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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
JAMES J. DAVIS, Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
ETHELBERT STEWART, Commissioner

BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES \
BUREAU OF LABO R S T A T I S T I C S / .................
WAGES AND

No. 523

H O U R S OF L A B O R S E R I E S

WAGES AND HOURS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF AIRPLANES
AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES, 1929

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NOVEMBER, 1930

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CONTENTS
Page

Introduction__________________________________________________________
Average hours and earnings, by occupation_________ :__________________
Average hours and earnings in 1929, by district________________________
Classified earnings_____________________________________________________
Regular or customary full-time hours__________________________________
Classified full-time hours______________________________________________
Changes in hours and rates since January 1, 1928---------------------------------Pay for overtime work on Sunday and holidays_______________________
Bonus systems_________ i _____________________________________________
Days actually worked in one week_____________________________________
Growth of the airplane industry_______________________________________
General tables_________________________________________________________
T a b l e A.— Average number of days on which employees worked,
average full-time and actual hours and earnings per
week, average earnings per hour, and per cent of full
time worked, 1929, by occupation, sex, and district__
T a b l e B.— Average and classified earnings per hour in specified occu­
pations, 1929, by sex and district------------------------------T a b l e C.— Average and classified full-time hours per week in 23 speci­
fied occupations, 1929, by sex and district-----------------T a b l e D.— Average and classified hours actually worked in one week
in 23 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district. _
T a b l e E.— Average and classified actual earnings in one week in 23
specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district_______
Appendix.— Definitions of occupations________________________________




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BULLETIN OF THE

U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
NO. 523

WASHINGTON

NOVEMBER, 1930

WAGES AND HOURS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF AIRPLANES
AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES, 1929
INTRODUCTION

This report presents the results of the bureau’s first comprehensive
study of wages and hours of labor of wage earners in the airplane
and aircraft-engine industries in the United States.
The information used in this report was collected late in 1929, and
covers 11,079 wage earners employed in 41 representative airplane
plants and 3,290 wage earners employed in 14 representative aircraftengine plants. The airplane plants were located in 21 States and the
engine plants in 8 States.
Early in 1929 the bureau mailed a questionnaire to all airplane
and aircraft-engine manufacturers of record, requesting data per­
taining to the number of planes and engines produced in 1928, as
well as to the number of employees as of May, 1929. Replies were
received from 101 airplane manufacturers and 19 engine manufac­
turers. In 4 of the 101 plants, engines were manufactured in addition
to the airplanes, making a total of 23 companies reporting the manu­
facture of engines. A total of 16,105 wage earners were reported as
employed in the manufacture of airplanes and 5,977 in the manu­
facture of engines. Only 78 of the plants above mentioned produced
planes in 1928. Therefore, it will be seen that the present study
embraces approximately 65 per cent of the total number of wage
earners in these two industries. The aircraft study is restricted to
airplanes, thus excluding craft lighter than air.
No data are here shown for the few foundries connected with certain
plants. Figures for “ test pilots” were considered confidential by a
number of manufacturers and consequently have been omitted.
There were eight females employed as inspectors in one engine plant,
but data for these are omitted to avoid publishing averages for one
plant. Hence, the figures for manufacture of aircraft engines are for
male wage earners only.
For purposes of tabulation, the data have been presented by
geographic districts in order not to publish figures for individual
plants.




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AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

The States in which airplane or aircraft-engine plants were located
are arranged below by districts:
District

States included

New England_________Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massa­
chusetts.
Middle Atlantic.,_____ New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
South Atlantic________ Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia.
East North Central___Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wis­
consin.
West North Central__ Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and Ne­
braska.
West South Central___Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Western______________ Colorado, California, Oregon, and Wash­
ington.

AVERAGE HOURS AND EARNINGS, BY OCCUPATION

Table 1 presents average full-time hours per week, average earn­
ings per hour, and average full-time earnings per week for all impor­
tant occupations and for a group designated as “ other employees.”
This group includes employees in occupations, each too small in
number of workers to warrant separate presentation.
Airplanes.—The average full-time hours per week for all male wage
earners covered were 47.9, as shown at the end of the first section of
the table. The average for females was 47.3 hours. The average
earnings per hour were 66.9 cents for males and 38.0 cents for females;
and the average full-time earnings per week, $32.05 for males and
$17.97 for females. For both sexes combined, the full-time hours per
week averaged 47.9; average earnings per hour were 66.3 cents; and
average full-time earnings per week, $31.76.
Inspection of the data for the occupations shows that the average
earnings per hour for males ranged from 48.4 cents for helpers to 82.7
cents for inspectors, and for females from 36.7 cents for coverers,
fabric, to 54.0 cents for welders.
Aircraft engines.—The averages for all occupations combined in the
manufacture of engines show the full-time hours per week to be 48.9;
the earnings per tour, 70.6 cents; and the full-time earnings per week,
$34.52.
The averages for the several occupations show that the earnings per
hour range from 42.5 cents for apprentices to 86.1 cents for polishers
and buffers.
T able

1.— Average hours and earnings in the manufacture of airplanes and air­
craft engines, 1929, by occupation and sex
AIRPLANES

Occupation and sex

Number Number Average Average
earnings
of estab­ of em­ full-time
per per
lishments ployees hours
hour
week

Assemblers, detail, male_________________________
Assemblers, final, male______________________ ____
Cabinetmakers, male____________________________
Cable splicers, male___ -_______________ _____ ____
Coppersmiths, male.................... ................................
Coverers, dural, male____________________________
Coverers, fabric, male_______ ____________________
Coverers, fabric, female............... .............................
Coverers, wood, male............................... ..................
Cowl makers, male................. .................................... |
Drill press operators, male........................................... 1




36
40
23
20
16
11
29
18
37
20

466
680
208
66
60
225
118
159
67
265
82

47.1
47.6
47.1
47.3
47.5
48.9
48.4
47.0
46.7
48.2
48.1

$0,645
.674
.727
.673
.719
.685
.604
.367
.678
.744
.562

Average
full-time
earnings
per week
$30.38
32.08
34.24
31.83
34.15
33.50
29.23
17.25
31.66
35.82
27.03

AVERAGE HOURS AND EARNINGS, BT OCCUPATION

3

T a b l e 1 . — Average

hours and earnings in the manufacture of airplanes and air­
craft engines, 1929, by occupation and sex— Continued
AIRPLANES—Continued
Average Average Average
Number Number full-time
earnings full-time
of estab­ of em­
per per
hour earnings
lishments ployees hours
per week
week

Occupation and sex

Electricians, male________________ _______________
Fitters and np.rinh hands, male
........... ...... .........
Frame builders, male:
Dural fuselage_________ ____ __________ .
Steel fuselage________________________________
Wood fuselage_____________________________ —
i>ural tail
___ . „
_
Steel tail___ _____________ __ ____ __________ _
Wood tail___________________________________
Dural wing_________________________________ _
Wood wing_________________________________ _
Helpers, male__________________________________ _
Inspectors, male____________________________ ____
Laborers, male__________________________________
Lathe operators, male____________________________
Machinists, male_______________________________ .
Milling-rnq.r».hirie operators, male. _______________Painters, hand, male____________________________
Painters, letterers, and stripers, male_____________ Painters, spray, male____________________________
Pattern makers, male ___________________________
Polishers and rubbers, male______________________
Rib builders, dural, male...................................... ......
Rib builders, wood, male_________________________
Rib builders, wood, female___________ __ ______ __
Screw-machine operators, male___________________
Sewing-machine operators, male__________________
Sewing-machine operators, female_________________
Sheet-metal machine operators, male ____________
____________
Sheet-metal workers, hand, male__
Spar builders, dural, male________________________
Spar builders, wood, male________________________
Testers, ground, male____________________________
Toolmakers, male_______________________________
Upholsterers, male_______________ ___________ ___
Welders, male___________________________________
Welders, female_________________________________
Woodworking-machine operators, male____________
Other employees, male__________________________ Other employees, female___________ - _________ All airplane occupations, male. - _______ - _
All airplane occupations, female_____________
All airplane occupations, male and female........

26
34

64
1,152

47.8
47.7

4
33
5
9
20
7
12
34
38
37
37
21
34
19
26
21
38
20
5
7
27
4
14
6
17
28
36
3
19
31
28
31
37
2
33
40
7
41
24
41

67
330
55
84
134
39
217
513
867
271
539
169
195
113
240
28
222
73
19
67
133
17
63
7
42
131
503
42
70
48
264
65
567
3
119
1,148
13
10,845
234
11,079

46.5
47.7
47.2
47.5
49.1
46.5
48.3
47.6
47.6
47.5
48.6
47.2
47.9
48.2
48.5
47.8
48.6
48.2
46.9
48.3
48.3
48.4
48.4
47.8
47.7
49.4
47.8
49.9
47.3
47.6
48.5
47.0
47.8
49.0
47.8
48.0
48.0
47.9
47.3
47.9

114
205
3
41
38
277
404
216
91
210
235
167
74
123
15
161
43
16
49
198
3
57
108
35
241
166
3,290

47.6
49.3
48.3
50.1
47.7
49.2
48.7
49.2
49.3
48.7
48.5
49.2
49.1
49.3
50.5
49.2
48.7
48.9
48.3
49.2
48.8
49.1
49.1
48.2
48.8
49.1
48.9

$0,685
.665
.712
.699
.756
.684
.616
.688
.669
.656
.484
.827.520
.759
.773
.727
.604
.817
.660
.817
.677
.652
.503
.372
.693
.802
.410
.608
.728
.645
.710
.753
.822
.759
.764
.540
.727
.695
.413
.669
.380
.663

$32.74
31.72
33.11
33.34
35.68
32.49
30.24
31.99
32.31
31.23
23.04
39.28
25.27
35.82
37.03
35.04
29.29
39.05
32.05
39.38
31.75
31.49
24.29
18.00
33.54
38.34
19.56
30.04
34.80
32.19
33.58
35.84
39.87
35.67
36.52
26.46
34.75
33.36
19.82
32.05
17.97
31.76

AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Apprentices, male_______________________________
Assemblers, male________________________________
Blacksmiths, male ________
______________ _
Boring-mill operators, m ale___ _ _______________
Coppersmiths and tinsmiths, male
_____________
Drill-press operators, m ale_______________________
Fitters and bench hands, male. _________________
Grinding-machine operators, male________________Helpers, male
__________ ____ _______________ _
Inspectors, male_________________________________
Laborers, male__________________________________
Lathe operators, engine, male____________________ Lathe operators, turret, male_____________________
Machinists, male_______________________________ Machinists’ and toolmakers' helpers, male________ Milling-mftfihinft operators, tnalft______ ___________
Packers, male________________ ____ ______________
Paint sprayers, male________ ___________________ _
Polishers and buffers, male______ _________________
Screw-machine operators, male___________________
Sheet-metal machine operators, male______________
Testers, male____________________________________
Toolmakers, male____________________________ ___
Other precision-machine operators, male___________
Other skilled employees, male____________________
Other employees, male__________________________ All aircraft engine occupations, male.................




5
13
3
5
3
11
12
11
8
11
11
11
6
10
3
10
9
4
5
8
2
12
10
4
13
13
14

$a425
.714
.728
.814
.762
.672
.628
.791
.537
.753
.526
.783
.742
.795
.528
.749
.594
.675
.861
.781
.709
.783
.844
.756
.849
.630
.706

$20.23
35.20
35.16
40.78
36.35
33.06
30.58
38.92
26.47
36.67
25.51
38.52
36.43
39.19
26.66
36.85
28.93
3a 01
41.59
38.43
34.60
38.45
41.44
36.45
41.43
30.93
34.52

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AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

AVERAGE HOURS AND EARNINGS IN 1929, BY DISTRICT

The figures in Table 2 show average full-time hours per week,
average earnings per hour, and average full-time weekly earnings for
all males, for all females, and for both sexes combined in each indus­
try and for each district.
Airplanes.—Average full-time hours in the airplane plants are
lowest in the Western district, the average for the 1,888 males reported
being 46.5 hours per week, and for the 86 females 45.1 hours per week.
The highest full-time hours are shown for the West South Central
district, where the average is 50.8 for males and 51.8 for females.
The highest hourly earnings are for the 1,307 male wage earners in
the East North Central district, who received an average of 70.5 cents
per hour, and the lowest earnings for males, 55.3 cents per hour, were
in the West South Central district. The average hourly earnings for
females range from 26 cents in the West North Central district to 41.7
cents in the Western district. The average earnings for both sexes
combined range from 54.7 cents in the West South Central district to
70.3 cents in the East North Central district.
The full-time earnings per week for males range from $28.06 in the
West North Central district to $33.91 in the East North Central dis­
trict; for females, from $12.97 in the West North Central district to
$19.58 in the Middle Atlantic district.
Full-time earnings for both sexes combined range from $27.72 in
the West North Central district to $33.81 in the East North Central
district.
Aircraft engines.—The aircraft-engine establishments visited ware
located in four districts only. The average full-time hours per week
range from 48 for the 1,831 employees in the Middle Atlantic district
to 50.2 for the 704 employees in the New England district.
The average hourly earnings for the employees range from 65.9
cents in the New England district to 78.4 cents in the Western district,
and the full-time earnings range from $33.08 per week in the New
England district to $38.96 in the Western district.
T a b l e 2. — Average

hours and earnings in the manufacture of airplanes and air­
craft engines, 1929, by sex and district
AIRPLANES
[See definition of districts, p. 2]

Sex and district

Average Average Average
Number Number full-time
of estab­ of em­ hours per earnings full-time
earnings
per hour per
lishments ployees
week
week

MALES

New England......................................................... .
Middle Atlantic............................................................
South Atlantic..............................................................
East North Central......................................................
West North Central....... .............................................
West South Central.................................................
Western*_______________________________________

4
9
4

Total....................................................................




4
4

688
4,816
857
1,307
1,011
278
1,888

47.9
47.6
50.6
48.1
48.3
50.8
46.5

$0,642
.695
.641
.705
.581
.553
.666

$30.75
33.08
32.43
33.91
28.06
28.09
30.97

41

10,845

47.9

.669

32.05

8
8

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CLASSIFIED EARNINGS
T able

2.— Average hours and earnings in the manufacture of airplanes and air­
craft engines, 1929, by sex and district— Continued
AIRPLANES—Continued
Average Average Average
Number Number full-time
of estab­ of em­ hours per earnings full-time
earnings
lishments ployees
per hour per
week
week

Sex and district

FEMALES

New England______ ____ ________________________
Middle Atlantic............................... ..........................
South Atlantic__________________________________
East North Central.......................................... ..........
West North Central............... .....................................
West South Central................................... ..................
Western________________________________________

3
7
2
2
5
2
3

74
27
7
23
8
86

48.3
47.3
49.7
49.6
49.9
51.8
45.1

$0,361
.414
.318
.330
.260
.342
.417

$17.44
19.58
15.80
16.37
12.97
17.72
18.81

Total___________ _____ ____________ ___ ____

24

234

47.3

.380

17.97

New England...............................................................
Middle Atlantic............................................................
South Atlantic_______________________ ____ ______
East North Central........ ......... ....................................
West North Central....................................................
West South Central.....................................................
Western............ ............................................. ..............

4
4
8
8
4
4

697
4,890
884
1,314
1,034
286
1,974

47.9
47.6
50.6
48.1
48.3
50.9
46.4

.639
.691
.632
.703
.574
.547
.656

30.61
32.89
31.98
33.81
27.72
27.85
30.44

Total________ ________- ____ _______ ________

41

11,079

47.9

.663

31.76

9

MALES AND FEMALES

9

AIRCRAFT ENGINES
MALES
New England___________________________________
Middle Atlantic............................................................
East North Central___________ ______ ____________
Western________________________________________

2
2
7
3

704
1,831
569
186

50.2
48.0
49.8
49.7

$0,659
.702
.748
.784

$33.08
33.73
37.25
38.96

Total____________________ _________________

14

3,290

48.9

.706

34.52

CLASSIFIED EARNINGS

In Table 3 are presented the average earnings per hour and a
percentage distribution, by average earnings per hour, of the employ­
ees in 16 of the most important occupations in the airplane industry and
in 7 occupations in the aircraft-engine industry. The 16 occupations
represent 60 per cent of all the wage earners covered in airplane
plants, while the 7 occupations represent 47 per cent of all the
wage earners engaged in the manufacture of aircraft engines. The
purpose of this table is to illustrate the range of hourly earnings. The
spread is much the same in the other occupations.
The data shown on the first line are for *‘ assemblers, final, male.”
The 40 establishments in which the occupation was found employed a
total of 680 wage earners in the occupation, as shown by the first two
columns of the table. The next column shows that the average
earnings per hour were 67.4 cents. Continuing, it will be observed
that less than 1 per cent of the employees in this occupation earned
25 and under 30 cents per hour; 1 per cent earned 30 and under 35
cents; less than 1 per cent 35 and under 40 cents; 3 per cent 40 and
under 45 cents, etc. The last figure for this occupation shows that
4 per cent earned $1 and under $1.25 per hour.




T a b l e 3 . — Average

and classified earnings per hour of employees in 23 specified occupations in the manufacture of airplanes and aircraft
engines, 1929, by sex
AIRPLANES
Per cent of employees whose earnings per hour were—
Aver­
age
85
90
95
55
65
70
75
80
35
50
40
45
30
20
earn­
25
Estab­ Em­ ings and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and cents
lish­ ploy- per under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under and
80
90
95 under
60
70
75
85
40
45
50
55
35
25
30
ments
hour
cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents cents $1

Number of—
Occupation and sex

330
513
867
271
539
195

.656
.484
.827
.520
.773

0)

0)1

0)
<9
4
20

0)

1

16

P)

.410
.728
.822
.764

119

.727

19

0)

16
2
26
13

1
1

11
9

0)

0)
14
0)25

0)
(*)

0)3
2

5

19

14

0)

<»)3
4

A IRCRAFT ENGINES
Assemblers, male
Fitters and bench hands, male..
Grinding-machine operators,
male
___
Inspectors male . . .
.. .
TifthrtrAM TTlftlft
Lathe operators, engine, male—.
Machinists male
- - ___
i Less than 1 per cent.




13
12

205 $0,714
.628
404

11
11
11
11
10

216
210
235
167
123

.791
.753
.526
.783
.795

0)

0)
1

8

0)
2

1?

0)

ENGINES

42

15
19

6
25
2
9

222

503
264
567

13
11
12
15

3
14

0)

AIRCRAFT

$0,674
.604
.744
.665

AND

118
265
1,152

AIRPLANES

Assemblers, final, male_______
Coverers, fabric, m a le ........... .
Cowl makers, male...................
Fitters and bench hands, male.
Frame builders:
Steel fuselage, male............ .
Wood wing, male............... .
Helpers, male.............................
Inspectors, male....... ........... .....
Laborers, male.......................
Machinists, male......................
Painters, spray, male................
Sewing-machine operators, fe­
male---------------------------------Sheet-metal workers, hand,
male__....................................
Toolmakers, male... ..................
Welders, male................- ...........
Woodworking-machine opera­
tors, m a le ..............................

$1 $1.25 $1.50
and and and $2
un­ un­ un­ and
der der der over
$1.25 $1.50 $1.75

1

2
0)

0)
0)

9
10

7
7

4
2

8
2

9
20

11
8

5
3

2
2

7
14

4
15

15
26

15
22

18
11

15
7

15
2

7
1

1
1
43
1

2
1
19
2
1

5
9
6
2
1

7
11
3
10
7

20
24
3
24
11

22
18

16
16

21
24

13
23

0)

CLASSIFIED FULL-TIME HOURS

7

REGULAR OR CUSTOMARY FULL-TIME HOURS

The customary full-time hours per day and per week are those
recognized as constituting full running time when the plant is in
regular operation. This excludes the time taken for the midday
meal and overtime, but ncludes lost time for any cause. Changes in
the customary hours for a period of three months or ess in the year
were not considered in determining the full-time hours of a plant.
Where the change was for more than three months the average hours
per week for the whole year were used in computing full-time hours.
The average full-time hours per week for an occupation were
obtained by adding the full-time hours of each employee in the
occupation and dividing the total by the number of employees in the
occupation. These customary full-time hours must not be confused
with hours actually worked. An employee may have worked more
than full time by working the regular full-time hours on each day of
the week and working overtime on one or more days in the week.
Again, he may have worked less than full time in a week because of
sickness, disability, voluntary absence, or because he was employed
only part of the week The report does not attempt to indicate the
reason for fiiore or less than full time actually worked.
CLASSIFIED FULL-TIME HOURS

Table 4 shows for the same occupations appearing in Table 3 the
average full-time hours per week and the per cent of employees in
each occupation working each specified number of full-time hours.
The average full time of the 680 “ assemblers, final, male,” shown on
the first line, was 47.6 hours per week. The distribution shows that 4
per cent of the 680 employees had full time of 40 hours per week; 6
per cent full time of 44 hours, etc. Only 2 per cent had full time as
much as 54 hours per week.
T a b l e 4 . — Average

and classified full-time hours per week in 28 specified occupations
in the manufacture of airplanes and aircraft engines, 1929, by sex
AIRPLANES
Number
of—

Occupation and sex

Aver­
age
full­
time
Estab­ Em­ hours
lish­ ploy- per 40
ments
week

Assemblers, final, male___
Coverers, fabric, male____
Cowl makers, male.......... .
Fitters and bench hands,
male..........................—
Frame builders, steel fuse­
lage, male............ ...........
Frame builders, wood \
wing, male...................—
Helpers, male.....................
Inspectors, male................
Laborers, male. I...............
Machinists, male...............
Painters, spray, male........
Sewing-machine opera­
tors, female.....................
Sheet-metal workers, hand,
male................................
Toolmakers, male..............
Welders, male....................
W oodworking-machine
operators, male...............
» Less than 1 per cent.




118
265

47.6
48.4
48.2

1,152

47.7

330

47.7

513
867
271
539
195

47.6
47.6
47.5
48.6
47.9
48.6

222

17

42

47.7

503
264
,567

47.8
48.5
47.8

119

47.8

Per cent of employees whose full-time hours
per week were—

44

Over
Over
Over
48,
45,
50,
45 un­ 47 47H 48 un­ 50 un­ 54 55 60
der
der
der
47
50
54

0)

0)
10

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES
T a b l e 4 . — Average

and classified full-time hours per week in 28 specified occupations
in the manufacture of airplanes and aircraft engines, 1929, by sex— Con.
AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Number
of—

Occupation and sex

Assemblers, male............. .
Fitters and bench hands,
male................................
Grinding-machine opera­
tors, male...................... .
Inspectors, male................
Laborers, male................. .
Lathe operators, engine,
male................................
Machinists, male............. .

