d i f th e e m p lo y e r c o n tr ib u te s m o r e th a n is le g a lly r e q u ir e d
o r th e e m p lo y e e r e c e i v e s b e n e f its in e x c e s s o f le g a l r e q u ir e m e n t s .
"N on
c o n t r i b u t o r y p l a n s " in c lu d e o n ly th o s e p la n s f in a n c e d e n t i r e l y b y th e e m
p lo y e r.
2 I n c l u d e s d a t a f o r th e M o u n t a i n r e g i o n in a d d i t i o n t o t h o s e s h o w n
s e p a ra te ly .
4
4
95
100
80
1 00
80
96
76
69
49
77
95
77
95
77
26
92
75
28
28
26
-
-
2
4
5
5
33
33
3
55
55
46
-
2
so
88
88
88
88
75
75
44
44
64
64
64
-
7
3 U n d u p lic a te d t o ta l o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s ic k n e s s a n d a c c id e n t i n s u r
a n c e a n d s ic k le a v e sh o w n s e p a r a te ly .
4 U n d u p lic a te d to t a l o f w o r k e r s c o v e r e d b y p e n s io n p la n s a n d s e v
e r a n c e p a y sh o w n s e p a r a te ly .
NOTE:
to ta ls .
B ecause
o f ro u n d in g ,
su m s
o f in d iv id u a l ite m s m a y n o t e q u a l
Table 23. Other selected benefits
( P e r c e n t of p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in m is c e l l a n e o u s p l a s t i c s e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r o v id in g f u n e r a l le a v e p a y , j u r y d u ty p a y , t e c h n o lo g ic a l s e v e r a n c e p a y ,
a n d s u p p l e m e n t a l u n e m p l o y m e n t b e n e f i t s , U n i t e d S t a t e s , s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s , a n d a r e a s , S e p t e m b e r 1974)
T yp e o f b e n e f i t
1/
U nited
S tates 2/
New
E ngland
M iddle
A tlan tic
Border
S ta te s
75
69
4
3
R egions
South
S outhwest
east
G reat
Lakes
M iddle
West
74
73
4
5
73
73
P acific
W orkers in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
w ith p ro v isio n s fo r:
F u n e r a l l e a v e .....................................................
J u r y d u t y l e a v e ................................................
T e c h n o l o g i c a l s e v e r a n c e p a y .................
S u p p l e m e n t a l unemploym ent b e n e f i t s
67
81
69
68
€6
2
2
66
10
5
4
5
C leveland
Chicago
D etroit
59
69
5
52
85
11
-
3
L eom inster
Los
A ngelesLong B e a c h
M innea p o lisS t . Eaul
79
52
-
41
32
-
78
-
2
37
37
1
Ne w a rk
New Yo rk
72
72
3
3
47
45
W crkers i n e s t a b l is h m e n t s
w ith p ro v isio n s fo r:
F u n e r a l l e a v e ........................................................; ...............
J u r y d u t y l e a v e . . . . ...........................................................
T e c h n o l o g i c a l s e v e r a n c e p a y ......................................
S u p p l e m e n t a l u n e m p l o y m e n t b e n e f i t s ...................
1 F o r d e f in itio n o f i t e m s , s e e a p p e n d ix A .
2 I n c l u d e s d a t a f o r th e M o u n t a i n r e g i o n i n
s e p a ra te ly .
64
79
77
62
1
6
11
a d d itio n
to
th o se
show n
63
42
4
68
11
NOTE:
to ta ls ,
B ecause
o f ro u n d in g ,
su m s
6
9
o f in d iv id u a l ite m s m a y n o t e q u a l
Appendix A.
Regression Analysis
Conventional methods of analyzing wage variations using
cross-tabulations (simple regression) of data typically leave
out the independent influence on wage levels of factors such
as size of establishment, location, and union status. The in
dependent effect of unionization on earnings, for example,
may be obscured somewhat by earnings differentials asso
ciated with larger establishments and location in metro
politan areas—two characteristics generally found more
often with union than nonunion establishments.
One method of isolating the independent effect on
wages of various establishment and worker characteristics is
multiple regression. By this method, the estimated wage
differential for a given variable is determined independent
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, nonunion,
Southeast, and, for two of the five selected occupations,
payment on a time basis. The value of the constant term
represents the average wage level relating to this set of sup
pressed characteristics and the coefficients of the explicit
variables represent the differentials associated with cate
gories of the characteristics which differ from the basic set
embodied in the constant.
To determine the effects of the coefficients on average
wage levels, the values of the new variables in table A-l are
substituted for those suppressed in the constant term. For
example, if production workers are unionized and other
factors remain unchanged, estimated average hourly earn
ings are increased 12 cents to $2.76. Further, if workers are
located in a metropolitan area, another 9 cents is added to
the constant term. Thus included, the average hourly earn
ings would be raised to $2.85.
The regression analysis is not sufficiently complete to
say with certainty that the truly independent effects on
wage levels of particular employee and establishment char
acteristics have been measured. As table A-l shows, the
regression analysis left unexplained about 85 percent of the
variation in average earnings levels for all production workers
and about 65 to 90 percent of the variation in earnings for
the five selected occupations. (See coefficient of determina
tion, R2.) This means that other factors, beyond the scope of
the survey, undoubtedly influenced the estimates. However,
by holding constant those characteristics within the survey
scope, more accurate estimates for specified characteristics
were obtained.
46
T ab le
A -1.
R eg ressio n
a n a ly sis
p lastic s p r o d u c ts m a n u f a c tu r in g
of
average
h o u r l y e a r n i n g s , all p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s a n d s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s , m i s c e l l a n e o u s
in d u stry . U n ite d S ta te s, S e p te m b e r 1 9 7 4
S elected occu p atio n s
p ro d u c tio n
w o rk e rs
V ariab les
Finishers,
m o ld e d plastics
pro d u c ts
C o n s t a n t ..............................................
