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Union Wages and Benefits:
Building Trades
July 2,1979
U.S. Department of .Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
July 1980
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Union Wages and Benefits
Building Trades
July 2,1979
U.S. Department of Labor
Ray Marshall, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner
July 1980
Bulletin 2068




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Preface

This is one in a series of BLS bulletins reporting on
surveys of union wages and benefits in specific indus­
tries. Industries covered include construction and local
transit (annual surveys) and grocery stores, printing,
and local trucking (biennial surveys). The bulletins re­
port on surveys of wage rates, weekly straight-time
hours of work, and employer contributions for select­
ed employee benefits, as provided in labor-management
agreements. Wage rates, hours, and benefit contribu­
tions are those in effect the first workday in July for
annual studies and the first workday in September for
biennial studies, as reported to the Bureau by the ap­
propriate labor organization officials in each of the sur­
veyed cities.
Preliminary listings of union wage rates, hours, and
benefits for construction employees in each city were




issued earlier. Copies of these are available from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. 20212, or
from any of its regional offices listed on the inside back
cover of this bulletin.
This study of construction wage rates was conduct­
ed in the Bureau’s Office of Wages and Industrial Re­
lations. The bulletin was prepared by Mark Scott Sieling
in the Division of Occupational Wage Structures. It
provides a comprehensive account of the current study
and includes indexes of union wage rates for building
trades employees for 1907-79. Fieldwork for the survey
was conducted by the Bureau’s Assistant Regional Com­
missioners for Operations.
Unless specifically identified as copyright, material
in this publication is in the public domain and may, with
appropriate credit, be reproduced without permission.

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Contents

Page

Summary......................................................................................................................................................
Industry characteristics..................................................................................................................................
Wage trends..................................................................................................................................................
Trade averages.............................................................................................................................................
Regional and city averages.............................................................................................................................
Employee benefits.........................................................................................................................................
Wage rates by type of construction...............................................................................................................
Straight-time hours......................................................................................................................................

1

3
3
4
4

Chart: Average annual wage rate increases, all building trades, 1959-79 ........................................................

2

Text table:
1. Wage rates, benefits, and benefits as a proportion of total hourly wages and benefits, building
trades, 1969-79........................................................................................................................

3

1

\
2

Reference tables: Union building trades:
United States:
1. Wage rate and weekly hours indexes.....................................................................................
2. Wage rate indexes by trad e....................................................................................................
3. Weekly hours indexes by trade...............................................................................................
4. Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits by trade.......................
5. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates by trade........................................
6. Cents-per-hour changes in wage rates by trade........................................................................
7. Percent changes in wage rates by trade...................................................................................
8.

Wage rate distribution by trade

.........................................................................................................

5
6
8
10
10
11
12
13

9. Weekly hours........................................................................................................................ 14
Regions:
10. Average wage rates by trade................................................................................................... 15
11. Average wage rates plus employer contributions for selected benefits................................... 16
12. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates by trade . ...................................... 17
Selected cities:
13. Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits: By population group. .
14. Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits: By region...................
15. Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits, journeymen and
laborers: By population group..........................................................................................
16. Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits, journeymen and
laborers: By region . . . ...............................................................................................
17. Cent-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates:By population group......................
18. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates: By region......................................
19. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: By city and trade.........

19
20
21
23
25
27
29

Appendix: Scope and method of survey.......................................................................................................... 139




iv

Building Trades, July 2, 1979

counted for slightly less than three-fourths of the union
membership.
Union workers in the construction industry are or­
ganized by craft unions with jurisdiction over their spe­
cific type of work, such as carpentry or tile laying. Al­
though usually highly localized and specialized, some
union bargaining contains multitrade, national, and re­
gional elements. The same union, for example, often
represents two or more allied-trades, such as bricklay­
ers and stonemasons, or painters, paperhangers, and
drywall tapers. Some unions, such as the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, include nationwide
provisions in local contracts; others, like elevator con­
structors, tie their wage rates to the average for sever­
al trades within an area. Multi-area or regional bargain­
ing encompassing several trades also occurs in various
parts of the country.

Summary

Union wage rates in the building trades increased by
an average of 6.9 percent between July 3, 1978, and
July 2, 1979, in cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more.
The 1978-79 increase was the highest annual rate of in­
crease since 1974-75; it followed, however, 2 years of
relatively moderate wage gains (5.7 and 5.9 percent).
By comparison, an 8.3-percent increase was reported
for the June 1978-79 period in the union wage compo­
nent of the Bureau’s Employment Cost Index—a meas­
ure that presently covers changes in wage rates for all
workers in private nonfarm industries.
Regionally, the largest wage rate increases were re­
ported in the Mountain (7.9 percent), Great Lakes (7.8
percent), and Pacific States (7.3 percent); increases for
the six other regions fell between 6.0 and 6.2 percent.
When cities were grouped by population size, the 197879 increase was highest (7.4 percent) for cities of 1 mil­
lion inhabitants or more and lowest (5.9 percent) for
those with 250,000 to 500,000 inhabitants. Increases var­
ied considerably, however, among individual cities and
trades within regional and city size groupings.
On July 2, 1979, journeyman building trades work­
ers averaged $11.81 an hour nationwide, while helpers
and laborers averaged $9.15. The addition of employer
payments for specified employee benefits raised the av­
erage for journeymen to $14.59 and for helpers and la­
borers to $11.26.

Wage trends

The overall wage rate increase of 6.9 percent between
July 3, 1978, and July 2, 1979, raised the Bureau’s wage
rate index (1967 = 100) for the 34 job classifications stud­
ied to 239.9 (table 1). As the chart indicates, annual
overall increases hovered around 4 percent during the
first half of the 1960’s; then rose steadily to peak at
nearly 12 percent between mid-1970 and 1971. As ex­
pected, the rate declined sharply during the period of
wage and price controls (1971-73); and, after rising to
8.6 percent in 1974-75, has been decreasing until the
most recent (1978-79) period. Annual increases for jour­
neymen and for helpers and laborers have, in general,
followed this pattern.
Wage rates increased for virtually all the union build­
ing trades workers over the year ended July 2, 1979.
Just over one-fifth of the members had gains of from 2
to 5 percent; two-fifths, between 5 and 8 percent; and
one-third, 8 percent or more (table 7). Expressed in
money terms, increases were 20 to 50 cents an hour for
just under one-fifth of the union membership; 50 to 80
cents for just under two-fifths; 80 cents to $1 for onefifth; and $1 or more for nearly one-fifth (table 6).

Industry characteristics

Union members covered by the survey were primar­
ily engaged in the construction of commercial and res­
idential buildings.1 These workers were usually em­
ployed either by general contractors involved in mul­
tiple building activities, including site management, or
special trades contractors typically engaged in one type
of construction activity, such as carpentry, painting, or
plumbing, on a subcontract basis for general contrac­
tors. Both types of contractors generally employed
workers in only a few of the building trades, the num­
ber depending, in large part, on the level of building
activity.
Of the 25 journeyman trades studied, carpenters were
the largest group, constituting three-tenths of all jour­
neymen. Other numerically important journeyman
crafts were bricklayers, electricians, painters, pipefit­
ters, plumbers, and sheetmetal workers. Among the nine
helper-laborer classifications, building laborers ac­



1 Wage rates for workers in heavy and highway construction are
shown in table 19. These rates, however, were not used in calculat­
ing any of the indexes or averages in other tables of this bulletin.
Also excluded from the survey indexes and averages are wage rates
for operating engineers shown in the building construction sections
of table 19.

1

Average annual wage increases, all building trades, 1959-79




2

Among the 34 trades studied, the largest percentage
increase in wages between July 3, 1978, and July 2,
1979, was reported for machinists—11.5 percent—and
the lowest for elevator constructors and their helpers—
4.8 percent (table 5). Average wage rates for carpen­
ters, the largest journeyman trade studied, increased by
6.8 percent, while rates for building laborers, the pre­
dominant helper/laborer, classification, increased by 7.3
percent. Most other trades reported increases of be­
tween 6.5 and 7.5 percent.
Over the longer term, since 1960, slate and tile roof­
ers had the largest percentage increase in wage rates—
6.5 percent, on average, per year; their wage rate index
(1967= 100) stood at 257.9 in 1979 (table 2). The small­
est total increase over the same period was for mosaic
and terrazzo workers—5.8 percent per year; their 1979
wage rate index was 223.4.
Building trades in the Mountain and Great Lakes re­
gions reported the largest average wage rate increases
between July 3, 1978 and July 2, 1979 (7.9 and 7.8 per­
cent respectively). Except for the Pacific region, which
reported an average increase of 7.3 percent, the remain­
ing regional increases fell within a narrow range—be­
tween 6.0 and 6.2 percent (table 12).
Among the 66 cities studied separately, Scranton re­
ported the smallest average wage rate increase between
July 3, 1978, and July 2, 1979—3.7 percent; San Anto­
nio reported the largest—9.9 percent. Excluding the
upper and lower fourths of the array, the mid-range of
city increases fell between 5.9 and 7.6 percent. When
cities were grouped by population size, the 1978-79 in­
crease was largest for cities with 1 million inhabitants
or more (7.3 percent) and lowest for those with 250,000
to 500,000 inhabitants (6.4 percent). Reflecting the lo­
calized nature of most bargaining agreements, howev­
er, increases varied widely within regions, States, and
city size groups (table 18). For example, increases among
Texas cities studied ranged from 4.5 percent in Dallas
and in Fort Worth to 9.9 percent in San Antonio.

ers, and slate and tile roofers. Carpenters, the largest
trade studied, averaged $11.59 an hour. Average hour­
ly rates for the nine helper/laborer job groups studied
ranged from $7.39 for composition roofers’ helpers to
$9.45 for tile layers’ helpers. Building laborers, by far
the largest helper/laborer classification, averaged $9.14.
The middle 50 percent of journeymen’s wage rates
fell between $11.00 and $12.69 an hour; the mid-range
of helper/laborer rates, from $8.52 to $10.13. The dis­
tribution of individual workers by earnings intervals,
however, varied considerably by trade (table 8). For
example, carpenters and dry wall tapers had almost iden­
tical averages ($11.59 and $11.56 respectively), but 25
percent of the drywall tapers, compared to just over
10 percent of the carpenters, had rates of at least $12.80
an hour.
Regional and city averages

In 1979, as in the preceding 2 years, average wage
rates were highest in the Pacific region ($12.16) and
lowest in the Southeast ($9.60) (table 10). The Great
Lakes, the region with the largest number of union
building trades members, had the second highest re­
gional average—$11.86..When employer payments for
fringe benefit plans were added to wages (table 11), the
differential between the highest and lowest regional av­
erages grew from 27 to 49 percent. This divergence re­
flected, in part, the relatively smaller employer benefit
payments in lower paying regions.
When cities were grouped by population size, aver­
age wage rates plus employer benefit payments contin­
ued to be highest for cities of at least 1 million inhab­
itants and lowest for those having populations of 100,000
to 250,000 (table 13). City size, however, seemed less
important than other factors, such as location or vari­
ation in bargaining conditions among union locals, in
determining wage rates. If cities are grouped by region
(table 14), for example, the percent difference between
the highest and lowest city averages within each region
were significantly smaller, in most cases, than the spread
between groups of cities of similar size but in different
regions (table 13). The relative importance of location
in determining wage-plus-benefit averages for journey­
men and helpers and laborers was also evident from
averages grouped by city size and regional location (ta­
bles 15 and 16).

Trade averages

Union wage rates in the building trades averaged
$11.32 an hour on July 2, 1979 (table 4). Journeymen
averaged $11.81 and helpers and laborers, $9.15. The
difference in average wage rates between these two
skill levels remained unchanged between July 1978 and
July 1979—31 percent.2 Since 1960, the wage advan­
tage of skilled workers over unskilled workers has re­
mained fairly constant at about one-third, after declin­
ing steadily from about 90 percent in the 1930’s and
from 60 percent in the mid-1940’s.
Among the 25 journeyman trades studied separately,
machinists had the highest average wage rate—$13.05
an hour. The next highest averages (about $12.50 an
hour) were reported for boilermakers, electricians, and
pipefitters. The lowest journeyman averages (about $11
an hour) were for glaziers, mosaic and terrazzo work­



2 To minimize the effects of changes in membership composition of
the two major groups, journeymen’s and helpers* and laborers* wages
were “standardized” by weighting the 1967 average wage rates for
these two groups by levels of their wage indexes (1967=100) in the
years being studied. For example, the standardized wage rate for
journeymen in 1979 was computed as follows: $5.09 (wage in 1967)
weighted by 239.5 (index for 1979) yields $12.19. The comparable
figure for helpers and laborers, $3.83, weighted by 243.0 yields $9.31.
The difference is thus 31 percent.

3

over the year, by 1 percentage point or less, in about
one-half of the 65 cities studied in both periods.3 In
one-fourth of the cities, the proportion remained un­
changed and in one-fourth, it declined, usually by less
than a percentage point.
The proportion of employer contributions for select­
ed benefits to the basic wage-plus-benefit package var­
ied by geographic location. The Pacific region report­
ed the highest proportion—25 percent—and the South­
west and Southeast, the lowest—12 percent. In gener­
al, benefit payments were least significant for cities in
the Border States, Middle West, Southeast, and South­
west, where they usually made up from 10 to 15 per­
cent of the overall wage-plus-benefit package. In all
nine California cities studied, the corresponding pro­
portion was from 25 to 28 percent; only in three other
surveyed cities—Detroit, Honolulu, and New York—
did the proportion reach 25 percent.

T e x t ta b le 1.
Wage rates, b e n e fits , and b e n e fits as p ro p o rtio n o f
to ta l h o u rly wages and b e n e fits , b u ild in g trades, 1 9 6 9 -7 9

Year

Wage
rate

E m p lo y e r
b e n e fit
p a y m e n t1

$ 5 .5 4
6 .1 8
6 .8 8
7 .2 7
7 .6 2
8 .1 4
8 .8 8
9 .4 8
1 0 .0 2
1 0 .6 1
1 1 .3 2

$ 0 .6 4
.8 0
.9 5
1 .0 6
1.21
1 .4 5
1 .6 8
1 .9 5
‘ 2 .2 6
2 .4 6
2 .6 6

W age rateplusb e n e fit
paym ent

B e n e fit p a y m e n t
as p e rce n t
o f w age ratep lu s -b e n e fit
paym ent

A ll b u ild in g trades
1969
1970
1 97 1
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

$ 6 .1 7
6 .9 7
7 .8 2
8 .3 4
8 .8 3
9 .5 9
1 0 .5 6
1 1 .4 3
1 1 2 .2 8
1 3 .0 7
1 3 .9 8

1 0 .4
1 1 .5
12.1
1 2.7
1 3 .7
15.1
1 5 .9
17.1
1 1 8 .4
1 8 .8
1 9 .0

J o u rn e y m a n trades
$ 5 .8 7
6 .5 4
7 .2 8
7 .6 9
8 .0 2
8 .5 5
9 .3 2
9 .9 2
1 0 .4 4
1 1 .0 5
1 1.8 1

1969
1970
197 1
1972
1973
1974 ,
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

$ 0 .6 8
.8 4
.9 9
1 .1 0
1 .2 6
1 .5 0
1 .7 4
2 .0 2
1 2 .3 7
2 .5 6
2 .7 8

$ 6 .5 4
7 .3 9
8 .2 7
8 .7 9
9 .2 8
1 0 .0 5
1 1 .0 6
1 1 .9 4
1 1 2 .8 1
1 3 .6 0
1 4 .5 9

1 0 .4
1 1 .4
1 2 .0
1 2 .5
1 3 .6
1 4 .9
1 5.7
1 6 .9
1 1 8 .5
1 8 .8
19.1

Wage rates by type of construction

Wage rates, hours, and selected benefit payments for
unionized workers in each of the 66 cities studied are
presented by type of construction in table 19. Rates for
street and highway and for other heavy construction
were usually the same as, or slightly lower than, rates
for the same trade in the commercial building sector;
most workers were completely mobile among these
three types of construction. Differentials by type of
construction, when they occurred, were more common
for carpenters, cement finishers, operating engineers,
and laborers than for structural iron workers.

H e lp e r and la b o re r classifications
1969
1970 .
197 1
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1 9 7 9 ..................

$ 4 .3 3
4 .8 6
5 .4 3
5 .6 8
6 .0 6
6 .5 3
7 .0 6
7 .5 4
8 .0 3
8 .5 4
9 .1 5

$ 0 .4 9
.61
.7 8
.9 2
1 .0 2
1 .2 5
1 .4 4
1 .6 4
1 1 .7 7
2 .0 0
2 .1 1

$ 4 .8 2
5 .4 7
6 .2 2
6 .6 1
7 .0 8
7 .7 9
8 .5 1
9 .1 8
1 9 .7 9
1 0 .5 4
1 1 .2 6

1 0 .2
1 1 .2
1 2 .5
1 3 .9
1 4 .4
1 6 .0
1 6 .9
1 7 .9
1 18.1
1 9 .0
1 8 .7

.

Straight-time hours

1 B eginning in J u ly 1 9 7 7 , b e n e fits studied w e re exp a n d e d to
in clu d e p a y m e n ts fo r supp le m e n ta l u n e m p lo y m e n t b e n e fits , savings
fu n d s , and paid h o lid ay s in a d d itio n to c o n trib u tio n s fo r insurance,
p ensio n, and vac a tio n plans. Had th e J u ly 1 9 7 7 b e n e fit p a y m e n ts
been lim ite d to insurance, pensio n, and vac a tio n plans, th e 1 9 7 7
fig ures fo r e m p lo y e r b e n e fit p a y m e n ts w o u ld have been $ 2 .1 8 fo r
all b u ild in g trad es, $ 2 .2 9 fo r jo u rn e y m e n , and $ 1 .7 1 fo r helpers
and laborers; th e c orrespo ndin g w a g e -p lu s -b e n e fit to ta ls w o u ld have
been $ 1 2 .2 0 , $ 1 2 .7 3 , and $ 9 .7 4 , respe c tiv e ly . T h e p ro p o rtio n o f
th e th r e e -b e n e fit package to th e to ta l w a g e -p lu s -b e n e fit average
w o u ld have been 1 7 .9 p e rc e n t fo r all trad es and fo r jo u rn e y m e n and
1 7 .6 p e rc e n t fo r helpers and laborers.
NO TE:
to ta ls .

Because o f ro u n d in g , sums o f item s m ay

The number of weekly hours required before over­
time premiums take effect has changed very little since
1967 (tables 1 and 3). As stipulated by contract provi­
sions for building trades, straight-time hours averaged
39.4 per week on July 2, 1979 (table 9). About seveneighths of the union members were covered by con­
tracts specifying 40 hours of work before overtime pre­
miums are paid; most of the remaining members were
under contracts calling for straight-time pay for the first
35 hours worked per week.
It should be noted that data were not collected on
actual hours worked or on weekly work schedules
(which may exceed 40 hours for some workers).

n o t equal

Employee benefits

Payments for employee benefit plans continued to in­
crease in relative importance (text table 1), although
not as rapidly as in the first half of the 1970’s. On July
2, 1979, employer contributions for six selected benefits
amounted to 19.0 percent of the wage-plus-benefit av­
erage of $13.98 per hour for all building trades, com­
pared to 18.8 percent in 1978. This proportion increased




3 For survey averages, Minneapolis and St. Paul were considered as
one city.

4

Table 1.

Wage rate and weekly hours Indexes: United States

(Union building trades, 1907-79)

(1967=100)

Journeymen

All trades

Date

Wage rates

Hours

Wage rates

Hours

Helpers
and laborers
Wage rates

Hours

1907
1912
1917
1922

May
May
May
May

1 5 ......................................................................................
1 5 ......................................................................................
1 5 ......................................................................................
1 5 ......................................................................................

7.7
9.3
10.8
17.7

125.1
119.2
117.6
115.8

8.2
9.9
11.5
18.6

123.8
118.3
116.9
115.3

5.6
6.2
7.5
13.3

129.8
121.6
120.0
117.4

1927
1932
1937
1942

May
May
May
July

1 5 ......................................................................................
1 5 ..................................................................................
1 5 ......................................................................................
1 .......................................................................................

24.2
22.0
24.1
29.6

115.5
107.3
102.6
101.8

25.3
23.1
25.2
30.7

114.8
106.6
101.9
101.8

17.5
16.1
18.3
23.8

117.1
108.7
104.7
101.6

1947
1952
1953
1954

July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1

.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................

39.1
53.2
55.9
58.0

100.8
100.9
100.9
100.9

39.9
53.9
56.5
58.6

100.9
101.1
101.1
101.1

34.6
48.6
52.0
54.2

100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2

1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

.......................................................................................
........................................................................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................

60.0
62.8
66.0
69.0
72.4

100.9
100.9
100.9
100.8
100.8

60.6
63.3
66.5
69.5
72.7

101.1
101.1
101.1
101.0
101.0

56.5
59.9
63.4
66.5
70.7

100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2

1960
1961
1962
1963
1964

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

........................................................................................
........................................................................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................

75.4
78.4
81.3
84.2
87.3

100.7
100.6
100.5
100.3
100.3

75.5
78.4
81.4
84.4
87.4

100.9
100.8
100.7
100.5
100.5

74.0
77.5
80.3
83.2
86.8

100.2
100.2
100.2
100.1
100.1

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

......................................................................................
........................................................................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................

90.0
94.7
100.0
106.6
115.4

100.2
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.1

90.9
94.7
100.0
106.7
115.7

100.4
100.2
100.0
100.0
100.1

90.8
94.6
100.0
105.9
113.9

100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

July
July
July
July
July

1
1
1
1
1

........................................................................................
.......................................................................................
........................................................................................
.......................................................................................
........................................................................................

128.8
144.0
153.2
160.8
173.4

99.9
99.8
99.8
99.6
99.6

128.9
143.9
153.4
160.8
173.0

99.9
99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8

128.1
144.4
152.2
160.8
175.4

99.9
99.9
99.9
99.0
99.0

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979:

July 1
July 1
July 1
July 3
July 2

.......................................................................................
........; .............................................................................
.......................................................................................
........... : .........................................................................
......................................................................................

188.3
200.5
212.3
224.4
239.9

99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8

188.1
200.3
211.9
224.0
239.5

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
i OO.O

189.4
201.9
214.8
227.3
243.0

99.0
99.0
99.0
99.0
99.0

*

NOTE: Data for individual years not shown between 1907 and 1952 are available
upon request.




5

Table 2.

Wage rate indexes by trade: United States

(Union building trades, 1907-79)
(1967= 100)

Date

1907
1912
1917
1922

May
May
May
May

15.......
15.......
15.......
15.......

Asbestos
workers

Boiler­
makers

_

_

—

—

10.3
17.2

—

Brick­
layers

Carpen­
ters

Cement
finishers

Electri­
cians
(inside
wirers)

Elevator
con­
Glaziers
structors

Lathers

Machin­
ists

Marble
setters

Mosaic
and
terrazzo
workers

_

Paint­
ers

Paperhangers

_

Pipe­
fitters

7.9
9.6
11.2
17.9

9.7
10.4
11.6
18.7

7.8
9.3
10.9
17.8

_

_

_

_

—
12.5
19.5

—

—

11.0
11.9
13.0
20.5

—
17.7

10.3
11.6
19.0

—
—
—

11.0
11.5
12.5
19.3

—
10.5
17.8

7.5
9.7
11.8
20.0

—
—
—

8.5
9.5
10.9
17.3

28.3
25.5
26.5
31.8

24.1
21.0
24.2
29.6

25.3
23.4
25.5
30.9

23.8
24.7
25.4
31.9

26.6
26.4
25.9
32.4

23.8
21.6
25.6
30.1

26.3
24.4
27.4
33.3

_
—
24.8
28.7

26.6
26.4
27.2
30.7

24.0
25.9
25.2
29.7

26.7
24.3
26.5
31.4

_
—
27.3
31.3

24.5
22.7
24.8
30.7

1927
1932
1937
1942

May
May
May
July

15.......
15.......
15.......
1 .........

23.3
21.9
24.7
30.6

_
—
25.7
31.4

1947
1952
1953
1954

July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

38.0
52.2
56.0
58.7

38.3
53.0
56.4
58.8

42.6
59.8
61.7
63.6

39.5
53.1
55.8
57.6

40.3
53.7
57.0
58.7

39.6
55.0
57.3
59.0

40.4
54.3
57.9
60.1

39.2
51.4
55.0
56.6

44.0
59.2
61.9
63.6

38.1
50.0
54.3
56.5

41.0
54.5
58.2
60.1

41.4
54.9
57.6
59.9

40.6
54.2
56.8
58.5

40.6
53.1
56.4
58.3

39.1
53.1
55.6
58.6

1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

60.4
62.8
65.6
69.6
72.5

60.5
63.1
66.9
70.4
73.8

65.3
68.3
70.9
73.3
76.5

59.8
62.3
65.6
68.6
72.1

60.9
63.9
67.1
69.9
73.4

60.3
63.6
66.8
70.3
72.7

62.3
64.7
67.3
70.7
73.9

59.2
62.2
65.4
68.7
72.0

65.2
68.0
70.9
73.9
76.5

59.1
61.4
63.7
67.8
71.1

61.5
64.4
68.2
70.8
73.4

61.7
64.9
68.0
70.8
74.1

60.9
63.4
66.7
69.1
71.8

60.7
63.1
67.1
69.9
72.9

60.0
62.8
66.1
69.5
72.5

1960
1961
1962
1963
1964

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

75.0
77.3
80.6
83.6
86.7

76.9
80.0
82.8
85.4
88.9

78.8
81.8
84.3
86.7
89.3

75.0
77.9
80.7
83.6
86.6

76.2
79.1
81.6
84.2
86.9

76.4
79.4
83.6
86.2
89.2

76.3
79.9
82.3
86.4
89.1

75.3
78.1
80.5
83.6
86.9

79.1
81.4
84.1
86.2
89.2

73.8
76.8
79.9
83.3
86.9

76.2
78.9
81.2
84.3
87.0

76.7
79.6
82.4
85.2
88.1

74.9
77.7
80.6
84.3
87.3

75.8
78.5
81.2
83.7
87.1

75.2
78.0
80.9
83.6
86.8

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

90.5
94.3
100.0
107.0
116.6

92.3
95.8
100.0
106.2
114.1

91.8
95.0
100.0
106.8
115.0

90.7
94.6
100.0
107.0
115.8

90.9
94.6
100.0
106.3
114.6

91.5
94.9
100.0
106.5
117.1

92.4
95.6
100.0
104.1
110.4

90.4
95.6
100.0
107.2
115.8

92.4
95.2
100.0
106.3
115.4

90.6
95.1
100.0
105.7
111.8

90.2
94.6
100.0
106.1
113.4

91.8
95.8
100.0
105.8
112.9

90.9
94.6
100.0
106.3
115.1

90.5
94.4
100.0
107.5
117.3

90.4
94.6
100.0
106.6
115.7

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

129.5
145.9
155.8
161.9
173.5

125.7
139.9
148.4
156.4
166.7

127.7
144.9
153.4
159.5
172.3

128.9
141.5
150.9
160.1
172.1

127.0
143.8
154.7
161.4
176.6

130.4
148.4
158.8
164.9
175.1

124.9
141.4
152.4
159.5
166.0

130.7
145.9
156.6
165.7
178.1

128.6
147.0
155.9
165.4
179.7

121.1
135.6
148.7
156.0
165.6

124.6
138.2
148.3
154.8
167.4

124.0
136.4
143.9
150.5
161.1

126.6
139.5
152.1
160.6
172.8

131.0
145.4
155.9
164.1
176.6

129.5
145.8
154.0
159.5
172.9

1975:
1976:
1977:
1978:
1979:

July 1 .........
July 1 .........
July 1 .........
July 3 .........
July 2 .........

187.2
203.1
216.9
229.9
245.8

184.4
201.5
217.0
229.8
249.6

184.0
194.1
204.2
215.2
231.1

187.0
198.2
208.7
220.2
235.2

189.6
201.9
212.2
223.0
237.7

193.8
206.8
220.4
233.0
250.0

183.6
200.5
213.3
222.7
233.4

192.5
205.6
217.9
229.0
244.8

193.3
202.0
214.5
226.9
241.6

182.0
194.2
207.0
216.9
241.8 ‘

178.9
187.0
198.6
209.9
224.4

173.3
185.3
196.0
208.2
223.4

187.9
202.0
214.5
227.4
242.4

190.4
202.8
215.6
229.0
244.8

188.9
202.5
216.3
230.1
245.5

See note at end of table.




6

Table 2.

Continued— Wage rate indexes by trade: United States

(Union building trades, 1907-79)
(1967= 100)

Plas­
terers

Plumb­
ers

15.......
15.......
15.......
15.......

12.1
12.7
13.8
22.1

9.6
10.6
11.6
18.2

Date

1907
1912
1917
1922

May
May
May
May

Rein­
forcing
iron
work­
ers

Roofers,
compo­
sition

_

_

—

—

—

Roofers,
slate
and
tile

Sheetmetal
workers

Stone­
masons

Struc­
tural
iron
workers

Tile
layers

Brick-.
layers’
tenders

Building
laborers

Compo­
sition
roofers’
helpers

Plaster­
ers’
laborers

_
—
—
—

7.9
8.5
9.7
16.8

Plumb­
ers’
laborers

Tile
layers’
helpers

_

_

—
—
—

7.3
8.2
16.0

—

8.6
15.5

_
—
11.3
19.0

7.8
8.8
10.2
17.0

9.9
10.4
11.8
19.3

8.1
10.5
11.9
17.9

_
11.1
12.5
18.5

6.4
6.6
7.9
13.1

5.9
6.2
7.7
13.8

24.6
23.2
25.4
31.8

_
—
24.1
29.6

20.9
20.3
22.6
29.1

26.6
24.2
26.1
31.8

22.8
21.4
23.0
29.8

27.5
25.9
26.9
31.6

25.2
23.6
26.7
31.6

25.8
23.7
25.3
29.6

18.6
16.6
19.2
24.5

16.6
15.0
17.6
22.7

—
20.0
25.4

22.7
20.3
22.2
27.8

—
—
—
24.5

20.1
19.4
20.4
24.7

_

1927
1932
1937
1942

May
May
May
July

15.......
15.......
15.......
1 .........

30.7
26.5
28.9
34.2

1947
1952
1953
1954

July
July
July
July

1 .........
1......
1 .........
1 .........

45.4
61.2
63.6
64.7

41.1
53.8
55.8
58.8

37.9
51.4
54.3
56.3

38.6
52.0
55.1
57.1

39.7
54.2
57.1
59.1

37.7
51.9
54.3
56.9

42.4
60.7
61.7
63.1

39.6
53.5
56.5
58.6

41.4
54.9
58.0
59.6

35.1
48.3
50.9
53.1

33.8
47.8
51.4
53.7

32.8
48.6
51.0
52.6

38.8
54.6
57.7
59.7

33.8
47.1
50.3
52.9

36.3
49.7
52.2
55.0

1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

66.7
69.2
71.7
74.0
76.4

60.3
62.9
66.4
69.3
72.9

58.7
61.4
64.8
67.4
71.0

59.2
62.2
65.4
67.8
71.3

61.3
64.5
67.7
70.9
73.9

59.1
61.8
64.7
68.3
71.6

65.0
67.9
69.9
72.5
74.9

60.7
63.3
66.6
68.8
72.6

61.7
64.1
67.6
69.5
73.2

55.3
59.6
62.8
65.8
70.4

56.1
59.3
63.0
66.1
70.5

55.1
58.3
62.3
65.1
68.7

62.1
65.4
68.6
71.5
74.5

55.2
58.1
61.4
64.7
68.4

56.9
59.7
62.2
64.9
69.2

1960
1961
1962
1963
1964

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

79.6
81.4
84.0
86.0
89.7

75.3
78.1
81.1
84.4
87.8

74.2
77.0
80.5
83.2
86.6

74.6
77.6
80.7
83.8
87.0

76.8
79.5
81.7
85.3
89.0

74.8
77.4
80.4
83.9
86.7

77.4
80.7
82.7
85.2
87.5

75.1
78.0
81.4
84.1
87.2

76.2
80.0
81.7
85.4
88.2

73.2
76.7
80.4
82.8
86.7

73.8
77.4
80.0
82.9
86.4

71.6
74.8
77.2
80.8
84.6

77.8
80.7
83.3
85.7
89.8

72.4
75.9
79.4
81.9
86.1

73.8
76.8
80.4
84.2
87.7

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

92.1
95.6
100.0
105.1
113.3

91.4
94.6
100.0
106.8
115.9

89.4
93.8
100.0
107.3
118.0

90.6
94.6
100.0
107.7
116.4

92.1
95.4
100.0
106.4
114.3

90.3
94.5
100.0
106.8
115.7

90.0
94.6
100.0
105.7
114.0

90.2
94.8
100.0
106.8
117.1

92.7
95.8
100.0
106.2
113.5

91.5
94.5
100.0
105.1
111.7

90.5
94.5
100.0
106.5
114.8

89.3
94.0
100.0
107.2
116.7

91.6
94.6
100.0
106.1
116.4

90.2
94.1
100.0
107.0
115.1

91.9
95.4
100.0
107.3
114.4

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

126.0
140.9
150.9
157.5
170.5

130.5
145.8
152.8
158.8
172.7

130.4
145.7
154.9
160.8
173.1

130.0
147.4
156.1
164.3
177.6

125.4
142.1
151.7
160.4
172.9

131.8
149.9
160.1
166.7
179.6

128.6
142.0
151.0
157.5
171.8

129.5
144.7
152.2
158.6
169.9

123.8
138.3
149.3
156.6
167.0

125.0
145.6
152.3
162.5
175.3

129.3
144.4
152.2
160.5
176.1

128.6
148.5
159.5
169.7
185.6

131.6
148.2
156.2
166.5
179.8

130.1
148.8
157.5
166.1
180.2

128.5
149.1
159.6
167.5
180.7

1975::
1976::
1977::
1978::
1979:

July 1 .........
July 1 .........
July 1 .........
July 3 .........
July 2 .........

182.7
195.9
207.5
218.7
233.1

186.7
199.6
211.8
224.3
240.0

189.3
202.4
209.9
222.3
236.5

191.8
203.3
215.7
228.4
243.5

189.6
208.4
229.7
243.3
257.9

193.9
205.3
218.0
229.3
245.6

184.2
194.1
203.2
213.8
230.5

184.7
195.8
206.2
217.3
232.1

183.7
196.6
209.0
224.3
239.1

187.2
197.9
210.8
224.3
237.3

190.7
203.3
216.3
229.1
245.8

2Q2.5
213.0
218.5
229.0
243.7

193*1
208.4
220.9
233.5
249.6

192.4
204.5
219.2
230.2
244.9

193.9
206.9
217.9
228.8
242.8

NOTE: Data for individual years not shown between 1907 and 1952 are available
upon request.




7

Table 3.

Weekly hours indexes by trade: United States

(Union building trades, 1907-79)
(1 9 67= 100)

Date

1907
1912
1917
1922

May
May
May
May

15.......
15___
15.......
15.......

Asbestos
workers

Boiler­
makers

_

_

—
112.9
111.3

1927
1932
1937
1942

May
May
May
July

15.......
15.......
15.......
1 .........

111.0
102.2
100.2
98.6

1947
1952
1953
1954

July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

July
July
July
July
July

1960
1961
1962
1963
1964

—
—
—

_

Brick­
layers

Carpen­
ters

Cement
finishers

Electri­
cians
(inside
wirers)

124.3
116.5
115.1
114.8

121.8
116.4
115.8
114.0

122.7
121.1
115.9
113.7

128.8
125.7
122.4
120.3

Elevator
con­
Glaziers
structors

Lathers

Machin­
ists

_

_

_

_

—

—

122.7
121.5
120.2

—

_

116.8
115.5

—

114.1

—

__

Marble
setters

Mosaic
and
terrazzo
workers

_

Paint­
ers

Paperhangers

_

Pipe­
fitters

120.4
118.4
117.9
116.4

—
120.1
115.7

127.3
121.1
119.2
116.0

115.3
103.7
104.0
101.6

115.1
109.2
95.9
101.9

93.4
100.4

112.9
105.2
104.0
101.1

—
—
—

_

119.0
117.1
114.7
113.3

106.3
101.6

114.1
104.4
104.6
102.0

114.2
105.6
103.5
101.4

113.0
105.6
103.1
100 6

120.2
110.1
104.6
108.4

115.5
109.3
106.2
101.9

113.9
104.3
98.6
98.6

119.1
110.2
103.5
103.3

101.4
100.5

117.3
108.0
108.7
101.9

99.7
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.6
101.0
101.0
101.0

101.0
101.4
101.4
101.4

100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

104.2
104.9
104.9
104.9

101.9
101.9
101.9
101.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

103.0
100.9
101.0
100.5

100.8
100.8
100.8
100.0

101.9
102.0
102.0
102.0

100.6
102.3
102.3
102.3

101.6
100.4
100.4
100.4

101.3
100.1
100.1
100.1

100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

101.0
101.0
100.3
100.3
100.3

101.4
101.4
101.4
101.3
101.3

100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

104.9
104.9
104.9
103.4
103.4

101.9
101.9
101.9
101.9
101.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.9

102.0
102.0
102.0
102.0
102.0

102.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3

100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4

100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1

100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.3
100.3
100.3
100.1
100.1

101.3
101.3
101.3
100.0
100.0

100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

103.4
103.4
102.1
100.9
100.9

101.9
101.9
101.9
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5

99.9
100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0

102.0
102.0
102.1
102.0
102.0

100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3

100.3
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2

100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1

100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.7

100.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.6
100.3
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.3
100.1
100.0
99.8
100.8

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.5
100.3
100.0
100.6
100.4

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

102.0
101.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.3
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.2
100.1
1O0.O
100.0
100.0

100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
99.7

1970::
1971::
1972:
1973:
1974:

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

99.7
99.7
99.5
99.5
99.5

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.9
99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8

99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7

100.0
100.0
100.0
99.4
99.4

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
99.9
99.9
99.7
99.7

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.4
100.3

100.0
100.0
100.0
102.0
101.8

98.9
98.8
98.8
98.8
98.8

1975:
1976:
1977:
1978:
1979:

July 1 .........
July 1 .........
July 1 .........
July 3 .........
July 2 .........

99.5
99.5
99.5
99.5
99.5

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.6
100.6

99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8

99.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

102.6
102.6
102.5
102.6
102.6

99.4
99.4
99.4
99.4
99.4

100.0
100.0
99.8
99.8
99.8

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0 I

99.7
99.7
99.7
99.7
99.7

100.3
100.3
100.3
100.4
100.4

101.8
101.8
101.8
101.9
101.9

98.7
98.7
98.6
98.7
98.7

—

See note at end of table.




8

—

—

Table 3.

Continued— Weekly hours indexes by trade: United States

(Union building trades, 190 7-7 9)
(1967= 100)

Date

Plas­
terers

Plumb­
ers

Rein­
forcing
iron
work­
ers

Roofers, Roofers,
slate
compo­
and
sition
tile

Sheetmetal
workers

Stone­
masons

Struc­
tural
iron
workers

Tile
layers

Brick­
layers’
tenders

Building
laborers

118.3
115.7
115.2
114.5

120.0
113.4
112.2
111.6

_
110.7
111.8
110.9

123.6
120.6
119.0
118.6

Compo­
sition
roofers’
helpers

Plaster­
ers’
laborers

Plumb­
ers’
laborers

Tile
layers’
helpers

125.2
121.8
119.4
114.6

_
—

_

—

126.0
124.4
123.1
122.1

—
—

_
125.7
121.8
121.6

1907
1912
1917
1922

May
May
May
May

15.......
15.......
15.......
15.......

119.3
117.8
115.8
115.1

123.4
122.0
120.8
119.3

_
—

_

_

—

—

—

—

114.4
111.7

110.0
109.5

118.0
116.1
115.0
112.8

1927
1932
1937
1942

May
May
May
July

15.......
15.......
15.......
1 .........

115.0
104.4
98.8
96.7

119.0
110.6
107.4
102.3

_
—
100.3
101.1

111.7
104.2
103.4
102.1

109.4
101.7
100.8
100.9

112.4
104.5
103.0
101.8

114.2
104.6
103.2
100.0

111.6
103.7
100.1
100.0

111.1
102.4
99.3
101.0

118.5
108.2
105.6
102.6

115.6
108.0
103.6
101.7

_
—
99.9
100.5

117.9
113.8
105.4
100.3

_
—
—
99.7

122.7
111.6
99.6
100.0

1947
1952
1953
1954

July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

97.6
100.4
100.4
100.4

99.6
100.6
100.6
100.6

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

101.6
100.4
100.4
100.4

100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7

101.0
100.8
100.8
100.8

99.1
100.7
100.7
100.7

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.3
101.2
101.2
101.2

101.1
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.4
99.8
99.8
99.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4
100.6

100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4

100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7

100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
tOO.8

100.7
100.7
100.7
100.5
100.5

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

101.2
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2
100.2

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

1960
1961
1962
1963
1964

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4

100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4

100.7
100.7
100.7
100.5
100.4

100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8

100.5
100.5
100.5
100.4
100.4

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.1
100.1
100.1
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.2
100.2
100.2
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1 .........

100.4
100.2
100.0
100.1
100.1

100.2
100.1
100.0
100.0
99.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.4
100.4
100.0
99.6
99.5

100.3
100.3
100.0
99.7
99.7

100.7
100.3
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.2
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.1
100.1

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.2
100.2

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.1
100.1

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

July
July
July
July
July

1 .........
1 .........
1 .........
1......
1 .........

99.9
99.9
99.9
100.5
100.5

98.7
98.3
98.3
97.7
98.3

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.4
99.4
99.4
99.4
99.7

99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6

100.0
99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9

100.0
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.0
99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9

100.1
100.1
100.1
99.0
99.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
99.2
99.2

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

100.3
100.3
100.3
98.5
98.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8

1975:
1976:
1977:
1978:
1979:

July 1 .........
July 1 .........
July 1 .........
July 3 .........
July 2 .........

100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5

98.3
98.3
98.3
98.4
98.4

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.5
99.5
99.5
99.5
99.5

99.6
99.6
99.6
100.7
100.7

99.9
99.8
99.8
99.7
99.8

99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9
99.9

99.0
99.0
99.0
98.9
98.9

99.2
99.2
99.2
99.2
99.2

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

98.9
98.9
98.9
98.5
98.5

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8
100.0

NOTE: Data for individual years not shown between 1907 and 1952
are available upon request.




—

—

Table 4. Average wage rates and employer contributions for
selected benefits by trade: United States

Table 5. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in
average wage rates by trade: United States

(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)

(Union building trades, July 3, 1978-July 2, 1979)

Trade

Average rate
per hour

Average
employer
contribu­
tion per
hour1

Average rate
plus employer
contribu­
tion per
hour1

All building tra d e s .................

$11.32

$2.66

$13.98

Journeymen.................................
Asbestos workers....................
Boilermakers.............................
Bricklayers................................
Carpenters................................
Cement finishers.... ..................
Drywall ta p e rs ..........................
Electricians (inside
wirers) ......................................
Elevator constructors..............
Glaziers.....................................
Lathers......................................
Machinists.................................
Marble setters..........................
Mosaic and terrazzo
workers.....................................
Painters......................................
Paperhangers...........................
Pipefitters..................................
Plasterers..................................
Plumbers....................................
Reinforcing iron workers.........
Roofers, composition..............
Roofers, slate and tile .............
Sheet-metal workers...............
Stonemasons ...........................
Structural iron workers............
Tile layers..................................

11.80
11.64
12.46
11.76
11.59
11.15
11.56

2.78
3.05
2.93
2.37
2.70
2.92
2.15

14.59
14.69
15.39
14.12
14.29
14.06
13.71

12.51
12.29
11.02
11.54
13.05
11.25

3.02
2.82
2.68
1.99
1.70
2.20

15.54
15.11
13.69
13.53
14.75
13.45

10.96
11.16
11.12
12.47
11.31
12.01
11.60
11.29
11.01
12.01
11.73
11.80
11.29

1.87
1.97
1.86
3.08
2.24
3.08
3.15
2.22
2.07
2.98
2.51
3.62
2.30

12.83
13.13
12.99
15.55
13.55
15.10
14.75
13.51
13.08
14.98
14.23
15.42
13.60

Helpers and laborers .................
Bricklayers’ tenders.................
Building laborers......................
Composition roofers’
helpers...... ...............................
Elevator constructors’
helpers......................................
Marble setters’ helpers...........
Plasterers’ laborers...................
Plumbers’ laborers...................
Terrazzo workers’
laborers....................................
Tile layers’ helpers..................

9.15
9.42
9.14

2.11
1.86
2.20

11.27
11.28
11.34

7.39

1.57

8.96

8.71
8.84
9.43
8.45

2.48
1.59
2.17
1.41

11.19
10.43
11.60
9.85

8.80
9.41

1.19
1.84

9.98
11.24

Trade

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
totals.




10

Percent
change

All building trades .................

73

6.9

Journeymen.................................
Asbestos w orkers....................
Boilermakers.............................
Bricklayers ................................
Carpenters................................
Cement finishers...... ................
Drywall tapers ..........................
Electricians (inside
wirers) ......................................
Elevator constructors..............
Glaziers.....................................
Lathers......................................
Machinists.................................
Marble setters..........................
Mosaic and terrazzo
workers....................................
Painters.....................................
Paperhangers....................... .
Pipefitters...................................
Plasterers..................................
Plumbers...................................
Reinforcing iron workers.........
Roofers, composition ..............
Roofers, slate and tile .............
Sheet-metal workers ...............
Stonemasons ...........................
Structural iron workers............
Tile layers .................................

76
75
98
81
74
69
69

6.9
6.9
8.6
7.4
6.8
6.6
6.3

85
56
71
71
135
73

7.3
4.8
6.9
6.5
11.5
6.9

75
69
71
78
70
79
70
70
62
79
85
75
70

7.3
6.6
6.9
6.7
6.6
7.0
6.4
6.6
6.0
7.1
7.8
6.8
6.6

59
51
62

6.9
5.8
7.3

44

6.4

40
56
61
50

4.8
6.7
6.9
6.4

43
54

6.1

Helpers and laborers .................
Bricklayers’ tenders.................
Building laborers......................
Composition roofers’
helpers......................................
Elevator constructors’
helpers......................................
Marble setters’ helpers...........
Plasterers’ laborers..................
Plumbers’ laborers...................
Terrazzo workers’
laborers....................................
Tile layers’ helpers ..................

1
Includes employer contributions to insurance (life insurance, hospitali­
zation, medical, surgical, and other similar types of health and welfare
programs); pension funds; vacation payments; supplemental unemployment
benefits; savings funds; and paid holidays, as provided in labor-management
contracts. Averages presented are for a straight-time hour; in actual prac­
tice, however, some employer payments are calculated on the basis of a
negotiated rate (rather than the lower basic rate used in this bulletin), total
hours worked, or gross payroll.
Average refers to all workers in the classification, including those for whom
employer contributions were not specified in their particular contracts. Such
situations were included in the average computation as zero contributions.
Some contracts also provide additional payments to other funds such as
for education and promotion. Information on payments to these funds was
not included in these tabulations.

Cents-perhour change

5.2

NOTE: Variations in the size of annual increases from
survey to survey may reflect, in part, timing of negotiations in
relation to the survey reference date. Increases indicated
reflect rates available and payable on the survey date, and
do not include increases made later that are retroactive to
that date or before. Such retroactive increases are included
in the wage rates reported in the following year’s survey.

Table 6. Cents-per-hour changes in wage rates by trade: United States
(Union building trades, July 3, 1978-July 2, 1979)

Trade

Percent of workers affected by change of
Percent
rerceni o t
OT
workers
workers
$0.20 $0.30 $0.40 $0.50 $0.60 $0.70 $0.80 $0.90 $1.00 $1.20 $1.40
affected by having Under
$0.20
change1
no
$0.30 $0.40 $0.50 $0.60 $0.70 $0.80 $0.90 $1.00 $1.20 $1.40 $1.60
change

$1.60
and
over

All building trad es.................

97.6

2.3

0.1

4.9

4.9

8.3

11.8

15.3

10.4

10.4

10.4

8.6

7.0

1.8

2.4

Journeymen................................
Asbestos workers....................
Boilermakers.............................
Bricklayers................................
Carpenters................................
Cement finishers......................
Drywall tapers ..........................
Electricians (inside
wirers) ......................................
Elevator constructors..............
Glaziers.....................................
Lathers......................................
Machinists.................................
Marble setters..........................
Mosaic and terrazzo
workers....................................
Painters.....................................
Paperhangers...........................
Pipefitters..................................
Plasterers...... ............................
Plumbers...................................
Reinforcing iron workers.........
Roofers, composition ..............
Roofers, slate and tile .............
Sheet-metal w orkers...............
Stonemasons ...........................
Structural iron workers............
Tile layers.................................

97.4
94.3
100.0
99.1
100.0
89.8
97.1

2.5
3.7
10.2
2.9

.1
2.1
-

4.1
1.1
4.3
5.5
1.1
1.0

4.5
8.5
3.6
5.5
1.0
5.0

8.3
1.3
15.0
9.8
3.5
3.2

9.8
25.6
6.8
10.0
7.5
16.5
10.9

15.6
6.6
4.4
3.7
16.7
7.0
32.6

10.2
13.8
30.1
10.4
5.3
12.1
23.8

10.8
4.5
.4
5.6
19.0
6.4
6.0

10.2
5.5
12.5
8.6
6.6
27.8
2.1

10.0
9.9
25.3
14.9
14.8
3.7
4.2

8.5
2.9
16.8
9.2
1.3
6.7

2.1
10.6
18.4
-

2.5
2.6
2.1
3.4
5.4
.5

99.5
84.2
98.9
85.9
100.0
90.5

.5
15.8
1.1
14.1
7.6

.
1.2
.9
-

2.5
3.8
5.0
1.8
2.7
2.4

13.9
12.8
3.7
5.0

7.6
9.5
6.8
14.0
9.6

4.4
21.8
22.9
3.7
8.4

15.6
7.2
6.6
13.6
7.7
8.5

16.9
3.0
5.7
4.3
13.3
15.3

6.8
5.6
17.7
7.5
4.1
3.6

25.8
9.5
5.6
15.6
5.5

5.5
.4
7.6
30.6
10.1

6.4
6.5
3.7
1.3
19.0

5.7
6.5
1.7
.7

2.2
1.1
6.2
8.3
3 40.4
1.6

100.0
98.7
98.9
93.9
96.0
90.2
96.5
97.6
98.4
99.4
95.7
97.1
92.4

1.3
1.1
6.1
4.0
9.8
3.5
2.4
1.6
.6
3.5
2.9
7.6

1.4
4.2
-

9.1
9.4
1.5
9.6
16.9
5.3
5.1
10.6
4.2
5.1
14.3
7.2
10.0

15.1
9.0
18.9
14.4
11.8
6.6
16.0
17.8
21.9
7.4
7.2
17.9
7.5

1.8
25.9
29.4
10.1
9.9
23.4
12.1
3.5
8.5
21.6
5.5
20.8
6.1

19.3
9.0
6.9
5.1
12.7
10.6
2.6
19.2
25.5
17.8
5.8
9.2
5.4

7.8
9.4
11.5
9.7
7.9
5.3
12.4
11.1
5.4
3.8
6.3
11.2
2.6

12.0
4.1
3.8
8.5
3.6
6.5
11.1
4.5
.3
10.7
10.6
7.4
12.4

9.8
6.8
12.7
6.7
23.9
7.0
2.9
11.5
3.3
12.0
11.7
.8
19.0

4.8
9.9
5.7
16.0
3.1
9.8
9.7
8.6
8.7
5.6
19.0
5.5
2.4

4.6
2.2
2.2
.6
1.0
1.2
4.8
-

-

3.2
4.4
4.3
10.0
4.5
2.2
4.3
13.5

7.8
13.9
6.1
1.4
.4
.1
14.8
4.0
2.1
3.4
3.1
4.2
3.4

3.2

1.7
4.3
.2
9.0
4.1
1.7
8.3
6.7
4.0

98.3
99.4
99.3

1.7
.6

8.5
27.7
4.8

6.7
8.6
5.3

8.5
6.9
7.3

20.8

.7

.2
-

25.3

14.0
12.4
15.4

11.4
11.3
11.9

8.5
2.6
9.9

11.3
15.5
11.5

2.1
1.3
1.7

.1
-

.1
-

2.1
.5
2.6

98.5

1.5

4.8

10.7

4.4

2.3

17.3

4.0

12.1

11.5

4.4

80.5
90.9
96.8
94.6

19.5
9.1
3.2
5.4

1.8

12.9
6.1
6.2
17.2

20.3
18.9
11.8
32.0

7.5
9.5
6.8
6.9

7.2
10.0

.7

6.5

-

16.6
1.0
5.9
3.2

81.1
94.5

18.9
5.5

-

1.3
1.9

18.8
23.0

11.2
16.7

11.3
17.0

Helpers and laborers .................
Bricklayers’ tenders.................
Building laborers......................
Composition roofers’
helpers.....................................
Elevator constructors’
helpers.....................................
Marble setters’ helpers...........
Plasterers’ laborers..................
Plumbers’ laborers...................
Terrazzo workers’
laborers....................................
Tile layers’ helpers..................

o

-

3.4

6.1
1.3
2.3
5.8
5.5

_

8.8

6.4
5.9
8.8

21.0
20.9
4.9

5.4
13.0
7.9

12.1
6.6
6.9

2.9
4.1

4.0
12.1

5.8
-

-

.
.
.5

-

2.6
.8

7.0
6.7

-

2.6

-

-

-

-

5.1
1.6

1.7
5.4

-

1.2
1.0

3
Workers were distributed as follows: 6.6 percent at $1.60 to $1.80;
29.6 percent at $2.00 to $2.20; and 4.2 percent at $2.20 and over.

1 Excluded from this tabulation are workers whose wage rates were
decreased over the July 1978-79 period. Such decreases were the
result of reallocation of money from wages to benefits, or negotiated
reductions in rates to attract more work for union members during
periods of declining demand for union labor.
2 Less than 0.05 percent.




7.7

.7

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
totals. Dash indicates no members reported for specified interval.

11

Table 7. Percent changes in wage rates by trade: United States
(Union building trades, July 3, 1978-July 2, 1979)
Percent of workers affected by change of

Trade

Percent of
Of
workers
workers
affected by having
change1
no
change

Less
than
2
per­
cent

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

10

12

14

16

3

4

5

6

7

8

10

12

14

16

18

18
and
over

All building trad es.................

97.6

2.3

0.2

5.0

6.8

11.0

14.4

12.1

13.4

19.6

8.7

1.5

1.5

0.5

0.8

Journeymen.................................
Asbestos workers....................
Boilermakers.............................
Bricklayers................................
Carpenters................................
Cement finishers...... ................
Drywall tapers ..........................
Electricians (inside
wirers) ......................................
Elevator constructors..............
Glaziers.....................................
Lathers......................................
Machinists.......................... .......
Marble setters..........................
Mosaic and terrazzo
workers....................................
Painters.....................................
Paperhangers...........................
Pipefitters..................................
Plasterers..................................
Plumbers...................................
Reinforcing iron workers.........
Roofers, composition ..............
Roofers, slate and tile .............
Sheet-metal workers ...............
Stonemasons ...........................
Structural iron workers............
Tile layers .................................

97.4
94.3
100.0
99.1
100.0
89.8
97.1

2.5
3.7
-

4.9
2.1
4.3
8.3
1.1
1.0

7.3
7.5

0
10.2
2.9

.2
.6
.6
.1
2.1

11.5
7.5
4.0
7.3

12.8
17.0
6.8
12.0
14.9
4.2
15.5

14.2
15.2
16.1
8.1
13.4
14.8
3.7

11.1
19.1
9.1
4.0
6.3
10.9
48.9

13.4
1.4
10.1
13.5
14.4
10.1
4.7

17.9
12.3
37.3
15.0
23.7
32.5
4.6

9.6
3.6
23.7
10.9
2.8
5.3

1.8
6.4
8.6
.4

1.9
6.7
9.8
1.9
5.4
.5

.7
1.8
2.1
.8
.1
-

.5
1.4
-

-

-

99.5
84.2
98.9
85.9
100.0
90.5

.5
15.8
1.1
14.1
7.6

-

.4
10.4
6.9
4.7
3.5

4.5
10.6
8.1
.8
4.3

10.8
13.6
11.4
16.8
13.7

8.0
21.2
22.6
9.7
5.5
6.5

15.6
8.2
10.5
5.8
15.5
8.7

34.2
6.4
8.0
12.5
.5
9.0

12.1
3.9
12.9
16.5
35.5
17.1

6.7
6.5
7.9
4.2
22.9

1.1
1.4
1.5

100.0
98.7
98.9
93.9
96.0
90.2
96.5
97.6
98.4
99.4
95.7
97.1
92.4

1.3
1.1
6.1
4.0
9.8
3.5
2.4
1.6
.6
3.5
2.9
7.6

_
1.4
5.0
1.5
2.9

6.1
2.8
3.6
5.9
2.5
3.1
4.4
3.8
4.8
4.5
2.2
4.3
13.5

6.8
12.6
2.6
8.3
3.4
4.1
16.2
8.7
1.5
5.9
16.8
9.0
2.4

11.7
9.4
10.8
16.3
14.5
3.6
19.2
12.1
25.9
15.4
3.7
17.5
11.5

14.2
21.0
21.3
12.9
15.1
24.5
12.6
7.7
8.0
11.1
9.7
25.9
8.2

11.8
18.1
19.5
7.1
10.9
10.7
9.0
20.7
27.0
18.3
1.5
11.7
7.5

15.0
8.4
9.5
11.1
15.0
8.0
6.5
6.1
.5
6.9
9.7
7.2
4.9

14.3
12.8
16.5
15.7
23.6
14.0
10.6
22.2
12.5
19.1
15.3
6.7
26.3

12.6
10.6
13.3
9.1
6.3
10.6
10.3
8.5
8.8
8.5
26.5
4.7
6.9

4.0
2.4
.4
3.5
1.4
4.1
2.9
1.5
.2
3.5
2.3
3.0

5.5
1.0
1.2
1.5
7.3
_
3.2

98.3
99.4
99.3

1.7
.6
.7

(2)
-

5.7
5.9
5.3

4.6
3.2
4.4

3.2
1.1
2.9

15.3
14.2
15.7

16.4
5.9
18.6

13.1
11.8
14.1

27.3
14.2
32.2

5.0
15.5
2.4

.2
-

_
_

98.5

1.5

4.8

7.3

12.2

4.8

9.2

3.3

9.7

7.8

14.7

7.8

80.5
90.9
96.8
94.6

19.5
9.1
3.2
5.4

_

11.5
5.0
5.9
13.4

5.5
1.6
6.9
1.3

14.0
14.1
2.9
2.7

19.4
12.8
9.6
7.9

7.1
9.1
15.8
34.3

5.0
5.1
14.9
13.4

2.5
30.1
24.5
13.4

7.2
6.2
11.9
8.2

5.1
.4

_

81.1
94.5

18.9
5.5

-

9.2
1.5

3.1
19.3

5.5
11.5

23.6
16.4

13.9
16.0

5.3
2.9

5.4
16.4

6.3
2.0

4.1
5.4

Helpers and laborers .................
Bricklayers’ tenders.................
Building laborers......................
Composition roofers’
helpers.....................................
Elevator constructors’
helpers.....................................
Marble setters’ helpers...........
Plasterers’ laborers..................
Plumbers’ laborers...................
Terrazzo workers’
laborers....................................
Tile layers’ helpers..................

