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Salaries of Office Workers
in Large Cities, 1949
Part I
HARTFORD
LOS ANGELES
NEW ORLEANS
PHILADELPHIA
ST. LOUIS
Bulletin No. 960-1
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
M aurice J. T o b in , Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ew a n C lague , Commissioner
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington 25, D. C. Price 20 cents
Letter of Transmittal
U nited States Department of Labor,
B ureau of L abor Statistics,
Washington, D. C., Sept. 19, 19U9.
The Secretary of L abor:
I have the honor to transmit herewith Part 1 of a bulletin on salaries
and related wage practices for office workers in large cities in the United
States. The information refers to the early months of 1949.
These studies were prepared in the Bureau’s Division of Wage Analysis
by the regional wage analysts: Harry H. Hall, New Orleans; Bernard
Fahres, Hartford George E. Votava, St. Louis; Paul Warwick, Philadel
phia; and John L. Dana, Los Angeles. The planning and central direction
of the project was the responsibilty of Lily Mary David and John F.
Laciskey under the general supervision of Harry Ober, Chief of the
Branch of Industry Wage Studies.
E wan Clague, Commissioner.
Hon. Maurice J. T obin,
Secretary of Labor.
Contents
Page
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................
Salaries and working conditions, by city:
Hartford ...................................................................................................................................
Los Angeles.................................................................................................
New Orleans.............................................................................................................................
Philadelphia .............................................................................................................................
St. Louis......................................................................................................................................
Appendix A: Scope andmethod of survey................................................................................
Appendix B: Descriptions of occupationsstudied...................................................................
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LIST OF TABLES
Hartford
Table
Table
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Table
Table
Table
Table
1—Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industrydivision...............................
2—Salaries and weekly hours in insurance companies.......................................
3—Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries.......................................................
4—Scheduled weekly hours..........................................................................................
5—Scheduled days in workweek................................................................................
6—Vacations with pay...................................................................................................
7—Paid holidays...............................................................................................................
8—Nonproduction bonuses.............................................................................................
9—Formal provisions for paid sick leave...............................................................
10—Insurance and pension plans...................................................................................
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7
7
7
8
8
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Los Angeles
Table
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Table
Table
Table
Table
Table
Table
1—Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industrydivision...............................
2—Salaries in motion picture production.................................................................
3—Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries.....................................................
4—Average weekly salaries, by size of establishment........................................
5—Average weekly salaries in finance, insurance, and real estate by
length of workweek...........................................................................................
6—Scheduled weekly hours...........................................................................................
7—Scheduled days in workweek..................................................................................
8—Vacations with pay...................................................................................................
9—Paid holidays................................................................................................................
10—Nonproduction bonuses.............................................................................................
11—Formal provisions for paid sick leave................................................................
12—Insurance and pension plans...................................................................................
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20
New Orleans
Table
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Table
1—Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industrydivision...............................
2—Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries.....................................................
3—Scheduled weekly hours...........................................................................................
4—Scheduled days in workweek..................................................................................
5—Vacations with pay....................................................................................................
6—Paid holidays................................................................................................................
7—Nonproduction bonuses.............................................................................................
8—Formal provisions for paid sick leave..................................................................
9—Insurance and pension plans..................................................................................
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29
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Philadelphia
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Page
1—Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industry division...............................
2—Salaries and weekly hours in banking and insurance....................................
3—Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries.......................................................
4—Average weekly salaries, by size of establishment........................................
5—Scheduled weekly hours...........................................................................................
6—Scheduled days in workweek..................................................................................
7—Vacations with pay...................................................................................................
8—Paid holidays................................................................................................................
9—Nonproduction bonuses.............................................................................................
10—Formal provisions for paid sick leave..................................................................
11—Insurance and pension plans...................................................................................
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40
40
41
41
St. Louis
Table
Table
Table
Table
Table
Table
Table
Table
Table
Table
1—Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industrydivision...............................
2—Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries.......................................................
3—Average weekly salaries, by size of establishment...........................................
4—Scheduled weekly hours...........................................................................................
5—Scheduled days in workweek...................................................................................
6—Vacations with pay......................................................................................................
7—Paid holidays................................................................................................................
8—Nonproduction bonuses.............................................................................................
9—Formal provisions for paid sick leave..................................................................
10—Insurance and pension plans...................................................................................
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Table
Table
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Table
Appendix A
A -l—Establishments by industry division..................................................................
A-2—Employment by industry division......................................................................
A—3—Establishments by size of establishment..........................................................
A-4—Employment by size of establishment..............................................................
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Salaries of Office Workers
in Large Cities, 1949—Part I
Introduction
About one out of every four workers in the
United States is a “white collar” worker. Be
cause of their numerical importance in the
labor force and the existence of widespread
interest in their economic status, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics has recently made a num
ber of surveys of the salaries and working con
ditions of these workers. A major segment of
this program was begun last year, when sur
veys of office workers were made in 10 of the
country’s largest cities.1 This year similar sur
veys have been made in 17 cities, including 6
in which studies were conducted last year as
well. The cities surveyed this year were:
Atlanta2
Boston2
Chicago2
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas2
Hartford
Los Angeles
Minneapolis-St.
by dividing these weekly salaries by scheduled
hours. The number of workers presented refers
to the estimated total employment in all estab
lishments within the scope of the study and not
to the number actually surveyed. (The indus
tries and the minimum size of establishment
within the scope of the study are listed in Ap
pendix A.)
Data are shown only for full-time workers,
defined as those who are hired to work the
establishment’s full-time schedule for the occu
pational classification.
Salary and hours information is presented
only for a limited number of jobs; no attempt
was made to study all office occupations and, in
general, the jobs surveyed were those that are
found in a large proportion of offices and that
involve duties that are more or less uniform
from firm to firm. They are more representa
tive of the salaries of women than of men office
workers.
To round out the picture of the salaries of
office workers, information is presented on sup
plementary benefits, such as vacations, holidays,
and sick leave provided office workers. Infor
mation on these wage practices refers to all
office workers. It is presented in terms of the
proportion of workers employed in offices with
the practice in question. Because of eligibility
requirements, the proportion actually receiving
the benefits in question may be smaller.
The summary of vacation and sick leave plans
is limited to formal arrangements and excludes
informal plans whereby time off with pay may
be granted at the discretion of the employer or
other supervisor. Sick leave plans are further
limited to those providing full pay for at least
some amount of time off and exclude health in
New Orleans
New York12
Philadelphia
Portland, Oreg.
Richmond
St. Louis
Seattle2
Washington
Paul
Information on five of these cities is present
ed in this bulletin. Data for the other cities will
be contained in Parts II, III, and IV, which will
be printed within the next few months.
The information on weekly salaries excludes
overtime pay and nonproduction bonuses but
includes incentive earnings. The weekly hours
data refer to the work schedules for which these
salaries are paid. Hourly rates were obtained
1 Previously information on a limited number of office jobs was
obtained in studies of individual manufacturing and nonmanufactur
ing industries. The surveys begun last year represent the first
attem pt to present information cutting across industry lines. Among
the other groups of white collar workers studied recently are
professional nurses, library personnel, dietitians, and social workers.
2 Also studied in 1948.
( 1)
2
SALARIES
OF O F F I C E
surance even though paid for by employers.
In evaluating information on variations in
salaries with size of establishment it should be
remembered that this factor may be related to
WORKERS
other factors. There is frequently an important
relationship between size and industrial classi
fication in the case of the broad industry groups
used in these surveys.
HARTFORD, JANUARY 1949
Salaries
Approximately half of the women office work
ers studied in Hartford, Conn., in January 1949
earned between $35 and $45. Average salaries
for women in 11 of 20 occupational groups
studied fell within the range of $40 to $44.50 a
week. In five of the remaining jobs average
salaries were below $40.
The highest paid women—technical stenog
raphers—received an average of $54.50 weekly.
These employees, however, were numerically
the least important group for which earnings
figures were reported. Hand bookkeepers, with
average weekly earnings of $51, and general
clerks averaging $50, had the next highest levels
of earnings among women workers. About
four-fifths of the workers in the latter two cate
gories had individual salaries of at least $45.
The women office workers who received the
lowest average weekly salaries were office girls
and clerks performing routine filing. Their
weekly salaries averaged $33 and $33.50, re
spectively. Nearly 75 percent of the office girls
and almost two-thirds of the class B file clerks
were paid less than $35 a week.
Women clerk-typists and typists engaged in
relatively routine typing (class B typists) with
average weekly earnings of $37 and $35.50,
respectively, were the numerically most impor
tant jobs studied. Earnings of individual clerktypists ranged from $25 to over $60. However,
the salaries of about three out of five were be
tween $35 and $45 weekly. Similarly the indi
vidual salaries of class B typists ranged from
$25 to almost $55 weekly, but the earnings of
approximately three out of four were between
$30 and $40 weekly.
Men were employed in the office occupations
studied in much smaller numbers than were
women. Among the six classifications studied
for which data could be shown for men, hand
bookkeepers, with a weekly average of $65.50,
had the highest earnings. Office boys with aver
age earnings of $33 weekly were lowest.
Work Schedules
Nearly all women employed in Hartford of
fices had a scheduled workweek of 5 days and
almost 70 percent were on schedules of less
than 40 hours a week. A 37%-hour schedule
was in effect for about one-half of the women
workers.
Paid Vacations
All establishments studied granted office
workers paid vacations. Almost 95 percent of
the workers received two or more weeks of paid
vacation after 1 year of service. One-fourth of
the office workers were in establishments grant
ing vacations of more than 2 weeks after 5
years of service.
Paid Holidays
Paid holidays ranging up to 12 days a year
were allowed by all of the establishments
studied. Almost all office workers received at
least six paid holidays, while about two-thirds
were granted nine or more days annually.
Nonproduction Bonuses
About one-fourth of the workers in Hartford
offices were employed in establishments paying
a Christmas or year-end bonus, while offices
with about one-tenth of the workers provided
some other type of nonproduction bonus. Such
bonuses were in effect in offices with a majority
of workers in the retail trade, wholesale trade,
and manufacturing industries. They were paid
HARTFORD
much less frequently in finance, insurance, and
real estate; and in transportation, communica
tion, and other public utility offices.
Paid Sick Leave
Formal provisions for paid sick leave were
found to affect approximately one-third of Hart
ford office workers and typically this leave was
provided after a year’s employment. The num
ber of days for which pay was allowed after
this length of service varied considerably and
ranged from 5 to over 20 days a year. A ma
3
jority of workers in the manufacturing group
were covered by formal sick leave plans.
Insurance or Pension Plans
Ninety-five percent of the office workers were
in establishments with some type of insurance
or pension plan, with premiums paid, wholly or
in part, by the employer. Life insurance plans
were most widespread in four of the six indus
try groups studied; retirement pension plans
were most common in the transportation, com
munication, and other public utility groups.
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S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
Table
1.—
WORKERS
Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Hartford, by industry
division, January 19£9
Average
EstiMe
m
ated
dian 2
Sex, occupation, and num
Week
w
industry division ber of Week- ly H ou r eek
ly
work
sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
M en
Bookkeepers, hand 8....
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Clerks, accounting 8.....
Manufacturing.....
F in a n c e ,in s u r
ance, and real
estate.................
Clerks, general8..........
Manufacturing.__
Transportation,
communica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Clerks, order8..............
Manufacturing.__
Clerks, pay roll8..........
Manufacturing.__
Office boys8..................
Manufacturing__
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Women
Billers, machine (bill
ing machine) 8..........
Manufacturing__
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Bookkeepers, hand8....
Manufacturing__
Wholesale trade_
Bookkeeping-machine
operators, class A 8..
Manufacturing__
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate________
Bookkeeping-machine
operators, class B 3..
Manufacturing.__
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Calculating-machine
operators (Comp
tometer type) 8........
Manufacturing.__
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Clerks, accounting3.__
Manufacturing.__
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
communica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Clerks, file, class A 8....
Manufacturing__
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
58 $65.50 38.5 $1.69 $64.00 $55.50-$76.00
37 67.00 37.5 1.79 66.50 58.50- 76.50
188 52.00 38.0 1.37 52.00 45.50- 57.50
47 54.00 39.5 1.36 54.50 47.00- 59.00
123 50.00 37.5 1.35 49.50 42.50- 55.00
98 59.00 39.0 1.51 60.00 51.00- 65.00
47 60.50 39.5 1.53 60.00 53.00- 65.00
15
74
36
33
24
154
46
65.00
51.00
55.50
55.50
51.00
33.00
31.00
40.0
39.5
39.5
39.0
39.0
38.5
40.0
1.63
1.29
1.41
1.43
1.31
.86
.77
69.00
50.00
57.00
51.00
49.50
33.00
32.00
55.5045.5051.0045.0045.0029.0025.00-
Women —Con.
Clerks, file, class B 8„
M anuf acturing..
Finance, insur
ance, and real
esta te____ _____
Clerks, general8........
Manufacturing..
Wholesale trade..
C lerk s, o r d e r 8 ... ____
Manufacturing..
Clerks, pay roll8........
M anufacturing
Finance, insur
ance, and real
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
961 $33.50 37.5 $0.88 $32.00 $30.00-$36.00
67 37.00 40.0 .93 36.00 32.00- 41.00
856
223
77
27
90
69
226
152
33.00
50.00
49.50
49.50
41.50
42.50
43.50
43.50
37.5
39.0
39.5
42.0
39.5
39.5
39.0
39.5
.89
1.28
1.24
1.17
1.04
1.08
1.11
1.10
32.00
48.00
46.50
51.00
39.00
40.00
43.50
43.50
30.0045.0044.5045.0036.5037.5039.0040.00-
36.00
54.00
50.50
54.50
43.50
45.00
47.50
47.00
estate ,
51 45.00 38.0 1.19 44.50 38.00- 49.50
Clerk-typists 8............ 1 ,188 37.00 38.0 .97 36.00 33.00- 40.50
M anufacturing 287 37.00 39.5 .94 36.00 34.00- 40.00
Wholesale trade..
46 39.50 39.0 1.01 37.50 33.00- 43.00
18 35.00 40.0 .88 34.00 31.50- 39.00
Retail trade........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
94 34.50 37.5 .92 34.00 29.00- 38.00
estate_______ 813 36.50 37.0 .99 36.00 32.00- 41.00
Office girls8................ 113 33.00 38.0 .86 32.00 30.00- 35.00
32 34.00 40.0 .86 34.00 33.00- 35.50
M anuf acturing..
Finance, insur
101 40.50 39.5 1.02 40.50 35.00- 45.00
ance,
and
real
52 40.50 39.5 1.02 40.00 34.00- 46.00
71 32.00 37.5 .86 30.50 30.00- 34.00
estate..............
17 37.50 40.0 .94 38.00 34.00- 41.50
Stenographers,
22 41.00 39.0 1.05 40.50 36.00- 44.00
42.00 39.0 1.08 42.00 38.00- 45.00
general8.................. 846
Manufacturing- 345 43.00 39.5 1.09 43.00 40.00- 45.00
59 51.00 38.0 1.34 50.00 45.00- 60.00
25 42.00 39.5 1.06 42.00 39.00- 43.50
Wholesale trade..
20 51.50 38.0 1.36 52.00 45.00- 58.00
Finance, insur
18 53.00 38.5 1.38 50.00 46.00- 60.00
ance, and real
estate __ __ 410 41.00 38.0 1.08 40.50 37.00- 44.50
86 43.50 39.5 1.10 44.00 37.50- 48.50
15 49.00 40.5 1.21 47.00 44.00- 55.50 Stenographers,
36 54.50 38.5 1.42 54.50 52.50- 58.00
teehnieal
64 42.00 39.5 1.06 40.50 36.00- 44.00 Switchboard
119 40.50 37.5 1.08 38.50 34.00- 46.00
operators 8_____ ___
284 36.00 38.5 .94 35.50 32.00- 38.50
32 39.50 34.5 1.15 36.00 32. 0- 46.00
M anuf acturing..
25 40.50 40.0 1.02 40.00 37.50- 43.00
24 35.50 40.0 .89 34.50 3 2 .'0 - 39.00
Retail
trade........
18 45.00 38.5 1.17 45.00 45.00- 50.00
Finance, insur
19 37.50 39.5 .95 36.00 34.00- 38.00
ance, and real
46 41.00 38.0 1.09 40.00 36.50- 46.00
estate_______
216 34.50 38.0 .91 34.50 32.00- 36.50 Switchboard opera
98 40.00 39.0 1.02 39.50 35.00- 44.00
tor-receptionists 3..
56 43.00 39.5 1.09 43.00 38.00- 46.00
Manufacturing274 41.50 38.5 1.07 40.50 37.00- 45.00
Finance, insur
90 42.50 40.0 1.06 42.00 40.00- 44.50
ance,
and
real
72 38.00 38.5 .99 38.50 34.00- 40.00
16 35.00 38.0 .92 35.00 34.50- 35.00
estate_______
103 43.00 37.5 1.14 42.00 37.00- 50.00 Transcribing-machine
40.00 37.5 1.06 38.00 34.00- 45.00
operators, general8 315
34 43.50 39.5 1.11 45.00 40.50- 45.50
414 42.50 38.5 1.11 42.00 36.00- 47.50
Manufacturing81 48.00 39.5 1.21 45.00 43.00- 50.50
Finance, insur
37 40.50 39.0 1.04 37.50 34.50- 44.50
ance, and real
26 38.50 39.5 .97 37.50 34.00- 44.00
estate.............. 270 39.50 37.5 1.06 38.00 33.50- 46.00
class A 8___ 116 46.00 39.0 1.19 44.00 42.00- 51.00
241 40.50 37.5 1.08 40.50 35.00- 45.00 Typists,
57 44.50 39.5 1.12 44.00 43.00- 45.50
ManufacturingFinance, insur
ance, and real
40 49.50 37.5 1.32 55.00 40.50- 56.50
estate_______
24 52.50 40.0 1.31 52.50 40.00- 62.50
100 44.50 38.0 1.17 44.00 40.50- 49.00 Typists, class B 8.___ 1,068 35.50 37.5 .95 34.00 32.00- 38.00
Manufacturing18 40.50 40.0 1.01 41.50 37.50- 43.50
62 36.00 40.0 .90 37.00 34.00- 38.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate............... 979 35.50 37.5 .95 34.00 32.00- 38.00
78 45.00 37.5 1.20 45.00 40.50- 50.50
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
3 Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
76.00
59.00
60.00
65.00
56.00
37.00
35.00
Average
Esti
Me
m ated
dian 2
Sex, occupation, and num
Week
w
industry division ber of Week ly H o u r eek
ly
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
8 Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
5
HARTFORD
Table 2.—Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office
occupations in insurance companies in Hartford, January 19U9
Average—
Estimated
number
of
workers
Sex and occupation
M en
Bookkeepers, hand..........................................................................
Clerks, accounting..........................................................................
Office boys........................................................................................
33
115
82
$68.00
50.00
35.00
37.0
37.0
37.5
52
38.50
43.00
41.00
47.00
33.00
45.00
37.00
32.00
42.00
40.00
51.00
35.50
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
38.0
37.0
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
37.5
Women
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B....................................
Calculating-machine operators (Comptometer-type)..............
Clerks, accounting..........................................................................
Clerks, file, class A.........................................................................
Clerks, file, class B.........................................................................
Clerks, pay roll................................................................................
Clerk-typists........ .................... ......................................................
Office girls.........................................................................................
Stenographers, general...................................................................
Transcribing-machine operators, general....................................
Typists, class A...............................................................................
Typists, class B...............................................................................
Weekly
scheduled
hours
Weekly
salary
98
220
63
838
49
775
71
307
266
36
973
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
Table 3.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries1 in H artford,
January 19U9
Percent of men—
Weekly salaries1
Book Clerks,
keepers, account
hand
ing
Percent of women—
Clerks,
order
Clerks,
general
BookBook
Billers, Book
keepingmachine keepers, keepingmachine
machine
(billing
hand operators, operators,
machine)
class A class B
Office
boys
Calculating
machine Clerks,
operators account
(Comptom ing
eter type)
Clerks,
file,
class A
Under $ 2 0 . 0 0 ____
______ _________ ________
S2 0 . 00 - S2 2 .4 9
______
$ 2 2 . 50 - $ 2 4 .9 9 ............................................
S2 5 . 00 $ 2 7 . 50 S3 0 . 00 S3 2 . 50 S3 5 . 0 0 -
-----
S2 7 .4 9 ___________________ _______
1 2 9 .9 9 ______________ ____________
SS2 .4 9
........... . ...
S3 4 .9 9 .
S3 7 .4 9
0 .5
.5
5 .9
S3 7 . 50 - S3 9 .9 9
$ 4 0 . 0 0 -8 4 2 49
$ 4 2 . 50 - 1 4 4 .9 9 ______________________
$ 4 5 . 00 - 1 4 7 .4 9 ______________________
S4 7 . 50 - S4 9 .9 9
3 .7
4 .8
8 .0
1 0 .6
1 1 .7
2 .0
1 0 .2
4 .1
-------
4 .0
-----
5 .4
4 .0
------
1 2 .2
$ 5 0 . 0 0 - 1 5 2 .4 9 .............................................
$ 5 2 . 50 - $ 5 4 .9 9 .............................................
$ 5 5 . 00 - $ 5 7 .4 9 ______________________
$ 5 7 . 50 - $ 5 9 .9 9 .............................................
$ 6 0 . 0 0 - $ 6 2 .4 9 ______________________
8 .6
3 .4
1 9 .0
3 .4
1 2 .1
1 2 .9
8 .5
6 .9
8 .5
3 .7
8 .2
9 .2
6 .1
2 .0
1 7 .4
2 3 .0
2 .7
2 .7
5 .4
1 7 .6
$ 6 2 . 50 - $ 6 4 .9 9 .............................................
$ 6 5 . 00 - $ 6 7 .4 9 ..........................................
$ 6 7 . 50 - $ fi9 .9 9
S7 0 . 00 - S7 2 .4 9
S7 2 . 50 - S7 4 .9 9
$ 7 5 . 00 - $ 7 9 . 9 9 „ ..........................................
6 .9
6 .9
1 .7
6 .9
3 .5
2 2 .5
3 .2
3 .7
1 .6
1 .1
.5
2 .1
8 .2
8 .2
9 .2
3 .1
6 .1
1 .0
2 .7
3 .4
1 .7
1 .6
2 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
S8 0 . 00 - SS4 .9 9
$ 8 5 . 0 0 -8 8 9 99
$ 9 0 .0 0 a n d o v e r
Total.......... .....................
Estimated number of workers....
Average weekly salaries U .........
58
$ 6 5 .5 0
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
m
$ 5 2 .0 0
1 0 0 .0
~
98 ~
$ 5 9 .0 0
7 .2
1 9 .5
1 2 .3
1 3 .6
1 9 .5
2 .0
2 1 .8
1 2 .9
7 .2
5 .2
5 .8
.6
1 .9
6 .9
2 4 .7
9 .9
1 0 .9
5 .9
_______ . . ________
________
4 .0
______________________
............ 1.6
74 ~
$ 5 1 .0 0
-----
1 1 .3
6 .7
4 .2
6 .7
1 .4
- - - -- -3 .4
2 .3
7 .0
5 .8
3 .5
3 .5
1 8 .6
1 .7
3 .4
- - - - -
2 .5
________
_________
8 .7
1 3 .9
0 .7
1 .4
6 .5
9 .2
1 1 .6
2 .0
1 .0
1 3 .0
1 3 .9
2 4 .4
9 .5
8 .4
3 .3
8 .7
1 4 .5
1 5 .0
6 .3
8 .9
4 0
21 0
1 6 .0
1 4 .0
5 .0
1 0 .2
2 .2
.4
7 .5
1 .5
1 .0
1 .7
2 .2
1 0 .0
5 .0
3 .0
3 .0
.......................... 4 .7
—
1 .7
1 .7
—
1 0 0 .0
9 .3
1 0 .5
2 2 .1
4 .6
4 .6
i o X
-----
—
-----
—
1 6 .3
1 0 .9
1 5 .5
2 1 .1
1 9 .7
—
1 0 0 .0
1 54 *
$ 3 3 .0 0
1 .7
1 0 0 .0
m
$ 4 0 .5 0
1 0 0 .0
59*
$ 5 1 .0 0
----
—
.7
1 .7
.2
.5
—
—
.2
1 .0
1 .0
—
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
1 0 0 .0
86
284
274
414
100
$ 4 3 .5 0
$ 3 6 .0 0
$ 4 1 .5 0
$ 4 2 .5 0
$ 4 4 .5 0
1 0 0 .0
6
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
Table 3.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupationsy by weekly salaries 1 in H artford,
January 1949—Continued
Percent of womenWeekly salaries1
Clerks,
file,
class B
Under S2ft Oft
S2ft 00-S22 40
$22.50-124.99______________
1.9
2.6
19.4
27.2
13.1
16.5
10.1
6.0
1.7
.7
.7
S25.00-S27.49
S27 50-S20 90
S30 00-232 40
$32 50-S34 99
$35.00-537.49..............................
$37.50-539.99..............................
$40.00-542.49_______________
542.50-544.99..............................
545.00-547.49____ __________
$47 50-S49 99
S50 00-$52 49
152 50-154 99
155 00-157 49
157 50-150 09
Sfift 00-102 49
102 50-104 99
105 00-107 49
107 50-109 99
S70 00-172 49
172 50-174 99
$75 00-179 99
S80 00-184 99
185 00-189 99
$90.00 and over
.1
Clerks,
general
Clerks,
pay
roll
Clerks,
order
2.2
3.1
2.7
8.9
9.3
19.0
15.9
14.2
6.6
6.6
5.8
3.1
1.3
.9
5.6
27.8
18.9
20.0
8.9
2.2
0.9
4.5
4.0
12.6
26.5
6.3
13.9
7.6
12.1
3.1
1.8
.5
1.3
1.3
3.1
4.4
5.5
6.7
Clerktypists
Office
girls
2.6
25.7
23.9
22.1
14.1
8.0
1.8
.9
0.1
5.3
17.5
13.2
20.9
12.2
15.7
8.9
4.7
.2
.7
.2
.2
.2
.9
Switch Tran
Stenog Switch board scribing
raphers, board operator- machine Typists,
general operators recep operators, class A
tionists general
0.1
1.3
6.4
10.3
13.7
26.0
13.9
12.8
5.1
5.3
2.1
1.4
1.1
.4
............ "a
.1
2.5
14.3
15.1
11.8
11.8
15.1
2.5
5.9
5.9
5.9
-----.8
1.7
1.7
.8
3.1
5.1
5.1
27.6
9.2
19.4
11.2
6.1
2.0
2.0
4.1
5.1
1.6
16.9
11.1
12.7
12.1
10.8
6.3
11.1
4.1
7.6
4.1
1.6
100.0
119
540.50
100.0
98
$40.00
100.0
315
$40.00
2.6
5.2
24.1
23.3
14.7
3.4
6.9
16.4
1.7
1.7
Typists,
class B
0.2
10.1
22.8
21.3
17.9
10.1
7.2
3.0
2.2
.9
2.2
2.1
.5
Total..................................
Estimated number of workers.......
Average weekly salaries1_______
100.0
961
533.50
100.0
223
550.00
100.0
90
$41.50
100.0
226
$43.50
100.0
1,188
537.00
100.0
113
533.00
100.0
846
$42.00
100.0
116
$46.00
100.0
1,068
535.50
1Excludes pay for overtime.
Table 4.— Scheduled weekly hours for women in H artford offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Weekly hours
All
industries
All offices employing women.................
U n d er 3 5 hours
35 hours
....................
O v e r 3 5 and under 37V6 hours
37 tfj hours
Over 37K and under 40 hours.................
4 0 hours
O ver 4ft and under 4 4 hours
44 hours
Over 44 and under 48 hours
..........