M e tro p o lita n area
............................
Size o f shop:
1 0 0 -2 4 9 w o r k e r s .................
2 5 0 w o rk e rs o r m o re
U n io n s h o p .........................................
In c e n tiv e pay s y s t e m ......................
$ 2 ,6 4 0
(.0 7 2 )
.091
(.0 5 0 )
.1 0 5
(.0 4 4 )
In je c tio n -m o ld in g
m ach in e op erato rs
(o p erate o n ly )
S etters -up ,
plastics-m olding
m achines
M a in te n a n c e
w o rk e rs , general
tasks
T o o l and
diem a kers
$ 2 ,3 1 6
(.0 9 2 )
.0 7 0
(.0 6 4 )
$ 3 ,4 1 1
(.1 3 3 )
.2 4 7
(.0 8 2 )
$ 3 ,6 0 6
(.1 2 8 )
.4 4 0
( .0 8 3 )
$ 4 ,9 3 1
(.2 2 2 )
.5 9 7
(.1 4 8 )
-.1 4 7
$ 2 ,3 1 2
(.1 0 8 )
.1 3 0
(.0 6 5 )
.091
.1 1 2
.1 2 9
(.0 6 0 )
.3 0 5
(.0 7 5 )
.3 4 4
(.0 4 9 )
.1 1 7
(.0 6 6 )
(.0 4 8 )
.3 3 7
(.0 6 4 )
.1 8 5
(.0 4 0 )
.4 6 2
(M
(.0 8 0 )
.0 2 3
(.1 0 3 )
- .2 4 1
.1 0 3
(.0 8 7 )
-.1 1 4
.1 4 7
( .0 9 6 )
-.1 1 0
(.1 2 9 )
-.0 8 7
(.0 5 3 )
(.0 4 7 )
(.0 6 9 )
( .0 7 5 )
(.1 0 1 )
.4 6 0
.2 7 4
(.0 7 3 )
(.1 1 5 )
(M
(M
(M
.2 8 4
-.0 7 5
Regions:
N e w E n g la n d .........................
.1 4 4
.0 1 8
.1 6 5
M id d le A t l a n t i c ...................
(.0 8 5 )
.3 4 4
(.1 1 8 )
.2 4 4
(.0 9 8 )
.3 1 3
B order S ta t e s .........................
(.0 7 6 )
.2 8 4
(.1 1 6 )
.2 7 7
(.1 8 1 )
.0 8 9
G re a t L a k e s ............................
(.1 1 2 )
.1 4 5
(.1 0 3 )
.3 8 0
(.0 9 6 )
.3 6 3
(.1 5 3 )
M id d le W e s t ............................
(.0 6 9 )
.3 0 4
P a c i f i c ......................................
(.1 0 5 )
.4 7 2
S o u t h w e s t ..............................
S ta tis tic a l in fo rm a tio n :
C o e ffic ie n t o f
d e te rm in a tio n (R 2 )
S ta n d a rd e rro r o f
th e e s tim a te .........................
M ean ( Y ) .................................
.1 2 8
(.1 3 3 )
.1 7 8
(.1 4 1 )
.4 5 0
(.1 3 9 )
-.1 7 6
(.1 8 1 )
-.2 7 2
(.0 8 8 )
(.1 3 8 )
.2 7 8
(.1 0 7 )
.3 4 0
(.1 7 9 )
.3 9 0
(.1 3 4 )
.0 8 6
(.1 1 6 )
.1 6 0
(.1 0 5 )
(.1 8 9 )
.351
(.1 2 7 )
-.0 5 4
(.1 9 0 )
.2 9 5
(.1 6 0 )
.1 6 7
.2 2 4
.1 3 5
.5 4
$ 3 ,2 4 4
.4 9
$ 2 ,9 1 0
882
41 1
.2 6 7
(.0 8 7 )
(.1 6 7 )
.4 6 7
(.1 3 2 )
.5 0 6
(.1 9 3 )
.2 0 0
(.1 7 3 )
(.2 1 9 )
.2 9 5
(.1 9 5 )
-.3 7 5
(.3 1 7 )
-.2 7 8
(.2 4 7 )
.5 6 8
(.1 2 1 )
.4 4 3
( .1 8 5 )
.1 2 2
(.1 7 1 )
.6 1 9
(.1 9 2 )
.4 2 7
(.2 6 3 )
.1 4 4
(.2 1 0 )
.1 3 8
.1 8 9
.351
.4 2
$ 2 ,7 4 7
.5 8
$ 3 ,9 4 8
.6 9
$ 4 ,3 4 3
.8 0
$ 5 ,8 2 7
419
369
430
334
Num ber of
observations (N )
1
..............
t h e s a m p l e w o u l d d i f f e r f r o m t h o s e in a t o t a l c e n s u s - d e r i v e d v a l u e
b y less t h a n t h e s t a n d a r d e r r o r , a n d a b o u t 1 9 o u t o f 2 0 t h a t t h e
d i f f e r e n c e w o u l d b e l e s s t h a n t w i c e t h e s t a n d a r d e r r o r . Y is t h e
m e a n o f t h e e a rn in g s ( d e p e n d e n t) va ria b le w e ig h te d b y p r o d u c tio n
w o r k e r s . N is t h e n u m b e r o f o b s e r v a t i o n s u s e d i n e a c h r e g r e s s i o n
e q u a tio n .
N o t a p p licab le.
