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Occupational Wage Survey A LBA N Y-SC H EN ECTA D Y-TR O Y, NEW YORK MARCH 1960 Bulletin No. 1265-40 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary BUREAU OF LA BO R STATISTICS Ewan Clagu a, Commissioner Occupational Wage Survey ALBANY-SCHENECTADY-TROY, NEW YORK MARCH 1960 Bulletin No. 1265-40 June 1960 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary BUREAU O F LA BO R STATISTICS Ew an C lagu e, Commissioner For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. - Price cents Preface Contents Page T h e C o m m u n ity W a g e S u r v e y P r o g r a m I n t r o d u c t i o n ___________________________________________________________________________________ T h e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t is t ic s r e g u la r ly c o n d u c ts a r e a w id e w a g e s u r v e y s in a n u m b e r o f im p o r ta n t in d u s t r ia l c e n t e r s . T h e s t u d ie s , m a d e fr o m la te fa ll to e a r ly s p r in g , r e la t e to o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s a n d r e la t e d s u p p le m e n ta r y b e n e f it s . A p r e lim in a r y r e p o r t i s a v a ila b le o n c o m p le tio n o f th e stu d y in e a c h a r e a , u s u a lly in th e m o n th fo llo w in g th e p a y r o ll p e r io d s tu d ie d . T h is b u lle t in p r o v id e s a d d itio n a l d a ta n o t in c lu d e d in th e e a r l i e r r e p o r t . A c o n s o lid a te d a n a ly tic a l b u lle tin s u m m a r iz in g th e r e s u lt s o f a ll o f th e y e a r ’ s s u r v e y s i s is s u e d a f t e r c o m p le t io n o f th e fin a l a r e a b u lle tin fo r th e c u r r e n t r o u n d o f s u r v e y s . T a b le s : T h is r e p o r t w a s p r e p a r e d in th e B u r e a u ’ s r e g io n a l o f f ic e in N e w Y o r k , N . Y . , b y E llio t t A . B r o w a r , u n d e r th e d ir e c tio n o f F r e d e r ic k W . M u e lle r , R e g io n a l W a g e a n d I n d u s tr ia l R e la t io n s A n a ly s t . 1. 1 E s t a b l i s h m e n t s a n d w o r k e r s w i t h i n s c o p e o f s u r v e y ________________ 2 A : O c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s : * A - l . O f f i c e o c c u p a t i o n s _______________________________________________________ A - 2 . P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s ________________________ A - 3 . M a in t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p l a n t o c c u p a t i o n s ______________________ A - 4 . C u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t o c c u p a t i o n s ______________ 4 5 6 7 B : E s t a b lis h m e n t p r a c t ic e s a n d s u p p le m e n ta r y w a g e p r o v is io n s :* B - l . S h if t d i f f e r e n t i a l s ________________________________________________________ B - 2 . M in im u m e n t r a n c e s a l a r i e s f o r w o m e n o f f i c e w o r k e r s ___________________________________________________________ B - 3 . S c h e d u l e d w e e k l y h o u r s ____________________ B - 4 . P a i d h o l i d a y s ___________________ _____________________________ _ ____________ B - 5 . P a i d v a c a t i o n s ____________________________________________________________ B - 6 . H e a l t h , i n s u r a n c e , a n d p e n s i o n p l a n s _______________r __________ 9 9 10 11 13 A p p e n d ix : O c c u p a t i o n a l d e s c r i p t i o n s _____ _________________________________________ 15 * N O T E : S im ila r ta b u la tio n s fo r m o s t o f t h e s e it e m s a r e a v a i l a b l e i n t h e A l b a n y - S c h e n e c t a d y —T r o y a r e a r e p o r t .f o r M a r c h 1 9 5 2 , a s w e ll a s in s im ila r r e p o r ts fo r o th e r m a jo r a r e a s . A d ir e c t o r y , in d ic a tin g d a te o f stu d y a n d th e p r ic e o f th e r e p o r t s , i s a v a ila b le u p o n r e q u e s t. U n io n s c a l e s , i n d i c a t i v e o f p r e v a i l i n g p a y l e v e l s , a r e a l s o a v a ila b le fo r s e v e n s e l e c t e d b u ild in g t r a d e s in S c h e n e c ta d y . 8 Occupational Wage Survey~Albany-Schenectady-Troy,jN. Y. Introduction T h is a r e a i s o n e o f s e v e r a l im p o r ta n t in d u s t r ia l c e n t e r s in w h ic h th e U . S . D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r ' s B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c * h a s c o n d u c te d s u r v e y s o f o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s a n d r e la te d w a g e b e n e fits o n a n a r e a w id e b a s i s . In t h is a r e a , d a ta w e r e o b t a in e d b y p e r s o n a l v is it s o f B u r e a u fie ld e c o n o m is ts to r e p r e s e n ta tiv e e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith in s i x b r o a d in d u s t r y d iv is io n s : M a n u fa c tu r in g ; t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ,1 c o m m u n ic a t io n , a n d o t h e r p u b lic u t i l it i e s ; w h o le s a le tr a d e ; r e t a i l tr a d e ; fin a n c e , in s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s ta te ; a n d s e r v ic e s . M a jo r in d u s tr y g r o u p s e x c lu d e d fr o m th e s e s tu d ie s a r e g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a tio n s a n d th e c o n s t r u c t io n a n d e x t r a c t iv e i n d u s t r ie s . E s t a b lis h m e n t s h a v in g fe w e r th a n a p r e s c r ib e d n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s a r e o m itte d a ls o b e c a u s e th e y fu r n is h in s u f f ic ie n t e m p lo y m e n t in th e o c c u p a tio n s s tu d ie d to w a r r a n t in c lu s io n . W h e r e v e r p o s s i b l e , s e p a r a t e ta b u la tio n s a r e p r o v id e d fo r e a c h o f th e b r o a d in d u s tr y d iv is io n s . T h e s e s u r v e y s a r e c o n d u c te d o n a s a m p le b a s is b e c a u s e o f th e u n n e c e s s a r y c o s t in v o lv e d in s u r v e y in g a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s . T o o b ta in a p p r o p r ia te a c c u r a c y a t m in im u m c o s t , a g r e a t e r p r o p o r tio n o f la r g e th a n o f s m a l l e s t a b lis h m e n t s i s s t u d ie d . In c o m b in in g th e d a ta , h o w e v e r , a l l e s t a b lis h m e n t s a r e g iv e n t h e ir a p p r o p r ia te w e ig h t . E s t i m a t e s b a s e d o n th e e s t a b lis h m e n t s stu d ie d a r e p r e s e n te d , t h e r e f o r e , a s r e l a t i n g t o a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n t h e i n d u s t r y g r o u p in g a n d a r e a , e x c e p t fo r th o s e b e lo w th e m in im u m s iz e s tu d ie d . O c c u p a tio n s a n d E a r n in g s T h e o c c u p a tio n s s e le c t e d f o r s tu d y a r e c o m m o n to a v a r ie t y o f m a n u fa c tu r in g a n d n o n m a n u fa c tu r in g i n d u s t r i e s . O c c u p a tio n a l c l a s s if ic a t io n i s b a s e d o n a u n ifo r m s e t o f jo b d e s c r ip t io n s d e s ig n e d to ta k e a c c o u n t o f in t e r e s t a b lis h m e n t v a r ia t io n in d u tie s w ith in th e s a m e jo b . (S e e a p p e n d ix f o r lis t in g o f t h e s e d e s c r ip t io n s .) E a r n in g s d a ta a r e p r e s e n t e d (in th e A - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) f o r th e f o llo w in g t y p e s o f o c c u p a t i o n s : ( a ) O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ; (b ) p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l ; ( c ) m a i n t e n a n c e a n d p o w e r p la n t ; a n d (d ) c u s t o d i a l a n d m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t . O c c u p a tio n a l e m p lo y m e n t a n d e a r n in g s d a ta a r e s h o w n f o r f u ll- t im e w o r k e r s , i . e . , th o s e h ir e d to w o r k a r e g u la r w e e k ly s c h e d u le in th e g iv e n o c c u p a tio n a l c la s s i f ic a t i o n . E a r n in g s d a ta e x c lu d e p r e m iu m p a y fo r o v e r t im e a n d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d la te s h if t s . N o n p r o d u c tio n b o n u s e s a r e e x c lu d e d a l s o , b u t c o s t - o f liv in g b o n u s e s a n d in c e n t iv e e a r n in g s a r e in c lu d e d . W h e r e w e e k ly h o u r s a r e r e p o r te d , a s fo r o ffic e c le r ic a l o c c u p a tio n s , r e fe r e n c e is t o t h e w o r k s c h e d u l e s ( r o u n d e d t o t h e n e a r e s t h a l f h o u r ) f o r w h ic h s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s a r e p a id ; a v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s f o r t h e s e o c c u p a t io n s h a v e b e e n r o u n d e d to th e n e a r e s t h a lf d o lla r . A v e r a g e e a r n in g s o f m e n a n d w o m e n a r e p r e s e n te d s e p a r a te ly f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s i n w h ic h b o t h s e x e s a r e c o m m o n l y e m p l o y e d . D if f e r e n c e s in p a y l e v e l s o f m e n a n d w o m e n in t h e s e o c c u p a t io n s a r e la r g e ly d u e to ( l ) d if f e r e n c e s in th e d is t r ib u t io n o f th e s e x e s a m o n g in d u s t r ie s a n d e s t a b lis h m e n t s ; (2 ) d if f e r e n c e s in s p e c if ic d u t ie s p e r f o r m e d , a lth o u g h th e o c c u p a t io n s a r e a p p r o p r ia t e ly c l a s s i f i e d w ith in th e s a m e s u r v e y jo b d e s c r ip t io n ; a n d (3 ) d if f e r e n c e s in le n g th o f s e r v i c e o r m e r i t r e v ie w w h e n in d iv id u a l s a l a r i e s a r e a d ju s te d o n t h is b a s is . L o n g e r a v e r a g e s e r v i c e o f m e n w o u ld r e s u l t i n h i g h e r a v e r a g e p a y w h e n b o th s e x e s a r e e m p lo y e d w ith in th e s a m e r a te r a n g e . J o b d e s c r ip tio n s u s e d in c la s s if y in g e m p lo y e e s in th e s e s u r v e y s a r e u s u a lly m o r e g e n e r a liz e d th a n t h o s e u s e d in in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t s to a llo w fo r m in o r d if f e r e n c e s a m o n g e s t a b lis h m e n t s in s p e c if ic d u tie s p e r fo rm e d . O c c u p a tio n a l e m p lo y m e n t e s t i m a t e s r e p r e s e n t th e to t a l in a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith in th e s c o p e o f th e s tu d y a n d n o t th e n u m b e r a c t u a lly s u r v e y e d . B e c a u s e o f d if f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t io n a l s t r u c t u r e a m o n g e s t a b lis h m e n t s , th e e s t i m a t e s o f o c c u p a t io n a l e m p lo y m e n t o b ta in e d f r o m th e s a m p le o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s t u d ie d s e r v e o n ly to in d ic a t e th e r e la t iv e im p o r ta n c e o f th e jo b s s tu d ie d . T h e s e d if f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a tio n a l s t r u c t u r e d o n o t m a t e r ia lly a f f e c t th e a c c u r a c y o f th e e a r n in g s d a ta . E s t a b lis h m e n t P r a c t ic e s a n d S u p p le m e n ta r y W a g e P r o v is io n s I n f o r m a t i o n i s p r e s e n t e d a l s o ( in t h e B - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) o n s e le c t e d e s t a b lis h m e n t p r a c t ic e s a n d s u p p le m e n ta r y b e n e f it s a s th e y r e la t e to o f f ic e a n d p la n t w o r k e r s . T h e t e r m " o ffic e w o r k e r s , " a s u s e d in th is b u lle t in , in c lu d e s w o r k in g s u p e r v is o r s a n d n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r s p e r fo r m in g c le r i c a l o r r e la t e d fu n c tio n s , a n d e x c lu d e s a d m in i s t r a t i v e , e x e c u t iv e , a n d p r o f e s s io n a l p e r s o n n e l. " P la n t w o r k e r s " in c l u d e w o r k i n g f o r e m e n a n d a l l n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r s ( i n c lu d i n g l e a d 1 R a i l r o a d s , f o r m e r l y e x c l u d e d f r o m t h e s c o p e o f t h e s e s t u d i e sm, e n a n d t r a i n e e s ) e n g a g e d i n n o n o f f i c e f u n c t i o n s . A d m i n i s t r a t i v e , h a v e b e e n a d d e d in n e a r ly a l l o f th e a r e a s to b e s t u d ie d d u r in g th e e x e c u tiv e , an d p r o fe s s io n a l e m p lo y e e s , an d fo r c e -a c c o u n t c o n s tr u c tio n w in te r o f 1 9 5 9 -6 0 ; r a ilr o a d s w ill b e a d d e d in th e r e m a in in g a r e a s n e x t e m p lo y e e s w h o a r e u tiliz e d a s a s e p a r a te w o r k fo r c e a r e e x c lu d e d . y e a r . F o r s c o p e o f s u r v e y in th is a r e a , s e e fo o tn o te to " tr a n s p o r ta C a fe te r ia w o r k e r s a n d r o u te m e n a r e e x c lu d e d in m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s t io n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , a n d o th e r p u b lic u t i l it i e s " in ta b le 1 . t r ie s , b u t a r e in c lu d e d a s p la n t w o r k e r s in n o n m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s t r ie s . 