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Salaries of Office Workers
in Selected Large Cities
Reprinted (with additional data)
From the Monthly Labor Review (September 1948)
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Bulletin No. 943
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Maurice J. Tobin,
Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague,
Commissioner
Letter of Transmittal
U nited States D epartment op Labor,
B ureau op L abor S tatistics,
Washington, D. C., August 17,1948.
The S ecretary op L abor:
I have the honor to transmit herewith a report on salaries of office workers
in selected large cities.
This report was prepared in the Bureau’s Division of Wage Analysis by
Kermit B. Mohn.
E wan Claque, Commissioner.
Hon. M aurice J. T obin,
Secretary of Labor.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U .S . Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. Price20cents.
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Contents
I ntercity D ifferences in Salary Levels__________________________________
Salary Levels Within Cities______________________________________________
R elated P ractices and Supplementary B enefits__________________________
A ppendix A:
Table A. Average hourly rates for selected office occupations in selected cities. .
Table B. Percentage distribution of office workers in selected occupations, by
weekly salaries, in selected cities______________________________
Table C. Rate structure for office workers in selected cities--------------------------Table D. Scheduled weekly hours for office workers in selected cities__________
Table E. Scheduled days per week for office workers in selected cities________
Table F. Vacations with pay for office workers in selected cities_____________
Table G. Paid holidays for office workers in selected cities__________________
Table H. Insurance and pension plans for office workers in selected cities____
Table I. Nonproduction bonuses for office workers in selected cities_________
Table J. Average salaries and average weekly scheduled hours of work for se
lected office occupations in selected cities, by industry group_____
Table K. Average salaries and average weekly scheduled hours of work for
selected office occupations in Chicago, 111., by industry group,
February 1948_______________________________________________
Table L. Average salaries and average weekly scheduled hours of work for
selected office occupations in New York, N. Y., by industry group,
January-February 1948_______________________________________
Appendix B:
Descriptions of office occupations.___________________________
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Salaries of
Office Workers in
Large Cities
Kermit B. Mohn 1
I nformation on salary levels in 23 selected office
occupations is provided in a series of studies of
office workers7 salaries, on a cross-industry basis,
made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 11 large
cities.1
2 These occupations range in skill from
office boys and girls to hand bookkeepers. Data
on related practices and supplementary benefits
were also obtained. This article summarizes the
findings of these studies.
Intercity Differences in Salary Levels
The average salary of women general stenogra
phers in San Francisco in February 1948 was
$48.13.3* This was the highest wage level for the
job among 11 large cities studied on a cross-industry
basis (see table). At the other extreme, Boston
showed the lowest average salary, $37.31. The
1 Of the Bureau’s Division of Wage Analysis.
2 The cities included in the study, together with the number of establish
ments studied in each, are as follows: Atlanta (186), Boston (329), Buffalo
(194), Chicago (426), Dallas (161), Denver (109), Milwaukee (161), New York
(884), San Francisco (168), Oakland (86), and Seattle (156). Establishments
in six broad industry groups were included—manufacturing; wholesale trade;
retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; transportation (except rail
roads), communication, and other public utilities; and selected service indus
tries. Establishments with total employment of 26 workers or less were
excluded from the scope of the survey, in all cities; in New York, San Fran
cisco, and Oakland, the minimum size was 51 workers. Higher minima were
observed in certain industries in each city.
Data pertained to pay-roll periods in specified months for the respective
cities, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta); January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo
Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); January-February 1948 (New York);
February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, and San Franciseo-Oakland).
Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco-Oakland data appeared in the
Monthly Labor Review, issues of May 1948 (p. 512), July 1948 (p. 26), and
August 1948 (p. 138), respectively.
median city average, as represented by Dallas, was
$40.72. Among 4 other cities, the averages for
this occupation ranged from $37.99 to $39.42, and
in the remaining 4 cities, from $43.37 to $46.81.
Hand bookkeepers, the highest-pay job among
women in 9 of the 11 cities, had average salaries
ranging from $55.11 in New York to $43.98 in
Buffalo. In addition to New York, 4 other cities
had averages above $50 a week, and the remaining
5 were grouped within a $4 range between $44.41
and $48.41.
Office girls (usually the lowest-pay or next to
the lowest-pay group) received average salaries of
$38.61 in San Francisco and $27.51 in Dallas.
The averages for the other 9 cities fell within this
range, with 3 cities in addition to Dallas showing
averages below $30.
The differences in average salaries between the
lowest- and highest-pay cities, for each job,
amounted to between $10 and $15 in all except
3 of the 21 occupations studied. The average
salaries for specific occupations in the 5 lowestpay cities were generally grouped within spreads
of from $1 to $4.
Men were employed in office occupations to a
much less extent than women. In only 6 occu
pations were sufficient numbers of men found in
all cities to warrant presentation of their salary
data. Men hand bookkeepers received average
salaries of $66.78 in San Francisco and $52.96
in Dallas. Three other cities had averages below
$60 for this occupation—Atlanta ($57.79), Bos
ton ($56.69), and Denver ($59.84). Office boys7
salaries ranged from an average of $39.78 in
Oakland to $28.09 in Dallas. This was the only
men7s occupation for which the difference be
tween the highest-pay and lowest-pay cities was
not between $13 and $14.
The weekly salary levels in San Francisco
exceeded those in all other cities for both men
and women. However, when men7s and women7s
salaries are considered separately, the ranking
2 All salary data relate to pay for work at regular rates (excluding overtime
premiums) for full-time workers; part-time workers were excluded from the
survey.
Occupational data are based on uniform job descriptions prepared by the
Bureau. These descriptions appear in the appendix of this reprint. Infor
mation was collected by Bureau field representatives in visits to each
of the firms studied.
1
2
of the cities4 differ greatly. On the basis of
women’s salary levels, the 11 cities ranked in this
order: San Francisco, Oakland, Chicago, Seattle,
New York, Dallas, Denver, Atlanta, Milwaukee,
Buffalo, Boston. Based on men’s salaries, Buf
falo ranked in fourth place behind San Francisco,
Oakland, and Seattle; New York and Chicago
were in fifth and sixth place, respectively, fol
lowed by Denver, Boston, Milwaukee, Dallas,
and Atlanta.
In order to allow for differences in number of
hours regularly worked, weekly salaries were
converted into hourly rates. The intercity rela
tionships resulting from a comparison on this
< These rankings were computed by adding the number of occupational
averages ranking first, second, third, etc., for all occupations for which aver
ages could be shown for all cities.
basis showed a number of important changes
from those indicated on the basis of weekly sala
ries. In women’s hourly rates, San Francisco
again was at the top. New York City ranked
second only to San Francisco, moving ahead of
Oakland, Chicago, and Seattle which preceded
it on a weekly basis. This difference reflected
the relative predominance in New York City
of a standard workweek of less than 40 hours.
Shorter average workweeks likewise changed the
relative position of Boston (from eleventh to
ninth), while the comparatively long average
workweek in Denver resulted in a drop of that
city from seventh to tenth place. The other 4
cities ranked as follows: Dallas, sixth; Atlanta,
seventh; Milwaukee, eighth; and Buffalo, elev
enth.
Average weekly salaries 1for selected office occupations, in selected cities, December 1947-February 1948i2
San FranciscoOakland
Sex and occupation
New
Mil
Atlanta Boston Buffalo Chicago Dallas Denver waukee
York
San
Fran
cisco
Seattle
Oak
land
Women
Billers (billing machine)................................................................. $36.78 $34.09 $33.74 $42.77 $36.49 $35.53 $34.30 $40.82 $45.75 $43.90
35.31
42.74 40.17
44.12 49.62 39.43
34.46
37.40
Billers (bookkeeping machine)....................................................... 37.68
37.13
55.11
55.02
48.41
45.46
43.98
52.10
48.30 46.05
61.38
Bookkeepers, hand.......................................................................... 44.41
48.14
47.94
52.15
51.63 46.41
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class A...................................... 43.54 42.88
41.87
45.49
43.88
34.84
33.52 41.65
37.35
40.67 44.23
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B ...................................... 36.65
35.97
39.58
41.60
35.22 42.37 47.78
35.92 36.67
43.19
38.51
35.53
44.50
Calculating-machine operators (Comptometer-type).................. 38.26
36.42 39.86
33.71
35.80 42.07
36.19
38.40
43.80
42.70
Calculating-machine operators (other than Comptometer-type). 35.73
43.84
36.24
37.74
39.79 39.21
41.75 47.83
44.64
Clerks, accounting........................................................................... 37.83
38.88
38.12
41.82
40.65
40.13 32.90
45.59
38.38
40.10
Clerks, file, class A .......................................................................... 36.34 37.87
34.86
36.62
28.81
28.81
29.39 32.40
37.37
Clerks, file, class B .......................................................................... 30.03
29.27 30.09
45.02
43.62 35.24
37.02 39.72
49.47
40.52 34.94
42.48
Clerks, general................................................................................. 42.29
49.75
42.81
35.47
34.63 40.97
35.32
34.89
43.88
35.90
Clerks, order— ............................................................................... 35.77
40.69
45.61
39.41
40.63
44.94
46.57
50.31
38.30
Clerks, pay-roll................................................................................ 39.96 37.73
34.21
38.15
42.21
31.79
34.50
33.91
41.99
33.07 37.52
Clerk-typists.................................................................................... 33.14
28.41
32.72
27.51
30.56
38.61
Office girls—...................................................................................... 30.16
28.50
30.80
28.40
37.47
43.37
44.95
40.72 38.80
37.99
48.13
Stenographers, general-................................................................... 39.42 37.31
38.01
46.81
Stenographers, technical „
_
41.24
50.54
42.02
45.68
44.14 41.85
48.97
40.95
36.72 40.89 37.36
35.84 36.41
42.56
47.15
45.51
Switchboard operators.................................................................... 34.94 36.09
Switchboard-operator-receptionists. ............................................. 35.66 35.56
35.52 34.80
35.42 41.10
41.00
44.73
43.03
35.89
40.95
45.82
Transcribing-machine operators, general...................................... 36.36 34.65
36.14 34.91
42.73
36.47
42.33
34.79
Tmngr»fihir>g-mftp.hinft operators, technical_________________ 39.71
43.36
45.17
38.13
41.91
35.00
41.36
41.22
37.26
43.70 38.10
36.57
38.46
46.60
Typists, class A............................................................................... 36.66 37.44
Typists, class B ............................................................................... 32.04
34.96
42.09
30.95
37.69
29.99 30.24 37.82
31.50
32.40
Men
Billers (hilling machine)
Billers (bookkeeping machine)................. ....................................
Bookkeepers, hand..........................................................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class A....................... ..........
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B
__
___ ....
Calculating-machine operators (Comptometer-type)........... ......
Calculating-machine operators (other than Comptometer-type).
Clerks, accounting...........................................................................
Clerks, file, class A......................... ................................................
Clerks, file, class B ....................... .................................................
Clerks, general.................................................................................
Clerks, order.....................................................................................
Clerks, pay-roll................................................................................
Clerk-typists, __
_
_. _ .
Office boys........................................................................................
Stenographers, general
_
- _ _ _
. _ _. _ . T _
Switchboard operators....................................................................
Typists, class A...................................................... ........................
Typists, class B .............................................................................
41.61
56.69
62.60
52.04
39.47
33.95
46.16
43.99
53.78
28.31
43.71
47.47
44.83
35.15
28.27
42.88
28.55
53.03
50.40
50.05
41.24
28.38
44.89
57.79
53.59
37.37
39.94
i Excluding overtime premiums and part-time workers.
* Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1047 (Atlanta);
January 1048 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); January-
54.24
52.67
50.80
46.14
30.54
42.97
40.34
59.84
55.65
46.60
36.56
45.26
53.59
42.00
60.85
64.43
57.79
46.62
44.00
41.47
51.60
46.16
32.71
47.81
52.33
55.44
39.34
30.52
50.05
51.58
45.27
37.77
66.78
53.36
44.22
56.77
58.11
55.52
49.11
44.25
55.74
56.98
56.47
46.48
37.85
50.80
63.93
42.48
35.87
62.11
56.51
37.90
52.96
52.93
38.04
38.98
51.51
42.86
33.54
50.64
54.02
50.57
40.14
32.56
58.24
49.60
43.67
50.75
47.79
29.16
51.62
43.22
49.78
36.47
28.09
30.88
48.23
45.38
50.31
37.75
30.98
44.47
31.87
42.00
43.77
46.71
40.17
29.28
45.71
40.97
40.23
58.81
$41.20
41.43
52.06
44.20
41.13
41.43
39.95
42.80
42.52
33.55
43.95
42.10
44.96
39.37
33.19
45.62
50.92
40.77
40.97
42.32
41.11
35.64
62.50
48.58
43.71
62.72
37.98
57.55
53.50
65.78
55.19
51.96
55.52
58.44
39.78
32.98
45.24
February 1048 (New York); February 1048 (Chicago, Dallas, and San
Francisco-Oakland).
3
The only substantial difference between the
ranking of cities in men’s salaries on an hourly
rate basis and on a weekly basis was in New York
City. It ranked fifth on a weekly basis, but tied
for second place on an hourly basis. This dif
ference was largely influenced by the compara
tively high hourly rate structure in New York
City central and administrative offices.
Salary Levels Within Cities
Generally, ranges in salaries for specific occu
pations within the respective cities were quite
extensive. This condition reflected the influence
of two important factors—methods of salary
determination and industry differentials—although
it is recognized that other factors also contributed
to these variations.
Office worker salaries are usually not set up
within a formal rate structure. They are more
frequently determined on the basis of individual
considerations that do not apply to the occupa
tion as a whole. Formal structures are found
primarily in the very large establishments, or in
those, relatively small in number, in which the
office workers are covered by union agreements.
Salary levels in each city tended to follow a
uniform pattern. among the various industries.
In practically all the cities, salaries in manufac
turing and in transportation, communication, and
other public utilities were above those in the
other industry groups, with the levels in retail
trade, and in finance, insurance, and real estate
usually below all others. No special attempt was
made to determine the reasons for these relation
ships, but undoubtedly the influence of the wage
levels among plant workers in the two higher-pay
industry groups had some effect.
Although the difference between the lowest and
highest-paid workers in an occupation within a
city, was generally marked, frequently amounting
to $30 or $40, sizable proportions of workers
received salaries falling within smaller ranges
around the occupational averages. For example,
in 9 of the 11 cities, salaries of at least two-thirds
of the women general stenographers fell within
spreads of $12.50 around the respective averages
for the occupation. Similarly, in all except one
city, more than 70 percent of the women clerktypists were included within a $12.50 range; in
4 of these, more than 80 percent were within this
range.
Neither size of establishment as measured by
total employment nor length of workweek appeared
to be among the important factors affecting salary
variations in most of the cities. Definite rela
tionships between size of establishment and wage
level, found quite generally in studies of plant
workers in industry, were apparent for office
workers on a fairly consistent basis in only a
few cities. Comparisons of salaries of workers on
a 5-day week with those working 5X or 6 days
failed to reveal any uniformity of variation.
Belated Practices and Supplementary Benefits
The 40-hour week was the most common single
workweek standard found, in all cities. Other
regular workweeks generally ranged from 35 to 48
hours, with the proportions of establishments
having the shorter or longer schedules varying
considerably among cities. A workweek of more
than 40 hours was more prevalent than one of less
than 40 in Atlanta, Dallas, and Denver. The
reverse condition existed in Boston, Chicago, New
York, San Francisco, and Seattle. The propor
tions were about evenly divided in Buffalo and
Milwaukee. In Oakland only 3 establishments
had a workweek other than 40 hours. In New
York City, a workweek of less than 40 hours was
actually more prevalent than the 40-hour week;
women in about 60 percent of the establishments
had workweeks of less than 40 horns, with about
28 percent operating on a 35-hour basis. The
5-day week was observed in a majority of estab
lishments in all cities, although a longer week
(5% or 6 days) was found in Atlanta, Dallas, and
Denver in greater proportions than in other cities.
Paid vacations were provided for office workers
in all establishments studied in Buffalo, Dallas,
Milwaukee, San Francisco, and Oakland, and in
all except a very few companies in the other cities.
Two weeks’ vacation after a year of service was
the most prevalent provision in all cities.
Paid holidays, ranging from 2 to 17, were also
almost universally provided in all cities. Six days
4
were granted in the vast majority of the establish
ments studied in Buffalo, Chicago, Denver, and
Milwaukee; 5 or 6 days in Atlanta and Dallas, 6
to 8 in Seattle, San Francisco, and Oakland. A
majority of the Boston and New York City
establishments granted more than 8 holidays—11
was the most popular single standard. The in
fluence of the finance, insurance, and real estate
industries in these two cities was quite apparent.
In all cities this industry group was the most
liberal in its holiday provisions.
Formal provisions for paid sick leave were in
existence in at least a fifth of the establishments
studied in each city. In two cities, the propor
tions ran as high as 31 percent. Although many
plans provided for sick-leave pay after 3 or 6
months of service, the granting of paid sick leave
after a year of service was almost a standard
practice in those establishments providing this
benefit on a formal basis. One or 2 weeks, more
frequently the latter in all except two cities, after
a year of service, was customary. Some estab
lishments granted more than 2 weeks after a year
of service, and some granted additional time after
longer periods.
Insurance and/or pension plans were reported
by a majority of establishments studied in all
except Oakland. In most cities the proportions
having these plans actually were between threefifths and four-fifths. Life insurance was most
commonly provided, and health insurance was
also reported quite frequently. Retirement-pen
sion plans existed in more than a fourth of the
establishments in four cities (San Francisco was
highest, with 42 percent), in between a fifth and
a fourth in four others, and in between a sixth and
a fifth in the other three.
Nonproduction bonuses, usually of the Christ
mas or year-end type, were found in a slight
majority (the highest was 65 percent in Dallas)
of the establishments in five cities. In four others,
the proportions were slightly under a half. In
Seattle, 37 percent had this feature, but in Oak
land only 19 percent.
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Appendix A
N o t e .— In tables J, K, and L, transportation and public utilities include freight and
passenger transportation (excluding railroads) and services incidental thereto; telephone,
telegraph, and radio companies; and electric, gas, and water companies.
T a b l e A.— Average hourly rates1 for selected office occupations in selected cities 2
Sex and occupation
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Milwau
kee
New
York
San FranciscoOakland
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
Women
Billers (billing machine)...........................
Billers (bookkeeping machine).................
Bookkeepers, hand....................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class A.
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B.
Calculating-machine operators (comp
tometer)................................................ ..
Calculating-machine operators (other
than comptometer).................................
Clerks, accounting..
Clerks, file, class A .
Clerks, file, class B ....................................
Clerks, general...........................................
Clerks, order..............................................
Clerks, pay-roll..........................................
Clerk-typists..............................................
Office girls...................................................
Stenographers, general..............................
Stenographers, technical.....................—
Switchboard operators..............................
Switchboard-operator-receptionists........ .
Transcribing-machine operators (gen
eral)..........................................................
Transcribing-machine operators (tech
nical)........................................................
Typists, class A .........................................
Typists, class B ........................................ .
$0.91
.92
1.09
1.06
.89
$0.87
.90
1.18
1.09
.90
$0.84
.86
1.09
1.05
.84
$1.07
1.09
1.31
1.32
1.05
$0.90
1.00
1.15
1.13
.88
.95
.92
.91
1.09
.96
.90
.98
.89
.76
1.07
.90
1.00
.83
.77
1.00
1.01
.*87
.88
.88
.94
.98
.75
1.04
.91
.96
.82
.74
.97
1 06
.*92
.91
.91
.94
.95
.72
.88
.87
1.02
.87
.72
.96
1 15
'.92
.89
1.07
1.12
1.06
.88
1.08
1.07
1.15
.97
.83
1.14
1.30
l! 04
1.04
.89
.96
1.01
.73
1.08
.87
.95
.84
.69
1.01
1.15
.93
.86
.91
.90
.92
1.07
.88
1 01
.93
.81
.88
.97
.77
.93
.77
1.14
1.11
.96
.96
.78
1.45
1.57
1.30
.99
$1.15
1.25
1.40
1.34
1.12
$1.10
.99
1.28
1.16
1.04
$1.03
1.03
1.30
1.11
1.05
1.14
1.21
1.11
1.03
1.05
1.12
1.10
.87
1.09
1.08
1.24
1.01
.82
1.17
1.31
1.13
1.08
1.11
1.22
1.15
.95
1.24
1.26
1.27
1.07
.97
1.23
1.07
1.12
.96
.92
1.13
1.09
1.12
1.05
.94
1.17
1.19
1.14
1.14
1.08
1.02
.88
1.11
1.16
1.08
1.07
.96
.96
.77
1.07
.96
.81
1.16
1.13
.95
1.19
1.07
1.03
.95
1.03
.90
.88
1.19
1.34
1.05
1.53
1.71
1.53
1.23
1.70
1.35
1.10
1.60
1.56
1.01
1.09
1.43
$0.85
.93
1.21
1.10
.99
$1.09
1.18
1.46
1.31
1.11
.88
.87
.95
.97
.81
.75
.88
.88
.97
.84
.75
.89
1 05
.87
.84
.91
.98
1.01
.74
.94
.87
.96
.83
.70
.96
1.07
.92
.89
.86
$0.84
.92
1.12
1.17
.91
1.
1.
i ! ii
1.05
1.13
.99
.83
1.15
1.29
1.03
Men
Billers (billing machine)...........................
Billers (bookkeeping machine).................
Bookkeepers, hand....................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class A.
Bookkeeping-machine operators, class B.
Calculating-machine operators (comp
tometer)...................................................
Calculating-machine operators (other
than comptometer).................................
Clerks, accounting.....................................
Clerks, file, class A ....................................
Clerks, file, class B ....................................
Clerks, general.............................. .............
Clerks, order..............................................
Clerks, pay-roll.........................................
Clerk-typists..............................................
Office boys..................................................
Stenographers, general..............................
Stenographers, technical...........................
Switchboard operators..
Typists, class A ..
Typists, class B._
1.02
1.40
1.34
.92
.86
1.10
74
1.05
1.15
1.09
88
In
.99
1.14
.74
1.33
1.27
1.26
1 04
.73
1.13
1.36
1.34
1.29
1.27
1 13
.77
.93
1 Excluding overtime premium pay.
* Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); January-
803187—48-----2
1.07
.82
1.56
1.42
.95
1.30
1.27
.92
1.00
.98
1.45
1.31
1.16
.98
1.23
1.09
1.25
1.19
.72
1.24
1.04
1.19
.88
.69
.76
1.18
1.10
1.16
.90
.77
1.04
.81
1.06
1.09
1.16
.99
.74
1.30
1.15
.84
1.28
1.36
1.27
1 02
.84
1.36
1.16
1.01
1.15
1.42
1.11
1.38
1.24
.86
1.30
1.38
1.48
1.04
.82
1.29
1.42
1.41
1.23
1.11
1.40
1.43
1.43
1.16
.96
1.27
1.34
1.22
1.01
1.13
1.22
1.32
.95
1.43
1.34
1.40
1.37
1.29
1.37
1.46
1.00
.82
February 1948 (New York); February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco-
6
T able B.— Percentage distribution of office workers in selected occupations, by weekly salaries,1 in
Item
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Milwau
kee
New
York
selected cities
2
San FranciscoOakland
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
Women accounting clerks
Weekly salaries1 (in dollars):
17.60- 19.99..........................
