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Occupational Wage Survey
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON,
PENNSYLVANIA-NEW JERSEY
FEBRUARY 1962
Bulletin No. 1303-46
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary
B U REA U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S
Ew an C la g u e , Com m issioner
Occupational Wage Survey
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON,
PENNSYLVANIA-NEW JERSEY
FEBRUARY 1962
Bulletin No. 1303-46
May 1962
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary
BUREAU O F LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clogue, Commissioner
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Price 25 cents
Contents
Preface
P ag e
The Labor Market Occupational Wage Survey Program
The Bureau of Labor Statistics annually conducts
occupational wage surveys in 82 labor markets.
The
studies provide data on occupational earnings and related
supplementary benefits.
A preliminary report furnishing
trend data and average earnings is released within a month
of the completion of each study. This bulletin provides
additional data not included in the preliminary report.
In trod u ction ____________________________________________________________ ______
W age tren d s fo r s e le c t e d o c cu p a tio n a l g rou p s ___________________________
T able s :
1.
2.
E s ta b lis h m e n ts and w o r k e r s w ith in s c o p e o f s u r v e y _____________
P e r c e n ts o f in c r e a s e in stan dard w e e k ly s a la r ie s and
s t r a ig h t -tim e h o u r ly ea rn in g s fo r s e le c t e d
o ccu p a tio n a l g ro u p s -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two bulletins, bringing together the results of all
of the area surveys, are issued after completion of the
final area bulletin in the current round of surveys.
The
first of these bulletins will be available late in 1962 and
the other early in 1963. During the survey year, summary
relea ses presenting areawide occupational earnings data
for 25 to 30 labor m arkets, are issued as data become
available.
A : O ccu p a tion a l e a r n in g s :*
A - 1. O ffic e o c cu p a tio n s — e n and w om en ________________________
m
A -2 . P r o fe s s io n a l and te c h n ic a l o c cu p a tio n s — en
m
This bulletin was prepared in the Bureau's r e tional office in New York, N. Y ., by Harold A. Barletta,
under the general direction of Frederick W. M ueller,
A ssistan t Regional Director for Wages and Industrial
Relations.
B:
1
4
A - 3.
A -4 .
A -5 .
O ffic e , p r o fe s s io n a l, and te c h n ic a l
o c cu p a tio n s — en and w om en co m b in e d _________________ _
m
M ain ten an ce and p ow er pi ant o ccu p a tio n s __________________
C u stod ia l and m a te r ia l m o v em en t occu p a tio n s ____________
E sta b lish m en t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en ta ry w age p r o v is io n s :*
B - 1 . Shift d iffe r e n tia ls _____________________________________________
B -2 . M in im u m e n tra n ce s a la r ie s fo r w om en o ffic e w o r k e r s ____
B -3 . S ch ed u led w e e k ly h ou rs ______________________________________
B -4 . P a id h olid a y s _________________________________________________
B -5 . P a id v a ca tio n s ________________________________________________
B - 6 . H ealth, in su r a n ce , and p e n sio n plans ______________________
3
3
5
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
17
A p p en d ix es:
A.
B.
C hanges in o c cu p a tio n a l d e s c r ip tio n s ______________________________
O ccu p a tion a l d e s c r ip tio n s ___________________________________________
* NOTE: Similar tabulations for these items are available
in previous area reports for Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton
and for other m ajor areas.
A directory indicating the
areas, dates of study, and prices of these reports is avail
able upon request.
A current report on occupational earnings and
supplementary wage provisions in the Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton area is also available for m en's and boys' shirts
(except work shirts) and nightwear (May 1961).
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21
Occupational Wage Survey—Allentown—Bethlehem—Easton, Pa.—N.J.
Introduction
to the work schedules (rounded to the nearest half hour) for which
straight-tim e salaries are paid; average weekly earnings for these
occupations have been rounded to the nearest half dollar.
This area is 1 of 82 labor markets in which the U .S . De
partment of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics has conducted su r
veys of occupational earnings and related wage benefits on an area
wide b a sis.
In this area, data were obtained by personal visits of
Bureau field economists to representative establishments within six
broad industry divisions: Manufacturing; transportation, communica
tion, and other public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services.
Major industry groups
excluded from these studies are government operations and the con
struction and extractive industries.
Establishments having fewer
than a prescribed number of workers are omitted also because they
tend to furnish insufficient employment in the occupations studied to
warrant inclusion.
Separate tabulations are provided for each of the
broad industry divisions which meet publication criteria.
Average earnings of men and women are presented separately
for selected occupations in which both sexes are commonly employed.
Differences in pay levels of men and women in these occupations are
largely due to (I) differences in the distribution of the sexes among
industries and establishments; (2) differences in specific duties per
formed, although the occupations are appropriately classified within
the same survey job description; and (3) differences in length of serv
ice or m erit review when individual salaries are adjusted on this
b a sis.
Longer average service of men would result in higher average
pay when both sexes are employed within the same rate range.
Job
descriptions used in classifying employees in these surveys are usu
ally more generalized than those used in individual establishments to
allow for minor differences among establishments in specific duties
performed.
These surveys are conducted on a sample basis because of the
unnecessary cost involved in surveying all establishments. To obtain
optimum accuracy at minimum cost, a greater proportion of large
than of sm all establishments is studied. In combining the data, how
ever, all establishments are given their appropriate weight. Estim ates
based on the establishments studied are presented, therefore, as r e
lating to all establishments in the industry grouping and area, ex
cept for those below the minimum size studied.
Occupational employment estim ates represent the total in all
establishments within the scope of the study and not the number actu
ally surveyed. Because of differences in occupational structure among
establishments, the estim ates of occupational employment obtained
from the sample of establishments studied serve only to indicate the
relative importance of the jobs studied.
These differences in occu
pational structure do not m aterially affect the accuracy of the earn
ings data.
Occupations and Earnings
The occupations selected for study are common to a variety
of manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries. Occupational c la s
sification is based on a uniform set of job descriptions designed to
take account of interestablishment variation in duties within the same
job.
(See appendix for listing of these descriptions.) Earnings data
are presented (in the A -s e r ie s tables) for the following types of occu
pations: (a) Office clerica l; (b) professional and technical; (c) mainte
nance and powerplant; and (d) custodial and material movement.
Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions
Information is presented (in the B -s e r ie s tables) on selected
establishment practices and supplementary benefits as they relate to
office and plant w orkers.
The concept "office w o r k e r s ," as used
in this bulletin, includes working supervisors and nonsupervisory
workers performing clerical or related functions, and excludes admin
istrative, executive, and professional personnel. "Plant w orkers" in
clude working foremen and all nonsupervisory workers {including leadmen and trainees) engaged in nonoffice functions.
Administrative,
executive, and professional em ployees, and force-account construction
employees who are utilized as a separate work force are excluded.
Cafeteria workers and route men are excluded in manufacturing indus
tries, but are included as plant workers in nonmanufacturing industries.
Occupational employment and earnings data are shown for
fu ll-tim e w orkers, i . e . , those hired to work a regular weekly sched
ule in the given occupational classification.
Earnings data exclude
premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and
late shifts.
Nonproduction bonuses are excluded also, but c o s t-o fliving bonuses and incentive earnings are included.
Where weekly
hours are reported, as for office clerical occupations, reference is
1
2
Shift differential data (table B - l ) are limited to manufacturing
industries. This information is presented both in term s of (a) estab
lishment p o lic y ,1 presented in term s of total plant worker em ploy
ment, and (b) effective practice, presented in terms of workers
actually employed on the specified shift at the time of the survey.
In establishments having varied differentials, the amount applying to
a majority was used o r, if no amount applied to a m ajority, the c la s
sification “o th er" was used.
In establishments in which some lateshift hours are paid at normal rates, a differential was recorded only
if it applied to a m ajority of the shift hours.
Minimum entrance salaries (table B -2 ) relate only to the
establishments visited.
They are presented in term s of establish
ments with form al minimum salary policies.
The scheduled hours (table B -3 ) of a majority of the fir s t shift workers in an establishment are tabulated as applying to all of
the plant or office workers of that establishment.
Paid holidays; paid
vacations; and health, insurance, and pension plans (tables B -4 through
B -6 ) are treated statistically on the basis that these are applicable
to all plant or office workers if a majority of such workers are e li
gible or may eventually qualify for the practices listed.
Sums of
individual item s in tables B -3 through B -6 may not equal totals b e
cause of rounding.
The fir st part of the paid holidays table (table B -4 ) presents
the number of whole and half holidays actually provided. The second
part combines whole and half holidays to show total holiday tim e.
The summ ary of vacation plans (table B -5 ) is limited to fo r
mal policies, excluding informal arrangements whereby time off with
pay is granted at the discretion of the em ployer. Separate estimates
are provided according to employer practice in computing vacation
payments, such as time payments, percent of annual earnings, or
fla t-su m amounts. However, in the tabulations of vacation pay, pay
ments not on a time basis were so converted; for example, a payment
of 2 percent of annual earnings was considered as the equivalent of
1 week’s pay.
Data are presented for all health, insurance, and pension plans
(table B -6 ) for which at least a part of the cost is borne by the em
ployer, excepting only legal requirements such as workmen's compen
sation, social security, and railroad retirem ent. Such plans include
those underwritten by a comm ercial insurance company and those p ro
vided through a union fund or paid directly by the employer out of
current operating funds or from a fund set aside for tj*is purpose.
Death benefits are included as a form of life insurance.
Sickness and accident insurance is lim ited to that type of in
surance under which predetermined cash payments are made directly
to the insured on a weekly or monthly basis during illness or accident
disability.
Information is presented for all such plans to which the
employer contributes.
However, in New York and New Jersey, which
have enacted temporary disability insurance laws which require em
ployer contributions,2 plans are included only if the employer (1) con
tributes m ore than is legally required, or (2) provides the employee
with benefits which exceed the requirements of the law. Tabulation?
of paid sick-leave plans are limited to form al p la n s3 which provide
full pay or a proportion of the worker’ s pay during absence from work
because of illness.
Separate tabulations are presented according to
(1) plans which provide full pay and no waiting period, and (2) plans
which provide either partial pay or a waiting period. In addition to the
presentation of the proportions of workers who are provided sickness
and accident insurance or paid sick leave, an unduplicated total is
shown of workers who receive either or both types of benefits.
Catastrophe insurance, som etim es referred to as extended
m edical insurance, includes those plans which are designed to protect
employees in case of sickness and injury involving expenses beyond
the normal coverage of hospitalization, m edical, and surgical plans.
M edical insurance refers to plans providing for complete or partial
payment of doctors1 fees. Such plans may be underwritten by com m er
cial insurance companies or nonprofit organizations or they m ay be
self-in su red. Tabulations of retirement pension plans are limited to
those plans that provide monthly payments for the remainder of the
w orker’ s life.
2 The temporary disability laws in California and Rhode Island
do not require employer contributions.
3 An establishment was considered as having a form al plan if
it established at least the minimum number of days of sick leave that
1
An establishment was considered as having a policy if it met
could be expected by each employee. Such a plan need not be written,
either of the following conditions: (1) Operated late shifts at the time
but informal sick-leave allowances, determined on an individual basis,
of the survey, or (2) had form al provisions covering late shifts.
were excluded.
3
Table 1.
Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, P a.— .J., 1 by major industry division, 2 February 1962
N
Minimum
employment
in establish
ments in scope
of study
Industry division
Number of establishments
W ithin
scope of
study 3
W orkers in establishments
Within scope of study
Studied
Studied
T o ta l4
Office
Plant
Total4
------------- -------------
50
415
104
104, 500
13,400
7 7 ,4 0 0
58,060
Manufacturing ______ — --------------------- — -----------------------------
50
50
301
114
60
44
83, 800
20, 700
8, 400
5 ,0 0 0
6 4 ,7 0 0
12, 700
4 6,720
11,340
50
50
50
50
50
24
15
46
13
16
13
4
14
6
7
7, 800
1, 000
7 ,4 0 0
2, 700
1, 800
A ll divisions
________________
—
-------
Transportation, communication, and other
public utilities 5 ____ ___ ___ ____________________________
W holesale trade ___________________________________________
Retail trade ________ ____ _________ ___________________ __
Finance, insurance, and real e s t a t e __ _______________
Services
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1, 900
(6)
0
0
(6)
4, 700
(6)
0
(M
(6)
5, 680
280
2 ,810
1, 510
1, 060
1 The Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, P a .; and Warren County, N.J. The "w orkers within scope of study"
estim ates shown in this table provide a reasonably accurate description of the size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. The estim ates are not intended, however, to serve
as a basis of com parison with other area employment indexes to m easure employment trends or levels since (1) planning of wage surveys requires the use of establishment data compiled con
siderably in advance of the payroll period studied, and (2) small establishments are excluded from the scope of the survey.
2 The 1957 revised edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual
was used in classifying establishments
by industry division. Major changes
from the earlier edition(
Bureau's labor m arket wage surveys conducted prior to July 1958) are the transfer of milk pasteurization plants and ready-m ixed concrete establishments from trade (wholesale or retail) to
manufacturing, and the transfer of radio and television broadcasting from services to the transportation, communication, and other public utilities division.
3 Includes all establishm ents with total employment at or above the m inim um -size limitation. A ll outlets (within the area) of companies in such industries as trade, finance, auto repair
service, and m otion-picture theaters are considered as 1 establishment.
4 Includes executive, professional, and other workers excluded from the separate office and plant categories.
5 Taxicabs and services incidental to water transportation were excluded.
6 This industry division is represented in estimates for " a l l industries" and "nonmanufacturing" in the Series A
and B tables. Separate
presentation
of data for this division i
for one
or m ore of the following reasons: (1) Employment in the division is too
sm all to provide enough data to m erit
separate study, (2) the
sample was not designed initially to perm
rate presentation, (3) response was insufficient or inadequate to perm it separate presentation, and (4) there is possibility of disclosure of individual establishment data.
7 H otels; personal serv ice s; business services; automobile repair shops; motion pictures; nonprofit membership organizations; and engineering and architectural services.
Table 2. Percents of increase in standard weekly salaries and straight-tim e hourly earnings for
selected occupational groups in Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, P a.— .J ., February 1961 to
N
February 1962 and March I960 to February 1961
February 1961
to
February 1962
March I960
to
February 1961
A ll industries:
Office clerical (men and women) ____________________
Industrial nurses (men and women) _________________
Skilled maintenance (men) ___ _ _____________ ___
Unskilled plant (men) ______ _______________ _____ __
5.3
.5
3.8
2.4
4.1
4.2
3.2
1.7
Manufacturing:
Office clerical (men and women) ____________________
Industrial nurses (men and women) -------------------------Skilled maintenance (men) ___________________________
Unskilled plant (men) _________________________________
5.7
.5
3.3
2.3
4.7
4.2
3.1
1.2
Industry and occupational group
4
Wage Trends for Selected Occupational Groups
Presented in table 2 are percents of change in salaries of
office clerical workers and industrial nurses, and in average earnings
of selected plant worker groups.
For office clerical workers and industrial nurses, the p er
cents of change relate to average weekly salaries for normal hours
of work, that is, the standard work schedule for which straight-tim e
salaries are paid.
For plant worker groups, they m easure changes
in straight-tim e hourly earnings, excluding premium pay for over
time and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
The p er
centages are based on data for selected key occupations and include
most of the numerically important jobs within each group.
The of
fice clerical data are based on men and women in the following 19 jobs:
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B; clerks, accounting, class A
and B; clerks, file, class A , B, and C; clerks, order; clerks, pay
roll; Comptometer operators; keypunch operators, class A and B;
office boys and g irls; secretaries; stenographers, general; stenogra
phers, senior; switchboard operators; tabulating-machine operators,
class B; and typists, class A and B.
The industrial nurse data are
based on men and women industrial nurses.
Men in the following
8 skilled maintenance jobs and 2 unskilled jobs were included in the
plant worker data: Skilled— carpenters; electricians; machinists; m e
chanics; mechanics, automotive; painters; pipefitters; and tool and
die m akers; unskilled— janitors, porters, and cleaners; and laborers,
material handling.
Average weekly salaries or average hourly earnings were
computed for each of the selected occupations.
The average sa l
aries or hourly earnings were then multiplied by the average em ploy
ment in the job during the period surveyed in 1961.
These weighted
earnings for individual occupations were then totaled to obtain an a g
gregate for each occupational group.
Finally, the ratio of these group
aggregates for the one year to the aggregate for the other year was
computed and the difference between the result and 100 is the percent
of change from the one period to the other.
The percent of change m easu res, principally, the effects of
(1) general salary and wage changes; (2) m e rit or other increases
in pay received by individual workers while in the same job; and
(3) changes in the labor force such as labor turnover, force expan
sions, force reductions, and changes in the proportions of workers
employed by establishments with different pay lev els.
Changes in the
labor force can cause increases or decreases in the occupational
averages without actual wage changes. For example, a force expansion
might increase the proportion of lower paid workers in a specific
occupation and result in a drop in the average, whereas a reduction
in the proportion of lower paid workers would have the opposite effect.
The movement of a high-paying establishment out of an area could
cause the average earnings to drop, even though no change in rates
occurred in other area establishments.
The use of constant employment weights elim inates the effects
of changes in the proportion of workers represented in each job in
cluded in the data.
Nor are the percents of change influenced by
changes in standard work schedules or in premium pay for overtim e,
since they are based on pay for straight-tim e hours.
The above text represents the method used in computing a new trend
series.
The expansion of the labor market wage survey program in 1961 made
data available in 82 areas for the computation of wage trends for selected job
groupings.
Sixty-one areas were surveyed in I960; prior to I960, coverage was
limited to 20 areas.
Therefore, it was decided to compute a new trend series in
which 1961 will be the base year since this is the first year in which data were
collected in all 82 areas.
The percents of change shown in table 2 are not comparable with sim ilar
data shown for this area in last y e a r's Bulletin 1285-47.
The new series intro
duces changes in the job groupings for which trends are shown and changes in
jobs included in the computations.
A:
5
Occupational Earnings
Table A-l. Office Occupations—
Men and Women
(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, Pa.— .J., February 1962)
N
N U M B ER OF W O RK ER S R E CE IVIN G ST R AIG H T-TIM E W EEKLY E A RN IN G S OF-
Average
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
workers
Weekly
hours 1
(Standard)
*40.00 $ 5 .0 0
4
Weekly
earnings1
and
(Standard) under
4 5 .0 0
5 0 .0 0
$5 0 .0 0 * 5 5 .0 0 * 6 0 .0 0 *6 5 .0 0 * 7 0 .0 0
!
$
$
;$
$
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 1 2 5 .0 0 *1 3 0 .0 0 1 .4 0 .0 0 1 5 0 . 0 0 1 6 0 . 0 0
7 5 .0 0 * 8 0 .0 0 8 5 .0 0 9 0 .0 0
and
5 5 .0 0
6 0 .0 0
7 0 .0 0
6 5 .0 0
7 5 .0 0
8 0 .0 0
8 5 .0 0
9 0 .0 0
9 5 .0 0 j 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 1 2 5 .0 0 1 3 0 .0 0 1 4 0 .0 0 1 5 0 .0 0 1 6 0 .0 0
i
Men
215
153
62
42
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 8 .5
3 9 .0
1$ 1 3 7 .0 0
1 5 0 .5 0
1 0 5 .0 0
1 1 4 .0 0
Clerks, accounting, class B ___________
Manufacturing
____ ______ __ __ __
1 05
97
3 8 .5
3 9 .0
1 0 5 .5 0
1 0 6 .0 0
Clerks, payroll ________ __ — — — —
Manufacturing
__ . . . .
_— ____
65
59
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 2 1 .5 0
1 2 2 .0 0
Office boys
44
3 9 .5
8 7 .0 0
__
____
i
i
Clerks, accounting, class A ___________
Manufacturing
__ __ __ __ _
Nonmanufacturing __ _ __ _ __ __
Public utilities 3 __________________
__
1
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1
3
5
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2
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1
6
1
5
-
Tabulating-machine operators,
class A __ ._ . . __ __ — _ . . _____
Manufacturing ________________________
41
41
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 2 5 .0 0
1 2 5 .0 0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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“
-
Tabulating-machine operators,
clas s B
..........
Manufacturing
_ . __ ._ — — — —
86
67
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
1 0 5 .0 0
1 0 9 .5 0
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
*
-
-
1
-
Tabulating-machine operators,
class C ___ __ ___ _____ _ . __ >. —
5
7
3
4
1
8
8
50
50
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11
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_
1
_
"
-
4
t
8
6
3
-
-
-
"
15
15
5
5
2
2
7 3 .0 0
7 5 .0 0
6 8 .0 0
_
5
2
7
11
29
13
2 6
13
9
9
1
1
12
6
1
7
8
8
3
5
4
3
28
15
13
16
16
-
19
8
11
-
12
-
"
-
"
9 3 .0 0
_
_
_
4
3
!
2
6
4
4
-
5
1
2
7 1 .5 0
2
21
$
_
!
4
4"
9
$
10
4
_
_
_
_
*
10
4
-
_
•
•
37
28
9
3
26
3 7 .0
7 9 .0 0
B illers, machine (billing machine) ______
Manufacturing _____________________________
54
51
3 9 .0
3 9 .0
5 7 .0 0
5 7 .0 0
B illers, machine (bookkeeping
machine) _ . _ ______ ______________ — ___
28
3 9 .5
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
clas s A ____________ ________ ________ _______
Manufacturing __ _ __ --------- -----------------
86
27
3 8 .5
3 9 .5
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
clas s B ______ ___ ___ ____ _______ __ ___ __
Manufacturing _____________________________
Nonmanufacturing -------------------------------------
163
62
101
3 8 .0
3 8 .0
3 7 .5
Clerks, accounting, class A ___________
Manufacturing ________________________
50
------- 51
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
8 9 .0 0
8 7 .0 0 “
Clerks, accounting, class B ___________
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing ___________________
166
121
45
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
Clerks, file, class A 4 __________________
44
3 9 .0
-
2
6
3
_
!
-
-
Women
Clerks, file, class B 4 _
Manufacturing
. . .
____
__
Clerks, file, class C 4 __________________
1 12
------- §1
1 40
3 9 .5
'
I
|
|
;
40.<T i....
3 8 .5
!
i
See footnotes at end of table.
6 3 .5 0
_
21
'1 7 " —
8
1
r~
8
-
-
-
_
_
-
"
-
-
-
1
1
1
1
-
4
4
1
1
2
" 2
8
25
-
22
-
23
5
------- T "
24
_
_
-
-
-
3
~
~
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
-
3
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
"
-
-
-
-
-
5
3
1
_
_
_
-
-
4
-
"
-
-
-
1
1
4
_
•
_
i
i
_
-
-
.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
i
-
1
-
_
_
_
_
_
.
-
•
_
Table A-l.
Office Occupations—Men and W om en— Continued
(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, Pa. — J . , February 1962)
N.