100.0
.2
.9
12.9
48.4
6.9
30.0
.4
.1
.2
Manu
facturing
100.0
.3
.9
2.3
23.1
72.5
.9
Wholesale
trade
100.0
7.3
1.7
4.6
23.6
45.0
8.1
2.4
7.3
Retail
trade
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Transportation,
communication,
and other public
utilities
100.0
100.0
100.0
15.6
84.4
1.2
18.6
68.8
2.0
9.4
100.0
Services
100.0
3.0
5.9
55.0
7.9
27.2
1.0
7
HARTFORD
Table 5.—Scheduled days in workweek for women in Hartford offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Days in week
All
industries
All nffices em ployin g w omen
5 d ays
___
days
6 days
O ther
_
100.0
97.6
2.1
.1
.2
Manu
facturing
100.0
99.1
.9
Retail
trade
Wholesale
trade
100.0
50.4
39.9
2.4
7.3
100.0
100.0
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Transportation,
communication,
and other public
utilities
100.0
98.7
1.3
Services
100.0
99.3
.7
100.0
90.1
6.9
3.0
Table 6.— Vacations with pay in H artford offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Vacation policy
A ll.
industries
All offices studied........................................
1 year of service
Offices with paid vacations........................
1 week....................................................
2 weeks..................................................
O ver 2 w eeks
Manu
facturing
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Transportation,
communi cation,
and other public
utilities
Services
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
5.5
93.8
.7
100.0
3.9
96.1
100.0
17.4
82.6
100.0
35.4
64.6
100.0
1.6
98.4
100.0
26.5
73.5
100.0
27.7
55.8
16.5
100.0
2.3
97.0
.7
100.0
.6
99.4
100.0
12.5
87.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
1.6
98.4
100.0
ioo.o
100.0
20.0
63.5
16.5
100.0
1.8
73.2
25.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
12.5
87.5
100.0
96.9
3.1
100.0
1.6
61.3
37.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
9.7
73.8
16.5
Offip.es with nn paid vacations
2 years of service
Offices with paid vacations........................
1 w eek
.
...
...
2 weeks..................................................
Over 2 weeks........................................
Offiees with nn paid vaeat.inns
5 years of service
Offices with paid vacations........................
1 w eek
. ........................................
2O ver
weeks..................................................
2 w eeks
Offip.es with nn p aid vacations
Table 7.—Paid holidays in H artford offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices inNumber of paid holidays
All offices studied........................................
Offices providing paid holidays................
Number of holidays:...........................
1-5
6
7.....................................................
7U
K
°/2Q ——————.... .........—............
ifezzzizzzzzzzz
12
Offices pi'nyiding nn paid hnlidays
Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
All
industries
100.0
100.0
.3
20.3
.6
7.5
.3
7.2
O)
45.1
9.4
2.0
6.3
1.0
Manu
facturing
Retail
trade
Wholesale
trade
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
82.0
18.0
32.8
12.1
42.2
.8
12.1
28.9
17.1
48.9
5.1
—
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Transportation,
communication,
and other public
utilities
100.0
100.0
iv r
3.5
68.7 —
14.2
3.0
8.0
1.5
Services
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
-----
7.6
9.4
12.5
7.7
38.4
93.3
—
24.4
8
SALARIES
OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
TABLE 8.— Nonproduction bonuses in Hartford offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of bonus
All
industries
All offices studied........................................
Offices with nonproduction bonuses........
Christmas or year-end.......................
Profit-sharing
.............................
Ot.hor
.... ... .
Offices with no nonproduction bonuses....
100.0
36.0
26.7
1.0
8.3
64.0
Manu
facturing
Wholesale
trade
100.0
71.3
70.7
.6
28.7
100.0
64.0
61.6
2.4
36.0
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Retail
trade
100.0
82.9
81.1
1.8
17.1
Transportation,
communication,
and other public
utilities
100.0
22.2
8.3
1.5
12.4
77.8
Services
100.0
9.2
9.2
100.0
27.5
27.5
90.8
72.5
Table 9.— Formal provisions for paid sick leave after 1 year of service in Hartford offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Provision for paid sick leave
All offices studied..........................:.............
Offices with formal provisions for paid
sick leave after 1 year of service..........
5 days ..................................................
6 days ...... ..........................................
7 days_..................................................
10 days..................................................
12 days
. .............
15 days
. .
.............
16 days
............
.............
20 days
Over 20 days .
.......................
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid sick leave.........................................
Ail #
industries
Manu
facturing
Wholesale
trade
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Retail
trade
Transportation,
communication,
and other public
utilities
Services
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
34.0
1.9
1.3
.1
13.7
4.0
2.3
.7
1.2
8.8
60.1
7.3
1.5
.6
42.1
18.0
11.3
1.8
4.9
8.6
8.6
27.6
6.7
6.7
42.4
10.3
11.9
15.6
66.0
39.9
5.8
5.1
3.5
3.0
5.6
13.2
82.0
91.4
4.6
72.4
93.3
57.6
T able 10.— Insurance and pension plans in H artford offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of plan
All offices studied........................................
Offices with insurance or pension plans1
Life insurance......................................
Health insurance................................
Retirement pension............................
Hospitalization....................................
Other...................................... „ _
Offices with no insurance or pension
plans
1 Undupiicated total.
All
industries
Manu
facturing
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
100.0
95.6
91.6
6.7
64.8
57.9
40.2
100.0
99.8
97.6
6.8
38.1
71.8
37.8
100.0
65.1
59.0
10.3
14.5
28.5
15.2
100.0
69.2
30.1
20.1
62.3
27.0
25.1
100.0
98.5
97.4
5.8
76.7
60.3
46.8
4.4
.2
34.9
30.8
1.5
Transportation,
communication,
and other public
utilities
100.0
100.0
81.9
2.5
90.8
8.7
Services
100.0
64.7
48.2
9.4
33.4
18.9
35.3
9
LOS ANGELES, JANUARY 1949
Salaries
Among Los Angeles office workers studied
the highest salaries were found for hand book
keepers. Weekly salaries in this job averaged
$62.50 for women and $70 for men in January
1949. At the other end of the salary scale were
women engaged in routine typing and routine
filing who averaged $38.50 and $35, respec
tively. Office boys, who averaged $39.50 week
ly, were the lowest paid men workers studied.
Women general stenographers, numerically the
largest group surveyed, had average earnings
of $50 a week.
The salaries of substantial proportions of
individual women employees in some of the
numerically important jobs fell within a com
paratively narrow range about the average sal
aries in these occupations. Nearly half the
women clerk-typists, for example, were paid
between $37.50 and $45 and three-fourths
earned between $35 and $50. At least half the
routine file clerks and general stenographers
received salaries varying by no more than $10.
There was greater variation within some of the
higher paid occupations; thus salaries of women
hand bookkeepers ranged from $37.50 to more
than $100.
Weekly salaries converted to an hourly basis,
to allow for differences in the length of the
workweek, showed occupational averages for
women ranging from 91 cents to $1.55. For 16
out of the 22 jobs studied, average rates were
$1.10 or more. Hourly rates for men’s jobs
ranged from 99 cents to $1.72.
Part of the variation in individual worker’s
earnings was traceable to differences in salary
level among industries. In Los Angeles, the
highest salary level among the six broad indus
try groups studied was found in the service
industries. Largely influencing the averages
for this group were rates in offices of motion
picture producers.1 Office workers employed by
these studios enjoyed definite salary advantages
1 Data for a limited number of occupational classifications in
motion picture production are shown in table 2.
over other clerical employees in the Los Angeles
area. Next in line were salaries in manufactur
ing and wholesale trade. Within Los Angeles
manufacturing, there was some tendency for
earnings to be higher in nondurable than in
durable goods production.
Comparisons of average salaries in different
sized establishments showed varying patterns
from one industry group to another and did
not provide evidence that size was an impor
tant factor in interoffice differences in salaries.
Large establishments appeared to have higher
basic salary structures in transportation, com
munication, and other public utilities, but this
difference appears to be related to interindus
try differences in salaries; the large offices were
primarily communication and public utilities
firms. Highest salaries in both large and small
establishments as compared with medium-sized
firms were reported in manufacturing and
wholesale trade. In contrast, there was no clear
salary advantage in any size finance, insurance,
and real estate firm.
Because of the predominance of the 5-day
workweek in Los Angeles offices, comparison of
salaries for different workweeks is limited to
finance, insurance, and real estate firms. An
analysis of the 5-day as compared with the 5V£>day week for women revealed a slight salary ad
vantage in favor of those on the longer work
week.
Work Schedules
More than 85 percent of the women em
ployees within the scope of the study worked in
offices with weekly schedules of 40 hours for
women workers. A 6-day, 48-hour workweek
was in effect for only a small number of Los
Angeles office workers in the transportation,
communication, and public utility group. Work
weeks of 44 hours were established for about 9
percent of women employees in three industry
groups: (1) Retail trade, except department
stores; (2) transportation, communication, and
10
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
other public utilities; and (3) services.
Weekly schedules of less than 40 hours were
confined chiefly to finance, insurance, and real
estate and were also found, to a lesser degree,
in the service industries. These were also the
only industry groups in which a 5V^-day week
was found to any appreciable extent. Two-fifths
of the workers in finance, insurance, and real
estate offices and one-fourth of the service in
dustry offices were on this workweek. The 5day, 40-hour workweek was most typical in
manufacturing, where all but a negligible num
ber of office employees were on this schedule.
WORKERS
Nonproduction Bonuses
About one in every five workers was em
ployed in an office that supplemented base pay
with a nonproduction bonus. Most commonly,
the bonus was a Christmas or year-end pay
ment.
Bonus payments were most prevalent in
finance, insurance, and real estate. Offices ac
counting for almost one-half the employees in
this group had some type of bonus plan.
Paid Sick Leave
Almost half of the workers were in offices
that had formal provisions for paid sick leave
Paid Vacations
after a year’s service. Time allowances ranged
Paid vacation provisions for office workers from less than 5 days to more than 20 days
were practically a universal practice in Los annually, with 5 to 10 days the most typical
Angeles. For two out of every three workers, arrangement. The amount of sick leave allowed
vacations amounted to 2 weeks or more after 1 was about the same for 1 as for 2 years of ser
year of service; for the remaining workers a vice, but was somewhat greater after 5 years
1- week vacation was provided after this amount of employment with a firm than for shorter
of service. Among the industries studied, vaca periods.
tion plans were most liberal in finance, insur
In a sizable proportion of offices, workers
ance, and real estate offices. Vacations of over were eligible for sick leave after only 6 months’
2- weeks’ duration were not granted by most service. Such plans were most widespread in
offices even after extended periods of employ manufacturing; retail trade, except department
ment.
stores; and finance, insurance, and real estate.
Few offices required service periods of as long
Paid Holidays
as 2 years to be eligible for sick leave.
Almost all Los Angeles office workers re Insurance and-Pension Plans
ceived paid holidays. The typical provision was
for six holidays a year. More liberal arrange
Offices employing more than three-fourths of
ments were reported in some industries, notably Los Angeles office workers carry the cost, either
finance, insurance, and real estate; and trans wholly or in part, of some type of insurance or
portation, communication, and other public util pension plan for their employees. Such plans
ities. In the former, offices with almost two- were most prevalent in transportation, commu
thirds of the employees observed 9 to 11 holi nication, and other public utilities, where re
days each year; and in the latter, offices with tirement pensions, in addition to Federal Oldabout three-quarters of the employment allowed age and Survivors insurance, covered a high
8 holidays.
proportion of employees.
11
LOS A NGE L E S
T able 1.—
Salaries1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Los Angeles, by indus
try division, January 1949
Estim ated
Sex, occupation, and num
industry division ber of
work
ers
Average
Me
dian2
w
Week
Week ly H ou r eek
ly
ly
ly sala
sala sched
uled
rate
ry
ry hours
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
Men
Billers, machine (bill
ing machine)............
95 $55.00 40.0 $1.37 $52.00 $52.00-$56.50
Bookkeepers, hand8.... 610 70.00 40.5 1.72 66.00 60.00- 80.00
Manufacturing__ 182 67.50 42.0 1.60 65.50 61.00- 71.50
Durable
goods......... 118 63.00 41.0 1.54 63.50 56.50- 71.50
Nondurable
goods.........
64 76.00 44.5 1.70 75.00 65.50- 83.50
Wholesale trade_ 104 78.50 40.0 1.96 86.50 60.00- 95.00
Retail trade,
except depart
ment stores___
38 83.00 43.0 1.94 76.50 62.50-115.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................. 118 58.50 39.5 1.47 57.50 52.00- 63.50
Bookkeeping-machine
operators, class A
78 56.00 40.0 1.40 53.00 52.00- 57.50
Manufacturing—
76 56.50 40.0 1.41 53.00 52.00- 57.50
Clerks, accounting...... 1,621 61.50 40.5 1.51 57.00 52.00- 70.00
Manufacturing__ 817 57.00 41.0 1.39 56.50 50.50- 61.00
Durable
goods......... 666 55.00 41.0 1.34 56.50 50.50- 57.50
Nondurable
goods......... 151 66.00 40.0 1.64 64.00 54.00- 78.50
Wholesale trade_ 159 59.00 40.0 1.48 56.00 52.00- 68.00
Retail trade,
except depart
ment stores___
96 68.00 43.0 1.58 69.00 55.00- 80.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................. 106 46.00 40.0 1.15 46.00 40.50- 52.50
Transportation,
communica
tion, and other
public utilities..
59 55.50 40.0 1.39 53.50 49.00- 59.50
Services................. 384 74.50 40.0 1.87 77.00 69.00- 80.00
46.00- 61.00
Clerks, general8.......... 1,103 54.00 39.5 1.36 52.00
56.00 52.00- 58.50
Manufacturing.__ 236 55.00 40.0 1.38 50.50
46.00- 52.00
Wholesale trade_ 524 51.50 40.0 1.29
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................. 195 50.50 37.5 1.34 48.50 42.00- 63.00
Services................. 110 70.50 41.0 1.72 74.00 63.00- 80.00
58.50 54.00- 68.00
Clerks, order8---------- 1,337 61.00 40.5 1.51 57.50
53.00- 67.00
Manufacturing.__ 247 60.00 41.0 1.45
Durable
goods......... 110 60.50 41.0 1.48 60.00 56.50- 67.00
Nondurable
goods......... 137 59.50 41.5 1.43 57.50 52.00- 61.00
Wholesale trade_ 940 61.50 40.0 1.53 59.00 54.00- 70.00
Retail trade,
except depart
ment stores___
66 71.00 42.5 1.68 69.00 69.00- 80.50
62.50 48.00- 72.00
Clerks, pay roll8.......... 499 62.50 40.0 1.57
Manufacturing__ 271 54.00 40.0 1.35 48.50 46.00- 65.00
Transportation,
communica
tion, and other
public utilities..
42 59.00 40.0 1.48 58.00 54.00- 60.00
Services................. 149 77.50 39.5 1.96 75.50 65.00- 88.00
73 48.00 41.0 1.16 47.00 42.50- 53.00
Clerk-typists................
.99 38.00 34.50- 43.00
Office boys8.................. 716 39.50 40.0 1.10
44.00 40.50- 46.50
Manufacturing.__ 131 44.00 40.0
Durable
48.00
40.50- 51.00
1.14
40.0
45.50
54
goods.........
Nondurable
44.00
40.50- 44.00
40.0
1.08
77 43.00
goods.........
Wholesale trade_ 110 38.50 40.0 .96 36.00 34.50- 40.50
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................. 185 36.50 39.5 .92 34.50 34.50- 38.50
Services................. 209 40.00 40.5 .99 38.00 33.00- 44.00
Stenographers,
72 51.00 40.0 1.27 49.50 46.00- 55.00
general....................
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
a Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
Esti
m ated
Sex, occupation, and num
industry division ber of
work
ers
Average
Me
dian2
Weekw
Week l y , H ou r eek
ly
ly sched ly sala
sala
uled rate ry
ry hours
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
Women
Billers, machine (bill
ing machine)8........ 563 $46.00 40.0 $1.15 $44.00 $40.00-$50.50
Manufacturing.. 160 46.50 39.5 1.18 46.00 44.00- 50.00
goods.......
79 46.50 40.0 1.17 45.00 43.50- 50.50
Nondurable
goods.......
39.5 1.19 48.00 46.00- 50.00
81
Wholesale trade.. 245 47.00
44.00 40.0 1.10 42.00 40.00- 46.00
Transportation,
communica
tion, and other
public utilities 121 47.00 40.0 1.18 43.00 40.50- 56.00
Billers, machine
(bookkeeping
machine)8............... 170 46.50 40.0 1.16 45.00 39.00- 50.00
Manufacturing..
56 45.50 40.0 1.13 47.00 45.00- 48.00
Bookkeepers, hand.... 834 62.50 40.5 1.55 60.00 52.00- 70.50
Manuf acturing.. 284 62.00 40.0 1.55 57.50 53.00- 70.00
Durable
goods....... 180 61.00 40.0 1.53 57.50 53.00- 70.50
Nondurable
goods.„.... 104 63.00 40.0 1.59 60.00 54.00- 70.00
Wholesale trade.... 193 66.50 40.5 1.64 63.00 50.00- 80.50
Retail trade,
except depart
ment stores....
86 55.00 41.0 1.34 57.50 49.50- 65.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate..............
99 61.50 40.0 1.54 52.00 52.00- 57.50
Transportation
communica
tion, and other
public utilities
80 55.50 41.5 1.33 55.50 52.00- 60.00
Services™.............
92 70.50 39.5 1.78 70.00 64.50- 81.50
Bookkeeping-ma
chine operators,
class A8................... 520 54.00 40.0 1.35 52.00 48.00- 57.50
M anuf acturing.. 169 58.50 40.0 1.47 54.00 52.00- 65.00
Wholesale trade.. 236 52.00 40.0 1.30 52.00 48.50- 52.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate..............
66 50.00 39.5 1.26 48.50 45.00- 57.50
Bookkeeping-ma
chine operators,
class B8................... 1,432 45.00 40.0 1.13 43.50 39.00- 50.00
M anuf acturing.. 202 53.00 40.0 1.33 54.00 48.00- 56.00
Durable
goods.......
60 49.50 40.0 1.23 50.00 47.50- 50.00
Nondurable
goods...... 142 55.00 40.0 1.37 55.00 48.00- 62.00
Wholesale trade.. 275 52.00 40.0 1.30 52.00 45.50- 59.00
Retail trade,
except depart
ment stores__
97 47.50 40.5 1.17 46.00 46.00- 50.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate ........ 773 40.00 40.0 1.00 39.00 37.00- 43.50
T r ansportation
communica
tion, and other
public utilities
73 46.50 41.5 1.11 49.50 41.50- 50.00
Calculating-machine
operators (Comp
tometer type)8....... 1,886 50.50 40.0 1.25 49.50 45.00- 58.00
M anuf acturing.. 477 47.50 40.5 1.17 46.00 42.50- 52.00
Durable
goods™.... 182 44.50 40.0 1.11 45.00 41.00- 47.00
Nondurable
goods™.... 295 49.00 41.0 1.20 49.50 42.50- 54.00
Wholesale trade.. 731 52.00 40.0 1.30 51.00 46.00- 59.00
Retail trade,
except depart
ment stores__ 399 51.00 40.5 1.26 50.50 43.50- 59.00
Transportation,
communica
tion, and other
public utilities 167 48.00 40.0 1.20 48.00 41.50- 54.00
Services...............
95 55.00 39.5 1.40 58.50 47.00- 62.00
D h t oa K
X-J111
U Il cp
,
.........
,
8 Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
12
SALARIES
T a ble
OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
.—Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Los Angeles, by indus
try division, January 19U9— Continued
1
Average
EstiMe
m ated
dian2
WeekSex, occupation, and numw
industry division ber of Week ly H ou r eek
ly
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women —Con.
Calculating-machine
operators (other
than Comptometer
" Manufacturing.__
Clerks, accounting......
Manufacturing__
goods.........
Nondurable
goods
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade,
except depart
ment stores.___
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
communica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services ______
Clerks, file, class A *....
Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods._......
Nondurable
goods
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate............
Services__
Clerks, file, class B *....
Manufacturing__
Wholesale trade_
R e ta il tra d e ,
except depart
ment stores
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate____ .....
Clerks, general.............
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.-......
Nondurable
goods. ....
Wholesale trade_
R e ta il tra d e ,
except depart
ment stores___
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services________
Clerks, order*_______
Manufacturing__
Wholesale trade_
Clerks, pay roll_____
Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods.-......
Nondurable
goods
Wholesale trade_
R e ta il tra d e ,
except depart
ment stores__
154 $48.00
72 50.00
3,658 49.50
911 51.50
682 50.00
229 56.00
746 50.00
40.0
41.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.5
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
$1.19 $46.00 $42.00-$50.50
1.22 50.00 42.00- 50.50
1.23 47.50 42.00- 55.00
1.28 52.00 50.00- 54.00
1.25 51.00 45.00- 54.00
1.39 54.00 53.00- 59.00
1.24 51.00 44.00- 55.00
240 46.00 40.5 1.14 43.50 39.00- 51.00
894 41.50 39.5 1.05 41.50 37.00- 45.50
1.12
1.59
1.09
1.10
1.11
1.07
1.10
44.00
65.00
41.50
44.00
44.00
42.00
46.00
375
492
478
170
121
49
96
45.00
63.00
43.00
44.00
44.50
42.50
44.00
40.0
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
136
34
1,618
193
187
38.00
58.50
35.50
40.50
39.50
39.0 .97 37.50 32.00- 41.50
40.0 1.47 60.00 51.00- 67.50
39.5 .91 35.00 31.00- 39.00
40.0 1.01 41.00 38.00- 42.00
40.0 .99 38.50 36.50- 42.00
40.5055.0037.0040.5041.5038.0037.00-
64 41.00 40.5 1.01 38.00 33.50- 49.50
844
4,575
1,259
1,151
108
836
31.50
46.00
48.50
48.50
46.00
46.50
38.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.82
1.16
1.21
1.22
1.14
1.16
31.00
46.00
48.00
49.00
45.00
46.00
29.0041.5045.0046.0042.0042.50-
33.50
51.00
52.00
52.00
45.00
47.00
138 42.00 40.0 1.05 40.50 37.00- 51.00
1,712 42.50 39.0 1.09 42.50 37.00- 46.50
283
347
600
147
313
1,210
557
379
178
207
50.50
51.50
49.50
45.50
52.50
51.50
51.00
48.50
56.00
53.00
40.5
40.0
40.5
40.0
40.5
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
1.25
1.29
1.22
1.14
1.30
1.28
1.27
1.22
1.39
1.33
51.00
50.00
49.50
44.00
53.00
50.00
50.50
48.00
54.00
52.00
46.00- 56.00
45.00- 60.00
43.50- 53.00
42.00- 47.00
46.00- 59.00
45.00- 55.00
45.00- 54.00
44.00- 52.00
51.00- 61.50
50.00- 60.00
81 50.00 41.5 1.21 50.00 45.00- 53.00
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
3 Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
49.00
71.00
47.00
49.00
52.00
47.00
50.00
Average
Esti
TiVJLeV/Ta
m ated
dian2
Sex, occupation, and num
Week
industry division ber of Week ly H ou r w eek
ly
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women —Con.
Clerks, pay roll—Con.
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate
Transportation,
com m u nica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services ...........
Clerk-typists................
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
R e ta il tra d e ,
except depart
ment stores___
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m u nica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services ................
Office girls *..................
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade....
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate__
Transportation,
com m u nica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services . .
Stenographers,
general.......................
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
R e ta il tra d e ,
except depart
ment stores___
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate ......
Transportation,
com m u nica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services.................
Stenographers,
technical *______
Manufacturing__
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate..........
Services
Switchboard operators
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods____
Nondurable
goods
Wholesale trade_
R e ta il tra d e ,
except depart
ment stores........
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
31 $46.00 40.0 $1.16 $46.00 $43.50-$48.50
163
171
3,856
1,334
1,020
314
631
48.00
57.00
44.00
46.00
45.00
49.00
46.00
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
104 40.00 41.0
1.18
1.43
1.10
1.15
1.12
1.23
1.13
49.00
46.00
42.00
44.00
44.00
45.50
44.00
43.0041.5039.0041.0041.0040.0039.00-
54.00
74.00
47.50
48.00
48.00
48.00
52.00
.98 37.50 37.00- 43.00
1,075 39.50 39.5 1.00 39.00 37.00- 41.50
355
357
545
129
90
39
61
43.00
48.00
39.00
41.00
39.00
45.50
42.00
38.5
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
116 33.00 39.0
103
108
6,235
1,421
1,032
389
1,378
40.50
40.50
50.00
49.50
49.00
51.50
48.50
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.5
1.12
1.19
.98
1.03
.98
1.14
1.05
42.50
43.00
38.00
41.00
41.00
40.00
40.00
40.0040.0033.5036.0034.5038.0037.00-
47.00
57.50
44.00
44.00
44.00
46.00
45.50
.85 33.50 31.00- 34.50
1.02
1.02
1.24
1.24
1.22
1.28
1.21
38.00
38.50
48.00
50.00
49.00
50.50
46.00
35.0033.0044.0046.0046.0047.0044.00-
44.00
47.00
53.50
52.00
52.00
54.00
53.00
297 47.50 40.5 1.17 46.00 43.00- 50.50
1,685 45.00 39.5 1.14 46.00 41.50- 48.50
517
937
491
290
48.00
61.50
56.00
53.00
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.19
1.54
1.41
1.33
48.50
63.50
54.00
54.00
44.0053.5052.0051.50-
53.50
69.00
63.00
54.00
55
72
1,184
293
103
190
276
49.50
66.50
48.50
49.50
51.00
48.50
49.00
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
1.27
1.67
1.22
1.24
1.27
1.23
1.23
50.50
65.00
47.00
51.50
52.00
48.00
48.50
46.0065.0041.0042.5048.0040.0044.00-
54.00
72.00
54.00
54.00
54.00
51.50
56.00
46 43.50 41.5 1.05 40.00 38.00- 49.50
* Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
13
LOS A NGE L ES
Table 1.—Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Los Angeles, by indus
try division, January 19U9— Continued
Average
Esti
Me
m ated
dian3
Week
Sex, occupation, and num
w
industry division ber of Week ly H our eek
ly
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
Average
Esti
Salary
Me
m ated
range of
dian3 middle
Sex, occupation, and num
Week
50
w
eek
industry division ber of Week ly H ou r ly
percent of
work ly sched ly salary workers
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women —Con.
Women —Con.
Transcribing-machine
Switchboard operators
operators, general 3~ 451 $42.50 39.5 $1.07 $42.50 $38.00-$46.00
—Continued
Manufacturing__
60 50.00 40.0 1.25 50.50 50.00- 53.00
Finance, insur
Wholesale trade_
70 43.50 40.0 1.09 42.50 42.00- 45.00
ance, and real
Finance, insur
estate............... 166 $44.50 39.0 $1.13 $46.00 $41.50-$48.50
ance, and real
Transportation,
estate................. 228 39.50 39.0 1.01 38.00 37.00- 42.50
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities.. 189 43.00 40.5 1.07 41.50 39.50- 45.50 Typists, class A * ....... 1,239 41.50 39.0 1.07 39.00 34.50- 45.00
Manufacturing__ 296 43.50 40.0 1.09 43.50 40.50- 46.00
Services................. 214 56.00 40.0 1.40 56.00 52.00- 66.00
Wholesale trade_
77 44.00 40.0 1.10 43.00 38.00- 44.50
Finance, insur
Switchboard operatorance, and real
receptionists ........ 1,189 46.50 40.5 1.15 46.00 40.50- 52.00
estate................. 526 35.00 38.0 .91 34.50 33.50- 37.00
Manufacturing.__ 460 48.50 40.0 1.20 47.50 42.50- 52.00
Transportation,
Durable
com m u nica
goods......... 224 46.50 40.0 1.17 46.00 42.00- 52.00
tion, and other
Nondurable
public utilities.. 130 41.50 38.0 1.09 40.00 37.00- 45.00
goods......... 236 50.00 40.5 1.23 51.00 45.00- 53.00
Services................. 203 55.50 40.0 1.39 55.00 48.50- 61.00
Wholesale trade_ 348 48.00 40.5 1.18 47.00 42.50- 53.00
R e ta il tra d e ,
Typists, class B ...... 1,285 38.50 39.5 .97 38.00 34.50- 41.00
except depart
Manufacturing__ 125 40.00 40.0 .99 40.00 38.00- 42.00
ment stores___
93 43.50 41.5 1.04 41.50 40.00- 46.00
Wholesale trade_ 278 42.00 40.0 1.05 40.50 40.50- 42.50
Finance, insur
Finance, insur
ance, and real
ance, and real
estate................. 191 40.00 40.0 1.01 40.50 37.00- 43.00
estate................. 451 33.50 39.0 .86 33.50 30.00- 37.00
80 48.00 40.0 1.20 47.50 39.00- 55.00
Services...............
