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ST. LOUIS, MO. FEBRUARY 1955 BLS Bulletin No. 1172-10 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS James P. Mitchell, Secretary Aryness Joy Wickens, Acting Commissioner Occupational Wage Survey ST. LOUIS, MO. F e b ru ary 195 5 B u lletin N o . 1172 - 1 0 A p r il 1955 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Aryness Joy Wickens, Acting Commissioner For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. - Price 25 cents CONTENTS P a ge IN T R O D U C T IO N ____________________________________________________________________ 1 TABLES: A: B: O ccu p ation al e a rn in gs * A - 1 O ffice o ccu p a tion s ________________________________________________ A - 2 P r o fe s s io n a l and te ch n ica l o ccu p a tio n s _________________________ A - 3 M aintenance and p ow erp la n t o ccu p a tio n s ________________________ A - 4 C u stod ia l and m a te ria l m ov em en t o ccu p a tio n s _________________ 3 6 7 8 E stablish m en t p r a c t ic e s and supplem entarywage p ro v is io n s B -1 Shift d iffe re n tia l p r o v is io n s * ____________________________________ B - 2 M inim um en tra n ce ra tes fo r w om en o ffic e w o r k e r s _ _________ B -3 F re q u e n cy o f w age p a y m e n t ______________________________________ B -4 Scheduled w eek ly h ou rs * _________________________________________ B -5 P a id h olid a y p r o v is io n s * _________________________________________ B - 6 P a id v a ca tion s * ___________________________________________________ 10 11 12 12 13 14 A P P E N D IX : Job d e s c r ip tio n s _____________________ * N O T E : S im ila r tabulations (a ls o c o v e r in g health, in s u ra n ce , and p e n sio n plans) a re a v a ila b le in the St. L o u is a re a r e p o r ts fo r January 1952, D e c e m b e r 1952, and January 1954. The 1954 r e p o r t a ls o p ro v id e s tabu la tio n s o f wage stru ctu re c h a r a c t e r is t ic s , la b o r-m a n a g e m e n t a g re e m e n ts , and o v e r tim e pay p r o v is io n s . A d ir e c t o r y in d icatin g date o f study and the p r ic e o f the r e p o r t s , as w ell as r e p o r ts fo r oth er m a jo r a r e a s , is a v a ila b le upon re q u e st. A cu r re n t r e p o r t on o ccu p a tio n a l ea rn in g s and su p p lem en ta ry w age p r a c t ic e s is a ls o a v a ila b le fo r the m a ch in e r y in d u strie s in the St. L ou is a re a (January 1955). Union s c a le s , in d ica tiv e o f p re v a ilin g pay le v e ls , a r e a v ailab le fo r the fo llo w in g tra d e s o r in d u s trie s : B u ild in g c o n s tr u ctio n , p rin tin g , lo c a l tra n sit op era tin g e m p lo y e e s , and m o to r tr u c k d r iv e r s . (iii) 16 OCCUPATIONAL WAGE - ST. LOUIS, MO. Int r o d u c t i o n The St. Louis area is one of several important industrial centers in which the Bureau of Labor Statistics has conducted surveys of occupational earnings and related wage benefits on an areawide basis. In each area, data are obtained by personal visits of Bureau field agents to representative establishments within 6 broad industry divisions: Manufacturing; transporta tion (excluding railroads), communication, and other public util ities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Major industry groups excluded from these studies are government institutions and the construction and ex tractive industries. Establishments having fewer than a pre scribed number of workers were also omitted since they furnish insufficient employment in the occupations studied to warrant inclusion. 1* Wherever possible, separate tabulations are pro vided for the individual broad industry divisions. These surveys are conducted on a sample basis because of the unnecessary cost involved in surveying all establishments, and to ensure prompt publication of results. To obtain appro priate accuracy at minimum cost, a greater proportion of large than of small establishments is studied. In combining the data, however, all establishments are given their appropriate weight. Estimates are presented therefore as relating to all establish ments in the industry grouping and area, but not to those below the minimum size studied. 2 Occupations and Earnings Occupational classification 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 for the fol lowing types of occupations: (a) Office clerical; (b) professional and technical; (c) maintenance and powerplant; and (d) custodial and material movement. * This report was prepared in the Bureau’s regional office in Chicago, 111. , by Woodrow C. Linn under the direction of George E. Votava, Regional Wage and Industrial Relations Analyst. 1 See following table for minimum size establishment cov ered by study. 2 An exception is made in the tabulation of minimum en trance rates for women office workers which relates to provisions in establishments actually studied. ( i) Data are shown for full-time workers, i. e. , those hired to work a full-time schedule for the given occupational classifi cation. Earnings data exclude premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Nonproduction bo nuses are also excluded, but cost- of-living bonuses and incentive earnings are included. Where weekly hours are reported, as for office clerical occupations, reference is to the work schedules (rounded to the nearest half-hour) for which straight-time salaries are paid; average weekly earnings for these occupations have been rounded to the nearest 50 cents. Occupational employment estimates refer to the total in all establishments within the scope of the study and not to the number actually surveyed. Because of differences in occupational structure among establishments, the estimates of occupational employment obtained from the sample of establishments studied serve only to indicate the relative importance of the jobs studied. These differences in occupational structure do not materially affect the accuracy of the earnings data. Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions Information is also presented on selected establishment practices and supplementary benefits as they relate to office and plant workers. The term, ’’office workers” , as used in this bulletin includes all office clerical employees and excludes ad ministrative, executive, professional, and technical personnel. ’’Plant workers” include working foremen and ail nonsupervisory workers (including leadmen and trainees) engaged in nonoffice functions. Administrative, executive, professional, and technical employees, and force account construction employees who are utilized as a separate work force are excluded. Cafeteria workers and routemen are excluded in manufacturing industries but are included as plant workers in nonmanufacturing industries. Shift-differential data are limited to manufacturing in dustries. This information is presented both in terms of (a) establishment p olicy3 and (b) effective provisions for workers 3 An establishment was considered as having a policy if it met either of the following conditions: (l) Operated late shifts at the time of the survey, or (2) had formal provisions covering late shifts. 2 actually employed on extra shifts at the time of the survey. Tabulations relating to establishment policy are presented in terms of total plant worker employment; estimates in the second tabulation relate only to those workers actually employed on the specified shift. Supplementary practices, other than minimum entrance rates for women office workers, and shift differentials, are treated statistically on the basis that these are provided to all workers employed in offices or plant departments that observe the practice in question. 4 Because of varying eligibility re 4 Scheduled weekly hours for office workers (first section of table B-4) are presented in terms of the proportion of women office workers employed in offices with the indicated weekly hours for women workers. quirements, the proportion actually receiving the specific benefits may be smaller. Moreover, a practice was considered as ap plicable to ail office or plant workers in an establishment if it applied to a majority of such workers. Because of rounding, sums of individual items in these tabulations do not necessarily equal totals. The summary of vacation plans is limited to formal arrangements, excluding informal plans whereby time off with pay is granted at the discretion of the employer or the super visor. Separate estimates are provided according to employer practice in computing vacation payments, such as time payments, percent of annual earnings, or flat-sum amounts. However, in the tabulations of vacation allowances by years of service, pay ments not on a time basis were converted; for example, a payment of 2 percent of annual earnings was considered as the equivalent of 1 week's pay. E sta b lis h m en ts and W o rk e rs W ithin S co p e o f S u rv e y and N u m b er S tudied in St. L o u is , M o. , 1 b y M a jo r In d u stry D iv is io n , F e b r u a r y 1955 In d u stry d iv is io n A ll d iv is io n s ____________________________________________________ M a n u fa c tu r in g ________________________________________________ N o n m a n u fa ctu rin g _____________ „ __________________________ T r a n s p o rta tio n (e x c lu d in g r a ilr o a d s ), c o m m u n ica tio n , and o th er p u b lic u tilitie s 4 W h olesa le tra d e ______________ _____________________________ R e ta il tra d e 5 _______________________________________________ F in a n ce , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l esta te ------------------------------S e r v ic e s 8 ___________________________________________________ M inim um s iz e e s ta b lis h m e n t in s c o p e o f s tu d y 2 N u m b er o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts W ithin scop e o f stu dy S tudied 923 229 3 1 1 ,4 0 0 5 1 ,8 0 0 212, 000 1 7 2 ,9 9 0 101 ~ 430 493 107 122 2 1 0 ,6 0 0 1 00 ,80 0 26, 300 25, 500 1 5 8 ,4 0 0 5 3 ,6 0 0 1 1 9 ,6 5 0 5 3 ,3 4 0 101 51 101 51 51 56 158 69 102 108 25 34 16 25 22 30, 200 1 9 ,2 0 0 2 0 ,5 0 0 1 6 ,7 0 0 14, 200 - W ithin s c o p e o f stu dy T otal 3 O ffic e 5 ,9 0 0 5, 800 (6 *1 ) 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 9, 200 (6 ) S tudied P la n t 1 7 ,9 0 0 9 , 100 (6 ) 7 1 ,1 0 0 ( 6) T o ta l 3 2 5 ,3 4 0 7, 390 8, 230 8, 090 4 , 290 1 The St. L o u is M e tro p o lita n A r e a (C ity o f St. L o u is , St. L o u is and St. C h a rle s C o u n tie s, M o .; and M adison and St. C la ir C o u n t ie s , 111.). T he " w o r k e r s w ithin s c o p e o f stu dy" e s tim a te s show n in this table p r o v id e a re a s o n a b ly a c c u r a te d e s c r ip tio n o f the s iz e and c o m p o s it io n o f the la b o r f o r c e in clu d ed in the s u r v e y . T he e s tim a t e s a r e not in ten d ed , h o w e v e r , to s e r v e as a b a s is o f c o m p a r is o n w ith o th e r a r e a em p lo y m e n t in d ice s to m e a s u r e e m p lo y m e n t tre n d s o r le v e ls s in ce ( l ) planning o f w a ge s u r v e y s r e q u ir e s the use o f e s ta b lis h m e n t data c o m p ile d c o n s id e r a b ly in a d va n ce o f the p a y p e r io d stu died and (2) s m a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts a re e x c lu d e d f r o m the s c o p e o f the s u r v e y . 2 In clu d es a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith tota l em p loy m en t at o r a b o v e the m in im u m s iz e lim ita tio n . A ll outlets (w ithin the a rea ) o f c o m p a n ie s in s u ch in d u s trie s as tra d e , fin a n ce , auto r e p a ir s e r v i c e , and m o tio n -p ic t u r e th ea ters a re c o n s id e r e d as one e s ta b lis h m e n t. 3 In clu des e x e c u t iv e , t e c h n ic a l, p r o fe s s io n a l.a n d oth e r w o r k e rs , e x c lu d e d f r o m the s e p a ra te o f f ic e and plant c a t e g o r ie s . 4 A ls o e x c lu d e s t a x ic a b s , and s e r v i c e s in cid en ta l to w a te r tr a n s p o r ta tio n in clu d e d in e a r l i e r s tu d ie s . 5 E x clu d e s d ep a rtm en t and li m i t e d -p r i c e v a r ie t y s t o r e s . 6 T his in d u stry d iv is io n is r e p r e s e n t e d in e s tim a te s f o r " a l l in d u s t r ie s " and "n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g " in the S e r ie s A and B ta b le s , alth ou gh c o v e r a g e w a s in s u ffic ie n t to ju s t ify s e p a rate p re s e n ta tio n o f data. 7 E stim a te r e la te s to r e a l es ta te e s ta b lis h m e n ts on ly . 8 H o te ls ; p e r s o n a l s e r v i c e s ; b u s in e s s s e r v i c e s ; a u to m o b ile r e p a ir s h o p s; r a d io b r o a d c a s tin g and t e le v is io n ; m o tio n p ic t u r e s ; n o n p ro fit m e m b e r s h ip o r g a n iz a t io n s ; and e n g in e e r ing and a r c h it e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s . A: Occupational Earnings Table A-1: Office Occupations (A verage straight-tim e w eekly hours and earnings 1 fo r se le cte d occupations studied on an area b asis in St. L ou is, Mo. , b y industry division , F ebruary 1955) NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF Avbbaqk Sex, occupation, and industry d ivision Number of workers s S t s t < $ t $ t s $ * S $ S $ $ S s $ Weekly Weekly Under 37. 50 40. 00 42. 50 45.0 0 47. 