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Salaries of Office Workers
in Large Cities, 1949
Part II
ATLANTA
BOSTON
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
SEATTLE
Bulletin N o. 960-2
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary
BUREAU OF LA B O R STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, C o m m i s s i o n e r
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Letter o f Transm ittal
U nited States D epartment op L abor,
B ureau op L abor Statistics,
Washington, D . C , Oct. 10,^1949.
The Secretary op L abor :
I have the honor to transmit herewith Part II of a bulletin on salaries
and working conditions o f office workers in large cities in the United States.
The information refers to the early months o f 1949.
These studies were prepared in the Bureau’s Division o f Wage Analysis by
the regional wage analysts: Harry H. Hall, Atlanta; Bernard Fahres, Boston;
George E. Votava, Chicago; Paul Warwick, New Y ork; and John L. Dana,
Seattle. The planning and central direction o f the project was the respon
sibility o f Lily M ary David and John F. Laciskey under the general super
vision o f Harry Ober, chief of the Branch o f Industry Wage Studies.
E wan C lague, Commissioner.
Hon. M aurice J. T obin,
Secretary of Labor.
in
C ontents
Page
Introduction____________________________________________________________________
Salaries and work schedules, by city:
Atlanta_____________________________________________________________________
Boston_____________________________________________________________________
Chicago____________________________________________________________________
New Y ork__________________________________________________________________
Seattle_____________________________________________________________________
Appendix A : Scope and method of survey________________________________________
Appendix B: Descriptions of occupations studied_________________________________
1
2
6
11
17
24
28
30
LIST OF TABLES
Atlanta
Table 1.— Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industry division________________
Table 2.—Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries____________________________
Table 3.—Scheduled weekly hours_______________________________________________
3
4
5
Boston
Table 1.—Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industry division________________
Table 2.— Percentage distribution, by weeklysalaries_____________________________
Table 3.«—Scheduled weekly hours_______________________________________________
7
9
10
Chicago
Table 1.—Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industry division-----------------------Table 2.— Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries____________________________
Table 3.—Scheduled weekly hours_______________________________________________
12
14
16
New York
Table 1.— Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industry division________________
Table 2.— Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries-------------------------------------------Table 3.-—Scheduled weekly hours_______________________________________________
18
21
23
Seattle
Table 1.*— Salaries and weekly hours of work, by industry division________________
Table 2.-— Percentage distribution, by weekly salaries------------------------------------------Table 3.-—Scheduled weekly hours_______________________________________________
25
26
27
Appendix A
Table
Table
Table
Table
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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29
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Salaries o f Office W orkers in Large Cities,
1949— Part II
Introduction
About one out of every four workers in the
United States is a “ white collar” worker. Because
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 number of surveys of the
salaries and working conditions of these workers.
A major segment of this program was begun last
year, when surveys of office workers were made
in 10 of the country’s largest cities.1 This year
similar surveys have been made in 17 cities, in
cluding 6 in which studies were conducted last
year. These six cities are designated below by
an asterisk. Reports on the cities surveyed this
year will appear in a four-part bulletin, as follows:
Part
I
P art
II
Hartford
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Philadelphia
St. Louis
♦Atlanta
♦Boston
♦Chicago
♦New York
♦Seattle
P a r t III
Cleveland
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Portland, Oreg.
Richmond
P a r t IV
Cincinnati
♦Dallas
Washington, D . C.
Part I is now available. This second part sum
marizes information on salaries and horns of work
in five cities in which similar studies were made
about a year ago. Parts III and IV will be
printed within the next few months.
The information on weekly salaries excludes
overtime pay and nonproduction bonuses but in
cludes incentive earnings. The weekly hom*s data
refer to the work schedules for which these salariesi
i Previously, information on a limited number of office jobs was obtained
in studies of individual manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries.
The surveys begun last year represent the first attempt to present informa
tion cutting across industry lines. Among the other groups of white collar
workers studied recently are professional nurses, library personnel, dieti
tians, and social workers.
are paid. Hourly rates were obtained by dividing
these weekly salaries by scheduled hours. The
number of workers presented refers to the esti
mated total employment in all establishments
within the scope of the study and not to the
number actually surveyed. (The industries and
the minimum size of establishment within the
scope of the study are fisted in appendix A, p. 28.)
Data are shown only for full-time workers,
defined as those who are hired to work the estab
lishment’s full-time schedule for the occupational
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 are those that are found in a
large proportion of offices and that involve duties
which are more or less uniform from firm to firm.
They are more representative of the salaries of
women than of men office workers.
There has been some revision in industrial
coverage since last year’s studies. The major
change consists of broadened coverage in retail
trade, which now includes all types of retail estab
lishments rather than only department and cloth
ing stores. In addition all types of central offices
rather than only those attached to industries
specifically included within the scope of the survey
were covered this year; the wholesale industry
group was broadened to include petroleum bulk
stations; and nonprofit membership organizations
were added to the scope of the service industries.
To round out the picture of the salaries for office
workers, information is presented in Parts I, III,
and IV on supplementary benefits, such as vaca
tions, holidays, and sick leave. In view of the
fact that information on supplemental wage bene
fits was obtained in last year’s studies, no attempt
was made to obtain more recent information on
these wage practices in the cities discussed here.
1
ATLANTA, JANUARY 1949
Salaries
Average weekly salaries of Atlanta women office
workers in January 1949 varied from $32 for office
girls and $32.50 for clerks engaged in routine filing
to $50 for hand bookkeepers. W ith the exception
of stenographers and workers performing the func
tions of a bookkeeper by machine (class A bookkeeping-machine operators), who received between
$43 and $45, the averages for women in all other
occupations studied fell between $34 and $42.50.
Earnings of individual women office workers in
the jobs studied ranged from $20 to about $85,
but there was a considerable concentration of
salaries within a narrow range in each job. In
over one-third of the jobs, at least half of the wom
en received between $35 and $42.50 a week, and
over half the women machine bookkeepers (class
A bookkeeping-machine operators) earned between
$40 and $45 weekly. Nearly three-fifths of the
general stenographers, numerically the largest
group studied, were receiving salaries between
$37.50 and $47.50.
Among the nine occupations studied in which
information could be shown for men, weekly sal
aries varied from $30.50 for routine file clerks to
$58 for hand bookkeepers. Accounting clerks,
the largest group studied, averaged $51.50 a week
and general clerks, another large group, averaged
$47.50.
Although salaries for clerical workers are gen
erally expressed in monthly or weekly terms, the
2
Bureau converted the salaries to hourly rates to
allow for differences in the length of the workweek.
On an hourly basis, occupational averages of
women varied from 81 cents to $1.27. In half of
the jobs, average hourly earnings of women
amounted to more than a dollar and in most of the
remainder, between 90 cents and a dollar. Earn
ings in the jobs studied for men ranged from 79
cents to $1.44 an hour.
Salaries were found to be generally higher in
Atlanta offices in January 1949 than in December
1947, although the average increase varied from
job to job. The salaries of women clerk-typists
and general stenographers increased by about $4
a week. For a substantial number of the other
jobs surveyed, average weekly increases over the
year were about $2.
Work Schedules
The 40-hour week was the most common sched
ule in Atlanta offices; three out of five women were
scheduled to work this number of hours weekly.
M ost of the remainder were working shorter
hours; 6 percent worked over 40 hours and less
than a half of 1 percent were on work schedules of
more than 48 hours. Women in the finance,
insurance, and real estate; and in the transporta
tion, communication, and other public utilities
groups, generally worked the shortest hours of any
groups studied.
3
ATLANTA
T able 1.— Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in Atlanta , by industry division,
January 1 94 9
Average—
Estimated
Week
Sex, occupation, and in num
Hour
ber of Week- ly
dustry division
work
sched ly
}y
ers salary uled rate
hours
Me
dian8 Salary range
week- of middle 50
percent of
Jy
salary
workers
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average—
Esti
mated
Week
num
Hour
ber of Week- ly
sched ly
work
Jy
ers salary uled rate
hours
Me
dian8 Salary range
week- of middle 50
percent of
Jy
workers
salary
M en
Women —Continued
Billers, machine (billing
TMAftmTlA)
Clerks, accounting *_____
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Service.—......................
971 $40.50
83 43.50
126 45.50
59 42.50
203
76
38.00
41.00
39.0
40.0
.97 35.50
1.03 42.00
34.50- 42.00
37.50- 46.00
Clerks, file, class A * .........
Whnlesale trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
T ... . _
165
86
38.00
37.50
39.5
40.0
.96 3$. 00
.95 37.00
34.50- 40.50
33.50- 40.00
42
38.00
38.5
.99 37.50
34.50- 40.50
Clerks, file, elass B V _ _
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade___ __ _ _
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Transportation, com
munication , and other
public utilities -
494
39
41
82
32.50
32.00
32.50
32.00
39.0
39.5
39.5
40.0
.82
.81
.82
.80
250
32.00
39.0
.82 31.00
29.00- 35.00
35
35.50
37.5
.96 33.50
32.00- 39.50
Clerks, general8................
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade
Retail trade....................
Transportation, c o m
munication, and other
public utilities __
691
84
329
132
41.00
39.00
40.50
40.00
40.5
39.5
41.0
41.0
1.01
.99
.99
.97
64
45.50
39.0
1.17 43.00
Clerks, erder *. __
Manufacturing...............
Wholesale trade
Retail trade....................
185
31
51
54
42.00
44.50
42.50
35.00
39.5
39.0
39.0
39.0
1.07
1.14
1.09
.90
42.00
42.50
42.50
36.00
37.5050.5041.5030.00-
46.00
49.50
44.50
38.00
Clerks, pay-roll l
Manufacturing..............
Wholesalet-ra<ie
.....
Retail trade....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities
263
99
46
35
42.50
43.50
45.50
41.00
39.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
1.09
1.10
1.14
1.02
40.00
42.50
44.50
40.00
37.0036.5037.0037.00-
47.50
47.50
52.00
43.00
63
40.50
37.5
1.09 38.50
35.50- 45.50
Clerk-typists8
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade.............
__
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Services
770
101
219
133
37.00
38.50
38.00
35.50
39.5
40.0
40.5
40.0
.93
.97
.95
.89
37.00
38.50
38.00
36.00
34.00- 40.00
34.00- 42.00
34.50- 40.00
34.00- 38.00
153
83
36.50
33.00
39.0
40.0
.93 35.50
.83 31.50
33.50- 39.00
30.50-37.00
49 $41.00
40.0 $1.02 $40.00 $36.50-$42.00
"RnnlrTrAppfirSj hand 8 _ _
Manufacturing...............
Wholesale tradp
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
140
27
38
58.00
74.50
53.00
40.5
40.0
44.0
1.44 55.00
1.87 77.50
1.21 54.50
48.50- 64.50
64.00- 84.00
48.50- 54.50
46
51.50
38.5
1.35 42.50
33.50- 63.50
Clerks, accounting *
Manufacturing
.........
WhnlA.salA tfana
Finance, insurance, and
rpal Astat-A
Transportation, communication, and other
public utihtiAS
466
82
214
51.50
46.50
56.50
39.5
40.0
39.5
1.31 48.50
1.16 45.00
1.42 52.50
43.50- 57.50
40.00- 51.00
46.00- 64.50
89
48.00
39.0
1.23 47.00
42.00- 52.00
53
52.50
38.5
1.37 51.00
42.50- 64.50
41
30.50
38.5
.79 30.00
27.50-32.00
Clerks, general *...... .........
Manufacturing ....... ._
Wholesale trade_______
Transportation, communication, and other
pnblfo nt.ilit.iAS
319
26
202
47.50
46.50
46.50
40.0
42.0
40.0
1.19 46.00
1.11 46.50
1.17 46.00
40.00- 54.50
39.00- 55.00
40.00- 51.50
47
48.00
38.5
1.25 51.00
34.50- 60.00
Clerks, order *........... ........
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade___- ___
140
29
90
52.00
46.50
53.50
40.0
40.5
40.0
1.30 52.00
1.16 44.50
1.33 50.50
44.50- 58.50
41.50- 51.50
46.00- 65.00
Clarks, pay-rnll
69
47.00
40.5
1.16 46.50
42.00- 52.00
C1prlr-typists
29
37.50
40.0
.94 38.00
36.00- 39.50
149
37
32.00
33.50
40.0
41.0
.81 32.50
.82 34.50
29.00- 35.50
32.00-36.00
Clarks, fila, aIass B
Office boys *------------------Wholesale trade
Finance, insurance, and
real astute
Women
Billers, machine (billing
machine) *
Manufacturing— .........
Wholesale tm-da..... . _
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities,,
Billers, machine (book
keeping manhine) _ _ _
Bookkeepers, hand 9
_
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
-
32
30.50
39.5
.78 29.00
27.50- 33.00
362
53
244
38.50
39.00
38.00
40.5
39.5
40.5
.96 37.50
.99 38.00
.93 37.00
36.00- 40.50
34.50- 41.50
36.00- 40.00
32
41.50
39.0
1.07 41.00
37.00- 43.50
27
36.00
39.0
.92 35.00
32.50- 37.50
156
53
50.00
50.50
39.5
39.0
1.27 49.00
1.30 50.00
42.00- 56.00
42.00- 57.50
52
45.50
39.0
1.17 44.00
40.50- 48.50
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, class A *.........
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade.............
195
26
150
43.50
47.50
43.00
41.0
40.5
41.0
1.07 43.50
1.18 46.00
1.04 42.50
40.00- 46.00
41.50- 52.00
39.50- 44.50
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, class B 9 _____
Manufacturing..............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
187
36
38.00
41.50
40.0
39.5
.94 36.50
1.05 40.50
34.50- 40.50
38.00- 43.50
106
36.50
40.0
.92 35.50
34.50- 38.50
Calculating-machine op
erators (Comptometer
t.ypp) 9
Manufacturing. ............
Wholesale trade_______
BAtn.il tradA
437
76
143
165
40.50
41.50
42.50
39.50
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
1.02
1.04
1.05
.98
Calculating-machine op
erators (other than
Comptometer type) *Manufacturing________
89
29
40.00
43.00
40.0
41.0
1.01 40.50
1.05 42.00
See footnotes at end of table.
40.50
41.50
41.00
38.00
37.0040.0038.0036.00-
43.50
44.00
45.50
41.00
35.50- 44.50
41.50- 44.50
O ffice girls _ ___________
Stenographers, general—
TV/farmfant.nring
. _
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate . .
_
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services .. . . . . .
Stenographers, technical
Switchboard operators8—
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade.............
Retail t r a d e ___ _
Switchboard operator-re
ceptionists 8.................
Manufacturing..........—
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Services..........................
39.0 $1.04 $39.00 $34.50-$44.50
39.5 1.10 42.50 40.50- 45.50
41.0 1.11 44.00 40.00- 50.00
41.0 1.04 42.00 38.00- 46.00
32.00
32.00
32.00
32.50
40.00
37.50
40.50
38.00
29.5028.0030.0029.50-
36.0037.5036.0036.00-
34.50
36.00
34.00
35.00
44.50
40.00
44.50
42.50
38.00- 54.50
.81 32.00
30.00- 34.50
4a 50
43.50
41.50
42.00
38.00-46.50
40.50-48.50
38.00- 48.00
38.00- 46.00
39.0
1.10 43.00
40.50- 46.00
38.0
40.0
1.12 40.50
.99 38.00
36.00- 47.00
34.50- 42.50
108
32.00
39.5
1,676
242
542
225
43.00
44.50
43.50
42.00
39.5
39.5
40.5
40.5
1.08
1.13
1.07
1.04
351
43.00
191
125
42.50
40.00
52
45.00
39.5
1.14 42.50
154
28
62
35
38.50
41.50
38.00
33.50
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
.96
1.05
.95
.86
156
33
33
37.50
37.50
40.00
39.5
40.0
39.0
.94 37.00
.93 37.00
1.02 40.50
33.50- 40.50
34.50- 42.50
40.50- 43.50
46
29
36.00
36.00
39.0
40.0
.93 35.50
.90 35.00
33.50- 40.50
32.00- 39.50
37.00
40.50
37.00
33.00
40.50- 51.00
34.0037.0033.0031.50-
40.50
46.00
38.50
38.50
4
S A L A R IE S O F O F F IC E
W ORKERS
T able 1.— S a la ries 1 and weekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in Atlanta , by industry division,
January 194 9 —Continued
Average—
Esti
Me
mated
dian* Salary range
num
Week
of middle 50
weekHour
ber of Week- ly
percent of
Jy
work
sched
workers
ly
jy
ers salary uled rate salary
hours
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Women—Continued
Typists, class A —.........
Finance, insurance, and
real estate— ...............
Typists, class B 8...............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Women—Continued
Transcribing-machine op
erators, general8.........
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
260 $41.00
29 41.60
46 49.60
39.6 $1.05 $40.50 $37.00-$43.50
40.0 1.04 41.50 38.00- 44.50
40.0 1.24 48.50 43.50- 55.00
171
39.0 1
38.60
.99 38.00
35.50- 41.50
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
8 Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
T a b l e 2 . — Percentage
Average—
EstiMe
range
mated
dian* Salary
of middle 60
Week
num
week
percent of
Hour
ber of Week- ly
ly
workers
sched ly salary
work
Jy
ers salary uled rate
hours
Book Clerks,
Clerks,
keepers, account general
ing
hand
____
$ 3 9 Kft-$5U o o
$3K nn-$37 40
5.7
2.8
3.6
Clerks,
order
0.3
33.50
39.0
.86 33.00
31.00- 35.50
Clerks,
pay-roll
2.6
1.9
1.0
9.3
7.9
7.2
10.0
5.7
1.5
17.4
17.4
8.7
10.1
4.7
.7
.7
2.7
11.9
22.6
9.7
1.1
1.4
5.1
19.9
7.7
7.7
6.4
13.5
5.6
9.4
3.8
3.1
25.0
14.5
5.8
2.5
1.7
.3
20.5
2.1
9.3
2.9
.3
2.6
3.6
5.3
13.8
11.0
8.8
1.2
$snnn-$K240
$52.50-$54.99.................................
$55.00-$57.49.................................
$57,fin-$50 00
$60.00-$62.49.................................
2.1
13.6
3.6
5.0
5.0
9.7
3.2
7.3
6.9
.6
$62.50-$64.99.................................
$fisnn-$fi7 40
$fi7 5ft-$fi0 00 ______
$7ft,ftn-$79 40
$79 Sft-$74 00
12.9
3.6
.7
.7
3.6
3.9
1.1
4.5
.4
1.3
1.6
1.9
1.6
2.2
.3
8.6
3.6
4.3
2.6
1.9
1.7
.9
.6
Total...................................
100.0
100.0
Estimated number of workers—
140
466
Average weekly salary1..............
$58.00
$51.50
2.8
___________________
$0ft0n-$04 00
$ 0 5 0IY -$0Q .99
______________________
$100.00 a n d ovftf_
Excludes pay for overtime.
Billers,
machine
(billing
machine)
1.9
11.0
9.1
26.5
6.4
2.8
8.6
$80.00-$84.99............................ ........
$ 8 5 , f i 0 - $ 8 0 .0 0 ________________________
Office
boys
Calcu
Book
Booklatingkeepingkeepingmachine
Book
machine oper
keepers, machine
oper
oper
ators
hand
ators,
ators, (Comp
class A class B tometer
type)
10.0
22.8
15.4
21.5
18.8
1.9
6.0
8.1
3.6
7.7
9.2
16.3
6.2
298
7.2
2.9
0.4
2.4
6.7
1.1
$37.50-$39.99.................................
$40.00-$42.49.................................
$42.50-$44.99.................................
$45.00-$47.49.................................
$47 ,Sft-$40 OO
$ 7 5 ,n n - $ 7 o .o o
34.50- 38.00
32.00- 36.00
Calcu
latingmachine
oper
Clerks,
ators
(other account
ing
than
Comp
tometer
type)
0.7
2.0
40
_
.94 37.00
.87 34.00
Percent of women—
_
..
39.0
39.0
,
Under $20.00.................................
$90 nn_.<j599 40
$25
36.50
34.00
distribution of workers in selected office occupations by weekly salaries 1 in A tlanta Jan u ary 1949
Weekly salaries1
$27,sn-$20 0Q
$ao1nn-$22140
39.0 $1.04 $40.00 $37.00-$43.00
51
506
8 Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
Percent of men—
$99.l'ia - p A QQ
124 $40.50
2.1
6.4
1.4
10.1
2.9
8.6
16.6
29.4
2.0
8.2
14.6
7.9
11.2
6.7
1.2
10.7
15.4
16.8
19.5
22.0
30.3
3.6
14.9
17.1
12.3
8.5
5.3
17.2
28.6
12.1
9.4
1.4
19.1
28.1
15.7
2.3
3.4
7.6
13.3
11.0
10.6
2.5
7.2
1.1
1.1
3.9
.7
.5
.9
.5
1.1
3.4
1.1
2.9
2.8
1.2
.7
2.0
3.2
5.1
10.9
.7
1.3
1.0
.3
.2
5.1
.5
.1
5.7
1.4
1.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
319
140
69
149
362
156
195
187
437
89
971
$47.50
$52.00
$47.00
$32.00
$38.50
$50.00
$43.50
$38.00
$40.50
$40.00
$40.50
.4
100.0
5
ATLANTA
T a ble 2.— Percentage distribution o f workers in selected office occupations , by weekly salaries, 1in Atlanta , January 194 9 — Con.