2 T a b le 1. E s t a b li s h m e n t s a n d w o r k e r s w it h in s c o p e o f s u r v e y a n d n u m b e r s t u d ie d in A l b a n y - S c h e n e c t a d y —T r o y , N . Y . , M in im u m e m p lo y m e n t in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in s c o p e o f stu d y In d u s try d iv is io n N u m b e r o f e s t a b l is h m e n t s W ith in scope of stu d y 3 b y m a jo r in d u s tr y d iv is io n , 2 M a r c h I9 6 0 W o r k e r s in e s t a b l is h m e n t s S t u d ie d W it h in s c o p e o f s t u d y S t u d ie d T o t a l4 O ffic e P la n t T o ta l4 _ __ 51 298 95 9 7 , 500 1 6 ,8 0 0 5 9 ,8 0 0 6 8 ,2 0 0 M a n u fa c t u r in g __ __ ___ _ _ ________ ________________ N o n m a n u f a c t u r in g __________________________________________________ T r a n s p o r ta tio n , co m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r p u b lic u t ilit ie s 5 ______________________________________ W h o l e s a le t r a d e _______________________________________________ R e t a i l t r a d e ___________________________________________ _______ F in a n c e , in s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e ______________________ S e r v ic e s ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 51 142 156 46 49 6 0 ,2 0 0 3 7, 300 8 , 5 00 8, 300 4 0 ,6 0 0 1 9 .2 0 0 4 3 ,6 5 0 2 4 ,5 5 0 51 51 51 51 51 18 33 47 32 26 10 6 14 9 10 1 2, 0 0 0 3, 300 1 2 ,0 0 0 4 , 7 00 5, 300 2 , 100 6 , 2 00 1 1 ,1 8 0 1, 720 5 , 770 2 , 100 3, 780 A l l d iv is io n s _____ ____ ______ _ _ __________ ___ O O O ( 6) (J ) (‘ ) (* ) ( 6) 1 T h e A lb a n y —S c h e n e c t a d y —T r o y M e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a ( A lb a n y , R e n s s e l a e r , S a r a t o g a , a n d S c h e n e c t a d y C o u n t i e s ). T h e " w o r k e r s w it h in s c o p e o f s t u d y " e s t i m a t e s s h o w n in t h is t a b l e p r o v i d e a r e a s o n a b l y a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n o f th e s i z e a n d c o m p o s i t i o n o f th e l a b o r f o r c e in c lu d e d in th e s u r v e y . T h e e s t i m a t e s a r e n o t in t e n d e d , h o w e v e r , t o s e r v e a s a b a s i s o f c o m p a r i s o n w it h o t h e r a r e a e m p l o y m e n t i n d e x e s t o m e a s u r e e m p l o y m e n t t r e n d s o r l e v e l s s i n c e (1 ) p la n n in g o f w a g e s u r v e y s r e q u i r e s th e u s e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t d a t a c o m p i l e d c o n s i d e r a b l y in a d v a n c e o f th e p a y r o l l p e r i o d s t u d ie d , a n d (2 ) s m a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m th e s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y . 2 T h e 1 9 5 7 r e v i s e d e d i t io n o f th e S t a n d a r d I n d u s t r ia l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n M a n u a l w a s u s e d in c l a s s i f y i n g e s t a b l is h m e n t s b y i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n . M a j o r c h a n g e s f r o m th e e a r l i e r e d i t io n (u s e d in th e B u r e a u 's l a b o r m a r k e t w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m p r i o r t o th e w in t e r o f 1 9 5 8 - 5 9 ) a r e th e t r a n s f e r o f m i l k p a s t e u r i z a t i o n p l a n t s a n d r e a d y - m i x e d c o n c r e t e e s t a b l is h m e n t s f r o m t r a d e ( w h o l e s a l e o r r e t a i l ) t o m a n u fa c t u r i n g , a n d th e t r a n s f e r o f r a d i o a n d t e l e v i s i o n b r o a d c a s t i n g f r o m s e r v i c e s t o th e t r a n s p o r t a t io n , co m m u n ic a tio n , an d o t h e r p u b lic u t ilit ie s d iv is io n . 3 I n c l u d e s a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w it h t o t a l e m p l o y m e n t a t o r a b o v e th e m i n i m u m - s i z e l i m i t a t i o n . A l l o u t le t s (w ith in th e a r e a ) o f c o m p a n i e s in s u c h in d u s t r i e s a s t r a d e , f i n a n c e , a u to r e p a i r s e r v i c e , a n d m o t i o n p i c t u r e t h e a t e r s a r e c o n s i d e r e d a s 1 e s t a b l is h m e n t . 4 I n c l u d e s e x e c u t i v e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d o t h e r w o r k e r s e x c l u d e d f r o m th e s e p a r a t e o f f i c e a n d p la n t c a t e g o r i e s . 5 R a i l r o a d s w e r e in c lu d e d ; t a x i c a b s a n d s e r v i c e s i n c id e n t a l t o w a t e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n w e r e e x c l u d e d . 6 T h is in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n i s r e p r e s e n t e d in e s t i m a t e s f o r " a l l i n d u s t r i e s " a n d " n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g " in th e S e r i e s A a n d B t a b l e s , a lt h o u g h c o v e r a g e w a s i n s u f f i c i e n t t o j u s t if y s e p a r a te p r e s e n t a t io n o f d a ta . 7 H o t e l s ; p e r s o n a l s e r v i c e s ; b u s i n e s s s e r v i c e s ; a u t o m o b i le r e p a i r s h o p s ; m o t i o n p i c t u r e s ; n o n p r o f i t m e m b e r s h i p o r g a n i z a t i o n s ; a n d e n g in e e r in g a n d a r c h i t e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s . 3 S h ift d if f e r e n t ia l d a ta (ta b le B - l ) a r e lim it e d to m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s t r ie s . T h is in f o r m a t io n i s p r e s e n t e d b o th in t e r m s o f (a ) e s t a b lis h m e n t p o l i c y , 2 p r e s e n t e d in t e r m s o f t o t a l p la n t w o r k e r e m p lo y m e n t , a n d (b ) e f f e c t i v e p r a c t i c e , p r e s e n t e d o n t h e b a s i s o f w o r k e r s a c t u a lly e m p lo y e d o n th e s p e c if ie d s h if t a t th e tim e o f th e s u r v e y . I n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v i n g v a r i e d d i f f e r e n t i a l s , t h e a m o u n t a p p l y in g t o a m a j o r it y w a s u s e d o r , i f n o a m o u n t a p p lie d to a m a j o r it y , th e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n " o t h e r " w a s u s e d . I n e s t a b l i s n m e n t s i n w h ic h s o m e l a t e s h if t h o u r s a r e p a id a t n o r m a l r a t e s , a d if f e r e n t ia l w a s r e c o r d e d o n ly i f it a p p lie d to a m a j o r it y o f th e s h if t h o u r s . M in im u m e n t r a n c e r a t e s (ta b le B - 2 ) r e l a t e o n ly to th e e s t a b lis h m e n ts v is it e d . T h e y a r e p r e s e n te d o n a n e s ta b lis h m e n t, r a th e r th a n o n a n e m p lo y m e n t b a s i s . P a id h o lid a y s ; p a id v a c a t io n s ; a n d h e a lth , in s u r a n c e , a n d p e n s io n p la n s a r e t r e a t e d s t a t i s t i c a ll y o n th e b a s is th a t t h e s e a r e a p p lic a b le to a ll p la n t o r o f f ic e w o r k e r s i f a m a j o r it y o f s u c h w o r k e r s a r e e li g i b l e o r m a y e v e n t u a lly q u a lify f o r th e p r a c t ic e s lis t e d . S c h e d u le d h o u r s a r e tr e a te d s t a t is t ic a lly o n th e b a s is th a t t h e s e a r e a p p lic a b le to a ll p la n t o r o f f ic e w o r k e r s i f a m a j o r it y a r e c o v e r e d .3 B e c a u s e o f r o u n d in g , s u m s o f in d iv id u a l it e m s in t h e s e ta b u la tio n s m a y n o t e q u a l t o t a ls . T h e f i r s t p a r t o f th e p a id h o lid a y s ta b le p r e s e n t s th e n u m b e r o f w h o le a n d h a lf h o lid a y s a c t u a lly p r o v id e d . T h e s e c o n d p a r t c o m b in e s w h o le a n d h a lf h o lid a y s to s h o w t o t a l h o lid a y t i m e . D a ta a r e p r e s e n te d fo r a ll h e a lth , in s u r a n c e , a n d p e n s io n p l a n s f o r w h ic h a t l e a s t a p a r t o f t h e c o s t i s b o r n e b y t h e e m p l o y e r , e x c e p tin g o n ly le g a l r e q u ir e m e n ts s u c h a s w o r k m e n 's c o m p e n s a tio n a n d s o c i a l s e c u r it y . S u c h p la n s in c lu d e t h o s e u n d e r w r it t e n b y a c o m m e r c ia l in s u r a n c e c o m p a n y a n d t h o s e p r o v id e d th r o u g h a u n io n fu n d o r p a id d i r e c t l y b y t h e e m p l o y e r o u t o f c u r r e n t o p e r a t i n g f u n d s o r f r o m a fu n d s e t a s id e f o r t h is p u r p o s e . D e a th b e n e f i t s a r e in c lu d e d a s a fo r m o f lif e in s u r a n c e . S i c k n e s s a n d a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e i s lim ite 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 ic h 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 t o t h e i n s u r e d o n a w e e k l y o r m o n t h l y b a s i s d u r in g i l l n e s s o r a c c i d e n t d i s a b i l i t y . 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 t o w h ic h t h e e m p l o y e r c o n t r i b u t e s . H o w e v e r , i n N e w Y o r k a n d N e w J e r s e y , w h ic h h a v e e n a c t e d t e m p o r a r y d is a b ilit y in s u r a n c e la w s w h ic h r e q u ir e e m p lo y e r c o n t r ib u t io n s , 4 p la n s a r e in c lu d e d o n ly i f th e e m p lo y e r (1 ) c o n t r ib u t e s m o r e th a n i s le g a l l y r e q u ir e d , o r (2 ) p r o v id e s th e e m p lo y e e w ith b e n e f it s w h ic h e x c e e d th e r e q u ir e m e n t s o f th e la w . T a b u la tio n s o f p a id s i c k - l e a v e p la n s a r e l im it e d to f o r m a l p l a n s 5 w h ic h p r o v id e f u ll p a y o r a p r o p o r tio n o f th e 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 o f i l l n e s s . S e p a r a t e ta b u la tio n s a r e p r o v id e d a c c o r d in g to ( 1 ) 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 n o w a i t i n g p e r i o d , a n d ( 2 ) p l a n s p r o v id in g e it h e r p a r t ia l p a y o r a w a itin g p e r io d . In a d d itio n to th e p r e s e n ta tio n o f th e p r o p o r tio n s o f w o r k e r s w h o a r e p r o v id e d s ic k n e s s a n d a c c id e n t in s u r a n c e o r p a id s i c k l e a v e , a n u n d u p lic a te d t o t a l i s sh o w n o f w o r k e r s w h o r e c e iv e e ith e r o r b o th ty p e s o f b e n e f it s . T h e s u m m a r y o f v a c a t io n p la n s i s lim it e d to fo r m a l a r r a n g e m e n t s , e x c lu d in g in f o r m a l p la n s w h e r e b y t im e o ff w ith p a y i s g r a n te d a t th e d is c r e t io n o f th e e m p lo y e r . S e p a r a te e s t im a t e s a r e p r o v id e d a c c o r d in g to e m p lo y e r p r a c t ic e in c o m p u tin g v a c a t io n p a y m e n ts , s u c h a s tim e p a y m e n ts , p e r c e n t o f a n n u a l e a r n in g s , o r f la t - s u m a m o u n ts . H o w e v e r , in th e ta b u la tio n s o f v a c a tio n a llo w a n c e s , p a y m e n ts n o t o n a tim e b a s is w e r e c o n v e r te d ; fo r e x a m p le , a p a y m e n t o f 2 p e r c e n t o f a n n u a l e a r n in g s w a s c o n s id e r e d a s th e e q u iv a le n t o f 1 w e e k 's p a y . C a ta s tr o p h e in s u r a n c e , s o m e t im e s r e f e r r e d to a s .e x t e n d e d m e d i c a l i n s u r a n c e , in c lu d e s t h o s e p la n s w h ic h a r e d e s ig n e d to p r o t e c t e m p lo y e e s in c a s e o f s i c k n e s s a n d in ju r y in v o lv in g e x p e n s e s b e y o n d th e n o r m a l c o v e r a g e o f h o s p it a liz a t io n , m e d ic a l, a n d s u r g ic a l p la n s . M e d ic a l in s u r a n c e r e f e r s to p la n s p r o v id in g f o r c o m p le t e o r p a r tia l p a y m e n t o f d o c t o r s ' f e e s . S u c h p la n s m a y b e u n d e r w r itte n b y c o m m e r c ia l in s u r a n c e c o m p a n ie s o r n o n p r o fit o r g a n iz a tio n s o r th e y m a y b e s e l f - i n s u r e d . T a b u la tio n s o f r e t i r e m e n t p e n s io n p la n s a r e l im it e d to t h o s e p la n s t h a t p r o v id e m o n th ly p a y m e n t s f o r th e r e m a in d e r o f th e w o r k e r 's lif e . 2 A n e s t a b lis h m e n t w a s c o n s id e r e d a s h a v in g a p o lic y if it m e t e it h e r o f th e f o llo w in g c o n d it io n s : (1 ) O p e r a te d la t e s h if t s a t th e t im e o f th e s u r v e y , o r (2 ) h a d f o r m a l p r o v is io n s c o v e r in g la t e s h if t s . 3 S c h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u r s fo r o ffic e w o r k e r s ( f ir s t s e c t io n o f ta b le B - 3 ) in s u r v e y s m a d e p r io r to la t e 1 9 5 7 a n d e a r ly 1 9 5 8 w e r e p r e s e n t e d in t e r m s o f th e p r o p o r t io n o f w o m e n o f f i c e w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d in o f f i c e s w ith th e in d ic a t e d w e e k ly h o u r s f o r w o m e n w o r k e r s . 4 T h e te m p o r a r y d is a b ilit y la w s in C a lif o r n ia a n d R h o d e I s la n d d o n o t r e q u ir e e m p lo y e r c o n tr ib u tio n s . 