Avkbage
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Number
of
workers
NUMBER OP WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME W EEKLY EARNINGS OF
$
Weekly x 4 0 . 0 0
Weekly,
hours
(Standard)
(Standard)
under
4 5 .0 0
$
4 5. 00
9
5 0 .0 0
S
5 5 .0 0
$
6 0 .0 0
s
6 5 .0 0
5 0 .0 0
5 5 .0 0
6 0 .0 0
6 5 .0 0
7 0 . 00
7 5 .0 0
Women— Continued
Clerks, order ___________________
$ 8 7 .0 0
39. 5
6
9 5 .0 0
19
7
2
!
10
15
27
39
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 1 2 5 .0 0 1 3 0 .0 0 1 4 0 .0 0 1 5 0 .0 0 l l 6 0 .0 0 i
3 9 .0
6 4 . 50
13
3 9 .0
6 3 . 50
10
25
3 9 .0
7 0. 00
!
!
15
11
6
1
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
_
_
_
8
7
7
4
9
j
38
3 8 .0
7 8 . 00
_
Keypunch operators, class A 4 __
108
3 9 .5
210
126
84
3 8 .5
3 9 .5
3 7 .0
7 9. 00
8 3 . $0
7 2 . 50
_
6
47
3 8 .0
8 3 . 50
-
-
Office girls
107
3 9 .5
7 4 . 00
_
Secretaries _____________________________
Manufacturing ______________________
Nonmanufacturing __________________
664
502
1 62
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 7 .5
!
8 6 .0 0
9 2 .0 0
6 7 .0 0
2
_
2
Stenographers, general4 ______________
Manufacturing ______________________
Nonmanufacturing __________________
Public utilities3 -------------------------
565
470
95
70
38. 5
38. 5
3 8 .0
38. 5
7 1. 00
1 6 9 .5 0
8 0 . 50
8 7 . 50
_
Stenographers, senior4
Manufacturing ______
261
193
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
Switchboard operators
Manufacturing _____
Nonmanufacturing
117
58
59
3 9 .5
39. 5
39. 0
'
i
Switchboard operator-receptionists
Manufacturing -----------------------------
127
109
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
! 6 2 .0 0
! 6 2 .0 0
Typists, class A ________________________
Manufacturing -----------------------------------Nonmanufacturing ___________________
Public utilities3 __________________
1 95
1 59
36
36
3 9 .5
39. 5
3 8 .0
3 8 .0
! 8 0 . 50
| 7 8 .5 0
8 9 .0 0
8 9 .0 0
Typists, class B .
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing _______
Public utilities3 ______
229
146
83
37
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
38. 5
4 0 .0
6 6 .0 0
7 3 .0 0
5 3 . 50
5 9 .0 0
20
21
21
32
1
4
1
19
2
20
5
1
6
2
1
-
4
1
-
1
29
3
9
5
4
8
18
2
9
4
5
6
35
2
13
1
>
6
_
1
6
9
_
_
_
_
6
4
3
26
24
9
7
4
12
2
1
1
10
7
5
5
29
29
2
2
-
-
-
-
_
_
9 1 .0 0
Keypunch operators, class B 4 __
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing
Public utilities1 ______
3
2
5
4
37
3
14
14
2
_
-
8
-
12
3
30
19
l6
17
17
12
23
23
33
4
2
19
4
3
3
-
-
13
13
5
5
_
*
9
1
-
24
24
10
4
2
30
1
4
8
17
9
3
14
5
_
_
14
14
34
24
3
21
46
21
25
51
30
21
60
46
14
82
65
17
37
25
39
38
74
68
6
22
18
4
12
l
9
10
10
6
6
6
1
51
48
3
9
9
8
50
46
4
17
17
22
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
|
59
57
2
82
77
5
81
72
9
33
24
9
44
44
-
_
-
_
-
>
-
_
-
|
-
1
33
15
18
18
_
-
1
21
18
3
3
2
2
-
42
26
16
16
3
3
_
-
32
22
10
10
26
17
9
-
90
79
11
3
!
_
16
13
3
9
-
-
-
;
-
8 4 . 50
8 8 . 50
__________ i
7
5
5
15
17
10
8
43
43
20
49
20
12
8
9
9
22
2
4
4
14
-
12
16
9
9
9
9
7 1 .0 0
8 1 .0 0
6 1 .5 0
5 12
8
-
4
5
5
-
4
12
8
4
14
10
4
8
1
7
8
4
4
23
20
3
-
8
3
2
1
1
12
5
16
10
6
_
-
-
_
"
12
12
30
24
11
6
19
15
33
33
10
9
3
3
6
4
3
3
“
_
_
14
14
8
8
12
12
14
14
11
7
7
26
26
_
_
_
_
_
-
"
-
36
18
18
18
12
9
3
3
21
21
19
19
6
It
11
8
9
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
35
34
1
1
22
3
19
22
5
17
4
25
10
15
13
12
4
8
2
53
43
10
7
7
5
2
2
20
11
9
9
-
11
11
3
-
3
i
_
-
9
12
12
-
it
1
1
i
1
!
}J
i
-
-
1
1
_
-
-
-
"
-
-
-
10
4
16
4
8
6
2
2
4
4
!
_
_
_
_
_
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
!
-
-
i
3
^
■
-
_
.
.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
13
10
3
3
10
10
3
3
-
_
-
-
-
"
-
2
2
2
2
_
_
_
_
_
_
!
1
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
-
~
-
-
-
_
-
-
_
_
_
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
_
_
i
-
1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
Workers were distributed as follows: 20 at $160 to $170; 19 at $170 to $180; 12 at $180 to $190; 5 at $190 to $200; 4 at $ 200 to $210.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Description for this job has been revised since the last survey in this area. See appendix A.
Includes 6 workers at $ 30 to $ 36.
over
I
--------------i
196
1
2
3
4
5
9 0 .0 0
1
175
171
Comptometer operators ________
i
S
9
9
IS
$
9
$
9
»
$
S
9
8 5 .0 0 9 0 . 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 1 2 5 .0 0 1 3 0 .0 0 1 4 0 .0 0 1 5 0 .0 0 J 1 6 0 .0 0
8 5 .0 0
8 0 .0 0
—
Clerks, payroll _________________
Manufacturing ________________
Nonmanufacturing ____________
$
8 0 .0 0
$
$
7 0 . 00 7 5 .0 0
________ i
7
Table A-2. Professional and Technical Occupations—
-Men and Women
(Average straight-time weekly hours and earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, P a .-N .J . , February 1962)
Average
Number
of
Weekly,
hours 1
(Standard)
70
63
39.5
39. 5
$157.50
158.00
Draftsmen, senior
Manufacturing _
500
475
39.5
3 9.5
Draftsmen, junior
Manufacturing _
299
292
38
37
Sex, occupation, and industry division
Draftsmen, leader
Manufacturing
Nurses, industrial (registered)
Manufacturing1
2
workers
NUMBER OP WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF
$
$
$
$
$
$
1
$
$
$
S
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$ I
Weekly . Under 75.00 80.00 85.00 90. 00
95.00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00 150.00 155.00 160.00 165.00 170.00 175.00
aim
ing* 1
and
(Standard) $
and
under
75.00
80.00 85.00 90.00 95.00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 130.00 135.00 140.00 145.00 150.00 155.00 160.00 165.00 170.00 175.00 over
"
“
"
■
■
"
1
1
2
2
2
2
18
18
3
3
13
6
9
9
1
■
12
1*
11
11
39
39
33
33
37
37
42
4*
49
49
43
4i
45
43
44
44
42
ii
33
" 2*
3
8
11
11
3
3
28
28
28
28
38
37
28
26
12
11
8
6
6
6
2
2
14
14
18
18
29
29
10
10
9
9
13
13
5
5
3
3
4
4
2
2
8
7
10
10
"
■
■
124.00
123.50
_
“
1
”
8
8
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
105. 00
105.00
27
26
17
17
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
98.00
98. 06
11
11
1
,
1 Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2 Workers were distributed as follows: 8 at $ 180 to $ 185; 6 at $ 190 to $ 195; 2 at $ 200 to $ 205.
5
5
_
2 16
16
7
7
9
9
8
8
20
20
4
4
_
_
1
8
Table A-3.
Office, Professional, and Technical Occupations—Men and Women Combined
(Average straight-time weekly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, P a .— J. , February 1962)
N.
Number
of
Occupation and industry division
^
Average
weekly
earnings1
(Standard)
-----------------------------------machine (bookkeeping machine) ----------
Manufacturing
-----------------------------------Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B --------ManV'far
__
Manufacturing
tii " r in g
Nonm
g
,
L ____
r
_
------------------------------------------------------------class B -----------------------. .. ___
__
Clerks Accounting* c I a s s A
Ma n i1f*t c t i i i*i n g
Nonmanufacturing
Public utilities 2
Clerks, accounting,
M a n u fa c tu r in g
Nonman 'i f a r . t n r i n g
Cl^rV?
_________
_
.
____
.......
Ti1#*| r l a s f i A 3
Clerks f i l * 1 c l a s s
Manufacturing
B 3
----------------- ----------------Clerks
_________ ____
Clerks, payroll _______-___ —
______ _
Manufacturing -----------------------------------Nonmanufacturing -------------------------------Comptometer operators ----------------------------f il e .,
c la s s
C 3
Number
of
j
weekly
earnings
(Standard)
108
$ 5 7 .0 0
57. 00
6 0 . 50
28
Nonmanufacturing
104
7 7 .0 0
________ __ __ —
Secretaries ________ ____ ________
Nonmanufacturing ---------------------- ---- —
Office boys and girls
5 8 . 50
6 1 .0 0
57. 00
197
75
122
265
194
71
48
1
1
1
1
2
3
0
1
8
7
4
3
.0
.0
.0
.0
0
0
0
0
271
8 5. 50
218
53
8 8 . 50
73. 00
62
1 0 2 .5 0
145
114
8 0 . 50
8 6 .0 0
142
6 3 . 50
261
230
31
7 9 .0 0
7 8 . 50
41
7 8 .0 0
7 9 . 50
79. 00
8 3 .5 0
M arm fa c t iir in g
.......
Tabulating-machine operators, class C
$ 9 1 .0 0
126
84
7 2 .5 0
47
64. 00
31
--------- ---------- --------
8 3 .5 0
151
86. 00
9 2 . 50
567
472
_
_
_
_
____ __
---------------------------------
____
____ __
Typists, class A
Manufacturing ____________ ____________________
Nonmanufacturing _________ ______
Public utilities 1
2
__________________
--- ------------------------ — __________________
------------- — _ — -----Stenographers, senior3 __ ___ __ — __
Manufacturing ________ ___ ..
------Switchboard operators ________________ ____ ____
Manufacturing ----- -------- ------------ Nonmanufacturing ____________ _____________
________
_____ _____________
Tabulating-machine operators, class A ---------Manufacturing ------ -------- ---- ---- ----Tabulating-machine operators, class B -----------8
Switchboard operator-receptionists
Manufacturing
45
$ 8 2 . 50
197
161
8 0 . 50
7 8 . 50
7 1 . 50
___ _______________ _
_
Nonmanufacturing ------- -------------------------
Typists, class B
36
8 9 . 00
36
8 9 . 00
234
66. 00
. . ...
148
86
73. 00
5 4. 00
____
40
59. 50
------- -------------- ----------__________ _________
70
63
157 50
1 5 8 .0 0
501
476
M a m ifa c tii r in g
6 7 . 00
1 2 4 .0 0
1 2 3 .5 0
304
1 0 4 .5 0
297
105. 00
. ...
_ .........
.