N O T E : N u m b e r s i n p a r e n t h e s e s a r e s t a n d a r d e r r o r s , e x p r e s s e d in
c e n ts. S in c e t h e reg ressio n c o e ffic ie n ts a re b a sed o n a sa m p le , th e y
m ay d iffer f ro m a fig u re o b ta in e d f ro m a c o m p le te c en su s of th e
in d u stry . T h e ch an g es are a b o u t 2 o u t of 3 th a t an e stim a te fro m
47
Appendix B.
Scope and Method of Survey
related workers,” used interchangeably in this bulletin, in
clude working supervisors and all nonsupervisory workers
engaged in nonoffice activities. Administrative, executive,
professional, and technical personnel, and force-account
construction employees, who are used as a separate work
force on the firm’s own properties, are excluded.
S c o p e o f survey
The survey included establishments engaged primarily in
molding primary plastics for the trade, and fabricating mis
cellaneous finished plastics products (SIC 3079 as defined
in the 1967 edition of th e S ta n d a r d I n d u s tr ia l C la ssifica tio n
M an u al, prepared by the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget). Separate auxiliary units such as central offices
were excluded.
Establishments studied were selected from those em
ploying 20 workers or more at the time of reference of the
data used in compiling the universe lists. Table B-l shows
the number of establishments and workers estimated to be
within scope of the survey, as well as the number actually
studied by the Bureau.
O c c u p a tio n s se le c te d fo r s tu d y
Occupational classification was based on a uniform set
of job descriptions designed to take account of interestab
lishment 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 occupation; the usefulness of the data in
collective bargaining; and appropriate representation of the
entire job scale in the industry. Working supervisors,
apprentices, learners, beginners, trainees, and handicapped,
part-time, temporary, and probationary workers were not
reported in the data for selected occupations but were in
cluded in the data for all production workers.
M e th o d o f stu d y
Data were obtained by personal visits of the Bureau’s
field staff to a representative sample of establishments with
in 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 the data, how
ever, all establishments were given an appropriate weight.
All estimates presented, therefore, relate to all establish
ments in the industry, excluding only those below the mini
mum size at the time of reference of the universe data.
W age d a ta
Information on wages relates to straight-time hourly
earnings, excluding premium pay for overtime and for work
on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Incentive payments,
such as those resulting from piecework or production bonus
systems, and cost-of-living bonuses were included as part of
the workers’ regular pay. Nonproduction bonus payments,
such as Christmas or yearend bonuses, were excluded.
A v e r a g e (m e a n ) h o u r ly ra te s o r earn in gs for each occupa
tion 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 number of individuals. The hourly earnings
of salaried workers were obtained by dividing straight-time
salary by normal rather than actual hours.
The m e d ia n designates position; that is, one-half of the
employees surveyed received more than this rate and onehalf received less. The m id d le ran ge is defined by two rates
of pay such that one-fourth of the employees earned less
than the lower of these rates and one-fourth earned more
than the higher rate.
E sta b lish m e n t d e fin itio n
An establishment is defined for this study as a single
physical location where manufacturing operations are per
formed. An establishment is not necessarily identical with a
company, which may consist of one establishment or more.
E m p lo y m e n t
Estimates of the number of workers within scope of the
study are intended as a general guide to the size and com
position of the industry’s labor force, rather than as precise
measures of employment.
P ro d u c tio n w o rk e rs
The terms “production workers” and “production and
48
Table B-1. Estimated number of establishments and employees within scope of survey and number
studied, miscellaneous plastics products industry, Septem ber 1974
Number o f
e sta b lish m en ts
Region
1/
and 1 a r e a
W ithin
scope of
s tu d y
U nited S ta te s
5 /...
New E n g l a n d 6 / ...........
L e o m i n s t e r , M ass .
M i d d l e A t l a n t i c 6/ .
N e w a r k , N . J ..............
New Y o r k , N. Y . . . .
Bor d e r S t a t e s .............
S o u t h e a s t ........................
Southw est. . . . . . . . . .
G r e a t L a k e s 6/ ...........
C h i c a g o , 1 1 1 ...........
C l e v e l a n d , Oh i o . .
D e t r o i t , M ich .. . .
M i n n e a p o l i s , S t . P a u l , M i n n ...........
M i d d l e W e s t ...................
P a c i f i c 6/ . . . . . . . . .
l e s A n g e l e s - L o n g Eea ch, , C a l i f . . .
3,321
274
41
853
127
1 9C
94
310
162
969
229
49
99
43
179
4C6
20 2
W orkers i n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
3/
2/
A ctu ally
stu d ied
892
86
15
210
38
47
31
87
53
2 73
66
18
28
14
48
94
52
1 T h e r e g i o n s u s e d in this stu dy i n cl u d e N ew E n g l a n d — C o n
ne c tic u t, M aine, M a s s a c h u s e tts , New H a m p s h ir e , Rhode Island, and
V e r m o n t ; M id d l e A t l a n t i c — N e w J e r s e y , N e w Y o r k , a n d P e n n s y l
v a n i a ; E o r d e r S t a t e s — D e l a w a r e , D i s t r i c t of C o l u m b i a , K e n t u c k y ,
M a r y l a n d , V i r g in i a ,' " a n d W e s t V i r g i n i a ; S o u t h e a s t —A l a b a m a , F l o r i d a ,
G e o r g i a , M i s s i s s i p p i , N o r t h C a r o li n a ! Sout h C a r o l i n a , a n d T e n
n e s s e e ; Southwest— A r k a n s a s , Louisiana, O klahom a, and T e xa s;
G r e a t L a k e s — I l l i n o i s , I n d ia na , M ic h i g a n , M i n n e s o t a , Oh io , a n d
W i s c o n s i n ; M id dl e W e s t — Iowa , K a n s a s , M i s s o u r i , N e b r a s k a , ^ N o r t h
D a k o t a , a n d South D a k o ta ; an d P a c i f i c — C a l i f o r n i a , N e v a d a , O r e g o n ,
W i t h i n s c o p e o f :s t u d y
P ro d u ctio n ;
O trice
workers
worke r s
T otal 4 /
27,218
5,138
67,027
9,802
9,875
11,432
27,008
14,196
1 C7,2 2 3
21,667
5,289
7,271
3,861
13,890
28,188
15,72 5
20,476
2 3 6 , 413
299,255
I
i
!