5 A n e s t a b lis h m e n t w a s c o n s id e r e d a s h a v in g a f o r m a l p la n if it e s t a b lis h e d a t le a s t th e m in im u m n u m b e r o f d a y s o f s ic k le a v e th a t c o u ld b e e x p e c t e d b y e a c h e m p lo y e e . S u c h a p la n n e e d n o t b e w r it t e n , b u t in f o r m a l s i c k - l e a v e a llo w a n c e s , d e t e r m in e d o n a n in d iv id u a l b a s i s , w e r e e x c lu d e d . A* Occupational Earnings 4 Table A -l. O ffice Occupations (A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s s tu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is b y in d u s t r y d i v is i o n , A lb a n y —S c h e n e c t a d jr -T r o y , N . Y . , M a r c h I9 6 0 ) NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING 8TRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF— Average S e x , o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s t r y d i v is i o n Number of workers Weekly Weekly hours1 earnings1 (Standard) (Standard) 1 5 .0 0 and u n d er 4 0 .0 0 $ 4 0 .0 0 $ 4 5 .0 0 ^ 0 .0 0 ^ 5 .0 0 $6 0 .0 0 *65.00 *70.00 *75.00 $ 8 0 .0 0 *85.00 4 5 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 5 5 .0 0 6 0 .0 0 6 5 .0 0 7 0 .0 0 7 5 .0 0 8 0 .0 0 8 5 .0 0 9 0 .0 0 *9 0.0 0 *9 5.0 0 1^)0.00 9 5 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 5 .0 0 i0 5 .0 G f i o . o o f 1 5 .0 0 1 1 0 . OC 1 1 5 .0 0 1 2 0 .0 0 1 2 0 .0 0 and over M en _ _ C l e r k s , a c c o u n tin g , c l a s s A _______________ _____________ M a n u fa ctu r in g _________________________________________ __ N on m a n u fa c tu rin g ____________________________ ___________ 146 88 58 3 9 .5 39. 5 3 9 .5 $ 9 6 .5 0 9 6 .0 0 9 8 .0 0 C l e r k s , a c c o u n tin g , c l a s s B ________________ ___ ________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ____________________________________________ 77 35 3 9 .5 4 0 .0 8 9 .0 0 8 0 .5 0 - C l e r k s , p a y r o l l ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 4 0 .0 1 0 2 .0 0 - O ffi c e b o y s ________________________ __________________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ______________________________ ___________ N on m a n u fa c tu rin g _______________________________________ 148 96 52 3 9 .0 3 9 .5 3 8 .0 5 6 .5 0 5 6. 50 5 7 .5 0 - T a b u la t in g -m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s A __________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g _______________________________________________ 33 30 3 9 .5 4 0 .0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 .5 0 T a b u la t in g -m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s B __________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g _____________________________________________ _ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g _______________________________________ 53 25 28 3 8 .5 3 9 .5 3 8 .0 8 1 .0 0 8 8 .0 0 7 5 .0 0 T a b u la t in g -m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s C _________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g __________________ ________ ________ 39 36 38. 5 3 8 .0 “ 7 2. 50 "7 4 7 5 6 " 51 32 3 9 .5 4 0 .0 5 3 .5 0 5 6 .5 0 - _ _ _ - _ _ _ - 4 4 7 5 - 4 - 4 _ 7 7 2 2 - 26 14 12 2 1 1 10 10 - 20 11 9 31 15 16 10 5 5 11 7 4 13 6 7 6 6 8 7 7 1 3 3 17 10 9 - 9 1 3 1 4 - 2 - 3 2 6 4 1 2 3 3 2 - - - - - 4 4 12 11 3 3 - _ - _ _ _ - z4 - _ - - - 2 2 - 2 2 - 1 1 _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ - _ 35 25 10 11 7 4 23 16 7 18 2 16 34 32 2 _ - - 17 10 7 2 2 - 3 1 2 4 - 1 1 - 3 3 1 1 2 - 3 3 4 4 - 4 4 - 5 4 1 18 10 8 _ _ - - _ - 4 - _ - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 6 - 7 - _ _ - - 1 6 7 “ 1 1 2 2 5 4 5 ------- 2“ 4 2 2 " - 9 8 6 6 1 10 3 3 15 13 16 10 2 2 2 2 _ - - 2 2 - _ 2 2 _ 7 17 5 4 _ 2 _ - _ - _ - _ - 12 3 9 12 7 5 15 15 - 15 11 4 - - 1 1 9 4 5 - 5 5 _ _ 1 1 _ _ _ 1 1 _ - - - - - _ _ 1 1 1 1 _ W om en B i l l e r s , m a c h in e (b illin g m a c h in e ) _______________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g --------------------------------------------------------- _ ------------------------ 39 3 8 .5 6 7 .0 0 _ B o o k k e e p in g -m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s A ------------------- _ M a n u fa ctu r in g ____________ _____________________________ N on m a n u fa c tu rin g ------------------------------------------------------------------ 83 37 46 4 0 .0 3 9 -5 4 0 .0 7 1 .0 0 7 5 .5 0 6 7 .0 0 - B o o k k e e p in g -m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s B ________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ______________ _ __________________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g ___________________________________________ 211 91 120 3 9 -0 3 9 .0 3 9 -5 6 1 .5 0 Z S .W " 5 8 .5 0 C l e r k s , a c c o u n tin g , c l a s s A ____ ________________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ____________________________________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g ___________ __ ______________________ 148 77 71 3 9 .0 3 9 .5 3 8 .0 8 1 .5 0 8 7 .0 0 7 5 .0 0 - C l e r k s , a c c o u n tin g , c l a s s B ______________________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 79 110 38. 5 39. 5 6 7. 50 6 8 .5 0 C l e r k s , f i l e , c l a s s A -----------------------------------------------------------M a n u fa ctu r in g ________________ __________________________ 108 92 39- 5 3 9 .5 6 6 . 50 6 7 .0 0 _ _ C l e r k s , f i l e , c l a s s B -----------------------------------------------------------M a n u fa ctu r in g --------------------------------------------------------------------- _ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g . ------------------------------------------------------------- 232 55 177 3 9 .0 39. 5 38. 5 6 2 .0 0 5 1 .0 0 C l e r k s , p a y r o l l ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------M a n u fa ctu r in g _______________________________________________ N on m a n u fa c tu rin g __ ___________________________________ P u b lic u t ilit ie s 3 _______________________________ ____ 185 108 77 45 3 9 .0 3 9 .5 3 9 .0 3 8 .0 7 3 .5 0 7 3 .0 0 7 3 .5 0 8 1 .0 0 C o m p t o m e t e r o p e r a t o r s ____________________________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ____________________________________________ N on m a n u fa c tu rin g ___________ __________________________ 123 32 91 3 9 .0 4 0 .0 3 8 .5 7 1 .0 0 7 2 .0 0 7 0. 50 K e y p u n ch o p e r a t o r s _________________________________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ____________________________________________ N on m a n u fa c tu rin g _______________________________________ 239 ----- I2l> 114 3 9 .0 3 9 .5 37. 5 7 0 .0 0 B i l l e r s , m a ch in e (b o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e ) S e e fo o t n o t e s at en d o f ta b le 76.50 6 2. 50 _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - _ - 19 14 5 64 14 50 36 4 32 24 19 5 33 12 21 - 1 3 3 - 7 6 1 10 10 - 10 6 4 _ 2 2 4 5 2 2 4 10 4 6 - - 5 12 2 10 17 8 9 16 12 4 34 21 13 3 2 1 12 - 12 2 33 3 37 18 133 18 73 24 44 16 80 13 9 9 12 6 20 20 5 4 5 - 46 43 6 6 7 7 1 1 24 20 - 1 1 - _ - - - - - - - - - 6 2 4 8 7 1 14 9 5 4 2 2 7 4 3 7 2 13 4 5 - 2 1 _ _ 19 _ 4 4 _ _ - _ - - _ - 2 2 - - 64 64 62 11 51 50 19 31 - 7 4 3 - _ _ - 1 1 - 2 1 1 16 14 2 49 17 32 8 30 21 9 4 4 3 1 1 31 17 14 14 12 12 - 5 5 - 6 3 3 24 5 19 25 7 18 16 6 10 6 3 3 4 3 1 21 5 16 24 22 2 5 70 63 7 17 5 12 - - - 6 2 6 2 6 - 4 1 35 37 - - - _ - _ _ --------6 4 1 35 31 " - - " -------- 5— - - - - _ - - 13 6 7 7 6 3 3 3 15 7 8 8 22 1 21 6 3 3 1 1 2 - 2 9 9 13 3 2 1 - 6 5 - _ - _ _ - - _ _ - - - _ 1 1 - - _ - - _ _ _ _ _ - - - _ - 20 20 - _ 4 3 1 - 4 _ - 1 1 _ 1 _ - 7 6 _ 1 28 1 27 _ 5 3 .5 0 _ _ _ - - _ _ _ - _ _ _ - - - - - " - _ _ _ _ _ " - 5 Table A-1. O ffice Occupations-Continued (A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s s tu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is b y in d u s t r y d i v is i o n , A lb a n y —S c h e n e c t a d y —T r o y , N . Y . , M a r c h I9 6 0 ) Average Number of workers S e x , o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s t r y d iv is io n Weekly hours 1 (Standard) NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF— 3 5 .0 0 Weekly earnings and (Standard) tind er 4 0 .0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 4 5 .0 0 *50.0 0 5 5 .0 0 *60.00 *6 5.0 0 *7 0.0 0 *7 5.0 0 *8 0.0 0 *8 5 .0 0 4 5 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 5 5 .0 0 6 0 .0 0 6 5 .0 0 7 0 .0 0 7 5 .0 0 8 0 .0 0 8 5 .0 0 9 0 .0 0 *90 .0 0 * 9 5 .0 0 1*00.00 1*05.00 1*10.00 1*15.00 ? 2 0 .0 0 and 9 5 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 5 .0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 1 1 5 .0 0 1 2 0 .0 0 o v e r W o m e n— C ontin ue d O ffic e g ir ls -------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- 94 3 9 .0 $ 5 4 .0 0 S e c r e t a r ie s ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------M a n u fa ctu r in g „ ________________ _____ ________ ____ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g ---------------------------------- --------------------P u b lic u t ilit ie s 3 ------------------------------------------------------- 979 582 397 59 3 9 .5 3 9 .5 3 9 .0 3 8 .0 8 6 .0 0 .85750 8 5 . 50 1 0 4 .0 0 S t e n o g r a p h e r s , g e n e r a l ------------- -------------------------------------M a n u fa ctu r in g ___________________________________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g — --------------------------------------------------P u b lic u t i l i t i e s 3 -------------- -------- --------------------------- 530 309 221 90 3 9 .5 3 9 .5 3 9 .0 3 8 .5 7 5 .0 0 7 5 .5 0 7 4 .5 0 8 2 .5 0 S w it c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s ------------------------------------------------------M a n u fa ctu r in g _________________________________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g ---------------------------------------------------------P u b lic u t ilit ie s 3 ------------------------------------------------------- 142 53 89 25 3 9 .0 3 9 .5 3 9 .0 3 9 .0 6 6 .5 0 7 8 .0 0 6 0 .0 0 8 3 . 5Q S w it c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r - r e c e p t i o n i s t s _____________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ________________ ________ __ __________ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g ________________________ _____ _______ 108 51 57 3 9 .5 3 9 .0 3 9 .5 6 1 .5 0 6 7 .5 0 5 6 .0 0 _ _ _ - 4 _ - 23 36 12 1 15 1 1 6 6 - 16 5 11 - 12 8 4 - 34 21 13 - 54 32 22 - 40 25 15 - 41 19 22 4 15 8 7 2 58 32 6 65 36 29 12 35 25 10 2 39 22 17 1 174 118 56 5 12 2 10 4 4 1 15 2 13 1 10 5 5 9 9 - - 9 6 3 2 - 5 5 23 23 12 - - 19 3 16 12 7 5 4 1 3 - - _ - - 6 2 4 - 22 22 11 11 - - - - _ 14 - - 14 9 2 7 12 - 26 _ - _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ 210 132 78 3 44 28 16 9 25 19 6 5 23 17 6 6 20 5 15 15 18 13 5 2 26 4 22 21 80 44 36 36 6 5 1 1 6 6 - 2 2 2 _ - 35 26 9 9 10 10 10 3 1 2 2 _ -■ - 1 1 3 3 l l _ _ - 5 5 1 1 _ - - 1 1 _ - _ - - - - - - - - - 6 _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - 14 5 9 9 _ _ - 9 — 5 3 2 _ - _ _ 34 3 9 .5 7 3 .5 0 _ _ 3 3 _ _ 5 12 3 1 1 _ T r a n s c r ib in g - m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s , g e n e r a l _____________ N on m a n u fa c tu rin g __________________ ________________ 49 30 38. 5 3 8 .5 6 5. 50 6 8 .0 0 _ _ _ _ - 10 10 _ - 13 7 _ - - - 2 2 - - T y p is t s , c l a s s A ____________________________________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ------------------------ ---------- -----------------------------N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g ______________________________________ 213 145 68 3 9 .5 4 0 .0 3 8 .0 7 5 .0 0 7 9 .5 0 6 6 .0 0 - 12 4 _ _ - 12 7 4 4 9 2 7 21 5 16 17 4 13 8 5 3 5 5 - 115 92 23 5 4 1 2 1 1 3 3 - T y p is t s , c l a s s B _______________ _________________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g ___________________________________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g ______________________________________ 331 82 2 49 38. 5 4 0 .0 3 8 .0 5 7 .0 0 6 5 .5 0 5 4 .0 0 2 2 11 11 93 4 89 82 10 72 39 17 22 33 9 24 17 12 5 20 13 7 13 11 2 19 4 15 22 22 _ - _ - 2 2 2 2 _ - _ - _ - _ _ - “ " " “ “ “ T a b u la t in g -m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s C _________________ 1 S ta n d a rd h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o r k w e e k f o r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e t h e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e 2 A ll w o r k e r s w e r e a t $ 1 2 5 to $ 1 3 0 . 3 T r a n s p o r t a t io n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , and o t h e r p u b lic u t il it i e s . s a la r i e s ~ and the e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th e s e w e e k ly h o u r s . Table A-2. Professional apd Technical Occupations (A v e r a g e s t r a ig h t - t im e w e e k ly h o u r s and e a r n in g s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s stu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is b y in d u s tr y d i v is i o n , A lba n y —S c h e n e cta d y —T r o y , N . Y . , M a r c h I9 6 0 ; Average S e x , o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n Number of workers NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF— $’ Weekly hours 1 (Standard) 6 5 .0 0 Weekly earnings 1 and (Standard) u n d er 7 0 .0 0 $ 7 0 .0 0 7 5 .0 0 $ $ 7 5 .0 0 8 0 .0 0 8 0 .0 0 8 5 .0 0 $ $ 8 5 .0 0 9 0 .0 0 9 0 .0 0 $ $ $ 9 5 .0 0 1*00.00 1 0 5 .0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 1*15.00 9 5 .0 0 1 0 0 .0 0 1 0 5 .0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 1 1 5 .0 0 1 2 0 .0 0 M en D r a ft s m e n , ju n io r 31 3 9 .0 $ 9 2 .0 0 43 35 3 9 .0 3 9 .0 9 4 .0 0 9 4 .0 0 1 12 4 1 5 4 3 3 6 5 8 5 14 10 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 W om en N u r s e s , in d u s t r ia l ( r e g i s t e r e d ) _________________________ M a n u fa ctu r in g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _ „ . 4 4 _ 338 2 24 114 - 93 ----- 3 5 “ 57 6 ~ 1 S ta n d a rd h o u r s r e f l e c t the w o rk w e e k f o r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e t h e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a la r i e s and the e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th e s e w e e k ly h o u r s . _ - - ~ 6 Table A -3. M aintenance a fid Powerplant Occupations (A verage stra ig h t-tim e hourly earnings for m en in selec ted occupations studied on an area b a sis by industry d ivision , A lb any-Schenectady—T roy, N. Y. , M arch I960) NUMBER OP WORKEBS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS OF— O ccupation and industry d ivision Number of workers C arp en ters, m a in ten a n ce_____________ M anu facturing______________________ N on m an ufacturing__________________ Public u tilities 2 _________________ 174 114 60 27 E le c tr ic ia n s, m aintenance ______________________ M anu facturing_________________________________ N on m an ufacturing____________________________ 260 06 E n gin eers, stationary ___________________________ M anu facturing_________________________________ N on m an ufacturing____________________________ F irem en , stationary boiler ____ ___ M anu facturing____________________ N on m an ufacturing_______________ _ Average, $ $ hourly 1 earnings 1a. n3d0 1 .4 0 under 1 .4 0 1 . 5 0 $2. 2. 2. 2. 63 69 52 50 $ $ $ 1. 50 1. 60 1 . 70 $ 1. 8 0 1 .8 0 l.a ii 1 . 60 5 5 9 6 3 4 4 9 9 - 20 20 - 5 5 - 37 33 4 4 _ - 3 1 2 7 7 27 14 13 16 16 - _ - 19 9 10 7 7 - 4 4 - 5 5 “ 6 6 12 12 - 12 12 - 98 95 3 31 23 8 1 1 16 16 _ - 2 2 ! 1 18 18 28 28 _ _ _ _ _ 22 21 - - - - - 27 21 6 6 22 22 2 2 91 57 34 2. 54 2. 62 2. 40 _ " _ - _ - _ " _ - 110 75 35 2 .0 6 2. 08 2. 02 16 16 - 4 4 ' _ - 10 10 1 1 6 6 4 4 13 13 - 6 5 _ - 11 10 1 , _ - _ _ ■ M echanics, autom otive (m aintenance) _______ M anu facturing_______________________________ N on m an ufacturing__________________________ P ublic u tilities 2 _________________________ 171 66 105 77 2 .4 5 2 .4 5 2. 44 2. 44 _ _ _ - - - M echanics, m a in ten a n ce______________________ M anu facturing_______________________________ 148 131 2. 53 2. 54 _ - M illw rights ________ M anu facturing__ 96 80 2. 86 2 : 83 O ile rs ___________ M anufacturing 77 75 126 101 25 S h eet-m etal w ork ers, m a in ten a n c e _____________ M anu facturing_________________________________ - - . 3 1 - - _ - 4 - $ $ 3 . 10 3 . 20 - _ _ - 19 10 9 9 8 1 9 9 - 1 1 - 175 138 37 9 2 7 12 11 1 _ - 5 5 - 2 2 20 12 8 3 3 - _ _ - 1 1 " 3 3 - 23 23 12 4 8 _ - _ - 4 4 _ - _ - _ - _ - 136 128 8 _ - 1 1 - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - l 65 65 13 13 7 7 28 28 126 114 51 51 7 3 26 21 7 51 19 32 20 21 12 9 9 6 5 1 1 6 4 2 - _ " 15 3 12 12 12 12 _ - 41 38 _ - 67 6l _ " 26 26 _ " _ - - 1 8 6 3. 30 4 1 3 3 2 _ 2 - ------ 2 - - 1 1 _ _ _ _ - 56 46 _ 10 lo 1 1 _ - _ - _ - _ " _ - _ - 6 6 4 4 - 46 38 8 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - _ - 31 27 5 5 16 16 24 24 1 1 163 137 2 2 6 6 7 7 _ _ 3 3 31 26 1 1 1 1 2 2 _ " _ - 1 13 6 4 4 _ " _ " _ - _ - _ " _ - _ ' _ - _ " _ " 3 3 _ - 2 .0 6 2 . 06 2 2 - _ 6 6 _ - 2 2 4 4 11 11 12 12 19 1? 2 2 13 13 4 4 _ - 2 2 2. 56 2. 56 2 .5 7 _ - _ - _ - _ - _ " 2 2 4 4 - 4 2 2 5 4 1 5 3 2 24 20 4 10 9 1 13 13 - 286 255 2 . 85 2. 84 _ _ _ - _ - _ ' 4 4 _ - . - 1 - 12 12 20 20 1 1 49 2 . 87 2 . 85 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 4 _ _ $ 3 .0 0 _ _ - 9 8 ! - $ 2 .9 0 66 51 15 - _ - _ - $ 2 . 80 12 11 1 " - _ - - - - _ - - E xcludes prem ium pay for overtim e and for w ork on w eekend s, holidays, and late shifts, T ransportation, com m unication, and other public u tilitie s. 1 - - ~ - - - 44 - 1 - $ 2 . 70 _2^5Q _ 2 . 60 J L 7 f i_ 2 . 8Q-. _ 2 . 2 0 _ 3 .0 0 - 3 t l Q . 3 . 2 0 - _ - _ ■ $ 2 . 60 12 5 7 7 _ - 2. 78 2 . 77 2 . 3 0 _2.4Q $ 2 . 50 10 10 _ - _ - 390 374 2 .2 0 $ 2. 40 _ - _ - M ach in ists, m aintenance _______________________ M anu facturing_________________________________ 2 . 10 $ 2. 30 22 14 8 8 2. 82 2 . 81 2. 86 2 .2 5 2 . 51 2. 23 $ 2. 20 17 8 9 9 - 331 304 27 $ 2 . 10 12 12 - 326 $ 2. 00 - 3 - - H elp ers, trad es, m aintenance __________________ M anu facturing_________________________________ N onm anufacturing_____________________________ P ip e fitte r s, m aintenance M anu facturing________ 6 6 " - - 2 2 - _ - P a in ter s, m a in te n a n c e ______ M anu facturing____________ N on m an ufacturing________ 1. 7 0 $ 1. 90 - - 7 Table A -4. Custodial and M aterial Movement Occupations (A verage straigh t-tim e hourly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis by industry division, AlbanyHSchenectady—T roy, N .Y ., M arch 1960) NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING 8TRAIGHT-TIME HOURLY EARNINGS O F - Occupation 1 and industry division E levator op erators, passenger (men) __________ E levator operators, passenger (women) _______ N onm anufacturing____________________________ Guards ____ ____ _______ ___________ .. __ M anufacturing____________ _______ ____ __ N onm anufacturing____________________________ Janitors, p orters, and clean ers (men) ____ __ M anufacturing________________________________ Nonmanufacturing _ _ Public u tilitie s 3 __ ______ _______ _____ Janitors, p orters, and cleaners (women) ______ M anufacturing________________________________ Nonmanufacturing __ __ ____ ____________ L aborers, m aterial handling _____ _______ __ M anufacturing________________________________ Nonmanufacturing __ „ __ ______________ __ Public u tilitie s3 ___________ __ __ _ ___ Order fille rs ____ „ ____ ________________ M anufacturing_____________________ ________ P ack ers, shipping _________ __ ________ _____ M anufacturing_____________________ ___ ___ R eceiving clerk s M anufacturing____________ ___________ __ __ N onm anufacturing____ _______ __ ________ Shipping clerk s _________________________________ M anufacturing_______________ _______________ Shipping and receiving clerk s ______________ __ T ruckdrivers * ......... __ M anufacturing__ ____________________ _____ Nonmanufacturing Public u tilitie s3 __ ____ ___________ T ruckdrivers, m edium ( l 1/^ to and including 4 tons) ________________________ __ M anufacturing__ ________________________ T ruckdrivers, heavy (over 4 tons, other than trailer type) ____________________ T ruckers, power (forklift) ______________ __ __ M anufacturing__ ______________ __ ____ __ N onm anufacturing_______ _______ ________ T ruckers, power (other than forklift) __________ Watchmen M anufacturing________ ___________ ____ __ N onm anufacturing___________ __ „ ______ _ 1 2 3 * 5 Average hourly * $ 1. 00 $ 1. 10 $ 1. 20 $1. 30 $1.40 earnings and under 1.40 1. 50 1. 10 1. 20 1.30 $1. 46 8 3 6 29 1 51 19 23 2 2 1. 13 51 1. 13 19 23 2 2 _ _ 236 2. 13 4 8 11 171 2. 15 10 65 2.05 4 8 1 1. 72 35 36 50 74 719 52 493 1. 77 10 41 57 32 226 35 26 •1. 59 18 11 17 84 1.96 “ 115 1. 34 43 11 4 13 9 41 1 7 5 1.55 6 74 1. 22 43 6 3 6 .3 _ 1.90 4 1,091 15 155 59 1. 80 T'5i 48 769 322 2. 13 4 15 4 11 137 2. 34 323 2. 05 2 5 47 19 177 27 2. 05 - ------- 8 _ 198 51 1. 67 2 11 21 183 47 7 1. 69 2 18 _ 144 6 6 4 8 1.99 ------ T S ~ 2. 14 2 5 66 1. 83 6 6 3 2 ' _ _ _ _ _ 90 2. 14 76 2. 20 _ _ _ _ 36 1.97 4 548 2. 41 12 2ff5 8 2. 19 343 2. 54 4 150 2. 50 Number of workers 161 113 2. 14 2. 15 - - 170 292 193 99 56 220 153 67 2. 74 2. 21 2. 17 2. 29 2. 26 1. 76 1.79 1. 68 . _ _ _ 12 12 6 6 - - - 12 8 - . 11 10 1 . _ 14 11 3 _ _ 24 16 8 Data lim ited to men w orkers except where otherw ise indicated. Excludes prem ium pay for overtim e and for work on w eekends, holidays, and late shifts. Transportation, com m unication, and other public u tilities. Includes a ll drivers regard less of siz e and type of truck operated. A ll w orkers w ere at $ 3 .1 0 to $ 3 .2 0 . $ 1. 50 $ 1. 60 1. 70 $ 1. 80 $ 1.90 S 2. 00 $ 2. 10 $ 2. 20 $ 2. 30 % 2. 40 $ 2. 50 $ 2. 60 $ 2.70 and oyer__ 1. 80 _ 1.90 10 2. 00 1 1 61 47 14 13 1 1 5 5 3 3 _ 9 9 48 42 6 2 12 10 2 41 41 5 5 32 32 11 11 8 " 30 30 47 39 8 8 _ 57 41 16 - 39 12 27 - 2 2 - 13 9 4 ' 27 26 1 - 18 14 4 64 56 8 2 2 236 123 113 45 58 57 29 27 9 8 1 6 5 1 7 6 1 1 - 10 7 - 9 9 2 2 1 - 25 11 85 63 - 4 4 * - _ - . 8 8 " 2 2 _ 13 10 3 _ 14 61 6i _ 9 14 30 30 8 *90 _ - - 34 27 7 - - 22 22 4 14 14 8 8 . " 59 1 58 14 21 21 ■ 48 26 9 9 " 4 61 53 8 21 26 23 3 1. 60 _ 1. 70 _ 5 5 _ 50 46 4 3 4 4 166 157 9 14 4 3 2 1 1 _ _ 2 2 6 6 10 3 7 29 25 4 21 30 29 14 14 12 12 14 13 9 4 - - 13 10 10 18 17 1 $ 23 11 12 7 4 3 5 2 _ _ 2. 10 19 19 143 78 65 57 6 2 4 65 45 20 _ 25 - ------ 25“ _ 8 8 14 3 l4 3 6 3 4 3 _ 2. 20 2. 30 1 2. 40 _ ... 2. 70 2.50 8 20 88 12 to — W ~ -----1T ~ 8 38 _ 7 31 15 7 24 14 7 1 1 _ _ _ _ 137 25 52 45 2 68 11 52 14 43 69 43 35 14 _ _ 48 76 - ------4§ _ 4 3 4 4 ------ 3— 3 _ 7 24 22 ------17“ -------1---- ------ ZT~ 6 5 6 20 13 2 6 20 — n — 2 _ _ 7 8 67 18 122 138 14 66 — r? 40 108 27 3 72 3 108 24 14 26 ■ - _ 6 - ------ 5 ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 8 7 2 7 2 1 1 . 90 90 - - - 8 B« Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions Table B-1. Shift D ifferen tials (P e r c e n t of m a n u factu rin g p lan t w o r k e r s in e sta b lish m e n ts having fo r m a l p r o v isio n s fo r sh ift w ork, and in e sta b lish m e n ts a c tu a lly o p eratin g la te sh ifts by typ e and am ount of d iffe r e n tia l, A lb a n y -S ch en ecta d y —T roy, N. Y. , M arch I960) __ . . W ith sh ift p a y d iffe r e n tia l __ U n iform ce n ts (p er h o u r )______ _________ _____________ 5 c e n ts _____________________________________________ 6 c e n ts ....... 7 c e n t s ____________________________________________________ 8 ce n ts _________________________________________________ 9 c e n t s __________________________________________________ 10 c en ts __________________________________________________ 10z/3 ce n ts ________________________________________________ 11 ce n ts __________________________________________________ 12 ce n ts _________________________________________________ 13 ce n ts __________________________________________________ 13V3 ce n ts ________________________________________________ 14 ce n ts __________________________________________________ 15 ce n ts __________________________________________________ I 7 V2 c e n ts ________________________________________________ O ver I 7 V2 c e n t s __________________________________________ U n iform p e r c e n ta g e _______________________________________ 5 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 6 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ 7/2 p e r c e n t _______________________________________________ 10 p e r c e n t ________________________________________________ No sh ift p a y d iffe r e n tia l _______________________________________ In e sta b lish m e n ts a c tu a lly op eratin g— T hird or oth er S econ d sh ift sh ift ts) T otal In e sta b lish m e n ts having fo r m a l p r o v isio n s 1 for— Secon d sh ift T h ird or o th er w ork sh ift w ork 7 7 .4 1 5 .9 7. 2 84. 0 4 6 .9 1 1 .5 1. 6 7. 0 3 .4 3 .9 7. 5 1 .3 2. 2 3. 3 4. 7 _ 7 7 .4 4 3 .5 3 .9 - 15. 7 8. 6 1 .9 .3 1. 7 .7 .8 .8 .2 _ .6 1. 5 _ _ .1 7. 2 1. 7 .1 .2 5. 1 .2 7. 2 4. 5 _ _ 1. 0 .3 1. 5 _ 00 01 S h ift d iffe r e n tia l - .5 37. 1 5. 3 3. 2 3 .9 24. 6 1. 1 - 9. 7 1 .3 1. 6 8. 6 2. 2 1. 6 5. 0 2. 7 1 .4 5. 6 3 3 .9 1 ..5 32. 4 - .7 .1 (2) .9 2. 8 .1 2. 7 1 In clu d es e sta b lish m e n ts cu r r e n tly op era tin g la te sh ifts, and e sta b lish m e n ts w ith fo r m a l p r o v isio n s c o v erin g la te sh ifts ev en though th ey w ere not c u rren tly o p eratin g la te sh ifts. 2 L e ss than 0 .0 5 p e r c e n t. Table B-2. Minimum Entrance Salqries for W om en O ffice W orkers 9 (D istrib u tion of e sta b lish m en ts stud ied in a ll in d u stries and in in d u stry d iv isio n s by m inim um en tran ce sa la r y for se le c te d c a te g o r ie s of in ex p erien ced w om en o ffice w o rk ers, A lbany^-Schenectady—'T roy, N. Y. , M arch I960) M inim um w eek ly sa la r y 1 A ll in d u str ie s E stab lish m en ts stud ied 95 E sta b lish m en ts having a sp e c ifie d m inim um _ U nder $ 4 0 . 00 _________________________________ $40. 00 and un der $ 4 2 . 50 ___________________ $42. 50 and under $ 45. 00 ___________________ $ 45. 00 and under $ 4 7 . 50 ___________________ $ 47. 50 and under $ 5 0 . 00 ___________________ $50. 00 and under $ 52. 50 ___________________ $52. 50 and under $ 5 5 . 00 ___________________ $55. 00 and under $ 5 7 . 50 ___________________ $57. 50 and under $ 6 0 . 00 ___________________ $ 60. 00 and under $ 6 2 . 50 ___________________ $62. 50 and under $ 6 5 . 00 ___________ ________ $ 65. 00 and under $ 6 7 . 50 ____________ _______ $ 67. 50 and under $ 70. 00 ___________________ $ 70. 00 and under $ 72. 50 ___________________ $ 72. 50 and under $ 7 5 . 00 ______ _____________ $ 7 5 .0 0 and under $ 7 7 .5 0 ___________________ $ 77. 