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WAGE INDEXES

Long-Term Trend Data

For Selected Occupations

and Metropolitan Areas, 1907-66

Bulletin No. 1505

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UNITED STA TES DEPARTM EN T OF LABOR W. W illard W irtz, S e c re ta ry

BUREAU UF LABOR STATISTICS

Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner

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WAGE INDEXES

Long-Term Trend Data

For Selected Occupations

and Metropolitan Areas, 1907—66

Bulletin No. 1505November 1966

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LADOR bureau of labo r sta tist ics

W. Willard W irtz, Secretary Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner

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P r e f a c e

This bulletin is an assem bly o f various wage and sa la ry indexes, with supporting charts, compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some o f these indexes w ere der ived from data co llected by the Bureau; others w ere developed from secondary source m ater ia l. The text is intended to be only a sum m ary explanation of the scope of the indexes and the methodology used in their construction, since detailed expositions a re availab le in the o r ig ina l sources. R e f erences to the source publications a re contained in the text.

The t im e per iod covered is not the same in the various s e r ies . Each ser ies is presented from the in it ia l date of the compilation of that particular index. The ea r l ie s t indexes date from 1907; some begin in the 1920’s; and those der ived from community wage surveys start in 1952.

The m ater ia l included in this report does not exhaust the data on earnings currently incorporated in the t im e se r ies prepared and published by the Bureau. F o r example, the tables do not prov ide in formation on hourly and w eek ly earnings fo r the many manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries and industry groups fo r which data a re compiled monthly by the D iv is ion o f Industry Employment Statistics. These data are published monthly in "Em ploym ent and Earn ings” and by month in Employment and Earnings Statistics fo r the United States, 1909—65 (BLS Bulletin 1312-3, 1966).

The occupations and industries included in the indexes a re not intended to be represen ta t ive o f a ll wage and sa la ry w orkers ; consequently, o v e ra l l trends for a ll w orkers cannot be obtained by combining the indexes.

To supplement the indexes, the bulletin includes in formation on general wage changes in m a jo r co l lec t ive bargaining situations.

Indexes o f union wage scales and related sta tis t ica l analyses are prepared in the D iv is ion of National Wage and Sa lary Income. Data on occupational wages in m ach inery manufacturing industries and occupational earnings in se lected m e t ropolitan areas are sum m arized in indexes constructed by the D iv is ion of Occupational Pay. The D iv is ion of Wage Econom ics maintains indexes o f annual sa laries of government employees (including F ed e ra l c la ss if ied em p loyees , public school teachers , po licem en, and f irem en ) and the se r ies on wage changes in m ajo r co l lec t ive bargaining situations. Data used in preparing the indexes o f fa c to ry w o rk e rs ' earnings are com piled by the D iv is ion o f Industry Employment Statistics.

This bulletin was compiled in the D iv is ion o f Wage Econom ics, L i l y M ary David, Chief.

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Contents

Page

Scope and method of index construction —----------------------------------------------------- 1Union wage s c a le s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1Production w orkers in machinery manufacturing, m a jo r metropolitan

areas; maintenance, unskilled w orkers , o f f ice c le r ic a l w orkers , andindustria l nurses, a ll industries, se lected m etropolitan a r e a s ------------- 5

Mach inery manufacturing production w orkers ------------------------------------- 5Skilled plant maintenance and unskilled w orkers , o f f ice c le r ic a l

w orkers , and industrial nurses, in se lected m etropolitan a r e a s ------ 8Government em p loyees ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16

F ed e ra l c la ss i f ied e m p lo y e e s -------------------------------------------------------------- 16Urban public school tea ch e rs --------------------------------------------------------------- 19Po l icem en and f irem en ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20

F ac to ry w o rk e rs ' earnings----------------------------------------------------------------------- 23A vera ge hourly earnings excluding ove r t im e and

interindustry shifts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23General wage ch an ges ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25

C harts :

1. Trends of union wage scales, 1907—65 ---------------------------------------------- 32. Trends of occupational wage rates, m achinery manufacturing,

se lected periods, 1945—65 -------------------------------------------------------------- 73. Percen tage increase in hourly o r w eek ly earnings in spec ified

plant and o f f ice occupations, 1952—65 (a l l industries, se lected metropolitan a r e a s ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15

4. Trends of annual sa la r ies , F ed e ra l C lass if ica t ion Actem ployees , 1939—65 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18

5. Trends of average annual sa la r ies of public school teachers ,1925—65, and maximum sa lary scales of urban f ir e f igh te rsand po lice patrolmen, 1924—65-------------------------------------------------------- 21

6. Negotiated wage rate adjustments, a ll industries, 1954—65 --------------- 27

T a b le s :

1. Union wage scales------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22. Union wage scales in the building t ra d e s ------------------------------------------- 43. Hourly earnings: M ach inery m anufacturing-------------------------------------- 64. Hourly earnings: Unskilled plant w o r k e r s ---------------------------------------- 105. Hourly earnings: Skilled maintenance t r a d e s ----------------------------------- 116. W eekly earnings: O ff ice w orkers ----------------------------------------------------- 127. Weekly earnings: Industrial nu rses ------------------------ 138. Hourly and week ly earnings: Selected occupational groups,

a ll m etropolitan a re a s --------------------------------------------------------------------- 149. Annual sa laries of government em ployees ---------------------------------------- 17

10. F ac to ry w o rk e rs ' earn ings---------------------------------------------------------------- 2411. A ve ra ge (median) genera l wage changes in m ajo r co l lec t ive

bargaining situations----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2612. A ve ra ge (median) genera l wage changes, all m anufacturing------------- 26

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W age Indexes—

Long-Term Trend Data for Selected Occupations and Metropolitan Areas, 1907—66

Scope and Method of Index Construction

Union Wage Scales

The wage scale indexes in table 1 represen t the basic hourly rates o f pay resulting from co llec t ive bargaining. These rates a re basic (m inimum) wage scales exclusive of holiday, vacation, or other benefit payments regu la r ly made or cred ited to the w orker each pay period. Rates in excess o f the negotiated minimum, which may be paid fo r specia l qualifications, or other reasons, a re a lso excluded.

As o f July 1, 1965, the indexes w ere based on union scales in e f fec tfo r approx im ately 860,000 journeymen, he lpers , and laborers in 33 building construction c lass if ica t ions, 63,000 loca l-transit operating em p loyees , 105,000 w o rk ers in 20 newspaper and job printing cra fts , and 340,000 loca l m otortruck d r iv e rs and h e lp e rs .1 Union o ff ic ia ls in 68 c it ies furnished the data fo r the printing trades; in formation fo r the other trades was gathered from o ff ic ia ls in 67 c it ies .

Only c it ies having a population of 100,000 or m ore w ere covered in the surveys. A l l c it ies of 500, 000 or m ore , and most c it ies in the 250, 000 to 500, 000 range w e re included. Those in the 100, 000 to 250, 000 ca tegory rep resen t a wide geograph ica l d ispers ion . To compensate fo r c it ies not surveyed, data fo r se lec ted c it ies w ere weighted according to separate geographic regions to obtain national industry and occupational indexes.

The procedure fo r der iv ing lon g - te rm indexes of union wage scales in vo lves calculating average wage scales in 2 successive y ea rs , computing the p e r centage change (or re la t iv e ) and applying that percentage to the previous index. A ve ra g e hourly wage scales fo r a year a re computed by weighting the individual hourly scale by the number o f union m em bers rece iv in g that sca le during the year . A comparable average fo r the preced ing yea r is obtained by applying the current m em bersh ip weights to the wage scales fo r the identical occupational c lass if ica t ions in the fo rm e r period. The y e a r - to -y e a r percentage change ( r e la tive) is calculated and applied to the index fo r the e a r l ie r y ea r to obtain a cu r rent index figure.

The estimated index numbers shown in table 2 are constructed in the same manner as those fo r the building trades in table 1, but d i f fe r f r o m them in two important respects: (1) data a re co llected and index numbers a re computed qu a rte r ly , and (2) the index is computed from movements in base rates negotiated by union locals representing seven m a jo r trades. Only union m em bersh ip data r e ported at the base rate in July o f each yea r are used as weights to estim ate the quarte r ly index. The seven c lass if ica t ions fo r which base rates are co llec ted are: B r ick la ye rs , carpenters, e lec tr ic ian s , painters, p la s te re rs , p lumbers, andbuilding laborers . *

* For a list of the occupations included in each index, as well as a description of the number of trades and cities included in earlier indexes, see the following Bureau of Labor Statistics bulletins: Union Wages and Hours: Local-Transit Operating Employees, July 1, 1964, and Trend 1929-64 (Bulletin 1431 ); Union Wages and Hours: Building Trades, July 1, 1964, and Trend 1907-64 (Bulletin 1432); Union Wages and Hours: Motortruck Drivers and Helpers,July 1, 1964, and Trend 1936-64 (Bulletin 1433); and Union Wages and Hours: Printing Industry, July 1, 1964, andTrend 1907-64 (Bulletin 1434).


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Table 1. Union Wage Scales

(In d exes fo r s e le c te d tra d es in b u ild in g , p r in tin g , lo c a l t r a n s it , and lo c a l tru ck in g in d u s tr ie s , 1907—65)

(1957-59 = 100)

P e r io d

B u ild in g tra d es P r in t in g tra d es L o c a ltra n s it L o c a l tru ck in g

A l ltra d es

J o u r n e y m en

L a b o r e r s

A l lp r in t

ing

B ook and job N ew sp a p e rsO p e ra

tin ge m

p lo y e e s

D r iv e r sand

h e lp e rsD r iv e r s H e lp e rsA l l

tra d e s

C om po s i to r s ,hand

P r e s s a s s is t

ants and fe e d e r s

B in d e ryw om en

A l ltra d es

C om pos - it o r s , hand

M a ile r s

M a y 15:1907 _________________ 11. 2 11. 8 8. 3 - 10. 4 12. 6 8. 9 - 13. 8 14. 4 - - - - -1908 _________________ 11. 9 12. 6 8. 7 - 11. 5 12. 6 9. 9 - 14. 5 15. 2 - _ - _ _1 qOQ 12. 5 13. 2 8. 9 - 12. 3 12. 6 10. 0 - 15. 1 16. 0 - - _ - -1 9 1 0 _________________ 13. 0 13. 8 9. 2 - 13. 0 13. 2 10. 2 - 15. 6 16. 7 - - - - -1911 _________________ 13. 2 14. 0 9. 3 13. 9 13. 3 13. 5 10. 6 - 15. 9 17. 0 " - - "

1 9 1 2 _________________ 13. 5 14. 3 9. 3 14. 1 13. 5 13. 8 10. 8 . 16. 2 17. 4 _ _ _ _ _1 9 1 3 _________________ 13. 8 14. 6 9. 6 14. 4 13. 8 14. 0 11. 0 - 16. 5 17. 7 - _ - - -1 9 1 4 _________________ 14. 1 15. 0 9. 7 14. 6 14. 1 14. 4 11. 4 - 16. 7 17. 9 - - - - -1 9 1 5 _________________ 14. 3 15. 1 9. 8 14. 8 14. 2 14. 4 11. 4 11. 0 16. 8 18. 0 - - - - -1 9 1 6 _________________ 14. 7 15. 6 10. 1 14. 9 14. 4 14. 7 11. 6 11. 2 16. 8 18. 0 - - - -

1 9 1 7 _________________ 15. 6 16. 5 11. 2 15. 4 14. 8 15. 0 12. 2 12. 0 17. 3 18. 5 _ _ _ _ _1 9 1 8 _________________ 17. 3 18. 2 12. 9 16. 7 16. 5 16. 6 14. 3 13. 3 18. 1 19. 3 _ _ _ _ _1 9 1 9 _________________ 19. 9 20. 8 14. 9 20. 5 20. 3 20. 3 18. 4 17. 3 21. 9 23. 2 - - - _ -1920 _________________ 26. 8 27. 8 21. 7 26. 3 26. 5 26. 7 25. 2 23. 9 26. 7 28. 2 - _ _ _ _1921 _ ____ ____ 27. 3 28. 4 21. 9 28. 8 29. 1 30. 6 27. 3 27. 8 29. 1 30. 7 - - - -

1922 _________________ 25. 6 26. 7 19. 9 29. 1 29. 3 31. 1 26. 4 26. 9 29. 4 31. 5 _ _ _ _ _

1923 _________________ 28. 3 29. 5 21. 1 29. 9 30. 5 31. 9 29. 6 28. 2 29. 7 31. 8 - _ _ _ -1924 _________________ 30. 5 31. 8 22. 8 31. 4 31. 7 33. 3 29. 3 28. 6 31. 5 33. 4 - - - - -1925 ............................ 31. 7 33. 0 23. 6 31. 9 32. 0 33. 1 31. 0 28. 9 32. 1 33. 6 - _ _ _ _1926 _________________ 33. 8 35. 2 25. 7 32. 6 32. 7 33. 8 31. 3 28. 4 32. 8 34. 4 - - - - -

1927 35. 0 36. 4 26. 2 33. 6 33. 6 34. 4 31. 7 2 9 . 0 33. 7 35. 6 _ _ _ _ _

1928 _________________ 35. 2 35. 7 26. 5 34. 2 34. 0 34. 9 31. 9 29. 2 34. 5 36. 3 _ _ _ _ _1929 _________________ 35. 6 37. 1 26. 9 34. 7 34. 5 35. 1 32. 2 29. 4 35. 2 36. 9 _ 32. 7 _ - -1930 _________________ 37. 1 38. 7 28. 3 35. 2 35. 1 35. 9 32. 6 29. 6 35. 5 37. 3 _ 33. 01931 _________________ 37. 2 38. 8 28. 1 35. 4 35. 3 36. 0 32. 8 29. 7 35. 6 37. 3 " 33. 0

1932 _________________ 31. 8 33. 2 24. 0 35. 2 34. 9 35. 9 31. 4 2 9 . 0 35. 5 36. 9 _ 32. 4 _ _ _1933 _________________ 30. 9 32. 3 22. 9 33. 1 33. 0 33. 8 29. 3 27. 8 33. 3 34. 4 - _ - - -19 34 _________________ 31. 2 32. 5 23. 6 33. 8 33. 9 34. 1 30. 4 29. 3 33. 7 35. 0 _ 31. 5 _ _ _1935 _________________ 31. 5 32. 9 23. 7 35. 0 34. 7 34. 7 31. 0 29. 5 35. 7 37. 3 - 32. 6 _ _ _1936 _________________ 32. 6 34. 0 25. 1 35. 9 35. 6 35. 8 32. 1 30. 1 36. 2 37. 9 - 32. 9 29. 4 - _1937 ---------------------- 34. 9 36. 3 27. 3 37. 0 36. 8 37. 1 33. 7 30. 6 37. 6 39. 5 31. 7 34. 5 31. 3 31. 8 28. 5