22,088
4,003
52,680
8 ,1 08
7,951
9,084
2 1 , 672
11,445
83,666
17,456
3,914
5,785
2, 935
11,063
2 2 , 306
12,714
!
1,784
3 93
4,757
561
606
824
1,62 8
900
7, 401
1,302
538
5 C4
276
9 55
2,004
1 ,1 0 2
A c tu ally
stu d ied
Total
148,01 4
15,820
3,433
29,88 1
4,446
3,770
6 , 516
14,650
7,409
54,936
11,087
3,050
3 , 246
2,341
5,974
11,562
6,801
and W ashington.
2 See i n d iv i d u a l a r e a t a b l e s 8 - 1 5 f o r d e f i n i t i o n s of s e l e c t e d
areas.
3 I n c l u d e s only t h o s e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i t h 20 w o r k e r s o r m o r e
a t the t i m e of r e f e r e n c e of the u n i v e r s e d a t a .
4 I n c l u d e s e x e c u t i v e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d o t h e r w o r k e r s e x c lu d e d
f r o m the p r o d u c t i o n a n d offi ce w o r k e r c a t e g o r i e s sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
5 I n c l u d e s d a ta f o r the M o u n t a i n r e g i o n in a d d i t i o n to t h o s e
sh o w n s e p a r a t e l y . A l a s k a a n d H a w a ii w e r e n o t i n c l u d e d in the s tu d y .
6 I n c l u d e s d a t a f o r a r e a s in a d d i t i o n to t h o s e s h o w n s e p a r a t e l y .
Size of community
Scheduled weekly hours
Tabulations by size of community pertain to metropoli
tan and nonmetropolitan areas. The term “metropolitan
areas,” as used in this bulletin, refers to the Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined by the U.S. Office
of Management and Budget through February 8, 1974.
Except in New England, a Standard Metropolitan Statis
tical Area is defined as a county or group of contiguous
counties which contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabi
tants or more. Counties contiguous to the one containing
such a city are included in a Standard Metropolitan Statisti
cal Area if, according to certain criteria, they are essentially
metropolitan in character and are socially 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 Metro
politan Statistical Areas.
Data on weekly hours refer to the predominant work
schedule for full-time production workers (or office
workers) employed on the day shift.
S h ift p ro v isio n s a n d p ra c tic e s
Shift provisions relate to the policies of establishments
either currently operating late shifts or having formal pro
visions covering late-shift work. Practices relate to workers
employed on late shifts at the time of the survey.
S u p p le m e n tary
b e n e fits
Supplementary benefits in an establishment were con
sidered applicable to all production 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 establish
ment. Because of length-of-service and other eligibility
requirements, the proportion of workers receiving the bene
fits may be smaller than estimated.
L a b o r-m a n ag e m e n t ag reem en ts
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.
Paid holidays. Paid holiday provisions relate to full-day and
half-day holidays provided annually.
Paid vacations. The summaries of vacation plans are limited
to formal arrangements and exclude informal plans where
by time off with pay is granted at the discretion of the
employer 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. The
periods of service for which data are presented represent
the most common practices, but they do not necessarily
reflect individual establishment provisions for progression.
For example, changes in proportions indicated at 10 years
of service may include changes which occurred between 5
and 10 years.
M e th o d o f w age p a y m e n t
Tabulations by method of wage payment relate to the
number of workers paid under the various time and in
centive wage systems. Formal rate structures for time-rated
workers provide single rates or a range of rates for individ
ual job categories. In the absence of a formal rate structure,
pay rates are determined primarily by the qualifications of
the individual worker. In a single rate structure the same
rate is paid to all experienced workers in the same job
classification. (Learners, apprentices, or probationary work
ers 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 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. Production bonuses are for production over a
quota or for completion of a task in less than standard
time.
Health , insurance , and retirem ent 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 workers’ com
pensation and social security. Among plans included are
those underwritten by a commercial insurance company
and those paid directly by the employer from his current
operating funds or from a fund set aside for this purpose.
Death benefits are included as a form of life insurance.
Sickness and accident insurance 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 pre
sented for all such plans to which the employer contributes
at least a part of the cost. However, in New York and New
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Jersey, where temporary disability insurance laws require
employer contributions,1 plans are included only if the em
ployer (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 work
er’s pay during absence from work because of illness; in
formal arrangements have been omitted. Separate tabula
tions are provided for (1) plans which provide full pay and
no waiting period, and (2) plans providing either partial pay
or a waiting period.
Medical insurance refers to plans providing for complete
or partial payment of doctors’ fees. Such plans may be
underwritten by a commercial insurance company or a non
profit organization, or they may be a form of self-insur
ance.
Major medical insurance, sometimes referred to as ex
tended medical or catastrophe insurance, includes plans
designed to cover employees for sickness or injury involving
an expense which exceeds the normal coverage of hospitali
zation, medical, and surgical plans.