Aver­
age
full­
time
Estab­ Em­ hours
lish. ploy- per 40
week
ments

205

49.3

404

48.7

Per cent of employees whose full-time hours
per week were—

44

Over
Over
Over
45,
48,
50,
45 un­ 47 47^ 48 un­ 50 un­ 54 55
der
der
der
47
54
50

216 ! 49.2
210 , 48.7
235 48.5
167 I 49.2
123 I 49.3

The customary hours per day differ as between the several estab­
lishments. There are different hours for beginning and ending the
day’s work, and different lengths of the period allowed for lunch.
Table 5 shows all of the variations in the customary hours of the
various plants in each industry, Monday to Friday, and on Saturday,
as well as the difference in the regular hours per week.
The length of the regular day in the airplane plants ranged from
8 to 9%o hours, while the hours per week ranged from 40 to 54. The
regular hours of the plants in the aircraft engine industry ranged
from 8%o to 10 per day and had a range per week from 47K to 55 hours.
In five establishments in the airplane industry and in two in the
aircraft-engine industry the regular days of operation were only five
per week. In three establishments in the airplane industry hours
were the same on Saturday as on Monday to Friday. In 33 airplane
plants and 12 of the 14 aircraft-engine plants hours were less on
Saturday than on other days.
A 5-day week (Monday to Friday) of 8 hours was in operation in
one airplane plant in the East North Central district; of 9% hours
in one in the New England district and in two in the Middle At­
lantic district; and of 9%0 hours in one plant in the Middle Atlantic
district. In two aircraft-engine plants the regular days of operation
were 5 per week, one had a 9K-hour day or 47K-hour week and the
other a 10-hour day or 50-hour week.
Eight airplane and 5 engine plants were operating on the basis of
9 hours per day from Monday to Friday and 5 hours on Saturday;
seven airplane plants and one engine plant were operating 48 hours
per week, with the hours of work varying as follows: One plant in
the West South Central district was operating 8% hours Monday to
Friday and 4% hours on Saturday; two plants in the West South
Central district were operating 8 hours per day on all six days, one
airplane plant and one engine plant each in the Middle Atlantic dis­
trict were operating 8%o hours Monday to Friday and 4 hours on
Saturday, while there were one each in the New England and South
Atlantic district operating 8% hours from Monday to Friday and
4)i hours on Saturday.



9

CHANGES IN HOURS AND RATES

Twenty-seven of the 41 airplane plants have full-time hours rang­
ing from 47 to 50 per week and in the aircraft-engine industry the
full-time hours of 13 of the 14 plants ranged from 47% to 50 per week.
T a b l e 5 . — Number

of establishments working specified full-time hours per week
and per day in the manufacture of airplanes and aircraft engines, 1929
AIRPLANES
Number of establishments in each district working specified
hours per day and week

Full-time hours
Per day
Per week

40_______
44________
45_______
45H ______
46H ______
47_______
47H ______
47H ______
48________
48________
48________
48_______
48..__ ___
49H______
50________
51________
52H______
53..............
64____ ___

Mon­
day to
Friday

Total

Satur­
day

8
8
8
8

0
4
5
5H

8H
m
8H
9H
8H
8

4
4H

8Mo
9Mo
8H
9

9
9H
9H
9H

9

5
0
4H
8
4
0
4M
4H
5
4H

East
West
West
New
Middle South
North
North
South
England Atlantic Atlantic Central Central Central Western

1

1

1
1

1

2
1
2
2
1

2

1
2

1
1
1

1
1
1
1

2

4%

1

5H
9

1

Total .

1

2

4

9

,
2
3

1
2
1

4

8

8

4

4

1
3
3
1
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
4
8
1
1
1
1
41

A IR C RA FT ENGINES
47H-48
4SM©~
49H-60.— .
60----55___

Iff.

9Mo
9
10
9
10

Total.

0

4
4Mo

m
0
5
5

14

CHANGES IN HOURS AND RATES SINCE JANUARY 1, 1928

The companies were asked if there had been any change in the
regular hours of work, or any change in wage rates since January 1,
1928. The replies to the inquiry regarding the change of hours
showed that only 3 of the 55 plants covered had made a change.
One of the three made a change in hours per week. This plant,
located in the South Atlantic district, changed from 8K hours per day
Monday to Friday and 4% Saturday to 9 hours per day Monday to
Friday and 4K on Saturday. This lengthened the week from 47
hours to 49K hours. Two plants changed the daily but not the
weekly hours. These were both located in the Middle Atlantic
district. One changed from 8 K o hours each day Monday to Friday
and 4% hours on Saturday, to 9%o hours each day Monday to Friday




10

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

with no work on Saturday, the length of the week remaining 48 hours;
the other changed from 9 hours per day Monday to Thursday, 8 hours
on Friday with no work on Saturday, to 8 hours per day Monday to
Friday and 4 hours on Saturday; the week thus remained unchanged
at 44 hours.
Only one of the 55 plants covered, an airplane plant, made any
material change in wage rates. In this plant the minimum rates were
changed on December 1, 1929, by an increase of 16% per cent, while all
employees at rates higher than the minimum were given an increase
of 5 per cent.
PAY FOR OVERTIME AND WORK ON SUNDAY AND HOLI­
DAYS

Any time worked by an employee in excess of the regular full-time
hours per day is considered overtime. In the seven plants which
regularly worked but five days per week, any time worked on Satur­
day was considered overtime.
Nineteen of the forty-one airplane plants and 9 of the 14 engine
plants paid increased rates for overtime. One of the airplane plants
paid extra only for work on Sunday or holidays, the rate for such
work being one and one-half times the regular rate. One plant paid
each employee his regular rate for each hour of overtime up to 7 p. m.
Monday to Friday, to 2 p. m. Saturday, or mealtime on Sunday or
holidays. For any time thereafter on any day he was paid 50 cents,
and also his regular rate per hour.
All of the other plants paid overtime rates for any work after the
regular hours per day, the rates being one and one-fourth times the
regular rate in 4 plants, one and one-half times the regular rate in 21
plants, and in 1 plant one and one-half times the regular rate from the
regular quitting time until midnight and twice the regular rate for
any work after midnight. For Sunday and holiday work 1 plant
paid one and one-fourth times the regular rate, 22 paid time and onehalf, and 4 paid double time.
Table 6 shows the number of establishments which paid extra for
overtime or for Sunday and holiday work, the employees entitled to
such pay, the conditions under which the extra amounts were paid,
and the rate for such work. It will be observed that all employees
do not fare alike in many cases.




BONtTS SYSTEMS
T a b le

11

6 .— Number of establishments paying extra for overtime and for Sunday
and holiday work, employees entitled, and amounts of increase, 1929
AIRPLANES
Payment for
Overtime on week days

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

on
Sun­
day
and
holi­
days:
Hourly
rate multi­ Hour*
plied by— lyrate
mul­
ti­
plied

Employees entitled to extra pay

All except salaried........................
All except salaried and laborers...
All..

Regular hours per day.
d o...........................
.do............................
-do..
.do..
-do..

All except salaried maintenance, painters,
and carpenters, concrete finishers, and
laborers other than maintenance labor­
ers and sandblasters.
.do..
All productive labor____________________
.do..
'All except sweepers (day)............................
-do..
All except sweepers (night)..........................
.do..
All except salaried.............................., .........
.do..
___ do.............................................................
___ do................. ................................. ........ 60 hours per week.......................
All except janitors......................................... 50 hours per week and full time
on Sunday and holidays.
7 p. m. Monday to Friday,
All..
2 p. m. Saturday or past anr
meal time on Sunday or
days.
All hourly men..
Regular hours per day................
SX hours Monday to Friday,
All productive. .
5 hours Saturday.
8 hours Monday to Friday,
All shop employees..
5X hours Saturday.
All except salaried, electricians and mill­ Regular hours per day------------wright helpers, maintenance carpenters
and electricians, stock handlers and ele­
vator men.

*1H

ix

lX

*1X

lX
IX
1X

m
n x

nx
•a

nx
IH
1H
1X

IX

IX
lX
IX
lX
IH
lX
IH
»1

IH

lH

m

IX

IX

IX

lX

m

A IR C RA FT ENGINES
AIL.
_do_.
All except porters.
All......................... .
..... d o ..._________

Regular hours per d a y ..
/ — do________________
(.Midnight_____________
Regular hours per day.,
do________________
-do..

*1]
2

*1}

1]
IH

IX
VX
2
IX

i Any work on Saturday is considered overtime.
* Also 1 hour's extra pay at regular rate.
* And 50 cents extra if overtime extended beyond 7 p. m. Monday to Friday, 2 p. m. Saturday, or
beyond mealtime Sunday and holidays.

BONUS SYSTEMS

A bonus is pay in addition to a wage earner's usual earnings at
stipulated time or piece rates. Three plants had bonus systems in
operation at the t.me of the study. Two of these systems were based
on production of work in less time than a standard set for the perormance of the job; the th.rd system was based on attendance.
The time standard for the various units, pieces, parts, or kinds of
work in the two plants was established by a time study of the different
kinds of work. In one of the two plants one-half of the time rate
was paid to the employees in the fuselage, machine-shop, sheet-metal,
and wing departments for each hour's work saved. In the other




AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

12

plant the time set for a job includes fatigue time and is based on 100
per cent efficiency or the number of pieces set by a time study as
the standard work for a 9-hour or 540-minute day. The bonus is
paid to production employees and begins when the output of an em­
ployee reaches a 70 per cent efficiency, the bonus for this attain­
ment being 4 per cent. This rate increases seven-tenths of 1 per
cent for each additional per cent of efficiency, thus, the employee
would earn 25 per cent more than his regular rate for 100 per cent
efficiency. In the third plant a bonus of 10 per cent of earnings at
basic rates was paid to any employee who had been absent not more
than half an hour during the week.
DAYS ACTUALLY WORKED IN ONE WEEK

Table 7 presents for 23 representative occupations the number of
plants in which the occupation was found, the number of employees,
the average number of calendar days actually worked in one week,
and the per cent of employees who worked on each specified number
of days in one week. Any part of a calendar day upon which an
employee performed work was counted a day.
The first line of the table shows that the occupation “ assemblers,
final, male,” was found in 40 of the 41 airplane plants covered in the
study. The second column of data shows that 680 wage earners were
in this occupation, and the third column that the whole group worked
an average of 5.5 calendar days in a week. Continuing on the same
line it will be observed that 1 per cent of the employees in the occu­
pation worked on 1 day only, 1 per cent on 2 days, 1 per cent on 3
days, 5 per cent on 4 days, 30 per cent on 5 days, 60 per cent on 6 days,
and 3 per cent on 7 days.
The table does not undertake to show whether the short week of
certain workers is due to voluntary idleness or to other reasons which
may or may not have been within the control of the employee.
7 . — Average number of days in one week on which employees worked in
specified occupations and per cent of employees who worked on each specified
number of days in one week in the manufacture of airplanes and aircraft engines,
1929, by sex

T a b le

AIRPLANES
Number of—
Occupation and sex

Assemblers, final, male.......................
Coverers, fabric, male.............................
Cowl makers, male.................................
Fitters and bench hands, m ale..-.........
Frame builders, steel fuselage, male___
Frame builders, wood wing, male.........
Helpers, male..........................................
Inspectors, male.....................................
Laborers, male........................................
Machinists, male....................................
Painters, spray, male............................
Sewing-machine operators, female........
Sheet-metal workers, hand, m ale.........
Toolmakers, male....... ......... .................
Welders, male............. ........... ................
Woodworking-machine operators, male.
1 Less than 1 per cent.




Estab­
lish­
ments

Average Per cent of employees who worked
each specified number of days
number
of days
Em­ worked
ployin 1
week

118
265
1,152
330
513
867
271
539
195
222

42
503
264
567
119

5.5
5.4
5.6
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.3
5.$
5.6
5.2
5.4
5.5
5.5
5.3
5.5
5.6

GROWTH OF AIRPLANE INDUSTRY

13

7.— Average number of days in one week on which employees worked in
specified occupations and per cent of employees who worked on each specified
number of days in one week in the manufacture of airplanes and aircraft engines,
1929, by sex— Continued

T able

AIRCRAFT ENGINES

Occupation and sex

Assemblers, male
__________________
Fitters and bench hands, male________—
Grinding-machine operators, male___ __
Inspectors, male_______________________
Laborers, male.. _____________________
Lathe operators, male___ _____________
Machinists, male______________________

Number of— Average Per cent of employees who worked
each specified number of days
nnmbftr
of days
Estab­ Em­ worked
in 1
lish­
ploy­
2
3
5
6
7
1
4
ees
week
ments
13
12
11
11
11
11
10

205
404
216
210
235
167
123

5.7

5.2
5.5
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.4

1
0)

8

0)

(0 *

0)

l

1
1
wi
1
2
2

3
8
4
4
3
5
3

28
54
46
48
46
55
38

60
35
41
45
48
34
55

7
2
8
2
2
5

1Less than 1 per cent.

GROWTH OP THE AIRPLANE INDUSTRY

The United States Census Bureau showed data for the airplane
industry for the first time in 1914. At that time the airplane was only
beginning to show its commercial possibilities. The World War
caused much time and money to be given to research and the develop­
ment of aircraft, both for civil and military use. As a result the 1919
Census of Manufactures, which came just after the war, revealed
that the number of factories had almost doubled and that the number
of wage earners was 21 times more than in 1914.
Table 8 contains information published by the Census Office for
each census year from 1914 to 1927, relating to the number of airplane
establishments, the number of wage earners, the amounts paid for
wages, the average wage per year, the cost of materials used, and the
value of the products. Figures for 1929, the last census year, are not
yet available. The figures in the table indicate forcefully the radical
changes that have taken place in the industry. In 1914 the census
showed only 16 establishments employing 168 wage earners, while in
1919 there were 31 establishments and 3,543 wage earners. The
depression year of 1921 brought employment down to 1,395 wage
earners. In 1923 wage earners numbering 2,901 were employed.
This number nearly equalled the employment in 1919. In 1925 the
number decreased to 2,701 wage earners. In 1927 the number of
workers employed had increased to 4,422, the largest employment in
the history of the industry up to that time. From 1921 there has been
a steady increase in the number of plants manufacturing airplanes, the
table showing an increase from 21plants in 1921 to 70 plants in 1927.
The number of wage earners published in previous years by the
Census Office, as shown in Table 8, is the average employment for
the year and therefore not strictly comparable with the figures
obtained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as of May, 1929, details
of which are described on page 1, when there were 22,082 employees
in the industry. This figure represents conditions probably at the
highest point of employment of the year 1929,
3248°— 30------ 2




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AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

T a b l e 8 .—

Number of establishments and wage earners, wages, cost of materials,
and value of products in the airplane industry, 1914 to 1927
[Data from the United States Census of Manufactures]
Wage
Number
earners
of estab­ (average
lishments number)
V

Census year

1914...........................
1919. - ......................
1921_________ _____
1923...........................
1925...........................
1927 2............. ..........

16
31
21
33
44
70

168
3,543
1,395
2,901
2,701
4,422

Total wages
paid

Average
wages per
wage
earner

$134,827
4,906,740
2,202,307
4,521,949
4,222,151
6,857,014

i Including cost of fuel, electric power, and shop supplies.

$803
1,385
1,579
1,559
1,563
1,551

Cost of
materials1

Value of
products

$133,939
7,126.965
2,407,395
3,829,574
2,869,967
7,517,183

789,872
14,372,643
6,641,988
12,945,263
12,524,719
21,161,853

2 Data for 1929 not available.

Statistics are not available to indicate the increase in the com­
mercial use of the airplane except for the period since 1926. As
the census figures include production of all planes built, whether for
military or for commercial use, the available data for the commercial
part of the industry are given separately in Table 9, which table shows
data for civil aviation in the United States for each of the four years
from 1926 to 1929. The figures are for the number of planes in the
transport service, the number of passengers carried, the number of
miles flown, the number of miles of commercial airways, the number
of miles of lighted airways, the number of gas and electric beacons,
and the number of commercial and private airports.
The number of planes increased from 69 in 1926 to 525 in 1929;
passengers carried, from 5,782 in 1926 to 173,405 in 1929; and the
number of miles flown from approximately 4,300,000 in 1926 to more
than 25,000,000 in 1929. The mileage of commercial airways increased
from 8,404 in 1926 to 36,000 in 1929. In 1926/ 2,041 miles of these
were lighted while in 1929 there were 12,448 miles lighted. The
number of beacons increased from 612 in 1926 to 1,311 in 1929 and
the number of airports, including both commercial and private, from
263 in 1927 to 495 in 1929. The number of airports in 1926 was
not shown.
T able

Year

1926..................... .
1927.......................
1928......................
1929.......................

9.— Civil aviation in the United States, 1926 to 1929 1

Number
of planes
in trans­
port
service
69
128
325
2525

Passengers
carried on
transport
lines
5,782
8,679
49,713
2 173,405

Mileage of Mileage of
Airplane miles commercial
flown by all airways in
lighted
operators
airways
operation

4,318,087
5,870,489
10,673,450
225,141,499

1 Data from Mar. 22,1930, number of “ Aviation.”
2 U. S. Department of Commerce Yearbook, 1930.




8,404
9,122
16,667
36,000

2,041
4,468
6,988
12,448

Electric
and gas
beacons

Commer­
cial and
private
airports

612
760
1,188
1,311

263
385
495

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

15

GENERAL TABLES

In addition to the preceding text tables data as to days, hours, and
earnings of wage earners by occupations and districts are presented
in five general tables, as follows:
T able A.—Average number of days on which employees worked,
average full-time and actual hours and earnings per week, average
earnings per hour, and per cent of full time worked, 1929, by occupa­
tion, sex, and district.
The purpose of this table is to show all of the 1929 averages that
have been computed for the employees in each occupation in both
industries in each district and for the employees in all occupations
combined, of each industry in each district; to present in parallel
columns “ average full-time hours per week,” “ average hours actually
worked in one week,” and the “ per cent of full time worked” ; and to
make easy the comparison of the figures, one district with another.
“ Average full-time earnings per week” and “ average actual earnings
in one week” are presented in the last two columns of the table. One
column shows the average amount that each employee would have
earned in one week had all employees in an occupation, a district, or
the industry worked full time at the same average earnings per hour
as was earned in the hours actually worked in the one week covered
by the study. The other column shows the amount actually earned
in one week.
T able B.—Average and classified earnings per hour in 23 specified
occupations, 1929, by sex and district (p. 28).
T able C.—Average and classified full-time hours per week in 23
specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district (p. 34).
T able D.—Average and classified hours actually worked in one
week in 23 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district (p. 38).
T able E.—Average and classified actual earnings in one week in
23 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district (p. 44).




16

A IR P L A N E S A N D A IR C R A F T E N G IN E S

A.— Average number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per weeky average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sex, and district

T able

AIRPLANES

Occupation, sex, and district

Assemblers, detail, male:
New England_______________
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic............. .............
East North Central........... ......
West North Central_________
West South Central___ ______
Western____ - __ - ____ - __ —

Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

Aver­
Aver­ Aver­
Aver­ age Aver­
age
age
age
Per
full­
age
full­ hours cent of earn­ time actual
earn­
time actually lull
ings earn­ ings
hours worked time
per
ings
in 1
in 1 worked hour
per
per
week week
week week

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

2
9
4
8
8
2
3

13
114
31
37
44
13
214

5.1
5.3
5.6
5.3
5.5
5.4
5.9

47.7
46.5
49.8
47.8
48.0
51.8
46.5

46.0
48.6
46.7
44.0
46.4
48.1
45.7

96.4 $0.626 $29.86
.728 33.85
104.5
.632 31.47
93.8
.586 28.01
92.1
.569 27.31
96.7
.509 26.37
92.9
.635 29.53
98.3

$28.80
35.37
29.53
25.77
26.38
24.50
29.03

36

466

5.6

47.1

46.5

98.7

.645

30.38

29.97

Assemblers, final, male:
New TCtigland
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic___
East North Central.... *,
West North Central_________
West South Central.................
Western____________________

4
9
3
8
8
4
4

46
276
18
109
88
25
118

4.9
5.5
5.8
5.3
5.5
6.0
5.8

48.2
47.8
49.2
47.0
48.1
50.6
46.1

43.5
51.3
51.5
45.2
46.3
50.5
45.8

90.2
107.3
104.7
96.2
96.3
99.8
99.3

.681
.720
.806
.698
.539
.520
.646

32.82
34.42
39.66
32.81
25.93
26.31
29.78

29.64
36.95
41.57
31.56
24.95
26.28
29.59

Total_________ ___________

Total......................................

40

680

5.5

47.6

48.2

101.3

.674

32.08

32.49

Cabinet makers, male:
New England_______________
Middle Atlantic_____________
South Atlantic______ ________
East North Central__________
West North Central_________
Western____________________

2
9
2
3
4
3

24
121
22
8
7
26

5.0
5.4
5.9
6.0
5.4
5.7

47.6
46.6
49.7
48.7
48.9
45.8

45.6
49.4
49.1
50.6
42.7
43.7

95.8
106.0
98.8
103. 9
87.3
95.4

. 712
.746
.667
.692
. 577
.750

33.89
34.76:
33.15
33.70
28.22
34.35

32.47
36.87
32.73
35.04
24.63
32.78

Total......................................

23

208

5.5

47.1

48.0

101.9

.727

34.24

34.93

Cable splicers, male:
New England_______________
Middle Atlantic___ - ____ ____
South Atlantic_____ _________
East North Central..................
West North Central.................
W estern..__________________

3
7
3
2
2
3

4
33
5
3
3
18

5.3
5.7
5.6
5.7
5.3
5.9

48.3
47.2
49.1
50.0
47.5
46.4

46.7
51.6
45.5
46.7
44.1
46.0

96.7
109.3
92.7
93.4
92.8
99.1

.671
.685
.589
.616
.620
.689

32.41
32.33
28.92
30.80
29.45
31.97

31.32
35.37
26.82
28.74
27.33
31.67

Total___________ __________

20

66

5.7

47.3

48.8

103.2

.673

31.83

32.80

Coppersmiths, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic..........................
East North Central..................
Western____________________

1
8
3
3
1

0)
27
6
5
«

0)
5.3
5.2
6.4
0)

(l)
46.8
49.6
51.9
(l)

0)
47.3
43.5
52.5
(l)

0)
101.1
87.7
101.2
0) .

0)
.726
.643
898
V)

(0
33.98
31.89
46.60
0)

0)
34.37
27.95
47.14
0)

Total......................................