June 1:1938 _________________ 38. 0 39. 5 30. 1 38. 2 38. 1 38. 3 35. 5 32. 1 38. 6 40. 3 32. 5 35. 5 32. 4 32. 9 29. 51939 _________________ 38. 3 39. 7 30. 3 38. 6 38. 3 38. 5 35. 7 32. 5 39. 1 40. 6 32. 8 35. 7 33. 1 33. 6 30. 21940 _________________ 38. 9 40. 3 30. 9 39. 1 38. 7 39. 2 35. 9 32. 7 39. 9 41. 5 33. 8 36. 1 33. 8 34. 3 30. 91941 ---------------------- 40. 3 41. 7 32. 4 39.6 39. 1 39. 8 36. 3 33. 4 40. 4 42. 0 35. 1 37. 5 35. 2 35. 6 32. 4

Ju ly 1:1942 _________________ 42. 8 44. 1 35. 6 41. 3 40. 8 41. 2 38. 5 35. 4 42. 2 43. 8 37. 8 40. 2 37. 7 38. 0 35. 21943 _________________ 43. 1 44. 3 36. 0 42. 5 41. 9 42. 4 39. 7 36. 5 44. 0 45. 6 39. 4 42. 8 39. 7 40. 1 37. 21944 _________________ 43. 5 44. 6 36. 4 4 3 .6 43. 0 43. 8 40. 6 38. 3 45. 0 46. 5 39. 9 43. 1 40. 6 41. 0 38. 31945 .................. ......... 44. 4 45. 4 38. 1 44. 2 43. 6 44. 3 41. 1 39. 1 45. 6 47. 1 40. 6 43. 6 41. 5 41. 9 39. 21946 ........................... 49. 5 50. 3 44. 3 51. 7 51. 2 51. 7 49. 7 47. 5 52. 9 53. 9 49. 4 51. 1 46. 2 46. 6 44. 0

1947 ........................... 56 .6 5 7 .4 51. 8 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 57. 7 53. 3 53. 8 5 0 .41948 _________________ 62. 6 63. 3 58. 4 265. 7 265. 1 266. 4 265. 0 262. 3 267. 0 269. 2 262. 9 >63. 5 58. 0 58. 5 55. 91949 _________________ 65. 2 66. 0 6 0 .6 73. 6 73. 0 74. 6 72. 1 68. 4 75. 1 76. 2 71. 7 *66. 1 62. 7 63. 3 60. 21950 _________________ 68. 0 68. 8 63. 9 75. 1 74. 7 75. 8 73. 9 70. 7 76. 3 77. 2 72. 9 *69. 2 64. 9 65. 4 62. 81951 _________________ 72. 4 73. 1 68. 2 78. 3 77. 4 78. 4 77. 1 73. 7 80. 1 80. 7 76. 9 ! 7 3. 8 68. 6 69. 0 6 6 .41952 _________________ 76. 9 77. 5 72. 7 82. 7 82. 4 83. 2 81. 4 78. 6 83. 6 84. 2 81. 6 *79. 3 72. 4 72. 6 70. 9

1953 _________________ 80. 9 81. 3 77. 7 86. 0 85. 6 86. 5 84. 9 82. 2 86. 9 87. 3 85. 1 81. 1 78. 1 78. 3 76. 51954 _________ 83. 8 84. 3 81. 0 88. 5 88. 1 88. 7 87. 5 85. 6 89. 5 89. 7 88. 0 85. 1 81. 4 81. 5 80. 51955 _________________ 86. 8 87. 1 84. 5 9 1 . 0 90. 7 91. 4 90. 5 88. 6 91 .6 91. 6 90. 4 87. 6 86. 0 86. 1 85. 11956 _________________ 90. 8 91. 0 89. 6 93. 4 93. 2 93. 7 93. 1 91. 2 93. 9 94. 0 93. 0 91. 1 90. 2 90. 3 89. 81957 _________________ 95. 5 95 .6 94. 8 96. 7 96 .6 97. 1 96. 5 96. 2 96. 9 97. 0 96. 2 94. 9 95. 1 95. 1 95. 01958 _________________ 99. 8 99. 9 9 9 .4 100. 0 99. 9 100. 0 100. 1 99. 5 100. 1 100. 0 100. 0 100. 6 100. 1 100. 1 100. 2

1959 104. 7 104. 5 105. 7 103. 3 103. 5 102. 8 103. 4 104. 2 103. 1 102. 9 103. 8 104. 4 104. 8 104. 9 104. 71960 _ _ _ 1 0 9 . 0 108. 6 110.6 106. 3 106. 9 106. 4 106. 6 108. 6 105. 4 105. 1 106. 5 108. 4 109. 3 109. 3 109. 31961 _________________ 113. 3 112. 8 115. 9 109. 7 110. 6 109. 9 110. 5 113. 1 108. 4 107. 7 110. 1 112. 5 113. 4 113. 4 113. 41962 ______________ 117. 5 117. 1 120. 1 112. 9 114. 0 113. 3 113. 7 117. 1 111.3 110. 8 113. 4 117. 1 117. 8 117. 8 117. 91963 _________________ 121. 7 121. 3 124. 4 116. 2 117. 4 116. 7 117. 3 121. 3 114. 4 113. 9 116. 8 121. 5 123. 1 123. 1 123. 61964 _________________ 126. 2 125. 7 129. 7 119. 3 120. 7 119. 7 121. 3 125. 3 117. 1 117. 0 118. 1 126. 4 127. 7 127. 7 128. 21965 _________________ 131. 4 130. 7 135.8 122. 7 124. 4 123. 8 124. 6 129. 7 120. 1 119. 9 122. 0 131. 7 132. 2 132. 2 133. 1

1 O ct. 1.2 Jan. 2.

N O T E : D ash es in d ica te no data o r data that do not m e e t p u b lica tion c r i t e r ia .


Chart 1. Trends of Union Wage Scales, 1907-65 (1957-59=100)

1907 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965

Source: Tab le 1.


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Table 2. Union Wage Scales in the Building Trades

(In d ex es fo r s e le c te d tra d e s in the con stru c tio n in d u s try by q u a rte r , 1950—66)

Y e a r and m onth

1950: J a n u a ry -----------------------------------------A p r i l --------------------------------------------JUl y -----------------------------------------------O c to b e r -----------------------------------------

A p r i l --------------------------------------------j ul y -----------------------------------------------O c to b e r -----------------------------------------

1952: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------A p r i l --------------------------------------------J u ly -----------------------------------------------O c to b e r -----------------------------------------

1953: J a n u a ry -----------------------------------------A p r i l ----------------------------------------------J u ly -----------------------------------------------O c to b e r -----------------------------------------

1954: J a n u a ry -----------------------------------------A p r i l --------------------------------------------J u ly -----------------------------------------------O c to b e r -----------------------------------------

1955: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------A p r i l --------------------------------------------A p r i l ----------------------------------------------O c tob er ----------------------------------------

1956: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------A p r i l --------------------------------------------J u ly -----------------------------------------------O c tob er ----------------------------------------

1957: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------A p r i l --------------------------------------------J u ly -----------------------------------------------O c tob er ----------------------------------------

1958: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------A p r i l --------------------------------------------J u ly -----------------------------------------------O c to b e r ----------------------------------------

A l ltrad e i

6 6 . 0 66 . 2 68. 069. 270. 471. 072. 472. 973. 674. 076. 977. 978. 3 78. 5 80. 9 81. 481. 982. 183. 884. 5 84. 7 84. 8 8 6 . 8 87. 387. 888. 5 9 0 . 8 9 1 . 2 92. 1 92. 5 95. 595. 796. 4 96. 9 99. 8

100. 1

(1957-59 = 100)

1959: Jan uary — A p r i l -------J u ly ---------O c tob e r —

I960 : J a n u a ry —A p r i l -------J u ly ---------O c to b e r —

1961: J a n u a ry —A p r i l -------J u ly ---------O c tob er —

1962: Jan uary —A p r i l -------J u ly ---------O c tob er —

1963: Jan uary —A p r i l -------J u ly ---------O c tob er —

1964: Jan uary —A p r i l -------J u ly ---------O c to b e r —

1965: Jan uary —A p r i l ------J u ly ---------O c tob er —

1966: J a n u a ry —A p r i l ------J u ly ---------O c tob er —

Y e a r and m onth A l ltr a d e s

101. 1101. 4104. 7105. 0 105. 6 105. 8 109. 0109. 51 1 0 . 2 110. 6 113. 3113. 7114. 2 114. 5117. 5118. 0 118. 5 118. 9121. 71 2 2 . 0 122. 5 122. 7 126. 2126. 5127. 2 127. 7 131. 4 131. 8

136. 4


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production W orkers in Mach inery Manufacturing, M a jor Metropolitan A reas ; Maintenance, Unskilled W orkers , O ff ice C le r ica l W o rk e rs , and Industrial Nurses, A l l Industries, Selected M etropolitan A r e a s ,

Data fo r the indexes w e re compiled by the D iv is ion of Occupational Pay fro m data obtained in the Bureau ’ s industry wage surveys and the annual occupational wage surveys in se lec ted m etropolitan areas.

The in formation r e fe r s to s tra igh t-t im e average hourly earnings, excluding prem ium pay fo r o v e r t im e and fo r work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Incentive pay is included as part of regu lar pay, but nonproduction bonuses are excluded. Weekly earnings fo r o f f ice c le r ic a l and industria l nurses r e fe r to the stra ight-t im e sa la ry corresponding to the w o rk e r s ’ norm al week ly w ork schedule excluding over t im e .

Data w ere obtained fr o m a sample of establishments by personal v is it , or, in the case of some machinery establishments, by m a il in alternate yea rs . To obtain appropriate accuracy at m inimum cost, a g rea te r proportion of la rge than small establishments was studied. In combining the data, however, all e s tablishments w ere g iven their appropriate weight. Occupational c lass if ica t ion was based on a uniform set of job descrip tions designed to take into account m inor inter establishment var ia t ion in duties within the same job.

Machinery Manufacturing Production W o rk e rs . The indexes of wage trends in the m achinery industry represen t establishments with 20 em ployees 2 or m ore in 21 m a jo r areas of machinery production (table 3). In 1965, these areas accounted fo r near ly two-f i fths of the 1.7 m il l ion w orkers in the Nation ’ s nonelec tr ica l m achinery manufacturing industries.

Only se lected occupations chosen fo r their num erica l importance, the ir usefulness in co l lec t ive bargaining, or because they are rep resen ta t ive of the industrial wage scale structure w ere studied.

Over the per iod covered by these indexes, there have been changes in occupational and industria l coverage . The indexes fo r 1945, 1946, and 1947, are based on ’ ’m iscellaneous machinery, " which consists of a ll types o f m ach ine ry except e le c tr ica l, and machine tools and acce sso r ie s . In 1949, and su cces sive years , machine tools and m ach ine-too l a ccesso r ies w ere added to m is c e l laneous machinery.

The 1959 and subsequent surveys w ere based on a re v is ed defin ition of the m achinery industries group as prov ided in the Standard Industrial C la s s i fication Manual. A linking procedure was used to m in im ize the e ffect on the index of the change in industry defin itions. This was accomplished by computing the percent of change fr o m 1958 to 1959 fo r those establishments included in both surveys, and applying the percentage change to the 1958 index (computed with re fe ren ce to the previous defin ition of the industry) to obtain the 1959 index.

Before 1952, coverage of m ach ine-too l operations was l im ited to certa in types of machines. In 1952, the occupational coverage o f the survey was in creased to include, with m inor exceptions, all m ach ine-too l operators , c lasses A, B, and C. The indexes since 1952 have been computed on the basis of the broader occupational coverage .

2 The index also includes establishments with 8 to 19 workers engaged primarily in the manufacture of special dies and tools, die sets, jigs and fixtures, or machine-tool accessories and measuring devices.


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Table 3. Hourly Earnings: Machinery Manufacturing

(In d exes o f a v e ra g e s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u r ly ea rn in gs o f m en in s e le c te d p ro d u c tion occu p a tion s , s e le c te d m e tro p o lita n a r e a s , 1945—651 )

(1958-59 = 100)2

P e r io d

S e le c te d occu pations P ro d u c t io n w o rk e rs in—

L a h o re r s , m a te r ia l handling

T o o l and d ie m a k ers (o th e r than

iob b in g )

A l l a rea s c o m b in ed 3

B a l t i m o r e

B oston B u ffa lo C h icagoC le v e

land D a lla s D e n ve r D e tr o itH a r t fo rd H ou ston

1945: J a n u a ry -------- -1946: O c to b e r ------------1947: N o v e m b e r --------1948: N o v e m b e r --------1949: N o v e m b e r --------1951: J a n u a ry ------------1952: J a n u a ry ------------1953: J a n u a ry ------------1954: J a n u a ry ------------1955: J a n u a ry ------------1956: J a n u a ry ------------1958: J a n u a ry ------------1959: J a n u a ry ------------I960 : J a n u a ry ------------1961: M a rch —M a y ------1962: M a rch —J u n e ----1963: M a rch —M a y ------1964: M arch - M a y ------1965: A p r i l—J u n e-------