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
3 Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
* Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
T able 2.—Salaries1 for selected office occupations in
motion picture production in Los Angeles, January 19U9
Sex and occupation
M en
Clerks, accounting...............................
Clerks, general......................................
Clerks, pay roll.....................................
Office boys.............................................
Women
Clerks, accounting— ............ ,.............
Clerks, genera]......................................
Clerk-typists_ „ ......... ....................
Office girls___________ ___________
Stenographers, general........................
Stenographers, technical__________
Switchboard operators__ ________
1Excludes pay for overtime.
Estimated
number
of
workers
Average
weekly
salary 1
57
51
65
72
$79.50
76.00
85.00
42.00
68
29
61
53
380
43
89
73.50
64.50
60.00
38.50
65.50
67.50
63.50
14
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
T able 3.—Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries1 in Los Angeles,
January 19U9
Percent of menWeekly salaries 1
Billers,
machine
(billing
machine)
Book
keepers,
hand
Bookkeep
ingmachine
operators,
class A
Clerks,
account
ing
Clerks,
general
Clerks,
order
Clerks,
pay roll
Clerktypists
U n d er $2 5 0 0
$2 5 0 0 —$2 7 4 9
$ 2 7 5 0 -$ 2 9 99
$ 3 0 0 0 —$ 3 2 .4 9
$ 3 2 5 0 —$3 4 99
$ 3 5 .0 0 —$ 3 7 4 9
4.2
43.0
8.3
8.3
1.4
27.8
1.4
2.8
.1
1.4
.1
.3
1.4
100.0
95
610
78
1,621
1,103
1,337
499
73
716
72
$55.00
$70.00
$56.00
$61.50
$54.00
$61.00
$62.50
$48.00
$39.50
$51.00
$72 50-$74 99______
$75 00-$79 99.„ _
$80 00-$84 99___ ____
$8 5 0 0 -* S 9 99
1Excludes pay for overtime.
0.6
100.0
3.2
50.5
4.2
18.9
13.7
9.5
$ 0 7 . 5 0 -$ f i 9 .9 9
$ 7 0 .0 0 —* 7 2 4 9
.
.
.
.
.
.
$90 . 00-$94 . 99
$9 5 0 0 -$ 9 9 99
$100.00 and over
Total..................
Estimated number of
workers__________
A v e ra g e w eek ly
salaries1 ................
0.1
1.6
1.6
8.2
.7
2.3
10.8
5.2
14.9
5.1
9.0
4.6
.3
6.2
11.6
9.5
.3
5.6
2.1
100.0
$ 4 0 0 0 —$ 4 2 49
1.3
1.3
12.8
33.3
12.8
23.1
7.7
7.7
1.4
3.4
2.3
12.4
14.4
5.1
18.1
4.4
5.8
5.5
5.3
4.4
3.4
3.6
4.3
1.5
2.1
.6
1.3
.1
.5
5.6
8.1
21.8
10.9
8.9
17.7
12.6
2.3
2.0
6.7
.8
.7
.8
.3
.3
1.4
1.3
2.3
3.0
3.5
4.6
9.3
8.8
17.5
5.1
2.7
3.9
5.0
8.9
2.6
1.0
6.8
5.4
5.2
1.4
.2
.1
100.0
6.2
.2
$37.50-139.99______
$42.50-$44.99______
$ 4 5 .0 0 —$ 4 7 .4 9
$47 . 50-$49 . 99______
$50.00-$52.49. ____
$52 . 50-$54 . 99.............
$55 . 00-$57 . 49.............
$ 5 7 . 5 0 - $ 5 9 .9 9
$60.00-$62.49____
$0 2 50—$fi4 99
$65.00-$67 . 49
0.1
Stenog
raphers,
general
Office
boys
100.0
.1
8.2
2.7
4.1
20.6
16.5
12.3
2.7
21.9
1.4
5.5
1.4
2.7
100.0
.2
5.4
18.7
4.2
6.0
1.8
5.2
1.2
3.2
13.5
4.6
.6
10.6
.8
6.4
7.0
6.0
1.2
1.6
1.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
.3
.8
4.0
16.4
6.0
7.7
24.5
4.0
1.6
3.5
9.7
7.8
.6
8.8
2.3
1.1
.7
Table
15
LOS ANG ELES
3.—Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries 1 in Los Angeles,
January 19U9— Continued
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries 1
Billers,
machine
(billing
machine)
Billers,
machine
(book
keeping
machine)
CalculatingBook Calculat
Book
ingmachine Clerks,
keeping- keeping- machine
machine machine operators operators account
ing
operators, operators, (Comptom (other than
class B eter type) Comptom
class A
eter type)
Bookkeepers,
hand
Clerks,
file,
class A
Under $25 00
$25 00—$27 40
$27 50 $20 00
$20
$22
$25
$37
$40
$42
00—$22 40
50—$24 00
00—$.27 40
50 $20 00
00-$42 40
50—$44 00
$45.0 0- $47.49............
$47.50-$49.99............
$50 00-$52 40
$59 50—$54 00
$55.00-157.49............
$57.50-$59.99............
$RO 00—$52 40
$fi2 50—$64 09
$55 00-$fi7 49
7' •OU—
*0—vUv
SAG•QQ
vO
$70 00—$72 40
$72 50-^74 00
^75 00-S70 00
©cn 00-SR4 00
$85 00—$80 00
«qn •\J00—
tjpyu
\J ^04
pt/T:. 00
*j *7..... ............
$05 00—$00 00
$100.00 and over.___
Tnt.nl
Estimated number of
workers.....................
A v e r a g e w e e k ly
Halaries1.. _______
0.5
.7
37
11 9
27.4
10.1
11.7
4.4
8.5
5.9
5.7
5.3
.4
3.0
.2
[4
.2
2.4
2.9
3.5
8.8
1.8
.6
0.5
2.6
3.8
8.9
1.9
15.0
6.2
3.4
9.3
8.3
5.9
3.1
.6
7.3
1
5.0
9.3
3.2
13
.1
4.2
100.0
..
0.6
4.4
7.7
17.3
29.6
8.5
1.7
16.0
1.5
3.8
5.6
.4
2.7
.2
100.0
100.0
563
170
834
520
100.0
....
1,432
$46.00
$46.50
$62.50
$54.00
$45.00
1Excludes pay for overtime.
5.9
8.8
12.9
12.4
12.9
12.4
10.0
4.7
2.4
7.8
10.0
9.0
13.0
13.3
11.9
7.0
7.8
2.4
4.7
5.0
2.0
2.0
1.2
.1
.2
.1
.1
------- - -
- ,
100.0
------
----- —
--------
.-
1.6
3.4
5.2
18.7
15.3
8.0
9.9
7.1
4.5
18.2
4.3
2.6
.2
.6
.4
2.6
14.3
13.0
3.2
19.5
10.4
15.6
2.6
2.6
3.9
5.8
2.6
2.6
1.3
1,886
...100.0
154
$50.50
$48.00
100.0
- -------------
- ■ ......
..........— — _■
Clerks,
file,
class B
Clerks,
general
24.5
0.8
11.3
6.5
1.9
13.8
18.9
20.4
7.5
8.2
13.4
20.2
4.1
11.1
1.5
6.5
2.0
3.1
1.1
13.8
1.1
.4
.4
.2
.3
2.7
1.0
.1
1.0
.6 ....................
.6
1.0
3.0
2.9
3.4
5.9
11.6
13.8
10.4
2.3
12.4
7.7
12.2
2.5
2.9
.5
2.2
1.9
.7
.2
.8
1.3
1.3
.1
4.0
4.5
5.9
4.5
9.6
13.7
17.9
8.3
16.5
6.2
1.5
2.7
3.1
1.0
.2
.1
.2
( a)
.1
( 2)
( a)
100.0
100.0
3 ,658
100.0
■
478
1,618
4,575
$49.50
$43.00
$35.50
$46.00
100.0
a Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
-
-
16
SALARIES
OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
T able 3.—Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries1 in Los Angeles,
January 19U9— Continued
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries1
Under $25.00..............
$25.00-$27.49............
$27.50-$29.99............
$30.00-$32.49............
$32.50-$34.99............
$35.00-$37.49............
$37.50-139.99............
$40.00-$42.49............
$42.50-$44.99............
$45.00-$47.49............
$47.50-$49.99............
$50.00-$52.49............
$52.50-$54.99............
$55.00-$57.49............
$57.50-S59.99............
$60.00-$62.49............
$62.50-$64.99............
$65.00-$67.49............
$67.50-S69.99............
$70.00-$72.49............
$72.50-$74.99............
$75.00-$79.99............
$80.00-$84.99............
$85.00-$89.99............
$90.00-$94.99............
$95.00-$99.99............
$100.00 and over.......
Total................
Estimated number of
workers....................
A verage w eekly
salaries 1...................
Clerks,
order
Clerktypists
(2)
0.3
5.2
3.0
9.2
13.8
15.0
6.0
9.2
19.7
2.7
9.7
.7
.2
5.3
0.5
.9
2.2
12.6
10.0
9.0
10.3
18.1
9.8
6.7
1.2
7.7
.2
4.4
1.2
.3
2.0
.2
1.7
.7
.2
.1
Office
girls
Stenog
raphers,
general
Switch
TranStenog Switch
board seribingraphers,
board operator- machine Typists,
technical operators reception operators, class A
ists
general
- - -
(2)
0.2
.5
2.9
2.3
9.1
14.5
18.2
10.9
12.7
6.6
5.5
5.0
2.4
1.5
2.6
1.7
.9
.2
2.3
0.6
.4
.4
3.5
1.6
7.5
23.7
26.8
5.5
3.7
.6
2.2
11.0
7.3
1.8
1.6
1.8
........... o .i"
.2
1.0
3.2
7.2
19.8
9.6
9.9
8.5
11.5
5.2
7.6
5.3
4.7
1.0
2.6
1.3
.3
1.0
0.5
1.3
7.0
7.7
10.8
24.1
13.0
10.7
6.5
6.7
2.6
2.3
3.2
1.1
.1
1.1
.3
.3
.1
.4
.2
3.9
14.1
15.4
14.3
11.7
13.5
9.4
3.9
.9
4.4
6.4
.2
1.7
0.4
1.9
1.7
3.9
5.6
19.2
11.7
14.6
5.0
14.1
9.1
7.1
3.5
1.7
.9
4.5
7.8
7.3
10.9
16.9
23.1
13.7
2.2
7.5
5.3
.4
7.7
22.7
13.5
6.5
14.5
10.0
4.0
5.6
1.9
1.9
4.1
2.8
1.8
.4
.2
.2
.1
1.8
.3
Typists,
class B
14.2
1.0
13.2
19.0
10.2
23.5
9.3
1.6
3.0
2.1
.2
.5
1.9
.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
600
1,210
3,856
545
6,235
491
1,184
1 ,189
451
1,239
1 ,285
$49.50
$51.50
$44.00
$39.00
$50.00
$56.00
$48.50
$46.50
$42.50
$41.50
$38.50
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
Clerks,
pay roll
* Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
17
LOS A NGE L E S
Table 4.—Average weekly salaries 1 for selected office occupations in Los Angeles, by size of establishment,
January 1949
Average weekly salaries1 in—
Manufacturing establishments
with total employment of—
Sex, occupation, and grade
Transportation, com
Finance, insurance, and real munication, and other
estate establishments with public utilities estab
total employment of—
lishments with total
employment of—
501 or
more
251 to
500
101 to
250
251 or
more
101 to
250
26 to
100
251 or
more
101 to
250
26 to
100
501 or
more
$66.50
59.50
55.50
60.00
44.00
$60.00
54.50
53.50
(2)
46.00
$73.50
55.00
59.00
42.00
$72.00
64.00
58.50
57.50
38.50
$53.00
48.00
60.00
36.00
$80.50
58.50
53.00
64.50
40.50
(2)
(2)
$52.50
$50.00
(2)
$60.50
44.00
46.00
(2)
$54.00
(2)
32.50
47.50
52.50
57.00
54.00
48.00
51.00
45.50
41.50
49.50
47.00
49.50
47.00
41.50
49.50
52.00
53.00
46.00
84.00
53.50
56.00
49.50
51.00
41.00
(2)
45.50
43.00
51.50
44.00
40.00
47.50
(2)
46.50
(2)
60.50
66.50
50.50
44.50
52.00
37.50
46.00
(2)
52.50
44.00
52.00
43.50
47.50
51.00
(2)
48.50
51.50
52.50
47.00
(2)
39.50
48.50
50.50
55.00
39.50
42.50
53.00
50.50
48.00
43.00
67.00
50.50
46.00
50.00
41.50
40.00
43.50
61.00
51.00
43.50
(2)
44.50
44.00
49.00
40.50
66.50
52.50
53.00
55.00
51.50
43.50
48.00
52.00
53.00
50.00
49.00
49.50
47.50
$47.00
60.00
45.00
48.00
44.50
(3)
51.50
47.50
(2)
46.00
53.00
49.00
45.50
42.50
50.50
47.50
44.50
45.50
40.00
35.50
45.00
41.00
-----------
Men
Bookkeepers, hand____________________
Clerks, accounting_____________________
Clerks, general___ .... ... .... _ ...........
Clerks, order .. .. ......................................
Office hnys
Wholesale establishments with
total employment of—
Women
Billers, machine (billing machine)_________
Bookkeepers, hand____ ______ _______
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class A.........
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B.........
Calculating-machine operators (Comptometer
type)
......
Clerks, accounting__________ _________
Clerks, file, class A _ .............._.....
Clerks, file, class B .. ......... . ........ ...........
Clerks, general ______________________
Clerks, order ...... _ .. . ................
Clerks, pay roll
.................
Clerk-typists_______ ______________ .
Offiefi girls
. _ _.
Stenographers, general_________________
Switchboard operators...... ...........................
Switchboard operator-receptionists________
(2)
(2)
35.50
63.50
53.00
36.50
42.00
37.00
33.50
37.00
(2)
39.50
32.50
46.00
42.50
41.00
43.00
(2)
(2)
47.00
40.00
39.50
30.50
44.50
(2)
38.50
(2)
47.50
45.00
(2)
40.00
(2)
44.00
47.00
39.50
3Insufficient number of workers to justify presentation of an average.
1Excludes pay for overtime.
(2)
(2)
41.50
Table 5.— Average weekly salaries1 for women in select
ed office occupations in finance, insurance, and real
estate offices in Los Angeles, by length of workweek,
January 1949
Occupation and grade
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B„
Clerks, accounting........................................
Clerks, file, class B.......................................
C!lfirks, general
Clerk-typists........ -................ -.....................
Office girls
__
Stenographers, general................................
Switchboard operators.................................
Switchboard operator-receptionists.____
Excludes pay for overtime.
Average weekly salary1
for workweek of—
5 days
$36.00
41.00
31.00
42.50
38.50
33.50
44.00
45.00
40.00
5*4 days
$40.00
43.00
37.00
37.00
43.00
33.00
46.50
43.00
40.50
101 to
500
18
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
T able 6.—Scheduled weekly hours for women in Los Angeles offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Manufacturing
Weekly hours
All
industries
All offices employing women..................
35 h o u rs ...............................................
Over 35 and under 373^ hours...........
37V*» hnurs
Over 37 and under 40 hours _ . __
4 0 hnurs
Over 40 and under 44 hours................
4 4 hours
O ver 4 4 an d under 4 8 hours
4 8 hours
100.0
1.9
2.5
2.4
86.9
1.8
3.2
1.2
.1
Retail Finance, Transportation,
trade, insurance, communication,
Wholesale except
and other
trade department and real
public utilities
estate
stores
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1.9
90.5
7.6
0.5
90.4
2.6
6.5
6.4
.5
97.6
1.5
0.7
99.3
........... —
100.0
1.6
83.0
9.3
6.1
100.0
4.9
7.2
5.2
80.9
1.8
100.0
3.9
86.2
8.9
Services
100.0
0.1
2.2
6.8
69.6
12.0
9.3
1.0
T able 7.— Scheduled days in workweek for women in Los Angeles offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Manufacturing
Days in week
All
industries
All offices employing women..................
5 days..........................................................
days _r _ . .
R days
O ther_______ ... ___________ ___
100.0
81.5
17.9
.1
.5
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
98.1
1.5
.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
90.6
7.6
1.8
Retail Finance, Transportation,
trade, insurance, communication,
Wholesale except
trade department and real
and other
estate
public utilities
stores
100.0
90.9
9.1
100.0
84.6
15.4
100.0
59.8
40.2
100.0
86.2
8.9
1.0
3.9
Services
100.0
71.9
28.1
Table 8.— Vacations with pay in Los Angeles offices, January 19h9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Vacation policy
All offices studied......................................
Manufacturing
All
industries
Services
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
durable
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.7
30.8
65.8
3.1
98.9
29,8
60.2
8.9
.1
1.0
98.7
27.5
60.1
11.1
.1
1.2
100.0
39.3
60.7
100.0
36.2
61.4
2.4
100.0
43.8
56.0
.2
99.9
7.8
92.1
100.0
81.7
18.3
100.0
26.9
73.1
99.7
10.7
.3
85.2
3.5
98.9
21.9
.6
67.5
8.9
.1
1.0
98.7
20.6
67.0
11.1
.1
1.2
100.0
27.3
3.2
69.5
100.0
17.6
80.0
2.4
100.0
20.4
1.5
77.9
.2
99.9
100.0
5.5
.1
94.4
100.0
98.9
1.2
1.2
82.2
14.3
.1
1.0
98.7
100.0
5.9
6.1
60.9
27.1
100.0
2.0
95.6
2.4
100.0
99.9
100.0
100.0
99.8
.2
95.5
4.4
.1
ioo.o
95.6
4.4
1 year of service
Offices with paid vacations....................
1 week.................................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks........
2 weeks...............................................
Over 2 weeks..................................
Offices with no paid vacations____ __
Information not available.......................
Retail Finance, Transportation,
trade, insurance, communication,
Wholesale except
trade department and real
and other
estate
public utilities
stores
C1).3
Non
goods
2 years of service
Offices with paid vacations.....................
1 week.................................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks..............
2 weeks............................................. ..
Over 2 weeks.....................................
Offices with no paid vacations..............
Information not available........................
1
O).3
99.9
.1
95.7
4.3
5 years of service
Offices with paid vacations.....................
week.................................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks..............
2 weeks...............................................
Over 2 weeks__________ ________
Offices with no paid vacations...............
Information not available.......................
1Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
99.7
.7
.4
92.2
6.4
O).3
87.6
11.1
.1
1.2
—iz::.
19
LOS ANG ELES
Table 9.—Paid holidays in Los Angeles offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Number of paid holidays
All offices studied
Offices providing paid holidays..............
Number
of holidays:
1...................................................
tn
67.....................................................
8
9
.............................................
1110................................................
12
13 or more
Offices providing no paid holidays____
Information not available.......................
Manufacturing
All
Non
durable
goods
industries
All
manu
facturing
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
.6
2.0
2.1
.2
78.6
8.4
11.9
98.1
6.4
50.4
9.6
13.6
4.2
11.9
95.4
10.9
79.9
2.3
Durable
goods
94.2
13.5
80.1
1.1
Retail Finance, Transportation,
trade, insurance, communication,
Wholesale except
and other
trade department and real
estate
public utilities
stores
100.0
98.7
10.6
48.0
39.6
.5
.3
98.7
93.6
3.6
.2
1.3
C1)
1.6
100.0
3.7
.9
1.3
4.6
1.2
100.0
100.0
3.5
12.4
3.9
15.8
14.7
7.3
42.4
100.0
98.2
21.8
3.2
73.2
Services
100.0
100.0
4.3
85.1
10.6
C1)
1.8
1.3
1 Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
Table 10.— Nonproduction bonuses in Los Angeles offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of bonus
All offices studied......................................
Offices with nonproduction bonuses......
Christmas or year-end.......... ...........
Profit-sharing
Other1 .............................................
Offices with no nonproduction bonuses _
Information not available.... .............
Manufacturing
AH .
industries
100.0
21.6
16.2
1.1
4.3
78.1
.3
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
13.4
12.2
1.2
85.7
.9
100.0
6.9
6.9
100.0
39.9
33.8
6.1
60.1
Includes combinations of 2 or more types of bonuses.
91.9
1.2
Retail Finance, Transportation,
trade, insurance, communication,
Wholesale except
and other
trade department and real
estate
public utilities
stores
100.0
13.8
13.8
100.0
5.0
5.0
86.2
95.0
100.0
47.4
29.5
3.9
14.0
52.6
Services
100.0
5.2
5.2
100.0
11.7
11.7
94.8
88.3
20
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
Table 11.—Formal provisions for paid sick leave in Los Angeles offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Provisions for paid sick leave
All
industries
Manufacturing
Retail Finance, Transportation,
trade, insurance, communication,
Wholesale except
trade department and real
and other
public utilities
estate
stores
Services
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
26.8
1.2
6.7
6.7
4.1
5.1
1.9
28.9
9.8
13.9
.7
4.5
30.2
6.5
17.3
.8
5.6
23.5
23.5
13.5
1.8
6.1
62.3
58.6
3.7
10.1
2.8
3.2
3.4
.7
16.0
5.0
1.7
5.6
38.4
1.7
7.3
14.0
8.3
3.3
3.8
61.6
89.9
84.0
40.3
1.9
1.4
10.0
5.8
14.0
7.2
59.7
43.0
2.8
2.9
1.7
17.6
2.2
16.4
50.6
5.0
9.9
57.0
49.4
40.3
80.4
2.8
2.9
50.6
5.0
1.6
17.0
3.1
16.4
37.4
19.6
44.0
6 months of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
5 d ays
____________ _______ ______
Offices with no formal provisions for
Information not available.......................
1.1
72.9
.3
70.2
.9
68.6
1.2
76.5
86.5
37.7
46.9
2.3
13.2
4.9
.2
14.1
2.8
5.8
1.5
2.1
52.8
.3
51.7
3.4
23.6
13.9
.7
10.1
55.3
3.2
28.4
17.3
.8
5.6
36.8
3.9
4.2
44.4
1.8
19.9
28.7
47.4
.9
43.5
1.2
63.2
7.1
5.6
9.4
.6
55.6
69.2
3.4
27.4
3.7
34.7
51.1
2.3
10.3
4.8
.2
13.0
4.0
7.2
2.4
6.9
48.6
.3
51.7
3.4
20.4
13.9
.7
10.1
55.3
3.2
24.3
17.3
.8
5.6
36.8
3.9
4.2
44.4
1.8
19.9
3.2
4.1
47.4
.9
43.5
1.2
9.3
1 year of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
pink Ipflvfi
......... .
Under 5 days.....................................
5 days..................................................
6 days..................................................
7 days . .......... ..................................
10 days................................................
12 d ays
15 d ays
..
.
.
___
.........
20 days.......... - ...................................
O ver 20 days
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid sink leave
Information not available.......................
30.8
35.7
2 years of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
sink leave ... _______ __
Tinder 5 days ........ . ... ... .............
ays
_ _
................................
657 ddd ays
ays
. ...........................
. ..
10 days................................................
12 days
15 days
20 davs
......
Over 20 days ... ___ .
............
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid sick leave.......................................
Information not available........................
28.7
12.7
9.4
69.2
3.4
16.8
3.7
45.3
.6
63.2
55.6
30.8
1.4
5.4
5.8
18.8
8.9
59.7
.8
49.4
Table 12.— Insurance and pension plans in Los Angeles offices, January 1919
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of plan
All offices studied......................................
Offices with insurance or pension plans1
Life insurance....................................
Health insurance...............................
Retirement pension..........................
Offices with no insurance or pension
plans........................................................
Information not available__ ....... ...
1 Unduplicated total.
Manufacturing
All
industries
Retail Finance, Transportation,
trade, insurance, communication,
Wholesale except
trade department and real
and other
estate
public utilities
stores
Services
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
76.8
65.1
53.8
37.4
100.0
80.4
72.9
72.5
27.6
100.0
79.9
77.8
72.9
29.0
100.0
82.7
53.1
70.7
22.3
100.0
55.5
48.3
43.4
21.5
100.0
77.2
72.8
36.7
12.5
100.0
76.4
65.1
35.9
48.0
100.0
95.9
52.5
59.6
81.2
100.0
77.9
77.9
62.5
22.4
21.2
2.0
16.5
3.1
16.3
3.8
17.3
37.4
7.1
22.8
23.6
4.1
22.1
21
NEW ORLEANS, JANUARY 1949
Salaries
The earnings of individual women office
workers in the jobs studied in New Orleans
ranged from less than $15 to nearly $90 a week
n January 1949, but nearly half of the workers
n these jobs earned between $30 and $40. For
ndividual jobs, average salaries varied from
|>25 for office girls to $52 for technical stenog
raphers. Salaries of women employed as genrral stenographers, numerically the largest
?roup studied, averaged $39 a week.
Among the 10 jobs studied for which data
rould be shown for men, average weekly sala
ries ranged from $22.50 for office boys to $54
for pay-roll clerks. General clerks, the occupa:ion studied in which the largest number of men
were employed, averaged about $47.50, while
accounting clerks, another large group, aver
aged $51 a week.
Although salaries for clerical workers are
generally expressed in weekly or monthly terms,
the salary rates were converted to an hourly
oasis to allow for differences in the length of
workweek. The resulting averages for women
ranged from 63 cents for office girls to $1.09
for hand bookkeepers and $1.30 for technical
stenographers. Averages for two-thirds of the
jobs studied fell between 80 cents and $1. For
men, straight-time average hourly earnings
ranged from an average of 56 cents for office
boys to $1.36 for pay-roll clerks.
No one industry division paid the highest
salaries in all occupations. However, salaries
in three divisions—transportation, communica
tion, and other public utilities; wholesale trade;
and manufacturing were generally higher than
in the other broad industry divisions included
in the survey.
Work Schedules
The 40-hour week was the most common work
schedule in New Orleans offices. Nearly 70 per
cent of the women workers studied were work
ing a 40-hour week; the remainder were about
equally divided between shorter and longer
schedules. In no instance did the workweek for
women exceed 48 hours; less than 1 percent of
the employees were found in offices with work
weeks of less than 35 hours.
Nearly three out of every four women worked
5 days a week. Five and one-half days com
prised the scheduled workweek for about one
out of five women office employees; the remain
der has a 6-day schedule.
Paid Vacations
All but 1 of the 137 establishments studied
had formal vacation policies affecting their
office employees. Two-thirds of the workers re
ceived paid vacations of 2 weeks or more after
1 year of service. The proportion of workers
entitled to 2 weeks or more of vacation leave
increased with length of service; five out of six
workers were in firms granting paid vacations
of 2 weeks or more after 2 years’ service; seven
out of eight were eligible for 2 weeks or more
of vacation after 5 years’ service.