Tabulations of retirement pensions are limited to plans
which provide regular payments for the remainder of the
retiree’s life. Data are presented separately for retirement
severance pay (one payment or several over a specified
period of time) made to employees on retirement. Estab
lishments providing both retirement severance payments
and retirement pensions to employees were considered as
having both retirement pensions and retirement severance
plans; however, establishments having optional plans pro
viding employees a choice of either retirement severance
payments or pensions were considered as having only retire
ment pension benefits.
P a id fu n e r a l a n d ju r y - d u ty leave. Data for paid funeral and
jury-duty leave relate to formal plans which provide at least
partial payment for time lost from attending funerals of
specified family members or serving as a juror.
T e c h n o lo g ic a l se v e ra n c e p a y . Data relate to formal plans
providing for payments to employees permanently sep
arated from the company because of a technological change
or plant closing.
Data relate to bene
fits in addition to those provided under State unemploy
ment systems.
S u p p le m e n ta l u n e m p lo y m e n t b e n e fits.
lrThe temporary disability insurance laws in California and
Rhode Island do not require employer contributions.
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Appendix C.
Occupational Descriptions
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 o f this emphasis on interestablishment and interarea comparability of occupa
tional content, the Bureau’s job descriptions may differ significantly from those in use in individ
ual establishments or those prepared for other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the
Bureau’s field staff is instructed to exclude working supervisors, apprentices, learners, beginners,
trainees, and handicapped, part-time, temporary, and probationary workers.
Blender
matrix of mold (bench molds are loaded with plastics
material and assembled at the bench before being placed
between the platens of the press); manipulates controls of
machine to compress material under high temperature and
pressure and form material to shape of mold; and opens
mold and removes molding plastics object if not automatic
ally ejected. May soften plastics material in oven or other
heating appliance to prepare material for molding and
remove scrap material from molded object. Operators of
compression-molding machines designed to perform one or
more o f the above operations automatically and operators
of transfer-molding machines are to be included. For wage
study purposes, compression-molding-machine operators
are classified as follows:
(Compounder; powder mixer; floor powderer)
Tends machine that blends powdered plastics materials
into specified compounds. Work involves m o s t o f th e f o l
lo w in g : Verifies specified amounts of filler, resin, and
stabilizer ingredients; dumps sacks o f powders into paddletype blender; pours liquid plasticizer into tank; starts
blender and pump on tank to spray plasticizer into blender;
discharges powdered mixture into carts.
Blow-molding-machine operator
Operates one blow-molding machine or more to produce
hollow plastics objects (e.g., bottles) by injecting a blob of
heated plastic in the mold cavity of the machine and inflat
ing the blob against the cool mold surface where it forms to
shape. Operators of blow-molding-machines designed to
perform one or more of the above operations automatically
are to be included. For wage study purposes, blow-mold
ing-machine operators are classified as follows:
C o m p r e ss io n -m o ld in g -m a c h in e o p e r a to r ( s e t u p a n d o p e r a te )
C o m p r e ss io n -m o ld in g -m a c h in e o p e r a to r (o p e r a te o n ly )
Electrician, maintenance
Performs a variety of electrical trade functions such as
the installation, maintenance, or repair o f equipment for
the generation, distribution, or utilization of electric energy
in an establishment. Work involves m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g :
Installing or repairing any of a variety of electrical equip
ment such as generators, transformers, switchboards, con
trollers, circuit breakers, motors, heating units, conduit
systems, or other transmission equipment; working from
blueprints, drawings, layout, or other specifications; locat
ing and diagnosing trouble in the electrical system or equip
ment; working standard computations relating to load
requirements of wiring or electrical equipment; and using a
variety of electrician’s handtools and measuring and testing
instruments. In general, the work of the maintenance elec
B lo w -m o ld in g -m a c h in e o p e r a to r ( s e t u p a n d o p e r a te )
B lo w -m o ld in g -m a c h in e o p e r a to r (o p e r a te o n ly )
Compression-molding-machine operator
(Hydraulic-press operator; molder; molder operator;
mold setter; plunger operator; transfer molder)
Operates one compression-molding machine or more
that mold thermosetting plastics materials into desired
shape. Work involves m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g : Places specified
amounts of plastics powder or preformed plastics pellets in
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Injection-molding-machine operator
trician requires rounded training and experience usually
acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience.
(Injection molder)
Operates one or more injection-molding machines that
mold thermoplastics materials. Work involves m o s t o f th e
f o llo w in g : Dumps plastics materials (powder or preformed
pellets) into hopper of machine; manipulates controls to
start machine which liquefies material in a heating chamber;
injects molten material into mold; and ejects molded prod
uct. May position a variety of inserts in mold cavity prior to
molding. May also remove scrap material from molded ob
ject. Operators of the injection-machines designed to
perform one or more of the above operations automatically
are to be included. For wage study purposes, injection
molding-machine operators are classified as follows:
Extrusion-press operator
(Extruder operator; stuffer; vertical hydraulic opera
tor; tube operator)
Forms plastics materials into dry or wet continuous
rods, tubes, strips, or similar shapes by means o f extrusion
machine. Depending on type o f extrusion machine, con
tinuously feeds dried materials into hoppers or periodically
stuffs large rolls o f plastics dough into cylinders. Measures
diameter of extruded materials using gages and makes
necessary adjustments. May oversee cutting off or winding
of extruded material. Operators o f extrusion-presses de
signed to perform one or more o f the above operations
automatically are to be includ : For wage study purposes,
extrusion-press operators are c .sified as follows:
I n je c tio n -m o ld in g -m a c h in e o p e r a to r ( s e t u p a n d o p e r a te )
I n je c tio n -m o ld in g -m a c h in e o p e r a to r ( o p e r a te o n ly )
Inspector, molded products
E x tr u s io n -p r e s s o p e r a to r ( s e t u p a n d o p e r a te )
Inspects finished molded plastics products for flaws and
defects, checking their dimensions and appearance to deter
mine whether they meet the required standards and specifi
cations. This classification is limited to workers engaged in
short-cycle repetitive inspection operations, involving visual
examination of products and/or use of standardized meas
uring instruments.