40. 7 51. 0 55. 1 60. 8 62. 5 67. 4 7 2. 0 77. 1 80. 7 83. 7 86. 7 97 .7

102. 3 105. 7 109. 9 112. 5 115. 8 119. 6 122. 0

48. 4 56. 6 61. 065. 366. 5 70. 0 73. 5 77. 9 82. 7 85. 1 89. 2 98. 0

102. 0 105. 9 109. 7 112. 7 115. 4 119. 2 122. 4

45. 0 53. 8 59. 064. 165. 1 70. 0 73. 8 78. 7 82. 6 85. 2 89. 3 98 .4

101. 6 105. 8 109. 0 112. 1 115. 1 118. 2 121. 1

43. 9 52. 2 57. 5 62. 6 62. 2 66. 2 67. 9 73. 6 76. 8 82. 9 87. 8 97. 0

103. 0 105. 8 110. 4 112. 5 118. 0 121. 5 124s 7

45. 4 53. 4 59. 4 66. 6 69. 6 72. 6 75. 2 79. 7 83. 7 86. 4 89. 1 97. 7

102. 2 107. 4 112. 1 115. 4 118. 7 120. 4 122. 9

47. 0 57. 5 57 .4 64. 7 63. 4 68. 1 72. 5 78. 9

83. 5 88. 5 98. 6

101. 3 104. 8 109. 0 111. 1 114. 9 118. 6 122. 3

44. 3 53. 7 59. 5 65. 5 65. 3 71 .6 74. 4 79. 9 83. 6 86. 6 90. 0 98. 2

101. 8 106. 2 107. 8 111. 1 114. 6 118. 8 121. 4

48. 0 55. 7 63 .666. 567. 1 72. 3 76. 0 79. 6 83. 6 85. 7 90 .4 98 .9

101. 1 108. 0 110. 3 114. 5 117. 6 120. 5 123. 6

51 .4 58. 2 62. 6 67. 0 69. 5 74. 4 76. 8 81. 1 85. 9 87. 4 89. 8 98. 3

101. 7 104. 8 108. 0 110. 9 113. 8 118.4 121.9

n80. 7 84. 7 98 .9

101. 1 104. 8 108. 2 109. 4 112. 2 115. 1 118. 4

48. 6 55. 3 60. 363. 064. 4 69. 2 73, 5 77. 781 .9 84. 2 88. 798 .9

101. 1 105. 3 108. 2110.4 113. 0115.4 118. 4

44. 5 52 .8 58. 2 64. 8 63. 7 68. 9 72. 3 78. 6 82. 2 84. 6 88. 5 9 8 .4

101. 5 106. 3 111.3 114. 0 117. 7 122. 3 125. 1

47. 1 52. 9 58. 865. 866. 2 70. 4 73. 7 78. 1 8 1 .6 84. 7 89. 2 99. 6

100.4 107. 9 107. 6 109. 9 112. 0113.5 116. 0

L osA n g e le s -

Lon gB ea ch

M i l w au kee

M in n e a p o lis— St. P a u l

N ewY o rkC ity

N ew a rkand

Je r se y C ity

P h i la d e lph ia

P i t t s burgh

P o r t land

(O r e g . )

St.L ou is

San F ran - c is c o —

O akland

W o r c e s t e r

1945: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------------------1946: O c to b e r ----------------------------------------------------1947: N o v e m b e r ------------------------------------------------1948: N o v e m b e r ------------------------------------------------1949: N o v e m b e r ------------------------------------------------1951: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------------------1952: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------------------1953: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------------------1954: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------------------1955: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------------------

1958: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------------------1959: J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------------------I960 : J a n u a ry ----------------------------------------------------1961: M a rch —M ay.----------------------------------------------1962: M a r c h —J u n e ---------------------------------------------1963: M a rch —M a y ----------------------------------------------1964: M a rch —M a y ----------------------------------------------1965: A p r i l—J u n e -----------------------------------------------

48. 7 56. 3 60. 564. 365. 1 6 9 .9 73. 2 79. 0 81. 8 85. 0 89. 1 98. 7

101. 2 105. 2 110.4 111.8115. 2116. 5 120. 9

41. 4 52. 9 57. 7 62. 6 62. 5 67. 6 73. 4 78. 7 81. 8 84. 3 88. 4 98. 4

101. 6 105. 5 109. 2 112. 5 115. 3 118. 2 119. 7

45. 3 53. 8 58. 7 64. 1 66. 9 70. 3 74. 6 80. 3 84. 4 87. 1 90. 6 98. 7

101. 3 105. 2 111. 4 113. 6 116. 4 121. 2 124. 1

46. 7 55. 8 61. 5 66. 0 70. 775. 576. 7 81. 4 85. 3 88. 6 91 .4 99. 3

100. 7 103. 6 107. 8 111. 8 115. 1 118. 6 120. 4

4 7 .6 56. 1 59. 7 66. 5 68. 171 .4 76. 3 81. 083 .4 85. 9 90. 1 97. 9

102. 1 103. 6 107. 9 111. 1 114. 1 119. 4 121.4

44. 7 54. 2 57. 9 63. 8 66 .4 70. 1 73. 8 80. 8 85. 0 87. 7 91. 1 97 .6

102.4 106. 6 110. 0 112. 7 114. 1 116. 8 119. 8

40. 1 49. 5 53. 2 60. 1 59 .767. 668. 5 73. 2 78. 7 80. 3 87. 1 97. 3

102. 7 105. 5 108. 5110. 3111. 0 112. 3 114. 2

( * ) 85. 6 88. 5 9 8 .4

101.6 110. 8 113. 1 117. 0 120.4 124. 1 129. 1

40. 7 48. 0 56 .9 61. 2 62. 3 65. 6 69. 9 74. 3 81 .7 84. 9 89. 6 98. 3

101. 7 105. 5 110. 1 115. 7 119. 7 122. 2 126. 0

4 6 .4 53. 0 57. 661 .9 62. 36 4 .4 70. 5 72. 8 77. 8 80. 0 80. 99 5 .9

104. 1 106. 7 109.9 112. 6 116. 3 119. 6 126. 0

( 4 ) 84. 8 90. 4 98. 3

101. 6 103. 5 108. 9 111.8 115. 9 118. 3 122. 1

1 D ata fo r the p e r io d s shown as Jan u ary 1951—60 c o v e r v a r io u s m onths, g e n e ra l ly w in te r , o f the y e a r .2 M a ch in e ry s u rv e y w as not conducted in 1957; b ase p e r io d lim ite d to 2 y e a rs .3 The a l l- a r e a a v e ra g e f o r the y e a rs 1945 th rough 1953 w as m ade up o f the a re a s shown and P ro v id e n c e , S y ra cu se , A tla n ta , C h attan ooga ,

T u ls a , C in c in n ati, In d ia n a po lis , and S ea tt le—T a com a .4 Data fo r 1954 and e a r l i e r y e a rs w e r e not s u ff ic ie n t ly c o m p a ra b le w ith in fo rm a tio n fo r subsequent y e a rs to show h e r e , but th e s e data

w e r e in c lu ded in the to ta l f o r a l l a r e a s stud ied .

N O T E : D ashes in d ica te no data o r data that do not m ee t p u b lic a tio n c r i t e r ia .


Chart 2. Trends of Occupational Wage Rates, Machinery Manufacturing, Selected Periods, 1945-65(1958-59=100)

Source: Table 3.


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Definitions fo r production and too lroom machine too l-op era to rs and too l and die m akers w ere rev ised in I960. In computing the percent of change fro m 1959 to I960 in areas a ffected by the changes, the average earnings used in these jobs, fo r index construction purposes, in both yea rs , w e re based on earnings of w orkers c la ss i f ied in accordance with the re v is ed definitions.

Individual a rea indexes, with constant area weights since 1953, w ere constructed in o rd e r to m in im ize the effects of changes in the occupational c o m position of the w ork fo rce , or any changes in an a r e a ’ s re la t iv e industry im p o r tance. The composite index fo r a ll combined areas has also been computed with constant a rea weights since 1953. F ro m 1953 through 1961, the constant weights w e re based on the average employment fo r 1953—54; since 1962, the weights have been based on the 1960—61 average employment.

P r io r to 1953, area indexes w ere computed by weighting the se lec ted job earnings in a 2 -year per iod with the job employment reco rded fo r the second yea r . Composite indexes w ere com piled in the same manner, but tota l average earnings w ere weighted by total employment fo r the second yea r in each area. A l l indexes have been converted to a 1958—59 base by dividing each index by the average of the indexes fo r 1958—59. 3

Skilled Plant Maintenance and Unskilled W orkers , O ff ice C le r ic a l W o rk ers , and Industrial Nurses, in Selected M etropolitan A r e a s . The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts annual surveys of occupational earnings and re la ted pract ices in se lected m etropolitan areas . Earnings data are published fo r the fo llow ing types of occupations: (a) O ff ice c le r ic a l ; (b) p ro fess iona l and techn ical; (c) maintenance and powerplant; and (d) custodial and m ater ia l movement. Of these occupations, indexes fo r o f f ice c le r ica l , industria l nurses, sk il led plant maintenance w orkers , and unskilled w orkers , are represen ted in this report.

P r io r to I960, the community wage surveys w ere l im ited to approx im ate ly 17 m etropolitan a reas. In I960, the p rogram was expanded to 60 areas , and in the fo llow ing yea r to 80 areas . These areas w ere se lec ted to represen t a ll Standard M etropolitan Statistical A reas in the United States by choosing one a rea f r o m a stratum of s im ila r a reas . A l l the areas w e re c la ss i f ied by s ize , region, and type of industria l act iv ity . P robab il ity sampling was used to choose most of the areas, each area having a chance of se lection proportionate to its tota l nonagri- cultural employment. The 37 areas that w e re certa in of inclusion because of the ir s ize (as m easured by the I960 Census of Population) or because of the unusual nature of their industria l composition, represen ted them se lves ; each of the 43 other areas was weighted by the ratio of total nonagricu ltural employment in the stratum that it represen ted to that in the sample a rea when preparing e s t i mates fo r a ll areas combined. Within each area a sample of establishments was taken to obtain f i rm s represen ta t ive of each broad industria l grouping in cluded in the survey.

Data w e re obtained f r o m represen ta t ive establishments within s ix broad industry d iv is ions: (1) Manufacturing; (2) transportation, communication, andother public u til it ies ; (3) wholesale trade; (4) re ta i l trade; (5) finance, insurance, and rea l estate; and (6) se lec ted s e rv ices . Excluded f r o m the scope of the surveys w ere the construction and ex tract ive industries, as w e l l as g o v e rn ment institutions.

For further detail concerning procedures, see Industry Wage Survey: May 1964 (BLS Bulletin 1429, 1965).

Machinery Manufacturing, March—


9

Establishments o f a p rese lec ted s ize w ere surveyed. In 12 o f the l a r g est areas, only establishments with 100 employees or m ore w e re studied in manufacturing, public u tilit ies, and re ta i l trade. In other areas and industries, the low er l im it was 50 em ployees . Sm a ller establishments w ere omitted because in these f irm s representation o f the occupations studied tended to be insufficient to warrant inclusion.

O ver 12, 000 establishments employing 8. 4 m il l ion w orkers w ere included in the 1964—65 survey from an estimated un iverse o f m o re than 66, 000 es tab lish ments employing about 18.1 m il l ion within the scope o f the studies in a ll m e t r o politan areas.

Tables 4 through 7 presen t indexes o f earnings fo r se lected occupations, in 23 m a jo r m etropolitan areas, fo r w orkers in manufacturing and all industries. The indexes in table 4 represen t hourly earnings fo r men in unskilled plant occupations; table 5 presents indexes o f hourly earnings o f sk illed plant maintenance men; tables 6 and 7, respec t ive ly , present week ly earnings o f men and women o f f ice w orkers , and week ly earnings o f men and women nurses .4 These 23 areas include the 22 la rges t Standard Metropolitan Statistica l A rea s , and Atlanta, which was se lected because o f geographica l considerations. Except fo r San Diego, a ll areas with over 1 m il l ion population w ere included.

In computing the indexes, average w eek ly sa la r ies or hourly earnings fo r each o f the se lected occupations o f an occupational group w ere m ultip lied by a constant weight consisting o f the average o f 1953 and 1954 employment. 5 These weighted earnings w ere totaled fo r each occupational group and compared with the corresponding aggregate o f the previous yea r to a r r iv e at the percen tage change in earnings, which is then applied to the previous year*s index to a r r iv e at the current year*s index. The use o f constant occupational employment weights e l im i nates the effects o f changes in the proportion of w orkers represented in each job.

Table 8 presents national and reg iona l indexes o f the occupations r e p r e sented in the preced ing 4 tables, spanning the years I960 to 1965, with 1961 as the base period. This se r ies is also based on 1961 employment weights.

About one-th ird o f the o f f ice em ployees within the scope o f the survey w ere employed in occupations represented in the o f f ice w o rk e r , s index, and near ly half of a ll industrial nurses in the United States w ere included in the indexes fo r that occupational group. The skilled w orkers included in the index com prise eight maintenance occupations: Carpenters, e lec tr ic ians , machinists, mechanics, m e chanics (automotive), pa inters, p ip e f it ters , and tool and die m akers . The unskilled ca tegory consists of custodial w orkers and laborers (m a te r ia l handling).

Changes in the index m easure, p r im a r i ly , the effects o f (1) genera l s a l a ry and wage changes; (2) increases in pay rece ived by individual w orkers while on their same jobs; and (3) changes in a verage wages due to changes in the labor fo rce and resulting from labor turnover, fo rc e expansions, and reductions, as w e l l as changes in the proportion o f w orkers employed by establishments at d i f fe rent leve ls o f pay. It should be noted that trends in the indexes do not n e c es sa r i ly re f le c t changes in earnings among production w orkers genera l ly o r in the area covered . 6

4 Indexes for office workers and industrial nurses represent women workers through 1959 and men and women thereafter.

5 Indexes from 1960 on are based on 1961 employment weights.6 For further elaboration on these indexes, see Wages and Related Benefits, Part II: Metropolitan Areas, United

States and Regional Summaries, 1963-64 (BLS Bulletin 1385—82, 1965), pp. 71—72.


