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INDUSTRY WARE SURVEY
Crude Petroleum and Natural
Gas Production




I
August 1967

Bulletin No. 1566
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

INDUSTRY WAGE SURVEY

Crude Petroleum and Natural
Gas Production
August 1967

B ulletin No. 1566
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Willard Wirtz, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner

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Preface
T h is b u lle tin s u m m a r i z e s the r e s u l t s of a B u r e a u
of L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s s u r v e y of w a g e s and s u p p l e m e n t a r y
b e n e f it s in the c r u d e p e t r o l e u m and n a t u r a l g a s p r o d u c t io n
i n d u s t r y in A u g u st 1967.
T h is stu d y w a s con d u c ted in the B u r e a u ' s O ffic e of
W a g e s and I n d u s t r i a l R e l a t i o n s .
The a n a l y s i s w a s p r e ­
p a r e d by C h a r l e s E . S c o tt, J r . , in the D i v i s i o n o f O c c u ­
p a t i o n a l W age S t r u c t u r e s . F i e l d w o rk f o r the s u r v e y w a s
d i r e c t e d by the A s s i s t a n t R e g io n a l D i r e c t o r s f o r O p e r a t i o n s .
O th e r r e p o r t s a v a i l a b l e f r o m the B u r e a u ' s p r o g r a m
of in d u s t r y w a g e s t u d i e s , a s w e ll a s the a d d r e s s e s of the
B u r e a u ' s s i x r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s , a r e l i s t e d a t the end of
th is b u lle tin .




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S u m m a r y ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In d u stry c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------O c c u p a ti o n a l e a r n i n g s ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E s t a b l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p l e m e n t a r y w a g e p r o v i s i o n s -------------------------------------------S c h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u r s and sh ift p r o v i s i o n s --------------------------------------------------------------P a i d h o l i d a y s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------P a i d v a c a t i o n s ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------H ealth , i n s u r a n c e , and r e t i r e m e n t p l a n s --------------------------------------------------------------------O th er s e l e c t e d b e n e f it s ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Industry Wage Survey—

Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production, August 1967
Sum m ary

the p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s w ith in s c o p e o f the
s u r v e y w e r e in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r i m a r i l y p r o ­
d u c in g c r u d e p e t r o l e u m .

M a in t e n a n c e e l e c t r i c i a n s , a v e r a g i n g $3 .7 2
an h o u r ( s t r a i g h t - t i m e ) , w e r e the h i g h e s t p a i d
a m o n g the 10 o c c u p a t i o n s s e l e c t e d f o r stu d y
in an A u g u s t 1967 B u r e a u of L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s
s u r v e y of the c r u d e p e t r o l e u m an d n a t u r a l
g a s p rod u ctio n in d u stry . 1 H ou rly a v e r a g e s
f o r the r e m a i n i n g j o b s r a n g e d f r o m $ 2 . 80 f o r
r o t a r y f l o o r m e n to $ 3 . 6 2 f o r m a i n t e n a n c e
m ech an ics.
P u m p e r s and r o u s t a b o u t s , n u ­
m e r i c a l l y the two m o s t i m p o r t a n t g r o u p s
s t u d i e d , a v e r a g e d $ 2 . 9 7 an d $ 2 . 8 6 a n h o u r ,
re sp e ctiv e ly .

T o t a l e m p l o y m e n t of the i n d u s t r y a t the
t i m e of s u r v e y w a s e s t i m a t e d to b e 9 1 , 5 7 6 ,
a d e c l i n e of a b o u t 18 p e r c e n t s i n c e May—J u n e
I 9 6 0 w hen a s i m i l a r s u r v e y w a s c o n d u c te d . 3
M u c h of th is d e c l i n e r e s u l t e d f r o m the i n d u s ­
t r y ' s i n c r e a s i n g p r a c t i c e of h a v in g i t s w e l l ­
d r i l l i n g o p e r a t i o n s d on e b y o u t s i d e c o n t r a c ­
t o r s w h ich w e r e e x c l u d e d f r o m the s u r v e y . 4
Only o n e - f if t h of the w o r k e r s w ithin s c o p e of
the s u r v e y w e r e in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s th a t c o n ­
d u c t e d any w e l l - d r i l l i n g o p e r a t i o n s . T h e p r o ­
p o r t i o n s w e r e s l i g h t l y m o r e than o n e - h a l f on
the L o u i s i a n a G u l f C o a s t ; a p p r o x i m a t e l y o n e t h i r d in C a l i f o r n i a , W e s t e r n P e n n s y l v a n i a , the
B o r d e r S t a t e s , and the G r e a t L a k e s ; o n e fo u r t h in the M i d d l e A t l a n t i c ; an d l e s s than
o n e - te n th in the r e m a i n i n g r e g i o n s , S t a t e s ,
and a r e a s .
T h ese esta b lish m e n ts g e n e ra lly
did p a r t o f t h e i r own w e l l d r i l l i n g a n d h a d the
r e m a i n d e r done on a c o n t r a c t b a s i s .

A m o n g the r e g i o n s an d S t a t e s s t u d ie d
s e p a r a t e ly , job a v e r a g e s w e re u s u a lly h ig h e st
in C a l i f o r n i a and l o w e s t in the M i d d l e A t la n t i c
or B o rd e r States.
O c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e s in
T e x a s , w h ich a c c o u n t e d f o r o n e - t h i r d of the
51,707 p r o d u c t i o n an d r e l a t e d w o r k e r s c o v e r e d
by the s u r v e y , w e r e u s u a l l y a t o r n e a r n a t i o n ­
w id e l e v e l s .

S l i g h t l y m o r e than s e v e n - t e n t h s of the
in d u s t r y 's p rod u ctio n w o r k e r s w e re e m p loy ed
in f o u r S t a t e s ; o n e - t h i r d in T e x a s , a l m o s t
o n e - s i x t h e a c h in C a l i f o r n i a and L o u i s i a n a ,
and o n e - te n th in O k l a h o m a .
T h ree-fou rth s
of the e m p l o y m e n t in T e x a s w a s in the in la n d
s e c t i o n of the S t a t e , w h e r e a s the L o u i s i a n a
G u lf C o a s t a c c o u n t e d f o r s e v e n - e i g h t h s of the
p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in t h a t S t a t e .

M o r e than n i n e - t e n t h s of the i n d u s t r y ' s
p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s w e r e in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
p rovid in g p aid h o lid a y s, u s u a lly 8 d a y s ann u­
a l l y ; an d p a i d v a c a t i o n s , t y p i c a l l y 2 w e e k s
of p a y a f t e r 1 y e a r of s e r v i c e , 3 w e e k s a f t e r
5 y e a r s , 4 w e e k s a f t e r 10 y e a r s , an d 5 w e e k s
a f t e r 20 y e a r s . V a r i o u s t y p e s of h e a l t h and
i n s u r a n c e p l a n s , in c lu d in g p a i d s i c k l e a v e and
re tire m e n t p en sio n s b e n e fits, w ere a ls o w ide­
s p r e a d in the i n d u s t r y .

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See appendix A for scope and method of survey, and ap­
pendix B for occupational descriptions. Wage data in this bulletin
exclude premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends,
holidays, and late shifts.
2 A crude petroleum or natural gas establishments, for pur­
poses of this study, was defined to cover all oil and gas field
activities of an operating company in the wage area for which
separate data are presented.
3 For an account of the earlier study, see Wage Structure:
Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production, May-June i9 6 0 ,
BLS Report 181 (1961).
* It is estimated that establishments performing oil or gas
field services (e. g. , well drilling or geophysical a nd geological
exploration) employed approximately 112,000 workers during the
survey period. In 1963, the most recent date for which inform a­
tion is available, slightly more than 85 percent of the 41, 600 new
wells were drilled by contract drillers. Source: U. S. Department
of Com merce, Bureau of the Census, 1963 Census of Mineral
Industries. Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas, Industry Report
MIC 63 (P) - 13B-1; and Oil and Gas Field Services MIC 63 (1) - 13D.

Industry C h a r a c t e r is tic s
T h is stu d y in c l u d e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e n ­
g a g e d p r i m a r i l y in o p e r a t i n g o il a n d g a s f i e l d
p r o p e r t i e s , w h i c h in clu d e s e x p lo ra tio n fo r
c r u d e p e t r o l e u m an d n a t u r a l g a s ; d r i l l i n g ,
c o m p l e t i n g , an d e q u ip p in g w e l l s ; o p e r a t i o n of
s e p a r a t o r s , e m u l s i o n b r e a k e r s , d esiltin g
e q u ip m e n t , an d a l l o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s in c i d e n t
to m a k i n g o il an d g a s m a r k e t a b l e up to the
p o i n t of s h i p m e n t f r o m the p r o d u c i n g p r o p ­
e r t y . 2 A l s o in c l u d e d in the stu d y w e r e e s ­
t a b l i s h m e n t s e n g a g e d in the p r o d u c t i o n of o il
t h r o u g h the m in i n g an d e x t r a c t i o n of o il f r o m
o il s h a l e and o il s a n d s . O v e r n i n e - t e n t h s of




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In 1966, 3 b illio n b a r r e l s o f c r u d e oil
w e r e p r o d u c e d in th is c o u n try f r o m m o r e than
583, 000 w e l l s . 5 T he follow in g ta b u la tio n r e ­
f l e c t s the r e l a t i v e i m p o r t a n c e of S t a t e s in the
N a t i o n 's t o t a l c r u d e p e t r o l e u m p r o d u c tio n
in 1966:
State

Percent of U. S. production

T e x a s ------------------------------------L ou isiana--------------------------------C a lifo r n ia -------------------------------O k lah o m a-------------------------------W yom ing-----------------------------------New M e x ic o ----------------------------K a n sa s-------------------------------------------Illin o is-------------------------------------------M ississippi-------------------------------C o lo ra d o -----------------------------------Montana-----------------------Arkansas--------- -------------------- - - Kentucky-----------------------------------------M ich igan-----------------------------Other States----------------------------- -

34. 9
22. 3
11.4
7. 4
4 .4
4.1
3 .4
2 .0
1.8
1 ,2
1.1
.8
.6
.5
4 .1

The e x t r a c t i o n of c r u d e p e t r o l e u m and
n a t u r a l g a s th ro ugh o f f - s h o r e o p e r a t i o n s i s
l a r g e l y con fin ed to the T e x a s , L o u i s i a n a , and
C a lifo rn ia c o a s t s .
Although o f f - s h o r e o p e r ­
a tio n s a c c o u n t f o r a r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l p r o p o r ­
tion of the N a t i o n 's c r u d e p e t r o l e u m p r o d u c ­
tion, the n u m b e r of o f f - s h o r e w e l l s d r i l l e d
h a s i n c r e a s e d o v e r the p a s t s e v e r a l y e a r s ,
a s in la n d d r i l l i n g s d e c lin e d . The n u m b e r of
o f f - s h o r e d r i l l i n g s n e a r l y d ou b led b etw een
I9 6 0 and 1965, with v i r t u a l l y a l l of the in ­
c r e a s e o c c u r r i n g in L o u i s i a n a . Of the 1 ,0 2 2
o f f - s h o r e w e l l s d r i l l e d in 1965, 85 p e r c e n t
w e r e in the L o u i s i a n a G u lf C o a s t ; T e x a s and
C a l i f o r n i a a c c o u n te d f o r v i r t u a l l y a l l of the
r e m a i n d e r . 6 E s t a b l i s h m e n t s h av in g a t l e a s t
p a r t of t h e i r o p e r a t i o n s off s h o r e e m p l o y e d
95 p e r c e n t of the w o r k e r s in the L o u i s i a n a
G u lf C o a s t , c o m p a r e d with about o n e - h a l f in
T e x a s G u lf C o a s t and C a l i f o r n i a .
N e a r l y a l l p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in the in ­
d u s t r y w e r e p a i d on a t i m e - r a t e b a s i s .
Over
f o u r - f i f t h s w e r e e m p lo y e d in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s
which had f o r m a l w a g e p la n s p r o v i d in g f o r
s in g le r a t e s f o r s p e c i f i e d o c c u p a t io n s ; m o s t
of the r e m a in in g w o r k e r s w e r e in e s t a b l i s h ­
m e n t s in which p a y r a t e s w e r e d e t e r m i n e d
p r i m a r i l y in r e l a t i o n to the q u a l i f i c a t i o n s of
the in d iv id u a l e m p l o y e e .
E s t a b l i s h m e n t s h av in g c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n ­
ing a g r e e m e n t s c o v e r in g a m a j o r i t y o l t h e i r
p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d n e a r l y t h r e e eigh th s of the i n d u s t r y ' s w o rk f o r c e . A s the
follow in g tab u la tio n i n d i c a t e s , the e xten t of
u n io n iz a tio n v a r i e d w id e ly by g e o g r a p h i c a r e a :




Region and State

Percent of production workers
in establishments having labormanagement contracts covering
a majority of these workers—

United States

35-39

Middle A t la n tic --------------------Western Pennsylvania--------Border S ta te s------------------------Great L a k e s-------------------------Midcontinent-----------------------O klahom a------------------------L ou isiana----------------------------Gulf C o a s t ----------------------Northern L o u isian a------------T e x a s --------------------------------Gulf C o a s t ----------------------In land----------------------------M ountain---------------------------C a lifo r n ia -------------------

25-29
30-34
45-49
15-19
20-24
35-39
15-19
15-19
5 -9
40-44
45-49
40-44
35-39
60-64

M o s t of the c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g a g r e e m e n t s
in the in d u s t r y w e r e with in d e p e n d e n t u n io n s.
The O il, C h e m i c a l and A to m ic W o r k e r s In­
t e r n a t i o n a l Union, an A F L —CIO a f f i l i a t e , a l s o
had a s u b s t a n t i a l n u m b e r of a g r e e m e n t s in
the in d u s t r y .
O c c u p a tio n a l E a r n i n g s
The 10 o c c u p a t io n s s tu d ie d w e r e s e l e c t e d
to r e p r e s e n t w a g e l e v e l s f o r the v a r i o u s t y p e s
of a c t i v i t i e s p e r f o r m e d by e m p l o y e e s in the
c r u d e p e t r o l e u m and n a t u r a l g a s p r o d u c t io n
in d u s t r y (tab le 1). M a in t e n a n c e e l e c t r i c i a n s ,
h i g h e s t p a i d of t h e s e j o b s , a v e r a g e d $ 3 . 7 2 an
h o u r in A u g u st 1967. A v e r a g e s of w e ll o v e r
$ 3 an h o u r a l s o w e r e r e c o r d e d f o r m a i n t e ­
n an ce m e c h a n i c s ( $ 3 . 6 2 ) , r o t a r y d r i l l e r s
( $ 3 . 5 2 ) , oil f i e ld w e l d e r s ( $ 3 . 5 1 ) , and g a s ­
m en ($ 3 .4 6 ).
P u m p e r s , who o p e r a t e the
p o w e r u n its which d r i v e the p u m p s u s e d to
lift oil f r o m w e l l s in which the n a t u r a l flow
h a s d im in i s h e d o r c e a s e d , c o n stitu te d the
l a r g e s t o c c u p a t io n a l g r o u p s tu d ie d and a v e r ­
a g e d $ 2 . 9 7 an h o u r .
R o u s t a b o u t s (oil fi e ld
l a b o r e r s ) w e r e the s e c o n d l a r g e s t g r o u p s u r ­
v e y e d and a v e r a g e d $ 2 . 8 6 — 6 c e n ts m o r e than
r o t a r y f l o o r m e n ( d r i l l e r s ' h e l p e r s ) , who w e r e
l o w e s t p a id .
O c c u p a ti o n a l a v e r a g e s u s u a l l y w e r e h i g h ­
e s t in C a l i f o r n i a , ra n g in g f r o m 4 to 30 p e r c e n t
a b o v e n ation w id e a v e r a g e s . W a g e s l e v e l s in
the T e x a s and L o u i s i a n a G u lf C o a s t s w e r e a l s o

5 Minerals Yearbook, 1966, Vol. I-II, Metals, Minerals, and
Fuels, U .S . Bureau of Mines, 1967.
6 Latest information available, Petroleum Production, Drilling
and Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf, U. S. Department of
the Interior (1966).