Percent of women-
Weekly salaries1
Clerks, Clerks, Clerks,
file,
file,
class A class B general
Clerks,
order
Clerks,
pay-roll
Clerktypists
Office
girls
TranscribingStenog Switch Switch
Stenog raphers,
board machine
board
Typists, Typists,
raphers, techni
opera class A class B
oper operatorgeneral
recep
cal
ators
tors,
tionists general
U n der $20.00 _
$20.00-$22.49.....................
$22.«W $24.99__________
1.4
$2fi.00-$27.49_____________
0.6
4.2
14.2
13.3
3.2
2.7
4.9
4.9
8.7
7.9
2.0
.8
.2
17.6
18.7
7.8
7.8
2.6
.2
7.7
1.3
1.3
1.6
.6
3.7
12.7
12.7
31.5
4.5
25.1
24.7
20.0
13.2
$37.5Q-$39.99....................
$40.00-$42.49....................
$42.50-$44.99....................
$45.00-$47.49....................
10.3
9.7
11.5
1.2
1.2
$50.00-$52.49....................
1.8
.6
3.1
$27.50-$29.99....................
$30.00-132.49....................
$32 5ft-$34 00
$35.00-$37.49....................
$47A 0-$4000
$52 50-$54.fl9
$55.0ft-$57.4Q
$57 50-$59ft9
0.3
$60.00-$62.49.....................
$fi2 50-$6499
2.7
4.9
26.2
.8
1.9
11.4
19.4
23.6
14.8
7.4
29.6
24.1
15.7
10.8
20.5
15.7
4.9
5.9
10.6
14.1
8.0
7.2
6.5
17.0
13.4
5.7
3.3
.5
.9
1.9
2.8
10.3
10.3
1.9
1.9
1.5
3.4
1.6
5.9
.7
$65.00-$67.49.....................
$67.50-$69.99....................
$70.00-$72.49....................
2.8
.4
0.2
11.5
3.9
13.0
16.9
19.5
2.6
3.2
14.1
19.9
16.0
0.8
17.3
10.8
0.8
15.3
18.6
7.7
15.4
17.3
5.8
9.6
12.3
16.9
3.2
2.6
6.5
5.1
16.0
14.1
5.1
3.2
19.2
17.7
14.6
6.2
2.7
14.5
20.2
14.5
3.2
8.1
7.4
1.4
1.5
.8
1.6
3.8
7.7
9.6
3.9
1.3
1.6
3.2
.7
3.1
1.5
2.3
2.3
1.5
.4
.4
.2
.1
.4
1.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
.1
4.2
7.1
8.9
10.4
19.1
16.1
11.4
8.3
.4
1.6
.5
.1
.1
$72A0-$74.00
5.8
1.3
1.3
3.8
7.7
22.5
28.4
23.3
7.1
3.6
3.0
.4
.2
1.3
$75.00-$79.99....................
$80 00-$«4 00
.4
$85.00-$89.99....................
$90.00-$94.99.....................
$95.00-$99.99.....................
$100.00 and over..............
Total......................
100.0
Estimated number of
workers.........................
165
494
691
185
263
770
108
1,676
52
154
156
260
124
506
Average weekly salary 1_. $38.00
$32.50
$41.00
$42.00
$42.50
$37.00
$32.00
$43.00
$45.00
$38.50
$37.50
$41.00
$40.50
$34.00
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
,
T a ble 3.— Scheduled weekly hours of women in A tlanta offices January 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Weekly hours
All industries Manufacturing
All offices employing women.....................
TTndftr 35 h ou rs
35 h ou rs
_ __ .
O ver 35 and u n d er 3 7 ^ h onrs
.37^ h on rs
846330—49----- 2
100.0
100.0
100.0
4.1
1.7
13.0
14.7
60.4
.4
5.4
1.1
13.8
2.3
79.8
1.6
1.4
1.9
1.6
4.5
Retail trade
100.0
Finance, insur
ance, and
real estate
Transporta
tion, commu
nication, and
other public
utilities
100.0
100.0
2.8
4.9
4.2
46.6
41.5
65.2
Services
100.0
_
Over 37H and under 40 hours....................
40 hours.......................................................
Over 40 and under 44 hours_____________
44 hours.......................................................
O ver 44 and u n d er 48 h on rs _
_________ . _ _
48 h ou rs
O ver 48 h on rs _.
Wholesale
trade
.
.3
77.9
12.8
1.3
9.7
84.2
1.8
4.3
19.7
14.7
A
3.4
82.3
14.3
BO STO N, JANUARY 1949
Salaries
Average weekly salaries of women varied among
the 23 clerical occupations studied in Boston from
$30 to $47.50 in January 1949. The averages for
over half of the jobs fell within a range from $35 to
$40, with the remaining averages divided about
evenly on either side of these limits. Considering
all jobs as a group, the salaries of individual
women employees varied from $20 to about $85.
Half of the women in these jobs received between
$30 and $40.
Women bookkeepers (both hand and class A
machine operators) averaged $47.50, the highest
level of earnings reported for any job. Technical
stenographers earned almost as much, $47, and
general clerks received an average of $45.50.
Nearly nine-tenths of both the hand and the
machine bookkeepers received at least $40 a week.
The lowest paid jobs were those of routine file
clerks, averaging $30 a week, followed by office
girls and routine typists (class B copy typists)
at $31 and $31.50, respectively. Three-fourths of
the workers enagaged in routine filing received
less than $32.50 a week.
General stenographers, the largest group studied,
had average earnings of $39 a week. Almost
three-fifths of the women in this occupation
earned between $32.50 and $42.50. Women
clerk-typists, second in importance from a nu
merical standpoint, received an average of $33.50.
Average weekly salaries of men in the seven
occupational groups for which data could be
presented ranged from $29.50 for office boys to
$67 for hand bookkeepers. Over half the office
boys earned less than $30 a week; more than four
out o f five bookkeepers received at least $50.
6
Among the industry divisions studied, the
highest earnings were most often reported in
the transportation, communication, and other
public utilities group and in manufacturing.
Within manufacturing, average salaries were
generally higher in durable-goods firms than in
nondurable. Workers in wholesale trade usually
received higher average salaries than those doing
comparable work in retail trade.
Although salaries for clerical workers are
generally expressed in monthly or weekly terms,
the Bureau converted the salaries to hourly rates
to allow for differences in the length of the
workweek.
On an hourly basis, occupational averages of
women workers varied from 78 cents to $1.23.
Average earnings of about half the jobs studied
were between 95 cents and $1.05. M en in the
jobs studied averaged from 76 cents to $1.70
an hour.
Salary levels were generally higher in January
1949 than in the corresponding month of 1948,
the date of a previous survey. In over half the
occupational groups studied, the average increases
in salaries for women ranged from $1.50 to $3.50
a week.
Work Schedules
Over half the women in Boston offices had a
scheduled workweek of less than 40 hours, and
most of the others were on a 40-hour week;
schedules of more than 40 hours were relatively
rare. Hours were generally longest in durablegoods manufacture and wholesale trade and
shortest in central offices and in finance, in
surance, and real estate.
7
BOSTON
T a ble 1.— Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in
Boston , by industry division , January 1949
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
AverageEstiMe
mated
dians Salary range
of middle 50
Week
num
weekHour
percent of
ber of Weekly
Jy
sched
workers
work
ly salary
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women—C ont inued
M en
Bookkeepers, hand *.........
Manufacturing..............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
218 $67.00
65 69.50
Clerks, accounting *..........
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
39.5 $1.70 $66.00 $54.00-$76.50
40.0 1.72 60.00 60.00- 84.00
67.50
38.5
1.76 66.00
52.50- 76.50
26
71.50
40.0
1.78 73.00
66.50- 79.00
950
154
110
44
224
91
47.00
53.00
54.00
50.50
47.00
42.00
38.5
39.5
40.5
38.5
40.0
39.0
1.21
1.34
1.34
1.32
1.17
1.08
40.0044.5044.0046.5040.0037.50-
320
43.00
38.0
1.14 45.00
37.00- 46.00
83
56.00
38.0
1.48 60.00
50.50- 64.50
Clerks, file, class B *.........
Finance, insurance, and
real esta te .................
34
30.00
38.0
.79 30.00
27.00- 30.00
25
29.50
37.5
.79 30.00
27.60- 30.00
Clerks, general3................
Manufacturing- ............
Wholesale trade.............
491
156
106
59.00
63.00
55.00
39.5
40.0
40.0
1.49 60.00
1.57 62.50
1.37 56.00
50.00- 65.00
52.50- 68.50
48.50- 60.00
Clerks, order *...................
Wholesale trade.............
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
275
151
50.00
48.00
39.5
39.5
1.26 48.00
1.22 48.00
43.00- 54.00
44.00- 53.00
77
46.00
40.0
1.15 45.00
39.00- 50.50
Clerks, pay-roll *...............
Manufacturing- ............
84
50
56.00
59.50
39.5
40.0
1.41 53.00
1.49 56.00
50.00- 63.50
51.00- 75.00
1,093
204
39
165
203
80
29.50
32.50
32.50
32.50
29.50
27.00
39.0
40.0
41.0
39.5
39.5
39.5
.76
.82
.79
.82
.76
.68
376
30.50
38.0
.77 30.00
26.00-32.00
58
144
28
31.00
27.50
27.50
39.0
38.5
36.0
.80 32.00
.71 28.00
.77 28.00
29.00- 34.00
25.00- 29.50
25.00- 30.00
971
283
68
215
281
114
36.50
36.00
38.00
35.50
36.50
31.00
39.0
39.0
40.0
39.0
40.5
38.0
.93
.92
.95
.92
.90
.81
32.0032.0034.5032.0032.0027.00-
130
38.00
37.5
1.02 39.00
34.50- 41.50
44
68
51
42.50
38.00
36.00
42.5
37.5
35.5
1.00 44.00
1.01 35.00
1.02 36.00
38.00- 45.00
35.00- 44.00
32.00- 41.00
310
173
36.00
32.00
38.5
38.5
.94 34.00
.83 31.00
30.00- 41.00
28.00- 33.50
833
217
97
120
147
122
47.50
49.00
52.00
46.00
47.00
48.50
38.5
39.0
39.5
38.5
39.0
40.0
1.22
1.25
1.32
1.20
1.21
1.21
108
40.50
37.5
1.07 37.00
35.00- 44.50
53
49.00
40.0
1.22 49.00
46.00- 51.00
Office boys.........................
Manufacturing-.............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.-...............
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services.........................
Central offices................
Women
Billers, machine (billing
machine).....................
Manufacturing-- ..........
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale.......................
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate..................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
Central offices................
Billers, machine (book
keeping machine)3- Retail trade....................
Bookkeepers, hand *.........
Manufacturing . ............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade. ...........
Retail tra d e .................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
74
See footnotes at end of table.
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average—
EstiMe
range
mated
dian* Salary
of middle 50
Week
num
weekpercent of
ber of Week- ly Hour
Jy
workers
sched ly salary
work
}F
ers salary uled rate
hours
45.00
51.50
56.50
50.50
43.00
40.00
29.00
34.50
30.50
34.50
28.00
27.50
35.00
35.00
36.00
35.00
35.50
28.00
46.00
47.50
50.00
45.00
46.00
47.00
26.0030.0030.0030.0026.0025.00-
41.5043.0046.5043.0040.0043.00-
53.50
60.50
64.50
55.00
52 00
50.00
32.00
35.00
34.00
35.00
34.50
28.50
40.00
40.00
40.50
40.00
39.00
35.00
52.00
52.00
52.00
50.00
55.00
53.00
Bookkeepers, band—Con.
Services.--.....................
176 $48.00
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, class A 3.........
Manufacturing...............
Retail trade. ..................
238
149
37
47.50
47.00
46.50
39.0
38.5
40.0
1.22 48.00
1.22 48.00
1.16 48.50
41.50- 51.00
41.50- 50.00
41.50- 50.00
1,863
166
39
127
399
258
36.50
41.00
39.00
41.50
38.50
34.50
38.5
39.0
40.0
39.0
40.0
39.0
.95
1.05
.98
1.07
.96
.88
34.5038.0038.0037.0035.0031.50-
913
74
35.50
39.50
38.0
37.5
.94 36.00
1.05 38.00
34.00- 38.00
38.00- 40.00
1,715
564
140
424
461
448
37.50
39.50
41.00
39.00
38.00
34.00
39.0
38.5
40.0
38.5
39.5
39.0
.96
1.02
1.02
1.02
.96
.87
36.00
39.00
40.00
39.00
37.50
35.00
33.00- 40.00
34.00- 43.50
36.00- 43.50
34.00- 43.50
35.00-40.00
30.00- 37.00
147
34.50
38.0
.91 34.50
31.00- 37.50
71
40.50
38.0
1.06 39.00
35.00- 43.00
490
116
56
60
46
36.50
37.50
41.00
34.50
32.00
37.5
39.0
39.5
38.0
38.5
.97
.97
1.04
.91
.83
36.00
38.00
41.50
35.00
30.50
32.0035.0038.5034.0026.00-
40.00
42.50
43.00
35.00
36.00
Clerks, accounting............
Manufacturing...............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods----Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
Central offices................
3,476
723
390
333
556
445
38.50
40.50
43.50
36.50
39.00
35.00
38.5
39.5
40.0
38.5
39.0
38.5
1.00
1.03
1.09
.95
1.00
.90
37.00
39.00
42.00
35.00
37.50
34.00
33.0035.0039.0032.0035.0030.00-
43.00
45.00
48.50
39.50
42.00
39.00
1,193
36.50
37.5
.98 36.00
30.50- 41.00
262
250
47
45.00
37.50
44.00
39.5
37.5
38.0
1.14 45.50
1.00 35.00
1.15 43.00
41.00- 51.00
34.50- 39.50
39.00-47.00
Clerks, file, class A 3..........
Manufacturing...............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Services...........................
369
106
42.00
44.50
38.5
39.5
1.10 39.50
1.13 41.50
37.00- 48.00
39.50- 53.00
165
49
41.50
39.00
37.5
38.5
1.11 38.00
1.02 38.00
36.00- 49.00
37.00- 39.00
Clerks, file, class B 3.........
Manufacturing...............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services...........................
2,320
281
139
142
224
125
30.00
37.50
38.00
37.00
31.00
28.50
38.5
39.0
40.0
38.5
40.0
40.0
.78
.96
.94
.97
.77
.71
1,309
29.50
38.0
.77 29.00
27.00-31.00
49
298
35.50
27.00
38.5
39.5
.92 35.00
.68 26.00
32.50- 36.00
24.00- 30.00
936
247
159
45.50
44.00
45.50
39.5
39.5
39.5
1.16 45.50
1.11 43.00
1.15 42.00
41.50- 50.00
40.00- 47.00
41.50- 50.00
243
43.00
38.5
1.12 43.00
35.00- 47.00
189
49.00
40.0
1.23 46.50
46.50- 51.00
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, class B 3.........
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods----Wholesale trade. ...........
Retail trade..................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Services.........................
Calculating-machine oper
ators (Comptometer
typ e)3.........................
Manufacturing...............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods----Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Calculating-machine oper
ators
(other than
Comptometer typ e)3.
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Retail trade....................
Clerks, general3................
Manufacturing...............
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
37.5 $1.28 $45.00 $39.50-$55.00
37.00
40.00
39.50
40.00
38.00
33.50
29.00
38.50
38.50
36.00
30.00
26.50
27.0034.0036.0030.0028.0026.00-
39.00
43.50
40.00
45.50
40.50
37.50
32.50
41.00
41.00
43.00
32.50
29.50
8
S A L A R IE S O F O F F IC E W O R K E R S
T a ble 1.— Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in
Boston , by industry division , January 1 949 —Continued
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average—
EstiMe
mated
dian* Salary range
num
Week
of middle 50
week
ber of Week- ly Hour
percent of
ly
work
sched ly salary
workers
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women—Continued
Clerks, order3...................
M annfnctnring
Durable goods_______
Nondurable goods----WhnlessOA trade ___
Retail trade. _ -
Women—Continued
844 $39.50
249 39.50
118 40.50
131 38.50
387 39.00
117 32.50
39.5 $1.00 $39.00 $35.00-$43.00
39.5
.99 40.00 35.00- 44.00
40.0 1.02 39.00 35.00- 47.00
39.5
.97 40.00 34.00- 43.00
39.5
.99 39.00 36.00- 41.50
.82 33.00 31.00- 36.00
39.5
1,726
liOH
390
624
136
252
41.00
40.50
43.50
39.00
47.50
36.50
39.0
39.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
39.0
1.05
1.03
1.09
1.00
1.20
.94
103
39.00
37.5
1.04 40.50
35.00- 43.00
140
71
44.50
41.50
39.0
38.0
1.13 43.00
1.09 39.00
40.00- 50.00
35.00- 46.00
Clerk-typists3................—
Manufacturing________
Durable goods_______
Nondurable goods----Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade___________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate___________
Services...........................
4,600
984
518
466
682
260
33.50
37.00
38.00
35.50
35.00
30.50
38.5
39.0
39.5
39.0
40.0
40.5
.87
.94
.97
.92
.88
.76
1,639
777
31.00
32.00
38.0
37.5
.82 30.00
.85 31.50
28.00- 34.50
30.00- 33.50
Office girls 3
Manufacturing-.............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods----Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade___________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate. _ _ ____
467
189
128
61
33
49
31.00
34.50
34.50
33.50
28.00
30.50
38.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.0
39.0
.80
.86
.87
.84
.71
.79
26.0031.5031.5031.5024.0029.00-
146
28.00
37.5
Stenographers, general—
Manufacturing________
Durable goods____ . . .
Nondurable goods----Wholesale trade—_____
Retail trade___________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, commu
nication, and other
public utilities............
Services,
Central offices................
5,685
1,239
571
668
1,003
492
39.00
43.00
43.50
42.00
39.50
33.50
38.5
39.0
39.5
38.5
39.5
37.5
1,405
36.00
329
1,005
212
206
75
Clerks, pay-roll3
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods----Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade...................
Finance, insurance, and
Transportation, communication, and other
public utilities............
Services . .
Stenographers, technical3.
Manufacturing________
40.00
40.50
44.00
38.50
44.00
37.00
32.50
37.00
37.50
36.00
34.00
29.50
30.50
34.00
34.00
36.00
28.00
31.00
.75 26.00
1.02
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.01
.89
35.0036.0041.0034.0038.0032.00-
30.0034.0034.0033.0030.0028.50-
45.00
45.00
47.00
43.00
60.00
42.00
37.00
41.00
41.50
39.00
38.00
34.00
35.00
36 00
39.00
36.00
31.50
32.00
25.00- 30.00
38.00
43.00
45.00
40.00
38.00
34.00
35.00- 43.00
38.00- 47.00
40.50- 47.00
37.50- 48.00
35.00- 42.00
30.00- 30.00
37.5
.95 35.00
32.50- 33.00
44.00
39.50
40.00
38.5
38.0
36.5
1.14 44.00
1.04 40.00
1.10 39.50
39.00- 49.00
35.00- 44.00
36.00- 43.00
47.00
43.00
38.5
39.5
1.23 45.50
1.09 40.50
40.00- 50.00
40.00- 48.50
3 Excludes pay for overtime.
* Value above and below which half of workers* salaries fell.
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average—
EstiMe
mated
dian3 Salary range
num
Week
of middle 50
weekber of Week- ly Hour
percent of
Jy
work
sched
workers
ly
Jy
ers salary uled rate salary
hours
Switchboard operators3__
Manufacturing________
Durable goods_______
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade
_ _ _
Finance, insurance, and
real estate ,
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities...........
Services
794 $39.00
116 43.50
51 42.50
65 44.50
70 37.00
253 36.00
39.0 $1.00 $38.00 $35.00-$43.00
40.0 1.10 44.50 38.00- 17.50
40 5 1.05 40 00 38! 00- 47! 00
39.0 1.13 45.00 38.50- 50! 50
41.0
.90 35.00 29.50- 42 50
.93 35.00 31. 00- 4L00
39.0
235
39.50
38.0
1.03 38.50
35.00- 42.00
66
41
46.00
34.50
40.5
37.5
1.14 47.00
.92 35.00
41.00- 52.50
30.00- 37.00
989
326
116
210
294
51
37.50
37.50
39.00
36.50
37.00
33.00
39 0
39.5
39.5
39.0
40.0
38.0
104
180
38.50
38.50
37.5
37.5
1.03 38.00
1.03 37.50
37.00- 42.00
35.00- 44! 00
Transcribing-machine op
erators, general3_____
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods_______
Nondurable goods___
Finance, insurance, and
______
real estate.