50 50.00 52. 50 55.00 57. 50 60. 00 62. 50 65.00 67. 50 70.00 72. 50 75.00 80. 00 85.00 90. 00 95. 00 100.00 hours earnings and (Standard) (Standard) $ and 37. 50 4 2.5 0 4 5 .0 0 47. 50 50.00 52. 50 55.00 57.50 60.00 62. 50 65.00 67.50 70.0 0 72. 50 75.0 0 80.00 85. 00 90. 00 95. 00 100.00 ovpr Men C le r k s, accounting, c la s s A ____________ M a n u factu rin g________________________ N onm anufacturing------------------------------- 557 350 207 39.5 39.5 39.5 $ 82.00 83. 50 79.00 - - C le r k s, accounting, cla s s B ____________ M a n u factu rin g------------------------------------N on m a n u fa ctu rin g____________________ 248 123 125 39. 5 3 9.5 39.0 64. 50 65. 50 64.00 _ - C le r k s, o rd e r ________ __________________ M a n u factu rin g________________________ Nonm anufacturing __ _______________ 372 214 158 39. 5 39. 5 4 0.0 71. 50 74. 00 68. 50 _ C le r k s, p a y r o l l __________________________ M a n u factu rin g______________________ 182 150 39.5 39.5 76.00 76.00 _ - O ffice b o y s _______________________________ M a n u factu rin g________________________ Nonm anufacturing __________________ 330 39. 5 4 0.0 39.5 45.00 47.00 43. 50 30 31 162 168 8 22 Tabulating-m achine op era tors _________ M a n u factu rin g________________________ N onm a n u fa ctu rin g____________________ 205 136 69 40. 0 4 0.0 39.5 73.00 72. 50 73. 50 _ - B ille r s , m achine (b illin g m achine) ____ M a n u factu rin g______________________ N on m a n u fa ctu rin g-------------- ------------- 368 189 179 39.5 4 0.0 39.5 56.00 58. 00 54.00 B ookkeep ing-m achine o p e ra to rs, c la ss A ______ _______________________ Nonm anufacturing __________________ 153 39. 0 3 9.0 62. 50 - - - 110 60. 00 - - - 39.5 4 0.0 39.5 39.5 39.0 50. 55. 47. 52. 43. 51 97 116 24 92 14 - - _ - _ - 13 13 _ _ _ - - - - - - - - " " _ _ - _ - 2 2 58 26 32 56 27 29 41 13 28 27 19 23 8 10 _ - _ - 3 5 5 - _ 6 - - - 6 8 _ - 27 7 28 7 19 7 8 20 6 17 - - 14 9 20 21 12 20 22 - - - - 10 10 15 14 103 126 6o 8 2 1 - - - - “ 2 _ - 11 29 4 7 12 10 17 3 7 9 5 4 1 12 1 1 _ 11 5 12 - 2 - 13 27 16 - 6 1 18 -------5“ 12 31 26 5 22 5 48 16 32 44 23 3 32 18 2 1 22 10 6 12 23 15 33 15 18 55 17 38 49 31 18 115 85 27 14 14 - 6 6 27 15 16 - 12 34 15 14 29 1 17 59 45 14 18 15 33 19 36 33 21 12 22 12 72 53 19 82 45 37 53 36 17 4 13 3 - 12 10 1 1 1 16 2 2 8 8 3 14 19 17 - 2 1 6 4 4 11 10 _ - 1 31 21 10 1 - 5 5 7 5 _ _ - - 4 4 2 2 19 19 50 40 16 13 7 7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 1 _ 12 - - - - - - - - - - - " 1 - - - - - - 6 5 5 ----- 6 " 25 16 14 n r~ n 17 F5 - - 4 6 2 1 1 1 - 48 54 38 1 11 5 13 9 10 3 8 8 3 ------ 5“ — 3 — — ---- 7 r~ 5 4 15 4 5 2 30 22 8 23 14 9 26 6 20 14 14 - 6 1 22 21 28 34 14 13 18 l6 24 — ZT" 3 32 25 7 22 4 4 - 6 14 11 ------5“ 7 11 9 — 9— ------ T ~ 13 3 2 - 2 2 37 30 7 1 _ 7 - 1 6 W om en B ookkeeping-m achine o p e ra to rs, cla s s B ________________________________ M a n u factu rin g________________________ Nonm anufacturing _________________ W holesale trade __________________ F inance ** ________________________ 1,074 334 740 212 429 626 00 50 50 50 50 C le r k s , accounting, cla ss A ____________ Manufacturing ________________________ Nonm anufacturing __ _______________ P ublic utilities * ___________________ 299 327 45 39. 5 40. 0 39.5 4 0.0 68. 00 68.00 68. 50 C le r k s , accounting, c la s s B -----------------M a n u factu rin g________________________ Nonm anufacturing __________________ P ublic utilities * ----------------------------W holesale trade __________________ Finane e * * ----------------- ------------------ 1, 804 593 1 , 211 182 213 343 39. 5 40. 0 39. 5 39.5 40. 0 38. 5 52. 50 55. 00 51.00 57.00 55.00 46. 00 C le r k s, file , c la ss A -------- -----------------M a n u factu rin g________________________ N on m a n u fa ctu rin g------------------------------Finance * * --------------------------------------- 316 197 119 77 39.5 4 0.0 39.0 39.0 57.00 57. 50 55. 50 52. 00 57 118 - - 51 9 42 57 2 116 12 _ 40 74. 50 104 _ - _ - _ - 66 147 100 1 32 - 12 85 4 74 56 8 8 4 62 - 10 137 2 1 - - 4 50 58 _ " _ “ 6 - 6 6 26 74 1 7 36 21 16 6 6 13 9 16 18 17” — r r - 107 46 105 57 48 33 3 42 30 - 22 20 12 8 34 4 30 65 33 32 3 82 17 52 66 61 39 2 25 32 " 7 7 - 30 13 17 - 15 15 - 192 74 118 4 18 52 151 53 98 7 14 49 269 45 224 31 76 52 62 7 5 2 20 5 - ----- T 5 13 5 12 ~ 30 16 14 14 9 9 - 62 20 2 205 148 162 82 ... u ... -----§5~" 77 123 82 17 27 40 15 32 11 4 33 3 22 29 ""20 — 22 11 11 19 16 3 57 47 “ T r — io 22 4 8 11 T T 9 54 32 18 - 92 46 46 9 12 1 46 TZ 14 “ 22 12 8 “ 47 — 24“ 23 45 26 19 5 - 1 33 — 3?r 3 See footnotes at end o f table. * T ransportation (exclu din g ra ilro a d s ), com m unication, and other public utilities. ** F inance, insurance, and re a l estate. N OTE: Data f o r n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g do not in c lu d e in fo r m a t io n f o r d e p a rtm e n t and l im i t e d -p r i c e v a r ie t y s t o r e s ; the r e m a in d e r o f r e t a il tra d e is a p p r o p r ia t e ly r e p r e s e n t e d in data f o r a ll in d u s t r ie s c o m b in e d and f o r n o n m a n u fa ctu r in g . 1 1 - 11 10 ----- j — 2 - 2 65 17 48 7 95 ---- 71“ 24 5 57 37 18 19 13 16 41 24 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 - _ _ - - - - 6 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 - 3 - - 1 3 - 5 5 4 3 1 1 - - - - - - - - 2 - 1 1 - - - - " - - - _ - 70 25 45 19 4 3 7 45 15 30 2 2 5 1 6 10 11 14 7 7 10 2 - - 68 33 23 25 43 5 52 12 40 10 9 2 6 1 8 " - - 9 - 2 1 1 " " 1 8 6 _ - - 2 12 1 1 - _ - 3 7 3 1 - - - 3 - 1 - 3 - " _ - 3 2 2 _ - _ - “ ■ “ 1 1 _ 2 1 “ 5 2 - _ - 1 1 - _ - - O cc u p a tio n a l W age S u r v e y , St. L o u is , M o ., F e b r u a r y 1955 U .S . D E P A R T M E N T OF L A B O R B u rea u o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s Table A-l: Office Occupations - Continued (A verage straigh t-tim e w eekly hours and earnings 1 fo r se le cte d occupations studied on an area b a sis in St. L ou is, Mo. , b y industry d ivision , February 1955) Average Sex, occupation, and industry division Number of workers Weekly hours' (Standard) Women - Continued NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIME WEEKLY EARNINGS OF Weekly earnings (Standard) S $ S s « t $ s t S $ s 1 S s $ * % $ S Under 37. 50 4 0.0 0 42. 50 45. 00 47. 50 50.00 52. 50 55. 00 57.50 60. 00 62. 50 65. 00 67. 50 70. 00 72. 50 75. 00 80.00 85. 00 90. 00 95. 00 100. 00 and $ and 37. 50 under 40. 00 42. 50 45.0 0 47. 50 50. 00 52. 50 55.00 57. 50 60. 00 62. 50 65.00 67. 50 7 0.0 0 72. 50 7 5.0 0 80. 00 85. 00 90. 00 95.0 0 100.00 o ve r C le rk s, file, c la ss B ___________________ Manufacturing ________________________ N onm anufacturing____________________ Public utilities * _________________ W holesale trade __________________ Finance * * ________________________ 1.075 373 702 89 170 343 39. 5 4 0.0 39.0 40. 0 40. 0 38. 5 $ 43. 50 2 206 48 45. 00 42. 50 158 48, 00 46. 00 22 97 40. 50 C lerk s, ord er ___________________________ M anufacturing________________________ Nonmanufacturing __________________ 507 40. 0 40. 0 40. 0 52. 50 53. 00 52. 50 258 128 69 4 0.0 40. 0 39. 5 39. 5 39. 5 56. 54. 61. 62. 63. Com ptom eter op era tors ________________ M anufacturing________________________ Nonmanufacturing ____________________ W holesale trade __________________ 1. 167 718 449 179 40. 0 40. 0 39. 5 3 9.5 56. 56. 56. 54. 50 50 50 50 Duplicating-m achine op era tors (m im eograph or ditto) -------------------------Manufacturing ________________________ N onm anufacturing____________________ 193 115 78 40. 0 40. 0 40. 0 50. 00 49. 50 50. 50 Key-punch o p era tors __________________ M anufacturing________________________ N onm anufacturing____________________ Public utilities * ---------------------------Finance ** ________________________ 720 340 380 94 39. 5 40. 0 39.0 40. 0 38. 5 54. 53. 54. 61. 50. 00 50 50 50 50 32 27 5 5 7 5 O ffice girls _____________________________ Manufacturing ------------------------------------N onm anufacturing____________________ 266 39.5 4 0.0 3 9.0 46. 50 4 8.00 43. 00 39 21 C lerk s, p a y r o l l _________________________ Manufacturing ________________________ Nonmanufacturing ____________________ Public utilities * _________________ W holesale trade ________________________ 268 239 876 618 168 183 83 S ecreta ries _____________________________ M anufacturing________________________ N onm anufacturing____________________ Public utilities * _________________ W holesale trade __________________ Finance ** _ _____________________ 2.470 1,325 1, 145 33 89 - 11 69 131 60 71 9 59 163 19 30 91 26 26 50 26 54 29 25 8 2 8 - - 6 8 6 2 25 45 28 17 3 81 43 38 28 72 43 29 15 00 00 50 50 50 50 272 342 Stenographers, general ______________ __ M anufacturing -------------------------------------------------N onm anufacturing____________________ Public utilities * _________________ W holesale trade _ __ _ Finance ** ________________________ 3. 096 1,508 1, 588 309 503 460 39. 5 4 0.0 3 9.5 40. 0 39.5 39.0 56. 50 57. 00 55.50 61. 50 56.00 51. 50 Stenographers, technical _______________ Manufacturing ------------------------------------- 299 252 4 0.0 4 0 .0 61. 50 61.00 4 7 5 2 " 11 7 4 8 1 15 5 11 10 4 3 30 - - - - - - - - 2 1 4 _ . 3 - 13 1 - - - 81 56 25 36 15 44 27 17 42 6 37 9 7 15 3 _ - - 19 2 - - 2 1 - 12 12 12 - 5 2 1 2 1 1 - 1 1 3 3 1 20 10 10 - 1 101 54 13 41 10 67 34 104 70 34 _ ■ _ ~ _ - 16 7 3 3 4 4 “ 8 13 5 " " - - “ _ - _ - 63 49 14 7 76 69 7 - 1 10 17 39 32 7 34 27 7 13 13 - 56 13 43 66 11 112 6 55 1 10 25 139 34 105 221 292 158 134 17 33 51 420 164 256 31 98 77 336 147 189 36 76 49 4 3 11 11 26 See footnotes at end o f table. * T ransportation (excluding ra ilro a d s ), com m unication, and other public utilities, ** Finance, insurance, and real estate. - 52 36 30 _ - 21 10 1 6 3 52 - 71 25 46 15 14 9 35 18 - 15 21 78 143 14 20 66 3 1 - - 12 11 43 69 - 22 10 12 16 5 1 58 40 18 7 49 14 26 11 21 81 63 18 13 6 11 3 4 3 1 2 1 _ 147 69 78 246 TB 131 17 54 32 233 150 83 20 21 164 114 50 13 34 ■ 128 73 55 42 319 227 92 7 46 50 43 58 54 32 29 35 31 - 252 153 99 35 24 13 5 - 389 187 30 47 78 _ 16 5 “ 18 41 202 16 20 20 13 3 13 47 20 11 31 13 14 12 48 - “ - 43 23 4 2 10 21 - 6 21 - 10 _ 2 2 8 8 - 1 _ 40 1 12 2 5 - _ 2 - - - _ 59 18 41 9 3 - - 1 8 - - - 70 1 - " 1 - - 13 66 2 - - - - - 4 88 - _ - - 31 5 - _ - - 12 12 85 32 53 10 2 2 _ - - 1 2 12 - - - 5 _ - 31 16 15 7 49 2 - - 8 8 1 _ - 9 23 45 27 18 155 94 - _ - 8 2 6 30 l6 14 12 12 159 99 5 5 - 68 24 13 65 7 58 5 - 24 17 7 30 5 1 19 27 17 5 5 - _ - 32 38 25 13 1 _ - 5 4 6 8 - - 14 9 5 - 4 14 5 - 61 _ 28 13 58 35 23 14 18 18 60 16 11 18 - 38 30 110 34 14 134 89 45 14 19 19 - 11 21 37 14 23 5 9 29 45 27 18 1 - 10 59 48 8 - 15 9 8 11 00 - - 124 8 8 6 - 25 - 6 3 20 94 76 18 14 00 15 7 2 7 4 2 1 20 8 98 75 23 5 31 23 22 39 30 9 46 2 2 - 28 22 28 24 4 79 44 35 7 39 16 23 13 13 - 70. 71. 68. 76. 68. 59. 130 32 98 30 36 8 16 50 50 50 24 222 44 19 25 39.5 40. 0 39.5 40. 0 39. 5 39.0 226 1 1 122 - 1 6 16 45 5 143 67 6 25 9 20 25 8 - 7 5 3 - 2 2 3 3 - - ~ 51 18 21 12 6 6 9 3 23 " 30 23 6 1 1 206 ~ I*5 “ 2 ~ 5 2 3 - 1 _ _ _ - ■ - 1 '1 W ~ ~ 26 14 5 113 40 73 41 19 78 33 45 52 15 12 30 - 6 — 13 - 181 10 16 21 5 “ 61 8 22 30 30 6 - ■ 210 5 r ~ 146 lOO 46 19 2 - - 350 18? 163 56 49 34 247 8S 39 13 4 82 28 54 26 “ 4 4 4 3 22 2 37 28 9 4 1 - 162 60 12 5 26 18 - 2 _ _ - _ - - - - ♦ - _ _ _ “ - * “ 78 52 26 84 32 52 3 16 43 37 2 1 4 2 - - - 21 2 2 4 1 3 - - 1 1 8 3 5 5 ~ _ 13 3 6 1 _ . ■ - - _ Table A-l: Office Occupations - Continued (A verage straight-tim e w eekly hoars and earnings 12 fo r se le cte d occupations studied on an area basis in St. L ou is, Mo. , by industry division , F eb ru a ry 1955) NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E WEEKLY EARNINGS 0 F - Sex, occupation, and industry d ivision Number of workers S S * S S $ s i * s S * s s $ $ S f S $ $ Weekly Weekly 5,0 40. 00 42. 50 45.0 0 47. 50 50. 00 52. 50 55.00 57. 50 60. 00 62. 50 65. 00 67. 50 70. 00 72. 50 75. 00 80. 00 85. 00 90. 00 95. 00 100.00 earnings Under 37. hours and and (Standard) (Standard) $ under 37. 50 40. 00 42. 50 45. 00 47. 50 50. 00 52. 50 55. 00 57. 50 60. 00 62. 50 65.00 67. 50 70. 00 72. 50 75. 00 80. 00 85. 00 90.00 95. 00 100.00 over W omen - Continued Sw itchboard op era tors _ __ -----------------M a n u factu rin g____________ ____ _____ N onm anufacturing______________________ Finance ** __________________________ 411 121 290 81 41. 5 4 0 .0 4 2 .0 3 9.5 «P 53. 00 &0.00 50. 50 48. 50 " 10 10 10 24 24 9 5 2 3 3 120 11 109 9 36 8 28 20 49 9 40 22 18 7 11 2 23 13 10 1 25 7 18 1 21 16 5 - 20 l5 5 ” 21 8 13 - 10 8 2 2 12 4 8 - Sw itchboard o p e ra to r-re ce p tio n is ts -------M anu factu ring---------------------------------------N on m a n u fa ctu rin g----------------------- ------- 603 300 303 4 0.0 4 0.0 40. 0 53.00 53.00 52. 50 15 15 10 10 27 12 15 22 22 81 47 34 34 21 13 157 78 79 58 48 10 29 15 14 55 41 14 31 17 14 17 3 14 35 2 33 14 14 - 3 1 2 Tabulating-m achine op era tors ___________ M a n u factu rin g__________________________ N on m a n u fa ctu rin g---------------------------------P ublic u tilities * __ _______________ 183 92 91 47 39. 5 39.5 39. 5 4 0.0 67. 50 64. 00 71. 