20.00- 22.49..........................
22.50- 24.99..........................
26.00- 27.49..........................
27.5029.99.........................
30.00- 32.49..........................
32.60- 34.99..........................
35.00- 37.49..........................
37.50- 39.99..........................
40.00- 42.49..........................
42.50- 44.99..........................
45.00- 47.49..........................
47.50- 49.99.........................
50.00- 54.99..........................
55.00- 59.99..........................
60.00- 64.99..........................
65.00- 69.99..........................
70.00- 74.99..........................
75.00- 79.99..........................
80.00- 84.99..........................
0.2
4.8
13.7
19.9
19.0
11.3
10.8
7.4
5.2
2.3
3.4
1.6
.4
0.6
5.1
10.0
16.3
15.8
15.3
8.5
12.1
4.4
5.7
2.4
2.8
.4
.6
0.2
2.0
5.4
10.3
10.5
10.4
11.9
9.4
10.3
7.0
9,3
7.7
2.7
2.2
.7
Total...............................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
Number of workers.................................
Average weekly salaries *.......................
813
$37.83
2,496
$36.24
1,021
$37.74
0.3
1.7
2.8
4.5
9.6
15.6
14.0
14.9
12.6
3.5
5.6
2.2
7.6
2.3
2.8
1.3
3.2
10.2
13.2
15.7
10.8
13.5
ii.i
8.1
2.7
7.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
4,329
$43.84
603
$38.88
371
$39.79
549
$39.21
1.2
18.3
8.7
19.0
15.3
13.2
8.7
7.0
4.2
3.5
.9
4.2
24.9
19.6
26.7
8.6
8.3
5.0
.6
1.2
.9
2.8
11.2
16.5
19.0
19.5
12.8
8.7
5.6
2.1
1.7
.1
0.1
3.9
8.3
12.7
10.9
l& l
10.0
10.4
6.1
8.7
3.4
2.8
1.8
1.0
1.2
.6
2.7
1.6
7.3
14.2
10.8
6.7
9.7
15.5
8.9
13.6
3.4
7.7
.6
0.1
.7
3.2
7.5
9.6
11.3
12.4
15.2
9.3
9.7
4.6
7.9
4.4
2.4
1.0
.5
.2
0.2
.7
1.9
8.7
17.7
10.4
15.1
11.5
12.8
5.4
6.3
5.8
2.4
1.1
0.8
2.0
5.5
13.6
12.9
18.8
13.4
18.5
10.4
2.1
1.4
.6
0.8
17.8
7.4
22.9
14.7
12.8
5.4
5.4
7.0
1.9
1.6
2.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
7,846
$41.75
987
$47.83
258
$44.64
538
$42.80
2.1
2.7
13.3
17.9
20.0
7.8
20.1
13.3
2.8
7.5
15.5
21.3
16.1
13.2
10.3
5.2
7.5
3.4
0.5
1.6
5.3
11.6
21.2
28.1
10.0
9.8
4.2
5.6
1.4
.7
Women calculating-machine operators
{comptometer-type)
Weekly salaries1 (in dollars):
22.50- 24.99....................................
25.00- 27.49....................................
27.50- 29.99....................................
30.00- 32.49....................................
32.50- 34.99....................................
35.00- 37.49....................................
37.50- 39.99...................................
40.00- 42.49....................................
42.50- 44.99....................................
45.0047.49....................................
47.50- 49.99....................................
50.00- 54.99....................................
55.00- 59.99....................................
60.00- 64.99....................................
65.00- 69.99....................................
70.00- 74.99_______ _________
75.00- 79.99....................................
0.9
2.2
10.4
13.8
17.9
20.5
13.5
11.7
2.8
1.9
3.5
.9
1.3
3.0
3.4
19.3
19.9
19.3
10.8
8.5
4.0
7.5
1.5
1.5
4.5
7.8
14.3
15.7
14.1
11.4
17.0
7.8
2.0
.7
4.0
.7
1.8
4.3
8.5
12.3
22.6
14.6
15.0
7.5
8.6
4.1
.5
.1
0.8
3.5
5.5
10.9
12.5
18.3
14.0
15.7
6.5
9.6
2.1
.4
.2
.1
Total..............................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Number of workers.................................
Average weekly salaries1.......................
318
$38.26
1,513
$35.92
447
$36.67
3,591
$43.19
426
$38.51
337
$35.53
716
$35.22
3,554
$42.37
913
$47.78
174
$44.50
430
$41.43
1.1
2.0
3.9
9.4
7.7
17.7
17.6
11.0
7.2
4.4
6.2
5.9
1.6
4.3
0.1
1.1
11.3
13.2
21.1
15.9
17.8
8.8
7.7
1.2
1.8
0.5
3.5
6.7
17.4
17.6
15.6
11.8
11.0
6.5
4.9
2.0
.6
1.2
.7
6.3
2.9
12.4
25.6
17.5
15.2
17.8
3.5
1.3
2.2
1.3
0.1
1.6
5.8
21.9
18.4
15.4
19.8
10.9
4.4
1.1
.5
.1
1.0
8.3
8.9
12.2
21.9
19.7
12.2
5.7
8.6
1.5
0.9
1.0
3.7
18.9
9.9
19.2
23.2
6.0
4.5
12.4
.3
2.8
10.4
12.9
12.4
13.5
21.2
11.1
7.3
6.6
1.3
.2
.3
Women clerk-typists
Weekly salaries1 (in dollars):
Under 20.00.......................................
20.00- 22.49...................................
22.50- 24.99............ .......................
25.00- 27.49....................................
27.50- 29.99....................................
30.00- 32.49...................................
32.50- 34.99....................................
35.00- 37.49....................................
37.50- 39.99....................................
40.00- 42.49....................................
42.50- 44.99....................................
45.00- 47.49....................................
47.50- 49.99....................................
50.00- 54.99....................................
55.00- 59.99....................................
60.00-64.99................... -....................
Total..............................................
Number of workers....... ........................ .
Average weekly salaries1.......................
0.6
.2
9.8
11.0
23.9
23.6
13.6
9.3
4.9
1.0
.8
.5
.7
.1
4.2
11.7
22.8
22.4
15.0
12.3
4.8
2.8
2.2
.8
.2
.4
.3
.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
m o
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
838
$33.14
4,343
$31.79
946
$34.50
5,968
$38.15
1,133
$33.91
315~
$34.21
1,392
$33.07
9,983
$37.52
1,692
$42.21
667~
$41.99
6oI
$39.37
1 Excluding overtime premium pay.i
* Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); January-
0.1
.8
4.9
10.9
14.3
20.2
14.4
16.5
6.9
5.0
2.7
2.5
.7
.1
February 1948 (New York); February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco-
7
T able B.— Percentage distribution of office workers in selected occupations, by weekly salaries,1 in selected c itie s 1— Con.
Item
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Milwau
kee
New
York
San FranciscoOakland
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
Women general stenographers
Weekly salaries 1 (in dollars):
TTnrlw 2ft 00
_ ____
2ft 00-22.4ft
...........
22,fift-24.ftft
_ ........
25.00-27.49.............................................
27.50-29.99.............................................
30.00-32.49.............................................
32.50-34.99.............................................
35.00-37.49.............................................
37.50-39.99.............................................
40.00-42.49.............................................
42.50-44.99.............................................
45.00-47.49.............................................
47.50-49.99.............................................
50.00-54.99.............................................
55.00-59.99.............................................
60.00-64.99.............................................
65.00-69.99.............................................
70.00-74.99.............................................
75.00-79.99.............................................
2.7
6.6
12.0
17.5
11.7
21.0
11.7
10.3
2.9
1.8
1.5
.3
0.1
1.3
5.7
14.0
14.1
19.8
13.3
13.6
6.8
5.5
2.4
2.6
.5
.3
0.7
3.8
6.2
12.0
12.2
14.3
9.7
16.9
5.5
5.5
2.3
9.5
1.4
0.2
1.0
3.0
5.7
11.8
14.4
16.3
17.8
8.6
11.8
5.8
2.3
1.2
.1
(*)
0.1
.4
1.1
4.4
10.4
13.6
17.1
17.6
13.3
7.3
7.0
5.0
2.6
.1
0.6
2.2
9.9
11.7
19.0
15.8
18.0
9.7
8.0
2.4
2.0
.7
0.2
.8
5.1
9.8
13.9
20.2
15.4
15.0
8.2
6.0
3.8
1.1
.5
0.1
.9
2.6
5.7
9.3
11.0
18.2
12.2
15.3
6.7
11.0
4.9
1.5
.4
.1
.1
0.3
1.6
2.1
9.5
14.9
21.8
13.9
22.0
12.5
.9
.4
.1
.4
0.1
.2
1.0
2.2
2.4
5.8
14.0
21.5
20.8
11.1
14.4
4.8
.8
.5
.4
0.2
.7
2.1
3.9
14.0
17.2
20.1
16.4
15.7
6.7
2.6
Total..................................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Number of workers....................................
Average weekly salaries1..........................
1,431
$39.42
4,446
$37.31
1,244
$38.01
10,067
$44.95
1,527
$40.72
538
$38.80
1,314
$37.99
22,034
$43.37
2,572
$48.13
536
$46.81
943
$45.62
.9
.9
6.3
1.7
5.8
14.2
5.1
9.3
7.9
14.6
15.4
9.6
5.8
1.2
.9
1.8
1.8
2.1
5.6
3.5
4.6
17.5
7.7
22.4
21.1
9.1
2.1
.7
1.1
3.7
5.8
6.3
2.1
7.3
13.1
10.5
13.6
15.8
8.0
8.0
3.1
1.6
0.4
.9
1.4
2.8
4.7
4.3
10.2
7.4
9.0
6.0
13.5
17.0
8.4
5.7
3.9
2.6
1.8
1.0
3.0
5.2
14.0
7.2
21.3
23.5
10.0
7.8
3.1
.8
3.1
9.2
8.2
13.3
10.2
22.5
17.3
12.2
3.1
2.0
2.0
1.5
5.4
7.4
7.4
24.9
15.8
10.9
16.3
9.4
1.0
Men accounting clerks
Weekly salaries1 (in dollars):
Under 25.00..........................................
25.00-27.49.............................................
27,50-20,00
30.00-32.49 ...........................................
32.50-34.99.............................................
35.00-37.49.............................................
37.50-39.99.............................................
40.00-42.49.............................................
42.50-44.99.............................................
45.00-47.49.............................................
47.50-49.99.............................................
50.00-54.99.............................................
55.00-59.99.............................................
60.00-64.99.............................................
65.00-69.99.............................................
70.00-74.99.............................................
75.00-79.99.............................................
80.00 and over. - ________________
1.6
2.5
4.9
2.5
5.7
5.3
12.7
8.2
15.9
6.9
16.7
9.4
6.1
1.2
.4
1.0
11.9
5.5
11.7
9.9
10.6
7.0
7.6
5.0
12.1
11.2
2.9
3.1
.3
Total..................................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Number of workers....................................
Average weekly salaries1...........................
245
$46.16
615
$43.99
305~
$53.78
2,448
$51.51
429~
$49.60
285~
$50.75
190~
$47.79
6,575
$51.60
709~
$55.52
98~
$52.72
202
$57.55
0.2
0.5
0.7
.3
5.2
6.6
2.0
6.2
4.9
5.9
7.2
13.4
18.4
10.5
8.5
2.3
4.9
3.0
0.7
2.1
2.5
6.0
10.9
6.7
9.8
7.8
20.2
11.5
8.7
5.4
3.6
3.2
.9
Men hand bookkeepers
Weekly salaries1 (in dollars):
30.00-32.49.............................................
32.50-34.99.............................................
35 00-37 40
37.50-39.99.............................................
40.00-42.49.............................................
42.50-44.99.............................................
45.00-47.49.............................................
47.50-49.99.............................................
50.00-54.99.............................................
55.00-59.99.............................................
60.00-64.99.............................................
65.00-69.99.............................................
70.00-74.99.............................................
75.00-79.99.............................................
80.00-84.99.............................................
85.00-89.99 ...........................................
90.00-94.99.............................................
95.00-99.99
...............................
100.00 and over. ____ ___ ______ _
15.2
4.5
10.7
1.1
19.7
11.2
12.4
4.5
9.0
1.1
2.8
1.1
5.6
1.1
1.8
1.4
4.7
2.9
9.4
6.2
29.1
5.8
13.4
11.6
6.2
1.8
2.5
1.8
8.5
3.3
11.9
5.1
16.9
15.3
5.1
5.1
23.7
5.1
0.3
1.7
3.9
1.0
5.3
3.7
11.7
13.1
15.4
15.3
10.4
10.0
7.3
3.1
1.3
9.9
3.1
6.8
14.3
9.3
9.9
13.7
11.2
6.8
6.2
3.1
1.3
0.2
3.0
2.1
6.4
10.6
14.9
23.4
2.1
27.7
2.1
6.4
5.2
2.6
10.4
24.7
32.4
11.7
7.8
5.2
4.3
.9
1.4
2.9
2.7
5.2
3.2
10.3
13.1
14.9
14.6
11.2
8.4
4.7
3.3
2.2
.9
2.2
1.8
5.9
7.1
17.6
21.7
8.8
6.5
10.6
10.6
5.9
.6
1.9
3.0
1.5
18.2
30.4
10.6
3.0
9.1
3.0
7.6
3.0
7.6
1.9
1.9
6.5
11.1
13.0
31.3
16.6
4.6
1.9
2.8
4.6
1.9
2.9
Total..................................................
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Number of workers....................................
Average weekly salaries1...........................
178
$57.79
276
$56.69
59
$62.60
701
$62.11
161
$52.96
47
$59.84
77
$60.85
1,958
$64.43
170
$66.78
66
$63.93
108
$62.50
1Excluding overtime premium pay.
2 Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); January-
February 1948 (New York); February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco*
Oakland).
* Less than 0.05 of 1 percent.
8
T able C.— Rate structure for office workers in selected cities 1
Atlanta
Type of rate structure
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Milwau
kee
San FranciscoOakland
New
York
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
Total establishments studied....................
186
329
194
425
161
109
161
884
168
86
156
Individual determination..........................
Formal rate structure.................................
Singly rate
Range of rates......................................
Automatic progression.................
Merit review..................................
Method of progression not speci
fied
136
60
4
46
12
34
264
64
3
61
14
47
161
33
3
30
9
21
334
91
3
2 88
23
80
125
36
80
29
3
26
8
18
116
44
725
159
10
149
26
123
110
58
8
50
10
40
48
38
28
10
3
7
125
31
11
20
9
11
36
11
25
1
1
Information riot, available
1
1 Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buflalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); JanuaryFebruary 1948 (New York); February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San FranciscoT a b l e D .—
Weekly hours
Total establishments studied....................
Total establishments employing men
office workers..........................................
Under 35 hours........... ........................
35 hours.................................................
Over 35, under 37H hours...................
37^6 hours______________________
Over 37^, under 40 hours _.
40 hours.................................................
Over 40, under 44 hours___________
44 hours__________ _____________
Over 44, under 48 hours
.. _
48 hours.................................................
Over 48 hours.................. ...................
Other
_
__
_ __ ...
Information not available
2 44
9
39
2 Unduplicated total: some firms reported automatic progression for first
one or two periods and merit review thereafter.
Scheduled weekly hours for office workers in selected cities 1
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Milwau
kee
San FranciscoOakland
New
York
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
186
329
194
425
161
109
161
884
168
86
156
156
270
369
134
97
137
83
135
25
19
32
34
145
6
6
1
2
11
8
26
43
239
6
14
7
3
1
11
1
4
4
8
69
5
24
12
5
2
2
1
6
8
10
14
108
1
5
60
2
13
5
3
2
803
4
228
80
130
49
303
1
1
152
5
2
10
10
89
8
16
8
4
4
153
1
11
5
11
10
97
6
9
3
1
8
5
113
3
4
2
3
5
9
7
97
4
11
3
2
3
1
80
1
4
1
3
1
Establishments employing no men..........
Total establishments employing women
office workers..........................................
Under 35 hours....................................
35 hours................................................
Over 35, under 37J^ hours...................
37J4 hours.......................... _............. .
Over 3 7 under 40 hours..................
40 hours................................................
Over 40, under 44 hours......................
44 hours....................... ........................
Over 44, under 48 hours......................
48 hours................................................
Over 48 h o u rs....................................
Other....................................................
Information not available...................
30
59
41
56
27
12
24
81
16
3
21
184
1
6
2
13
12
105
13
22
5
3
2
327
191
1
11
5
13
13
127
10
9
1
1
424
161
108
161
86
156
2
4
4
11
86
10
26
11
5
2
2
2
879
4
248
88
143
51
339
2
2
168
14
9
30
52
275
11
15
4
1
7
11
10
14
122
1
3
1
Establishments employing no women.__
2
29
24
40
46
170
8
8
1
1
13
2
3
1 Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); January-
1
7
68
2
15
6
2
1
9
9
121
7
11
2
2
83
4
2
9
7
129
1
x
2
1
5
1
5
2
OakJandJ1948 ^NeW York^» February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco-
9
T able E .— Scheduled days per week fo r office workers in selected cities 1
Scheduled days per week
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Milwau
kee
San FranciscoOakland
New
York
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
Total establishments studied....................
186
329
194
425
161
109
161
884
168
86
156
Total establishments employing men
office workers...........................................
5 days....................................................
5H days................................................
6 days....................................................
Other....................................................
156
105
42
5
4
270
233
31
6
156
109
35
9
3
369
290
55
11
13
134
74
42
16
2
96
47
36
11
2
137
108
26
2
1
807
731
33
18
25
152
131
16
3
2
83
78
3
2
137
120
7
5
5
No men office workers employed.............
30
59
38
56
27
13
24
77
16
3
19
Total establishments employing women
office workers...........................................
5 days....................................................
5H days................................................
6 days....................................................
Other.......................................... ..........
184
120
51
8
5
327
274
42
7
4
191
128
46
11
6
424
333
63
12
16
161
88
52
18
3
108
53
39
14
2
161
126
32
1
2
879
800
35
15
29
168
148
15
1
4
86
82
2
2
156
137
8
8
3
2
2
3
1
N o women office w orkers employed -
1 Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); JanuaryT able
Vacation policy
1
5
February 1948 (New York); February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San FranciscoOakland).
F.—Vacations with pay for office workers in selected cities 1
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Milwau
kee
New
York
San FranciscoOakland
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
Total establishments studied....................
186
329
194
425
161
109
161
884
168
86
156
Total establishments with paid vaca
tions..........................................................
181
328
194
424
161
108
161
878
168
86
154
After 6 months of service:
Under 1 week___________________
1 week..................................................
Over 1, under 2 weeks____________
2 weeks
.........
Over 2 weeks
.
_
64
16
11
121
5
41
1
11
5
178
1
8
45
10
2
23
4
58
299
41
68
1
58
28
59
After 1 year of service:
Under 1 week___________________
1 week...................................................
Over 1, under 2 weeks
2 weeks..................................................
Over 2 weeks
63
2
116
27
65
2
126
1
103
62
50
78
320
1
97
1
55
1
83
44
30
43
374
6
34
5
121
1
77
1
117
1
68
287
14
After 2 years of service:
Under 1 week___________________
1 week...................................................
Oyer 1, under 2 weeks . . . . . . .
2 weeks.................................................
Oyer 2 weeks
__ _ _
42
1
137
1
After 5 years of service:
Under 1 week
__ _
___
1 week.............................................. —
Oyer 1f under 2 weeks
2 weeks.................................................
Over 2 weeks........................................
30
1
140
10
265
51
2 weeks.................................................
Over 2 weeks........................................
29
1
120
31
247
69
Establishments with no paid vacations_
4
Information no* a v a i l a b l e
1
After 15 years of service:
1 week...................................................
O y ^ r 1, u n d e r 2 w e e k s
21
m
16
12
12
47
1
142
4
2
46
3
816
11
1
28
1
778
70
2
25
18
46
143
68
108
6
2
10
162
84
143
1
28
1
157
8
16
18
12
14
382
26
140
3
94
2
141
6
27
1
146
20
15
18
12
12
28
1
1
3
327
82
128
15
88
8
131
18
696
154
137
30
80
5
141
10
1
1
6
1
1
3
157
10
81
4
148
3
2
1
i Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); January-
3
99
4
762
9
4
February 1948 (New York); February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San FranciscoOakland).
10
T able G.-— P a id holidays fo r office workers in selected cities 1
Number of paid holidays
Boston
Atlanta
Buffalo
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Milwau
kee
San FranciscoOakland
New
York
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
Total establishments studied....................
186
329
194
425
161
109
161
884
168
86
156
Total establishments providing paid
holidays....................................................
182
324
192
424
156
106
155
882
168
86
153
3
15
3
53
16
58
2
13
1
1
3
2
1
2
21
3
1
1
20
141
1
10
2
8
2
2
350
4
18
3
14
7
2
1
9
1
2
16
1
4
3
8
1
162
1
3
6
1
4
4
2
1
Number of holidays:
2......................................................
2*4...................................................
3......................................................
4......................................................
4)4...................................................
5......................................................
5*4...................................................
6......................................................
6*4...................................................
7......................................................
T*4...................................................
8......................................................
8*4...................................................
9......................................................
9*4...................................................
10....................................................
io*4.................................................
l i ....................................................
l i ^ ............. ...................................
12....................................................
13.....................................................
14....................................................
15.....................................................
16.....................................................
17
Establishments with no paid holidays...
1
14
1
2
1
11
23
27
1
64
1
1
7
65
2
42
8
7
1
1
1
1
2
5
1
76
3
3
4
1
1
1
75
6
172
12
79
11
69
4
102
11
268
12
43
4
4
2
1
23
46
50
59
16
73
42
1
9
13
17
5
3
3
2
1
131
1
8
2
3
2
2
3
2
1
2
5
4
6
2
3
1
i Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); JanuaryT able
February 1948 (New York); February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San FranciscoOakland),
H.—Insurance.and pension plans for office workers in selected cities 1
Atlanta
Type of plan
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Milwau
kee
Total establishments stu d ied .................
186
329
194
425
161
109
161
Total establishments with insurance or
pension plans2........................................
152
195
122
306
127
73
Life insurance......................................
Health insurance.................................
Retirement pension.............................
Other__________________________
144
36
37
77
170
71
75
140
109
64
42
2
258
107
118
181
119
11
28
60
61
22
24
1
Establishments with no insurance or
pension plans...........................................