16

50

5.4

47.5

46.8

98.5

.719

34.15

33.59

Coverers, dural, male:
New England_______________
Middle Atlantic___________
South Atlantic.........................
East North Central__________
W e ste rn .......___ _______

1
4
2
3
1

0)
127
12
34
0)

0)
5.2
5.5
5.2
0)

0)
51.5
50.8
42.7
0)

0)
51.0
49.6
42.6
0)

0)
99.0
97.6
99 8
0)

0)
.665
.797
.789
0)

0)
34.25
40.49
33.69
0)

<9
33.94
39.57
33.61
0)

Total_____________________

11

225

5.3

48.9

48.5

99.2

.685

33.50

33.17

iData included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




GENERAL TABLES

17

A.— Average number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per week, average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sex, and district— Continued

T a b le

AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

Aver­
age
number
Num­ Num­ of days
ber of ber of
on
estab­
which
lish­
em­
ments
ployees
worked
in i
week

Coverers, fabric, male:
New England............
Middle Atlantic........
South Atlantic..........
East North CentralWest North Central..
West South Central..
Western......................
Total...

9
35
13
32
20

0)
29

Coverers, fabric, female:
New England............
Middle Atlantic....... .
South Atlantic......... .
East North CentralWest North Central..
West South Central..
Western.................... .
Total..,

5.4

0)5.3

0)

0)

45.8
51.6
47.5
47.9
45.5
46.7

0)

95.0 $0,554 $26.70
108.4
.650 30.94
94.4
.668 33.60
96.8
.570 28.22
97.6
.605 28.19
93.2
.432 21.64
0)
<l)
(*)

48.4

48.3

100.0

.604

29.23

29.15

0)

44.3
52.9

(0
93.1
107.1

0)
17.80
13.09

16.57
14.01

53.4
43.6

£ .3
104.7
97.1

<9
.374
.265
0)
.264
.376
.408

A

19.18
18.32

11.98
20.04
17.82

0)

0)

5.5
6.0
5.9

159

5.6

47.0

44.7

95.1

.367

17.25

16.43

67

5.2

46.7

46.8

100.2

.678

31.66

31.71

23
130
36
29
24
7
16

5.0
5.6
5.6
5.4
5.8
6.1
5.8

47.8
48.1
50.2
47.1
47.9
50.1
46.2

45.7
49.9
47.6
44.0
47.9
51.3
45.8

95.6
103.7
94.8
93.4
100.0
102.4
99.2

.745
.734
.765
.791
.690
.713
.798

35.61
35.31
38.40
37.26
35.72
36.87

34.07
36.58
36.46
34.79
32.99
36.53
36.59

265

5.6

48.2

48.2

100.0

.744

35.82

35.82

&

11
10

0)31

5.8
5.2
5.0
0)
5.7

0)
47.2
50.3
49.4
49.2
<*>
46.6

0)
48.8
49.2
43.6
41.4
0)
45.4

103.4
97.8
88.3
84.1
0)
97.4

0)
0)
.696 32.85
.433 21.78
.548 27.07
.467 22.98
(*)
0)
.618 28.80

21.30
23.91
19.35
(l)
28.07

82

5.6

48.1

45.8

95.2

.562

25.76

0)30

0)5.7

6.0

0)

0)
45.4

37

(l)
12
15

20

4
9
6
4
10

0)

64

0)

0)

0)

0)

27.03

0)

0)

5.8

fir
49.4
46.5
49.0
50.5
46.8

53.2
48.4
48.2
42.8
50.3
45.1

111.5
98.0
103.7
87.3
99.6
96.4

.684
.723
.804
.564
.506
.694

32.63
35.72
37.39
27.64
25.55
32.48

36.41
34.98
38.73
24.11
25.44
31.30

5.7

47.8

49.7

103.9

.685

32.74

33.99

5.8
5.7
5.2

6.0

» Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




$25.38
33.57
31.70
27.34
27.56
20.18

8

Drill-press operators, male:
New England.............. .
Middle Atlantic............
South Atlantic..............
East North Central___
West North Central__
West South Central__
Western......... .............

Total..

48.2
47.6
50.3
49.5
46.6
50.1

Aver­
age
actual
earn­
ings
in 1
week

0)

Total..

Total..

5.2
5.3
5.5
5.5
5.8
5.1

Aver­
Aver­ age
full­
age
earn­ time
ings earn­
ings
per
per
hour
week

5
67

0)20
18

Aver­
age
Per
hours cent of
time actually full
hours worked time
in 1 worked
per
week week

<»)
47.6
49.4
(9
49.7
51.0
44.9

53
7

Cowl makers, male:
New England............
Middle Atlantic....... .
South Atlantic......... .
East North Central..
West North Central..
West South Central.
Western.................... .

Electricians, male:
New England........... .
Middle Atlantic....... .
South Atlantic.........
East North Central..
West North CentralWest South Central..
Western.................... .

118

0)

Coverers, wood, male:
Middle Atlantic. —
South Atlantic___
Western.................

Total...

7

Aver-

18

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

A*— Average number of days on which employees worked, average f ull-time
and actual hours and earnings per week, average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sex, and district— Continued

T able

AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation sex, and district

Fitters and bench hands, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic.......
South Atlantic.____
East North Central..
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western_______ :___
T o t a l ......... .— .
Frame builders, dural fuselage,
male:
Middle Atlantic.......
East North Central..
Western___________
T ota l....................
Frame builders, steel fuselage,
male:
New England........... .
Middle Atlantic____
South Atlantic......... .
East North Central
West North Central
West South Central
Western....................
Total...................... .
Frame builders, wood fuselage,
male:
New England........... .
Middle Atlantic....... .
South Atlantic...........
Total...................... .

Aver­
Aver­ Aver­
Aver­ age Aver­
age
Per
age
age
age
full­ hours cent of earn­ full­ actual
time
time actually full
ing? earn­ earn­
hours worked time
ings
per
ings
per
in 1 worked hour
in 1
per
week week
week
week

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

3
9
4
6
8
1
3

51
714
33
62
57
0)
223

5.0
5.4
5.6
5.6
5.2
0)
5.8

47.6
47.6
50.7
48.5
48.3
(l)
47.0

45.8
45.7
49.4
47.4
41.6
(l)
46.7

96.2 $0,661 $31.46
96.0
.684 32.56
97.4
.649 32.90
97.7
.700 33.95
86.1
.474 22.89
0)
(9
(l)
99.4
.664 31.21

34

1,152

5.5

47.7

45.9

96.2

.665

31.72

30.54

1
2
1

0)
18
0)

(»)
5.3
0)

0)
42.6
0

(9
.964
(9

0)
41.07
(9

(l)
42.22
(9

4

67

5.7 !1 46.5

0)
0)
43.8
102.8
«
t <9
46.1
99.1

.712

33.11

32. 81

3
7
3
6
8
3
3

16
133
19
57
61
13
31

5.4
5.3
5.6
5.5
5.4
5.9
5.9

49.5
46.8
49.3
49.4
47.9
50.3
45.5

44.4
47.5
49.2
48.0
44.1
50.5
44.9

89.7
101.5
99.8
97.2
92.1
100.4
98.7

.671
.804
.689
.697
.549
.493
.641

33.21
37.63
33.97
34.43
26. 30
24.80
29,17

29. 77
38.15
33. 92
33. 42
24. 2J
24. 92
28. 78

33

330

5.5

47.7

46.8

98.1

.699

33.34 . 32.70

1
3
1

(l)
36
0)

(l)
4.8
0)

0)
46.0
(l)

0)
42.0
0)

(9
91.3
(9

<9
.794
<9

(l)
36.52
(9

(9
33.32
(9

55

4.9

47.2

43.5

92.2

.756

35.68

32.85

0)
5.8
(9
5.3

<0
47.8
(9
43.9

0)
48.7
0)
42.2

(9
101.9
(9
96.1

(9
.666
(9
.790

(9
31.83
0)
34.68

(9
32.40
(9
33.36

5.6 | 47.5

47.2

99.4

.684

32.49

32.31

46.3
0)
54.9
47.5
51.6
0)

44.5
0)
56.1
48.8
49.0
0)

96.1
(9
102. 2
102.7
95.0
(9

.750
0)
.619
.532
.434
(9

34.73
(9
33.98
25.27
22.39
(9

33.37
0)
34.72
25.96
21.31
(9

5.8 | 49.1

49.1

100.0

.616

30.24

30.24

0)
45.9
(l)
(l)
45.4

O
43.1
(l)
0)
45.4

(9
93.9
(9
(9
100.0

0
(l)
.741 34.01
(l)
(l)
(9
(9
.692 |
; 31.39

<9
31.93
0)
(9
31.39

5.5 i 46.5

44.2

95.1

.688 !1 31.99

30.43

5
1
4
1
3

0)
58
0)
10

Total.......................

9

84

4
1
5
7
2
1

39
0)
29
41
7
0)

Total...................... .

20

134

Frame builders, wood tail1, male:
New England............
Middle Atlantic........
South Atlantic..........
West North Central..
Western.... .............. .

1
2
1
1
2

0)
18
(l)
0)
12

Total_____________

7

39

5.2
(l)
6.5
5.8
5.7
0)

0)
5.1
0)
(»)
6.0 |

i Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




$30.30
31.23
32.03
33.22
19.73
(l)
30.97

1

Frame builders, dural tailI, male:
New England........... .
Middle A tlantic___
South Atlantic___ ...
East North Central..

Frame builders, steel tail, male:
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic......... .
East North Central
West North Central
West South Central..
Western___________ .

Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

GENERAL TABLES

19

A.— Average number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per week} average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sexf and district—-Continued

T able

AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

Frame builders, dural wing, male:
New England..........................
Middle Atlantic......................
South Atlantic........................
East North Central................
West North Central................
Western...................................
Total..
Frame builders, wood wing, male:
New England..........................
Middle Atlantic......................
South Atlantic........................
East North Central................
West North Central...............
West South Central...............
Western...................................
Total...
Helpers, male:
New England...........
Middle Atlantic.......
South Atlantic.........
East North Central..
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western....................
Total..
Inspectors, male:
New England...........
Middle Atlantic.......
South Atlantic.........
East North CentralWest North Central.
West South Central..
Western____________
Total..
Laborers, male:
New England............
Middle Atlantic.........
South Atlantic...........
East North Central...
West North CentralWest South Central..
Western......................
Total..
Lathe operators, male:
New England...........
Middle Atlantic____
South Atlantic..........
East North Central..
West North CentralWestern___________
Total..

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

1
5
1
3
1
1

0)
118
0)
28
0)
0)

12

217

3
8
3
5
7
4
4

Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in i
week

0)
5.5
0)
5.2

Aver­
Aver­ Aver­
Aver­ age Aver­
age
age
Per
age
full­ actual
age
full­ hours cent of earn­ time
time actually full
earn­
ings earn­
hours worked time
ings
per
ings
in 1 worked hour
per
in 1
per
week week
week week

0)
49.1
0)
41.9
0)
0)

5.5

4a 3

47.5

98.3

.669

32.31

31.81

13
236
19
67
63
19
96

5.5
5.4
6.0
5.5
5.6
6.1
6.0

49.1
47.1
49.3
49.8
47.0
50.4
46.5

45.9
46.8
52.1
46.3
47.0
55.9
45.8

93.5
99.4
105.7
93.0
100.0
110.9
98.5

.623
.700
.652
.532
.610
.542
.695

30.59
32.97
32.14
26.49
28.66
27.32
32.32

28.60
32.75
33.97
24.63
28.66
30.34
31.83

34

513

5.6

47.6

47.1

98.9

.656

31.23

30.87

3
9
4
7
8
3
4

110
428
68
55
35
9
162

4.9
5.1
5.3
5.6
5.4
5.6
5.9

47.6
47.2
50.6
49.9
47.7
50.8
46.2

44.6
45.7
45.5
47.7
43.2
46.3
45.8

93.7
96.8
89.9
95.6
90.6
91.1
99.1

.472
.494
.428
.483
.445
.334
.506

22.47
23.32
21.66
24.10
21.23
16.97
23.38

21.03
22.57
19.45
23.05
19.23
15.50
23.20

38

867

5.3

47.6

45.6

95.8

.484

23.04

22.07

3
9
4
8
8
2
3

11
111
31
35
25
7
51

5.6
5.7
5.8
5.7
6.*0
6.0
5.9

48.5
46.9
49.4
47.6
48.3
51.6
46.3

48.5
49.6
47.4
47.3
50.1
51.6
46.1

100.0
105.8
96.0
99.4
103.7
100.0
99.6

.875
.893
.805
.841
.631
.677
.793

42.50
41.88
39.77
40.03
30.48
34.91
36.72

42.50
44.33
38.17
39.78
31.59
34.91
36. 53

37

271

5.8

47.5

48.5

102.1

.827

39.28

40.08

3
9
4
8
7
3
3

56
232
45
71
58
19
58

5.1
5.5
5.9
5.3
5.8
5.6
5.8

47.7
47.7
57.1
48.0
48.6
50.6
46.6

48.5
51.0
53.8
46.5
49.1
52.6
46.5

101.7
106.9
94.2
96.9
101.0
104.0
99.8

.493
.545
.420
.614
.439
.388
.552

23.52
26.00
23.98
29.47
21.34
19.63
25.72

23.91
27.78
22.58
28.53
21.54
20.43
25.67

37

539

5.6

48.6

49.7

102.3

.520

25.27

25.88.

2
7
3
3
3
3

11
70
17
11
7
53

5.1
5.2
5.2
5.5
5.4
5.6

47.6
46.9
50.7
44.5
47.6
46.9

46.7
47.1
43.7
45.5
42.4
46.1

98.1
100.4
86.2
102.2
89.1
98.3

.720
.764
.716
.923
.669
.751

34.27
35.83
36.30
41.07
31.84
35.22

33.61
35.99.
31.27
42.01
28.40
34.64

21

169

5.4

47.2

46.1

97.7

.759

35.82

35.01.

d

1Data included in total.but not given separately to avoid identification.




0)
0)
<*>.
100.0 $0,680 $33.37
0)
0)
0)
100.5
.918 38.28
0)
0)
(9
to

<*)
49.1
0)
41.7
<*)
0)

0)
$33.37
0)
38.76
(*)

20

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

A.— Average number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per weekt average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sex, and district— Continued

T able

AIRPLANES—Continued
Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

Aver­ Aver­
Per
age
age
full­ hours cent of
time actually full
hoUrs worked time
in 1 worked
per
week week

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

West North Central_______ _
West South Central_________
Western_______________ __ _

3
7
4
6
7
3
4

32
76
19
21
22
10
15

5.0
5.0
5.2
5.5
5.5
5.9
5.7

47.8
47.0
50.0
49.2
48.4
49.5
46.9

45.6
44.7
43.9
45.5
44.0
47.8
49.2

Total......................................

34

195

5.2

47.9

45.3

Occupation, sex, and district

Machinists, male:
Middle Atlantic— - . - _______
South Atlantic______ _

Milling machine operators, male:
New England............
Middle At-larrf-in _
_ __
South Atlantic__ ,
East North Central____ ___ —
West North Central_________
Western_______ ____ __ __ __

1
6
3
4
2
3

Total......................................

19

Painters, hand, male:
New England_______________
Middle Atlantic____________ East North Central _____ __
West North Central_________
West South Central_________
Western____________________

1
9
4
8
2
2

Total__________ __________

26

Painters, letterers, and stripers,
male:
New England ______________
Middle Atlantic_____________
South Atlantic___________ __
East North Central__________
West North Central.......... ......
West South Central____ _____
Western.— — ______________

2
6
1
2
6
2
2

0)

95.4 $0,792 $37.86
95.1
.802 37.69
87.8
.773 38.65
92.5
.748 36.80
.684 33.11
90.9
.754 37.32
96.6
.759 35.60
104.9
94.6
0)

.773
0)

37.03

$36.14
35.85
33.92
33.99
30.11
36.05
37.33
34.99
0

46.8
50.7
49.7
49.3
48.1

0)

0)

47.0
47.5
53.8
41.3
46.0

100.4
93.7
108.2
83.8
95.6

.744
.745
.629
.588
. 755

34.82
37.77
31.26
28.99
36.32

34.98
35.38
33.86
24.30
34.73

5.4

48.2

47.1

97.7

.727

35.04

34.30

129
15
26
11
57

0)
5.4
5.6
5.8
5.3
5.8

49.0
49.7
47.6
51.6
46.6

(H

0)

51.7
48.8
49.4
53.7
45.9

105.5
98.2
103.8
104.1
98.5

.651
.546
.504
.424
. 588

31.90
27.14
23.99
21.88
27.40

0)

0)
33.65
26.63
24.94
22.74
27.01

240

5.5

48.5

49.9

102.8

.604

29.29

30.17

2
8

47.8
48.4
0)
49.8
47.3
50.5
.45.3

47.0
46.1
0)
52.5
47.1
42.5
43.9

98.3
95.2
0)

10f>. 4

99.6
84.2
96.9

.989
.791
0)
.750
.809
.913
.793

47.27
38.28

2
6
2
6

5.5
5.0
0)
5.5
5.5
5.0
5.7

37.35
38.27
46.11
35.92

46.49
36.48
0)
39.38
38.06
38.80
34.76

113
0)

0)

0)

0)

0)

Aver­
age
actual
earn­
ings
in 1
week

5.3
5.5
5.9
5.2
5.3

41
19
10
5
32

0)

Aver­
Aver­ age
age
full­
earn­ time
ings earn­
per
ings
hour
per
week

(»)

Total......................................

21

28

5.4

47.8

46.2

96.7

.817

39.05 1 37.73

Painters, spray, male:
New England_____ _________
Middle Atlantic......................
South Atlantic..........................
East North Central...... ......... .
West North Central_________
West South Central_________
Western___ - ____ ____ _______

3
9
4
8
6
4
4

16
93
17
27
27
6
36

5.1
5.2
5.8
5.5
5.3
6.0
5.7

47.8
49.1
49.8
47.6
49.7
49.7
46.7

45.6
50.1
53.2
46.1
46.5
51.9
46.6

95.4
102.0
106.8
96.8
93.6
104.4
99.8

.676
.722
.605
.744
.438
.592
.627

32.31
35.45
30.13
35.41
21.77
29.42
29.28

30.80
36.16
32.17
34.29
20.38
30.73
29.22

Total......................................

38

222

5.4

48.6

48.6

100.0

.660

32.05

32.05

6
17
20
13

5.0
5.7
5.8
5.7

47.6
47.1
49.8
49.6

43.6
47.5
53.8
49.3

91.6
100.8
108.0
99.4

.943
.807
.898
.741

44.89
38.01
44.72
36.75

41.10
38.37
48.29
36.53

Pattern makers, male:
i
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................ 1
South Atlantic.......................... i
East North Central..................
West North Central................. !
West South Central..................
Western.....................................
Total......................................

2
6
4
3
1
2
2 !
20

0)

0)

0)

0)

0)

0)

0)

6.0
6.0

50.5
46.1

53.0
46.1

105.0
100.0

.799
.726

40.35
33.44

42.35

73

5.7

48.2

49 2

102.1 | .817

39.38

40.16

2

* Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




0)

14 I

33.44

GENERAL TABLES

21

A,— Average number of days on which employees workedy average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per week, average earnings per houry and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sea, and district— Continued

T able

AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

Polishers and rubbers, male:
Middle Atlantic......... ........... .
South Atlantic______________
East North Central__________
Total__________ __________

Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

Aver­
Aver­ Aver­
Aver­ age Aver­
age
age
Per
age
full­
age
full­ hours cent of earn­
time actual
time actually full
earn­
ings earn­ ings
hours worked time
ings
per
in 1 worked per
in 1
per
hour
week week
week week

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

3
1
1

15
0)
0)

5.1
(!)
(1)

46.1
0)
0)

47.7
(i)
(i)

103.5 $0,715 $32.96
0)
(0
0)
(i)
0)
0)

$34.11
0)
I1)

5.3

46.9

47.9

102.1

.677

31.75

32.42

0)
0)
6. 0 . 48.5
0)
0)
(i)
(l)

0)
52.7
0)
(l)

0)
108.7
0)
(i)

0)
.679
0)
0)

0)
32.93
0)
0)

0)
35.76
0)

5

19

Rib builders, dural, male:
New England..........................
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic______________
Western____________________

1
4
1
1

0)
29
0)
<»)

Total_____________________

7

67

5.4

48.3

48.5

100.4

.652

31.49

31.66

Rib builders, wood, male:
New England.............. ............
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic______________
East North Central..................
West North Central_________
West South Central....... .........
Western___ _________________

1
7
1
4
6
4
4

0)
61
0)
13
29
13
12

(l)
5.6
0)
5.4
5.4
6.0
5.1

0)
49.2
0)
49.2
45.7
51.5
46.1

0)
47.9
0)
44.3
42.8
56.2
39.7

0)
97.4
90.0
93.7
109.1
86.1

0)
.560
(1)„
.549
.364
.379
.648

0)
27.55
0)
27.01
16.63
19.52
29.87

0)
26.82
0)
24.33
15.57
21.34
25.74

V)

\i)

Total_____________________

27

133

5.5

48.3

46.4

96.1

.503

24.29

23.30

Rib builders, wood, female:
South Atlantic..........................
Western____________________

2
2

8
9

4.9
5.8

49.8
47.2

40.8
43.1

81.9
91.3

.299
.433

14.89
20.44

12.19
18.68

Total......................................

4

17

5.4

48.4

42.0

86.8

.372

18.00

15.63

Screw-machine operators, male:
Middle Atlantic............... ........
South Atlantic..........................
East North Central.................
West North Central_________
Western_____________ ____ _

6
2
3
2
1

31
9
11
3
0)

5.5
5.4
5.4
5.3
0)

47.3
50.8
49.5
51.3
0)

47.5
46.3
45.2
46.0
0)

100.4
91.1
91.3
89.7
0)

.725
.673
.639
.429
<9

34.29
34.19
31.63
22.01
0)

34.41
31.18
28.91
19.73
0)

63

5.4

48.4

46.4

95.9

.693

33.54

62.16

2

0)
0)
4.5
0)

0)
(i)
(l)
46.8
0)

0)
0)
0)
35.3
0)

(l)
0)
(1)
75.4
0)

0)
V)
0)
.633
0)

0)
M
29.62
0)

0)
(1)
0)
22.32
0)

Total,.....................................

14

Sewing-machine operators, male:
Middle Atlantic....................
South Atlantic______________
East North Central __..............
West North Central................
Western___________________

1
1
1
2
1

0)
(0
0)
0)

Total......................................