00 79.00 _ - _ - 2 2 - 5 5 “ 4 2 2 - ' 8 5 3 1 8 3 5 2 13 9 4 3 9 2 7 2 14 13 1 - 26 21 5 1 17 3 14 5 9 6 3 2 T ra n scrib in g -m a ch in e o p era tors, g e n e r a l___________________________________ M a n u factu rin g----------------------- __ _____ N onm anufacturing______________________ 576 334 242 39. 5 40. 0 39.5 52.00 52. 50 51. 50 10 10 - 4 4 23 9 14 66 24 42 55 21 34 64 47 17 126 78 48 48 30 18 47 40 7 36 22 14 50 31 19 13 5 8 5 3 2 T yp ists, c la s s A _____ ________ ____ __ M a n u factu rin g__________________________ N on m a n u fa ctu rin g______________________ 741 428 313 39.5 4 0 .0 3 9.0 56. 50 57. 50 55. 50 6 6 4 2 2 4 4 15 8 7 48 14 34 54 23 31 76 39 37 83 49 34 118 64 54 98 80 18 88 59 29 66 58 8 18 8 10 T y p is ts , c la s s B __________________________ M a n u factu rin g---------------------------------------N onm a n u fa ctu rin g______________________ P u b lic utilities * ___________________ W holesale trade ____________________ F inance ** -------------- ------------------------- 2. 508 1,181 1,327 148 375 499 39.5 4 0 .0 39.0 39.5 40. 0 38. 5 47. 50 48. 50 47.00 54. 00 51. 50 42. 00 129 22 107 141 44 97 338 113 225 13 24 142 350 137 213 10 39 92 418 235 183 40 45 58 268 151 117 7 55 27 303 173 130 12 69 13 192 148 44 4 16 6 96 67 29 3 19 4 39 7 32 28 1 " 50 8 42 41 “ 1 2 * ** _ - - 4 83 9 70 _ 80 83 29 “ 4T 54 34 4 9 31 20 2 2 ~ H ours r e fle c t the w orkw eek fo r which em ployees receiv e their regular straigh t-tim e salaries and the earnings co rre sp o n d to these weekly hours. W ork ers w ere distributed as follow s: 100 at $30 to $32. 50; 26 at $32. 50 to $35; 80 at $35 to $37. 50. T ransportation (excluding r a ilro a d s ), com m unication, and other public utilities. F inance, in surance, and rea l estate. 7 4 3 2 1 1 - _ _ _ - - - - - 14 14 _ - _ - _ - 1 1 _ - 7 3 4 3 15 15 - 17 4 13 3 9 2 7 7 2 2 - 13 13 13 12 4 8 13 10 3 ~ 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - - 14 9 5 32 3 29 11 6 5 5 5 - 1 1 - . _ _ _ - - - - 1 1 ~ " 9 8 1 5 14 _ 1 - - - - 5 5 " 14 13 1 ~ - - - 1 1 " _ - 5 5 5 ~ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - " - - - - - " 6 Table A-2*- Professional and Technical Occupations (A verage straigh t-tim e w eekly hours and earnings 1 fo r s e le cte d occupations studied on an area basis in St. L ou is, Mo. , by industry d ivision , February 1955) N U M B E R O F W O R K E R S R E C E I V I N G S T R A I G H T - T I M E W E E K L Y E A R N IN G S O F Av e r a g e Sex, occupation, and industry division Number of workers Weekly hours (Standard) Weekly earnings (Standard) t % % 1 t Under 50. 00 52. 50 55. 00 57. 50 l o . 00 62. 50 65. 00 67. 50 70.00 72. 50 75. 00 80.00 85.00 9 0 .0 0 9 5 .0 0 100.00 105.00 110.00 115. 0C *120.00 *125.00 and $ and 50. 00 under 52. 50 55.00 57. 50 60.00 62,50 ■fe.7A-5.Q- 70.00 72. 50 75.00 80.00 85.00 9 0 .0 0 95. 00 100.00 105.00 110.00 115.00 120.00 125.00 o v e r Men Draftsm en, s e n i o r ______________________ M anufacturing________________________ 629 526 39. 5 39. 5 $ 93.00 91. 50 - _ - - - - - - - - - - 4 4 Draftsm en, junior ______________________ M anufacturing------------------------------------- 314 214 39. 5 40. 0 73.00 68. 50 9 9 4 20 15 17 17 8 6 29 19 20 19 — r 19 17 208 188 40. 0 40. 0 68. 50 68. 50 - _ 5 5 8 26 24 25 24 13 12- 20 — r r 19 7 9 17 17 7 6 6 17 i? 33 — rr 18 n r- 63 -------- S T - 21 l6 35 20 ■“ TS— 34 68 — v r 95 ~ ---------S i - 16 13 116 95 11 19 10 — 5 54 40 45 42 22 21 9 32 ~ _ _ _ 4 ~ ■ * 2 2 1 1 _ _ _ 39 3<> 20 19 6 5 _ 39 12 _ " W omen N u rses, industrial (reg istered ) ------------M anufacturing________________________ 20 — W 3 1 9 ----- 7“ 3 3 _ _ 1 Hours r e fle c t the workw eek fo r which em ployees re c e iv e their regular straigh t-tim e sala ries and the earnings corresp on d to these weekly hours . NOTE: Data fo r nonmanufacturing do not include inform ation fo r department and lim ite d -p rice va riety s to r e s ; the rem ainder o f reta il trade is appropriately rep resented in data for all industries com bin ed and for nonmanufacturing. O ccupational Wage Survey, St. L o u is, Mo. , F eb ru a ry 1955 U. S. DE PA RTM EN T OF LABO R B ureau o f L a b or S tatistics Table A-3*. Maintenance and Powerplant Occupations (A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s 1 f o r m e n in s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n s s tu d ie d on an a r e a b a s is in St. L o u is , M o. , b y in d u s tr y d iv is io n , F e b r u a r y 1955} NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF— O cc u p a tio n an d in d u s tr y d i v i s i o n C a r p e n t e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e _________________ M a n u fa c t u r in g ----------------- ---------------------- Number of workers 619 575 Average hourly earnings $ 2 .2 7 2. 25 $ $ $ $ U nder 1 .5 5 1 . 60 1 .6 5 1. 70 and $ 1. 55 under 1 . 60 1. 65 1. 70 1 .7 5 $ 1. 75 $ 1 . 80 5 5 - - - 5 5 _ _ _ _ _ " - - - - 2 2 2. 50 2 . 60 2. 70 2 . 80 2 .9 0 5 32 28 11 11 31 30 58 58 24 24 60 22 2T 32 105 21 101 42 42 4 4 56 56 43 43 " " 18 18 _ _ 1 7 4 1 1 24 24 8 8 19 15 15 10 10 20 16 11 21 20 38 14 27 27 94 94 26 23 7 26 11 11 11 39 39 _ " 5 5 " 17 13 4 31 29 22 20 2 24 24 88 88 12 12 11 8 9 9 68 68 8 8 - 3 ~ - 47 47 33 14 _ 3 18 14 4 _ - 20 8 12 48 20 " " 143 143 138 81 57 255 249 36 34 111 15 24 24 70 70 558 558 _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ - _ - 10 10 _ - 24 24 _ - - - - - - 2 58 53 10 6 51 32 19 10 10 9 9 17 17 34 34 44 44 52 52 19 18 13 13 148 148 52 50 _ 59 59 51 51 84 84 94 94 _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - _ 22 2 H e lp e r s , t r a d e s , m a in te n a n c e __________ M a n u fa c t u r in g ___________________________ N o n m a n u fa c t u r in g _______________________ 1 ,7 0 4 1, 547 157 1 .9 3 1 .9 4 1. 84 51 39 26 37 36 155 153 1 2 M a c h in e -t o o l o p e r a t o r s , t o o l r o o m ____ _ M a n u fa c t u r in g __________ ______ ________ ___ 704 701 2. 25 2. 25 _ _ . _ - - - - 18 18 . _ . . - - - - _ . _ - 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 14 _ 21 21 38 38 40 40 37 37 - - ■ ■ ~ 51 36 15 15 74 72 121 121 _ . _ “ 27 27 - 20 20 2 2 13 9 4 4 ~ ” ■ ” _ " 182 182 92 92 30 30 _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 226 - - - 80 78 200 86 2 198 78 - 94 92 2 2 8 8 2 2 2 2 4 4 73 73 10 10 8 8 15 11 13 13 79 79 - 19 19 - “ 63 63 - 33 28 5 37 37 - “ 40 27 27 - 20 20 - * 2 1 - 19 16 - 264 264 37 37 5 1 1 2 2 - 16 - 10 10 5 5 21 29 25 77 77 17 17 52 49 3 ! _ - 6 - 7 3 _ - 35 11 - 10 _ - 42 9 33 24 2 - _ - 5 4 51 6 - 10 10 _ - 7 5 3 - 38 38 2 1 1 87 87 _ 20 18 18 4 4 16 274 247 27 6 226 12 260 “ 120 431 392 2. 29 2. 27 4 - P i p e f it t e r s , m a in te n a n c e ------ --------------------M a n u f a c t u r in g ------------------------------------------ 1. 123 1 ,0 5 7 2 . 39 2 . 39 _ _ - - S h e e t -m e t a l w o r k e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e --------M a n u fa c t u r in g ___________________________ 242 239 2. 37 2. 37 _ - T o o l and d ie m a k e r s _____________________ M a n u fa c t u r in g ------------------------------------------ 1 , 21 1 1 ,2 1 1 2. 52 2. 52 1 - 10 10 18 1 18 8 in - - - - - _ _ 50 50 21 1 - “ * 1 1 8 8 3 3 18 18 33 33 8 8 17 15 8 8 39 33 25 25 34 30 64 64 2 2 8 8 36 36 22 22 15 15 1 1 7 7 22 22 30 30 8 8 28 2d 39 46 56 56 67 67 149 149 104 lo 4 92 27 369 669 53 53 10 10 _ _ - - 3 3 22 22 7 4 3 3 25 25 3 3 14 14 47 47 15 15 28 28 19 19 3 3 6 30 30 -------T 48 48 22 22 36 36 41 41 222 222 326 326 _ _ _ - - - - _ _ _ _ _ - “ - " - " 1 - ' ' ' ' 16 16 16 16 ‘ - 4 8 P a in t e r s , m a in te n a n c e ------------------------M a n u fa c t u r in g ------------------------------------------ _ 8 8 71 28 43 43 12 11 - 15 l4 14 4 270 2 2 2 37 - _ _ - 79 5 - _ ■ 255 255 1 1 17 _ - - 259 _ - 6 6 133 130 - 2 - 86 86 38 38 - _ 92 92 114 114 2 36 33 192 118 95 92 . - - 45 45 - 1 - 5 37 25 - - 23 47 44 3 - 16 34 34 - 13 23 - 8 _ 3 - 5 5 - - 24 - 10 8 2 16 26 $6 ~ over 100 100 6 15 15 42 42 3 .0 0 - 4 1 .9 9 1 .9 9 2 .4 5 - 36 14 475 455 2. 40 119 69 2. 09 2 .0 9 2 . 08 O il e r s .. _ M a n u fa c t u r in g ------------------------------------------ 2. 35 258 192 508 391 117 2. 27 2. 27 2. 30 39 39 F i r e m e n , s t a t io n a r y b o i l e r _______________ M a n u fa c t u r in g ___________________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g _________ ______________ 709 709 2. 25 154 143 2 2 M illw r ig h ts __________________________________ M a n u iftciu rin g 2 . 20 297 297 - 2. 2. 2. 2. 2 . 10 1Z. 15 148 148 - M e c h a n ic s , m a in te n a n c e _______________________ M a n u fa c t u r in g _________________________ — N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g ____________________ P u b lic u t ilit ie s * ____________________ 2 .0 5 39 39 - 1 .3 3 7 1 ,2 5 7 80 41 2 .0 0 99 97 - 2. 2. 2. 2. 1 .9 5 37 37 10 664 99 565 518 1 .9 0 94 92 2. 37 2. 40 M e c h a n ic s , a u to m o tiv e (m a in te n a n c e ) __ M a n u f a c t u r in g ___________________________ N o n m a n u fa c t u r in g --------------------- ---------P u b lic u t ilit ie s * _________________________ 1. 85 $ $ $ $ $ s , 2. 50 2 . 60 2. 70 2 . 80 2 .9 0 3. 00 64 62 411 345 - $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 2. 05 2 . 10 2 . 15 2 . 20 2. 25 2. 30 2. 35 2. 40 2 .4 5 33 31 E n g in e e r s , s t a t io n a r y -------------------------------M a n u fa c t u r in g ------------------------------------------ 2 .4 1 2 .4 2 2. 00 11 2. 35 2. 34 1 .4 4 0 1, 344 s 35 34 1 ,5 7 0 1 ,4 2 6 M a c h in is t s , m a in te n a n c e --------------------------------M a n u fa c t u r in g ---------------------------------------------------- $ 1 .9 5 - E l e c t r i c i a n s , m a in te n a n c e ________________ M a n u fa c t u r in g ___________________________ 12 $ 1 .9 0 and - 26 $ 1 . 80 1 .8 5 _ - " _ _ " “ 263 263 185 185 83 83 43 43 - _ _ - - _ _ - - _ ' ' E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and la te s h ift s . O cc u p a tio n a l W age S u r v e y , St. L o u is , M o . , F e b r u a r y 1955 T r a n s p o r t a t io n (e x c lu d in g r a i lr o a d s ) , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r p u b lic u t ilit ie s . U. S. D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________ B u re a u o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s NOTE: Data for nonmanufacturing do not include information for department and lim ited-price variety stores; the remainder of retail trade is appropriately represented in data for all industries combined and for nonmanufacturing. 8 Table A-4: Custodial and Material Movement Occupations ( A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s 1 f o r s e le c t e d o c c u p a t io n s a s t u d ie d o n a n a r e a b a s i s in S t . L o u is , M o . , b y in d u s t r y d iv is io n , F e b r u a r y 1 9 5 5 ) N U M B E R O F W O R K E R S R E C E I V I N G S T R A IG H T -T IM E H O U R L Y E A R N I N G S O F — O c c u p a t io n a n d in d u s t r y d iv is i o n Number of workers G u a r d s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------M a n u f a c t u r i n g _ ______ ___________________ N o n m a n u f a c t u r in g _______ _________________ F in a n c e * * _ _ _ _ _ _ 883 796 87 80 J a n it o r s , p o r t e r s , a n d c le a n e r s ( m e n ) _____________________________________________ M a n u f a c t u r i n g _________ __ _______________ \ 4 .6 2 1 3 ,0 2 1 1,6 0 0 224 N o n m a n u fa c t u r in g __________ _____ __ P u b lic u t ilit ie s * __________________ W h o le s a le tr a d e _____ ____________ F in a n ce * * ____ _____ ____________ J a n it o r s , p o r t e r s , and c le a n e r s ( w o m e n ) __ _______________________ _____ 'M a n u fa c t u r i n g _________________________ N o n m a n u fa c t u r in g _____________________ P u b lic u t ilit ie s * ____ ____________ F in a n ce ** __ _____ __ „ ________ Average hourly earnings 1 .-/4 1. 78 1. 32 1. 30 1 . 36 221 1.4 9 1 . 12 1. 52 1. 32 391 .9 9 1 . 100 320 780 92 480 1. 0 8 1. 2 8 1 . 00 1. 2 8 0 . 85 and under $ 0. 85 $ $ $ Under .9 0 - 1 .6 0 1. 65 1. 70 1 .7 5 1. 80 1 .8 5 1.9 0 2 .0 0 2 . 10 2 . 20 .9 5 1 .0 0 1.0 5 1 . 10 1. 15 1 .2 0 1.2 5 1.3 0 1.3 5 1.4 0 1.4 5 1. 50 1. 55 1.6 0 1. 65 1.7 0 1.7 5 1. 1. 85 1.9 0 2 . 00 2 . 10 2 .2 0 over 18 f in 25 n r 91 5 ----------5 " 87 87 39 39 26 26 - - and 2 3 1 1 4 - - - - - 116 15 9 16 14 3 2 20 20 64 11 18 34 - 10 9 11 10 8 456 4 452 1 451 6 6 24 _ _ 24 - - - - " - ; - ! i 9 _ 1. 73 1 .6 9 1. 77 1. 77 ” 8 8 1 .4 2 9 1,0 0 9 420 34 2 1.6 5 1. 6 1 1. 73 1. 73 10 10 5 5 _ _ - - - - - - - - 469 360 26 31 11 47 47 5 5 51 1. 27 - 9 i 80 23 57 5 _ 1,2 5 9 1,3 0 2 830 1. 18 9 75 114 94 2 ,5 6 1 _________ 205 30 17 5 30 O r d e r f i l l e r s ________ ___________________ M a n u fa c t u r in g ------------------------------------- N o n m a n u fa c t u r in g _____________________ W h o le s a le tr a d e ___________________ P a c k e r s , shipping ( w o m e n ) __ M a n u fa ctu rin g _ _ _ _ _ 4 4 21 6 ,0 4 4 4 ,3 6 1 1 ,6 8 3 535 P a c k e r s , shipping ( m e n ) _________________ M a n u fa c t u r in g __________________________ N o n m a n u fa c t u r in g ______ __ _________ W h o le s a le tr a d e — ________________ 1 1 58 8 L a b o r e r s , m a t e r ia l han dlin g _ ________ M a n u fa c t u r in g _________________________ N o n m a n u fa c t u r in g _____________________ P u b lic u t ilit ie s * __________________ W h o le s a le tr a d e ___________________ 749 1 1 3 3 - - $ 1 .5 5 16 76 10 10 $ % 1.5 0 - 1. 