33
133
72
119
34
36
1
1
____
i Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); JanuaryFebruary 1948 (New York); February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San FranciscoOakland).
6
4
1
22
4
2
7
Information not. ovoiiobio
Tnfonrmtfimi Tint a v ^ ila h lfi
5
New
York
San FranciscoOakland
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
884
168
86
156
116
593
134
40
101
96
2 43
46
63
520
264
224
17
109
56
70
28
13
14
84
34
27
3
45
291
34
44
55
2
3 Unduplicated total.
1 Applies to men employees only in 3 establishments.
11
T able I.— Nonproduction bonuses for office workers in
selected cities
1
San FranciscoOakland
Atlanta
Type of bonus
Boston
Chicago
Buffalo
Dallas
Milwau
kee
Denver
86
156
56
89
422
89
16
57
48
25
15
3 84
44
14
388
100
73
87
48
8
12
2
4
51
31
9
21
6
3
8
143
72
24
20
9
22
4
5
1
5
11
9
4
53
72
460
79
70
99
329
194
425
161
Total establishments with nonproduc
tion bonuses3 ........
- -
108
161
84
198
105
86
46
11
151
83
23
75
61
3
168
82
16
89
40
22
27
2
8
14
43
2
3
7
11
37
33
23
13
21
0
8
8
8
77
167
227
56
1
1
Establishments with no nonproduction
bonuses
___
________
168
884
186
6
3
Seattle
San
Francisco Oakland
161
109
Total establishments studied__________
Christmas or year end
Flat amount-3
Percento^eamirigsforyfiftr_ ...
Equivalent of number of week’s
pay..............................................
Other..............................................
Profit-sharing bonuses____________
nth**
New
York
8
2
1 Data pertain to pay-roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta); January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); January-February 1948 (New York); February 1948 (Chicago, Dallas, San FranciscoOakland).
* Unduplicated total.
.
* Including those establishments providing a fixed amount for all workers
and those providing varying amounts based on length of service.
T able J.—Average salaries 1 and average weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in selected cities, by
industry group 2
Occupation, sex, and industry
Average
Esti
Median
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched- Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries! uled
hours
Average
Esti
Median
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
Occupation, sex, and industry
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga.— Continued
B i l l e r s , ( b illin g m a ch in e ),
men..............................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Transportation and pubHc
utilities..................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, men................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Billers (billing machine), women.
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
Billers (bookkeeping machine),
women..........................................
Wholesale trade.......................
Bookkeepers, hand, men..............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Bookkeepers, hand, women.........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, men................................
Wholesale trade.....................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
See footnotes at end of table*
$41.61
46.11
40.8
41.4
40.0
$1.02
1.00
$41.36
48.80
42.40
38.95
41.1
95
38.51
1.09
36.78
41.40
34.49
41.6
40.0
.91
.99
.86
36.36
41.47
36.87
39.95
34.71
39.7
40.0
1.01
.87
39.17
36.25
16
37.68
42.27
41.1
45.0
.92
.94
37.18
43.20
3178
48
62
57.79
55.84
41.2
40.9
43.2
1.40
1.37
1.48
54.71
51.34
64.80
55
52.66
39.4
1.34
48.39
44.41
50.27
43.45
36.91
40.6
41.3
42.9
39.8
1.09
.93
43.57
50.00
38.37
36.00
44.62
39.7
1.12
42.63
10
28
50.84
46.62
40.4
40.1
1.26
1.16
54.58
45.00
8 12
8
53.59
53.96
40.2
40.4
1.34
1.34
54.99
55.92
3 92
28
41
43.54
45.86
41.98
41.1
40.6
41.8
1.06
1.13
1.00
42.02
42.57
40.32
18
43.72
39.9
1.10
42.63
232
40
40
45
1.01
$37.37
42.99
35.01
40.7
41.2
42.1
$0.92
1.04
.83
$36.25
43.47
35.81
34.75
39.2
.89
33.41
298
60
103
8
36.65
40.61
38.62
32.63
40.9
42.1
41.6
40.0
.89
.96
.93
.82
35.94
40.90
36.31
32.00
Services.....................................
109
18
33.39
33.68
39.9
40.0
.84
.84
32.26
33.41
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer), women..............
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
318
52
88
110
38.26
38.95
41.12
35.39
40.3
40.4
41.4
40.0
.95
.96
.99
.88
38.07
40.00
40.00
35.50
30
35.19
39.4
.89
33.99
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
38
41.40
38.9
1.06
40.39
3 23
33.95
39.6
.86
33.83
20
33.06
38.8
.85
34.56
3 71
14
9
10
35.73
42.47
31.65
34.56
39.8
40.8
41.1
40.0
.90
1.04
.77
.86
34.74
41.58
32.26
35.00
37
35.73
39.0
.92
34.72
42.0
43.3
44.1
40.0
1.10
1.01
1.12
1.18
46.09
41.80
50.00
46.04
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
6S tdt6
-
——
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer), men.
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer),
women.........................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Clerks, accounting, men.............. .
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade............................ .
245
58
86
6
46.16
43.70
49.45
47.01
12
T able J.— Average salaries 1 and
Occupation, sex, and industry
average weekly scheduled hours of work fo r selected office occupations in selected cities, by
industry group
2—Continued
Average
Estimated
Median
Weekly
num
weekly
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
Occupation, sex, and industry
A tla n ta , G a .— C o n t in u e d
Atlanta, Ga.— Continued
Clerks, accounting, men—Con.
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities.................................Services.............-.................. .
Clerk-typists, women—Con.
Finance, insurance, and real
estate......................... ...........
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
38
$37.92
39.2
$0.97
$36.87
45
12
51.44
40.30
39.2
40.7
1.31
.99
48.05
40.00
Clerks, accounting, women...........
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..................... ........
Finance, insurance, and real
estate....................................Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
813
84
82
38
37.83
40.05
39.40
38.94
38.8
40.0
41.0
39.7
.98
1.00
.96
.98
36.50
40.00
38.34
37.50
131
35.69
39.2
.91
34.00
408
70
37.86
36.53
37.6
40.1
1.01
.91
35.71
37.50
Clerks, file, class A, women..........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade..................... .
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*94
10
32
36.34
35.53
36.86
40.8
39.0
43.3
.89
.91
.85
34.99
34.56
35.54
34
36.98
39.5
.94
4
40.80
40.1
1.02
Clerks, file, class B, men...............
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*77
28.31
38.3
52
26.47
15
32.55
Clerks, file, class B, women..........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..................... ........
Finance, insurance, and real
estate....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
504
54
57
53
Average
Estimated
Median
num
Weekly
weekly
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
177
$33.21
39.0
$0.85
$33.41
76
104
37.31
30.75
38.6
40.1
.97
.77
35.71
31.63
Office boys.....................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate........ .......................—.
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
174
32
46
9
28.27
26.96
29.68
27.83
39.8
40,0
40.4
40.0
.71
.67
.73
.70
28.75
26.25
31.11
28.50
24
26.94
39.4
.68
26.50
27
36
31.70
26.06
38.2
40.4
.83
.64
31.95
25.10
*98
14
11
30.16
31.38
29.39
39.2
39.5
40.0
.77
.79
.73
30.81
31.11
31.11
36.29
Office girls..................................... Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
16
25.87
39.0
.66
26.50
41.50
Stenographers, general, men.........
36
42.88
43.6
.99
42.92
.74
28.46
38.1
.69
26.50
37.5
.87
32.26
1,431
312
236
70
39.42
39.98
39.73
37.18
39.7
40.1
40.6
39.6
1.00
1.00
.98
.94
39.87
40.32
40.32
35.00
30.03
30.26
32.42
30.21
39.5
40.3
39.6
40.0
.76
.75
.82
.76
29.74
29.24
31.11
31.00
Stenographers, general, wom en...
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
397
38.45
39.2
.98
38.02
275
141
41.75
37.00
38.8
40.2
1.08
.92
41.47
37.18
277
28.93
39.4
.73
28.80
Stenographers, technical, women.
Wholesale trade.......................
*99
45
40.95
40.55
40.5
41.6
1.01
.97
40.89
38,72
52
11
33.13
28.62
37.9
40.0
.87
.72
32.26
28.80
Clerks, general, men......................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
*156
50
92
43.71
42.73
43.91
41.6
44.3
40.1
1.05
.96
1.09
43.52
43.78
44.83
*114
18
30
27
34.94
40.83
34.54
31.15
40.3
40.8
41.7
40.0
.87
1.00
.83
.78
34.47
42.50
33.44
32.00
Clerks, general, women.................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade..................... .
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
*146
42
60
42.29
40.66
42.32
39.4
38.2
39.8
1.07
1.06
1.06
41.74
38.94
41.36
Switchboard operators, wom en...
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
34
44.27
39.5
1.12
42.63
Clerks, order, men.......... ...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
*183
32
149
47.47
51.37
46.84
41.2
41.5
41.2
1.15
1.24
1.14
47.33
47.11
48.00
Clerks, order, women....................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
*440
14
122
35.77
38.80
42.12
39.9
40.6
40.0
.90
.96
1.05
34.10
40.00
44.93
Clerks, pay-roll, men.....................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*57
20
21
44.83
42.48
46.04
41.0
41.5
40.7
1.09
1.02
1.13
45.71
42.23
48.00
10
50.21
40.5
1.24
51.77
Clerks, pay-roll, women................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*263
122
29
31
39.96
42.69
41.46
36.05
40.0
41.0
40.5
40.1
1.00
1.04
1.02
.90
39.20
42.46
41.00
35.00
8
45.22
40.6
1.11
50.00
57
36.50
37.2
.98
35.75
Clerk-typists, men.........................
Manufacturing........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
*26
10
35.15
34.62
40.2
39.5
.88
.88
34.06
34.56
7
32.92
40.0
.82
32.26
Clerk-typists, women....................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
838
158
170
153
33.14
35.32
33.27
30.21
39.8
39.9
40.5
40.5
.83
.88
.82
.75
32.98
34.56
33.00
30.00
See footnotes at end of table.
Switchboard - operator- reception
ists, women..................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Services.....................................
Transcribing-machine operators,
general, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Services....................................
Transcribing-machine operators,
technical, women.......................
Typists, class A, women...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Services....................................
Typists, class B, men....................
Typists, class B, women...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
23
33.29
39.5
.84
32.26
15
38.17
39.0
.98
38.25
*180
64
41
35.66
38.26
35.39
40.4
41.2
40.2
.88
.93
.88
34.31
36.04
34.56
41
28
33.31
31.87
39.2
40.4
.85
.79
32.26
32.38
*309
46
133
36.36
38.53
36.14
39.9
40.1
40.3
.91
.96
.90
35.51
39.00
34.56
111
7
35.65
37.31
39.1
42.3
.91
.88
34.56
37.40
23
*118
12
14
4
39.71
36.66
37.09
39.20
38.50
39.6
39.3
39.4
40.8
40.0
1.01
.93
.94
.96
.96
39.44
34.99
36.87
36.87
39.00
60
19
23
634
16
51
192
34.95
36.71
39.94
32.04
32.50
32.86
31.82
38.9
40.6
43.5
39.8
38.4
38.6
40.0
.90
.90
.93
,81
.85
.85
.80
33.99
39.17
39.68
31.95
29.98
32.64
32.00
275
31.36
39.3
.80
31.68
33
67
36.97
32.26
37.3
43.7
.99
.74
36.32
33.00
13
T able J.—Average sa la ries 1 and
Occupation, sex, and industry
2—Continued
Average
Esti
Median
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
Billers (bookkeeping machine),
women.........................................
Manufacturing........................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Bookkeepers, hand, men...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
Occupation, sex, and industry
Average
Esti
Median
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
Boston, M ass— Con.
Boston, M ass.
Billers (billing machine), women..
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
,
average weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in selected cities by
industry group
1,070
362
370
102
$34.09
34.72
34.33
30.62
39.1
39.0
40.0
39.2
$0.87
.89
.86
.78
$33.35
34.00
34.00
30.00
111
33.24
37.6
.88
32.60
40
85
37.37
34.08
39.8
37.4
.94
. 9i
36.93
35.00
*172
16
44
35.31
38.56
32.77
39.1
39.1
39.2
.90
.99
.84
35.70
38.50
32.00
70
34.16
39.3
.87
35.90
32
39.82
38.1
1.04
39.00
*276
58
51
56.69
60.36
51.56
39.1
39.9
40.3
1.45
1.51
1.28
54.10
54.00
49.90
Clerks, accounting, men...........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade........... ..................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate----- ---------------------Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
615 $43.99
168 44.54
175 39.10
13 44.38
38.7
38.3
40.3
39.2
$1.14
1.16
.97
1.13
$42.35
43.00
37.84
42.00
152
42.78
37.5
1.14
40.50
94
13
54.24
42.21
37.9
40.0
1.43
1.06
54.98
41.00
Clerks, accounting, women...........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
2,496
580
481
158
36.24
37.24
36.56
31.38
38.7
39.5
39.6
39.5
.94
.94
.92
.80
35.39
36.40
35.00
30.00
916
35.04
37.5
.93
33.91
255
106
40.70
36.26
38.8
39.3
1.05
.92
41.00
33.50
Clerks, file, class A, women-------Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate................................ .
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
361
144
17
37.87
38.62
37.29
38.6
39.5
40.0
.98
.98
.93
37.86
38.60
38.00
155
37.08
37.8
.98
35.86
6
39
45.50
37.34
37.5
38.3
1.21
.97
47.27
37.84
Clerks, file, class B, men...............
Finance, insurance, and real
*31
28.55
38.5
.74
28.75
19
29.00
37.5
.77
28.77
28.81
31.07
29.88
28.14
38.6
39.6
39.8
39.1
.75
.78
.75
.72
28.30
31.00
29.00
27.00
105
53.41
37.8
1.41
50.63
47
13
64.25
60.55
40.2
37.3
1.60
1.62
66.00
58.00
Bookkeepers, hand, women..........
697
Manufacturing........................
158
Wholesale trade.......................
191
Retail trade..............................
19
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
150
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
52
Services.....................................
127
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, women...........................
296
Manufacturing.........................
180
46
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
10
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
52
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
8
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, men................................
*24
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, women............................ 1,731
Manufacturing........................
390
Wholesale trade.......................
418
Retail trade..............................
62
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
763
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
40
Services....................................
58
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer), women.............. 1,513
Manufacturing.........................
586
492
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade__1.......................
196
Finance, insurance, and real
94
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
120
Services....................................
25
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer),
women..........................................
487
Manufacturing.........................
178
Wholesale trade.......................
36
Retail trade.............................
40
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.................... ................
178
Transportation and public
55
utilities..................................
See footnotes a t end o f table.
803187— 48------ 3
45.46
45.30
48.01
47.11
38.6
39.2
39.5
38.9
1.18
1.16
1.22
1.21
45.46
45.00
45.00
45.00
40.35
37.1
1.09
39.60
48.13
46.51
39.3
37.9
1.23
1.23
47.27
45.00
Clerks, file, class B, women..........
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
2,068
351
185
130
42.88
43.00
45.24
41.12
39.1
39.2
40.7
40.6
1.09
1.10
1.11
1.01
42.30
42.00
44.36
41.00
Transportation and public
utilities............... -................
Services.....................................
1,171
28.11
37.9
.74
26.96
37
194
32.65
27.64
38.2
39.7
.85
.70
32.50
28.00
39.63
37.5
1.06
38.00
50.05
38.4
1.30
52.17
*395
84
68
53.03
58.19
44.52
39.8
40.0
40.8
1.33
1.46
1.09
50.84
60.00
42.10
52.04
40.0
1.30
56.46
174
53.35
39.6
1.35
47.87
59
54.24
40.0
1.36
58.50
Clerks, general, women— ............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
. . . _________
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services......... ..........................
887
262
125
40.52
40.91
41.60
38.9
39.1
40.7
1.04
1.05
1.02
40.45
40.00
40.00
321
37.58
37.9
.99
37.00
119
60
46.45
40.53
39.7
37.9
1.17
1.07
46.00
40.35
Clerks, order, men.........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade----------------Finance, insurance, and real
*391
96
164
50.40
58.74
46.55
39.6
40.9
39.8
1.27
1.44
1.17
50.00
56.39
46.00
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
106
49.81
38.4
1.30
48.00
15
43.48
39.6
1.10
44.00
Clerks, order, women....................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.............................
Transportation and public
utilities...................................
*975
364
378
150
35.90
37.81
35.78
31.04
39.4
39.6
39.6
39.0
.91
.96
.90
.80
34.93
36.00
35.00
31.00
69
36.36
39.3
.93
36.00
Clerks, pay-roll, men.....................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*117
70
21
50.05
53.23
43.19
39.7
39.8
40.0
1.26
1.34
1.08
50.77
55.00
48.00
19
50.82
39.2
1.30
48:49
34.84
37.32
36.62
32.85
38.6
39.5
39.8
39.9
.90
.95
.92
.82
34.67
36.00
35.20
32.00
32.36
37.3
.87
31.91
36.76
38.58
38.6
38.5
.95
1.00
35.00
37.82
35.92
37.90
35.32
31.09
39.2
39.3
39.7
39.4
.92
.96
.89
.79
35.40
37.00
34.62
31.75
33.09
38.0
.87
33.68
38.83
35.46
38.2
38.0
1.02
.93
39.00
33.00
33.71
34.14
35.28
25.96
38.4
38.8
40.7
38.1
.88
.88
.87
.68
33.28
34.00
34.50
24.00
33.69
37.3
.90
32.26
36.96
39.1
.94
36.85
Clerks, general, men......................
Manufacturing..................... —
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
14
T a b le
J.— Average salaries 1 and
Occupation, sex, and industry
2—Continued
Average
Estimated
Median
num
Weekly
weekly
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
1,446
954
130
94
$37.73
36.81
39.23
37.35
39.3
39.5
40.3
39.3
$0.96
.93
.97
.95
$37.28
36.00
38.72
38.00
101
39.32
37.4
1.05
38.71
126
41
40.72
42.17
38.4
38.7
1.06
1.09
41.00
43.73
Clerk-typists, men.-----------------
3 27
41.24
39.6
1.04
32.22
Clerk-typists, women__________
Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade___________
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate___________________
Transportation and public
utilities__________ ____ —
Services..................... -.............
4,343
1,316
676
137
31.79
33.49
33.64
28.20
38.7
39.1
40.0
39.3
.82
.86
.84
.72
31.26
3100
32.00
28.00
1,790
30.04
37.7
.80
29.92
181
243
35.79
29.42
38.5
39.6
.93
.74
35.00
28.77
Office boys.................. ....................
Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade....................
Retail trade............................ Finance, insurance, and real
estate.......— .......................
Transportation and public
utilities.............................—
Services...............—-........ ........
934
258
126
17
28.38
29.17
27.84
26.66
38.8
39.3
40.0
38.6
.73
.74
.70
.69
27.60
29.70
28.00
26.50
375
28.75
37.8
.76
27.16
40
118
29.49
25.93
39.4
39.2
.75
.66
30.00
26.00
Office girls..... .............................—
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade___________
Retail trade............................ Finance, insurance, and real
estate......................................
Transportation and public
utilities.........-........... ............
Services.....................................
Stenographers, general, men.........
Stenographers, general, women.__
Manufacturing______ _____
Wholesale trade...................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate..... .......................... .
Transportation and public
utilities............................... .
Services...................................
Stenographers, technical, women.
Manufacturing........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate..................... ...............
Transportation and public
utilities................................
Switchboard operators, wom en...
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade............. ............ .
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.................. ..................
Transportation and public
utilities.................................
Services......... ...........................
Switchboard - operator-reception
ists, women.................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................... ...........
Services....................... ...........
532
204
53
59
28.41
29.20
27.18
29.67
38.5
39.1
39.4
39.7
.74
.75
.69
.75
28.83
28.50
26.00
30.00
See footnotes at end of table.
Occupation, sex, and industry
Average
Estimated
Median
num
Weekly
weekly
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
Boston, M ass — C o n .
B o sto n , M a s s — C on .
Clerks, pay-roll, women................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade........— .................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities............ -............... —Services........... - .................. —-
,
average weekly scheduled hours of work fo r selected office occupations in selected cities by
industry group
Transcribing-machine operators,
general, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities,.................................
Transcribing-machine operators,
technical, women........................
36.80
37.00
103
34.36
38.3
.90
33.91
95
66
38.67
40.33
37.7
39.2
1.03
1.03
37.00
42.00
Typists, class B, women...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
2,330
287
168
106
29.99
31.51
33.92
33.62
38.8
39.7
40.2
39.5
.77
.79
.84
.85
30.08
30.80
33.00
34.00
1,239
29.52
38.1
.78
29.49
72
458
34.23
27.39
38.3
39.4
.89
.70
33.60
25.00
B ille r s ( b illin g m ach in e ),
women..........................................
Manufacturing........................
Retail trade..............................
3 235
67
34
33.74
38.34
29.68
40.0
40.0
40.0
.84
.96
.74
32.08
38.25
30.42
Billers (bookkeeping machine),
women......... ...............................
Retail trade..............................
3 88
36
34.46
30.33
39.9
40.0
.86
.76
32.00
30.62
3 59
28
9
62.60
61.75
66.02
40.0
40.7
39.8
1.57
1.52
1.66
61.39
58.34
63.75
6
56.31
37.7
1.49
48.75
16
64.53
39.6
1.63
61.66
3 250
68
38
43.98
49.88
41.74
40.4
41.5
41.0
1.09
1.20
1.02
43.24
51.16
40.93
26
47.60
38.0
1.25
50.50
3 58
24
24
41.87
44.68
38.95
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.05
1.12
.97
41.09
36.87
38.75
8
38.71
40.1
.96
38.75
15
39.47
40.0
.99
39.58
*418
80
68
16
33.52
40.81
35.97
32.75
40.0
40.5
40,0
.84
1,01
.89
.82
32.24
40.95
36.14
33.33
222
28.80
3£.7
.72
29.25
*447
255
76
76
36.67
38.54
34,41
31.36
40.1
40.2
40.4
40.0
.91
.96
.85
.78
36.37
38.02
36.00
31.07
Buffalo,
N. Y.
1,370
35.33
37.3
.95
34.91
Bookkeepers, hand, men...............
Manufacturing ........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate........ ............................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
221
658
3 247
142
40.80
38.59
41.24
40.05
38.8
39.0
39.0
39.9
1.05
.99
1.06
1.00
41.00
39.00
41.48
39.20
Bookkeepers, hand, women..........