864
282
124
158
35.50
39.50
42.00
37.50
39 5
40.5
41 0
40.0
.91
.98
1.02
.94
30.00 34! 5038.00 34.00-
427
33.00
38.5
.86 32.50
Transcribing-machine op
erators, technical3___
Finance, insurance, and
real estate___________
80
39.00
39.0
1.00 35.00
33.00- 45.50
70
38.50
39.0
.98 35.00
33.00- 43.00
Typists, class A 3 r
Manufacturing________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Services
429
134
40.00
42.00
39.0
40.5
1.02 41.00
1.05 44.50
36.00- 44 00
39! 50- 45! 00
115
93
36.00
42.50
38.5
39.5
.93 37.00
1.08 42.00
32.00- 40.00
41.50- 44! 00
Typists, class B 3.... .........
Manufacturing________
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade_____ _____
Finance, insurance, and
real estate__
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
2,365
319
191
128
128
74
31.50
36.50
39.50
32.00
36.50
32.00
39.0
40.0
40.5
39.0
39.5
40.0
.81
.92
.98
.82
.93
.80
1,265
31.00
38.0
.81 30.00
29, 00- 33.50
58
507
36.00
28.00
38.5
39.5
.94 36.00
.71 26.00
33.00- 39.00
26.00- 30.00
Switchboard - operator-re
ceptionists 3
Manufacturing...........
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade...................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate „
_ . _
Services
_
_ ___
.97
.96
.99
.94
.93
.87
37.00
36.00
38.00
35.00
35.00
32.00
33.5033! 0036.0033.0031.5031.00-
35.50
39.50
40 00
37.00
40 00
4o! oo
47.00
40.00
40.00
35! 00
40 00
42! 00
47 00
40. 00
28.00- 37.00
31.00
36.00
41.00
33.50
38.00
32. Q0
* Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
28.0033 5036.5028.0034.0030.00-
34.50
41 00
43.'00
33.50
39.00
36.00
9
BOSTON
T able 2.— Percentage distribution o f workers in selected office occupations by weekly sala ries 1 in B oston , January 1 94 9
Percent of women—
Percent of men—
Weekly salaries1
Book Clerks,
keep
Clerks, Clerks, Clerks,
ac
ers,
count general order pay-roll
ing
band
Office
boys
Billers,
ma
chine
(billing
ma
chine)
BookBillers,
Book
ma
Book keeping- keepingchine keep machine machine
(book
ers,
opera
opera
keeping hand
tors,
tors,
ma
class A class B
chine)
Under $20.00.............................
$20.00-$22.49.................................
$22.50-$24.99.................................
0.2
1.1
4.6
1.0
$25.00-$27.49.................................
$27.50-$29.99................................
$30.00-$32.49.................................
$32.50-$34.99................................
$35.00-$37.49.................................
.4
1.3
3.5
4.8
8.8
0.3
.7
7.3
6.0
31.3
15.6
26.6
5.7
10.4
3.4
4.7
17.0
16.3
21.2
8.4
7.7
22.3
13.9
14.8
2.0
3.0
4.4
6.9
3.1
6.1
5.1
6.2
9.8
12.0
10.2
11.1
4.8
11.9
1.2
3.8
.7
.2
9.2
11.7
6.2
5.5
1.6
2.9
8.4
3.9
9.3
2.9
5.9
13.1
7.4
18.5
4.2
1.3
.9
1.0
1.3
3.2
$37.50-$39.99.................................
$40.00->$42.49.................................
$42.50-$44.99.................................
$45.00-$47.49................................
$47.50-$49.99.................................
6.9
6.9
5.7
15.5
7.6
9.9
5.1
$50.00-$52.49.................................
$52.50-$54.99.................................
$55.00-$57.49 ...............................
$57.50-$59.99 ...............................
$60.00-$62.49
.................
6.0
2.3
1.8
2.7
12.4
11.1
1.9
6.9
2.2
6.0
10.8
3.5
9.4
1.6
10.4
6.5
12.4
6.5
2.5
2.9
21.4
8.3
11.9
2.4
4.8
$62.50-$64.99.................................
$65.00-$67.49.................................
$67.50-$69.99.................................
$70.00-$72.49 .............................
$72.50-$74.99 ...............................
2.8
9.6
2.8
7.8
2.7
3.9
1.9
.6
.4
.1
11.8
12.4
2.4
7.6
4.3
.7
7.1
1.1
7.6
2.4
11.5
8.3
1.2
.7
.2
.1
1.0
1.2
1.2
.8
.4
1.1
1.1
13.1
$75.00-$79.99
$80.00-$84.99
$85.00-$89.99
$90.00-$94.99
$95.00-199.99
$100.00 and over
...........
. .
_
.................
............
0.9
2.7
7.3
Calcu
latingmachine
opera
tors
(Comp
tometer
type)
Calcu
latingmachine
opera Clerks,
ac
tors
(other count
ing
than
Comp
tometer
type)
0.4
0.7
0.8
1.9
3.6
11.2
9.3
27.0
2.3
4.9
12.7
12.9
21.8
9.4
5.3
9.8
15.7
14.1
4.9
7.1
12.5
9.2
17.0
9.7
16.8
6.3
13.0
13.0
25.9
11.5
4.8
.9
1.5
15.9
11.1
5.3
4.6
2.8
18.2
10.4
4.7
4.7
2.5
10.2
13.0
4.9
9.3
4.1
17.5
2.8
10.6
.1
7.0
18.9
14.3
2.5
1.8
.2
2.8
.6
1.2
.2
.1
2.2
1.0
1.2
2.4
2.9
.9
.7
.7
1.3
.7
1.5
.4
5.1
.1
.1
.1
4.7
4.6
Total..................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Estimated number of workers—
218
950
491
275
84
1,093
971
310
833
238
1,863
1,715
490
3,476
Average weekly salary1.............. $67.00
$47.00
$59.00
$50.00
$56.00
$29.50
$36.50
$36.00
$47.50
$47.50
$36.50
$37.50
$36.50
$38.50
1Excludes pay for overtime.
10
S A L A R IE S O F O F F IC E W O R K E R S
T a ble 2.— Percentage distribution o f workers in selected office occupations by weekly sala ries 1in B oston , January 1 94 9 — Con.
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries1
4.8
0.6
5.4
0.5
Clerks, Clerks, Clerks, Clerks, Clerks, Clerkfile,
file,
pay typists
class A class B general order
roll
TTndp.r $9ftftft __ _ ...
$2n.flA-$22.40 __
$22fiO-$24QQ ____ ___
7.4
$25.00-127.49..........................
$27.50-$29.99..........................
$30.00-132.49..........................
$32.50-$34.99_ ........................
$35.00-$37.49_ - ......................
_____
2.7
8.4
23.3
24.9
26.3
16.4
7.6
8.7
18.4
10.6
8.1
3.0
4.1
2.8
2.6
2.2
.6
.5
$37,KrV-$3Q00
$40.00-$42.49..........................
$49,/>n-$44 QQ
nn-$47 40
$47,Sn-$4Q00
$finnn-$K9.40
$fi9Kft-$R4O
O
$55.00-$57.49 ......................
$«7J?ft-$SQ00
Office
girls
Stenographers,
gen
eral
7.3
7.6
1.6
4.3
.3
$60.00-$62.49_-......................
$62.50-$64.99__......................
$65.00-$67.49..........................
$fi7 *?0-$fi0,00
$70rVW$794Q
$79,Kn-$74,oo
p a nrupQ 00
$80 00-$84 0Q
$R*»nn-$so oo
$onnru$Q4oo
$95.00-$99.99_........................
$100.00 arid over
.3
100.0
Tran
Switch scribStenog- Switch board ing-maraboard opera- chine
phers, opera
toropera
tech
tors
receptors,
nical
tionists gen
eral
2.0
5.2
3.4
13.3
8.3
20.1
3.9
13.4
11.6
20.4
2.4
13.8
10.0
14.2
15.0
15.6
11.2
6.3
13.1
14.1
15.3
8.6
7.1
7.4
7.2
16.7
9.4
8.0
7.1
1.8
10.6
15.8
4.9
3.5
1.2
5.8
4.4
.5
5.8
4.3
2.0
.4
3.0
2.0
.6
3.0
.3
.1
11.2
.9
.1
2.1
1.2
.5
.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
1.3
2.4
2.6
6.4
1.3
3.9
10.5
7.5
16.4
1.5
2.5
8.5
6.4
13.2
6.4
13.9
25.4
10.0
14.7
23.1
13.3
20.8
12.8
15.4
1.5
2.9
8.9
10.3
18.0
1.0
3.9
3.4
5.3
4.9
18.8
12.2
16.9
7.6
12.6
21.3
9.0
6.0
4.0
12.6
15.3
12.2
12.9
3.7
11.5
7.0
2.1
2.7
.2
2.4
6.2
13.8
16.1
7.5
10.2
4.5
12.0
9.7
1.9
.5
.3
1.1
3.3
.4
.7
.4
3.5
2.2
2.1
.6
2.4
1.1
.2
2.5
2.0
.6
.4
.2
1.3
2.5
.7
.8
.1
.1
100.0
Transcribing-machine Typists, Typists,
opera class A class B
tors,
tech
nical
2.8
1.3
18.7
18.7
15.0
0.9
1.4
11.7
5.1
11.4
21.3
16.3
21.3
16.5
7.8
8.8
10.0
15.0
1.3
14.0
18.6
13.8
18.2
.9
5.5
5.0
3.3
.2
.4
.1
.1
.1
3.9
.1
1.9
1.9
1.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
Total...........................
100.0
Estimated number of work
ers.......................................
369
2,320
936
844
1,726
4,600
467
5,685
206
794
989
864
80
429
2,365
Average weekly salary1____ $42.00
$30.00
$45.50
$39.50
$41.00
$33.50
$31.00
$39.00
$47.00
$39.00
$38.00
$35.50
$39.00
$40.00
$31.50
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
i Excludes pay for overtime.
,
T a ble 3.— Scheduled weekly hours of women in Boston offices Jan u ary 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Manufacturing
Weekly hours
All indus
tries
All offices em p loy in g women___________
Under 35 hours____________ ___________
35 hours
Over 35 and under 37^4 hours___________
37H hours____________________________
Over 37^ and under 40 hours___________
40 hours
_ .
Over 40 and under 44 hours____________
44 hours______________________________
Over 44 and under 48 hours____________
48 hours______________________________
Over 48 hours_________________________
All
manufac
turing
Durable
goods
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
7.6
13.9
17.5
16.6
40.4
1.4
2.4
23.6
7.2
62.8
13.1
1.2
77.3
33.6
12.8
49.1
4.1
8.4
.2
2.3
Nondu
rable
goods
4.5
Wholesale
trade
Retail
trade
Transpor
tation,
Finance, communi
insurance, cation,
and real and other
estate
public
utilities
Services
Central
offices
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
7.3
10.5
10.4
61.3
2.4
8.1
6.2
7.3
16.5
22.4
33.8
9.9
3.9
10.9
32.1
9.9
28.4
18.7
2.5
42.3
2.4
48.9
12.6
3.1
28.1
6.3
49.9
66.1
4.6
.7
,
3.2
5.7
23.6
CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 1949
Salaries
Average weekly salaries for women in the 23
jobs studied in Chicago in February 1949 ranged
from $35 for office girls to $55.50 for hand book
keepers; in 18 of these jobs, average salaries were
between $40 and $50. Over one-sixth of the
women studied were general stenographers, whose
average salary was $47.50. Other numerically
important jobs were those of clerk-typists, with an
average of $41; accounting clerks, $45.50; typists
doing relatively routine copying, $40.50; and clerks
on routine filing, $36.50 a week.
Weekly salaries for men were computed for 13
jobs and ranged from $36 for office boys to $68.50
for hand bookkeepers. Accounting clerks, the
largest group studied, had average salaries of $56.
Although salaries for clerical workers are gen
erally expressed in monthly or weekly terms, the
Bureau converted the salaries to hourly rates to
allow for differences in the length of the workweek.
On an hourly basis, the occupational averages for
men studied ranged from 92 cents to $1.73; among
women the range was 89 cents to $1.43.
There was a considerable variation in salaries
received by individual Chicago workers. The
salaries of women in all 23 occupations considered
as a group ranged from $27.50 to over $100 a week.
Variation in salaries was also found within jobs,
although most salaries were generally close to the
occupational average.
To illustrate, general
stenographers’ salaries ranged from $27.50 to over
$80, but over a third fell between $42.50 and $47.50,
and about two-thirds were included in a range from
$42.50 to $52.50. Salaries of almost three-fourths
of the clerk-typists were between $35 and $45. In
most of the occupations, earnings of at least half
of the workers were concentrated within a $10
range. Generally for all jobs as a group, over half
the women workers received salaries between
$37.50 and $47.50.
The variations in salaries were due in part to
differences in levels among industries, among
different-sized establishments, and among workers
with different amounts of service, as well as to
varying salary scales in similar offices. Among the
industry divisions studied, the highest salaries were
most frequently reported in transportation, com
munication, and other public utilities. The next
highest rates were found in manufacturing and
wholesale trade.
Salaries of women in the jobs studied increased
about 6 percent between January 1948 and Feb
ruary 1949. In dollar terms, the increases gen
erally ranged from $1.50 to $3.50 a week. Average
salaries of general stenographers increased by $2.50
and those of clerk-typists by $3.
Work Schedules
The m ajority of the women office employees in
Chicago worked a 5-day, 40-hour week, although
work schedules varied among industries. For
retail trade, over nine-tenths of the employees
were scheduled to work 40 hours or more, while in
finance, insurance, and real estate less than a third
worked as much as 40 hours. Although the total
number of hours worked each week by employees
in the latter industry group was smaller than in
other industries, the proportion scheduled to work
more than 5 days was actually higher. In manu
facturing, practically all women office workers (all
but 1 percent) were on a 5-day schedule.
11
846 3 3 0 — 49--------3
12
SALA RIES OF OFFICE W O R K E R S
T a ble 1.— Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in Chicago , by industry division ,
February 1 949
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average—
Estimated
num
Week
ber of Week- ly Hour
work
sched ly
Jy
ers salary uled rate
hours
M e
dian*
w eekiy
salary
S a la ry range
of m iddle 50
p ercen t of
w orkers
Bookkeepers, hand...........
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and oth
er public utilities ___
Services...........................
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, class B *.........
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Clerks, accounting............
Manufacturing...............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and oth
er public utilities........
Services...........................
204 $56.00
120 62.50
42.0 $1.34 $55.00 $ 4 5 .0 0 -$ 6 4 .00
42.0 1.48 6 2 .0 0 5 6 .0 0 - 7 0 .0 0
68.50
76.50
70.50
78.50
71.00
64.50
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39 5
39.5
1.73
1.91
1.78
1.96
1.80
1.63
351
57.00
39.0
1.47 52.00
4 7 .0 0 - 67.0 0
53
26
61.50
62.50
41.0
39.0
1.50 58.0 0
1.60 63.50
5 8 .0 0 - 64.00
5 2 .5 0 - 74.50
133
46.00
40.0
1.15 42.5 0
40. GO- 46.5 0
6 9 .0 0
75.0 0
7 2 .0 0
77.00
7 0 .0 0
64.00
5 5 .0 0 6 8 .5 0 6 2 .5 0 7 1 .0 0 6 0 .0 0 5 5 .0 0 -
7 8 .5 0
8 4 .0 0
7 5 .0 0
8 5 .0 0
8 5 .0 0
75.0 0
41.50
56.00
59.00
56.00
60.50
51.50
56.50
39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
39.0
1.04
1.42
1.49
1.42
1.54
1.30
1.46
391
51 00
39.0
1.32 48.5 0
43. GO- 58.0 0
164
65
54.00
51.50
40.0
39.5
1.35 52.00
1.31 54.0 0
4 8 .0 0 - 61 .0 0
4 4 .0 0 - 58.00
79
43.00
41.5
1.03 42.0 0
4 0 .5 0 - 44.00
Clerks, file, class B ...........
88
38.50
39.5
.97 38.5 0
3 5 .0 0 - 40.00
Clerks, general..................
Manufacturing-.............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and oth
er public utilities........
Services...........................
Clerks, order*....................
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade..... ........
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Clerks, pay-roll*............ ..
Manufacturing........1 ...
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Clerk-typists *...................
Manufacturing- .............
Wholesale trade.............
Office boys.........................
Manufacturing...............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and oth
er public utilities........
Services...........................
1,379
623
321
302
271
56
59.00
58.00
57.00
59.50
54.00
51.00
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
41.5
1.49
1.46
1.44
1.49
1.36
1.23
228
65.00
38.5
1.69 69.0 0
3 9 .0 0 - 43 .0 0
48. GO49. GO4 9 .0 0 4 9 .5 0 4 5 .0 0 50 GO-
57.50
57.50
54.50
58.00
53.00
50.00
5 0 .5 0 5 1 .5 0 51. GO52. GO4 7 .0 0 4 5 .0 0 -
63.50
67.00
62.5 0
69.50
55.00
59.00
67.50
64.00
63.50
6 4 .0 0
59.50
53.50
40.0
39.0
39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
1.63
1.49
1.47
1.55
1.61
1.49
1.44
68.0 0
57.5 0
5 5 .0 0 - 71.00
5 1 .5 0 - 63.50
57.50
60.00
65.0 0
57.50
57.0 0
5 0 .0 0 5 2 .0 0 Sl. 0 0 5 1 .5 0 5 0 .0 0 -
71
692
559
398
161
57
484
110
289
1,340
554
249
305
188
78
54.50
54.00
53.50
54.00
52.00
54.00
43.50
43.00
44.50
36.00
37.00
38.00
36.00
38.00
34.50
38.0
39.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.0
39.5
39.5
40.0
39.0
39.5
39.0
39.5
38.5
40.0
1.43
1.36
1.34
1.35
1.30
1.38
1.10
1.08
1.12
.92
.93
.96
.91
.99
.87
50.50
4 6 .0 0 - 63.5 0
53.0 0
53.0 0
5 5 .0 0
52.0 0
50.00
49. GO47. GO4 9 .0 0 45. SO
SO. 0 0 -
42.00
40.0 0
4 3 .5 0
4 0 .0 0 - 46.00
3 6 .5 0 - 55.00
4 0 .0 0 - 46.0 0
3 5 .5 0
3 6 .0 0
37.5 0
3 4 .5 0
3 7 .0 0
3 4 .5 0
3 3 .5 0 34. GO3 5 .0 0 33. CO3 4 .0 0 3 3 .5 0 -
269
36.50
38.5
.95 3 5 .5 0
127
124
35.00
31.50
39.5
39.0
.81 3 2 .0 0
3 5 .0 0
Women
B illers, m ach in e (billing
m achin e) *.........................
M a n u fa c tu rin g ...................
D u rab le goods.................
N o n d u rab le goods____
W holesale tra d e ..................
R e ta il tra d e ...........................
F in a n c e , insurance, a n d
real e sta te ...........................
T ra n sp o rta tio n ,
com
m u n ica tio n , a n d o th
e r p u b lic u tilitie s..........
B illers, m ach in e (book
keeping m a c h in e )3___
W holesale tr a d e ..................
R e ta il tr a d e ..........................
F in a n c e , in surance, a n d
real e sta te ..........................
B ookkeepers, h an d *............
M a n u fa c tu rin g ...................
D u rab le goods................
N on d u rab le goods____
W holesale tr a d e .................
R e ta il tr a d e ..........................
F in a n c e , in surance, and
real e s ta te ..........................
Services...................................
B ookkeeping-m achine op
erators, class A * ............
M a n u fa c tu rin g ...................
D u rab le goods................
N o n d u rab le goods____
W holesale tr a d e .................
R e ta il tr a d e ..........................
F in a n c e , in surance, and
real e s ta te ..........................