95
70
276
207
118
6 9 . 50
8 0 . 50
Professional and technical occupations
8 7 . 50
8 6 . 50
9 1 . 50
59
59
7 1 . 50
8 1 . 50
6 1. 50
127
Draftsmen, leader
Manufacturing
6 2 .0 0
109
Draftsmen, senior
62. 00
41
1 2 5 .0 0
41
107
88
103. 50
1 0 6 .5 0
Draftsmen, junior
MfUiuffictu ti ng
____________ ____ _
_
_____________ _____ _
1 2 5 .0 0
----------------------
Nurses, industrial (registered)
Manufacturing ______________________
1 Earnings are for a regular workweek for which employees receive their straight-time weekly salaries, exclusive of any premium pay.
2 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
3 Description for this job has been revised since the last survey in this area. See appendix A.
_____ -
7 8 .0 0
671
505
166
|
Public utilities2 _____________ __________
Stenographers, general3 __
Manufacturing
Nonmanufacturing
Public utilities2
.
weekly
earnings
(Standard)
Office occupations— Continued
210
54
51
Number
of
Occupation and industry division
Office occupations— Continued
Office occupations
Billers,
Occupation and industry division
______________
41
99. 00
40
9 9 . 00
9
Table A-4. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations
(Average straight-time hourly earnings for men in selected occupations studied on an area basis
'
by industry division, Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, Pa.— .J., February 1962)
N
NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF—
Number
of
workers
Occupation and industry division
Average
hourly
earningsJ
Under
$
under
1.90
2.00
$
2.00
2.10
$
2.10
2.20
$
2.50
2.60
2.70
6
6
2
2
25
24
28
13
14
14
7
7
19
19
2
2
63
62
8
8
•
-
3
3
33
33
11
11
48
42
27
27
54
54
32
29
3
3
20
20
50
48
.
2
2
4
4
4
“
1
1
7
7
12
12
23
23
20
20
64
64
8
8
20
20
.
31
6
31
1
38
38
5
5
~
77
73
2.93
2.94
.
.
-
-
-
Firemen, stationary boiler ____ _____ ____
Manufacturing __ - - — —
-------- ----
172
162
2.35
2.42
38
2 28
.
.
-
8
8
-
18
18
12
12
3
3
1
-
Helpers, maintenance trades __________________
302
2.57
!
25
1
6
12
56
104
15
Machinists, maintenance------------------------------ ---M anufacturing------------------------------------------------
105
86
2.88
2.90
■
■
"
-
-
5
5
6
6
17
2
2.72
2.97
2.53
2.55
!
1
"
1
1
_
-
.
■
_
_
.
-
*
*
Mechanics, automotive (maintenance) _________
Manufacturing
— ,__ r
______________________
Nonmanufacturing --------------------- -— --------------Public utilities 5 ___________________________
152
65
87
83
Mechanics, maintenance -----------------------------------M anufacturing------------------------------------------------
844
841
2.86
2.85
M illw r ig h t.______________________________________
M anufacturing-------------------------------------------------
83
83
3.00
3.00
"
.
-
_
.
"
~
■
!
.
2.74
2.74
_
-
~
-
2.89
2.89
.
.
_
Tool and die makers ____________________________
Manufacturing
_
_ ____ _______ _
259
259
3
3
6
6
12
12
1 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
2 Workers were distributed as follows: 16 at $1.30 to $1.4 0 ; 12 at $1.40 to $1.50.
3 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
-
16
16
15
13
2
“
“
-
30
30
-
5
5
"
6
6
-
-
36
36
184
184
2
~
26
26
67
67
83
83
_
!
_
_
13
13
2
2
10
10
6
6
.
1
41
41
10
10
-
6
6
10
10
9
9
9
9
8
8
3
3
8
8
-
2
2
4
4
3
3
4
4
28
28
28
28
13
13
1
10
10
33
33
6
6
37
37
.
•
-
-
2
2
_
14
14
-
“
4
4
-
18
18
187
186
.
_
_
-
“
15
15
10
10
.
-
_
-
60
60
.
"
-
164
164
-
_
124
124
.
_
.
“
5
5
5
4
4
2.75
2.76
1
“
_
■
3
3
3
2
95
93
-
21
10
11
11
40
40
Painters, maintenance __________________________
M anufacturing------------------------------------------------
-
29
29
29
54
54
1
1
4
~
-
15
13
2
”
2
2
2.56
2.56
3.70
5
1
4
4
31
31
31
-
166
166
1
3.QQ -3.1 0 _ -.3L2Q- 3.30— 3.40
.
~
1
Oilers
M anufacturing------------------------------------------------
Pipefitters, maintenance ________ ___
Manufacturing — _
_
------- __
-
-3.80 . S. 90-
-
-
_
3.50_ ■
3.60
$
3.70
and
over
14
Engineers, stationary___________________________
M anufacturing------------------------------------------------
4
4
$
3.60
.
.
.
$
3.50
$
3.40
12
12
2.81
2.80
3
3
$
3.30
2.40
307
296
1
1
$
3.20
2.30
Electricians, maintenance
------- _ __
— _
Manufacturing _ __ _ _ _________ _ ____ __
11
$
3.10
$
2.60
3
-
-
$
3.00
$
2.50
$ 2.78
2.80
"
$
2.90
$
2.40
181
157
-----__
$
2.80
$
2.30
_ —
_ __
Carpenters, maintenance _ — ---Manufacturing ------------ --------
$
2.70
2.20
10
10
11
!
11
1
36
36
6
6
26
26
10
10
2
2
33
33
1
69
69
"
-
-
3
3
~
1
1
8
8
-
-
-
2
2
.
16
16
3
3
16
16 -
16
16
10
Table A-5.
Custodial and Material Movement Occupations
(Average straight-time hourly earnings for selected occupations studied on an area basis
by industry division, Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, Pa. — J . , February 1962)
N.
NUM B ER OF W O RK ERS RECEIVING STR AIGH T-TIM E HOURLY EARN ING S OF—
Occupation1 and industry division
^
__________________________________
Janitors, porters, and cleaners
(men) __________________________________
Manufacturing -----------------------------------Nonmanufacturing -----------------------------Janitors, porters, and cleaners
(women) _______________________________
Nm
u ber
of
w rk rs
o e
$
$
$
$
$
s
$
$
$
$
$
$
S
$
*
$
$
$
$
%
$
$
*
A
verage
h u , Under 1. 10 1.20 1.30 1.40 1. 50 1.60 1.70 1.80 1.90 2.00 2. 10 2. 20 2. 30 2.40 2. 50 2 .6 0 2 .70 2 .80 2 .9 0 3. 00 3. 10 3. 20 3.30
o rly
and
ea in s $
rn g
and
under
1. 10
1.20 1.30 1.40 1,5Q *.60 1,70 1,90 1,90 2,00 2,1 0 2,20 2, JO 2,40 2, S 2,90 2 .7 0 2 .8 0 2 .90 3.0 0 3. 10 3.20 3-30 over
O
5
10
6
2
54
42
12
28
11
17
1
36
19
17
1
51
35
16
42
29
13
2
3
1
8
3
-
5
3
2
20
20
-
_
-
67
67
-
34
34
-
14
14
-
72
72
-
68
67
1
1
89
61
28
16
53
44
9
9
33
24
9
-
15
15
27
12
20
20
-
25
25
26
26
-
4
4
8
8
1
1
31
31
8
8
_
8
8
_
_
-
-
-
15
15
14
14
19
19
7
7
3
3
2
2
5
5
18
18
4
4
15
15
20
20
2
2
3
3
7
3
5
-
14
14
_
3
55
52
257
$2.42
889
690
199
63
1.95
2 .0 4
1. 64
1.96
16
16
29
21
8
2
24
9
15
186
1.95
6
15
10
.
-
5
4
1
-
Laborers, material handling ---------------Manufacturing _______________________
Nonmanufacturing ___________________
Public utilities 1 __________________
3
2
945
703
242
212
2.31
2.27
2 .44
2.47
.
-
Order fillers ___________________________
Manufacturing _______________________
165
150
1. 71
1.75
-
Packers, shipping __________ __ ______
Manufacturing ------------------------------------
145
145
1.78
1.78
Receiving clerks _______________________
Manufacturing _______________________
72 .
57
2. 16
2. 13
Shipping clerks _________________________
Manufacturing ------------------------------------
97
91
2.39
£.40
Shipping and receiving clerks _________
Manufacturing -------- -------------------------
146
129
2. 18
2. 20
Truckdrivers 4 __________________________
Manufacturing _______________________
Nonmanufacturing -----------------------------Public utilities 3 __________________
993
367
626
502
2.47
2 .40
2.51
2.63
Truckdrivers, light (under
l l /z tons) ________ ________________
Manufacturing -------------------------------
60
38
2.07
2. 21
Truckdrivers, medium (IV 2 to and
including 4 tons) -----------------------------Manufacturing ____________________
88
58
2.22
2. 14
Truckdrivers, heavy (over 4 tons,
trailer type) -----------------------------------Manufacturing ____________________
Nonmanufacturing _____ _________
Public utilities 3 ______________
522
73
449
423
Truckdrivers, heavy (over'4 tons,
other than trailer type) ____________
Manufacturing ____________________
-
_
15
12
31
12
23
9
3
3
126
50
30
20
4
127
87
40
36
27
9
18
9
16
14
2
2
326
324
2
2
3
3
-
18
18
-
42
39
3
3
_
_
_
7
4
5
122
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
3
3
4
4
21
21
29
29
4
4
21
21
_
.
_
_
_
_
.
_
_
_
6
6
_
.
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
8
3
_
6
6
10
10
21
18
_
_
_
-
-
13
11
2
-
1?
11
8
-
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
-
16
3
13
-
-
6
3
3
-
-
5
-
3
-
-
-
-
■
"
"
"
2. 58
2.41
2.61
2. 65
-
-
-
-
-
108
70
2.41
2.43
-
-
-
11
-
-
Truckers, power (forklift) _____________
Manufacturing _______________________
246
238
2.39
2.42
_
_
-
-
-
“
-
“
-
4
4
-
Watchmen -------------------------- ------- -------Manufacturing _______________________
103
97
1.63
1. 67
3
■
16
10
10
7
7
16
4
6
1
.
16
4
6
1
■
1
2
3
4
_
13
-
-
4
-
_
_
_
-
.
-
80
80
-
.
-
4
4
-
4
4
-
3
1
1
_
_
_
11
7
3
-
_
- •
_
_
-
-
1
1
4
4
3 "
3
-
4
4
8
8
_
-
23
23
16
16
_
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
-
_
.
-
_
_
-
_
-
-
_
_
_
5
3
12
4
8
-
24
19
5
-
57
57
5
84
67
17
-
33
24
9
9
76
60
16
-
33
33
-
536
48
488
488
78
78
-
_
_
-
-
10
4
13
10
-
21
16
4
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
“
9
9
5
16
"
22
22
-
■
3
3
-
2
2
8
8
6
6
-
2
2
2
2
-
-
-
12
17
17
-
9
9
-
16
16
-
445
22
423
423
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
3
3
47
47
12
12
64
64
Data limited to men workers except where otherwise indicated.
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes all drivers regardless of size and type of truck operated.
-
-
-
-
_
5 ___9 _
5
12
_
37
7
30
30
-
_
_
248
126
122
122
112
72
40
34
11
11
_
_
.
-
11
11
.
_
_
3
10
10
3
4
_
-
24
24
2
2
70
70
23
23
16
16
14
14
1
1
9
9
11
11
5
5
-
-
-
-
"
-
_
_
1
1
1
1
_
_
_
8
8
.