Manufacturing........................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
43
41.63
37.7
1.11
41.00
21
722
158
145
87
47.51
36.09
39.76
34.30
33.18
40.0
39.1
39.4
40.0
39.7
1.19
.92
1.01
.86
.84
48.00
35.50
37.00
33.54
32.00
247
35.58
38.1
.93
34.91
70
15
37.59
33.11
39.7
38.0
.95
.87
36.39
29.92
.93
35.00
40.0
38.3
.92
.96
35.20
35.00
33.50
34.04
30.00
26.93
46.46
36.87
37.50
36.00
31.00
37.2
32.22
.93
.97
.97
25.93
34.57
.86
38.7
.88
.74
36.74
36.56
37.6
35.84
38.4
38.9
.77
.68
1.13
.97
.99
.94
.82
19
130
32.34
11
39.6
37.0
135
359
37.44
37.62
38.7
38.9
39.9
38.6
38.9
39.7
39.0
35.40
36.00
34.00
28.00
$33.63
36.00
34.90
35.00
27.32
.91
.92
.86
.73
$0.90
.98
.84
353
29.75
26.44
44.89
37.31
38.67
37.32
32.01
39.2
39.7
40.3
38.6
38.4
39.6
39.5
3326
61
32
13
3 18
4,446
1,198
900
.99
35.56
36.39
34.82
28.32
$34.65
38.83
33.29
Typists, class A, women...............
Manufacturing.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services........... ........................
171
850
302
253
11
* 633
200
48
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, men................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, women...........................
Manufacturing.......................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
woman_
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer'),
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.............................
4 0 :5
15
Table J.— Average salaries 1 and
Occupation, sex, and industry
,
average weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in selected cities by
industry group
2—Continued
Average
Esti
Median
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
Occupation, sex, and industry
Average
Esti
Median
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
Hourly
salaries
ber of Weekly sched
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
B u ffa lo , N . Y .— C o n .
B u ffa lo , N . Y .— C o n .
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer),
women.........................................
Manufacturing........................
Office girls......................................
Manufacturing.........................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate....................................
3204
114
16
$28.50
30.23
25.13
39.5
39.1
40.0
$0.72
.77
.63
$28.03
29.57
26.08
20
23.39
40.7
.57
24.00
Stenographers, general, women. ~
Manufacturing......... ..............
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities...................... -..........
Services....................................
1,244
665
197
48
38.01
41.69
34.14
31.50
39.4
39.7
40.0
40.0
.96
1.05
.85
.79
37.70
41.60
33.86
31.66
200
33.01
37.9
.87
33.08
56
78
38.43
33.01
39.5
38.7
.97
.85
40.98
34.21
Stenographers, technical, women.
Manufacturing.........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
3 346
222
45.68
47.59
39.7
40.0
1.15
1.19
46.58
48.38
46
40.91
37.5
1.09
40.25
Switchboard operators, wom en...
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
3 238
120
14
52
36.72
40.37
34.48
29.04
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
.92
1.01
.86
.73
36.64
39.58
35.75
28.33
24
30.13
40.6
.74
28.75
359
187
78
12
35.42
37.18
34.12
28.17
39.6
39.7
40.7
40.0
.89
.94
.84
.70
35.50
36.47
32.29
26.67
36
36.31
37.1
.98
35.83
25
21
33.14
29.93
39.3
39.8
.84
.75
33.44
29.37
Transcribing-machine operators,
general, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
3 124
59
55
36.47
40.92
34.52
39.9
39.8
40.3
.92
1.03
.86
35.88
42.83
34.10
Typists, class A, women...............
Manufacturing....... ................
Finance, insurance, and real
3 177
94
37.26
40.92
40.1
39.8
.93
1.03
38.69
42.38
46
31.76
40.8
.78
31.53
29.09
36.09
26.99
26.87
3160
60
$35.80
44.64
39.4
40.3
$0.91
1.11
$33.50
47.78
3305
191
35
53.78
55.50
52.08
39.4
39.7
40.3
1.36
1.40
1.29
58
50.94
38.1
1.34'
54.08
56.02
52.50
m
52.50
19
50.43
39.2
1.29
44.52
Clerks, accounting, women........... 31,021
421
Manufacturing........................
213
Wholesale trade.......................
86
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
184
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
79
utilities..................................
37.74
41.85
35.90
29.60
40.1
39.9
41.1
40.7
.94
1.05
.87
.73
37.37
41.82
36.29
29.65
34.27
39.9
.86
32.36
40.18
39.1
1.03
42.71
Clerks, file, class A, women.........
Manufacturing........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.................................—
3I00
56
38.12
42.57
40.2
40.3
.95
1.06
34.78
39.72
14
36.46
40.7
.90
33.75
Clerks, file, class B, women..........
Manufacturing.....................
Wholesale trade........... ...........
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
344 2
139
65
92
28.81
35.04
27.03
25.63
39.8
39.4
40.8
40.0
.72
.89
.66
.64
27.05
33.07
25.80
26.35
132
25.40
39.4
.64
25.68
Clerks, general, men......................
Manufacturing....... ................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
3 161
111
54.24
60.29
40.5
40.5
1.34
1.49
56.39
60.43
20
44.24
39.9
1.11
41.66
Clerks, general, women.................
Manufacturing........................
Services.....................................
3841
479
93
34.94
37.84
28.55
39.8
40.1
40.0
.88
.94
.71
33.64
37.38
28.67
Clerks, order, men.........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
3 211
57
154
52.67
59.47
50.15
40.9
40.0
41.2
1.29
1.49
1.22
49.19
59.17
46.73
Clerks, order, women....................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade__________ ____
3 170
87
43
38
35.32
37.75
35.24
30.15
40.6
40.2
41.9
40.3
.87
.94
.84
.75
34.19
37.83
34.02
28.25
Clerks, pay-roll, m en ...................
Manufacturing.........................
3 112
87
50.80
52.30
39.9
39.9
1.27
1.31
54.62
55.42
Clerks, pay-roll, women................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
3 488
337
43
30
40.69
41.14
37.22
36.70
39.9
39.9
40.1
40.0
1.02
1.03
.93
.92
40.69
40.00
36.81
36.25
6
38.54
40.7
.95
36.25
70
42.29
39.8
1.06
43.60
Clerk-typists, men.........................
Manufacturing........................
329
20
46.14
47.95
40.9
41.6
1.13
1.15
47.71
48.33
Clerk-typists, women....................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
946
573
149
46
34.50
37.68
29.51
27.91
39.9
39.8
40.8
40.0
.87
.95
.72
.70
33.66
36.32
30.82
28.39
138
28.41
39.2
.72
29.79
34
6
36.97
30.47
39.6
40.0
.93
.76
40.62
29.37
Office b o y s....................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
3 157
101
21
8
30.54
33.20
23.41
25.25
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
.77
.83
.59
.63
30.59
31.49
21.88
26.25
16
26.52
38.8
.68
26.50
Clerks, accounting, men................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade................ ......
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Switchboard - operator-reception
ists, women................................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
Typists, class B, women...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade............................
Finance, insurance, and real
3 521
186
117
12
30.24
35.76
27.32
28.00
39.3
39.7
40.0
40.0
.77
.90
.68
.70
182
26.21
38.5
.68
26.44
«30
8
35.87
37.21
43.8
42.5
.82
.88
32.28
34.79
18
34.45
44.4
.78
32.43
237
44
91
25
36.49
35.71
39.48
34.28
40.6
41.6
39.1
42.3
.90
.86
1.01
.81
36.59
36.87
40.32
33.50
Dallas, Tex.
B ille r s ( b illin g m a ch in e ),
men..............................................
Manufacturing........................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
B ille r s ( b illin g m a ch in e),
women.........................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities.................................
Services....................................
11
33.20
38.3
.87
33.99
52
14
34.92
31.92
42.3
40.0
.83
.80
35.12
27.60
Billers (bookkeeping machine),
women........................................
Manufacturing........................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
346
17
40.17
43.54
40.2
40.0
1.00
1.09
40.68
41.71
17
40.18
40.2
1.00
40.00
Bookkeepers, hand, men..............
3 161
52.96
40.7
1.30
51.25
16
T able J.— Average salaries 1 and
Occupation, sex, and industry
2—Continued
Average
Esti
Median
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
Bookkeepers, hand, women..........
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate................................ .
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, men................................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, men................................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities_________________
Services...................................
41
38
6
$52.12
48.00
46.53
41.0
42.2
43.3
$1.27
1.14
1.08
35
47.26
39.2
1.21
$48.39
46.20
47.46
46.08
16
63.82
41.0
1.56
68.78
*146
23
53
9
48.30
47.26
50.58
45.90
42.1
40.4
46.1
40.2
1.15
1.17
1.10
1.14
47.09
47.24
50.00
45.00
47
45.79
39.2
1.17
46.08
10
54.57
40.9
1.33
56.00
*46
14
24
52.93
45.87
55.88
41.7
42.9
40.9
1.27
1.07
1.36
55.87
42.75
59.91
*96
12
72
45.49
58.88
43.41
40.1
45.7
39.1
1.13
1.29
1.11
43.75
59.40
41.47
*57
24
38.04
38.24
41.1
41.9
.92
.91
38.54
oa
eo
O
U*04
30
37.65
40.0
.94
38.02
40.8
40.8
41.6
42.2
.88
.93
.87
.81
33.28
34.56
36.50
34.22
377
55
74
45
35.97
37.85
34.23
39.8
.89
35.71
11
5
42.43
44.8
43.6
.95
.90
41.80
40.32
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer), women..............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.......................... .
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*426
76
131
94
38.51
38.61
41.49
33.96
40.1
40.5
40.1
40.2
.96
.95
1.03
.84
37.96
39.40
40.32
33.00
61
38.53
40.4
.95
38.00
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer), men.
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
*19
38.98
39.9
.98
40.83
9
37.50
39.7
.94
34.56
*111
36.42
37.82
38.08
40.7
41.6
40.0
.89
.91
.95
36.14
36.00
40.32
39.29
M a n u fa c tu rin g
_
Wholesale trade___________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate___________ ______
Transportation and public
u t ilit ie s
Clerks, file, class B, men...............
M a n u fa c tu rin g
C le r k s , file , c la s s B , w o m e n
M a n u fa c tu rin g
W h o l e s a l e t r a d e _.
R e t a il trad e
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
Transportation and public
_ _________
Services__________________
C l e r k s , g e n e ra l, m e n
M a n u fa c tu rin g
__ __
__ _ _
Wholesale trade_____ _____
Transportation and public
utilities..... ............................
C le r k s , g e n e ra l, w o m e n
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.........................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
__ .
Wholesale trade___________
Clerks, order, women__________
Wholesale trade................ ......
Retail tra d e____________ Transportation and public
u t ilitie s .
. . .
Clerks, pay-roll, men__________
Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade,.....................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
48
18
22
32.95
39.8
.83
32.76
9
41.61
41.3
1.01
40.30
Clerks, accounting, men...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*429
105
156
49.60
53.15
44.35
40.2
40.2
40.6
1.23
1.32
1.09
49.18
52.00
42.63
61
44.89
39.6
1.13
46.08
106
56.52
39.9
1.42
57.24
Clerks, accounting, women...........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
603
124
79
23
38.88
42.34
40.23
36.25
40.6
41.1
41.7
42.2
.96
1.03
.97
.86
37.78
40.32
38.94
37.50
156
33.01
39.6
.83
34.56
Clerks, file, class A, women..........
C le r k s , o r d e r , m e n
35.33
See footnotes at end of table.
Clerks, accounting, women—Con.
Transportation and public
utilities_________________
Services__________________
u t ilit ie s
187
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer),
women.........................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Occupation, sex, and industry
Average
EstiMedian
mated
Weekly
weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
Dallas, T e x .— C o n tin u e d
Dallas, Tex.— Continued
Bookkeepers, hand, men—Con
tinued.
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade................ ............
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
,
average weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in selected cities by
industry group
Transportation and public
u t ilit ie s
__
Clerks, pay-roll, women...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade_______ ____
Retail trade.... .................. ......
Finance, insurance, and real
198
23
$41.69
33.88
40.5
41.5
$1.03
.82
$38.00
32.20
66
7
23
40.13
41.00
42.11
39.9
40.0
40.4
1.01
1.03
1.04
40.41
38.00
42.63
26
37.46
39.8
.94
36.83
10
41.93
39.0
1.08
39.40
*26
11
29.16
30.68
40.5
41.8
.72
.73
28.75
33.64
579
59
78
70
29.37
32.17
30.32
28.55
40.0
41.2
40.0
40.0
.73
.78
.76
.71
29.24
32.14
31.11
29.00
291
27.92
39.3
.71
27.65
66
15
31.43
32.62
41.3
44.0
.76
.74
30.14
32.91
61
20
24
51.62
.52.54
50.26
41.5
41.2
42.9
1.24
1.28
1.17
52.50
51.27
47.81
17
52.47
39.9
1.32
54.15
*162
7
73
3
43.62
50.60
40.83
41.77
40.4
43.4
40.1
39.5
1.08
1.17
1.02
1.06
42.94
52.80
40.32
40.32
50
46.18
39.6
1.17
46.92
* 172
161
43.22
42.62
41.4
41.4
1.04
1.03
41.25
41.47
* 186
41
108
34.89
40.31
31.20
40.2
39.9
40.4
.87
1.01
.77
33.42
42.00
31.00
31
38.63
40.3
.96
37.00
69
29
11
49.78
51.88
50.81
41.7
41.1
43.6
1.19
1.26
1.16
50.91
55.00
51.30
7
55.47
39.5
1.40
55.30
22
44.69
42.3
1.06
44.00
251
85
22
28
39.41
42.09
39.86
37.06
41.5
42.3
41.7
41.2
.95
.99
.96
.90
38.79
41.01
39.17
37.25
Transportation and public
Utilities
Services__________________
9
42.83
39.7
1.08
42.63
101
6
37.41
39.28
41.0
40.0
.91
.98
35.00
37.50
Clerk-typists, men__ ____ _____
Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade___________
Finance, insurance, and real
*80
27
25
36.47
35.22
41.01
41.6
43.0
41.3
.88
.82
.99
34.71
33.00
37.44
____
14
33.51
40.0
.84
31.11
Clerk-typists, women........... ........
Manufacturing______ _____
Wholesale trade.... ........... ......
Retail trade_______________
Finance, insurance, and real
1,133
221
212
36
33.91
37.73
36.76
30.93
40.6
41.6
40.6
39.9
.84
.91
.90
.78
33.19
37.40
35.71
30.00
439
31.17
39.6
.79
31.11
110
115
35.07
31.63
41.5
41.5
.85
.76
33.44
31.24
e s ta te
e s ta te
....
_
_
_
e s ta te
Transportation and public
utilities___ _____________
Services.............. ........ .............
17
T able J.— Average salaries 1 and
Occupation, sex, and industry
2—Continued
Average
Estimated
Median
Weekly
num
weekly
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
*142
31
32
16
$28.09
25.70
28.84
28.21
40.6
40.1
40.8
39.8
$0.69
.64
.71
.71
$28.41
24.88
28.80
29.00
17
26.30
39.4
.67
27.65
35
28.81
40.8
.71
28.60
Office girls.......................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*121
33
7
27.51
26.41
30.29
40.0
40.5
40.0
.69
.65
.76
26.88
24.88
30.00
38
26.21
39.5
.66
25.35
22
28.08
40.0
.70
27.00
Stenographers, general, women—
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
1,527
443
393
80
40.72
43.94
40.57
36.46
40.3
40.7
40.3
40.7
1.01
1.08
1.01
.90
40.42
42.86
38.72
35.50
225
38.23
39.6
.97
39.17
260
126
39.62
39.23
40.3
40.3
.98
.97
38.02
40.00
Stenographers, technical, women.
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*110
Switchboard operators, wom en...
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade....................... ......
Finance, insurance, and real
estate..—.................................
Transportation and public
utilities-................................
Transcribing-machine operators,
general, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate......................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
Typists, class A, women...............
Manufacturing.........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Typists, class B, women___, ........
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
See footnotes
at end of table.
Occupation, sex, and industry
Average
Estimated
Median
Weekly
num
weekly
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
Denver, C o lo .
D a lla s , T e x .— C o n .
Office boys......................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Switchboard - operator-reception
ists, women.................................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.................. ...................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services..................... ...............
,
average weekly sc h e d u le h o u rs of work fo r selected office occupations in selected cities by
industry group
44.14
38.4
1.15
42.49
41.13
36.5
1.13
5
51.28
40.0
1.28
54.15
*160
35
26
26
37.36
40.13
38.50
33.47
40.4
39.9
40.9
40.8
.93
1.01
.94
.82
37.60
40.00
40.00
32.50
53
41.47
33
37.42
39.3
.95
36.87
34
37.10
40.5
.92
37.81
*260
89
86
35.52
37.32
35.69
41.3
42.3
41.4
.86
.88
.86
35.20
37.10
35.70
44
34.11
39.2
.87
34.56
16
17
34.59
32.13
43.1
39.5
.80
.81
33.85
30.00
*220
43
51
36.14
34.31
37.23
41.1
44.7
40.0
.88
.77
.93
35.87
36.00
34.56
87
36.49
39.8
.92
36.87
15
22
33.49
37.54
44.0
40.5
.76
.93
32.57
37.50
*62
19
38.10
40.33
39.8
39.9
.96
1.01
38.47
39.17
17
38.90
39.4
.99
39.17
13
37.99
40.0
.95
38.00
31.17
34.56
32.44
32.00
307
10
10
101
30.95
36.04
32.92
31.85
39.8
40.0
42.3
40.2
.78
.90
.78
.79
138
29.29
39.4
.74
29.95
.81
31.68
48
32.37
40.0
B ille r s (b illin g m a ch in e ),
men..............................................
Manufacturing.........................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
B ille r s ( b illin g m a ch in e ),
women..........................................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Billers (bookkeeping machine),
men..............................................
Billers (bookkeeping machine), >
women.........................................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Bookkeepers, hand, men...............
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Bookkeepers, hand, women..........
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, men................................
Wholesale trade.......................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A. women...........................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, men................................
Manufacturing.........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, women...........................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer), women..............
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*19
8
$42.97
47.79
42.8
41.0
$1.00
1.17
$43.75
47.27
8
39.09
42.5
.92
38.94
*110
41
25
15
35.53
35.59
32.91
33.32
42.2
43.8
42.2
40.0
.84
.82
.78
.83
35.50
35.20
30.80
33.00
8
42.42
40.0
1.06
46.03
17
37.72
41.8
.90
38.72
5
40.34
41.8
.98
41.25
71
19
22
37.40
38.37
31.34
40.7
41.3
40.0
.92
.93
.78
37.25
37.84
30.00
12
40.19
40.5
.99
39.88
18
41.92
41.1
1.02
43.01
*47
24
9
59.84
65.27
51.31
41.5
41.4
40.9
1.45
1.58
1.26
58.75
66.74
55.24
6
55.24
42.3
1.31
50.69
6
58
23
12
11
60.95
46.05
48.55
42.10
43.25
42.2
41.1
42.2
41.1
40.0
1.45
1.12
1.15
1.03
1.08
61.12
46.50
50.37
38.25
45.20
7
48.69
39.6
1.23
50.63
5
46.55
40.8
1.14
44.13
*7
5
55.65
57.01
42.6
42.0
1.31
1.36
57.53
60.00
*14
47.94
41.4
1.17
44.75
5
42.28
44.8
.94
43.20
*22
10
6
46.60
44.50
40.0
40.0
1.16
1.11
43.50
42.50
38.61
39.9
.97
39.71
*178
37
42
9
37.35
38.70
35.78
34.40
41.2
41.6
42.1
40.0
.91
.93
.85
.86
37.50
37.60
35.34
35.00
77
37.15
40.4
.92
37.97
11
42.27
42.6
.99
41.80
*337
69
65
59
35.53
36.72
35.50
32.99
40.3
41.0
41.2
40.0
.88
.90
.86
.83
35.25
36.60
32.22
32.31
38
33.96
39.2
.87
34.52
99
36.97
40.1
.92
35.90
18
T able J.— Average salaries 1 and
Occupation, sex, and industry
,
average weekly scheduled hours of work fo r selected office occupations in selected cities by
industry group
2—Continued
Average
Esti
Median
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched- Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
Occupation, sex, and industry
Average
Esti
Median
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
Denver, Colo*— Con.
Denver, Colo.— Con.
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer), men.
Clerk-typists, men.........................
5
$37.75
41.7
$0.90
$37.63
Clerk-typists, women.................. .
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*315
151
54
17
34.21
35.83
33.88.
32.53
40.8
41.0
41.5
40.0
.84
.87
.82
.81
33.75
36.00
32.50
32.00
12
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer),
women.........................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Clerks, accounting, men...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
$43.67
40.0
$1.09
$43.67
* 23
12
9
39.86
44.18
34.08
42.2
42.3
42.6
.95
1.05
.80
40.75
44.65
32.67
*285
51
28
50.75
48.79
49.00
40.9
41.4
41.4
1.25
1.18
1.19
51.25
46.20
49.96
18
47.20
40.5
1.17
47.20
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
187
51.92
40.7
1.28
53.74
Clerks, accounting, women..........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.................. -.........
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
«371
64
45
124
39.79
40.47
42.43
35.95
41.2
43.1
40.9
40.0
.97
.94
1.04
.90
39.00
40.80
41.00
36.00
36
32.20
39.4
.82
31.65
98
45.92
42.3
1.09
45.32
Clerks, file, class A, women..........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
3
118
28
40.8
43.1
40.5
.81
11
32.90
38.05
31.97
.79
.88
31.50
36.82
32.22
17
32.56
39.8
.82
32.30
39
31.34
40.1
.78
30.84
5
30.88
40.8
.76
31.25
Clerks, file, class B, women..........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
..
Transportation and public
utilities................................ .
• 166
33
30
24
30.09
33.97
27.61
29.39
40.6
40.0
42.1
40.0
.75
.85
.74
32.75
34.60
26.40
29.60
41
27.12
39.6
.69
27.85
32
33.11
41.5
.80
33.03
Clerks, general, men......................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities.................................
134
56
55
48.23
50.30
47.44
40.0
41.7
1.26
1.14
47.50
48.00
48.00
Clerks, general, women....... .........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Clerks, file, class B, men.
.66
45.66
42.4
1.08
46.03
7
43.81
43.3
1.01
46.03
«152
47
27
14
35.24
36.72
33.80
32.68
40.0
41.8
41.0
40.0
.88
.88
.83
.82
35.50
34.00
35.00
32.00
42
35.15
37.3
.94
36.00
16
37.54
40.6
.93
38.13
Clerks, order, men..
Manufacturing..
Wholesale trade.
»77
41.1
42.6
40.7
1.10
1.21
53
45.38
51.68
43.26
44.50
52.80
42.58
Clerks, order, women..
Wholesale trade...
Retail trade...........
*57
7
42
35.47
39.71
33.35
40.4
42.3
40.0
20
1.06
.88
.94
.83
34.50
40.28
34.40
Clerks, pay-roll, men.....................
Manufacturing........................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*15
6
50.31
54.23
43.7
44.3
1.16
1.23
52.00
54.23
7
48.43
43.1
1.13
49.41
Clerks, pay-roll, women.............. .