6

7

5.6

47.8

45.9

96.0

.802

38.34

36.76

Sewing-machine operators, female:
New England_______________
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic______________
East North Central..................
West North Central_________
West South Central_________
Western____________________

2
6
2
2
1
1
3

7
18
6
2
0)
(i)
5

5.0
5.6
6.0
5.5
0)
(i)
5.0

47.9
46.6
49.7
49.8
0)
0)
44.8

44.5
47.0
49.3
44.7
0)
(1)
37.5

92.9
100.9
99.2
89.8
0)
(l)
83.7

.357
.475
.341
.344
0)
(i)
.444

17.10
22.14
16.95
17.13
(l)
0
19.89

15.90
22.34
16.80
15.38
0)
0)
16.67

Total_____ ________________

17

42

5.5

47.7

46.0

96.4

.410

19.56

18.82

*Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




22

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

A*-— Average number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per week, average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sex, and district— Continued

T able

AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

Sheet-metal machine operators,
male:
New England............................
Middle Atlantic.......................
South Atlantic..................... —
East North Central__________
West North Central_________
West South Central..................
Western.....................................
Total.......................................
Sheet-metal workers, hand, male:
New England.............. ............
Middle Atlantic_____________
South A tlantic........................
East North Central..................
West North Central.................
West South Central..................
Western.....................................
Total.......................................
Spar builders, dural, male:
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic..........................
Western.....................................
Total.......................................
Spar builders, wood, male:
New England............................
Middle Atlantic...................
South Atlantic-........................
West North Central.................
West South Central..................
Western.....................................
Total.......................................
Testers, ground, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic..........................
East North Central..................
West North Central.......... ......
West South Central......... ........
Western....................................
Total.......................................
Toolmakers, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic..........................
East North Central..................
West North Central.................
West South Central..................
Western_____________ _______
Total.......................................
Upholsterers, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic....... ................
South Atlantic.........................
East North Central..................
West North Central............ ....
West South Central.................
Western____________________
Total_____________________

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

1

7
4
5
7
2
2
28

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

<9

<9

29
45
29
15
3
.8
131

1
9
4
8
8
2
4
36

(9

1
1
1
3

(9
(9
<9

137
33
133
30
7
157
503

5.7
5.8
5.6
5.7

6.0
6.0
5.7

(L
5.1
5.4
5.6

6.0
5.8
5.5

0)

(9
(9

42

5.6

1
8
1
4
2
3
19

(9
42
(9
6

<9
5.5
<9
5.2
6.0

2
9
1
8
7
2
2
31

4
17

3
8
3
5
4
2
3
28
1

6

2
8
7
4
3
31

2
17
70

<9

11
7
2
3
48

26
94

66

31
12
7
28
264

(9

8
3
21
17

6
6

65

Aver­
Aver­ Aver­
Aver­ age Aver­
age
age
Per
age
age
full­ actual
full­ hours cent of warn­ time
earn­
time actually full
ings earn­ ings
hours worked time
per
ings
per
in 1
in 1 worked hour
per
week week
week week

(9

47.2
49.8
47.0
47.7
50.3
47.0
48.1

98.7
99.0
93.8
96.6
98.1
100.0
97.4

0)
48.1
49.7
49.1
47.9
49.4
46.0
47.8

$ .i
43.8
46.3
46.2
49.4
44.9
46.5

88.1
94.3
96.5
100.0
97.6
97.3

(9
(9

(9

(9

(9

49.9

(9
(9

47.4

(9

(9

$.661 $31.60
.539 27.11
.706 35.37
.513 25.34
.487 24.98
.720 33.82
.608 30.04

(9

(9

(9

$31.16
26.84
33.19
24.49
24.46
33.82
29.23

(9

.765
.689
.694
.685
.731
.743
.728

36.80
34.24
34.08
32.81
36.10
34.18
34.80

<9

(9
(9
(9

(9
(9
(9

48.5

97.2

.645

32.19

31.31

(9
46.9
(9

98.9

(9
(9

.730

(9
(9

34.60

(9
(9

34.22

37.53
30.17
32.14
31.65
36.10
33.34
33.84

(9
(9
(9
(9
(9

5.8
5.6

47.8
50.5
46.1
47.3

43.8
52.0
44.7
46.3

91.6
103.0
97.0
97.9

.664
.692
.709
.710

31.74
34.95
32.68
33.58

29.05
36.00
31.72
32.86

5.3
5.7

48.1
47.2

47.6
48.0

99.0
101.7

.865
.791

41.61
37.34

41.17
37.96

5.6
5.6

46.5
48.3
50.5
46.8
47.6

<9

6.0
6.0
5.7
5.0
5.3
5.3
5.1
5.3

6.0
5.8
5.3

<9
5.6
6.0
5.6
5.2

6.2
6.3
5.6

(9

(9

(9

(9

47.3
47.5
50.2
45.5
47.8

101.7
98.3
99.4
97.2
100.4

.742
.652
.668
.872
.753

34.50
31.49
33.73
40.81
35.84

35.11
30.96
33.54
39.66
35.97

47.8
47.1
52.2
46.0
48.9
50.9
47.3
48.5

44.6
45.7
48.9
41.3
43.4
51.6
46.7
46.0

93.3
97.0
93.7
89.8
88.8
101.4
98.7
94.8

.838
.802
.799
.918
.848
.726
.858
.822

40.06
37.77
41.71
42.23
41.47
36.95
40.58
39.87

37.36
36.62
39.11
37.91
36.81
37.45
40.01
37.86

(9

(9

(9

(9

46.8
49.0
46.0
47.1
49.7
46.1
47.0

52.0
48.8
45.9
41.9
53.0
49.2
46.7

* Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




(9

(9

47.8
50.3
50.1
49.4
51.3
47.0
49.4

(9

111.1
99.6
99.8
89.0
106.6
106.7
99.4

(9

(9

.864 40.44
1.077 52.77
.854 39.28
.655 30.85
.565 28.08
.672 30.98
.759 35.67

.(9

44.96
52.58
39.15
27.45
29.93
33.07
35.47

GENERAL TABLES

23

A#— Average number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per week, average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sea;, and
Continued

T able

AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

Aver­ Aver­
age
age
Per
full­ hours cent of
time actually full
hours worked time
in 1 worked
per
week week

Aver­
Aver­ age
age
full­
earn­ time
ings earn­
per
ings
hour
per
week

Welders, male:
48.5
4
16
5.1
New England_______________
47.2
267
5.3
. Middle9Atlantic...................
49.7
4
21
5.9
South Atlantic
7
72
5.6
48.8
East North Central................
5.4
48.0
90
West North Central_________
7
51.1
3
32
5.8
West South Central.................
46.4
3
69
6.0
Western____________ ________

44.6
46.2
50.3
49.3
44.6
50.1
47.4

47.8

46.8

97.9

.764

36.52

0)
0)

(l)
(i)

(i)

(l)

0)

X1)

Total___________ _________

37

567

5. &

Aver­
age
actual
earn­
ings
in 1
week

92.0 $0,667 $32.35 .$29.76
97.9
.792 37.38
36.59
101.2
.808 40.16 40.62
101.0 . .800 ,39.04
39.38
92.9
.685. .32.88 30.60
98.0
. 649 33.16
32.50
102.2
.777 36.05
36.83
35.75

Welders, female:
Middle Atlantic ______
South Atlantic.........................

1
1

Total......................................

2

3

5.7 i 49.0

47.5

96.9

.540

26.46

25.63

Woodworking-machine operators,
male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic.—...............
South Atlantic_____________
East North Central_________
West North Central________
West South Central.............. .
Western_____________

3
8
4
4
7
3
4

9
41
U
20
13
5
20

48.1
5.0
47.2
5.5
49.5
5.7
49.9
5.6
5.5 I 46.8
50.0
6.0
6.0 ; 46.0

43.4
48,1
49.0
46.8
46.7
57.3
45.5

90.2
101.9
99.0
93.8
99.8
114.6
98.9

.711
.758
.765
.657
.688
.701
.749

34.20
35.78
37.87
32.78
32.20
35.05
34.45

30.86
36.45
37.44
30.77
32.16
40.16
34.11

33

119

5.6 ii 47.8

47.4

99.2

.727

34.75

34.46

4
9
4
7
8
4
4

61
482
126
155
127
26
171

5.3
5.6
5.6
5.5
5.7
5.7
5.9

48.6
47.5
50.1
47.1
49.7
51.3
46.5

47.8
50.3
48.3
47.4
49.9
48.6
46.9

98.4
105.9
96.4
100.6
100.4
94.7
100.9

.652
.716
.561
.769
.710
.721
.664

31.69
34.01
28.11
36.22
35.29
36.99
30.88

31.14
36.01
27.08
36.44
35.39
35.02
31.10

40

1,148

5.6

48.0

48.9

101.9

. 695

33.36

34.01

5.0

46.0

95.7
(i)

.700

30.80
(l)

6.0

48.3

44.0
(i)
(i)
46; 6

32.20

0)
0)

Total......................... ...........
Other employees, male:
New England_______
Middle Atlantic.......................
South Atlantic____ _________
East North Central.................
West North Central.......... ......
West South Central.. _
Western___________ _____ _
Total...................................
Other employees, female:
Middle Atlantic.....................
South Atlantic..........................
East North Central...... ...........
Western________ ____ ______
Total....... ...............................i
All occupations, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic......................
South Atlantic.......... ..............
East North Central........... .
West North Central_________
West South Central.................
Western____________________
Total......................................

2
1
1
3

(i)

0)

h)

0)

2

0)

5

(x)
0

0) '

0)

(')

C1)
0)

0)
0)

0)

96.5

.305

14.73

14.23

.413

19.82

19.45

.642 30.75
.695 -33.08
.641 32.43
.705 33.91
i 581 28.06
.553 28.09
.666 30.97

29.28
33.42
31.19
32.88
26.87
28.13
30.62

7

13

5.8

48.0

47.1

98.1

4
9
4
8
8
4
4

688
4,816
857
1,307
1,011
278
1,888

5.0
5.4
5.6
5.5
5.5
5.8
5.8

47.9
47.6
50.6
48.1
48.3
50.8
46.5

45.6
48.1
48.6
46.6
46.2
50.9
46.0

95.2
101.1
96.0
96.9
95.6
100.2
98.9

41 10,845

5.5

47.9 | 47.3

98.7

.669

32.05

31.68

.361
.414
.318
.330
.260
.342
.417

17.44
19.58
15.80
16.37
12.97
17.72
18.81

16.36
18.56
15.24
13.86
11.91
17.97
18.04

.380 1 17.97

17.09

All occupations, female:
New England......... .................
Middle Atlantic....... ................
South Atlantic......... ............
East North Central__________
West North Central.................
West South Central......... ........
Western___________________

3
7
2
2
5
2
3

9
74
27
7
23
8
86

5.2
5.4
5.7
5.1
5.6
5.9
5.8

48.3
47.3
49.7
49.6
49.9
51.8
45.1

45.3
44.9
47.9
42.0
45.8
52.5
43.3

93.8
94.9
96.4
84.7
91.8
101.4
96.0

Total......................................

24

234

5.6

47.3 !

44.9

94.9

1Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




0)

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

24

A.— Average number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per week, average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sex, and district— Continued

T able

AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

All occupations, male and female:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic..........................
East North Central..................
West North Central................
West South Central.................
Western.....................................
Total......................................

Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

Aver­
Aver­ Aver­
Aver­ age Aver­
age
Per
age
age
age
full­ actual
full­ hours cent of earn­ time
time actually full
earn­
ings earn­ ings
hours worked time
per
ings
in 1 worked hour
per
in 1
per
week week
week week

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

4
9
4
8
8
4
4

697
4,890
884
1,314
1,034
286
1,974

5.0
5.4
5.6
5.5
5.5
5.8
5.8

47.9
47.6
50.6
48.1
48.3
50.9
46.4

45.6
48.1
48.6
46.6
46.2
50.9
45.9

41 11.079

5.5

47.9

47.3

95.2 $0,639 $30.61
101.1
.691 32.89
.632 31.98
96.1
96.9
.703 33.81
95.7
.574 27.72
100.0
.547 27.85
98.9
.656 30.44
98.7

.663

$29.11
33.19
30.70
32.77
26.54
27.85
30.07

31.76

31.37

(9 * (1)
(9
102.2 $0,390
$19.38
71.5
.494 24.30

$19.80
17.38

AIR C RA FT ENGINES
Apprentices, male:
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................
Western.....................................

1
2
2

W3
4

6.0
4.8

49.7
49.2

(9

(9

(9

50.8
35.2

(9

Total......................................

5

114

4.8

47.6

45.3

95.2

.425

20.23

19.22

Assemblers, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................
Western.....................................

2
2
7
2

36
63
89
17

5.7
5.2
5.9
5.9

50.7
47.7
49.8
49.4

56.4
46.8
53.0
44.3

111.2
98.1
106.4
89.7

.741
.648
.735
.770

37.57
30.91
3(5. 60
38.04

41.78
30.35
38.91
34.10

5.7

49.3

51.0

104.1

.714

35.20 I 36.38

5.5

47.8
0)

<9

47.8

100.0

.800

38.21

38.21

5.7

48.3

49.8

103.1

.728

35.16

36.27

Total......................................

13

205

Blacksmiths, male:
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................

2
1

2
CO

Total......................................

3

3

Boring-mill operators, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................

1
2
2

0)
20
11
41

Total......................................

5

Coppersmiths and tinsmiths, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................

1
2

Total......................................

3

Drill-press operators, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................
Western................. ...................

1
2
6
2

(9

37
38

(9

133
40
9

(9

(9

(9

(9

(9

(9

(9

(9

(9

(9

(9

5.8
6.6

49.8
50.9

SL
70.4

106.6
138.3

.802
.894

39.94
45.50

42.55
62.93

5.8

50.1

57.9

115.6

. 814 |40.78

47.19

<9

<9

(9

(9

(9

5.3

47.6

8 .8

102.5

.764

36.37

37.31

5.3

47.7

49.1

102.9

.762 |36.35

37.41

(9

(9

(9

4.9
5.8
5.9

48.4
50.3
49.4

45.9
55.7
46.9

94.8
110.7
94.9

(9

.673
.724

%

(9
(I>
35.77 II 33.93
37.49
33.85
35.77
33.93

Total......................................

11

277

5.2

49.2

49.7

101.0

.672

33.06 i 33.39

Fitters and bench hands, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................
Western............ .......................

2
2
6
2

127
212
41
24

5.4
4.9
6.0
6.0

50.1
47.6
49.9
49.5

53.4
46.3
54.6
45.2

106.6
97.3
109.4
91.3

.602
.635
.645
.683

30.16
30.23
32.19
33.81

32.13
29.38
35.25
30.86

Total......................................

12

404

5.2

48.7

49.3

101.2

.628

30.58

30.93

* Data included in total but not given separately tQ avoid identification.




GENERAL TABLES

25

A.— Average number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per week, average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929y by occupation, sex, and district— Continued

T able

A IR C R A F T ENGINES—Continued
Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

Grinding-machine operators, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................
Western.....................................

2
2
6
1

55
114
39
0)

5.3
5.3
6.2
0)

Occupation, sex, and district

Aver­
Aver­ Aver­
Aver­ age Aver­
age
age
Per
age
age
full­ actual
full­ hours cent of earn­ time
time actually full
earn­
earn­
ings
hours worked time
ings
per
ings
per
in 1 worked hour
in 1
per week
week week
week

50.1
48.2
50.6
0)
49.2

52.3
47.6
62.8
0)

104.4 $0,714 $35.77
98.8
.821 39.57
124.1
.812 41.09
0)
0)
0)

51.6

104.9

.791

38.92

40.80

$37.36
39.06
50.96
0)

Total......................................

11

216

5.5

Helpers, not otherwise specified,
male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................
Western.....................................

1
2
3
2

0)
29
23
3

0)
5.7
5.8
6.3

0)
47.9
49.8
49.2

a .
50.3
61.6

0)
100.6
101.0
125.2

0)
.574
.525
.566

0)
27.49
26.15
27.85

0)
27.64
26.44
34.89

Total___ i ...............................

8

91

5.6

49.3

51.3

104.1

.537

26.47

27.57

Inspectors, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic......................
East North Central..................
Western.....................................

1
2
7
1

0)
127
30
0)

0)
5.3
6.1
0)

0)
47.9
49.8
0)

0)
48.0
53.3
0)

0)
100.2
107.0
0)

0)
.744
.793
0)

0)
35.64
39.49
0)

0
35.73
42.30
0)

101.9

.753

36.67

37.34

Total......................................

11

210

5.4

48.7

Laborers, male:
New England-.........................
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................
Western.....................................

2
2
6
1

37
162
27
0)

5.3
5.4
5.9
<l)

50.3
47.9
49.9
(»)

52.2
52.3
55.1
0)

103.8
109.2
110.4
0)

.493
.537
.492
0)

24.80
25.72
24.55
0)

25.76
28.11
27.12
0)

49.6

Total......................................

11

235

5.4

48.5

52.5

108.2

.526

25.51

27.62

Lathe operators, engine, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central..................
Western.....................................

2
2
6
1

24
97
36
0)

5.1
5.2
5.8
0)

50.2
48.4
50.3
0)

50.9
48.2
55.4
0)

101.4
99.6
110.1
0)

.681
.798
.791
0)

34.19
38.62
39.79
0)

34.66
38.48
43.80
(0

Total......................................

11

167

5.4

49.2

50.0

101.6

.783

38.52

39.16

Lathe operators, turret, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic....................
East North Central..................
Western.....................................

1
2
2
1

0)
28
5
0)

0)
4.6
5.2
0)

0)
47.6
50.8
0)

0)
42.0
53.0
0)

0)
88.2
104.3
0)

0)
.861
.794
0)

0)
40.98
40.34
0)

0)
36.13
42.10
0)

Total......................................

6

74

5.0

49.1

48.4

98.6

.742

36.43

35.96

Machinists, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic.— .................
East North Central..................
Western....................................

2
2
3
3

26
38
19
40

5.2
5.4
5.7
5.5

51.0
47.7
49.5
49.6

51.7
49.1
49.0
419

101.4
102.9
99.0
90.5

.767
.769
.784
.849

39.12
36.68
38.81
42.11

39.60
37.74
38.41
38.13

10
" -~

123

5.4

49.3

48.3

98.0

.795

39.19
l-

38.36

9

5.4
0)

52.2
0)

52.1
0)

99.8
0)

.492
0)

25.68
0)

25.63
0)

15

5.5

50.5

49.6

98.2

.528

26.66

26.19

Total_____________________
Machinists’ and toolmakers’ help­
ers, male:
New England............................
Middle Atlantic.......................

2
1

Total............... ......................

3

0)

— -...—

1Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




mm m ■—- 1

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

26

T a b l e A . — Average

number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per week, average earnings per houry and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sex, and district— Continued
AIRCRAFT ENGINES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

Milling-machine operators, male:
New England.........................
Middle Atlantic......................
East North Central................
Western...................................
Total..
Packers, male:
New England...........
Middle Atlantic.......
East North Central.
Western....................
Total.
Paint sprayers, male:
New England...........
Middle Atlantic.......
East North Central..
Western....................
Total..
Polishers and buffers, male:
New England.................
Middle Atlantic..........
Total.
Screw-machine operators, male:
New England........................
Middle Atlantic....................
East North Central________
Total......................................
Sheet-metal

machine

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

Aver­ Aver­
Aver­ Aver­
Aver
age
age
age
Per
age
full­ actual
age
full­ hours cent of earn­ time
earn­
time actually full
ings earn­ ings
hours worked time
ings
per
in 1
in 1 worked hour
per
per
week week
week week

1
2
6
1

33
<9

(9
5.2
6.2
<9

<9
48.6
50.5
(9

(9
47.5
61.3
0)

(9
(9
(9
97.7 $0.777 $37. 76
.736 37.17
121.4
(9
(9
(9

(9
$36.90
45.09
(9

10

161

5.4

49.2

50.7

103.0

.749

36.85

37.95

1
2
5
1

<9
23
10
<9

<9
5.2
6.0
(9

(9
47.7
49.8
(9

<9
48.5
54.9
(9

<9
101.7
110.2
(9

(9
.545
.656
(9

(9
26.00
32.67
(9

(9
26.42
36.01
(9

9

43

5.5

48.7

51.9

106.6

.594

28.93

30.86

<9
(9
(9
<9

(9
(9
(9
(9

p>
(9
(9
(9

<9
(9
(9
(9

P>
(9
(9
(9

1
1
1
1

<9

(9
(9
(9
(9

<9
<9
(9
<9

Total..
Testers, male:
New England...........
Middle Atlantic.......
East North Central.
Western....................
Total..
Toolmakers, male:
New England...........
Middle Atlantic.......
East North Central.
Western....................

4

16

5.5

48.9

47.8

97.8

.675

33.01

32.27

1
2

<9
35

0)
4.9

(9
47.6

(9
45.6

(9
95.8

(9
.913

(9
43 46

(9
41. 59

3

49

4.9

48.3

46.6

96.5

.861

41.59

40.11

1
2
5

(9
149
41

(9
5.2
6.2

(9
48.7
50.9

(9
47.8
61.7

<9
98.2
121.2

<9
.786
.794

<9
38.28
40.41

(9
37.53
49.00

8

198

5.4

49.2

50.9

103.5

.781

38.43

39.76

1
1

<9
<9

<9
(9

(9
(9

0)
(9

(9
(9

(9

(9
<9

(9
<9

2

3

5.3

48.8

46.8

95.9

.709

34.60

33.19

1
2
7
2

(9
26
19
5

<9
5.3
5.9
6.4

<9
47.7
50.6
49.6

<9
49.3
56.4
60.4

(9
103.4
111.5
121.8

(9
.694
.880
.863

(1K
33.10
44.53
42.80

(9
34.23
49.64
52.11

12

57

5.7

49.1

54.3

110.6

.783

38.45

42.47

2
2
5
1

21
38
29
(9

5.2
5.6
5.7
<9

50.2
47.8
49.6
(9

51.6
50.7
49.1
(9

102.8
106.1
99.0
(9

.837
.821
.839
(9

42.02
39.24
41.61
(9

43.14
41.65
41.20
(9

10

108

5.6

49.1

50.1

102.0

.844

41.44

42.28

iData included in total but not given separately to avoid identification,




(9
(9
(9
(9

operators,

Middle Atlantic.......
East North Central.

Total..