67 1. 65 1. 70 1. 8 0 1. 6 2 $ $ 1 .4 5 8 _ $ 1 .4 0 10 8 3 $ $ S 1.3 5 - - $ $ 1 . 30 - > $ $ 1 .2 5 224 .9 8 $ $ 1 .2 0 - 414 3 $ 1. 15 234 6 $ 1 . 10 2 2 10 $ 1 . 05 92 18 74 299 71 3228 S 1 .0 0 4 4 ” $ $ 0 .9 5 4 - - $ 0 .9 0 2 _ 8 12 10 2 8 8 - 1 1 7 7 7 7 284 256 28 4 524 430 94 38 13 278 273 5 207 2 2 - 30 3TT 58 — V T 6 6 - 9 “ 2 364 323 41 14 24 306 285 11 11 440 397 43 17 24 - - - - 21 40 22 18 3 39 18 4 4 15 8 22 12 10 5 19 12 2 5 4 68 48 48 33 33 _ 41 16 25 24 20 20 _ 6 62 I T " ” “5 5 “ 11 11 36 64 7 9 25 11 11 100 6 6 18 2 25 - - - - - - - “ 780 802 648 15 4 85 332 269 63 28 25 396 361 35 220 577 56 547 18 2 13 6 586 273 3 13 205 75 331 2 10 160 22 299 32 23 19 9 18 9 9 85 14 71 46 802 371 431 3 15 - - 13 7 25 25 5 5 112 62 39 23 42 50 36 16 " 14 3 10 3 40 38 4 42 42 9 4 5 5 _ _ _ 4 16 3 12 10 4 1 1 _ - 4 58 1 8 1 21 273 2 17 56 3 10 98 49 14 22 26 16 54 54 23 15 13 1 12 7 4 17 5 73 16 6 10 2 19 9 10 2 10 1 “ 30 64 61 75 55 36 9 17 1 16 4 7 8 - - - - 1 1 - 39 39 - 25 25 - - - - 12 1 12 1 27 27 72 - 6 6 12 - 16 16 - 7 7 - 6 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ “ " 73 66 5 4 36 20 _ _ - 10 28 _ - 2 15 7 14 7 7 7 - _ _ - 350 3 16 34 35 35 _ - 117 18 18 4 4 _ _ _ 10 1 _ - _ _ 51 42 9 I 24 ! - 1 1 8 ■ - _ 5 3 ■ - 2 14 1 80 61 ' _ - 7 • 3 4 8 8 - - 2 2 20 12 8 - 38 29 9 2 - - - 119 114 5 _ _ 4 “ 2 - 4 4 _ “ _ - - 3 _ 4 4 20 20 - 12 12 99 99 - - - 85 82 3 - - 16 16 12 2 56 23 33 - - 8 8 - - _ 18 - - - - _ - - " _ ~ 5 1 1 16 - 20 9 59 46 16 18 0 234 36 IF - 1 5 T - 11 _ 6 6 95 15 21 6 11 1 1 W 79 43 36 3 54 - ~ 12 9 51 41 19 35 7 23 ' - 1 - 68 16 16 24 24 11 - 49 19 5 57 7 50 6 8 8 i 11 80 664 96 2 88 19 16 30 17 69 1 1 30 34 55 270 16 4 10 6 74 2 11 40 94 94 - 92 14 4 72 72 25 9 46 16 258 19 4 64 33 12 8 70 58 52 71 31 40 40 300 18 0 40 10 30 28 17 19 4 66 50 17 5 _ _ 5 5 13 25 10 2 8 5 12 3 8 1 5 - - - - - - - - - 32 37 _ 73 60 13 21 66 63 23 40 84 58 26 26 39 27 85 73 32 15 9 23 24 26 12 10 ! R e c e i v i n g c l e r k s ________________________________ M a n u f a c t u r in g ______ ______ N o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ____ W h o l e s a l e t r a d e __ ____________________ ______ __ „ ___ 591 376 2 15 12 7 1.8 4 1. 83 1. 84 1 . 80 . _ - _ ” _ _ _ _ “ _ _ 6 6 _ 2 2 19 _ _ 19 _ _ “ — _ 20 4 16 16 25 15 10 10 29 3 “ 37 23 12 6 6 ~ 12 12 2 “ ________ S e e fo o tn o te s a t e n d o f t a b le . * T r a n s p o r t a t io n ( e x c lu d in g r a i l r o a d s ) , * * F in a n c e , in s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e . c o m m u n ic a t io n , O c c u p a t io n a l W a g e S u r v e y , a n d o th e r p u b lic u t ilit ie s . S t. L o u is , M o. , F e b ru a ry 19 5 5 U . S. D E P A R T M E N T O F LA B O R B u reau NOTE: Data for nonmanufacturing do not include information for department and limitedprice variety stores; the remainder of retail trade is appropriately represented in data for all industries combined and for nonmanufacturing. o f L a b o r S t a t is t ic s 9 Table A-4: Custodial and Material Movement Occupations - Continued ( A v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s 1 f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t i o n s 23 5 s t u d ie d o n a n a r e a b a s i s 4 S t. L o u is , M o . , b y in d u s t r y d iv is io n , F e b r u a r y 19 5 5 in NUMBER OF WORKERS RECEIVING STRAIGHT-TIM E HOURLY EARNINGS OF— O cc u p a tio n and in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n S hipping c l e r k s _ M a n u fa ctu rin g N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g __ _ ______________________ Number of workers 392 273 119 72 Average hourly earnings T r u c k d r i v e r s , lig h t (u n d er l l/ 2 t o n s ) ____ M a n u fa ctu rin g ........................ N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g _ __ _ _ _ __ 335 193 142 1 .8 6 T r u c k d r i v e r s , m e d iu m (1 Va to and in c lu d in g 4 t o n s ) ___ _ _ M a n u fa c tu r in g __________________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g _______________________ P u b lic u t i li t ie s * __________________ __ W h o le s a le tr a d e 1 .2 5 2 545 707 369 230 2 .0 2 2. l2 1 . 12 2 150 972 567 2 .0 8 2 .1 4 2 .0 7 2 .0 8 1 .3 1 6 1, 137 179 1.8 1 1 .8 0 1 .8 5 283 272 1 .8 0 1 .8 0 1 .5 5 4 931 623 64 1 .3 4 1 .5 2 1 .0 8 1 .4 2 T r u c k e r s , p o w e r (o th e r than f o r k li f t ) Man u fA rtur ing W a tch m en ___________________________________ M a n u fa c tu r in g __________________________ N o n m a n u fa ctu rin g ______ __ __ „ ___ P u b lic u t i li t ie s * ____________________ * E x c lu d e s p D a ta r e la t e W o rk e rs w W o rk e rs w W o rk e rs w T ra n sp o rta r e m iu m p a y f o to m e n w o r k e e r e d is t r ib u t e d e r e d is t r ib u t e d e r e d is t r ib u t e d t i o n ( e x c lu d in g and 1 . 10 1 .1 5 1 .2 0 1 .2 5 1 .3 0 1 .3 5 1 .4 0 1 .4 5 3 ----- j1— ----- 3— l.,5Q 8 — 8 1-1.55. .1 . 6 .Q. ----- j— 21 ~T T ~ 1 ,7 5 55 T i 8 1 .8 3 1 .7 9 1 .8 7 6 - - - - - - - - - - “ ~ r~ - 39 33 6 3 3 - 25 <S5“ - 9 5 4 1 .8 6 1 .9 3 1 .7 8 1 .9 5 1 .9 6 1 .9 7 11 — 5“ 5 20 17 3 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - 1 1 6 6 - 3 3 12 14 - - 10 12 4 2 2 - - 2 2 2 2 - 3 3 3 6 - ' - 6 - 3 3 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 11 - - 44 44 45 45 2 11 97 - 12 11 85 4 69 69 5 228 14 10 12 2 |218 1 ! i 1 2 3 4 5 $ $ s $ $ $ s $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 1 .1 5 1 . 2 0 1 .2 5 1 .3 0 1 .3 5 1 .4 0 1 .4 5 1 .5 0 1 .5 5 1 .6 0 1 .6 5 1 .7 0 1 .7 5 1 .8 0 1 .8 5 1 .9 0 2 . 0 0 2 . 1 0 2 . 2 0 2 .0 0 435 254 181 76 T r u c k e r s , p o w e r ( fo r k l i ft ) ______________ M a n u fa c tu r in g ____________________ ___ Nnnm flnn rtn rin jr $ $ 1 .0 5 1 . 1 0 $ 1 .8 7 1 .8 5 1 .9 3 S h ippin g and r e c e iv i n g c le r k s M a n u fa c tu r in g __________________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g _____________ _______ W h o le s a le t r a d e _____________________ T r u c k d riv e r s , h eavy (o v e r 4 ton s, t r a i l e r t y p e ) ______________________________ M a n u fa c tu r in g ___________________________ N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g P u b lic u t i li t ie s * $ $ $ $ 0 .8 5 0 .9 0 0 .9 5 1 . 0 0 U nder and $ under 0 . 80 .? 5 1 . 0 0 1 .0 5 .9 0 114 59 55 - 66 57 9 36 7 29 18 | r o v e r t im e a n d f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , a n d la t e s h if t s . r s e x c e p t w h e r e o t h e r w is e in d ic a t e d . a s f o llo w s : 7 8 a t $ 0 . 7 0 to $ 0 . 7 5 ; 4 1 a t $ 0 . 7 5 to $ 0 . 8 0 ; 10 9 a t $ 0 . 8 0 to $ 0 . 8 5 . a s f o llo w s : 2 4 a t $ 0 . 7 0 to $ 0 . 7 5 ; 6 1 a t $ 0 . 7 5 to $ 0 . 8 0 ; 5 8 a t $ 0 . 8 0 to $ 0 . 8 5 . a s f o llo w s : 2 2 a t $ 2 . 2 0 to $ 2 . 2 5 ; 1 1 a t $ 2 . 2 5 to $ 2 . 3 0 ; 2 0 0 a t $ 2 . 4 5 a n d o v e r . r a il r o a d s ) , c o m m u n ic a t io n , a n d o t h e r p u b lic u t i l it ie s . 23 66 110 6 63 3 96 14 5 17 2 - 13 13 21 13 4 17 17 11 2 - ■ 4 3 - ~ n - 1 - - - 7 b 5 4 28 “ 27 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 ~T8 _ 7 7 _ L 12 - - - - - 61 61 13 45 45 41 31 272 272 39 38 83 7l 1 12 8 5 10 7 7 14 14 78 78 44 42 100 115 105 T O T - TO? 12 6 1 2 96 4 1 .8 0 31 “ 78“ 13 g 2 2 33 14 19 19 12 11 1 64 64 70 " W 24 36 ~Z3 12 12 5 7 9 9 - - 98 95 3 105 60 45 33 33 44 40 5 3 12 - 1 .8 5 55 51 4 1 1 18 1 .9 0 JLJUL z n o . 2 . 2 0 36 14 22 A *2 30 20 30 3 3 — 3“ - 45 “ T9 29 6 - 23 9 14 113 “ TO 103 34 116 11 61 25 30 30 17 17 - 49 49 124 - 2 9 — 18 172 5b 8 1 7 ( 96 76 79 35 44 28 15 13 11 6 5” - 42 33 9 Q O 22 18 4 4 44 42 2 426 “ 18 388 292 94 98 74 24 *233 24 7 72 4 741 101 11 730 537 59 42 30 }52 50 68 140 140 32 32 58 189 135 54 31 31 30 30 27 23 92 82 47 47 10 1 - 66 5 18 3 - 1 5 5 6 12 12 3 * 59 35 24 87 36 51 - 8 10 - 1 41 17 24 7O % L n v& r - _ 226 7 102 7? 75 4 10 10 23 20 - 3 3 - 10 B: Establishment Practices and Supplementary Wage Provisions Table B-l: Shift Differential Provisions 1 P e rce n t of manufacturing plant w ork ers— (a ) I n e s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v in g f o r m a l p r o v is io n s f o r — S h if t d if f e r e n t ia l S e c o n d s h ift w o rk T o t a l __________ ____________ _____ ______________________ _ „ T h ir d o r o th e r s h if t w o rk (b ) A c t u a l l y w o r k in g o n — S e c o n d s h ift 88. 2 84. 5 15 . 2 T h ir d o r o th e r s h ift 7. 1 _______________________ 88.2 84. 5 15 . 2 7. 1 ______________________________________ 6 1. 8 5 1. 7 11. 7 6 .4 U n d e r 5 c e n ts ____________ _____ _______ ___________ „ 5 c e n t s ______________________ _________________________________ 6 c e n t s __ ___________ _____________________________ _______ 7 o r 7 l / z c e n t s __ ________ ______ __________________ 8 c e n t s _ _________ _____________ _________ ___ _______ 9 c e n t s ________________________ _____________ ___ _________ 10 c e n t s _______ ________________________________________ 12 c e n t s -------------------- _ ___________________ __ _____________ 1 2 l /a c e n t s _______________ ______ ________ _____________ _______________ ___________________________ ____ _ 15 ce n ts O v e r 1 5 ce n ts _______________________ _____ ____ „ 3. 2 15 . 5 9. 3 6. 5 . 3 5. 8 18 . 8 _ . 3 1. 2 .9 W i t h s h i f t p a y d i f f e r e n t i a l _______________ U n if o r m c e n t s ( p e r h o u r) U n if o r m p e r c e n t a g e _________ _______________ __________ _ 4 p e r c e n t _____________________________ __ _______________ 5 p e r c e n t _______________________________________________________ 7 l / z p e r c e n t _________ ________________________________________ 8 p e r c e n t _______________________________________________________ 10 p e r c e n t ________________________________ _______________ 1 5 p e r c e n t ____ _________ ___________________________________ F u l l d a y ' s p a y f o r r e d u c e d h o u r s _ _________ _______ O t h e r * ________ ___________ __ _______________________ __ N o s h ift p a y d if f e r e n t ia l . .. . . . - . 3 .8 - 2 .9 2.6 2 .2 1.9 2. 3 10 .7 2 1 .4 4 .4 . 8 5. 3 2.0 1.4 ..1 . 3 3 .7 . 1 . 3 . - 2 .2 .4 A .9 • 22 . 6 1 6 .7 .7 5 5 .9 7. 5 . 3 _ .9 5 .6 .4 8 .9 1.2 . . 1.0 . 3 .3 8. _ 1.0 1. 0 2. 8 " 1 5 .1 " 3 .0 - .8 .6 1 .9 . 3 .4 1. 1 1 . 3 1 1 " _ .4 " Shift differential data are presented in term s o f (a) establishm ent p o lic y , and (b) w ork ers actually em ployed on late shifts at the tim e o f the survey. An establishm ent was con sid ered as having a p o licy if it met either of the follow ing conditions: (l) Op erated late shifts at the tim e o f the survey, o r (2) had form al p rovision s co ve rin g late shifts. Includes such com bination plans as a ce n ts -p e r-h o u r o r percentage differential plus a paid lunch period; full d ay's pay fo r reduced hours plus a flat sum ; and full day's pay fo r reduced hours plus a c e n ts -p e r-h o u r or percentage differential. A L e s s than 0. 05 percent. O ccupational Wage Survey, St. L ou is, Mo. , F eb ru ary 1955 U .S. D EPARTM ENT OF LABO R Bureau o f L a bor S tatistics 1 Table B-2* Minimum Entrance Rates for Women Office Workers 1 N um ber o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith s p e c ifie d m in im u m h ir in g ra te in— B a s e d on stan d ard w e e k ly h o u rs 2 o f- A ll in d u strie s A ll s c h e d u le s E s ta b lis h m e n ts s t u d i e d ______ __ __ ___________________ 229 M anufacturin g N onm anu f a c tur ing M anufacturin g M in im u m r a te (w e e k ly s a la r y ) 107 40 XXX N u m b e r o f e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith s p e c ifie d m in im u m h irin g rate in— A ll s c h e d u le s 40 122 XXX A ll in d u s tr ie s A ll s c h e d u le s 37j /2 XXX 229 F O R IN E X P E R IE N CE D TYPI£>TS E s ta b lis h m e n ts having a s p e c i fi e d m in im u m _______________ $ 3 0 .0 0 $ 3 2 . 50 $ 3 5 . 00 $ 3 7 . 50 $ 4 0 . 00 $ 4 2 . 50 $ 4 5 . 00 $ 4 7 . 50 $ 50. 00 $ 5 2 . 50 $ 5 5 . 00 $ 5 7 . 50 $ 60. 0 0 and and and and and and and and and and and and and un d er under un d er u nd er u n d er u n d er un d er u n d er u n d er u n d er u n d er under over $ 3 2 . 50 _____ ________ ____ _____ $ 3 5 . 00 _________________________________ $ 3 7 . 50 _________________________________ $ 4 0 . 00 _________________________________ $ 4 2 . 50 $ 4 5 . 00 _________________________________ $ 4 7 . 50 _____ ____ __________ __________ $ 5 0 . 00 ............ ................................................ $ 5 2 . 50 _________________________________ $ 5 5 .0 0 ________ __ ________________ $ 5 7 . 50 ____________ _____ ___________ $ 6 0 .0 0 ____ _____________ ___________ __ __ _______________ ________________ 132 66 63 4 8 10 12 41 19 15 10 5 4 1 _ _ 3 1 5 21 12 9 8 4 2 1 2 1 4 21 12 9 7 4 2 1 - - 1 2 66 N onm anufacturing B a s e d on sta n d a rd w e e k ly h ou rs 2 o f - 107 40 XXX A ll s c h e d u le s 122 40 37V2 XXX XXX FC)R O T H E R n EXPERIEN<CEB CLER K CA L WORK]ERS 51 6 4 5 9 7 20 7 6 2 1 2 4 4 4 5 16 6 5 2 1 2 . 145 66 63 79 60 . 