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
128
62
8
21
40.63
41.82
41.97
37.22
41.8
42.9
41.3
40.0
.97
.98
1.02
.93
39.75
40.39
39.57
37.50
5
42.82
39.4
1.09
41.78
32
39.87
41.3
.96
37.63
See footnotes at end of table.
30.38
39.5
.77
29.92
16
39.16
42.9
.91
38.60
Office boys, men............................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate............................ ........
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
* 53
18
15
30.98
26.69
40.25
40.3
40.4
40.0
.77
.66
1.00
29.25
22.50
45.07
Office girls, women........................
Manufacturing........................
Retail trade.............................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
8
24.63
40.4
.61
27.62
6
32.09
41.3
.78
29.58
*62
16
16
30.80
29.85
41.0
43.5
40.0
.75
.77
.75
30.50
33.00
30.00
24
30.11
40.2
.75
29.92
6
44.47
43.2
1.04
40.00
Stenographers, general, women.
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
538
167
71
37
38.80
39.14
39.21
35.47
40.0
41.5
41.2
40.0
.89
.94
.95
.89
38.50
39.60
37.98
35.00
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
64
36.82
39.5
.93
37.40
171
28
40.66
33.35
40.7
38.9
1.00
.86
40.39
32.11
Stenographers, technical, women.
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*40
19
5
41.85
42.51
43.96
40.1
39.8
40.0
1.05
1.07
1.10
43.25
43.73
40.27
5
44.65
41.0
1.09
46.13
Switchboard operators, wom en...
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
e s ta te ..................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
104
38
35.84
37.99
32.77
34.62
41.0
40.8
44.2
40.0
.87
.93
.74
.87
35.50
36.50
32.06
35.00
Stenographers, general, men.
Switchboard-operator-receptionists, women. ...............................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Transcribing-maehine operators,
general, women......................... .
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transcribing-machine operators,
technical, women...................... .
Wholesale trade..................... .
Typist, class A, women............... .
Manufacturing........................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
12
21
11
33.43
41.1
.81
34.18
22
36.15
40.7
.89
33.66
» 82
34.80
33.80
35.58
32.37
41.3
42.9
40.7
40.0
.84
.79
.87
.81
34.25
33.00
34.52
32.11
22
30
6
12
31.97
39.1
00
16
67
31.30
11
38.60
43.4
.89
38.00
*63
20
14
34.91
34.63
34.90
40.5
40.2
41.4
.86
.86
.84
34.50
35.00
34.52
10
31.64
38.9
.81
31.65
*19
10
38.13
38.25
40.0
40.0
.96
.96
39.00
39.59
*102
23
36.57
35.00
40.0
40.0
.96
.88
39.59
33.37
60
37.63
40.0
.94
35.90
19
T able J .— A verage
salaries
1 and
2—Continued
Average
EstiMedian
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
uled
rates
workers salaries
hours
Occupation, sex, and industry
,
average w eekly scheduled hours o f work fo r selected office occupations in selected cities by
in d u stry group
Occupation, sex, and industry
Average
Esti
mated
Median
Weekly
num
weekly
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
Milwaukee, Wis.— C o n .
D e n v e r , C o lo — C o n .
Typists, ela s s R, wornfin _
' *Manufacturing
Retail trade. .1____________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
* 138
36
64
$31.50
34.01
31.65
40.7
40.3
40.0
$0.77
.84
.79
$31.50
34.56
31.00
10
28.95
39.0
.74
25.32
M ilw a u k e e , W is .
Clerks, file, class A, women..........
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
<86
52
10
$40.10
41.31
37.37
39.8
39.9
39.6
$1 .0 1
1.04
.94
$41.17
43.73
37.14
11
40.74
39.6
1.03
41.43
5
4
43.57
33.16
40.0
40.7
1.09
.81
45.59
0)
B ille r s ( b illin g m a ch in e ),
men
Transportation and other
public utilities___________
16
36.56
41.6
.8 8
35.70
Clerks, file, class B, men...............
17
31.87
39.5
.81
31.88
16
36.56
41.6
.8 8
35.70
B il l e r s ( b illin g m a ch in e ),
wnmAn
_
Manufacturing ....
Wholesale trada .
34.30
34.16
36.21
40.1
39.9
40.4
.85
33.88
34.98
34.52
*599
240
30
73
29.39
29.91
32.36
26.37
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.7
.74
.75
.81
* 160
61
46
Clerks, file, class B, women..........
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
.6 6
29.29
28.77
32.22
26.00
142
28.42
38.3
.74
28.77
Clerks, general, men......................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
*1 1 2
56
14
42.00
37.02
39.67
39.8
39.8
41.7
1.06
.93
.95
41.40
37.60
40.28
Clerks, general, women.................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*683
422
93
18
37.02
36.31
37.72
30.24
39.8
39.8
40.8
39.6
.94
.91
.93
.76
36.60
36.82
36.82
30.00
46
42.32
40.4
1.05
43.34
Clerks, order, men.........................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
*118
38
56
43.77
46.45
45.98
40.2
39.8
40.5
1.09
1.17
1.13
44.23
46.03
45.62
Clerks, order, women.....................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
<317
79
41
147
34.63
38.04
38.28
29.91
40.0
39.8
40.7
40.0
.87
.95
.94
.75
33.63
37.50
38.00
30.00
49
40.26
40.0
1 .0 1
45.00
<60
49
46.71
45.94
40.2
40.3
1.16
1.14
44.44
43.50
*415
281
27
38.30
37.88
33.80
40.0
39.9
39.5
.96
.95
37.37
36.00
34.00
Billers (bookkeeping machine),
Wnmen „
Retail trade __ _
WhnlASAlA trAdA
Rnnkkeepersr hand, rncn. ,, „
M anTifacturing'.
WholAsale trade- Transportation and public
utilities.
Bookkeepers, hand, women____
Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade.
Retail trade.
Finance, insurance, and real
estate _
. . . .
Transportation and public
utilities _ .
_.
Services
... _
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
Class A , women __
Mannfaotiiring
Finance, insurance, and real
estate _
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
Class R, women
Manufacturing. ..................
Wholesale trade___________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate. _
Transportation and public
utilities
__
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer), women....... ......
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade___________
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer),
\ynmen
M anufacturing____________
Wholesale trade___________
Retail trade_______________
Clerks, accounting, men________
MAnnfaetnring
Wholesale trade___________
Transportation and public
utilities __
Olefks, Aceoimting, women _
Manufacturing
W h o le s a le t r a d a . _
_
_.
_
Retail trade______________r
Finance, insurance, and real
esta te
Transportation and public
u t ilit ie s
.... __
Services.....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
.8 6
.90
37.13
34.50
38.40
35.8
39.8
40.2
1.04
.87
.95
37.26
35.00
38.00
60.85
60.29
57.69
39.8
40.6
43.3
1.53
1.48
1.33
61.10
60.76
58.77
21
58.20
40.0
1.45
61.90
97
31
18
15
48.41
49.67
49.44
39.73
40.0
39.5
40.5
39.6
1.21
1.26
1.22
1.00
47.81
53.00
50.20
38.00
14
51.11
39.0
1.31
48.33
8
11
54.16
47.36
40.6
41.7
1.33
1.14
56.89
40.00
<95
21
37
177
33
8
*73
46
43.88
43.46
40.0
40.2
1.10
1.08
42.66
42.50
Clerks, pay-roll, men.....................
Manufacturing.........................
13
48.66
3a 8
1.26
50.25
Clerks, pay-roll, women................
Manufacturing.........................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
<278
176
31
39.58
41.24
41.14
40.2
39.9
40.8
.99
1.03
1.01
40.82
42.54
40.60
51
33.46
40.4
.83
32.16
10
41.06
42.1
.98
40.94
*716
353
72
35.22
35.95
37.93
40.3
39.8
40.7
.87
.90
.93
35.07
35.67
38.20
<82
42
* 11
24
36.19
37.26
38.67
32.95
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
.91
.93
.97
.83
35.21
34.52
38.16
32.50
<190
104
19
47.79
46.43
52.15
40.2
39.8
41.1
1.19
1.17
1.27
47.50
46.03
51.78
60
46.50
40.9
1.14
46.28
.98
.96
.95
.86
39.92
37.47
37.80
32.74
549
202
55
14
39.21
38.28
38.81
34.34
40.1
40.0
41.0
40.0
81
34.59
39.3
.88
33.00
175
22
43.51
34.60
40.3
39.7
1.08
.87
44.00
32.60
.8 6
8
54.29
38.6
1.41
89
39.59
40.4
.98
39.41
Clerk-typists, men.........................
*22
Manufacturing.........................
20
Clerk-typists, women..................... *1,392
Manufacturing.........................
742
Finance, insurance, and real
.182
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
166
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
57
Office boys......................................
*140
Manufacturing.........................
89
12
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
16
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
10
11
Services.....................................
*158
Office girls.......................................
56
Manufacturing.........................
19
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
38
estate.....................................
Stenographers, general, wom en... 1,314
752
Manufacturing........................
215
Wholesale trade.......................
31
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
159
estate.....................................
40.17
39.93
33.07
34.01
40.7
40.8
40.1
40.0
.99
.98
.83
.85
40.94
40.14
32.86
34.00
31.78
39.4
.81
31.07
33.50
31.63
29.28
29.35
31.02
41.1
40.4
39.8
39.8
39.6
.82
.78
.74
.74
.78
33.39
31.26
29.45
29.00
31.07
(4)
28.68
40.3
.71
28.77
29.53
28.13
28.40
29.57
28.79
40.0
39.8
40.6
39.8
40.3
.74
.71
.70
.74
.71
29.79
29.92
27.31
27.80
27.30
26.91
37.99
38.36
37.21
34.33
40.0
39.8
39.7
40.4
39.8
.67
.96
.97
.92
.86
27.33
37.50
37.97
37.00
35.00
37.15
38.7
.96
35.67
20
T able J.
■Average salaries
Occupation, sex, and industry
1 and
2—Continued
Average
EstiMedian
mated
weekly
num
Weekly
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
uled
rates
workers salaries
hours
Con.
Milwaukee, Wis.—
Stenographers, general, women—
Continued
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services
$39.65
35.70
40.3
40.3
$0.98
.89
$39.51
34.52
Stenographers, technical, women.
Manufacturing.........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
*111
42.02
40.77
39.4
39.8
1.07
42.25
40.28
44
43.69
38.9
1 .1 2
44.88
Switchboard operators, w om en...
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade______ ________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*172
62
61
36.41
42.04
36.30
31.25
39.7
39.6
39.8
39.8
.92
1.06
.91
.79
36.82
39.13
32.80
30.00
14
37.35
38.9
.96
40.00
33
36.80
40.2
.92
37.00
Transcribing-machine operators,
general, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Transcribing-machine operators,
technical, women................. ......
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
Occupation, sex, and industry
Oakland, Calif.—
123
34
Switchboard - operator-receptionists, women________________
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate_________________—
Transportation and public
utilities.........—................ .
Services.....................................
,
average weekly scheduled hours of work fo r selected office occupations in selected cities by
industry group
63
10
1 .0 2
*216
123
46
35.89
36.76
34.86
40.2
39.9
41.1
.89
.92
.85
15
33.84
39.1
.8 6
*
34.97
35.67
33.00
16
13
37.55
33.39
41.3
40.4
.91
.83
39.94
32.50
183
109
34.79
36.25
36.63
39.4
40.0
40.7
.88
.91
.90
35.16
36.00
35.96
12
5
$53.63
40.0
$1.34
$56.39
6
43.73
40.0
1.09
42.58
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, m e n _______________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
46
40.23
40.0
1 .0 1
40.28
46
40.23
40.0
1 .0 1
40.28
* 165
22
41.60
42.48
40.0
39.8
1.04
1.07
40.75
41.43
135
41.36
40.0
1.03
40.28
*9
8
58.81
59.00
41.1
41.3
1.43
1.43
58.25
60.47
174
67
15
59
44.50
46 08
40^75
40.13
40.0
39.9
4o! o
40.0
1 .1 1
1 .0 2
1 .0 0
43.50
46.03
40.05
40.00
33
50.80
40.0
1.27
49.48
*
27
18
42.70
42.’96
40.0
40.0
1.07
1.07
42.00
39.13
*
98
66
52 73
53.*29
46.26
40.0
4o! o
40.0
1 32
l! 33
1.16
52 25
5L78
46.03
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
piass R, wnmp.n
Manufacturing........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer), men...................
Mamifaetnring
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer), women............ .
M armfantnring
Wholesale trade.......................
R e t a i l f.rftdp
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer),
w om en
Wholesale trade.......................
41.91
39.2
1.07
42.92
C le r lr s a e e o n n t in g j m e n
24
41.96
38.9
1.08
42.58
"W h o le s a le t r a d e
Typists, class A, women................
Manufacturing........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate............. ............. ..........
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*151
62
38.46
41.50
40.1
40.0
.96
1.04
40.04
42.58
14
40.89
40.0
1 .0 2
38.30
Typists, class B, women...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
*374
187
32
32.40
33.64
34.08
39.9
39.8
40.6
.81
.85
.84
32.47
33.37
34.86
93
29.37
39.8
.74
29.00
Billers (billing machine), m en .._
Transportation and public
utilities_________________
8
42.00
40.0
1.05
42.00
8
42.00
40.0
1.05
42.00
Billers (billing machine), women..
M anufacturing____________
Wholesale t r a d e
____________
Transportation and public
utilities
- - _______
*110
40.0
39.9
40.0
1 .1 0
12
43.90
47.04
37.98
1.18
.95
40.50
41.43
38.55
29
38.49
40.0
.96
36.82
Billers (bookkeeping machine),
women................. - ......................
Wholesale t r a d e
Retail trade...................................
*41
14
25
39.43
37.15
40.46
39.9
40.0
40.0
.99
.93
1 .0 1
40.25
36.82
42.00
Bookkeepers, b a n d , m e n __
Manufacturing........................
* 66
58
63.93
63.18
40.0
40.0
1.60
1.58
59.00
58.69
Bookkeepers, hand, women..........
*56
18
22
51.38
53.65
45.66
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.28
1.34
1.14
50.50
51.21
41.43
11
60.35
40.0
1.51
69.05
46.41
48.60
45.19
40.34
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.16
1.21
1.13
1.01
44.75
48.33
42.58
40.80
60
35.97
40.3
.89
37.69
Oakland, Calif.
__________
Wholesale trade.......................
Transportation and public
utilities
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, women............................
M a n u f a c t u r in g
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade...... .......................
See footnotes at end of table.
Con.
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, women—Continued
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*33
M a n u fa c tu rin g
Average
EstiMedian
mated
Weekly
weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
66
65
29
14
11
Manufacturing........................
5
Transportation and public
1.15
21
51.97
40.0
1.30
49.00
258
17
73
39.9
39.9
4olo
40.0
1 .1 2
110
44.64
46.91
44*. 14
39.16
1.18
i!io
.98
42.75
44.8 8
43.73
40.00
25
42.08
39.8
1.06
41.43
33
51.37
|40.0
1.28
48.00
10
37.98
40.0
.95
40.50
Clerks, file, class A, women..........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
*90
30
38.38
39.44
35.25
40.0
40.0
40.0
.96
.99
.88
37.50
39.13
35.33
23
34.77
40.0
.87
34.52
Clerks, file, class B, women..........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
95
36.62
35.86
33.48
35.44
39.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
.92
.91
.84
.89
36.00
35.67
33.37
35.00
u t ilit ie s
Clerks, accounting, women...........
M an ii fa e t n r in g
Wholesale trade. .....................
R e ta il tra d e
Finance, insurance, and real
esta te
Transportation and public
u t ilit ie s
n ie rlrS j file , e lass
A, m a n
12
12
22
15
6
34.13
39.2
.87
31.61
40
39.38
40.0
.98
36.00
Clerks, general, men......................
Manufacturing.........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.............................. ......
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*94
34
53.50
53.65
40.0
40.0
1.34
1.34
53.75
50.40
28
52.77
40.0
1.32
53.51
28
53.14
40.0
1.33
51.78
Clerks, general, women.................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate........ ..................... ......
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
380
163
32
64
45.02
47.90
41.56
37.79
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.13
1.04
.94
44.25
46.40
42.50
38.00
71
46.11
40.0
1.15
44.88
50
45.50
40.0
1.14
42.24
u t ilit ie s
_
1 .2 0
21
T able J.— Average
salaries
Occupation, sex, and industry
1 and
average weekly scheduled hours of work fo r selected office occupations in selected citiesf by
industry group
2—Continued
Average
EstiMedian
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
uled
rates
workers salaries
hours
Oakland, Calif.— Con.
Oakland, Calif.—Con.
Clerks, order, man
M onufacturing
Clarks, ordor, women
Wholesale trado___
Transportation and public
utilities
Occupation, sex, and industry
22
$55.78
54.49
59.42
39.9
39.9
40.0
$1.40
1.37
1.49
$56.25
54.67
59.84
*113
40
28
18
43.88
47.32
37.61
40.49
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.09
1.18
.94
1 .01
42.25
46.03
37.98
40.40
*71
48
Typists, class B, women...............
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade_________ _____
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
19
48.17
40.0
1 .2 0
42.58
San Francisco, Calif.
Clerks, pay-roll, men _
Manufacturing........................
*21
18
55.19
55.22
40.2
40.3
1.37
1.37
53.00
51.78
Clerks, pay-roll, women................
Manufacturing _
Wholesale trade.......................
Betail trade.............................
Transportation and public
utilities
_____
178
90
9
35
44.94
44.60
46.98
43.29
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
1 .1 2
1 .1 2
43.50
42.88
43.73
44.00
Billers (b illin g m a c h in e ),
men
Transportation and public
utilities
Manufacturing _
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real
Transportation and public
utilities
Office boys......................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade........... ...........
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Office girls
Manufacturing........................
WholAQdlo
TV liUlCocMo frodn
i/IaUv- . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities
Stenographers, general, wom en...
Manufacturing................ ........
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities...
Switchboard operators, w om en...
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trad e . . _
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities___ _____________
Switchboard-operator-reoeptionists, women..................................
Manufacturing. _
Wholesale trade______
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities ____ _
Transcribing-machine operators,
general, women...........................
Manufacturing.........................
Retail trade..............................
Typists, class A, women _ _
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.. ....
Transportation and public
utilities.................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Average
EstiMedian
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
146
46.53
41.99
44.01
38.01
38.07
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
27
38.39
40.05
39.78
38.02
33.14
44
667
422
22
50
*82
56
5
1.17
1.08
1.16
1.05
.95
.95
44.88
42.00
43.43
40.74
37.00
39.3
.98
38.00
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
1 .0 0
37.97
38.50
38.80
33.37
1 .1 0
1 .0 0
.95
.83
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
4o! o
1 .2 0
14
48.00
37 47
37.13
33.08
34.43
.8 6
48.15
36.00
37.98
32.80
34 70
8
32.80
40.0
.82
32.80
15
536
302
65
13
45.57
46.81
47.34
44.08
44.36
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.14
1.17
1.18
47.00
46.50
46.03
42.58
45.60
18
60
15
8
.94
.93
.83
1 .1 0
1 .11
1.16
46.03
90
46.00
39.7
66
6
21
48.64
45.51
48.83
43.90
41.46
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.04
46.03
45.25
50.00
40.28
40.28
15
43.27
40.0
1.08
43.73
12
48.47
40.0
1 .2 1
46.03
*117
73
43.03
43.55
44.17
39.9
39.9
40.0
1.08
1.09
43.00
43.73
41.43
82
28
12
1 .2 2
1.14
1 .2 2
1 .1 0
1 .1 0
10
40.57
39.5
1.03
40.28
21
41.89
40.0
1.05
40.51
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.08
1.09
12
42.73
42.23
40.49
41.22
44.76
38.55
.96
43.00
43.73
40.80
41.00
43.85
37.98
68
39.74
40.0
.99
40.28
10
47.77
40.0
1.19
44.88
*77
61
13
*109
19
1 .0 1
1.03
1 .1 2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$0.95
1.07
.83
.94
$37.75
45.00
32.22
37.60
24
$37.69
42.64
33.06
37.40
48
36.34
40.0
.91
35.67
29
42.65
40.0
1.07
40.74
*28
53.59
40.0
1.34
50.00
1.28
49.48
45.25
48.33
45.00
129
6
22
19
51.11
40.0
*255
56
139
45.75
47.42
45.10
39.7
39.3
39.9
1.15
25
43.82
38.9
1.13
44.88
24
45.31
40.0
1.13
42.19
145
38
65
39.7
38.8
40.0
40.0
1.25
1.45
1.16
20
49.62
56.09
46.52
48.73
1 .2 2
49.75
56.39
44.65
47.93
22
48.38
40.0
1 .2 1
49.48
*170
90
25
66.78
69.19
73.71
39.2
39.2
40.0
1.70
1.77
1.84
64.00
67.20
75.00
35
55.43
38.1
1.46
51.78
68.31
40.4
1.69
63.29
179
50
30
18
55.02
60.78
56.34
50.80
39.2
39.4
39.6
40.0
1.40
1.54
1.42
1.27
55.75
60.50
57.54
47.25
60
50.71
38.5
1.32
48.33
21
55.37
39.5
1.40
55.24
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, men________________
Manufacturing____________
Finance, insurance, and real
*25
6
53.36
54.09
39.5
38.3
1.35
1.41
52.50
54.09
9
52.16
39.8
1.31
51.78
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, worn «n
__ _. _
Manufacturing. ----------------Wholesale trade___________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
__
* 121
80
15
51.63
52.28
51.84
38.7
38.3
40.0
1.34
1.37
1.30
50.50
52.47
49.48
24
49.54
39.4
1.26
49.27
*157
44.22
58.58
40.0
40.0
1 .1 0
22
1.47
43.25
59.84
129
41.77
40.0
1.04
42.23
791
150
44.23
48.72
47.64
42.70
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
1 .1 2
112
12
1.23
1.19
1.07
44.00
47.50
48.00
41.33
488
41.98
39.3
1.07
40.28
29
46.46
40.4
1.15
47.47
24
56.77
40.0
1.42
58.50
Billers (billing machine), women—
M anufseturmg
Wholesale trade___________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Billers (bookkeeping machine),
women........................................ Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade _____________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
_________
Bookkeepers, hand, men_______
M ftrmfaoturiug
___
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.................-......... ........
Transportation and public
utilities_________________
Bookkeepers, hand, women_____
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade___________
Retail trade_______________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
- - ________
Transportation and public
utilities_________________
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, men________________
Wholesale trade___________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class R, women
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Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
Transportation and public
utilities_________________
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer), men...................
19
1 .21
1.13
22
T able J.— Average
salaries
Occupation, sex, and industry
1 and
*—Continued
Average
Esti
Median
mated
num
Weekly
weekly
ber of Weekly sched- Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
S a n F r a n c is c o , C a lif.—
C o n t in u e d
Calculating-machine operators,
(comptometer), women..............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
913
422
297
73
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer), men.