_
.
_
_
■
'
■
~
-
-
-
-
-
_
_
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
34
4
-
-
-
-
_
_
_
-
-
-
-
10
10
20
20
_
_
_
_
-
-
_
.
-
-
*
-
-
-
1
4
4
.
_
_
B:
Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions
Table B-l. Shift Differentials
(Shift differentials of manufacturing plant w orkers by type and amount of differential,
Allentown—Bethlehem—
Easton, P a.— .J ., February 1962)
N
Percent of manufacturing plant w orkers—
In establishm ents having form al
p ro v is io n s 1 for—
Shift differential
Second shift
work
Third or other
shift work
A ctually working on—
Second shift
Third or other
shift
75.0
With shift pay differential -----------
__ -------- _
Uniform cents (per hour) ------------- -------- __
1 rertc
5 c e n t s _________________ _____ ____ ___
6 cents - ___ __ ____________________________
7 cents
_ ____ _____ _____ _
8 cents ------------------------ -------------------------9 cents __ ________ ________ — — __ ----10 cents — ______ — ------- — __ -------12 rpnts
13 cents --------------------- ------------------------ ~
15 rents
_ __ __ __ __ ____ __ ____
16 cents -------------------------------------------------------Uniform percentage ____ __ __ __ __ __ __
10 percent _ __ _____ __ _. __ __ __ __
15 percent ---------------------------------------------------Other form al pay differential -----------------------No shift pay differential __ __ __ _____
_____
64.0
12.7
5.8
64.9
64.0
11.4
5.8
50.5
50.1
9.6
5.5
1.3
7.3
2.5
3.4
21.7
_
3.1
11.0
2.4
1.1
"
2.1
1.2
11.3
21.9
9.1
1.3
.5
1.2
.4
.3
4.8
1.9
.3
.3
-
.5
(1
2)
.1
.6
3.1
1.1
.1
14.0
14.0
1.6
.3
14.0
-
11.8
2.2
1.6
"
.3
“
-
.4
10.1
-
-
.2
1.3
1 Includes establishments currently operating late shifts, and establishm ents with form al provisions covering late
even though they were not currently operating late shifts.
2 L e ss than 0.05 percent.
shifts
12
Table B-2. Minimum Entrance Salaries for Women Office Workers
(Distribution of establishments studied in all industries and in industry divisions by minimum entrance salary for selected categories
of inexperienced women office w orkers, Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, Pa. — J. , February 1962)
N.
Inexperienced typists
Manufacturing
Minimum weekly salary 1
Other inexperienced clerical workers 2
Nonmanufacturing
Based on standard weekly hours 3 of—
A ll
industries
All
schedules
Establishments studied
______________
___
________
Establishments having a specified minimum
$ 40. 00
$ 42. 50
$ 4 5 . 00
$ 4 7 . 50
$ 50. 00
$ 52. 50
$ 55. 00
$ 57. 50
$ 60. 00
$ 62. 50
$ 65. 00
$ 67. 50
$ 70. 00
$ 72. 50
$ 7 5 .0 0
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
—
104
____
___________________
----------------------
Establishments which did not employ workers
in this category ___ __ __ __ _____ ___________
__
------
A ll
schedules
60
XXX
44
XXX
31
22
18
9
1
3
4
1
9
5
1
2
1
1
3
3
3
1
7
2
1
1
1
3
1
7
2
1
-
Based on standard weekly hou rs3 of—
All
schedules
40
104
60
X XX
44
XXX
6
43
27
22
16
6
1
2
1
1
1
3
7
1
8
3
1
1
-
7
8
3
1
-
1
2
1
1
-
-
-
2
1
4
2
2
3
1
1
3
3
-
"
40
40
—
—
-
-
1
1
2
3
1
1
3
3
-
-
2
4
11
3
10
6
2
1
1
3
14
XXX
13
XXX
39
21
XXX
18
X XX
46
24
XXX
22
XXX
22
12
XXX
10
XXX
-
1
Lowest salary rate form ally established for hiring inexperienced workers for typing or other clerical jobs.
Rates applicable to m essen gers, office g irls, or sim ilar subclerical jobs are not considered.
Hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-tim e salaries. Data are presented for all workweeks combined,
A ll
schedules
27
under $ 42. 50 ---------------------------------------------------------under $ 45. 00 _ __ ------------------ --------------------------under $ 47. 50 _____________________________________
under $ 50. 00 --------------------------------------------------------under $ 52. 50 _ ---------- ----- __ __ — _ ---------under $ 55. 00 ----- -------------------------------------------------under $ 57. 50 --------------------------------------------------------under $ 60. 00 ....................................................................
under $ 62. 50 --------------- ------------------- __ ----------under $ 65. 00 _ ------- ------------- — ------- ----------under $ 67. 50 --------------------------------------------------------under $ 70. 00 ------- ---------- — ----------------------- —
under $ 72. 50 _ ___________
_____ __ __ __ _
under $ 75. 00 _
______ _____ ___________
over ------ ------------------------------ ------ — ---------
Establishments having no specified minimum
40
Nonmanufacturing
Manufacturing
All
industries
-
1
and for the m ost common workweek reported.
13
Table B-3.
Scheduled W eekly Hours
(Percent distribution of office and plant workers in all industries and in industry divisions by scheduled weekly hours
of first-sh ift w orkers, AllentownHBethlehem—Easton, Pa.— .J., February 1962)
N
P LA N T W O R KER S
OFFICE WOR KER S
Weekly hours
Ail industries1
A ll workers _____________
Under
35
35 h ou rs
—
—
----------------------------------
hours __________________________________
___ ____ ___ ______________________
hours ______ — _ _ _ _ _ ------------------------------------------3 6 1/ * hours ______
_______ _______ — ------------------ —
Over 3 6 1 / * and under 3 7 V 2 hours ----------------------------3 7 V 2 hours ______________ ____________________________________
Over 3 7 V 2 and under 4 0 hours ________ — -------36
100
(4 )
3
4
7
'4
Public utilities 1
2
All industries 3
100
100
100
100
(4 )
1
-
-
8
-
10
_
_
(4 )
-
46
-
-
-
(4 )
4
-
1
1
-
79
-
100
-
2
-
1
-
3
-
Manufacturing
100
13
16
8
5
6
-
_
61
Over 4 0 and under 4 4 hours -----------------------------------------4 4 hours ___________________ ____________________________________
Over 4 4 and under 4 8 hours ___________________________
4 8 hours _________________________________________
Over 4 8 hours
__ __ __ __ ___________________
1
77
-
48
-
40 h ours
1
2
3
4
__
__________________________
(4 )
-
(4 )
-
-
-
Manufacturing
79
-
(4 )
3
-
(4 )
3
Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
L ess than 0.5 percent.
5
1
Public utilities2
-
14
Table B-4.
Paid Holidays
(Percent distribution of office and plant workers in all industries and in industry divisions by number of paid holidays
provided annually, Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, P a .— J . , February 1962)
N.
PLANT WORKERS
OFFICE WORKERS
Item
All in u
d stries1
A ll workers ---------------------------------------------------------Workers in establishments providing
paid holidays -------------— ------------------------Workers in establishments providing
no paid holidays -----------------------------------------------
M
anufacturing
P
ublic u
tilities1
2
A in u
ll d stries3
M
anufacturing
P
ublic utilities2
100
100
100
100
100
100
99
99
100
98
99
100
2
1
3
1
1
2
12
4
2
50
(4)
2
16
2
1
3
1
1
3
9
5
3
57
1
2
13
3
(4)
-
4
22
46
15
6
6
3
18
18
77
82
94
95
96
98
98
98
99
6
13
13
27
73
73
96
96
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
(4)
(4)
100
l
1
(4)
5
(4)
3
43
1
(4)
44
1
1
-
2
10
6
1
30
2
49
N um ber of d a y s
Under 5 holidays _______________________________
5 holidays _______________________________________
5 holidays plus 1 half day ---------- ------- ---------5 holidays plus 2 half days ------------------------------6 holidays ___________________________________ —
6 holidays plus 1 half day ---------------------------------6 holidays plus 2 half days ------------------------------7 holidays _______________________________________
7 holidays plus 1 half day ---------------------------------7 holidays plus 2 half days ------------------------------7 holidays plus 5 half days ------------------------------8 holidays _______________________________________
8 holidays plus 2 half days ------------------------------9 holidays _______________________________________
10 holidays -__ __________ _______ ____ _________ __
11 holidays ______________________________________
12 holidays -----------------------------------------------------------
(4)
11
(4)
2
43
(!>
(4)
2
29
(4)
5
(4)
7
(4 )
0
(4)
Total h o lid a y tim e 5
12 days ----------------------------------------------------------------11 or more days -------------------------------------------------10 or more days -------------------------------------------------9V2 or m ore days ----------------------------------------------9 or more days --------------------------------------------------8 or more days --------------------------------------------------71/2 or m ore days ----------------------------------------------7 or more days --------------------------------------------------6V2 or m ore days ----------------------------------------------6 or more days --------------------------------------------------5l / or m ore days ----------------------------------------------z
5 or more days _____________________________ —
4 or more days __ ______ __ _____ _______________
3 or more d a y s _____ __ ___ ________ _____ __ __
2 or more days --------------------------------------------------1 or more days __________________ _____ ______
(4)
7
7
9
14
43
43
88
88
99
99
99
99
99
99
99
_
1
46
46
93
93
98
98
99
99
99
99
99
49
51
51
82
88
88
98
98
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
_
(4)
1
1
4
21
22
74
78
93
93
95
96
96
97
98
.
1 Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
2 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
3 Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
4 L ess than 0. 5 percent.
5 A ll combinations of full and half days that add to the same amount are combined; for example, the proportion of workers receiving a total of 7 days includes those with 7 full days and
no half days, 6 full days and 2 half days, 5 full days and 4 half days, and so on. Proportions were then cumulated.
15
Table B-5.
Paid Vacations
(Percent distribution of office and plant workers in all industries and in industry divisions by vacation pay
provisions, Allentownr-Bethlehem—
Easton, Pa.— .J ., February 1962)
N
PLANT WORKERS
OFFICE WORKERS
Vacation policy
All in u
d stries 1
A ll workers
______________________________________
100
M
anufacturing
100
P
ublic utilities 2
A in
ll dustries3
M
anufacturing
P
ublic u
tilities2
100
100
100
100
100
100
-
99
76
22
1
99
72
26
2
100
100
-
(4)
(4 )
M e th o d off p a y m e n t
W orkers in establishments providing
paid vacations ____________ _________ _________
Length-of-tim e p a y m e n t------------------------------Percentage payment - _ _ —
— — —
F la t-su m payment _
— ------------- --------Other
_ ----------------------W orkers in establishm ents providing
no paid vacations _ __ — - _ --------- — _
99
99
(4)
-
99
99
(4)
-
(4)
(4)
5
53
3
1
*7
69
(4)
1
_
12
-
25
15
3
-
28
15
4
“
19
-
(4)
39
61
-
(4)
21
79
-
_
96
4
-
1
86
10
3
1
86
9
3
_
100
"
11
8
79
1
12
2
85
-
8
47
46
"
65
13
19
3
68
15
14
3
54
46
-
10
2
87
1
(4)
9
2
87
1
8
92
-
29
38
30
3
"
29
44
23
3
-
21
79
"
10
2
87
9
2
87
8
92
29
38
30
3
(4)
29
44
23
3
-
21
79
14
80
4
2
14
80
5
(4 )
A m ount off v a c a t io n p a y 5
After 6 months of service
Under 1 week ___ _ __ __ — - ----1 week ________ — — _ ----- —
- —
Over 1 and under 2 weeks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
__
2 weeks
___ _ _______ _____ - — -------- __
--------_
—
After 1 year of service
Under 1 week ___
__
----- _ __
__ —
1 week
--------- — ----- ----- —
— ------ ----2 w e e k s ----------- -------- — -------- - — — —
Over 2 and under 3 w e e k s ______________ _______
After 2 years of service
1 week
----------------- ----------------- ------ — —
Over 1 and under 2 weeks ______________________
2 weeks
__ _____—
__
------------------ - -—
Over 2 and under 3 w e e k s ______________ _______
After 3 years of service
1 week __ __________ ___ — -----— ------- -------------Over 1 and under 2 weeks
__ ------2 weeks
___________
____
— _________
Over 2 and under 3 weeks
_____________ _
3 weeks _____ ___ ___ __ ___
____ — -------
-
After 4 years of service
1 week
------------- ------ — ------------- __ ----Over 1 and under 2 weeks ---------------------------------2 weeks
------- --------- __ -----------— ------- Over 2 and under 3 w e e k s ______ __ ____________
3 weeks ___
________ _____ ___________
_
-
-
2
1
-
2
91
3
4
1
94
2
3
-
-
After 5 years of service
1 week ---------------------------- ------------- --------------------2 weeks
— _____________ - -------- __ -------------Over 2 and under 3 weeks —
_____________ __
3 weeks ----------------- ------------- ------ ------- .