3 3 4 20 16 6 7 3 2 1 1 - 2 3 3 20 16 6 6 3 2 1 1 - 8 6 15 7 21 7 6 3 1 2 8 4 9 4 16 6 5 3 1 2 - 8 9 18 11 41 23 12 10 4 4 1 3 1 . - - - - 1 1 - - 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 - 6 2 1 1 1 1 - - - _ 2 1 2 - - E s ta b lis h m e n ts h avin g no s p e c ifie d m i n i m u m ____ __ 67 35 XXX 32 XXX XXX 70 36 XXX 34 XXX XXX E s ta b lis h m e n ts w h ic h d id n o t e m p lo y w o r k e r s in th is c a t e g o r y _ _________________________________ 29 6 XXX 23 XXX XXX 13 5 XXX 8 XXX XXX XXX 1 XXX XXX 1 XXX 1 XXX XXX D ata not a v a ila b le __ ____________ _____________________ 1 ' 1 L o w e s t s a la r y ra te f o r m a l l y e s ta b lis h e d f o r h ir in g in e x p e r ie n c e d w o r k e r s f o r typing o r o th e r c l e r i c a l j o b s . 2 H ou rs r e f l e c t the w o rk w e e k f o r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t-t im e s a l a r ie s . D ata a r e p re s e n te d f o r a ll w o rk w e e k s c o m b in e d , and f o r the m o s t c o m m o n w ork w eek s r e p o r te d . O ccu p a tion a l W age S u r v e y , St. L o u is , M o. , F e b ru a r y 1955 U .S . D E P A R T M E N T OF L A B O R B u re a u o f L a b or S ta tis tics 12 Table B-3: Frequency of Wage Payment PERCENT OF OFFICE WORKERS EMPLOYED IN— F r e q u e n c y o f paym en t A ll w o rk e rs ________________________________________ W eekly _____________ ______ _______________________ B iw e e k ly __ _____ ____________________________ ___ S e m im o n t h ly ________________________________________ M onthly -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 A * ** AH . industries Manufacturing Public utilities* Wholesale trade PERCENT OF PLANT WORKERS EMPLOYED IN— Finance * * All 2 industries Manufacturing Public A utilities * Wholesale trade 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 37 12 50 A 32 12 55 A 64 25 11 57 43 13 13 73 82 15 3 83 17 - 81 19 A 93 3 4 In clu d es data f o r r e ta il tra d e (e x c e p t d e p a rtm e n t and l im i t e d -p r i c e v a r ie t y s to r e s ), and s e r v ic e s in a d d itio n to th ose in d u stry d iv isio n s show n s e p a r a t e ly . In clu d es data f o r r e t a il tra d e (e x c e p t d ep a rtm e n t and l im i t e d -p r i c e v a r ie t y s t o r e s ) , r e a l e s ta te , and s e r v ic e s in addition to th ose in d u stry d iv is io n s sh ow n s e p a r a t e ly . L e s s than 2. 5 p e r c e n t. T ra n sp o rta tio n (e x c lu d in g r a ilr o a d s ) , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r pu b lic u t ilitie s . F in a n ce , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s ta te . Table B-4: Scheduled Weekly Hours PERCENT OF OFFICE WORKERS1 EMPLOYED IN— PERCENT OF PLANT WORKERS EMPLOYED IN— W eek ly hou rs All 2 industries A ll w o rk e rs Under 3 7 1 /?. h ou rs __ 3 7 V 2 h ou rs _______________________________________ O ver 3 7 V 2 and under 4 0 h ou rs _________________ 4 0 hours __________________________________________ O ver 4 0 and under 4 8 h ou rs ____________________ 4 8 hours __________________________________________ _______ 1 3 A * ** 100 Manufacturing 100 Public utilities * 100 A 5 3 A A 3 7 4 85 94 A - A 92 A Wholesale trade 100 3 5 A 91 - Finance * * 100 6 23 15 56 - AH , industries Manufacturing 100 100 A A Public utilities* 100 Wholesale trade 100 A 4 6 - - - - - - 87 3 5 90 98 - 92 7 A A A D ata r e la te to w om en w o r k e r s on ly. In clu d es data f o r r e t a il tra d e (e x c e p t d e p a rtm e n t and l im i t e d -p r i c e v a r ie ty s to re s), and s e r v ic e s in ad d ition to th ose in d u stry d iv isio n s show n s e p a r a t e ly . In clu d es data fo r r e t a il tra d e (e x c e p t d e p a rtm e n t and l im i t e d -p r i c e v a r ie ty s t o r e s ) , r e a l e s ta te , and s e r v ic e s in add ition to th ose in d u stry d iv is io n s show n s e p a r a t e ly . L e s s than 2. 5 p e r c e n t . T r a n s p o rta tio n (e x clu d in g r a ilr o a d s ) , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r pu b lic u tilitie s . F in a n ce , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s ta te . O ccu p a tion a l W age S u r v e y , St. L o u is , M o. , F e b r u a r y 1955 U .S . D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R B u re a u o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s 13 Table B-5: Paid Holiday Provisions PERCENT OF OFFICE WORKERS EMPLOYED IN— Item All 2 industries A ll w o r k e r s _______________________________________ Manufacturing Public . utilities * Wholesale trade PERCENT OF PLANT WORKERS EMPLOYED IN— Finance#* AH industries 3 Manufacturing Public . utilities * Wholesale trade 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 A 39 34 24 A 100 100 97 4 48 35 100 3 50 37 10 98 15 15 36 32 100 A 14 49 35 - 98 39 57 A 100 3 46 40 - - N u m b er o f pa id h o lid a y s W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p r o v id in g paid h o lid a y s __________________________________________ 5 d a y s __________________________________________ 6 d a ys --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- ---7 d a ys __________________________________________ 8 d a y s __________________________________________ 11 d a ys __ _____________________________________ W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p r o v id in g no pa id h o lid a y s ____________________________ ___ 11 - A - 3 17 4 73 3 A 10 “ 5 34 60 A - A 3 P r o v i s io n s f o r h o lid a y s o c c u r in g on n on w ork d a y s 4 W ith p r o v is io n s f o r h o lid a y s fa llin g on S atu rd a y ____________ ____________________________ _ A n o th e r day o f f w ith p a y ___________________ E x tr a d a y 's p a y -----------------------------------------------O p tion o f a n oth er day o f f o r e x tr a d a y 's pay ____________________________________ P r o v i s io n s d iff e r f o r v a r io u s h o lid a y s O th er p r o v is io n s _____________________________ S atu rda y is a s c h e d u le d w o rk d a y f o r a ll w o r k e r s __________________________________________ N o p r o v is io n s (o r no pay) f o r h o lid a y s fa llin g on S a t u r d a y ____ _______________________ W ith p r o v is io n s f o r h o lid a y s fa llin g on Sunday ------------------------------------------------------------------A n oth er d a y o f f w ith pay ____________________ E x tra d a y 's p a y _______________________________ O ption o f an oth er day o f f o r e x tr a d a y ’ s pay ____________________________________ P r o v i s io n s d iff e r f o r v a r io u s h o lid a y s _____ O th er p r o v is io n s _____________________________ N o p r o v is io n s ( o r n o pay) f o r h o lid a y s fa llin g on Sunday _______________________________ W ith p r o v is io n s f o r h o lid a y s fa llin g d u rin g v a c a tio n -------------------------------------------------A n o th e r day o f f w ith p a y ____________________ E x tra d a y 's p a y _______________________________ O ption o f an oth er day o f f o r e x tr a d a y 's pay ________________________________ __ P r o v is io n s d i ff e r f o r v a r io u s h o lid a y s _____ O th er p r o v is io n s ___________ _____________ __ N o p r o v is io n s ( o r no pay) f o r h o lid a y s fa llin g du rin g v a c a t i o n -------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 53 29 12 54 37 11 68 87 14 33 47 27 17 29 18 - 76 80 15 55 61 93 14 54 17 43 A A - 11 A A A A A 25 - 5 3 6 6 4 A 3 - 41 - - 16 A A - - 3 A A - - 46 46 13 50 68 20 20 4 32 95 93 A 92 89 A 100 92 91 - 100 100 91 80 96 87 85 - A A A - 5 8 79 58 13 4 A 4 20 - 10 9 98 79 19 A - - A - - _ A _ - 5 * 6 4 - 13 77 55 13 95 69 23 84 50 17 70 84 29 44 88 24 52 98 53 38 21 A 8 A A - 16 7 A 3 9 3 A 3 17 23 5 13 30 13 12 A 12 98 A - 62 - 8 86 5 88 42 6 E s tim a te s in clu d e o n ly f u ll - d a y h o lid a ys p ro v id e d annually. In clu d es data f o r r e t a il tra d e (e x c e p t depa rtm en t and l im it e d -p r ic e v a r ie t y s t o r e s ) , and s e r v ic e s in a dd ition to th o se in d u s try d iv is io n s show n s e p a r a te ly . In clu d es data f o r r e t a il tra d e (e x c e p t depa rtm en t and lim it e d -p r ic e v a r ie t y s t o r e s ) , r e a l e s ta te , and s e r v ic e s in a d d ition to th o se in d u stry d iv is io n show n s e p a r a te ly . L im it e d to p r o v is io n s in e sta b lis h m e n ts having a fo r m a l p o lic y app lying w hen h o lid a y s o c c u r on n o n w o rk d a y s ; s o m e o f the e s tim a te s w ou ld b e s lig h tly h ig h e r i f p r a c t ic e s d e te r m in e d in fo r m a lly as the situ a tio n o c c u r s w e r e in c lu d e d . j A L e s s than 2. 5 p e r c e n t . O ccu p a tion a l W age S u r v e y , St. L o u is , M o ., F e b ru a r y 1955 * T r a n s p o rta tio n (e x c lu d in g r a i lr o a d s ) , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and other p u b lic u t ilit ie s . U. S. D E P A R T M E N T OF L A B O R * * F in a n ce , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s ta te . B u re a u o f L a b o r S ta tis tics 14 Table B-6: Paid Vacations PERCENT OF OFFICE WORKERS EMPLOYED IN— PERCENT OF PLANT WORKERS EMPLOYED IN— V a ca tio n p o lic y All j industries A ll w o r k e r s . Manufacturing Public utilities v * holesale trade Finance** AH 2 industries Manufacturing Public utilities * Wholesale trade 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 99 - 99 99 - 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 99 93 6 99 91 7 100 99 - 95 95 - - - A A - - ~ “ A A “ 5 A 83 - A 99 - 13 86 3 9 A A A 66 34 - 63 27 6 A ~ " 61 11 24 68 15 14 13 87 A A A - 34 A 54 6 35 5 56 42 6 48 100 A A A - M ETH O D O F P A Y M E N T W o r k e r s in e s ta b lis h m e n ts p r o v id in g paid v a c a tio n s __________________________ L e n g th -o f-tim e paym en t ____________ P e r c e n t a g e p aym ent _________________ O ther _________________________________ W o r k e r s in esta b lis h m e n ts p r o v id in g no paid v a c a tio n s ______________________ - - A A 29 81 A 25 3 72 - 19 - 28 68 4 ~ ” - ~ “ 11 85 12 3 81 7 93 99 A A - - 15 81 4 4 “ “ - A A M O U N T O F V A C A T IO N P A Y A ft e r 1 y e a r o f s e r v ic e 1 w e e k ____________________________________ O ver 1 and under 2 w eek s ______________ 2 w eeks ___________________________________ O ver 2 and und er 3 w eek s ______________ 3 w e e k s ___________________________________ A 69 - A fte r 2 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e 1 w e e k ____________________________________ O ver 1 and under 2 w eek s ______________ 2 w eeks ___________________________________ O ver 2 and under 3 w eek s ______________ 3 w eeks ___________________________________ A A - - 3 " A fte r 3 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e 1 w e e k ____________________________________ O ver 1 and under 2 w eek s ______________ 2 w eek s ___________________________________ O ver 2 and under 3 w eek s --------------------3 w eek s ___________________________________ 6 A 8 A _ _ _ - 91 88 100 A - - 95 4 3 4 “ 94 6 93 95 100 A - - - 3 7 A 81 6 " A fte r 5 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e Under 2 w eek s ___________________________ 2 w eeks ___________________________________ O ver 2 and under 3 w eek s ______________ 3 w eeks ________________________ **__________ 5 5 96 4 " 83 6 10 A A 95 95 A A A 1 00 - 90 6 3 ■ A ft e r 10 y e a r s o f s e r v ic e A U nder 2 w eeks __ 2 w eeks __________ O ver 2 and under 3 w eek s 3 w eek s ____________________ 78 3 19 84 68 A 16 - See fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le . * T ra n sp o rta tio n (e x c lu d in g r a i lr o a d s ) , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and o th e r pu b lic u t ilitie s . ** F in a n ce , in s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s ta te . NOTE: 32 92 4 4 72 14 14 84 A 13 A 89 A 8 55 - 45 88 6 A O ccu p a tion a l W age S u r v e y , St. L o u is , M o. , F e b r u a r y 19 U. S. D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R B u re a u o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s In the tabu lation s o f v a c a tio n a llo w a n c e s b y y e a r s o f s e r v ic e , paym en ts oth er than "le n g th o f t im e " , su ch as p e r c e n ta g e o f annual e a rn in g s o r fla t -s u m p a y m e n ts, w e r e c o n v e r te d to an equ ivalen t tim e b a s is ; f o r e x a m p le , a p aym ent o f 2 p e r c e n t o f annual e a rn in g s w as c o n s id e r e d as 1 w e e k 's pay. 15 Table B-6: Paid Vacations - Continued PERCENT OP OFFICE WORKERS EMPLOYED I N - V acation p olicy A ll w o r k e r s ___ ______________________________ AU , industries 100 Manufacturing Public . utilities * Wholesale trade 100 100 100 _ 19 _ 8 - - 77 4 92 - 18 PERCENT OF PLANT WORKERS EMPLOYED IN— All 2 industries Manufacturing Public utilities * Wholesale trade 100 100 100 100 100 _ 41 4 55 - 24 _ 70 6 A 19 A 78 - A 14 A 84 ' _ 4 _ 96 - 35 6 55 - 41 4 55 - _ 24 68 9 A ’.9 A 76 A 3 L 14 80 A, 3 ' _ A _ 96 A 35 6 55 _ - 39 4 48 9 _ 19 _ 67 14 A 19 A 69 A 9 A 14 A 76 A 8 _ A _ 71 _ 27 33 6 52 4 Finance ** AMOUNT OF VACATION PAY - Continued A fter 15 years o f se rv ice Under 2 weeks __ -----------------------------------------2 weeks _ _______ ____________ _____________ Over 2 and under 3 weeks ____________________ 3 weeks ___ _________________________________ 4 weeks and o v e r _____________________________ - 23 A 74 3 _ A fter 20 years o f s e rv ice Under 2 weeks ____________________________ _ 2 weeks _ _ _ _ __.. __________________ O ver 2 and under 3 weeks 3 weeks _ ___ _____ _____ ________________ Over 3 and under 4 weeks ________________ „ 4 weeks and over . . . . __ ______ __ _ _ 22 A 72 75 _ 6 _ 92 - - - 5 7 A _ 21 A 66 18 72 _ 6 _ 64 - _ A fter 25 yea rs o f s e rv ice Under 2 weeks ________________________________ 2 w e e k s ____ ____ ___________________________ Over 2 and under 3 weeks ____________________ 3 weeks ..... ................. ............. __ ____ ____ __ O ver 3 and under 4 weeks _____ _________ __ ---------------------------------4 weeks and over - - - 12 9 30 1 Includes data for retail trade (except department and limited-price variety stores), and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately. * Includes data for retail trade (except department and limited-price variety stores), real estate, and services in addition to those industry divisions shown separately. A Less than 2. 