.

-

1.2
.9
-

-

-

1 Excluded from this tabulation are workers whose wage rates
were decreased over the July 1978-79 period. Such decreases were
the result of reallocation of money from wages to benefits, or
negotiated reductions in rates to attract more work for union
members during periods of declining demand for union labor.




-

4.5

2.9
-

.5
-

5.4
1.8
6.6
.7

2.5
1.7
29.6
.9

2.0
_
3.7
_

1.3
_
_
_
4.1
_
_
1.7
(2)
2.2
.7

_

f)
_

1.1
_
4.8
4.2
.6
.2
.5
.3
.2
.9
_
_
_
_
1.5
4.5
1.6
2.1
.5
2.6
4.4

_

2.6

_

_
_

_
_
_

-

1.1
.4

.1
.7

-

.8

2 Less than 0.05 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not
equal totals.
Dash indicates no members reported for specified
interval.

12

Table 8. Wage rate distribution by trade: United States
(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)
Percent of journeymen whose rates per hour were
Trade

Average
rate per
hour

Journeymen........................... $11.80
Asbestos workers.............. 11.64
Boilermakers.............. ......... 12.46
11.76
Bricklayers..........................
Carpenters..........................
11.59
Cement finishers................ 11.15
Drywall ta p ers.................... 11.56
12.51
Electricians.........................
Elevator constructors........ 12.29
11.02
Glaziers...............................
11.54
Lathers................................
13.05
Machinists...........................
Marble setters.................... 11.25
Mosaic and terrazzo
workers.............................. 10.96
Painters............................... 11.16
Paperhangers..................... 11.12
Pipefitters............................ 12.47
Plasterers............................ 11.31
12.01
Plumbers.............................
Reinforcing iron workers.... 11.60
Roofers, composition........ 11.29
Roofers, slate and tile ....... 11.01
Sheet-metal workers......... 12.01
Stonemasons..................... 11.73
Structural iron workers...... 11.80
Tile layers........................... 11.29

$9.40

$9.80

$10.20

$10.60

$11.00

$11.40

$11.80

$12.20

$12.60

$13.00

$13.40

$9.80

$10.20

$10.60

$11.00

$11.40

$11.80

$12.20

$12.60

$13.00

$13.40

$13.80

2.6

2.8

-

-

5.7
5.1

.9
2.8
4.8
1.1
.7
1.0
8.1
.6

7.3
8.7
12.9
1.3
9.2
10.9
9.3
2.2
17.8

8.9
22.1
12.8
12.5
7.9
12.2
27.3
4.5
6.8
21.2
15.4
4.1
11.1

11.9
15.4
8.7
11.7
13.1
6.2
19.9
13.3
6.7
9.0
6.9

11.4
16.6
24.5
8.8
7.7
28.4
2.6
8.1
22.2
16.2
19.4
8.2
3.9

11.9
6.3
8.4
15.6
13.1
5.4
5.1
11.8
2.9
9.2
13.1
4.7
9.5

12.6
5.2
8.4
9.2
18.6
.3
10.4
9.5
7.6
5.5
9.1
3.6
16.0

2.7
2.7
4.1
3.1
.3
.6
5.9
9.9
3.2

10.6

11.5
11.2
4.2
13.3
13.5
15.1
5.5
7.1
11.8
6.3
3.8
13.3
7.9

7.9
6.3
11.4
12.9
4.9
10.4
19.8
10.4

4.9

2.4
3.3
2.5
2.8
2.2
6.9
4.9
7.1

5.2
5.2
2.3
5.6
10.2
6.7
2.6
3.3
6.0
8.1
6.4

2.8
29.8
2.0

2.7

7.6
8.6
8.0
.1
8.2
.2
2.8
6 14.2
7 17.4
.8
.6
1.6
6.0

4.0
4.2
4.4
.5
7.8
1.5
.2
3.5
.5
5.6
8.4

13.5
14.2
11.8
1.0
2.8
9.7
5.4
4.4
7.5
2.2
1.5
3.4
5.3

18.7
2.6
9.9
3.9
15.0
3.7
1.2
7.6
3.4
4.6
8.7
3.9
13.8

10.2
20.2
19.9
1.4
16.7
5.2
12.3
8.4
3.2
3.6
21.0
7.1
19.4

4.2
9.8
7.9
17.2
19.1
12.6
7.3
8.1
6.1
9.3
10.6
9.0
4.1

6.3
7.6
7.6
9.8
9.3
15.1
10.3
12.1
31.6
19.6
4.9
5.5
4.9

22.3
9.4
12.4
10.7
5.2
16.6
14.7
5.3
12.9
15.3
13.1
15.3
7.1

9.0
3.8
1.4
14.2
5.6
4.8
18.8
22.0
7.4
6.8
15.1
34.8
10.6

.7
13.2
10.3
10.4
2.2
8.7
13.1
9.8
1.8
17.6
15.2
8.6
9.4

1.5
2.7
10.3
11.1
10.5
1.3
2.1
.2
9.6
6.2
2.1
3.1

2.1
.3
2.1
2.3
.8
5.1
4.5
8.3
4.1
2.5
3.1
1.1

Under
$9.40

-

-

-

-

-

6.1
-

$13.80
and
over

4.9
3.9
1 17.5
.5
1.4
1.0
10.5
2 14.9
.7
.6
3 34.1
3.4
6.6
4 18.8
2.0
5 12.3
-

3.1
-

6.8

Percent of helpers and laborers whose rates per hour were
Average
rate per
hour

Helpers and laborers...........
Bricklayers’ tenders...........
Building laborers............ .
Composition roofers’
helpers...............................
Elevator constructors’
helpers...............................
Marble setters’ helpers.....
Plasterers’ laborers...........
Plumbers’ laborers.............
Terrazzo workers’
laborers..............................
Tile layers’ helpers............

Under
$6.40

$6.40 $6.80 $7.20 $7.60 $8.00 $8.40 $8.80 $9.20

$9.60

$10.00

$10.40

$10.80

$6.80 $7.20 $7.60 $8.00 $8.40 $8.80 $9.20 $9.60 $10.00

$10.40

$10.80

$11.20

$9.15
9.42
9.14

3.2
3.6
2.6

3.3
4.4
2.8

3.9
4.1
2.9

3.9
1.3
3.9

1.5
.9
1.1

7.9
1.9
9.7

5.2
4.9
5.2

16.2
3.7
19.7

16.2
20.0
16.6

7.39

8 32.5

4.4

8.5

9.6

16.8

3.7

2.6

.7

.2

8.71
8.84
9.43
8.45

.6
3.1
1.5
8.7

1.8
3.2
8.3
2.4

4.9
12.5
3.4
29.1

11.1
4.5
6.7
8.8

9.9
2.0
6.5
-

12.1
.9
2.1
-

7.2
8.6
6.4
2.7

21.0
28.9
7.0
1.8

16.0
13.9
11.3
2.1

8.80
9.41

10 15.3
4.3

12.6
2.7

7.0
5.0

2.0
1.5

.9
.7

3.0
3.2

7.0
4.4

4.3
15.0

3.9
11.7

1 Workers were distributed as follows: 3.9 percent at between $13.80
to $14.20, and 13.6 percent at $14.20 to 14.60.
2 Workers were distributed as follows: 5.4 percent at between $13.80
to $14.20, and 9.5 percent at $14.20 and over.
3 Workers were distributed as follows: 4.0 percent at between $13.80
to $14.00, and 30.1 percent at $14.20 to $14.60.
4 Workers were distributed as follows: 10.7 percent at between $13.80
to $14.20, and 8.1 percent at $14.20 and over.
5 Workers were distributed as follows: 5.6 percent at between $13.80
to $14.00, and 6.7 percent at $14.20 and over.
6 Workers were distributed as follows: 3.8 percent at between $9.00 to
$9.40; 1.3 percent between $8.60 to $9.00, and 9.1 percent at $8.60 and
under.
7 Workers were distributed as follows: 5.2 percent at between $9.00 to




6.7
14.8
4.6

$11.20
and over

20.9
31.2
21.1

5.9
4.2
5.9

2.5
1.6
2.3

2.2

13.9

4.8

5.5
7.5
6.7
14.0

.9
3.4
11.3
4.9

-

6.8
5.3
17.6

2.6
1.3
3.3
1.1

6.5
3.5
9 20.3
6.7

6.3
18.1

11.8
10.3

9.4
7.6

9.1
13.0

7.5
2.4

~

2.8
3.4
1.7

$9.40; 0.3 percent between $8.60 to $9.00; 2.4 percent at $8.20 to
$8.60; and 9.5 percent at $8.20 and under.
8 Workers were distributed as follows: 4.0 percent at between $5.60 to
$6.00; 10.2 percent between $5.20 to $5.60, 11.4 percent between $4.80
to $5.20; and 6.9 percent at $4.80 and under.
9 Workers were distributed as follows: 5.4 percent at between $11.20
to $11.60; 11.0 percent between $11.60 to $12.00; and 39 percent at
$12.00 and over.
10 Workers were distributed as follows: 14.8 percent at between $6.00
to $6.40, and 0.5 percent at $6.00 and under.
. NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
totals. Dash indicates no members reported for specified interval.

13




Table 9. Weekly hours: United States
(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)
Percent of members having a workweek of
Trade

Average
weekly
hours

Under 35
hours

35 hours

0.1

10.4

1.8

.1

11.2
13.2
1.9
13.4
12.2
6.2
.8

2.1

14.5
12.4
5.7
12.8
7.7

All building tra d e s .................

39.4

Journeymen.................................
Asbestos w orkers....................
Boilermakers.............................
Bricklayers................................
Carpenters................................
Cement finishers......................
Drywall ta p e rs ..........................
Electricians (inside
w irers)......................................
Elevator constructors..............
G laziers.....................................
Lathers......................................
Machinists.................................
Marble setters..........................
Mosaic and terrazzo
w orkers....................................
Painters.....................................
Paperhangers...........................
Pipefitters..................................
Plasterers..................................
Plumbers...................................
Reinforcing iron workers.........
Roofers, composition..............
Roofers, slate and tile .............
Sheet-metal workers...............
Stonemasons...........................
Structural iron workers............
Tile layers.................................

39.3
39.3
39.8
39.3
39.3
39.7
39.9

Helpers and laborers.................
Bricklayers’ tenders.................
Building laborers......................
Composition roofers’
helpers......................................
Elevator constructors’
helpers.....................................
Marble setters’ helpers...........
Plasterers’ laborers..................
Plumbers’ laborers...................
Terrazzo workers’
laborers....................................
Tile layers’ helpers..................

39.6
38.6
39.8

-

40.0

.

.7

39.5
39.8
39.6
40.0

.

10.3
3.8
3.1

39.1
39.4
39.7
39.2
40.0
39.6
39.2
38.9
39.4
39.3
39.3
39.1
39.9
39.3
39.1
39.5
38.9
39.9
40.0

39.4
40.0

-

-

_
-

.

15.6
19.1
6.5
8.4
9.9
14.2
2.3
13.6
18.1
8.8
20.4
2.5
-

-

1.0
1.4
-

.1

6.9
27.4
3.1

-

1.7

_

-

11.9
-

-

1 Less than 0.05 percent.

36 hours

Over 37.5
37.5 hours and under
40 hours
0.6

O

87.1

.8

O

85.8
86.8
94.2
86.0
85.1
93.8
97.7

-

-

-

-

3.9
.7

-

2.7

-

-

1.5

-

-

2.5
1.0
4.3
-

1.9
-

1.9
-

-

-

-

3.1
6.8
6.1
2.8
3.9

-

-

-

-

.3

-

-

-

2.4

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.9
2.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

.2
.5
-

-

.

-

14

81.2
87.6
91.4
82.9
100.0
92.3
84.4
77.8
86.6
84.3
85.9
79.5
97.7
86.4
81.9
88.3
76.8
97.5
100.0
92.9
72.0
96.9
99.3

-

-

-

2.6

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

items may not equal totals.
Dash
members reported for specified interval.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual

40 hours

89.7
96.2
92.5
100.0
88.1
100.0
indicates

no

Table 10. Average wage rates by trade: Regions
(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)
Region1
Trade

United
States

New
England

Middle
Atlantic

Border
States

Southeast

Southwest

Great
Lakes

Middle
West

Mountain

Pacific

All building trad es.................

$11.32

$10.72

$11.43

$10.25

$9.60

$10.25

$11.86

$11.32

$11.07

$12.16

Journeymen.................................
Asbestos w orkers....................
Boilermakers.............................
Bricklayers................................
Carpenters................................
Cement finishers......................
Drywall ta p e rs ..........................
Electricians (inside
w irers).......................................
Elevator constructors..............
Glaziers.....................................
Lathers......................................
Machinists.................................
Marble setters..........................
Mosaic and terrazzo
workers....................................
Painters.....................................
Paperhangers...........................
Pipefitters..................................
Plasterers...................................
Plumbers...................................
Reinforcing iron workers.........
Roofers, composition..............
Roofers, slate and tile .............
Sheet-metal workers...............
Stonemasons...........................
Structural iron workers............
Tile layers.................................

11.80
11.64
12.46
11.76
11.59
11.15
11.56

11.16
10.95
12.30
10.81
10.87
10.85
11.04

11.92
11.69
12.04
11.69
11.82
10.93
11.20

10.86
11.21
11.41
10.82
10.81
10.15
11.50

10.20
10.69
10.74
10.68
9.79
9.71
9.62

10.65
11.31
12.03
11.04
10.25
10.55
10.62

12.28
11.84
12.95
12.31
12.28
11.64
10.95

11.69
11.36
12.14
11.43
11.54
11.20
11.09

11.59
11.38
13.18
11.68
11.02
10.89
10.64

12.73
14.07
13.71
12.72
12.14
11.48
12.82

12.51
12.29
11.02
11.54
13.05
11.25

11.46
11.36
10.16
10.74
11.50
10.41

12.89
12.02
11.37
11.59
13.13
11.07

11.40
11.53
10.51
10.94
13.03
10.13

10.83
10.39
9.21
10.02
10.32

11.40
10.79
9.86
10.54
11.50
10.99

12.84
12.93
11.35
12.06
13.01
11.75

12.13
12.04
11.08
11.66
12.12
11.51

12.61
11.80
11.26
10.83
11.15

13.85
15.15
11.38
12.39
14.12
12.72

10.96
11.16
11.12'
12.47
11.31
12.01
11.60
11.29
11.01
12.01
11.73
11.80
11.29

10.41
10.73
10.29
11.79
10.61
11.54
11.91
10.82
11.63
11.30
10.82
11.73
10.41

11.51
10.74
10.70
12.40
11.64
11.89
11.83
12.09
12.18
12.24
11.84
12.10
10.67

9.95
9.89
10.93
11.28
10.70
10.74
10.57
9.09
7.68
11.14
10.59
10.56
9.83

10.36
8.97
9.39
11.11
9.54
11.00
10.19
9.41
9.41
10.56
10.53
10.18
10.13

9.92
10.33
10.19
11.11
10.63
10.28
9.74
8.67
8.58
10.63
11.60
10.31
10.25

11.32
11.27
10.91
12.75
11.55
12.50
12.45
12.24
11.51
12.26
11.90
12.41
11.72

12.18
11.25
11.44
12.72
11.09
12.49
11.06
10.18
10.55
12.09
11.43
11.08
10.90

11.19
10.91
10.93
12.26
11.11
12.58
11.71
11.27
9.99
11.76
11.88
11.76
11.19

11.89
12.54
12.84
14.14
12.35
14.09
12.48
11.72
11.81
13.23
12.58
12.60
12.29

9.15
9.42
9.14

8.75
9.06
8.64

9.68
10.22
9.58

7.63
6.76
7.78

6.89
7.04
6.87

7.49
7.46
7.52

9.94
9.83
9.98

9.19
9.66
9.00

8.78
9.44
8.66

9.49
10.05
9.33

7.39

8.71

7.46

6.09

5.90

3.33

8.86

8.71
8.84
9.43
8.45

7.81
9.51
8.96
-

8.71
9.35
9.69
9.94

7.97
9.64
8.49
7.31

7.30
7.86
7.16
6.72

7.53
7.88
7.27
~

9.02
10.79
10.08
10.45

8.46
10.53
9.91
10.36

'
8.14
9.16
9.65
6.99

10.48
8.96
11.17
9.71

8.80
9.41

10.30
9.48

9.98
9.49

7.18
7.36

6.93
6.84

7.40
7.97

10.51
10.63

11.07
9.50

10.08
9.15

10.11
10.03

Helpers and laborers.................
Bricklayers’ tenders.................
Building laborers......................
Composition roofers’
helpers........................... ..........
Elevator constructors’
helpers.....................................
Marble setters’ helpers...........
Plasterers’ laborers..................
Plumbers’ laborers...................
Terrazzo workers’
laborers.....................................
Tile layers’ helpers..................

7.76

Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin; Middle West Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; Pacific
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

1 The regions referred to in this study include: New England
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Vermont; Middle Atlantic New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania;
Border States Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland,
Virginia, and West Virginia; Southeast Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; Southwest
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Great Lakes Illinois, Indiana,




-

NOTE: Dash indicates no data reported.

15

Table 11. Average wage rates plus employer contributions1 for selected benefits: Regions
(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)
Region2
Trade

United
States

New
England

Middle
Atlantic

Border
States

Southeast

Southwest

Great
Lakes

Middle
West

Mountain

Pacific

All building trad es.................

$13.98

$13.02

$14.54

$11.97

$10.88

$11.60

$14.46

$13.43

$13.25

$16.26

Journeymen.................................
Asbestos workers....................
Boilermakers.............................
Bricklayers................................
Carpenters................................
Cement finishers......................
Drywall tapers ..........................
Electricians (inside
wirers) ......................................
Elevator constructors..............
Glaziers.....................................
Lathers......................................
Machinists.................................
Marble setters..................... .
Mosaic and terrazzo
w orkers....................................
Painters.....................................
Paperhangers...........................
Pipefitters..................................
Plasterers..................................
Plumbers...................................
Reinforcing iron workers.........
Roofers, composition ..............
Roofers, slate and tile .............
Sheet-metal workers ...............
Stonemasons ...........................
Structural iron workers............
Tile layers.................................

14.59
14.69
15.39
14.12
14.29
14.06
13.71

13.62
14.23
14.68
12.95
12.76
12.58
13.10

15.25
14.95
15.92
15.18
15.42
15.00
12.98

12.76
13.35
14.33
12.30
12.21
11.49
13.51

11.58
12.97
12.89
11.55
10.93
10.51
10.76

12.06
13.22
14.01
11.99
11.37
11.64
11.29

15.06
15.67
16.17
14.76
14.81
14.10
12.71

13.85
14.64
14.41
13.61
13.07
13.41
12.18

13.90
14.50
16.08
13.50
13.19
12.94
12.39

16.89
17.53
16.81
16.09
16.36
15.97
16.06

15.54
15.11
13.69
13.53
14.75
13.45

14.87
13.94
12.38
12.27
12.91
12.69

15.88
15.23
14.20
14.04
16.02
13.70

13.25
14.17
11.83
11.90
15.02
12.00

12.77
12.90
10.28
10.45
11.65

13.08
13.41
11.22
11.75
12.62
11.86

15.92
15.67
13.53
14.36
15.01
14.10

15.09
14.84
14.19
12.55
13.55
13.05

15.28
14.32
12.59
12.86
12.97

18.51
18.15
15.50
15.15
15.58
16.12

12.83
13.13
12.99
15.55
13.55
15.10
14.75
13.51
13.08
14.98
14.23
15.42
13.60

12.70
12.62
11.91
14.42
12.77
14.15
14.80
13.06
13.79
14.24
13.15
14.69
12.71

14.22
12.99
12.40
15.34
13.82
15.77
15.26
14.97
14.16
15.21
14.55
16.71
12.72

11.39
10.99
12.86
13.75
11.53
13.04
13.27
9.91
7.99
13.77
12.55
13.28
11.05

11.34
9.91
10.34
13.00
10.59
12.63
11.74
10.04
9.82
12.26
11.49
11.70
11.15

10.63
11.30
11.24
13.10
11.36
11.61
11.58
9.24
9.05
12.28
12.62
12.21
10.94

13.27
13.15
12.62
15.73
13.90
15.73
15.89
14.69
13.82
15.24
14.42
16.45
13.64

12.92
12.58
12.70
16.02
12.40
14.89
13.40
12.12
12.97
14.62
13.90
13.82
12.99

13.09
12.77
12.45
14.64
12.64
14.96
14.58
12.18
12.22
14.65
13.87
14.19
13.08

15.51
15.31
16.01
19.36
16.19
19.49
17.25
15.15
15.08
17.75
16.12
17.53
15.80

11.27
11.28
11.34

10.36
10.71
10.22

12.04
12.62
11.91

8.61
7.38
8.76

7.73
7.76
7.67

8.37
8.32
8.37

11.81
11.46
11.89

11.00
11.56
10.78

10.42
10.89
10.33

13.31
13.93
13.20

8.96

10.34

10.14

6.73

6.79

3.73

10.71

-

-

10.13

11.19
10.43
11.60
9.85

10.07
11.09
10.57
-

11.55
12.20
11.82
12.80

10.30
10.85
9.70
8.19

9.54
9.00
8.30
7.36

9.85
8.16
8.11
-

11.39
12.54
11.96
12.46

10.92
10.99
11.58
12.39

10.37
10.60
11.29
8.82

13.08
12.11
15.21
12.81

9.98
11.24

11.37
10.92

12.29
11.64

7.75
8.13

7.74
7.68

8.03
8.42

11.72
12.22

11.35
11.14

11.19
10.68
__________ I

12.60
12.85

Helpers and laborers .................
Bricklayers’ tenders.................
Building laborers......................
Composition roofers’
helpers.....................................
Elevator constructors’
helpers.....................................
Marble setters’ helpers...........
Plasterers’ laborers..................
Plumbers’ laborers...................
Terrazzo workers’
laborers....................................
Tile layers’ helpers ..................

1 See table 4, footnote 1.
2 See table 10, footnote 1, for definitions of regions.




NOTE: Dash indicates no data reported.

16

Table 12. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates by trade: Regions
(Union building trades, July 3, 1978-July 2, 1979)
Region1
unuea states
New England

Middle Atlantic

Border States

Cents
per
hour

Cents
per
hour

Southeast

Trade
Cents
per
hour

Percent

Cents
per
hour

Percent

Percent

Percent

Cents
per
hour

Percent

All building trad es.................

73

6.9

61

6.0

66

6.1

59

6.1

56

6.2

Journeymen.................................
Asbestos workers....................
Boilermakers.............................
Bricklayers................................
Carpenters................................
Cement finishers......................
Drywall ta p e rs ..........................
Electricians (inside
wirers) ......................................
Elevator constructors..............
Glaziers.....................................
Lathers......................................
Machinists.................................
Marble setters..........................
Mosaic and terrazzo
workers....................................
Painters....................... ..............
Paperhangers...........................
Pipefitters..................................
Plasterers..................................
Plumbers...................................
Reinforcing iron workers.........
Roofers, composition..............
Roofers, slate and tile .............
Sheet-metal workers...............
Stonemasons...........................
Structural iron workers............
Tile layers.................................

76
75
98
81
74
69
69

6.9
6.9
8.6
7.4
6.8
6.6
6.3

63
57
50
42
66
46
114

6.0
5.5
4.2
4.0
6.5
4.4
11.5

69
59
83
55
74
29
52

6.1
5.3
7.4
5.0
6.7
2.7
4.8

62
81
82
60
71
44
89

6.1
7.8
7.8
5.8
7.0
4.5
8.4

60
100
75
82
43
55
39

6.3
10.3
7.5
8.3
4.5
6.0
4.2

85
56
71
71
135
73

7.3
4.8
6.9
6.5
11.5
6.9

70
42
51
60
75
40

6.6
3.9
5.3
6.0
7.0
4.0

62
51
73
65
158
68

5.1
4.5
6.9
5.9
13.7
6.6

71
23
58
78
100
27

6.6
2.0
5.8
7.7
8.3
2.7

96
36
45
48

9.7
3.6
5.1
5.0

69

7.2

75
69
71
78
70
79
70
70
62
79
85
75
70

7.3
6.6
6.9
6.7
6.6
7.0
6.4
6.6
6.0
7.1
7.8
6.8
6.6

40
96
70
41
58
53
68
73
75
63
41
63
40

4.0
9.8
7.3
3.6
5.7
4.8
6.0
7.2
6.9
5.9
3.9
5.7
4.0

68
43
56
72
76
77
65
74
66
61
91
112
22

6.3
4.2
5.5
6.1
7.0
6.9
5.8
6.5
5.7
5.2
8.3
10.2
2.1

61
66
75
52
49
47
53
79
47
74
28
47
46

6.6
7.2
7.4
4.9
4.8
4.6
5.3
9.6
6.5
7.1
2.7
4.6
4.9

69
56
56
67
59
83
39
51
35
69
71
30
68

7.1
6.6
6.3
6.4
6.6
8.2
3.9
5.7
3.9
7.0
7.3
3.0
7.2

59
51
62

6.9
5.8
7.3

51
62
51

6.2
7.4
6.2

55
21
67

6.0
2.1
7.5

46
36
51

6.4
5.5
6.9

36
38
35

5.5
5.8
5.3

44

6.4

40

4.8

34

4.8

43

7.7

41

40
56
61
50

4.8
6.7
6.9
6.4

22
45
55
-

2.9
4.9
6.5
-

39
36
38
56

4.7
4.0
4.1
6.0

16
7
69
43

2.0
.8
8.9
6.2

29
56
37
36

4.1
7.6
5.4
5.7

43
54

5.2
6.1

41
42

4.2
4.7

9
33

.9
3.6

32
24

4.7
3.4

30
31

4.5
4.7

Helpers and laborers.................
Bricklayers’ tenders.................
Building laborers......................
Composition roofers’
helpers.....................................
Elevator constructors’
helpers.....................................
Marble setters’ helpers...........
Plasterers’ laborers..................
Plumbers’ laborers...................
Terrazzo workers’
laborers....................................
Tile layers’ helpers..................
See footnotes at end of table.




17

-

-

7.4
•

Table 12. Continued— Cents-per-hour and percent changes In average wage rates by trade:
Regions
(Union building trades, July 3, 1978-July 2, 1979)
Region1
Southwest

Great Lakes

Middle West

Pacific

Mountain

Trade
Cents
per
hour

Percent

Cents
per
hour

Percent

Cents
per
hour

Percent

Cents
per
hour

Percent

Cents
per
hour

Percent

All building tra d e s .................

60

6.2

86

7.8

65

6.1

81

7.9

83

7.3

Journeymen.................................
Asbestos w orkers....................
Boilermakers.............................
Bricklayers................................
Carpenters................................
Cement finishers......................
Drywall ta p e rs ..........................
Electricians (inside
wirers) .......................................
Elevator constructors..............
Glaziers........ '.............................
Lathers......................................
Machinists.................................
Marble setters..........................
Mosaic and terrazzo
w orkers.....................................
Painters......................................
Paperhangers...........................
Pipefitters..................................
Plasterers..................................
Plumbers...................................
Reinforcing iron workers.........
Roofers, composition..............
Roofers, slate and tile .............
Sheet-metal w orkers...............
Stonemasons .............. .............
Structural iron workers............
Tile layers.................................

62
58
148
81
58
63
52

6.2
5.4
14.1
7.9
6.0
6.4
5.2

88
71
102
93
93
78
71

7.7
6.4
8.5
8.2
8.2
7.2
7.0

70
59
100
84
60
80
62

6.4
5.5
9.0
7.9
5.5
7.7
6.0

86
107
104
48
79
90
39

8.1
10.4
8.5
4.3
7.7
9.0
3.8

86
123
89
124
72
81
71

7.2
9.6
7.0
10.8
6.3
7.5
5.9

75
52
29
72
93
66

7.1
5.0
3.1
7.3
8.7
6.4

89
50
84
111
113
60

7.4
4.1
8.0
10.2
9.5
5.3

69
54
76
60
141
85

6.0
4.7
7.3
5.4
13.2
8.0

122
68
64
65

10.7
6.1
6.0
6.4

-

-

102

10.0

108
117
82
58
177
113

8.4
8.3
7.8
4.9
14.3
9.8

51
65
61
57
48
26
60
47
39
52
87
64
61

5.4
6.7
6.4
5.4
4.7
2.6
6.5
5.8
4.8
5.1
8.1
6.7
6.4

91
79
80
90
72
88
105
83
71
86
77
82
79

8.8
7.5
7.9
7.6
6.6
7.6
9.2
7.3
6.6
7.5
7.0
7.1
7.3

114
64
66
79
61
108
60
34
30
68
83
70
63

10.4
6.0
6.1
6.6
5.8
9.5
5.7
3.4
2.9
5.9
7.9
6.7
6.1

99
83
80
70
49
112
67
109
77
110
77
66
99

9.7
8.2
7.9
6.0
4.6
9.8
6.1
10.7
8.4
10.3
6.9
5.9
9.7

103
78
74
111
86
111
61
61
68
99
117
64
96

9.5
6.6
6.1
8.5
7.5
8.6
5.1
5.5
6.1
8.1
10.3
5.4
8.5

Helpers and laborers.................
Bricklayers’ tenders.................
Building laborers......................
Composition roofers’
helpers.....................................
Elevator constructors’
helpers.....................................
Marble setters’ helpers...........
Plasterers’ laborers..................
Plumbers’ laborers...................
Terrazzo workers’
laborers....................................
Tile layers’ helpers..................

44
41
47

6.3
5.8
6.7

76
78
76

8.2
8.7
8.3

39
68
34

4.4
7.6
3.9

58
48
61

7.0
5.4
7.5

67
73
64

7.6
7.8
7.4

13

4.1

48

5.7

-

-

-

-

78

11.2

34
34
39

4.7
4.4
5.6
“

28
78
75
85

3.3
7.8
8.1
8.9

39
56
45
33

4.8
5.6
4.8
3.3

43
(2)
57
39

5.6
6.0
6.3
5.8

85
91
81
68

8.8
11.4
7.8
7.5

30
46

4.3
6.1

84
72

8.7
7.2

71
61

6.8
6.8

63
52

6.7
6.0

77
86

8.3
9.4

1 See table 10, footnote 1, for definitions of regions.
2 Less than 0.5 cents.

Variations in the size of annual increases from survey
to survey may be due, in part, to the timing of
negotiations in relation to the survey reference date,
and do not include increases made later that are
retroactive to that date or before.
Such retroactive
increases are included in the wage rates reported in the
following year’s survey.
Dash indicates no data reported.

NOTE: Cents-per-hour and percent changes were
calculated by averaging year-to-year increases with
year-to-year decreases and no-change situations,
weighted by current-year membership. Thus, relatively
small increases may reflect the inclusion of cities where
rates declined or remained unchanged for a trade.




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Table 13. Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities by population group
(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)

City by population group

All cities ..

...

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour1
per hour1

$11.32

$2.66

$13.98

Population group I
(1 000 000 end over)
Chicago III .........................................
Detroit Mich
................
Houston, T e x .....................................
Los Angeles, Calif ............................
................
New York N Y . . .
Philadelphia, P a .................................

11.78
12.05
12.31
11.20
11.96
11.74
10.69

3.29
2.19
4.22
1.93
4.44
3.93
2.66

15.07
14.25
16.53
13.13
16.41
15.67
13.36

Population group II
(500 000 to 1 000 000)
Baltimore Mri
Boston Mass
Cleveland Ohio
...............
Columbus, O hio.................................
Dallas, T e x ..................... ....................
Denver Colo
................
Indianapolis Ind
Jacksonville Fla
................
Kansas City Mo
Memphis Tenn
................
Milwaukee Wis
New Orleans La
...........
Phoenix A riz......................................
Pittsburgh Pa
..................
Sf l ouis Mo
San Antonio, Tex
.........................
San Diego Calif
................
San Francisco Calif
Seattle Wash
................
Washington D C

11.49
10.00
11.09
12.69
11.49
10.00 '
10.78
11.89
9.61
11.81
10.58
11.70
10.26
11.48
11.87
11.26
9.70
11.71
13.54
13.16
11.01

2.58
2.00
2.58
3.20
2.17
1.27
2.36
2.01
1.46
1.99
1.39
2.94
1.45
2.47
2.80
2.49
1.53
3.79
4.90
2.86
1.81

14.08
12.01
13.67
15.89
13.67
11.27
13.15
13.89
11.07
13.79
11.97
14.64
11.71
13.95
14.67
13.75
11.23
15.50
18.44
16.02
12.82

Population group III
(250,000 to 500,000) .........................
Akron O hio........................................
Atlanta Ga
..............
Buffalo' N Y
................................

11.07
11.85
9.46
11.89

2.42
2.20
1.37
3.00

13.49
14.05
10.83
14.89

1 See table 4, footnote 1.




Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour1
per hour1

City by population group

Average
rate per
hour

Cincinnati, O h io ..................................
Fort Worth, T e x .................................
Honolulu, Hawaii ...............................
Long Beach, C a lif.............................
Louisville, K y .... ..................................
Miami, Fla ...........................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, M in n ..............
Nashville-Davidson, T e n n ................
Newark, N .J ........................................
Norfolk, V a .........................................
Omaha, N e b r................ .....................
Portland, O re g .............. .....................
Rochester, N .Y ............................. .
Sacramento, Calif .............................
Toledo, O h io .......................................
Wichita, Kans.....................................

$12.29
9.90
10.30
11.82
11.05
9.58
10.93
10.02
11.97
8.80
11.36
12.82
11.32
12.34
12.65
10.63

$2.30
1.15
3.96
4.58
2.06
1.66
1.97
1.06
3.01
1.15
2.09
3.16
2.88
4.59
2.75
1.35

$14.59
11.06
14.26
16.40
13.11
11.25
12.90
11.09
14.98
9.94
13.45
15.99
14.20
16.93
15.39
11.98

Population group IV
(100,000 to 250,000) .........................
Albany, N .Y .........................................
Chattanooga, T e n n ...........................
Corpus Christi, T e x ...........................
Flint, Mich ...........................................
Fremont, C alif.....................................
Fresno, C a lif............................ ..........
Grand Rapids, M ich........... ...............
Hammond, In d ....................................
Huntsville, A la .....................................
New Bedford, M a s s ..........................
New Haven, Conn..............................
Providence, R .l...................................
Riverside, C a lif...................................
Rockford, 111 ........................................
St. Petersburg, F la .............................
Salt Lake City, Utah .........................
Santa Ana, C a lif.................................
Scranton, P a .......................................
Spokane, W a s h ..................................
Stamford, C o n n ..................................

10.92
10.69
9.49
9.92
11.06
12.72
12.46
10.56
12.03
9.53
10.35
10.38
10.51
11.66
11.95
9.24
11.00
11.88
10.93
12.27
10.90

2.33
2.13
1.13
.97
2.95
4.79
4.30
2.39
2.05
1.00
2.30
1.90
2.24
4.18
2.14
1.20
1.83
4.36
2.14
2.85
2.29

13.25
12.82
10.62
10.89
14.02
17.51
16.76
12.95
14.09
10.53
12.64
12.28
12.75
15.84
14.09
10.44
12.83
16.24
13.07
15.12
13.19

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
totals.

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Table 14. Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities by region
(Union building trad-

Juiy 2, 1979)

Average
rate per
hour

City by region1

All cities.......

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour2
per hour2

.........

$11.32

$2.66

$13.98

New England ....
.........
Boston, Mass. (II)..............................
New Bedford, Mass. (IV)
.........
New Haven, Conn (IV)
.........
Providence, R.l. (IV)
Stamford, Conn. (IV )......... ................

10.72
11.09
10.35
10.38
10.51
10.90

2.31
2.58
2.30
1.90
2 24
2.29

13.02
13.67
12.64
12.28
12.75
13.19

Middle Atlantic ........... ..........................
Albany, N.Y. (IV) ................................
Buffalo, N.Y. (Ill) ...............................
New York, N.Y. (1).............................
Newark, N.J. (H I)...............................
Philadelphia, Pa. (1)..................... ......
Pittsburgh, Pa. (II) ...................... .......
Rochester, N.Y. (Ill)................. .........
Scranton, Pa. (IV) .............................

11.43
10.69
11.89
11.74
11.97
10.69
11.87
11.32
10.93

3.11
2.13
3.00
3.93
3.01
2.66
2.80
2.88
2.14

14.54
12.82
14.89
15.67
14.98
13.36
14.67
14.20
13.07

Border S tates.......................................
Baltimore, Md. (II) .............................
Louisville, Ky. (Ill)..............................
Norfolk, Va. (Ill).................................
Washington, D.C. (II) ........................

10.25
10.00
11.05
8.80
11.01

1.72
2.00
2.06
1.15
1.81

11.97
12.01
13.11
9.94
12.82

Southeast........................ ......................
Atlanta, Ga. (Ill)..................................
Chattanooga, Tenn (IV )...................
Huntsville, Ala. (IV) ............................
Jacksonville, Fla. (II)..........................
Memphis, Tenn. (II)...........................
Miami, Fla. (Ill) ............ ......................
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.
(Ill) ...................... ...............................
St. Petersburg, Fla. (IV) ...................

9.60
9.46
9.49
9.53
9.61
10.58
9.58

1.28
1.37
1.13
1.00
1.46
1.39
1.66

10.88
10.83
10.62
10.53
11.07
11.97
11.25

10.02
9.24

1.06
1.20

11.09
10.44

Southwest............... ..............................
Corpus Christi, Tex. ( IV ) ...................
Dallas, Tex. ( II ) ..................................
Fort Worth, Tex. (Ill)..... ....................
Houston, Tex. (1) ...............................
New Orleans, La. (1!)........................
San Antonio, Tex. (II) ........................

10.25
9.92
10.00
9.90
11.20
10.26
9.70

1.35
.97
1.27
1.15
1.93
1.45
1.53

11.60
10.89
11.27
11.06
13.13
11.71
11.23

1 See table 10, footnote 1, for definitions of regions. Population size is
shown in parentheses as follows: Group I = 1,000,000 or more; Group II
= 500,000 to 1,000,000; Group III = 250,000 to 500,000; and Group IV
= 100,000 to 250,000.




City by region1

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour2
per hour2

Great Lakes...........................................
Akron, Ohio (III).................................
Chicago, III. (1 )...................................
Cincinnati, Ohio ( III) ..........................
Cleveland, Ohio ( II) ...........................
Columbus, Ohio (II) ...........................
Detroit, Mich. (1) ................................
Flint, Mich. ( IV )..................................
Grand Rapids, Mich. (IV) .................
Hammond, Ind. (IV) ..........................
Indianapolis, Ind. ( I I ) .........................
Milwaukee, Wis. (II)...........................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
(Ill) ......................................................
Rockford, III. (IV )................................
Toledo, Ohio (III)................................

$11.86
11.85
12.05
12.29
12.69
11.49
12.31
11.06
10.56
12.03
11.89
11.70

$2.61
2.20
2.19
2.30
3.20
2.17
4.22
2.95
2.39
2.05
2.01
2.94

$14.46
14.05
14.25
14.59
15.89
13.67
16.53
14.02
12.95
14.09
13.89
14.64

10.93
11.95
12.65

1.97
2.14
2.75

12.90
14.09
15.39

Middle West ..........................................
Kansas City, Mo. ( II ) .........................
Omaha, Nebr. ( Ill) ..............................
St. Louis, Mo. (II) ..............................
Wichita, Kans. (Ill).............................

11.32
11.81
11.36
11.26
10.63

2.11
1.99
2.09
2.49
1.35

13.43
13.79
13.45
13.75
11.98

Mountain................................................
Denver, Colo. (II) ................................
Phoenix, Ariz. (II) ................................
Salt Lake City, Utah ( IV ) ..................

11.07
10.78
11.48
11.00

2.19
2.36
2.47
1.83

13.25
13.15
13.95
12.83

Pacific.....................................................
Fremont, Calif. (IV) ...........................
Fresno, Calif. (IV )...............................
Honolulu, Hawaii ( I I I ) ........................
Long Beach, Calif. (Ill) .....................
Los Angeles, Calif. (1).......................
Portland, Oreg. (H I)...........................
Riverside, Calif. (IV )..........................
Sacramento, Calif. (Ill) ........
San Diego, Calif. ( I I ) .........................
San Francisco, Calif. (II) ..................
Santa Ana, Calif. (IV )........................
Seattle, Wash. ( I I ) .............................
Spokane, Wash. (IV ).................. .......

12.16
12.72
12.46
10.30
11.82
11.96
12.82
11.66
12.34
11.71
13.54
11.88
13.16
12.27

4.10
4.79
4.30
3.96
4.58
4.44
3.16
4.18
4.59
3.79
4.90
4.36
2.86
2.85

16.26
17.51
16.76
14.26
16.40
16.41
15.99
15.84
16.93
15.50
18.44
16.24
16.02
15.12

2 See table 4, footnote 1.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
totals.

20

Table 15. Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits, journeymen and laborers:
Selected cities by population group
(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)

City by population group

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour1
per hour1

City by population group

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour1
per hour1

Journeymen
$11.80

$2.78

$14.59

12.28
12.61
12 57
11.72
12.33
12.14
11.49

3.52
2.31
4.36
2.06
4.44
4.19
3.28

15.80
14.92
16.92
13.78
16.77
16.34
14.77

Population group II
/znn nnn to 1 non nnm
Raltimnro MH
Poston Mass
p.laveland Chin
Columbus, O hio.................................
Dallas, T e x .........................................
Denver Colo
InrlianannliQ Inrl
Jacksonville Fla
..............
Kansas City Mn
Memphis Tenn
Miluifliikpo Wis
Now Orleans | q
....
Phoenix Ariz
Pittshv*rgh Pa
St I ouis Mo
.............
San Antonjn Tex
San Diego Calif .............................
Ran Franrisno Calif
Seattle Wash
Washington n c

11.97
10.56
11.49
12.89
12.05
10.51
11.33
12.37
10.08
12.08
11.04
11.98
10.76
12.28
12.11
11.55
10.47
12.87
14.06
13.47
11.56

2.68
2.18
2.74
3.24
2.19
1.35
2.59
2.16
1.58
2.06
1.48
3.03
1.64
2.55
2.92
2.57
1.68
3.79
5.08
2.90
1.96

14.65
12.75
14.23
16.13
14.24
11.86
13.91
14.53
11.66
14.14
12.52
15.01
12.40
14.83
15.03
14.12
12.15
16.66
19.14
16.38
13.52

Population group III
(psn nnn tn snn nnn)
Akrnn Ohio
Atlanta Ca
.............................
................
Ruffa In N Y

11.62
12.08
10.15
12.52

2.50
2.31
1.55
2.99

14.12
14.38
11.70
15.51

Population group I
(1 0O0 000 and over)
Chicago III
Houston Tex
I os Angeles Calif
New York N Y

...............
..........................
...............

Cincinnati, O h io .................................
Fort Worth, T e x .................................
Honolulu, Hawaii ...............................
Long Beach, C a lif.............................
Louisville, K y ......................................
Miami, F l a ...........................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, M in n ..............
Nashvilie-Davidson, T e n n ................
Newark, N . J ........................................
Norfolk, V a ..........................................
Omaha, N e b r.....................................
Portland, O re g ...................................
Rochester, N .Y ..................................
Sacramento, C a lif.............................
Toledo, Ohio .......................................
Wichita, Kans......................................

$12.54
10.64
10.75
12.74
11.39
10.25
11.34
10.54
12.25
9.65
11.88
13.26
12.22
13.40
12.86
11.13

$2.45
1.25
4.20
4.58
2.19
1.70
2.10
1.13
3.08
1.34
2.10
3.19
2.81
4.85
2.82
1.41

$14.99
11.88
14.95
17.32
13.58
11.95
13.45
11.67
15.33
10.98
13.99
16.44
15.04
18.25
15.67
12.53

Population group IV
(100,000 to 250,000) .........................
Albany, N .Y .........................................
Chattanooga, T e n n ...........................
Corpus Christi, T e x ...........................
Flint, Mich ...........................................
Fremont, C a lif....................................
Fresno, C a lif.......................................
Grand Rapids, M ich..........................
Hammond, In d ...................................
Huntsville, A la ....................................
New Bedford, M a s s ..........................
New Haven, C onn.............................
Providence, R .l..................................
Riverside, C a lif...................................
Rockford, III ........................................
St. Petersburg, F la ............................
Salt Lake City, Utah ........................ .
Santa Ana, C a lif.................................
Scranton, P a .......................................
Spokane, W a s h .................................
Stamford, C o n n .................................

11.36
11.11
10.14
9.99
11.54
13.20
12.71
11.06
12.99
10.20
10.70
10.99
10.88
12.55
12.14
9.51
11.37
12.53
11.12
12.85
11.28

2.42
2.19
1.28
.98
3.20
4.95
4.35

13.78
13.30
11.42
10.97
14.74
18.14
17.07
13.61
15.37
11.22
13.18
13.01
13.27
16.61
14.43
10.71
13.31
16.84
13.35
15.77
13.69

See footnotes at end of table.




21

2.55

2.38
1.02
2.48
2.02
2.38
4.06
2.28
1.20
1.94
4.31
2.22
2.92
2.41

Table 15. Continued— Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits, journeymen and laborers:
Selected cities by population group
(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)

City by population group

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour1
per hour1

City by population group

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour1
per hour1

Helpers and laborers
All cities...........................................

$9.15

$2.11

$11.27

Population group I
(1,000,000 and over) .........................
Chicago, I I I .........................................
Detroit, Mich ......................................
Houston, T e x .....................................
Los Angeles, C alif.............................
New York, N.Y ..................................
Philadelphia, P a .................................

9.83
10.09
10.14
8.62
9.18
10.26
9.46

2.37
1.77
3.03
1.25
4.44
2.93
1.70

12.20
11.87
13.17
9.87
13.62
13.20
11.16

Population group II
(500,000 to 1,000,000) .............. ........
Baltimore, M d ....................................
Boston, M ass.....................................
Cleveland, O h io.................................
Columbus, O hio.................................
Dallas, T e x .........................................
Denver, C olo......................................
Indianapolis, In d ................................
Jacksonville, F la ................................
Kansas City, M o ................................
Memphis, Tenn .................................
Milwaukee, Wis .................................
New Orleans, L a ...............................
Phoenix, Ariz......................................
Pittsburgh, P a ....................................
St. Louis, M o .....................................
San Antonio, T e x ..............................
San Diego, C a lif................. ...............
San Francisco, C a lif.........................
Seattle, W a s h ....................................
Washington, D .C ...............................

9.25
7.58
9.00
11.54
8.60
6.61
8.28
9.15
5.87
9.69
7.31
10.49
8.12
9.22
10.06
9.89
6.37
9.09
10.62
10.83
8.84

2.11
1.22
1.72
2.98
2.08
.75
1.35
1.14
.51
1.37
.75
2.51
.63
2.24
1.92
2.12
.89
3.78
3.90
2.56
1.25

11.36
8.80
10.72
14.52
10.67
7.36
9.63
10.29
6.37
11.06
8.06
13.00
8.75
11.46
11.98
12.01
7.26
12.87
14.52
13.38
10.10

Population group III
(250,000 to 500,000) .........................
Akron, O hio................................... .
Atlanta, G a ...................................... .
Buffalo, N.Y ...................................... .

8.63
10.72
6.59
9.67

2.04
1.65
.62
3.04

10.67
12.37
7.20
12.71

Cincinnati, O h io .................................
Fort Worth, T e x .................................
Honolulu, H aw aii...............................
Long Beach, C a lif.............................
Louisville, K y .......................................
Miami, F l a ...........................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, M in n ..............
Nashville-Davidson, T e n n ................
Newark, N .J ........................................
Norfolk, V a ..........................................
Omaha, N e b r......................................
Portland, O re g ....................................
Rochester, N .Y ...................................
Sacramento, Calif .............................
Toledo, O h io .......................................
Wichita, Kans......................................

$11.15
6.62
8.42
9.00
8.41
7.16
9.45
7.20
8.64
6.01
8.45
9.33
8.76
10.10
10.65
7.45

$1.61
.73
2.97
4.59
1.02
1.55
1.47
.69
2.18
.53
2.03
2.99
3.08
4.04
2.10
1.00

$12.76
7.35
11.39
13.59
9.43
8.71
10.92
7.88
10.82
6.54
10.48
12.33
11.84
14.14
12.75
8.45

Population group IV
(100,000 to 250,000) .........................
Albany, N .Y ................................ ........
Chattanooga, T e n n ...........................
Corpus Christi, T e x ...........................
Flint, Mich ...........................................
Fremont, C alif.....................................
Fresno, C a lif.......................................
Grand Rapids, M ich......................
Hammond, In d ....................................
Huntsville, A la ......................
New Bedford, M a s s ..........................
New Haven, Conn
Providence, R .l...................................
Riverside, C a lif...................................
Rockford, III ........................................
St. Petersburg, F la ............................
Salt Lake City, Utah .........................
Santa Ana, C a lif................................
Scranton, P a .......................................
Spokane, W a s h .................................
Stamford, C o n n ............... ..................

8.76
9.40
7.03
6.08
8.98
10.12
10.05
7.76
9.67
5.55
9.15
8.17
8.98
9.21
10.72
6.48
8.69
9.24
9.45
9.55
8.19

1.88
1.97
.57
.68
1.89
3.93
3.77
1.54
1.24
.85
1.68
1.46
1.69
4.51
1.24
1.20
1.16
4.55
1.54
2.52
1.40

10.64
11.37
7.60
6.76
10.87
14.05
13.82
9.29
10.91
6.40
10.83
9.62
10.67
13.72
11.96
7.68
9.84
13.79
10.99
12.07
9.59

1 See table 4, footnote 1.




NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
totals.

22

Table 16. Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits, journeymen and laborers:
Selected cities by region
(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)

City by region1

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour2
per hour2

City by region1

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour2
per hour2

Journeymen
All cities.................................

$11.80

$2.78

$14.59

New England..............................
Boston, Mass. (II)....................
New Bedford, Mass. (IV )........
New Haven, Conn. (IV ) ..........
Providence, R.l. (IV) ...............
Stamford, Conn. (IV )...............

11.16
11.49
10.70
10.99
10.88
11.28

2.46
2.74
2.48
2.02
2.38
2.41

13.62
14.23
13.18
13.01
13.27
13.69

Middle A tlantic...........................
Albany, N.Y. (IV) .....................
Buffalo, N.Y. (Ill) .....................
New York, N.Y. ( I) ...................
Newark, N.J. ( Ill) .....................
Philadelphia, Pa. ( I ) .................
Pittsburgh, Pa. ( I I ) ...................
Rochester, N.Y. (Ill)................
Scranton, Pa. ( I V ) ...................

11.92
11.11
12.52
12.14
12.25
11.49
12.11
12.22
11.12

3.32
2.19
2.99
4.19
3.08
3.28
2.92
2.81
2.22

15.25
13.30
15.51
16.34
15.33
14.77
15.03
15.04
13.35

Border S tates.............................
Baltimore, Md. ( I I ) ...................
Louisville, Ky. (Ill)....................
Norfolk, Va. (Ill)........................
Washington, D.C. ( I I ) ..............

10.86
10.56
11.39
9.65
11.56

1.90
2.18
2.19
1.34
1.96

12.76
12.75
13.58
10.98
13.52

Southeast....................................
Atlanta, Ga. (Ill).......................
Chattanooga, Tenn. (IV ).........
Huntsville, Ala. ( IV ) .................
Jacksonville, Fla. (II) ...............
Memphis, Tenn. (II).................
Miami, Fla. (Ill) .........................
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.
(Ill) ............................................
St. Petersburg, Fla. ( IV ) ..........

10.20
10.15
10.14
10.20
10.08
11.04
10.25

1.38
1.55
1.28
1.02
1.58
1.48
1.70

11.58
11.70
11.42
11.22
11.66
12.52
11.95

10.54
9.51

1.13
1.20

11.67
10.71

Southwest....................................
Corpus Christi, Tex. (IV )..........
Dallas, Tex. ( II ) .........................
Fort Worth, Tex. (Ill)...............
Houston, Tex. ( I ) .....................
New Orleans, La. ( I I ) ...............
San Antonio, Tex. ( I I ) ............. .

10.65
9.99
10.51
10.64
11.72
10.76
10.47

1.42
.98
1.35
1.25
2.06
1.64
1.68

12.06
10.97
11.86
11.88
13.78
12.40
12.15

Great Lakes...........................................
Akron, Ohio (III)..................................
Chicago, III. ( I ) ....................................
Cincinnati, Ohio ( III) ..........................
Cleveland, Ohio ( II ) ...........................
Columbus, Ohio (II) ...........................
Detroit, Mich. ( I ) .................................
Flint, Mich. (IV )...................................
Grand Rapids, Mich. (IV) .................
Hammond, Ind. (IV) ...........................
Indianapolis, Ind. ( I I ) .........................
Milwaukee, Wis. (II)...........................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
(H I)......................................................
Rockford, III. ( IV )................................
Toledo, Ohio (III)...............................

$12.28
12.08
12.61
12.54
12.89
12.05
12.57
11.54
11.06
12.99
12.37
11.98

$2.77
2.31
2.31
2.45
3.24
2.19
4.36
3.20
2.55
2.38
2.16
3.03

$15.06
14.38
14.92
14.99
16.13
14.24
16.92
14.74
13.61
15.37
14.53
15.01

11.34
12.14
12.86

2.10
2.28
2.82

13.45
14.43
15.67

Middle W e s t..........................................
Kansas City, Mo. ( II ) .........................
Omaha, Nebr. ( Ill) .............................
St. Louis, Mo. (II) ...............................
Wichita, Kans. (Ill).............................

11.69
12.08
11.88
11.55
11.13

2.16
2.06
2.10
2.57
1.41

13.85
14.14
13.99
14.12
12.53

Mountain................................................
Denver, Colo. ( II ) ................................
Phoenix, Ariz. (II) ................................
Salt Lake City, Utah (IV ) ..................

11.59
11.33
12.28
11.37

2.31
2.59
2.55
1.94

13.90
13.91
14.83
13.31

Pacific.....................................................
Fremont, Calif. (IV) ...........................
Fresno, Calif. ( I \ 0 ...............................
Honolulu, Hawaii ( I I I ) ........................
Long Beach, Calif. ( I l l ) .....................
Los Angeles, Calif. ( I ) .......................
Portland, Oreg. ( Il l) ............................
Riverside, Calif. ( IV )...........................
Sacramento, Calif. (Ill) .....................
San Diego, Calif. ( I I ) .........................
San Francisco, Calif. ( I I ) ..................
Santa Ana, Calif. (IV ).........................
Seattle, Wash. ( I I ) ..............................
Spokane, Wash. (IV ).........................

12.73
13.20
12.71
10.75
12.74
12.33
13.26
12.55
13.40
12.87
14.06
12.53
13.47
12.85

4.16
4.95
4.35
4.20
4.58
4.44
3.19
4.06
4.85
3.79
5.08
4.31
2.90
2.92

16.89
18.14
17.07
14.95
17.32
16.77
16.44
16.61
18.25
16.66
19.14
16.84
16.38
15.77

See footnotes at end of table.




23

Table 16. Continued — Average wage rates and employer contributions for selected benefits, journeymen and laborers:
Selected cities by region
(Union building trades, July 2, 1979)

City by region1

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour2
per hour2

City by region1

Average
rate per
hour

Average
Average
rate plus
employer
employer
contribution
contribution
per hour2
per hour2

Helpers and laborers
All cities...............................

$9.15

$2.11

$11.27

New England............................
Boston, Mass. (II)..................
New Bedford, Mass. (IV )......
New Haven, Conn. (IV ) ........
Providence, R.l. (IV) .............
Stamford, Conn. (IV ).............

8.75
9.00
9.15
8.17
8.98
8.19

1.61
1.72
1.68
1.46
1.69
1.40

10.36
10.72
10.83
9.62
10.67
9.59

Middle Atlantic ........................
Albany, N.Y. (IV) ...................
Buffalo, N.Y. (Ill) ...................
New York, N.Y. ( I ) .................
Newark, N.J. ( Il l) ...................
Philadelphia, Pa. ( I ) ...............
Pittsburgh, Pa. ( I I ) .................
Rochester, N.Y. (Ill)..............
Scranton, Pa. (IV) .................

9.68
9.40
9.67
10.26
8.64
9.46
10.06
8.76
9.45

2.36
1.97
3.04
2.93
2.18
1.70
1.92
3.08
1.54

12.04
11.37
12.71
13.20
10.82
11.16
11.98
11.84
10.99

Border S tates..........................
Baltimore, Md. ( I I ) ................
Louisville, Ky. (Ill).................
Norfolk, Va. (Ill).............. ......
Washington, D.C. ( I I ) ............

7.63
7.58
8.41
6.01
8.84

.98
1.22
1.02
.53
1.25

8.61
8.80
9.43
6.54
10.10

Southeast..................................
Atlanta, Ga. (Ill)....................
Chattanooga, Tenn. (IV ).......
Huntsville, Ala. (IV) ...............
Jacksonville, Fla. (II) .............
Memphis, Tenn. (II)..............
Miami, Fla. (Ill) ......................
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.
(HI) .........................................
St. Petersburg, Fla. (IV) ......

6.89
6.59
7.03
5.55
5.87
7.31
7.16

.83
.62
.57
.85
.51
.75
1.55

£.73
7.20
7.60
6.40
6.37
8.06
8.71

7.20
6.48

.69
1.20

7.88
7.68

Southwest.................................
Corpus Christi, Tex. (IV )......
Dallas, Tex. ( II ) ......................
Fort Worth, Tex. (Ill).............
Houston, Tex. ( I ) ..................
New Orleans, La. ( I I ) ...........
San Antonio, Tex. (II) ..........

7.49
6.08
6.61
6.62
8.62
8.12
6.37

.88
.68
.75
.73
1.25
.63
.89

8.37
6.76
7.36
7.35
9.87
8.75
7.26

1 See table 10, footnote 1, for definitions of regions. Population size is
shown in parentheses as follows: Group I = 1,000,000 or more; Group II
= 500,000 to 1,000,000; Group III = 250,000 to 500,000; and Group IV
= 100,000 to 250,000.




Great Lakes...........................................
Akron, Ohio (III)................................ .
Chicago, III. ( I ) ...................................
Cincinnati, Ohio ( III) ..........................
Cleveland, Ohio ( II ) ...........................
Columbus, Ohio ( II) ...........................
Detroit, Mich. (I) .................................
Flint, Mich. ( IV )..................................
Grand Rapids, Mich. (IV) .................
Hammond, Ind. (IV) ..........................
Indianapolis, Ind. ( I I ) .........................
Milwaukee, Wis. (II)...........................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
(HI) ......................................................
Rockford, III. (IV ) ...............................
Toledo, Ohio ( III) ...............................