E x tru s io n -p r e s s o p e r a to r ( o p e r a te o n ly )
Finisher, molded plastics products
(Assembler; fabricator; shaper)
Shapes, finishes, or assembles molded plastics objects,
performing one or more o f a variety of repetitive, routine
hand or machine operations such as: Assembling, buffing,
burring, drilling and taping, filing, gluing, painting, polish
ing, and sanding. May be shifted from one operation to
another as necessary. Do not include workers regularly
assigned as tumbler operators.
Janitor
(Sweeper; janitress; porter; cleaner)
Cleans and keeps in an orderly condition factory work
ing areas and washrooms, or premises of an office, apart
ment house, or commercial or other establishment. Duties
involve a c o m b in a tio n o f th e fo llo w in g : Sweeping, mopping
or scrubbing, and polishing floors; removing chips, trash,
and other refuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures;
polishing metal fixtures or trimming; providing supplies and
m inor maintenance services; and cleaning lavatories,
showers, and restrooms. Workers who specialize in window
washing are excluded.
Guard
Makes rounds o f premises periodically to protect prop
erty against fire, theft, and illegal entry.
Helper, maintenance trades
Assists one or more workers in the skilled maintenance
trades, by performing specific or general duties of lesser
skill, such as keeping a worker supplied with materials and
tools; cleaning working area, machine, and equipment;
assisting worker by holding materials or tools; and perform
ing other unskilled tasks as directed by journeyman. The
kind o f work the helper is permitted to perform varies from
trade to trade: In some trades the helper is confined to
supplying, lifting, and holding materials and tools and
cleaning working areas; and in others he is permitted to
perform specialized machine operations, or parts o f a trade
that are also performed by workers on a full-time basis.
Laborer, material handling
(Loader and unloader; handler and stacker; shelver;
trucker; stockman or stock helper; warehouse
worker or warehouse helper)
A worker employed in a warehouse, manufacturing
plant, store, or other establishment whose duties involve
o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o llo w in g : Loading and unloading
various materials and merchandise on or from freight cars,
trucks, or other transporting devices; unpacking, shelving,
or placing materials or merchandise in proper storage loca
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tion; and transporting materials or merchandise by handtruck, car, or wheelbarrow. Longshore workers, who load
and unload ships, are excluded.
ture o f an establishment (usually a small plant where
specialization in maintenance work is impractical) in repair.
Duties involve the performance of operations and the use of
tools and equipment of several trades, rather than speciali
zation in one trade or one type of maintenance work only.
Work involves a c o m b in a tio n o f th e fo llo w in g : Planning and
laying out of work relating to repair of buildings, machines,
mechanical and/or electrical equipment; repairing electrical
and/or mechanical equipment; installing, alining and balanc
ing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, stairs, as
well as making and repairing bins, cribs, and partitions.
Laminating-press operator
(H ydraulic press operator; plate worker; panel
worker)
Laminates sheets of paper, fabric, or other materials im
pregnated with plastics solutions, using hydraulic presses.
Weighs and assembles sheets of impregnated material and
places assemblies between plain or engraved metal plates.
Inserts assemblies and metal plates between heated platens
of hydraulic presses and operates controls to subject assem
blies to heat and pressure required to compress and consoli
date layers o f material and impart desired finish.
Mandrel winder
{Fiber glass tube molder)
Winds resin-impregnated paper, cloth, or similar materi
als, or filler material for rods, to specified size on mandrels,
using powered winding machine, to obtain rods or tubes.
Places roll of resin-impregnated material and mandrel in
holding devices of winding machine; threads material under
guide and pressure rolls and onto cold or steam-heated man
drel; starts machine which winds materials onto mandrel;
and removes rods or tubes when specified amounts are
wound.
Machine-tool operator, toolroom
Specializes in the operation of one or more types of
machine tools, such as jig borers, cylindrical or surface
grinders, engine lathes, or milling machines in the construc
tion o f machine-shop tools, gages, jigs, fixtures, or dies.
Work involves m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g : Planning and perform
ing difficult machining operations; processing items requir
ing complicated setups or a high degree of accuracy; using a
variety o f precision measuring instruments; selecting feeds,
speeds, tooling, and operation sequences; and making neces
sary adjustments during operation to achieve requisite
tolerances or dimensions. May be required to recognize
when tools need dressing, to dress tools, and to select
proper coolants and cutting and lubricating oils.
Mechanic, maintenance
Repairs machinery or mechanical equipment of an estab
lishment. Work involves m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g : Examining
machines and mechanical equipment to diagnose source of
trouble; dismantling or partly dismantling machines and
performing repairs that mainly involve the use o f handtools
in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken or defective
parts with items obtained from stock; ordering the produc
tion of a replacement part by a machine shop or sending
the machine to a machine shop for major repairs; preparing
written specifications for major repairs or for the produc
tion o f parts ordered from machine shop; reassembling
machines; and making all necessary adjustments for opera
tion. In general, the work of a maintenance mechanic
requires rounded training and experience usually acquired
through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and
experience. Excluded from this classification are workers
whose primary duties involve setting up or adjusting
machines.