In most industry groups, vacations of more
than 2 weeks were not widespread even after
15 years of service. The transportation, com
munication, and other public utilities and ser
vice groups had the most liberal vacation poli
cies. Approximately three-fourths of the office
employees in each of these groups received 2week or longer paid vacations after 1 year of
service. One-tenth of the office workers in
wholesale trade were covered by provisions for
vacations of more than 2 weeks after 5 years of
employment. The proportion covered by such
vacation provisions after this amount of service
was the same in transportation, communication,
and other utilities offices, and almost one-third
of the office workers in this group of industries
received this amount of vacation after 15 years
of employment.
Paid Holidays
Almost all New Orleans office workers re
ceived some paid holidays; the number varied
from 3 to 16 a year. Over one-third received 6
days, whereas nearly one-fifth of the workers
22
SA L A R IE S OF OFFICE W O R K E R S
were paid for seven holidays a year. About 1
worker out of every 4 in the finance, insurance,
and real estate group received 16 paid holidays
annually.
Nonproduction Bonuses
Nonproduction bonuses were paid in offices
with nearly three-fifths of the workers. Christ
mas or year-end payments represented the most
usual type of plan. Bonuses were most typical
in retail trade, where over nine-tenths of the
office employees were in establishments making
such payments.
Paid Sick Leave
Formal provisions for paid sick leave were in
effect in firms with about one-fifth of the office
employment in New Orleans. The number of
days allowed after a year's service varied fron
5 to more than 20 a year, the most commor
amount being 10 days. The wholesale trade anc
service groups very rarely had formal provi
sions for pay in case of illness.
Insurance_and Pension Plans
Over 75 percent of the workers in New Or
leans offices were covered by some type of insur
ance or pension plan paid for at least in par
by their employers. Life insurance plans wer<
most common.
Ninety-five percent of the office personnel ii
transportation, communication, and other pub
lie utilities worked in firms with some sort oi
insurance plan. Such benefits were also partic
ularly widespread in the offices of manufactur
ing, wholesale, and retail establishments.
23
N E W ORLEANS
?ABLE 1.— Salaries1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in New Orleans, by indus
try division, January 191*9
Average
Me
Estidian*
m ated
w eek
Sex, occupation, and numWeek
industry division ber of Week- ly H our ly
work- ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
M en
Billers, machine (billBookkeepers, hand*....
Manufacturing__
Wholesale trade_
Transportation,
co m m u n i cation, and other
public utilities..
Bookkeeping-machine
operators, class B*..
Wholesale trade_
Clerks, accounting *—
Manufacturing__
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unication, and other
public utilities..
Clerks, general *— .....
Manufacturing—
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Clerks, nrdcr*
Wholesale trade—
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
rjjerks, pay roll __
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Olerk-t.ypistiR *
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Office boys8..................
Manufacturing__
Wholesale trade—
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Stenographers,
general *
Wholesale trade_
28 $37.50
174 53.50
44 56.00
59 52.50
39.0
40.5
41.5
40.0
$0.97 $34.00 $30.00-$46.50
1.32 53.50 46.00- 60.50
1.35 56.00 50.00- 66.00
1.32 52.00 46.00- 57.50
38 51.50 40.0 1.29 46.00 43.50- 56.50
35
30
364
71
74
30
38.50
38.50
51.00
49.50
44.00
51.00
40.5
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.5
42.5
.95
.95
1.28
1.23
1.09
1.21
37.00
37.00
50.00
48.00
44.00
50.00
34.5034.5042.5046.0034.5035.00-
40.00
39.00
60.50
54.00
53.00
66.50
49 43.50 40.0 1.09 40.50 34.50- 50.00
139
379
52
138
58.50
47.50
46.00
51.50
39.0
40.0
41.5
40.0
1.50
1.19
1.10
1.29
57.50
47.50
46.00
51.50
50.5040.0038.0043.50-
64.50
55.00
49.50
58.00
28 41.50 39.5 1.04 41.50 29.50- 52.00
143 46.50 39.0 1.19 46.00 37.50- 52.00
152 50.50 41 5 1.22 51.00 41.50- 57.50
73 47.00 42 !o 1.12 46.00 40.50- 54.50
49 52.50 40.0 1.32 52.00 46.00- 57.50
64 54.00 39.5 1.36 52.50 47.00- 59.00
37 55.50 39.0 1.41 52.00 46.00- 62.00
85 36.50 41.0 .89 35.50 32.50- 43.00
53
275
58
97
36.50
22.50
25.00
21.50
40.0
40.5
40.5
41.0
.91
.56
.61
.53
35.50
22.00
26.00
20.50
32.0019.5020.0019.50-
40.50
26.00
28.00
23.00
43 24.50 40.0
.61 24.00 22.00- 26.50
60 21.00 39.5
.53 19.50 18.50- 22.00
46 45.00 42.0 1.08 42.50 38.50- 50.50
26 43.50 43.5 1.01 43.50 38.50- 50.50
Women
Billers, machine (bill
ing machine)8..........
Manufacturing__
Wholesale trade_
168 35.50 39.5
40 34.00 40.0
46 35.00 40.5
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
.89 34.50 30.00- 38.00
.86 34.00 30.00- 35.00
.86 31.00 29.00- 40.00
3 Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
Average
Me
Esti
dian*
m ated
Week
Sex, occupation, and num
w eekindustry division ber of Week ly H our
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women —Con.
Billers, machine (bill
ing machine) *—Con.
Transportation,
com m u nica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Bookkeepers, hand *....
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate„..............
Bookkeeping-machine
operators, class A *..
Wholesale trade—
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Bookkeeping-machine
operators, class B 8„
Manufacturing.—
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade.........
Calculating-machine
operators (Comp
tometer type)8........
Wholesale trade....
Retail trade.........
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Calculating-machine
operators (other
than Comptometer
type).............. ...........
Clerks, accounting----Manufacturing—
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade.........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services................
Clerks, file, class A 8....
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................
Clerks, file, class B 8....
Manufacturing.._
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade.........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate___
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Clerks, general............
Manufacturing__
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
42 $38.50 38.0 $1.01 $37.00 $34.00-$42.00
127 45.50 41.5 1.09 44.50 37.00- 54.00
37 41.00 43.0 .95 37.00 31.50- 39.50
29 46.50 41.0 1.13 45.00 39.00- 47.00
138 38.50 40.0
27 38.50 39.5
.96 37.00 37.00- 40.00
.97 37.50 37.00- 40.00
70 36.00 40.0
.90 37.00 32.00- 37.00
222
54
70
34
35.00
36.50
37.50
30.50
40.0
40.0
40.5
41.0
349 35.50 40.0
99 34.00 40.5
109 32.00 42.0
.87
.91
.93
.74
35.50
37.00
37.50
30.00
31.5035.0034.5027.50-
40.00
38.00
40.50
32.50
.88 35.50 32.00- 39.50
.84 33.00 30.00- 39.50
.77 31.00 30.00- 36.50
95 39.50 39.0 1.02 38.00 35.00- 44.50
34
557
74
74
105
35.00
38.00
42.00
45.50
28.50
39.0 .90 33.50 29.0039.5 .96 36.00 32.0040.0 1.05 42.50 39.0042.0 1.09 42.50 34.5041.0 .70 27.50 26.00-
61 35.00 40.0
37.00
44.00
46.00
52.00
33.00
.87 32.00 30.00- 37.50
207 39.50 37.5 1.06 37.00 34.50- 47.00
36 35.50 40.0 .89 34.50 34.50- 39.00
84 33.50 40.0 .84 31.50 27.50- 37.00
43
281
32
61
57
32.00
29.00
31.50
30.50
25.50
39.5
40.0
41.0
41.5
40.0
38 24.50 40.0
79 ; 31.50
660 36.50
117 36.00
49 37.00
37 31.50
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.5
41.5
238 34.00 40.0
.81
.73
.77
.73
.63
29.00
29.00
29.50
28.50
25.00
27.5025.5026.5027.5025.00-
32.00
31.00
35.00
31.00
25.00
.61 27.50 15.00- 28.00
.84
.91
.90
.91
.76
32.00
36.00
37.00
37.00
32.50
29.50- 32.00
32.00- 40.50
30.00- 42.00
35.00- 38.00
24.00- 35.00
.85 33.50 28.50- 37.50
8 Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
24
SALARIES
OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
TABLE 1.— Salaries1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in New Orleans, by indus
try division, January 19U9— Continued
Average
EstiMe
m ated
dian 21
Sex, occupation, and num
Week
industry division ber of Week ly H ou r w eek
ly
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
Women —Con.
Clerks, general—Con.
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities.. 168 $39.50 38.5 $1.03 $39.00 $34.50-$44.50
Services................
51 39.50 41.0 .97 37.50 34.50- 41.50
Clerks, order8.............. 107 31.00 40.5 .78 30.50 25.00- 34.00
Wholesale trade_
44 36.00 40.0 .90 34.00 33.00- 38.00
Retail trade.........
55 27.50 41.0 .67 25.00 25.00- 29.00
Clerks, pay roll8.......... 135 37.00 40.0 .93 36.50 31.00- 42.50
Manufacturing__
62 36.00 40.5 .89 32.50 30.00- 40.50
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
35 38.50 38.5 1.01 39.00 33.50- 42.00
Clerk-typists................ 699 31.50 40.5 .79 31.00 27.50- 35.00
Manufacturing__
92 32.50 41.5 .79 33.00 28.50- 35.00
Wholesale trade_ 125 35.00 41.0 .85 32.00 29.50- 40.00
Retail trade.........
28 28.50 40.5 .70 27.50 25.00- 32.50
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................. 217 28.50 40.0 .72 27.50 25.50- 31.00
Transportation,
com m u nica
tion, and other
public utilities.. 121 34.50 39.0 .88 34.50 30.00- 37.50
Services................. 116 31.00 40.0 .77 31.00 29.00- 32.50
Office girls.....................
80 25.00 39.5 .63 25.50 20.50- 29.00
Stenographers,
general....................... 1,179 39.00 40.0 .98 39.50 34.50- 43.50
Manufacturing__ 196 41.50 40.5 1.02 40.00 35.00- 46.00
Wholesale trade_ 419 38.00 40.0 .95 38.00 34.50- 40.50
Retail trade..........
53 38.00 41.5 .92 37.50 35.00- 40.50
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
2 Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
Average
Estimem ated
dian2
Sex, occupation, and num
Week
industry division ber of Week ly H our w eek
ly
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
Women —Con.
Stenographers, gen
eral—Continued
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services.................
Stenographers,
technical................—
Switchboard
operators8.................
Manufacturing—
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Transportation,
com m u nica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Switchboard operatorreceptionists s.„........
M anuf acturing__
Wholesale trade....
Transcribing-machine
operators, general8..
M anuf acturing__
Wholesale trade_
Typists, class A...........
Typists, class B 8.........
Wholesale trade_
124 $40.00 40.0 $1.01 $39.50 $35.50-$46.0C
298 39.50 39.5 1.01 39.00 34.50- 44.0C
89 38.00 40.5 .94 37.50 33.50- 40.5C
28 52.00 40.0 1.30 55.00 49.00- 55.00
212
28
63
34
35.00
40.00
32.00
31.00
40.5
40.0
41.5
40.5
.86
.99
.77
.77
35.50
38.50
32.50
30.00
30.0035.5028.5027.50-
39.00
42.50
36.50
33.50
51 38.00 39.5
.97 38.00 35.50- 41.50
128 33.00 40.5
42 33.00 40.5
47 32.50 40.5
.81 32.00 30.00- 35.00
.82 32.00 29.00- 37.00
.81 33.00 29.50- 35.00
126
43
46
43
95
59
35.50
36.00
39.00
36.50
31.50
32.50
41.0
41.5
41.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
.86
.87
.93
.90
.78
.81
35.00
37.50
36.00
34.00
30.00
32.00
30.0030.0033.5032.5027.5029.50-
Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
40.00
43.50
42.50
42.50
34.00
34.50
25
NEW ORLEANS
T able 2.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries 1 in New Orleans,
January 194.9
Percent of men—
Weekly salaries1
Book
keepers,
hand
Tinder $15 flO
*15 nn-*i7 4Q
*17 50-*19 99
$20 00-$?,2 49
*22.50-*24 99
$25.00-$27.49.............................
*27 50-*29 99
2.3
$30.00-$32.49______________
$32.50-134.99........ ...................
1.7
$35.00-137.49______________ .................
*27 50-*S9 99
2.9
*40 00-$42 49
3.5
3.5
$42.50-144.99.._ ......„............
15.0
$45.00-147.49______________
$47.50-$49.99________ ______
1.7
18.4
$50.00-$52.49 . ............ ............
8.1
$52.50-$54.99 ............. ............
7.5
$55.00-157.49.......... ..................
13.2
$57.50-159.99. ....................
5.7
$60.00-$62.49...........................
$62.50-$64.99______________
.6
5.7
$65.00-$67.49 ._ ...................
6.9
$67.50-169.99.......... ..................
$70.00-$72.49______________
1.1
*72 50—$74 99
1.1
$75.00-$79.99______________
$80.00-$84.99 ______ ______
1.1
*85 00-*89 99
*90 00—*94 99
*95 00-S99 99
$100 00 and over
Total.................................
100.0
Estimated number of workers__
174
Average weekly salaries 1._.... ..... $53.50
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
Clerks,
account
ing
0.8
3.3
1.9
2.7
3.3
4.1
2.5
4.4
4.1
17.6
4.7
6.9
5.5
3.0
6.9
6.9
7.7
2.2
5.5
1.6
2.7
.3
1.1
.3
100.0
364
$51.00
Clerks,
general
Clerks,
order
Percent of women—
Clerks,
pay roll
Clerktypists
2.6
2.4
2.4
2.1
4.7
4.2
5.8
12.7
6.6
10.0
6.6
12.4
2.9
7.6
6.9
1.6
5.0
3.2
2.6
.3
100.0
379
$47.50
2.6
3.9
1.3
2.0
3.3
11.8
1.3
12.5
5.9
8.6
2.6
5.3
12.5
5.9
9.9
.7
.7
3.3
1.6
1.6
1.6
4.7
23.4
3.1
21.8
4.7
7.8
6.2
7.8
1.6
4.7
3.3
3.1
4.7
1.6
100.0
152
$50.50
100.0
64
$54.00
3.5
10.6
10.6
28.2
13.0
2.4
5.9
12.9
12.9
Office
boys
0.7
.7
34.2
17.1
16.7
15.3
11.3
2.5
1.1
.4
Book Calculat
Book
ingBillers, Book keepingkeeping- machine
machine keepers,
machine
machine
operators
(billing
operators,
machine) hand operators,
class A class B (Comptom
eter type)
8.3
9.5
21.4
12.5
19.7
6.0
7.7
2.4
4.8
.6
7.1
2.4
9.4
.8
17.3
13.4
.8
7.9
11.8
4.7
3.2
3.9
15.7
3.6
13.0
4.3
38.4
7.3
12.3
7.3
4.4
3.6
5.1
.7
..........O '
1.8
7.6
5.4
16.7
14.9
12.2
13.1
18.9
3.6
3.1
.9
0.6
6.9
6.6
16.9
13.5
21.2
12.0
10.3
7.7
3.1
.3
.9
3.1
2.4
2.4
.8
100.0
85
$36.50
100.0
275
$22.50
100.0
168
$35.50
100.0
127
$45.50
100.0
138
$38.50
100.0
222
$35.00
100.0
349
$35.50
26
S A L A R I E S OF OFFICE W O R K E R S
Table 2.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries1 in New Orleans,
January 19 U9—Continued
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries1
Clerks,
account
ing
TTn^r$1K on
$15 nn-$i7 4Q
$17 50-119 99
$90 nn-$99, 49
2.2
$99 5H-$94 99
1.6
5.8
$25.00-$27.49_____
4.0
$27.50-$29.99_____
12.2
$30.00-$32.49_____
18.3
$32.50-$34.99_____
12.9
$35.00-137.49_____
7.7
$37.50-$39.99_____
7.7
$40.00-$42.49 _ .....
$49 «n-$44 99
6.3
11.1
$45 00-$47 49
3.4
$47.50-149.99_____
1.8
$50.00-152.49_____
1.4
$52.50-154.99___ 1.
nn-$57 49
1.8
.2
$57.50-$59.99
$00 00-409 49
*09 50—*04 99
$65 00-$67.49
$67 50-169 99
$70.00-172.49_____
*79 *0-*74 99
$75.00-179.99. __
..........i'6
$80.00-$84.99
$85.00-189.99. __
$90.00-$94.99.
$95.00-$99.99.
$100.00 and over
100.0
Total............ ..
Estimated number of
workers..................
557
Average weekly
salaries1................. $38.00
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
Clerks,
file,
class A
1.2
13.1
25.0
19.0
7.1
11.9
4.8
1.2
9.5
1.2
2.4
2.4
1.2
Clerks,
file,
class B
3.6
.7
6.8
22.8
29.9
24.2
2.1
3.2
3.2
3.5
Clerks,
general
0.3
1.7
.9
7.0
8.5
11.4
14.5
17.1
9.1
10.0
8.2
6.4
2.0
1.5
.3
.4
.6
Clerks,
order
6.6
21.5
20.6
9.3
22.4
3.7
7.5
2.8
1.9
3.7
Clerks,
pay roll
5.9
10.4
18.5
10.4
7.4
11.9
11.1
9.6
5.9
2.2
3.0
2.2
Clerktypists
Office
girls
5.0
----17.5
1.6
7.5
1.1
1.3
13.7
22.5
10.6
13.7
25.6
18.4
11.3
6.3
9.9
10.4 —
5.2
2.5
6.9 ________
1.9
2.0
1.4
.4
.1
.3
1.5
.1
Switch TranStenogra Switch board scribing- Typists,
phers,
board operator- machine class B
general operators recep operators,
tionists general
0.3
4.7
7.0
17.0
11.9
12.3
18.4
9.3
10.2
3.7
3.0
.5
.7
.1
.6
.3
0.9
6.1
1.9
.5
12.3
9.9
17.0
13.2
14.1
10.4
8.5
2.4
1.4
.9
.5
5.4
23.4
25.8
15.6
17.2
4.7
1.6
4.7
.8
5.6
11.1
15.9
17.5
18.2
9.5
2.4
11.1
1.6
7.1
12.6
36.9
16.9
18.9
10.5
4.2
.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
84
281
660
107
135
699
80
1,179
212
128
126
95
$33.50
$29.00
$36.50
$31.00
$37.00
$31.50
$25.00
$39.00
$35.00
$33.00
$35.50
$31.50
27
N E W ORLEANS
T able 3.—Scheduled weekly hours for women in New Orleans offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Weekly hours
AU ,
industries
All offir.es em ploying w om en _________
Tinder 3 5 hours
3.5 hours
O ver 3.5 and under 3 7 hours
37 14 hours
..................
.
_
Over 37^*2 and under 40 hours.............
. ........................ ...................
Over 40 and under 44 hours.................
44 hours.....................................................
O ver 4 4 and under 4 8 hours
48 hours.....................................................
4 0 hours
100.0
.5
2.7
5.3
8.4
68.3
2.5
6.6
3.3
2.4
Manu
facturing
100.0
3.5
7.7
68.4
8.1
10.0
2.3
Wholesale
trade
100.0
4.0
2.0
10.0
64.8
1.3
15.3
2.6
Retail
trade
100.0
77.5
3.8
18.7
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Transportation,
communication,
and other
public utilities
100.0
100.0
14.7
77.1
10.1
19.9
6.0
64.0
4.9
3.3
Services
100.0
11.6
62.6
5.9
10.6
9.3
Table 4.— Scheduled days in workweek for women in New Orleans offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Days in week
All
industries
A ll offices em p loyin g wom en .
5 days.......................................................
5 3^ days ...............................................
6 days........................................................
100.0
73.9
18.4
7.7
Manu
facturing
100.0
77.9
22.1
Wholesale
trade
100.0
71.8
19.8
8.4
Retail
trade
100.0
3.3
65.9
30.8
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
100.0
91.8
8.2
Transportation,
communication,
and other
public utilities
100.0
96.7
3.3
Services
100.0
55.9
32.7
11.4
T able 5.— Vacations with pay in New Orleans offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Vacation policy
All offices studied
All
industries
________
1 year of service
Offices with paid vacations ....
. ____
Under 1 week...................................
1 week .............................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks.............
2 w eeks
,
. . . . . . ______
O ver 2 w eeks
.
_______ ______
Offiees with nn paid vacations
Manu
facturing
Wholesale
trade
... ..
1 week ..........................................
2 weeks..............................................
O ver 1 and under 2 weeks
O ver 2 w eeks
............
Offices with no paid vacations..............
1 week ..........................................
Over 1 and under 2 weeks.............
2 weeks LJ1 ... _____ ___ ___________
O ver 2 weeks
Offices w ith no
paid vacations.
..
Transportation,
communication,
and other
public utilities
Services
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.3
1.0
31.3
.1
63.4
3.5
.7
100.0
7.3
27.8
.8
64.1
98.3
34.2
53.9
10.2
1.7
100.0
59.8
40.2
100.0
33.1
64.2
2.7
100.0
24.7
74.9
.4
98.1
24.6
69.0
4.5
1.9
99.6
14.8
1.5
79.9
3.4
.4
100.0
13.9
10.7
75.4
100.0
15.6
74.2
10.2
100.0
40.5
59.5
100.0
23.8
73.5
2.7
100.0
98.1
9.4
84.2
4.5
1.9
99.6
10.7
1.4
80.7
6.8
.4
100.0
5.1
9.9
82.0
3.0
100.0
13.0
76.8
10.2
100.0
24.0
76.0
100.0
20.5
72.3
7.2
100.0
5 years of service
Offices with paid vac atio n s_____________
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
100.0
2 years of service
Offices with paid vaeatinns
Retail
trade
99.6
.4
89.5
10.5
98.1
7.1
86.5
4.5
1.9
28
S A L A R I E S OF OFFICE W O R K E R S
Table 6.— Paid holidays in New Orleans offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed :in offices in—
Number of paid holidays
All offices studied
Offices providing paid holidays.............
Number of holidays:
1 to 5..........................................
5 H ..............................................
6
6 ..............................................
7..............................................
r y 2 ..............................................
8...................................................
8 M - ............................................
9..... .............................................
10.................................................
11.................................................
16.................................................
Offices providing no paid holidays.......
AH e
industries
M anu
facturing
Wholesale
trade
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Retail
trade
100.0
97.7
100.0
99.1
100.0
97.7
100.0
99.4
5.0
.6
37.8
3.1
18.9
.6
17.7
.5
3.3
1.5
3.5
5.2
2.3
23.5
22.9
23.4
16.5
2.4
10.4
2.4
3.2
50.2
19.6
18.3
4.0
15.5
59.9
12.7
7.5
3.8
.9
2.3
Transportation,
communication,
and other
public utilities
Services
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100. (
90.:
28.1
26.2
14.7
2.2
25.4
11.3
15.3
.4
28.8
6.0
12.8
52.5
14. e
2 .{
15 .1
4.5
24.3
5 .4
.6
9.2
T able 7.— Nonproduction bonuses in New Orleans offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of bonus
All offices studied....................................
Offices with nonproduction bonuses.....
Christmas or year-end....................
Profit-sharing
Other.................................................
Offices with no nonproduction bonuses.
All
industries
100.0
58.6
40.2
4.4
14.0
41.4
Manu
facturing
100.0
67.8
47.4
10.2
10.2
32.2
Wholesale
trade
100.0
72.1
25.9
9.6
36.6
27.9
Retail
trade
100.0
90.7
55.9
15.5
19.3
9.3
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
T r anspor t ation,
communication,
and other
public utilities
100.0
57.9
57.9
100.0
24.0
24.0
42.1
76.0
Services
100.0
61.9
39.4
22.5
38.1
29
N E W ORLEANS
T able 8.— Formal provisions for paid sick leave in New Orleans offices, January 194-9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Provisions for paid sick leave
All offices studied .
All
industries
......
Manu
facturing
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Transportation,
communication,
and other
public utilities
Services
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
17.8
2.7
7.0
.8
2.7
2.3
2.3
27.5
2.4
23.1
4.0
30.2
22.6
4.8
4.8
4.8
2.3
2.5
2.0
4.0
11.0
10.6
9.2
26.2
4.8
10.5
10.9
10.1
2.9
82.2
72.5
96.0
69.8
73.8
77.4
95.2
21.7
1.3
6.9
.8
.9
2.0
2.9
6.9
27.5
4.0
30.2
26.2
42.5
4.8
4.8
2.3
2.5
1 year of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
sick leave_ .... _________________
Under 5 days .........
. .... ...
5- 5 days
10 days________ . ______
12 days
15 days
17M-18 days..........„.......................
20 davs
.......
Over 20 days
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid sick leave
2 years of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
sick leave
Under 5 days ...
5 -5 ^ days........................................
10 days..............................................
12 days ___ ....
15 days..............................................
17^2-18 days....................................
20 days_____
Over 20 davs_____
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid sick leave____ ...
11.0
4.8
10.1
22.8
69.8
73.8
57.5
95.2
30.2
26.2
42.5
4.8
4.8
2.3
2.5
4.0
19.2
78.3
72.5
96.0
21.7
1.3
6.5
.8
27.5
4.0
19.3
15.3
10.9
3.8
2.0
5 years of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
sick leave .
Under 5 days. ........ __
5-5 H days........................................
10 days..............................................
12 days.............................................
15 days..............................................
17V£-18 days________
20 days__________
Over 20 days....................................
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid sick leave . _
21.7
11.0
2.4
10.7
8.2
4.0
19.2
78.3
72.5
96.0
69.8
15.3
io. 9
37.7
57.5
73.8
95.2
Table 9.— Insurance and pension plans in New Orleans offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of plan
All offices studied....................................
Offices with insurance or pension
plans1....................................................
Life insurance...................................
Health insurance______________
Retirement pension........................
Other___ ... ___
... T _
Offices with no insurance or pension
plans......................................................
1 Unduplicated total.
All
industries
Manu
facturing
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Transportation,
communication,
and other
public utilities
Services
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
77.3
73.0
11.3
27.6
29.8
92.5
82.1
35.9
8.2
45.5
89.5
78.6
29.0
41.4
81.8
81.8
8.5
23.8
30.3
49.2
45.8
8.7
19.4
95.0
95.0
24.7
84.2
39.5
65.1
65.1
4.3
5.2
7.0
22.7
7.5
10.5
18.2
50.8
5.0
34.9
30
PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 1949
Salaries
Salaries for women in the office clerical jobs
studied in Philadelphia varied from an average
of $29.50 for office girls to $55 for secretaries
assigned to senior executives.1 In 18 of 27 oc
cupational groups studied in this city, average
weekly salaries for women were between $35
and $45. These jobs included the three numeri
cally most important groups surveyed—general
stenographers averaging $40, clerk-typists at
$35, and accounting clerks at $39.50.
Men's average weekly salaries in the 13 occu
pations for which data could be presented
ranged from $31 for office boys to $65.50 for
hand bookkeepers. General clerks, capable of
performing a variety of duties without direct
supervision, comprised the largest group of men
workers studied; their salaries averaged $59.
On an hourly basis, the occupational averages
for women ranged from 78 cents for office girls
and 81 cents for routine file clerks to $1.26 for
hand bookkeepers and junior executives' secre
taries, and $1.45 for senior executives' secretar
ies. The hourly averages for the three most
numerous groups of employees studied were
$1.04 for general stenographers, 92 cents for
clerk-typists, and $1.03 for accounting clerks.
The lowest occupational averages for men on
an hourly basis were 81 cents for office boys
and 87 cents for ditto- or mimeograph-machine
operators. General clerks, with an average of
$1.51 and hand bookkeepers, at $1.71, were the
highest paid occupations among the men.
There was a relatively wide range in salaries
within each job, but in most of the occupations
the weekly earnings of a majority of women
workers in Philadelphia varied by less than $10.
The greatest spread in earnings for women
workers was reported for secretaries of senior
executives, the highest paid job studied. There
was generally greater variation in the salaries
of men workers within the same job than there
was for women. Part of the difference in earn
ings was traceable to differences in salaries
among industries.