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19521953195419551956195719581959196019611 9 6 219631964196519661967

19521953195419551956195719581959I96019611 9 6 219631964196519661967

19521953195419551956195719581959I9601961196219631964196519661967

19521953195419551956195719581959I9601961196219631964196519661967

Table 4. Hourly Earnings: Unskilled Plant Workers

(in d ex es o f a v e ra g e s t r a ig h t - t im e h o u r ly ea rn in g s fo r m en in s e le c te d u n sk ille d p lant o ccu p a tio n s ,a.11 in d u s tr ie s and m an u fac tu rin g , s e le c te d m e tro p o lita n a r e a s , 1952—66)

(19 61 = 100 )__________________A l l in d u s tr ie s

Y e a r 1A tla n ta

B a lt i m o re B oston B u ffa lo C h icago

C in c in nati

C le v e - land D a lla s D e tr o it H ouston K an sas

C ity

L o sA n g e le s -

Lon gB ea ch

65. 3 68. 8 64. 8 68. 7 65. 6 . 65. 569. 9 63. 4 71. 7 70. 0 72. 1 - 68 .4 72. 8 - - 69. 8 70. 774. 0 - 75. 4 - 76. 2 - - 75. 4 - - - 75. 075 .4 73. 0 77. 2 75. 3 78. 9 - 76. 3 77. 9 - - - 77. 685. 7 - - - 82. 5 - - 81. 6 - - - 80. 389- 9 _ 82. 1 82. 7 85. 8 - 85. 3 84. 8 - - 86. 7 84. 694. 9 88. 7 85. 9 - 90. 0 - 92. 0 89. 9 - - - 89. 0

_____________________ 95. 8 91. 0 92. 0 92. 7 94. 2 - - 95. 0 - - - 93. 697 .4 96. 0 95. 6 95. 7 96. 5 94. 4 97. 2 97. 6 95 .4 98. 9 94. 1 96. 7

100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0106.4 104. 2 102. 8 102. 3 102. 5 104. 8 102. 3 102. 7 101. 8 107. 3 104. 5 103. 2108. 9 105. 1 106. 2 105. 9 106.4 107. 8 105. 5 105. 7 105. 2 108. 3 106. 5 107. 1110. 5 109. 6 109. 2 108. 4 109. 2 111. 1 108. 5 110. 3 109. 1 1 14. 3 108. 6 110. 9115. 6 112. 4 110. 6 112. 3 112. 3 113.9 110. 3 113. 0 109. 6 1 18. 2 111.4 115. 7

—116. 7 115. 1 110. 9 1 14. 1 116. 5 120. 2 113. 3 1 16. 3 114. 5 119. 8 116. 0 118. 9

M an u fa ctu rin g

64. 5 69. 3 64. 3 68. 2 65. 6 66. 7_____________________ 69. 9 61. 2 71. 7 69. 3 72. 7 - 69. 1 73. 2 - - 68. 1 71. 8

73. 3 - 75. 6 - 76. 2 - - 80. 2 - - - 75. 3_____________________ 74. 6 71. 6 78. 0 74. 7 78. 2 - 75. 3 83. 3 - - - 78. 0

83. 1 - - - 82. 1 - - 84. 2 - - - 81. 1_________ 88. 6 - 81. 9 82. 4 86. 1 - 83. 8 89. 0 - - 86. 0 84. 795. 1 86. 2 85. 6 - 90. 6 - 89. 7 92. 9 - - - 89. 3_________ 97. 0 89. 2 92. 3 91. 9 94. 0 - - 95. 6 - - - 93. 096. 1 94. 4 95. 6 96. 1 96. 8 93. 8 95. 9 97. 2 95. 5 97. 8 96. 2 97. 0

100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0107. 6 103. 6 100. 7 101. 9 103. 2 104. 8 102. 2 106. 7 101.8 108. 0 103. 3 101. 9107. 9 105. 9 102. 9 105. 0 105. 8 108. 0 104. 8 107. 4 105.4 109. 7 104. 3 105. 6109. 3 110. 2 105. 3 107. 7 107. 5 110. 6 108.4 112. 9 108.4 1 14. 0 107. 2 108. 4116. 5 112. 6 108. 1 109. 6 109. 6 113. 5 109. 9 115. 0 109.9 1 17. 9 108.4 1 13. 4119. 1 115. 9 109. 8 112. 0 112. 3 1 18. 8 113. 0 119. 6 114.4 122. 5 116. 0 112. 9

A l l in d u s tr ie s

M i l w au kee

M inn e - a p o lis—

St. P au l

N ew a rkand

J e rs e yC ity

N ewY o rk

P a t e r son—

C lifton —P a s s a ic

P h i la d e lph ia

P i t t s bu rgh

St.L ou is

SanF r a n c is c o —

O akland

S ea ttle—E v e r e t t

W a sh in g ton

65. 3 62. 1 64. 6 67. 8 64. 7 66. 8 64. 271. 8 67. 1 69. 1 71.0 - 69 .4 _ 69. 8 68. 6 - -.75. 1 71 .4 74. 0 74. 9 - 72. 5 - 75. 7 72. 8 - -

- 74. 9 77. 0 76. 8 - 75. 7 - 77. 9 75. 0 - -79. 7 78. 6 81. 7 80. 6 - 80. 2 - 81 .4 77. 6 - -

- 83. 6 - 85. 0 - 83. 9 - - 81. 9 - -90. 7 87. 9 88. 7 88. 9 - 88. 9 - 89. 0 86. 3 - -94. 2 92. 2 93. 2 92. 6 - 93. 4 - 91. 8 9 L 5 - -96. 5 95. 7 96. 0 96. 7 94. 0 97. 7 97. 0 95. 5 95. 4 95. 8 96. 1

100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0102. 4 104. 0 101. 9 103. 8 103. 7 103. 0 103. 3 103. 6 103. 0 103. 5 102. 1106. 3 106. 7 106. 0 108. 2 108. 9 105. 9 105. 7 107. 2 107. 6 109. 2 106. 7109. 1 110. 9 109. 0 112. 0 110. 4 110. 1 107. 4 109. 6 111.4 115. 0 110. 9110. 6 115. 3 1 13. 0 117. 7 113. 5 114. 0 108. 9 112.4 1 15. 0 118.4 112. 8

— 114. 0 119. 1 1 13. 8 121. 2 120. 3 118. 3 1 12. 8 118. 1 1 17. 9 123. 6 114. 9

M an u fa ctu rin g

64. 9 65. 2 61. 3 66 .4 64 .4 66. 5 64. 671. 7 69. 9 66. 3 69. 0 - 70 .4 - 69. 7 69. 1 - -75. 8 73. 9 71. 4 73 .4 - 72. 7 - 74. 9 72. 0 - -

- 77. 5 74 .4 76. 1 - 75. 9 _ 76. 8 75. 0 - -81. 4 80. 7 79. 6 79. 0 - 80. 1 - 80. 3 77. 2 - -

- 85. 0 - 85. 0 - 83. 7 _ _ 81. 9 _ -91. 4 88. 5 87. 6 89. 6 - 88. 6 - 88. 3 86. 3 - -94. 3 93 .4 92. 5 93. 0 - 92. 9 - 92. 0 92. 3 - -96. 6 96. 5 95. 7 95. 0 94. 9 98. 2 96. 2 96 .4 95. 7 96. 9 -

100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 -102. 3 104. 0 101. 6 104. 2 104. 7 103. 5 103. 6 103. 7 102. 7 103. 2 -106. 9 106. 1 105. 0 107. 0 107. 1 105. 7 107. 1 107. 3 106. 5 106. 9 -110. 5 110. 3 108. 7 109. 9 109. 2 110. 0 107. 9 109. 9 111. 1 113. 3 -112. 0 114. 2 111. 6 114. 5 112. 9 113. 7 109. 1 113. 1 1 14. 0 117. 5 -115. 9 117. 7 113. 4 116.4 118. 6 117. 5 113. 8 117. 6 1 16. 1 125. 2 -

—

1 Y e a r end ing June 30.

N O T E : D ashes in d ica te no data o r data that do not m e e t p u b lica tion c r i t e r ia .


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Table 5. Hourly Earnings: Skilled Maintenance Trades

( In d exes o f a v e ra g e s tr a ig h t- t im e h o u r ly ea rn in g s o f m en in s e le c te d s k illed m a in ten an ce tra d e s ,a l l in d u s tr ie s and m an u factu rin g , s e le c te d m e tro p o lita n a r e a s , 1952—66)

(1961 = 100)________________


Y e a r 1A tla n ta B a lt i

m o reB oston B u ffa lo C h icago C in c in

natiC le v e -

land D a lla s D e tro it H ouston K an sasC ity

L o sA n g e le s—

Lon g B each

1952 ______________________ 65. 7 67. 7 65. 5 65. 9 65. 3 66. 21953 70. 6 66. 0 71 .0 70. 4 70. 2 - 69. 4 70. 6 - _ 68. 7 70. 31954 _____________________ 74. 3 - 74. 8 - 74. 6 - - 74. 8 - _ _ 74. 11955 _____________________ 76. 5 76. 3 76. 2 75. 1 77. 1 - 76. 4 77. 6 . _ _ 76. 41956 ______________________ 80. 5 - - - 81. 1 - - 81 .2 - - _ 80. 71957 ______________________ 84. 1 - 82. 7 84. 1 85. 2 - 84. 6 84. 3 - _ 85. 7 83. 91958 89. 2 88. 7 87. 0 - 89. 6 - 90. 6 87. 7 - _ _ 88. 31959 ______________________ 92. 8 93. 4 91. 7 92. 4 93. 8 - - 93. 0 - _ _ 93. 1I960 ______________________ 96. 5 96. 7 95. 5 95. 8 96. 5 95. 1 96. 9 97. 1 95. 8 97. 2 97. 6 96. 11961 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 01962 ______________________ 104. 1 103. 8 102. 2 102. 5 103. 5 101. 6 102. 5 104. 7 101.9 104. 0 104. 6 103. 21963 ______________________ 107. 3 105. 7 105. 8 104. 5 105. 7 105. 6 106. 0 106. 7 104. 8 106. 1 107. 5 105. 91964 ______________________ 1 1 1 . 0 108. 3 109. 1 106. 3 109. 3 108. 3 109. 3 1 10 . 6 107. 7 108. 2 111.4 109. 21965 116. 2 112. 3 111.7 109. 5 112. 6 1 1 1 .1 110. 5 115. 7 109. 4 110. 3 113. 9 112. 81966 ______________________ 120. 4 115. 7 116. 3 113. 7 116. 0 115. 3 114. 2 119. 7 113. 4 116. 5 119. 5 115. 91967 _____________________

M an u factu rin g

1952 ______________________ 67. 5 67. 2 65. 8 66. 4 65. 5 65. 71953 ______________________ 72. 1 65. 3 70. 4 70. 5 70. 4 _ 69. 5 73. 3 _ _ 69. 0 70. 11954 ________________________ 75. 6 - 74. 3 - 74. 5 - - 78. 5 _ _ _ 74. 21955 _________________ _ 78. 0 76. 2 75. 7 75. 2 76. 7 _ 76. 5 81 .2 _ _ _ 76. 319 56 81. 9 - - - 81. 2 - - 84. 0 - - - 80. 81957 85. 1 - 82. 4 84. 3 85. 6 - 84. 8 87. 5 - - 86. 1 84. 01958 ________________________ 90. 8 89. 1 86. 9 - 90. 2 - 90. 5 91. 3 - - - 88. 61959 ________________________ 93. 9 93. 9 91. 5 92. 4 94. 3 - - 95. 0 - - - 93. 01960 96. 8 96. 9 95. 4 95. 9 96. 8 95. 2 97. 0 99. 0 95. 7 98. 4 97. 7 96. 01961 ________________________ 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 01962 103. 5 103. 8 1 0 1 . 1 102. 3 103. 4 101. 3 102. 8 104. 4 101.9 103. 1 105. 1 102. 81963 ________________________ 106. 9 105. 0 104. 6 104.3 105. 4 105. 3 106. 3 106. 4 104. 9 104. 5 107. 7 105. 91964 _____________________ 109. 9 107. 2 107. 8 105. 9 108. 7 108. 1 109. 4 110. 5 107. 7 106. 2 111. 2 108. 61965 114. 9 111. 7 1 1 0 . 2 109. 0 111.9 110. 5 110. 4 115. 7 109. 5 108. 1 113. 4 111.71966 ________________________ 118. 6 114. 9 114. 2 113. 2 115.3 114. 3 114. 2 120. 0 113. 5 113. 1 119. 0 114. 01967 ______________________


N ew a rk . P a t e r SanM il- M inne -

and N ew son— P h i la P i t t s St. F ra n - S ea ttle— Wa sh in g-wauke e

a p o li s— St. Pau l J e rs e y Y o rk C lifto n — delph ia burgh L o u is c is c o — E ve r ett ton

C ity P a s s a ic O akland

1952 64. 4 65. 2 67. 8 67. 6 66. 7 66. 0 67. 41953 69. 2 70. 3 70. 4 71. 7 - 70. 0 _ 69. 4 71 .3 _ _1954 73. 2 75. 0 74. 3 74. 9 - 75. 1 - 74. 4 74. 1 - -1955 - 77. 5 77. 1 78. 6 - 78. 4 _ 76. 7 75. 9 _ -1956 78. 1 81 .2 81 .2 81. 3 - 81 .5 - 81 .5 78. 7 - -1957 - 85. 6 - 84. 3 - 85. 8 - _ 84. 5 - -1958 __________________________ 88. 7 89. 1 89. 7 87. 9 - 90. 2 _ 89. 6 89. 5 - -

1959 __________________________ 92. 1 93. 3 93. 1 91 .8 - 93. 1 - 93. 3 94. 2 - -1960 _______________________ 96. 6 96. 4 96. 7 95. 7 96. 2 97. 8 96. 0 97. 3 96. 9 97. 6 95. 01961 __________________________ 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 01962 _______________________ 102. 6 103. 5 102. 6 104. 3 104. 1 103. 5 102. 9 103. 7 103. 2 102. 7 103. 51963 _______________________ 106. 6 107. 7 105. 7 108.8 106. 4 106. 4 103. 6 106. 4 106. 6 105. 2 108. 81964 _______________________ 109. 5 i l l . 6 109. 6 112. 2 110. 4 109. 8 103. 8 109. 9 110. 4 1 1 0 . 1 111.61965 _______________________ 112. 2 114. 8 112. 5 116. 1 114. 1 113. 0 105. 1 112. 9 111.9 114. 3 115. 41966 ________________________ 116. 0 118. 7 116. 0 120. 8 119. 2 116. 9 111.7 115. 7 117. 4 118. 4 123. 21967 ________________________

M an u fa ctu rin g

1952 ________________________ 64. 3 65. 4 67. 5 67. 2 67. 3 66. 5 65. 51953 ________________________ 68. 7 71. 6 70. 3 71 .0 - 70. 7 - 69. 8 69. 3 - -1954 ________________________ 73. 0 76. 4 74. 2 74. 6 - 75. 8 - 74. 7 72. 1 - -1955 ___________________________ - 77. 4 76. 9 77. 8 - 78. 7 - 76. 8 73. 7 - -1956 ___________________________ 78. 0 81 .6 81 .3 80. 3 - 81 .8 - 81 .6 76. 7 - -1957 - 85. 7 - 84. 7 - 86. 2 - - 83. 3 - -1958 ___________________________ 88. 5 89. 6 89. 7 88. 1 - 90. 6 - 89. 7 88. 6 - -