158 $ 5 3.00
95 5 5 .5 0
4 0 .0 $ 1 .3 2 $50.00 $ 5 0 .0 0 -$ 6 0 .00
4 0 .5
1 .3 7 5 1 .0 0
5 0 .00- 6 0 .0 0
46
4 4 .0 0
4 0 .0
1 .1 1
1,5 1 0
602
276
326
533
158
4 4 .5 0
4 4 .0 0
4 7 .0 0
4 2 .0 0
4 5 .0 0
4 5 .0 0
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .0
1 .1 3 4 4 .0 0
1.1 1 4 4 .0 0
1 .1 8 4 6 .0 0
1 .0 6 4 1 .5 0
1 .1 4 4 3 .5 0
1 .1 6 4 6 .5 0
4 0 .0 0 4 0 .0 0 4 2 .0 0 3 9 .0 0 4 1 .0 0 3 9 .5 0 -
102
4 1 .5 0
3 8 .0
1 .0 9
4 0 .5 0
3 7 .5 0 - 4 4 .5 0
63
4 8 .0 0
4 1 .0
1 .1 7
4 5 .0 0
4 3 .0 0 - 5 1 .0 0
492
84
169
4 3 .0 0
4 6 .5 0
4 1 .0 0
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
1 .0 9 4 2 .5 0
1 .1 6 4 6 .0 0
1 .0 4 4 1 .0 0
4 0 .0 0 - 4 5 .0 0
4 1 .0 0 - 5 1.00
3 8 .0 0 - 4 3 .5 0
3 8 .0 0
3 5 .0 0 - 4 4 .0 0
47 .5 0
47 .5 0
5 0 .0 0
4 4 .0 0
4 8 .0 0
48 .0 0
83
4 1 .0 0
3 8 .0
1 .0 8 3 8 .0 0
3 7 .5 0 - 47 .0 0
915
204
130
74
210
130
5 5 .5 0
6 1 .5 0
6 3 .0 0
5 9 .0 0
5 0 .0 0
5 8 .0 0
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .0
1 .4 3 5 3 .0 0
1 .5 5 6 0 .0 0
1 .5 8 6 3 .5 0
1 .4 9 5 5 .0 0
1 .2 6 4 9 .0 0
1 .4 9 5 4 .5 0
4 7 .0 0 5 3 .0 0 5 2 .5 0 5 2 .5 0 4 5 .5 0 4 7 .5 0 -
280
73
5 4 .5 0
55.5 0
3 8 .0
3 9 .0
1.4 3
1 .4 3
4 6 .0 0 - 6 1 .0 0
5 2 .0 0 - 5 7 .5 0
759
248
119
129
235
43
5 0 .5 0
51.0 0
5 3 .0 0
4 9 .0 0
5 2 .0 0
4 6 .5 0
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
1 .2 7 5 0 .0 0
1 .2 8 5 0 .0 0
1 .3 4 5 0 .0 0
1 .2 4 4 6 .0 0
1 .3 0 5 0 .0 0
1 .1 6 4 7 .0 0
4 6 .0 0 4 6 .0 0 4 9 .0 0 4 2 .0 0 4 8 .5 0 4 4 .0 0 -
160
4 9 .5 0
3 9 .0
1 .2 6
5 0 .5 0
4 6 .0 0 - 55 .0 0
2,371
865
316
549
294
226
4 4 .0 0
4 5 .5 0
4 7 .5 0
4 4 .5 0
4 6 .0 0
4 4 .5 0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .0
4 1 .0
4 0 .0
1.11
1 .1 6
1.21
1.1 4
1 .1 2
1 .1 2
4 4 .0 0
4 5 .0 0
4 7 .0 0
4 5 .0 0
4 6 .0 0
4 5 .0 0
4 0 .0 0 4 2 .0 0 4 5 .0 0 4 1 .5 0 4 1 .5 0 4 0 .5 0 -
909
55
4 1 .5 0
4 3 .5 0
3 9 .0
3 8 .5
1 .0 6 4 1 .5 0
1 .1 2 4 2 .5 0
3 7 .5 0 - 4 5 .0 0
4 1 .0 0 - 4 6 .5 0
4 ,4 8 8
2 ,0 5 2
964
1 ,0 8 8
494
844
4 6 .0 0
4 7 .0 0
4 7 .5 0
4 6 .0 0
4 6 .0 0
4 4 .0 0
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5
3 9 .5
1 .1 6
1 .1 8
1.2 1
1 .1 6
1 .1 6
1.1 1
4 2 .5 0 4 4 .0 0 4 4 .5 0 4 2 .0 0 4 2 .5 0 4 0 .0 0 -
122
4 1 .5 0
3 9 .0
1 .0 6 4 2 .5 0
3 9 .0 0 - 4 3 .0 0
135
841
4 8 .0 0
4 6 .5 0
4 0 .0
4 0 .0
1 .2 0
1 .1 7
4 8 .0 0
4 8 .0 0
4 3 .0 0 - 51 .0 0
4 6 .0 0 - 5 0 .0 0
359
126
47
4 3 .5 0
4 5 .0 0
4 2 .5 0
3 9 .0
3 8 .5
4 0 .0
1.1 1 4 3 .0 0
1 .1 6 4 4 .0 0
1 .0 6 4 2 .0 0
4 1 .0 0 - 4 7 .0 0
4 2 .0 0 - 4 9 .0 0
4 0 .0 0 - 4 5 .0 0
83
4 1 .5 0
3 9 .0
1 .0 7
3 7 .5 0 - 4 6 .5 0
50.5 0
55.0 0
6 1 .0 0
7 0 .0 0
7 0 .0 0
65 .0 0
52 .0 0
6 0 .0 0
5 5 .0 0
55 .0 0
5 5.00
54 .5 0
55 .0 0
4 9 .0 0
5 1 .5 0 - 77.50
65.50
58.00
58.00
61.00
63.00
58.50
57.50
See footnotes at end of table.
40.50
54.00
58.50
55.00
63.00
50.00
54 00
148
53
1,969
646
329
317
1,107
.88
Sten ographers, general *__
W holesale tra d e ..................
T y p is ts , class B ......................
1,150
531
151
380
144
45
90
3,038
1,698
645
1,053
573
147
Clerks, file, class A ...........
M e
d ian * S a lary r an g e
w eek- of m id d le 50
p e rcen t of
iy
w ork ers
salary
Men—Co n tin u ed
M en
Billers, machine (billing
machine) *...................
Wholesale trade.............
Sex, occu p atio n , a n d in
d u s try division
A verage—
E s tim a te d
num
W eek
b er of W eek H o u r
ly
w o rk
sched
ly
Jy
salary uled
ers
r a te
h ours
65.00
68.0 0
70.00
63.50
6 5 .0 0
58.00
56.50
56.50
53.00
58.00
3 9 .5 0
40.00
40.00
38.0 0
40.50
39.0 0
3 4 .5 0 - 3 9 .5 0
3 3 .5 0 - 3 6 .0 0
2 6 .5 0 - 3 6 .0 0
B ookkeeping-m achine op
erators, class B * ............
M an u fa c tu rin g ...................
D u rab le goods................
N ond u rab le goods____
W holesale tr a d e .................
R e ta il tr a d e ..........................
F in a n c e , insurance, and
real e s ta te ..........................
Services...................................
4 7 .0 0
4 9 .5 0
51 .5 0
4 8 .0 0
4 8 .5 0
4 8 .0 0
C alcu latin g-m ach in e op
erators (C o m p to m e te r
M M m facturing...................
D u rab le goods................
N o ndu rab le goods____
W holesale tra d e..................
R e ta il tr a d e ..........................
F in a n c e , insurance, an d
real e s ta te ..........................
T ra n sp o rta tio n , co m
m u n icatio n , a n d other
p u blic u tilities.................
S ervices...................................
C a lcu latin g -m ach in e op
erators (o th er th a n
C o m p to m e te r ty p e ) *_
W holesale tr a d e .................
R e ta il t r a d e ........................
F in a n c e , insurance, a n d
real e s ta te ..........................
4 6 .0 0
4 6 .0 0
4 6 .5 0
4 6 .0 0
4 5 .5 0
4 4 .0 0
4 1 .5 0
4 9 .5 0
5 0 .0 0
5 0 .0 0
4 9 .5 0
4 9 .0 0
4 8 .0 0
13
CHICAGO
T a ble 1.— Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in Chicago , by industry division ,
February 1 949 — Continued
Sex. occupation, and in
dustry division
Average—
Esti
mated
Week
num
ber of Week- ly Hour
work
sched ly
ers salary uled rate
hours
Me
dians Salary range
middle 50
week of
percent of
ly
workers
salary
Women—C ontinued
Clerks, accounting............
A/Tftnnfni»tiiring
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade____
Retail trade _
Finance, insurance, and
real estate. _ _
Transportation, communication, and other
public utilities............
Services______________
5,994 $45.50
2,022 48.50
i;089 50.50
933 46.00
1,045 44.50
825 43.50
39.5 $1.15 $44.50 $40.00-$50.00
39.5 1.22 48.00 42.50- 52.50
39.5 1.27 50.00 46.00- 54.50
39.5 1.16 45.00 40.00- 48.50
39.5 1.12 42.50 40,00- 49.00
40.0 1.08 43.00 37!50- 48.50
1,286
42.00
38.5
1.10 40.50
36.50- 46.50
316
500
47.00
45.00
40.0
39.0
1.19 47.00
1.16 43.50
42.50- 51.00
40.00- 47.50
Clerks, file, class A ...........
M anufactiiring___
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade__ _
'Retail trade __
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................
Transportation, communication, and other
public utilities............
Services______ _ _ _
1,052
418
306
112
184
89
44.50
47.00
47.00
47.00
45.00
38.50
39.0
39.5
39.5
40.0
39.0
40.0
1.14
1.18
1.19
1.17
1.15
.97
40.0042.0040.5042.5042.0033.00-
290
42.00
38.
1.09 42.50
39.00- 45.00
32
39
52.50
43.00
39.5
38.0
1.33 52.00
1.14 40.50
46.00- 58.00
37.00- 55.00
Clerks, file, class B ...........
M annfacturing___
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
4,591
1,283
706
577
531
525
36.50
39.00
40.00
38.00
37.50
35.00
39.0
39.5
39.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
.93
.99
1.02
.96
.94
.88
34.0035.0035.5035.0036.0031.50-
1,840
35.00
38.5
.90 34.50
32.00- 37.00
138
274
40.00
36.00
40.0
39.0
1.00 39.00
.93 34.50
38.00- 40.00
34.00- 40.00
Clerks, general..................
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade...................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities_______
Services
2,127
904
580
324
193
164
48.00
49.00
49.50
49.00
46.00
45.00
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.5
1.22
1.23
1.24
1.23
1.16
1.08
42.5045.0045.0045.5038.0040.50-
529
47.00
38.5
1.23 46.50
41.00- 50.00
254
83
49.50
50.00
39.5
38.0
1.26 47.00
1.31 46.50
43.00- 56.50
42.00- 55.50
Clerks, order *...................
Manufacturing...............
Durable goods_______
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade__
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
1,562
696
267
429
364
365
44.00
45.00
48.50
43.00
45.50
40.00
39.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
1.11
1.13
1.22
1.08
1.15
1.00
39.0040.0042.5038.0040.0037.00-
101
47.50
37.0
1.28 47.50
42.00- 54.50
Clerks, pay-roll_________
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade _ _ _
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estatA __ ..
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
2,140
1,412
642
770
166
262
49.00
49.00
49.00
49.00
50.00
47.50
39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
1.25
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.27
1.19
45.0045.0046.0045.0045.0040.00-
75
48.50
39.0
1.25 49.50
40.00- 54.00
164
61
53.00
50.50
39.0
38.5
1.35 53.00
1.31 48.00
49.00- 57.00
43.50- 50.50
8,085
2,593
1,256
l,337j
1,621
1.3571
41.00
42.00
44.50
39.50
42.00
38.50
39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
40. oi
1.04
1.07
1.12
1.01!
1.06
.961
37.5037.5040.0036.0038.0036.00-
Services „
Clerk-typists.....................
Manufacturing________
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade
Retail trade....................
See footnotes at end of table.
42.50
44.00
44.00
42.50
43.50
38.50
36.00
38.00
39.00
37.50
37.50
35.00
47.00
49.00
49.00
49.00
42.50
45.00
42.50
43.50
46.00
42.00
45.00
39.50
49.00
48.50
47.00
49.00
50.00
47.50
40.00
40.50
43.50
40.00
41.00
38.001
48.00
50.00
49.50
52.00
47.50
40.50
39.00
41.50
42.00
40.00
40.00
38.00
52.00
53.00
53.00
53.00
49.00
47.50
47.50
50.00
51.50
46.50
50.50
42.50
53.00
52.50
54.00
52.00
55.00
53.00
44.00
45.50
49.00
42.00
45.00
40.00
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Women—Continued
Clerk-typists—C on.
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
Average—
Esti
Me
range
mated
dian* Salary
Week
of middle 50
num
week
Hour
ber of Week- ly
percent of
ly
sched ly
workers
work
}y
ers salary uled rate salary
hours
1,602 $39.50
38.5 $1.03 $39.00 $36.50-$43.00
179
733
45.00
40.00
40.0
39.0
1.12 43.00
1.03 40.00
40.00- 48.50
36.50- 44.00
1,249
428
175
253
131
142
35.00
37.00
39.00
35.50
36.00
35.00
39.5
39.5
39.0
39.5
39.5
40.0
.89
.94
1.01
.89
.91
.88
32.0034.00 35.0033.5034.0033.00-
369
33.00
39.0
.85 32.00
31.00- 35.00
129
50
35.00
34.50
39.5
39.0
.89 35.00
.88 35.00
32.00- 39.00
33.00- 36.00
Stenographers, general___ 11,274
Manufacturing.............. 4,730
Durable goods............ 2,481
Nondurable goods___ 2,249
Wholesale trade _ . _ 2,020
Retail trade....................
653
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
__ __
2,147
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
499
Services
1,225
47.50
48.50
48.00
49.00
49.00
44.50
39.0
39.5
39.0
39.5
40.0
39.5
1.21
1.23
1.22
1.23
1.23
1.13
45.00
38.0
1.18 43.50
40.00- 48.50
50.00
48.00
39.5
39.5
1.28 50.00
1.21 48.50
45.00- 55.00
43.50- 50.00
Stenographers, technical3.
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade...................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate..................
1,184
663
145
34
54.00
56.50
52.50
50.50
39.0
39.5
39.5
38.5
1.39
1.44
1.32
1.31
48.0050.5046.5047.50-
258
51.00
38.0
1.33 52.00
46.00- 55.50
Switchboard operators.
Manufacturing________
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
1,416
350
179
171
202
297
44.50
47.50
50.50
44.50
44.00
42.00
39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5
40.5
1.13
1.21
1.29
1.13
1.12
1.04
40.0042.0046.0040.0041.0037.50-
325
43.50
38.5
1.13 42.50
39.00- 44.50
160
82
48.00
41.00
40.0
38.0
1.19 47 50
1.08 40.00
43 50- 52 00
37! 50- 45! 00
2,009
1,032
497
535
336
121
44.50
44.00
44.00
43.50
45.50
41.50
39.5
39.5
39.5
39,0
39.5
40.0
1.12
1.11
1.11
1.11
1.15
1.03
40.5041.5041.0042.5041.0037.50-
163
40.50
38.5
1.05 40.50
37.50- 43.50
205
152
49.50
45.50
40.0
39.5
1.23 48.50
1.15 42.50
44.50- 56.00
40.00- 50.00
1,123
475
234
241
175
68
46.00
48.50
50.00
47.00
44.50
45.00
39.0
39.5
39.0
40.0
39.5
39.5
1.17
1.23
1.29
1.17
1.12
1.14
42.5045.0046.0045.0040.0043.00-
325
43.00
38.5
1.12 43.50
40.00- 46.50
28
52
52.00
43.00
42.5
39.5
1.23 49.00
1.09 44.00
42.50- 65.00
40.00- 45.00
Office girls.........................
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities_______
Services.._ . .
.. . _
p u b lic utilities
Services..........................
Switchboard-operator - re
ceptionists
Manufacturing..............
D u rable goods
Nondurable goods . . .
Wholesale trade.............
"Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services
Transcribing-machine op
erators, general
__
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade...
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities. _
Services...........................
34.50
37.00
38.50
35.50
36.00
35.00
47.00
48.00
47.50
48.50
48.50
43.50
54.00
56.00
54.00
50.00
43.50
46.50
49.00
44.00
42.50
41.50
44.00
44.00
43.50
44.00
45.00
40.00
45.00
49.00
49.50
45.00
44.00
45.00
43.5044.5044.5044.5045.0041.50-
37.00
39.00
43.50
37.50
38.00
37.00
51.00
52.00
51.00
53.00
52.00
47.50
59.50
62.50
55.50
52.50
47.50
51.50
55.50
47.50
46.50
45.00
47.50
47.00
47.50
45.00
50.00
45.00
49.50
50.00
53.00
50.00
47.50
48.00
14
SALA R IE S OF OFFICE W O R K E R S
T a ble 1,
•Salaries
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
1 and
weekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in Chicago, by industry division ,
February 1 949 — Continued
Average—
EstiMe
range
mated
dian* Salary
Week
num
of middle 50
weekber of Week- ly Hour
percent of
jy
sched ly salary
work
workers
Jy
ers salary uled rate
hours
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Women—Continued
Women—Continued
Transcribing-machine op
erators, technical *___
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Typists, class B.................
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade__________
Finance, insurance, and
T y p is ts , class A _ .
Manufacturing...............
Durable goods_______
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade___________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services...........................
109 $44.50
39.0 $1.14 $43.50 $40.00-149.00
79
43.00
39.0
1.11
42.50
39.00- 45.00
1,671
685
601
84
240
103
45.50
47.00
46.50
48.50
44.50
45.00
39.0
39.5
39.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
1.16
1.19
1.18
1.24
1.11
1.13
45.00
46.00
46.00
48.50
44.00
45.00
42.5044.0044.0045.0040.0042.50-
288
44.50
38.0
1.17 43.50
42.50- 46.50
80
275
48.50
44.50
39.5
39.0
1.22 47.50
1.13 44.00
40.00- 55.50
42.00- 46.00
48.00
49.00
49.0>)
53.00
47.00
48.00
real estate
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities __
Services...........................
i Excludes pay for overtime.
s Value above and below which half of workers’ salaries fell.
Average—
EstiMe
range
mated
dian* Salary
num
of middle 50
Week
weekber of Week- ly Hour
percent of
|y
work
workers
sched ly salary
}y
ers salary uled rate
hours
4,578 $40.50
1,405 43.00
710 43.00
695 42.50
216 40.50
597 39.50
39.0 $1.03 $40.50 $37.00-$43.00
39.5 1.08 42.00 40.00- 45.00
39.5 1.10 43.00 40.00- 46.00
40.0 1.06 42.00 40.00- 43.00
40.0 1.01 40.00 38.00- 42.00
.99 39.00 36.00- 42.50
40.0
1,759
38.50
38.5
1.00 38.00
35.50- 41.50
238
363
41.00
40.50
39.5
39.5
1.04 40.00
1.02 40.50
39.00- 42.50
37.50- 43.00
* Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately,
,
,
T a ble 2.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations by weekly salaries' in Chicago February 1949
Percent of men—
Weekly salaries1
BookBillers,
Book
keeping- Clerks,
machine keepers,
machine
account
(billing
hand operators,
ing
machine)
class B
Clerks,
file,
class A
Clerks,
file,
class B
Clerks,
general
Clerks,
order
Clerks,
pay-roll
Clerktypists
TTndp.r $20 OO
$90 00-$99 40
$99 KO-$94 QQ
2.3
0.1
.1
.3
1.1
22.7
19.3
$a7,Kn-$30 00
$4A OO—$49 40
$49 K0-$44 OQ
$4fi OO—$47 40
$47 fiO-$40 QO
1.5
6.4
10.8
20.0
4.4
0.2
1.1
1.8
7.2
3.7
20.3
24.1
18.0
15.8
3.0
.8
6.1
8.2
8.5
9.0
2.5
63.2
29.1
1.3
$50 00-$59 40
$59Aft-$54 99
$W5 00-$57 4.0
$K7 SO-$50 OO
$00 00-$fi2 40
1.5
.5
15.2
6.4
3.9
6.5
1.7
3.8
6.1
5.0
1.5
10.3
7.6
6.5
7.7
6.0
1.3
$09 KO-$fi4 OO
$Afi OO—$07.40
$07 50-$fi0 OQ
4.9
4.9
6.5
4.9
5.0
8.1
6.4
7.5
8.6
8.2
3.8
4.3
4.2
2.9
7.5
4.9
$79 .50—$74 OO
Stenog
raphers,
general
0.7
2.2
$9K 00-$27.4Q
$97 S0-$9QQQ
$30 00-$39 40
$39 S0-$34 OQ
$3* 00-$.37 40
$7ft.00-$72.49
Office
boys
_____________
$7 5 OO—$70 OO
$«0 00-$S4 OO
$R5 00-$RQ OO
$QO OO—$04 OO
$0.5 OO—$00 OO
$10^,00 find iwar
9.8
4.9
7.0
5.3
3.8
5.3
2.4
14.8
38.8
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.3
2.5
.9
.8
.3
.4
.1
1.3
.2
3.6
12.4
25.8
18.4
0.1
1.3
0.4
.9
0.1
0.2
1.0
8.1
.4
3.6
.9
8.6
5.6
1.7
2.2
3.1
6.3
g-; s
2.9
9.1
1.6
10.2
5.3
12.8
29.2
9.9
20.0
.2
13.9
11.8
8.3
.9
.1
12.4
10.4
5.7
9.7
6.6
15.4
4.9
7.5
6.7
9.6
16.3
8.2
19.9
5.3
4.6
4.3
4.1
5.2
5.0
1.7
5.1
4.4
5.7
6.4
4.1
6.1
9.8
4.0
5.6
3.0
2.5
2.0
5.3
.4
.3
4.0
2.1
1.5
.7
.2
.5
.9
1.4
1.7
2.0
4.0
.6
1.3
.1
1.3
12.7
10.1
40.4
4.4
24.1
7.0
Total...............................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Estimated number of workers.
204
1,150
133
3,038
79
88
1,379
1,969
692
484
1,340
158
Average weekly salary1- ........