1 Secretaries were studied only in Philadelphia.
There appeared to be a fairly well defined
industry wage differential for Philadelphia cler
ical workers. In five of the eight occupations
for which data could be presented for all indus
try groups studied earnings were at least $12
higher in the highest wage industry group than
in the lowest. For the largest occupational
groups studied (women general stenographers
and clerk-typists), the interindustry range
amounted to $8.50 a week. Office workers in
Philadelphia generally received the highest sal
aries in transportation, communication, and
other public utilities. Manufacturing establish
ments ranked second and, within this group,
durable goods producers usually paid higher
average salaries than nondurable goods estab
lishments.
A special comparison indicated that the dif
ferences in salaries between bank and insurance
offices were generally small. The difference
typically amounted to $3 or less a week with
the advantage more frequently reported for
banks. However, average weekly hours were
generally higher in banks than in insurance
companies.
Comparisons of salary levels in establish
ments of various sizes indicated that the largest
establishments in manufacturing generally paid
the highest salaries. In finance, insurance, and
real estate and in wholesale trade there were no
consistent variations in salaries with size of
establishment, though the largest offices fre
quently showed the lowest average salaries.
Work Schedules
More than 9 out of 10 women were employed
in offices that observed a 5-day week. The only
significant deviations from this pattern oc
curred in retail trade, where a 514-day week
prevailed for about 1 out of 12 workers and a
6-day week was in effect for 1 out of 7 workers,
and in finance, insurance, and real estate, where
approximately 1 out of 13 worked 5 y%days.
In terms of the number of hours worked,
there was a wide range of schedules. About
three-fifths of the clerical workers had a 40hour week and one-fifth a 37li-hour week. In
PHILADELPHI A
finance, insurance, and real estate offices almost
2 out of 3 women worked 37 Va hours or less.
Provisions for Overtime Pay
Time and a half was the predominant rate
of pay for office work in excess of 40 hours a
week. In a few offices such work was compen
sated for by equal time off or straight-time pay;
and in a few other cases, there was no payment
beyond an employee’s regular weekly salary. In
those establishments with a scheduled work
week of less than 40 hours, work in excess of
the scheduled week but below 40 hours was paid
for in a variety of ways. In about half the cases
the practice was to pay the worker no addi
tional compensation (up to 40 hours). Of the
remaining workers, about half received straighttime pay for such work, a few were granted
compensatory time off, and the rest received
time and a half for all work in excess of the
scheduled workweek.
Paid Vacations
Practically all workers—all but one-tenth of
1 percent—were employed in offices providing
paid vacations. The few offices that provided no
vacations were in wholesale trade and services.
Three-fifths of the workers in all industries con
sidered together received vacations with pay
after 6 months’ service. All offices having
formal vacation policies gave vacations after
1 year of service, with 2 weeks of vacation leave
being granted to 77 percent of the workers with
this amount of employment. After 2 years of
service, 19 out of 20 workers were eligible for
2 weeks’ vacation. About 1 out of 25 received
more than 2 weeks after 5 years’ service.
Paid Holidays
Paid holiday provisions varied widely; a few
Philadelphia workers received no holidays with
pay while more than 13 holidays were provided
for almost 10 percent of the office workers. A
third of the employees received 6 paid holidays,
a sixth received 7, and a sixth received 8 holi
days each year.
All the workers receiving 13 or more paid
holidays were found in the finance, insurance,
and real estate industries. Over three-quarters
31
of the workers in this group were employed in
offices with 11 or more paid holidays. About
half the clerical workers in transportation, com
munication, and other public utilities received
9 holidays annually.
Nonproduction Bonuses
About 44 percent of the workers were em
ployed in offices that paid nonproduction bo
nuses. For most workers, this was a Christmas
or year-end payment, with profit-sharing and
other types of payments being made to relative
ly few workers.
Bonuses were most prevalent in retail and
wholesale trade, and were relatively rare in
transportation, communication, and other pub
lic utilities. A greater proportion of clerical
workers in nondurable goods production worked
in offices with bonus systems than did workers
in durable goods manufacture.
Paid Sick Leave
Slightly less than half the office workers were
employed in establishments having formal sick
leave provisions. In practically all cases these
provisions became effective after accumulation
of a year of service or less. Transportation,
communication, and other public utilities had
the highest proportion of workers receiving
paid sick leave; retail trade ranked next. The
amount of leave varied from less than 5 days
to more than 20 days a year. About one-third
of the workers employed in offices granting
paid sick leave were eligible for 10 days’ leave
after 1 year of service.
Insurance antLPension Plans
Approximately 9 out of every 10 clerical
workers were employed in offices where one or
more types of insurance or pension plans were
in effect. The proportion of workers in offices
with insurance plans was at least 4 out of 5 in
all industry groups except services, where it
dropped to 7 out of 10.
Life insurance plans were most widespread,
being provided in offices employing 4 out of 5
workers. Retirement pensions were the next
most prevalent type of plan in effect.
32
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
T able
1.—
WORKERS
Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Philadelphia, by indus
try division, January 1949
Average
Esti
Me
m ated
dian2
Sex, occupation, and num
Week
industry division ber of Week ly H ou r w eek
ly
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
M en
Billers, machine
(billing machine)—
Bookkeepers, hand8....
Manufacturing—
goods.-......
Nondurable
goods.-......
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade.........
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unication, and other
public utilities..
Bookkeeping machine
operators, class B—
Calculating-machine
operators (other
than Comptometer
53 $42.50
552 65.50
208 67.00
84 66.00
124 68.00
114 71.00
56 65.50
38.0
38.0
37.5
38.0
37.0
39.5
38.5
$1.11 $39.00 $38.00-$45.00
1.71 64.00 53.50- 75.00
1.80 69.00 52.00- 78.00
1.75 61.00 51.50- 72.00
1.83 70.00 53.50- 78.00
1.78 75.00 60.00- 80.00
1.70 64.50 58.00- 67.00
126 59.50 37.0 1.61 55.00 52.00- 70.00
27 65.00 39.5 1.65 66.00 55.00- 69.00
43 46.50 39.5 1.17 48.50 40.00- 54.00
Average
Esti
Me
m ated
dian2
Sex, occupation, and num
Week
industry division ber of Week ly H ou r w eek
ly
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
M en —Continued
Clerk-typists8—Con.
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Ditto-or mimeographmachine operators
(manufacturing in
dustries only)...........
Office boys8..................
Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Services.................
Stenographers,
general.......................
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
32 $43.00 40.0 $1.07 $40.50 $39.00- $49.00
27
784
312
175
137
150
32
32.50
31.00
32.00
31.50
33.00
32.50
29.00
37.5
38.5
39.0
39.5
38.5
38.5
39.5
210 29.50 37.5
63 28.00 38,5
.87
.81
.82
.80
.86
.84
.73
32.00
30.00
32.00
29.50
35.00
34.50
29.00
30.0027.0027.5027.0027.5027.5025.00-
35.00
35.00
36.00
36.00
37.00
37.00
32.00
.79 29.50 27.00- 31.00
.73 30.00 24.50- 30.00
38 40.00 39.5 1.00 40.00 38.00- 40.00
72 50.00 39.0 1.29 50.00 44.00- 55.00
Women
Clerks, accounting...... 1,333 49.00 38.5 1.28 47.00 40.00- 56.00
Manufacturing— 649 49.50 38.5 1.28 45.50 40.00- 56.00
Durable
Billers, machine
(billing machine) 8— 570 41.00 39.0 1.05 40.00 35.00- 46.00
goods......... 291 47.50 39.0 1.22 47.50 40.00- 56.00
Nondurable
Manuf acturing— 293 41.50 39.0 1.06 41.50 36.00- 45.00
Durable
goods.-...... 358 50.50 38.5 1.32 43.00 40.50- 57.50
Wholesale trade— 327 50.50 38.5 1.32 50.00 44.50- 57.50
goods.-...... 152 42.00 40.0 1.05 42.50 37.00- 46.00
Nondurable
Retail trade..........
73 47.00 39.5 1.19 45.00 44.00- 51.00
Finance, insur
goods......... 141 40.50 38.0 1.07 39.00 35.00- 44.50
Wholesale trade_ 180 41.50 38.5 1.07 40.00 33.50- 48.00
ance, and real
Finance, insur
estate................. 178 43.00 37.0 1.16 41.00 37.50- 50.50
Transportation,
ance, and real
com m unica
estate.................
34 36.00 37.0 .98 33.50 32.00- 39.50
tion, and other
79 57.50 40.0 1.44 61.50 46.00- 61.50 Billers, machine
public utilities..
(bookkeeping
27 47.50 38.5 1.23 45.00 40.00- 54.50
Services________
machine) 8................. 341 38.00 39.5 .96 38.50 33.00- 42.50
Manufacturing__
Clerks, file, class B s.— 54 34.00 38.5 .89 34.00 27.50- 38.00
42 42.00 38.5 1.10 41.00 38.50- 47.00
Manufacturing—
30 39.00 39.0 1.00 38.00 35.00- 44.50
Retail trade.......... 222 38.00 40.5
.94 37.00 32.50- 44.00
Clerks, general*.------- 1,543 59.00 39.0 1.51 59.00 50.50- 67.00 Bookkeepers, hand8.... 713 49.50 39.0 1.26 49.50 45.00- 54.50
Manufacturing— 230 51.50 38.5 1.34 50.00 47.00- 55.00
Manufacturing— 626 58.50 40.0 1.47 58.00 50.00- 68.00
Durable
Durable
goads
goods
521 58.00 40.0 1.45 57.50 50.00- 65.50
27 53.00 40.0 1.33 54.00 50.00- 55.00
Nondurable
Nondurable
goods......... 203 51.50 38.5 1.34 50.00 45.00- 55.00
goods......... 105 62.50 39.0 1.60 59.50 51.00- 70.50
Wholesale trade_
Wholesale trade_ 353 59.50 38.5 1.54 57.50 50.50- 65.00
52.50 40.0 1.32 50.00 50.00- 55.00
Retail trade......... 140 59.50 39.5 1.51 61.00 57.00- 67.50
Retail trade.......... 186
87 45.50 41.0 1.11 45.00 45.00- 45.00
Finance, insur
Finance, insur
ance, and real
ance, and real
estate _
__ 259 56.00 36.5 1.52 52.00 46.00- 62.50
43 00 38 0 1.13 40.00 37 00- 47 50
Services................. 165
45 56.00 38.5 1 [46 55 !00 45!00- 63!00
Clerks, order8.............. 755 53.00 39.5 1.35 52.00 43.00- 63.50
Manufacturing.— 208 63.00 39.0 1.61 64.00 50.00- 69.00 Bookkeeping-machine
Durable
operators, class A 8.. 284 44.50 38.0 1.18 43.00 39.00- 50.00
goods.-...... 103 63.50 39.5 1.61 64.00 54.00- 68.50
Manufacturing.__
54 48.50 38.0 1.27 46.50 40.00- 50.50
Nondurable
Wholesale trade_
84 47.00 38.5 1.22 46.00 45.00- 51.00
goods.-...... 105 62.00 38.5 1.61 64.00 50.00- 71.00
Finance, insur
Wholesale trade_ 430 49.50 40.0 1.24 48.50 40.00- 56.00
ance, and real
estate................. 134 42.00 37.5 1.13 41.00 38.00- 49.50
Clerks, pay roll8____ 285 54.00 39.5 1.38 52.50 47.50- 61.00
Manufacturing__ 212 54.50 39.5 1.38 52.50 49.00- 61.00 Bookkeeping-machine
Durable
operators, class B 8.. 1,782 36.50 39.0 .93 34.50 31.00- 40.50
goods.-...... 158 54.00 39.5 1.37 52.00 46.00- 61.00
Manufacturing__ 394 41.50 38.5 1.08 40.00 38.00- 46.00
Nondurable
Durable
goods
goods____
54 55.00 38.5 1.42 52.50 52.00- 60.00
155 45.00 39.0 1.14 44.50 40.50- 49.50
Transportation,
Nondurable
com m unica
goods......... 239 39.50 38.0 1.04 38.00 37.00- 42.50
tion, and other
Wholesale trade_ 371 41.00 39.0 1.05 40.50 40.00- 44.50
public utilities..
35 56.50 39.5 1.42 53.00 47.00- 65.00
Retail trade.......... 177 35.00 40.0 .88 34.00 32.00- 39.50
Finance, insur
Clerk-typists8..............
97 38.50 39.0 .99 39.00 35.00- 40.50
ance, and real
Manufacturing.__
38 39.50 40.0 .98 40.00 38.00- 40.00
estate................. 818 31.50 39.0 .81 31.00 29.00- 33.00
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
2 Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
* Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
T a b le
33
PHI LADELPHIA
1.— Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Philadelphia, by indus
try division, January 1949— Continued
Average
EstiMedian12
WeekSex, occupation, and numw
Week
industry division ber of
ly H our eek
ly
work ly sched
ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women —Con.
Calculating-machine
operators (Comptometer type) 8........
M anuf acturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade
Finance, insur
ance, and real
Calculating-machine
operators (other
than Comptometer
typel8
Manufacturing.__
Retail trade.........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Clerks, accounting......
Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade.........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate... _..........
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services.. .. ... .
Clerks, file, class A 8....
Manufacturing
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods _
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Services. ..............
Clerks, file, class B 8....
Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade.........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Services
Clerks, general8._____
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate________
Clerks, order8
Manufacturing.__
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade
1 ,581 $40.50
748 44.00
567 43.50
181 45.50
315 40.00
377 34.50
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
39.0
39.0
39.0
38.5
39.0
40.0
$1.03 $41.00 $35.00-$45.00
1.13 43.50 40.50- 47.00
1.11 43.50 39.00- 46.00
1.18 45.00 42.00- 49.50
1.02 40.00 35.00- 42.50
.86 35.00 31.50- 37.00
65 31.00 38.5
.80 29.00 29.00- 32.50
310 39.50 38.0 1.03 38.00 34.50- 43.00
67 44.50 37.5 1.19 47.00 41.00- 53.50
53 38.00 40.0 .95 40.00 35.50- 42.00
98
3 ,466
1,480
422
1,058
626
551
37.50
39.50
40.50
41.00
40.50
43.00
36.00
36.5
38.0
38.0
39.0
37.5
39.0
39.5
620 35.50 36.0
1.02
1.03
1.07
1.05
1.08
1.10
.90
36.00
38.50
40.00
39.00
40.00
40.00
34.00
34.5034.5036.0037.0035.5037.0031.00-
40.00
44.00
45.00
46.00
45.00
46.50
40.00
.98 34.50 30.00- 39.50
94
95
541
186
83
103
116
47.50
40.50
39.00
43.50
45.00
42.00
37.00
39.0
38.5
38.0
38.5
39.0
38.0
39.0
164
33
2,541
930
576
354
297
. 240
35.00
39.00
31.00
35.00
36.50
31.50
32.00
28.00
37.0 .95 32.00 31.00- 37.00
38.5 1.01 39.00 33.00- 44.50
38.0 .81 29.50 27.00- 34.00
38.5 .90 34.50 30.00- 39.50
39.5 .93 37.00 33.00- 41.00
37.5 .85 31.00 28.00- 34.50
39.0 .83 30.00 28.00- 35.00
40.0 .71 27.50 25.00- 31.00
1 ,000
53
1 ,920
1 ,014
648
366
206
99
27.00
29.50
47.00
49.00
49.50
49.00
46.50
36.00
37.0
39.5
38.5
39.5
40.0
38.5
38.0
40.0
364
559
254
231
43
46.50
41.50
45.50
39.00
30.00
36.0 1.29 47.00 42.00- 51.50
38.5 1.08 38.00 35.00- 46.00
38.0 1.21 41.00 37.00- 55.00
39.5 .99 38.00 35.00- 40.00
39.0 .77 31.00 24.50- 32.50
1.21
1.06
1.02
1.13
1.15
1.11
.94
48.50
39.50
37.00
42.00
40.00
42.00
35.00
.74 27.50
.75 29.50
1.23 47.00
1.25 47.00
1.23 48.50
1.28 46.00
1.23 47.00
.90 34.00
40.5039.5034.0037.0038.0037.0032.00-
25.0026.5042.5044.0044.5044.0041.0030.00-
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
2 Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
52.50
40.00
42.50
49.50
54.00
45.50
38.00
29.00
32.00
51.50
52.00
51.50
52.00
50.00
40.00
Average
Esti
Me
Salary
m ated
dian2 range of
Sex, occupation, and num
Weekw
eek
middle
50
industry division ber of Week ! y , H ou r ly
of
work ly sched ly salary percent
workers
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women —Con.
Clerks, pay roll8.........
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate
Clerk-typists...............
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services.
Ditto- or mimeographmachine operators
(manufacturing in
dustries only)............
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Key-punch operators8
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate__
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public; utilities..
Office girls8 _
Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods____
Retail trade
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate
Secretaries, No. 1____
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade....
Retail trade _
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate________
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services
1 ,407 $43.50
851 44.50
257 44.50
594 44.50
137 46.00
142 37.50
38.5
38.5
39.5
38.0
37.5
39.5
54
4 ,500
2,488
1,170
1,318
552
164
37.5 1.18 45.00 39.00- 45.50
38.5 .92 34.50 31.00- 38.00
38.5 .96 36.00 33.00- 40.50
39.0 .98 37.00 34.50- 41.50
38.0 .94 35.00 32.00- 38.00
39.0 .87 34.50 30.00- 38.00
39.0 .81 32.50 29.0035.00
44.00
35.00
37.00
38.50
35.50
33.50
31.50
1,034 32.00 37.0
$1.13 $43.00 $37.00-$49.50
1.15 45.00 38.00- 50.00
1.12 44.50 35.50- 50.00
1.16 45.00 38.00- 50.00
1.23 47.00 42.00- 49.50
.95 36.50 32.00- 40.00
.86 31.50 29.00- 34.50
87 40.00 38.5 1.03
35.00- 44.00
175 34.50 39.0 .88 37.00
33.00 32.00- 36.00
143
78
65
998
613
256
357
62
35.50
37.00
34.00
38.00
39.00
41.00
38.00
44.50
39.0
40.0
37.5
38.0
38.5
40.0
37.5
39.0
253 34.00 36.0
.91
.92
.90
1.00
1.01
1.03
1.00
1.15
35.50
38.00
33.00
38.00
39.00
40.50
38.00
45.00
32.5032.5032.0034.0035.0038.0034.5040.00-
39.00
41.00
36.00
42.00
43.00
44.50
41.00
45.00
.95 34.50 29.50- 37.00
26
627
350
101
249
55
39.00
29.50
31.50
32.50
31.00
28.00
38.5 1.02 38.00 34.50- 41.50
37.5 .78 30.00 26.00- 33.00
38.0 .83 30.00 29.00- 33.50
39.0 .84 33.50 29.50- 35.50
37.5 .83 30.00 28.00- 33.00
40.0 .71 30.00 26.00- 30.00
154
1,920
822
303
519
482
53
24.50
55.00
60.00
60.50
59.50
51.00
48.50
36.0
38.0
38.5
39.5
37.5
37.5
39.0
.68
1.45
1.57
1.53
1.59
1.35
1.25
25.00
52.00
59.00
58.50
59.00
50.00
50.00
22.0047.0050.0050.0050.0045.0037.50-
27.50
61.50
69.00
66.00
69.00
55.00
55.50
360 51.50 38.5 1.35 50.50 46.00- 54.50
53 63.50 38.5 1.65 61.00 52.00- 72.00
150 50.50 38.5 1.33 50.00 44.00- 57.50
Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
34
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
T able
1.—
WORKERS
Salaries1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Philadelphia, by indus
try division, January 1949— Continued
Average
Esti
Me
m ated
dian*
Week
Sex, occupation, and num
industry division ber of Week ly , H our w eek
ly
work ly sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
W omen —Con.
Secretaries, No. 2........
Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insurance, and real
estate................
Transportation,
com m unication, and other
public utilities..
Services.................
Stenographers,
general.......................
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.„......
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services.—............
stenographers,
technical *............... Manufacturing.—
Durable
goods™......
Nondurable
goods™......
Wholesale trade—
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate________
Wwitchboard
operators...................
Manufacturing.—
Durable
goods™......
Nondurable
goods™......
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade..........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services________
2,956 $48.00
1,650 50.50
556 53.00
1,094 49.50
481 45.00
137 43.00
38.0
38.0
39.5
37.5
38.5
39.0
485 43.00 37.0
63 62.50 39.0
140 44.00 38.5
5,381
2,744
1,115
1,629
851
319
40.00
41.00
41.00
41.50
41.00
37.50
38.5
38.5
39.5
37.5
39.0
40.0
1,084 36.00 37.0
119 44.50 38.5
264 39.00 38.5
1,285
980
654
326
63
46.50
47.50
48.50
47.00
46.50
39.5
39.5
40.0
39.0
39.5
140 37.50 37.0
990
326
120
206
140
174
38.50
43.00
44.00
42.00
37.50
35.00
39.0
38.5
40.0
38.0
39.5
39.5
276 33.50 38.5
40 47.50 38.5
34 40.50 39.0
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
Women —Con.
Switchboard operatorreceptionists—
$39.50 38.5 $1.02 $39.00
Manufacturing__ 1,096
486 41.00 38.5 1.07 41.00 $35.00-$43.50
36.00- 45.00
Durable
goods™...... 150 41.50 38.5 1.07 41.00 35.50- 45.00
Nondurable
goods™...... 336 41.00 38.0
40.00 36.00- 44.50
Wholesale trade_ 326 39.00 38.5 1.07
1.01 38.00 32.50- 42.00
Retail trade..........
96
36.50
40.5
.91
32.50 30.50- 40.00
Finance, insur
1.16 42.00 39.00- 46.50
ance, and real
estate................. 109 36.00 38.0 .95 32.00 30.00- 38.00
Transportation,
com m u nica
1.61 66.00 54.00- 71.00
tion, and other
1.15 43.00 39.50- 47.00
public utilities..
34 37.00 39.5 .94 37.00 34.50- 40.00
Services.................
45 37.50 39.0 .97 35.50 34.50- 42.50
1.04 39.00 36.00- 43.50 Transcribing-machine
operators,
general
*..
706 37.00 38.5 .95 37.00 32.00- 40.50
1.07 40.50 37.00- 45.00
Manufacturing.__ 324
38.50 38.5 1.00 38.00 34.00- 42.50
Durable
1.04 40.50 37.00- 45.00
goods......... 186 39.00 39.5 .99 38.00 34.00- 42.50
Nondurable
1.09 40.50 37.00- 45.00
goods™...... 138 38.00 37.5 1.02 37.00 34.00- 44.00
1.06 40.00 38.00- 45.00
Wholesale
trade_
90 36.50 39.0 .93 37.00 35.50- 39.00
.94 36.50 34.50- 41.50
Retail trade..........
27 35.50 42.0 .84 37.00 30.00- 38.00
Finance, insur
ance,
and
real
.97 37.00 32.00- 39.50
estate................. 195 34.00 38.0 .90 35.00 29.50- 37.00
Transcribing-machine
operators,
1.17 42.50 38.00- 50.50
technical*.................. 190 45.50 38.5 1.18 44.50 40.50- 49.50
1.02 38.50 37.00- 42.00
Manufacturing__
58 53.00 39.5 1.34 52.00 48.50- 56.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
1.18 46.00 42.00- 50.50
32 42.00 38.5 1.09 43.00 40.50- 44.50
1.21 48.00 43.00- 51.50
Typists, class A *......... 897 41.50 38.0 1.09 42.00 37.50- 45.00
1.21 49.00 44.00- 51.50
Manufacturing.__ 473 43.50 39.5 1.10 44.50 40.50- 46.00
Durable
1.21 45.50 42.00- 52.00
goods......... 379 43.50 40.0 1.09 45.00 41.50- 45.00
1.17 44.00 40.50- 50.00
Nondurable
goods.........
94 43.50 37.5 1.16 43.00 34.50- 47.00
Wholesale trade_ 157
42.00 37.0 1.14 40.50 38.50- 44.50
1.01 37.00 34.50- 38.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................. 183 36.50 35.5 1.03 34.50 33.50- 39.50
.99 38.00 32.00- 44.50
1.11 42.50 38.50- 47.50 Typists, class B 8......... 2,452 33.50 38.5 .88 32.50 29.00- 37.00
Manufacturing..... 1,037 37.00 38.5 .96 36.00 33.50- 41.00
1.11 44.00 40.50- 48.00
Durable
goods......... 700 38.00 39.0 .97 37.50 33.50- 41.50
1.11 41.50 35.00- 47.00
Nondurable
.96 38.00 32.00- 44.50
goods™......
35.50 38.0 .93 35.00 30.00- 39.50
.88 34.00 30.00- 38.50
Wholesale trade_ 337 34.50 39.5
.88 32.00 32.00- 37.00
Retail trade.......... 283
276 31.50 39.5 .79 31.00 29.50- 34.00
Finance, insur
.88 31.00 27.00- 39.00
ance, and real
estate......„......... 728 30.00 37.0 .81 29.00 27.50- 32.00
Transportation,
com m unica
1.24 49.00 48.00- 49.50
tion, and other
1.05 40.00 38.00- 44.50
public utilities..
42 43.00 39.0 1.10 42.00 39.00- 48.00
$1.26 $47.00 $41.50-$53.50
1.33 50.50 45.00- 56.50
1.35 53.50 48.00- 57.50
1.31 50.00 43.50- 55.00
1.17 45.00 41.00- 49.00
1.11 42.50 38.00- 49.50
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
* Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
Average
Esti
Mem ated
dian*
Sex, occupation, and num
Weekw
industry division ber of Week- i y , H our eek
ly
work
sched ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
s Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
35
PHILADELPHIA
Table 2.— Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Philadelphia , in banking
and insurance, January 1949
Banking
Sex and occupation
Estimated
number
of
workers
Average
weekly
salary1
Insurance
Average
weekly
scheduled
hours
M en
Bookkeepers, hand............................................................................
Clerks, accounting.............................................................................
Clerks, general...................................................................................
Office boys...........................................................................................
Women
Billers, machine (billing machine).................................................
Bookkeepers, hand............................................................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class A ....................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B......................................
operators fComptometer type)
Calculating-machine operators (other than Comptometer type)
Clerks, accounting............................................................................
Clerks, file, class A............................................................................
Clerks, file, class B .......................................................................
Clerks, general...................................................................................
Clerk-typists.......................................................................................
Key-punch operators.............. .........................................................
Office girls..........................................................................................
Secretaries, No. 1..............................................................................
Secretaries, No. 2....................-........................................................
Stenographers, general......................................................................
Stenographers, technical................ .................................................
Switchboard operators......................................................................
Switchboard operator-receptionists...............................................
Transcribing-machine operators, general......................................
Transerihing-maehine operators, teehnieal
Typists, class A.................................................................................
Typists, class B.................................................................................
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
Estimated
number
of
workers
Average
weekly
salary1
7
25
20
12
( 2)
$49.50
( 2)
( 2)
( 2) 39.5
( 2)
( 2)
74
93
119
103
$58.50
37.50
60.00
30.00
1
47
46
678
47
32
33
56
108
53
118
41
28
84
111
173
1
105
1
20
( 2)43.00
41.00
31.00
30.00
35.50
36.50
33.50
29.00
47.50
33.50
38.50
26.50
56.00
44.50
37.50
( 2)
30.00
( 2)
( 2>
( 2) 40.0
36.5
39.5
39.5
39.0
39.5
39.5
39.0
37.0
38.5
36.0
37.0
38.5
38.0
39.0
( 2)
39.0
( 2)
( 2)
33
90
21
95
36.00
40.00
( 2)36.00
18
60
( 2)
32.00
( 2) 39.0
66
558
100
807
231
445
212
126
199
249
629
139
80
81
175
32
165
593
38.00
35.00
36.00
26.50
50.00
30.50
33.00
24.00
49.50
42.00
35.00
37.50
40.00
35.00
34.00
42.00
36.00
30.00
Average
weekly
scheduled
hours
36.5
35.0
35.0
37.0
( 2)
36.5
37.0
35.5
35.5
36.0
35.5
36.5
36.5
36.5
36.0
36.0
38.5
36.5
36.0
37.0
36.0
37.5
38.0
38.5
35.5
36.5
2 Insufficient number of workers to justify presentation of an average.
36
SALARIES
OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
Table 3.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries 1 in Philadelphia,
January 19U9
Percent of men—
Weekly salaries1
Under $20.00 ......................