1959 ___________________________ 92. 2 93. 2 92. 9 92. 2 - 93. 5 - 93. 4 93. 2 - -I960 ______ _________________ 96. 6 96. 3 96. 6 95. 7 96. 4 98. 2 96. 3 97. 6 95. 2 97. 2 -

1961 ___________________________ 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 100.0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 00 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 -1962 ________________________ 102. 1 103. 8 102.3 104. 8 104. 0 103.4 103. 0 103. 6 102. 9 102. 1 -1963 ___________________________ 106. 0 107. 2 105.2 107. 7 106. 7 106. 5 103. 5 105. 8 105. 9 104. 4 -

1964 ___________________________ 108. 6 1 1 1 . 0 109. 4 110. 7 1 10 . 1 1 1 0 . 0 103. 3 109. 1 1 1 0 . 2 109. 3 -

1965 ________________________ 111.3 114. 5 112. 1 114. 5 114. 0 113. 1 104. 1 112. 0 111.5 113. 7 -

1966 __________________________ 115. 0 117. 7 114. 8 118. 7 118. 6 117. 0 1 1 0 . 8 115. 2 116. 7 118. 3 -

1967 ________________________ _

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Table 6. Weekly Earnings: Office Workers

__________ ______________________________________________________________ (1961 = 100)__________________________________________________________________________


(In d ex es o f a v e ra g e s tra ig h t- t im e w eek ly e a rn in g s o f m en and w om en in s e le c te d o f f ic e c le r ic a l occu p ation s ,a l l in d u s tr ie s and m an u factu rin g, s e le c te d m e tro p o lita n a r e a s , 1952—66)

Y e a r 1A tla n ta B a lt i

m o reB oston B u ffa lo C h icago C in c in

natiC le v e -

land D a lla s D e tro it H oustonK ansas

C ity

L o sA n g e le s—

L on g B ea ch

1952 _ 69. 0 67. 9 66. 8 69. 3 65. 3 _ 66. 11953 ______________________ 72. 8 69. 2 70. 8 73. 0 73. 2 - 70. 3 72. 0 - - 70. 2 70. 81954 .... _ ____ 75. 0 - 74. 5 - 77. 4 - - 76. 0 - - - 74. 01955 _____ ____ ___________ 76. 6 78. 2 76. 6 76. 8 80. 1 - 77. 6 79. 8 - - - 76. 71956 ______________________ 8 1 .4 - - - 83. 7 - - 83. 0 - - - 80. 31957 ______________________ 84. 2 - 82. 8 84. 1 88. 2 - 85. 8 87. 8 - - 86. 7 85. 31058 88. 9 89. 8 87. 6 - 92. 3 - 92. 8 91. 6 - - - 88. 01959 ---------------------------- 92. 4 92. 9 92. 2 93. 8 95. 1 - - 94. 7 - - - 92. 2I960 96. 5 96. 6 95. 3 96. 5 97. 8 97. 4 96. 2 97. 5 97. 0 96. 9 96. 8 96. 01061 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 01062 103. 1 103. 1 103. 9 102. 2 103. 2 103. 6 102. 6 103. 3 102. 5 102. 3 104. 0 103. 31063 ... ............... 107. 4 105. 9 106. 4 105. 4 105. 6 106. 7 105. 3 105. 5 105. 6 105. 6 106. 7 106. 71964 ______________________ 110. 5 109. 7 109. 5 107. 7 108. 2 109. 2 107.9 108. 5 108. 7 107. 2 108. 2 109. 51965 _ _____ . ____ 115. 1 114. 0 112. 5 110. 7 111.1 112. 3 109.4 112. 5 111.9 109. 9 110. 2 112. 71966 ______________________ 120. 1 117. 9 117. 9 114. 6 114. 3 114. 9 112.8 115. 6 115. 1 114. 3 114. 9 116. 51967 ______________________

M an u factu rin g

1952 ______________________ 68. 0 68. 8 65. 4 68. 6 64. 7 65. 31953 ______________________ 72. 2 66 .4 72. 6 71. 3 72. 2 - 69. 5 75. 0 - - 68. 9 70. 81954 ______________________ 75. 0 - 75. 8 - 76. 7 - - 77. 5 - - - 74. 51955 . 76. 4 75. 8 77. 5 75. 8 79. 3 _ 77. 4 81. 3 - - - 77. 11056 79. 8 - - - 82. 6 - - 84. 5 - - - 80. 51957 ______________________ 83. 8 - 83. 2 83. 2 87. 1 - 85. 9 89. 2 - - 84. 9 85. 11958 .................. 89. 5 87. 7 88. 3 - 91 .9 - 93. 6 93. 3 - - - 88. 81959 ______________________ 91. 7 92. 4 92. 5 94. 4 94. 6 - - 95. 6 - - - 92. 81960 ______________________ 97: 1 96. 0 96. 1 96. 5 97. 0 97. 1 97. 1 98". 5 96. 3 96. 9 97. 1 96. 71961 ______________________ 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 01962 ______________________ 104. 4 101. 6 103. 3 102. 1 103. 0 103. 3 102. 4 102. 3 102. 0 102. 9 103. 7 103. 41063 . 107. 6 104. 7 106. 5 105. 1 105. 6 106. 1 104. 8 103. 6 105. 5 108. 5 106. 3 107. 21964 ______________________ 110. 5 108. 4 109. 6 106. 8 109. 3 108. 4 107. 5 107. 2 108. 7 109. 0 107. 7 110. 81965 115. 0 110. 0 113. 7 110. 1 112. 1 110. 7 108. 0 110. 7 111.2 111.3 109. 2 113. 71966 ______________________ 118. 9 111.6 117. 4 114. 4 114. 7 113. 5 111. 2 113. 6 114. 3 112. 1 113. 2 117. 51967 .... ____


N ew ark P a t e r SanM i l M inne - and N ew son— P h i la P i t t s St. F ra n - S ea tt le— W a sh in g

waukee a p o lis —J e rs e y Y o rk C lifto n — delph ia burgh L ou is c is c o — E v e r e t t ton

St. Pau l C ity P a s s a ic O akland

1952 ________________________ 68. 3 67. 9 67. 0 68. 6 66. 7 67. 9 68. 71953 ________________________ 72. 7 72. 5 71. 7 72. 4 _ 69. 7 - 72. 2 72. 3 - _1954 ________________________ 76. 0 77. 1 75. 8 75. 5 - 74. 7 - 76. 3 75. 5 - -1955 ________________________ - 79. 7 78. 8 78. 1 _ 77. 3 - 79. 5 77. 8 - _1956 ....................... _ 80. 0 82. 8 81 .8 82. 7 - 79- 9 - 82. 8 81. 5 - -1057 - 88. 0 - 87. 0 - 85. 1 - _ 85. 5 - _1958 ________________________ 90. 9 90. 7 89. 7 90. 1 _ 89. 9 - 89. 5 89. 2 - -1959 ________________________ 93. 5 93. 7 92. 7 92. 8 - 93. 5 - 93. 0 93. 4 - -1060 97. 0 96. 7 97. 3 96. 5 97. 6 96. 6 95. 8 97. 1 96. 0 97. 5 96. 21061 . 100.0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 01962 ____________________________________ 102. 3 103. 3 104. 2 103. 6 103. 9 103. 1 102. 9 103. 0 103. 0 103. 9 103. 31963 _______________________ 105. 8 106. 3 107. 4 106. 6 106. 7 106. 0 104. 4 105. 7 106. 3 107. 5 106. 71964 _______________________ 108. 7 108. 9 109. 3 110. 4 110. 0 109. 1 105. 5 109. 0 109. 6 111.2 110. 31965 _______________________ 111.8 111.2 112. 4 113. 7 113. 5 111.6 107. 7 111.4 113. 3 113. 8 114. 71966 ________________________ 113. 6 114. 1 116. 2 117. 3 116. 7 114. 8 110. 8 114. 3 116. 7 117. 8 119. 71967 _______________________

M an u factu rin g

1052 65. 8 67. 9 67. 2 67. 1 66. 7 65. 0 67. 71053 70. 3 74. 1 71 .4 70. 9 - 70. 2 _ 69. 9 72. 4 - _1054 74. 2 78. 4 75. 7 74. 5 - 74. 9 - 75. 1 75. 7 - _1055 - 81 .2 78. 4 78. 1 - 78. 4 - 77. 0 77. 5 - -1056 . _ 79. 2 83. 9 81 .4 82. 2 _ 80. 5 - 80. 5 81 .7 - _1057 - 88. 4 - 87. 0 - 84. 6 _ _ 85. 5 - _1058 ____ _ . 89. 5 91 .0 90. 2 89. 6 - 89. 8 - 88. 6 89. 0 - _1959 _______________________ 92. 8 93. 8 94. 3 92. 7 - 93. 6 - 92. 3 93. 6 - -1060 _ 96. 1 97. 0 97. 2 96. 6 98. 0 96. 5 94. 7 96. 7 96. 0 96. 3 _1961 _______________________ 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 -1062 ... 102. 5 104. 2 103. 5 102. 8 105. 6 103. 2 103. 1 103. 5 102. 6 103. 3 _1963 _______________________ 106. 0 106. 8 106. 6 106. 0 108. 6 105. 4 104. 9 105. 6 105. 1 106. 9 -1964 _______________________ 109. 1 108. 7 109. 1 109.9 111.5 108. 6 105. 6 109. 3 108. 8 111.1 -1965 _______________________ 111.4 110. 6 112. 3 112. 4 115. 0 111.8 105. 1 111.8 112. 4 114. 3 _1966 113. 2 112. 9 117. 1 116. 1 118. 0 114. 9 107. 0 115. 3 114. 2 117.4 _1967 .

Y e a r end ing June 30.

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Table 7. Weekly Earnings: Industrial Nurses

(In d exes o f a v e ra g e s tra ig h t- t im e w eek ly earn in gs o f m en and w om en in d u s tr ia l n u rses , a l l in d u s tr ie s and m anu factu rin g, s e le c ted m etro p o lita n a re a s , 1952—66)

________________________________________________ (1961 = 100)_________________________________________________


Y e a r 1A tla n ta

B a lt im o re B oston B u ffa lo C h icago C in c in

natiC le v e

land D a llas D e tro it Houston K ansasC ity

L o sA n g e le s -

LongB each

1952 ---------------------------- 65. 3 67. 7 64. 3 65.8 61. 5 67. 71953 ---------------------------- 69. 0 66. 3 70. 5 69. 3 69. 4 - 66. 5 74. 2 - _ 67. 0 71. 61954 ---------------------------- 72. 6 - 75. 0 - 73. 5 - - 73. 6 - - - 75. 51955 ---------------------------- 75. 8 77. 7 76. 2 74. 8 76. 5 - 74. 5 79. 2 - - - 77. 41956 ---------------------------- 82. 6 - - - 81. 1 - - 81. 4 _ - - 80. 81957 ---------------------------- 85. 8 - 82. 9 81. 2 85. 2 - 83. 0 87. 1 - 84. 8 85. 61958 ---------------------------- 90. 5 88. 1 86. 9 - 90. 8 - 91. 9 91. 0 _ 89. 919 59 ---------------------------- 94. 7 92. 2 92. 0 91. 1 93. 9 - - 94. 4 _ - - 93. 3I960 ---------------------------- 99. 0 96. 9 96. 0 94. 6 97. 0 95. 0 97. 0 96. 6 95. 8 95. 3 95. 8 ! 97. 11961 ---------------------------- 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100.0 ! 100.0 100.01962 ---------------------------- 104. 7 106. 7 104. 5 102. 0 103. 0 101.0 103. 0 103. 4 103. 3 101. 9 102. 1 103. 81963 ---------------------------- 107. 9 110. 9 108. 5 104. 0 105. 6 104. 5 106. 1 107. 8 106. 1 103. 7 106. 3 108. 61964 ---------------------------- 113. 2 112. 4 111. 4 105. 9 110. 2 106. 5 109. 6 110. 0 109. 4 106. 1 111.5 112. 41965 ---------------------------- 118. 4 114. 0 115. 9 109. 4 113. 2 110. 6 110. 6 n o . o 110. 8 107. 0 112. 6 117. 21966 ---------------------------- 122. 1 115. 5 121. 6 114. 3 117. 8 112. 6 115. 1 117. 9 116. 4 111. 7 118. 9 120. 61967 ----------------------------

M anu factu rin g

1952 ---------------------------- 63. 0 68 . 1 64. 4 66 . 1 61. 3 66 . 71953 ---------------------------- 67. 5 ! 65. 0 71. 0 68 . 8 69. 1 _ 66 . 8 77. 2 _ - 67. 4 70. 51954 ---------------------------- - ! 76. 1 - 73. 1 - - 74. 9 - - - 75. 31955 ---------------------------- 73. 5 ! 76. 0 76. 7 74. 1 76. 2 - 74. 9 82. 3 - - - 77. 21956 ---------------------------- 80. 0 j - - 80. 7 - - 83. 4 - - - 80. 519 5 7 ---------------------------- 84. 0 - 83. 5 80. 9 84. 8 - 82. 9 89. 7 - - 82. 4 84. 81958 ---------------------------- 89 . 0 8 6 . 9 86 . 9 - 90. 4 - 92. 4 94. 3 - - - 89. 51959 ---------------------------- 93. 5 91. 5 92. 6 90. 7 93. 4 - - 97. 2 - - - 93. 3I 960 ---------------------------- 98. 5 95. 0 96 . 0 94. 1 97. 0 94. 9 97. 0 98 . 9 94. 9 93. 8 95. 9 97. 11961 ---------------------------- 10 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 01962 ---------------------------- 106. 0 106. 0 104. 0 101. 5 103. 6 101. 0 103. 0 104. 6 102. 3 100. 9 101. 6 103. 31963 ---------------------------- 109. 0 109. 5 108. 5 103. 4 105. 6 104. 1 106. 0 108. 6 105. 5 104. 0 105. 2 108. 11964 ---------------------------- 112. 5 111.5 110. 8 105. 4 109. 6 106. 6 109.6 - 108. 3 107. 1 110. 4 112. 41965 ---------------------------- 117. 5 112. 5 117. 0 108. 8 113. 2 110. 7 110. 6 - 109. 2 107. 1 no. 9 116. 71966 ---------------------------- 121. 0 114. 0 122. 2 113. 6 116. 7 113. 8 115. 1 - 115. 2 113. 7 118. 1 120. 01967 ----------------------------