$9.94
10.72
10.09
11.15
11.54
8.60
10.14
8.98
7.76
9.67
9.15
10.49

$1.86
1.65
1.77
1.61
2.98
2.08
3.03
1.89
1.54
1.24
1.14
2.51

$11.81
12.37
11.87
12.76
14.52
10.67
13.17
10.87
9.29
10.91
10.29
13.00

9.45
10.72
10.65

1.47
1.24
2.10

10.92
11.96
12.75

Middle West ..........................................
Kansas City, Mo. ( I I ) .........................
Omaha, Nebr. ( Ill) .............................
St. Louis, Mo. (II) ..............................
Wichita, Kans. (Ill).............................

9.19
9.69
8.45
9.89
7.45

1.81
1.37
2.03
2.12
1.00

11.00
11.06
10.48
12.01
8.45

Mountain................................................
Denver, Colo. (II) ...............................
Phoenix, Ariz. (II) ...............................
Salt Lake City, Utah ( IV ) ..................

8.78
8.28
9.22
8.69

1.65
1.35
2.24
1.16

10.42
9.63
11.46
9.84

Pacific.....................................................
Fremont, Calif. (IV) ...........................
Fresno, Calif. (IV )..............................
Honolulu, Hawaii (III) ........................
Long Beach, Calif. (Ill) .....................
Los Angeles, Calif. ( I ) .......................
Portland, Oreg. ( Il l) ...........................
Riverside, Calif. (IV )..........................
Sacramento, Calif. (Ill) .....................
San Diego, Calif. ( I I ) .........................
San Francisco, Calif. (II) ..................
Santa Ana, Calif. (IV )........................
Seattle, Wash. ( I I ) .............................
Spokane, Wash. (IV ).........................

9.49
10.12
10.05
8.42
9.00
9.18
9.33
9.21
10.10
9.09
10.62
9.24
10.83
9.55

3.81
3.93
3.77
2.97
4.59
4.44
2.99
4.51
4.04
3.78
3.90
4.55
2.56
2.52

13.31
14.05
13.82
11.39
13.59
13.62
12.33
13.72
14.14
12.87
14.52
13.79
13.38
12.07

2 See table 4, footnote 1.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal
totals.

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Table 17. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates:
Selected cities by population group
(Union building trades, July 3, 1978-July 2, 1979)
Percent change

Cents-per-hour change
City by population group

Helpers and

All trades

Journeymen

Helpers and
laborers

All trades

Journeymen

AH cities...........................................

73

76

59

6.9

6.9

6.9

Population group I
(1,000,000 and over) .........................
Chicago, I I I .........................................
Detroit, M ic h ......................................
Houston, T e x .....................................
Los Angeles, C alif.............................
New York, N.Y ..................................
Philadelphia, P a .................................

80
101
84
87
77
73
43

83
104
87
90
79
74
39

68
87
53
72
54
69
50

7.3
9.1
7.3
8.4
6.8
6.6
4.2

7.3
9.0
7.5
8.3
6.9
6.5
3.5

7.4
9.5
5.5
9.1
6.3
7.2
5.5

Population group II
(500,000 to 1,000,000) ......................
Baltimore, M d ....................................
Boston, M ass.....................................
Cleveland, O h io.................................
Columbus, O h io.................................
Dallas, T e x .........................................
Denver, C olo......................................
Indianapolis, In d ................................
Jacksonville, F la ................................
Kansas City, M o ................................
Memphis, Tenn ..................................
Milwaukee, W is .................................
New Orleans, L a ...............................
Phoenix, A riz......................................
Pittsburgh, P a ....................................
St. Louis, M o .....................................
San Antonio, T e x ..............................
San Diego, C a lif................................
San Francisco, C a lif.........................
Seattle, W a s h ....................................
Washington, D .C ...............................

78
69
63
107
69
43
69
88
64
61
63
81
50
99
100
58
87
78
105
108
64

81
68
62
109
73
47
73
89
68
62
69
84
50
108
104
62
92
86
107
110
69

62
77
68
100
51
17
52
79
32
50
25
71
48
72
64
38
64
60
97
92
45

7.2
7.4
6.0
9.2
6.4
4.5
6.9
8.0
7.1
5.4
6.4
7.5
5.1
9.4
9.2
5.4
9.9
7.1
8.4
8.8
6.2

7.2
6.8
5.7
9.2
6.4
4.7
6.9
7.8
7.2
5.4
6.7
7.5
4.9
9.6
9.4
5.7
9.7
7.2
8.2
8.8
6.4

7.2
11.3
8.1
9.5
6.3
2.7
6.7
9.4
5.8
5.5
3.5
7.2
6.2
8.5
6.8
3.9
11.1
7.0
10.1
9.2
5.4

See footnotes at end of table.




25

laborers




Table 17. Continued— Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates:
Selected cities by population group
(Union building trades, July 3, 1978-July 2, 1979)
Cents-per-hour change
City by population group

Percent change

All trades

Journeymen

Helpers and
laborers

All trades

Journeymen

Helpers and
laborers

Population group III
(250,000 to 500,000) .........................
Akron, O hio.........................................
Atlanta, G a ..........................................
Buffalo, N.Y ........................................
Cincinnati, O h io .................................
Fort Worth, T e x .................................
Honolulu, H aw aii...............................
Long Beach, C a lif.............................
Louisville, K y ......................................
Miami, F l a ...........................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, M in n ..............
Nashville-Oavidson, T e n n ................
Newark, N J ........................................
Norfolk, V a ..........................................
Omaha, N e b r.....................................
Portland, O re g ...................................
Rochester, N .Y ..................................
Sacramento, C a lif.............................
Toledo, O h io .......................................
Wichita, Kans......................................

66
78
44
64
73
43
44
78
63
66
65
81
68
42
80
112
80
84
57
70

71
80
51
61
75
49
48
86
67
73
65
87
72
45
87
117
94
84
60
78

48
64
18
74
66
16
28
53
38
41
64
50
19
34
41
71
40
84
30
25

6.4
7.0
4.9
5.7
6.3
4.5
4.4
7.1
6.1
7.4
6.3
8.8
6.0
5.0
7.6
9.6
7.6
7.3
4.7
7.1

6.5
7.1
5.3
5.1
6.3
4.8
4.6
7.3
6.2
7.6
6.0
9.0
6.2
4.8
7.9
9.7
8.3
6.7
4.9
7.5

5.9
6.3
2.8
8.3
6.3
2.5
3.4
6.3
4.7
6.1
7.3
7.5
2.2
6.0
5.2
8.3
4.7
9.0
2.9
3.5

Population group IV
(100,000 to 250,000) .........................
Albany, N .Y .........................................
Chattanooga, T e n n ...........................
Corpus Christi, T e x ...........................
Flint, Mich ...........................................
Fremont, C alif....................................
Fresno, C a lif.......................................
Grand Rapids, M ich..........................
Hammond, In d ....................................
Huntsville, A la ....................................
New Bedford, M a ss..........................
New Haven, Conn.............................
Providence, R .l..................................
Riverside, C a lif..................................
Rockford, III ........................................
St. Petersburg, F la ............................
Salt Lake City, Utah .........................
Santa Ana, C alif................................
Scranton, P a .......................................
Spokane, W ash .................................
Stamford, C o n n .................................

68
57
48
54
72
90
82
91
96
59
58
51
82
74
76
49
78
84
39
82
55

70
58
50
54
76
91
82
95
96
63
55
59
85
78
75
51
83
88
44
84
60

57
53
40
30
58
83
76
71
94
34
66
20
68
64
86
19
44
65
2
75
20

6.6
5.6
5.3
5.7
7.0
7.6
7.0
9.5
8.6
6.5
5.9
5.2
8.5
6.8
6.8
5.5
7.6
7.6
3.7
7.2
5.3

6.6
5.6
5.2
5.7
7.0
7.4
6.9
9.4
8.0
6.6
5.5
5.7
8.5
6.6
6.6
5.7
7.9
7.6
4.2
7.0
5.6

7.0
6.0
6.0
5.2
6.9
8.9
8.2
10.0
10.8
6.5
7.8
2.5
8.2
7.5
8.8
3.0
5.3
7.6
.2
8.5
2.5

NOTE: Cents-per-hour and percent changes were
calculated by averaging year-to-year increases with
year-to-year decreases and no-change situations,
weighted by current-year membership. Thus, relatively
small increases may reflect the inclusion of cities
where rates declined or remained unchanged for a
trade.

Variations in the size of annual increases from
survey to survey may be due, in part, to the timing of
negotiations in relation to the survey reference date,
and do not include increases made later that are
retroactive to that date or before. Such retroactive
increases are included in the wage rates reported in
the following year’s survey.

26

Table 18. Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates:
Selected cities by region
(Union building trades, July 3, 1978-July 2, 1979)
Percent change

Cents-per-hour change
City by region1

Helpers and
laborers

All trades

Journeymen

Helpers and
laborers

All cities............................................

73

76

59

6.9

6.9

6.9

New England........................................
Boston, Mass. (II)..............................
New Bedford, Mass. (IV )..................
New Haven, Conn. ( IV ) ....................
Providence, R.l. (IV) .........................
Stamford, Conn. (IV ).........................

61
63
58
51
82
55

63
62
55
59
85
60

51
68
66
20
68
20

6.0
6.0
5.9
5.2
8.5
5.3

6.0
5.7
5.5
5.7
8.5
5.6

6.2
8.1
7.8
2.5
8.2
2.5

Middle Atlantic.....................................
Albany, N.Y. (IV) ...............................
Buffalo, N.Y. (Ill) ...............................
New York, N.Y. (1).............................
Newark, N.J. ( II I) ...............................
Philadelphia, Pa. (1)...........................
Pittsburgh, Pa. ( I I ) .............................
Rochester, N.Y. (Ill)..........................
Scranton, Pa. (IV) .............................

66
57
64
73
68
43
100
80
39

69
58
61
74
72
39
104
94
44

55
53
74
69
19
50
64
40
2

6.1
5.6
5.7
6.6
6.0
4.2
9.2
7.6
3.7

6.1
5.6
5.1
6.5
6.2
3.5
9.4
8.3
4.2

6.0
6.0
8.3
7.2
2.2
5.5
6.8
4.7
.2

Border S tates........................................
Baltimore, Md. ( I I ) .............................
Louisville, Ky. (Ill)..............................
Norfolk, Va. (Ill).................................
Washington, D.C. ( I I ) ........................

59
69
63
42
64

62
68
67
45
69

46
77
38
34
45

6.1
7.4
6.1
5.0
6.2

6.1
6.8
6.2
4.8
6.4

6.4
11.3
4.7
6.0
5.4

Southeast...............................................
Atlanta, Ga. (Ill).................................
Chattanooga, Tenn. (IV )...................
Huntsville, Ala. ( IV ) ...........................
Jacksonville, Fla. (II) .........................
Memphis, Tenn. (II)...........................
Miami, Fla. (Ill) ..................................
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.
(H I)......................................................
St. Petersburg, Fla. (IV) ...................

56
44
48
59
64
63
66

60
51
50
63
68
69
73

36
18
40
34
32
25
41

6.2
4.9
5.3
6.5
7.1
6.4
7.4

6.3
5.3
5.2
6.6
7.2
6.7
7.6

5.5
2.8
6.0
6.5
5.8
3.5
6.1

81
49

87
51

50
19

8.8
5.5

9.0
5.7

7.5
3.0

Southwest.............................................
Corpus Christi, Tex. (IV )...................
Dallas, Tex. ( II ) ...................................
Fort Worth, Tex. (Ill).........................
Houston, Tex. (1 )...............................
New Orleans, La. ( I I ) ........................
San Antonio, Tex. ( I I ) .......................

60
54
43
43
87
50
87

62
54
47
49
90
50
92

44
30
17
16
72
48
64

6.2
5.7
4.5
4.5
8.4
5.1
9.9

6.2
5.7
4.7
4.8
8.3
4.9
9.7

6.3
5.2
2.7
2.5
9.1
6.2
11.1

See footnotes at end of table.




27

All trades

Journeymen




Table 18. Continued— Cents-per-hour and percent changes in average wage rates:
Selected cities by region
(Union building trades, July 3, 1978-July 2, 1979)
Percent change

Cents-per-hour change
City by region1

Helpers and
laborers

All trades

Journeymen

Helpers and
laborers

Great Lakes..........................................
Akron, Ohio (III).................................
Chicago, III. ( I ) ...................................
Cincinnati, Ohio ( III) ..........................
Cleveland, Ohio (It)...........................
Columbus, Ohio (II) ...........................
Detroit, Mich. ( I ) ................................
Flint, Mich. (IV )..................................
Grand Rapids, Mich. ( IV ) .................
Hammond, Ind. ( IV ) ..........................
Indianapolis, Ind. ( I I ) .........................
Milwaukee, Wis. (II)...........................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
(H I)......................................................
Rockford, III. (IV )...............................
Toledo, Ohio ( III)...............................

86
78
101
73
107
69
84
72
91
96
88
81

88
80
104
75
109
73
87
76
95
96
89
84

76
64
87
66
100
51
53
58
71
94
79
71

7.8
7.0
9.1
6.3
9.2
6.4
7.3
7.0
9.5
8.6
8.0
7.5

7.7
7.1
9.0
6.3
9.2
6.4
7.5
7.0
9.4
8.0
7.8
7.5

8.2
6.3
9.5
6.3
9.5
6.3
5.5
6.9
10.0
10.8
9.4
7.2

65
76
57

65
75
60

64
86
30

6.3
6.8
4.7

6.0
6.6
4.9

7.3
8.8
2.9

Middle W e s t.........................................
Kansas City, Mo. ( II ) .........................
Omaha, Nebr. ( Ill) .............................
St. Louis, Mo. ( I I ) ..............................
Wichita, Kans. (Ill).............................

65
61
80
58
70

70
62
87
62
78

39
50
41
38
25

6.1
5.4
7.6
5.4
7.1

6.4
5.4
7.9
5.7
7.5

4.4
5.5
5.2
3.9
3.5

Mountain...............................................
Denver, Colo. (II)...............................
Phoenix, Ariz. (II)...............................
Salt Lake City, Utah (IV ) ..................

81
69
99
78

86
73
108
83

58
52
72
44

7.9
6.9
9.4
7.6

8.1
6.9
9.6
7.9

7.0
6.7
8.5
5.3

Pacific............................ ........................
Fremont, Calif. ( IV ) ...........................
Fresno, Calif. (IVO..............................
Honolulu, Hawaii ( I I I ) ........................
Long Beach, Calif. ( I l l ) .....................
Los Angeles, Calif. ( I ) .......................
Portland, Oreg. ( Ill) ...........................
Riverside, Calif. (IV ) ..........................
Sacramento, Calif. (Ill) .....................
San Diego, Calif. ( I I ) .........................
San Francisco, Calif. (II) ..................
Santa Ana, Calif. (IV )........................
Seattle, Wash. ( I I ) .............................
Spokane, Wash. (IV ).........................

83
90
82
44
78
77
112
74
84
78
105
84
108
82

86
91
82
48
86
79
117
78
84
86
107
88
110
84

67
83
76
28
53
54
71
64
84
60
97
65
92
75

7.3
7.6
7.0
4.4
7.1
6.8
9.6
6.8
7.3
7.1
8.4
7.6
8.8
7.2

7.2
7.4
6.9
4.6
7.3
6.9
9.7
6.6
6.7
7.2
8.2
7.6
8.8
7.0

7.6
8.9
8.2
3.4
6.3
6.3
8.3
7.5
9.0
7.0
10.1
7.6
9.2
8.5

1 See table 10, footnote 1, for definitions of
regions. Population size is shown in parentheses as
follows: Group I = 1,000,000 or more; Group II =

All trades

Journeymen

500,000 to 1,000,000; Group III = 250,000
500,000; and Group IV = 100,000 to 250,000.

28

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Table 19. Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

".2.000
"1.000
"1.000
•1.000
-

_
-

Dollars

Percent

Akron, Ohio

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT MASONS ................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
ELECTRICIANS:
INDUSTRIAL...........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
MASTER MECHANICS ..........
GROUP A-AIR COMPRES­
SORS ON STEEL EREC­
TION, CRANES, DER­
RICKS, HOES, POWER
SHOVELS..............................
GROUP B-ASPHALT PAV­
ERS, SCRAPERS, BULL­
DOZERS, END-LOADERS,
POWER GRADERS,
SCOOPS .....................................
GROUP C-ASPHALT ROL­
LERS, FORKLIFTS,
HOISTS..................................
GROUP D-COMPRESSORS
ON BUILDING CONSTRUC­
TION, CONVEYORS, MIX­
ERS, WELDER OPERATORS
GROUP E-BACKFILLERS
AND TAMPERS, BULL
FLOATS, CONCRETE
SPREADING MACHINES,
TRACTORS ...........................
GROUP F-OILERS, HELP­
ERS, SIGNALMEN, PUMPS ..
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS, BRUSH....................
SWING STAGE, STRUC­
TURAL STEEL .......................
SPRAY G U N ...........................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS.......
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$11,000
11.680
11.290
9.290
12.150
11.540
10.470

$11,660
12.630
11.890
9.890
12.850
12.140
11.170

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.600
1.100
.880
.880
.600
.600
.600

-

0.990
1.300
.800
.800
1.000
1.000
1.000

11.142
7.092
12.490

12.294
7.632
12.490

40.00
40.00
40.00

.740
.740
.895

-

.650
.200
.560

13.410

13.960

40.00

.960

1.000

.130

12.890

13.440

40.00

.960

1.000

.130

12.730

13.280

40.00

.960

1.000

.130

12.380

12.930

40.00

.960

1.000

.130

11.570

12.120

40.00

.960

1.000

.130

11.240

11.790

40.00

.960

1.000

.130

9.280
10.500
12.710
10.270

9.580
11.350
13.560
12.020

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.960
.840
.880
.810

-

1.000
1.170
.500
.600

_
-

10.270
10.790

12.020
11.640

40.00
40.00

.810
.930

-

.600
.600

-

11.290
11.390
10.790
12.150
10.410
12.150

12.140
12.240
11.640
13.200
11.010
13.200

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.930
.930
.930
.850
.600
.850

-

.600
.600
.600
1.200
1.000
1.200

-

11.720
10.557
10.557
10.404
11.290
11.720
10.270

12.970
11.133
11.133
11.169
11.890
12.970
12.020

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
.940
.940
.810
.880
1.050
.810

10.270
10.270

10.920
10.920

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

-

1.100
.850
.850
.840
.800
1.100
.600

-

.900
.900

-

3.00
3.00
-

-

6.00

0.030
.100
.100
.080
.080
.080

_
-

.020
.020
-

610.00
•10.00
2.69

-

.130
.210
.010
-

_
-

-

-

-

-

"1.000
-

-

.150
.150

_
_
-

10.00
"10.00
"10.00
-

.030
.010
.010
.030
.100
.030
-

-

.160
.160

1.000
-

61.000
-

-

-

-

_
-

"1.000
81.000
-

-

-

_
_
-

_

_
-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
See footnotes at end of table.




29

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

-

-

-

-

*10.00
*10.00
*10.00

0.010
.010
.010

Percent

Akron, Ohio
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS:
FIRST YEAR...........................
SECOND YEAR ......................
THIRD YEAR..........................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
TILE LAYERS' HELPERS..........

$6,336
7.389
8.442

$6,678
7.794
8.910

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.940
.940
.940

8.740
9.770
10.470
10.270

8.740
11.520
11.120
10.920

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.810
.700
.700

9.770
9.770

11.520
11.520

40.00
40.00

.810
.810

11.380

12.080

40.00

.600

.450

13.030

13.580

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

12.780

13.330

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

12.680

13.230

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

11.640

12.190

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

11.170

11.720

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

9.230

9.530

40.00

.960

9.200

9.850

40.00

.700

.900

11.380

12.080

40.00

.600

.450

13.030

13.580

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

12.780

13.330

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

12.680

13.230

40.00

.960

-

0.850
.850
.850

-

-

-

-

-

.560
.600
.900
.900

-

-

-

.160
.160

_
_

-

.600
.600

-

-

-

-

-

-

6.00

2.69
-

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
MASTER MECHANICS ..........
CLASS A--AIR COMPRES­
SORS ON STEEL EREC­
TION, POWER SHOVELS,
CRANES, DERRICKS...........
CLASS B-ASPHALT PAV­
ERS, BULLDOZERS, ENDLOADERS, POWER GRAD­
ERS, POWER SCRAPERS ....
CLASS C-MIXERS, CON­
CRETE ROLLERS (AS­
PHALT), ASPHALT PLANT
ENGINEERS..........................
CLASS D-BACKFILLERS,
COMPRESSORS (PORT­
ABLE, SEWER), CON­
CRETE SAWS ........................
CLASS E-DRUM FIREMEN,
HELPERS, OILERS, SIG­
NALMEN ................................

_

1.000

.

.

.040

Helpers and laborers
LABORERS.................................

.100

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
MASTER MECHANICS ..........
CLASS A-AIR COMPRES­
SORS ON STEEL EREC­
TION, POWER SHOVELS,
CRANES, DERRICKS...........
CLASS B-ASPHALT PAV­
ERS, BULLDOZERS, ENDLOADERS, POWER GRAD­
ERS, POWER SCRAPERS ....
See footnotes at end of table.




30

-

1.000

-

-

-

.040

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Akron, Ohio
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CLASS C-MIXERS, CON­
CRETE ROLLERS (AS­
PHALT), ASPHALT PLANT
ENGINEERS..........................
CLASS D-BACKFILLERS,
COMPRESSORS (PORT­
ABLE, SEWER), CON­
CRETE SAWS........................
C U S S E-DRUM FIREMEN,
HELPERS, OILERS, SIG­
NALMEN ................................

$11,640

$12,190

40.00

0.960

1.000

0.040

11.170

11.720

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

9.230

9.530

40.00

.960

1.000

9.200

9.850

40.00

.700

.

.900

11.140
11.800
10.400
9.800
10.300
6.810
10.400
10.380

12.670
12.300
10.800
10.280
10.780
7.130
10.800
• 10.380

35.00
40.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00
35.00
35.00

.950
1.150
.700
.700
.700
.700
.700
-

-

.410
1.000
.850
.850
.850
1.000
.350

_

_

_

.040

_

.

.

.

.100

.

•0.750
• .750
• .750
.250

-

.020
7.840
.120
.120
.120
*.720
.020

.

.

Helpers and laborers
U B O R ER S ......................... .......

Albany, N.Y.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS........................
BRICKUYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
RESIDENTIAL.........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
W IRERS)..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GUARANTEED WORKWEEK:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
SHOVELS..............................
CRANES ................................
DERRICKS............................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
LETOURNEAU GRADERS....
TRENCHING MACHINES......
ONE-DRUM HOISTS ............
BULLDOZERS.......................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
COMPRESSORS...................
MECHANICAL HEATERS......
PUMPS...................................
BROKEN TIME:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
SHOVELS..............................
CRANES..................- ............
DERRICKS............................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
LETOURNEAU GRADERS....
TRENCHING MACHINES......
ONE-DRUM HOISTS ............
BULLDOZERS .......................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
COMPRESSORS...................
MECHANICAL HEATERS......
PUMPS...................................
GLAZIERS...................................

-

-

11.600
10.770

12.750
11.170

35.00
40.00

.900
.745

-

.600
.560

11.220
11.220
11.220

11.900
11.900
11.900

40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750

-

1.150
1.150
1.150

11.130
11.130
10.910
10.730

11.800
11.800
11.580
11.390

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750
.750

-

10.460
10.460
10.460

11.100
11.100
11.100

40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750

1.150
1.150
1.150

-

-

-

-

-

-

11.730
11.730
11.730

12.250
12.250
12.250

40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750

-

1.150
1.150
1.150

-

11.520
11.520
11.350
10.990

12.020
12.020
11.840
11.460

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750
.750

-

1.150
1.150
1.150
1.150

10.780
10.780
10.780
9.180

11.240
11.240
11.240
9.730

40.00
40.00
40.00
39.00

.750
.750
.750
.780

.
-

1.150
1.150
1.150
.300

See footnotes at end of table.




10.00
-

31

-

-

1.150
1.150
1.150
1.150

-

-

3.00
-

-

6.00

.025

1.39
2.31

-

-

-

.550
.550
.550

2.31
2.31
2.31

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.550
.550
.550
.550

2.31
2.31
2.31
2.31

-

.550
.550
.550

2.31
2.31
2.31

-

-

.550
.550
.550

2.31
2.31
2.31

-

-

-

.550
.550
.550
.550

2.31
2.31
2.31
2.31

.
-

.
-

.
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.550
.550
.550
.010

2.31
2.31
2.31
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

-

-

-

-

-

• 0.250
8 .250
8 .250
8 .250
8 .250
8 .250
8 .250
• _
8 .571

-

-

* .500
•
e

-

Dollars

Percent

Albany, N.Y.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS, GENERAL...............
BRIDGE...................................
OPEN STEEL STRUCTURE ...
SWINGING SCAFFOLD.........
SAND BLASTING ...................
SPRAY GUN...........................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS ..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
RESIDENTIAL.........................
STONEMASONS........................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$10,460
9.900

$11,190
10.200

35.00
40.00

0.700
.700

-

9.900
10.380
11.130
11.130
10.880
11.480
11.480
10.380
10.400
10.929

10.200
*10.380
®11.130
®11.130
»10.880
»11.480
* 11.480
910.380
10.800
11.529

40.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.700
-

-

.700
1.000

10.210
10.650
11.150
10.720
6.400
10.400
9.900

10.600
11.150
11.650
11.370
96.400
10.800
10.200

40.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00
35.00
40.00

.750
1.370
1.370
1.000
.700
.700

8.920

9.470

40.00

.900

1.100

7.540
8.570

7.820
8.570

40.00
40.00

.745
-

-

.560
.590

_

8.570
8.570

8.570
8.570

40.00
40.00

-

-

.590
.590

9.670
9.550

10.300
10.000

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

-

.850
1.000

11.130

11.580

40.00

.750

10.770

11.190

40.00

9.760

10.110

8.860

7.890

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.300
1.000
1.000
.350
.350
.350
.350
.350
.350
.350
1.000
1.020
1.250
.550
.550
.900
.110
1.000
1.000

-

-

-

* .500
6 .100
-

-

-

-

0.140
7.500

-

7.500
.020
.020
.020
.020
.020
.020
.020
8 .720
.170

_
_
-

.180
.110
.110
.200
.060
*.720
7.500

_
3.00
_
_
-

_
-

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

.220
_

6.00
_

.025
_

2.31
_

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

.125
.060

.77
1.54

1.150

.470

2.31

.750

1.150

.470

2.31

40.00

.750

1.150

.470

2.31

9.150

40.00

.750

1.150

.470

2.31

8.390

40.00

.900

.120

2.31

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS A-BACKHOES,
CRANES DRAGLINES,
PILEDRIVERS........................
CLASS B-CONCRETE
PUMPS, ONE-DRUM
HOISTS, ROLLERS,
TRENCHERS ........................
CLASS C-FORKLIFTS,
HYDRAULIC HAMMERS,
CONCRETE PAVEMENT
SPREADERS AND FINI­
SHERS ...................................
CLASS D-CONCRETE MIX­
ERS (16S AND UNDER),
FORM TAMPERS, TRAC­
TORS .....................................
Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS, DRILL
HELPERS, FLAGMEN.............
See footnotes at end of table.




32

_

1.100

_

_

_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Albany, N.Y.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Helpers and laborers
BULL FLOATS, CHAIN SAWS,
CONCRETE AGGREGATE,
BIN
HANDLERS OF STEEL MESH
ACETYLENE TORCHES, AS­
PHALT RAKERS, ROCK
OR DRILLING
MACHINES...............................
BLASTERS, FORM SETTERS,
STONE OR GRANITE CURB
SETTERS .................................

$8,090

$8,590

40.00

0.900

1.100

0.120

2.31

8.290

8.790

40.00

.900

1.100

.120

2.31

8.490

8.990

40.00

.900

_

1.100

_

_

_

.120

2.31

9.670
9.550

10.300
10.000

40.00
40.00

700
.700

-

.850
1.000

-

-

-

.125
.060

.77
1.54

11.130

11.580

40.00

.750

1.150

.470

2.31

10.770

11.190

40.00

.750

1.150

.470

2.31

9.760

10.110

40.00

.750

1.150

.470

2.31

8.860

9.150

40.00

.750

1.150

.470

2.31

7.890

8.390

40.00

.900

1.100

.120

2.31

8.090

8.590

40.00

.900

1.100

.120

2.31

8.290

8.790

40.00

.900

1.100

.120

2.31

8.490

8.990

40.00

.900

.

.120

2.31

9.650
9.950
8.950
9.650
9.900
9.800

10.200
10.700
9.200
9.850
10.150
10.000

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
1.050
.550
.500
.450
.500

-

.080
_
_
-

_
_

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS A-BACKHOES,
CRANES, DRAGLINES,
PILEDRIVERS........................
CLASS B-CONCRETE
PUMPS, ONE-DRUM
HOISTS, ROLLERS,
TRENCHERS ........................
CLASS C-FORKLIFTS,
HYDRAULIC HAMMERS,
CONCRETE PAVEMENT
SPREADERS AND FINI­
SHERS ...................................
CLASS D-CONCRETE MIX­
ERS (16S AND UNDER),
FORM TAMPERS, TRAC­
TORS .....................................
Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS, DRILL
HELPERS, FLAGMEN.............
BULL FLOATS, CHAIN SAWS,
CONCRETE AGGREGATE,
BIN
HANDLERS OF STEEL MESH
ACETYLENE TORCHES, AS­
PHALT RAKERS, ROCK OR
DRILLING MACHINES.............
BLASTERS, FORM SETTERS,
STONE OR GRANITE CURB
SETTERS .................................

_

1.100

_

.

Atlanta, Ga.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS .........................
See footnotes at end of table.




33

-

-

.750
1.100
.500
.450
.500
.450

•0.500
-

_
-

-

*.650
_
_
-

_
_
-

_
_
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Atlanta, Ga.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
TROWELING-MACHINE
OPERATORS .........................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICANS (INSIDE
WIRERS)..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A--AIR COMPRES­
SORS (365 CFM AND
OVER), CRANES, DER­
RICKS. DRAGLINES,
HOISTS, SHOVELS,
TRENCHING MACHINES
(OVER 6 FT. DEPTH)...........
GROUP B-TRENCHING MA­
CHINES (TO 6 FT.),
SCRAPERS, BULLDOZERS,
TRACTORS, SPECIAL
EQUIPMENT.........................
GROUP C--AIR COMPRES­
SORS (600 CU. FT. OR
BATTERIES OF TWO, 300
CU. FT. AND OVER).............
GROUP D-2-PUMPS (OVER
4 IN., UP TO BATTER­
IES OF 4) ..............................
GROUP E-MIXERS (SKIP
TYPE), EXCEPT PAVING,
ROLLERS..............................
GROUP F--AIR COMPRES­
SORS (UP TO AND IN­
CLUDING 300 CU. FT.),
PUMPS (4 IN. OR LESS)......
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS................................
PAINTERS ..................................
STEEL AND SWING STAGE ..
SPRAY ....................................
PAPERHANGERS.......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................

$8,900

PLASTERERS ........................
PLUMBERS...........................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS............................
ROOFERS. COMPOSITION .....
ROOFERS. SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS......
STONEMASONS.....................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
SHEETERS ........................
TILE LAYERS........................

$9,150

40.00

0.800

0.400
_

9.450

9.650

40.00

.550

9.614
9.595

11.150
10.030

40.00
40.00

.895

9.100

10.000

40.00

.550

.750

8.750

9.650

40.00

.550

.750

7.080

7.620

40.00

.550

.750

6.530

7.020

40.00

.550

.750

6.830

7.330

40.00

.550

.750

5.860
9.350
9.550
8.750

6.280
9.400
10.500
9.100

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.750
.250
.550

8.750
9.450
9.950
10.450
9.700
10.250

9.100
9.650
10.150
10.650
9.900
10.650

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.550
.550
.550
.550
.900

9.170
10.250

9.420
10.650

40.00
40.00

.400
.900

9.600
7.450
7.700
9.700
8.950
9.600
9.850
8.750

9.950
7.450
7.700
10.400
9.200
9.950
10.200
9.100

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.300
.300
.500
.550

6.400
6.620
6.400

6.550
6.770
6.550

6.720

7.020

-

-

-

6.00

-

*0.800

_

.400

-

-

.750

40.00

9.00

_

_

9.280

_

_
_

.800

9.030

_
.690

.750
.480
.350
.500
.500
.750
.750
.750
.750
.700

-

-

-

-

-

*.700

-

_
-

.800
.700

_
_
_

.780
.550

-

.670
.200
.200
.910
.500
.670
.670
.500

_
-

40.00
40.00
40.00

.250
.250
.250

-

.330
.330
.330

40.00

.895

-

.690

.700

_

11.00

*.700

-

-

-

-

*.500

-

'.5 00

-

_
_

_

_

_

_

_
0.030

1.00
2.69

_

2.31

.100
.100
.100

-

-

.080
.100
.080

_
_
_
_

.100
.080

_
_
-

*.700

_
-

.100

_
-

-

_
_

_
-

.100
.100
.100

_

-

-

6.00

.030

2.69

*.500
*.650

_
-

_
_

_

_
_

_

Helpers and laborers

BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS......
MORTAR MIXERS...............
BUILDING LABORERS............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ............................

See footnotes at end of table.




34

_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Atlanta, Ga.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
MARBLE SETTERS FINISHERS
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO FINISHERS AND
POLISHERS ..............................
TILE LAYER FINISHERS...........
ROOFERS’ HELPERS................

$6,400
6.400
6.400

$7,000
6.550
6.550

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.250
.250

6.600
6.400
5.420

7.200
7.000
5.420

40.00
40.00
40.00

.300

9.350

10.300

40.00

.550

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.330
.330

-

-

-

-

.200

-

-

-

.

.

.

0.100
.100
.100
.100
.100
-

-

-

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A-CONCRETE
PUMPS, CRANES, PILEDRIVERS ...............................
GROUP B-FIREMEN (STA­
TIONARY OR PORTABLE)....
GROUP C--AIR COMPRES­
SORS, 600 CU. FT. AND
OVER .....................................
GROUP D-OILERS-TRUCK
AND LOCOMOTIVE..............
GROUP E-CONCRETE
PUMPS (BOOM TYPE),
WATER PUMPS (OVER 4
IN. AND BATTERY OF 4 ) .....
GROUP F-AIR COMPRES­
SORS (UP TO AND INCL­
UDING 300 CU. FT.),
WATER PUMPS (4 IN. OR
LESS), SAND BLASTING
MACHINES............................

.750

.

4.23
.

8.550

9.360

40.00

.550

7.330

7.980

40.00

.550

.750

4.23

7.880

8.710

40.00

.550

.750

4.23

6.780

7.460

40.00

.550

.750

4.23

6.110

6.720

40.00

.550

.750

4.23

9.350
10.525
9.830
9.550
9.850
6.250
10.000

10.250
11.025
10.380
10.550
10.950
7.250
10.900

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
1.175
.700
.750
.750
.750
.700

10.500
10.815

10.700
11.260

40.00
40.00

.800
1.045

9.670

10.570

40.00

.950

.750

4.23

Baltimore, Md.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-DER­
RICKS, POWER CRANES,
SHOVELS, ELEVATING
GRADERS .............................
See footnotes at end of table.




35

.950
1.000
.500
.690
.690
.690
.700

-

-

■

1.100
.690

1.000

-

-

0.500
.250
.250
.250
-

-

.400
-

-

.300

6.00

.600
1.750
.070
.050
.050
.050
.050
.400
.030

-

-

2.69

2.69

Table 19. Continued-—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Baltimore, Md.
•—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT-TEM­
PORARY ELEVATORS,
CONCRETE PUMPS,
SINGLE DRUM HOISTS.....
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
COMPRESSORS, PUMPS ..
BULLDOZERS.....................
GLAZIERS................................
LATHERS .................................
MARBLE MASONS..................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS............................
PAINTERS ...............................
STRUCTURAL STEEL ........
SPRAY .................................
PAPERHANGERS ...................
PIPEFITTERS ..........................
PLASTERERS .........................
PLUMBERS..............................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS...............................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION ...
MOPMEN .............................
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
PRECAST SLAB ............
SHEET-METAL WORKERS
STONEMASONS................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE SETTERS..........................

$9,120

$10,020

40.00

0.950

8.670
9.120
9.740
9.090
9.830

9.480
10.020
9.990
10.320
10.380

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
.950
.900

8.060
8.850
9.350
9.100
9.000
10.480
8.950
10.300

8.910
9.100
9.600
9.350
9.250
11.790
10.200
11.190

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
1.050
1.050
1.050
1.050
.830
.600
.870

-

.700

9.740
8.400
8.850
8.850
9.400
9.620
9.830
9.740
8.060

9.990
9.000
9.450
9.450
10.000
9.620
10.380
9.990
8.910

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.600
.600
.600
.600
1.100
.700
.900
.700

6.750

7.550

40.00

.350

7.570
6.875
6.900
7.150
7.000
7.000
6.750

7.880
7.125
7.700
7.950
7.800
7.800
7.550

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
.500
.350
.350
.350
.350
.350

1.000

_
-

-

_
-

-

_

1.000
1.000
1.910
.400
.500
.500
.600
.600
.600
.600
.920
.400
.990

0.300

_
-

-

_
-

_

-

1.910
.450
.450
.450
.450
.700
.500
1.910
.500

-

.550

-

-

.300
.300
.500
-

.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
-

.500

2.69

_
-

_

.

-

-

_

-

0.040
1.000
.070
.070

2.69
2.69
_
-

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

.070
.291
.160

_

.040

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.500
.500
.500
.500

-

.300

-

-

-

-

.050
.070
.040
.070

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS ............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ...............................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .....
HOD CARRIERS...................
MASON TENDERS...............
MORTAR MIXERS................
PLUMBING LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ...............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS........

_
-

-

_

6.875
6.875

7.125
7.125

40.00
40.00

.500
.500

8.890

9.720

40.00

.950

8.390

9.220

40.00

.950

-

8.650
9.990

40.00
40.00

.950
.900

_

.690
.200
.550
.550
.550
.550
.550
.200
.200

_

_

-

-

-

-

.300
.300
.300
.300
.300

-

-

-

_

_

6.00

.125
.030
-

-

.125
.125
.125
.125
.125

_

_

-

_

_

2.69
_
_
_

-

_

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-DER­
RICKS, POWER CRANES,
SHOVELS, ELEVATING
GRADERS ...........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-TRAC­
TORS WITH ATTACHMENTS
COMPRESSORS, FUEL
TRUCKS, GREASE.....
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

7.890
9.740

See footnotes at end of table.




36

1.000

-

1.000
1.000
1.910

.300
-

_
-

.300
.300
.500

2.31
-

-

_

_

-

.040

2.31
2.31
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Baltimore, Md.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS ....

$6,600

$6,300

40.00

0.300

0.500

0.300

0.105

10.240

10.490

40.00

.900

1.910

.500

.040

10.360
11.800
10.450
10.750
10.650

10.860
12.300
10.950
11.350
11.150

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.150
.850
.950
1.150

10.060

11.310

40.00

.820

10.980
11.500

11.680
12.020

40.00
40.00

1.050
.895

11.450

12.500

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

11.330

12.380

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

9.550
9.900
10.450
10.000

10.460
10.450
11.300
10.400

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
.770
1.000
.850

-

1.000
"1.190
.550
111.500

-

*.700
-

-

.030
-

3.85
-

10.000
10.060
11.060
12.180
11.860
12.160

10.400
11.310
12.310
13.430
12.110
12.760

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.820
.820
.820
.940
.750

-

111.500
1.400
1.400
1.400
1.450
1.050

-

8.500
8 .500

-

.050
.050
.050
.120
-

-

11.860
9.900
11.550

12.110
10.600
12.150

40.00
40.00
40.00

.940
.850
1.020

-

1.450
111.480

-

8.500
*.400

-

.120
1.830
.050

-

10.750
10.200

11.000
11.050

40.00
40.00

1.150
.700

-

111.700
111.650

-

“.250
#.250

-

.100
.170

-

10.200
10.450
11.080
10.450
10.750
10.750
10.000

11.050
11.300
11.780
10.950
11.000
11.000
10.400

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
1.160
.850
1.150
1.150
.850

-

111.650
111.650
111.500
111.500
111.700
111.700
111.500

8 .250
« .250
«.300
8 .250
8.250
-

-

.170
.170
.070
.110
.100
.100
-

-

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

Boston, Mass.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS)............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
POWER SHOVELS, PILEDRIVERS, HOISTING
ENGINES............................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
BULLDOZERS, GRADERS,
SCRAPERS (21 YDS.
STRUCK OR LESS) ...........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS, COMPRESSORS,
WELDING MACHINES.......
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY ....................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL ...........
PIPEFITTERS .............................
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
REFRIGERATION AND AIR
CONDITIONING MECHAN­
ICS ..........................................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
WATERPROOF AND DAMPPROOF ..................................
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ELECTRIC WELDERS............
TILE LAYERS.............................
See footnotes at end of table.




37

-

1.000
111.500
1.000
.600

10.00
-

61.250
-

-

1.400
-

111.800
.690

.110
.030
.030

-

.050
3.00
-

-

-

-

6.00

1.070
.030

1.00
2.69

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

1.000
1.000

-

-

-

0.130
.180

Dollars

Percent

Boston, Mass.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS:
AGREEMENT A ......................
AGREEMENT B ......................
BUILDING LABORERS:
AGREEMENT A ......................
AGREEMENT B ......................
AGREEMENT C ......................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS:
AGREEMENT A ......................
AGREEMENT B ......................
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

$8,500
8.500

$9,200
9.200

40.00
40.00

0.700
.700

-

8.250
8.250
8.250

8.950
8.950
8.950

40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700

-

1.000
1.000
1.000

-

-

-

.130
.180
.180

_
_

8.050
9.070

8.410
9.520

40.00
40.00

.895
.850

-

.690
.750

-

_

6.00
_

.030
_

2.69
_

8.500
8.500

9.200
9.200

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

-

1.000
1.000

-

-

_

.130
.180

_

10.150
9.070

10.600
9.520

40.00
40.00

.850

-

1.100
.750

-

-

-

-

11.450

12.500

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

11.330

12.380

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

9.550

10.460

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

8.250

8.950

40.00

.700

1.000

11.450

12.500

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

11.330

12.380

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

9.550

10.460

40.00

1.100

-

-

-

.050
-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
POWER SHOVELS, PILEDRIVERS, LIGHTERS.........
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
BULLDOZERS, CEMENT
MIXERS, STEAM
BOILERS.............................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS, COMPRESSORS,
WELDING MACHINES,
CONCRETE MIXERS..........
Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS..............

.180

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
POWER SHOVELS,
PILE DRIVERS,
LIGHTERS..........................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
BULLDOZERS, CEMENT
MIXERS, STEAM
BOILERS.............................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS, COMPRESSORS,
WELDING MACHINES,
CONCRETE MIXERS.........
See footnotes at end of table.




38

-

1.000

-

-

_

_

3.85

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 3, 1976

July 2. 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension

Vacation

Dollars

Percent

Other5

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Buffalo, N.Y.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS...........
BOILERMAKERS....................
BRICKLAYERS.......................
CARPENTERS........................
MILLWRIGHTS....................
PILEDRIVERS....................
CEMENT FINISHERS..............
MACHINE OPERATORS,
FLOOR ...........................
SWING SCAFFOLD.............
MACHINE OPERATORS ON
SWING SCAFFOLD............
DRY WALL TAPERS...............
MACHINE...........................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ............................
RESIDENTIAL WIREMEN......
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-SHOV­
ELS, CRANES, DERRICKS....
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
HOISTING ENGINEERS,
CONVEYOR OPERATORS...
TRENCHING MACHINES.....
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
COMPRESSORS, MECHAN­
ICAL HEATERS..............
PUMPS.............................
GLAZIERS.............................
LATHERS ..............................
MARBLE SETTERS.................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS..........................
PAINTERS ............................
SPRAY ..............................
STEEL ...............................
SWING SCAFFOLD.............
HIGH BRIDGE.....................
PAPERHANGERS ...................
PIPEFITTERS........................
SPRINKLER FITTERS..........
PLASTERERS ........................
PLUMBERS............................
RESIDENTIAL....................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS............................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION ......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS......
STONEMASONS....................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK­
ERS .................................
TILE LAYERS........................

_

_

$11,750
10.800
12.880
11.330
11.330
11.330
13.080

$12,250
11.800
13.380
11.980
11.980
11.980
13.580

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.320
1.100
1.800
1.800
1.800
-

_
-

1.150
1.550
1.650
"1.750
"1.750
"1.750
1.750

-

-

«
-

_
T1.000
.820
.100
.100
.100
-

_
-

13.250
13.350

13.750
13.850

40.00
40.00

-

-

1.750
1.750

-

-

-

-

-

13.500
11.205
11.455

14.000
11.605
11.855

40.00
40.00
40.00

.725
.725

-

1.750
.700
.700

-

-

-

.760
.760

-

11.988
6.080
12.885

12.546
6.080
13.510

35.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
.350
1.045

-

2.100
.690

3.00
3.00
-

-

*7.00
"6.00

.050
.030

1.00
1.00
102.69

12.175

12.575

40.00

.800

-

1.500

-

-

-

.760

102.69

11.980
12.020

12.380
12.420

40.00
40.00

.800
.800

-

1.500
1.500

-

-

-

.760
.760

"2.69
"2.69

9.090
9.240
10.940
12.570
12.595

9.490
9.645
11.540
13.460
13.095

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.800
.800
.900
-

-

1.500
1.500
.700
1.650

-

-

-

.760
.760
1.050
.820

102.69
" 2.69
-

_
-

1.650
.700
.700
.700
.700
.700
.700
1.180
1.550
1.380
1.380

-

*1.300
-

-

.820
.760
.760
.760
.760
.760
.760
.900
.160
.160

-

16 _

12.500
11.205
11.455
11.705
11.455
12.875
11.455
13.240
11.690
12.710
12.850
7.370

13.000
11.605
11.855
12.105
11.855
13.270
11.855
14.090
11.990
13.460
13.320
9.450

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00

.725
.725
.725
.725
.725
.725
.650
.750
.880
.880

11.790
11.460
11.610
12.630
12.880
11.790

12.330
12.260
12.410
13.250
13.380
12.330

40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00
40.00

1.340
.890
.890
.580
1.340

-

1.870
1.400
1.400
1.160
1.650
1.870

-

-

-

.100
.040
.040
.960
.820
.100

-

11.790
12.500

12.330
13.000

40.00
40.00

1.340

-

1.870
1.650

-

-

-

-

-

.100
.820

-

-

8.955
8.855

9.705
9.605

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100

-

1.400
1.400

-

-

-

.650
.680

9.020
10.060

9.460
10.610

40.00
40.00

1.045
.650

-

.690
.600

-

-

6.00

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS:
AGREEMENT A ..................
AGREEMENT B ..................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ............................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS..

See footnotes at end of table.




39

-

.030
1.000

2.31

2.69
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Buffalo, N.Y.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ................................
GRINDERS.............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

$10,060
10.160
10.060

$10,610
10.710
10.610

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.650
.650
.650

11.810

12.210

40.00

.800

1.500

.680

2.31

11.670

12.070

40.00

800

1.500

.680

2.31

9.030
11.790

9.430
12.330

40.00
40.00

.800
1.340

.680
.100

2.31
-

8.405

9.205

40.00

1.100

1.400

.680

2.31

11.810

12.210

40.00

.800

1.500

.680

2.31

11.670

12.070

40.00

.800

1.500

.680

2.31

9.030
11.790

9.430
12.300

40.00
40.00

.800
1.340

1.500
1.870

_

-

-

.680
.100

2.31

-

11.790

12.330

40.00

1.340

-

1.870

-

-

-

.100

-

9.700
8.405

9.605
9.205

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100

-

1.400
1.400

-

-

-

.680
.450

2.31
2.31

9.250
9.950
10.500
9.330
9.780
9.350

10.700
10.700
11.550
9.580
10.030
9.900

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
1.050
.550
.570
.570
-

_
_
_
_

_

_
.020
.020
.020
.020

_

-

.700
1.100
.300
.580
.580
_

9.548

10.166

40.00

.700

-

-

10.00

-

-

-

0.600
.600
.600

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.000
1.000
1.000

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-SHOV­
ELS, CRANES, BACKHOES, PAVERS.....................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT-ROL­
LERS, HOISTING ENGI­
NEERS ...................................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-COM­
PRESSORS, HEATING
BOILERS ...............................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

-

1.500
1.870

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS..............
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENTSHOVELS, CRANES,
BACKHOES...........................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT-ROL­
LERS, HOISTING ENGINE
OPERATORS ........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-COM­
PRESSOR OPERATORS,
HEATING BOILERS...........
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL IRON
WORKERS ............................

_

Helpers and laborers
MINER-LABORERS, FREE AIR ..
GENERAL LABORERS..............
Chattanooga, Tenn.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.




40

-

"1.000
-

-

_
_
_
_
"2.50

-

_

_
_
_

173.50

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

6.00

0.035

2.69

Chattanooga, Tenn.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A-BULLDOZERS,
CRANES, DRAGLINES,
HOISTS, SHOVELS,
SCRAPERS, TRENCHING
MACHINES............................
GROUP B--CENTRAL COM­
PRESSOR PLANTS, PAV­
ING MACHINES, TRAC­
TORS, CONCRETE PUMPS,
EARTH AUGERS, FORK­
LIFTS ......................................
GROUP C-PORTABLE COM­
PRESSORS, PUMPS (2,
NOT MORE THAN 3),
WELDING MACHINES,
OILERS (COMBINATION).....
GROUP D-AIR COMPRES­
SORS (1 PORTABLE),
FIREMEN, PORTABLE
CRUSHERS...........................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS, RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL..........................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$9,990

$10,575

40.00

1.045

0.820

9.100

9.700

40.00

.350

.350

.020

8.300

8.900

40.00

.350

.350

.020

7.700

8.300

40.00

.350

.350

.020

7.400
8.470
9.600
10.500

8.000
8.810
10.250
11.550

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.350
.550

10.500

11.550

40.00

.550

8.150
8.400
10.500
9.650
10.500

8.750
9.000
11.350
10.250
11.350

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
.450
.600

9.760
9.400
9.600
10.230
10.500
9.760
10.500

9.760*
10.050
10.250
10.930
11.550
9.760
11.550

6.700
6.600

-

.350
.300

-

-

.300

.600

-

-

-

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.680
.550
.700
.550

-

.650
.100
.100
.840
.300
.650
.300

-

-

7.100
7.000

40.00
40.00

.250
.250

-

.300
.300

-

6.990
6.700
6.600
6.600

7.400
7.100
7.000
7.000

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
.250
.250
.250

-

.820
.300
.300
.300

6.700
6.700

7.100
7.100

40.00
40.00

.250
.250

12.010
13.050
11.710

13.100
14.100
13.000

40.00
37.50
40.00

1.010
1.175
.900

-

.020
.020

-

.020

.400
.400
.700
.700

-

4.00
-

-

-

-

.100
.100

.39
.39

-

.020
.110
.020
.020
.020

-

-

.020
.020

-

-

-

6.00
-

.035
.020
.020
.020

2.69
-

.

.

.

-

-

.020
.020

.

-

-

“1.000
-

-

.100
.450
.070

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS.......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
LABORERS ...............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

_
-

.300
.300

-

1.190
1.250
.850

-

Chicago, III.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
See footnotes at end of table.




41

5.00
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Chicago, III.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
SWING SCAFFOLD................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS 1:
CRANES ................................
CLASS 2:
TRACTORS ...........................
C U S S 3:
AIR COMPRESSORS...........
C U S S 4:
OILERS..................................
GLAZIERS...................................
U T H E R S ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS AND
CUTTERS .................................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
PAPERHANGERS.......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PU STER E R S ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, S U TE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ARCHITECTURAL IRON
FINISHERS............................
FENCE ERECTORS...............
TILE U Y E R S ........... .................

$11,500
10.250
10.500

$12,700
11.850
12.100

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.080
1.350
1.350

_

10.000

10.650

40.00

.675

-

12.250
13.200

13.150
13.200

40.00
40.00

.895

11.850

13.250

40.00

-

1.080
1.250
1.250
.650

_
-

_
-

_
_
_

_
0.520
.520

_
_
-

-

-

-

*.200

-

-

8.80
-

1.223
.560

3.00

1.100

-

1.100

-

1.100

_

-

6.00

_
.025

0.50
2.69

.600

_

_

_

.600

_

-

_

-

_

_

_
*1.000
_
_

_
_
_

_

0.800
-

10.550

11.950

40.00

1.100

-

9.400

10.800

40.00

1.100

-

1.100

-

.600

8.150
10.890
10.520
12.030

9.550
11.500
12.620
13.200

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
.480
.605
.930

-

-

1.100
1.180
.645
.500

_
_
-

.600
_
*1.000
_

11.730

*11.730

40.00

.800

-

-

-

_

1.020

10.800
10.000
10.000
12.900
11.500
10.870
12.000

11.950
10.650
10.650
14.100
12.750
11.370
13.300

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.675
.675
.850
.950
.875
.800

_
_
_
_

.350
.650
.650
1.120
1.050
.920
.900

_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_
_
_

_
*.200
*.200
.030
*1.000
.675
.550

12.100
11.800
12.090
12.350
11.710
12.100

13.450
12.550
12.090
12.950
13.000
13.450

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.240
1.270
1.160
.970
.900
1.240

-

1.865
.990
.750
.800
.850
1.865

_
_

_
'.500
_

_
_

.220
.020

_
_

.540
.070
.220

_

11.800
8.770
11.650

12.500
9.220
12.650

40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.555

9.200
9.200

10.100
10.100

40.00
40.00

.570
.570

9.240
9.780
9.200

9.240
10.580
10.100

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
1.070
.570

9.900
10.150
10.200

10.900
11.300
11.050

40.00
40.00
40.00

.800
.800
.555

-

-

_
_

_

-

-

-

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_
6.10

_

_

_

1.105
1.105
.525

_

_

_

_

_
_

-

-

-

1.200
1.200

_

_

_

.560
.050
1.200

_

_

*.500
*.500
.075

1.92
_
_
_

_

_
_
_
-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKUYERS’ TENDERS........
BUILDING U B O R E R S ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PUSTERERS’ U B O R E R S .......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS:
FLOOR MACHINES.................
BASE MACHINE OPERATORS
TILE UYER S’ HELPERS..........
See footnotes at end of table.




42

_

_
_
_

_
_
-

-

.450
.450
.525

_

_

_

_

.500

_

6.00

_

_

.025

_

_

_

_

_
_

_

_

-

-

-

.075

_

_

_

2.69
_

1.92
1.92

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Chicago, ill.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-DER­
RICKS, CRANES, KOEHRING SCOOPERS, POWER
SHOVELS ..............................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENTTRACTORS, END LOAD­
ERS, AND SIMILAR
MACHINES............................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
FORKLIFTS...........................
PUMPS, TWO OR MORE
WELDING MACHINES ........
OILERS..................................

$11,500

$12,900

40.00

1.100

1.100

.600

10.950

12.350

40.00

1.100

1.100

.600

10.200

11.600

40.00

1.100

.

1.100

_

.600

_

.

.

9.100
8.100

10.500
9.500

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100

-

1.100
1.100

-

.600
.600

-

-

-

11.500

12.900

40.00

1.100

10.950

12.350

40.00

1.100

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS I:
DERRICKS, CRANES,
KOEHRING SCOOPERS,
POWER SHOVELS ...............
CLASS II:
TRACTORS, END LOADERS
SCOOPS AND SIMILAR
MACHINES............................
CLASS III:
FORKLIFTS, STONE ............
CLASS IV:
PUMPS, 2 OR MORE...........

1.100

0.600

1.100

.600

1.100

_

.600

.

_

_

.600

-

-

-

10.200

11.600

40.00

1.100

_

9.100

10.500

40.00

1.100

-

1.100

-

11.810
9.800
11.845

12.910
10.700
12.345

40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
1.050
.650

-

-

-

-

-

1.250
1.100
.450

-

8 1.250

-

1.500
.185

11.845
12.200
11.140
12.080

12.345
12.850
11.990
*12.080

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.750
.600
.800

-

.450
.850
1.100
.950

-

81.250
61.000
-

-

.185
.110
.035
.035

-

11.600
11.750
11.280

12.950
13.100
12.630

40.00
40.00
40.00

-

-

-

-

.250
.250
.250

-

6.500
8 .500
6.500

-

-

-

11.500
12.360

12.236
13.015

40.00
40.00

.500
1.045

.200
.030

2.69

12.360

13.160

40.00

.960

Cincinnati, Ohio
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CLEANERS, POINTERS,
AND CAULKERS...................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL. TAPERS (FIN­
ISHERS):
COMMERCIAL........................
INDUSTRIAL...........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A:
CRANES, DERRICKS,
POWER SHOVELS.............
See footnotes at end of table.




43

.
-

.800
.690

1.000

81.350

3.00
-

-

6 8.00
6.00

.085

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Cincinnati, Ohio
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
GROUP B:
BULLDOZERS, POWER
GRADERS ............ ..............
GROUP C:
AIR COMPRESSORS,
ASPHALT ROLLERS,
PUMPS................................
GROUP D:
COMPRESSORS, MIXERS,
ROLLERS ...........................
GROUP E:
BACKFILLERS, CON­
CRETE SPREADERS.........
GROUP F:
OILERS, PUMPS..................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS, CONSTRUCTION
AND ERECTION.......................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ................................
PAINTERS:
COMMERCIAL........................
INDUSTRIAL...........................
RESIDENTIAL .........................
PAPERHANGERS:
COMMERCIAL........................
INDUSTRIAL...........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
SHEET-METAL WORKERS.......
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL AND
ORNAMENTAL
IRONWORKERS ......................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$12,200

$13,000

40.00

0.960

1.000

0.085

11.840

12.640

40.00

.960

1.000

.085

11.060

11.860

40.00

.960

1.000

.085

10.730

11.530

40.00

.960

1.000

.085

8.830
10.600
13.320

9.330
11.350
14.020

40.00
40.00
40.00

.960
-

-

1.000
.850
.350

-

e 1.500
_

_

.085
.015
_

_
_

11.000
11.085

13.000
11.635

40.00
40.00

.750
.650

-

.600
.450

-

*1.250

5.00
_

.205

3.85
_

11.035

11.585

40.00

.650

11.600
11.750
11.280

12.950
13.100
12.630

40.00
40.00
40.00

11.600
11.750
11.280
12.200
11.345
11.970

12.950
13.100
12.630
12.954
12.145
12.670

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

11.030
11.320
11.865
11.845

11.680
12.320
12.855
12.345

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
.600
.650

12.330
11.035

13.080
11.585

40.00
40.00

10.700
10.500

11.350
11.150

8.650
10.385
10.550

.450

-

-

-

-

.750
.700

-

-

.250
.250
.250
.250
.250
.250
1.600
.750
1.300

61.250
_
_

-

_
-

8 -500
.500
.500

.205
_
_

_
_

_
_

6 .500
6 .500
6 .500
_
8 1.500
8 1.000

_
6.00
_
_

_
_
.435
.235
.500

_
_
_
_
_

_
_
_

.055
.245
.560
.185

_
_
_

-

_

2.250
.850
.860
.450

_
_

“ .500
8 2.000
8 1.000
8 1.250

1.000
.650

~

1.450
.450

-

* 1.250

-

.035
.205

-

40.00
40.00

.800
.800

_

.800
.800

_

_

_

.100
.100

_

9.110
11.350
11.515

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
_

_

.690
_

_

* 1.000
1.000

6.00
_
_

.030
_
_

2.69
_
_

10.335
10.735
10.285

11.350
11.770
11.350

40.00
40.00
40.00

_
-

_
-

-

_

_

_

_

-

-

8 1.000
1.000
1.000

-

-

-

11.380

12.080

40.00

.600

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
MARBLE POLISHERS ...........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
BASE GRINDERS...................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
See footnotes at end of table.