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

GENERAL TABLES

27

Average number of days on which employees worked, average full-time
and actual hours and earnings per week, average earnings per hour, and per cent
of full time worked, 1929, by occupation, sex, and district— Continued

T a b l e A .—

A IR C R A F T ENGINES—Continued
Aver­
age
number
of days
on
which
em­
ployees
worked
in 1
week

Aver­
Aver­ Aver­
Aver­ age
Per
age
age
age
full­
full­ hours cent of earn­ time
time actually full
earn­
ings
hours worked time
per
ings
per
in 1 worked hour
per
week week
week

Num
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Num­
ber of
wage
earn­
ers

Other precision-machine operators,
male:
New England_______ ________
Middle Atlantic_____________
East North Central__ _______

1
2
1

0)
27
0)

0)
5.3
0)

O
47.7
0)

0)
46.7
0)

Occupation, sex, and district

0)
0) * (1)
97.9 $0.778 $37.11
0)
0)
0)

Aver­
age
actual
earn­
ings
in 1
week

0)
$36.32
0)

Total......................................

4

35

5.3

48.2

48.2 | 100.0

.756

36.45

38.45

Other skilled employees, male:
New England_______________
Middle Atlantic____________ East North Central__________
Western________ ____________

2
2
6
3

48
138
41
14

5.3
5.4
5.8
5.9

50.3
48.0
49.6
49.3

52.4
50.9
51.8
47.7

104.2
106.0
104.4
96.8

.888
.824
.887
.857

44.67
39.55
44.00
42.25

46.51
41.91
45.89
40.85

Total.......................................

13

241

5.4

48.8

51.1

104.7

.849

41.43

43.44

Other employees, male:
New England...........................
Middle Atlantic........................
East North Central__________
Western__ __________________

2
2
6
3

19
115
27
5

5.6
5.1
6.1
6.2

50.3
48.2
50.6
56.5

54.0
48.4
62.0
54.4

107.4
100 4
122.5
96.3

.575
.597
.789
.528

28.92
28.78
39.92
29.83

31.01
28.90
48.93
28.71

Total......................................

13

166

5.3

49.1

51.4

104.7

.630

30.93

32.39

All occupations, male:
New England____ __________
Middle Atlantic...........- ______
East North Central__________
Western_________ ____ ______

2
2
7
3

704
1,831
569
186

5.3
5.2
6.0
5.8

50.2
48.0
49.8
49.7

52.8
48.0
55.7
46.9

105.2
100 0
111.9
94.4

.659
.702
.748
.784

33.08
33.73
37.25
38.96

34.81
33.73
41.68
36.80

Total_____________________

14

3,290

5.4

48.9

50.3

102.9

.706

34.52

35.51

1Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




T a b le

B .— Average and classified earnings per hour in 23 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district
AIRPLANES

Occupation, sex, and district

Assemblers, final, male:

46 $0,681
276 .720
18 .806
109 .698
88 . 539
25 .520
118 .646
680

.674

Coverers, fabric, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic - _______- ______________
East North Central
....
West North Central _____ __
West South Central
Western
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . . . . . . . . ____

3
7
4
5
6
3
1

9
35
13
32
20
7
0)

.554
.650
.668
. 570
.605
.432
0)

T o ta l.............. ...........................................

29

118

.604

Cowl makers, male:
New England______ ____________________
Middle Atlantic________________________
South Atlantic_____________ - ___________
East North Central . _____ ____
West North Central____________________
West South C e n tr a l.._____ _ __
W estern . . . . . . . . . . . . __ . . . _____ _

2
9
4
7
g
4
3

23
130
36
29
24
7
16

.745
. 734
.765
. 791
.690
.713
.798

Total...........................................................

37

265

.744

Fitters and bench hands, male:
New England_______________ . . . ________
Middle A tlantic..._____________________
South Atlantic................................- .............




3
9
4 1

51
.661
714
.684
33 ! .649

3

6

3
5

3
15

2

7
5
7
2

8
11
1
1

17
21
5
6

2

21

23

1

1
?
1
7
3

7
1
3

4
10
3
9

4
55
2
11
9
1
24

9
38
3
11
8

7
58
6
4
5

22

6

8
20
1
6
1
1
5

57

44

127

106

91

86

42

15

18

2
6
1
3
5
2

.....

2
3

1
3
2
3
3
2

1
5
2

9
4
1
5

1
3
1
7
1

1

1
1

1
1
2

1

0)
3

9

16

1

1

1
9
13
1 .....
2

10
52
1
12
9
4
39

7
1
5
2

1

1

3
3
18

1

1

14

25

ENGINES

40

6

1
1

75, 80, 85. 90, 95. 100, 125, 150, 200
un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ and
der der der der der der der der over
95 100 125 150 175
80
85 90

AIRCRAFT

. . . . . . . . . . . . __ . . . . . . . . . _______

Total

3

!
50, 55, 60, 65, 70,
un­ un­ un­ un­ under der der der ; der
55 60
75
65 70

AND

East North Central . . . ..... ................ .
West North Central
West South Central
Western
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____ . . . . . . .

4
9
3
8
8
4
4

of employees whose earnings in cents per hour were—

0)
19

7

14

9

19

13

2

3

1

10
1
1

1
30
4
4
4
1

6
22
3
3
1

4
13
12
7
4
1
3

1
12
5
5
4

8
11
2

2
12
1
1

5

5
1
3

3
2
1

1

7

2

3
22

fl

44

35

44

32

30

16

2
8
53 152
4 i: 6

14
132
4

14
117
5

6
112
5

2
67
1

1
43

12

4

8
4
1

1
5

6
3
6

.....

1
1

3

1

17

9

16

3

3

8 !
2

AIRPLANES

Number
Aver­
age
earn­ 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45,
Es­
Em­ ings un­
un­ un­ un* |un­ un­
tab­ ploy­
per
der der der der der
lish*
hour der
35 40
45 50
25 30
ments ees
Number of—

1
1

1
2

East North Central..
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western___________

3248°—30-----------3

T otalFrame builders, steel, fuselage, male:
New E ngland...............................
Middle Atlantic............................
South Atlantic...____ ___________
East North Central_______ _____
West North Central....... ...... ........
West South Central_____________
Western_______________ ________
Total..

Helpers, male:
New England______
Middle Atlantic........
South Atlantic..........
East North Central..
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western-----------------Total..
Inspectors, male:
New England...........
Middle Atlantic.......
South Atlantic..........
East North Central..
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western_____ . . . ___
Total..

.700
.474
0)
.664

4
0)

4
0)

4
0)

7

34

1,152

.665

5

10

10

3
7
3
6
8
3
3

16
133
19
57
61
13
31

.671
.804
.689
.697
.549
.493
.641

33

330

.699

3
8
3
5
7
4
4

13
236
19
67
63
19
96

.623
.700
.652
.532
.610
.542
.695

34

513

.656

3
9
4
7
8
3
4

110
428
68
55
35
9
162

.472
.494
.428
.483
.445
.334
.506

38

867

.484

3
9
4
8
8
2
3

11
111
31
35
25
7
51

.875
.893
.805
.841
.631
.677
.793

37

271

.827

6
9

6
8

2

4

25

26

24

29

34

47

25

5

1

1

9

16

71

99

202

192

192

173

97

49

11

7

9

3

3

1

2
2
10

1
6
4
16
14
2
11

9
5
15
12
1
8

2
17
3
4
7

6
30

24
2
9

1
19
1
3

16

10

2
1

1

13

21

54

50

34

50

37

24

17

10

3

1
1

3
5
4
12
3
2
2

6
3
18
11
7
1

1
11

38

2
42

.....

Io’
3
15

12
3
1
1
1
6

2

3
7

2
27
1
1
1
2
13

1

10
14

2
63
3

5

6
6

2
23
4
4
5 ”

31

46

24

78

85

49

96

47

24

6

1

2

20
91
19
13
7
2
6~ 60

23
128
7
10
3
1
39

17
50
1
5
2

5
42

2
18
1
4

1
3

42

5

5

1

2

1

212

211

117

60

30

5

2 | 1

1

..

1
2

1
14
4

'io*

2

1
12
7
2
2

1
9

2
1
4

.....

4
21
4
4

1

7

25

42

4

4

6

3

8

1

6

1

1

3

3

2

1

1

1
3
2

3

—...

1
5

1
1

19
3

7
1
1

3
1

1
2

10
3

1

4

1

5
7

7
1
2
4

1

*Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




2
8

12
4
2

4

20

11
20
11
1
3
1
1

30
75
29
17
13

48

170

3
1

1
1

4

2

’ "ie" ■ 'a

—...
4

1
1

3

2

2

1
7
1
3
3
1
4

4

11

3

10

20

1
4

1
17
7
7
3

!

2

13
6
7
1

.....

1

10

3
2
13

4

37

32

23

TABLES

Total-

62
57
(0
223

GENERAL

Frame builders, wood, wing, male:
New England..............................
Middle Atlantic______________
South Atlantic............. ..............
East North Central........ ...........
West North Central....... ...........
West South Central_____ _____
Western.......................................

6
8
1
3

4

1
1

1

i

l

1
2

1

14

36

6

1

1
to
CO

T a b le

B.— Average and classified earnings per hour in 23 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district— Continued

Ca

AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

Laborers, male:

37

539

.520

Machinsists, male:
New England
_
__ - _____
Middle Atlantic
- ____
South Atlantic
East North Central
.. . ................. . ,
West North Central
_
. .
West South Central
_ _ _ _ ____ _
Western.............................. .........................
Total...............................- ..........................

3
7
4
6
7
3
4
34

32
76
19
21
22
10
15
195

.792
.802
.773
.748
.684
.754
.759
.773

Painters, spray, male:
New England
_______________________
Middle Atlantic________________________
South Atlantic
East North Central _ .
. _
West North Central____ _____ ____
West South Central _________
_ . _
Western.........................................................
Total................................ - ........................

3
9
4
8
6
4
4
38

16
93
17
27
27
6
36
222

.676
.722
.605
.744
.438
.592
.627
.660

Sewing-machine operators, female:
New E ngland__ ____________
Middle Atlantic_____________ .
j
South Atlantic___ __ - ___ ______
!
East North C entral...__ ________
West North Central..................................... J

2
6
2
2
1

7
18
6
2
0)

.357
.475
.341
.344
(0

West North Central
West South Central
Western __ _ . . .

__

_ ____ ____ _

Total _____ __________ ______________




4

2
3

3
2
8

1

2
5

5
3

9
1

1

11

13

23

16
15
21
13
18
1
2

7
22
5
3
6
2
1

21
69
5
19
8
3
25

4
53
1
6
5
1
11

3
36
2
5
4
2
10

1
18

4

2

4
1

6

2

1

86

46

150

81

62

27

11

8

12
2
4
1
9
1
3
32

7
23
5
2
6
3
5
51

1
12
1
3

2
13
5
5

2
6
1

4
21

1
2
28

2
11

3
1
1

1
3
4

4

6

1

1
1

1

1
4
1
3
6

4

6

3

5

2

2
17

1

1
3

3

4
1

1

2

3

4
1
1
0)

2
4
1

1
1
2
1
4
2
4
2
8
21

5

4
1

2
1
2

5

8

4
13
3
3
3

4
25
1
2
1
2
4
39

14
40

2

1
6

1
1

9

3

2

4

2

9

3

2

4

4
4
2
12
28
5
9 ..... .....
5
1
1
1
1
3
3
22
12
49
1
6

4

5

12

4

3
1
1

3

1
5

4

3

2

2

2

5

4

ENGINES

.493
.545
.420
.614
.439
.388
.552

_ . .

AIRCRAFT

56
232
45
71
58
19
58

- -

50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125, 150, 200
un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ and
der der der der der der der der der der der der der over
55 60
65 70
75 80
95 100 125 150 175
85 90

AND

3
9
4
8
7
3
3

Middle Atlantic...........
South Atlantic
- -

of employees whose earnings in cents per hour were—

AIRPLANES

Number
Aver­
age
earn­ 20, 25. 30, 35, 40, 45,
EsEm­ ings un­
un­ un­ un­ un­ un­
tab- ploy­
per
der der der der der
lishhour der
35 40 45
50
25 30
ments ees
Number of—

West South Central........................
Western................................ _.........

(9

Total..............................................

42

tiheet-metal workers, hand, male:
New England..................... ............
Middle Atlantic_____________ ____
South Atlantic........... .....................
East North Central........ ................
West North Central.......................
West South Central.....................
Western............................................

(9

137
33
133
30
7
157

Total.............. . ..............................

(')

(9

.765

.731
.743

(,)2
8
6
2
3
24

26
94

Total..............................................

264

.822

16
267

.667
.792
.808
.800
.685
.649
.777

21

72
90
32
37

Woodworking-machine operators, male:
New England.............. ....................
Middle Atlantic....... ......................
South Atlantic.................................
East North Central.................. .......
West North Central.......................
West South Central........................
Western............................................

567

13
5
20
119

.727

11
20

33

.764
.711
.758
.765
.657
.688
.701
.749

41

17

24

46
3

24
5

2
1

4

(9

15

6
17
4

(9

13
3
16
4

"~64’
74

107

24
71

11
18

....

~~2~

....

14

2
1

....

9

....

1
1

2

" l2’

12

18

26

1

13

2

13
35
4
3

12
10
2
2
2

14

11

1

TABLES

7
28

12

2
1

(9

....

.799
.918
.848
.726
.858

31

4
3

GENERAL

66

Welders, male:
New England...................... ...........
Middle Atlantic........................ .......
South Atlantic................................
East North Central.........................
West North Central........................
West South Central. . .....................
Western............................................

Total..............................................

(9

.410

.728

Toolmakers, male:
New England....... .......................... .
Middle Atlantic...............................
South Atlantic................................. .
East North Central..... ................... .
West North Central........................
West South Central........................ .
Western.............. ..............................

Total.......................................... .

(9

.444

3

14
15

55

64

55

56
3

5
35
7
19

47

1
23

2
1

1

3
7
4

4

6
1
19

18
18

2
20

11
24

12

17

86

90

21

21

11

1
5
3

1

1

1

4

17

2

79

43

4

11
1
8
2

10

2
7

1
1

11
22

1Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




00

T a b le

B. — Average and classified earnings per hour in 28 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district— Continued

05

AIRCRAFT ENGINES

Occupation, sex, and district

Assemblers, male:

2
2
7
2

Middle Atlantic
East North Central
Western

5
12
13
1

8
14
13
2

4
3
15
8

10
4
16
1

3
2
6
4

1
1

1
2

1

1

15

8

31

31 ! 37

30

31

15

2

3

1

4
2
1
1

21
32
1
1

28
29
2

46
48
7
2

20
44
22
1

26
3
8

16
3
8

7

4

1
1

1

1

8

55

€1

103

87

44

27

8

4

1

1

1

1

2
1
1

6
1
3

9
4
2

12
26
5
0

16
22
9

8
21
5

1
9
7

8
4

7 -15
1
2

127
212
41
24

. f 02
.635
. 645
.683

1

1
1

12

404

.628

1

2

2
2
6
1

55
114
39
0)

.714
.821
.812
0

_____ _

11

216

.791

2

0
127
30
0

0
.744
.793
0

1
2

...

1
2
7
1
11

210

.753

3

i

4

3
3

1

0

0

10

15

44

47

34

20

15

0)
8

0
12
1

0
43
1

0)
29
6

0
15
7
0

0
14
1
0

0)
1
3
7
0) ~ W

33

20

18

23

50

38

14

=====

8

4

ENGINES

____..... __

0)

AIRCRAFT




..,

6
6
18
1

AND

Total ......................

6
2

2
2
6
2

Total...........................................................

-

13
2

.714

Grinding-machine operators, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
Western
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . __

1

205

Fitters and bench hands, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
estern

Total

50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125, 150, 200
un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un and
der der der der der der der der der der der der der over
95 100 125 150 175
65 70
75 80
85 90
55 60

13

Total................................... ......................

Inspectors, male:
New England - . . .
Middle Atlantic . . .
East North Central
Western . . .
..

36 $0,741
fc3 . f!48
89
.735
17 .770

of employees whose earnings in cents per hour were—

17

1
2
0
4

AIRPLANES

Number
Aver­
age
earn­ 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45,
EsEm­ ings un­
un­ un­ un­ un­ un­
tabper
der der der der der
lish- ploy­
hour der
ments ees
25 30
35 40 45 50
Number of—

■■

===== .

—ra

Laborers, male:
New England_______ ______ ____________
Middle Atlantic............................................
East North Central......................................
Western......... .................... .........................

2
2
6
1

37
162
27
<9

.493
.637
.492
<9

1
<9
2

4
9
5

14
20
7

7
32
6

100

45
1
1
2

1

6
4
6

10
20
10

3
28
3
(9

1
19
2

4

3

16

40

35

22

1

4
3
1

6
4
3
1

5
15
5
5

8
6
4
10

14

30

28

11

235

.626

2
2
6
1

24
97
36
(9

.681
.798
.791
(9

1

Total...........................................................

11

167

.783

1

2

.767
.769
.784
.849

1

.795

1

Machinists, male:
New England...............................................
Middle Atlantic............................................
JSast North Central......................................
Western.........................................................

3
3

26
38
19
40

Total______________ _______ ___________

10

123

C
4

Pata included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.

2

1

8

7
(9
8

9
2
(9

8
6
(9

5
4

3

15

19

9

3

5
6
14

2
1

1
1

1

7

2

1

26

10

4

2

=

TABLES




41

1
<*> 1
!.......
14 | 7

GENERAL

Total...........................................................
Lathe operators, engine, male:
New England................................................
Middle Atlantic............................................
East North Central......................................
Western.........................................................

18

i !1
9 1 7

11
78
8
<9

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

34
T a b l e C .—

Average and classified full-time hours per week in 28 specified occupa­
tions, 1929, by sex and district
AIRPLANES

Number of— Aver­ Number of employees whose full-time hours per week were—
age
full­
Over
Occupation, sex, and
Over
Over
48,
50,
district
Estab­ Em­ time
45,
and
47 47H 48 un­ 50 un­
lish­ ploy- hours
per 40 44 45 un­
over
der
der
der
ments
week
50
54
47
Assemblers, final, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic......
South Atlantic.........
East North Central.
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western....................
Total...... ..........

46
276
18
109

88

25
118
40

Coverers, fabric, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic.......
South Atlantic.........
East North Central.
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western....................
Total..................

35
13
32

20
7

0)
29

Cowl makers, male:
New England....... ..
Middle Atlantic___
South Atlantic.........
East North Central.
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western....................
Total..................

Total..................

25

47.6

25

48.2

51
714
33
62
57

47.6
47.6
50.7
48.5
48.3

223

47.0

34 1,152

47.7

0)

0)

70

59 125 117

39

78

56 i 12

12

16

25

12

12

35

46

17

18

36

11

12

13

46

32

72

12

107

62

137

13

80 349 251

73

0)
125

12
37

1?

Total..................

330

47.7

13
236
19
67
63
19
96

49.1
47.1
49.3
49.8
47.0
50.4
46.5

513

47.6

34

42

34

42

74

51

16

31

64

24

78

45

38

13

10
48
41

83

54

32

67

1Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




13

0)

16 49.5
133 46.8
19 49.3
57 *9.4
61 47.9
50.3
31 45.5

Frame builders, wood
wing, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic.......
South Atlantic.........
East North CentralWest North Central.
West South Central .
Western...................
Total__________

1 I 60

0)

265

Frame builders, steel
fuselage, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic___
South Atlantic.........
East North Central.
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western...... .............

12
43

24

48.4
47.8
48.1
50.2
47.1
47.9
50.1
46.2

37

43

48.2
47.6
50.3
49.5
46.6
50.1

23
130
36
29
24
7
16

Fitters and bench
hands, male:
New England.........
Middle Atlantic.......
South Atlantic_____
East North Central.
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western....................

12

48.2
47.8
49.2
47.0
48.1
50.6
46.1

27

GENERAL TABLES
T a b le

35

C.— Average and classified full-time hours per week in 28 specified occupa­
tions, 1929, by sex and district— Continued
AIRPLANES—Continued

Number of— Aver­ Number of employees whose full-time hours per week were—
age
j
full­
Over
Over
Over
Occupation, sex, and
time
45, i
48,
50,
Estab­ Em­ hours
60
district
lish­ ploy­ per 40 44 45 un­ 47 47H 48 un­ 50 un­ 54 55 and
der
der
der
over
ments ees week
47
54
50
Helpers, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic----South Atlantic_____
East North Central.
West North Central.
West South Central.

3
9
4
7
8
3
4

110
428
68
55
35
9
162

47.6
47.2
50.6
49.9
47.7 . . . .
50.8
46.2

38

867

47.6 ----- 47

Middle Atlantic----South Atlantic
East North CentralWest North CentralWest South CentralWestern _______

3
9
4
8
8
2
3

11
111
31
35
25
7
51

48.5
46.9
16
49.4
5
47.6 " T
48.3
"I"
51.6
46.3 . . . .
2

Total..................
Inspectors, male:

43

i i

37

271

47.5

3
9
4
8
7
3
3

56
232
45
71
58
19
58

47.7
47.7 . . . . 35
57.1
48.0 18
48.6
"T
50.6
46.6
48.6

7

Total__________

37

539

Machinists, male:
New England____ _
Middle Atlantic___
South Atlantic_____
East North CentralWest North CentralWest South CentralW e s t e r n . _____

3
7
4
6
7
3
4

32
76
19
21
22
10
15

47.8
47.0 ----50.0
49.2
48.4
49.5
46.9
47.9 -----

Total__ _______

34

195

Painters, spray, male:
New England______
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic.........
East North Central.
West North CentralWest South CentralWestern___________

3
9
4
8
6
4
4

16
93
17
27
27
6
36

18

!

6

Total-................

26

42

1

1
4

4
15

26

15

30

27
3
11

3
7

27

40

58

31

45
35

7
62
10

3
4

33 ! 36

38 108

88

10

26

24
30

5
9
5

2

19

5

10
2
3

75

3
5

9
21
3

222

48.6

2
* 6
2
2
1
1
3

7
18
6
2

47.9
46.6
49.7
49.8

8 .

44.8 . . . .

3

1

1

Total..................

17

42

47.7 . . . .

6

7

2

15

20

3

6

13

15
3
5

8

37

20 1 3

4
40
8
12
13

9
30
19

33

4

64

50

7

25

2
14
6

11
2
3

5

32

55

26

6

12
30

3
12
3

1
4

8

30

2
3
4

8
16
2

14

2

1
12
4
2

14

12
10

4

11

56

22

2

2
2

5
3
1

9

31

1

5
1

18

2

0)
4

4

3
1
3
4

1

2

2
18
5

10

0)
8

3

2

2
4

10

38

67 1 1

4

4
8

Total..................