Machinist, maintenance
Produces replacement parts and new parts in making
repairs of metal parts o f mechanical equipment operated in
an establishment. Work involves m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g :
Interpreting written instructions and specifications; plan
ning and laying out o f work; using a variety of machinist’s
handtools and precision measuring instruments; setting up
and operating standard machine tools; shaping o f metal
parts to close tolerances; making standard shop computa
tions relating to dimensions of work, tooling, feeds and
speeds of machining; knowledge of the working properties
of the common metals; selecting standard materials, parts,
and equipment required for his work; and fitting and
assembling parts into mechanical equipment. In general, the
machinist’s work normally requires a rounded training in
machine-shop practice usually acquired through a formal
apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
Packer, shipping
Prepares finished products for shipment or storage by
placing them in shipping containers, the specific operations
performed being dependent on the type, size and number of
units to be packed, the type of container employed, and
method o f shipment. Work requires the placing o f items in
sliipping containers and m a y in v o lv e o n e o r m o r e o f th e
f o llo w in g : Knowledge o f various items of stock in order to
Maintenance worker, general tasks
Keeps the machines, mechanical equipment and/or struc
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verify content; selection o f appropriate type and size of
container; inserting enclosures in container; using excelsior
or other material to prevent breakage or damage; closing
and sealing container; and applying labels or entering identi
fying data on container. Packers who also make wooden
boxes or crates are excluded.
of pellet or biscuit. May clean, change, and adjust dies in
machine.
Scrap preparing operator
(Regrinder; regrind machine operator; scrap grinder;
scrap cutter; scrap sorter)
Pipefitter, maintenance
Performs any o f the following tasks connected with re
claiming scrap thermoplastics materials: Examines plastics
materials or products discarded during processing for
defects such as dirt and discoloration, and sorts according
to color, type o f stock, and defects; weighs scrap and places
it in container; removes masking paper from scrap plastics
materials; cuts materials to a size suitable for grinding
machines, using automatic or manually controlled cutting
machines; and removes dirt, lint, or other foreign matter
from ground thermoplastics scrap materials, using a washing
machine, to prepare materials for reprocessing, and dries
washed materials.
Installs or repairs water, steam, gas, or other types of
pipe and pipefittings in an establishment. Work involves
m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g : Laying out of work and measuring
to locate position of pipe from drawings or other written
specifications; cutting various sizes of pipe to correct
lengths with chisel and hammer o f oxyacetylene torch or
pipe-cutting machine; threading pipe with stocks and dies;
bending pipe by hand-driven or power-driven machines;
assembling pipe with couplings and fastening pipe to
hangers; making standard shop computations relating to
pressures, flow, and size of pipe required; and making
standard tests to determine whether finished pipes meet
specifications. In general, the work of the maintenance
pipefitter requires rounded training and experience usually
acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience. Workers primarily engaged in in
stalling and repairing building sanitation or heating systems
are excluded.
Setter-up, plastics-molding machine
(Machine adjuster; die setter; mold setter)
Sets up and adjusts compression (including transfer com
pression), injection, or similar type machines used for mold
ing plastics materials into desired shape. Work involves m o s t
o f th e fo llo w in g : Positions assembled mold on press bed of
molding machine; determines and adjusts length o f stroke
of ram to insure correct operation of machine; connects
steam, oil or water lines to mold or to cored platens or
adjusts electric switches to heat mold to desired tempera
tures; and regulates pressure and curing time and makes
other adjustments. Does not include workers who operate
machines. For wage survey purposes, workers are to be clas
sified according to type of machine, as follows:
Plastics cutter, machine
(Slitter; square cutter)
Operates an electrically powered shear-type cutting
machine to cut sheets of plastics materials to specified
dimensions. Work involves m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g : Turns
handwheel to adjust stops regulating width of cut; places
and alines sheets of plastics materials on bed of machine;
manipulates handwheel or lever to position and clamps
sheets for cutting; and starts machine and
pedal or
moves hand lever to force knife through stack. May clean
and oil machine and change cutting blade.
B lo w -m o ld in g m a c h in e
p r e s s e s
C o m p r e s s io n -m o ld in g m a c h in e
E x tr u s io n p re sse s
I n je c tio n -m o ld in g m a c h in e
V a c u u m -p la stic s-fo r m in g m a c h in e
Preform-machine operator
Shipping and receiving clerk
(Pilling-machine operator; biscuit-machine operator;
briquetting-machine operator; pelletizer; pelletmachine operator; tablet-machine operator)
Prepares merchandise for shipment, or receives and is
responsible for incoming shipments of merchandise or other
materials. S h ip p in g w o r k in v o lv e s : A knowledge of shipping
procedures, practices, routes, available means of transporta
tion and rates; and preparing records of the goods shipped,
making up bills of lading, posting weight and shipping
charges, and keeping a file of shipping records. May direct
or assist in preparing the merchandise for shipment. R e c e iv
in g w o r k in v o lv e s: Verifying or directing others in verifying
the correctness of shipments against bills of lading, invoices,
Operates machine to compress plastics powder to form
pellets or biscuits of prescribed weight and shape for use in
molding plastics objects in molding machine. Work involves
m o s t o f th e fo llo w in g : Loads hopper of machine with de
sired blend o f plastics powder; starts machine to set dies in
motion and adjusts valves to control flow o f powder from
hopper to machine which automatically presses out pellets
or biscuits; and checks and maintains predetermined weight
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powered truck or tractor to transport goods and materials
of all kinds about a warehouse, manufacturing plant, or
other establishment. For wage study purposes, workers are
classified by type of truck, as follows:
or other records; checking for shortages and reject
ing damaged goods; routing merchandise or materials to
proper department; and maintaining necessary records and
files. For wage study purposes, workers are classified as
follows:
T ru c k e r , p o w e r ( f o r k l if t )
T ru c k e r , p o w e r ( o th e r th a n f o r k l i f t )
R e c e iv in g c le r k
S h ip p in g c le r k
S h ip p in g a n d r e c e iv in g c le r k
Tumbler operator
Tool and die maker
(Tumbling barrel operator)
(Die maker; jig maker; tool maker; fixture maker;
gage maker)
Smooths irregularly shaped plastics pieces by revolving
them in a power-driven rotating drum that removes rough
ness o f pieces by the friction o f their contact with each
other or with abrasives or other materials in the drum.