44

.450

.070

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Cincinnati, Ohio
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS A-CONCRETE
PUMPS, CRANES, DER­
RICKS, DRAGLINES,
PILE DRIVING MACHINES ....
CLASS B-ASPHALT PAV­
ERS, BULLDOZERS, POW­
ER GRADERS ......................
CLASS C-CONCRETE MIX­
ERS, ASHPALT ROLLERS,
WELDING MACHINES..........
CLASS D-COMPRESSORS,
CONCRETE SAWS, CRUSH­
ERS, DRILLS ........................
CLASS E-OILERS, SIG­
NALMEN ................................

$11,790

$12,590

40.00

0.960

1.000

0.040

11.670

12.470

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

10.630

11.430

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

10.200

11.000

40.00

.960

8.140

8.640

40.00

.960

8.770

9.420

40.00

.700

.900

.100

11.380

12.080

40.00

.600

.450

.070

11.790

12.590

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

11.670

12.470

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

10.630

11.430

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

10.200

11.000

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

8.140

8.640

40.00

.960

8.770

9.420

40.00

.700

11.480
11.680
11.400
11.900
11.870
11.050
11.060
12.580

11.740
12.630
12.410
12.910
12.870
12.050
11.790
13.820

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

• .990
1.100
1.150
1.150
.950
.950
.950

1.000

-

1.000

.040

-

-

-

.040

-

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS ....

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS A-CONCRETE
PUMPS, CRANES, DER­
RICKS, DRAGLINES,
PILE DRIVING MACHINES ....
CLASS B-ASPHALT PAV­
ERS, BULLDOZERS, POW­
ER GRADERS .......................
CLASS C-CONCRETE MIX­
ERS, ASPHALT ROLLERS,
WELDING MACHINES..........
CLASS D-COMPRESSORS,
CONCRETE SAWS, CRUSH­
ERS, DRILLS..........................
CLASS E-OILERS, SIG­
NALMEN ................................

-

1.000

-

-

-

.040

-

Helpers and laborers
LABORERS, OTHER HEAVY
CONSTRUCTION ..................

.900

.100

Cleveland, Ohio
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS, GENERAL........
CAISSON AND SEWER ........
CARPENTERS........................
MILLWRIGHTS ....................
PILEDRIVERS ....................
CEMENT FINISHERS ..............

-

See footnotes at end of table.




45

-

-

1.300
1.330
1.330
1.400
1.670
1.670

-

-

-

-

e
8
6
6

3.300
1.000
1.250
1.250
6 1.000
8 1.500
8 1.500
-

.040
-

-

-

.070
.070
.040
.090
.400
2.040

2.50

-

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4
Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

3.00

e1.000

_
6.00

_
0.035

1.00
2.69

Cleveland, Ohio
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
DRYWALL TAPERS (FINISH­
ERS) ....................................
ELECTRICIANS
(INSIDE WIRERS)..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES (ALL TYPES)........
POWER SHOVELS,
DERRICKS..........................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
BULLDOZERS AND POWER
GRADERS...........................
TRENCH MACHINES
(UNDER 24 INCHES) .........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS (4 INCHES AND
OVER)..................................
COMPRESSORS,
PORTABLE ................................
ROLLERS, ASPHALT ..........
OILERS, SMALL PUMPS .....
GLAZIERS..................................
LATHERS ...................................
MACHINISTS.............................
MARBLE SETTERS...................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS..............................
PAINTERS .................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL ..........
SPRAY GUN..........................
SWING STAGE.....................
PAPERHANGERS .....................
PIPEFITTERS ............................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS....
PLASTERERS ....................
PLUMBERS........................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS.........................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS
STONEMASONS................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS..........................

$12,410
12.400
13.335

$13,660
13.620
14.300

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.820
.900
1.045

1.000
_

.510
.690

‘

'

'

13.170

13.720

40.00

.960

-

1.000

-

-

-

.090

-

13.170

13.720

40.00

.960

-

1.000

-

-

-

.090

-

13.020

13.570

40.00

.960

-

1.000

-

-

-

.090

-

12.670

13.220

40.00

.960

-

1.000

-

-

-

.090

-

12.670

13.220

40.00

.960

-

1.000

-

-

-

.090

-

.960
.960
.960
.550

_
-

1.000
1.000
1.000
.650
1.750

_
-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

.090
.090
.090

_

-

*1.500

-

-

-

-

-

-

81.750
1.875
.070

-

11.890
12.670
9.640
11.330
11.880
11.000
11.400

12.440
13.220
9.940
12.180
12.630
12.000
12.410

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.150

11.400
11.710
12.410
12.110
12.010
11.710
11.450
11.450
12.000
11.710

12.410
12.960
13.660
13.360
13.260
12.960
12.610
12.610
13.280
12.860

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.150
.820
.820
.820
.820
.820
1.060
1.060
.850
.900

11.720
11.983
11.983
11.830
11.400
11.720
11.905

12.970
13.260
13.260
12.830
12.410
12.970
12.905

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
.250
.250
.700
1.150
1.050

-

-

-

-

-

'

-

_
-

-

_
-

-

3.85
-

-

3.08
-

-

-

1.330

-

81.250

1.330
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.300
1.300

_

81.250

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.070

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

61.000
61.000
“2.000
“ 1.000

-

-

-

-

.400
.400
.130
.350

_
-

2.100

-

1.100
.500
.500
1.480
1.330
1.100
1.750

_

*1.000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*1.000
*1.250
*1.000
*1.000

-

-

-

-

-

-

.390
.390

-

_

_

6.00

.035

2.69

‘

-

-

_

-

.030
2.050
2.050
.150
.070
.030

-

_
-

'

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .....
BUILDING LABORERS...........
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .............................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS....
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ........
TERRAZZO FINISHERS’
HELPERS ...............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS........

10.520
10.520

11.530
11.530

40.00
40.00

1.110
1.110

-

9.330
11.760
10.520
10.520

10.010
12.510
11.530
11.530

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045

_

12.620
12.290

13.570
13.040

40.00
40.00

_

_

12.030

12.730

40.00

.600

-

-

1.110
1.110

-

-

1.550
1.550
.690
2.000
1.550
1.550
1.500
2.000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.390
.390

-

_

_

_

.050

_

-

-

-

.050

_

_
_

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS..............
See footnotes at end of table.




46

.450

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Cleveland, Ohio
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENTCRANES, POWER SHOV­
ELS, DERRICKS.................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENTBULLDOZERS, POWER
GRADERS, TRENCH MA­
CHINES UNDER 24 IN.........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS 4 IN. AND OVER,
ASPHALT ROLLERS.........
PORTABLE COMPRESSORS

$12,780

$13,330

40.00

0.960

1.000

0.040

12.680

13.230

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

11.640
11.170

12.190
11.720

40.00
40.00

.960
.960

10.030

10.880

40.00

.700

.900

.100

12.030

12.730

40.00

.600

.450

.050

13.300

14.800

40.00

.600

.450

.050

12.780

13.330

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

12.680

13.230

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

11.640
11.170

12.190
11.720

40.00
40.00

.960
.960

10.030

10.880

40.00

.700

12.070
9.800
11.140
10.790
10.790
10.050

*12.070
10.700
12.290
11.470
11.470
10.050

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.600
1.050
.800
.600
.600
.600

11.090

11.790

40.00

.650

12.180
12.220

13.150
12.970

40.00
40.00

.400
1.045

-

1.020
.690

12.360

13.160

40.00

.960

-

1.000

-

1.000
1.000

-

-

-

.040
.040

-

Helpers and laborers
COMMON LABORERS ............
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS...... .......
SEWAGE TREATMENT
PLANTS ............................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENTCRANES, POWER SHOV­
ELS, DERRICKS.................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENTBULLDOZERS, POWER
GRADERS, TRENCH MA­
CHINES UNDER 24 IN.........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS 4 IN. AND OVER,
ASPHALT ROLLERS..........
PORTABLE COMPRESSORS

-

1.000
1.000

-

-

-

.040
.040

-

Helpers and laborers
COMMON LABORERS............

.100

.900

Columbus, Ohio
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS...........
BOILERMAKERS....................
BRICKLAYERS.......................
CARPENTERS........................
RESILIENT FLOOR LAYERS..
CEMENT FINISHERS..............
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) ........................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ............................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES (ALL TYPES)........

See footnotes at end of table.




47

-

-

1.150
1.100
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000

*1.000
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

*.900

_
-

.050
1.500
.010
.040
.040
.040

_
_
_
-

.850
.

3.00
-

-

-

-

6.00

-

.030

.070

1.00
2.69

_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Columbus, Ohio
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
POWER SHOVELS ...............
DERRiCKS ............................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
POWER GRADERS, BULLDOZERS...............................
TRENCH MACHINES ( 24
IN. AND UNDER).................
ROLLER BRICK, GRADE....
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS, 4 IN. AND OVER ....
PORTABLE COMPRESSORS
ASPHALT ROLLERS ............
BACKFILLERS, CONCRETE
SPREADERS .......................
OILERS, SMALL PUMPS ......
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
TERRAZZO WORKERS.............
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY ....................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL ...........
SWING STAGE ......................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
RIGGERS AND MACHINERY
MOVERS ...............................
WELDERS...............................
FENCE ERECTORS...............
SHEETERS .............................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL IRON
WORKERS..................................
TILE LAYERS.......... ..................

_

_
-

1.000
1.000

.960

-

1.000

-

1.000
1.000

-

$12,360
12.360

$13,160
13.160

40.00
40.00

0.960
.960

12.200

13.000

40.00

-

_
-

_

_

-

0.070
.070

-

-

.070

-

-

-

.070
.070

-

-

11.840
11.060

12.640
11.860

40.00
40.00

.960
.960

-

11.840
11.060
11.840

12.640
11.860
12.640

40.00
40.00
40.00

.960
.960
.960

-

1.000
1.000
1.000

-

-

-

.070
.070
.070

-

10.730
8.830
11.020
10.350
11.350
11.350
10.690
11.190
10.990
10.990
10.690
12.000
10.590
12.000

11.530
9.330
12.020
11.200
12.300
12.300
11.390
11.890
11.690
11.690
11.390
12.680
11.440
12.680

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.960
.960
.650
.650
.650
.650
.650
.810
.600
.810

-

1.000
1.000
.570
.400
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.820
.300
.820

-

*0.200
*1.000
81.000

-

.070
.070
.010
1.270
.020
.020
_
.310
.520
.310

_
_
_
-

11.300

12.100

40.00

1.000

-

2.200

-

-

-

.010

-

11.300
11.300
11.300
11.300
10.795
10.795
11.310
10.340
11.300

12.100
12.100
12.100
12.100
11.800
11.800
11.950
11.490
12.100

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.600
.600
.860
.800
1.000

-

-

*1.000
81.000

_
-

-

2.200
2.200
2.200
2.200
.650
.650
1.240
1.000
2.200

_
_
_
_
3.00
_

11.300
11.350

12.100
12.300

40.00
40.00

1.000
-

-

2.200
-

-

8.290
8.040

8.840
8.540

40.00
40.00

.800
.800

8.550
9.000
8.290

9.080
9.700
8.840

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045

9.000
9.350
9.150
9.000

9.700
10.050
9.850
9.700

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

10.580

11.280

40.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.010
.010
.010
.010
_
.220
.010
.010

-

-

-

.010
.020

-

_

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS:
AFTER 6 MONTHS ................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ..................................
BASE GRINDERS...................
FLOOR GRINDERS................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

-

.800

_
-

.800
.800

-

.690

-

-

.800

_

_

_

-

-

-

.600
.600

-

-

6.00

.030

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

.600

_
_

2.69
_
-

-

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

_

-

_

_

_
_

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

-

.600

-

.450

-

-

-

-

-

_

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
See footnotes at end of table.




48

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Columbus, Ohio
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT ...........
POWER GRADERS, BULLDO­
ZERS, TRENCH MACHINES .
ASPHALT ROLLERS, PUMPS
(4 IN. AND OVER) .............
ROLLERS, BRICK GRADE,
PORTABLE COMPRESSORS

$11,790

$12,590

40.00

0.960

1.000

11.670

12.470

40.00

.960

1.000

0.040
.040

10.630

11.430

40.00

.960

_

1.000

.

10.200

11.000

40.00

.960

-

1.000

-

-

8.770

9.420

40.00

.800

.

.800

.

.

10.580

11.280

40.00

.600

.450

11.790

12.590

40.00

.960

1.000

11.670

12.470

40.00

.960

.040
-

.040

-

Helpers and laborers
COMMON LABORERS ............

.100

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS..............
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT ...........
POWER GRADERS, BULLDO­
ZERS, TRENCH MACHINES .
ASPHALT ROLLERS, PUMPS
(4 IN. AND OVER) .............
ROLLERS, BRICK GRADE,
PORTABLE COMPRESSORS

.040

1.000

10.630

11.430

40.00

.960

.

10.200

11.000

40.00

.960

-

8.770

9.420

40.00

.800

10.740
10.550
9.060
7.990
10.050
8.750

11.440
12.050
9.590
8.440
10.550
9.250

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.975
.370
.510

.040

1.000

.

.

1.000

-

-

.040
-

.040

-

Helpers and laborers
COMMON LABORERS ............

.800

.100

Corpus Christi, Texas
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS...........
BOILERMAKERS ....................
BRICKLAYERS.......................
CARPENTERS........................
MILLWRIGHTS............. ......
CEMENT FINISHERS..............
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) ........................
DRYWALL TAPING MACHINE
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ............................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT ...........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT.............
GLAZIERS.............................
LATHERS ..............................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...........................
PAINTERS:
COMMERCIAL.....................
SPRAY .............................
INDUSTRIAL:
NEW CONSTRUCTION .......

8.100
9.050

8.450
9.400

40.00
40.00

-

.550
.550

-

-

10.550
9.945

11.300
10.340

40.00
40.00

.600
.895

-

8.350
7.225
7.350
9.050

8.850
7.725
7.860
9.700

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.370
.370

-

8.430

8.680

40.00

.370

8.100
8.500

8.450
8.850

40.00
40.00

.550
.550

-

8.650

9.000

40.00

.550

-

-

.650

See footnotes at end of table.




-

49

.650
1.000
.300
.350

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

.

.

-

-

.250
.250

3.00

-

.690
.750
.750
.200
.200

-

-

.060
_

-

-

.
-

-

6.00

.030

-

1.00
2.69

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

*1.300

-

_

_

.250
.250

-

-

-

-

_

.250

-

-

-

-

-

.150

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Corpus Christ!, Texas
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
MAINTENANCE .....................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS ..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

$8,050
8.500
10.150
9.840

$8,400
8.850
10.700
9 9.840

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.550
.550
.450

7.370
6.775
6.775
8.860
7.370

7.720
7.225
7.225
9.570
7.720

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

5.860
5.560

6.160
5.860

40.00
40.00

_

_

-

_
-

_
0.080

_
-

-

0.250
.250
.350

.550
.450
.550

-

1.150
.250
.250
.375
1.150

-

0.400
-

-

.040
-

-

.400
.400

_
-

.130
.130

_
-

_
-

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

6.00
-

.030
-

2.69
-

_
_
-

-

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ..................................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......

6.960
5.860

7.240
6.160

40.00
40.00

.895
400

-

.690
.130

-

9.500
7.975
8.220

10.000
8.475
8.620

40.00
40.00
40.00

.370
.370
.550

-

.750
.750
1.150

-

-

_
_
-

_
_

10.030
10.550
9.850
10.200
10.640
9.785

11.130
12.000
10.880
10.600
11.500
10.300

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.975
.450
.550
.550
.550

_

_

_
_

_
_
_
_
_

_
_
.050
_
_
_

_
_
_
_

-

.760
1.000
.500
.450
_
.600

9.775

10.165

40.00

.450

-

.500

-

-

_

_

_

10.589
10.090

11.280
10.370

40.00
40.00

.600
1.045

-

.690

7.00
-

_

*4.00
6.00

.035

1.00
2.69

9.750
9.350
8.840
10.180
12.760
9.400

10.030
9.630
9.090
10.780
13.960
9.950

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.650
.400

.900
.900
.550
_
.300

_
_

_
_
".500
*.500
_

_
_
_
_

_
_
_
.080
_
_

_
_

-

-

9.400
9.525
8.650
9.900

9.950
9.905
8.995
10.295

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
.450
.450

-

.300
.500
.500
.500

_

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
_
_
_

_
_
_
_

9.900
9.775
9.980
9.740
9.980

10.295
10.165
10.270
10.340
10.270

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
.450
.430
.450
.430

-

.500
.500
1.000
1.000

_
-

_
_
‘ .250
‘ .500
".250

_
_
_

_
.040
.080
.040

_
_
_
_

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT .............
LIGHT EQUIPMENT...............
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

-

-

Dallas, Texas

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS ........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT .............
LIGHT EQUIPMENT...............
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
RESIDENTIAL .........................
SPRAY PAINTERS.................
STRUCTURAL STEEL SWING
STAGE ...................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS ............... .............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................

-

See footnotes at end of table.




50

-

-

-

-

_
_

-

_
_

-

_
_
_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

00.200
-

-

0.120
.050
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dollars

Percent

Dallas, Texas
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
REINFORCING IRON
W O RK ER S.....................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL W O RKERS........
STONEMASONS...........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LA YER S................................

$9,550
8.780
8.930
10.225
9.850
9.550
9.400

$9,930
9.000
9.150
10.510
10.880
9.930
9.950

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.550
.500
.450
.550
-

-

1.150
.250
.250
.660
.500
1.150
.300

6.570
6.570
6.320

6.740
6.740
6.490

40.00
40.00
40.00

.300
.300
.300

-

.400
.400
.400

-

-

-

.020
.020
.020

-

7.060
7.400
6.570

7.260
7.580
6.740

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
.300

-

.690
.400

-

-

6.00
-

.035
.020

2.69
-

6.570
7.400

6.740
7.580

40.00
40.00

.300
-

-

.400
-

-

-

-

.020
-

-

10.240
11.000
10.240
10.490
10.065
10.115
9.992
10.080

11.790
12.870
11.030
11.280
10.565
10.565
10.590
10.690

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
1.150
.850
.850
.900
.900
.900
.550

-

1.370
1.000
.950
.950
.950
.950
.850
1.250

~
-

10.580

11.190

40.00

.550

10.400
11.000

11.610
11.960

40.00
40.00

.750
.750

-

1.150
1.150

-

.750
.750

10.943
11.177
8.016
11.140

12.168
12.402
8.612
11.710

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.590
.895

-

1.250
1.250
.560

3.00
3.00
3.00
-

-

8.750

9.250

40.00

.790

1.000

.450

.140

9.100

9.600

40.00

.790

1.000

.450

.140

9.450

9.950

40.00

.790

1.000

.450

.140

9.600

10.100

40.00

.790

1.000

.450

.140

9.750

10.250

40.00

.790

.450

.140

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
MORTAR M IXER S....................
BUILDING LABORERS ...............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .....................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ....................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPER S...........
Denver, Colo.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS W O RK ER S...............
BOILERMAKERS ..........................
BRICKLAYERS..............................
SEWER WORKERS .................
CARPENTERS...............................
RESIDENTIAL ...........................
MILLW RIGHTS..........................
CEMENT FINISHER S...................
COMPOSITION FLOOR
LAYERS AND MACHINE
OPERATORS ...........................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS):
HAND .........................................
M A CH IN E...................................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) .....................................
CABLE SPLICERS....................
RESIDENTIAL W IR E R S ..........
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP 1:
TRACTORS UNDER 70
H.P............................................
GROUP 2:
CONVEYORS, FORKLIFTS ..
GROUP 3:
TRACTORS 70 H.P. AND
OVER .....................................
GROUP 4:
CRANES 50 T. AND
U N D E R ...................................
GROUP 5:
CRANES OVER 50 T ............

See footnotes at end of table.




51

-

1.000

.850
8.600

-

-

*8.00
-

®.600

1.250

-

61.200
.500
.500
.850

-

.050
.210
.210
-

.050
.067

-

.067

-

-

*4.00

6 4.00
6 4.00
6.00

.025

6 3.40
*3.4 0
1.00
2.30

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Denver, Colo.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
GROUP 6:
WHEEL EXCAVATORS........
GLAZIERS......................................
LATHERS .......................................
MARBLE S E TT ER S......................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ..................................
PAINTERS .....................................
SPRAY .......................................
PAPERHANGERS .........................
PIPEFITTERS ................................
PLASTERERS ...............................
PLUMBERS....................................
REINFORCING IRON
W O RK ER S.....................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL W O RK ER S........
STONEMASONS...........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LA YER S................................

$9,900
11.550
r 10.840
10.890

$10,400
12.310
12.040
11.900

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.790
1.100

-

-

1.150
1.150
1.150
1.150
1.050
1.150

-

-

1.250
1.510
.950
1.250
1.150

-

-

_
_

_
-

-

10.390
10.400
11.000
11.000
11.170
10.340
11.170

11.900
11.360
11.960
11.960
11.170
11.140
12.170

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
.750
.750
.750
.800
.400
.850

10.950
10.470
10.470
11.450
10.240
10.950
10.390

11.600
11.770
11.770
12.050
11.030
11.600
11.900

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.040
.800
.800
.680
.850
1.040
1.100

8.470
7.670
8.170

8.990
8.190
8.690

40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.550
.550

7.800
8.400
8.470

8.200
8.950
8.990

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
1.100
.550

8.470

8.990

40.00

8.400

8.950

9.100
8.550
8.400

-

1.000
.500
1.150

0.450

-

-

-

.500
.500

-

.500
".750
.750
.750
.750
“.500
.800

-

-

4.00
-

0.140
.200
.050
.050
-

_
_
_
_
_

-

.100
.200
.190

# 500
.500
_

_
_

_
_
.200
.210
_

-

.50(7

-

.050

-

.650
.650
.650

_
_
-

.100
.100
.100

_
_

.100
.100
.100

_
_

-

.560
1.150
.650

_
_

6.00
_
_

.025
.050
.100

2.30

.500
.100

.550

-

.650

_

.100

_

.100

_

40.00

1.100

-

1.150

_

.500

_

.050

_

9.650
9.100
8.950

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100

-

1.150
1.150
1.150

_
_

_
_

-

.500
.500
.500

-

.050
.050
.050

9.090
9.050

9.870
10.010,

40.00
40.00

.900
.550

-

.950
1.250

_
_

.850
6.300

_
_

.020
.020

_

8.750

9.250

40.00

.790

_

1.040

_

.450

_

.090

_

9.100

9.600

40.00

.790

_

1.040

_

.450

_

.090

_

9.450

9.950

40.00

.790

-

1.040

_

.450

_

.090

_

9.600

10.100

40.00

.790

-

1.040

_

.450

_

.090

_

1.040

_

.450

_

.090

_

1.040

-

.450

-

.090

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
_
_
3.00
_
_

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS ...............
PIPELAYERS.............................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS
(DRAIN LAYER S)........ ..............
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .... ...............................
BASE AND WALL MACHINE
G R IN D ER S ...............................
FLOOR MACHINE GRINDERS
TILE LAYERS’ H ELPER S...........

_

-

■

_

_

_
_
-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS...............................
CEMENT FINISHER S...................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP 1:
TRACTOR UNDER 70 HP......
GROUP 2:
CONVEYOR, FORKLIFT .......
GROUP 3:
TRACTOR 70 HP. AND
O V E R .......................................
GROUP 4:
CRANE 50 TONS AND
UNDER ....................................
GROUP 5:
CRANE OVER 50 T O N S .......
GROUP 6:
WHEEL EXCAVATOR............

9.750

10.250

40.00

.790

_

9.900

10.400

40.00

.790

-

See footnotes at end of table.




_

52

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Denver, Colo.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS:
GROUP 1 ...................................
GROUP 2-CONCRETE SAW
AND CEMENT FINISHER
HELPERS .................................
GROUP 3-PIPELAYERS;
MIXER MEN; HYDRO­
BROOMS ..................................
GROUP 4-W AGON DRILLS
AND AIR TRACKS .................
GROUP 6-MASO N TEN­
DERS, BRICK AND
PLASTER ..................................

$7,570

$8,140

40.00

0.550

0.650

1.000

0.070

7.670

8.240

40.00

.550

.650

1.000

.070

7.970

8.540

40.00

.550

.650

1.000

.070

8.120

8.690

40.00

.550

.650

1.000

.070

8.470

8.990

40.00

.550

_

9.090
9.635
9.050

9.870
10.415
10.010

40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.550

-

8.750

9.250

40.00

.790

1.040

.450

.090

9.100

9.600

40.00

.790

1.040

.450

.090

9.450

9.950

40.00

.790

1.040

.450

.090

9.600

10.100

40.00

.790

1.040

.450

.090

9.750

10.250

40.00

.790

1.040

.450

.090

9.900

10.400

40.00

.790

7.570

8.140

40.00

.550

.650

.100

.070

7.670

8.240

40.00

.550

.650

.100

.070

7.970

8.540

40.00

.550

.650

.100

.070

_

.650

.100

.070

_

.650

.650

_

1.000

_

.070

_

-

.850
.850
®.300

-

.020
.020
.020

-

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS...............................
UTILITY W O R K ER S................
CEMENT FINISHER S...................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP 1:
TRACTOR UNDER 70 HP......
GROUP 2:
CONVEYOR, FORKLIFT .......
GROUP 3:
TRACTOR 70 HP. AND
O V E R .......................................
GROUP 4:
CRANE 50 TONS AND
UNDER ....................................
GROUP 5:
CRANE OVER 50 T O N S .......
GROUP 6:
WHEEL EXCAVATOR............

-

-

.950
.950
1.250

1.040

-

-

.450

-

.090

-

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS:
GROUP 1 ...................................
GROUP 2-CONCRETE SAW
AND CEMENT FINISHER
HELPERS .................................
GROUP 3-PIPELAYERS;
MIXER MEN; HYDRO­
BROOMS ..................................
GROUP 4-W AGON DRILLS
AND AIRTRACKS....................
GROUP 6-M ASO N TEN­
DERS, BRICK AND
PLASTER...... ...........................

8.120

8.690

40.00

.550

8.470

8.990

40.00

.550

11.700
11.955
12.140

12.350
13.065
13.070

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.205
1.275
1.000

_

.100

_

.070

_

.420

0.77

Detroit, Mich.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS W O RK ER S..............
BOILERMAKERS ..........................
BRICKLAYERS..............................

See footnotes at end of table.




53

-

-

1.685
1.300
1.340

-

-

81.500
2.000
1.440

-

-

-

.210

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour’

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension

Other5

Vacation

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Detroit, Mich.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
CLEANERS, CAULKERS AND
POINTERS.............................
CEMENT BLOCK LAYERS.....
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT MASONS ...............
DRYWALL TAPERS (FINISHERS).........................................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
BOOM AND JIB OR LEADS
220 FT. OR LONGER...........
BOOM AND JIB OR LEADS
140 FT. OR LONGER...........
BOOM AND JIB OR LEADS
120 FT OR LONGER............
CRANE OPERATORS............
REGULAR ENGINEERS........
COMPRESSORS.....................
FIREMEN AND OILERS ........
GLAZIERS (OUTSIDE)...............
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....... ............
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...............................
PAINTERS ........................ .........
SPRAY OR SWING (UNDER
40 FEET) .................... .........
PAPERHANGERS........ ..... ........
PIPEFITTERS .............................
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
PRECAST TILE .......................
SHEET-METAL WORKERS:
AGREEMENT A ......................
AGREEMENT B ......................
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
RIGGERS............................ .
TILE LAYERS.............................

$12,140
12.140
11.790
11.630
11.130

$13,070
13.070
12.780
12.500
11.970

40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.001
1.000

-

1.340
1.340
-

11.00
14.50
11.00

1.440
1.440
-

11.00
22.50
11.00

0.210
.210
.030
.020

-

11.600

12.350

40.00

1.010

-

1.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

12.149
13.205

13.104
14.105

35.00
40.00

1.500
1.045

-

1.200
.690

3.00
-

-

“9.00
6.00

.150
.025

1.00
2.69

12.740

13.730

40.00

.950

-

1.500

-

-

11.00

.030

-

12.510

13.500

40.00

.950

-

1.500

-

-

11.00

.030

-

12.200
12.080
11.700
10.320
9.440
10.970
11.260
12.080

13.100
12.860
12.490
10.770
9.890
11.940
12.160
12.380

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00

.950
.950
.950
.950
.950
.700
1.290
1.000

-

1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.000
1.140
1.400

-

*.350
“.890
1.000

11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
-

.030
.030
.030
.030
.030
.440
-

1.75
-

11.190
11.350

11.420
12.100

40.00
40.00

1.000
1.010

-

1.400
1.350

-

1.000
1.150

-

.100
-

-

11.850
11.350
11.550
11.500
12.200
11.310

12.600
12.100
12.460
12.205
12.930
12.000

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.010
1.010
1.250
.750
1.000
1.250

-

1.350
1.350
1.600
1.050
1.000
1.700

-

1.150
1.150
2.000
#1.550
“ 1.000
1.690

-

-

-

_
.160
.550
.060
.440

10.970
11.510
12.510
11.510

11.940
12.510
13.510
12.510

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.980
.900
.900
.900

-

.900
.900
.900

15.00
-

1.200
1.200
1.200

16.00
-

.360
.180
.180
.180

_
_

11.305
11.390
12.140
11.900
10.500
11.610

12.095
12.390
13.070
12.585
11.000
11.880

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.480
1.610
1.000
1.540
1.000

-

1.973
1.770
1.340
2.390
1.400

-

1.350
1.000
1.440
1.980
1.000

_

_

_
18.00
_
-

.690
.730
.210
.040
_
.050

9.630
9.610
9.530

10.150
10.130
10.050

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000
1 .00a

_

1.100
1.100
1.100

_
_
_

.130
_
_

9.240
9.710
10.880

9.870
10.150
11.780

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
1.000
.850

-

.690
1.200
.800

-

_
1.000
“1.000

6.00
-

10.830

11.020

40.00

1.000

-

.500

-

61.000

_

.200

_

11.230
9.710

11.420
10.150

40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000

-

.500
1.200

_

“ 1.000
1.000

_

.200
.300

_

-

9.00
-

-

-

-

17.00
-

-

-

-

_

_

_
_
_
-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
MORTAR MIXERS..................
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS.........
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS’ HELPERS............
BASE MACHINE
OPERATORS
OR BASE GRINDERS ..........
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........
See footnotes at end of table.




54

_
-

.950
.950
.950

_

-

-

.025
.250
*.080

_
_
2.69
_

_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Detroit, Mich.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT MASONS ....................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS l-ASPHALT ROL­
LERS, CRANES, PAVERS
(5 BAGS OR MORE),
GRADEALLS, BULL­
DOZERS, TRENCHING
MACHINES............................
CLASS ll-BACKHOES,
SWEEPERS, CRUSHERS.....
CLASS III—AIR COM­
PRESSORS, CONCRETE
BREAKERS ...........................
CLASS IV-OILERS, FIN­
ISHING MACHINES, ENDLOADERS (UNDER 1 Y D )....

$11,550

$12,270

40.00

0.700

0.500

9.860

10.440

40.00

.950

1.500

11.00

.030

9.630

10.220

40.00

.950

1.500

11.00

.030

9.180

9.770

40.00

.950

1.500

11.00

.030

9.050

9.630

40.00

.950

_

1.500

_

_

11.00

.030

_

8.890

9.570

40.00

.650

.

.350

.

0.650

.

.070

.

11.550

12.270

40.00

.700

10.180
10.060
9.230
8.710

10.810
10.690
9.680
9.160

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
.950
.950
.950

10.610
10.490
9.830
9.310

11.140
11.030
10.370
9.860

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.900
.900

8.090
8.360

8.790
8.810

40.00
40.00

.650
.900

10.100
11.955
11.000
9.630
11.630
10.250

10.600
13.065
11.950
10.480
12.500
10.800

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
1.275
.800
.600
1.001
.700

9.050

10.100

40.00

12.050
12.075

40.00
40.00

0.030

Helpers and laborers
HIGHWAY LABORERS..............
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT MASONS ....................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
DISTRIBUTION:
CLASS I ..................................
C U S S II .................................
C U S S III ................................
C U S S IV ................................
UNDERGROUND:
C U S S I ..................................
C U S S II .................................
C U S S III ................................
C U S S IV ................................

.500

-

1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500

.030

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500

-

-

.350
.750

-

.650
.850

-

11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

.010
.010
.010
.010

11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

.030
.030
.030
.030

-

.040
.080

-

-

Helpers and laborers
DISTRIBUTION UBORERS ......
UNDERGROUND UBORERS ....

-

Flint, Mich.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS........................
BRICKUYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS (FINISH­
ERS) ..........................................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...

11.600
11.260

-

1.780
1.300
1.300
.700

-

2.000
2.000
•.500
•.610

-

.750

14.50
-

.500

.

.700

.

*600

.600
.895

-

1.500
.690

3.00
-

*500
-

See footnotes at end of table.




-

55

-

-

-

*1.150

-

22.50
-

6.00

-

.050
.020

-

-

-

-

-

.035

2.69

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

11.00

0.020

Percent

Flint, Mich.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CRANES WITH BOOM AND
JIB 220 FEET OR
LONGER (CLASS A ).............
CRANES WITH MAIN BOOM
AND JIB 140 FEET OR
LONGER (CLASS B ).............
GRADERS, DOZERS, AND
HOISTS (CLASS C )...............
AIR TUGGERS, WINCH
TRUCKS (CLASS D ) .............
PUMPS OVER 6 INCHES
(CLASS E) ....;........................
AIR COMPRESSORS, PUMPS
UNDER 6 INCHES (CLASS
F) ...........................................
OILERS ...................................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE MASONS.....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY ....................................
SWING STAGE.......................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS...........................

$11,348

$13,550

40.00

0.950

11.125

13.300

40.00

.950

-

1.500

-

-

11.00

.020

-

10.680

12.800

40.00

.950

-

1.500

-

-

11.00

.020

-

9.968

11.650

40.00

.950

-

1.500

-

-

11.00

.020

-

9.790

11.450

40.00

.950

-

1.500

-

-

11.00

.020

-

8.722
8.099
9.910
10.820
11.000

10.250
9.550
10.800
11.620
11.950

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
.950
.940
1.060
.800

-

-

-

11.00
11.00
6.00

.020
.020
.020
.100
.050

1.54

-

a0.500
*.500

9.600
9.050
9.350
9.350
9.350
11.170
9.670
11.170

10.550
10.100
10.400
10.400
10.400
11.730
10.260
11.730

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.800
.500
.500
.500
.500
1.050
.700
1.050

_

_

_

_

-

•.600
•.600
e.600
*.600
*1.250
*1.020
*1.250

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

10.970
12.250
12.600
10.650
11.000
11.900
9.600

11.940
12.680
13.030
11.550
11.950
12.585
10.500

40.00
40.00
>40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.980
.700
.700
.790
.800
.800

1.500

-

_
-

_
-

9.00

1.500
1.500
.800
.300
1.300
1.300
.700
.700
.700
.700
1.450
.750
1.450
_

-

-

15.00

.800
.800
1.300
1.300
1.300

17.00
~

_

-

-

-

16.00

.300
.100
.300

-

_

-

-

-

.360

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
_
_

1.000
*.500
-

_
18.00

.120
.050
.040

*.500
*.500

-

.040
.040

-

-

-

-

-

_

6.00

.035
.040

2.69

'
Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .....
BUILDING LABORERS............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS ...............................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ...............................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS....

8.440
8.440

9.040
9.040

40.00
40.00

.650
.650

-

.750
.750

-

7.680

7.830

40.00

.700

-

.800

-

7.880
8.440

8.450
9.040

40.00
40.00

.895
.650

_

.690
.750

_

9.730
11.550

10.330
12.470

40.00
40.00

.600
.500

9.860

10.440

40.00

.950

-

1.500

9.630

10.220

40.00

.950

-

1.500

*.500

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS..........................
CEMENT FINISHERS..............
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS l-CRANES, SHOV­
ELS, PAVERS .....................
CLASS ll-CRUSHERS,
BACKHOESWITH LESS
THAN 3/8 YD. BUCKET....
See footnotes at end of table.




56

.700
.500

“.650
~

_

.030

-

-

-

11.00

.030

-

-

-

11.00

.030

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

f

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other

Percent

Dollars

11.00

0.030

11.00

.030

Percent

Flint, Mich.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CLASS III--AIR COM­
PRESSORS ...........................
CLASS IV-BOOM OR
WINCH HOISTS, ROLLER
OPERATORS ........................

$9,180

$9,770

40.00

0.950

9.050

9.630

40.00

.950

8.890

9570

40.00

.650

9.730
11.550

10.330
12.470

40.00
40.00

.600
.500

-

.700
.500

-

9.360
9.270
9.070
8.550
8.100

9.990
9.900
9.700
9.000
8.550

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
.950
.950
.950
.950

-

1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500

-

10.610

11.140

40.00

.900

1.500

_

1.500

_

_

_

Helpers and laborers
LABORERS.................................

.350

*0.650

.070

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
AGREEMENT A:
CLASS I .................................
CLASS ll-A ............................
CLASS ll-B ............................
CLASS I I I ...............................
CLASS IV ...............................
AGREEMENT B (UNDER­
GROUND):
CLASS l-CRANES,
BACKHOES .........................
CLASS ll-DOZERS,
TRENCHERS ........................
CLASS lll-COMPRESSORS....................................
CLASS IV-ROLLERS ...........

.650
-

-

-

1.250

-

.030

-

11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

.010
.010
.010
.010
.010

_

11.00

.030

11.00

.030

11.00
11.00

.030
.030

10.490

11.030

40.00

.900

1.250

9.830
9.310

10.370
9.860

40.00
40.00

.900
.900

1.250
1.250

7.500

8.100

40.00

.650

10.430
10.550
10.100
10.200
10.640
9.945

11.130
12.000
10.880
10.600
11.500
10.460

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.975
.450
.550
.550
.400

-

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
LABORERS.................................

.650

.550

.080

Fort Worth, Texas
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
CEMENT MASONS ....................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT .............
LIGHT EQUIPMENT...............
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...............................

-

-

.760
1.000
.500
.450
.600

-

_
-

7.00
-

10.645

11.055

40.00

10.463
10.090

11.280
10.370

40.00
40.00

.600
1.045

-

.690

9.550
9.150
8.840
10.180
9.400

9.830
9.430
9.090
10.780
9.950

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.650
.400
-

-

1.000
1.000
.550
.300

_

9.400

9.950

40.00

-

-

.300

-

-

.040
_
_

_
_
_
_
_

_

86.00
6.00

.035

1.00
2.69

8.500
*.500
_

_

.080
_

_
_
_
_

-

-

-

-

I

.200

See footnotes at end of table.




-

57

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vac*ition

Percent

Dollars

-

*0.250

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Fort Worth, Texas
-Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY, SWING STAGE,
STRUCTURAL STEEL..........
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS. COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$10,395

$10,805

40.00

0.200

10.645
10.710
9.980

11.305
11.310
10.270

40.00
40.00
40.00

9.550
9.015
9.165
10.225
9.550
9.400

9.930
9.235
9.385
10.510
9.930
9.950

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.550
-

-

1.150
.660
1.150
.300

6.570
6.320

6.740
6.490

40.00
40.00

.300
.300

-

.400
.400

7.060
7.400
6.570

7.260
7.580
6.640

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045

6.570
7.400

6.740
7.580

14.100
13.625
12.350
12.700
12.850
13.200
12.850
12.850
11.000

0.430

-

.550
-

-

.200
1.000

-

-

-

0.080
.040

-

_
-

-

'.200
-

_
-

.120
-

-

_

_

.020
.020

_

-

6.00
_
-

.035
_
.020

2.69
_
-

-

.020
-

-

.

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS........
BUILDING LABORERS.............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS.......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS (3 )..........................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

.690

.300

-

.400

-

_

40.00
40.00

.300
-

-

.400
-

-

-

15.210
14.360
13.450
13.330
13.480
13.830
13.480
13.480
11.900

40.00
40.00
35.00
36.00
36.00
36.00
36.00
36.00
40.00

1.120
1.175
1.650
1.605
1.605
1.605
1.605
1.605
1.550

13.644
14.820

15.714
16.370

36.00
40.00

10.000
10.230

11.000
11.230

10.820
11.050

-

-

Fremont, Calif.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS........... ............
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
FLOOR LAYERS.....................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
SHINGLERS...........................
POWER SAW OPERATORS ...
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
COMPRESSORS.....................
ROSS CARRIERS...................
MATERIAL HOISTS (1
DRUM)...................................
COMPRESSORS (OVER 2) ....
SMALL RUBBER-TIRED
TRACTORS...........................
MATERIAL HOISTS (2 OR
MORE DRUMS).....................
DOZERS, TRACTORS, EUCLIDS, T-PULLS....................
TRACTORS (WITH BOOM)
D6 OR LARGER....................
MULTIPLE ENGINE EARTHMOVING MACHINES............
BACKHOES (HYDRAULIC),
POWER SHOVELS, CLAM­
SHELLS, DRAGLINES (UP
TO 1 CU. YD. MRC) .............

-

1.300
1.000
1.250
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.750

-

1.300
.895

-

1.900
.690

3.00
-

40.00
40.00

1.500
1.500

-

2.350
2.350

11.820
12.050

40.00
40.00

1.500
1.500

-

2.350
2.350

11.210

12.210

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

11.370

12.380

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

11.810

12.850

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.040

13.090

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.260

13.320

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.380

13.450

40.00

1.500

See footnotes at end of table.




58

-

-

-

2.350

2.020
1.000
1.000
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.800

_
_
_
-

.040
.400
.120
.120
.120
.120
.120
-

_

10.00
6.00

.030

1.70
2.80

-

1.150
1.150

_

_

_

-

1.150
1.150

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

1.150

-

_
_
_
_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
pfer
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Fremont, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
POWER SHOVELS, CLAM­
SHELLS, DRAGLINES,
BACKHOES, GRADEALLS
(OVER 1 AND UP TO 7
CU. YDS. MRC) .....................
POWER SHOVELS AND
DRAGLINES (OVER 7 CU.
YDS. MRC)................ ............
LOADERS (OVER 18 CU.
YDS.)......................................
REMOTE-CONTROLLED
EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE MASONS.....................
PAINTERS ..................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
ROOFERS, SLATE AND
TILE, AND COMPOSITION......
SHEET METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL AND REIN­
FORCING IRONWORKERS.....
TERRAZZO WORKERS.............
TILE LAYERS.............................

. $12,560

$13,640

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

13.720

14.880

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

14.020

15.190

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

14.340
11.460
11.710
13.400
11.820
12.740
13.490
14.440
10.770
13.900

15.530
12.260
13.510
14.400
12.420
13.250
14.050
16.100
11.770
16.100

40.00
36.00
36.00
40.00
35.00
36.00
36.00
36.00
32.00
36.00

1.500
1.110
1.310
.749
1.500
1.200
1 200
1.400
1.100
1.400

-

2.350
2.150
2.000
.900
1.620
1.750
1.750
2.440
2.200
2.440

-

1.150
1.500
1.000
1.180
.400
.400
1.780
1.000
1.500

_

0.540
.210
.010
.460
.460
.210
.260

-

11.440
12.650
12.350

12.040
13.100
13.450

40.00
40.00
35.00

1.270
1.230
1.650

-

1.600
2.520
1.250

-

1.000
1.000

8.00
-

.150
.100
.400

4.00
-

12.000
11.850
13.000

12.500
13.420
14.150

40.00
35.00
40.00

1.390
1.500
1.130

-

2.570
1.830
1.450

-

1.900
1.330
1.730

-

.040
.370
.165

-

8.990
9.225

9.490
10.055

35.00
40.00

1.300
1.300

-

2.750
1.750

-

1.000
1.000

_
-

_
-

-

10.370
7.790
9.020

11.460
8.740
10.020

40.00
40.00
32.00

.895
1.055
1.300

-

.690
.250
2.250

_

1.500
1.000

6.00
_

.030
_

2.80
-

10.910
11.310
11.310
11.310
10.160

11.910
12.310
12.310
12.310
11.000

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.920

-

-

-

.700
.700
.700
.700
.730

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
-

14.100
13.625
10.900
12.700

15.210
14.360
13.400
13.330

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.120
1.175
1.400
1.605

_
-

1.300
1.000
1.300
1.950

-

12.850

13.480

40.00

1.605

-

1.950

13.200

13.830

40.00

1.605

-

12.970
11.000

13.600
11.900

40.00
40.00

1.605
1.650

-

12.109

13.024

40.00

1.010

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE FINISHERS.................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
BASE MACHINES...................
WET MACHINES ....................
TERRAZZO POLISHERS........
TILE FINISHERS........................

_

-

_

-

-

-

10.00

.200
.200
.200
.200
.150

_

-

-

Fresno, Calif.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
FLOOR LAYERS, PATENT
SCAFFOLD ERECTORS,
SHINGLERS..........................
MILLWRIGHTS, SAW
OPERATORS .........................
DRYWALL TAPERS (FINISH­
ERS) .........................................
CEMENT MASONS ....................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.




59

_

2.020
1.000
1.000
1.300

-

1.950

-

1.950
1.750

-

1.250

_

_
-

-

.040
.150
.120

1.300

_

.120

_

-

1.300

-

.120

-

-

1.300
1.650

-

.120
.150

-

.050

1.00

-

-

3.00

-

-

-

12.00

_

_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

6.00

0.030

2.80

Fresno, Caiif.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
COMPRESSORS....................
COMPRESSORS (2 TO 6) ....
MATERIAL HOISTS
(1-DRUM)..............................
SMALL RUBBER-TIRED
TRENCHING MACHINES
AND SIMILAR SMALL
EQUIPMENT .........................
TRACTORS, DOZERS,
SCRAPERS, SHEEPSFOOT,
SELF-PROPELLED COM­
PACTORS WITH DOZER
AND PUSH-CATS.................
EUCLIDS, T-PULLS,
DW-10, 20, 21 AND
SIMILAR (WITH EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT UP
TO AND INCLUDING 45
CU. YDS. STRUCK M R C )....
TRACTORS (WITH BOOM)
D-6 OR LARGER, AND
SIMILAR) ..............................
CRANES (NOT OVER 25
TONS, HAMMERHEAD AND
GANTRY)..............................
POWER SHOVELS, CLAM­
SHELLS, DRAGLINES,
BACKHOES, GRADEALLS
(UP TO AND INCLUDING
1 YARD)................................
GRADEALLS (OVER 1 YARD
UP TO AND INCLUDING
7 CU. YDS.)..........................
UNIVERSAL LIEBHERN
AND TOWER CRANES
(AND SIMILAR TYPES)........
FIREMEN, OILERS................
GLAZIERS..................................
LATHERS ...................................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ..............................
PAINTERS .................................
SPRAY ...................................
PAPERHANGERS......................
PIPEFITTERS ............................
PLASTERERS ...........................
PLUMBERS................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS.................................
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ...
SHEET-METAL WORKERS.......
RESIDENTIAL ........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK­
ERS .......................................
FENCE ERECTORS..............
TILE LAYERS............................

$14,820

$16,370

40.00

0.895

0.690

10.000
11.050

11.000
12.050

40.00
40.00

1.500
1.500

_

2.350
2.350

.

-

-

1.150
1.150

-

-

-

10.820

11.820

.40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

11.210

12.210

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

11.810

12.850

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

11.810

12.850

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

12.040

13.090

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

12.380

13.450

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

12.380

13.450

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

12.560

13.640

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

12.560
9.630
10.700
12.310

13.640
10.630
11.900
12.650

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.500
1.500
1.000
.750

-

-

-

-

-

-

.400
.090

9.900
11.260
11.760
11.760
13.100
9.680
13.100

10.800
11.610
12.110
12.110
14.000
10.150
14.000

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.250
.810
.810
.810
1.590
1.200
1.590

_

_

12.000
10.850
11.250
8.450
12.000

12.500
11.600
12.490
8.690
12.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.390
.700
1.230
1.230
1.390

_

12.000
11.110
9.900

12.500
11.610
10.800

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.390
1.390
1.250

_

9.720
9.225

10.520
10.025

40.00
40.00

1.300
1.300

_
-

_

-

-

-

-

2.350
2.350
1.250
.800
1.000
.200
.200
.200
2.350
1.600
2.350
2.820
1.100
1.380
1.380
2.820

~

2.820
2.820
1.000

-

1.750
1.750

-

-

-

_
-

-

_
-

1.150
1.150
.970
1.000
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.000
1.250
1.000
1.900
1.000

-

-

-

-

-

.070
.070
.070
.120
.150
.120

_

.110

-

-

10.00
10.00
-

-

.390
.390
.110

-

1.900

_

1.900
1.900
1.000

“

.110
.110
-

1.000
1.000

-

.100
.210

-

_
-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS.............
See footnotes at end of table.




60

-

-

_
-

-

_
-

-

_
-

~

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Other5

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.900

6.00
-

0.030
.200

2.80
-

Fresno, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS.........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
BASE MACHINE
OPERATORS..............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

$10,370
10.440

$11,460
11.110

40.00
40.00

0.895
1.300

8.430

9.000

40.00

1.050

8.430
8.430

9.000
9.000

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.050

-

-

-

-

10.100
9.050
7.160
9.500
11.025
8.350

10.600
10.400
8.320
10.150
11.970
8.750

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
750
.750
.600
.600
.700

-

1.780
.250
.250
.800
.800
.750

_

2.000
“600
- ~
8.970

8.450

9.520

40.00

.500

10.479
10.195

11.353
10.880

40.00
40.00

.500
1.045

11.348

13.550

40.00

.950

11.125

13.300

40.00

10.680

12.800

9.968
9.790

-

0.690
1.750

-

10.00
10.00
10.00

-

-

610.00
_

.070
.070
.020
-

_

65.00
6.00

.035

1.00
2.69

1.500

11.00

.020

.950

1.500

11.00

.020

40.00

.950

1.500

11.00

.020

11.650
11.450

40.00
40.00

.950
.950

_

1.500
1.500

_

-

11.00
11.00

.020
.020

_

8.722
8.099
8.550
9.920
8.800

10.250
9.550
9.500
10.820
9.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
.950
.650
1.006
.750

-

1.500
1.500
.300
.300
.250

-

“.500
e.400

11.00
11.00
3.00
-

.020
.020
_
.120
_

_
_
_

8.800
8.450
9.200
8.950
8.700
8.950
8.700
11.090
9.680
11.090

9.500
9.270
10.020
9.770
9.520
9.770
9.520
11.940
10.280
11.940

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.600
.700
.600

10.210
7.650
7.900
10.400

11.850
8.100
8.350
11.400

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.920
.700
.700
.770

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BRICKLAYERS...........................
HOMEBUILDERS....................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CRANES WITH MAIN BOOM
AND JIB 220’ OR MORE ......
CRANES WITH MAIN BOOM
AND JIB 140’ OR M ORE......
CRANES, SCRAPERS,
DOZERS, GRADERS,
HOISTS, FRONT END
LOADERS..............................
AIR TUGGERS (SINGLE
DRUM), FORKS, MATER­
IAL HOISTS, WINCHES
(NONSWINGING),
BOBCATS..............................
PUMPS 6 IN. OR OVER ........
AIR COMPRESSORS, WELD­
ERS, PUMPS UNDER
6 IN.........................................
OILERS, FIREMEN.................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY AND SWING STAGE .
SWING STAGE .......................
BRIDGES OVER HIGHWAYS .
BRIDGES OVER WATER.......
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
See footnotes at end of table.




61

.250
-

-

-

-

-

.350
.820

.250
.250
.250
.250
.250
.250
.250
1.050
.750
1.050
1.230
.350
.350
.950

6280
3.00
-

-

_

-

-

-

a.400
8.280
".280
6.280
6 .280
6 .280
8 .280
81.000
8 1.000
81.000
81.230
.950
.950
6.670

-

_
-

-

_
_

_
.250
.200
.250

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

_

.020
_
_
.040

_
_
-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Grand Rapids, Mich.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
STONEMASONS........................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$10,210
9.050
8.800

$11,850
10.400
9.500

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.920
.750
.750

-

1.230
.250
.250

-

61.230
6.400

-

0.020
.070
-

-

7.010
7.160
7.010

7.710
7.810
7.710

40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.650
.650

-

.350
.350
.350

-

“ .550
*.550
“.550

-

.050
.050
.050

-

7.140
7.160
7.310
7.860
7.510
7.310

7.620
7.860
8.210
8.760
8.410
8.210

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
.650
.750
.750
.750
.750

-

8.550

-

.820
.350
.300
.300
.300
.300

.035
.050
_
_
_

9.600
11.300

10.200
12.120

40.00
40.00

.600
.700

-

.700
.750

9.820

10.440

40.00

.950

1.500

11.00

.030

9.510

10.100

40.00

.950

1.500

11.00

.030

9.060

9.650

40.00

.950

1.500

11.00

.030

8.810

9.400

40.00

.950

11.00

.030

7.950

8.570

40.00

.650

9.360
9.270
9.070
8.550
8.100

9.990
9.900
9.700
9.000
8.550

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
.950
.950
.950
.950

-

11.659

12.371

40.00

.950

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS' TENDERS ........
MORTAR MIXERS..................
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS'
HELPERS .................................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS ......
TERRAZZO FINISHERS............
BASE MACHINE .....................
FLOOR MACHINES................
TILE FINISHERS........................

-

-

-

-

-

6.00
_

-

-

-

-

2.69
_
_
-

_

_

_

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS (ZONE 2):
CLASS l-ASPHALT PLANTS
AND PAVERS, CRANES,
SHOVELS, PAVER OPER­
ATORS (5 BAGS OR MORE) .
CLASS ll-BACKHOE (WITH
3/8 YD. BUCKET OR
LESS), CRUSHERS,
SWEEPER SCREENING
PLANTS ..................................
CLASS III—AIR COMPRES­
SORS, CONCRETE BREAK­
ERS, TRACTORS WITH
ATTACHMENTS......................
CLASS IV-OILERS, FIN­
ISHING MACHINES, BOOM
OR WINCH HOISTS...............

_

1.500

_

.

“.650
-

_

Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS..............

.350

.650

.070

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORSDISTRIBUTION:
CLASS I ....................................
CLASS ll-A ...............................
CLASS ll-B ...............................
CLASS III..................................
CLASS IV .................................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS-STEEL:
CRANES WITH MAIN BOOM
AND JIB 220’ OR M OR E......
See footnotes at end of table.




62

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500

_

_

-

1.500

-

-

-

-

11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

.010
.010
.010
.010
.010

_

811.00

.020

_

_

_
_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Grand Rapids, Mich.
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CRANES WITH MAIN BOOM
AND JIB 140’ OR M OR E......
CRANES, SCRAPERS, DOZ­
ERS, GRADERS, HOISTS,
FRONT END LOADERS........
AIR TUGGERS (SINGLE
DRUM), FORKS, MATER­
IAL HOISTS, WINCHES
(NONSWINGING),BOBCATS
AND PUMPS 6 IN. OR
O VER .....................................
AIR COMPRESSORS, WELD­
ERS, PUMPS UNDER 6 IN ....
OILERS, FIREMEN.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS-UNDERGROUND:
CLASS I ....................................
CLASS I I ...................................
CLASS III..................................
CLASS IV .................................

$11,437

$(l 2.148

40.00

0.950

1.500

*11.00

0.020

10.992

11.835

40.00

.950

1.500

*11.00

.020

10.280

10.680

40.00

.950

1.500

*11.00

.020

9.167
8.099

9.567
8.499

40.00
40.00

.950
.950

-

9.240
8.980
8.520
8.270

9.740
9.480
9.030
8.770

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.900
.900

-

12.010
12.250
12.200
11.780
10.170
11.570

13.100
13.250
12.450
12.430
11.230
12.470

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.010
1.175
1.000
.750
.750
1.000

10.500
11.550
12.096
12.053

•10.500
•11.550
12.864
12.053

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.650

12.100

12.800

40.00

1.100

-

1.500
1.500

1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250

.
-

-

*11.00
*11.00

.020
.020

-

-

-

11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

.030
.030
.030
.030

-

-

-

Hammond, Ind.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
RESIDENTIAL........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS:
RESIDENTIAL.........................
COMMERCIAL........................
ELECTRICIANS..........................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS l-CRANES.................
CLASS ll-TRACTORS AND
BULLDOZERS .......................
CLASS III—AIR COM­
PRESSORS ...........................
CLASS IV-OILERS.................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
PAINTERS:
RESIDENTIAL AND COM­
MERCIAL ...............................
INDUSTRIAL...........................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................

-

.895

11.600

12.300

40.00

1.100

10.050
9.050
10.550
11.840
12.030
12.200

10.750
9.750
11.400
12.840
13.200
12.450

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
.700
.930
1.000

10.500
12.300
10.750
12.900
9.460
11.220

•10.500
•12.300
•10.750
14.100
12.110
12.710

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.650
.650
.850
1.000
1.100

11.470
12.010
12.010
11.650
12.200

12.370
12.760
12.760
12.930
12.450

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.850
.850
.800
1.000

See footnotes at end of table.




63

-

-

6.50
-

1.190
1.000
.700
.820
.820
.600
.500
.500
.560

-

-

.
8.30
-

.
-

-

-

-

1.100
1.100
1.100
.500
.500
.500
.700

.500
.500
.500
1.120
.600
1.150
1.660
.700
.700
1.400
.700

.
-

-

.
**4.00
6.00

*.400

1.100
.

*1.000
*1.000
*1.000
*1.000
".750

.
.
-

“.400

.100
.060
.010
.010
.010

-

.
.025

.
1.00
2.69

-

.010

.
.

.010

-

*.400
*.400
*1.000
*1.000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*1.000

-

-

*1.250
*1.000
*1.000

-

-

-

-

-

*1.000

-

6.10
-

-

.010
.010
.060

.030
-

.100
.020
.080
.080
.680
.060

.
-

-

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Hammond, Ind.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
STUCTURAL IRON WORKERS ..
TERRAZZO W O RKERS..............
TILE LA YER S................................