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Average Hourly Earnings as Percent of Nationwide Averages by Region and State
(Nationwide averages - 100)

Area

Derrickmen

Middle A t la n t ic -------------Western Pennsylvania - Border S t a te s -----------------Great L a k e s-------------------Midcontinent ----------------Oklahoma ----------------Louisiana ---------------------Gulf C o a s t ----------------Northern L o u isia n a -----T e x a s --------------------------Gulf C o a s t -------- -------In la n d ---------------------M ountain----------------------California —,------------------

Drillers,
rotary

_

_

-

-

-

109
109
87
130

-

92
-

115
115
87
91
126

Elec­
tricians,
m ainte- Floormen,
nance
rotary
70
70
-

98
96
96
101
101
99
102
99
108
104

u s u a l l y a b o v e n a t io n a l l e v e l s . E x c e p t f o r the
M o u n ta in r e g i o n , j o b p a y a v e r a g e s f o r the
rem ain in g g e o g ra p h ic a r e a s w ere g e n e ra lly
b e lo w
c o r r e s p o n d i n g n at io n w id e a v e r a g e s .
O ccupational pay re latio n sh ip s a ls o v a rie d
w ithin g e o g r a p h i c a r e a s . T o i l l u s t r a t e , m a i n ­
te n a n c e m e c h a n i c s a v e r a g e d 1 3 p e r c e n t m o r e
than r o u s t a b o u t s on the L o u i s i a n a G u l f C o a s t ,
w h e r e a s the c o r r e s p o n d i n g s p r e a d w a s 25 p e r ­
c e n t in the T e x a s In lan d an d 30 p e r c e n t in the
G re a t L a k e s region.
(See tab u latio n ab o v e. )
A lth o u g h e a r n i n g s of i n d i v i d u a l s in the
se le c te d occu p atio n s w ere som ew h at d is p e r s e d
on a n at io n w id e b a s i s , t h e r e w e r e c l u s t e r i n g s
o f in d i v i d u a l e a r n i n g s in the s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s ,
S t a t e s , a n d a r e a s ( t a b l e s 2 to 6).
For ex­
a m p l e , a m a j o r i t y of the p u m p e r s in C a l i ­
f o r n i a , L o u i s i a n a , O k l a h o m a , T e x a s , an d the
M o u n ta in r e g i o n h a d e a r n i n g s b e t w e e n $ 3 . 3 0
an d $ 3 . 5 0 an h o u r .
E sta b lish m en t P r a c tic e s
W age P r o v i s i o n s

and

Su pplem en tary

D a t a a l s o w e r e o b t a in e d on w e e k l y w o r k
s c h e d u l e s an d s e l e c t e d s u p p l e m e n t a r y b e n e ­
f i t s , in c l u d in g p a i d h o l i d a y s a n d v a c a t i o n s ;
h e a l t h , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e t i r e m e n t p l a n s ; an d
oth er se le c te d b e n e fits.
S c h e d u l e d W e e k ly H o u r s an d S h ift P r o v i ­
sio n s.
W ork s c h e d u l e s of 40 h o u r s a w e e k
w e r e in e f f e c t in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g
s e v e n - e i g h t h s o f the p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in
A u g u s t 1967 ( t a b l e 7). T h i s w a s a l s o the p r e ­
d o m in a n t s c h e d u l e in e a c h o f the s e l e c t e d




Mechanics
m ainte­
nance
Gasmen

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

101
101
-

123

99
94
105
105
102
99
101
98
101
105

75
75
71
95
94
94
101
102
98
100
103
99
99
105

Pumpers
80
82
86
85
92
94
111
114
99
103
105
103
108
112

Roust­
abouts
81
85
76
92
95
99
111
114
95
101
103
100
107
109

Truckdrivers
91
91
82
97
88
89
99
98
103
110
101
108
115

Welders,
oil field
80
80
83
102
93
80
101
104
89
95
112
91
103
110

g eograph ic a r e a s .
S c h e d u l e s of 48 h o u r s a
w e e k o r m o r e , h o w e v e r , a p p l i e d to t w o - f i f t h s
of the w o r k e r s in the G r e a t L a k e s r e g i o n ,
a b o u t o n e - f o u r t h in N o r t h e r n L o u i s i a n a , an d
to a p p r o x i m a t e l y o n e - f i f t h in the M id c o n tin e n t.
S e v e n - t e n t h s of the p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s
w e r e in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v in g f o r m a l p r o ­
v is io n s fo r l a t e - s h if t w ork , u s u a lly p ro v id in g
d i f f e r e n t i a l s of 10 c e n t s a n h o u r f o r s e c o n d s h i ft w o r k and 2 0 c e n t s f o r t h i r d o r o t h e r
l a t e s h i f t s ( ta b le 8). L e s s than 5 p e r c e n t of
the w o r k e r s w e r e a c t u a l l y e m p l o y e d on l a t e
s h i f t s a t the t i m e o f the s u r v e y .
P a id H o lid ay s.
P a id h o lid a y s, u su ally
8 d ay s a y e a r , w ere p rovid ed by e s t a b lis h ­
m e n t s e m p l o y i n g n i n e - t e n t h s o f the i n d u s t r y !s
w o r k f o r c e ( ta b le 9). A lth o u g h p r o v i s i o n s f o r
8 p a i d h o l i d a y s a n n u a l ly w e r e m o s t c o m m o n
in e a c h o f the g e o g r a p h i c a r e a s , s u b s t a n t i a l
p r o p o r t i o n s of the w o r k e r s w e r e p r o v i d e d 5,
6, o r 7 d a y s in the M i d d l e A t l a n t i c , B o r d e r
S t a t e s , G r e a t L a k e s , an d M i d c o n t i n e n t r e ­
g i o n s , a s w e l l a s in N o r t h e r n L o u i s i a n a an d
T e x a s Inland .
P a id V ac atio n s.
P aid v acatio n s, a fte r
q u a li f y i n g p e r i o d s o f s e r v i c e , w e r e p r o v i d e d
by e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g n e a r l y a l l of the
p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s ( t a b l e 10).
T he m o s t
com m on vacatio n p ay p r o v isio n s fo r p r o d u c ­
tion w o r k e r s w e r e :
2 w e e k s of p a y a f t e r
1 y e a r of s e r v i c e ; 3 w e e k s a f t e r 5 y e a r s ;
4 w e e k s a f t e r 10 y e a r s ; a n d 5 w e e k s a f t e r
20 y e a r s .
P r o v i s i o n s f o r 5 w e e k s of v a c a ­
tion p a y w e r e l e s s p r e v a l e n t in the M i d d l e
A t l a n t i c , B o r d e r S t a t e s , an d G r e a t L a k e s
r e g i o n s , an d N o r t h e r n L o u i s i a n a than in the
other g e o g ra p h ic a r e a s .

4

H ealth , In s u r a n c e , and R e tir e m e n t P l a n s .
L i f e , h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n , s u r g i c a l , an d m e d i c a l
i n s u r a n c e , f i n a n c e d a t l e a s t in p a r t b y the
e m p l o y e r , w e r e a v a i l a b l e to m o r e th an n in e t e n th s o f the p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s ( t a b l e 11).
F o u r - f i f t h s o f the w o r k e r s w e r e p r o v i d e d
catastro p h e (m a jo r m ed ical) in su ran c e ; th reef o u r t h s , s i c k l e a v e ( u s u a l l y f u l l p a y w ith o u t
a w a itin g p e rio d ); th re e - fifth s, a c c i d e n t a l
d e a th an d d i s m e m b e r m e n t i n s u r a n c e ; an d on efifth , s i c k n e s s an d a c c i d e n t i n s u r a n c e .
The
p ro p o rtio n s of w o r k e r s p ro v id e d sp e c ifie d
h ealth and in s u r a n c e b e n e fits v a r ie d so m e w h at
by g e o g r a p h i c a r e a .
A c c i d e n t a l d e a t h and
d ism e m b e rm e n t in su ra n c e , fo r e x am p le , w as
p r o v i d e d to n e a r l y t w o - f i f t h s o f the w o r k e r s
in the B o r d e r S t a t e s c o m p a r e d with a p p r o x i ­
m a t e l y f o u r - f i f t h s in C a l i f o r n i a an d n o r t h e r n
L o u isian a.
P e n s i o n s —p r o v i d i n g ' r e g u l a r l i f e t i m e p a y ­
m e n t s to the e m p l o y e e on r e t i r e m e n t , in a d d i ­
tio n to F e d e r a l s o c i a l s e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s —




a p p l i e d to n e a r l y f o u r - f i f t h s of the w o r k f o r c e .
T he p r o p o r t i o n s r a n g e d f r o m t w o - f i f t h s in the
G r e a t L a k e s to n e a r l y a l l on the L o u i s i a n a
G u lf C o a s t .
O ther S e le c te d B e n e f i t s .
J u r y d uty an d
fu n e ra l leav e pay w ere p ro v id ed by e s t a b lis h ­
m e n t s e m p l o y i n g f o u r - f i f t h s of the w o r k e r s
( t a b l e 12).
F o u r - f i f t h s of the w o r k e r s o r
m o r e r e c e i v e d t h e s e b e n e f i t s in e a c h o f the
g e o g r a p h i c a r e a s e x c e p t the G r e a t L a k e s an d
M id c o n tin e n t.
T h r i f t o r s a v i n g s p l a n s , to w h ich the e m ­
p l o y e r m a k e s m o n e t a r y c o n t r ib u t i o n b e y o n d
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c o s t s , w e r e p r o v i d e d by e s ­
ta b lish m e n ts accou nting fo r n e a r ly tw o -th ird s
o f the i n d u s t r y ' s w o r k f o r c e . T he p r o p o r t i o n s
v a r ie d w idely by g e o g r a p h ic a r e a — fr o m onee igh th in the M i d d l e A t l a n t i c to m o r e th an
n i n e - t e n t h s on the L o u i s i a n a G u lf C o a s t .

Table 1.

Occupational Averages

(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 r n in g s 1 o f m e n in s e le c t e d p ro d u c tio n o c c u p a tio n s in c ru d e p e tr o le u m and
n a tu r a l g a s p ro d u ctio n e s t a b li s h m e n t s , U n ited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g io n s , 2 and S t a t e s , A u g u s t 1967)
M id d le A tla n tic

U n ited
S ta te s 3
O c c u p a tio n
N um be r
of
w o rkers
D e r r i c k m e n ______________________________
D r i l l e r s , r o t a r y _________________________
E l e c t r i c i a n s , m a in te n a n c e ______________
F lo o r m e n , r o t a r y ________________________
G a s m e n ___________________________________
M e c h a n ic s , m a in t e n a n c e ________________
P u m p e r s -------------- ----------------------------R o u s t a b o u t s ____ _________________________
T r u e k d r iv e r s _____________________________
W e ld e r s , o il f i e l d ________________________

A verage
h o u rly
e a r n in g s

N um ber
of
w o rk e rs

$ 2 . 86
3. 52
3. 72
2. 80
3 .4 6
3. 62
2. 97
2. 86
2. 95
3. 51

10
18
286
261
11
10

256
324
337
529
971
2, 104
1 5 ,2 7 3
10, 247
1, 146
41 9

A verage
h o u rly
e a r n in g s

-

B o rd er
S ta te s

We s t e r n
P e n n sy lv a n ia
N um ber
A verage
h o u rly
of
w o rk ers
e a r n in g s

T o tal

-

-

10
18
190
201
11
10

$ 2. 61
2. 73
2. 37
2. 32
2. 68
2. 80

N um ber
of
w o rk ers

A verage
h o u rly
e a r n in g s

-

-

-

$ 2 . 61
2. 73
2 .4 5
2 .4 4
2. 68
2. 80

-

-

20
289
517
39
20

M id co n tin en t

G reat
L ak es

$ 2. 58
2. 56
2. 16
2 .4 1
2. 90

T o ta l

N um ber
of
w o rk ers

A verage
h o u rly
e a r n in g s

32
15
29
827
491
81
16

$ 3. 25
3. 65
3 .4 3
2. 52
2. 64
2. 86
3. 58

N um ber
of
w ork ers

O klahom a
N um ber
of
w o rk e rs

A verage
h o u rly
e a r n in g s
_
$ 3 . 57
3. 41
3. 40
2. 72
2. 72
2. 60
3. 26

-

24
265
282
4, 334
2, 383
351
69

-

A verage
h o u rly
e a rn in g s
-

17
157
120
1, 928
1, 302
211
32

$ 3 . 56
3. 24
3 .4 0
2. 79
2. 82
2. 64
2. 82

L o u is ia n a

T exas
M ou n tain
C a lifo r n ia
N o rth e r n
T o ta l
G u lf C o a s t
T e x a s In lan d
L o u is ia n a
N um ber A v erag e N um ber A v erag e N um ber A v erag e N um ber A v erag e N um ber A v erag e N um ber A v erag e N um ber A v erag e N um ber A v erag e
h o u rly
h o u rly
h o u rly
h o u rly
of
of
h o u rly
of
of
h o u rly
of
of
h o u rly
of
of
h o u rly
w o r k e r s e a r n in g s w o r k e r s e a r n in g s w o r k e r s e a r n in g s wo rk e r s e a r n in g s w o r k e r s e a r n in g s w o r k e r s e a r n in g s w o r k e r s e a r n in g s w o r k e r s e a rn in g s
T o ta l

D e r r i c k m e n _______ ____ __ __ __ ____
D r i l l e r s , r o t a r y _________ __
___ ____
E l e c t r i c i a n s , m a i n t e n a n c e ______ =--------F lo o r m e n , r o t a r y _______ __ __ ________
G a s m e n -------------------- ---- ------------- —
M e c h a n ic s , m a in te n a n c e ____ __ ____
P u m p e r s ________________________ ________
R o u s ta b o u ts _ ________ — — — ----------____ ____
T ru e k d r i v e r s __ ____ ___
W e l d e r s , o il f ie ld _ __ __ ____ __ ____

74
79
44
182
128
329
2, 191
1, 729
45
87

G u lf C o a s t

$ 3.
4.
3.
2.
3.
3.
3.
3.
2.
3.

13
04
77
84
61
67
30
18
92
55

74
79
44
182
114
278
1, 804
1 ,4 6 9
43
73

$3.
4.
3.
2.
3.
3.
3.
3.
2.
3.

13
04
77
84
62
69
38
26
90
64

-

14
51
387
260
14

-

-

$ 3. 52
3. 56
2. 94
2. 73
_
3. 11

52
101
114
-

353
779
5, 276
3, 524
308
73

$ 2 . 48
3. 07
3. 70
-

3.
3.
3.
2.
3.
3.

-

-

28

$ 3. 80

-

43
62
06
90
05
35

91
156
1 ,0 7 2
963
70
14

-

3. 57
3. 72
3. 11
2 .9 6
3. 25
3 .9 3

78
86
-

262
623
4 , 204
2, 561
238
59

$ 3. 22
3. 67
3. 38
3. 59
3. 05
2. 87
2. 99
3. 21

26
18
133
1, 139
4 89
88
24

-

$ 4 . 01
-

3 .4 9
3. 60
3. 20
3. 05
3. 18
3. 61

40
40
100
105
173
512
929
835
223
120

$ 3 . 71
4. 43
3. 86
3 .4 3
3. 61
3. 81
3. 32
3. 11
3. 39
3. 85

1 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r tim e an d fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s, h o lid a y s , an d la te s h i f t s .
2 F o r d e fin itio n o f r e g io n s show n in th is o r su b se q u e n t t a b le s , s e e a p p e n d ix A t a b le , fo o tn o te 1.
3 I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
NOTE:

D a s h e s in d ic a te no d a ta r e p o r te d o r d a ta th at do not m e e t p u b lic a tio n c r i t e r i a .