Finance, insurance, and real
estate......................................
7
59.51
41.1
1.45
63.29
Calculating-machine operators
(other than com p tom eter),
women..........................................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate......................................
*115
65
43.80
43.46
39.6
39.9
1 .11
1.09
43.00
41.77
$47.78
49.10
46.79
41.78
39.5
39.0
40.0
40.0
$1.21
1.26
1.17
1.04
$46.75
49.02
46.03
41.40
12
45.46
37.1
1.23
45.46
109
49.66
39.8
1.25
49.02
8
58.11
41.0
1.42
57.50
Occupation, sex, and industry
S a n F r a n c is c o , C a lif.—
C o n t in u e d
Clerks, order, men.........................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
$1.43
1.54
1.37
$56.25
57.54
55.24
40.6
2 .0 2
80.55
*2 0 1
90
74
16
39.6
39.7
39.9
40.0
1.26
1.30
1.23
.96
49.50
49.64
51.78
37.40
12
49.20
36.5
1.35
51.21
Clerks, pay-roll, men.....................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
98
52
15
56.47
55.27
51.57
39.6
39.3
40.0
1.43
1.41
1.29
56.25
54.09
50.00
10
63.29
40.0
1.58
63.29
21
59.71
39.8
1.50
65.95
368
164
74
31
50.31
53.32
50.27
44.49
39.6
39.4
39.9
40.0
1.27
1.35
1.26
1 .1 1
49.25
51.78
51.78
44.50
34
47.57
39.5
1 .2 1
47.76
65
46.99
39.7
1.18
46.03
67
26
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.16
1.18
10
46.48
47.36
48.02
1 .2 0
47.50
50.25
48.02
31
45.24
40.0
1.13
43.73
1,692
482
327
18
42.21
45.58
42.68
37.53
39.5
39.5
39.8
40.0
1.07
1.15
1.07
.94
42.25
46.95
42.00
37.45
566
39.95
39.3
1 .0 2
40.28
299
*391
148
60
40.80
37.85
38.00
37.27
39.7
39.3
39.5
39.7
1.03
.96
.96
.94
40.28
37.75
38.80
37.97
106
37.58
38.9
.97
35.96
75
343
132
129
38.44
38.61
41.52
35.17
39.1
39.7
39.5
40.0
.98
.97
1.05
.8 8
39.13
37.25
39.70
35.67
20
34.75
40.1
.87
34.24
59
*41
16
2,572
904
443
42
41.15
50.80
53.14
49.43
48.13
50.28
48.51
47.60
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.3
39.8
40.0
1.04
1.27
1.33
1.24
1.23
1.28
41.43
52.00
51.78
48.33
47.50
50.63
48.00
46.41
811
46.44
38.6
1 .2 0
46.03
372
412
132
90
46.17
47.15
52.92
44.71
39.62
39.7
39.6
39.7
40.0
40.0
1.16
1.19
1.33
.99
46.03
44.75
53.67
43.73
38.87
112
43.13
39.2
1 .1 0
42.58
57
48.34
39.5
1 .2 2
43.65
39.0
1.15
42.58
55.52
57.77
52.08
39.5
39.3
39.8
1.41
1.47
1.31
54.75
57.54
50.63
128
53.91
39.1
1.38
50.63
142
57.37
39.6
1.45
55.53
Clerks, pay-roll, women................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Clerks, accounting, women...........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
987
318
217
29
47.83
50.05
48.08
45.07
39.2
39.3
39.7
40.0
1 .2 2
1.13
47.00
48.33
48.33
44.50
Clerk-typists, m e n ,......................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
251
44.53
38.3
1.16
44.88
172
48.71
39.6
1.23
48.33
Clerks, file, class A, men...............
Manufacturing____________
*9
4
49.11
47.20
40.0
40.0
1.23
1.18
56.75
47.20
Clerks, file, class A, women_____
Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade___IIIIIIIII"
Finance, insurance, and real
estate....................................
Transportation and ’ public
utilities..................................
*331
116
65
45.59
51.21
42.42
39.6
39.5
39.7
1.15
1.30
1.07
44.25
52.27
42.58
112
41.14
39.3
1.05
40.28
36
47.12
40.5
1.16
46.03
Clerks, file, class B, men_____
Manufacturing........
Transportation and’ public'
utilities.................... ............
*25
16
44.25
46.61
40.0
40.0
1 .11
1.17
45.25
46.17
5
43.50
40.0
1.09
43.73
Clerks, file, class B, women__
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade___IIIIIIIII]
Retail trade................ IIIIII”
Finance, insurance," and real
estate........................
Transportation an’d ’ pubTic
utilities.................................
Clerks, general, men......................
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade.. 11111111“’"
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.................
Transportation and’’public
utilities..................................
Clerks, general, women................
Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade__ IIIIIIIIII
Retail trade................
Finance, insurance," and real
estate.................
Tr^Pprtation’ and ’ public
utilities.....................* ..........
947
146
47
37.37
43.99
37.68
35.31
39.1
38.6
39.9
40.0
.95
1.14
.94
.8 8
36.50
40.28
36.82
35.40
542
35.40
38.8
.91
34.52
112
535
166
166
38.87
55.74
64.17
52.08
39.9
39.8
39.9
39.9
.97
1.40
1.61
1.30
37.00
55.25
62.19
51.78
175
50.76
39.6
1.28
50.63
28
950
252
280
73
58.50
49.47
61.67
44.47
40.11
40.3
39.7
40.0
39.9
40.0
1.45
1.24
1.54
1 .11
1 .0 0
56.97
46.25
62.19
42.58
39.39
284
45.99
39.1
1.18
43.73
61
49.48
39.8
1.24
48.33
Clerk-typists, women....................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate. ...................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Office boys......................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities. .................................
Office girls.......................................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade..................... .
Finance, insurance, and real
estae....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Stenographers, general, men.........
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Stenographers, general, wom en...
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Switchboard operators, wom en...
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
39.9
39.1
40.1
49.75
51.60
49.20
38.52
44.87
See footnotes at end of table.
$56.98
60.06
54.86
81.83
44
1 .21
*514
114
379
14
709
256
183
1.28
Average
EstiMedian
mated
Weekly
weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
salaries
uled
rates
workers
hours
Clerks, order, women.....................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Clerks, accounting, men................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
100
,
average weekly scheduled hours of work fo r selected office occupations in selected cities by
industry group
22
21
1 .2 2
1.19
1 .1 2
23
T able J.
-Average salaries
Occupation, sex, and industry
1 and
average weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office
industry group
2—Continued
Average
EstiMedian
mated
niimweekly
Weekly
ber of Weekly sched- Hourly salaries
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
Occupation, sex, and industry
San Francisco, Calif.—Con.
Seattle, Wash.— Con.
Switchboard-operator-reception
ists, women..................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, men__
__ _
Transcribing-machine operators,
general, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.............................. ......
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Typists, class A, men....................
*323
104
122
$44.73
45.06
45.52
39.2
39.1
39.8
$1.14
1.15
1.14
$44.00
44.88
44.00
52
44.08
38.1
1.16
43.73
41
42.16
38.7
1.09
42.00
236
96
60
45.82
47.97
42.98
39.3
39.2
40.0
1.16
1.22
1.07
45.75
48.91
41.43
69
43.46
38.6
1.12
42.58
11
57.29
40.0
1.43
57.60
8
45.24
40.0
1.13
42.25
Typists, class A, women...............
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities.................................
*348
202
32
46.60
48.33
45.13
39.2
39.0
40.0
1.19
1.24
1.13
46.25
48.33
46.02
66
40.22
39.0
1.03
40.28
44
49.25
40.0
1.23
46.95
Typists, class B, women...............
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
528
150
104
9
42.09
44.59
41.70
42.93
39.2
39.4
40.0
40.0
1.07
1.13
1.04
1.07
42.00
43.73
40.28
44.50
224
39.96
38.7
1.03
40.65
41
45.43
39.0
1.16
45.57
*228
15
67
43
41.20
42.59
42.99
36.40
39.9
38.8
40.0
40.0
1.03
1.10
1.07
.91
40.50
40.28
41.60
37.00
96
41.78
40.0
1.04
40.64
*25
11
41.43
46.00
40.0
40.0
1.03
1.15
39.25
40.28
Bookkeepers, hand, men...............
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate........................... -........
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*108
43
22
62.50
68.16
56.81
40.1
39.9
40.0
1.56
1.71
1.42
62.25
66.74
55.24
30
60.35
39.6
1.52
59.84
6
7
57.54
59.14
40.0
43.4
1.44
1.36
54.09
60.00
Bookkeepers, hand, women.........
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
161
28
30
6
52.06
57.35
58.37
42.87
39.8
39.5
40.1
40.0
1.30
1.45
1.45
1.07
51.25
57.52
57.54
44.27
68
48.19
39.7
1.21
46.61
13
16
56.12
47.60
40.0
40.0
1.40
1.19
51.78
48.33
*53
12
48.58
64.63
40.0
40.0
1.22
1.62
45.75
60.42
38
43.55
40.0
1.09
43.73
*204
9
57
44.20
49.92
45.53
39.9
40.0
40.2
1.11
1.25
1.13
44.50
48.33
46.00
130
5
43.19
40.17
39.9
40.0
1.08
1.00
43.73
40.28
Seattle, Wash.
Billers (billing machine), women.
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Billers (bookkeeping machine),
women.........................................
Manufacturing.........................
6St&t0
Transportation and public
utilities.................................
Services....................................
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, men.............................. .
Wholesale trade..................... .
Finance, insurance, and real
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class A, women...........................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate....................................
Services....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Bookkeeping-machine operators,
class B, women_____________
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade___________
Retail trade______ ________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
Calculating-machine operators
(comptometer), woman
Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade___________
Retail trade_______________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
_ __
Transportation and public
utilities
occupations in selected cities, by
Average
EstiMedian
mated
weekly
Weekly
num
Weekly
sched Hourly salaries
ber of
rates
workers salaries uled
hours
*12
$43.71
40.0
$1.09
$41.50
* 191
29
58
6
41.13
44.69
44.88
37.17
39.1
39.8
40.1
40.0
1.05
1.12
1.12
.93
40.25
43.73
43.73
37.00
94
37.93
38.2
.99
38.84
*430
89
107
140
41.43
41.83
43.75
37.89
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.03
1.05
1.09
.95
41.00
41.43
41.60
38.00
56
42.41
39.8
1.06
40.86
38
45.56
40.0
1.14
46.50
*67
28
22
39.95
42.40
35.18
40.3
41.7
40.0
.99
1.02
.88
39.50
44.44
35.00
*202
74
63
57.55
57.33
56.32
40.1
40.0
40.3
1.43
1.44
1.40
56.00
55.25
52.93
14
54.70
40.0
1.37
55.67
49
59.55
40.0
1.49
62.80
Clerks, accounting, women_____
Manufacturing____________
Wholesale trade___________
Retail trade_______________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate____ ______________
Transportation and public
utilities_____ ___________
Services
_ _
_ __
538
94
141
82
42.80
46.09
44.61
36.31
39.9
39.8
40.1
40.1
1.07
1.16
1.11
.91
41.75
46.03
43.73
36.24
150
42.51
39.7
1.07
40.28
58
13
42.55
44.58
40.0
39.5
1.06
1.13
41.00
42.50
Clerks, file, class A, women .....
Manufacturings _
_ __ _
Wholesale trade_____ _____
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
Transportation and public
utilities __
Clerks, file, class B, women
M annfactnring
Wholesale trade
Retail trade_______________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
Transportation and public
utilities
Services
Cfarks, general, men
Manufacturing
_ ______
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate__________________
Transportation and public
utilities
. .
Cfarks, general, women.
Manufacturing. _ _ _ ___
Wholesale trade
Retail trade________ ______
Finance, insurance, and real
estate............. .................. .....
Transportation and public
u t ilit ie s
. .
Services__________________
Clerks, order, men____________
*175
76
25
42.52
46.68
39.95
39.8
40.0
40.0
1.07
1.17
1.00
44.25
46.26
39.13
64
38.37
39.4
.97
39.13
7
425
71
42
113
47.59
33.55
39.47
34.81
31.01
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.0
1.19
.84
.99
.86
.78
47.00
32.00
37.98
32.22
31.00
88
32.64
39.9
.82
32.22
24
87
*144
39
52
38.47
30.95
51.96
53.94
50.42
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.6
.96
.77
1.29
1.35
1.24
38.40
31.07
52.50
53.86
52.00
38
51.37
40.0
1.28
52.00
7
671
222
142
88
46.06
43.95
47.47
39.64
35.83
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.1
1.15
1.11
1.19
.99
.89
4488
43.00
47.41
40.00
35.00
136
44.15
38.8
1.14
42.47
66
17
*240
56
184
53.19
38.62
55.52
56.62
55.18
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.0
41.0
1.33
.97
1.37
1.42
1.35
57.00
34.52
53.25
52.14
51.78
Calculating-machine operators
(other than comptometer),
women____________________
Wholesale trade___________
Retail trade______ -_______
Clerks, accounting, men________
Manufacturing _ _
Wholesale trade___________
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
Transportation and public
utilities_________________
M a n u f a c t u r i n g ____
Wholesale trade.......................
24
T able J.
—Average salaries 1 and
Occupation, sex, and industry
2—Continued
Average
Estimated
Median
num
Weekly
weekly
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
Seattle, Wash.— Con.
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Office boys......................................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services..................... ..............
Office girls.......................................
Manufacturing.........................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate....................................
Transportation and public
utilities................................
Stenographers, general, w om en...
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate................................ .
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services................................. .
$42.10
45.60
45.62
38.52
58.44
59.87
44.96
45.15
45.78
39.52
40.1
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.2
40.3
39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
$1.05
1.14
1.15
.96
1.46
1.49
1.13
1.14
1.14
.99
$41.25
43.73
44.88
37.50
59.00
59.84
43.25
41.43
45.28
40.00
22
48.10
39.6
1.22
46.03
38
5
3 603
141
163
19
47.15
44.00
39.37
42.74
39.39
33.98
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.8
39.9
40.0
1.18
1.10
.99
1.07
.99
.85
49.00
40.00
39.75
43.73
40.28
33.50
210
37.77
38.7
.97
37.98
59
94
14
9
5
40.04
32.98
35.81
35.76
30.30
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.00
.82
.90
.89
.76
40.00
31.00
35.92
37.98
31.00
48
32.22
39.7
.81
29.96
8
10
»116
23
31
34.09
30.57
33.19
36.01
31.68
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
.85
.76
.83
.90
.79
33.81
29.92
32.50
37.98
31.00
32
31.87
39.7
.80
30.43
23
943
197
262
35
34.67
45.62
46.45
46.55
39.62
40.0
39.7
39.8
40.2
39.7
1.15
1.17
1.16
1.00
34.00
45.25
46.03
46.03
40.00
300
45.49
39.0
1.17
44.88
133
26
45.12
45.52
40.0
39.9
1.13
1.07
45.25
42.58
1 Excluding overtime premium pay.
* Data pertain to pay roll periods, as follows: December 1947 (Atlanta);
January 1948 (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Seattle); February
Occupation, sex, and industry
Average
Esti
Median
mated
Weekly
weekly
num
ber of Weekly sched Hourly salaries
workers salaries uled
rates
hours
Seattle, Wash.— Con.
3 160
37
41
67
*21
16
168
60
12
31
00
Clerks, order, women.....................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Clerks, pay-roll, men.....................
Manufacturing.........................
Clerks, pay-roll, women................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services.....................................
Clerk-typists, women....................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
,
average weekly scheduled hours of work fo r selected office occupations in selected cities by
industry group
$50.92
48.97
39.4
39.8
70
49.94
39.1
1.28
49.48
8
67.07
40.0
1.68
67.90
*153
26
26
25
40.77
43.73
39.13
36.98
39.8
40.0
40.2
40.0
1.02
1.09
.97
.92
40.00
42.12
36.82
36.00
Stenographers, technical, women.
Manufacturing........................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
3 116
38
Swtichboard operators, wom en...
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Switchboard-operator-reception
ists, women.................................
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Retail trade..............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
Transcribing-machine operators,
general, women...........................
Manufacturing.........................
Wholesale trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and real
$1.29
1.23
$48.50
46.03
40
41.72
38.9
1.07
40.21
36
41.38
40.0
1.03
42.00
145
39
40
4
40.97
44.70
42.29
35.12
39.7
39.8
39.8
38.5
1.03
1.12
1.06
.91
40.25
43.38
42.00
37.50
24
37.76
39.1
.97
37.98
19
19
39.38
37.44
40.0
39.7
.98
.94
37.98
37.98
*125
8
57
42.32
39.70
44.79
39.9
39.4
40.1
1.07
1.01
1.12
42.75
39.13
44.88
52
40.82
39.7
1.03
41.43
Typists, class A, women...............
Manufacturing........................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
*215
44
26
41.11
43.61
34.62
40.0
40.0
40.0
1.03
1.09
.87
41.00
42.70
35.00
128
41.43
40.0
1.03
40.28
13
43.46
40.0
1.09
43.00
Typists, class B, women...............
Manufacturing........................
Wholesale trade......................
Retail trade.............................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate.....................................
Transportation and public
utilities..................................
Services....................................
180
18
6
19
35.64
37.77
32.99
33.79
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
.90
.95
.82
.84
35.50
37.98
31.07
33.50
60
34.27
39.5
.87
33.37
12
65
39.87
36.32
40.0
40.0
1.00
.91
39.50
35.67
1948 (Dallas and San Francisco-Oakland).
* Includes data for industry groups not shown separately*
* Insufficient data.
25
T able K.— Average sa la rie s1 and average weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in Chicago, III,, by
,
industry group February 1948
Weekly salaries
Esti
mated
num
Range of
Occupation, sex, and industry ber of
Medi middle 50
work Aver
an
percent
of
age
ers
workers *
Billers (billing machine),
men........................................
Wholesale trade.................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
*167 $42.48 $41.70 $39.50-$46.00
77 42.30 42.00 40.00- 46.00
45 43.85 42.00 41.00- 45.10
Billers (billing machine),
women................................... *1,796 42.77 43.20 40.00- 46.50
789 43.32 42.58 40.00- 46.40
Manufacturing..................
414 41.64 40.96 38.28- 45.00
Wholesale trade.................
Finance, insurance, and
93 40.49 41.43 35.10- 44.31
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
34 42.34 43.05 40.74- 43.05
lic utilities......................
16 41.19 42.50 40.00- 42.58
Services...............................
Billers (bookkeeping ma
chine), women.......................
Manufacturing..................
Wholesale trade.................
Aver
age Aver
week age
hour
ly
sched ly
uled rates
hours
39.8 $1.07
40.0 1.06
41.1
1.07
39.8
39.9
39.5
1.07
1.09
1.05
39.1
1.04
40.4
38.8
1.05
1.06
39.1
38.5
39.4
1.09
1.16
1.05
72.00
72.60
75.00
50.00
39.9
40.0
40.8
40.0
1.56
1.59
1.58
1.18
153 58.91 60.99 51.78- 69.04
42 54.46 52.93 40.00- 64.83
38.9
39.6
1.51
1.37
Bookkeepers, hand, women... 1,171 52.10 52.09 45.50- 59.00
385 54.55 53.86 50.00- 60.00
Manufacturing..................
220 53.95 51.00 48.33- 60.00
Wholesale trade.................
117 43.81 42.50 41-00- 46.20
Retail trade..................... .
Finance, insurance, and
310 48.42 46.03 43.15- 57.54
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
22 65.74 57.54 55.00- 85.00
lic utilities.......................
117 56.06 55.00 48. 33- 60.00
Services...............................
39.7
39.7
39.8
42.6
1.31
1.37
1.35
1.03
38.6
1.26
38.8
39.3
1.69
1.43
Bookkeepers, hand, men.........
Manufacturing................ .
Wholesale trade.................
Retail trade........................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................
Services..............................
*288 42.74 42.47 40.00- 46.50
136 44.65 45.00 42.00- 47.95
40 41.40 40.00 38.00- 45.00
*701
321
140
24
Bookkeeping-machine oper
ators, class A, men................
Bookkeeping-machine oper
ators, class A, women...........
Manufacturing..................
Wholesale trade.................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
Bookkeeping-machine operfcors, class B, m en......... ......
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................
62.11
63.75
64.43
47.08
63.06
65.00
63.29
48.00
54.0057.5455.4744.00-
*24 56.51 54.44 50.50- 70.50
39.8
1.42
*512 52.15 51.39 47.00- 56.00
256 55.45 52.00 47.50- 60.51
100 51.42 50.00 47.50- 52.40
39.5
39.9
39.5
1.32
1.39
1.30
115 47.33 49.48 43.73- 51.78
38.4
1.23
21 44.10 41.43 40.00- 47.83
40.0
1.10
*172 37.90 36.28 34.00- 41.50
40.0
.95
122 35.25 34.52 33.37- 36.82
39.5
.89
39.7
39.7
39.7
40.0
1.05
1.12
1.13
1.02
Bookkeeping-machine oper
ators, class B, women........... 2,515 41.65 41.04 36.00- 46.00
637 44.43 43.73 40.00- 47.60
Manufacturing..................
622 44.70 44.00 40.00- 50.00
Wholesale trade.................
132 40.72 40.00 36.00- 44.07
Retail trade.................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................ 1,053 38.01 37.40 35.67- 40.28
Transportation and pub
27 41.94 39.13 36.82- 45.10
lic utilities......... .............
44 47.87 47.50 46.29- 52.50
Services...............................
39.6
.96
40.1
40.0
1.04
1.20
39.7
39.6
39.9
40.0
1.09
1.13
1.08
.96
38.8
1.01
40.1
39.7
1.10
1.10
39.4
39.1
39.4
40.0
1.07
1.11
1.08
1.11
139 36.37 35.67 33.95- 36.82 38.9
.94
Calculating-machine oper
ators (comptometer), wo
men........................................ 3,591 43.19 42.59 38.50- 47.00
Manufacturing.................. 1,916 44.62 44.00 40.00- 47.50
712 43.16 42.00 40.00- 47.60
Wholesale trade.................
489 38.45 38.00 35.00- 42.00
Retail trade........................
Finance, insurance, and
142 39.16 37.97 36.82- 41.43
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
139 44.21 45.00 40.28- 47.32
193 43.49 44.00 41.00- 46.00
Services..............................
Calculating-machine oper
ators (other than comp
tometer), women..................
Manufacturing..................
Wholesale trade.................
Retail trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................
*739
118
107
337
See footnotes at end of table.
42.07
43.53
42.59
44.28
42.05
40.28
40.96
46.00
37.5040.0037.9741.00-
46.50
46.03
46.03
47.00
Weekly salaries
Esti
mated
num
Range of
Occupation, sex, and industry ber
of
Medi middle 50
work Aver
percent of
an
age
ers
workers 2
Aver
age Aver
week age
ly hour
sched ly
uled rates
hours
Clerks, accounting, men......... 2,448 $51.51 $50.90 $43.50-$53.50
Manufacturing.................. 1,390 54.82 52.82 45.91- 62.00
488 47.50 46.03 41.80- 50.63
Wholesale trade.................