S20.00-S22.49
I22.50-S24.99 ..... .....................
S25.00-S27.49 .........................
S27.50-S29.99
$30.00-832 49
S32.50-S34.99
S35.00-S37.49 ... . ....
S37.50-S39.99
$40.00-142.49_..................._......
S42 50-S44 99
S45.00-S47.49____________ ..
S47.50-S49.99
S50.00-S52.49
S52 50-S54 99
S55.00-S57.49
S57.50-S59.99
SfiO.00-S62 49
S62 50-804.99
Sfi5.00-Sfi7.49
S67.50-S69.99
S70.00-S72.49
S72.50-S74.99
...........................
............................
S75.00-S79.99 ..........................
$80.00-884 99
S85.00-SS9.99
S90.00-S94.99
S95.00-S99.99
$100.00 and over
Total .. ...................... ...
Estimated number of workers___
Average weekly salaries1 ........
Excludes pay for overtime.
Book Clerks,
keepers, account
ing
hand
0.6
.6
.7
5.4
17.0
1.4
4.0
7.2
10.1
3.4
3.4
7.2
8.3
3.3
7.6
16.7
1.2
.4
.2
1.3
100.0
552
S65.50
0.3
.9
1.2
1.3
4.1
5.6
5.7
14.4
9.1
7.8
5.3
10.7
4.2
6.7
4.0
5.1
5.3
1.4
.6
.3
1.5
1.9
1.4
1.2
100.0
1,333
$49.00
Clerks,
general
1.2
.3
3.6
4.7
7.3
4.3
11.2
4.5
7.7
8.1
11.8
6.6
4.0
11.9
3.3
2.3
2.0
1.2
2.5
1.0
.1
.4
100.0
1,543
$59.00
Clerks,
order
0.3
.1
.1
4.2
1.9
2.3
9.3
5.6
4.9
6.3
4.2
11.4
2.6
12.5
5.8
2.6
9.4
.5
5.7
4.2
.3
3.2
Clerks,
pay roll
Percent of women—
Clerktypists
21.6
2.8
6.0
1.0
5.3
9.8
9.5
13.3
14.4
4.6
3.5
7.7
4.9
5.6
.4
8.1
1.0
.4
2.5
.1
.7
1.0
100.0
755
$53.00
100.0
285
$54.00
20.6
13.4
28.9
6.2
6.2
3.1
Office
boys
2.4
7.1
16.2
21.5
19.2
8.4
14.2
5.2
2.8
1.4
1.5
.1
Billers,
Book
Stenog Billers, machine Book keepingraphers, machine
(book keepers, machine
(billing
general machine) keeping, hand operators,
machine)
class A
1.4
2.8
5.6
25.0
8.3
4.2
12.5
33.3
6.9
0.2
5.8
6.1
8.6
20.2
7.2
9.5
13 5
8.0
7.0
4.4
3.1
4.4
1.2
.4
.2
1.8
.9
3.2
2.3
13.2
11 7
15.0
9.1
17.3
50
11.4
3.8
2.9
1.5
.9
.2
2.4
5.5
4.6
4.9
28
24.5
5.3
23.6
1.7
12.8
1.5
.6
2.5
2.8
1.3
2.5
2.1
42
4.6
18.0
18.3
49
15.8
6.7
15.8
2.8
2.5
.4
3.9
.1
.6
100.0
97
$38.50
100.0
784
$31.00
100.0
72
$50.00
100.0
570
$41.00
100.0
341
$38.00
100.0
713
$49.50
100.0
284
$44.50
37
PHILADELPHIA
Table 3.—Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries 1 in Philadelphiat
January 1949— Continued
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries1
TTnrW 520 Oft
S20.00-S22.49
S22.50-S24.99
S25.00-S27.49 ................. .
S27.50-S29.99______________
S30.00-S32.49 ..... _____ ____
S32.50-S34.99 .........................
S35.00-S37.49_........... . ..........
S37.50-S39.99 ...........................
S40.00-S42.49 ...........................
S42.50-S44.99 ...........................
S45.00-S47.49 ..........................
S47 50-S49 99
S50 00-S52 49
*52 50-S54 99
S55 00-S57 49
*57 50-S59 99
*00 00-S02 49
*02 50-S04 99
*05 00-S07 49
*07 50-S09 99
*70 00-S72 49
*72 50-S74 99
*75 00-S79 99
*80 0O-S84 99
*85 00-S89 99
*90 00-SQ4 99
S95 00-S99 99
*100 00 aiul nvftr
Total .. ........ ............. ...
Estimated number of workers.__
Average weekly salaries1. _____
1Excludes pay for overtime.
Book
keepingmachine
operators,
class B
0.1
4.4
16.7
15.7
14.6
5.2
8.8
15.3
6.2
5.4
3.1
2.0
1.2
.3
.2
.6
.1
.1
100.0
1,782
S36.50
Calculat Calculatinging- machine
Clerks,
machine operators
operators (other than account
(Comptom Comptom ing
eter type) eter type)
0.2
.2
1.1
3.0
8.1
9.3
12.0
10.7
15.0
12.5
12.3
6.3
6.2
.7
2.1
.1
.1
.1
100.0
1,581
S40.50
2.3
1.9
3.2
5.8
17.4
13.2
13.2
16.5
3.9
1.6
5.5
9.7
5.2
.6
100.0
310
$39.50
0.9
3.1
5.6
10.7
9.9
11.8
13.4
12.5
9.0
7.7
4.8
3.5
2.8
1.3
1.0
1.1
.1
.7
.1
100.0
3,466
$39.50
Clerks,
file,
class A
2.2
20.5
11.5
18.0
14.8
7.2
6.8
4.6
3.5
2.4
3.5
3.0
.7
1.1
Clerks,
file,
class B
0.7
2.4
7.9
18.7
22.1
17.0
9.4
6.1
4.6
7.4
2.5
.8
.3
1
.2
100.0
541
$39.00
100.0
2,541
$31.00
Clerks,
general
0.5
.3
2.1
2.7
2.6
7.5
8.7
13.6
17.7
9.6
14.2
5.7
4.6
3.7
3.7
.6
.8
.3
.3
.3
.3
.1
.1
100.0
1,920
$47.00
Clerks,
order
Clerks,
pay roll
Clerktypists
2.1
1.8
.2
2.9
13.8
22.6
11.5
15.0
4.1
5.5
5.2
.2
1.6
3.0
1.6
3.6
0.2
.2
.9
5.1
6.1
12.6
7.5
12.1
9.9
14.0
8.2
11.8
1.8
6.2
1.6
.8
6.3
1.2
4.5
9.4
19.7
16.0
18.8
11.1
9.8
3.1
2.4
1.5
1.3
.4
.3
.2
1.4
.7
3.2
.3
.6
.1
100.0
559
$41.50
100.0
1,407
$43.50
100.0
4,500
$35.00
Key
punch
operators
0.3
4.5
7.9
9.6
9.9
15.0
11.7
17.4
6.5
8.3 —
3.6
4.8
.2
.1
.1
.1
100 0
998
$38.00
Office
girls
1.0
6.5
6.2
15.8
17.9
24.7
14.7
9.6
1.9
1.0
.6
.1
100.0
627
$29.50
38
S A L A R I E S OF OFFI CE W O R K E R S
3.—Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries 1 in Philadelphia,
January 1949— Continued
T able
Percent of women—
weexiy salaries*
TTnrW $20 00
$20 00-$22 49
$22 S0-$24 99
*25 00-127.49
$27 50-129 99
$30 00-$32 49
$32 50-$34 99
$35.00-$37.49 _______ .. ..........
$37.50-139.99 _______ _____
$40.00-142.49 ... _______ _
$42.50-$44.99 _______________
$45.00-$47.49... ....................
$47.50-$49.99_______________
$50.00-$52.49 .. _____________
$52 50-S54
$55 00-$57
$57 50-$59
$fiO 00-$A2
Sfi2 50-$fi4
Sfi5 00-*fi7
99
49
99
49
99
49
$67.50-$69.99 _ _ _
$70.00-$72.49
$72.50-$74.99.
_____ _
*75 00-S79 99
*80 00-*84 99
*85.00-*89 99
*90 00-*94 99
*95 00-*99 99
*100 00 anrl nvor
Total
Estimated number of workers. _ ...
Average weekly salaries1.- _____
1.3
1.8
2.3
8.1
13.7
5.9
17.4
7.0
5.4
6.8
6.8
2.1
5.4
5.1
4.8
7
2.8
.9
1.0
.2
.3
.2
100.0
1,920
$55.00
Switchboard Transcribing- TranscribingStenog
Typists,
machine
raphers, Switchboard operator- machine operators,
class A
technical operators receptionists operators,
general
technical
Stenog
raphers,
general
Secretaries, Secretaries,
No. 2
No. 1
0.1
1.4
2.2
6.7
8.5
16.9
16 2
16.7
9.7
12.2
3.3
2.3
1.4
1.0
.3
.3
.7
.1
0.6
.2
.9
4.2
5.0
3.5
20.2
11.4
10.5
14.6
10.4
5.8
6.1
2.2
2.7
1.2
.4
.1
100.0
5,381
$40.00
100.0
1,285
$46.50
1.0
2.1
2.8
7.8
14.0
10.4
13.4
7.4
13.4
7.7
5.5
6.2
3.4
1.2
1.3
.9
.8
.4
.3
100.0
2,956
$48.00
1.9
9.1
1.5
15.5
9.0
10.8
6.5
14.6
6.5
10.8
8.4
1.8
21
0.3
.8
12.1
13.6
9.2
21.5
14.9
7.4
9.9
5.7
1.8
2.7
1.4
.4
12.9
9.9
19.0
13.8
13.1
10.2
7.0
4.1
3.3
1.6
2.8
.3
0.5
18.4
1.6
21.1
11.1
8.4
18.9
4.7
4.2
5.8
2.1
1.1
2.1
.1
.3
.1
.5
100.0
990
$38.50
100.0
1,096
$39.50
100.0
706
$37.00
100.0
190
$45.50
Typists,
class B
0.4
2.9
8.6
18.4
19.2
12.9
13.1
6.8
7.4
5.1
2.5
1.5
.3
.2
.7
0.4
.3
4.6
11.0
8.2
13.3
15.0
14.1
18.6
8.1
2.7
1.8
.6
1.3
100.0
897
$41.50
100.0
2,452
$33.50
1Excludes pay for overtime.
Table 4.— Average weekly salaries1 for selected office occupations in Philadelphia, by size of establishment,
January 1949
Average weekly salaries1 in—
Sex, occupation, and grade
Manufacturing establishments with
total employment of—
501 or
more
251 to
500
101 to
500
insurance, and real estate
Wholesale establishments with total f Finance,
establishments with total employ
employment of—
ment of—
251 or
more
101 to
250
26 to
100
251 or
more
101 to
250
26 to
100
M en
Bookkeepers, hand..............................
Clerks, accounting..............................
Office boys...........................................
$72.50
51.50
32.00
$62.50
47.00
30.50
$67.00
( 2)
(*)
( 2)
$55.00
32.00
( 2)
( 2)
$31.00
$72.50
( 2)
34.50
$5C.50
36.50
28.50
( 2)
$41.50
29.50
$58.00
49.00
30.50
42.50
42.50
36.00
49.50
46.00
38.00
63.00
53.50
42.00
44.00
43.00
38.50
41.50
38.00
33.50
48.50
42.50
35.00
56.50
45.50
40.50
40.50
42.50
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
(43.00
2)
45.00
35.50
58.50
( 2)
( 2)
(40.00
2)
36.00
41.50
40.00
( 2)
( 2)
46.50
( 2)
(48.00
2)
38.00
38.50
(34.50
2)
40.50
46.50
35.00
48.50
( 2)
35.00
(45.00
2)
41.50
41.00
42.00
37.50
41.00
40.00
26.50
44.50
( 2)
35.50
50.00
44.50
41.50
( 2)
38.00
( 2)
32.00
34.00
26.00
42.50
(31.50
2)
53.00
42.50
35.50
38.50
(29.00
2)
(36.00
2)
28,00
50.50
(32.00
2)
52.50
43.00
35.50
40.00
(31.00
2)
( 2)
( 2)
28.00
( 2)
( 2)31.50
49.00
43.50
37.50
29.50
36.00
30.00
Women
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B...............................................
Clerks, accounting..............................
Clerks, file, class B..............................
Clerks, general.....................................
Clerks, pay roll....................................
Clerk-typists........................................
Secretaries, No. 1_________.....
Secretaries, No. 2................................
Stenographers, general.......................
Switchboard operators.......................
Switchboard operator-receptionists
Typists, class B...................................
Excludes pay for overtime.
2 Insufficient number of workers to justify presentation of an average.
39
PHI L ADEL PHI A
Table 5.—Scheduled weekly hours for women in Philadelphia offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Weekly hours
AH
industries
All offices employing women..................
Under 35 hours........................... ..............
35 hours......................................................
Over 35 and under 37^2 hours................
373^ hours..................................................
Over 373^ and under 40 hours...............
40 hours......................................................
Over 40 hours
100.0
1.1
6.5
5.5
19.7
7.4
59.2
.6
Manufacturing
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
100.0
100.0
4.8
3.4
17.4
5.0
69.4
1.7
1.6
8.1
1.9
86.7
9.4
5.9
30.9
9.5
44.3
Wholesale
trade
100.0
6.1
2.5
2.0
15.3
15.6
58.5
Retail
trade
100.0
1.3
4.6
3.2
87.7
3.2
Finance, Transportation,
insurance, communication,
and other
and real
public utilities
estate
100.0
2.6
17.3
14.6
29.2
16.0
19.7
.6
Services
100.0
100.0
2.1
.8
32.4
1.4
60.9
2.4
1.2
5.1
36.9
2.0
54.8
Table 6.— Scheduled days in workweek for women in Philadelphia offices, January 19^9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Days in week
AH
industries
All offices employing women..................
5 days.........................................................
d ays
.......................
6 days
. _
Other
.
............
100.0
93.7
3.0
1.9
1.4
Manufacturing
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
98.7
.9
.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
96.9
2.2
.9
Wholesale
trade
100.0
98.2
.7
1.1
Retail
trade
100.0
72.2
8.3
14.9
4.6
Finance, Transportation,
insurance, communication,
and real
and other
estate
public utilities
100.0
88.2
7.6
.5
3.7
100.0
95.5
1.4
3.1
Services
100.0
97.6
2.4
T able 7.— Vacations with pay in Philadelphia offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Manufacturing
Vacation policy
All ,
industries
A offices studied ...................................
1 year of service
Offices with paid vacations.....................
1 week
O ver 1 and under 2 weeks ................
2 w eeks
O ver 2 weeks
Offices with nn paid vacations
1 week.................................................
O ver 1 and under 2 w eeks
2 w eeks
. ..
O ver 2 w eeks
.. ..
Offices with nn paid vacations
1 w eek
O ver 1 and under 2 w eeks
2 weeks
O ver 2 weeks
Offices with no paid vacations
__
Finance, Transportation,
insurance, communication,
and real
and other
estate
public utilities
Services
Durable
goods
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.9
21.8
.8
77.0
.3
.1
100.0
7.0
.1
92.6
.3
100.0
6.4
93.6
100.0
7.8
.2
91.2
.8
99.7
17.7
82.0
100.0
80.6
19.4
100.0
12.5
3.7
83.8
100.0
79.3
20.7
99.1
7.6
85.5
6.0
.9
99.9
4.4
.3
94.4
.8
.1
100.0
4.9
.1
94.7
.3
100.0
6.4
93.6
100.0
2.6
.2
96.4
.8
99.7
8.6
91.1
100.0
7.4
92.6
100.0
.5
1.5
95.8
2.2
100.0
1.0
99.0
99.1
5.7
87.4
6.0
.9
99.9
2.6
.3
93.0
4.0
.1
100.0
2.5
.1
95.4
2.0
100.0
4.0
96.0
100.0
.5
.2
94.4
4.9
99.7
7.5
92.2
100.0
4.1
90.0
5.9
100.0
.5
1.5
86.8
11.2
100.0
99.1
1.0
92.1
6.0
.9
5 years of service
Offices with paid vacations.....................
Retail
trade
Non
durable
goods
2 years of service
Offices w ith p aid v a c a tio n s______________
Wholesale
trade
All
manu
facturing
.3
.3
.3
100.0
40
SALARIES
OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
Table 8.—Paid holidays in Philadelphia offices, January 19U9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Number of paid holidays
Offices providing paid holidays..............
Number o,f holidays:........................
1 to 5...........................................
6 ................................................
6H ...............................................
7...................................................
7 % ........................... -..................
8 .................................................
8 * 4 ..............................................
Q
m
9U
10 14
11
11
u
12 or 19*4
13 or m ore
Office.*? providin g no paid holidays
Manufacturing
All
industries
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
100.0
99.7
100.0
99?r
.9
35.7
3.2
15.9
1.5
15.9
.7
4.9
.1
3.8
.7
1.4
2.4
3.0
9.6
.3
1.6
41.8
6.2
21.7
1.2
20.8
.7
.5
4.9
.2
.1
.3
Non
durable
goods
100.0
9975~
55.5
6.3
23.2
14.5
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.4
3.9
22.1
6.1
19.4
2.8
30.1
1.6
1.3
12.6
.5
.2
33.9
1.1
29.8
17.9
1.8
4.8
.4
5.4
88.7
6.4
4.3
4.9
.5
.6
Finance, Transportation,
insurance, communication,
and other
and real
public utilities
estate
100.0
99.4
.4
4.0
4.6
6.2
.1
5.4
6.5
12.0
12.2
48.0
.6
Services
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
6.2
3.9
8.0
25.8
53.5
2.5
.9
46.5
9.0
20.4
8.8
90
2.7
.5
2.2
.1
Table 9.— Nonproduction bonuses in Philadelphia offices, January 19&9
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of bonus
All offices studied......................................
Offices with nonproduction bonuses___
Christmas or year-end.......... ...........
Profit-sharing....................................
Other_________________________
Offices with no nonproduction bonuses.
All
industries
100.0
43.9
40.1
2.4
1.4
56.1
Manufacturing
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
40.0
36.8
2.9
.3
60.0
100.0
33.5
30.2
3.3
100.0
49.3
46.2
2.3
.8
50.7
66.5
Wholesale
trade
100.0
54.8
40.2
4.9
9.7
45.2
Retail
trade
Finance, Transportation,
insurance, communication,
and real
and other
estate
public utilities
100.0
61.6
61.6
100.0
51.4
48.9
2.5
38.4
48.6
100.0
7\9~
7.0
.9
92.1
Services
100.0
49.1
40.7
8.4
50.9
41
PHILADELPHIA
Table 10.—Formal provisions for paid sick leave in Philadelphia offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Manufacturing
Provisions for paid sick leave
All offices studied......................................
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade
Finance, Tr ansportatio n,
insurance, communication,
and real
and other
Services
estate
public utilities
industries
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
44.3
2.6
6.0
4.9
.9
14.1
2.0
4.0
3.3
1.9
6.6
56.7
48.9
.1
6.9
.2
1.7
20.8
1.6
6.7
10.9
51.1
50.1
4.9
.4
24.4
47.1
.2
9.9
4.1
15.5
3.9
27.9
52.4
17.2
1.2
7.4
61.2
22.2
6.1
7.4
18.2
1.0
34.1
4.0
6.3
2.7
9.8
2.3
5.7
3.3
47.6
65.9
38.8
77.8
44.6
2.6
3.8
4.9
.1
8.2
1.7
3.7
3.3
6.2
10.1
55.4
48.9
.1
4.4
.2
9.9
1.7
7.0
6.7
8.0
10.9
51.1
50.1
3.3
.4
11.4
2.9
11.3
11.7
9.1
49.9
47.1
.2
6.1
52.4
17.2
1.2
7.4
34.1
4.0
6.3
2.7
9.8
64.8
43.9
22.2
6.1
20.9
35.2
45.0
.1
6.1
5.3
.1
7.0
.9
1.0
3.3
1.0
20.2
55.0
48.9
.1
4.2
.2
7.6
1.4
6.7
1.2
27.5
51.1
50.1
3.3
.4
9.9
1.6
11.3.,'
23.6
49.9
47.1
.2
5.4
AH
1 year of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
sick leave................................................
U n d er 5 days___ .
5 days................................................
fi d ays
7 or 8 d a y s ___
...
...
...
___
10 days................................................
days ________
____ _
Over 20 days......................................
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid sick leave.......................................
lfi
2 0 d ays
11.3
9.1
49.9
13.5
52.9
2.9
1.1
15.9
1.7
4.6
1.7
72.1
43.9
8.6
7.7
8.4
9.3
2 years of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
.
sielc leave ................
U n d er fi days___________T
_______
d ays
fi d ays
fi
.
... .
......
.......... . ._
.
.
7 or 8 days..........................................
10 d ays
_ __
12 nr 12Uj d ays
,
lfi days
... ....
lfi d ays
20
_
_
O ver 20 d ays
___
. _. ._ ._
......... . ...
days
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid siek leave
_
.
7.5
4.1
13.0
2.7
13.5
52.9
27.9
2.9
1.1
11.0
1.7
7.4
9.5
1.7
72.1
1.0
18.2
47.6
5.7
5.6
65.9
27.9
57.0
18.4
12.0
34.1
10.3
2.7
9.8
43.9
11.3
65.9
20.9
35.2
7.7
8.4
77.8
5 years of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
sick leave................................................
U n d er fi d ays
fi days
days ______
_______
7 or d a y s
10 days _ __
12 or 1234 days........ .......................
lfi days
__
___
lfi d ays
20 days
...__
_______
O ver 2 0 days
.........
Offices with no formal provisions for
6
.
8
____________________
,
. . . . . . .
_
.....
.
_.
_
________________
paid siek leave
4.3
1 .2 '
3.0
33.0
52.9
2.9
1.1
11.0
1.7
2.4
8.8
72.1
7.4
1.0
18.2
43.0
64.8
22.2
6.1
7.7
8.4
77.8
Table 11.— Insurance and pension plans in Philadelphia offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of plan
All offices studied......................................
Offices with insurance or pension plans1
Life insurance............................. .......
Health insurance...............................
Retirement pension...___________
Other-------------------------------------Offices with no insurance or pension
plans........................................................
1 Unduplicated total.
Manufacturing
All .
industries
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade
Finance, Transportation,
insurance, communication,
and real
and other
estate
public utilities
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
89.2
79.2
40.0
60.7
44.4
100.0
94.0
87.2
58.2
65.2
50.1
100.0
93.6
93.6
69.0
62.1
41.6
100.0
94.6
77.9
42.6
69.7
62.5
100.0
86.7
85.1
33.7
56.8
32.4
100.0
85.6
47.2
43.3
47.2
27.2
100.0
80.3
68.2
6.7
50.3
39.1
100.0
95.9
94.6
25.5
92.3
69.6
100.0
70.2
70.1
2.8
35.1
22.2
10.8
6.0
6.4
5.4
13.3
14.4
19.7
4.1
29.8
Services
42
ST. LOUIS, JANUARY 1949
Salaries
Salaries of women in the office jobs studied
in St. Louis ranged from $17.50 to over $85 a
week in January 1949, but over half of these
salaries fell within a $10 range—$32.50 to
$42.50. Nearly three-fourths of the women em
ployees earned between $30 and $45. Men’s
salaries varied more than those of women.
These variations in earnings are traceable to
differences in salary level among industries and
among different-sized establishments, as well as
to differences in the earnings of individual
workers because of length of service and other
factors. This was a reflection in part of the
large proportion of offices with salary struc
tures based on individual determination.
On an occupational basis, average salaries for
women ranged from $30 for office girls to
$47.50 a week for workers performing the
functions of hand bookkeepers by machine
(class A bookkeeping-machine operators). Wom
en general stenographers, numerically the most
important occupational group studied, earned
$41 a week, on the average. Half of the women
in this job received weekly salaries of between
$37.50 and $45.
Other numerically important groups were
clerk-typists, with an average of $36 a week,
accounting clerks at $40.50, and Comptometer
operators at $42. In half of the jobs studied,
average salaries for women fell between $38.50
and $42.50.
Information could be presented for men in
nine of the clerical classifications studied. Aver
age salaries of men in these jobs ranged from
$30.50 for office boys to $63.50 for hand book
keepers. Accounting clerks, the largest group
numerically, had average salaries of $51.50.
Although salaries for clerical workers are
generally expressed in monthly or weekly
terms, hourly rates also are presented here.
On an hourly basis, the occupational averages
for men workers ranged from 76 cents to $1.62;
among women the range was from 75 cents to
$1.18.
Office workers employed in manufacturing
and in transportation, communication, and
other public utilities had, on the average, high
er salaries than those in the other industry
groups studied. The variations in occupational
averages between industries were not consist
ent, however.
There was little consistent variation in week
ly salaries with size of establishment. However,
the large manufacturing and wholesale trade
establishments generally paid somewhat higher
salaries than the other establishments in these
industries.
Work Schedules
Women office employees in St. Louis typically
worked a 5-day, 40-hour week, although there
was variation by industry. In all industries
combined, 4 out of 5 employees were on a 40hour week and 9 out of 10 worked 5 days a week.
In service industry offices, two-fifths of the
women were scheduled to work 37^ hours or
less a week. Over one-third in the finance, insur
ance, and real estate group had a scheduled
workweek of less than 40 hours. While the 5day week was most typical in all industries,
about 13 percent of the women workers in
wholesale trade and finance, insurance, and real
estate worked a 5^-day week.
Paid Vacations
Virtually all office employees in the St. Louis
industries studied were provided with at least
1 week’s paid vacation after 1 year’s service.
About half of the workers received a week’s
vacation annually after 6 months’ service. After
1 year of service, over two-thirds of the work
ers were provided 2-weeks’ annual vacations.
Vacation practices varied considerably among
industries. The proportion of office employees
receiving 2-week vacations with pay after a
year of service varied from 9 out of 10 in
finance, insurance, and real estate to 1 out of 3
in transportation, communication, and other
public utilities. Annual vacation benefits in
creased to 3 weeks after 15 years of service in
offices with one-fourth of the St. Louis workers.
ST. L O U I S
Paid Holidays
Paid holidays were typically provided for St.
Louis office workers. Ninety-six percent of them
received at least 6 holidays a year. Holiday
practices were found to vary by industry. The
greatest number of paid holidays was generally
provided in finance, insurance, and real estate
offices and in transportation, communication,
and other public utilities. Seven out of 10 work
ers in finance, insurance, and real estate estab
lishments were employed in offices providing at
least 8 holidays a year and over 4 out of 5 trans
portation, communication, and other public util
ities office employees received at least 7 holidays
a year.
Nonproduction Bonuses
About two-fifths of the office workers in the
industries studied in St. Louis are employed by
firms that reported the payment of nonproduc
tion bonuses. Most of the bonuses were in the
form of Christmas or year-end payments.
Among industry groups, bonus payments were
least common in transportation, communication,
and other public utilities and most widespread
in retail trade.
Paid Sick Leave
In the industries studied in St. Louis, estab
43
lishments employing 3 out of 10 office workers
had formal provisions for paid sick leave after
1 year of service. Sick leave with pay was pro
vided workers with 2 years’ service in establish
ments with almost two-fifths of all office work
ers. The length of sick leave allowed varied
greatly among establishments and industries.