01

Table 2.

Earnings Distribution:

Gasmen

0)

( P e r c e n t d is tr ib u tio n o f g a s m e n in cru d e p e tro le u m and n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s t a b lis h m e n t s b y a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t i m e h o u rly e a r n i n g s , 1
U nited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g io n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)

U nder
$ 3. 20
$ 3. 30
$ 3. 40

$ 3 . 2 0 .............................................................
an d u n d er $ 3. 30 _
_
___ — _
an d u n d er $ 3. 4 0 ______________________
an d u n d e r $ 3. 50 __
_
_ _ _ _ _

$ 3. 50 and u n d e r $ 3. 6 0 __

__ _____
$ 3 . 8 0 and u n d e r $ 3 . 7 0
-. __ _
$ 3. 70 an d u n d e r $ 3. 8 0 __________________ ____

$ 3. 80 an d u n d e r $ 3. 9 0 __________________
$ 3. 90 an d u n d e r $ 4 . 00 ___ __ _
_____
T o tal _

_

_

_

N um ber o f w o rk e rs
_____
_
_
A v e r a g e h o u rly e a r n in g s 1 _______-------------------

1
2
3
4

9. 8

T o ta l

3 10. 6

O k lah o m a

T o ta l

G u lf
C o a st

1 7 .8

6 .9
17. 8

1 3 .6
12. 5

1 4 .0
1 8 .5

2 3 .4

19. 3

57. 1

32. 0
9 .4
18. 8
1 .9
3. 5

14. 3
6 .0
43. 0

2 4 .2
1 0 .2
1 5 .3

17. 2
46. 9
7. 8

19. 3
48. 2
7 .9

3 5 .7
7. 1

100. 0

100. 0

971
$ 3 .4 6

265
$ 3 .4 1

_

-

_

T o ta l

G u lf
C o ast

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

8. 8
2 2 .4

_

-

-

4 .7

5. 3

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

157
$ 3 . 24

128
$ 3 . 61

114
$ 3 . 62

_

_

38. 8
. 3
14. 2

T exas
In lan d

M ou n tain

C a lifo r n ia

4 13. 3

9. 9

-

B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g , s u m s o f in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y no t e q u a l 100.




N o rth e rn
L o u is ia n a

-

E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y fo r o v e r t im e an d fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s, h o lid a y s , and la te s h i f t s .
I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
A ll w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 1. 80 to $ 1. 90.
W o r k e r s w e r e d is t r ib u t e d a s f o llo w s : 7 . 6 p e r c e n t a t $ 2 to $ 2 . 10 and 5 .7 p e r c e n t at $ 2 . 8 0 to $ 2 . 9 0 .

NOTE:

T exas

L o u is ia n a

M idco n tin en t
U n ited
S ta te s 2

A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s 1

14. 3
57. 1
-

24. 2

-

11. 8
25. 2
3 2 .4
.4
1 0 .7

-

-

7 7 .8
_

22. 2
-

_

_

9 .8
6 5 .9
5. 8
3. 5
1 0 .4
4 .6

-

-

-

5. 7

4 .4

6. 1

1 0 0 .0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

14
$ 3 . 52

353
$ 3 .4 3

91
$ 3 . 57

262
$ 3 . 38

18
$ 3 .4 9

173
$ 3 . 61

Table 3.

Earnings Distribution:

Mechanics, Maintenance

( P e r c e n t d is tr ib u tio n of m a in te n an c e m e c h a n ic s in c ru d e p e tr o le u m and n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s ta b lis h m e n ts by a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t i m e h o u rly e a r n i n g s , 1
U n ited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g io n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)
M id continent

M id d le A tla n tic
U nited
S ta te s2

A v e r a g e h o u rly e a r n in g s 1

W este rn
P en n ­
sy lv a n ia

T o ta l

U n d e r $ 2 . 50 ------------------------------------

3. 0

-

$ 2 .5 0
$ 2 .6 0
$ 2 .7 0
$ 2 .8 0
$ 2 .9 0

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
u nder

$ 2 .6 0
$ 2 .7 0
$ 2 .8 0
$ 2 .9 0
$ 3 .0 0

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.6
1. 6
.2
(4 )
. 1

16.
50.
11.
5.
11.

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

and
and
and
and
and

u nder
u nder
under
under
under

$ 3 .1 0
$ 3 .2 0
$ 3 .3 0
$ 3 .4 0
$ 3 .5 0

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.2
.9
.7
2. 2
12. 2

$ 3 .5 0
$ 3 .6 0
$ 3 .7 0
$ 3 .8 0
$ 3 .9 0

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
u nder
under
u nder

$ 3 .6 0
$ 3 .7 0
$ 3 .8 0
$ 3 .9 0
$ 4 .0 0

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

10.
14.
25.
23.
3.

B o rd er
S ta te s

34 5 . 0

7
0
1
6
1

_
15. 0
5. 0

_
_
5. 6
_

_
_
5. 6
_

-

-

25. 0
_
_
5. 0
5. 0

7
0
1
6
1

_

16.
50.
11.
5.
11.

_

_

G reat
L akes

T o ta l

3 .4

4. 6

_

L o u is ia n a

O k la ­
hom a
10. 8

_

T exas

T o ta l

G u lf
C o a st

-

-

-

_

.

_
_
0. 6
_

_
_
_

N o rth e r n
L o u is ia n a

-

2. 5
_

_
-

_

_
_
-

"

-

-

-

-

-

_
_
_
_
26. 6

_
_
_
15. 7
11. 8

8
5
2
6
5

11. 2
5. 8
30. 2
4. 3
2 1 .9

21. 6
3. 9
43. 1
_

.

_

_
_
_
17. 2
27. 6

6. 7
_
7. 1
37. 2

_
16. 7
8. 3

_
_
_
2. 4
24. 3

29. 1
5. 7
7. 1
_
-

37. 5
13. 3
13. 3
"

12.
5.
32.
3.
18.

T o ta l
4. 6

G u lf
C o a st

T exas
Inland

-

5 .9

.

_
3. 9
_

.3
2. 8
_
_

_
_
_

-

-

_
. 1
1. 7
3. 0

_
_
7. 7

_

.3
3. 5
_
_

_

8.
19.
46.
14.
2.

"

_

M ountain

C a li­
fo rn ia

-

-

.

_
_
_

_

_

_
_
-

_
.2
2. 1
1. 8

_
9. 8
_
18. 8

_
_
2. 7

3
9
8
7
6

5 .9
26. 2
49. 8
3. 4
.5

11. 3
43. 6
9. 0
1. 5
-

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

7
5
6
3
5

_
_

_
_
_

_

4 1 .4
10. 3
_
_

-

-

"

-

$ 4 . 0 0 and u n d e r $ 4 . 1 0 --------------------

.5

-

-

-

-

.5

6. 0

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

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s -------------------------A v e r a g e h o u rly e a r n in g s 1 -------- --------

2, 104
$ 3 . 62

18
$ 2 . 73

18
$ 2 . 73

20
$ 2 . 58

29
$ 3 .4 3

282
$ 3 .4 0

120
$ 3 . 40

329
$ 3 . 67

278
$ 3 . 69

51
$ 3 .5 6

779
$ 3 . 62

156
$ 3 . 72

623
$ 3 .5 9

133
$ 3 . 60

512
$ 3 . 81

1
2
3
4

-

-

-

E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r tim e and f o r w o rk on w e e k e n d s, h o lid a y s , and la te s h if t s .
I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r r e g io n s in ad d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
W o rk e rs w e re d is t r ib u t e d a s fo llo w s:
3 5 .0 p e r c e n t a t $ 2 to $ 2 . 1 0 , 5 . 0 p e r c e n t $ 2 . 3 0 to $ 2 . 4 0 ,
L e s s th an 0. 05 p e r c e n t.

NOTE:

B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g ,




su m s of in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y not e q u a l 100.

-

-

6 .4
24. 9
49. 2
5. 6
.9
.4

-

and 5 . 0 p e r c e n t a t $ 2 . 4 0 to $ 2 . 5 0 .

-

-

Table 4.

Earnings Distribution:

00

Pumpers

( P e r c e n t d is tr ib u tio n o f p u m p e rs in c ru d e p e tro le u m an d n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s t a b lis h m e n t s b y a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t i m e h o u rly e a r n in g s ,
U nited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g i o n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)
M id co n tin en t

M iddle A tlan tic
A v e r a g e h o u rly e a r n in g s 1

U n ited
S ta te s 2

T o ta l

W e ste rn
P en n­
sy lv a n ia

B o rd e r
S ta te s

G reat
L ak es

$ 2 . 00
$ 2 .1 0
$ 2. 20
$ 2 .3 0
$ 2 .4 0

and
an d
and
and
an d

under
unde r
under
under
unde r

$ 2 . 1 0 __________________
$ 2 . 2 0 __________________
$ 2. 3 0 -----------------------$ 2 . 4 0 _________ _______
$ 2 . 5 0 __________________

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

3. 5
_
21. 0
_
10. 8

5. 3
16. 3

13. 1
3. 1
-

$ 2 .5 0
$ 2 .6 0
$ 2 .7 0
$ 2 .8 0
$ 2 . 90

and
and
an d
and
and

unde r
unde r
unde r
unde r
under

$ 2 . 6 0 __________________
$ 2 . 7 0 __________________
$ 2 . 8 0 __________________
$ 2 . 9 0 __________________
$ 3. 0 0 __________________

4. 4
.8
.9
2. 7
.7

35. 0
14. 0

41. 6
2 1 .0
2. 6
-

5 9 .5
-

1.
1.
1.
3.
1.

$
$
$
$
$

00
10
20
30
40

an d
an d
and
an d
an d

u nder
u nder
under
u nder
under

$ 3 . 1 0 __________________
$ 3. 2 0 __________________
$ 3. 3 0 __________________
$ 3. 4 0 __________________
$ 3. 5 0 __________________

5 .4
2 .4
7. 0
23. 7
21. 5

15.9
2. 8
1. 4

3.
2.
13.
8.
9.

$ 3. 50
$ 3 .6 0
$ 3 .7 0
$ 3. 80
$ 3 . 90

an d
an d
and
and
an d

u nder
u n d er
u nder
under
u nder

$ 3 . 6 0 __________________
$ 3 . 7 0 __________________
$ 3. 8 0 __________________
$ 3. 9 0 __________________
$ 4 . 0 0 __________________

.6
3. 2
1. 6
1. 2

$ 4 . 00 an d o v e r ___________________________

_

_

-

-

-

2. 5
.9
.7
6. 3
.6

.
1.
6.
1.
.

8
3
8
3
7

_
.8
4. 7
1 .4
.9

4. 4
3 .9
17. 1
1. 0
-

2. 7
1. 0
1 .6
3. 6
.7

.4
1. 3
.9
4. 1
-

.8
1. 8

.4
1. 2
1. 3

.4
1. 5
1. 4

.8

7.
.
1.
3.
1.

7
9
5
0
3

13. 2
4. 4
7. 1
17. 8
1 1 .4

1. 2
7. 5
29. 7
2 1 .6

(3 )
.2
1. 7
21. 1
37. 1
.7
18. 2
4. 1
1. 2

0
3
8
9
5

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

3.
3.
3.
3.
3.

1.
2.
3.
2.
1.

1
6
2
3
1

4. 2
.5
3. 7
4. 3

1. 7

1 .6
1. 0
1. 2
1. 3
2. 9

6.
3.
1.
6.
2.

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

-

5
6
0
0
0

10. 3
8 .7
3. 1
3 .4
2. 2

6
3
0
5
6

6.
4.
6.
.
8.

G u lf
C o a st

T o ta l

0.
2.
1.
1.
1.

4. 8
1. 1
6 .4
1 2 .9
.4

1.
2.
2.
2.
2.

T o ta l

T exas
N o rth e r n
L o u is ia n a

0. 9

1
1
8
6
0

6 0 ______________________________
unde r $ 1 . 7 0 __________________
u n d er $ 1 . 8 0 __________________
unde r $ 1 . 9 0 __________________
u n d e r $ 2 . 0 0 __________________

G ulf
C o ast

0. 1
.5
.2
.2
.9

2.
5.
3.
6.
2.

$ 1.
an d
and
and
an d

-

T o ta l

8
1
2
4
0

U n d er
$ 1 .6 0
$ 1 .7 0
$ 1 .8 0
$ 1. 90

_

L o u is ia n a '

O k la ­
hom a

-

_
-

_

_

Texas
In lan d

2
6
1
2
0

M ou nta in

C a li­
fo r n ia

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

2. 3
5. 7

. 1
2. 9
4. 9
-

3.
.
2.
3.
.

3
5
0
2
9

1. 6
-

1
1
6
1
3

6. 0
1. 9
.4
-

7. 4
. 1
1. 5
3. 8
1 .6

_

.

1. 6
1. 1
-

-

1 .6
2. 8
4. 8
23. 3
30. 2

.6
.9
6. 3
23. 8
25. 4

8
2
4
1
4

1. 1
7. 2
58. 9
18. 8

_
-

8. 6
29. 1
43. 7
9. 5

17. 9
40, 9

.3
1. 0
9 .6
36. 2
19. 1

.8
22. 1
4. 9
1. 5
-

_
.5
-

1. 4
. 1
2. 6
2. 5
-

1. 7
. 7
8. 2
5. 6
-

-

-

1. 1
1. 8
-

. 1
1. 8
-

9. 1
-

_

_

. 1

.7

_

_

_

_
-

_

_

_

.2

-

-

-

-

-

“

-

-

.3
-

.4
_
.3
-

(3 )

_

_

_

_

_

_

-----------------------------

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

1 0 0 .0

100. 0

N u m b e r s o f w o r k e r s ----------------------------A v e r a g e h o u rly e a r n in g s L---- --------------

1 5 ,2 7 3
$ 2 . 97

286
$ 2 . 37

190
$ 2 .4 5

289
$ 2 .5 6

827
$ 2 . 52

4 , 334
$ 2 . 72

1 ,9 2 8
$ 2 .7 9

2, 191
$ 3 . 30

1 ,8 0 4
$ 3 . 38

387
$ 2 .9 4

5 ,2 7 6
$ 3 . 06

1 ,0 7 2
$ 3 . 11

4 , 204
$ 3 . 05

1, 139
$ 3 . 20

929
$ 3 . 32

T o tal

--------

_

1 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and f o r w o rk on w e e k e n d s, h o lid a y s , and la te s h i f t s .
2 I n c lu d e s d a ta fo r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
3 L e s s th an 0. 05 p e r c e n t.
NOTE:

B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g , s u m s of in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y not e q u a l 100.




_

_

1.
3.
4.
23.
31.

_

-

1. 4

_

_

Table 5.