$56.00
$68.50
$46.00
$56.00
$43.00
$38.50
$59.00
$58.00
$54.00
$43.50
$36.00
$53.00
i Excludes pay for overtime.
100.0
15
CHICAGO
T a b l e 2 . — Percentage
distribution of workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries,l in Chicago, February 1949
Continued
—
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries *
Billers,
machine
(billing
ma
chine)
Book
Billers,
machine Book keeping
machine
(book keepers, opera
keeping hand
tors,
chine)
class A
Book
keeping
machine
opera
tors,
class B
Calcu
latingCalcu
lating- machine
machine operators Clerks, Clerks,
file,
operators (other account
(Comp
than
ing
class A
tometer
Comp
type)
tometer
type)
Clerks,
file,
class B
Clerks,
general
Clerks, Clerks,
order pay-roll
Under $2 0 .0 0 ______________
$90nn-$22.4Q
_
$22.Fi0-$24.99_____________________
$2K nn-$27.40
$27 sn-$2Q QQ
$an nn- $ 2 2 4Q
0.9
1.3
3.9
5.5
0.6
.5
4.1
1.1
2.5
6.4
0.9
4.0
6.5
2.3
3.2
6.5
2.6
13.9
21.8
24.3
2.3
1.3
4.0
10.0
2.1
3.6
6.7
12.5
6.0
2.4
4.2
5.9
22.4
10.3
11.0
16.4
18.2
20.5
10.5
7.0
10.0
15.8
21.3
16.3
7.0
31.1
20.1
9.2
14.8
10.6
16.9
13.2
11.2
11.8
9.9
15.4
24.8
9.5
10.7
15.5
14.7
2.9
2.1
.9
7.1
12.9
10.9
19.1
12.0
13.2
16.9
15.9
12.4
5.8
6.9
6.5
6.5
19.9
13.1
14.0
14.0
6.2
6.6
3.7
18.9
7.8
14.1
3.0
6.5
7.7
1.5
2.2
.8
.5
14.1
4.9
3.6
.8
.5
6.7
1.1
10.4
4.3
4.5
1.2
1.6
4.8
1.4
4.7
3.3
,7
.6
.5
.2
11.1
7.5
7.1
1.8
4.7
8.9
2.5
3.5
1.1
2.0
15.8
9.2
5.5
4.5
7.1
1.4
7.2
2.0
3.7
1.4
.3
2.0
1.1
.6
1.0
.2
(*)
1.2
1.0
.1
.4
.1
2.4
.1
.8
1.4
.2
.1
$32.50-$34.99..............................
$35.00-$37.49..............................
0.1
.4
6.8
0.2
4.3
5.5
0.2
.4
$37.50-$39.99..............................
$40.00-$42.49............................ .
$42.50-$44.99..............................
$45.00-$47.49.............................
$47.50-$49.99..............................
11.7
17.7
24.2
12.6
9.6
14.8
23.8
24.9
9.1
4.7
$50.00-$52.49..............................
$52.50-$54.99..............................
7.5
2.4
3.9
2.3
.7
7.7
2.0
2.6
.4
$KR nn-$F7 4Q
fVSn-ffcfiOOO
$fift ftft-$«2 4Q
$fi2 fift-AA! <30
$«* nn-$A7 4Q
$A7 KnJjtfio oo
$70 00_$72 40
$72.50-474.99 ______
.1
__
(*)
1.3
3.0
3.1
$75 00-$70 00
$80 00—$84 00
$85 00—
$89 00
$00 00—
$04 00
$05 00-$09 00
$100.00 and over
Total................................
.4
.1
<*)
(2)
00
1.6
.2
.7
.2
.6
.3
(J)
1.1
00
1.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
2,140
$49.00
Estimated number of workers.
1,510
492
915
759
2,371
4,488
359
5,994
1,052
4,591
2,127
Average weekly salary1...........
$44.50
$43.00
$55.50
$50.50
$44.00
$46.00
$43.50
$45.50
$44.50
$36.50
$48.00
$44.00
0.7
1.5
.2
(2)
(2)
1,562
i Excludes pay for overtime.
’ Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
(2)
16
SA LA R IE S O F OFFICE W O R K E R S
T able 2.— Percentage distribution of workers in selected office occupations by weekly salaries 1 in Chicago, February 1949
Continued
—
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries1
Clerktypists
Under $90 on
_
__
$9K no—$97 40
$27 50-$29 Oft
__
____
$90 nn-$99 40
$??,K0- W op
fftfi,hr>-$37149
________ ____
0.1
3.3
5.5
15.6
$37 fin-.$3 9 pp
_
__________
. . . . . . . _____
_.. _________
_____
.. .
___ __________
19.5
22.1
13.4
9.0
4.2
$30.00-$32.49 .............................
$32.50-$34.99 .............................
$40 00-$49 40
$49 S0-$44 pp
$4*5,Oft-$47,49
$47 K0-$4Q 00
$KO 00-$K9 49
$K9 K0-$54 99
$KK 00-$«7 40
$*7 KO-$A9 QO
$00 00-$A2 49
$fi9 50-$fi4 00
$AK 00-$«7 49
$A7 KO-$A9 QQ
Office
girls
4.6
23.4
23.7
26.7
10.0
5.5
4.6
1.3
.2
$72 fi0-$74 00
$7Aft0-$70 00
$Rn.no-$84 00
$r a ,o o -$r 9 99
$00 orw$04 00
$QK 0O-$QQ 99
______________
0.2
.2
6.2
1.0
0.7
2.3
5.3
3.9
10.1
17.1
17.0
13.1
.8
2.5
5.2
11.7
10.0
9.7
22.1
20.0
13.3
7.8
16.5
6.9
5.5
3.5
2.0
14.6
11.4
10.9
8.4
7.5
6.3
4.6
4.3
1.1
.9
.7
.7
0
3.8
5.1
4.2
2.1
.6
0
0
.2
0
_
Switch
boardoperator
reception
ists
0.5
2.5
. . .
$70.00-$72.49„.............................
Switch
board
operators
(2)
0
5.5
.7
1.0
.1
_
Stenog
raphers,
. tech
nical
Stenog
raphers,
general
.7
0
Transcribingmachine
operators,
general
Transscribingmachine
operators,
technical
Typists,
class A
Typists,
class B
1.1
2.5
0.9
4.6
0.5
3.1
0.3
2.0
7.6
17.7
8.9
21.7
20.9
15.9
10.8
8.0
12.3
21.2
17.9
16.1
14.7
12.9
32.1
5.5
11.0
5.5
15.3
24.8
20.8
10.5
15.0
27.5
17.9
5.8
3.6
7.9
.8
4.0
1.1
.9
11.5
2.0
2.5
3.7
.3
16.5
10.3
2.3
4.1
1.3
.8
2.3
.1
.1
.9
.9
.5
.1
.8
0
.9
0
0
.7
0
.1
0
0
0
$100.00 an^ over
Total.................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Estimated number of workers..
8,085
1,249
11,274
1,184
1,416
2,009
1,123
109
1,671
4,578
Average weekly salary1______
$41.00
$35.00
$47.50
$54.00
$44.50
$44.50
$46.00
$44.50
$45.50
$40.50
100.0
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
* Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
T able 3.— Scheduled weekly hours of women in Chicago offices, February 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Manufacturing
Weekly hours
All indus
tries
All offices employing women _
Under 35 hours__________________________
35 hours_________________________________
Over 35 and under 37^ hours _
37J-6 hours.......................................................
Over 37^ and under 40 hours________ ____
40 hours________________________________
Over 40 and under 44 hours_______________
44 hours___ _____ ____ ____ ______________
Over 44 and under 48 hours_______________
48 hours_________________________________
Over 48 hours_____ _____ ________________
* Less than 0.05 o f 1 percent,
100.0
1.5
4.9
10.5
15.5
65.1
1.1
1.0
.4
0
All
manufac
turing
Durable
goods
Nondur
able
goods
Wholesale
trade
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
2.5
12.4
13.1
72.0
2.8
8.7
22.3
66.2
2.2
16.9
1.9
79.0
3.9
8.2
5.6
3.9
68.8
8.1
1.5
Retail
trade
100.0
5.4
.8
89.5
2.1
.7
1.5
Transpor
tation,
Finance,
insurance, communi
and real cation, and
other pub
estate
lic utilities
100.0
2.8
10.0
15.1
39.8
30.2
2.1
Services
100.0
100.0
1.2
4.8
10.0
9.1
11.1
65.0
5.5
2.2
85.9
4.2
.5
.5
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1949
Salaries
Among the jobs studied in New York, average
salaries of women varied from $32.50 to $60 a
week in February 1949. The lowest weekly
salaries were reported for office girls and the highest
for hand bookkeepers. In about three-fourths of
the jobs average salaries were between $42 and
$49. Two of the three largest groups studied—
general stenographers and accounting clerks—fell
within this range, averaging $45.50 and $44.50,
respectively. Earnings of the second largest
group studied— clerk-typists— averaged $39.50 a
week.
The range in earnings was somewhat greater
for men than for women among the occupations
studied. The lowest paid job surveyed was that
of office boy, with an average salary identical
with that for office girls— $32.50 a week. Hand
bookkeepers showed the highest earnings for men
as well as for women— $69.50.
There was generally a marked concentration
of salaries of most of the women workers around
the occupational average. In four-fifths of the
jobs, half of the women received salaries varying
by $10 or less.
Although salaries for clerical workers are gen
erally expressed in monthly or weekly terms, the
Bureau converted the salaries to hourly rates to
allow for differences in the length of the workweek.
On an hourly basis, occupational averages for
women ranged from 88 cents for office girls to
$1.60 for women hand bookkeepers. Half of the
jobs had hourly average salaries of $1.15 to $1.25.
The hourly averages for the three largest groups
studied were $1.23 for general stenographers,
$1.07 for clerk-typists, and $1.22 for accounting
clerks. Among men hourly rates varied from
88 cents for office boys to $1.85 for hand book
keepers.
Workers in central and administrative offices of
firms with operations in various parts of the
country generally received the highest average
salaries of any group of offices studied. Whole
sale trade and transportation, communication,
and other public utilities ranked next to central
offices. Within manufacturing, office workers in
establishments producing durable goods usually
received higher salaries on the average than did
workers in nondurable goods establishments.
Comparison of salaries in February 1949 with
salaries for similar jobs a year ago indicates an
average increase of about $2.50 or $3 a week. For
some jobs the increases amounted to $1 or less
and in others they were $5 or more.
Work Schedules
Work schedules in excess of 40 hours a week
were rare in New York City and the most common
single workweek was 35 horns. This schedule
was reported in offices employing two-fifths of the
women clerical workers. The next most frequent
schedule was 40 horns, reported for one-fourth of
the women office workers; one-sixth worked
3 7 % horns a week and approximately the same
proportion worked between 35 and 3 7 % hours*
The typical workweek varied among industry
groups: in central offices 3 out of 5 women were em
ployed on a 35-hour week, whereas in wholesale trade
the most common schedule was 3 7 % hours, and in
retail trade it was typically 40 hours. Particu
larly because of the importance of the garment
industries, over two-fifths of the women clerical
workers in nondurable-goods manufacturing estab
lishments were on a 35-hour week whereas only a
fourth of the office employees in durable goods
establishments worked this schedule.
17
18
T
able
SA LA R IE S O F O FFIC E W O R K E R S
1.— S a la ries1 and
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
weekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in N ew Y ork , by industry division ,
February 1 949
Average—
EstiMe
mated
range
dian* Salary
num
Week
of middle 50
ber of WeekHour week- percent of
ly
Jy
work
sched ly
workers
Jy
ers salary uled rate salary
hours
Mm
Billers, machine (billing
machine) 8...................
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Billers, machine (book
keeping machine)..........
Bookkeepers, hand...........
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services...........................
Central offices................
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, class B 3_____
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Calculating-machine op
erators (Comptometer
type)...............................
Men—Continued
399 $49.00
150 50.00
38.0 $1.29 $50.00 $42.00-$54.50
38.0 1.32 52.00 45.00- 54.50
134
51.00
38.0
1.34 52.50
42.00- 55.00
42
41.50
37.5
1.11 40.00
38.50- 47.00
46
50.00
40.0
1.25 54.50
42.00- 55.00
2,437
447
158
289
533
80
69.50
72.50
75.50
71.00
71.00
56.50
37.5
39.0
39.5
39.0
38.5
39.0
1.85
1.86
1.91
1.82
1.84
1.45
57.5067.0070.0053. GO56.0050.50-
879
66.50
36.5
1.82 67.50
53.50- 76.50
213
134
151
69.50
75.50
74.50
37.5
37.5
36.5
1.85 70.00
2.01 75.00
2.04 74.50
61. CO- 77.00
69. GO- 82.50
65. 00- 85.00
748
46.50
37.0
1.26 46.00
40.50- 53.00
70.00
71.00
75.00
70.00
66.00
59.00
80.00
84.00
75.00
85.00
85.00
60.00
550
45.00
37.0
1.22 46.00
40.50- 52.00
101
45.50
36.0
1.26 48.00
43.00- 50.00
54.50
55.50
58.50
54.50
57.00
48.50
37.0
38.0
38.0
37.5
37.5
39.0
1.47
1.46
1.54
1.45
1.52
1.24
54.50
55.00
62.00
55.00
55.00
48.00
45. GO- 64.00
47. GO- 61.50
47.00- 69.50
47. GO- 61.00
46. GO- 68.00
42.00- 55.00
2,309
54.00
36.5
1.48 52.00
42. GO- 65.50
1,162
784
921
54.50
53.00
55.00
37.5
37.5
36.5
1.45 55.50
1.41 50.00
1.51 54.00
45.00- 65.00
45. GO- 62.00
46. GO- 61.50
Clerks, file, class A3.........
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
210
51.50
37.0
1.39 52.00
44.00- 60.00
30
53.50
38.0
1.41 61.00
41.50- 63.00
Clerks, file, class B 3.........
Manufacturing.............
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Services..........................
Central offices................
768
144
59
37.50
40.00
38.50
37.5
37.0
37.5
1.00 35.00
1.08 35.00
1.03 39.00
31. GO- 42.00
32. oc- 46.00
34.50- 44.00
210
256
33
39.50
33.50
39.50
36.5
38.5
37.5
1.08 36.50
.87 31.00
1.05 39.00
33.00- 45.50
29. GO- 37.00
34.50- 44.50
Clerks, general..................
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade_____
Retail trade...............I”
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication,and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
Central offices................
4,453
728
79
649
461
140
57.00
57.00
60.00
56.50
58.00
53.00
37.0
37.5
39.5
37.5
38.5
37.5
1.54
1.52
1.52
1.51
1.51
1.41
48.0048.0056. GO47. 5049.5045.00-
1,995
55.00
36.0
1.53 54.00
48.50- 58.50
423
194
512
53.00
51.00
71.50
38.5
37.0
36.5
1.38 49.50
1.38 47.00
1.96 73.50
44.00- 64.50
40. GO- 57.50
58. GO- 80.50
Clerks, order3...................
Manufacturing. ............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
3,403
457
77
380
56.50
54.50
54.50
54.00
38.0
38.0
38.5
38.0
1.49
1.43
1.42
1.42
45.0048. GO55. GO47.00-
See footnotes at end of table.
Clerks, order—Continued
Wholesale trade........... .
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................
Central offices...............
54. £0
54.00
61.00
54.00
55.00
51.00
55.00
55.00
55.00
55.00
63.00
61.00
61.00
60.50
63.00
60.00
65.00
60.00
58.00
60.00
1.732 $58.00
38.0 $1.53 $58.00 $47.00-$66.00
620
319
55.00
57.50
38.0
36.0
1.45 55.00
1.60 55.00
43.50- 63.50
43.50- 67.50
Clerks, pay-roll.................
Manufacturing. ............
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
Central offices................
1,086
434
96
74
56.00
54.00
53.50
51.00
38.0
38.0
38.5
40.0
1.47
1.42
1.39
1.28
44. GO42.5046.0050.00-
189
60.00
37.0
1.62 67.50
43.50- 70.00
178
51
64
56.00
65.50
61.00
37.5
39.5
36.5
1.49 55.50
1.66 64.50
1.67 60.50
45. GO- 64.00
63. GO- 75.00
52.00- 72.50
Clerk-typists 3..................
Manufacturing. ............
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................
Services..........................
Central offices...............
725
96
163
42.00
45.50
42.50
37.5
36.5
37.5
1.12 40.00
1.25 45.00
1.13 45.00
37.00- 46.50
40.50- 52.00
37.00- 49.50
195
32
76
38.00
41.00
45.50
38.0
37.5
37.5
1.00 38.00
1.09 40.00
1.21 45.00
37.00- 40.00
34.50- 50.00
40.50- 50.00
1.12 43.00
Key-punch operator..
8.252
1,226
246
980
1,578
272
Clerks, accounting............
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
Central offices................
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average—
Esti
Me
mated
range
dian* Salary
num
Week
of middle 50
ber of Week- ly Hour week percent of
ly
work
sched ly
workers
Jy
ers salary uled rate salary
hours
55.00
49.00
52.00
53.00
67.00
66.00
58.00
55.00
62
41.50
37.0
9,256
1,580
160
1,420
2,256
184
32.50
31.50
32.50
31.00
33.00
34.50
37.0
37.0
37.0
37.0
37.5
38.5
.88
.85
.88
.84
.88
.90
2,180
32.50
37.0
.88 32.00
30.GO- 34.50
370
1,436
1,250
32.50
30.50
33.50
37.0
37.0
36.0
.88 32.00
.82 30.00
.93 32.50
29. 50- 34.50
27.50- 32.00
29.50- 37.00
422
107
53.00
53.50
38.5
38.5
1.38 52.50
1.39 55.00
47.50- 57.50
50.00- 60.00
Stenographers, technical..
32
59.00
38.0
1.55 61.50
55.GO- 63.00
Switchboard operators *.
Manufacturing_______
86
28
53.00
56.50
41.5
40.0
1.28 55.00
1.41 55.00
45. GO- 57.00
55. 00- 58.00
Typists, class A *_
Services.............
184
59
46.00
44.00
37.5
38.5
1.23 44.00
1.14 40.00
40.50- 50.00
40. GO- 40.00
Typists, class B *_
Services_______
170
48
39.00
32.50
37.0
38.0
1.05 40.00
.86 35.00
36. GO- 42.50
24.50- 38.00
3,445
1,138
119
1,019
1,118
43.00
41.00
45.50
40.50
45.00
37.5
37.5
39.0
37.5
37.5
1.15
1.09
1.17
1.08
1.20
38. GO35. GO37.0035.0040.50-
563
42.00
37.0
1.14 41.00
38.50- 45.00
150
371
47.50
43.00
38.5
35.5
1.23 44.00
1.21 43.00
42.50- 55.50
37.CO- 48.00
1,464
180
334
203
48.00
52.00
45.00
44.50
36.5
39.0
38.5
36.0
1.32
1.33
1.17
1.24
48.00
51.50
45.00
44.50
44. 0048.0040.0040.00-
52.00
55.00
50.00
49.50
1,576
607
52
555
60.00
62.00
61.50
62.00
37.5
38.5
38.5
38.5
1.60
1.61
1.60
1.61
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
50.0050.0060.0050.00-
66.50
70.00
60.00
70.00
Office boys........................
Manufacturing_______
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade........ .
Retail trade...................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services.........
Central offices
31.00
30.00
33.00
30.00
32.00
33.00
34.50- 45.00
29.5028.0029.0028.0030.0030.00-
35.00
35.00
34.50
35.00
36.00
37.00
Women
Billers, machine (billing
machine)8..................
Manufacturing________
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade_______
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Central offices.............. .
Billers, machine (book
keeping machine)8__
Manufacturing.............
Retail trade........ .........
Central offices...... ........
Bookkeepers, hand.
Manufacturing__
Durable goods.
42.00
40.00
45.00
40.00
44.00
47.00
45.00
50.00
45.00
49.00
19
N EW YORK
T able 1.— Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours o f work for selected office occupations in N ew Y orkf b y industry divisiony
February 1 94 9 — Continued
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average
EstiMe
range
mated
dian2 Salary
Week
of middle 50
num
Hour week- percent of
ber of Week ly
Jy
sched ly salary
workers
work
ly
ers salary uled rate
hours
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Women—Continued
Women—Continued
Bookkeeper, hand—Con.
Wholesale trade----------Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
Central offices........... —
Clerks, file, class A 3.........
Manufacturing. ............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, commu
nication, and other
public utilities............
Services........ ..................