Insurance and Pension Plans
Some form of life or health insurance or re
tirement pension plan, financed in whole or in
part by the employers, was provided in firms
with over four-fifths of St. Louis office workers.
Over one-third were employed in establishments
that provided a retirement pension. Life insur
ance was provided in offices with about twothirds and health insurance in firms with over
three-tenths of the employees.
There was considerable difference in the in
surance and pension benefits provided among
industries. For example, in transportation, com
munication, and other public utilities, life insur
ance was less common than in other industries,
but nearly 90 percent of the office workers were
entitled to retirement pension benefits. In man
ufacturing, three-fourths of the workers were
entitled to life insurance benefits, but only 16
percent to retirement pension benefits provided
in addition to Federal Old-Age and Survivors
insurance benefits.
44
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
T able 1.—Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in St. Louis, by industry
division, January 1949
Average
EstiSalary
m ated
dian2 range of
Sex, occupation, and numWeekmiddle 50
industry division ber of Week- ly H our- w eek
percent of
ly
work ly sched ly salary
workers
ers salary uled rate
hours
M en
Billers, machine (billing machine)............
Bookkeepers, hand*....
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods™......
Nondurable
goods__......
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.................
Bookkeeping-m achine
operators, class B *„
Finance, insurance, and real
estate................
Clerks, accounting 8__
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insur
ance, and real
tfi
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilitiesClerks, general8...........
Manufacturing__
Clerics, order8..............
Manufacturing.—
Til
4V\|P
JL/U.V1TCaUic
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Clerks, pay roll8....... Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
gnnds
Clfirk-typists ... .
Office hnys 8
Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods.„......
Nondurable
goods........
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................
26 $39.00
251 63.50
99 63.00
45 68.00
54 58.50
43 61.00
40.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
38.0
39.5
$0.96 $36.00 $36.00-$44.00
1.62 62.00 54.00- 69.00
1.61 62.00 52.50- 69.00
1.70 62.00 61.50- 68.50
1.54 52.50 48.00- 69.00
1.55 57.50 57.50- 65.00
71 64.50 39.5 1.64 63.50 54.50- 69.00
79 38.00 40.0
47
767
343
203
140
219
35.00
51.50
54.00
51.00
57.50
51.00
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
.95 35.00 32.00- 40.50
.88
1.29
1.34
1.27
1.44
1.26
34.50
51.50
52.00
50.50
57.50
47.00
33.0044.0046.0044.5046.0044.00-
39.00
57.50
60.00
56.50
69.00
56.50
134 47.00 39.5 1.19 46.00 35.00- 56.50
41
83
41
467
208
96
112
229
108
89
54
35
66
351
131
33
98
103
50.50
49.50
55.50
53.50
52.50
52.00
53.00
55.50
50 00
50.00
51.00
48.50
43.50
30.50
31.50
33.00
31.00
33.50
39.5
40 0
40.5
40 5
39.0
40.0
38.5
41.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
85 25.50 40.0
1.28
1 23
1.38
1.33
1.34
1.30
1.37
1.35
1 25
1.26
1.28
1.23
1.08
76
.78
.82
.77
.84
49.00
45.00
56.00
54.00
52.50
54.00
52.50
55.00
49.50
52.00
52.00
48.50
40.00
30.00
31.00
32.00
30.50
32.50
42.0041.0046.0043.5045.5047.0044.0042.0043.5047.0049.0038.0039.5025.0027.0029.0025.5027.50-
56.50
56 00
62.50
63 50
57.00
56.00
63.50
67.50
53 50
53.50
53.50
57.50
50.00
34 50
36.00
36.00
36.00
37.50
.64 25.50 23.00- 28.00
Women
Billers, machine (bill
ing machine) 8..........
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods™......
Nondurable
goods™......
Wholesale trade....
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
416
181
63
118
128
39 00
40.50
39.50
41.00
36.00
40 0 .98 38 00 34.50- 44 00
40.5 1.01 39.00 37.00- 44.00
40.0 .99 38.00 35.50- 44.00
40.5 1.01 39.50 37.50- 44.00
40.0 .91 36.50 33.00- 38.00
56 47.00 40.5 1.16 46.00 42.50- 50.00
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
3 Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
Average
Salary
Esti
Me
range of
m ated
dian2 middle
50
Week
Sex, occupation, and num
percent of
industry division ber of Week- ly H our w eek
ly
sched ly salary
work
workers
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women —Con.
Billers, machine
(bookkeeping
mar»hin«)
__
30 $44.00 40.0 $1.11 $42.00 $36.00-$58.00
Bookkeepers, hand8— 259 46.00 40.0 1.14 46.00 40.00- 50.00
Manufacturing.— 117 45.50 40.0 1.14 46.00 40.50- 50.00
Durable
goods™......
33 46.50 40.0 1.17 50.00 35.00- 56.00
Nondurable
goods™......
84 45.50 40.0 1.13 46.00 40.50- 48.50
Wholesale trade_
71 43.00 40.5 1.06 40.50 40.00- 48.00
Bookkeeping-machine
operators, class A 8„ 136 47.50 40.0 1.18 46.00 43.50- 52.00
Manufacturing__
52 52.50 41.5 1.27 53.50 48.00- 57.50
Wholesale trade_
41 45.00 39.5 1.14 46.00 43.50- 46.50
Bookkeeping-machine
operators, classB 8.„. 906 38.50 40.0 .97 38.00 34.50- 42.00
Manufacturing— 250 40.00 40.5 1.00 40.50 35.50- 44.00
Durable
goods™......
58 42.50 40.0 1.06 42.50 38.50- 47.00
Nondurable
goods™...... 192 39.50 40.5 .98 40.00 35.50- 43.50
Wholesale trade_ 279 40.50 40.5 1.00 39.00 37.50- 42.00
Retail trade 4........
59 38.50 40.5 .96 37.50 35.50- 41.50
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate ___ __ 278 35.50 40.0 .89 34.50 33.00- 39.50
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
27 44.00 40.5 1.09 43.50 40.50- 48.00
Calculating-machine
operators (Comp
tometer type)8........ 1,043 42.00 40.0 1.06 42.00 38.00- 46.00
Manufacturing.__ 515 41.50 40.0 1.03 41.00 37.00- 46.00
Durable
goods......... 166 44.50 40.0 1.11 46.00 42.50- 48.50
Nondurable
goods™...... 349 40.00 40.0 .99 39.50 36.00- 43.00
Wholesale trade_ 174 42.50 40.0 1.06 41.50 38.00- 45.50
Retail trade4........ 240 43.00 39.0 1.09 43.50 38.00- 46.00
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
93 45.50 40.5 1.12 44.00 40.00- 50.00
Calculating-machine
operators (other
than Comptometer
type) 8........................ 221 37.50 40.0 .94 36.50 34.00- 42.00
Manufacturing—
49 38.50 40.0 .96 37.00 34.00- 42.50
Wholesale trade_
67 37.00 40.0 .92 35.50 35.00- 39.00
Retail trade 4........
42 38.50 39.5 .97 38.50 34.50- 42.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
44 34.00 40.0 .85 34.50 33.00- 35.00
Clerks, accounting8— 1,149 40.50 39.5 1.02 40.00 35.00- 45.50
Manufacturing__ 397 43.00 40.0 1.08 42.50 38.00- 47.00
Durable
goods......... 186 43.00 40.0 1.07 41.00 38.00- 47.50
Nondurable
goods
211 43.50 40.0 1.09 42 50 38.00- 46.50
Wholesale trade— 134 42.50 40.5 1.05 42.50 36.00- 48.50
Retail trade 4........ 160 38.00 39.5 .96 37.00 29.50- 42.50
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate. _____
246 34.00 39.0 .87 31.00 30.00- 37.00
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities.. 193 44.00 39.0 1.12 42.50 39.00- 49.00
Clerks, file, class A 8__ 174 40.50 39.5 1.01 39.00 34.50- 44.00
Manufacturing__
70 43.00 40.0 1.08 40.00 36.00- 49.00
Wholesale trade_
37 41.00 40.0 1.03 39.00 35.50- 43.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate. __ ..
54 34.50 39.5 .88 34.50 30.00- 39.00
* Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
4 Excludes department and limited-price variety stores.
45
ST. L OV 1 S
T a b l e 1 .—
Salaries1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in St. Louis, by industry
division, January 191*9—Continued
Average
EstiSalary
Me
m
ated
dian12 range of
Sex, occupation, and num
Week
middle
50
w
eek
industry division ber of Week ly H our ly
of
work ly sched ly salary percent
workers
ers salary uled rate
hours
Average
Esti
Me
Salary
m ated
dian2 range of
Week
Sex, occupation, and num
w
eek
middle
50
industry division ber of Week ly H our ly
percent of
work ly sched
ly
salary
workers
uled rate
ers salary hours
Women —Con.
Clerks, file, class B 3__
Manufacturing.....
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.„..............
Transportation,
com m unication, and other
public utilities..
Clerks, general3...........
Manufacturing—
Finance, insur
ance, and real
Women —Con.
Stenographers, gen
eral—Continued
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Services.................
Stenographers,
Manufacturing—
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate....... .........
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Switchboard
operators 3 ..............
Manufacturing—
Durable
goods._......
Nondurable
goods._......
Wholesale trade—
Retail trade4.......
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Switchboard operatorreceptionists 3...........
Manufacturing__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade....
Transcribing-machine
operators, general3..
Manufacturing.—.
Durable
goods.-......
Nondurable
goods.-......
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade 4.......
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................
Typists, class A 3.........
Manufacturing—
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
Typists, class B 3_-......
Manufacturing—
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.-......
Wholesale trade....
Retail trade4........
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate.................
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities..
874 $32.00
247 34.50
108 37.00
139 33.00
240 33.50
39.5 $0.81 $31.00 $28.50-$35.00
39.5 .88 35.00 30.00- 38.50
40.0 .92 36.00 35.00- 40.00
39.0 .84 32.00 29.00- 37.50
40.0 .83 32.00 29.50- 35.00
280 28.00 39.5
.70 26.50 25.00- 31.50
68 35.00 40.0 .88 34.00 33.00- 37.00
217 39.50 39.5 1.00 38.00 33.00- 43.00
120 37.00 39.5 .94 34.00 32.00- 40.50
66
303
176
61
115
84
30
701
393
156
237
76
70
39.00
42 50
42.00
43.50
41.50
44.00
41.50
42 00
40!50
44.00
38.50
45.00
41.50
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
40.5
40.5
.99
1.06
1.05
1.08
1.04
1.10
1.03
1.05
1.01
1.10
.96
1.11
1.03
38.00
42.00
42.00
45.00
42.00
42.00
39.00
41.00
40.00
41.50
37.00
42.50
42.00
34.5038.0037.5039.0036.5039.0039.0037 0034.5039.5032.0041.0031.00-
42.50
46.00
46.50
47.50
44.00
48.00
43.00
47.00
46.00
50.00
42.00
44.50
48.00
Manuf act uring--Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade....
Retail trade4........
ClerVst psy roll 3
Manufacturing.__
Durable
goods.........
Nondurable
goods.........
Wholesale trade_
Retail trade 4.......
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities.. 148 45.00 40.0 1.12 42.00 39.00- 52.00
Clerk-typists................ 2,591 36 00 40.0 .91 35 00 31.50- 39.50
Manufacturing.— 840 39.00 40.0 .98 38.50 34.50- 42.50
Durable
goods......... 418 39.50 40.0 .99 40.00 37.00- 44.00
Nondurable
goods.____ 422 38.50 40.0 .97 38.00 34.00- 42.00
Wholesale trade— 422 35.00 40.5 .87 35.00 30.00- 38.00
Retail trade4........ 265 34.50 40.5 .85 33.50 30.00- 37.00
F in a n c e , in s u r
ance, and real
estate. ............ 692 33.00 39.5 .83 32.00 31.00- 35.00
Transportation,
com m unica
tion, and other
public utilities.. 151 41.00 40.5 1.02 40.00 36.00- 45.00
Services................. 221 34.50 37.5 .92 34.50 31.00- 37.00
Offipp girls3 - 244 30.00 40.0 .75 30.00 26.00- 33.50
Manufacturing.__ 101 32.50 40.0 .81 32.00 29.00- 34.50
Durable
grinds
26 33.50 40.0 .84 34.00 29.50- 36.00
Nondurable
goods
75 32.00 40.0 .81 32.00 29.50- 36.00
Wholesale trade_
32 30.50 40.0 .76 29.00 25.50- 32.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................
65 24.00 39.5 .61 23.00 20.50- 27.50
Stenographers,
general....................... 3 ,293 41.00 40.0 1.03 40.50 37.00- 44.50
Manufacturing__ 1,414 41.50 40.0 1.04 40.50 37.50- 46.00
Durable
goods.-...... 557 43.00 40.0 1.07 43.50 38.00- 46.00
Nondurable
goods.-...... 857 41.00 40.0 1.02 40.00 36.50- 44.50
Wholesale trade_ 713 41.00 40.5 1.02 40.50 38.00- 45.00
Retail trade4....... 144 43.50 40.0 1.09 42.50 38.00- 48.00
Finance, insur
ance, and real
estate................. 615 38.00 39.5 .96 38.00 34.50- 40.50
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
2 Value above and below which half of workers* salaries fell.
223 $44.50 40.0 $1.12 $45.50 $40.00-$50.00
184 38.00 39.0 .98 37.00 34.50- 40.50
230 44.50 39.5 1.12 42.50 40.00- 48.50
54 45.50 40.0 1.14 43.00 42.50- 48.00
119 42.00 39.5 1.06 41.50 39.00- 46.50
44 49.50 40.0 1.24 51.00 45.50- 51.50
350
108
43
65
62
40
39.50
42.50
41.50
43.00
39.00
37.00
40.0 .99 39.00 35.00- 44.00
40.0 1.06 40.50 39.00- 46.00
40.0 1.04 40.50 37.50- 44.50
41.50 39.00- 46.00
40.0 1.08
40.5 .96 37.00 34.50- 41.00
40.5 .91 36.50 30.00- 42.50
92 36.50 40.0
.91 37.00 33.00- 38.00
29 46.50 41.0 1.12 45.50 44.00- 48.00
454
209
104
105
181
37.50
39.00
40.00
38.50
35.50
40.0 .93 36.00 32.50- 40.50
40.0 .98 37.50 34.00- 43.50
40.0 1.00 37.50 34.50- 41.00
40.0 .95 37.50 34.00- 44.00
40.5 .87 35.50 32.50- 37.50
280
109
34
75
81
29
39.50
40.50
41.00
40.50
40.00
37.50
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
.98
1.02
1.03
1.01
1.00
.94
38.00
41.50
43.00
41.50
37.00
35.00
35.5037.0036.5037.5035.5033.50-
43.00
44.50
45.00
44 50
41.50
40.00
51 35.50 40.0 .90 35.50 34.50- 37.00
39.50 37.00- 43.00
245 40.50 40.0 1.01
120 38.50 40.0 .96 38.00 36.00- 40.50
65
728
272
48
224
243
36
44.00
34.50
33.00
36.00
32.50
38.50
33.00
40.0 1.10 43.00 40.00- 48.00
40.0 .87 34.00 30.00- 38.00
40.0 .83 32.00 30.00- 35.50
40.5 .89 38.00 33.00- 38.00
40.0 .82 31.50 30.00- 35.00
40.5 .95 36.00 34.00- 40.50
40.5 .82 30.00 28.00- 38.00
93 30.00 39.5
.76 30.00 27.50- 32.00
64 36.00 39.5
.91 37.00 33.00- 37.00
3'Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
^Excludes department and limited-price variety stores.
46
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
Table 2.—Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries 1 in St. Louis,
January 1949
Percent of men—
Weekly salaries1
TTndpr$1A 00
$1A 00-^17 49
$17 A0-$19 99
$90 OO—$99 49
$99 KO—$94 99
$9* 00—$97 49
$97 A0-$9,9 99
$20 00—$29 49
$29 50—$24 99
$2* 00—$27 49
$37.50-839.99............................
$40.00-842.49............................
$42.50-844.99............................
$4* 00—$47 49
$47 AO—$49 99
$AO 00—$A9 49
$A9 A0-$A4 99
$AA 00—$A7 49
$A7 AO—$A9 99
$AO OO—$fi9 49
$09 AO—$04 99
$OA OO—$07 49
$07 AO—$09 99
$70 00—$79 49
$79 AO—$74 99
$7A 00—$79 99
$80 00—$84 99
$8A 00—$89 99
$90 00—$94 99
$9A 00—$99 99
$100,00 and ovnr
Total................................
Estimated number of workers..
Average weekly salaries1_____
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
Book
keepers,
hand
6.8
.8
.8
1.2
3.2
6.8
2.8
11.2
1.2
12.3
11.5
12.6
1.6
10.0
.8
2.0
8.4
4.0
2.4
1.2
4.4
100.0
251
$63.50
Bookkeepingmachine
operators,
class B
1.3
7.6
17.7
27.9
7.6
11.4
6.3
2.5
17.7
100.0
79
$38.00
Clerks,
accounting
Clerks,
general
0.4
1.3
2.7
2.2
2.1
12.1
7.3
14.0
4.2
12.2
3.1
10.8
7.3
3.4
2.5
5.2
3.3
1.8
1.6
2.5
1.2
4.8
25.4
15.7
14.5
3.6
1.2
7.2
7.2
3.6
3.6
1.2
2.4
3.6
2.4
100.0
767
$51.50
100.0
83
$49.50
1.2
1.2
Clerks,
order
0.2
3.0
3.4
16.7
3.6
9.0
2.4
5.6
10.9
10.7
7.1
.6
7.9
2.1
10.3
1.1
2.4
2.6
.4
100.0
467
$53.50
Clerks,
pay roll
7.4
1.9
12.0
4.6
5.6
20.4
15.7
10.2
7.4
4.6
4.6
Clerktypists
19.7
4.5
28.8
16.7
3.0
1.5
7.6
7.6
3.0
7.6
Office
boys
1.7
4.0
8.3
19.8
17.7
8.3
16.5
10.0
5.7
1.7
.3
6.0
2.8
1.9
.9
100.0
108
$50.00
100.0
66
$43.50
100.0
351
$30.50
47
ST. L O U I S
Table 2.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries 1 in St. Louis,
January 19U9— Continued
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries1
TTndpr $1* 00
$15 00-SK17 49
S17.fi0-S19.99
$20 00—$22 49
$22 SO—$24 99
$25.00-$27.49____
$27.SO—$29.99
ISO .00-S32 49
S32.fi0-S34.99.
$35.00—$37.49
$37 SO—.$39 99
$40 00-$42 49
$42 SO—$44 99
$45.00-^547 49
$47 50-$49 99
$50.00-152.49
$52 50-S54.99
$55 00—$57 49
$57 50—$59 99
$fiO 0 0 —$fi2 4 9
$0 2
$0 5
$07
$70
$72
5 0 —$0 4
0 0 —$ 0 7
5 0 —$09
0 0 —$7 2
50—$ 7 4
99
49
99
49
99
Billers,
machine
(billing
machine)
2.9
5.3
4.6
17.3
9.1
21.0
8.9
13.2
5.8
4.1
4.8
.7
.2
.7
1.2
.2
1Excludes pay for overtime.
3.5
3.5
5.4
2.7
16.6
12.4
15.0
15.8
6.6
6.9
6.2
1.9
.8
1.9
11.0
9.6
2.2
11.0
22.8
8.9
12.5
19.1
.7
2.4
8.7
14.2
15.3
18.7
17.4
12.9
4.1
2.5
2.5
.7
.6
1.5
.7
0.3
6.8
8.6
2.7
16.7
5.0
27.7
12.7
8.6
15.8
15.8
11.8
5.9
15.2
14.4
8.6
8.2
4.1
.4
6.4
.4
1.4
.9
.1
.9 ......................4
.2
Clerks,
accounting
8.3
8.8
7.8
11.9
9.8
13.2
13.1
6.7
9.6
4.2
2.3
1.4
1.5
.9
.2
.3
.8
$7 5 0 0 -$ 7 9 99
$ 8 0 0 0 —$8 4 99
$8 5 0 0 —$8 9 99
$9 0 0 0 —$9 4 99
$9 5 0 0 —$9 9 99
$ 1 0 0 0 0 and n v«r
Total
Estimated number of workers..............
Average weekly salaries K___________
CalculatingBookkeeping- Bookkeeping- Calculatingmachine
machine
operators
machine
machine
operators
(other than
operators,
operators, (Comptometer
Comptometer
class A
class B
type)
type)
Book
keepers,
hand
100.0
416
$39.00
100.0
259
$46.00
100.0
136
$47.50
100.0
906
$38.50
100.0
1,043
$42.00
100.0
221
$37.50
100.0
1,149
$40.50
48
SALARIES
OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
Table 2.—Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries 1 in St. Louis,
January 19U9— Continued
Percent of womenWeekly salaries1
Clerks,
file,
class A
Clerks,
file,
class B
Clerks,
order
Clerics,
general
Clerks,
pay roll
Clerk,
typists
Office
girls
Under $15.00...........................................
$1 5 0 0 —SI 7 49
$ 1 7 5 0 -$ 1 9 99
$20.00-$22.49.........................................
$9 9 5 0 -$ 9 4 99
$9 5 0 0 -$ 9 7 4 9
$27.50-$29.99.........................................
$30.00-$32.49.........................................
$32.50-$34.99.........................................
$35.00-$37.49.........................................
$ 8 7 5 0 -$ 3 9 99
$40.00-$42.49.........................................
$42.50-$44.99.........................................
$45.00-$47.49.........................................
$ 4 7 5 0 -S 4 9 99
$50
$5 9
$5 5
$57
$fiO
0 0 -S 5 2
5 0 -S 5 4
0 0 -S 5 7
5 0 -S 5 9
0 0 -$ fi2
49
99
49
99
49
$fi9
$0 5
$07
$70
S79
5 0 —Sfi4
0 0 -S R 7
5 0 -$ 0 9
0 0 -S 7 9
5 0 -S 7 4
99
49
99
49
99
$75
$80
S85
S90
0 0 —$7 9
0 0 —$84
0 0 -S 8 9
0 0 -S 9 4
99
99
99
99
0.6
12.6
15.6
13.3
11.0
20.7
4.0
6.9
6.3
1.7
1.1
1.1
.6
3.4
1.1
4.0
15.2
18.5
21.9
11.3
13.8
5.6
6.5
.8
1.5
.2
.7
19.8
24.9
2.3
4.6
18.0
7.4
11.1
2.3
4.1
3.2
0.3
7.9
5.9
7.3
14.5
23.8
12.5
5.0
14.2
3.6
1.0
.9
3.3
.5
.9
5.6
9.0
4.1
7.6
11.4
23.6
10.9
4.4
6.1
5.1
4.6
4.1
.7
1.9
.6
.4
.1
.1
.3
0.3
.7
11.0
24.5
13.5
14.6
11.0
10.3
6.8
3.0
2.2
.7
.6
.1
.2
.2
.3
5.7
4.9
8.2
9.8
16.8
25.5
15.2
5.7
3.7
4.1
.4
.7
$95.00-$99.99................
$ 1 0 0 .0 0 and over
Total ....... . ........
Estimated number of workers.............
A verage w eekly salarie s1 . ....
Excludes pay for overtime.
100.0
174
$40.50
100.0
874
$32.00
100.0
217
$39.50
100.0
303
$42.50
100.0
701
$42.00
100.0
2,591
$36.00
100.0
244
$30.00
49
ST. L O U I S
Table 2.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries 1 in St. Louis,
January 1949— Continued
Weekly salaries 1
Under $15.00
$15.00-$17.49.........................................
S I 7 .50-SI9.99 _ ...
$20 . 00-$22 . 49.........................................
$22 . 50-$24 . 99.........................................
$25 . 00-$27 . 49.........................................
$27 . 50-$29 . 99.........................................
$30 . 00-$32 . 49.........................................
$32 . 50-$34 . 99.........................................
$35.00-$37.49.........................................
$37 . 50-S39. 99.........................................
$40 . 00-$42 . 49.........................................
S42.50-S44.99____
$45.00-$47.49.........................................
$47.50-$49.99......................................
$50 . 00-$52 . 49.........................................
S52 5 0 -S 5 4 99
$55.00-$57.49........
................
$57 . 50-$59 . 99........
$60.00-$62.49.......
$62 . 50-$64 . 99.........................................
$65.00-$67.49 ..........
............
$67 . 50-$69 . 99....................................................
$7 0 n 0 -$ 7 9 49
$72 . 50-$74 . 99.......
Percent of women—
Stenog
raphers,
general
Stenog
raphers,
technical
Switch
board
operators
Switchboard Transcribingoperator- machine opera
receptionists tors, general
Typists,
class A
0.3
0.1
.4
4.8
10.4
9.7
18.2
19.9
12.7
10.4
5.9
3.7
2.3
.7
.2
.4
.1
.1
3.5
4.3
4.3
7.4
23.1
18.3
10.0
7.4
9.6
7.4
.4
1.7
.9
.4
1.3
100.0
3,293
$41.00
100.0
230
$44.50
.9
1.1
6.9
14.9
17.9
10.0
17.3
11.7
9.7
4.3
.9
.9
2.3
.6
.3
10.1
12.6
16.6
21.2
11.0
10.6
8.1
3.7
1.1
.9
.4
3.7
1.4
2.9
15.7
26.1
13.6
11.1
15.0
8.2
2.5
2.1
.7
.7
4.5
2.4
20.4
24.5
18.8
12.7
5.7
4.1
6.1
.8
Typists,
class B
0.3
1.5
16.8
22.0
22.8
10.4
13.0
5.5
3.0
1.0
.5
1.2
.4
.7
.3
.3
.3
$7 5 0 0 -$ 7 9 99
$80.00-$84.99..........
$85 . 00-$89 . 99.............................................. .
S90 0 0 -S 9 4 99
$95 . 00-$99 . 99.........................
$ 1 0 0 .0 0 and over....................................
Total..............................................
Estimated number of workers..............
Average weekly salaries K .....................
100.0
350
$39.50
100.0
454
$37.50
100.0
280
$39.50
100.0
245
$40.50
100.0
728
$34.50
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
Table 3.— Average weekly salaries1 for women in selected office occupations in St. Louis, by size of establishment,
January 1949
Average weekly salary1in—
Occupation and grade
Manufacturing establishments with total
employment of—
501 or more
Billers, machine (billing machine).....................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B..........................
Calculating-machine operators (Comptometer type)__
Clerks, accounting________________________________
Clerks, file, class B...............................................................
Clerks, pay roll......................................................................
Clerk-typists...... .................................................. ................
Stenographers, general.........................................................
Switchboard operator-receptionists................................._
Transcribing-machine operators, general..........................
Typists, class B......................................................................
Excludes pay for overtime.
$41.50
42.00
41.50
44.50
35.00
42.00
41.00
42.50
P)40.50
33.00
251 to 500
$37.00
36.00
38.50
41.50
P)42.50
35.00
43.00
35.50
40.50
32.50
101 to 250
$43.00
39.50
P)42.00
34.00
38.50
38.00
39.50
41.00
P)
P)
Wholesale trade establishments with total
employment of—
251 or more
P)$41.50
44.50
P)37.50
P)38.00
42.00
P)45.50
42.00
101 to 250
$32.50
39.00
40.00
43.00
30.00
P)33.00
40.00
36.00
37.00
36.00
26 to 100
$37.00
40.50
42.50
41.50
33.00
43.50
35.00
41.50
35.00
P) 36.50
* Insufficient number of workers to justify presentation of an average.
50
S A L A R I E S OF O F F I C E
WORKERS
Table 4.— Scheduled weekly hours for women in St. Louis offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Weekly hours
All
industries
All offices employing women..................
3 5 hours
Ovftr 3 5 and u nd er . 3 7 hours
37^2 hours..................................................