Earnings Distribution:

Roustabouts

( P e r c e n t d is tr ib u tio n o f ro u s ta b o u ts in c ru d e p e tr o le u m and n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s ta b lis h m e n ts b y a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t i m e h o u rly e a r n i n g s , 1
U n ited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g io n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)
M id d le A tla n tic
U nited
S ta te s2

A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 1

T o ta l

$ 1 . 4 0 and u n d e r $ 1 . 5 0 --------------------

1 .3

-

$ 1 .5 0
$ 1 .6 0
$ 1 .7 0
$ 1 .8 0
$ 1 .9 0

and
and
an d
an d
and

under
under
under
under
under

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

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 .9
2. 1
1 .5
4 .9
2 .0

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

$ 2 .0 0
$ 2 . 10
$ 2 .2 0
$ 2 .3 0
$ 2 .4 0

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
u nder
u nder

$ 2 . 10
$ 2 .2 0
$ 2 .3 0
$ 2 .4 0
$ 2 .5 0

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4 .0
3 .4
1 .8
1. 6
. 1

$ 2 .5 0
$ 2 .6 0
$ 2 .7 0
$ 2 .8 0
$ 2 .9 0

an d
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
u nder

$ 2 .6 0
$ 2 .7 0
$ 2 .8 0
$ 2 .9 0
$ 3 .0 0

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

and
and
and
and
and

under
under
under
under
under

$
$
$
$
$

3
3
3
3
3

.1
.2
.3
.4
.5

0
0
0
0
0

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$ 3 . 5 0 and o v e r -------------------------------T o t a l ................................

. . .

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s ---------------------------A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n i n g s 1-------------------

1
2

4. 1
1 0 .0
3 3 .4
12. 5
5 .0

W este rn
P en n­
sy lv a n ia

M id co n tin en t
B o rd er
S ta te s

G reat
Lakes

T o ta l

O k la ­
hom a

L o u is ia n a
T o tal -

G u lf
C o a st

T exas
N o rth e r n
L o u is ia n a

T o tal

10. 6

-

2. 6

4. 8

-

-

-

-

0
0
5
9

13. 0
9. 9
.4
.8
-

_
_
6. 1
13. 6
3. 1

2. 3
4 2
1. 3
9 .0
2. 9

2. 8
_
.8
1 1 .8
2. 2

1. 7
_
_
.8
.8

_
_
_
-

11. 5
_
_
5 .4
5. 4

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

4. 2
_
5. 7
1. 1
4. 6

5. 5
_
_
_
6. 0

5 .4
.8
1 0 .4
1 .7
.2

10. 2
1. 2
7. 3
1 .4
-

8. 1
.8
2. 1
. 1
-

_
3. 8
_
-

.8
.8
1 .4
4. 2
-

1 .0
1. 0
1. 6
1. 6
-

31. 0
20. 7
.
3. 1
.4

36. 8
26. 9
_
4. 0
.5

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

3. 3
3. 1
_
.8
1. 6

1. 7
1. 0
_
2. 3
2. 6

3. 1
_
_
_
4. 1

_
_
_
_
1. 5

_
_
_
_

_
_
_
.8
-

8. 8
1 .2
26. 9
1 0 .8
.6

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

8. 1
4 4 .8
1 3 .5
-

_
_
_
_

-

_
3.
1.
1.
14.

_

_
_
_
"

5.
.
37.
19.
25.

_

!

G u lf
C o a st
3. 6
1. 5

_

3. 7

3 .4
8. 6
. 1.
1 .9
-

10. 0
4. 4

.8

-

_
_
10. 0

.2
.7
3. 6
.3
1 .3

7
1
1
9
1

6 .5
_
40. 9
17. 8
2 9 .5

1. 2
.8
15. 8
31. 5
-

2 .3
5. 6
40. 8
19. 0
-

_
1 8 .5
_

_
_
-

T exas
Inlan d

M ounta in

-

-

-

1 .2
.9
1. 2
7. 7
1 .8

5. 3

_
_

_
_
_

-

-

_
_
_

_
_

-

-

.9
10. 2
.2
2. 6
_

15. 5

-

.9
4 .4
.4
1 .8

4 .9
4. 5
-

3. 1
37. 2
3 2 .4
-

3. 2
6 .6
42. 2
1 4 .0
-

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

_

1 .5
_

C a li­
fo rn ia

_

_

_
_
2 .9
5 .6
10. 3
74. 6
6. 6

_

-

.5

1. 9

_

1. 0

_

1 0 0 .0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

1 0 ,2 4 7
$ 2 . 86

261
$ 2 . 32

201
$ 2 .4 4

517
$ 2 . 16

491
$ 2 . 64

2 ,3 8 3
$ 2 . 72

1 ,3 0 2
$ 2 . 82

1 ,7 2 9
$ 3 . 18

1 ,4 6 9
$ 3 . 26

260
$ 2 . 73

3 ,5 2 4
$ 2 . 90

963
$ 2 . 96

2 ,5 6 1
$ 2 . 87

489
$ 3 .0 5

835
$ 3 . 11

.2

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and f o r w o rk on w e e k e n d s, h o lid a y s , and la te s h i f t s .
In c lu d e s d a ta f o r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .

N O T E : . B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g ,




s u m s o f in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y no t e q u a l 100.

(0

Table 6.

Earnings Distribution:

O

Truckdrivers

( P e r c e n t d is tr ib u tio n o f tr u c k d r i v e r s in cru d e p e tro le u m and n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s t a b lis h m e n t s b y a v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t i m e h o u rly e a r n in g s ,
U n ited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g i o n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)
M id co n tin en t

M id d le A tla n tic
U n ited
S ta te s 2

A v e r a g e h o u rly e a r n in g s 1

$ 1. 50 and u n d e r $ 1. 60
$ 1. 60 and u n d er $ 1. 7 0 _________________________
$ 1. 80 and u n d e r $ 1. 90 _
$ 1. 90 and u n d er $ 2 . 0 0 _________________________
$2.
$2.
$2.
$2.
$ 2.

1.
1.
2.
1.
8.

0
0
8
7
6

T o ta l

W e ste rn
P en n­
sy lv a n ia

_
_
.

_
.

-

-

_
-

_
-

-

-

-

_
90. 9

.
9 0 .9
9. 1
-

_
10. 3
_
25. 6
15. 4

00
10
20
30
40

an d
an d
and
an d
and

under
under
under
under
under

$ 2 . 1 0 _________________________
$ 2 . 2 0 ____________________
$ 2 . 3 0 --------------------------------$ 2 . 4 0 _________________________
$ 2 . 5 0 _________________________

3. 9
4. 1
1. 0
2. 8
.9

$ 2. 50
$ 2 .6 0
$ 2. 70
$ 2 . 80
$ 2 .9 0

and
and
an d
an d
and

under
under
u nder
under
u nder

$ 2 . 6 0 _________________________
$ 2 . 7 0 _________________________
$ 2. 8 0 ---------------- -------------$ 2 . 9 0 _________________________
$ 3. 0 0 _________________________

.
1.
.
1.
1.

3
7
5
0
0

$
$
$
$
$

00
10
20
30
40

and
an d
and
an d
and

tin d er
tin d er
under
u nder
u nder

$
$
$
$
$

3.
3.
3.
3.
3.

1.
4.
13.
18.
22.

4
2
8
8
6

_
_
_
-

_
- •
-

$ 3. 50
$ 3 .6 0
$ 3. 70
$ 3. 80

and
and
and
and

tin d er
under
under
tin d er

$
$
$
$

3. 6 0 --------------------------------3 . 7 0 --------------------------------3. 8 0 --------------------------------3. 9 0 ------- -----------------------

5. 6
.2
1. 0

_
-

.
-

3.
3.
3.
3.
3.

1 0 __________ ____________
2 0 _________________________
3 0 --------------------------------4 0 _________________________
50 _ __________________

B o rd er
S ta te s

-

9. 1
-

28. 2
_
_
1 5 .4
-

5. 1
_
-

G reat
L akes

T o tal

Texas

L o u is ia n a

O k la ­
hom a

T o ta l

G ulf
C o a st

_
7. 4
4. 9

3. 1
_
9. 1

5. 2
_
4. 7

19. 1

22. 3

_
31. 1
-

3. 7
2. 5
3. 7
16. 0
“

12. 0
3. 4
4. 0
"

10. 4
5. 7
_
-

_
-

_
_
_

-

-

-

3. 7
-

_

_

_

_

-

-

1. 7

-

_
10. 8
10. 8
8. 0
17. 9

_
-

16. 0
18. 5
23. 5
_
-

_
-

_
32. 6
-

-

-

2. 8

-

-

_
14. 2
13. 3
2 1. 3

_
31. 1
37. 8

_
27. 9
39. 5

_
-

_
-

_
-

T o ta l
0. 3
_
_
9. 1
_
8. 8
2. 6
.3
_
1. 9
-

G ulf
C o ast

_
_
_
_
10. 0
_
-

_

Texas
In lan d
0. 4
_
_
_
11. 8

M o u n tain C a lifo r n ia

_
_
.

_
_
_
-

_
8. 4
3. 4
.4
-

_
4. 5
11. 4

_
2. 5

_

_

-

-

6. 8

-

-

_
_
_
-

-

-

_
2. 6
2 9 .2
18. 2
25. 6

_
5. 7
7. 1
22. 9
51. 4

_
1. 7
35. 7
16. 8
18. 1

4. 5
2. 3
8. 0
45. 5
5 .7

4. 5
4. 5
28. 3
34. 1

_
.6
.6

_
2. 9

_
.8
-

1 1 .4

28. 7-

— —

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s --------------------------------------A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s 1______________________

1, 146
$ 2 . 95

11
$ 2 . 68

11
$ 2 . 68

39
$ 2 . 41

81
$ 2 . 86

351
$ 2 . 60

211
$ 2 .6 4

45
$ 2 .9 2

43
$ 2 . 90

308
$ 3 . 05

70
$ 3 . 25

238
$ 2 . 99

88
$ 3 . 18

223
$ 3 . 39

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

-----------------

1 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s, h o lid a y s , and la te s h i f t s .
2 I n c lu d e s d a ta fo r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
NOTE:

B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g , s u m s o f in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y not e q u a l 100.




Table 7.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

( P e r c e n t o f p r o d u c tio n w o rk e rs in c ru d e p e tr o le u m and n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s ta b lis h m e n ts b y sc h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u r s , 1
U n ited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g io n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)
M id co n tin en t

M id d le A tla n tic
U nited
S ta te s2

W eekly h o u rs

A ll w o r k e r s ----------------------------U n d e r 40 -----------------------------------------40 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ 44
O v e r 44 and u n d e r 48 ---------------------48 ................ ......................... ........ .........................
O v e r 48
1
2
3

100
(3 )
87
3
1
7
2

T o ta l
100

W este rn
P en n ­
sy lv a n ia
100

90

96

_

-

10
"

4
-

B o rd er
S ta te s

G reat
Lakes

100

100

92
7
_

1
-

3
53
4
. _
22
18

T o ta l

O k la ­
hom a

T o ta l

G u lf
C o a st

100

100

100

100

79
2
1
15
3

80
5
2
10
3

B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g ,




s u m s o f in d iv id u a l ite m s m a y not e q u a l 100.

N o rth e r n
L o u is ia n a
100

95

98

77

_
_

_
_

_

2
3

1
2

14
9

D a ta r e l a t e to th e p r e d o m in a n t w ork sc h e d u le fo r fu ll- tim e d a y - s h if t p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in e a c h e s ta b lis h m e n t.
I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r r e g io n s in ad d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
L e s s th an 0. 5 p e r c e n t.

NOTE:

Texas

L o u is ia n a
T o tal

G u lf
C o a st

Texas
In lan d

100

100

100

(3 )
87
5
2
5
1

91
5
_
3
1

(3 )
86
5
2
6
(3 )

M ounta in

C a li­
fo rn ia

100

100

92

100

-

-

_
5
3

_
_

-

Table 8.

Shift Differential Provisions

( P e r c e n t o f p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s b y sh ift d iffe r e n tia l p r o v i s i o n s 1 in cru d e p e tr o le u m and n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s t a b lis h m e n t s ,
U nited S ta te s , s e le c t e d r e g io n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)
M id co n tin en t

M iddle A tla n tic
S h ift d if f e r e n t ia l

A ll w o r k e r s ------------------------------

U n ited
S ta te s2

T o ta l

W este rn
Pen n­
sy lv a n ia

B o rd e r
S ta te s

G reat
Lakes

T o ta l

O k la ­
hom a

Texas

L o u is ia n a
T o ta l

G u lf
C o ast

N o rth e r n
L o u is ia n a

T o ta l

G u lf
C o a st

Texas
Inland

ta in

C a li­
fo r n ia

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

100. 0

70. 9
65. 0
6 4 .4
.6
.8
4. 7
56. 8
1 .4
. 1
. 1
.6
5 .9

52. 7
16. 1
16. 1
13. 7
2. 4
_
36. 6

67. 0
20. 5
20. 5
17. 5
3. 0
_
46. 5

44. 3
29. 8
27. 1
1 5 .6
1.3
10. 1
2. 7
2. 7
1 4 .5

40. 6
31. 6
2 8 .4
_
_
2 8 .4
3. 2
9. 1

52. 6
46. 7
46. 7
_
2. 1
44. 7
5. 8

5 9. 2
5 7. 1
57. 1
_
4. 2
53. 0
2. 0

81. 8
79. 8
79. 8
_
_
70. 2
9 .5
2. 0

89. 4
87. 7
87. 7
_
76. 7
11. 0
1. 7

32. 3
28. 4
28. 4
_
_
2 8 .4
3. 8

73. 0
67. 6
67. 6
1. 8
_
65. 8
5 .4

73. 7
70. 6
70. 6
_
70. 6
3. 0

72. 8
66. 6
66. 6
2 .4
64. 2
6. 2

86. 9
82. 4
82. 4
15. 4
67. 0
4. 5

93. 6
89. 6
86. 8
22. 2
64. 6
2. 8
4. 1

70. 1
64. 7
64. 1
.6
.6
.3
.6
l! 5
4. 0
56 . 4
. 1
. 1
.6
5. 3

36. 6
-

46. 5
_
-

38. 1
29. 8
27. 1
-

3 4 .4
31. 6
2 8 .4
-

51. 5
46. 7
46. 7
2. 1
"

57. 1
57. 1
57. 1
4. 2

88. 1
79. 8
79. 8
-

32. 3
2 8 .4
28. 4
"

72. 7
67. 6
67. 6
1. 8
-

73. 7
70. 6
70. 6
-

7 2 .4
66. 6
66. 6
2 .4
-

"

96. 7
87. 7
87. 7
"

86. 9
82. 4
82. 4
-

89. 6
89. 6
86. 8
1 .4
2. 0

_
3 6 .6

_
46. 5

_
44. 7
4. 8

_
53. 0
“

9. 5
70. 2
8. 3

11. 0
76. 7
9. 0

_
2 8 .4
3. 8

_
6 5 .8
5. 1

_
70. 6
3. 0

64. 2
5. 8

_
15. 4
67. 0
4. 5

_
20. 8
62. 6
2. 8
“

S eco n d sh ift
W o rk e rs in e s t a b lis h m e n t s h a v in g
s e c o n d - s h if t p r o v i s i o n s -------------------With s h ift d i f f e r e n t i a l -------------------U n ifo r m c e n ts p e r h o u r ------------5 c e n t s --------------------------------6 c e n t s --------------------------------8 c e n t s --------------------------------10 c e n ts ------------------------------15 c e n ts ------------------------------U n ifo r m p e r c e n t a g e ------------------6 p e r c e n t -----------------------------O th e r sh ift d i f f e r e n t i a l -------------With no s h ift d i f f e r e n t i a l --------------T h ir d o r o th e r la te sh ift
W o rk e rs in e s t a b li s h m e n t s h a v in g
th ir d - o r o th e r l a t e - s h if t
p r o v i s io n s --------------------------------------With s h ift d i f f e r e n t i a l -------------------U n ifo r m c e n ts p e r h o u r ------------6 c e n t s --------------------------------8 c e n t s ------------------------ r-------10 c e n ts ------------------------------15 c e n ts ------------------------------16 c e n ts ------------------------------20 c e n ts ------------------------------U n ifo r m p e r c e n t a g e -----------------7 p e r c e n t -----------------------------O th e r s h ift d i f f e r e n t i a l -------------With no sh ift d i f f e r e n t i a l --------------1
2

-

1. 2
15 6
3*. 6
6. 6
2. 7
2. 7
8 .4

-

" ■
_
28. 4
3. 2
2. 9

-

R e f e r s to p o l ic i e s o f e s t a b li s h m e n t s e ith e r c u r r e n tly o p e r a tio n late s h if ts o r h av in g p r o v i s io n s c o v e rin g la te s h i f t s .
In c lu d e s d a ta f o r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .

NOTE:

B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g , s u m s o f in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y not eq u al t o t a l s .




Tabic 9.

Paid Holidays

( 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 cru d e p e tr o le u m and n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith f o r m a l p r o v i s io n s fo r p a id h o lid a y s ,
U n ited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g io n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)
M iddle A tla n tic
N u m b e r o f p a id h o lid a y s

A ll w o r k e r s -------------------------

U n ited
S ta te s1

100

W o rk e rs in e s t a b li s h m e n t s
p r o v id in g p a id h o l i d a y s ---------------U n d e r 5 d a y s -----------------------------5 d a y s ---------------------------------------6 d a y s ---------------------------------------6 d a y s p lu s 1 h a lf d a y --------------7 d a y s ---------------------------------------8 d a y s ---------------------------------------9 d a y s ---------------------------------------10 d a y s and o v e r ------------------------

91
3
2
11
(2 )
4
69
1
(2 )

W o r k e r s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s
p r o v id in g no p a id h o l i d a y s ------------

9

1
2

T o ta l

W este rn
P en n ­
sy lv a n ia

M id co n tin en t
B o rd er
S ta te s

100

100

100

100
21
5
27
42
5

100
17
7
23
47
6

100
-

G reat
L akes

100

-

22
5
53
19
"

I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
L e s s th an 0. 5 p e r c e n t.

NOTE:

B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g ,




su m s o f in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y not e q u a l t o t a l s .

84
4
6.
30

L o u is ia n a

T exas

T o ta l

O k la ­
hom a

T o ta l

G u lf
C o ast

100

100

100

100

100

85
7
24

83
9

91
-

81
3
23
21
4
30
-

91
4
3
7
8
69
(2 )
(2 )

91
3
3
_
6
80
(2 )

91
4
4
9
8
66
(2 )
"

19

9

9

9

-

-

-

4
38
2
-

3
52
-

1
60
-

89
(2 )
3
3
1
80
2
"

16

15

17

11

-

13

-

_
1
88
2

9

N o rth e r n
L o u is ia n a

T o ta l

G u lf
C o ast

T exas
Inland

100

100

100

M ounta in

C a li­
fo rn ia

100

100

91
_
2
89
-

100
_
6
1
93
_

-

-

-

9

Table 10.

Paid Vacations

*

( 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 cru d e p e tro le u m and n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith f o r m a l p r o v is io n s fo r p a id v a c a t io n s
a f t e r s e le c t e d p e r io d s of s e r v i c e , U n ited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g i o n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)
M id c ontine nt

M id d le A tlan tic
U n ited
S ta te s1

V a c a tio n p o lic y

A ll w o r k e r s _______________________

T o ta l

W e ste rn
P en n­
s y lv a n ia

B o rd e r
S ta te s

G reat
L akes

Texas

L o u is ia n a

T o tal

O k la ­
hom a

T o ta l

G u lf
C o a st

N o rth e r n
L o u is ia n a

T o ta l

G u lf
C o a st

Texas
In lan d

M ounta in

C a li­
fo r n ia

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

97
97

100
100

100
100

100
100

85
85

97
97

97
97

98
98

98
98

93
93

99
99

99
99

98
98

97
97

100
100

3

-

"

-

15

3

3

2

2

7

1

1

2

3

-

14
1
82
1
( 3)

82
18
-

78
22
-

55
14
31
-

31
4
50
-

23
_
70
5
-

22
_
74
-

3
93
2

2
_
96
-

14
_
68
12

7
_
91
-

3
_
96
-

9
89
-

11
87
-

4
_
96
-

3
93
1
( 3)

26
74
-

12
88
-

100
-

12
73
-

6
86
5
-

6
90
-

2
94
2

2
96
-

81
12

2
97
-

99
-

2
96
-

97
-

100
-

2
31
1
63

16
84
_

11
89
-

6
42
5
44

6
30
60

7
91

3
95

29
64

2
26
71

2
27

-

-

-

6
40
39

23

-

80
20

76

69

22
75

31
69

2
18
1
14
62

16
57
27
-

11
55
34
-

34
46
20

6
35
8
36

6
32
5
10
44

6
27
4
60

6
6
86

3
( 3)
95

-

23
41
28

2
18
10
69

11
_
12
76

2
20
10
66

2
_
20
75

6
_
27
67

2
14
15
1
62
2

16
29
55
-

11
25
64
-

22
42
16
21
-

6
28
12

6
22
15

6
25
2

4
7

1
2

23
41

2
17
9

2
19
8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24
15

46
7

64
-

86
-

95
-

28
-

71
-

11
12
_
76
-

69
-

2
20
75
-

_
6
27
67
-

2
14
7
10
63

16
29
29
27
-

11
25
30
34
-

22
12
45
21

6
28
10
2
39

6
22
9
8
52

6
25
2
4
60

4
6
1
86

1
2
( 3)
95

23
35
6
28

2
16
3
10
67

11
4
14
71

2
18
3
9
66

2
20
( 3)
75

6
5
22
67

2
14
6
11
63

16
29
29
11
16

11
25
30
14
20

22
8
50
21

6
28
10
2
39

6
22
9
8
52

6
25
2
4
60

4
6
1
86

1
2
( 3)
95

23
35
6
28

2
16
3
10
68

11
4
14
71

2
18
3
9
67

2
5
16
75

6
5
22
67

M e th o d o f p a y m e n t
W o r k e r s in e s t a b li s h m e n t s
p r o v id in g p a id v a c a t i o n s _______________
________ ___
L e n g t h - o f - t i m e ____ _
W o r k e r s in e s t a b li s h m e n t s
p r o v id in g no p a id v a c a t i o n __ ________
A m o u n t o f v a c a t io n p a y 2
A fte r 1 y e a r o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k _ __
_ _ ___
____ ____
O v e r 1 an 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 fte r 2 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k __ _____ ______
_________
2 w eeks
,
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 fte r 5 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 an d u n d e r 3 w e e k s ___________
3 w e e k s __ ___________ _________________
A fte r 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k --- ---- __ ---------- -------------2 w eeks
. .... .
....____ . __ _____
O v e r 2 an 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 fte r 15 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w e e k ________________________________
2 w eeks
, .
_...._r__________
3 w e e k s ____ — —
_ _ —
O v e r 3 and u n d er 4 w e e k s --------------4 w e e k s __
—
— ----- —
5 w e e k s ___________________—-------------A fte r 20 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e :
1 w6c k
, _______ i-___________ ______
■ 2 w e e k s _____ — - - ------------ -----3 w e e k s _______________________________
4 w e e k s _L
,
,
,
5 w e e k s __
—
—
- — ------ A fte r 25 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 _______________________________
3 w eeks
— —
—
- 4 w e e k s _______________________________
5 w e e k s ------ --------- --------------- —— ----

1 I n c lu d e s d a ta fo r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
2 P e r i o d s o f s e r v i c e w e re a r b i t r a r i l y c h o se n an d do not n e c e s s a r i l y r e f le c t the in d iv id u a l p r o v is io n s fo r p r o g r e s s i o n .
m a y in c lu d e c h a n g e s in p r o v i s io n s o c c u r r in g b etw e en 2 an d 5 y e a r s .
3 L e s s th an 0. 5 p e r c e n t.
NOTE:

B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g ,




s u m s o f in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y not e q u a l to t a ls .

F o r e x a m p le ,

-

the c h a n g e s in p r o p o r tio n s in d ic a te d a t 5 y e a r s

Table 11.

Health, Insurance, and Retirement Flans

( P e r c e n t o f p ro d u c tio n w o r k e r s in cru d e p e tr o le u m and n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith s p e c if ie d h e a lth , in s u r a n c e , and r e t ir e m e n t p la n s
U nited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g io n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u st 1967)
M id co n tin en t

M id d le A tla n tic
U nited
S ta te s 2

T y p e o f p la n 1

A ll w o r k e r s -----------------------------W o rk e rs in e s t a b li s h m e n t s p r o v id in g :
L if e i n s u r a n c e --------------------------- -—
E m p lo y e r f i n a n c e d --------------------J o i n t l y f i n a n c e d ------------------------A c c id e n t a 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 ---------E m p lo y e r f i n a n c e d --------------------J o i n t l y fin a n c e d -------------------------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 le a v e o r both 3 ---------------------S ic k n e s s and a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e —
E m p lo y e r f i n a n c e d ---------------J o i n t l y f i n a n c e d --------------------S ic k le a v e (fu ll p a y , no
w a itin g p e r i o d ) -----------------------S ic k le a v e ( p a r t ia l p a y o r
w a itin g p e r i o d ) -----------------------H o s p ita liz a tio n i n s u r a n c e -------------E m p lo y e r f i n a n c e d --------------------J o i n t l y f i n a n c e d ------------------------S u r g i c a l in s u r a n c e ------------------------E m p lo y e r f i n a n c e d --------------------J o i n t l y f i n a n c e d ------------------------M e d ic a l i n s u r a n c e ------------------------E m p lo y e r f i n a n c e d -------------------J o i n t l y f i n a n c e d ------------------------C a t a s t r o p h e i n s u r a n c e -----------------E m p lo y e r f i n a n c e d --------------------J o i n t l y f i n a n c e d -----------------------R e t ir e m e n t p la n s :
P e n s io n p l a n s --------------------------E m p lo y e r f i n a n c e d ---------------J o in t ly f i n a n c e d --------------------L u m p - s u m p a y m e n t s ----------------N o p l a n s ----------------------------------------

B o rd er
S ta te s

G reat
L akes

L o u is ia n a

Texas
M ounta in

C a li­
fo r n ia

100

100

100

90
20
70

96
34
62

100
27
73

99
49
50

61
15
46

68
12
56

59
16
43

56
16
40

78
38
40

66
32
20
12

84
10
6
3

89
2
1
1

83
12
8
4

98
26
23
3

93
6

54

65

66

77

62

72

81

44
98
15
83
97
15
83
98
15
83
93
15
78

1
97
34
63
97
34
63
90
34
56
90
34
56

13
97
25
72
97
25
72
95
25
70
83
22
61

10
97
20
77
97
20
77
96
20
76
86
18
68

14
97
27
70
97
27
70
95
27
68
82
23
59

20
100
23
77
100
23
77
100
23
77
53
5
49

12
96
33
63
96
33
63
96
33
63
88
28
60

58
9
48
3

84
30
54
2
1

92
31
61
2
1

82
30
52
1
2

91
15
75

87
21
66

-

-

T o ta l

W e ste rn
P en n­
s y lv a n ia

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

93
28
65

87
35
52

93
33
60

91
19
72

82
26
57

83
18
65

84
17
67

98
17
80

98
15
83

61
18
43

47
23
24

59
29
30

38
1
37

67
14
53

62
14
48

63
16
47

47
15
32

84
22
12
10

86
67
65
2

83
68
65
2

98
63
45
18

68
45
29
16

64
18
10
8

66
1
1
-

94
46
12
34

60

28

16

63

32

48

65

13
94
21
73
94
21
73
92
21
71
80
17
63

14
93
36
57
93
36
57
76
20
57
55
3
51

18
100
35
65
100
35
65
79
14
65
69
4
65

-

3
85
21
64
85
21
64
82
18
64
76
18
59

88
10
79
86
10
77
86
10
77
80
8
71

90
12
79
86
12
75
86
12
75
73
9
64

78
25
54
2
3

72
17
55
14
"

74
10
64
17
'

43
11
33

58
16
42
6
6

65
28
37
2
5

84
5
79
84
5
79
64
5
60
43
1
42
88
17
72
4

-

14

T o tal

O k la ­
hom a

G u lf
C o a st

N o rth e r n
L o u is ia n a

G ulf
C o a st

Texas
Inlan d

100

100

97
34
63

94
30
64

42
12
30

83
36
47

98
48
11
37

55
38
98
17
80
98
17
80
97
17
79
93
17
75
91
42
49
1
2

96
47
49
1
2

T o ta l

T o ta l

_

6

“

1 I n c lu d e s o nly th o se p la n s fo r w hich a t l e a s t p a r t of th e c o s t i s b o rn e by the e m p lo y e r and 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 m e n 's c o m p e n s a tio n and s o c i a l se c u r ity ;
h o w e v e r, p la n s r e q u ir e d by S ta te te m p o r a r y d is a b ilit y in su r a n c e la w s a r e in clu d ed if the e m p lo y e r c o n tr ib u te s m o r e th an i s r e q u ir e d o r the em p lo y e e r e c e iv e s b e n e fits in e x c e s s of the
le g a l r e q u ir e m e n t s .
2 I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
3 U n d u p lic a te d to ta l o f w o r k e r s re c e iv in g s ic k le a v e o r s i c k n e s s and a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e show n s e p a r a t e ly .
NOTE:

B e c a u s e o f ro u n d in g ,




s u m s o f in d iv id u a l it e m s m a y not e q u a l t o t a l s .

Table 12.

Other Selected Benefits

0)

(P e r c e n t of p r o d u c tio n w o r k e r s in cru d e p e tro le u m an d n a tu r a l g a s p r o d u c tio n e s ta b lis h m e n ts h a v in g f o r m a l p r o v i s io n s fo r ju r y - d u t y p a y ,
f u n e r a l le a v e p a y , and th r ift o r s a v in g s p l a n s , U nited S t a t e s , s e le c t e d r e g io n s , and S t a t e s , A u g u s t 1967)
M id d le A tla n tic
T y p e o f b e n e fit

W o rk e rs in e s t a b lis h m e n t s
w ith p r o v i s io n s fo r :
J u r y - d u t y p a y ---------------------------F u n e r a l le a v e p a y ---------------------T h r ift o r s a v in g s p la n s 2 ------------

U n ited
S ta te s 1

80
80
64

T o ta l

100
99
13

W e ste rn
P en n­
s y lv a n ia

100
99
17

M id co n tin en t
B o rd e r
S ta te s

G reat
L ak es

97
97
28

56
62
29

T o ta l

O k la ­
hom a

53
55
53

72
76
64

1 I n c lu d e s d a ta f o r r e g io n s in a d d itio n to th o se show n s e p a r a t e ly .
2 In c lu d e s o n ly p la n s in w h ich th e e m p lo y e r m a k e s m o n e ta ry co n trib u tio n s bey o n d a d m in is tr a tiv e c o s t s .