50 and o v er ______________________________ E sta b lish m en ts having no sp e c ifie d m inim um E sta b lish m en ts w hich did not em p loy w ork ers in th is ca teg o ry ________________________________ 45 1 6 3 8 2 7 1 2 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 9 41 Inexp erien ced ty p ists M anufacturing N onm anufacturing A ll sch e d u les 46 B a sed on standard w eek ly hours 3 of— A ll 40 sch e d 37V2 u les X XX 23 3 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 7 16 17 3 1 1 2 - 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 j XXX XXX A ll in d u str ie s 40 49 XXX XXX 22 1 3 2 5 1 4 1 10 1 1 4 2 1 10 2 1 1 _ 2 - - - - _ 1 2 1 2 25 - 1 _ 2 1 _ - _ XXX XXX X XX XXX 95 45 1 7 1 7 3 6 1 6 3 1 1 4 1 O ther in ex p erien ced c le r ic a l w o r k e r s 2 M anufacturing N onm anufacturing A ll sc h e d u les 46 1 21 _ 4 _ 3 1 1 _ 4 3 _ 1 2 1 1 2 9 41 7 18 B ased on standard w eek ly hours 3 of— A ll 40 sch e d 37V2 u les 49 X XX 24 1 3 1 4 2 5 1 2 _ 1 _ 2 2 2 23 18 _ 4 _ 2 1 1 _ 3 2 _ 1 2 1 1 _ _ X XX XXX 40 XXX X XX 11 1 1 1 3 _ 2 1 2 11 _ 2 _ 1 _ 3 _ _ _ _ 1 _ 2 2 _ _ _ _ XXX X XX X XX XXX 1 L ow est sa la r y rate fo r m a lly esta b lish e d for h irin g in ex p erien ced w ork ers for typing or oth er c le r ic a l jo b s. 2 R ates ap p licab le to m e s s e n g e r s, o ffice g ir ls , or s im ila r s u b c le r ic a l jobs a re not con sid ered . 3 H ours r e fle c t the w orkw eek for w hich e m p lo y ees r e c e iv e th eir reg u la r str a ig h t-tim e s a la r ie s . D ata are p r esen ted for a ll w orkw eeks com bined, and for the m o st com m on w orkw eeks rep orted . Table B-3. Scheduled W e e k ly Hours (P e rc e n t d istrib u tion of o ffic e and plant w o rk ers in a ll in d u stries and in in d u stry d iv isio n s by sch ed u led w eek ly hours of fir s t- s h ift w o r k e r s, A lb an y-S ch en ectad y—T roy, N. Y. , M arch I960) PLANT WORKERS OFFICE WORKERS W eek ly h ou rs All industries 1 A ll w o r k e r s _____ ___ 37l/z __ _ _ ---------- __ U nder h o u r s ________________________________ 3 7 V2 h o u r s ________________________________________ O v e r 3 7 V2 and u nd er 40 h o u rs --------------------------40 h o u r s ____________________________________ _____ O v er 40 and u nd er 44 h o u r s -------------------------------44 h ou rs __ ____________ __ ___________________ O v e r 44 and un d er 48 h o u r s _______ _____________ 48 h o u r s ___________ ___________________ _ ___ 1 2 3 4 100 1 26 4 68 ( 4) ( 4) " Manufacturing Public utilities 2 All industries 3 Manufacturing 100 100 100 100 100 1 5 7 87 4 74 - 2 10 2 9 - - - - 87 - 100 - - - 2 - 22 83 - - - - - - - " " 2 1 3 Includes data for w h o lesa le trad e; r e ta il trad e; fin an ce, in su rance,' and re a l e sta te; and s e r v ic e s in addition to th ose in d u stry d iv isio n s shown sep a r a te ly . T ran sp ortation , com m un ication , and oth er pu blic u tilitie s . Includ es data for w h o lesa le trad e, r e ta il trad e, r e a l e sta te , and s e r v ic e s in addition to th ose in dustry d iv isio n s show n sep a r a te ly . L e ss than 0. 5 p ercen t. Public utilities 2 10 Table B-4. Paid Holidays (P e rc e n t d istrib u tion of o ffice and plant w o rk ers in a ll in d u str ie s and in in d u stry d iv isio n s by num ber of paid ho lid ay s provided an nually, A lbany—S ch en ectady—T roy, N. Y. , M arch I960) PLANT WORKERS OFFICE WORKERS Item All industries 3 Manufacturing Public utilities 2 All industries3 Manufacturing Public utilities2 100 100 100 99 100 100 ■ " A ll w o rk ers _____________________________________ 100 100 100 W ork ers in esta b lish m e n ts providin g paid ho lid ay s __________________________________ W ork ers in esta b lish m e n ts providin g no paid ho lid ay s ______________________________ 100 100 100 “ “ - (4 ) 1 _ 15 _ 5 6 22 12 38 17 56 23 54 “ 1 4 “ Number of days L e ss than 6 ho lid ay s ___ ______________ _____ 6 h o lid ay s 6 h o lid ay s plus 1 h a lf d a y ______________________ 6 h o lid ay s plus 2 h alf days ________________ __ 7 h o lid ay s _______________________________________ 7 h o lid ay s plus 1 h a lf d a y ______________________ 7 h o lid ay s plus 2 h a lf days ____________________ 8 h o lid ay s ____ ________________________________ 9 h o lid ay s _______________________________________ 9 h o lid ay s plus 1 h alf d a y __________________ __ 10 h o lid a y s ______________________________________ 11 h o lid a y s ________________________ ___________ 12 h o lid a y s ______________________________________ 18 1 (4 ) 22 (4 ) 3 33 5 (4 ) (4 ) 15 1 1 1 (4 ) 2 43 (4 ) - 1 - - 2 1 1 1 3 3 _ _ 6 3 2 73 39 5 1 1 " 18 37 “ 1 2 - - Total holiday time 5 12 d a y s ------- -----------------------------------------------------11 or m ore d a y s ________________________________ 10 or m o re d a y s ______________________ ________ 9 Vz or m o re days ___________________________ 9 or m o re days ____________ __________________ 8 Vz or m o re d a y s ______________________________ 8 or m o re days ______________________________ __ 7Vz or m o re d a y s _________ ___________________ 7 or m o re days -------------------------------------------------6 V 2 or m o re days ______________________________ 6 or m o re days _________________________________ 5 or m o re days _____________ 1__________________ 4 or m o re days _________________________________ 3 or m o re days _________________________________ ! 16 17 17 22 22 58 58 81 81 99 99 100 100 _ (4 ) (4 ) 45 45 84 85 100 100 100 100 54 54 54 77 77 77 77 94 95 100 100 100 100 _ 4 5 5 7 7 12 13 69 72 93 96 99 99 _ - 1 1 2 2 9 10 85 88 100 100 100 100 _ 37 37 37 55 55 55 55 94 94 100 100 100 100 1 In clu d es data for w h o le sa le trad e; r e ta il trad e; fin an ce, in su ra n ce, and r e a l e sta te; and s e r v ic e s in ad dition to th ose in dustry d iv isio n s show n sep a ra tely . 2 T ran sp ortation , com m un ication , and other public u tilitie s. 3 Includ es data for w h o le sa le trad e, r e ta il trad e, r e a l e sta te , and s e r v ic e s in addition to th ose in dustry d iv isio n s shown sep a ra tely . 4 L e ss than 0. 5 p ercen t. 5 A ll com b ination s of fu ll and h a lf days that add to the sam e am ount a re com bined; for exam p le, the prop ortion of w o rk ers r e ce iv in g a total of 7 days in clu d es th ose w ith 7 fu ll days and no h a lf d ays, 6 full days and 2 h alf d a ys, 5 fu ll days and 4 h a lf d a ys, and so on. P rop ortion s w ere then cum ulated. 11 Table B-5. Paid Vacations (P e rc e n t d istrib u tion of o ffice and plant w ork ers in a ll in d u str ie s and in in d u stry d iv isio n s by vacation pay p r o v isio n s, A lb an y-S ch en ectad y—Troy, N .Y ., M arch I960) PLANT WORKERS OFFICE WORKERS V acation p o licy A ll w o r k e r s ------------------------------------------------------------------ All industries1 Manufacturing Public utilities 2 All industries 3 Manufacturing Public utilities 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 1 _ 100 99 1 _ _ 100 100 _ 100 93 5 1 _ 100 90 8 2 _ 100 100 . " - - “ “ A fter 6 m onths of s e r v ic e Under 1 w e e k ----------------------------------------------------1 w eek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------O ver 1 and under 2 w e e k s -------------------------------------2 w eek s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 33 9 2 2 30 6 _ 57 23 " 7 15 12 1 10 13 7 1 _ 43 18 A fter 1 year of s e r v ic e 1 w e e k ----------------------------------------------------------------------------O ver 1 and under 2 w e e k s -------------------------------------2 w eeks ------------------------------------------------------------- 17 _ 83 11 _ 88 23 _ 77 67 3 30 72 5 23 45 _ 55 A fter 2 y e a r s of se r v ic e 1 w e e k --------------------------------------------------------------O ver 1 and under 2 w e e k s ------------------------------2 w eeks -------------------------------------------------------------3 w eek s -------------------------------------------------------------- 5 3 91 1 8 2 89 1 7 15 78 " 34 25 38 3 36 36 25 4 39 _ 61 - A fter 3 y e a r s of s e r v ic e 1 w e e k ------------------------- ——-------------------------------O ver 1 and under 2 w e e k s -----------------------------2 w eek s ------------------------------------------------------------3 w eek s ------------------------------------------------------------- 3 1 95 1 4 2 91 2 2 98 18 29 50 4 15 41 38 5 30 70 ■ ( 5) 95 3 2 l5) 93 3 4 _ 100 - 4 87 2 6 ( 5) 2 88 3 6 1 100 - Method of payment W orkers in e sta b lish m en ts providing paid v a c a tio n s --------------------------------------------------------L ength-of-tim e p a y m e n t ------------------------------P er cen ta g e p a y m e n t ----------------------------------------F lat-su m p a y m e n t -------------------------------------------O th er ------------------------------------------------------------------------W orkers in esta b lish m e n ts providing no paid v a c a tio n s ------------------------------------— ------ ~ Amount of vacation p a y 4 - - A fter 5 y ea r s of s e r v ic e 1 w e e k --------------------------------------------------------------2 w eek s -------------------------------------------------------------O ver 2 and under 3 w e e k s -----------------------------3 w eek s -------------------------------------------------------------4 w eek s ------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. 12 Table B-5. Paid Vdcations-Continued (P e rc e n t d istrib u tion of o ffice and plant w ork ers in a ll in d u stries and in in d u stry d iv isio n s by vacation pay p r o v isio n s, Albany—Sch en ectady—T roy, N. Y. , M arch I960) PLANT WORKERS OFFICE WORKERS V acation p o licy All industries* Manufacturing Public utilities2 All industries* Manufacturing Public utilities 2 Amount off vocation p a y 4— Continued A fter 10 y ea rs of s e r v ic e 1 w eek ------------------------------------------------------------2 w eek s -----------------------------------------------------------O ver 2 and under 3 w e e k s ----------------------------3 w eek s --------------------------------------------------------—— 4 w eek s -----------------------------------------------------------A fter 15 y ea rs of s e r v ic e 1 w eek ------------------------------------------------------------2 w eek s -----------------------------------------------------------O ver 2 and under 3 w eek s ----------------------------3 w eek s -----------------------------------------------------------O ver 3 and under 4 w eek s ---------------------------— 4 w eek s ------------------------- ----------------------------------A fter 20 y ea r s of s e r v ic e 1 w eek ---------------------------------------------------------------2 w eek s -----------------------------------------------------------O ver 2 and under 3 w e e k s -----------------------— — 3 w eek s -----------------------------------------------------------O ver 3 and under 4 w e e k s ----------------------------4 w eek s -----------------------------------------------------------A fter 25 y e a r s of se r v ic e 1 w e e k --------------------------------------------------------------2 w eek s -----------------------------------------------------------O ver 2 and under 3 w eek s ----------------------------3 w eek s --------------------------------------- -------------------O ver 3 and under 4 w e e k s ----------------------------4 w eek s ------------------------------------------------------------ ( 5) 79 4 16 - ( 5) 71 6 23 - _ 76 _ 24 - 4 66 5 25 (5) 2 67 7 24 1 67 _ 33 - ( 5) 16 _ 84 _ ( 5) ( 5) 9 _ 90 _ 1 _ 5 _ 95 _ - 3 21 1 72 1 2 2 17 2 75 2 2 (* ) 99 _ - ( 5) 13 81 _ 6 ( 5) 9 1 82 _ 5 _ 95 3 20 1 65 1 9 2 15 2 69 2 11 _ ( 5) 92 _ 8 ( 5) 13 _ 56 1 30 ( 5) 9 _ 63 2 26 3 20 1 49 1 25 2 15 2 52 2 28 (5) 74 _ 26 _ 9 _ - _ 5 72 _ 23 _ _ 1 Includes data for w h o le sa le trade; r e ta il trade; fin an ce, in su ra n ce, and re a l esta te; and s e r v ic e s in addition to th ose in d u stry d iv isio n s show n sep a r a te ly . 2 T ransportation , com m un ication , and oth er public u tilitie s . 3 Includes data for w h o le sa le trad e, r e ta il trad e, r e a l esta te , and s e r v ic e s in addition to th ose in d u stry d iv isio n s show n sep a r a te ly . 4 P erio d s of s e r v ic e w ere a r b itr a r ily ch osen and do not n e c e s s a r ily r e fle c t the in divid ual p r o v isio n s for p r o g r e s sio n s . F or exam p le, the changes in prop ortion s in dicated at 10 y e a r s' s e r v ic e in clude changes in p r o v isio n s occu rrin g b etw een 5 and 10 y e a r s. 5 L e ss than 0. 