Over 3
7
and u nder 4 0 hours
40 hours......................................................
Over 40 and under 44 hours . . .
4 4 hours
O v e r 4 4 and under 4 8 hours
48 hours
100.0
2.8
1.8
2.7
6.7
81.1
2.3
2.3
.3
( 2)
Manufacturing
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
100.0
100.0
1.6
1.4
.5
94.0
.6
2.5
1.6
2.2
1.5
95.3
3.2
93.2
.8
2.2
Finance, Transportation,
insurance, communication,
and other
and real
public utilities
estate
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade 1
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
2.7
.9
84.8
5.6
7.1
5.8
75.8
8.4
2.9
2.5
10.3
.3
.4
.1
82.9
3.1
1.4
1.5
6 .0
2.2
1.1
30.1
63.7
.4
Services
100.0
1.5
20.5
23.9
.3
2 Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
1 Excludes department and limited-price variety stores.
Table 5.— Scheduled days in workweek for women in St. Louis offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Manufacturing
Days in week
All
industries
All offices employing women..................
5 d ays
5
days
hn
6 days
Other
.
..................................
.................
Wholesale
trade
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
92.0
7.2
.3
.5
96.3
3.7
95.3
4.7
96.7
3.3
86.4
13.6
Finance, Transportation,
Retail insurance, communication,
and other
trade 1 and real
public utilities
estate
100.0
92.3
7.7
100.0
86.8
13.2
Services
100.0
100.0
93.7
1.7
1.5
3.1
99.7
.3
1 Excludes department and limited-price variety stores.
Table 6.— Vacations with pay in St. Louis offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Vacation policy
AH nffie.es studied
All
industries
Manufacturing
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
Wholesale
trade
Finance, Transportation,
Retail insurance,
trade 1 and real communication,
and other
estate
public utilities
Services
__
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Offie.es with paid vacations
....... ... .
1 weelr
..........
Over 1 and under 2 weeks..............
2 weeks______________ ________
Over 2 weeks
Offie.es with no paid yaeations ____
99.9
29.6
1.6
68.7
100.0
27.1
4.7
100.0
100.0
99.5
36.7
62.8
.5
100.0
44.4
55.6
100.0
100.0
68.0
100.0
68.2
34.5
13.9
51.6
99.9
14.2
83.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
18.4
71.6
99.5
16.3
83.2
.5
100.0
100.0
2 .2
100.0
6 .2
97.8
93.8
14.5
85.5
100.0
100.0
6 .8
86.6
6.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
2 .2
100.0
100.0
100.0
85.4
12.4
100.0
1 year of service
2 years of service
Offices with paid vacations__________
1 week ,
r
_______________
O ver 1 and under 2 w eeks................
2 weeks
, ... ......................
Over 2 weeks.....................................
Offieea with no paid vaeatinns
6 years of service
Offieea with paid vaeatinns ... . r ,___
w eek
___ ____
Over
and under
w e e k s... . _
w eeks
.. . .. ..
1
2
1
2
Over 2 weeks__________________
.1
2 .2
.1
4.0
90.8
5.2
23.9
69.5
6.6
Offieea w ith no paid v a e a t i n n s .................
1 Excludes department and limited-price variety stores.
23.3
76.7
34.5
65.5
100.0
8.7
91.3
10.0
5.8
84.2
10.0
2.5
97.5
19.8
80.2
7.7
92.3
32.0
19.5
80.5
100.0
9.6
90.4
ST.
51
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Table 7.—Paid holidays in St. Louis offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Number of paid holidays
AH #
industries
All offices studied.....................................
Offices providing paid holidays..............
Number of holidays:......................
1 to 5 ......................................
6 ...................................................
6
......................
7...................................................
8 ..................................................
100.0
98.5
Manufacturing
Wholesale
trade
All
manu
facturing
Durable
goods
Non
durable
goods
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
98.4
98.6
98.3
94.5
2.8
y2
56.0
1.0
19.3
86.3
7.5
3.4
91.3
3.9
2.4
83.7
9.4
57.2
5.0
24.5
Q
10
11
113^
6.4
2.4
.8
.3
1.5
1.6
1.4
1.7
5.5
.. .
................
Offices providing no paid holidays------
2.0
10.2
.1
1.8
2 .8
6.0
1.8
Finance, Transportation,
Retail insurance, communication,
and other
trade 1 and real
estate
public utilities
100.0
100.0
.3
79.3
15.6
4.8
Services
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
27.6
3.6
27.0
.6
26.8
9.9
3.3
15.6
68.9
15.5
64.2
1.7
26.5
7.6
1.2
1 Excludes department and limited-price variety stores.
T able
8.— Nonproduction bonuses in St. Louis offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of bonus
M l n fp n a s jst+.nrlipd
Offices with nonproduction bonuses—
r'lj-iT’ietrrm s n r y e a r - e n d
Prnfl+.-pli p ri rur
Of, V>en
Offices with no nonproduction bonuses.
Information not available
Manufacturing
Al! #
industries
All
Durable
manfacturing goods
Non
durable
goods
Finance, Transportation,
Retail insurance, communication,
trade 1 and real
and other
estate
public utilities
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
44.6
40.1
1.3
3.2
55.3
34.1
33.0
33.1
33.1
34.6
32.9
1.7
65.4
60.7
58.8
1.9
78.0
78.0
39.3
20.2
1.8
1.1
65.9
.1
1 Excludes department and limited-price variety stores.
Wholesale
trade
66.9
Sendees
100.0
100.0
100.0
66.5
52.2
3.3
2.3
2.3
33.5
97.7
39.0
34.6
2.1
2.3
61.0
11.0
52
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WORKERS
T able 9.—Formal provisions for paid sick leave in St. Louis offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Provisions for paid sick leave
AH offices studied ___________ __
AH _
industries
.
6 months of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
10days________
_______ _ ___
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid pie.k leave
All
manu
facturing
Non
durable
goods
Durable
goods
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade 1
Finance, Transportation,
insurance, communication,
and other
and real
public utilities
estate
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
20 5
6
9.1
4.3
24
1.5
2
.4
31.8
23.4
3.6
3.6
26.8
9.3
7.0
3.4
7.1
34.4
30.8
1.9
1.7
16.2
4.2
1.4
65.2
19.9
21.4
17.5
6.4
12.2
1.2
5.3
.8
1
1
1.2
10.6
Services
100.0
100.0
5.9
5.0
5.9
4.9
5.0
68.2
73.2
65.6
83.8
34.8
87.8
94.1
95.0
29.3
4.0
.9
2.4
14.0
38
2.5
1.5
35.5
3.3
.5
27.9
35.4
7.2
1.4
3.4
19.2
4.2
35.6
36.3
65.2
25.8
17.4
24.9
11.0
15.4
24.0
7.1
4.9
5.9
19.0
6.0
70.7
64.5
64.6
64.4
63.7
34.8
82.6
75.1
89.0
38.6
3.3
.9
2.4
15.2
3.6
.3
.9
9.4
39.7
5.0
.5
30.4
35.4
7.2
1.4
3.4
19.2
4.2
41.9
3.9
36.3
65.2
17.4
85.4
11.0
35.3
17.5
6.4
6.5
4.9
61.4
60.3
79.5
1 year of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
sick leave
..._________R days . . _____
5$Under
— dn.ys
days
__
7 days ..............
10
davs
. ____________
TP— days
TR d ays
PO d^ys
Over 20 days
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid sie.k leave ___ ___ ____ .
Manufacturing
.2
1.2
2.6
1.2
32.5
1.9
10.8
4.2
10.6
8.4
1.4
.9
.8
4.6
5.0
2 years of service
Offices with formal provisions for paid
sick leave
.... .. ___
Under R days
fy—R l/6 days
fi days
............................
7 days
........................
10
davs
19-19U days
days
114.R ddays
ays
.
__
20
............................
Over 20 days
..............
Offices with no formal provisions for
paid sick leave
__ ._ _________
2.6
1.2
2.6
36.2
1.8
8.1
4.2
10.6
11.1
1.4
6.0
.8
.6
4.6
19.0
5.9
60.5
82.6
14.6
.9
64.6
58.1
63.7
34.8
6.0
„„„
89.0
1 Excludes department and limited-price variety stores.
T able 10.— Insurance and pension plans in St. Louis offices, January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Type of plan
All offices studied......................................
Offices with insurance or pension plans 2
Life insurance....................................
Health insurance...............................
Retirement pension..........................
Other...................................................
Offices with no insurance or pension
plans-----------------------------------------
Manufacturing
All
industries
100.0
84.4
66.7
31.5
34.1
23.4
15.6
All
manu Durable
facturing goods
100.0
80.7
76.6
44.7
16.0
27.9
19.3
Excludes department and limited-price variety stores.
100.0
82.7
72.7
57.5
60.0
6.1
17.3
Non
durable
goods
100.0
79.7
78.6
38.1
21.2
11.2
20.3
Wholesale
trade
100.0
80.9
77.0
17.8
30.3
Retail
trade 1
100.0
10.2
65.7
62.2
31.7
29.0
42.3
19.1
34.3
3 Unduplicated total.
Finance, Transportation,
insurance, communication,
and real
and other
estate
public utilities
100.0
94.1
67.0
17.5
30.1
31.9
5.9
100.0
94.4
36.6
54.8
89.5
Services
100.0
10.2
71.8
52.7
43.4
18.2
5.6
28.2
8.1
53
APPENDIX A
Scope and Method of Survey
The information presented in this bulletin
was collected by field representatives of the
Bureau by visit to representative offices in each
city surveyed. In classifying workers by occu
pation, uniform job descriptions were used;
they are presented in Appendix B. The pri
mary purpose of the Bureau’s job description is
to assist its field staff in classifying workers
who are employed under a variety of pay-roll
titles and different work arrangements from
office to office and area to area, into appropriate
occupations. This is essential in order to per
mit the grouping of occupational wage rates
representing comparable job content. Because
of this emphasis on interoffice and interarea
comparability of occupational content, the
Bureau’s job descriptions differ significantly
from those in use in individual establishments
or those prepared for other purposes. In view
of these special characteristics of the Bureau’s
revised job descriptions, their adoption with
out modification by any single establishment or
for any other purpose than that indicated here
in is not recommended. Where office workers
regularly perform duties classified in more
than one occupation, they are generally classi
fied according to the most skilled or responsible
duties that are a regular part of their job and
that are significant in determining their value
to the firm.
The study covered six broad industry divi
sions and in each division only establishments
above a certain size were studied. Office employ
ment in smaller establishments was not consid
ered sufficiently great to warrant inclusion of
such establishments in the survey. The indus
tries included in the study together with the
minimum size of establishments and the num
ber of establishments surveyed in each of the
five cities reported on in this bulletin are sum
marized in appendix table A -l.
Estimated employment in these industry divi
sions, in establishments of the size included in
the survey, is presented in appendix table A-2.
A greater proportion of large than of small
establishments was studied in order to maxi
mize the proportion of office workers that could
be surveyed with available resources. Each
Table A—1.—Estimated number of establishments and number studied by industry division in 5 selected cities,
January 1949
Number of establishments in—
Industry division
All divisions_________________ . _______
Manufacturing___________________
Durable goods 8
_
Nondurable goods3____________
Wholesale trade___ _________ _____
Retail trade4.........................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate-----Transportation, communication, and
other public utilities5______ _____
Services8. . .............................. ..............
Minimum
size of
establish
ment 1
166
100
100
25
100
25
100
25
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Estimated Studied Estimated Studied Estimated Studied Estimated Studied Estimated Studied
total
total
total
total
total
227
76
97
25
57
15
50
8
21
21
10
22
7
12
1 Number of plant and office workers.
8 Metalworking; lumber, furniture, and other wood products; and
stone, clay and glass products. Figures are not shown separately for durable
goods in Hartford and New Orleans since separate information on salaries
and working conditions is not presented for these industries.
* Food and kindred products; tobacco; textiles; apparel and other
finished products made from fabrics; paper and paper products; printing and
publishing; chemicals; products of petroleum and coal; rubber products;
leather and leather products; professional, scientific and controlling instru
ments; optical goods; watches and clocks; and miscellaneous manufactur
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Hartford
2,034
569
279
290
635
133
287
73
337
208
53
30
23
39
25
31
28
32
423
89
137
30
168
31
53
38
44
34
15
18
20
20
1,939
766
181
585
526
114
308
56
169
256
94
36
58
42
24
39
24
33
863
317
123
194
271
55
129
35
56
187
66
27
39
41
19
27
16
18
ing. Figures are not shown separately for nondurable goods in Hartford
and New Orleans since separate information on salaries and working con
ditions is not presented for these industries.
4 Department stores were not studied in Los Angeles; department and
limited price variety stores were not studied in St. Louis.
5 Excluding railroads.
8 Business service; such professional services as engineering, archi
tectural, accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping firms; motion pictures;
and nonprofit membership organizations.
54
S A L A R I E S OF OFFI CE WO R K E R S
each size category and total employment in
these establishments are summarized in ap
pendix tables A-3 and A-4.
size-of-establishment group was, however, given
only its proper influence on the information
presented. The number of establishments in
T able
A -2.— Estimated total employment and number employed in establishments studied, by industry division, in
5 selected cities, January 1949
Employment in—
Los Angeles
Hartford
Industry division
Philadelphia
St. Louis
In establishments
In establishments
In establishments
In establishments
In establishments
studied
studied
studied
studied
studied
Estimat
Estimat
Estimat
Estimat
ed total1
ed total1
ed total1
ed total1
Total1 Office
Total1 0 ffice
Total i Office
Total i Office
Total1 Office
Estimat
ed total1
71,500 43,500 18,200
44,000 20,000 2,300
(2)
(2)
2,500
1,000
200
700
5,500 5,000
15,500 14,000 514,000
485,000
230,500
148,500
82,000
63,000
50,000
38,000
202,000 63,400 89,500 60,000 10,900
75,500 19,500 27,000 16,000 1,500
62,000 18,300 (2)
13,500 1,200 (2)
13,000 4,200 11,500 4,500 1,200
19,500 1,700 12,000 9,000 1,000
4,000 2,000 32,000
19,500
oo
o
All divisions_____________
Manufacturing________
Durable goods_____
Nondurable goods.._
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade__________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate____ ____ _
Transportation, commu
nication, and other
public utilities..............
Services_____________
New Orleans
571,500
369,500
177,500
192,000
35,500
72,000
30,500
262,000
151,000
100,000
51,000
6,000
47,000
12,000
66,000
31,000
23,000
8,100
2,200
10,500
312,000
199,500
123,500
51.500
72,000
22.500
17,500
11,000
100,000
58,000
26,000
32,000
6,500
10,000
5,500
24,800
8,200
3,000
5,200
2,300
1,200
35,500
500 63,000 54,000 12,000 31,500 26,500 3,200 53,500 43,000 9,200 21,500 18,000 5,600
500 40,500 20,500 6,500 3,500 2,000 2,000 10,500 3,000 1,100 3,500 2,000 2,000
1
1 Plant and office employment.
^
#
3~No attem pt was made to separate plant and office employment.
J Separate data not presented for these industries.
T able
3,000
1,000
3,000
500
A -3.— Estim ated number of establishments and number studied in 5 selected cities, by size of establishment,
January 194-9
Number of establishments in—
Hartford
Size of establishm ent1
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Estimated
total
Studied
Estim ated
total
Studied
Estimated
total
227
30
32
63
102
97
21
17
24
35
2,034
177
197
606
1,054
208
85
32
48
43
423
38
38
121
226
All size groups................................. _
501 and over..............................
251-500.......................................
101-250.......................................
26-100........................................
[Philadelphia
Studied Estimated
total
137
35
18
36
48
St. Louis
Studied
Estimated
total
256
90
41
63
62
863
75
84
335
369
1,939
187
282
654
816
Studied
187
52
29
58
48
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T able
A-4.— Estim ated total employment and number employed in establishments studied in 5 selected cities, by
size of establishment, January 1949
Employment in—
Hartford
Size of establishment
Estimat
ed total1
All size groups........................
501 and over...................
251-500..........................
101-250_____________
26-100............................
New Orleans
[Philadelphia
St. Louis
In establishments
In establishments
In establishments
In establishments
In establishments
studied
studied
studied
studied
studied
Estimat
Estimat
Estimat
Estimat
ed total1
ed total1
ed total1
ed total1
Total i Office
Total1 Office
Total i Office
Total i Office
Total1 Office
71,500 43,500 18,200 485,000 202,000 63,400 89,500 60,000 10,900 571,500 262,000 66,000 199,500 100,000
48,000 32,500 13,200 265,000 181,500 56,800 48,000 45,500 5,400 342,000 235,500 58,000 103,000 78,500
10,500 6,000 2,700 70,500 10,500 3,200 13,000 6,000 1,300 99,000 14,500 4,200 28,000 10,500
9,000 3,500 1,300 92,500 7,500 2,100 18,000 6,000 2,300 97,000 9,000 2,500 52,000 9,000
4,000 1,500 1,000 57,000 2,500 1,300 10,500 2,500 1,900 33,500 3,000 1,300 16,500 2,000
1 Plant and office employment.
Los Angeles
24,800
18,400
2,000
2,900
1,500
APPENDIX B
Descriptions of Occupations Studied
Biller, Machine
A worker who prepares statements, bills, and
invoices on a machine other than an ordinary
typewriter. May also keep records as to billings
or shipping charges or perform other clerical
work incidental to billing operations. Should be
designated as working on billing machine or
bookkeeping machine as described below.
Billing Machine
A worker who uses a special billing ma
chine (Moon Hopkins, Elliott Fisher, Bur
roughs, etc., which are combination typing
and adding machines) to prepare bills and
invoices from customers’ purchase orders,
internally prepared orders, shipping memo
randa, etc. Usually involves application of
predetermined discounts and shipping
charges and entry of necessary extensions,
which may or may not be computed on the
billing machine, and totals which are auto
matically accumulated by machine. The
operation usually involves a large number
of carbon copies of the bill being prepared
and is often done on a fan-fold machine.
Bookkeeping Machine
A worker who uses a bookkeeping ma
chine (Sundstrand, Elliott Fisher, Reming
ton Rand, etc., which may or may not have
typewriter keyboard) to prepare customers’
bills as part of the accounts receivable
operation. Generally involves the simul
taneous entry of figures on a customer’s
ledger record. The machine automatically
accumulates figures on a number of vertical
columns and computes and usually prints
automatically the debit or credit balances.
Does not involve a knowledge of bookkeep
ing. Works from uniform and standard
types of sales and credit slips.
Bookkeeper, Hand
A worker who keeps a set of books for re
cording business transactions and whose work
involves most of the following: Posting and bal
ancing subsidiary ledgers, cash books, and jour
nals, journalizing transactions where judgment
is involved as to accounts affected; posting gen
eral ledger; and taking trial balances. May also
prepare accounting statements and bills; may
direct work of assistants or accounting clerks.
Bookkeeping-Machine Operator
A worker who operates a bookkeeping ma
chine (Remington Rand, Elliott Fisher, Sund
strand, Burroughs, National Cash Register) to
keep a record of business transactions.
Class A: A worker who uses a book
keeping machine with or without a type
writer keyboard to keep a set of records of
business transactions usually requiring a
knowledge of and experience in basic book
keeping principles and familiarity with the
structure of the particular accounting sys
tem used. Determines proper records and
distribution of debit and credit items to be
used in each phase of the work. May pre
pare consolidated reports, balance sheets,
and other records by hand.
Class B: A worker who uses a book
keeping machine with or without a type
writer keyboard to keep a record of one or
more phases or sections of a set of records
pertaining to business transactions usually
requiring some knowledge of basic book
keeping. Phases or sections include ac
counts payable, pay roll, customers’ ac
counts (not including simple type of billing
described under Biller, Machine), cost dis
tributions, expense distributions, inventory
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control, etc. In addition may check or as
sist in preparation of trial balances and
prepare control sheets for the accounting
department.
Calculating-Machine Operator
A worker whose primary function consists of
operating a calculating machine to perform
mathematical computations other than addition
exclusively.
Comptometer type
Other than Comptometer type
Clerk, Accounting
A worker who performs one or more account
ing operations such as preparing simple journal
vouchers, accounts payable vouchers; coding in
voices or vouchers with proper accounting dis
tributions ; entering vouchers in voucher regis
ters; reconciling bank accounts; posting and
balancing subsidiary ledgers controlled by gen
eral ledger, e.g., accounts receivable, accounts
payable, stock records, voucher journal. May
assist in preparing journal entries. For work
ers whose duties include handling the general
ledger or a set of books see Bookkeeper, Hand.
Clerk, File
Class A: A worker who is responsible
for maintaining an established filing sys
tem and classifies and indexes correspond
ence or other material; may also file this
material. May keep records of various
types in conjunction with files or supervise
others in filing and locating material in the
files. May perform incidental clerical du
ties.
Class B: A worker who performs rou
tine filing, usually of material that has al
ready been classified, or locates or assists
in locating material in files. May perform
incidental clerical duties.
Clerk, General
A worker who is typically required to per
form a variety of office operations. This require
ment may arise as a result of impracticability
of specialization in a small office or because ver
satility is essential in meeting peak require
ments in larger offices. The work generally in
volves the use of independent judgment in tend
ing to a pattern of office work from day to day,
as well as knowledge relating to phases of office
work that occur only occasionally. For example,
the range of operations performed may entail
all or some combination of the following: an
swering correspondence, preparing bills and in
voices, posting to various records, preparing
pay rolls, filing, etc. May also operate various
office machines and type as the work requires.
(See Clerk-Typist.)
Clerk, Order
A worker who receives customers’ orders for
material or merchandise by mail, phone, or per
sonally and whose duties involve any combina
tion of the following: quoting prices to custom
ers, making out an order sheet listing the items
to make up the order, checking prices and quan
tities of items on order sheet, distributing order
sheets to respective departments to be filled.
May also check with credit department to de
termine credit rating of customer, acknowledge
receipt of orders from customers, follow up
orders to see that they have been filled, keep
file of orders received, and check shipping in
voices with original orders.
Clerk, Pay Roll
A worker who computes wages of company
employees and enters the necessary data on the
pay roll sheets and whose duties involve cal
culating worker’s earnings based on time or
production records; posting calculated data on
pay roll sheet, showing information such as
worker’s name, working days, time, rate, de
ductions for insurance, and total wages due. In
addition, may make out pay checks and assist
the paymaster in making up and distributing
the pay envelopes. May use a calculating
machine.
Clerk-Typist
A worker who does clerical work requiring
little special training but the performance of
which requires the use of a typewriter for a
APPENDIX B
major portion of the time and whose work in
volves typing letters, reports, and other matter
from rough draft or corrected copy and one or
more of the following: keeping simple records;
filing records and reports; making out bills;
sorting and distributing incoming mail.
Ditto- or Mimeograph-Machine Operator1
Under general supervision and with no su
pervisory responsibilities, reproduces multiple
copies of typewritten or handwriting matter,
using a mimeograph or ditto machine. Makes
necessary adjustment such as for ink and paper
feed counter and cylinder speed. Is not required
to prepare stencil or ditto master. May keep
file of used stencils or ditto masters. May sort,
collate, and staple completed material.
Key Punch Operator1
Under general supervision and with no su
pervisory responsibilities, records accounting
and statistical data on tabulating cards by
punching a series of holes in the cards in a
specified sequence, using a numerical key-punch
machine, following written information on rec
ords. May be required to duplicate cards by
using the duplicating device attached to ma
chine. Keeps files of punched cards. May verify
own work or work of others.
Office Boy or Girl
A worker who performs a variety of routine
duties such as running errands; operating
minor office machines, such as sealers or mail
ers; opening and distributing mail, and other
minor clerical work. (Bonded messengers are
excluded from this classification.)
Secretary, No. I1
Performs secretarial duties for a senior exec
utive, such as, President, Vice President, Treas
urer, Comptroller, etc. Opens and reads supe
rior’s mail. Secures facts and composes replies
to substantial portion of correspondence of a
nontechnical nature, iu superior’s name. Takes
and transcribes rapidly and accurately short
hand dictation on complex or confidential mat
1 Only in Philadelphia.
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ters; edits when necessary. Conveys to others
superior’s requests for special information and
keeps tickler file until received. Compiles, ar
ranges, calculates and types reports on special
projects. Files confidential data. Arranges and
schedules appointments. Meets office visitors
and takes telephone calls. May attend meetings
and conferences and types reports on proceed
ings. Keeps currently informed and prepares
memorandum records on matters of interest to
superior. In superior’s absence or preoccupa
tion supplies routine information to callers or
correspondents or refers matter to qualified
member of organization. Performs any clerical
work that may be necessary in order to conserve
superior’s time.
Secretary, No. 21
Performs secretarial duties for a junior offi
cer or departmental manager. Opens and reads
superior’s mail and attaches any previous cor
respondence or data required. Takes and tran
scribes rapidly and accurately shorthand dicta
tion consisting of letters, memoranda and re
ports of a technical or nontechnical nature;
edits when necessary. Composes replies to rou
tine correspondence, in superior’s name. Meets
office visitors and takes telephone calls. Sched
ules appointments for superior. Performs any
minor clerical tasks; such as securing files, trac
ing complaints, compiling facts, etc., that will
conserve time of superior. In his absence from
office receives his mail, visitors, and telephone
calls. Supplies routine information or refers to
qualified member of organization when of a
more complex nature. Keeps tickler file on all
pending matters for superior’s reference.
Stenographer, General
A worker whose primary function is to take
dictation from one or more persons, either in
shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine,
involving a normal routine vocabulary, 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 records, etc.
Does not include transcribing-machine work.
(See Transcribing-Machine Operator.)
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Stenographer, Technical
A worker whose primary function is to take
dictation from one or more persons, either in
shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine,
involving a varied technical or specialized vo
cabulary such as in legal briefs or reports on
scientific research and to transcribe this dicta
tion on a typewriter. May also type from writ
ten copy. May also set up and keep files in
order, keep simple records, etc. Does not in
clude transcribing-machine work. (See Tran-
scribing-Machine Operator.)
Switchboard Operator
A worker who operates a single or multiple
position telephone switchboard, and whose
duties involve handling incoming, outgoing,
and intraplant or office calls. In addition, may
record toll calls and take messages. As a minor
part of duties, may give information to persons
who call in, or occasionally take telephone or
ders. For workers who also do typing or other
stenographic work or act as receptionists see
Switchboard Operator-Receptionist.
Switchboard Operator-Receptionist
A worker who in addition to performing
duties of operator, on a single position or moni
tor-type switchboard, acts as receptionist and/
or performs typing or other routine clerical
work as part of regular duties. This typing or
clerical work may take the major part of this
worker’s time while at switchboard.
Transcribing-Machine Operator, General
A worker whose primary function is to tran
scribe dictation involving a normal routine vo
cabulary from transcribing-machine records.
May also type from written copy and do simple
clerical work. A worker who takes dictation in
shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine
is classified as a Stenographer, General.
Transeribing-Machine Operator, Technical
A worker whose primary function is to tran
scribe dictation involving a varied technical or
specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs
or reports on scientific research from transcrib
ing-machine records. May also type from writ
ten copy and do simple clerical work. A worker
who takes dictation in shorthand or by steno
type or similar machine is classified as a Stenog
rapher, Technical.
Typist
A worker who uses a typewriter to make
copies of various material or to make out bills
after calculations have been made by another
person. May operate a teletype machine.
Class A: A worker who performs one
or more of the following: typing material
in final form from very rough and involved
draft; copying 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 material
from several sources; or planning lay-out
of complicated statistical tables to main
tain uniformity and balance in spacing,
typing tables from rough draft in final
form. May also type routine form letters,
varying details to suit circumstances.
Class B: A worker who performs one
or more of the following:typing from rela
tively clear or typed drafts; routine typing
of forms, insurance policies, etc.; setting
up simple standard tabulations, or copying
more complex tables already set up and
spaced properly.
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