L o u is ia n a

T exas

T o tal

G ulf
C o a st

N o rth e r n
L o u is ia n a

98
96
87

98
96
95

96
96
34

. T o ta l

83
81
69

G u lf
C o a st

Texas
Inland

88
82
71

82
81
68

^doun ta in

C a li­
fo r n ia

91
86
73

90
90
69

Appendix A. Scope and Method o f Survey
S c o p e of S u r v e y
T he s u r v e y i n c l u d e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e n g a g e d p r i m a r i l y in o p e r a t i n g o i l a n d g a s f i e l d
p r o p e r t i e s ( i n d u s t r y 1311 a s d e f in e d in the 1957 e d it i o n a n d 1963 S u p p l e m e n t to the S t a n d a r d
I n d u s t r i a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l , p r e p a r e d b y the U. S. B u r e a u o f the B u d g e t ) .
E sta b lish ­
m e n t s e n g a g e d p r i m a r i l y in p e r f o r m i n g o i l f i e l d s e r v i c e s f o r o p e r a t o r s on a c o n t r a c t , f e e ,
o r o th e r b a s i s ( S I C 138) a n d s e p a r a t e a u x i l i a r y u n i ts s u c h a s c e n t r a l o f f i c e s a n d r e s e a r c h
l a b o r a t o r i e s w e r e e x c l u d e d f r o m the s tu d y .
T he e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d i e d w e r e s e l e c t e d f r o m t h o s e e m p l o y i n g e i g h t 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 o f the d a t a u s e d in c o m p i l i n g the u n i v e r s e l i s t s .
T he n u m b e r of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d w o r k e r s a c t u a l l y s t u d i e d b y the B u r e a u , a s w e l l a s
the n u m b e r s e s t i m a t e d to b e in the i n d u s t r y d u r in g the p a y r o l l p e r i o d s t u d i e d , a r e sh ow n
in the fo l l o w i n g t a b l e .
Estimated Number o f Establishments and Employees Within Scope of Survey and Number Studied,
Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Production, August 1967
Number of establishments^
Region * and state

Within scope
of study

Workers in establishments
Within scope o f study

otuaiea
T o tal3

Production
workers

Studied
Total

United States4-------------------------

1,584

293

91,576

51,707

55,363

Middle A tlan tic----------------------Western Pennsylvania-----------Border S t a t e s -------------------------Great L a k e s --------------------------M idcontinent------------------------O klah om a-------------------------Louisiana--------------------------•----Gulf C o a st----------------- 1-------Northern Louisiana— -----------T e x a s ---------------------------------Gulf C o a st- ----------------------Inland ------------------------ ----M o u n tain -----------------------------California ---------------------------—

39
30
60
140
487
205
123
65
58
525
128
397
122
86

16
13
19
26
59
34
33
17
16
90
33
57
28
21

1,178
933
2 ,495
4 ,0 2 4
18,717
10,127
14,506
12,854
1,652
32,871
9, 559
23,312
6 ,306
11,437

888
699
1,892
2 ,915
10,395
5,168
7 ,6 4 0
6 ,6 1 7
1,023
16,975
4 ,2 0 0
12,775
3 ,5 6 9
7,403

820
719
1,935
1,826
6 ,7 3 5
4 ,966
9, 757
8 ,9 1 0
847
22,248
6 ,6 7 9
15, 569
2 ,9 2 4
9 ,0 9 7

1 The regions or their components used in this study include: Middle Atlantic-—New Yofk and Pennsylvania}
Western Pennsylvania—Adams, Cumberland, Lycoming, M ifflin, Perry, T ioga, Union, and all other Pennsylvania
comities west thereof; Border States—Kentucky and West Virginia; Great Lakes—Illinois. Indiana, M ichigan, and
Ohio; Midcontinent—Arkansas. Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, and Oklahoma; Louisiana Gulf Coast—Avoyelles. East
Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Vernon, Washington, West Felician a, and all other
Louisiana parishes south thereof; Northern Louisiana—all Louisiana parishes not included in the Louisiana Gulf Coast;
Texas Gulf Coast—Bee. Brazos, Burleson, Dewitt, Fayette, Jasper, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Live Oak, Madison, Newton,
Polk, Refugio, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, and all other Texas counties east thereof; Texas Inland—all Texas counties
not included in the Texas Gulf Coast; Mountain—Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New M exico, North Dakota,
Utah, and Wyoming.
2 Includes only establishments with 8 workers or more at the tim e of reference o f the universe data.
3 Includes executive, professional, office, and other workers excluded from the production worker category.
4 Includes data for regions in addition to those shown separately. Alaska and Hawaii were not included in the
study.

M e th o d of S tu d y
D a t a w e r e o b t a in e d b y p e r s o n a l v i s i t s o f B u r e a u f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s u n d e r the d i r e c t i o n
of the B u r e a u * s A s s i s t a n t R e g i o n a l D i r e c t o r s f o r O p e r a t i o n s .
The su r v e y w a s conducted
on a s a m p l e b a s i s . T o o b t a in a p p r o p r i a t e a c c u r a c y a t m i n i m u m c o s t , a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n




17

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of l a r g e th an of s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w a s s t u d ie d .
In c o m b in in g the d a t a , h o w e v e r , a l l
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w e r e g i v e n t h e i r a p p r o p r i a t e w e ig h t. A l l e s t i m a t e s a r e p r e s e n t e d , t h e r e f o r e ,
a s r e l a t i n g to a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in the i n d u s t r y , e x c lu d i n g on ly t h o s e b e l o w the m i n i m u m
s i z 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 .
E s t a b l i s h m e n t D e fi n iti o n
A n e s t a b l i s h m e n t , f o r p u r p o s e s of t h i s stu d y , w a s d e f in e d a s c o v e r i n g a l l o i l a n d g a s
f i e l d a c t i v i t i e s o f a n o p e r a t i n g c o m p a n y in the w a g e a r e a f o r w h ich s e p a r a t e d a t a a r e p r e ­
sented.
F o r a r e a s in c l u d in g two S t a t e s o r m o r e , s u c h o p e r a t i n g a c t i v i t i e s w e r e c o n fin e d
to the g e o g r a p h i c a l b o u n d a r i e s of a S t a t e r a t h e r th an to the a r e a b o u n d a r i e s .
E m p lo y m e n t
T he e s t i m a t e s o f the n u m b e r of w o r k e r s w ith in the s c o p e of the stu d y a r e in te n d e d a s
a g e n e r a l g u id e to the s i z e a n d c o m p o s i t i o n of the l a b o r f o r c e i n c l u d e d in the s u r v e y . T he
a d v a n c e p la n n in g n e c e s s a r y to m a k e a w a g e s u r v e y r e q u i r e s the u s e of l i s t s of e s t a b l i s h ­
m e n t s a s s e m b l e d c o n s i d e r a b l y in a d v a n c e of the p a y r o l l p e r i o d s t u d ie d .
O c c u p a t i o n s S e l e c t e d f o r S tudy
O c c u p a t i o n a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n w a s b a s e d on a u n i f o r m s e t of j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s d e s i g n e d to
t a k e a c c o u n t of i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t a n d i n t e r a r e a v a r i a t i o n s in d u t i e s w ith in the s a m e jo b .
(See ap p en d ix B fo r d e s c r i p t i o n s . ) The occ u p a tio n s w e r e c h o se n fo r th eir n u m e r ic a l i m ­
p o r t a n c e , t h e i r u s e f u l n e s s in c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g , o r t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e n e s s of the e n ­
t i r e jo b s c a l e in the i n d u s t r y .
W o rk in g s u p e r v i s o r s , a p p r e n t i c e s , l e a r n e r s , b e g i n n e r s ,
t r a i n e e s , h a n d i c a p p e d , p a r t t i m e , t e m p o r a r y , an d p r o b a t i o n a r y w o r k e r s w e r e no t r e p o r t e d
in the s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s .
W age D a t a
T h e w a g e i n f o r m a t i o n r e l a t e s to 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 , e x c lu d i n g p r e ­
m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e a n d f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , an d l a t e s h i f t s .
In c e n ti v e
p a y m e n t s , s u c h a s t h o s e r e s u l t i n g f r o m p i e c e w o r k o r p r o d u c t i o n b o n u s s y s t e m s an d c o s t o f - l i v i n g b o n u s e s , w e r e in c l u d e d a s p a r t of the w o r k e r s * r e g u l a r p a y ; b u t n o n p r o d u c t i o n
b o n u s p a y m e n t s , s u c h a s C h r i s t m a s o r y e a r e n d b o n u s e s , w e r e e x c lu d e d .
A v e r a g e ( m e a n ) h o u r l y r a t e s o r e a r n i n g s f o r e a c h o c c u p a t i o n w e r e c a l c u l a t e d by w e ig h tin g
e a c h r a t e ( o r h o u r l y e a r n i n g s ) b y the n u m b e r of w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n g the r a t e , t o t a li n g , an d
d iv id in g by the n u m b e r o f i n d i v i d u a l s .
T he h o u r l y e a r n i n g s o f s a l a r i e d w o r k e r s w e r e o b ­
t a i n e d b y d iv id in g t h e i r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r y b y n o r m a l r a t h e r th an a c t u a l h o u r s .
S c h e d u l e d W eekly H o u r s
D a t a r e f e r to the p r e d o m i n a n t w o r k s c h e d u l e f o r f u l l - t i m e p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s e m p l o y e d
on the d a y sh ift.
S h ift P r o v i s i o n s
S h ift p r o v i s i o n s r e l a t e to the p o l i c i e s of e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e i t h e r c u r r e n t l y o p e r a t i n g l a t e
s h i f t s o r h a v in g f o r m a l p r o v i s i o n s c o v e r i n g l a t e - s h i f t w o r k .
S u p p l e m e n t a r y W ag e P r o v i s i o n s
S u p p l e m e n t a r y b e n e f i t s w e r e t r e a t e d s t a t i s t i c a l l y on the b a s i s th a t if f o r m a l p r o v i s i o n s
w e r e a p p l i c a b l e to o n e - h a l f o r m o r e of the p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s in a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t , the
b e n e f i t s w e r e c o n s i d e r e d a p p l i c a b l e to a l l s u c h w o r k e r s . S i m i l a r l y , i f f e w e r th an o n e - h a l f
of the w o r k e r s w e r e c o v e r e d , the b e n e f i t w a s c o n s i d e r e d n o n e x i s t e n t in the e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
B e c a u s e of l e n g t h - o f - s e r v i c e a n d o th e r e l i g i b i l i t y r e q u i r e m e n t s , the p r o p o r t i o n of w o r k e r s
r e c e i v i n g the b e n e f i t s m a y b e s m a l l e r th an e s t i m a t e d .



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P a id H o lid ay s.
P a i d h o l id a y p r o v i s i o n s r e l a t e to f u l l - d a y an d h a l f - d a y h o l i d a y s p r o v i d e d
a n n u a l ly to p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s .
P aid V a c a tio n s.
T he s u m m a r y of v a c a t i o n p l a n s i s l i m i t e d to f o r m a l a r r a n g e m e n t s ,
e x c l u d i n g i n f o r m a l p l a n s w h e r e b y t i m e off w ith p a y i s g r a n t e d a t the d i s c r e t i o n of the e m ­
p l o y e r o r the s u p e r v i s o r . T he p e r i o d s o f s e r v i c e f o r w h ich d a t a a r e p r e s e n t e d w e r e s e l e c t e d
a s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of the m o s t c o m m o n p r a c t i c e s , b u t th ey d o not n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t i n ­
d i v 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 , the c h a n g e s in p r o p o r t i o n s
i n d i c a t e d a t 5 y e a r s of s e r v i c e m a y in c l u d e c h a n g e s w h ic h o c c u r r e d b e t w e e n 2 an d 5 y e a r s .
H e a lth , I n s u r a n c e , a n d R e t i r e m e n t P l a n s .
D a t a a r e p r e s e n t e d f o r h e a lth , i n s u r a n c e ,
a n d r e t i r e m e n t p l a n s f o r w h ich a l l o r a p a r t o f the c o s t i s b o r n e by the e m p l o y e r , e x c l u d i n g
p r o g r a m s r e q u i r e d b y law , s u c h a s w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n an d s o c i a l s e c u r i t y .
Among
the p l a n s in c l u d e d a r e t h o s e u n d e r w r i t t e n b y a c o m m e r c i a l i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n y an d t h o s e
p a i d d i r e c t l y by the e m p l o y e r f r o m h i s c u r r e n t o p e r a t i n g fu n d s o r f r o m a fund s e t a s i d e
fo r th is p u rp o se .
D e a th b e n e f i t s a r e i n c l u d e d a s a f o r m of l i f e i n s u r a n c e .
S ic k n e s s and a c c id e n t i n s u r ­
a n c e i s l i m i t e d to th a t ty p e o f i n s u r a n c e u n d e r w h ich p r e d e t e r m i n e d c a s h p a y m e n t s a r e
m a d e d i r e c t l y to the i n s u r e d on a w e e k l y o r m o n th ly b a s i s d u r i n g i l l n e s s o r a c c i d e n t d i s ­
ab ility .
I n f o r m a t i o n i s p r e s e n t e d f o r a l l s u c h p l a n s to w h ich the e m p l o y e r c o n t r i b u t e s a t
l e a s t a p a r t o f the c o s t .
H o w e v e r , in New Y o r k a n d New J e r s e y , w h e r e t e m p o r a r y d i s ­
a b i l i t y i n s u r a n c e l a w s r e q u i r e e m p l o y e r c o n t r i b u t i o n s , 7 p l a n s a r e i n c l u d e d only i f the e m ­
p l o y e r ( l ) c o n t r i b u t e s m o r e th an i s l e g a l l y r e q u i r e d , o r (2) p r o v i d e s the e m p l o y e e w ith
b e n e f i t s w h ich e x c e e d the r e q u i r e m e n t s of the law .
T a b u l a t i o n s of p a i d s i c k l e a v e p l a n s a r e l i m i t e d to f o r m a l p l a n s w h ic h p r o v i d e f u l l p a y
o r a p r o p o r t i o n of the w o r k e r ' s p a y d u r in g a b s e n c e f r o m w o r k b e c a u s e of i l l n e s s ; i n f o r m a l
a r r a n g e m e n t s h a v e b e e n o m it t e d .
S e p a r a t e t a b u l a t i o n s a r e p r o v i d e d a c c o r d i n g to ( l ) p l a n s
w h ic h p r o v i d e f u l l p a y a n d no w a i t in g p e r i o d , a n d (2) p l a n s p r o v i d i n g e i t h e r p a r t i a l p a y o r
a w a i t in g p e r i o d .
M e d i c a l i n s u r a n c e r e f e r s to p l a n s p r o v i d i n g f o r c o m p l e t e o r p a r t i a l p a y m e n t of d o c t o r s *
fees.
Such p la n s m a y be u n d e rw ritte n by a c o m m e r c i a l in s u r a n c e co m pan y or a n o n pro fit
o r g a n i z a t i o n , o r th ey m a y b e s e l f - i n s u r e d .
C a t a s t r o p h e i n s u r a n c e , s o m e t i m e s r e f e r r e d to a s e x te n d e d m e d i c a l i n s u r a n c e , i n c l u d e s
the p l a n s d e s i g n e d to c o v e r e m p l o y e e s in c a s e of s i c k n e s s o r i n j u r y in v o lv in g a n e x p e n s e
w h ic h g o e s b e y o n d the n o r m a l c o v e r a g e of h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n , m e d i c a l , a n d s u r g i c a l p l a n s .
T a b u l a t i o n s of r e t i r e m e n t p e n s i o n p l a n s a r e l i m i t e d to p l a n s w h ic h p r o v i d e , upon r e t i r e ­
m e n t , r e g u l a r p a y m e n t s f o r the r e m a i n d e r of the w o r k e r ' s l i f e .
Data a r e p r e s e n te d s e p ­
a r a t e l y f o r l u m p - s u m r e t i r e m e n t p a y (one p a y m e n t o r a s p e c i f i e d n u m b e r o v e r a p e r i o d
of t i m e ) m a d e to e m p l o y e e s on r e t i r e m e n t .
E s t a b l i s h m e n t s p r o v i d i n g bo th l u m p - s u m p a y ­
m e n t s a n d p e n s i o n s to e m p l o y e e s on r e t i r e m e n t w e r e c o n s i d e r e d a s h a v in g b o th r e t i r e m e n t
p e n s i o n a n d l u m p - s u m r e t i r e m e n t p a y . E s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v in g o p t i o n a l p l a n s p r o v i d i n g e m ­
p l o y e e s a c h o i c e of e i t h e r l u m p - s u m r e t i r e m e n t p a y m e n t s o r p e n s i o n s w e r e c o n s i d e r e d a s
h a v in g on ly r e t i r e m e n t p e n s i o n b e n e f i t s .
F u n e r a l L e a v e P a y . D a t a r e l a t e to f o r m a l p r o v i s i o n s f o r f u l l o r p a r t i a l p a y to e m p l o y e e s
a t t e n d i n g f u n e r a l s of c e r t a i n f a m i l y m e m b e r s .
Ju ry-D u ty P a y .
s e r v i n g on j u r i e s .