See footnotes at end of table.
-
100
-
_
100
-
“
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Table B-5.
Paid Vacations— Continued
(Percent distribution of office and plant workers in all industries and in industry divisions by vacation pay
provisions, Allentowrr-Bethlehem—
Easton, Pa.— .J., February 1962)
N
P LA N T W O R K ER S
OFFICE W O RK ERS
Vacation policy
All industries
1
Manufacturing
Public utilities2
All industries3
Manufacturing
Public utilities2
Amount of vacation p a y 5----- Continued
After 10 years of service
1 week ____________________________________________
2 weeks ---------------------- ---------------------------Over 2 and under 3 weeks _ ___________________
3 weeks _ ________ ______________________________
2
45
25
28
1
38
34
27
_
_
14
38
28
20
14
35
33
18
63
37
14
35
24
26
14
33
29
23
49
"
-
-
-
14
20
3
60
2
_
100
_
1
14
19
3
59
3
1
65
25
10
73
8
19
After 12 years of service
1 W P p lf
2 weeks ____ _____ ______________________________
Over 2 and under 3 weeks _ _____ ______ _
3 weeks ________ __ ___ _________________________
4 weeks ----------------------------------------------------
2
42
18
38
(4)
1
33
28
36
1
_
_
_
51
After 15 years of service
1 week ___________________________________________
2 w^eks ___________________________________________
Over 2 and under 3 weeks ______________________
3 weeks ______________ __________________________
Over 3 and under 4 weeks ______________________
4 weeks ___________________________________________
_
_
-
1
9
86
3
1
5
95
-
1
7
86
3
1
1
_
5
68
25
2
-
14
19
3
55
3
6
-
14
18
3
59
3
3
-
_
67
8
24
-
2
11
1
7
-
-
35
22
30
1
29
34
28
1
_
5
53
41
14
17
3
22
22
22
14
16
3
23
26
17
_
_
40
_
60
2
14
81
2
1
-
After 20 years of service
1 week ___________________________________________
2 weeks ______________ ___________ ____________
Over 2 and under 3 weeks ______________________
3 weeks __________________________________________
Over 3 and under 4 weeks ______________________
4 weeks ___________________________________________
Over 4 weeks ____________________________________
2
13
74
6
5
(4 )
After 25 years of service
1 week ____________________________________________
2 weeks _________ __________ ______________________
Over 2 and under 3 weeks - ___________________
3 weeks ___________________________________ ______
Over 3 and under 4 weeks _ _____ — _________
4 weeks _______ __________________________________
Over 4 weeks ____ — ______________________ __
1
2
3
4
5
service
Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
L e ss than 0.5 percent.
Periods of service were arbitrarily chosen and do not necessarily reflect the individual provisions for progressions. For example, the changes in proportions indicated at 10 years'
include changes in provisions occurring between 5 and 10 years.
NOTE: In the tabulations of vacation allowances by years of service, payments other than "length of t i m e ," such as percentage of annual earnings or fla t-su m payments,
to an equivalent time basis; for example, a payment of 2 percent of annual earnings was considered as 1 w eek's pay.
w ere converted
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Table B-6.
Health, Insurance, and Pension Plans
(Percent of office and plant workers in all industries and in industry divisions employed in establishments providing
health, insurance, or pension benefits, Allentown—
Bethlehem—
Easton, P a .— . J . , February 1962)
N
OFFICE W O RK ERS
P LA N T W O RK ERS
Type of benefit
All industries
3
Manufacturing
Public utilities 1
2
All industries 3
Manufacturing
Public utilities 2
_ _________________
____________ —
100
100
100
100
100
100
94
95
100
91
93
100
33
A ll workers
37
14
39
38
38
92
92
99
86
89
70
34
W orkers in establishments providing:
Life insurance ________________________________
Accidental death and dism em berm ent
Sickness and accident insurance or
sick leave or both4 ______ ________________
Sickness and accident insurance
--------Sick leave (full pay and no
waiting period) __________________________
Sick leave (partial pay or
waiting period) ____ __ _____ _____ —
59
86
15
81
89
77
74
84
6
3
21
2
1
8
8
7
21
Hospitalization insurance _______ ___
Surgical insurance ________________________ __
Medical insurance ___________________________
Catastrophe insurance ______________________
Retirement pension ____ __ --------------No health, insurance, or pension plan ------
85
79
74
34
78
1
90
88
80
28
89
2
92
92
92
56
44
85
82
41
14
72
3
89
88
38
11
78
3
79
79
79
51
70
1 Includes data for wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
2 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities.
3 Includes data for wholesale trade, retail trade, real estate, and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately.
4 Unduplicated total of workers receiving sick leave or sickness and accident insurance shown separately below. Sick-leave plans are lim ited to those which definitely establish at least the
minimum number of days' pay that can be expected by each employee. Informal sick-leave allowances determined on an individual basis are excluded.
Appendix A: Changes in Occupational Descriptions
stead of two (class A and B). The revised description for keypunch
operator groups these workers into two defined classes (A and B)
instead of a single category. Previously data were presented separately
for general stenographers and technical stenographers. The revision
combines general stenographers, with more responsible duties, and
technical stenographers to form a new senior stenographer category;
other general stenographers are maintained in that classification.
Since the Bureau’ s last survey in this area, occupational
descriptions for three office jobs were revised in order to obtain salary
information for more specific categories. Therefore, data presented
for these jobs in table A -l are not comparable to data presented in last
year’ s bulletin.
Revisions were made in the descriptions for file clerks, key
punch operators, and stenographers. The revised description for file
clerk groups these workers into three levels (class A, B, and C) in
The revised occupational descriptions used this year are in
cluded in appendix B.
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Appendix B: Occupational Descriptions
The primary purpose of preparing job descriptions for the Bureau’ s wage surveys is to assist its
field staff in classifying into appropriate occupations workers who are employed under a variety of payroll
titles and different work arrangements from establishment to establishment and from area to area. This is
essential in order to permit the grouping of occupational wage rates representing comparable job content.
Because of this emphasis on interestablishment and interarea comparability of occupational content, the
Bureau’ s job descriptions may differ significantly from those in use in individual establishments or those
prepared for other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the Bureau’ s field economists are in
structed to exclude working supervisors, apprentices, learners, beginners, trainees, handicapped, part-time,
temporary, and probationary'workers.
OFFICE
BILLER, MACHINE
BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR
Prepares statements, bills, and invoices on a machine other
than an ordinary or electromatic typewriter. May also keep records as
to billings or shipping charges or perform other clerical work incidental
to billing operations. For wage study purposes, billers, machine, are
classified by type of machine, as follows:
Operates a bookkeeping machine (Remington Rand, Elliott
Fisher, Sundstrand, Burroughs, National Cash Register, with or without
a typewriter keyboard) to keep a record of business transactions.
Class A—
Keeps a set of records requiring a knowledge of
and experience in basic bookkeeping principles and familiarity with
the structure of the particular accounting system used. Determines
proper records and distribution of debit and credit items to be used
in each phase of the work. May prepare consolidated reports, bal
ance sheets, and other records by hand.
Biller, machine (billing machine)—
Uses a special billing ma
chine (Moon Hopkins, Elliott Fisher, Burroughs, etc., which are
combination typing and adding machines) to prepare bills and in
voices from customers’ purchase orders, internally prepared orders,
shipping memorandums, etc. Usually 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 automatically accumulated 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.
Class B—
Keeps a record of one or more phases or sections of
a set of records usually requiring little knowledge of basic book
keeping. Phases or sections include accounts payable, payroll,
customers’ accounts (not including a simple type of billing described
under biller, machine), cost distribution, expense distribution, in
ventory control, etc. May check or assist in preparation of trial
balances and prepare control sheets for the accounting department.
Biller, machine (bookkeeping machine)—
Uses a bookkeeping
machine (Sundstrand, Elliott Fisher, Remington Rand, etc., which
may or may not have typewriter keyboard) to prepare customers’
bills as part of the accounts receivable operation. Generally in
volves the simultaneous entry of figures on customers’ ledger rec
ord. The machine automatically accumulates figures on a number
of vertical columns and computes and usually prints automatically
the debit or credit balances. Does not involve a knowledge of book
keeping.
Works from uniform and standard types of sales and
credit slips.
CLERK, ACCOUNTING
Class A—
Under general direction of a bookkeeper or account
ant, has responsibility for keeping one or more sections of a com
plete set of books or records relating to one phase of an establish
ment’ s business transactions. Work involves posting and balancing
subsidiary ledger or ledgers such as accounts receivable or accounts
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C L E R K , A C C O U N T IN G —C o n tin u e d
payable; examining and coding invoices or vouchers with proper ac
counting distribution; and requires judgment and experience in
making proper assignations and allocations. May assist in preparing,
adjusting and closing journal entries; and may direct class B ac
counting clerks.
Class B—
Under supervision, performs one or more routine ac
counting operations such as posting simple journal vouchers or ac
counts payable vouchers, entering vouchers in voucher registers;
reconciling bank accounts; and posting subsidiary ledgers con
trolled by general ledgers, or posting simple cost accounting data.
This job does not require a knowledge of accounting and book
keeping principles but is found in offices in which the more routine
accounting work is subdivided on a functional basis among several
workers.
CLERK, FILE
Class A— an established filing system containing a number
In
of varied subject matter files, classifies and indexes file material
such as correspondence, reports, technical documents, etc. May
also file this material. May keep records of various types in con
junction with the files. May lead a small group of lower level file
clerks.
Class B—
Sorts, codes, and files unclassified material by sim
ple (subject matter) headings or partly classified material by finer
subheadings. Prepares simple related index and cross-reference
aids.
As requested locates clearly identified material in files
and forwards material. May perform related clerical tasks required
to maintain and service files.
Class C—
Performs routine filing of material that has already
been classified or which is easily classified in a simple serial
classification system (e.g., alphabetical, chronological, or numer
ical). As requested, locates readily available material in files
and forwards material; and may fill out withdrawal charge. Per
forms simple clerical and manual tasks required to maintain and
service files.