$11,470
12.200
12.100

$12,370
12.450
12.350

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.900
1.000
1.000

8.700
8.700

9.650
9.650

40.00
40.00

8.438
9.740
9.000
8.700

8.438
10.590
9.950
9.650

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

-

-

“1.250
“ 1.000
“1.000

-

0.020
.060
.060

-

.140
.140

-

1.660
.700
.700

.700
.700

-

.550
.550

-

-

.895
.312
.700
.700

.
-

.560
.550
.550

.
-

.
-

.

.

_

-

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS...............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ...........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ....................................
BASE MACHINE
OPERATORS.................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPER S...........

9.870

10.720

40.00

.312

_

10.090
9.740

10.940
10.590

40.00
40.00

.312
.312

_

_

_

-

-

-

10.580

11.480

40.00

1.000

11.150
10.700

11.750
11.300

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.050

10.250

10.850

40.00

1.050

9.150
8.200

9.750
8.800

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.050

8.300

9.000

40.00

.700

.700

10.580

11.480

40.00

1.000

.600

11.150
10.700

11.750
11.300

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.050

10.250

10.850

40.00

1.050

9.150
8.200

9.750
8.800

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.050

8.300

9.000

40.00

.700

.700

10.540

10.840

40.00

.650

2.200

-

-

6.00
-

.025
.140
.140

2.69
2.31
-

2.31

-

-

2.31
2.31

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHER S..................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS l-CRANES ...................
CLASS II--TRACTORS............
CLASS III--FORKLIFTS,
END LOADERS .......................
CLASS IV--AIR COMPRES­
SORS AND C O N VEYO R S....
CLASS V -O IL E R S ....................

.600

-

1.050
1.050

*750

-

1.050

-

1.050
1.050

a.600
“.600

.200

-

-

-

-

-

*.600

-

*600
#.600

.

-

Helpers and laborers
LABORERS....................................

.120

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHER S..................
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS l-CRANES ...................
CLASS Il-T R A C T O R S ............
CLASS lll-FORKLIFT
TRUCKS, END LOADERS ....
CLASS IV-AIR COMPRES­
SORS AND C O N VEYO R S....
CLASS V -O IL E R S ....................

-

1.050
1.050

*.750

-

1.050

-

1.050
1.050

“.600
*.600

.200

-

-

-

-

-

-

“.600

-

'.600
#.600

Helpers and laborers
LABORERS....................................

.120

Honolulu, Hawaii
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS W O R K ER S...............

See footnotes at end of table.




64

1.000

.080

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

_

_
-

Honolulu, Hawaii
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
BOILERMAKERS ..........................
BRICKLAYERS..............................
CARPENTERS...............................
CEMENT FINISHERS...................
DRYWALL TAPERS .....................
APPLICATORS..........................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) .....................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
LOCOMOTIVES (UP TO 30
TONS) .......................................
BOOM TR U CK S........................
AGRI-CATS................................
TRENCHERS............... .............
MIXERMOBILES ......................
LOCOMOTIVES (TO 100
TONS) .......................................
WHEEL TR ENCHERS.............
BULLDOZERS...........................
LOCOMOTIVES (OVER 100
TONS) .......................................
CRANES (UNDER 25 TONS) .
CRANES (OVER 25 TONS) ....
DERRICKS.................................
GLAZIERS......................................
LATHERS .......................................
MACHINIST-MECHANIC.............
MARBLE S E TT ER S.....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
W O RK ER S.................................
PAINTERS .....................................
SPRAY .......................................
PAPERHANGERS .........................
PIPEFITTERS ................................
PLASTERERS ...............................
PLUMBERS....................................
REINFORCING IRON
W O RK ER S.....................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL W O RK ER S........
STONEMASONS ...........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LA YER S................................
CARPET, LINOLEUM AND
SOFT TILE LAYER S..............

$10,880
10.180
10.150
9.630
10.400
10.250

$11,780
10.530
10.500
10.230
11.100
10.600

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.650
1.300
1.240
1.300
.840
1.240

_
-

1.000
1.850
1.850
1.850
2.500
1.850

_

10.970
12.980

11.550
13.830

40.00
40.00

1.070
.895

-

1.740
.690

8.230
8.500
8.810
9.460
9.780

9.130
9.400
9.710
10.360
10.680

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500

_
-

9.890
10.000
10.230

10.790
10.900
11.130

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.500
1.500
1.500

10.290
10.440
10.590
10.950
10.150
10.590
9.610
10.180

11.190
11.340
11.490
11.850
10.500
10.840
10.270
10.570

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

10.180
9.350
9.850
9.350
10.400
10.020
10.400

10.570
10.150
10.650
10.150
11.000
10.440
11.000

10.650
10.900
10.900
1210.710
10.180
10.650
10.180

0.600
1.000
.600
.500
1.000

_
-

15.00
-

-

11.20
6.00

2.350
2.350
2.350
2.350
2.350

_
_
-

1.150
1.150
1.150
1.150
1.150

-

2.350
2.350
2.350

-

1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.290
.950
1.300

-

2.350
2.350
2.350
2.350
1.070
1.350
.700
1.850

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.300
.790
.790
.790
1.050
1.300
1.050

-

10.900
11.650
11.650
11.580
10.530
10.900
10.570

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
1.050
1.050
.960
1.300
.950
1.300

11.440

11.550

40.00

.650

8.110
8.560
8.360

8.360
8.810
8.610

40.00
40.00
40.00

.990
.990
.990

6.750

7.250

40.00

9.090
7.450
8.160

9.680
8.190
8.410

7.450
7.450

8.190
8.190

-

0.120
.020
.120
.060
.150
.030

0.40
2.80

-

-

_
_
-

1.150
1.150
1150

-

-

-

-

1.150
1.150
1.150
1.150
.970
1.400
.600

-

.200
.170
.120

-

1.850
3.000
3.000
3.000
2.050
2.150
2.050

-

.600
.750
.750
.750
.890
.600
.890

-

.120
100
.100
.100
.960
.170
.960

_
-

-

1.520
1.250
1.250
2.600
1.850
1.520
1.850

_
-

1.100
.250
.250
1.020
.600
1.100
.600

-

.200
.250
.250
.990
.120
.200
.120

_
-

-

1.250

-

.450

-

.730

-

_

-

_

_

_
-

-

_
_

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS ...............
CLASS I .....................................
CLASS II ....................................
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS ....................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .....................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ....................................
TILE LAYERS’ H ELPER S...........

-

1.410
1.410
1.410

1.050

-

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
1.300
.990

40.00
40.00

1.300
1.300

See footnotes at end of table.




_

65

_

_

-

.550
,550
.550

-

.100
.100
.100

-

1.250

-

.250

-

.250

-

-

.690
1.850
1.410

-

.600
.550

6.00
-

.030
.120
.100

2.80

-

1.850
1.850

-

.600
.600

-

.120
.120

_

-

-

-

-

-

_
_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Houston, Texas
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS...........
BOILERMAKERS....................
BRICKLAYERS.......................
CARPENTERS........................
MILLWRIGHTS....................
PILEDRIVERS....................
CEMENT FINISHERS..............
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS)........................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ............................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT ...........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT.............
GLAZIERS.............................
LATHERS ..............................
MACHINISTS........................
MARBLE SETTERS................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS..........................
PAINTERS:
COMMERCIAL BRUSH WORK
COMMERCIAL SPRAY WORK
INDUSTRIAL BRUSH WORK..
INDUSTRIAL SPRAY WORK ..
ALL PAINTING OVER 60
FEET...............................
PAPERHANGERS...................
PIPEFITTERS........................
PLASTERERS ........................
PLUMBERS............................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS............................
ROOFERS, FLAT ROOF AND
COMPOSITION....................
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS......
STONEMASONS....................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
SHEETERS AND BUCKERSUP...................................
TILE LAYERS........................

$11,260
10.550
11.360
10.600
10.985
10.600
10.600

$11,900
12.000
12.510
11.600
11.985
11.600
11.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.900
.975
.630
1.000
1.000
1.000
.680

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.080
1.000
.600
.850
.850
.850
.720

-

-

-

10.730

11.830

40.00

.565

.

.550

.

.400

.

.

10.951
10.740

11.925
11.730

40.00
40.00

.800
1.045

10.940
9.240
11.020
11.020
12.760
10.230

11.940
10.080
11.250
12.220
13.960
11.130

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.670
.600
-

.630

-

-

-

-

10.00
.690
1.000
1.000
.675
.350
-

.200

10.230

11.130

40.00

.630

.200

10.605
10.980
10.705
11.030

11.705
12.080
11.805
12.130

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.565
.565
.565
.565

.550
.550
.550
.550

11.230
10.855
10.800
10.775
10.540

12.330
11.955
11.250
*10.775
11.290

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.565
.565
.600
.870
.750

10.960

11.860

40.00

.550

9.610
10.360
10.870
11.360
10.960

10.480
11.230
11.630
12.510
11.860

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.420
.420
.375
.630
.550

10.960
10.230

11.860
11.130

40.00
40.00

.550
.630

8.025
8.135
7.840
8.025

8.755
8.865
8.570
8.755

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.470
.470
.470
.470

7.520
7.950
8.135

8.210
8.500
8.865

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045

7.950
8.250
8.100
7.950

8.500
8.800
8.650
8.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

-

-

*0.500

.550
.550
.750
.300
.750

-

-

-

.
-

-

*.450
*.500
.250

0.010
.160
-

_
_

.030

1,11.00
2.69

-

.

6.00

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

.080

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

.250
-

-

.400
.400
.400
.400

-

_

-

_

-

-

_

_
_

.400
.400
V800
.525
*1.000

-

-

_

-

-

_

.350
.350
.420

-

-

.080
.035

_

1.450
-

-

.450
.450
.695
.600
1.450
1.450
.200

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

.250

.100
.100
.090
.160

_
_
_

_

_

-

-

_
_

2.69

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS......
MORTAR MIXERS...............
BUILDING LABORERS............
AIR TOOL OPERATORS......
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ...........................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS.....
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ...........................
BASE MACHINES................
FLOOR MACHINES.............
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS.........

-

.470

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

See footnotes at end of table.




-

66

.800
.800
.800
.800
.690
.250
.800
.250
.250
.250
.250

-

_

_

-

_

_

.020
.020
.020
.020

6.00

.030

-

-

-

-

-

.250
_

.250
.250
.250
.250

_
_

_
_

_

_

.020

_
_

_
_

_
_

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Houston, Texas
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY PIPELINE:
GROUP l-HEAVY .................
GROUP II—LIGHT..................
GROUP III—OILERS ..............

$11,050
8.570
6.090

$11,050
8.570
6.090

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.650
.650
.650

-

0.600
.600
.600

-

-

-

-

-

9.950
10.100
8.100
8.740
9.350

10.700
11.000
8.600
9.240
10.250

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
.450
.450
-

-

1.100
.350
.350
-

-

-

-

-

-

10.600
10.220

11.300
10.560

40.00
40.00

.500
.895

-

.550
.690

3.00
-

-

6.00

9.980

10.530

40.00

.500

.450

8.640

9.190

40.00

.500

.450

7.920
10.100

8.470
11.000

40.00
40.00

.500
-

-

.450
-

-

-

-

-

-

9.850
8.250
5.600
9.250
10.000
9.600
10.000

10.750
8.850
6.200
9.850
10.600
10.500
10.600

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
.450
.450
.550
.550

-

.250
.250
.250
.600
.600

-

60.550
“.550

-

-

-

9.305
8.900
9.150
10.800
10.100
9.305
9.850

9.805
9.300
9.300
11.030
11.000
9.805
10.750

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.790
.700
-

-

.700
.200
.200
1.070
.700
-

-

-

.030'
-

_
-

-

-

-

-

5.210
5.210

5.550
5.550

40.00
40.00

.350
.350

-

.500
.500

-

-

-

-

-

7.150

7.390

40.00

.895

-

.690

-

-

Huntsville, Ala.
Building construction
Journeymen
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A-BULLDOZERS,
CRANES, DERRICKS,
DRAGLINES, HOISTS,
SHOVELS, SCRAPERS,
TRENCHING MACHINES......
GROUP B-CENTRAL COM­
PRESSORS, FRONT END
LOADERS, PAVING MA­
CHINES, PORTABLE
HOISTS, WALK-BEHIND
TRENCHING MACHINES,
YARD MASTERS ..................
GROUP C-PORTABLE AIR
COMPRESSORS, CONVEY­
ORS, PUMPS, WELDING
MACHINES, OILERS.............
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORK­
ERS ..........................................
PAINTERS ..................................
RESIDENTIAL .........................
INDUSTRIAL...........................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

1.00

-

0.030

2.69

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
See footnotes at end of table.




67

6.00

.030

2.69

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Huntsville, Aia.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
$5,210
5.210
5.210

$5,550
5.550
5.550

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.350
.350
.350

_
-

0.500
.500
.500

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

_
-

5.210
5.210

5.550
5.550

40.00
40.00

.350
.350

-

.500
.500

-

-

-

-

-

ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
POINTERS, CLEANERS AND
CAULKERS ...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS .........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES ................................
HOISTS..................................
DERRICK-BULL WHEEL.......
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
CONCRETE MIXERS
(21 CU. FT.) ..........................
CONCRETE SPREADER......
TRACTORS ...........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
WELDING MACHINES..........
AIR COMPRESSORS ...........
PUMPS (WATER)..................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORK­
ERS ..........................................
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY ....................................
HANDROLLER ........................
SANDBLASTING.....................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

11.150
12.250
11.140

911.150
13.250
12.420

40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
1.175
.600

11.140
11.750
11.750
11.750
9.110

12.420
12.650
12.650
12.650
9.660

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

9.830

10.640

11.733
11.920

(ERECTORS) ...........................

MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
LABORERS ..............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

-

Indianapolis, Ind.

Building construction
Journeymen

_

0.300
_
.140

_

“ .500
“.500
8.500
6.500
61.500

-

.140
.050
.050
.050
.030

-

8.600

-

-

-

8 5.00
6.00

.030

1.00
2.69

-

_

.100
.100
.100

-

_

_
_

_
_

.100
.100
.100

_
_

.650
.650
.650
.450
.550

-

8.550
“ .500

_
-

.100
.100
.100
.070
_

_

.550
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.950
.950

-

8.500
8 .600
".600
“ .600
8 .600
8 .600
8 1.000
8 1.000
81.000

_
-

.080
.383
.080

_
_
_
_

_
_
-

.100
_
_
.680
.140

_
_
_
-

-

.100

-

1.200
1.000
.550

.600
.750
.750
.750
.750

-

40.00

.780

12.588
12.745

40.00
40.00

1.045

11.900
11.900
11.900

12.500
12.500
12.500

40.00
40.00
40.00

11.000
11.000
11.000

11.550
11.550
11.550

8.100
8.100
8.100
13.290
10.490
10.710

-

61.000
*.500

.550
.850
.850
.850
.750

-

-

.480

-

4.00
-

.560

7.00
-

-

.750
.750
.750

-

.650
.650
.650

-

40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750

-

.650
.650
.650

8.350
8.350
8.350
14.190
10.880
12.010

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750
.610
.600

-

10.450
9.830
10.830
9.830
10.830
9.830
11.400
9.900
11.400

11.750
10.640
11.640
10.640
11.640
10.640
12.500
10.520
12.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.600
.780
.780
.780
.780
.780
.600
.800
.600

-

11.400
11.450
11.700
11.940
10.640

12.100
12.500
12.750
12.600
12.420

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
.650
.650
.650
.600

-

11.400

12.100

40.00

1.000

68

-

-

-

_
-

-

1.950
.500
.500
.750
.550

-

_
_
“.500

-

1.950

-

-

-

_
-

-

See footnotes at end of table.




_

-

-

_
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour'

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Indianapolis, Ind.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
FINISHERS.............................
MACHINE MOVERS AND
RIGGERS ..............................
SHEETERS .............................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$11,400

$12,100

40.00

1.000

0.100

1.950

.

.

11.400
11.400
10.710

12.100
12.100
12.010

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000
.600

-

1.950
1.950
.550

-

.
0.500

.
-

.100
.100
-

.
-

8.250
7.950

9.050
8.750

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

-

.500
.500

-

-

-

.140
.140

-

9.600

10.500

40.00

.650

8.340
9.800
8.250

8.920
10.400
9.050

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
.700

-

-

6.00
-

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS .................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ..................................
BASE MACHINE HELPERS.....
FLOOR MACHINE AND
EDGING ..................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

.500

-

.560
.500

.030
.140

2.69
-

-

-

-

-

9.850
10.150

10.550
10.850

40.00
40.00

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

9.850
9.800

10.550
10.400

40.00
40.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

11.150

11.950

40.00

.750

.600

.020

10.870

11.570

40.00

.750

.650

.100

9.600
10.870

10.230
11.570

40.00
40.00

.750
.750

9.100
8.160

9.650
8.590

40.00
40.00

.750

7.600

8.300

40.00

.700

.700

.120

11.150

11.950

40.00

.750

.600

.020

11.700

12.300

40.00

.750

.650

.100

10.750
9.050

11.300
9.400

40.00
40.00

.750
.750

8.050

8.300

40.00

.750

.650

.100

10.870

11.570

40.00

.750

.650

.100

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENTCRANES, SCOOPS (KEY­
STONE), AUTO PATROL......
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT: '
TRENCH MACHINES (UN­
DER 24 IN) ..........................
BULLDOZERS .......................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
TRACTORS ...........................
COMPRESSORS, PUMPS ....

-

.650
.650

-

-

-

.100
.100

-

-

.650
.650

-

-

-

.100
.100

-

.750

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS ....

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS-UTILITY:
GROUP I: CRANES,
SCOOPS, AUTO PATROLS ...
GROUP II: A-FRAMES,
WINCHES..............................
GROUP III: TRACTORS.........
GROUP IV: COMPRESSORS,
PUMPS...................................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS-OTHER:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, SCOOPS (KEY­
STONE), AUTO PATROL......
See footnotes at end of table.




69

-

.650
.650

-

-

-

.100
.100

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.650
.650

-

-

-

0.100
.100

-

.650
.650

.

.

-

-

-

.100
.100

-

.700

.

Dollars

Dollars

Percent

Indianapolis, Ind.
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
TRENCH MACHINES (UN­
DER 24 IN) ..........................
BULLDOZERS .......................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
TRACTORS ...........................
COMPRESSORS, PUMPS ....

$9,600
10.870

$10,230
11.570

40.00
40.00

0.750
.750

-

9.100
8.160

9.650
8.590

40.00
40.00

.750
.750

-

7.600

8.300

40.00

.700

10.290
9.950
9.270
9.170
9.230
9.170
7.960

10.390
10.700
9.720
9.520
9.830
9.520
8.410

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
1.050
.450
.620
.620
.620
.450

-

1.100
1.100
.500
.600
.600
.600
.400

8.550
6.700

8.900
7.050

40.00
40.00

.500
.500

-

9.550
9.815

10.150
10.040

40.00
40.00

.500
.745

-

9.730

10.180

40.00

.550

.400

8.550

9.000

40.00

.550

.400

6.460
8.000
7.640

6.910
8.000
8.240

40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.450

7.640

8.240

40.00

.450

8.700
6.700

9.050
7.050

40.00
40.00

.500
.500

-

.600
.600

-

-

-

8.970
9.100
10.200

9.320
9.450
11.750

40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.500
.550

-

.600
.600
.550

-

-

-

-

_

.070

_
_

10.200
7.330
10.200

11.750
8.300
11.750

40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.400
.550

-

.550
.300
.550

-

-

_
-

.070
_
.070

_
_

9.200
8.710
6.530
8.980

9.650
9.160
6.980
10.000

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.500
.500
.860

-

.850
.250
.250
.840

-

_
-

.050
.025
.025
.055

_
_
3.00

.

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS....

.120

Jacksonville, Fla.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS..........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS (FINISH­
ERS):
COMMERCIAL........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-PQWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A--DERRICKS,
DRAGLINES, PILEDRIV­
ERS, HOISTS (MULTI­
DRUM FOR RIGGING),
SHOVELS, GRADERS..........
GROUP B-BULLDOZERS,
SCRAPERS, HOISTS
(OTHER THAN RIGGING) ....
GROUP C--TRACTORS, AIR
COMPRESSORS (1 TO 4)
WITHIN 300 FT. RADIUS......
GLAZIERS...................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS:
COMMERCIAL........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
SPRAY, STEEL, SWING
STAGE (INDUSTRIAL) .........
PAPERHANGERS ......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
AIR CONDITIONING AND
REFRIGERATION FITTERS ..
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS ..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
KETTLEMEN ..........................
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
See footnotes at end of table.




70

-

-

61.000
-

-

.010
.050
.020
.050
.050

-

.600
.600

-

-

-

-

-

.810
.560

3.00
-

.810
-

6.00

.025

1.00
2.69

.400
.200
.500

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.500

.010

-

-

.010

#.500

-

_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Jacksonville, Fla.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL AND
ORNAMENTAL
IRONWORKERS ......................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$9,270

$9,720

40.00

0.450

-

0.500

-

-

-

0.010

-

9.200
7.640

9.650
8.240

40.00
40.00

.650
.450

-

.850
.500

-

-

-

-

.050
.010

-

5.570

5.920

40.00

.200

-

.200

-

-

-

-

-

4.790

5.020

40.00

.500

-

.250

-

-

-

.025

-

6.870
5.130

7.028
5.430

40.00
40.00

.745

~

.560

-

-

6.00
~

.025

2.69
~

5.130
5.500
5.130

5.430
5.800
5.430

40.00
40.00
40.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6.100

6.300

40.00

-

.200

-

-

2.00

-

-

3.550
3.700
3.960
3.650

3.800
3.950
4.210
3.900

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

_

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

~

“

~

2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

-

-

2.31
2.31
2.31
2.31

3.810

4.060

40.00

-

-

-

-

3.550

3.800

40.00

3.550
3.700
3.960
3.650

3.800
3.950
4.210
3.900

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HF! PFRS
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
LABORERS ..............................
GRINDERS...............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS AND PILEDRIVERS ..................................

.240

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS..............
FINISHERS, ASPHALT ..............
PIPE LAYERS.............................
RAKERS, ASPHALT...................
SCREED OPERATORS,
ASHPALT ....................................
TRUCKDRIVERS, LABOR
CREW ..........................................

-

-

-

2.00

2.31

2.00

2.31

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
BUILDING LABORERS..............
FINISHERS, ASPHALT ..............
PIPE LAYERS.............................
RAKERS, ASPHALT...................
SCREED OPERATORS,
ASPHALT ....................................
TRUCKDRIVERS, LABOR
CREW .............. ...........................

3.810

4.060

40.00

3.550

3.800

40.00

10.829
11.000
11.275
11.750
11.750

11.565
12.000
11.175
12.300
12.300

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
1.150
.950
.500
.500

11.750

12.300

40.00

.500

-

_

2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

-

2.31
2.31
2.31
2.31

2.00

-

2.31

2.00

2.31

Kansas City, Mo.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS, WHARF
AND BRIDGE.........................
See footnotes at end of table.




71

_

-

1.550
1.000
.350
.400
.400

-

.400

-

_

_

-

-

-

-

1.500

6 8.00
-

.220
-

_

-

-

-

-

.060
.060

-

-

.060

-

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Kansas City, Mo.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
COMPOSITION .......................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP I:
CRANES, DERRICKS,
POWER SHOVELS..............
GROUP II:
COMPRESSORS, ROLLERS,
TRACTORS OVER 50 HP. ...
GROUP III:
OILER ....................................
FORKLIFT-MASONRY..........
TRACTORS LESS THAN
50 HP.....................................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
TERRAZZO WORKERS.............
PAINTERS:
BRUSH AND ROLLER...........
SPRAYMEN............................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS ..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK­
ERS .......................................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$10,925
11.175
10.850

$11,675
11.925
11.530

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.650
.650
.550

_
-

0.500
.500
.700

_
-

11.820
8.760
11.970

12.770
9.610
12.710

40.00
40.00
40.00

.540
.540
.895

-

.510
.510
.560

11.200

13.000

40.00

.750

-

1.000

-

10.900

11.650

40.00

.750

-

1.000

9.000
9.500

9.250
9.750

40.00
40.00

.750
.750

-

9.750
10.220
11.950
11.450
11.110

10.000
10.690
12.550
12.150
11.810

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.400
-

10.850
11.850
11.350
11.781
12.280
12.500
11.826

11.530
12.530
12.030
12.411
13.180
13.100
12.438

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

10.800
10.300
11.355
11.275
10.800

11.600
10.800
11.730
11.175
11.600

10.800
11.450

_
-

_
-

0.125
.125
.100

_
-

6.00

.250
.250
.025

1.00
1.00
2.69

.750

-

.550

-

-

.750

-

.550

-

1.000
1.000

-

.750
.750

-

.550
.550

-

5.00
5.00

1.000
.890
-

4.25
4.25

.750
1.110
a.500
e.500

-

.550
.840
.050
.050

2.00
-

.550
.550
.550
.670
.750
.970

-

.700
.700
.700
1.500
1.050
1.150

-

_
61.000
-

610.00
-

.100
.100
.100
.100
.100
.220

10.00

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750
.950
.750

_
-

1.400
.950
1.200
.350
1.400

-

1.000
“.800
.750
1.500
1.000

-

-

.100
.570
.100

-

11.600
12.150

40.00
40.00

.750
-

5.00

1.400
-

4.25

1.000
".500

-

.100
-

2.00

9.450
9.450
9.150

9.950
9.950
9.650

40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
.450
.450

_
-

.400
.400
.400

_
-

.500
.500
.500

_
_
_

.210
.210
.210

_
-

8.380
9.250
9.450
9.300

8.900
9.850
9.950
9.800

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.450
.450

-

.560
.400
.400

_
-

*1.000
.500
.500

6.00
_
_
-

.025
_
.210
.210

2.69
_
_
-

10.250
10.600
9.250

10.850
11.200
9.850

40.00
40.00
40.00

-

-

_

-

_

_
_

_
-

-

-

-

-

1.000

-

-

-

11.800

12.500

40.00

.650

-

.500

-

-

-

-

3.00
3.00
-

0.700
.700
-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
HOD CARRIERS (BRICK) ......
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
BASE GRINDERS...................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
See footnotes at end of table.




72

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Kansas City, Mo.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP l-DRAGLINES,
SHOVELS, PILEDRIVERS,
DREDGES (STEAM, GAS,
OR DIESEL), BULL­
DOZERS, CRANES, AND
SHOVELS..............................
GROUP ll-HOISTS (SIN­
GLE DRUM), TRACTORS
(OVER 50 HP) .......................
GROUP lll-SUB-GRADING
MACHINES, SIPHONS AND
JETS, TRACTORS (LESS
THAN 50 H P )........................

$11,100

$11,700

40.00

0.750

1.000

0.750

0.250

10.850

11.450

40.00

.750

1.000

.750

.250

10.250

10.750

40.00

.750

1.000

.750

.250

9.100

9.400

40.00

.600

.600

.750

.150

11.800

12.500

40.00

.650

.500

11.100

11.700

40.00

.750

1.000

.750

.250

10.850

11.450

40.00

.750

1.000

.750

.250

10.250

10.750

40.00

.750

1.000

.750

.250

9.100

9.400

40.00

.600

.600

.750

.150

12.650
13.621
11.600
10.770
10.660

13.450
14.360
12.850
11.570
11.610

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
1.175
1.150
1.630
1.300

12.570

13.350

40.00

.860

12.258
13.410

13.203
13.410

40.00
40.00

1.150
.895

Helpers and laborers
LABORERS.................................

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP l-DRAGLINES,
SHOVELS, PILE DRIV­
ERS, DREDGES (STEAM,
GAS, OR DIESEL),
CRANES, BULLDOZERS.......
GROUP ll-HOISTS (SIN­
GLE DRUM), TRACTORS
(OVER 50 HP) .......................
GROUP lll-SUB-GRADING
MACHINES, SIPHONS AND
JETS, TRACTORS (LESS
THAN 50 H P ).........................

-

Helpers and laborers
LABORERS.................................

Long Beach, Calif.
Building construction
Journeymen
ABESTOS WORKERS ...............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
See footnotes at end of table.




73

-

1.370
1.000
1.650
2.160
1.850

_
_

.800

-

2.450
.690

1.000
1.000
.500
1.000
1.100

_

.600
3.00
-

-

_

.250
.020
.010

_
_
_

.120
10.00
8.00

.030

1.00
2.80

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4
Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Long Beach, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
SHOVELS, BACKHOES,
DRAGLINES, CLAMSHELLS
(# 6 )........................................
TRACTORS TO 100 H.P.
(# 5 )........................................
A-FRAMES OR WINCH
TRUCKS (# 3 )........................
MOTOR PATROL, SINGLE
ENGINE (# 7 ).........................
MOTOR PATROL, MULTIENGINE (# 8 ).........................
COMPRESSORS (# 1 )............
CONCRETE MIXERS, SKIPTYPE (# 2 )..............................
TRACTORS OVER 100 H.P.
(# 6 )........................................
CONCRETE MIXERS.............
SKIP LOADERS (3/4 TO
1-1/2 YDS) (#5) ....................
SKIP LOADERS (1-1/2 TO
6-1/2 YDS) (#6) ....................
TRACTOR LOADERS (OVER
6-1/2 YDS) (#7) ....................
TRENCHING MACHINES (UP
TO 6 FT) (# 6 )........................
CANAL TINER OPERATORS
(# 9 )........................................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
PAINTERS ..................................
SWING STAGE:
13 STORIES OR LESS........
MORE THAN 13 STORIES ..
STRUCTURAL STEEL AND
BRIDGE .................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL
SWING:
13 STORIES OR LESS........
MORE THAN 13 STORIES ..
SPRAY/SANDBLAST.............
13 STORIES OR LESS........
MORE THAN 13 STORIES ..
PAPERHANGERS.......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS....
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TERRAZZO WORKERS.............
TILE LAYERS.............................

$12,140

$12,640

40.00

1.100

12.030

12.530

40.00

1.100

.

1.100

.

1.100

.

11.670
12.260

12.170
12.760

40.00
40.00

12.430
11.100

12.930
11.600

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100

11.380

11.880

40.00

1.100

12.140
12.140

12.640
12.640

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100

12.030

12.530

40.00

1.100

12.140

12.640

40.00

1.100

12.260

12.760

40.00

1.100

.
-

.
-

.

.

40.00

12.560
10.119
12.000
12.400
11.600
12.050

13.060
10.658
13.000
14.400
12.850
12.730

40 .do
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00

1.100
1.070
.900
.749
1.150
.860

12.300
12.420

12.980
13.100

35.00
35.00

.860
.860

12.170

12.850

35.00

.860

12.450
12.570
12.300
12.550
12.670
12.300
13.120
12.530
12.335
13.120

13.130
13.250
12.980
13.230
13.350
12.980
13.830
13.220
13.335
13.830

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
36.00
36.00
40.00
36.00

.860
.860
.860
.860
.860
.860

12.000
11.070
11.844
11.600
12.000
11.520
11.620

12.500
11.620
12.744
12.850
12.500
12.470
12.560

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.390
.970
1.140
1.150
1.390
1.000
1.060

8.950
8.450

9.480
8.980

40.00
40.00

9.390

9.390

40.00

-

1.950
.980
-

0.850
.850

_

.100

2.600

.

.850

_

.100

2.600

.

.850

.

.100

2.600
2.600

.
-

-

10.00
-

10.00

-

_

.100

.850

.

.100

.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
-

1.900
1.850
-

-

.895

-

-

.100
.100

.850

1.250
1.250

-

-

.

-

-

.

2.600

2.820
1.750
2.640
1.650
2.820
1.800
1.400

-

.100

.850
.850

.

.

.850

.
-

.850

.100

.850

.

.100

8.00

-

.500
-

-

-

-

.600
.600

-

16.00
-

16.00

-

.600
.600
.600
.600
.600
.600
-

1.520
.650
-

1.900
1.250
-

-

.500
1.900
1.000
1.250

2.550
2.550

-

.800
.800

.690

-

-

-

.120
-

-

.250
.120

-

.120
.120

-

.600

-

.

.100
.

.500
.600

-

.800

-

.

-

.800
.800

-

-

2.600
2.600

-

-

.100
.100

.850

-

-

-

.

2.600

.

.850
.850

.

2.600
2.600
1.100
.900
1.650
.800

-

.

2.600

2.600

-

0.100

.

2.600

1.100

12.640

12.140

2.600
2.600

.
5.00
-

-

.120

-

13.00
-

13.00

-

5.00
-

.120
.120
.120
.120
.120
.120

-

.75

-

.380
.250

-

.75

_

.110
.180
.390
.250
.110
-

_

5.00
_
-

-

.230

-

-

.120
.120

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
See footnotes at end of table.




74

-

8.00

.030

2.80

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Long Beach, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
TERRAZZO WORKERS’ FIN­
ISHERS .....................................
TILE LAYERS’ FINISHERS .......
CERTIFIED...............................

$7,950

$8,880

40.00

1.490

9.830
9.460
9.740

11.500
10.110
10.390

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
1.490
1.490

12.650
13.621
11.600
10.770

13.450
14.360
12.850
11.570

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

10.970
11.270

11.770
12.070

10.900
10.900
10.900
11.930
10.870
11.020
10.970
10.660
10.780
12.590

1.470

0.600

-

1.800
1.470
1.470

-

1.000
.600
.600

.
-

0.390
.390

.
-

1.050
1.175
1.150
1.630

-

1.370
1.000
1.650
2.160

-

1.000
1.000
.500
1.000

-

.250
.020

-

40.00
40.00

1.630
1.630

.
-

2.160
2.160

-

1.000
1.000

.
-

.020
.020

.
-

11.700
11.700
11.700
12.530
11.670
11.820
11.770
11.610
11.730
13.350

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.630
1.630
1.630
1.630
1.630
1.630
1.630
1.300
1.300
.860

-

2.160
2.160
2.160
2.160
2.160
2.160
2.160
1.850
1.850
.800

-

.020
.020
.020
.020
.020
.020
.020
.010
.010
.140

-

12.258
13.410

13.203
*13.410

40.00
40.00

1.150
.895

-

2.400
.690

3.00
-

.030

1.00
2.80

12.140

12.640

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

12.030

12.530

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

11.670

12.170

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

12.260

12.760

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

12.430

12.930

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

11.100

11.600

40.00

1.100

.
-

Los Angeles, Calif.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
HARDWOOD FLOOR
WORKERS ..................................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS, WHARF AND
BRIDGE .................................
SHINGLERS ...........................
DOCK ......................................
DRYWALL INSTALLERS.......
TABLE SAW OPERATORS....
PNEUMATIC NAILERS ..........
ACCOUSTICAL WORKERS ....
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
COMPOSITION AND MASTIC
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
UNIVERSAL EQUIPMENT
(SHOVELS, DRAGLINES,
CLAMSHELL OPERATORS
OVER 3/4 YARD),
TRACTORS (OVER 100
HP), CONCRETE MIXER
OPERATORS (PAVING),
SKIP LOADERS (CRAWL­
ER 1-1/2 TO 6-1/2
YARDS) (GROUP 6 ) ............
TRACTORS (UP TO 100
HORSEPOWER) (GROUP
5) ..........................................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
A-FRAME OR WINCH
TRUCKS (GROUP 3 ) ...........
MOTOR PATROL BLADE
OPERATORS:
SINGLE (GROUP 7 ) ...........
MULTI-ENGINE
(GROUP 8 ) .......................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
AIR COMPRESSORS
(GROUP 1 )...........................
CONCRETE MIXERS (SKIP
TYPE) (GROUP 2) ...............
SKIP LOADERS (3/4 TO
1-1/2 YDS) (GROUP 5) .......

11.380

11.880

40.00

1.100

12.030

12.530

40.00

1.100

-




75

-

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.100
1.100
.600

_
-

-

10.00
8.00

.850

2.600
_

See footnotes at end of table.

.

2.600

.

2.600

-

.100

.850

.

.100

.850

-

.100

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Pension
Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Los Angeles, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
TRENCHING MACHINES
(GROUP 6 ) ...........................
CANAL LINER OPERATORS
(GROUP 9 ) .............. .............
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SWING STAGE .......................
SWING STAGE OVER 13
STORIES ...............................
SPRAY ......................................
SWING STAGE .......................
SWING STAGE OVER 13
STORIES ...............................
STRUCTURAL STEEL AND
BRIDGE...................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL SWING
STRUCTURAL STEEL OVER
13 STORIES..........................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS ....
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS ..................................
ROOFERS...................................
SHEET-METAL WORKERS.......
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$12,140

$12,640

40.00

1.100

12.560
10.119
12.000
12.400
11.600

13.060
10.658
912.000
14.400
12.850

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.070
.760
.749
1.150

11.520
12.050
12.300

12.470
12.730
T 2.980

40.00
35.00
35.00

12.420
12.300
12.550

13.100
12.980
13.230

12.670

13.350

2.600
_

0.100

0.850
_

_
8.00
-

.120
.250

_
5.00
-

-

2.600
2.600
1.090
.900
1.650

-

.500
.500

1.000
.860
.860

_
-

1.800
.800
.800

_
-

1.000
.600
.600

_
-

_
.140
.140

35.00
35.00
35.00

.860
.860
.860

_
-

.800
.800
.800

_

_
-

.140
.140
.140

_

-

.600
.600
.600

35.00

860

-

.800

-

.600

-

.140

-

_

.800
.800

_

.140
.140

_

.800
.800
1.900
1.900
1.550
1.850
-

_

.140
.140
.380
.380
.250

_

-

12.170
12.450

12.880
13.130

35.00
35.00

.860
.860

12.570
12.300
12.430
12.530
13.670
12.335
13.120

13.250
12.980
13.120
13.220
14.470
13.335
13.830

35.00
35.00
36.00
36.00
32.00
40.00
36.00

.860
.860
1.950
1.950
.830
.980
-

12.000
11.070
12.196
11.600
12.000
11.620

12.500
11.620
13.194
12.850
12.500
12.560

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.390
.970
1.140
1.150
1.390
1.060

8.980
8.450

9.480
8.980

40.00
40.00

1.250
1.250

9.390
7.950
11.075
9.460
9.740

99.390
8.880
11.875
10.710
10.990

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
1.490
1.250
1.490
1.490

10.730
9.800
10.440

11.850
10.700
10.690

40.00
40.00
40.00

.600
1.050
.500

10.440
10.350
10.750
10.600
9.480

10.690
10.750
11.750
11.000
9.780

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.550
.550
.550
1.000

_

-

.400
.550
.850
.550
.700

11.900

12.800

40.00

.500

-

.600

_

-

10.00
_

-

2.820
1.750
2.520
1.650
2.820
1.400

-

-

-

16.00

.850
-

.600
.600
.600
.600
1.520
1.520
1.400
.650
-

~

1.900
1.250
.500
1.900
1.250

-

.700
.700

_

-

-

_
_

-

13.00

.100
-

-

5.00
~

.040
.180
.240
.250
.110
.230

-

.240
.260

_

_
-

-

-

2.00
_

5.00
-

~

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS
TILE LAYERS’ FINISHERS
CERTIFIED ...................

_

-

2.550
2.550
.690
1.470
2.550
1.470
1.470

_

-

_

.600
1.000
.600
.600

8.00
-

.030
.050
.230
.230

2.80
-

Louisville, Ky.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS W O R K ER S............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS............................
CLEANERS, POINTERS,AND
CAULKERS ............................
CARPENTERS.............................
MILLW RIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS .........................
CEMENT FIN ISH ER S................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ...................................

See footnotes at end of table.




76

-

-

1.000
1.100
.400

_

1.000
®.750
*.750

_
_

-

-

_

.020
1.500
.080
.080
.020

_
_
_

-

6 1.000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.020
-

-

-

3.00

*.500

1.00

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

6.00

0.035

2.69

Louisville, Ky.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-MIX­
ERS (21 CU. FT. OR
OVER), CRANES, DER­
RICKS, DRAGLINES,
SHOVELS, BULLDOZERS,
HOISTS (2 DRUMS OR
MORE) ...................................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT-MIX­
ERS (UNDER 21 CU.
FT.), COMPRESSORS
(OVER 900 CU. FT.),
TRACTORS (50 HP. AND
OVER)....................................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-OIL­
ERS, PUMPS, EARTH
ROLLERS, TRACTORS
(UNDER 50 HP.)....................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...............................
PAINTERS, BRUSH....................
SPRAY ....................................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$11,895

$12,575

40.00

1.045

0.690

11.000

11.600

40.00

.500

.800

.020

8.410

8.860

40.00

.500

.800

.020

7.690
9.970
10.990
12.200
9.600

8.090
10.650
11.490
13.200
10.350

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
1.000
.800
.500

-

9.600
9.020
9.470
11.240
10.100
11.580
7.530

10.350
9.830
10.280
11.770
10.350
12.060
7.840

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.350
.350
*.750

-

10.500
8.300
8.700
11.050
10.440
10.500
9.600

11.000
8.800
9.200
11.680
10.690
11.000
10.350

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
.650
.650
.900
.500
1.000
.500

7.930

8.300

40.00

.350

.600

.020

8.130

8.500

40.00

.350

.600

.020

8.280

8.650

40.00

.350

.600

.020

8.330
8.850
5.780
4.150

8.800
9.400
5.780
4.400

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
.800
.650

8.850

9.400

40.00

-

.800
.800

-

-

-

-

.800
.550
.200
.400
.400
.200
.200
1.400
1.240
1.240
1.850
.450
.450
1.260
.400
1.850
.400

-

#0.300
*.750

-

*.750
-

.

5.00
-

.020
.100
.050

3.08
-

.050
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*1.000
-

-

.060
191.100
.060
.060

-

-

-

*.770

*.770
81.000
*.600
e.750
*1.000
8 .750

-

-

-

.060
.100
.100
.120
.080
.060
.050

-

3.00
_
-

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS:
GROUP ll-GENERAL
LABORERS; CEMENT
FINISHERS’ TENDERS;
CARPENTERS’ TENDERS....
GROUP lll-PIPELAYERS;
FIBRATOR OPERATORS;
CONCRETE SAW OPERA­
TORS; ASPHALT OPER­
ATORS ...................................
GROUP IV-MASON TEN­
DERS; AIR TRACK
DRILLERS .............................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
ROOFERS’ HELPERS................
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
LABOR­
ERS, BASE GRINDERS,
FLOOR MACHINES-FLAT
GRINDERS................................

-

-

.690
.450

-

-

6.00
_
_

.035
.050
_
.100

.050

See footnotes at end of table.




-

77

2.69
_
_
_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hbur1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Louisville, Ky.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

$8,850

$9,400

40.00

9.210
9.460

10.010
10.260

40.00
40.00

0.550
.550

8.070

8.620

40.00

.350

.600

.020

8.320

8.870

40.00

.350

.600

.020

8.370

8.920

40.00

.350

.600

.020

8.970

9.520

40.00

.350

9.210
9.960
9.460

10.310
11.060
10.560

40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.550
.550

10.400

11.420

40.00

.500

.800

8.100

8.770

40.00

.500

.800

7.440

8.020

40.00

.500

0.050

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
PILEDRIVERS...........................

-

0.300
.300

-

-

-

.020
.020

-

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS:
GROUP l-GENERAL LA­
BORERS, CONCRETE AND
ASPHALT LABORERS,
CARPENTERS’ TENDERS,
DRILL HELPERS...................
GROUP ll-JACKHAMMER
OPERATORS, CONCRETE
SAW OPERATORS, SAND
BLASTERS, WELDERS........
GROUP lll-POWDERMEN,
BLASTERS, TUNNEL LA­
BORERS (FREE AIR) ...........
GROUP IV-MINERS,
DRILLERS (FREE AIR),
TUNNEL BLASTERS ............

_

.600

_

_

.

.020

-

_

_

.020
.020
.020

.

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS ........................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-MIX­
ERS (21 CU. FT. OR
OVER), CRANES, DER­
RICKS, DRAGLINES,
SHOVELS, BULLDOZERS,
HOISTS (2 DRUMS OR
MORE) ...................................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT-MIX­
ERS (UNDER 21 CU.
FT.), COMPRESSORS
(OVER 900 CU FT),
TRACTORS (50 HP AND
OVER)....................................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-OIL­
ERS, PUMPS, EARTH
ROLLERS, TRACTORS
(UNDER 50 HP.)....................
See footnotes at end of table.




78

-

-

.300
.300
.300

.800

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Louisville, Ky.
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS:
GROUP I--GENERAL LA­
BORERS, CONCRETE AND
ASPHALT LABORERS,
CARPENTERS’ TENDERS,
DRILL HELPERS...................
GROUP ll-JACKHAMMER
OPERATORS, CONCRETE
SAW OPERATORS, SAND
BLASTERS, WELDERS.........
GROUP lll-POWDERMEN,
BLASTERS, TUNNEL LA­
BORERS (FREE A IR )...........
GROUP IV-MINERS,
DRILLERS (FREE AIR),
TUNNEL BLASTERS............

$8,070

$8,620

40.00

0.350

0.600

0.020

8.320

8.870

40.00

.350

.600

.020

8.370

8.920

40.00

.350

.600

.020

8.970

9.520

40.00

.350

.600

10.800
9.950
10.650
10.400
9.800
9.800
9.800
9.725
9.975

11.100
10.700
11.600
11.350
10.050
10.050
10.050
9.875
10.125

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
1.050
.630
.630
.650
.650
.650
.650
.650

9.400

10.050

40.00

10.930
10.560

12.130
10.560

9.725

9.295

_

_

-

*0.700
*.250
*.250
-

-

_

.020

Memphis, Tenn.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS.......................
BRICKLAYERS........................
POINTERS AND CAULKERS..
CARPENTERS............................
FLOOR LAYERS......................
PILEDRIVERS..........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
MACHINE OPERATORS.........
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS A-CRANES, DER­
RICKS, DRAGLINES,
TRENCHING MACHINES
(18 IN. AND OVER),
PILEDRIVERS, HOISTS
(3 DRUMS), SHOVELS,
BULLDOZERS .......................
CLASS B--TRENCHING MA­
CHINES (18 IN. AND
SMALLER), ELEVATING
OR BLADE GRADERS,
HOISTS (1 AND 2
DRUMS), MIXERS.................
CLASS C-AIR COM­
PRESSORS (STA­
TIONARY), PUMPS
(LARGER THAN 4 IN.),
TRACTORS (40 HP. AND
LESS).....................................
CLASS D--AIR COM­
PRESSOR OPERATORS ......
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...............................

-

-

-

-

1.000
1.100
.300
.300
.600
.600
.600
.750
.750

-

-

-

.550

.

.500

.

.

.

40.00
40.00

.900
.895

-

.500
.560

3.00
-

-

6.00

10.025

40.00

.500

.500

.100

9.595

40.00

.500

.500

.100

-

-

-

-

-

.200
.200
-

-

.
1.00
2.69

.025

•
8.595

8.895

40.00

.500

.500

8.195
9.450
10.350
8.470

8.495
10.150
11.100
8.910

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.750
.500
.530

.

-

8.470

8.910

40.00

.530

-

See footnotes at end of table.




-

-

79

-

.500
.400

.100
.100
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.030

.360

-

-

-

-

_

.360

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Memphis, Tenn.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
PAINTERS:
RESIDENTIAL..........................
COMMERCIAL:
BRUSH, ROLLER APPLI­
CATOR ...................................
SPRAY, STEEL.......................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
SHEETERS .............................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$9,400

$10,050

40.00

0.550

9.400
9.650
9.400
11.270
10.250
11.770

10.050
10.300
10.050
12.420
11.400
12.670

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.550
.550
.750
.750

10.100

10.550

.730
-

10.350
8.470

10.250
11.920
11.600
10.550
10.800
8.910

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.800
.630
.730
.730
.530

9.700
9.950
10.770
10.650

10.100

10.000

-

0.500

-

-

-

.500
.500
.500
.300
.500

_

.850
.250
.250
.250
.300
.850
.850
.360

-

0.500

_
_

_
_
191.050
.280
_

_
_
_
_

_

_
_

.030
.030
2b.520

_
_
_
_
_
_

-

6.550
6.250
-

-

_
-

.200
_
-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
MORTAR MIXER
OPERATORS..............................
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS .................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS.........
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........

7.450

7.950

40.00

.300

.400

7.550
6.975

8.050
7.185

40.00
40.00

.300
.300

.400
.400

6.975

7.185

40.00

.300

7.392
7.450
6.975

7.392
7.950
7.185

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.300
.300

9.650
10.950
9.900
9.200

10.600
11.700
10.650

7.550
10.650

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
1.050
.700
.800
.550
.550
.800
.700
.550

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

.400

-

-

.560
.400
.400

6.00

.100
.100
.120
.120

_

.025

2.69

.100
.120

_

-

Miami, Fla.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
PILEDRIVERS ........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A-CRANES, DER­
RICKS, HOISTS (2
DRUMS OR MORE)..............

10.020
9.400
6.500
9.900

10.000
10.820
10.200

_
-

1.100
.620
.550
.700
.700
.550
.620

*1.500
_
-

_
_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_
_

9.400

9.750

40.00

11.500
10.910

40.00
40.00

.895

-

.690

_

10.250

11.000

40.00

.500

_

.450

.

_

*.250

_

_
_

.600

_

.020
_
_

.020
.020
_

_
_
_
_
_
_
_

.040

6.00

7.00

80

_

*.250

_

11.250
10.860

See footnotes at end of table.




.650

_

*.500
_

6.00

1.00
.030

2.69

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

# 0.500
* .250
.750

-

0.020
_

_
_
_
_

Miami, Fla.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
GROUP B--DRAG LINES,
BACKHOES, FORKLIFTS,
HOISTS (1 DRUM),
FINISH GRADER OPER­
ATORS .......... ........................
GROUP C-BULLDOZERS,
SCRAPERS, MOTOR
GRADERS, TRENCHING
MACHINES, FRONT-END
LOADERS, WINCHES, AIR
COMPRESSORS (ABOVE
125 CFM )...............................
GROUP D-ROLLERS, FIN­
ISHING MACHINES,
TRACTORS, MIXERS,
OILERS-DRIVERS.................
GROUP E--DRIVERS,
OILERS ON CRAWLER
CRANES ................................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MARBLE POLISHERS ...........
SURFACING MACHINE
OPERATORS ........................
FLOOR SURFACING (5 HP
AND UNDER).........................
FLOOR SURFACING (OVER
5 H P )......................................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SCAFFOLD.............................
SPRAY ....................................
RESIDENTIAL (REPAINT)......
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS, COMMERCIAL ....
PIPEFITTERS, RESIDENTIAL....
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS:
COMMERCIAL.........................
RESIDENTIAL:
AGREEMENT A ......................
AGREEMENT B ......................
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$9,560

$10,280

40.00

0.500

0.450

8.710

9.340

40.00

.500

.450

8.010

8.560

40.00

.500

.450

7.010
8.900
9.650
9.900
9.100

7.510
9.750
10.050
10.650
9.850

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.650
.550
.700
.500

9.100

9.850

40.00

.500

9.600

10.350

40.00

9.600

9.350

40.00

9.900
9.150
9.550
9.650
6.650
9.400
10.280
6.050
9.900
8.220

10.650
9.500
9.900
10.000
7.000
9.750
10.530
6.300
10.650
9.820

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.550
.550
.550
.550
.550
1.080
1.080
.700
.920

_

10.000
9.370
9.620

11.000
10.380
10.630

40.00
40.00
40.00

.980
.830
.830

-

10.700

11.230

40.00

.750

6.550
4.200
9.900
10.000
9.900

6.550
4.200
10.650
11.000
10.650

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.700
.980
.700

-

.720
.720
.620
1.000
.620

_
_
-

6.900
6.800

7.300
7.200

40.00
40.00

1.020
1.020

-

.550
.550

_

7.600

7.810

40.00

.895

8.250
3.250
7.080
6.800
5.170

9.000
3.250
7.480
7.200
5.840

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
1.170
1.020
.830

-

.450
_
.550
.550
.150

_
_

6.070

7.180

40.00

.830

-

.150

-

-

.450
.450
.250
.620
.450
.450

.750

.500

.450

.750

.500

.450

.750

-

-

.620
.600
.600
.600
.600
.600
1.000
1.000
.620
1.300

_
_

'.500
8 .250
*.600

_
_
_
_
_

.020
.040
.040
.040
.040
.040
.070
.070
.020
_

1.000
.350
.350

_
_

# .500
“.500

_
-

.040
_
_

_
*.250
_
*.250

_
_
_
-

_
.020
.040
.020

-

_

_

.050
.050

_

6.00

.030

2.69

.750
_
_
*.500

_
_
_

_
.050
.050
_

_
_
_
_

*500

-

-

-

_
-

.720

*.250
-

-

-

_
_
_
_
_

_

*.600
_
_

_

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE, TILE, AND TER­
RAZZO FINISHERS.................
PIPEFITTERS’ HELPERS..........
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
ROOFERS’ HELPERS................
KETTLEMEN AND MORTARMEN ......................................
See footnotes at end of table.




81

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Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Miami, Fla.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
PILEDRIVERS.............................

$8,460

$9,180

40.00

0.550

0.700

9.050

9.750

40.00

.500

.450

8.010

8.660

40.00

.500

.450

7.760

8.410

40.00

.500

.450

7.210

7.760

40.00

.500

.450

6.910
8.460

7.410
9.180

40.00
40.00

.500
.550

11.150
11.000
11.410
11.410
11.410
11.170
11.750
11.860
10.550

12.550
12.000
12.270
12.270
12.270
11.870
12.570
12.680
11.330

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
1.150
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.100
1.100
1.100
1.250

10.350

11.300

40.00

1.060

12.000
12.295

12.790
13.240

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.045

11.570

12.420

40.00

1.050

1.100

.050

11.020

11.870

40.00

1.050

1.100

.050

11.320

12.170

40.00

1.050

1.100

.050

10.610
10.320

11.360
11.020

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.050

_

1.100
1.100

_

_

_

.050
.050

_

10.920

11.770

40.00

1.050

-

1.100

-

-

-

.050

-

0.020

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS A-CRANES, DER­
RICKS, HOISTS (2
DRUMS).................................
CLASS B--DRAGLINES,
BACKHOES, HOISTS
(1 DRUM), GRADEALLS,
GRADERS .............................
CLASS C-BULLDOZERS,
FORKLIFTS, WINCH
TRUCKS, FRONT-END
LOADERS, PUMPS (3 IN
OR LARGER)........................
CLASS D--COMPRESSORS,
(ABOVE 125 CFM),
SCRAPERS, TRENCHERS ....
CLASS E-FINISHING MA­
CHINES, TRACTORS,
OILERS..................................
PILEDRIVERS.............................

-

.450
.700

-

-

-

.020

-

.040
_
.180
.180
.180
.070
.070
.070
.070

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

Milwaukee, Wise.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
SEWER TUNNEL, CAISSON ..
TUCK POINTERS ...................
CARPENTERS............................
PILEDRIVERS ........................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS (FINISH­
ERS) .........................................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, DERRICKS,
SHOVELS ..............................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
MIXERS.......... ........................
TRACTORS OR
BULLDOZERS
OVER 40 HORSEPOWER ....
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
FIREMEN (PILEDRJVER
AND DERRICK) .....................
PUMPS....................................
HOISTS, FORKLIFTS,
BOATS...................................
See footnotes at end of table.




82

-

-

-

1.000
1.000
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000

1.250
-

-

-

1.000
-

.450
.690

-

.550
.550
.550
.500
.500
.500
.500

-

_
_

.500
3.00
-

-

.060
10.00
6.00

.030

2.69

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Other5

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Milwaukee, Wise.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SWING STAGE:
TO 80 FEET .........................
80 FEET AND OVER...........
SPRAY ....................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL ...........
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS AND
STEAMFITTERS.......................
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
DAMP AND WATERPROOF
ROOFERS......................... .
KETTLEMEN ..........................
MASTIC SPREADERS ...........
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS.....
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
MACHINERY MOVERS
RIGGERS, STONE
DERRICK M E N ......................
TILE LAYERS............ .................

_

$11,190
10.280
10.480

$12,090
11.010
11.360

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.920
1.150
1.200

_
-

0.700
1.000
1.200

-

8 0.500
.900
.550

_
-

0.010
.010

_
-

11.110
10.000

12.010
10.950

40.00
40.00

1.200
1.060

-

1.200
1.000

-

.500
.500

-

.190
.060

_
_

10.150
10.250
10.350
10.350
10.100

11.100
11.200
11.300
11.300
11.050

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.060
1.060
1.060
1.060
1.060

-

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000

-

.500
.500
.500
.500
.500

-

.060
.060
.060
.060
.060

_
-

11.020
10.850
10.180
11.820

11.520
11.550
10.910
12.770

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.440
.750
1.300
1.100

-

1.000
1.050
1.000
1.200

-

*.850
*1.850
.850
.560

-

.120
.060
.150

_
_
_
-

10.960
10.700

11.360
11.600

40.00
40.00

1.300
1.100

-

2.000
1.000

_
-

_
.500

-

1.400
.070

_
-

10.700
10.700
10.900
10.850
10.610
11.410
10.960

11.600
11.600
11.800
11.750
12.370
12.270
11.360

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100
1.190
1.200
1.300

-

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.330
1.200
2.000

-

.500
.500
.500
.500
.750
.550
-

_
_

.070
.070
.070
.070
.100
.180
1.400

_
_
_
_
-

10.960
10.350

11.360
11.300

40.00
40.00

1.300
.850

-

2.000
1.000

-

1.400
-

_

-

_
.650

-

-

9.790

10.500

40.00

1.000

_

1.000

_

.500

_

.070

.

9.900
9.790

10.610
10.500

40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000

-

1.000
1.000

-

.500
.500

-

.070
.070

_
_

9.890

10.600

40.00

1.100

-

1.000

_

.500

_

.070

_

8.610
9.630
9.900

9.270
10.150
10.610

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
.600
1.000

-

.690
1.000
1.000

-

.650
.500

6.00

.030
.070

2.69
_
_

9.960
9.850
9.650

10.680
10.570
10.860

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.150
1.150
.600

-

1.000
1.000
1.000

_

.500
.500
.650

-

.060
.060
_

_
_
_

9.870

11.080

40.00

.600

-

1.000

-

.650

-

-

_

9.650
9.550

10.860
9.950

40.00
40.00

.600
.600

-

1.000
1.000

_

.650
.650

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

10.920

11.720

40.00

1.050

-

.750

-

-

-

.050

-

_

-

_

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
HOD CARRIERS AND MOR­
TAR MIXERS ........................
BUILDING LABORERS..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’

HELPERS .................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE FINISHERS.................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS:
FIRST ......................................
SECOND.................................
TERRAZZO FINISHERS............
BASE MACHINE
OPERATORS............................ .
FLOOR MACHINE
OPERATORS .........................
TILE FINISHERS.........................

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY-BITUMINOUS
PAVER ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.




83

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Milwaukee, Wise.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
CONCRETE MIXERS............
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
COMPRESSORS (300 CFM
OR MORE)...........................
CONCRETE BREAKER AND
TAMPER, CONCRETE
SPEADER.............................
CRUSHER OR SCREENING
PLANT, AUTOMATIC
BELT CONVEYOR...............
PUMPS, OILER ......................
SCREED (BITUMINOUS
PAVER), SHOULDERING
MACHINE.............................
FIREMEN............... ................