D a t a r e l a t e to f o r m a l p r o v i s i o n s f o r f u l l o r p a r t i a l p a y to e m p l o y e e s

T h rift or S av in g s P l a n s .
T h rift or sa v in g s p la n s a r e lim ited
e m p lo y e r m a d e m o n e ta r y con trib u tion s beyond a d m in istr a tiv e c o s t s .




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Appendix B. Occupational Descriptions

T h e p r i m a r y p u r p o s e of p r e p a r i n g j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s
f o r the B u r e a u * s w a g e s u r v e y s i s to a s s i s t i t s f i e l d s t a f f
in c l a s s i f y i n g into a p p r o p r i a t e o c c u p a t i o n s w o r k e r s who a r e
e m p l o y e d u n d e r a v a r i e t y of p a y r o l l t i t l e s an d d i f f e r e n t
w o r k a r r a n g e m e n t s f r o m e s t a b l i s h m e n t to e s t a b l i s h m e n t
an d f r o m a r e a to a r e a . T h i s p e r m i t s the g r o u p i n g of o c ­
c u p a t i o n a l w a g e r a t e s r e p r e s e n t i n g c o m p a r a b l e j o b c on ten t.
B e c a u s e of t h i s e m p h a s i s on i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t an d i n t e r ­
a r e a c o m p a r a b i l i t y of o c c u p a t i o n a l co n te n t, the B u r e a u * s
j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s m a y d i f f e r s i g n i f i c a n t l y f r o m t h o s e in u s e
in i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s o r t h o s e p r e p a r e d f o r o th e r
p u r p o s e s . In a p p ly i n g t h e s e j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s , the B u r e a u ^
f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s a r e i n s t r u c t e d to e x c l u d e w o r k i n g s u p e r ­
v i s o r s , a p p r e n tic e s, l e a r n e r s , b e g in n e rs, tr a in e e s , h an d i­
c a p p e d , p a r t - t i m e , t e m p o r a r y , an d p r o b a t i o n a r y w o r k e r s .

D ER R IC K M A N
W o r k s on a r o t a r y d r i l l i n g r i g , a s s i s t i n g in r a i s i n g an d l o w e r i n g c a s i n g and d r i l l
p ip e and in c a r r y i n g on d r i l l i n g o p e r a t i o n s . W o rk i n v o l v e s : F r o m p o s i t i o n n e a r top of r i g ,
g u id in g an d a t t a c h i n g o r d e t a c h in g e l e v a t o r to o r f r o m u p p e r end of s e c t i o n s of c a s i n g o r
d r i l l p ip e a s it i s b e i n g ru n into o r p u ll e d out of w e l l ; te n d in g s l u s h o r m u d p u m p s w h ic h
c i r c u l a t e a h e a v y m i x t u r e of c l a y an d w a t e r th r o u g h a d r i l l p ip e to f l u s h out d r i l l i n g s and
c o o l b i t ; c l e a n i n g , o i l i n g , g r e a s i n g , i n s p e c t i n g , an d r e p a i r i n g p u l l e y s , b l o c k s , an d c a b l e s th at
a r e u s e d to r a i s e and l o w e r c a s i n g an d d r i l l p ip e ; a s s i s t s r o t a r y d r i l l e r to r e g u l a t e v a l v e s
in c o n t r o l l i n g flo w of o il w h en w e l l i s b r o u g h t in ( f i r s t b e g i n s flo w in g ).
D R IL L E R , ROTARY
(C o re d r il l e r ; w ell d rille r)
S u p e r v i s e s d r i l l i n g o p e r a t i o n s an d o p e r a t e s d r a w w o r k s th at s e r v e a s a p o w e r d i s ­
t r i b u t i o n c e n t e r f o r the r a i s i n g an d l o w e r i n g of d r i l l p ip e and c a s i n g , an d f o r r o t a t i o n of d r i l l
p ip e in the w e l l . W o r k i n v o l v e s : M a n ip u l a t i n g l e v e r s and t h r o t t l e s to c o n t r o l s p e e d of r o t a r y
t a b l e w h ic h r o t a t e s s t r i n g of t o o l s , an d to r e g u l a t e the p r e s s u r e of the t o o l s at the b o t t o m
of the w e l l a s i n d i c a t e d b y a g a g e ; c o n n e c ti n g and d i s c o n n e c t i n g s e c t i o n s of d r i l l p ip e a s th e y
r u n into o r out of w e l l ; s e l e c t i n g d r i l l b i t s a c c o r d i n g to n a t u r e of s t r a t a e n c o u n t e r e d and
c h a n g in g t h e m w h en d u ll o r w hen s t r a t a c h a n g e ; m a n i p u l a t i n g l e v e r s , p e d a l s , and b r a k e s to
c o n t r o l d r a w w o r k s w h ic h s u p p l y p o w e r n e c e s s a r y to l o w e r an d r a i s e d r i l l p ip e and c a s i n g
into and out of w e l l ; c h e c k in g o p e r a t i o n of s l u s h p u m p s to s e e th a t f l u id , w h ic h c o o l s
b i t,
r e m o v e s c u t t i n g s , an d s e a l s w a l l s of w e l l w ith c l a y , i s c i r c u l a t i n g p r o p e r l y and i s of c o r r e c t
c o n s i s t e n c y ; i n s p e c t i n g c o r e o r c u t t in g s f r o m w e l l to d e t e r m i n e n a t u r e of s t r a t a d r i l l e d
th r o u g h ; f i s h i n g f o r an d r e m o v i n g e q u ip m e n t l o s t in w e l l , u s i n g s p e c i a l t o o l s at end of d r i l l
p ip e o r c a b l e ; k e e p i n g r e c o r d of l o c a t i o n an d n a t u r e of s t r a t a , n u m b e r of f e e t a d v a n c e d p e r
s h i f t , and m a t e r i a l s u s e d . M a y s t a r t flo w of w e l l b y a s s i s t i n g s h o o t e r in l o w e r i n g an d s e t ­
tin g off a c h a r g e of e x p l o s i v e s in the s t r a t a a n d c o n t r o l flow of w e l l w h en it c o m e s in ( f i r s t
b e g i n s flow ing) b y c a p p in g it o r r e g u l a t i n g c o n t r o l v a l v e s .
S u p e r v i s e s an d i s a s s i s t e d b y
w o r k e r s , s u c h a s d e r r i c k m a n and r o t a r y f l o o r m a n .
E L E C T R IC IA N , M A IN TE N A N C E
P e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y of e l e c t r i c a l t r a d e f u n c t i o n s , s u c h a s the i n s t a l l a t i o n , m a i n t e ­
n a n c e , o r r e p a i r of e q u ip m e n t f o r the g e n e r a t i o n , d i s t r i b u t i o n , o r u t i l i z a t i o n of e l e c t r i c
e n e r g y in an e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W ork i n v o l v e s m o s t of the f o l l o w i n g : I n s t a l l i n g o r r e p a i r i n g
an y of a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t s u c h a s g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w i t c h b o a r d s ,
c o n t r o l l e r s , c i r c u i t b r e a k e r s , m o t o r s , h e a t i n g u n i t s , c o n d u it s y s t e m s , o r o t h e r t r a n s m i s s i o n




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E L E C T R I C I A N , M A I N T E N A N C E — C o n tin u e d
e q u ip m e n t ; w o r k in g f r o m b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , l a y o u t s , o r o th e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; l o c a t i n g and
d i a g n o s i n g t r o u b l e in the e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m o r e q u ip m e n t; w o r k i n g s t a n d a r d c o m p u t a t i o n s r e ­
l a t i n g to l o a d r e q u i r e m e n t s of w i r i n g o r e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t; and u s i n g a v a r i e t y of e l e c ­
t r i c i a n ^ h a n d t o o l s and m e a s u r i n g an d t e s t i n g i n s t r u m e n t s . In g e n e r a l , the w o r k of the m a i n ­
t e n a n c e e l e c t r i c i a n r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a
f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e .
FLOORM AN, ROTARY
( R o t a r y d r i l l e r h e l p e r ; r o t a r y h e l p e r ; ro u g h n e c k )
A s s i s t s in d r i l l i n g o p e r a t i o n s an d in ru n n in g d r i l l p ip e and c a s i n g in an d out of w e l l .
W ork i n v o l v e s : G u id in g l o w e r end of s e c t i o n s of d r i l l p ip e and c a s i n g to o r f r o m w e l l o p e n ­
in g a s d e r r i c k m a n h a n d l e s u p p e r end in ru n n in g s e c t i o n s into o r out of w e l l ; r a c k i n g o r u n ­
r a c k i n g d r i l l p ip e s e c t i o n s in o r d e r of r e m o v a l ; h e lp in g c o n n e c t o r d i s c o n n e c t j o i n t s b e t w e e n
s e c t i o n s , u s i n g t o n g s o r c h a in w r e n c h e s to g r i p and t u r n p ip e ; i n s e r t i n g and r e m o v i n g s l i p s
( c u r v e d m e t a l w e d g e s ) u s e d at top of w e l l to h o ld d r i l l p ip e at d e s i r e d p oin t w h en it i s b e i n g
r u n into o r out of w e l l ; o p e r a t i n g a c a t h e a d ( p o w e r - d r i v e n w in c h ), the c a b l e of w h ic h i s a t ­
t a c h e d to the t o n g s o r w r e n c h to l o o s e n o r tig h te n the j o i n t s ; d i g g i n g d i t c h e s , r a c k i n g t o o l s ,
an d c l e a n i n g up d r i l l i n g f l o o r o r a r o u n d r i g ; and a s s i s t i n g in m a k i n g r e p a i r s to d r i l l i n g
m a c h i n e r y , s l u s h p u m p s , and d e r r i c k .
GASMAN
(G a s-p ro d u c e r m an; g as-p lan t operator)
O p e r a t e s a u t o m a t i c a l l y c o n t r o l l e d n a t u r a l - g a s t r e a t i n g unit in o il or g a s f i e l d to r e n ­
d e r g a s s u i t a b l e f o r fu e l and f o r p i p e l i n e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n . W ork i n v o l v e s m o s t of the f o l l o w ­
in g : O p en in g v a l v e s to a d m i t g a s an d s p e c i f i e d c h e m i c a l s in to t r e a t i n g v e s s e l w h e r e m o i s t u r e
i s a b s o r b e d and i m p u r i t i e s r e m o v e d ; a d j u s t i n g c o n t r o l of a u x i l i a r y e q u i p m e n t , s u c h a s p u m p s ,
h e a t i n g c o i l s , an d c o o l i n g t o w e r ; r e a d i n g t e m p e r a t u r e and p r e s s u r e g a g e s an d a d j u s t s c o n ­
t r o l s to k e e p h e a t an d p r e s s u r e at l e v e l of m a x i m u m e f f i c i e n c y w ith in s a f e o p e r a t i n g l i m i t s ;
p e r f o r m i n g r o u t i n e t e s t s o r d e l i v e r s s a m p l e s to l a b o r a t o r y to d e t e r m i n e q u a l i t i e s of g a s ,
s u c h a s B . T . U . v a l u e , f l a m e c a n d l e p o w e r , and s p e c i f i c g r a v i t y , and p r o p o r t i o n s of e l e m e n t s ,
s u c h a s m e t h a n e , p r o p a n e , an d n a t u r a l g a s o l i n e ; d r a i n i n g s a m p l e s of b o i l e r w a t e r f r o m t r e a t ­
in g un it f o r l a b o r a t o r y a n a l y s i s ; an d a d d in g s p e c i f i e d c h e m i c a l s to w a t e r to k e e p h e a t i n g and
c o o l i n g s y s t e m s in w o r k i n g o r d e r . M a y a d j u s t and r e p a i r g a s m e t e r s an d g o v e r n o r s , u s i n g
h a n d t o o l s . M a y c h a n g e c h a r t s on m e t e r s e q u ip p e d w ith a u t o m a t i c r e c o r d e r s an d m a y a d v i s e
an d a s s i s t w o r k e r s r e p a i r i n g r e g u l a t o r s ( g o v e r n o r s ) and o th e r c o n t r o l i n s t r u m e n t s .
M E C H A N IC , M A IN T E N A N C E
R e p a i r s m a c h i n e r y o r m e c h a n i c a l e q u ip m e n t of a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
W ork i n v o l v e s
m o s t of the f o l l o w i n g : E x a m i n i n g m a c h i n e s and m e c h a n i c a l e q u ip m e n t to d i a g n o s e s o u r c e
of t r o u b l e ; d i s m a n t l i n g o r p a r t l y d i s m a n t l i n g m a c h i n e s and p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s th at m a i n l y
in v o l v e the u s e of h a n d t o o l s in s c r a p i n g and fittin g p a r t s ; r e p l a c i n g b r o k e n o r d e f e c t i v e p a r t s
w ith i t e m s o b t a in e d f r o m s t o c k ; o r d e r i n g the p r o d u c t i o n of a r e p l a c e m e n t p a r t b y a m a c h i n e
sh o p o r s e n d in g of the m a c h i n e to a m a c h i n e sh o p f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s ; p r e p a r i n g w r i t t e n s p e c ­
i f i c a t i o n s f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s o r f o r the p r o d u c t i o n of p a r t s o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h i n e sh o p ; r e ­
a s s e m b l i n g m a c h i n e s ; and m a k i n g a l l n e c e s s a r y a d j u s t m e n t s f o r o p e r a t i o n .
In g e n e r a l , the
w o r k of a m a i n t e n a n c e m e c h a n i c r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d
t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e .
E x c l u d e d f r o m th is
c l a s s i f i c a t i o n a r e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u t i e s in v o lv e s e t t i n g up o r a d j u s t i n g m a c h i n e s .
PUM PER
(O il-w e ll p u m p e r ; p u m p m an )
O p e r a t e s the p o w e r u n it ( s t e a m , g a s , g a s o l i n e , e l e c t r i c , o r D i e s e l ) w hich d r i v e s
the o i l - w e l l p u m p s u s e d to lif t o il f r o m w e l l s in w h ich n a t u r a l flow h a s d i m i n i s h e d o r c e a s e d .
W ork i n c l u d e s : O p en in g a n d c l o s i n g v a l v e s to r e g u l a t e flow of o il f r o m w e l l to s t o r a g e t a n k s
o r in to p i p e l i n e s ; r e a d i n g m e t e r s an d m a k i n g d a i l y p r o d u c t i o n r e p o r t s of the a m o u n t an d