44 44.80 45.00 39.00- 51.00
Retail trade........................
Finance, insurance, and
46.84 46.03 39.13- 51.78
377
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
48.72 48.30 42. CO- 55.24
111
lic utilities.......................
38 43.88 41.43 32. GO- 50.00
Services...............................
39.6 $1.30
39.8 1.38
39.7 1.20
40.0 1.12
38.9
1.20
40.2
40.2
1.21
1.09
Clerks, accounting, women.. . 4,329 43.84 41.96 37.50- 47.50
Manufacturing.................. 1,776 48.10 45.00 40.28- 51.78
795 41.36 40.00 36.82- 44.30
Wholesale trade.................
196 43.65 40.00 38.00- 50.00
Retail trade........................
Finance, insurance, and
966 38.84 36.82 34.52- 40.28
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
246 44.74 45.00 39.13- 49.48
lic utilities.......................
350 41.12 40.28 36.82- 44.88
Services..............................
39.3
39.4
39.4
41.9
1.12
1.22
1.05
1.04
39.2
.99
39.9
38.1
1.12
1.08
*51 42.86 42.81 39. CO- 47.00
23 44.72 45.65 38. OO- 51.67
39.0
37.9
1.15
1.29
Clerks, file, class A, women... 1,142 41.82 41.64 37. CO- 45.00
456 42.77 42.58 35. GO- 46.03
Manufacturing..................
106 41.16 40.97 39. 13- 42.58
Wholesale trade................287 42.50 42.80 39.28- 45.04
Retail trade...................... Finance, insurance, and
160 39.96 39.13 36.82- 42.58
real estate-----------------Transportation and pub
39 46.99 47.18 42. GO- 54.09
lic utilities.......................
94 36.84 34.52 34.00- 40.00
Services..............................
39.3
38.9
39.5
40.0
1.06
1.10
1.04
1.06
38.7
1.03
39.8
39.8
1.18
.92
*220 33.54 32.22 29.50- 37.00
87 36.57 36.00 32.00- 42.50
39.8
39.9
.84
.92
Clerks, file, class A, men.........
Manufacturing..................
Clerks, file, class B, men.........
Manufacturing................. Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
100 29.88 28.77 28.77- 31.07
39.6
.76
38.00
39.13
36.82
42.64
Clerks, file, class B, women... 4,460 34.86
Manufacturing.................. 1,755 36.38
602 34.61
Wholesale trade.................
431 36.99
Retail trade........................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate____________ 1,231 32.48 31.76 29.92- 34.52
Transportation and pub
155 36.32 37.00 33.37- 38.95
lic utilities.......................
286 32.35 32.00 30. GO- 34.91
Services..............................
39.5
39.6
39.9
40.0
.88
.92
.87
.92
38.9
.83
39.8
39.5
.91
.82
Clerks, general, men................ *1,973 50.64 48.87 43. GO- 58.00
Manufacturing.................. 1,139 49.82 48.00 44.00- 54.09
324 50.18 47.50 41.43- 57.54
Wholesale trade.-----------Finance, insurance, and
279 51.30 49.00 44.00- 57.54
real estate-----------------Transportation and pub
202 56.20 60.00 47.18- 64.44
lic utilities.......................
29 43.19 41.00 38.50- 46.03
Services..............................
39.7
39.7
40.2
1.28
1.26
1.25
39.2
1.31
40.0
39.2
1.41
1.10
Clerks, general, women........... 4,883 42.48 41.75 38.50- 46.00
Manufacturing........... ...... 2,585 43.03 42.35 39.00- 46.04
790 42.35 41.43 38. GO- 45.00
Wholesale trade.................
146 33.63 32.50 32. GO- 35.00
Retail trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and
809 42.01 41.14 37.97- 43.00
real estate_______ ____
Transportation and pub
334 44.07 42.00 39. GO- 50.00
lic utilities.......................
219 41.73 40.00 37. GO- 45.00
Services..............................
39.5
39.6
39.4
42.0
1.08
1.09
1.08
.80
39.2
1.07
39,1
39.2
1.13
1.07
Clerks, order, men................... *1,234 54.02 53.32 47.00- 63.50
Manufacturing..................
525 55.42 53.00 48. GO- 63.29
597 52.17 51.78 45. GO- 58.69
Wholesale trade............
Finance, insurance, and
85 60.56 63.29 56.62- 65.59
real estate-----— ..........
Transportation and pub
24 48.27 48.33 37. GO- 51.66
lic utilities.......................
39.7
39.9
39.7
1.36
1.39
1.31
34.25
36.00
34.52
37.00
31.5033.3732.2232.00-
1.58
40.7
1.19
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
1.07
1.14
1.02
.88
36.8
1.19
*544 50.57 50.40 43.50- 56.50 39.7
470 50.41 50.00 45-45- 55.12 39.7
37 51.34 52.00 36.82- 65.00 39.3
1.27
1.27
1.31
Clerks, order, women.............. *1,465 42.81 41.07 37. SO 45.00
702 45.31 42.00 SO. 38- 52.50
Manufacturing..................
523 40.68 40.00 36.82- 43.73
Wholesale trade.................
171 35.32 35.00 32.50- 39.00
Retail trade........................
Finance, insurance, and
40 43.99 42.58 41.43- 46.03
real estate........................
Clerks, pay-roll, men...............
Manufacturing..................
Wholesale trade.................
38.4
26
T able K.— Average sa la ries 1 and average weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in
,
industry group February 1948
Weekly salaries
Estimated
num
Occupation, sex, and industry ber of
Range of
Medi middle 50
work Aver
an
age
percent
of
ers
workers2
Aver
age
week
ly
sched
uled
hours
Aver
age
hour
ly
rates
Clerks, pay-roll, w om en........... 2,113 $45.61 $45.16 $41.00-$50.00 $39.6 $1.15
Manufacturing.................... 1,365 45.97 44.88 40.GO- 50.00 39.8 1.16
Wholesale trade......... .........
243 43.18 42.00 38. 00- 48.00 39.7 1.09
Retail trade.........................
136 43.67 48.00 40.GO- 48.00 40.0 1.09
Finance, insurance, and
real estate..........................
95 43.22 42.58 37. 97- 47.18 38.3 1.13
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.........................
221 47.54 48.00 44. GO- 51.00 39.4 1.21
Services......... .......................
53 48.61 44.88 41.43- 50.75 39.0 1.25
Clerk-typists, m en ....................
Manufacturing....................
Wholesale trade......... ........
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.........................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.........................
Clerk-typists, women..........
M anufacturing.............
Wholesale trade..................
Retail trade.......................
* 99 40.14 40.50 37. GO- 42.00
20 41.25 40.00 39. GO- 43.50
46 40.79 40.28 36.82- 42.00
39.5
39.1
39.9
1.02
1.06
1.02
17 37.66 36.82 36.82- 39.13
39.9
.95
12 40.22 40.28 34.52- 46.03
37.9
1.06
39.4
39.8
39.2
40.0
.97
1.02
.96
.89
39.0
.92
40.0
38.1
.98
1.02
38.9
38.8
39.3
40.0
.84
.84
.82
.93
5,968
2,049
1,241
510
38.15
40.61
37.77
35.50
38.00
40.00
37.40
36.73
35. GO- 41.50
37.50- 44.00
35. GO- 40.00
33. GO- 37.29
Finance, insurance, and
real e sta te ........................ 1,530 35.75 34.52 32.00- 38.00
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.........................
288 39.10 39.13 34.52- 42.72
Services........... ................
350 38.73 38.00 36.82- 42.00
Office boys...................................
Manufacturing________ I.
Wholesale trade_________
Retail trade.........
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.................... .
Transportation and pub
lic utilities........................
Services..........................
Office girls....................................
Manufacturing_________
Wholesale trade..................
Retail trade____________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.........................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities........................
Services.................^.........
Stenographers, general, m e n ..
Weekly salaries
Estimated
num
Range of
Occupation, sex, and industry ber
of
Medi middle 50
work Aver
an
percent
of
age
ers
workers 2
Stenographers, technical,
women...................................
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
Services..............................
,
Chicago III., by
Aver
age Aver
week age
ly hour
sched ly
uled rates
hours
*773 $50.54 $50.69 $46.00-$54.50 $38.9 $1.30
286 51.91 52.00 47.00- 58.00 39.7 1.31
133 52.19 50.00 50.00- 54.40 38.5 1.36
243 47.67 47.18 43.73- 50.63
88 51.34 51.78 44.88- 55.00
S w itch b oard op erators,
women................................... 1,467 40.89 40.57 36.50- 44.50
Manufacturing..................
408 43.97 44.00 39. GO- 48.88
Wholesale trade.................
201 39.35 37.97 36. GO- 43.73
Retail trade.......................
193 38.04 38.00 35.03- 40.00
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
387 38.94 39.13 36.82- 42.00
Transportation and pub
172 44.26 43.50 39. GO- 48.00
lic utilities......................
Services..............................
106 38.79 40.00 34.91- 42.58
Switchboard-operator-recep
tionists, women.................... *1,660 41.10 41.19 37.50- 45.00
Manufacturing..................
780 41.79 41.80 38. GO- 44.88
Wholesale trade................
459 41.53 40.00 37.97- 45.00
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
208 38.73 37.50 34.52- 44.88
Transportation and pub
44 36.36 35.00 32.22- 40.00
lic utilities......................
Services..............................
161 41.33 40.00 35. GO- 47.50
38.2
39.6
1.25
1.30
39.4
39.3
39.3
40.2
1.04
1.12
1.00
.95
39.1
1.00
39.9
38.7
1.11
1.00
39.7
40.0
39.7
1.04
1.04
1.05
38.6
1.00
40.2
39.1
.90
1.06
39.4
39.7
39.3
1.07
1.12
1.05
403 33.35 32.41 29.92- 34.52
39.0
.85
Transcribing-machine opera
tors, general, women............ *1,327 42.33 42.17 39. 50- 47.00
Manufacturing..................
637 44.24 43.85 40.00- 48.04
Wholesale trade................
289 41.07 41.60 40. GO- 42.58
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
338 40.07 40.28 36.82- 42.58
Transportation and pub
lic utilities......................
17 43.16 42.58 40.41- 43.87
Services..............................
40 40.42 42.50 39.00- 43.73
98 31.41 31.21 31.07- 32.36
142 30.74 30.00 29.92- 32.22
39.0
37.8
.81
.81
Transcribing-machine opera
tors, technical, women.........
*37 45.17 45.92 43. GO- 47.00
39.5
1.14
Typists, class A, men..............
Wholesale trade....................
*18 45.71 48.00 42.00- 47.50
13 46.08 48.00 40.28- 48.00
39.4
39.5
1.16
1.17
Typists, class A, women......... * 1,573 43.70 43.66 40.50- 47.00
Manufacturing..................
855 43.24 42.40 40.00- 45.60
Wholesale trade................
126 43.05 42.50 40. GO- 46.03
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
222 41.17 41.14 36.82- 46.03
Transportation and pub
lic utilities......................
59 49.44 49.00 46. OS- 53.00
Services____________ _
301 46.00 47.50 45. GO- 50.00
39.4
39.2
39.6
1.11
1.10
1.09
38.9
1.06
39.8
40.1
1.24
1.15
1,589
715
178
53
897
351
90
29
32.56
32.39
32.25
37.09
32.72
33.00
33.86
33.06
32.15
33.00
32.22
37.00
32.06
32.50
34.00
34.00
30. GO- 35.50
29.92- 36.00
30. GO- 34.52
35. 00- 39.00
38.8
1.03
40.0
40.0
1.08
1.01
30.50- 35.00
32. GO- 35.00
32. 22- 36.00
32.00- 36.00
39.3
39.1
39.4
40.4
.83
.84
.86
.82
305 32.20 31.07 29.92- 32.22
39.3
.82
103 32.47 32.36 31.21- 35.00
19 31.03 30.00 30. GO- 31.07
39.5
40.0
.82
.78
3 47 58.24 54.58 47.50- 72.50
42.7
1.36
Typists, class B, men.............
Manufacturing..................
Wholesale trade...... .........
*70 40.97 41.54 39.00- 44.00
39 41.02 40.00 40.00- 46.00
8 43.05 44.88 40.00- 44.88
40.7
41.4
39.3
1.01
.99
1.10
39.3
39.5
39.5
40.0
1.14
1.18
1.12
1.05
39.3
39.4
39.7
40.0
.96
1.00
.94
1.00
39.0
1.09
38.9
.93
39.4
38.5
1.14
1.15
Typists, class B, women......... 5,097 37.82 37.43 34.50- 41.00
Manufacturing.................. 1,625 39.53 39.15 36.80- 42.54
654 37.20 36.82 34.52- 39.13
Wholesale trade................
Retail trade.......................
529 40.05 40.72 35. GO- 45.00
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................... 1,779 36.00 34.52 33.37- 37.97
Transportation and pub
252 37.64 36.00 35.00- 40.00
lic utilities..................... .
Services..............................
258 36.79 37.05 34.91- 37.50
39.7
38.7
.95
.95
S te n o g r a p h e r s , g e n e r a l,
women.............. ..................... 10,067 44.95 44.64 40.50- 49.00
Manufacturing.................... 4,527 46.69 45.00 42.00- 50.00
Wholesale trade.................. 1,791 44.28 44.60 40.00- 46.49
Retail trade...................... .
325 41.90 42.38 39. GO- 44.00
Finance, insurance, and
real estate......................... 1,982 42.46 41.44 37.97- 46.03
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.........................
491 45.06 43.73 40.28- 49.48
Services.................................
951 44.13 44.88 39.89- 46.26
! Excluding overtime premium pay.
1 The ranges for all industry groups combined were estimated to the nearest
60 cents; for individual industries they were obtained from actual distribu
tions of rates.
—Continued
* Includes data in industry groups not shown separately.
27
T able L.— Average sa la ries 1 and average weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in
,
by industry group January-February 1948
Average
Estidian
mated
weekWeek
um
Occupation, sex, and industry n
ber of Week- ly Hour
work stSa- sched ly sala
ers ries uled rates ries
hours
Billers (billingmachine), men.
M an u fa ctu rin g , local
plant nffines
8 392 $45.26
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
38.2 $1.19 $43.79 $39.61-$51.17
55 46.16
145 44.93
39.0
38.5
1.18 45.00 39.00- 52.80
1.17 42.00 38.50- 50.00
111 49.30
38.4
1.29 47.11 42.28- 57.54
78 39.43
36.8
1.07 40.00 35.00- 41.42
37.5
1.09 40.78 36.55- 45.33
36.1
1.16 42.00 35.67- 46.00
37.6
37.8
40.0
1.06 40.00 35.00- 45.00
1.10 41.00 37.90- 45.00
.96 38.00 34.78- 42.00
37.0
1.09 39.13 36.00- 44.00
38.7
37.9
1.09 40.00 35.00- 47.87
.93 35.00 34.21- 35.90
8 512 44.12
37.4
1.18 44.39 39.99- 49.76
55 46.91
36.1
1.30 49.00 40.25- 53.16
118 47.00
71 43.88
37.4
37.5
1.26 46.00 42.58- 50.60
1.17 43.00 40.00- 48.00
Bookkeepers, hand, men........ 1,958 64.43
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices............. ...................
177 65.25
M a n u fa c tu rin g , lo ca l
plant offices....................
482 64.00
W h o le s a le tra d e
300 67.55
R e t a il tra d e
8 54.38
Finance, insurance, and
real estate..... ..................
728 62.86
Transportation and pub
lic utilities___________
169 67.47
S e r v ic e s
94 62.58
37.6
1.71 63.96 55.26- 73.53
35.7
1.83 63.29 55.00- 74.90
38.2
38.5
39.4
1.67 63.00 55.00- 70.00
1.76 66.74 54.59- 80.00
1.38 51.50 47.63- 65.75
37.1
1.70 62.50 53.70- 70.43
37.8
38.8
1.78 65.16 58.90- 75.00
1.61 60.00 56.87- 74.80
55.11
37.8
1.46 55.38 46.02- 62.23
55.56
35.9
1.55 55.00 44.88- 61.65
56.62
58.21
47.36
38.0
38.5
39.2
1.49 55 00 47.50- 62.00
1.51 56! 00 49.50- 66.00
1.21 50.00 41.00- 51.00
48.19
36.7
1.31 46.02 39.89- 55.00
54.61
56.10
38.6
37.9
1.41 50.00 48.00- 60.00
1.48 52.50 47.18- 62.00
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........ ............
Transportation and pub
li c u t ilit ie s
Billers (billing machine),
women................................... 2,777 40.82
Manufacturing, central
and administrative offlees..................................
302 41.97
M a n u fa ctu rin g , local
plant offices....................
966 39.98
856 41.79
Retail trade
58 38.30
Finance, insurance, and
real estate............... . _
458 40.37
Transportation and publie u t ilit ie s
108 42.18
Services
29 35.25
Billers (bookkeepingmachine),
women....................................
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices
M a n u fa ctu rin g , lo ca l
p l a n t offices
W h o le s a le tra d e
Bookkeepers, hand, wom en... 1,623
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices
77
M a n u fa c tu rin g , lo ca l
p l a n t nffiecR
775
W h o le s a le tra d e
236
Retail trad e__________
22
Finance, insurance, and
re a l e s ta te
276
Transportation and pub
l i c u t ilit ie s
66
S e rv ic e s
171
Bookkeeping-machine opera
tors^ c la s s A j m e n
•
Finance, insurance, and
r e a l e sta te
8188 W. 79
37.8
1.53 57.36 50.25- 65.27
122 54.91
38.3
1.43 55.00 48.91- 60.00
Bookkeeping-machine opera
to rs , c la ss A , w o m e n
Manufacturing, central
and a d m in is tr a tiv e
81,204 48.14
36.8
1.31 47.30 43.52- 52.30
offices
Manufacturing,
lo c a l
p l a n t offices
W h o le s a le tra d e
Retail trade _
Finance, insurance, and
real estate___ ________
Txt la
* on
r »sopnu
Ar
iA n
n oemu.
n / ? puu*
nnK .
r tfao tfio
lie utilities.......................
See footnotes at end of table.
168 51.11
35.5
1.44 49.46 44.14- 57.35
347 50.51
183 47! 23
30 41.43
37.4
37.6
39.3
1.35 50.00 45.00- 55.00
1.26 48.33 44.18- 50.00
1.05 42.00 38.75- 42.00
431 45.22
36.3
1.24 43.34 41.24- 43.73
33 57.70
36.7
1.57 59.16 55.00- 60.42
,
New York N . Y.,
Averagie
Me
Esti
Salary
dian
mated
range of
week middle
Week
num
50
Occupation, sex, and industry ber of Week ly Hour ly
of
ly sched ly
sala percent
work sala
workers
ries
rates
uled
ers ries
hours
Bookkeeping-machine opera
tors, class B, m e n ._______
M a n u factu rin g, lo ca l
plant offices....................
Wholesale trade. ______
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
__
8 485 $46.62
37.8 $1.23 $44.23 $39.72-$55.08
24 45.10
132 57.64
283 42.90
39.2
38.8
37.5
1.15 40.00 37.50- 55.00
1.48 64.44 45.00- 66.74
1.14 42.50 38.50- 45.87
42 38.04
36.0
1.06 36.72 33.00- 40.93
36.8
1.11 40.26 36.33- 44.69
35.7
1.13 38.00 37.97- 42.50
37.9
37.9
39.8
1.16 44.30 40.00-48.33
1.18 44.00 40.00- 47.05
.99 38.00 36.45- 42.11
36.2
1.07 38.36 35.67- 42.00
36.0
36.7
1.17 41.13 36.51- 46.17
1.14 42.00 37.56-46.12
__________
Transportation and pub
lic utilities___________
Bookkeeping-machine opera
tors, class B, women______ 5,797 40.67
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
188 40.47
fices. ______________
M an u factu rin g, lo ca l
874 43.95
plant offices.....................
894 44.52
Wholesale trade.................
126 39.47
Retail trade __________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
________ 3,385 38.74
Transportation and pub
112 42.24
lic utilities.......................
218 41.85
Services_______________
Calculating-machine opera
tors (comptometer), men—
M anufacturing, local
plant offices__________
Wholesale trade
_____
Finance, insurance, and
real estate____________
8 86 44.00
38.2
1.16 43.32 40.56-50.44
22 44.02
21 47.58
39.3
37.6
1.12 41.00 38.13- 52.00
1.27 47.00 43.38- 50.00
29 42.37
38.1
1.11 40.27 40.00- 45.00
42.37
37.1
1.14 42.29 38.36-46.49
Calculating-machine opera
tors (comptometer), women. 3,554
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices
________________
426
M anufacturing, local
857
plant offices__________
888
Wholesale trade.................
R e t a i l trade __________
272
Finance, insurance, and
713
real estate __________
Transportation and pub
294
lic utilities.......................
104
Services - _______ ___
Calculating-machine opera
tors (other than comptom
eter), men..............................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate____________
Calculating-machine opera
tors (other than comptom
eter), women........................
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices_________________
M anufacturing, local
plant offices__________
Wholesale trade________
R e t a i l trade __________
Finance, insurance, and
real estate__ _________
Clerks, accounting, men.........
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices..................................
M anufacturing, local
plant offices.....................
Wholesale trade.................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate____________
Transportation and pub
lic utilities
___
Services...............................
45.93
36.3
1.27 44.25 41.43- 49.95
42.74
42.82
39.50
37.1
37.1
39.8
1.15 43.00 38.89- 47.00
1.15 42.84 39.89- 45.00
.99 38.81 35.93- 44.00
39.49
36.7
1.08 39.12 35.00- 42.81
44.00
43.55
36.3
37.5
1.21 43.73 40.51- 47.41
1.16 44.88 41.00-46.03
892 41.47
37.4
1.11 43.03 34.99-46.75
63 40.72
36.7
1.11 44.88 32.50- 47.50
8 844 38.40
36.7
1.05 37.52 32.56- 43.64
71 46.27
36.0
1.29 45.00 41.00- 53.16
205 40.97
39 42.49
68 41.17
37.3
36.2
39.3
1.10 39.00 35.91- 46.00
1.18 40.00 38.89-48.32
1.05 40.68 39.00- 44.00
445 34.88
36.1
.97 34.51 30.68- 37.97
86,575 51.60
37.3
1.38 50.79 42.58- 59.24
530 56.96
36.1
1.58 54.25 46.03- 64.06
1,155 49.73
1,055 50.59
37.3
37.9
1.33 47.00 40.05- 57.20
1.34 49.71 42.88- 56.83
2,013 50.92
37.3
1.37 50.00 41.42- 59.83
1,391 53.46
425 49.85
37.4
37.5
1.43 55.00 45.24- 59.60
1.33 49.35 40.00- 58.00
28
T able L.— Average salaries 1 and average weekly schedvled hours of work for selected office occupations in
Average
Esti
Me
mated
dian
num
Week
weekOccupation, sex, and industry ber of Week
ly Hour
ly sched
work sala
salaly
ers ries uled rates ries
hours
Clerks, accounting, women___ 7,846 $41.75
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices.....................................