5 percent. * Transportation (excluding railroads), communication, and other public utilities. ** Finance, insurance, and real estate. _ 16 APPENDIX: JOB DESCRIPTIONS The prim ary purpose of preparing job descriptions for the Bureau's wage surveys is to a ssist its field staff in classifying into appropriate occupations workers who are em ployed 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 com parable job content. Because of this emphasis on interestablishm ent and interarea com parability of occupational content, the Bureau's job descriptions may differ signifi cantly from those in use in individual establishments or those prepared for other purposes. In applying these job descriptions, the Bureau's field representatives are instructed to exclude w ork ing su pervisors, apprentices, learn ers, beginners, trainees, handicapped w ork ers, p art-tim e, tem porary, and probationary w orkers. Office BILLER, MACHINE Prepares statements, b ills, and invoices on a machine other than an ordinary or electrom atic typew riter. May also keep records as to billings or shipping charges or perform other cle rica l work in cidental to billing operations. F or wage study purposes, b ille rs, machine, are cla ssified by type of m achine, as follow s: B iller, machine (billing m achine) - Uses a special billing machine (Moon Hopkins, Elliott F ish er, Burroughs, etc. , which are combination typing and adding m achines) to prepare bills and invoices from cu stom ers' purchase o rd e rs, internally prepared ord ers, shipping mem oranda, etc. Usually involves application of predeterm ined discounts and shipping charges and entry of necessary extensions, which may or may not be computed on the billing m achine, and totals which are automatically accumulated by m achine. The operation usually involves a large number of carbon copies of the bill being prepared and is often done on a fanfold machine. B iller, machine (bookkeeping m achine) - Uses a bookkeeping machine (Sundstrand, Elliott F ish er, Remington Rand, etc. , which may or may not have typewriter keyboard) to prepare cu stom ers' bills as part of the accounts receivable operation. Generally involves the simultaneous entry of figures on custom ers* ledger record . The machine automatically accumulates figures on a number of vertical columns and computes and usually prints auto m atically the debit or credit balances. Does not involve a knowl edge of bookkeeping. Works from uniform and standard types of sales and credit slips. BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR Operates a bookkeeping machine (Remington Rand, Elliott Fisher, Sundstrand, Burroughs, National Cash R egister, with or with Digitized outforaFRASER typewriter keyboard) to keep a re co rd of business transactions. BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATOR - Continued Class A - Keeps a set of record s requiring a knowledge of and experience in basic bookkeeping principles and fam iliarity with the structure of the particular accounting system used. D eter mines proper records and distribution of debit and credit items to be used in each phase of the work. May prepare consolidated reports, balance sheets, and other record s by hand. Class B - Keeps a re co rd of one or m ore 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 b iller, machine), cost distribution, expense distribution, in ventory control, etc. May check or a ssist in preparation of trial balances and prepare control sheets for the accounting department. CLERK, ACCOUNTING Class A - Under general direction of a bookkeeper or account ant, has responsibility for keeping one or m ore sections of a com plete set of books or record s relating to one phase of an establish m ent's business transactions. Work involves posting and balancing subsidiary ledger or ledgers such as accounts receivable or a c counts payable; examining and coding invoices or vouchers with proper accounting distribution; requires judgment and experience in making proper assignations and allocations. May assist in preparing, adjusting, and closing journal entries; may direct class B accounting clerks. Class B - Under supervision, perform s one or m ore routine accounting operations such as posting simple journal vouchers, accounts payable vouchers, entering vouchers in voucher reg isters; reconciling bank accounts; posting subsidiary ledgers controlled by general ledgers. This job does not require a knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping principles but is found in offices in which the m ore routine accounting work is subdivided on a func tional basis among several w ork ers. 17 CLERK, FILE C lass A - Responsible for maintaining an established filing system . C la ssifies and indexes correspondence or other material; may also file this m aterial. May keep records of various types in conjunction with files or supervise others in filing and locating m aterial in the file s . May perform incidental clerica l duties. C lass B - P erform s routine filing, usually of material that has already been cla ssifie d , or locates or assists in locating m a terial in the file s . May perform incidental clerica l duties. CLERK, ORDER R eceives cu stom ers1 orders for material or m erchandise by m ail, phone, or personally. Duties involve any combination of the follow ing: Quoting p rices to custom ers; making out an order sheet listing the item s to make up the order; checking prices and quantities of item s on order sheet; distributing order sheets to respective de partments to be filled. May check with credit department to deter mine credit rating of custom er, acknowledge receipt of orders from cu stom ers, follow up orders to see that they have been filled, keep file of orders received , and check shipping invoices with original ord ers. CLERK, PAYROLL Computes wages of company employees and enters the n e ce s sary data on the payroll sheets. Duties involve: Calculating workers* earnings based on time or production record s; posting calculated data on payroll sheet, showing inform ation such as worker*s name, working days, tim e, rate, deductions fo r insurance, and total wages due. May make out pay checks and a ssist paymaster in making up and d istri buting pay envelopes. May use a calculating machine. KEY-PUNCH OPERATOR Under general supervision and with no supervisory responsi bilities, records accounting and statistical data on tabulating cards by punching a series of holes in the cards in a specified sequence, using an alphabetical or a num erical key-punch machine, following written inform ation on re co rd s. May duplicate cards by using the duplicating device attached to machine. Keeps files of punch cards. May verify own work or work of others. OFFICE BOY OR GIRL P erform s various routine duties such as running errands, operating m inor office machines such as sealers or m ailers, opening and distributing m ail, and other minor cle rica l work. SECRETARY P erform s secretarial and cle rica l duties for a superior in an administrative or executive position. Duties include making appoint ments for superior; receiving people coming into office; answering and making phone ca lls; handling personal and important or confi dential m ail, and writing routine correspondence on own initiative; taking dictation (where transcribing machine is not used) either in shorthand or by stenotype or sim ilar machine, and transcribing dicta tion or the recorded information reproduced on a transcribing machine. May prepare special reports or memoranda for information of superior. STENOGRAPHER, GENERAL P rim ary duty is to take dictation from one or more persons, either in shorthand or by stenotype or sim ilar machine, involving a norm al routine vocabulary, and to transcribe this dictation on a type w riter. May also type from written copy. May also set up and keep files in ord er, keep simple record s, etc. Does not include tran scribing-m achine work (see transcribing-m achine operator). COMPTOMETER OPERATOR STENOGRAPHER, P rim a ry duty is to operate a Comptometer to perform mathe m atical computations. This job is not to be confused with that of statistical or other type of clerk , which may involve frequent use of a Com ptom eter but, in which, use of this machine is incidental to perform ance of other duties. P rim ary duty is to take dictation from one or m ore persons, either in shorthand or by stenotype or sim ilar machine, involving a varied technical or specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or reports on scientific research and to transcribe this dictation on a typewriter. May also type from written copy. May also set up and keep files in order, keep simple record s, etc. Does not include transcribing-m achine work. TECHNICAL DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR (MIMEOGRAPH OR DITTO) Under general supervision and with no supervisory respon sib ilities, reproduces multiple copies of typewritten or handwriting m atter, using a m im eograph or ditto machine. Makes n ecessary ad justment such as for ink and paper feed counter and cylinder speed. Is not required to prepare stencil or ditto m aster. May keep file of used stencils or ditto m a s t e r s .’ May sort, collate, and staple co m pleted m aterial. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR Operates a single- or m ultiple-position telephone switchboard. Duties involve handling incoming, outgoing, and intraplant or office ca lls. May record toll calls and take m essages. May give in for mation to persons who call in, or occasionally take telephone orders. For workers who also a.ct as receptionists see switchboard operatorreceptionist. 18 TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL - Continued SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONIST tion type This time In addition to perform ing duties of operator, on a single p osi or m onitor-type switchboard, acts as receptionist and may also or perform routine cle rica l work as part of regular duties. typing or cle rica l work may take the m ajor part of this, w orkerts while at switchboard. TABULATING-MACHINE OPERATOR Operates machine that automatically analyzes and translates information punched in groups of tabulating cards and prints trans lated data on form s or accounting record s; sets or adjusts machine; does simple wiring of plugboards according to established practice or diagram s; places cards to be tabulated in feed magazine and starts machine. May file cards after they are tabulated. May, in addition, operate auxiliary machines. included. A worker who takes dictation in shorthand or by stenotype or sim ilar machine is classified as a stenographer, general. TYPIST Uses a typewriter to make copies of various m aterial or to make out bills after calculations have been made by another person. May do clerica l work involving little special training, such as keep ing simple records, filing record s and reports or sorting and d istrib uting incoming mail. Class A - Perform s one or m ore o f the follow ing: Typing material in final form from very rough and involved draft; cop y ing from plain or corrected copy in which there is a frequent and varied use of technical and unusual words or from foreign language copy; combining m aterial from several sou rces, or planning layout of com plicated statistical tables to maintain uni form ity and balance in spacing; typing tables from rough draft in final form . May type routine form letters, varying details to suit circum stances. TRANSCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, GENERAL P rim ary duty is to transcribe dictation involving a normal routine vocabulary from transcribing machine record s. May also type from written copy and do simple c le rica l work. W orkers tran scribing dictation involving a varied technical or specialized vocabu lary such as legal briefs or reports on scientific research are not Professional DR AF TS MAN, JUNIOR Technical em ergencies or as a regular assignment, or perform related duties of a supervisory or administrative nature. prepared by drafts manufacturing pur required. May p re perform other duties DRAFTSMAN, LEADER Plans and directs activities of one or m ore draftsmen in preparation of working plans and detail drawings from rough or p re liminary 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; performing m ore difficult problem s. May assist subordinates during and DRAFTSMAN, LEADER - Continued (Assistant draftsman) Draws to scale units or parts of drawings man or others for engineering, construction, or poses. Uses various types of drafting tools as pare drawings from simple plans or sketches, or under direction of a draftsman. Class B - P erform s one or m ore of the follow ing: Typing from relatively clear or typed drafts; routine typing of form s, insurance policies, etc. ; setting up sim ple standard tabulations, or copying m ore com plex tables already set up and spaced properly. DRAFTSMAN, SENIOR Prepares working plans and detail drawings from notes, rough or detailed sketches for engineering, construction, or manu facturing purposes. Duties involve a combination of the following: Preparing working plans, detail drawings, maps, c r o s s -s e c tio n s , e t c ., to scale by use of drafting instruments; making engineering com puta tions such as those involved in strength of m aterials, beams and trusses; verifying completed work, checking dim ensions, m aterials to be used, and quantities; writing specifications; making adjustments or changes in drawings or specifications. May ink in lines and letters on pencil drawings, prepare detail units of com plete drawings, or trace drawings. Work is frequently in a specialized field such as architectural, electrical, m echanical, or structural drafting. 