CLE RK , ORDER
Receives customers* orders for material or merchandise by mail,
phone, or personally. Duties involve any combination of the following:
Quoting prices to customers; making out an order sheet listing the items
to make up the order; checking prices and quantities of items on order
sheet; and distributing order sheets to respective departments to be
filled. May check with credit department to determine credit rating of
customer, acknowledge receipt of orders from customers, follow up orders
to see that they have been filled, keep file of orders received, and check
shipping invoices with original orders.
CLERK, PAYROLL
Computes wages of company employees and enters the neces
sary data on the payroll sheets. Duties involve: Calculating workers*
earnings based on time or production records; and posting calculated
data on payroll sheet, showing information such as worker’ s name, work
ing days, time, rate, deductions for insurance, and total wages due.
May make out paychecks and assist paymaster in making up and dis
tributing pay envelopes. May use a calculating machine.
COMPTOMETER OPERATOR
Primary duty is to operate a Comptometer to perform mathema
tical computations. This job is not to be confused with that o f statis
tical or other type of clerk, which may involve frequent use of a Comp
tometer but, in which, use of this machine is incidental to performance
of other duties.
DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR (MIMEOGRAPH OR DITTO)
Under general supervision and with no supervisory responsi
bilities, reproduces multiple copies of typewritten or handwritten matter,
using a Mimeograph or Ditto machine. Makes necessary adjustment such
as for ink and paper feed counter and cylinder speed. Is not required to
prepare stencil or Ditto master. May keep file of used stencils or Ditto
masters. May sort, collate, and staple completed material.
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KEYPUNCH O P E R A T O R
Class A—
Operates a numerical and/or alphabetical or combina
tion keypunch machine to transcribe data from various source docu
ments to keypunch tabulating cards. Performs same tasks as lower
level keypunch operator but in addition, work requires application of
coding skills and the making of some determinations, for example,
locates on the source document the items to be punched; extracts
information from several documents; and searches for and interprets
information on the document to determine information to be punched.
May train inexperienced operators.
Class B—
Under close supervision or following specific proce
dures or instructions, transcribes data from source documents to
punched cards. Operates a numerical and/or alphabetical or com
bination keypunch machine to keypunch tabulating cards. May
verify cards. Working from various standardized source documents,
follows specified sequences which have been coded or prescribed
in detail and require little or no selecting, coding, or interpreting
data to be punched. Problems arising from erroneous items or codes,
missing information, etc., are referred to supervisor.
OFFICE BOY OR GIRL
Performs various routine duties such as running errands, opera
ting minor office machines such as sealers or mailers, opening and dis
tributing mail, and other minor clerical work.
SECRETARY
Performs secretarial and clerical duties for a superior in an
administrative or executive position. Duties include making appoint
ments for superior; receiving people coming into office; answering and
S E C R E T A R Y — C o n tin u e d
making phone calls; handling personal and important or confidential
mail, and writing routine correspondence on own initiative; and taking
dictation (where transcribing machine is not used) either in shorthand
or by Stenotype or similar machine, and transcribing dictation or the
recorded information reproduced on a transcribing machine. May prepare
special reports or memorandums for information of superior.
STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL
Primary duty is to take dictation from one or more persons
either in shorthand or by Stenotype or similar machine, involving a
normal routine vocabulary; and transcribe dictation. May also type from
written copy. May maintain files, keep simple records, or perform other
relatively routine clerical tasks. May operate from a stenographic pool.
Does not include transcribing-machine work. (See transcribing-machine
operator.)
STENOGRAPHER,SENIOR
Primary duty is to take dictation from one or more persons,
either in shorthand or by Stenotype or similar machine, involving a var
ied technical or specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or
reports on scientific research and transcribe dictation. May also type
from written copy. May also set up and maintain files, keep records, etc.
OR
Performs stenographic duties requiring significantly greater
independence and responsibility than stenographers, general as evi
denced by the following: Work requires high degree of stenographer
speed and accuracy; and a thorough working knowledge of general busi
ness and office procedures and of the specific business operations,
organization, policies, procedures, files, workflow, etc. Uses this
knowledge in performing stenographic duties and responsible clerical
tasks such as, maintaining followup files; assembling material for
reports, memorandums, letters, etc.; composing simple letters from general
instructions; reading and routing incoming mail; and answering routine
questions, etc. Does not include transcribing-machine work.
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SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR
Operates a single- or multiple-position telephone switchboard.
Duties involve handling incoming, outgoing, and intraplant or office
calls. May record toll calls and take messages. May give information
to persons who call in, or occasionally take telephone orders. For
workers who also act as receptionists see switchboard operatorreceptionist.
TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATOR-Continued
Class C—
Operates simple tabulating or electrical account
ing machines such as the sorter, reproducing punch, collator, etc.,
with specific instructions. May include simple wiring from diagrams
and some filing work. The work typically involves portions of a
work unit, for example, individual sorting or collating runs or re
petitive operations.
SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONIST
In addition to performing duties of operator, on a single posi
tion or monitor-type switchboard, acts as receptionist and may also type
or perform routine clerical work as part of regular duties. This typing
or clerical work may take the major part of this worker’ s time while at
switchboard.
TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATOR
Class A—
Operates a variety of tabulating or electrical ac
counting machines, typically including such machines as the tabu
lator, calculator, interpreter, collator, and others. Performs com
plete reporting assignments without close supervision, and performs
difficult wiring as required. The complete reporting and tabulating
assignments typically involve a variety of long and complex re
ports which often are of irregular or nonrecurring type requiring
some planning and sequencing of steps 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 diagrams and operating sequences of long and complex reports,
Does not include working supervisors performing tabulating-machine
operations and day-to-day supervision of the work and production
of a group of tabulating-machine operators.
Class B—
Operates more difficult tabulating or electrical ac
counting machines such as the tabulator and calculator, in addition
to the sorter, reproducer, and collator. This work is performed under
specific instructions and may include the performance of some wir
ing from diagrams. The work typically involves, for example, tabu
lations involving a repetitive accounting exercise, a complete but
small 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 well established. May also include the training
of new employees in the basic operation of the machine.
TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL
Primary duty is to transcribe dictation involving a normal rou
tine vocabulary from transcribing-machine records. May also type from
written copy and do simple clerical work. Workers transcribing dictation
involving a varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as legal
briefs or reports on scientific research are not included. A worker who
takes dictation in shorthand or by Stenotype or similar machine is
classified as a stenographer, general.
TYPIST
Uses a typewriter to make copies of various material or to
make out bills after calculations have been made by another person.
May include typing of stencils, mats, or similar materials for use in
duplicating processes. May do clerical work involving little special
training, such as keeping simple records, filing records and reports, or
sorting and distributing incoming mail.
Class A—
Performs one or more o f the following: Typing ma
terial in final form when it involves combining material from several
sources or responsibility for correct spelling, syllabication, punc
tuation, etc., of technical or unusual words or foreign language ma
terial; and planning layout and typing of complicated statistical
tables to maintain uniformity and balance in spacing. May type
routine form letters varying details to suit circumstances.
Class B—
Performs one or more o f the following: Copy typing
from rough or clear drafts; routine typing of forms, insurance pol
icies, etc.; and setting up simple standard tabulations, or copying
more complex tables already set up and spaced properly.
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PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
DRAFTSMAN, SENIOR-Continued
DRAFTSMAN, JUNIOR
(Assistant draftsman)
Draws to scale units or parts of drawings prepared by drafts*
man or others for engineering, construction, or manufacturing purposes.
Uses various types of drafting tools as required. May prepare drawings
from simple plans or sketches, or perform other duties under direction
of a draftsman.
completed work, checking dimensions, materials to be used, and quan
tities; writing specifications; and making adjustments or changes in
drawings or specifications. May ink in lines and letters on pencil
drawings, prepare detail units of complete drawings, or trace drawings.
Work is frequently in a specialized field such as architectural, elec
trical, mechanical, or structural drafting.
DRAFTSMAN, LEADER
NURSE, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED)
Plans and directs activities of one or more draftsmen in prep
aration o f working plans and detail drawings from rough or preliminary
sketches for engineering, construction, or manufacturing purposes.
Duties involve a combination of the following: Interpreting blueprints,
sketches, and written or verbal orders; determining work procedures;
assigning duties to subordinates and inspecting their work; and per
forming more difficult problems. May assist subordinates during emer
gencies or as a regular assignment, or perform related duties of a
supervisory or administrative nature.
DRAFTSMAN, SENIOR
Prepares working plans and detail drawings from notes, rough
or detailed sketches for engineering, construction, or manufacturing
purposes. Duties involve a combination o f the following: Preparing
working plans, detail drawings, maps, cross-sections, etc., to scale by
use of drafting instruments; making engineering computations such as
those involved in strength of materials, beams and trusses; verifying
A registered nurse who gives nursing service to ill or injured
employees or other persons who become ill or suffer an accident on the
premises of a factory or other establishment. Duties involve a combina
tion of the following: Giving first aid to the ill or injured; attending to
subsequent dressing of employees1 injuries; keeping records of patients
treated; preparing accident reports for compensation or other purposes;
conducting physical examinations and health evaluations of applicants
and employees; and planning and carrying out programs involving health
education, accident prevention, evaluation of plant environment, or other
activities affecting the health, welfare, and safety of all personnel.
TRACER
Copies plans and drawings prepared by others, by placing
tracing cloth or paper over drawing and tracing with pen or pencil. Uses
T-square, compass, and other drafting tools. May prepare simple draw
ings and do simple lettering.
MAINTENANCE AND POWERPLANT
CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE
CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE-Continued
Performs the carpentry duties necessary to construct and main
tain in goodrepair building woodwork and equipment such as bins, cribs,
counters, benches, partitions, doors, floors, stairs, casings, and trim
made of wood in an establishment. Work involves most of the following:
Planning and laying out of work from blueprints, drawings, models, or
verbal instructions; using a variety of carpenter’ s handtools, portable
power tools, and standard measuring instruments; making standard shop
computations relating to dimensions of work; and selecting materials
necessary for the work. In general, the work of the maintenance car
penter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through
a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
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ELECTRICIAN, MAINTENANCE
HELPER, MAINTENANCE TRADES
Performs a variety of electrical trade functions such as the
installation, maintenance, or repair of equipment for the generating, dis
tribution, or utilization o f electric energy in an establishment. Work
involves most o f the following: Installing or repairing any of a variety
of electrical equipment such as generators, transformers, switchboards,
controllers, circuit breakers, motors, heating units, conduit systems,
or other transmission equipment; working from blueprints, drawings, lay
out, or other specifications; locating and diagnosing trouble in the elec
trical system or equipment; working standard computations relating to
load requirements of wiring or electrical equipment; and using a variety
of electrician’ s handtools and measuring and testing instruments. In
general, the work of the maintenance electrician requires rounded train
ing and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or
equivalent training and experience.
Assists one or more workers in the skilled maintenance trades,
by performing specific or general duties of lesser skill, such as keeping
a worker supplied with materials and tools; cleaning working area, ma
chine, and equipment; assisting worker by holding materials or tools;
and performing other unskilled tasks as directed by journeyman. The
kind of work the helper is permitted to perform varies from trade to trade:
In some trades the helper is confined to supplying, lifting, and holding
materials and tools and cleaning working areas; and in others he is per
mitted to perform specialized machine operations, or parts of a trade
that are also performed by workers on a full-time basis.
ENGINEER, STATIONARY
Operates and maintains and may also supervise the operation
of stationary engines and equipment (mechanical or electrical) to sup
ply the establishment in which employed with power, heat, refrigera
tion, or air-conditioning. Work involves: Operating and maintaining
equipment such as steam engines, air compressors, generators, motors,
turbines, ventilating and refrigerating equipment, steam boilers and
boiler-fed water pumps; making equipment repairs; and keeping a record
of operation of machinery, temperature, and fuel consumption. May
also supervise these operations. Head or chief engineers in establishments employing more than one engineer are excluded.