$10,660

$11,460

40.00

1.050

0.750

0.050

10.370

11.170

40.00

1.050

.750

.050

10.490

11.290

40.00

1.050

.750

.050

10.280
10.160

11.080
10.960

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.050

-

.750
.750

-

-

-

.050
.050

-

10.570
10.410

11.370
11.210

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.050

-

.750
.750

-

-

-

.050
.050

-

9.190
8.610
8.610

9.440
9.010
9.010

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000
1.000

-

1.000
1.000
1.000

-

0.500
.500
.500

-

.040
.040
.040

-

10.700

11.480

40.00

1.250

1.000

.500

.070

8.240

8.930

40.00

1.150

1.000

.500

.030

10.230
11.000
11.310

11.560
12.000
11.870

40.00
40.00
40.00

.600
1.150
1.045

11.400

11.900

40.00

.700

.550

11.280

11.780

40.00

.700

.550

11.200

11.700

40.00

.700

.550

11.280

11.780

40.00

.700

Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS..............
ASPHALT LABORERS...........
LABORERS (STATE WORK) ..
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS................ .
Helpers and laborers
UTILITY LABORERS..................
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

Building construction
Journeymen
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL:
ASBES TOS WORKERS.........
BOILERMAKERS ....................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS
ENGINEERS-POWER
EQUIPMENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, SHOVELS,
DERRICKS.......................
PUMPCRETE OPER­
ATORS .............................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
HOISTS, 1-DRUM;
CONCRETE MIX­
ERS ...................................
MECHANICS OR
WELDERS.........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
COMPRESSORS...............
FIREMEN, 1ST
CLASS LICENSE .............
OILERS..............................
GLAZIERS ...... ........ ...............
MACHINISTS........... ...............

10.450

10.750

40.00

.700

10.930
10.000
10.500
11.600

11.430
10.300
11.300
12.600

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.450
-

See footnotes at end of table.




84

-

1.000
1.000
.690

8 1.250
-

-

-

-

.100
-

6.00

-

.030

-

2.69

.550
.

-

-

.550
.550
.550
.500
-

-

-

-

.350
-

-

10.00

-

_
2.31

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

e0.750
1.000

-

Dollars

Percent

$
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ............................
RODMEN ................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION ....
ROOFERS, SLATE AND
TILE........................................
STRUCTURAL IRON
WORKERS ............................
FINISHERS ..........................
TILE LAYERS..........................
MINNEAPOLIS:
BRICKLAYERS.......................
CEMENT BLOCK
LAYERS ..............................
BLOCKLAYERS,
POINTERS,
SWING STAGE...................
CARPENTERS:
OUTSIDE..............................
MILLWRIGHTS.....................
PILEDRIVERS.......................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
CEMENT FINISHERS.............
COMPOSITION
FLOOR FINISHERS ...........
DRYWALL TAPERS ...............
ELECTRICANS (IN­
SIDE WIRERS) ......................
LATHERS................................
MARBLE SETTERS................
PAPERHANGERS...................
PAINTERS:
BRUSH .................................
STEEL AND SWING
STAGE-SPRAY ...................
PIPEFITTERS.........................
SPRINKLER FITTERS.........
PLASTERERS ........................
PLUMBERS ............................
SHEET-METAL
WORKERS ............................
STONEMASONS................ .
ST. PAUL:
BRICKLAYERS........................
BLOCKLAYERS....................
POINTERS, CAULK­
ERS, WHEN DONE
ON SWING STAGE............
CARPENTERS:
OUTSIDE..............................
MILLWRIGHTS.....................
PILEDRIVERS.......................
CEMENT FINISHERS.............
ELECTRICANS (fNSIDE WIRERS) ......................
MARBLE MASONS.................
PIPEFITTERS AND
STEAMFITTERS....................
PAPERHANGERS...................
PAINTERS:
BRUSH .................................
STEEL AND SWING
STAGE - SPRAY ................
PLASTERERS .........................
PLUMBERS ............................

$11,270
11.650
9.950

$12,020
12.200
10.750

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.640
.850
.850

9.950

10.750

40.00

.850

11.650
11.650
10.090

12.200
12.200
10.680

40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.850
.720

10.760

11.160

40.00

.655

.730

.700

.060

10.760

11.160

40.00

.655

.730

.700

.060

11.060

11.460

40.00

.655

.730

.700

.060

10.460
10.560
10.460
10.610
10.880

11.060
11.260
11.060
11.110
11.630

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700
.650
.600

11.130
10.600

11.880
11.550

40.00
40.00

.600
.500

10.600
10.190
10.245
10.260

12.160
10.620
10.755
10.810

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.655
.650

10.260

10.810

40.00

.650

10.860
11.140
11.530
10.600
11.090

11.410
11.490
12.330
11.550
11.240

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.700
.750
.500
.700

-

.400
.530
1.050
.450
.630

-

“.400
1.500
*.500
.700
1.750

-

.210
.050
.200
.150
.050

_

11.220
10.760

11.910
11.160

40.00
40.00

.520
.655

-

.920
.730

-

1.000
.700

-

.130
.060

-

10.760
10.760

11.160
11.160

40.00
40.00

.655
.655

-

.730
.730

-

.700
.700

-

.060
.060

-

11.060

11.460

40.00

.655

10.460
10.560
10.460
10.880

11.060
11.260
11.060
11.630

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700
.600

-

.550
.550
.550
.600

-

11.200
10.760

11.850
11.160

40.00
40.00

.655

5.75
-

.730

5.88
-

10.900
10.140

11.700
10.890

40.00
40.00

.570
.550

-

.530
.250

_

10.140

10.890

40.00

.550

10.740
10.650
10.920

11.490
11.100
11.570

40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.700
.700

See footnotes at end of table.




85

-

-

0.250
.800
.350

-

.350
-

.800
.800
.500

61.000
-

.750
.750
".450

-

.550
.550
.550
.600

_

.550
.550
.550
*.650
-

-

.600
.450

-

.700

-

7.00
-

-

1.000
.730
.400

6.00
-

_

.400

-

-

.550
.550
.550
-

*.700

*.700
6
.700
.700
.900
.670

-

-

.350

-

-

.030
.030
.030
.110
-

_

-

.150

-

.450
.100
.210

5.95
-

-

6.30
-

-

.210

.700

.250
.250
.500
.530

.400
6.700
8 .400

0.040
.040

* .400

.730

-

-

.060
_
_

.030
.030
.030
-

_
_
_

11.25
-

.100

1.38
_

-

1.620
.130

_

.130
_
-

.130
.070
.890

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
’ hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
SHEET METAL
WORKERS............................
STONEMASONS.....................

$10,710
10.760

$11,410
11.160

40.00
40.00

0.790
.655

-

1.000
.730

-

1.150
.700

5.655
7.920

5.935
8.310

40.00
40.00

1.045
1.045

-

.690
.690

-

-

9.240

9.830

40.00

.720

9.150
8.950

9.800
9.600

40.00
40.00

.600
.600

-

.450
.450

-

.400
.400

_

_

_

9.860
9.930

10.510
10.580

40.00
40.00

.640
.640

-

-

-

*.590
8.590

_

".200
“ .200

_

10.190
10.260

10.840
10.910

40.00
40.00

.640
.640

-

-

_

_

6.200
8.200

_

9.240

9.830

40.00

.720

8.850
8.900
8.750
10.060

9.500
9.550
9.400
10.760

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.600
.600
.600
.500

-

.450
.450
.450
_

8.850
8.900
8.750
9.760

9.500
9.550
9.400
10.460

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.600
.600
.600
.600

-

.450
.450
.450
.450

10.460
10.880

11.060
11.630

40.00
40.00

.700
.600

-

.550
.600

11.150

11.650

40.00

.700

10.930
11.020

11.430
11.520

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

11.150

11.650

40.00

.700

10.150

10.550

40.00

.700

-

0.200
.060

-

Helpers and laborers
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL:
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCT­
ORS’ HELPERS:
FIRST 6 MONTHS...............
AFTER 6 MONTHS .............
MARBLE SETTERS’
HELPERS ..............................
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS:
FIRST MAN..........................
SECOND MAN .....................
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS:
1 YEAR SENIORITY............
2 YEARS SENIORITY .........
BASE MACHINE:
1 YEAR SENIORITY.........
2 YEARS SENIORITY .......
TILE LAYERS’
HELPERS ..............................
MINNEAPOLIS:
BRICKLAYERS’
TENDERS..............................
MORTAR MIXERS...... ........
BUILDING LABORERS..........
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS......
ST. PAUL:
BRICKLAYERS’
TENDERS...................... .......
MORTAR MIXERS...............
BUILDING LABORERS..........
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS......

.500

6.00
6.00

*.420

.500

*.590
8.590
6
.420

.030
.030

2.69
2.69

.330

.330

_
_

.400
.400
.400
.650

_
_

_
_
-

.400
.400
.400
.400

_
_
-

_

.550
_

_

-

-

.160

_
_
_

_
_

_
_

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINSHERS..................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
SHOVELS TO 3 CU YDS,
DREDGE OPERATORS AND
ENGINEERS, DERRICK
OPERATORS ........................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
MECHANICS, WELDERS......
SCRAPERS ...........................
FINISHING GRADERS OR
MOTOR OPERATORS........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS, COMPRESSORS,
LOADERS OR BARBER
GREENE PATROL.............. .
See footnotes at end of table.




86

.550
-

.550
.550
.550

-

.550

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Mlnneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS....

$8,700

$9,350

40.00

0.600

10.460
10.880

11.060
11.630

40.00
40.00

.700
.600

11.150

11.650

40.00

.700

10.930
11.020

11.430
11.520

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

11.150

11.650

40.00

.700

.550

10.150

10.550

40.00

.700

.550

8.700

9.350

40.00

.600

.450

10.550
9.950
9.250
10.000
10.750
8.100

11.100
10.700
10.350
10.850
11.770
8.800

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
1.050

8.400

9.300

40.00

.400

9.700
9.355

11.400
10.130

40.00
40.00

.550
.895

9.500

10.230

40.00

.500

0.450

0.400

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
ST. PAUL................................
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
SHOVELS TO 3 CU YDS,
DREDGE OPERATORS AND
ENGINEERS, DERRICK
OPERATORS ........................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
MECHANICS, WELDERS......
SCRAPERS ...........................
FINISHING GRADERS OR
MOTOR PATROL......... .......
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS, COMPRESSORS,
LOADERS OR BARBER
GREENE OPERATORS.........

-

.550
.600

.550
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.550
-

.550
.550

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS....

.400

Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) .............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS.....................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS A--CENTRAL COM­
PRESSORS, CRANES,
DERRICKS, DRAGLINES,
HOISTS (MORE THAN 1
(DRUM), PILEDRIVERS,
SHOVELS, TRENCH MA­
CHINES (18 IN OR OVER) ....

-

.150
.250

See footnotes at end of table.




87

-

-

.950
1.100
.500
.250
.100
_

*1.000
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.690

.450

-

-

.

.500
.
-

-

0.020
.020
.020
.020

3.00
-

.
-

.
6.00

.030

.020

1.00
2.69

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
CLASS B-BLADE GRADERS,
CONVEYORS, HOIST
(1 DRUM), PAVERS, TAN­
DEM ROLLERS, TRACTORS,
TRENCH MACHINES (18 IN
OR SMALLER)........................
CLASS C-AIR COM­
PRESSORS (STATIONARY),
EARTH DRILLS, MOTOR
CRANE DRIVERS, OILERS,
PUMPS (4 IN AND LARG­
ER) ..........................................
CLASS D-AIR COM­
PRESSORS, OILERS,
WELDING MACHINE OPER­
ATORS, DECKHANDS ...........
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
PAINTERS ..................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

$8,960

$9,650

40.00

0.500

0.450

0.020

8.430

9.070

40.00

.500

.450

.020

8.000
8.400
8.650
8.150
8.650
8.250
10.340

8.610
9.000
8.900
9.050
9.550
8.750
11.000

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.600
.400
.400
.550
.700

-

.450
.500
.200
.500
.500
.200
.700

-

6 0.500
.650
*.250
-

-

.020
.070
.070
.070

10.050
8.000
8.250
9.710
9.250
10.050

10.850
8.450
8.700
10.700
10.350
10.850

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.550
.550
.530
.750

-

.700
.400
.400
.320
.500
.700

-

8.150
-

-

.020
.200
.200
*.150
.020
.020

_
_

6.700
6.700

7.200
7.200

40.00
40.00

.300
.300

-

.340
.340

_

_

_

.020
.020

-

6.700

7.200

40.00

.300

6.549
6.700
6.700
6.700

7.090
7.200
7.200
7.200

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.300
.300
.300

6.700
6.700

7.200
7.200

40.00
40.00

.300
.300

10.860
11.570
11.250
11.700
11.950

11.240
12.180
12.250
12.130
2112.380

40.00
40.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.920
-

11.450
11.250
10.600

12.380
12.250
11.100

40.00
35.00
40.00

1.700
.920
.800

12.040

12.500

40.00

2.31
-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS .................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
LABORERS..............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

.340

-

.690
.340
.340
.340

-

.340
.340

-

.020
6.00
-

_

-

-

-

_

.030
.020
.020
.020

2.69
_
_
_

-

.020
.020

-

.080
.020
-

_
_
_

-

Newark, N.J.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS ........................
PILEDRIVERS, DOCK
BUILDERS, HOUSE
MOVERS, AND FOUNDA­
TION WORKERS...................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................

-

-

See footnotes at end of table*




88

10.00
8.00
8.00
8.00

-

9.00

.250
1.000
-

1.780
1.000
.500
-

10.00
20.00
7.00
7.00

-

12.00

®.500
-

.950
e.500
-

-

17.00
10.00
-

-

_

-

.075
.020
.750

_

-

10.00

-

_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

I

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

_

_

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

4.00

0.020

4.23

Newark, N.J.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
POWER SHOVELS, CRANES
POWER CRANES ON STEEL
ERECTION...........................
TRENCH MACHINES, PAVING MIXERS ......................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
HOISTS, MORE THAN ONE
GENERATOR .......................
CENTRAL POWER PLANTS .
CONCRETE TOWER HOISTS
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
AIR COMPRESSORS,
SINGLE PUMPS...................
SMALL MIXERS ....................
CONCRETE PUMPS.............
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
ABOVE 3 STORIES..............
PIPEFITTERS.............................
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
SHEET-METAL WORKERS.......
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

_

$11,320

$11,890

35.00

0.895

13.810

14.550

40.00

-

7.00

-

10.00

-

-

.400

11.08

-

1.700

15.630

16.270

40.00

-

7.00

-

10.00

-

.400

11.08

13.810

14.450

40.00

-

7.00

-

10.00

-

-

.400

11.08

r 14.730
13.810
r 13.340

15.370
14.450
13.980

40.00
40.00
40.00

-

7.00
7.00
7.00

-

10.00
10.00
10.00

-

-

.400
.400
.400

11.08
11.08
11.08

10.780
10.610
12.820
11.950
11.400
11.600

11.420
11.250
13.460
12.450
11.900
13.250

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
.150
.750

7.00
7.00
7.00
-

2.000
.400
.100

10.00
10.00
10.00
-

1.000
-

12.00

.400
.400
.400
.050
.180
-

11.08
11.08
11.08
4.62
3.85

11.080
10.300
10.900
12.050
12.380
11.250
12.895

11.880
10.750
11.350
13.000
13.580
12.250
13.905

35.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00

1.320
.700
.700
.750
.920
1.100

7.00
-

1.500
.600
.600
1.005
1.000
1.170

9.00
-

.350
.350
*1.000
• .500
-

10.00
-

.620
.070
.020
.325

1.50
-

11.890
12.370
11.500
11.250
11.890
10.600

12.550
13.610
12.190
12.250
12.550
10.600

40.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00
40.00

.910
1.000
.760
.920
.910
1.150

4.00
-

2.850
1.000
.610
1.000
2.850
.750

4.00
-

1.150
*.500
1.150
-

8.00
-

.130
.190
.020
.130
.050

-

8.000

8.100

35.00

.750

_

1.250

_

_

_

.070

_

8.000
8.000
8.000

8.100
8.100
8.100

35.00
35.00
35.00

.750
.750
.750

-

1.250
1.250
1.250

-

_

-

.070
.070
.070

_

8.440

8.920

35.00

.895

-

1.700

-

-

4.00

.020

4.23

10.090
10.240
8.000
9.250

10.090
10.240
8.100
9.600

35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00

.760
.760
.750
.900

-

1.500
1.500
1.250
.900

-

_
-

_
_
-

.620
.620

_
_
-

11.700
11.950
9.250

12.130
12.380
9.700

40.00
40.00
40.00

_
1.000

7.00
7.00
-

_
-

_

_

-

_
.130

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS:
AGREEMENT A ......................
AGREEMENT B ......................
AGREEMENT C ......................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ................................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORK­
ERS’ HELPERS .......................
GRINDERS .............................
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS.........
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

.070
.070

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
See footnotes at end of table.




89

8.00
8.00
-

_
1.000

_
_
3.08

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.400
.400

11.08
11.08

Newark, N.J.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
SHOVELS, CRANES,
DRAGLINES .........................
PILE DRIVING MACHINES ....
BACKHOES, CONCRETE
PAVERS ...............................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
CAISSON HOISTS................
SHAFT HOISTS.....................
EXCAVATING, CARRYALL,
LETOURNEAU .....................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
SMALL MIXERS, PUMPS......
FRONT END LOADERS........
CONVEYORS, 125 AND
OVER....................................
CONCRETE PUMPS.............

$13,810
13.810

7.00
7.00

$14,450
14.450

40.00
40.00

13.810

14.450

40.00

12.590
12.590

15.370
15.370

40.00
40.00

12.820

13.460

40.00

.

7.00

10.610
11.810

11.250
12.450

40.00
40.00

-

7.00
7.00

-

10.00
10.00

-

12.820
11.810

13.460
13.460

40.00
40.00

-

7.00
7.00

-

10.00
10.00

-

8.850

9.300

40.00

1.000

8.300

8.750

40.00

1.000

11.700
11.950

12.130
12.380

40.00
40.00

11.450
9.250

12.380
9.700

40.00
40.00

13.890
15.710

14.450
16.270

40.00
40.00

13.890

14.450

40.00

12.670

13.980

40.00

-

.
-

-

10.00
10.00

_

_

7.00

10.00

.400

11.08

7.00
7.00

10.00
10.00

.400
.400

11.08
11.08

.400

11.08

-

.400
.400

11.08
11.08

-

.400
.400

11.08
11.08

.130

3.08

.130

3.08

-

_

_

10.00

Helpers and laborers
JACK HAMMERS, CHIPPING
HAMMERS, PAVEMENT
BREAKERS, POWER
BUGGIES....................................
CONSTRUCTION -LABORERS,
DUMPMEN, PITMEN, FLAG­
MEN .........................................

1.000

_

1.000

_

_

_

_

_

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
DOCK BUILDERS, PIER
CARPENTERS, SHORERS,
HOUSE MOVERS, PILE
DRIVERS AND FOUNDA­
TION WORKERS...................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEER-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
POWER SHOVELS, CRANES
POWER CRANES, 140 FT.....
TRENCHING MACHINES,
PAVING MIXERS.................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
HOISTS (1 OR 2 DRUM
WITH MORE THAN ONE
GENERATOR)......................
CENTRAL POWER PLANTS
(STEEL ERECTION)............
CONCRETE POWER HOISTS
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
AIR COMPRESSORS,
SINGLE PUMPS...................
SMALL MIXERS ....................
CONCRETE PUMPS.............

13.890
12.670

14.450
13.980

40.00
40.00

10.780
10.690
12.900

11.420
11.250
13.460

40.00
40.00
40.00

_

1.700
1.000

_

_

7.00
7.00

_

1.780
1.000

_

7.00

7.00

.
-

-

-

See footnotes at end of table.




8.00
8.00

90

7.00
7.00

7.00
7.00
7.00

.
-

-

-

7.00
7.00

1.010

_

_

.075
.130

3.08

.400
.400

11.08
11.08

10.00

.400

11.08

10.00

.400

11.08

.400
.400

11.08
11.08

.400
.400
.400

11.08
11.08
11.08

_

10.00
10.00

10.00
10.00

10.00
10.00
10.00

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Pension
Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.130

3.08

Newark, N.J.
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Helpers and laborers
JACKHAMMERS, CHIPPING
HAMMERS, PAVEMENT
BREAKERS, POWER
BUGGIES....................................
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS,
DUMPMEN, PITMEN, FLAG­
MEN .........................................

$8,850

$9,300

40.00

1.000

8.300

8.750

40.00

1.000

_

1.000

_

_

_

.130

3.08

9.630
11.800
10.500
10.500
10.500

10.180
12.300
10.900
10.800
10.900

35.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.450
1.150
1 300
.650
1.300

-

1.330
1.100
1.000
1.100

10.00
-

# 1.000
-

-

.110
.020
.110

-

10.080
11.500

11.000
12.020

40.00
40.00

1.050
.895

-

.950
.690

3.00
-

-

6.00

.030

1.00
2.69

11.450

12.500

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

11.330

12.380

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

9.550
9.050
10.000
10.750
10.000

10.460
9.530
10.400
11.500
10.400

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
.620
1.000
.850

10.000
9.250
9.350
9.750
10.850
10.500
10.850

10.400
9.750
9.850
10.250
11.390
10.900
11.390

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.800
.800
.800
.950
1.300
.950

9.680
8.050
8.050
9.280
10.500
9.680
10.000

10.930
8.550
8.550
9.670
10.900
10.930
10.400

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.150
.750
.750
1.050
1.300
1.150
.850

8.500
8.250

9.200
8.950

40.00
40.00

7.350

7.850

40.00

1.000

New Bedford, Mass.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A-CRANES,
SHOVELS, DRAGLINES,
BACKHOES, HOISTS,
GRADEALLS........................
GROUP B-GRADERS,
SCRAPERS, BULL­
DOZERS, ROLLERS,
ASPHALT PAVERS..............
GROUP C-PUMPS, COM­
PRESSORS, WELDING
MACHINES, CONCRETE
SAWS, VIBRATORS,
SINGLE DIAPHRAGM
PUMPS.................................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
DRYWALL TAPERS FINISHERS
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

3.00
.
-

.
-

1.000
111.500
.550
111.500
111.500
.750
.750
.750
1.480
1.100
1.480

-

-

5.00
-

.010
.030
-

_
-

.
-

.
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
.050
.050
.050
.200
.110
.200

-

*.250
*1.150
*1.150
*.360
*.250
-

-

22.400
.110
-

3.85
.39
4.23
_
-

-

-

112.350
.300
.300
1.340
1.100
112.350
111.500

.700
.700

-

1.000
1.000

-

-

-

.180
.180

-

.750

-

.300

-

*1.150

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.00
-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS.......... ......................
See footnotes at end of table.




91

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4
Percent

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

6.00
-

0.030
.180

2.69
-

.050
-

-

Percent

Dollars

0.690
.750
1.000

-

-

1.100
.750

.

.

-

-

-

Dollars

New Bedford, Mass.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS.......
TERRA2ZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
TILE LAVERS’ HELPERS..........

$8,050
9.070
8.500

$8,410
9.520
9.200

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.895
.850
.700

-

10.150
9.070

10.600
9.520

40.00
40.00

.850

-

11.450

12.500

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

11.330

12.380

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

9.550

10.460

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

8.250

8.950

40.00

.700

11.450

12.500

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

11.330

12.380

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

9.550

10.460

40.00

1.100

1.000

3.85

11.240
10.100

11.990
10.550

35.00
40.00

.750
.750

10.100
10.100
10.100
10.100
10.100

10.550
10.750
10.750
10.750
10.550

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.900
.900
.900
.750

.

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A-CRANES, POWER
SHOVELS, DRAGLINES,
BACKHOES, SHAFT
HOISTS, GRADEALLS .........
GROUP B-GRADERS,
SCRAPERS, BULLDOZERS,
ROLLERS, ASPHALT
PAVERS.................................
GROUP C-PUMPS, COM­
PRESSORS, WELDING
MACHINES, CONCRETE
MIXERS .................................
Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS....

.

.

1.000

.180

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A-CRANES, POWER
SHOVELS, DRAGLINES,
BACKHOES, SHAFT
HOISTS, GRADEALLS .........
GROUP B-GRADERS,
SCRAPERS. BULLDOZERS,
ROLLERS, ASPHALT
PAVERS.................................
GROUP C-PUMPS, COM­
PRESSORS, WELDING
MACHINES, CONCRETE
MIXERS .................................

New Haven, Conn.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BRICKLAYERS...........................
POINTERS, CAULKERS AND
CLEANERS ...........................
CARPENTERS............................
DOCK BUILDERS...................
FLOOR LAYERS.....................
CEMENT FINSHERS..................
See footnotes at end of table.




92

-

.
-

-

1.310
.750

-

*0.600
-

-

.750
.650
.650
.650
.750

-

-

-

.050

-

.050
-

-

-

-

-

.050

Table 1& Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

New Haven, Conn.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
DRYWALL TAPERS (FIN­
ISHERS) ...................................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, STEEL .................
SHOVELS.............. ..............
DERRICKS...........................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
PITMAN MACHINES............
COMPRESSORS..................
BULLDOZERS......................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
WELL POINTS SYSTEMS ....
WELDING MACHINES,
STEEL .................................
SMALL CONCRETE
MIXERS (5 BAGS AND
OVER) .................................
LATHERS....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS, GENERAL...............
STRUCTURAL STEEL ...........
BRIDGES................................
HEIGHT...................................
SPRAYING..............................
PAPERHANGERS ......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS...............................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, TILE ........................
PRE-CAST SLABBERS..........
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS................. .......
STRUCTURAL IRON
WORKERS:
ERECTORS AND RIGGERS ...
FINISHERS.............................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$9,800

$10,350

36.00

0.500

10.256
10.450

10.810
10.790

36.00
40.00

1.000
.895

11.550
11.430
11.550

11.960
11.840
11.960

40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700

11.070
9.880
10.790

11.46p
10.210
11.160

40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700

9.880

10.210

40.00

.700

9.880

10.210

40.00

.700

10.740
9.800
10.100

11.110
10.000
10.550

40.00
35.00
40.00

.700
.750
.750

10.100
9.450
9.700
13.000
10.450
12.100
9.950
10.100
10.100
10.100

10.550
10.000
10.250
13.600
11.000
12.650
10.500
10.580
10.550
10.580

40.00
36.00
36.00
40.00
36.00
36.00
36.00
36.00
40.00
36.00

.750
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.750
.750
.750

12.250
10.650
10.900
10.900
10.490
10.100

12.900
11.400
11.650
11.650
11.020
10.550

40.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00

.900
1.250
1.250
1.250
.810
.750

12.250
12.250
10.100

12.900
12.900
10.550

40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.750

-

1.450
1.450
.750

8.200
7.950

8.400
8.150

40.00
40.00

.600
.600

-

7.315
8.950
8.200

7.450
9.250
8.400

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.500
.600

-

8.950

9.250

40.00

.500

9.200
8.950

9.500
9.250

40.00
40.00

.500
.500

0.600
-

.520
.690

0.020
3.00
-

-

6.00

.030

237.00
2.69

-

.500
.500
.500

2.69
2.69
2.69

-

.500
.500
.500

2.69
2.69
2.69

.950

.500

2.69

.950

.500

2.69

.500
.030
.050

2.69

-

.950
.950
.950

-

-

-

.950
.950
.950

-

-

-

_
_

-

-

.950
.500
.750

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

80.500
“.500

_
_

*.250
“.250
8.250
_

_
_

.150
.150
.150
24.700
.050

-

-

_
-

_
.050

.19
.19
-

.800
.800

-

-

_

.150
.150

-

.690
.500
.800

-

-

6.00
_

-

-

_

-

-

.750
.600
.600
.600
.600
.600
.600
.800
.750
.800
1.450
.500
.500
.500
1.230
.750

-

-

.050
.020
.020
.020
.020
.020
.020
.500
.050
.500

_

_

_
1.35
1.35
.19
1.15
1.15
1.15
-

_

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
TERRAZZO MACHINE OPER­
ATORS ...................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........
See footnotes at end of table.




93

-

.030
.150

2.69

-

-

_

.500

-

.500
.500

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.100

1.15

New Haven, Conn.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS...........
CEMENT FINISHERS.

$9,800
9.500

$10,250
10.500

40.00
40.00

0.900
.750

9.500
10.550
10.800

“ 9.300
12.000
11.300

40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.975
.500

10.800
10.260
10.650
10.360
9.695

11.300
10.660
11.050
10.760
10.295

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.600
.600
.600
.450

-

8.965

9.405

40.00

.525

11.068
10.270

11.733
10.575

40.00
40.00

.350
.895

10.080
8.650
7.890
7.500
9.900
9.130
9.900
10.800

10.480
9.050
8.190
7.800
10.425
9.530
10.740
11.300

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.650
.650
.650
.170
.550
.550
.500

9.800
8.965
9.340
9.340
8.965
10.215
8.965
10.500
8.830
10.500
8.060

10.100
9.405
9.780
9.780
9.405
10.655
9.405
11.100
9.230
11.100
8.560

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.350
.525
.525
.525
.525
.525
.525
.600
.600
.600
.600

8.060
9.800
10.800
9.810
9.800

8.560
10.000
11.300
10.370
10.000

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.600
.600
.500
.930
.350

-

7.810
7.910
7.650

8.260
8.360
8.150

40.00
40.00
40.00

.300
.300
.300

-

7.190
7.250
7.670

7.400
7.600
8.020

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.350
.300

7.770

8.120

40.00

.300

0.650
.750

*0.250

New Orleans, La.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS...........
BOILERMAKERS ...................
BRICKLAYERS......................
CLEANERS, POINTERS,
CAULKERS ......................
CARPENTERS, GENERAL.......
MILLWRIGHTS...................
PILEDRIVERS ....................
CEMENT FINISHERS..............
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS) ........................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ............................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT ...........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT............
OILERS (DRIVERS) ...........
OILERS............................
GLAZIERS.............................
LATHERS.............................
MACHINISTS.........................
MARBLE SETTERS................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS..........................
PAINTERS, COMMERCIAL......
STEEL OR SWING SPRAY...
SPRAY .............................
RESIDENTIAL....................
INDUSTRIAL......................
PAPERHANGERS ..................
PIPEFITTERS........................
PLASTERERS .......................
PLUMBERS...........................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .....
ROOFERS. SLATE AND TILE,
DAMP AND
WATERPROOFERS ...............
SHEET-METAL WORKERS......
STONEMASONS....................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS........................

-

-

1.300
1.000
.350

*1.000
-

-

-

-

-

.020

_

.020

_

_

-

.350
.450
.450
.450
.400

-

*.160
*.160
'.160
*.450

-

.500

-

-

.400
.690

3.00
-

-

-

_
-

-

-

-

_
-

”

-

-

.850
.850
.850
.850
.300
.350
.150
.350

_
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.900
.350
.900
.850

.850
.910
.350
.500

.020

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

*5.00
6.00

_
.035

_

1.00
2.69

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

*.250
-

-

4.00
-

.130
-

.020

-

3.08
-

_

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

-

.200

-

-

*.500
*.550
*.500
.280

-

-

.280
1.000

-

-

-

~

-

‘ .500
.200

_
-

-

.060
.080
.060
.850

.850
.460
.020
_

_
_

-

_
_
_

~

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS......
MORTAR MIXERS...............
BUILDING LABORERS............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS.....
.................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS.....
MORTAR MIXERS (MACHINE
OR HAND)........................
See footnotes at end of table.




94

-

.270
.270
.270

_

.690

-

-

-

-

-

-

.050
.050
.050

_

_

6.00

.035

-

-

.270

-

.200
-

-

.270

-

-

-

-

_

2.69

-

-

_

-

.050

-

-

.050

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Vacation

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.200
.200
.200
.200
.200

-

-

-

New Orleans, La.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
BASE MACHINES...................
FLOOR MACHINES................
BUFFERS................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

$7,250
7.650
7.400
7.300
7.250

$7,600
7.850
7.650
7.500
7.600

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.350
.350
.350
.350
.350

-

_

-

10.050
8.750

10.450
9.800

40.00
40.00

.600
.450

_

.450
.400

_

0.160
.350

_

_

_

9.960
9.960
10.210
9.710
8.460
8.110

10.360
10.360
10.610
10.110
8.860
8.510

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850

-

.650
.650
.650
.650
.650
.650

-

-

-

-

-

7.260
6.950
8.310

7.560
7.250
8.610

40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.850
.850

-

.650
.650
.650

-

-

-

-

-

8.560

8.860

40.00

.850

~

.650

-

-

-

-

-

7.200
9.290

7.500
11.820

40.00
40.00

.850
.930

-

.650
.500

-

.500

-

-

-

6.330
6.430
6.880
7.130

6.830
6.930
7.380
7.630

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.250
.250
.250
.250

_
-

.270
.270
.270
.270

_

_

_

-

-

-

10.300
9.000

10.700
10.050

40.00
40.00

.600
.450

_

.450
.400

_

6 .160
6.350

10.150
10.150
10.400
9.900
8.800
8.420

10.550
10.550
10.800
10.300
9.200
8.820

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850

-

.650
.650
.650
.650
.650
.650

-

-

7.570
7.260
8.620

7.870
7.560
8.920

40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.850
.850

-

.650
.650
.650

8.870

9.170

40.00

.850

-

7.510
9.540

7.810
12.070

40.00
40.00

.850
.930

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS......... .......
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CRANES OVER 60 TONS......
CRANES, 125 FT. BOOM ......
CRANES, 175 FT. BOOM ......
HEAVY DUTY OPERATORS ..
MEDIUM DUTY OPERATORS
LIGHT DUTY OPERATORS ....
MECHANIC HELPERS,
BATCH PLANT OPERATORS
OILERS ...................................
FIREMEN................................
OPERATING STEAM
VALVES ................................
OILERS ON CRANES USING
STEAM TO DRIVE PILES.....
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

-

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS....
RAKERS..................................
FORMSETTERS......................
POWDERMEN.........................

-

0.050
.050
.050
.050

_
-

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CRANES OVER 60 TONS......
CRANES, 125 FT. BOOM ......
CRANES, 175 FT. BOOM ......
HEAVY DUTY OPERATORS ..
MEDIUM DUTY OPERATORS
LIGHT DUTY OPERATORS ....
MECHANIC HELPERS,
BATCH PLANT OPERATORS
OILERS ...................................
FIREMEN................................
OPERATING STEAM
VALVES ................................
OILERS ON CRANES USING
STEAM TO DRIVE PILES.....
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
See footnotes at end of table.




95

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.650

-

-

-

-

-

.650
.500

-

e .500

-

-

_
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

New Orleans, La.
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS ....
RAKERS..................................
FORMSETTERS......................
POWDERMEN........................

$6,980
7.180
7.580
7.830

$7,480
7.680
8.080
8.330

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.300
.300
.300
.300

_
-

0.270
.270
.270
.270

_
-

_
-

_
-

0.050
.050
.050
.050

_
-

11.370
13.190
11.040
11.450
11.450
11.450
10.100

11.940
14.290
11.500
12.480
12.480
12.480
10.100

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00
35.00

_
1.280
1.700
1.700
1.700
2.190

9.20
5.00
-

_
3.680
1.780
1.780
1.780
2.020

17.60
15.00
-

_
0.950
.950
.950
2.000

12.00
7.00
-

.030
.140
.070
.070
.075
.080

_
-

12.850
11.320

13.450
11.890

35.00
35.00

.895

4.60
-

.571
1.700

5.40
-

-

6.00
4.00

.571
.020

26 3.96
274.23

12.640
12.390

13.680
13.680

35.00
35.00

.930
.930

-

2.600
2.600

-

.700
.700

-

.370
.370

274.23
274.23

12.640
12.490
11.910
11.740
11.740
11.740

13.440
12.970
12.970
12.970
12.970
12.970

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.930
.930
.930
.930
.930
.930

-

2.600
2.600
2.600
2.600
2.600
2.600

-

.700
.700
.700
.700
.700
.700

-

.370
.370
.370
.370
.370
.370

27 4.23
274.23
27 4.23
27 4.23
27 4.23
27 4.23

12.170

13.440

35.00

.930

-

2.600

-

.700

-

.370

274.23

2.600

-

.700

-

.370

274.23

-

-

-

.700
.700
.700

-

.370
.370
.370

27 4.23
274.23
27 4.23

New York, N.Y.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
WHARF AND BRIDGE...........
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS).............. ..................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
AGREEMENT A:
CRANES AND 2-DRUM
DERRICKS (STEEL)..............
DOUBLE DRUM HOISTS .......
CRANES (STRUCTURAL
STEEL)...................................
SHOVELS ...............................
PILEDRIVERS ........................
HOISTS ...................................
WELDING MACHINES...........
COMPRESSORS.....................
CONCRETE BUCKETS
(STONE DERRICK)...............
CRANES (DIGGING
BUCKET) ...............................
CONCRETE MIXERS, POWER
HOUSES ................................
PORTABLE COMPRESSORS,
CONCRETE PUMPS ..............
AGREEMENT B:
SCRAPERS, TOURNAPULLS,
MOTOR PATROLS, BULL­
DOZERS ................................
TRACTORS, LOCOMOTIVES
(10 TONS AND UNDER),
ROAD FINISHING MA­
CHINES, MIXERS UNDER
2 1 E ........................................
OILERS ...................................
OILERS (STEEL EREC.)........
FIREMEN................................
MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS.
STEEL ERECTION...............
CHERRYPICKERS 20 TONS
AND OVER, LOADERS 6
CU YDS AND OVER.............
PARTY CHIEF.........................
TRANSITMEN .........................
RODMEN ................................
GLAZIERS...................................

12.140

13.440

35.00

.930

11.120
11.120
11.120

12.970
12.970
12.970

35.00
35.00
35.00

.930
.930
.930

-

2.600
2.600
2.600

12.070

12.610

40.00

.900

-

1.950

-

.700

-

.180

274.23

11.860
11.380
11.590
11.860
12.070
12.250

12.610
11.840
11.840
12.380
12.610
12.610

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.900
.900
.900
.900

-

1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950

-

.700
.700
.700
.700
.700
.700

-

-

-

.180
.180
.180
.180
.180
.180

22 4.23
274.23
27 4.23
27 4.23
27 4.23
27 4.23

12.370
10.860
9.360
6.910
11.200

12.800
11.510
9.830
7.080
12.850

40.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

.900
.900
.900
.900
.660

1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.910

-

.700
.700
.700
.700
28.670

-

.180
.180
.180
.180

27 4.23
274.23
27 4.23
27 4.23
-

See footnotes at end of table.




96

-

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

-

-

0.750

Dollars

Percent

0.050
-

8.00

-

-

.300

New York, N.Y.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
LATHERS:
WOOD:
BRONX, MANHATTAN, AND
STATEN ISLAND .................
BROOKLYN...........................
WOOD, WIRE AND METAL:
NASSAU-SUFFOLK ..............
METAL ......................... ..........
MARBLE SETTERS AND
CUTTERS ..................................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SWING STAGE .......................
DECORATORS AND GRAINE R S .......................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL ...........
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS:
ASTORIA, BROOKLYN,
GREAT NECK, JAMAICA,
LONG ISLAND......................
BRONX, MANHATTAN AND
RICHMOND...........................
FLUSHING ..............................
PLUMBERS.................................
RICHMOND ............................
BROOKLYN............................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
BROOKLYN, QUEENS AND
LONG ISLAND.......................
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STONESETTERS(NEW
YORK
AND LONG ISLAND) ............
STRUCTURAL IRON
WORKERS:
MANHATTAN, STATEN IS­
LAND, WESTCHESTER ........
BROOKLYN, QUEENS
NASSAU AND SUFFOLK......
FINISHERS ..............................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$9,400
10.410

$9,400
2912.240

35.00
35.00

-

-

0.250
.885

11.340
11.280

*11.340
12.240

35.00
35.00

0.940
1.325

-

1.985

9.150

9.750

35.00

.760

11.080
9.730
11.810

11.800
10.040
12.190

35.00
35.00
35.00

.760
-

11.730
11.680
11.830

12.040
12.130
12.270

35.00
35.00
35.00

.750

10.200

11.350

35.00

1.450

9.650

10.550
11.450
11.400
11.850
11.700

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

1.400
3.870
1.300
.680

1.100
30

-

12.240
10.500

35.00
35.00

1.325
1.540

11.350
12.470

35.00
35.00
35.00

1.000

11.000

11.450
13.020
13.000

11.370

12.970

35.00

1.200

2.100

1.500

.600

11.500

12.250

40.00

1.780

3.580

1.600

11.500
10.330
10.600

12.250
11.230
3110.600

40.00
35.00
40.00

1.780
1.480
1.150

.220
.220

10.150
9.350
8.700

10.350
10.150
10.400

35.00
40.00
35.00

.887
1.730
.952

8.440
8.450
8.600
9.550

8.920
9.050
9.350

10.200

35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00

.895
.730
.900
1.950

9.600
7.780
9.350
10.090
10.240
8.560

10.250
7.880
10.150
10.090
10.240
8.860

40.00
35.00
40.00
35.00
35.00
40.00

1.400

10.200
10.800
11.040
10.750
11.280

10.000

1.903
.750

.200

1.000

1.710

9.50
9.50
9.50
13.00
-

.100
-

.650
.620

1.500
.714
.714

9.50
9.50

-

3.00
3.00

-

.714
1.180

9.50
14.00
-

-

3.00
-

.350
2.670

1.000

-

-

1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
-

1.450

3.700

-

.900
1.400
.720
1.050
-

-

.140
1.940
1.149
1.437

-

-

1.985
2.700

-

.750
1.150

-

.300
.060

-

-

2.200
1.393
1.000

-

1.400
.443
-

-

.480
-

-

-

1.540
-

2.010

3.580
3.050
.750

-

1.600
.830
-

-

-

-

.260
.050

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
CONCRETE LABORERS...........
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
BROOKLYN............................
QUEENS, NASSAU AND
SUFFOLK COUNTIES ..........
ROOFERS’ HELPERS................
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’ ............
GRINDERS .............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

1.000

1.730
.760
.760
1.055

See footnotes at end of table.




97

-

-

-

-

1.595
1.680
1.453
1.700
1.740
1.400
-

1.450
1.680
1.500
1.500
.770

-

1.200

-

81.000

-

-

-

.350
.800

1.100
.750
*.500

.120

-

.080
.080

-

.020

324.23
-

-

.550
.040
.800

_
_
-

.350
.080
.620
.620
.050

-

4.00
-

-

_
-

_
_
_
_
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and ^employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

New York, N.Y.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
PILEDRIVERS ........................
TIMBERMEN ..........................
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
AGREEMENT A:
HEAVY EQUIPMENTSTEEL ERECTION
(CRANES AND 2-DRUM
DERRICKS)..........................
PILEDRIVERS.......................
SHOVELS.............................
CRANES (DIGGING
BUCKETS)..........................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
CRANES.......................... ....
MIXERS................................
POWER HOUSE (LOW
PRESSURE) ........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PORTABLE
COMPRESSORS
(3 IN BATTERY) .................
CONCRETE PUMPS............
DOUBLE DRUM HOISTS.....
AGREEMENT B:
SCRAPERS, TURNAPULLS,
MOTOR PATROLS..............
LOCOMOTIVES (LESS
THAN 10 TONS), ROAD
FINISHING MACHINES,
MIXERS UNDER 21E ..........
OILERS..................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL.........
MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS
STRUCTURAL STEEL.........
CHERRY PICKERS (20 T
AND OVER), LOADERS
(OVER 6 CU. YDS.).............
FIREMEN...............................
PARTY CHIEF.......................
TRANSITMEN.......................
RODMEN...............................

$11,450
11.450
10.410

$12,480
12.480
11.440

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.700
1.700
1.700

-

1.770
1.770
1.770

-

0.950
.950
.950

-

0.070
.070
.070

12.640
11.910
12.490

13.970
13.000
13.640

40.00
40.00
40.00

.930
.930
.930

-

2.600
2.600
2.600

-

.700
.700
.700

-

.020
.020
.020

4.23
4.23
4.23

12.140

13.250

40.00

.930

.020

4.23

12.410
11.360

13.440
12.380

40.00
40.00

.930
.930

.020
.020

4.23
4.23

11.360

12.380

40.00

.930

.020

4.23

11.120
11.120
11.120

12.120
12.120
12.120

40.00
40.00
40.00

.930
.930
.930

.020
.020
.020

4.23
4.23
4.23

11.860

12.470

40.00

.900

.180

4.23

11.860
11.380
12.070
12.070
12.250

12.470
11.700
12.470
12.470
12.610

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.900
.900
.900

-

1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950

-

.700
.700
.700
.700
.700

_

.180
.180
.180
.180
.180

4.23
4.23
4.23
4.23
4.23

12.370
11.860
10.930
9.310
8.220

12.800
12.380
11.450
9.660
8.440

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.900
.900
.900

-

1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950

-

.700
.700
.700
.700
.700

-

.180
.180
.180
.180
.180

4.23
4.23
4.23
4.23
4.23

9.880
7.900

10.700
8.400

40.00
40.00

.800
-

10.00

1.300
-

13.00

.750

2.31
_

.580
_

4.23

8.500
8.300

9.000
8.800

40.00
40.00

-

10.00
10.00

-

13.00
13.00

.750
.750

_

13.00

.750

2.600

-

2.600
2.600

.700

-

2.600

-

2.600
2.600
2.600

.700
.700

-

.700

-

1.950

.700
.700
.700

-

.700

-

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS:
AGREEMENT A ......................
AGREEMENT B ......................
CONCRETE AND CURB
FORM SETTERS .................
ROLLER BOYS......................
JACKHAMMER AND DRILLMEN ......................................
CURBSETTERS AND
FLAGGERS..........................

7.900

8.400

40.00

12.260

12.940

40.00

1.300

11.450

12.480

35.00

1.700

10.00
-

1.300

-

-

_

4.23
-

.100

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
See footnotes at end of table.




98

1.780

1.010

4.23
4.23

.070

2.69

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

New York, N.Y.
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
DOCK BUILDERS, PIER
CARPENTERS, SHAVERS,
HOUSE MOVERS, PILEDRIVERS, AND FOUNDA­
TION WORKERS....................
TIMBERMEN ..........................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
AGREEMENT A:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES AND 2-DRUM
DERRICKS (STEEL)............
PILEDRIVERS........................
SHOVELS.........................
CRANES (DIGGING
BUCKETS) ...........................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
CRANES ................................
MIXERS .................................
POWER HOUSES (LOW
PRESSURE).........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PORTABLE
COMPRESSORS
(3 IN BATTERY)...................
CONCRETE PUMPS.............
DOUBLE DRUM HOISTS......
AGREEMENT B:
SCRAPERS, TOURNAPULLS,
MOTOR PATROLS, BULL­
DOZERS ................................
LOCOMOTIVES (LESS THAN
10 TONS), ROAD FINI­
SHING MACHINES, MIX­
ERS UNDER 21E ..................
OILERS ...................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL..........
STRUCTURAL STEEL........
CHERRYPICKERS (20 TONS
AND OVER), LOADERS
(OVER 6 CU Y D S .)...............
FIREMEN................................
PARTY CHIEF.........................
TRANSITMEN .........................
RODMEN ................................

$11,450
10.410

$12,380
11.440

35.00
40.00

1.700
1.700

-

1.780
1.780

-

12.640
11.910
12.490

13.970
13.000
13.640

40.00
40.00
40.00

.930
.930
.930

-

2.600
2.600
2.600

-

12.140

13.250

40.00

.930

.

2.600

12.410
11.360

13.440
12.380

40.00
40.00

.930
.930

-

2.600
2.600

-

.700
.700

11.360

12.380

40.00

.930

_

2.600

.

11.120
11.120
11.120

12.120
12.120
12.120

40.00
40.00
40.00

.930
.930
.930

2.600
2.600
2.600

-

11.860

12.470

40.00

.900

11.860
11.380
12.070
12.250

12.470
11.700
12.470
12.610

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.900
.900

-

12.370
11.860
10.930
9.310
8.220

12.800
12.380
11.450
9.660
8.440

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.900
.900
.900

7.900
9.250

8.400
9.490

40.00
40.00

7.640
9.020
8.120

7.800
9.250
8.310

12.541
11.793
10.798

14.018
13.192
12.093

-

-

-

.700
.700
.700

-

0.070
.070

-

.020
.020
.020

4.23
4.23
4.23

.020

4.23

-

.020
.020

4.23
4.23

.700

_

.020

4.23

.700
.700
.700

-

.020
.020
.020

4.23
4.23
4.23

.180

4.23

.700

-

.

-

.700

1.950

.700
.700
.700
.700

-

.180
.180
.180
.180

4.23
4.23
4.23
4.23

-

.700
.700
.700
.700
.700

-

.180
.180
.180
.180
.180

4.23
4.23
4.23
4.23
4.23

1.790

13.00
-

.750
2.000

-

.080

4.23
4.23

1.790
1.790
1.790

-

2.000
2.000
2.000

-

.080
.080
.080

4.23
4.23
4.23

1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950

-

-

1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950

1.070

10.00
-

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.070
1.070
1.070

-

37.50
37.50
37.50

-

-

1.010
1.010

-

Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS..............
DRILL RUNNERS .......................
DRILL RUNNERS’ HELPERS
AND NIPPERS.........................
JACKHAMMER OPERATORS ....
POWDER CARRIERS.................
TUNNEL WORKERS:
COMPRESSED A IR ................
FREE AIR ...............................
TOP LABORERS.........................

_

See footnotes at end of table.




99

6.00
6.00
6.00

.400
.400
.400

6.00
6.00
6.00

-

-

10.00
10.00
10.00

1.000
1.000
1.000

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Norfolk, Va.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
CEMENT FINISHERS .................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
AIR COMPRESSORS OVER
125 CU. FT., ONE-DRUM
HOISTS, MIXERS (16S
OR SMALLER), PUMPS,
ROLLERS ..............................
BULLDOZERS, MIXERS
(LARGER THAN 16S),
TRENCH MACHINES............
CRANES, DERRICKS,
PILEDRIVERS, HOISTS
(2 DRUMS OR MORE),
MOTOR GRADERS ..............
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
STEEL .....................................
OVER 74 FT..........................
SPRAY ....................................
SWING STAGE:
UNDER 75 FT.......................
OVER 40 FT..........................
SAND BLASTING OF STEEL .
HAND ROLLERS 6 FT. OR
OVER ....................................
PAPERHANGERS ......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS:
AGREEMENT A .....................
AGREEMENT B .....................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

_

$9,550
10.700
9.330
9.000
10.300
8.400

$9,950
11.700
10.080
9.300
10.600
8.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.650
1.175
.600
.500
.500
.300

9.360
9.150

9.792
9.280

40.00
'40.00

.600
.895

-

6.300

6.400

40.00

.575

7.700

7.900

40.00

9.650
8.850
10.000
8.300

9.950
9.200
10.500
8.510

8.300
8.050
8.550
9.350
8.400

-

-

0.650
1.100
.200
.450
.450
-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
_
6.00

0.010
_
.010
_
.010
_

_

_
_
_
_
_

.690

5.00
_

_

-

.500

_

_

_

.020

.575

-

.500

_

_

_

.020

_

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.575
.450
.600

-

.500
.200
.250
.200

_
_

_
_

_
_
_

.020
_
_

_

_

_
_
_

8.510
8.500
9.000
9.800
8.850

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.600
-

-

.200
.400
.400
.400
.400

_
_

_
_

_
_

_
_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

8.300
8.550
8.800

8.750
9.000
9.250

40.00
40.00
40.00

.400
.400
.400

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

8.300
8.400
9.150

8.750
8.850
9.800

40.00
40.00
40.00

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

.800

-

.400
.400
.750

_

_

_

.510

_

10.510
10.510
9.150

10.710
10.710
9.800

40.00
40.00
40.00

.300
.300
.800

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

.750

_

_

_

.510

9.350
6.200
6.200
9.300
9.330
9.350
8.300

9.650
6.450
6.450
9.470
10.080
9.650
8.510

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650

-

1.000

_

_

.010

5.700

6.050

40.00

.250

_

.250

5.700
5.850
5.850
5.600

6.050
6.200
6.200
5.950

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.250
.250
.250
.250

-

.250
.250
.250
.250

5.700
5.850

6.050
6.200

40.00
40.00

.250
.250

-

.250
.250

5.700

6.050

40.00

.250

-

.250

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

.470
.600
.650
.600

-

-

_
_

.860
.200
1.000
.200

0.250

.030

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

.250
-

_

-

.010
.010
-

4.00
2.69

_

_

_

_
_

_

_
_
_
_
_

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
AIR TOOL VIBRATOR
OPERATORS .........................
HOD CARRIERS.....................
MORTAR MIXERS..................
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS ....
CONCRETE SAW
OPERATORS..............................
PIPELAYERS..........................
MOTORIZED GEORGIA BUG­
GY OPERATORS ..................
See footnotes at end of table.




100

-

_

.

.070

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

-

.070
.070
.070
.070
.070
.070
.070

_
_
_

_
_
_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.250
.250

-

-

-

Dollars

Dollars

Percent

Norfolk, Va.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
NOZZLEMEN (GUNNITE) OR
SANDBLASTING ...................
BURNER (WRECKING) .........
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS .................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS.................................
BASE GRINDERS...................
FLOOR GRINDERS................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

$5,700
5.950

$6,050
6.300

40.00
40.00

4.450

4.550

40.00

6.405
5.600

6.500
5.950

5.850
6.000
6.000
5.850

0.070
.070

0.250
.250

-

40.00
40.00

.895
.250

-

.690
.250

-

-

-

.030
.070

6.200
6.350
6.350
6.200

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.250
.250
.250
.250

-

.250
.250
.250
.250

-

-

-

.070
.070
.070
.070

8.750

9.050

40.00

.500

.450

9.250

9.550

40.00

.575

.500

.020

7.350

7.550

40.00

.575

.500

.020

6.000

6.100

40.00

.575

.500

.020

9.650

9.950

40.00

.575

.500

.020

7.700

7.900

40.00

.575

.500

.020

6.300

6.400

40.00

.575

.500

.020

.

6.00

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-COM­
PRESSORS (4 OR MORE),
CRANEMEN, HOISTS (2
DRUMS OR MORE), FIN­
ISH GRADERS ......................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENTBULLDOZERS, FORK­
LIFTS, MIXERS (OVER
16S), PANS, TRENCHERS ....
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-COM­
PRESSORS (LESS THAN
4), HOISTS (1-DRUM),
MIXERS, TRACTORS
(WITHOUT ATTACHMENTS).

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-COM­
PRESSORS (4 OR MORE),
CRANEMEN, HOISTS (2
DRUMS OR MORE), FIN­
ISH GRADERS ......................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENTBULLDOZERS, FORK­
LIFTS, MIXERS (OVER
16S), PANS, TRENCHERS ....
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-COM­
PRESSORS (LESS THAN
4), HOISTS (1-DRUM),
MIXERS, TRACTORS
(WITHOUT ATTACHMENTS).
See footnotes at end of table.




101

.

-

2.69
-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Other5

Percent

Dollars

4.50

* .600
-

-

*1.060
.210
.050
.050
.050
.050

-

-

.900
.900

-

.040
.040

-

* 6.00
6.00

.450

*3.50
2.69

Dollars

Percent

Omaha, Nebr.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS W O RK ER S.............
BRICKLAYERS.............................
CARPENTERS..............................
FLOOR LAYERS.....................
PILEDRIVERS ..........................
MILLWRIGHTS.........................
CEMENT FINISHER S.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS):
COMMERCIAL..........................
RESIDENTIAL ..........................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ....................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ..
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, DERRICKS
SHOVELS, 2-DRUM
H O IS T S .................................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
BLADE GRADERS, MOTOR
GRADE AND TRAXDOZERS ...............................
BULLDOZERS, CONCRETE
PUMPS, FORKLIFTS,
TRACTORS, 1-DRUM
H O IS T S .................................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
AIR COMPRESSORS AND
WHEEL TRACTORS ..........
GLAZIERS.....................................
LATHERS ......................................
M ACHINISTS................................
MARBLE SETTER S.....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
W O R K ER S.................................
PAINTERS ....................................
SPRAY
STRUCTURAL STEEL
SWING STAGE ........................
PAPERHANGERS ........................
PIPEFITTERS ...............................
PLASTERERS ..............................
PLUMBERS...................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS ....................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .'.....
SHEET-METAL W O RKERS.......
STONEMASONS..........................
STRUCTURAL AND
ORNAMENTAL
IRON W O R K ER S .....................
TILE LA YER S..... .........................

$11,700
10.450
11.060
11.060
11.185
10.710
10.920

$12,410
11.360
11.950
11.950
12.085
11.630
11.830

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.700
.820
.820
.820
.820
.820
.820

10.890
8.830

11.060
9.000

40.00
40.00

.750
.750

.

-

-

-

0.710
.600
.700
.700
.700
.700
.900

-

-

1.000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11.922
11.560

12.521
12.040

40.00
40.00

.980
.890

_

10.950

11.750

40.00

.820

-

1.000

-

-

-

-

-

10.680

10.450

40.00

.820

-

1.000

-

-

-

-

-

10.580

10.340

40.00

.820

-

1.000

-

-

-

-

-

9.010
10.350
9.580
10.000
10.960

9.600
11.820
10.590
12.400
12.220

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.820
e.750
.720
.478
.300

-

*1.000
1.250

-

-

-

-

-

10.960
9.850
10.200
10.200
10.200
10.200
11.790
10.700
11.500

12.220
10.320
10.920
10.920
10.920
10.920
12.740
11.300
12.240

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.300

_

_

_

*1.000
*1.000
*1.000
*1.000
*1.000
*.800
*1.000
*.800

-

10.040
9.300
11.741
10.450

10.980
9.600
12.890
11.360

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.820
.700
.750
.820

10.040
10.960

10.980
12.220

40.00
40.00

.820
.300

8.115
8.115
7.960

8.535
8.535
8.360

40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.650
.650

-

8.090
9.600
8.305

8.430
10.650
8.745

40.00
40.00
40.00

.890

_

-

-

_

.650

-

.650

-

-

-

.450
.200
.850

9.600

10.650

40.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

.200

-

-

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.700
.820
.950

-

-

_
-

.950
.690

1.000
'.500
.750
.250
.400
.400
.700
.700
.700
.700
.700
.850
.580
1.050
1.000
.200
-

-

.600

~

1.000
.400

3.00

-

-

-

_
-

-

_

-

1.000
*.500

-

6.00
-

.010
.200
-

_

.200

-

.200

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

-

-

_

_

.050

_

-

_

-

_

.180
.210

-

1.000

6.00
-

1.000
“

~

.050
.200

-

-

.250
.200
.300

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
MORTAR M IXER S ..................
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ...................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS .
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS ......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ...................................

-

See footnotes at end of table.