9

]Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




12

9

7

1
2

1

21

28

3

!

5

3
51
2

25

3

19
43 I___

1

2
2

Sewing-machine oper­
ators, female:
New England______
Middle Atlantic___
South Atlantic_____
East North CentralWest North CentralWest South Central.
W astern ...

5

17
42
11

4

17

12

2

47.8
49.1 — - 11
49.8
5
47.6
49.7
"T
49.7
46.7

4
3
8
1

96 |— . 59

47 |108 |43 350 114

3

4

10
96
4

12 i 6

4

Laborers, male:
New England____ Middle Atlantic___
South Atlantic. ____
East North CentralWest North Central .
West South Central .
Western__________

96
35 195

40

1

6

5

10 . . . .

12

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

36
T able

C.— Average and classified full-time hours per week in 23 specified occupar
tions, 1929} by sex and district— Continued
AIRPLANES—Continued

Number of— Aver­ Number of employees whose full-time hours per week were—
age
full­
Over
Over
Over
Occupation, sex, and
time
48,
Em­
50,
45,
Estab­
60
district
lish­ ploy- hours 40 44 45 un­ 47 47H 48 un­ 50 un­ 54 55 and
per
der
der
der
ments
over
week
50
54
47
Sheet-metal workers,
band, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic___
South Atlantic.......
East North Central.
West North CentralWest South Central.
Western...............
Total.

%

36

48.1
49.7
49.1
47.9
49.4
46.0

503

47.8

Toolmakers, male:
New England___
Middle Atlantic___
South Atlantic.........
East North Central.
West North CentralWest South CentralWestern________

47.8
47.1
52.2
46.0
48.9
50.9
47.3

Total.
Welders, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic___
South Atlantic........
East North Central.
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western..... .............
Total .

0)

33
133
30
7
157

264

48.5

16
267

4& 5
47.2
49.7
48.8
48.0
51.1
46.4

21

72
90

37

567

Woodworking-machine
operators, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic___
South Atlantic........
East North Central.
West North Central.
West South Central.
Western...................

12
13
14

43
109

10

67

31

6

20

22

23

12

10

23

10

10

10

36 | 51

37

23

55
25

64

47.8

19

12
43

65

20
22

64

52

19

48.1
47.2
49.5
49.9
46.8
50.0
46.0

Total.

119

47.8

212

16

23

22

10

A IRCRAFT ENGINES
Assemblers, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic___
East North Central.
Western_____
Total .
Fitters and bench
hands, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic___
East North Central.
Western_____
Total.

2
2
7
2

36
63
89
17

50.7
47.7
49.8
49.4

41

13

205

49.3

41

22

2
2
6
2

127
212
41
24

50.1
47.6
49.9
49.5

178

34

12

404

48.7

178

31

1Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.
^Including 2 whose hours were 42&




61

45

92

5

124

3

10
23
34

5

28
17

31
1

33 156

3

1

GENERAL TABLES

37

T a b l e C . — Average

and classified full-time hours per week in
tions, 1929, by sex and district— Continued

specified occupa-

A IR C RA FT ENGINES—Continued
Number of— Aver­ Number of employees whose full-time hours per week were—
age
full­
Over
Over
Occupation, sex, and
Over
time
45,
48,
Estab­ Em­ hours
50,
| 60
district
lish­ ploy­ per 40 44 45 un­ 47 47H 48 un­ 50 un­ 54 55 and
der
der
der
over
ments ees week
54
47
50
G rind ing-m achin e
operators, male:
New England____
Middle Atlantic......
East North Central .
W estern
__ ____

2
2
6
1

55
114
39
(9

50.1
48.2
50.6
(9

Total..................

11

216

49.2

Inspectors, male:
New England_____
Middle Atlantic......
East North Central.
W estern___________

1
2
7
1

(9
127
30
<9

<9
47.9
49.8
<9

Total..................

11

Laborers, male:
New England_____
Middle Atlantic___
East North Central.
W estern___________
Total.................

65

65

44

74

51

210 48.7

74

51

2
2
6
1

37
162
27
(9

50.3
47.9
49.9
(9

93

67

11

235

48.5

93

67

1

18

6

23

72

7

5

5

(9
10
(9

20

16

67

2

!

35

2

17
(9

9

1

26

44

3

2

2

2

l1

Lathe operators, en­
gine, male:
New England..........
Middle Atlantic
East North Central.
W estern___________

2
2
6
1

24
97
36
(9

50.2
48.4
50.3
<9

167

49.2

60

31

26 51.0
38 47.7
19 49.5
40 49.6

22

16

22

16

Total__________

11

Machinists, male:
New England.........
Middle Atlantic......
East North Central.
Western___________

2
2
3
3

Total..................

10

123

49.3

60

23

1

15
<9

17

4

25

40

5

21

5

31

» Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




54
15
(9

44

19
28

12

47

33

5

6

6

T a b le

D .— Average and classified hours actually worked in one week in 23 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district
AIRPLANES

Occupation, sex, and district

1

?,

?,

2
1

1

46
276
18
109
88
25
118

43.5
51.3
51.5
45.2
46.3
50.5
45.8

Total........................................... —

40

680

48.2 1 8

___

______

Total_____ _____________________
Cowl makers:
New England
*
Middle Atlantic___________________
South Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central-West South Central _
__
Western
Total____ . . . . ___ - _____ ________
Fitters and bench hands, male:
New England
__ «___
Middle Atlantic____ ____ __________




3
7
4
5
6
3
1
29

9 - 45.8
35
51.6
47.5
13
32
47.9
45.5
20
7
46.7
0)
0)
118

48.3

7

2

2

19

36

45

44

1

4
1

2

1

5

8

6

1

1

8
3
3

19

.....

5
5
1
1

30

12

18

110

74

3
5

11

6

r

1
2
6

1

45.7
49.9
47.6
44.0
47.9
51.3
45.8

1

37

265

48.2

2

1

1

2

3 !

2

2

45.8
45.7 1 9

4

4

2

13

2

12

9
1

1

12
2

i
4
4
1
3

10

14

13

2
4
3

3
38

!
i 5
6 i 94

1
42

16
25
1
8
22
1
37

3

1

5

2

1

6

63

2

7

1

6

4 ! 14

3
2
1

1 18
8
1
4
5

11 i

4
8
2
5
2
2
4

7
7
2
9
2

43

27

27

1
1
1

2 I

6

6
15

2
1

25
1

1

1
2

4

29

I
134 i 44

148

2

43
1
2
9
6
5

1
5

2

66

6

1
2
3
2

1
6

8

9

13

3
2
1
3

2
1
12
4
1

21
9

2

4
3
1

1

9

20

38

3

|
8
1

6 ! 42
39
27 ' 33

2
21
5
1
2
9
3

1

l

0)
6 | 1

4
1

3
3

1

0)

23
130
36
29
24
7
16

51
714

34
4

10
16
1
6
6
1
4

1
1

2
9
4
7
g
4
3

3
9

4

3
5

2
14
1
9
8

2
4

1
1
4

1
1
2

12
1
6
5
2
5

51
3
12
6

6

31

75

2

1

4
6
2
1

2
4

| 1

4

1

3

6

3
2

4
1
1

| 8

12

19

13

3

1
2

1
2
4

1
____i____
66
1i 1

1

3

25

16

16

4

ENGINES

Coverers, fabric, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central
West South Central
Western
_ _____

1

1
3

AIRCRAFT

4
9
3
8
s
4
4

.....

Over
Over
Over
Over
60
55.
54,
50.
48,
un­ 50 un­ 54 un­ 55 un­ and
der over
der
der
der
60
54
55
50

AND

2

____
________
____
_______
__________

Middle Atlantic...... .
gouth Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central
West South Central
Western
_____

in 1 week were—

AIKPLANES

Assemblers, final, male:

Number of employees whose hours actually worked
Number of— Aver­
age
hours
Over
Over
Over
Over
actu­
16, 24. I 32.
44.
45,
47J4
Estab­ Em­
ally Un­ un­
un­ ! un­ 40 40,
un­ 44 un­ 45 un­ 47H un­ 48
lish­ ploy­ worked der der
der
der
der
der
der
16 24 32 40
der
in 1
ments ees
44
45
48
47H
week

South Atlantic..........
East South Central..
West North Central.
West South Central..
Western...... ..............

33
62
57

0)
223

Total.
Frame builders, steel fuselage, male:
New England................................
Middle Atlantic............. ..............
South Atlantic.............. ................
East North Central....... ..............
West North Central.....................
West South Central......................
Western___ ___________ ________
Total.

33

45.9

16
133
19
57
61
13
31

44.4
47.5
49.2
48.0
44.1
50.5
44.9

330

46.8

13

47.1

110

44.6
45.7
45.5
47.7
43.2
46.3
45.8

428
68
55
35

Total.
Inspectors, male:
New England....... .
Middle Atlantic........
South Atlantic..........
East North Central..
West North CentralWest South CentralWestern.......... ..........
37

867

45. €

11
111

31
35
25
7
51

48.5
49.6
47.4
47.3
50.1
51.6
46.1

271

48.5

32

1

3
30

14
4

1

1

2

141

256

45

1
1

3

4

4
13

25

49

10
....

20

29

107

17

22

35

12

3

2

1

26
15

42

20

1

1

14

14

1

2
10

20

27

24

2
2
2

7
13

1

13

7
28
3
3
5

23

1

"~2

14

14

53

15

65

65
27

6

7
14

10

1

1
6

42

5

2

11
1

11

40

119

.....

11

1
19

56

1

50

15

24
30
4

1

1
1

27

20

2

3
52~

29

173

25 I 10

14
5
3

2

2

~70~

"Y
25

19
3

17

33

29

1

87

10

20

1

57

40

1Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




10

6

0)

TABLES

513

1
0)
~l¥ 120
11

73

20

19

3
3

2

GENERAL

34

1

4

0)

0)

45.9
46.8
52.1
46.3
47.0
55.9
45.8

Helpers, male:
New England............
Middle Atlantic........
South Atlantic..........
East North Central..
West North CentralWest South Central..
Western______ _____

Total.

12

0)
46.7

1,152

Frame builders, wood wing, male:
New England.............................
Middle Atlantic.........................
South Atlantic...........................
East North Central...................
West North Central..................
West South Central..................
Western....................................
Total.

49.4
47.4
41.6

17

1

4
15

2

1

29

’l5'

3
20

7
12

2
2

29

14

” 2"
5
1
23

27

CO
CO

T a b le

D . — Average

and classified hours actually worked in one week in 28 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district— Continued
AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

Laborers, male:

3
9
4

!
7i
3 j
3I

____

- --____________

37 ! 539

49.7

3
32
7 | 76
4 1 19
6 , 21
7
22
3
10
4
15

45.6
44.7
43.9
45.5
44.0
47.8
49.2

34

195

45.3

Painters, spray, male:
New England
- - - _____ ____
Middle Atlantic ...............................
South Atlantic
East North Central
- ...
West North Central
West South Central
.....
Western

3
9
4
8
6
4
4

16
93
17
27
27
6
36

45. 6
50.1
53.2
46.1
46.5
51.9
46.6

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ___

38

222

48.6




6

7 1 io

23

23

1

1
2
4

1
6

2
3
1
1

1

2
3
2
2

1
1

1
1

3

4
5

10
1
2

2

1

1
4

2

13

7

3

5
21
2
1

2
2

3

1
5

1
1

1
1i

1

1
1

5
2

7

9

1
1

2

9

9

1
1

3
2
1 .....
2
1
3

1

1

5

8

30

10

4
1
1
2
1
2
8 !

5

1
25
1
3
12

30
28

8
1

1

23

6

65

73

10

21

24
1

1

3
2

2
1

14
6
1
3
5

1

1
2

2
6
12
_
2

4
36
11
1
6
3
11

1
2
5

2

2
1

1

41

22

72

11

3

1
1

1
3
7
1

1

2
1

3
1
2
2
1

1

5

8
8
9
1 10
4
2
5 .....

5
8

1
1
1
12

4

3

2

6

31

25

4

9

6.

14

7
6

19

1

1
3

1
1
1
1

1
2
2
5

12
16

2
1

2
12

5

5

4

1
1
2

3

1

9

7

4

24

19

1

6

Over
Over
Over
55,
60
50.
54,
un­ 54 un­ 55 un­ and
der
der over
der
55
60
54

1

1

37
2
4
2
1
2

3
38
10
15
4
3
1

1

48

74

2

1

3

1

2
3

13

2

3

4

15
8
3
5
1
1

14

33

5

10

1

8

20
3
4
1
1
1

1
1

2

5
1
1

1

14

30
___ t

ENGINES

Total

i

17~
3

1

2
12
1
4
1
2
1

48.5
2
51.0
53.8 . . . . .
46.5
49.1
52.6
1
46.5

50

AIRCRAFT

Total..................................................
Machinists, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
■Root Mnrth Hpntrfll
"West North Central
"West South Central
"Western

56
232
45
*71
fift
19
58

Over
48,
un­
der
50

AND

Middle Atlantic___________________
AHontip
East North Central
West North Central
West South Central
Western.................................................

in 1 week were—

AIRPLANES

Number of employees whose hours actually worked
Number of— Aver­
age
hours
Over
Over
Over
Over
actu­
16, 24, 32,
47J4,
44,
45,
40,
ally Un­ un­
Estab­ Em­
un­ un­
lish­ ploy­ worked der der der der 40 un­ 44 un­ 45 un­ 47H un­ 48
der
der
der
der
16 24 32 40
ments ees
in 1
48
47H
45
44
week

Sewing-machine operators, female:
New England...................... ................
Middle Atlantic___________________
South Atlantic________ _____ - _____
East North Central________________
West North Central________________
West South Central.............................
Western.......... .....................................

2
6
2
2
1
1
3

7
18
6
2
0)
0)
5

44.5
47.0
49.3
44.7
0)
37.5

1

Total..................................................

17

42

46.0

1

0)

5

2
2

5

2

2

1
1
1

1

8

2
5

2

2

5

1
2

1

4

2

C)

1
7

2

2

2

3

4

0)
4

1

2
=====

------ =
0)
137
33
133
30
7
157

(l)
49.1
43.8
46.3
46.2
49.4
44.9

4

Total___________________________

36

503

46.5

6

2

Toolmakers, male:
New England_____________________
Middle Atlantic___________________
South Atlantic...................... ..............
East North Central___________ ____
West North Central............................
West South Central________________
Western__________________ ________

3
8
3
5
4
2
3

94
66
31
12
7
28

26

44.6
45.7
48.9
41.3
43.4
51.6
46.7

1
1
1

2
1

1
1

1
1

3
2
6
1

5

1

7

12

31

21

27

2
1
1

3
7
4
2

3

3

4

3

2

5

Total____________________ _______

28

234

46.0

Welders, male:
New England___________ _______ _
Middle Atlantic___________________
South Atlantic.............. ................. .
East North Central_____________ . . .
West North Central_______________
West South Central___:____________
Western___________________ _______

4
9
4
7
7
3
3

16
267
21
72
90
32
69

44.6
46.2
50.3
49.3
44.6
50.1
47.4

1
2

Total___________________________

37

567

46 8

6

1
1
4

3 Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.

5
5
11
5

(l)
2
5
4
4
’ "l7*
1
1

4
2

11

16

3
9
2
15
4

19

3

5
2

8

6
1
1
1

2
1
2

9
3
4

7
2
6
6

22
1
1

2

2

88

38

7

18

109

62

7

25

55

4
4

1
9

14
6
3
4
1

4

9

21
2
1

2

1

1

1
1

2

38

14

11

26

22

13

8
42 17
2 —. . .

6

34
1

5

2

26

4

2
68

23

8

1

10

16

36

2

2
12
4
5 “ 44"
1
2
3
7

10

9

13
11 “ i i ”

2
1
2

5
9

17

2
23
1
2
4
2
2

2

1

39

2
11
2
9
22
3
26

31

75

53

1
14

2
3
7
3

36
5
2
6
2
1

6

15

52

7

3
4
4

1
27
1

1

2
1

*2

5

4

9

74

3

q

1
1

0e

0
0

10

13

19
lO

1

1
17

7

2

1

I

2

2

12 | 32

1

1
31
2
3
2 -- --3
6

3
2
4
11
2
1

1

9

23

42

= =

25

Q

g
6
14
1

4

TO
O
o

4

IQ
lo

»A

0

1L
J

14

12
2
15
2
1
3
O
OK
O

$
5
3
1

1
0

1
1

ou

TABLES

1
9
4
8
8
2
4

GENERAL

Sheet-metal workers, hand, male:
New England_____________________
Middle Atlantic___ ___ . . . _________
South Atlantic................. ...................
East North Central________________
West North Central_______________
West South Central________________
Western__________________________




2

T a b le

D . — Average

and classified hours actually worked in one week in 28 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district— Continued
AIRPLANES—Continued

Occupation, sex, and district

XTatit PlnaloTiH

Middle Atlantic

ix/’/vof

Western___________________ _______

1

33

119

47.4

1

1
1
1
1 .....

6
4
1
1

1
2

5

Over
Over
Over
Over
Over
Over
Over
Over
60
55,
54.
50,
48.
47!4
44,
45,
40,
un­ 44 un­ 45 un­ 47^ un­ 48 un­ 50 un­ 54 un­ 55 un­ and
over
der
der
der
der
der
der
der
der
60
55
54
50
47H
48
44
45

2

1
6

1
6

1
1
1

7

1
2

1

2

1

1

1

8

5

15

8

2

7

12

12

1

9
1

1

1
2

2

13

4
1

4
7

2
2
1
2

1

1

1

2
2

4
1
‘ 2

1
5

11

8

2

5

7

12
2
14

10
*15

28

25

ENGINES

43.4
48.1
49.0
46.8
46. 7
57.3
45.5

9

40

AIRCRAFT

Total

41
11
20
13
5
20

32,
un­
der
40

A IRCRAFT ENGINES
Assemblers, male:
New England.------- --------Middle Atlantic........ .........
East North Central---------Western............. .................

17

56.4
46.8
53.0
44.3

32
2
35

Total__________________

205

51.0

Fitters and bench hands, male:
New England......................
Middle Atlantic..................
East North Central---------Western...............................

127
212
41
24

53.4
46.3
54.6
45.2

404

49.3

Total__________________




12

1

3
21

1

10

1

116

34

11

15

120

1

7

"u
13

15

1

18

14

52
4
12

17

23

68

9
3

10

51

31

1

11

AND

South Atlantic
i?oct \Tnrth P^ntrnl
W aq| \Fftrth fl^ntrrtl
fiAiifh rioTitrol

3
8
4
4
7
3
4

Number of employees whose hours actually worked in 1 week were—

AIRPLANES

Woodworking-machine operators, male:

Number of— Aver­
age
hours
actu­
16. 24.
ally Un­ un­
Estab­ Em­
un­
lish­ ploy­ worked der der der
in 1
16
ments ees
24 32
week

7

Grinding-machine operators, male:
New England................. --------Middle Atlantic.........................
East North Central...................
Western.................. ...... .............
TotalInspectors, male:
New England....... .
Middle Atlantic.......
East North Central.
Western....................
Total.

Total.

Total.
Machinists, male:
New England...........
Middle Atlantic.......
East North CentralWestern....................
Total.

216

51.6

(9

(9

(9

127
30

1

61

(9

7
2

15
3

8

(9
22

<9

48.0
53.3

58

<9

<9

<9

210

49.6

37
162
27

52.2
52.3
55.1

235

52.5

35

24
97
36

50.9
48.2
55.4

57

25

22

<9

<9

2
10

1

(l)

(9

21

(9

l

7

16

35

2
7

"T

18

(9

4

1

<9

2

(9

<9

167

50.0

59

26

51.7
49.1
49.0
44.9

18

48.3

19

(9

(9

23

o'

<9

24

12

9

14

35

(9"
45

(9

(9

5

(9.

2

7
31
5

3
26
7

43

36

13

2

2

12

1

7

<9
19

(9

17

10
35

3
5

21

16

1

TABLES

Lathe operators, engine, male:
New England.....................
Middle Atlantic................
East North Central...........
Western..............................

52.3
47.6
62.8

GENERAL

Laborers, male:
New England............
Middle Atlantic........
East North CentralWestern.....................

55
114
39

17
14

17

*Data included in total but not given separately to avoid indentification.




CO

T a b le E.— Average and classified actual earnings in one week in 28 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district
AIRPLANES
Number of employees whose earnings in 1 week were—

Number of—

Occupation, sex, and district

Assemblers, final, male:
Middle Atlantic...........................................

_____

1

40

680

32.49

3

1

1
2

1
2

2
2

2
1

1
8

1
6

12

19
9
4
7

5
13
2
13
25
7
11

43

76

18

1
5

1
25
6
1
3
2

12
36
7
6
10
1
4

2
7
17
17
13
5
4
7
4
4
2 .....
6

13

38

76

56

3
37
5

15
207
8

27
272
7

5
139
9

34.07
36.58
36.46
34.79
32 99
36.53
36.59

Total...................................................................

37

265

35.82

1

1

3

1

Fitters and bench hands, male:
M'aw Ulnffland
Mid d1ft Atlantic
South Atlantic...................................... - .............

3
9
4

51
714
33

30.30
31.23
32.03

3

6
1

4

1
13




2
1

1

4
3

$60,
un­
der
$6ft

$65,
un­
der
$70

7
2

5

4
1

4

3

3

9

7

5

4

3

3

4
5
6
2

1

4

8

2

5

11
3
4

11
1
1

1

0)

1

1
1

3

2

2

5
1
2

1

$85, $90
un­
der and
$90 over

3

•

19

23
130
36
29
24
7
16

1

32

23

2
9
4
7
8
4
3

Cowl makers, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central
West South Central
Western

48

25

29.15

2

2
1

14

118

2

131

5

8
2

29

T o ta l.................................................................

1

146

14
1
14

3
7
3
2
2
2

25.38
33.57
31.70
27.34
27. "6
20.18
0)

2

147

11 !

3
27
1
12

1
5
1
8
7
1

9
35
13
32
20
7
(9

__ _

11
66
8
24
11

3
7
3
4
6
1
0)

2
2

3
7
4
5
6
3
1

1

5
21
11
52

12
72
2
19
12
1
28

10
48

$70, $75, $80,
un­ un­ un­
der der der
$75 $80 $85

$55,
un­
der
$60

$40, $45, $50,
un­ un­ un­
der der der
$45 $50 $55

2
2

1

34

22

14

26
2

6

1

3
1

1

1

4

1

i !....... i........
1
i
....... 1........!........
’ ____! 1 !____

ENGINES

Coverers, fabric, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central
West South Central
"Western

$29.64
36.95
41.57
31. 56
24.95
26.28
29.59

$25, $30, $35,
un­ un­ un­
der der der
$30 $35 $40

AIRCRAFT

Total...................................................................