19 NURSE, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) NURSE, INDUSTRIAL (REGISTERED) - Continued A reg istered nurse who gives nursing service to ill or injured em ployees or other persons who becom e ill or suffer an accident on the p rem ises of a factory or other establishment. Duties involve a combination o f the follow ing: Giving first aid to the ill or injured; attendingto subsequent dressing of em ployees1 injuries; keeping records of patients treated; preparing accident reports for compensation or other purposes; conducting physical examinations and health evaluations of applicants and em ployees; and planning and carrying out program s involving health education, accident prevention, evaluation of plant environment, or other activities affecting the health, welfare, safety of all personnel. Maintenance and TRACER Copies tracing cloth or Uses T -square, simple drawings and plans and drawings prepared by others, by placing paper over drawing and tracing with pen or pencil. com pass, and other drafting tools. May prepare and do simple lettering. P o w e r plant CARPENTER, MAINTENANCE ENGINEER, STATIONARY P e rfo rm s the carpentry duties necessary to construct and maintain in good repair building woodwork and equipment such as bins, crib s, counters, benches, partitions, doors, floors, stairs, casings, and trim made o f wood in an establishment. Work involves most of the follow ing: Planning and laying out of work from blueprints, drawings, m odels, 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; selecting m aterials n ecessa ry for the work. In general, the work of the maintenance carpenter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent train ing and experien ce. 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, refrig e ra tion, or air-conditioning. Work involves: Operating and maintaining equipment such as steam engines, air com p ressors, generators, m o tors, turbines, ventilating and refrigerating equipment, steam boilers and b o ile r-fe d water pumps; making equipment repairs; keeping a record of operation of machinery, temperature, and fuel consump tion. May also supervise these operations. Head or chief engineers in establishments employing m ore than one engineer are excluded. ELECTRICIAN, MAINTENANCE P e rfo rm s a variety o f electrica l trade functions such as the installation, maintenance, or repair of equipment for the generating, distribution, or utilization of electric energy in an establishment. Work involves m ost o f the following: Installing or repairing any of a variety of e le ctrica l equipment such as generators, transform ers, switchboards, con tro lle rs, circu it breakers, m otors, heating units, conduit system s, or other transm ission equipment; working from blue prints, drawings, layout, or other specifications; locating and diag nosing trouble in the e le ctrica l system or equipment; working standard computations relating to load requirements of wiring or electrical equipment; using a variety of electricia n 's handtools and measuring and testing instrum ents. In general, the work of the maintenance electrician requ ires rounded training and experience usually a c quired through a form al apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. FIREMAN, STATIONARY BOILER F ires stationary boilers to furnish the establishment in which employed with heat, power, or steam. Feeds fuels to fire by hand or operates a m echanical stoker, gas, or oil burner; checks water and safety valves. May clean, oil, or assist in repairing b oilerroom equipment. HELPER, TRADES, MAINTENANCE A ssists one or m ore w orkers in the skilled maintenance trades, by perform ing specific or general duties of lesser skill, such as keeping a worker supplied with m aterials and tools; cleaning w ork ing area, machine, and equipment; assisting worker by holding m a terials or tools; perform ing other unskilled tasks as directed by jo u r neyman. The kind of work the helper is permitted to perform varies from trade to trade; In some trades the helper is confined to sup plying, lifting, and holding m aterials and tools and cleaning working areas; and in others he is permitted to perform specialized machine operations, or parts of a trade that are also perform ed by workers on a full-tim e basis. 20 MACHINE-TOOL OPERATOR, TOOLROOM MECHANIC, MAINTENANCE Specializes in the operation of one or m ore types of machine tools, such as jig b o re rs, cylindrical or surface grinders, engine lathes, or milling machines in the construction of m achine-shop tools, gauges, jig s, fixtures, or dies. Work involves m ost of the follow ing: Planning and perform ing difficult machining operations; processing items requiring com plicated setups or a high degree of accuracy: using a variety of precision m easuring instruments; selecting feeds, speeds, tooling and operation sequence; making necessary adjust ments during operation to achieve requisite tolerances or dimensions. May be required to recognize when tools need dressing, to dress tools, and to select proper coolants and cutting and lubricating oils. For cross-indu stry wage study purposes, m achine-tool o p era tors, toolroom , in tool and die jobbing shops are excluded from this classification. Repairs machinery or m echanical equipment of an establish ment. Work involves m ost of the follow ing: Examining machines and mechanical equipment to diagnose source of trouble; dismantling or partly dismantling machines and perform ing repairs that mainly involve the use of handtools in scraping and fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts with item s obtained from stock; ordering the production of a replacement part by a machine shop or sending of the machine to a machine shop for m ajor repairs; preparing written specifications for m ajor repairs or for the production of parts ordered from machine shop; reassem bling m achines; and making all n ecessa ry adjustments for operation. In general, the work of a maintenance mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience. Excluded from this classification are w orkers whose prim ary duties involve setting up or adjusting m achines. MACHINIST, MAINTENANCE MILLWRIGHT Produces replacem ent parts and new parts in making repairs of metal parts of m echanical equipment operated in an establishment. Work involves m ost of the follow ing: Interpreting written instruc tions and specifications; planning and laying out of work; using a va riety of m achinist^ handtools and precision measuring instruments; setting up and operating standard machine tools; shaping of metal parts to close tolerances; making standard shop computations relat ing to dimensions of w ork, tooling, feeds and speeds of machining; knowledge of the working properties of the common m etals; selecting standard m a teria ls, parts, and equipment required for his work; fitting and assembling parts into mechanical equipment. In general, the m ach in ists work norm ally requires a rounded training in m achineshop practice usually acquired through a form al 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 lay out are required. Work involves m ost of the following: Planning and laying out of the work; interpreting blueprints or other specifications; using a variety of handtools and rigging; making standard shop co m putations relating to stresses, strength of m aterials, and centers of gravity; alining and balancing of equipment; selecting standard tools, equipment, and parts to be used; installing and maintaining in good order power transm ission equipment such as drives and speed r e ducers. In general, the millwright*s w ork norm ally requires a rounded training and experience in the trade acquired through a form al appren ticeship or equivalent training and experience. OILER MECHANIC, AUTOMOTIVE (MAINTENANCE) Repairs autom obiles, busses, m otortrucks, and tractors of an establishment. Work involves m ost of the follow ing: Examining automotive equipment to diagnose source of trouble; disassembling equipment and perform ing repairs that involve the use of such handtools as w renches, gauges, d rills, or specialized equipment in d is assembling or fitting parts; replacing broken or defective parts from stock; grinding and adjusting valves; reassem bling and installing the various assem blies in the vehicle and making necessary adjustments; alining w heels, adjusting brakes and lights, or tightening body bolts. In general, the work of the automotive mechanic requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a form al apprentice ship or equivalent training and experience. Lubricates, with oil or g rease, the moving parts or wearing surfaces of mechanical equipment of an establishment. PAINTER, MAINTENANCE Paints and redecorates w alls, woodwork, and fixtures of an establishment. Work involves the following: Knowledge of surface peculiarities and types of paint required for different applications; preparing surface for painting by rem oving old finish or by placing putty or filler in nail holes and in terstices; applying paint with spray gun or brush. May mix c o lo rs , o ils , white lead, and other paint ingredients to obtain proper co lo r or consistency. In general, the work of the maintenance painter requires rounded training and e x perience usually acquired through a form al apprenticeship or equiva lent training and experience. 21 P IP E F IT T E R , S H E E T -M E T A L W O R K E R , M A IN T E N A N C E I n s t a lls o r r e p a i r s w a t e r , s t e a m , g a s , o r o t h e r t y p e s o f p ip e a n d p i p e fi t t i n g s in a n e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k in v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l lo w in g : L a y in g ou t o f w o r k a n d m e a s u r i n g t o lo c a t e p o s i t i o n o f p ip e f r o m d r a w in g s o r o t h e r w r it t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; cu ttin g v a r i o u s s i z e s o f p ip e t o c o r r e c t le n g t h s w ith c h i s e l a n d h a m m e r o r o x y a c e t y le n e t o r c h o r p i p e - c u t t i n g m a c h i n e ; t h r e a d in g p ip e w ith s t o c k s a n d d i e s ; b e n d in g p ip e b y h a n d - d r i v e n o r p o w e r - d r i v e n m a c h in e s ; a s s e m b l i n g p ip e w ith c o u p l in g s a n d fa s t e n in g p ip e t o h a n g e r s ; m a k in g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s r e l a t i n g t o p r e s s u r e s , f lo w , an d s i z e o f p ip e r e q u i r e d ; m a k in g s t a n d a r d t e s t s t o d e t e r m in e w h e t h e r f in is h e d p i p e s m e e t s p e c ific a tio n s . In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m a in t e n a n c e p i p e fi t t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u i r e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e . W ork ers p r i m a r i l y e n g a g e d in in s t a ll in g a n d r e p a ir in g b u ild in g s a n it a t io n o r h e a tin g s y s t e m s a r e e x c l u d e d . PLUM BER, M A IN T E N A N C E K e e p s th e p lu m b in g s y s t e m o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t in g o o d o r d e r . W o rk in v o lv e s : K n o w le d g e o f s a n it a r y c o d e s r e g a r d in g i n s t a ll a t i o n o f v e n t s a n d t r a p s in p lu m b in g s y s t e m ; in s t a llin g o r r e p a ir in g p ip e s a n d f i x t u r e s ; o p e n in g c l o g g e d d r a in s w ith a p lu n g e r o r p l u m b e r ^ s n a k e . In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m a in t e n a n c e p lu m b e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a in in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a i n in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e . S H E E T -M E T A L W O R K E R , M A IN T E N A N C E F a b r i c a t e s , i n s t a l l s , a n d m a in ta in s in g o o d r e p a i r th e s h e e t m e t a l e q u ip