Central offices_________
238 $63.50
67 54.00
223
53.00
36.5
1.45 50.00
42.50- 63.50
68
266
107
56.50
61.00
56.50
36.0
38.0
36.5
1.57 52.50
1.61 60.00
1.55 53.00
50.00- 66.00
55.00- 68.00
45.00- 66.50
50.50
53.50
55.00
52.50
55.00
50.00
36.5
37.5
38.5
37.0
36.5
39.0
1.38
1.43
1.43
1.42
1.51
1.28
46.00
52.50
54.00
36.0
36.0
36.0
1.28 46.00
1.46 55.00
1.50 51.50
43.50- 48.00
49.00- 57.00
46.00- 61.00
43.00
45.00
44.00
45.00
47.00
41.50
36.5
38.0
38.5
37.5
37.5
39.0
1.18
1.18
1.14
1.20
1.25
1.06
42.00
45.00
42.00
45.00
46.00
41.50
38.00- 47,00
40.00- 50.00
41.00- 44.50
40.00- 50.00
43.00- 50.00
36.00- 45.00
41.00
36.0
1.14 40.00
37.00- 44.50
44.50
45.00
46.50
37.0
36.5
36.0
1.20 46.00
1.23 44.50
1.29 46.00
40.00- 46.50
41.50- 47.00
41.50- 50.50
45.00
47.00
49.00
46.50
46.00
44.00
37.0
38.0
36.5
38.0
37.0
37.5
1.22
1.24
1.34
1.22
1.24
1.17
45.00
46.00
50.50
46.00
45.00
44.00
40.00-50.00
42.50-52.00
45.50-52.00
42.00-52.00
42.00-50.00
40.00-48.00
42.50
36.5
1.16 41.50
38.00-46.00
46.50
45.50
47.00
37.0
36.5
36.0
1.26 45.50
1.25 44.50
1.31 46.00
43.00-49.50
44.00-47.50
42.00-51.00
42.50
48.50
39.50
37.0
37.0
39.5
1.15 40.50
1.31 49.00
1.00 38.50
37.50-47.00
49.00-50.00
37.50-40.00
38.50
50.50
44.50
45.50
50.50
45.00
46.50
40.00
36.0
35.5
36.5
36.5
37.5
36.5
37.5
38.0
1.07
1.42
1.22
1.25
1.35
1.23
1.24
1.05
39.00
49.50
43.50
44.00
50.00
42.00
45.00
40.00
34.00-42.00
44.00-58.00
38.00-50.00
38.00-50.50
45.00-58.00
37.00-50.00
40.50-51.00
35.00-44.00
41.50
35.5
1.17 40.00
35.00-44.50
48.00
46.50
47.50
36.5
36.5
36.0
1.32 47.00
1.27 45.00
1.32 47.00
41.50-54.50
40.00-50.00
40.00-53.50
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, class A 3-------- 1,397
Manufacturing..............
320
Durable goods—.........
113
Nondurable goods----207
Wholesale trade.............
184
Retail trade.................. 70
Finance,
insurance,
and real estate....... —
598
Services..........................
31
Central offices...... .........
188
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, Class B --------- 6,201
Manufacturing..........—
741
Durable goods....... —
96
Nondurable goods----645
Wholesale trade.............
932
Retail trade....................
391
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.................... 3,466
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
114
Services..........................
208
Central offices...... .........
349
C a lcu la tin g -m a ch in e
operators (Comptome
ter type)...................... 5,561
Manufacturing ..............
829
Durable goods............
95
Nondurable goods----734
Wholesale trade............. 1,135
Retail trade....................
847
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.................... 1,171
Transportation, commu
nication, and other
public utilities............
264
Services..........................
344
Central offices—............
971
C a lcu la tin g -m a ch in e
operators (other than
Comptometer type)3..
968
Wholesale trade.............
68
Retail trade...................
181
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
371
Central offices................
140
Clerks, accounting........... 11,825
Manufacturing. ............ 2,959
Durable goods............
267
Nondurable goods___
2,692
Wholesale trade............. 1,473
Retail trade.................... 1,554
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.................... 2,382
Transportation, commu
nication, and other
public utilities............
665
Services..........................
1,494
Central offices. .............. 1,298
See footnotes at end of table.
37.5 $1.69 $62.00 $57.00-$69.50
38.0 1.42 50.00 50.00- 63.00
50.00
53.00
55.00
53.00
52.00
53.00
45.0050.0051.0050.0050.0045.00-
54.00
55.00
60.00
53.00
56.00
55.00
Average
Esti
mated
Week
num
ber of Week- ly Hour
work
sched ly
}y
ers salary uled rate
hours
3,667 $45.00
572 39.50
101 41.50
471 39.00
550 48.00
Me
range
dian2 Salary
middle 50
week ofpercent
of
ly
workers
salary
36.5 $1.23 $43.50 $39.00-$49.50'
37.5 1.05 38.50 35.00- 42.00
38.0 1.09 40.00 37.00- 45.00
37.5 1.04 38.00 35.00- 42.00
36.5 1.32 48.50 44.00- 51.50
1,348
43.50
36.0
1.21 43.00
38.50- 47. GO-
172
331
626
50.00
44.00
49.00
37.5
37.5
36.5
1.33 49.50
1.17 42.50
1.34 46.50
44. 50- 57.00
39.50- 47.50
42.00- 55.00
Clerks, file, class B ........... 10,579
Manufacturing.............
866
Durable goods............
101
765
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade............. 1,399
Retail trade....................
622
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.................... 5,171
Transportation, commu
nication, and other
550
public utilities............
Services..........................
816
Central offices..............
1,155
34.00
34.00
36.00
34.00
37.00
32.50
37.0
36.5
37.5
36.5
37.0
39.0
.92
.93
.96
.93
1.00
.83
30.0030.0033.0030.0034.0030.00-
32.00
36.0
.89 32.00
29.50- 34.50
38.50
33.50
38.50
37.5
38.5
36.5
1.03 37.00
.87 32.50
1.05 37.00
35.00- 40.00
30.50- 35.00
33.00- 44.00
Clerks, general 3___...........
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Services..........................
Central offices____ ____
6,098
1,339
162
1,177
409
1,114
49.00
50.00
48.00
50.00
52.00
46.00
37.0
37.0
38.5
36.5
37.5
38.5
1.32
1.35
1.25
1.37
1.39
1.19
43.0043.0045.0042.0043.5041.00-
1,744
452
686
47.50
53.00
55.00
36.0
37.0
36.0
1.32 45.00
1.43 50.00
1.53 54.00
42.00- 51.00
45.00- 60.00
48.50- 59.50
Clerks, order3...................
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Services..........................
Central offices................
3,545
1,102
61
1,041
994
734
124
285
43.50
43.00
48.50
43.00
46.50
39.00
45.00
44.00
37.5
38.0
36.5
38.0
37.0
39.5
38.0
35.5
1.16
1.13
1.33
1.13
1.26
.99
1.18
1.24
42.50
42.00
46.00
42.00
45.00
38.00
42.50
43.00
38.0038.0046.0038.0040.0034.0034.5038.00-
47.00
46.00
55.50
46.00
52.00
43.00
50.00
50.00
Clerks, pay-roll.................
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods......... .
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade...................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate............. ......
Transportation, commu
nication, and other
public utilities—.........
Services..........................
Central offices................
3,680
1,408
162
1,246
303
393
48.50
49.00
48.50
49.00
53.00
45.50
37.5
38.5
38.0
38.5
37.0
39.0
1.29
1.27
1.28
1.27
1.43
1.17
47.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
53.50
45.00
41.0042.0045.0041.0047.5039.00-
54.00
51.50
50.00
54.00
58.00
51.50
594
48.50
36.0
1.35 46.00
37.00- 55.50
383
260
339
45.50
50.50
50.00
36.5
37.5
35.5
1.25 41.00
1.35 50.00
1.41 49.50
39.00- 53.00
45.00- 54.00
43.50- 56.50
Clerk-typists..................... 11,828
Manufacturing________ 2,406
Durable goods...........
522
Nondurable goods___ 1,884
Wholesale trade............ 1,971
Retail trade....................
905
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.................... 3,942
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
738
Services..........................
715
Central offices................ 1,1511
39.50
40.00
40.50
40.00
41.50
37.00
37.0
37.0
37.5
37.0
37.5
38.5
1.07
1.08
1.08
1.08
1.11
.96
35.0035.0036.0035.0037.0034.00-
37.50
36.0
1.04 37.00
34.00- 40.50
41.50
41.50
42.00
37.5
36.5
36.0
1.11 40.50
1.14 40.00
1.17 40.50
38.00- 45.00
37.00- 45.00
37.50- 45.00
33.00
33.00
36.00
32.50
38.00
32.00
46.50
47.00
47.50
47.00
50.50
44.50
39.00
40.00
41.00
40.00
40.50
36.00
37.00
35.00
36.00
35.00
40.50
35.00
53.50
53.00
50.00
54.50
57.50
49.00
43.50
44.00
43.50
44.00
45.00
39.00
20
S A L A R IE S O F O F F IC E W O R K E R S
T a ble 1.— S a la ries 1 and weekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in N ew Y ork , by industry division ,
February 1 949 — Continued
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average
EstiMe- Salary range
mated
dian1
2 of middle 50
Week
num
Hour week- percent of
ber of Week ly
workers
sched ly
work
ly
ers salary uled rate salary
hours
Women—Continued
Key-punch operators____ 3,461 $42.00
444 40.50
Manufacturing________
39 46.50
Durable goods—.........
406 40.00
Nondurable goods___
334 43.50
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade........ - .........
470 42.00
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.................... 1,550 41.50
Transportation, com
munication, and other
172 42.50
public utilities............
Services...........................
152 44.00
Central offices...... .........
339 43.50
Office girls.......................... 2,556 32.50
Manufacturing...............
326 31.00
522 36.00
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade....................
155 33.50
Finance, insurance, and
883 30.50
real estate________ —
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
189 34.50
104 28.00
Services..........................
377 33.50
Central offices...... .........
Stenographers, general___ 27,250 45.50
Manufacturing________ 5,634 46.50
Durable goods............
865 47.50
Nondurable goods___ 4,769 46.50
5,083 46.00
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade___________
840 43.00
Finance, insurance and
real estate............. ...... 7,246 44.00
Transportation, com
munication, and other
1,779 45.00
public utilities............
Services.......................... 2,887 46.00
Central offices................ 3,781 48.50
Stenographers, technical3. 2,793 52.50
Manufacturing..............
133 56.00
Wholesale trade.............
612 52.00
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
696 52.00
Services..........................
206 51.00
Central offices_________ 1,013 52.50
Switchboard operators___ 6,831 45.50
Manufacturing..............
1,069 47.50
Durable goods............
197 43.50
Nondurable goods___
872 48.50
Wholesale trade............. 1,215 48.00
Retail trade....................
565 42.00
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.................... 1,743 45.00
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
677 47.00
Services......................... 1,100 40.50
462 48.50
Central offices................
Women—Continued
37.0 $1.14 $41.50 $38.00-$46.00
38.0 1.07 38.00 35.00- 46.00
37.0 1.26 45.00 41.00- 52.00
38.0 1.05 38.00 35.00- 46.00
36.5 1.19 43.50 40.00- 46.50
38.5 1.09 41.00 40.00- 44.00
36.5
1.14 41.50
37.00- 45.50
37.0
36.0
36.5
37.0
36.5
36.5
38.5
1.15
1.22
1.19
.88
.85
.99
.87
40.5040.0039.5029.5027.5033.0030.00-
37.0
42.00
44.50
42.50
32.00
30.00
34.00
33.50
.82 30.50
35.00
28.00
34.50
45.00
45.00
46.00
45.00
45.00
42.00
44.50
47.50
47.00
35.00
34.50
39.00
37.00
29.50- 32.50
33.0025.0030.0040.5040.5043.0040.0040.5039.00-
36.00
30.00
37.00
50.00
51.00
50.00
51.00
50.00
45.00
36.5
38.0
36.0
37.0
37.0
37.5
37.0
37.0
38.0
.95
.74
.93
1.23
1.26
1.27
1.26
1.24
1.13
36.5
1.21 44.00
37.5
37.0
36.5
37.5
37.5
37.0
1.20
1.24
1.33
1.40
1.49
1.41
44.00
45.00
48.50
51.00
54.00
49.50
40.5041.0043.0046.0050.0044.50-
49.50
49.50
53.50
56.00
59.50
58.00
36.5
38.5
38.0
37.5
37.5
38.5
37.0
38.0
38.5
1.42
1.32
1.38
1.21
1.27
1.13
1.31
1.26
1.09
52.00
50.00
51.00
45.00
45.00
44.50
47.00
47.00
40.00
47.0047.5046.0040.0041.0040.0041.0042.0038.00-
56.00
55.00
56.50
50.00
52.00
45.00
52.00
53.00
46.00
37.5
1.20 44.50
40.50- 49.50
37.5
38.0
36.5
1.25 46.00
1.07 40.00
1.33 48.00
42.00 -52.00
33.50 -46.00
43.50 -52.00
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
2 Value above and below which half of workers1salaries fell.
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average
Esti
Me
mated
range
dian2 Salary
num
Week
of middle 50
ber of Week ly Hour week- percent of
|y
sched ly
work
workers
ly
ers salary uled rate salary
hours
39.00- 48.50
Switchboard-operator-re
ceptionists...................
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade. ..................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities-...........
Services..........................
Central offices................
Transcribing-machine op
erators, general8.........
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Services..........................
Central offices................
Transcribing-machine op
erators, technical8___
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Central offices................
Typists, class A ................
Manufacturing........... . _
Durable g oods..........
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade........ ...........
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
Central office.................
Typists, class B ................
Manufacturing..............
Durable goods............
Nondurable goods___
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services...........................
Central offices................
2,354 $44.00
1,028 43.50
128 45.50
900 43.00
630 45.50
61 43.50
37.5 $1.17 $44.00 $40.00-$47.00
38.5 1.13 44.00 40.00- 45.00
39.0 1.17 45.00 45.00- 45.00
38.5 1.12 43.00 40.00- 46.00
37.5 1.21 45.00 39.50- 48.50
37.5 1.16 40.00 38.50- 51.00
244
39.50
35.0
1.13 40.00
35.00- 44.00
72
229
90
44.00
45.50
44.00
37.5
37.5
36.5
1.17 45.00
1.21 43.50
1.21 44.00
37.50- 45.00
40.00- 55.00
40.00- 46.00
2,631
317
802
49
44.00
44.50
45.50
37.00
36.5
36.0
37.0
38.0
1.21
1.24
1.23
.97
38.5037.0043.0034.00-
728
237
438
42.00
45.00
43.50
36.0
38.0
36.0
1.17 41.00
1.18 42.50
1.21 43.50
37.00- 45.00
39.50- 50.00
37.00- 47.00
150
45.00
38.0
1.18 44.00
40.00- 49.50
38.00- 50.50
43.00- 49.50
38.0038.0040.0037.0040.0038.00-
44.50
45.00
46.00
36.00
48.00
49.50
48.50
40.00
81
33
44.50
46.50
38.5
36.0
1.16 44.00
1.29 48.50
5,874
617
87
530
1,052
140
43.50
42.00
44.50
41.50
45.00
41.00
36.5
36.5
37.0
36.5
37.0
37.0
1.19
1.15
1.20
1.14
1.22
1.11
1,909
41.50
36.0
1.15 40.00
38.00- 44.50
540
808
808
45.00
44.50
46.00
36.5
37.5
36.0
1.23 40.00
1.19 43.00
1.28 44.00
37.50- 54.00
40.00- 49.50
41.00- 50.00
9,146
627
67
560
950
322
36.50
37.00
41.50
36.50
40.00
35.00
36.5
36.5
38.0
36.5
38.0
38.5
1.00
1.01
1.09
1.00
1.05
.91
33.5033.0037.0033.0037.0032.00-
4,400
35.50
36.0
.99 34.50
32.00- 37.50
574
1,397
876
39.00
35.50
40.00
38.0
38.0
36.0
1.03 37.50
.93 35.00
1.11 39.00
34.50- 42.00
33.00- 38.00
35.00- 43.50
42.00
40.50
41.00
40.50
43.50
40.00
35.50
35.00
41.50
35.00
39.00
35.00
8 Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
46.50
45.00
49.50
45.00
47.50
43.00
40.00
40.00
45.00
39.00
44.50
39.00
21
N E W YORK
T able 2.— Percentage distribution o f workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries,1 in N ew York, February 1 949
Percent of men—
Weekly salaries1
Calcu
BooklatingBillers,
keeping- machine Clerks, Clerks,
Book
machine keepers, machine operators account file,
(billing
ing
operators, (Comp
class A
hand
machine)
tometer
class B
type)
Clerks,
file,
class B
Clerks,
general
Clerks,
order
Clerks,
pay-roll
Key
Clerkpunch
typists operators
0.9
1.5
$20.00-$22.49 ........................
$22.50-$24.99.........................
$25.00-$27.49
$27.50-$29.99 ........................
$30.00-$32.49 ........................
$32.50-$34.99.........................
5.6
0.4
3.4
6.3
2.8
4.4
$37.50-$39.99 ........................
$40.00-$42.49.........................
$42.50-$44.99.........................
$45.00-$47.49.........................
$47.50-$49.99.........................
6.3
17.0
1.3
8.5
8.5
2.0
.3
3.3
3.1
2.4
14.8
10.0
11.8
6.2
$50.00-$52.49.........................
$52.50-$54.99 ......................
14.3
18.8
7.3
5.0
8.0
4.6
4.3
5.3
4.5
7.5
8.7
10.7
8.7
2.1
3.6
......................
......................
......................
........................
2.3
6.5
4.0
8.0
3.9
2.1
$75.00-$79.99 ......................
$80 00-$84.99
- $85.00-$89.99 ......................
14.6
8.2
8.9
1.4
4.4
2.5
$35.00—$3*7 4.0
$5R 00-$57 40
$57.50-$59.99 ......................
$60.00-$G2.49 .
____
$62.50-$64.99
$65.00-$67.49
$67.50-$69.99
$70.00-$72.49
$72 50-$74.99
$90 0ft-$94.99
$95.00-$99.99
$100 00 and nvfir T o ta l..........................
Office
boys
100.0
100.0
5.0
17.8
15.8
2.0
26.7
1.0
31.7
1.6
.4
100.0
100.0
0.2
.6
.9
3.0
4.4
.1
1.2
2.6
1.4
4.2
0.8
1.5
5.3
4.3
2.2
3.6
18.3
1.6
3.2
24.2
9.4
17.5
31.3
13.4
12.2
7.2
9.5
7.6
3.0
2.2
2.6
4.3
5.8
8.1
8.9
2.9
7.8
4.0
7.8
3.0
5.3
6.4
6.3
5.3
5.4
11.6
15.9
7.2
13.9
6.6
4.9
1.6
24.2
25.8
1.6
5.4
4.6
.5
2.5
.5
2.1
6.4
.8
.5
.4
10.2
10.0
7.6
10.1
5.3
8.5
3.2
9.6
6.6
7.8
8.6
4.5
6.8
2.9
5.1
11.7
1.4
11.3
.2
1.6
.1
2.8
3.8
.2
2.8
3.6
2.9
2.6
3.4
4.5
7.1
2.9
5.7
3.8
6.3
5.2
.9
13.6
1.1
3.8
2.1
1.1
.2
.1
.1
1.0
.2
3.2
3.6
1.5
.5
.3
1.2
2.6
1.6
.2
.1
1.6
1.1
4.8
2.5
.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
0.2
4.3
1.9
14.2
18.5
11.7
15.5
3.4
7.1
3.9
9.3
5.9
8.6
6.7
16.2
2.8
7.1
8.0
3.5
7.8
6.2
7.9
9.5
4.3
9.5
3.3
6.2
4.3
6.0
4.2
4.2
1.8
9.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
3.0
.3
1.0
100.0
Estimated number of
workers...............................
399
2,437
748
101
8,252
210
768
4,453
3,403
1,086
725
62
9,256
Average weekly salary1.......
$49.00
$69.50
$46.50
$45.50
$54.50
$51.50
$37.50
$57.00
$56.50
$56.00
$42.00
$41.50
$32.50
i Excludes pay for overtime.
22
S A L A R IE S O F O F F IC E W O R K E R S
T able 2.— Percentage distribution o f workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries,1 in N ew York, February 1 949 —
Continued
Percent of men—
Weekly salaries *
Typ
Typ
Stenog Switch
board
ists,
raphers, opera
ists,
general
class A class B
tors
Under $20.00................................
pO
$50.00-$52.49................................
$52.50-$54.99................................