46
276
18
109
88
25
118

$20,
un­
der
$25

AND

East North Central
West North Central
West South Central
Western

4
9
3
g
g
4
4

11
$15,
un­
der
$20

AIRPLANES

Aver­
age
actual
$5, $10,
Estab­ Em­ earn­ Un­ un­
un­
lish­ ploy­ ings in der der der
ments ees 1 week $5 $10 $15

62
57
0)
223

33.22
19.73
0)
30.97

2

34

1,152

30.54

5

Frame builders, steel fuselage, male:
New England....... ................................................
Middle Atlantic.................................................. .
South Atlantic......................................................
East North Central......... ....................................
West North Central.......... ...................................
West South Central.............................................
Western............. .................... ..............................

3
7
3
6
8
3
3

16
133
19
57
61
13
31

29.77
38.15
33.92
33.42
24.20
24 92
28.78

Total.............................. ....................................

33

330

32 70

Frame builders, wood wing, male:
New England_________________ _____ __ _____
Middle Atlantic_____________ j ..........................
South Atlantic......................................................
East North Central..............................................
West North Central.............................................
West South Central.............................................
Western.................................................................

3
8
3
5
7
4
4

13
236
19
67
63
19
96

28.60
32.75
33.97
24.63
28.66
30.34
31.83

1

3 2 4 8 ° — 30-

Total..................................................................

2

9

10
20
33

57

59

59

8

2

42

108

304

377

233

45

10

1

2
1
2
3
6
1

3
1
2
5
16
1
1

1
13
4
12
20

6
42
3
13
2
1
3

1
12
1
8
1
1

8
1
4

6

3

1

22

2
43
6
12
11
3
4

15

29

72 ! 81

70

24

13

6

3 1

1

2
46
5
16
20
6
41

3
no
2
11
20
5
18

2
41
5
4
5
4
26

1
10
1
1
4
1
6

3

2
3

1

2

1

136

169

87

24

3

5

1

2

1

18
86
8
11
6

4
33
1
3

1
6

1
3

2

3

4
2

2

16

1
1

2

1
5
1

2

2

8

34

513

30.87

1

1

4

Helpers, male:
New England....... ................................................
Middle Atlantic.................................................. .
South Atlantic.._.................................................
East North Central............................................
West North Central.............................................
West South Central........................... ; ................
Western........ .......................................................

3
9
4
7
8
3
4

no
428
68
55
35
9
162

21.03
22.57
19.45
23.05
19.23
15.50
23.20

1
12
2

2
8
3
1

1

1
1

5
17
4
4
3
3
1

42 * 36
94 168
22
28
13
18
20
6
3
2
12 97

Total..................................................................

38

867

22.07

16

16

37

Inspectors, male:
New England........................................................
Middle Atlantic..... ..............................................
South Atlantic....................................... ..............
East North Central............................. ..............
West North Central.......... ..................................
West South Central.............................................
Western.................................................................

3
9
4
8
8
2
3

11
111
31
35
25
7
51

42.50
44.33
38.17
39.78
31.59
34.91
36.53

Total________________ ____________________

37

271

40.08

* Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.




1

1

1

21

9

2

42

5

3

46

12

1 1
1
2
3
2
2
3
1

1
2
1
3
2
1
4

2
7
3
2
8
8

2
22
13
9
8
1
17

1
28
4
11
1
1
14

1
20
6
4
1
2
3

14

30

72

60

37

6

10

2|

1

i

2

i

2

1

11.......

1

171

1

1

i

355

206
1

1

8
4

TABLES

Total...................................................................

2
3
2
15
1i 2
23
11
6
7
3
! 4
35 ! 44

3

9
8

i
....... i........
.......
....... I

2
13

8
0)
1

GENERAL

6
8
1
3

East North Central........... .............................. __
West North Central......................................... .
West South Central.............. ................ ..............
Western______________________ _______ _____ _

1

14

4
10

1

1

15

15

i
1

1
6

3

i

1

T a b le

E .— Average and classified actual earnings in one week in 28 specified occupations, 1929, by sex and district— Continued

^

AIRPLANES—Continued
Number of employees whose earnings in 1 week were—

Number of—

Occupation, sex, and district

25.88

37

15
65
5
6
7
6
35 I
25

63

146

139

97

41

13

17

53

63

36.14
35.85
33.92
33.99
30.11
36.05
37.33
34

195

34.99

Painters, spray, male:
New England............
Middle Atlantic____
South Atlantic......... .
East North Central..
West North CentralWest South CentralWestern____________
Total..
Sewing-machine operators, female:
New England_______________
Middle Atlantic_____________
South Atlantic----------------------




$30

6

30

10

18
32.05
15.90
22.34
16.80

27

25

14

1

ENGINES

Total.......................

$25

AIRCRAFT

Total..

$20

56 $023.91
232
27. 78
22.58
45
28.53
71
21.54
58
19
20.43
25.67
58

Machinists, male*
New England............
Middle Atlantic........
South Atlantic..........
East North Central..
West North CentralWest South CentralWestern____________

$65, $70, $75, $80, $85,

un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ u n -! un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ and
der der der der der der i der der der der der der der der der over
$65 $70 $75 $80 $85
$35 $40 $45 $50 $55

AND

Laborers, male:
New England____ . . .
Middle Atlantic____
South Atlantic..........
East North Central..
West North CentralWest South Central..
Western____________

I.

$15, $20, $25, $30, $35, $40, 1$45, $50, $55,

AIRPLANES

Aver­
age
actual
Estab­ Em­ earn­ Un­
lish­ ploy- ings in der
1 week $5
ments

East North Central..
West North Central West South Central..
Western____ _______
Total.
Bheet-metal workers, hand, male:
New England..... .....................
Middle Atlantic........................
South Atlantic...................... .
East North Central..................
West North Central............. . .
West South Central.................
Western....................... ............
Total .

Total.
Woodworking-machine operators, male:
New England.....................................
Middle Atlantic.................................
South Atlantic.............. .............. ......
East North Central...........................
West North Central........ .................
West South Central...........................
Western..............................................
Total.

1
9
4
8
8
2
4

5

1

42

18.82

1

3

7

17

13

3

1

1
1
6
2

0)
2
8
9
4
2
6

0)
13

6
23
7
1
10

0)
39
5
43
7
1
93

10

32

62

191

2
1

1
5
2
5

1
2
2

6
22
3
2
4
3

14
40
16
2
3
1
17

3
11
32
12
3
2
9

6
9
7
1
1
2

2

3

13

6

40

93

72

26

75~
2
13
31
6
11

1
86
6
19
12
4
11

1
4
25
12
1
8
18
9
3
5
4
12 ‘ "l2"

137
33
133
30
7
157

0)
37.53
30.17
32.14
31.65
36.10
33.34

1

2
3

3

1

36

503

33.84

5

6

3
8
3
5
4
2
3

26
94
66
31
12
7
28

37.36
36.62
39.11
37.91
36.81
37.45
40.07

28

264

37.86

4
9
4
7
7
3
3

16
267
21
72
90
32
69

29.76
36.59
40.62
39.38
30.60
32.50
36.83

37

567

35.75

3
8
4
4
7
3
4

9
41
11
20
13
5
20

30.86
36.45
37.44
30.77
32.16
40.16
34.11

2

33

119

34.46

2

0)

1Data included in total but not separately to avoid identification.




1
0)
0)
1

0)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

3
5

5
6

2

1
1

1

2
9
1

1
5
3
1

2
33
2
2
18
12
20

4

1

20

21

89

138

1
2
1

1
5
1
4
4

3
7

3

1

1

1

1

----- 1-----43
6
25
5

1

1
1

1

7

71 1

2

1

1
1

3

1

4

3

1

12

5

3
2
2
1

1
1
1
8

17
4
14
3
1
11

9

5

7
2
1
4

2

106 ! 50

23

27

1
2

76

38

20

11
5
3
2
6 1
I 2
1
3
1
5
3

4
1

1

3

7
15
2
4
4
2
5

18

39

27

8

139

i

15

4

1
3

1

4

1

1

1

3

1

1

3

TABLES

Total.
Welders, male:
New England............
Middle Atlantic........
South Atlantic..........
East North Central._
West North Central..
West South Central..
Western......................

17

2

1

15.38
(0
0)
16.67

0)
0)

GENERAL

Toolmakers, male:
New England............
Middle Atlantic........
South Atlantic...........
East North Central..
West North Central.
West South Central..
Western.....................

2
1
1
3

1

2
J
1

1

T

•si

T a b le E .— Average and classified actual earnings in one week in 28 specified occupationsy 1929, by sex and district«— Continued
AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Number of employees whose earnings in 1 week were—

Number of—

Occupation, sex, and district

3
1

1
14
4
1

1
13
11
1

4
18
17
10

7
10
21
2

10
2
13
3

8
2
10

4
1
2

1

3

4

1

205

36.38

1

4

20

26

49

40

28

20

7

2

3

4

1

2
2
g
2

127
212
41
24

32.13
29.38
35.25
30.86

12

404

30.93

2
2
6
1

55
114
39
0)

37.36
39.06
50.96
(9

11

216

40.80

1
2
7
1

(9
127
30
(9

(9
35.73
42.30
(9

11

210

37.34

Fitters and bench hands, male:
Ma\xr TT.ncrlflTiH
IV/TiririlA Atlantis*
tToof Mrtfth PiPntffll
Western.................................................................

—




1
2

2

1
3
3
1

7
43
1
2

31
74
8
4

52
50
17
14

20
26
3
2

13
3
3
1

1
6
1

1
1

1

3

2

8

53

117

133

51

20

8

1

3
1
1
(9

4
4
4

13
25
3
(9

14
44
4

13
17
5
(9

1

6

12

42

62

1

(9
2
3

(9
15
2

(9
52
2

1

7

19

68

1
4

1

2

5

1

6
15
1
(9

2
5
2

1
4

7

40

23

9

5

7

4

(9
33
5
(9

(9
12
5
(9

(9
4
7
(9

(9
4
3

(,)2
1

1
1

1
1

50

29

18

10

4

2

2

1

3

2

3

2

ENGINES

Total

1

AIRCRAFT

13

1

AND

Total........... .....................................................

Inspectors, male:
Martf *Rr|or1qnH
MiririlA Atlantic
East North Central
W ActAi*n

$70, $75, $80, $85, $90
un­ un­ un­ un­ and
der der der der over
$75 $80 $85 $90

1

2
2
7
2

Grinding-machine operators, mato:
'M’ttnf TT.ncrlonH
MirirtlA Atlantic*
E&st North Central

$50, $55, $60. $65,
un­ un­ un­ un­
der der der der
$55 $60 $65 $70

36 $41.78
63 30.35
89 38.91
17 34.10

'M’iririln Atlantic
East North Central
Western................................................................

Total

$15, $20, $25, $30, $35, $40, $45,
un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­ un­
der der der der der der der
$20 $25 $30 $35 $40 $45 $50

AIRPLANES

Assemblers, male:

Aver­
age
actual
$5, $10,
Estab­ Em­ earn­ Un­ un­ un­
lish­ ploy­ ings in der der der
ments ees 1 week $5 $10 $15

Laborers, male:
Middle Atlantic

1

2
2
6
1

37
162
27
0)

25.76
28.11
27.12
0)

1

11

235

27.62

1

1

1
1

2

8
6
0)

14
45
6
0)

14
60
6
0)

5
26
3
0)

2
14
3
0)

15

67

82

37

20

3

3
2

1

1

3

5

1

1
—

Lathe operators, engine, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
Western

2
2
6
1

24
97
36
0)

34.66
38.48
43.80
0)

1

Total...................................................................

11

167

39.16

1

2
2
3
3

26
38
19
40

39.60
37.74
38.41
38.13

10

123

38.36

Machinists, male:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
Western
.
Total- -

_

_____ _

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

1Data included in total but not given separately to avoid identification.

1
1

3

2

2

1

1
2

2

1

3

3
6
4

8
19
11

2
19
3

10
37
2
<9

0)

1
9
1

2
1

1
2

2
3

2

2

2

5

o

2

2

13

38

*1

31

11

3

3

1
1

11
21
7
11

5
5
8
14

4
2

1
1

1
1

1

3
7
3
3

5

1

3

16

50

32

11

3

2

. . . . . I ....... !____
i
i

TABLES




1
1
0)

GENERAL

_ _ _
- ________
__________

CO

APPENDIX.— DEFINITIONS OF OCCUPATIONS
AIRPLANES
Assemblers, detail, do bench work, such as fitting wheels, assembling axles,
putting on connection for control cables, etc., preparatory to final assembly.
They also attach wood and metal connectors, brackets, etc., to metal frames of
fuselages and to tail surfaces and assemble the instrument boards.
Assemblers, final, put together the various complete units, such as fuselages,
wings, landing gears, and engines, and secure them with bolts, nuts, etc., and
install windshields, controls, instrument boards, tanks in center sections, stream­
lines, also landing, flying, incident, and stagger wires.
Cabinetmakers lay wood floors in the fuselages, fit window and door moldings,
build cockpit arches where wood is used, and perform any other woodwork in
the fitting and trimming of the cabins.
Cable splicers attach the fittings and splice and install the control cables.
Coppersmiths bend and fit oil and gas lines.
Coverers cut by hand and fit the fabric covering material by sewing or tacking
to fuselage wings and tail surfaces or apply wood or metal covering or *'‘ skin”
over the completed frames.
Cowl makers shape and form all types of cowling by hand.
Drill-press operators operate radial, multiple spindle, gang, or automatic drill
presses.
Electricians do the necessary electric wiring and connect the instruments.
Fitters and bench hands chip, file, ream, and fit machine parts to give them
proper relation to each other and allowance for correct mechanical adjustment in
their assembly.
Frame builders, fuselage, fit and align the parts of the fuselage frames in a jig,
securing wooden parts with bolts, steel tubing by tack welding or clamps, and
duralumin parts by riveting. In the manufacture of flying boats they lay the
keels, assemble the stringers of the hulls, the frame of the cabins, and the sponsons.
Frame builders, tail surfaces, fit and align the parts of the tail surface frames in
a jig, frequently performing the operations at a bench. They secure the wooden
parts with bolts, steel tubing by tack welding or clamps, and duralumin parts
by riveting.
Frame builders, wing, place the spars, which run longitudinally within the wing,
in a jig, arrange the ribs crosswise with the spars, glue wooden ribs, bolt or rivet
metal ribs in place, and attach stringers or other forms of bracing at right angles
or diagonally to the ribs to hold them in place.
Helpers are workers who exercise some degree of skill in assisting workers en­
gaged in the more highly skilled occupations.
Inspectors inspect stock at the various stages of machining, examine sheetmetal stampings, seaming and finishing, tools and cutters in the tool room, forg­
ings, wire and spar building, fuselage and woodwork, and the various stages of
assembly or the completed planes.
Laborers truck or carry material about the shop or yard, give unskilled assist­
ance to other employees, do sand blasting, load and unload cars, sweep, rub
machines, and do other common unskilled work.
Lathe operators operate lead screws, low swing, cam, and tool (engine) lathes,
and turret lathes.
Machinists (a) repair or adjust one or more kinds of machine tools used in a
machine shop; (b) set one or more kinds of automatic or semiautomatic machine
tools for others to operate; (c) set up and operate at least most of the kinds of
machine tools usually found in machine shops. Each of these three groups may
also do bench fitting. If a man is qualified as an all-round machinist but is
actually operating only a milling machine he would be classified as a “ milling
machine operator” ; if required to operate various tools, he would be classified as
a “ machinist.”
Milling-machine operators operate plain, universal, horizontal, vertical, cam,
hand, automatic, keyway, and thread mills, profilers, etc.
50




DEFINITIONS OF OCCUPATIONS

51

Painters, hand, apply dopes, oxide paints, varnishes, or pyroxylin substances to
parts and covering of aircraft by the hand-brush method.
Painters, letterers, and stripers, apply color varnishes and paints in the lettering
and decorating of the interior and exterior of the craft.
Painters, spray} apply dopes, oxide paints, varnishes, and pyroxylin substances
to the parts and covering of aircraft by the “ air-brush” or spray method.
Patternmakers build wooden or metal models for castings or wooden jigs for
the assembly of ribs, spars, wings, tail sections, etc.
Polishers and rubbers use sandpaper to clean and roughen surfaces to be painted;
or other coarse abrasives, either dry or with water, oil, or other liquids, to perform
the rubbing down of the different coats of paint, stain, or varnish.
Rib builders work at benches and assemble in a jig the parts of the ribs.
Wooden parts are already cut and shaped and are secured by tacking or gluing.
Metal parts are formed in the jig and are secured usually by riveting.
Screw-machine operators operate hand-screw machines, semiautomatic, full
automatic screw machines, or automatic lathes.
Sewing-machine operators sew the fuselage and tail surface covering by machine
prior to the fitting of the fabric over the frames.
Sheet-metal machine operators use various sheet-metal machines, such as bend­
ing, breaking, crimping, flanging, nibbling, and rolling machines, square and round
shears, punch presses, etc.
Sheet-metal workers, hand, shape and form by hand the gas tanks, radiators, etc.
Spar builders form the spars by gluing or otherwise fastening together thin
laminations of wood, or build up the metal beams or spars, using .either steel or
duralumin. Spars consisting of a single timber are gouged out by the spar builders
at intervals, to reduce the weight, and blocks of hardwood are attached to tne top
and bottom to support the struts.
Testers, ground, perform a running test under propeller load after installation
of motors. The test is for revolutions per minute, air pressure, oil pressure,
temperature of oil, charging rate of generator, vibration, etc.
Toolmakers are skilled workers who make and repair tools, metal jigs, dies,
and gauges.
Upholsterers cut the material and install all leather or artificial leather or other
similar upholstering material in the cabins and cockpits, on pontoon bumpers,
or other places where upholstering is required.
Welders use a hand torch or an electric arc to weld or braze tubular and metal
joints in connection with aircraft construction and also broken metal parts,
aluminum stock, and machine-tool parts. The group includes spot welders.
Woodworking-machine operators cut out by machine sections of spars, ribs,
stringers, flanges, cabin trimmings, etc.
Other employees are skilled or semiskilled workers, too few in number to be
classified separately, and which can not properly be included in any of the
classified occupations.

AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Apprentices work under the supervision of skilled mechanics, serving a specified
period of time to learn the work of the skilled occupations of the industry.
Assemblers bring together the various parts, pieces, or units of which an engine
consists and secures them with bolts, nuts, or screws, thereby forming a final unit.
Blacksmiths make light and medium-sized forgings and do general anvil work,
often being called upon to harden hand and machine tool bits by heating in the
forge and quenching in oil, water, or other liquid. The group includes “ light
fire” blacksmiths, hand hammermen, tool hardeners or temperers, and tool
dressers.
Boring-mill operators operate bullards, “ hole hog,” horizontal, and vertical
boring mills.
Coppersmiths or tinsmiths bend and form aluminum intake pipes, ignition wire
manifolds (made from brass tubes), copper gasoline and oil pipes, air heaters,
radio shielding tail pipes, exhaust pipes, collector ring manifolds, etc.
Drill-press operators operate radial, multiple spindle, gang, or automatic drill
presses.
Fitters and bench hands do necessary filing, chipping, scraping, reaming, and
fitting of machine parts to give them proper relation to each other and allowance
for correct mechanical adjustment in their assembly. The classification does not
include workers who do assembling only.
Grinding-machine operators operate rough, surface, tool, plain, universal, or
cutter grinders. The group includes lapping-machine operators.




52

AIRPLANES AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

Helpers not otherwise specified are workers who exercise some degree of skill
in assisting others engaged in the more highly skilled occupations. They help
the following skilled workers:
Assemblers
Erectors.
Millwrights.
Babbitters.
Fitters.
Pattern makers.
Buffers.
Flangers.
Pipe fitters.
Carpenters.
Gear-cutter operators.
Planer operators*
Coppersmiths.
Inspectors.
Riggers.
Drill-press operators.
Ironworkers.
Sheet-metal workers.
Electricians.
Layout men.
Tinners.
Enamelers.
Machine-tool operators.
Blacksmiths’ helpers and machinists’ and toolmakers' helpers are not included
in this classification.
Inspectors examine stock at the various stages of machining; sheet-metal stamp­
ing, wiring, seaming, and finishing; tools and cutters in the tool room; discarded
material for salvage purposes; the various stages of assembly; forgings; shipments
received and shipping and packing.
Laborers truck or carry material about the shop or yard, give unskilled assist­
ance to other employees, do sandblasting, load and unload cars, sweep, rub
machines, and do other common unskilled work. The following are included:
Carriers.
Furnace tenders’ helpers. Stock-room and storeCasting cleaners.
Heat treaters’ helpers.
room labor.
Chippers (chip pullers).
Loaders.
Truckers (not electric).
Picklefrs.
Roustabouts.
Tumbler operators.
Plating-room and receiv- Sandblasters.
Warehouse labor.
ing laborers.
Scrap wheelers.
Wheelers.
Sweepers.
Shipping labor.
Window washers.
Testers’ helpers.
Stockmen.
Yard labor.
Tool-crib and tool-room Stock-keepers’ helpers.
Any other general or
helpers.
Stock pilers.
common labor.
This classification does not include persons belonging under blacksmith’s
helpers, machinists’ and toolmakers’ helpers, or helpers not otherwise specified.
Lathe operators, engine, operate lead screw, low swing, cam, or tool (engine)
lathes.
Lathe operators, turret, operate chucking lathes or other turret lathes, as Moni­
tor, Gisholt, Jones and Lamson (J. & L.), American, Libby, etc.
Machinists (a) repair or adjust one or more kinds of machine tools used in a
machine shop; (b) set one or more kinds of automatic or semiautomatic machine
tools for others to operate; (c) set up and operate at least most of the kinds of
machine tools usually found in machine shops.
Each of these three groups may also do bench work and fitting. If a man is
qualified as an all-round machinist but actually operates only a milling machine,
for example, during the pay period covered, he is classified as a “ milling-machine
operator,” while if required to operate various tools he is classified as a “ machin­
ist.” The classification includes machine-tool repairers.
Machinists’ and toolmakers’ helpers are persons with some degree of skill who
assist machinists and toolmakers in their work.
Milling-machine operators operate plain, universal, horizontal, vertical, cam,
hand, automatic, keyway, or thread mills, profilers, or any other milling machines
not specified.
Packers grease, clean, wrap, and crate engines for shipment.
Paint sprayers spray outside parts such as manifolds, cylinders, cylinder heads,
shutters, etc., with enamel.
Polishers and buffers use abrasive wheels to polish metals and buffing wheels
to obtain luster.
Screw-machine operators operate hand-screw machines, semiautomatic, full
automatic, or automatic lathes.
Sheet-metal machine operators run various sheet-metal machines, such as bend­
ing, breaking, crimping, flanging, nibbling, and rolling machines, square and
round shears, and punch presses.
Testers place the engine on test stand and run it under propeller load to deter­
mine if the running parts develop the expected standards.
Toolmakers are skilled workers who make and repair tools, jigs, dies, and
gauges.
Other precision-machine operators operate broachers, bolt cutters, burring and
centering machines, gear cutters or gear generators, hobbers, key setters, planers,




DEFINITIONS OF OCCUPATIONS

53

pointing machines, shapers, slotters, special or single-purpose lathes, such as
facing, pulley, speed, spinning, or wristing lathes, tapping machines, threaders,
or tr mming machines.
Other sktled employees are workers skilled in the performance of a trade or
specialized kind of work who can not otherwise be classified under a specific
occupation. The group includes such workers as:
Air-compressor engineers. Gear straighteners.
Shrink-oven tenders.
Airplane mechanics.
Layout men.
Skilled working foremen.
Braziers.
Millwrights.
Tool demonstrators.
Carbonizers.
Painters (brush).
Welders.
Carpenters.
Pattern makers.
W ood w ork in g-m ach in e
Case hardeners.
Pipe benders.
operators.
Copper platers.
Pipe fitters.
Electricians.
Saw filers.
Other employees include all workers whose duties require little or no skill and
who are not provided for elsewhere, as:
Belt men.
Learners.
Rivet passers.
Bolt headers.
Markers.
Shipping clerks.
Cold-saw operators.
Messenger boys (shop).
Sorters.
Convey or operators.
Oilers.
Stock keepers.
Crane follow ers
Order pickers.
Tool chasers.
hitchers.
Pressmen (air).
Tool tracers.
Pattern shellackers.
Electric truckers.
Tool-crib tenders.
Elevator operators.
Pattern storemen.
Truckers (electric).
Weighmen.
Pipe cutters.
Errand boys.
Water testers.
Expeditors.
Power-saw men.
Greasers.
Working foremen (unRivet buckers.
Hookers-on.
Rivet heaters.
skilled).