m e n t a n d f i x t u r e s (s u c h a s m a c h in e g u a r d s , g r e a s e p a n s , s h e lv e s , l o c k e r s , ta n k s, v e n tila to r s , ch u te s, d u cts, m e ta l r o o fin g ) o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k in v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : P la n n in g Custodial and GUARD - C o n tin u e d a n d la y in g ou t a l l t y p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l m a in t e n a n c e w o r k f r o m b l u e p r i n t s , m o d e l s , o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; s e t tin g up and o p e r a t in g a ll a v a i la b le t y p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l - w o r k i n g m a c h i n e s ; u s in g a v a r ie t y o f h a n d t o o ls in c u t t in g , b e n d in g , f o r m i n g , s h a p in g , fit t in g , a n d a s s e m b l in g ; in s t a ll in g s h e e t - m e t a l a r t i c l e s a s r e q u i r e d . In g e n e r a l , the w o r k o f th e m a in t e n a n c e s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d tr a in in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a ll y a c q u i r e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e . T O O L A N D D IE M A K E R ( D ie m a k e r ; ji g m a k e r ; t o o l m a k e r ; fix t u r e m a k e r ; gauge m a k e r) C o n stru c ts and r e p a ir s m a c h in e -s h o p t o o l s , g a u g e s, ji g s , f ix t u r e s o r d ie s f o r f o r g i n g s , p u n c h in g a n d o t h e r m e t a l - f o r m i n g w o r k . W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : P la n n in g a n d la y in g ou t o f w o r k f r o m m o d e l s , b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , o r o t h e r o r a l a n d w r it t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f t o o l a n d d ie m a k e r ’ s h a n d t o o ls an d p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g in s t r u m e n t s ; u n d e r s t a n d in g o f th e w o r k in g p r o p e r t i e s o f c o m m o n m e t a l s a n d a l l o y s ; s e t tin g up a n d o p e r a t in g o f m a c h in e t o o ls a n d r e l a t e d e q u ip m e n t ; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g t o d im e n s io n s o f w o r k , s p e e d s , f e e d s , a n d t o o l in g o f m a c h in e s ; h e a t t r e a t in g o f m e t a l p a r t s d u r in g f a b r i c a t i o n a s w e ll a s o f fin is h e d t o o l s a n d d ie s t o a c h ie v e r e q u i r e d q u a l i t i e s ; w o r k in g to c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; fit tin g a n d a s s e m b l i n g o f p a r t s t o p r e s c r i b e d t o l e r a n c e s an d a l l o w a n c e s ; s e l e c t i n g a p p r o p r ia t e m a t e r i a l s , t o o l s , and p r o c e s s e s . In g e n e r a l , th e t o o l a n d d ie m a k e r ,s w o r k r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d t r a in in g in m a c h i n e - s h o p a n d t o o l r o o m p r a c t i c e u s u a ll y a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g a n d e x p e r i e n c e . F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , t o o l and d ie m a k e r s in t o o l a n d d ie jo b b in g s h o p s a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n . M aterial J A N IT O R , M ovem ent PORTER, (S w e e p e r; P e r f o r m s r o u t in e p o l i c e d u t ie s , e it h e r at f i x e d p o s t o r on t o u r , m a in t a in in g o r d e r , u s in g a r m s o r f o r c e w h e r e n e c e s s a r y . In c l u d e s g a t e m e n w h o a r e s t a t io n e d at g a te a n d c h e c k on id e n t it y o f e m p lo y e e s and o th e r p e r s o n s e n te r in g . M A IN T E N A N C E OR CLEANER ch a rw o m a n ; ja n itr e s s ) C le a n s an d k e e p s in an o r d e r l y c o n d i t io n f a c t o r y w o r k in g a r e a s a n d w a s h r o o m s , o r p r e m i s e s o f an o f f i c e , a p a r tm e n t h o u s e , o r c o m m e r c i a l o r o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t . D u t ie s in v o l v e a c o m b in a t io n 22 J A N IT O R , PORTER, OR C L E A N E R - S H IP P IN G A N D R E C E IV IN G C L E R K C o n tin u e d o f th e f o l l o w i n g : S w e e p in g , m o p p in g o r s c r u b b i n g , a n d p o li s h in g f l o o r s ; r e m o v in g c h i p s , t r a s h , a n d o t h e r r e f u s e ; d u s tin g e q u ip m e n t , fu r n it u r e , o r f i x t u r e s ; p o li s h in g m e t a l f i x t u r e s o r t r i m m i n g s ; p r o v i d in g s u p p lie s a n d m i n o r m a in t e n a n c e s e r v i c e s ; c le a n in g l a v a t o r i e s , s h o w e r s , a n d restroom s W o r k e r s w h o s p e c i a l i z e in w in d o w w a s h in g a r e e x c lu d e d . LABORERS, M A T E R IA L (L o a d e r and stock m a n o r H A N D L IN G u n lo a d e r ; h a n d le r a n d s t a c k e r ; sto ck h e lp e r ; w a re h o u se m a n o r ORDER F IL L E R (O r d e r p i c k e r ; stock s e le c to r ; w areh ou se stock m an ) F i l l s s h ip p in g o r t r a n s f e r o r d e r s f o r fin is h e d g o o d s f r o m s t o r e d m e r c h a n d i s e in a c c o r d a n c e w ith s p e c i f i c a t i o n s on s a l e s s l i p s , c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s , o r o t h e r i n s t r u c t i o n s . M a y , in a d d it io n t o fill in g o r d e r s a n d in d ic a t in g i t e m s f i l l e d o r o m i t t e d , k e e p r e c o r d s o f o u t g o in g o r d e r s , r e q u i s i t i o n a d d it io n a l s t o c k , o r r e p o r t s h o r t s u p p lie s to s u p e r v i s o r , a n d p e r f o r m o th e r r e l a t e d d u t ie s .PACKER, F or w age S H IP P IN G A N D R E C E IV IN G CLERK P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h ip m e n t , o r r e c e i v e s a n d is r e s p o n s ib l e f o r in c o m in g s h ip m e n t o f m e r c h a n d i s e o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l s . S h ip p in g w o r k i n v o l v e s : A k n o w le d g e o f s h ip p in g p r o c e d u r e s , p r a c t i c e s , r o u t e s , a v a i la b le m e a n s o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d r a t e s ; a n d p r e - stu d y p u r p o s e s , R e c e iv in g c l e r k S h ip p in g c l e r k S h ip p in g an d r e c e i v i n g w ork ers are c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s : c le r k T R U C K D R IV E R D r iv e s a t r u c k w ith in a c i t y o r i n d u s t r i a l a r e a to t r a n s p o r t m a t e r i a l s , . m e r c h a n d i s e , e q u ip m e n t , o r m e n b e t w e e n v a r i o u s t y p e s o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s s u c h a s : M a n u fa c t u r in g p l a n t s , f r e i g h t d e p o t s , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o l e s a l e an d r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , o r b e t w e e n r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t s an d c u s t o m e r s ' h o u s e s o r p l a c e s o f b u s i n e s s . M ay a ls o lo a d o r u n lo a d t r u c k w ith o r w ith o u t h e l p e r s , m a k e m i n o r m e c h a n i c a l r e p a i r s , an d k e e p t r u c k in g o o d w o r k in g o r d e r . D r iv e r - s a l e s m e n and o v e r -t h e -r o a d d r iv e r s a re e x c lu d e d . F o r w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , t r u c k d r i v e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d b y s i z e a n d ty p e o f e q u ip m e n t , a s f o l l o w s : ( T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r s h o u ld b e r a t e d o n th e b a s i s o f t r a i l e r c a p a c i t y . ) T r u c k d r iv e r , T r u c k d r iv e r , T r u c k d r iv e r , T r u c k d riv e r , S H IP P IN G P r e p a r e s f in is h e d p r o d u c t s f o r s h ip m e n t o r s t o r a g e b y p la c i n g th e m in s h ip p in g c o n t a i n e r s , th e s p e c i f i c o p e r a t io n s p e r f o r m e d b e in g d e p e n d e n t u p o n th e t y p e , s i z e , a n d n u m b e r o f u n its t o b e p a c k e d , th e ty p e o f c o n t a in e r e m p l o y e d , a n d m e t h o d o f s h ip m e n t . W o r k r e q u i r e s th e p la c in g o f it e m s in s h ip p in g c o n t a in e r s a n d m a y in v o l v e o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o l l o w i n g : K n o w le d g e o f v a r i o u s i t e m s o f s t o c k in o r d e r to v e r i f y c o n t e n t ; s e l e c t i o n o f a p p r o p r ia t e ty p e a n d s i z e o f c o n t a in e r ; in s e r t in g e n c l o s u r e s in c o n t a i n e r ; u s in g e x c e l s i o r o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l t o p r e v e n t b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e ; c l o s i n g a n d s e a lin g c o n t a in e r ; a p p ly in g la b e ls o r e n t e r in g id e n t ify in g d a ta on c o n t a in e r . P a c k e r s w ho a ls o m a k e w o o d e n b o x e s o r c r a t e s a r e e x c lu d e d . C o n t in u e d p a r in g r e c o r d s o f th e g o o d s s h ip p e d , m a k in g up b i l l s o f la d in g , p o s t in g w e ig h t an d s h ip p in g c h a r g e s , a n d k e e p in g a f i l e o f s h ip p in g r e c o r d s . M a y d i r e c t o r a s s i s t in p r e p a r i n g th e m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h ip m e n t . R e c e iv in g w o rk in v o lv e s : V e r i f y i n g o r d i r e c t i n g o t h e r s in v e r i f y i n g th e c o r r e c t n e s s o f s h ip m e n t s a g a in s t b i l l s o f la d in g , in v o ic e s , or o t h e r r e c o r d s ; c h e c k in g f o r s h o r t a g e s a n d r e j e c t i n g d a m a g e d g o o d s ; r o u t in g m e r c h a n d i s e o r m a t e r i a l s t o p r o p e r d e p a r t m e n t s ; m a in t a in in g n e c e s s a r y r e c o r d s and file s . s h e lv e r ; tru ck er; w a r e h o u s e h e lp e r ) A w o r k e r e m p l o y e d in a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u fa c t u r in g p la n t, s t o r e , o r o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t w h o s e d u tie s in v o l v e o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o l l o w i n g : L o a d in g a n d u n lo a d in g v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l s a n d m e r c h a n d is e on o r f r o m f r e i g h t c a r s , t r u c k s , o r o t h e r t r a n s p o r t in g d e v i c e s ; u n p a c k in g , s h e lv in g , o r p la c i n g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d i s e in p r o p e r s t o r a g e l o c a t i o n ; t r a n s p o r t in g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d i s e b y h a n d tr u c k , c a r , or w h e e lb a r r o w . L o n g s h o r e m e n , w h o lo a d a n d u n lo a d s h ip s a r e e x c lu d e d . - TRU CKER, lig h t (u n d e r IV2 t o n s ) m e d iu m (1V2 t o a n d in c lu d in g 4 t o n s ) h ea v y (o v e r 4 to n s , t r a ile r ty p e ) h e a v y ( o v e r 4 t o n s , o t h e r th a n t r a i l e r t y p e ) POW ER O p e r a t e s a m a n u a lly c o n t r o l l e d g a s o l i n e - o r e l e c t r i c - p o w e r e d t r u c k o r t r a c t o r to t r a n s p o r t g o o d s a n d m a t e r i a l s o f a l l k in d s a b o u t a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u fa c t u r in g p la n t , o r o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t . tru ck , F or w age a s fo llo w s : T ru ck er, T ru ck er, s tu d y p u r p o s e s , w ork ers are c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e of p o w e r (fo r k lift) p o w e r (o t h e r th a n f o r k l i f t ) W ATCHM AN M a k e s r o u n d s o f p r e m i s e s p e r i o d i c a l l y in p r o t e c t i n g p r o p e r t y a g a in s t f i r e , t h e ft , a n d i l l e g a l e n t r y . ☆ U. S. G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G O F F IC E : 1955 O __ 342906 F or the convenience of u sers o f BLS data, co p ie s o f bulletins m ay also be purchased from the follow in g sales o ffice s : U .S . D epartm ent o f Labor Bureau o f L abor S tatistics 341 Ninth Avenue New Y ork 1, N. Y . U .S . Departm ent o f L abor Bureau of L abor Statistics 105 W est Adam s Street C hicago 3, 111. Uo S. D epartm ent o f Labor B ureau o f L abor Statistics 630 Sansom e Street San F r a n c is c o 11, C alif. O ccupational wage surveys are being conducted in 17 m a jor la bor m arkets during late 1954 and e a r ly 1955. Bulletins for the follow ing a reas are now available and m ay be pu rch ased fro m the Superintendent o f Docum ents, Governm ent P rinting O ffice , W ashington 25, D. C. , or fro m any o f the reg ion a l sales o ffic e s listed above. L abor M arket B uffalo, N. Y. C leveland, Ohio D allas, T ex. P hiladelphia, P a. M in n eapolis-S t. Paul, Minn. D en ver, C olo. San F r a n c is c o Oakland, C alif. N e w a rk -J e rse y City, N. J. M em phis, Tenn. St. L ou is, M o. Survey P e rio d BLS Bulletin Number Septem ber 1954 O ctober 1954 Septem ber 1954 N ovem ber 1954 1172-1 1172-2 1172-3 1172-4 25 25 20 25 N ovem ber 1954 D ecem ber 1954 1172-5 1172-6 20 cents 25 cents January 1955 1172-7 20 cents D ecem b er 1954 F ebru ary 1955 F ebru ary 1955 1172-8 1172-9 1172-10 20 cents 20 cents 25 cents P r ic e cents cents cents cents
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