18.5
1.9
17.3
10.2
12.3
_
_
____
____
0.1
1.3
3.7
4.1
12.4
0.8
.8
1.9
2.0
0.2
6.5
27.7
16.9
3.8
14.1
17.0
20.6
21.8
3.5
12.5
18.1
11.0
12.7
5.9
3.8
9.0
9.5
18.5
14.2
1.2
5.8
46.5
15.1
23.4
3.3
6.5
1.2
8.9
1.3
4.1
1.1
1.7
1.2
4.3
.3
.9
.5
10.9
.5
9.3
7.6
_
$07, Kft-$fi4.09
$05 00-$fi7 49
$07 50-$fi0 99
$70 nn_$79 49
$72 50-$74 99
1.2
.5
3.3
1.4
.9
$75ftft_$79 99
$30 nn-$ju 99
$35 flft-$ft9 99
.9
.5
1.2
2.3"
25.5
1.2
.6
.1
.1
.6
Calcu
Calcu
latinglating- machine
Clerks, Clerks,
machine operators Clerks,
ac
file,
operators (other
file,
count class
(Comp
than
A class B
ing
Comp
tometer
type)
tometer
type)
0.4
1.2
0.8
2.3
5.8
10.1
6.5
1.3
1.8
7.6
1.9
4.1
9.5
5.7
0.2
1.2
6.0
5.2
9.9
2.5
3.3
12.5
4.8
16.3
20.7
21.5
14.0
2.4
5.8
5.3
3.2
6.0
2.7
5.7
13.7
15.4
10.4
15.2
16.6
11.7
14.6
5.7
8.9
14.1
15.3
16.6
8.1
15.4
17.4
9.1
13.5
6.5
11.0
12.3
10.2
11.0
6.6
8.9
16.6
12.6
11.6
8.1
7.6
6.6
2.9
2.0
1.0
17.3
3.5
13.7
.6
1.4
6.5
1.8
10.5
4.9
14.1
13.5
12.9
9.9
2.2
5.2
7.8
4.4
2.9
.7
1.0
12.2
4.7
3.9
1.9
1.8
7.3
1.7
1.1
4.4
1.6
8.0
3.5
4.0
3.4
2.2
8.1
3.3
5.2
1.3
2.0
1.1
.9
.1
.3
.1
6.5
8.8
3.5
4.6
2.2
2.6
.2
.9
.4
.5
.2
.2
(i)
(2)
.8
.3
.1
.1
.3
1.0
1.9
.5
1.0
.1
2.1
.6
.5
.3
.3
.4
4.8
2.7
2.9
2.7
.3
.3
1.9
.3
.1
$90 nrv-$94 99
$95 nn-$99 99
$100.00
Book
keeping
ma
chine
opera
tors,
class B
0.1
.4
.6
5.3
1.8
12.9
1.4
$37.50-$39.99................................
$40.00-$42.49................................
$42.50-$44.99................................
$45.00-$47.49................................
$47, KO-$49.99 . ___________
$55,nft-$S7 49
$57 fin-$S9 99
$00 ftn-$fi9 49
Book
Billers,
keeping
ma
ma
chine Book
(book keepers, chine
keeping hand opera
ma
tors,
class A
chine)
4.1
$25.00-$27.49................................
$27.50-$29.99................................
$35
Billers,
ma
chine
(billing
ma
chine)
4.1
nrv-$22 40_______ ________
S0-$24. oo_ _
________
$30 nft-$39. 4 9 __________________
$32 K0-$34.99___________ ___
oo-$ a 7 .49
_ _____________
Percent of women-
rwfir
.3
.2
.7
.1
(’)
1.5
.6
(2)
(8)
(*)
.1
.1
Total..................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Estimated number of workers...
422
86
184
170
3,445
1,464
1,576
1,397
6,201
5,561
968
11,825
3,667
10,579
Average weekly salary1.............. $53.00
$53.00
$46.00
$39.00
$43.00
$48.00
$60.00
$50.50
$43.00
$45.00
$42.50
$44.50
$45.00
$34.00
i Excludes pay for overtime.
* Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
23
N E W YORK
T a ble 2.— Percentage distribution o f workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries,l in N ew Y orkf February 1 94 9 —
Continued
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries *
Key
Clerks, Clerks, Clerks, Clerk- punch
general order pay-roll typists opera
tors
Switch- TranTranStenog Switch board- scribingStenog raphers,
scribing- Typists, Typists,
Office raphers,
board operamachine
machine
girls general tech opera
torclass A classB
nical
tors
recep- operators, operators,
tionists general technical
Under $20.00.................................
$20.00-$22.49..................................
$22.50-$24.99..................................
0.2
.4
.4
5.1
$25.00-$27.49..................................
$27.50-$29.99..................................
$30.00-132.49..................................
$32.50-$34.99..................................
$35.00-$37.49..................................
0.1
.1
.1
2.7
0.4
4.7
8.2
9.1
0.2
2.9
2.6
6.9
0.1
3.1
5.4
11.1
21.3
0.3
5.1
5.4
11.4
5.4
16.6
24.1
19.7
16.5
0.3
1.3
3.7
5.5
(2)
0.1
.3
1.0
1.6
3.9
3.8
3.8
1.1
1.1
1.7
7.0
0.2
.9
1.6
5.4
11.0
$37.50-$39.99..................................
$40.00-$42.49..................................
$42.50-$44.99..................................
$45.00-$47.49..................................
$47.50-$49.99..................................
4.6
16.0
13.9
15.9
8.7
10.3
15.1
11.5
16.1
3.9
5.7
11.1
8.2
14.8
7.7
13.0
16.4
10.6
8.5
4.1
11.5
21.8
15.1
13.4
6.7
5.5
4.8
.7
1.0
.2
7.9
15.9
12.3
15.2
10.0
1.6
6.0
7.8
12.8
12.3
9.6
13.4
13.5
13.1
10.3
10.9
21.5
9.0
23.5
7.8
10.1
12.4
12.6
18.3
9.0
$50.00-$52.49..................................
$52.50-$54.99..................................
$55.00-$57.49..................................
$57.50-$59.99..................................
$60.00-$62.49..................................
10.1
6.1
5.6
4.4
2.7
7.2
1.1
5.5
1.6
2.5
9.5
6.9
4.4
3.0
5.1
3.4
1.6
.8
.4
.2
4.7
2.0
1.3
.7
.3
.4
11.3
4.1
5.9
2.6
1.9
15.4
7.5
11.3
4.7
5.9
11.6
5.9
4.6
1.8
.9
6.7
2.8
3.5
1.1
2.0
7.1
3.2
4.0
1.8
.9
.9
.7
.1
.2
.1
4.7
2.9
2.1
.4
.8
.2
1.0
.2
.2
.5
.3
.3
.3
.1
.1
.5
1.5
.6
.3
.1
(2)
1.4
.5
.3
(2)
.2
.4
(2)
.3
(2)
.1
.1
.3
1.7
3.7
1.1
1.0
.4
(2)
.1
<2)
.1
.1
1.5
.4
.3
.8
.1
(2)
12.0
0.2
1.4
4.3
11.5
1.4
5.1
12.6
19.7
22.4
7.3
16.6
16.0
6.7
21.3
16.5
19.2
12.8
11.4
5.9
12.7
10.4
7.2
3.5
1.3
12.7
.7
6.0
5.0
3.2
2.5
2.2
1.2
1.4
.4
.7
.2
.7
$62.50-$64.99..................................
$65.00-$67.49..................................
$67.50-$69.99..................................
$70.00-$72.49..................................
$72.50-$74.99..................................
1.8
2.6
.8
.6
.7
$75.00-$79.99..................................
$80.00-$84.99..................................
$85.00-$89.99..................................
$90.00-$94.99..................................
$95.00-$99.99..................................
$100.00 and over............................
.8
.3
.8
.2
.2
.2
Total....................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Estimated number of workers.. .
6,098
3,545
3,680
11,828
3,461
2,556
27,250
2,793
6,831
2,354
2,631
150
5,874
9,146
Average weekly salary1............... $49.00
$43.50
$48.50
$39.50
$42.00
$32.50
$45.50
$52.50
$45.50
$44.00
$44.00
$45.00
$43.50
$36.50
.7
1.1
.2
.1
.7
(2)
(2)
100.0
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
* Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
T
able
3 . — Scheduled
weekly hours of women in N ew York offices, February 1949
Percent of workers employed in offices in—
Manufacturing
Weekly hours
All
industries
All offices employing women___________
100.0
Under 35 hours. r..... ....... - _ . _
35 hours______________________________
Oyer 35 and under 37^ hours ___
37J4 hours_______________ ____________
Over 37l£ and under 40 hours
4ft hours
Over 4ft and under 44 hours
44 hours
_ ___ __ _____
48 hours
.7
40.2
15.8
16.4
2.0
24.9
Less than 0.05 o f 1 percent.
0)
(i)
(l)
All
manufac
turing
Durable
goods
100.0
100.0
41.9
2.7
29.6
2.5
23.3
25.9
4.1
33.0
.7
36.3
Non
durable
goods
Wholesale
trade
100.0
100.0
44.8
2.4
29.0
2.8
21.0
1.0
27.0
10.4
31.8
.9
28.9
Retail
trade
100.0
17.2
4.9
22.1
4.6
49.4
.7
.3
.8
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Trans
portation,
communi Services
cation, and
other pub
lic utilities
Central
offices
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1.7
40.4
33.6
4.9
.4
19.0
40.4
5.5
12.2
4.0
37.9
40.5
5.7
21.2
4.1
28.3
60.3
9.0
12.1
2.9
15.7
.2
SEATTLE, FEBRUARY 1949
Salaries
Average weekly salaries of women studied in
Seattle offices ranged from $35 for office girls to
$55.50 for hand bookkeepers and technical ste
nographers in February 1949. Aside from these
jobs, as well as copy typists and clerks doing
routine filing who also received less than $40, all
occupations studied averaged between $40 and
$50. General stenographers with an average
weekly salary of $47 constituted the largest occu
pational group studied.
In most jobs, the maximum variation in indi
vidual salaries did not exceed $40 and the m ajority
of salaries fell within a $5 to $7.50 range. Salary
levels tended to vary among the six broad indus
try groups studied. In general, relatively higher
rates were found in manufacturing and wholesale
trade.
Among men, highest salaries were paid book
keepers, who averaged $69.50 weekly. Lowest
paid were office boys, who received $36.50 on the
average. Men were most frequently employed
as order clerks and accounting clerks; average
salaries for these two occupational groups were
$63 and $62.50, respectively.
Although salaries for clerical workers are
generally expressed in monthly or weekly terms,
the Bureau converted the salaries to hourly rates
to allow for differences in the length of the work
week. On an hourly basis, occupational averages
o f women ranged from 87 cents to $1.40. Average
24
rates were over $1 an hour for 19 of the 22 occu
pations studied. Hourly rates for men in the jobs
studied ranged from 92 cents to $1.74.
The salaries of Seattle office workers between
January 1948 and February 1949 increased for
both men and women in all except one occupation.
In over half the jobs studied, women averaged
$2 to $3.50 a week more in February 1949 than a
year earlier.
The increase in salaries was apparently some
what greater for men in the jobs studied. In four
jobs, men showed advances of $5 to $7.50 a week.
In the two other classifications for which compari
sons could be made— pay-roll clerks and office
boys— the increases averaged $2 and $3.50, re
spectively.
Work Schedules
A workweek of 40 hours for women workers was
characteristic of Seattle offices. About 9 of every
10 women employed as clerical workers in the city
had this weekly schedule. B y industry group,
the 40-hour week was most prevalent in transpor
tation, communication, and other public utilities,
where no exceptions to the practice were found.
W eekly schedules under 40 hours were confined
chiefly to the service group and were found to
a lesser degree in the finance, insurance, and real
estate group. A workweek of more than 40 hours
was in effect for a few workers in wholesale and
retail trade and in services.
25
SEATTLE
T
able
,
.
1 — Salaries 1 and weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Seattle by industry division
February 1949
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Average—
EstiMe
mated
dian3 Salary range
of middle 50
Week
num
weekpercent of
Hour
ber of Week- ly
}y
workers
sched ly salary
work
,l y
uled rate
ers salary
hours
Sex, occupation, and in
dustry division
Clerks, accounting *_____
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade.............
Average—
Esti
Me
range
mated
dian 2 Salary
of middle 50
Week
num
weekpercent of
ber of Week ly ^ Hour
}y
workers
sched ly salary
work
ly
ers salary uled rate
hours
Women—C ontinued
M en
Bookkeepers, hand3.........
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
,
203 $69.50
50 74.00
53 66.00
84
247
79
109
67.00
62.50
60.50
64.00
40.0 $1.74 $67.50 $62.00-$80.50
40.0 1.85 73.00 65.50- 83.50
40.0 1.65 66.50 57.50- 69.50
("Harks, file, class A 3„_
Finance, insurance, and
57.50- 80.50
Clerks, file, class B 3.........
52.00- 71.00
52.00- 69.00
52.00- 75.50
Retail trade___________
Finance, insurance, and
39.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
1.70 63.50
1.56 62.50
1.53 60.50
1.60 63.50
40.0
1.08 43.50
39. GO- 46.00
641
80
139
36.50
41.00
34.00
40.0
40.0
40.0
.91 34.50
1.02 37.00
.84 33.50
32. GO- 40.50
34.50- 49.50
32.00- 35.00
real estate
217
32.50
40.0
.82 32.00
30. DO- 34.50
Clerks, general *_ _
742
62
47.00
43.50
40.0
40.0
1.18 45.50
1.09 43.00
41.50- 52.00
40.50- 44.00
.........
282
45.50
40.0
1.14 43.50
41.50- 49.50
__
160
90
44.00
40.50
40.0
40.0
1.10 43.50
1.01 38.00
37. DO- 49.50
36. GO- 45.00
162
43
39
48.50
49.00
45.50
40.0
39.5
40.0
1.21 48.50
1.23 48.50
1.13 45.00
44.00- 52.00
41.50- 52.50
42.50- 49.00
3 _. _ _ _
Manufacturing________
Wholesale trade _
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate _
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities.—.......
605
84
81
70
40.00
42.50
45.00
39.50
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
1.01
1.07
1.12
1.00
289
38.50
40.0
.97 39.00
36.00- 41.50
48
42.00
40.0
1.05 41.00
38.50- 43.00
32.50- 36.00
Wholesale trade
40.0
1.42 56.50
42
55.50
40.0
1.38 54.00
52.00- 63.50
302
57
235
63.00
60.50
63.50
40.5
40.0
40.5
1.57 57.50
1.52 57.50
1.58 58.50
56.00- 69.00
55.50- 62.00
56.00- 69.00
Clerks, order
Retail trade
60.50
40.0
1.51 60.00
56.50- 66.00
Clerks, pay-roll
169
Clerks, order3...................
Manufacturing,............
Wholesale trade.............
Clerks, pay-roll.................
27
49.50-59.50
40.0 $1.17 $48.00 $41.50-$51.00
43.50
57.00
Clerks, general3................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate- .................
132 $47.00
43
real estate
Wholesale trade_______
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
3
3
Manufacturing________
Retail trade ___
97
36.50
39.5
.92 34.50
32.00- 40.00
52
34.00
39.5
.86 34.00
32.00- 37.50
Billers, machine (billing
machine)3...................
Retail trade....................
219
42
43.00
39.00
40.0
40.0
1.07 41.50
.98 38.00
39.00- 45.50
36.00- 41.00
Billers, machine (book
keeping machine)...........
40
42.50
40.5
1.04 41.50
39.50- 46.00
35.00
40.0
.87 34.50
55.50
39.5
1.40 53.00
49.50- 62.50
Office girls3.......................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate ___
143
175
54
33.50
39.5
.85 32.50
29.50- 33.50
90
30
52.50
55.00
40.0
38.5
1.31 52.00
1.43 55.00
46.00- 57.50
48.00- 63.50
Stenographers, general___
Manufacturing. ............
178
44
49.00
54.00
39.5
39.5
1.23 46.50
1.36 55.00
43.50- 53.00
45.00- 57.50
1,277
203
296
58
47.00
47.50
48.50
44.00
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
1.19
1.20
1.21
1.10
46.00
46.50
46.00
43.50
43.00- 50.00
46. GO- 50.50
43.50- 52.00
40. GO- 48.50
504
46.50
39.5
1.18 46.00
42.50- 49.50
103
45.50
39.5
1.15 45.50
43.50- 46.50
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, class B 3.........
Manufacturing...............
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade...................
Finance,insurance, and
real esta te..............
326
40
77
37
41.50
46.50
44.50
42.00
40.0
39.5
40.5
40.0
1.04
1.17
1.10
1.05
38.0046.0040.0040.00-
103
113
46.50
45.50
40.0
38.5
1.17 45.50
1.18 45.00
43. GO- 49.00
42.50- 46.00
Stenographers, technical 3_
Finance, insurance, and
real estate .
112
55.50
40.0
1.39 53.00
52. GO- 57.50
88
55.00
40.0
1.38 53.00
52. 00- 57.50
168
39.00
40.0
Calculating-machine op
erators (Comptometer
ty p e )3-........................
Manufacturing ..............
Wholesale trade_______
Retail trade....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
165
25
36
43.00
38.00
40.00
40.0
39.5
40.0
1.08 42.50
.96 40.50
1.01 39.50
40. GO- 45.50
31. GO- 40.50
38.50- 41.00
668
114
200
236
44.50
45.50
47.00
42.00
40.0
40.0
40.5
39.5
1.11
1.14
1.16
1.06
Switchboard operators3__
Wholesale trade.
Retail trade..................
Finance, insurance, and
35
46.00
40.0
1.14 43.50
42.00- 48.50
77
44.00
40.0
1.10 43.50
41.00- 47.00
Switchboard - operator-re
ceptionists 3.................
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade .
Finance, insurance, and
230
52
63
43.00
46.50
46.00
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.08 41.50
1.17 43.50
1.15 43.00
40.00- 44.00
40.50- 54.00
40.50- 47.00
61
38.50
39.5
.97 37.00
34.50- 42.50
70
36
43.00
43.50
40.0
40.0
1.07 41.50
1.09 42.50
38.50- 46.00
37.00- 50.00
116
42.00
39.5
1.07 40.50
38. GO- 45.50
691
141
160
149
45.00
48.50
47.00
43.00
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.12
1.21
1.18
1.08
40.0041.5043.5040.00-
Transcribing-machine op
erators, general3
Finance, insurance, and
real esta te___ . _ _
42.00
40.0
1.05 40.50
39. GO- 45.00
40.0
1.08 41.50
39.00- 46.00
40.0
1.03 40.50
39. GO- 42.50
Office b oy s3......................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Clerk-typists
Women
Bookkeepers, hand3.........
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Services........................
Bookkeeping-machine op
erators, class A 3.........
Wholesale trade.............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Calculating-machine op
erators (other than
Comptometer ty p e )3.
Retail trade....................
Clerks, accounting............
Manufacturing..............
Wholesale trade.............
Retail trade. ..................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services..........................
40.50
46.00
43.50
40.00
.97 39.00
43.50
46.00
45.50
42.00
Finance, insurance, and
real estate._ .....
Transportation, com
munication, and other
public utilities............
Services. _
46.00
48.50
46.50
42.00
35.50- 41.50
40.0043.5042.5038.50-
47.00
48.00
49.50
45.00
real estate___
real estate.
43.50
48.50
45.00
41.00
50.00
55.00
52.00
48.00
182
41.50
40.0
1.04 41.50
37.00- 43.50
31
28
42.50
45.50
40.0
38.5
1.06 41.50
1.19 46.00
40.00- 44.50
40.50- 49.50
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
* Value above and below which half of workers' salaries fell.
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Typists, class A 3..............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate. _ ...
Typists, class B 3..............
Finance, insurance, and
real estate. _
Services____
3
70
323
192
43.00
41.50
39.00
40.50
44.00
38.00
37. DO38.0040. GO35. GO-
43.00
49.50
50.50
43.50
286
37.50
40.0
.94 38.00
34. GO- 40.50
94
67
34.50
37.50
40.0
40.0
.87 34.50
.93 38.00
32.00- 37.00
34.00- 39.50
Includes data for industry divisions not shown separately.
S A L A R IE S O F O F F IC E W O R K E R S
26
T able 2.— Percentage distribution o f workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries,l in Seattle, February 1 94 9
Percent of men—
Weekly salaries *
Book Clerks, Clerks,
keepers, account general
hand
ing
Percent of women—
Clerks,
order
Office
boys
Calcu
latingCalcu
BookBook
Billers,
latingmachine
keeping- keepingmachine Book machine
machine operators Clerks, Clerks,
(billing keepers, opera machine operators (other account
file,
opera
ma
hand
(Comp
ing
class A
than
tors,
tors,
chine)
Comp
tometer
class A class B
type)
tometer
type)
TTndfir $90 00
$20.00-$22.49.............................
$22.50-$24.99.............................
$25.00-$27.49 ..........................
$27.50-$29.99.............................
10.3
22.7
18.5
7.2
$30 00-$S 9 40
$32.50-$34.99 ..........................
$35.00-$37.49.............................
$37.50-$39.99 ..........................
$40.00-142.49 ....... .................