LIST OF BULLETINS OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
The following is a list of all bulletins of the Bureau of Labor Statistics published since
July, 1912, except that in the case of bulletins giving the results of periodic surveys of the
bureau only the latest bulletin on any one subject is here listed.
A complete list of the reports and bulletins issued prior to July, 1912, as well as the bulletins
published since that date, will be furnished on application. Bulletins marked thus (*) are
out of print.
Conciliation and Arbitration (including strikes and lockouts).

♦No. 124. Conciliation and arbitration in the building trades of Greater New York. [1913.]
♦No. 133. Report of the industrial council of the British Board of Trade on its inquiry into industrial
agreements. [1913.]
No. 139. Michigan copper district strike. [1914.]
♦No. 144. Industrial court of the cloak, suit, and skirt industry of New York City. [1914.]
♦No. 145. Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the dress and waist industry of New York City.
[1914.]
♦No. 191. Collective bargaining in the anthracite-coal industry. [1916.]
♦No. 198. Collective agreements in the men's clothing industry. [1916.]
No. 233. Operation of the industrial disputes investigation act of Canada. [1918.]
No. 255. Joint industrial councils in Great Britain. [1919.]
No. 283. History of the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board, 1917 to 1919.
No. 287. National War Labor Board: History of its formation, activities, etc. [1921.]
♦No. 303. Use of Federal power in settlement of railway labor disputes. [1922.]
No. 341. Trade agreement in the silk ribbon industry of New York City. [1923.]
No. 402. Collective bargaining by actors. [1926.]
No. 468. Trade agreements, 1927.
No. 481. Joint industrial control in the book and job printing industry. [1928.]
Cooperation.

No. 313. Consumers’ cooperative societies in the United States in 1920.
No. 314. Cooperative credit societies (credit unions) in America and in foreign countries.
No. 437. Cooperative movement in the United States in 1925 (other than agricultural).

[1922.]

Employment and Unemployment.

*No.
No.
♦No.
♦No.
No.

109.
172.
183.
195.
196.

♦No. 202.
No. 206.
♦No. 227.
No. 235.
♦No. 241.
No. 247.
♦No. 310.
No. 409.
No. 520.

Statistics of unemployment and the work of employment offices. [1913.]
Unemployment in New York City, N. Y. [1915.]
Regularity of employment in the women’s ready-to-wear garment industries. [1915.]
Unemployment in the United States. [1916.]
Proceedings of the Employment Managers’ Conference held at Minneapolis, Minn., Janu­
ary 19 and 20,1916.
Proceedings of the conference of Employment Managers’ Association of Boston, Mass., held
May 10,1916.
The British system of labor exchanges. [1916.]
Proceedings of the Employment Managers’ Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., April 2 and 3,
1917.
Employment system of the Lake Carriers’ Association. [1918.]
Public employment offices in the United States. [1918.]
Proceedings of Employment Managers’ Conference, Rochester, N. Y., May 9-11, 1918.
Industrial unemployment: A statistical study of its extent and causes. [1922.]
Unemployment in Columbus, Ohio, 1921 to 1925.
Social and economic character of unemployment in Philadelphia, April, 1929.

Foreign Labor Laws.

♦No. 142. Administration of labor laws and factory inspection in certain European countries.
No. 494. Labor legislation of Uruguay. fl929.]
No. 510. Labor legislation of the Argentine Republic. [1930.]

[1914.]

Housing.

*No.
No.
No.
No.

158.
263.
295.
500.

Government aid to home owning and housing of working people in foreign countries.
Housing by employers in the United States. [1920.]
Building operations in representative cities in 1920.
Building permits in the principal cities of the United States in [1921 to] 1928.




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[1914.]

Industrial Accidents and Hygiene.

*No. 104. Lead poisoning in potteries, tile works, and porcelain enameled sanitary ware factories.
[1912.]
No. 120. Hygiene of the painters’ trade. [1913.1
*No. 127. Dangers to workers from dusts and fumes, and methods of protection. [1913.J
♦No. 141. Lead poisoning in the smelting and refining of lead. [1914.]
*No. 157. Industrial accident statistics. [1915.]
*No. 165. Lead poisoning in the manufacture of storage batteries. [1914.]
♦No. 179. Industrial poisons used in the rubber industry. [1915.]
No. 188. Report of British departmental committee on the danger in the use of lead in the painting
of buildings. [1916.]
*No. 201. Report of committee on statistics and compensation insurance cost of the International
Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. [1916.]
*No. 209. Hygiene of the printing trades. [1917.]
*No. 219. Industrial poisons used or produced in the manufacture of explosives. [1917.]
No. 221. Hours, fatigue, and health in British munition factories. [1917.]
No. 230. Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories. [1917.]
•No. 231. Mortality from respiratory diseases in dusty trades (inorganic dusts). [1918.]
*No. 234. Safety movement in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to 1917.
No. 236. Effects of the air hammer on the hands of stonecutters. [1918.)
No. 249. Industrial health and efficiency. Final report of British Health of Munition Workers’
Committee. [1919.]
No. 251. Preventable death in the cotton-manufacturing industry. [1919.]
No. 256. Accidents and accident prevention in machine building. [1919.]
No. 267. Anthrax as an occupational disease. [1920.]
No. 276. Standardization of industrial accident statistics. [1920.]
No. 280. Industrial poisoning in making coal-tar dyes and dye intermediates. [1921.]
*No. 291. Carbon-monoxide poisoning. [1921.]
No. 293. The problem of dust phthisis in the granite-stone industry. [1922.]
No. 298. Causes and prevention of accidents in the iron and steel indusry, 1910-1919.
No. 306. Occupational hazards and diagnostic signs: A guide *o impairments to be looked for in
hazardous occupations. [1922.]
No. 392. Survey of hygienic conditions in the printing trades. [1925.]
No. 405. Phosphorus necrosis in the manufacture of fireworks and in the preparation of phosphorus
[1926.1
No. 427. Health survey of the printing trades, 1922 to 1925.
No. 428. Proceedings of the Industrial Accident Prevention Conference, held at Washington, D. C.,
July 14-16,1926.
No. 460. A new test for industrial lead poisoning. [1928.]
No. 466. Settlement for accidents to American seamen. |1928.]
No. 488. Deaths from lead poisoning, 1925-1927.
No. 490. Statistics of industrial accidents in the United States to the end of 1927.
No. 507. Causes of death, by occupation. [1929.]
Industrial Relations and Labor Conditions.

No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.

237.
340.
349.
361.
380.
383.
384.
399.

Industrial unrest in Great Britain. [1917.]
Chinese migrations, with special reference to labor conditions. [1923.]
Industrial relations in the West Coast lumber industry. [1923.]
Labor relations in the Fairmont (W. Va.) bituminous-coal field. [1924.]
Postwar labor conditions in Germany. [1925.]
Works council movement in Germany. 11925.)
Labor conditions in the shoe industry in Massachusetts, 1920-1924.
Labor relations in the lace and lace-curtain industries in the United States.

[1925.]

Labor Laws of the United States (including decisions of courts relating to labor).

No. 211.
No. 229.
No. 285.
No. 321.
No. 322.
No. 343.
No. 370.
No. 408.
No. 486.
No. 517.

Labor laws and their administration in the Pacific States. [1917.]
Wage-payment legislation in the United States. [1917.]
Minimum-wage laws of the United States: Construction and operation. [1921.]
Labor laws that have been declared unconstitutional. |1922.]
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. 11923.]
Laws providing for bureaus of labor statistics, etc. [1923.]
Labor laws of the United States, with decisions of courts relating thereto. [1925.]
Laws relating to payment of wages. [1926.]
Labor legislation of 1928.
Decisions of courts and opinions affecting labor, 1927-1928.




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Proceedings of Annnal Conventions of the Association of Governmental Labor Officials of the United
States and Canada. (Name changed in 1928 to Association of Governmental Officials in Industry
of the United States and Canada.)

No. 266.
No. 307.
No. 323.
♦No. 352.
♦No. 389.
•No. 411.
No. 429.
♦No. 455.
No. 480.
No 508.

Seventh, Seattle. Wash., July 12-15, 1920.
Eighth, New Orleans, La., May 2-6,1921.
Ninth, Harrisburg, Pa., May 22-26,1922.
Tenth, Richmond, Va., May 1-4,1923.
Eleventh, Chicago, HI., May 19-23, 1924.
Twelfth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 13-15, 1925.
Thirteenth, Columbus, Ohio, June 7-10, 1926.
Fourteenth, Paterson, N. J., May 31 to June 3,1927.
Fifteenth, New Orleans, La., May 21-24, 1928.
Sixteenth, Toronto, Canada, June 4-7,1929.

Proceedings of Annual Meetings of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and
Commissions.
1

No. 210.
No. 248.
No. 264.
♦No. 273.
No. 281.
No. 304.
N o.‘333.
♦No 359.
No. 385.
No. 395.
No. 406.
No. 432.
♦No. 456.
No. 485.
No. 511.

Third, Columbus, Ohio, April 25-28,1916.
Fourth, Boston, Mass., August 21-25,1917.
Fifth, Madison, Wis., September 24-27, 1918.
Sixth, Toronto, Canada, September 23-26, 1919.
Seventh, San Francisco, Calif., September 20-24, 1920.
Eighth, Chicago, 111., September 19-23,1921.
Ninth, Baltimore, Md., October 9-13, 1922.
Tenth, St. Paul, Minn., September 24-26, 1923.
Eleventh, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 26-28,1924.
Index to proceedings, 1914-1924.
Twelfth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 17-20, 1925.
Thirteenth, Hartford, Conn., September 14-17,1926.
Fourteenth, Atlanta, Ga., September 27-29, 1927.
Fifteenth, Paterson, N. J., September 11-14,1928.
Sixteenth, Buffalo, N. Y., October 8-11.1929.

Proceedings of Annual Meetings of the International Association of Public Employment Services.

No. 192. First, Chicago, December 19 and 20, 1913; second, Indianapolis, September 24 and 25, 1914;
third, Detroit, July 1 and 2,1915.
No. 220. Fourth, Buffalo, N. Y., July 20 and 21,1916.
No. 311. Ninth, Buffalo, N. Y., September 7-9,1921.
No. 337. Tenth, Washington, D. C., September 11-13, 1922.
No. 355. Eleventh, Toronto, Canada, September 4-7, 1923.
No. 400. Twelfth, Chicago, 111., May 19-23,1924.
No. 414. Thirteenth, Rochester, N. Y., September 15-17, 1925.
No. 478. Fifteenth, Detroit, Mich., October 25-28,1927.
No. 501. Sixteenth, Cleveland, Ohio, September 18-21,1928.
Productivity of Labor.

No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.

356.
360.
407.
412.
441.
474.
475.

Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [1924.]
Time and labor costs in manufacturing 100 pairs of shoes, 1923.
Labor cost of production and wages and hours of labor in the paper box-board industry, f1926.]
Wages, hours, and productivity in the pottery industry, 1925.
Productivity of labor in the glass industry. [1927.]
Productivity of labor in merchant blast furnaces. [1928.]
Productivity of labor in newspaper printing. [1929.]

Retail Prices and Cost of Living.

♦No. 121.
♦No. 130.
♦No. 164.
No. 170.
No. 357.
No. 369.
No. 495.

Sugar prices, from refiner to consumer. [1913.]
Wheat and flour prices, from farmer to consumer. [1913.]
Butter prices, from producer to consumer. [1914.]
Foreign food prices as affected by the war. [1915.]
Cost of living in the United States. [1924.]
The use of cost-of-living figures in wage adjustments. [1925.]
Retail prices, 1899 to 1928.

Safety Codes.

•No. 331.
No. 336.
No. 350.
•No. 351.
No. 375.
No. 378.
No. 382.

Code of lighting: Factories, mills, and other work places.
Safety code for the protection of industrial workers in foundries.
Rules governing the approval of headlighting devices for motor vehicles.
Safety code for the construction, care, and use of ladders.
Safety code for laundry machinery and operations.
Safety code for woodworking plants.
Code of lighting school buildings.




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Safety Codes—Continued.

No. 410.
No. 430.
No. 433.
No. 436.
No. 447.
No. 451.
No. 463.
No. 509.
No. 512.
No. 519.

Safety code for paper and pulp mills.
Safety code for power presses and foot and hand presses.
Safety codes for the prevention of dust explosions.
Safety code for the use, care, and protection of abrasive wheels.
Safety code for rubber mills and calenders.
Safety code for forging and hot-metal stamping.
Safety code for mechanical power-transmission apparatus—first revision.
Textile safety code.
Code for identification of gas mask canisters
Safety code for woodworking plants, as revised, 1930.

Vocational and Workers, Education.

*No. 159.
♦No. 162.
•No. 199.
No. 271.
No. 459.

Short-unit courses for wage earners, and a factory school experiment. [1915.J
Vocational-education survey of Richmond, Va. [1915.]
Vocational-education survey of Minneapolis, Minn. [1917.]
Adult working-class education in Great Britain and the United States. [1920.]
Apprenticeship in building construction. [1928.]

Wages and Hours of Labor.

♦No. 146. Wages and regularity of employment and standardization of piece rates in the dress and
waist industry of New York City. [1914.]
♦No. 147. Wages and regularity of employment in the cloak, suit, and skirt industry. [1914.]
No. 161. Wages and hours of labor in the clothing and cigar industries, 1911 to 1913.
No. 163. Wages and hours of labor in the building and repairing of steam railroad cars, 1907 to 1913.
♦No. 190. Wages and hours of labor in the cotton, woolen, and silk industries, 1907 to 1914.
No. 204. Street-railway employment in the United States. [1917.J
No. 225. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber, millwork, and furniture industries, 1915.
No. 265. Industrial survey in selected industries in the United States, 1919.
No. 297. Wages and hours of labor in the petroleum industry, 1920.
No. 356. Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [1924.]
No. 358. Wages and hours of labor in the automobile-tire industry, 1923.
No. 360. Time and labor costs in manufacturing 100 pairs of shoes, 1923.
No. 365. Wages and hours of labor in the paper and pulp industry, 1923.
No. 394. Wages and hours of labor in metalliferous mines, 1924.
No. 407. Labor cost of production and wages and hours of labor in the paper box-board indust ry. [19251
No. 412. Wages, hours, and productivity in the pottery industry, 1925.
No. 416. Hours and earnings in anthracite and bituminous coal mining, 1922 and 1924.
No. 472. Wages and hours of labor in the slaughtering and meat packing industry, 1927.
No. 476. Union scales of wages and hours of labor, 1927. [Supplement to Bui. No. 457.J
No. 484. Wages and hours of labor of common street laborers, 1928.
No. 487. Wages and hours of labor in woolen and worsted goods manufacturing, 1910 to 1928.
No. 492. Wages and hours of labor in cotton-goods manufacturing, 1910 to 1928.
No. 497. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber industry in the United States, 1928.
No. 498. Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe industry. 1910 to 1928.
No. 499. History of wages in the United States from colonial times to 1928.
No. 502. Wages and hours of labor in the motor-vehicle industry, 1928.
No. 503. Wages and hours of labor in the men’s clothing industry, 1911 to 1928.
No. 504. Wages and hours of labor in the hosiery and underwear industries, 1907 to 1928.
No. 513. Wages and hours of labor in the iron and steel industry, 1929.
No. 514. Pennsylvania Railroad wage data. From Report of Joint Fact Finding Committee in
wage negotiations in 1927.
No. 515. Union scales of wages, May 15, 1929.
No. 516. Hours and earnings in bituminous coal mining, 1929.
No. 522. Wages and hours of labor in foundries and machine shops, 1929. (In press.)
Welfare Work.

♦No.
No.
♦No.
No.

123.
222.
250.
458.

Employers’ welfare work. [1913.]
Welfare work in British munitions factories. [1917.]
Welfare work for employees in industrial establishments in the United States.
Health and recreation activities in industrial establishments, 1926.

[1919.]

Wholesale Prices.

No.
No.
No.
No.

284.
453.
493.
521.

Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States and foreign countries.
Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, 1923 to July, 1927.
Wholesale prices, 1913 to 1928.
Wholesale prices, 1929.




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[1921.]

Women and Children in IndustryNo. 116. Hours, earnings, and duration of employment of wage-earning women in selected industries
in the District of Columbia. [1913.]
*No. 117. Prohibition of night work of young persons. [1913.]
*
*No. 118. Ten-hour maximum working-day for women and young persons. [1913.]
No. 119. Working hours of women in the pea canneries of Wisconsin. [1913.]
•No 122. Employment of women in power laundries in Milwaukee [1913.]
♦No. 160. Hours, earnings, and conditions of labor of women in Indiana mercantile establishments and
garment factories. [1914.]
♦No. 167. Minimum-wage legislation in the United States and foreign countries. [1915.]
♦No. 175. Summary of the report on conditions of woman and child wage earners in the United States.
[1915.]
♦No. 176. Effect of minimum-wage determinations in Oregon. [1915.]
♦No. 180. The boot and shoe industry in Massachusetts as a vocation for women. [1915.]
♦No. 182. Unemployment among women in department and other retail stores of Boston, Mass. [1916.]
No. 193. Dressmaking as a trade for women in Massachusetts. U916.]
No. 215. Industrial experience of trade-school girls in Massachusetts. [1917.]
♦No. 217. Effect of workmen’s compensation laws in diminishing the necessity of industrial employ­
ment of women and children. [1918.]
•No. 223. Employment of women and juveniles in Great Britain during the war. [1917.1
No. 253. Women in the lead industries. [1919.]
Workmen's Insurance and Compensation (including laws relating thereto).
♦No. 101. Care of tuberculous wage earners in Germany. [1912.]
♦No. 102. British national insurance act, 1911.
No. 103 Sickness and accident insurance law in Switzerland. [1912.]
No. 107 Law relating to insurance of salaried employees in Germany. (1913.1
♦No. 155. Compensation for accidents to employees of the United States. [1914.]
No. 212. Proceedings of the conference on social insurance called by the International Association of
Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Washington, D. C., December 5-9,1916.
♦No. 243. Workmen’s compensation legislation in the United States and foreign countries, 1917 and 1918.
No. 301. Comparison of workmen’s compensation insurance and administration. [1922.]
No. 312. National health insurance in Great Britain, 1911 to 1921.
No. 379. Comparison of workmen’s compensation laws of the United States as of January 1, 1925.
No. 477. Public-service retirement systems, United States and Europe. [1928.]
No. 496. Workmen’s compensation legislation of the United States and Canada as of January, 1929.
(With text of legislation enacted in 1927 and 1928.)
Miscellaneous Series.
♦No. 174. Subject index of the publications of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics up to May
1, 1915.

No. 208.
No 242.
No. 254.
No. 268.
No. 282.
No. 319.
No. 326.
No. 342.
No. 346.
No. 372.
No. 386.
No. 398.
No. 401.
No. 461
No. 462.
No. 465.
No. 4Y9.
No. 483.
No. 489
No. 491.
No. 505.
No. 506.
No. 518.

Profit sharing in the United States. [1916.]
Pood situation in central Europe, 1917
International labor legislation and the society of nations. U919.]
Historical survey of international action affecting labor. [1920.]
Mutual relief associations among Government employees in Washington, D. C. [1921.1
The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Its history, activities, and organization. [1922.]
Methods of procuring and computing statistical information of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[1923.]
International Seamen’s Union of America: A study of its history and problems [1923.]
Humanity in government. [1923.]
Convict labor in 1923.
Cost of American almshouses. 11925.]
Growth of legal-aid work in the United States. [1926.]
Family allowances in foreign countries. [1926.]
Labor organizations in Chile. [1928.]
Park recreation areas in the United States. [1928.]
Beneficial activities of American trade-unions. [1928.]
Activities and functions of a State department of labor. [19284
Conditions in the shoe industry in Haverhill, Mass., 1928.
Care of aged persons ?n United States. [1929.1
Handbook of labor statistics. 1929 edition.
Directory of homes for the aged in the United States. [1929.
Handbook of American trade-unions: 1929 edition.
Personnel research agencies: 1930 edition.




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