MACHINE-TOOL OPERATOR, TOOLROOM
Specializes in the operation of one or more types of machine
tools, such as jig borers, cylindrical or surface grinders, engine lathes,
or milling machines in the construction of machine-shop tools, gages,
jigs, fixtures, or dies. Work involves most o f the following: Planning
and performing difficult machining operations; processing items requiring
complicated setups or a high degree of accuracy; using a variety of pre
cision measuring instruments; selecting feeds, speeds, tooling and
operation sequence; and making necessary adjustments during operation
to achieve requisite tolerances or dimensions. May be required to rec
ognize when tools need dressing, to dress tools, and to select proper
coolants and cutting and lubricating oils. For cross-industry wage study
purposes, machine-tool operators, toolroom, in tool and die jobbing
shops are excluded from this classification.
MACHINIST, MAINTENANCE
FIREMAN, STATIONARY BOILER
Fire stationary boilers to furnish the establishment in which
employed with heat, power, or steam. Feeds fuels to fire by hand or
operates a mechanical stoker, gas, or oil burner; and checks water
and safety valve.
May clean, oil, or assist in repairing boilerroom
equipment.
Produces replacement parts and new parts in making repairs of
metal parts of mechanical equipment operated in an establishment. Work
involves most o f the following: Interpreting written instructions and
specifications; planning and laying out of work; using a variety of ma
chinist’ s handtools and precision measuring instruments; setting up and
operating standard machine tools; shaping of metal parts to close toler
ances; making standard shop computations relating to dimensions of
work, tooling, feeds and speeds o f machining; knowledge of the working
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properties of the common metals; selecting standard materials, parts,
and equipment required for his work; and fitting and assembling parts
into mechanical equipment. In general, the machinist’ s work normally
requires a rounded training in machine-shop practice usually acquired
through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
Installs new machines or heavy equipment and dismantles and
installs machines or heavy equipment when changes in the plant layout
are required. Work involves most of the following: Planning and laying
out of the work; interpreting blueprints or other specifications; using a
variety o f handtools and rigging; making standard shop computations re
lating to stresses, strength of materials, and centers of gravity; alining
and balancing of equipment; selecting standard tools, equipment and
parts to be used; and installing and maintaining in good order power
transmission equipment such as drives and speed reducers. In general,
the millwright’ s work normally requires a rounded training and experi
ence in the trade acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience.
MECHANIC, AUTOMOTIVE (MAINTENANCE)
Repairs automobiles, buses, motortrucks, and tractors of an es
tablishment. Work involves most o f the following: Examining automotive
equipment to diagnose source of trouble; disassembling equipment and
performing repairs that involve the use of such handtools as wrenches,
gages, drills, or specialized equipment in disassembling or fitting parts;
replacing broken or defective parts from stock; grinding and adjusting
valves; reassembling and installing the various assemblies in the vehicle
and making necessary adjustments; and alining wheels, adjusting brakes
and lights, or tightening body bolts. In general, the work of the auto
motive mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually ac
quired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and
experience.
MECHANIC, MAINTENANCE
Repairs machinery or mechanical equipment of an establishment.
Work involves most o f the following: Examining machines and mechan
ical equipment to diagnose source of trouble; dismantling or partly dis
mantling machines and performing repairs that mainly involve the use of
handtools in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken or defective
parts with items obtained from stock; ordering the production of a re
placement part by a machine shop or sending of the machine to a machine
shop for major repairs; preparing written specifications for major repairs
or for the production o f parts ordered from machine shop; reassembling
machines; and making all necessary adjustments for operation. In gen
eral, the work of a maintenance mechanic requires rounded training and
experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equiva
lent training and experience. Excluded from this classification are
workers whose primary duties involve setting up or adjusting machines.
OILER
Lubricatesi with oil or grease, the moving parts or wearing sur
faces of mechanical equipment of an establishment.
PAINTER, MAINTENANCE
Paints and redecorates walls, woodwork, and fixtures of an es
tablishment. Work involves the following: Knowledge of surface pecu
liarities 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 interstices; and applying paint with spray gun or brush.
May mix colors, oils, white lead, and other paint ingredients to obtain
proper color or consistency. In general, the work of the maintenance
painter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through
a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
PIPEFITTER, MAINTENANCE
Installs or repairs water, steam, gas, or other types of pipe and
pipefittings in an establishment. Work involves most o f the following:
Laying out of work and measuring to locate position of pipe from draw
ings or other written specifications; cutting various sizes of pipe to
correct lengths with chisel and hammer or oxyacetylene torch or pipe
cutting machine; threading pipe with stocks and dies; bending pipe by
hand-driven or power-driven machines; assembling pipe with couplings
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SHEET-METAL WORKER, MAINTENANCE-Continued
and fastening pipe to hangers; making standard shop computations relat
ing to pressures, flow, and size of pipe required; and making standard
tests to determine whether finished pipes meet specifications. In general
the work of the maintenance pipefitter requires rounded training and
experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equiva
lent training and experience. Workers primarily engaged in installing and
repairing building sanitation or heating systems are excluded.
types of sheet-metal-working machines; using a variety of handtools in
cutting, bending, forming, shaping, fitting, and assembling; and installing
sheet-metal articles as required. In general, the work o f the maintenance
sheet-metal worker requires rounded training and experience usually
acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and
experience.
TOOL AND DIE MAKER
(Die maker; jig maker; tool maker; fixture maker; gage maker)
PLUMBER, MAINTENANCE
Keeps the plumbing system of an establishment in good order.
Work involves: Knowledge of sanitary codes regarding installation of
vents and traps in plumbing system; installing or repairing pipes and
fixtures; and opening clogged drains with a plunger or plumber’ s snake.
In general, the work of the maintenance plumber requires rounded train
ing and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or
equivalent training and experience.
SHEET-METAL WORKER, MAINTENANCE
Fabricates, installs, and maintains in good repair the sheetmetal equipment and fixtures (such as machine guards, grease pans,
shelves, lockers, tanks, ventilators, chutes, ducts, metal roofing) of an
establishment. Work involves most o f the following: Planning and lay
ing out all types of sheet-metal maintenance work from blueprints,
models, or other specifications; setting up and operating all available
Constructs and repairs machine-shop tools, gages, jigs, 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
models, blueprints, drawings, or other oral and written specifications;
using a variety of tool and die maker’ s handtools and precision meas
uring instruments, understanding o f the working properties o f common
metals and alloys; setting up and operating of machine tools and related
equipment; making necessary shop computations relating to dimensions
of work, speeds, feeds, and tooling o f machines; heattreating o f metal
parts during fabrication as well as of finished tools and dies to achieve
required qualities; working to close tolerances; fitting and assembling
of parts to prescribed tolerances and allowances; and selecting appro
priate materials, tools, and processes. In general, the tool and die
maker’ s work requires a rounded training in machine-shop and toolroom
practice usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent
training and experience.
For cross-industry wage study purposes, tool and die makers
in tool and die jobbing shops are excluded from this classification.
CUSTODIAL AND MATERIAL MOVEMENT
ELEVATOR OPERATOR, PASSENGER
GUARD
Transports passengers between floors of an office building
apartment house, department store, hotel, or similar establishment.
Workers who operate elevators in conjunction with other duties such as
those of starters and janitors are excluded.
Performs routine police duties, either at fixed post or on tour,
maintaining order, using arms or force where necessary. Includes gatemen who are stationed at gate and check on identity o f employees and
other persons entering.
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JANITOR, PORTER, OR CLEANER
PACKER, SHIPPING
(Sweeper; charwomen; janitress)
Cleans and keeps in an orderly condition factory working areas
and washrooms, or premises of an office, apartment house, or commercial
or other establishment. Duties involve a combination o f the following:
Sweeping, mopping or scrubbing, and polishing floors; removing chips,
trash, and other refuse; dusting equipment, furniture, or fixtures; polish
ing metal fixtures or trimmings; providing supplies and minor mainte
nance services; and cleaning lavatories, showers, and restrooms. Work
ers who specialize in window washing are excluded.
Prepares finished products for shipment or storage by placing
them in shipping containers, the specific operations performed being
dependent upon the type, size, and number of units to be packed, the
type of container employed, and method of shipment. Work requires the
placing of items in shipping containers and may involve one or more of
the following: Knowledge of various items of stock in order to verify
content; selection of appropriate type and size of container; inserting
enclosures in container; using excelsior or other material to prevent
breakage or damage; closing and sealing container; and applying labels
or entering identifying data on container. Packers who also make
wooden boxes or crates are excluded.
LABORER, MATERIAL HANDLING
(Loader and unloader; handler and stacker; shelver; trucker; stockman or stock helper; warehouseman or warehouse helper)
A worker employed in a warehouse, manufacturing plant, store,
or other establishment whose duties involve one or mote o f the following: Loading and unloading various materials and merchandise on or
from freight cars, trucks, or other transporting devices; unpacking, shelv
ing, or placing materials or merchandise in proper storage location;
and transporting materials or merchandise by hand truck, car, or wheel
barrow. Longshoremen, who load and unload ships are excluded.
ORDER FILLER
(Order picker; stock selector; warehouse stockman)
Fills shipping or transfer orders for finished goods from stored
merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips, cus
tomers’ orders, or other instructions. May, in addition to filling orders
and indicating items filled or omitted, keep records of outgoing orders
requisition additional stock, or report short supplies to supervisor, and
perform other related duties.
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING CLERK
Prepares merchandise for shipment, or receives and is respon
sible for incoming shipments of merchandise or other materials. Ship
ping work involves: A knowledge of shipping procedures, practices,
routes, available means of transportation and rates; and preparing
records of the goods shipped, making up bills of lading, posting weight
and shipping charges, and keeping a file of shipping records. May
direct or assist in preparing the merchandise for shipment. Receiving
work involves: Verifying or directing others in verifying the correct
ness of shipments against bills of lading, invoices, or other records;
checking for shortages and rejecting damaged goods; routing merchan
dise or materials to proper departments; and maintaining necessary
records and files.
For wage study purposes, workers are classified as follows:
Receiving clerk
Shipping clerk
Shipping and receiving clerk
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TRUCKDRIVER
TRUCKER, POWER
Drives a truck within a city or industrial area to transport ma
terials, merchandise, equipment, or men between various types of estab
lishments such as: Manufacturing plants, freight depots, warehouses,
wholesale and retail establishments, or between retail establishments
and customers’ houses or places of business. May also load or unload
truck with or without helpers, make minor mechanical repairs, and keep
truck in good working order. Driver*salesmen and over*the~road drivers
are excluded.
Operates a manually controlled gasoline- or electric-powered
truck or tractor to transport goods and materials of all kinds about a
warehouse, manufacturing plant, or other establishment.
For wage study purposes, truckdrivers are classified by size
and type of equipment, as follows: (Tractor-trailer should be rated on
the basis of trailer capacity.)
Truckdriver (combination o f sizes listed separately)
Truckdriver, light (under iy2 tons)
Truckdriver, medium ( l l2 to and including 4 tons)
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Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, trailer type)
Truckdriver, heavy (over 4 tons, other than trailer type)
For wage study purposes, workers are classified by type of
truck, as follows:
Trucker, power (forklift)
Trucker, power (other than forklift)
WATCHMAN
Makes rounds of premises periodically in protecting property
against fire, theft, and illegal entry.
* U.S. G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G O F F IC E : 1962 0 — 642441
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