M i l waukee

M in n e a p o lis— St. Pau l

N ew ark and

J e rs e yC ity

N ewY o rk

P a t e r son—

C lifton —P a s s a ic

P h i la d e lph ia

P i t t s burgh

St.Lou is

SanF ra n c is c o —

Oakland

S eattle—E v ere tt

W ash ing - ton

1952 --------------------------------------------- 64. 2 64. 8 67. 3 67. 3 _ 65. 2 _ 62. 3 61. 7 _ _

1953 --------------------------------------------- 67. 9 68 . 6 70. 5 70. 3 - 68. 5 - 66 . 5 66 . 0 - -1954 --------------------------------------------- 71. 6 75. 1 74. 2 73. 3 - 73. 3 - 70. 7 68 . 8 - -1955 --------------------------------------------- - 78. 4 77. 4 77. 3 - 75. 5 - 72. 9 73. 2 - -1956 --------------------------------------------- 78. 1 81. 1 78. 4 81. 2 - 78. 8 - 77. 7 75. 1 - -19 5 7 --------------------------------------------- - 85. 4 - 85. 1 - 83. 7 - - 79. 9 - -1958 --------------------------------------------- 89. 3 88 . 6 8 8 . 9 89 . 2 - 89. 1 - 85. 6 85. 1 - -19 59 --------------------------------------------- 93. 0 91. 9 93. 2 92. 1 - 92. 4 - 90. 4 89. 9 - -I960 --------------------------------------------- 95. 2 95. 1 96. 3 95. 5 94. 9 97. 3 97. 5 94. 7 92. 3 101. 5 95. 61961 --------------------------------------------- 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 10 0 . 01962 --------------------------------------------- 104. 3 102. 7 104. 2 104. 5 105. 1 103. 2 103. 4 104. 3 102. 4 103. 6 103. 31963 --------------------------------------------- 108. 0 106. 5 110. 5 107. 9 111.2 106. 5 105. 9 106. 9 106. 2 107. 2 106. 11964 --------------------------------------------- 111.7 108. 6 113. 6 110. 9 112. 7 109. 7 106. 9 1 1 0 . 1 109. 1 111. 9 -1965 --------------------------------------------- 113. 3 111. 4 117. 3 113. 9 116. 2 112. 9 108. 4 113. 8 111.5 118. 6 -1966 --------------------------------------------- 117. 0 115. 1 123. 0 119. 4 119. 3 115. 5 110. 3 119. 7 114. 8 119. 1 117. 21967 ---------------------------------------------

M anu factu rin g

1952 --------------------------------------------- 63. 4 65. 4 67. 5 61. 6 65. 4 62. 3 60. 71953 --------------------------------------------- 67. 6 69. 2 70. 1 65. 4 - 68 . 7 - 66 . 5 65. 4 - -1954 --------------------------------------------- 71. 3 75. 7 73. 8 70. 6 - 74. 1 - 70. 2 68 . 7 - -1955 --------------------------------------------- - 79. 5 77. 0 75. 8 - 76. 2 - 72. 9 73. 0 - -1956 --------------------------------------------- 77. 7 81. 1 78. 0 79. 6 - 80. 0 - 77. 7 74. 9 - -19 5 7 --------------------------------------------- - 85. 4 - 83. 4 - 84. 9 - - 80. 1 - -1958 --------------------------------------------- 8 8 . 9 89 . 2 8 8 . 5 87. 7 - 89. 8 - 85. 6 85. 3 - -19 59 --------------------------------------------- 92. 6 92. 5 92. 7 91. 9 - 92. 0 - 90. 4 90. 1 - -I960 --------------------------------------------- 95. 2 95. 2 95. 8 95. 3 94. 9 97. 3 98. 0 94. 7 92. 4 101. 0 -1961 --------------------------------------------- 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 -1962 -------------------- ---------------------- 104. 3 101. 6 103. 6 103. 8 105. 1 103. 2 103. 9 104. 3 102. 4 103. 5 -1963 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 108. 0 104. 8 1 1 0 . 9 108. 5 111.6 106. 5 106. 4 106. 9 106. 6 107. 6 -1964 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 111.7 107. 0 113. 0 111.4 115. 7 109. 1 106. 9 1 1 0 . 6 1 1 0 . 0 1 1 2 . 1 -1965 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 113. 3 109. 1 116. 2 113. 3 118. 2 112. 3 108. 4 114. 9 112. 3 119. 7 -

1966 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 116. 5 112. 4 122. 9 119. 6 120. 7 115. 4 111.3 120. 2 115. 2 118. 7 -1967 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 Y ea r ending June 30.

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Table 8. Hourly and Weekly Earnings:1 Selected Occupational Groups, All Metropolitan Areas

(In d exes o f h ou rly and w eek ly e a rn in g s o f s e le c ted occu pation a l g rou p s, a l l in d u s tr ie s and m an u factu rin g, a ll m e tro p o lita n a r e a s , 1 2 U n ited S tates and r e g io n s ,3 F eb ru a ry o f 1960—66)

(F e b ru a ry 1961 = 100)

A l l in d u s tr ie s M anu factu rin g

W eek ly ea rn in gs indexes H ou rly ea rn in gs indexes W eek ly e a rn in gs in dexes H ou rly ea rn in gs in d exesP e r io d and a re a S k illed U n sk illed In d u s tr ia l S k illed U n sk ille d

O ff ic e c le r ic a l nur se s m an iten ance plant O ffic e c le r ic a l n u rses m ain ten ance plant(m en and (m en and t rade s w o rk e rs (m en and (m en and trad e s w o rk e rs

w om en ) w om en ) (m en ) (m en ) w om en ) w om en ) (m en ) (m en )

F eb ru a ry I960

U n ited S ta te s ------------- 96. 8 96. 4 96. 5 96. 5 96. 7 96. 4 96. 5 96. 5N orth ea s t 96. 5 96. 5 96. 4 96. 6 96. 4 96. 7 96. 5 96. 4South 96. 9 96. 4 96. 6 97. 4 96. 6 96. 3 96. 8 97. 1N orth C en tra l 97. 3 96. 3 95. 5 96. 1 96. 9 96. 1 96. 5 96. 2W e s t_________________ 96. 4 96. 7 96. 6 96. 5 96. 7 96. 8 96. 3 96. 7

F eb ru a ry 1962

U n ited S ta te s ______ __ 103. 3 103. 6 103. 1 103. 2 103. 2 103. 4 102. 9 103. 2N o r th e a s t ______ __ 103. 4 104. 0 103. 2 103. 1 103. 3 103. 8 103. 1 103. 2S o u th ________________ 103. 4 103. 3 103. 4 104. 5 103. 2 103.2 103. 1 104. 2N orth C en tra l _ .. 103. 1 103. 3 102. 9 102. 8 103. 1 103. 2 102. 8 103. 0W est 103. 3 103. 6 103. 3 103. 2 103. 2 103. 3 102. 8 102. 6

F eb ru a ry 1963

U n ited S ta te s ___ ___ 106. 2 107. 0 105. 9 106.6 106. 0 106. 8 105. 5 106. 0N o r th e a s t____ 106. 3 107. 7 105. 9 106. 8 106. 1 107. 5 105. 5 106. 0South 106. 7 106. 6 106. 2 10b. 9 106. 2 106. 2 105. 6 106. 4N orth C en tra l 105. 7 106. 3 105. 7 106. 1 105. 7 106. 1 105. 4 106. 0W est _______ ________ 106. 8 108. 1 106. 1 107. 5 106. 6 108. 0 105. 6 106. 0

F eb ru a ry 1964

U n ited S ta te s ___ ___ 109. 2 110. 1 108. 8 110. 0 109. 0 109. 8 108. 2 109. 1N o r th e a s t ________ 109.4 110. 3 108. 5 110. 1 109. 0 110. 0 107. 9 109. 1South - .......... 109.8 109. 1 108. 6 110. 6 108. 3 108. 8 107. 9 109. 8N orth C en tra l 108. 3 109. 7 108. 7 109. 3 108. 5 109. 2 108. 2 108. 8We st 110. 0 111.7 110. 0 111.0 1 10. 5 112. 1 109. 6 109. 9

F eb ru a ry 1965

U n ited State s __________ 112.3 112. 8 111.4 113. 2 111.6 112. 3 110. 5 112. 0N orth ea s t 112. 4 113. 5 111.4 113. 9 111.6 113.0 110. 5 112. 1S o u th ________________ 113. 4 111.0 111.4 114. 2 111.8 110. 2 110. 4 113.7N orth C en tra l _ 111.0 112.0 111.0 111.7 1 10. 8 111.5 110. 4 111.0W est 113. 3 115.9 112.6 115. 0 113. 7 115.8 111.6 113. 8

F eb ru a ry 1966

U n ited State s ____ ___ 115.9 117. 2 115. 5 116. 8 115.0 116. 7 114. 5 115. 4N orth eas t 116. 2 118. 2 115. 8 116.9 115. 2 118. 0 114. 8 115. 3S o u th ________________ 117. 5 115. 1 115. 7 117. 6 115. 2 114. 3 114. 3 117.6N orth C e n t r a l_____ 114. 2 116. 2 114. 9 115.9 1 13. 9 115. 6 114. 4 1 14. 7W est 117. 0 119. 6 116.4 118. 3 117. 1 119. 5 1 15. 0 115.7

1 E arn in gs o f o f f ic e c le r ic a l w o rk e rs and in d u s tr ia l nu rses re la te to r e g u la r s tra ig h t- t im e s a la r ie s that a r e paid fo r standard w o rk w e e k s . E a rn in gs o f s k illed m a in ten ance and u n sk illed plant w o rk e rs r e la te to h ou rly ea rn in gs exc lu d in g p rem iu m pay fo r o v e r t im e and w o rk on w e e k ends, h o lid a ys , and la te sh ifts .

2 Data fo r the F eb ru a ry 1964, 1965, and 1966 in d exes r e la te to a l l 212 Standard M e tro p o lita n S ta tis t ic a l A r e a s in the U n ited S tates as es tab lish ed by the Bureau o f the Budget th rough 1961. Data fo r e a r l ie r in dexes re la te to 188 a re a s as es ta b lish ed th rough 1959. Data fo r the 188 a re a s exc lu de A la sk a and H aw a ii.

3 The reg io n s a r e d e fin ed as fo llo w s : N o r th ea s t— C onn ecticu t, M a in e , M assach u se tts , N ew H a m p sh ire , N ew J e rs e y , N ew Y o rk , P en n sy lva n ia , Rhode Island , and V erm on t; South— A la b a m a , A rk a n sa s , D e la w a re , D is t r ic t o f C olu m b ia , F lo r id a , G e o rg ia , K en tu cky , Lou is ia n a , M ary lan d , M is s is s ip p i, N orth C a ro lin a , O k lahom a, South C a ro lin a , T e n n e s s e e , T e x a s , V ir g in ia , and W est V ir g in ia ; N o rth C en tral-— I l l in o is , Ind iana, Iow a , K an sas , M ich igan , M in n eso ta , M is s o u r i, N eb ra sk a , N orth Dakota, Ohio, South D akota, and W iscon s in ; and W est— A la s k a , A r iz o n a , C a lifo rn ia , C o lo ra d o , H aw a ii, Idaho, M ontana, N evad a , N ew M e x ic o , O regon , Utah, W ash ington , and W yom in g .


Chart 3. Percentage Increase in Hourly or Weekly Earnings in Specified Plant and Office Occupations, 1952 -65 (All Industries, Selected Metropolitan Areas)

Percent Percent

Source: Based on Tab les 3*6.


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Government Employees

The three groups of government em ployees fo r which indexes of sa lary changes are presented account, together, fo r approx im ately 1 m il l ion w orkers , or roughly 17 percent of a ll nonmilitary government em ployees in the United States in July 1963. Included are 1.1 m il l ion em ployees whose sa la r ies are set by the F ed e ra l C lass if ica t ion Act; about 360,000 public school teachers , 7 and 200,000 po licem en and firem en , both in c it ies of 100,000 inhabitants or m ore .

The indexes fo r the three groups of w orkers d i f fe r by source f r o m each other and fr o m other indexes in this report. The basic in formation on pay of F ed e ra l Government em ployees is compiled by the United States C iv i l S e rv ice Com m ission ; that on urban public school teachers , is co l lec ted by the National Education Associa tion ; that on po licem en and f ir em en is obtained fr o m the F r a terna l O rder of Po l icem en and the International Assoc ia tion of F ir e f igh te rs , respec t ive ly . 8

F ed e ra l C lass i f ied E m p loyees . The F ed e ra l em ployees co vered by the indexes presented here are the per annum w orkers whose sa la r ies are subject to the F ed e ra l c lass if ica t ion acts. These w orkers are engaged mainly in c le r ica l , adm in istrative , and pro fess iona l functions, but subprofessionals who work d ire c t ly with employees in p ro fess iona l and protec tive jobs are also included. Excluded are (1) m em bers of the A rm ed F o rc e s ; (2) c le r ica l-m ech a n ica l hourly em ployees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and other b lu e -co l la r w orkers whose wages are fixed by wage board action; (3) postal em ployees ; and (4) per d iem em ployees who w ere covered by the C lass if ica t ion Act of 1923 but are not subjec t to the current act.

A w orker under the F ed e ra l C lass if icat ion Act is c la ss i f ied into one of a se r ies of sa lary grades in accordance with his duties. Each sa lary grade has a minimum rate and a se r ies of additional pay steps into which w orkers , who meet certa in standards of per form ance, may move a fter spec if ied periods of t im e.

Th ree types of indexes are presented fo r F ed e ra l c la ss i f ied em ployees : Basic sa lary scales, which re f le c t statutory changes in basic sa la r ies ; average sa lary rates, which re f le c t m er it or in -grade increases as w e l l as statutory changes; and average sa la r ies , which measure the effect, not only of statutory changes and in -grade increases , but also changes in the distribution of em ployees among pay grades.

P r io r to 1955, there w ere two schedules under the C lass if icat ion Act— a genera l schedule and a cra fts , protective , and custodial schedule. Separate indexes w ere compiled fo r each. In July 1955, the wage schedule fo r the la tter group was abolished, and two-th irds of the em ployees under it w ere t ra n s fe r red

7 The proportion of these teachers in the various city-size groups studied was as follows: 48 percent in the citieswith 500, 000 population or more; 24 percent in cities with 250, 000 to 500, 000;' and 28 percent in cities with 100, 000 to 250,000.