5 p ercen t. NOTE: In the tabulations of vacation a llo w an ces by y e a r s of s e r v ic e , paym ents other than "length of tim e ," such as p ercen ta ge of annual earn in gs or fla t-su m p a ym en ts, w ere converted to an eq u ivalen t tim e b a sis; for exam p le, a paym ent of 2 p ercen t of annual earn in gs w as co n sid ered as 1 w eek 's pay. 13 Table B-6. Health, Insurance, and Pension Plans (P ercen t of o ffice and plant w o rk ers in a ll in d u str ie s and in industry d iv isio n s em p loyed in esta b lish m e n ts providing health , in su ra n ce, or p en sio n b e n efits, Albany—S ch en ectady—T roy, N. Y. , M arch I960) Type of b en efit A ll w ork ers _____________________________________ W orkers in e sta b lish m e n ts providing: L ife in su ra n ce ______________________________ A ccid en tal death and d ism em b erm en t in su ra n ce ---------------- --------------------------------S ick n ess and accid en t in su ra n ce or sic k lea v e or b oth 4 _______________________ S ick n ess and accid en t in s u r a n c e _______ Sick le a v e (full pay and no w aiting p e r io d )_________________________ Sick le a v e (p artial pay or w aiting p e r io d )_________________________ H osp italization in su ra n ce __________________ S u rgical in su ra n ce __________________________ M ed ical in su r a n c e ___________________________ C atastrophe in su ra n ce ______________________ R etirem en t p e n s io n _________________________ No health, in su ra n ce, or p en sio n p la n ____ PLANT WORKERS OFFICE WORKERS All industries * 100 Manufacturing Public utilities2 All industries3 Manufacturing Public utilities2 100 100 100 100 100 94 98 82 77 93 73 59 79 2 77 3 44 44 40 40 78 88 57 96 66 70 67 69 54 79 74 11 7 83 83 49 29 74 6 5 4 94 94 56 31 84 4 91 58 76 1 84 84 53 57 82 2 79 2 89 89 64 47 84 2 51 64 9 18 37 57 57 57 49 70 1 In clu d es data for w h o le sa le trad e; r e ta il trad e; fin an ce, in su ra n ce, and r e a l e sta te ; and s e r v ic e s in ad dition to th ose in dustry d iv isio n s show n sep a ra tely . 2 T ran sp ortation , com m un ication , and oth er public u tilitie s. 3 In clu d es data for w h o lesa le tra d e, r e ta il tra d e, re a l e sta te , and s e r v ic e s in addition to th ose in dustry d iv isio n s shown sep a ra tely . 4 U nduplicated total of w o rk ers r e ce iv in g sic k le a v e or s ic k n e ss and accid en t in su ra n ce shown sep a r a te ly below . S ick -le a v e plans a re lim ite d to th ose w hich d efin itely e sta b lish at le a s t the m inim um num ber of days' pay that can be ex p ected by each e m p lo y ee. Inform al sic k -le a v e allo w an ces d eterm in ed on an in divid ual b a sis a re exclud ed. 15 Appendix: Occupational Descriptions The primary purpose of preparing job descriptions for the Bureau’s wage surveys is to a s s is t its field staff in classify in g into appropriate occupations workers who are employed under a variety of payroll titles and different work arrangem ents from establishm ent to establishm ent and from area to area. T his is essen tial in order to perm it the grouping of occupational wage rates representing comparable job content. Because of this em phasis on interestablishm ent and interarea com parability of occupational content, the Bureau’s job descriptions may differ significantly from those in use in individual establishm ents or those prepared for other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the B ureau's field econom ists are instructed to exclude working supervisors, apprentices, learners, beginners, trainees, handicapped Workers, part-tim e, temporary, and probationary workers. O F F IC E BILLER, MACHINE BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR Prepares statem ents, b ills, and invoices on a machine other than an ordinary or electrom atic typew riter. May also keep records as to billings or shipping charges or perform other c lerical work incidental to billing operations. For wage study purposes, b illers, m achine, are classified by type of machine, as follow s: Biller, machine (billing machine)— U ses a sp ecial billing ma chine (Moon H opkins, E llio tt F ish er, Burroughs, e tc ., which are combination typing and adding m achines) to prepare bills and in voices from custom ers’ purchase orders, internally prepared orders, shipping memorandums, etc. U sually involves application of prede termined discounts and shipping charges and entry of necessary extensions, which may or may not be computed on the billing ma chine, and totals which are autom atically accum ulated by machine. The operation usually involves a large number of carbon copies of the bill being prepared and is often done on a fanfold machine. Biller, machine (bookkeeping machine)— U ses a bookkeeping machine (Sundstrarid, E llio tt F ish er, Remington Rand, e tc ., which may or may not have typew riter keyboard) to prepare custom ers* bills as part of the accounts receivable operation. G enerally in volves the sim ultaneous entry of figures on custom ers ’ ledger rec ord. The machine autom atically accum ulates figures on a number of vertical columns and com putes and usually prints autom atically the debit or credit balances. Does not involve a knowledge of book keeping. Works from uniform and standard types of sa le s and credit slip s. O perates a bookkeeping machine (Remington Rand, E llio tt F ish er, Sundstrand, Burroughs, N ational C ash R egister, with or w ithout a typew riter keyboard) to keep a record of b u sin ess tran sactio n s. Class A— K eeps a s e t of records requiring a knowledge of and experience in b asic bookkeeping principles and fam iliarity with the structure of the particular accounting system used. D eterm ines proper records and distribution of debit and credit item s to be used in each phase of the work. May prepare consolidated rep o rts, balance sh eets, and other records by hand. Class B— K eeps a record of one or more phases or sectio n s of a set of records usually requiring little knowledge of b asic book keeping* P h ases or sections include accounts payable, payroll, customers* accounts (not including a sim ple type of billing described under biller, machine), co st distribution, expense distribution, in ventory control, etc. May check or a s s is t in preparation of tria l balances and prepare control sh eets for the accounting departm ent. CLERK, ACCOUNTING Class A— Under general direction of a bookkeeper or account ant, has responsibility for keeping one or more sectio n s of a com plete se t of books or records relating to one phase of an e sta b lish m ent's b usiness tran sactio n s. Work involves posting and balancing subsidiary ledger or ledgers such as accounts receivable or accounts 16 CLERK, ACCOUNTING—.Continued payable; exam ining and coding invoices or vouchers with proper a c counting distribution; requires judgment and experience in making proper assig n ation s and allocatio n s. May a s s is t in preparing, ad justing and closing journal en tries; may direct c la ss B accounting clerks. Class B — Under supervision, performs one or more routine accoiyiting operations such as posting sim ple journal vouchers or a c counts payable vouchers, entering vouchers in voucher reg isters; reconciling bank accounts; posting subsidiary ledgers controlled by general ledgers, or posting sim ple co st accounting d ata. T his job does not require a knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping principles but is found in offices in which the more routine account ing work is subdivided on a functional b asis among sev eral w orkers. CLERK, FILE Class A — In an estab lish ed filing system containing a num ber of varied subject m atter file s, c la ssifie s and indexes co rres pondence or other m aterial; may also file this m aterial. May keep records of various types in conjunction with files or may super v ise others in filing and locating m aterial in the file s. May per form incidental clerical d u ties. Class B — Perform s routine filing, usually of m aterial th at has already been classified or which is easily identifiable, or lo cates or a s s is ts in locating m aterial in file s. May perform incidental clerical d u ties. CLERK, ORDER R eceives custom ers’ orders for m aterial or m erchandise by m ail, phone, or personally. D uties involve any combination o f th$ following: Quoting prices to custom ers; making out. an order sh eet listin g the item s to make up the order; checking prices and quantities of item s on order sheet; distributing onder sh eets to respective departm ents to be filled. May check with credit departm ent to determ ine credit rating of custom er, acknowledge receipt of orders from custom ers, follow up orders to see that they have been filled, keep file of orders received, and check ship ping invoices with original orders. CLERK, PAYROLL Computes w ages of company em ployees and enters the n eces sary data on the payroll sh eets. D uties involve: C alculating workers* earnings based on time or production records; posting calcu lated data on payroll sh eet, showing information such as worker’s name, working days, tim e, rate, deductions for insurance, and to tal w ages due. May make out paychecks and a s s is t paym aster in making up and distrib ut ing pay envelopes. May use a calculating m achine. COMPTOMETER OPERATOR Primary duty is to operate a Comptometer to perform mathem a tic al com putations. This job is not to be confused with that of s ta tis tic al or other type of clerk, which may involve frequent use of a Comp tom eter but, in which, use of this machine is incidental to perform ance of other duties. DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR (MIMEOGRAPH OR DITTO) Under general supervision and with no supervisory resp o n si b ilitie s, reproduces m ultiple copies of typew ritten or handw ritten m atter, using a Mimeograph or D itto m achine. Makes n ecessary adjustm ent such as for ink and paper feed counter and cylinder speed. Is not required to prepare ste n c il or D itto m aster. May keep file of used ste n c ils or D itto m asters. May sort, co llate, and staple com pleted m aterial. KEYPUNCH OPERATOR Under general supervision and with no supervisory resp o n si b ilities, records accounting and s ta tis tic a l data on tabulating cards by punching a series of holes in the cards in a sp ecified sequence, using an alphabetical or a num erical keypunch m achine, following w ritten in formation on records. May duplicate cards by using the duplicating de vice attached to m achine. May keep files of punch card s. May verify own work or work of others. OFFICE BOY OR GIRL Perform s various routine duties such as running errands, op erating minor office m achines such as sealers or m ailers, opening and distributing m ail, and other minor clerical work. 17 SECRETARY Performs secretarial and clerical duties for a superior in an ad m inistrative or executive position. D uties include making appointm ents for superior; receiving people coming into office; answ ering and making phone calls; handling personal and important or confidential m ail, and writing routine correspondence on own initiativ e; taking dictation (where transcribing machine is not used) either in shorthand or by Stenotype or sim ilar m achine, and transcribing dictation or the recorded information reproduced on a transcribing m achine. May prepare sp ecial reports or memorandums for information of superior. STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL Primary duty is to take dictation from one or more p erso n s, either in shorthand or by Stenotype or sim ilar m achine, involving a nor mal routine vocabulary, and to transcribe this dictation on a typew riter. May also type from w ritten copy. May also se t up and keep files in or der, keep sim ple records, etc. Does not include transcribing-machine work (see transcribing-m achine operator). STENOGRAPHER, TECHNICAL Primary duty is to take dictation from one or more persons either in shorthand or by Stenotype or sim ilar m achine, involving a varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or reports on scien tific research and to transcribe th is dictation on a typew riter. May also type from w ritten copy. May also s e t up and keep files in order, keep sim ple records, etc. Does not include transcribing-machine work. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR O perates a single- or m ultiple-position telephone sw itchboard. D uties involve handling incoming, outgoing, and intraplant or office c a lls. May record toll calls and take m essag es. May give information to per sons who call in, or occasionally take telephone orders. For workers who also act as receptionists see sw itchboard operator-receptionist. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONIST In addition to performing duties of operator, on a single p o si tion or monitor-type sw itchboard, acts as receptionist and may also type or perform routine clerical work as part of regular du ties. T his typing or clerical work may take the major part of this worker0s time w hile at sw itchboard. TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATOR Class A— O perates a variety of tabulating or electrical ac counting m achines, typically including such m achines as the tabu lator, calculator, interpreter, collator and others. Performs com plete reporting assignm ents without close supervision, and performs difficult wiring as required. The com plete reporting and tabulating assignm ents typically involve a variety of long and complex re ports which often are of irregular or nonrecurring type requiring some planning and sequencing of step s to be taken. As a more experienced operator, is typically involved in training new opera tors in machine operations, or partially trained operators in wiring from diagram s and operating sequences of long and complex reports. Does not include working supervisors performing tabulating-m achine operations and day-to-day supervision of the work and production of a group of tabulating-m achine operators. Class B— O perates more difficult tabulating or electrical ac counting m achines such as the tabulator and calculator, in addition to the sorter,.reproducer, and collator. T his work is performed under specific instructions and may include the perform ance of some wir ing from diagram s. The work typically involves, for exam ple, tabu lations involving a repetitive accounting ex ercise, a com plete but sm all tabulating study, or parts of a longer and more complex report. Such reports and studies are usually of a recurring nature where the procedures are w ell estab lish ed . May also include the training of new em ployees in the basic operation of the machine. Class C— O perates sim ple tabulating or electrical account ing m achines such as the sorter, reproducing punch, collator, etc., with specific instructions. May include sim ple wiring from diagrams and some filing work. The work typically involves portions of a work unit, for exam ple, individual sorting or collating runs, or re petitive operations. TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL Prim ary duty is to transcribe dictation involving a normal routine vocabulary from transcribing-m achine records. May also type from w ritten copy and do sim ple clerical work. Workers transcribing dictation in volving a varied tech n ical or specialized vocabulary such as legal briefs or reports on scien tific research are not included. A worker who takes dictation in shorthand or by Stenotype or sim ilar m achine is classified as a stenographer, general. 18 TYPIST— Continued TYPIST U ses a typew riter to make copies of various m aterial or to make out b ills after calcu latio n s have been made by another person. May in clude typing of ste n c ils, m ats, or sim ilar m aterials for use in duplicat ing p ro cesses. May do clerical work involving little sp ecial training, such as keeping sim ple records, filing records and reports, or sorting and distributing incoming m ail. Class /4— Perform s one or more of the following: Typing ma terial in final form when it involves combining m aterial from sev eral sources or responsibility for correct spelling, sy llab icatio n , punc- tuation, etc ., of tech n ical or unusual words or foreign language ma terial; planning layout and typing of com plicated s ta tis tic a l tab les to m aintain uniformity and balance in spacing. May type routine form letters varying d etails to su it circum stances. Class B— Perform s one or more of the following: Copy typing from rough or clear drafts; routine typing of forms, insurance p o licies, etc.; settin g up sim ple standard tabulations, or copying more com plex tab les already se t up and spaced properly. PR O FE S SIO N A L AND T E C H N IC A L DRAFTSMAN, JUNIOR (A ssistan t draftsm an) Draws to scale units or parts of draw ings prepared by d rafts man or others for engineering, construction, or manufacturing purposes. U ses various types of drafting tools a s required. May prepare draw ings from sim ple plans or sk etch es, or perform other duties under direction of a draftsm an. DRAFTSMAN, SENIOR— Continued involved in strength of m aterials, beam s and tru sse s; verifying com pleted work, checking dim ensions, m aterials to be used, and q u an tities; w riting sp ecificatio n s; making adjustm ents or changes in drawings or sp ecificatio n s. May ink in lin es and letters on pencil draw ings, prepare d etail units of com plete draw ings, or trace draw ings. Work is frequently in a sp ecialized field such as architectural, electrical, m echanical, or structural drafting. DRAFTSMAN, LEADER NURSE, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) P lans and d irects activ ities of one or more draftsm en in prep aration of working plans and d etail drawings from rough or prelim inary sketches for engineering, construction, or m anufacturing purposes. D uties involve a combination of the following: Interpreting blueprints, sk etch es, and w ritten or verbal orders; determ ining work procedures; assigning duties to subordinates and inspecting their work; performing more dif ficult problem s. May a s s is t subordinates during em ergencies or a s a regular assignm ent, or perform related duties of a supervisory or ad m inistrative nature. A registered nurse who gives nursing serv ice to ill or injured em ployees or other persons who become ill or suffer an a c c id e n t on the prem ises of a factory or other establishm ent. D uties involve a combina tion of the following: Giving first aid to the ill or injured; attending to subsequent dressing of em ployees’ injuries; keeping records of p atients treated; preparing accident reports for com pensation or other purposes; conducting physical exam inations and health evaluations of applicants and em ployees; and planning and carrying out programs involving health education, accident prevention, evaluation of plant environm ent, or other activ ities affecting the health, w elfare, and safety of a ll personnel. DRAFTSMAN, SENIOR Prepares working plans and d etail draw ings from n o tes, rough or detailed sketches for engineering, construction, or m anufacturing pur p o ses. D uties involve a combination of the following: Preparing work ing plans, d etail draw ings, m aps, cro ss-sectio n s, e tc ., to scale by use of drafting instrum ents; making engineering com putations such as those TRACER C opies plans and draw ings prepared by others, by placing trac ing cloth or paper over drawing and tracing with pen or p en cil. U ses T -square, com pass, and other drafting to o ls. May prepare sim ple draw ings and do sim ple lettering. 19 M A INTENANCE D PO W E R PL A N T CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE FIREMAN, STATIONARY BOILER Performs the carpentry duties necessary to construct and main tain in good repair building woodwork and equipm ent such as bins, cribs, counters, benches, partitions, doors, floors, sta irs, casin gs, and trim made of wood in an establishm ent. Work involves most of the following: Planning and laying out of work from blueprints, draw ings, models, or verbal instructions; using a variety of carpenter’s handtools, portable power tools, and standard m easuring instrum ents; making standard shop com putations relating to dim ensions of work; selectin g m aterials nec essary for the work. In general, the work of the m aintenance carpenter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a for mal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. F ire is stationary boilers to furnish the establishm ent in which employed with heat, power, or steam . F eed s fuels to fire by hand or operates a m echanical stoker, g as, or oil burner; checks w ater and safety valves. May clean, oil, or a s s is t in repairing boilerroom equipm ent. ELECTRICIAN, MAINTENANCE Perform s a variety of electrical trade functions such as the installatio n , m aintenance, or repair of equipm ent for the generating, d is tribution, or utilization of electric energy in an establishm ent. Work involves most of the following: Installing or repairing any of a variety of electrical equipm ent such as generators, transform ers, sw itchboards, controllers, circuit breakers, motors, heating units, conduit system s, or other transm ission equipment; working from blueprints, draw ings, lay out, or other sp ecificatio n s; locating and diagnosing trouble in the e lec trical system or equipm ent; working standard com putations relating to load requirem ents of wiring or electrical equipm ent; using a variety of electrician ’s handtools and m easuring and testin g instrum ents. In gen eral, the work of the m aintenance electrician requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. ENGINEER, STATIONARY O perates and m aintains and may also supervise the operation of stationary engines and equipment (m echanical or electrical) to sup ply the establishm ent in which employed with power, heat, refrigera tion, or air-conditioning. Work involves: Operating and m aintaining equipment such as steam engines, air com pressors, generators, motors turbines, ventilating and refrigerating equipm ent, steam boilers and boiler-fed w ater pumps; making equipm ent repairs; keeping a record of operation of machinery, tem perature, and fuel consum ption. May also supervise these operations. Head or chief engineers in establishments employing more than one engineer are excluded. HELPER, TRADES, MAINTENANCE A ssists one or more workers in the skilled m aintenance trades, by performing specific or general duties of le sse r sk ill, such as keeping a worker supplied with m aterials and tools; cleaning working area, ma chine, and equipm ent; assistin g worker by holding m aterials or tools; performing other unskilled task s as directed by journeyman. The kind of work the helper is perm itted to perform varies from trade to trade: In some trades the helper is confined to supplying, lifting, and holding ma terials and tools and cleaning working area s; and in others he is per mitted to perform sp ecialized machine operations, or parts of a trade that are also performed by workers on a full-tim e b a sis. MACHINE-TOOL OPERATOR, TOOLROOM S pecializes in the operation of one or more types of machine tools, such as jig borers, cylindrical or surface grinders, engine lathes, or milling m achines in the construction of m achine-shop tools, gauges, jig s, fixtures, or d ies. Work involves most of the following: Planning and performing difficult machining operations; processing item s requiring com plicated setups or a high degree of accuracy; using a variety of pre cision m easuring instrum ents; selectin g feeds, sp eed s, tooling and op eration sequence; making n ecessary adjustm ents during operation to achieve req u isite tolerances or dim ensions. May be required to recog nize when tools need dressing, to dress too ls, and to se le c t proper coolants and cutting and lubricating o ils. For cross-industry wage study purposes, m achine-tool operators, toolroom, in tool and die jobbing shops are excluded from this classificatio n . MACHINIST, MAINTENANCE Produces replacem ent parts and new parts in making repairs of m etal parts of m echanical equipment operated in an establishm ent. Work involves most of the following: Interpreting w ritten instructions and sPec^ c a t^ons 9 planning and laying out of work; using a variety of ma ch in ist’s handtools and precision m easuring instrum ents; settin g up and 20 MACHINIST, MAINTENANCE— Continued operating standard machine tools; shaping of m etal parts to close toler ances; making standard shop com putations relating to dim ensions of work, tooling, feeds and speeds of machining; knowledge of the working prop erties of the common m etals; selectin g standard m aterials, p arts, and equipm ent required for his work; fitting and assem bling parts into me chanical equipm ent. In general, the m achinist's work normally requires a rounded training in m achine-shop practice usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. MECHANIC, AUTOMOTIVE (MAINTENANCE) R epairs autom obiles, b uses, m otortrucks, and tractors of an e s tablishm ent. Work involves most of the following: Examining autom otive equipment to diagnose source of trouble; disassem bling equipm ent and performing repairs that involve the use of such handtools as w renches, gauges, d rills, or sp ecialized equipment in disassem bling or fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts from stock; grinding and adjusting valves; reassem bling and installing the various assem blies in the vehicle and making n ecessary adjustm ents; alining w heels, adjusting brakes and lights, or tightening body bolts. In general, the work of the autom otive m echanic requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. MECHANIC, MAINTENANCE R epairs machinery or m echanical equipment of an establishm ent. Work involves most of the following: Examining m achines and mechan ical equipment to diagnose source of trouble; dism antling or partly d is m antling m achines and performing repairs that mainly involve the use of handtools in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts with item s obtained from stock; ordering the production of a replace ment part by a machine shop or sending of the machine to a m achine shop for major repairs; preparing w ritten specificatio n s for major repairs or for the production of parts ordered from machine shop; reassem bling ma chines; and making a ll n ecessary adjustm ents for operation. In general, the work of a m aintenance m echanic requires rounded training and ex perience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. Excluded from this classificatio n are w orkers whose primary duties involve settin g up or adjusting m achines. MILLWRIGHT In stalls new m achines or heavy equipment and dism antles and in sta lls m achines or heavy equipm ent when changes in the plant layout MILLWRIGHT— Continued are required. Work involves most of the following: Planning and laying out of the work; interpreting blueprints or other sp ecificatio n s; using a variety of handtools and rigging; making standard shop com putations re lating to s tre s se s , strength of m aterials, and centers of gravity; alining and balancing of equipm