102

-

-

.650
.650
.650

-

.690

_

-

-

-

-

-

_

6.00

.850
.850
.850

-

2.69
_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4

Vacation

Pension

Other5

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

-

-

-

-

0.200
.200

-

0.700
.900

-

-

-

.050
-

-

Dollars

Percent

Omaha, Nebr.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
$9,850
9.600

$10,650
10.650

40.00
40.00

-

10.910
10.300

11.710
11.000

40.00
40.00

0.820
.820

7.880

8.400

40.00

.650

.820

8.310

8.870

40.00

.650

.820

9.650

10.350

40.00

.650

.820

9.880

10.600

40.00

.650

.820

8.710

9.310

40.00

.650

.820

10.060

10.800

40.00

.650

.820

10.240

10.990

40.00

.650

.820

7.870

8.270

40.00

.650

.650

.380

SAW OPERATORS..................
RAKERS AND SCREEDMEN ON

7.460

7.830

40.00

.650

.650

.380

ASPHALT, MORTAR MIXERS .
FORM SETTER HELPERS.........
GENERAL LABORERS..............
LABORER-WELDERS ................
TUNNELERS, FREE A IR ...........

7.520
7.410
7.200
7.570
7.730

7.890
8.270
7.540
7.940
8.120

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.650
.650
.650
.650

10.910
10.300

11.710
11.000

40.00
40.00

7.880

8.400

40.00

BASE MACHINE .....................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT MASONS ....................
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP 2-OILER DRIVERS ...
GROUP 3-TRACTORS (UN­
DER 35 HP.), FORM
TRENCHERS, BELT
MACHINES............................
GROUP 5-SPREAD OILERS
(AFTER 1 YEAR)...................
GROUP 6-CONCRETE
SPREADERS, TRAXCAVATORS, ONE-DRUM HOISTS
AND WINCH TRUCKS..........
GROUP 4-HYDRO
HAMMERS..................................
GROUP 7-SCRAPERS AND
TURNAPULLS (OVER 35
HP.) ........................................
GROUP 8-TRENCHING
MACHINES, PILEDRIVERS, LOCOMOTIVES,
SIDE BOOM CATS,
ROTARY WELL-DRILLING
OPERATORS..........................

-

Helpers and laborers
FORM SETTERS AND
PRECAST
MANHOLE SETTERS..............
PIPELAYERS AND CONCRETE

-

.650
.650
.650
.650
.650

.820
.820

-

.700
.900

-

-

_

_

_

.650

-

.820

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

.380
.380
.380
.380
.380

_
_

-

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT MASONS ....................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP 2-OILER OPER­
ATORS ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.




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Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Omaha, Nebr.
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Journeymen

GROUP 3-TRACTORS (UN­
DER 35 HP.), FORM
TRENCHERS, BELT
MACHINES............................
GROUP 5-SPREAD OILERS
(AFTER 1 YEAR)...................
GROUP 6-CONCRETE
SPREADERS, TRAXCAVATORS, ONE-DRUM HOISTS
AND WINCH TRUCKS..........
GROUP 4-HYDRO
HAMMERS..................................
GROUP 7-SCRAPERS AND
TURNAPULLS (OVER 35
HP.) .......................................
GROUP 8-TRENCHING
MACHINES, PILEDRIVERS, LOCOMOTIVES,
SIDE BOOM CATS,
ROTARY WELL DRILLING
OPERATORS .........................

$8,310

$8,870

40.00

0.650

0.820

9.650

10.350

40.00

.650

.820

9.880

10.600

40.00

.650

.820

8.710

9.310

40.00

.650

.820

10.060

10.800

40.00

.650

.820

10.240

10.990

40.00

.650

.820

7.870

8.270

40.00

.650

.650

0.380

SAW OPERATORS..................
RAKERS AND SCREEDMEN ON

7.460

7.830

40.00

.650

.650

.380

ASPHALT, MORTAR MIXERS .
FORM SETTER HELPERS.........
GENERAL LABORERS..............
LABORER-WELDERS ................
TUNNELERS, FREE A IR ...........

7.520
7.410
7.200
7.570
7.730

7.890
8.270
7.540
7.940
8.120

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.650
.650
.650
.650

11.460
12.800
10.930
10.730
10.370
10.870

11.810
13.775
11.280
10.980
10.670
11.170

40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
1.075
1.100
.770
2.480
2.480

11.120
10.000
11.650

11.520
10.000
12.350

40.00
40.00
40.00

2.480
2.090
.750

12.509
11.300
12.470

12.912
12.231
12.815

40.00
40.00
40.00

.
.895

6.00
6.00
-

12.750

13.170

40.00

.

5.50

Helpers and laborers

FORM SETTERS AND
PRECAST
MANHOLE SETTERS..............
PIPELAYERS AND CONCRETE

-

.650
.650
.650
.650
.650

-

_
_
-

-

.380
.380
.380
.380
.380

-

_
-

.040
.090
.020
.090
.090

_
_
-

Philadelphia, Pa.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
WHARF AND DOCK BUILD­
ERS .......................................
CEMENT MASONS ....................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES HANDLING STEEL
OR STONE ..........................
See footnote?, at end of table.




104

-

1.200
1.000
1.150
1.050
1.400
1.400

-

1.400
2.200
.200

-

.690

1.000
-

-

-

.450
-

-

-

-

.090
.090
-

0.50

9.00
9.00
-

-

4.00
4.00
8.00

.300

.75
.75
2.31

10.30

-

3.00

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Philadelphia, Pa.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
POWER SHOVELS, DER­
RICKS, CABLEWAYS..........
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
TOURNAPULLS, CARRYALLS .....................................
BULLDOZERS, TRACTORS
(D7 AND OVER)...................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
WELDING MACHINES..........
COMPRESSORS, PUMPS ....
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORK­
ERS ..........................................
PAINTERS ..................................
SWING, SPRAY, OR
ROLLER.................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
SPRINKLER FITTERS.........
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
SETTERS ................................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$12,490

$12,910

40.00

11.620

12.040

40.00

11.620

12.040

40.00

5.50

5.50
.

3.00

10.30

3.00

10.30

5.50

.

5.50
5.50
-

.

1.800
1.100
1.070

10.30

.

.

3.00

.

.

0.600
.550
.500

-

-

0.210

3.00
3.00
-

-

.050

-

.050
.080
.130

-

.

10.930
10.930
10.480
10.750
11.840

11.350
11.350
10.780
10.750
13.040

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.
0.850
.870

9.750
10.345

10.250
10.895

40.00
40.00

.870
1.125

-

1.070
.400

-

.500
.400

10.595
10.120
11.660
13.120
12.150
11.470

11.320
10.620
12.160
13.620
12.150
11.880

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.125
.950
.800
.750
.930
.850

-

.400
.600
1.450
1.050
1.400

-

.400
1.270
1.000 ' '
.500
1.250

11.270
11.670
11.670
11.270
11.850
11.720
9.520

11.670
12.370
12.150
12.470
13.050
12.170
9.750

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.240
1.400
1.020
.870
.870
1.240
1.350

-

1.860
.950
1.180
1.070
1.070
1.360
1.400

-

1.000
1.100
.500
.500
.500
1.000
.250

8.950
9.000
9.000

9.450
9.500
9.500

40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.950
.900

-

.700
.700
.700

-

4.900

5.400

40.00

1.400

8.730
10.590
9.860

8.970
10.590
10.360

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
1.250
1.250

10.820

11.120

40.00

2.480

12.490

12.910

40.00

5.50

10.30

3.00

11.620

12.040

40.00

5.50

10.30

3.00

11.620

12.040

40.00

5.50

10.30

3.00

10.930
10.930

11.350
11.350

40.00
40.00

10.30
10.30
-

-

-

-

-

.200
.630
.210
.210
.150

-

.090
.090
.090

_

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
RESIDENTIAL ........................
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS .................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

.950

-

-

.690
1.500
1.500

-

-

-

1.100

.200
8.00

-

-

.500
.500

-

-

.300
.320
.140

2.31
-

~

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES ................................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
BULLDOZERS, TRACTORS
(UNDER D7) .........................
CARRYALLS, TOURNA­
PULLS ...................................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT: .
COMPRESSORS, PUMPS ....
WELDING MACHINES..........

-

See footnotes at end of table.




105

1.400

5.50
5.50

-

10.30
10.30

-

-

3.00
3.00

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Phoenix, Ariz.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.........
BOILERMAKERS ....................
BRICKLAYERS........................
CARPENTERS:
AGREEMENT A .................
AGREEMENT B .................
AGREEMENT C .................
MILLWRIGHTS....................
PILEDRIVERS:
AGREEMENT A ...............
AGREEMENT B ...............
AGREEMENT C ...............
FLOOR LAYERS:
AGREEMENT A ...............
AGREEMENT B ...............
AGREEMENT C ...............
DRYWALL...........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.............
COMPOSITION FINISHERS
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..............................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
GLAZIERS.........................
LATHERS ..........................
MARBLE SETTERS..........
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS .....................
PAINTERS ........................
SPRAY ..........................
SWING STAGE.............
Sp r a y
STEEL AND BRIDGE....
SPRAY .........................
PAPERHANGERS.............
PIPEFITTERS, STEAMFITTERS .
REFRIGERATION FITTERS
PLASTERERS ........................
PLUMBERS.............................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..............................
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE
SHEET-METAL WORKERS....
STONEMASONS....................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK
ERS
TILE LAYERS...........................

$10,690
13.620
11.770

$11,840
14.360
12.520

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.750
1.175
.650

10.235
10.235
10.235
10.650

11.185
11.185
11.185
11.630

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.075
1.075
1.075

10.520
10.520
10.520

11.490
11.490
11.490

40.00
40.00
40.00

-

1.075
1.075
1.075

-

_
-

18.50
_
-

_

1.300
1.000
1.100
1.085
1.085
1.085
1.085
1.085
1.085

-

_
-

17.50
_
_

1.000
1.000
.250
.250
.250
.250
.250
.250
.250

0.100
-

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

1.075
1.075
1.075
1.075
.950
.950

12.780
12.440
11.340
10.190
10.670

14.550
13.850
12.170
10.790
10.910

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.960
.895
.900
.750
.650

_

-

1.100

-

1.700
-

10.670
10.000
10.250
10.400
10.650
10.930
11.130
10.250
13.240
13.240
11.020
13.240

10.910
11.000
11.250
11.400
11.650
11.930
12.130
11.250
14.240
14.240
11.270
14.240

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.600
.600
.600
.600
.600
.600
.600
1.000
1.000
.950
1.000

_

1.100
.400
.400
.400
.400
.400
.400
.400
1.350
1.350
1.300
1.350

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10.980
9.160
10.850
11.770
10.980

11.700
9.910
12.380
12.520
11.700

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.290
1.095
1.000
.650
1.290

_

10.980
10.670

11.700
10.910

40.00
40.00

1.290
.650

_

8.800

9.550

40.00

.920

8.110
8.240
8.380
8.490
8.660
9.035
9.665

8.810
8.950
9.100
9.220
9.400
9.805
10.495

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

8.710
8.770
9.260
4.750

9.695
9.270
10.050
5.000

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.880
.690
.300
-

2.470
.200
1.400
1.100
2.470

-

3.00

.250
.250
.250
.250
.500
.500
_

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

.500
1.000
.850

_

-

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

-

-

_

8.00
-

-

_

.050
.050

-

_

1.00

.035
-

.130
_

-

.110
.110
.110
.110
.110
.110
.110
.270
.270
.050
.270

_

.120

-

-

-

-

-

.500

-

.130
.300
.120

2.470
1.100

_

.500

_

.120

_

1.100

_

.250

.920
.920
.920
.920
.920
.920
.920

_

1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100

_

-

.250
.250
.250
.250
.250
.250
.250

.895
.750
.920
1.000

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11.490
11.490
11.490
11.185
10.710
10.885

1.085
1.085
1.085
1.085
1.300
1.300

-

-

10.520
10.520
10.520
10.235
9.710
9.870

-

-

.300

-

-

-

-

_
-

_

_
_
-

_

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ AND
MASONS’ TENDERS.............
BUILDING LABORERS:
GROUP I ...............................
GROUP I I ..............................
GROUP I I I .............................
GROUP IV .............................
GROUP V ..............................
GROUP V I.............................
GROUP VII ...........................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ...............................
MARBLE FINISHERS...............
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS.....
PLUMBERS’ HELPERS............
See footnotes at end of table.




106

-

-

-

-

.690
1.100
1.350

-

-

-

.250
-

_

_
-

8.00
-

-

.190
.100
.100
.100
.100
.100
.100
.100
.035
.070
.100
.270

_
_
_
_
_
_
_

_
_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Pension

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

-

-

-

-

Dollars

Percent

Phoenix, Ariz.
— Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS:
BASE MACHINES...................
FLOOR MACHINES................
TILE FINISHERS........................

$9,750
9.450
8.770

$10,400
10.100
9.270

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.680
.680
.750

8.680

9.160

40.00

1.100

10.040
10.040
10.040
10.040

10.630
10.630
10.630
10.630

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100

10.570

11.200

40.00

1.100

10.570
10.570
10.570
10.880
10.880

11.200
11.200
11.200
11.530
11.530

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100

11.210

11.890

40.00

1.100

1.100

.500

11.210
11.210
11.210
11.210

11.890
11.890
11.890
11.890

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100

1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100

.500
.500
.500
.500

0.070
.070
.070

-

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
GROUP 1-O ILE R S ...............
GROUP 4:
ELEVATOR HOIST OP­
ERATORS .........................
ROLLER OPERATORS.......
SCREED OPERATORS......
TUGGER OPERATORS......
GROUP 5:
AGGREGATE PLANT OP­
ERATORS .........................
ASPHALT PLANT
MIXERS.............................
ROLLER OPERATORS.......
SKIP LOADERS..................
SCRAPER OPERATORS....
TRACTOR OPERATORS....
GROUP 6:
CRANE OPERATORS.........
MOTOR GRADE OP­
ERATORS .........................
SCRAPER OPERATORS....
SKIP LOADERS..................
POWER DIGGERS.............
TOWER CRANE OP­
ERATORS .........................
TRACTOR OPERATORS....
UNIVERSAL EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS.........
GROUP 7:
CRANE OPERATORS.........
SKIP LOADERS..................
UNIVERSAL EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS.........
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
GROUP 3:
MOTOR CRANE DRIVERS .
SKIP LOADERS..................
TRACTOR OPERATORS....

11.210
11.210

11.890
11.890

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100

11.210

11.890

40.00

1.100

11.810
11.810

12.540
12.540

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100

11.810

12.540

40.00

1.100

9.510
9.510
9.510

10.050
10.050
10.050

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100

10.600
10.235
10.500
11.150
10.260
11.850
11.320

10.600
11.210
11.550
11.750
11.200
12.980
12.210

40.00
40.00
37.50
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.850

-

1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100

-

-

-

1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100
1.100

1.100
1.100

-

-

-

1.100
.
-

1.100
1.100

.

-

1.100

-

1.100
1.100
1.100

5.00
6.00
6.00
5.50
7.00

.900
.500
1.700
-

.500
.500
.500
.500

-

.500

1.100
-

.080

0.500

1.100

.500
.500
.500
.500
.500

.

-

.080
.080
.080
.080
.080

.

.080
.080
.080
.080

-

-

-

.080
.080

.500

.

.080

.500
.500
.500

-

.080

.500
.500

.500
.500

-

.080

.

-

.080
.080

-

.

-

.080

.500

-

.080
.080
.080
.080

-

.080
.080
.080

-

Pittsburgh, Pa.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
PILEDRIVERS .........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................

-

.750
-

See footnotes at end of table.




107

9.50
8.00
6.00
10.00
10.00

1.420
-

-

-

.450
1.620
1.460
-

-

11.10
25.00
1.00
6.50

Table 19. Continuea—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Other5

Vacation

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.600
-

8.00

0.030

2.69

Pittsburgh, Pa.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
SHOVELS, CRANES.............
CARRYALL SCOOPS ...........
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
BULLDOZERS, COMPRES­
SORS, HOISTS ....................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS, ROLLERS, WELD­
ERS .......................................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORK­
ERS .........................................
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY ...................................
INDUSTRIAL...........................
SPRAY, INDUSTRIAL ............
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK­
ERS .......................................
FENCE ERECTORS ...............
TILE LAYERS .............................

$12,100
10.980

$12,850
11.635

40.00
40.00

0.450
.895

-

0.400
.690

3.00
-

11.975
11.825

13.175
12.975

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.050

-

1.000
1.000

-

11.825

12.975

40.00

1.050

10.500
10.090
9.770
11.000
9.970

11.530
10.440
10.420
11.750
11.170

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
.820
.900
1.000
.750

10.650
11.280
11.780
11.630
12.130
11.280
12.000
11.300
10.690
10.900
12.260
11.600
10.480
10.055

12.150
12.480
12.980
12.930
13.430
12.480
13.300
12.650
11.390
11.830
13.510
12.600
11.580
12.455

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
37.50
40.00

.750
.900
.900
.900
.900
.900
.850
.750
.850
1.000
.770
1.020
.750
.875

10.055
10.055
9.770

12.455
12.455
10.970

40.00
40.00
40.00

.875
.875
.750

9.530

10.210

40.00

7.690
9.490
9.780

8.140
9.790
10.210

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.750

9.655
8.590

10.005
8.890

40.00
40.00

.750
.750

10.870
10.250

11.560
10.900

40.00
40.00

11.130

11.730

40.00

-

-

1.000

-

1.000
.920
1.300
1.800

-

1.400
.400
.400
.400
.400
.400
1.190
1.050
1.550
1.450
1.500
1.560
2.600
2.010

_
-

2.010
2.010
1.800

-

.025
.025

-

.025

-

-

1.080
-

-

-

_
-

_
-

-

5.00
-

.025
.430
1.100
.530

_
4.23
-

-

.380
.030
.030
.030
.030
.030
.090
1.000
.140
1.240
.110
.340
.820
1.000

-

_
-

1.000
1.000
.530

_
-

-

_
-

_
-

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS.........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

9.00

-

-

9.00

-

9.00
.690
1.400
_

1.400
1.400

.50
8.00

-

9.00

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

.030
.750

2.69
_

_

.750
.900

.50

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, DITCHERS,
SHOVELS.............................

-

.950

See footnotes at end of table.




108

8.00
6.00

-

1.000

7.00
10.00

-

.125

.40
6.40

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Pittsburgh, Pa.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
BULLDOZERS, CARRYALLS
GRADERS, SCOOPS ..........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
ROLLERS..............................
COMPRESSORS...................

$10,870

$11,470

40.00

0.950

8.510
8.060

9.110
8.660

40.00
40.00

.950
.950

8.050

8.590

40.00

14.120
12.025
12.690

15.890
12.760
13.760

40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
1.175
.950

-

1.300
1.000
1.200

-

0.250
1.000
.500

-

12.690
11.280
10.100
11.430
11.530
11.380
11.280
11.000
11.150
11.780

13.760
12.120
10.950
12.270
12.370
12.220
12.120
11.500
11.650
13.540

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
.900
.900
.650

-

1.200
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.600

-

.500
.650
.650
.650
.650
.650
.650
1.000
1.000
.500

13.386
13.405

14.674
14.205

40.00
40.00

.900
1.045

-

1.600
.690

3.00
_

11.200

12.230

40.00

1.000

1.470

.500

11.340
11.980

12.370
13.010

40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000

1.470
1.470

.500
.500

11.120

12.150

40.00

1.000

11.340
11.340

12.370
12.370

40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000

10.820

11.850

40.00

1.000

1.470

.500

.100

.500

.100

1.000

-

1.000
1.000

0.125

-

-

.125
.125

-

-

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS ....

10.00

10.00

0.50

Portland, Ore.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CAULKERS, POINTERS AND
CLEANERS ...........................
CARPENTERS............................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
FLOOR LAYERS.....................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
AGREEMENT B ...................
SHINGLERS ...........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
COMPOSITION, MASTIC........
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
POWER SHOVELS UNDER
1 CU. YD...............................
1 CU YD. AND UNDER
3 CU Y D ..............................
3 CU YD. AND OVER .........
TRACTORS OVER 50
HORSEPOWER....................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
BLADES, POWER OVER 50
HORSEPOWER....................
PILEDRIVER ENGINEERS....
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
HOISTS:
SINGLE DRUM.....................
2 ACTIVE DRUMS OR
MORE..................................
CONCRETE MIXERS:
1-5 BAG CAPACITY ............
5 BAG CAPACITY AND
OVER ..................................
MULTI-UNITS OF 3
MIXERS...............................
DERRICKS, LIVE BOOM.......
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS.............................. .....
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................

_

1.470
1.470

-

.250
.050
.050
.140

-

8.00
6.00

.030

1.00
2.80

.100
_

.500

1.470

-

-

-

.500
.500

.100
.100

-

.100
.100

11.260

12.290

40.00

1.000

1.470

11.830

40.00

1.000

1.470

.500

.100

10.960

11.990

40.00

1.000

1.470

.500

.100

11.260
11.340
10.680
10.620
13.810
12.690

12.290
12.370
11.060
11.420
14.060
13.760

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
1.000
.810
.750
.950

109

-

1.470
1.470
.650
1.550
.100
1.200

-

_
-

.500
.500
.750
1.000
.500

-

.100

10.800

See footnotes at end of table.




-

-

.250

.

-

.100
.100
.050
.150
_
.250

_

_
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Portland, Ore.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY ....................................
HIGH WORK (OVER 50 FT) ...
STRUCTURAL STEEL ...........
BRIDGE................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS AND REFRIG­
ERATION FITTERS .................
OIL FITTERS..........................
PLASTERERS:
RESIDENTIAL ........................
COMMERCIAL........................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL FINISHERS ....
TILE SETTERS.........................

$11,580
11.160
11.560
11.910
11.910
11.910
11.560

$13,390
12.310
12.710
13.060
13.060
13.060
12.710

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800

13.070
8.250

15.010
98.250

40.00
40.00

1.500
1.370

_

-

-

-

11.420
10.870
13.070

12.520
11.520
14.830

40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
1.500

_

12.100
11.150
12.130
12.690
12.100
12.100
11.580

13.660
12.050
13.590
13.760
13.660
13.660
13.390

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.930
800
.980
.950
.930
.930
.800

_
_

9.380
8.400

10.100
9.080

40.00
40.00

1.070
1.070

7.200

8.100

40.00

-

-

-

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000

-

-

1.600
1.000

_

1.000
2.000
1.600

_

1.700
1.200
1.280
1.200
1.700
1.700
1.000

-

-

_
-

0.250
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500
.500

-

-

1.250
1.000

_

.450
.450
1.250

_

.750
.100
1.000
.500
.750
.750
.250

-

0.500
.140
.140
.140
.140
.140
.140
.190
-

-

.150
.150
.190

_

_

-

-

-

-

.040
.250

-

_
_
-

_
-

3.00
-

-

-

-

-

.500

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS' TENDERS
(HOD CARRIERS)..................
BUILDING LABORERS ............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS (FIRST 800 HRS) .
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ...............................
PROBATIONARY HELPERS
JACKHAMMER MEN (POWER)
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS ....
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS........

-

1.230
1.230

.800

-

9.380
6.700
9.280
9.380
9.380
9.030

9.940
7.100
9.960
10.100
10.100
9.710

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
1.045
1.070
1.070
1.070
1.070

_
-

10.080
10.080

12.000
12.000

40.00
40.00

.800
.800

_

8.220
8.750
9.100
9.400

8.890
9.420
9.770
10.070

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.070
1.070
1.070
1.070

9.630
11.800
10.100
10.000

10.180
12.300
10.350
11.110

35.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.450
1.150
1.100
.750

10.010

11.110

40.00

.750

-

.800
.800

-

.150
.150

-

1.200

-

.100

-

-

-

.690
.690
1.230
1.230
1.230
1.230

_
-

_
.800
.800
.800
.800

6.00
6.00
-

.030
.030
.150
.150
.150
.150

2.80
2.80
-

.350
.350

_

.250
.250

_

.150
.150

_

Highway and street
construction
Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS:
GROUP I .................................
GROUP I I ................................
GROUP III...............................
GROUP IV ...............................

-

1.230
1.230
1.230
1.230

-

.800
.800
.800
.800

-

.340
.340
.340
.340

-

Providence, R.l.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.......
BOILERMAKERS .................
BRICKLAYERS.....................
CARPENTERS......................
PILEDRIVERS AND DOCK
BUILDERS.......... .............
See footnotes at end of table.




110

1.330
-

-

* 1.000

-

8.250

_
-

_
.040
.050

_
-

-

6.250

-

.050

-

10.00
-

-

1.150
1.100

-

1.100

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Providence, R.l.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
MILLWRIGHTS........................
RESIDENTIAL.........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS (FINISHERS).........................................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, SHOVELS,
DRAGLINES, BACKHOES...
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
HOISTS, PILEDRIVERS,
DERRICKS..........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS, AIR COMPRES­
SORS, GAS AND ELECTRIC HEATERS..................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL ...........
SPRAY ....................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL........................
TILE LAYERS.............................

_
-

1.100
1.100
.450

_
-

*0.250
*.250
-

_
_
-

0.050
.050
-

_
_

.700

-

1.050

-

“.500

111.650
.690

$10,250
7.950
10.100

$11,350
8.830
10.600

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.750
.750
.900

9.300

9.950

40.00

-

-

-

3.00
-

-

6.00

.020
.030

2.69

10.500
10.410

11.250
10.715

40.00
40.00

.730
.895

-

11.015

11.765

40.00

.950

-

1.150

-

-

-

.100

3.85

11.015

11.765

40.00

.950

-

1.150

-

_

_

.100

3.85

9.340
9.050
9.990
9.950

9.590
9.530
10.440
10.350

40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00

.950
.620
1.000
1.100

-

1.150
111.500
.700
1.150

-

-

-

.100
.010
.030
-

3.85
.39
-

9.950
9.300
9.550
10.300
9.300
11.350
10.960
9.500
10.510

10.350
9.950
10.200
10.950
9.950
11.900
12.310
10.150
11.010

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
.700
.700
.700
.700
.830
.750
.900
.950

-

1.150
1.050
1.050
1.050
1.050
1.530
1.050
.450
112.150

-

.500
.500
.500
.500
“.150

-

.120
.120

-

9.680
10.350
10.550
9.980
10.100
9.680
9.680
9.950

10.930
10.850
11.050
10.780
10.350
10.930
10.930
10.350

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.150
.650
.650
.960
1.100
1.150
1.150
1.100

-

-

*.250
*.150
*.150

-

-

112.350
.450
.450
1.550
1.150
112.350
112.350
1.150

8.250
8.500
8.250

8.950
9.200
8.950

40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700

_
-

1.000
1.000
1.000

9.500
8.950

10.000
9.450

40.00
40.00

.650
.650

7.290
9.250
8.500

7.500
9.870
9.200

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.700

9.250
9.250

9.870
9.870

40.00
40.00

10.010

11.110

40.00

-

1.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

*.250
*.250
-

_
-

.020
.040
_
-

_
-

_
_

_
-

.200
.200
.200

_
_
-

-

*.150
*.150

_
-

_
-

_
_

6.00
_
_

.030
_
.150

2.69
_
_

_

_

-

_
-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS' TENDERS........
MORTAR MIXERS..................
BUILDING LABORERS..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS'
HELPERS:
CLASS A .................................
CLASS B .................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS.......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

-

.450
.450

_

-

.690
61.250
1.000

-

_
_
_

-

-

“ 1.250
“1.250

-

-

_

.750

-

1.100

-

.250

-

-

_
_

-

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS, PILEDRIVERS ...
See footnotes at end of table.




111

.050

-

Table 19. Continued—*Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Providence, R.l.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, DRAGLINES,
PAVERS, SHOVELS...........
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
PILE DRIVERS, LIGHT­
ERS, DERRICKS ................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS AND AIR COM­
PRESSORS, MIXERS,
STONE CRUSHERS ..........

$8,500

$8,900

40.00

0.500

0.350

10.845

11.595

40.00

.950

1.150

0.150

3.85

10.845

11.595

40.00

.950

1.150

.150

3.85

8.945

9.195

40.00

.950

1.150

.150

3.85

8.250

8.950

40.00

.700

1.000

.200

11.740

12.490

40.00

.950

1.150

.100

3.85

11.740

12.490

40.00

.950

1.150

.100

3.85

9.790

10.040

40.00

.950

1.150

.100

3.85

12.650
13.621
11.750
10.770
11.010
12.210
13.760
13.410

13.450
14.360
12.650
11.570
11.610
12.960
14.860
913.410

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
1.175
1.300
1.630
1.300
1.380
.850
.895

.250
.020
.010
.240
.040
.030

1.00
2.80

12.140

12.640

40.00

1.100

12.030

12.530

40.00

1.100

11.670

12.170

40.00

1.100

12.260

12.760

40.00

1.100

Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS..............

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, SHOVELS,
DRAGLINES, PAVERS .......
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
PILEDRIVERS, LIGHT­
ERS, DERRICKS ................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
PUMPS AND AIR COM­
PRESSORS, MIXERS,
STONE CRUSHERS ..........

Riverside, Calif.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS..........................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
BACKHOES, CLAMSHELLS
(OVER 3/4 YDS.),
DRAGLINES, SHOVELS
(GROUP 6 ) ............................
TRACTORS (UP TO 100
HORSEPOWER) (GROUP 5).
A-FRAME OR WINCH
TRUCKS (GROUP 3 ) ............
MOTOR PATROL BLADE
OPERATORS:
SINGLE ENGINE (GROUP
7 ) ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.




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-

1.370
1.000
2.100
2.160
1.850
1.380
2.000
.690

3.00
-

1.000
1.000
.500
1.000
1.100
.750
-

-

8.00

2.600

.850

.100

2.600

.850

.100

2.600

.850

.100

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

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Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Riverside, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
MULTI-ENGINE (GROUP
8) .......................................
COMPRESSORS (GROUP 1) .
CONCRETE MIXERS (SKIPTYPE) (GROUP 2 ) .................
TRACTORS (OVER 100
HORSEPOWER) (GROUP 6).
CONCRETE MIXERS (PAVING) (GROUP 6 ) ....................
SKIP LOADERS (3/4 TO
1-1/2 YDS) (GROUP 5 ) ........
SKIP LOADERS (1-1/2 TO
6-1/2 YDS) (GROUP 6 ) ........
TRACTOR LOADERS (OVER
6-1/2 YDS) (GROUP 7 ) ........
TRENCHING MACHINES
(UP TO 6 FT.)
(GROUP 6 ) ............................
CANAL LINER OPERATORS
(GROUP 9 ) ............................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
PAINTERS ..................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEETMETAL WORKERS.........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TERRAZZO WORKERS.............
TILE LAYERS (TILE
SETTERS)................................
TILE LAYERS’ FINISHERS ........
CERTIFIED FINISHERS..........

$12,430
11.100

$12,930
11.600

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100

-

2.600
2.600

-

0.850
.850

-

0.100
.100

-

11.380

11.880

40.00

1.100

12.140

12.640

40.00

-

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

-

1.100

-

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

-

12.140

12.640

40.00

1.100

-

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

-

12.030

12.530

40.00

1.100

-

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

-

12.140

12.640

40.00

1.100

-

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

-

-

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

-

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

-

2.600
2.600
1.090
.900
1.650
1.380
1.380
-

16.00
16.00

.850
.500
.500
.750
.750
-

8.00
13.00
15.00
13.00

.100
.120
.250
.240
.240
-

5.00
2.00
2.00

10.00
-

.110
.160
.160
.480
.250
.110
-

-

12.260

12.760

40.00

1.100

12.140

12.640

40.00

1 100

12.560
10.119
12.000
12.400
11.600
11.580
12.080
13.120
13.916
13.120

13.060
10.658
912.000
14.400
12.850
12.370
12.870
13.830
14.408
13.830

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
36.00
40.00
36.00

1.100
1.070
.760
.749
1.150
1.380
1.380
-

12.000
11.450
11.450
9.990
11.750
12.000
11.520

12.500
12.650
12.650
11.250
12.650
12.500
12.470

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.390
.800
.800
1.140
1.300
1.390
1.000

-

2.820
1.000
1.000
1.910
2.100
2.820
1.800

-

1.900
1.250
1.250
.500
1.900
1.000

11.500
9.460
9.740

12.650
10.110
10.390

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.300
1.490
1.490

-

2.100
1.470
1.470

-

.500
.600
.600

-

.250
.230
.230

-

8.850

9.480

40.00

1.250

_

2.550

_

.700

_

.240

_

8.350

8.980

40.00

1.250

-

2.550

-

.700

-

.240

-

.690

-

-

8.00

.030

2.80

-

-

1.250
.600
1.000
1.000

_
-

-

10.00
10.00

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS
(GENERAL CONST.) ...............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS.........
TERRAZZO FINISHERS............

9.390

99.390

40.00

.895

-

5.750
7.950
11.020
9.830

6.800
8.880
11.770
11.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.800
1.490
1.250
1.000

-

-

1.000
1.470
2.550
1.800

12.220
11.770
7.000
10.950

13.070
12.620
7.400
11.650

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.400
.750
.750
.900

_
-

.900
.850
.850
1.060

-

-

.160

-

-

.100
-

-

_
-

.070
.056
.430

-

-

Rochester, N.Y.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BRICKLAYERS...........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
CARPENTERS, GENERAL........
See footnotes at end of table.




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Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Rochester, N.Y.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
RESIDENTIAL.........................
FLOOR LAYERS,
HARDWOOD
TILE AND CARPETING.........
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
RESIDENTIAL .........................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENTCRANES, DERRICKS,
PILEDRIVERS........................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENTHOISTS, CONCRETE
PUMPS, HIGH PRESSURE
BOILERS ...............................
LIGHT EQUIPMENTPUMPS, COMPRESSORS,
MIXERS .................................
RESIDENTIAL..........................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL:
TO 40 FEET..........................
OVER 40 FEET .....................
SPRAY:
REGULAR .............................
BRIDGE .................................
PAPERHANGERS.......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
PLASTERERS ............................
RESIDENTIAL........................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
RESIDENTIAL........................
STONEMASONS........................
RESIDENTIAL........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
FINISHERS (ORNAMENTAL) .
TILE LAYERS.............................

$5,500

• $5,500

40.00

0.850

_

1.060

_

_

_

0.360

10.470
11.270
11.770
7.000
9.600

11.120
11.880
12.620
7.400
10.190

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.750
.750
1.310

-

.660
1.150
.850
.850
.660

-

-

-

.055
.430
.056
.400

0.39
-

11.600
12.160

12.500
12.700

40.00
40.00

1.000

-

1.350
.690

3.00
-

-

.895

11.210

12.010

40.00

.650

-

1.050

10.980

11.730

40.00

.650

-

9.890
7.500
10.540
11.380

10.640

.650
.650

90.500

_

-

8.00

.035

282.69

-

-

-

.500

262.31

1.050

-

-

-

.500

282.31

1.050
1.050
.630
.500
-

-

-

5.00
-

.500
.300
.060
.060
.050

262.31
262.31

.600
-

-

1.25

11.000

3111.000

12.860

13.710

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

12.860
9.600

13.710
10.190

40.00
40.00

1.310

-

.660

-

-

-

.050
.400

_

10.100

10.690
10.890

40.00
40.00

1.310
1.310

-

.660
.660

-

-

-

.400
.400

_
_

10.790
11.250
10.440
13.180
12.620
7.400
13.180

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.310
1.310
1.310
.825
.750
.750
.825

-

.660
.660
.660
2.880
.850
.850
2.880

-

.320
.320

-

.400
.400
.400
.650
.056

_
_
_

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000

-

-

-

1.050
.890
.890
1.320
1.320
.850
.850
1.050
1.050
-

-

12.860

11.950
12.190
12.190
11.770
7.650
12.620
7.400
11.950
11.950
13.710

8.350

8.750

40.00

1.150

_

8.570
9.500

8.890
9.750

40.00
40.00

.895
-

9.500

9.750

40.00

9.600
9.500

9.850
9.750

40.00
40.00

10.300

10.200
10.600
9.850
11.510
11.770
7.000
11.510

11.100
11.490
11.490

11.120
7.000
11.770
7.000

11.100
11.100

8.000

10.540
“11.380

1.020

-

-

-

.650

“ .250
“.250
“ 1.000
-

_
_
-

.190
.030
.030

-

-

-

-

_
-

1.140

_

-

.690
1.590

-

-

-

-

-

-

.750
.750
.850
.850
.750
.750

1.000
1.000
-

-

4.62
-

-

.056
_
.190
.190
.050

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
-

_

.

.890

.

_

_

8.00
_

.035
.800

2.69
_

1.590

_

-

_

.800

_

1.590
1.590

-

-

_

-

-

.800
.800

_

-

.210

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ................................
MACHINE OPERATORS
(GRINDERS).........................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........
See footnotes at end of table.




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Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dollars

Percent

0.370
.375
.090

0.77
.77
1.54

Rochester, N.Y.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
PILEDRIVERS .........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
CLASS A-BACKHOES,
CRANES, DRAGLINES,
PILEDRIVERS........................
CLASS B-CONCRETE
PUMPS, ONE-DRUM
HOISTS, ROLLERS (ALL
ABOVE SUBGRADE)............
CLASS C-FORKLIFTS,
HYDRAULIC HAMMERS,
CONCRETE PAVEMENT
SPREADERS AND FINISH­
ERS ........................................
CLASS D-CONCRETE MIX­
ERS (165 AND UNDER),
FORM TAMPERS, TRAC­
TORS .....................................
CLASS E-OILERS, JUN­
IOR ENGINEERS ..................

$9,230
9.230
9.390

$9,560
9.570
10.090

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.900
.900
.750

10.450

11.000

40.00

.650

1.050

.450

2.31

10.250

10.800

40.00

.650

1.050

.450

2.31

9.950

10.500

40.00

.650

1.050

.450

2.31

8.800

9.200

40.00

.650

1.050

.450

2.31

8.450

8.750

40.00

.650

.450

2.31

7.950

8.300

40.00

1.150

1.140

.820

2.31

8.250

8.600

40.00

1.150

1.140

.820

2.31

8.200

8.550

40.00

1.150

1.140

.820

2.31

8.150
9.700

8.500
10.050

40.00
40.00

1.150
1.150

9.230
9.230
9.390

9.560
9.570
10.900

40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
.900
.750

10.830

11.580

40.00

.750

10.470

11.190

40.00

8.560

9.150

9.460
11.490

10.110
12.280

-

-

1.060
1.050
.850

1.050

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS..............
METER SETTERS AND
CHANGERS ..........................
ASPHALT RAKERS, WAGON
DRILL OPERATORS, CURB
STONE SETTERS.................
PIPE LAYERS, POWER
TOOL OPERATORS (AIR,
ELECTRIC, GAS AND
DIESEL) .................................
BLASTERS .............................

1.140
1.140

-

-

-

.820
.820

2.31
2.31

1.060
1.050
.850

-

-

-

.370
.375
.090

.77
.77
1.54

1.150

.470

2.31

.750

1.150

.470

2.31

40.00

.750

1.150

.470

2.31

40.00
40.00

.750
.750

.470
.470

2.31
2.31

-

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
PILEDRIVERS .........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT-CABLE­
WAYS, PILEDRIVERS,
CRANES, SHOVELS, CAR­
RYALLS, TYPE SCRAPPERS .
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT-DINKY
LOCOMOTIVES, HOISTS
(1-DRUM), CONCRETE
PUMPS (UNDER 8 IN.),
HIGH PRESSURE BOILERS
(15 LBS. AND OVER) ............
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-PUMPS
(UNDER 4 IN .).........................
COMPRESSORS (315 CFM
AND OVER), PUMPS ( 4
IN. AND OVER(.......................
MASTER MECHANICS............
See footnotes at end of table.




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1.150

-

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Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Pension

Insurance4

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

-

-

Dollars

Percent

0.820

2.31

Rochester, N.Y.
—Continued
Other heavy construction
Helpers and laborers
LABORERS..............................

$7,000

$7,700

40.00

1.150

11.150
13.050
11.100
10.850
10.650
10.780

12.550
14.100
11.900
11.350
11.600
11.280

40.00
37.50
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.950
1.175
.550
.550
.550
.550

10.450

11.000

40.00

-

1.140

Rockford, III.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS (FIN­
ISHERS
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY-CRANES ...................
LIGHT-AIR COMPRES­
SORS .....................................
OILERS ...................................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SWING STAGE.......................
STRUCTURAL STEEL ...........
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS ....
PLASTERERS ....................
PLUMBERS........................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS.........................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET METAL WORKERS
STONEMASONS................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS..........................

-

1.000
1.250
.800
1.200
1.400
1.000

.550

-

.500

-

8 .500

-

11.666
12.020

12.312
13.000

40.00
40.00

.500
1.045

-

.800
.690

11.850

13.250

40.00

1.100

-

1.100

-

_

1.100
1.100
.500
.600
.700

_

9.400
8.150
10.180
9.940
10.450

10.800
9.950
10.930
10.790
11.200

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
.470
.550
.550

10.450
10.450
10.700
10.700
10.450
11.580
11.580
9.780
11.580

11.200
11.000
11.250
11.250
11.000
12.810
12.810
10.480
12.810

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.550
.550
.550
.550
.650
.650
.550
.650

12.600
11.700
11.700
11.230
11.100
12.600
10.700

13.250
12.850
12.850
12.000
11.900
13.250
11.200

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.550
.550
.550
.550
.750
.550

10.000
9.800

10.850
10.650

40.00
40.00

.650
.650

8.410
9.800
10.100
9.800

9.100
11.050
10.950
10.650

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
.650
.650
.650

9.800

11.050

40.00

.650

10.050
9.800

11.300
11.050

40.00
40.00

.650
.650

See footnotes at end of table.




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_

-

.700
.500
.500
.500
.500
.750
.750
1.000
.750

_
-

1.875
-

-

-

-

116

3.00
-

-

_
-

_

-

-

6 5.00
6.00

.040
.400
.030
.050
.050
.020
_

-

-

.600
.600
1.500
8 1.000
6.250

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

8.250
6.500
6.500
8.500
8.500
81.000
81.000
6.750
81.000

-

_

.070
.070
.070

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.100
.100
.040
.100

-

_

.100

_

-

_
« .500
6.500
6 .500
8.450

-

-

-

-

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.690

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.050
.050

-

.600
.600

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.600
.600

_

-

-

.600

-

-

-

1.00
2.69

~

-

5.00

.030

1.220
.800
1.875
.700

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .....
BUILDING LABORERS...........
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ..............................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS ....
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ..............................
WET AND DRY BASE MA­
CHINE OPERATORS .........
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS........

-

1.250
6 .450
8.500
6 1.000
6.500

-

-

"

6.250

-

.210
.030
.100
.070

-

.050
.050

-

.030

2.69

-

6.00

-

-

"

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

-

6 0.500

-

Dollars

Percent

Rockford, III.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY-CRANES ...................
MEDIUM-SMALL TRACTOR
TYPES....................................
LIGHT-AIR COMPRES­
SORS, PUMPS ......................
OILERS ...................................
MINOR EQUIPMENT..............

1.750
1.000

$10,350
10.780

$11,000
11.280

40.00
40.00

0.550
.550

11.500

12.900

40.00

1.100

1.100

.600

10.950

12.350

40.00

1.100

1.100

.600

9.100
8.100
10.200

10.500
9.500
11.600

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100

10.350
10.780

11.000
11.280

40.00
40.00

.550
.550

11.500

12.900

40.00

1.100

1.100

.600

10.950

12.350

40.00

1.100

1.100

.600

9.100
8.100
10.200

10.500
9.500
11.600

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100

-

1.100
1.100
1.100

-

10.710
11.150

11.240
12.150

40.00
40.00

.900
1.275

-

1.040
1.000

-

10.600
10.600

11.800
11.800

40.00
40.00

.720
.720

-

.700
.700

-

10.600

11.800

40.00

.720

10.660
10.660
10.660
10.660

11.160
11.160
11.160
11.160

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750
.750

10.240
10.240
9.500

10.890
10.890
10.250

40.00
40.00
40.00

.880
.880
1.400

10.640

11.240

40.00

.680

11.600
10.960

12.250
11.380

37.50
40.00

.700
.895

10.720

11.270

40.00

.900

-

0.650
.020

-

-

1.100
1.100
1.100

-

.600
.600
.600

-

-

-

-

1.750
1.000

-

.500

-

.650
.020

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

.200
.200

-

-

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY-CRANES ...................
MEDIUM-SMALL TRACTOR
TYPES....................................
LIGHT-AIR COMPRES­
SORS, PUMPS ......................
OILERS ...................................
MINOR EQUIPMENT..............

-

.600
.600
.600

St. Louis, Mo.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS:
COMMERCIAL........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
SEWER MANHOLES, OVER
6 FT.........................................
CARPENTERS:
COMMERCIAL.........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS ........................
HARDWOOD FLOOR
LAYERS:
COMMERCIAL......................
RESIDENTIAL.......................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS)............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP 1:
CRANES, DERRICKS,
PILEDRIVERS AND
SHOVELS ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.




117

62.020

.700

-

.900
.900
.900
.900

-

.580
.580
1.100

-

.673
.690

1.000

1.000
1.000
1.000

.200
_
-

.210
.210
.210
.210

_
_

-

.500
.500
.500
.500

-

.500
.500
81.000

_

.170
.170
.100

_
_

-

.330

-

-

.550
3.00
-

.856
-

6.650

.120

8.00

1.040
.030

.230

3.00
2.69

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

St. Louis, Mo.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
GROUP 2:
COMPRESSORS (2),
CONCRETE PUMPS, EL­
EVATING GRADERS, 2DRUM HOISTS, SCOOPS ...
GROUP 3:
COMPRESSOR (1),
CONCRETE SAWS,
1-DRUM HOISTS................
GROUP 4:
CONVEYORS, OILERS........
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS, GENERAL...............
SPRAY ....................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$10,720

$11,270

40.00

0.900

-

1.000

-

8 0.650

-

0.230

-

9.470

9.970

40.00

.900

-

1.000

-

8.650

-

.230

-

9.020
11.410
11.405
11.260
9.252

9.520
11.950
11.875
11.910
9.432

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.900
1.020
.650
6.600
.850

-

1.000
1.580
.550
8.300
1.235

-

8.650
6.500
-

8.00
810.00

.230
.010
.150
.110

5.20
-

11.400
10.640
12.140
10.640
12.150
11.360
9.945
11.755

12.100
11.240
12.740
11.240
12.950
12.060
10.445
12.505

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
37.50

.680
.680
.680
2.165
.750
.780
.800

-

.330
.330
.330
1.510
1.050
.800
.800

-

8.650
.550
.550
.550
81.750
81.000
.500

-

.050
.120
.120
.120
.075
.150
.700

_
_

10.325
10.250
10.250
11.360
10.600
10.325
9.207

10.725
10.550
10.550
11.940
11.800
10.725
9.432

40.00
40.00
40.00
37.50
40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
.820
.820
.560
.720
.550
.850

-

.900
.600
.600
.760
.700
.900
1.235

-

e.900
61.000
61.000
.960
1.000
8.900
-

810.00

.090
.590
.200
.090
.110

3.00
_
-

9.500
9.575
8.925

10.450
9.875
9.075

40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
.650
.650

_
-

1.000
1.000
1.000

_
-

6.500
6.500
6.500

_
-

.100
.060
.060

_
_

7.670
10.580
10.025
10.150

7.970
11.100
10.375
10.450

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.895

-

.690

-

8.00

.030

.650
.650

6.500
8.500

-

.100
-

2.69
-

10.500

11.150

40.00

10.900
8.550

11.550
9.045

9.800

9.800

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
RESIDENTIAL LABORERS....
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS................................ .
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS.........
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
BASE-MACHINE
OPERATORS..............................
TILE SETTERS’ HELPERS.........

-

1.000
1.000

_
-

-

-

-

_

8.500

-

.050

_

40.00
40.00

.785

-

.570

-

.500
-

810.00

.050
-

_

10.030

40.00

1.400

-

1.100

-

61.220

-

-

-

10.030

40.00

1.400

-

1.100

-

81.220

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
See footnotes at end of table.




118

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

-

Percent

St. Petersburg, Fia.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS:
COMMERCIAL.........................
RESIDENTIAL........................
CARPENTERS:
COMMERCIAL:
HEAVY ...................................
LIGHT.....................................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS ........................
CEMENT FINISHERS:
COMMERCIAL........................
RESIDENTIAL........................
DRYWALL TAPERS (FIN­
ISHERS) ...................................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS), COMMERCIAL........
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER
EQUIPMENT OPERATORS:
GROUP l-CRANES, DER­
RICKS, MATERIAL
HOISTS (2 DRUMS),
GRADERS .............................
GROUP 2-TUGGER HOISTS.
GROUP 3-MATERIAL
HOISTS (ELEVATOR),
TRENCHERS (OVER 24
IN .).........................................
GROUP 4-BULLDOZERS
(CRAWLERS).........................
GROUP 5-AIR COM­
PRESSORS (125 CU. FT.
OR OVER).............................
GROUP 6-MATERIAL
HOISTS, PUMPS...................
GROUP 7-AIR COM­
PRESSORS (UNDER 125
CU. FT.), MIXERS,
TRENCHERS (UNDER 24
IN.) ........................................
LATHERS:
COMMERCIAL.........................
RESIDENTIAL.........................
MARBLE SETTERS:
COMMERCIAL.........................
RESIDENTIAL .........................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS:
COMMERCIAL.........................
RESIDENTIAL .........................
PAINTERS:
COMMERCIAL.........................
RESIDENTIAL .........................
PAPERHANGERSCOMMERCIAL............................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
PLASTERERS:
COMMERCIAL.........................
RESIDENTIAL.........................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....

$10,130
9.950

$10,680
10.700

40.00
40.00

0.550
1.050

9.650
8.200

10.200
8.700

40.00
40.00

.450
.450

8.765
7.800
10.020
9.400

9.660
8.300
10.820
10.200

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

9.050
7.850

9.600
8.350

40.00
40.00

.

0.450
1.100

-

.500
.500

.500
.500
.550
.500

-

.500
.500
.700
.500

.450
.450

-

.

.500
.500

9.500

9.500

40.00

.450

.

8.200
9.785

8.800
10.150

40.00
40.00

.

.895

5.00
-

.690

11.240
10.490

11.790
11.000

40.00
40.00

.725
.725

-

.600
.600

10.255

10.745

40.00

.725

.400
.

10.515

40.00

.725

.600

8.485

8.875

40.00

.725

.600

8.225

8.595

40.00

.725

.600

7.995

8.355

40.00

.725

.600

9.490
7.440

9.940
7.890

40.00
40.00

9.650
8.200

10.200
8.700

40.00
40.00

9.500
8.050

10.050
8.550

8.650
5.500
9.150
10.730

# 0.750
-

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
-

.

-

.040
.040

_

-

_

_

_

.100

10.00
-

_

_

_

-

6.00

.030

1.00
2.69

-

-

.025
.025

-

-

-

_

.

.

.

_

.

.

-

-

-

.025

.500
.500

.

.

-

-

-

40.00
40.00

.450
.450

-

.500
.500

-

8.650
6.500

40.00
40.00

.450
.450

-

.400
.400

9.650
11.330

40.00
40.00

.450
.600

-

.400
1.000

-

.

.

.

-

-

-

-

-

-

8.650
6.600
10.730

9.100
7.050
11.330

40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
.450
.600

10.250
8.200
8.200

10.430
8.450
8.450

40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
.400
.400

.

119

-

-

“

.500
.500
1.000
.750
.200
.200

-

_

_

.025

.025

.450
.450

.

-

.025

.200
.200

.

0.040
.040

_

.025
_

-

-

-

-

.600

10.035

See footnotes at end of table.




-

.

.100
.100

-

-

.040
.040

-

-

-

.040
.040

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

.

.

-

-

.

.600

.

.100
.100

.

.100

.

-

.100
.100
-

.035

-

-

.
.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

“

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

0.600
.600

-

60.250
e.250

-

.500
.500
.750

-

.600

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

St. Petersburg, Fla.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
SHEET-METAL WORKERS:
COMMERCIAL........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
STONEMASONS:
COMMERCIAL.........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS:
COMMERCIAL........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................

$7,850
4.850

$8,500
5.500

40.00
40.00

0.900
.900

9.650
8.200
10.250

10.200
8.700
10.430

40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
.450
.650

9.500
8.050

10.050
8.550

40.00
40.00

.450
.450

-

.500
.500

-

6.800
6.650

7.180
7.030

40.00
40.00

.475
.475

-

.270
.270

4.650

4.800

40.00

.400

6.850
6.700
6.800

7.105
6.700
7.180

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.500
.475

6.700
6.700

6.700
6.700

40.00
40.00

.500
.500

8.100

8.460

40.00

.550

.700

.020

8.100

8.460

40.00

.550

.700

.020

12.960
13.620
11.500
12.700

14.000
14.360
13.180
13.330

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.220
1.175
1.300
1.605

-

1.300
1.000
1.210
1.950

_
_

2.020
1.000
1.250
1.200

_
_

.040
_
.180
.120

_
_
_

12.850
12.850
13.200
11.000
11.000

13.480
13.480
13.830
11.900
11.900

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.605
1.605
1.605
1.650
1.650

-

1.950
1.950
1.950
1.750
1.750

_
_

1.200
1.200
1.200
1.650
1.650

_
_
_

.120
.120
.120
_
_

_
_
_
_

14.076
14.820

14.841
16.370

36.00
40.00

.950
.895

-

1.500
.695

3.00
-

-

10.00
6.00

.060
.030

2.80

10.000
11.050

11.000
12.050

40.00
40.00

1.500
1.500

-

2.350
2.350

_

1.150
1.150

_

_

_

10.820

11.820

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

0.100
.100

-

_

.040
.040
.035

-

-

-

.040
.040

-

-

_

_

.025
.025

_

-

.690
.400
.270

-

-

6.00
-

.030
.750
.025

2.69
_
_

-

.400
.400

-

-

-

.750
.750

-

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS .................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
LABORERS ..............................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

.200
-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
PILEDRIVERS.............................
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
PILEDRIVERS.............................
Sacramento, Calif.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
FLOOR LAYERS
(HARDWOOD) ......................
SHINGLERS ...........................
MILLWRIGHTS.......................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
COMPOSITION ......................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
COMPRESSORS.....................
COMPRESSORS (2 TO 6) .....
MATERIAL HOISTS (1DRUM) ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.




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Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.555
1.390

-

Sacramento, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
SMALL RUBBER TIRED
TRACTORS ...........................
TRACTORS, DOZERS,
SCRAPERS, SHEEP FOOT,
SELF-PROP COMPACTOR
WITH DOZER AND PUSH­
CARTS ...................................
EUCLID, T-PULLS DW-10,
20, AND 21 AND SIM­
ILAR (WITH EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT UP
TO AND INCLUDING 45
CY STRUCK MRC) ..............
TRACTORS WITH BOOM D6 OR LARGER, AND SIM­
ILAR CRANE (NOT OVER
25 TONS, HAMMERHEAD
AND GANTRY) ......................
POWER SHOVELS, CLAM­
SHELL, DRAGLINES,
BACKHOES, GRADEALLS:
UP TO AND INCLUDING
1 YARD...............................
OVER 1 YD. AND IN­
CLUDING 7 CU.YD..............
UNIVERSAL LIEBBER AND
TOWER CRANES (AND
SIMILAR TYPES)...................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS:
BRUSH ....................................
SPRAY ....................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS.........................
BLOCKLAYERS ......................
STRUCTURAL AND
ORNAMENTAL
IRON WORKERS.....................
FENCE ERECTORS...............
TILE LAYERS.............................

$11,210

$12,210

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

11.810

12.850

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

11.810

12.850

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.040

13.090

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.380

13.450

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.560

13.640

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.560
11.390
11.020

13.640
12.713
11.920

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.500
.830
.820

11.500

13.180

40.00

1.300

12.740
13.240
13.490
12.240
12.440
12.240

14.050
14.550
14.800
13.540
13.440
13.540

35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.200
1.200
1.200
1.480
1.210
1.480

12.000
11.150
11.150
12.680
11.500
11.500

12.500
*11.150
*11.150
13.680
13.180
13.180

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.390
1.040
1.040
1.230
1.300
1.300

12.000
11.110
13.000

12.500
11.610
14.150

40.00
40.00
40.00

9.580
9.225

10.590
10.055

10.370

-

-

2.350
1.600
1.250

-

-

-

1.750
1.750
1.750
2.070
2.150
2.070

-

2.820
1.100
1.100
2.210
1.210
1.210

1.390
1.390
1.130

-

40.00
40.00

1.300
1.300

-

11.460

40.00

.895

.695

11.260

12.260

40.00

1.300

1.750

10.910
11.310
10.910
7.460

11.710
12.110
11.710
8.200

35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00

1.000
1.000
1.000
.800

-

-

-

1.250

1.210
.
-

1.150
1.017
1.500

-

-

.400
.400
.400
2.780
1.000
2.780

-

1.900
2.000
2.000
1.250
1.250

2.820
2.820
1.450

-

1.750
1.750

-

_
-

.180
-

.420
.420
.420
.170
.140
.170

-

-

-

.040
.210
.210
.470
.180
.180

1.900
1.900
1.730

-

.040
.040
.165

-

1.000
1.000

-

.250
.210

-

6.00

.030

2.80

_
12.00
-

_
_

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS
(HOD CARRIERS)....................
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS ................................
BASE MACHINE .....................
FLOOR MACHINE..................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........
See footnotes at end of table.




121

-

-

.700
.700
.700
-

1.000

-

-

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000

.280

-

-

.200
.200
.200
.150

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

San Antonio, Texas
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
MACHINE OPERATORS.........
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS)............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT .............
LIGHT EQUIPMENT...............
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
PAINTERS, BRUSH....................
SPRAY ....................................
SPRAY, STEEL.......................
STEEL,OTHER THAN SPRAY
PAPERHANGERS.......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
STEAMFITTERS .....................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS....
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$9,945
10.020
8.890
9.190
9.000
9.250

$10,755
10.800
10.040
10.340
9.800
10.050

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

0.700
.450
.480
.480
.450
.450

8.800

9.500

40.00

_

10.175
9.945

10.175
10.340

40.00
40.00

.600
.895

-

9.270
8.280
9.640
9.140
8.800
9.050
9.300
9.050
8.800
10.580
10.580
10.580
10.450
10.580

10.270
9.150
10.890
9.690
9.500
9.750
10.000
9.750
9.500
12.040
12.040
12.040
11.700
12.040

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.450
.450
.450

-

.550
.550
.550
.550

8.450
6.950
6.950
10.190
10.020
8.450

9.500
7.410
7.410
11.130
10.800
9.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

9.140
9.140

9.690
9.690

-

-

0.600
.300
.500
.500
-

-

.200

.