8 The pertinent references for firemen and policemen include: The International Association of Firefighters(AFL—CIO): Fire Department Salaries and Working Conditions in the United States and Canada. Washington, D. C .,annual; the Fraternal Order of Police, A Survey of Salaries and Working Conditions of the Police Department in the United States, Philadelphia, annual; also see data published annually by the International City Managers Association, in the Municipal Yearbook.


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Table 9. Annual Salaries of Government Employees

(In d exes o f annual s a la r ie s o f c ity p u b lic s ch oo l te a c h e r s , m ax im u m s a la r y s ca le s o f urban f ir e f ig h t e r s and p o l ic e p a tro lm e n , and s a la r ie s o f F e d e r a l c la s s i f ie d e m p lo y e e s , 1924—65)

(1957 -59 = 100)

Y e a r 1

C ity pu b lic s ch oo l te a ch e rs U rban

f i r e - f ig h te rs

and p o l ic e p a t r o l m en 3

F e d e r a l c la s s i f ie d em p lo y e e s

A l lte a c h

e r s 2

T e a c h e rs in c it ie s o f—

A l l e m p lo ye e sM in im u m and a v e ra g e s a la r y ra te s in

s e le c te d g e n e ra l s ch edu le g ra d es

500,000o r

m o r e

100,000 and le s s

than 250,000

B a s ic s a la ry s c a le s 4

A v e r a g es a la r yr a te 4

A v e r -age

s a la r y 4

G ra d e 2 G ra d e 4 G ra d e 7 G ra d e 15

M in im um

A v e r age

M in im um

A v e r age

M in im um

A v e r age

M in im um

A v e r age

1924----------------------- 381925---------------------------- 37 40 33 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1927-------------------------- 38 40 35 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _1929-------------------------- 40 42 37 42 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1931---------------------------- 41 45 37 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1932------------------------ _ _ _ 43 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1933-------------------------- 38 43 34 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1934- - -------------- . _ _ 42 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1935- ------------------- - 37 41 33 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1937- ---------------------- 39 43 35 _ - _ _ - _ _ - - _ _ _1938----------- ---- ------- _ _ _ 45 - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1939-------------------------- 41 46 37 45 52. 3 49. 5 40. 4 45. 6 44. 0 4 9 .4 46. 7 53. 9 51. 1 64. 6 65. 01940---------------- - - - _ _ 45 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1 9 4 1 -- ------------- 42 47 38 45 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1 9 4 2 - ------------ ------------ _ - _ 46 _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1943---------------------------- 44 48 40 47 - - - - - - - - - - -1944- ------- - ------ - - - 49 - - - - - - - - - - -1945- ---------------------- 48 50 45 52 52. 4 49. 5 - 45. 6 - 4 9 .4 - 53. 9 - 64. 6 -1946---------------------------- - - - 53 69. 0 64. 8 55. 0 61. 9 59 .5 65. 7 61. 9 70. 4 66. 6 80. 6 76. 71947---------------------- - 55 58 51 57 69. 0 66. 0 58. 2 61. 9 60. 6 65. 7 63. 2 70. 4 68. 3 80. 6 76. 71948— - --------- - - - 61 76. 2 73. 9 64. 8 72. 3 71. 1 74. 8 72. 0 77. 2 75. 8 83. 2 79. 31949-------- ------------ 67 68 65 66 76. 2 74. 2 65. 7 72. 3 71 .4 74. 8 72 .4 77. 2 76. 0 83. 2 79. 31950--------------------- - - - - 68 79. 3 78. 1 70. 6 77. 6 77. 9 78. 9 77. 6 79. 2 78. 5 84. 8 81. 21951-------------------------- 71 72 70 72 87. 1 84. 8 75. 8 87. 1 84. 5 87. 2 85. 0 87. 1 84. 9 87. 2 86. 31952- ------- — ----- - - - 77 87. 1 84. 9 77. 4 87. 1 85. 2 87. 2 85. 0 87. 1 85. 0 87. 2 85. 81953— - ------- 81 82 79 82 87. 1 85. 7 79. 4 87. 1 86. 3 87. 2 85. 8 87. 1 85. 7 87. 2 85. 91954- ---------------- - - - - - 85 87. 1 86. 4 81. 0 87. 1 87. 2 87. 2 86. 6 87. 1 8 6 .4 87. 2 86. 01955------ ----------- - 87 87 86 87 93. 7 93. 2 88. 2 93. 8 94. 1 93. 8 93 .5 93. 7 93. 7 93. 8 92 .41956------- - ----------- - - - 91 93. 7 93. 1 89. 2 93. 8 93. 2 93. 8 93 .4 93. 7 93. 8 93. 8 92 .51957------------------ - — 96 98 95 96 93. 7 93. 2 91. 1 93. 8 93. 2 93. 8 93 .4 93. 7 93. 8 93. 8 92. 91958- — ------------- - - - - 101 103. 2 103. 5 103. 5 103. 1 103. 3 103. 1 103. 2 103. 1 103. 3 103. 1 103. 81959-------------------------- 104 103 106 104 103. 2 103. 2 105. 4 103. 1 103. 5 103. 1 103. 4 103. 1 102. 9 103. 1 103. 4I9 6 0-------------- - - - - 108 111. 1 5111. 0 115.4 110. 9 111. 1 110. 9 111.4 110. 9 111. 3 110. 9 110. 91961— ------------ 113 113 114 113 111. 1 5110. 8 116. 8 1 10. 9 110. 8 110. 9 111.4 110. 9 111. 2 110. 9 110. 61962------------------- - - - 118 111. 1 51 10. 7 5118. 2 110. 9 109. 6 110. 9 111.1 no. 9 111.1 110. 9 110. 21963------------------ 121 119 122 123 117. 3 511 7. 0 51 27. 8 1 12. 8 113. 6 112. 9 116. 9 114. 7 116. 2 117. 6 120.41964------------ ------- - - - 128 5127. 5 5124 .6 513 8. 9 511 6. 6 511 7. 9 5123 .0 S127. 1 5125 .3 5125. 1 5132. 9 5136. 31965---------------------------- 128 125 130 134 61 32. 1 6129. 1 6143. 9 120. 8 122. 1 127. 4 131.7 129. 8 129. 6 137.7 141. 2

1 F o r te a c h e rs , p e r io d c o v e re d is sch oo l y e a r end ing 1925, 1926, e t c . ; f o r f ir e f ig h t e r s and p a tro lm e n , the p e r io d c o v e re d by the data fo r 1924—38 v a r ie s fro m y e a r to y e a r ; subsequent y e a rs fo r f ir e f ig h t e r s r e f e r to Jan uary; fo r p o lic e p a tro lm e n to e ith e r Jan u ary o f the y ea r shown o r to D ec em b e r o f the y e a r p re c e d in g that fo r w h ich the data a r e shown. Th e p e r io d fo r F e d e r a l c la s s i f ie d em p lo y e e s is a p p ro x im a te ly m id y e a r .

2 C it ie s o f 100,000 popu la tion and o v e r in 1963; 50 ,000 and o v e r b e fo r e 1963.3 C it ie s o f 100,000 popu la tion and o v e r .4 B a s ic s a la r y s ca le s r e f le c t on ly s ta tu to ry chan ges in s a la r ie s ; a v e ra g e s a la r y ra te s m ea su re the e f fe c t o f s ta tu to ry changes and m e r i t o r

in -g r a d e s a la r y in c r e a s e s ; a v e ra g e s a la r ie s m ea su re the e f fe c t o f s ta tu to ry ch an ges , in -g r a d e in c r e a s e s , and chan ges in the p ro p o r t io n o f e m p lo y ees in the v a r io u s g ra d es .

5 R e v is e d .6 O ct. 1965.

N O T E : D ashes in d ica te no data o r data that do not m e e t p u b lica tion c r it e r ia ,


Chart 4. Trends of Annual Salaries, Federal Classification Act Employees, 1939-65(1957-59=100)

INDEX INDEX

Source: Table 9.


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to wage-board ju risd ic tions; their pay since that t ime has been determ ined by v a r i ous wage boards. Adjustment of the genera l schedule indexes fo r 1955 to include the remaining 35, 000 fo rm e r C PC (C ra ft , P ro te c t iv e and Custodial) w orkers a ffected the genera l schedule indexes only s lightly.

Until 1963, the e f fect of changes in occupational or grade structure on the average sa la ry rate indexes was m in im ized by a linking procedure. A verages fo r each grade w ere computed fo r each per iod by weighting each pay step within the grade by the number of people employed at that step in the grade. * Next, an average fo r a ll grades combined was computed fo r each year ; the individual grade averages fo r each pa ir of success ive years w ere m ultip lied by the number of people in the grade in the la ter y ea r . F ina lly , the percen tage relationship between the o v e ra l l a verages fo r each pa ir of years was computed and linked to the index fo r the preced ing period. This procedure shows the e f fect of in -grade ra ises and any changes in basic pay structure that m ay have occurred , but m in im izes the e f fec t of shifts among grades.

In computing the average sa la ry indexes, which re f le c t the e f fect of e m ployment shifts among grades, each sa la ry rate (including a ll in -grade steps) was multip lied by the number of people at that rate in each per iod to produce an o v e r all average fo r the period . This average was then divided by the o ve ra l l a verage fo r the base per iod to a r r iv e at an index. F ed era l C lass if icat ion Act em ployees stationed in A laska and Hawaii w ere included fo r the f i r s t t im e in the I960 indexes. Since the distribution of employment at the various grades was changed litt le by the addition of a total o f 15, 676 w orkers in A laska and Hawaii, the I960 index of average sa la ry rates was increased only 0. 1 percen t by their inclusion.

Shifts in the distribution of employment by grade since 1939 necessitated some m odif ication of procedures used in compiling the index of basic sa lary scales. The indexes fo r July 1963 and July 1964 w ere based on minimum rates in each grade, weighted by the number of em ployees in the grade in the la ter of the two periods compared. 9 10 The or ig ina l method of computation w i l l be used in future index construction. Beginning with the 1963 index, m o reo v e r , it was de cided to use constant employment weights by grade and step fo r the indexes. The weights w il l represen t the distribution of employment as of July 1963.

Urban Public School T each e rs . The basic unit used in constructing the indexes fo r school teachers, shown in table 9, is the average annual sa lary fo r a spec ific teacher in an urban school system. High school, junior high, e lem en tary, k indergarten and, p r io r to 1959, teachers of atypical e lem entary school class are represented in the indexes. N onc lassroom o f f ic ia ls , such as p r in c i pals, adm in istrators, and superv isors a re excluded.

The indexes a re represen ta t ive of a ll c it ies of 50, 000 population p r io r to 1963 and of a ll c it ies of 100, 000 beginning in that year ; but the indexes a re not based on data fo r a ll these c it ies . Statistics w ere not availab le fo r some cities in the 100, 000—250, 000 group. In addition, the number of communities of 50, 000- 250, 000 made it n ecessary to use in formation fo r only some of these c it ies in

9 Longevity steps are treated in the same manner as regular pay steps in the computation of average salary rate indexes.

10 Additional information is provided in Salarv Trends: Federal Classified Employees, 1939-64 (BLS Bulletin 1444, 1965).


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o rder to reduce the workload. When data fo r a g iven c i ty -s iz e group w erecombined with other s ize groups, they w ere weighted to rep resen t the m iss ing c it ies ; thus, each population group had its appropriate influence on the totals.

Because of changes in population, the c it ies c la ss i f ied in each s ize group change from decade to decade. It was decided to e lim inate representation of c it ies in the 50, 000—100, 000 group because the I960 Census of Population substantially changed the cit ies c lass if ied in this s ize group.

The method of index construction was designed to m in im ize the e f fe c t on the indexes of changes in population and in the number of d if fe ren t types of teachers f rom one per iod to an o th er .11 It consists of computing average sa la r ies fo r a group of c it ies , fo r each pa ir of success ive y ea rs , by f i r s t multip lying the individual city average in the f i r s t y ea r by the number of teachers in the city in the second of the 2 yea rs , adding the resulting products fo r each city, and d iv id ing the sum by the total number of teachers in the second yea r . This procedure is fo llowed fo r the same cities in the second yea r , using average sa la r ies and employment in the la tter year . Ratios of the second yea r composite average sa la r ies to the f i r s t y ea r are then computed and converted to index numbers by multip lication with the index number of the preced ing yea r .

Po l ic em en and F irem en . Municipal em ployees pe r fo rm in g functions other than educational, constitute a substantial proportion of a l l fu l l - t im e governm ent em ployees . In c it ies with a population of 100, 000 or m ore , the w orkers engaged in po lice and fire f igh ting functions com prise about 23 percen t of total municipal em ploym ent.

The indexes fo r these em ployees , presen ted in table 9, a re based on maximum annual sa la ry scales (excluding longevity in c reases ) in c it ies of 100, 000 or m ore , fo r the p o s t - 1938 per iod , and on the average of sa la r ies actually paid p r io r to that per iod . The fo rm in which the data a re ava ilab le dictated the type of m easure utilized. H ow ever, these two m easures (a verage and maximum sca les ) are probably c lo se ly re la ted because of the r e la t iv e ly b r ie f t ime requ ired to quali fy fo r the m aximum rate in many m etropolitan communities. It is poss ib le that in some per iods , notably during W orld War II, changes in averages of rates m ay have d if fe red sign if icantly f rom changes in maximum sa la ry scales because of changes in both the rate o f turnover and the rate of advancement to the m aximum sa lary rate.

A comparison of changes in maximum rates of po licem en and f irem en with changes in average rates fo r those periods fo r which both types of in fo rm a tion w e re availab le indicates that m ovem ents of the two types of m easures g e n e r a lly w e re c lo se ly pa ra l le l . Any e f fec t on the indexes of the shift fr om use of average sa la ry rates to data on maximum pay scales has been elim inated by linking the se r ies fo r 1924—38 and the subsequent s e r ies .

The pay per iod covered by the data fo r 1924 through 1938 va r ied from y ea r to yea r . Subsequent data fo r po licem en r e f e r to the f i r s t of the y ea r or, in some cases, to the last of the yea r preced ing that fo r which in formation is shown; those fo r f ir em en r e f e r to January 1 of each yea r . 11

11 This procedure is explained in Salary Trends; City Public School Teachers, 1925—63 (BLS Bulletin 1448, 1965), p. 34.


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The indexes of po licem en 's sa laries a re based on maximum sa la ry scales (excluding longevity rates ) fo r po licem en engaged in genera l po lice duties in the prevention of c r im e or in law en forcement, patro lmen assigned to spec if ic a reas, those engaged in t ra f f ic control and those making cr im ina l investigations. Chauffeurs, po licewom en , and detectives w ere excluded. The sa la ry data pertaining to f irem en w ere l im ited to f i r e f igh te rs , and excluded d r iv e rs and engineers .