1.6
15.5
11.3
6.2
2.0
3.1
7.9
5.6
16.6
24.6
3.6
3.1
2.1
0.9
1.4
14.1
1.8
12.3
8.6
0.7
7.6
2.9
14.3
11.8
37.8
5.9
15.4
1.8
3.4
16.7
14.3
7.3
29.2
21.9
6.2
16.9
20.9
12.6
15.0
5.5
7.9
18.7
20.3
23.0
8.4
15.7
18.6
24.2
1.4
3.7
.5
2.3
.5
13.7
2.3
6.3
13.1
5.7
8.4
5.1
4.5
8.4
6.2
3.7
1.2
.6
.9
6.3
.9
1.6
2.7
.9
5.7
4.3
8.6
3.4
8.6
9.1
3.4
.6
1.1
1.1
3.5
1.4
8.7
0.8
8.3
7.7
18.8
21.2
9.1
7.5
5.3
13.6
9.8
12.1
13.6
5.8
4.9
4.9
3.2
1.4
22.1
7.6
6.8
0.5
1.2
.8
1.6
4.0
14.2
13.6
$£5 0 0-$5 7 4Q
$fi7 MV-$SQ 00
$00 0 0 -$ fi9 4p
3.4
1.5
4.9
9.9
4.4
19.2
5.3
7.3
1.6
7.7
7.7
10.6
21.9
7.7
5.3
$09 0 0-$0 4 00
$fi5 00—$07 49
$07 0 0-$0 0 00
$70 0 0-$7 9 40
$79K O -$74,99
22.2
3.0
11.3
4.9
4.9
9.3
8.9
3.2
8.5
7.7
6.5
.6
1.8
1.8
9.3
1.3
8.6
$75.00-$79.99.............................
$80.00-$84.99.............................
8.9
3.6
1.2
2.4
4.7
1.2
1.7
7.6
4.3
1.3
$95.00-199.99.............................
.5
14.8
6.9
5.4
1.5
Total..............................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
203
247
169
302
97
219
175
178
326
668
70
691
132
$69.50
$62.50
$57.00
$63.00
$36.50
$43.00
$55.50
$49.00
$41.50
$44.50
$43.00
$45.00
$47.00
$49 f»n-$44 QQ
$45.00-$47.49 ..........................
$47.50-$49.99.............................
$50.00-$52.49.............................
$52.50-$54.99.............................
$85 00-$8Q 00
$00 00-$0 4,0 0
_
_
____
Average weekly salary1.........
1 Excludes pay for overtime.
3.6
.3
.6
.1
.9
.3
.4
.3
.5
1.0
$100 00 a n d n y a r
Estimated number of workers.
.5
.5
.5
.5
5.7
100.0
SEATTLE
27
T able 2.— Percentage distribution o f workers in selected office occupations, by weekly salaries,1 in Seattle,
February 1 94 9 — Continued
Percent of women—
Weekly salaries1
Clerks,
file,
class B
Clerks,
general
Clerks, Clerks.
order pay-roll
Clerktypists
Office
girls
Switch
TranStenog Stenog Switch
scribing- Typists,
board
board operatorraphers, raphers, opera
machine class A Typists,
class B
general technical
reception operators,
tors
general
ists
Under $20.00.............................
$20.00-122.49..............................
$22.50-$24.99..............................
$25.00-$27.49..............................
$27.50-$29.99..............................
$30.00-$32.49..............................
$32.50-$34.99..............................
$35.00-$37.49..............................
0.3
12.3
17.9
3.1
5.0
17.4
21.0
16.2
0.9
3.2
$37.60-$39.99..............................
$40.00-$42.49..............................
$42.50-$44.99..............................
$45.00-$47.49..............................
$47.fift-$49.99 .
6.7
11.4
7.3
19.1
15.7
5.9
3.4
11.1
7.5
19.2
9.4
6.3
$50.00-$52.49..............................
$52.50-$54.99..............................
$55.00-$57.49..............................
$57.5ft-$59.99____
$60.00-$62.49..............................
.6
1.2
9.8
5.4
10.9
2.8
.3
$fi2.fift-Sfi4.99___
$65.00-$67.49..............................
$67.50-$69.99..............................
$70.00-$72.49..............................
$72.50-$74.99..............................
8.8
8.8
9.4
1.8
3.6
4.4
4.4
4.4
1.3
1.3
.5
11.2
20.2
2.5
4.0
4.8
8.4
13.9
1.9
16.0
4.9
18.5
13.6
19.1
18.0
15.2
5.8
5.1
10.5
9.8
1.4
21.6
8.6
2.5
.7
23.1
23.1
0.5
4.9
1.6
11.6
17.9
27.1
10.7
11.3
4.5
2.7
.5
1.9
5.6
3.7
.6
.6
2.1
.2
.2
.2
0.6
4.8
.6
2.6
1.2
2.0
.7
.5
.2
5.4
8.9
33.8
4.5
12.5
10.7
3.6
3.6
15.2
1.8
2.6
1.0
8.4
27.4
12.9
4.2
6.5
13.0
12.9
1.9
13.3
14.5
23.1
17.7
17.0
9.1
4.3
27.9
25.2
7.4
.9
20.7
24.1
20.7
16.1
16.1
23.1
19.0
5.2
18.6
4.3
.3
3.0
2.4
.9
5.2
8.0
3.0
4.8
.4
1.7
2.5
1.9
.3
2.2
1.2
.6
8.6
11.8
8.0
2.8
.6
2.6
1.2
.9
$75.00-$79.99..............................
$80.00-$84.99..............................
$»Aftft-$89.99
$90.00-$94.99..............................
$95.00-$99.99..............................
$100.00 and over_____________
Total................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Estimated number of workers.
641
742
160
162
605
143
1,277
Average weekly salary1...........
$36.50
$47.00
$44.00
$48.50
$40.00
$35.00
$47.00
100.0
112
$55.50
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
165
230
116
323
286
$43.00
$43.00
$42.00
$43.00
$37.50
100.0
i Excludes pay for overtime.
T
able
3 . — Scheduled
weekly hours of women in Seattle offices, February 1949
Percent of workers em ployed in offices in—
Weekly hours
A ll industries Manufacturing Wholesale trade
A ll offices employing women.....................
Under 35 hours_______ ___ _
35 hours _
ftver 35 A n r i under 3 7 hnnrs
37^4 hours _
_
_
ftver 37^4 and under 40 hours
40 hours.......................................................
ftver 4ft and under 44 hnnrs
44 hnnrs
Over 44 hours__ ______________ ___ ___
100.0
100.0
100.0
2.4
4.0
93.6
3.1
.8
91.6
.7
100.0
1.6
.6
6.3
Retail trade
92.9
98.1
4.0
.3
Finance, in
surance, and
real estate
100.0
Transportation,
communica
tion, and other
public utilities
100.0
Services
1 0 0 .0
.3
8.4
12.4
21.2
87.3
ioo.o
70.2
.2
Appendix A
Scope and M ethod o f Survey
The information presented in this bulletin was
collected by visits of field representatives of the
Bureau to representative offices in each city sur
veyed. In classifying workers by occupation,
uniform job descriptions were used; they are
presented in appendix B.
The primary purpose of the Bureau’s job de
scriptions 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 from area to area, into
appropriate occupations. This is essential in
order to permit the grouping of occupational
wage rates representing comparable job content.
Because of this emphasis on interoffice and inter
area 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 without modification
by any single establishment or for any other
purpose than that indicated herein is not recom
mended. Where office workers regularly perform
duties classified in more than one occupation,
they are generally classified according to the
most skilled or responsible duties that are a regular
part of their job and that are significant in de
termining their value to the firm.
The study covered six broad industry divisions
and in each division only establishments above a
certain size were studied. Office employment in
smaller establishments was not considered suffi
ciently great to warrant inclusion of such estab
lishments in the survey. The industries included
in the study together with the minimum size of
establishments and the number of establishments
surveyed in each of the five cities reported on in
this bulletin are summarized 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 maximize
the proportion of office workers that could be
surveyed with funds available. Each size-ofestablishment group was, however, given only its
proper influence on the information presented.
The number of establishments in each size cate
gory and total employment in these establishments
is summarized in appendix tables A -3 and A -4.
T a b l e A—1.— Establishments by industry division
Number of establishments in—
Industry division
M ini
mum size
of estab
lishment 1
A ll divisions...............................................
Manufacturing..........................................
Durable goods 2
Nondurable goods8................................
Wholesale trade.........................................
Retail trade...............................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate..........
Transportation, communication, and
other public utilities6............................
Services •....................................................
Central offiees 7__
Boston
Atlanta
Esti
mated
total
Studied
Esti
mated
total
Studied
Esti
mated
total
New York
Studied
Esti
mated
total
Seattle
Studied
E sti
mated
total
Studied
515
135
1,681
232
2,424
299
4,363
634
397
118
100
31
1,185
553
632
479
189
285
101
52
49
48
45
45
1,486
278
1,208
880
332
714
123
26
97
65
57
80
21
29
18
22
53
18
35
39
36
38
79
221
40
78
443
141
302
443
161
311
126
40
96
32
18
14
21
72
228
23
23
29
14
92
194
28
32
227
522
202
58
78
73
100
100
100
426
100
425
100
426
68
i Number of plant and office workers.
* Metalworking; lumber, furniture, and other wood products; and stone,
clay, and glass products. Figures are not shown separately for durable goods
in Atlanta and Seattle since separate information on salaries and working
conditions is not presented for these industries.
3 Food and kindred products; tobacco; textiles; apparel and other finished
products made from fabrics; paper and paper products; printing and publish
ing; chemicals; products of petroleum and coal; rubber products; leather and
leather products; professional, scientific, and controlling instruments; optical
goods; watches and clocks; and miscellaneous manufacturing. Figures are
not shown separately for nondurable goods in Atlanta and Seattle since sep
Chicago
13
43
17
24
8
16
arate information on salaries and working conditions is not presented for these
industries.
4 Except in Chicago and New York, where only establishments with more
than 60 workers were studied.
9Excluding railroads.
•Business service; such professional services as engineering, architecture,
accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping firms; motion pictures; and nonprofit
membership organizations.
7 Data for central offices are not shown separately for Atlanta, Chicago, and
Seattle, but centre offices were included in the survey for these cities.
29
A P P E N D IX A
T a b l e A -2 .— Employment by industry division
Employment in—
Boston
Atlanta
Industry division
Chicago
New York
In establish
In establish
In establish
Esti ments studied Esti ments studied Esti ments studied
mated
mated
mated
tota l1
total i
tota l1
T otal1 Office
T ota l1 Office
T ota l1 Office
Esti
mated
tota l1
Seattle
In establish
Esti ments studied
mated
total1
T otal1 Office
T ota l1 Office
In establish
ments studied
A ll divisions................................... 91,500 51,700 13,700 380,800 163,700 41,200 848,100 345,300 90,800 1,181,700 462,500 187,800 83,600 56,900
Manufacturing...............................
& Durable goods.............................
Nondurable goods.......................
Wholesale trade..............................
Retail trade....................................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate3-........................................
Transportation, communication,
* and other public utilities............
Services...........................................
Central nffieas 84 __ _ _
36,100 18,300 1,600 180,500
73,500
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2) 107,000
16,800 4.700 1.500 38.700
15,300 11,200 2,300 58,300
8
6,800
72.600
43,100
29,500
7,700
29,900
9.100 516.100
6.100 296,000
3.000 220.100
2,200 65.800
3,800 123,100
42,100
17.600 17,600
49.800
22.400 22,400
13,200 12,700
3,300 1.700
3.500
1,700
38.700
28,300
5,600
4,900
1,600
69.800
23,500
55.400
7,100
2,300
2,000 2.000
1 Plant and office employment.
s Separate data not presented for these industries.
* N o attempt was made to separate plant and office employment.
2,600
!):|
(2)
70,200
70.200
8,000
4,300
4,300
180,900 135,500
76,900 24,800
59,800 36,000
33,700
9,200
2,600
8.100
2,400
300
182,300
3,100
20,200
65,600
12,800
95,500
400,700
84,200
316.500
102,600
178.500
3,100
10,000
7,000
12,600
16,100 39,700 29,200
2,900
(2)
13.200
(2)
7,700 10,000 4.100
13,100 14,100 9.600
170,500 29,600
114,700 20,100
55.800 9,500
13,100 4,300
76.800 17,500
87,700
22,100
8
11,000
1.600
1,100
1,900
36,000
4 Data for central offices are not shown separately for Atlanta, Chicago, and
Seattle, but central offices were included in the survey for these cities.
T a b l e A -3 .— Establishments by size of establishment
Number of establishments in—
Boston
Atlanta
Esti
mated
total
Studied
Esti
mated
total
New York
Chicago
Size of establishment1
Studied
Esti
mated
total
Studied
Esti
mated
total
Seattle
Studied
Esti
mated
total
A ll size groups............................................
515
135
1,681
232
2,424
299
4,363
534
397
501 and over................................................
251 to 500.....................................................
101 to 250.....................................................
26 to 100 3.....................................................
32
42
146
295
27
27
35
46
125
185
618
753
67
36
74
55
305
274
1,261
584
121
46
88
393
528
2,158
1,284
207
92
160
75
15
28
134
44
Studied
220
118
15
20
41
42
1 Plant and office employment.
3 Except in Chicago and New York, where only establishments with more than 50 workers were studied.
T a b l e A -4 .—Employment by size of establishment
Total employment in—
Atlanta
Size of establishment1
Boston
Chicago
In establish
In establish
In establish
Esti ments studied Esti- ments studied Esti- ments studied
mated
mated
mated
tota l1
tota l1
tota l1
Total1 Office
T ota l1 Office
T ota l1 Office
New York
Estimated
tota l1
In establish
ments studied
T ota l1 Office
Seattle
In establish
Esti ments studied
mated
tota l1
Total1 Office
A ll size groups................................ 91,500 51,700 13,700 380,800 163,700 41,200 848,100 345,300 90,800 1,181,700 462,500 187,800 83,600 56,900
501 and over.................................... 41,000
251 to 500......................................... 14,600
101 to 250......................................... 22,200
26 to 100 3......................................... 13,700
34,200
9.400
5,700
2.400
6,600 183,200 135,700 32,200 517.500 312,000 75,200
3,300 61,600 12,900 2.500 99,300 16,300 8,000
2,100 95,800 12,200 4.500 192.500 14,000 5.300
2,900 2,000 38,800
1,700 40,200
3,000 2.300
1 Plant and office employment.
3 Except in Chicago and New York, where only establishments with more than 50 workers were studied.
581,400 401,200 157,800 40,800 40,800
182,700 31,400 14,200 10,400 7.200
330,600 24,800 12,400 22,200 6,700
3,400 10,200 2.200
87,000
5,100
12,600
7.300
2,100
1,900
1.300
Appendix B
Descriptions o f Occupations Studied
Biller, M achine
A worker who prepares statements, bills, and
invoices on a machine other than an ordinary
typewriter. M ay also keep records as to billings
or shipping charges or perform other clerical work
incidental to billing operations. Should be desig
nated as working on billing machine or bookkeep
ing machine as described below.
Billing Machine
A worker who uses a special billing machine
(M oon Hopkins, Elliott Fisher, Burroughs,
etc., which are combination typing and adding
machines) to prepare bills and invoices from
customers’ purchase orders, internally pre
pared orders, shipping memoranda, 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 automatically accumulated
by machine. The operation usually involves
a large number of carbon copies of the bill
being prepared and is often done on a fan-fold
machine.
Bookkeeping Machine
A worker who uses a bookkeeping machine
(Sundstrand, Elliott Fisher, Remington Rand,
etc., which may or may not have typewriter
keyboard) to prepare customers’ bills as part
of the accounts receivable operation. Gener
ally involves the simultaneous 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 knowl
edge of bookkeeping. Works from uniform
and standard types of sales and credit slips.
30
Bookkeeper, Hand
A worker who keeps a set of books for recording
business transactions and whose work involves
most of the following: Posting and balancing sub
sidiary ledgers, cash books or journals, journalizing
transactions where judgment is involved as to
accounts affected; posting general ledger; and
taking trial balances. M ay also prepare account
ing statements and bills; may direct work of
assistants or accounting clerks.
Bookkeeping-M achine Operator
A worker who operates a bookkeeping machine
(Remington Rand, E lliott Fisher, Sundstrand,
Burroughs, National Cash Register) to keep a
record of business transaction.
Class A: A worker who uses a bookkeeping
machine with or without a typewriter key
board to keep a set of records of business
transactions usually requiring a knowledge of
and experience in basic bookkeeping prin
ciples and familiarity with the structure of the
particular accounting system used. Deter
mines proper records and distribution of debit
and credit items to be used in each phase of
the work. M ay prepare consolidated reports,
balance sheets, and other records by hand.
Class B: A worker who uses a bookkeeping
machine with or without a typewriter key
board 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 bookkeeping. Phases or
sections include accounts payable, pay-roll,
customers’ accounts (not including simple
type of billing described under Biller, Ma
chine), cost distributions, expense distribu
tions, inventory control, etc. In addition,
may check or assist in preparation of trial
balances and prepare control sheets for the
accounting department.
A P P E N D IX B
Calculating-M achine 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
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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: Answering correspondence, pre
paring bills and invoices, posting to various
records, preparing pay rolls, fifing, etc. M ay also
operate various office machines and type as the
work requires. (See Clerk-Typist.)
Clerk, Accounting
Clerk, Order
A worker who performs one or more accounting
operations such as preparing simple journal
vouchers, accounts payable vouchers; coding in
voices or vouchers with proper accounting dis
tributions; entering vouchers in voucher registers;
reconciling bank accounts; posting and balancing
subsidiary ledgers controlled by general ledger,
e. g., accounts receivable, accounts payable, stock
records, voucher journal. M ay assist in preparing
journal entries. For workers whose duties include
handling the general ledger or a set of books. (See
A worker who receives customers’ orders for
material or merchandise by mail, phone, or per
sonally and whose duties involve any combination
of the following: Quoting prices to customers,
making out an order sheet fisting the items to
make up the order, checking prices and quantities
of items on order sheet, distributing order sheets
to respective departments to be filled. M ay also
check with credit department to determine credit
rating of customer, acknowledge receipt of orders
from customers, follow up orders to see that they
have been filled, keep file of orders received, and
check shipping invoices with original orders.
,
Bookkeeper Hand.)
Clerk, File
Class A : A worker who is responsible for
maintaining an established filing system and
classifies and indexes correspondence or other
material; may also file this material. M ay
keep records of various types in conjunction
with files or supervise others in fifing and locat
ing material in the files. M ay perform
incidental clerical duties.
Class B: A worker who performs routine
fifing, usually of material that has already
been classified, or locates or assists in locating
material in files. M ay perform incidental
clerical duties.
Clerk, General
A worker who is typically required to perform
a variety of office operations. This requirement
may arise as a result of impracticability of special
ization in a small office or because versatility is
essential in meeting peak requirements in larger
offices. The work generally involves the use of
independent judgment in tending to a pattern of
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 calculating
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, deductions 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. M ay 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 major portion
of the time and whose work involves typing letters,
reports, and other matter from rough draft or
corrected copy and one or more oj the following:
keeping simple records; fifing records and reports;
making out bills; sorting and distributing incoming
mail.
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K ey -P u n ch O p era to r1
Under general supervision and with no super
visory 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 records. M ay be required
to duplicate cards by using the duplicating device
attached to machine. Keeps files on punched
cards. M ay verify own work or work of others.
Office Boy|orlGirl
A worker who performs a variety of routine
duties such as running errands; operating minor
office machines, such as sealers or mailers; opening
and distributing mail; and other minor clerical
work. (Bonded messengers are excluded from
this classification.)
Stenographer, General
A worker whose primary function is to take
dictation from one or more persons, either in short
hand or by stenotype or similar machine, involv
ing a normal routine vocabularly, and to transcribe
this dictation on a typewriter. M ay also type
from written copy. M ay also set up and keep
files in order, keep single records, etc. Does not
include transcribing-machine work. (See Trans
-
scribing-Machine Operator.)
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 vocab
ulary such as in legal briefs or reports on scientific
research and to transcribe this dictation on a
typewriter. M ay also type from written copy.
M ay also set up and keep files in order, keep sim
ple records, etc. Does not include transcribingmachine work. (See Transcribing-Machine Oper
ator.)
Switchboard Operator
A worker who operates a single or multiple posi
tion telephone switchboard, and whose duties in
volve handling incoming, outgoing, and intra* Only in New York C ity.
plant or office calls. In addition, may record
toll calls and take messages. As a minor part
o f duties, may give information to persons who
call in, or occasionally take telephone orders.
For workers who also do typing or other steno
graphic work or act as receptionists. (See Switch
board Operator-Receptionist.)
Switchboard- Operator-Receptionist
A worker who in addition to performing duties
of operator, on a single position or monitor-type
switchboard, acts as receptionist and/or performs
typing or other routine clerical work as part oi
regular duties. This typing or clerical work may
take the major part of this worker’s time while
at switchboard.
Transcribing-M achine Operator, General
A worker whose primary function is to transcribe
dictation involving a normal routine vocabularly
from transcribing-machine records. M ay also
type from written copy and do simple clerical
work. A worker who takes dictation in short
hand or by stenotype or similar machine is classi
fied as a Stenographer General.
,
Transcribing-M achine Operator, Technical
A worker whose primary function is to tran
scribe dictation involving a varied technical or
specialized vocabularly such as in legal briefs or
reports on scientific research from transcribingmachine records. M ay 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
,
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.
M ay 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 o f technical and
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A P P E N D IX B
unusual words or from foreign language copy;
combining material from several sources; or
planning lay-out of complicated statistical
tables to maintain uniformity and balance in
spacing; typing tables from rough draft in
final form. M ay also type routine form
letters, varying details to suit circumstances.
A worker who performs on e or
typing from relatively
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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