658 44.40
M a n u fa ctu r in g , lo c a l
plant offices.
2,133 43.05
1,104 43.72
Retail trade........................
388 35.45
Finance, insurance and
real estate........................ 2,289 38.51
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
594 45.57
Services...............................
680 43.07
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
37.2 $1.12 $40.87 $35.87-$46.49
36.2
1.23 42.50 37.97- 49.40
37.1
37.5
40.0
1.16 41.00 37.50- 47.00
1.17 42.55 37.97- 49.00
.89 35.00 32. GO- 39.00
36.6
1.05 37.95 33.37- 42.05
36.5
38.4
1.25 44.63 40. GO- 50.63
1.12 40.00 38. GO- 46.03
2 217 46.16
37.2
1.24 45.03 39.83- 52.43
19 40.18
31 49.60
37.8
38.4
1.06 42.00 36. GO- 44.88
1.29 45.22 38. GO- 61.45
115 45.03
36.1
1.25 43.00 39.70- 51.00
Clerks, file, class A, women... 3,332 40.65
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices.................................
412 46.06
Manufacturing, local
plant offices....................
646 37.16
Wholesale trade...............
328 44.05
Retail trade.......................
24 36.24
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................... 1,423 39.00
Transportation and pub
lic utilities..................... .
279 48.84
Services..............................
220 36.40
36.9
1.10 40.05 34.99- 45.45
36.0
1.28 44.06 39.00- 51.96
37.3
37.0
39.4
1.00 37.00 33.00- 41.00
1.19 43.00 40.00- 46.03
.92 36.63 30. GO- 40.50
Clerks, file, class A, m en..........
M a n u fa ctu r in g , lo c a l
plant offices.......................
wholesale trade..................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate..........................
36.4
1.07 38.36 34.52- 42.50
37.6
39.0
1.30 48.73 44.00- 55.00
.93 33.00 30.50- 43.00
627 32.71
37.9
.86 30.99 28.65- 35.49
14 36.62
36.1
1.02 36.00 33.84- 38.48
54 38.79
97 33.99
38.1
37.1
1.02 33.00 30.08- 52.00
.92 33.00 30. GO- 39.36
297 29.54
59 32.81
36.8
39.8
.80 29.00 27. 61- 31.50
.82 32.22 28.00- 40.00
Clerks, file, class B, women... 8,187 32.40
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices.................................
651 36.98
M anufacturing, local
plant offices.................... 1,166 33.18
Wholesale trade................ 1,151 34.16
Retail trade.................... .
238 31.17
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................... 3,511 30.17
Transportation and pub
lic utilities......................
667 36.63
Services..............................
803 31.62
37.1
.87 31.77 29.23- 35.44
Clerks, file, class B , men.........
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices....................................
M a n u fa ctu rin g , local
plant offices......................
Wholesale trade..................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................ .
Services..............................
2
Clerks, general, m en................. 24,942 47.81
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices...................................
489 53.37
M an u fa ctu rin g , local
plant offices......................
671 44.95
Wholesale trade..................
564 49.55
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.................... .
2,024 45.73
Transportation and pub
lic utilities........................
879 52.40
Services............................... .
311 42.77
Clerks, general, women........... 27,439 39.72
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices...................................
836 42.80
M a n u fa ctu rin g , local
plant offices...................... 2,425 37.67
Wholesale trade................ .
561 42.95
Finance, insurance, and
real estate......................... 2,598 38.24
Transportation and pub
lic utilities........................
745 45.84
Services.................................
230 39.50
See footnotes at end of table.
36.4
1.02 35.00 32.00- 42.04
36.6
37.5
39.7
.91 32.50 30.00- 35.00
.91 33.50 31.00- 36.70
.78 30.00 30. GO- 34.00
36.6
.82 30.00 37. 62- 32.00
38.3
38.7
.96 35.67 32. GO- 41.00
.82 30.00 28. GO- 33.56
36.9
1.30 46.86 39.22- 55.35
35.7
1.49 50.00 40.28- 66.00
37.3
39.2
1.20 44.00 36.50- 50.00
1.26 45.22 40. GO- 58.23
36.0
1.27 46.02 38. GO- 53.50
38.0
36.8
1.38 50.80 42.00- 62.13
1.16 40.00 35.00- 50.75
36.5
1.09 39.06 33.55- 44.84
35.6
1.20 41.00 35.67- 48.00
37.0
38.1
1.02 36.00 33.06- 40.28
1.13 40.00 35.79- 47.95
35.8
1.07 37.97 32.22- 42.19
36.8
37.6
1.25 45.00 41. GO- 51.00
1.05 35.00 34.91- 44.88
—Continued
,
New York N . Y.,
Average
Esti
Me
Salary
mated
dian
range of
num Week Week
week middle
Occupation, sex, and industry ber
60
of
ly Hour ly
of
ly sched
work sala
sala percent
ly
workers
ers ries uled rates ries
hours
Clerks, order, men.................. 22,335 $52.33
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices.................................
183 52.19
M anufacturing, local
plant offices....................
605 47.87
Wholesale trade................
964 51.43
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
508 59.79
Clerks, order, women.............. 22,492 40.97
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices........... ....................
140 44.13
M anufacturing, local
plant offices....................
804 41.91
Wholesale trade.................
575 43.79
Retail trade.......................
670 35.37
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
193 44.56
Services..............................
89 41.75
Clerks, pay-roll, men............... 1,073 55.44
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices.................................
53 61.66
M anufacturing, local
plant offices.
516 53.44
73 50.36
Retail trade.......................
8 50.15
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
186 62.42
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
196 53.93
Services..............................
41 58.34
Clerks, pay-roll, women.......... 2,840 46.57
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices.................................
178 50.57
M anufacturing, local
plant offices.................... 1,441 44.97
Wholesale trade___ _____
264 46.15
Retail trade.......................
92 42.96
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................
426 50.67
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
241 47.90
Services..............................
198 46.36
38.1 $1.38 $51.92 $42.81-$60.35
35.2
1.48 50.00 40.00- 67.00
37.7
38.1
1.27 45.00 40.00- 54.00
1.35 50.44 41.91- 59.83
39.6
1.51 59.83 53.00- 65.80
38.1
1.08 40.28 35.57- 46.31
35.1
1.26 42.58 38.00- 49.48
38.0
37.5
39.8
1.10 40.00 35.00- 48.00
1.17 43.00 38.66- 48.00
.89 36.00 32.00- 38.00
36.4
37.8
1.22 43.72 40.28- 49.00
1.11 40.00 35.50- 44.00
37.6
1.48 55.48 46.31- 65.30
35.8
1.72 58.69 48.88- 74.80
37.9
38.2
40.0
1.41 50.63 43.72- 60.00
1.32 50.00 45.00- 53.00
1.25 50.81 46.00- 53.65
36.9
1.69 68.00 51.94- 68.00
37.0
38.9
1.46 55.70 45.26- 60.00
1.50 60.00 53.00- 65.00
37.6
1.24 45.69 40.54- 51.90
35.4
1.43 49.37 43.73- 58.00
38.0
37.7
39.6
1.18 44.00 39.13- 50.00
1.23 46.03 38.28- 52.50
1.09 42.31 40.00- 48.80
36.8
1.38 49.00 42.00- 59.00
37.4
38.1
1.28 47.41 41.00- 52.50
1.22 45.00 42.39- 50.00
Clerk-typists, men...................
M anufacturing, local
plant offices....................
Wholesale trade.................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
Services..............................
2615 39.34
37.7
1.04 38.92 34.98- 42.39
98 38.73
102 37.73
37.3
38.3
1.04 38.00 36.50- 42.00
.99 37.89 35.00- 40.00
140 36.13
37.0
.98 34.52 32.00- 38.91
210 40.96
34 46.29
38.0
38.5
1.08 40.00 35.67- 45.00
1.20 46.00 40.00- 50.00
Clerk-typists, women..............
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices.................................
Manufacturing, local
plant offices....................
Wholesale trade.................
Retail trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
Services..............................
9,983 37.52
37.2
1.01 37.34 33.95- 41.41
Office boys................................
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices.................................
M anufacturing, local
plant offices....................
Wholesale trade.................
Retail trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................... .
535 38.69
35.7
1.08 38.00 35.00- 41.00
2,249 37.96
1,866 38.89
436 34.77
37.3
37.6
39.8
1.02 38.00 35.00- 40.28
1.03 39.00 35.00- 42.00
.87 35.00 33.00- 36.11
3,213 36.07
36.8
762 36.86
922 39.84
37.3
37.7
.99 39.13 35.67- 43.00
1.06 39.13 35.00- 43.73
6,884 30.52
37.2
.82 30.31 27.78- 33.25
<
©
00
,
hy industry group January-Fehruary 1948
35.10 32.60- 38.64
658 31.89
35.6
.90 31.04 28.00- 34.52
1,549 30.08
1,309 31.62
48 30.09
37.2
37.2
39.9
.81 30.00 27.42- 33.00
.85 30.80 28.00- 34.52
.75 30.00 28.06- 33.75
1,863 30.44
37.4
.81 29.92 28.00- 32.21
29
T able L.— Average salaries 1 and average weekly scheduled hours of work for selected office occupations in
,
by industry group January-February 1948
Average
MeEsti
dian
mated
week
Week
num
Occupation, sex, and industry ber of Week- ly Hour ly
work sala
lT sched ly sala
ers ries uled rates ries
hours
Office boys—Continued
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.....................
Services............................
Office girls................................
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices.................................
Manufacturing, local
plant offices....................
Wholesale trade................
Retail trade.......................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
Transportation and pubI lie utilities......................
Services..............................
Stenographers, general, men...
M a n u fa ctu rin g , lo ca l
plant offices....................
Wholesale trade............... .
Finance, insurance, and
real estate...................... .
Services.............................
Manufacturing, central
an d a d m in is tr a tiv e
offices...............................
M a n u fa c tu rin g , lo c a l
plant offices....................
Wholesale trade.................
Retail trade........................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
Services...............................
637 $30.84
920 28.74
Salary
range of
middle 50
percent of
workers
36.7 $0.84 $30.00 $28.70-$33.00
.76 28.00 25.49- 30.00
38.0
2,224 30.56
37.0
.82 30.80 28.48- 32.42
167 31.82
36.2
.88 31.75 28.77- 34.35
330 31.63
316 32.12
92 32.79
36.8
37.7
39.9
.86 31.50 28.00- 35.00
.85 32.00 29.00- 34.88
.82 33.00 30.00- 34.11
922 29.04
37.0
.79 29.50 27.42- 30.36
308 31.51
89 28.74
36.3
37.6
.87 31.04 30.00- 33.00
.77 30.00 25.00- 31.23
2 386 50.05
38.7
1.29 50.49 46.05- 54.04
65 50.17
42 52.82
37.9
37.4
1.32 52.50 44.00- 55.00
1.41 50.00 50.00- 57.05
20 44.24
17 48.62
38.4
38.5
1.15 42.88 39.71- 50.00
1.26 48.33 48.17- 49.87
22,034 43.37
37.0
1.17 42.94 38.95- 47.44
2,520 46.66
36.1
1.29 46.00 40.28- 51.00
4,908 43.68
3,668 43.52
228 41.53
37.2
37.3
39.8
1.17 43.15 39.00- 48.00
1.17 42.90 39.88- 46.48
1.04 41.00 36.00- 45.50
6,566 41.61
36.7
1.13 41.43 36.82-46.00
1,891 43.09
2,253 44.32
37.2
37.3
1.16 42.00 39.13- 46.38
1.19 44.71 40.00- 47.50
22,147 48.97
37.4
1.31 48.61 44.07- 53.82
240 50.58
36.2
1.40 49.51 43.73- 58.17
307 48.58
555 47.36
36.2
38.1
1.34 47.50 44.88- 50.00
1.24 46.03 44.00- 50.00
665 48.31
37.1
1.30 48.33 43.73- 53.40
214 53.61
162 49.71
38.0
39.5
1.41 54.60 50.00- 56.80
1.26 48.00 44.00- 57.54
2 98 51.58
38.6
1.34 51.85 50.74- 54.37
11 53.64
40.0
1.34 52.50 50.00- 57.00
Switchboard operators, women. 4,946 42.56 37.7
Manufacturing, central
and a d m in is tr a tiv e
offices..............................
298 45.91 35.8
M a n u fa ctu rin g , lo c a l
856 43.68 37.6
plant offices....................
696 44.79 37.5
Wholesale trade.................
132 37.90 39.8
Retail trade........................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................ 1,571 42.14 37.2
Transportation and pub
661 45.01 38.1
lic utilities.......................
732 37.28 38.8
Services..............................
1.13 42.48 37.90- 47.36
Manufacturing, c e n tr a l
and a d m in is tr a tiv e
offices..............................
M a n u fa ctu rin g , lo c a l
plant offices....................
Wholesale trade.................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities......................
Services..............................
Switchboard operators, men—
M a n u fa ctu rin g , lo ca l
plant offices.....................
i Excluding overtime premium pay.
1.28 45.00 41.43- 49.54
1.16 43.00 39.00- 48.00
1.19 43.72 40.00- 48.83
.95 38.00 34.00- 41.11
1.13 42.00 37.97- 46.03
1.18 45.34 40.00- 50.48
.96 35.60 30.80- 43.00
—Continued
,
New York N . Y .t
Average
Me
EstiSalary
dian
mated
range of
week middle
Week
num
Occupation, sex, and industry ber of Week- ly Hour
ly percent 50
of
•y sched ly sala
work sala
workers
ers ries uled rates ries
hours
S w itc h b o a r d - o p e r a t o r receptionists, women............ 22,129 $41.00
Manufacturing, central
and a d m in is tr a tiv e
35 41.89
offices.......... ...................
M a n u fa ctu rin g , lo ca l
plant offices..................... 1,069 40.97
465 42.48
Wholesale trade.................
Finance, insurance, and
276 38.30
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
88 41.06
lic utilities.......................
180 41.69
Services...............................
Transcribing-machine opera
tors, general, women............ 22,051 40.95
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices..................................
247 44.23
M an u factu rin g, local
41.05
397
plant offices....................
562 42.26
Wholesale trade................
Finance, insurance, and
629 39.52
real estate.....................
Transportation and pub
91 39.92
lic utilities......................
121 36.21
Services............................
Transcribing-machine opera
tors, technical, women.........
Wholesale trade............... .
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
Typists, class A, men..............
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices. ...............................
M an u factu rin g, local
plant offices....................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.....................
37.9 $1.08 $41.00 $37.09-$44.86
37.0
1.13 42.18 36. GO- 46.03
38.3
37.8
1.07 40.00 35.50- 44.00
1.12 42.00 38. GO- 46.00
36.2
1.06 36.50 35. GO- 42.30
37.7
38.0
1.09 40.00 38. 00- 44.46
1.10 41.43 37.50- 45.00
36.8
1.11 40.96 36.70- 44.90
36.3
1.22 43.72 39.89- 48.00
36.5
37.7
1.12 40.00 37.50- 45.10
1.12 42.00 40. GO- 45.00
36.2
1.09 38.20 39. 52- 42.88
35.8
38.6
1.12 40.28 35.00- 44.63
.94 36.00 31. GO- 40.28
2 191 43.36
29 49.57
37.4
38.9
1.16 43.89 39.30- 47.53
1.27 50.00 46.87- 50.00
67 43.33
37.5
1.16 43.73 39.13- 46.03
»194 45.27
37.2
1.22 44.99 39.00- 51.45
1.31 41.43 39.13- 51.05
13 46.02
35.0
56 45.99
37.7
1.22 45.43 39.35- 50.05
67 39.47
36.3
1.09 38.00 35.00- 45.00
Typists, class A, women......... 24,622 41.36
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
634 42.28
fices.................................
M an u factu rin g, local
plant offices....................
680 41.50
608 43.24
Wholesale trade.................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate....................... 1,818 38.34
Transportation and pub
482 48.05
lic utilities......................
372 42.65
Services..............................
36.6
1.13 40.38 36.53- 45.81
Typists, class B, men..............
Wholesale trade................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate.......................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities......................
Typists, class B, women.........
Manufacturing, central
and administrative of
fices................................
M an u factu rin g, local
plant offices.....................
Wholesale trade.................
Retail trade........................
Finance, insurance, and
real estate........................
Transportation and pub
lic utilities.......................
Services..............................
35.8
1.18 40.65 36. es 46.90
36.3
37.2
1.14 40.25 se. 82- 45.00
1.16 42.00 39. GO- 46.03
36.2
1.06 37.59 35.00- 41.43
37.8
38.0
1.27 51.78 41.70- 55.00
1.12 42.29 37. GO- 46.03
2 162 37.77
29 38.21
37.2
37.4
1.01 38.53 33.96- 41.57
1.02 39.13 35.92- 40.00
91 36.42
36.2
1.01 37.40 34.52- 40.00
8 36.64
38.1
.96 35.38 33.44- 41.11
8,457 34.96
36.8
.95 34.41 31.17- 38.16
555 37.94
35.7
1.06 36.82 33.00- 42.35
810 34.29
1,015 36.23
166 32.90
36.2
37.2
39.5
.95 34.52 30. GO- 37.97
.98 35.00 33.00- 39.36
.83 33.00 30.00- 36.00
3,724 33.48
36.4
.92 33.00 30. GO- 36.25
967 37.37
1,220 35.89
37.3
37.9
1.00 35.00 33. 80- 40.28
.95 35.00 32.00- 37.97
*Includes data for industry groups not shown separately.
30
Appendix B
Descriptions o f Office Occupations
Biller, Machine
A worker who prepares statements, bills, and
invoices on a machine other than an ordinary type
writer. May 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
(Moon 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. Usu
ally 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. Gen
erally involves the simultaneous entry of fig
ures 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.
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. May also prepare account
ing statements and bills; may direct work of assist
ants or accounting clerks.
Bookkeeping-Machine Operator
A worker who operates a bookkeeping machine
(Remington Rand, Elliott 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 princi
ples 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. May 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) y 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.
Calculating-Machine Operator
A worker whose primary function consists of
operating a calculating machine to perform math
ematical computations other than addition ex
clusively.
Comptometer-type
Other than Comptometer-type
31
Clerk, Accounting
A worker who performs one or more accounting
operations such as preparing simple journal vouch
ers, accounts payable vouchers; coding invoices or
vouchers with proper accounting distributions;
entering vouchers in voucher registers; reconcil
ing bank accounts; posting and balancing sub
sidiary ledgers controlled by general ledger, e. g.,
accounts receivable, accounts payable, stock rec
ords, voucher journal. May assist in preparing
journal entries. For workers whose duties in
clude handling the general ledger or a set of
books. (See Bookkeeper, Hand.)
Clerk, File
Class A: A worker who is responsible for
maintaining an established filing system and
classifies and indexes correspondence or other
material; may also file this material. May
keep records of various types in conjunction
with files or supervise others in filing and
locating material in the files. May perform
incidental clerical duties.
Class B: A worker who performs routine fil
ing, usually of material that has already
been classified, or locates or assists in locating
material in files. May perform incidental
clerical duties.
Clerk, General
A worker who is typically required to 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
office work from day to day, as well as knowledge
relating to phases of office work that occur only oc
casionally. For example, the range of operations
performed may entail all or some combination of
the following: answering correspondence, prepar
ing bills and invoices, posting to various records,
preparing pay rolls, filing, etc. May also operate
various office machines and type as the work
requires. (See Clerk-Typist.)
Clerk, Order
A worker who receives customers’ orders for
material or merchandise by mail, phone, or per
sonally and whose duties involve any combina
tion of the following: quoting prices to customers,
making out an order sheet listing 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. May 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.
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: calcu
lating worker’s earnings based on time or produc
tion 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.
May use a calculating machine.
Clerk-Typist
A worker who does clerical work requiring little
special training but the performance of which re
quires 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 of the following:
keeping simple records; filing records and reports;
making out bills; sorting and distributing incom
ing mail.
Office Boy or Girl
A worker who performs a variety of routine
duties such as running errands; operating minor
office machines, such as sealers or 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
shorthand or by stenotype or similar machine,
involving a normal routine vocabulary, and to
transcribe this dictation on a typewriter. May
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also type from written copy. May also set up
and keep files in order, keep simple records, etc.
Does not include transciibing-machine work.
(See Transcribing-Machine Operator).
lary from transcribing-machine records. May 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
classified as a Stenographer, General.
Stenographer, Technical
Transcribing-Machine Operator, Technical
A worker whose primary function is to take
dictation from one or more persons, either in short
hand or by stenotype or similar machine, involving
a varied technical or specialized vocabulary such
as in legal briefs or reports on scientific research
and to transcribe this dictation on a typewriter.
May also type from written copy. May also set
up and keep files in order, keep simple records,
etc. Does not include tr anscribing-m achin e
work. (See Transcribing-Machine Operator).
A worker whose primary function is to trans
cribe dictation involving a varied technical or
Specialized vocabulary such as in legal briefs or
reports on scientific research from transcribingmachine records. May also type from written
copy and do simple clerical work. A worker who
takes dictation in shorthand or by stenotype or
similar machine is classified as a Stenographer,
Technical.
Switchboard Operator
Typist
A worker who operates a single or multiple
position telephone switchboard, and whose duties
involve: handling incoming, outgoing, and intra
plant or office calls. In addition, may record toll
calls and take messages. As a minor part of
duties, may give information to persons who call
in, or occasionally take telephone orders. For
workers who also do typing or other stenographic
work or act as receptionists. (See SwitchboardOperator-Receptionist.)
A worker who uses a typewriter to make copies
of various material or to make out bills after
calculations have been made by another person.
May operate a teletype machine.
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 of
regular duties. This typing or clerical work may
take the major part of this worker’s time while at
switchboard.
Transcribing-Machine Operator, General
A worker whose primary function is to tran
scribe dictation involving a normal routine vocabu
Class A: A worker who performs one or more
of the following: typing material in final
form from very rough and involved draft;
copying from plain or corrected copy in which
there is a frequent and varied use of technical
and unusual words or from foreign language
copy; combining material from several sources;
or planning lay-out of complicated statis
tical tables to maintain uniformity and bal
ance in spacing, typing tables from rough
draft in final form. May also type routine
form letters, varying details to suit circum
stances.
Class B: A worker who performs one or more
oi the following: typing from relatively clear
or typed drafts; routine typing of forms, in
surance policies, etc.; setting up simple
standard tabulations, or copying more com
plex tables already set up and spaced
properly.
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