.690

5.00
-

1.000
1.000

-

0.250
.400
.400
.650
.650

-

*10.00
-

-

*5.00
6.00

0.050
.010
.010
-

.035

_
-

334.00
2.69

-

.300
.200
.200
.200
.200
.200
.550
.550
.550
.550

_
_
-

8.500
.250
_
_
“.600
8.600
6.600
“.600

.550
.400
.400
.450
.450
.550

-

1.150
.960
.300
1.150

_
_
-

.500
_
_
8.800
.250
.500

_
_
_
_
_

.010
_
_
.140
.050
.010

_
_
3.00
_
_

40.00
40.00

.450
.450

-

.300
.300

-

.250
.250

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_
_
-

.080
_
_
_
_
34 .170
34.170
34.170
.080
34.170

-

_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS........
CEMENT FINISHERS’ HELP­
ERS ..........................................
BUILDING LABORERS..............
AIR TOOL OPERATORS........
POWER BUGGY
OPERATORS..............................
BELL-HOLE MEN ...................
STEM M EN .............................
GUNITE...................................
CUTTING TORCHES..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS.......
MORTAR MIXERS..................
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS....... .........................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

5.910

6.570

40.00

.470

.400

5.910
5.660
5.910

6.570
6.320
6.570

40.00
40.00
40.00

.470
.470
.470

-

.400
.400
.400

_

_

_

.060
.060
.060

_
_

5.910
6.010
5.910
6.010
5.910

6.570
6.670
6.570
6.670
6.570

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.470
.470
.470
.470
.470

-

.400
.400
.400
.400
.400

_
-

_
_
_

_
_
_
_

.060
.060
.060
.060
.060

_
_
_
_

6.960
5.910
6.010

7.240
6.570
6.670

40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.470
.470

_
_

.690
.400
.400

_

_
-

6.00
_
_

.035
.060
.060

2.69
_

3.200
5.910

3.330
6.570

40.00
40.00

.400
.470

-

.400

-

-

-

.060

-

See footnotes at end of table.




122

-

.060

_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

San Diego, Calif.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
FLOOR LAYERS......................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
DRYWALL HANGERS............
SHINGLERS ...........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
UNIVERSAL EQUIPMENT
(TO 1 CU YD),
ENGINE (GROUP 6 ) ............
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
WINCH TRUCK OPERATOR
(GROUP 3 ) ...........................
MOTOR PATROLS-POWER
BLADE OPERATORS
(SINGLE ENGINE)
(GROUP 7 ) ...........................
MOTOR PATROLS (MULTIENGINE) (GROUP 8) ..........
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
AIR COMPRESSORS
(GROUP 1 )...........................
CONCRETE MIXER (SKIP
TYPE) (GROUP 2) ...............
GLAZIERS.............................. .
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS (ERECTION).........
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ...... ...........................
SPRAY ....................................
SWING STAGE (BRUSH).......
SWING STAGE (SPRAY) .......
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS ....
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL FINISHERS ....
FENCE ERECTORS...............
TILE LAYERS.............................

_
-

_
0.300
.100
.100
.100
.100
.100
.050
.070

10.00
8.00

.030

1.00
2.80

.850

-

.100

-

-

.850

-

.100

-

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

-

2.600

-

.850

-

.100

-

-

.100

-

$12,650
13.621
11.590
11.710
11.960
11.960
12.850
11.840
9.360
12.210

$13,450
14.360
12.840
12.560
12.810
12.810
13.300
12.690
10.210
12.960

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.050
1.175
1.130
.710
.710
.710
.710
.710
1.000
1.380

_
~
-

1.370
1.000
1.340
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
2.050
1.280

_
_
-

12.537
13.410

13.797
913.410

40.00
40.00

.700
.895

-

1.710
.690

3.00
-

-

12.140

12.640

40.00

1.100

-

2.600

-

11.670

12.170

40.00

1.100

-

2.600

12.260

12.760

40.00

1.100

-

1.000
1.000
.500
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
1.650
.750

_
-

12.430

12.930

40.00

1.100

-

11.100

11.600

40.00

1.100

-

2.600

-

.850

11.380
10.395
12.690
12.400
10.490

11.880
10.890
13.690
14.400
12.480

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
.950
.700
.749
1.000

-

2.600
1.300
1.250
.900
1.690

-

.850
1.100

6.00
-

.100
.120
.100
.150

4.00
-

10.490
11.580
11.830
11,830
12.080
12.080
13.120
13.120
10.460
13.120

12.480
12.370
12.620
12.620
12.870
12.870
13.830
13.830
11.460
13.830

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
36.00
36.00
40.00
36.00

1.000
1.380
1.380
1.380
1.380
1.380
.650
-

10.00
10.00
10.00

1.690
1.280
1.280
1.280
1.280
1.280
2.250
-

16.00
16.00
16.00

1.100
.750
.750
.750
.750
.750
1.250
-

13.00
13.00
13.00

.150
.070
.070
.070
.070
.070
.100
-

2.00
2.00
2.00

12.000
11.540
11.540
12.740
12.000
12.000
11.110
10.490

12.500
12.540
12.540
13.570
12.500
12.500
11.610
12.480

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.290
.900
.900
1.140
1.290
1.290
1.290
1.000

-

2.820
1.200
1.200
2.520
2.820
2.820
2.820
1.690

-

1.900
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.100

-

-

-

.070
.260
.260
.220
.070
.070
.070
.150

9.370
8.350

9.620
8.950

40.00
40.00

.770
.770

_
-

2.050
2.050

-

1.000
1.000

_
-

.230
.230

_
-

9.390

99.390

40.00

.895

-

.690

-

-

8.00

.030

2.80

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS.................................
See footnotes at end of table.




123

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Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

San Diego, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
MARBLE SETTERS’ FINISH­
ERS ..........................................
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS.........
TERRAZZO FINISHERS............
BASE MACHINE .....................
TILE LAYERS’ FINISHERS ........

$9,250
10.540
9.330
9.610
9.250

$9,900
11.540
9.740
10.020
9.900

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
.770
1.000

14.100
13.650
11.670

15.210
14.360
13.420

40.00
40.00
35.00

1.120
1.075
1.500

11.670
12.700
12.850
13.200
12.850
12.850
11.000
11.250
11.250
11.250
13.560

13.420
13.330
13.480
13.830
13.480
13.480
11.900
12.150
12.150
12.150
14.770

35.00
36.00
36.00
36.00
36.00
36.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
36.00

1.500
1.605
1.605
1.605
1.605
1.605
1.650
1.650
1.650
1.650
1.200

14.662
14.820

16.080
16.370

35.00
40.00

10.000
11.050

11 000
12.050

10.820

-

1.000
2.050
1.000
1.000
1.000

-

1.000
1.300
1.300
-

-

1.300
1.000
1.830

-

2.020
1.000
1.330

-

-

-

-

0.150
.170
.150

-

.040
.200

-

-

-

San Francisco, Calif.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
TUCK POINTERS, CLEAN­
ERS .......................................
CARPENTERS............................
FLOOR LAYERS.....................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
SHINGLERS ...........................
POWER SAW OPERATORS ...
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
COMPOSITION .......................
SWINGING SCAFFOLD.........
POWER MACHINE .................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS AND FIXTURE
HANGERS)...............................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
COMPRESSORS.....................
COMPRESSORS (OVER 2) ....
MATERIAL HOISTS
(1-DRUM)...............................
SMALL RUBBER-TIRED
TRACTORS ...........................
TRACTORS, DOZERS,
SCRAPERS, SHEEPSFOOT,
SELF-PROPELLED COM­
PACTORS WITH DOZERS,
AND PUSH CARTS...............
EUCLIDS, T-PULLS, DW10, 20, AND 21 AND
SIMILAR (WITH EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT UP
TO AND INCLUDING 45
CU.YD. STRUCK M CR)........
TRACTORS (WITH BOOM)
D-6 OR LARGER AND
SIMILAR.................................
CRANES (NOT OVER 25
TONS), HAMMERHEAD AND
GANTRY ...........................
POWER SHOVELS, CLAM­
SHELLS, DRAGLINES,
BACKHOES, GRADEALLS:
UP TO AND INCLUD­
ING 1 YARD .....................

-

1.830
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.950
1.750
1.750
1.750
1.750
1.750

-

1.420
.895

-

1.485
.690

3.00
-

40.00
40.00

1.500
1.500

-

2.350
2.350

-

11.820

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

11.210

12.210

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

11.810

12.850

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

11.810

12.850

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.040

13.090

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.380

13.450

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

12.380

13.450

40.00

1.500

2.350

1.150

See footnotes at end of table.




124

-

-

1.330
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.800
1.800
1.800
1.800
.400

-

1.150
1.150

-

.200
.120
.120
.120
.120
.120

-

-

.500

-

4.00
6.00

.050
.030

9.00
2.80

-

-

-

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1-978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
Uty and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

nours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

San Francisco, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
OVER 1 YARD AND
INCLUDING 7 CU.YD.......
UNIVERSAL LIEBHERN AND
TOWER CRANES (AND
SIMILAR TYPES)...................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
PAINTERS ..................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS ....
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
RODMEN (REINFORCING)........
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL FINISHERS ....
FENCE MEN...........................
TERRAZZO WORKERS.............
TILE LAYERS.............................

$12,560

$13,640

40.00

1.500

-

2.350

-

1.150

-

-

-

12.560
11.460
11.570
12.400
11.820
12.610
12.610
13.450
12.600
14.560
11.700
13.450
12.000
11.580
11.580
12.520
11.670
12.000
12.000
11.110
11.850
13.000

13.640
12.260
12.470
14.400
12.420
13.820
13.820
15.150
15.150
15.810
12.580
15.150
12.500
12.210
12.210
13.290
13.420
12.500
12.500
11.610
13.420
14.150

40.00
40.00
36.00
40.00
35.00
36.00
36.00
35.00
35.00
36.00
36.00
35.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
35.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00

1.500
1.110
.860
.749
1.500
1.200
1.200
2.610
2.610
.750
1.100
2.610
1.390
600
.600
1.230
1.500
1.390
1.390
1.390
1.500
1.130

-

2.350
2.150
2.500
.900
1.520
1.750
1.750
2.290
2.290
2.550
3.000
2.290
2.820
1.450
1.450
2.200
1.830
2.820
2.820
2.820
1.830
1.450

-

1.150
2.000
.500
1.180
.400
.400
.650
.650
2.400
.750
.650
1.900
1.650
1.650
1.410
1.330
1.900
1.900
1.900
1.330
1.730

-

0.040
.630
.010
.500
.500
2.905
2.905
1.010
2.905
.040
.180
.180
.590
.200
.040
.040
.040
.470
.165

-

10.100

12.130

36.25

1.150

_

1.900

_

1.250

_

9.225
9.325

10.055
10.155

40.00
40.00

1.300
1.300

-

1.750
1.750

-

1.000
1.000

-

.210
.210

-

9.475

10.305

40.00

1.300

-

1.750

-

1.000

-

.210

-

10.370
11.960

11.460
13.380

40.00
36.00

.895
1.150

-

.690
1.900

-

1.500

6.00
-

.030
.250

2.80
-

10.910
11.310
10.910
10.910
10.160

11.710
12.110
11.710
11.710
11.000

35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
40.00

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.920

-

.700
.700
.700
.700
.730

_
-

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
-

10.00

.200
.200
.200
.200
.150

-

12.650
13.621

13.450
14.360

40.00
40.00

1.050
1.175

_

-

1.370
1.000

11.600
10.770
10.900

12.850
11.570
11.700

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.150
1.630
1.630

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS:
GROUP I I I ...............................
GROUP ll-CONCRETE .........
GROUP l-PNEUMATIC
TOOL TUNNEL MINER........
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
BASE MACHINE .....................
POLISHERS............................
WET MACHINE M E N .............
TILE FINISHERS........................

_

_

Santa Ana, Calif.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS (BRICK AND
BLOCK).....................................
CARPENTERS............................
SHINGLERS ...........................
HARDWOOD FLOOR
WORKERS..................................
TABLE SAW OPERATORS....
PNEUMATIC NAILERS ..........
BRIDGE OR DOCK CARPEN­
TERS ......................................
CABINET INSTALLERS.........
DRYWALL INSTALLERS........

10.970
10.870
11.020

11.770
11.670
11.820

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.630
1.630
1.630

-

10.900
10.770
11.930

11.700
11.570
12.530

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.630
1.630
1.630

~

See footnotes at end of table.




125

_

_

_

_

-

-

_

.500
1.000
1.000

-

.250
.020
.020

-

1.000
1.000
1.000

.020
.020
.020

_
_

_

-

-

1.000
1.000
1.000

-

.020
.020
.020

-

1.000
1.000

1.650
2.160
2.160

_

2.160
2.160
2.160

-

2.160
2.160
2.160

-

_

_

_
_
-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Santa Ana, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
ACCOUSTICAL WORKERS ....
CEMENT FINISHERS
(CEMENT MASONS) ...............
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS..........................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
SHOVELS, BACKHOES,
DRAGLINES, CLAMSHELLS
(OVER 3/4 YDS.)
(GROUP 6 ) ............................
TRACTORS (UP TO 100
HORSEPOWER) (GROUP 5).
A-FRAMES OR WINCH
TRUCKS ................................
MOTOR PATROL BLADE
OPERATORS:
SINGLE ENGINE (GROUP
7 ) .........................................
MULTI-ENGINE (GROUP.....
COMPRESSORS (GROUP 1) .
CONCRETE MIXERS (SKIP
TYPE) (GROUP 2 ) .................
TRACTORS (OVER 100
HORSEPOWER) (GROUP 6).
CONCRETE MIXERS (PAV­
ING) (GROUP 6 ) ....................
SKIP LOADERS:
3/4 TO 1-1/2 YDS.................
1-1/2 TO 6-1/2 YDS..............
TRACTOR LOADERS (OVER
6-1/2 YDS.)...........................
TRENCHERS (GROUP 6) ......
CANAL LINERS ......................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
PAPERHANGERS ......................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
HOT BUILT UP ......................
ROOFERS, SLATE & TILE........
PIPEFITTERS .............................
COLD WATER PIPEFITTERS .
REFRIGERATION FITTERS ....
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
SHEET METAL WORKERS.......
STONEMASONS .........................
CONCRETE BLOCK LAYERS
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$10,970

$11,770

40.00

2.160

1.630
.

1.000

0.020

10.660
12.210
14.040
13.410

11.610
12.710
15.590
913.410

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.300
1.490
.810
.895

12.140

12.640

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

12.030

12.530

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

11.670

12.170

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

12.260
12.430
11.100

12.760
12.930
11.600

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100

11.380

11.880

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

-

-

-

1.850
1.380
1.450
.690

2.600
2.600
2.600

3.00
-

-

1.100
.750
-

.850
.850
.850

8.00

-

.010
.260
.020
.030

.100
.100
.100

-

1.00
2.80

_
_

12.140

12.640

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

12.140

12.640

40.00

1.100

2.600

.850

.100

12.030
12.030

12.530
12.530

40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100

2.600
2.600

.850
.850

-

.100
.100

_

12.260
12.140
12.560
10.119
12.000
12.400
11.600

12.760
12.640
13.060
10.658
13.000
14.400
12.850

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.100
1.100
1.100
1.070
.900
.749
1.150

.850
.850
.850
.500
.500

8.00
-

.100
.100
.100
.120
.250

_
5.00
_

11.520
11.580
12.080
12.335
13.120
11.320
11.320
11.320
13.120
12.430
12.530

12.470
12.120
12.620
13.335
13.830
11.870
11.870
11.870
13.830
13.120
13.220

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
36.00
36.00

1.000
1.490
1.490
.980
.970
.970
.970
1.950
1.950

10.00
10.00
-

1.000
.750
.750
.650
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.520
1.520

_
13.00
_
13.00
_

.260
.260
.250
.115
.115
.115
_
.380
.380

_
_
_
2.00
_
_
_
2.00
_
_

12.000
11.844
11.600
11.600
12.000
11.620

12.500
12.744
12.850
12.850
12.500
12.560

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.390
1.140
1.150
1.150
1.390
1.060

-

2.820
2.640
1.650
1.650
2.820
1.400

-

1.900
.500
.500
1.900
1.250

5.00
_
-

.110
.390
.250
.250
.110
.230

5.00
_
_
_

8.850
8.350

9.480
8.980

40.00
40.00

1.250
1.250

-

2.550
2.550

-

.800
.800

_

.140
.140

_

9.390

99.390

40.00

.895

-

.690

-

-

8.00

.030

2.80

-

-

-

-

2.600
2.600
2.600
2.600
1.100
.900
1.650
1.800
1.380
1.380
1.850
-

1.750
1.750
1.750
1.900
1.900

-

-

16.00
16.00
-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
See footnotes at end of table.




126

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Santa Ana, Calif.
—Continued
Building construction
Helpers and laborers
MARBLE SETTERS’ FINISH­
ERS ..........................................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS
(HOD CARRIERS)....................
TERRAZZO FINISHERS............
TILE FINISHERS.........................
CERTIFIED FINISHERS.........

$7,950

$8,880

40.00

1.490

1.470
.

0.600
.
-

11.775
11.500
10.110
10.390

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.250
1.000
1.490
1.490

10.210
11.825
11.260
10.250
11.000
13.100
9.990

11.110
12.560
11.400
11.250
11.100
13.830
10.890

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
36.00
40.00

.770
1.175
.600
.550
.550
.550
.550

10.120

11.200

40.00

.550

.650

10.140

10.140

40.00

.510

.300

10.904
10.555

11.750
11.020

40.00
40.00

.700
.895

13.190

14.210

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

12.580

13.600

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

11.620

12.640

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

11.180

12.200

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

11.020

12.040

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

10.960

11.980

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

10.900

11.920

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

10.600

11.620

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

10.490

11.510

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

10.340

11.360

40.00

1.280

1.900

1.000

.140

9.880

10.900

40.00

1.280

-

-

2.550
1.800
1.470
1.470

-

.800
1.000
.600
.600

-

a1.000
1.000
6.600

.
-

10.975
9.830
9.460
9.740

-

0.140
-

.
-

-

.230
.230

-

-

.180

-

-

-

Salt Lake City, Utah

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS .........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
COMPOSITION FLOOR LAY­
ERS AND FINISHING
MACHINE OPERATORS.......
DRYWALL TAPERS (FIN­
ISHERS) ...................................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP 12:
CRANES OVER 125 TONS ...
GROUP 11 A:
POWER SHOVELS AND
DRAGLINES (OVER 7
CU. YDS.).............................
GROUP 11:
KOEHRING SCOOPERS .....
GROUP 10:
DERRICK .............................
GROUP 9:
TOWER CRANE...................
GROUP 8A:
TRACTOR OPERATOR
(DRAG-TYPE SHOVEL
OR BOOM LARGER THAN
D -7)......................................
GROUP 8:
TRACTOR WITH FRONTEND LOADERS, 2 TO
5 CUBIC YARDS ................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
GROUP 7A:
SIDE BOOM OPERATORS ..
GROUP 7:
HOIST, 2 DRUMS................
GROUP 6:
MIXERMOBILES...................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
GROUP 5:
AIR COMPRESSORS,
2 OR M ORE........................
See footnotes at end of table.




127

-

-

-

-

1.370
1.000
.420
.650
.650
.650
.650

.750
.690

1.900

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.035

0.80
2.69

'.500
-

-

-

1.000

*6.00
6.00

-

.140

_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Salt Lake City, Utah
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
GROUP 3:
AIR COMPRESSORS..........
GROUP 2:
MATERIAL LOADERS.........
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY ..................:................
SWING STAGE .......................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
PIPE WELDERS......................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS ....
STEAMFITTERS .....................
REINFORCING IRONWORKERS
ROOFERS. COMPOSITION.
SLATE AND TILE.....................
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
ORNAMENTAL FINISHERS ....
FENCE ERECTORS ...............
SHEETERS .............................
TILE SETTERS...........................

$9,590

$10,610

40.00

1.280

-

1.900

-

1.000

-

0.140

-

9.240
9.510
10.095
9.970

10.260
9.970
10.220
10.970

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.280
.510
.550
.500

-

1.900
.500
.700
.450

-

1.000
.770
81.000
8 .600

-

.140
.410
.170

-

9.970
9.200
9.500
9.500
9.450
10.400
10.700
10.700
10.700
10.700
11.150

10.970 9.700
10.000
10.000
9.950
10.890
11.950
11.950
12.200
11.950
11.800

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.510
.510
.510
.510
.550
.810
.810
.810
810
.750

-

.450
.300
.300
.300
.300
.650
1.100
1.100
1.000
1.100
1.350

-

8 .600
8 .500
8 .500
8 .500
8.500
6 .250
8 .250
.250
8 .250
-

-

.170
.030
.030
.030
.030
.130
.130
.130
.130
.060

_
-

9.990
10.130
11.150
11.150
11.150
11.150
9.970

10.940
11.300
11.800
11.800
11.800
11.800
10.970

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.620
.750
.750
.750
.750
.750
.500

-

.350
.880
1.350
1.350
1.350
1.350
.450

-

-

-

-

8.600

8.640
.060
.060
.060
.060
.170

9.120
7.770

9.470
8.270

40.00
40.00

.500
.500

.350
.350

_
-

*.250
e.250

7.390
9.200

7.710
9.550

40.00
40.00

.895
.500

-

.690
.350

-

-

-

8.250

9.990

10.890

40.00

.550

-

.650

-

7.770

8.020

40.00

.500

-

.350

9.990

10.890

40.00

.550

-

7.770

8.020

40.00

.500

10.300
10.500

10.800
10.600

40.00
35.00

.800
.900

-

-

-

*.590
-

-

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......

_

_

.050
.040

_

6.00
-

.035
-

2.69
-

-

-

-

-

-

6.250

-

.040

-

.650

-

-

-

-

-

-

.350

-

*.250

-

.040

-

_

.600
1.000

_

-

1.075
.750

-

-

_

_

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS ....
Other heavy construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS ....
Scranton, Pa.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BRICKLAYERS...........................
See footnotes at end of table.




128

-

_
-

_

.060

_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)

July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Scranton, Pa.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS:
HAND TAPING:
UNDER 7500 SQ. FT..........
OVER 7500 SQ. FT.............
MACHINE TAPING .................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION
MECHANICS............................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENTCRANES, DERRICKS,
POWER SHOVELS ...............
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT-TURNAPULLS, CARRYALLS, BULLDOZERS,
TRACTORS ...........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-WEL­
DING MACHINES, COM­
PRESSORS, PUMPS ............
GLAZIERS (OUTSIDE)...............
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS..............................
PAINTERS ..................................
SWING ....................................
STEEL .....................................
SPRAY ....................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SHINGLE, SLATE
AND TILE .................................
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

_
-

_

_

-

0.500
.500
-

-

-

-

-

1.200
1.200
1.200

-

_
-

-

-

-

40.00

.750

-

.500

3.00

1.000

-

.180

-

11.580

40.00

1.045

-

.820

-

_

7.00

.035

2.31

12.150

12.570

40.00

-

5.50

-

10.30

-

_

_

3.00

11.280

11.700

40.00

-

5.50

-

10.30

-

-

_

3.00

10.510
10.000
11.040
9.800

10.930
10.500
11.540
10.200

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
-

5.50
-

.850
.100
1.300

10.30
_
-

_
_
_

_
_
_

_
.050
_

3.00
3.08
_
_

9.800
9.000
10.000
10.000
10.500
9.500
10.690
11.630
10.240

10.200
9.500
10.500
10.500
11.000
10.000
11.190
12.130
10.790

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

_

_

_

-

-

.700
.900

_

1.300
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.050
1.250

_
_
_
_
_
_

11.150
11.230

11.700
11.320

40.00
40.00

1.190
1.230

_

11.230
11.090
10.500
11.250
9.800

11.320
11.520
10.600
11.800
10.200

40.00
40.00
35.00
40.00
40.00

1.230
.700
.900
1.190
-

_
_
-

9.700
9.300

9.700
9.300

40.00
40.00

.570
.570

-

11.005

11.095

40.00

1.230

-

7.890
9.420

8.110
9.520

40.00
40.00

1.045

9.700
9.450
9.520
9.420

9.700
9.450
9.620
9.520

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.570
.570

$10,670
11.250
11.550

$11,140
11.760
12.050

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.670
.670
-

9.250
10.000
11.000

9.750
10.500
11.500

40.00
40.00
40.00

10.700

10.900

11.270

_
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.100
.100
.050

_
_
_

-

_
_
-

_
_
1.000
1.000

_
_

_
_
_
_
.070
.050
.140

1.410
_

_
_

1.000
-

_

.050
_

_
_

.760
1.000
1.410
1.300

_
_
_
-

_
_
.750
1.000
-

_
_
_
_

_
.260
.060
.050
-

_
3.00
_
_

1.000
1.000

_

_

_

_

_

_

.050
.050

_

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS ................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ AND MASONS’
TENDERS ...............................
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO HELPERS...............
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

See footnotes at end of table.




_

129

-

.820
.800
1.000
1.000
.800
.800

_

-

-

_

_

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

7.00

.035

_

.050
.050

2.31
_

_
_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Seattle, Wash.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CLEANERS, POINTERS AND
CAULKERS ...........................
CARPENTERS............................
BOOMMEN.............................
FLOOR LAYERS,
SHINGLERS..........................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS ........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
COMPOSITION ......................
DRYWALL TAPERS:
RESIDENTIAL ........................
COMMERCIAL....... ................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
RESIDENTIAL..........................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
SHOVELS AND CRANES,
CRAWLER AND TRUCK
TYPE ...................................
BULLDOZERS (D9) .............
CARRYALL TYPE
SCRAPERS (SINGLE).........
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
HOISTS-STEEL EREC­
TION ....................................
MIXERS, CONCRETE:
200 YARDS AND UNDER ...
OVER 200 YARDS.............
PILEDRIVERS......................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
FORKLIFTS OR LUMBER
STACKERS(ON
CONSTRUCTION JOB
SITE), LOADERS................
COMPRESSORS,
EXCAVATING......................
CARRYALL TYPE
SCRAPERS (DOUBLE).......
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...............................
PAINTERS ..................................
STEEPLEJACKS.....................
INDUSTRIAL PAINTERS........
RESIDENTIAL .........................
PIPEFITTERS ..............................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS.......
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION:
STEEP....................................
FLAT ......................................
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
RESIDENTIAL SHEETMETAL WORKERS ................

$13,480
12.025
11.860

$14,780
13.610
12.880

40.00
40.00
40.00

-

-

_

_

1.000
1.000
.550

_
-

0.030
.200

-

1.550
.850
.850

-

.550
.200
.200

-

.200
.020
.020

_
_

1.300
1.000
1.550

-

-

-

11.860
11.680
11.880

12.880
12.840
13.040

40.00
40.00
40.00

.800
.700
.700

-

11.810
12.180
11.830
11.530
11.780

12.970
13.340
12.990
11.940
12.190

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700
.850
.850

-

.850
.850
.850
1.250
1.250

-

.200
.200
.200
1.000
1.000

-

.020
.020
.020
.020
.020

11.770
12.170

12.640
13.040

40.00
40.00

.610
.610

-

.700
.700

-

-

-

.080
.080

_

13.659
13.225

14.693
8.750
15.735

40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.850
1.045

-

1.300
.400
.820

3.00
3.00
-

.180
-

6.00
6.00

.050
.030
.035

1.00
1.00
2.69

13.060
12.880

14.060
13.880

40.00
40.00

.850
.850

-

1.500
1.500

-

-

-

-

-

-

.150
.150

_

12.660

13.660

40.00

.850

-

1.500

-

-

_

.150

_

12.780

13.780

40.00

.850

-

1.500

_

-

_

.150

-

12.690
13.010
13.060

13.690
14.010
14.060

40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.850
.850

-

1.500
1.500
1.500

-

-

-

.150
.150
.150

_
_
-

12.660

13.660

40.00

.850

-

1.500

_

_

_

.150

_

12.360

13.360

40.00

.850

-

1.500

-

-

-

.150

_

12.810
10.400
10.820
11.860

13.810
12.190
12.010
12.880

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.850
.360
.850
.800

-

1.500
.950
1.000
1.550

_
-

_
1.000
.550

_
7.00
_
_

.150
.030
.150
.200

3.08
_
_

11.370
11.770
12.520
12.170

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.800
.610
.610
.610
.610
.940
.850
.940
.940

-

.750
_
1.500
1.000
1.500
1.300

_
_
_
_
_
_

.160
.080
.080
.080
.080
.120
.150
.120
.120

_

-

1.000
.700
.700
.700
.700
1.650
1.250
1.650
1.510

-

13.900
10.720
13.900
13.000

12.820
12.640
13.390
13.040
10.680
15.410
11.740
15.410
14.210

11.780
11.780
12.030
13.230

12.210
12.210
12.460
14.040

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.750
.750
.730

-

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.560

_

.500
.500
.500
1.250

_

_

_
_

.080
.080
.080
.140

_
3.00

10.379

40.00

.730

-

.360

-

-

-

.150

3.00

-

-

See footnotes at end of table.




_

0.720
1.175
.800

130

-

-

_

-

_

_
_

_

-

_

_
_
_

_
_
_
_

_
_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Vacation

Pension
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Seattle, Wash.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
STONEMASONS............. ...........
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

_
-

0.200

-

0.550
.750
.750

1.100
1.100

_
-

.500
.500

_
-

.100
.100

_

.820
.300

-

.750
.500
.750
.750

6.00

.035
.160

2.69
-

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.800
.930
.800

_
-

11.370

$12,880
12.910
12.820

-

1.000

10.400
9.920

11.210
10.730

40.00
40.00

.950
.950

_
-

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.045
.800
.950
.800
.800

-

40.00
40.00
40.00

.650
1.075
.800

_
-

.800
.830
.830
.830
.900
.470

-

$11,860

12.100

1.550
1.700

_
-

.160

_
-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
TERRAZZO HELPERS...............
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

9.260
9.740
10.400
9.740
9.740

11.010
11.210

10.940

10.940
10.940

-

1.100
.300
.300

-

-

-

.100
.160
.160

-

-

Spokane, Wash.
Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS .......................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CLEANERS, POINTERS AND
CAULKERS ...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS ........................
PILEDRIVERS ........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) .......................................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES (UNDER 65 T) ........ .
DERRICKS (UNDER 65 T ) ....
HOISTS (2 OR MORE
DRUMS) ...................................................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
MIXER MOBILES, PUMPCRETES, LINK BELTS
OR SIMILAR .........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
COMPRESSORS (1 ONLY) ...
PUMPS..................................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE MASONS.....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS ...............................
PAINTERS ............................... .
SPRAY ....................................
STRUCTURAL STEEL ...........
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS ....
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION ......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....

11.500
12.025
11.440

13.390
12.760

12.110
12.110

11.440
11.090
11.590
11.240
10.430
11.470

11.840
12.340
11.990
910.430

12.100

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

12.991
12.960

14.141
13.950

40.00
40.00

.830
.895

10.950
10.950

11.450
11.450

40.00
40.00

1.200
1.200

10.650

11.150

40.00

10.650

11.150

40.00

9.800
9.800
10.490
10.550
11.440

10.300
10.300
11.130
11.780

10.850

11.300
11.850

11.220
11.470
11.470

11.220

13.940
13.940
10.730
13.940

12.100
9.390
9.390

12.110

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.000
.400
.690

-

3.00

1.250

1.000
-

.500

.500
.500
.500
-

-

-

-

_
-

8.00

6.00

_
1.050
1.050

.020
.020
.020
.430
.090
-

.030

_
-

-

2.69

1.550
1.550

-

-

-

-

-

.060
.060

-

-

1.200

-

1.550

-

-

-

.060

-

1.200
1.200
1.200

-

1.550

-

-

-

.060

-

-

.400
-

-

.060
.060
-

-

-

-

-

.420
.750
.800

-

-

.800
.470
.470
.470
.470
.900
.900
.900
.900

-

11.850
14.730
14.730
11.180
14.730

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

12.910
10.190
10.190

40.00
40.00
40.00

.930
.750
.750

-

12.100
12.100

.900
.900
.900
1.250

_
-

-

See footnotes at end of table.




-

1.370

1.000
1.000
1.000

131

-

-

1.550
1.550
.300

1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.450
1.450
1.250
1.450

-

-

1.700
1.250
1.250

-

2.000
2.000
2.000
.750

1.000
1.000

-

.100

1.050
1.050
.090
.090
.090
.090
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.100
.020
.020

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

0.070
1.050

3.00

Spokane, Wash.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
SHEET-METAL WORKERS.......
STONEMASONS.........................
STRUCTURAL AND
ORNAMENTAL
IRON WORKERS.....................
FINISHERS.............................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$12,880
11.440

$14,130
12.110

40.00
40.00

0.680
.800

12.100
12.100
10.850

12.910
12.910
11.300

40.00
40.00
40.00

.930
.930
.800

9.250
8.750

10.000
9.500

40.00
40.00

.820
.820

8.750

9.500

40.00

.820

9.075
8.100

9.765
8.600

40.00
40.00

.895
.800

11.240
10.370
9.750
10.370

11.390
10.720
10.300
10.720

35.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
.830
.900
.830
.500

-

1.140
1.000

-

1.700
1.700
1.000

-

1.000
1.000

-

1.000
-

-

-

.750
.750
-

-

_

-

-

-

-

1.050

-

-

.780
.780

-

-

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS ........
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
CONCRETE AND GRADE
CREW ....................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS............................. .
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

1.000

-

.690
1.000

.780

-

-

6.00
-

.030
1.050

2.69
-

Stamford, Conn.

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BRICKLAYERS ............................
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS)............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) .......... .......................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
DERRICKS, PILEDRIVERS,
STIFF LEG AND GUY
DERRICKS, HOISTS (2
DRUMS OR OVER) ..............
TOWER CRANES, DRAG­
LINES, GRADEALLS,
FRONT-END LOADERS
(OVER 7 CU. YDS).................
MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS .
WELDERS, FRONT-END
LOADERS (3-7 CU.
YDS.), MUCKING MA­
CHINES, PUMPCRETES,
WELL DIGGERS, CON­
VEYORS ................................
COMPRESSOR BATTERY
OPERATORS ........................
ASPHALT SPREADERS .........
BULLDOZERS, GRADERS,
SCRAPER PANS, CARRYALLS .......................................
CONCRETE MIXERS,
FRONT-END LOADERS
(UNDER 3 CU YDS),
POWER STONE
SPREADERS ..............................

-

-

1.310
.250
.650
.250

-

-

6.600
6.250
6.700
8.250

-

.050
.100
.050

10.00

1.091

1.00

.500

2.69

.500
.500

2.69
2.69

.500

2.69

.500
.500

2.69
2.69

-

.39
.39

9.300

10.500

35.00

12.000

12.750

35.00

11.550

11.960

40.00

.700

11.430
11.330

11.840
11.740

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

11.070

11.460

40.00

.700

10.260
10.850

10.610
11.230

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

10.790

11.160

40.00

.700

.950

.500

2.69

10.740

11.110

40.00

.700

.950

.500

2.69

.750
6.00

See footnotes at end of table.




-

132

.300
9.50

.950

-

.950
.950

-

_

-

.950

-

.950
.950

_

_

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Other5

Vacation

Pension

Dollars

Percent

0.950

0.500

2.69

.950

.500

2.69

-

.500
.500
.500

2.69
2.69
2.69

4.00
4.00

.500
.500
.500
.030
.020
.050
.020

2.69
2.69
2.69
3.46
.39
-

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Stamford, Conn.
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
AIR AND STEAM VALVE
OPERATORS ........................
COMPRESSORS, GENERA­
TORS, WELDING MA­
CHINES ..................................
STEAM JENNIES, FORK­
LIFTS UNDER 4 FT...............
ROLLERS ...............................
MECHANICAL HEATERS.......
DINKY MACHINES, POWER
PAVEMENT BREAKERS.......
FIREMEN-HIGH PRESSURE .
OILERS ...................................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
PAINTERS ..................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS ............................ .
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ...
SHEET METAL WORKERS.......
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

$9,990

$10,320

40.00

0.700

9.880

10.210

40.00

.700

10.630
10.520
9.710

11.000
10.890
10.040

40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700

10.360
9.500
9.020
9.830
9.010
8.800
9.300
11.200
10.370
11.200

10.710
9.810
9.310
10.330
9.260
10.000
10.500
11.650
10.720
11.650

40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
37.50
40.00
37.50

12.250
10.650
10.900
11.100
10.370
12.250

12.900
11.400
11.650
11.760
10.720
12.900

8.200
7.950

.

-

.950
.950
.950

-

-

.700
.700
.700
.950
.500
.500
.500
.750
.830
.750

-

.950
.950
.950
.470
.200
.750
.750
.800
.250
.800

-

6 0.750
.300
.300
6.250
-

40.00
35.00
35.00
37.50
40.00
40.00

.900
1.250
1.250
1.340
.830
.900

-

1.450
.500
.500
1.080
.250
1.450

-

6 .250
8.250
6.400
6.250
-

-

.150
.150
.120
.050
-

.19
1.15
1.15
3.00
.39
.19

8.400
8.150

40.00
40.00

.600
.600

-

.800
.800

-

-

-

.150
.150

-

8.200
8.200

8.400
8.400

40.00
40.00

.600
.600

-

.800
.800

-

-

-

.150
.150

-

9.800
9.580

10.250
10.220

40.00
40.00

.900
.830

-

.650
.250

-

6 .250
8.250

-

.100
.050

1.15
.39

11.580

11.990

40.00

.700

.950

.500

2.69

11.420

11.830

40.00

.700

.950

.500

2.69

11.080
10.240
10.880

11.470
10.590
11.270

40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700

.500
.500
.500

2.69
2.69
2.69

10.730
9.890

11.100
10.220

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

.500
.500

2.69
2.69

10.530

10.900

40.00

.700

.500

2.69

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS’ TENDERS .......
BUILDING LABORERS ..............
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS .................................
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CARPENTERS............................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
ERECTING AND HANDLING
STRUCTURAL STEEL,
FRONT-END LOADERS (7
CU. YDS. OR OVER)............
PILEDRIVERS, DRAG­
LINES, GRADEALLS,
POWER SHOVELS AND
CRANES ................................
SIDE BOOMS, EUCLID
LOADERS, PUMPCRETES ....
COMPRESSOR BATTERIES ..
ASPHALT SPREADERS ........
FRONT-END LOADERS (3-7
YDS.), GRADERS..................
WELL POINTS SYSTEMS......
ASPHALT ROLLERS, BULL­
DOZERS, CARRYALLS ........
See footnotes at end of table.




133

.950
.950
.950

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

.950
.950

_

_

_

-

.950

-

-

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Stamford, Conn.
—Continued
Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
FRONT-END LOADERS
(UNDER 3 YDS.), ROL­
LERS, POWER CHIPPERS,
FORKLIFTS...........................
FIREMEN-HIGH PRESSURE .
PUMPS, COMPRESSORS......
BATCH AND BULK CEMENT
PLANTS........................... .....
OILERS ...................................

$10,320
9.520
9.410

$10,670
9.830
9.720

40.00
40.00
40.00

0.700
.700
.700

0.950
.950
.950

-

-

-

-

-

0.500
.500
.500

2.69
2.69
2.69

9.820
9.050

10.150
9.340

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

-

.950
.950

-

-

-

.500
.500

2.69
2.69

12.080
12.725
12.355

12.830
13.575
13.105

40.00
40.00
40.00

.550
1.075
1.060

-

1.400
1.000
1.400

-

-

-

1.130
.250
.210

-

12.355
12.240
12.240
12.240
12.270

13.105
12.950
12.950
12.950
12.320

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.060
1.060
1.060
1.060
.600

-

1.400
.890
.890
.890
.800

~
-

60.750
6.750
6.750
61.770

_

.210
.070
.070
.070
.140

_

13.800
12.355

14.700
13.225

40.00
40.00

.650
.895

-

.550
.690

6.00

.030

1.00
2.69

12.890

13.440

40.00

.960

1.000

.100

12.730

13.280

40.00

.960

1.000

.100

12.380

12.930

40.00

.960

1.000

.100

11.570

12.120

40.00

.960

1.000

.100

11.240

11.790

40.00

.960

1.000

.100

9.280
11.025
11.275
13.050
12.355

9.580
11.875
12.125
13.760
13.105

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.960
.700
.700
1.200
1.060

-

1.000
1.000
1.000
.100
1.400

12.410
10.280
10.830

13.260
10.930
11.480

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.060
1.060
1.060

-

.300
1.300
1.300

10.580
11.130
10.280
11.830
11.830
13.050
11.830

11.230
11.780
10.930
11.830
11.830
13.900
11.830

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.060
1.060
1.060
1.100
1.100
.600
1.100

-

1.300
1.300
1.300
1.050
1.050
1.050

11.830

12.510

40.00

1.060

-

1.340

-

Toledo, Ohio

Building construction
Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
POINTERS, CLEANERS AND
CAULKERS ...........................
CARPENTERS............................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
PILEDRIVERS .........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ............................... .
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP A:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT,
CRANES, E TC ......................
GROUP B:
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT,
BULLDOZERS, E T C ............
GROUP C:
LIGHT EQUIPMENT ...............
GROUP D:
WELDER OPERATORS,
COMPRESSORS, MIXERS ...
GROUP E:
BACKFILLERS, CONCRETE
SPREADING ........................
GROUP F:
OILER, PUMPS......................
GLAZIERS...................................
SWING STAGE.......................
LATHERS ....................................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
PAINTERS, BRUSH, GENERAL .
SPRAY ....................................
SWING:
BRUSH...................................
SPRAY ...................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS .............................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS....
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
See footnotes at end of table.




134

-

-

3.00
-

-

6 .800
9.800
-

_

.100
.070
.070
.040
.210

_
_

-

.250
6 1.000
61.000

_

.090
_

_

_

61.000
61.000
81.000
fl.750
_

_
_
_
_
_
_

_
1.540
1.540
.060
1.540

_
_
_
_
_

-

61.080

-

.070

-

-

-

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 3, 1978

July 2, 1979
Employer contributions for selected benefits3

City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Toledo, Ohio
—Continued
Building construction
Journeymen
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
RESIDENTIAL .........................
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
FINISHERS.............................
TILE LAYERS.............................

$12,130
12.130
12.130
11.655
12.355
11.830
11.830
12.410

$12,980
12.980
12.980
12.225
13.105
12.510
12.510
13.260

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.060
1.060
1.060
1.060
1.060
1.060
1.060
1.060

10.490
10.560
10.360

10.790
10.860
10.660

40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700

8.650
10.500
10.380
10.380

9.260
10.500
10.680
10.680

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
1.060
.700
.700

10.500
10.800
10.500

10.500
10.800
10.500

40.00
40.00
40.00

1.060
1.060
1.060

12.030

12.730

40.00

.600

.450

11.790

12.590

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

11.670

12.470

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

10.630

11.430

40.00

.960

1.000

.040

9.200

9.850

40.00

.700

.900

11.790

12.590

40.00

.960

.450

-

-

1.500
1.500
1.500
1.640
1.400
1.340
1.340
.300

-

-

-

-

-

-

e 1.000
*1.080
*1.080
.250

-

.900
.900
.900

-

*.500
*.500
*.500

-

-

0.045
.210
.070
.070
.090

-

Helpers and laborers
BRICKLAYERS* TENDERS ........
MORTAR MIXERS..................
BUILDING LABORERS..............
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ TENDERS.........
MIXERS...................................
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS .................................
BASE GRINDERS...................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

-

-

.690
-

.900
.900

-

*.500
#.500
*.500

-

-

-

*.500
*.500
*.500

-

-

-

-

.180
.180
.180

-

6.00
-

.030
.180
.180

2.69
-

-

-

-

Highway and street
construction
Journeymen
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENTCRANES (ALL TYPES),
POWER SHOVELS, DER­
RICKS ....................................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT-POW­
ER GRADERS, POWER
SCOOPS, BULLDOZERS......
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-PORTABLE COMPRESSORS,
PUMPS (4 IN. AND
OVER), ASPHALT ROL­
LERS ................... ..................
Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS..............

.

.100

Other heavy construction
Journeymen
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENTCRANES (ALL TYPES),
POWER SHOVELS, DER­
RICKS ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.




135

.040

.

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Toledo, O hio
•—Continued
Other heavy construction

Journeymen
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT-POW­
ER GRADERS, POWER
SCOOPS, BULLDOZERS......
LIGHT EQUIPMENT-PORT­
ABLE COMPRESSORS,
PUMPS (4 IN. AND
OVER), ASPHALT ROLLERS......................................

$11,670

$12,470

40.00

0.960

-

0.450

-

-

-

0.040

-

10.630

11.430

40.00

.960

-

.450

-

-

-

.040

-

9.200

9.850

40.00

.700

-

.900

-

-

-

.100

-

11.410
10.525
11.650
8.750
10.450
10.680
10.940
10.500
10.610

12.200
11.025
12.500
9.450
11.280
11.530
11.810
11.040
11.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.750
1.175
1.100
1.100
.800
.800
.800
1.055
.910

_
-

1.390
1.000
.850
.850
.650
.650
.650
.700
1.100

_
-

_
-

_
-

.020
1.750
.100
.100

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11.400
11.770

12.200
11.770

40.00
40.00

.700
.895

-

11.700

12.460

40.00

.700

-

.650

11.700
11.040

12.460
11.760

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

-

.650
.650

10.170
10.170
10.850
10.975
10.510
11.500

10.820
10.820
11.550
11.780
11.340
12.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.700
.700
.710
.850
.800

11.590
10.850
10.610
10.610

12.250
10.850
11.500
11.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.700
.970
.910
.910

11.110
10.610
11.080
11.080
12.150
11.760
10.400
10.940

12.000
11.500
11.080
11.080
13.130
12.710
11.230
10.940

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.910
.910
.950
.950
.750
.750
.650
1.050

10.600
9.570
10.130

11.550
10.990
11.550

40.00
40.00
40.00

.820
.740
.740

Helpers and laborers
GENERAL LABORERS..............
Washington, D.C.

Building construction

Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BOILERMAKERS ........................
BRICKLAYERS...........................
RESIDENTIAL ........................
CARPENTERS............................
PILE DRIVERS........................
MILLWRIGHTS........................
CEMENT FINISHERS.................
DRYWALL TAPERS ...................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS ...
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, SHOVELS, AND
PILE DRIVERS .....................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
HOISTS, SINGLE OR
DOUBLE DRUM...................
TRENCHING MACHINES......
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
COMPRESSORS....................
PUMPS...................................
BULLDOZERS ......................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
MACHINISTS..............................
MOSAIC AND TERRAZZO
WORKERS...............................
MARBLE SETTERS....................
PAINTERS ..................................
SPRAY ....................................
BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL
STEEL, SWING STAGE ........
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PIPEFITTERS.............................
REFRIGERATION FITTERS....
SPRINKLER FITTERS............
SPRINKLER FITTERS................
PLASTERERS ............................
PLUMBERS.................................
REINFORCING IRON
WORKERS..................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
ROOFERS, SLATE AND TILE ....
See footnotes at end of table.




136

-

-

_

-

-

_
-

-

.800
.690

.650
.650
.650
.600
.500
.500

-

3.00

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

6.00

.120

.120
.120

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

.950
.650
1.100
1.100

-

-

1.100
1.100
1.000
1.000
1.050
1.050
.750
1.000

-

_

-

_

1.150
.350
.350

1.000

4.62
_
_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

.400
.400

-

.030

-

_

-

.110
.120

_
_

.120
.120
.120
_

.005

_
_

.130
.120
.120
.120
.120

_

_

0.50
2.69

_

_
_

_
_
_
_
_

4.00
_
_
_
_

_
_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

.380

_

_

.500

.080
.080
.030
.300

_
_
_
_

_

_

_

_

_
_

-

-

-

-

-

_

Table 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Pension
Dollars

!

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

on">er5
Dollars

Percent

W ashington, D.C.
— Continued
Building construction

Journeymen
SHEET-METAL WORKERS........
STONEMASONS........................
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS
TILE LAYERS.............................

$10,590
10.850
10.800
11.590

$11,990
10.850
11.630
12.250

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

1.090
.970
.950
.700

-

8.460
5.090

8.960
5.470

40.00
40.00

.700
.350

-

6.790

7.510

40.00

.740

8.240
9.950
8.960
8.110

8.240
9.950
9.500
8.500

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.895
.700
.700
.600

9.950
9.950

9.950
9.950

40.00
40.00

.700
.700

7.150

7.840

40.00

.800

.250

7.850

7.850

40.00

.270

.350

7.850

7.850

40.00

.270

.350

7.250
7.750

7.250
7.750

40.00
40.00

.270
.270

-

.350
.350

-

-

7.000

7.500

40.00

.270

.

.350

.

.

8.735

9.060

40.00

.600

10.410
10.280
9.800

10.910
11.010
10.250

40.00
40.00
40.00

.995
.500
.500

10.070

10.870

40.00

10.340

10.810

40.00

-

1.290
.650
.960
.950

-

-

0.550
1.000
-

-

0.130
.050
-

-

-

.050

-

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS..............
RESIDENTIAL LABORERS....
COMPOSITION ROOFERS’
HELPERS .................................
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS’
HELPERS .................................
MARBLE SETTERS’ HELPERS ..
PLASTERERS’ LABORERS .......
PLUMBERS’ LABORERS ..........
TERRAZZO WORKERS’
HELPERS................................
TILE LAYERS’ HELPERS..........

.520
-

-

-

.350

-

_
-

.690
.700
.520
.450
.700
.700

6.00

.030

-

-

-

-

-

-

.050
.050

2.69
-

_

.

_

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Highway and street
construction

Journeymen
CEMENT MASONS ....................
ENGINEERS-POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
HEAVY EQUIPMENT:
CRANES, PILEDRIVERS,
SHOVELS.............................
MEDIUM EQUIPMENT:
TRENCHERS ........................
LIGHT EQUIPMENT:
BULLDOZERS .......................
COMPRESSORS, PUMPS ....

.
.

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS....

.

Other heavy construction

Helpers and laborers
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS....

.520

.050

Wichita, K ansas

Building construction

Journeymen
ASBESTOS WORKERS.............
BRICKLAYERS...........................
CARPENTERS............................
DRYWALL TAPERS
(FINISHERS)............................
ELECTRICIANS (INSIDE
WIRERS) ..................................

.850
.500
-

-

61.000
-

-

-

-

.100

_

.300

.

_

.750

-

.500

3.00

-

See footnotes at end of table.




137

-

-

66.00

.040
-

-

-

3.00

able 19. Continued—Wage rates, hours, and employer contributions for selected benefits: Selected cities
(Union building trades)
July 2, 1979

July 3, 1978

Employer contributions for selected benefits3
City and job classification

Rate per
hour1

Rate per
hour1

Hours
per
week2

Pension

Insurance4
Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Other5

Vacation

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Dollars

Percent

Wichita, K ansas
— Continued
Building construction

Journeymen
ENGINEERS--POWER EQUIP­
MENT OPERATORS:
GROUP I:
BOILERS (2), CRANES,
DOZERS, SCRAPERS,
HOISTS (2-DRUM)...............
GROUP II:
A-FRAMES, BOILERS
(1), FORKLIFTS,
HOISTS (1-DRUM),
POWER BROOMS...............
GROUP III:
FARM TRACTORS WITH
ATTACHMENTS...................
FARM TRACTORS WITHOUT
ATTACHMENTS...................
GROUP IV:
TRACK CRANE OILER .........
MOTOR CRANE OILER........
CRANES WITH LIFTING
R IN G .....................................
THREE DRUM H O IST..........
CRANES AND SHOVELS
(200 FT. OF BOOM OR
OVER); FOUR DRUM
HOIST; TOWER CRANES
AND DERRICKS ..................
GLAZIERS...................................
LATHERS ....................................
PAINTERS:
BRUSH ....................................
SPRAY ....................................
PAPERHANGERS .......................
PLASTERERS............................
PLUMBERS.................................
ROOFERS, COMPOSITION .......
SHEET METAL WORKERS........
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS

$10,150

$10,500

40.00

0.500

1.000

0.750

0.200

9.750

10.100

40.00

.500

1.000

.750

.200

8.950

9.100

40.00

.500

1.000

.750

.200

8.700

8.850

40.00

.500

.

1.000

.750

.200

8.150
8.400

8.300
8.550

40.00
40.00

.500
.500

-

1.000
1.000

-

.750
.750

-

.200
.200

-

11.150
10.400

11.500
10.750

40.00
40.00

.500
.500

-

1.000
1.000

-

.750
.750

-

.200
.200

-

10.650
9.620
10.250

11.000
9.970
10.700

40.00
40.00
40.00

.500
.750
-

-

1.000
.800
.150

-

10.070
10.670
10.670
9.750
10.920
8.800
11.110
10.480

10.870
11.470
11.470
10.500
12.630
8.800
11.725
10.830

40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

.100
.100
.100
.800
.280
1.180
-

7.200

7.450

40.00

.500

-

-

-

.300
.300
.300
.850

.750
-

.200
10.80
-

4.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

.040
.140

.020

-

.200

-

.660
.750

-

.650
.530

-

.500

-

-

-

.220

.050

Helpers and laborers
BUILDING LABORERS..............
See footnotes at end of table.




138

Footnotes to table 19

1 Basic (minimum) rates, excluding holiday, vacation, or
other benefit payments made or regularly credited to the
employee. Wage rates shown represent rates available and
payable of the first workday in July of the survey year and do
not include increases made later that are retroactive to that
date or before.
2 Hours are the same for both years unless otherwise in­
dicated.
3 Shown in terms of cents per hour or as a percent of rate;
in
actual practice, however, some employer payments are
calculated on the basis of a negotiated rate (rather than the
lower basic rate shown), total hours worked, or gross payroll.
These variations in method of computation are not indicated
in the above tabulation. Amounts shown include contractual­
ly authorized deductions from negotiated wage rates as well
as
direct employer contributions to specified benefit funds.
Excluded, however, are voluntary deductions from wage
rates authorized by individual employees.
4 Includes life insurance, hospitalization, and other types
of health and welfare insurance.
5 Includes all other nonlegally required employer con­
tributions, except those for apprenticeship fund payments,
as indicated in individual agreements.
8 Part of negotiated rate; not included in basic rate
shown.
7 Contribution to savings fund; part of negotiated rate,
not included in basic rate shown.
8 50<t contribution to savings fund; part of negotiated rate,
not included in basic rate shown.
8 New rate in negotiation on survey reference date.
10 Current contract extended for 1 year.
11 Includes supplemental annuity fund.
12$1 of this amount is part of the negotiated rate, not in­
cluded in basic rate shown.
13 Includes contribution for supplem ental unemployment
benefit, separate data not available.
14 Under 5 years of service 6 percent; over 5 years, 8 per­
cent.
15 7 paid holidays.




18 Benefits in negotiation on survey reference date.
17 Includes 2 1/2-percent contribution for paid holidays; part
of negotiated rate, not included in basic rate shown.
18 Includes 10-percent contribution to credit union savings
fund; part of negotiated rate, not included in basic rate
shown.
19 Inc lu d e s $1 c o n trib u tio n to savings fund; part of
negotiated rate, not included in basic rate shown.
20 Includes 41<t c o n trib u tio n to savings fund; part of
negotiated rate, not included in basic rate shown.
2136<t of this amount is a deduction from the negotiated
rate, not included in basic rate shown.
22 Reflects two wage changes since July 3,1978.
23 6 percent is a deduction from negotiated rate, not includ­
ed in basic rate shown.
24 55<t of this amount is a deduction from the negotiated
rate, not included in basic rate shown.
29 Part of basic rate allocated to benefits.
28 6 paid holidays.
27 8 paid holidays.
“ Includes contributions for paid holidays and vacations,
separate data not available.
29 All benefit contributions except pensions, suspensed
pending negotiation.
30 Includes co n trib u tio n s for insurance and pensions,
separate data not available.
31 Current contract extended.
3211 paid holidays.
33 Includes 2-percent-holiday contribution; part of negotiated rate, not
included in basic rate shown.
34 Includes 15c holiday contributions; part of negotiated
rate, not included in basic rate shown.
r = revision to data previously reported.
NOTE: Dash indicates no data, or no data reported. When
referring to a rate per hour for a previous year,
indicates
either a change in progression, or a new job, or union not
previously reported.

139

Appendix: Scope and Method
of Survey

Union wage rates and hours reported in this bulletin
were agreed on through collective bargaining between
trade unions and employers and are defined as (1) the
basic (minimum) rates (excluding holiday, vacation, or
other benefit payments made regularly or credited to
the worker each pay period), and (2) the maximum
number of weekly hours at straight-time rates. Wage
rates exceeding the negotiated minimum, which may
be paid for special qualifications or other reasons, are
excluded. Thus, rates shown do not represent total hour­
ly earnings of building trades workers.
Information presented for the building trades is based
on union rates in effect on July 2, 1979, covering ap­
proximately 584,000 journeymen and 135,000 helpers
and laborers in the 66 cities surveyed. Data were ob­
tained from local union officials by mail questionnaire;
in some instances, Bureau field representatives visited
local union officials to obtain the desired information.
The survey was designed to reflect union wage rates
in building construction in all cities of 100,000 inhabi­
tants or more (1970 Census of Population). All cities
that had 500,000 inhabitants or more were studied sep­
arately, as were most cities with 250,000 to 500,000 in­
habitants. Data for some cities were weighted to com­
pensate for cities not surveyed. In order to provide ap­
propriate regional representation, each region was con­
sidered separately when city weights were assigned.
Average wage rates, designed to show current lev­
els, were based on building trades wage rates in each
city as of July 2, 1979. The wage rates were weighted
by the number of union members at the rate in the area.




These averages were not designed for precise year-toyear comparisons because of fluctuations in member­
ship in the job classifications studied. Average centsper-hour and percent changes from July 3, 1978, to July
2, 1979, however, were based on comparable quotations
for the various job classifications in both periods,
weighted by the membership reported for the current
(1979) survey. The index series, designed for trend pur­
poses, was constructed similarly.
Information on employer contributions to insurance
(health and welfare), pension, and vacation funds, as
provided in labor-management contracts, is presented
for the various trades in table 19. These contributions
are expressed in cents-per-hour or percent of the basic
rate. Actual benefit fund payments, however, are not
reflected in table 19 for those instances where contractstipulated percentages are, in pratice, applied to wage
levels other than the basic rate, e.g., a “negotiated” rate
that includes some benefit fund payments. Combined
payments to other funds, such as those for holidays,
savings, and supplemental unemployment benefits, are
also indicated.
Wage rate benefit, and hour information is also pre­
sented in table 19 for workers in street and highway
and other heavy construction (including railroads, tun­
nels, subways, elevated highways, viaducts, dams,
bridges, reservoirs, hydroelectric projects, pipelines,
transmission and telephone lines, radio towers, etc.).
These rates and benefits were not used to calculate av­
erages or indexes in this publication.

☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1980

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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Regional Offices

Region IV
1371 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Ga. 30367
Phone: (404) 881-4418

Regions VII and VIII
911 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Mo. 64106
Phone: (816) 374-2481

Region II
Suite 3400
1515 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10036
Phone: (212) 944-3121

Region V
9th Floor
Federal Office Building
230 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, III. 60604
Phone: (312) 353-1880

Regions IX and X
450 Golden Gate Avenue
Box 36017
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Phone: (415) 556-4678

Region III
3535 Market Street
P.O. Box 13309
Philadelphia, Pa. 19101
Phone: (215) 596-1154

Region VI
Second Floor
555 Griffin Square Building
Dallas, Tex. 75202
Phone: (214) 767-6971

Region I
1603 JFK Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phone: (617) 223-6761