A l l in formation re fe rs to annual sa la ry rates, rather than to actual ea rn ings which m ay be influenced by absences, prom otions, and other fa c to rs . No attempt has been made to adjust the indexes to r e f le c t the e f fect on hourly ea rn ings of the reduction in hours that has occurred since 1924.

Two methods of index construction have been used over the t im e span of the s e r ies . The presen t method involves a computation of average m aximum sa la ry sca les fo r a ll c it ies combined in each of 2 successive yea rs , using the number of po licem en and f irem en employed in the la tter y ea r to weight individual city averages . Only those cit ies reporting in both years a re included in the com putation. The percentage change between these averages is de r ived and applied to the preced ing y ea r 's index figu re to obtain the latest f igu re .

P r i o r to the computation of the index fo r 1951, constant (1949) weights w ere used in combining c it ies in o rder to e lim inate the e f fect of changes in r e la t ive im portance in term s of employment from yea r to year . F ro m the 1950—51 indexes to the present, the use of the linking method has m in im ized the e f fec t o f this employment shift and has fac il ita ted index construction despite changes in the cit ies included o ve r the per iod of the s e r i e s . 12

12 For additional explanation and analyses of the indexes presented here, see Salary Trends: Firemen andPolicemen, 1924—64 (BLS Bulletin 1445, 1965).


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F ac to ry W ork e rs1 Earnings

A detailed d iscussion of the methodology, concepts, and coverage of the earnings se r ies in table 10 is contained in a report on M easurement of E m p loy ment, Hours and Earnings in Nonagricu ltura l Industries ( r e v is ed July 1966), which is availab le on request. A m ore l im ited discussion is prov ided in the "Techn ica l N o te " of Employment and Earnings Statistics for the United States, 1909—64, BLS Bulletin 1312-2, pages 655—659. F o r an explanation of the e f fects of the 1961 r e v is ion of the earnings se r ies , see "The 1961 R ev is ion of the BLS P a y ro l l E m ployment Statistics, " Monthly Labor R e v ie w , January 1962, pages 59—62. This latest rev is ion is d iscussed in Dorothy Hinton, "B LS Establishment Employment Estimates Rev ised to M arch 1963 Benchmark L e v e l s , " Employment and Earn ings, D ecem ber 1964, pages i i i to vi.

A ve ra ge Hourly Earnings Excluding O vert im e and Interindustry Shifts. These indexes are compiled by assigning constant weights to the earnings f igures excluding prem ium pay fo r over t im e fo r each industry. Except fo r a re la t iv e ly sm all number of industry groups in which there are seve ra l important industries to which separate constant weights have been assigned, the indexes exclude the effects of shifts among 2-digit SIC groups, but are a ffected by any shifts among industries within these groups.

The indexes fo r months p r io r to January 1961 w ere compiled by using the earnings ser ies based on the 1945 Standard Industrial C lass if ica t ion and average 1954 production man-hours; the only industry groups within which constant weights w ere assigned to exclude the e ffects on earnings of interindustry shifts w ere transportation equipment and e le c t r ic a l m achinery. Within these two industry groups, man-hours w ere held constant fo r each 3-digit SIC c lass if ica t ion . B e ginning in January 1961, the weights used w ere average 1958—59 production m anhours, and shifts in employment and man-hours among industries w ere rem oved in four industry groups: P r im a ry meta ls , transportation equipment, food, andapparel. Within each of these four industry groups, man-hours w ere held constant fo r each 3-digit SIC c lass if ica t ion .

To fo rm a continuous se r ies , the index fo r January 1961, de r ived from the new earnings data and new weights, was linked to the index fo r the same month computed on the previous basis. It was decided not to recompute the se r ies fo r e a r l ie r yea rs , since tests made fo r January 1958 indicate that use of the new weights and rev ised earnings se r ies would have changed the index by only 0. 15 of 1 index point.


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Table 10. Factory Workers'Earnings

(In d ex es o f s e le c te d m ea su re s o f w e e k ly and h o u r ly ea rn in g s o f fa c to r y w o rk e rs , 1939-65)

(1957-59 = 100)

Y e a r

G ro s s a v e ra g e w e e k ly e a rn in g s A v e r a g e h o u r ly e a rn in g s

A c tu a l R e a l G ro s s E xc lu d in go v e r t im e

E xc lu d in g o v e r t im e

and in t e r in d u s try

sh ifts

I 939 -------------------------------------- 28. 1 58. 1 29. 6 30. 6 32. 2

1940 -------------------------------------- 2 9 .6 60. 7 30. 9 n (| )1941 -------------------------------------- 35. 0 68 . 2 34. 2 33. 7 ( )1942 -------------------------------------- 43. 6 76. 8 40. 1 38. 7 ( )1943 -------------------------------------- 51. 2 84. 9 45. 1 43. 0 n19 4 4 -------------------------------------- 54. 3 8 8 . 6 47. 7 45. 5 (M1945 -------------------------------------- 52. 5 83. 7 47. 9 46. 3 ( )1946 -------------------------------------- 51. 5 75. 7 50. 7 50. 5 C )1947 -------------------------------------- 58. 4 75. 1 57. 4 57. 6 57. 81948 -------------------------------------- 63. 1 75. 3 62. 6 62. 9 63. 219 49 -------------------------------------- 64. 0 77. 1 65. 0 65. 4 66 . 1

1950 -------------------------------------- 69. 3 82. 7 67. 9 67. 8 68 . 21951 -------------------------------------- 75. 2 83. 1 73. 6 73. 7 73. 61952 -------------------------------------- 79. 8 8 6 . 3 77. 8 77. 6 77. 41953 -----------------------------------— 83. 7 8 9 . 8 82. 1 82. 0 81. 619 5 4 -------------------------------------- 83. 7 89. 4 84. 0 84. 4 84. 319 5 5 -------------------------------------- 89. 9 96. 4 87. 7 87. 3 8 6 . 91956 -------------------------------------- 93. 6 9 8 . 8 9 2 . 0 92. 2 91. 519 5 7 -------------------------------------- 9 6 . 9 98. 9 96. 7 97. 1 9 6 . 21958 -------------------------------------- 9 8 . 2 97. 5 99. 5 1 0 0 . 0 10 0 . 219 5 9 -------------------------------------- 104. 8 103. 3 103. 3 103. 3 103. 5

I 960 -------------------------------------- 106. 6 103. 4 106. 6 106. 9 106. 61 9 6 1 -------------------------------------- 109. 7 105. 3 109. 4 109. 6 109. 619 6 2 -------------------------------------- 114. 7 108. 8 112. 7 112. 5 112. 31963 -------------------------------------- 118. 3 n o . 9 1 1 6 . 0 115. 6 115. 21964 -------------------------------------- 1 2 2 . 8 113. 6 119. 8 118. 9 118. 31965 -------------------------------------- 127. 7 116. 2 123. 2 1 2 1 . 9 1 2 1 . 019 6 6 --------------------------------------

N o t a v a ila b le .


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General Wage Changes

Table 11 sum m arizes in formation on genera l wage changes negotiated fo r production and re la ted w orkers by unions with individual em p loyers , groups of em p loyers , or associations. It includes in formation on agreem ents that apply to individual establishments with 1,000 w orkers or m ore , and those cover ing s eve ra l plants or f i rm s that together employ m ore than 1,000 w orkers under co llec t ive bargaining, but that individually may be sm a lle r .

The in formation in this table is based la rg e ly on newspaper reports , and other secondary sources, o r on union agreements on f i le with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The data sum m arized in table 12 are l im ited to union and nonunion manufacturing establishments that as a m atter o f po licy adjust w ork ers ' basic rates through genera l wage changes. This table includes the m a jo r manufacturing situations fo r which data are shown in table 11, as w e l l as nonunion and sm a ll union situations. The in formation fo r nonunion and sm all union situations is co l lected in a semiannual sample survey and combined with the in formation fo r m a jo r situations to d e r ive an all-manufacturing average.

General wage changes are defined as adjustments— increases or d e creases— -that a ffect 10 percen t or m ore o f the production and re la ted w orkers covered by a co l lec t ive bargaining agreem ent at any one time. C os t-o f- l iv in g increases are included, but m e r it and automatic len g th -o f-s e rv ic e increases are excluded. Adjustments include situations where wages w ere not changed or w ere increased or decreased; increases include only those situations where wage rates w ere increased.

In both tab les, the genera l wage changes shown represen t the average fo r all w orkers covered by a co l lec t ive bargaining agreem ent or employed in a nonunion establishment. To obtain the "cen ts " and "p ercen t" adjustments and inc reases , genera l wage changes w ere converted from cents an hour into p e r centages, or from percen tages into cents, by using estimated average hourly earnings excluding prem ium pay fo r overt im e .


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Table 11. Average (Median) General Wage Changes in Major Collective Bargaining Situations

(W a ge chan ges n ego tia ted in each y ea r , 1954—66)

Y ea r

A l l in d u s tr ie s M an u fa ctu rin g S e le c ted nonm anu factu rin g in d u s tr ie s

M ed ia n ad ju stm en t M ed ian in c re a s e M ed ian ad ju stm en t M ed ia n :in c re a s e M ed ian ad ju stm en t M ed ia n in c r e a s e

Cen ts P e rc e n t Cents P e rc e n t Cen ts P e rc e n t C en ts P e r c e n t Cen ts P e rc e n t Cen ts P e r c e n t

1954 ---------------------------- 5. 6 . 5. 7 5. 6 5. 7 5. 6 3. 61955 ---------------------------- 1 0 . 1 - 10. 3 - 9. 4 - 9. 5 _ 13. 3 . 13. 9 _1956 ---------------------------- 10. 7 - 10. 7 - 10. 7 - 10. 7 - 10. 5 _ 1 0 . 6 _19 5 7 ---------------------------- 1 0 . 1 - 10. 4 - 9. 9 - 10. 4 - 10. 4 _ 10. 4 _1958 ---------------------------- 8 . 6 - 8 . 8 - 7. 1 - 7. 2 - 9. 7 _ 9. 8 _1959 ---------------------------- 8 . 8 3. 9 8 . 8 3. 9 7. 3 3. 5 7. 4 3. 7 8 . 8 4. 0 8 . 9 4. 0I 960 ---------------------------- 8 . 5 3. 2 8 . 7 3. 2 8 . 7 3. 2 8 . 9 3. 2 7. 4 3. 3 7. 5 3. 31961 ---------------------------- 6. 9 2 . 8 7. 0 2. 9 6. 0 2. 4 6 . 5 2. 5 9. 0 3. 6 1 0 . 0 3. 619 6 2 ---------------------------- 7. 0 2. 9 8 , 0 3. 6 5. 0 2. 4 6 . 8 2 . 9 1 0 . 2 4. 0 1 0 . 2 4. 11963 ---------------------------- 7. 4 3. 0 8 . 5 3. 4 6. 8 2. 5 8 . 0 3. 0 8 . 5 3. 4 9. 5 3. 51964 ---------------------------- 9. 0 3. 2 9. 0 3. 3 6 . 0 2 . 0 6 . 0 2 . 2 1 0 . 0 3. 6 1 0 . 0 3. 61965 ---------------------------- 1 0 . 0 3. 9 1 0 . 1 4. 0 1 0 . 0 4. 0 1 0 . 0 4. 1 1 1 . 0 3. 8 1 1 . 0 3. 819 66 ( f i r s t 6 m on th s ) 1 — 1 2 . 0 3. 8 1 2 . 0 3. 8 1 0 . 0 3. 9 1 0 . 0 3. 9 12. 5 3. 8 12. 5 3. 8

1 P r e l im in a r y .

N O T E : A d ju s tm en ts in c lu de s itu a tions w h ere w a ges w e r e not changed o r w e r e in c re a s ed o r d e c re a s e d ; in c r e a s e s in c lu de on ly th ose s itu a tion s w h ere w a g es w e r e in c re a s ed . D ashes in d ica te no data o r data that do not m ee t p u b lica tion c r i t e r ia .

Table 12. Average (Median) General Wage Changes, A ll Manufacturing

(G e n e ra l w age ad ju stm en ts in union and nonunion e s ta b lish m en ts , 1959—65)

M ed ia n adj ustm ent M ed ia n in c re a s e

Y ea rA l l m an u A l l union

M a jo rNonunion

A l l m anu A l l unionM a jo r Nonunion

fa c tu r in g union fa c tu r in g union

Cen tsP e r Cents

P e r Cents P e r Cents P e r Cen ts P e r Cents P e r CentsP e r Cents P e r

cent cent cen t cen t cen t cen t cen t cen t

19 59 ---------------------------- 3. 5 . . . . 3. 8 . _ . _ _ _I960 ---------------------------- - 3. 2 - - - - - - - 3. 6 - - - - - -1961 ---------------------------- 6. 0 2. 5 5. 8 2. 7 6. 9 2. 7 2. 0 1. 0 7. 0 3. 0 7. 0 3. 0 8. 0 3. 0 7. 0 3. 31962 ---------------------------- 5. 4 2. 5 6. 0 2. 6 6. 5 2. 6 3. 0 1. 6 7. 1 3. 0 7. 5 3. 0 8. 0 3. 0 6. 6 3. 21963 ---------------------------- 6. 5 2. 7 7. 0 2. 6 7. 5 2. 7 6. 0 2. 8 7. 8 3. 1 7. 9 3. 0 9. 0 3. 2 7. 5 3. 71964 ---------------------------- 5. 5 2. 1 5. 5 2. 2 5. 5 2. 0 4. 6 2. 0 7. 0 2. 7 6. 9 2. 6 7. 0 2. 6 7. 0 3. 21965 ---------------------------- - - - - 10. 0 4. 0 - - - - - - 10. 0 4. 1 - -

1966 ----------------------------

N O T E : A d ju s tm en ts inc lu de s itu a tions w h ere w a g es w e r e not changed or w e r e in c r e a s e d or d e c re a s e d ; in c r e a s e s inc lu de on ly th ose s itu a tion s w h e re w a g es w e r e in c re a s ed . D ashes in d ica te no data o r data that do not m ee t p u b lica tion c r i t e r ia .


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