ent; selectin g standard tools, equipm ent, and parts to be used; installin g and m aintaining in good order power transm ission equipm ent such as drives and speed reducers. In general, the m ill w right's work normally requires a rounded training and experience in the trade acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. OILER L ubricates, with oil or g rease, the moving parts or wearing sur faces of m echanical equipm ent of an establishm ent. PAINTER, MAINTENANCE P ain ts and redecorates w alls, woodwork, and fixtures of an es tablishm ent. Work involves the following: Knowledge of surface pecu lia rities and types of paint required for different applications; preparing surface for painting by removing old finish or by placing putty or filler in nail holes and in terstices; applying paint with spray gun or brush. May mix colors, o ils, white lead, and other paint ingredients to obtain proper color or consistency. In general, the work of the m aintenance painter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a for mal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. PIPEFITTER, MAINTENANCE In stalls or repairs w ater, steam , g as, or other types of pipe and pipefittings in an establishm ent. Work involves most of the following: L aying out of work and m easuring to locate position of pipe from drawings or other w ritten specificatio n s; cutting various siz e s of pipe to correct lengths with ch isel and hammer or oxyacetylene torch or pipe-cutting ma chine; threading pipe with stocks and d ies; bending pipe by hand-driven or power-driven m achines; assem bling pipe with couplings and fastening pipe to hangers; making standard shop com putations relating to p ressures, flow , and size of pipe required; making standard te s ts to determ ine whether finished pipes meet sp ecificatio n s. In general, the work of the m aintenance pipefitter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and ex perience. Workers primarily engaged in installing and repairing building sanitation or heating systems are excluded. 21 TOOL AND DIE MAKER PLUMBER, MAINTENANCE K eeps the plumbing system of an establishm ent in good order. Work involves: Knowledge of sanitary codes regarding installatio n of vents and traps in plumbing system ; installin g or repairing pipes and fixtures; opening clogged drains with a plunger or plumber’s snake. In general, the work of the m aintenance plumber requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equiv alent training and experience. SHEET-METAL WORKER, MAINTENANCE F ab ricates, in sta lls, and m aintains in good repair the sheetm etal equipment and fixtures (such as machine guards, grease pans, shelves, lockers, tanks, ventilators, ch u tes, ducts, m etal roofing) of an establishm ent. Work involves most of the following: Planning and lay ing out all types of sheet-m etal m aintenance work from blueprints, m odels, or other specifications; setting up and operating all available types of sheet-m etal-w orking m achines; using a variety of handtools in cutting, bending, forming, shaping, fitting, and assem bling; installin g sh eetm etal articles as required. In general, the work of the m aintenance sheet-m etal worker requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. (D ie maker; jig maker; tool maker; fixture maker; gauge maker) C onstructs and repairs m achine-shop tools, gauges, jig s, fix tures or dies for forgings, punching and other metal-forming work. Work involves most of the following: Planning and laying out of work from m odels, blueprints, drawings, or other oral and w ritten sp ecificatio n s; using a variety of tool and die maker’s handtools and precision m eas uring instrum ents, understanding of the working properties of common m etals and alloys; settin g up and operating of machine tools and related equipm ent; making n ecessary shop com putations relating to dim ensions of work, sp eed s, feeds, and tooling of m achines; heattreating of metal parts during fabrication as w ell as of finished tools and dies to achieve required q u alities; working to clo se tolerances; fitting and assem bling of parts to prescribed tolerances and allow ances; selectin g appropriate m aterials, tools, and p ro cesses. In general, the tool and die maker’s work requires a rounded training in m achine-shop and toolroom practice usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. For cross-industry wage study purposes, tool and die makers in tool and die jobbing shops are excluded from this classificatio n . C U STO D IA L AND M A TER IA L M OVEM ENT ELEVATOR OPERATOR, PASSENGER T ransports passengers betw een floors of an office building, apartm ent house, departm ent store, hotel or sim ilar establishm ent. Workers who operate elevators in conjunction with other duties such as those of starters and janitors are excluded. GUARD JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER— Continued or other establishm ent. D uties involve a combination of the following: Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing floors; removing chips, trash, and other refuse; dusting equipm ent, furniture, or fix tu res;p o lish ing m etal fixtures or trimmings; providing supplies and minor m ainte nance serv ices; cleaning lavatories, show ers, and restroom s. Workers who sp ecialize in window w ashing are excluded. Performs routine police d u ties, either a t fixed post or on tour, m aintaining order, using arms or force where n ecessary . Includes gate- men who are stationed at gate and check on identity of employees and LABORER, MATERIAL HANDLING other persons entering. JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER (Sweeper; charwoman; jan itress) C leans and keeps in an orderly condition factory working areas and washroom s, or prem ises of an office, apartm ent house, or commercial (Loader and unloader; handler and stack er; shelver; trucker; stockman or stock helper; warehouseman or w arehouse helper) A worker employed in a w arehouse, m anufacturing plant, store, or other establishm ent whose d uties involve one or more of the follow ing: Loading and unloading various m aterials and m erchandise on or 22 LABORER, MATERIAL HANDLING— Continued from freight cars, trucks, or other transporting d ev ices; unpacking, shelv ing, or placing m aterials or m erchandise in proper storage location; tran s porting m aterials or m erchandise by hand truck, car, or w heelbarrow. Longshoremen, who load and unload ships are excluded. ORDER FILLER (Order picker; stock selector; w arehouse stockm an) F ills shipping or transfer orders for finished goods from stored m erchandise in accordance with specifications on sa le s slip s, customers* orders, or other instru ctio n s. May, in addition to filling orders and indi cating item s filled or om itted, keep records of outgoing orders, req u isi tion additional sto ck , or report short supplies to supervisor, and perform other related d u ties. PACKER, SHIPPING P repares finished products for shipm ent or storage by placing them in shipping containers, the specific operations performed being dependent upon the type, siz e, and number of units to be packed, the type of container em ployed, and method of shipm ent. Work requires the placing of item s in shipping containers and may involve one or more of the following: Knowledge of various item s of stock in order to verify content; selectio n of appropriate type and size of container; inserting enclosures in container; using excelsior or other m aterial to prevent breakage or dam age; closing and sealin g container; applying lab els or entering identifying data on container. Packers who also make wooden boxes or crates are excluded. SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERK Prepares m erchandise for shipm ent, or receiv es and is respon sible for incom ing shipm ents of m erchandise or other m aterials. Shipping work involves: A knowledge of shipping procedures, p ractices, routes, available m eans of transportation and rates; and preparing records of the goods shipped, making up b ills of lading, posting w eight and shipping charges, and keeping a file of shipping records. May direct or a s s is t in preparing the m erchandise for shipm ent. Receiving work involves: V eri fying or directing others in verifying the correctness of shipm ents ag ain st b ills of lading, invoices, or other records; checking for shortages and rejecting damaged goods; routing m erchandise or m aterials to proper de partm ents; m aintaining necessary records and file s. SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERK— Continued For wage study purposes, workers are c lassified as follow s: Receiving clerk Shipping clerk Shipping and receiving clerk TRUCKDRIVER D rives a truck within a city or in d u strial area to transport ma terials, m erchandise, equipm ent, or men betw een various types of e sta b lishm ents such a s : M anufacturing p lants, freight depots, w arehouses, w holesale and re ta il establishm ents, or betw een retail establishm ents and customers* houses or p laces of b u sin ess. May also load or unload truck with or w ithout helpers, make minor m echanical repairs, and keep truck in good working order. Driver-salesmen and over-the-road drivers are excluded . For wage study purposes, truckdrivers are classified by size and type of equipm ent, as follow s: (T ractor-trailer should be rated on the b asis of trailer capacity.) Truckdriver (combination of sizes listed separately) Truckdriver, light (under 1% tons) Truckdriver, medium (1% to and including 4 tons) Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, trailer type) Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, other than trailer type) TRUCKER, POWER O perates a manually controlled g aso lin e- or electric-pow ered truck or tractor to transport goods and m aterials of all kinds about a w arehouse, m anufacturing plant, or other establishm ent. For wage study purposes, workers are classified by type of truck, as follow s: Trucker, power (forklift) Trucker, power (other than forklift) WATCHMAN M akes rounds of prem ises periodically in protecting property ag ain st fire, theft, and illeg al entry. * U .S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : I 9 6 0 0 — 5 5 4 3 8 6 O ccu p atio n al Wage S urveys O c c u p a t i o n a l w a g e s u r v e y s a r e b e i n g c o n d u c t e d in 6 0 m a j o r l a b o r m a r k e t s d u r in g l a t e 1959 a n d e a r l y I 9 6 0 . T h e s e b u l l e t i n s , w h e n a v a i l a b l e , m a y b e p u r c h a s e d fr o m t h 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 r i n t i n g O f f i c e , W a s h in g t o n 2 5 , D . C . , o r fr o m a n y o f t h e B L S r e g i o n a l s a le s o f f ic e s s h o w n o n th e in s id e fro n t c o v e r . A s u m m a r y b u l l e t i n c o n t a i n i n g d a t a f o r a l l la b o r m a r k e t s , c o m b in e d w it h a d d i t i o n a l a n a l y s i s , w i l l b e i s s u e d e a r l y in 1 9 6 1 . B u l l e t i n s fo r t h e a r e a s l i s t e d b e l o w a r e n o w a v a i l a b l e . Baltim ore, Md., September 1959—B LS B ull. 1265*7, price 15 cents Boston, M ass., October 1959—BLS Bull. 1265*8, price 25 cents B uffalo, N .Y ., October 1959—BLS B ull. 1265*4, price 20 cents Canton, Ohio, December 1959—BLS Bull. 1265*10, price 25 cents C incinnati, Ohio—K y ., February I960—BLS B ull. 1265*31, price 25 cents C levelan d, Ohio, September 1959—BLS Bull. 1265*1, price 20 cents D a lla s, T e x ., October 1959—BLS Bull. 1265*3, price 20 cents Dayton, Ohio, December 1959—B LS B ull. 1265*9, price 25 cents Denver, C o lo ., Decem ber 1959—BLS B ull. 1265*11, price 25 cents Des Moines, Iowa, February I960—BLS Bull. 1265*30, price 25 cents D etroit, Mich., January I960—BLS B ull. 1265*25, price 20 cents Fort Worthy T e x ., November 1959—BLS Bull. 1265*13, price 25 cents Indianapolis, Ind., January I960—BLS Bull. 1265*22, price 25 cents Jackson, M iss., February I960—BLS Bull. 1265*26, price 25 cents Jack son ville, F la ., December 1959—BLS Bull. 1265*14, price 25 cents Kansas C ity, Mo.—K ans., January I960—BLS B ull. 1265*23, price 25 cents Memphis, Tenn., January I960—BLS B ull. 4265*19, price 25 cents Miami, F la ., December 1959—BLS B ull. 1265*6, price 20 cents M inneapolis—St. P aul, Minn., January I960—BLS B ull. 1265*21, price 25 cents Newark and Jersey C ity , N .J ., February I960—BLS B ull. 1265*28, price 25 cents P hilad elp h ia, P a ., November 1959—B LS Bull. 1265*16, price 25 cents Pittsburgh, P a ., Decem ber 1959—B LS B ull. 1265*20, price 25 cents Portland, Maine, November 1959—BLS Bull. 1265*12, price 20 cents Richmond, V a ., February I960—B LS Bull. 1265*24, price 25 cents St. L ou is, Mo., October 1959—BLS Bull. 1265*5, price 25 cents San Bernardino—R iv e rs id e —Ontario, C a lif., November 1959— BLS B ull. 1265*15, price 25 cents San F ran cisco—Oakland, C a lif., January I960—B LS B ull. 1265*17, price 25 cents Seattle, Wash., August 1959—BLS B ull. 1265*2, price 25 cents Sioux F a lls , S. Dak., February I960—BLS B ull. 1265*29, price 20 cents Washington, D .C .—Md.—V a ., December 1959—BLS B ull. 1265*18, price 25 cents York, P a ., February I960—BLS Bull. 1265*27, price 25 cents
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