22
P U M P E R — C o n t in u e d
q u a l i t y of o il p u m p e d ; c h e c k in g p r e s s u r e of s e p a r a t o r , w h ic h s e p a r a t e s n a t u r a l g a s f r o m o il
an d m a k i n g a d j u s t m e n t s ; l u b r i c a t i n g an d m a k i n g m i n o r r e p a i r s to p u m p s ; an d r e p o r t i n g m a ­
j o r b r e a k d o w n s an d w e l l d i f f i c u l t i e s .
M a y m a k e r e g u l a r t e s t s of o il f o r b o t t o m s e d i m e n t
an d w a t e r .
ROUSTABOUT
(Laborer)
P e r f o r m s , u p o n a s s i g n m e n t , a n y c o m b i n a t i o n of the f o l l o w i n g t a s k s in and a b o u t o il
fie ld s:
D i g g i n g t r e n c h e s f o r d r a i n a g e a r o u n d o i l w e l l s , s t o r a g e t a n k s , and o th e r i n s t a l l a ­
t i o n s ; f i l l i n g e x c a v a t i o n s w ith d i r t ; l o a d i n g an d u n l o a d i n g t r u c k s b y h a n d o r u s i n g h a n d t r u c k s ;
a s s i s t i n g p u m p e r s in s e t t i n g up p u m p s u s e d to p u m p o i l, g a s , w a t e r , o r m u d ; b a i l i n g s p i l l e d
o il in to b u c k e t s and b a r r e l s ; c l e a n i n g m a c h i n e r y ; c u ttin g dow n t r e e s an d b r u s h a r o u n d o il
f i e l d i n s t a l l a t i o n s ; s e g r e g a t i n g p ip e s e c t i o n s on r a c k s in m a t e r i a l y a r d ; an d c o n n e c ti n g t a n k s
an d flo w l i n e s an d p e r f o r m i n g o th e r m i s c e l l a n e o u s p ip e f it t in g w o r k .
C a s u a l l a b o r e r s who
a r e h i r e d f o r s p o r a d i c n e e d s an d m a i n t e n a n c e f l o o r m e n ( g a n g p u s h e r s ) s h o u l d b e e x c l u d e d
f r o m th is c la s s if i c a t io n .
D i f f i c u l t i e s a r e s o m e t i m e s e n c o u n t e r e d in d i s t i n g u i s h i n g b e t w e e n r o u s t a b o u t s and
r o u g h n e c k s ( r o t a r y f l o o r m e n ) . W h e n e v e r s u c h d i f f i c u l t i e s a r i s e , r o u g h n e c k s s h o u ld b e c o n ­
s i d e r e d a s t h o s e w o r k e r s who a s s i s t in the a c t u a l d r i l l i n g o p e r a t i o n s an d t h o s e o p e r a t i o n s
alone.
R o u s t a b o u t s a r e e m p l o y e d a f t e r the w e l l i s f i n i s h e d .
T h e y a s s i s t in v a r i o u s o th e r
f u n c t i o n s e n c o u n t e r e d in p e t r o l e u m p r o d u c t io n .
TRU C K D R IV ER
D r i v e s a t r u c k in an d a r o u n d o il o r g a s f i e l d s to t r a n s p o r t c r u d e p e t r o l e u m , e q u i p ­
m e n t , m e n , o r s u p p l i e s b e t w e e n b a t t e r y s i t e s , r a i l p o i n t s , and o t h e r u n l o a d i n g d o c k s .
M ay
a l s o l o a d o r u n l o a d t r u c k w ith o r w ith ou t h e l p e r s , m a k e m i n o r m e c h a n i c a l r e p a i r s , an d k e e p
t r u c k in g o o d w o r k i n g o r d e r .
D r i v e r - s a l e s m e n and o v e r - t h e - r o a d d r i v e r s a r e e x c l u d e d .
W E L D E R , O IL F IE L D
C u t s , l a y s out, f i t s , an d w e l d s s h e e t m e t a l , c a s t i r o n , a l u m i n u m , and o th e r m e t a l
o r a l l o y e d m e t a l p a r t s to f a b r i c a t e o r r e p a i r o il f i e l d m a c h i n e r y , e q u i p m e n t , an d i n s t a l l a ­
t i o n s s u c h a s o il an d g a s - p i p e l i n e s an d t a n k s , p r e s s u r e v e s s e l s , p u m p s e c t i o n s , h e a v y b a s e s
f o r d r illin g eq u ip m en t, d r ill p ip e s , or c a s i n g s .
T h e o il f i e l d w e l d e r u s u a l l y o p e r a t e s e l e c ­
tr ic - w e ld in g a n d /o r ac e ty le n e -w e ld in g a p p a r a t u s .




Industry Wage Studies
T h e m o s t r e c e n t r e p o r t s f o r i n d u s t r i e s i n c l u d e d in th e B u r e a u ' s p r o g r a m
of i n d u s t r y w a g e s u r v e y s s in c e J a n u a r y 1950 a r e l i s t e d b e lo w .
T h o s e f o r w h ich
a p r i c e i s s h o w n a r e a v a i l a b l e f r o m th e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f D o c u m e n t s , U . S .
G o v e r n m e n t P rin tin g O ffic e , W ash in gton , D .C ., 20 4 0 2 , or an y of it s r e g io n a l
sa le s o ffices.
T h o s e f o r w h ich a p r i c e is not show n m a y b e o b ta in e d f r e e a s
l o n g a s a s u p p l y i s a v a i l a b l e , f r o m th e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s , W a s h i n g t o n ,
D . C . , 2 0 2 1 2 , o r f r o m a n y o f th e r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s s h o w n o n th e i n s i d e b a c k c o v e r .

I. Occupational Wage Studies
M an u factu rin g
B a s i c I r o n a n d S t e e l , 1 9 6 2 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1358 ( 3 0 c e n t s ) .
C a n d y an d O th er C o n f e c t i o n e r y P r o d u c t s , 1965. B L S B u lle t in 1520 (30 c e n t s ) .
’• 'C a n n in g a n d F r e e z i n g , 1 9 5 7 . B L S R e p o r t 136.
C i g a r M a n u f a c t u r i n g , 1 9 6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1581 ( 2 5 c e n t s ) .
C i g a r e t t e M a n u f a c t u r in g , 1965. B L S B u lle t in 1472 (20 c e n t s ) .
C o tto n T e x t i l e s , 1965. B L S B u l l e t in 1506 (40 c e n t s ) .
D i s t i l l e d L i q u o r s , 1 9 5 2 . S e r i e s 2, N o . 8 8 .
F a b r i c a t e d S t r u c t u r a l S t e e l, 1964. B L S B u lle t in 1463 (30 c e n t s ) .
F e r t i l i z e r M a n u f a c t u r i n g , 1 9 6 6 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1531 ( 3 0 c e n t s ) .
F l o u r a n d O t h e r G r a i n M i l l P r o d u c t s , 1 9 6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1576 (2 5 c e n t s ) .
F l u i d M ilk I n d u s t r y , 1964. B L S B u l l e t in 1464 (30 c e n t s ) .
F o o t w e a r , 1965. B L S B u lle t in 1503 (50 c e n t s ) .
H o s i e r y , 1964. B L S B u l l e t in 1456 (45 c e n t s ) .
I n d u s t r i a l C h e m i c a l s , 1 9 6 5 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1529 ( 4 0 c e n t s ) .
I r o n a n d S t e e l F o u n d r i e s , 1 9 6 2 . B L S B u l l e t i n 138 6 ( 4 0 c e n t s ) .
L e a t h e r T a n n in g an d F i n i s h i n g , 1963. B L S B u l l e t in 1378 (40 c e n t s ) .
M a c h in e r y M a n u f a c t u r i n g , 1966. B L S B u l l e t in 1563 (70 c e n t s ) .
M e a t P r o d u c t s , 1 9 6 3 . B L S B u l l e t i n 141 5 ( 7 5 c e n t s ) .
M e n 's and B o y s ' S h ir t s ( E x c e p t W ork S h ir ts ) and N ig h tw e a r , 1964.
B L S B u l l e t i n 145 7 ( 4 0 c e n t s ) .
M e n 's an d B o y s ' S u it s an d C o a t s , 1963. B L S B u l l e t in 1424 (65 c e n t s ) .
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 , 1 9 6 4 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1 4 3 9 (3 5 c e n t s ) .
M i s c e ll a n e o u s T e x t i l e s , 1953. B L S R e p o r t 56.
M o t o r V e h i c l e s a n d M o t o r V e h i c l e P a r t s , 1 9 6 3 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1 3 9 3 (4 5 c e n t s ) .
N o n f e r r o u s F o u n d r i e s , 1965. B L S B u l l e t in 1498 (40 c e n t s ) .
P a i n t s an d V a r n i s h e s , 1965. B L S B u l l e t in 1524 (40 c e n t s ) .
P a p e r b o a r d C o n t a i n e r s an d B o x e s , 1964. B L S B u l l e t in 1478 (70 c e n t s ) .
P e t r o l e u m R e f i n i n g , 1 9 6 5 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1526 ( 3 0 c e n t s ) .
P r e s s e d o r B lo w n G l a s s and G l a s s w a r e , 1964. B L S B u lle t in 1423 (30 c e n t s ) .
’• ' P r o c e s s e d W a s t e , 1 9 5 7 . B L S R e p o r t 124.
P u l p , P a p e r , a n d P a p e r b o a r d M i l l s , 1 9 6 2 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1341 ( 4 0 c e n t s ) .
R a d i o , T e l e v i s i o n , a n d R e l a t e d P r o d u c t s , 1 9 5 1 . S e r i e s 2, N o . 8 4 .
R a i l r o a d C a r s , 1 9 5 2 . S e r i e s 2, N o . 8 6 .
* R a w S u g a r , 1 9 5 7 . B L S R e p o r t 136.
S o u t h e r n S a w m i l l s a n d P l a n i n g M i l l s , 1 9 6 5 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1519 ( 3 0 c e n t s ) .
S t r u c t u r a l C l a y P r o d u c t s , 1 9 6 4 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1459 (4 5 c e n t s ) .
S y n th e tic F i b e r s , 1966. B L S B u l l e t in 1540 (30 c e n t s ) .
S y n t h e t i c T e x t i l e s , 1 9 6 5 . B L S B u l l e t i n 150 9 ( 4 0 c e n t s ) .
T e x t i l e D y e i n g a n d F i n i s h i n g , 1 9 6 5 —6 6 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1527 (4 5 c e n t s ) .
*

Studies of the e ffe cts o f the $1 m inim um w age.




I. Occupational Wage Studies--- Continued
M a n u fa c tu r in g — C o n tin u ed
^ T o b a c c o S t e m m i n g a n d R e d r y i n g , 1 9 5 7 . B L S R e p o r t 136.
W e s t C o a s t S a w m i l l i n g , 1 9 6 4 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1455 ( 3 0 c e n t s ) .
W o m e n ' s a n d M i s s e s ' C o a t s a n d S u i t s , 1 9 6 5 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1508 ( 2 5 c e n t s ) .
W o m e n 's and M i s s e s ' D r e s s e s , 1966. B L S B u l l e t in 1538 (30 c e n t s ) .
W o o d H o u s e h o l d F u r n i t u r e , E x c e p t U p h o l s t e r e d , 1 9 6 5 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1496
(40 c e n t s ) .
^ W o o d e n C o n t a i n e r s , 1 9 5 7 . B L S R e p o r t 126.
W o o l T e x t i l e s , 1 9 6 6 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1551 (4 5 c e n t s ) .
W o r k C l o t h i n g , 1 9 6 4 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1440 (3 5 c e n t s ) .
N o n m an u factu rin g
A u t o D e a l e r R e p a i r S h o p s , 1 9 6 4 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1 4 5 2 (3 0 c e n t s ) .
B a n k i n g , 1 9 6 4 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1466 ( 3 0 c e n t s ) .
B i t u m i n o u s C o a l M i n i n g , 1 9 6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1583 ( 5 0 c e n t s ) .
C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , 1 9 6 6 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1582 ( 2 0 c e n t s ) .
C o n t r a c t C l e a n i n g S e r v i c e s , 1 9 6 5 . B L S B u l l e t i n 150 7 ( 3 0 c e n t s ) .
C r u d e P e t r o l e u m a n d N a t u r a l G a s P r o d u c t i o n , I 9 6 0 . B L S R e p o r t 181.
D e p a r t m e n t a n d W o m e n ’ s R e a d y - t o - W e a r S t o r e s , 1 9 5 0 . S e r i e s 2, N o . 7 8 .
E a t in g an d D r in k in g P l a c e s , 1963. B L S B u l l e t in 1400 (40 c e n t s ) .
E l e c t r i c an d G a s U t i l i t i e s , 1962. B L S B u lle t in 1374 (50 c e n t s ) .
H o s p i t a l s , 1966. B L S B u lle tin 1553 (70 c e n t s ) .
H o t e l s a n d M o t e l s , 1 9 6 3 . B L S B u l l e t i n 14 0 6 ( 4 0 c e n t s ) .
L a u n d r y an d C le a n in g S e r v i c e s , 1966. B L S B u lle t in 1544 (60 c e n t s ) .
L if e I n s u r a n c e , 1966. B L S B u l l e t in 1569 (30 c e n t s ) .
M o tio n P i c t u r e T h e a t e r s , 1966. B L S B u lle t in 1542 (35 c e n t s ) .
N u r s i n g H o m e s an d R e l a t e d F a c i l i t i e s , 1965. B L S B u l l e t in 1492 (45 c e n t s ) .

II.

Earnings Distributions Studies

F a c t o r y W o r k e rs' E a r n in g s — D istrib u tio n by S tr a ig h t- T im e H ou rly
E a r n i n g s , 1958. B L S B u lle t in 1252 (40 c e n t s ) .
F a c t o r y W o r k e r s ' E a r n i n g s — S e le c t e d M a n u fa c tu r in g I n d u s t r i e s , 1959.
B L S B u l l e t i n 1275 (35 c e n t s ) .
E m p l o y e e s E a r n i n g s a n d H o u r s , J u n e 196 5 —
R e t a i l T r a d e . B L S B u l l e t i n 1501 ( 5 0 c e n t s ) .
B u ild in g M a t e r i a ls , H a r d w a r e , and F a r m E q u ip m e n t D e a l e r s .
B L S B u l l e t i n 1 5 0 1 -1 (25 c e n t s ) .
G e n e r a l M e r c h a n d is e S t o r e s . B L S B u lle t in 1 5 0 1 -2 (40 c e n t s ) .
F o o d S t o r e s . B L S B u l l e t i n 1 5 0 1 - 3 (3 0 c e n t s ) .
A u to m o tiv e D e a l e r s and G a s o lin e S e r v ic e S ta tio n s .
B L S B u lle t in 1 5 0 1 -4 (40 c e n t s ) .
A p p a r e l a n d A c c e s s o r y S t o r e s . B L S B u l l e t i n 1 5 0 1 - 5 (4 5 c e n t s ) .
F u r n itu r e , H om e F u r n is h in g s , and H o u seh o ld A p p lia n c e S t o r e s .
B L S B u lle t in 1 5 0 1 -6 (40 c e n t s ) .
M i s c e l l a n e o u s S t o r e s . B L S B u lle t in 1 5 0 1 -7 (30 c e n t s ) .
E m p lo y e e E a r n in g s
C e n tra l R e g io n s,
E m p lo y e e E a r n in g s
B L S B u lle tin 1533

a n d H o u r s in N o n m e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a s o f th e S o u t h a n d N o r t h
1 9 6 5 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1552 ( 5 0 c e n t s ) .
a n d H o u r s in E i g h t M e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a s o f the S o u t h , 1 9 6 5 .
(40 c e n t s ) .

* Studies of the effe cts of the $1 m inim um w age.




☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING O F F IC E : 1968 O - 311-094

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REGIONAL OFFICES

New England
Jo h n F . K ennedy F e d e r a l B u ild in g
G o v e rn m e n t C e n te r , R oom 1 6 0 3 -B
B o sto n , M a s s . 02203
T e l . : 2 2 3 -6 7 6 2

M id-Atlantic
341 N inth A venue
New Y o rk , N . Y . 10001
T e l . : 9 7 1 -5 4 0 5




Southern
1371 P e a c h tr e e S t r e e t , N E .
A tla n ta , G a . 30309
T e l . : 5 2 6 -5 4 1 8

North Central
219 South D e a rb o rn S tr e e t
C h ic a g o , 111. 60604
T e l . : 3 5 3 -7 2 3 0

P a cific
450 G o ld e n G a te A ven ue
B o x 36017
S an F r a n c is c o , C a lif . 94102
T e l . : 5 5 6 -4 6 7 8

Mountain-Plains
F e d e r a l O ffic e B u ild in g , T h ir d F lo o r
911 W alnut S tr e e t
K a n s a s C ity , M o. 64106
T e l . : 3 7 4 -2 4 8 1