Constructs and repairs machine-shop tools, gages, jigs,
fixtures or dies for forgings, punching, and other metal- or
plastics-forming work. Work involves m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g :
Planning and laying out of work from models, blueprints,
drawings, or other oral and written specifications; using a
variety o f tool and die maker’s handtools and precision
measuring instruments; understanding of the working prop
erties o f common metals and alloys; setting up and operat
ing of machine tools and related equipment; making neces
sary shop computations relating to dimensions o f work,
speeds, feeds, and tooling o f machines; heat-treating of
metal parts during fabrication as well as o f finished tools
and dies to achieve required qualities; working to close
tolerances; fitting and assembling o f parts to prescribed
toleran ces and allowances; and selecting appropriate
materials, tools, and processes. In general, the tool and die
maker’s work requires a rounded training in machine shop
and toolroom practice usually acquired through a formal
apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
Vacuum-plastics-forming-machine operator
(Vacuum holder)
Operates one machine or more that molds thermoplastic
sheets into products. Work involves m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g :
Places sheet on top of mold positions and fastens sealing
frame around sheet and to rim of mold; starts machine that
heats sheet and draws it into mold to form product, which
is sprayed with cool water or air to harden it; removes
product from mold. May trim excessive molding material
from products. Operators o f vacuum-plastics-forming
machines designed to perform one or more o f the above
operations automatically are to be included. For wage
study purposes, vacuum-plastics-forming machine operators
are classified as follows:
V a c u u m -p la stic s-fo rm in g
Trucker, power
V a c u u m -p la stic s-fo rm in g
Operates a manually controlled gasoline- or electric-
m a c h in e o p e r a to r
(s e ts u p a n d o p e r a te s )
( o p e r a te s o n ly )
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m a c h in e o p e r a to r
Industry Wage Studies
The most recent reports providing occupational wage
data for industries included in the Bureau’s program of in
dustry wage surveys since 1960 are listed below. Cppies are
for sale from the Superintendent o f Documents, LUS. Gov
ernment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or from
any o f its regional sales offices, and from the regional
offices of the Bureau of Labor Statistics shown on the in
side back cover. Copies that are out of stock are available
for reference purposes at leading public, college, or univer
sity libraries, or at the Bureau’s Washington or regional
offices.
M a n u fa c tu rin g
M a n u f a c tu r in g - C on tin u e d
Basic Iron and Steel, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1839
Candy and Other Confectionery Products, 1970. BLS
Bulletin 1732
Cigar Manufacturing, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1796
Cigarette Manufacturing, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1748~
Fabricated Structural Steel, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1695
Fertilizer Manufacturing, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1763
Flour and Other Grain Mill Products, 1972. BLS Bulletin
1803
Fluid Milk Industry, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1871
Footwear, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1792
Hosiery, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1863
Industrial Chemicals, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1768
Iron and Steel Foundries, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1894
Leather Tanning and Finishing, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1835
Machinery Manufacturing, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1859
Meat Products, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1896
Men’s and Boy’s Separate Trousers, 1974. BLS Bulletin
1906
Men’s and Boy’s Shirts (Except Work Shirts) and Night
wear, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1901
Men’s and Boy’s Suits and Coats, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1843
Miscellaneous Plastics Products, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1690
Motor Vehicles and Parts, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1679
Nonferrous Foundries, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1726
Paints and Varnishes, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1739
Paperboard Containers and Boxes, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1719
Petroleum Refining, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1741
Pressed or Blown Glass and Glassware, 1970. BLS Bulletin
1713
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1844
Southern Sawmills and Planing Mills, 1969. BLS Bulletin
1694
Structural Clay Products, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1697
Synthetic Fibers, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1740
Textile Dyeing and Finishing, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1757
Textiles, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1801
Wages and Demographic Characteristics in Work Clothing
Manufacturing, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1858
West Coast Sawmilling, 1969. BLS Bulletin 1704
Women’s and Misses’ Coats and Suits, 1970. BLS Bulletin
1728
Women’s and Misses’ Dresses, 1974. BLS Bulletin 1908
Wood Household Furniture, Except Upholstered, 1971.
BLS Bulletin 1793
N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g
Appliance Repair Shops, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1838
Auto Dealer Repair Shops, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1876
Banking, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1862
Bituminous Coal Mining, 1967. BLS Bulletin 1583
Communications, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1854
Contract Cleaning Services, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1778
Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production, 1972. BLS
Bulletin 1797
Department Stores, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1869
Educational Institutions: Nonteaching Employees,
1968-69. BLS Bulletin 1671
Electric and Gas Utilities, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1834
Hospitals, 1972. BLS Bulletin 18291
Hotels and Motels, 1973. BLS Bulletin 1883
Laundry and Cleaning Services, 1968. BLS Bulletin 16451
Life Insurance, 1971. BLS Bulletin 1791
Metal mining, 1972. BLS Bulletin 1820
Motion Picture Theaters, 1966. BLS Bulletin 15421
Nursing Homes and Related Facilities, 1973. BLS Bulletin
1855
Scheduled Airlines, 1970. BLS Bulletin 1734.
Wages and Tips in Restaurants and Hotels, 1970. BLS
Bulletin 1712
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